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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-08-15
BEDSTEADAS RAFT
Primitive Ferry Boat Made Use
!. of by Traveller. '"-'
with Earthen Pots as Floats, and
Towed by Swimmers, This Simple
Continuance Got American Safe
ly Across Flooded River.
~ Across fIooQeo
.~EN9YkRk--N

y
to sudden and heavy floods. bridges are
In many cases so insecure that ferries
must always be maintained in addition.
Such is the case in India. and the
methods of crossing streams today are
what they have been from the earliest
times. An American consular officer
tells how he was taken ucruss an In
dian river at the time of freshet. The
contrivance was simple, and has been
used in the Orient as long as history
shows any record
A cord having been fastened to a
large, elongated gourd, and a smaller
gourd being also tied to 1t, the native
gets astride, and laying his breast upon
the larger gourd paddles himself
across with his hands and feet.
Women, too, avail themselves OF this
singular contrivance. under the escort
Of ferryman, who, similarly mounted.
takes his charge in tow. earries her
basket, with perhaps a child in it. on
his head, and conveys them safely
across.
Herds OF cattle swim these flooded
rivers like water rats, and the herd
boy. as a matter of course, takes the
tail of the hndermost bullock in his
hand and thus gains very comfortable
lift across.
These methods Of crossing rivers.
however, are hardly in accordance
with our ideas Of comfort. So the
American thought one day as he stood.
after long ride, on the bank Of wide
and rapid stream which separated him
from his hating place. He did not
relish the idea of buffeting the muddy
current on a horse Of gourds, but as
there was no boat within 20 miles it
seemed as If he must either do this or
bivouac on the bank without his din
ner.
While he was in this dilemma a ma
tive signified that he would soon set
the foreigner right. From a neighbor-
ing hut he brought native bedstead-
not four-pOster such as westerners
use, but q small, light frame Of wood
having four little legs and held TO-
gether by the interlacing Of piece of
cord, which thus forms a sort of netted
bottom to this simple piece Of furni-
ture. The native next brought out four
round earthen pots, and after protect
ing the bottom of each with a few
inches Of sand he put the legs Of the
cot into the pots and signified that the
vessel was ready to be launched.
AS the American sat doubled up on
the extemporized raft in company with
his saddle he found himself raised an
inch or so above the level OF the water,
the earthen pots forming admirable
fionts. A couple of lusty swimmers
then took him in tow and soon landed
him on the opposite bank.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-08-15
To Prevent Beriberl.

Two thousand physicians assembled
MT the Imperial university in Kyoto
recently to hear DR.. Shimasono lee
ture on beriberi, the cause Of which Is
much disputed among medical author
tiles. The disease is not contagious,
and its chief cause Is eating pure rice,
although the doctor disbelieves the
theory that rice ever causes blood poi.
soning.
The speaker said that II rice il
taken into the body along with other
foods there is less danger Of berIberi.
He cited the cases Of prisoners, fac
tory hands. Buddhist monks and 9TH
ers, who ate much wheat mixed with
rice. Buddhist monks eat ten or
twenty times as much other food as
rice, and rarely suffer from the dis
ease. Among the factory hands OF
the Kejiho iron foundry Of the Nit
subishi company $50 Of the 1000 Jap
anese suffered from beriberi because
they ate pure rice, while only Of
5000 Koreans suffered from the dis
ease presumably because they ate mil
let and beans.
Doctor Shfmasono advised the eat
ing Of wheat with rice, in the ratio Of
six parts Of rice to four parts of wheat.
This will create market for the ship
ment to Japan or larger quantities Of
wheat from Oregon and Washington.
East and West.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-08-15
But He Never Will.

my husband always leaves his bust
ness at the Office"
Mine does. too. II he'd only do one
other thing he'd be perfect"
what is thatY' a..
Leave his golf on the nnks."--Bos.
ton Transcript.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-08-15
peartn Of Queen Eees in England

Bookkeeping in England was badly
hit by the war, for the scarcity Of sug-
ar made It impossible to supply the
hives with syrup for winter feeding.
It is estimated that owing to this and
other war causes, the bee population
Of England has been reduced by rs
per cent. Last year, in spite Of the
war, England paid nearly fourteen
million dollars for imported honey
so now the food production depart
ment of the government has decided
to import queen bees from Italy and
In other ways help to restore the in.
dustry.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

ana even this sum contcnplalos the
finding of resources lY 80 much of
the population as can dc SO, and so
much assistance as can he given by
the allied governments, Tho high mis-
sion of the American people to find
n remedy for starvation and absolute
anarchy, renders it necessary that we
should undertake the most liberal as
sstance to these destitute regions.
THE situation is one of extreme ur-
gency, for foodstuffs must be placed
in certain localities within the next
fifteen to thirty days if human life
and order are to be preserved. I,
therefore, request that you should ask
congress to make available to me an
immediate appropriation of 100000
600 for the broad purpose of provid-
ing for foodstuffs and urgent sup
plies, for the transportation distribu-
ton ard administration thereof to
such populations in Europe, outside
of Germany. as may be determined
upon by me from time to time as nee
essary. / wish to appeal to the great
sense of charity and good will of the
American people towards the suffer
ing and to.|6lace this act upon pri-
marty humanitarian basis of the
first magnitude While the sum of
money is in itsef large. it is so small
compared to the expenditures We
have undertaken in the hope of bet
tering the world, that it becomes a
mere pittance compared to the results
that will be obtained from it, ANA the
lasting effect that will remain in the
United states through an act Of such
broad humanity and statesmanlike in
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
KOL CHAK REGIME
IS At WAR WITH
CEN. SEMENOFF
Attempt on Senenoff'S Life.
Causes Arrest Of Many Of
ficiaIS on Charges Of Boil
SheWk Affiliations.
icy MORNING .ouraAL SPECIAL ls4sro w,es

teY MORNING JouNnAL SPECIAL LEASED wieE
Irkutsk, Wednesday, Jan, l (by the
Associated Press) New Years finds
Russians internal strife accentuated
and offering additional problems to
the allies am the United States.
General Semenoff. stung to action
by the attempt made on his life at
Chita, Immediately ordered his forces
to capture the important strategic
center of Verkhne Udinsll. midway
between Irkutsk and Chita. and de-
pose the officials. The correspondent
on his arrival at Udinsk found the
Cossacks in complete control of the
town,
Among those arrested at Udnsll
were Colonel Baronofsky, the military
commander in the region, his chief Of
staff, the commandment of the Stain
and the telegraph operators. The rea-
son advanced by the Cossacks for the
arrests was that the officials were
pro- Bolshevik. The townsmen& how
ever, appear to think that their Of
fensive was that they were favorable
to Admiral Kolchak, the dictator Of
the Omsk government, with whom
General Semenoff has had differences.
The Semenoff coup apparently was
carried out without a shot being fired.
Officials friendly to General Semen
off have been installed in the town.
Friends of Colonel Baronofsky sue
ceeded in capturing *m from the
Cossacks They obtained three
stauch horses and a sleigh and forced
the colonel to go with them. They
then began a wild dash toward Ir-
kutsk across frozen Lake Ea!kal, 500
versts away. The sleigh was last seen
leaving the suburbs, the driver lash
ing the horses furiousy. The COM
mandant of the station and the tele-
graph operators also managed to
escape.
The correspondent talked with some
of the officers in General Semenoff' S
force. Some were mere boys. but all
said they We're glad that America
was taking an interest in Russian al
fairs. They voiced their confidence
in the disinterestedness of America s
assistance. The Udinsll operation was
in charge of General Skepetroff.
1t is reported that General Semen
off ordered that General Tatstikin and
Colonel Romanovsky, Russian leaders
in this region. be arrested and shot
for recognizing Admiral Kolchak. The
officers escaped to the border OF Mon
golia, where they are prepared to
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
SENA APPOINTED
HEAD Of MOUNTED
POLICE IN STATE

Santa Fe, Jan, The following
appointments were announced today
by Governor LarraZolo:
A. A, Sena, of Las Vegas, captain
of mounted police.
James Baca, adjutant general Ore
appointedD.
Roy Flamm, colonel of governor 5
staff
The state has been divided into six
mounted police districts, eaclr with a
sergeant and a few men in charge.
The sergeant is ~ be chosen from the
policemen.
Following are the districts, with
their respective counties and number
of men assigned:
First-Santa Fe Taos, Rio Arrlba,
San Juan; three policemen.
Second-Sandoval, Bernalillo. Nc
Kinley Valencia, Socorro; four po-
licemen.
Third-Sierra, Luna, Dona Ana,
Grant; four policemen
Fourth-Otero, Lincoln, Torrance,
Guadalupe, De Raca; two policemen.
Fifth-I.ea, Eddy Chaves. Roose-
welt Curry, Quay; three policemen
SiNth-union, ColfaN. Mora, san
Miguel; three policemen.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
NEW STATE OFFICERS
NAME ASSISTANTS FOR
TIE NEXT TWO YEARS
lsrselAe eosasssonosaes 70 sosnlse loUsnALL

SPECIAL eossEsroNoEseH TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe. Jan, 4.-Edward Sargent
state auditor, has reappointed A. G
Whittier travelling auditor.
States superintendent of Education
announces that all of the employees in
his department will be retained.
Mrs. Minnie Brumbach, stenographer
in the office of the corporation COM
mission, has been appointed stenogra-
pher in the officer of the attorney
general, succeeding Miss Ruth Bacon
Mrs. Mcbride has been reappointed
stenographer in this office,
State Treasurer Strong announces
the appointment of Miss Margaret
Strong as chief clerk in his office Il.
L. Martinez of Taos has been appoint
ed stenographer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
DINNERS ARE GIVEN TO
PRISONERS IN JAIL BY
MRS. TELESFOR MlRABAL

tsPsclsL coRR1sPoHoENcG TO MORNING JOURNAL
Los Lunas, y. NJ, Jan. i--The pri-
soners confined in the Valencia coun-
ty jail here have reasons to be thank
full to Mrs Telesfor Mhabal, as she
furnished them the necessary good
Things to provide them with a fine
dinner ON each Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and New Years
Mrs. Mirabal is chairman of the
local chapter of the American Red
Cross and has won reputation for
her self-sacrifices and charitable
acts.
Mr., Mirabal. her husband, is depu-
ty county clerk.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

fluence."
After Secretary Glass had trans
mitted the presidents message to
congress, chairman Sherley called n
meeting of the house appropriations
committee for Monday to consider II.
Mn Sherley said if the committee APP
proved the request for funds it would
he incorporated in a separate appro-
priation measure and presented forth
with to the house,
Officials of the food administration,
in discussing the stua'io Informally
with members of the appropriations
committee, urged speedy action, de-
claring that their advices showed the
same conditions as those outlined by
the president.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF GER
MANY TO BE FED FIRST
Is PLAN OF WILSON

Continued From Page Oneo
Europe where such arrangements
cannot he made. This applies more
particularly to the liberated peoples
of Austria, Turkey, Poland and west
ern Russia. In these countries free
dom and government will slowly
emerge from chaos and require our
every assistance. The total shipments
of foodstuffs from the United States
to all parts of Europe during the next
seven months will be likely ~ exceed
$500, 100000 and from our abund-
ance we can surely afford To offer
succOr to these countries destitute Of
resources and credits. The minimum
sums upon which this work can be
carried on for the next six months in
the countries mentioned will amount
to at least 100000 for such sew
ices and supplies as we can render,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
CAUGHT ANOTHER
TERRIBLE COLD?
Relieve 1t Quickly With DIR. Bells
Pine-Tar- Honey.

Don't say you're going to let it
wear itself out It's just as liable
to become chronic And then?
The balsamic ingredients of DR..
Belrs Pine-Tar- Honey help to seothe
the tickle, the healing ingredients
help nature to scatter the phleSm-
congestion, and a happy, comfortable
relief soon follows.
Coughs due to grippe, bronchitis,
and asthma also are relieved. And
at very trifling cost, for Or. Bells
Pine Tar Honey is very economical.
Try It, soc, coo, $1.2O.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
SAYS BOND HOLDERS
ARE D0DGING TAXES

New York. Jan. Charging big
cross order" sales of Liberty Bonds
by income tax dodgers, transactions
in one day exceeding $40.000,000. AS
sitant District Attorney Rrogan in a
report to the county district attorney
today urged the need Of an inquiry by
the stock exchange to ascertain the
names of wealthy men suspected Of
thus causing the decline in the price
of the war securities sharply below
nar.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
Seventy Die in Mine,

Metz, Jan. 4, CHavasl Seventy
persons We're killed as a result of an
explosion of fire damp in a mine near
here Friday night. Thirty bod IS
have thus far been brought to the
surface. Five men were killed and
twenty entombed by cave-in
at another mine.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

flee into China. The operatives on
the Siberian railway continue at work
but continually complain of condi-
tioRs They are paid with Bolshevik
money.
American army officers arc sta
toned at important points in eastern
Siberia, observing conditions The
officer at Nerkhn Udinsk is Lieut.. I.
Ralph Baggs of New York.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
T0NEY ACQUITTED OF
CHARGE OF STACKING

Nashville. Tenn, Jan. Fired
Toney pitcher for the Cincinnati
Reds and the New York Giants, was
acquitted in the federal court to-
night on the charge of cvading the
selective service draft act, This is
the second trial of Toney on this
charge, the first case resulting in a
mistrial.
1t was charged by the government
that Toney had made false statements
on his QUESTIONABLE IN making his
plea for exemption Toney claimed
exemption on account OF a dependent
wife and other dependent relatives.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
LIEUT.. SCHLEY
WOUNDED FIVE
I INES At MARINE

New York, Jan. 4-I.ieut. j. Mont
fort Schiey, Jr. cousin of the late
Admiral Schley, wounded five times
in seven hours during the second bat
tie of the Marine, has received the
croix dc guerre, relatives here were
informed today
He is rapidly recovering and is eX-
pected home soon, 1t was not until
he received his fifth wound, bullet
in the leg, that Lieutenant Schley had
TO leave the battlefield
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
Figures of All Nations ShoW Cost
of Var in Staggering Numbers of
Deaths; Americans Killed, 58,478

1t is possible today, for the first
time, to present an accurate total of
the blood cost of the word war, the
official figures for Russia and Aus
tria having besn announced.
The following table shows only the
cost of the men killed in action or
dead of wounds, and does not take
into account the vast number who
died of disease or who were killed by
priva.ions in the field:
Central Powers.
Germany Cincluding navaD 100000
Austria (end of May, 1851. 100000
Bulgaria estimated) ....... 100000
Turkey (setimated) ...... 100000
Total ....,.,....,..,.,...S,S5O,oOO
Allied Powers.
Russia ...............1.700,00O
France ................. ,070,S 500
Great Britain ........... 106,726
Italy Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Rumania 100000
Belgium (estimatea5 ... 10000
Serbia 100000
America ............. 5S.47S
Greece (estimated) .,..... 10000
Portugal testimated) ...... 4,OOo
Total Recommendation
Grand Total Observation-Disclosures
To figure accurately the number of
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

men who died of disease is almost i'm
possible, but some idea of the total
may be learned from the British and
Italian figures, the Italians announc-
ing that of their 100000 dead 300,
GOO died of disease. and 100000 were
killed in battle, while the British am
nounee that their total dead exceeds
100000 this including their dead of
disease.
The table of the men listed as kill
ed, dead of disease, MANNED, wounded
and captured is as follows:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02
Base Ball Team Assured

That Sisseton will have a base
ball team this year is an assured
fact-and Furthermore we will.
have team that will be a credit
to Sisseton.
w. F. Carlberg and Jerry Will
son went to Graceville Sunday
and completed arrangements for
the league consisting of Orton-
vile, Clinton, Graceville, Beard
sley, Wheaton and Sisseton. Ac-
cording to the bylaws of this
league only Sunday games will
be played between the league
teams and no team can have
more than too professional play
ers-altho any team can play an
outside team on week days and
hire all the professional players
tbeX uish to.
Each team will play five games
at home and five games away
from home during the season.
Sisseton will open the season at
Beardsley against Beardsley, on
Sunday May 18th. Sisseton neeis
hire only a battery as we have a
score of good players here. There
is Hatch. Remember when Hatch
played with Ortonville two years
ago and in a game at Milbank
knocked a home run off our
"Cannonball" Jackson. Well he S
here. Then there's Leslie Horton.
Abner Markle and that high
school bunch are not kinds any :
more and all playing mighty
tight base ball right now. Get
back of this home team propo-
sition and give the home boys a
chance.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02
Will the Germans Sign

Many Germans continue talk
ing along their old arrogant style
with threats that if they are not
suited with the peace treaty,
they will decline to sign it. That
they will MAINTAIN an attitude of
passive resistance that will keep
Europe in a state of turmoil.
They threaten to open the doors
wide to bolshevism, and thus az
tempt to bring down the entire
fabric of civilization all over the
world. Which scares many timid
people.
The Germans long ago proved
themselves great buffers. Where
would they be left if they carry
out their threats? They would
be without raw materials they 50
greatly need for a restoration Of
their industries. Cotton, rubber,
copper would be very scarce, oI
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02

have become a part of the Amerl-
cans very existence for one day
in the year. We move that the
protest against Their abo!ishment
be indefinitely postponed pocket.
vetoed, pigeon-holed and tabled.
1t is a mighty poor excuse for
an Englishman who would want
to abolish re American Fourth
of July, but it is worse excuse
for an American who proposes it.
By-the-way let's start making
preparations for the celebration
in Sisseton right now-one that
will put all former celebrations
in the shade. Let's have a grand
review of all the Roberts County
boys who served in both branches
of the service both at home and
with the A. e. F.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02
Hagen-Paln,

The marriage of Mr.. Edwin
Oliver Hagen to Miss Minnie
Palm occurred Sunday April %,
at Milbank.
The happy couple returned 10
the home of the groom's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. liver Hagen the fol-
lowing day, where a grand we'd
ding reception was held followed
by a dance in the evening 1t was
a very happy occasion, largely at
tended and all enjoyed them
selves to the utmost.
The young couple are both we'll
known and highly thought of in
this part of the county, the bride
having taught school in this vi
cinity for several years, but dur
ing the past year has been teie-
phone operator at Cognswell, N.
D.; while the groom is an am
bilious young farmer of Good
Will township, where for the
present the young couple will
make their home with his par.
ents.
They have the best wishes of a
host of friends for their future
happiness and success.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02
S. D. Can Get 500 Auto Trucks
From Federal Government

South Dakota will get 500 auto
trucks from the United States
government if it is willing to pay
the freight on them from Wash.
ington, according to word receiv-
ed today from the state high.
way department at Pierre. The
government has a large number
of these trucks, of two or five ton
carrying capacity, the dispat III
says, which were purchased for
war work but being no longer
needed for that purpose are to be
distributed to the different state
highway commissions for their
work on the roads. Under this
allotment South Dakota is entitl-
ed to almost 500 of them.
It would probably not be ..
difficult matter to bring the
trucks here from Washington
overland if the government
would permit. Undoubtedly
there would be plenty of young
men of the state who would vo,-
unteer to make the trip, driving
back by way of Chicago. This
could be done when the weather
becomes more settled and the
roads are better throughout the
country.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-05-02
High School Game at Beardslev

High School Game at Beardslev
The Sisseton High School team
motored to Beardsley last Satur-
day afternoon and played re-
turn game with the team there
The playing conditions were not
of the best-it was too cold and
too windy for good base bali
weather. Sisseton won this game
defeating Beardsley a to g, MAX
ing the second victory for the
local high school team. Christen-
son, twice up in the first two i'll
nings, secured a walk each time
and by a combination of hits and
errors made the circuit for two
runs. Carlberg getting first safe
ly in both the second and fourth
innings brought home two more
runs for Ssseton.
Farley, first up for Beardsley
in the seventh gained first and
came way around for Beardsley' s
first score, on a combination of
errors by Sisseton. Beardsley's
second score was made in the
eighth, Jordan scoring after max,
ing a two base hit.
Fielding on both sides was
wobbly due no doubt to the wea.
there. The local players showed
decided improvement in base run.
ming. Stavig connected for two OF
Sisseton' s hits, Crosby and Moe
getting one apiece. Crosby hello
Beardsley to only two hits ant
struckeout II men and walked q
Lumphaey of Beardsley struci
out II men and walked 3.
Mr.. Root of Beardsley ura
pired in a very satisfactory man.
ner.