The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

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She seems to have remained ID
ignorance OF the happenings OF the last
i've years and only manifested anxiety
when the big guns Numbered during the
siege of Antwerp. The princess is un.
aware OF the death of her brother, Kins
Leopold of Belgium. The word death Ne
never mentioned in her presence and when
one by one her old friends and servants
die, she is told they IA gone on q long
journey" Her tragic Indifference makes
Il impossible to tell whether she under
The religious Turk Is very much dis
couraged. The mosques are not as well
AZ formerly for Mahomet Is
blamed for the loss Of the war. Turks
whose dogs were taken away from them
and dumped on an island I'm the Marmora
sea, there to starve with tens OF thous-
ands of other Constantinople mongrels
some years ago see in Turkeys present
plight q just judgment from hIahomet.
Those who prophesied at he I'M that
the wholesale massacre of the dogs would
bring bad luck to Turkey are now wag-
ging their heads sagely and recalling their
prophecies.
The military government OF Paris has
ordered the commencement OF legal pro-
ceedings against persons whose names at
present are not known In connection with
alleged attacks on members OF the Ger
peace delegation as they were de-
parting from Versailles for Weimar
recently. The Temps, says an. inyestiga-
ton has established the affair was greatly
exaggerated; that the attitude of the Ger
mans brought the first demonstrations
by the crowd Inc that II is doubtful IL
stones were thrown at their carriages.
"The London docks were literally run
ming with port" says a reporter Of a
London paper. Thousands upon thou
sands OF hogsheads lay all around. They
blocked the roads and filled the sheds.
Some Of the casks were warped and leak
ing. The quayside n streets around the
sheds ran red with port. Birds, dogs and
cats were having the time Of their lives"
The reporter saw at least a dozen drunk,
lying on their sides or their backs besides
rivnlets OF wine.
To proclaim the new freedom of the
world on the day peace is finally accom-
plished n new liberty bell, known as Joan
of Arc, has been asst In the Paccard
foundry at Annecy, France, n will be
hung in the cathedral at Rouen. The bell
weighs % tons and Is considered a tri-
umph OF the bellniaking art. Its tone is
Alexandra Day" which vas inaugu-
rated In 1918 TO mark the 50th anniversary
of the arrival In England of Queen Moth
VI Alexandra, was celebrated In Eng
More than 5000 persons visited the
grave Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt last
Sunday. Hundreds brought flowers.
Three men in the uniform OF navy Off
GERS, apparently from the republic of
Brazil, placed a large wreath of orchids
at the head Of tie grave. There was
no card with the flowers and the sailors
declined to say who a commissioned
them to bring the wreath.
Button manufacturers from the middle
west have appeared before a committee
to urge legislation restoring
eliminated upon buttons. AS a result OF
IL there has been an increase of $500 per
pent in japanese innportations, and the
American industry, which is running on
n 40 per cent basis, is eaid TO be facing
desti uction.
Girls from the Carson Indian school are
helping solve the housework problem In
Oakland, Cal. Domestic training Is a
part OF the course of the school, and the
work helps girls toward their graduation.
tt secular system OF education In the
United States vas denounced as pattern
ing after the German idea" and rs ma
terialistic," by speakers at the Catholic
educational association IN annual conyen-
ton In st. Louis this week.
Francesca Netti, the new Italian pre-
mier. is most friendly to America. says
Guglielmo Marconi, today In speaking OF
the new Italian cabinet. 1t Is known
tina Senior Netti wishes to establish close
relations with America to bring about
the reconstruction of Italy.
The high tax on whisky has increased
the activity Of the Irish potheen makers
and the hunt by excise agents for Illicit
stills is constantly maintained. During
the past year the official report shows
that 5i2 Illicit distiiling plants were dis
covered in Ireland ard only 2 in Scot
land.
To provide the government with a more
effective weapon In its campaign against
anarchists, legislation making permanent
the war time powers for deportation of
undesirable aliens win be pushed through
the House this week, says Chair
man johnson OF the immigration com
mittee. ....a.N In Is
The new Armenian state known as the
Republic of Erivan is q country so des-
poiled by the Turks, the Red Cross Of
kcer stated, that II does not possess even
any Reed grain. While the Erivan re-
ausSe & starving, its ~neighbor, Gaorgia-
rs rnrlving. The Georgians were not mo-
Tested by the Turks. -
Word Of the burning OF certain French
battlefiags by the Germans has been re-
ceived in Paris. Peace conference opin-
heb - 1pt0A Jill NhuL LII
rs distinct violation of the peace treaty,
inasmuch as that document stipulated
that the flags should be eturned to
Francs by Germany. ..
The amended compulsory schoo law of
North Carolina. which goes into effect ON
July ] of this year, requires that every
child between the ages Of 8 and Il
years must attend school for the fun term
of six months. Ii d child is unable 20
attend on account Of poverty he or she
may be helped from the public funds.
The Rev. w. Webb Pebloc, the aged
presbendary OF st. PauIs cathedral, Lon
predicting the speedy end OF the world.
The great change might come aey night,
he said: and predicted that the worlds
history will come to a conclusion at the
n OF this year.
REIMBURSEMENT Of a branch of the inter
tor department IN some western state
with several Of the departments bureaus
removed there from WASHINGTON. is pro-
posed In a bin introduces by Represen-
tative Mays, democrat of Utah.
That William o'connor, laborer.
drowned" himself by breathing beer in
10 his lungs while taking deep breath
after drinking, was the decision OF q
Doctor testifying at a Pimlico inquest,
says q London correspondent. "
Seventeen million yards of silk fabric of
heavy warp will be placed on sale soon
by the war department. IL was intended
Tor cartridge packing to. be used against