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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
MEETING HELD TO BOOST BONDS
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ence to state their views. M. K. Cul
hans asked II the school board hat
decided absolutely where the building
should be placed, II the people had nc
right to have any say In the matter
If the school board would not permi,
the people to express their wishes
Mr.. Storm replied to Mr.. Culhane but
failed to answer any OF his questions
Thos. Bang, w. M. MAR and Rev. j. j.
Gardner also made brief remarks,
The Rev. B. A. Benson also asked
some very pointed questions as to the
method of the board in deciding where
the building should be located without
asking the opinion of the people. Dur
ing the speaking program music was
interspetsed, and the Viking Male
Choir rendered two fine selections.
The Girls Glee Club of the high school
sang two original songs that Took so
well with the crowd that the Register
publishes them. No expression OF
opinion was asked at the close OF the
meeting and it adjourned abruptly at
a little after ten o'clock.
The first song was written by Miss
Elizabeth Brown, to the tune OF THE
Old Oaken Bucket:
How dear to these hearts is the old
Bookings school house,
Which centuries past was erected
quite new;
With rooms poorly lighted and stairs
that are shaky,
And halls that go creaking as one
passes thru.
The room called assembly,
Which holds about twenty.
The rest of the students must stand
by the wall;
The laboratories
Without apparatus,
And hundreds of things that aren't
mentioned at all.
This fine Bookings school house
This grand Bookings school house
This old Brookings school house,
The worst in the state.
With love in our hearts-Oh! with
love surging thru us
We gaze at this relic of pioneer
days;
With greatest OF pleasure, we part
with this treasure
We want a school house that is
worthy of praise.
No more crowded cloakrooms;
No more shaky stairways;
No more Of those things that aren't
just the best.
We want to beat Volga,
And all Of the others
oh, make Brookings high school,
Oh make IL the best.
This fine Brookings school house.
This grand Brookings school house;
Oh. make Brookings school house
The best in the state!
The following verse and chorus was
composed by Franz Ryger and Is sung
to the tune OF Keep the Home Fires
Burning:
We are asking for a high school,
For the old one Is all shot,
And the plaster ii Is falling from
The ceiling and the walls;
While the stairs they are so shaky
And the halls are growing dim,
And the windows they sure rattle
When outside doth blow the wind.
Let us build a high school
For our future pupils;
For our learning in this way is very
cruel;
There's a hard. hard feeling
Thru the high school a stealing;
Turn your pockets inside out
And the fight Wen win.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
u. S. EDUCATORS
PICK PRESIDENT
Mrs. Josephine Corliss
Preston Named Head Z.
Of Association.

Chief executive Of all the American
school teachers-those who rule in
the traditional red school houses and
those who preside in the most modern
of school buildings-is the honor con-
ferred upon Mrs. Josephine Corliss
Preston in her. election to the presi-
dency Of the National Education As
ISOLATION.
Mrs. Preston Is superintendent Of
education for the State of Washing
ton. Prominent as a suffrage leader
she Is now a member Of the execu-
tive committee Of the Republican
National Executive Committee. She
was a delegate to the Child's We'll
fare conferences here.
Mrs. Preston will issue her official
statements from her Washington
State offices and come East only for
important meetings.
Because she has taught in country
schools herself her regime is expected
to be a thoroughly intelligent one.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
PUBLIC MAY VISIT
u. S. TREASURY TODAY

Beginning today sightseers may
enter the Treasury Building with
out passes, from a. m. to p. m.
but none will be permitted to gaze
upon Uncle Sans vast stocks, of
gold and silver, a privilege enjoyed
before the war.
Watchmen formerly stationed at
the doors are now guarding the
vaults where tons OF money are
stored.
Treasury employees may enter or
leave the building at the east. north
or west entrances before 8 a. m.
during the noon hour or after 4:30
p. m. but at other times they must
use the east entrance.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
|PYTHIANS TO PICNIC
AT CHESAPEAKE BEACH

Pythian day will be observed at
Chesapeake Beach today, when the
Capital Beneficial Association and
the Knights Of Pythias will hold their
annual excursion. Wounded soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital will be
the guests Of Rathbone Temple, No.
8. Pythian Sisters. They will be serv-
ed basket lunches. and cigarettes will
be distributed.
A program Of athletic events will
be presented this afternoon. Free
dancing will be. a feature. Many
Pythians who are unable to spend
the entire day at the beach will make
the trip on the train leaving the Dis
trict line at $50 O'Clock tonight
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
TOO MUCH SMOKE
SAY ENGINEERS; QUIT

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 10
Freight engineers operating be-
tween Oakdale. Tenn. and Danville.
Ky, on the Cincinnati. New Orleans
and Texas Pacific division Of the
Southern Railroad, have refused to
handle big engines of the ''mogur'
type. contending that heat and
smoke passing through tunnels. can
not be endured.
The engineers ultimatum became
effective today. Twenty-Five en-
gines were idle. The movement of
freight between Chattanooga and
Cincinnati was seriously hampered.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
New Autocar Prices
Effective August l, 1919
$4,000 $24OO
97-inch wheelbase I2O-inch uheeIbae
Winch whe chase
I20-inch uheeIbdse

EFFECTIVE on and after August |, 1919,
l. the chassis price Of the Autocar Motor Truck
will be $1,000 for the 97-nch wheeIbase and
$1,000 for the l20-inch wheelbase.
Orders placed before August |, 1919, will
be accepted at the present price Of $1,000 for the
97-inch wheelbase chassis and $3.50 for the
l20-inch wheelbase chassis
In order to protect our 700 customers we
must reserve the privilege Of limiting the number Of
Autocas that we will sell at the present price to
any one business house.
THE AUTOCAR COMPANY, ARDMoRE, PA
THE AUTOCAR SALES AND SERVICE co.
12O PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
WASHINGTON
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
WOMEN In BUSINESS

Woman's power in America is we'll
Illustrated by the thousands of
romen who entered almost every
ne of business to replace men who
'ere drafted during the war. Health
roved their strongest asset. Many
yomen. however. developed weak,
ervous conditions and could not
tand the strain of a business life.
UGH women should remember there
one tried and true remedy in
ydia Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
ound. which for forty-five years
as been restoring health and
rength to the women of America.
ADV.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

to show the boys that he still had
plenty OF stun left. Kircher struck
out the last three men that faced him
Miss Julia Plat and Miss Anna
Miller visited Atlantic City last Sun
day. But, talk about hard luck, they
lost their lunch while on the train
Ed Anderson, of section 8, has a
fine little son.
Miss Annie Mccarthy. of the wet
ting division. is on the sick list.
Leo L. Graves. of section 9. is back
at work after ten day vacation.
He has just purchased a new farm
out on the Seventh street pike near
Wheaton. and has been busily en-
gagged getting things into shape.
j. Kriijan and J. G. Loveday, OF
section 2. are on the sick list.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
BUREAU OF
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING
Hsz NEWS

Charles Runge. section S, and
ommander of the J. r. Harden, No.
! camp, Spanish War Veterans,
alls the attention Of his comrades
o the Bureau to the election sf
delegates for the big convention in
Ian Francisco on September 2,
Thich will be held tomorrow night
Pythian Temple. There are seven
nominees from which to select four
delegates, and, as three of the nomi-
ees, Frank HUM. Chris Mccarthy
nd Jack Chism. are plate printers,
is hoped that the veterans in the
bureau will turn out in full force
Q help send these three men to the
convention
Edward r. williams, chairman of
he reclassification committee, and
6elvin c. Sharp and Irwin P. Tade
ave been detailed to the Treasury
department. to work on the reclassi-
Patton Of Bureau employees.
Miss Grace Clyburn. Of the ex.
mining division, is on the sick list.
otto Erdman, OF section 2, seemed
d be enjoying cake on the board
Falk at Atlantic City last Sunday.
lnyhow, he didn't fail to bring a
OK of salt water taffy to the clerks
d section S.
n. J. Gowans, OF section Q, is
pending a few days in Riverdale
Wanting potatoes and generally get
Ing his garden into good shape.
Wilson Miller. Of section 5, had
uch a good time on his weeks va
alton that he has added a couple of
lays to 1t.
Mrs Kate Miller. Of the examin-
ng division, is sick.
DR.. Irwin B. Cohen. of the engrav-
, ng division. has been granted ten
| lays leave
The Bureau baseball team, with
xircher pitching, defeated the Typos
Monday by a score OF 6 to /. Just
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
TERROR REIGN BRINGS
RUSSIAN SUICIDE WAVE

Many suicides are being committed
In Petrograd because of the reign of
terror there. according to Swedish
press reports received at the State De-
partment yesterday.
Peters. in charge of the Bolshevik
regime OF Petrograd. has forbidden
the sending of any letter out of Pet
rograd except by regular mails, IT
was stated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
Discontinuance of Death
Sentences Is Urqed

A War Department order announces
that commanding generals of all ter
ritorial departments and of the A. e.
F. have been asked to discontinue
their exercise Of war power to order
execution OF a sentence OF dismissal
or death.
President Wilson will exercise as he
did until recently the power to pass
finally upon such sentences.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

]. Kriijan and ]. G. Loveday, Of
section g. are on the sick list.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
Discuss D. c. Utilities.

District public utilities will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the public
utilities committee of the Board of
Trade. in the boards room. Eleventh
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. E.
c. Graham is chairman of the COM
mittee.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
Tar Heel Towns Seek
Fnemen's Convention

Ashevtlle. N. c.. July 16-Durhar,,
Greensboro. Monroe and Fayetteville
today staged a merry fight for the
next convention OF the North Caro-
lima Firemen's Association.
Tho association convened here today
in its sd annual convention with two
hundred delegates present.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
What's the Fare to Bermuda?

New York. July 15.-Liquor deal.
ers here are planning to operate a
fleet of ships between the United
States and Bermuda to dispose OF
their stocks on the boats.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
Mexico City To Retain
Independent Status

MEXICO CITY, Aug. s.-The Cham
Der of Deputies Thursday by vote Of
1856 to 20, rejected proposal submit
ted by the executive branch of the
government depriving Mexico City of
its status as an independent municipal
ity and placing it under the federal
government.
An attempt originating in the cham
Der to end the present extraordinary
session of congress on August IS, and
giving the legislators a recess until
the regular sessions start Sept. 1, is
apparently doomed to failure because
Of opposition in the senate. While
the lower house has passed the new
labor law, the senate still has much
to consider. This is taken to indicate
that important legislation will not be
enacted until the regular term.
President Carranza is understood to
have postponed his proposed visit a
month in the northern states of the
republic in order to present his mes
sage at the opening session in Septem-
Der.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08

cause times were hard; once by the
greenback party and once by the free
silver party. In both of these In
stances the farmers were the chief
compliments, and the grievance was
that prices were too low; now it is
the wage-earning class and the griev-
ance is that prices are too high,
THE arguments for greenbacks and
free silver were all washed away in
the periods Of prosperity which fol-
lowed, but the same type of agitator
Is always on hand-just as ready to
argue from high prices as low prices,
and always finding the most effective
appeal in the play of class suspicion
and class prejudice. The solution OF
our problem lies in reducing our credit
imitation out of savings and getting
back to rational economic basis"
Bank Deposits Not Wealth.
But bank deposits are not wealth.
If you borrow $4,000 from your
banker, and it is credited to your
checking account. the deposits of that
bank rise $4,000. And when you
check it out, your checks will be de-
posted in other banks, and will in
SACooO lAC4l ocpOSllS. bduh OcpOo1Io
constitute purchasing power, and the
$4,000 we have taken as an example
remains in circulation until somebody
pays off the $4,000 out Of savings.
$50 long as that $4,000 remains In
circulation it is not an increase In
wealth. But that is the kind of pur-
chasing power we have in this coun-
try. 1t is pure imitation, a kind OF
| bloat or dropsy.
IF the present level of prices is per
| manent the value Of money and of all
obligations to pay fixed sums of money
will be deprecated approximately one.
half. 1t means that all the savings OF
| the people which are in the form OF
| bank deposits, promissory notes, OF
life insurance, are in large part, pos
sibly one-half, wiped out as with a
sponge.
The farmer or business man who
in the declining years of life, has con
verted his property into bonds o,
mortgages will find the interest as he
receives 1t, and the principal when /,
Is paid, Of only about one-half the pur
chasing power that he bargained for
: A great many salaried people anc
wage earners are unable to get {
prompt adjustment of their pay. The
railroads and public utilities have
been reduced to state Of almost hnan
cial ruin. Nobody gains anything b,
the higher scale except at the expense
of some one else. The distribution o
higher pay is not based upon any prin
ciples of equity, but upon the power o
coercion"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
Double-Rich Milk

Van Camps is whole milk from
high-bred COWS, with over half of
the water evaporated.
It is twice as rich in butter fat
and solids as the milk when it comes
from the COW. Nothing is subtracted
save the water.
It is as thick as thick cream. You
can even dilute it for coffee or ice
cream. Dilute it one-half and you
have very rich milk. Dilute it still
further for cooking.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
Bloated Credit System is to Blame for Cost
Of Living is Claim of New York Economist

NEW YORK, Aug. why has the
dollar declined in value, so that 1t is
worth only about half as much as it
was before the outbreak Of the Euro
pean war? The answer is that it has
been diluted, and Americas bloated
credit system is held to blame.
If the United States had issued
greenbacks instead OF bonds to IL
nance the war there would be clear
er understanding of the Initiation
which has cut in half the purchasing
power Of the dollar. 1t would be APP
parent that the production Of useful
commodities having been curtailed,
and the turnout of dollars having
been greatly expanded, 1t would take
more dollars to buy a given COM
modify, under the law Of supply and
demand. But the step from green
backs to bonds was a step out Of the
realm Of currency into the realm OF
credit, and it confused the issue.
Factor In High Prices.
The man who had a savings account
of a thousand dollars before the war
has only half as much now. The man
who works for $50 a week, say, is &C
tually getting only $25. Those things
are true, whether you blame high
prices or imitation. But If you are
prone to consider high prices kind OF
inescapable jugernaut, you are wrong,
because. according to George E. Rob
erts, former director Of the mint, and
now vice president of the National
City bank. high prices are chiefly re-
flex of the credit imitation from which
this country is suffering, and the in
flation Is remediable.
Twenty years ago the people Of
this country rallied against the fifty
cent dollar" Mr.. Roberts said, the
other day, "and free silver was voted
down. But we have got the fifty-cent
dollar today. and 1t is a question
whether we are going to make 1t
permanent.
Everybody knows that the pur-
chasing power Of money has de-
clined, that prices are twice as high,
but most people think 1t is due to the
fact that something has happened to
commodities. Few think Of it as due
to changes on the side Of money.
There is something delusive about a
rise in prices due to depreciation in
| currency.
1T sets up a situation which looks
like prosperity. and which for time
has some of the features Of real pros
perity. Rising prices stimulate buy.
| ing and stimulate production while
| they last. They make business good
and bring profitable employment. We
| have had a great increase in bank de-
posts, and some people, including
some bankers, regard that as pros
perity. They think 1t is proof of an
accumulation of wealth
Credit Imitation important Factor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
"DISASTER," SAYS
GILBERT, OF R. R.
STRIKE MOVES

"-he worst economic disaster that
ever threatened this country" is the
way in which Harry Gilbert, formerly
food administrator of Wayne county
characterizes the threatened local and
general railroad strike.
Richmond. being smaller in size and
closer to the source of supply, will
get off comparatively light. and there
is no danger of real deprivation and
want here, but larger centers will be
absolutely paralyzed, says Gilbert.
He foresees higher prices. and the
lack of some foodstuffs, here, especial
ly If a selfish element of the com
munity attempts to hoard but bread
riots, paralysis of agricultural pro-
duction movements, and of all indus
trial business ventures, may result in
the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
EDITH CAvELL'S
SLAYER MAY Be
TRIED BY LEvAL
Belgian Who Attempted to
Prevent Murder May Ac-
cuse Baron De Lancken.

BRUSSELS. July IL, Correspond
ence OF the Associated Press),-If
Baron Won der Observation-Disclosures
civil governor and regarded by many
as the real ruler Of Belgium during
the German occupation. is brought to
trail at the Old Bailey in London.
there will be present an accuser whom
Lancken tried to send to the firing
squad at the Tir National
That man Is CASTOR de Leval, Bel
gian attorney, legal counsellor Of the
American Legation and special Of the
American legation. during those days
OF the German occupation in Belgium.
There Is bitter hatred between Bar
on Lancken and the Belgian attorney.
who risked his life in his attempt to
save Miss Edith Cavell, the British
nurse. from execution. Had 1t not
been for the Intervention of Ambas.
sador Whitlock and Mr.. Gibson a fir.
Ing squad might have entertained de
Leval on the morning of October 81,
1915.
Predicts Prosecution.
De Leval accompanied Mr.. Gibson
when, on October II, the American
Secretary went to protest to Won der
Lancken against execution of the
death sentence upon Miss Cavell.
While the Spanish Minister, the Mar.
quis Of Villadobar, was arguing with
Won der Lancken who refused to inter
vene. the German caught sight Of de
Leval and exclaimed.
There is an enemy subject, what
is he doing here7"
Marquis Villalobar and Mr. Gibson
Immediately recognized that Lancken
was attempting to create a diversion
and requested de Leval to withdraw
The latter refused, saying
Il shall live to prosecute you al
your trial." Lancken asked Gibson tc
dismiss de Leval from the service OF
the American Legation Gibson refused
A few days latter Lancken came
raging to the American legation, bear
ing copy of an English paper with
the story Of the execution of Miss Ca
VEIL including Mr.. Whitlock's report
to the State department, Gibson's mar
rative of the events and de Levap:
legal conclusions.
This man de Leval will have to be
removed from the American Lega
ton" said Lancken, Under military
law he should be tried by a court
martial. I would recommend that the
most severe penalty be visited upOr
him"
On Octber 81. 1915, Lancken return
ed to the Legation and demanded tina
de Leval be given up. Mr.. Whitlocl
refused. De Leval went to LondoI
where he remained throughout thu
war.
Lancken's parting sally to de Leva
was:
I'VE shall meet again" De Leva
retorted: Il am sure the pleasure will
be all mine. And now they may NEE
at the Old Bailey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08

THE inflated state of bank credit
is factor in these high prices. The
whole situation is artificial. Bank
deposits are all up to so to 100 per
cent, and large part of the increase
Of loans. The way people are be-
fuddled into thinking this state Of
things is prosperity has been the
despair of economists in all times.
These deposits have the same effect
as so much paper money.
Liberty bond loans in the banks
ought to be paid off, and the loans Of
the federal reserve banks ought to be
liquidated. The federal reserve
banks were never intended to be a
resort for continuous borrowing.
They were intended, as the name i'm
plies, to be banks holding reserves of
credit for emergency and reasonable
requirements.
Prices and Unrest.
Nobody Is responsible for the
rising cost Of the common neces
saries of life, but when great mum
bers of people are disappointed and
discontinued somebody is always held
to be responsible. The most thought
full students of history have held that
all the great crises and upheavals OF
society have been due to economic
causes, to direct economic pressure
upon the people, rather than to logica
reasoning or intellectual leadership
Twice in my own time l have seer
| the monetary system and standard
value nearly upset in this country. be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
SOLUTION WILL
Be FOUND, SAYS
SENATOR WATSON

Time, patience and the use of d.
plomacy between several opposing fac
tons will be needed to solve the pres
ent problems connected with the rail-
road strike and the high cost of hv-
ing problem, according to a letter re-
ceived from Senator James E. Watson,
of Indiana, by Harry Gilbert, of Rich
mond, Friday.
The Indiana senator says, according
to Gilbert, that he is not sure just
where the solution of our present eco
nomic difficulties lies, but that he is
sure of final and satisfactory solu.
ton Of these difficulties, sooner or
later
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-08
Crowder Sails For New
York On Cuban Cruiser
(By Associated Press)

HAVANA, Thursday, Aug. 7.-Major
General E H. Crowder, Judge Advo-
cate General of the United States
army who has spent many weeks here
in the work of revising the Cuban
electoral laws, sailed for New York
at IL o'clock tonight. aboard the Gu
ban cruiser Cuba.
On the return trip from New York
the Cuba will have on board the body
of Gonzalo de Guesada, who for two
wears was Cuban minister at Washing
ton and later at Berlin where he died
a short time before Cuba entered the
war.