The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-01-31

President Wilson, at Paris. has sent
a message to the Brazilian govern
IAent expressing his deep regret at the
oath Of President Alves.
The Chicago, board Of education
voted to name the next public school
building in the city In honor Of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
Negotiations for the purchase by a
number Of Lincoln men Of the fran
chise Of the Denver club OF the West
ern league are being conducted.
New Zealand's casualties In the war
to:alled 57,032, Of whom only forty
five were taken prisoner by the
enemy. The number killed was 1880.
Speaker Champ Clark in the house
of representatives ut Washington de-
clared during "A debate that every
American soldier in Russia and the
rest of Europe should be withdrawn.
Secretary Baker has directed that
enlisted men upon being discharged
from the service may retain the
safety razor, comb, shaving brush,
steel mirror and towels issued to each
man.
The Iowa Federation Of WOman's
clubs and labor organizations say the
legislature will pass the bill providing
for Il ten-hour day for m with a
week.
A mob at Hllsboro. Tex. took
Bragg Williams, a negro. to the corner
of the public square and burned him
to death for the murder of Mrs.
George Wells and her child December
,, 1918.
That Senator j. Hamilton Lewis,
Illinois, will be attorney general. sue
ceeding I. w. Gregory. resigned, il
Secretary Of War Baker also resigns,
was the prediction Of Lewis friends
in congress-.
The hog price agreement policy OF
the food administration will be con-
tinued despite attacks on the present
scale of $17.5O In the face OF the pres
ent surplus, +. s. Snyder, head Of the
meat division. announced.
President Wilson has sent an auto
graphed copy of his famous fourteen
points set out on official White House
note paper to be sold on behalf Of a
fund for the dependents of British
soldier and sailor journalists.
General John Pershing, the Ameri-
can commander in chief, has been
called to Paris, and it is expected that
he will be the military member Of the
American representative of the joint
commission to parley with Russia.
The Nassau county. New York,
grand jury, failed to indict Mrs. Marie
Augustine LeBaudy. who shot and
killed her millionaire husband. the &C.
centric Jacques LeBaudy. at their
home in Westbury. early this month.
The death Of Prince John. youngest
o of King George OF England. came
80 .Quickly aud unexpectedly that
there was no time for the nurses who
were with him. to summon the king
and Queen Mary to his bedside be-
fore he expired.
Livestock on farms and ranges Of
the country on January I was valued
Mt $3.50. 2O4. 600 in an estimate made
public by the Department Of Agricul-
ture. This Is an increase Of 546,-
OO6,OOO over their value a year ago.
American delegates to the peace
conference favor \ thorough in
vestigation to fix responsibility for
the wnr-that no .culprit might escape
and that punishment might be meted
out to all those sharing the guilt, from
the kaiser 0own.
Word has reached Washington that
Captain James Norman Hall Of Col
fax. Iowa. q member OF the famous
Lafayette escadrille and later attach
ed to the American air forces in
France and who was driven down
wounded behind the German lines last
May. has returned to France from
Germany.
NJ. NOulens. French ambassador,
vino has just returned to Paris from
Russia, regards the b~Olshevist power
as an enemy Of the entente and as hnv-
Ing been responsible for the Russian
detection from the allies. Until the
regime fails" he Is quoted as saying,
Europe will continue to be exposed
to the severest risks Of agitation and
war;"