The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-11-25

ve1sity hall of fame yesterday an
nounced the dedication of a niche to
Mark Twain, James Buchanan Fades,
engineer; Patrick Henry, patriot and
statesman; William Thomas Green
Morton. physician; August Saint
Eaudens, sculptor; Roger Williams,
preacher and founder Of the state of
Rhode Island, and Alice Freeman
Palmer, teacher. Noah Webster, after
consideration, was not admitted. The
electorate consists of SO men n six
women as follows: University and
college presidents, 81; professors OF
history and historians, IS; scientists,
IL; authors and editors, IA; high pub
lie officials and men and women OF
affairs, 10; actual or former justices,
national or state, IL.
Even membership in the League of
Nations is expensive. The British
bill for the last six months Of 1920
has been presented. 1t is about $780,
O0o. Expenses are divided up among
the members Of the league according
to the scale Of the universal postal
union. Countries belonging to the
league are divided into sever classes,
the members of the first class paying
$50 units out OF ATS, while those of
the seventh (Liberia and Hedia2) pay
only two units.
There VIII 10 American cemeteries
in Europe at Suresnes, cal Paris; at
-Montfaucon, in the
Argonne; at Belleau wood, northwest
of -Thierry, and at Bony, in
the region Of the river Aisne, to be
known as FLANDERS Field" and one
near London, for the men who died
in Great Britain. says the war de-
partment
The first German flag to sail into
New York harbor for six years, and
which arrived last week, was the old
imperial red. white and black flag.
Waen asked why his ship did not fly
the flag Of the German republic,
which has a yellow stripe, the first
officer replied: 1.-THE army may have
a flag with a yellow stripe in it, but
our navy EVE VIII"
An organization to promote thrift
and to protect savings has been in
corporated in Boston MS an outgrowth
Of the war time conservation cam
paigns and the recent PonZi high
finance fasco. 1t will be known as
the Association for the Promotion and
Protection of Savings.
To agitate for the revival of navi-
CATION on the Mississippi river from
Minneapolis to New Orleans, making
waterway transportation available
for all intermediate. points is the fun
damental purpose of the convention
of the Upper Mississippi Waterways
association, which will be held in
Minneapolis this week.
Repeal Of the excess profits tax and
substitution OF other legislation for
raising revenue, with rigid economy
In government is almost certain dur
ing the first session Of the new con-
gress. say Nicolas Longworth, of the
House ways and means committee.
Harvard may have a 1~2-year-old
progidy or two, but Los Angeles has
M Of her own. He Is ~ years old,
speaks Russian, Yiddish and English,
delights in poetry and rationalistic
treatises." plays the piano and the
violin. But he dislikes little girls.
Censorship Of letters both to and
from abroad. uaich was established
In Berlin to pravent the transference
of private maaeT to avoid the high
German taxation, has been aban-
doned. Censorship of actual money
transfers, however, is to be main
tsined.
A Roosevelt bureau has been
formed in New York to collect bio
graphical matter and photographs OF
Theodore Roosevelt, and to publish
authoritative works dealing with his
life "a mr. jScl,n- In, fnrpp "a {ioS> yoh.r
Guested.
Senator Calder, as chairman of tho
investigators Of coal, says its high
cost has tended to discourage con
struction, and "for every increase of
81 a ten in coal, the people have been
mulcted out of more than half a
billion dollars a year.
Estimates maze Gy pathologists Of
the department of agriculture indi-
cate that in 1912 the production Of
~ Oh the most important cereal.
fruit int yegetable crops in the
country vas reduced more than $780,
100000 bushels BY plant diseases.
An ex-offcer, Is. c., who wishes
toacontest a seat FOE parliament as an
Independent candidate on the best
principles OF all parties, would be
grateful to anyone who would guar
antee. his election expenses, says an
advertisement in the London Times.
American and Canadian firms who
are importing British made toys for
Christmas, are insisting on having
the name of the country of origin
marked on them, says the London
Times.
Secretary Colby's little trip to
South America will last about Ave
weeks, n include visits to Rio De
Janeho, Monteyideo and Buenos
Aires. He. say he will not take more
tnan a dozen persons with him.
The London Times reports that The
British channel was crossed recently
on q bicycle, supported on two floats
and propelled by pedals. The S "a was
choppy and ~unfavorable and when the
cyclist reached the farther shore, he
was too exhausted to speak.
Secretary OF the Treasury .~Tre,nston