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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-14
Rate War. Declared On French
Liners.

The Shipping Board and all other
steamship interests have declared
"war to the knife" against the
French Line, which has refused to
enter into conference on Atlantic
freight rates between American and
European ports, it was announced
yesterday.
"The French Line has notified
! shippers that it would cut rates.
said Admiral Benson. "Unless it re
turns to the fold and plays fairly
there will be no limit to the rate
war"
All steamship freight traffic from
North and South Atlantic and Gulf
sea ports to French ports and to Ant
|werp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and RE
men is affected. The French Line
is thus brought into a war with the
International Mercantile Marine.
Japan Now "Cooled Down On Cali
fornia Agitation.
Tokyo, Oct. 14.-The California
agitation here has practically ceased
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PLEASANTVALLEYI ITEMS.

Hannes Thomson was a Wood caller
Saturday.
Rev. III. Jams was In Murdo the lat.
ter part of last week.
The Week family took Christmas
dinner at Hellekson'S, Christmas day
r. Week and wife called at G.. J,
VOLTS Sunday afternoon and at
Kimball's in the evening.
The G. j. Wolf family spent Christ.
mas eve at Rev. Jams. Also Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Bauman and Dora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Week were in WOOD
Christmas eve. They enjoyed the
program given by the Wood school
1t was certainly fine.
The children gave a Christmas pro
gram at the school house in the aft,
rnoon of Christmas eve. From there
the teacher, Miss H%ellekson, took the
children home, where she had a fine
Christmas tree and gave them al
dinner, after which she brought then
all to Wood to see the Christmas pro
gram.
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VALLEY

We wish you all the happiest OF
New Years.
The Aeschbacher families spent
Sunday at Mr.. Gustafson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miner entertained a
few of their near neighbors Saturday
evening.
VIM. Fredricksen was a dinner
guest at the Langley home on Christ
mas day.
Miss Dorothy Schroeder was an
overnight and Sunday guest of Mrs.
Boyd O'Bryan.
Grandma Aeschbacher entertained
her children and grandchildren On
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miner entertained
the O'Bryan family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles Leedom on Christmas Day.
S. r. Langley purchased a fine
ninety dollar Chester White hog in
Trip county and brought him home
Monday.
Zeno O'Bryan is assisting Mr.. Lang
ley with his work, which got sadly
ahead Of him during our unusual
early winter.
Mr., and Mrs. Langley and daughter
and Will Blank enjoyed Sunday din
ner aad afternoon at the Albert
Joneschiet home.
John Ham was a Sunday evening
caller at the Joneschiet home. John
has been somewhat disabled on ac-
count Of a lame back.
May the year 1920 be n of pros
perity and allay some of this terrible
unrest and dissatisfaction among our
great American people.
The Ritts boys have been assisting
Warren Burnham for a time. The
burnhams spent Christmas with rel
atives In Trip county.
Invitations are out for a few near
neighborS to spend a pleasant tlme
Wednesda y evening watching the old
year out and the new year in. at the
Frank Richardson home. .
Tommy Easton, Mrs. Boyd O'Bryan's
brother, is spending the week with
his sister, nursing a very sore hnger,
the nail being pulled off in some ma
chinery he was operating.
Mrs. Ritts is again at her home in
our Valley, since she suffered a severe
bemmorhage of the lose and was
compelled to give up her school in
Trip county. Here is hoping she
may again be able to fill her place in
the schoolroom.
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LITTLE U ITEMS

Oak Creek is running full blast this
week.
Luther Schaeffer is still husking
his corn.
John Nolan has moved onto his
place to stay.
Miss Freda Horstman was in Wit
ten Saturday.
Henry New was hauling hay from
Kastel's this week.
Jerry Kastel called at %Sturdevant's
Saturday afternoon.
Bud Sinkler and family spent Xmas
| with his parents at Wood.
George Horstman hauled a load of
corn for John Nolan the first of the
week.
From all reports wedding bells will
ring in our neighborhood In the near
future.
George Dillon hauled a car into
VOVu EiAudy ShoV Woo OiOhCu AOVu
at his place.
Bud Sinkler went to Wood Satur-
day to get his car that he had had
overhauled there.
There Is some talk of having a
meeting and organizing u telephone
line in the neighborhood.
Sill's orchestra met at Sturdevant's
Saturday evening. The evening was
spent with music, dancing and cards.
Eugene Sturdeyant, s. G. Gary,
Claud Stills and Ben Charamza were
In Carter doing some Xmas trading,
Tuesday.
Claud Stills and family, E. Sturde-
want, S. G. Gary and Luther and
Lucille Schaeffer took in the Xmas
tree at the church at Little Crows
Xmas night.
1t looks funny that the mail from
| Winner to Carter can't make 10 miles
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your son who was killed In the service
If you indicate your approval OF these
suggested changes we will proceed i'm
m~ediatedly.
With assurances Of the Committees
appreciation, | am Sincerely yours,
(Signed) WILL II. HAYS.
Mr.. Beale under date of November
"a, 1919, expressed qualification at the
way the National COMMITTEES had &C.
cepted his suggestion land the liberal
manner i'm which they intended to
carry H. out" He suggested as judges
DR.. David Jayne Hill, DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, and the Hon. Albert
j. Beverage. This suggestion has
been approved.
RULES OF THE CONTEST.
To the Young Men and Women of
America: The Republican National
Committee wishes to express it's gra-
titude to Mr.. Truxtun Beale for his
patriotic suggestion. The Committee
urges the popular participation in the
coming national election and is eager
for the active cooperation of the
Younger men and womenof the nation
so many thousands of whom did their
all in the late war.
The Republican party shall continue
to be the instrument in this country
to apply to new and changing condi-
lions the wisdom OF experience and
the efficiency of an honest Jealous ser
vice. The delegates to the National
Convention will be glad Of the oppor-
tunity to study the proposed platforms
submitted by the young voters of the
land.
We suggest that you adhere to the
following rules of the prize contest:
/. Submit four typewriter copies
of your manuscript. Sign only
one. Write on one side of the
paper.
2 Manuscripts must not exceed
six thousand words.
3. Send all manuscripts to Walker
Blaine Beale Contest, Division
of Young Voters, Republican
National Committee, 923 Wood
ward Building, Washington, Dc
4. All manuscripts must be in the
judges hands not later than
March 81, 1920.
5. Announcement of prize winners
will be made prior to the open
ing of the Republican Nationa.
Convention in 1920.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The North American Review, at
Mr.. Beale's suggestion, has been given
the right Of first publication of any
manuscript passed upon by the judges
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The North American Review, a
Mr.. Beale's suggestion, has been give
the right Of first publication of an
manuscript passed upon by the judge
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CHESTER WHITE HOGS for sale
at farmers prices. have three bears
left and a number of gifts and two
tried sows, that r recorded. New
blood for old customers. You will
find them at the Rosebud Valley
Farm, 8 miles north east of Wood
8. r. Langley, Wittep, s. d. 43tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

while Bert Humphrey makes 3&
Bert makes Y miles on a trip, while
it takes two outfits to make SO from
Winner TO Carter and return. This
makes the mail a day late from Car
ter west. Something should be done.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

REWARD OF $2b will be paid for
information leading to conviction OF
anyone DESTROYING or removing any
part of log house on place known as
J. VERSIONS hymestead at Bad Nation
Camp at Runningville poatofRce.' AID
dress, j. Iverson. Sioux Falls, ). u.
47t4
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

All aboard for the 1920 special.
Goodbye, 1919. We part without
a tear.
The popular program for 1920 Is to
eat, drink, be merry, and pay the bill
Money comes easy, goes easier, and
we're id uneasy when we haven't
got 1t.
Sampson was the stoutest man.
Answer, without hesitation-how did
he diep
America is sick-prostrate with a
terrible disease-the uncomfortable
lust for squandering money.
They tell us hell is paved with good
intentions. But not so. 'Tis only
subterfuge that gets that far.
If 1t were true that only the good
die young, hell would soon be out Of
business for lack OF patronage.
A dollar a dozen is the prediction
for January eggs in most parts Of the
country. Or was 1t a dollar each2
Ii all the booze in the country could
be frozen into blocks-well, you know
there Is no law against selling Ice.
England and France are in com
plete international accord. That's
more than America is, wen with
itself.
Pull a mite Of a smile occasionally y.
1t will not crack your face, nor yet
dampen the ardor Of your sunny dis
position.
What will 1920 bring to us in this
town Exactly what we reech out
and gather in-no more, no less. Let's
begin now.
Be careful how you blow of with
your g year resolutions. Like
prices, they are subject to change
without notice.
We all admire the fellow who has
the courage Of his convictions, provid
ed those convictions coincide with
our own views.
Old men are becoming young again,
young men are getting kiddish, ard
the kids are assimilating all Of the
NJ uankipd
Down in Mexico everybody Is pro-
fteering In sugar. But In that they
are only following our own noble K
ample-so why kickp
Editors are born,
But not made;
And often promised,
But not paid.
The people want to smash old High
Cost, and High Cost wants to bust
the people, and In The mixup Fl. c.
seems to be getting about all the
gravy.
Clothing, manufacturers tell us, is
sure to advance In price. And the
moment we fall back on the old
reliable fg leaf the cusses will start
profiteering In them.
Ring out the old year,
Ring In the new;
Out with the camoufiage,
And in with the true.
Judging from the number of gentle
men nursing presidential ambitions,
we are inclined to the opinion that
America is we'll supplied with men
Of super-greatness-in their W esti-
nation.
In order to keep warm during the
coal strike many people had to resort
TO the use Of fuel oil. The result, Of
course, was just as expected. The
oil proAteers kicked the price up some
thing like 800 per cent. And profit
eering on the spells Of calamity is a.
bout the limit OF human degradation.
Surely you have heard of the young
man who consulted a lawyer with a
View Of bringing suit to force an eQuit
able division Of his late fathers es-
tate. 'sBut," objected the lawyer,
''my information Is that your father
didn't leave any estate" "The hell
he didn't" exclaimed the young man
my brother thinks ! don't know It,
but be left sixteez quarts" .
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

kindly send or wire me your order
for a Eordson Tractor at once. BY
doing so I can make delivery for
spring work. Fred w. Rain, Witten
S. D., Phone No l3. lH
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

TAKEN UP-Two white face cows
December "a. No brands. Owner
may have same by proving property,
paying damages and keep of the ami
mals.s j., j. Filipi, Wood, S. D. 4Si)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02
ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS for

ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS Tor
sale. We have four bull calves for
sale, three sired b, a Black Bird bull,
one sired by a Black Cspp bull.
These bulls are from cows and bulls
slipped from Seymour aud Humes,on
Iowa. Parties looking for new blood
will fnd them at the Rosebud Valley
Farm, 3 miles north east OF Wood.
S. r. Langley, Witten, S. D. 43tf
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LOST-About two weeks ago ten
red spring pigs, weight about IS
pounds each Reward for informa
tion leading to recovery. Frank Tis.
dell, Wood, S. D 36tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02

FOR SALE-2OO tons of good Sal'
Grass hay in stack. Call or write j,
FL. hinton, Wood, S. D., or call at
this office. BIT
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-02
NOTICE.

White River, S. D., Dec. 16, 1919
Holders of Mellette County warrants
are hereby notified that the following
Mellette County warrants are called
to and including register number as
indicated below:
General Fund, Register No. 4530
Salary Fund, Register No. sos
Road and BridgeFund, Register No 248
Interest ceases December %, 1919.
47-2 G.. w. KERLIN, Treasurer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
STRICT MOTOR
 RULES IN JAPAN

x l. You must drive your automq, Die at the speed of 8 knots per hour on the city roads and at 12 knots per hour on the country roads.
 Z. In narrow place of road corner and bridge speed slowly.
 5. When you see the policeman throwing up his hand you may not drive in front of him.
 4. When you pass the corner and the bridge ring the horn.
 5. When you get ahead of the passenger on foot or the COW or the horse, you must ring the horn.
 6. When you meet the COW or the horse speed slowly and take the care to ring the horn and not be afraid of them. Drive slowly when you meet the horse or the cattle, do not make them afraid and carefully make the sound. If they are afarid o1 the sound you must escape little while at the side of the road until they pass away.
 T. When you drive the motor cal do not leave the drivers seat and take care less unexpected trouble happens.
 8. Do not drive the motor cal when you get drunk and do moi smoke on the drivers seat
 g. When two cars are driving ir the same road, if there is another car in front of yours or behind your: you must keep 60 yards away from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
SCHOOLS HAVE NO
 SPELLING BOOKS

Philadelphia, May 2S-Phi1adel- phia public schools have no spelling books.
 And spelling books. have been dropped, says local educators, be- cause they start with "cat and "rat," and include similar words sell dom used in correspondence and business.
 Until a spelling book has been compiled that uses the words that are most frequently used in business and private correspondence, Louis Nusbaum, Associate Superintendent of Public Schools, announces that public schools here will compile their own lists of words.
 The spelling vocabulary taught an average public school pupil is 2,50O words. This is five hundred more than was found in an investigation of words used in 100000 business and personal letters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
NEWS OF THE THEATRES

to,s The Melting Pot" and others bea utiful.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
DEAF VETERANS
 READ FROM LIPS

Among the thousands of men dis apled in the World War, there arc about 200 practically totally deaf, and TOO with speech defects caused by wounds in jaw, neck or throat. The majority of these men, while still in army hospitals, received ip-read- ing and speech training. They are now taking vocational training under the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
 Soldiers and sailors who did not re- ceiye instruction in Ip-reading and lessons for the correction of speech defects are now in training under the supervision of a special agent of the Federal Board.
 One of the most interesting speech defect cases is that of Private Henry J. Koopman, who, as result of an operation for mastoiditis, suffered what the doctors call "complete mo- tor and sensory aphasia." In every day language, he could neither speak nor understand speech. His hospital record showed that before the oper- ation, Koopman spoke English with out an accent After his operation he could utter a few German phrases, but his English was completely for gotten. He could neither name nor locate the parts of lis body.
 Show me your arm, would say his teacher.
 Koopman would look vaguely around him.
 Koopman's training was started at U. S. Army General Hospital, No. II at Cape May, N. J., under an expert teacher, Miss May E. Thornton.
 At the end of two days the pupil could count to four. In one week he could To simple addition. At the end of two weeks he knew three parts of his body and could speak one connected sentence in English. At this time, he began leftLhand writing to develop the speech centers on the right side of his brain. In five months time he could write with both hands, read simple sentences, write a short letter, and his speech was broken but inte1ligible. Moreover, he revealed himself as remarkable card-player and a, beautiful dancer.
 MT. Keepman is discharged from the army and receiving treatment at a New York Public Health Service hospital. The Federal Board for Vo- cational Education has arranged that his speech training go on under the same teacher with whom he started q at Cape May. Miss Thornton now reports that he can talk twenty min utes without stopping.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28

him. If you go ahead of him ring horn and pass him.
 10. When you cross the railway wait until the other tram and other cars pass through.
 II. When anything matter with your car you go to Police station and tell him.
 12. When you want to have a driv. CT or exchange another, you must inclose drivers address, career and age
 13. Special Notice. You must never put overload on your automobile The licensed capacity of your Ford car is five passengers-two in front and three in rear of house.-World Out look.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28

Alibi at Nine Forty-Frve," etc. The producer has spared nothing in the way of cast and production to make it a genuine success and from the continued demand for seats it looks like capacity business during it's stay in our city.
 WEST END.
 Many who view Mary Pickford's first United Artists Corporation pie ture, "PolIyanna," shown at the West End theatre tonight will wonder where she learned the quaint little dance which features her glad visit to Mrs. Snow, the invalid. | After Miss Pickford and her direc- tor, Paul Powell, had figured for sev- eral days on different steps, and after Little Mary had even hired half dozen children to dance for her that she might watch their steps and study their actions in an earnest search for "kid business she finally got just the steps she, wanted from her little niece and namesake, Mary Pickford Rupp.
 This little girl, just past three, came to visit her famous auntie one afternoon, and was quite surprised to find her garbed as little girl and in dulging in all sorts of queer and awkward antics, calculated to repre- sent a chi1d's efforts at dancing. Thinking it some kind of game, lit tie Miss Rupp insisted on joining the party, whereupon both Director Po- we'll and Miss Pickford were treated to great surprise-for in her quaint romping they found exactly the steps they were seeking for the glad dance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28

Lyric.
 Instead of closing the theater for the summer as has been the custom the popular playhouse, the Lyric, will remain open for several weeks at least even though the PoH Players leave at the end of the week.
 S. E. Poli has made arrangements with the Famous Players Co. Tor the production of some of their highest grade pictures. First among the series which will be shown Is one or Cecile B. DeMi1le's wonderful photo play, "Why Change Your Wife
 The picture is one of the best that has come to Bridgeport in some time This is the first time that Bridgeport theatergoers will have the opportun- ity of seeing something really good in motion pictures. The prices will be within the reach of all. Three shows daily will be given, the first in the af. ternoon, and two in the evening, be- ginning at o'clock. The first per. formance will be given Sunday night Each performance is scheduled to last two and one-half hours with several attra ctions besides the feature pie ture.
 Only a few more opportunities re- main for the production of that wonderful comedy, Civilian Clothes The play is excellent and gives the Players an opportunity seldom offer ed to artists in a stock company.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
POI1'S.

Events occur in Mothers of Men, the big feature photoplay which open ed at the Poli theatre yesterday that send the mothers of men all over the world to their knees praying for their sons, This photoplay is one of the most realistic and the most gripping that has been offered by Republic Pictures corporation. Claire Whitney plays the role of Marie in a capable manner. Pathe News and Pathe Re- view support the screen offering with topical and educational novelties.
 On the vaudeville section a gen. timely varied performance is given. A Hungarian Rhapsody gives four mem bers of the cast full opportunity for tf,e display of comedy and song. , Helen Vincent, a neat comedienne and singer, holds her audience well with many new numbers which she sings before a beautiful plush drop.
 Johnson, Howard and Lisette, three comedy acrobats, start the ball of fun rolling.
 Mathews and Ayres, a man and a woman in a cross-fire dialogue, based on the closeness of men in spending money, have something quite new in material.
 One of the best combination ami nal and acrobatic diversions that re- gently has been released to America was witnessed in the performance of Clemmens, Belling 6, Go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
PROGRESSIVE ART.

Flows this, Dauber? You've paint ed Father Time with a moving ma. chine instead of a scythe."
 That's all right. We artists must keep up with modern inventive pro- gress, you know.'---Boston Tran script.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
STRATEGY,

Baseball magnates are talking of barring the spitball''
 ''Yes, I read that aloud in school' 'fWhy?'
 gro impress the kid. They imme- diately quit throwing them.''-Louis- vile Courier-Journal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
EMPIRE.

Ancient Babylon in all it's prodfga1 magnificence is one of the settings in Cecil B. De Bille's big Paramount Aircraft production, Male and Fe- male," which is at the Empire thea tre today. It is a screen adaptation of Sir James M. Barrie's famous play, 'The Admirable Crichton." In the course of the story, Crichton, the sublimated butler, dreams of the days when I was a king in Babylon" as he sits amid the. ruins of prehistoric court on a desert isle. The dream is shown on the screen, with Gloria Swanson as the gorgeously att1red slave girl.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
PARK.
1.-The ReveIatiOnS of a Wife"

'aThe Revelations of a Wife"
 For the first time in this city, "The Revelations of a Wife," Is De- ing offered at the Park theatre for this entire week with one special ladies' matinee left-Saturday The play has created quite a bit of dis cussion, due to the mysterious plot, and has to be seen to be appreciated and understood. It handles a deli cate subject in a delicate manner, yet convincing and to the point. It will probably duplicate the success made by those other mystery plays now running in New York. fThe Un- known Purple,' Three Faces East" ..The Woman in Room Thirteen" '"The Invisible Foe" ''The Crimson