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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25

deeds bond ............... $500
Mabel X. Trooien, express and
postage 4.62
H. L. Riley, Mgr, coal for court
house ,...,............... 698.15
S A. Tinker. coal for Reynolds
lanlliy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 500
Mabel X. Trooien, express and
pnone .................... 5.S7
Rochester Germicide Co., sup
plies for court house ....... 6.35
{. Z. Sorenson, repairs ..... Abs
Western School Book Supply,
supplies for Co. Supt.. 2S.42
Brookings Co. Tel. Co., phone
and messages year 1919..... 24.75
Geo. Z. Perkins, drayage. .... 11.s5
Register Publishing Co, sup
plies and publishing ..... 94.9s
News Printing Co, records. 1880
Peter Mivhels, repairs ..... 1925
John Alton, postage on election
supplies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S99
John Alton, express ....... 1887
DR.. H o. Morgan, salary coun-
~ physician 1919 .... 1900
Treas. Richland twp, bridge
lumber ................... 7429
Grimms Dept. Store, supplies. 1856
Remington Typewriter Co,
supplies ................. $50
c. II. Cook, supplies for poor. 800
John c. Hammer, supplies for
ole Rude, poor .......... 1900
Industrial Chemical Co, sup
pies .................. 400
st. Paul Stamp Works, supplies 2.45
Andrew Thorson. repairs on jail 1890
Maxro-Ross Co, supplies. 1900
Grimm's Dept. Store, supplies. 3S5
Grimm's Dept Store. supplies
for Sail poor" ........ 1852
Treas. Richland twp, one-half
cement spillway ........ 200 90
John Nj. Strud, road work 80. 7.50
Jas. J. Ehret, livery. ... 200
Martin Borstad, road work -. 1880
Vernon Christopherson, work
on 500 Valley ditch ..... 1880
1t was moved seconded and carried
that the board authorize the auditor
to advertise for bids on road machin.
cry.
The board on motion adjourned to
800 o'clock a. m. Thursday, March
18, 1920.
The board met as per adjournment. |
all members of the board present.
The board on motion audited and |
allowed the following claims:
Harry Solberg, plans for school
houSCo ....S 4UD I
f. l.. Messner, stock and seed
for County Farm ...... $500
II. S. Johnson express and
pnOne ................. Alb
j. w. Evans, burial expenses
Tor Studer ............... $500
+. X. Bartling burial expense
for Berg and Mrs. Kellar. E. 1850
r. o. Tollefson, per diem and
mileage viewing bridges. $50. 500
r. o. Tollefson, expense in =
vestigating road machinery 5000
r. o. Tollefson, expense in
vestigating road machinery. 1922
R. o. Tollefson, board meeting 1850
e. H. Davis, board meeting. -. 1900
Thos. Kidman, expense investi-
eating road machinery. 500. 6212
Thos. Kidman, money advanced
l.. p. Hanson, poor. ...... 5000
Thos. Kidman, board meeting. 400
Fl. c. Halvorson, board meeting 1900
H. c. Halvorson, expense in
vestgating road machinery. 58.07
A. E. Bunday, board meeting. 1900
A. E. Bunday, expense investi-
eating road machinery. ..... 56.41
The board on motion authorized the
placing Of tornado and wind insur-
ance on the county court house in the
sum of $4,000.
The board on motion adjourned
II. G. HalvorsOn,
Chairman of the County Board.
Attest: John Alton, County Auditor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
STUDENTS PROTECT GIRLS
Chicago University Men Guard
Goods From Thugs at Night.

: CHICAGO. December 2o.-Univer-
sity of Chicago students have or
ganized a vigilance committee to pro-
tect co-eds and others in the neigh
borhood from criminals. who have
been active in the district about the
campus, IL became known today.
Repeated holdups along the mid
way have made the university campus
an armed camp by night Special
guards retained by the university pa
troll the neighborhood and act as
escorts for young women whose
studies necessitate journeys from one
building to another after sunset
Squads from the volunteer committee
likewise maintain vigil about dormi-
tories. sorority and fraternity houses
and in sequestered streets.
Many co-eds have reported that
they were attacked on the campus
after dark, and one girl was thrown
from taxicab by three men, who
jumped in at the time she hired it to
return home and robbed her She
was not injured.
Maj. H L. Car, director of military
training at the university, said he
believed many of the guns used in
the hold-ups came from the barracks
and armory of the university, which
had been broken into and pillaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
RIVER DISASTER
LAID TO SKIPPER
Was Warned Launch, Which
Cost Lives of Eleven, Was
Totally UnseaWorthy.~
by the Associated Press

AUGUSTA, KY. December 20
Criminal carelessness upon the part of
Capt George H. Hart. master of the
United States steam launch Margaret.
that sank in the Ohio river Saturday
night. was responsible for the tragedy.
according to the verdict returned by
a coroner's jury, following the re-
covery today of, the body of one of
the eleven victims. Capt. Hart. his
daughter and the latterS husband
were drowned. having been trapped
with three others in the upper cabin
OF the boat.
=, Engineer Dan Dykes. Knoxville.
Tenn. who had been employed on the
boat for eight months. testified that
ne had repeatedly told Capt Hart that
the boat had open seams that would
let IN much water and that 1t was
dangerous to operate it, Two other
members of the crew who escaped
drowning swore that they had called
the attention of the captain to the
condition of the boat. Dykes said the
boat sank two minutes after it sprung
Il leak
The body recovered was that of
Wellen Files. thirty-seven. and it was
brought to the surface with graphing
hooks. Search for the bodies is being
continued, hundreds of men partici-
pating.
stories OF heroism are related by the
eight survivors, one of whom said
that Thomas Sellers. twenty five. lost
his life while trying to save one of
the woman passengers. Engineer
Dykes, the last man to leave the boat.
gave the only life preserver that
could be found to H. L. Johnson, who
was saved.
Jake Wolter, jr.. twenty-one. al
though he could not swim, begged his
seventeenyear- brother Carl an
expert swimmer. to take the plank he
had clutched. The offer was refused.
and the younger boy swan to the
shore, while his brother was saved
after floating down the river for more
than a mile.
Col. !. Brown, commander in charge
of the Cincinnati division of the Ohio
river; William Hall. assistant engineer
at the government dam a ChiIo Ohio,
where the boat was used. and Frank
w. Clark. assistant to Maj. H. V. Pitt
man, engineer in charge, conducted an
investigation here today on behalf of
the government. but declined to give
out any information.
Although it had been reported that
there were twenty-one persons on the
boat when it went down, Mr.. Clark
said that only nineteen were aboard.
1t left the dam late Saturday after
noon. r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
F|L|P|NOS TO FACE
CHARGE OF MURDER
Seventy-Seven ConstabuIary
Soldiers to Be Accused
of Part in Riotinq.
By the Associated Press.


p" MANILA. December 1s.-Charges of
murder will be filed in court Monday
by the city prosecutor against seventy
seven Philippine constabulary soldiers
as result of the rioting Wednesday.
in which four Americans and seven
Filipinos were killed, Gov Gen. Fran
CHS Burton Harrison announced today.
He said Charges eventually would be
made against all who participated In
the lighting or were connected with
der.
The soldiers have been confined in
the fnsular penitentiary for safekeep-
ing on sedition charges fled yesterday
by the city prosecutor
Investigation of other men and Of
hcers of the constabulary who may be
culpable or may be implicated in the
unspeakable affair Wednesday night is
being continued by my instructions"
said the governor general action
Will be taken according to circum-
stances as they develop. The sedition
charges were made to hold the soldiers
pending more series accusation"
The official report of the riot as
serted "A Filipino constabulary officer
as the leader Of the soldiers who par
ticipated i'm the shooting, but Brig.
Gen. Rafael Crane. CHIEF OF the con-
stabulary, declared no officer was en-
gaded in the affair. Ft-e'- t
The mother, wife and sister-in-law
or Policarpio. one of the Filipinos
killed, dropped dead of heart trouble
on hearing of the outbreak, according
to the police report:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
WOMEN OF GERMANY PR OTEST
SURRENDER OF 100000 COWS
Cities for Six Years Without Milk, In
creasing tuberculosis and Child
Deaths. is Plea.

right way to save children of one
country by destroying those of an
other"
The letter was framed by com
mittee of twenty-siX woman deputies
representing the bourgeois and mag
jOfity socialist parties in the reicn-
stag. and was in reply to an open
letter addressed to them by the
Woman Suffrage Union of France.
discussing the German protest against
the surrender of German mich COWS.
The French letter was received by
Frau Adele Schneider. a majority So
ciaiist deputy and widely known as d
suffragist and welfare worker
After making polite, but cri'icai
reference to the ethics OF the 'erni-r
procedure in connection Win inc cniA
paign carried on by the German neu
Cross and the German Mothers
League. it called upon the woman
members of the reichstaS 10 say
whether German propaganda resaru
ing the surrender of of cows was war
ranted in view of the milk shortage
prevailing in devastated regions.
Eight Independent social's woman
deputies did not sign the Aer: an
ouncing they reserved their right TO
make an individual reply. the Two
communist woman deputies We're aiso
not included among those VINO sie"eu
the letter. Their REFUSAL "a1 81
on the communists attitude that the
problem of a milk shortage IN Ter
many, France, or anywhere eise IS AN
issue which can be settled onis
through world revolution
Frau Schneider accompanied the Ger,
man woman's reply with personal
appeal to French women to iend q
hand in promoting appreciation OF
the fact that this issue, wnlcn con-
Germs small martyrs. is "a world prob
1euo. that we women cannot indulge
in argument where the lives OF inno-
cent ones are concerned, nor discuss
which ones are to be saved and when
will perish.
ITO woman" she concluded, VINO IS
the handspring of all human life.
every child is sacred"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
MUST REPORT MONTHLY.
Social Clubs Warned of Duty On
der Revenue Law.

Returns to collector of internal
revenue must be made by all social
clubs. even though no taxable dues or
fees have been received during that
period. according to new regulation
issued by the commissioner of internal
revenue. and any such organization
which fails to make the required pay
ments is liable to a fine of $1,000. If
false return is made a penalty of
so per cent of the tax may be- added.
The collector is made judge of
whether club falls in the category
OF taxable organizations, but if the
club is displeased with his decision it
may appeal to the commissioner.
Clubs held to be in the taxable
class are not required to make re-
turns unless they change the char
acter of their organization.
Organizations for the advancement
of the business or commercial in
terests Of a city or community are
not taxable. Dues of local college or
CARNATIONS are not exempt from the
tax as are the college fraternity chap
tiers. unless the dues or fees are less
than $40 per year per member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
H. C.. L. HITS PRESIDENT
OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC
President Ebert, Though Thrifty, Finds
$500 Annual Salary Inadequate.
Asks Raise.

shop To take the kaiser's place as
the executive of 60.000.000 people. H.
hates TO dress up to attend the cere-
monious affairs which are a part or
the presidents lot, He would much
rather stay at home evenings and
chat with his wife and friends about
the good old days.
His position as president is peculiar.
More than half of the people have
rot yet made up their minds whether
ne wants anything or not. As is the
case with the presidents of Switzer-
land and France. his position is
more ornamental than useful and his
influence politically is negligible. He
is the official German handshaker.
whost principal job is TO thank
American. English and other welfare
workers for what they are doing for
the suffering German. children. At
least, the occasions when. he does
this are about the only times when
bis name appears in the papers.
Herr Ebert VIII again be the social
democratic candidate for president a
the election next spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
THE EyENINe STAR MONDAY, aDEcEMBER 20 1920
NORTT1WEST,S FLOWERS SHOWN
IN SKETCHES BY MRS. WALCOTT|

The devils club" armed with half
inch spines. which may easily GO
through the heaviest clothing. is pic
tured among the collection of 142 wa
ter-color sketches by Mrs. Charles D.
Walcott Of wild flowers of the Cana
dian Rocky mountains and the Gla-
cier National Park. now on exhibition
in the main hall Of the Smithsonian
Institution building.
The flowers were painted from life
by Mrs. Walcott during the past two
summers. Aside from the beauty of
the sketches. many Of the flowers and
plants are Of interest on account of
their peculiarities or uses.
One of the paintings shows the COW
parsnip. q plant from five to six feet
in height, which is related to the Gull
tivated celery and parsnip. The young
shoots and leaves Of this plant are
eaten in the spring like celery by the
northwestern Indians. among some OF
whom it is considered sacred plant
and is used in certain ceremonials.
Hence it is sometimes called by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20

BERLIN, December 20.-Surrender
10 the allies of 100000 mich cows
which have been demanded under the
terms of the Versailles treaty. would
have disastrous results in Germany.
says letter to the women of France
from a committee of German women.
Continued deprivation of the German
people of the milk supply represented
by these cows would result in weak
eniHg public stamina and individual
resistance, and therefore operate to
reduce the ability of Germany to full
fiji treaty obligations through neces-
sary production, it is said.
AS women are defenders of the
rights of children. the letter de-
clares. 1--WE embrace with equal SYM
pathy suffering children of all ma
tions- Our sympathy goes out in full
est measure TO children in the devaS-
tated regions in France. where it
appears to us to be urgent that help
should be granted as speedily as pos
Sible. On the other hand, we see the
need of every part of Germany is so
great that further reduction in the
milk supply would be equivalent to-
the death sentence for hundreds of
thousands of children. Instead of the
twenty billion literS of milk which
Germany produced annually in peace
times. the country is now producing
only $500. 0O0.O OO.''
For nearly six years the populations
of German cities have not had milk.
the letter asserts, and. owing to this
fact, the death rate from tuberculosis
has doubled since 1919. and So 600
more children died in 1918 than in
1913. In Prussia alone there has
been an increase in child mortality of
100 per cent. The letter declares these
facts are not known to the French.
because the press has not permitted
the information to be made public.
The whole question is not one OF
German good will, the letter says.
but of a life and death struggle for
German parents and French women
are asked to realize ''it is not the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20

white men sacred rhubarb."
Another Interesting plant shown is
the alpine willow. which grows high
% on the mountainsides at the edges
of glaciers, and unlike the common
or bushy Willows, is only one or two
inches high. forming close mats over
the ground.
Among the most beautiful of the
flowers in the collection are the kim
nikinnick, a trailing evergreen. with
bell-shaped flowers, the leaves OF
which were formerly used by the In
dams to dilute their smoking tobacco:
the elephant head, bog plant. with
long spikes of handsome flowers, each
flower duplicating exactly in minia-
ture the head OF an elephant. ears
spread and trunk appraised; several
beautiful orchids and number of
flowers related to the lilies, and the
red and white heathers. which grow
in the greatest profusion in meadows
near snowbanks.
The collection contains many other
beautiful and interesting plants and
flowers, and will remain on exhibition
at the Smithsonian for several weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
KRUPP SURPLUS SHOWN.
Big Block of New Stock May Be
Thrown on Market.

ESSEN, Germany, December 19-The
gross surplus for the fiscal year 1920
OF the great Krupp works. the first
year the plant has been on purely
peace basis since 1914, was $4,000. 900
marks, according to a report SUBJ
mitted to the board of directors.
This amount. the report shows, did
not include 100000 marks struck
off for expenses in converting war
machinery to peace time purposes
The directors decided that the sur
plus should be devoted to terrifying
the company's position" The amount
of 19,500, 900 marks of the net profit
remained after the directors had voted
various sums for purchases intended
to strengthen the organization, includ-
ing 100000 marks for welfare work
and workmen's homes for portion
of the $4,000 employees.
There was rumor following the
meeting that a large block Of addi-
tional stock probably would be thrown
on the market for public consumption
There was no indication, however, that
such an issue would serve to take the
majority of the stock out of the hands
of Bertha Krupp. although some
financial experts suggested that there
was such a possibility. b t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
Sack,HangingHigh
OnPoIe, Holds Man
And Deep Mystery

COLUMBUS. Ohio. December
2O-Placed i'm n large snck and
suspended from a spike high
up ON a telephone pole here,
Alexander p. Lichten. twenty.
one. furnishes the police a
mystery which he himself re-
fused to assist them I'm solving.
A note fastened to the bag said:
''DO not release him until he
tells you why he was put here.o
Lfchten, who recently cnme to
Columbus. left his home Sat-
urday, saying he was going to
Philadelphia. This was the last
seen of him until he was rescued
by the police, who are holding
him pending investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
CONVICT MAKES ESCAPE.
Calvin L. Savage Saws Way Out
of Lorton, Va, Reformatory.

Calvin Louis Savage, serving a sem
tence of five years in the reformatory
sands of dollars worth OF diamonds
from the apartment of Mrs. Mary Hay
ner. Troy. Ohio. at the Burlington about
year ago. escaped from the institution
yesterday morning. He gained his lib
erty by saving bars, the police were
told.
Savage. whose wife and child lived in
Los Angeles. robbed Mrs. Hayners
apartment during her absence, it is
charged. He was captured in Los An
geles and brought back by Detective
James Springmann, and much of the
stolen jewelry was recovered.
Following the imposition OF sentence,
Savage was taken to the reformatory
and extended the privileges accorded
other prisoners. He attempted to escape
and was placed behind the bars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
A. C. HAYDEN HONORED.
Elected for Fourteenth Term Head
of Musicians Union.

For the fourteenth consecutive
time, A. c. Hayden was honored by
election to the presidency of the Mu-
sicians' Protective Union of WASH
ington at meeting of the organiza-
ion in Musicians Hall yesterday.
A. Cello was chosen vice president
and w. NJ. Lynch secretary. both Of
these officers entering on their ninth
year Of service in their respective
positions.
Harry C. Mendell was elected treas
urer and r. l.. Crawford was made
sergeant-at- arms. Directors We're
chosen, as follows: Ray Hart. J.. f.
field. Ray D. Schroeder and Herbert
Todd. Frank Fauth. W. w. Green.
well and ]. F. Moulder were named
trustees A. Cello. w. NJ. Lynch and
Harry c. Mandell were chosen dele
gates to the annual convention of the
American Federation of Musicians at
ST. Paul in May, 1921.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
$500 HOSPITAL BLAZE.
Attendant Slightly Burned at Pub
lie Health Institution.

An overheated gas radiator is be-
lieved to have caused a fire that
started on the upper floor of two
story frame structure at the United
States Public Health Hospital. 1850
Wisconsin avenue, about s o'clock
yesterday morning. Damage to the
building and contents amounted to
about $500, it is reported. George
Peroge, a CIVILIAN attendant. received
slight burns to his face and neck
while fighting the flames.
Three chauffeurs and two attend
ants were in the building when the
fire started. none of the patients oc-
responded to a call, and when firemen
reached the scene they sent in an
alarm for additional fire companies.
fearing the fire might spread to
other structures.
Spread of the flames was prevented,
but the structure in which the fire
originated was destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
BY GEORGE WITTE.


BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1920.
BERLIN, December 20.-President
Ebert is complaining about the high
cost of being president of the German
republic. Although he is very
thrifty--his thriftiness is becoming
quite as proverbia1 as was the former
kalsers extravaganza and is being
made the subject of many jokes-he
says he is unable to live on 100, 900
marks (normally s32.500) annual
salary. He asks now for a raise of
only 100000 marks tnormally s25.000)
q year. which in present day Ger
many does not go very far
The president has no expensive
tastes. Instead OF drinking high
priced champagnes like the ex-kaiSer
he is satisfied with his stein of or
binary II per cent beer. Although
he is supposed to be the first man of
the country" his life has not changed
greatly since he left the saddlers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20
WOPUT ON TRIAL
IN $&,253 THEFT
Alleged Bank Robbers, Cap
tured in Pitched Battle,
in Court at Roanoke.

Er the Associa ted Press.
ROANOKE, Va..oDecember 20.-Wil-
liam Porter and Charles Carter, cap
tured by. Roanoke police in the early
morning of November 10 a few hours
after the Bank of Glasgow, Va, was
robbed of $50. 253 in liberty bonds and
securities. were placed on trial here
today
In a pitched battle on the outskirts
of Roanoke. James B. Rodgers Of
Philadelphia, driving q large touring
automobile. was killed by the police
ard his companions. Porter. who bears
the aliases of William Welsh and
BelIfontaine Slim" and Carter whose
ai'.s is Charles Wilkes, were arrested.
Much Of the loot was found in the
automobile. The police had been in
formed of the robbery by the Glasgow
hank officials at 5 O'Clock in the morn
ing and Immediately set watch on the
three roads from that place
when intercepted on one of the
roads an hour later the automobile
was going at high speed and turned
turtle when an effort was made to
swerve around the police patrol which
had been placed across the road: In
the> battle which followed Rodgers
was killed and a policeman wounded.
About fifty shots were exchanged be-
tween the authorities and the bandits.
In the automobile was found a quart
flask of nitrogiyccrin-
Although all the loot was identified
as belonging to the Glasgow bank,
local police maintained that the men
were responsible for robberieS In Vir-
.-inia, North Carolina, Georgia. and
tennessee In addition to the valua-
hies the three men had about $1,000
in cash Half of this was found on
Porter on his second day in jail.
Baltimore authorities claim TO have
Identified Porter as a ''yeEgman of
twenty years standing" who was ar
rested there by federal postal in
spectors in 1909. Carter told the
police his real name Is Wilkes and
gave Petersburg, Va, as his home.
me identity Of Rogers remains a
mystery. although scores Of people
viewed his body.