The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-10-13

reducing the size of naval armanments.
Ex-President Wilson has again been
designated as news" and the condi-
ton of his health has been featured
in Associated Press dispatches. 1t
appears that he is again able to do
a good deal of work, and is slowly
regaining the use of his paralyzed left
side. 1t Is also well known in Wash
ington among those who frequently
meet Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson in their
automobile rides, that the ex-president
again shows a lively interest in affairs
about him, and he carries consider
able of the tanner of his former days
when he was alert to all that went on.
1t is also Of particular interest to
learn that the attitude of a number
OF democratic senators regarding the
peace treaty with Germany is supposed
to have been influenced very largely
by Mr.. Wilson. While it is claimed
that the former president is not inter
esting himself in politics, yet it is ad-
mitted that he has opinions, and it
Is claimed that these opinions are
now being reflected by some of his
old supporters in the upper branch of
congress.
Another umo regarding Mr.. Wilson
is that he has rebuffed a visitor who
made sighting remarks about Presi-
dent Harding, insisting that no uncom-
~plimentary things shall be said about
the occupant of the White House in
his presence.
The armament conference will bring
tremendous crowds to Washington, and
the citizens have taken matters in
hand to make sure that the representa-
tives Of the different governments are
properly housed. The clubs of the city
are all prepared to tax their facilities
to the limit. Two hundred and fifty
foreign newspaper men are expected,
ital are arranging to care for the visit
ing journalists.
The department Of justice has COM
menced an investigation Of the Ku
iNiuA iNioh. Aldu dpPcdIS W nave
created most of its excitement because
CT the name it has borrowed from the
organization that sprang up in the
South after the Civil war. Oficials OF
the Khan have been disclosing their
identity, and in their statements to
federal officials they emphasize the
harmlessness of their aims and meth.
DDS. There is a suspicion that the
organization is aimed principally at
certain religious organizations, some
what along the lines of the "A. P. A.
of the early ninetdes.
Aside from their feasibility In
the manufacture of Missouri meer-
schaums," the corncob has possessed
but little commercial value. The de-
partment of agriculture has discov-
cred hat the corncob contains ten
per cent of high grade furfural, and
therefore is extremely useful as sup
plying a basic need in the manufac-
ture of coal tar products from dye
stuffs for Photographic laboratory MIA.
~terials. Some Of the nor enthusiastic
ones in the department have 1t all fig
ured out that. furfural was one Of the
many very smart things which the
Germans were reported to have gotten
down to a fine point before they start
ed the war. aRi
For three or four years the wise men
Of Washington sought to correctral
tho ai1c onI I'LL re that cDpnfrx, hy Nan,
ing claws" Most of these laws failed
to work; and it is encouraging to x0te
that in the very beginning Of thesln-
employment conference the whole
work is being. based upon restofitg
to greater purposes Of activity 1.-THE
economic laws. The force of the SAv-
eminent Is to be put in operatiof}to
accelerate. these economis laws, which
govern employment, industry, andSthe
general condition Of the countryEg
"A committee. OF, the senate andsthe
United i States treasury department
have agreed upon q scheme to Nuke
all paper money of a smaller She.
Why waste so much paper, they arEie,
"Heh at.hoIe nree-qparIers ol the We
of the present bills, would answer Just
as well? nE' ~, ~
- Reports from federal agents sxSk-
ing to enfoce, the dry laws are very
d~iscouraging, and the: impression $xe-
walls in Washington that illegal sales.
as well as the Consumption of liqlaer,
is increasing. o.. t..: ~