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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
CARD OF THANK

We want to thank the many friends
the Oddfellows lodge and the hospital
nurses for their many kind deeds and
beautiful flowers during the illness
and death of u beloved husband
and father while at the hospital in
B~rookings.
Ida Culver
Roy Culver
Alvina Culver.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
attention that is given to first class

attention that is given to first class
mail.
This order applies to postoffice
clerks, all railway mail service en-
ployes and all rural route employees.
The postmaster general says:
"A newspaper Is prominently a
thing a man wants when he wants 1t.
II he cannot have it when he wants
it he does not want it at all. It is up
to us to see that he gets his favorite
paper promptly"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
A EMIT

a Year IN New York-5 days in Brook.
ings
We realize how futile it is to pick
amusements hat will satisfy every
for everybody.
It's appeal is so universal, so pow
erful, so human, and it's characters so
lifelike, that we feel certain it will
grip you as it has thousands of 9th.
er everyday humans from all walks
of life in New York City.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
n STORY

The story which was taken from
viii Cartoons poems, %recounts the
joys and sorrows of a typical mother,
who raises a large family Of children,
only to have them in her old age, al
low her to drift from them, to exc out
an existence or charity. The black
sheep son, however, when he discov-
ers this condition, m to his aged
mothers rescue, and all ends happily
with the little mother, just like
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday, February !, g., 10, II

every true mother that ever lived,
forgiving and forgetting the sedfish-
ness and cruelty of her own flesh and
blood. - Tears there are, of course,
but tears that are imediately followed
by wholesome laughter. 1t fairly bulg-
es with fun-the kind of fun such as
the older one had in their youth and
such as the youthful are now having.
1t is the humor that centers about a
family of six children, a dog, a shift
less father and-a loving, forgiving
mother.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
viii Attempt to
Better Condition
Of Poor Glasses
Mayor Lew Shank Figures
Rich Should Know How
the Poor Live"

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. S.-Mayor
Lew Shank of indianapolis figured
that the upper half of his city
should know how the lower half
lives
SO he appointed Mrs. Richard Lie
Der and Mrs. Otto Anthony, well
known society women. on the police
force
Real policewOmen they are and if
plans carry out, they will tell their
friends how the poorer classes are
living.
Neither of these women wanted
TO take the job" Shank explained.
They dislike publicity 1 knew
they were both interested in making
conditions better That's the angle
1 approached them on.
We won't have social work.
Rather. just a plain job of better
understanding among all the peo-
pie of the city.
Mrs. Lieber is a member OF the
Women's Department club and the
Post War council She was a vol
unteer worker among the juvenile
court delinquents for several years.
Mrs. Anthony is a member of the
Welfare club. the Women's Depart
ment club and the Matinee Musicale.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
CONTINUE UNIONIZING
INDIANA COAL MINES

BONNEVILLE, Ind. Feb. 3.--Un-
ionizing Of wagon coal mines IN this
section is being developed. union Of
fcials claim. with the certainty Of
complete unionization before the end
OF next week Mine owners have
appealed for state troops, union men
claim Operators deny appealing to
the state for aid
At a mass meeting yesterday aft
ernoon IN c. l.. L. hall here II Is
said plans were formulated for fur
thering the work Of bringing the
wagon mines into the union.
Leaders who spoke pleaded with
the men not to use violence or
threats
Union leaders deny any friction
between union and non union work
ers. Operators did not deny. how
ever. that union men had visited one
mine and ordered the men 20 come
out or pay union dues. They are
reported 20 have paid the union
dues.
The larger mines. including all
chat employ union labor. have been
closed here for some time The
wagon mines have been selling coal
cheaper and have been operating
with nou-uniou labor.
The sutton Coal company a wsC-
on mine. IS paying the union scale
There are eight or ten mines in the
district not unionized
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
HOUSE AGREES TO
CHANGE IN BILL
Refund Measure Passes Con-
gress by Overwhelming
Majority Friday.
BY Associated Press

nv AeNocldteu ITeSes
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Congress
finally cleared the way Friday for
the opening Of negotiations looking
TO the refunding Of the eleven bill
lion dollar foreign debt.
The house by an Overwhelming
majority. agreed to the senate
amendments to the refunding bill
and the measure was SEN 10 the
president. Mr.. Harding is expected
10 approve il. as he did not press
his objections to the senate changes
after ne had discussed them Friday
first with Chairman Fordney Of the
house ways and means committee,
and later with Sec'y Mellon, who is
10 head the commission Of five au-
thorized 10 conduct the negotiations
with the debtor nations.
Appointment of the other four
commissioners by the executive is
looked for within a short time. Il
was made known Friday at the white
house that Mr.. Harding planned 10
name two members of the cabinet
and a member each of the senate
and house There was no indication
at the white house who would be
named. but among those mentioned
elsewhere in connection with the ap-
poiC;ments We're Secretaries Hoover
and Weeks. Sen. Watson of Indiana
and Rep. LOngworth, OHIO.
To Conduct Negotiations.
While plans for conducting the
negotiations with the debtor-nations
have not yet been formulated. Il
was said Friday in informed quart
ers that they probably would be con-
Quoted both in this country and
abroad. There has been some dis
cussion Of a general conference Of
representatives Of the United states
and the principal allied powers 70
discuss the whole subject of the war
debts OF those nations Those fav-
oriug this plan have argued that Il
was not 20 be expected that the debts
owed the United States could be re-
funded without reference 20 the
debts owed among the allied powers
themselves.
In this connection it has been
pointed out that Great Britain ad-
vanced 20 its dominions and allies
including France and Italy, approx
mately nine and one-half billion
dollars while France loaned nearly
three billions dollars 10 its allies
principally Russia and Italy.
Bin UnSa dsfactory.
As finally enacted, the debt re-
funding bill was unsatisfactory both
lCnnfinnea on mage troN
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
ARBUCKLE TO FACE
TRIAL THIRD TIME
Disagreement of Jury Is Dis
appointment to Attorneys
for Defense.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. g. The
jury in the second trial of q man
slaughter charge against Roscoe c.
Arbuckle decided at the conclusion
of a "A houc session that It would
not agree, ard was discharged Fri
day with the final ballot standing
ten for conviction TO two for &C
quittal
ArbuckIe was accused of having
caused the death Of Miss Virginia
Rape, of Los Angeles. a motion pic
ture actress. who was taken i'll at a
drinking party in Arbuckle's suite
here at the Hotel St. Francis on
Labor Day 1921, and died four days
later as the result of a ruptured
bladder.
The case was placed on the calen-
dar for next Monday 20 be set for
its third trial. Both prosecution and
defense announced that they would
favor such a trial. So sure was the
defense of its position in the second
trial that IL had submitted its case
without final arguments. This had
an affect opposite from the one in
tended. according TO Nate Friedman,
one of the jurors in a formal state
ment
we thought that when the de-
Tense declined TO argue IL had
thrown Up his hands" he said. The
first ten ballots stood nine 20 three
for conviction and thereafter until
the fourteenth and final ballot il
was ten 20 two.
Arbuckle seemed 10 be somewhat
downcast by the disa greement-
Members Of his family were so vis-
IDLY perturbed that il was some mo-
ments before they greeted him or his
attorneys after the result was known.
The jury was out one hour longer
than the jury in the first trial, whicr
had announced a final ballot OF ten
10 two for acquittaI.
When the jurors returned 20 court
Friday they looked haggard and
worn. and the lone woman Juror,
Mrs. Mary p Somers. was visibly
nervous A crowded court room
heard the result.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
ANDERSON RULES
ORDERS INVALID
Federal Judge Hands Out De-
cisiOn on Commissions
Rate Schedule.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 3.-Orders
Of the public service commission fix
ing the schedule OF rates to be
charged by the Home Telephone and
Telegraph co. OF Fort Wayne for
telephone service in the cities of
Fort Wayne and New Haven. Ind.
we're declared invalid and were set
aside by Judge Anderson in fed
eral court Friday. in final decree
in the suit OF the company against
the public service commission.
The court held that the orders
are conhscatory Of the property Of
the plaintiff used and useful for
the public service and are in viola
ton OF the 18th amendment to the
constitution Of the United States. q"
The decree enjoins the commits
sion from enforcing the schedule of
rates fixed in its orders OF March 81,
1920 and Aug. i. 1921. from pre-
venting the plaintiff from charging
rates for telephone service which
VII provide a reasonable return
from the fair value OF its property.
and collecting the schedule Of rates
which the company requested au-
thority o. the commission 10 charge
for telephone service and from pro
scouting any civil or criminal suit
against the company for collection
or assessment OF any penalties on
account OF it's having charged rates
Ia excess Of those fixed BY the orders
OF the commission.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
CHICAGO HEIRESS
WED TO WORKMAN
Mrs. Stephens Becomes Mrs.
Nonsiatsky Day Before
Date Arranged.

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Mrs. Mar
ion Buckingham Ream stephens,
45, Chicago heiress, and Anastase
Andrevitch acknowledgements,
% years Old Russian workman Of
Philadelphia were married at s
o'clock Friday night in the Russian
cathedral of St. Nicholas. The we'd
ding had been. publicly announced
for four o'clock Saturday afternoon.
No announcement of the change Of
plans had been made and virtually
about a dozen knew that the cere-
mony had taken place. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vonsiaisky left Immediately at
terward for her mothers home, Car
olyn hall. at Thompsonville. Conn.
Fr LeOnidas Perkevitch. who per
formed the ceremony. denied him
self 10 all callers afterwa~I on the
ground Of fatigue. and no ven the
names OF the wedding attendants
could be learned. Neither was il
made Gnown whether the brides
mother. Mrs. Norman Ream. or
brother Norman r. Ream. we're
present.
The bride previously had made
known her objections 10 the public
ity which was being given TO the
wedding plans and II is believed that
the ceremony was advanced in or
der to avoid newspapermen and
crowds Of curiosity seekers that
would doubtless be drawn 10 the
church by the event.
Some changes in the plans were
foreshadowed early Friday. when
MI Vonsiatsky was summoned by
telegram 20 hurry from Philadel-
phia 70 the temporary home OF his
fancee al the Hotel Chatham. There
IL was said the young man had
long conference with Mrs. Stephens,
her mother and her brother. After
the conference the bridal pair hUr-
ried 10 the Russian cathedral, where
the plans for the ceremony were
made. Mrs. Vonsiatsky recently was
confirmed in the Russian church
and the pastor explained Friday that
CONTINUED on page tWoO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
HARDING PREDICTS
FINANCE SURPLUS
President Presides at Second
Business Meeting of the
Government.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3-Pre

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-Presid-
ing Friday at the second business
meeting Of the government. Pres't
Harding announced that instead Of
a deficit in governmental finances.
a. was forecast in Decemb Der. there
now were prospects OF a surplus Of
receipts over expenditures when the
books were balanced az the end Of
next June.
The president further announced
il had been possible 20 reduce the
governments expenditures from a
scale based on s45OO.OO0.OOO a year
to a scale OF s3,s74OOO,OG0 and de-
clared that even IN its formative
period the budget system has jus
tifed our most confident expecta-
tons"
More than a thousand oficials
from al the departments and es-
Adjustments Of the government met
with the president and received the
report OF the various coordIHating
branches, transmitted By Director
Dawes OF the budget bureau. whom
the president described as the gen
ius who made possible the cut IN
expenditures"
Higher officials who sat with the
president in the meelng inolu8ed
ice-Prestdeut Coolidge. Secys Mel
lon, DENLY and Wallace. Gen. Per
shing. Admiral Koontz. Under-Sec'y
Fletcher II the state department and
Asst Sec'y Roosevelt % the navy.
Both the president and Gen
Dawes who made the only other ad-
dress OF the meeting announced
a direct saving OF $4,000. 900 and in
direct savings OF more than 500
06O, 900. accomplished IN less than
six months through the operation
OF the coordiDating agencies or the
budget bureau.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
SOME PEOPLE HAVE
A FUNNY HABIT OF
SAVING THINGS

They still have a lot of
pictures but no place 20
hang them.
They have a piano. but
no one to play it.
They have a shotgun, but
do not go hunting.
They have a cornet. but
the children have grown up.
And so II goes, from gar
ret to cellar. The house is
full of things no longer used.
If you have a lot of dis
carded things on hand. why
not sell them through the
classified columns of
THE NEWS-TIMES
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
HOOVER CLAIMS
RATE REDUCTION
is IMPOSSIBLE
Blames Impoverished State of
Railway Systems in Talk
TO Board.
CLASHES WITH THORNE
Counsel for Shippers and
Farm Organizations Makes
New Demands

WASHINGTON. Feb. General
I freight rate reductions are impOs-
sible a this time because Of the inn
poverished state of the railroad sys-
TENS of the country, Sec'y of Com
merce Hoover testified Friday before
Ahe interstate commerce commits
sion investigation OF transportation
rate levels Until rates come down
and railroad expenditures for new
construction and betterments climb
up. Mr.. Hoover declared. the eco
nomic machine will move slowly"
He added. however. that in his opin
ion railway operating cost, in which
connection he mentioned wage scales.
must come down and railroad credit
must be bettered before rates can
be safely reduced.
Most of the existing economic de-
preston is due to the spread" be-
tween the prices received by pro-
ducers of raw materials and the
prices paid out by consumers for
finished goods, Mr.. Hoover declared.
Railroad rates, like wages, on their
present basis increase this gap, he
asserted, giving this increased
spread" as the explanation of the
lost purchasing power ofthe farm
population.
Expresses Belief.
Expressing his belief that an OPP
pOrtunity to cut rates would be had
in about a year, Mr.. Hoover, who
was called as witness by the United
States Chamber Of Commerce, said
1t would be an economic crime" if
rate schedules were not revised 10
give basic raw materials much
cheaper transportation as compared
with finished and high-grade mate
rails.
Mr.. Hoover's views of railroad
credit brought him into sharp con-
hict with Clifford Thorne, counsel
for shippers and farm organizations,
who demanded on cross examination
whether railroad users should be
obliged to pay rates ION stock securi-
ties issued as bonuses with bonds
created for promoters profits" and
generally representing no invest
ment
i've heard that talk all my life"
rejoined the secretary. but the
commission is dealing with the fu-
ture. not the past. Its rates are
based on its tentative valuations OF
Continued on page two.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
CHAIRMAN HULL WILL
ATTEND CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. g.
Cordeu Hull, chairman Of the demo-
cratic national committee. has de-
cided 70 accept an invitation 10 at
tend the democratic campaign open
ing in Indiana and he VIII be one OF
the speakers az the meeting OF the
Indiana Democratic Editorial Asso-
citation at Indianapolis February Is,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
HE'LL AND MARIA
PROVES FITNESS
OF HIS NICKNAME
Charles e.. Dawes POurs Forth
Criticism of Government
Officials.

WASHINGTON. Feb Brand
ishing a broom in either hand, strid-
ing rapidly from one end OF the
platform TO the other and stamping
his feet until the echoes rang in
d. A. r hall. where the arms con-
ference meets in dignified session,
Charles @. Dawes. director Of the
budget brought home TO more than
a thousand officials assembled Fri
day in the second business meeting
OF the government the appropriate
ness of his Hell and Maria" nick
name. For more than half an hour
he poured forth criticism and praise
alike on officials OF high and low
degree.
Stopping suddenly in the midst OF
a citation OF instances Of lack of CO.
operation by governmental depart
ments with budget bureau co-ordi-
majors, which instances he describes
as Fly specks" on the bureaus rec
ord of accomplishments. Mr.. Dawes
suddenly shouted:
Where are those broOms ?"
Three broOms were produced
from under a table by an assistant.
Pounds on Floor.
There" the budget director ex-
claimed, pounding the floor with the
handle OF one of the brooms. lis
your broom that meets navy specii-
cations. And here are broOms that
do not meet those specifications, but
sweep just as Well The navy bought
5000 of its specification brooms
when it could have had $4,000
army broOms for nothing
The budget director went on to
say il took a months persuasion TO
make the marine corps adopt a
slight change in color in order to
use 1000 army shirts and save
$4,000. He told Sec'y DENLY. how
ever, the record of the navy for CO.
operation with the bureau was the
best of the departments.
As an instance of cooperation in
the treasury, he declared that when
il was found there were IS different
purchasing agencies in that depart
ment, their coordination was af-
fected without delay.
Praises Mellon.
"sec'y Mellon is a business mar"
he added His fur didn't go up, or
his back arch when my co-ordinators
ca me in"
Legislative and executive heads
Of the government determine how
the ship sails but the budget bu
reau determines how far she sails, ="
Mr.. Dawes said at another point, and
added:
If congress should decide that
garbage should be spread on the
white house steps-much as we love
the president-it would be for the
budget bureau TO advise how the
largest amount of garbage couF be
spread in the most economic man
ner."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
BALLOTING FOR
POPEFAILST TO
BRING RESULTS
Cardinals Proceed To Cast
Votes Within Vatican Walls
IN Rome.
HOLD LONG SESSIONS
Irregular Emission of Light
Colored Smoke Causes
False Report.

By Associated Press.
ROME. Feb. 3.-Witnin the walls
or the Vatican. balIoting is proceed
ing for the election of a successor
10 Pope Benedict Ky. Fridays bal
Ioting failed OF result.
The cardinals were engaged for
several hours during the morning in
an endeavor 70 select an occupant
for the papal throne. but shortly
afternoon a thick volume Of sui
phur-hued smoke indicated that no
decision had been reached.
The deliberations in the afternoon
apparently were much shorter, as
the great clock OF 81. Peters regis
tered 5:25 when the chimney emit
ted a feeble cloud OF black smoke,
telling mutely TO the vast assem-
blage in 81. Peters square that the
momentous question was still un-
decided
At the termination Of the morn
ing sitting OF the cardinals the ir-
regular emission of light colored
smoke led the crowds TO believe
that a new pontiff had been chosen.
The Vatican officials, IL seems, had
not used sufficient tow with the
burning straw. This Incident was
almost repeated At the conclusion
OF the afternoons deliberations
when grayish smoke began issuing
from one OF the chimneys In the
Vatican palace. causing confusion
among the thousands OF onloOkers
as to whether the smoke could be
d
Storm Balcony.
The better informed among the
assemblage. however. drew atten-
ton 20 the fact that the smoke was
not issuing from the proper chin
ney but from one nearby. A por-
ton OF the multitude nevertheless
surged forward so as TO be nearer
the balcony of 81. Peters in case the
new ponttff came out 20 give a bless
ing.
4 moment later the people were
disappointed 10 observe the second
chimney. which this time was the
right one. belching forth a dense
dark cloud that came directly from
the Sistine chapel flushed cries
went up from the spectators. They
have not chosen him" Thousands
OF voices repeated in unison.
The illness Of three OF the car
diais within the Vatican makes IL
necessary for the ballot takers to
leave the Sistine chapel with due
ceremony. and repair 10 the apart
ments or the invalids. Cardinal Ma
RIM has been I'll for several days
with influenza and there is some
apprehension over his condition be-
cause OF his age Two other car
dinals. Pompiu and Bacilieri, are
suffering from colds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
Three OUercoatS
Are Required for
Well Dressed Man

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 3.-Three
overcoats. 10 say nothing OF the rag
Ian or polo ulster, are essential 70
the well dressed man. according TO
the fashion committee of the VA
tioHal Association Of Merchant Tai
lCrs OF America, whose report set
ting forth the styles for 1922 has
been adopted by the association.
The report decrced that spring
clothes should be cut along more
ample lines giving fulness 20 the
chest and shoulders and also pro
Ouce a soft draping effect
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04

II CentenorfdnS
In State Census
Bureau Reveals

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-How
many centenarians are there in In
diana2
The United States census bureau
answered this question Friday. II
stated that the census shows there
are Al persons IN Indiana who are
100 years old and over. Southern
states generally have more old peO-
pie than northern Contrasting
Georgia with Indiana shows a re-
markable result. Georgia has 1907
in the class between 90 and "a years
Of age 399 in the class from 80 10
%. and 453 who are 100 years old
or over