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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-08-03
His Sensations.

Robert went up in an airplane with
his uncle, and when he came down
we asked him how it felt to be up in
the air. His uncle had said he never
moved.
ooh, l felt just like my BRET wouldn't
BREATHE he said.-EXchange.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-08-03

SEEDS-Alfalfa So; sweet clover So.
Farms for sale 4 rent on crop paym'ts.
J. Mulhall, 500 City, Ia.-Advertisem't.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-08-03

CIN1 o. 9C
WARY ORAHAN BONNER
PARTY FOOD

"Well," said Prince Ice Cream "Im
oil ready and patiently waiting
- - sold
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-08-03
"Who knows? You may have
met Mr.. Brown already"

Gro BE c~oNTiNuED)
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Can Europe Hold Together?
Up or Down?
BY JOHN F.. SINCLAIR,


century of timeZ-fhe VICTORIAN era
can be laid directly to war. The cost
of the great war-wa $200. 900. 600. 600,
over six times as great. as the cost
of all the wars In the previous 12O
years. The whole world during this
100 years spent less on war than the
British empire did during the great
war. In making comparison we can
take the case of one country. Great
Britain. The government expendi-
lures of the six years from April /,
1914. to March 81, 1920, I'll, 1,26S. 900, zoe.
were greater than the expenditures
of the 226 years from 1888 to 1914.
which amounted to E10,s44,000,0e
The war expenses of the United
States are not included in these CAL
culations at all. They were larger
than those of any other country ex-
direct losses are not calculated in
these figures.
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The total. loss OF life in all the wars
of the nineteenth century was about
100000, including 100000 killed
during the Napoleonic wars, from
1892 TO 1915. In the last war the loss
of life is estimated at 12,ss1,ooo. The
known dead-including poets, musi-
clans, sculptors. writer's, statesmen,
scholars-of the world war was five
times: that of the Napoleonic wars,
which lasted twenty-three years, and
twice that of all the wars of the last
century. The committee constituted
at Copenhagen to Investigate the So
cial effects of the war makes out a
total of 35,0O0,000 lives lost through
loss in births and killed In Europe,
including $4,000 killed by blockade
during the war and after.
So the close of the war and VIC
toriouS peace saw in Europe:
/. An increase in the public DEBTS
from $4,000. .000,00 to $1S5.ooo. 100000.
2. An increase in public debt exo xo
penses from 100000 to S26, 100000
a day, an overhead that must be paid
before labor. wages and dividends.
3. A decrease in the percentage Of
gold reserve held for currency from
81 per cent to per cent.
4. An increase in~the cost of living
of 230 per cent. ---s--..
5. An increase in governmental ex-
penditures of $50 per cent.
6. An increase of military expendi-
! Z. A shifting of wealth through In
fiation. from the creditor to the debtor
class.
s. America holding the European
note sack of seventeen countries to
the amount of $4,000, 900, 900.
9. An increase in the national
boundaries of Europe from twenty
FIVE to thirty-five.
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Those, then, are the basic facts and
conditions staring every major states
man of Europe in the face They
present an appalling condition. Wis
ible sinking the living of the peo-
pie. - Preduction--Bnd in the last
analysis modern ciyilization-is af-
fected with disease, which may mean
decay and death; not one country is
! affected, but scores of them. II is
time we candidly faced the facts and
applied the scientific yardstick to see
Eff we can discover if it is fatal.
Next: s"The YardsticI< of Civilization,
Copyright, 1923, in United States and Great
Britain by North American Newspaper
Alliance. All Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1923-09-14

sey-Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont.
was a conspicuous exception. That
show proved a costly failure to the
baokers and the town. 1t practically
bankrupted The community. The fact
is that prize fighting has got to be
such big game now that it must be
run on a million dollar basis. and New
York prides itself ON affording the
most solid foundation of that sort If
the gate" tonight is 81 800, 600 Demp-
sey will get about half a@miiiion, win
OF lose, and Firpo about s180, 900. For
these men are fighting on an assured
percentage basis, and not. as did the
pugilists of yore, for stakes. That is
one reason why the championship, is
highly desirable. 1t gives the holder an
assured price for every match so long
as he can successfully defend the
title.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Faster. and Faster!

IL the preliminary flying OF Army
Navy contestants who are to enter the
ST. Louis races next month is an indi-
cation all world records will be
smashed at that meet. The other day
Lieut., Sanderson of the Marine Corps
established a new speed mark of 238
miles an hour, exceeding Maughan's
champion record by about a mile and
half. Yesterday Lieut.. Brow of the
naval air service made the phenomenal
mark of 244.15 miles an hour, officially
recorded. In one of his round trips
over the course, when he was flying
with the wind, a speed of 255 miles an
hour was checked by observers on the
ground. Sciea 5ific experts alone can
tell how far the coincidence of the
winds di ection was a. factor in this
phenomenal speed. At 255 miles an
hour. or, in fact, at anything above
100, plane is going much faster than
any recorded movement of the air.
The difference between the Sander
son and the Brow flights is approx
mately six miles an hour, or an ad.
vince of about 21a per cent. This is
a striking gain. 1t shows that the air
plane has not yet reached the point
so closely approximating perfection
that variations due to improvements
in design and motor are inf1nitesimal.
When within week two flights are
made with 2Is per cent difference in
average speed there is a prospect that
within another year much greater gain
may be achieved.
Just where the conceivable limit of
speed in the air lies is not to be de-
termined. That it is higher even than
244 miles an hour may be assumed
Brow's flight yesterday showed eleven
miles faster in certain conditions,
Doubtless ambitious aviators are even
now looking to the 300-mile mark as
attainable. The question of speed is
largely question of plane strength
and durability. The vibration of a
plane flying at 244 miles an hour is
much more intense than one flying at
half the rate So that the problem OF
higher speed is one of construction as
well as of engine power.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
No Navy Liquor Blockade.

Attorney General Daugherty's rul-
ing that the naval forces of the United
States cannot be used to prevent vic.
lation of the national prohibition act
is based upon the consideration that
the President is not empowered to
utilize the Navy except in cases of ma.
tional emergency, and that no such
emergency now exists, sAdmitting that
there have been numerous violations
of the law. the Attorney General takes
pains to point out that there have
been no unlawful distractions of the
functions of the courts, or restraint of
their processes, or of the coast guard,
the division of customs, the prohibi-
ton unit, or of the marshals and
their deputies of the Department of
Justice -~
A national emergency can be de-
clared to exist only when by reason of
unlawful obstruction, combinations or
assemblages OF persons or rebellion
against the authorities of the United
States, ID becomes impracticable in the
judgment Of the President to enforce
the laws in the ordinary course of
executive or judicial proceedings. 1t
is clear TO every one that however
scandalous or fragrant the violations
may be they are not upon scale of
magnitude to constitute general re.
sistance to the authority of the United
States.
The Attorney General says that Con-
gress in it's wisdom can. pass speciar
legislation directing the President to
use the Navy for the prevention of
rum smuggling. 1t is quite probable
that an effort will be made in Con-
gress to secure such legislation, and
the subject is calculated to cause de
bate, since large element will be dis
posed to let the case rest upon the
Attorney Generals. Interpretation, and
to contend that the Navy's duties are
strictly military and should not extend
to police duties in time OF peace.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Punching for Profits.

Tonight in New York a crowd of
Between so, and 100000 people will
assemble in base bali park to watch
two men pound eacht other for the
fistic championship of the world. 1t is
estimated that the admission fees Of
this multitude will total over 81 ,300,-
coo. 1f the forecasts of the wiseacres
are verified the big fight will last only
a few minutes. Almost all of the
trained seals" OF the sporting world
predict; that Dempsey will win in the
first few rounds, some Of them grant
ing Firpo, the Argentine challenger,
less than one round Of endurance. I'm
less the totally unexpected happens
the entertainment will be over within
half an hour. For that the average
spectator will have spent a. great many
dollars Large numbers of them will
have travelled many miles. All of them
will have subjected themselves to
much Inconvenience and loss of time.
But from their point of view, no mat
ter how brief the show, it will be
worth while.
There is a decided revival Of public
interest in pugilism. These big bouts
are sta ged at great expense, and when
held in large centers OF population are
highly profitable to the promoters. as
well as to the participants. The Demp-
Evening star., 1923-09-14
U. S. Taking
Part i'm Ruhr Crisis
TO the Editor Of The star;

TO the Editor OF The star;
In the issue of the The Evening
Star of September 6, Mr.. Fred w. Up
ham. treasurer of the nationsl re-
publican committee, advocates drastic
measures to end the Ruhr situation,
to wit: The United States shall in
quire into Germany's ability TO pay
and whatever that figure may be-
France shall be commanded to ac-
.cept it. If France refuses this sultt-
matum, to be applied by us, then
France shall be compelled TO pay at
once her debt to the United States:
Now, the Ruhr occupation is none
of our affair, We refused the league
of nations, that leaves us only on the
advisory committee" The finals are
up to France, she knows hep. arch
,enemy. For the f1rst time in centuries,
France holds the whip lash, This is
the time for France to demand full
many.
France may tell us as she told Stan
ley Baldwin, "hands ofrn'aGermany is
not in need of assistance, her whin-
ing and squirming isc camouflage, an
earthquake could not change her
black heart. Americans generally
stand with France and admire her
courage, admire every gesture she
has made since August 1914: 1t must
be forced on Germany's conviction
that she IS absolutely whipped.
France is the instrumentality, and
now is her opportunity and duty,-an
we must leave France to her own
wisdom without foreign interference.
ESTELLE THOMAS STEEL. :
Evening star., 1923-09-14
The Passing of the Mark.

One of the largest :of the New York
banks yesterday discontinued all quota
eions efand dealings in German marks,
because they have fallen. to such a low
Fate Of exchange that computation is
too difficult and uncertain. Within
Seven days the rate had declined from
2A2,OO0:090 to the dollar to 145, GOO, 900,
and then reacted somewhat, yester-
days estimates ranging around the
100, ,OO0, 900 point The enormously wide
fluctuations made all dealings extreme
,1yr difficult. The action of this bank is
likely to be followed by other American
financial institutions.
The decline of the mark is the result
of the policy of the German govern
-1nent in respect to its obligations to-
oward the allies, and especially toward
France. It..is confidently believed by
.Yuany that. it. was originally fostered
,by that government as a demonstra-
fion of poverty. once started, the dilu-
lion of the currency through the issue
of fiat money without, substantial
foundation could not he checked by
ordinary procedure. As political
maneuver it failed. As a domestic ex-
pedieht It proved costly. Values were
distortegl IeoaHdence' Eas weakened
and industrial conditions were gravely
3disturbed. is-A
> Repudiatfo1 Of sa1I the issues that
have poured. from the German print
ing estabfshnients since the dilution
process began may be i, the ultimate
efemedy. TIE mark has virtually lost
ats value, and Reputation would not
bs. as dffacult Go5# as it would have
been earlier. What is, peeded is a
ratio. arbitrarffy established at Berlin
as one was seK UP at Vienna. If an
agreSinent-is. effsoted with eFFance a
substantial spasis for new currency
standard VIII Rave been provided.
!. IN fhiA sddfkNf tf1efe feshas beehsmuchi
Evening star., 1923-09-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

late President Americas greatest fra
ternalist."--
Washington presents two aspects to
the newcomer nowadays, which he
seldom fails to remark One is the
omnipresence of politics and political
chit-chat, which is the exception and
not the rule in other communities
The other is the noisiness of the
capital, due to the automobile, the
motor bus. the changing street cars
and the clatter of automatic riveting
apparatus at the many steel-con-
struction buildings now under way
Politics, of course, has dominated the
talk and thought of Washington since
the foundation of the republic. But,
once upon a time, before we plunged
into modernism, it was a placid city,
famed for its repose, poise and
quietude. Now, as In less favored
climes, the saxaphone and the motor
'honk. machine tools and trolley
gongs. and the other concomitants of
metropolitan life have turned Wash
ington into place with all the ills
that city flesh is heir to.
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= When Jack Dempsey was IN London
two years ago, the late Lord North
cliffe entertained him at luncheon in
the newspaper peers mansion in
Carbon House Gardens. The heavy
weight champion was called upon for
a speech. He struggled to his feet,
stammered. and said talking isn't
nv long suit" But, he added, as a
fellow under such circumstances
ought TO do the thing he could do
best he offered to lick any man in
the room." Then Dempsey sat down.
His speech was the hit OF the day.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Should Not Overlook
The Debt to Grandmother

Most Americans, says a current
commentator. had grandfathers who
worked with their hands and were
not ashamed of it. Yes, and grand
mothers, too.
Grandpa had no monopoly of the
qualities of courage, industry, pa
thence, wisdom, virtue, endurance and
$50 on which helped the United States
of the present day to come into being.
Grandma was right there; in a great
many eases she had the heavy end of
the burden. From making her own
soap to sitting up with sick folks
for weeks at time. she shirked
nothing.
That pioneer grandmother who
"often drove bowling wolves away
from the front door with flaming fire.
brands. and on more than one stormy,
black night rode on horseback ten or
twenty miles along blazed trails to
do errands of mercy for distant neigh
|bors, ana incidentally bore fourteen
children" was not much concerned
over wearing kinickers or retain her
maiden name, but she fulfilled her
responsibilities, made good pies and
cookies, gave her big brood of healthy
boys and girls the background, of a
wholesome home, stood by grandpa
in more than one tight place, lived
her old-fashioned religion to her last
breath and contributed as much as
any statemau to the advancement. of
the human race.
The debt to grandmother ought
never to be overlooked. We should
have had sadly different world
without the honor, fidelity and brav-
cry which she added TO its ingredients.
.Knfckerbockers Press ~
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Tells of Tailless
Cats i'm Virginia

To the Editor of The Star:
Some one has sent me clipping
from a recent issue Of The Star, con-
cerning a litter of tailless puppies
born in Washington.
In the article reference is made to
the race of tailless cats found on the
Isle of Man. and on one of the Jap
anese islands.
WIN you kindly advise DR.. Leonhard
.Stejneger and others who may be
interested that it is not necessary to
travel farther than Stafford county.
Va; to find, not one but many cats
born either without any tail at all
or Just a little knob. varying in length
up to an inch and q half
Within the last four years there
has been an epidemic of such kittens.
the offsprings of perfectly normal
parents.
/ wish that DR.. Stejneger would ex-
Fplain the phenomenon and its sudden
development. Up to about four years
ago no one. in this vicinity had ever
heard of a taiIless kitten being born.
Now, /, personally. know of at least
thirty, approximately dozen be-
ing on cur own farm.
About ten years ago an old man,
now dead. cut off the ears and the
tail of one Thomas cat, near the body.
Is he responsible for the new breed,
and, IL so, why have all the kitties
their full share of ears?
MRS r. T. CHAMBERLIN.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Dirty and Torn Flags
$50 : Disgrace to Capital

ero the Editor Of The Star:
Some weeks ago flag conference
was held in Washington. at which a
number of resolutions were adopted
concerning proper use of the flag.
One outstanding disgrace to our
city is the use of American flags on
public buildings and otherwise until
they rot off the poles,
The George II. Powell School, for
example, as / observed last Sunday
and the week before, had a flag with
frayed edges, ripped to the union.
utterly faded and dirty. sadly waving
its brown and buff stripes in several
directions. The Johnson School,
across the street. was nearly as bad.
The Arcade garage, in the same
neishborhood, had a flag in almost as
bad condition as the Powell School.
Whlie the tenth precinct police sta
tion was a close second.
The tag on the Bond building is
nearly as bad. Anybody can find hun
dreds OF examples for himself.
The old post office on New York
Iorn flag. in Washington, which was
lett up for months until it fell off
the pole or the post Office moved, I
forget which.
lB lpt the SnduOW Oh an EX-
cuse for this practice. We have flags
which we have used on every appro-
pirate occasion for seven years. They
are washed frequently never left out
overnight or in storms and are prac-
tically as bright as new flags
In the Army and Navy they never
allow flags to remain up until they
fall down, but raise them and lower
them each day, and use special storm
nags: when necessary to have them
q al ~ 1KN
1t would seem that those in charge
of our schoolhouses, police stations
etc, could. take the five minutes re-
quired morning and evening to keep
hags in respectable condition.
Down in Richmond and Nashville l
have seen American flags captured by
Confederates in battle which, though
more than sixty years old, are in
better condition today than many
flags flying in Washington, though,
of course. such flags are now in glass
cases. But they were once carried
in battle, and sixty years of time has
not injured them as much as many
flags in Washington are injured by
thoughtlessness and neglect in a few.
weeks. @rl 80. =.
Wherever the Army and Navy are
in charge, and on most of the big
public buildings, hotels, department
excellent condition. But why not
make ii unanimous?
The Washington practice Of dis
playing flags at night, where searchy
lights are used to picture Old Glory
framed against the dark background
of the sky. is one of the most beau,
tiful and inspiring sights that Ereets
the visitor TO Washington. Such
fiags are always kept in"good -eondi-
tion
Therefore a good rule to those who
desire to let their flags remain out
at night would seem to be this:
Would we be proud TO point it out
to visitors if a searchlight were
turned upon it, - r.. ~.
J. S. EICHELBERGER
Evening star., 1923-09-14

speculation in marks. Soon after the
aFmistice was signed the low state OF
the mark in exchange quotations
tempted many to buy,-in the belief
that with the cessation of hostilities
Germany would rehahilitate her
money. But steadily the quotations de.
clined Even then there was much
buying, on the supposition that Ber-
lin would not permit the standard to
drop materially farther. Spasmodic
fluctuations sent the price up oeca-
ysionally, and there was little more
buying. These American purchases, of
course, could not effect turn in the
rate, for the fundamental conditions
upon which the rate was based were
radically wrong,
Nobody will ever know how much
money has been lost by the American
spectators in marks, or whether those
who have lost are mainly sym
pathizers" with Germany. IT can only
be assumed and hoped that they are
able to bear their losses without suf-
fering. y
Evening star., 1923-09-14
The National Coal Problem.

7Es The solution of the national coal
problem may be found in an honest eff.
fort on the part of tue miners and the
operators to improve their day-to-day
relations, the United States Coal, Com
mission has reported to the President.
1t recommends that steps be taken by
both parties 10 SET up the machinery
for bringing about better understand
ling by each of the problems and needs
dof the. other. The time has come, it
holds, for them both to realize that the
industry will progress through the es-
adjustment Of good relations rather
than through conflict ,fs~ .hst-
= The commission is against nationali-
zation of the mines on the one hand,
and against compulsory arbi itration on
TT5fle other AS in its former reports, .es-
1secial stress il .Iafd on the adyisability
,tof complete publicity of the facts in
a+pgarde TO the industry. Ventilation Of
the causes OF differences. a letting in
Of light, it is held, will be far more
aeffective than. threats and counter
Threats; - -. ..s,,l.a j, ~.
~ In line with this belief, the commits.
sion has recommended that all agree.
rnents between the miners. and opera.
tors shall be ssef-renewing, unless
aaither party shall give ninety days no
ticei prior to the date of the expiration
-ef the agreements. This notice will
give the public, and the, authorities
sample notice Of threatened suspen.
a.sion of mining, SO, that, steps may be
ataleen to aid in bringing about a set,
Element. ..-....
Specifically, it is proposed that i'll
the event of a threatened national
hppofnt agents to make thorough. in
vestigation ofathe facts in the case
and report them. The. commission
feels that with all, the facts in the
hands of the public, vitally interested
in a contiraance of its supply of fuel,
and with the realization by the, miners
aud the operators of their response
bility to the public. to continue totsup-
ply the public with fuel the danger
Of actual suspension of mining will be
minimizcd. The power of public epin-
top will -necessarily make isselfs felt.
Pointing to the fact that, the union
has become a great power, the com
mission -notes that this power @may be
nsed with wisdom or ii. may be abused.
a word, of advice is given the opera
tors. They haze no adequate organi-
.zation among themselves to meet the
miners .union. The formation of an
organization OF operators as closely
knit as the union. is suggested, both
as 'neasure of defense and as a
means ef. better feo-o operation with the
sfniners'in bringing about improved in
'dustriaf relations. - -
The report Of the commission on in
dustriaT relations. fs-an admirable plea
for better understandings between the
two parties, miners and, operators 1t
rs an. appeal to both sides TO get down
sto brass :taclzs and 7tos prevent further
,agitations which in the. end, might be
disastrous eosboth. 80