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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Remarkable Expression of the
Nations Grief as Mr.. Hard
ing Is Buried
WHOLE WORLD SYMPATHIzES
President cooIidge's Chances for the
Republican Nomination in 1924 Dis
cussed-May Have to Settle An
thracite Strike-Chancellor Gu
nos Rescue Plan for Germany.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD

TITARREN G. HARDING'S peculi-
w arly loyable character and all
the circumstances of his death com
bined to call forth, last week, a dem
Onstration of mourning so universab
so spontaneous and so sincere that it
stands %unequaled since the death of
Abraham Lincoln. During four days
the eyes of millions of Americans and
the minds of all the rest of the people
dwelt sadly on the funeral train as
1t moved across the continent from
San Francisco to Washington. On
Wednesday all the ot1icialdom of the
national capital followed the casket
of the late President from the White
House TO the capitol, where it was
placed under the great dome and
where the people of the city and
thousands of others passed by it for a
last look upon the face of the man
they had learned to love and respect.
On Friday in Marion, O., the body of
Mr.. Harding was consigned to the
tomb in the presence of President
Coolidge and many thousands of Off
cial and non-official citizens, while
literally the entire nation stood silent
with bowed head. On that day, so
far as might be, all business and all
pleasure was suspended throughout
the land and the thoughts of all the
people turned to the little Ohio city
where a great nation was paying the
final tribute of respect to its chieftain
and a grief-stricken woman was laying
in the tomb a devoted husband.
From the day when the news of
President Harding's demise was
flashed around the world, messages of
sorrow and coincidence came in "A flood
to Mrs. Harding and to the United
States from foreign rulers and nota-
bilities from innumerable %organiza-
tions in other lands. To realize the
worldwide character Of the mourn
ing one needed only to read such news
items as that the German %reichstag
began its special session by rising and
standing with bowed heads in MEM
DRY Of Mr.. Harding that the Con-
gress of Brittany Sailors in Saint
Seryan, France, suspended its session;
that three days of national mourning
was ordered by the government of
Paraguay, and all othsr Latin-Ameri-
can countries gave expression to their
grief; that Portuguese warships flew
their flags at half-mast for a day;
hat soviet Russia and Bulgaria Off
cially told of their sorrow, and that
memorial services were held in West
minister Abbey while the funeral was
taking place in Marion.
Standing beside the bier in the ro-
tunda of the capitol in Washington
Rev. DIR. Anderson read tile verse
from Micah upon which the lips of
Mr.. Harding CHANGED TO fall as he
took the oath of his high office on
March 4, 1921. 1t vas:
HE hath showed Thee, o Man,
what is good and what doth the Lord
require Of thee, but to do justly and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with Thy God?"
What more need be added?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
FOREIGN

President Ebert of Germany for
bids circulation of handbills calling
for overthrow of constituted govern
ment.
One hundred refugee orphan boys,
comprising the first OF five such
groups, left Greece for farms in
France, where the French government
has agreed to place them and train
them with the object Of eventually
making them French citizens of them.
The former Crown Prince Wilhelm,
IN his new book, makes a frank appeal
to the American people to bring the
world, which has Jumped the track, q"
back to its proper place.
British note to France calls Ruhr
occupation as illegal.
John Hays Hammond to head edu-
cational work of National Civic Fed
Grafton.
Pr e mi er Poincare, repeating
Frances determination to persist in
Ruhr, chides Allies for lack of unity.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Ameri-
can draft evader, killed one Swiss and
wounded another man when they
tried to kidnap him in his room In a
hotel at E~berbaeh, Germany. Two
Americans, who waited outside in an
automobile, were arrested by the Ger
man police.
Westminster Abbey, London, filed
for solemn Harding memorial service
and flags half-masted throughout en-
pire.
Strike of Reichsbank printers 'eaus.
es Berlin money panic. Subway
workers, printers and compositions
also strike. Disturbances break out
again n Ruhr and dire consequences
are feared.
Foreign powers present indemnity
demands 10 Chinese Government for
captives held by bandits last June.
Delegate TO Zionist Congress de.
clares whole British policy in Pales-
tine is oppressive to Jews.
Eight Rhine steamships belonging
to Hugo SHINES were seized by
French.
Extraordinary temperatures, never
before recorded, are being experienced
in the south of France. 1t was Ill in
the shade at Toulouse.
British Cabinet, diehards dissent.
ing, decides on new note to France,
which will end London's present ef-
forts for Ruhr settlement.
A naval demonstration In Chinese
waters by the European Powers, 1t
was learned in Paris, is under consid.
Grafton, owing to anarchical condi.
tons in the Chinese navy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
SPORTING

More than $50 horses are named to
go in the twenty events of the August
20-24 Grand Circuit races at North
Randall, Ohio, for which more than
$50, 600 in stakes and purses have
been hung up, said to be he largest
amount of money eyer offered at a
five days trotting meet.
Bobby Jones, open champion, and
Perry Adair defeated Jock Hutchin-
son and Frank Godchaux in the last
half of a seventy-two hole exhibition
match over the Belle Meade course at
Nashville, s and ..
Charles Holloeher, captain and
shortstop of the Chicago Nationals,
was placed on the voluntary retired
list by Baseball Commissioner Lands.
Leslie Mann, National League out
fielder, has arrived at his home at
Lincoln, Neb., and is quoted by
friends as saying he had quit profess
sional baseball for good. He intends
later to resumeR duties as basketball
coach of Indiana State University, it
is said.
Enrique Tirabocchi, of Argentina.
swims English Channel in record
time of Is hours SO minutes.
Fighting for the honor of playing
France in the final matches of the
Davis cup series, the Australian ten
mis- team triumphed over the Japanese
at the South Side Tennis Club, Chi
cago.
1t is estimated that there are 100,-
600 golfers in or near New York City.
Willie Spencer rims feature race at
New York Velodrome.
American women tennis players
score clean sweep in three interna-
tional matches at Forest Hills, New
York.
Clark Griffith is seeking a minor
league berth for Pitcher Grier Friday,
who is as wild as a hawk.
Infelder Rosenberg, sen to Calves
ton by the White Sox, asked all the
newspapers % call him Rose, and
thus he will be known in the Texas
League.
Tex Richard will have no trouble
getting a permit to hold the Dempsey
Firpo fight on September IA, it was
indicated following his appearance
before the New York State Athletic
Commission.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
GENERAL

Police Commissioner Enright order
ed the police TO close all places in New
York city where liquor is sold before
November l..
Proposal made TO name the Cannon
bail Trail from Chicago 10 California
Tor President Harding as a Road of
Remembrance
Standard OIL Company reduced gas
cline To 10 cents a gallon in South Da-
kota 10 meet the pr.ce which Governor
A~-cAaslers liked.
Federal District Court in Newark
decides that music copyright priv
Aeges apply 10 The use OF songs by ra-
dIo b~roadcssJiug stations.
National Industrial Conference
Board finds forty-two different states
place forty-two different valuations
on human body in compensation re-
pert.
Chancellor Curo resigns. Gustav
stresemann, of Peoples party, TO
form new German cabinet. Thirteen
killed as food riots spread. Com
munist strike effective in Berlin.
Farmers Increasing complaints
against Secretary Of Agriculture W.
lace provide President with problem.
Plan that wins Box $780, 900 prize
need not be new, but must be p7ae-
Gcab.e.
5. D. Warmer formally disayows
for operators any responsibility for
possible coal strike il letter to sIassa-
shusetts commission.
Acting Secretary Of Navy Roose.
welt approves report recommending
S155.4s6 600 be appropriated to de-
velop navy shore establishments.
The viii Of Warren G. Harding.
which be drew shortly before start
Ing IN his Inflated trip to Alaska, and
after he had completed the sale OF his
Marion Star property, disposes of an
estate worth about $75O,00O it be-
came known. the bulk Of which goes
to Mrs. Harding.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., arriving
from Europe, says future of civil. "a.
lion depends on Anglo-American
smity.
Maude Adams and General Electric
officials refuse to divulge results OF
experiments in eolored motion picture
process being conducted in Schenec-
lady, \. Y.
Thousands view President Har' :
ing's body IN Marion, 1ut efficient sys-
lem prevents any disorder or friction.
America and England sooner or
or later must join forces-but it must
No m Rftv-6ffy haeik-gavs Admiral
iiodgers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

scarlet patches on either side of the
neck and its black crescent on the
breast. And Il man in Lancaster, Pa,
has tanned a flicker Il such an extent
that it comes to his window for food.
says the New York Sun and Globe.
He picked it up at the foot OF the
tree when it was a ledgling about
FIVE days out of the shell. BY dint of
lively digging he kept it supplied with
enough worms to satisfy its prodig-
ious appetite, and it grew to maturity.
Then the wildness of its race came
upon the creature, and the mar re-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

Several radical labor unions will OBJ
tain control of the New York Call.
An a~nti-parochial school bill was in
troduced in the Alabama Legislature.
Six women we're arrested and a large
quantity of cocaine was seized n a
raid in Chicago.
A transcontinental air mail service
on a twenty-eight hour schedule Will
be tried on August 2S next.
A Federation of Labor official says
that there will be no strike in the an
thracite mines on September l.
Metal workers seek to collect a
100000 strike fund to support the de-
mand of Sc 5000 workers for a 44-hour
week.
Senators Frazier and Shipstead will
demand a congressional investigation
of production and distribution costs of
gasoline.
F. Paul Yacarelli resigned his $780,
900 job as manager of the New York
Msical Protective Union when his ad-
vice was rejected.
Ambassador Herrick arrives home
for vacation.
William Rockefeller ent twenty-one
millions to two sons. Tax Commits
sioner's report shows.
New York City's millions cease &C
t~ivities to honor departed President
at religious services.
President Cromwell of the New
York Stock Exchange replies to Sam
uel Untermeyer defending contract
used in margin deals.
Warren G. Harding laid to rest at
Marion, Ohio, while national digni-
taries assist at simple ceremonies and
an entire nation suspends work to
mourn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

ID ETURNING from the funeral in
IN Marion to his temporary quar-
tiers in the New Willard hotel, Wash
ington, President Coolidge plunged
into the business of the country, and
found plenty to do. Already he had
conferred with many of the political
leaders and listened to their advice,
but volunteered little information con
corning his intentions. He is not es-
p~ecially laxative, and he has the eau
ton believed to be characteristic Of
the New Englander. He studies a
question thoroughly before acting, M
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
BIRD MUST BE CAUGHT YOUNG
lLVen the Shy Flicker Can Be Tanned
If II Is Taken in It's Early
Infancy.

Y%sroglodytic man may have petted
the cubs of the saber-toothed tiger
or the n~estlings of the bloodthirsty
pterodactyl. It's a question of catch
ing them young enough.
One of the shyest of American
birds is the flicker, largest and hand
soonest of the woodpeckers, with its
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

leased it, hardly expecting eve to see
ii again and feeling rather mournful
over the loss of his protege. But it
woke him up the next morning, tap
ping at his window and clamoring for
n worm.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

when his mind is made up he is rs
firm as a New Hampshire mountain.
Inevitably Mr.. Coolidge m for
ward now as a leading possibility tor
the Republican presidential nomina-
zion next year. He has some ten
months in which to prove to his party
that he is it's best choice, and fifteen
months in which to convince the coun-
try that he should continue to hold the
Office. At present his main strength,
politically, lies in the East. In the
Middle and Far West it is believed
Senator Hiram Johnson will be II
powerful opponent and Senator LaFol-
lette is conceded a good many votes in
the convention. As n Washington
correspondent puts it: III will be
mainly a tussle between eastern con-
ser 2atism, fortified by control of the
administration, and western progress
ivisin, running strong in the prima-
ries."
Much depends on President Cool
idge's attitude toward American men,
bership in the world court, and what
this is no one seems to know. Not
withstanding his declaration of inten-
ton to carry on the Harding policies,
the party leaders in Washington do
not expect him to make the world
court an issue with the senate and
risk the chance of a party split, which
they say would be playing into the
hands of Senator Johnson.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

CHANCELLOR CUNO, striving to
~ save Germany from utter collapse
and his administration from downfall,
presented his program Wednesday to
the reicnstag, called in special SEES
sion because of the financial crisis.
Its three main points are:
/. \ gold loan.
.. Placing taxation, including in
come and customs, indirect and direct,
upon Il gold value basis.
3. a levy upon industries, which
have made millions of dollars.
His plan was applauded by the ma
jority of the assembly, but the Com
munist members ragged and howled,
%taunting Guno and bitterly assailins
Hugo SHINES, the Industrial magnate,
who sat unmoyed and silent. The
chancellor retaliated Only with the
remark that the growing activity OF
communism in Germany and else
where will lead TO the ruin of Europe
To which the Communists replied
"She is ruined already"
Concerning the r~eparations middle,
Cuno expressed extreme dissatisfac-
ton with the British draft of a reply
to the German note, declaring it CON
tanned much that was impossible of
fulfillment and that England had gone
extraordinarily far in her concessions
TO the French viewpoint.
ut is necessary to continue with
all our strength passive resistance,
free from mad acts of violence and
terror" he said, land to support ac-
lively from the unoccupied territory
the population which is p~ersevering in
u passive resistance of its own Will
Repeating the French statement
that the Ruhr was to be freed only
when the last pfennig was paid, and
pointing ont that the most vital in
strument with which Germany might
pay had been taken away when the
Ruhr was seized, Herr Cuno asserted
that if Germany's collapse was TO be
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22
Some Youthful Prodiales.

Niacaulay was a historian at eight,
Tennyson a poet as early; Byron wrote
verses at ten, and Bacon was a philos-
opher at the same age. Mozart made
his debut as composer and musician
at six.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

HENRY SULLIVAN of Lowell,
II Mass, succeeded last week in
swimming across the English channel
the third man and the first American
to perform the feat. He was in the
water p hours and % minutes, being
forced by tides and currents to swim
about Sc miles, though the distance be-
tween points is only 22h miles.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

MR.. COOLIDGE may have a chance
V to add greatly to his prestige, if
he is called on to settle the strike of
anthracite miners. Remembering how,
as governor of Massachusetts, he
smashed the policemen's strike, or
ganized labor does not feel comfort
able over the prospect. So far the
coal commission has been able to do
nothing in the case. 1t reported last
week that plans for compulsory arbi-
tration of wage disputes in the coal
industry offer no hope for effectively
dealing with the problem. 1t recon-
mends that future wage agreements
include a clause providing for auto
matte renewal except as to such points
as may be a subject of dispute. No
tice is TO be given of these points
ninety days in advance of the eXpi-
ration, and if an agreement is not
reached prior to sixty days before the
expiration, notice is to be given to the
President of the United States who
will appoint q commission to inquire
into the subjects at issue and make
a public report before the renewal
date.
New England uses a large percent
age of the anthracite coal mined, and
the consumers of that section now
threaten to abandon its use entirely If
the miners strike.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

accomplished Gin the name Of justice,
she must be under nc Illusion"
Submission to the merciless obsti-
macy of French government" he add
ed, would have to be sealed with a
document which would be worse than
the treaty of Versailles, which weighs
like a curse upon the peoples or
Europe"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26

idea for every resident of Mellette
county to just jot down on a post card
DAY by day, in every way Mellette
county feels the need of railroad" :"
sign their name and address it to the
president of the Chicago & Northwest
arn Railroad Company, at Chicago,
ILL.,, would not have a beneficial eff
feet in curing one of the maladies
rom which we have suffered for so
many years. 1t would not cost much,
it would do no harm and it might
BRING results.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26
o, Say, Girls!

Ever since we have been conducting
the Mellette County Pioneer Boys
Acre Corn Club, we have been wanting
to start some sort of club work for
the Mellette county girls, but thus far
we have not found just the sort Of
club that we thought would appeal to
thre girls, and one that we could fl
nance from our very limited resources.
This year the State college people have
announced that they are going to
start a Strawberry Club. Under the
state rules each club member must
provide their own plants to start the
work. This strawberry club idea ap-
pealed to us as just the sort of club
that we have been wanting for the
Mellette county girls, and we have
written to State college for further
details. We have practically decided
to launch this club, provided We can
Get a sufficient number Of girls inter
ested in the work. We are going to
do even better by the members OF tn
Mellette County Pioneer Girls Straw
berry Club than the state proposes to
do. for it is our intention to provide
each member Of the club with l0C
strawberry plants free of charge, be-
sides we will offer several medals, and
possibly cup, as prizes. We are moi
making definite announcement OF
this club just yet, but we would like Il
hear from number of girls III thu
next two weeks, who would be willing
to enter such strawberry club. Chris
between the ages of 10 and Is year!
would be eligible under the club rules
If enough interest is manifested WI
will launch the club, and make oul
club slogan "a Strawberry Patch OF
Every Farm in Mellette County. F"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26
RURAL EDITOR PUSHES
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
BY Mildred E. Yule, Assistant Agri
cultural Editor, State College.

Cooperation between a community
businessman and a group Of farm boys
in Mellette county, South Dakota, has
resulted in corn club and three
other flourishing projects for boys
and girls. The growing Of champion
ship corn began in 1917. The plan
originated with Fred c. Kirch, editor
and publisher of the Mellette County
Pioneer, who agreed to furnish each
boy entering the club sufficient corn
to plant an acre Of land. That year,
club work was quite new in the Sec
ton where Mr.. Kirch and the boys
live, but 10 entries were made i'm
mcdiately and the members started
in at once earning their seed by cul-
tivating and taking care Of an acre OF
corn.
The Mellette county editor devoted
considerable time to the corn club,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26
ANOTHER CHESTER WHITE
GILT FOR CORN CLUB PRIZE

We are indeed glad to announce
that the bows who will be members OF
the Mellette County Pioneer Boys
Acre Corn Club this year will again
have an opportunity to win regis
tered Chester White Gilt for the best
acre Weld Of Langley's Reids' yellow
Dent corn. The gilt will be given by
Frank Petcra, the boy who won the
acre yield prize gilt in 1922. In the
future this pic prize will be perpet-
uated. as the winner Of this prize must
agree to offer a gilt the succeeding
wear for the best acre yield. The gilt
offered this year will be one OF the
pigs farrowed by the prize gilt that
Young Petera won last year. We hope
that our farmer friends will encourage
their bows to enter the Pioneer Corn
Club this year. Every boy in the
county has an opportunity to get
started in the growing OF two mighty
good varieties Of corn, and besides he
has an opportunity to win one or more
medals and the silver cup, and also
to win a prize gilt and thus get
god start in the hog business, and all
yGthout one cent of cost to himself
Our club is recognized by the state,
and only this week the Pioneer Corn
Club has been given statewide pub
licitv bv the State college people, IN
spccial article written by Miss Mild
red Yule, who is now on the College
staff as a special writer This sort OF
publicity cannot help but draw atten-
ton to Mellette county. We print
Miss Yule's article in another column
We would like to have at least one
hundred boys' in this years club
bows who will enter the work with a
determination to win, and if we can
get this sized club, we will promise
the club one Of the best banquets and
best times they ever had-some time
in September or October. We want a
little more cooperation ffom the par
ents Of the club members. Encourage
that boy of yours to enroll in the Pho
neer Bows Acre Corn Club now, fol
the wear 1923, then see to it that he
lives up to the rules of the club IN
every particular. Teach him self-re-
lance, thrift, honesty. We are now
enrolling the boys and the member
shin roll for this years club will pos
itively close April /.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26

This club and the work begun by
Editor Kirch in that one community
have been remarkable for enthusiasm
and organization. The first year the
boys worked on the club project there
were II members, the next year there
Ncre 35 boys interested in carrying on
tle development of better corn for
Mellette county.
Since the first years work, corn
specialists have talked to the boys,
moving pictures have been shown and
.banQuets, meetings and corn shows
have kept the members interested. In
1917 a Wisconsin corn was used for
seed, but since then the members have
taken a yellow dent corn and devel-
oped it into the "Rosebud King
which is used extensively, not only by
club boys but by other corn growers
in the county.
Not once has Editor Kirch lost his
interest in the project; he has provid-
ed another silver trophy and has con-
tinued his leadership with the boys.
Further development of this corn club
and other boys and girls organiza-