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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Jade Venerated in Chino

Jade is the Chinese yu-stone, for
ages regarded with superstitious ven
GRAFTON.
The reverse Of the opal, only good
fortune attends its possessor, and who
soever bestows- a gift Of jade endows
the recipient with a taIisman against
fate. "As you wish" Is the symbol OF
the Chinese joo-ee, or wand of author
Try. made or jade. presented by a
great official at the installation of an
incoming dignitary; and although only
the finest joo-ees are Of jade, those
for less exalted purposes being Of rock
crystal, metal or even wood. the 'senti'
ment is the same-.good Wilde
troit News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
BUDGET URGED FOR STATE
Representative christianson Explains
Needs To Tax Conference.


Needs To Tax Conference.
Observation-Disclosures of a
comprehensive budget system and the
organization Of some form Of central,
lied control over the finances of the
state of Minnesota are essential in
effecting a reduction in state taxes.
Representative Theodore Christian.
son of Dawson, told members of the
Minnesota Tax conference. in session
1t the Minnesota union.
There are go different departments,
bureaus and activities In the state
government, he said. They are all
separate, distinct and independent
entities, he added, in suggesting the
need for the establishment of an ad,
ministrative body to unity and con.
troll the fiscal affairs of the state.
Coordination Of state departments
has been effected in Nebraska and
other states are following, Mr.. Chris.
tianson said.
THE most potent influence toward
obtaining reduced taxation is an
aroused public opinion" Mr.. Chris
Hanson declared, followed by the es-
adjustment of an agency to work out
the will of this public opinion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
MEXICAN REBELS DEFEATED
insurgent Command Is Completely
Broken Up, Embassy Announces.

Washington Mexican federal
forces have defeated the revolution
fists in a hard battle at Tepeaca, which
has resulted in reducing a strong
element OF the rebel army to impot.
ence," the Mexican embassy said in
a statement based on official advices
from Mexico City.
Rebels under Generals Maycutte
and Villerreal have been d~ecisively
defeated after a hard battle at T.
paca," the statement said. After be.
ing driven from Tehuacan by federal
troops under General Eugenio Marti-
nez, the enemy took up a position at
Tepeaca, on the railroad between Te-
huacan and Puebla.
General Urbalejo attacked them
here and completely broke up the com
mand. which was made up Of several
OF the strongest units at the disposal
Of the Vera Cruz rebels. The action
has reduced a strong element Of the
rebel army to impotence"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
TAX COMPROMISE EXPECTED
Administration Leaders Frame Pro.
gram to Accept Gamers Feature.

Washington-Details of a compro.
mise tax plan. which will no destroy
the Mellon program, were being work.
ed out by the administration leaders
In the house.
Republican chiefs plan to accept
the high surtax rates proposed in the
democratic plan by Representative j
N. Garner. Texas, but fix the brack
cts so that incomes less than 5000.
600 will not be hit by the maximum
rates.
BY doing this, they believe the com
promise will satisfy the democratic
insurgent coalition, now in control Of
the house, and yet be satisfactory te
President Coolidge, who is opposed tc
any compromise on the principle OF
the Mellon plan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Grain Growers Indorse Bill.

Fargo Resolutions asking Con-
gress to pass the Burtness-Norbeck
farm diversiacation acceleration bill,
sponsored by DR., John Lee Coulter.
president Of the North Dakota Agri.
cultural college, were unanimously
adopted by the TriState Grain Grow.
ers' convention. Increases In the
wheat tariff and the repeal of the
drawback provisions Of the Fordney4
McCumber act were also demanded
is well as the creation of a govern
ment grain export corporation K
take care Of the surplus grain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
M. & ST. |. IN DEBT TO U. S.
Priority on Obligation Asked In State.
ment Filed With chancery Master.

Minneapolis-The Minneapolis & St.
Louis railroad, in the hands of a re.
ceiver, owes the United States Sail
S73.51 and interest at 6 per cent, the
federal government claimed. in asking
recognition OF the obligation as a prior
claim.
The claim wss filed with Howard
S. Abbott. United States master in
chancery. 1t comprises FIVE items
listed by Eliot Wadsworth. assistant
secretary OF the treasury. consisting
Of FIVE promissory notes. most of
them based on Indebtedness Of the
company as a reruit Of federal control
OF railroads. One note for s1,3s2. 600.
dated April I 1921, represents a loan
under the TRANSFORMATION act.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
LABOR GOVERNMENT ASSURED
Sounds Death kneil 0, Cabinet by
Throwing Power TO Macdonald.

Condon-Premier Baldwin's conser.
yative government recei-ed its death
sentence at the hands OF the oppost
ton in the House of Commons, as had
been anticipated.
This came when former Premier
Asquit arose. and. amid the cheers Of
his Liberal followers and the Labor.
ties. announced that he would vote for
the Labor molten OF mo confidence"
In the governn.en presented by John
r. Clynes.. deity leader Of the Par.
liamentary Labor party. and would adj
lvse all his friends to do likewise.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
100 INDICTED IN ROBBERY
Five Arrests at chIcago-suspects
Hunted From Coast to Coast.

Chicago - With thu arrests here
OF five me' and the expected ar
rests OF others here and elsewhere
postal authorities believe they have
reached a solution Of the robbery
three years ago of a mail truck in the
Union depot when registered mail
valued at more than 1000. 900 was
stolen. Gems and jewe,ry COMPRISED
most OF the loot.
Estimates of the number of those
included in federal indictments. secret
ly returned. range from fifty TO one
hundred The number is said to In
clude virtually every person who
handled any of the stolen Jewels
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
WARSHIP TOTAL LOSS FEARED
Three of Cruiser Tacoma's Four Com.
psrtments Fiooded-vessels Rush
To AID.

4.
Washington-Navy officials fear
that the cruiser Tacoma, aground
near Vera Cruz. Mexico, is a total
loss.
A dispatch received by the navy
department said the cruiser was vir-
tually en- its side, with three Of its
four compartments flooded.
No formation as to the crew has
been received.
dashed by the storm swept waves
OF the western Gulf of Mexico, the
United States cruiser Tacoma was
still hard aground on the jagged
'ocks OF B%lanquilla reef off Vera
Ssruz .harbor, according to radiograms
picked up by the Fort Brown wire
ess station at Point Isabelle and re.
aged here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

London-Frank B. Kellogg. the
American ambassador paid a. visit to
the Prince Of Wales at st. James pal
acc and afterwards had luncheon, &C.
companied by Mrs. Kellogg, with
King George and Queen Mary in Buck.
ingham palace. The unsettled no,i.
teal situation y England has iimitsd
American Ambassador Kellogg's cfri.
cial activities on his new post n
paying calls and performinr Other
smbansy routine. Since the oner,r
OF Parliament he has managed -
spend considerable time In tire dir,c
matte gallery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
LOAN BILL URGED BY EAST
Entire Country Consider Farm Pros
pcrity Vital, Declares Educator.

Observation-Disclosures and finan.
cial leaders OF the East and the spokes-
men for agriculture in the Southwest
are lining up In support OF the $50.
600. 900 livestock loan bill. Or, John
Lee Coulter. president of the North
Dakota Agricultural college. said.
The fact that other sections of the
country are giving their support TO
the measure nov before Congress. in.
dicates that national interest in the
loan plan has been created. he said.
Or. Coulter stopped in Minneapolis
on his return Journey to Fargo after
attending hearings OF the agricultar.
al committees OF the House and Sen.
ate in Washington.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
"Contributory Negligence

''That cut was caused by her ring,
your honor. She struck me In the face
with her clenched fist" complained the
young husband.
"Where did she get the ringT' cues
toned the magistrate.
II gave II to her. 1t was our engage
men, ring"
.The prisoner is discharged. That Is
clearly q case of contrif"1tory negli-
gepce," returned the judge Every
body's Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
100 RUSSIANS PERISH IN SEA
Lost When Yank Steamer coneIo.
Went Down During Storm.

New york-At least 100 Russian
emigrants drowned when the Ameri
can steamer Conejos went down dur
ing a storm in the Black Sea several
weeks ago according to a dispatch
received from Constantinople by the
Jewish Telegraph agency The report
said there were 800 passengers on
board.
Offices OF A. Fl. Bell & Co. oper.
ators OF the Conejos, denied the yes.
sci was carrying passengers They
said the Conejos was a cargo vessel
and not e%quipred to carry passengers,
Their latest adyices are that only the
crew of 81 we're drowned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Fller lands eIazIna AlrorIane.

Houston. Tex. - Sideslipping near
~ 1900 feet to keep the FIRE from the
faces of himself and q passenger
when the front OF their Airplane burst
into flames high In the air. @. O.
Quick. commercial aviator, landed his
blaz'ng machine safely In q field near
here. Both men escaped uninjured,
The passenger was Frank Canaan,
owner OF the plane. Quick long has
commended that care win eliminate
all but q small part Of the hazard n
aviation: his sidesiip kept the danes
clear Of The passenger pits.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Houston, Texas = Howard r.
Hughes. 81 years old. presiden. oil
the Hughes Tool company. one of the
wealthiest men in Texas, and brother
Of Major Rupert Hughes. the author,
dropped dead at his office here.
Hughes. a native Of Missouri, vas q
graduate of Harvard and engaged In
oil tool manufacture on a large scale.
He had a large plant In Los Angeles,
In additica to the n here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
ASKS SHOALS GO TO FORD
Acceptance Would be First Step 4
Lowering Farmers Burdens.

Washington - rhe American Farm
Bureau federation. In a letter &c
members Of congress. continued its
defensive in favor OF Henry Ford's
offer for Muscle Shoals. declaring
that its acceptance would be the first
step In obtaining for the farmer lower
cost factors OF production and distri
button,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
FALL ARRAIe NED IN SENATE
Senator carav ay Charges Former Sec
rotary With False Testimony,

Observation-Disclosures in connec-
ton with the lease CT the Teapot
Dome naval oil reserve to the Sim
clair interests al charged In the
Senate against Albert B. Fall. former
secretary of the interior. by Senator
Il. H. Caraway. Democrat, Arkansas,
Moreover. Senator Caraway assailed
Secretary Edwin DENLY and Assistant
Secretary Theodore Roosevelt OF the
Navy department, In connection with
their approval Of the lease and at
tackled Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty.
Reviewing the lease and dwelling
on the several statements made by
Mr. Fall and Edward B.. Mclean,
Washington newspaper publisher. as
to the source OF the funds used by
Mr.. FAN in enlarging and improving
his New Mexico ranch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
She KnerD II

SteIIa-Marie is engaged 70 Her07T
Have you seer her ring7 It's sweet.
Jean-H's lovely. but she VIII p
that II will leave a little black marx
on her fnger-it did on mine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.

No. / dark northern, 81 .22-l. %; No. !
northern, sl.14-1.l8: No, / dark hard
81. 16-1.20: No. l hard. s1.14-1.19; No. I:
amber durum. s1.03-1.10; No. / durum
s1,01-1.07; Corn-No. 2 yellow. 72e: Oats
No. 2 white. 44c: Barley-Choice to fancy
60-63c: Rye No. 2, &c; Flax Seed No. 1
$2.49-2.53.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Mexico City-Federal forces have
Just won a complete victory over rebel
troops commanded by General Ma,
coffee at Ell Carmen, between Espe.
rama and Tehuacan.
The rebels lost 200 in killed and
wounded in the fighting.
Advices from Tampico to the war
office said the port was blockaded and
traffic entirely suspended. No Amer,
lean vessels have appeared.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

BUTTER-Creamery. extras, sic; frsts
h., 49c; seconds. 44c; packing stock
fresh sweet. soc; grease, 1c.
EGGS-Country receipts, rots out, pei
case. $500. No. l candled, good cases
free from rots. dirties and checks out. pei
doz, 33c; seconds. small dirties and hello
stock, rots out, leakers out. per doz.
lSc; quotations on eggs include cases.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
A Married Woman's Advice
Every Woman Should Read This

Livery woman SnOuld Nead i ms
st. Paul, Minn.-"During my
early married life I became sort of
rundown and suffered with general
feminine troubles. I took DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
1t built me up in health and
strength. Then about two years
ago I suffered with functional dis
turbances, became weak and all run
down in health, and I again took
the Favorite Prescription and it
gave me the same help as before;
1T built me up in health and
strengthened my whole nervous
system. Favorite Prescription is a
splendid woman's medicine and
nervine."-Mrs. S. L. Roberts, 291
Cliff st.
Write DR.. Pierce, president IN
valids' Hotel IN Buffalo, N. Y, for
free medical advice, Or send 10c for
trial pkg. tablets.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
So. ST. Paul Livestock.
RuTTER-Creamerv. G

Steers. S2.5O-ll75 Cows and heifers
s2.25-11. SO; Yea Calves. Sc. 00-9.2 q Hogs
$4.00-7.00: Sheep and lambs. s4.5o-13.l Is
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Automobiles have as many symp-
toms as q m~iddle-aged man.; but they
need more attention.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warningl Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or en- tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed br physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
Nobody who likes you can succeed
In being very disagreeable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Mrs. Jennie K. Croker Of Clifton
dale. Mass. has Just been granted
American sailing masters papers.
She Is the first woman to be granted
such papers either for sail or steam
on any ocean. Captain Croker,
now In command of the four-masted
schooner Ruth Martin. has followed
the sea for nineteen years, beginning
with her honeymoon trip to South
Africa with her husband, Capt. Mel
son A. Croker.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
.OBRECON TROOPS
BARRED BY TEXAS
Executive Tells Hughes Move.
ment Might Cause Trouble
With Texas Mexicans.

Austin-Permission to transport
Mexican federal troops across Texas
was refused by acting Governor T. w.
Davidson in a telegram to Secretary
OF State C. e. Hughes.
Possibility of trouble with Mexican
residents on the Texas border prompt.
ed the refusal, the acting governor
said.
The American government has
made request for such passage of
troops of the governors of Arizona
New Mexico and Texas and has re.
ceived favorable replies from the first
two
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Washington-The situation IL Mex,
leo, complicated recently by d~eclara.
ton of a r~evolutionist blockade at
Tampico, was considered by President
Coolidge and his advisers at one of
the longest cabinet sessions in recent
months.
There were indications that more
active steps to protect American in.
terests in the blockade port were con
sidered at the meeting, but cabinet
members said afterward hat any an,
nouncement must come from the pre-.
isdent. White House officials were
silent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
"CASCARETS" FOR LIVER
AND B0WELS-1Oc A BOX

Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick
Headache. Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

Rafting ancestral bones is a poor
way of getting a living.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
WOMEN! DYE FADED
',...... THINGS NEW AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Gar.
ment or Drapery.

Each 15-cent package Of Diamond
Dyes" contains directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any.
old, worn, faded thing new, even If
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise-
ment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24

The man who plays the races con-
tributes to the support of those who
work them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
by Beck

ters, signed to serve comfnunity
meals and 2 were served. - signed
for family meals and were served
Nutrition, vegetable and fruit
were completed.
Report of clothing Project given
by Miss Lucy FaYnum IN the abb
sepee of Mrs. Buffers, the Clothing
Project Leader. !? dress forms valued
at $4,000, q saving Of $1S.e3. !:
new garments made valued at t3.oe
2 saving of $7.s7. . new hats have
Been made costing S24.s7 valued
$1,000 saving $3.50; ciothing
meetings nave been held with an
average attendance Of 20 members
Following these reports the ohicers
for the year 1928 were elected
Chairman. H. II. Coston: Sec. Elmer
Baird; Club Leader. Marion Fuller;
Poultry Leader. Bell Morse.
Following the election OF these Of
ficers a baked bean dinner was ser
we'd. At 100 meeting Of the
Ladies Farm Bureau was called and
the following officers for the coming
year were elected: President, Mrs.
Lena Draper; Secretary. Mrs. Bell
Morse; Foods Leader. Mrs. Hattie
Farnum: Clothing Leader. Mrs,
Lillian Fuller; Household Manage
nlent, Leader. Mrs. Sada Ccston.
The program for the coming year
was explained in an able manner by
the Home Demonstration Agent.
Eliza 3, Atherton, and all were much
J,essed with her talk and plans, and
IL each member does her part the
year 1875 VIII be profitable year
for all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Normal Number
American Men
At Oxford Now

oxford, Eng. Dec. l a. I. bymaiD
The number OF American students
in oxford University is slowly de-
clining from the total OF the immed-
late postwar years. In 1879 this
American men students numbered
226. Last year the nuwbsr fell to
Isl and this year there are 10.
OF these only 90 are Rhodes schol.
ars. as compared with Ia two years
ago and 100 last year. The normal
number Of Rhodes scholars IL two
for each state, but the suspension
OF the scholarships during the last
years Of the war resulted IN q greatly
increased representation from 1913
EDWARDS. Now the number has
reached the normal again. In 1872
the number OF men students not
Rhodes scholars was IS, last year II
fell to 70 and now Il has risen to 30.
OF the 40 men students In attend
ance so come from Ave OF the larger
American universities. Harvard
comes first with %, Princeton second
with 1e. Yale third with 10. and
Cornell and University Of virginia tie
with six each. The large Representa-
ton OF these universities Is due IN
part TO the tendency Of Rhodes seiec-
tion committees to select az scholars
men who have done graduate work
in the eastern universities and in
part 10 the greater wealth Of the
students there. The greater number
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
u. S. Tourists
Still Pay High

London, Nov. 20 "a. r. by MaiD-
The expenses and exasperations OF
postwar travel with passports are
gradually being reduced icr every +.
body except Americans.
Beginning Dee. I British subjects.
for only seven shillings six pence.
can obtain passports valid for five
years from tho date OF issue. Nc
visas at all WIN be required for
visiting most Of the continental
countries to which the English go in
large nuWbers. The Britop simply
puts his $l.75 passport in his pocket
and crosses the channel. For an
extra Eve shillings he can have his
passport extended to ten years.
His lot 10 lucky one compared
to that OF the American travelling
abroad. First Of all the American
must pay HIS own government $40
to get passport which expires ii,
~ months ard cannot be extended
for period longer than two years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18

u,,,s,ow arrange will hold its reEu-
lar meeting Friday evening, Dec. -.
Head where he caught large tnees
of cod and haddock.
rred clifford Of Vassalboro IS Ns'
,t,rg at the home of Mrs, snd Mrs
d. Robinson for q few days
cw,rv 70 the unfayorable road ecn'
| ,,Srns .he dances that have beer
W., s,,s n, Ninslow grange every otnss
rs.S Say evening have been dlscoh-
,,nned. until It is better s'eiShine,
- Harry Cratic Is confined &c
severe attack Of neuralgia. 4.
Miss shirley Bracket has gone nv -
sidney where she VIII pass Ivy
Christmas holidays,
,ehesfsal OF the EhfIsu.s
.arcsrt which will be held =. ans
chmreh. the date TO ee ann0u,S s
,.ss held yesterday Afternoon ~ ns
ns,,,ch pariers. Mrs, Treemoo' '.'
Mas charge Of the children
T,,,,e Miss Ruth Robinson rs ~ r
,rcvins after being co1hnea " NV
home me. es Angie ,a iiddsn who teaches c.ss,
- the Junior high school " D ~
m,,s mass the Christmas ho.u , hi.
her home here she W" '
day. v..,,. veeber who IN
derwent q surgteal epsn, he glad "a
home last SATURDAY VIII ss comfort
learn thst he is r ssansd - DIR, ]. O,
ably as can be sspEsWh Wheeler per-
Tcwne and DIR, r 2, .ns Miss Mar
formed the opera.'om s is The trained
sorst Mahane2, j. ~
nurse in charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Cannon Makers
Profits Cut By
Plan of League

London, Nov, 20 "a. T. by MaiD--
Way or no war, the munitions bust
ness in Europe Is good. During the
years which followed the close OF the
, late international cannon makers
picnic until 1919. the exports OF
material Of war from one European
country into apethsr, not including
warshirs, atrpianes, or similar
equipment has overstepped the
alarming total ct s2bo.0o0,o00. And
the world has been almost pacific
during this time.
The traffic commission OF the
League of Nations, which has rvm;
mayed out these fisuresfi has set
about to cut the dividends Of the
martial manufacturers by intro
ducing convention, which has
been distributed TO NIL nations, for
the establishment of an information
i. control OF arms. The British
government Is understood to be
FULLY In accord with the project. and
its delegate TO the next meet :
ing of the commission to be held at
Geneva next May will be Instructed
10 support the document.
The new convention, drawn up at
the meeting of the commission early
this year, is q substitute for the ono
adopted in September 1919. which
was not accepted By the United
States.
The United States has already in
Ioicated It's willingness 10 subscribe