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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
HOWE TOTEM HoN0RED.
Is Reelected President of Phillips
Exeter Alumni Association.

Howe Totten was reelected presi-
dent of the Southern Alumni Associa-
ton Of Phillips Exeter Academy at the
annual meeting and banquet last night
ct the ARMY and Navy Club.
Justice Walter /. Mccoy, Henry p.
Blair and Herbert A. Smith were elect
ed vice presidents, and Constant South
worth reelected secretary-treasurer.
J. Curtis Walker. jr.; James A. De
Force and G. NJ Hester were elected
members of the executive committee.
Principal speakers included Senator
Moses of the class of 1885. George r.
Farnun. Assistant Attorney General:
Prof. Frank Cushwa, Prof. Corning
Benton and Prof James A. Tufts.
Mr.. Tufts, teacher at the New
Hampshire school for more than so
years, was presented with travelling
bag.
Mr.. Tottcn presided and wes toast
master
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
Man Found Dead From Gas.

Charles Fry, colored, As, of 1885 Yer
mont avenue, was found dead in the
kitchen of his home last night, suf-
located by gas flowing from two burn
ers of the stove.
His body was discovered by his wife,
Elizabeth Fry, who summoned the Fire
Department rescue squad and the Cas-
ualty Hospital ambulance. DR.. Louis
Jimai of the Casualty staff pronounced
the man dead when he arrived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26

Of the "Hunga-.an Rhapsody" pleased
the audience most.
One misses y certain steadiness of
pitch in Mr.. Walten's playing. but his
warmth of feeling and tone showed to
good advantage In the Pepper" the
andante from he Van Goen Concerto"
and the pretty "Cla!y de Lune" of Mas
senet.
Mrs. Mockbee was sympathetic ac-
companist.
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CONFERENCE STUDIES
DISTRIBUTION FIELD
Business Must Make It's Next
Great Advance There, Whole
salers Are Told.

Turning a new page in the record of
American economic progress, the Ma
tional Wholesale Conference, meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. today brought attention
to focus upon distribution as the field
in which business will make It's next
great advance.
The huge savings effected in produc-
ton and manufacture through cost ac-
counting, simpli1cation, Standardization
and skillful management can, the con-
ference concluded, be duplicated in a
measure in distribution. where an es-
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which was made public today, the Sec
rotary directed that every man who
has a mother living should write to
her on Mothers day. or IL possible be
at home on that day" Where circum-
stances permit. he said, special services
suitable to the occasion will be held.
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timated annual waste of $4,000, O00, 900
is charged up to the consumer.
A series Of recommendations, apply
ing specifically to wholesaling, but
touching all branches of distribution,
were submitted to this end by four COM
mittees of business men who for more
than a year have been studying the
various aspects of the wholesaling
function.
The conference will formulate its
conclusions tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
WILL HONOR MOTHERS.

Secretary Adams Asks Sailors to
Observe May IL.
Secretary Adams of the Navy has
asked American sailors everywhere to
join In tribute to their mothers. on
Mothers day, May IL.
In letter to all ships and stations,
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M u S C



The Mems Glee Club of Howard Uni
versity, urdee the direction Of Roy w.
Tibbs, last night presented concert in
Rankin Memorial Chapel, the eighth
and last Of y series.
The Glee Club in performance plainly
showed that intensive work had been
required 70 present the varied program.
Feeling, tone and volume were the main
assets of the club, although for close
harmony it would be difficult, indeed,
to find their superior.
The first song of the evening, Keep
A-Goin'," by Jacobsen, was followed by
Andrews I'm the Time of Roses" An
other demonstration of ability on the
part of the club was the rendition of
Works Lullaby sung in soft, melo-
dious tones. and "A Plainsman'S Song"
by Bliss brought out the volume, spirit
and quality of the voices when under
strain.
Lester Dorsey. baritone, soloist, was
the delight of the evening. His sing
ing displayed remarkable talent. Mr.
Dorsey, although baritone, achieved
passages in the tenor range with great
ease and clarity. One of his presenta-
lions. Ezekiel Saw De Wheel a spirit
ual, was of special interest to the audi
ence.
The evening was closed by the sing
ing of the alma mater song Of the uni
versity and the audience stood to show
its anpreciation,
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Aupeals for Bundle Day"

Stressing the need of thousands of
pounds off clothing Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman, chairman of the woman's
committee, Near East Relief. for the
District. has appealed to the women OF
Washington for their cooperation Mon
day, the last Bundle day" Of the or
ganization.
Mothers are urged to have their chill
dren leave bundles of old clothing at
fire houses churches and other places
marked with banners Monday morning.
Sweden has refused government as
81 - 70 industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26

Five members Of the ducal house
of Hamilton recently appeared in
farce in Glasgow, Scotland. to aid the
National Miners Fund.
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First Of a Series.

First Of a Series.
The first of a series of concerts, ar
ranged by the entertainment committee
of the University Club of Washington,
was given last night by Miss Frances
Gutelius, pianist; Dore Walten, cellist,
and Mrs. Gertrude Smallwood, accom-
PIANIST. They played well balanced
program with spirit and understanding.
Miss Gutelius exhibited full, round
tone with some good pedaling in the
hurried the tempo. The whimsical,
fairy tale qualities of the Brahms
"Capriccio'' and the delicacy Of the
Chopin "Nocturne" were we'll brought
out, but. as usual. the rhythmic gayety
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PAGE NINE:

in 1925. Minnesota has had a two
cent tax since 1925. Indiana has
somewhat lower average vehicle
tax than Minnesota, but it has Is
per cent larger registration. Indi-
ana has total area less than half
as great as Minnesot's but it's pop
ulation is one fourth greater.
The state of Indiana did not
take over any county bonds, but
Minnesota assumed $4,000, 900 of
county obligations. The Indiana
highway department, having fewer
miles of trunk routes to maintain,
fewer miles to grade and gravel,
and no county bonds to pay, has
been able to devote a much larger
portion of its funds to paving than
Minnesota has.
Indiana has an efficient highway
department and is probably getting
about as much per dollar as Min
nesota gets, but neither state has
any magic way of getting paving
or any other road improvements
without paying for them. If the
Minnesota communities that want
paving, grading, crawling, and
new bridges, expect to get them
soon, funds will have to be provid-
ed from some source.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Joseph Groeschel, Melrose
Citizen, Called by Death
Resident of that City for 18 Years
Funeral Services Held Tues
day Morning

The death of Joseph Groeschel,
of this city occurred Sunday at the
home Of his step-daughter, Miss
Katherine Roelike. He had been ill
for three weeks with diabetis.
The deceased was born in Krein-
burg, Austria, 76 years ago. He
came to this country as a young
man. Thirty-three years ago he
was married to Mrs. Katherine
Roelike, they lived an farm near
Lake Henry until eighteen years
ago when they moved to this city.
Mr.. Groeschel was a painter by
trade. Mrs. Groeschel died two
year ago.
Surviving are eight step-chil-
dren: DR.. IS. J. Roelike, Joseph
Roelike, Miss Katherine Roelike
and Mrs. Louis Gerlach, of this city.
Michael Roelike, of Lake City, S.
D., Math Roelike, of Delano, Tony
Roelike, of Spring Hill and Mrs.
Math Ahles, of Waubun. He is al
so survived by two sisters and a
brother.
The funeral was held at the st.
Boniface church here Tuesday
morning at $50 o'clock, Rev. Will
lenbrink Observation-Disclosures Bea-
con.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Snakes in Captivity
Turn Into Cannibals

PythOns, many Of them Is feet
long, who are among the guests OF
the London zoo. spend most of their
time submerged in the water of the
mOat surrounding the enclosure. A
few of the inhabitants of the park.
especially the cobras, become can,
nibals, and attack and devOur not
only various harmless species, but
also some Of their most poisonous
relations. Even puff-adders have
been recorded as falling victims to
the cObras' viciousness and vo
racity. Mr. FitzSimmons, the cura-
tor of the Port Elizabeth museum,
states that a cobra versus puff
adder contest may last as long as
an hour, and that the latter does
not give in to his more agile adver.
sary until the effects Of the inject.
ed venom of his enemy have in.
duced complete paralysis. Not long
ago keeper in the course. of NOV
ing some Of the snakes in the en-
closure was bitten on the hand by q
large puff-adder. A special serum
kept on the premises was imme-
diately injected into the victim, and
his life saved.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Way of a Truckman
With a Modern Maid

AS the truck came to sudden
stop natty little roadster behind
it, in spite of violent application
of brakes, ended with its front
bumper giving the rear end of the
truck ever so slight a jolt.
swell, blankety-blank, blank it!
DOn'tcha know how to drive, va
sO-and-so? What's the big idea,
huh?"
put my hands. over my ears. but
1t did no good.
"Who in the this-and-that gave
you license, va something-or-
other? For two cents I'd"
What Grass vulgarity, thought,
now slightly irritated. Is it any
wonder that people stay In the same
old rut? Imagine one of my pro-
fessiOn using profanity like that |!
"x-xx*** !-!"-sti the din
kept up. Finally l lost what scant
patience l retained.
Miss" l said with as much dig
nifty as could muster, "I'm sorry
I had to stop so suddenly, but !
had no desire to run over that
three-year-old youngster who dashed
across the street. Now, go along
to your tea or bridge party-your
car isn't damaged, and as ! said
before, I'm very, very sorry"
And with that l climbed into my
truck and drove away.-Kansas
City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
New Era Began With
Power Over Darkness

Among the most notable finds al
ancient Ur Of the Chaldees in Meso
potamia under the joint auspices
Of the British museum and the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania are oil
lamps Of beautiful design dating ia
nearly 1000 years before Christ, re.
vealing civilization older than
that Of Europe.
"Thus, however far back we are
permitted to peep into the dim
past" the leader, Mr.. Patterson,
said, "when man, with the same ma.
ture and feelings as we, lived,
worked and died, we find him fac
ing the same problems as we do to-
day, in seeking to regulate the light
of day which entered his buildings,
and to supplement it at night as eff
fectively as his knowledge would
permit.
"But from 1000 years before
Christ to 1900 A. D., close to 5000
years, that knowledge took him no
further than the use of wick
dipped in Oil, or later, of the candle
made from natural oil and fats. But
with the beginning of the last cen
tury new era began, an era in
which dawned the possibility of un-
limited light during the hours of
natural darkness
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07

All agree that Indiana has an
excellent system of roads, state and
local. 1t has more miles of gravel
roads than Minnesota and twice
as much pavement. But the infer
ence that Indiana got more roads,
for less money, in the same num-
Der of years, is incorrect.
The fact is that Indiana had a
well developed system of graded
and graveled roads before Mime
sofa got a start. A report of the
U. S. Department Of Agriculture,
issue in 1917, shows than on Jan.
1, 1915, Indiana had $42,095, 1857
of town and county road bonds
outstanding, and had 80, 962 miles
of surface roads, gravel or better.
Minnesota at that time had ST.
1889 of road bonds and only
1867 miles of surfaced roads, near
ly all gravel.
The same report shows that in
1904, total road expenditures were
$4,335, 108 in Indiana and $780,
629 in Minnesota. In 1914 the
totals were $14,233,985 for In
diana and $6,458,940 for Mime
sofa. In 1904 Indiana was spend
ing S63.46 per mile of road and
Minnesota $24,72. In 1914 Indi-
ana spent S194.06 per mile and
Minnesota $79.88.
The Indiana trunk highway sys-
tenn was started in 1919 and
routes added gradually until the
present mileage is about 5000.
Minnesota took 1000 miles into
the system at one time, in 1921.
Roads taken into the Indiana sys-
tenn were well developed, graded
and graveled. Only a little more
than one third of the roads taken
into the Minnesota system were
graded and graveled.
Indiana adopted a 2 cent gas tax
in 1923 and increased it to 3 cents
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Out of Sight

Nine-year-old Joe had challenged
his mother to a game Of hide and
seek at his grandmother's country
cottage and, Of course, mother was
it. She counted up to a hundred by
fives, shouted "Here I Gomez in Or
thodox fashion, and began hunting.
She searched every nook and Granny
and peered behind every tree and
shrub, but no boy, so at last she
was forced to call "Home free !"
When Joe appeared she was very
curious to know where he had been
hiding so successfully. "That' was
a cinch !" declared the youngster, 81
just climbed up the windmill!"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07

farmer-labor senators and repre-
sentatives to change the personnel
of the board, but it will command
very little support.
On Thursday the house put in
full day wrangling about the
Shipstead-Newton bill, about which
wrote last week in connection
wath the senate's action. About
forty per cent of the representa-
tives favored an amendment ex-
empting from the provision Of
the bill a strip along the border, but
all except five voted for the reso-
luton upholding the bill on its fin
al passage.
Exactly half the session is now
over. The senate has been in ses-
sion SO days; the house 35 days,
including today.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
M:shap Gave Rhubarb
Grower Valuable Idea

Jacob Schwartz, farmer living
on the outskirts of Detroit about "a
years ago, was hauling load Of
fertilizer when the wretched road
finally got such a tenacious grip on
the wagon wheels that he was
forced to unload the cargo. In
doing so he covered up some rhu-
barb plants nearby. After the roads
had dried out the next spring he
retrieved the fertilizer, and was sur
prised to discover that the rhubarb,
kept warm by the decaying organic
matter, had been growing all win
ter. The stalks were not red,
streaked with green, but almost
pure red in color, and instead of
large leaf at the top there was
little leaf of creamy yellow. The
stalks looked so attractive that he
persuaded his wife to try them in
some pies. So delicious was the re-
suit that he built a box over his
rubarb plants, covered it up warm
ly and found the stalks grew quite
long. Now, as everybody knows,
winter growing Of rhubarb is an
industry.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Tuskless Elephants

The males among elephants of
India are frequently provided with
tusks, but this is by no means uni
versal and the finest physical de-
velopment Is reached in those
males that have no tusks at all.
They are known in Burma as hines
and in India as mukna.
The tuskless males frequently
dominate the tuskers, in which
connection the Burma and Indian
riders have it that a hine can de-
feat a tusker in fight by pass
ing the trunk under one Of his ad-
versary's tusks and over the other,
and by applying pressure either
throwing him or smashing tusk.
There is, so far as I know, no
reliable evidence in favor of this,
but it is a fact that tuskless males
often rule the herd.-A. w. Smith
in the Atlantic Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Why Get Mad?

At Camp Grant, during the war,
the officers had difficulty in getting
the proper salute from the men.
Lecture followed lecture, but ap-
parently to no avail.
A negro private met a captain
one morning, and greeted him with
"Howdy, boss"
Followed a long TRADE from the
captain on the correct way to sa-
lutte. The buck private listened in
silence. scratched his head. and
finally said:
"Lawsy, boss, If Aid thought
you was gwine git so mad about it.,
All wouldn't of spoke to you a-tall."
From the Bulletin of Naval Post,
American Legion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Tallow Trees

In Texas from time to time ex-
periments have been made to Gull
tivate the Japanese tallow tree.
This tree bears nuts that contain a
rich tallOw-like oil that has been
found very valuable In the manu-
facture of high-grade varnishes
and other much-needed products.
The climatic and soil conditions
in that section of Texas are ap-
parently well adapted to the growth
Of this curious tree, and the ex-
perimental gardens have been sup
plying farmers through that region
with young trees with which to ex-
pertinent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Bird Travels

The birds that live on insects in
the East go to Cuba and the West
Indies or to Central and South
America in the winter. The bobo-
link at this season will sing In
South American fields.
Plover and snipe are credited
with the most extensive migrations.
Some species breed within the Arc
tic circle and go to the southern end
of South America for the winter.
The sparrows, robins and bluebirds
and many of the berry eaters spend
the winter from the Middle states
to the Gulf of Mexico. In the West
the migratory birds 60 to Mexico
Kansas City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Too Much for Jean

Jean, who is just four years old,
had acquired the habit of hiding
when she would hear anyone COM
ing. Her aunt, coming in from the
outside, saw her run and hide, and
so when she came inside the room,
said to her cousin: "Well, Frances.
let's you and l eat this ice cream
right here before anyone comes
in" Whereupon Jean. coming out
from her hiding place. said. "Auntie
Pearl, you found me."-Indianap0-
lis News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
of the Target

It was very hot day on the rifle
range, and the instructor had Just
about had enough of it.
There was one more man to fire,
and, closing his eyes, this individ-
ual loosed off his ten rounds in less
than a minute.
"Have / got a bull?' he asked,
when he had finished.
The instructor, who had Just put
down his glasses, glowered.
"Oh, yes" he returned, "you got
q bull all right, but / expect you
will have to pay for 1t. It's lying
dead In the next field."-London
Answers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Bill for Baby

Little Grace lived in district
where scarcely a day passed when
an agent or canvasser did not call
at the door.
One day when Grace was called
into her mothers room to see a
baby brother who had just arrived,
she exclaimed, 'Why, where did he
come from?"
"The doctor brought him in," re-
piled the father.
"Oh, didn't know he was the
agent for babies" responded Grace.
what did you have to pay DOWN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Indiana Highway Figures
Misleading Without Study
Hoosier States Has Good Road
System, but Started Long be-
fore Minnesota

Figures are sometimes mislead-
ing, if all the facts are not given.
This is illustrated by recent
speeches and articles given figures
on highway improvements and ex-
penditures in Indiana. The figures
were quoted in an effort to show
that Indiana has been getting a
lot more paving than Minnesota
for the same money. But when
all the facts are given, it is a diff
ferent story.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Recipe for a Perfect Day

A day is just as perfect as you
want to make it. Helen Christine
Bennett gives perfect day deca-
logue in an article for the Physi-
cal Culture Magazine.
She writes: 81. I wake up.
Stretch. 2. Get a cheerful frame Of
mind. 8. Drink glass of cold
water. 4. Take ten minutes set
ting-up exercises. 8. Take a
shower-warm, then cool. 6. Don't
eat too much breakfast. z. Re-
fuse to rush. 8. Walk part way
to work. 8. Don't worry while in
your office. 10. Rest before your
dinner and don't work evenings"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
Criminal Hide. in Court

A swindler and criminal with q
prison record in Vienna whom the
police were seeking under a new
charge decided that the best place
to hide was in the court which had
issued the warrant for his arrest
So he forged diploma and an at
torney's license and began practice
In the court. During the six months
the police sought him he success
fully defended a number Of cases
In the court. Finally the Judge be.
came suspicious, started an inves,
tfgation and learned the truth tina.
set the whole city laughing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
No Kidding

Mary Katherine. golden-haired
miss Of three. is very fond of a
neighb0r, Mr.. D.. She always
expects some attention when he is
home and she is seldom disappoint-
ed. But one day Mr.. D. sat on
his porch. apparently absorbed in
his own affairs, and did not see
the little girl who was patiently
waiting on her own porch for him
to speak to her. When she could
keep quiet no longer she called out,
"Mr. D., quit joking me !"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07

Crookston - Twenty-four Red
River Valley potato growers and
shippers went on record at a meet
ing here as favoring passage of
bill dealing specifically with the
grading of potatoes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07

Madison-Colonel Otto I. Ron
ningen, commanding officer of the
135th infantry, has announced that
the senior Minnesota National
Guard regiment will receive it's an
nual federal inspection by Colonel
,Shaffer, u. S. Army, in April.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07

Little Falls-A break in the
water main here is causing loss
of half million gallons of water
daily. Owing to the cold weather
it has been unsafe to shut it off.