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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Charged With Arson

Casper Rymann, a hobo, aged q, is
under arrest in Aberdeen charged with
starting a fire which destroyed SIS, 600
worth of property at Mansfield last
Monday. Rymann acknowledged start
ing the fire, but claimed it was acct
dental. He slept in a vacant building
Monday night. He claims to have
awakened at 5 o'clock Monday morning
and lit a cigarette, fell asleep while
smoking and awoke to find the building
in flames. State Fire Marshal Craft
reached Mansfield Tuesday and after
investigation arrested Rymann, who
confessed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Mothers Aim Poor

Told to hold the head of a restless
chicken upon the block that her mother
might do the decapitation with an ak,
Miss Marie Walsh aged Ia, of Water
town, obeyed, and several minutes
later, while assisting in dressing the
fowl in the house, the girl discovered
that two of her fingers had been sew
cred as well as the chickens head. The
girl was entirely unconscious of the
loss of her fingers at the time the blow
was struck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
One Year For Each ST.

One year in prison for each dollar he
obtained in a street holdup in Water
town was the sentence imposed on
Geo. 4. Thompson when Judge Geo. H.
Marquis, of the circuit court sent him
to the state penitentiary for ten years.
Thompson was convicted of robbing
Lloyd E, Cotton of $40. On a second
similar charge Thompson changed his
plea of not guilty, confessed in court,
and later will receive sentence for the
second offense. He will probably get
ten years, the two sentences to be
served at the same time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Kicked by a Horse

AS the result of being kicked by one
of his horses, Robert Caldwell, a well
known Trip county homesteader is in
a critical condition and it is feared
cannot cover He was feeding his
horses at the time of receiving the
injury. Becoming uneasy over his
prolonged absence his wife went forth
to seek him, finding him lying uncon-
scious on the ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Farmers Lose Elevator

Fire Friday night destroyed the
farmers elevator at Clark. The build
ing was a total loss, and its contents
badly damaged. The loss is estimated
at $45, 900, with about $4,000 insurance.
The origion of the fire is o known.
1t was fortunate there was no wind,
otherwise two thirds of the town would
have gone up in flames The well
recently completed will be connected
with the waterworks system in about
two weeks, and then Clark will have
ample protection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Gives $1,000 to Gymnasium

Geo. G. Mason, a New York million
aire, formerly division superintendent
or the Milwaukee road at Aberdeen, on
a visit there last week presented a
young mems club, recently organized
with a check for 81, 200 for the equip
ment of the gymnasium of the First
Methodist Episcopal church.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Child Scalded to Death

To be literally cooked to death was
the fate of the 2-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Penno, prominent
residents of Iroquois. The little girl is
dead as the result of injuries received
when she lost her balance and fell into
a kettle of boiling water.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

Prompt payment of losses, just and
liberal treatment of patrons. is the
basis OF which the Philadelphia under
writers Insurance company does BUSH
ness, this together with ample financial
resources makes it a strong and popu-
lar company. See j. M. Hotter the local
agent and let him explain to you the
desirable features of the policy. This
company paid losses to policy holders
San Francisco in 1906 to the amount of
S., 900, 000. They write insurance
against fire, lightning and tornados.
Remember J.. M. Hotter does business
for this company in Webster.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Items OF Interest From All Parts of the State.
disappeared at the same time. Accord

disappeared at the same time. Accord
ing to a statement attributed by the
authorities to him, the men were
engaged in a systematic robbery of
horses, taking them by relays into
other states and disposing of them.
Both Macarthur and Draper are in Jail
in default of 81, 500 bonds, and Smith
is held as a witness, and the authori-
ties believe they have information
sufficient to break up the alleged gang.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Suspected Horsethieves

In the arrest of Neil Macarthur, jr.,
Nathan M. Draper and Row w. Smith,
it is believed that a check will be
placed upon some organized horse steal
ing that has been worrying the author
tiles of three counties for some months
past. Macarthur was caught near the
Montana border line, just after a
neighbours horse and the youth had
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Prisoner Escapes From Jail

While awaiting trial on a charge of
shooting Policeman Keller, of Lead,
John Tomyljanovih, a Slovenian, of
Lead, escaped from the Lawrence
county Jail, making the third escape of
prisoners during the past two months.
Tomyljanovih was acting as trusty and
had privileges not enjoyed by the other
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Bullet i'm His Leg.

The reckless discharge of a rifle by
some young boy of Bridgewater might
nave caused the death of John Leber,
a butcher of that city, who, while
engaged in slaughtering a beef, was
shot in the calf of the lest leg, the
bullet ~imbedding itself in the bone,
inficting a seriens wound.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Barber Shop Changes Hands

The barbsr shop recently owned by
Bert Hall at 103 South Main street,
has changed hands, Mr.. Hall having
sold out to l.. c. Jump and J. Roy Lee,
the new proprietors taking possession
Friday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

prisoners. He stepped outside the
door right after supper for his usual
smoke, and has not been seer since.
Sheriff Plunkett has offered a reward
of $50 for his capture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24
Prank of Small Bows

Just for a prank, five small boys
placed a fuse in a small box in front of
the house of William Hastings, in
Washington Heights, at Lead Sunday,
attached the fuse to a bottle of dyna-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

mite and then lighted the fuse. The
resulting explosion set fire to the house
n the flames were extinguished with
difficulty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

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The Washington times., 1910-07-23
BUY GOAT

Why worry over the question Of milk
for the baby? According TO the Dis
trict Health Officer there Is no need
to do so. Buy a goat. The problem
VIII then be solved The delay neces-
STATED by transporting milk from the
COW 10 the infant viii be eliminated
and 1t Is during tins period that milk
Is liable to become contaminated Buy
d goat and keep baby's food on tap
right in the back yard all the time.
When the feeding hour comes, turn
on the faucet, draw enough for baby's
dinner and then shut It of again
This Is. surely simple. Also, says
the Health Officer, It Is cheap Most
important OF all, II gives baby a food
better than cows milk because goat
milk more nearly aPProximstes the
infants natural food Incidentally, 1t
deals a body blow to the high cost OF
living
The Washington times., 1910-07-23

chord A chap who had had so clever
a woman for a sweetheart for nine
years certainly Is Peevish demand
$4,000 because he can't koep her Most
fellows would be thankfuI for The nine
and let 1t so at that Second, being
clever, Mrs Smith Is to be-forgiven
much, for it is only the stupid who
get convicted of anything really seri-
Gus. Third, while sympathizing with
the lady, we shouldn't forget that we
owe something to the young man for
those delicious letters, which, but for
his lunacy, would never have fallen
into the hands of an appreeiative ub-
lie.
Perhaps the fact that we are rigb
IN = middle of the silly season ex-
plains great deal about the affair
winch, from this distance, seems mys-
ferrous.
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
DID THE NEW ARMY RATION
MAKE THIS GIANT?

In their anxiety to have then own
way, the foes Of bareback, which. dur
ing so many triumphal campaigns,
was d constant, aye, we may say, true
boarding house feature Of the national
warriors diet, are pulling public ere
dulity to the breaking point.
Take the case Of Lieut.. Robert Z.
Fletcher of the Eighth Infantry, sta
toned at San Francisco. In some way
unrecognized by the scientists who
have inspected the prodigy, Lieutenant
Fletcher has added four inches TO his
height and forty-five pounds to his
weight in the last tweIyemonth.
SchoolbOys have been known TO shoot
Up ike beanstalks, but youths old
enough to be seconG .ieutenants are
usually pretty well developed They
may IN time put on noble front. thus
Increasing the hardshiPs Of a horse
back ride, but TO add four inches TO
an already ample stature OF SIX feet
IS uncommon, TO say the least. Hence
the rare opportunity, which the anti
bareback men have promptly seized,
thus:
Though the men Of medicine and
science are frankly puzzled, a number
Of reasons have been asCribcd as a Dos
sible cause one officer states that il IS
possible that new army ration is re-
SpOnsible-
The new army ration, minus hard
tack, may be the best on record, like
the new tariff bill, but II Is remark
able that no one who has been indulg-
ing IN 1t except Lieutenant Fletcher
has put a fifth of a cubit upon his
height.
San Francisco might as well claim
that there Is something in her air that
has wrought this marvel
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
WASHINGTON POLICE DOING
EFFECTIVE WORK.

In spite of the fact that some IN
feeling person every once OF twice IN
a while makes an unkind aIIusiou %
the disappearance. Of Dorsey FouItz.
L Is nevertheless true that Washing
ton Is blessed with a police force OF
exceptional ability It's mighty sell
dom that speedy arrest OF the guilty
does not follow close on the heels OF
serious crime IN the District Of Column
5la. The most recent example of Z
fective work on the part OF OK peace
Officers Is found In the case Of the two
soldiers arrested on charges OF having
shot "a negro on the Aqueduct bridge.
There was considerable mystery about
the affair and cIews were scarce. The
officers set 10 work with their usual
diligence and intelligence. however. and
within three days had located the man
who has now confessed to having done
the shooting, and had arrested him and
his companion
Among the fraternity OF crooks
Washington Is considered an awfullv
good town to pass up. The reason
for this wholesome fear IN their hearts
Is explained by the fact that the stand
ard OF intelligence, ability, and-honesty
IN our police department Is higher than
IN any large city In the country.
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
In the Mail Bag

To the Editor % The Washington Times:
The letters from a Dissatisfied
Clerk and Fair Play which appear
ed in The Times recently. not only seem
TO represent the sentiment of many Of
the temporary clerks in the Census Of
fee, but the permanent clerks in an or
most Of the departments who have been
appointed within the last two or three
years.
They have come here hoping TO receive
more than the lowest salaries in a year
or 50 They see their work increase
Fellow clerks have died or left the serv-
ice Perhaps some $50 OF $500 clerk has
taken the place Of a 81 800 or 8, 500 clerk,
has done this work and a part Of what
he did before. Perhaps. he 1oes as much
as two $500 clerks; % matter. this
economy policy lately E.2ugurated has
this high-priced city
We have overtime at times. the deadly
HouolOny at all times. the inCOmDetenL
pohtlcal penslCner IS among us getting
promotions on shorter service and the
poorest kind Of work (this is the most
e2<2sDeratlpS feature Of departmental
work.. and IN many or the offices we
are made - feel that we are the dumb
driven cattle. In these Offices we are
expected 10 take anything and every
thlng with a yes, massa" air, or well
De shuIned here and there 20 make Us
uncomfortable and uncertain
Like our brethren and sisters in the
Census Ofnce, overtime does not count,
but the minute or two late does count
We must work an hour longer on Sat
urdays without lunch than on other
days. and then either take the deadly
COiu bite" along or 60 without until
O'Clock or later or until we can reach
home
We hardly think the political" econ
r.
ment clerks IN a high-priced city Ike
Washington VIII fool any voters where
the hard-W arEiug young man or woman
comes from, whose neighbOrs believe in
them infinitely more than in the peanut
politicians who VIII attempt TO make a
campaign argument Of it,
I hope the Census clerks VIII tell as
much as they can in their home papers
of the treatment they receive here in
Washington In furtherance Of econ
0my-" DEPARTMENT CLERK
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
Army and Macy
SerUice Orders
ARMY.

captain JAY " GRISSINGER. 1Iedf-
cal Corps. VIII proceed 10 Fort Des
NOInes. Iowa
First Lieutenant CALVIN D. CCWLES.
u. Medical Cops. VII proceed 10
West Point.
CAPTAIN LINCOLN r EILBOURNzE.
IWenty-siXth Infantry. VIII report IN
person 20 the muanding general
DeDert-lleut Of the lakes for assign
nent TO duty IN connection with the
S-iel-i5lIlilenr OF me Ohio National
Guard
C'1pJ1ln F-EsI-ING X HART. Fifteenth
IHl@HtTy- VAN report fu person 10
.'Li-7atiier General EARL D. THOM-
80 tinted states Army president Of
5H army retiring board az Denver
700. Tor examination bv the board
captain NELSON GAPEN- Medical
COIps, now on leave Of absence. VIII
PLtIeel 20 Pine Camp. New York
aiDi report n person to the com
"a hdl1g officer OF the camp OF IL
stifctlou al that place for duty
captain GEORGE D. MOORE. Twen-
Letn infantry. detailed TO enter the
AsAt class al the Army War College.
~ report IN person 20 the president
or the college for duty
Lieutenant Colonel FRANCIS I. pay
SO-,r deputy Daymaster general VIII
repair 20 this city and report in
person 10 the commanding Officer
N2lJer Reed, General Hospital. Dis
tElcL OF Columbia, for observation
and treatment
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
Remedy Needed.

To the FIlt9r of The Washington Times
The .epeated reports IN the press re
gardinI the alleged injustice Of the
Treatment accorded the employees OF the
Census Bureau II causing wide com
ment throughout the city If the state
ments published at intervals IN The
" ash iu -t-5ss- Tires are based on actual
time that the officials responsible for
such conc lions come forward with an
explanation. or. better still, a remedy.
II such conditions do exist fauG the
testimony published surely bears the
stamp Of truth il is far from credit
able to the Census administration 70
permit u % continue Discomfort that
has injustice for its basis. IS surely
not calculated 10 produce good results.
and the many complaints must have a
real foundation
] have heard many reasons advanced
10 account for the conditions reported
and among the many was the idea that
an attempt was being made to discuedit
the plan Of having the work performed
through the medium Of civil service ex-
ani1atious, and 70 return 10 the old
sDOils system Of appointment as political
payment for services rendered TO leg
isIatOrs and OIherg on election d7v-
but 30 should not be forgotten that the
iDsiL50us arm of party politics IS long
and reaches far But. whatever the
cause. u should be reme1{ed, and that
quickly II IS no honor 10 Uncle sam
20 induce his sons and daughters 10
come here from every State In the
Union. ar their own eEDenSe. under
promise Of fair and impartial treat
uleut, and then when financially -heIp-
less 10 subject them to conditions par
aIlelef only by sweat shops and convict
camps. and. 20 add 90 their helpless
ness. abandon them 70 the tender mer-
Cies of the loan shark
Respectfully yours.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
LONG LABOR CONTROVERSY
FINALLY SETTLED.

The settlement of the long contest
between the Bucks Stove and Range
Company, of St Louis, and the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor should. and
probably wiII, have a good effect on the
cause OF industrial peace IN America
The controversy, unfortunately, long
ago ceased TO BE- q CIean-Cut issue be
tween employer and empIoye and IN
stead became an ugly, personal fight
between the head Of the Bucks Com
paBy and the executive officers of the
national labor organization The late
John W Van CIeave, president Of the
stove works, gathered a powerful or
ganizatiOn OF manufacturers about him
and fought union labor necessarily.
The leaders OF union labor, on the other
HAND, aroused their people all over the
country 10 bitter attacks on Van Cleave
and his friends and their interests
Each side was hurting the other and
itself, and the deadlock between them
seemed to be complete. Neither would
yield an inch. With the death of Van
Cleave four months ago, however. the
affairs Of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company passed to she control OF
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
THE LADY IS ENTITLED TO
OUR SYMPATHY.

Please be indulgent enough to read
this:
I wanted 10 see you very much and
felt bum when Mary said you came Just
after we starte6~ and Just before the
Commodore arrived Ny. what a mar
row escape- Te godsI picture Of pair
Of appraised arms) Oh. Oh, OH
Tomorrow I 90 TO the city, but for
heavens sake hope 20 see YOU before
you 60 Please Try, yes2 And write me
a line SOOn,' how YOU feel IN your heart,
mind and eye I am T. Just the same
Your BrunehiIde, fond and true CboO-
hOO) because I miss you.
picture OF tears falling from Boo
hoo"
Then please be a little more indul-
gent and read this. also:
And now for the farewell word, per
haps for some time But the wireless
VIII be all the buster, and thoughts
tender and true VIII be coming thick
and fast So don't Sail to be at the coll
Ever-WheTesOeveT- yours as Of old,
Honeylamb (new)
Sunbonnet Nell (by request)
Poor Old Pal (popUIar)
Queen Of the Cabin Seldom heard.)
And Just one more:
1 wish this could 90 BY wireless, for
I long TO have you know Il was the
pen and not the heart that was cold and
silent But you know that il beats
eighteen TO the dozen for you. and that
I am, nit luf. as always
Thy Brunehfde.
These are extracts from the love
letters OF Mrs Helen Woodruff Smith,
beautiful and forty, to Russell Girls
void, spoiled child and twenty-soven.
8fr- Gr'swOld aas sued IS. Smith for
$4,000 damages, alleging that she has
lacerated his tender young heart. The
letters are presumably offered as evi-
dence OF her terTors as a lscerater-
Several interesting comments Nspring
into being after one studies the, case.
First, Mrs. Smiths statement that
Griswold Is q cad touches a responsive
The Washington times., 1910-07-23

all, but yoursi From office boy to general
manager, every man IN your place VIII
thrive and grow strong on response
bility- They are crying for 1t and not
getting It
4 few weeks ago the papers were fill
ed with news rom the far West about
the training methods Of two athletes
You, yourself, have seen the strong
man in vaudeville Did you ever stop
10 think that no strong man ever broke
the record for weight lifting by taking
beef broth and watching his trainer
lift 500-pound weights, for six months,
and then one day being suddenly handed
the weight to iift2 The trainer start
ed with a ten-pound weight, placing
il il the hand of the athlete and placing
his own hand under the athletes arm
and teaching him how 20 use his muscle
how to get the most out Of his natural
ability on that light weight, then he
steps back and allows him 10 so il
alone. then he watches him with in
crea SIG weights from across the room.
and finally he. comes around only once
a week 10 look over the records and
offers q. few words Of advice or encour-
agemeut-
You need strong men in your business.
every man dOes-men who will lift
the weight Of responsibility of Of your
shoulders. but your men viii never be
come strong men by watching YOU. They
must have gradually increasing weights
of responsibility to lift that they may
become strong and do il gradually
You need no more expect a man 20
jump in and take the weight Of your
entire business off Of your shoulders
than you need expect the athlete TO
jump in and toss the 50o-pound weight
around after watching his trainer
Study the work in your place to which
Jour employees are adapted, and then
The Washington times., 1910-07-23

Frederick Gardner, chairman Of the
board Of directors, who at once under
took to bring about settlement OF
{ the labor controversy There was no
change IN the interests which held the
stock of the company, but Gardner
was made the executive head OF the
plant and given free rein in deciding
policies Of business and operation. de
was materially assisted IN disposing
Of the labor dispute by the National
Association Of Stove, Manufacturers,
OF which his company Is a member.
This organization desired industrial
peace in the plants of all its members,
and its officers urged Gardner TO yield
to the demands of organized labor
The settlement Is hailed as a victory
for organized labor. In a sense It IS,
but 1t loses some OF its significance be
cause Of the manner in which It was
brought about. The elimination of Van
Cleave and the appearance Of a new
force in the management of the Bucks
Company, together with the part play
ed by the National Association Of
Stove Manufactures, make it impos-
s5ble to interpret the yielding Of the
company as unqualified defeat in its
battle with union labor, especially when
1t Is remembered that the battle, for
several years, had been as much be
tween Van Cleave and the unions as
between the Bucks Company and the
unions
The Washington times., 1910-07-23
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

RINED-Chester at Hampton Roads
Mississippi Reid, FIusser, and Lam
son ~ Newport, BaEleT at Auuapo-
lis vermont az Boston. Nebraska
and Rhode Island ar North river.
Buffalo at Santa Barbara, Mime
sofa and South Carolina at Tou7-
EilsviIleC Pontiac az New York
Che-Eune az san Francisco. Lou
islaua at New Haven. Tennessee.
Montana. North Carolina and Bru-
Jus at Hampton Roads, Wolverine at
EsCauaba. Mich. Charleston and
New Orleans at ChiUEwauCtao-
ED-TFashingtou from Breme-fo1
for san Francisco. Tacoma from
Cane Csracias a dos for PrincanuI-
CO. Huh from. Mare Island for Sau-
salit0, IsnEt0n from New York for
PrO-fuceLowu. and Solace from
Charleston for Hampton Reads.