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%BATTLESH|PS BEGIN
SUMMER PRACTICE
ALI SHOTS Will BE FIRED AT
DISTANCES RANGING FROM
FIVE TO NINE MILES.

Washington, ID. Cat dawn to-
day the Atlantic fleet. tho real pow
CT of the American navy. began its
spectacular summer practice off the
Chesapeake Bay. under simulated
battle conditions. These exercises
will be more difficult than ever be-
fore attempted by the navy.
Reclining that future combats will
be fought at great distances. not a
shot will be fired during the two
weeks of practice at a less range
than 5000 Yards. or more than five
miles. The maximum will be 1G.-
900 yards, Or more than nine miles.
Instead OF holding the practice for
two or three days. as has been the
custom, the navy department has en-
tended the program over a period of
two weeks, in order that the battle
ships may be sure to encounter some
rough weather. 1t is desired that
the ships should work under bad
weather condition when rain, mist
and fog create all kinds of difficult
ties.
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LUMBER TRUST" IS
MADE DEFENDANT
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY WAS
MADE To COMPEI. DEALERS
TO COME INTO COMBINE.

Detroit, Mich.-Charging c%onspir-
|&cy to restrain Interstate trade and
commerce in lumber and its product.
United States District Attorney
Frank Wilson today filed a bill in
United States circuit court here to
enjoin the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers association, the Scout Pub
fishing company of this city and the
Lumber Secretary Bureau of lnfor-
maticn of Chicago from further al
legged unlawful business methods.
1t is alleged that most of the re-
tail association endeavored to pro-
hibit manufacturers or jobbers from
shipping to competitors who were
non-members OF the organization.
Manufacturers shipping to compet-
ing dealers are subject to a fine of
ten percent of the value of the sale.
it is charged, and, if the manufacture
err refuses to pay the penalty, the
organized retailers are informed of
it.
In case any association member
continues dealing with the manufac-
turer, following notification that he
has refused to pay his penalty, the
member is subjected to expulsion
from the body.
The Scout Publishing company is
sues the Scout, a lumber trade journ-
al. 1t is charged that from time to
time editorials were published advo-
eating the principle of retailers deal
ing only with manufacturers or job
bers who observe the ethics of the
retailers organization.
The government also asserts that
the Scout published the names of
shippers who engaged in interstate
commerce and trade in a manner al
legged to be in violation of the rules
'of the Retail Dealers association,
thereby answering all purposes of a
black list" for the defendant organ
szation.
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AmSriSats Aii!aaee aave t@ss.ss; a call
i2r n state meesins OF the alliance.
80 be aela IN Nbsrdeen on septem-
her IS aud ~ Al Ina, time ii is
proposed 70 oFsanlze q state alliance
fae work OF organizing local branch,
Is OF the alliance, which Is Intended
10 cement the houds OF friendship
amons COMMUNICATIONS and re
tain among them aud their ehildren
an interest in the language and the
customs OF tho F4therland, will be
pushed throughout the state.
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is ARRESTED FOR
TAKING U GIRL

Aberdeen, S. De. +. Kennedy.
sheriff of Custer county, Nebraska,
arrived from Broken Bow, in that
state and placed under arrest Alfred
Lonsteadt, an employe of a lumber
yard here, on a charge of seduction.
Lonsteadt and a young woman came
here a few weeks ago, representing
themselves 20 be husband and wife,
and have since been living together.
The Nebraska officer says the young
woman who posed as Mrs. Lonsteadt
is in reality Clara Carlson. a 1G-year-
old girl whom Lonsteadt enticed
away from home. 1t is charged John
Carlson, the girls father. was a ten
ant on Lonsteadt's farm and that
Lonsteadt seduced the girl and
brought her to Aberdeen. Lonsteadt
claims the girl is 10, instead of 1s.
and says he is willing to marry her.
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HIDE DEALER UNDER
ARREST FOR FRAUD
ABERDEEN MAN FAILS TO PAY
FOX SHIPMENTS SECURED
THROUGH ADVERTISE.
MlINTS.

aberdeen, S. Oh. H.. 1iIley,
Fur company. which has been con-
Quoting Il business hero for some
time, has been arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Byron Nc
Weigh. IN Il charge of using the
mails to dcfraud. and upon cNamina-
tion before William Wallace, Unit
ed States commissioner, he WAS held
TO await the action of the federal
court.
Tilley is accused of advertising i'm
Il number OF farm papers in South
Dakota and Montana that he would
pay the highest market prices for
furs and hides and thai he would tan
them into robes and harness leather.
but the government claims he never
m~anuIactured the zoos received
from the advertisements. but instead
converted the goods TO his own use
without paying the persons who
shipped them to him. w. II. Mullen.
a p%cstoifice inspector, investigated
the matter and found Tille,y had re-
ceived a number OF shipments of
wool, fur and pelts through cores
pondence following the perusal of tic
the farm journals, for which the
owners We're never paid. and the'ar-
rest followed. One of the complaint
ants is ID. Campbell of White Sui
phur Springs, Mont. who claims to
have shippeSt Tilley 7,705 pounds of
wool; others are +. +. Shields. OF
Selma. y. d., who shipped two COW
hides: II. +. l'roebe of Baker. Mont.
who shipped ITO sheep pelts; Chris
Schneider of L%angford, S. d., who
shipped n COW pelt, and Ernest
Kline OF Doland. S. d., who shipped
twelve muskrat and three mink pclts.
All the shipments named were made
IN December, 1910, and the arrests
came after the complainants, as they
aver, had waited several months for
their remittanccs.
Tilley has retained L.. Il. Van
Slyke, a prominent lawyer here. and
will fight the case.
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S1O,090,OOO INCREASE
IN STATES VALUATION
THIS BRINGS THE ASSESSMENT
OF PROPERTY IN THE STATE
UP TO ALMOST $3.50, 900, 900.

Pierre, S. D.-While the figures
are not all compiled on state valua-
tions as yet for the present year, the
increase in assessed valuation over
the figures of last year will be ap-
proximately $1O,50O,O 900, which will
bring the assessed value of the state
up to almost three hundred and fif-
ty million dollars. Most of the in
this ear is in the way of new
real estate which has been placed
on the assessment list for the first
time. The rest of it is scattered
among many different classes OF
property, none of them showing any
marked increase, but all classes
generally going a little higher than
for the year previous.
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Newport, R. because Of tbs
gFeat activity q Ferncliff, the local
IN home 4 |. & 81 Sol y John Jacob ,D AAsst9or, il
sts lTRepeorteedas here that his wedding
ste4ssAiss Madeline Force will take
4 ssS the / & 9 on: Miss Miss Forge, IT Il
Etateas tpday Will receive q settle
pept as { 5,oOQ,ooO.
|sSsaSNeswportt, Z. THE aeeting visit
\ Colonel John Jacob Astor, Miss
leiine Folrcee, and her father ITO g
l4gl Il MT Monday, was explain
Gillssalsfltsssrsnoon when sit became
that on that day the import
|11 slI1IGllAl Of ths marriage settle
u ~ " R3$SNJE siEsfGE slS5AfF
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asna N.as tsansassed hSr

~ EFN
savnt Ma transacted heFs
Nh asuouns 81 money which vii
come Into TIE possession OF Miss
Force the day OF the weeaiag Was
not announced. but NEST estimates
range from sG.aev,aae 10 Ste,oe0,-
1uo, Some believe the sam rs hssh
as SIS, aaa,tae, but it is probable
that the actual settlement is be-
tween two and three millions. Ey-
en- al that, Miss Force will be the
richest bride in many years.
The settlement was drawn UP in
the presence of Colonel Astor, Miss
Force. MIR. William H. Force and
Commodore Lewis Cas- Ledyard. the
noted lawyer. The United States
Trust Company OF New York is nam
ed as trustees. The agreement be-
comes operative as soon as the we'd
ding ceremony is performed.
Society is now convinced that the
A~stor-Force wedding will take place
here and very Don 1t probably will
be a very simple affair at Beech
wood, tn beautiful villa with which
Miss Force has become infatuated.
The place is being kept open in
readiness for any occasion. although
it has not been Colonel Astor's Gus
tom to visit Newport after Septem-
Der 1.
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MILLION DOLLARS
SPENT ON SENTIMENT
THIS is WHAT RAISING OF THE
MAINE WILL COsT-NO PRAC-
Teal BEN EFT FROM 1T.

Havana, Cuba.-The work on the
wreck of the Maine has not yet gone
beyond the experimental stage, if one
stuaies closely the different tacks
being taken to carry out the plan
of the cofferdam and to raise the
wreck on that part of it which was
not damaged by the explosion. While
the general plan of build a Golfer
around the wreck and pumping
out the water and mud has been gen
orally followed, the minor details,
such as making the cofferdam tight
and strong. and able to withstand
the outside pressure of the water
have proven greater than the average
person will imagine.
In the first place, many of the Cir
fcular caissons forming the Golfer
dams We're very badly driven. One
gave way entirely before pumping
was started. These steel slabs of
piling are 20 it. long. The water
about the wreck is about 35 feet
deep. The soft slime and mud is 10
or 10 feet more, and this leaves but
IS feet of the piles in firmer clay and
hardpan at the bottom of the harbor.
AS tn water was pumped lower in
the cofferdam the pressure from the
outside increased, and as the pres
sure on the caissons increased the
circular affairs agve in, taking an
oval form to a slight extent, not no.
ticeable to the eye, but clearly shown
by the test lines set. This trouble
the engineers tried to obviate by
dumping rock On the top of the ca
issons and against the inside walls
of the cofferdam. The water pumped
down to the 1S-ft. level, showed the
weakness of the cofferdam, and with
the rock dumped inside the work of
pumping out Tor mud dangerous.
The engineers may be able to take
out a few feet more, but they will
hardly attempt to clear the basin of
mud and water as the plan was orig
inally announced. The aft part of
the wreck which suffered little from
the explosion,-the ship being liter
ally cut in two-will have to be float
ed, and to do this all the bulkheads
must be made absolutely sevure.
That portion of the wreck can be
towed, to an American port and the
people, who will spend close to a mil
lion dollars in raising tiff may be Civ
en- an opportunity to view what re-
mains of the ill-fated vessel.
The forward part of the ship is
nothing but junk, even to the bot
tom plates, not even a small con-
nection holding the bow to the after
part. The destruction was SO com
plete that 1t is difficult to identify
many of the pieces, wen. though the
naval constructor here has a model.
81 the original ship with which. to
Il 49, - II AAf E.l ANf ~ rs aEa -
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TRIpP FAIR NEXT WEEK.

Trip, S. D.-A large force of men
are busy charging the exhibition
building at the fair grounds in prep
aration for the fair next week, Sep
TENDER 6, Z and 8. The hard luck
and dried out stories that have been
circulated about South Dakota have
rallied up the people and they are
determined to show what can be
done in a dry year. The entries this
year are nearly double those of pre-
vious years. Large purses have been
raised for the races and several
trainers with their strings of horses
are here. High class attractions
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IS presented 10 .Ae .aus,r ~
council to tsha elAys ia . tew ds5a
ID < iApwht lganeN Il committee Nit
b named hN atas Whhmau au
%educatcd N.1 rVgee indtan to assist
Adants IN %eomptitne a list al the
lands claimed h tho trtb.elneu ADJ
ANS has oppressed confidence In
winning The ease ana has undertake
On the work ON u contingent Ice of
10 per cent ot the amount awarded.
in Che event tho business OF The
claim is established. Otherwise he is
not to receive Il penny from the IN
dams for his efforts in their behalf.
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Daniel aud Three Companions.
this eunuch Daniel, and his associates
through him. appealed. requesting that
instead of the fine food and liquors
provided they might have a plain
table diet. Their request was granted.
At the end of the period of their
preparation. the king communcd With
The students land among them all was
found none like Daniel, Hananiah.
MiShael and AZariah: * II and in
every matter Of wisdom and under
standing concerning which the king
inquired of them he found them ten
times better than all the magicians
and enchantcrs that were i'll his
realm"
The Secret Of Daniels Success
What was the secret of this wisdom
and understanding? Did not the secret
lie in the blessing of God and in the
fact hat these young men sought to
devote their lives to the doing of the
Divine will-to the doing of righteous
ness? Such minds anywhere. at any
time. are scarce. Such minds ALWAYS
bespeak wisdom. On the other hand.
~sensuality. selfishness. the grinding of
personal axes. always becloud the
judgment.
What we need today in every walk
of life, is consecrated men of the
stamp of Daniel and his companions
whole hearted men-who will give
their best for the service of their fol
low men i'll whatever sphere their lives
may be cast.
Dare to 2e a Daniel
Although few Of us today can be
Daniels or have his high position and
wonderful opportunity. and though
few are leading spirits as was Daniel.
vet all may have the same spirit of
devotion to the principles of righteous
ness. which devotion will he tested, un-
der Divine providence, step by step.
through the marrow way" as they
seek to walk in the footsteps of Him
who set us IN eNample-our Daniel,
Il Leader. or Lord Jesus. Let all.
then. who have named the named OF
Christ, depart from iniqnity. Let all
such be faithful. What is really need
ed is the Daniel spirit: and that is n
possibility with every man and every
woman-young OF old. Dare to be a
Daniel" Alas! how few appreciate
the privilege, how few are emulatins
the Daniel spirit!
Christians, throughout this Age. are
In a position very similar to that of
Daniel. The great King of Glory has
them in the School of Christ. He
wishes to select a few to be joint-he
IN the Messianic Kingdom when it
shall be established. The test of on
animation will come in the end of this
Age. Those who will then be found
worthy will be such as have the Dan
lei spirit Of devotion to God and to
the principles of ENTHUSIASTICALLY
1ngness to lay down their lives in the
service of the truth-followers in the
footsteps Of Jesus. Of these the Lord
speaks, saying, "They shall be Mine.
saith the Lord, in that Day when
make up My jewels."-Malachi iii, IL,
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Spokane, Wash.-Richard Adams,
a l;alf-breeed Delaware Indian, who
represented the Choctaw tribe in a
similar action and secured %S12,000,-
600, has been retained by the Nez
Perez Indians of northern idaho to
ecove 10000, 900 from the Unit
ed States government for lands in
variouA parts Of the Northwest tax
en- from them by federal authorities.
This was decided upon at a council
continuing several days at Lapwai
agency, when arrangements also
were made to gether all the avail
able data, to be used when the case
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Today F. NJ. Enright becomes the
secretary of the Modern Brother
hood OF America which was held so
long by R, E. Cone. Mr.. Enright
can be found at the Commercial &
bank.
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TIT ! III DETERMINES
10 CONTINUE HIS
SPEAKING POLICY
Not Deferred by Criti-
cisrns Made by the
Insurgents
OPPONENTS BUSY
Speeches to be Made all Over
Country to Show that
Taft Cannot Win
OPPONENTS BUSY

tdtl SdllllOl VIII
Beverly, Mass.-Delighted with
his reception by the American Bar
association at Boston, President Taft
returned here today and dug into his
speeches for his western tour, more
than ever convinced that a majority
Of his party approves of his course.
He will continue the attitude he as
sumed in his Hamilton speech, not
discouraged by the attacks made up
on him bysdemocrats and tinsurgent
republicans because of it.
Washington. D, C.-The plans of
the progressive Republicans to CON
troll the national convention next
year and nominate a progressive for
the presidency were outlined today
by w. L. Houser, ex-secretary of Wis
consin, who is in charge Of progress
sive headquarters here.
The p~rogressives, according to Ms.
Houser, purpose to develop SO strong
an anti-Taft sentiment throughout
the country that the convention will
refuse to renominate the President
on the showing that his candidacy
would sur Democratic victory.
With this fact established, the pro-
gressiyes hope to bring about the
nomination of Senator LaFollette or
some other Republican Of progress
siye principles.
we intend to control the nation
al convention and nominate a pro-
gressive to succeed President TAFT"
MT. Houser said. W. insist that no
other thansa progressive can;be elect
ed on the Republican ticket. Can
We. as Republicans, take chances on
= Democratic victory?
Watch Our Campaign"
don't intend to begin by making
detailed assertions. Just watch our
campaign. Our speakers are going
into the fight everywhere fromsnow
on. Senator Clapp is in California;
Representative Murdoch is carrying
thef fight to the opposition, 4and 9th
era are in the field. In Illinois we
are making m active fight, and our
showing there will inspire our fore
es in, al directions.
sWeSdo not concede Taft the South
by aany means. Oklahoma is prac-
tically solid for is Missouri is with
us. Texas. Tennessee, Arkansas and
Florida are alive with progressive
ideas. and elsewhere in the South we
have good friends.
have a letter from the editor
OF n Of the leading farm papers Of
New York saying that the farmers
there we're strongly imbued with pro-
gressive ideas and will make a fight
.afNrga good part OF the delegation in
Aheanext national convention. We
sFe,snot giving up New York"
3is'lMr. Houser went on to say that
the progressive organization would
be connleted and in operation in ey-
cry state. We will organize BY
states. congressional districts and
precincts" he said. "In those states
where there are presidential prefer
ence laws-Oregon, North Dakota,
Nebraska, Wisconsin and New Jer-
sey-organization will not be need
ed as much as elsewhere. A special
session Of the California legislature
issto be held this fall to enact a state
wide primary for presidential prefer
ence, and the same thing is under
consideration in Kansas"
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FOR STATE GERMAN LEAGUE.

Aberdeen, S. D.-The promoters
ofsthe recently organized German
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WILL GET S250.0O0
FOR COLLEGE DIPLOMA
JOHN w. GATES LEAVES TEES
sun TO FAVORlTE NEPHEW
III HE GRADUATES.

Chicago-That Charles Gates
would share equally with his moth
err the residue of the S3S. 900, 900 es-
tate of his father, the late John w.
Gates, was declared last night by
Edward j. Baker. a brother of Mrs.
Gates, at his home in ST. Charles,
III.
Mr.. Baker saiu that the report that
the estate or any part of it was to
be held in trust for ten years was
untrue. He heard the will read af-
ter the funeral in New York and is
certain that there was no trust pro-
vision.
The first report from New York
was that the bulk OF the estate went
to Mrs. Gates, the widow. Charles
Gates, the son, was put down with
$1,000, 900 in cash and 1900, 900
in trust. Mr.. Baker said that Mrs.
Gates was willed the homestead at
Port Arthur. Tex, and the furnish
ings of the Gates suite at the Plaza
Hote i in New York.
$25O,OOO Prize for Diploma.
The most unique item in the will
is a bequest of a quarter of Il mil
lion of dollars to Henry Baker, a
twenty-year-old nephew. who must
win a college degree before he gets
the money. For the expenses of
thsi gold baited education $4,000 is
set aside.
Young Henry Baker, the steel
mans favored nephew, will fare the
best if he can hurdle through four
years Of college life into a degree.
Msr. Laverne Baker Angel, a blind
sister OF Mrs. Gates, and eleven-year-
old Dolores Angel get $780, 900
each. The child will receive only
the income until she is of age.
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SFsfhJSSiN. -huhtGNS FSf, II.
"MONGSr the earlier capttvcs
- brought by Nebuehadne22ar
from Jerusalem some twenty
Years before It's destruction.
noble birth aud religious training.
Daniel. Rananiah, Mishael and .Nz..
riah. These c&ptiveS were not NAL,
treated nor %enslaved, in the ordinary
sense of the term. Their intellectual
qualities We're d%iscerned, and they
were put into Il superior school that
they. with others, might be fitted to
constitute Il board of wise men, coun-
sellers of the king. st different is all
this from the nepotism. graft" aud
pool of II day that it seems almost
incomprchensible.
We may here learn 4 lesson of how
God is able TO make even the disasters
of life work out blessings for those
who are truly loyal to Him. even as
faithful Daniel and his companions
were blessed aud prospcred in the enc
mics land.
Advantages Of Abstemiousness
The young Hebrews We're attached
to the kings household and We're pro-
vided with extraordinary delicacies.
including spirituous liquors. The pol
icy of the king in providing sumptu-
.ously for all the students was that,
being we'll nourished, they might be
in their best physical and mental con
dit;on. This lesson shows that it is a
mistake to suppose that high living il
specially conducive to intellectually
not TO mention spirituality.
From the beginning. under Gods
providence, the department of Daniel
brought him into special favor with
the prince OF the eunuclls. who had in
charge the temperatures of these stu
dents. There is something in Il meek
and quiet spirit that is impressive;
and as Il rule such Il spirit only
from 4 proper. religious training. no
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III BIBLE.
sBLE.STUDlES.
THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE

UanleI I, Ta-Su-Sept, To
is goa! neither 10 eat fish uoy 10 drins:
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Observation-Disclosures r,r, n.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
TURKS CAPTURE SHIP
ITALY NEAR WAR WITH TURKEY
AS RESULT OF DISPUTE,
Reported That Italians Have Landed
Troops at Three Points on
Coast of TPipoi.

Port Said.-The crisis between Italy
and Turkey over the proposal of
the former nation to establish
protectorate over Tripoli has reached
its climax, according to reports re-
ceived here, and a conflict between the
nations seems inevitable
The Turks, according to reports re-.
ceived here from apparently reliable
authority, have captured the Italian.
liner Regina Margherita at Mersina, in
Asia Minor. The steamer is one of the
fleet of the Navigazione Generate Ttal,
lana of Genoa.
AS the Italians have been prepared
for some time to take immediate &C
ton should the Ottoman government
refuse to agree to the protectorate it
is thought that action in Selling the
Italian liner will precipitate trouble
between the countries at once. Up to
the present time Italy, in all negotia-
tons carried on, has exhibited a de-
sire to avoid extreme measures, even
offering to leave Tripoi under the SOW
ereignty of the sultan in case the as
surance is given of Italy's future pre-
ponderance of power in Tripoli.
Germany and Austria are said to
have agreed to this plan, and France
and Italy have signified Il willingness
to indemnify Turkey in case it is
adopted
The attitude of Turkey, however, has
been one of defiance, and should it be
unable to offer a good excuse for the
capturing of the liner, war may be eX'
pected.