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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
HALT CHORUS GIRLS TRIAL
Severe illness of Millionaire Hotelman
Plaintiff Causes Postponement Of
the Case.

New York.-The trial Of Ethel Con-
rad and Lillian Graham, show girls.
for the shooting of w. E. D. Stokes.
millionaire owner of the Hotel Ansonia,
was postponed owing to the illness OF
the plaintiff, who. his physician said,
is confined to his bed by a severe at
tack of heart failure.
John Bloom. superintendent OF the
varuna apartments. in which the
shooting took place, testified that aft
err he had conducted the two girls into
an adjoining apartment. Miss Conrad
said:
Let me take the blame. l have
nothing to live for
No" Miss Graham said. III take
the blame. / meant to kill him.
This is the first testimony tending
to show that either girl had suggested
that they had shot to kill.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
PRINCE cHuN FORCED OUT
Chinese Regent, Who Has Beer Re-
aarded 40 Stumbling Block to
Good Government, Resigns.

Peking.-Prince Chun. the regent.
has abdicated, and thus is removed.
revolutionary leaders declare, the
chief stumbling clock in the o a to-
ward a constitutional government OF
China.
In Chun's place two guardians have
been appointed for the infant en-
peror. Pu vi. They are Hsu Shin
Chang. a Chinese diplomat, Shin
Hsu. a Manchu and close associate Of
the emperor. Both were formerly
grand councillors.
Yuan Shi Kai, the premier. Is be-
lieved to have forced the regent to
step down as a concession to the Oft
repeated demands OF the revolution
lists, who have always regarded Chun
as q traitor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
TAKES ACTION ON PASSPORTS
Taft Officially Asks Russia
to Alter Its Policy Against
American Jews.

washington.-After months Of un-
certainty the United States govern
ment has taken up with the Russian
government at st. Petersburg the
question of passports for American
Jews in Russia and the obligations
upon Russia embodied in the much
discussed treaty of 1882.
President Taft Is awaiting a report
from American Ambassador Guild at
st. Petersburg which, If it comes.
will be discussed by the cabinet at
it's regular session.
If it does not indicate a willingness
upon the part of the Russian govern
ment to consider the question. Mr..
Taft may recommend to congress leg
isaltion that would accomplish the
end desired.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Students Work for Uncle Sam.

Brookings.-About % of the grad
yates of the South Dakota State col
lege at Bookings are working for
Uncle Sam in the government serv-
ice, chiefly as employees in the for
estry. agricultural and engineering
departments at entrance salaries aver
aging 81, 700 or 81, 800 per year.
Martin Erickson, of the class of 'O1,
is chief forester OF the Olympus for
est reserve. He has charge of the
work in reforestatiOn and the protec-
ton of the forests in his reserve. Hen
ry Ramsey has an important position
in the fruit transportation depart
ment. He travels from California to
Florida and experiments on nothing
but the best means of shipping fruit.
His salary is about $2,400 a year. Since
the passage of the food and drugs act
in 1906, Uncle Sam has needed a good
many inspectors, and Grant Morton
is among the top-notchers.
E. C. Chilcott, chief of dry land
farming for the United States, won
his spurs through merit alone. He
is a pleasant, genial, %grey-eyed nan
whose word is authority and who is
doing a magnificent work for the de-
velopment of our arid regions. He
has, from among the alumni of the
South Dakota State college, able
lieutenants in John Cole, Oliver Grace,
A. C. Dilmah, Cecil Salmon and Os-
car Mathews. These men are more
chiefly concerned with the dry land
farming and drought resisting crops
in South Dakota than elsewhere, and
they have demonstrated owe and over
again that good crops can be raised
wen in a region of scant rainfall if
right methods are pursued.
The South Dakota State college 1"-
a right to be proud of her graduate
who are in the government service
and who have demonstrated that it is
not necessary to go east" in order
to succeed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
CASH REGISTER is ACCUSED
Government Starts Suit in Ohio
Charging Concern With Conspiracy
and Restraint of Trade.

Cincinnati.-United States District
Attorney Sherman T. Mcpherson and
o. e. Harrison of the department OF
Justice filed antitrust proceedings
alleging conspiracy In restraint OF
trade against the National Cash Reg
lister company of Dayton. O., Its OIL
GERS and managers.
The government complains that the
corporation has resorted to illegal
acts to eliminate, st1fle and suppress
other manufacturers and dealers
throughout the United States, engaged
in the business OF making, selling and
shipping in interstate commerce cash
registers and other registering de-
vices.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
LIGHT TURNED ON
SECRETARY WILSON IN ANNUAL
REPORT aLAMEa COLD sToR-
AGE FOR HIGH PRICES.
ASKS FOR WAREHOUSE DATA
Cabinet Member Would Have Reports
Made So That tho Public Might
Judge Of Future Cost Of Food Com.
mobiles.

Washtngton.-In his annua report
Secretary Wilson OF the agricultural
department asks this pertinent Ques.
ton: ''Tbe consumer pays one dollar
for food: the farmer gets less than
fifty cents OF It. Who gets the rest?'
The secretary does not attempt to
answer 1t. He does explain, In some
detail, the results OF an Investigation
his department has Just mad into
the effect Of cold storage IN the
wholesomeness and cost OF foed. HIS
Investigation leads him to recommend
publicity for the amount OF food in
cold storage. Just as the department
now gives publicity to the condition
of crops from month to month.
Instead OF food remaining in stor-
age for longer than a year or two
years, as a rule, the secretary de-
that receipts into cold storage are
entirely or very nearly exhausted by
the deliveries out OF cold storage
within ten months"
Long storage Ia the exception. the
secretary asserts. Warehousemen
explained t O the department that ex-
cessively long storage was due to law
suits and other circumstances OF an
monumental nature. The cost OF
storage. including storage charge. in
terest and insurance, is considered as
a barrier to long storage.
Cold storage, the secretary reports.
has raised the cost of living by In
creasing the annual price level for
butter and Eggs.
The secretary says that an examina-
ton Of the record of prices gives a
suspicion that there has been much
speculation In some years by the men
who keep commodities In cold stor-
age.
He refers to IAN apparent mistake"
Of the storage men in overestimating
the consumption of eggs by the public
at exorbitant prices last winter with
the result that in h spring the stor-
age men had to sell eggs at remarka-
ly low prices and send abroad the
largest amount OF eggs ever exported
In order to get rid OF the supply. The
secretary declares that the warehouse
men ought to be required to send to
Washington each month the amount
of commodities placed In storage SO
that the public may be able to Judge
OF the future trend of prices.
The department announces that the
corn crop Is moving northward by
seed selection.
The American systems Of renting
land are declared to be faulty.
Poultry products for the past year
are estimated to have been worth
$3.50, OOO. 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
FOUR KILLED.; MANY INJURED
Collapse Of Concrete Building In lndI.
anapaiIs Brings Death TO Many
Workers on Structure.

indianapolis. Ind.-Four men are
known to have been killed. and 1t Is
almost certain that several others are
dead as the result Of the sudden col
lapse Of a three-story concrete build
ing In the rear of st. V%incent's hos
pital.
A number of men. probably twenty
five or thirty, were buried In the
ruins. Cries OF pain and shouts for
help were heard. as legs and arms
could be seen moving under the con-
crete. plaster. %scanolding and other
debris.
Firemen. police and others worked
frantically with saws and axes to
rescue the men In the ruins. The build
ing was being erected for the Presto
lite company and is in Harrison street
near South street.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Duty Not to Be Delayed.

He was a railroad man and spoke
mostly in railroad terms. He was the
father of two boys. One day he iu-
vited the minister home to dinner.
The hungry boys wanted to pitch in
usual-but the father, in a stern
voice, cautioned them to wait. The
minister bowed his head to return
thanks. The boys, innocent of what
was being done, began to eat before
the blessing was half said. Excuse
me a minute" said the father, ad-
dressing the minister, until l switch
a few empties."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
JUDGE TRIP DEAD
CAREER OF ONE OF DAkOTA'S
LEADING CITIZENS ENDS
ILL BUT A FEW DAYS.
SERVED STATE FOR YEARS
Many Positions Of Trust Had Been
Held by the Yankton Man-Presi-
dent of the First Constitutional Con-
vention-Was Minister to Austria.

Yankton.-Judge Bartlett Trip OF
Yankton. one of South Dakota's lead
ing citizens, died at $50 o'clock Fri
day morning Of hear failure as a re-
suit of a stroke Of Paralysis which he
suffered last Saturday night, CT the
V of his departure On a long pleas
ure trip with his wife. For a few days
his condition was not considered
alarming, but last night he began to
rapidly grow weaker.
Judge Trip anne to Yankton in
1869. He was president of the first
constitutional convention. He was
from 1893 to 1897 and chairman Of
the Samoan commission in 1899. He
had held many positions Of trust.
Memorial services in honor of Judge
Trip will be held on Sunday after
noon. President Warren, of Yankton
college, and President Gault, Of the
South Dakota university at Vermillion,
will speak.
The funeral will be held Monday
morning from the Episcopal church.
Mr.. Trip was not only a leading
CIllLSlt " dllhlOI, Jul " oOulH La
kota. Through all the history of
Yankton Mr.. Trip had been a leader
in every which meant permanent
growth and development. A few
weeks ago he promised a gift of five
acres to the city for a park.
Sketch of His Career.
Bartlett Trip was born in Har-
mony, Me-, July Is, 1912, the son of
William and Naamah CBartlett)
Trip; student at Waterville college
(now Colby university 1S57-6O; LII.
B., Albany Law school, 1867; LII. D.,
University of South Dakota, 1898,
Colby 1898, Yankton college 1906;
married Ellen M. Jennings of Garland,
Me-, September, 1868; second. Mrs.
Martha Janet (Davis) Washburn of
Yankton, S. D., November, 1887. Prac-
ticed law Augusta, Me-, 1S67-69, Yank-
ton from 1869. President Yankton
school board 1885; one of the in
~corporators of Yankton college, 1881;
on the first board of regents Universe
ty of South Dakota; member of the
commission for codifying laws of Da-
kota territory, 1877, and state of
South Dakota, 1902. Democratic NOM
inee for delegate in congress-, 1878;
president first constitutional conven-
ton, 1888; chief justice supreme
court of Dakota territory, 1859;
United States minister to Austria,
1S93-97; delegate to Democratic ma
tional convention, 1872, 1882; member
and chairman Of the Samoan commits
CHM fo cotf1n nrnSfiorc hotuynor Tn
land, Germany and America, 1899; lee
turer IN constitutional law University
of South Dakota since 1902.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
STEAMER sLocUM IN OCEAN
Unfortunate Steamboat on Which 1000
E~xcursionists Lost Their
Lives Sinks

Philadelphia.-The last vestige of
the unfortunate steamboat General
Slocum, on which about 1000 lives
were lost in the water Of New York
some years ago, lies at the bottom of
the sea. After the steamboat was
burned to the waters edge the hull
was converted into a barge and given
the name of Maryland. A report was
received here that the barge could
not stand the gale that blew off the
New Jersey coast and sank somewhere
in the vicinity of Sandy Hook. The
crew of five men were taken off by a
tug.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Two Former Students Wed.

Brookings.-Cards have been re-
ceived announcing the marriage of
Roy o. Wilson and Maude NJ. Parker,
1t the Christian church of BoZeman,
Mont, on December 20. The groom
was graduated from the South Dakota
State college last year, and while a
student served as private secretary
to the president. He is at present ac-
%countant for the BoZeman Milling
company, of Bozeman, Mont. The
bride is a daughter OF the Rev. and
Mrs. James Parker, formerly Of
BrOokings, where MI. Parter was pas
tor of the Christian church. The bride
was also a student at the state col
lege. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will make
their home at Bozeman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
STATES
T~reasurer's Report for November
Shows Total of $416,O9e.

Pierre.-The report of the state
treasurer for November 80 shows a
total of s416,09S in all funds, OF which
S113,467 is in the general fund. The
game fund shows S22.023 accumulated,
a part of which might be available for
restocking the state with game birds
if the legislature had made proper
provisions for such action.
The eturns on the December call
for taxes will soon begin to com in,
and as it will include the second a
ments' the sum should be well up.
These collections, with the cash on
hand, will be used in making a call
about the 10th OF January for the out
standing warrants at that time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Get IS Cents Per Pupil.

Pierre.-It is estimated by the state
land department that the income fund
to be paid to the schools this month
will be about IS cents for each pupil
in the schools Of the state. The dis
tribution last June was 1922 making
the total state aid to h schools for
the present calendar year $4.O1 for
each pupil attending the schools OF
the state, a larger amount than has
been paid for any year. This fund is
certainly growing, and if the hopes OF
those who supported the idea of leas-
ing state lands for agricultural pur-
poses is proven to be anywhere near
their estimates. the amount for dis
tribution should make a heavier ad-
vance for next year than it has for
the former years in the history OF the
state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
State May Sell Land.

Pierre.-There are propositions be.
fore the state land department at the
to a finish will mean the disposal of,
within a few months of nearly 10000
acres OF the state building lands in
Fall River and Harding counties at
$40 an acre. If this deal is consum-
mated, it will mean that the capital
building warrants which are out will
be called, and the state debt material
W reduced.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
WHITES AND BLACKS CLASH.

Two Negroes Lose Lives in \ Riot Be-
fore Fleeing to Cover.
PAvo. Ga.-Twe negroes were killed
when blacks and white clashed here
in : serious riot. The trouble started
after VIII Williams, q negro, was shot
and killed by Marshal Frank Byrd,
after he had attacked the marshal for
arresting . brother.
The town was crowded and negroes
and whites were lined up, both sides
being heavily armed.
Frank Mobley, . negro, opened fire
into q crowd Of whites and he was shot
and killed. The negroes then fled to
cover, but are organizing, and another
outbreak Is feared.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
live atock Market.

Sioux City.-Cattle-Good to choice
cornfed steers, $7.00@S.5O; medium to
GOOD, $6.5O07.OO: good to choice grass
steers, 34.6006.5O; good to choice fat
cows and heffers, $5.OO@6.00; grass
cows, $S.5005.00; Gamers and cut
tiers, $2.75 $3.50; bulls, $3.OO@4.25;
veals, $3.5O07.O0. Hogs-Prices range
from S5.O00e.10, with a bulk Of the
Gales It 35.SO06.O5. Sheep-Lambs,
34.6005.50; yearlings, $4.25@4.50;
wothers. 33.2503.S5; ewes, $3.50
9a.S6.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
CHARGED with Conspiracy.

Oporto.-Castello Branco. who was
minister to China during the days Of
the Portuguese monarchy, was arrest
ed here on the charge Of conspiring
against the republic while on a visit
to Brazil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Christmas Seals Go.

Washington, d. C.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock has suspended until
January / the postal regulations for
bidding the transmission through he
mails Of matter bearing upon the adj
dress side Red Cross Christmas seals
or other charity stamps. From now
until January / the Christmas seals
may be placed anywhere on letters or
packages.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
PLUNGED 70 Death.

New York.-Hundreds of persons in
Park Row saw an unidentified man
drop from the dome OF the World
building, a height OF more than 800
feet and plunge with terrific force on
the hood Of an automobile. The man
was instantly killed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
BOY Fatally shot.

Goshen, Ind.-Frederick Cregier.
fourteen, was shot by Harold Hutch
inson, fifteen, firing at target. Greg.
Ter diverted the muzzle towards his
own breast. Cregler ran sixty feet
and fell dead at his mothers feet
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Effort TO Get Job DISASTROUS.

New York.-Max Plotkin, a coat
cutter, in his eagerness to apply for a
Job he had found advertised in the
want column Of a Jewish newspaper.
tripped and fell headlong down a flight
of stairs and will probably die from
the effects OF his fall.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Bomb ExpIodes in = Show.

Bomb Expiodes in = Show.
Liege, Belsium.-A dynamite bomb
exploded during . crowded cineoma,
tograph exhibition. A terrible panic
ensued In which fifty persons were in
jured, several Of them mortally. The
police believe that q discharged en-
ploye threw the bomb for revenge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Possible Cause Of Leprosy.

Among the Constituting people
among whom the disease of lepresy is
most prevalent. the eating of raw fish
Is customary, and germs which would
be destroyed IL the fish were cooked
are thus communicated,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
TWO Aviators Killed.

London.-A double aviation fatality
occurred at Filey, near Scarborough.
Yorkshire. Hubert Oxley, IN aviator,
was killed instantly and his passen-
ger, Robert Weiss, suffered injuries
from which he died oon afterward.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
seven Ohio Hunters Die.

Cleveland. GA tale of seven dead
and thirty-eight injured is shown by
the statistics of the hunting season
In Ohio, which opened on November
Is. Mortuary statistics among the
rabbits, to serve az an onset, are
lacking.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
The Fans Idea,

A baseball al thinks one is an op-
timist if one can cheerfully remember
when one goes to work that the world
is another day nearer the beginning
of the new a C for the pennant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Asylum in Need of Repair.

Pierre.-State Engineer Lea has
been several times called upon to ex-
anime state buildings at the various
state institutions, where the walls
showed cracks, and need OF repairs.
The latest at the Redfield asylum,
where the supporting beams of the
upper floors had to be braced up with
steel pillars set in the building to
prevent their coming down. This is
said to be on account of faulty con-
struction, in attempting to make the
largest possible showing for the APP
preparations allowed. In the Redfield
structure, the walls were four inches
of brick, and the rest of hollow tile,
such construction not being able to
carry the weight of the upper floor
beams. The engineer recommends
something more drastic in the way Of
supervision of the construction Of
structures at the different state insti-
tutions, before there is an accident
which will cost the loss of lives.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Goes Blind In Sleep.

Passaic, N. J.-Cleveland w. Speer,
manager of an automobile garage.
awoke bereft OF sight. Examination
by physicians disclosed no abnormal
condition and there was nothing to
show what had caused blindness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
cooledqe Gets Fellowship.

Brookings.-Leslie Coolidge. who
graduated from the State College last
spring, has received a fellowship for
post graduate study in the University
of Missouri, where he is now taking
advanced work. and acting as assist
ant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Wainwrloht to Retire.

Washington, D. C.-Rear Admiral
Wainwright, aide for operations in the
navy department, who was executive
officer Of the battleship Maine when
It was blown up in Havana harbor,
and who later won fame in the Span
ish,American war, will retire from &C
tive service December IL, on account
nf are
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
No Appropriation Made.

Pierre.-The state auditor has re-
ceived a draft for $500 from the state
pure food commissioner, which is ask
ed to be credited to the fund for that
department under the provisions OF
section II, of chapter 23S of the last
legislative session.
This is another of the "~appropria-
tons which was not made by the last
session. 1t tentatively is stated in the
law that such fees as are collected by
the commissioner shall be paid into
the fund OF the department., put the
money is not appropriated for that
purpose, and the state auditor under
rulings of the attorney general that
lone such funds can be placed other
than in the general fund, n cannot
be paid out except on specific appro-
priation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
IewI. c..e ou..hed.

st. Louis.-United States District
Judge Jacob Trieber quashed the in
dictment against E. 9. Lewis, the pub
Usher. charging him with using the
mails to defraud.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
rurkex Dinner klII. Him.

vincennes, Ind.-Edmund NJ. Guerin,
an eighteen-year-old clerk. only son
OF Mrs. Sophia Guerin, died suddenly
from hemorrhage Of the stomach,
s~uperinduced by eating too heartily
Thanksgiving Day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
slo opium Den Raided.

Philadelphia.-More than a score OF
Cinnamon were arrested and thou
sands OF dollars worth OF opium con-
fiscated in a spectacular raid on Chi
natown by government agents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Soldiers Battle in Philippines.

Soldiers Battle In Philippines.
Manila.-A battalion of the Third
infantry has had a three days battle
with guerrilla Moros, who refused to
be disarmed. Between IL and 40
Moros, were killed. One American
soldier lost his life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
unAued eteei orders.

New York.-Unflled orders on the
books OF the United State Steel COR
pora&ion ON November 80 ALL
Ks tons, . compared with 3,694,S2S
tens o. October 81, 1911, and 2,7S0,-
Al3 tons on November 80, 1910.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
k.n.a. city osts Pin Men.

Des Moines. la.-Kansas City was
awarded the next tournament Of the
Mfd-Western Bowling association Il
the convention Of delegates. George
Strots II Des Moines was reelected
president
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15

Overdue Ships Reach Port.
Hancock, Mich.-The steamer Ber-
lin and its consort Aurora from
Cleveland reached port. a week over
due.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
kIIled 81 , .vvindy shot,

Pittsburg, Kan.-Andrew Richards
ana Napoleon Lettuce. miners, were
killed BY m explosion caused by q
windy shot in q mine at Radley.
neaf here. Richards son raj injured
II ! similar accident last week.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Baby Born with Tooth.

Akron, O.-The discovery has been
made that one Of the triplets born to
Mrs. Arthur Vandersall OF Kenmore
came into the world with one tooth,
The three babies. two girls and a boy,
are doing well.