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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20
HIGH SCHOOL IN
LITERARY WORK
FOUR SOCIETIES ORGANIZED FOR
REGULAR PROGRAMS FOR
EVERY FRIDAY.

original literary work and public
speaking are the aims of the four
societies recently organized among
the students of the high school. The
hrst program was given last Friday
and the next one will be given on
Friday of this week. Each organiza-
ton gives one program every four
weeks. SO it is possible to have a
program in the music room of the
high school every Friday.
The names and officers of the So
cieties are as follows:
Irving Literary society-President,
Ruth Knowles; vice-president, Marion
Walrath; secretary, Thelma Cassem;
sergeant-at-arms, Maurice Cooney.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Nettie Rath-
bun; vice-president, Gladys Cox; sec
rotary, Dorothy Findlay; s~ergeant-at-
arms, Mckinley Wattles.
A third literary society (name not
chosen President, Vesta Murray;
vice-president, Ada Tilley; secretary,
Donald Hoon; sergeant-at-arms, Nor
man Shelby.
Gitche Ounce Literary society
President, 1nez Beddoes; vice presi-
dent, Anna %Coughlan; secretary,
Henry H%oagland; sergeant-at-arms,
Glen Doty.
Beginning Friday. the societies
open the debates for the society
championship of the high school. The
question for debate is: "Resolved,
That the United States should per-
manently retain the Philippines" The
Lincoln and the Irving societies de-
bate Friday; and the Gitche Ounce
and unnamed society debate the fol-
lowing Friday. The two winning
teams in these contests will debate
the following Friday for the high
school championship.
The team that will represent Irving
next Friday is Carl Boyden and Mar
garet Gleason, while Lincoln will be
represented by Stanley Vermilyea
and Nettie Rathbun.
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pKoMlNENT WoMAN DIES.

Iona, S. DEATH came suddenly
to Mrs. Joseph Ritter, a prominent
woman of Iona, and we'll known
throughout southern Lyman county.
She was engaged in preparing the
morning meal for her family when,
without the slightest warming. fell
to the floor dead. Death resulted
from an attack of heart failure. She
was noted for her many charitabls
acts and many of the homesteaders
and other settlers in the neighbor-
hood of her home We're benefciaries
of her kindness of heart during per-
iods when good fortune did not smile
upon them.
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A'phonso, Crown Prince of Spain.

years ago, Alfonso came into close
contact with Princess Henry, and act
ually fled in terror.
There is another load on the kings
mind. in the shape of his aunt. Infanta
Eulalia, who is living in Paris. having
long since renowned court life. The
ipfanta is a novelist, and has persisted
in writing things for publication that
The king did not approve of. Alfonso
has threatened to cut off her allow
ance of $4,000 a year. She has done
two things that horribly shocked the
Spanish court-approved in writing of
divorce and woman suffrage.
Now one of the worst shocks
Of all. 1t is announced by an Ameri-
can author, Harvey j. O'Higgins, who
is editing and revising Infanta Eula-
LAS autobiography, that this work
gives royalty an awful w%allop." and
that the infants "viewDoipt of nobil.
ity and their capers is pretty nearly
the same that a typical American
would take"
This seems to forecast the worst,
and poor King Alfonso ia waiting in
trepidation to see what terrible breech
of royal etiquette his aunt has now
committed.
But the saddest of all OF King Al
fonso's sad blows is that his little
daughter. lnfanta Maria, is to be leaf
and dumb. Observation-Disclosures
Alexandria uadalupe-Marian de la
Conception, 1lde-fonas y Victoria Eu-
genoa, was born December IL. 1912,
and was the cause of much rejoicing.
lnfanta Don Jaime. the second child
of the royal couple, was born deaf and
has never spoken. He is now five
years old. In addition, he has never
been in robust health. and has repeat
eddy been operated on for affections of
the nose and throat. In August, 1911.
Queen Victoria took him to Friburg to
consult a Swiss specialist, but the
operation at that time failed to be a
permanent cure.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20
CHARCOAL BURNING
INDUSTRY OF HILLS

Deadwood, S. D.-ATthough not
generally known. charcoal is one of
the forest productions obtained in
the Black Hills that is of some con-
sequence. The charcoal is used prin-
cipally by the Homestake Mining Co.,
which is annually supplied with a..
600 bushels for work in connection
with it's assaying. This charcoal as
burned at Merritt in the southern part
of this county and the industry has
been increasing to such an extent
in the Black Hills that new charcoal
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20

pits there are necessary. A force of
men is now engaged in constructing
these at Merritt and it will be six
weeks before completion. In order to
obtain the proper quality of charcoal
it is possible to use only the very
best and soundest cordwood, using
for that purpose body wood and not
any material with knots or too full
of pitch. During the burning it is
necessary to have someone in con-
slant watch so the men work in re-
lays.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20
STATES RIGHTS LOOM
UP IN CONSERVATION

Washington. d. C.-The opening Of
the fifth annual convention of the
national conservation congress today
was marked by a sharp fight on fed
eral policies, by delegates who con
tend the Washington government is
usurping the rights OF states to regu-
late their possessions.
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BANK OF VIOLIN IS
ENTERED; o $1.oo

Yankton, S. D.-The little town OF
Violin, this county, was the scene of
a big man hunt yesterday, with
.b~loodhounds brought down from Nit
chell, Sunday night some time, it
veg discovered when business was re-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20

sumed yesterday morning, the State
bank of Violin had been broken into
but only a revolver and one dollar
taken. The P. J.. Eulberg drug store
was also entered and SAC and some
jewelry were taken. The Goodrich
Call lumber yard aud a billiard hall,
were broken into but nothing of
value obtained.
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Ex-AUDIToR WILLIS DEAD.

Letcher, S. D.-Henry E. Willis,
formerly county auditor of Sanborn
county died at his home here from
failing health due to the amputation
of his leg three years ago. he never
fully recovering from the shock.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20
BURKE Al WASHINGTON:
is FULLY

Washington, ID. C.-Congressman
Charles II. Burke of South Dakota.
accompanied by his family, returned
to Washington Saturday night for the
winter. Mr.. Burke spent several
weeks on the Pacific coast and in the
far southwest inspecting Indian
schools and reservations under a res
olution passed by the house. On his
return from the coast to Washington
he stopped a few days at gre and
closed his home for the y alter.
This long trip of Mr.. ourke, COW
ering thousands of miles and filled,
as it was, with overland drives and
much out of door work, did him a
great deal of good in the way of re-
storing his health. He declared today
that he had v felt better in his
life. He said that when he departed
from Washington all tired out and
went to Huron at the time of the
state fair and stood around for two
solid days he was so fatigued, largely
because of the three surgical opera.
ions he had had in the last year,
that he felt he would not be equal to
the strain of a political campaign
such as South Dakota will have next
year, and he announced his determine
alton to retire from public service.
But ! have come back in robust
health with a new lease on life" Mr..
Burke said land am prepared to tack
lie my Indian committee work and
other congressional duties with all
the vigor | had fifteen years ago"
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

D%eadwoon, S. D.-New officers
we're chosen by the Black Hills Med
ical association for 1914, at their an
nual meeting held here. as follows:
President, DR.. F. E. Ashcroft. Dead
wood; vice president, DR.. T. w. Moi
fit; treasurer, DR.. Minty, Raid City;
censor, DR.. Lyle Hare, Spearfish.
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Lake Campbell, S. D.-Good

Lake Campbell, $. D.-GoOd pro-
gress is being made in the work of
constructing a cement and concrete
dam at the lake from which this viii
lage receives its name. The dam
will raise the water level of the lake
twenty-five inches and convert the
lake into II of the finest bodies of
water in northeastern South Dakota,
and make it one of the best fishing
and hunting resorts in the state. The
dam will be of sufficient strength
to Withstand any water or ice pres
sure to which it is likely to be sub
jected. The dam is sixteen feet in
length and tapers from three feet
thick at the COTTON 40 one foot at
the top and is supported by a con-
crete spillway sixteen feet long, the
walls of which are reinforced by g.
foot wings projecting at anbles of
about 45 degrees from the bottom.
The dam also has two wings which
are higher than the dam and are
built to converge the flow OF water
through the spillway. The dam will
cost about $500, and the money for
the purpose was contributed by those
a leading fishing and hunting resort
who are DESTROYS of making the lake
of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24
LAW OF NATIONS
AND CANAL TOLL
WILL BE DISCUSSED IN SEVENTH
ANNUAL MEETING OF AMERI-
CAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATION-
AL LAW TONIGHT.
MANY INTERESTING TOPICS TO
BE DEBATED BEARING ON THE
QUESTION OF FREE TOLLS FOR.
AMERICAN SHIPS.
(Rn Associated PreSs.(

WASHINGTON. ID. O.. April 24-The
Panama canal tolls question is the prin-
cipal subject of discussion by many dis
tinguishcd speakers at the seventh an
nual meeting of the American Society of
International Law. which opens here to
night. The general subject. The Inter
national Use of Straits and Canals with
especial reference to the Panama Ca
nal" is the one before the society. which
numbers amOng its members many no
table publicists, statesmen, diplomats
and other public men. The stage of the
Panama canal negotiations between the
United States and Great Britain gives
added interest to the society's delibera-
tons.
Senator Elihu Root. president of the
society. will open the meeting with an
address at eight o'clock. The address
will be devoted principally to an appre.
citation of DR.. Francis Liebcr. whose
Constructions for the government Of the
armies of the United States in the fell"
adopted ~ the government Of the United
States during the civil war, have laid
the foundations for the cOdificatiOn of
the laws of war. first by individual ma
tons and finally by The Hague confer
cnccS.
Senator Root will be followed by DR..
Talcott Williams, director of the Column
bia School of journalism, i'll New York
City, who will speak on the share of the
United States and its diplomatic action
in freeing the worlds waterways from
restriction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24
JAPAN HAS ALIEN LAWS
JAPANESE OFFICER HOLDS CALI
FORNIA IS STRICTLY WITHIN
HER RIGHTS.

NEW YORK, April 24-That the
state of California is justified in her
anti-alien land bills is the opinion of
Captain Uyene of the imperial Japanese
army, japanese military attache at the
japanese embassy in London, who ar
rived here on board the Minnetonka of
the Atlantic Transport line on his way
to Toxic.
When questioned upon the attitude of
Japan regarding the California prOpo-
sitiOn to bar Japanese from holding land
i'm that state, he said:
ii, The attitude of California. / think, is
perfectly just and in accord with leeis-
lation that has been enacted in Japan.
An fanti-alien land bill has passed the
diet in my country"
He decried the possibility Of war be
tween the two countries.
"Japan," he continued, lis very friend
" to the United States. Such a thing
as a war between these two countries
will never occur" ,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24
OUR TEAM SEEKS
A WIDER FIELD
BROWNSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
EASILY EYEGLASSES OTHER
VALLEY TEAMS, AND PLANS TO
PLAY SAN ANTONIO HIGH.

The Brownsville. High School base
ball team. which has so far PLAYED two
Valley teams and defeated both decisive
ly and easily, is now seeking fields anew,
and, according to Captain I. ii. Stacey,
it is planned next month to got to San
Antonio and Austin to play the high
school teams of those towns. 1t is
planned that the trip to the cities shall
be made in automobiles. one Of which
will be furnished by Burt f. Hinklcy.
and the other furnished and driven by
Augustine Celaya, jr.
The Brownsville team it has been
easily seen has any team in this section
outclassed. and Captain Stacey's knowl-
edge of the teams in the larger cities
leads him to believe hat Brownsville
can hold her own in a game with them.
At least. a few games will be tried. The
Brownsville boys are hoping for moth
ing but success, and will not be salts
fled with even a single defeat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24

The proceedings on Friday, begin at
Isthmian projects by Professor L. ID.
Warfield, president Of Lafayette col
lege. He will be followed by Crammond
Kennedy, an international lawyer and
member of the bar of the District Of Co
lumbia. who will compare the relative
interests of the United States and Great
Britain in the western hemisphere at
the different stages of negotiation con-
corning the Isthmian canal.
The question has been framed in the
following form: Does the expression
all nations" in Article 3 Of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. include the United
States?"
The affirmative side Of this question
will be maintained by Rear Admiral
Charles $. Stockton, IT,. :. ~, retired,
president Of George Washington Univer-
Sity. and Eugene Wambaugh, professor
of international law. in Harvard law
school. Lewis Nixon. of New York. and
delegate of the United State to the
fourth Pah-American conference. will de
fend the opposite view.
The proceedings will be resumed Fri
day afternoon. at which Horace q. Mac
Farland, of the District Of Columbia
bar. and William Miller Collier, of the
bar of the state of New York and form
crly minister to Spain, will discuss the
following question: Would a subsidy
to the amount Of the tolls granted to
American ships passing through the
canal be a discrimination prohibited by
the treaty"
At eight O'Clock on the same day, Prof
Emory II. Johnson. special commission
er of the United States on Panama ca
nal traffic and tolls, will discuss What
is the effect of the exemption of Amcri-
can coastwise shipping upon Panama
canal revenues
The final session of the society will
begin at 10 a. M, Saturday. Thomas
Raeburn White, of the Philadelphia
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24
DARING VENTURE
FOR AMUNDSEN
ATTEMPT TO DRIFT ACROSS
NORTH POLE. IN SHIP FROZEN
IN ICE FLOES IN BEHRING'S
STRAITS.
BELIEVED THAT DRIFT OF CUR
RENTS FROM THAT POINT WILL
CARRY HIM ACROSS POLE-TO
CARRY WIRELESS OUTFIT.

WASHINGTON, ID. G., April %
discOverer of the South Pole, will leave
San Francisco in his good ship Fran
on one of the most daring expeditions
man has ever tempted the Fates by tax
ing. In an effort to pierce the thousands
of miles of frozen wastes that lie across
the North Pole from American to Euro
pean waters, AmundSen will deliberate
~ let his vessl be frozen in the flOes III
the northern Behring straits, to drift
across the North Pole into the Europeon
Arctic regions. and then southwark I'M
til he reaches Il climate that will melt
him loose from his icy prison.
For four years-until 191S-thc in
trepid unraveller of the secrets of the
far south and north expects to be ice
bound, isolated from the rest of the
world by the impossible floes that have
their birth i'll the land of perpetual cold.
And all that will Onnec him with the
civilized world that he will have left be
hind him. the world that has shOwered
him with great honOrS for the daring
things he has done, will be a wireless
outfit, high upon the mast of the Fran,
that day after day will send ont its
brief log of progress. Whalers. prOwl-
ing through the ice jetted waters, tramps
daring Il swift venture into the north,
may pick up the messages from the air.
On this slim chance does AnlundSen
hope to keep his whereabouts before the
world.
The exact route of the ice flOes which
sweep across the arctic is believed to be
along the coasts of Canada and Alaska
TO the Asiatic coast. There the great
ice continents" disintegrate to sweep
southwark carrying their heritage of
winter as ice bergs.
That this plan of drifting across the
Arctic sea is a possibility has been
proven by the wrecking Of the Inflated
Jeanette. This vessel sailed from San
Francisco in 1870. 1t was crushed and
sunk in the midst of the arctic sea in
1881, some of the wreckage being frozen
near the surface. The portions Of the
ship were carried by the Polar drifht
past or across the North Pole, through
the Greenland Sea and the Denmark
strait and on down the east coast of
Greenland. Another test of polar cur
rents was made about ten years ago by
the late Admiral Melville and Henry g..
Bryant of Philadelphia, who construct
ed about fifty very strong casks which
were designed to withstand the terrific
pressure Of the ice. These casks were
numbered and dropped overheard at
various points in the Arctic ocean north
of Boring sea. Two of them have since
been recovered on European shores, one
having been picked up on the coast of
Iceland and the other Oh the northern
coast of Norway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24

bar. will speak on rs it necessary III
international law that injury actually
be suffered before a justiciable action
arises" What is the international OBJ
legation of the United States, if any, un-
der its treaties. in view of the British
contention?' will also be discussed mt
this session by Hannis TAYLOR. formerly
minister to Spain, and Amos :. Her
shey. professor Of political science and
international law in Indiana University.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24
THOMPSON W|LLNOTCOME

WICHITA FALLS, Texas. April 81
A letter received here saws that X. A.
Thompson, former engineer for the Texas
railroad commission and chief engineer
of the Wichita Falls route, now engineer
for the California railroad commission.
and who was offered appointment by
governor COlquitt of Texas as engineer
to the newly created irrigation commits
sion, has been offered and accepted a po-
sition with the interstate m com
mission at an annual salary of $500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24

WANTED-POsitiOn rs fireman and sta
tiOnary engineer, by experienced man.
not afraid TO work. L. O. Feagin, Lock
Box, 5i7, Brownsville. Tex.IL227t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-24

FOR RENT-Thrcc furnished rooms for
light housekeeping, and one small bed
room. 1905 Washington street. be
tween 10th and 18th. 42itf
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CLASSIFIED ADS
a.. -.- ~ :.
FOR SALE

WANTED-TO buy standing %bookkeep-
ers desk. Must be in good condition
and reasonable in price. Address Il
X. q. care Herald. 42-tf
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-04-25


Died on Wednesday. the 23rd day Of
April, IN the yesr 1913, after short
illness Of aeu'e k ney 'ronble, Mrs.
Mary Donaia rosey, wife a Air. Francis
Wills Poseg. 10 The 81 s. az Of her
age Her funeral took plnee ON her
late residence, Ilaidane, ntArta town,
on Thursday and her remote. we're IN
TERED at St, Thomas Church. Mass
Of requiem was said for the repose Of
her soul by Reverend Father lyman.
Her pail bearers we're; Doctor Aubrey
Posev. Me,sis. jos II. Howard. Reel
Posey. +. Stone Posey, +. Desales and
J. Camillns Howard.
The deceased had not previo' sly been
il A couple Of days before her
dsalh she complalued Of pain In the
head ana up 10 a few hours before her
demise did not complain Of illness bat
was bright and cheerful as ever, Sud
denly She lost consciousness and with
10 a few hours aficr breatned her last.
Besides her husband. she left snrvi,.
ing her i've small cnildren, three boss
aud two girls, the eldest scarcely seven
years Of age. The decreased was the
only living child 4 Mr.. and Mrs vii
liam NJ, Howard, citizens OF our town.
and sympathy is universal for the be-
reaved husband the sorowing father
and mother aud the mothee.ess little
Peace be 70 the memory Of a
beautiful soul -departed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-04-25

a meeting of the citizens Of this
towu was he'd in the Court House on
Monday evening last Tor the purpose
Of discussing the proposition Of getting
water for the town. Mr. john S But
ton was chosen as Chairman and seere-
tary Of the meeting
The water pro- osition was discussed
pro aud con and the deduction reach
ed from the sau,e demonstrated that a
system for putting water over the town
alone could not be met. Another pro
position, that If building a water plant
in connection with an Ice plan, and
launday. was believed more feasible
and business proposition.
A committee consisting of Mcssrs p
R. wills, +. Brooke Matthews, Conrad
Posey. J D Robertson and Adrian
Pcsey was named to look into the feasi-
bility Of establishing an ice plant.
Laundry and water system in the town
said committee to report to a citizens
meeting within thirty days.
Among those who attended the meet
ing were; 2. Reed Wills, W. r. Liuthi-
cum. Slater Rowe, DR.. Shaw, conrad
Posey, f. Breole Matthews. Leo x.
Farrall, ". NJ. Howard, Dr. P. E. Sas-
seer, Adrian fosey, C. b Lloyd, II. A.
Penn, Wesley and Harry Bowie, II.
stone Posey, W. s. Yates, p. :. Bow
ling, Leonard Matthews and ..........
Watson.