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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
Elevators Burned
At Hettinger
Hettinger Milling Company and
Maddox 4 Name Elevators
DESTROYED hy Fire

Hettlnger. N. D.. Sept 2. Fire
starting in the boiler room of the
Hettlnger Milling company's
plant destroyed the big mill and
the Maddox & Kane elevator
nearby. causing a total loss of
over $50 900. early Sunday morn
ing. The blaze was discovered
about $50 Sunday morning and
all of the efforts of the local fire
fighters to check it were in vain.
The fire protection here is poor
at best.
The Hettlnger Milling com
pany is estimated at about
$4,000. Five thousand bushels
of wheat, a couple of carloads Of
flour and a carload of shorts was
destroyed in the fire. The Mad
dock 4 Kane elevator contained
about $4,000 bushels of wheat.
and il was burned to the ground.
Passengers on trains passing
through Hettlnger Sunday morn
ing aided in efforts to check the
fire but not much good was ac-
complished. A. J. LaIonde. of
the W. {. Herman Company of
Aberdeen, was in Ilettinger at
the time and helped the fire
fighters.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
Young Boy Meets
Accidental Death

Master Earl +. Ellingson. IL
months of age, son of Leonard
Ellingson, who lives II miles
northwest of Lennon. met death
accidentally on Friday last while
at play in the yard near the FL
slngson home. No one witness
ed the sad accident, but from
circumstances surrounding the
case it is believed that the little
fellow IN some manner injured
himself just back of the ear on
the wire fence. and in an uneon-
s"ious condition fell with his
throat across the lower wire in
which manner he was found
strangled to death.
The father was absent, being
at work in Peoria, ILL.,, he was
Informed by telegram of the
death of his son and came at
once, arriving Monday and the
funeral services We're held at the
home on Tuesday at z y. IN. and
was made in the
~tpWprS cemetery
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
PLUNGES DOWN STEEP BANK
Four Persons Killed and Fifteen Hurt
in Train Wreck.

Oelwein, la, Sept 3.-Four persons
were killed and fifteen injured, eight
Of them severely, when Rock Island
passenger train on the DEBORAH branch
left the rails and plunged fifteen feet
down steep en bankment near MAY,
nard Ia
The dead are John Proctor, Kansas
City; J. II Worth. Oelwein; Mrs, Cora
Dehor. Oelwein W W Cradford, en-
xineer Cedar Rapids
The train. southbound. was late and
trying to make mp time.
Two miles south of MAYNARD the
engine left the rails, pulling three
coaches with Il three train Lengths
before the train crashed over the en-
hankment and rolled over on It's side
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
Lodges, ArInories
and Hospitals Taxable

!. bismarck, N. D., Aug, q. =
IN an opinion furnished the state
fsA commission yesterday Judge
@alIlll2dy, osaI assistant attorney gen.
eral' s' hoIds that the exemption
la holll taxation under the state
as laws Of hospitals. lodges. posts,
a,,iofies' etc. are in conflict
,.i. si.n section l75 of the state con.
ttI;suuon, In accordance with
enaI, m.,I ru'ing ing of the attorney gen.
eraI el:n office the tax commission
~, @.aI proceed to place upon the
raA 'oIIS OF the state such pro
evo ueS as come within the illegal
nnelnptlons. This will involve
EirppeftS iopp running INTO the mil
mn nn,,s OF dollars and will add
;na inolly thousands of dollars to
tbo e'Il'e ot the state as well a.
& .soas nra' taxing districts.
onI'. 1ee'''h rs Of the constitution
cI,s; .ehe'npfs property used ex
aJnaveel s,JHs,Vely for religious. cemetery.
nooeatlonal noSes or charitable pur-
ftbseT, tbe = as we'll as the property of
conn.,. m tn'ted States. of the state,
triets t't.s' y township, school dis
and 's ssl ana municipal corporations
pd;ri9elto I nIe 70 exceed 5000 for each
0se 'armody held that al
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
ACCUSED OF CHlL0'S DEATH
MilWaukeean Who Ran Down Mother
and Girl 10 Face Trial.

Milwaukee, Sept 3.-A varrant
charging second degree murder was
issued for Roman Schubert, who ran
down and killed four-year-old Mabel
Lohman and perhaps fatally injured
her mother. Mrs. Bertha Lohman.
when the automobile he was driving
crashed into the Lohman buggy
Mrs I.ohman had turned to the sida
Of the road to avoid the automobile,
bnt Schubert is said 10 have suerve1
his machine when near the buggy
while going forty miles an hour,
caught the vehicle with the fender CT
the automobile and hurled II into the
ditch
The child vas caught by the fender
and dragged 100 feet down the road
The mother was thrown twenty Ave
feet When spectators arrived the
child was dead and the woman ur-
conscious.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
FOUR AUTO RACERS KILLED
Death Claim. Heavy Toll at Tennes
see State fair

Nashville Tenn Sept 2.-Deatn
claimed haary toll in the automn
bile speed races 81 the state fah
grounds when four ot the sly hieN
powered cars entered in the twanty
A.. mile free for all were wrecked
ard twisted INTO mass OF steel on
the far side cf the mile track ONO
site the big grand stand holding 500
persons
Four Of the racers we're ki'le(
three rrrei~ea minor INJURIES Will.
four escaned without injury
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
S Still. MARKING TIME
NO New Developments In Mexican
Situation.

Washington Sept 3.-Secretary
urvan pas IN Communication with
President Wilson at the summer
White Horse over the Mexican situa-
.tnn but described it as unchanged
snd said NJ davelopme nt required the
rr4c enre Of the president In Washing
ton at this time
A message received from John Lind
at Vera Cruz made no reference to
his nlars. Mr.. BRYAN said. 1t was said
in Official circles. however, that NJ
ind was planning to return to the
n;ted states soon unless soOe move
he the 1rue,ta government changed
his plans.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
GOES TO CELL AS PROTEST
Sales Manager Of Harvester Company
Submits to imprisonment

Chicago, Sept 3.-John D. Cameron.
retail sales manager Of the lnterna
tional Harvester company, was re
leased after submitting to incarcers-
tion for thirty-eight hours IN a filthy
cell as a protest against a recently
adopted ordinance governing the tail
lights on automobiles.
He said he wanted to show the peo
pie that there Is an ordinance which
permits the imprisonment OF citizen
from one to three days il the tail
light of his automobile is not lighted
after dark.
Cameron was taken into custody
after the rear light on his machine
had accidentally gone out.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
Sixteen Persons Killed and
Forty Injured.
THICK Fog TO BLAME


Limited.
New Haven, Conn. Sept S-Sr.
teen persons lost their lives and for
sy we're injured when. the White
Mountain express bound for New
York crashed into the rear end of the
second section of the Bar Harhor
limited, bearing sojourners from
Maine summer resorts The wreck
occurred on the New Haven railroad
Just outside the city limits.
Failure to see a block signal veiled
In thick fog Is given as the cause
OF the accident by Engineer A. Il
Miller, who says that as soon as he
realized the danger he did all h.
could 70 stop the train
The brakes would not hold on the
vet track and the train, running
down grade, ploughed It's way through
two wooden Pullman cars. spltntered
them and killed or wounded most of
the sleeping passengers in their
herths.
The accident recalled the recent
wreck on the New Haven at STAN.
ford, Conn, when q second section
train failed to take its brakes and
overran a block. dealing death to pas
sengers OF the first section.
Bodies OF Victims Maraied.
The bodies Of most of the victims
we're maas,ed.
The dead were all taken to New
Haven. The injured received first aid
from physicians on the two trains
later being removed to hospitals
The Bar IIarbor limited had stopped
In the block, but the last car OF the
block limits. The signals bad cleared
and the express had gotten under
slight headwav when the White Noun
tain express came along. The engineer
of the latter was unable to stop his
locomotive and crashed completely
through two OF the sleepers on the
Bar Harhnr train and knocked the
next sleeper over the embankment
The shock Of the collision was SO
terrific that linen and bad clothing
from the berths in the sleepers Was
swept out of the broken windows and
carried to telegraph poles and wires
near by, where II still hung when the
vreckins train arrived
The White Mountain express vas
scarcely scratched by the collision II
proceeded to New York after few
hours DELAY
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
WOMEN VERY TROUBLESOME
MIitants In Calumet Strike Caus.
Use Of Mounted Men.

Calumet. Mich, Sept 3.-The mill.
fancy OF women strike sympathizers
who attack nonunion Workmen as
they are leaving or returning home
has become a serious phase Of the
copper mine strike situation. General
p. L. Abbey. In command OF state
troops, has resorted TO the use OF
mounted guardsmen in shielding the
ucrkmen.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
LENNON Perkins County South Dakota friday September 1913
Ring Contest Closes
Friday Evening
The Winners of the Rings Will
be Announced Next Week
Candidates Hustling

Margaret Nesbitt, City 1oo5OO
Admiral Siedschlag $500
Petrol, N. D.
Bessie Brewer q" 59ooO
Blanche Daley, Bison. 485OO
Frances Colohan, Lennon 4s5OO
Christine Mcpherson, " $4,000
Miss Lucy Land, Edison. $4,000
Miss Mildred Wagner. 1900
Bison. S. y.
Miss Edith Lott, $4,000
Ada. S. ID.
Miss Hazel Munyon $4,000
Coal Springs, S. ID.
Miss Florence McKinstry. 465OO
Bison S. ID.
Very little change is noted in
the big contest work the past
week. The various candidates
are about holding the same
places they had the week pre-
vious and the votes stand as
above. No doubt before the
close of the present week will
see more votes turned in. be-
cause on Friday of this week.
the two week period ends when
we are to give the beautiful tor
quolse rings away to the two
candidates turning in the most
votes for that period.
The hot weather is about to
close now and with cooler days
we are expecting to see a rush
for the wind up of the contest.
There is no occasion for any
Of the contestants to be discour-
aged, the lead that any one can
didate has can be easily over
come with a little work. The
main point is to keep up your
courage and never stop hustling.
The Herald is getting out a
better paper each week in the
endeavor to win place in the
front rank of the newspapers of
this section, and we are sure
that no contestant need feel
ashamed to ask any Of your
friends to subscribe for one or
two years.
The rush season on the farms
will soon be over and you will
find that the farmers are ready
to help you. if you will only give
them the chance.
Get busy the remaining few
weeks of the contest and keep
pounding away on this PROPOSE
ton with a determination to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
{ q III. Used NAME
! ~ 7ER IN EFFORT
I g, ., ~yT[ TuAllI
~ ~ at IHAW
~,
y o.4g.. lion Committee
UnearthS More Evidence
in Thaw Bribery
Probe

Albany, n. Y. February Ex-Governor
Sulzer's committee of inquiry learned to-
day through Horace A. Hoffman, a rep
resentative of Harry X. Thaw, that Will
liam f. Clark, the committees former
seer etary, was recommended by Alfred
Henry Lewis to perform a mission for
Thaw in Utica. Hoffman testified that
at Lewis request he made out a check
for 500, payable to Clark for expenses. "
1t was understood, Hoffman said, that
proposition was to come before the
limit the number of habeas corpus pro-
ceedings that might be taken. Thaw
wanted Lewis to go to Utica to get GER
tain letters on the subject from Mrs.
Thaw and others into the public print,
but Lewis recommended Clark.
Out of an inquiry into charges that
Clark used Governor Suffers name with
Thaw. has grown tangle of charges and
counter-charges concerning an offer of a
bribe of $4,000 which DR.. Johll w Rus
sell .laa yegsries Resigned as so,saili.
'tendent of Matteawaii hospital. says was
offered him by John N. Anhut. a New
York lawyer.
Hoffman today told of having received
$4,000 from Thaw and of its delivery to
Anhut The witness said he had never
heard the governors name used in con-
nection with the attempts to free Thaw
and that no money had ever been paid
DR.. Russell in Thaws behalf, so far as
he knew
Had you any knowledge or informa-
tion or suspicion that the $4,000 you gave
to Anhut was to- be used for purposes OF
bribery asked the committees coun-
sell
i did not, replied Hoffman.
Subpoena servers had been searching
unsuccessfully for Hoffman for several
days. He walked into the committee
room this afternoon. told the commit
tee he understood they were looking for
him and took the stand. He had been
in Philadelphia, he said
The committee expects to examine Al
fred Henry Lewis Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01

thorities on social work. one Of these
was Starr J. Murphy of the bureau of
social hygiene of which John d. Rookie
feller, Jr., is the head. The first object
OF this bureau he said. was to obtain
knowledge The report to be made pub
lie by the last OF the year, he declared.
would be the most complete survey or
the subject of police supervision ever
available in any language. 1t will deal
entirely with the systems OF European
cities.
A. Leo Well Of Pittsburg told the com
mittee that since last October the iiuin-
Der of disorderly houses in that city had
been reduced from 100 to Is and many
more would soon be, closed. I'VE stopped
the sale Of liquor.s he said. ..and re-
moved the musical inStruments. The bust
ness of the houses now open has not
increased since the closing Of the others.
my opinion is that the solution Of this
whole matter is the appointing OF
morals commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01

jumped from tile third floor TO the
sidewalk. his head and BODY be-
ing badly crushed.
The fire occurred at an hour when
few persons were in the vicinity and
the interior of the old building was a
mass of ilames before the firemen
arrived. Not less than so persons were
sleeping In the building and estimates
OF the number run as high as rs At
least 80 are known TO have escaped.
Many of them We're scantily clad
About a third of the guests were Ne
braskans who had come To the city
70 attend the automobile show. Most
of them had rooms near the two ex.
its and so far as known all escaped
to the street. The firemen did not
get the flames un4er control until
after the interior mad collapsed and
fallen into the basement Here be-
meath hundreds OF tons of debris to-
night lie 5tle bodies of the victims.
and IL may require two days to remove
them. until this debris has been re-
moved the number OF dead viii not be
known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
GARMENT WORKERS
STRIKE: ISnECL.. |! AIRED
OFF IN new YORK
Workers Accept Terms Of
fered by Manufacturers.
10000 Laborers
Involved

New York. February 2s-The garment
workers strike, in progress here since
early in January, involving at its height
100000 or more workers, was officially de-
clared off tonight. The workers accepted
the manufacturers terms, which included
a raise in pay, revision of certain working
conditions, arbitration as to hours and
the open shop principle.
The settlement was anonnced by Marcus
M. Marks of the National Civic fedora
ton, who has been active in trying to
bring manufacturers and workers to-
gether Mr.. Marks yesterday appealed to
the manufacturers, asking them TO fur
nish him with statement of the best
offer they would make. This was SUBJ
mitted by him to officials of the strikers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
SUNDAYS AGE-HERALD

The Age-Herald tomorrow win have an
unusual array of timely and interesting
features, among them being the following:
Laura Jean Libbey will write on "Se-
cret Marriages
Marion Harland makes some "sugges-
tions for egg cookery"
Dolly Dalrmyple has an illustrated ar
ticle under the title, "a Morning With
the Babies at Neighborhood House."
Mrs, j. b.. Reid has an interesting ar
tiele on a Few Hours Spent in Ensley
Excellent High School"
Myrtle Miles contributes some mora
fashion specimens found IN Birmingham
shops, with drawings by Rhea Wells.
Bill Vines writes tomorrow on Social
Life in Washington.N
wellington vandiver contributes some
more of his humorous yarns Of the court
house gang.
Ralph r. Silver writes on SWhat About
Our Business Methods in Biri9ingham? s
Hugh w Roberts VIII haye Van article
ON Madero, Martyr of the Mexfeans," AZ
well as other interesting feature articles.
Frank G. Carpenter writes OH The
Worlds. Biggest Pawn Shop, WHICH is
In Mexico city
c. F. Markell writes under the subifct.
THE Swing of Gavel Shuttle and Ifn-
dulum. an interesting description of soffaL
features of Paris
A classic in page Is The Monas
terry" by Sir Walter Scott. IA
W. Macdonald writes from Paris under
the title, Republican France Has Host
of Princes"
Wilkinson Sherren writes rom London
on An Early Preachers Work in the
Colonization of America. n
on the editorial feature page tomorrow
DR. b. r Riley will begin a new series Of
articles under the general title, Romanccs
Of Alabama History. The topic OF his
first irfstalment Is, The White Invader.r
Other articles on this page include .NN
Little More Lent" by DR.. George Eavesy
"Fair Woman, the Creature Incomprehen-
sible" iy Karl l<apper; Heart 10 Heart
Talks by James \. Edgarton, and Civic
Problems Of the Canal Zone by Edward
T Devine.
The comic section IN colors will tell the
doings of all the funny people. and this
feature is one the children should never
lmiss. s'
The Ase-lierald is the eniS sunday
neH spaper In Birmnsham printing tbs
dispatches OF the Associated Press. tbs
greatest news-gatnering agency ia the
horid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
LOSE LIVES WHEN
FIRE DESTROYS A HOTEL
IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Omaha, Neb., February eS.-Flre
early this morning DESTROYED the Dew
ey hotel at Thirteenth and Farnam
streets, at least a score. and possibly
more persons losing their lives The
register of the little hostelry was
burned and the names OF many Of
those who died in the flames probabls
never Will be known Tonight only
four bodies had been recovered These
were of persons who either jumped
from windows or who died from iniu-
ries. They were:
. Charles Cummings. bartender
Unidentified man. body recovered by
firemen before interior OF building
collapsed.
Mrs, Alice Bonnevue. sister of Mrs.
c. VI Wilkins. wife Of the proprietor
OF fhe hotel.
Eharles Beverly
Il cnmminGs brother arrived this
morning from Pfttspure to visit him
only to learn of his death. Cummings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

l-Webb bill passed over the veto of
President Taft.
EVlnce belief in the stability of
Huerta's government
Clark used name of Sulzer in effort
to liberate Thaw.
Garment Workers strike declared off
in New York
Marshall reaches Washington ready
for inauguration.
Gayley testifies in steel trust probe.
2-Anniston Pythians back from Rag
land
3-Delay in tariff legislation will be in
the Senate.
4-Editorial comment.
o-Defendants in grocers case file an
swers to charges of government.
Smoke ordinance laid to rest and ,n-
spectors tender designations.
birmingham to furnish $1,000 to aid
Fairgrounds
Candidates for postoffice thiex in
south Alabama
6-Society.
7-Sports.
S--Need larger navy to maintain peace
Might raise point In Lane decision.
Initial meeting of book commission
ll-Conditions in state of Mexico still of
serious nature
49, Markets
14-Castro not invited TO inauguration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
FOREMAN OF GRAND JURY
ADVANCES SCHEME FOR
NEW YORK POLICE REFORM

New York. February 2s.--The foreman
O, the extraordinary grand jury which
has Indicted several policemen and is
still ceatinuing its inquiry into graft.
lasa hef~ the legislative committee on
remedial police Legislation today care
fully prepa scheme for police reform
This esq lhomas Wood, declared that
the arge fotel n element here laid upon
the Qics "a t,t'rible burden. From the
distri utTnes , records he showed that
of 49,, 3 peu o' convicted between 1904
and 10 7Q we, foreigners.
The ,soef ru4is. he said. was that
the imn'snait e 'ot respect civil Of
ficer. Fci ea 2 he favored police
force on mes, headed by
commissios salhry Of at least
$4,000 x Il ami retirafle only on &C.
count al egs 1Is tafsq Endorsed the rec
ommessdai9n rss \ training school On
milftarS iiifes 'sfr ssoilcS officers.
CHE commit e slsssrs a,so several ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
Names Leading active
Agents Who Bring About
Concentration of Money
and Credit
THREE DIVERGENT
REPORTS ARE MADE
BEFORE THE HOUSE
Minority Report Fails to Find So
Called Money Trust. But Admits
of Dangerous Concentration
of Credit - Individual
Report Disagrees

Washington, February 2s.-Threc III
yerGent reports were presented to The
House today by the members of the
committee which conducted the money
trust Investigation.
The majority report. signed nv
Chairman Pujo and the six other demo-
cratic members of the committee, fonn,l
that a money trust exists, nccortita. 10
their understanding of the term.
The report names as the most ac-
tive agents In bringing about .hc con-
centration of money and credit, j.
Morgan 4 CO., First National and Ma.
tional City banks and Kuhn Loeb A.
Co., of New York. Lee Higgiuson and
i<idder. Peabody Il Co., OF Boston.
Two bills accompanied the report,
one forbiddins the use of the malls
To stock exchanges, which fnii to Oh
serve prescribed stringent regulations
as TO the conduct of their business and
the other prescribing rigid rules for
the conduct of national banks, their Of
ficers and clearing house associations
to which they belong.
This report Is substantially In ne
cord with the conclusions presented to
the committee by samuel Untermycr,
counseI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
Rebel Leaders Gathering

Ell Paso, Tex. February 2s-Rebel
leaders are gathering here for the peace
meeting that will be held at Ahumada,
station on the Mexican Central railway
between Juarez and Chihuahua City.
where General Pascual Orozco, Jr.. is re-
ported to have been located during the
last few days.
Coming to confer with the missing rebel
commander In chief are Marcello Car
raveo and Inez Salazar, the two chief
leaders of the northern rebels. Each is
reported to be moving with armed forces
carraveo has been near Chihuahua City.
where truce was arranged with Cen
eral Antonio Rabago. even before the sud-
den ending of the Mexico City revolt.
Salazars troops have been at Ascencion,
southwest of Juarez.
The location of Orozco at Ahumada ap-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
The Rev. Tyler to Speak

The Rev r. 4 Tyler viii speak at the
Princess theatre tomorrow afternoon on
Sin and Its Cure Music will be fur
nisted by ladies pr the Young Women S
Christian association The meeting is
for both men and women.