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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24


TONED the Absorption,
New York. Jan. 23.-No matter
~hat might have been the natives be-
mind the United States steel ror,ora
'oh "hen 1t absorbed the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company i've wears ago
theodore Roosevelt as president
"ohln nave sanctioned tho deal lie
30 testified at q resumption of the
nearing In the governments suit To
dissolve the so called steel trust
Colonel Roosevelt was asked hut
one question by counsel for the GOV.
eminent. namely. whether statements
contained In a letter which hc wrote
To Attorney General Ronaparte con.
corning the Tennessee Coal and Iron
deal we're true The colonel repIjed
In the Affirmative
r v. Linabury. counsel for the steel
corporation. then took up the cross
examination
Mr.. Roosevelt testified that he was
aware that the government had IN
dertaken an investigation of the steel
corporation before the Tennessee
Coal and Iron was taken over
They reported to me uufavorably
In regard to the Standard Oil. but IA
vorah'v In regard to the steel cor
poration." he said.
Less Interesting Than Strike.
This is less interesting than the
simono strife remarked Colonel
Roosevelt. daring = mN. while coun-
sel discussed the admission of docu-
mentsrv evidence
Mr. Tinahyrv called Mr. Poose.
vsit's attention to letter in which
Commissioner Garfield Of the bureau
~ corporations said that he did not
know Of single instance in which
the steel corporation had refused in
formation to the government The
colonel said that such was his under
standing of the facts
In sanctioning the Tennessee Goa
and Iron deal the wi+nasa said ha
had two things IN mind One be
AK planned, was the relief # would /
give TO tre entire country NOT only
New York. hut Minnesota Louisiana
and other states The other was tha /
of control Of the staeI IN /
iustrv which the United States Steel
corporation would have aftar the ac-
luisifion of the Tennessee coal and .
ron"
Did you know a. tho tinoe that tho
United States Steel corporation was
in the fixing of prices of steel
through joint action or competing
which IT controlled"
II had no such knowledge ror'ief
he witness
Securities Were Worthless.
did YOU know that the TanneEeae
1oaI and Iron interests vera spond-
ng sS Doo 600 in the Development OF
he property"
II did not know this that It's
ecurities we're worthless unless tax
n over by somebody who would give
hem value
Ibid ron know hat tho steal cor
oration had sent eyperta 10 examine
he property"
y did not, but did not believe hat
he steel corporation was taking pig
4 a poke"
Colonel Roosevelt leaned forward
I want to say his he declared
the table With his fist not
ne thing could have hean known
bout that company which could have
ltered my action was dealing
,tth a panic situation hat might
ave caused widespread disaster in
nc hour If ! did not act
The colonel declared that neither
ttornev General Ronanarte nor Al
,rnav General Moody during their
,spective administrations nor Com
issioner Garfield nor his successor ,
erhert Knox Smith ever told him
,at any action should he taken
ga'nst the corporation.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24

tickets are now on sale at
usual place for the famous com
edy success The Missouri Girl"
and we would advise play goers
to secure them early as this show
IS famous as a record breaking
attraction.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24
School Notes

-
of the Lennon High School con
tested for basket ball honors
with the S, y. N. G. The game
was hard fought, and if state
ments are true, hard won. Much
credit is due to both sides, to
the girls because of odds against
superior strength, to the Militia
because they were unaceustomeJ
to Girls Rules MANY are the
mighty athletes OF the Militia
team, especially their monupranl-
ed amatuer. A large crowd al.
tended the game, and amid great
enthusiasm the first half closed
with a score 7 to g in favor OF
the Militia. After short rest
the whistle called the players to
their respective positions, when
1t was seen that the boys had
decided to put in a fresh PLAYER,
During both halves of the game
the Militia made a great many
fouls, in one of these incidents
young man was heard to exclaim
very vehemently. if not ungall-
antIy, You Showed. The score
IL to 20, in favor of the Militia
represented very close game,
we'll played and the girls in the
future will award the honor of
victory to superior strength with
out a contest. We hope, how
ever, that the l.. Fl, s. Girls will
there reputation Of
Keeping the ball rolling when
playing Girls games. The High
School players were: Centers,
Ruth Dunn, Margaret CoIIahan:
Forwards, Belle Smith, Margaret
Nesbit; Guards, Edna Chase,
Maurine Brill. Nell Nesblt. The
Centers. Charles Green,
Clayton Collahan; Forwards,
Harlow Robinson, Mr., Peterson.
Finer Priebe. Rudolph
8uchholtz, Sherman CoIlahan.
Superintendent Chas. H. Karch
las been appointed Chairman of
he DecIamatory Leage of the
'th district which comprises the
,ounties Of CaHpbell, Fdmunds.
Perkins, Faulk, Potter. SuIIy,
Mcpherson and Walworth. The
'blect Of the League is to have
'ach school select a representa-
we, these representatives. then
meet at some place chosen in the
ne district and one Of their num-
'cr - chosen to represent their
lShlct in the State contest 1t
hoped that Lennon may send
representative.
The bows Of the High School
ave about decided to give up
laying basket ball as a high
rhooI team, as it is impossible
arrange for any game with
ther high schools. Most of the
,hools IN this part Of the coun-
" are to small to have regular
'ams The Hcttinger school
as team composed Of four or
We achool boys and several out
ders, but this team has abso-
tely refused to play us because
ley are afraid they might loose.
rue Sportsmen, these They
d come down one evening and
aged a pickup team and held
iem to tie score, but were
Farded an extra point after the
ose Of the game on a foul throw
thus winning the game by one
lint.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24
MUSIC STUDENTS.

Wanted Y students for Piano or
elln' Seven years experience
F,no4t n !. a failure. Call at Lob
Es !Q.Cent Store or write c.
Leigh. Lennon.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24
Wedding Of Helen GauId and
T. J, Shepard.
AFFAIR A QUIET ONE
erother ~ Heiress Gives .h. p,ta.
Away ard Her Two Little NI,c.s
Are Her Only htterda ts-lnmers.
Art Gallery Filled With GIFTS.

larrFtown, n. Y. Jan 2s.-Miss
Helen Miller Gould vas married ~
hFndhnrst. her country estate In Fin
lev Johnson shepard. an American
railroad man who haa risen from tho
ranks.
NO bride want 10 an altar half hid.
den by roses asparagus formosa and
PAINS on the arm of her brother,
George J. Gould, who gave her in mar
r'aee An orchestra screened nv
masses ef flowers i'm tho music roor
plaFed the wedding march from
Lohcngrin. while Rev. Daniel y Rus.
sell, pastor of Trvinston PRESBYTERIAN
church, performed the ceremony.
Helen and Dorothy Gould. nlec.s of
Miss Gonld stood with her CARRIED in
pale pink satin they acted as flower
girls and were her only attendants
The couple stood during the core
mony beneath bower Of American
Beauty roses. with festoons of gray
white asparagus reaching almost 10
the ground The bride carried a mod
est bouquet Of lilies OF The valley. her
favoritc flower.
Wears Famous Rope Of Pearls.
A rope Of pearls. said 10 have once
adorned the Empress Josephine. Ma
poleon's wife, and pear shaped dIa
mond pendant, the latter the groon's
gift were tho only Jewels worn by tho
fride The pearls were heauest
from Miss Goulds mother.
Lyndhurst the great country house
Of the bride. was redolont with tho
scent Of flowers In every room there
rested on the mantels high banks Of
moss covered with cut nIies Of the
valley and edged with smilax Min
Cling their fragrance with the lhes
we're showers of American Beauty
roses, their long stems arranged IN
loose natural effect
Had the art gallery not bear an i'm.
mense room there would not have
been space for the thousands of gifts I
that have come from al over snc
world. Chief among these were pres
ents from the relatives Of the bride
and her friends. from the army tho
navy, tho railroad organizations aid
cd by her, tho Young Mons Christian
association. from of'icers Of the Could
railroads and from The employees at
Miss Gonld's country and city homos.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24
Get your feed ground at Green
4 Sons store while you wait.

q. r. Wannemacher, an old
time Dickinsonite, and interested
IN Hettinger and Haynes banks,
was up from Columbus, O., his
present home, to look after his
interests in Adams county.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24

Gile -. rloar U and Feed Store
Rits paa" ,ne !, Snow Flake and
|set OsE a.. rionr, u the best the
[Viaeed II, idsrs. 1sns Try it and be
''u mat it is the best.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-24
COLONEL AGAIN
DEFENDS ACTION
lestities Concerning Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Deal.
SAYS he WAS NOT MISIED

Declares No Matter What mi,.,
ssen the Motive of the Steel co,.
poration he StIl Would A,v.
Nonsd the ABSORPTION.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
INDIANS WELL HEELED."
Oklahoma Tribes Have in Treasury
 Sum of S21,5i9, ,793.2S.

Washington, Dec. 2.-That the various Indian tribes in Oklahoma are financially well heeled" is shown by the report of the fiscal affairs of the several tribes for the year ending June 30, last, which was transmitted to Congress by Secretary of the Interior Lane.
 In all, the Indian tribes of Okla homa have on deposit in the United States treasury to their credit S2i,- 549, ,793.2S; disbursements for the year amounted to S5.0Si, ,970-29; re- ceipts, Si,S53,89S.2i The Osage In dians, the richest tribe in the world, have S7,024,564.43 on deposit. Their receipts last year were $i.t95. .509. .43, and their disbursements were S3,- 059,5039i. About 2,000 persons comprise the tribe. As an addition al Christmas present this year they will be paid $505,000, recently re- ceived as cash bonus upon 10000 acres of oil lands leased by the h. terior Department.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
CHIHUAHUA IS NOW REBEL STRONGHOLD
Evacuated by Federals. Who Faced Starvation After Long Siege-Two More May Be Surrendered
 Arms Over Border.

Juarez, Dec. 2.-Rather than en- dure starvation, the federal troops have evacuated Chihuahua City, ac- cording to adyices received last night by General Francisco Villa. the rebel leader. The evacuation leaves the city open to possession by the rebels. The town was be- sized by rebels troops weeks ago.
 The report received by Villa states that SalVadorMercadO, military gov .ernor of the state, with 2,OOO fedora troops, had left on foot for Ojinaga. on the United States border near Maria, Tex, that Generals Jose Inez Slazar and Pascual Orozco. with more than 1000 federals. had retreated to the mOuntaisn west of the city and that hundreds of civilians, including women and chil- dren who were on the verge of starvation, had started to walk to the United States border
 Besides being the capital of the state. Chihuahua, with a normal population of 35,0O0, is the second city of Northern Mexico. Neither in the Madero revolution nor in the present uprising has Chihuahua been taken from the federals. Its garrison and the commanding posi- tions for sharp shooters and ma chine guns, afforded bv the ca thedral and public buildings, here tofOre had presented formidable barrier to invaders. Had the rebels reached the city and the federals resisted, it is believed a fight in the city would have resulted in great loss of life and property.
 Conditions in the city were said tO be such that life there was no longer endurable. The Spanish via duet which furnished water was re- ported to have been destroyed and the food supply exhausted.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
SUFFRAGE FOR THE
 NATION THE AIM
Lead by Noted American Women. 300 Delegates Gather for 18th Annual Convention in
 Washington.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Leaders in the fight to enfranchise women from practically every state in the Union gathered here today to attend the forty-hfth annual convention of the National Woman Suffrage Associa- ton. Fully 50O delegates are ex- pected in Washington by late this afternoon.
 The opening session today was devoted to inspection of credentials and to an all-day board meeting Tonight the executive committee will hold an important session at the Bellevue hotel, and tomorrow the delegates will attend a suffrage mass meeting at which Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the or ganization, Miss Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago. and State Senator Helen Ring Robinson of Colorado, will speak. Sunday night there will be a reunion.
 Sutfragists today declared their belief that the present convention is likely to be one of the last before universal suffrage is adopted. They felt that the earnestness of women s demands for freedom in this coun- try will be impressed upon senators and representatives by this gather ing.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Arms Going Over Border.

Washington. Dec. 2.-HOW the American border patrol has found it well nigh impossible to enforce the embargo against the shipment or arms and ammunition into Mexico was described in report from Brig Gen. Bliss, commanding the forces on the border, made public today at the War Department. Practical ly the entire population along the international line. the report said, is in sympathy with the Mexican rebels. and as the result large quantities of war munitions have been smuggled across in spite Of the vigilance of the troops.
 General Bliss complained Of the vagueness of the law. declaring that the instructions to the army are so general that too much of task was imposed upon the troopers and ju- nior officers. He recommended that two of the best equipped officers of the governments legal force be sent down to travel along the line and de- eide questions of doubtful rights and powers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
REPAIRS STOOLDCAP|TOL
Secretary of State Hodges Reports Work Done and Balance Left
 in Appropriation.

Little Rock. Nov. B. Speciau :. The last legislature appropriated Si,OO0 for the purpose of making some necessary repairs ou the old state house under the direction of Secretary of State Hodges. Mr.
 Hodges reports that he has spent $500 of the sum and has repaired the roof and walls, painted the front
 repapered many of the rooms, and put the building into a good condi- ton generally. Pace X Halls, Little Rock painters, are just finishing a contract. The medical school. which
 is using several apartments Tn the east wing. has done a great deal of
 the interior repairing in that DOT
 ton of the building. The school has possession of the old hall Ot repre-
 sentatives, which has been cut up by partitions into a large number of rooms. The law school occupies the Senate chamber, and the Humane Society, the Railroad Commission and Special Master J. c. Wallace, iE charge of the railroad rebates, also have quarters there, as well as the | U. s. Department of Agriculture.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
TEXAS TOWN FLOODED
Suddenly-TelephOne Girls Save Many.

Temple. Tex, Dec. 2.-Heavy loss of life and enormous property dam age in Bell county was this morn ing reported as result of an un- precedented rise of Nolan creek. Salado river and other streams.
 In Belton, the Nolan creek swept through the town, drowning eleven persons, according to reports re- ceived here just before noon today. In the heart of that city. Mrs. w. c. Polk and her four children were caught by the flood and drowned. Five other fatalities are reported in a family of unknown campers. An unidentified man went down with a bridge across the creek.
 Reports from Nolenville, Killeen, Holland and other places indicate loss of life, but communication has almost been destroyed and the ex- act total of the number drowned or otherwise killed cannot be ascer- tained at this time.
 It is reported that scores are ma rooned in the tree tops near those places, to which elevated places they took refuge from the raging torrents.
 It is stated many were warned of the approaching flood by telephone operators and were saved in this manner, as they had time to reach point of safety before the waters rushed upon them.
 Many houses have been washed away in the affected districts, and the town of Salado is reported to have been wrecked.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
BANKING ACT EFFECTIVE JAN 1
After That Date No Bank 10 Be
 Chartered With Less Than SlO

Little Rock, Dec. 2-ISpecial1 State Bank Commissioner Davis Monday issued statement to the effect that after January f. 1914 when the banking act becomes ef- fective, no bank shall be permitted to reduce its capital to less than SlO,OO0; but in the event it's capital invested IS less than $lO,OOO, it will not be required to increase its capi- tai and will only be required to have Its capital actually paid in repre- sented by fully paid certificates. After that date no bank will be chartered with less than SfO.OOO capital paid up, nor shall any bank be permitted to advertise any great CT amount of capital than it actually has.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
GOVERNOR GRANTS
 THREE PARDONS
One Convicted of Manslaughter, An- other of Second Degree Murder and the Third of Grand Lar
 ceny-UnuSual Conditions.

Little Rock, Dec. 2.-(Special.) Governor Hays granted three par dons Monday afternoon in cases that were somewhat out of the or dinary.
 Columbus Carleton, convicted in Newton county in July, 1913, of manslaughter, and sentenced to two years Imprisonment, was granted his liberty. This was done at the request of the trial judge, C.. w. Reed, and several hundred pe- titioners. Carleton was constable of Low Gap township, school director and superintendent of Sunday school, and is the first Carleton from large family in the country that has ever been in trouble.
 In December, 1912, he shot and killed a drunken man named Barr, who was raising a disturbance at a box supper at a school house, held to raise money for Christmas pres ents for the children. It was shown that he had drawn a pistol to pro- tect himself and preserve the peace, and it was accidentally discharged, killing Barr. The petition says fur ther:
 He is a man who never touched liquor, and upon the occasion of the shooting he was in possession of the first pistol that he had ever carried in his life, and he had it at that time in the discharge of his official duty
 Phil Banks, a negro convicted in Crittenden county of murder in the second degree for killing a rowdy negro, in the fall of 1911, and sen fenced to fifteen years imprison- ment, was pardoned upon the rec ommendation of all county officers, many citizens and Associate Justice Frank Smith, who sentenced him while circuit judge. There was no evidence to convict him, and he pleaded guilty when it appeared that the officials would be unbale to discover the identity of the man who did the killing.
 The wife of Aaron Foster of Hartford delivered to her husband the pardon issued by Governor Hays. Foster was convicted at Greenwood last July of grand lar ceny, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. A store had been broken open and some of the stolen goods were found in his house. all though another man was convicted of the theft. The pardon was rec commended by Prosecuting Attorney Little and several hundred petition CTS.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
PLAN ID ELIMINATE
 EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Federation of Labor Officials Say IL Acts to Destroy Referendum Vote Petitions tO Be Cir
 culated

Little Rock, Dec. "A proposed constitutional amendment to de- stroy the emergency clause as it is provided for in the present tenth amendment to the constitution. was discussed for the first time yester- day by members of the Legislative Committee of the State Federation of Labor, which met at the labor headquarters in the DOnaghey building.
 No definite plans for drafting the amendment were made, but it was the sense of the meeting that the matter be followed up with a view to securing the repeal of the emer- gency clause.
 The proposed action is the direct result of the recent decision of the Arkansas Supreme court which, in upholding the validity of the Going anti-liquor act, held that the legls- lature is the sole judge as to when an emergency exists. Officials of the Arkansas Federation of Labor have declared that this decision practically nullifles the referendum clause of the amendment.
 A representative of the Arkansas Fderation of German Societies met with the committee and pledged the co-operation of that organization in the campaign for an amendment.
 The reports from the various branches of the State Federation of Labor on the progress of the peti- tions being circulated to initiate the bank guaranty and the child labor laws at the next session of the Gen eral Assembly were read. Letters to be sent to all organizations afflli- ated with the state body were draft ed asking their more urgent assist ance in circulating the petitions.
 The members of the committee who attended the meeting were Pe- ter Stewart of Hartford, H. l.. Scott of Huntington, p. R. Stewart of It. Smith, c. F. Mikel, president of Jenny Lind and M. J. McMahon Of Argenta.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
AWARDS TO YOUNG
 COTTON GROWERS
Hoyt Jones of Acorn Leads With 2,2l4 Pounds Seed COttOn-MiSs FIossie Mays Gets the
 Girls Prize.

A. k. Wear, who has had charge of the Polk county farm demonstra- ton work, ana as such agents head of the Boys Corn and Cotton Club, reports the winners in the cotton contest for 1913 as follows:
 Hoyt Jones. Acorn, 2,2i4 pounds seed cotton, first. $25 cash, Farm CTS X Merchants Bank, S5 mer- chandise, Lochridge Dry Goods Co.
 Victor Wear, Board Camp, 2,00l pounds, second. Sl5 from club premium fund.
 Terrell Brumbelow, Nunley, 1882 pounds, third. Duroc Jersey pig, given by l.. c. Wilson of Wickes.
 Newman Farley, Board Camp, 1889 pounds, fourth. Safety razor, Nel- son Hardware Co.
 Flossie Mays, Opal, t,742 pounds, girls prize trio White Leghorns from o. Nj. Elrod.
 Other contestants were:
 Ruth Kennett, Board Camp, 1881 pounds seed cotton.
 Hubert Mays, Opal, 1882 pounds.
 Willard Bales, Mena, i,600 pounds.
 Earl Peters, Board Camp, i,540 pounds.
 Joe McTeague, Board Camp, i,470 pounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Lumber Case to Supreme Court.

Judge Wright Prickett was in Lit tie Rock Monday and argued the case of Harris vs. Stephenson in- volving the settlement of the re- ceivership of the Eagleton Lumber Company, before the Supreme court. This case was first tried be- fore Chancellor Shaver last sum- mer, when Stephenson received a decree for about S6,000. Harris contended that Stephenson was not entitled to anything and appealed from the decision, and Stephenson afterwards took a cross appeal, asking for si3,0O0. The decision probably will be rendered next Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Necessary Get the
5 uet the Roads and You Cant Keep Away the Schools.
A SPECIAL MEETING.

Every member of the Polk County Live Stock Association is requested to meet on Saturday. December l3. at o'clock D. m. al W. C. B. Aliens office to assist in working out some plan of action. Everybody inter ested in this line of work is also cor dially invited. The last two meet ings have been small, and a full at tendance is desired because we want to know WHY you joined this as sociation. Come in and bring your neighbor and friends.
 J. Hollister Full. Sec
 Approved: A. E. Wear, Pres.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
INJURIES PROVED FATAL.
C. F.. Snyder of Heavener Victim Of
 Fatal Accident

C. E. Snyder, round house fore man at Heaven, died Thursday evening as a result of injuries re- ceived Wednesday morning.
 On that day, as the Traveller stop ped at the coal chute in Heavener, Mir. Snyder stood on the tender in order to release the coal that had clogged in the spout. The coal started to slide without warning, and an iron bar he was using struck him with such force that he was knocked from the tender, his head and shoulders striking the ground,
 In addition to bruises about the head MT. Snyder sustained internal injuries which later resulted Tn ms death.