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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
COUNTY JUDGE REyIE,,Rpppn

f~auikton s. D.-County Judge
gorge j. Jarvis of Faulk county was
- years of age last week, and his
friends remembered the occasion by
presenting him with a French brjar
pipe. cut flowers and other tokens
OF their esteem. Judge Jarvis is one
OF the earliest Faulk county settlers,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
Question Whether
They Will Stand
Around Cairo.
PEOPLE WARNED
Secretary Garrison Leaves
Ohio Flood Scene, Hav-
ing Finished Work.

Cairo. ill.-Flood situation here is
ONO liver rose much more rapidly
than Yesterday and the demand for
more Workinsmcn became urgent.
The surface of the river stands one
foot higher than the highest street
level, which is the main thoroughfare
of the own and Immediately ON the
levcc. In the case of Il break the flood
waters would not rise to more than
one or two feet i'm the buildings ON
that street, but all the town back of
1t becomes gradually lower and most
OF the homes would be completely
submerged i'm case of IL break. Most
OF the houses and places of business
in the drainage district have been
abandoned II it is the prediction
that that section is doomed.
About half the population has left
the city already. The fugitivcs are
chiefly wslnen and children and il is
believed that should an avalanche of
water sweep over the city now il,
would result in little loss OF life, the
number OF river steamers being CON
sidcIcd sufficient.
Chicago, lll.-The main levees of
the Ohio river AT Cairo and Shawnee
town, Illinois, are holding today,
with the exception OF a few small
brakes. But with the water rising
higher, the situation appears serious.
AT CAIRO the river passed the 53-foot
mark and every inch of water adds a
heavy strain on the overburdened
levees which are liable to break at
any moment from additional pres
All persons are warned to leave
the lower land and there is little
probability OF loss of life should a
break occur, but the property dam
age would be heavy.
Hundreds of men worked all night
placing sacks of and ON top of the
levees to prevent the water from
washing over the top. Great confus-
prevails among the refugees but
the troops prevented disorder.
A break occurred in the levee last
night at Columbus, Ky, a town of
on the Mississippi, a few miles
below Cairo. The water is spreading
over the town to a depth of five feet.
number of persons are marooned
In upper stories of dwellings but most
fled to the high lands back of the
on the upper Ohio river. The
situation is expected to improve to-
day when the crest OF the flood pass
es.
At Louisville, the Ohio river show
a rise OF four-tenths of a foot and
at Memphis the Mississippi showed
a rise OF eight-tenths OF a foot in "a
hours.
Garrison Returns.
Cincinnati, Dissatisfied he has
accomplished all the good possible in
flood district Secretary of War
left here today for Washing-
Because of the high water he was
compelled to take a circuitors route
through Tennessee and Virginia.
The Ohio river here rose two.
lenths OF a foot during the night, the
this morning being over 90
feet. The river is expected by gov
eminent experts to rise another tenth
md then receed. Up-river points re-
port the river either stationary or
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
EMPTY TOMB At ST. HELENA
lonswood House, Where Napoleon
Died, Is in Ruins and French Ask
That It BE Preserved.

Complaint is made in France that
the government of the republic is neg
lecting the house in which Napoleon
died and the tomb in which his body
was laid at ST. Helena before removal
to the Church Of st. Louis at the In
valides.
In 1858 the Longwood house, in
which the emperor lived during his
exile, and the plot in the Valley of
Geraniums, where his tomb was made
were given by Queen Victoria to Ma
poleon III. for the French government,
which desired to maintain them as
lasting memorials. But of late years
little has been done to preserve either
the home or the sepulcher. The build
ing is falling into ruins, the farmers
OF the neighborhood let their sheep
Craze in the valley. Visitors are few
1t is believed that ere long a storm
will wreck the decaying building, and
then In all probability the caretaker
will be withdrawn and the land aban-
doned to the farmer and the herds
man.
Sentiment will mourn over such sur
render of ground to utility, but it is in
evitable. In world where the palaces
of Alexander and Caesar have crum-
bled into nothingness, there can be no
perpetuity for the homes of Napoleon.
The Tuileries went to ashes long ago;
why save Longwood?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
LATE INDIAN AGENT
SENDS Open LETTER
TO SECRETARY Lane
Resents Critical Tone Shown By
That Official In Recent Press
Report.

Dallas, s. D.. June % I'm a letter for
wa.ded to the secretary of the interior.
and given out to the press. II. w.
Cation, late teacher IN charge of the
Ponca Indian district. calls upon Secre-
tary Lane to apologize for or repudiate
recent press quotation. in which the
head OF the interior department char
actefizes the Indian bureau as having
the reputation of being the very
flower OF fraud" MIR Cation counters
with a statement that the political
grandstanders" are the most colossal
frauds of the day. An extract from the
letter follows:
IN the press dispatches of June Is,
1919. l note what purports to be your
statement, wherein you are quoted as
sewing that the Indian bureau has the
reputation of being the Very flower of
fraud and that you have been told
that Indians who have been many
years in the happy hunting grounds are
stllt carried on the rolls
All who are posted know that the
personnel of the Indian bureau is large
~ made up of the very flower of our
citizenship. men and women engaged
in intelligent. earnest. disinterested
social service, laborng unremittingly
and nnselfishly. at great personal sacri-
flee. for the financial. social and moral
UNFIT of Il less favored race. Two
minutes investigation would satisfy
you or any other inquirer that the
census is as accurate us any father
could keep of his own family. The rolls
are corrected monthly by field officers.
The Indian gets nothing from the
public purse. The government simply
acts as guardian of his property No
one but the Individual Indian and his
lr,he mas any pecunary interest in
what he gets
The most colossal fraud the very
flower of assininity is the self-seek-
Ing. politician, the grandstander who
makes indefensble charges Of fraud for
the sake of noto:iety 1t goes without
saving that you could not be guilty of
such action. One in your high position
would investigate the bureaus under
him. ferret out fraud. and punish the
offenders instead of rushing into the
press with a demagogic cry
The author of the dispatch owes
YOU and the service an explanation and
vewn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
RlNGwoRM ON cHlLD's FACE

Stratford. Iowa.-"Three years ago
this winter my seven-year-o old son had
ringworm on the face. First 1t was in
small red spots which had rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about the size
OF birds egg. They had white
rough ring around them. and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs. The child suf.
fered terrible itching and burning, so
that he could not sleep nights. He
scratched them and they looked fear
full He was cross when he had them.
We used several bottles of liniment,
but nothing helped.
Il saw where child had a rash on
the face and was cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and decided to
use them. used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about one month, and they
cured my child completely" (Signed)
Mrs. Barbara Prim, jan 80. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
Mail Boxes on Street Cars.

Letter boxes on street cars may be
found in Des Moines and Burlington,
Ia, and Grand Rapids, Mich.
Passengers may post letters on the
cars or mail may be put in the box
while passengers are getting on and
eff the cars. The conductors are not
prohibited from taking mail from peo-
;,le While the cars are moving. as it is
easy to slip it into the box nearby at
the back of the car. If one signals
the car to stop for the purpose, one
gives the conductor the minimum car
fare, and he punches a ticket for it as
though for regular fare.
The people in the outlying districts
are greatly benefited, as they can send
letter to the central postofilce every
hour as easily as those living in the
center of the city
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
SUIT FOLLOWS FAILURE
OE ANIl-EAI TREATMENT

Sioux Falls. S. d.. June 25-Mrs.
Harry Clement. of Deel county, has
gone to Denver to act as a witness for
the government against firm at Den
Yer, Colo, which is the defendant in
an action instituted on the ground
that the firm used the mails to de-
fraud. Some months ago Mrs. Clement
CHANGED to road an advertisement of
the Denver firm stating that 1t handled
AN anti fat remedy which would re-
store persons to graceful proportions.
Mrs. Clement sent the firm check for
$40 and i'm reply received a letter from
the firm stating that If she would drink
lemon juice and take sevcr;. baths each
week the firm would guarantee to re-
duce her supertiuous flesh. The treat
ment proved a failure and Mrs. Clement
finally came to a realization OF the fact
that she had been dcfIauded out of the
$40. Complaint was made to the fed
eral authorities and the arrest of the
members of the firm followed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
'EsAU pETHRoNED BY
ORDINANCE PROMOTERS

Omaha. Neb June 25.-Dollar gas
and the gas franchise We're again up
for heated discussion before the muni-
cipal affairs committee of the Com
mercial club yesterday Representa-
tives OF the Economic league and the
Real Estate exchange. opponents of The
franchise. and representatives of the
city commission and the gas company
argued the question before the com
mittee for nearly three hours. No &C
ton was taken by the committee.
Byron Hastings president and w. g.
Graham. chairman of the public
utilities committee of the Real Estate
exchange; Harry Iimnan and II. w.
Morrow of the Economic league talked
against the ordinance. w. Fl. Herd
man. representing the gas company,
and w. c. Lambert, assistant city at
tosney, talked for it. The discussion
was waxing exciting by the middle of
the afternoon. both sides being loudly
emphatic in their points
IF this thing goes through" Nor
row told them, 'Esau will be de-
throned as that champion ass in bar
gain making. The company knows IT
has to give us dollar gas anyhow. 1t
knows that unless it gets this franchise
renewed it will give us gas for good
deal less than dollar, and that soon.
They have nerve. They know exactly
what they want and go after 1t. What
is the Commercial club going to do
about it,"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
CAPITOL EXTENSION
MAY Be SECURED FOR
sum OF 100000
Saving From Appropriation May
Be Used For Imposing State
Office Building.

Des Moines. la. June 25.-All of the
property for the state house extension
grounds will cost about Sl.o00.000,
which is considerably less than the
original estimate The state executive
council believes that enough Will be
saved in the purchase of real estate to
provide for the proposed S350.000 state
office building at the northeast corner
of East Ninth street and Grand avenue.
Those in charge OF the purchase of
the real estate for the ncw state house
grounds report that the total of pur-
cllascs now totals about 5000, 900. which
is about one-iifth of all the property
from tho standpoint of value. From
the standpoint Of area only about one
sixth of the properly has been ac-
quired That purchased. however. in
cludes valuable corners and generally
the more desirable properties to be
purchased The less valuable prop
critics are yet 10 be purchased
The estimated total cost of 100000
is based upon the purchases already
made Prices already paid will be used
as basis for prices TO be offered for
other properties. If such prices are
refused 10y the owners the state will
have a good case to present before a
condemnation board. This board. con-
sistng of three members. of which
each member shall be from a different
county. cannot be composed of three
Des aloinos men who might be inter
ested iii laying higher prices for the
ground. Thus the state executive
council feels certain that it will be
able to buy the rest of the land on the
same basis as that already purchased
and to lSc"f, the total cost down to the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
Will SON WILL CONFER
WITH BANKERS TODAY

Washington, June 25.-President Will
son todd inauirers today he would not
object to reinserting in the currency
bill the original provision to refund
SIP OOO 900 per cent bonds securing
natio,.al bank notes into 8 per cent
boslds without the circulation privilege.
The president said ii the currency COM
mittea thought it desirable he would
agree without hesitation.
A special committee of three from
the American Bankers association Will
confer late today with the president,
Secretary McAGoo and Chairman Owen
and CLASS of Senate and House our
pnev committees. The bankers are
particularly DESTROYS of abolishing the
bond securing currency. Tonight the
president is scheduled to confer at the
Matte House with the democratic men,
beys OF the Senate currency committee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
Ideas Are old.

Inl644 the possibilities of the sub
marine were first propounded, while
from the very earliest times men
have conceived the idea of flying with
wings like birds. There is no reason
whatever to doubt the fact that
Archytas of Tartentum, about 1874
years before the Christian era, con-
structed an automaton pigeon that
would fly. Turning to other latter day
inventions, as they are generally re-
garded. it might be mentioned that
switchback railways were constructed
more than a hundred years ago, and
looping the loop was sensation in
Paris in 1888, while roller skating,
which came UP as a new invention
about forty years ago, was being in
dulged in b. our forefathers as far
back as 1929.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
EARLY GREECE HAD RECALL
When Man Rose to High Power He
Was Considered a Menace to
State and Was Exiied.


In the palmy days of the Greek re
publics, many centuries ago, as his
torians tell US, when a man rose to
such a height of power or affluence
that he became possible menace to
the state, the citizens took vote on
his case as undesirable" says the
Christian Herald. This was sent to
the senate and, if the vote was suf1i-
GENTLY large and representative, that
body passed a resolution in which the
too distinguished citizen was invited,
in polite diplomatic terms, to take a
few years of retirement abroad-in
other words, he was officially exiled
for the good of the state. This was,
''ostracism,' SO called from the fact, it
is explained, that the voting citizens
wrote their names on oyster shells.
and it was instituted as measure of
security to the commonwealth Any
citizen of great wealth or influence,
or who had large personal following
which might, in an emergency, be used
to the detriment of the state, was liza
BILE to receive this distinguished mark
of public consideration 1t was kind
of primitive recall" which had the
advantage of being equally applicable
to "ins" and outs" Those early
Greeks were wonderful fellows, and
knew how to deal with the knotty
problems of their day, which doubt
less included grating and other hui
man peculiarities not unknown in our
time. If an election did not suit them,
or if any man swelled too far above
his fellows, there was always the level
ing oyster as wholesome corrective:
in reserve.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
SUPREME COURT ASKED
TO give new HEARING
TO WIN. FLEECE ISSUES
Assistant Attorney General In
Application Points Out Al
legged Errors.

Lincoln. Neb.. June 25.-The supreme
court is asked by Deputy Attorney
General Edgerton TO permit rehear-
! ing of the William Flege case. Flege
Is the Dixon county farmer who has
twice been convicted Of numbering his
sister. and who has twice been awarded
new trial by the supreme court The
flrSt time Flege got a life sentence ana
the. last time an indeterminate sem
tence- not exceeding 10 years for man
slaughter.
Mr. Edgerton bases his motion for
rehearing on four grounds: That the
court mtsread the record and Is ms.
Informed as to the facts about Davis
i, employment: that it erred in holdlhs
that because juror read newspaper
reports of the previous trial he was
incompetent to sit in the second trial;
that 1t erred in holding that the woin-
ans garments were inadmissable as
evidence and that it erred In its hold
ing with reference to expert testimony.
1t Is urged that If the court is to
disqualify a juror for reading news
paper reports of the trial, it will dls-
qualify SIS per cent of the jurors in
that judicial district. He says the
court should take judicial notice OF
the fact that newspaper reports OF
such trial necessarily contain eS
eerpts. conclusions and analysis OF tlle
testimony Of witnesses, based on the
porters, and that this Is not what Is
meant by the law.
The state insists that the garments
of Louise Flege were not shown for
the purpose of influencing the jury, but
to show from their condition and the
presence of bullet holes in them that
Eighteneamp told the truth when n. ne
described how the murderer stood. with
the muz1le of the pistol almost against
her head.
The state also quar-els with the die
tum OF the court that expert evidence
must be accepted by the fury. The
deputy attorney general says 1t is cast
ing too much sanctity over the testi-
mony of an expert even on so difficult
a question as post morten digestion.
as to say that the jury would have no
right to disbelieve it. The contents OF
the girls stomach We're sent to Chicago
experts by DIR. Meis of Sioux City who
removed it six months after burial.
Meis had testified that he found the
stomach in normal position, while the
state brought witnesses to show that
the stomach had been removed on the
day of her death and large share OF
q contents ornptied
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
GoId-Tjn Cans.

The corrosion of tin cans used as
food containers is sufficient to induce
investigation. AS a result OF such
study Gudeman has made substitute
for timed iron that is nothing less
than gold-tin. Tin or iron does not
quite fill the pores, but gold alleged
with iron does this perfectly, and
makes an ideal food container-except
for the cost, which is Is times that OF
ordinary tin plate. GuGeman applied
liquid amalgam OF gold and mercury
to the iron plate, and then distilled off
the mercury. The resulting plate looks
like gold, resists acids like gold, and
is absolutely uniform and continuous
in surface. 1t was also found that the
pores of iron could be filled with en-
amel or even with glass if pressure
of $4,000 pounds to the square inch
were applied, and the resulting prod
uct was just as resistant as enamel or
a6s.--Scientitic American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
Rismarck's "Mot.r

AS might be expected of man Of
iron, Bismarck's wit was of the sledge-
hammer sort. In 1862. according to
Intimate Memoirs of Napoleon I'LL"
by Baron d 'Ambes, he went to Paris
as Prussian ambassador.
Il have never heard German speak
French as you do" complimented the
emperor on the occasion Of their arst
meeting.
Thanks, sire" returned Bismarck.
II have never heard a Frenchman
speak French as you do"
The emperor spoke with per-
ceptible German accent.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
MORE RAIN FALLS IN
NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA

Ateraeen S. D., June 25.-From a
quartz, of AN inch to one and one.half
inches of rain fell over the northern
half OF south Dakota last night. Aber-
deem. C;lentam and Frederick received
the heaviest showers. Considerable
wind accompanied the storm and
caused trouble with telephone and tele-
graph wires Rains are reported east
oI here to Grotnn ard as far west as
Nd ol9Il1;e. Light showers fell as far
south ass Nitchell. The small grain
revived 10 some extent in localities
fayored with the heavier showers of
la ST niyht
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
CHANCE TO RECOVER ON
EXCESS FARE PAYMENTS

passed by the last legislature, and
which will go into effect July L. the
railroads can be compelled to issue
receipts to all who pay transportation
at the rate of cents mile for the
reason that a court action is pend
ing for Il lower passenger fare. BY
the terms of the law the excess pay
ments must be refunded if the court
eventually holds that the rate estab-
lis;hed by the legislature and contest
ed by the companies, is equitable. This
receipt regulation applies to all public
service propositions in which rates
established by the state are contested
in the courts,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
WEBSTER CITY BARBER
CLAIMS LARGE ESTATE

Webster City la. June 25.-George
Friday. a young barber who has been
working in this city. leaves in Il few
DAYS fo., his home in Kansas City
where hc will defend his right TO u
$1,000 legacy left him by an uncle,
but which is being contested by other
heirs.
The news OF his windfall reached
Friday as IA complete surprise The
Uncle formerly lived in kansas City,
bat left that place years ago for north
ern Missouri The nephew had heard
nothing fro.n him for wears until he
got notice Of his; death and the bequesf
of 100000 TIE contest over the viii
viii ONE in the courts in Kansas City
within a week on 50,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
CUTS SOCIAL DASH FROM
CASTING FORGED CHECKS

Mason City la. June ". Posing as
a capitalist from the proceeds of some
frged che.iss, Fred Stuve of Logan,
LII, married one of the excellent Young
women OF this city and maintained a
flatte1ing social standing fW Il few
days Now he has come TO grief and
is languishing in jail, where it is prob
able that he will remain until the Sep
TENDER term OF court.
Forged notes have appeared against
him in the sum of sll3.5D. with one SO
check that has NOT us vet been cashed
How much more forged paper is out
the Officers do NOS know He put UP at
one of the best hotels and has been
leading the life of Il millionaire.
He stated to the officers when first
arrested that he expected sl.50O from
his father that day and all accounts
would be settled. Under this promise
his fathcriniaw went his bail. but adj
iitional forged instruments appeared
and he surrendered him to the officers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
AUTO lenlrEs STRAW
AND MACHINE BURNS

Atkinson. Neb., June a5.-W. II. Clay
tom a ranchman living 10 miles north
east of Atkinson. lost his automobile
by fire in peculiar manner about
four miles east of town. Straw which
had been piled in the road dragged
under the car and caught fire from the
exhaust pipe. The car was in flames
before the straw colh be removed.
MIR. Clayton he'd his family with him,
all of whom escaped without injury.
though he lost about $40 worth of
merchandise that was in the car.