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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
KAISER MAY GO UNDER KNIFE
German Emperor to Undergo Opera
ton of the Throat, Says Ber-
lin Dispatch.

Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 10
Emperor William has made so much
progress toward recovering his health,
kilograms received here from Berlin
state that he will be able to leave the
capital this week for the battle front.
Geneva, Switzerland. Dec. ia re-
port reached Basel from Berlin that
Emperor William will be obliged to
undergo an operation of the throat
when he has sufficiently recovered
from his present illness, which is not
considered serious.
The doctors, however, consider it
inadvisable fer him to return to the
front for several weeks and he prob
ably will spend Christmas at home
Crown Prince Frederick William,
the report from the capital says, has
arrived in Berlin.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
SWORD WIDOW IS SENTENCED
TO BE CONFINED AT HARD LABOR
FOR REST OF LIFE.
Composure Is Unshaken as She Asserts
She Is Innocent of Husbands
Murder.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14--Mrs. Sharp
less was called to face COurt-prObably
for the last time. And in no particular
did the Woman's demeanor differ from
that which has marked her trial and
her reception of the jury's verdict that
she was guilty of murder in the first
degree in having killed her husband.
Leaning Sharpless, the night of Nov
II.
Only the wife Of a deputy sheriff
preparing 10 take her to Saltwater and
Mrs Nels Clausen, County Jail Matron
sat beside Mrs. Sharpless when Judge
Leary pronounced sentence, that con.
demned the woman to spend the rest
of her life in the pententiary.
With composure still mistaken, Mrs.
Sharpless was called to the bar and
answered the questions that the law
provides the Court must ask before
passing sentence. If the 200 men and
women who had gathered expected
Mrs. Sharpless to falter during this
last ordeal they were disappointed.
MY name is Charlotte Sharpless,
she said answering Judge Leary S ques-
tions. For the last four years | have
lived at 329 Yale Place. was born
in Minneapolis Jan. 26, 1880. My par
ents died when | was very young.
have no relatives living. The only
friends, whose names | care to give to
the Court are Mr.. and Mrs Eugene
Hicock. Mankato and Mrs. Bertha
Luhman. Pennington. MINI. | belong
to no society or social organization.
Have you anything to say, Mrs.
Sharpless, why sentence should not be
passed upon you?" asked Judge Ieary.
Nothing except that am innocent
"WelI. the court has no option in
this matter" said the Judge. and he
sentenced the woman to be confined at
hard labor in the State Penitentiary at
Saltwater for the remainder OF her
natural life
Mrs. Sharpless did not even bow her
head She turned slowly, stepped down
from the stand and resumed her place
beside Mrs Clausen. A lOng-draWn
sigh swept through the courtroom.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
RECOMMENDS CHANGE IN
METHODS OF ADMINS
TERlNG FORESTS.
DAIRYING HAS BECOME
AN IMPORTANT BRANCH
Progress of Agriculture Reveals Itself
More Particularly in Diversified
ton, in the Rise of Minor
Crops, Than in Increased
Production of Staples.

Washington, Dec. II. David f..
Houston, secretary OF agriculture, III
his report for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1914, recommends a change
in the methods Of administering the
national forests in undevelOped sec
tions, SO that they will yield at once
revenue that can be applied to To-
cal development which will further
assist communities and aid III the set
tlement of the territory. Under this
plan the department instead OF wait
ing until timber is actually sold before
the unsettled counties gain any rev
enue from this form of public domain,
will, if congress grants the necessary
authority, underWrite its proportion
Of expenditure for local improvement,
especially for road construction, and
charge this against the counties
shares Of timber sales when the tim
Der is opened for commercial cutting.
The theory underlying the depart
ments proposal in this matter is that
the forests in these sections consti-
tute a large part Of the lands and
prospective public income OF the ter
ritory, and that the forests. therefore,
should bear their share Of the pioneer
ing expense.
In the present report the secretary
of agriculture has confined his discus
sion almost exclusively to the press.
ing problems of increasing the food
supply of the nation and Of bettcring
rural life.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
AFTER FIERCE FIGHTING LITTLE
SLAV ARMY REOCCUPIES
CAPITAL CITY, SAYS
klSH DISPATCH.
DUAL MONARCHY TROOPS
DRIVEN ACROSS DRINA
Extended Retirement and Heavy Losses
Are Announced in Official Statement
by Austrian War Office-Ger-
mans Say Hungary Unable
to Repulse Russians.

London, Dec. 1.-THE Seryians aft
er a fierce battle have re-occupied
Belgrade, according to a Nish dispatch
to the Reuter- Telegram company
The Austrians occupied Belgrade De-
cember 2, having besieged it since
July 20, bombarding from batteries
near Iemlin and from monitors on the
Danube. 4 large portion of the city
was said TO have been destroyed by
the fire Of the Austrians.
London, Dec. 1.-THE most striking
feature Of the official news is the ad-
mission by the Austrian government
Of the defeat of the Austrian army in
Servia and apparently of the abandon
ment Of its third attempt TO invade the
territory of it's small Slav neighbor
While attributng the failure to the
enemy's superior force, as all govern
ment bulletins explain failures, the
Austrian war office announces plainly
an extended retirement and heavy
losses
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Order Body Delivered Across Border

Washington, Dec. 15.-General Hill
of the Carranza forces has issued or
ders to his commanding officers at
Nogales, Nacozarco and Aqua Prieta
to deliver at Douglas. Ariz. the re-
mains of Charles II. Jones, formerly of
Minneapolis, who died across the Mex
lean border some time ago This infor.
nation was given at the State Depart.
ment where the authorities have been
.epdeavcs:sH.gg. 10 maakvae. srSh ..agran ge.
ments for the past three or four days.
General Villa made similar orders
about a week ago.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
AViators Bombard German Town.

Berlin, Dec. 15.-The Zeitung AMI
Mittag publish dispatch saying that
hostile aviators flew over the city Cj
Freiburg, ip fhe Grand Duchy of Ba.
den, throwing bombs from their ma.
chimes. One bomb hit house and did
considerable damage. The others fell
in Columbia park among a crowd of
prom enaders and two girls were in.
jured Freiburg. in Baden. just east
OF the rhine and few miles .G05fyfi
Of the Swiss frontier, has been visited
before by hostile airmen.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS

Belgrade, former capital Of SerVia,
which city was occupied by the Aus
trians early this month, has been re-
captured by the Serbs. The Austrians
officially admit defeat at the hands of
the little Slay nation with heavy
losses
Berlin says the Austrians have thus
far been unable to clear Hungary of
the Russian forces, also that the Aus
tro-German forces in the east are
meeting With stubborn resistance.
In the western theater of war the
French claim to have gained some
ground, especially around St Nh'rl
and TO have had the best of several
artillery duels.
The rulers of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark are to meet this week at
Malmo when, il is thought, relations
OF Che scandinavian countries Will be
discussed as well as the question OF
neutrality.
The Dutch have detained sixteen
German ships loaded with grain from
Antwerp at the mouth of the Schedt
river
+
Two British warships have entered
the Straits OF Magellan in pursuit of
the German cruiser Dresden. A San
tiago report further declares the Dres-
den is now at Punta Orenas being re
paired and will be forced to sail i'm.
mediately afterwards or be interned.
The German armed merchant Man
ford has been captured by British in
the Indian Ocean, while the German
converted cruiser Cormorant has en-
tered the harbor of Guam in the La
drone archipelago.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Declare scandinavian Ships Prizes.

London, Dec. IA German prize
court at Swinemunde has declared as
prizes two Danish ard "a Norwegian
steamers. The newspapers throughout
Denmark, Norway and Sweden express
the greatest Indignation at these seiz
ares. the correspondent adds. The Ma
tional Committee of Norwegian Shir
Owners met at Bergen end passed a
resolution urging the foreign office tC
act promptly to obtain a change in the
sentence of the prize court.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Encourage "Dixie Highway"

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec 14.-Gover.
nor Samuel M. Ralston has issued an
official call to the Governors of Hi
nois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia
and Florida to meet in Chattanooga,
Tenn, Monday, Jan. 15 1915, to consid-
er the forming of North and South
Highway Association. The purpose of
the organization will be to encourage
The Dixie Highway" proposed to ,.aa5.
from Chicago through Indianapolis.
Louisville. Nashville, Chattanooga, AT.
lanta. Macon. Ca, to Jacksonville, Fla.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Cardner's Demand Voted Down..

Washington, Dec. 14.-Representa-
tive Gardner's demand for hearing on
his resolution for an investigation into
the military preparedness of the coun-
try was voted down by the House
Rules Committee by straight party
vote of five to three. All the Demo.
Gratis voted against it,
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 15.-A
dispatch to the Handelblad from Ant
werp says reports are current in Ant
werp of mutiny on the part of the
Bavarian troops garrisoning thee ity
While the story is not confirmed it is
fact that the Bavarian barracks have
been closed to outsiders.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A Chicago doctor says it is possible
to know when person is telling lie
by feeling the speakers pulse. Cen
sors, press agents, fishermen and some
others should take to wearing wrist
lets.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
German ChanceIlor's Son Taken.

Paris, Dec. 15.-Reports reaching
here from Berne state that son of
the German Chancellor, Doctor Won
Bethmann-Hollweg. has been injured
seriously at Piotrkow, Russian Poland,
and that he had been captured by the
Russians.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Capture German Merchantmen.

Toxic, Dec. l5.-It is reported here
that the German armed merchant Man
ford has been captured by the British
in the Indian ocean and that the Ger
man converted cruiser Cormorant has
entered the harbor of Guam in the La.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
British Advance in France.

London, Dec. 12.-Reuter's Boulogne
correspondent, who has just returned
to Boulogne from Armenteres, says
that Tuesday the Germans were driven
out of Armentieres by the British and
hurled back beyond artillery range.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

An Alabama editor says that when
he takes of his hat to woman on the
street he'd like to see her bat her eye.
at any rate. Maybe she doesn't know
the editor.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Man in New Orleans says It's good
for your brain to go bareheaded. Any
body who goes bareheaded needs his
brain developed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Doctors announce that they have iso
lated the gangrene germ. They have
our permission to hit him stunning
blow back Of the left ear and then
bury him.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A Cleveland man says New York is
not half so wicked as it is thought to
be by the uninitiated. Neither is
Paris, for that matter
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Since aeroplanes and submarines
now supplement the surface fighting,
this may properly be called the first
three-level war.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

The nation that disarms while 9TH
ers arm Is no wiser than the small
boy who goes In swimming leaving
his clothes on the bank in the midst
pf his enemies
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Teaching the boy to say mo" has
its drawbacks. There is always dan
ger that he will say it at the wrong
time.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A Chicago physician says that high
car steps cause lumbago and sciatica.
Perhaps that may be also charged up
TO the lost art of walking.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

The cost of the war In Europe has
run up so high that 1t Is no longer
interesting. The average mind gets
lost when II tries to think In billions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

The old-fashioned telegraph Office is
easy enough to locate, but a secret
wireless station is quite another mat
ter
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

When the years multiply. and trou.
bles, too, we should not be censured
for wishing ourselves back to child.
hood.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

No sooner does man acquire a
melodious bass voice than he has to
go and put something on his chest to
cure bronchitis.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

What has become OF the old-fash-
Toned boy who went to church on Sun
day and remembered the preachers
text until he got home?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Every day people are walking up to
the marriage license clerks desk and
settling the home rule question.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Dlames Germany and Austria.

Amsterdam via London, Dec. 12.-
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist
member of the Reichstag, who was
the only one to vote against the war
credit at the recent session of the
Reichstag. explains his action in an
article just published in Berlin. He
says: This war was not desired by
any of the peoples affected, nor was it
kindled to promote the welfare Of the
Germans or any other people. 1t was
created by the common action of the
German and Austrian war parties"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A New Yorker is seriously advocat-
ing that drunkards be chloroformed
What's the matter with picking?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

What the times demand Is synthetic
beefsteak
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Although purple cabbage has ap-
peared on the market, it vehemently
denies any royal connections.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

threatened and the slit ones just gone,
modesty favors the shorts.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A California cat has received "a be-
quest Of $1,000 and will never be com
PEELED to catch another mouse.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

bring up child in the way the neigh
bors think it ought to go.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

One kind OF a man is the hero who
tells his wife the truth. first, last and
always.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

subject when the hot prediction is fo''
lowed by the cold fact
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

There is doubt "a to whether
SyncowuckowysZl is now In the hands
Of the Russians or Austrians.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

A man who talks in his sleep must
be more entertaining to his wife than
one who snores
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Opportunity rarely knocks at the
door when there's gloomy face at the
window.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

IHc retention by edCH Dl lHelf TGSpGc-
tive fortified positions.
Germans Are RepuIsed.
Several attacks have been directed
by Geri ans against the post of La
Mere Henri, northwest of Senones,
which the kaiser's troops particular
ly covet because of it's excellent COM
mand Of the French supporting posi-
tions, but each time the venture has
been made the Germans have been
driven back. In the latest attacks it
appeared that their energy had been
| greatly spent.
With the return to Paris of Presi-
dent Poincare and the greater number
of the government officials, and with
the revival of commerce, which is
gaining momentum daily, the capital
is rapidly resuming its normal aspect.
Except for the arrival of wounded SOL
diers from the fighting front and the
aeroplane patrols in the skies above
the city, there are no outward signs
in Paris that the nation is engaged in
| great struggle for it's existence
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

When a man begins to abuse his
own town it is time for him to hike.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Another horror OF war-the Russian
bear with mouthful Of turkey feath-
ers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

We trust that the Nobel prize is
properly ashamed of Itself
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

The Industrious man out OF job
doesn't look upon labor as slavery.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

The father of eight or ten children
should let mother do the bcastng.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
SOUTH DAKOTA

Up-to-date hens lay ungermed eggs
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

It is impossible to do much talking
without neglecting a lot of doing.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Conductor shoots cook in fight over
dining car steak Pretty tough.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Crop Production.

Dealing with the general crop pro
duction of the country the report
finds:
The progress Of agriculture re
veals itself more particularly in its
diyersiiication. in the rise OF minor
crops 20 large proportions, than in
the increased production of stable
products. For example, dairying in
the last generation has become an
exceptionally important branch Of the
agricultural economy, the annual pro-
ductiOn including more than one and
a half billion pounds of butter. a half
billion pounds of condensed milk. and
a billion pounds OF cheese. having a
value of approximately 5000, 0,000,00O.
The production Of orchard fruits eX.
ceeds 2i6,000000 bushels a year, with
a value OF more than $40, ,000,0 600. The
value of the annual production of veg
etabes is in excess of 100000, 900.
The production OF hay and forage ap-
proximates l00,O00.000 tons, with a
value in excess Of 100000, 600; the
poultry products of the nation have
reached point where their annual
value is about one-half that of the
cotton crop at normal valuations, and
marked increases are noted in the
quantity and value Of the cereals"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18

Cholera and other epidemics seem
helpless against blind pigs.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Products Show Marked Increase.

The secretarys report includes a
table giving the census figures for
1899 and 1909, showing that in all
products except corn and meat ami
mails there has been a marked in
crease in production during the ten
year period. Continuing, the report
says:
I'VE know that the wheat crop of
1914 of approximately S92,000,00O
bushels is the greatest ever produced
in our history, and that the crops of
oats, barley, rye, potatoes, tobacco,
and hay are unusually large. The cot.
ton crop, forecast in October at 15..
$40, 900 bales, is the second largest.
The apple crop, estimated at 259,0O0,-
900 bushels, is the greatest ever har.
vested. The total production of six
leading cereals is estimated to have
been nearly 100000 bushels, or
about 42S,000,000 bushels in excess of
the crop of 1913. For the country as a
whole the crop yield per acre was 2.3
per cent better than the average for
the last ten years. The average yield
per acre of all staple crops was 9.4
per cent greater than 1913, and except
for corn, oats, and flaxseed, greater
than the ten-year average"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
French Are Successful.

Reports received from the front and
made public in the official statements
issued from the war office during the
day, told of a notable success Of the
French arms over the kaiser's forces
in the forest of LaPretre. The battle
has been raging in that section OF
eastern France for several days, with
the French steadily advancing in spite
of the determined resistance of the
Germans.
The French threw the full force OF
their columns against the Germans
driving them to the north, and com
pelling them to evacuate positions OF
great strategical values.
The aggressive campaign of the
French on the forest of LaPretre
forms a vital portion Of the general
plan of two closely related purposes
one the isolation of the German army
corps at st. Mihiel and the other the
gain of vantage points for the con
tinuation of the march toward Metz,
The Vosges region, particularly in
the vicinity of Senones, where the
French have established themselves
in great force, was again the scene OF
attacks, first by one side, then the 9th
er. The sum of this fighting has beer
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
To Take New Measures.

New decisions and measures con
sequently will be taken to repel the
enemy, says the Austrian statement
Apparently that means the Austrian
army directed against Servia will as
sumo defensive line
Against its repulse. Austria balances
the occupation of Belgrade as an asset
to the good.
The Servians claim to be pressing
home their victory with more captures
Of prisoners and to have driven part
Of the invading army across the Drna
river. Moreover, they express con.
fidence that they are about to retake
the capital and eXpel the invaders
from Servian territory.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-18
Germans Are RepuIsed.

the retention by each of their respec.
tive fortified positions.
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Much Suffering in Poland.

Poland is fast becoming another Bel
gium in point Of suffering, while the
opposing armies drive each other back
and forth, occupy and reoccupy cities
and villages, and iuilict upon the in
habitants bombardments similar to
those suffered in Belgium and north
ern France.
More than 500 Polish towns have
been ruined. according to various ac-
counts from the correspondents. Each
army accuses the other of looting and
cruelty. The flight of the civilians
from LODI was one Of the most tragic
episodes of the war, while one CORE
spondent pictures the fate of Kalisz as
a repetition of Louvaine, with the
slaughter of 400 civilians and the sack
ing of the city.