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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
Democracy Has Trouble.

GAINESVILLE Argus: Speaker Clark
has thrown down the gauntlet and
will wage bitter war upon the occu-
pant Of the White House as result
Of the no tolls fight. It means big
politics with q split in the party the
dimensions of which will hardly be
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
Wants his Money Back.

The sheriff of this county received
the following telegram from Clinton,
ILL.,, ARREST Charles p. W..
has eloped with my wife. Owes me
$4,000. If he pays the debt, let him
90,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
STATE OF MINNESOTA.

Department of State
/ hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
office on the 18th day of March, A. D.,
1914. at o'clock A. NJ, and was duly
recorded in Book Y3 of Incorpora-
tions. on page 80:
Secretary of State.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
III IIIC pICSCIOO VI.
L. L. KELLS.
VIM. BRANT. Z
of MINNESOTA

County of Stearns -
on this 10th day of March A. D.. 1914,
before me a Notary Public in and for
said County, appeared M. w. Lee, L.
w. Gingery. Heinrich Otto. Cary Diehi
and Elmer E. Compton, to me person
ally known to. be the persons named in
and who executed the foregoing Arti-
cles of Incorporation and acknowledge
ed that they executed the same as their
free act and deed, and purposes therein
set forth.
(SeaD l.. =. kELLS,
Notary Public in and for
said County. My Commits
sion expires Oct. 2, 1919.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
,FF1cE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS,

OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS,
Stearns County, Mimi.
I hereby certify that the within IN
strument was filed in this Office for
D., 1914 at 8 o'clock A. NJ, and was
duly recorded in Book z of Misc. on
Page ITS. JOHN LANG, y
45-46 Register of Deeds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-16
LEGAL NOTICES
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Lee-Gingery
Company.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereby
associate ourselves for the purpose of
forming a corporation under and pur-
suant to the Laws of the State of Min
nesOta, in such case made and provided
and to that end do hereby subscribe and
adopt the following:
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

of the Germans in depending most on
the work Of their 1l-inCh field mortars
is made apparent. Howitzer fire de-
pends for its effectiveness on sending d
shell far into the air so that it will curve
over obstacles and, falling, explode he
hind fortifications or earthworks.
Straight field fire explodes generally in
front of intrenchments or ramparts. so
that most of its effect is wasted upon
the obstruction itself, rather than on the
men behind it.
Shrapnel is used almost exclusively for
shells. The old solid cannon BALI is
as obsolete as the muzzle-loading rifle
Shells now have two-fold mission OF
death: one to drive their way through
distractions, the other to explode and
scatter death among the men seeking
safety.
Shrapnel is used in the field where
the enemy Is protected only by barri-
cades of earth and temporary fortifica-
tions. Its effect in exploding in front OF
a field work is to strike anyone who is in
an exposed position. and to shatter tenn
porary and fiimsy barriCades. The SOL
dier with his head and shoulders above
the breastwork is exposed to shrapnel ex-
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

weight the japanese found it necessary
at Port Arthur to transport the NAM
moth pieces on especially constructed
railroad lines and to erect permanent
bases of concrete for the guns to operate
on.
The charge used in these great guns
is another mystery, but it is thought to
be melinite, one OF the deadliest Of the
diabolically created chemical inventions
for taking life and tearing up solid walls
of steel and concrete.
The 42-centimeter guns are equipped
with two barrels, one long for fiat range
work, and one short for high angle fire.
The shells weigh from 1900 to 1900
pounds, and have the enormous explo-
sive pressure of 1S9 tons to the square
inch. II these great pieces were used at
Antwerp, as has been repeatedly
claimed, II is little wonder the forts of
the second strongest fortress in Eu-
rope" succumbed so quickly.
Another type Of these guns also veiled
in considerable mystery is the 35-centi-
meter weapon Of the Austrians. They
would correspond in bore to the great
14-inch guns being placed in the newest
Of Uncle Sans battleships. These guns
we're used in Alsace and Lorraine dur
ing the first days of the war. when the
Austrian corps was rushed across Eu-
rope to aid the Germans in driving out
the French invaders. The same guns
were also brought up before Antwerp
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Woman First to Scale Mountain

snowfields and had been out ten hours
one day when an approaching snowstorm
drove them back to their base. Their
remaining food supply consisted Of q lit
tie flour, sugar and tea, several lemons
and slice of bacon apiece. They start
ed back to their base camp hurriedly
and were lucky enough to surprise a
flock Of grouse.
On their second attempt to scale the
mountain they had good weather auI
reached a point 5000 feet above sea
level. It was impossible to 90 farther,
but they estimated the height of the
mountain as being between 1000 and
$4,000 feet About ten miles to the
northwest they could see another huge
mountain unrecorded on the maps.
"The sight Of that mountain was one
Of the most interesting 1 have ever
seen," says Miss Jobe above us we
could see huge caverns in the ice and
in some of these could be seen great
icicles at least sixty feet long. At the
base, on the northern side, there was
large river at least 900 feet wide, which
may be a branch of the Big Salmon
River. Another river at the south side
drained three large glaciers, of which
there were i've on the mountain, about
$4,000 square miles Of Ice altogether"
On their way back to the base camp
they were again short Of food and one
night climbed 1000 feet In the dark.
They had one lemon and one bouillon
capsule left when they reached camp.
Throughout the trip the women. wore
heavy blouses and knickerbockers-
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

illustrates what they probably will be
fifty years hence. With the great advance
that has been made in invention the last
few years, it can be imagined how things
will be managed half a century in the fu-
ture. Instead of ships fighting yardarm
to yardarm, manned by thousands OF
sailors, future battles on the ocean will
be fought with ships equipped with a va
riety Of chemical potentialities. fleet
OF these boats will be attended by fleet
OF air or flying ships, which will aid in
the work of destruction by dropping all
manner of terrible torpedoes, etc. The
air probably will be navigated by flying
ships making the trip from Europe to
America in two or three days. 1t will
be noticed that the casualties are con-
fined mostly to loss Of ships, with the
loss of few men. The improvements in
weapons will enable few men, with the
aid Of chemistry and machinery, to do
the work of thousands of men during the
days Of Napoleon and Grant"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

and helped in the reduction Of that gal
liant fortress.
While far less deadly in their work
and far less reaching in their effect, a
great deal more spectacular are the field
pieces with which both sides are
equipped. Here the French and Ger
mans are on more even terms; indeed,
many neutral or non-cOmbatant observ-
ers have declared the French field artil-
lery to be far superior to that OF the
Germans. In view of the results
achieved so far, this can hardly be be-
lieved, but It is probably a fact that the
Germans have paid more attention to the
development Of enormous siege guns
than to the lighter pieces for use by rap
idly moving armies.
With their characteristic love for the
spectacular and dramatic, the French
have used for the first time in this war
two new weapons which for interest far
outclass the mightiest 1S-inch siege NOR
tar Of their enemy.
Turpenite has already been referred
to. 1t has been used little, probably be-
cause of its expensiveness and restricted
output. Its composition Is as much a
mystery to the English as to the Ger
mans. II is the one secret OF the French
war Office that has been guarded more
closely than life-or Paris itself 1t has
been used only on the most desperate
occasions, as, for instance, when General
Won Kluck swept within thirty miles OF
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

plodins in front of him. But with the
hOwitZer, shrapnel shells are thrOwl
high in the air. to come down behind
field protection or on men living fiat
trenches. So deadly has been the work Of
this type of ordnance that the shell CX-
plOdes in such way as to throw cone
shaped rain of steel fragments down
ward. The she'll does not explode so that
shot is sent in every direction: its fire
is centered just as are the guns that
hurl it. Time fuses insure the eXplo-
sion of the shell at the right instant
The howitzer and its big brother, the
mortar, have rendered almost useless
the latest device in permanent forts
Liege and Namur and Antwerp were
protected by a series of turtle shaped
forts, with low, round steel-clad tops.
These were designed in such a way that
shells fired at them would glance of. 1t
was believed the turtle shaped tops would
offer no solid surface on which shells
could strike and explode But the fort
makers reCkoned without the mortar
The Germans. having once got the proper
range. lifted huge shells high in the air,
to rise like rocket. slowly turn and. de-
scendng. strike square on the roof Of
the steel covers. Then steel and concrete
flew in every direction and soon the fort
was but a twisted and tangled mass Of
debris
Imagine the power with which a 75p-
pound shell hurled $4,000 feet, or more
than four miles. would alight. This with
an elevation of 65 degrees. This same
shell, hurled with an elevation of only
~ Z degrees, carries 33, 900 feet. These
are the terrible 11-inch mortars of the
Germans.
At Antwerp, the Germans used even
heavier guns. for shells fell into the city
from a distance of eight miles. Whether
these were fired from the much vaunted
AZ or 45-centimeter guns, or from some
guns intermediary between the former
and the wicked 11-inch guns, only the
Germans know, and they are not telling.
The 45-centimeter guns, or guns with
bore OF nearly eighteen inches, are
larger than anything ever placed on a
battleship, but are not nearly so effective.
The largest gun in the United States navy
has a bore of only fourteen inches. the
largest in the British under construction,
Of fifteen inches But these guns will
carry twenty miles, and shoot fifteen
miles with degree of accuracs
The battleship guns are much longer
than the siege mortars. which are short
and bulgy, being intended for hurlins
shells skyward to curve and drop over
or onto Notifications The naval cannon,
on the other hand, are designed with the
purpose in view Of shooting long range
A duel between the Germans largest
siege guns on land and battIeshfps
equipped with modern naval guns Of only
12-inch caliber would be unequal as the
war vessels could stand off out of range of
The heavier guns and tear them to IpteeA
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
IT REMAINED for q

TT REMAINED for a woman to have
the courage and persistency to
scale Big Ice Mountain, one of the
tallest peaks Of the Canadian
Rockies, which is 200 miles west of
Mount Robson. She is Mary L. Jobe,
instructor of history at Hunter College
in New York city, and she has the fur
ther honor of being the first human being
to climb to the top Of this giant berg.
The topography Of much of the terri
tory over which Miss Jobe and her party
passed is omitted from official maps of
Canada, and the trail over which they
passed was so perilous that even the
mountain Indians avoided 1t. They did
not meet one Indian on the entire trip
and found only two places where there
we're signs OF former camps. The tepee
poles were at least fifteen years old.
Miss lobe was accompanied by an.
other enthusiastic woman explorer, Mar
garet Springate. They and two guides
composed the whole party. First they
climbed Mount Robson, 1900 feet high,
just for the experience" and then they
started for Big Ice Mountain.
After negotiating O perilous pass $500
feet In the air they struck 0 wide area
OF dangerous shale some fifty miles from
their destination and could take their
horses no farther. Here they established
base camp, leaving their horses un-
cared for, and trudged On foot with their
luggage, on their backs over six ranges
Of mountains to the base of Ice Mountain.
They crossed six miles OF glaciers sad
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Airship Bombs Predicted In 1881

N ATTLEsHIPs equipped with dead
x ly chemicals and airships dropping
torpedo bombs were the predic-
tions of the Miniature Leader of
January /, 1881, for the warfare of the
year 1880, or fifty years from the time of
issue. 1t was further predicted that on
that date Germany and France would be
at war with Great Britain.
The Miniature Leader was a weekly
supplement issued with The Leader of
thirty-four years ago. II was no larger
than a page from a popular novel and
was printed in very fine type, but
abounded in witticisms and clever criti-
cisms of current events. The issue for
January 1, 1881, carried as a lead
story" the startling headline: THE
YEAR 1930!" with the following addi-
tional headlines:
by Twinnephone From All Parts of
the World!" Awful ,Catastrophe!"
THE Great Dome Of St. Paul's Cathedral
Blown Up by Dynamite and Caves In"
"5, 900 People Buried In the Ruins!"
THE Venerable King Edward VII. flor
merly Prince of Wales) Supposed to be
Among the Buried!" Great BattleI"
Between the Chemical Sea Ships and
Flying Airships Of England on One side
and France and Germany on the Other!"
ENGLAND Victorious" arrival of the
Flying Ship General Garfleld!" "Only
Two Days and Eight Hours From Lon
doni"
''The above series Of headings" the
Miniature Leader goes on to explain.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
4 German N6rkaTcff5e~
GXlz(- Khzck cAu H1oK. o1E
aF the AeaDzscF Noe@afMeN

Paris with his terrible right wing. which
bore down from out OF Belgium with
irresistible power.
Turpenite is a gas. the effects of
which are the instant asphyXiation of
everyone within a wide range. shell
of turpenite exploding in a trench wipes
out life faster than any other known
power. The articulation of the heart is
instantly stopped. Life becomes extinct,
painlessly and without the fraction of a
seconds warning. Observers after the
battle in which Won Kluck's right wing
was turned almost at the very gates Of
Paris told of seeing long lines Of German
soldiers standing upright in the trenches
-dead-victims of the terrible and in
stantly effective turpenite.
Is this the GREAT secret OF the
French war office, the secret on which
the safety of Paris has depended? Ger
man mortars have shown the ineffective
ness OF forts, even Of the latest pattern,
but will the Germans find something to
combat the effects of the awful turpenite,
which kills without being seen and
leaves no wounds and none to tell of its
effects?
The second invention OF the French.
and one used more frequently II with
less startling effects. is the ''rafale," or
shell storm, practiced by French artillery
against infantry attack. The rafale is a
scheme Of dropping a number Of explod-
ing shells directly over an approaching
foe 90 that q veritable hail Of lead and steel
falls over a wide range of territory. 1t is
simply a trick Of gunnery. in which &C
curacy and the required kind of shells
only are necessary. The effect Of rafale
upon an enemy Is as much moral as
physical. The stoutest heart Quakes
when comrades are seen falling on every
side. The English gunners still rely on
one she'll at a time, accurately placed
While they do as much execution in the
end as the French, the moral effects Of
wiping out a whole brigade at one
broadside is one of the strongest points
in the rafale system and one which ap-
peals peculiarly to the temperamentaI
Frenchmen.
The superiority of howitzer fire over
straight range field fire has been demon
strated so conclusively that the wisdom
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

The better wood engravings are made
almost exclusively of boxwood, and the
large blocks are made Of small pieces
glued together. The engraving is done
across the end Of the grain Japanese
wood prints, on the other hand are made
on lengthwise sections of cherry wood
parallel to the grain.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

-of the 5000, 900 people in London
more than 100000 are in q chronic state
of poverty.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Ae1zec18 or S4S oUea5e- GAlz0" aS A1e5el - -
Hardest Steel and Thickest Con-
crete Crur1ble Before the "Jack
Johnsons" of This Wharf.-The
Modern Gun Is Made to Kill Bv
the Hundreds and Thousands
at Single Shot The Turpeute.

M0NG the FIRST lessons Of the Eu-
ropean war was the growing ef-
fectiveness Of artillery as a pow
er Of oienss. Liege and Namur
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

HATTLEsHIPs equipped with dead
* ly chemicals and airships dropping
torpedo bombs were the predic-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
A GOOD SUGGESTION,
Social Survey Worker Would Have
Rest Rooms in Gov. Buildings.

Abilene. Kan, Dec. z. - "Why
couldn't the government with but lit
tie additional expense add a public
comfort station or rest room to this
new federal building" declared M. B.
Lewis of Kansas City, now making a
social survey of Kansas. He has just
been through the new postoffice here
and made his pointed inquiry after
noticing the enormous amount Of
waste space in the basement, which
was well lighted and well heated.
That's a fine rest room for the
carriers and the shower baths and
toilet conveniences are Of the best.
Wouldn't 1t have been an easy task
to have gone on with the comfort idea
and fixed up such a room-only larger
for the public? OF course that
would not need the shower baths, but
the other conveniences would be well
coined by every tired visitor"
Sounds good" said one of the pos
tai employees, but the states rights
advocates would spoil your little plan,
II mentioned at Washington. It's up
to the city to provide such accommo-
dations.''
Lewis admitted that it was, but in
sisted there was room enough wasted
in every federal building in the state
to afford rest to shoppers and visitors
that it might be utilized for the
good Of the community If it wasn't for
so much red tape and conflict of state
and national governments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
K-IM-B-A-L-L
SPELLS VALUE IN
PIANOS. PLAYER PIANOS
PIPE AND REED ORGANS
Factory Branch. 822 Kansas Az.
IS AN OLD STUDENT.
Man Who VIII Be Prisoner at Eighty
Studies Grammar.

Manhattan. Kan, Dec. IA fifty
year-old man who is serving a sem
tence of 43 years in the Kansas state
penitentiary is taking a correspond
ence course in English grammar Of
rede by the Kansas State Agricultural
college. This prisoner has served Is
years and still has 80 years yet to
serve. He will be 80 years old when
he is liberated unless he secures a
pardon before that time.
He has just completed a course in
highway construction and says that
he expects to take a reading course in
history as soon as he completes the
work in grammar. George E. Bray,
industrial engineer in the Agricul-
tural college, is enrolling prisoners in
correspondence courses. He often
visits them and offers suggestions
about their studies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
machine in literature, history, geogra-
ply and all of the science classes.
AN AMATEUR FORGER-
Crook Claiming to Be From Chase c.
Bilks Topeka J ank.


Bilks Topeka J ank.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan, Dec. T.
Thanks to the successful efforts of an
amateur forger operating with this
town as a base, a Topeka bank Is out
$31 in real money.
Last week a stranger purporting to
be James Massey of this place en-
tered the Topeka bank with a check
for $31 drawn on a local bank. To
Prov that he was really James Mas
sey, a teacher in the Chase county
high school, the forger had another
stranger to identify him and also ex-
hibited a letterhead bearing the
names of the teachers of the local
school.
The bank cashed the check without
further question, and when the forged
paper showed up here 1t developed
that the forged name was spelled
wrong, that Mr.. Massey had never had
funds in the bank on which it was
drawn and that Mr.. Massey was not in
Topeka at the time the check was
cashed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
Make Selections NOW

DO not leave Toy and Doll selections until the
last, for great as the stock il at the time
assortments once broken cannot be replaced. It's
well to remember this. Purchases made now will
be laid aside and delivery made when desired.
There are Toys as low as SC and some high
$500.
Dolls, Celluloid Dolls, Unbeatable
Dolls Bisque Dolls, Kid Dolls. Dressed Dolls and
Character Dolls from 1Oc up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
RAISE ANOTHER CAR.
Osborne County Is Still active in Bel.
gian Relief Campaign.

Osborne, Kan, Dec. 7.-Osborne
county has shipped her first carload
Of flour to the Belgian needy. An
other carload will leave here this
week. Banners were nailed on the
sides Of the car with the inscriptions:
kansas Flour the Very Best" and on
the opposite side: Osborne County's
Offering to the Belgian Fund
Thanksgiving day, between the
hours of and IL o'clock noon, los
automobiles, and one person to each
car. were canvassing the county. On
that day total OF 1900 sacks Of flour
was subscribsd.gy Since then enough
moro has been raised to make the to-
tai about LOO sacks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
HORSE DISEASE SPREADS.
Republic County Veterinarian Al
tributes 1t to Smutty Corn.

tributes 1t to Smutty Corn.
Republic, Kan, Dec. 7.-R. w. Payne,
a Republic veterinarian. is Of the opin-
ion the losses Of horses reported by
farmers of Republic and vicinity are
due to disease caused by eating smutty
corn.
The largest loss is that of Harry
Stenson. southeast of Republic who has
had four to die within the past few
weeks. M. C. Policy, another young
farmer, also lost one from the prevail
ing malady, which seems more or less
general over Republic county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
lola TO FORT SCOTT.
Company Is Formed to Promote New
Motor Chr Line.

lola, Kan, Dec. THAT a motor car
line between lola and Fort Scott will
be in operation within the next year
is the firm conviction Of those who
have recently become interested in the
enterprise.
A company of southeast Kansas men.
headed by Judge c. E. Cory. Of Fort
Scott. has been busy on the project Tor
some time and now that many or the
preliminary details have been WORKED
out the prospect is more pleasing than
at any time since the organization Of
the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
Dainty Creations of
Ribbon. Chiffon and Lace

If you haven't the time patience to make a
bit of fancy work of these materials. can help
you. We showing large assortment of ready
made Pin Cushions in round, long and square
shapes at 35c to $3.50 each.
Also Sewing Sets. Powder Puffs Telephone
Pads, Parcel Post Labels, Jewel Bags, Opera
Bags. Sewing Bags. Egyptian Spice Flower Bags,
made in dainty colors, 15c to 500 each.
Fancy Baskets-hand made of sweet grass and
willow in all sizes and shapes-sewing, sandwich,
fruit and crochet ball baskets, 15c to $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
A MATERIAL WITNESS.

INCW OCvC-OPAAACAA0
in lola Murder Mystery.
lola, Kan, Dec. IA material wit
ness, who may be able to throw
some light on the killing of Mrs Viola
Ard, near her home near Elsmore the
night of November 10, was reported
as having been found Sunday.
It is said this witness can furnish
a motive for the staying. The officers
refuse to give the name Of the witness
but say he will be in custody as a
material witness within q few hours.