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The Washington times., 1914-10-09

! tillery: wheat is trampled and ruined;
the graves of thousands of lien dot
the grain fields. and dead horses, swol-
len to twice normal size. lie here and
there.
Fruit trees are cut by shells, and per-
haps the homes themselves are only
forlorn and smoked ruins.
The cattle and sheep, the poultry and
dierS, friend and enemy alike, for thss,
fields to the north and east of Paris
have been fought over twice by the
most formidable forces of any time,
first the Germans pushing the allies
( back against the walls of Paris, then
! the allies fighting the Germans and Aus
trians back to the frontiers.
And all the time the soldiers, whether
they willed it or not, were treadins
upon the aged, the weak, the women
and the young.
Of the two caravans, that of the
wounded soldiers going to the rear and
that of the poor farmers hcmeward
bound, the destiny of the latter is to
be the harder. In a distance of some
seventy miles, ! saw but three people
working in the fields.
Shell-Torn Villages.
1t isn't the war which depresses: the
rattle of battle stimulates like wine.
But in the track of the war where the
old are. and the women and children
wait, there is real suffering.
The effect of merely passing through
the country is racking; deserted fields,
broken fences, felled trees. trampled
crops, shell torn or burned houses,
SCARED villages remain where the shut
ters are drawn and the people remain
invisible, If they remain at all, the
utter desolation which stalks about, the
tragic silence which follows in the wake
of the cannon-all force the question to
ones mind
After all. who really wins?
The answer apparently would be
Death
The Washington times., 1914-10-09
USE P0SLAM
FOR raw and
ITCHING SKIN

Poslam will show you quickly. ever
overnight how greatly il will benefit
your skin trouble. Itching stops as soor
as 1t IS spread on the skin. The burn.
ing surface is comforted and pacffied
Healing is rapid improvement heine
noted day by day
Eczema is controlled by Poslam ant
all It's ugly manifestations driven away
PimpIes. Acne. BARRIERS Itch Scaly
Scale. Rashes. and all surface disorders
yield to Poslam as to nothing else
All druggists sell Posam For free
sample. write to Emergency Laborato
ries, 80 West 25th street New York
Poslam Soap keeps the skin in healthy )
condition. Improves. Beauties. Larg,
size. % cents; Toilet size, Is cents
Advt
The Washington times., 1914-10-09
Spurns Germany's Offer
To Buy Pocket Radio Idea

ROME, Oct 9.-Prof. Argentieri. of
Aquila, has been offered a large sum
by the German government for his sys-
tenn of pocket autobiography, but has
patriotically refused to sell the inven-
ton. declaring he will present II to
the government Of his own country.
Prof. Argentieri has satisfactorily
carried out his experiments before an
Italian commission, and is enroute TO
Rome TO lecture OF his invention. The
apparatus will cost les that S. and is
capable of intercepting messages 10
the Eiffel Tower, 49, miles from AQuilla.
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PitifuL Caravans in
Rear0f Great Army
d Men, Women, Girls, Children, and Babies Trudge
Painfully Home After Flight Before German
Hosts-Call War "Glorious."
Bv WILLIAM Philip SIMMS.

PARIS, Sept 3 (by mail to New York; am just
from the 'front.' where the fighting is actually going
| and from the battleieds where French and English
German soldiers have added new and lustrous pages
| history.
1t was not this actual front which impressed most
bloody front where rapid rers pured, and Lebes spa
Shrapne spilled their singing sprays of death. 1t was
fher the wake of the armies, where the and chill
n and crippled old sat and bnked and stared daz
y benumbed not appreciatng yet the funess of the
tastrophe which had just passed over Them
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Great Britain Declares
War on German Trade

LONDON. Oct. 9.-Great Britain
has declared war on Germany's trade
and detailed plans are already under
way to replace all articles bearing
the familiar Made in Germany"
trade mark with goods made by
English manufacturers. All foreign
consuls and representatives have been
instructed to supply full details and
samples of imports and exports Of
Germany.
Governors of the various British
dominions have been supplied with
samples of articles that can be
manufactured In their territories
and factories are being ordered into
commission for the supply Of this
trade.
The Washington times., 1914-10-09

rrzemysl has been the object of the
Russian attack in Galicia for more than
two weeks. A steadily augmented force
of the Cars soldiers has been report
ed as besieging the garrison.
If the report Of the fall of the fortress
is true. the Russian forces will have es-
tablished a practically clear road across
Galicia to the Carpathians-that is a
road clear of any formidable fortifica-
tions. The Austro-German army has
been active southwest of Przemysl.
The Washington times., 1914-10-09
Constipation a
Penalty of Age

Nothing Is so essential to health
in advancing age as keeping the
bowels open. 1t makes ono feel
younger and fresher and forestalls
colds. piles. fevers. and other de-
pendent ills.
Cathartics and purgatfves are vio-
lent and drastic in action. and should
be avoided. A mild, effective le1a-
tive-tonic. recommended by physi-
clans and thousands who have used
it. Is the combination Of simple herbs
with pepsin sold by druggists every
where under the name Of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsn. The price Is
fifty cents and one dollar a bottle.
For a free trial bottle write to DR..
W. B. Caldwell, 4o1 Washington ST.,
Monticello, Ill.
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She Is 1O4 Years Old.

BlNGHAMTON. y. Y. Oct. S-Mrs.
Mary Monroe, the oldest resident of the
southern tier. celebrated her 1C4th birth
day anniversary with 4 family party.
.Afterwsrd she took a long automobile
ride
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CARAVAN OF WOUNDED.

onI1ng out of Scissor, / met a cara
Of wounded, walking southwark
Fsrd Chateau-Thierry and Meaux
ere we're men of all arms and all the
ht'ng ages, men from Algeria, Tunis.
rocco and Senegal, there were
ench. English and Hindu. all with
first blood-crusted bandages applied
{ ms, heads and limbs, hobbling
~ down the muddy road under a
d. soaking driZZie They were the
ehtiy wounded, evacuating the firing
Is upon their own legs And they
re pitifuL
|u, south of Meaux. bound north
nc to the plains of the Marine, /
Fsed another caravan more pitiful
vas a caravan of old men. women.
IL, children, and babies bound home
e. being driven beyond Paris by the
tthward sweep of the great war.
fhey were from the farms. the bat
fields of the gigantic armies, ana
st of them were compelled to walk.
ere being rickety carts and wagons
bUEh for only few of the sick, the
old, or too young to march.
Pushes Baby Carriage.
me woman l saw was barefooted. She
trudged her shoes off her feet. 1t
raining Ithis was the same dav l
p the column OF wounded evacuating
ssonsD. and the roads were deep in
td because for weeks artillery, motor
fCks, army trains and conveys of
Iny supplies, plus the wheels of va
us other war machines, had cut into
en1 deeply.
Tl!s woman was pushing a baby car
lge in which were two children and
he household effects. Her skirts
ard pushing the buggy, and she was
.spattered to the waist. Bareheaded,
1der the drizzle, she struggled on. a
verish light in her eyes and twin
lots glowing on her cheeks. A soaked
|ownish cape failed to keep the wet
pr penetrating through to the skin.
yoke to her and learned her hus-
firing line. She had not heard
r. she was very uneasy.
s. denly l asked her what she
ought of the war.
7 glorious, isn't it she replied
her champagne country dialect We
|e pushing the Germans back out Of
tley are fighting now, we shall win
|on. Don't you think so, with the
helish to help?''
Il vas an unlocked for reply. I had
|peCted something else, TRADE
|aInst everything and everybody, the
kii of a tired, worn-out woman. an
|hrr of the wars wounded.
Camp by Roadside.
r. caravan was only one of many.
bey fed from their villages and farms
the Germans advanced. hamlets AMI
liz Hborhoods going together
teD seized, leaving only oxen and
nf horses to draw the two-wheelel
rIs and squeaking wagons filed With
" and women and babies indiscrimi-
It"ly mixed
4 night they camped by the road
d.. whether il rained or the stars
me out The only food they had was
"a with which they began the last
are of the journey. They had 10
e. and their bread was stale and W-t
10 soggy. They slept in their clothes.
n of them under the carts and
acons TO keep out of the worst Of The
" npour.
These the Real Suffers.
IT. ose are the real sufferers of the
a. They left farms which looked like
cat gardens: fruit trees laden with
Pc fruit; fields of wheat ready for the
- est: stock yards fat with cattle and
i"Np and chickens and porkers.
! " return to battle fields
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Capture of Przemysl
Is Reported at Rome

ROME, Oct. s.-Unofficial diplomatic
advices received here carry the report
that Przemysl mas fallen before the
Russian attack. The Russian embassy
has no official confirmation
The Washington times., 1914-10-09

Are college and skating coats for
girls Of II to % years. Some are
the new "Cossack,' Of plaids, mix
lures, and plain cloths.
The Washington times., 1914-10-09
Camp by Roadside.
These the Real Suffers.

Uhose are the real sufferers of the
a. They left farms which looked like
foat gardens: fruit trees laden with
Pc fruit; fields Of wheat ready for the
Z lTcst: stock yards fat with cattle and
h"Ap and chickens and porkers.
7 " return to battle fields
{ one fences have been RACED by ar
The Washington times., 1914-10-09

Choice Of fur, felt. corduroy and
plush hats. with shirred face trim
minSs In contrasting colors. Many
are beautified with flowers and rib
bons.
The Washington times., 1914-10-09

Sizes : to years. In SibelinA
chinchilla, aStrakhan, boucle, cordu-
roy, and novelty cloth coats. with
velvet collar. cuffs and belt.
The Washington times., 1914-10-09

The blouses are the regulation
MILDLY. of white galatea- The skirts,
Of white and navy galatea, are hero
both pleated and gored. Sizes 9 to
IA years.
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DAMAGE is
DONE BY RUST
PROF. HUME SAYS WHEAT SUI.
FERs EVEN BEFORE STEM
is PERFORATED BY
FUNGUS.

Bookings, S. D.-Replying to a
recent inquiry from Beadle County
whether wheat rust seriously in
jures the wheat before it penetrates
the stem, DIR. A. N. Hume, Agrono-
mist at the State College, writes:
Yes. when rust is prevalent, dam
age is done before the stem is actual
ly perforated. This is apparently for
the reason that the rust fungus goes
through the wheat plant, not only
between its cells, but also the tiny
feeders (haustoria) Of the rust pune
ture the cell walls of the wheat and
enter the cells themselves. Thus any
growth of rust on wheat Injuries the
wheat plants to some extent. If the
rust does not greatly develop, the
wheat plants may easily sustain the
injury, but they are injured some
what in any event.
There is rust every year, some
years it develops more than others.
In the last week and a half in some
of u states, the amount of damage
estimated has increased rather than
decreased. Some of the localities
have had favorable weather for rust
development"
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BOUNTY ACT is
HELD NOT

Pierre s.. D.-The state legal de-
partmentholds that the tree bounty
act of the last Legislative session
cannot apply to trees planted prior to
the ENLISTMENT of the law, regardless
of the sfssst that the act attempts to
carry TIC BENEFITS of its provisions to
,hc"e wilrs nlanted trees unde. a
.rrfpr ,as The old law granted u
county baSA.y of two dollars an
acre for .tress planted upon the
prairie, and the new act increased
this to five dollars an acre, and at
tempted to carry its provisions back
to trees planted after 1910, in section
n of the new act, while section four
provides that the law shall not be re-
troactive in its provisions. The whole
provisions of the law r held to he
strictly opposed to giving it an APP
plication. before it's enactment, aud
those who begun work under the old
bounty will not get the benefits of
the new rae before the law went into
effect in 1918.
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would continue to be d pleasure TO
him to keep promptly his engage;
ments with the gentlemen from South
Dakota. "2tt
FLAMES TAKE
BIG MALT HOUSE
100000 LOSS SUFFERED LAST
NIGHT BY SIOUX FALLS
BREWIN AND MALTING
COMPANY. - f

Sioux Falls, S. D.-With almost
incredible rapidity flames having
their origin, it is believed, in the
stone malt house, last night reduced
the huge mailing plant and storage
elevators of the Sioux Falls Brewing
and Mailing company TO ashes.
!, Estimates hastily made while the
fire was In progress placed, the loss
at 100000, partially covered by in
surance. Many thousands of bushels
of barley and enormous quantities of
hops were destroyed. The cause OF
the fire isl unknown. ~
The blaze was discovered about .
O'Clock last night. AT 10 o'clockstha
buildingstiwere a seething furnace.
The brewery proper just GRO the
street, a ston.a structure, escaped in
jury.
The mailing plant, a group of con-
nected buildings on the hillside on
North Main avenue, was built twelve
years ago at a cost of $3.50, coo. Most
of the buildings We're of frame con
struction. The elevators, containing
huge storage bins, were built of thick
plank laid fiat one upon another. The
whole was coated with galvanized
iron.
Within a quarter of an hour after
the fire was discovered the frame
buildings of ordinary construction
were falling to the ground in huge
blazing sections. The solidly built
elevators lasted longer butt in a cot
pie of hours bins were tumbling to
the ground one by one. VI;
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
SPENCER

Spencer has again contracted with
The White-Myers Chautauqua COM
pany for a six-day .chautauqua next
year. This will be the third year of
the chautauqua at Spencer and the
people of Spencer and vicinity have
shown a booster spirit in the way this
movement has been supported, hav-
ing been successful in raising the re-
CURED guarantee each year, and lay
ing aside a small surplus as a per-
manent chautauqua fund. -
VIM. Hoese and family autoed to
Sioux City for a few days visit with
relatives.
Ray Tompkins returned last Sun
day from Malvern, Iowa, where he
was united in marriage with Miss
Ruth Short of that place on July Is.
MIR. Tompkins is a prosperous young
farmer of this community, the cid
est SON of Sumner Tompkins,. upon
whose farm the couple will make
their home for the coming year.
Mrs. H. Shaefer and children OF
Sioux Falls arrived Tuesday evening
for a few days visit with the H. c.
Lueth family.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
MITCHELL TEAM
LOSES IN TENNIS
BARTON AND PHILLIPS PULL
OUT VICTORY IN DOUBLE
SEMI-FINALS AFTER "A
THREE.HOUR BATTLE.

ISL NEf y
geSioux Falls, S. DIN a gruellink
battle Of, three hours under a hot
sun. Barton and Phillips of Sioux
Falls today won over Branson and
Young, of Mitchell, in the hardest
match of the state tournament. The
score was As, 8-6, 6-3 and SO.
This evening Kenyon and Krause,
the Minnesota cracks, who won over
Teigen and Griswold, will meet Bar
ton and Phillips. The Sioux Falls
team is picked by the dopesters to
carry off the state doubles title.
The championship match in sin
giles, between Barton and Branson,
was scheduled for late this after
noon or Monday forenoon.
Branson had a battle yesterday
disposing Of Teigen of Sioux Falls
and the battle was one OF the best
exhibitions of tennis seen on the
courts. Branson finally won with Q
score of GA, 3-6, GA, GA.
The contest between Krause and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
COYOTES WANT
GOPHER STARS
BOTH McGoNERN AND PICKER.
ING HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
Is Il ASSUME COACHING JOBS
' ri AT VERNIILLION.

Minneapolis, Minn.-The Univer-
sity of South Dakota is on the hunt
for a football coach for next falls
eleven and two former University of
Minnesota players have been APP
proach.
John McGovern, former all-Ameri-
can quarterback, recently received an
offer from Robert l.. Slagle, athletic
director of the Coyote institution.
McGovern turned down the offer, as
he had already signed a contract TO
direct the Manchester football forces
next fall. ~
Earle Pickering who ~captained
the Gophers in 1911, is the second
Minnesota player sought bynthe Coy
otes. Pickering has had unusual good
luck in developing, Strong elevens the
past two seasons and the Nermillion
authorities are bending every effort
TO procure his. seryices..f ~
Pickering coached the University
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30

twenty minutes. persuaded fish to
move up slightly.
G:O0.-Fish stationary. Proceeded to
stone fish, poke him with rod with
no effect except to break point of roo:
for half an hour without result.
G:30.-Wanted lunch, but found mi"e
had been eaten. Lees-Milne kin,ily
sent car for food and drink.
SCOTTISH wen down stream
slightly.
9:3O-Launched boat; succeeded in
thoroughly disgusting the fish, which
now went half way up the pool
9:45.-FishI stuck III mud of pool.
1o:oo.-fish@ went down again sons
way. ass
1ofl0-Again used boat with some
succesA q .et5.l {t \. "a fi4t, =
+, 1O:15.-Fish went up to top of pool
in heavy water and stuck again. suS
gested sending for motor lamps. saf
slO:30s-Fislr: had returned to mid
pool. s - A;3e
II :O0-Got light on fish, which came
in very close to bank, and perhaps
might have been got If Lecs-Milne bad
been in water. but he again went out
into midstream.
11:15.-Agnin had recourse to boat
and lamps. and fish went into head u
POOL, where he sulked.
12:40.-Fish came in close to bank.
and Angus got into the water, George
having been in it most of the time
], Since $50.
Il l2A5-Iish very near.
.5ts12:.1.--Ans;s gated fish. and amid
igrea'f Excitement sot liim On ''....id
! Weigh, ~ pounds; length, 491a inches
t girth, 24E inches.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
WILL OPPOSE v
IN LIVE STOCK RATES

Pierre. S. D.-Railway Commits
sioner w. G. Smith. Dan Kelly. the
statistical man of the department,
and P. w. Dougherty, attorney for
the department., accompanied by
Frank Cock, secretary of the state
live stock commissions; and F.. M.
Stewart, of Hot Springs, a prominent
cattle man of the western part of the
state leave for Denver, to appear be-
for a representative of the inter-
state commerce commission in oppo-
sit!on to the proposed increase on
freight rates on live stock shipments
from northwest states o the central
markets..
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mer0ahclah; and lsAmnaf aist 'Nll

merciahclah; and lass amfiaf Aist viii
tie issued ever two weeks during the
summer. The cirtul9r. consists OF
eight pages, small enough TO. en-
Iclosure'in An ordinary envelope with
other correspondence, and fou. of the
pages consists OF four photo graphs
of actual e Il on Brown county
farms this year. One scene is mat
of a field of oats OIL the Wenz farm
near Bath, showing the oats waist
high to an ordinary sized man. An
other photograph is thai of q fruit
orchard on the j. l.. Fritz farm rear
Aberdeen. The third is an alfalfa
field on the George Gambrel farm
near Aberdeen, the first cutting from
which was made early in June, the
second emitting being now ready. The
fourth scene is of a. corn field near
Aberdeen. showing corn higher than
a mans head. On the reverse sid i
is reading matter, descriptive. #, ~
farming in South Dakota. aran M
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
PALACE
PLAN FEASIBLE
COST OF THE PROPOSED STATE
BUILDING AT FRISCO WITH
IN REACH OF CONTRIBU-
TORS.

In addition to having the merit of
acknowledgements advertising value,
the proposed corn palace as the
South Dakota state building at the
Panama-Pacifc exposition at San
Francisco would be within the
amount of funds which probably
could be raised.
By w. A. Wheeler, secretary of the
T1914 Corn Palace committee, esti-
mated yesterday that a suitable
building could be- erected at San
Francisco for SIS, 900. He set $780,
900 as the outside figure for which
lhs PROPOSED structure could be erect,
The above figures would permit
the erection of a building SO by 20
feet on the ground The present Corn
Palace in Mitchell has a ground di-
mension of 100 by 914Z feet, exclusive
of the stage, which would make the
exposition building Just ,pneTfourth. Of
its size. AS no concerts d enter.
saaaaiagt a;t Xss1dd E 81 fl lsseSs ! =,
= ! 1D DaatS4 ss 81 the exterior 81 this
uuAAuAA6 WOuINF.AoVV w 70
the only grain decoration would b
the corn earsis These would be treat.
ed by dipping in Interpreting .solu,
ton and the board walls OF the build;
ing would be fire-proof. The ears. Of
corn are not particularly inf1amable
The matter will be brought up al
the meeting Of the state commission
investigating the matter, which Is II
session this afternoon at Ruskin
park, near Forestburg. w. r. Ron.
aid, a member of the commission
left for the park this noon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30
DAKOTA Is
PROFITABLE STATE
FOR INSURANCE MEN.
$~3,734,o0o More Paid
Out Than Was
Il Received.
REPORT FOR YEAR
REPORT o YEAR
Fire Insurance Companies
Make $500, 900 Gain In
Earnings.

Pierre, S. D.-Fire insurance risks
written in So. Dakota for year 1913,
were $165,426,1 1877, in all classes
of companies, of which the foreign
fire companies wrote $132,571,-
5SS.17, and on which they secured a
profit of practically n hundred
thousand dollars more than for the
previous year, through their loses be-
ing decreased $45,849, and their
premiums being increased $4,000.
While the South Dakota stock and
mutual fire companies all show an
Increase of business, this is small
compared with that of the foreign
companies, the stock companies writ
ing $780, 900 of risks and the. mu-
tuals $14,63S,s3O. a
The township and county mutuals
show a growing business, and are
apparently gaining in popularity in
The state as they show an increase of
practically twenty-five per cent in
their business over the previous year,
Increasing their risks from $780,
900 to $12,5OO, 900 owe their bust
ness for 1912.
The foreign life insurance COM
panies wrote risks for the year Of
$14,612,236.19, an increase of more
than a million dollars over the prev
ious year, and received premiums of
s2,099, 565.S0 while paying losses
for the year of $4T2,497.O3. The
South Dakota life companies failed
by a half million dollars to secure
as much business in the state as they
got for their 1912 business, writing
risks for s4,335,S25.i7. They re-
ceived premiums of $39S,496.76, and
paid losses of $35.S89.79. They re-
ceived premiums of $~39S,496.76, and
paid losses of $35,8S9.79. The. in
crease in losses in the state, paid by
the foreign and state life companies
was $S9,574.91 over 1912.
The fraternal assessment COM
panies show a decline in their bust
ness for the year, the foreign frater-
nails writing risks of $4,7090,9U0
and the state fraternals writing
$6S5.350. The foreign companies re-
eeiyed premiums of $500, 312.7Os~and
the home company receipts were
1916, 040sB5saS &&94.- lqSAsa@s -As.ss Z
The miscellaneous companies show
a slight increase In their business
from that of 1912, hut nothing of
any import.
The South Dakota surety COM
panies do not make a showing which
would give the stockholders any
great benefits, as their expenses OF
operation and losses paid fol-. the
year were ~$26,663.50 in excess of
the premium receipts of the COM
panles.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-30

of Vermont forces in 1912. He took
charge of the football situation when
conditions We're IN a mGddled condi-
ton. He succeeded in getting order
out of chaos and developed an eleven
that placed Vermont on the eastern
football map for the first time in
years. Last fall Pick" severed his
connection with Vermont and grasp
ed the coaching resns at the uniyer-
sity of Arkansas, succeeding Hugo
Bedzek, the former University of
Chicago star, who accepted a similar
position on the coast. Pickering
turned out a strong machine for Ar
kansas, the eleven going through the
season with but one defeat.