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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Philadelphia Dark In Afternoon.

Philadelphia Dark In Afternoon.
Philadelphia, Dec. 12.-Midnight
darkness settled over Philadelphia in
the afternoon. and from o'clock on
the street lamps in all sections of the
city were lighted, trolley cars and
automobiles were obliged to use their
headlights. while lights were neces.
sary in all downtown stores and 9th.
er business establishments. The
phenomenon, which was due to low
hanging clouds lader with moisture
and the absence Of wind, was unpre.
cedented in Philadelphia. A peculiar
feature of the unusual spectacle was
that no rain fell during the afternoon
and that normal atmospheric condi.
tons prevailed. The weather fore.
caster, explaining that the phenome.
non was entirely local and was caused
by the approach Of a colder atmos,
pheric strata pressing down the
clouds.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
WANTS MORE SHIPS FOR
DEFENSE OF THE COAST

Washington, Dec. 1O.-For the first
time in many years, the house naval
committee conducted in public its hear
ings on the naval bill, which already
has assumed the nature of a general
inquiry into efficiency and general con-
ditions of the fleet.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander
of the Atlantic fleet, in general state.
ment at the outset, defended the dread
naught as the greatest weapon Of naval
warfare.
"The European war has not demon
strated," said Admiral Fletcher, that
the battleship is any less valuable in
naval warfare than heretofore or that
it is not still the main factor in finally
determining conflict.
Defense Against Submarines.
"The submarine undoubtedly is a
valuable adjunct to navy. The de.
tense against the submarine has }ot
yet been fully developed. Eventu. lily
a defense against the submarine will
be found, just as defense was found
against the old-style spar torpedo and
the automobile torpedo. One defense
against the submarine already develop.
ing is the airship."
The admiral gave it as his opinion
that great naval battles would contin.
|. ne to be decided in the main by battle.
ships. ~ +.
III II 4 Gould Assail American Fleet.
I :Edmlral Fletcher told the committee
"a Ensupes nation could send subma.
rines across. the ocean to dart into an
American hasbor and assail the AmerI.
can feet. It.was, of course, he said, a
suppositioug case, as to the practicable
ity Of such atMoye. For instance. he
said, Englkfdaha mice little supply
station" 200 miles away from New
York harbor at Bermuda.
/, The admiral said he would recon.
mend, as good policy, eight or ten more
submarines for coast and harbor de.
tense. He emphatically reasserted
that the real success of the navy must
ultimately rest with the dreadnarghts
and battleship fleets generally.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18

Find Body Of soer Rebel Leader.
Pretoria, via London. Dec. 1.-The
body Of Gen. Christian Beyers, the
rebel leader. who was drowned r..
Gently while attempting to ESCAPE
across the Vaal river from govern.
ment troops. has been found at Vliexa
Kraal, not far from the spot where
General Beyers was seen to sinl.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Berlin Admit. Nav., pIs..ter.

Berlin Admits Naval Dleaster.
Berlin, via London, Dec. 12.-An OF.
dcial communication issued by the I'D.
miralty reproduces the statement Of
the British admiralty regarding tho
sinking Of the German cruisers of the
Falkland island, and adds: "Our losses
seem to have been great. Concerning
the strength Of the enemy, whose
losses are reported small, the British
dispatches say nothing"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Oppose. True. at Christmas.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Andrew Ca
negie. a White House caller. expresssd
decided opposition to q truce in ~.
European war during the Christmas
holidays. He declared that It would he
unchrtstian like and immoral ia ston
the fighting and then begin 1t again.
He added that he could not believe
that any nation which adopted such =
suggestion was doing it sincerely. M
Carnegie gave it as his opinion thai
the military caste in GERMANY was -
spcnsible for the war. 80
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18

To Withdraw Troops from Colorado.
Washington, Dec. Secretary
Garrison. upon being informed that
the Colorado coal strike had been
called of. said that in all probability
the Federal troops would be with.
drawn Immediately. The order for
their withdrawal following the usual
course will be issued by President
Wilson through the Secretary of War.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Paris sourse Is Opened.

Paris. Dec. 9.-When the Paris
bourse opened. after being closed since
Sept. 8. a large gathering of brokers
and the public assembled, but their
presence apparently simply was out Of
curiosity. The strident cries Of stock
prices usually audible we're entirely
absent and II transactions took place
they were effected in the course Of
conversation. The market opened hest.
tatingly and the close was generally
good. Rentes were quoted at ~ francs
and SO confines.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Bars Navy ronn.oe Floures.

Bars Navy Tonnage Figures.
Washington, Dec. lin order that
the United States may observe strict
neutrality in the European war the
Navy Department will not issue this
month the usual comparative state
ment Of the warship tonnage Of the
principal naval powers Of the world.
hitherto issued in December and July
OF each year. Instead Of attempting
to put out a statement corrected to
date, the Intelligence Once Of the De-
partment reissued the statement Of last
July when all Of the nations now at
war were at peace.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
SWORD WIDOW sErRAYs No.
EMOTION As VERDICT Is
REAp-sPEcrAToRs
GASP.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
TO BE THE SENTENCE.
Woman Will Be Taken Immediately.
to Penltentiary at Saltwater
1T 10 Understood That Her
Attorneys Will Not Ask
For a RetriaI.

Minneapolis, Dec. l4.-Thirty men
in the last decade have listened In the.
Hennepin county district court rooms
while jurors read the verdict that con.
demned them to life Imprisonment for
murder. Some of them have went.
Some in a frenzy of hysteria have
shouted of their innocence. Some
have collapsed completely.
Betrays No Eemotion.
A woman, Mrs. Charlotte Sharpless.
sat in the district court before Judge,
Leary and heard the verdict read
which branded her as the slayer Of
her husband, Leaning Sharpless. Not
by so much as a flicker of an eye.
lash did she betray emotion of any
kind. stolid and stoical as she has
been throughout the trial the woman
sat unmoved, hardly seeming to hear
as Deputy Clerk of the District Court
Knight read, 1--WE the jury find the
defendant guilty as charged in the
Indictment"
Women Gasp at Verdict.
Scores Of women who had attended
every session of the woman's trial and
who had all but cried out aloud for
her liberty, gasped as the verdict was
read which sealed her fate. Many
murmured in pity for the creature
who few hours before they had
condemned. Men, old attorneys who
had seen scores of murder trials, NUT
tered beneath their breath as the
verdict was read. OF all the persons
In the courtroom Mrs. Sharpless alone
sat unmoved. No line of the white,
marble-like face relaxed or frightened.
Slowly she rose to her feet and fol-
lowed closely by Mrs. Nels Clausen.
county Jail matron, she walked from
the room and through the Gordon Of
awe-struck curious women who lined
her path back to the jail elevator.
Declares She 10 innocent.
in her cell she smiled family when
asked what she thought Of the verdist.
Il have nothing to say" she said. in
the same even, dispassionate tone that
for hours had replied to the questions
Numbered at her on the witness stand,
except that l am innocent" Then,
without word of surprise or anguish,
the woman who could not weep even
at the sight of her husbands body as
1t lay on the slab at the morgue, began
to eat her supper.
In all probability it will be the last
supper that she will ever eat in Hen.
nepin county. Judge Leary announced
that he would impose sentence at II
o'clock. Mrs. Sharpless will be taken
Immediately to the penitentiary at
saltwater. It is understood that her
attorneys will not ask for a retrial.
Only one sentence, that Of life i'm
prisonment, can be imposed for the
crime Of which the woman was found
guilty.
Never in the last decade has muir.
der case jury returned q verdict, either
of acquittal or conviction, with the
speed which characterized the de.
cision Of the twelve men who tried
Mrs. Chralotte Sharpless.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Promotes Austrian Archduke

Promotes Austrian Archduke.
London, Dec. IA dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from Am.
sterdam says q telegram received
there from Vienna states that EN-.
peror Francis Joseph has appointed
the Austrian commander in chief,
Archduke Frederick, Q field marshal.
Archduke Frederick IL cousin Of the
emperor.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
s'.mes Germany and Austria.

SIames Germahy aho AU6ttI1. "
Amsterdam, via London, Dec. H.
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist
member II the Reichstag, who was
the only one 70 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. It was
created by the common action of the
German and Austrian war parties"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS

Three of the five Austro.G German COL
umns operating in Poland are declared
by official Russian reports to have
been repulsed, including that German
army reported within fifteen miles of
Warsaw, and the allied army support
ing Cracow.
The Germans are reported to have
launched a sudden offensive move
ment in the west in an effort to check
the general offensive movement of the
allies. The Teutons took an allied
trench near Ypres, but it was later
reoccupied by the allies.
The Servian victory over the Aus
TRANS, in superior numbers, appears
now to be fully Confined. The Serbs
have regained great deal of the ter
ritory lost, together with many pris-
oners and much war material
- 4
Vice Admiral Sturdee has officially
notified the admiralty at London that
the British losses in the naval battle
In the South Atlantic Tuesday con.
sisted Of seven men killed and four
seamen wounded. No officers we're
injured. M
The French government yesterday
held its first session in Paris since
the sudden departure to Bordeaux last
September, when the Germans were
within 20 miles Of the city.
1t is reported that Russian troops
are fighting with the Servians, having
arrived in Servia towards the end OF
last month, after months trip by
way of Archangel.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
ANOTHER SUBMARINE RAID
German. Craft Make Attack on Firth
! Of Fortt-Two Reported
Destroyed.

London, Dec. IA dispatch from
Edinburgh to. the Daily Mail reports
that two German submarine attacks
were made on the Firth Of Forth, but
that they we're repulsed. Two Of the
Hnemy's submarines. the dispatch
says, were destroyed. The admiralty,
however, has no confirmation of this
reported subBarine attack in Scotland.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Notorious Robber P.rdor.d

Nos0'i0os 0op0er PArdoned.
Austin, Texas, Dec. 12-Jim Mite. At
one time q member Of the notorious
Dalton gang, was granted a condition.
al pardon by Governor Colquitt. after
serving Is years Of life sentence for
the robbery Of q bank at Lonyiev.
Texas. Mite has always denied com.
plicity in this robbery.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Portugal Forming New cablnet.

Paris. Dec. PA message to the
Havas Agency from Lisbon says that
Victor Coutinho. president Of the
chamber Of deputies. has undertaken
the formation Of q new cabinet in
place of the ministry which resigned
on Dec. s.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
Cut RIver.Harbors Appro prIatlon.

emperor
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23

The big intercollegiate track meet
between the university and the Agr1-
cultural college is taking place on Da-
Gotta field this afternoon.
The field was in elegant shape and
some records may be looked for.
The Cadet band under Director
Bachman was on hand to play during
the afternoon and also made the loop
in q street car before the meet.
Following are the Aggie entries,I
List of Entries
100 yd dash-Parizek, Bolsinger.
220 yd dash-Slagerman, Bolsinger.
Quarter mile-Porter, Slagerman,
Billing.
1-2 mile-McKee, Loiland, DeBoer.
I mile-Kirk, McKeen, Billing.
3 miIe-Stumpf, Bjornson, Larson.
High hurdles-Weston. Jensen, Boil
singer.
Low Observation-Disclosures, Weston.
High jumr-Weston, Jensen, Olson.
Broad Jump-Barchus, Parizek,
Porter.
Hammer DECENTRALIZATION, Bjornson,
Abbott.
Shot put-Bolsinger, Odell, Porter.
Discuss-Mikleson, Bolsinger, Odell
Pole vault-Bolsinger. Jensen, Pari-
EEK.
In the spirits the university has the
edge on the A. C. as their man Flint
has been making the 100 yards ir
10 is while Bolsinger and ParizeH
have been playing baseball and have
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
BIG INTERCOLLEGIATE TRACK
MEET ON THIS AFTERNOON

not made more than 10 As, ,
In the quarter mile Porter has
shown good form for the Aggies.
The Aggie team hope to score points
in the following events, hurdles, mile,
pole vault. 1-2 mile, Ia mile and 220
ward dash. with Mikelson placing in.
the hammer and discus.
Jensen the A. c. high jumper has
not given much height up to date. The
Aggie fans were counting on this
event UP to the past week but Jen-
sens poor work has caused them to
practically concede a U. N. D. victory
in this event, as Schlasser and Mckay
Of the u are both good for s #. 8 in.
Chittick of the u holds the record in
the IL mile and is a phenom in the
IA mile but the Aggies have develop
ed a fast man in the 1-2 mile who,
1t is rumored has done it in 2:04
which will give Chittick a fast race,
In the hammer throw the U mar has
been making 125 # while Mikleson Of
the A. G. has not made better than
lis yards.
The U have also three corners in
the broad jump who nave been out
jumping the A. C. man.
Taken as a whole the university has
the strongest team in it's history
but the A. c.. boys determined to give
them a good run for their money.
The A. C. winners in this meet will
| probably go to Huron mex week to
] compete in the conference meet
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
Read The Forum for
Latest in Baseball
Graingrowers Start .
Like World Beaters.-
Finish Is a Joke

The Graingrowers started out play,
ing stellar ball yesterday and they
kept it up for four innings. in which
they held Winnipeg to two hits and
shut them out. Then came the usual
balloon ascension and a nightmare Of
an inning in which four pitchers were
used and the Peggers batted in ten
runs, helped by some untimely boots. ,
The rest of the game TAI q joke
Unglaub, after using all the pitchers
on his staff but Schmtrler in q vain
effort to head off the romping Canucks,
put him on the mound. And it must
be said for the lively little third sack
er that he at least showed some life on
the firing line, which is more than
some of the regular eayers displayed.
After the game UnSlaub and Bust
ness Manager Dickinson conferred and
three Graingrowers drew suspensions
as a result Of their Indifferent work
Yesterday. They were Brlere, short
stop, and Sherrin and Mclaughlin.
PITCHERS.
Manager Unglaub says he Is going
to get some pitchers that denver
the goods, if he has to lay off the
whole present staff. It Is probable that
a new star hurler will be seen in &C.
ton in a few days. -,
Briere's removal for a few days will
probably do him good. he puts up a
swell game at short-at times. At
other times he seems to be indifferent,
and kicks the ball at a critical period.
The sever est criticism that can be
made against him, however, lis the
.~llstIess way he comes to bat when the
team Is In a hole. Yesterday he walk
ed to the plate and swung his bat in
a half hearted way that disguised the
fans.
There is nothing which gets on the
nerve of the fans so much as to see a
PLAYER quit no matter how far the
team is behind. Yesterday Manager
'Unglaub was out there fighting tooth
and nail until he became so Ill he had
to take the bench. but the Indifferent
work Of one or two players nulnhed all
the fight Of the manager.
Piling seven hits together in the
fifth inning, and adding four more In
the eighth, the Winnipeg team made
fourteen runs to the locals three.
The game, with Dumont pitching,
was a, good one through the first four
innings, the v~isitors getting only two
hits. and no runs, while the Grain
growers garnered three hits and one
run. But in the fifth the game blew
.up with loud report Dumont was
taken out and Klontz went in, but he
could do nothing, and McIAughlin and
Sherrin were sent in successfully
with the same result Sixteen men
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
AMERICAN GOLFERS
TO PLAY IN FRANCE

Paris, May ga large number Of
American golfers, some of whom play
ed in the British amateur champion
ship at Sandwich, are entered for the
grand international championship and
the grand international handicap COM
petitions, which begin next Monday
over the 1S-hole course Of the Societe
de la Boulie at Versailles and run
through May 81. The first event is for
the amateur championship Of France.
| The handicap tournament is for a.
| challenge cup offered by Henry each
ard and other prizes.
The Americans who thus far have
sent In their entries are Charles W.
Evans, Francis Ouimet, Jerome D.
Travers, Harold Weber, Fraser Hale, ].
I. shanby Deal. H. J.. Topping, Ma
tional Golf club of America, r. ".
FORBES, A B. Graves, w. Bowers and
J. H, Snowden. The four last named
| nlayers are entered as members Of the
La Boulie club.
Lord Charles Hope and 7. Ruffer are
the English entrants. and Hedley
| Jerwrey and Eric L. Apperly will play
| for Australia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
HILL TEAM WILL
MEET UNIVERSITY

The Fargo college boys have re-
gained that smile they lost after the
A. c. game, and sailed forth this
morning to poster the u. N. D. nine at
Grand Forks.
Although Fargo college defeated the
u at Fargo, they are a hard bunch to
beat on their home diamond.
Coach Watkins is hoping for a vic
tory, depending considerably on the
pitching Of Twight.
The boys left, eleven strong, on an
early train this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
METROPOLIS WIN
SECOND VICTORY
Standing Of Teams.

In a lopsided, slow and uninterest-
tbsir s sacond vic %vic+or me IN tbe! ao+ eiig Ras ap
ball league conducted by the Y. M. C.
A, when they trimmed the Annex
team last night on the Fargo college
grounds. The Metropolis were In the
game from the very start. getting four
runs in the first and holding their OPP
ponents without a score, the Annex
team never getting a. look-in.
Last nights losers were Handicapped
by the absence Of their regular c.atch-
er, lKeye, although Captain Smith
caught a good game. Goodwin was
slightly off on his twirling. while Moen
for the Metropolis had everything his
own way.
Next Monday the Gardner and Wal
dorf teams will battle for the supreun-
acy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Tigers Lose by Many Errors.

Philadelphia, May 2S.-Five pitchers
were used by Detroit in the game here
which Philadelphia won by 8 to 8. The
visitors gave the home team a com
manding lead In the first two innings
when they piled UP seven errors, three
by Holman In the first, three by
Stanage and one by Coveleskie. De-
troit hit Wyckoff hard, but he was
given excellent support with bases oc-
cupied. Burns batting was a feature.
he getting q home run, a double and a
single.
In trying to get Burns homer which
went into the left field bleachers, Old
ring fell over a box on which a police
man had been seated and hurt his
back and side SO severely that he was
forced to leave the game. Score:
r. III. e.
DeAEolI 1900 9
Pn1lauelpIlla ...s~Ass+.~ y y z
Batteries-HaIl, Boefler, Reynolds,
C~ove1eskle, C. Williams and Stanage:
Bender, Wyckof-and Echangs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE
phaIIies L.ose Through Errors

Pittsburgh, May 2s--Pittsburgh de-
feated Philadelphia 8 to 2. Infeld hits
and three errors in the second inning
Terminating with a. triple by Leonard
with he. bases full. caused trouble for
Pitcher Marshall and gave Pittsburgh
six runs in the inning. Jacobs, who
succeeded Marshall, allowed SIX hits
the rest OF the gane. Mitchell con
timed his batting streak with three
hits. Adams pitched a ine game for
r.. III. E.
~pbiladelpbia Q 5
Pittsburgh =. > ....-... . 10
Batteries-Jacobs, Marshall and
Rnrra. DOOM. Adazaa and Gihsor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23

came to hat before the side was re-
tired. .
The sixth and seventh innings were
|f~eatureless, though Sherrin showed
wildness and was replaced by Dye
who has been playing at third. The
eighth inning came near being a du-
plicate Of the fifth, the visitors batting
round, getting four hits. and bringing
in four more runs. Dye held the visit
ors to no runs and no hits in the
ninth, striking out the last man up
The locals scored in the second on
DeRose's single, and Dyleis long trt-
pie. They scored again in the ninth
on two singles and a long double by,
Anderson. Features of the game were
a pretty double play from Murphy in
right field to Unglaub at first, in the
first inning, and Doyle's fine catch OF
kurke's line drive TO left in the Sec
ond. = -. -. -.- -", &
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
ACCEPT RECORDS
AS OFFICIAL

San Francisco, May 23.--Word that
the Au~straiasian Amateur Athletic
union has accepted as official the rec
ords made by the members OF the all
American track team that defeated ev-
.erything In sight in the Antipodes last
winter. was received here by William
mittee Of The Pacific Athletic associa-
ton.
These include the record Of 45 feet,
ia inch in the ghotput made by Regi-
maid Caughey of Ukiah, Cali high
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned until IL o'clock noon,
May 26 for the erection of a stwo-story
and basement store n office building
for Julius Sgutt Esq, Harvey, ". Oak.
Plans. Al be seen at the ONCE OF the
undersigned and at the Builders Elk
changes at st. Pau and Minneapolis up
to the hour for receiving bids.
The right to reject n or all bids Is
4. j. o'sHEA Archt.
Fargo. N. ID.
eMay 10 to 2s. 1919
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23

winnipeg 20 o1o 0 Ola
Fms .....-..0 1 90 90 D 0 q 8
Two-base htts-Curtis Q. Swain.
.UngIaub. Three-base hits-Doyle, An
derson. Double play-Weidell to
Schiller. Stolen bases-Swalm, CAL
houn 2. Hits-Off Dumont, 6 IN 4 Ia
innings; off Klontz, 8; off sherrin, / in
/ Is innings; of Dye, 4 in 2 2-S in
ntngs. Bases on balls-Of Dougan !:
off Du1mont 8. off Mclaughlin 3. off
Sherrin 2, off Dye 2. Hit by pitched
ball-McLaughlin 1 by Dye l.. StrucR
out-By DoOgan 8, by Dumont 4. by
Dive 1. Left on bases-Winntpeg 8.
FIN 6 Time-2:00. Umpire-F1ood.