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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
The Crops For This Year.

Pierre-The state immigration
department has been securing
the best possible estimates as to
the various crop acerages of the
state through reports of the
counties, most of which have
sent in reports. These figures
while they cannot be guaranteed
absolutely as accurate, are not
far from the real figures, and
show that the corn acreage of
the state for 1914. is 1896, ,592,
of which AGA $50 is new acreage.
The wheat acreage is 4,O49, 1872,
of which s5,74 acres are winter
wheat, the rest spring wheat.
Oats takes up 1,794,s67 acres
barley 978.602 acres; rye 144,59l
acres and speltz 199, 794 acres.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
State Bankers Lodge Protest.

Clark. E. Platt. secretary
of South Dakota Bankers Asso-
citation has wired the chairman
of the ways and means committee
of the national house of,represen-
tatives that the sentiment of the
members is strongly against the
proposed war" stamp tax on
checks, assigning as reasons for
such opposition that after years
of continuous solicitation by
banks, the business men, trad es
people and farmers have become
accustomed to the use of bank
checking accounts in paying bills.
To place stamp tax upon checks
would withdraw large amounts
of cash from circulation through
banking channels, thus aggravat.
ing money stringency and dam
aging general business"
A protest is also made agains
the proposed tax on the capita
and surplus of banks, on the
ground of class discrimination.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
No Nerve Rests Now.

Employees of the local Milwau-
kee offices are beginning to worry
over a report from Chicngo to
the effect that after January ],
the smoking or chewing of tobac-
co or the chewing of gum will be
prohibited in all offices of the
company.
Some of the local officials are
of the opinion that this order, if
really such an order is being
considered, will apply only to the
large general Offices, and will not
be effective along the lines gen.
ally.
If such an order should go in
to effect here, however, it will
mean an awful caseof nerves
in nearly every department ot
the road, for nearly every one OF
the local officials are devotees O.
My Lady Nicotine, and can be
seen with pipes or cigars in theil
mouths at any hour of the day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Boy Playing With Fire Ignites
Baby's Clothing.

Britton result of the in.
juries, received when his cloth
ing was set on fire, the infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Jackson, we'll known residence
of Britton, is dead. The mother
had left the infant in it's cab
while she stepped outside the
house for few minutes. In the
room was the five year old broth
er of the infant. The little boy
was playing with a stick, which
he set On fire by poking it into
the stove. In swinging the stick
around he set fire to the cover in
the cab of his infant brother and
in an instant the cab was a mass
of flames. The mother returned
in time to prevent the baby from
being burned to a crisp. but the
Injuries sustained we're such that
the infant died a short time
| later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Old Summit Pioneer Dies.

Summit-Ness Adolphso, age
S6 years. passed away at 2 clock
Wednesday morning, after an ill.
ness of only a few days duration,
death being due to general break
down and old age.
Besides his aged wife there
are, three daughters, Mrs r.
Ohm, of this place, Mrs. George
Savide of Provost, Canada, Mrs.
Reddin who also lives in Canada
to mourn his loss. He was very
highly respected by all who
knew him, and was often seen
on our streets until few DAYS o1
his death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Meets Tragic Death in Water.

Big Stone-Peter Roder, of
Big Stone City was drowned in
the lake Wednesday while fish
ing opposite the G. A. Wood cot
tage in enderly addition to the
park. The body was recovered
about four hours after the acci.
dent.
From reports brought up
from Big Stone, Roder, and a
friend by the name of Hobbs
had gone fishing and while sew.
eral rods out from the shore the
boat accidently capsized.
Hobbs clung to the over turned
boat ard made an effort to assist
Roders but was unable to reach h
him. The man went down sever.
al feet from his companion who
gave the alarm some time after.
Several searching parties start
ed dragging the lake and
Messrs. Irving Luff, Chas. Jones
and VIM. Potter found the body
in about 12 feet of water several
rod out from shore.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02

R. o. Richards, of Huron, nom
PARTISAN candidate for governor
gave very interesting talk at the
opera houee Tuesday evening to a
fair sized crowd of voters. His
chief topic was the taxation ques-
ton and his hearers are of the
opinion that he has the correct idea
of taxation. Mr.. Richards is
travelling through the state by auto
and making an average of four or
FIVE towns day. He went from
here to Summit, Ortley, Waubay
and to speak Wednesday evening
at Webster.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Give the Farm a Name.

Give the farm a name and keep
the farm up to the name. 1t
gives distinction, it is an express
sion of honest pride, it shows an
interest in the place. 1t means
something more than so many
acres of brown earth, a dwelling
and barns. 1t means a place
that one feels is in the best sense
the home of himself and family.
Sentiment gathers around it and
crystalizes so that at last the
owner does not so much as ask
in declining years, "How much
can l get for my farm?" but,
"Who.is going, to, succeed me on
it?" And that means a deepen
ing and strengthening of home
ties and those of the locality,
both of which are so greatly
needed in American rural life.
But for the practical reason as
we'll as sentimental it is wise to
bestow a name upon the farm
No self.respecting man would
give a good name to his farm and
then keep The farm in poor con
dition. The sense of pride
would prompt any man to do his
level best. That would mean
better cultivation, house and barn
painted, fences in good condition
better stock and better crops,
and more attractive appearance
within and without the dwelling
There is scarcely a farm, how
ever situated. that some appro
pirate name may not be given it
Landscape, a spring, clump o1
trees, position, historic associa'
, tion are among the many things
that may suggest the name. Ant
always remember this, that it is
with the farmer more than any
one else, rests the solution o
the problem of arresting tn
drift city.wards. An attractive
home, home that has a distinc
tiveness about it, goes a lonl
way towards the solution.
e Marriage license was issued thi
i week to Halvor Jacobson and Mat
e tie Marie Seal of Enterprise town
ship.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
INFANTRY
ADVANCE
CHECKED <
nsps't ft,a Dutlps.t dllls
Mseodtes t htNs
RualaI

LondON, AspA a0.-RvaslAA trooDe
are AriviAs fast on Ne oa4Asivs In
~ forests Of Auaastowo. ipstls prov
ince o. suwalhi. Russian Polald. says
an oficisl statement N trosrad,
which adds the Germans stiM bonn
bard the fortress oi Ossowstz, using
heavy siege artillery, but the attempt
by infantry to close In has been
checked. On the front Of Silesia the
Germans, greatly reinforced, show
much activity.
That Prxemysl still is in the hands
of the Austrians ID indicated by offi-
Cial advioes saying Austrian sorties
from the fortresses have not been
successful, and that many prisoners. q
number of cannon and some stores
of ammunition have fallen into Rus
sian hands. The advices do not con-
firm the report that two of the Pre-
mysl forts have been captured by the
Russians. The Austrian retreat in
Galicia continues In great confusion,
according to the official report.
| A Rome dispatch to the Exchange
communication issued in Budapest
admits that the Russians have sue
ceeded in crossing the Hungarian
frontier at several points in the Ung
district, despite the fact that rein
forcements have been sent against
them. Ung is a country In the north
eastern part of Hungary.
Colonel ahumsky, military critic Of
the Petrograd Rourse Gazette, says the
4 SUCCESS of the, Russians',in operating
through the Cafpathian riSiintsins ie!
one Of the most notable in military
history. sg4s
Russians Proved Successful.
Despite the generally accepted tdes
that Russian troops are unable to op-
crate in the mountains, o. shown in
the Manchurian campaign, the Rus
SLAMS on this occasion proved that un-
der able leadership they are able to
conquer alike on the plains or in the
mountains"
Referring to the events on the River
Niemen Colonel Shumsky says:
1T is essential to determine whsth-
or the Germans will be able 70 COM
pei the Russians to refrain from the
operations in the Carpathians in order
to rush; to the Niemea:"
He believes the operations on the
Niemen, even in the event Of German
success, will not have dsciSive sig
nificance and he argues that the Rus.
sian operations. in .Galicia and the
Caspathiass will influence the whole
course Of the campaign.
An Official statement issued at Nish,
Servia, and sent to the Renter Teie-
, gram company here. says the servian<
and Montenegro troops marching on
serajevo have reached Mount Ka'
mamie.
Rumors were circulated in Rome
} that the occupation Of AvlOna, in Al
bania, on the Adriatie. by the Italians
, is imminent. Some Of the reports had
l 1t that the occupation already has oc
| surred. OfRcial denial Of the rumors
was made in Rome.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
JAPANESE CLOSING
IN on TsING1AU

Peking, Sept. 30.-The Germans ia
Kiaochou have evacuated the Walder-
see line of defense, before an over
whelming force of the enemy. Tsing-
tau now completely is invested. The
German losses were small
This information is contained in .
dispatch received here from a Ger
man source at Tsinan, Shantung
which evidently is wireless com
munication from Tsingtau. 1t adds
that the Japanese armored cruiser
squadron bombarded Tsingtau Oh
Monday without doing any damage.
Japanese official reports corroboraee
the foregoing and explain that the en-
gagement occurred Monday morning.
They declare further that the Ger
mans are now back on their main
line Of defense, five miles from Using
tau, and that Japanese troops occupy
heights commanding the lines which
the Germans now hold. Three Ger
man warships inside Tsingtau harbor
and two Japanese aerOplanes took
part In the fighting.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02

Marriage license was issued this
week to Halvor Jacobson and Mat
tie Marie Seal of Enterprise town
ship.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Move Town To Lake City.
Sunday. Wrtpl,sr 4. 1914

The Luffman State bank along
with numerous of the other
buildings of that town have been
moved to Lake City, six miles
west of Luffman. 1t was thought
for while that the FairmOnt &
Veblen road would strike Luff
man, and the town commenced to
flourish until it was found that
the road would pass six miles
west of that town. Lake City
then enjoyed the growth, Luff.
man business men moving their
buildings and all to the new
town.
The road is now graded
through to Gracevill, and it is re.
ported that the steel has been
LAID up to the first town north
of Lake City.
Quite a scandal was created in
town few mornings ago by one
of our well known citizens beat.
ing his good wife up. Severa
of the neighbor ladies claim tc
have seen the part of the accid.
ent. We withhold the mans
name for he has promised his
wife that he will never do it agair
and as he is now ashamed of his
actions, he should not be con
demmed too harshly by other
husbands. 1t was at least 5:3'
in the morning, and eye witnesses
declare that he not only bea
his wife up-but actually hao
the fire going and the coffee po
on before the surprised wifi
could get to the kitchen and full
ly realize how badly she wa!
beat.
Clerk of Courts Stevens wa
5 aroused from his pleasant slumber
! Saturday night to issue a marriag
: license to Richard w. Frost of Alt
/. township and Hilda Nelson of Wat
bay. The young people were maj
t ried Sunday at the NJ. E, parsonag
! by Rev. Shearer. The Standar
e extends congratulations to tn
young people.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
French Reoccupy Congo.

Paris, Sept. 3O.-"lt is officially an.
nounced that the French forces in
Equatorial Africa have reoccupied the
greater part of the Congo territory
ceded to Germany by the treaty of
1911" says the Bordeaux correspond
ent OF the Havas agency.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
Proposed watsrworks For Summit

Summit. B. Sullivan. a civil
engineer of Huron, visited Sum-
NIT at the request of the town
council for the purposes of look
ing over the plans for proposed
system of waterworks. He will
report on the proposition later,
and meantime the council will
advertise for bids to ascertain
what the system will cost. Mr..
Sullivan, while in Summit was
also consulted as to the advisabi-
lity Of installing an electric light
plant, and assured his inquirers
an electric light plant could be
proftably run in a town the size
of Summit. 1t is probable both
the waterworks and the lighting
system will be installed before a
great while.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07
CERMANY'S ADVANCE
SHARPLY CHECKED
BELGIAN TROOPS GUARD WELL
THEIR LINES OF DEFENSE
French to Assist Them-TrOOps Viii
Join in Resisting Enemy'S
March.
The State. 9Th.

The State, 9Th.
Germany in pushing her advance
through Belgium has met with strong
opposition around Liege, where Bel
gian forces, according to official ad-
T;ces reaching Brussels, have repulsed
the German army Of the Meuse under
Gen. Won Emmich.
The Germans are reported to nave
lost several thousand killed and
wounded,
From the northern coast OF Europe
came reports that firing at sea had
been heard 1t was reported that
there had been a naval engagement,
but the authority has sent an ulti-
matum to Italy This nave is taken
in some quarters to mean that the
italians will be forced out Of the triple
alliance and compelled to align them
selves on the side or England.
England took no definite moves,
the nation being content to wait and
watch
Field Marshal Kitchener has been
appointed secretary of state for war
in the British cabinet and will have
under mis- direction the military cam
paign against Germany.
French troops have joined the Bel
gians in opposing progress of Ger
many through Belgium and it is re-
ported that possibly Great Britain
may send reinforcements.
The president of the United States
has offered his services as mediator
to the European nations at war.
The German ambassador will leave
England Thursday by dispatch Doat.
Both at st. Petersburg and Berlin
the German and Russian embassies,
respectively, have been attacked by
mobs.
The capture OF several German
steamers by the British is reported
and the British cruiser Amphion has
sunk tie Hamburg+American line
steamer Koenigin Louise recently
converted into mine layer.
Russian frontier patrols have pen
etrated 10 miles into Germany.
Trawlers returning from the North
sea bring word that no hostile war
snips were to be seen.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07
BELIEF OF AMERICANS
THOROUGHLY PLANNED
Millions in Gold viii Be Sent on q
Warship for Distressed Citizens
of the e. S. Now Abroad.

Washington, Aug. z.-Relief for the
tens OF thousands of Americans in
European war zones will be extended
through every available power. Mil
lions in gold will be sent on a war
ship for American needs.
Officials of the State, war, navy and
treasury department conferred on
plans to coordinate the work. For
Immediate relief. President Viii
son asked congress to appropriate So
10000. This, with the $25O,000 ap-
propriated yesterday by congress, will
be started across the Atlantic tomor-
row night on the armored cruiser
Tennessee. Bankers and export COM
paines also will add s5,O00,000 to S.
100000 on the Tennessee. The Ten
nessee will carry government ofdcials
to distribute the gold at European
ports for American diplomatic bu-
reaus to aid stranded Americans.
A canvass today o. ayailable ships
revealed that with the exception OF
six ocean liners flying the American
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07
AGREE ON TRANSFER
OF The GOVERNMENT
CARBAJAL AND CARRANZA COME
TO SETTLEMENT.
Expected That General Amnesty VIII
Be Declared and Peace pact
viii Follow.

Mexico City, Aug. 5.-Prcvisional
President Cabajal and. Gen. Venus
tiano Carranza, head of the constitu-
tionalist movement, today reached q
full agreement concerning the turn
ing over of the government to the
constitutionalists. 1t is expected G.
general amnesty Will be declared
socn. Hostilities were suspended
today.
At tie close Of conference be-
tween President Carbajal and Gen.
Ealasco, minister of war, today the
official announcement was made that
Carraaza would arant tie presidents
request concerning guarantees and
11at I peace pact probably would be
ratified at cabinet meeting soon,
Peace For Mexico City, at Leaf,
seems a certainty. The council o.
war, consiting OF 112 generals, de-
cideG tonight upon the unconG,"onai
sarr4, del OF the city to the coEsti-
.u,:>t i .sts.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07
WORK TO SAVE COTTON
Southern Representatives and Sena-
tors are Busy-TO Secure Ac-
tiOn.

washington, Aug. 4.-Measures to
relieve the cotton industry OF the
United States from depression threat
ened by the European war were plan
ned today by a specially appointed
committee q, Southern senator's and
representatives in congress. The com
mittee mapped out IN exhaustive IN
vestigation of conditions affecting the
marketing and consumption OF cot
ton with a view to securing legislative
and administrative action as may be
necessary to safeguard American in
terests.
At a. meeting presided ever by Sen
nator Hoke Smith, chairman Of the
committee. three subcommittee were
appoirted to look into Tarious phases
OF the subject. Senator'S Smith,
Overman and Bryan and Representa-
tiyes Underwood and Lee were named
to confer with President Wilson with
reference to foreign relations general
" in so far as they may affect the
cotton industry in this country.
Representative Lever, chairman o;
the house agricultural committee, Will
head a committee which will consult
with Secretary McAdoo with a view
to extension of government aid to
farmers who may find it necessary TO
store tteir crops in case there IS no
foreign market.
Another subcommittee will ask
Secretary Redfeld for information as
to transportation facilities and get
mis- advice relative to the erect the
European cc1lfagration may have on
cotton mills abroad
The problem O: having transporta-
ton for the 1914 crop, now that trans
Atlantic commerce has been interrupt
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07
WIFE OF PRESIDENT
AT POINT OF DEATH
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Ill for Months
Now Almost in Extremis.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, wife Of the president of
the United States, tonight lies at the
point of death.
Four months ot almost unbroken
illness complication of nervous
ailments and Bright's disease, have
sapped the vitality of the first lady Of
the land The end is regarded as "a
matter of days, perhaps hours. Her
husband and three daughters are at
her bedside and relatives have been
summoned. Physicians have been in
consultation for days but it was ad-
mitted at the White House tonight
that nope for her recovery had almost
vanished.
Late tonight Mrs. Wilson was rest
ing easily, but it was sometimes nee
essary to restort to oxygen and other
stimulants.
Conscious only at intervals, Mrs.
Wilson has been cheerful and called
constantly for her husbandH Every
spare moment that could be spared
from urgent official duties has been
devoted by the president to his wife.
At the side of his constant helpmate
and adviser he wrote the tender OF
good Offices appealing to the Euro
pean monarchs to stay their conflict.
From the sick room he has given di-
rections to the various department
heads fer the relief of thousands OF
Americans stranded abroad. The press
of domestic legislation, the European
war and Mexican situation and the
furry over financial conditions
throughout the country have we.5A
heavily en- the president, as he has
maintained his day and night vigil.
Hope All But Vanished.
For several days it has been known
to those in closest touch at the White
House that hope for Mrs. Wilson's re-
covery was slight. The president has
clung desperately to the hope that sac
might survive tie crisis, but her fral
constitution, drained by months OF
never-ending illness, has been un-'
able to withstand the battle.
Last March Mrs. Wilson slipped on
a rug at the White House, injuring her
spine. Ar operation was necessary.
After weeks Of convalescene she final
ly arose from her bed, but the burden
of a winters activity at the White
House, together with charity, brought
on nervous prostration. She was well
enough to attend the wedding or her
second daughter, now Mrs. William L.
McAdoo, but her reeuperative powers
were not lasting. Stomach trouble
added to her nervous ailment and
Bright's disease developed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-07

and that he reply should be sent to
England before midnight
Mr.. ,Asquith said a telegram had
been sent early this morning to Sir
Edward Goschen, British ambassador
in Berlin, to the following effect:
Wanted Clear Statement.
''The king OF the Belgains has ap-
pealed to his Britannia majesty's gov
ernment for diplomatic Intervention
on behalf of Belgium. The British
government is also informed that the
German government has delivered the
Belgian government nQte proposing
friendly neutrality, pending free
passage OF German troops through
Belgium and promising to maintain
the independence and integrity of the
kingdom and its possessions on the
conclusion of peace, threatening in
case of refusal to treat Belgium as an
enemy
Sir Edward Grey, the British for
iegn secretary, requested an answer
within y hours.
Premier Asquith then read a tele-
gram from tee German foreign min
lister which the German ambassador
in London had sent to Sir Edward
Grey today. 1t is as follows:
please dispel and distrust that may
subsist on the part q. he British gov
ernment with regard to cur intentions
by repeating most positively the
formal assurance that even in case of
armed conflict with Belgium, Ger
many will under no professions what
ever annex Belgium territory
The reading OF this telegram was
greeted with derisive laughter by the
house
T1e premier continued: I'VE un-
derstand that Belgium categorically
refused to assent to a fagrant viola
ton of the law Of nations.
'His majesty's government was
bound to protest against tnis violation
of treaty to which Germany was
party in common with England and
must request as assurance that the
demand made upon Belgium by Ger
many be not proceeded Witn and that
Belgium's neutrality be respected by
Germany and we have asked for an
immediate reply.
eve received this morning from
cur minister in Brussels the follow
ing telegram: "The German minister
has this morning addressed "a note
to the Belgian minister of foreign
Affairs stating that as the Belgian
government has declined well-in-
tentioned proposal submitted to it by
the imperial German government the
latter deeply, to its regret, will be
compelled to carry out, if necessary,
by force of arms, the measures con-
sidered indispensable in view OF the
French menace"