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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-15
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL
COMMITS SUICIDE
Secretary of State Woods Ends
Life In Garage-Grain Spec
uIationS May Have Been
the Cause.

Springfield. Ill, Oct. 13.-Secret"~y
Of State Harry Woods, one or the dem
ocratic senatorial candidates at the
September primaries and former OPP
orator on the Chicago board OF trade,
killed himself early yesterday morning.
His lifeless body, with a gaping bull
let wound in the center Of the fore
head, and a revolver clutched in his
right hand, was discovered this MORN
ing lying In the tool room in a garage
in the rear of his residence.
Mrs. Wood had become alarmed at
her husbands absence from home since
6 o'clock Sunday morning. Going to
the garage she found her husbands
garage locked on the inside. A neigh
Dor was called. the door forced and
in a corner of the tool room the body
of the secretary of state was found.
No note Of explanation was left by
Mr.. Woods and the only clue which
would give a possible indication for
a cause OF the tragic deed was a bulky
bundle Of papers, showing extensive
dealings in grain through a Chicago
brokerage firm. There was evidence
that the secretary carefully planned
the deed. He had taken off his hat
and laid 1t on a bench, but did not re-
move his glasses. An iron bed had
been placed against the door leading
to the o and all the doors were
locked.
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COLLEGE Counomens.

The Pennsylvania. the daily paper OF
the University of Pennsylvania, recent
ly published some facts as to the source
of college names. 1t Is found that near
ly all the colleges in the country, ex-
cept h state institutions. are named
after their founders. or the donors OF
generous ~endowments.
Harvard from John Harvard. who
gave in 1888 the sum Of G779 and his
library of 300 books.
Dartmouth from Lord Dartmouth, a
large subscriber to the college and first
president of its board Of trustees.
Williams after Colonel Ephraim Will
liams, a soldier of the old French wars,
whose grant of a large tract of land
later made possible the foundation OF
the college.
Brown from Hon. Nicholas Brown. a
graduate of Brown. who gave much
honey and a large library.
BowdOin after Governor Bowdoin OF
Maine.
Colby from a Mr.. Colby, a resident OF
Boston, who had lived in Maine and
was much interested in what was then
Waterville college. which he set on It's
feet financially.
Cornell from its founder. Ezra Cor
nell.
Yale after Elihu Yale. from whom it
received many valuable gifts.
Dickinson from the generosity of
Hon. John Dickinson. a benefactor and
president of the board of trustees.
Leland Stanford has the most UNI
usual origin. from the name of a small
boy. the only son Of a California rail-
road magnate. who often expressed the
desire to do something great toward
sending to college men who could not
otherwise go there.
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GERMAN.

London. Oct. IA dispatch TO heu-
ter's Telegram company from beILn
via Amsterdam, gives the
statement, which was issued last nisu'
by the German general stan;
"Our cavalry on Saturday
ly routed a French cavalry division
west OF Lille and near Hazeoroueck
we inflicted severe losses on anotner
French cavalry division. Until now the
engagement on the front in the west
ern theater has not led to a decision.
About the booty at Antwerp, no
communication ian be MADE, a. num
nation still fails. Neither can the num-
Der OF British and Belgian troops VINO
crossed the Dutch frontier be fixed.
I'm the eastern theater we repulsep
in the north all attacks OF the First
and Tenth Russian armies on Octoper
. and 10. The Russian Ell
forts by way of S~chirwindt Cast Prus-
sia) were repulsed n the Russians
lost 1000 prisoners.
TN South Poland the advance guards
OF our armies have reached the Vlstula.
Near Grojec, south OF Warsaw, we cap
tured 1000 men of h Second siberian
army corps.
about the Russian victory at Augusta
wo and Suwalki (Russian Poland) are
invented. The fact that no official com
munication a been published o
the tremendous defeats at Tanneberg
and Insterberg Cloth in East Prussia),
vouches a lack Of reliable official In
formation"
'aThe complete collapse OF the Anglo
Belgian defense of Antwerp was shown
by the fact that no military authority
could be found with which to treat
concerning the surrender OF the city.
This surrender was finally negotiated
with the burgomaster.
1T is impossible TO give as yet the
number of prisoners taken with Ant
werp. Many OF the defenders who fed
to Holland were interned.
General Won Beseler. who has been
decorated with the Order of Merit for
his capture OF Antwerp, has issued a
proclamation addressed to the people,
saying no one would be harmed unless
they committed hostilities OF the Ger
mans. The following information has
been given out in Berlin for publica-
ton:
reports received here from Vienna
set forth that the Russian siege OF
the Przemysl fortress has been aban-
doned. Austrian troops have defeated
Russian divisions near Lancut. They
also routed division Of Cossacks
east of Nimar.
aThe Japanese occupied the Shan
Tung railroad in Shan Tung province,
China. This is a Chinese state railroad
and was built by Germans. China has
protested against this action.
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OPIUM TRAFFIC IN
PANAMA SUPPRESSED
Nation Serves Notice on Mon
opolistic Drug Dealer-Rev-
enue Loss Great.

Panama. Oct. Z. (by maiD.-Pan-
anna has agreed to cooperate with the
canal authorities in the suppression Of
opium traffic. Notice has been given
for Low Lam, the Chinaman who has
for years enjoyed a monopolistic con-
cession for the sale of opium in PAN
that his contract will be termi-
mated at the end of 80 days time. BY
this action the republic will lose 500
600 annual revenue, which was the
price Low Lam paid for his concession.
The abrogation of this contract
sooner or later had been foreseen, since
Panama was one of the signatories to
the international convention for the
suppression of opium traffic, but Pan
anna would not he bound to observe the
convention until its general ratifica-
ton.
1t is said hat a quantity of the
drug Is being smuggled across the Co
lombian border. The Panama govern
ment has sent a special police force
to that section in an effort to stamp
out the alleged smuggling.
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FOUR KILLED; SCORE HURT
BY BOMBS DROPPED ON PARIS

Paris, Oct. ia score of bombs,
launched on different quarters of Paris
by the German aviators Sunday killed
four civilians and injured 20 others. IL
of whom were women and girls. The
damage done to property was small.
A pennant which was dropped at the
same time as the bombs bore the in
scription in German:
I'VE have taken Antwerp; your turn
will soon come"
The airmen appeared Don after
noon. One began the attack by drop
ping q bomb near the northern rail-
way terminal. the other in Rue st.
LaZare and a third which landed at tho
rear of the cathedral Of Notre Dame.
Three more bombs were dropped by tho
same airmen in the vicinity Of the
Bourse.
A house was set on fire, but the loss
was not great. One OF these missiles
struck within 100 yards of an office oc-
cupied by American newspaper men.
The second aeroplane also flew over
the cathedral, Irorping -four bombs,
one Of which lighted upon the roof of
the church. but failed to explode. A
second fell in the square where the biSh-
ops residence is located. A third
struck the parapet of the Quaide Bour-
bon and glanced off into the Seine. The
fourth disappeared in the Seine near
the bridge of Notre Dame.
The second taube appeared to aim at
the cathedral, while the other machine
attempted to hit the Northern n st.
LaZare stations.
Altogether 90 bombs fell. The Ger
mans flew at a very low altitude. Aft
err they apparently had exhausted their
supplies of missiles French a~eroplanes
assembled and pursued them toward the
east.
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RUSSIANS HELD AT
PRUSS|AN BORDER
Germans Announce ReverSeS
to First and Tenth MusCo-
vite Armies--Petro-
grad Silent.

London, Oct. 13.-It Is officially an
hounced in Berlin hat in the eastern
theater of war all attacks OF the First
and Tenth Russian armies have been
repulsed, while the same fate was suf-
fered by the Russians when they at
tempted an ouflanking movement by
way of S~chirwlndt east Prussia.
In south Poland. the Germans claim.
their armies have reached the Vistula.
The assertion Is also made that the
Russians have invented the stories
which have been given out regarding
great victories at Augustowo and
Suwalki. ...-
Petrograd remains silent as to the
movements of the Russian armies, bat
hints that secrecy is necessary for the
time being because important opera
lions are pending,
THE French official statement today,
however, declared the Germans were
retreatlng westward from Lyck, de-
stroying bridges as they go. 1t also
was stated that heavy artillery fighting
has occurred between the Russians and
the Germans along the Vistula In
southern Poland, near Ivangorod.
The claim by Vienna that Austrian
troops have relieved Przemysl and
scattered It's Russian investors is the
most striking news from the eastern
theater that is asserted to be official.
There is nothing here to confirm or
deny the claim,
A German report also records a
check to the Russian forces on the
Prussian frontier and the progress OF
the German armies In Poland. which
seems destined to be the cockpit largely
determining the vents in this war
arena.
Six Russian and five foreign war cor
respondents nave been accorded per-
mission to joiri the Russian forces at
the front. They have had q Joyous
sendofR by Grand Duke Nicholas, the
Russian commander in chief. but they
have been carefully dispatched to a less
exciting field of observance than that
OF Poland. Lemberg, in Galicia. is
their destination.
On saying farewell to the correspon-
dents, Grand Duke Nicholas emphasized
the great utility of the press in ex-
pert and worthy hands," but he quick
Iy u%uenched the rising hopes of his
audience by saying:
At regret that / shall not be able to
show you all / should like to, for in
this war so specially grandiose, abso-
lutte. silence regarding a military Sc
cret dealing with the plan of campaign
is a necessity of success
The grand duke then informed the
correspondents that they were going
to Lemberg.
According to Italian sources, the
Austro-Hungarian government, antici-
pating Italian participation in the war.
made all arrangements to throw into
the jaiIs the prominent citizens OF
Trieste OF Italian birth or descent and
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CHOLERA RAVAGES
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
Disease Spreading Rapidly
Bread at Premium and
Horse Flesh Is Luxury
In Vienna.

Vienna, (via Paris). Oct. 13.-Cholera
district Of Austria: A case has been
discovered at Feldtkirch. in the prov
ince of Vorarlberg. near the Swiss from
tier. The Austrian troops are being
vaccinated against the disease.
The cold weather has caught the
Austrian soldiers in Galicia unprepared
and the authorities are making most
urgent appeals to the public to con-
tribute warm clothing.
Owing to the increase in the price Of
flour, the Vienna Bakers association
has announced that members will
make only big loaves of the so-called
war bread and that they will sell only
for cash. The consumption of horse
flesh in Vienna is increasing rapidly.
AS many as 200 of the animals have
been brought into the market in n
day.
The ministry Of commerce q issued
an order that all letters, going to places
abroad without exception, must be left
open. This includes letters containing
valuables. The entire foreign post has
been put under military supervision.
Special instructions ave been given
to Austrian officials on the italian
frontier to prevent the bringing in Of
Italian newspapers. Persons attempt
ing to smuggle papers across will be
severely punished.
Hungarian officials, who returned to
Marmaros Sziget, after the Russians
departed from that town, found, 1t IS
said, that the invaders had done no
damage to the place. They had nei-
Their destroyed property o molested
the inhabitants. The Russian general
forbade the inhabitants to give the SOL
diers intoxicants, permitting his meH
to receive only food and cigars.
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ALSACIAN SYMpATHIES
ARE WITH GERMANY
Forty-four Years Under Kais-
er's Rule Has Made Ma
ton Loyal, Claim.

The Hague. Sept. 30. (by mail).-
While German newspapers have stu
diously refrained from remarks con-
corning the attitude Of the Alsacians
toward the hostile camps in the west
ern theater Of war. a Swiss who fol-
lowed the operations of the French
and Germans in the Sandgau is quoted
in the Cologne Gazette as saying;
"The French. regularly, during an
engagement, lombard h villages Tor
hours. maintaining q terrific fire, tac-
tics for which the Alsacians have come
to dislike them extremely. 1t Is re-
markable, moreover, how German the
Alsacians have become of a sudden.
What Al years failed to accomplish In
this respect, a few hours Of the Eu-
ropean war have done.
"The Alsacian serving in the Ger
man army is doing his duty. With
the spilling of blood came a fraternaI
feeling, best expressed, perhaps, In the
saying: Our troops fought at such
and such a place; lost or won at this
or hat point Our troops, of course.
are the Germans, because he Alsa-
clans and Lorrainers have fought
where the fighting was hottest, and
now they are proud of the sacrifice in
blood and life they have made.
Something must be said for the
German volunteers. They, fight well. A.
few thousand of them arrived just In
time to participate in the rear guard
action fought by the Germans after the
battle of Thanh. Fresh French troops
had been sent to make the best Of the
German retreat. But the volunteers
were brave, and the French had to go
back. What these young troops lack
in training Is discounted by their Gag
erness to fight, and which seems to
increase as the battle gets more des-
perate. There Is much enthusiasm In
the yolunteers."
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new WARSHIP MAY BE
ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN
Navy Department Seriously
Considering Innovation In
... Ship Building.

Washington. Oct. 1s.-The PROPOSE
ton Of the New York navy yard to
make the United States navy a pioneer
in the development OF the battleship
by being the first to build a great
dreadnought with a system OF electric
propulsion. Is receiving strong sup
port from ava engineers. Secretary
Daniels looks on the proposition with
favor and Is keeping the way open
for the innovation by having the work
of construction of the battleship
which the New York navy yard is
about to build so conducted as to adj
NIT Of the adoption Of the electric
drive" II II shall be finally determined
to install that system OF propulsion.
First developed and tried by the
navy on the big 15.000-ton collier Jup-
tier, the electric drive has shown many
advantages economic and otherwise,
among which are the ability to have
a duplicate plant. enabling the vessel
to keep under way, while repairs are
being made to one Of the other motors
or turbines; great. economy In coal
consumption, ability to change in
stantly from high to low speed. the
elimination of the dangerous racing"
OF the propellers in heavy seas. saving
in space and weight of machinery and
great reduction In repairs and 0 OF
upkeep. e
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REMEMBERS FACE 2s YEARS.
Secret Service Chief Identifies Man He
Saw in 1888.

Saw in 1888.
When put to the test OF Identifying
In New Orleans a prisoner whom he
had not seen for 26 years. the mem
Dry of Capt. Matthew Griffin. head Of
the local branch of the United States
secret service. proved unfailing, de-
spite the lapse of more than a quarter
of a century. Griffin's Identification
of the prisoner, who was arrested on
a charge of counterfeiting, was so pos
sentenced in the United States district
court, in New Orleans. to serve six
years in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta.
The a Identified by Griffin, is
Gaetano Russo. who was arrested and
convicted in New York city, in 1888, on
a counterfeiting charge. When secret
service operatives captured a counter
feiter in New Orleans several weeks
ago they made an investigation of old
records and found that the description
of their prisoner was very similar to
that of Russo. They also learned that
Captain Griffin was the only secret SER
vice agent living who had worked on
the case in New York, so they sum-
moned him to New Orleans.
In the New Orleans city hall Griffin
was taken to a room. where q score of
prisoners stood in a line. He scanned
the line for a moment and then walked
up to one OF the prisoners. and, tapping
him on the shoulder. said. Hello.
Russo"
The mar turned quickly with a star
tied air. Failing to recognize his for
mer captor. he declared that a mistake
had been made. but when Griffin went
over in detail the circumstances at
tending his arrest and conviction in
New York. Russo admitted that he was
the man and later confessed his guilt
in connection with the New Orleans
char0e-
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PARIS IN TERROR
OF AERIAL RAIDS
Four Are Killed and Score
Are Wounded-CathedraI Is
Shareholders Meas
ureS Planned.

Paris, Oct. 13.-The progress of the
campaign in the north or France and
the fall Of Antwerp were forgotten for
a moment today by the people Of Paris,
who spent their time discussing the
throwing yesterday Of bombs on the
capital from German aeroplanes as a
result Of which three persons were
killed yesterday and Ia wounded. At
the same time officials adopted "a
ures looking to the prevention of sim
liar acts.
General Hirschauer was appointed
to take charge OF the aerial defense OF
the city.
He organized last year the aerial
branch Of the army service. A number
of deputies met at the call of Deputy
Denis Cochin to consider various
means Of rendering the city more Sc
cure from a~eroplane attacks.
The creation of aerial squadrons
stationed at cardinal points to be al
ways ready to dash after the air craft
of the enemy as soon as they should
be signalled approaching the city;
that the arming of asst aeroplanes with
quick firing guns and the telephoning
of warnings by residents Of the capital
to the French Aero club. which is now
under military control, were among
the suggestions discussed.
The news that one OF the German
bombs yesterday almost struck the
Cathedral Of Notre Dame has been
communicated to the vatican. 1t Is re-
ported that the pope exclaimed on get
ting the message:
Providence has prevented an out
rage which would have shocked the
world"
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APPOINTMENTS MADE AT
DAKOTA M. E. CONFERENCE

washington Springs, 8. D., Oct. Ia
Hundreds of people who came by auto
10 hear Bishop Luccock preach yes
terday are stranded here, owing to the
heavy rain yesterday.
Immediately proceeding adjournment
of the conference at noon today the ap-
pointments were read, among which are
the following important assignments:
Sioux Falls, J. W. Potter; Pierre. e. o.,
Machamer, Vermilion, ]. III. Gibson;
Yankton, H. P. Eberhart; Aberdeen, o.
w. Taylor; Huron, A. E. Buriff; Wes-
sington Springs I. NJ. Hargett, Mitchell,
Madison, G. d. Brown; Wartertown,, T..
F.. Lewis: Woonsocket, T. S. Bassem,
Forerly, formerly of Sioux City.
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BOMBS FALL BETWEEN
LOADED PARIS TRAINS

Paris. Oct. IA German a%eroplane
at 1915 this morning dropped bombs
between two railroad trains that were
In the act Of putting out for the north
ern railroad station. The bombs did
explode and were later found en-
bedded two feet in the earth. The rail-
road trains were crowded with passen-
gers.
II was announced officially later in
the day that a Taube ~aeroplane had
flown over Paris this morning and
had thrown down six bombs. Five
French aviators went up to pursue the
German airman.
Another German bomb was dropped
today at st. Ouen, a suburb OF Paris,
but It also did not explode. D..
This missile fell near a paint factory
where there is a gasoline tank of 3d.
100000 gallons.
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AUSTR|ANS DEFEAT
ARMY OF RUSSIANS
PrzemysI Fortress Again In
Hands of Franz Josef's
Forces, Vienna Claims
Many Captured.

London, Oct. ia dispatch from.
Amsterdam to Reuters telegram COM
pany says:
"A telegram from Vienna states that
it is officially announced that the Aus
TRAN raid. has relieved Przemysl Galicia
OF the Russians. The Austrians have
entered the fortress at all points and
where the Russians attempted resis-
lance they were beaten. The Rus
fled in the direction Of the river
San attempting to ross at Siniava and
Lehaysk, where a great number were
captured.
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BOER HELD AS
ENGLISH SPY BY M

London, Oct. 1.-THE Rev. Epka
DeWarr, a nephew of Paul Kruger.
and at one time secretary of state for
Transvaal, and a general in the Boer
army, arrived in London today after
two months detention in Westphalia.
Mr.. DeWarr is a resident Of the Boer
colony at Hosenward. Tenn, and is an
American citizen, but he was held by
the Germans Is a British subject be-
cause he did not have his naturaliza-
ton papers with him. He appealed to
the American embassy in Berlin and
was released.
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EXPECT ITALIAN MINISTER
TO PREPARE FOR WAR

London, Oct. I2.-The Rome news
papers, commenting on the appoint
ment OF General Zuppeli, as Italian
minister Of war, consider it Significant
that he should have been born in Capod.
Austria, ar Italian province still in the
possession of Austria. Under the new
minister IL is expected that repara-
tons to place the army OF a var foot
ing will be hurried, but lfat apparent-
ly is still firm in the fefe lnation to
remain neutral
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1t is asserted threatens to shoot with
o trial, all persons participating In
pro-Italian demonstrations. 1t Is even
said that Triste itself win be lombard
ed in the event of anything in the ma
ture OF an Instruction taking place.
A message from Budapest published
in Rome credits the Hungarian govern
ment with the intention of granting au-
tonomy to Transylvania with a view
to averting an instruction in that
country.
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900 ERMAN TROOPS
SAID TO BE IN ACTION

here from Germany, estimate thai the
German army now numbers, approx
mately, 1900, 900 men. or these 1900, 900
are In the field in France, Belgium,
East Prussia and Poland. The other
1000. 900 troops arc in g%arrisons and the
various training camps,
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Rarbarians Still

Seems strange h a people could be
so credulous as they we're in the days
of the Salem witchcraft."
"Oh, / don't know. Some of us went
in pretty strong for those poisoned
needle stories which were so popular
a few months back"
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FIVE DROWN WHEN BOAT
OF REVENUE CUTTER SINKS

Washington, Oct. 12.--A radioeram
to the revenue cutter service today
from Behring sea reported the drown
ing Of Assistant Surgeon l.. w, Jen-
kins. p. III. S.. and Ave other men
when a boat from the cutter Manning
swamped Saturday in Unalga Pass. off
Cape Sariches
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ARMY OF 100000 MEN
Modified IN ITALY

Copenhagen, Oct. ia Berlin dis
patch says:
italy now has 100000 men under
arms. making In all 40 army corps"
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GERMAN BANK RETURNS RISE.

Berlin. Oct. 1.-THE return for last
week. issued by the Retsch bank, shows
an Increase OF $4,000 900 marks l$1S6,-
900. 000l, In specie notes, while the cir
culati0n shows a decrease of 1872 00. 900
marks. 1873. 0O,000l,