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EXPLOSION; 2 KILLED. DYING
FIRE CHIEF AND ONE ASSISTANT
DEAD AT DAWSON, MINI.
Four Buildings Destroyed at Loss Of
100000 in Fire Which Breaks
Out as Result.

Dawson, Mimi April 1.-two fire,
men were killed, one fatally hurt and
two others injured as the result of
fire and explosion which destroyed
four buildings, forced several others
out of line and shattered $4,000 worth
of plate glass windows in the bust
ness part of this town. The total loss
will probably exceed 100000.
The dead are: Fire Chief Elmer
Thompson and Herbert Farmer.
Marvin E. Jacobson was fatally in.
jured.
The other injured are: Arthur Krei-
sci, struck in head by falling stone;
John c. Hanson, wrist nearly severed
by broken glass.
The explosion occurred at 2 o'clock
in the morning, awakening the towns
people from their slumbers and being
distinctly heard by farmers six miles
away.
Flames broke out Immediately fol-
lowing the blast and spread rapidly
in spite of the best efforts of the vol
unteer fire department, which was
early on the scene. Fire Chief Thomp-
son was one of the first to arrive when
the alarm vas turned in. He was
standing in front of the building occu-
pied by the Holtan restaurant, when
the explosion occurred, lifting the en-
tire roof from the building and bury
ing Thompson in the debris.
Herbert Farmer, another volunteer
fireman, was struck in the head by a
falling brick, dying almost instantly.
The flames spread rapidly to adjoin-
ing buildings and soon the whole
block was In flames,
Matt Wire, the local miller, who
lived in apartments over the Holtan
restaurant, managed to get his wife.
two daughters and a son out of the
building with difficulty. The flames
were then playing along the north
wall of the building.
The fire department was powerless
to stay the work of the flames, which
soon reached the ]. e. Lund Hard
ware store, adjoining. and from there
spread to the Citizens State bank and
the Jackson e Emevson's Merchan-
disc store. The four buildings de-
stroyed represent a loss of S22, 900.
The loss on the stock and fixtures will
reach $4,000, all of which is partly
covered by insurance.
The cause Of the fir. is a matter of
conjecture, but is believed to have
been caused by a charge of nitro-gly-
cerine or g%un-cotton The fire mar
shal's Office has been notified and an
Investigation may be ordered.
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Woman Air Rider Killed.

London, April 13.-The aviator Rel
chelt carried a woman passenger with
him on q flight. At a height Of zoe
feet the motor exploded and the mon
cplane shot blazing to the earth. The
woman vas dead when extricated.
Reichelt died at . hospital. On sew.
eral previous occasions Reichelt had
narrow escapes from death. Once In
1913. with q passenger aboard, at a
height Of 5000 feet, his motor stop.
ped and he had to plane downward,
through . heavy fog. In the darkness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
Clinton for Senate In Iowa.

Marshalltown, Iowa, April I'm.
l.. Christian of Clinton, Iowa, was
nominated here for United States SEN
ator. Malcolm Smith Of Cedar Rap
ids was chosen as the candidate for
governor. The convention adopted a
platform. the three principal features
Of which advocated the repeal of the
law permitting the operation OF sa-
looms under restrictions. the resubmis-
sion Of the prohibition amendment to
q vote of the people Of the state, and
the enactmens Of woman's suffrage
legislation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
ARNOLD GIRL CASE
VERY MYST|FY|NG
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKSON
SAYS SHE LIvES-FATHER
DENIES THIS.
MEREDITH HEARING TUESDAY
Doctor Who Operated blouse of Mys
terry" Slated for Preliminary
Trial with Associates
Tomorrow.

Pittsburgh, April 13.-"Dorothy Ar
mold, the missing New York heiress,
came to Pittsburgh soon after her dis.
appearance in 1910 and became a pa.
tient at ID. G. @. Meredith's private
hospital at Bellevue, known as the
house of mystery Miss Arnold
never recovered from her illness and
she is now dying at her home in New
York, where she has been for the last
four months"
District Attorney Positive.
That was the positive declaration OF
local District Attorney X. II. Jack
son, who with Chief OF Detectives Il.
e. Clark and a force of sleuths is pros
ecuting the Ia against Meredith and
his associates, who are slated for hear
Ing Tuesday afternoon on charges Of
malpractice and larceny. He would
not say upon what he based his asser-
ton.
DR.. H. Il. Lutz, chief informant
against Meredith, said that many wom-
en-possibly a score-haye been traced
to Meredith's institution and there
lost track of.
Evidence Coming Fast.
Evidence is coming in every hour"
said the district attorney. "By tele-
phone, by letter and by conversation.
! will show you the body OF Mrs. Myr.
tie Allison of Williamsburg. She died
at Meredith's place and was buried in
the United cemetery under the name
OF Daisy Davis"
Dr.. Meredith Rearrested.
DR.. c. G. Meredith of the sanitarium
and Miss Lucy ID. Orr, a nurse in his
employ, arrested a few days ago on
an alleged charge of malpractice in
connection with the death of Mrs.
Allison, a year ago, and released on
bail, were rearrested, charged with
the wom.n's murder.
The action followed the exhuming
Saturday Of the body Of a woman
buried March, 1913, under the name
of Daisy Davis, which was identified
as that of Mrs. Allison by her broth
er.
Mrs. Allison IS alleged to have been
$3.50 " hHN uAh az IClAGN uty
a suburb. after an illegal operation.
Medical records show that a certif-
cate was issued TO the s~anitarium for
the burial OF Daisy Davis.
Evidence to prove that Dorothy Ar
mold was being treated by DR.. Meredith
soon after her disappearance, was Civ
en- to District Attorney r. II. Jackson
by one of the most prominent physi-
clans in Pittsburgh.
The information was cleaned from a
prominent woman, who was also in the
Bellevue house at the same time as
was Dorothy Arnold.
Father Makes Denial.
New York.-At the Arnold home
here 1t was denied that Dorothy was
here, as declared by District Attorney
Jackson. Her father, Francis Arnold,
reiterated his belief that his daughter
is dead. Arnold was Infatuated when
the statement of District Attorney
jackson was read to him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
April 13.-More concerned over the
health Of Mrs. Wilson than in the
surroundings of a fashionable hotel at
Easter season, President Wilson spent
his hrst day here with his family. both
cred little with the throng of people
about. The president could not resist
the ties Of his college days. however,
and at night he and the family accept
Cd the invitation Of the Princeton Uni
versity Glee. Mandolin and Banjo
clubs to attend their concert.
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Wilson's on Easter Vacation

White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,
April 11.-President Wilson reached
here for a three-day stay. the object
of which is to benefit the health OF
Mrs. Wilson. In the party are also
the Misses Margaret and Eleanor VIII.
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bowes
Sayre. Secretary Tumulty and DR.. Cary
T. Grayson. u. 8. N. The party travel.
ed In a private a over the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railway. The president
will leave here Sunday night, return.
Ing to Washington early Monday morn.
Ing.
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WarshIps to Test Canal.

San Diego, Cal, April 14.-United
States warships Of the Atlantic feet
will steam through the Panama canal
early In July, speed up the Pacific
coast to San Diego and return to
Hampton Roads by the same route.
according to Franklin d. Roosevelt.
assistant secretary Of the navy, who
Inspected San Diego harbor and made
preliminary arrangements for the re-
seption Of the battleships. The pur-
pose OF this early jaunt through the
canal, he said. was to prove that me
btg waterway was oven now ready.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
Sparta Maneuvers Less Extensive.

La Crosse, Wis, April 13.-Accord-
ing to an announcement by the war
department the present outline for
encampment and maneuver work for
the coming summer, which will be
held on the national military reserva-
ton at Sparta, will not be as extensive
as had been anticipated some months
ago. The gathering of the regulars
on the Mexican border has affected the
situation.
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Secretary Bryan Plans Vacation.

Washington, April Is. - Secretary
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan are planning
to leave Washington Tuesday for a
short stay at their winter place in
Miami, Fla. MI. Bryan has put In
two days Of hard work at the state
department since his recent illness,
but he is weak and has been advised
70 60 south for q complete rest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
CHOICE Of RESERVE
CITIES DEFENDED
REGIONAL BANK COMMITTEE AN
SWERS CRITICS OF
SELECTIONS.
HAD TO DISAPPOINT SOME
Thirty-seven Applicants for IL Places
particular Attention Paid to
Complaints From South
ern Cities.

Washington, April 13.-The federal
reserve bank organization committee
has issued a statement defending it's
choice of reserve bank cities and def
milton of reserve districts.
Answers to Criticisms.
1t was the first official answer made
to criticisms voiced in congress and
heard from cities which sought re-
serve banks but failed to get them.
For the first time some of the data
used by the committee on reaching
its conclusions was made public.
Particular attention was given to
the committees reasons for choosing
Atlanta, Ca, and Dallas, Tex, in pref
renee to New Orleans; for selecting
Richmond, Va, instead of Baltimore.
and for naming Kansas City instead of
Denver, Col, Omaha, or Lincoln, Neb.
The committee called attention to the
fact that since 81 cities were appli-
cants and only IL named, % had to
be disappointed.
misunderstanding Revealed.
with so many conflicting claims"
the statement said, somebody had to
judge. Congress constituted the COM
mittee a court and gave the federal
reserve board the power to review.
Disappointed competitors should seek
a remedy through the orderly process
the law prescribes.
Critics of the decision of the COM
mittee reveal more misunderstanding
and do not know, or appear not to
know, that the federal reserve banks
are bankers banks and not ordinary
commercial banks; that they are to
hold the reserves and to clear the
checks for member banks, make re-
discounts for them and engage in GER
tain open market operations. AS a
matter of fact, the ordinary every day
banking relations of the community,
of business men and of banks will not
be greatly modified or altered"
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A London manager presented Shake
speare on his stage In a futurist set
ting. Perhaps his next Improvement
viii be to make Hamlet do a tango
Cor the benefit of the players.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Unless people are lying we are only
. short space from tho time when
London lords and ladies can hop into
IN air q after tea and ny to New
York. witness the latest twist and
leQuirm In tango and get back home In
k1me for a early breakfast
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Those beautiful and ~variegated wigs
for m make 1t possible for any
aesthetic young bachelor to marry q
rare and radiant maiden with glorious
green hair.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

A st. Louis home was broken up
BY fifteen cats and a dog. The trou-
BILE with that home was evidently too
much growing about things. and too
much readiness to come to the scratch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

A New York infant has coughed up
. jewel that has been missing for the
last year. Such things are liable to
happen when one Is born with q gold
spoon In the mouth.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

The ancient fiction that a woman's
identity Is swallowed up In that of her
husband has been overruled by a legal
decision; but no married man aver
swallowed the fiction. to begin with.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

The value Of paper as a covering
In very cold weather is pointed out.
Following this recipe for comfort,
there should be no lack Of hot stun
In the regular news sheets Of the day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

A German scientist that
there is no chance for anybody to live
forever, and talks with as much en-
thusiasm as IL he had made a brand.
new discovery
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Ice cream Is now an article of food,
according to official federal CLASH
ncation. However, 1t Ices not necss-
sarfly follow that one must eat 1t
with q knife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Not only are indigo blue and green
wigs coming into fashion. but eye
brows and lashes must be dyed to
harmonic. Evidently the summer
circus IL In for unfair competition.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

There certainly ought to be som
way OF disciplining stone-throwing
autos. II they refuse to give up the
habit, they should be sem to a garage
Of correction.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

A Philadelphia lecturer says that
husbands, like cats, ought to be
petted. This she thinks, is the best
kid of a recipe 20 make them come
up to the scratch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Surgeons in Chicago have adopted
. new system to prevent sponges be-
lng sewed up in the bodies of patients.
,Ths ought to be news Of absorbing
interest. especially to patients.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Perfumed theater programs are be-
ing used in Berlin. Considering the
nature of many Of the American plays,
1t might help some II they were intro
duced In this country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
Mrs. raft AGAINST SUFFRAGE.

New Haven, Conn.,, April 13.--Mrs.
William Howard Taft, wife of the
former president, has become a mem.
Der of the local Auti-Woman suffrage
association, according to an
ment made by the organization.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

There are so many seismographs
thai an earthquake nowadays has hard
work to create any excitement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Now . WOMAN = planning to make
Mat trum Nov York to the other
- q tho Atlantis. That would put
~ q ~ 40 and - he nsvk pags
- yo1l
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

BY the time some of us learn wheth-
or 1t is tango" or tahngo" some other
Tad will have taken its place.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

There is no such thing as a bargain,
according to n scientific housekeep-
or. See II your wife will scott at this.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Mothers were complimented by the
man who said not all who write poetry
were born poets.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

The Oregon millionaire who has to
sound rocks tor hvs days for driving
- miles IN hour In Portland streets
rrobably thinks this Il = queer world.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

They do strange things in France.
They have just conferred the cross OF
honor on a cornet player.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

A New York newspaper recommends
gardening for jaded men. Does 1t
mean cabaret roof gardening?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

And. by the way. what has become
or the old-fashioned man who used to
keep q scrap book?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
Some bad jokes about bad eggs arJ
going the rounds OF the papers.

II a man expects to go very high in
this world he must be on the level.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

Scientists are trying to find out how
big space is. Thus far there seems to
be plenty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16

In these degenerate days the path
Of glory leads straight to the pie coun.
ter.
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Many b~anqueters are silent after
The soup has been served.
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Some beauty isn't even skin deep In
. stir wind.
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THE MILLER PRESS
~ =. A. %sUsHFIELD

MILLER SOUTH DAKOTA
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"Nearer My God to Thee"

"Nearer My God to Thee"
Easter Sunday and the night that
followed was almost one continuous
prayer for the condemned. They were
on their knees practically all of the
time that they were not talking with
relatives. A prisoner in a distant cell
now and then blew from a battered
cornet the quavering notes of Nearer
My God to Thee" and in the death
house proper a photograph played
sacred music.
On the board walks in front Of the
prison the curious townspeople passed
to and fro, whispering, and every now
and then a party of city AUTOMOBILE
lists swung from their car to survey
the buildings.
In the cut, just under the prison
caves, express trains reared past
while a wind out of the west whipped
up ~whitecaps on the Hudson.
or the scenes in the death house
corridors that which stood out bold
est concerned the. visit of two nuns.
80 1870 ooSL2hy III IOludu SdluO@
lie prison chaplain, led the four gum
men in prayer, two Italian Franciscan
sisters, who had come from New York
to see Dago Frank, whom they had
taught in his boyhood, knelt outside
his cell.
Raised curtains, showing the cells
bare and immaculate, disclosed the
four gunner also kneeling. Sudden
ly the spirit of devotion spread to the
whole death chamber. Every one of
the 16 condemned, among them three
Cinnamon and Hans Schmidt, slayer
of Anna Aumuller, joined in the Lords
prayer.
Last Messages Sent.
To the boys of the East Side In
New York the Jewish trio of the gun
men sent a final message through
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein.
Whitley Lewis" wrote: Keep
away from bad company, is the best
message can send"
Lefty Louis" said: add what I
said the other day about bad COM
pduy. "A leilOW WHO honestly earns
Sc a week is better off than he who
gets 81 1000 a week, If he does not get
1t straight"
81 must die some time" Lefty.
Louie" told his wife. eff it pleases
God that die now, / am ready
Whitley Lewis" asked his brother
to tell their mother that she was not
the mother of a murderer.
II have never been more than a lit
tie Wild" he said.
The prisoners were not left alone
for a single instant during the day
or night.
At 3 O'Clock the final aye were
said. Father Cashin knelt with
"Dago Frank" and received his final
confession. The rabbis, Goldstein
and Kopkstein, prepared the other
gunner for the end.
Rumors persist here that "Dago.
Frank Cirofici had made a confess
sion. These rumors were discredited
at the prison, however, and the mid.
night visit Of Chaplain Cashin to
"Dago Franks" cell wss without de.
velopment.
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GUNMEN PAY
PENALTY OF CRIME
WENT TO ELECTRIC CHAIR AT
DAWN FOR RosEN-
THAI MURDER.
ORDER OF DEATH UNKNOWN,
Nothing to Indicate Any One of Them
Confessed Before End, Although
Rumor Perists "Dago
Frank" Did.

Ossining, N. Y, April IA. - Harry
Horowitz, Louis Rosenberg, Frank Cir
ofici and Frank Seidensehner have
paid the death penalty.
AS the gunner whose picturesque
aliases were flung across the CONT
nent after the murder Of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, they died at
dawn today in the electric chair at
Sing Sing prison, convicted of that
crime.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
No Confessions Made.

To relatives who babe them good
bye and to their spiritual advisers the
four cOnder ned men again declared
their innocence and there is nothing
to indicate that they did not deny
their guilt until the end.
Which went first to the chair was
a secret that only the warden knew.
1t was to depend, it was said, upon
their demeanor. He upon whom the
ordeal bore the heaviest, whose nerves
gave evidence of swapping, would be.
first despatched, thus to obviate a
scene.
James Clancy, warden of the prison,
rigidly observing conventions sur
rounding even ~electrocutions, shook
his head and turned away when the,
subject Of the order of death was men,
toned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-08-14

Attorney T. C. Madden was
here Tuesday on legal business.
Found-a Yale key. Same can
be had at this office.-Adv.
The Fuller Motion and Vaude-
vile Company was here two eve
nings this week and the programs
were very much enjoyed. Several
good reels were given and the
harp playing was also very good.
Karl Klein went to Bismarck
last Saturday to spend a week
in the hospital. He has not fully
recovered from his operation and
it was thought best to remain
under the doctor care. Mrs.
Klein and Ernst went down to
see him Tuesday afternoon.
You may think it strange that
SO many people are cured Of sto-
mach trouble by Chamberlain
Tablets. You would not, however
if you should give them a trial.
They stregthen and invigorate
the stomach and enables it to per
form it's functions naturally. Mrs.
Rosie Rish, Wabosh, Ind, writes
"Nothing did me the least good
until I began using Chamberlain
Tablets. 1t is decidedly the best
medicine for stomach trouble /
have ever used" For sale by
all dealers-Adv.
One Of the pretty new farm
residences being built this fall is
the one on the Henry Sheldon
farm. 1t is an eight room house
with cistern and furnace, and ar
~rangements are being made for
running water by having "a
windmill and high tank. There
is a good sized bath room in the
house and large front and side
porches. It will make a very
comfortable home. The location
is also pretty. 1t is built in the
center Of three tree claims, trees
that were planted a number Of
years ago and have continued to
grow through a number Of cold
winters. 1t is about a mile from
Henry IS father, Charley Sheldon.
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For rugs, linoleum ETC., see
HOltan Mere. CO.-Adv.

For rugs, linoleum etc., see
HOltan Mere. CO.-Adv.
Miss Bernice Landers Of Wing
is a guest Of Mrs. Hendricks this
week.
Ice cream and coffee will be
served at the Woman s Exchange
Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Willis and three
children went to Garrison Wed
nesday to visit relatives
Prof. Fitzgerald, former princi.
pal Of the Washburn Public
schools, will teach in Valley City
this year.
Mrs. VIM. Benn and daughter
returned Saturday from Bis
marck where they had some den
tai work done.
Leave orders for coal with
Edw. Kugler, Washburm Ship
ments of carload lots can be
made at once.-Adv.
Deputy County Auditor Hend-
ricks and wife went to Wing
Saturday by auto and visited
friends returning Sunday eve
ming.
Farmers-put in you supply Of
coal early. The Bitumina coal
is better than ever and you can
load at the mine without delay
ADV.
Miss Hilda VAIL returned
from Valley City Saturday. She
graduated from the Normal this
year and will teach music and dc
nestle science this fall.
Henry Holtan returned from
Hot Springs, S. Oak, Saturday
Mrs. Holtan will remain for q
time to receive medical treat
ment. Ryder Journal.
What would gu like to do to
the person who says: "Is it hot
enough for you?" The phrase
seems to have taken the place
of "Good morning"
Mrs. H. G. Edgerton of Wilton
and Miss Edgerton Of Minneapo'
lis returned to their homes Mon
day after spending a few days
at the Weise home.
Mrs. H. H. Engen and daugh'
ter returned last Friday to Bis
marck after a visit at the Bjork'
lund home. Mrs. Bjorklund is
the baby's great grandmother.
Walter Murphy and William
/! Herred left Tuesday for Parshal
and 0ther points on the new
road on the reservation, where
they intend to enter. into the ga
rage business Jour
nal.