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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
JAPANESE PREMIER IN
FAVOR OF LARGER ARMY

Toxic. Japan, (by mail), Oct. 3d.
A larger army and more ships for the
navy were recommended by Count
Okuma, the prime minister. at a meet
ing of the governmental parties called
to arrange their program for the i'm
perial diet which will assemble De-
cember s.
The forthcoming session of the diet
promises to be of more than usual in
terest, for the Okuma cabinet, as a
cabinet of the minority parties, must
expect to meet some opposition from
the seiyukai or conservative party,
which controls the majority of the
seats in the house OF representatives.
The Okuma program as outlined at
the meeting of his political friends,
calls for two more divisions in the
army,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
MAY MAKE ALBERT
HOLY CITY I N
Allies Propose to Confer
Jsrusals,n Kingshjp Upon
Belgian.

Paris. Nov. 23.-It is admitted BY
diplomats here that a movement 10
divest the Emperor Franz josef, OF
Austria, of the title of the king OF
Jerusalem and confer he historical
kingship on King Albert. OF Belgium, as
a reward for his great bravery IN
leading his troops under nre, Is meet.
ing with approval in official circles OF
France and England.
This means the robbing the Austrian
ruler OF an ~appendage that has been
possessed by emperors Of Austria since
the year, 1890. 1t is an honorary title
and the highest honor mark in Europe.
AS an argument In favor OF the pro-
posed reward II is pointed u that IL
was Godfrey OF Bouillon, king OF Bel
GUM, who shattered the Mohammedan
rule OF Jerusalem in 1899 and assumed
the crown of the holy city.
The allies propose that his success
or as the most gallant crusader against
socalled Prussian militarism Is entitled
to the crown. When the allies remake
he map of Europe-if they whit Is
expected they will declare Emperor
Franz Josef unworthy of the kingship.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
RYRNE NAMES COMMITTEES
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF WORK

Pierre, S. D., Nov. %. - Governor
Byrne, who is personally much inter-
ested in urging the campaign for Bel
gian relief, appointed a commission
from South Dakota to take up the
matter of funds and relief In this state.
The members OF the committee are:
w. HI. Stokes, of WATERFOWL; Charles
A. Lum, of Aberdeen; o. L. Branson,
of Mitchell: w. E. Adams, of Dead
wood. and j. w. Boyce, of Sioux Falls.
Aberdeen and Huron are now engaged
in a campaign to secure one carload Of
flour each, in addition to money con-
tributions. The work 10 in charge Of
Miss Hill, of st. Paul, in the north
west, who lately reported $4,000 had
been received.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
FRANCE PAYS ONLY PART
OF BIG GRECIAN LOAN

Berlin. Nov. 90, tby wireless to Say
Vile, L. l.. Nov. 21.)-Included in the
information given out in official quar-
tiers to the p-ess today is the follow
ing:
Netherlands newspapers have ex-
pressed their appreciation at the eff
forts of the German authorities to re-
store normal conditions in Belgian
towns.
Reports received here from Copen-
hagen set forth hat the French GOV
eminent has informed the Greek gov
eminent hat France will be able to
on the second installment of the Gre
clan loan of 250,000. 900 francs $780,
600, 00) issued in Paris last year."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
LIFE INSURANCE CONCERN
WILL CUT JUICY MELON

New York, Nov. 21.-The Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance company has de-
cided to present to its policyholders a
plan for the naturalization of the COM
pany. The Metropolitan Life Is a
stock company operating under a spe-
cial charter. Most of the policies are
nonparticipating. The capital Of the
company IS $2,QQ0,000 divided into So
600 shares of SIS each, and the divi-
dends to the shareholders are limited
to Z per cent yearly.
The meeting of policyholders to vote
upon the plan is called for December
%. The holders OF practically all the
capital stock have EXPRESSED their APP
prevail of the plan. The plan provides
for the acquisition of the capital stock
at the price Of SIS a share.
Its adoption will call for the return
to the stockholders OF $2,0 900, 600. the
share capital, from the assets of the
company and $4,000, 900 from its sur
plus, The total surplus at the end OF
September, 1914, was estimated al
more than $40,000.000.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
GIRL IN Los ANGELES CASE
KNOWN AT SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Nov. II. - A dis
patch a day or two ago from Los
Angeles. Cal. stating hat Herbert w.
Lewis, head OF the Sheldon Home Aid
society of California, committed suicide
by swallowing a quantity OF poison af-
ter his arrest on a serious charge pre-
ferred by a 1~5-year-old girl In his
charge, was Of special interest to the
residents Of Sioux Falls. for the rea-
son that the girl, Miss Ida Mes, form
erly was an Inmate of the children's
home In Sioux Falls.
\ Lewis was to have appeared In court
In habeas corpus proceedings. He
was So years of age n a man or fam
lily. Prior to ending his life he had
protested his innocence of the serious
charge against him.
The girl in the case proved to be
Miss Mes. 1t develops that she at n
time was a member of the family or
children cared for at the South Dakota
Children's Home In Sioux Falls. AT
the age OF 8 years the girl was taken
from the home by Mr.. and Mrs. w G.
Carpenter, then residents of Marion, 3.
D.. and adopted by them,
Representatives Of the Children's
home made several visits TO the Car
penter home at Marion and they all
ways found Mrs. Carpenter ready with
words of praise for her ward, speaking
with pride of the jewel h a secured
from the Children's home. The Car
penter family finally moved to Cali
tornia and the next heard regarding the
girl was that she had become incor-
rigible and was hard to handle.
Then came the information la she
a been placed in an institution for
the care OF wayward children, and now
comes the story OF the tragedy in
which she was n of the principals.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
URGES CONSOLIDATION

Pierre, S. d. Nov. 21.-The state SUI
p~erintendent OF public instruction mas
just issued a pamphlet in explanation
OF the rural school consolidation plan,
as authorized bv he last legislature.
superintendent Lugg seems to think
favorably of the consolidation system
and urges rural districts to make the
change. He thinks the total cost will
be about the same to each district. in
Guiding transportation charges. but be-
lieves the increased school opportuni-
ties will compensate for the loss of the
district school. a treasured institution
In many localities,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
AUTO STALLS IN PRAIRIE
FIRE; COWBOY TO RESCUE

Morristown, S. D., Nov. 21.-To have
the engine of their automobile get out
Of order while they were dashing
through a serious prairie fire. and to
be rescued from being burned to death
by an unknown cowboy, was the thrill
ing experience OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Mathews and Mrs. j. e. Ryan, well
territory. Their car stopped dead in
the midst of the fire, when the cowboy,
who CHANGED to be near enough to un-
derstand their predicament, dashed his
horse through the flames, threw his
Iariat over the steering wheel and
quickly whirled the auto and occupants
out of the danger zone. r
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
SOCIETY ATTEMPTS TO
ASSASSINATE SULTAN
Favorite Son of Former Sultan
and Other Highborn Persons
Are Arrested.

London. Nov. 23.--Telegraphing from
Petrograc On Friday, the correspon-
dent of the Daily News says:
bucharest reports many arrests In
Constantinople, consequent on an at
tempt against the life of the sultan.
Among those arrested are members Of
an association organized by Mehmened
Eddin, favorite son of the for
mer sultan, Abdul Hamid. II is also
suspected that Prince Yussif Izzidin.
eldest son of Abdul Hamid and heir
presumptive to the Turkish throne,
participated in the plot"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
FEWER IDLE MEN AS
RESULT OF BIG WAR

London, Nov. 21-Official reports OF
the government show hat unemploy-
ment among men Is now about ! per
cent less than 1t was at the opening Of
the war. These figures are somewhat
surprising in view Of the fact that
nearly 1000, 900 men have volunteered
their services and are under training in
the army.
Men who have not entered the army
find little trouble now in finding work.
Notwithstanding the fact that thous-
ands OF places vacated by men have
been filled by women.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
Electrical E~nglneerinr. an Englis!

Electrical Engineering, ar English
publication, says: Germany has five
submarine cables which land at Bor-
KUN; one goes to Brest, ons TO Vigo,
one to Teneriffe, and two via the
Azores to New York. All these have
been IA since the war began, They all
five pass through the English chan
mel, so that there has been no diff
Guilty In cutting them. and II is impos-
sible for Germany to restore them. Be-
tween Germany and England there arc
SIX cables. part owned by the Ger
man government; traffic on all these
us"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
WILL DISCUSS HARVEST
HAND PROBLEM DEC.

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Opening of the in
terstate conference on how best to dis
tribute harvest hands in the grain
growing states of the Missouri valley
has been set for December Z in Kansas
City. The conference Is under the guild
ance Of the United States commission
on Industrial relations, and many rail-
road officials, state labor commission
ers and western farmers have Endorsed
the conference arr pfoTised attend
ance.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The Massachusetts saving bank life
insurance system. now z years old. has
In force 9,036 policies amounting to $S,-
51s,132. Four savings banks have opened
departments. other banks n trust
companies have become public agen-
cies, and more than 200 manufacturers
have established agencies for their EN-
nloYes. - ----
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Miss Jennings, stripper In a Corning,
N. ". tobacco factory. at 81 a week,
received a letter from a firm OF lawyers
the other day and learned that she
was 10 get q bequest OF 500 0 from an
uncle whom she had not seen nor heard
of for many years.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
CUT RATE.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The federal
reserve board has announced a change
In the rediscount rae for the Boston
federal bank OF 30-day paper from 6
Boston bank on the same footing as
those in New York and Philadelphia.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The Rockefeller family in America Is
descended from John Rockefeller, who
was born In Germany in 1884. His son,
Johann Feter Rockefeller, was the first
of the family to emigrate to America,
settling In New Jersey near the close
OF the seventeenth century.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

, Hawkins county, Tennessee, recently
accomplished a notable feat In con-
solidation. Four schools were consol-
dated and the new building Is a $500
structure with six acres of good land,
located on a pike road. Two Of the old
schools were converted into a resi-
dence for the principal. The land was
donated with the understanding that
II should be worked as a demonstration
school farm. The principal Is hired for
II months in the year.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Peggy Spaulding OF Pittsfield heroic
ally. saved a hen from the Sebasticook
river after the hen had gone down for
the third time. Peggy grasped the hen
by the neck when she came 20 the
surface and brought her ashore, where
she was resuscitated by an eager au-
dience. Peggy Is Scott S~paulding's
French bulldog.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
FARMERS PROTEST EMBARGO.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 21~.-Johnson
county farmers today presented a petit
ton, asking Governor Clarke to raise
the quarantine on that county. They
allege that no cases of animal disease
have been found there and tha a bust
ness shrinkage of 100000 has resulted
from the quarantine.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Miss Sarah Written OF brunswick.
Me-, has two rose bushes that bore
this season as many as 1000 blossoms
each. One is a white rose which stands
nine feet high and the other bears
pink roses. A popularity of the pink
variety Is that two blossoms were fire.
quently grown rom one stem, the sec
ond rose growing out of the center or
the first blossom, .
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

With IN annual output of 9S, 000, 900
barrels, California now leads all other
states In the production of petroleum.
Next In the order named comes Okla
homa, Illinois. Texas, Louisiana, West
Virginia. Ohio. Pennsylvania, Wyom-
Ing, Kansas and Indiana.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The firemen OF Montclair, N. j., have
80 few blazes to ~eStinguish that the
men are becoming stout. The chair
man OF the fire department it trying
TO devise exercises to reduce the mems
weight. In a mouth Is firemen
have gained eight 10 10 pounds each.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

A city OF New York state has been
sued for $1,000 damages for the loss OF
a boys finger In a public school. The
boy was directed by the teacher to
shut the door. AS he was doing so the
dopr slammed shut, and one OF the
boys fingers was so badly crushed that
4. had to be a~mputated. rs
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

More than $500. 900 gray squirrels
were killed last year In Siberia for their
fur. The tails alone weighed more than
Is tons. The animal figuring next in
the fur trade of Asiatic Russia, In
point OF numbers. was the white hare.
which contributed 1000, 900 skins.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
STATE DEBT WAS REDUCED
OVER 100000 LAST YEAR

Pierre, s. D., Nov. 21-The state debt
OF South Dakota was reduced more
than 800, 900 last year, according TO the
~treasurer's statement. A report on this
point has been made each year since
1909, for use I'm the Annual Review.
The net state debt, on November IL, of
each year covered by the reports has
been as follows:
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

II Las happened in lower California
that q pearl fishing expedition fitted
out at an expense OF rel $4,000 re-
turned with pearls not worth $1,000 In
ell, but the mother OF pearl gathered
case, provided no boat has been lost.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

A brides dressing room is to be pro-
vided at q church in Madison avenue,
New York city. The organ loft over
the church entrance will be removed
and In its place a beautifully equipped
room will be built. Here the bride will
be able 60 put the finishing touches to
her attire after the drive to church.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
%RuRpETTE

Pasadena, Cal, Nov. 21.-The body
of DIR. Robert j.. Burdette, the noted
preacher-humorist who died Thursday
after a long illness, was inferred to-
day. Throngs attended the funeral
service and flags were half masted on
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Little Gerald Emerson Murch, age s.
II North Jay, Ne, picked up 35 bush
els of potatoes one day, and at an other
time Is bushels in five hours. He likes
the work so much hat !. is difficult
TO persuade him TO stop.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

A publication of the Chicago west
park board says: "Since the creation
Of our sisisIl parks there has been no
death from drowning in our swimming
pools In the seven years of their oper-
atom. This is due to the presence OF
life savers at all deep swimming pools.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The health commissioners OF Milwau-
kee lis planning to establish free dis
pensaries and clinics in school build
ings, at regular hours, not only for
service to the children, but to the gen.
eral public.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

A suit has arisen In Sunbury, Pa.
over the business OF Philip Bradford,
who rented hens for two cents a day,
the renter taking a chance on getting
ar egg for his money. One hen which
Brndford let out struck and laid no
eggs at all, ~whereupon the renter re-
fused TO pay n Philip sued and OBJ
tanned award OF bis money. .
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Under the new election law in Kan
sas IL Is necessary for the voter TO
mar the name OF each candidate for
whom lie wishes to vote. It Is no long
er possible TO vote a straight ballot
by marking the head Of the ticket as
formerly.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

In New Zealand all males are obliged
90 do military drill from IA to 81 years
OF age, and schools are required to
withhold scholarship grants from any
student who cannot prove that he has
complied with the provision OF the drill.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Mrs. May Will, age 81, of Bremen,
IS the oldest Sunday school teacher IN
Maine. For the last rs years she has
been a member Of a Bremen church, in
which she has had a Sunday school
class r1ost OF the time.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Earthquakes cause electric waves and
an Italian scientist has Invented appa-
ratus which q registered them sew
eral minutes before selsfEographs have
shown earth movements.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

Paris. Nov. 23s-Important adyan-
tages, Though not OF a decisive nature,
are claimed today by the French war
office. Germany's new attack toward
the eastern end OF the battle line across
France with the supposed purpose Of
isolating the important, fortress of YER
dun. is sale in the French official state
ment to have been thwarted, at least
temporarily. In the Argonne region,
where the main attack has been in
force for several days. German en-
trencbments are reported to have been
blown VI, while ear Verdun It is said
the forces of the allies have made
prosress."
A brief reference in the French
statement says that in certain posi-
tons the trenches of the Germans and
allies are less than so yards apart,
Except for the fighting In Argonne
and near Verdun there is comparatively
little activity, in Belgium and France.
At one point in Belgium a German at
tack by infantry was mede, which the
French war office says, was 'imme-
diately repulsed." At other points the
French assert that they have won the
advantage in the artillery duel, which
ing since the cold, wet weather com
PEELED cessation of activity by cav
airy and infantry. A German official
statement says that the allies are
showing great activity with artillery
along almost the entire 'front.'.
In Belgium the fighting still drags
or in a desultory I'M Along the
User attempts at military activities
have been virtually abandoned, largely
on account of the weather, 1T Brussels
the temperature Is below freezing and
an unusually severe winter Is feared.
The fall OF snow. 4 ceased, but the
abatement OF the storm has brought no
relief from h~nrdships OF the soldiers in
the cold and wet.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The government has just sold AZ, 900
cords OF cedar wood for shingles from
the Washington national forest. The
shingles manufactured from this wood,
laid six inches to the weather, would
v = IL square miles of roof.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

The heart OF an average man makes
e 1Dtyi or three-thollsandth OF a volt Of
electricity 81 every beat, and an in
striipeDf sensitive enough to measure
" i,ss been invented.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26

While repairing one of the streets in
Ney'blryport, the men found rails, the
remains of nm old horsecar railway
They we're in good condition and
about Two feet below the surface.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-26
FRENCH SAY THEY
ARE PROGRESSING
IN VERDUN REGION
German Attempts to Pierce
Lines and Isolate Fortress
Said to Have Met Tenn
porary Repulse.
BLOW UP FOES TRENCHES
Armies Borrowed Underground
Within 80 Yards of Each
Other at Some Points
Losses Enormous.
BLOW UP FOES TRENCHES

Berlin, (by wireless via London),
Nov. 23.-During last weeks fight
ing the Belgian losses alone were
10000. including 1000 prisoners.
The Belgians at present in the field
number only $4,000.
Berlin, (by wireless to Say
ville). Nov. 23.-Reports received
today from Holland, according to
information given out in official
circles here, are to the effect that
In the fighting near Bixschoote
and Dixmude the French lost
10000 men and that 1900 British
were drowned in the User canal,
Berlin. Nov. 90, (by wireless to
London).-An official communica-
ton, given out by the German gen.
eral army headquarters, today,
says:
"On the whole. there is no change
in the western war theater. The
enemy Is showing great activity
with his artillery along practically
the entire 'front.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-27
GEN. CARRANzA WILL MAKE NO COMMENT Rebel Leader Will Not Dis cuss Offer of Other
 Republics

Chihauhau, Mexico. April g6.-~Gen. Ven ustiano carranza chief vf the constitu. tionalists, today received telegram tell ing of the offer of the soyerpments of Argentine Brazil and Chile to use their good offices in attamptng a solution Of tho Mexican question, but he declined to talk for publication,
 Carranza Is expecting d statement iron, President Wilson dealing with hls note of last Wednesday. the note which caused consternation among all classes here and accelerated the exodus of foreigners. of- ficlais here insist thst the purpose of the note was friendly and there was no intention Of conveying the threat that If American troops did not leave Vera Cruz the rebels would take the field against the United States. ~
 The text of President Wilson's public statement which followed Carranza's E note was telegraphed to General Carranza and IL Is said the wires for the last five days have been choked with teiegrams between this city and Washington.
 No small part of the telegraph's bur den were teiegrams of congratulations on his stand received from all parts of Mexico. They came by the hundreds. It Is reported that the United states has asked carranza for precise state ment of his attitude to clear up questions arising from possibly faulty transla- ton of his note. While it is not known
 what answer he has made 1t Is said that
 his brusque declination to accept the of | fers of certain federal commanders to 1 join forces against a foreign enemy plain 1 ly indicates that he uoes not contem-
 plate war with the United States,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-27
GEORCEF BAERD|ES
 IN PHILADELPHIA President of Reading Rail- road and Iron Magnate
 Victim of Paralysis

Philadelphia, April e6.--Ge9fgs r. Baer q years of age, president of the Phiih- deiphia and Reading railway, and active in the organization and management of many coal, iron and transportation com panies, died at his heme here today He was stricken on the street yester- day while walking to his office.
 Physicians believe gastric trouble. sup plemented by kidney disorder, was responsible for Mir. Baers sudden illness
 Mir. Baer began his career as law yer and a flew days ago celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his admission te the bar For nearly IS years he was personal counsel for the late J. Pier pont Morgan.
 A rule of the Reading Railway com pany provides that an employe whc reaches the age of 70 shall retire on a pension When Mir. Baer reached that age, however, he declared he would stand by as long as his health held out
 Much of the development of the city of Reading was due to MT. Baer, who took keen interest in Its municipal af- fairs.