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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
GERMAN "II|LITApISTS
override GOVERNMENT l:'|,li.HE
Even Foreign Minister Without
Authority When Army Off
GERS Are Present.

Berlin, Oct. %, by mail.=T1 say that
civil authority III Germany las every
where given way to military govern
ment would be to oNerstate the case.
and yet it is true thar within its OVID,
field OF affairs the military Is not only
absolute. but also at times inclined ut
terly to disregard even the highcse
state officials. This prevails to suct
an extent that passes. fer instance;
from the minister of fcreisn affairs ARD
only valid when some army officer is
disposed to recognize them.
The foreign correspondents left in
Berlin have recently had occasion ~
witness the working of military Sov7
eminent. The foreign Office sent TO
them. unsolicited. an Invitation 10 visit
the war prisoners detention barracks
at Dob"ritz. some 10 miles outside the
capital. The newspaper nlei: assembled
at the time and place directed. With
them We're Captain Lochlein. OF the in:-
perial admiralty. and several! high Of
ficials of the foreign office. The COM
mandant of the military camp. an ell
derby general. approached the group
and addressed them brusqucly.
Nobody will be admitted TO see the
prisoners" he said. land as long as I
am commandment here. the sarne rule
will prevail"
He turned his back on the state Off
Gals and newspaper men and strobe
back to his room without a word CT,
explanation. The fac that the visitors
We're present by invitation of the gov
made no difference to him.
The civil officials of Germany realize
that the act that the neutral nations
are getting so little news from the
Germa side is in some degree the
fault of this lack of cooperation be-
tween the civil and the military Off
Gals. If the former could nave their
way, the foreign press service from
Germany would be much more nearly
complete, but they are blocked by this
attitude of the army officials.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
RETURNED TOURIST SAYS
FEW WOUNDED SOLDIERS DIE

Gettysburg. s. d., Nov. EN-. p.
Leonardy. a Gerlnan-A American resident
of this city Il just returned home
from Germany, where he had been on
a visit since last May. Mr.. Leonardy
visited several of the battlefields and
states that IL very small per cent of
the wounded soldiers die. due to the
fact that the steel bullets used in the
big rifles do not lodge in the flesh. as a
rule. as they are shot with such ter
rifle force that they pass clear through
the body and unless the bullet n
trates a vital spot. the wound is not
considered dangerous. However, the
soldier is often disabled for further SER
vice.
Mr.. Leonardy explains he way in
winch the German army mobiliZed. He
says that each year the government re-
quires that every horse that is suitable
for military use shall be examined,
registered and numbered. In case it is
sold the government has to be notified
of the transfer and it's records are
corrected accordingly. When the war
broke out these horses We're simply
drafted by umbe n the owners re-
ceived good prices for them. Every
thing else, in regard to mobilization in
the present conflict, was so systematic
that In about 4S hours it was conn
plete.
Mr.. Leonardy states that he has seen
enough of war to satisfy his desire for
adventure n hopes never to sea any
thing Ill it again.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
CARnANzAO UST'ED
VILLA IS DEPOSED
Aouas Galleries Conference
Lets Out Both Leaders,
Suggestion Once Made BY
First Chief Adopted.

El paso. Tex. Nov. ~2.-Leaders of
the rival Carranza and Villa factions
of the constitutionalist party in Mex
leo today looked for AN early settle
mcnt of the differences between the
two cllicfta;ns. following the action of
the Aguas Cslientes conference late
yesterday. in adopting a decree depos-
ing both Carranza and Villa from Of
ficial positions.
The plan, which would retire the two
opposing leaders. was drafted and
adopted unanimously by Il Joint COM
the members of Which are the leaders
of both factions. 1t arranged thai the
provisional president, to be named la
ter. should take oath of office before
the assembled convention.
The document thanked General Car
rama ana General Villa for their reyo-
lutiOnaly activity.
inc proposition for tho retirement of
both leaders was made to the
ton by Carranza himself, who insisted
that unless Villa also retired he would
be compelled to refuse to step down
from office.
Later in the night the protocol came
up before the assembled body was
passed a vote of II TO 1I2.
The plan of Aguas Calientes differs
widely from many other revolutionary
plans adopted at various times during
MeXico's present Revolutionary move
ment in the fact that it is more defin-
lite in the matter of arranging Il pro-
visional government and carrying out
civil reforms.
Lit places ful! power in the provisional
president and the present body of chief
tains which will act in the capacity of
a congress-. The plan does not cali for
elections until after the arrangement
of civil reforms by his body. No time
is set for the general elections. The
plan in this regard says:
said president will take oath before
the assembled convention and arrange
the program of government, which will
emanate from this arrangement, along
the best lines to realize in a pre-con-
stitutional period the social and politi-
cal reforms needed by the country"
This plan borders on the suggested
commission form of government, since
the provisional president would be act
1nG as chairman of the convention.
General CarranZa was denoted to the
position of general of division, which
ne held prior to the drafting of the
Gradaloupe plan, which made him
commander in chief of the constitutions
allst army during it's fight against the
Huerta power. All commanders. Cen
eral villa included. were placed under
the orders of the secretary Of war, who
would be named under the new ar
rangement. although a previous clause
clearly stated that both "Carranza and
Villa would cease their present func.
tons"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
NEARLY 1000 FATlEN s IN
STATE ASYLUM FOR INSANE

Pierre. S. D.. Oct. Sl.-The annual
report of the state insane asylum, at
Yankton, shows that there were in that
institution June 80, 1913, 900 patients.
and June 80. 1914, 92S patients, with
a total number in the institution for
thu. yes of 1,071, those coming in and
these going u being practically the
same in number. Among the coun-
tiss. M%innehaha contributed the largest
number Of patients with 68, Lawrence
next with SO, Brown third with 35,
these three having the highest number,
scaling down to Mcpherson, Sully and
Dewey with two each, and Ziebach
with one There are more farmers than
any other one class. with housewives
second. and laborers third, with many
either professions represented in small
CT numbers. The male patients out
numbered the females admitted during
the year, there being 1O2 males and 20
females. OF these 106 are American
born, and 81 foreign born. Among the
foreign born the Germans lead, with
Norwegians next, the rest being scat
tered among many nationalities.
Among American born, natives Of
Iowa and South Dakota are given at
is each. with New York next in the list.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
SHELLS PLAY HAVOC
IN MODERN warfare
English Inventor Of shrapne1
Never Reimbursed For
Deadly Discovery.

London, (by mail). Nov. 2.-Sharp-
mel. which has done far more damage
to the allies than the German rifle fire,
is a British invention over a century
old. Its inventor was General Shrap-
i'm 1851 and given a comission in the
came to him during the war in Elan
ders. where he was impressed by the
trifling effect OF oun shot against
troops and the limited range of grape.
His shell, filled with balls and powder
and ignited by a time fuse. was adopted
by the British army in 1902 and played
an important part in the ~peninsular
war under Wellington and also at
Waterloo. The secret of its action was
unknown outside of Britain until 1884.
With the customary ingratitude of
governments, General Shrapnel was
never reimbursed for the expense of
his experiments. All he received was
1920 pounds a ear (S6,000) n the
offer of a baronetcy he could not af-
ford to accept. He died in 1912 a bitter
old man.
DR.. Louis Seaman. the American ex-
pert who has visited the hospitals of
the allies at the front. says that the
German shells break into large pieces
and 10 little damage compared with
those used by the Japanese against
Russia. which We're torn into showers of
steel splinters. But the %shrapnel bul-
let's make ragged wounds and also carry,
injecting material with them. causingi
a large percentage of deaths from blood
poisoning.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
MAN KILLED In
Fire Barred PAST
LIFE TO PRIEST
identified As a Prominent Busi.
ness Man of Good Southern
Family.

Montrose. S. d.. Nov. 2.-One of TIL.
men who We're burned to death in the
destruction of the City hotel, a small
lodging house in Montrose, concerning
whose identity there was considerable
mystery for a time. has been Identified
as Edward Dye. member of a prominent
southern family. and who during his
younger years was 81 prosperous bust
ness man in Oklahoma. His identity
was revealed as the result of informa-
ton given privately by the dead man
SOM months before his tragic death
to Father McCawliff. pastor of the
Montrose Catholic church. He was
married and is survived by his father
and mother. who reside at Lucas, Kan,
a brother. several sisters and two sons,
the later being residents of oklahoma.
Years ago while residing In Oklahoma
and conducting 81 prosperous business
there he had domestic rouble and sep
arated from his wife. giving her all his
property. He then became IL wandered,
took to drink n degcnarated into a
derelict. little above the common hobo.
Ihe former prosperous business man
died like a rat in a trap when the flames
spread so rapidly hat he could not
make his escape from the burning
building.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
ALLEGED FoRGER HELD TO
ACTION OF CIRCUIT COURT

Summit. S. d., Oct. 31.-Charged with
passing three worthless checks. to
which the name of a prominent farmer
had been forged, Peter Swanson, alias
James Lee, has been lodged in the
Summit Jail pending his trial at the
December term of state circuit court.
The defendant is about 80 a of age
and for some time had been employed
on farms in the vicinity of Sulnmit.
The checks were passed upon Summit
business men, who had no reason to
doubt that the checks We're genuine,
and they being aware that the farmer
whose name YVES signed to them was
perfectly good financially. The forged
checks were drawn on the State Bank
of Wilmot. When presenting the forged
checks Swanson stated he was a
nephew of John Larson, the farmer
whose signature had beer forged to the
checks. One check was for $1O.75 one
for S22 n the ether for $21. When it
was discovered that the checks were
forgeries Swanson had disappeared.
Posses N automobiles started a search
for Swanson. resulting in his being
run down n captured at Marvin.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
WEDDING is DELAYED BY
INJURY TO YOUNG WOMAN

Garden City. S. D.. Nov. 2.-Having
completed preparations for his wedding
to the girl of his choice. Frank Bryant,
jr.. a prominent Garden City young
nan was surprised to receive q tele-
grom from Rowman. N. d.. stating that
his %fiancee. Miss Orpha Peters. had
been badly hurt IN Il runaway accident.
The time for the wedding of herself
and Bryant had been fixed, and she
was making a farewell visit to her
parents. who reside on a farm near
Bowman. She was on the way to the
depot to return to Garden City to be
married when the horses became
frightened nj started to run. In
striving to make her oscar from the
buggy she became caught in one of the
wheels and was dragged a consider
able distance. She finally extricated
herself. The delayed wedding will AXE
place as soon as the young woman
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
have PROOF ALLIES
HAD PLANNED WAR
Cologne Gazette Quoted BY Of.
fetal Bureau on Finding of
Secret Document.

Berlin, Nov. 2.--The official press
bureau today issued the following:
The Cologne Gazette declares that
In the archives Of the Belgian ministry
OF war there has been found secret doc
uments setting forth the common plans
of the triple entent powers n Bel
sium fer a campaign against Germany.
The Italian newspaper Stampa re-
ports that German troops in east Africa
have inflicted complete defeat on the
troop from the Belgian congo at a
point near Kissenji.
"A special correspondent of the
Frankfurt Gazette in east Prussia re-
ports that there is now a total of 49,
600 civilians of east Prussia who are
missing as a result of the Russian
atrocities in this district.
In consequence of the illtreatment Of
German civilians in England the gem
eral command of the German army
corps stationed at Altoona, has de-
ciared that II Great Britain does not
liberate these Germans all Englishmen
in Germany fit for military service will
be arrested,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO
DECIDE LIQUOR ISSUE

a Francisco. Nov. 2.-California
will decide at the polls in the general
state election of November 8 whether
1t is to go into the dry column or re-
main wet. The fight over the prohibi-'
ton amendment is overshadowing all
others on the ballot and both factions
already are claiming victory.
Millions of dollars are invested in
California vineyards and wineries and
the wet element holds that to dry up
the state would throw thousands OF
persons out OF employment and mean
a loss to The state of millions of doll
lars annually. 1t is estimated that
1921, O00, 900 is invested in wineries and
VINEYARDS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
LIES HOUR UNDER
L OF DEAD MEN
Story of Wounded Soldier
Recalls Grim Story BY
R0lzac.

Northern France. Nov. "a wound"
ed British soldier tells Il story OF an
experience which recalls the grim an
perience of BalZac's Colonel Chabert
and which also illustrates the severity
of the lighting.
This soldier said he remembered the
start of q fierce fight in the trenches.
Then his mind became Il blank for
many hours. When he recovered his
senses il was morning and he had an
awful feeling of ~suffccation. When he
tried to move he realized that he was
in q trench buried beneath a pile OF
German and British dead.
The enemy had retired temporarily
and eventually the soldier was able to
crawl to The next line OF trenches.
which ware occupied by mis- comrades.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
WHALEY NOT LIABLE FOR
KILLING BOY WITH AUTO

Aberdeen. s. D., Oct. 31.-The Jury in
Brothers and Shelby Whaley, in which
Christensen sued for $4,000 damages
for the death Of his S-year-old son, Ir-
vim Christensen. returned a verdict for
the defendants. On the evening. OF
April 3. h little Christensen boy waa,
playing in the street in front Of the
Aberdeen theater. where a large crowd
had assembled for a band concert.
when Whaley. an employee of Harms
Brothers. drove along the street, in
front OF the theater. The Christensen
boy ran across the street just then,
and the automobile struck and killed
MIN. The U was brought by the ia
Their OF the boy, who charged the de-
PENDANTS had caused his sons death.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
POPE HOPES TO SEE
PEACE BY CHRISTMAS

Rome. Nov. 2.-According to reports
circulating in the vatican. the pope
is redoubling his efforts to find some
solution to allow peace to be concluded
by Christians. Consequently the pom
tiff is ~endeavoring in all possible di-
rections through the many channels
which the Catholic church possesses to
bring together all forces to accomplish
this great work.
1t is understood that Indirect rela-
tons exist between the pope and Pres
ident Wilson, the two leading person.
ages in the world who can hasten peace.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
TWO SOUTH DAKOTANs
SEE ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH AUSTRIAN ARMY
One Wounded Twice In Assault
on Belgrade-Long March
Over Dead Bodies.

Lead. S. D.. Oct. 3l.-Two former
South Dakotans. in the persons of Pet
er Meddack and Jack Cellar. who left
Lawrence county several months age
Tor a visit at their old homes in Aus
tfla Hungary are actively participate
ing the war liz Europe. So far as
known they are the only South Dako-
tans who are doing actual fighting in
the European war.
a letter. which evidently had been
censored, has just been received from
Meddack, in which he tates that in
stead of determining to return to his
home in South Dakota he joined the
colors of his native land on the out
break of the first trouble with Servia
and participated i'm the assault on
Belgrade, where the Austrian troops
suffered heavily.
He writes thai in one of the en-
gagements he was wounded twice, n
bullet entering the base of his right
hand and coming out at the elbow, and
another striking and going through his
right arm. His wounds we're received
while he was on the firing line and
just about to discharge his rifle at the
enemy. His wounds, he writes, are
healing nicely, and he expects to be
able to rejoin his regiment in the near
future.
a letter also has been received from
Cellar. this being dated from Galicia.
IlS' VIRTUES tIdC he mas peer IN MANY
battles. He was in the battles around
Lemberg, where he states the slaugh-
ter was awful, but that up to the time
of writing the letter he himself had
not received a scratch. He relates that
after n of the battles around Lem
berg the remnants of his regiment
marched nine miles. and that there
was not a step of the way but what
the march was over the dead bodies
of men and horses.
He writes that the slaughter was
beyond description. In telling OF how
the soldiers view the slaughter he
states that after a time the soldiers.
who at first We're greatly affected by
1T, appea to become hardened to the
grewsome sights and paid no attention
to them.
letter is writer in the light hearted
style of a boy who is impressed by
the glamor of war.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
SPAIN WILL REBUILD
HER SHATTERED NAVY

Paris. Nov. 2.-The Spanish minister
Of marine. Admiral a. Miranda. on
the opening of the chamber Of deputies
al Madrid yesterday introduced q bin
regarding the rehabilitation OF the
Spanish fleet. according to a dispatch
from the Madrid correspondent OF the
Havas agency.
The bill provides for the construc-
ton OF four fast cruisers at a cost of
So. o 900 pesetas (about $12. 1000,
Six torpedo boats. at q cost Of 1000. 900
pesetas; % submarines and three Kun.
boats.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
SENATOR STERLING MAKES
AN ADDRESS AT MITCHELL

Mitchell. S. d.. Nov. I'm an add
dress here last night. to an audience OF
about $50 people. Senator Sterling
touched very lightly on the Burke
question. merely urging the election of
South Dakota's reactionary leader on
the ground that he would help support
the American policy of protection.
Senator Sterling did not voice approval
OF Burke's suggestion to withdraw the
government deposits from the national
banks n permit Wall street to manip-
ulate financial affairs as of yore.
Senator Sterlinr said that he and
most of his republican colleagues can
be relied upon to support the president
on his neutrality program and on his
Mexican peace program. but that the
republicans would continue to fight
against the democratic tariff policies.
Although the senator expressed a
general Endorsement of Burke. Governor
Byrne and other republican candidates,
he practically ignored state issues, not
even saying a good word for equal
suffrage, although some OF the Huron
suffrage leaders claim he had promised
to give the cause q boost.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
CONVICTED POLICE OFFICER
GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE

Aberdeen. 8. D., Oct. M.-In COM
pliance with the request of a commit
tee OF the local bar. Judge Thomas L.
Bouck who had sentenced Charles
Dingwell. an Aberdeen special officer,
to n year at hard labor in the Brown
county Jail ON his plea OF guilty to Sec
M degree m~anslaughter. for shoot
Ing and killing a prisoner who was
trying to escape. suspended the SEN
TO the clerk Of court every three month
beginning January I. 1915. Dinrweil
bears q good reputation locally and the
action AXE by the court meets with
public approval generally.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

The extraordinary popularity of the
Diesel engine is evidenced by the fact
that according to shipping Illustrate
ed there are now at least eight en-
tirely different types of these engines
used In various parts of the world.
Inc result: according to the same au-
thority, will probably be the elimination
OF several of these and the production
or a marine oil engine that will be in
every way satisfactory.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

What is described as n of the
finest high school in America has lust
been opened in New York city for
Roman Catholic students. It has cost
100000 and will care Fol- 1900 pupils
schools OF the city. The school has
been built through the activities of
the Jesuit Fathers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

Within the last two months. Rider
wealth of the country has been in
creased about $1,000, 100000 through
the advance in the value of horses and
mules. Horses increased in value about
$40 a head. and mules rose relatively to
even a higher level.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

The change from the old fashioned
chemists shop" with it's suggestion of
alchemy n the middle ages. to the
ton of the department store Where
everything is sold, is neatly hit off by
Life" "Firse Metropolitan Drug
store Proprietor: I see there is going
70 be a great scarcity of drugs Second
Ditto: Fortunately that doesn't af-
iect us, as we stopped carrying them
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
STANLEY COUNTY RESIDENT
lS ARRESTED AS RusTLER

Pierre, s. D.. Nov. 2.-Herman Som
nenschein. of Stanley county. has been
arrested on the charge Of cattle rust
ling and Is being held for a prelim-
mary hearing. 1t. is expected other ar
rests will follow as large numbers OF
cattle have been stolen recently.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

One Of the Chicago municipal u
Judge has established a library for for
eign boys IN the boys court. Arrange
ments have been made BY him with the
public library to furnish books written
! native tongues Of the Municipalities
most frequently represented in the
court.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

New York city's subway carried a
during the las; fiscal year-an increase
OF moro than $4,000 over the average of
the previous year. The busiest station
was Atlantic Avenue. Brooklyn. where
Z2,o67,713 passengers boarded the trains
during the year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
REOPEN METAL EXCHANGE.

New York, Nov. 2.--The board OF
managers of the New York ,..etal ex-
change voted to reopen the exchange
for trading I'm tin o November 8. the
date OF the reopening OF tho London
metal exchange.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04

Only 2S,114 immigrants arrived in
New York during August this year. as
compared with 104.727 for the same
month last year. The first five days
in h number OF immigrants thar
passed through Ellis Island.