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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
WINNIPEG HAS WAR MEETING
Urge 100000 Men for Field Service
and Suggest Mounted Police Be
Increased.

Winnipeg. Man, Aug. Mayor
Deacon called citizens of Winnipeg to
a war meeting" Nearly 10000 re-
sponded and unanimously expressed
determination to do their full duty in
the defense of the empire and the
carrying on of the war.
Mayor Deacon presided and after
many speakers had told of the cause
of the war, and of the empires part
in It, two resolutions were passed. II
requesting the government to under
take the organization Of an additional
force of active militia Of 100, 900 men.
in order to be enabled to send success.
sive divisions to support or augment
the army in the field, this to be in adj
dition to the regular militia. The
other resolution requested the govern.
ment to increase the Northwestern
Mounted police to at least 5000 men
for service between the Great Lakes
and the Pacific.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
TO DESTROY BUTTE
MINERS MAY WREAk VENGEANCE
UPON BUSINESS MEN.
Arrival Of State Troops Will Be Taken
as Signal for Razing Center OF
Montana City, Leaders Declare.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 2.-Miners open
~ threaten to Law the town in ashes If
either state or federal troops attempt
to enter Butte. One Of the leaders Of
the miners declared hat they did not
propose TO fight the soldiers, but they
would wreak vengeance upon the bust
ness men for having been instrumental
in bringing soldiers to Butte.
We have quantities of dynamite
and Oil said one leader, and the
troops will find ashes"
Up to 10Y the majority Of the min
ers have lot credited the reports that
the militia was being modified, rs the
local newspapers withheld the news on
request of business men who feared
that its publication would excite the
miners.
a Helena newspaper editor, how
ever. brought an automobile load of
newspapers TO Butte for sale and news
boys soo began crying the news Of
the mobilization of the militia.
Calls Immediately went forth from
/ 'tStutIt Ntuthit dllI
the other leaders for a meeting of
union miners, which was held in secret
to discuss the coming Of the soldiers.
Later, q committee of miners was sent
hurriedly to the railroad stations TO
determine whether the troops had ar
rived.
The electric light plant and all the
larger stores are guarded by many
armed men, as are the mines. On the
attic floor Of the courthouse there are
80 guards armed with rifles.
County Attorney j. J. MacCaffery is
sued a warrant for the arrest OF the
Helena editor on a charge of melting
a disturbance, but the editor was said
to have left the city early. The of
icers could not find him.
All ammunition in the hardware
stores has been removed and firing
pins have been taken from the rifles.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
N0RWEGlANS SEE SEA FIGHT
Steamer Caught During Recent Naval
Battle But Escapes With No Fa-
taIities-Description Of Fray.

Stockholm, Sept. 1.-The officers
and men aboard the Norwegian steam
er King Guttorm, bound from Krage-
roe to Bremerhaven, witnessed the sea
fight at Heigoland.
There were about % vessels on each
side. When the fleets drew close the
c~annonading sounded like the continu-
Gus oar of the thunder and the sea
was in great commotion. The most
advanced of the battle lines were only
a quarter of a mile apart.
Before getting away the King Gut
torn a completely surrounded by
the battling fleet and her terror-strick-
en- crew found themselves in the midst
of a shower of shells. The crew be.
lieved tina" their last hour was near.
The steamers stern was struck by
a proJcctile which penetrated her hull
without, however, going through. Sew
eral Of the crew were wounded. The
crew saw many Germans killed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
CENSORED PRESS CREATES
A PRO-GERMAN FEELING

A strict censorship has been placed
on the newspapers in Turkey which
are now controlled by the military and
are being used, according to diplo-
matte dispatches here, to create a
strong ~pro-German feeling.
The Turkish cabinet is wavering be-
tween a declaration of war and the
preservation of neutrality.
The diplomatic representatives of
the various powers are in constant
conference with the government of.
ficials, Great Britain and Russia en-,
deavoring to keep Turkey neutral
The German ambassador, it is under
stood, has intimated that while Ger
many wishes Turkey to remain neu
trail, he believed the Ottoman empire
should mobilize to prevent an invasion
by Russia.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
CORN Crop WILL FALL SHORT
BIG CROPS WILL KEEP ROADS
BUSY, HOWEVER.
Special Preparations Made to Care fer
Movement From West-LiftinG
Embargo viii Benefit.

Chicago, Sept. Reports received
by the biz granger railroads centerine
in Chicago indicate that the expected
1000, zoe, 600 bushel corn crop will not
be realized, but that the crop will be
large enough to furnish traffic for all
the cars which will be available. Spc-
cial preparations to care for the corn
movement is being made by each Of
the lines, with those reaching the
southwest showing most activity.
The Chicago & Northwestern road
reports that recent rains have bene-
flied corI. vegetables and pasture
along its lines. General conditions arc
good. In Nebraska the orr is report
ed to have been damaged by high TEN.
peratures.
Reports made by the Chicago, Mil
yankee & st. Paul railway pay less
attention to corn as that grain fur
nishes a smaller proportion of its traf-
hc than is the case with the other sys-
tens TO the south.
Reports of all lines indicate a de
cidcd slump in the grain traffic. There
has been fair tonnage of other kinds
moving during the past month, but
the drop in grain offered has caused
most of the roads to show less traffic
moving during August, 1914, than was
the case a year ago. Traffic is expect
cd to be improved following the lift
Ing of the embargo and at the gulf
ports and all of the granger lines will
accept grain for shipment to the sea
beard, indicating that terminal prob
lens nave been solved and that suf-
ficient ships have cleared to handle
srch grain as had been blocking
terminal yards.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
AIbarian Ruler Flies.

Durazzo, via Rome, Sept: Prince
William of Wied, the ruler Of Albania,
has abandoned his crown and fled.
Accompanied by his aide, Harold
Spencer, an American, and an Ann
apoiis graduate, he boarded the Italian
yacht which has been in waiting in
the harbor of DuraZzo for several
days. and sailed at once for an Italian
port. Immediately after the mpret
sailed, the %insurgent forces took pos
session of DurazZo.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Balloon Races Are Postponed.

New York, Sept. loving to thu
situation in Europe. which precludes
the possibility of several of the en-
trants competing in the International
balloon race. which was to have start
ed from Kansas City. Mo-, on Oct. 6,
the event has been postponed indef-
nitely. Action to this effect was taken
yesterday by the contest committee Of
the Aero Club Of p America. In the
opinion of the committee, the race
would not be of a sufficiently in%terna-
tional character if only Switzerland
and the United States were represent
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Washington, Aug. 31.-The SENATE
has just confirmed the nomination CT
Attorney General McReynolds 70 be
an associate justice of the supreme
court. Senators said the vote was
Every decidedly in favor CT the on
firmation. The senate later confirmed
Thomas w. Gregory to be United
STATE attorney general. The vote on
the McReyroids confirmation was ~
to 6. The principal speech in opposi-
ton was made by Senator Norris, Of
Nebraska.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
western frontier, mutinied aud killed
their officers.

western frontier, mutinied and killed
their officers.
Little Damage Done.
Paris, Sept. Flying at "A height
of 5000 feet. a German aviator hurled
five bombs into the city.
One struck near LEST railway sta
ton, not far from the military station,
but did no damage. Others dropped
near the Quai D'Jemmapes in the Rue
Ricollet and in the Place De La Re
publique.
Two women were injured and a
number of windows broken. \ section
OF pavement "a blown up.
Great Liner Is Sunk.
London, Aug. 29.-The big German
cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse has
been sunk by the English ship High
flyer off the west coast Of Africa. Of
fetal announcement TO this effect was
made in the Iouse of commons by Win
ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of
the admiralty.
The British casualties were one kill.
ed and five wounded.
Mr.. Churchill said that the surviv-
ors on the German cruiser were res
cued before the vessel went down.
Victory for British.
London, Aug. 31.-England is cele-
brating a victory in the first real naval
battle Of the war. Five German war
SHIPS, t.ree of them cruisers and two
torpedo boat d~estroyers, were engaged
in the North sea about 30 miles north
of Cuxhaven, which is at the mouth OF
the Elbe.
British warshipS met the German
fleet and immediately opened fire
When the battle was over two of the
German cruisers and two torpedo boat
destroyers had been sunk and the
third cruiser. having ought fire, fed
in a sinking condition.
The admiralty later announced that
the British fleet engaged in the bat
tie was that in command Of Rear Adj
miral Sir David Beatty, son-in-law of
the late Marshall Field of Chicago.
The scene Of the combat was not
far from the fortified island of Helgo-
land which formerly was a British ma
val base, but which within compare
lively recent years has ben sold to
Germany.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
FRENCH MAY MOVE CAPITAL
Seat Ct Government May Be Changed
From Paris to Bordeaux AS Pre-
cautionary Measure.

Washington, Sept. France is CON
sidering the advisability of moving the
seat Of her government from Paris to
Bordeaux, as a precautionary meas
ure, according to official advices re
ceived here.
The French foreign office has dis.
cussed the idea of moving the capital
with foreign diplomats, SO hat they
could make proper arrangements. 1t
is considered most probable that Am
bassador Herrick will remain in Paris,
should Paris be invested by the Ger.
man army.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Serbs Take Many Prisoners.

London, Aug. 2S.-With the reoccu-
patton Of Shabats by the Servians,
says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele.
graph company from Cettinje, Monte.
negro. the 1000 Austrian prisoners
have been doubled, 1900 additional
me7 hasiNg been captured betweei
..eseasIand shaJaag.. turing Ha' So
Wan march to occupy the latter town.
The Servian casualties Il re;akine
Shabats are admittcs 10 Lave been
very heavy.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Russian Prince a Hero.

London, Aug. 3l.-A dispatch from
st. Petersburg recites a daring act
credited to Prince Eristoff, a colonel
in the Russian horse artillery. When
the Germans were retreating from
Stallupoehnen, a town of east Prussia.
the prince ordered his men to unhitch
their horses from tehir own guns.
,mQrnt them and. gallop after. ah- .G-ss,
mans. Onaer a heavy fire the Rus,
sian cavalrymen. led by lie prince.
went forward, captured the German
guns aud brought them back to their
lines.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Montreal Boy Sentry Killed.

Montreal, Aug. 29.-Sixteen-year-old
Gordon Belts. private in the Fifth
Royal H~ighlanders, was shot in the eye
and killed by an unseen assailant
while on sentry duty at the canal at
Soulanges. Since the outbreak of the
war a guard has been placed over all
canals in the Dominion to prevent
their being injured by dynamite. Sol
diers at Soulanges. guarding the canal.
have been fired on repeatedly during
the last few days.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
BeIcians Threaten Renrisals.

Antwerp, Aug. ~31.-Reports of the
wanton destruction of Louvain by tho
Germans have aroused Beleians to
such an extent that threats Of repris-
ais are being freely made. This "act
of ~barbarism," as it is described in the
official reports, coming on top of the
scores OF Instances of violation of the
laws of .!s. Ia IS" has -arougs8~ sJII~. BEL
GUM. The foreign minister person
ally visited the neutral representatives
here AID asked that they bring the
matter to the attention of their re-
SDuctive Governments
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
President Wilson in Vermont.

Windsor. VT. Aug. 31.-President
Wilson. who is here on his first vaca-
ton of the summer. spent the night
quietly at 'Harlakenden house" with
his family, celebrating the birthday Of
his daughter. Mrs. francis B. Sayre.
Despite the efforts Of all members OF
the. .tamGy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. :
"SaYYy ohe.~Ih4a. recent DEATH OF Mrs,
Wilson could not be forgotten. The
president did his best to appear cheer.
full but plainly showed his grief.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 2S.--"The num-
Der of Americans who want to fight
on the side of the allies surprises me-"
said Colonel Samuel Hughes. the Can
adian minister of militia. Il have re-
ceived offers of all sorts from across
the line. Hundreds of men have writ
ten me asking for permission to enlist.
l had offers from a considerable num-
her of men who wanted tU ome over
at the head of full companies and
place them In the Canadian eXpedi-
tionary force as units"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

a boy has been discovered in
Switzerland with two stomachs. This
n most unfortunate for the boy. con-
-stdsrfrg ire. aas dsvelobed bas~ asssF,
NAL supply at a time Of the climax
Of high living.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Germans Burn CITY.

London, Aug. 29.-The war office OF.
ficially confirmed the report that Lou
vain, Belgium, has been completely
destroyed by the Germans as a mill
tary measure.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04
Sea FIGHT Cost British 90

London, Sept. 1.-Twenty-nine kill
ed andes wounded was the price in
men paid by the British for the naval
action against the Germans in Helgo-
land fight Friday.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Army worms. swatless flies and or
chard-smashing tornadoes are trying
to get in their work. But the ice
cream crop bids fair to be another OF
the largest on record.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Those robbers who held up rs
~coachloads Of tourists In Yellowstone
park may have been conducting a
little clinic to discover the quality OF
the average tourists nerve.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The fourth and NTH years OF mar
ried life are said to be most prolific
of divorces; yep, a good many couples
become so Indifferent by that time
that they don't care much one way or
the other.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The sixteen-year-old shah OF Persia
found his crown much too large, but
in a sleepy land like Persia he stands
some chance OF being permitted to
grow till II fits.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

An American artist has been nom
o-ed In Paris. However. an American
artist will not feel that he has reached
the heights of fame until he has had a
picture slashed by a British suffra.
gette.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The who Is suing her hus'
band for divorce because he makes
speeches at night probably hates to
be interrupted.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

An apostle Of the uplift says that
children and adults should dress
freely" is this q knock at the prey.
alent s~tinginess In feminine fashions?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

There Is only one logical outcome
to the custom OF going around with
something in ones pistol pocket. and
that Is trouble.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Pictures Of tina Smith, Carpenter
tight in London show that the referee
did not wear his top hat. long-tailed
coat and gloves in the ring. How
shockingi
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The American tourist who stole a
brass handle from the home OF Robert
Burns was simply carrying his ad'
miration Of the poet a little too far.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The lady who accuses her husband
IF receiving "erotic love letters from
another surely didn't expect them TO
be Hydraulic or geometric?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Ordinary people will never be able
70 understand why 1t Is hotter In
summer than 1t is in winter. when In
January the earth is 1.557,149 miles
nearer 10 the sun than 1t Is In July.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Some Of our brightest young people
carry around the mistaken notion that
a canoe was made to perform gym
nastics in.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The fellow who claims that tango
ing is Injurious to ones health Is on
his way to Join the nan who said the
same thing about ice cream.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

An exchange advances the theory
that modesty is a state OF the mind:
transparency so, IL modern fashions
furnish any clew.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Cultivate good nature. 1t Is good
tor the appetite.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Perhaps the over-the-sea aviator
will now lose iptarest in his contem-
plated trip.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

About the only endless chain re-
naming ia the arctic r%escuing party
that goes after an arctic resculng
party.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Funny, but locomotives carried
cowcatchers long before there were
any milk trains.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Baseball is a grand little amuse-
ment but even at that It Is not actual
Jy one OF the necessities OF life.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Conditions in the Balkans are not
so much the result OF a crisis as Of
a habit.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Half the pleasure OF a vacation Is
In the anticipation.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Vacations can never be made I'M
popular.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The %lynching record Is falling OF.
This may indicate either that people
are getting better or less energetic.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Now II is reported that the Kurds
are uprising again. We don't like the
whey they do.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

where Is going?" asks the
Rochester Post Express; bless your
soul, brother. she's coming!
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

However. baseball fans arc still 10y
ally rallying TO their colors.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Clothes make the man, the lack or
them the fashionable m
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

The hand that rocks the boat never
lives to rule the cradle.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Utimatum IL a mouthy word. but
g simply "Sic emil"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Are you indignant over the boost
In diamond prices? Neither are we
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Paris. sept. >. The following official
statement was issued by the war OF
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

Berlin.-(By Wireless.)-lt was Of
ficially announced here that about 30.
600 Russians had been taken prison
ers by the Germans during the fight
ing in East Prussia, particularly at
Ortelsburg, Hohenstein and Tanner
burg. They include many officers Of
high rank. The German attack at
these three points was across sUamps
and lakes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-04

port tAat the Russians arc in Konigs-
berg.
From Canada. India, Australia and
South Africa the British army front
soon will receive large rei2forcements.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-17
A Renaissance OF
PENSACOLA BAY

Ben Thomas gives an historically
accurate description in the Pensa-
cola Journal Of a memorable trip
made some years ago on the upper
waters of Pensacola bay in his motor
launch, in which the writer of these
Zines was his guest. and the rotten
batteries broke down far out on the
raging main and left the two I'M
fortunates exposed to all the perils
OF the deep. Ben was veritable
Mark Tapley on that occasion and
he "came out strong" but when he
says that during his absence, after
he had waded ashore and struck out
through the wilderness for help, his
partner covered for hours in the
launch, scared speeches. by a school
OF porpoise which he mistook for
man-eating sharks, he trifles with
the truth of history and does injus-
tice to the sea knowledge of the
ancient mariner who was his COM
panion in that adventure.
Scared indeed, Those porpoise
came up and ate out of his hand,
gathered in bunch, and with won
der and delight listened to him while
he sang to them in organ tones
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep"
and along in the afternoon he peeleu
off the textile artificialities of civil
ization, took header in the bay and
disported with his genial aquatic
friends like the boys in that ole
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-17
Whitcomb Riley

swimmin' hole" Whitcomb Riley
tells us about.
Meanwhile Ben was stumbling,
raging, cussing and sweating
through the jungle under a broiling
sun, impartially damning every
thing on earth and the waters I'M
derneath as he fought the mos
quitoes and lodged the rattlesnakes,
trying to reach a village miles up
the bay where he could hire a fish
ing smack to pull us out of trouble.
FThe memories of that day, as he
lolled in the shaded launch and
reached out a caressing hand to the
gentle porpoise gathered about him,
listening to his music and his con-
versation, are simply delightful to
this writer, but to Ben they must
be somewhat otherwise.