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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
PRAIRIE CHICKENS WILL
BE THICK IN THE HILLS

Deadwood, S. D.-According to
present reports and indications this
year will see the best prairie chicken
hunting season the Black Hills has
known in many years. The birds are
reported unusually plentiful, both
prairie chickens and grouse, and par
ticularly in the hill sections where
hundreds of them are daily found.
The fact that last summer was dry
and aided Matching and that the game
laws are being rigidly enforced, is
said to be the reason for the increase
in birds.
State Game Warden Hedrick ex-
poets to leave Pierre in a few days
for Gardner, Mont, where he goes
to get a consignment of elk for the
new Black Hills game preserve near
Custer. Two carloads, consisting of
about fifty elk, will be brought here
from Yellowstone National Park.
The game preserve is already fenced
but the entire preserve of IL miles
long by 8 wide is only partially fenc-
ed and efforts are now being made
to complete this and give the elk a
greater field in which to roam. They
are expected to prove a decided at.
traction for tourists to the Black
Hills this summer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
II. W. GARDNER
is CANDIDATE
ANNOUNCES HE WILL ACCEPT
PLACE IN COUNCIL IT,
FRIENDS DESIRE.

Dependent upon the attitude OF
the voters in the Third ward, II. w.
Gardner will be candidate for alder.
man to succeed John w . Siberz
whose term of office expires on Ma,
=. 1t was announced in yesterdays
Republican that petitions had been
taken out in behal fof Mr.. Gard
ner's candidacy.
after reading the article in YES
terday's Republican. said Mr.. Card
ner, II wish to say that / am not
seeking the office of alderman in the
Third Ward. But as some of my
friends asked me to run and %circulat-
ed a petition to that effect, will say
that IL it be the wish of the voters
for ME do so, l can assure each and
every one who contributes to my sup
port and can do so conscientous,y. il
Will be greatly appreciated.
II will assure you that that ] will
do all within my power to build up
and beautify our fair Corn Palace
City"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
ANDERSON ON
THAT VOUCHER
STATE AUDITOR DECLARES NO
ITEMS WE'RE ERASED FROM
GUENTHER CLAIM,

Sioux Falls, S. D.-The Press re.
celved yesterday the following com.
munlcation from II. b. Anderson
minority candidate for governor, in
response to The Press invitation to
Mr.. Anderson to explain his version
OF the Guenther voucher episode:
10 the Editor of The Press;
note by your columns that Won
nave invited me to make a statement
TO your readers about the now famous
candy and theatre voucher and that
you kindly offer me 1000 words in
which to cover the matter. | am glad
to accept this invitation, but | will
burden your columns to the ex-
tent of 1000 words.
The facts are that when the Guen-
Their voucher was first rendered to
the auditors Office, there were no
erasures of any kind on it. The clerk
IN h auditors office notified the
clerk who rendered it that the vouch-
er would not be accepted in that form
1t was taken away and when it next
appeared in the auditors Office the
items of charges of pressing clothes:
Tor candy and theatre tickets were
cut out. Again he was told the vou-
would not be accepted until the
rest of the offending items were cut
out. Governor Byrne never saw the
voucher until after the newspapers
began to talk about it. These are the
exact facts as l am telling them to my
audiences. =
(Signed) H. b. Anderson.
Sioux Falls, S. D., March IA, 1914.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
BAIT is SLAIN
in DEATH TRAP
BEAUTIFUL GIRL USED As LURE
FOR VICTIMS or MURDER Syn
DiCATE HIS Disappeared


White Plains. n. Y.-Delieving
they may find the body of a beauti-
full young woman known as Concctta,
workmen under the direction of Cor
oner lies ard The sheriff continued
digging up the yard in the rear of
Charles Rombara's hotel on the larry
town road today. Concetta is said to
have been used by a band of men
known as the murder syndicate' to
lure victims to their death. The au-
thorities believe she was finally kill
ed by the syndicate for fear she
would reveal their operations. The
murder syndicate is believed to have
been responsible for the death of a
half dozen persons.
Pietro Robacci, awaiting death in
Sing Sing, is said to have made q
confession saying that Concetta was
murdered the same night Plilipo
Garida was slain. She brought Gar
dida to her room, it is said. believing
he was merely to be asked to give up
money. Instead he was killed as he
held the young woman in his arms.
rearing her anger, the murderer
took her life.
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MRS. T. A. BERRY
CHARGES CRUELTY
CITES SEVERAL REASONS WHY
SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN
BE GIVEN DIVORCE DIE.
CREE,

Charging that her husband
lLoinas A. Berry, had been cruel and
abusive on divers occasions, that he
a used her money and property in
investments and that he had been
untalthful at different periods in
lhelr married life, Mrs. Louise n
Berry has started suit for divorce in
circuit court.
MI. Berry was cited to appear he
fore Judge F. B. Smith in court this
afternoon to show cause why his vito
mould not be granted Temporary
alimony in the sum of $50 month";
and why he should not return a vain,
able diamond ring and an automo-
Dlle purchased with her money. The
oruer 70 appear was signed several
days ago by Judge Smith.
According to the petition filed by
Mrs. Berry, the couple weer married
IN Mitchell on November 16, 1905.
Within a year, alleged Mrs. Berry.
her husband commenced TO stay
away from home and attended dances
when she was ill at home. In April.
1910, the Berrys moved to joplin.
where the husband is alleged to
lave INDUCED in i~mmoralities. Dur
ing this period, declared the plain
t1ffff, her husband used notes and
securities belonging to her, under the
threat to leave her if they were NOT
forthcoming.
One year later, according to the
petition filed, the family moved to
Houston, TEX, the wife supplying the
money for the expenses. In Febru-
airy, 1912, the Berrys moved to
chamberlain where, it is alleged. Mr.
Berry commenced to abuse his wife
and her son by a former marriage.
August. 1913, the family return
ed to Mitchell, Mrs. Berry buying a
nome at 700 East Third n
The wife further claims that she
supplied the funds with whicr TO
purchase a Cadillac automobile used
by lei husband, that she spent SIS
300 to purchase their home, that she
gave him a diamond ring WORTH $3.50
and that during their life torether
mas given him about $500 to use i'm
Investments. 1t is alleged that Mrs.
berry was worth about $500 ct the
lime of their marriage, but now only
possesses the home in Mitchell. The
court is asked to grant a decree of
ilvorce and 500 monthly alimony.
rs we'll as return the property y:ven
% her husband by Mrs. Berry.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
WANT CHI. DREN
TO HAVE GARDENS
VALUABLE PRIZES TO DE GIVEN
SCHOOL PUPILS FOR En-
FORTS COMING SUMMER.

The city beautiful" movement, as
we'll as the industry of the public
school children of Mitchell, will be
given an impetus during the coming
summer by The agricultural contest
plan, announced today by Supt. j.
w. McClinton. The vacant lots in
the city VIII be utilized by the
children.
By this plan. the children will be
able to arm money, win valuable
prizes, help beautify the city, learn
practical and scientific agriculture,
and still have plenty of time left for
other pleasures. The scheme is in
line with the plans which have been
so successful in the larger cities, par
ticularly Minneapolis.
All children who enter the con-
test must be between the ages of 10
and 21 years, as they will be diyid-
ed according to thei RACES. The first
class will include the children be-
tween the ages of 10 and IA, and the
second. between the ages of Is and
21. Prof. ID. Lewallen, of the high
school, will have general supervision
of the work.
The contest will include competi-
ton in the following branches of
asriculture: corn culture Gear to row
PLOT and lot plot); alfalfa culture;
vegetable ~gardening; flower garden
ing; dairying; poultry raising; to-
mato culture, and potato culture.
Under the rules Of the contest,
each child may choose the contest
that appeals to him or her. Prizes
will be awarded in each of the con-
tests and the profits will go to the
contestant. Instruction will be Civ
en- at least once a week to each of
the different classes of contestants.
In addition, each individual will be
given instruction in the field. Each
also will be given a copy of the reg
before they enter the con
test. Any contestant who fails to
comply with the regulations govern
ing the work will be expelled from
the contest.
Prizes will be awarded on the
quality of the product, the quantity
of the product, the quality of the
work, class attendance and a COM
plete account or history of the work
the end of the contest.
The prizes. which will be valuable
and useful, will be of a nature that
will tend to encourage agriculture.
Some of them Will be agricultural
educational trips with expenses paid,
agricultural scholarships at Brook
ings, pure-bred seeds, pure-bred
poultry. CLOTHING. athletic goods.
tools for any OF the industries, small
implements. books on agricultural
subjects, pictures. shrubs and trees.
dairy utensils and live stock prizes.
Supt. McClinton is working cut a
plan whereby he may enlist the sup
port of the property owners In the
city and obtain the use OF all vacant
lots for the children.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
MARBLE REPEATS
FORMER VICTORY
WINNER IN FIELD Or SEVEN
SPEAKERS IN GOLD LINE-
CONTEST.

Samuel Marble, of Alexandria, OH
FRIDAY night repeated his success of a
year ago and won first honors oven
six other orators in the annual Da-
kota Wesleyan "old line contest held
at the city call. Chester Ruth. of this
city, was given second place. The
winning GRAFTON was entitled "From
Fame to Infalny."
Marbles victory makes him the
Wesleyan representative to the state
contest at Sioux Falls the latter part
of May. Six other schools will parti
c!pate in that event. Last year Marble
gained second in the state contest at
Huron. Floyd Poole of the state uni.
verslty winning the coveted honors.
1T is considered that Marble will be
a much stronger contender this year.
The program of o%rations Friday ey-
ening proved an interesting one from
a variety of standpoints. Six of the
seven productions presented dealt
with vital questions Of present
day significance. The presence OF
Miss Hattie Cotton, the first wo
mar who has appeared in the col,
line contest for years, lent added
interest. BY a change of rules in the
%oratorical association. more emphasi;
were placed on delivery this yeal
than ever before. This feature
doubtless aided to stimulate the en-
thusiasm of the audience.
Mr.. Marble appeared as the third
orator on the program. His Grafton.
From Fame to Infamy", conferred
about the life of Benedict Arnold.
His delivery was polished and easy
~bespeaking his long familiarity with
speech on the public platform.
The other speakers and their sub.
jects were. In the order of their final
rank: Chester Ruth, .The Need O
the Age; Miss Hattie Cotton, ''The
Child-The Father of the Man.
Warner Hubbard, THE Modern Men
ace; Morris Brumbaugh, "The Chin.
csc Problem; Peter Brethorst. "The
Man of Tomorrow-What?"; Clifford
Grua. THE Americanization O.
China
The judges We're supt. j.. ". Nc
Clinton, Prof. D. Allen, of the high
school. and Lewis Shuster.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
GEORGE RICE ABLE TO
RETURN TO HIS HOME

Flandreau, S. D.-George Rice.
former member of the state board
OF railorad commissioners, who for
several weeks had been at the hospi-
tai at Rochester, Mimi, for treat
ment and an operation, has recover
ed to such an extent that he has been
able to return to his home in this
city. For some years he was in poor
health, but as the result of the treat
ment he now is reported to be re-
covering rapidly, with the prospect
that he will enjoy better health than
for years. He is one of the most
prominent attorneys of the state and
since The inception of the progress
slVe republican movement in South
Dakota has been one of the leaders OF
that faction. Had his health permit
ted he doubtless would have been a
candidate for congress at the primary
election on March oath.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
BEULAH CLUB
TALKS POULTRY
FARMERS OF TOWNSHIP HOLD
ONE OF THEIR INTERESTING
SESSIONS FRIDAY.

With Mr.. and Mrs. Ira l.. Fraser
as hosts, the Beulah Township
Farmers club held an interesting
session on Friday evening. A large
number of members, with their
friends. were present for the meet
ing.
The program of the evening in
Guided a discussion on poultry, Mrs,
Joseph kotrba proving to be an able
leader. I%ncubators and breeders
were fifirst considered and then the
proper feeding and care of chicks.
Seed wheat and oats will be con-
sidered at the next meeting, which
will be held on March 9th at the
home of Alma Heneline. Mr.! Stroth-
will be leader on this subject. Mrs.
Lee will be leader on a discussion of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
BYNRE CLAIMS
BIG VICTORY
GOVERNOR ASSERTS THAT HIS
TICKET Is GAINING STRENGTH
ALL OVER STATE.

Aberdeen. s. D.-Governor Frank
M. Byrne of Pierre, stopped ocer in
II city last evening enroute from
points in the southern part of the
state to Morristown, Thunder Hawk
and Lennon, where he will speak
this afternoon and evening. He will
be accompanied on this trip by P.
w. Dougherty, majority candidate for
railroad commissioner from this dis
trict. Upon his return Governor
Byrne will go to Day and Grant
counties, returning to speak here at
the new Aberdeen theatre on March
%. the night before election.
In speaking to a reporter last
evening Governor Byrne stated:
Public sentiment favoring the en-
tire Progressive Republican party
is growing rapidly in the southern
part of the state, l have just finished
a trip through Miner, Sanborn, Nc
Cook, Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner
and Yankton counties, and every
where found that we were rapidly
gaining ground and piling up friends
for the progressive cause. From re-
ports received from other parts of
the state l find that the same con-
dition prevails throughout the state.
Il do not hesitate in saying that
the entire state and congressional
majority Republican ticket will be
nominated a week from next Tues
day, and as for myself l expect a
larger vote and a larger majority
than l received two years ago."
Governor Byrne received a major
ity of approximately 1000 votes at
the general election in 1912, receiv-
ing nearly 10000 votes over his next
nearest opponent, George w. Egan.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
WIFE'S CHARGES
r ALL DENIED
L. a. BERRY MAKES STATEMENT
OF HIS POSITION IN d.
EORCE ACTION.

In reply to the charges made aga
INST him in the suit for divorce in
stituted by his wife, Mrs. Louise
Berry, I. A. Berry made the follow
ng statement to The Republican to-
day:
In behalf of my friends ana my
sell, 1 wish to say, regarding the
article which appeared in SATURDAYS
ssue of this paper, that all of the ac-
eusations contained therein are great
y exaggerated, and some OF them
are entirely false. Which fact (Mrs.
Berry claims) was due to the persist
sncy of her attorney to make the
complaint very strong in order to
win.
The first charge of staying cut
late at night, and attending dances
While living in this city, is without
any foundation worth mentioning, as
have attended dances with
out her. except on one occasion when
l stopped at the Elks hall one evening
with two other fellows, and after
looking on for a short time from the
Q 70 / engaged in two dauces with
"omcn Who We're u neighbors al
he time. l also attended the Elks'
odge frequently that summer and
vas often there until IL O'Clock, and
perhaps on half Il dozen other occas-
II l was out until late in the. ev-
aning riding around with some other
g in the car, and this was usually
after my wife had tired of riding and
| had taken her home.
After We moved to Joplin | work
I'd the hardest of my life with the
milling proposition in which my pard
aers and l lost a large noun of
money, after which time it became
necessary for my wife to use some of
her money to assist me in the support
ii u family, alto loaning me $1,000
o use in my business. ! promised to
DAY this back as soon as possible, but
t soon became very evident that we
could save nothing out of the milling
wreck and then it was that our real
trauble began, and l have heard
much On the money question since
that time.
las to the i~mmoralities alleged
to have been practiced by me while in
Joplin, this is a false statement and
l defy any n to prove it. Neither
have l ever threatened 10 leave my
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
DAkOTANS HURT
IN RAIL WRECK
ABERDEEN MAN AND HIGHM0HE
WOMAN SUFFER WHEN
OMAHA PASSENGER
bREAkS IN TWO.

st. Paul, Minn.--An unidentified
woman was killed and more ti.an 60
other persons injured, several prob
any fatally, when Two coaches or
passenger train No. q on the C. ST
+. M. d o. railroad left the rails ard
rolled down an .~embankment at Men
dota, Mimi, Saturday night. The next
part OF the train remained on the
racks II proceeded to ST. Paul
with the dead and injured. The train.
consisting OF an engine, baggage car
and eight coaches left Omaha for ST.
raul at 7:45 O'Clock Saturday rom
ing. After passing the station at
the two coaches in the mid
ale OF the train broke from the other.
coaches and toppled over. One of
mem stood almost upright, throw
ms the passengers to the end of the
coach. Hardly a passenger in this
coach escaped injury. The fact that
potch coaches were steel probably
saved a score of lives, railroad 1nan
say. A relief corps was formed and
the injured passengers were lifted
through the windows and coors of
the coaches. Many were s~evcroly
cut about the head and body by
broken glass. Every available +,
oulance met the train upon it's ar
rival here and the injured were hur-
r1ed to the differen hospitals of the
city.
ROAD mon die, as to the cause Of
the wreck but the geenrsl opinion
was t!';'t tho q IS crumr'ed after tho
eEgine az tie first fe., coaches
lad passed.
nr. F. j. Jenkins. Toledo, la. vino
dressed the wounds of most of the
injured passengers estimated the LIST
OF injured would exceed 60 ana that
seevral deaths would result.
The Unidentified woman who met
heat. was crushed between tw 0 seats.
Among the list of injured were d. G..
Cree, Aberdeen. S. d.. lags broken.
and Mrs. George Wright, liighmore.
s. ID. Her condition is serious.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS'
ANNUAL SPRING REUNION

Aberdeen. S. D.-April 6 to Q in
elusive are the dates set for the an
nual spring reunion of the Scottish
Rites Masonic bodies of Aberdeen.
The work will start a 4 o'clock on
Monday afternoon, the 9th, with
work in the fourth degree. to be fol-
lowed by dinner and the fifth de-
gree. On Tuesday the sixth, seventh
and fourteenth degrees will be con-
ferred. The fifteenth to eighteenth
degrees will be given from Tuesday
evening to Wednesday, and work
from the tw%enty-first to the thirtieth
will be given the rest"of Wednesday.
On Thursday morning the thirty-first
degree will be given, and in the af-
ternoon the jthirty-second, concluding
with the Maundy Thursday banquet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
STYLE WEEK
PROGRAM OUT
COMMITTEE ARRANGEs DETAILS
FOR ENTERTAINMENT IN CITY
HALL.

Automobile parades, home pro-
ducts, musical and vaudeville pro-
grams, pure food demonstrations, are
some of the composite features of
Mitchells FIRST style show, to be held
the first four days of April, which
we're considered by the special COM
mittee in charge at its meeting yes
terday.
a daily feature at 2:15 O'Clock each
afternoon will be a parade of auto
mobiles, motorcycles and machinery
sold by Mitchell dealers. This par
ade will traverse the business district
ana will be an exposition of one part
CT the city's commercial activities
The four days will eliminate with a
monster parade Oh saturday, April
4, headed by a band and comprising
several organizations in the city.
the auditorium OF the city hall
will be the center of interest during
the week. In it will be arranged
booths displaying Mitchell-made pro
ducts and pure food demonstrations.
Programs of vaudeville and music
will be given for the benefit of visit
ors each afternoon from / to 3
O'Clock.
In the evening the doors to the
free public entertainment will open
at 1:30 o'clock. One feature of the
evening entertainments will he music
by the orchestra directed by Mrs. -.
L. Tilley.
But the city hall entertainment
will only be IN part of the style
show. Every business block in the
city will be decorated for the event
and every show window will be a
bower OF beauty. displaying to the
best advantage the wares of the mer-
chant inside. The four days of the
show will make an epoch in the bust
ness history of Mitchell.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19

Wife if she did not furnish me with
money to use in my business. After
returning to Chamberlain Mrs. Berry
had free access to the large store in
Which l was associated with my faith
er and brother. and did not use any
OF her money for the support of the
family, while [ was thus engaged,
or since we have returned to Mitch !,
ell.
Il also deny the statement that l
nave ever abused or punished her son
curing the five years that we have
llVed together except on one occasion
when | slapped him for an offense
for which he deserved ~punishment.
Neither have | ever abused my wife
except at times when we quarrelled
and both used abusive language.
these quarrels almost invariably
starting from a discussion of our fl
hancial affairs, and the fact that |
had used some of her money.
A to the Cadillac car and dia-
mond ring Will say hal this car was
bought by me with my own one
before leaving for Joqlin, and it is
because of the fact Thai / owe her
some money that she makes 'any
on same. The diamond ring was
given to me as Il present by her soon
after we were married, she having
received one from me a short time
before. l want TO say in conclusion
that our trouble has all originated
from circumstances brought about
by financial loss at Joplin, and fur
ther that Mrs. Berry and l mutually
agreed to settle this matter between
ourselves on the day following the
issuing of this complaint, which was
started by her while in a angry mood
and called off by her a few hours
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
COMMERCIAL
CLUB GIVES NoU

Aberdeen, S. D.-The "Three C"
club, as the Columbia Commercial
club has been nicknamed, held its
initial banquet and completed its or
ganization at Columbia, where sew
eral Aberdeen men were on the toast
list. The affair was a sort of love-
feast, for years ago Columbia was
the county seat of Brown county, and
Aberdeen won the honor only after
many a hard-fought battle. The work
of organizing the club was started
about a month ago, and it now has
a membership of about sixty, all
pledged to do everything in thei.
power to advance the interests OF
Columbia, the farming section adj
joining, and the whole of Brown
county. The officers of the club in
clude. J.. F. Holdhusen, president;
Frank Gaskin. vice president: r. l..
Caist, secretary; A. E. Smith, treas
urer.
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