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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-22

The attempt of section of the
British press and public to make
Lord Kitchener the goat because of
the failure of the British armies to
date was as inevitable as it is unjust
England had no great standing army
ready and available for in
slant use and what troops
she had were scattered all
over the world, and it takes time
and effort to organize a great fight
ing machine. 1t is not Kitcheners
fault that tibet the nation underesti-
mated the strength and ability of the
Germans 1t is characteristic of the
British people to be overconfident of
their own strength and to be con-
temptuous of their enemy. 1t has
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-22

Rooseyelt's victory and Barnes
discontinue at Syracuse viii be
pleasing to all fair-minded men save
a few who have worked themselves
up into such passion of political
prejudice against the former presi-
clearly. 1t is inconceivable that any
jury of decent citizens Of the state of
New York could have found for
Barnes after the disclosures made at
the trial. Barnes hate got the better
of his Judgment or he would never
have so Inundated himself as to
have his record dragged through the
public press again. The theories as
Ito the political effect Of the trial are
mere guesses. 1t will hurt Barnes a
little because it viii injure his
prestige and tend to make him a
laughing stock 1t may help Roose-
welt little in some quarters, but not
to the extent that his thick and thin
worshippers imagine, The one chief
result of the trial is that it renews
the guarantee that a man can come
out in the open and speak fearlessly
in criticism of conditions as they
exist without being mulcted for
libel. The fate of Bill Barnes should
be warning to others who are a
trihe thin-skinned that the welfare of
the country is aided by having things
talked over pretty plainly even if
some small errors creep in and that
it is foolish and expensive to rush in
to libel suit when enraged or suf-
fering from wounded vanity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-22
Saturday, May %, 1915.

Petrograd eheerfully announces a
great victory and in the same dis
patch tells of fighting at some point
which was hundred miles inside
the Russian lines a few days ago.
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FREYBURG WINS
COUNTY PLACE
CIRCUIT COURT BUSINESSES AGT-
ION TO SET ASIDE HIS APP
pOiNTMENT AS BROWN
COUNTY PHYSICIAN

Aberdeen, S. Din state circuit
court Judge Bouck ruled in the case
brought by the states attorney on
petition of seventeen taxpayers,
seeking to set aside the contract
made by the commissioners with DR..
f. w. Freyberg, as county physician.
that the action of the commissioners
Mad been legal i'll all respects, and
dismissed the case. The only qucs-
ton left for decision was the matter
of determining the compensation of
the county physician. Both the
states attorney and T.. b. 1Iarliin,
representing DIR. F%reyberg. agreed
that the compensation OF the county
physician should be based upon bills
presented after the service had been
rendered, and as this is the system
now being followed by the board,
there was little left to the case. The
court held the board oil commission
ers is the court OF last resort so far
as the contract for Il county physi-
clan was concerned, and that the cir
cult court has no jurisdiction in the
NATTER
The suit was brought when The
ounty commissioners awarded III.
Freyberg the contract as county ply
stefan at. a salary Of So il month
ana SO cents a miJe. mileage. one way,
although i)r. J.. O. Il. kraushaar had
offered to do the, work for $40 a
month and is cents mileage.
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DIVORCE SUIT
AFTER
HARTFORD WOMAN MOULD EHEE
HERSELF FROM SPOUSE SHE
FOUND WITH m AZ
EINlTY

Sioux Falls. S. D.-Ns the sequel
to Il sensational shooting aifray at
Hartford last October, Mrs. Bertha
Moore, OF that place, has instituted
in the state circuit court in this city
a suit by which she SEEKS TO secure
u divorce from her husband, Arthur
II. Moore.
lii her complaint Mrs. Moore al
leges cruelty. She sets forth the al
legation tina on Nov. 10 last her
down. with the result that the police
married January A, 1906, at Mary
L.. Moore, aged six.
During q term Of state circuit court
which now is III session in Sioux Fails
Mrs. Moore was fined 81 by Judge
Jones. she being accused of having
shot and wounded the alleged affinity
of her husband.
In a iii of jealous rage she trailed
her husband and his alleged affinity.
Miss Dorothy Swenspn, and opened
Ere upon them With a revolver. One
OF the bullets struck and wounded
hcr husband and Miss Swenson also
was wounded. The wounds were
only OF Il superficial character and
boin recovered.
Mrs. Moore. it vas said. in order
TO conceal her identity and be better
liable To trail her husband ard the
young n attired herself in IL
suit of her husbands clothing. When
the supposed man burst into the
kitchen of Il home near Hartford TO
which she had traced her husband
ard the young woman they were de-
ceivcd by the disguise, and not until
SHE drew a revolver and opened fire
did they realize that they had been
Swallowed by the angry wife. Moore
: was shot twice in the legs. The
Swenson girl dashed from the room,
but not in time to escape one Of the
bullets. which Slightly wounded her.
She took refuge in the hayloft OF a
nearby barn. and not until nelghbors,
attracted by the shooting. reached the
: spot did she emerge from her place
OF refuge.
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PENNINGTON COUNTY TO
HAVE FARM EXPERT

Rapid City, S. Bloomington
county is among the first counties ia
the state and northwest to secure an
agricultural expert under the proyisi-
0ns of the Smith-Lever act OF conA
gress, by which the United States
government provides funds for this
line OF work in the various congress-
ional districts when various c6ndi-
tions have been complied with. Prof.
G.. A. Michels. for some time in charge
of the agricultural department al the
state normal school in Speariish, is
the man who has been appointed To
superintend farm deyalopment work
lin Pennington county,Aand will make
his permanent headquarters in, Rapid
City. His duties will be To organize
the farmers of the district and give
them practical instruction In farm
ing. dairying, stock breeding and
other branches OF modern farming
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CHOLERA FIGHT
AID is
COOPERATION NECESSARY FROM
tARAlIlRS IL GOVERNMENT
rs TO CONTINUE CAM
p.AIGN.

Cooperation OF the farmers of
Dawson county is essential if the
federal government is to continue its
demonstration work for tn eradica-
ton of hog cholera i ntle county. ac-
cording to the statement made tday
by DR.. S M. Smith, Inspector in
charge of the campaign in the coun-
ty.
"ln carrying out the campaign this
year said Dir. Smith. lit will be our
aim to con!ine any outbreak to the
board had gone as far as possible un-
der the present conditions and that
expert advise was necessary ii the
city was to realize the greatest value
from its present system and sorue
uniformity reached. IL was felt that
the park problem a not necessalI-
~ INT OF gardening or laying out
Of trees. but of identifying them as
Il petition of the citys best assets.
The three firms interviewed by Mr..
Wheeler, agreed. so he reported last
evening, that it would be necessary
10 come to Mitchell, look yer the
ground, and formulate Il report up
on which the board could take such
action as was deemed necessary. This
report Will comprise suggestions as
to what might be done in Mitchell,
the conditions found here, and the
general cost of making the suggested
improvements.
Mr.. i%tamsdell, one OF the firms ap-
proacked, designed the park system
being worked out at Aberdeen. He
has had considerable Knowledge OF
conditions in South Dakota and eN-
pressed his Willingness to make q
preliminary survey or report for $40
Il day and expenses. He stated that
he could secure the services OF an
assistant for the actual supervision
of the r~emodelling o tthe parks.
Mr.. Wyman proposed to make IA
preliminary report for $50 and his
expenses. Mr.. Waynian is the de
signer Of the landscape gardening
at the state capitol grounds at Pierre
and submitted numerous references
of his ability. He is also the head OF
original infected premises. In order
to accomplish this purpose we ask
the farmers to make a practice of
inspecting all their hogs daily and
report 20 us Immediately if amy APP
pear TO be oft" in any way.
Reports of the experiments con
Quoted in sixteen counties during
1914, show thai ll0,236 nOsS Wefc
treated in infected herds. with 4 loss
of 1862 hogs; and Hiatt 1910 hogs
were treated in exposed herds with
a loss OF IL hogs.
There were 1.25G,72o hogs rails
ed i nthe sixteen counties, and $3.50
lost from hog cholera. This indicates
that practically Is per cent of the
hogs that were lost in these counties
died before the work was instituted,
in herds not reported TO the depart
ment, and in herds i'll which hogs
were left %untreated or account Of be-
ing too sick when reached by the in
spectors.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
SEES PHYSICIAN AND
THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF

Belle Fourche. S. D.--Returning
from a visit to his physician in Nor
ristown, in Corson county, Henry
Langreli, a homesteader near there,
committed suicideLat his home by
blowing the top CT his head OFF with
a shot gun. The body and the team
in Which he had ridden, still standing
hitched. were found two OF. three
days after the tragedy was enacted.
Langrell who was single and 40
a old. is believed by his friends
to have been deranged and had been
acting suspiciously fer some time
past. He leaves a sister in Ipswich,
this state,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
IGLASSNER SAYS
HE WAS ROBBED
SECRETARY or STATE SAYS ME-
PERSONALLY MADE a..
St,5Go TAkGN FRuN
TIVE STATE.

Pierre, $. D.-Thc special l~egisla-
tive Investigating committee has prac-
tically completed its work and has
put in considerable time on the de
partment OF the secretary of state.
and John II. Nelson, assistant. In
that department it states that The
shortage of about 5000 mentioned bv
the public examiner is caused by fail
ure OF parties to pay for certified
copies sent ON telegraph order and
on protested checks.
On the query rs to why about
$l,500 OF fees for November and
December were not turned in until
about January %, the SECRETARY said
that his desk was robbed OF n large
sum OF money and that he could not
make it up at once, and that the loss
Was made up to the state by him in
| person.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25

cies at the ticket Windows. Technical
ly each one of these agents is violat-
ing the state law and is subject TO
a fine. But the new bill also proposes
to amend the Law to exempt such
ticket agents who do not solicit bust
ness from the taking cut of licenses.
New Levy Limits.
The joint state affairs OF the sen
ate and house have prepared Il. lid
law TOR tax levics. The old tax linz
itationi were based upon a partial
valuation ranging from one-fourth
to one third III different localities,
the limit being under the old lax,
ten mills for counties, which is now
placed at Il graduated scale, with 4
limit OF ten mills on counties with
less than two million valuation: nine
mills from two TO four million; eight
mills from fou TO six million; one
fifth of one mill per million reduc-
tom below this from six to ten mil
lion; from 81 to eleven million sew
en- mills and from eleven to forty
millions one tenth of one mill re-
duction for each additional million,
over forty million dollars, five mills.
The township limitation is reduced
from ten mills to five mills; school
districts are reduced from twenty
mills to five mills: for incorporates
towns or villages the five mill limit
is left at five mills; phe cities ole
maximum of twenty mills is put OF
a basis of valuation scaling from
fifteen mills at che million Valuation
down to nine mills for over twenty
five million.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
NORMAL GRADUATES BARRED.
FROM SOME HIGH SCHOOLS.

Pierre, S. D.-The fight on the
Springfield normal school has dcvcl-
oped the fact that a normal school
certificate does not give a graduate
OF such school any standing in the
high schools of the state. This called
out a little investigation through the
state educational department. where
the reason given was that the normal
cours OF study, does not come up TO
the requirements of the average high
school course in the state. The fur
thcr statement was made that there
is no discrimination so far as the
state is copcerned against a normal
graduate getting into the high schools
providing an examination is taken
and the applicant passes upon the
subjects higher than the normal
course which are required for the
| average high school. Gut when it
comes to the list of "accredited'
schools, which list practically every
high school OF the state aspircs to
each, and in which most of them are
placed the normal graduate is abso
barred. This "~accreditins' is
done by what is known as the North
Central Association of schools and
colleges, covering the northwestern
1 49,
states generally. and they absolute
- ieiu'e ~ aIcep' .he WIN OF .hc
normal scnoois' lns ohis teici,ers
aoeep.eo pellls eoilesu S'auuaees'
ou.s'o, 'he lorna, NofN: ms eohu'-
.ion IN se".e eu"ea'ioi.ui uepai.-
ine,'. sass - en'iiols outs'uc 'hs eon-
I ~ wa, "epa. tn,ent y! =. -"
~ a1s % ~ .a;.a -
niui!eo Mltiin .ie euieru iia'
VI ms aSso..aaion' Ni'p.ne' ,ea,'l, :,
".ien Il teSei.inS a $50 uIai vi
Sri'ie'sih ~ ma, "h"ei .Hc S'ale law
Is ~ eAis.s, q 11h1ns. y = uia'
aonuoi - nv, a,io"eu ~ "s.e,np' ans
Molh oe9onu l.o elsn.h slaue, e,eil
- sne ~ "esslea, ois .io..pei '. :
oi .n.s eonuis,o s.a.Gs
.n'' ~ Nv soo..is senooi "
'.olne .ne's " 'oua bnpih. = 'a n,
WIN ~ W ~ e'sntn 500 ~"
10y wy U.s. 70 -. - r.,
" ~ .oa.nol .ni.u - ""
oyn,,r ac,,na, ha,,rs .IN,t :. ha1,,ins
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
DIFFICULT TO %LsGAlLxE CONE
sSfONuI,-tHbYIIHNE CITIES

Pierre, S. D.--Thc commission
governed cities have been more or
less uncasy ever since tho reading OF
a paper ly Justice Gates OF the SUI
.prcmc court which cast a doubt over
the constitutionality of the creation
OF a fifth class CT municipalities in
Souh Dakota. To owe h Il runner
Gus representatives from such cities
and attorneys have been working up
on Il plan To validate any actions OF
cities organized under commission,
and to assure the validity OF their
work. The first move in the open
to do this is lease Bill PSI, which
came to the front late "Wednesday
evening, and which was pending at
the time CT adjournment CT the house
This seeks to limit the municipal Or
ganizations OF the state to three
classes, one to put all cities organ
lied as cities of the first. second and
third class in a list OF cities Of the
first class, second and third class
in a list Of cities OF the first class.
All towns, which arc now classea only
as ..towns"f would be known IS OF
the second class, leaving the way
omen to bring the commission gov
sCtIitu Gtttt y " ie'P'
four limitations of the constitution
/. The fight appears TO be on section
two of the act. largely. though the
whole bill is under question. Serllch
two attempts To estop anyone save
the state from inquiring into the val
iGity of the Incorporation of com
mission governed cities; or to ques-
ton the validity of their acts IN Sc
curing such corporate rights, CT N
exercising them. This is feare be
cause suits might be estopped against
some city or town. The further op-
position comes from The towns OF
the different classes as they now eX-
list which fear that to give them a
different class may bring them unaer.
the control of different laws than
those with which they are now reg
ulated. Altogether the situation was
left badly tangled and does not APP
pear to have been cleared By the con-
ference of the night.
EX-State Senator John Bartine. OF
Lyman county has intimated to his
friends that he has not been dis
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25

couraged over the fact that he was
defeated as the republican candidate
for congress- in the third district in
the primary OF last year, and that
uuless conditions NOT known in
tcrvcnc he viii more than likely be
in She fold again in the primaries CT
.neyt year for the same place.
State Senator May OF Lawrence,
who has been detained at his home
in lead hy Illness returned this
morming and expects to be able 10
be at his desk for the rest Of the
session.
The Rosebud people are getting
things lined mp 10 put the bin for Il
new normal school at their place 10
Il test. and will bring ii up in the
i|senate first. The fight on the Spring
field normal has given the Bonesteel
people a little encouragement, and
they believe that they have some
show for getting the plum they want
| At present practically all their young
people go to Nebraska educational
institutions for The reason that they
are in closer rail communication with
Nebraska than with South Dakota,
and they ask Il state institution AT
Bonesteel to allow their children to
secure an education within the linn
its OF the state i'll which they reside.
built up within the last dozen years,
and did not get n start early enough
to get in on the division OF state in
stitutions during the days OF the
Territory, or early in statehood.
Thursday wastthe last day cor in
production of any bill III the house
Save the general appropriation bill,
which the committee is instructed
by resolution to bring in not later
than She fiftieth day, and the new
bill proposition will have practically
ended so far as the house is concern
cd. though it is possible to present
any absolutely necessary proposition
nj any time. by unanimous consent.
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power, and while the principle was
right, it needed restrictions, and tlic
committee for a trimming. S. -. ao2,
prohibiting more than ten. per Cent
on interest and commission on read
estate loans, lost. S. B. 1Sl, autnot-
izing the loaning OF county bni!dins
funds, passed. as did l57. requiring
rcdistricting CT commissioners dis
tricts each four years. and also lbG
ALLOWING counties onc-balf OF pei
cent for handling state school funds
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
LYRIC THEATEk
TAKEN BY FIRE
REDF1ELD PLAY HOUSE Is
DESTROYED BH FLAMES
BREAKING OUT TUESDAY

Rediield. S. D.--Fire Tuesday
night destroyed the Lyric theatre at
Redfield., The damage was ABOUT
$4,000. tone-half insured. The fire
gained too great Roadway to be
stopped. Snow saved the adjoining
buildings.
The farmers institute just closed
here was q great success. 1t was
the best in attendance ever held here
and there was much interest by far
merS,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25

and providing per diem for members
nually, with secretary; 262. approp-
f%iatons. approprating S6S.G0, claim
Of Railway Commissioner Smith for
expenses; 263, highways, regulating
clearing OF stones and OTHER obstruc-
lions from highways; pa, Agricui-
ture. providing tpr Investigation OF
agricultural extension work in other
states aud report same, PCS. cleo
lions, registration of voters; 2GGJ ju-
dietary, prohibitini PAROLES before
conyict has served one third OF SEN
tencc; 261. Appropriations. approp-
riating $239, for better adding ma
chine III state trcasurcr's Office; 26S
appropriations, Il ppropriating $500
for burglar proof safe in Office OF
state treasurer.
On motion OF Stephens the vote by
which the Bcrndt ~anti-lobby bill was
killed will be reconsidercd and it was
sent back to thc judiciary committee
The Lundley anti-ciaarctte bill Was
put back on the calendar on re-
consideration.
On third reading The senate passed
S. ID. 17a for u non-partisan sys-
ten OF selection of circuit and SUI
preme court Judges, based on Min
nesota law: 223, regulating sale oil
commercial stock foods; "a. appro-
priating $G,09G.l2 deficiency in state
building maintenancc; 255, appro-
priating $4,000 general printing APP
preparation for next Two years, 16S
prohibiting loose barb Wire along
Highways and authorizing authorities
to remoyc
Primary Bill Passed
S. B. SO, The McMaster bill to re
instate the old Crawford primar,
law. with a few amendments started
Ia discussion, McMasters leading, il
which he discussed the p%cssibilitie.
OF what the courts might hold on The
right to repeal an initiated act, witt
no direct precedent: stephens woult
favor the bill but only with a regist
ration feature. Urdahl supported
bill and asked for two-thirds vote t.
: prevent it from being referred
: Browne said Crawford had Il goo,
. many sins but is not responsible TO
I this one; that this was as much
5, Dick Richards law as the present one
t Nnd opposed the bill as full OF eric
with more inlperfections than TIL
| Richards law. Mclean said Brown
was prejudiced and that the~Richard
| law is too expensive. Amsden op
posed as the people did not val
/, the expense Of the Richards act con
: tinued. Zicbach said that This j
not the old Crawford act. and Sto
5 ner wanted the emergency pulled OF
| to- allow a vote il the people want it
: On the vote it passed. $40, HE vot
| for being MesSrs. Amsden, BecbC
Bickel. Bobb. Brooks, Erickson
t Hayes, Howell, Kuhns, Laurson. Lin
, coin, Lundly, May, Warwick, Miller
Morris. McClintock. Mckinon, Mo
t Masters. Odland. Patterson. Peel
= ham, Pearson, Stephens, Stiles. Ur
/, dahl, Van Denmark, Waters, Whit
I lock, Whittcmorc. Zicbach. Ioskt
= Those voting against were Mcssrs
Berndt, Browne, Daley, Frost, Ills
I gen, Hale, Shcafc, Stoner, Stuten
n roth, Shcafe.
S. j. r. 5, resolution for consti
: tuition amendment for Legislative scs
sions NICE in four years was killed {:
was S. Il. 1%1, which attempts tc res
I ulate the sale OF denaturcd wood a
cOlOl. s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-25
From Fridays Daily

Afpuu pIluNS ; ONtjf-
Pierre. S. Din the house ycster-
day the elections committee returned
both the resolutions for suffrage. and
the one providing for u vote on Ii
luor license questions, With an ad-
verse report. The complete suffrage
resolution was then placed on the
calendar, but will not get out for
several days unless it is advanced. out
of regular order. (
On motion of Mcfarland the way
was left open for the Introduction
of committee bills up TO Tuesday the
GARD.
On molten OF Benson the consider
alton of the report of the committee
on a residence for the governor was
taken up, and after the possibilities
OF a different location than any nam
Cd had been discussed, the report
was re-referrcd to the special COM
mittcc with Instructions to report
back in four days.
The speaker then aiinouccd that
he found no rule which allowed one
member to grant his time TO Il speak
or, and that the ten minute rule
would he applied with no extension.
This brought back House bill PSI
which was under discussion at the
adjournment Wednesday evening,
and the fight was renewed on the
bill. which sought to cover the OBJ
isctions of the organization of COM
mission governed cities, raised by a
member tf the supreme court.
On vote the bill failed as an emer-
gency measure bat passed with a
majority.
House Bills Passed. =.
House bill EOS /. attempting to
amend the pardon law. a killed:
322, appropriating $500 to repay
Stanley county for rebate of state
taxes. passed. as did 354. appropriat-
ing $1,000 to paH Deficiency to w.
G. Andrews for decorative work on
state capitol. I'll. b. 1854, providing a
method of disposal of surplus land
owned by independent school dis
tricts; PAS, opening a way for trans
..ferring to townships title to state