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| considered In Weighing the present
| situation In Russia.
"It is scarcely probable that the Rus
sian armies will begin to receive In
sufficient quantities the small arms and
| munitions they lack much before No
/ vembcr. 1t Is not. therefore. very like
ly that they will be ready to assume
| any serious offensive before tho fret
of December.
meanwhile tho defensive retreat
must go OF. General Rousski. who Is
! looked upon as one Of the ablest mill
tary commanders OF the empire, has
the defense of PetroErad In hand. The
| important defensive works which he
has caused to be constructed about
Pskov arc thought to be as nearly Inn
pregnable NJ any intrenchments have
proved in this war. His line, facing
almost south, also serves to threaten
the German communications in the
event OF any further advance into Rus
STA, and to render any such further ad-
vance dangerous.
SHOULD NOT BELITTLE
DANGER FACING PErROGRAD
I'm this respect. therefore, the Rus
sian situation may be regarded as sat-
isfRctory. though the danger OF the
fall OF Petrograd should not be be-
Titled. Petrograd is almost essential
to the Russians. not on account OF any
sentimental reason connected with Its
fourths of the industries directly con-
nected with supplying the troops are
located there, and their loss would be
a blow from which II would BIO difficult
for the Russian troops to recover
"On the south the situation Is less
defined. 1t is evident that II Constan-
tinople falls and the nllies are able
to rush arms and munitions In large
quantities to the Russian forces, tho
situation of the Germans Will be most
serious. Over and over again ! have
noted that whenever an important
! shipment of munitions has been made
to any sector OF the Russian line, the
retreat has promptly stopped In that
sector. n slow but certain advance has
begun and long trainloRds Of prisoners
have begun to come through from that
part OF the front. 1t is common opin-
ion in Russia, based on great deal
of experience, that when the Russian
Is anywhere nearly equally equipped
with tho German now doing the fight
ing on the Russian front, tho Russian
is not only able to stop the German.
hut to push him back. presume that
this is on account Of the fresh troops
which are constantly being sent into
the Russian lines. while, TO Judge from
tbs prisoners the Russians have taken,
the opposing German troops are
neither young nor very we'll trained as
a rule.
AS tneI, the opening OF the Darda- =
nelles means the supplying of sufficient
arms and munitions to the whole Rus
sian army without the long delays now
inevitable, II would seem plain that the
Germans must do everything In their
power TO prevent the defeat Of the
Turks and the fall OF Constantinople
Certainly this Is Russian opinion. More
over, 1t is believed In Russia that the
only possible way TO accom- plish this
end Is for Germany TO re-establlsh
somehow, her line of communications
with the Dardancllcs."
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can war materials by those familiar
with the work. RoukhloT insisted on
having the work done by Russians to-
tally unfamiliar with II, in factories
which the Russians took ten times as
long to construct as the Americans
would have required.
ON the financial side the situation
is almost as bad. The minister. i. l..
Bark. is n man Of no very signal abil
ity, but who knows enough. however,
to be guided largely by his French
and British colleagues. But Chipoff.
the head of the state bank, has given
rise 10 no little criticism of his ca
pacity in Russia by his insstcncc on
guarding the gold reserve of the en-
nire Intact, whatever happens TO Rus
sian exchange
LESS EXALTED PURPOSE
AND MORE EFFICIENCY
1T is the Emperor's Willingness TO
keep men like these in office undc =
present critical conditions, which has
fllcd the intelligent Russian with ap-
prehcusion at the prospect of bis active
participation In military affairs at this
uncertain juncture. No one in Russia
Is ignorant that the Emperor takes
his traditional position as the father
oi his people with almost devout Sc
robustness. 1t is scarcely possible to
conceive to what unexpected action his
conviction that he Is called 10 be a
second st. Vladimir may lead him. His
intentions are admitted to he excel.
lent. But Russia could do with lit.
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SITUATION IN RUSSIA
EXTREMELY CRITICAL
No Denying Gravity, but Error to
d. Believe That Conditions Are
Desperate.
MORALE OF FORCES UNTOUCHED
Military Authority OF Allied Powers
Gives Summary Of Empires Affairs
at Time Gar Takes Personal Conn
mand OF Army and Navy.

ATHENS, October 1S.--A distin-
yuished military authority OF one OF
the allied powers. who has just COM
pletcd a stay of several months in Rus
STA, with tho imperial armies, has FUR
nishcd the Associated Press with "A
summary OF the situation at the time
when the Emperor of Russia took per
sonai command OF the land ana naval
forces OF the empire
1T is useless to deny the gravity or
1.-The situation in Russia" the officer in
question said. but II would be quite as
erroneous to regard Russians position
to-day as desperate. or even as one OF
imminent danger. The morale OF the
= Russian forces Is absolutely untouched
by the long series OF retreats The
q. Russian people are for the war TO Il
man, and every defeat has served only
to CONFIRM them In their stubborn de-
termination to drive every German
from Russian soil. Were the govern
ment 10 undertake to make a separate
peace 70. Russia now, IT would have
10 face II spontaneous and flaming
In all parts OF the country.
PLACE NO CONFIDENCE
IN SOUkHOMLINuFr
This is only one side the medal,
however. The change i'll the supreme
command OF the imperial armies has
had its drawbacks. The Grand Duke
-
great tactician, nor did he ever pretend
TO be one. But he had the confidence
OF his officers and the absolute faith OF
his men. The latter the Emperor will
also have-Perhaps even TO greater
extent than his great-unCle-for the
Emperor OF all the Russias is almost a
religious figure to the average Rus
sian. But how much confidence he will
inspire IN his officers is another matter.
They know that when Nicholas Nicho-
laievitch said a thing he meant H. He
was like rock in his decisions, and,
withal, fundamentally Just and OF open
mind His officers could depend upon
him. and they did depend upon him.
And II had an excellent effect through
out the army.
-- With the Emperor, the Russians
fear II may be different. In the frst
place he not only Is not soldier. but
he Is a very strong advocate of world
peace. He has retained confidence In
former Minister of War Soukhomllnoff,
In whom certainly no one else has any
q confidence, and who Is generally re-
garded In Russia as an incompetent.
who, with Rasspoutin, has had very
sinister influence on the Emperor.
&c FINANCIAL SITUATION
IS ALSO IN BAD SHAPE;
The Emperor himself, also recalled
10 office, when with much difficulty he
had finally been got rid of S. V. Roukh-
loff, who now occupies the most i'm
portant civic post In the empirc-tha,
OF the ministry of communications
and who. instead of planning TO trans.
port arms and munitions to armies II
desperate need OF them, is intent upoI
working out nationalist theories Of hi!
own OF Russia for the Russians |,
place Of accepting u very favorable
American offer TO erect factories il
49, Russia for the reassembling Of Ameri
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tie less exalted purpose and a little
more practical efficiency.
The same may be said OF the Duma.
With the most patriotic intentions in
the world of lending the full co-opera-
tion OF the people OF Russia to the de-
tense of the empire, it's members raised,
at a crisis when nobody has time to
consider them. the most complex and
embarrassing questions of internal re :
form. To open the discussion of the
advisahility of a responsible ministry
sary to the national defense. seems al
most absurd; yet thai Is preciscl" what
tho Russians let the Duma do, and by
permitting il, succeeded in placing
The Emperor IN a position which
threatens to jcopardize his personal
popularity, at the moment when II is
perhaps the most valuable asset the
government possesses.
CAN'T ASSUME OFFENSIVE
BEFORE EARLY DECEMBER
From n military standpoint. there
are two great dangers in Russia to.
day The first lies In a continued and
successful Sernan drive on Pctrograd:
The second is a drive in the opposite
direction. W 18th n view 10 opening way
through Russia TO the Black Sea, &c
re-cstablish the broken communications
with the ottoman empire Bo:h are
regarded as most unlikely of success
even If attempted: but both must be
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Itcnuired to Give Security.

John Robinson. colored. was fined
$50 and costs and placed under $500
security for twelve months by Justice
Crutchteld when arraigned In the
Police Court yesterday on "A charge
of assaulting and beating ]. r. Brown
He noted an appeal
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RchIstfnp Policemen

NJ. r. Enright was fined s. and costs
by Justice Crutchfield yesterday on>a
charge Of being drunk and resisting
Policeman Sweet in the discharge Of
his duty.
+. Talley was fined $40 and costs on
charge Of interfering with Policeman
Bcrtucci in the discharge of his duty
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30

Dec. Gen. w. II. II. Beadle notable
educator, former superintendent of
public instruction, president Madison.
State normal, died in SanFrancisco,
November, aged rs Jesse w. Boyce,
lawyer and business leader, Sioux
Falls, September 13, aged SIS; Chas.
e. Bryant, pioneer business man,
Huron. August, 81, aged 81; Luman
p. Chapman, pioneer, Alexandria.
August IL, aged Sc; Dighton Corson,
jurist, 25 years justice supreme court
Pierre and Deadwood, May z, aged
81; Valentine B. Diehl, pioneer drug
gist, Scotland and Mitchell, October,
81, aged 81; George Duncan pioneer
miller, member legislature Woonsoc-
ket. Oct. 1, aged 6s; John Ebersvil-
ler pioneer and legislator, Humbolt,
June IL, aged 65; Frank J.. Holbrook
hotel man Huron, Sept. IL, aged SO;
Daniel Hindman, lieutenant COVER
nor 1897, of Britton, died at New
Boston, Illinois, Nov. 8, aged rs;
Maurice B. Lamont, business man.
Aberdeen, accidentally killed Sept.
26, aged 26; John Noonan. pioneer
Yankton, April 30, aged SS DR.. j..
F. Roselle, Spencer, June %, aged
AZ; Emma F. Ringsrud, wife of A, O..
Ringsrud, Elk Point. September 90,
aged 62; Gertrude Reimann Slagle,
wife of President Robert. l.. Slagle,
Of the state university. Vermillion,
Dec. 3. aged AT; Edward T Taubman,
lawyer, county judge, Aberdeen,
Oct. 13; Thomas Thorson, secretary
IF state, 1S93-1S96, Canton, Auglst,
30, aged 66; Lars K. Tisdal, pioneer,
Lead. June 6, aged 1906: Edwin
VanCise, lawyer and leader, of Dead
wood, died in Denver. aged 73; Sarah
Van Tassell. uioneer. of Yankton,
March 20, aged 81; johanna c. Wen
zlaff, pioneer of Yankaon. April IA,
aged 81.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
PARALYTIC IS
FROZEN TO DEATH
AGED HONiEsTEADER NEAR LU
CAS-, S. d., FOUND HELPLESS
NEAR HIS HOME.

Lucas, S. DC. E. Hartley, aged
about 70, for some years home
;teader of this vicinity, met death in
a terrible manner. He was a bacne-
lor ard lived alone For some time
he had been subject to paralytic
strokes. The latest of these, which
caused his death, was sustained a
day or two ago while he was in the
yard in front of his home.
Unable to reach the house he lay
on the ground under some trees, and
when found by chance callers the
next day was nearly frozen to death
by his exposure of at least twenty
four hours to the elements. He was
removed to the home of Michael
Jones, neighbor, where everything
possible was done for him, but he
was unable to survive. the stroke OF
paralysis and the exposure to the
cold and after lingering for some
hours passed away. Nothing is
known of his relatives, as it was sell
dom that he would refer to his past.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
GEO. w. GLOVER
DIES IN HILLS
son OF MARY BAKER EDDY WHO
HAD n LIKING FOR LAWSUITS
PASSES AWAY FORM CIVIL
WAR WOUND

Lead, S. DIN the death of Geo.
w. Glover, son of the late Christian
Science leader, Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, at his home here the Black
Hills loses one of its unique charac-
ters.
Mr.. Glover, who was native of
Tilton, N. H., and "a years old, came
to the Hills in 1878 from Fargo, N.
D., where he had been deputy United
States marshall. Previous to this
he had lived in Minnesota and when
II years old, enlisted in the Eighth
Wisconsin volunteers, Co. /, and saw
much service in the Civil war, being
wounded at the battle of Corinth,
that wound eventually causing his
death as 3he has never since been
free from stomach trouble, which
grew into perjtonitis.
Glover followed the life of a prOs-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
REFORM WARDEN
BEEN INDICTED
MAN WHO HAS BEEN TARGET
OF POLITICAL FOES FACES
REMOVAL.

White Plains, N. 1.-TWO indict-
ments containing seven counts
against Thomas Mott Osborne, war
den of Sing Sing prison, have been
returned by the Westchester county
grand jury which has been investigat-
ing conditions in Sing Sing.
One indictment claims that Ward
EN- Osborne committed perjury.
The second Indictment is composed
of six counts, as follows:
Osborne absented himself from
prison; it is alleged that he failed
to perform his duty as warden of the
prison. A third count states that he
permitted convicts to go into. the
death house to talk with prisoners
sentenced to death. A fourth count
charges him with failure to maintain
proper discipline in the prison, and
filthy, that he permitted fights be
tween convicts. The sixth count O.
the second indictment is against the
moral character of the warden witt
the prisoners. .55s.e o44i
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
EAST IS CRIPPLED
BY SEVERE STORM
WIRE SERVICE RETARDED BY
SLEET AND SNOW TODAY
GREEK STEAMER THES-
SALONIKI IN Dis
TRESS,

Washington, d. C.-Sleet and
snow crippled wire serice communi-
cation throughout the east and
south, greatly retarding the move
ment of commercial press and other
business of Importance. 1t has threat
ened to continue tonight and perhaps
tomorrow.
The storm is moving northeaster1y
from the gulf over Louisiana and
gained in ferocity during the night,
the wind reaching velocity of eigh-
ty miles an hour. The storm is CEN
trail over the Ohio valley today and
is moving toward New York and New
England.
Rain, sleet and snow is falling
throughout most of the eastern part
of the country. Storm warnings are
out all along the Atlantic seaboard,
where damage to shipping is feared.
Vessel in Distress.
New Yor'A City.-Summoned by
a wireless call for help the coast
guard cutter Seneca is speeding to
the aid of the Greek steamer Thes-
saloniki, with three hundred pass
engers aboard. The Thessaloniki is in
distress about 250 miles east of New
York and is laboring toward this
port at the rate of about two miles an
hour. The Greek vessel was bound
from Piracus. The Seneca, which lfet
the harbor after O'Clock this morn
ing will require nearly twenty four
hours to reach the distressed vessel.
Cleveland Hard Hit.
Cleveland, O.-Ali northern Ohio
is in the grasp of a blizzard worse
than any which has afflicted this dis
trict in several years, which may
completely isolate this and other
cities and tie up all street car traffic
before night. A heavy snow is being
borne by a strong wind, which is ex-
pected to become more violent.
wires are down and cars are stalled
everywhere.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
MILWAUKEE TO
BUILD 3 LINERS
RAILROAD ORGANIZING sYNDI.
CATE FOR EXPORTATION OF
PACIFIC COAST FREIGHTS

Seattle, Wdsh.-seattle shipping
men, headed by r. NJ. Calkins, traffic
manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway, announced that
they We're organizing company to
build and operate three $1,250, 900
steamships to ply between Seattle
and Hawaii Australia and New Zeal
and ports. Necessity for the new ships
Mr.. Calkins said, is made evident by
the accumulation of export freight
here.
All available storage space is filled
and thousands of tons of freight are
enroute for which there is no room
Mr. Calkins said that if the project
received the support from local in
terests which the canvass indicated,
contracts for the vessels will be
awarded to a responsible builder
within a few weeks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
FRANCE TO CALL OUT
CLASS OF 1917 RECRUITS

Paris, France. Upon request by
General Galleni, French war minis
ter, the senate yesterday passed a
bill approving the action of the
chamber of deputies in giving the
war minister the 1917 class of re-
cruits for January 5. Prolonged ap-
plause greeted the address of the
war minister, in which he said:
Eighteen months ago France
wanted peace. Today she wants
war most energetically and to that
end will use all her resources.
Whoever says word of peace in
the streets is considered bad citi-
zen. Mothers are not mourning for
lost sons; they want them avenged
The 1917 class will leave with the
assent of the nation. 1t demands
that those charged with the duty re-
ceive and instruct these young mer
and prepare them for the great con
test which will not end before France
in accord with her allies, says:
"'I stop. | have obtained what
wanted; I resume my work Of peace. >
Redoubled applause interspersed
with shouts of excellent came from
the entire senate, which arose as q
mark of honor.
The upper house passed the bill
and authorized the public posting OF
the minister's address.
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est the bill would provide that they
must be accepted by banks as secur-
ity for the deposit of public funds.
The borrowing association would
be divided into two classes-those
organized with limited liability and
those with unlimited liability. They
would appraise the land on which a
farmer sought to obtain money, and
would themselves become liable for
the loan.
Thus the bonds would be backed
by the regional banks, the local as
sociation, the borrowing former, and
a mortgage on the land, given to the
association.
Out of their profits regional banks
would refund to the government such
money as it may have invested il
the enterprise. Payments of the
mortgage by the borrowers would be
made on the installment plan, run
ming for period not to exceed thir.
ty-siX years.
The land banks would be permit
led to accept savings deposits, and ir
certain specified cases to employ
Especial agencies, including trust com
panies and savings banks, to mako
loans.
The completed bill is compro
mise measure embodying many O.
the features of the Hollis-B -Bulkle,
bill of the last congress and most O
the underlying principles of the Flet
cher-Moss bill, fostered by the
United States commission on rura
credits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
DESIGN RURAL
CREDITS SYSTEM
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT.
TEE WILL REPORT ON PLAN
TO GIVE FARMERS NE.
CfISSARY FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.

Washington ID. CA system of
rural credits, designed to afford farm
ers financial loans on easy terms, has
been worked out by the joint COM
mitee appointed by the last con-
gress and will be reported to both
houses when they reassemble.
The tentative bill provides for a
comprehensive form mortgage cred
it's system under the control and
supervision of a land bank board of
five members to be appointed by the
president with the approval Of the
senate.
Under the committee plan the
country would be divided into twelve
|flistricts, each with regional bank
having capital stock of 100000,
to be issued in $40 shares for pur-
chase by the public. Stock not taken
within ninety days by private CAPT
tai or by local loan organizations
contemplated by the bill would be
subscribed by the federal govern
ment.
Business would be done directly
between the regional banks and the
local bodies which farmers would be
authorized to organize in the form
OF cooperative farm loan associa-
tions or joint stock hanks, charters
|. for which would be passed on the
land bank board. Applications for
loans approved by the local organi-
zation would be recommended to the
regional bank of the district.
| The banks would be authorized to
loan out of capital stock or to sell
bonds to obtain sufficient funds te
make the loans, and the farmers
would he charged as interest the in
terest on the bonds plus per cent
In order to reduce the rate Of inter
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-12-30
GERMANY IS ONLY
BELL|GERENT WHO
COMEDIES CLAIMS
reutons Believed to be
Adverse to Austrian
Rupture.
rs WANTED
By Pro-British Sympathizers,
Declares Senator Stone,
Head Foreign Relations.
BREAK IS WANTED

Washington, D. C.-That Germany
is the only be1i;gerent nation that
has shown disposition to make con-
cessions to objections raised by the
United States as to the conduct of
the war upon the seas, and that Aus
tria, as we'll as Germany, wishes to
avoid a break in relations, is the
German viewpoint of the present
ed States and Austria. A source
close to the German embassy, dis
cussing the situation, said:
"The original statement of the
Austrian admiralty following the
sinking of the Ancona indicated that
instructions had been issued not to
fire on liners without warning, ana
that the admiralty sought to justify
the attack on the Ancona on the
ground that the steamer attempted
Ito escape.
Attacks Tell Another Story.
Yet the more recent attacks on
liners in the Mediterranean, so far
as the facts are known, would seem
to indicate that Austrian submarine
commanders, assuming Austrian craft
made the attacks. have not been in
structed to refrain from attacking
steamers without warning.
so far as Germany is concerned,
she has no submarine bases in the
Mediterranean.
In the settlement of the Arabic
case Germany made substantial con-
cessions. The best answer to the re-
port that German officials do not
take the contentious of the United
States seriously is found in the vir-
tual abandonment of the submarine
campaign. In fact, Germany is the
only belligerent that has done any
thing along the line of meeting OBJ
jections raised by the United States.
Certainly Great Britain has not'
Diplomatic Break Wanted.
Senator Stone, chairman OF the
foreign relations committee of the
Senate, has advanced the view that
evidently there are men in this
country who would like to see a
break between the United States and
one or all of the Central Powers
not that war should follow. but sim
ply diplomatic break, SO that the
entire moral influence of the United
States would be thrown behind Great
Britain and the Allies, and the ne
gotiations with Great Britain over
the blockade held in allegiance.
While guarded in his comment,
|Senator Stone said that these men,
whatever their motive, apparently
would be pleased if diplomatic rela-
tions were severed between Washing
ton and Vienna, and that they would
be even more gratitied if such a rup-
ture should force the United States
into the position of morally sup
porting Great Britain and her al
lies. The senator conceded thai ii
the United States did take such a
course a postponement of negotia-
tions with England over the viola
ton of neutral rights might be the
result.