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II carry out my method preferably
in the following way by the followins
means: The torpedo A, which may
be OF the well-known Whitehead or
fish type. is disposed in chocks 3 on
the bottom or lower frame Of the air
ship C, preferably a swift flying aero
plane. strap D connected at one
end to the ship passes below the tor
pedo, and is provided at its other enc
with a ring received upon a pivotes
latch E. A hand lever r on the air
ship is provided with projection G.
which normally engages the latch u.
How Torpedo Is Carried.
"In this manner the torpedo is re-
tanned suspended in the chocks B IN
| rigid position, with its bow pointins
in the same DIRECTION as that Of the
airship. Torpedoes of this type usu-
ally have a protruding lever II. which.
when operated, start the propelhng
mechanism. Connected by link with
liver F s a pivoted lever which has
toe ] suitably placed to operating said
starting lever a.
is to be such
"The timing OF the mechanism is
to be such that when the hand lever
f is moved by the aviator the start
ing lever II of the torpedo Is hrst
actuated lsee Fig. 81 to start the
latch 3 is freed, SO that the ring on
strap D is released. The torpedo then
falls horizontally out of the checks
B and into the water.
To Within 1900 Yards.
I'm directing and delivering the at
tack upon the floating target indi-
Gated at Z In Zig. /. the aviator dies
at comparatively high elevation to
point about 1900 yards from said
target. He then swoops downwafd-
" as rapidly and as nearly vertically
as possible until within ten or If
teen feet OF the water. meantime
directing his dight so that on reach
i ing the desired low elevation the
bow Of the torpedo bears on the tar
get. He then throws his lever F..
thus first starting the propelling
mech nism, and then releasing the
torpedo, SO that it falls to the water.
and thereafter performs its work in
the usual way.
saThe advantages OF the construc-
tion here shown are that the tor
pedo is firmly held to the airship.
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missioners to connect UP the improved
road at Wynn with the improved road
at the bank, Church street, and its ex-
tension toward Smithfeld.
DO what you can to help this I'M
proyement along. This means every
one who would be benefited and that
means everyone who travels this north
and south fighway-the most import
ant north and south highway of the
it is the main highway
connecting Greensburg, Connellsyille
Mt. Pleasant. Uniontown, Fairchance
and Smithfeld to Morgantown. Fair
mont, C1arksburg and the South.
Get to work. If you want to know
suit with the president of council. the
president of the board OF trade or
with any member OF the good roads
committee, or see the county commits
sioners and urge the construction OF
this connecting link in the near flu
.fura
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and practically becomes part of it..
so that the directing of the ship
toward the target also directs the tor
pedo. 1t is suspended in the posi-
ton which 1t assumes In the wafer
that is. Newfoundland retains
that position after it Is released.
The releasing device is instantly CON
trollable by the aviator and autonia-
tically starts the propelling mechan-
pedo.
! "The advantage of approaching
the target at relatively high ele-
walton and then swooping down to
a low one <before releasing the tor
pedo is that II the target be an enemy
war vessel It is practically imnos-
sible with present guns to hit an.
object swiftly falling from q height.
owing to the rapid resulting change
In range and consequent elevation Of
the guns.
THE advantage of proceeding to
a point within some 1900 yards OF
the enemy is to Increase the chances
Of the torpedo getting home and
also to enable the airship to carry
torpedoes OF lighter weight. since
torpedoes designed for long ranges
are necessarily much heavier than
those intended for short ranges. A
number of swift aeroplanes. each
carrying light torpedo effective at
1880 yards. might be even more
formidable than large machine
specially built to transport a torpedo
effective at 5000 yards"
Admiral Fiske has taken out fifty
seven patents already and has three
more pending. In 1890 he invented
what has come to be known as the
Sir Percy Scott method of pointing
guns on shipboard. and In 1904 he
invented the turret range finder.
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PIttsbnrp to Florida Highway.

The idea is suggested that the coun-
try can soon have fine highway
from Pittsburg to Florida. 1t may be
a long time before it reaches all the
way TO Florida, but it need not pc
long before there is a fine highway
from Clarksburg to Pittsburg. Har-
r!son county has permanent high
way started in that direction and II
need not take long to complete 1t to
the Marion county line. The latter
county's great road building move
ment will doubtless take the good
road from Harrison county to the
Monongalia county line. and the fol-
lowing taken from the Fairchance.
Pa, News describes an encouraging
situation on that end:
''The building of modern roads con-
tinues through West Virginia at a
pace never before equalled in the
states history. Morgan and Union
districts of Monongahela county VIII
vote July 81 for the issue of $4,000
bonds to put down fine highway from
Morgantown to the Pennsylvania line.
chain of good roads running north
and south through West Virginia.
The Monongahela road will be com
pleted by the fall If the people vote
TO issue the bonds, which they Will
no doubt do"
The above is taken from The Pitts
burgh Dispatch of July g. This bond
issue will be issued to construct road
from alorgantown to the Pennsylvania
state line near Springhill Furnace
which is eight miles south of Fair
chance via. Haydentown and nine
miles via. Smithfeld.
Inasmuch as Georges township has
a good waterbound macadam road to
the Smithfeld. Sproul road. and has
q brick road planned from Smithfield
to Ruble's Mill, the unimproved
stretches southwark. will soon be from
Ruble's Mill to Smithfield, about four
miles, and from Samuel Moser's to
Smithfeld, about two miles.
Northward we have the brick road
built by the county from Wynn to the
sycamore tree; and the state last
week began reconstructing the macad-
am from the sycamore tree to Union
town. This leaves us with bad con-
nection from the bank to Wynn. where
the brick road now ends. This con-
nection should be made, but we. as a
borough. are not financially able to
do so. Thesfrontage-for large part
of the distances not valuable
: enough for building purposes. to COM
pei the owners to pay paving as
sessment. Under these circumstances
the borough is asking the county com
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Guard Peoples Interests.

that August y has been select
the application for the the telephone
this IS matter Of serious to carksbnrg
before too late for positive ae9n
absorption Consolidated Telephone Company West Y
aa R ssS I pabc Of das
under single management that the pro;
posed merger will meet with the approva Of the pu6 10 be
charged after effected and the interested cor
s p9 96s aso wn esan
not obtain 3 IN at present. The Central Telephone
Cor the Bel sysem has been n this city Years
to accept any Franchise its
business pubic shield against
folfet the right to do business here pDc
would like the privilege tae
their business under the laws Of the |
system had refused this concession to municipal rights in Garks
this question very naturally arises # the Bell
with e 6o sa s.
under legal restraints and thereby gain pgbs esteem
when competition entirely eliminated and the
and G @ s
its clarsburg plant under IF that
full TIE rights q ~ s''s nn'
te ean and @ m
tRoue f pa of hGnf % p
commission # properly the rs4s has
. service That bus
n pGSe aas sf Or p ss
by limitations of city franchise
possible system after consolidation by the
process changing Clarsburg advance
without subscribers the
right of protest to any constituted authority?
the outset the proposed could be
until the beneficiary corporations show
Bell subjects itself to franchise rer
ons question of rate either direct or through
change of classification, is thoroughly understood
No doubt the board meeting will this
question and have Garsburg
at hearing Charleston August IL good
committee capable safeguarding the interests Of the
public
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THE sE.ARGHLIGHT
Latest views from the Fields OF
Sciercs. Education snd I'm
vention.
SPARE RIBS OF UMBRELLAS.

Although umbrellas have been in
use since time inmemorial, they have
received less change and improve
ment at the hands OF the inventor than
any other equally common article.
Yet the patent office frequently re-
cords inventions designed to render
the umbrella more efficient.
A patent granted recently. If 1t
comes into general use, will put the
old umbrella mechanic completely
out of business by enabling any man
to repair his own umbrella. A spec
al sliding holder gong up and down
the stan of the umbrella permits the
ribs to be sprung in and out by an in
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geniously devised joint. When rib
becomes broken it can be slipped out
and a new one sprung into place. All
that is necessary is supply of these
specially designed ribs and the cor
responding sliding attachment to
hold them in place. A gust of wind
might turn your umbrella inside out;
yet with this device you could repair
it in five minutes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES.

This week serves as the culmina-
ton Of the hours Of application ON
the best things that the boys and
girls OF III rural schools have made
during this much of our school year.
the annual industrial contest ON
Friday.
The court room was an active and
intensely interesting scene last Sat
urday. when practically every rural
teacher was present and busily en-
ployed in placing u Industrial work
on the walls.
This work includes exhibits in
corn, potatoes, canned tomatoes,
bread. cake, and candy. Besides the
numerous articles in handwork. in
Guiding sewing, cr%ocheting, tatting,
embroidering, darning ,buttonholing
etc.
Such an interest is manifest among
the pupils that some of the boys are
entering cake and darning for prizes.
Also following IN the heels of last
years success, the girls are in q
friendly rivalry for the three sacks
of Eaco flour that X. S. Christensen
has offered as first prize on a loaf
of bread.
The following is a rough synop-
sis of ~ program for that day.
1000 to 1890 a. M. Inspection OF
Exhibits.
HOO to 1900 a. M. 1. Teachers
will respond to Roll Call by report
ing hte number of pupils present
from their districts. 2. Short talk
and demonstration by w. M. MAR. 3
Short talk OF growing and selecting
seed corn by w. A. Wheeler.
1:20 p. IN. Roll Call of teachers.
100 p. m. address, Mrs. w. S.
Hill. REGULATIONS. Music. Exercises by
pupils. Address Mr.. MAR, Supt. OF
Boys and Girls clubs.
Without question if the weather
is permissible the patrons, pupils
and teachers of the rural communl-
ties will be nj attendance in large
numbers. but the public of Mitchell
is also cordially invited, and we will
be pleased to learn of your interest
in cur we'll doing.
Lilly A. Patterson,
County Supt. of Schools.
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$4,000 BABY
FOR ABERDEEN
MINES SETTLEMENT OF THE
MEIER ESTATE.

Aberdeen s.. D.-Aberdeen has a
tenthosuand dollar baby. She arriv-
ed yesterday, and is a strong and
healthy baby, who has already been
named Marie Minnie Meier. Little
Marie came into the world father
less, but will not suffer from n sui
f~iciency of this worlds goods to en-
able her mother to keep the wolf
from her door until she grows to
years OF accountability.
Last August, Christof Meier, a
German-American farmer near Hecla
in Brown county committed suicide
by hanging himself, following an
enlargement from his Young wife.
Meier, by years of industry, had ac-
cumulated a 4G0-acre farm and
other property, valued altogether at
about 100000. Under the state law,
lacking heirs, half of the property
would go to the widow and the other
half to Meier's relatives, of whom
there are a number in this section.
But the young wife, so suddenly
~bereaved, was expecting a visit from
The stork, and the estate could not
be settled until the event. With the
arrival of little Marie Minnie, the
relatives expectations become as
, naught, and little Marie and hel
mother inherit the whole OF the eS-
tate.
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TRANSFERS
VERY QUIET NOW
THE USUAL RUSH INCIDENT TO
FIRST OF MARCH NOT IN
EVIDENCE THIS YEAR.

Land transfers in Dawson county
are very quiet. but five having been
recorded in the first two days OF the
month Previous to 1914, the flrat
of March has been noted for it's &C
tiyity in real estate transfers and the
filing of mortgages and other papers.
In the five real estate transfers on
record in the office of Clyde kimble,
register of deeds. but one is for farm
land. One is for town property III
LOOMS and the other three are TOT
lots in the city of Mitchell. The list
Of transfers follows:
Genoa Michels to G. t. Kennedy,
Lot 8, Block 16, F. M. Greene's add,
Mitchell, 81.
Rmmeline Serveson TO Frank
Schwab. Lot 5, Block 30. Cooley ana
Guernsey's add. Mitchell. $l.5OU.
Anna NJ. Bultman to F. w. John
son. s. E. IA, Sec. IS. Twp. lo4,
Range 81. $4,000.
Arnold Jacobs to Anna Bultnian'
Lots l. 2, 3. a, 10, IL and II, Wat
kins' add, LOOMS. $1,000.
Mary A. King to William and JOS
epb Gilfillan, Lot 10. Block 10, F. NJ.
Greene's add. Mitchell. $4,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
MITCHELL HIGH
LOSES DEBATES
HONORS IN TRIANGULAR CON,
TEST &C TO SIOtA FAILS.-
TWO TO ONE DECISION IN
BOTH DEBATES.

Debating teams of Mitchell high
school We're the losers last evening
in the triangular debate with Sioux
Falls and Yankton on the subject OF
the remuneration of the Mo,coe uuc-
trine. Two to-one decisions were
given in both debates.
In the house debate, Mitchells af-
tirmative team, comprising Braden
Hin, Gustaf Victor anu Harvey
Coacher. met the Sioux Falls ,rio.
Bailey Morton, Louis Panchow and
Mayes Mitchell. Rev. Robert Lincoln
Kelley presided as chairman and
Judge Frank Vincent and c. II Still
we'll OF Alexandria. and S. y, Ram
sey, were the judges, Arthur Chit
tick, instructor in English al the
Sioux Falls high school, accompanied
the team to Mitchell.
From start to finish. the debate
was live and interesting, the speak
ers clashing in most essential points
on their argument. The debate was
one OF the closest seen in Mitchell
in years. Prof. j. C. Lindsey, who
accompanied the Mitchell trio, Wal
ter Heyler, Miss Della Kjelmyr and
Claude knight, to Yankton, telephon-
ed that the debate in that city was
intensely interesting and the resuI1
in doubt until the Judges decision
was announced.
BY virtue of Sioux Falls Winning
over Yankton at Sioux Falls by an
unanimous vote of the judges. and
the two-to-one victory in Mitchell,
that high school carries off the hon
0rS i'm last NIGHTS debates Nnuk-
tons victory over Mitchell will put
her in third place. Mitchell's great
est consolation is that her two teams
debated fairly and we'll, and lost at
ter a hard fight on the platform.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04

his farm and then striving 10 end his
lite by cutting his throat. has been
arrested by the county authorities on
the charge of arson. Being unable to
furnish a bond the accused has been
lodged in the county Jail pending
his trial, Kotza recently quarreled
with his wife and they separated.
Ever since the separation he had
been drinking heavily and it is be
lieved he continued this until he be-
came insane. Then he set fire to
his barn and other buildings and at
tempted to end his life by cutting
his throat. Neighbors saw the fire
and went to the scene in time to
bsave all the buildings but the barn.
which was dstroyed. Kotea vas found
in an unconscious condition i'll one
of the smaller buildings. In welding
the razor he fortunately missed the
jjugular vein. The barn which was
burned was a new one. having been
erected only last fall at cost OF $1,000
kotzea was doing we'll financially
and would have continued to pros
per had it not been for the trouble
with his wife.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
SHOTS ANSWER
TO SNOWBALLS

Weta. S. Discharged with shoot
ing and woundipg Francis Scion, Il
boy. Mrs. c. A. Brock, of Weta, was
placed under arrest. When taken
before a justice she waived her pre-
lirlinary examination and furnished
bonds in the sum OF $1,000 Tor her
appearance in the state circuit court
for trial.
The shooting grew out OF snow
balling by q number OF boys. includ-
ing young Solon. 1t is claimed by
the boys that while they We're snow
balling in front of the Brock home
some of the snowballs accidentally
entered the Brock yard ana struck
Mrs. Brock. who secured Il revolver
ard opened fire on them, slightly
wounding young Scion.
1t is contended by Mrs. Brock that
for some time the boys at intervals
had amused themselves by throwing
stones and snowballs at the Brock
dwelling, and at Mrs. Brock and her
t~wo-year-old child whenever oppor-
tunity offered. Immediately preced-
ing the shooting she claims that
some snowballs were thrown into her
house through an open door, and
that when she went into the yard to
demonstrate with the boys she was
greeted by a shower of snowballs,
one of which struck her.
She then drew a revolver and
fired four shots. She claims to have
fired the shots in the air. Owing to
the prominence of the accused Wo-
man the shooting and her arrest
created q sensation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
GUARDsMEN DONE
ON WINTER SHOOT
SQUAD UNDER SERGEANT NOR
IRIS WINS ANIMAL INDOOR
EVENT FROM SERGEANT
B.AGLEY.

BY Observation-Disclosures Of one per
cent, the squad of marksmen under
Sergeant Whitney Morris Won the
tnid-winter indoor shoot from hte
squad under Sergeant Lane Dagley.
The results OF the competition were
announced today by Captain L. b.
Rowley.
On the total number of points, the
Morris squad was leader by the mar
gin of 3,00l points to 2.361 points.
ON the actual average score, by in
'~liyiduals. the Bagley squad had the
advantage by GA 1-3 TO 63 points. But
by intlicting the penalties, the aver
age individual score was 62.34 to
Cpl in favor of the Morris squad.
y photograph of the winning team
of eight men will be given as aprize
for its proves in Workmanship. The
first sever men among the winners
follow: Arthur Shipton, 143; Ser
'eeants Morris and Bagley, 139, GIL
bert Graham and w. o. Cox. 1877; E.
A. Bricker and Will Slater, 1874. The
following five were tied for eighth
place with 1873 points and will shoot
off the score: Coacher, Hemingway,
Lindgren Kemitz and Sweeney.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
SIX FEET OF SNOW
WEST OF THE RIVER

Pierre. S. D.--A snow fall of six
feet for the winter is reported in
some sections of the wetern part cf
tie state. This does not mean that
there is six feet of snow on the
prairie. but that is the measured fan
for the winter. Much of it melted
between storms. but in many sections
the coat ever the prairie at this time
is fully three feet of snow on the
level with drifts many feet in depth:
This assures full ponds and streams
when the snow melts within the next
few days, and that there will be plen-
ty of moisture to issue an early start
of vegetation on the prairie.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
ACKERMAN GETS
BEST OF MILLER
PINS SHOULDERS OF THE SIOUX
FALLS MAN THREE TIMES
in SUCCESSION.

Powerless under the crotch and
scissor holds of AL Alderman, in the
city hall auditorium Thursday night,
Charles Miller, of Sioux Falls, was
pinned to the mat in two successive
falls in less than an hour. Acker-
nan threw his opponent the first time
in 40 minutes, with the crotch hold
as his weapon. The second fall was
secured in Z minutes with the sc!s-
sors hold.
This is the second match that Ack-
erman has won over Miller, the first
being in Washington Springs. Five
minutes after time was called for
the second try last night, Alderman
had Miller with the scissors hold and
the referee called it a fall. but Miller
protested, saying that Acekrman was
cutting off his breath with a strangle
hold. Being sure that he could re
peat the action. Alderman attacked
Miller again and had his man pinned
to the matt in less than two minutes.
The match was the fastest ana
best contest of the season, and many
veteran fans said that it was one
of the best ever seer in Mitchell. The
two wrestlers were in swift action
I"UTOuSHUul lle li6tCi. hia4
used good judgment in obtaining his
holds and showed better science o.
the game than did Miller.
Alderman stated after the match
that he was in the best of condition
and he would challenge any man to
a match. under II reasonable terms,
the contestant to have a weight OF
145 to 14S pounds. However. he
would take on heavier men. but pre-
| ferred those near his w weight.
| Miller's weight last night was l5S
pounds.
Manager w. II. Andrews had a
number of challenges from men to
take on the winner OF Thursdays
match and it is probable that one Will
be accepted and d contest held III the
| near future. THE Flying Dutchlnan
of ST. Louis, is anxious for another
| match With Alderman, as he claims
| that he was not in good condition
| when he was thrown by Alderman
| some weeks ago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
REMARRIAGE EVOKE.
WILL MADE BEFORE

Salem, S. D.-That a Will is re-
voked by the subsequent marriage
OF the testator was the decision in
an interesting viii contest case in
McCook county. The probating OF
the wilt of Harmon Damon, a veal
thy business man who died recently,
was resisted by the widow OF MI.
Damon on the ground that from a
legal standpoint The will was reVok
ed by the subsequent marriage OF
The testator. The evidence showed
that when the will was executed MI.
Damon was a single man., his trst
wife having died prior to the maklns
of the will. Further evidence SHOW
ed that when he ,~afterward married
for the second time he made no pro
vision for his second wife by way oil
a marriage settlement and she was
not in any manner mentioned IN INC
will. Judge Buttertield, OF the county
court, who heard the case, declded
in favor of the widow, holding the
will was revoked and denied it pre-
bate.