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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Smike, Charles Dickens character
In Nicholas Nickleby, seems to have
been drawn from the life. Said the
author in a letter apropos Of that
novel: The rascality Of those York
shire schoolmasters cannot be easily
exaggerated. I have kept down strong
truth and thrown as much comicality
over It as I could rather than dis
gust the weary reader with Its fouler
aSpects,t'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
ANoTHER sHlP 1oRpEnnEn

l"rnaos, Nov. 13-Thc British steam
er. ST. Richard Awdry. Of 1884 tons
gross, hns leen sunk. The vessel was
s'5. feet long. "A feet beam and 10 feet
deep. Sic WAS built at Port Glas-
9cv: n 1872 n"a owned by the Picking
syndicate. iiitited. of London.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Vivid. though grewsome, is the de-
scription Of Rheims cathedral by Mar
eel Provost OF the French academy
when he says: 1T has been scalped
OF Its roofing: its eyes have been put
out; its columns have been broken.
shattered along their length like
splintered bones. The red which tints
the stones and which was produced by
fire, looks like bloodstains. The ca
thedral OF Rheims is Dead
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

a British soldier says birds warn
the allies OF q gas attack. Long be-
fore the smell OF the fumes can be de-
kected in the trenches there is o. great
~clainOring OF birds awakened from
their night perches. The birds fly
away beyond reach Of the fumes, but
An the meantime the British solder is
prepared.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
6RiTiS1 SUBMARINE SUNK
EY TURKS in MARMORA SEA

LONDON. Nov. ls.--An offcial state
merit sven cut today by the admir-
ally a%nnoIn3oa thot British submarine
5-so has I%fonab;T been sunk 10y the
Turks II the Sen OF Mariiora. The
statement says: -. ~
"suhma1inc Ego. which was. on a
detached service in the Sea Of Mar
mora. has not bee communicated with
since October &C. and it is feared she
has haen SUNK. The enemy hasnan-
nounced that three of her officers and
six mcn OF the chew have been taken
prisonnrs."
a Subsequent official statement
said:
TITO .sr;tish submarine EGO las
oetn :al:F IL the Dardanelles. Nine
nneinhfcM OF her CROW are ~sonerS
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Politically inclined c%artoonists have
neglected to picture the sultan OF Tur-
key blowing the golden horn for help.
but no doubt the roa OF Balkan dipio.
matte conversation would drown the
sound well outside the sphere Of Teu-
tonic domination.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

recent Texas bride Is the daughter
s0i Billy Dixon, a famous scout and
plainsinan Of the southwest. chilly"
sleds the party which relieved the Indian
ssteGe Ut Dodge City. Kan, buffalo
hunters in 1874, and received a medal
sof honor from congress for gallantry
In other actions.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

THE p0rulation OF greater London.
sStncIading the metropolitan and police
sdistricts. is 7.252. 1868. New York, in.
SordeF e poss that figure, must include
SNNRe1tcheater county and the New Jer-
total 4 Z. 6OO.O 900.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Andrews 10 the Oldest Scotch
s1niyeraity. Il having been founded in
1A11,,sgand according to an ancient doc
gnlnent ainony excellent and noble
war brochts out or sindry coun
tries to be preceptours In it,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
POLICE CHIEF LOSES LIMB
BECAUSE OF HOBO,S BULLET

Webster. 8. D. Nov. 15.-Chief Of
Police Frank Gruby, who was shot here
while attempting to arrest a suspicious
character afterwards killed in a fight
with police officers at Darlington. N.
d., had to have his injured limb am
putated below the knee. The bullet
severed the large artery to such an ex-
tent that the limb could not be saved.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
BRITISH GREW SAWED.

Loadon. Nov. 13.-Tlle British steam
e. Den. of Cron,hte. Ia been sunk. The
crew was saved. She was a vessel Of
4,n4a tons gross. y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

The problem Of repairing worn boots
has for SONS time been occupying The
ettention Of the British army authori-
ties and II has now been decided to
lncreasest the number OF boot repairers
HI the base workshops. IA special boot
repairerss company Is to be raised.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
BULGARIAN PROMISES ARE
GUARANTEED BY GERMANY


Rome. Nov. -, tvia Paris, Nov. 13)-
Four German officers arrived at Sa-
loniki from Sofia on October 25, and
spent three days motoring in that dis
trict. especially in the section where
the allied troops were concentrated on
the 28th. according to a story printed
by the Mattino under a Saloniki date.
They are said to have been taken to
Piraeus on a Greek torpedo boat.
The Mattino correspondent asserts
that the Germans constituted a special
mission, whose object was to establish
relations between the governments at
Athens, Constantinople, Bucharest and
Sofia.
King Constantine was assured by the
Germans the Mattino's correspondents
report that Rumania would remain
neutral and that Bulgaria's pledges to
Greece would be guaranteed by Ger
many.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Tie report referred to was received
on. :NovH-nhe: 10 from Algeciras, Mo-
-occ'a, by way OF London.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
PIONEER SOUTH DAKoTANS
HAVE BEEN Welded so YEARS

chamberlain. s.. D.. Nov. 15.-Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Dent celebrated their
5Oth wedding anniversary here .yester-
day. Their six children and 80 grand
children attended.
Mr.. Dent served in the civil war. He
enlisted in 1862, in Company ], Thirty
first Wisconsin Volunteer infantry. Hd
went through the battle of Murfrees-
boro, marched from Atlanta to the sea
with Sherman, and later was in the
Grand Review" down Pennsylvania
venue
MIR. and Mrs. Dent were married In
Ripon, Wis, November IL, 1865. They.
came to South Dakota in 1871. and to
Brule county In 1892.
Mcclure, s. D., Nov. l3.-Mr. and
Mrs. Hans Rasmussen, prominent
pioneer residents OF this part of Ly-
mar county, recently celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
SUGGESTS HUGE TUNNEL TO
GET POWER FROM MISSOURI

Pierre. s. D.. Nov. 15.-Doane Robin
son contributes the following sugges-
ton to the revived discussion of hydro
electric power development at Big
Bend, on the Missouri river:
Because Of the exceedingly wide
flood plain on the north side Of the
gorge at Big Bend a dam that will in
crease the natural head is impractic-
able. II the whole river could be di-
verted through a canal cut through
the gorge, about % feet head could be
saved and about 10000 horsepower de-
veloped, but to do this would involve
a cut deeper than the cut at Culebra,
the construction of locks for naviga-
ton, and costs that would be prohib-
Fitive. 1t seems to me that the practi-
cal thing for Big Bend is a tunnel.
about 5000 feet long and sufficiently
large to discharge from $50 to 1000
feet each second. The same head could
be saved and from 1900 to 1000 horse
power developed. Such q tunnel could
be driven and lined for about $50 per
lineal foot and the total cost of de-
velopment would not exceed $3.50. 900,
or q EOS per horsepower not greater
than the development at Keokuk."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
ANOTHER ITALIAN
STEAMER IS SUNK
Six Passengers and is of Crew
of Ship Firenze, Torpedoed
BY Submarine, Are
Missing.

Rome, Nov. ~. Via Parisl, Nov. Is.
The Italian steamer Firenze, OF 1898
tons gross, has been sunk by q sub
marine. TWeut1-scven passengers and
Six passengers and Is of the crew are
missing.
Tne i~'iren2e was last reported to
have sailed from Gems on October IL
TO alexandria. The dispatch fails to
state whcther sl1e WAS sunk in the
Mediterranean The steamer was owned
Jv the Societa Na*icnale Di Servisa
and her por: OF registry was Genoa.
She wa IA fec. long. with a beam
Of Al feet and was built at Stella in
I5i.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
BERLIN DENIES LOSS OF
u BOATS AT

Amsterdam, tvih London), Nov. 13.
~ semi .offG;a! dispatch from Berlin
ac:iares tina. the report that two Ger
inn; Submarines have been sunk in
The Straits of Gibraltar is q pure in
.cc1.,n.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
STATE pIsMissEs CHARGES
AGAINST LINE ELEVATORS

IEFaFN-aG
WATERFOWL. s. D.. Nov. 15.-The
state q dismissed the case called in
the circuit court at Milbank against
four line elevator companies, charged.
with unfair discrimination in the pur-
chase OF grain with the intent and pur-
pose Of creating a monopoly and for
the further purpose OF destroying com-
petitors. The companies were the
Northwestern Elevator company and
the McCaull Webster company, the
complaint against which was filed by
the Farmers' Elevator company, Of
Albee, and the Pacific Elevator COM
pany and the Great Western Elevator
the Farmers Elevator company, Of
Revillo.
Preliminary examinations were held
before Justice OF the peace at Mil
bank on October ~ and %, and the
Justice held all four Of the companies
?. On that date M informations had
been 1leds against any, OF the company
and on November 10, Attorney Wilbur
s. Glass, OF %WatertoWn. personally ap-
peared beforesSthex court for the com :
pAniee, and WAS informed by the states
attorney that no i~nformations would
g hled. and at the suggestion OF Mr.
Glass, formally moved the Dismissal OF
the four cases, which motion was
granted.
EsouTH pAkoTA sUEFRAGtsTs
MEET AT HuRoN. NOV. 3 40
Huron. s. a.. Nov. 1ss-The South
nakota Universal Franchise league
will hold IL annual state convention.
|in this city 81 Thursday and Friday.
November 1ssand Sand from present
4&Giaax1sIE -.-xA.-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18
GROWS THAI
GREECE MAY JOIN
GERMAN|C POWERS
Cumulative Evidence C0nvInees
Entente Allies Hellenic Ma
ton Is Considering Such
Contingency.
PLAYING UP TO BULGARIA
Said to Have Agreement For
Division of Albania-Teu-
tonic Mission to Athens
Worries Diplomats.
PLAYING UP TO BULGARIA

London, Nov. 15.-Uneasiness is be-
over the attitude of Greece, and this
feeling is not likely to be allayed by
the latest news that a German military
mission has arrived at Athens by way
of Bulgaria and SalonikI.
Official circles in Paris profess to
believe there is no possibility of Greece
changing her present attitude for one
distinctly f~avorable.to the central pow
ers, but runors of some sue step be-
ing in contemplation became SO per
sistent that the Greek minister to
France felt called upon to visit the
foreign office with assurances of
Greece's continued adherence to her
traditional friendship for France.
Rome, (via Paris), Nov. 1s.-The AL
bantam question is becoming more
acute hourly, the belief being ex-
pressed in diplomatic quarters that a
secret agreement exists between Bull
garia and Greece concerning Serbia,
Macedonia and Albania. According to
this reported agreement, the southern
part of Albania would go to Greece
and the northern part to Bulgaria, the
latter country thus realizing it's tradi-
tional dream of being bathed by three
seas-the Black sea, the Aegean and
the Adr1atic.
The conviction is held by many hat
Italy must participate in the Balkan
contest in order to safeguard her most
vital interests, represented by suprem-
acy of the Adriatic and the possession
Of the Avlona.
The question now to be settled is
that Of adequate military and political
means to protect these interests in such
n as to DE sure OF success and
also To avoid 1a19S which mjuhf ron
der action toe late.
Geneva, (via London), Nov. 13.-The
correspondent at Athens of the Tribune
De Geneve reports the arrival at the
Greek capital of an Austro-H Hungarian
diplomatic mission to regulate the po-
litical and military situation between
the central powers and Greece.
GARlAN PROMISES e
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

Miners as
dde14ny A apHlica.
IS ton q Sesneie labor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
News Of Fifty Years Ago
(From Newspaper Files. June Is, 1869

Governor Pierpont yesterday suddenly changed
MS mind. and late in the afternoon issued a
proclamation calling the Legislature in session
Day after tomorrow is the day for the
assembling of such members as have been
elected. and very few have been could have
been under present conditions.
The Secretary of War. with the approval of
the rresident Of the United states, has issued
oners now held in Fort McIIenry
Baltimore merchants have rails 500 600 to
buy farm tools and supplies for tho farmers
OF the Valley of Virginia. The plan is buy
these things for the farmers and sell them TO
said farmers at the Wholesale and on such
time will meet their several conditions.
General L. O. c, Ord has been appointed to
the command of the military post of the new
State of oregon. and will leave Richmond within
a few days. His departure will he regretted By
very few. If any. people in this city.
a vessel has arrived at Norfolk loaded with
corn that came from Hyde County, y. G. The
captain OF the boat reported to the Norfolk
merchants that there is the greatest plenty of
corn in the County of Hyde. much OF il having
commenced. He says there is any quantity of
corn but money down that neck of the
woods.
The manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph
cable has been completed. and no time will be
lost in getting the final instalment of the ca bic
on board the Great Eastern, which is expected
to start on its trip OF cable laying early July
In serious railroad accident near Washing
ton day before yesterday six United States
soldiers were killed outright, and forty were
more or less seriously hurt. The accident was
coliSion between two trains, Of which
loaded with soldiers who had been mustered
and their way home.
Mrs Lincoln has notified the monument as
ISOLATION at Springfield. III. that unless a inonu-
ment be erected Immediately over her husbands
remains and :; deed given her to the lot whercou
it shall stand she Will accept proposition that
has been made her remove Mr.. I.inColls re-
mains 10 Washington.
General Stoneman and General Hallcck have
made and published bitter replies General
Shernan's attack upon their military conduc-.
1ialleCk gives sherman the lie direct, and Stone
says that mad he obcycd Sherman's orders
MIR. Davis would certainly have made his csca pc
and lie intimatcs that that is probably just what
sherman wanted to happen
y. \. Stokes & Co, yesterday sold At auction a
tremendous quantity of groceries and goods
that were shipped to them consignment direct
from New York by steamer. The sale was
largely attended
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
What Will the Board Do?

THE Board OF Aldermen is to pass tonight
L on the ordinance prohibiting the estab-
lishment OF IL hospital in Richmond within
800 feet OF q church. school or hotel
II, TO satisfy the demands OF Il small num-
Der OF persons, however worthy or influential
the Board shall show itself willing to perpe-
trate this wrong all the other citizens of
this community, there will be deep disap-
pointnent among its friends and well-wishers
If this is the sort OF government we are TO
expect under existing conditions, there is
small wonder that the movement for a new
charter has grown steadily in strength and
public favor from its very inception.
AS we have said before this proposed Law
universal in its terms and effect, has not re-
ceived, in other than its special and restricted
application. the approval even OF its sponsors
Nobody suggests that it is fairly applicable to
conditions throughout the city. II has, in
fact, no other purpose than 10 save small
group OF property owners from the presence
among them OF an institution to which they
object. Its Inconvenience, however, would
atfiict and burden US ell.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
Speed and the Submarine

IT HE torpedoing of the Lusitania appears to
4 have settled another question OF the
value OF the submarinc-and to have settled
it in favor Of the new agency OF maritime war
Great speed. it is shown, affords no guarantee
of protection against the submarines attack.
At the hearing now in progress before the
court of inquiry in London. it was testified
that the Lusitania. when she was struck, was
proceeding at eighteen knots an hour. Evil
IDENTIFY the officers of the Cunard Line be-
lieved that this speed assured safety. They
took this position before the crime was COM
mitted, and Alfred A Booth, chairman Of the
board told the court OF inquiry that never
previously had vessel been torpedoed when
travelling at greater speed than fourteen
knots an hour seaman who was on
lookout in the crows nest OF the Lustania
testified he had seen the approaching tor
pedo, and that il could not have been escaped
if the ship had been making 100 knots, in
stead OF eighteen.
Some revision OF previous estimates of sub
marine efficiency therefore, becomes neces-
Sary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18

on the schools. IT introduces a note
OF snobbcry which causes much pain,
for young minds are apt To place too
much stress on the Importance OF mem
bership But ii the life OF students
outside the classroom can be so con-
trolled that large numbers OF them
are frequently brought together in
play, which Is 4 universal outlet for
energy, the need for social secret So
cictics will be lessened and IN time
they may be forgotten. CapitaIizing
the play instinct may also be en-
ploycd as means Of increasing the
young minds appreciation OF the value
OF enthusiasm and fair play in the
larger affairs of life
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
The Insuflcrahlc Carraula

\ LILA and Zapata have acccdcd to the sup
gestlon of this government and made
peace oNeFtures TO CarTanza, which that stiff
necked and thick headed person has declined
If the worst should come and the I-n,ted
States be compelled TO embark on the policy
of intervention in order TO bring about peaco
and security OF life and property in Mexico
it viii not be difficult 70 determine where
the responsibility lies
The fact is that OF all the rival chicf,ains
who now partition troubled Mexico among
themselves Carranza is the least attractive
and engaging The very fact that he is of
better birth, wider education and broader cy
periencc than the others justified this country
In expecting more OF him than it did of Them
lie has fulfilled. however no REASONABLE. ev.
pectaton whatever. but on every occasion
has shown himself vain foolish en,f
conferred cantankcrOus old man
villa now controls most OF Northern Mcy
leo. while Iapata is dominant in the country
south Of the capital. The zone Of Carranza s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
The United Americas.

To the Editor of The Times DiSpatch:
Slit must be n matter Of grave concern TO
every American as he thinks of the possibility
OF his country being involved in war at this
time. The fact that the United States is almost
totally unprcparcd from military standpoint
standpoint. is enough make one dread the
contemplation of what might happen If we were
TO he involved in the present world war That
the people would respond to a call TO arms is
inquest toned. but this struggle has demonstrated
the fact that the viii to fight Is enough
the ability to fight is paramount
In view OF these facts 1 would like to offer
a suggestion for our statesmen consider:
| believe the government of the United States
should enter into some kind of agreement with
every one of the South American governments
building of a powerful navy for mutual defense
Let the various South American states agree to
devote a large amount OF money each year to
the erection of warships (thc type of shin ia be
determined by the efficiency Of the ahips en-
gagged in the present struggle, whether sub
marines. Drcadnoughts other typcs). and by
all these states devotng their energies to the
utmost, only a few years would clapsc until the
control of the sea would pass from Great Britain
to the United Americas.
II may be argued that this policy would CON
stitute an "cntanElinS alliance but such {, con-
dtion not in the mind of Washington when
of tho Old World powers. In answer to any
objection this score, / would suggest that as
long the Monroe Doctrine is upheld by the
United States. we are responsible for the South
American states. Why not let this responsibility
be reciprocal, and let the burden be mutual?
w. G. SMITH.
Danville. Va June 16, 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-18
THE PLAY INSTINCT

To the play instinct. which DON'T
mates "A child's mind for n considerable
period. Or. +. |. Talber,. writing in
the Popular Science Monthly. attrib-
utcs many Of the problems that con-
front the educator who is concerned
with the training OF young people OF
high school age. 1t has often been
observed that the growing child re-
pcats the history of civilization. No
normal boy requires instruction in
fghting. Take a hoy Of four or five
ysars. who has never associated with
his kind. send him to play with sew
eral boys of his age, and II is prob
able that at the first opportunity he
VIII double up his lists and do his
best 10 whip playmate who has tried
TO impose on him. In this event he
merely resorts to primitive justice. He
is not to be blamed for the voice that
urges him on is the voice OF his un-
cultured ancestors, who knew but one
court-that of physical combat
\ little later the same boy will begin
to select his associates. The gang in
stinct will assert itself. BY process
of selection he eliminates from his list
OF playmatcs those whose tastes in
games differ, or whose idea of fair
play and play honor does not meet with
his approval. TO n less degree girls
manifest the same tendency toward
eNclusiveness at an early age. They
gard for appearances leads them to
preserve the form OF friendly regard
for playmates for whom they enter
tain a deep dislike. About this time
the boys begin TO look with contempt
upon girls games. AS they approach
the high school age they openly court
the support of girls in their games,
but as spectators, and not as partici-
pants. When they reach this age, their
childish tendency to select playmates
suited to their tastes manifests itself
more positively, and the result is the
secondary school secret society.
Educators have long recognized that
these secret societies. when taken seri-
ously at high school age. are men
should prevail in every free public
school. How to eliminate them has
been problem widely discussed, but
as yet unsolvcd. DIR. Talbert believes
these secret societies are simply n
natural growth that tbrivcs on early
instinct. Secret societies go back to
the beginning OF recorded history. The
craving for mystery is innate in the
race. 1t Is bound to crop out sooner
or later, and in the case Of the high
school secret society it merely crops
out sooner than was the case some
years ago. Unsuccessful attempts to
crush the societies have failed large
j. because OF an artificial means was
employed to combat n natural instinct.
DR. Talbert believes that the extern
sion OF the playground movement will
do n great deal toward broadening the
function Of the school fraternity. AS
long as il is narrow, selecting its mem
bcrs without regard for their general
attainments. but principally for their
attainmcnts In some particular field,
| its effect is bound to be depressing