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FIRE ALARMS
EARLY TODAY
ISAAC SPEARS LOSES LARGE
BARN WITH $4,000 LGSS--
FIRE BREAKS IN KEMP.
TONS CAFE.
Prom Mondays Daily

Fire alarms, just an hour apart,
were sounded this morning at 4
aud AT $ o'clock. The first was caused
by a blaze in kempton's cafe, which
the principal damage was that caus-
CD to the stock by smoke and water,
aud the second came from the large
barn on Zee place of Isaac Spears, re-
slltinS i'll IL loss of $4,000.
Thc blaze in the cafe was noticed
by +. j. Wyeth, who was awakened
by the glare OF the light in his room
i'll the Commercial Il Savings bank.
lie immediately awakxlcd the fam
lily OF Dave kempton, who live in
a partments above the cafe, and then
turned in tho alarm.
The exact extent of the damage in
the care could not be ascertaincd
] he blaze evidently started under the
stairway on the north side of the
building. where Il charging machine
Tor the soda fountain is kept. The
stairs wcre burned through in sew
cral places. The plate windows were
cracked and the stock damaged
smoke and water. Adjustors will be
here tomorrow to fix the loss.
Tho barn ON the Spears place was
'tui - tiC SioullN, Win tIlc ioSs
az GO tons of balcd hay and abou,
100 bushels of oats and some harness
1T is believed that defective wiring
caused the fire to start, as the barn
las lighted with electricity. The fire
vas discovered by employees If Mr.
spears who came 10 work after watch
iDg the blaze in the Kcmpton cafe.
Eleven horses were in the barn
nd all were saved, also most of the
harness. The residence and the ice
house covered with water and
nth hardly any wind, no damage
vas done to adjoining property. Mr.
spears stated that his chief loss was
0n the hay in tho barn and oats,
which we're not insured fully. He will
rebuild the barn, Immediately.
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TO LAY CORNERSTONE
FOR WooNsoCKET CHURCH

Sioux Falls. S. Dirt. Rev. Thorn
as O'Gorman of Sioux Falls. Catholic
bishop of the eastern diocese "of
South Dakota, will officiate at the
laying of the cornerstone of a new
Catholic church which is to be erect
ed i'll Woonsocket at a cos of about
$50, 900. The new edifice will be
known as the Holy Heart of Mary
church. Wednesday of this week
has been fixed as the time for the
laying of the cornerstone. One of the
features of the day will be the con-
frmation of a class of about eighty
by Bishop O'Gorman. Various socie-
ties of the church and the members
Of the class to be confirmed on that
day will escor Bishop O'Gorman and
other members of the Catholic clergy
to the scene of the ceremonies at
tendant upon the laying of the cor
nerstone.
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KILLS HIS OWN
BROTHER-IN-LAW
MCPHERSON MAN BECOMES MUIR
DERER IN QUARREL OVER
OWNERSHIP OF LAND.

Leola, S. D.-Edward Tom, a
raruer residing in the vicinity of
Long Lake, twenty-five miles north
west of Leola. is dead, and his BROTH
,r-in-law, Jacob Kiesz is in the Nc
Pherson county Jail here, charged
with having caused Toms death.
Tom and Kiesz quarreled over pos
session OF Il field of land and Kiesz
.ocat his brother-in-law to death with
4 club, according to statements of
relatives who witnessed the affair.
kicsz was also badly beaten in the
fight with Tom. He is held without
bail the coroner's jury having return
ed a vtrdict of willful and felonious
killing.
Toms death is the second violent
death in the Long Lake neighborbood
within a week. the other being a e
year old son of Jacob Zisler, who
was accidently shot and killed by a
man named Fred Kranzler,
who was carelessly handling a %
rifle which he did not know was
loaded. when the weapon was dis
charged. The coroner's jury exoner-
ated kranZler.
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"WETS" CONTEST
FOR ABERDEEN
CIRCUIT COURT WILL BE ASKED
TO RECOUNT LICENSE VOTE
REPORTED AS a TIE.

Aberdeen, S. D.-Attorney Il. B.
Harkin, counsel for the Aberdeen Re-
tail Liquor Dealers association, an
nounced today thai the saloon men
had determined 10 contest the cleo
ton on the license question, held On
April 20, which resulted in a tie,
each side receiving 1885 votes. The
contestants claim that inasmuch as
the vote was a tie. il is to the inter-
est of both the ''wets" and the
"drys" to have an impartial recount
O fthe vote before the state circuit
court, Whereby the final determine
ton OF the results may be reached.
The 'wets" say IL such impartial
count shows the city was voted dry"
they will do all In their power to
see that tbs town is made dry, ac-
tually as vel las legally.
The contest Viii lie brought by a
petition in the circuit court for
Drawn COUNTY. The law allows the
judge 20 call a SPECIAL term of court
to settle the matter at once, and at
the hearing all the ballots cast will
be r%ecounted, and all the ballots in
any name claimed to be illegal
lots in any claimed to be il
will be marked and set aside sep
arate from those over which there Is
no dispute. Upon the contested bal
lots, the circuit Judge will make
findings as to their legality or illeg-
ality. and as to which way they
should be counted, and upon these
findings. and the results found by
these findings, the court will enter
Judgment as 10 the result of the
election. From this Judgment. nj
appeal can be taken to the state
supreme court by either party to tho
action.
The papers in the case are now be-
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RURAL
NEEDS SHOWN
CONSOLIDATION is URGED TO DO
AWAY WITH SMALL ATTEND
ANCE IN MANY CASES.

Pierre. S. D.-The general CON
census of opinion of the county sup
~erintendcnts who attended the meet.
ing at this city. in their discussions
of the country school situation is that
ii suffers from d number of reasons
chief among them being lack OF prop
or equipment. too many teachers,
small attendance of pupils. irregular
attendance n lack of school spirit
among patrons and pupils. 1t was
shown that in many instances coun-
try schools are maintained with but
from four to six pupils, which means
employment of. a number of teachers
TOR a very few pupils. Consolidation
of these smaller country schools was
advocated, and along with this move
mcnt a closer correlation of school
life With the home life and occupa-
lions Of the pupils to the end that the
school training may be in line with
tho immediate field of activities of
The pupils was set forth as of the
needs of the situation.
Superintendent Gibbs Of Aurora
county thought these different oh
iections could he largely met through
the work of consolidated schools. and
pointed out tho success of tho work
~ TIdilO QISttlCl AuTOIa county as
AN example of what can be done in
this direction.
Superintendent Keo King, of Tur-
ner county. on domestic science
thought better results can be obtain
cd in the rural schools without for
NAL class work, by demonstrations of
table manners, experience in prepar-
ing refreshments and serving them.
, MD 3bo rnoor,t;Nn nf u-a,,, I,r,Io.
nj the school for pupils, they doing
the work in this line themselves.
Agricultural extension work
through boys and girls clubs at the
schools was urged. with the giving
OF prizes as an inducement for effort
on the part of the children in this
Inc of work.
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DANGERS THURS.
"uLD FASHIONED DANCE" WILL
BE SOCIAL EVENT FOR ANTL-
Erred HERD LAST OF
WEEK.

A has with the tango, the hest
tation. the fox trot. the half and hall
and others of te modern art of terpi-
score. None but the good old waltz
and two step will be on the preram
on Thursday evening of this week
when the Elks will revive one OF
H,air traditional dances and reccp-
tons.
The vent is the first of a series
which the antlered herd have in con-
compilation for the season. The first
OF tho group will pc an old fashion
cd" dance, for lose of its members
who like to "shake their feet I o the
lid familiar round dances. And it is
predicted hat the dance will be tho
.argcst of the season. as the ban on
the modern dances will be strictly en-
{rorcd.
A special effort Will be made to
provide for the entertainment of tho
Outof town members and theirladies.
MANY of whom are in each of the
towns surrounding Mitchell. AS many
of the visiting Elks will come by au-
tomobile, d man Will be provided to
guard the cars parked around the
Club house. No charge will be made,
as the dance and reception is for all
l5iks.
Tho social committee in charge of
The affair is composed of Wm. A. Vic
tor. obs. p. Micheis, II. f. Bjodstrup
and Robert G.. Raines. Music for the
dance will be furnished by the Gale
theater orchestra.
The women on the reception com
n,itteewill be the Mesdames S. G.
Boyce, j. ]. Lahey, l.. j. Welch. III.
d. Wagner, w. IA. Fritz, II. f.. Hitch
cock. and Sid w. Smith. The men
Twill be j. ]. Lahey, d. 7. Becker. j..
~. WEIGH. II. ID. Wagner. w. H. Fritz
i'll. E. Hitchcock and Edward Nc
govern.
, The lunch will be in charge OF the
of w. y. Upton, w. c. Met
w. T. Morton and S. II. Seal
IL,
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ANDY LEE is
WITH RICHARDS
JOINS WITH GRILL AND OTHERS
IN PROTESTING RECENT PltI-
MARY ACTION OF LEGIS-
IATURE.

Huron, S. D.-The act on the part
of the Byrne-Norbeck administration
Ill repeating the primary law enacted
by Il direct vote of the people has
stirred up the prominent leaders of
the state administration of 1897 and
1898. who were the original pro
arcssives in the state. and respon-
siblc for the adoption of the initia-
tive and referendum into the South
Dakota state constitution.
Father Robert w. Hairc, of Ab-
crdcen. Governor Andrew E. Lee. OF
Nermillion and Senator l.. N. Grill of
Elk Point, Senator James A. Grant of
Clark, III. l.. Loucks of Watertown
and others have addressed a joint
communication to r. o. Richards. of
this place urging him to press for
ward for the freedom of the ballot
and supremacy of the people, by
making a thorough test, of the state
administrations Act, in our state
courts and federal courts if noccs
sary. The following is Il copy OF their
letter:
Aberdeen, S. d., April 18th, 1915.
Hon. r. O. Richards, Huron, S. D.,
Dear Sir: The undersigned, a few
of those, who We're active in thep ro-
motion, submission and adoption of
the Initiative and Referendum by
the amendment of Article 3 of our
state constitution in 1897 and 1898,
view fifth Indignation and resentment
the attempt being made to substi-
tute the rule of a few for government
by the people.
I'm the initial enactment. we were
at q disadvantage in not having a pre-
should, have the same right to pro-
pose direct legislation, but without
petition. Any member may propose
and if both branches of the legis-
lature concur. it will be submitted to
ccdent to guide us. But our intent
was very clearly expressed in the text
of the addition to Artile 3 of our con-
s;itution. For failure of the legisla-
ture to enact a law wanted by the
people, we provided that 5 per cent
CT the voters Nigh by petition, pro-
pose a measure for enactment by the
voters direct, and if adopted it should
have the same force and effect as any
other constitutional law. and could
be a!ncHdcd CT repealed only by the
Same method as enacted.
cit would have been ridiculous in
the extreme to propose to go to the
expense and labor of initiating and
cnducting q statewide campaign to
enact q law in November by direct
vote of the people hat a legislature,
elected at the same time, could re-
neal in the following January. We
also provided that the legislature
a direct vote of the people.
"To discourage the legislature
from enacting unsatisfactory avs.
we provided that any measure enact
ed, except those specifically exempt
ed, should in like manner. by petit
ton. be submitted to a vote of the
people. To defeat this constitutional
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-29
r CLASS IN
K. OF C. NDA
CATHOLIC ORDER AUGMENTs
MEMBERSHIP WITH CERE-
MONIALS.-BANQUET HELD
IN EVENING.

forty-ilve candidates. from Nit
chell and the surrounding towns
were Initiated into Maher counci,
OF the knights of Columbus, at cere-
monies held on Sunday afternoon.
The days program opened with high
mass at the Holy Family Catholic
church in the morning and closed
with the banquet At the city hall
auditorium in the evening.
The First and Second degrees were
given by the degree team OF Maher
council Ed. G.. Dunn, of Mason City,
Ia, and his staff conferred the Third
degre upon the candidates.. Visitors
were present from the councils at
Parkston, Sioux Falls. Aberdeen,
Huron and W~oonsocket.
j. II. Dalton. OF Woonsocket, state
deputy of the, order, was toastmas-
ter at the banquet. Mr.. Dunn spoke
on the subject of "Refections," and
in his able and eloquent manner
lauded the knights for their ideals
and their accomplishments. Rev. NJ.
j. Breen. president OF Columbus col
lege at Chamberlain, outlined the
things that have been done for edu-
cation by the order, particularly in
the establishment and maintenance
of the great university at Washing
ton. ID. G.
Toastmaster Dalton spoke on the
subject OF The Ladies'" Rev. Err.
Monahan, of Parker, was unable to
be present on account of illness and
his place was ably filled by Rev. G..
Walsh, of Sioux Falls, secretary to
Bishop 7. p. O'Goruan. Miss Lucille
Burns and Mrs. G. y. krnaz, of ST.
Paul, both sang solos as a delight
full feature OF the musical program.
The double quartette of Notre Dame
academy also sang several numbers
and Miss Ethel Dowdell. of the
academy faculty. pleased with a
reading. -Four hundred men were
seated at the tables, the banquet be-
ing served by the women of the Holy
Family church.
With the number of members add
ed on Sunday, Maher council now
ranks second in the state. Before
the installation of the council at
Parkston. the Mitchell council was
the largest in the state. a number
of Parkston members withdrew to
r thei rcwn council and the in
i%tlation of SUNDAY has helped to bring
the total up again.
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JOBBING HOUSE
is NOW BRANCH
ABERDEEN WHOLESALE GROC-
ERY IS NOW ONE OF FIFTY
In CLAIM ALL OVER U. $.

Aberdeen, S. D.-The General
Brokerage company of Grand Forks.
N. d.. today completed negotiations
for the purchase of a controlling in
terest in the Aberdeen Wholesale
Grocery company, a %$215.000- corpor-
alton, and has taken charge of the
business. w. G. Wells, founder,
president and manager of the groc-
cry company will retire, and IL. u.
Andrus. will succeed him as mana
ger. coming here from Williston, N.
D.. branch of the Browerage COM
pany's establishment.
The General Brokerage company
owns over fifty similar establish
ments in this country and Canada.
and has beer negotiating for the
Aberdeen establishment for some
time. 1t will retain the office force
and the travelling statesmen now IN
ployed by the Aberdeen Wholesale
Grocery company. and the name VIII
remain the same.
w. c.. Wells established the Abb
crdeen Wholesale Grocery company
in 1902, and has since retained the
management, presidency and con-
trolling interests, until the sale.
Starting with a capital of $4,000.
the capital has been, increased until
it is now $%125,O00, and the concern
does an annual business rangin
from $500, 900 to sS00.000l MIR.
Wells will remain in Aberdeen, llok-
ing after his other interests. which
any. the Wells block. n rental prop
erty. and the Northwestern Life In
surapce company. the latter occupy
;,,r ,,,nc< - hic attention fD4sSE -fHH f-Ts
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$1,000 CAME IN
FOR COLLEGE FUND
TIVE nNKOTA WESLEYAN EyDow.
MENT FUND PROGRESSING
HEADQUARTERS ARE les.
T.ABLISHED in CHURCH.

Sunday was observed throughout
the state as Dakota Wesleyan day.
Sermons and addresses were given
in the interest of the campaign to
raise 100000. At the First Method
ist Episcopal church in this CITY
Pres. a. E. Craig of Morninsside
college of Sioux City, was the prin-
clplc speaker. At the morning SER
VICE the pastor, DR.. j.. S. 1~Ioagland,
presided with Is minute addresses
were given by Pres. Craig. Pres. w.
G. Seaman IL Nice-President j. p.
Jenkins.
|. The headquarters of the campaign
committee were moved into he par-
lors of the church this morning. The
bee hive activity of that Office in
dicated that things are doing. Lunch
cons y being served by the ladies
al the church every day this week.
MI members of the committee. and
my others that are so disposed. are
i"vited to be present any day. The
cominitteSthought they had prepared
for ample accommodations today, but
when the company gathered, extra
ioomed had to he provided hastily.
A feature of the luncheon was tho
address of Pres. Craig, whose college
is in a similar campaign for $275.00o
which must close May %. Presiden,
Nraig's address was we'll received,
living encouragement and inspirat-
Con to the committee. which in turn
expressed its greeting and cheers for
Inc progress of the Morningsidc cam
align.
Rev. T.. b. Barnett, rector of S.
-,ary's Episcopal church made a brief
ddress, which was so happy in It's
Utterance, and so savory in it's in
fuence that a unanimous request was
iladc that he put it in writing for
he benefit of the committee, which
he cheerfully agreed to do.
The p is that at tomorrow's
luncheon. a very substantial increase
in the aggregate of Mitchell pledges
10 date may be announced. All the
arc out this afternoon. present
ing the matter, and the citizens of
Mitchell are actually confronting the
Immediate question, OF their individ-
Gal subscription to the Dakota Mes
van campaign.
The campaign over the state is go
.ag we'll. DIR. jenkins received two
i tiers in his morning mail, one.
which contained a subscription for
800 and the other for $1,500. Pres
lent Sealman received several letters
enclosing remittances for small
amcunts. The whole atmosphere Of
sac. state, and especially of the city
Vt Mitchell, seems to be surcharged
AID ii is difficult for anybody to go
Sery far anywhere without hearing
concerning Dakota Wcs-
2yan's campaign.
Addresses were made if the Meth
"list. Presbyterian and C%ongrega-
t;onal churches of the city yesterday.
following the program anpounced i'll
these columns Saturday.
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MISS ROSE STAHL
REAL COMEDIENNE
\ .PEKFECT LADY," WITH
WHICH SHE OPENS METRO
POLITlNN MONDAY, ACT
ItISS is SEEN AT
HER BEST.

There are few comcdicnnes III tho
american stage whose success has
j con so distinctive as that of Miss
Rose Stahl, and the eminence she
las gained is the result of hard work
and careful study of her profession.
On Monday Miss Stahl will open the
metropolitan theater with a new
aomedy called "a Perfect Lady,
"A Perfect Lady" tells of Lucille
y Jambon. rigltfully Lucille Hig-
Gins, who with two companions from
4 IA night burlesque company set
lie in the little town of Sycamore,
,Nan. In ordcr~to make their way Miss
Higgins decides to inoculate the PEG
| lie OF the town with the tango craze
Under the owe of an ice cream par
Tor she begins her work. The plot
euccecds and soon nearly the whole
! %opulation is dance mad. or course
t'lcrc are disscuters and it is through
;1em that the interest in the story is
maintained. At length all ends hap
I lily, and as was predicted at the be
& inning OF the play Lucille marries
the minister II puts ~ her phil
osophy that to be good you must first
be happy.
The Henry B. Harris Estate has
surrounded Miss Stahl with an en-
ccllcnt company of players. The
characters in the play are mainly Of
the country type and the humor is
biulded around their idiosyncracies.
so it is essential that each character
in the play shall be ably interpreted
1T is said the company was so are
fully chosen that an admirable eli
semblc performance results.
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GET $1,000
FROM ANDOVER STORE

Adoyer. S. D.-Burglars entered
the store of F.. +. Aplin & Son at An
dover and stole about $1,000 worth
OF goods. Entrance was secured by
boring Il hole through the store door
just above the Yale lock, by which
means the burglars were able to UNI
lock the door and enter. AS an au-
tomobile was heard passing down
the street by the store about 3
O'Clock in the morning, it is sup
posed the burglars travel by auto
mobile. This theory is borne out
by the fact that q number of myster-
ious burelaries have occurred in
smaller South Dakota towns within
the past few weeks, under similar
circumstances
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-29
WANTS ARMORIES
FOR THE MILITIA
lsDJUTANT GENERAL MORRIS
ALSO SAYS THAT NEW CAMP
GROUNDS ARE REQUIRED
FOR RIFLE PRACTICE.

Pierre, S. D.-That South Dakota
could ave money by construction OF
arnory buildings for the different
militia companies. and that army
regulations as to rifle practice forces
line selection. OF a amp ground
for the militia. + two main facts
set out in the recommendation of ad-
jutant General Norris in his biennial
report to the governor. He shows
the interest upon funds for the
construction Of adequate armories
would be less than what is required
TO pay the rental for such buildings
in towns where anything nearly ade-
quate can be secured and further
than in many of the towns in which
companies are located it is impossible
TO secure a room which is adequate
for the purpose at, any price, as the
room does not exist.
In regard a permanent camp
ground for the troops of the state,
he shows that under the regular
army regulations for rifle practice
and field drill. the grounds at Lake
Kampeska cannot be practically used,
residents in that vicinity in the tar
get practice. and the thickly settled
farm lands make field drills imprac-
teal. He shows that the location at
old Fort Sissetno, with the buildings
on that tract. which are the property
of the state for militia purposes,
would he an ideal place for the
camp grounds, and store-houses for
state property, but the difficulty in
regard hat location being that it is
eighteen miles from a railway, MAX
ing the transportation OF men and
supplies too expensive. He asks that
tl,n ,nvy inoiSlatjyn cnccior taEo 41,c
matter under consideration. to make
some provisions, as the findings of 4
suitable camp ground is one of diff
Guilty.
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SMITH FAMILY
LIKES WESLEYAN
HAVE HAD CHILDREN AT COLI
LIIGE FOR TWENTY-FIVE
YE.NRS-COST PROBlB-
LY OVER $1,000,

TwcntN-two years of school work
done at Dakota Wesleyan is the not
able record thai has been set by the
three sons and the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. e. III. Smith, of Condo, S.
d.. and which perhaps can not be
~eNcclled by any other family, how
ever loyal they have been to the col
Iloge.
And the record of the Smith fam
lily is not finished, for another wear
Will be added when the youngest son,
Ernest, who is now a student i'm the
institution, graduates from Wesleyan
next year. The total of school years
will probably increase when the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, who
is now attending school in Condo.
will be on the roll OF Wesleyan in the
near future.
placing tho very conservative os-
innate Of $500 spent for each school
ycor, tho % years of schooling now
%comlcted, y total sum of nearly So
600 is reached. Tho first member of
the family To enter Wesleyan was
IL years ago when Miles Smith en-
rolled and continued to pcrsuc his
studies for five years. Since that time
there has been two children to grad
uate Claude Smith and Miss Helen
Smith, and the younger brother
Ernest Smith, will receive his diploma
noxt year, the latter being center ON
the Wesleyan eleven for the past
three years. Claude Smith also took
,ctivc part in athletics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith arc both he
F~lievcrs II education and their conf
dencc in Da!Sota Wesleyan us an
educational institution is evidenced
by the record that has been made by
their four children.