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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
BANK GUARANTY ACT
PETITION FIRST To
Be FILED AT Pierre
Measure Prepared BY State
Bankers Entered By Initia-
tive With 6 1900 Names.

Pierre. Jan. 9.-The first initiative pc
dtion for the session of the south Da-
kota legislature was filed with the Sec
retary OF state today. j. E. Platt.
secretary of the State Bankers associ-
alton. filed a petition calling for a vote
of the people on "a bank guaranty act
which has been framed by the State
Bankers association. The petition car
rles a few over $500 names and will be
presented to the two houses as soon as
copies can be made.
Neither house attempted to transact
n great amoun of business before to-
day. The house meeting. merely to ad-
Journ. In the senate three bills We're
presented by Senator An,sden relating
to control of county property yester-
day. Bill No. l calls for Il favorable
vote of the people before county prop
ertv can be offered for sale.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
|0wan Saws the Administration
Measure For Federal Owned
Merchant Fleet Contains
"Joker" Clause.
HE FAvoRs THE PROJECT
Wants Law That Will Give I'm.
petus to Government Own
ership By Making This
Venture Success.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Declaring that
there was a big Joker in the pending
ship purchase bill. Senator Cummins
said he would introduce within a day
or two Il substitute for the administra-
ton measure.
Senator Cummins' bill will author
lze the president to expend $50, 900, GOO
In purchase OIL construction of ships to
be used as a naval auxiliary in war
peace.
In peace time the government may
lease them on the best obtainable
the profits of operation.
Senator Cummins said: II am as
strongly in favor of radical action in
this matter as anyone. But the pend
ing bill would put the government int
a policy OF ownership and operation
under conditions in which the policy
would be bound to fail. That would
bring discredit on the whole policy of
public ownership. l want it tried I'M
der favorable conditions"
Senator Burton. of Ohio. assailcd the
measure as a dangerous experiment in
government ownership and asserted
that it would open the way to the
building up of privileged interests.
oft repeated determination of the re-
pub!icans to debatc the measure at
great length. had not concluded his
address when he gave way for the ap-
preparation bill. He challenged ad-
vocates of the bill to tell any specific
route of trade on which it was pro-
posed to establish a government line.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
'KAsHA" Is NEW FOOD
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA TABLES

Bookings. S. d.. Jan. 9.-You have
FEVER eaten 'Kasha." out you probably
sill In a yea or SO. Kasha is cooked
round white Siberian Prose-. or mi!.ct.
md is extensively used as food in Rus
ia, Siberia. Turkestan and other parts
II Asia. especially in the most arid
egions. More than 100 South Dakota
armers partook of the first official
lating test of Hansen's white Siberian
Prose- at the state college Wednesday
afternoon when this new food grain was
prepared in seven different forms by
Hiss Nola K. Fromme. head of the home
economies department.
The bill OF fare was: Prose- SOUP.
;oroso mush. or "Kasha," Prose- nut
oaf, Prose- molasses bread, Prose-
looked in fireless cooker with dates,
Prose- with cheese, and Prose- mullins.
Surprises were in order. Instead Of
asting flat. Prose- a a decidedly rich
iutty flavor. Its protein content is 1912
ger cent: or l.22 per cent higher than
Great.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
DENY TO VATICAN THAT
CARDINAL WAS ARRESTED

Rome. Jan. 9.-rhe German govern
ment has sent to the vatican an ex-
PLANTATION of the MERCER incident, in
which it says that there is absolutely
no truth in the report that the cardinal
Was ever arrested by the German au-
thorities in Belgium. or even confined
to his own palace or prevented from
leaving it.
Continuing, this explanation says:
The German authorities, entrusted
with the most delicate and difficult
task of maintaining order in Belgium
and convincing the hostile population
of that country of their sincere desire
for their good. simply addressed to
Cardinal MERCER a most d%eferential
prayer that he abstain from any at
titude which might make difficult the
accomplishment of their duty, or ulti-
mately entail risk to the Belgian PEG
pie"
In following this course, the Ger
mans, the explanation goes on, had in
mind III fulfillment of the Christian
duty. which must be particularly dear
to a minister of the church. of avoid.
ing the shedding of blood"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

YANkTON-The vital statistics for De-
,ember for Yankton county show 30 births.
q deaths and II marriages. The totals for
he year 1914 shows 33 births. 1863 deaths,
A3 marriages. and IA divorces. The birth
tate has only been exceeded by one year.
1912. since the official record has been
kept. while the deaths are less in number
than ever recorded here since the law re-
7uired the record.
FAITH-A young homesteader named
Otto Price was found dead in his shack
some miles from here. 1t is believed he
was asphyxiated by gas from the stove
md that he had been dead several DAYS
before being found. He was found dead
by a neighbor who went to his place With
the intention OF asking Price TO 20 hunting
with him..
GARRETsoN-Within a short time af-
ter returning from a visit with relatives
ut Sioux City. Mrs. Frank Wright. wife Of
. well known Garretson man and herself
prominent in the community, died without
warning. The cause Of death was heart
failure and a burstcd vein. She was strick-
on In the night and died while her hus.
band was securing assistance.
BANcRoFT-The building OF the failed
Bancroft ban has been purchased nv q
syndicate OF capitalists who have decided
to establish q new bank In this civ. The
aew bank Will open for business az soon
y the necessary arrangements can be
made. w. J. Agnew Will be president and
=. u. Best cashier. The new q vim
6PENCER--A charter has been granted
tcr = Reheknh lodge which IL to be In.
stalled here. The new lodge viii start OUT
With about g charter members. Members
~ b present TO aid In i~nstftntin~ ~
I00M0k 49,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN HAS
INVENTED RAILROAD RAIL

Mitchell. s. d.. Jan. 9.-Philip Nc
Mahon. roadmaster out of Mitchell for
the Iowa n Dakota division of the
milwaukee, system between Sanborn:
Ia, and Rapid City. has been notified
by his attorneys in Des Moines that
ms application for a patent ON q rail
way rail has been allowed by the Cni-
ted States patent office.
Mr.. McMahon's rail comprises a
base having a longitudinal N-shaped
SLOT. in the inner walls of which are
grooves: h tread and hank por-
lions of the rail are split ioligitudinally,
SO that the shank parts fit down into
the slot of base. The shank parts are
provided with beads. which are re-
eeived in the rooves. SO that the
shank parts are locked against any
possible removal by vibration or shock.
The sides of the tread portion are
staggered. SO that there is no COM
plete wear at n one point. making it
Il continuous rail and noiseless. with
no joints to go down on get loose.
WINNER-Rober. MucRler. who has
heen examiner in charge of the Farmers
State hank. of this city. has practically
completed the work O. closing up the at
fairs of the banle. A week or two ago the
depositors had been paid % per cent OF
their claims and he remainder will soon
be paid. so that nonc of them will lose
a cent through Tic closing of the institute
ton.
BR1DGEWA AFTER -E.idgewater claims
the distinction of ,lavils the youngest per-
son in charge OF a Iostofice, of any city
within the state. Miss Florence NJ. Ryan.
the l3-year-old daughter of Postmaster
and Mrs. Il. j. Ryan. has had entire
charge of the office t@r several days past,
in the absence of he4 father. due to sick-
ness.
L~EAD-After visiting his doctor and
paying him a large Lill, Christ IIggo. a
restaurant enploye here. went to his room
and drained the couto r,ts of a vial of tinc-
ture of opium. He n:.... an hour later. He
had been suffering from rheumatism for
some time. Egso :c.ives a wife and two
small children here :.cG a brother in Min
neapolis. Mimi.
SALEM-Simon Schoeberl had a narrow
escape from death while operating a corn
Smelling machine. He was attending the
engine when his s!,eepskin lined coat be-
came caught in the engine, dragging him
into the machinery. One leg and two
ribs We're broker and in addition he was
badly bruised end cut.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
FRENCH COMMISSION
MAKES UGLY CHARGES
Investigators Say They Have
Proof Germans Committed
Many Atrocities.

Paris. Jan. 9.-The commission APP
pointed on September %. to inquire
into accusations that German officers
had acted .savagely n inhumanly"
against French civilians and soldiers
says in it's report made public today
by the French cabinet:
I'VE must conclude that there never
has been n war between civilized ma
tons of so savage and ferocious a char
acter as that waged upon our soil by
u implacable adversary. Pillage.
ravishing, burning, murder. are ordin-
airy practices of our enemies and facts
collected In many cases prove that
the German claims that the killing OF
civilians was due to firing of the popu-
lation. are unfounded.
we found proof Of the existence in.
the Germany army not only of a sys-
tematic plan for burning villages. but
the possession OF elaborate material
for this purpose. including torches.
grenades. fuses. Oil sprayeS, sticks of
inflammable matter and sacks of tab
lets composed of very !nf1ammable COM
pressed POWDER"
The commission affirms that it has
distinguished carefully between fires
caused by commandments n those
said to have been set by hand when the
fighting was in progress. 1t is stated
that the object was to intimidate the
population. thus spreading terror and
panic ahead of the invaders.
"Ravishings of III and girls were
SO frequent that the number of cases
established vas only a small part Of
those which might have been investi-
gated" the commission says. 1.-The
victims Of these odioGs acts generally
refused 10 testify. because 1t would
compromise their future.
TIL. cabinet has been withholding the
report OF the commission. because it il
said. 1t did not desire further to excite
public feeling. 1t was only upon the
demand OF Georges Clemenceau, the
former premier ard others that the
cabinet decided to make public the re-
port.
The conclusions OF the commission
form about 20 newspaper columns.
They review In detail instances which
the commission. Save were established
under oath from witnesses examined
under the usual form OF judicial pro-
cedEra.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
GUNS BOOM FORTH
BATTLE ANNIVERSARY

New Orleans. Jan. 9.-Celebration of
the centenary of peace between Great
Britain and the United states was be-
gun here today with a salute OF al
guns timed to end 100 years. to the
moment. after Andrew jackson tri-
umphed owe the British army at
Chalmette. Other ceremonies of the
three days celebration included the
unveiling of a statue of Jackson on
the spot where the general had his
standard at Chalmette and the for
NAL exchange of greetings between
Assistant Secretary Peters Of the
treasury department. who is President
Wilson'S representative. and the envoy
Of King George. Consul Carew-Hunt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
MICHIGAN STATESMAN
SEEKS TO BUY MEXICO

Lansing. Mich, Jan. 9.-Senator John
Damon, of Mount Pleasant, introduced
! concurrent resolution in the state
senate this afternoon. calling upon con-
.hase Mexico. 1t was Damon's con
IGNITION that the United States must
eventually own all Of the country to
the south as far as the Panama canal.
He said congress had been requested
10 take immediate steps ito acquire the
country from General Villa" The
resolution was referred to the COM
nittee on federal relations.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
cCMMINS ASKS ACCOUNT
OF VERA CRUZ CUSTOMS

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 9.-senator
Cummins introduced a comprehensive
resolution calling on the president for
detailed information as to the funds
collected by the United States at Vera
Cruz, the demands made for payment
of claims out of such funds and other
facts. The resolution especially wants
Information whether the president IN
tends to pay out such funds without ac-
ton of congress. On objection by Sem
ator Hoke Smith the resolution went
Cvar
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

During the bombardment, by a COM
bined British and French squadron. of
the German positions on the. Belgian
coast, one British vessel is said to have
fired no fewer than 1000 lyddite and
shrapnel shells. So rapid was the fly
ing that some of the guns discharged
IA projectiles Il minute. The action last
ed for IL hours.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
IRON WORKERS SEEK PAROLE.

Leavenworth. Kan, Jan. 9.-The RAJ
pidity with which they constructed a
new cell house Mt the federal prison
was one OF the arguments put forward
convicted in the dynamite conspiracy"
cases at indianapolis. who appeared
before the federal parole board. which
convened here.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

President Billinghurst was deposed in
a brief revolution in February last. It
was expected that Durand would sue
reed him. but he was arrested and de-
ported. On November 30 last the Peru
Wan police confiscated a quantity Of
rifles and war stores which. it was al
legged. had been collected by Dr.. Durand
in connection with an attempt to fo-
ment a revolution in Peru.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

A pigeon flew into an optometrist's
shop in New Bedford through an open
transom and tried to make a meal OF
some expensive lenses in the show win
low. Finding this impossible. the pig
con revengefully scraped together II
pile of lenses and magnifying glasses
and then kicked them about, repeat
ing this exercise several times until the
proprietor interfered.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

James Sutherland. a blacksmith at
Redding. has recently received a check
for 800 from the Canadian government
for services rendered by him in Nova
Scotia in 1866. During the Fenian raid
of that year. when Canada was alarmed
from one end to the other. thousands
Joined the militia and Sutherland, with
others, drilled faithfully in Nova SEQ
tin.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Should a mechanical cotton picker
recently invented prove practical. it
will revolutionize the industry in this
country. 1t is a huge contrivance,
driven by n man. much as an auto
mobile is operated. and claim is made
that 1t will pick 95 per cen of the cot
ton without injury to the unripe bolls
or the plants.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Three 2O-franc gold pieces have beea
extracted from the skin of Private
Boissey, now lying wounded I'm a Par
Is hospital. A piece of shrapnel pierced
the pocket OF another soldier. who had
the coins, and who was marching ahead
of him. The projectile and the coins
lodged in the leg of Boissey. who had
not a penny on him before being
WOunled.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

A Japanese inventor has provided an
Iron kettle which bursts into song the
moment the kettle begins to boil. The
sounds are produced by steam bubbles
striking against musical metallic bars
Just above the water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

In Java Dutch government engineers
have built q road bridge more than 100
feet long and with a central span Of
more than 80 feet entirely Of bamboo.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Russia's entire army represents about
: per cent of her population. The car
has 80 many soldiers at his command
tnat during peace times he can dispense
with all but men in the prime of life.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

""rhe coolest thing I ever saw in ac-
ton was that OF a big Highlander.
who MIXED a COW under rifle and shell
fire to get something for his wounded
mates to drink when the water ran
ont" says Private Clarke. of the
Kings Royal Rifles. i'm "A letter home.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
DAKOTA

All the armies fighting in Europe
have now whole troops of men who
have received bicycles instead of re-
mounts. If attacked in large numbers,
the cyclists simply throw their ma
chimes in the middle of the road, where
the spokes and wheels make a perfect
obstacle to charging horses. The
riders then take shelter in the hedges
and pick off the struggling mass.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Successful experiments have been
conducted in Venice with a vessel de-
signed for the work of raising sunken
submarines to the surface. The sub
marines Narvio and Squalo were sub
merged at a depth Of 10 fathoms. and
both We're raised within one hour.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

An automobile has been built for tho
car which can be converted into a
motor sleigh by replacing the front
wheels with n and placing chains
on the rear ones.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

A French army corps is made. up of
"a battalions of rather over 1000 men
each. These are sectioned into eight
regiments. each of three bat%talions.
and these again are formed into four
b%rigades. two of which compose a di-
vision,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
TURKISH LOSSES PLACED
AT $4,000. FLOWER OF ARMY

ePtrograd, Jan. 9-The London Morn
ing Post correspondent says:
THE Russians have destroyed some
thing like $4,000 men, trapped in the
terrible Businesses of the Caucasus
ranges. where. under German COM
manders. they contested the sovereign
ty of Russia on Russian soil.
'"Two Turkish army corps have been
slaughtered and all that remains of
them is a few hundred prisoners.
THE best army corps in the Turkish
army. the Ninth. normally stationed at
Erzerum. led the invasion, supported by
another army corps, drawn apparently
from Van. Neither now exists. The en-
tire command of the Ninth corps was
taken prisoners by a single company or
a Russian regiment. which sufficiently
indicates the condition to which the
corps was reduced.
Except for scattered bands of fugi-
tives. Turkey no longer has any armed
me- on Russian territory. AS this IN
cursion into Russia was directed by
Pasha was reported to have visited
ErZerum in person to arrange the in
vasion-pecnliar satisfaction is felt in
Russia at the disastrous ending of this
vainglorious undertaking.
Turkey Ruined, They Declare.
What the Turks may be thinking
can be guessed by the opinions ex-
pFGSSeu 10 COITeSpOIlueL Oh IAc bOuTSc
Gazette, who. speaking In Turkish, was
favored with some very outspoken COM
ment by a Turkish colonel who was la
ken a prisoner of war. He said:
'Enver Pasha has been u ruin.
This wretched. brainless puppet of Will
helm and Sanders Pasha has brought
Turkey to a pass which imperils the
Ottoman empire. We knew it, but what
can we. the real Turks. do? No. there
is no true Turkey now. 1t is only a
German province. Our armies have
neither clothing nor food
Surrounded on all sides. crushed by
the overwhelming fire of mountain ar
tillery. Maxims and rifles. the Ninth
army corps has been deliberately dc.
stroyed. It's commander. Ished Pasha,
the divisional commanders of the Sew
enteenth. Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth divisions and two other divisional
commanders. with 100 other officers are
prisoners. The artillery. Maxims. am
munition. stores and the entire train
of this corps a fallen into Russian
hands.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

italian tests Of blowing with electric
motors demonstrated that 1t cost about
half as much as II horses had beer
steam blowing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13
EX-PRESlDEMT OF PERU
ORDERED OUT OF CHILE

Santiago, Chile. Jan. 9.-The govern
today ordered Guillermo Billing
hurst, former president of Peru. and
DIR. Augusta Durand to leave Chilean
territory within eight days.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Chez. the native butter of India.
which has been known to keep for cen-
turtles without becoming rancid. is
made by boiling butter until all the
watery particles and curds have been
removed by skimming.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

One of the steamship companies of
Norway has contracted to make six
trips u yea to S~pitzbergen, beginning
with next spring. The vessel will be
equipped with wireless and will carry
passengers. freight and mail. \
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

A convict who escaped from iail at
Lydenburg. South Africa, was car.
turcd on q farm where he was mas
qnerading as o policeman in search Of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Billy. the pet goat Of the Welsh resi-
ment, is, It Is said very much alive
and has marched every mile with tn,
regiment since 1t landed in France"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

German army officers are expert
menttng with rubber foot pontoons to
enable soldiers to walk on water. car
rying heavy loads and using their rifles
freely al the same time.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

So valuable is good date garden soil
that the Arab will refuse $500 an acre
for it. Through ages Of cultivation 1t
gives no indication Of wearing u
hence the exceptional value placed
On II.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

There are about 1900. 900 bicycles In use
In France now. as compared with Zoo
600. ~ years ago.. when the government
began counting them for taxation
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Russia.s population Is Increasing at
the rate of 100000 year, II Is said.
sIt nov stands at about $4,000, 900 Of
which 1~00,O00,000 are peasants.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-13

Portugal Is an agricultural and not
q manufacturing country, and its pros
sperity depends to a large extent on the
success or failure OF the crons.