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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1915-02-19

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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1915-02-19
DE- courde$

HuitiAme liste de donations pour
les afaig6s de Ia guerre.
lDu Camp Champlain,
des w. O. W......... S 1850
Listes pr6c6dentes.. 571.32
Total recueilli 49,. $617.82
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-08
81 Year Old
German Is Chief
Hospital Inspector

|.|IlN, oct. The mm who prob
the oldest to serve actively bon
0wmun army is N,yrrold +'hlrf
N I Inspector .ugrl of ThuIr
went through the campaign of
.,I us hospital inspector then hr
muucks inspector retired five
.... uaD un pension aud then rn
ur the present war llr wis
I.. nurd upon to organize ho~pltu.
u..uuslphcu, and then VA. put Iu
... uf the institution lu IhnIr with
.. H, mds
..N Mrugrr ~ Landau N the
Htr aged 60 uurihrr veteran
1870. ls uur uf the comparatively
... whose son and grandson are act
.. ..Nmg along with him In the
... llr volunteered from Karlsruhe
HO aud now ls uuu.ummi,
H officer m the ,rrundirr Body
umm. lli, SON. Slrgmuud Mrt1grr
..H ~. D., q corporal In u forrr stu
...u 700 Karlsruhe. The latter, sou
A. Years old. isu non.commi~,luurd nt
U.H Boo q lHdru infantry regiment
... % the trout
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-08
DOPE KINGFALLS
FOR POLICE TRAP
STOOL Pigeon and Marked Money
Prove Downfall of Long
Watched Geo. MunSOn

n7Iil, ....,
'''''"''''''"' '' '''' ''-
"l' 'a''h'S occurred Thursday
"'thl when the man higher mp fell
into ihc hnndS Of the law. after q
'h1lu Of evidence had been prepared
when the police say is the most ,uu
'.l-hr of any similar ease they have
ever handled. George ". NlW-ou is
.n" principal I'm the ease. and " g.
Nh- md Andy Davis are his assoc
.H'r-
Ihr rll~r by which Nluu-uu va,
m-hi came AS the climax ur Il months
...N. lh" police feeling Sure that Nun
..n was the person who had been fur.
1..'n- dozen or. more shop heads
""' drugs, and yet ~o clever was hle
N.I" mat the officers were unable 10
obtain the necessary evidence against
.NI MI day Thursday Captain SIn.
Zoo. ANA Detective Charlie Baker
N"'h'0 ON their plnns for MunSou.s ar
".' using u confirmed drug user a.
% come "u.
'1l' ln the evening everything vn-
.h I'N'IIll's', ana the woman who has
.'"I ih police court dozens of time.
". charges OF Nup" usIug and vugwurl
.'.'d mp MImson on the telephone
'N 'H" presence Of Baker and NHlon
\ m' 'rrIous conversation ensured ln
"."l the woman finally said She
90. ] H..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
TO HONOR DEAD
: MONDAY WEEK
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE BEING
ARRANGED-FRANK w. NIT
CHELL WILL BE THE
SPEAKER.

Frank w. Mitchell, a local attor-
ney, will be the speaker at the annual
Memorial day exercises at the city
hall auditorium on Monday after
noon, May 81. Inasmuch as Memorial
day falls on Sunday this year, the
day following has been designated as
the one on which to observe the oc-
.casion.
In the forenoon, the parade to the
cemeteries north of the city will be
held. Company F. and TIL eboy scouts
will march in uniform. Earl b. Row
ley, captain of Company +, will be
marshal of the parade. The after
noon program is in charge of c. II.
Kibbee of the G.. A. X.
The annual memorial sermon will
be preached at the First Methodist
Episcopal church on Sunday evening
by the pastor, DR.. J. S. Hoagland. The
w. r. c. and G. A. II. Will meet at
their hall at 7:3O O'Clock and march
to the church in a body.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
R WITH GIRL,
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Wagner. s. D.-After a quarrel
with his sweetheart, Daniel Hebner
we'll known young man, fired q bull
let from a 327calibre revolver into
his body with intent to end his life.
The only reason why his attempt was
not successful was because OF his
poor Workmanship, for the bullet.
instead of going through his heart.
as he intended, went through his left
lung. The bullet passed entirely
through his body and broke the plas-
ter of the wall directly behind him.
The difficulty with his sweetheart
was due to jealousy. The attempt on
his life was made within a few min
utes after the QUARREL the young
man proceeding to his lodgings and
striving to end his life with a re-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
SIS, 900 FORTUNE is
AWAITING CLAIMANT

Hayti. S. D.---Far inland and per-
sonal property TO the value of more
than $4,000 is awaiting Il claimant
as the result of the sudden death a
day or two ago Of John Cannon, a
pioneer settler OF Hamlin county, a
bachelor, who was found dead in the
modest little cabin on one of his
farms. The county authorities, after
a search for relatives of the dead
man, located a sister in New York
City, and the property left by Gan
non doubtless will go to her.
The larger portion of the estate
OF the dead man consisted of two
quarter sections OF fine farm land
800 acres-which is valued at not
less than $40 an acre.
The dead man was something of a
hermit. During the more than thirty
years that he resided in Hamlin
county, he was very s%ecretive, v
alluding to his relatives or other
family matters or mingling with any
of his neighbOrs. 1t is believed that
in early life he was disappointed in
love and decided to strive to forget
the past on a homestead in then
little known Dakota Territory.
Not observing the old man about.
a neighbor called at his home and
found him suffering with pneumon-
The neighbours offer to procure
medicine for him was accepted, and
when the neighbor hours later call
ed at the cabin with the medicine he
found the old man dead in bed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA IN LUX.
URY WITHOUT EXTRA FARE.

Through Weekly Tourist Car Service
This year the fare to the Pacific
Coast is extremely low and for this
low fare you can journey to Califor-
MIA in luxury on THE PACIFIC
LIMITED" of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway-the fastest
no-extra fare train to San Francisco.
providing through service, without
change of cars, to both San Francis
co and Los Angeles. Arrives both
termini in the morning, thus givins
a full day to get satisfactorily locat-
ed.
You can visit both California Ex,
positions for the II low fare and
for a few dollars more e the great
"North Wonderland"-the Pacific
North Coast and Puget Sound Coun-
journey home over the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
North Coast line-the pictur-
esaue Trail of the Olympian" which
crosses three mighty mountain ranges
affording scenery in greater extent
than via any other route.
BY all means see the West this
year-the year of low fares-and in
making your itinerary, consider we'll
the complete service and the great
scenic attractions offered by the Chi
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
COUNTY SETTLER
SOLDIER WITH BRITISH

Murdo, S. D.-Robert Watts, a
former homesteader of Lyman county
could not resist the temptation to get
into the thick of the fray in Europe,
and has written his friends from Eng
land, to which country he recently
went, that he had enlisted in the
"Black Watch" (Royal Highland
ers) regiment and was leaving for
the front with his regiment. Dur
ng his residence in Lymon county
his wife died, leaving the husband
and three small sons. Later the
father and sons removed to New
York state. He was born in England.
Last fall he made a brief visit to his
Lyman county friends and visited at
the grave of his wife in Murdo
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM FATAL HURT
ELMER STAGE, SON OF WALTER
STAGE, THROWN BY NECK
FROM AUTOMOBILE SEAT.

Only providential intervention Sun
Gay afternoon saved Elmer Stage, the
lS-year-old son of Walter Stage. a
farmer living seven miles west of
Mitchell, from sudden death in an
automobile accident. AS the affair
terminated, the youth has only some
painful scratches on his neck.
While driving the automobile on
the road west of the city, the young
man suddenly lost control of the
machine and it crashed into a barbed
wire fence ON the side of the road.
The wire tore the Windshield OF the
machine and catching young Stage
by Nhe neck, pulled him into the
rear seat. He was alone at the time
of the accident.
The automobile stopped when it
ran on to plowed ground after going
through the fence. The youth then
climbed into the front seat and
started for the home of Martin
Nagel, a quarter of a mile away. He
was covered with blood as he drove
into the Nagel yard and tainted when
the members of that family came
running out.
On examination it was seer that
the barbed wire had cut the neck of
the young man and inflicted painful
injuries, although they were not
fatal. 1t appeared almost miracul-
u that the barbs had not severed
an artery or the shock of the blow
had not broken his neck when the
machine crashed through the fence.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
BOUCHER'S SON
STILL. LIVING
ABERDEEN YOUTH is SERVING
IN CANADIAN BATTALION
CUT TO PIECES NEAR
YPRES.

Aberdeen, S. D.-Judge l.. T.
Boucher Just received word that
his son John Boucher. who is
with the Montreal Highlanders be-
fore Ypres, defending that strong.
hold from the Germans is alive ane
safe after the fierce o~nslaughts OF
the Germans in the big four days
battle, April % to 25 inclusive.
Boucher's battalion was almost
totally cut to pieces by the German
attack, and ever since the dispatches
relating the awful account of that
scene We're received here, the judge
has been ~anXiOuSly awaiting news
either n way or the other.
The note received simply said, q
am WE'LL" and II am safe" 1t was
on II of the official. war postal
cards which the soldiers are allowed
TO use for communication. Every
thing that a soldier is allowed to say
is printed on the cards. What he does
not want to say he crosses of, but
the addition of q single word beyond
what is printed, inyalidates the card,
and it is cast aside by the censor.
Wanted Excitement.
Young Boucher served in the
American navy as a gunner, but it
was too quiet there to suit him, and
so when circumstances permitted it,
he went to Canada where he joined
the Montreal Highlanders, Owing to
his experience as a gunner. he was
assigned to q machine gun in Battery
A. 14th battalion, First Montreal
regiment.
At the battle OF Ypres. where the
Germans used a~sphyziating gases
for the first time. Boucher's battal-
ion together with the 18th battalion
was on the extreme left of the Brit
ish line, with the French to their left.
The. German assault drove the French
lines back southwest for a distance
of five miles to the User canal, thus
leaving the British left wing held
by the 13tn and 14th battalions eX-
posed TO front and flank attacks by
the Germans.
Official reports of the casualties
show these two battalions to have
suffered more than any others thus
far during the. var Boucher's card
was dated on April 81, two days after
the 1iercest part of the battle, thus
showing that he has thus far escap-
eG the German gases, shrapnel, shells
and bullets.
Since the battle, the French have
regained much of the ground lost,
the Germans only holding a short
distance of the User canal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
ASLEEP, FALLS
FROM HIS PLOW
BON HOMME COUNTY YOUTH SUE
FERS SERIOUS INJURIES AS
\ RESULT.

Scotland, S. DAZZLING asleep
while riding on a pillow while he vas
blowing in a field on his fathers
farm proved costly to Herbert Frank
the 14-year-old>son of Gottlieb Frank
a well known Bon Homme county
farmer. The boy while. it is believ-
ed, asleep fell from his seat on the
plow directly under the heels of the
horses attached to it. and one of
them kicked him severely in the side
of the head. Several of his teeth were
knocked out, the whole side of his
face was bruised and cut and it Is
feared some of the bones were crush
ed. Since receiving the injury the
boy has been delirious most of the
time and at intervals becomes so lio-
lent that it requires the greatest az
ortion on the part of two or three
men to hold him in his bed. Because
of this condition it is feared his
brain has been injured. The boys
condition is regarded as critical. He
was a bright, manly young fellow
and was proving of great assistance
to his father.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
MISSION FIELD
IN BALKANS SEEN
DIR. Il. T.. SCHWAB DELIVERS
LECTURE ILLUSTRATED
WITH VIEWS ON Sun
nAN EVENING.

AT the Congregational church last
evening a large audience enjoyed an
illustrated lecture covering a por-
tion of the mission work of the Amer
lean Congregational board in the
fields of the Balkan states of Ser
via, Albania and Bulgaria. These
countries we're involved in the re-
cent Balkan war, and it was in Ser
via that the assassination of an Aus
trian prince led on to the present
European war.
These missions comprise a part of
the work included in the formerly
~so-called Turkish mission field. For
ty colored slides were shown, por-
traying the scenery of the countries,
their industries of transportation,
homes of the people and public build
ings. OF special interest were slides
showing photographs of a large com
pany of missionaries of both the Con-
gregationaI and neighboring Method
ist missions, and in detail the work
OF the Congregational field, groups
of workers, school buildings. church
es, Y. NC. A. and students Of all
grades down to the kindergarten.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, for whose ram
som from capture by brigands the
United States government paid $780,
900 was for many years employed
a missionary in this field. This
mission is an old and established II
successful in every way and has
wrought a religious, educational and
moral revolution that is recognized
the governments of the respective
DR.. E. r. Schwab gave an inter
lecture in connection with the
illustrations that was full of i%nstruc-
tive information. On next Sunday
evening the subject will be continued
and forty more colored slides will
be shown.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
U. S. GUNS WILL
SHOOT 81 MILES
PERFORMANCE Or GERMANS
NEAR DUNKIRK COULD EASI-
IN BE DUPLICATED BY
AMERICAN WEAPONS.

Washington. d. C.-When the
German a%rtillerists recently planted
a battery of big guns G Ypres,
Belgium, and shelled Dunkirk,
France. nearly % miles distant, they
fought the greatest long-distance
battle ever known in modern war
fare.
1t took the %propectile l07 seconds
to make the journey from the weap-
on to the target and, having been
fired at a great angle, it reached a
maximum height of about seven
miles in the purse of it's flight.
The latest model of American ma
val gun of 12-inch bore can easily
duplicate this performance.
The extreme range of the newest
type of American 12-inch gun is 81
miles.
In actual battle it is not the pur-
pose to do more with this new ~
inch gun than penetrate II inches
of krupp armor at 5000 yards range.
and yet this same weapon has the
ability to hit a point 81 miles dis
tant with a projectile that would OBJ
tain an altitude of 10 miles in the
highest point of it's flight.
1t is merely a matter of angles. In
normal battle there guns will be
used in what is known as direct
firing, OF low angle firing. Their nor
NAL angle of elevation when fred will
not exceed Is degrees for the 5000
yards range. But by restoring to
high-grade firing, by training the gun
at an angle of 45 degrees, using the
proper powder charge, the necessary
weight of projectile, and fitting the
12-inch naval gun on a proper gun
carriage so that it may be fired like
a howitzer, the staggering range of
$4,000 yards or 81 miles can be
covered by it's projectile.
Not only has the American navy
such a gun, but the United States
army is able to make a similar
boast. The long-nosed 12-inch coast
deefnse gun, which is built like Il
marine gun, also is able to throw a
shot weighing 700 pounds a distance
of 81 miles when fired from a prop
erly constructed carriage, at an an
gle OF As degrees, and with the re-
quisite velocity.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20

submarine blockade, it nevertheless
is true that the fundamental differ
ence between the two countries
arises from the effort to use the sub
marine for blockade purposes.
Germany, on the other hand, will
no doubt maintain that the introduce
ton of the sea-golng submarine into
naval warfare as a dominant factor,
has in itself abrogated international
rules made before the submarine was
in use and without n reference to
it. In a word, Germany is seeking in
this war to establish a precedent un-
der which the submarine can be en-
pIoyed for the indiscriminate sinking
of enemy merchant vessels. 1t will
be commended, as in the past, by Ger
many, that, under this new departure
in naval warfare, the lives Of neu-
trails should be protected by their
refusal to take passage upon ships
owned in any of the nations at war.
1t is Il much mooted question just
now whether or not the crew of q
vessel carrying contraband or muni-
tions of war is entitled to safe deliv-
erance in case of attack upon or
seizure of the vessel. 1t will be Ger
many's contention that the men in
charge of such a ship are in reality
engaged in the war, just as much
as the engineers and brakemen run
ming a railroad train hauling, among
other articles, ammunition and war
equipment. Heretofore it has been
the regular practice to rescue all
such crews, but now the effort APP
pears to be to make any ocean car
. VASh OAL NpdhIu w IuuillltOItS
OF war as unsafe as a military train
! or near a land war zone.
Really, it is an immense question
at issue. IL Germany yields, then
British supremacy of the seas will
probably remain unquestioned. II
Germany succeeds in clinging to the
submarine as a proper instrument for
carrying out a blockade as well as
attacking armed vessels, it may O
sibly be the means of seriously inn
pairing the British naval strength
or at least it may effect the termina-
ton Of the a II the submarine is
made supreme as a result of its un-
restricted S in this war, it probably
would revolutionize naval. warfare
and d greatly to the safety of iso-
lated nations like the United States.
~. NM Hr
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
MAKES $50 MILES
in SIXTEEN HOURS
J. w. PARMLEY FINISHES CROSS.
STATE RUN ONLY l5 MINUTES
LATE DESPITE RAIN AND
rs MUD.

Aberdeen, s .D.-J. w. ParmleS
on Saturday drove $50 miles across
the state of South Dakota, starting
at Lennon IS. d., at A O'Clock in the
morning and reaching Ortonville
MINI, at S:15 O'Clock in the evening
on a day on which rain fell steadily
practically all the way, the mud al
some points being six inches deep
Mr.. Parmley is a we'll known capital.
list. politician. legislator and good
roads booster of Ipswich, S. d. He
has been prominent in Republican
politics in South Dakota for a long
time. and was Mentioned" in 1914
as the party candidate for governor
and for congress from the Second
district, both of which positions he
s~idestepped, but when he was offered
the position of president of the Twin
Observation-Disclosures Park
Trail association he accepted with al
acrity. The trip Saturday was de.
signed to demonstrate the condition
OF the Yellowstone Trail in South Da-
kota. With NJ. B. Bayne as driver
and Matt Kerr as machanician, and
with local newspaper men accom-
panying the party. the trip was made
with only minor mishaps, and with
in a few minutes of the scheduled
time, Notwithstanding the roads were
heavy all the way. and there was a
delay of nearly an hour at Ipswich
to change tires. The start was made
at Lennon at A O'Clock in the morn
ing. After a drive of ten miles,
muddy roads were encountered, and
they were encountered all the way
to Mcintosh, where the first stop was
made, at 1855 o'clock. or five minutes
ahead of schedule. When the car
reached Mclaughlin at 7:15 it was
fifteen minutes ahead of schedule.
Then the mud fats of the Missouri
bottom were struck, and the going,
was hard, at spots the mud reaching
to the hub. and the intermediate gear
was used. But time was made and
the car reached Mobridge still fif-
teen minutes ahead of schedule.
After lunch at Mobridge, the
Journey resumed. but trouble
with the mud chains developed and
Selby was reached with but ten min
utes of the lead over the schedule
left. After leaving Selby, of the
mud chains broke and was lost, but
Roscoe was reached six minutes
of schedule. At Ipswich new
mud chains were put on, occasioning
still further delay, and in order to
make up loss time the trip from Ip-
10 Aberdeen was made at a
5O-mile an hour gait, the party
reaching here at 2 O'Clock, Just ten
minutes behind schedule.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20

Nom made the trip in the patrol
wagon. When they saw the tramp
standing in the light OF an arc lamp
John whispered to Charlie and Char
lie nodded his head in agreement.
There was a suspicious fullness
about the figure of the lad; the skin
of his arms was too smooth and
white; his feet We're too small; the
voice, particularly in laughter, was
contralto, not the bass OF an 1S-year
old boy.
What's your name?' demanded
one of the coppers.
Peoria BIZ said the prisoner.
You've got a lady here" Charlie
Mohr remarked to the railroad Off
GERS. And then they started to head
quarters with Peoria Bill.
Peoria Bill was game. She marched.
into the captains office with her cap
stuck at a jaunty angle, her hands
In her trousers pockets. Really, she
made a very satisfactory boy.
Captain Weaver looked at her cri-
tically and said:
You cant run around here in
clothes like that"
why not?' asked Peoria Bill.
Because it's against the law for
women to dress in mems Clothes"
I'm not a woman"
What is your real name, little
girl?"
well, my name is Edna Freeman"
h girl gave up the attempt to per-
suade the police she was a boy, with
a pretty shrug of her shoulders and
at Captain Weaver's urging told how
she came to he here.
81 live at Cuba. H." she said.
My folks are there, but nay brother
has gone to Mitchell, S. d.. to work.
| Just couldn't get along without him.
80 i got a job in Peoria and
made enough money to get this out
fit of clothes and l started out last
Sunday night with So.
I'VE got by without any trouble
until we got into Iowa.
WEI" challenged the captain.
WHO was with you?"
Peoria Bill blushed and hung her
head and said a girl friend of hers
had made the trip with her, but had
left her at Valley Junction to go to
Ruthaven, la.
I'VE slept in a dead-head way cal
at Valley Junction." said the girl.
Didn't anybody suspect you were
a girl?" asked Captain Weaver.
Not till l got to Des Moines,"
| said Peoria Bill.
I'VE got thrown off at Silvis. Ill.,
said the girl with resentment. when
[ get back there / am going to work
on the yard man when he isn't look
ing. He kicked me in the back of
the head and sent me rolling. Two
fellows took me and my pail called
her Joe off the train and searched
us. They didn't get wise we were
girls.
after that We got onto a gondola
car to ride the night and there were
twenty hoboes in it. We hunted an
| other place to ride. We stuck around
the water tanks along with the other
buns and they thought we were fell
lows"
Edna Freeman was given a place
in the m%atron's ward TO sleep last
night. She viii have to change her
lclothes back to skirts here and it is
probable her parents or her brother
will be communicated with.
The matron almost had a fit when
! Peoria Bill was taken to the woman's
ward to spend the night.
you ought to know better than
to bring a great big boy like that
up here to stay" she said.
Then Peoria Bill laughed and the
matron penetrated the disguise.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-20
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Pierre, S. DIN the supreme
court today opinion swere handed
down in the following cases:
BY McCoy:-Ole N. Flisbrand VS..
M. Chris Madison ct al, Kingsbury,
Affirmed.
BY Whiting:-:John c. Noziska ct
al, vs.. A. X. Aten, Jr., Trip.
Affirmed.
c. O. Armstrong VS.. c. M. and st.
P. Railway Company, Minnehaha,
Affirmed.
BY Smith:-Frederlck Barnard ct
al, VS.. G. d. Tidrick, Brule, Affirmed.