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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-07
FERRIS PAINTS R0SEATE
PICTURE OF STATE

Washington Dee. 7.--Ohlahoma was
never as prosi erous and the state
never in lie Ter shape financially than
at the present time, is the word
brought to Washington by Congress
man Scott Ferris Of Lawton, who has
re emily been i'm every nook and cor
ner Of the commonwealth
Every cotton picker is carrying a
checl, book: the farmers are FLYING
high. Crops were never more boun-
tiful or prices for farm produces r;sn.
er. The oil business is booming and
many a fellow that didn't have
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-07

aIclA, he ADDED, must be cfusheu
out They are not many but they
are inff1itely malignent and the hand
Of our power should close over them
at once
Transportat on rrobem.
Turning again to military questions,
the president said he might find it
advisable to call into systematic con-
sultation with the directing officers
OF the army and navy, men of recog-
nizod ability who are familiar, for ex-
ample, with the transportation facil-
tiles OF the country and therefore
competent to advise how they may
be co-ordinated when the need arises.
Those who can suggest the best way
to bring about Rrom9t cooperation
among the manufacturers, and those
who could assist TO bring lie tech
nical skill OF the country to the aid
OF the government in the solution of
problems of defense. He said he
ui-ht later ask congress for an ap-
preparation to defray the expenses OF
such work. ~
The President tod the members he
might address them again later on
commercial conditions about which
legislation has been passed, una
which are likely to change rapidly
after the war when the nations of Eu-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-07

arcay he added "must be crushed
out They are not many but they
are infi1itely malignent and the hand
of our power should close over them
at once
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-07

-T3IkES RICH OF POOJ.
This advertisement was first .
81 oo Ot ou Jec9 Wells ou
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Steals Horse Twice.

Bisoh.-Abbie Shoop, Is years Of
age, is In custody of the Perkins coun-
ty authorities on the charge of horse
stealing. He is accused Of stealing a
horse from Charles Blade, a home
steader living ear Glendo. He is
further charged with having sold the
stolen horse to an innocent purchaser.
from whom he restole the animal and
fed, being overtaken and captured
near Reader. Young Shoop was a
friend OF the man from whom he orig
inally stole the horse and had fire.
Quently zone to the Blade homestead.
He first borrowed another horse and
saddle and then went to the Blade
homestead at night and placed the
saddle on the Blade horse. abandon
ing the other one. At Ludlow he
sold the stolen horse and that night
again stole it and disappeared. finally
being traced to the point where was
captured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Masons Advocate Peace.

Watertown.-That MasOns OF the
world are able to and should exert
strong influence toward ending the
war in Europe was the keynote Of the.
brating the dedication of the new
Mansonic temple in Watertown. Pres
sure along this line was strongly
urged by N. A. Harmon. of Yankton.
Other speakers We're Frank Millard,
of Candy. Mimi; William Milligan, OF
Aberdeen: Thomas Ferris, of Usage,
Ia; Benjamin +. Ives, of Huron. and
Marshall X. Brown, of Sioux Falls. r
S. Lochart presided as POSTMASTER.
Eight hundred attended.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
ACC|DENTLY CAUGHT
OLD NEWSPAPER Is cLEW THAT
LEADS TO MAIL THtEF'S
ARREST.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
what 10 Going On Here and There
That 10 Of Interest to the Read
ere Throughout South Dako-
u and Vicinity.

Western Newspaper Union News servca
DeadwoOd.--How a st. Paul news
paper was the means of trapping John
Dahl, a mail clerk on the Mobridge-
Aberdeen run, who has just been sent
to the federal p~enitentiary for robbing
the mails of money. has come to light.
The details of Dahls operations and
final downfall are interesting and
cover nearly a years time.
Early last fall local postoffice au-
thOrities found shortages in the
mailed remittances from the postmas-
ter at Red Owl, in Meade county.
This mail zones by way of Aberdeen.
P~ostoffice Inspector Fleming. then of
this district, but now Of Minnesota,
was put on the trail. Then shortages
from other Offices began to be report
ed, the opening and resealing of the
letters occurring somewhere en- route.
Finally a letter containing a remit
lance of $1,000 in currency dispatched
to the p~ostoffice here arrived and vas
found to have only a copy of a st. Paul
newspaper, then thirty hours old.
Then Inspector Fleming got busy. He
hurried to st. Paul and proceeded to
trace the exact course of that news.
paper from the minute it left its st.
Paul destination. He found that it
could not have proceeded further west
than Mobridge, S. D., when someone
substituted it for the currency in the
letter. Then putting other minor
clews together. everything pointed to
the guilt Of John Dahl, the Mobridge.
Aberdeen clerk. First Dahl denied his
guilt. but on seeing the evidence pile
up he finally broke down and con
fessed. He showed the detectives
where he had secreted most OF the
money he had distracted from the
letters on his run and nearly all Of 1t
was recovered. Dahl was not a
spend"r and previously had borne a
good reputation, but is believed to
have been obsessed with a get rich
quick" idea.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Youno Man Admits BURGLARY.

Peever.-Traced to a farm near
Peever where he was working, John
Barnett, Q young man, arrested on
suspicion of being the mysterious
burglar who in Merch broke into the
hardware store of Edward Savage at
Summit, and escaped with a large
number OF knives, azors and revolv-
ers. The arrest was made by Sheriff
Minder. who was armed with a search
warrant. BY authority Of this he
searched the room Of the young man
in the farm house. finding practically
everything which had been taken
rom the Summit hardware store. Bar
nett confessed the deed and stated
to the officers that he had no accom-.
plices. He furnished a bond for his
appearance at the next term of state
circuit court, when he will be tried.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Plans Funeral in Good Health.

Yankton.-Arrangements which Mrs.
Zimmerman. a Sioux Indian woman,
perfected while in good health. were
Craried out at the wOman's funeral.
One month ago. when Mrs. thinner
man was in the best of health, she
called an undertaken to her home, in
.structing him to bring his catalogs
her monument and casket. She sup
piled the undertaken with an inscrip.
ton she wished carved o N the stone
When the arrangements were com
pleted she wrote out a check covering
the full cost of her funeral. When
she died these arrangements were car.
ried out precisely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Three Cows = Nuisance.

Pierre.-How many cows are a
nuisance" in a town? was the issue
in an Injunction suit argued before
Judge Hughes. OF the circuit court.
here. The town OF Onida, the county
seat of Sully county, has an ordinance
fixing the town COW limit at two for
any one owner and declaring all in
excess of that number to be a nuis-
ance. One resident attempted to keep
q number Of cows within the town
limits for dairy purposes. and the
town authorities came to the court
asking for an Injunction to restrain
that particular citizen from further
maintaining q nuisance within the
town limits. The injunction a
granted. and the bossies will have to
wander outside that town line in the
future.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
EVIDENCE or AUTO BANDITS.
Dry Goods Taken From Store-Sin-
liar Raids Made About Year Ago.

Dry Goods Taken From Store-sim-
liar Raids Made About Year Ago.
Wentworth.-The carrying away OF
5000 worth of goods from general mer-
chandise store of Robert Zimmerman,
in Wentworth, has caused officers to
regard it as certain that expert auto
mobile bandits again have commenced
operations in South Dakota. The
stolen goods consisted of silks, cut
lery and other articles.
The bandits deliberately selected
new suitcases, into which the stolen
goods were placed for greater con-
v%eniences in carrying them away. En-
trance to the store was made through
the front door.
No suspicious characters had been
seer in Wentworth except four hOboes,
who yet were in town when the rob.
berry was discovered, SO they probably
did not commit the wholesale theft.
They may, however, have acted as
scouts for the bandits who committed
the robbery and ESCAPED with the
goods.
That the robbers entered town in an
automobile and left the same way
seem certain.
Similar raids were made about q
year ago in this section and several
merchants suffered heavy losses. run
ming as high as $500 in two instances.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Nab Alleged p. o. Robber.

Winner.-Charles Desersa, an In
dian, was arrested by Postoffice In
spector John J. Gibney on a fedora
warrant charging him with the rob-
berry OF $3.50 from the postoffice at
Wood, S. D., December Is, 1914. The
prisoner was brought before United
States Commissioner Ziebach and
waived preliminary examination, and
was bound over to the federal court
in $1,000 bond. Being unable to fur
nish bond, Desersa was turned over
to the custody of the sheriff of Tripp
county until such time as he can be
taken to the federal prison at Sioux
Falls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Former leoialator Dies.

Elk POint.-H. D. White died here
aged IS years. Mr.. White was one
OF the pioneer citizens OF this county,
coming to Dakota forty-eight years
ago and settling on q homestead three
miles east of town. He retired about
six years ago and moved to town. He
was one of the wealthy citizens Of this
county, owning considerable land In
this vicinity. He was a member OF
the legislature in 1890-91, and also
served as assessor for this township
for many years. He u survived By .
grown family.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21

Washington. May 1.-THE United
States cruiser New Orleans ct Manzan-
lilo was under orders to sail from
there to Guaymas, Mexico, where she
will join the cruiser Raleigh in ex-
tending aid II necessary to the Ameri-
can colony in the Yaqui valley. at
tackled by indians. Orders to the New
Orleans were dispatched by Secretary
Daniels following receipt of unofficial
advices which said that several Amer.
leans had been killed In the Yaqui val
ley.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Road eooster. at Fairfax.

Fairfax.-The Washington Memorial
highway congress and barbecue which
war held here last week proved a
great succe in every particular.
Fifteen hundred people from the sur
rounding country came to Fairfax to
enjoy the barbecue and listen to the
addresses from prominent good roads
enthusiasts. The speakers were Col.
c. w. Thatcher. the promoter and
pathfinder: p. w. Peterson and C. ]
Cunderson, attorneys Of vermillion:
". E Holmes. Of Sioux City, ana G.
4. il hnsou. OF Fairfax.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Good income From Cows.

Pierre.-R. H. Schnee, living near
Kadoka. gives the figures to show that
his income from sixteen cows for the
ten months from May to February, in.
elusive, was over 81, 200, counting the
cream used by the family at So per
month for that time. He sold cream
to the amount of 1928. 20, and has as
the increase of the cows fifteen
calves which he could sell at $50 q
head, or $3.50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Held on Serious CHARGE.

Dallas.-Frank Warneke, a farmer
living near Colome. was arrested by
Marshal Cunningham, Of Colome, and
charged with assault and battery upon
a l~2-year-old girl, the daughter OF
Felix Vatzel, a neighboring farmer.
After an investigation OF the matter
the charge was changed to an assault
to commit a p and at the preliminary
hearing the prisoner was held to the
circuit court under a bond OF 1900.
which he was unable to furnish.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Farmer Shoots Sell.

Bradley.-While temporarily insane
Lewis Kalhammer, a well-to-do farmer
residing near Bradley. committed sui
eide by shooting himself with a shot
gun. Domestic trouble. over which he
had been brooding for some time, is
supposed to have been the cause Of
his act.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Foodlsss Army Approaches U. 8.

Winnipeg, May 17.-Split into two
divisions Ave miles apart. without food
but with . grim determination to cross
the border into the United States. an
army Of 1000 unemployed men. mostly
A~ustrfans. who left Winnipeg, is
marching south. The men. who will
reach the border shortly. are without
leaders and most Of them cannot
speak English. They have refused to
turn back. - advised by the Canadian
constabulary, and they say they will
cross the border.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
Aberdeen Student Wins At Tennis.

Aberdeen.-Clayton Walker, OF
Aberdeen, was an easy winner in the
tennis matches in the state high school
track meet here, winning the prelim-
inaries and the semi.hnals and final
In the singles. while he and his part
ner, Morris, met with the same sue
cess in the doubles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21

NATION BACKS PRESIDENT.

: Cleveland, May H.-Oele0ates
: TO the World Court congress read
= President Wilson's note to Ger.
= many with grave concern. Al
" agreed that, whatever contingency
" arises, the government will re-
> eeive the firm support Of the ma
= tlon.
1.-THE American public will stand
: back Of the government in any
" exioency which arises" said John
: Hays Hammond, chairman Of tho
: congress.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
WASHINGTON.

The federal reserve board viii e.
tablish On May q . clearing system
between reserve banks. to reduce the
amount OF money kept In transit and
thus held out Of circulation.
In the local areas Of Kansas, Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma and Nebraska, the
Hessian ny. during the past fortnight,
Has been found IN large numbers In
tho wheat fields, according to reports
reaching the Department Of Agricul-
ture Some farmers have become
alarmed TO the extent Of replanting
some OF their fields Of corn.
Carranxa troops have r~eoccupied
Panuco, In the oil well region, near
Tampico. according 70 the state de-
partment. The villa force evacuated
May 5 and the Carran1a force march
"a In.
Cotton used during April was
E13,e1O bales, exclusive Of lintels, COM
pared with 4s9.64s IN April last year.
fAe census bureau announced. Dur.
sfne the nine months ending April 80
coeton used was 4.O91.1s5 bales.
Aeoinet 4.1el.Dss n tho same period
hosploFions rear.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
GERMAN EMBASSY SILENT:
WILSON'S COURSE PRAISED

Washington. May 1.-THE note sent
to Germany by the United States gov
eminent % . sequel to the Lusitania
disaster was delayed In transmission
because Of congested cables.
Secretary Bryan received ! message
from Ambassador Thomas Nelson
Page at Rome saying the note. which
had been addressed to the American
embassy there to be forwarded by
telegraph. had arrived ct 2 p. m. and
that In an hour and forty minutes II
had been copied and relayed to Berlin
by telegraph. via Vienna.
Reply Expected IN Week.
It will take . week 1t least for the
answer from Germany to the American
note to be prepared and received here,
In the opinion Of diplomatists and ON.
Gals.
The note Ia in English, and in all
probability It will not be necessary to
have It translated before being formal
" considered. When the German gov.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21

Thirty-ive thousand harvest hands
are wanted in Kansas to handle the
1915 bumper wheat crop, the state
free employment bureau estimates.
Admiral George Dewey Is the new
commander of the Vermont comman-
Diary Of the Military Order Of the
Loyal Legion. He was elected at the
annual meeting at Burlington.
According to investigations by
George A. Dean. state entomologist.
at Manhattan, Kan, the damage to
the wheat crop by the Hessian fly
will amount to / 10000, 900 in that
state.
Ten million pounds Of canned meat
was bought from Chicago packers by
the British government last week. Ar.
mour & Co. had the bulk Of the order.
Shipments we're begun at once.
After consideration lasting several
months the Federal Reserve board
has virtually decided that 1t will al
low state banks to enter the federal
reserve system with the right to with
draw and surrender membership II
they SO desire.
Oklahoma will need from 10000 to
$4,000 men to gather the wheat crop.
Labor Commissioner Ashton an
nounced at Oklahoma City. Wages
will range from 81 to s. a day. Cut
ting will start from June / to IL, &C
cording to location.
Colonel Jared L. Sanderson, aged
-. organizer and chief owner of the
stage coach company which first es-
tablished q passenger and freight
traffic from Kansas City through
New Mexico and the southwest to
Los Angeles. died at Boulder. Colo.
Mayor William Hale Thompson Of
Chicago has issued a proclamation
fixing July q as Chicago day at the
Panama-Pacifc International EXPOSE
ton. It was said Mayor Thompson.
Governor Dunno and United States
Senators J.. Hamilton Lewis and L.
Y. Sherman would attend the exposi-
ton on Chicago day.
Charitable work IN behalf OF the
sufferers IN America and abroad was
the principal topic discussed at the
final session of the forty-third biennial
convention Of the Order Of Birth
Abraham at Philadelphia. The dele
gates voted to tax each of the $4,000
members Of the order rs cents apiece.
This fund will he for the aid OF the
Jewish war sufferers.
Whether Baptists should Join with
other denominations In various phases
OF Christian work became a para
mount question before the Southern
Baptist convention at Houston, and
opponents Of such cooperation were
| victorious when the committee on
Sunday school work announced It's op-
| position to the worldwide Baraca and
| Philathea classes found In many Bap-
tist Sunday schools.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21


The Russian government announced
that instruction had been given the
ministry Of finance to issue = second
lnternal loan Of 1000, 0OO, 900 rubles
(@6Oo. 000. o00).
a dispatch from Cracow to Geneva
eay6 that the losses Of the Austrians
and Germans since May / amount to
1861 0 officers and e Losses OF
the Russians in prisoners are placed
at $4,000.
4 dispatch to the Exchange Tele.
graph from Rome says 1t is officially
announced that that part Of the triple
alliance treaty concerning Austria,
Was abrogated May 1.
The German war ONCE announces
that IN the recent fighting In Galicia
and Russian Poland 143.5oo Russians
have been captured. It also states
that sixty.nine cannon and 255 ma
chine guns were taken.
Another b~attleship, the Goliath. the
ehird that the British have lost since
The attack on the Dardanelles began,
has hssn torpedoed by the Turks. and
q the crew Of 100 or more only $50,
lncluding twenty officers. were saved.
WscOunt Haldane, lord high chan
oellor, IN the British house Of lords,
1ntimated that the government was
considering the necessity Of depart
1ng from the voluntary system OF mil
1tary enlistments and resorting to
draft service throughout the kingdom.
Newspaper dispatches from Swift
serland report Austrians and Ger
mans are fleeing from all parts OF
Italy. A Geneva dispatch asserts
ahat ok hundred thousand italians
have been concentrated at Verona.
twenty-five miles from the Austro-
Hungarian frontier.
Tho cost Of the war In British ships.
not including warships, thus far has
BEEN 3O1 vessels. The loss Of life
Has been 1856. DR.. Thomas ]. Mac
Namara. parliamentary secretary Of
the admiralty. rave these figures In
The house Of commons In response to
= question from Lord Charles Beres-
ford.
Germany has expressed regret to
The United States for the loss OF Am
orican lives In the Lusitania disaster.
bat Il ID declared that Great Britain,
~ reason Of her starvation" prac-
tices against the German civilian
stipulation and because her merchant
men are armed and carry ~contraband
- var, 10 responsible for the sending
- the liner to the bottom.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
SPORTING


A bill tc legalize ten round boxing
matches In Michigan was vetoed BY
Governor Ferris.
Iowa Falls High school won the
state championship in debating at
Iowa City, defeating Pomeroy.
Yousin Hussane and Charley Cut.
Ter wrestled three and one-half hours
at Louisville, Ky. without . fall, In
q match said to be for the heavy.
weight wrestling championship Of the
United States.
Two university worlds records were
broken In track for goods at Lincoln
when Miss Koch made . fifty.yard
dash in s IS seconds, and Miss Reed
made . four-foot high Jump.
Princeton's won the race for
the Child's cup 1T Princeton, n. J.,
By . half ! boats length. Columbia.
the favorite In the race. was second
and Pennsylvania third. This ID the
Arst time Princeton has won the cup
since 1881.
John Freberg. the Chicago heavy
weight wrestler, proved no match for
Joe Stecher In their match ut Ere.
mont. Neb. Stecher won in straight
falls, the ihrst in one minute and ten
seconds and the second IN three min.
nfAs md thirty-eix seconds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21

New Orleans Was named 10 tn
1915 convention city and officers wers
oaected at the iinal session Of the Ma
1tooal Retail 0rocers' association .
IAN Francisco.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-21
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
eaeludss What 10 Going On at Wash
lnoton and In Other Sections Of
the Country.
WAR NEWS.

WAX N6w9.
The Russian government announced
that instruction had been given the
ministry Of finance to issue . second
anternal loan OF 1000. 00O, 900 rubles
(36O0, 000. 000).
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-29
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Sisters of the Social Corner: Are the
GisterS losing interest in The Corner?
There gre not as many letters as COM
mon lately. Am sending a few helps.
Lincisum should be vanished every
year and it will not wear off where
1t is walked upon. I do hate to see
an oiFcloth on a floor worn off just
around the edges and look like new
under the stove, or any other article
Something 10 take the place of a
clothespin bag and which is much
more convenient is a small basket fas-
tened onto the line by means of wire
and pushed along as you hang the
clothes up.
wonder how many of the sisters
use paper for polishing window glass :?
1t Is much easier than using a cloth.
Paula: I wonder who you are.
understand you are well acquainted
with Crimson Rambler.
Crimson Rambler: Are your initials
D. M, and do you live near Hauville :?
Snowfall: Does e. NJ. stand for your
name, and do you live on Preston
Plains? / am anxious for your an
ewer.
A Scool Girl: I suppose you will
not be a school girl much longer.
am going to call you up in a few
minutes. Got home safely last night.
Ella Of Canterbury: Have tried US
ing salt on the carpets, also on mat
ting. Like it very much.
PONTIAC.