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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

A zlebach county farmer who re-
ceived compensation from a hail in
surance company on q loss of rs per
cent to his wheat crop, during the
growing season. on account of hail,
has threshed out 81 bushels of wheat
to the acre from that same field. If
it hadn't been for the hail, it is diff
cult to say what that field might have
viaI0pd
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

The quantity of standing timber
now owned by the farmers Of the
United States reaches q huge total. 1t
iis estimated to exceed $50 billion feet
Of saw timber and 1l.3 billion cords
of c0rdwoOd.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

Superintendent Covey of the Stand
ing Rock Indian reservation, has con-
irmed the report that the new flow
ing we'll just sunk at Wakpala con-
tains natural gas in great quantities
which burns freely when a match is
applied to it. Biologists claim there
are indications of oil in several places
In that section of South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

The women Of 10 states can vote for
the next president. These states are
Wyoming. Colorado, Oregon, Arizona
Kansas, Illinois, Nevada. Montana,
Washington, California, Utah and
Idaho. They also vote in Alaska.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
Statement of Ownership

Management, Etc. of the Pierre Free Press pub
lished weekly at Pierre. S. D.. required by act Of
August "a, 1912:
Editor. A. u. Satterlee.
Business Manager. A.. G. Satterlee.
Publisher. A. c. Satterlee.
Known bondholders. mortgages. and other
security holders, holding | per cent or more of
total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other secur-
ties:
First National Bank. Pierre. s346.o
A. C. SATTERLEE,
Editor and Owner.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day
&C October. 1915.
LEW w. SANDYS.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

Wheat advanced in price yesterday
Blk and n eighths cents and seven
and one-half cents respectively for
December and May today, closing at
$1.& and SLOT 7s8. on account Of the
warllke preparations in the Balkans.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

AT whatever risk to whatever repu-
tation for yeracity the Herald may
Shaye. the grain yields will be pubs
iished ven where wheat makes "a
bushels per acre.-Grand Valley
Herald,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

Here is q problem in mental arith-
metic: When wheat yields 81 bushels
per acre, how much Perkins county
land could n buy with the crop on
so acres, supposing wheat sells at 80.
cents = bushel aud land is bought at
the rate of $1,000 per quarter?-Grand
Valley Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

sSS ecokal11 M Soma az tho jadgesgin
Rass osseSatealing II I5setsing 10
Sap crime. and Il 4 con-
y h a66een "A me petty lar
Saexnan convicted 81 this
alssalente0s y thespenlte1n.
Eoenly eiehknSptha / M
yA4a.ny atG 40 Nhen
961ldSS6nx nsen abo1s fke
l9&haNnt flct many
heWest fof
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
BRYNE WILL NOT
BE CANDIDATE

BE CANDIDATE
Beresford Republic. From Pierre,
there comes the word that Governor
Byrne will under no conditions be a
candidate for a third term.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
AUCTION SALE

At the Thomas Whalen place, 81
miles west of Blunt, on Saturday,
Oct. 16: As head of cattle-steers,
heifers and spring calves; 70 head of
horses-mares, geldings and year
lings; shire stallion 6 years old.
MAGNEss BROS,
Auctioneers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
STATEMENT

Auditor and Treasurer's detailed exhibit of receipts and disbursements
in the Comfy of Hughes for quarter lending October 80, 1915, showing
amount of funds in treasury and where deposited.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

/. Count oil Hughes & y H Starkey, Auditor being duly sworn th SAY tat tho exhibit
atrueu and ornectsatemet OF the financial condition of Hughes County as aD-
MS DoCksse ana n the exhibit Isl trNee Statement OF iii Warrants dtawn n tho
COrekI |l~ II n unSv AMsr D
81. HsiA n oouh Au"'oe'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

President Wilson, it seems, is for
woman suffrage, after all. But he
had the women worried about it for a
long time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
Assss. Of County In .Deta,I

Assets OF County In Detail
Total amount Of school moneysloan-
ed. secured BY mortgages and
bonds $500. !. SIT. 1893 on
estimate county IVtl and priorss.. 6u1lOf6
Unpa!a TAX iyiS. county funds -. 3 $40 81.
Unpaid tax, lSlo. county funds .... 316 is
UnPaid tax l9l4 county funds . Is SIS SO
Cash IN county ads.s......---- is 90 "a
house and grounds y
safes and fixtures -, n. ON %
Road machinery $ .735s %
8 sbs.o7o 10
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

Liabilities of County In Detail
Total amount of school money receiv-.
ed up to date ....... .... $,77. 1913 90
warrants issued and in hands of aud
~ ..-.....-..-.. /. 49,. --.... !. j 39y Ol
Warrants outstanding srate of inter
est q per cent 9 s37s 4S
Bonds outstanding. -. 105. OOoO
~ Total -. ]. Z. $3.50 963 ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07

r mnnnaa C Ike. .. ...... ..... is GIG G
SAes""S @h 1ms -. "..-... 3 81 5 II
OF South Dakota] """ @"'a
Countyo of hughes, {JA .Laughfn, Treasurer being duIvsv mn doth v +h+h -. ,,ouo
pears ~ his books. a IamEuT IN Gs,G mg.M APP
NeaD Subscribed and wornt to before ne thsM day of October1 1915
j w .Grandle, Notary Public Hughes ounty, s. i.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
MRS. ANGLE SET FREE
Jury Acquits Her of the Charge of
MansIaughter.

Bridgeport, Conn, March 20--Mrs.
Helen NJ Angle has been found not
guilty of manslaughter by jury here
She was accused of having caused the
death Of Waldo R. Ballou, at Stam-
ford. on the night of June % last.
The announcement of the verdict
was greeted with cheers by the court
room audience. Mrs. Angle collapsed
and would have fallen to the floor had
she not been caught by her father,
Leonard Blondell, who was beside her
as he had been throughout the twelve
days of the trial.
The accusation which Mrs.
Angle was brought to trial, was that
of having caused her aged suitor,
Waldo r. Ballou, to plunge to his
death down the stairs leading to her
apartment in the Rippowam building.
He fractured his skull.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
BARBER in CHARGE
New York Expert Will Conduct
Washburn Campaign.
College i'm April Will Attempt
to Raise 100000.

Frederick c. Barber Of New York
city, an expert, together with a force
of workers will have charge of the
campaign in Topeka in April for the
purpose of raising 100000 of the pro-
posed S5000,000 Washburn endow-
ment fund here.
of helpers from the Commercial club
and the Topeka Rotary club will as
SiSt.
The following statement is given out
by Dean ID. L. McEachron:
Frederick c. Barber of New York
city will direct the campaign for the
raising of 100000 for the endow
ment fund of Washburn college.
MIR. Barber has been closely associ-
ated with Charles S. Ward, interna-
tional committee secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association in
some of his great campaigns. Mr..
Ward is undoubtedly. the most sue
cessful director of short time cam
paigns in the world. He directed the
campaign that secured 100000 for
the Y. NJ. and Y. w. c. A. in New
York city in November, 1913, and the
campaign that secured $2,000,00O for
the University of Pittsburg in Janu-
ary, 1914. In both these campaigns
Mr.. Barber was his right hand man.
Mr. Barber has put on many cam
paigns under his own direction. One
of the most conspicuous was his cam
paign for the University of Denver in
May, 1914. In twleve day cam
paign he and his volunteer workers
raised over 100000 under circum-
stances that were most discouraging.
Mr. Ward says of him: ct consider
him the ablest of the men who are
conducting campaigns outside of the
Young Mems Christian association
Unlike many of the others who simply
confine themselves to the details of
the campaign. he carries a force to
attend to these details, and gives him
self to the work of the organization.
This of course, is following my own
ideas in Y. NJ. c. y. campaigns"
Mr.. Barber spent a day iE Topeka
last September looking over the field
and consulting with the trustees of the
college. He was greatly pleased with
the city and college and made a most
favorable impression on the men he
met.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
CHANGED HIS VOTE
Speaker Stone Saved TOpeka'S
State Fair Appropriation.
He Was Against 1t at First
Passed by One Vote.

Not until after a call of the house
was ordered and Speaker Stone him
self had changed his vote from mo"
to yes did the house today pass the
$4,000 appropriation bill for the To-
peka State fair. Even then, the house
tackled on an amendment compelling
the Topeka association to post an
equal amount to meet a possible de-
ficiency in receipts.
AS passed by the house, the Topeka
fair receives no new buildings, no per-
manent revolving fund, no appropria-
ton for repairs or Improvement
none of the benefits granted under the
Hutchinson fair bill. Yet Williams
of Sedgwick, who voted for the Hutch
inson bill, made a hard fight to de-
feat the Topeka appropriation. Even
Speaker Stone asked to be passed
objection was made to his not voting
cast his vote against the bill A call
of the house was ordered with but q
votes in favor of the bill. When So
votes were finally registered in favor
of the measure, constitutional ma
jority, the speaker changed from no
to yes and lifted the call. The final
vote was "a ayes, 21 nays.
When the bill was taken up in the
house today, it was amended to pro-
vide that the $4,000 a year provided
by the state to- meet deficiencies
should be met by an equal appropria-
ton on the part ofthe fair association.
Then the bill was passed-by a bare
ma jOrity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
C. F. ADAMS DEAD
Descendant of Two Presidents
of the United States
SuccumbS to an Attack of Grip
in Washington, ID. C..

Lincoln Mass, March 20.-Charles
Francis Adams died today at his win
ter residence in Washington, D. c. He
had been i'll with grip for week. Mr..
Adams was born in 1895.
Charles Francis Adams was widely
known as publicist and historian. He
was a great grandson of President
John Adams, a grandson of President
John Quincy Adams and a son of
Charles Francis Adams, minister to
Great Britain in the Civil war period.
a biogra ply of his father. which in
cluded a review of the diplomatic ne
gotiationS between the United States
and Great Britain over Civil war prob
lens, was one of Mr.. Adams's notable
books.
Born in Boston May 81, 1885, and
graduated from Harvard in 1856, he
was admitted to the Massachusetts
bar two years after leaving college. He
served in the Union army throughout
the Civil war, rising in rank from first
lieutenant to colonel and brevet briga-
dier general of volunteers. After the
war he was identified with railroad
affairs for many years, serving for six
years as president of the UniCn Pacific
railroad and for ten years as a mem
ber of the Massachusetts board of rail-
road commissioners. He was chair
the metropolitan park system in and
about Boston.
Never seeking public office, Mr..
Adams took an active part, as an in
dependent, in political affairs through
his writings and speeches. His ad
dresses in Chicago in 1902, when he
gave high praise to General Robert E.
Lee and suggested the erection of
monument to Lee at Washington, and
at Richmond in 1908, when as an In
dependent Democrat he urged the
election of Taft over Bryan, attracted
wide attention.
Mr.. Adams was a member of the
board of overseers of Harvard univer
sity for more than twenty years. In
1913 he lectured at oxford on Ameri-
can history. He was the author of
numerous books on railroads and on
various phases of American history,
and was a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and a
member of the American Academy of
Arts and Letters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
PATIENT LADY LOB
Living Petition of Topeka
Women Wait for Bill.
Stones Liquor Bill Rests at
Bottom of Calendar.

A living petition of Topeka women
occupied the ladies' gallery of the SEN
ate chamber this morning and waited
patiently for the upper house to do
something with the Stone bill and the
child hygiene appropriation. The
senate did not. however, reach either
measure. The women's lobby has staid
faithfully on the job ever since the
legislature opened and intends to stay
until the law makers put on their hats
and go home
The Stone bill, the one making the
point of delivery of liquor shipments
the point of sale, has been reported fa-
Vorably for passage with an amend
ment exempting church wines. If
passed by the upper house in this
form it will need to go back to the
house of representatives for concur
renee and in the narrowing margin
left for the transaction of legislative
business the hopes of its final passa ge
looked painful slim this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
PIGS AS BOARDERS.
One Million Swine Have Been Quar-
tered on the BeIgians.

Brussels, Belgium, March 20.-One
million German pigs have been bill
leted on the civilian population of Bel
giun.
The pigs must be fed and cared for
by the Belgians, who. without distinc-
ton to class, must perform this
service.
One of the wealthiest inha bitants of
Brussels has been compelled to take
five hogs on what he styles reduced
rates by the week. His poorest
reighbors have at least on pig to a
family.
For some time there have been re-
ports of a shortage of fodder in Ger
many, whereas the amount in Belgium
is nearly normal, hence the importa
ton of the swine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
TOWER OF VICTORIES.

Berlin, March 19.-The little
town Of Schildau, just eastward of
Halle and Leipsic.- has received the
sanction of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg to its plan to erect a tow
er bearing his name commemora-
tive of his victories in East Prus-
sia. The mayor of Schildau has re-
ceived the following letter from
Won Hindenburg:
For the notification, which
greatly honors me, that you intend
to give my name to a tower to be
erected in your city, 1 thank you
most heartily. In this movement I
see not only honor for myself. but
for my entire loyal and brave army.
May your city. the birthplace of
Field Marshal Neithard Won Gnei-
senau, continue to thrive and pros
per after honorable peace has been
declared.
'(Signed) Won Hindenburg, Gen
eral Field Marshal and Command
er-in-Chief of the Entire German
Forces in the East"
Schildau's action in proposing
memorial to General Won Hinden-
burg was reported as the first OF it's
kind in the empire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
GERMANS TAX BELGIANS.

The Hague, March 19.-ThoII-
sands of Belgians who fled at the
moment of the invasion of their
country by the Germans have re-
turned to their homes during the
past few days in order to escape
the impost laid by the German au-
thorities on all BeIgians absent aft
er March 1. This tax amounts to
ten times the total of the ordinary
AK paid yearly by Belgian business
men and is applicable only to those
persons who have deserted their
business and country at the ap-
Oearance of the Germans on Bel
S1an soil or when towns were TAX
en- by the German troops and have
and France.
All the leading hotels of The
Hague and other big Dutch cities
have been filled with the wealthier
class of Belgian refugees for sew
eral months, but today many of
the men among them have diSap-
peared, leaving their women and
children behind in safety. Some of
the men, however, are firm in their
intention not to do business in Bel
Sium while the Germans occupy
the country and they express their
Willingness to suffer loss of fortune
rather than do any trade with an
enemy who has devastated their
cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
PASSES IS BILLS.
Senate Pushes Through House Meas
uIeS on Last Day.

The senate this morning passed the
following house bills:
Authorizing cities to condemn and
purchase ground for public feed
yards, by Burton.
Defining the duties of court stem
ographers in district courts. by
Endres
Regulating the transportation on
railroads of militiamen and their bag
sage, by Travis.
Relating to application for charter
and requiring that charters granted
by the state charter board must be
put into use within one year after be-
ing issued, by Stout.
Relating to examinations in rural
schools, committee on education.
Authorizing county commissioners
to furnish markers for graves of
Union soldiers, by Lamb of Dickinson.
Authorizing commissioners in west
ern Kansas counties to refund money
advanced for the purchase of seed
wheat prior to last season, by Kirby.
street lighting in cities of the first
class by the issuance of Improvement
bonds, by Endres.
For the protection of railroad en-
ployees, fixing minimum clearance
Of structures over railroad tracks, by
Bird.
Providing for the publication of bar
dockets for the use of the attorneys
in the district courts of this state, by
Gibbons.
Appropriations for the hard fiber
twine plant at the Kansas peniten-
tiary. deficiency. maintenance and re-
volving funds.
Three committee bills on assess
ment and taxation.
Committee bill on fees and salaries
and increasing salaries of sheriffs in
western Kansas counties of small pop
ulatiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
"PROUD OF IT!"
Divorce Petition States That
Husband Runs With Women.
And He Isn't Hiding 1t, Says
Wife of Merit RaynOr.

Alleging that the defendant is keep
ing company with other women and
people of questionable character. suit
for divorce was today filed in the Of
flee of Charlie Bower, clerk of the
district court, by Pearl Raynor
against Mert Raynor of this city.
The plaintiff states that Raynor
makes no effort to conceal the fore-
going allegations but takes delight in
knowing that the plaintiff is ac-
quainted with the situation.
According to the petition, the
couple were married in Topeka Au-
gust 4, 1912, and they have one child,
Pearl, age 2 years. The plaintiff
states that Raynor is employed at the
National hotel and also alleges nom
support on his part.
Mrs. Raynor asks a divorce and
custody of the child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
HANDS OUT 4 JOBS
Gov. Capper NOminates Nc
Bride for Labor Commissioners.
Also Names Three Members of
s- the Education Board. :
Capper Appointments.

Z Labor commissioner, Paul Mcbride,
GoodIand.
Members state board of education
Miss Lillian Scott, Baldwin; H. w.
Shideler, Girard; w. o. Steen, Abilene.
| Governor Capper this afternoon
sent to the senate for confirmation
final appointments to be made at this
session of the legislature. Chief
among today's appointees is the nam
ing of Paul Mcbride of Goodland, a
railroad locomotive engineer and
member of the state legislature from
Sherman county.
The appointment of Mcbride came
as most probable happy solution of
the bitter fight for the job now held
by W. L. O'Brien. A dozen candl-
dates sought the job and each candi-
date seemed to harbor some particular
i'll will for some particular faction of
organized labor. II was impossible for
| the labor organizations to decide on n
candidate and Governor Capper him
self took few chips in the game. The
result was the appointment of Nc
Bride. who is regarded as a strong
man for the position.
, Mcbride is the first railroad man
ever appointed state labor commits
sloner. He grew up in the railroad
game in Kansas and was for q number
OF years a fireman on the Rock Is
land- Ehen he was promoted to en-
S1neer and has held a run between
Goodland and Belleville for number
or years. At various times he has
served on the grievance and legislative
committees of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers. Last August he
was nominated for representative and
carried Sherman county by the 1arg-
est majority accorded any candidate
on the county ticket. In Topeka Nc
Bride has made a good legislator as
lawmakers are judged. He has talked
no idle gossip and has the record of
showing good judgment in voting.
Now he is to succeed w. L. O'Brien in
the labor commissioners office. The
appointment is for a term of two
years.
Three members of the state board
Of education were also appointed by
the governor Miss Lillian Scott of
Baldwin heads this list. Miss Scott
Is teacher in Baker university and is
president of the Kansas State Teach
ers association. H. w. Shideler of
Glrard is superintendent of the Girard
city schools, while w. o. Steen of Abb
lene is superintendent of the Dickin-
son county schools
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
SUNDAY IS SPRING.
Official Opening of New Season-But
Weather Won't Be There.

1t will be quite proper to wear
spring hats after ten o'clock Sunday
morning according to Sunny IS. d. }
Flora, the local weather man, but he
gave out warning at the same time
that it may be well to wear ear pads
The official opening of spring will
take place at ten o'clock Sunday, but
a winter brand of weather is antici4
pated. The minimum temperature is
expected to be % degrees.
The minimum temperature today,
which occurred just after midnight
"a degrees-was the lowest in nearly
two weeks. The normal minimum for
this date is 33 degrees.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy
weather with little change in temper
ature. Shippers forecast: Protect
thirty-six hour shipments north and
west against temperature of 20 de-
grees; south, %; east, "a"
Almost "any old kind" of weatheB
may be expected in March. The MAXI
imum temperature for the month in
the last twenty-eight years at Topeka
has been 93 degrees; the minimum,
one below zero. On this date in 1906
the temperature was five above.
Midwinter Weather.
The average temperature today was
II degrees below normal 1t was a
midwinter brand of weather that pre-
vailed. There was a IS mile wind
from the northwest this afternoon.
~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20

for the aid of retired Methodist min
listers. Tt was at the meeting of the
Laymen's association at the First
Congregational church this morning
that a resolution was passed calling
for a campaign to raise this money.
The laymen presented their resolu
ton at the general conference at the
First Methodist church and several
hundred ministers and lay
men-voted to get behind the plan
DR.. S. S. Giasscock, a Kansas City
layman, presented the proposition.
THE average salary of a Methodist
minister in the Kansas conference is
S1,000,'' he said. I'VE business men
we men who ride in autos-can
realize how small a sum this is to
keep a family and move about from
place to place. 1t is a sad picture
when a man becomes superannuated.
The husband may have to live with a
son and the mother with a daughter.
The picture is dark and sad, and
ICoDttnued on Page 'rwo.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20

When the legislature ceases consid-
Grafton of bills tonight-providing it
does cease consideration-itw will have
established a new record for Kansas
law making bodies. 1t will have intro
duced more bills than any former leg
islature and have deliberately killed
a greater number of them. In 6S
days, or up to noon today. the legisla- :
ture had passed 21S laws that were
signed by the governor, while of a
grand total of 1,94O bills introduced.
1,181 have died from one of the sew
eral legislative methods of slaughter.
Never in the history of Kansas has
legislature established such a
strange and puzzling record as the law
making body which threatens tonight
to conclude its proceedings and go
home. Final adjournment sine die
will not come before next Wednesday.
however or the conclusion of a 72-
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