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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
SOUTH AFRICA SNAKES
In Swaziland, According to Traveller.
the Reptiles Grow to a Really
Amazing Size.

h largest snakes in the world, sc
far as | know. are to be found in
South Africa, though / am told that
there is a species of python in South
America that equals in size the rock
snake in the low country of Swat.
land. writes Temple Manning: Near
johannesburg two or three years ago
a hunter and Just. come in with four
snakes which he had captured alive.
and he and his kafir servants were
engaged in measuring them. The
longest measured a few inches less
than twenty feet and was "a inches
in circumference, and the smallest
was il feet in length and IL inches in
circumference.
In order to get photographs we tied
the head of the snakes to pegs set
in the ground and then, stretching the
tails back as far as we were able, had
the kafirs hold them--a job that they
were 10th to undertake, as they have
no liking for the reptiles, though they
hunt them fearlessly.
h snakes are not poisonous, and
do not bite. OF course, with their
tremendous powers of construction
they could squeeze a man to death in
a minute or two, but they never at.
tack a man and only fight in self-de.
Tense. The hunter got ID gallons OF
oil from his catch, worth about fifteen
pounds, nearly seventy-five dollars in
our money.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
Prices Drop Five Cents Per
Bushel, Later Making Par
tial Recovery Gregory
Begins Investigation.
MAY DECLARE AN EMBARGO
Wilson Calls Upon Cabinet
Heads For Detailed Informa-
ton Concerning Food
Supply.

Washington. Jan. 1S.-The demand
that the government take action to pre-
vent illegal boosting of flour and
wheat prices and even to lay an am
barge on foodstuff is getting moro
serious.
Under orders from the president. the
department. of justice is probing to
ana evidence of law breaking in tho
s~kyrocketing of wheat prices.
A small army OF special agents are
busy.
The department of agriculture ans
"ering demands in the House is pre-
pairing to furnish statements showing
the available grain and GOD supply of
The country. If a serious shortage is
SHOWN, there is no doubt the movement
Tor an embargo will become strong.
The department of will be
asked by the president to furnish in
formation showing what decrease or
Increase in exports of wheat and flour
followed the outbreak of the European
war.
Chicago, Jan. 16.-Wheat dropped s
cents in the first Is minutes of today's
session of the board of trade on re
ports that a congressional movement
was on DOT to prohibit exports. May
wheat, which closed at $l.45 yester-
day. sold down to S1.40.
For a brief time trading assumed
an almost p~antcky aspect. a storm OF
stop loss orders from i'll protected ulls
came on the market and found the pit
temporarily without buyers. At the ex-
treme decline several OF the larger
houses began to purchase on a liberal
scale. The result was a quick rally,
but only to about half the extent of
the break. When comparative calm
had been restored, the May option was
steadying around $1.42A.
In the later dealings. generous export
sales here and at the seaboard, inc1ud~
ing considerable amount for ocean
shipment in March. put relative firm
ness into the market. The close, new
ertheless. was unsettled at 2h@3asc I'M
der last night, with May at $1.41ba.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
MEAT PACKERS MAY
STOP ALL EXPORTS
Threaten to Drop Foreign Bust
ness Unless Shipping Sit
uation Clears.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Alnerica1
meat packers, unwilling longer to
stand losses inflicted upon them by
Great Rritain's detention of ships
carrying meat in their cargoes, are
sending a representative to London to
see what can be done, A. r. Urion,
attorney for Armour q Co, went ia
New York this afternoon, with a view
to reaching London as speedily as pos
sible,
made whereby ships carrying meat
arc allowed to proceed without APP
preciable loss of time, there is a prob
ability of the packers withdrawing
from the business of supplying Great
Britain or any other part of Europe
with meat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
NapoIeonic Ruse.

There have been rumors Of German
hat-bottomed boats at Zeebrugge for
the invasion of England. 1t is timely
to recall that Admiral Montagu re.
ported about Napoleon's fiat-bottomed
boats after he had captured one OF
them. I'm short, sir, these vessels to
my mind are completely contemplate
and ridiculous, and | therefore con-
clude that the number collected at
Boulogne r to keep our attention on
the qui vive and to gloss over the real
attack meditated from other points
II Napoleon eve seriously contem-
plated subduing England by means OF
these craft, the admiral would have
agreed with the Partisan wits, who
dubbed their emperor Don Quixote de
la Manche."-London Chronicle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
TWO YOUNG BURGLARS
MAY DIE FOR MURDER

Los Angeles. Cal. Ian. 16.-Two
youthful burglars probably will be
hanged for. the murder OF William AL
exander. retired millionaire attorney,
Of Dallas. Tex. who was shot in his
home here on the night of December
81.
Charles r. Oman, II years old. fired
the fatal shot, but a jury yesterday
convicted his companion in the bur-
glary, Glenn Witt. 90 years old, of MUIR
der in the first degree. SO he. as Well
as Oman. must lose his life unless re-
prieyed
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
EYES OF NATION CENTER
ON WASHINGTON DRY FIGHT

Washington, D.. c.. Jan. 16.-I.etters
INC telgrams from Iowa and other
states in behalf of prohibition in the
district Of Columbia are pouring into
the capital today. They are coming
from various temperance organizations
and friends of prohibition. Senator
Sheppard declared the movement to
make the district dry had become ma
tional and even though defeated now
would soon succeed.
In the district prohibition debate to-
day when Senator James Sprung q let
ter of President Wilson dated 1911 for
local option. Senator Kenyon respond
ed by putting into the record the
latest Co-nnoner editorial by Secretary
Bryan. In this Mr.. Bryan strongly de-
bounced further alliance between the
democratic party n liquor interests.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
New Tauto,oqies.

THAT proposition is sel%f-evident,'
said W. p. Hutchinson, the Japanese
consul at Mobile, in the course of a
military argument. TT is SO self-evi.
dent as to be almost Pathological.
"a boy" he added, smiling, asked
his father the other day what tautol.
ogy meant.
Pathology, son. the father an,
swered, is any such phrase as broken
resolution" indicted director" poo,
author" generous magazine editor
or retiring Austrians."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
RICH ALASKAN KILLED:
RELATIVES ARE SOUGHT

Chicago. Jar. 16.-Louis Schonborn, a
former Chicagoan. who is reputed to
have acquired a fortune in the Alaskan
gold fields. was murdered in Bonanza,
Alaska, ON January 8. according to a
letter received yesterday by police Of
ficials. who were requested to search
for his relatives.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
REPORTED TURKS PLAN AN
ATTACK ON SuEZ GuARDS

London, Jan. 16.-The Cairo corre-
spondent of the Daily News says il is
virtually certain that Turkey has de-
cided to make what he terms a rasil
attempt to invade Egypt. German en-
gineers are doing everything possible
to overcome the difficulty in moving
heavy artillery over the sandy wastes
and rocky deiiles to cope with the guns
guarding the Suez canal. he continues.
One. at least, OF these experiments
ended disastro ply in the temporary
abandonment OF large caliber guns in
The soft soil.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
FRENCH LOSS OVER 10000
IN BATTLE NEAR SOISSONS

Berlin, (by wireless to Sayville. L. IL,
Jan. 16.-The German main army head
quarters announces that as n result of
the three days lighting northeast of
SCISSORS about $500 prisoners, ID guns.
six machine guns and some revolver
guns We're captaured.
The further announcement is made
that the French suffered heavy losses.
from 1000 to 5000 dead French soldiers
being found on the battlefield"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

*'The first OF last December I de-.
cided to try: Peruna. Ny appetite
improved, and very soon solid foods
could be taken. In two months time
I gained Is pounds. Now an
heavier than 4 ever vas before. When
l began to use Peruna my bowels
commenced to move at /.
Those who object 10 lieuid Hasdi.
cines = ~ pnopuse plrussa
Tablet form. e8a8 ssas
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
On the Rocks.

Robinson hear you fell out with
the bank.
Jackson-Yes; but l lost my bal
ance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

All of Switzerland's glaciers are re.
ceding perceptibly. one notable one HAY.
ing shrunk more h 1000 feet in tbs
last 10 Years
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
Ohio ]
Nm. Togel, 867
May St, Akror,
Ohio, writes:

Through cold
and exposure and
i'm proper food
during the flood, I
was taken with
appendicitis a n d
a c intestinal
catarrh. In June
and July my life
was despaired Of,
but recovered suf-
fciently to be up
and around. Ny
b bowels seemed
p~aralyzed. Could
-. 40
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
QUEEN CONSENTS TO
MARRIAGE BY PROXY
Wilhelmina Aids Cupid Little
Game and Ceremony Will
Be Performed.

ST. Louis. Jan. 1S.-Papers authoriz-
ing the marriage by proxy Of Miss Flu
genia Campbell, of Denver. Colo. and
John PETER Scholten. a mining engi-
neer living in S~ourbaya. Java. were
signed today by Oh. j. ]. Houwink,
Dutch consul here. Scholten is a re-
serve officer in the Dutch army.
Miss Campbell has been trying for
eight months to get permission to
marry MIR. Scholten by proxy. The
Wilheimina.
The wedding will take place next
Wednesday, Miss Campbell will stand
at the altar in Denver with Harvey
Duell. a Denver newspaperman. who
will be bridegroom by proxy. During
ceremony Mr.. DUEL will hand the
bride II glove sent by the bridegroom.
Miss Campbell is the granddaughter
of Alexander Campbell. founder Of the
Church of the Disciples.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

Although Turkey opened hostilities
against Russia by a naval lombard
ment, her sea strength is not at all
formidable. Turkey has about -four
dreadnoughts. three cruisers and a
number of old battleships of obsolete
type. Recently Turkey strengthened
her navy by the acquisition of the Ger
man ships, the Goeben and the Bres-
lau.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

Rome. Jam. 1s.-The Messaggero.
declares there are no fewer than
ZOO dead at Pescina and 5000 at
Ceiano, and that at Cenchio only
1917 We're saved out of a popula-
uon of $500. At Marsi the dead
number 1000, Most all the sur
nvors here are injured ana they
are suffering g~reievously from
want OF food and lack Of care.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

Rome. Jan. 1S.-A correspondent
OF the M~essagero. who has been
travelling through the devastated
zone, t~elesraphs his paper that, ex-
Guiding Avezzano and :. number of
other villages. the number of dead
VIII reach 10000. His estimate of
the total number of dead is 90 600
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
ONE GOLFER TO ANOTHER

+. Pope Stamper, an English actor
who, two seasons age was in the
cast of "The Dollar Princess" at the
Kni%ckerbocker Theatre. in "A leading
part, and who was a member Of the
Dunwoodie Golf club and who now Is
i'm active service with the British
army in France as a Lieutenant in the
Fifteenth Durham Infantry. writes
as follows to a clubmste in New
York:
well, I did my little hit In the
great advance recently and came
through without a scratch. Was
under Are for two nights and one day
and was sent to hospital suffering
from shock.
II got buried twice by shells,
though not badly. Really, it's won
derful how ] came out alive. I'm
out OF hospital now and am at the
base. and expect to go up again in
u few days.
1.-THE Germans must be taught 10
replace the dirOts knocked out by
their shells.
II really think we've arrived at
the turning point, and II the fine
weather continues should push them
we'll back"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
RUSSIA AND FRANCE
SEEKING NEW LOANS
Prospects Held Good for Gar
TO Get From S60.OOO.O 900
to 800. 100000.
ONE YEAR NOTES LIKELY

Negotiations for short time loans ana
anking credits for the accounts or
Russia and France involving many
millions Of dollars have been opened
between agents Of the two Governments
and prominent banking groups In this
CITY These new financial arrangements
are 10 be undertaken Independently OF
any supplementary Anglo-French cred't
which may be put through in the near
future. In neither case would the
financial arrangements entail gold ex-
ports.
II was learned yesterday that Rus
sian financial agents are in this city
and are conducting active negotiations
for placing a short term loan of proba-
bly, one year duration here Although
Russia is said to be DESTROYS Of Dor
rowing every cent she can raise in this
country. 1t was said the amount she
may be able to obtain will probably be
between $50. 600. 600 and $500, 900, 600.
Some bankers believe Russia has a
great trade future and that her un-
developed wealth is Of such tremendous
proportions as to he a certain guarantee
OF the safety Of the investment. II is
felt that Russia would experience no
great difficulty in raising in this coun-
try any sum within the limits stated
II the interest rate on the notes were
sufficient to make them attractive.
Hankers were talking yesterday OF ~
high as : per rent. ON on" year notes
which Russia might sell here, intinattnr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
SAYS BOY CONFESSED
PART IN NICHOLS PLOT
Detective Asserts Servant Adj
mitted B~etraying Mis-
tress to Slayers.

Onnie Tallas. the eishteen-year-old
houseboy who is accused OF the murder
Of his EMPLOYER. Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs
Nichols. at 4 East Seventy-ninth street
on September s. made a confession OF
his crime. according to evidence sub
mitted at his trial before Judge Malone
in General Sessions yesterday. Mrs
Nichols was found dead In the library
OF her home. There were indications
that she had been s%trangled to death
while three masked thieves were rob-
bling the house.
Or. Joseph Delahunt OF Flower Hos
pita, testified that in his opinion MIS-.
Nichols had died from strangulation,
as he a found a twisted piece of
cloth about her throat. DIR. A. Richard
Kent gave similar evidence.
Detective William J. Enright told OF
questioning Tallas soon after Mrs
Nichols was murdered The first story
told by the boy. the detective said. was
that three men had threatened TO XIV
him when they pushed their way into
the lower hall and that they bound his
hands and feet.
Then. after lie had been questioned
for twelve hours, the detective said
Tallas broke down and confessed tina
he had entered n plot to rob Mrs. Mich
OILS. According to Enright, he said tina
the others in the plot were Arthur
Waltonen. Eddie Lehto and n a IN
could not name, These three have no
been captured.
Charles l., LIE Barber, counsel fo'
Tallas. asked the detective II the hous'
boy had not been beaten before he de
cided to make a confession. This thu
detective denied. He said hat the DO,
had asked for food II that as sooI
as he had eaten he that III
was ready to tell tho truth about tn
crime.
Other detectives will testify to-day,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
ARBITRATOR URGED
IN BRITISH BLOCKADE
L. s. FavOrs This Way Of Get
ting German Goods Out
Of Holland.
MANY CLAIMS UNSOuND

WASHINGTON. Oct. :s.-lnformal dis
State Department and the British en-
bassy with the object OF devising a sim
pier way Of arranging for the release for
export to the United states Of German
goods which are held up in Holland by
the British blockade.
The British Amba ssador. Sir Cecil
Sprins-Rice. and Counsellor Polk OF the
state Department went over the whole
matter in conference to-day. but no de-
cision was reached
one OF the proposals under consid-
GRAFTON Is the appointment Of an arbitra-
tor, agreeable to the British Government
and the State Department. who shall
have authority to pass upon the validity
OF claims presented by American Inn
porters.
Another suggestion Is that the state
Department give its approval to claims.
the fairness OF which II may have be-
come convinced. and that the British
Government would thereupon order the
release OF goods under such approval.
The release Of goods Is already being
effected in considerable quantities under
the agreement OF the British Government
to permit the expectation to the United
States in all cases where the goods were
contracted for before March /. 1915.
A large part Of the goods wanted by
the importers consists OF articles for the
Christmas trade.
1t was indicated to-day that the Brit
Ish Embassy would be glad to have the
United States accept responsibility for
the good faith Of the claimants. Many
fraudulent claims have been presented.
the suspicion being that they were Of
fered largely to stir up trouble between
the United States and Great Britain by
creating mutual distrust.
The British Government Is disinclined
10 have the United states indorse any
claim except those which II had salts
fled itself are genuine. The State De-
partment. on the other hand is averse
to doing anything which would appear
TO LEND the sanction Of this Govern
ment to the British blockade, which the
United States has already declared IL
legal. The Department favors therefore
the plan of having an arbitrator APP
| pointed. to determine whether a claim
Of contract for German goods Is justi-
fed and in good faith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
MAYO'S NEW HAVEN
WIFE casks 25O,000
Alleges Marital Pirate De-
ceived Her by Wedding
With Other Wife Living.
SUICIDE UNMASkED HIM

virgimus St. Julian Mayo. president
~ the MAYO Radiator Company OF New
Haven. whose double life az the hus-
bs nd of two u-.men and father Of the
children Il two others. was disclosed
las; March through the suicide OF u
BROOKLYN girl employed in his oIIlce'
was brought INTO curt again yesteida!
when his New Havel wife, Mrs. winner
MIN May. fled suit In the supreme
Court here for se3o.ooo Damages lot
fraud. ,,
t. p,aintin. who describes herseit
ms WIlhelmira Meyer. otherwise knowh
as Wilhelmipa Mayo, bases her SUI u,
Allegations that her husband ihhuceu
r.r 20 marry him through pretending
tina, he was a single man. whereas ne
had a wife living at the time WINE
Mrs. Mayo will MT ask FOR the ahhu'-
me-. o. her marriage. e att.rNeH,
H,inh Gillette. announced that II the
cour, holds that the plaintin was ue-
ceiyed asIl that Mayo was already mar
red. the findings will have the enect OF
multiplying her marriage.
Mis. Wilhelmina Mayo's suit IL la sed
on the divorce decree obtained IN June
las; at scranton, Pa. by MIS- Florence
". Mayo. WHO married the deiehua"'
in B~ingnamton in 1880. Maya aoan-
10 ed his VIE a.l three daughters III
Ciicasp in 1900. and they lost trace OF
him until ne got into the puoIc gaze
through stories c~Crcern!ng his domes-
tic affiliations due to the death OF LII
Han May Cook. Mayo's office assistant.
The first Mrs. Mayo then learned that
her husband had married Mrs. Wiihei-
nina Mayo and she brought SUIT tor
divorce in Pennsylvania. .
Mrs. Wilhelmlna Mayo has declined 40
discuss any proposed action against
Mayo ever since the disclosures ABOUT
other women were made, and the nIinR
OF the suit mere yesterday was the hrst
indication of her intentions. the papers
were served on Mayo in the house al
} $40 Fourth street, Brooklyn when ne
bought for Mrs. Lois Dudley. Formerly
employed in Mayo's factory, VINO mas
two children by him, and where ne mas
been spending much OF his time.
Mayo's marriage TO Wilne''nlha
Meyer. plaintiff in the suit brought mere
Yesterday. was the result OF an elope-
mcut. Mayo, then in the electrical sup
ply business in Brooklyn. caused siss
Never TO break an engagement VIII
another man and to wed him at a cnurch
of the Latter Day Saints In brooklyn
| She later inherited an estate from ner
grandmother. Mrs. Minna Meyer oil
Newark,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
STRIKERS PLAN REJECTED.
New Haven VIII Consider Only
Demands Of Its Own Men.

BosroN. oct. 26.-Supt. Woodward OF
the New Haven railroad conferred with
a committee Of striking freight handlers
to-day. The committeeman we're informed
that the New Haven rega rded the settle
ment OF any differences with its "
employees or, former employees as a
problem separate from hat which any
other railroad may have
The strikers took the position that
they all have a common cause II that
their differences with the New Haven,
Boston and Albany and Boston and
Maine SHOULD all be settled by joint
conference.
No further conferences will be held a.
this time,
Mayor Curley having failed to bring
together the factions the Federal Gov
ernmen offered a helping hand to-day.
Secretary OF Labor Wilson sent word
that he had named James a. Smyth to
come here as his representative in an
effort to remedy the situation. Mr..
Smyth is expected here Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
GER IMAM ATTACKS AT
LA COURTINE FAIL
Fighting Continues Without
Gains-French storm
Massiges Trench.
TErTON BIPLANE TAKEN
spsciai cable Bespotch to THE suS.

PARIS, Oct. 2s.--The fighting In the
position known as La COurtine. In
Champagne. con,inues without advan-
~ to either sile. The French have
broken up eremy ounter attacks and
have resisted s%tubbornly German at
tempts to gain ground at this point. The
French have extended their gains forth
east OF Messages by taking another
German trench.
The capture OF one OF the latest
models II fast German biplanes was
announced by the War Office tonight.
\ Frerch aviator chased the German
machine until he got within short range
and then opened fire with his mitrail-
leuse, damaging the enemy machines
engine and compelling the German air
men to descend. When they landed the
Germans at once sought 10 destroy their
machine in order that IL might not fall
into the hands OF the French. but they
were taken prisoners before they coul
put the plan in operation.
The afternoon communicate follows
Tn close fighting In the Champagne
district has continued in the centre OF
the position known as La Courtine.
and the fluctuations OF the tide OF
y '"'N 'N'h W w INV
area. The stubborn resistance of our
troops and their immediate return to
the offensive were successful in break
ing the counter attacks OF the enemy.
A lively attack to the northeast OF
Massiges made us master OF a Ger
man trench close to the positions re-
Gently conquered by us.
The official communicate Issued b,
the War Office tonight follows:
There is nothing to report since
the preceding commune.
one OF our pilots In a monoplane
captured after "a chase an Enemy
aeroplane. which he attacked at short
range after catching up with 1t. The
German aeroplane. its motor having
been struck In several places by
mitrailleuse bullets. was compelled TO
land near J%aulgonne. in the valley
OF the Marine. The two officers who
were in II. a Captain and a Lieu
tenant. were made prisoners just as
they were attempting to destroy the
apparatus. The aeroplane remains
intact in u hands. II is a very
rapid biplane. provided with all the
latest Improvements.