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The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

street here at 3 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon. Milligan, in the same
fight in which he was killed, shot
and killed Lonny Bunch, II, a
brother of Scion Bunch. Charles
Bunch, %, who was also in the
fight, brother Of the two dead
men, was arrested In connection
with the killing of Milligan and IS
out on $2,5O0 bond. Scion Bunch,
who Mrs. Milligan killed Saturday,
was under $4,000 bond for the same
killing. 1t was said he killed Mil
ligan.
Mrs. Milligan shot Bunch with
4 32-calibre automatic pistol, which
she had concealed in a paper sack
Nelson Moore, city marshal and
deputy sheriff, was auctioneerin2
some furniture in a crowd only Il
feet away. The bullet passed
through Bunch and went into the
crowd, but no one was hit. Mar.
shall Moore jumped from his stand
and arrested the woman while she
had him covered with the pistol
She said after her arrest she hal
no intention of shooting the mar
shall. Bunch, it is said, was shot
without warning as he passed dow1
the street. Mrs. Milligan was TAX
OH to Blytheville and lodged in The
Mississippi county Jail by Marsha
Moore A date for a preliminary
hearing has not been set.
The trouble between MiiligaI
and the Bunch brothers is said L
nave started over some hogs which
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
ARKANSAS NOTES.

Eight cars of peaches were ship
it is estimated that 10 more cars
will be shipped soon.
There is a movement on at Fay
etteville TO bring the boys and girls
who won prizes in the agricultural
club work throughout the state to
Fayetteville next winter for week
of pleasure and study.
Just to keep up the average of
general crop goodness in Arkansas
the rice crop in the vicinity Of
Brinkley is the best in the history
of the industry in that section.
The vinegar plant at Springdale
which has not been operation for
some time, has been sold to o. l..
Gregory of Sloan Springs, who
will open the plant soon.
For the first time in it's history
Arkansas raised a real wheat crop
this year. The success of the ex-
pertinent has been greater than the
most sanguine hoped for and it is
certain that there will be big in
crease in the wheat acreage next
year. In the Harrisburg territory,
in Poinsett county, the wheat acre
age will be 10 times as large as the
acreage just harvested.
1t is reported that Richard Cro-
ker, whose last wife lived in Ar
kansas, has presented to Mack Ed
mondson and family of Maysville,
Ark. his beautiful winter home at
Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Croker is
a daughter OF Mr.. Edmondson
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
Spray Kills Birds.

1t has been commonly reported
that arsenical spraying of trees IN
New England in order to eliminate
the gypsy moth has proved fatal to
many birds, but according to DR..
L. 0. Howard, chief of the United
States bureau of entomology, in
vestigations fail to show any such
result. The absence of birds from
the regions where spraying has
been practiced can be explained by
the fact that the spraying causes a
scarcity of insect food, and the
birds are obliged to seek this else
where.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
Dave Hrar3h Pardoned.

Fort Smith, July ga pal N
has been granted by President WI
son to Dave Branch of Hartford
one of the zen who was IN "a
Jail in connection with the ~ Z e''
conspiracy against the governm q
in the Prairie Creek coal mine flf-
ficulty. The application for pardoh
for the others has been refused.
The men were released recently
from Jail at the expiration of then
sentences of six months each. Thei1
fines ranged from $500 to $1,000
which were paid at the time they
were liberated. An effort is non
being made 10 have the government
return the fine of Branch, which
was $1,000.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

Milligan claimed. The fight oc-
Cured at a country dance. 1t is
alleged that both Milligan and So
Ion Bunch were armed with re-
vclvers and that Charles Bunch
carried a club. Milligan was a
farmer and lived three miles south
o: Manila. The Bunch brothers,
none of whom is married, lived on
a farm. four miles south of Manila,
Mrs. Milligan has a daughter, Bes-
sic, aged 16.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

tracks.
The preparing of these informa-
tions is the outcome of the strike
inaugurated June 25 by the 95
trainmen who walked out on the
ground that they were not being
given fair treatment. At first they
asked for more money, but later
this demand was withdrawn.
The evidence against the COM
pany is being furnish by the men
who quit the service. Deputy Pros
eCuting Attorney Mullinix received
Ia telephone message from M. P
Huddleston, telling him that State
Labor Commission j. c. Clary ha(
requested him to let the cases &c
over until next Thursday and this
will be done.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
Pure lard, 10 pound bucket for
s1.25. Ellis Grocery 1t

Grape seeds, for which hitherto
no use has been known, have been
fourd to contain an oil which Is
especially valuable in the manufac-
ture of soaps, and a South Ameri-
can refinery is making prepare
lions to produce it on a large scale
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
WIDOW AVENCES
HUSBAND s DEATH
Mrs. Rosette Milligan Kills Scion
Bunch at Manila-Placed in
Jail at Blytheville.

Manila, July 26,-To avenge the
death of her husband, who was
killed in a fight two months ago,
Mrs. Rosette Milligan, 3S, shot ana
killed Scion Bunch, 90, on the main
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

Marihuana, a narcotic derived
fror, a Mexican hemp, is stronger
thar opium and corresponds to the
hasheesh Of the far east. A hor-
ticu!turist recently found the plants
in large numbers growing il a
San Antonio (Tex.) cattle corral.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

Good loo jar rings, dozen for
15c. dozen for csc. Ellis Gro
Gerry. 1t
The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30

Pure lard, 8 pound bucket for
65c Ellis Grocery, 1t
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
OLD LADIES TO HAVE
new SMOKING ROOM
Poor Farm Building to Be
Equipped With Den For
Nicotine Followers.

st. Paul, Mimi, Especially A silent
little group of gray haired women, some
of them grandmothers and some great
g~randmothers. resting easily in COM
Portable rocking chairs with thin, blue
ribbons of smoke rising from their
m-eerschaum and calabash pipes will
be one of the modernisms at the new
$4,000 women's building now in pro-
cess of completion at the Ramsey coun-
ty poor farm.
For the old ladies are to have an
elaborate smoking room, fitted in mod
ern style, and said Mrs. Albert Moore,
wife of the farm superintendent, with
a smile today, 'if the lei old souls
want the walls covered with pictures
of race horses, prizefighters and base
ball players, they ma ave them"
when we took a poll of the old
ladies regarding the establishment of a
den for smoking" she continued. there
was hardly a dissenting vote. We shall
furnish the tobacco, and WI expect the
smoker to be one of the most popular
places of the institution"
Several of the old women are plan
ming to color meerschaum pipes, while
others declare they will retain their cob
pipes, despite their contrast to the fur
niShingS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
China,s Effort.
From the Centnrv M,o,,

HloiH lne century Magazine.
s9he last IS years in China have
oeen IN particular one steady course
OF and ascending crises, a
Drama OF unsettled forces driven from
Wlthout by complicated currents of
pollt1cal adventure and economic greed.
yet IN the face of all these humilia-
liois. Whlch nave comprised the DELHI
crate policy of our generation to cap
1tailze and perpetuate her feebleness.
LOOK with unprecedented eyes on the
emma OF this year 1915. and what do
you ma! Not merely a new patriotism
n a new nationality born in the self
OF the revolution, but a
firmer and better consolated authority
over the Is provinces than eyer before
in the history Of China.
"A year has just passed in which
China has done two amazing and alb
solutely unprecedented things. which
no one who does not know of the Sisy-
plus like handicaps against her can
possibly appreciate. On her own ma
tional credit and among her own peo-
pie n has raised her first substantial
domestic loans. a financial initiative
which has brought her a fund of al
most $3O.O0O.0 600. And she has come
through the last financial year not only
with the staggering burdens Of her
foreign Indebtedness paid up on the
nail to the last penny. but with an
actual surplus Of cash in hand that
has been helped by no foreign loan.
Such achievements are not due to
mere clever financial MANAGEMENT;
they are the moral answer of a peo-
PIE protesting against the extinction Of
their political life"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
The ~Rainsbaroers.

From the Des Moines Tribune.
Governor Clarke has stated the reasons
for pardoning the Rainsbarger brothers
with such clearneSs that the only marvel
Is the length of time they have served
before being released.
The Rainsbargers were convicted solely
on circumstantlal evidence, and when the
circumstances are studied apart from the
p1'ejudices which colored the atmosphere
of Hardin county 80 years ago, it becomes
evident that other groups of bad men
We're fully as likely to have committed
the murder as the Rainsbargers.
The fact that the Rainsbargers were of
bad reputation, and hat the murdered
man. Johnson, had insured himself more
heavily in their favor than relationship
warranted, would naturally excite sus-
picion. But 1t would not convince an I'M
prejudiced community beyond a reason
able doubt, when balance by the fact
that Johnson had threatened to expose a
gang of counterfeiters, and that the coun-
terfeiters had murdered another man who
threatened them. The Rainsbargers' only
interest in numbering Frank Rainsbarger's
fatherinlaw would have been to collect
life Insurance.; the other crowd had a
much greater interest in his death, the
fact that he had threatened to expose
their counterfeiting deals.
But there is another reason for releasing
the ainsbarsers. They have for 80 years
conducted themselves in a manner to in
their bearing while in prison indicates
that they are not a menace to society,
and when men demonstrate their good
citizenship to such a marked degree, they
are entitled to spend their last days in
freedom. Pr
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
OFFICER LED CHARGE
ARMED ONLY WITH CANE

Cairo-In recent dispatches from this
place mention was made of the name
less hero Of Sed-el-Bahr-a certain
colonel who, after the difficult land
ing operations there, and subsequent to
the assault Oh the fortress, led the men
in a gallant bayonet charge up a hill.
All he carried was a small cane. but a
band he wore on his arm apparently
was that of a staff officer. He walked
about in the open under a continuous
fire. talking to the men, cheering them
up and rallying them together. When
they were all ready for the bayonet
charge. he placed himself in front Of
them all. and armed simply with his
small cane led the charge up the hill.
The moral effect of the officers ac-
ton was great. The men charged up
the hill and cleared their enemy from
his position, but the unknown officer
lost his life. 1t now transpires that
the officer a Major Doughty-Wylie
and the hill on which he met his death
is now known al "Doughty-Wylie's
HILL"
He had no business to be there as
he was a staff officer, but the loss
among the officers in landing had been
so great, and the necessity for making
Roadway quickly was so essential, that
Major Doughty Wylie acted in the
emergency.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
The wet. Town Pa.s..

From the Atlantic Qa.) News-Telegraph.
Thu crowd in the city on a recent public
holiday came from all directions. They
came from within 20 miles of Des Moine
they came from within Is miles of Coun-
ell Bluffs and Omaha. They came to
see the circus. Knowing that Atlantic
does not have open saloons, they came.
5000 of them, In motor cars they nave
chosen to buy for themselves and their
families instead Of buying whisky, and
they had a good time. They went home
after seeing a splendid show, decent and
sober, and today they are on the job
again with q song on their lips and a
light in their eyes. imbued with the JOY
of living.
Did anyone ever near OF such a crowd
during the saloon period here? Did any
see as many we'll dressed people. or
as many expensive motor cars drawn up
along the curb. during the time 10 thirst
parlors here helped to make beasts of men
and over their polished bars took the
money that belonged to their wives and
children? Hardly.
II the wet town draws the people, why
was 1t that many people nearer Des
Moines than here, came to Atlantic. where
there are no saloons, instead of going to
Des MoineY, where there are saloons to-
ldAy3 And. likewise the people. from near
Council Bluffs? Why did they leave 9
why2 Because. whether the booze adher-
ents want to admit 1t or not, the popu.
larity OF the "wet" town 10 passing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09

ed in the exercise Of these qualities in the
tracking of human beings, and We're in
the charge of one accustomed to use
them. 1t must also appear that the dogs
so trained n tested were laid on a trail,
visible or not concerning which
testimony has been admitted, and upon a
which the circumstances indicate to
have been made by the accused. When
these preliminary tests lave been made,
the fact of tracking by a bloodhound may
be permitted to go to the jury as one of
the circumstances which may tend to con-
meet the defendant with the crime with
which he is charged. Should the prelim-
mary investigation disclose either that the
dog was not of proper stock or unframed.
or not In the charge of a person familiar
with such dogs, or was not placed upon a
trail connected at least by circumstances
with the defendant, the trial court should
exclude the entire testimony as to the con-
duct of the dogs. When such a founda-
ton as that referred to above has been
laid, and evidence showing the conduct of
the dogs has been received, the jury
be charged, in substance, that be-
fore they can consider the conduct of the
dogs they must find that the dogs We're
accurate, certain, and reliable in follow
ing the trail of human footsteps, and that
if they find this, then the evidence of the
conduct of the dogs and its result may be
considered, together with all the other evil
dence in the case, as a circumstance in
determining the guilt or innocence of the
defendant.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
U. s. Keeps Track of Its Soldiers.
From the Washington Star.

1850
1t IS doubtful whether any foreign war
Office follows with an accuracy greater
than that displayed by the United States
war department he movements of it's Off
GERS. The following Is an interesting case
In point.
A young army officer who had seen
service in this country and in the east
was once with a small scouting party in
Arizona. After two weeks in the deserts
small station. Within 10 minutes a tele-
gram from Washington was brought to
him by the station agent. 1t asked If the
officer wished to be transferred to one Of
the new artillery regiments then forming.
He answered by telegraph that he
would be glad to enter either of them.
Then with his squad he set off again
across the desert.
1t was six days later when they again
struck the railway, this time so miles from
the point at which they had previously
crossed it, but the officers reply from the
war department. was awaiting him. It had
been telegraphed to every station within
100 miles.
A more striking instance Of accuracy oc-
curred after the same officers transfer
to the east. He was travelling home on
leave and as the regulations require, had
notified the department of the day, hour
and probable route of his journey. After
he had been on the train for eight hours
at q small station the conductor entered
Rtth a telegram. asking If any one Of his
name was on board. On opening the tele-
gram the officer found that it ordered him
to detached duty.
Exactness OF detail could not be carried
much further. The war department knew
even when he was travelling on leave of
absence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
WAR TO GIVE FRANCE
NEW MATRIMONIAL LAW

Paris, Correspondence of the Assoc
ciated Press).-The matrimonial mo-
~bilization, precipitated by the call to
arms last August, is far from COM
plete; in consequence there are thou
sands Of women wearing mourning
rights of a widow.
Two thousand five hundred mar
riages Of soldiers called to the colors
were celebrated in Paris alone during
the first two weeks following the out
break of war. Several thousand more
were obliged to leave for the front
without regulariZing a situation that
and children and will become hopeless
for many more.
The procurator of the republic did
what he could by ordering mayors to
disregard the rules; parliament helped
by authorizing marriages at the front
even by proxy, but red tape had
wound marriage so tightly in its tangle
that even with carte blanche from
their superiors the mayors were I'M
able to satisfy all demands. War will
nave had the effect of remedying this,
but in the meantime 1ncalculable harm
has become permanent.
DR.. Chervin stated before the So
cfety of Statistics that so, 600 families
in Paris are in an irregular situation
before the law and society. A large
proportion Of these would have been
regularized If less difficulty were
placed in the way Of marriage. A great
many persons are unable to produce
the birth certificate required-their
own and their parents. Many others
hesitate in the face Of the inevitable
posting of their names 10 days be-
forehand on the walls of the mayors
office. thus giving a choice opportunity
to the gossips Of their quarter.
A vigorous campaign has begun
among members Of the institute to
hasten legislation that will remove all
routine obstacles to marriage. Join
ing their. efforts to those who are
fighting against the depopulation OF
France, they are confident Of over
coming the apathy of parliament.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
slanderinq tho German People.

The German-American alliance, in .ses.
sion at San Francisco, Is concerned "to
correct the many erroneous statements
about the German people at present cir.
culating in this country" Such
statements, presumably. might be to this
effect that the German people want to
q and annex other peoples coun-
tries. that they gloat over and sneer al
the deaths of those who went down with
the Lusitania. that they persistently de.
fame the Belgians and Indulge in savage
orgies Of hate for the English, that they
state that President Wilson is in the pay
of Mr.. j. P. Morgan. The trouble is that
these erroneous statements come to this
country month after month In the columns
of official and semiofficial German news
papers, published in Germany and con-
trolled and inspired by the kaiser's gov
eminent. Any successful attempt to stop
the present wholesale and poisonous SLAM
dering Of the German people must begin
with Berlin. The alliance is absolutely
correct when 1t resolves that some of these
errors "are intentional and are prompted
by sinister motives" but the intention Is
that Of the governing clique headed by
Wilhelm III. and the sinister motives are
those Of Tirpitz and his fellow workers.
No such government has ever so defled
q great modern state. no such govern
ment has ever SO deceived and misled a
kindly INK confiding people.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09
TIMELY REDUCTION
IN HARD COAL RATES

From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Ph1ladelph1a Record.
There is one fact in the case of the
freight rates on anthracite-though 1t does
not seem to nave occupied the attention
Of the Interstate Commerce commission
particularly-that Is SO simple that any
person can appreciate its force, and so
vital as to be decisive. For many years
one OF the coal roads has been in the
habit of publishing in it's annual reports
the revenue per ton-mile from coal and
from other commodities The revenue
from coal is always higher than the rev.
enue from the other commodities, which
include package freight, hat Is handle at
greater cost than any others.
OF the coal traffic, the commission says:
Anthracite coal is a low grade commod-
ity, which is transported in vast quantities
in trains of maximum tonnage. The ton
mage loaded in each car is much greater
than the loading Of most other classes Of
traffic. Most of the anthracite tonnage
is shipped from colleries whose daily pro-
duction, measured In car loads, is very
large. These conditions tend toward low
er operating costs"
All that is perfectly obvious, and yet
Inc tne e eoal than r9 for s se5 mere tho ber n naulr
classes Of merchandise. That is enough
to prove the unreasonableness Of the rates
that have prevailed. Thu commission OBJ
Jersey "the weighted average cost per
short ton per mile Con coaD was 3.3 mills,
while the average revenue per short ton
ton, 1888 mills" II most cases the com.
mission found the railroads making more
han 200 per cent on the coal business, and
in some cases very much more.
But how could they get this? Because
they control the production and traffic.
The railroads could fix the price at tide
water and the charge for hauling. They
could fix the figures so this coal mining
would be of little or no profit, and the
transportation could be highly remunera-
tive. Under these conditions the inde-
anthracite territory controlled by the rail-
roads and their subsidiaries has in.
creased.
The commission refers to the Erie's bond
issue of $50, 900 in 1901, representing its
Investment in the Pennsylvania coal COM
pany. That was a very interesting trans
action. The price paid was enormous, but
j. p. Morgan managed the deal, and he
never minded what the price was so long
as he could eliminate a competitor. The
Pennsylvania Coal company was the larg-
dependents in the Wyoming region were
on the point of acquiring and construct
Ing q line to a plant on the Hudson river
which would make them independent of
the anthracite pool. Their project had
been fought through the New York courts
and the state railroad commission, the in
dependents had won and the independent
line was about to become q fact, when the
Erie bought the biggest OF the independ-
ents, and without that the rest OF them
could not go on with their project. The
dependents have been getting out of the
business ever since, n the clutch Of the
Goa roads upon mining was absolutely se-
cured,