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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
"MONEY OR YOUR LIFE"
Ex-Convict Demanded Return Of $25
from s.. n. Wright.

Sioux alls.-Attorney S. II. Wright
had an unpleasant half-hour when
closeted alone in his law apartment
with an ~eN-convict.
Mr.. Wright and an attache OF the
office We're alone in the office when
the ~ex-convict, a man named George
Coffee, entered and asked for a pri-
waite interview. Mr.. Wright had an
errand for the young man in the Of
flee to perform and sent him OH the
errand. No sooner We're the eX-con-
Wet and the lawyer alone than the
former changed his demeanor which
up to that time had been most friend
~. and in a threatening name de-
manded twenty-five collars Of Mr..
Wright.
It seems that relatives Of the man
had retained Mr.. Wright to secure a
pardon for him and had advanced $25
for the work. After Mr.. Wright had
been at work on the case for some
time he discovered hat Coffee had
served two terms in penitentiaries,
II for introducing liquor on an In.
dian reservation and n for burg
larry. Also strong opposition to the
pardon developed at and around Nc.
Intosh, from where the prisoner had
been sent to the ~penitentiary.
1t was the return of this $25 that
the ex-convict demanded. Mr.. Wright
refused, when the convict attacked
the attorney. The former is a big,
powerful man and he soon had Mr..
Wright at his mercy. Mr.. Wright
promised 10 comply with his de-
mands and when set free started for
the telephone to call for assistance.
Coffee realized what was Mr.. Wright's
intentions and grabbed him from the
telephone. threw him across the room
and began choking him. For a sec
ond time Mr.. Wright made a promise
to comply with the demands of Coffee
and then they argued over the amount
which was to be returned. Mr..
Wright then satisfied Coffee by a
promise to give him s.. He wrote a
check and on explaining that Coffee
could not get the check cashed on &C
count OF being a stranger. Mr.. Wright
started out, ostensibly to get the mon
ey on the check, bat in reality to get
an officer, which he did. He found
Olilcer Sexton, who started for the
law offices, but Coffee evidently was
suspicious Or caught sight of the no.
liceman, as he vanished and has not
been located.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Ordered Out OF Town.

Mitchell.-"If you go back to the
farm I'll kill you and the whole 49,
Thomas family This was the threa,
made to Orpha Grumsby, an employe
at the Thomas farm, by Frank Miller
until a few days ago an employe a,
the same place. Miller became infat
uated with the girl and made several
proposals OF marriage. She rejected
his offers. Miss Grumsby had her
fears aroused by a recent tragedy in
this vicinity, based upon a similar sit.
uatlon, and came to Mitchell, going
to the house of a friend. Miller fol
owed and, meeting her on the street
uttered the foregoing threat. The
girl hurried back to her friends
iome, badly frightened, with Miller
following. Complaint was made to
the police and Miller was placed un.
der arrest. He vas released, later
on an order to get out Of town.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
interest in Elections.

Observation-Disclosures contests in the
city elections next month, both here
and in Lead. are promised. In Dead.
wood one alderman will be elected
in each Of the four wards, the Fourth,
Third and First promising contests,
but the big fight will be on the propo.
sition to vote a $4,000 bond issue for
a local water system. In Lead the
principal contest will be for municipal
judge. The present incumbent,
Judge Rogers, is a candidate for re-
election and is opposed by his former
opponent, John Walsh, while there is
talk OF a third entry showing up. The
office is for four years and is con
sidered n OF the best in the Black
Hills.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02

tors from whom / received only tempo
rary relief. ! decided to give Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me. =
eff these lines will be Of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, As
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots andherbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record Of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands Of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta.
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E. inkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn Mass, for ad.
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held In strict confidence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Charge Officials FOUGHT.

Belle Fourche.-Sheriff True and
States Attorney Malvin have been ar.
rested by the Belle Fourche police
IN charges of disturbing the peace,
as the upshot Of an alleged fight be.
tween the two officials in the states
attorneys office. Long standing en-.
nifty between the two men is said to
have led to the alleged encounter
which occurred a few days ago in
The court house. True went to the
attorneys office and upbraided him
for certain stories Malvin was alleged
to have circulated concerning him,
1t is said. A quarrel followed. The
two men clashed, it Is charged. and
fought until they were separated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Pioneer Sheriff Dies.

Yankton.-James Noonan. SIS years
old, one OF the early residents Of
South Dakota, died at his home in this
city, where he has resided for more
than 30 years. He had been confined
to his home for severa; months. Mr..
Noonan settled in Yankton county in
the early Dakota territorial days. He
took up a claim north of the town
OF Yankton. where he spent many
years. Several years ago he moved
to Yankton. where he made his home
until death. His farm In Welshtown
IL one at the best in that section
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Wife Slayer Gets Away.

Sisseton--Roberts county authori
tie are nonDlussed yer the where
'bouts OF George A. Carlaw, manage,
If the Dakota Central Telephone com
oany's plant here. who is believed to
rave murdered his wife and daughter
on March 13. Thinking to stimulate
eearch for the alleged murderer. a re.
ward OF $500 was offered for Carlaw,s
arrest and detention until the arrival
IT the police. Carlaw was last seer
At Graceville, Mimi. on the evening
Of the murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
ing. Imagine all this in between Chi.
cago and New York, and how unhappy
we should be!-Century Magazine.
Traits OF the Camel

THE camel" says an oriental prov.
erb. curses its parents when it has
to go uphill and its maker when II
goes down" Still. this is hardly to
be wondered at, for it is a well es,
tablished fact that eve young camels
never play. They r born sad. and
thereafter their life Is one protest
against being made to work, although
work has been their portion since the
beginning of the memory of man. How
largely they have been domesticated
from the earliest times we know from
the statement that Job possessed 5000
camele.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02

!, The two largest giant cacti that
have ever been moved have been
transplanted from the Arizona desert
to the Panama-Pacific International
exposition. They have been placed on
the parapet of the Zuni Indian village,
which is one OF the most realistic
| its OF reproduction to be found at the
exposition. Each cactus occupied a
.eparate fat car. One weighed 300
and the other $500 pounds. It cost
q. 900 to dig up and transplant the
,wo giant growths to the exposition.
he larger of the two desert plants IS
feet in height.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Crowded Civilization.

Crowded Civilization.
In a way Europe itself was outgrown.
Draw a line from Konigsburg on the
Baltic to Odessa on the Black sea.
West Of that lies a stretch of country,
highly favored by climate and water
communication. But 1t is now rapidly
feeling It's relatively small size. 1t
would hold comfortably between Key
West and Chicago. the Aroostook and
Mobile. Yet within it are crammed
half a dozen civilizations, a dozen Ian.
guages and well night twenty armies,
three quarters Of which are in a high
state OF efficiency. The hostile lines
OF competing tariff systems are Just
as numerous: while q multiplicity OF
traditions. In which war and religion
play q great part, are hopelessly rooted
In . past that 10 not altogether edify.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
ONLY A FEW PlMPLES
But Many More May Come II You
Neglect Them. Try cutieura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin OF
pimples, blackheads, redness, rough
ness. itching and irritation as well az
freeing the scalp OF dandrun, dryness
and itching. besides satisfying every
want Of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, C%uticura, Dept. Y.
Boston. Sold every where.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Roas Didn't Know It.

The Employee-I've called for my
inc. I'm not going to work for you
my more
The Sarcastic Boss-Have you been
vorkiur for us? thought you were
merely drawing paw.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02

ema weakness,
pain and IRREGULAR
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and / had such
awful bearing down
feelings, was de-
pressed In spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. / had six doc
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
Print Fantasia.

E1FUtTTUT TT = dTIdSTds
You e very much interested in
those thumb-print records" comment.
ed the man at police headquarters.
Yes answered the visitor. y
can't help feeling the greatest curl
osity about how one OF those things
would sound if you put it on a phono-
graph and played It."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02

Ambition is all right If q man has
energy to back 1t up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02
mrs, WILLIAMS
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Elkhart, I~nd.:-"sI suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-02

At the age of thirty a girl begins to
realize that she misses the Mrs"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
DEsPoNDENcY WAS
FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE.
Mrs. Henrietta Fitch of Groton Drank
Carbolic Acid.

Mrs. Henrietta Fitch, widow of
Marshall Fitch committed suicide at
the home of G. r. Hampstead in
Pleasant street, Groton Saturday
night by drinking carbolic acid
Mrs. Fitch, who was 40 years old,
has been engaged as housekeeper for
Mr.. Hampstead since the death of his
wife, who was Mrs. Fitch's sister, two
years ago, and had for some time been
subjected to spells Of dependency in
which she threatened to take her life.
On Saturday she went to the office
of a, physician for treatment and while
there again remarked that she meant
to kill herself.
Saturday afternoon having prepared
supper as usual she went into another
room and after the family had been
seated came out and standing be-
hind Mr.. Hempstead's chair remarked:
'fWell, I'm going With that she
drank as much as possible of a bot
tie Of acid falling to the floor in con-
vulsions. A physician was hurriedly
called and worked over her to no avail.
The deed was committed about s
o'clock and Mrs. Fitch fingered in
great angony till about eight when
she passed away.
Mrs. Fitch left no children but had
adopted a son of one of her brothers,
who made his home with her She
is survived by four brothers, William,
Charles, Henry and John Hazler,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
Securing New Positions.

J. McBroom Of Jewett City has Sc
cured a position with the Briggs Man
7lfacturing Co. of VoIutown through
the Norwich Commercial school.
Corinne Johnson has accepted a DO
sition as bookkeeper and stenograph-
er with W. R Baird, while Claude
Combies is with an advertising COM
pany as boolzkeeper and timekeeper.
Miss Hazel Robinson goes to the
Laurel Hill Manufacturing company
as a secretary and John Hubbard be-
comes assistant to the cost account
ant of the Richmond Radiator COM
pany. Miss Florence Ellis is trying out
a position as bookkeeper with a
Westerly store, while Miss Emma Ma
pies is filing a substitute position as
stenographer with the New England
Mutual Life Insurance company.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
CLEANUP CONTINUOUS.
System That Prevails in Washington,
D. C.-Separation of City's Waste
Matter,

The fact that Norwich is having
cleanup week has been noted by the
American Civic association, with gem
eral headquarters at Washington, D. c.
Referring to the project, Richard B.
Watrous, secretary of the association,
writes:
Our feeling about all kinds of city
waste that accumulates about the
houses and stores, such as garbage,
ashes and litter, is that it should be a
municipal function to collect and dis
pose of such waste and that regardless
of the size of the community, from the
very large city to the small town.
Provision should be made by a regular
assessment and collection of taxes to
cover that work. Only by such a sys-
tematic effort as can be conducted by
the municipality can communities be
kept clean regularly. The danger of
getting into the cleanup week habit
is that the people are careless for
many weeks of the year, relying upon
Uses which ought to be kept clean all
of the time. The best way is for the
work to be done by the municipality
in a regular and orderly manner, each
taxpayer bearing his share of the ex-
pense.
For instance, we have a. regular col
lection of three distinct kinds of waste
in Washington. namely, garbage, ashes
and trash. That collection is regular
and painstalzing and it is simply up
to the citizen here to do his part in
having the various kinds Of waste
placed in the proper receptacles to be
taken away. If waste accumuIates, it
is his fault and to his discredit.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
ITASCA is COMING
TO TAKE OUT CADETS.
VIII Start From Fort TrumbuIl School
For Regular Summer Cruise.

The coat guard steamer Itasca,
Lieutenant Crasper commanding, is
now in dry dock at New York. Where
reairs are completed the Itasca will
proceed to New London, where the
commanding officer will report to the
superintendent of the coast guard
academy at Fort Trunbull preparatory
to taking on board the cadets for the
regular summer cruise. Captain F.
c. Billiard superintendent of the
academy, will take command of the
Itasca and the vessel will leave New
London, June 5, for Gardeners Bay
and will remain there until July IL.
She will then proceed to Norfolk, Va,
and after short trip will continue
on to San Juan, Cristobol, Santiago and
Guantanoma and back to New Lon
don, where it is expected she will ar
rive August 3. The present class Of
cadet engineers will be detached Au-
gust 8 and consigned to cruising cut
ters.
The newly appointed cadets and ca
det engineers will be taken on board
the Itasca, and on August % the YES
sci will leave New London for a
cruise along the coast of Maine and
Massachusetts, concluding with tar
get practive in Gardeners Bay and re-
turning to New London September 80.
While the vessel is at San Juan,
if it is found necessary to take on
coal, she will extent the cruise to
ST. Thomas. The time for remaining
in port will be left to the discretion
of the commanding officer.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
WAS THE PREACHER
AT SECOND CHURCH
Rev. E. S. Worcester of Broadway
Church Delivered Sermon in Even
ina.

At the Second Congregational church
Sunday evening, Rev. Edward S. Wor-
cester of Broadway Congregational
church, delivered the sermon, taking
as the text Psalm 90-61: In the morn
ing it 1ourishth and groweth up; in
the evening it is cut down and with
ereth. Rev. Mr.. Worcester said that
with the growing shadows the world
takes on a new aspect. The evening
twilight is the hour of memories. We
have leisure then to look back. We
see all in the new light and in the still
ness we pass judgment. The evening
is indeed a passing time. There is
that which survives the evening and
is found in it's place with each new
morn. How little now, as we look
back, were our hopes and fears, which
a few hours before doomed up before
us. Be thankful that life includes both
changing and lasting. If nothing en-
dured what q sad thing life would be.
On the other hand what blessing that
everything need not last. There is
much that comes to US that is not
worth keeping
At evening and old age we look back
to wonder that the voyage has been
so short, in retrospect. God cares for
US and those that turn to Him, even
in the dark, are sure there is some
thing in their own life that will not
pass. If we have fulfilled our lives
with the presence Of God it is i'm
possible to come down to evening
emptyhanded. Establish thou the
work of our hands. That means first
to teach US to set our hearts on Thee,
o God.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
TAFTVILLE
Two Runaway Freight Cars Crashed
Into Third Attached to Electric En-
gine-Engine Left RaiIs-Notes.

While switching freight cars on the
electric trolley system of the Ponemah
mills Monday afternoon, two freight
cars ran into an open switch and into
another car with an electric engine at
tached. The runaways were coming
from the yards of the big mill and
were boosted along as it is the custom
and left to ride down the main track.
Previously another engine with
freight car had switched on to a side
track leading into mill No. 4 and the
switch was left open. There is a slight
down grade from the Lisbon bridge
and the slippery condition of the rails
added much momentum. The brake
man, noticing this, climbed aboard the
cars and set the brakes but this prov
ed useless. He was forced to jump off
before the collision. The cars at mill
No. 4 were pushed ahead against the
bumper and the engine left the rails
Two trolley poles were knocked down
and a large portion of the trolley wire
from mill No. to the Lisbon bridge.
Men were engaged at work in the cars
at the siding unloading but were suf-
fciently warned to get out of the dan
ger zone.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
THREE MONTHS ABSENT
MADE HIM DESERTER.
Second Lieutenant Weggeman Will Be
So Declared on Tuesday.

The war department is prepared to
declare as a deserter Second Lieuten-
ant William H. Wegg eman, of the
Twelfth company of Coast Artillery,
formerly on duty at Fort Terry, Fish
ers Island. That officers name will
be formally declared as dropped from
the register of the United States army
on Tuesday, On which day will have
expired the required period of three
months from the date of the lieuten-
ants disappearance from his post.
On February IA last he was granted
leave Of absence for four days and
has not since been heard from. The
facts attending his absence without
leave include such circumstances as
would lead, in the event of his appre-
hension, to tri2( and court-martiaI on
charges alleging irregularities in Off
cial transactions involving, it is said,
post funds. The cases of army officers
who are absent without leave for a
period of three months, the department
records the officer as a deserter, and
this action will be taken regarding
Lieutenant Weggeman on Tuesday,
unless in the meantime he reports at
some army post. He was appointed a
second lieutenant in the Coast Artil-
lery corps, from civil life, in December,
1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
EIGHT AGREEMENTS UNDER
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Filed With Clerk of Superior Court
One in This City.

The following agreements under the
workmen's compensation act were fill
ed on Monday with the clerk of the su-
perior court:
S. A. Goldsmith Co, and r. Holt,
laceration of back. So weekly from
Jan. 81 to Jan. 81.
Brown Cotton Gin Co, and Frank
Darling, liberation of finger on left
hand. IS weekly during disability be-
ginning May l.
H. R. Douglas, Inc, and Charles
Hamil broken rib, Sc weekly during
disability beginning April 90
Booth Bros. & Hurricane Isle Gran
tie Co, and Charles Rovelli, two lac
Grated fingers. 1885 during disability
beginning April %.
Mystic Manufacturing Co., VS. Ev-
erett Wilson, Greenmanville, LAGER
alton finger OF left hand, $685., from
May Is.
N. S. Gilbert & Son and George
German, splintered bone left leg, Sc
weekly beginning May 4.
E. T. Peck and Pellegatta Bennette
bruised foot, 1925 weekly beginning
Jan. 20.
East Haddam Electric Light COM
pany with Irving Bernstein of Col
chester. Electric shock and bruises;
$3.50 weekly from Jan. IS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
MRS. SLocUM SENDS
BOX FROM ABROAD.
To Be Kept Unopened at Groton Mon
ument House For 100 Years.

Mrs. Cuthbeth Harrison Slocum,
organizer of Anna Warner Bailey
chapter, D. A. R., Of Groton and Ston-
ington, and at present at SaIonica,
Turkey, has sent the chapter a brass
box in which she-has packed many
Italian and European newspapers con-
tanning stories of the war and nu-
meFous relics, currency, etc, Mrs.
Slocomb has sealed the box and di-
reefs that it shall not be opened for
100 years. The box is to be placed
in the Monument house at Groton to-
gether with the many relics of the
Revolutionary period now exhibited
there,
Mrs. Slocomb has been connected
with patriotic societies for many
years Through her the state flag Of
Connecticut was adopted and the first
flag was the gift of Anna Warner
Bailey chapter. She also secured the
adoption of the state D. A. r. hymn,
For Home and Country. It was also
through her efforts that the Fort Girls
void tract, became state property and
that the Monument house was built.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
A Message To Thin,
Weak, Scrawny Folks
An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 80 Pounds
of Solid, Healthy, Permanent Flesh.

An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 80 Pounds
of Solid, Healthy, Permanent Flesh.
Thin, nervous, undeveloped men and
women everywhere are heard to say: Il
CANT understand why do not get fat.
eat plenty of good, nourtShing food. =
me reason Is just this: You cannot get
TAT, no matter how much you eat, un-
less your digestive organs assimilate
the fat-n1aking elements of your food
instead of passing them out through
the BODY as waste.
What Is needed is a means of gently
urging the assimila tivu functions of the
stomach and intestines to absorb the
oils and fats and hand them over to the
blood, where they may reach the
starved: shrunken. rundown tissues
and build them up. The thin persons
body is like. a dry sponge-eager and
hungry for the fatty materials of which
II is being deprived by the failure of
the alfmentary canal to take them from
this sinful waste of flesh building ele-
ments and to stop the leakage of fats
is to use Sargol, the recently discovered
regenerattve force that is recommended
G air * RhYf tfIs sare eeF' taS 5pa
with every meal and notice how quick
" your cheeks fill out and rolls of firm,
healthy flesh are deposited over your
projecting. point. Lee. 6 osgood and
other good druggists have Sargol or
can get it from their wholesaler, and
viii refund your money if you are not
satisfied with the gain in weight 1t
each package. 1t is Inexpensive, easy
to take and highly efficient.
Caution;-Wnile Sargol has produced
remarkable results in overcoming ner-
vous dyspepsia and general stomach
troubles, it should not be taken unless
you are willing to gain ten pounds or
more, for it is a wonderful flesh builder
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-25
DYS-PEP-LETS MAKE YOU
FORGET YOUR STOMACH

They give so much digestive comfort.
Made from one Of the finest formulas
ever devised, including pepsin, bis
muth, rhubarb, mint and other car
minatives and digestives often pre-
scribed by physicians. Sweet and
pleasant to take, prompt in effect
"A Clergyman writes: 'T find Dys-
pep-lets extremely neat, pleasant
and efficacious.''
Why not invest ten cents in hand
some aluminium trial box? You'll be
sure to like them. and they will do
you q vast amount Of good.