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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-03-16
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Following 10 the list Of con.
testants nominated 70 date and
their standing:
Names Votes
Miss Anna johnson. $1,000
s13 w. Wlshkah 81.
Mics Ruth eathurst /. So 900
wsathsr~ax Apartments.
Miss Helen Thompson. $4,000
COS w. Wlshkah st.
Mlss Nellie Erviek. ..3l, 200
S23 Z. First q. %
Mlss Justin carothsrs $4,000
Monteeano.
Miss osulah May. 10000
oo2 w. King o.
Mr.. ). Rufus erswsr. $4,000
9atsep,
Mrs. Fred, Mumm. .17.ooo
Montssane.
Miss> Lorsna Wyndsaro. .17,ooo
~ w Sixth o.
Miss Fannie LamppI. 1900
4o7 North z q.
Mlss Florsnes oiilis. ..11,ooo
0oo ~. Second 81.
Mics Lizzie ooforth. 80. 5000
South Aberdeen.
Miss z. A. Doysr. ...... 5000
I, 800 South F e..
Mics Margaret Joyce. -. 5000
glma.
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The Herald Il IL mest widely rsao
paper in Chshalis County. Wise -
vsftissrs know T. i
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-03-16

form designed by Mr.. Mason, 10 for
fitting to a Stanley metal spirit level.
the one most commonly used in this
country. The device, It 10 believed
by the inventor. in the end will be
cast in the level; and he counts upon
. royalty from each level with the
mirror cast within 1t. Slight changes
In the shape .of the attachment will
make It At any other makes Of levels.
Mr.. Mason hopes to start q factory
for turning out his invention. in q
very short time. in Aberdeen or in
some other city.
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c. A. Snow & Co.. with the
information. that his patent
had been allowed by the Unit
ed States patent Office on
March I. Patents now are
pending in Canada, England
and France.
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EfEA.HEH faaH4r fEsrfa
the evidence Of Wymore, Neb., part
les who were witnesses for the state,
to the effect that they have filed
claims for a part of the reward Of
1ered for the capture Of the murderer
of Menzie and the girl, also that of
other parties who assisted in the cap
ture of Brooks and who have filed
claims with the county auditor.
Tho defense completed it's case
late Saturday.
Four witnesses testified that
Brooks was in Niobrara from April 16
to April 19.
Brooks Testimony.
Robert Brooks, the defendant, was
placed on the stand in his own be-
half, following his wife and five 9TH
er witnesses.
Brooks was very nervous, and al
though he fixed dates and places very
distinctly, as did the other nlibi wit
nesses. he faltered a great deal and
eeemed uncertain on other points.
He swore to practically the same
story that the defense's Niobrara
witnesses testified-to the effect that
he was in Niobrara on the night of
the murder and that he. accidently
shot a hole through his Goa while
there. Also that he never saw Men
zie or Miss Signal and did not know
them at all.
Mrs. Brooks swore that she talked
at Geddes to Brooks over the tele-
phone on the night of the crime and
that he told her he was in Niobrara.
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BROOKS n
BY THE COURT
TRIAL FOR MURDER OF MENzIE
AND MISS SIGNAL SO BROUGHT
SUDDENLY TO CLOSE.

Wheeler, S. D.-Judge r. b. Trip
brought the Brooks murder trial to.
an abrupt end at. a session Saturday
night by directing the jury to acquit
the defendant of the charge of muir
dering w. H. Menzie and Blanche
Signal, at Geddes last April. At the
close of the case for'the defense the
court refused to allow rebuttal evil
dencc by the state. The attorneys
in a hurry to get the case to the jury,
waived argument. The judge then
ros presumably to instruct the jur-
ors. Instead he authorized them to
find a verdict for the prisoner, end
ing the trial in a sensational man
iner.
Story of the Crime. ~.
On the night of April 16 w. III.
'Menzie who vas manager of the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator and
Lumber company in Geddes, S. d.,
left his home as usual, and, going
downtown, met Miss Blanche Sig
nal at the postoffice, apparently by
Encouragement. Miss Signal was and
had been for three years prior a
trusted bookkeeper for the company
and they had arranged to get out
some notification cards that night
notifying stockholders Of the special
reorganization meeting to be held
1.-THE following Saturday. +.
Menzie waited outside the post
,office ~conversing with friends while
! Miss Signal got the mail. They then
sleft together for the office. about
! three blocks distant and across the
| railroad track, in an isolated part OF
itown. Mrs. F. l.. Larson passed the
soffice about $50 p. M, when she
saw them at work at a desk. About
$3.50 D.. M. a 15-year old farmer boy
passed the Office on a pony and saw
names in the office. He also heard a
b crash as of glass, and his pony ran
away and carried him home, about
1.-TWO miles distant.
Harry Mcpherson, a telegraph OPP
serator, passed the office about 1926
sp.m and found the office entirel,
fdark.
i Alarm, of Fire Given.
The first alarm of the fire wa
eSxiyen when a flame was seen TO far
Cup back of the office about 1880 p
49, saN-fris 4rtI- @t45-rN 4.7aUEA LEI
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will be held Thursday, to have the
harness events classified alike and
the same list of entries at each fair.
Relatives in Mitchell have receiv-
ed word of the birth of a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ford, of Man
son, Wash. The little miss arrived
on New Years day and is the second
daughter. Mrs. Ford was very we'll
known in Mitchell as Miss Mary
Morrow.
DR.. r. j.. Lamme went to Pierre
this afternoon to attend a. meeting
of the Republican state central com
mittee. An attempt probably will be
made to draft some proposed changes
in the Richards primary law
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FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that these
proceedings r taken to foreclc.e
the hereinafter described mortgage
under the statutes of the state OF
South Dakota.
The names of the mortgagors are
J. +. Atkinson and Winifred M. At
kinson, his wife. The name OF the
MORTGAGE is J.. G.. Mccartney of
Mitchell, South Dakota. The date
of the mortgage is october 18th,
1911 and it was recorded October
i21st, 1911 in book one hundred six
teen (116) of Mortgages on page
forty-two (42), in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Dawson county,
South Dakota in which county said
mortgaged premises are situated.
The mortgagors have defaulted in
the condition Of said mortgage by
not paying the same when due. There
is due on said mortgage at h date
of this notice Three Thousand
Eighty-nine (3089) Dollars and for
ty-four (44) cents, principal and In
terest, Five CD Dollars insurance
paid December 10Th, 1914, Twenty
five (25) Dollars statutory attor-
ney's fees and the costs of these
proceedings.
The mortgaged premises are lots
Five (5) and Six Co in Block Eight
(8) c.. S. Burr's Addition to the town
10Y city of Mitchell, South Dakota
Under the power of sale contain
ed in said mortgage and pursuant
to law said mortgage premises Will
be sold at public auction at the front
door of the Court House in the city
of Mitchell, Dawson County, South
Dakota on January 30th, 1915 at
ten o'clock a. m.
1 Dated at Mitchell. South Dakota
this 10th day of December. 1914.
Retta Mccartney.
Administyatrix OF the estate OF
j. G Mccartney, deceased.
Herbert E. Hitchcock,
Attorney for Administrative.
,P. o. Address, Mitchell, s. Oak.
. EH ~ NEaH 4MA
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m. and the fire bell rung. This &C.
Cured during an intermission at q
firemans' ball, which was held at the
town hall that night. Many persons
rushed to the scene of the fire, but
as it had gained strong Roadway and
there were dwellings in the path of
the fire the attention of the early ar
rivals was turned toward saving the
contents of these, No thought was
given to the possibility of any n
being in the office until the piercing
screams of Mrs. Alice Signal, mother
of the girl, were heard on her ar
rival at the fire. She screamed: 81
know Blanche and Menzie are MUIR
dered. l know they r in there.
Blanche promised to meet me at
$3.50 at the dance, and she did not
come. She and Will have had threat
ening letters and l kiow they are in
there" She was taken to her home
by friends.
Bodies Found in Ruins.
At this time the office was enyel-
loped in flames and no one could ap-
proach closer than a hundred feet.
1t was burned to the ground before
a search in the ruins could be made.
Meanwhile a searching party was or
gained and the surrounding prem
Uses searched and inquiry made about
town for the missing persons, and
when nothing was found the search
narrowed down to the ruins.
Frank Humphrey, yard manager
for the company, made several inef-
~fectual efforts to enter the burning
office, but was restrained. However,
he finally succeeded in gaining en-
trance to the confines of the burned
area after the mas had cooled
somewhat and discovered the bodies.
The little town of Geddes vas
aroused as never before, and hardly
anyone returned home that night.
Coroner and sheriff were called from
Platte. They arrived about 3 a. M.
and removed the bodies to the NOR
que, where an autopsy was held.
States Attorney A.. B. Beck and
lSherif Rifle waged a relentless
search for evidence of the murder,
and in the face. of strong opposition
maintained their faith and determin-
alton in the murder theory, that the
crime was premediated and carried
| o~ut~through a carefully laid, plan
Many persons, however. chung to the
theory that Menzie killed the girl
and then took his W life. While
Others believed it was a dual suicide
pact.
Defense Tries for an Alibf.
d. II. Sullivan of Sioux City, attor'
ney for the defense in his openins
statement to the jury declared tina
he expected to prove that Brooks wal
, in Niobrara on the day preceding ant
| the night OF the murder and that thu
night Waterman at that place would
! testify as to hearing a shot in thu
! Roster hotel while Brooks was II
town, and upon investigation foun.
! Brooks in the guest oom with a re
,voiver' in his hand and that he ex
planned that he had thought the gun
} was empty and had pulled the trig
=, ger. Continuing, Sullivan said:
1.-THE hand that drove the hamme
into Blanch Signals brain and point
ed the revolver at Menzie's temple !
: now in the custody Of its maker"
The defense made strong uses
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From Saturdays Daily
Miss Florence Bjodstrup has gone
to Rock Rapids, Ia, to make a snort
visit at the home Of herAsister, MRS.
Hugh McLain.
Word has been received of the mar
rage of Prof. Jay w. Miller, a faa-
ulty member of the Dakota Wesleyan
school of commerce, to Miss Lillian
Steinbach. The ceremcr.., occurred az
The home of the brides parents in
Columbus, Wis.
Mrs. Amanda Weller, o. Sioux
CITY, arrived last evening for a visit
at the home of her son, Cha,:es Wei
Ter.
The mercury took a sudden plunge
last night from the balmy ten1eIa-
tire which opened the new year.
The government Thermometer reg
;stered two degrees. above Szeto this
morning. compared with "a degrces
above yesterday. ii
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Slade .rri:rd
Yesterday afternoon from Des Mclres
Ia. for a short holiday visit V
atives at their former, home III Mit-
chell.
Prof. E. H. Wilds, OF. Dakota IVES
leyan left last evening for Mlnneap
oils. where the Minnesota-Dakot: In
tercollegiate Athletic conference ).
In session today at the Hotel Raiai
SON. Several. important matters arr
coming up before the conference.
j. e. Berry is the name Of thu
stranger. taken in charge by the All
thorities at Perry, Ia. several Gay
400 in an apparent dementec coaol
tim. He had been visiting relative
In Mitchell, 1t was ascertalned yes
terday. He was a former patient a
tha state insane hospital e. YanK
ton and will be returned TO that IN
stitution. It was not leaTEcG no,
ha happened to have back book Q
a local bank, as he had no : fund
there on deposit.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Eastman a;
rived home yesterday with their cns
dren from a short holiday visit :
Sioux City.
Miss Edith Wyant arrived HON
,rbmrsday afternoon, following a sta
of two weeks with Omaha reiatiVe
Mrs. E. A. Farr will return tn
evening from a visit OF two weel
with her parents at .Boscobei' Wis.
W. M. Smith. of Rapid City $: +
arrived this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
estate Of John G. McC artney, dee

ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned. Administrative Of the estate
Of John 6. Mccartney. deceased. to
the creditors of and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased.
to- exhibit them. with the necessary.
vouchers, within, six months after
the first publication of this notice,
to the said Retta Mccartney. admin.
istratrix. at her residence In Nit
chell, in the county of Dawson.
South Dakota.
Dated Dec. 10, 1914. s
RETTA MCCARTNEY
Administrators OF the Estate at
JohnEG McCaEtueySS Dpceaaeds
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Mrs. Jennie Wiltse returned home
this morning from a visit at Letcher
with her daughter, Mrs. Ben T. Van
Metre.
Miss Ethel Blynn went to Airing
ton, S. d., yesterday afternoon to re-
sumo her duties as teacher in the pub
lie schools.
G. w. Ruth returned this morning
from a Sunday visit with friends at
washington Springs.
Miss Lottie Anthem has been a guest
of Miss Lilly Patterson while on her
way through Mitchell to Sioux Falls,
where she is a teacher in the pub
lie schools.
Joseph Curran, a pioneer farmer
Of Tobin township, is critically ill
at the home of Mrs. M. E. Nicholson,
SIG West Second avenue. Mr.. Cur
ran, who is nearly 70 years old, has
been a resident of Mitchell for the
past three years.
G. C. Vittetoe, of Duluth, MINI.
is the new manager of the Mitchell
branch of the Singer Sewing Machine
company.
The public schools opened today.
resuming classes after. a vacation Of
two weeks for the holidays. No
changes were made in the teachers of
the graded or high schools during
the intermission. The first semester
will close in about three weeks.
marking the first half of the school
year. The classes were resumed at
Dakota Wesleyan this afternoon,
most of the students arriving in the
city this morning and afternoon.
From Tuesdays Daily.
C. F. lynn went yesterday after
noon to Huron where he has business
in the circuit court of Beadle coun-
ty.
Arthur Davis returned yesterday
to his home at Pierre. after a holi-
day visit in Mitchell at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Davis
P. A. Zollman left Monday fol-
Brookings, where he will be a leader
III the farmers short course in dairy.
ing, under the auspices of the State
college .
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Hopkins return
ed yesterday to their home at Red
field, after a short visit at the lom'
of Mrs. Hopkins parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. r. L. Tremaine. Mr.. Hopkins
brother, Roy Hopkins, who has jus
recovered from an attack of typhoid
fever, went up with them.
4 Mrs. Laura d. Pollock, of Omaha
istate manager Of the Woodmen Cir
Gle, is in Mitchell and will meet wit
the Circle Wednesday Jan. 13 q
. make plans for an active campaign
There will be initiation and all men
bers are urged to be present.
= Harry Preston went upsto PferF
. yesterday afternoon. He will visl
q with his father, H. G. Preston. OF tn
. state tax commission, and watch tn
u sessions of the legislature.
l. w. S. Hill, president OF the stat
fair board, will leave tomorro'
y evening for Sioux City, where rel
resentatives of the state FAIRS
s. South. Dakota, Minnesota, Nebrask
and Iowa will discuss arrangement
h. for their race programs. Az endeavt
twin be made at the meeting, whic
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-07
MEN SUED FOR
EAT OF DRUNK MAN

Bowdle, s.. D.--George Sauther.
and Peter Grismer, two Bowdle sa-
loon keepers, have been sued for
damages by Mrs. Magdalena Hols-
worth. whose husband fell from a
wagon and had his neck broken, last
November. The complainant alleged
Holsworth was drunk at the time he
met his death, and seeks $4,000 dam
ages.
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E IN FRONT
OF FAST. TRAIN
FOUR YOUNG WOMEN LOSE
THEIR LIVES WHILE TRYING
TO AVOID SWITCH ENGINE.

Allentown, Pa.-Four young wo-
men, natives Of Austria, going from
work, early today stepped from out
of the way of a switching engine on
the Lehigh Valley tracks, directly
in the path of an express. All were
killed.
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From Mondays Daily

Lewis Young returned to his home
lat Loomis Sunday afternoon follow
ling avisit of twosaayssat theIHoIas
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-07
THE NEW YEARS BELLS
BY S. H. NJ. lei

Wyhv d 10 the bells all ring so loud. Where are the promises you made,
And snues iuumne every face The good resolves to be,a INT do?
n see the old year in hers hroud A little sX months saw them fade
And some retenderi in hrp place.? And this dead years reproachingy u
Oh tickle hears! A while ago The new year comes JOY and wine,
Vhen tm dead wear was coming in ~ In song IN dance. O let here come!
You swore v ALL above below, @H But have we then ne hearth pne
Such loneliness had never been. For this lost yH forever umb
Then lust as low % rang thu bells n The new year comes, but look! Her hands,
Md danced and shouted eyerywhere: Ae thy not red with dead mems gore?
In faroff hills, in fields and des, Her skirts trail blood in many lands;
Therew vas no beauty like to her. Time never saw erG like before.
Low IN vmr knees YOU benta and swore But bid he in m rig theb bells;
A feaHv not to be forgot; Oh, ring them loud, and falsely swear;
Where are those oaths? Thin an-no TMs; odd lead yea she never tells
more: The old fake things yu wore to her.
We can them and they answe lot
The Lsses for that amnvb nde Therei lie III dead; look on her face;
7h,+ od new wear were thew in vain? Her cold white hands forever crossed;
She's divine NOW here al v0rs side: No birth of int can take the pace
You d. not kiss heri lips again. Ofth dead year thaty uhavel lost
Ring on, o bells! The happy thong
w Will little need thss ong of Mne,
Nor weepa passing year toe long,
Nor mix he laurew viii the pine %
4'; 5S7ev5&R@26es
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Mrs. |. j.. Norris is very ill at hel

Mrs. |. j.. Norris is very i'll at her
home here.
Mrs. w. Rogers of Madison, daugh-
ter of the former. is assisting in car
in for her. Mr.. Rogers also spent
/, Sunday here There are no hopes for
the recovery of the invalid who has
been i'll some time but only confined
q little over a week.
| Miss Edna M. Wolfe is enjoying a
few weeks vacation from her school
at Fairfield and Miss Ruth Smith one
eek vacation from her school at Hon
e7 Creek.
Joseph MouIton has purchased the
.sidence occupied by Clarence Bayles
and wife, Of William Dennis.
Mrs. William G. Clark is still very
i'll.
Mrs. E. P. Gross and daughter,
Ella, and son, Mitchell, went to Adams
last week to be guests of her brother,
Thomas Corcoran and wife.
Mrs. Sam Peck Of Okee was re-
cent guest of Mrs. Mary Morey.
w. C. T. u. met with Mrs. limo
thy S. Wells last Tuesday afternoon.
Refreshments were served and pleasant
time spent.
Mrs. Charles Dennis and Mrs. Tryon
attended services in Lodi Wed. March
18th.
Mr., and Mrs. Dean and family spent
Sunday with relatives in Waunakee.
Mrs. Messenger and daughter, and
Mrs. Mulcahy and daughter Of Baraboc
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Solomon King and family.
Miss Constance King and niece, Miss
Halle Clafiin were in Lodi Saturday.
Miss Ruth Smith was a Lodi caller
Monday.
Mrs. T. Foulkes was in Madison last
Thursday.
Oliver Mather has the mumps.
Mrs. Edward Ludwig of Baraboc
was a recent guest of her brother, Johr
Howard and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Loos spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Loos in Okee.
Harvey Dennis was in Bara boo Thurs
day.
Mrs. William Dennis passed her 68tt
birthday anniversary Wednesday. She
was remembered by few friends with
cards and gifts. She has been confined
to her bed almost constantly since Sep
TENDER 10 with paralysis.
Mrs. Thomas Brereton of Dane is (
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est of her daughter, Mrs. Dennis

guest of her daughter, Mrs. Dennis
Bayles.
Mesdames Harvey Dennis and Joseph
Moulton were in Baraboo Saturday ;also
Mrs. J. Wolfe and daughter, Edna.
MISS Gertrude E. Promo spent Sun
day with her parents.
Mrs. Norman Wood died at her home
in Early, Iowa, last Wednesday after
an illness of but one day. She was tax
en- to California for interment beside
her husband. The late Mrs. Nelson AS
tie of this place was a step-daughter
and the deceased also resided here a
number of years ago. Mrs. Nelson c..
Swanson and John Astle of this place
are grand children.
The program last week at the Com
nunity club was as follows:
Song-America.
Reading-Mrs. Gustave Kirchstein.
Reading Miss Grayce Niles.
News-pa (Sec) Mrs. Fl. B. Gross.
Address Prof. Harper, Madison subj.
Community Gardening.
Committee appointed for Apr. 18th,
Mrs Julius Wolfe, Mrs. H. M. Peck
and Mrs. Geo. Loos.
Mrs. Mae Cramer and Miss Evange-
line Swanson joined the r. N. Of "A.
Saturday afternoon.
Frank A. Cooper was IN Baraboo
Saturday.
Clarence Weinke was very i'll but is
improving at present.
Fred Wolfe returned from Butler
Monday.
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PRAIRIE DU SAC

The young people of the Evangelical
church gave fine entertainment We'd
nesday evening and Melted about fifty
dollars which they will send for the re-
lief of the Belgium sufferers.
School is closed for weeks vacation.
A pleasant surprise was given Mrs.
Samuel Darlington at her home last
Tuesday when the Twentieth Century
Club met there in honor of her birth
day. A fine comforter was tied, dainty
refreshments were enjoyed and some
beautiful carnations were left as a tok-
en- of esteem.
The w. w. Club had masquerade
party at the home of Mrs. John Accola
Friday evening. In at least some of the
costumes worn, it is certain that there
was no disobedience to the Scriptual
commandment to make no likeness to
anything in the heavens above or The
earth beneath or the water under the
earth.
Married at the home of ]. C. Steuber
in the town of Prairie du Sac, Wednes-
day, March II, Miss Minnie Creasey of
this city and Louis Steuber. Rev Dahn
performed the ceremony.
Miss Jennie Baker and Mrs. Eliza
Carpenter spent Monday in Madison.
Mrs. Joseph Verheyden of Kilbourn,
spent the fore part of last week with
friends here.