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To MEXICAN CHIEFS
To END WAR MADE PUBLIC
an-American Conferees Now Ready to Extend
Their Aid to Arrange for Proposed Peace
Congress--RepIies Are Asked for
Within Ten Days.

Washington, Aug. 16-The Pan-American appeal to Mexico
now being delivered to the chiefs Of factions and governors OF states,
was made public here by the state department.
The appeal, although addressed to the political and military lead
ers, takes on the form of an announcement to the Mexican people
themselves. AS made public by the state department., the document
is preaced by this announcement:
The Mexican people are informed that the following commune
cation has been sent to many prominent persons in Mexico who
possess authority or military power within the republic"
Copies to Carranza and Villa.
The appeal went forward to General Carranza and Villa and to
more than a score Of other military and political leaders throughout
Mexico, being transmitted by cable, telegraph, and wireless, which
ever method was required to reach the desired destination.
As replies ire asked for within ten days after the appeal IS re-
ceived, although the time may be extended for cause, no further
meeting of the Pan-American conference is planned until they have
been received or it may be apparent that some Of the Mexicans adj
dressed do not propose to reply.
The conferees confidently expect within a reasonable time
enough favorable replies to warrant them in extending their aid to
arrange for the proposed peace congress.
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Bow Mounds Sister.

Langford.-Agnes Holt, 10 years old,
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. August Holt,
'esiding seven miles east Of Langford,
Tas seriously wourded by her 12-year-
Id brother when the latter fired a
hotgun, the charge striking the gils
I'd inflicting serious and POSSIBLY "a.
Il wounds. Thirty of the shot struck
.er. one penetrating the left lung and
odging in the backbone.
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Mexican States for Peace.

FL Paso, Aug. 16.-Five states and
Il territory OF Mexico are authorize.
lively announced to have declared
through their military governors that
the revolution is at an end so far as
they are concerned, and that Carran-
% and Villa and other forces in arms
would be met by resistance should
they attempt to enter these precincts
e Mexico. The governors who thus
declared fo- armed neutrality are OF
various shades of political %affliation.
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Dies Result Of Kick by Horse.

Magnet.-LeO Ekroth, the 16-year.
old son of a homesteader living in this
section of Trip county, died in an
Omaha hospital as the result of in.
'uries received some weeks ago when
ne was severely kicked by a horse. One
of his legs was badly shattered by the
'orce of the kick. He was unable to
withstand the shock of the operation.
When news of his death was received
his mother was seriously i'll in a Co.
ONE hospital.
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Drys Meet at Mitchell.

Mitchell.-That the convention "
the interests of statewide prohibition
to be held in Mitchell on September
SO, next, is to be the biggest gathering
OF its kind ever held in the state is
the statement made at the h~eadquar.
tiers Of the Anti-Saloon league in this
city. Ever since the legislature sub
mitted the constitutional prohibition
amendment to a vote in the fall 9
1916. the Anti-Saloon league forces o
the state have been planning for /
monster gathering of the dry eco
horts" and Mitchell was selected b.
cause the corn palace, which has til
largest seating capacity of any audit
rum in the state, could be secured.
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u. S. Soldiers in Riot.

Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 16.-Scores q
American soldiers were participants III
a riot in Nogales ais a result, it is said
of a rumor that Mexicans had threat.
ened to take their guns away. Ten
Mexicans were attacked before the of.
ficers got control of the men. One
American is reported to have been
slain In Nogales, Mex, just across the
border from here by Infatuated Mexi
cans. The soldiers that engaged in
the rioting were members of the
Twelfth infantry.
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time would be ten days after the COM
is delivered, subject to pro-
rogation for cause"
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary of State of the
United States.
D. A. DAGAMA.
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary Of
Brazil.
EDO SUAREZ-MUJICA,
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary Of
Chile.
r. S. NAON,
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary Of
Argentina.
L. CALDERON.
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary
of Bolivia.
CARLOS MARIA DE PENA,
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary
of Uruguay.
JOAQUIN MENDEZ,
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary
of Guatemala.
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Gas Tank ExpIodes.

Lake Andes.-While returning from
a fishing trip the gasoline tank of a
railway speeder on which Section Fore
man Hess of the Milwaukee railway.
and his wife and others were riding.
exploded and Mrs. Hess was blown
bodily from the speeder. When the
car was stopped it was directly over
her and had to be lifted from the
track in order to release her. She
suffered serious injuries, while other
members OF the party were bruised
and cut.
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Sues Road for $4,000.

Pierre.-A damage suit for $500.
has been commenced in the circuit
court of Haakon county by Peder I.
Peterson against the Pierre. RAPID
City and Northwestern Railway com
pany. Peterson, as an employee of thu
company, while on q handcar was rur
down by another party of employees O
the road on a gas car. In the COLI
sion Peterson was thrown under the
gas car, and his spinal column was in
jured in such a n that his legs
were paralysed. and he Is unable te
move about.
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Hurt In Train Wreck.

Geddes.-L. Bachelor, an employe
OF the Interstate Power company
working on the line now being extend
ed to Platte, Is in the Geddes hospita'
as the result Of a wreck. The trair
wrecked was an eastbound mixed train
When five miles west of Geddes the
caboose and two box cars left the
track. None of the cars toppled over
but ran for some distance on the ties
tearing up some 400 feet of rail. Bach
elder, with other passengers. was O.
the rear platform, and, when the coaci
left the track, jumped. He sustained
three broken ribs and other minor in
juries. None Of the other passenger:
were injured beyond a shaking up.
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Bold Bandit Robs Household,

Grover.-While the members of II.
family OF Charles Wolfe, living on !;
farm near Grover, were temporary
absent from home a bold bandit an.
tered the house and escaped witt
goods ard money. Two hired mer
were on the place at the time anC
upon coming from the barn after de-
ing the evening chores they met tho
robber coming from the house. H.
chatted pleasantly with them and ther
left the premises. When they entered
the house they discovered the robbe1
had scured $33 in cash from a suitca.
belonging to one of them.
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Must Have Been Druooed.

Aberdeen.-A man presumed to be
William Thope of Wallace, Ida, was
ound in an unconscious condition in
he Milwaukee yards here. The man
carried a gold watch in which the
name of Mullan Thope was engraved,
but had no money on his person, and
had apparently been drugged. He was
aiken to a hospital. where he died a
ew hours later, without r~egaining
consciousness.
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First to Raise Apricofs.

Mitchell.-To Albert Lester, 1919
Cast Second avenue. belongs the credit
If being the first in this vicinity, if not
,ot in the state, to raise apricots.
eight years ago Mr.. Lester secured the
eed from Illinois, and this spring his
twenty trees were bearing blossoms.
The fruit is now ripening, and soon
he Lester family will be enjoying
ZONE grown apricots picked from their
)ack yard.
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Team pisbands.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS baseball
cam has disbanded for the season.
There were two reasons for the deci-
ion to disband. One was the diff
ulty experienced in securing games,
md the other the expense of support
ne the team with four hired players
IN the pay roll.
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CAUGHT IN ACT OF RoBBING.
hobo at Chancellor or Way to Peniter.
tiary "a Hours Later.

Hobo at Chancellor on Way to Peniter-
tiary "a Hours Later.
Chancellor.-Within "a hours after
burglarizing a Chancellor saloon, a
transient who gives every evidence of
being a genuine hobo, had been SEN
fenced and was on his way to the
Sioux Falls ~penitentiary, justice in
his case having moved with unusual
swiftness. A farmer who visited Chan
cllor at an early hour in the morning
to get some machine repairs detected
him robbing the saloon. The alarm
was given and the hobo was caught
near town. AS the result of his pre-
liminary hearing he was held for trial
in the circuit court. However, he de-
cided to enter q plea of guilty before
Judge Trip, who imposed a sentence
OF one years Imprisonment.
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Horse Stealing Charged.

Sturgis.-Arthur and Josh Gufrey,
Max Pieffer and Chick Mason, arrest
I'd on the charge of horse stealing,
we're arraigned before Justice Payne.
The first three named were placed I'M
Ter a 81 900 bond each and the last
lamed $1,000 to appear for a prelim
mary hearing here August "a.
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Attacked by Anqry Bull.

Wecota.-William Marsh had an ex-
iting experience while driving cattle
ear here. He was without warning
ttacked by a bull belonging to a farm
I. The animal charged the horse on
hitch Marsh was riding, striking it
it'll such force that the horses neck
AS broken in the fall. Marsh escaped
18th a sprained wrist.
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Dynamite Celebration Costs Lii.

WatertoWn.-Earl Frocht of Haze
died here from the effects of iniuries
received on the Fourth of July. r
order to make a bigger noise than the
OF his neighbors, who were shootine
off giant firecrackers, young Forcht
took a stick OF dynamite, fastened 4
fuse to it, placed a tin can and a heavy
iron coalhod " them, and then rar
to the doorway of his home after ligh
ing the fuse. A piece of metal strucls
the young man in the abdomen, pierre.
ing his liver. Two operations were
performed to save his life, but witt
out avail.
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Jumps on Fork Handle.

Clear Lake.-Garrett Prange, a mem
er of the board of county commits
'oners, was seriously hurt and had a
narrow escape from death as the re-
ult of jumping on a pitchfork, the
landle penetrating his abdomen to a
iepth OF several inches. When picked
- he was unconscious, and it was be-
ieved he was dead. He is a large
nan, weighing 240 pounds.
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GENERAL.

Kansas City, Mo-, was selected q
the next meeting place Of the Amer
ican Osteopathic association at the
closing session of its nineteenth an
nnal convention at Portland. Ore.
After = careful examination OF the
nov motor speedway ct Des Moines,
where two fatal accidents occurred
recently, Coroner Claude Rooms de-
clared that he believed the accidents
were not due to any fault in the
track.
The Union Stock yards at Chicago.
has been quarantined against a re-
etricted area Of six Illinois counties
which were placed In close quaran.
tine BY federal and state authorities.
following new outbreaks Of the foo,
and mouth disease.
Five American ranchmen were
wounded, two Of them seriously, and
eeveral Mexican outlaws killed in a
0ght between Texas rangers and
American ranchers and a band of
Mexican bandits at Norias ranch, ten
miles north Of Lyford. Tex.
Ono man was instantly killed.
mother x badly injured that he died.
M twO lor hurt. one perhaps ia
1n11y, n tho 30O-mfle automobile Der.
on ~ new mile speedway at Der
1Ioinea.
No4eral Commission on Indus
= 211a9ns, which = III session n
- 1sxlew the evidence Oh
tWo pears ck ~inyestiga
oavucatton
- 49, $1,000 III
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A meeting Of about twenty-five
Dung men of the city Of Lead resulted
n the organization Of a militia com
9any. DR.. Decoe was chosen president
md Dee LaBresche as secretary.
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WARRINGTON.

Sweeping freight rate increases
sought by carriers Of western terri
tory on the ground Of generally poor
financial condition of the lines and
decreased earnings were refused by
the interstate commerce commission.
Secretary Garrison declined to &C.
cent before November / the resigna.
ton Of Major MILFORD J. Hawkins, an
ordnance officer stationed at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds, who
desired to leave the army immediate.
~ to enter private employment.
Nearly half of the land III the Chu-
Zach National forest. Alaska, through
which the government railroad is to
run. Is restored to the public domain
by proclamation Of President Wilson
The boundaries of the forest, as re-
drawn by the proclamation, contain,
approximately 5.S18.OOO acres, $780,.
600 acres being withdrawn.
President Wilson has signed an ex-
ceptive order, deciding the Big Lake
reserve IN northeastern Arkansas, for
the protection Of native birds. The
new reserve, about nine miles long
and carrying from 100 yards to a mile
and a quarter In width, forms prob
ably the most important bird reser-
walton in the country.
The United States treasury depart
ment announced that on December /
Secretary McAdoo would make public
the names to take steps to sue all
persons who are able to pay and who
then have failed to pay advances Of
money made to them by the govern
ment to assist them in returning
home from Europe at the outbreak OF
the war.
In the so-called Ogden gateway
case, the interstate commerce com
mission held the proposed cancella-
ton by the Union Pacific OF through
routes and joint fares in connection
with the Denver & Rio Grande
through the Ogden gateway. was full.
" justified.
American farmers, millers and
train exporters made $500. 0O0, 900
proft during the frst year 81 Wal.
but cotton growers and shippers lost
t3a5. 0oo,ooo commerce department
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sEEMs 70 Be MUCH MARRIED,
Suit Brought Against Woman Said to
Have Had 'Experiences."

nave 0ao "eXperJenCe8.'
Deadwood.-In IN effort to prevent
Mrs. Theresa Galos, now of Charles
Mix county, this state, from continuing
as Administrative of the estate of one
Of her husbands, George w. Kephart.
a well known Sioux City attorney who
has been here investigating the case,
will bring an action in the local courts
for an accounting. Attorney Kephart
has been digging into the marital re-
lations of Mrs. Galos with the result
that he has found four marriages with
in the past few years and several d.
vOrces.
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SPORTING

Mutz Ems, first baseman with the
Bridgeport club Of the Eastern league
last year, has signed to play with the
st. Joseph Western league club.
What vas said to be a new worlds
baseball throwing record for a girl
was made by Miss Ruth McCabe when
she threw a ball 2O9 feet S inches at
Tacoma, Wash.
Decatur, ILL.,, has dropped out Of the
Three-I league, and seven clubs will
finish the season. Decatur was a
charter member of the Three-I league
and has had professional base ball
for fifteen years.
George Cutshaw, second baseman
for Brooklyn, tied the worlds record
held by Clarence Beaumont of Pitts
burgh, by making six consecutive hits
in as many times at bat in a game
against Chicago.
OoC Vi lIC uuu UdIl, SuCC0SSOT u
the emery ball, was prohibited in the
Federal league on orders issued from
President Gilmore's Office in Chicago.
A penalty Of $50 is provided for VIOLA
ton Of the order.
Alma Richards Of the Illinois Ath-
letic club distinguished himself as
the best all-around athlete in the
country by winning the decathlon in
the Panama-Paciic exposition ath.
letic contests in San Francisco.
Mort Henderson Of Altoona, Pa,
raj no match for Joe Stecher, the
Nebraska champion, in their match at
Fremont, Neb. Stecher won in
straight falls Of five minutes and ten
seconds, and three minutes and
eight seconds.
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Text Of Peace Appeal.
Washington.-'The undersigned, the
Secretary of State of the United
States; the ambassadors extraordinary
and plenipotentiary Of Brazil, Chile
and Argentina and the ENJOYS extraor-
binary and ministers plenipo.entiary
Of Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala,
accredited to the government Of the
United States Of America, acting sew
orally and independently unanimously
send to you the following communica-
ton.
Inspired by the most sincere spirit
of American fraternity and convinced
that they rightly interpret the earnest
wish of the entire continent they have
met informally at the suggestion OF
the Secretary of State of the United
States to consider the Mexican situa-
ton to ascertain whether their friend
ly and disinterested help could be sue
c~essfully employed to re-establish
peace and constitutional order in our
sister republic.
Lose Sight Of Effects Of War.
"In the heat of the frightful struggle
which for SO long has stepped in blood
the Mexican soil, doubtless all may
we'll have lost sight OF the d~issolving
effects Of the strife upon the most
vital conditions of the national exis-
tence, not only on the life and liberty
of the inhabitants but on the prestige
and security of the country. We can
not, however-no one a doubt-that
in the presence of a sympathetic APP
peal from their brothers of America,
recalling to them these disastrous eff
fects, asking them to save their moth
erland from an abyss-no n can
doubt, we repeat-that the patriotism
of the men who lead, or aid in any
way the bloody strife, will not remain
unmoved; no one will doubt hat each
and every one of them, measuring in
his own conscience his share in the
responsibilities of past misfortune and
looking forward to his share in the
glory of the ~pacifcation and recon
struction of the country, will respond,
nobly and ~resolutely. to this friendly
appeal and give their best efforts to
opening the way to some saving ac-
ton.
Urge Meeting at Neutral Spot.
1--WE, the undersigned, believe that
If the men directing the armed move
ments in Mexico, whether political or
military chiefs, should agree to meet,
either in person or by delegates, far
from the sound of annon and with
no other inspiration save the thought
of their afflicted land, there to ex-
change ideas and to determine the
fate of the country-from such action
would undoubtedly result the strong
and unyielding agreement requisite to
the creation of a provisional govern
ment, which should adopt the first
steps necessary to the national recon
the first and most essential of them
all, the immediate call to general cleo
tions.
An adequate place within the Mexi-
ian frontiers, which for the purpose
might be neutralized, should serve as
the seat of the conference, ana in or
der to bring about a conference of this
nature the undersigned. or any Of
them, will willingly, upon invitation,
act as Intermediates to arrange the
time, place and other details of such
conference If this action can in any
way aid the Mexican people.
Expect Reply in Ten Days.
'The undersigned expect a reply to
this communication within a reason
able time and consider that such a
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st. Louis was chosen as the place
for the 1916 convention Of the Ma
tionAl Association of Life U%nderwrit-
ers after q spirited contest at San
Francisco.
Two men were killed and six In
jured, one probably fatally, by an e.
plosion at the plant of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
company, near Turtle Creek, Pa.
Water was let over the spillway of
the gigantic dam at the big falls of
the Missouri river, fourteen miles
from Great Falls, Mont. The dam
cost IS. 900 to construct and has
been building nearly three years. It
will furnish power for the electrified
ton Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway.
Indictments charging m~anslaughter
and criminal carelessness were re-
turned before Judge Kersten in the
Illinois criminal court at Chicago in
connection with the Eastland dis
aster. The captain and engineer and
four officers Of the st. Joseph-Chica.
60 Steamship company, owners OF the
boat, we're named.
Enlistment Of the unemployed fol
brief periods In the army and navy
was suggested by Ethelbert Stewart,
chief statistician Of the Department
of Labor at the employment confer
ence in San Francisco, as a plan
which would relieve distress among
workers and create a reserve OF train.
ed men for national defense.
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EP|I0ME Of Events
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN 70
MANY SUBJECTS.
ARE SHORT But INTERESTING
0esoe Mention Of What 10 T~ranspleine
q Various Sections Of Our Own
and Foreton Countries.
WAR NEWS.

WAR NEWS.
Holland, a. 4 result Of the cutting
~ Of shipments from Great Britain
and Germany. II suffering from . coal
famine.
Berlin reports that the British
ouxiliary cruiser India, Of 1900 tons
has been t~orpedoed OF the Nor
wegian coast
Arrangements have been completed
for the exchange of incapacitated Rus
sian and German prisoners OF war;
. dispatch from Copenhagen says.
1.-THE only peace France can acceps
- one which will guarantee the secu'
Sity OF Europe" read q message from
President Poincare to the French
Chamber Of Deputies.
"A lasting Russian offensive is no
longer 70 be expected in the near "
9ure," says Major Moraht, military
critic OF the Berlin Tageblatt. In I
review Of the situation in Poland.
Pope Benedict has addressed q let
Ter to the Catholics Of east Prussia,
according to the Overseas News
agency, expressing his fatherly sym
pathy for the terrible war horrors
brought upon them by the Russian
Anvasions."
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Lynx was sunk a. the result of strik-
1ng ! mine, according to an official
announcement made by the British
press bureau. Out Of q crew OF over
100 only four officers and twenty-five
men were saved.
The French Chamber OF Deputies
passed . bill carrying an %appropria.
ton Of 100 million francs ($24. 600,
O0O). to be used In the purchase Of
wheat and -four for feeding the civil
population Of France. The limit Of
such purchases II n1ed at 209.OOO.OU
francs.
The German airships. which raided
the east coast Of England recently,
bombarded. with good results. war
ships on the Thames. the London
docks. torpedo boats near Harwich
and buildings on the Humber. accord
1ne 20 reports from Berlin.
Enver PashA. Turkish minister Of
war, admits the allies have landed
10000 fresh men on the Gallipoh pc
ninsula. Two regiments Of the new
" landed forces. according to Enver
pasha, were virtually annihilated,
only sixty men escaping death OF
wounds.
Petrograd IL full OF wounded. the
London Daily Mail asserts, and the
Russian casualties are unofilcially es'
timated 1t 3.60O,0O0 up to the middle
q July in killed, wounded and pris'
oners. The paper say that this esti
mate seemed guess work, as the mill
tary authorities do not know the real
totals.
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Mutz Ems, first baseman with the
Bridgeport club Of the Eastern league
last year, has signed to play with the
st. Joseph Western league club.