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CHILDREN
READING BOOKS
AVERAGE EXCEEDED THE PAST
WEEK AT CITY LIBRARY
NEW BOOK ON FOREIGN
MISSIONS.

The number OF children's books
read this last week was larger in
proportion than usual. being 81 per
cent of the whole number, l31, while
the whole number read was 420.
Twenty-nine per cent was non fiction
the most popular class being liter
allure. The daily average of books
drawn out for home reading was 20.
The story hours last Saturday
were attended by twenty children
about evenly divided between the
two story tellers. O.. e. Murray told
the last of his series. and for a few
weeks at least there will be NJ story
hour for the Older boys and girls,
though they are invited to come to
the library and read and draw books
for home reading. The little children
will be glad hat liss Hoist, who
entertained them last week, will be
in charge next Saturday, at 1920
O'Clock.
The New York Sunday Times. with
its splendid book section, and its IL
Illustrated insert, has been subscribed
for by the board and is now on file.
The pictures are kept for a couple
of weeks in the book form, and then
the most telling pictures are placed
upon the wall in the children's room.
Among the new books received the
following is worthy of attention.
The social aspects OF foreign mis-
sions' was written to aid people in
their study of the missionary enter
prise, it's author. w. II. P. Faunce,
president of Brown university, get
ting his material while on Il trip
around the world. The most mo-
mentous fact, he says els that while
the east and the west are coming
nearer each other every year. they
are yet spiritually and intellectually
separated by a great abyss" he
shows that the social achievement of
missionaries to be five fold, literary
educational, medical, industrial and
reformative.
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HIGH SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

Woonsocket Herald: A number of
noteworthy high school social affairs
have taken place during the past ten
days, which we give below:
On Saturday evening, May s, a
four-course luncheon IA rendered
the faculty and class of 1915, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w.
Moore, by Mrs. Blanche Walters and
Miss Bernice Daniles. The luncheon
and table decorations were on the
Maypole order, carried out in the
class colors-pink and green. Enter
tainment consisted of music by Miss
Maurine Moore and the writing and
reading of the last will and testament
of the members ,of the senior class.
Misses Marian Keller and Kittie Can
non served at luncheon.
On Thursday, May 13, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. White, Miss
Helen White was hostess to the SEN
Tor class at a four-course breakfast.
Centerpieces of pansies and tulips
formed the table decorations. Mrs.
White was assisted in serving by
Mesdames F. C. Pier and Mark Wert2
Saturday evening, May Is, at the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-27
ADMITS SENDING
POISONED CANDY
|DEADWOOD MAN THUS SOUGHT
REVENGE ON BROTHER OF
GIRL WHO JILTED HIM.

Deadwood, S. D.-Angered because
he believed the boy had been instru-
mental in his losing his love suit,
Rudolph Fredericks. a millman in the
employ of the Homestake Mining com
pany here sem a box OF poisoned
chocolates through the mails to Hen
ry Clark, aged II of Aladdin, Wyo.,
brother OF the girl with whom Fred
ericks was infatuated and Clark mar
owly escaped death. For this Fred
ericks was indicted this week by the
federal grand jury, and after making
IA confession, pleaded guilty.
Heretofore. Frederichs, who is &c
years old, had borne an excellent rep
utation. He paid court to Mable
Clark of Whitewood but the girl dis
dained his attentions and married an
other mar and wentsto Michigan to
reside. Then Fredericks sought to
regain some jewelry he had given her
and young Clark declined to give
1T up. Then boxes of poisoned candy,
ingenuously marked with a false
W hitewood date and purporting to
come from Mrs. Mable Clark Deyo,
commenced to arrive at Aladdin.
Vain oNC " III VI IVA anu NtS
deathly i'll and then neighbors told
of receiving packages of st%rychnine
from Deadwood with requests from
Fredericks that they be placed in the
Clark we'll.
Dcceiver of Women Pleads Guilty
Harry b. Porter, a gay Lothario,
arrested last winter in Omaha on a
charge of i~mpersonating a federal Of
ficer here last summer, was also in
dicted and pleaded guilty. Porter
during his sojourn in the Black Hills
was a general favorite with the wo-
men and when arrested endearing
letters and photographs of many OF
of the girls he had victimized on the
strength of his supposed official po-
sition were found in his trunk. A
number of these women were present
in court to testify against him and
were much relieved at his plea OF
lguilty.
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WAR O CALLED
FOR SAYS DILLON
THAT
NO REASON HAS YET ARISEN
FOR HDSTILITIES.

"There has nothing yet occurred
sufficiently grave to drag this country
into war" This statement was made
yesterday by Charles Hall Dillon, OF
Yankton, congressman of the First
district, in commenting upon the in
ternational complications which have
arisen in the past few days.
This is a time when the United
States should be very careful and
deliberate in its international rela-
tions,' said the congressman. Il be
lieye we should take an advanced
stand ON the questions that have
arisen and only act in case of the
gravest emergency. Thus far, nothing
has arisen which should plunge US
into war
Only recently the congressman and
Mrs. Dillon returned from the con-
gr%essional junket to the Panama
canal zone. Mr.. Dillon declared that
the canal represented the greatest
engineering Feat OF all time ana a
worthy monument to the efficiency
OF the army engineering corps.
while We were on the Zone,'' he
said, tive were given an opportunity
TO inspect some of its defenses. The
SllO Wig llduG was WOuutIlul. llleEe
are 16-inch guns mounted at the
entrances to the canal capable of
throwing a 2,0O0-pound %projectile
twenty miles. There are mortars
hidden away behind banks of earth
that score 80 hits out of a 100 at
tempts at targets out on the ocean.
THE entrances are literally plant
ed with mines, ready ito be exploded
at the touch of an electric button and
hundreds of mines piled up like cord
wood, ready to be sowed in the
waters in the cas- of danger. To me,
the entrances to the canal appear to
he absolutely impregnable."
Relative to politics in South Da-
kota, Mr.. Dillon declared that he
would make an announcement when
the time came, but that he believed
the people were not especially inter-
ested in any candidates. a year be-
fore the primaries. He will spend
much time this summer visiting
various points in the district, con-
ferring over matters Of coming legis-
lation.
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BELTS SCHOOL CLOSES.

Last Tuesday marked the last day
for the Belts school and a picnic
dinner marked the occasion. Patrons
and friends of the school, at the in
vitation of the teacher, gathered at
the noon hour with we'll laden bask-
cts.
1t was a happy gathering, long to
be remembered by the pupils OF the
school, when sixty of them, parents,
pupils and friends, sat down to two
long tables in the basement of the
school house and partook of the ele-
CANT dinner which the women
of Belts know so we'll how to pre-
pare.
A part of the afternoon was spent
in viewing the exhibits of the school,
which called forth much praise, and
in playing games. Patrons and di-
rectors were greatly pleased with the
earnest and efficient work done by
the teacher, Mrs. Emma McClintock.
All declared it to be n of the most
successful terms ever held in the dis
trict.
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HAVE DOUBLE BIRTHDAY.

"Will you please come to my birth
day party read the invitations sent
out on Tuesday last to twenty little
friends of Marie and Mersadies Nor
gan, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. b.
III. Morgan, for the following after
noon.
Despite the rain, all but two re-
sponded and enjoyed a very happy
two hours. Some very pretty and APP
propriate gifts were presented to both
of the little hostesses, Marie being
ten years old on Wednesday and Mer-
sadies eight the day before.
Games of various nature were
played and at 6.o'clock, refreshments
were served. Coins were hidden in
the birthday cakes, of which there
were two, and wreaths of bridal
wreath placed on each. The guests,
finding the coins were crowned with
the wreaths and called the May
queen. The queens we're found to
be Frances Shepard and Daisy Sell
lars.
The other guests were Richard
Kurvink, Margaret Potter, Amanda
Weller, Thomas Shepard, Violet
Sharp, Doris Frank, Marie Frank,
Darrell Coacher, Fladys Foss, Sadie
Stevens, Esther Ball, Elma Nirk,
Lorreta Rainey, Ella Peterson, Clar-
ence Peterson, Phoebe Carlson and
Dorothy McLain.
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SHAM BATTLE
FOR MEMORIAL
SONS OF VETERANS AT PIERRE
ALSO WILL CONSTRUCT MOD
ELS OF THE MERRJMAC
AND MONITOR

Pierre, S. D.,-The Sons of Vet
Grams of Pierre have their plans made
to carry out n Of the most novel
as we'll as spectacular programs for
Memorial Day that has eve been at
tempted. Two battleships to repre-
sent the Monitor and Merrimac OF
Civil war fame are being constructed
80 and 40 feet long respectively and
will be arranged with guns that will
shoot and will have every detail like
the famous battleships of the days OF
81. The local MALTA under orders
from Capt. Linstad have consented
to assist in the program by being
stationed with their tents on the is
land in the center of Capitol Lake
where the battle will be seen from
the Capitol grounds, which together
with a program by the w. R. c., com
m%emorating the day in behalf of the
departed sailors and seamen, closing
with a patriotic hand concert and
spectacular display of the American
Flag in fireworks Monday evening
May 31st. The battleships are being
constructed so that they can be man.
%euvered around the lake and Will be
in appearance exactly to initiate the
battleships that played such an i'm
portant part in the Civil War.
The afternoon program at the Au-
ditorium has been arranged and the
parade promises to be n of consid-
cradle length as many of the civic
societies have agreed to turn out in
uniform to assist the Sons of Veter-
ans. A large flag 25 by 40 feet is be-
ing made to be carried by the school
children and all the business houses
have agreed to set apart Monday,
May 31st to assist in of the most
unique programs ever given on Mem
orial Day.
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uating exercises to occur tonight at
1.-THE ODera house

uating exercises to occur tonight at
the opera house.
Quite a crowd assembled at the
Crescent theatre Tuesday night to
see the class day exercises where a
very nicely arranged program took
place. The stage was we'll decorated
with the class colors of red and gold
color, and the motto above the stage
Glass of 1915 to excel always was
very artistically arranged, in letters
with the class colors.
kimball expects to celebrate in
June this year and expect to have a
several days of doings, consisting OF
a h~orserace meet and to have a good
carnival company here. The time has
not been named yet. but the bust
nessmen are taking hold of the mat
ter and the dates Will be given out
a little later.
Mr.. E. b. Lumbard has now taken
over the interests OF the Whitbeck
and Hubbard bank located here.
This is one of the oldest and most
conservative banks in this part OF
the state.
The cold weather has covered
something like a week now and the
continuous rains for about the same
length of time are putting the
farmers all owe this part of the
state away behind with their springs
work. Many are still blowing their
fields for corn, and many fields have
not been started as yet.
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SOCIETIES HOLD BANQUET.

The Kappa Pi Phi society, of Da-
kota Wesleyan, last Saturday evening
gave its annual banquet to the Phil
amathian society in the parlors of
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
The banquet tables We're arranged
in the form of the Greek letter Phi.
Clinton Anderson presided as mas
ter over the program of toasts. Prof.
II. l. Jones was the first speaker, his
subject being The Battlefield. Other
toasts were j. Howard Harris, "To
the Red Cross-the Philos," Miss Ruby
Mills, ITO the Soldiers-the Kappas,"
Lauritz Miller, "a Word From the
Veterans" and Gardner Watkins, "a
Trumpet Call"
Prof. S. d. van B%enthuysen, one
of the guests of the evening vas call
ed upon to speak in view of his com
ing departure from Mitchell. Other
guests of the affair were Prof. and
Mrs. Herbert A. Hardy, Mrs. Jones,
Miss Viva Pearson and Miss Louise
Notson.
The banquet was served in five
courses and commenced at $3.50
o'clock.
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GOOD A FOR
KILLING WOLVES
BOUNTY, SPECIAL REWARD AND
HIDES BRING TOTAL Or $7J
FOR EACH GRAY WOLF.

Custer, S. D.-Fren Hansen, one
of the few professional wolf hunters
Of the west, yesterday was before
the county auditor of Custer county
received the bounty for the wolves
and coyotes killed by him during the
past few months. His bag" con-
sisted of nine gray wolves and twenty
five coyotes. In addition to the state
bounty on gray wolves, the ranchers
of the region where he operated pay
him $50 each for the killing of this
class of wolves, which are a terror
to cattle and sheep herds. He also
will receive good sums for the hides
OF the animals, SO the amount 4e-
ceived by him for each gray wolf will
be about $75. The best days work
during the time he vas out was the
campture of a large female wolf and
nine little wolves.
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elected members of the board of
trustees for the home.
Grand Master S. w. Rowley, of
Mitchell. this morning announced as
the appointive officers of the grand
lodge: Rev. r. B. Hughes, Springfield
grand chaplain; w. A. Heron, Gettys
burg, grand marshal; j. w. Gibson,
Salem. grand conductor; c. f. Palm
Ell, Bookings, grand guardian; A. ].
Mossman, D%eadwood, grand herald.
The New Grand Master.
Attention was called at this morn
ing's session to the fact that the new
grand master, Mr.. Rowley, was the
youngest Odd Fellow. in length of
membership in the order, that has
ever held the position. 1t was stated
that he had been a member of the or
der for only ten years, his rapid rise
to the leadership of Odd Fellowship
in South Dakota being a strong tri-
butte to his ability.
1t was voted by the grand lodge
to bond all officers OF the subordinate
lodges throughout the state. Hereto
fore personal bonds have been given
by the officers, but under the new
rule this will be done by surety COM
panies through the governing body OF
the state.
In the resolutions passed by the
grand lodge, thanks We're voted to
the retired officers, especially to the
Rebekahs for their hearty co-Cpera-
ton. The fraternal press, especially
the Odd Fellow World, was given a
vote of appreciation. The thanks OF
the grand lodge was voted to the
newspapers of Mitchell, to the city
officials for their courtesies. TO the
members of the band, to the Elks
club and the citizens in general.
The grand lodge came to it's con
clusion when Past Grand Master +
8. Emerson, of Sioux Falls. for the
thirty-third consecutive time made
the motion to adjourn sine die.
Rcbckahs ENemplify Work.
One of the features of the weeks
session was the work OF the Redticld
Rebekah degree staff, from Emerald
lodge No. 10, before a large CROWD
at the Elks' club last evening. Chanka
Hodge, No. 21, met in regular session
] with a large number of its members
and visiting Odd Fellows i'll attend
ance.
The past grand masters of tho
state have decided to band themselves
together and a feature OF future
grand lodge sessions will be an an
nual dinner. AS the oldest living men
Der will be president, ex-officio, thi:
distinction now belongs to Zina Rich
ey, of Yankton. Ruel +. Dana, o
Armour, was elected secretary-trcas
urer of the organizations.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-27
NET AT SIOUX FALLS.

Sioux Falls Press: Among the at
tractive and enjoyable social func-
tions of the early week was the l
O'Clock luncheon given yesterday by
Mrs: r. j. Lamme, who entertained
ten members of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club of Mitchell, of which Mrs.
Lamme was president prior to her
moving to this city four months ago.
The guests arrived on the noon
train from Mitchell and were taken
by automobile to the home of DR..
: and Mrs. Lamme at G32 West Sew
enth street where they were seatea.
and served an elegant four course
luncheon by the hostess assisted by
Mrs. j. C. Chapman and Mrs. j. I'll.
Cumbow. AT the table centered with
a large basket of American beauty
roses from which a profusion OF
greenery extended across the white
cloth covers we're laid for the fol-
lowing guests: Mrs. B. A. Bobb, Miss
Lucille Bobb. Mrs. A. 3. Darling,
Mrs. c. e. vermilyea, Mrs. Frank
Samson, Mrs. o. w. Coursey, Mrs.
Florence Johnston, Mrs. o. T. Litch-
field of Mitchell and Mrs. E. W..
Fiske of this city.
In the afternoon the company were
taken by Mesdames f. w. Fiske and
Frank Hyde by automobile for a mo-
tor trip about the city, and in the
evening Mrs. o. w. Coursey ana
Mrs. Florence Johnston returned to
Mitchell the rest of the company re-
naming for a few days visit. Mrs.
Frank Samson will be the guest OF
Mrs. Frank Hyde, Mrs A. B. Darling
will visit Mrs. e. w. Fiske, while re-
mainder of the party will be the
house guests Of DR.. and Mrs. Lamme.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-27
I. o. o. F. HAVE
CLOSED SESSION
GRAND LODGE SESSION CON.
CLCDES WITH GRAND BALL
AT CITY HALL AUDITOR
IUM.

South Dakota Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs closed their fortieth an
nual grand lodge session Friday
with the grand ball, which will COM
mence at the city hall auditorium at
$3.50 O'Clock this evening. Wagner's
orchestra will furnish music for the
affair.
The forenoon was devoted to the
closing sessions of the grand lodge
and the Rebekah assembly. The after
noon was spent by many of the later
visitors in sight seeing about Nit
chell, although weather conditions
we're not favorable for q number of
automobile trips that had been
scheduled. Many of the visitors left
on a special train owe the Omaha
road at 3:15 O'Clock this afternoon.
In the annual election of the Re-
bekah assembly, held at 4 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Clara Ball,
Of Madison, was elected president.
The other officers named were Mrs.
Ellen Dana, Armour, vice president;
Mrs. Mabel Bertrand Deadwood,
warden; Mrs. Hattie B. Borland,
Madison. secretary; MiEs Atlanta
Fuller, Lead, treasurer. Mrs. Ellen
Kirgsbury, of Parker, was reelected
a member of the home board.
To Furnish Home.
In the closing session OF the grand
lodge this morning it was voted to
levy a per capita tax of 5 cents upon
the Rebekahs of the state for the
furnishing of the state home at Dell
Rapids. G. J. Bach, of Hurley, Geo.
w. Snow, of Springfield, and j. M.
Patton of Sioux Falls, we're all re-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-27

Mrs. +. l.. Ransom and Mrs. Dick
Haney were hostesses at a 5 O'Clock
tea on Wednesday afternoon. The
affair was one OF the pretty ones of
the year and was held at the Haney
home, 937 East Fifth ven Forty
guests were present.
A! pink and white color scheme pre-
vailed, with pink and white sweet
peas and smilaX in %profusion. The
place cards also were in the FLOWERS.
The hostesses were assisted in
serving by Mrs. A. G. MeGrath and
the Misses Beth James, Florence Derr
Dorothy Scallin and Merle Bryan.
Miss Vera Wilson presided in the
dressing Don and at the Victrola,
a program from which was the diver
sion of the afternoon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-27
EPISCOPALIANS
RAISING FUND
SEEKING TO LOWER DEFICIT IN
GENERAL MISSIONS FUND
APPEAL BEING MADE
BROADCAST.

All of the Episcopal churcnes
throughout the state of South Dn-
kota are to make their offering next
Sunday, Whitsunday. May 23, TO
meet a deficit in their general board
of missions.
For nearly two months the cam
paign has been under way. Its slogan
has been lone day Income" and al
ready over 100000 has come in.
The appeal has commended itself
to thoughtful people ecause it IS
reasonable, practical, and definite
and,also because it m with more
weighty endorsements than any 9TH
err special appeal that the Episcopal
church has ever made to it's people.
Letters from the presiding bishop,
the bishop of the state, the
emergency fund committee, the state
board of missions. and the local min
lister have come TO the hands of most
Episcopalians.
One laynnai, has already offered to
give not simply days income, but
the income of IN day for each. OF the
twelve months of the year.
The South Dakota work has been
in charge CT a committee which in
cludcs Rev. DR.. Il. Ashley of Aber-
deem. the Rev. Messrs. J. w. Hyslop,
p. j. Deloria, and E. f. Siegfriedt. 1T
is ne.icvcd outside the state that their
task vii DC comparatively easy. be-
calso vi the fact that South Dakota
hiss been by far the largest benef1-
ciary of the mission boards generos-
ity. Every yea at least $4,000
comes into it from the outside and
since the church was first started
more thar S3.00o,O00 has been given
for work in the state.
Arrangements have been made to
communicate with the bishop on Sun
day night and by Tuesday morning
South Dakota's contribution will be
known.
Because of The many financial bur-
dens in recent months upon the peo-
pie Of S. Maryy's it is hardly hoped
that every one will give a whole days
income, but because S. Mary's has
been go large a receiver, it may be
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MISS POPE HOSTESS.

The regular monthly business meet
ing and luncheon of the Philathea
class of them. Il. Sunday school was
held at the home of Miss Myrtle Pope
Monday evening, May II. The rooms
were tastefully decorated in pink and
white. the class colors. A delicious
two-course luncheon was served, fol-
lowed by a brief business meeting.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in playing games and singing
popular songs.
Thirty-five were present, the guests
of the evening being Miss Mabel
Barnes of White Lake, Mrs. III.
Kretchmer of Chicago, and Prof. and
Mrs. S. d. Van Benthuysen. The
hostess was assisted in serving by the
Misses Eta Lehman, Dorothy Hill,
Clara Hall, and Mile Church.
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OFFICERS

With its president, Mrs. Robert D.
Trombley, as hostess, the Utopian
club met on Monday afternoon for its
annual business session. Mrs. Tromb-
ley was named again to head the
club, the other officers being Mrs.
w. II. King, vice president, Mrs.
Frank e. Porteous, secretary-treas-
urer, and Mrs. w. S. McGrath cor
responding secretary.
Mrs. McGrath will be hostess to
the club next Tuesday evening, at
the last meeting for the year. The
lesson, which will be a review of the
years work IN art. will be conducted
by Mrs. Trombley.
ENTERTAINED SOROSIS CLUB.
The last of a series of parties for
the members of the Sorosis Club and
their husbands, was given Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lauritz Miller, 500 S. Sanborn st.
with Mesdames Lauritz Miller, Her
bert Hardy, Chas. Jones, and Robert
Hardie as hostesses.
Large bouquets of spirea were used
In the rooms, while pink and white
sweet peas and a beautiful pink and
white May pole centerpiece gave an
attractive appearance to the long
table where the guests were seated
for a delicious four course dinner.
The remainder of the evening pass
ed merrily in playing a number of
new and highly amusing games.