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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Blacks Were Held in Con nection with Murder of
 Lee County Sheriff.
MOB MISSED THE
 ACTUAL SLAY II n3
%cgre Against Whom There r. Wost Evidence Mad Hepn Removed of tie yictimS of s.ynehing .5a"
 Mcms,trs af One Fauiiy.

Albank, Ga, Ian. 21.-Five negro 2 were taken fr n tho W rth county Jail last night by mob Of forty or fifty men. conveyed in automobiles to Lee county and hanged rom one limb cf q trec near the sid of the prin- c;pal ad leading into Starkevllle.
 The negroes were being held ln connection vita the killing of Sheriff of Lee county, who was bot to death by negroes in Worth county during tho Christnas h1li- days.
 Starkville is a small settlement three miles fram Leesburg, the county seat Of Lee county. Mob Worked Carefully. Cutting all wires leading north from sylvester was included in tn rlans of the party. For that reason | the fate Cf the negroes was net dell nitely known until today two hours after they had been lynched. Thf l bodies, perforated with bullet holes were cold when found carly today.
 Apparently they had been strung ,.p and then became targets for th' n. Il who had taken then from jail
 Four of the victims we're of on' family--Felix Lake and his three sons, Frank, Dewey and Major. Thf fifth was Rodius Seymour.
 | Miss Real Culprit.
 It is believed that James Keith g negro, was the prisoner mos wanted by the lynchers. It was sai' that there was mere evidence agalns him than any of the others. l Sheriff Potts had taken the precau ton to remove him several days agf to- some other jail, the location O which he has not divulged
 l Moreland was killed at the hom' Of Felix Lake, when he went there tt arrest a negro. It was reported tha more than on2 Of those in the house shot him, and all were arrested later
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Judge Elliott Orders Sold Mill Property Here and
 Lands in Lincoln County.
DEGREE AN ECHO
 OF BANK CLOSING
Judgment in Favor of (. II. Trip!ctt ard R. Caraahan, Who Acquired In. terest of Bank of Pine Bluff, and
 State Bank Commissioner.

Judgment against James w. Sanders and in favor of R. Carnahan, C H. Triplett and J. M. Davis, state bank c3mniss;oner. for $202,763.2S was entered in the chancery court by Judge John M. Elliott, who ordered the Sanders mill property and real estate and 3760 acres of land in Lincoln county, deeded to secure a lean. sold to satisfy the judgment. Circuit Clerk F. M. Reeves was named as commissioner to conduct the sale. The court ordered that the property levied upon should first be offered for sale in separate tracts and parcels, and then in bulk, the property to be adjudicated to the highest bidder.
 The decree is the outcome of . suit growing cut of the failure of the Rank of Pine Bluff, which held MT. Sanders notes for s140,663.17 and notes of the Grady Land & Timber company, endorsed by MT. Sanders. for $35,000. The petition showed that except for the interest on sew eral of the notes. and credit o1 S2,41S.61 on others, none of the m tiGbtedness had been paid. MT Sanders deeded the property to J.. B. NcDonnell, as trustee, to secure the debt to the bank, and MT. McDon- nell transferred the property to the bank when it was taken over by the slate bank commissioner Messrs Carnahan and Triplett acquired the banks interests by purchase of tht public sale of the assets of the de- funct institution.
 The court ordered that in the even' the property is purchased by R Carnahan for more than the amount cf judgment and costs, there need DC retained no lien except one for $l2o,- coo to secure an indebtedness of C H. Triplett to the state bank com missioner, representing the creditors Of the Bank of Pine Bluff.
 The judgment bears interest rom date at the rate of s per cent.
 Mir. Carnahan, who has supervised the operation of the mill for severa months, reported he had been unable 10 pay any of the claims against ta' property.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
CHICAGO hOLD-UP
 MAN. AND WOMAN
 PAL ROB-, MURDER
Robbery and Killing Takes Place in Loop District,
 Criminals Escaping.

Chicago. Jan. 21.-A hold-up man with less regard for human life than Mexican bandit, attempted a double murder within a few steps of one of the busiest corners in the Loop at } o'clock this afternoon.
 His first shot only wounded one victim, but he killed Traffic Police man Brewer A. Johnson in front of the Cook Tourist agency, at No. 15, East Jackson boulevard.
 After shooting the policeman, the robber joined woman in taxicab standing near the scene of the rob- bery. Such a dense crowd surround ed the taxi that an attempt to es- cape seemed futile.
 The robber realized this almost in stantly and jumped out of the cab and made his escape down an alley.
 Tonight E. l.. Walsh, the cashier of Cooks, who was wounded, identi- fled a picture of William LaPrasse, who has long criminal record, as the daring murderer and hold-up man.
 This afternoon a woman entered the agency and was followed by a man, who closed the door behind him. The man held revolver in each hand and ordered the employees of the agency to hold up their hands.
 Edward Stone, the manager, and Frank Bennesch, a clerk, quickly complied The robber, who seemed thoroughly familiar with the office, then started for the rear. As he did so, Cashier Walsh reached for his re- volver. Immediately, the robber lev eled his pistol and fired. The bullet struck Walsh in the chest, but in flicted only a slight wound.
 The robber then drove Walsh, who was still able to walk together with three other employees, into the open steel vault, closed the door and turn ed the combination. Then he locked the front door and took between $SUO and $9OO out of the money drawer.
 Policeman Johnson was shot down when he attempted to arrest the ban dit as he left the building.
 The woman accomplice disappear ed during the excitement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
PRESIDENT STARTS
 WEST ON JANUARY 28
Will Discuss Need for Business Pre- pnrgdness, as We'll as for Mtli-
 tary Preparedness.

Washington, Jan. 21.--Presiden' Wilson speaking tour through the Middle West in support of prepared ness will begin January 2S, and Will include seven cities, Pittsburgh Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Des Moines. Tokepa and Kansas City. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and will return to Washington or February 4.
 It was learned at the white house today that President Wilson will not reply to the attacks of Col. Roosevelt on his swing through the Middle West. ',
 The president will make practically the same speech in each of the seven cities. He will talk not only about military preparedness, but will poln' out the necessity of business prepar- edness. His first speech will be IT New York on January 27.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
RUSSIANS SEEM ABOUT TO TAKE
 OVER PERSIA Czar's Armies Win Another Great Victory, Capturing
 Su!tanaba 1
GERMANY MEETING
 MANY OBSTACLE ].
Campaign Against Egypt Is Net Pro grGssing Rapidly Mines Abafl- doncd by Romans i,AO0 Years .ro
 RcOpened to Operate Railroad.

London, Jan. 21.-Russians columns operating in Persia have won anoth- CT victory there, according to d dis patch from Teheran
 They have captured Sultana Bad, which is 150 miles southwest of Te- heran, and 60 miles southeast of Ham aden-the old Biblical city of Shu- shan, where Esther won a throne
 A Turkish garrison of Sultana Bad has fled to Burudjird and the German consul fled with them.
 The Russians are reported as press ing on toward Ispahan, about 100 miles further south. and when that is taken the Russian occupation of Persia will be in a fair way of com pletion.
 According to a dispatch to the Times from Petrograd, military .ob servers there designate the 1ates'
 Russian successes in the Caucasian theatre as a notable victory. By the capture of Koprikeu, the Russians have wrested from the Turks th' strongest natural defense position o1 the way to Erzerum. This success: makes a break in the Turkish center and relieve a grave menace tt Russian territory.
 The Russian operations on the Bes
 sarabian frontier were relatively un | important today, according to the German and Austrian official reports The Germans claim to have repulsct i the attacks of Russian detachments | between Pinsk and Czartorysk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
M0THER AND THREE
 CHILDREN BURNED
Tennessee Farmers Wife Uses Ex. plOsive to Start Fire in
 Kitchen Stove.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 21.-Mrs' ,Mrallis, wife of farmer residing near Lyttls Station, Ga., and three sin all children are dead and an 1S- year-old daughter perhaps fatally burned as the result Of an explosion of a can of oil with which Mrs Mallis was attempting to start fire in her kitchen stove late yesterday The daughter ate mpted to save her mother and sisters and was so badly burned that she is not expected to live.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Reopen Old Mines.

London, Jan. 21.-Gelman's cam paign against Egypt is meeting obsti- nate obstacles. Chief among them is the lack of coal to operate the rall- road south of Syria, to tho edge of the desert approaching the suez canal.
 This lack of coal has led the Ger mans to reopen the old Turkish mines in Syria used by the Romans, but abandoned by them a thousand years ago. Their capacity is 500,OOO tons annually.
 A large force of Turkish laborers are engaged in developing the mines, which are the chief reliance in get ting the railroad to Egypt in opera tiOn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Hangs Children and Herself.

Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 21.-Mrs. Ed ward Payne, 36 years old. hanged her 4-year-old daughter. her 2-year- old son and herself with three sepa- rate pieces of clothes line, attached to hook in the ceiling of the family home in Alloway, three miles south of here this afternoon. MT. Payne found the bodies of his wife and children when he returned home from work tonight. He told the coroner his wife had been acting strangely for the past few days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS
 DIPLOMATS AT DINNER
Representatives of Entente and Neu- tral Countries Guests at First of
 Two Functions.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The presi- dent and Mrs. Wil"on entertained at the first of two diplomatic dinners at the white house tonight.
 It was unique in that it is the hrs1 time in the history of the white house that a diplomatic dinner was given to only part of the diplomatic corps
 Tonight the representatives or .he allied powers and the representatives, of the neutral countries, with only few additional guests, made up the company of 80 that sat down at am ner at the horseshoe shaped taple in the state dining room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Austrians Resume Attack.

London, Jan. 21.-The Austrlans have replied to King Nicholas return to the war by a swift and determined effort to exterminate the Montenegrin army.
 Three Austrian armies have renew ed their offensive with redoubled vlo- lence, according to dispatch to the Paris Temps.
 A large body of Montenegrin troops is falling back to Scutari, which city it is reported the Austrians were willing to relinquish to Montenegro and there Flied Pasha has already arrived with 10000 friendly Albanians to help defend it against the Austri- ans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22

Chicago, Jan. 21.-Ihousands to- day are homeless, millions of dollars worth of property has been des troyed and damaged, and the health of every resident of Chicago and it's environs has been endangered. the result of the most disastrous fl9cd in the his tory of North Illinois.
 A record rainfall for January, reaching nearly inches. caused an overflow of the Des Flaines river, brought rise in the FOX river to d point where dynamiting was resortel te, and flooded the Chicago river until it was thought it's flow would be diverted into the lake, imperilins the water supply.
 Tie greatest damage was reported in the Fox river district, where bridges were swept away, homes car r'ld down the river and thousands rendered homeless.
 Use Dynamite on Ice. Men with dynamite were sent down the river from Joliet tH Aurora. in an attempt to break the ice and permit the water to flow freely.
 Haywood was seriously menaced by the overflowing of the DesPlaines river. At several points, more than four f2et of water flooded the streets and the homes of thousands were i'm periled. Late in the day the river was registering a rise of six inches with no relief in sight.
 In Chicago, the greatest damage caused by the deluge was the flood ing of thousands of basements, the Inability of the sewerage system to carry away the water, the flooding Of one of the big pumping stations, resulting in the contamination of the supply of drinking water and the crippling of the telephone and street car system.
 Joliet Streets Flooded.
 Thousands Of families residing in hasements were driven from their hcmes. In the vicinity of Chicago Lawn, the sitation was serious.
 Six feet of water stood in the streets in the residential section of Joliet. Lighting plant, telephone station, schools and street car sys- ttms were thrown out of commission end 1000 persons were forced to seek refuge when their homes were flooded.
 Big Plants Closed.
 The Calumet river district was under three feet of water. Furnace fires in all the big industrial plants were extinguished and thousands had tc leave their homes. A property loss of more than $100,O00 is esti- mated.
 The main section of Hammond is a miniature lake. More than a dozen towns in the district have been damaged.
 At Rockford, Ottawa, LaSalle Streator and Lema nt, the rains have driven thousands from their homes and have brought much damage Practically all of the schools in the Northern Illinois district were forced tu abandon classes.
 Railroad Traffic Suspended
 Railroad traffic was carried ol
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Canital City Builders.

Little Rock, Jan. 21.--The board or commerce, Little Rocks consolidated commercial organization, is now an accomplished fact. The old board or trade building at Second and Scott was occupied by the new institution for the first time today. A great prosperity dinner is to De gwen n a. the Hotel Marion, Jan. 3l, at which it is expected that 300 boosting clu- zens will be present. This Will start a membership campaign that Will GOV ar the whole city thoroughly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Burglar Gets Clothing.

Two pairs of mems trousers, a boys sweater and a cap were stolen from the home of c. G. Hunter, 8Ol Ohio street, some time Thursday night, by a burglar. The matter has been reported to the authorities. but there is no clue on which to work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
IT $. Employes Nav Strike.

Watertown. N. Y, Jan. 21-A strike by machinists at the government ar senal is said by representatives of the men to be probable unless an ad- vance in wages is granted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Two Judgments on Mules.

The filing of an interpleading yes,
 terday by Mary J. Spellman and F1anny Johnson in the case of Buck eve Cotton Oil company vs. G. l.. SIellman emphasized the fact that six mules are subject to seizure and sale on two separate and distinct judgments. The interpleadlng states that recently the cotton oil company obtained a judgment against G. l., Spellman for $519.24; that writ o1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Postmastqr Examination.

A civil service examination will be held in Pine Bluff on February 26, of applicants for the position of post master at Cornerstone, fourth-class office which paid salary of $221 last year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
CHICAGO'S WATER
 SUPPLY POLLUTED
Numerous Great Industries Cease On. eratiOns When Furnace Fires Ire Extinguislled by Flood Waters.
 Six Feet of Water in Joliet.
FIVE DEAD IN OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 21.-Five persons are known to have been drowned in Murray county Thurs day night, according to reports
 received here late today. The re- ports state that great damage has been done by the storm and flood that swept over great part of the state, Murray county and
 the adjoining oil fields.
 The floods have caused much damage in Sapulpa, Okla. Part of the town is under water and the electric light plant is out of commission. Many railroads are tied up at different points.
 Nine oil tanks filled with oil were destroyed by fire when they were struck by lightning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22

Dr. Joe Campbell was here yester.. day from Stuttgart, on professional business.
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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-06
cHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, Default has been made in the condi-
lions of a certain Chattel Mortgage executed by
q. %. Peterson and 0. E. Peterson. Mortgagors,
to Advance Thresher Co., Mortgagee, dated on
the sth day Of May. 1908. and filed for record in
the office of the Register of Deeds. County of
Hughes on the 25th day of July. 1910, and the
nature OF such default is the no~n-payment of
-Four Thousand Three Hundred Thirteen and
Twenty-Five One-Hundredths Dollars. being the
Principal and interest which is the amount due
thereon at the date of this notice, of which mort
gage and the debt thereby secured, the under
signed is now the owner and holder, and no suit
or proceeding has been had for the recovery of
the debt thereby secured as per the notes in said
mortgage described.
Now. Thereforefore. Notice Is Hereby Given,
That because of such default, said mortgage will
be foreclosed. and the undersigned will offer for
sale and sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der. the following described personal property
covered by said mortgage. to-wit: One Advance
Engine, 26 Horse Power, Shop No. 10637.
One Dallas Tender -four wheeled).
One set of John Deer Gang Plows. Canadian
style. 10 bottoms. bought in 1909.
AT and on the Township line between the NWA
OF Section Zip r. rs and NRA of Section l2-112-
70, County of Hughes and State of South Dakota,
on the 10th day of July. 1916, at 1890 o'clock r.
M, of that day. Terms cash.
Dated at Aberdeen, s.. D.. This lst day of JULY.
1916.
ADVANCE-RUMELY THRESHER COMPANY,
Qncorporated)
Owners of said Mortgage.
J.C. JOHNSON. Jr.. Agent.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-06
Notice to Redeem from Tax Sale

State of South Dakota, SIS.
County of Hughes. 90
To w. M. Wilcher sometimes written VIM.
Wilcher). the owner of record of the land. and to
w. M. Wilcher. the person in whose name the
land is taxed:
You Are Notified, That at a sale of land and lots
for unpaid taxes by the County Treasurer of
Hughes County. on the 18th day of November,
1911, the following described real property. sit
uated in said county and state, to-wit: The NEA
of Section %, Township Ill North Range "A. West
of the 5th P. M. was sold to Richards Trust Com
any for the taxes of the year 1910, and County
Treasurer's certificate of tax sale No. 10, for the
same was issued by the county treasurer of said
county to said Richards Trust Company; that
thereafter and on the 9Th day of February. A. ID.
1915. the said Treasures certificate of tax sale
for a valuable consideration was duly assigned
to q. ID. Koch by the said Richard Trust Company.
that c.. D. Koch is now the lawful owner and
holder thereof, and that the right of redemption
will expire and a deed for said land will be made
upon the expiration of sixty days from the COM
pleted service of this notice.
Dated this 18th day of June, A. d. 1916.
@. d. KOCH,
By LEW w. SANDYS. Maryville, Mo.
Pierre, So. OAK, Holder of said County
His Attorney. Treasurer Certificate
of Tax Sale.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-06
cHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, Default has beer made in the condi-
tions of a certain Chattel Mortgage executed by
Nels Anderson and A. C. Brink. Mortgagors. to
M. Rumely Company, Mortgagee. dated on the
18th day of April, 1911. and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds, County of Hughes
on the 18th day of April. 1911, and the nature of
such default is the non-payment of Three Thous-
and -Four Hundred Fifty Dollars, which is the
Principal and interest. which is the amount due
thereon at the date of this notice, of which mort
gage and the debt thereby secured, the under
signed is now the owner and holder, and no suit
or proceeding has been had for the recovery of
the debt thereby secured as per the notes in
said Mortgage described;
Now, Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given. That
because of such default, said mortgage will be
foreclosea, and the undersigned will offer for sale
and sell at public auction, to the highest bidder.
the following described personal property cover
ed by said mortgage. to-wit: One Rumely 80
Horse Power Oil Pull Traction Engine Number
1877. Said Engine now standing at the front of
J.B; Frost's Blacksmith and Wagon Repair shop
in the street known as on the corner of Chapelie
street and Sioux avenue. in the City of Pierre,
County of Hughes and State of South Dakota. on
the 18th day of July. 1916. at 300 o'clock p. m. Of
that day. Terms cash.
Dated at Aberdeen, S. D. this LIST day of July.
1916.
ADyANCE-RUMELY THRESHER COMPANY.
uncorporated)
Owners of $ aid Mortgage.
J.C. JOHNSON. Jr, Agent.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-06
State of South Dakota, S,
State of South K

County of Hughes. Sends Greeting:
10 c John !, Newell, Record Owner. and to I. J.
Sook' tne person in whose name the premises
hereinafter described are taxed:
ioa are hereby notified L in accordance with the
pfovisio;is CT the statute in such case made and
provided that on the 18th day of November. 1911.
the then treasurer of said Hughes County, ex-
posed for sale and sold, at a regular public sale
OF lands Tor delinquent taxes in and for Hughes
wit:
Lots One %, Twos(O. Block One % Palmer
Lace addition ditto to the town, now City of Pierre:
5iaghes County, South Dakota. for the taxes of
1910, then due and delinquent thereon; that said
property was purchased by Hughes County. South
Dakota, and the certificate has since been assign
ed to M b. Griffin. who is now the lawful owner
and holder of the certificate of purchase therefor.
ana whereas two years have expired since, the
date OF purchase of said tract. or lot. and the
property aforementioned has not been redeemed;
you are also notified that the right of redemption
VIII expire and a deed for said described proper
~ VIII be made, unless redemption from such sale
be made. together with accrued interest and costs
OF this notice within sixty days from the date of
completed service of this notice on you.
NJ. L. GRIFFIN,
Owner of Certificate,
SUTHERLAND & PAYNE,
Attorneys.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-06
Notice of Hearing Petition for Let
tiers of Administration
State of South Dakota,

e cs.s, . q s' ans Da4'''' IS In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Luther B.
Lewis, Deceased.
The State Of South Dakota sends Greeting to
Laura b. Lewis, Elmore FL. Lewis and Della B.
Lewis, heirs at law and next of kin of Luther B.
Lewis, deceased. and to all whom these presents
may come,
Notice is hereby given that Laura B. Lewis has
filed with the Judge of this Court, a petition
praying for Letters of Administration of the Es-
tate of Luther B. Lewis, Deceased, and that
Monday, the 2Ath day of July A. D. 1916, at 10
o'clock a. m. OF said day, being a day of a regular
term of this Court, to-wit: of the July term,
lsl6, at the office of the County Judge in the
Court House in the City of Pierre. County Of
Hughes, has been set for hearing said petition,
when and where any person interested may az
pear and show cause why the said petition should
not be granted.
1915.
SeaD JOHN H. McCoRD
Judge of the County Court.
Attest: LEW w. SANDYs. Clerk.