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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
FOR TATE ATTORNEY.

TO the Citizens of Codington County,
In announcing my candidacy for a
second term as States ATTORNEY OF
Codfngton County, l do so upon a
record that / feel justifes and calls
for my reelection. In administering
the criminal laws, ! have sought 10
have justice done, and have not at
tempted convictions regardless Of the
justice of the case. The result has
been an almost unbroken line OF con.
victions of cases tried. These con
sictions have included the rich and
poor alike, and have not executed
any one because of personal influence
My official duties as a civil officer,
| have performed conscientiously;
and, l believe, well. l would refer
any voter who is not familiar with
my handling of the civil affairs OF the
county to any member of the official
board of the county. or to ans coun-
ty officer.
believe that a,pubie officer should
perform his dutfes without regard to
consequences TO himself or TO any
other person, and with the single pur-
pose of advancing the public Welfare.
Therefore, in performing my duties
in accordance with the dictates Of my
conscience, and without special favors
to any one, / have naturally made.
many bitter enemies, who have pur-
sued and will pursue false and CON
temptibie methods to bring about nay
at the November election.
However, I rest assured that these
win not be tolerated by the
representative people Of codfngtoal
county.
! SHAH appreciate yoar active sup
port.
"a j. Hangar.
States Attorney
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
MALODORoUs STUNT.

On Sunday evening, July >,
llomerC. Stuntz, a Methodist Epis-
copal bishop, delivered from the
Chautauqua platform in this city
an address on South America. and
IN the issue of a weekly paper
dated judy Goth, there appeared
a more or less true account of this
same address, contributed in all
probability by some DINNER light
OF the same religious persuasion
Of tins city. The remarkable
thing about this address both in
its spoken and written form was
that a man OF Bishop Stuntz's
presumed standing should take
occasion of the courtesy extended
to hun by the Redpath- Vawter
system and the presence Of one
OF tile largest audiences that
greeted any speaker during the
Chautauqua an adience composed
OF people of every shade of relie-
ions belief found in this vicinity.
to launch an attack upon people
whose purity in the home, tenn
perance, civic and personal hon
esty and unalterable loyalty to
the principles Of Christianity is.
the despair of Anglo-Saxon civil
lizatlon and culture.
South America is not an un-
known land and its people and it's
civilization have been for the past
twenty Years the subject of close
study and painstaking investiga..|
zion. Scholars. historians, scien-
fists, and statesmen have travelled
through this wonderful continent.
studied its people and its insti-
fntlons, and have left the story
OF their work accessible to every
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
Catholics Object to
South American Talk
by Bishop H. c. Stunt

fThe Saturday News of July 30 con,
tanned a brief report of Bishop
Stuntz's address before the chautau,
qua. Bishop Stuntz. among other
things. conveyed the impression that
there is but little respect for the
Christian religion throughout South
America, taking the country az a
whole. He stated Hlat out Of some
thousands of college studeats in a Ger.
tain educational institution. hui four
admitted that they had faith in the
Christian religion. While he did not
so state speciaralk, the impression
was created that such lack of faith
is characteristic of the people gen
ernlly, The otlrer feature to which,
exception is taken relates to the lie.
gitimacy OF births. Bishop STUNT
stated, in substance, that in a certain
city mon than fifty per cent or the
births were illegitimate. Since this
paper gave publicity, with a ~reason-I
able degree of accuracy. TO certain
phases Of the bishops address, ii also
eecords space to the appended article. |
taken from The Visitor. edited bvE
Rev. ", g, OGIeaHa, Of Immaculatol
Conception church, W&tertowu.-Edit
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10

whom she has received the scourge
have learned to acknowledge in
her the source of temporal and
eternal riglFeouness.
bn the light of these facts as
they have been presented to the
American people over and over
again, facts that can be establish
dd by such institutions as the
bureau Of South American Re
pubTics, authoritative sources o.
reliable information, here comes
this ignorant fellow, for year
f~attening upon the offerings OF
misguided zeal, and coming his
bi@otry upon the Chautauqua.
platform into good American dol
lars. In dealing with men Of Thu
stamp one perhaps should TAX
into account the intellectu@'
standing of the class to which he'
belongs.
For instance, one does not e,
prrt to find the same scholarship
in the Salvation Army that on
would find upon the lips of a cll
tured Episcopal bishop. Wher,
then, do mel like Bishop Stunt
rank Surely not far intellectual
~ above the level OF the Army
He uses better English than most
Salvat1onlsts he has had superior.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10

the only simon pure Christianity
is the Methodist variety. And IL
spite of years OF residence of this
apostle of Christian candor and
truth IN South America and of
those who preceded him the
secretary of foreign missions re
ported in 1912 to the general CON
ference 1896 adherents including
resilient 8mesacans in eight re.
publics of South America. These
IN his opinion L the only Christ
ians worthy of the name. If the
condition as depicted by Bishop
Stuntz T. true, what an inviting
field for militant aggressive
Christianity. And yet after forty
years OF missionary effort a rep
resentative Of this religious or
ga~nization in the councils Of this
church acknowledges with shame
and humiliation, to use the words
of the Episcopal address, the
practical faiEtn;e Of their efforts.
Another thing which this man
Should know from his pr~otracted
residence in South America is
that the term "i1legftamate" as
applied to all Latin American
countries has an entirely differ.
eut application than the same
word in use in this country. In
these countries every child in its
infancy mnst be recorded in the
local civil registrar OF the state
Falling to record the birth and
oarentage of the child is prompt
ed by the desire TO save th4 req}I
fee and is no indication
)f uncertain p]arentage. What
to registration of birth
to civil marriage in those
countries whore a civil m~arriagel
IS well as a religious ceremony isl
'equired. And yet TINS man and
lis fix will pass this lie across tla
2Iatfoum though it be Explained
denied a thousand times.
Those who know the Spanish and
south american people OF thel
and middle class I5nowf
here are no more moral people ~
he world, EheiB social customs
heir traditional customs Of
.ourtship and the high chiFalrous &.
aspect for woman can we'll put
he American people to shames
Divorce with the right Of re-tnar- $
Iage is unknown in South Amer {
f'4ea and is not found upon the I
books Of any republis I
1t IS true that the Latin Amer t
mind is intense in his coneep- |
ion of liberty. And in the hands t
t designing foreign interests this ]
oble trait of character has Been b
sed for Interior purposes. In the Y
ong period Of five hundred years =
4 which the Catholic Church has ?
truggled to evangelize these peo- a
lie she has stood like a rock
galnst despotism on the one side /
nd license on the other. In these a
trugg1es for the best interests Of a;
she has always been found n
n the side of properly constitut- c,
d government. And though she b
as been prosecuted by the mis- t,
ulded votaries of civil liberty as
he is at this time in Mexico she d
as always e e the time of h4el G,
indication, and these people with O
1e hot Flood of the spaniard D
owing through their veins from T
-~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10

unbiased student of history. in ev-
cry library in The land worthy Of
the name. And yet IN the face Of
tins is It not humiliating to find
these old ISLANDERS that have be-
come hoary with age and thread
bare with use, repeated and re-
lterated throughout the land be-
tore audiences that sit through III
all IN helpless ignorance or care.
less Indifference.
With a residence Of MANY yaars
~ South America there + GER
falnly some things which Bishopa
ntuntz should know. The first of1
these Is that at least eighty-fve|
Der cent OF the people profess the
Catholic faith. That this faith 81
in unity with the Faith of Cath.
olcs the world over. Throughout
all this vast continent magnificent
Christian churches have beer
erected 70 the honor and glory Sc
k3od and "a every metropolitan
center d South America the
Chrroh has established and main
mined nniVersities, academies ana
slset.tutlons 0 charity the equal
often surprising IN
it1aii6t0s sfhe same class ii this
so3lintr nd net how comes i
M hlc slanderer can.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
THE WILSON VOTE
Concluded from page 8.


Kansas
Combined vote ..1s5bl55
Wilson vote Ia H63
@# --#
Majority Against Wilson 1892
Maine
Combined vote Is ass
wilson vote *.s.- ... Observation-Disclosures 51,1I3
@@M#@ A4###fM@ $500
Majority Against Wilson 1895
MarylandA
Combined vote -s.. &. .s s......-4sssI 1874
Wilson vote
Majority against Wilson s..sssss...s. H.
Massachusetts,
Combined vote 2sa,I7e
Wilson vote .sss.-...... 173s4g8
Majority Against Wilson IS. 1I5, 76s
AEehigau-
Combined yote .sss. 3ggsss
Majority Against wiIsaa zIss7s@
& Wilson y0te
conbined IN s.sssxss soIso
Wilson vote .x 1O6A16
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10

Il i not presumed tha4 ali y the combined vote WI g against
Wilson u.s. 1916, but unless An Wilson shall be able rs carry New
which went against him in 1912 by nearly two hundred thousa
~ thousand against him he Win falA by The waysae ataxhaAend
Lf thu pending campaign s@-M
@Ifew iI probrb carryE M 1.-The states that gave him minority in
ial2 lnnIessHit sbs Indiana1s bt " nsst hive ninstynine electoral
ii SaaaztENss ifahskb saidSf bygy New ork sand 9sew Jsrssxa
forfysfve md fpurteen votes, respectiv6lYa he would stnI ba]
|shor orafyxot@s aHe mint ssxzy Aonsanas Nevada. Nisasossi, Mnrys
NekzxzSNa A1ndsNs a1exiSs Sad hSawonld sill8b& shortstNol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
CIRCUS DAY IS HERE
BingIing's Mammoth Aggregation Will
Parade at Six O'clock.

With a real steam calliope playing
Alabama Jubilee" a clown band Of
fifty, the Second Infantry band and
two hundred performers the Bingling' S
circus of the Central Y. M. C. A. will
parade the business district at six
o'clock.
The circus has been an annual event
for the last twenty-five years. A sure
enough steam calliope secured from
A. F. Byerly at the fair grounds is the
latest addition. The feature of the
show tonight will be the skinny Well
Fed Harry Snyder) and his fifty
famous Corn Fed clowns.
Every act that the best circuses of
the country have ever dreamed of will
be portrayed tonight even down to the
concluding Roman chariot race in
new model Henry Ford chariots. The
big show will open at $500 o'clock this
evening under the big top at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. c. A. and at the same time
tomorrow evening which concludes the
stay here of Bingling's circus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
ELECTION AT OAKLAND
-fgsz
Two Members of School Board Are
Being Voted Upon.

The annual school meeting is be-
ing held in Oakland this afternoon for
the purpose of electing two new meLl-
bers of the school board. There are
no important issues to come before the
meeting and with the exception of
votes cast there is expected to be no
particular fight over the election of
officers.
Fred Sudington and M. T. Kelsey
are the two candidates for director on
the school board Mr.. Sudington is
now a member and wishes to succeed
himself. Mrs. Lawrence D. Graft,
elected as clerk of the board at the
last meeting, resigned and Mrs. Lillian
Horton was appointed to fill out the
unexpired term. Mrs. Horton is q
candidate to succeed herself and she
is opposed for the place by Mrs. z.
NJ. Goddell
Eleven teachers are now regularly
employed in the Oakland school and
o, B. Seyster, state high school super
visor, recently complimented the
school upon the progress it has made.
1t is now accredited in Glass B., rank
III. The first class of students will
be graduated this spring, class of
twenty all of whom intend TO
enter the high school next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
TACKS ON STREET
Oakland Service May Be Grip
pied "by Punctures."
Unknown Persons Interfere
With Street Railway Buses.

Several attempts have been made
recently to minimize if not to destroy
the Topeka Railway company's emerg-
ency bus service between the Santa Fe
depot and Lake Street. where transfer
is made to the street cars.
During the last few days tires on
the busses have picked up a consid-
cradle number of bright new tacks,
which have been distributed along the
pavement on East Fourth street. Off
GERS of the railway company have no
doubt that the tacks were spread for
the sole benefit" of the emergency
service. which was installed several
months ago, following condemnation
of the East Sixth street viaduct by
engineers of the railway company, as
an accommodation to patrons living
in Oakland.
Last night the bus service was in
terrupted three times in an hour and
a half, because of punctured tires, and
in each case the railways repair men
plucked new tacks from the tires.
Albert NJ. Patten, general manager
of the Topeka Railway company, said
this afternoon:
These emergency buses have been
operated solely for accommodation of
the Oakland people, and are MAIN
tanned at a dead loss to the street
railway. and if the practice of spread
ing lacks is to be continued, it means
that we will simply be compelled to
discontinue the busses, causing the
traffic to pass over the railway tracks
under the Sixth street viaduct, until
the viaduct is completed. This, /
think, will be about the middle of
May. We do not for one moment be-
lieve that any resident of Oakland has
been distributing tacks for the bene-
fit of the company"
Mr.. Patten added that he has some
idea of the identity of those response
BILE for the distribution of the tacks.
and if the stunt is repeated, arrests
will prOba blV follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
new STYLE CATALOGUE
Washburn's New Departure in the
Matter of Advertising.

Instead Of the dry college catalogue
with which Kansas high school grad
yates are besieged annually, Washburn
college will send an illustrated bulle-
tin portraying all the joys of college
life in Topeka. Beyond brief resume
of the curriculum of the college there
is not a word about studies in the bull
letin. Instead, the beauties of the
campus, the advantages of school in
Topeka, the organizations of the
school, the athletics, the artistic and
musical opportunities, the accommo-
dations, the ''frats," ''sororities," clubs
and the social life and good times of
the school are pictured and described.
Among the illustrations are pictures
of Washburn scoring on K. S. A. c.,
the May day festivals, picnics, football
rallies, even Christening a trembling
neophyte in a frat house, George
Fitch's stories of college life have
nothing on the bulletin. If it be re-
quested the bulletin is followed up
with regulation catalogue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
ART EXHIBIT AT H. S.
Collection of Etchings Is Receiving
Attention From Topeka Citizens.

The exhibit of etchings and graphic
art at the high school under the au-
spices of the Topeka Federation of
Women for the benefit of the Lincoln
statue fund has received many visits
from Topeka people interested in
things artistic.
The exhibit is the first one of the
kind that has ever come to the city.
Some of the finest work of modern
European and American artists are
shown in the exhibit and the etchings
are all good impressions There are
fifty-four pictures in the exhibit
Conspicuous among the display is a
Autograph by Albert Sterner, simple,
and full of pathetic beauty. Anders
Zorn, probably the best known living
etcher. is represented by his lightful
little 1.-The Hair Ribbon" A bizarre
effect in color is the drawing 1.-The
Dance" by c. Raymond Johnson, an
American artist.
Probably the most valuable works
in the exhibit are two Whistler etch-
ings and one of Millet's. Eleven fine
impressions of the work of Joseph
Pennell, whose etchings of the PAN
anna canal were purchased for a large
sum by congress, are also in the ex-
hibit. other notable things are THE
Steps by Childe Hassam. a happy
little study of summer light; and four
recent Autographs by Burger Sandzen.
The exhibit is open today and to-
morrow afternoon and evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
TO REPORT SOON
Light and Street Car Corpora
tiOns Write to City Hall.
Porter Says He'll Stir Up
Things at Commission.

Officially the attention of the city
commissioners was called today to the
fact that neither the Topeka Street
railway nor the Edison Illuminating
company has made a report to the city
as to their financial condition and
earnings for the last two years, when
Commissioner WATSON introduced and
had read a letter from A. NJ. Patten,
asking the city kindly to grant them
more time in which to make their re-
port Neither of these two corpora
tions has, within the last two years,
made such report to the city or has
been requested to do 50 officially, al
though Commissioner WATSON says he
has made verbal requests three times
for such reports.
In the letter from Patten he makes
the statement that their auditor has
been unavoidably detained in the east
but expects to be in Topeka next Mon
day when the matter will be attended
to promptly"
.'Why has not this matter been at
tended to before?' was asked Com
missioner Porter. Frankly. 1 don't
KNOW" he replied. WATSON is sup
posed to have attended to that affair
as it is in his department. I have
given it no attention"
Don't you think it the duty of the
entire commission when they know
that such conditions exist, even if it
is out of their department, to protect
the interests of the people by making
it known in some Manner" he was
asked.
Commissions Business.
Certainly do. for the oath we took
when we assumed our offices states
that we are to do this very thing, and
I will say this: If WATSON doesn't get
busy and attend to his department,
and not be passing the buck so that
1t reflects on the balance of the body
/. personally, will see that something
Is stirring up here
In 1914, the city received from the
Electric company the sum of ST.
1903 as their payment for the 10 per
cent clause under which their fran
chise was granted. In this franchise
the provision is made that the city sis
to receive 10 per cent of the annual
cent earned by said company upon the
actual cash value of it's investment at
the date of each report"
Patterns Letter.
The letter from Patten follows;
April 13, 1916.
MI w. h WATSON, Commissioner of FL
nance, City of Topeka Kansas
Dear Safeguarding the reports from
the. Topeka Edison and Topeka RAILWAY
company In any which you spoke to me about
pc filed as soon as the valuation work
commenced in 1914 could be brought down
40 udle anu Inc IlgureS completed.
am in receipt of a letter from our Cen
eral Auditor stating that he has been un-
aVoldably detained by some matters in
connection with the Interstate Commerce.
Commission at Washington but that he
now expects to be in Topeka next Monday,
whereupon the reports will be promptly
completed and transmitted to YOU
regret that this delay has occurred
and respectfully request the short addf-
tional time that will be required to com
A. NJ. PATTEN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
IN NEED OF HELP
Crittenton Home Makes an Appeal for
Contributions.

With two pitiful cases demanding
assistance the Crittenton home is put
ting out a plea for financial assist
ance.
"A very pathetic appeal is before us
now to care for one in dire need" Mrs.
S. L. Wilson said today. I'VE dare
not turn any one away, for besides
the home there is no place for them to
turn. And we can only care for them
as funds are given for the work.
I'VE need the help of men and wo-
men who can give. for these unfortu-
nate ones. There is the greatest need
now for financial help to meet the
current expenses and we earnestly de-
sire the cooperation of churches,
clubs and other organizations that can
make cash contributions to send any
amount-no matter how small-to the
treasurer, Mr.. w. E. Scottin, ST. Clay
street.
I'VE are giving help and friendship
at a time when they are needed. Those
in the home have always shown strong
appreciation of our work and many
are trying to repay and assist the work
in return. We appreciate the work of
the churches and clubs in refurnish-
ing the rooms at the home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
CLERKTOMACNATE
Humble Railroad Employee
Conceived Sisal Trust.
Head of Kansas Farmers Union
Testifies at Hearing.

Washington, April 14.-Leo c.
Browne. who as d clerk on a Mexican
railroad, conceived the idea that de-
yeloped into a ten million dollar cor
-poration to finance the slsal- crop OF
Yucatan, today told the senate 1nVes-
tigating committee of the dlfhcuitles
that beset his effort to mature it.
Detectives. he said. followed him, his
baggage was rifled in hotels. Amerl-
can capitalists were diffident ana at
one time all negotiations were halted
by General CarranZa who was the, !
seeking recognition from the United
States and feared, Browne said, that
the International Harvester company
would embarraSS his negotiations II hS,
undertook to eliminate it as a slsal
handler.
New Orleans Bankers Financed liz.
Browne is now assistant secretary OF
the Pan-American corporation, the
organization of New Orleans bankers
who accepted the idea He SAID a
western trip he had taken after the
bankers had agreed to loan money to
market sisal was intended only to tell
independent sisaI buyers of the beneV-
client purposes of the organization. He
denied he had warned them that the
concern would control the market and
that it behooved them to keep in its
good graces.
Charles S. Walker of Kansas, gen.
eraI manager of the Farmers union.
cooperative institution, testified
that many of its members believed the
Harvester company was interested in
and benefited financially from the
American corporation. Walter l.
Fisher. counsel for the Harvester
company, declared that this belief led
his company to object to banks in
which it had an interest, financing the
corporation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
ARMY MUST STICK!
Texas Congressman Springs Sensation
by Demanding Villas Capture.

washington, April 14.-Representa-
tive McLemore of Texas, whose reSo-
luton to warn Americans off bellig-
erent ships raised one of the hveliest
rows of the present congress, intro
duced a resolution declaring THE
American military forces must not for
any reason be withdrawn from Mex
leo until Francisco Villa has been
killed, captured or forced into exile"
The resolution was referred to the
foreign affairs committee.
Special Agent Rodgers, at Mexico
City, telegraphed today that "a few
people" were killed on both sides in
the fighting Wednesday at Parral. He
mentioned no numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14
LOOK TO KANSAS
Suffragists Depend on SunfIOw-
er State for Object Lesson.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Tells
Commercial Club Members.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, New
York suffragist leader and native of
Iowa, entertained members of the
Commercial club for forty minutes this
noon with an address on suffrage She
was introduced by Earl Akers state
treasurer. one of the Kansans who
went to New York to assist Mrs. Gait
and other suffragists in conducting the
suffrage campaign. Others at the
speakers table with Mrs. Gait were:
Mrs. w. A Johnston, Mrs A. Mar
burg, Miss Nanon Herren, Mrs Lucia
o. Case and Major A. M. Harvey.
Upon the success IF suffrage in
Kansas depends a great deal the sue