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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Suffers Painful Hurts.

Sturgis.-Budding genius received 4
setback and young Bert Alderman, or
this place, has concluded that he does
not know quite SO much about flying
machines as he thought. Young Au-
kerman's older brother, FraLk, invent
ed an aircraft. He had previously
taken a course in an aviation school
and was prepared to take a prize at
the county fair here with his machine,
which he left in the hangar ready for
the event. His brother Bert thought a
fight was easy, and when no II was
around started for a spin. He had new
er tried an aeroplane before, but man.
aged to reach something over 1000
feet in the air before he decided to
come down. In his descent he thinks
he lost his head a minute, and just be-
fore reaching the ground turned on
the engine and crashed to earth. Tbs
pride of his brothers heart was de.
molished and Bert received some pain
full but not serious injuries and con
siders himself lucky, at that.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
1amnered with Mail7

Sioux Falls.-Chargcd with tamper-
ns with United States mail, John ID.
Hauf, aged 20, Of Trip, has been
brought to Sioux Falls BY Deputy Uni
ed States Marshal Anderson, and
when taken before United States Com
missioner Conway waived his prelimin-
Try hearing and furnished bonds in the
sum Of $1,000 for his appearance at the
October term Of federal court in this
city, He had charge OF the transfer
ing Of mail at Trip from one train
% another. and it is charged that in
making the transfer of mail he opened
parcel post packages and took there
rom articles Of value. Among the ar
sicles stolen that have been recovered
IRE three gold watches, a diamond ring
and a sold ioeket and chain.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Miniature Arsenal Found.

Groton While crossing a field near
the Milwaukee railroad tracks south
Of Groton. John Frommel discovered
what evidently was a plant" Of yegg.
men The find was in the shape Of
! miniature arsenal and represented a
good supply for q days fighting on
the battle line in Europe. There were
seven sticks of dynamite, sufficient to
blow up the business district OF the
average small town. No trace can be
found Of the men who left the dyna-
mite where found. but it evidently was
The reserve supply of yeggmen who
nave cen taken into custody, or who
found matters had become so hot for
them that they had to leave the coun-
ny before completing their safe-blow-
ing plans in this part Of the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
C0R0NER'S VERDICT
ALCOHOLISM CAUSED DEATH OF
PETER 3. DIRkS-WlFE CLEAR
Ed OF SUSPICION.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
That Is Of interest to the READ.
ers Throughout South pa.
kota and Vicinity.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chamberlain. Acute alcoholism with
1Dvolyment of the central nervous sys-
tenn and pulmonary atdena caused the
death of Peter B. Dirks, was the find
ing of the coroner after a postmortem
examination OF the body. Dirks died
suddenly in commissions. Mrs. Dirks
demanded an autopsy be held on the
body. The verdict of the o clears
the wife Of all suspicion growing out
Of his sudden demise.
Dirks had attended to his business
as usual during the forenoon. Shortly
after dinner he complained Of not feel
ing we'll and died in commissions late fl
the afternoon.
Mr.. Dirks was one of the most prom
inent land and cattle men in South
Dakota. He owned the Dirks Trust
and Title company of Oacoma; the
Farmers State bank Of Reliance; the
Peter 3. Dirks company, of which he
was vice president and treasurer;
Brown Valley Bend Land and Cattle
company; Peoples Gas, Light and
Power company, and the Marion Light
and Water company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Woman Kills Wolf,

Sioux Falls.-Mrs. George Childers,
wife Of a Clark county farmer, per
formed the unusual feat of running
down and killing a wolf. She was
driving the car along a country high
way at a good rate Of speed when a
wolf appeared in the road just ahead of
her. She put on more speed and, after
an exciting chase, overlook the wolf
and ran it down. She stopped the car
as soon as she could. and when she
returned to the point where the car
had struck the wolf she found the ami
NAL had staggered into a nearby corn
field and died. During the chase the
wolf made no attempt TO leave the
highway, Notwithstanding that the car
steadily gained upon it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Beheaded by Car Wheels.

Sioux Falls.--J. C. Sloan, aged about
6S, was killed when he threw himself
under the wheels Of an Illinois Cen
trail passenger train as it was leaving
the local depot. He plunged forward
just far enough for his head to cross
n of the rails. the wheels crossing
his neck and beheading him. In his
pockets was a card indicating that ~
was a piano tuner. Little is known OF
him here except that he came from
Sioux City some months ago. With
in a few weeks after reaching Sioux
tempt at suicide by plung =, from a
bridge into the Big Sioux ~. being
rescued in an unconscious condition. a
score or more people saw him killed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Aggie Course Beains October 80.

The School Of Agriculture of the
State college will open on October
80 with the strongest offering of prac-
teal courses for farm boys and girls i'll
the history Of the department. All lines
have been strengthened in order to
keep up the high standard already es-
tablished. For the boys the following
courses will be featured: Farm crops,
stock raising. poultry culture, horti,
culture, carpentry, blacksmithing. con
crete work. dairying. botany. entomol.
ogy, and veterinary. Girls will special.
ize In cooking. sewing, millinery.
crafts, drawing, household decoration.
home management, home nursing, etc
Both boys and girls will study En(
lish, history, mathematics, civic
chemistry, physics, bookkeeping. etc.
This is an ideal course fac roung men
and women who have not had high
school training. and yet who desire 10
prepare for effective farm and home
management. a handsome illustrated
bulletin may be obtained by writing
Prof. f. u. Stivers, State College,
Brookings, 8. d.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Must &c Examined.

has been adversely affected by the
ordinance has taken preliminary steps
to test in the courts the constitution
atty of a city ordinance which went
into effect in this city n few days ago.
providing that all persons soliciting
for the sale Of goods from residence
to residence must undergo Il physical
examination. No peddlers' licenses
have been applied for in Madison
since the new ordinance went into ef
feet. and doubtless none will be until
the ordinance has been tested in the
courts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
STUDENTS ARE MANY
LARGE INCREASE IN ENROLL.
MENT At SOUTH DAKOTA
UNIVERSITY.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, tho Various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre
Four hundred and eighty-fve stu
dents enrolled in the University of
South Dakota during the first week CT
registration. This is an increase Of
1875 per cent over the first week of
registration last year, and an increase
OF 40 per cent Yer the enrolment OF
the first week two years ago. 1t is Is
per cent more than the total enroll
nent Of the school two years ago, when
42l students We're listed in all depart
Iaents Of the university.
The added facilities Of the univer-
sity in the last few years have at
tracted an increasingly large number
Of students from all sections of South
Dakota. as well as from several adj
joining states. This years enrolment
is representative CT the state and
ONE from every section Of South
Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Bull Is Very Valuable.

South Dakota has the honor of hav.
ing raised the most valuable Aberdeen
Angus bull in the country. Black Poe.
this year grand champion of the Ohio.
Indiana and Kentucky state fairs. was
developed by the state college at
Brookings under the direction OF Prof.
J. w. Wilson. head Of the animal hus.
baadfy department. This bull headed
the college Aberdeen Angus herd for
four years. The only calves from this
valuable animal are owned by the
state college. Last spring the college
sold Black Poe to Charles Escher of
Botna, Ia, who later sold him to
Hobart Ames Of Tennessee, for $4,000.
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To Make Citizens Of Indians.

Wl.at is to prove ono Of tho most
forward steps in the treatment Of the
Indians by the United States govern.
ment has been taken on the reserva-
ticns Of Lower Erule and Crow Creek.
The new competency commission"
consisting Of Maj. Mclaughlin, who
has seen As years Of service with the
indians for the government: Maj.
Small. of Oklahoma, and the local SUI,
p~erintendents. Maj. Langdon and Hay.
good, Ieean a personal investigation
Of all Indians capable Of receiving citi.
zeIship. in case this commission be.
lieyes certain indians are worthy they
will be at one placed OF the same level
with the whites.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
County Scat War.

Dallas.-The towns of Herrick and
Burke are again making a vigorous
sght for the removal Of the county seat
u Gregory county. which they are try
Hg TO remove from Fairfax. situated in
he extreme east end Of Gregory coun-
y. Both towns claim various adyan-
tages, and both of them are near
7nongh to the geographical aud popu-
ation center CT the county. Fairfax,
If course. puts up a bitter fight to re-
ain the county honor and there will
oe a repetition of the t~hree-cornered
contest which has occurred twice be-
are.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
To Seek Oil at Interior.

Pierre.-Apparently the first prac.
zeal effort to develop Oil possibilities
n western South Dakota il t. be at
Interior. where the project has been
tract for drilling let to F. c. Weaver,
IF Meadville. Pa, who has made two
trips out 10 that section by auto since
he project has been started. and who
the drilling contract while
out the past week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Rapid City.-When Lawrence Robin
son. aged Is, failed to return from tie
fuel Q in a sawmill where he acted
to the room, which contained sawdust.
and found Robinson buried beneath.
Robinson had gone to the room to see
why the sawdIst was not feeding the
boiler. It is thought he was caught
i'll a cavein. He was found smothered
to death below a six-foot bank Of saw.
dust. He had no relatives here. but
had an uncle at Fenimore. Wis. and
one at Valentine, Neh.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Echo of Mine Troubles.

DeadwooG.-An echo of the labor IN
ing which the Daily Register. the nm
ion paper there, suspended publication.
was heard in the sale at she:iff's auc-
ton here Of the plant Of the neWspa.
per, including linotype, presses and
two tons Of paper. The whole plant
was bid in by Charles H. Meyer. presi
dent Of the Western Federation Of
Miners, as trustee for his organization.
which held a mortgage against the
paper, his bid being $3.50. Newspa,
per men from numerous parts of the
Black Hills were present at the sale
and are expected to take the plant III
smaller lots of Meyers hands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Deadwood.-A new wrinkle for get
ting a free summer vacation has come
a comely young woman who is being
sought by a local bank, as we'll as other
banking institutions in the northwest
She appeared at a bank here with a
check for SIS. drawn on a Nebraska
bank. She exhibited a letter on sta
tionery from that town. The check
was returned with the inscription that
there was no such person.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Worms Cholera

more hogs may be lost from worms
this year than from hog cholera. and
many cases OF apparent cholera are
only worms" says DIR. J. T. Dinwoodie.
veterinary specialist of the State col
lege extension division. He states
that the feeding of green or snapped
corn generally ushers In the worm
Infested hog-the sudden change in
feed causing a arrangement Of the di,
gcstive tract.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
New Professor Daokta Az"

Prof. Arthur L. Tatum. for the last
two years a member Of the teaching
staff Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, has assumed his duties as prc.
fessor Of physiology at the University
of South Daketa. He succeeds DR.. O.
0. Stoland, who has ioind the faculty
OF the University of Kansas.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Adiudqed Insane.

Rapid City.-W. II. Millham, one or
the best known travelling men in west
3rn South Dakota. va adiudscu insane
BY Deputy Sheriff Cessna OF this city.
II is not definitely known just what
caused MI. Ml!iham's mental collapse
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Eridaewater Pric.t Dies.

Rridgewater.-Roy. =. K. F.,6maier.
aged 33 years. pastor .: st. Stepilcn's
Catholic church of tsis exy. a well
known clergyman. d'Ai a. RS hou.s
following a three days lines, from
p%eritonitis ana complications f0i which
he underwent all operation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Taa-AatpI.ohjle tire thinvos h,vo

Tea-Aatenhohile tire thieves have
commenced operations here, amG in
one night stole 5000 worth III fires
from Fallen G Slotcr. local dealers n
similar robbery Is reported at Harris
burg, showing concluslsely that d new.
species q bandit has appeared in t!Iis
territory. With the THEFT Of automobile
tires as their objective.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Can Build Lire.

The state railway commission has
granted a permit on the application
Of the Mitchell and Northwestern Rail
way company from Mitchell to High.
more, passing near Gam Valley, in
Buffalo county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

u CAiCd llldIlCt uCpdl lllShl IiS
issued a circular giving the National
bank and the Bank of London and
Mexico permission to reopen.
Dispatches reaching Juarez from
Casus Grandes stated that Villas ban
dit army is approaching the outposts
Of the Pershing expedition near Ell
Vale.
The return OF the national guard
regiments to their state camps from
Ell Paso has been temporarily held up
because Of recent developments in
Mexico.
Bandits are robbing passenger trains
in the interior of Mexico and are TAX
ing even the shoes from the feet Of
the passengers, a Mexican refugee
who reached Juarez reported.
Wholesale executions are taking
place in Chihuahua City following the
Villa attack. Five hundred Villa adj
herents have been executed since tie
fight, and many other prisoners have
been taken.
Two British subjects and thirty six
Carranza soldiers were killed when
Villistas raided an Oil camp near
TuXpam, September 16, according to
officers of the tank steamer Topila,
which arrived at Galveston a few days
ago.
Telegraphic communication west of
Chihuahua City on the Mexico North
western has been interrupted and
more bridges are reported to have
been burnd near Santa Ysabel. This
Is believed to be the work OF Villa
soldiers.
Secret service agents of the Amer
lean and Mexican governments are
trying to locate Villa agents who are
said to have visited several Arizona
towns, telling the people that Villa
sure will be near the border with a
large force of men the first week CT
November.
Agents have been sent into every
de facto garrison in Chihuahua state
by Pancho Villa in an attempt to un.
dermine the garrisons and stir up re
volts against First Chief Carranza. BY
Carranza officials 1t is feared this is
the first step by the bandit chief to-
ward a threatened attack upon border
towns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Minneapolis millers declare that
-four may retail at $40 a barrel in the
near future II wheat prices continue to
rise.
The private bank OF Campbell, Du-
bia & Co.. the tenth to fail in Chicago
within tie last month. closed its
doors on September the 2ond.
Forty members Of the Industrial
Workers of the World we're locked in
refrigerator cars at North Yakima.
Wash, by $50 citizens, and ~railroaaed
out Of town.
A large hotel for working girls ard
women is to be constructed in Chicago
and conducted under Catholic aus
pices, Archbishop George w. MUnde-
lein announced.
In an effort to put an end to auto.
mobile accidents in Iowa, Attorney
General Cosson has sem letters to
county attorneys, police chiefs and
state agents demanding a rigid en-
forcement Of the state automobile
laws. He asserts that in July and
August there were 91S auto accidents
in Iowa, with &C deaths and SIS per-
sons injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
4 Little Practice Cruise,

The Squire-Another air raid last
night. George; bombs dropped III sev-
eral districts and some damage done.
George-i.or'. master. Now wv it
done by them German fellers or would
that be ONT party:-iandnn Sketch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Judge Named by Byrn4

Gov. Byrne has appointed Chs ~les l..
Brady of Buffalo as county Judge OF
Harding county. to fill the acanc
caused by tho death of Judge Whitney
OF that county
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Eank.MnNAa.

The Citizens State bank of Coal
Springs has filed with the secretary of
state, notice that they hava moved
their location from Coal Springs, Per
kins county, to Isabel, Dewey county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
Or. Pace OF Sioux Fails ce,I

Sioux Falls DR.. George l.. Paer. far
many year: one Of the leading dentists
Sioux Falls. is dead after q long l,iaess
He I'd accumulated q large prol cr,y
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
GENERAL.

The Sioux City Journal ~(evening)
and Sioux City Tribune ~(evening)
have advanced the price from l to 2
cents. The raise. 1t is announced, is
due to the increased cost of paper.
Senator Warren G. Harding OF Ohio
will begin a speaking trip through the
west In behalf Of Hughes and Fair
banks early this month. He will visit
Montana, Idaho. Utah. Wyoming, Ne
braska, Missouri. Indiana and Ken
lucky.
Congressional legislation in regard
TO railroads which would make federal
control superior to that of the states,
was asked in resolutions adopted by
the savings bank section or the Amer
lean Bankers association in annual
convention at Kansas City.
Increases in the price Of flour to the
highest point since the civil war
caused Chicago bread-making concerns
to increase the price of bread from
8 to 6 cents a loaf with a correspond
ing increase in the price CT Other
baked goods.
Exports from the port Of New York
Tor August, 1916. totalled $271,357 1852,
Is compared with Sal. 971,554 for the
same month In 1915, according to a
compilation issued by the custom
house.
More people have been killed ana
injured ~ automobiles on the stree
u American cities during this year
than IN al the Zeppelin raids On
England. Chicago and New York lead
IN the number Of deaths with more
than 200 each between January ! and
oeDtember I.
H %
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Inc DuICH ~UIlell has ptoHib
1ted the export Of cattle. All pre-
serves containing meat also will come
under the prohibition.
Sixty persons were killed and a
large number wounded in Bucharest,
Rumania, by bombs dropped from a
squadron of ~aeroplanes of the Teutons.
1t is announced officially in Paris
that the number of prisoners taken by
the Anglo-French forces on the
amounted to more han $500. OF
these, 34,050 fell into the hands of the
French.
Germany VIII yield to the demands
Of the Greek government for the re-
turn of the 5000 Greek soldiers remov-
ed from Kavala, if the allies agree
not to impede the progress of the re-
turn and not to punish the Greek off,
GERS.
Paris newspapers declare that
another winter campaign is unavoid-
able, and that France is making all
necessary arrangements for supplying
the troops with garments, blankets
and other essentials for winter war
fare.
The salaries of all German officers
have been reduced. The salary of the
minister of wal and the chief army
commanders is cut 1000 marks a
month and l%ieutenants Go mar ks. Mar
ried officers and those who have par
ents depending upon them are allowed
special indennities.
The Australian senate passed by a
vote Of IL to 8 the bill calling for a
referendum On the question Of con
scriptiOn, which had already passed
the house. Women will vote at the
election, registering their decision on
the question of sending their men to
war, for probably the first time in his
tory.
Combles, the pivotal point in the
German line guarding the approach to
Bapaume ON the north and Peronne on
the south of the Somme front, has
fallen before attacks of French and
British. At the end of the fighting the
town was filed with the bodies of Ger
mans, the French official statement
gays.
Two Zeppelin airships were brought
down by British gunners in the re.
cent raid on London. The entire
crew Of one persisted in the fire which
destroyed the dirigible, while those
aboard the other landed safely and
we're made prisoners. Forty Britons
were killed during the raid. Twelve
zeppelins accompanied by many aero.
planes. took part in the attack.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Japan's purpose to renew at the
end of the European war her coLten-
ton for the right of her people to emf
crate to and W land in the Unitei
States, was admitted at the Japanese
embassy.
Word has reached the State depart
ment that Great Britain has with
drawn regulations for the importation
OF cigar tobacco which American
growers have declared would ruin
their business.
Six thousand National guardsmen
from thirteen states were ordered to
the Mexican border by the War de-
partment and Major-General Funston
was directed to select 10000 troops
now on the border for return to their
home states, to be mustered out CT
the federal service.
American exports passed the half
billion dollar a month mark during
tiC IlOltl " august. IiSuiCS pAO6
that goods sent abroad during the
month were valued at $50, 0C0, Oa0, a
record not only for this country but
for the world. The total is $4,000, 0oO
above the previous high record estab-
lished In May.
Deposits in postal savings banks
during August increased nearly S.
0O0, 900, the largest monthly gain sine
the system vas established. On Sep
TENDER l, a total Of 621 900 depositors
had accounts aggregating more than
$94, 900, 600 to their credit.
The Department OF Agriculture has
issued a warning to dealers against in
terstate shipment Of oysters which are
polluted or soaked to increase thei=
bulk. Prosecutions will be pressed
against violators Of the law ~forbiiding
a~AulteEation Of oysters.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

IoliccWomen are now being ap-
pointed all over Germany.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
MEXICAN TROUBLE.

The Mexican finance department has
issued a circular giving the National
bank and the Bank of London and
Mexico permission to reopen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
NEWS Of THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN Of EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Glasses Of Readers.
WAR NEWS.

The Dutch government has prohlb-
ited the export Of cattle. All pre-
serves containing meat also will come
under the prohibition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Sixty persons were killed and a
large number wounded in Bucharest,
Rumania. by bombs dropped from a
squadron Of aeroplanes of the Teutons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Dispatches reaching Juarez from
Casus Grandes stated that Villas ban
dit army is approaching the outposts
of the Pershing expedition near Ell
Vale.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

1t is announced officially in Paris
that the number of prisoners taken by
the Anglo-French forces on the
Somme from July l to September is,
amounted to more than $500. OF
these, 34,050 fell into the hands of the
French.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

The return OF the national guard
Ell Paso has been temporarily held up
because Of recent developments in
Mexico.