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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
GIRL HAS THRILLING TIME
BATTLING WITH FLOOD WATERS

Pierre. S. d.. March 11-Courage of q
16~-year-old girl Of this vicinity saved
her father thousands of dollars re-
Gently in the Missouri rise which oc-
Cured in the vicinity Of Pierre. Jo-
seph Pitlick lives on the Pen, Ia bot
toms SIX miles above Pierre. When
his daughter Eva arose she looked ut
h river and called at nee to her
father 1t was comings swiftly onto the
lowlands of their anch He jumped
out of bed, dressed rapidly and directed
h girl to so horseback after he cat
tie and to awaken her brother IL tell
him to go with her with pincers to
cut the close woven wire fence while
he went after the hogs. The girl fol-
lowed directions. herding the cattle To
h pper side OF the pasture-against
the wire fence, where the highest lane
was--and by that time the icy water
was flank deep on her horse.
Thus she stayed. waiting for her
brother to arrive with the pincers.
Finally as the water crept higher up
OH the horse and on her knees, a big
ice cake jammed the fence and broke
1t down, n she got out to the high
lands with her. cattle and horse. just
in time to save herself from rown-
ing.
Meanwhile the father rescued the
hogs. before getting Out entirely being
chin deep in water. Two hogs were
mot reached in time ant pitlick thought
they were lost. until a day Or so later
when he rowed out to the shed and
found them lodged safely on the roof
the water being high enough to en-
Ah!e them to thus save their own lives.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
COLONEL ONE MAN
WILSON CAN BEAT
JOHN 7. ADAMS
Iowa National Committeeman
Thinks Roosevelt Could Not
Win-Cummins Logical
Candidate.

Washington, ID. c.. March 11.-Na-
:ionalf Committeeman John T. Adams.
of Iowa, who is here comforting with
members of the-1owa delegation. State
Chairman Rawson and others for the
promotion OF the Cummins candidacy,
in an interview today said in his opin-
ion Roosevelt was the man whom
the president could defeat if he should
be nominated by the republican party"
Iowa will be for the nomination Of
Senator Cumnins at Chicago said
MI. Adams. IAN the delegation will
not stop voting for him. In my opin-
ion, Senator Cummins has the best
cllance of my man to win the repub-
lican nomination. He will! get OF the
first ballot the votes not only of Iowa.
but Minnesota. South Dakota. Nebras-
ka and other western states, and prob
ably Kansas. Wyoming and Montana,
as well as votes from many eastern
states. Iowa will have no second
choice at Chicago"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
cAYv|LLE SURROUNDED
BY WATER, But STILL
STANDS ABOVE FLOOD
Conflicting Reports About River
Stage--Farmers Come to
Town In Boats.

Gayvilic, S. d.. March 11.-Ths food
situation around Gayvillc. II miles
Down the river from Yankton, is bad
enough. but not quite as bad az indi-
,ated by some OF the telephone ana
telegraph inquiries being received here.
No train has come into this city sine"
Wednesday noon.
This town so far has not been
Hooded. but Is entirely surrounded by
slood waters from the Missouri and
linn rivers. 1t is estimated that q rls's
IF II inches would flood the entire city.
nut the general hope this morning ~
hat this experience Will be avoided. as
he waters nave been slowly recedinS
since last night.
This hope is not fully upheld by a
'eport from I'ullerville. five miles NJ
he river. that the water is slowly ris-
ng again at that point. 1t is rumored.
also. that Sorgcs have broken at various
points ON the upper Missouri and the
'clease of these additional flood waters
may produce serious results unless the
gorge at Ncrm!llion gives way. which
It shows no present sign of doing.
Farmers have been coming to own
n boats for necessary supplies, as
.ravel is exceedingly dangerous on any
Of the grades along the valley. The
farmers bring their teams to the bluff
inc, there are met by boats which
nave oNSii tul IIlO COIil1IHSIOn DIV local
business men. The Jim river flows in
10 the Missouri five miles southwest of
his city, n the entire area, to tho
duff line north of Gayvillc, is a sea
IF water.
the station agent at Mcckling re
ported by telephone yesterday after
o that water was flowing through
the business streets of that town, bot
that the citizens did not regard the
situation as dangerous.
Among h heavy losers OF hogs in
This section is George Gunderson. who
lost about 20 head. While assisting
Mr. Gunderson in trying to rescue the
escaped being drowned. He was caugh,
In an eddy With u wagon load Of hogs
and the wagon was overturned. All of
the hogs We're lost and Mr.. Browning
was rescued with great difficulty.
Searchers left here in boats this
morning to look after Peter Meteit, one
or the bottom residents, who is known
to have had about so head Of hogs
ready for market. He has not been
heard from and 1t lis feared that he
may nave lost his life in IRVING to save
his stock.
Three families living, on the Missouri
and Jim river bottoms are missing.
They are the William Magorian family
and the Lou Van Osdel and Ben Van
Osdel families. No word has beer re-
ceived from them since Monday. They
may be marooned in their homes and
unable to ask for aid. as telephone COM
municatiOn is cut off.
The Magorians live near the lower
bridge on the Jim river. This bridge has
been carried two miles upstream by the
ice backing up in the river. The Van
Osdel families lived on the bottoms
near the confluence of the Missouri and
Jim rivers. This country is covered
with several Get of water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

pata to march north and Join in an at
tack on the United States was Sent
by Francisco Villa in January, accord
ing to n copy of a letter found among,
Villas captured papers. The letter was
dated San Geronimo, Chihuahua. Jan
AIRY 6, 1916.
Sought Zapata's Aid.
II shall not expend another shell OF
brother Mexicans," Villa wrote in the
letter. but will prepare and organize
to attack the Americans on their. own
soil and let them know that Mexico is
a land of h free and the tomb of
shornless crowns and traitors"
Villa proposed that the joint move
ment with Zapata against the United
States should occur six months from
january g. Zapata so far as known
made no move to accept and this may
have been responsible for Villas de-
clslon to march on Columbus alone.
Villa in the letter attributed his de-
feat at Aqua Prieta last November to
the action Of the United States gov
eminent in permitting Carranza au-
thorltles to send over American terri
tory reinforcements for the Mexican
town opposite Douglas, Ariz., and de-
clared that act an invasion of the
sovereignty OF Mexico and an insult to
the people.
AT that time" Villa told zapata. "I
restrained but with the greatest diff
Guilty. the impulse of my troops to at
tack the city OF Douglas"
Carranza. he also stated in the letter.
had sold Mexico TO the United States,
agreeing to lease Magdalena Gay for
~ years. and giving over control of the
Mexican National railroad.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
Long Ago Planned
To- Invade United States:
Zapata Refused Support

Columbus. y NJ. March ll.-Papers
found on the battle field yesterday re-
vealed that Francisco Villa decided last
october to wage warfare against
Americans. This step. according to
Villas personal documents was taken
Immediately after formal recognition
by the United States; by the Carranza
de facto government and began with
h institution of Villas campaign in
Sonora, which ended disastrously at
Aqua Prieta. on November 20. Among
the papers found was what p%urported
to be an agreement between Villa and
Mexican residents of Colonia Morelos,
near Ell Tigre, Sonora, pledgins mutual
support in an effort to Gust Mormons
and other Americans. cOnfiscate their
property and operate their mines and
farms.
Promised To Stock Farms.
The citizens, according to the al
legged agreement. promised to AXE up
arms with Villa to gain this end. Villa
was to furnish the MeXicans of the dis
trict with livestock to he delivered by
April, 1916. "after he had overcome
Carranza and established himself as
supreme chief in Mexico"
Another of the papers acknowledged
receipt of $4,000 In gold from the con-
solidated Cananea Copper company, at
Naco, Sonora. shortly after Villas re-
treat from Aqua Prieta. The receipt
crediated the money to export duties
notation showed that the money really
was paid for the lives OF three Ameri-
cans held as prisoners and who It the
sinle, were reported to have been
marked for execution.
An invitation to Gen. Emiliano IA
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
Drink CRAzED SWAIN
SHOOTS YOUNG WOMAN
Then KILLS HIMSELF
Woman In Case, Miss Alice
Degnan, Will Recover--Re-
jected Offer of Marriage.

bot Springs. :. D.. March IL
Ansered because his; attentions We're
not regarded seriously, ". II. Swingle.
formerly employed rs a foreman at tho
federal Battle Mountain sanatorinnl
here. made a futile attempt to kill Miss
Alice De2nan, with whom he was in
and then committed suicide.
Recently Swingle was discharged at
the sanatorium and he commenced TO
drink and to gamble. according to re-
ports winning large stakes with the
cards. With AN extra amount of
money i'm his possession he asked Miss
iOcsnan. to whom he had been paying
some attention. to marry him. She re-
fused. and the next day Swingle en-
gagged Il room across The hall i'll tho
house whore Miss Da.nan WAS board
ing.
When the Young wotnam learned OF
bis action she engaged a truckman to
remove her baggage ard was in the
room with him when Swlngle entered.
fourishing a revolver. Both ran into
The hail. Miss DeSnan jumping behind
Joseph Wapht. an old man who lived
nj the place, Just as Swingle fred. Tho
bullet missed Wnpht and struck the
youns woman. passing through her
right cheek and down into her sboul-
DER. She then fled into Wapht's room.
The old man stood at the door and
refused to permit Swingle to enter. de-
spite threats made against his life.
Swln"le then ran bach to his own Don
and fired the shot that took his own
life. In the meantime, the driver had
found the chief of police and both re-
turned in time to- find Swingle dying
in his Own blood.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

The Haidu Indians, living on ,hc
Queen Charlotte stands OF our Alas
kan possessions. were. until a few
ear ago, divided strictly into We
tribes. Ravens and Eagles, 10Th strict
~ exogamic. which is to say that
Eagle men had to marry Raven women
and vice versa, the children, according
to tribal law, becoming members Of
the mothers tribe and returning, to
that group when half grown to receive
training and ultimately inherit The
family property.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
MARKET HITS
HIGH LEVEL TODAY
Live Pork Sells at Chicago For
$1O.05 Per H~undred-Sup-
ply Exhausted By For
eign Demands.

Chicago. March flowing to scar
city of supplies. the hog market today
jumped up % cents to $1O.05 per 100
pounds. This is 1885 above the low
point of December %. and is IS cents
over the price Of Il week ago. Only
$4,000 hogs We're received here today.
The comparative exhaustion of the
hog supply is explained by the unpre-
cedentcd demand for pork, induced
largely by the tremendous call from
warring European nations. Since jan
uary I more than 100000 hogs in ex-
cess OF the total for the corresponding
period Of 1915 have been marketed IL
Chicago.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
HOUSEWIVES DECLARE
A BOYCOTT ON SUGAR
Women Throughout Country
Are Asked to Cooperate In
Movement.

Cincinnati. Ohio. March 1.-The Ma
tional Housewives cooperative league
at a meeting today declared a boycott
on sugar and sent out the communica-
tons I o all branches OF the league. as
we'll as to other men societies. urx-
ing cooperation in this movement.
The league claims that house wives
us 90 per cent OF the sugar
in the United States. and object to tn.
nigh price that they now have to pay
for this commodity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Marvin Knorp has found II sure Way
TO stretch boots to almost any desired
size. He bought Il pair and they We're
too small one night he filled them
with oats and poured in some water.
Then he tied the tops and waited.
Next morning he found them stretched
aplcnty. They We're as big as two or
three pairs of boots. And what IL
shape! Robinson Crusoc never Wore
an odder looking pair OF boots. If
YOUR boots are too small feed them
oats. Its a sure sur for smallncss.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
RUSSIANS CLOSING
IN ON TREB|z0ND
Grand Dukes Forces Landing
on Black Sea Coast-FaII
of Seaport Said to
Be Near.

Washington. %. O.. March ll.-Rus-
sian troops have landed on the Black
AGO of Asiatic Turkey and the oc-
cupation of Trebizzond is imminent. ac-
cording to a dispatch received today
from the American embassy at Con-
stantinople. The state department also
advised that the American con-
sui at Trebizond had taken over the
archives of the German consulate, the
German consu having left.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

John Christian Watson, former pre-
mier of Australia. now travelling III
Canada, rose to his exalted position
from Il "printcr's devil IIc was born
In Valparaiso, Chile. but went to Aus
tralia when quite young. He is Il thor
ough newspaper man, convcrsant in a
practical way with every end of the
business. n when the war broke ont
he a Il building up and part of the
staff hired for the creation of "A new
ape A member of tho labor
party. he is a stanch advocate "f a
strong army and navy. believing that
preparedness is Il guarantee of peace.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
e. p. THoRNE.
DAKOTA

Under the pressure of necessity. Nv
ing to its scarcity because of the war
platinum is being replaced in many
electrical appliances. Formerly, plati-
nun was employed for the lead in wires
in electric incandescent lamps, but a,
present wires made of nickcl-chrolni-
um, metallic tungsten. or metallic mo-
iybdcnuln. are being employed with
good results. Metallic molybdcnum has
also replaced platinum, which was lib
orally used for the resistance wires of
electric furnaces in antebellum days.
Platinum was formerly employed foi
the ignition points of spark plugs, but
the greatly increased cost of the metal
has compelled the use of substitutes,
chief among which is metallic tungsten.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
STEEL ORDERS ARE
PlLlNG UP RAPIDLY

New York. March 10.-The monthly
statement of the unified orders Of h
United States St1pa corporation issued
today broke all records. The orders
stood on February 70. at $685. $3.50 tons.
nary 81. and comparing with s.4sS.7lk
tons December 81, 1906. the previou.
high record.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

The boys OF Oundle school. North
amptonshire. England. are taking up
the manufacture OF munitions of war.
BY the courtesy of n neighboring firm
Of engineers. the schoo is supplied
with work Of a varied character con-
nected with mines. torpedocs and tor
pedo boats. Boys give n full day n
week to the work. and work i'm patches
of Is to 30. sc that about $50 boys-the
great majority between the ages of ~
and 1T-nre thus employed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
WATSON COMEDIES NEW
RECEIVED NOMlNATIc

Indianapolis. Ind. March 10.-with
2.79A out of 3,177 precincts Of the state
in and with Harry s. New leading nv
5000 votes. James F.. Watson In
admitted hat he had been defeated
on II first choice votes in Tuesdays
primary for the republican nomination
for United States senator.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Hudson Maxim. the inventor, has an
artificial left arm. He lost his real arm
experimenting with explosives. but he
can manage the steering wheel of his
automobile better than half the people
who own cars. He had to give a dem
onstration of this before the authori-
tics would grant him n license
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

The government authorities of In
dia are taking steps to revive the silk
industry In that land, which formerly
important, has steadily declined of re-
cent years. An expert has been APP
pointed to study conditions in silk pro-
ducing countries and formulate rec
concentrations for the consideration OF
the government.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Prof. w. G. Foye. of the Harvard di-
vision of geology. has been sent by the
Sheldon fund to study the coral reefs.
the uplifted limestones. and the VOL
canic rocks in the Fiji islands. His in
vestigations will occupy the better part
of n year and are expected to add ma
terially to the scientific knowledge Of
the regions covered.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Submarine mines are of three types.
First. ground mines. which are usual
ly Of great size and laid directly ON
the bottom of shallow seas; second.
anchored mines. which are attached by
a cable to IA weight on the bottom and
r designed to float ut a predeter-
mined depth, SO that they will touch
and be detonated by passing ships,
and third. floating mines, which are
dropped on the surface of tho water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

A railway company i'll this country
has issued the following
ment: 1.-THE - route is Il safe road
to ride upon. In the last eight years
no passengers have been killed in train
accidents. 1t is a very unsafe road to
walk upon. During the same period
101 trespaasers have been killed"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

American contractors are to build !.
new port IN Paraguay. within 10
mlles Of Asuncion. capial Of the
~. The work will entail the reclama-
ZION of q lSrec area near that city. The
estimated cost Of the Improvement IL
ob0vt $ooeyeee.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Two American aeroplanes nave been
bought by the Dutch Indian govern
ment for use in Java. where they were
successfully tested recently. China.
too. In developing interest in aviation.
The Chinese government contemplates
opening m aviation school at Canton.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY,

Salt Lake City. March 1O.-David
Mattson. secretary OF state OF Utah and
acting governor in the temporary alb
sencc Of Governor Spry. was ued for
$4,000 damages today by Mrs. Irene
r. Quinting. Of Salt Lake City, who al
leges that Mattson Rugged and kissed
her against her will january !. 1916.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Vines of a variety imported from the
United States are the only ones In the
vineyards Of western France which this
year have escaped the worst mildew in
~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Gold leaf Is becoming so scare i'll
spain that the Barcelona union OF gild-
ers has appointed a commission to
study the possibilities of establishing a
local plant for its manufacture. Most
OF The gold leaf has come heretofore
from England and Germany.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Greece has made enormous amount
Of money from it's merchant marine
since the outbreak Of the European
war. Freight rates are 70 high that
times exceed the valuSsNf the ship MAX
Ing IL
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Coal has been mined In Oregon for
SO years or 30. the first cargo having
been shipped from the Empire basin.
although the discovery OF more import
ant deposits sOon shifted tho point Of
production to Newport, near the head
NJ Coos bay.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
INDIAN MISSIONARY WILL
GO TO BOMBAY. INDIA

Ravina. $. d.. March l1.-Rev.
Father Henry Westropp. Indian mis-
sionary OF the Indian reservations of
South Dakota II Nebraska. was UNI
expectedly called by "a telegram by the
provincial Of the Jesuit order, OF st.
Louis, Mo-. to sail from San Francisco
on March Ia. for Bombay, India, to do
missionary work among the Hindus.
He left Ravinia Thursday morning for
San Francisco.
Father Westropp is one Of the very
best and widely known missionaries
among the Sioux Indians. The past
three years he spent most Of his time
Mt st. Paul's mission. nine miles south
of Ravinia, and during this period
there has been constructed the church
at st. Paul's mission. Greenwood. S. ID.
and Santee. Neb.. and hundreds Of In
dians converted to the Catholic faith.
He was respected as well by Protes-
tants as Catholics. and to- show their
appreciation and .aith. many Of his
friends gathered at Ravinia to bid him
farewell. He was presented with IL
beautiful gold watch and chain and a
nice purse.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
Feared Meeicans Will Unite
Forcing Armed Intervention

Washington. ID. c.. March 1O-The foremost question
which sticks up as the result of decision to send troops after
Villa is this:
Will the expedition bring about such a uniting of Mexi-
can elements as to force armed intervention?
The possibility is clearly foreseen here, as up to late to-
day Calranza has not yet granted his permission for American
troops to cross the border.
The president ordered the troops in without waiting on
CarranZa.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15

Henry Smith. who does not claim to
be the only bearer of that name, was
gaved from three vicious snakes the
other day by his heroic drove OF hogs.
Seeing Henry hard pressed. the pork
ers set upon the snakes. turned their
flank and ate them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
RIVER RISING AT yANkroN.

Yankton, S. ID. March 1.-THE Mis-
souri, river again is slowly rising here.
after n seven-inch drop. Hundreds of
homes now are deserted, with the
household goods still in them. All
missing people are accounted for and
safe. Rescue work was carried on all
day Thursday. and the situation is we'll
In hand If no further big rise comes.
No train service from the east is likely
Tor q week.
Vermilion, s. ID. March 11.-Flood
waters of the Missouri river have been
sweeping out Over the lowlands west
and southwest. of Vermilion. and the
situation is serious for many farmers
of Clay county. The entire district,
from Verlmilion to Meckling in oil di-
rections, is II body of water. Nearly
all land from bluff to bluff north and
south. n distance Of ~ to l5 miles. is
inundated. y solid mass Of ice blocks
the Missouri river from bank to bank.
For several miles west the overflow
was so sudden that many residents
were unable to remove stock.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
GRACE DID NOT HURL KNIFE
DURING MASQUERADE DANCE

Pukwana. S. d., March 1l.-lra l..
Grace. charged with assaulting Carl
Jacobs by throwing an open knife at
him or the night Of 4 recent dance at
kimball, was discharged by Justice
Ligget In the preliminary examinations.
The evidence showed the prisoner to-
he FREQ Of all guilt in tho matter.
-
WEIR MISUNDERSTANDING Of the l~jniver-
sity Of South Dakota staged the mu.ica,
comedy. THE Tuncful LIAR Tuesday
evening at the city thentcr before "a
crowded house.. Thu production was an
elaborate one with 30 In the acting and
chorus parts and a alTscce orchex. IRA
from the college Of music. Loyal Ilar-
mon, Of DeSnet, and Martha lri,.dahl. II
verrn.Aon, starre6 In the leading roles.