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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04

Clayton Schmidt stopped Oft
here between trains Saturday
while on his way home to Sisse-
ton from Mitchell where he has
been taking an advanced course
in teaching the past two months.
Mr.. Schmidt will have charge OF
the Ortley schools again this fall.
-Ortley View.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04

With almost the entire neigh
borhood participating in the
search, little seven year old
Bertha Weiss. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Weiss, about two
miles south of Philip, was found
about 25 miles from her home
after continuous search last
ing several hours. According to
her story, she started out to go
to the pasture, but lost her
bearings and continued walking.
When found she was nearly ex-
hausted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04
l. W. W. Trouble at Lidgerwood

A few members of the I. w.
w organization driftedinto Lidg.
erwood last week and refused to
work for any of the farmers and
kept others from going out to
work. The police finally order
ed them to either get at work or
leave town and they haughtily
informed him that they would
do as they pleased about that.
He then placed two of them un.
der arrest on a vag charge and
two others came and appeared
to want to get them out of the
lookup, aud they too were placed
inside.
They had a hearing before Po-
lice Magistrate Schram this
morning and the first two ar
rested were given thirty days in
the county Jail and the other two
ten days and they were taken to
the Jail a little before noon today.
One of them made the boast that
they would not be In Jail long,
that their order would come to
their rescue.
The shorter time such fellows
are allowed to hang around the
town the better for those who
really are looking for work and
for the town, too. Lidgerwood
Monitor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04

It's funny thing that only
the rich and poor can afford to
take vacations, as a general
thing. The fellow who is nei-
ther rich nor poor can not find
time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04
Appropriation Secured.

Work started at the meeting
of citizens of towns tributary TO
Traverse and Big Stone lakes,
held i'm Graz eville ON March III,
called for the purpose of taking
steps to secure an appropriation
for a preliminary survey of the
lakes, with a view of connecting
the lakes by canal and making
them into a reservoir for the
storage of surplus waters, and
for the improvement of naviga-
tiOn, has borne fruit, as we are
assured that the necessary APP
preparation for the preliminary
work, is forthcoming.
1t was feared at the Graceville
meeting at the time was proba
bly, little late to hope to secure
an appropriation at this session
of congress, by Messrs. Oscar
son and Dahl of White Rock were
fresh from Washington, where
they had, through interviews
with members of congress from
both Minnesota and South Da-
kota, and officials of the war
department, sort of paved the
way. A draft of a bill covering
the matter was drawn at the
Graceville meeting, and forward
ed to Senator Sterling for intro
duction. At the same time the
aid and cooperation of Senator
Nelson was solicited, through
Traverse county citizens. Sena-
tor Sterling introduced the mea-
sure, as requested, and Senator
Nelson cheerfully gave all possi-
ble assistance, which meant a
whole lot. as no man in the
United States senate stands
higher in point of ability and
force than does Senator Nelson,
and it is because of the untiring
efforts of these two men that we
are now enabled to inform our
readers that the appropriation
for the preliminary survey has
been secured Browns Valley
Tribune.
n w w Tro.hl. ~ I;ds.rwood
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04

Oliver Henry, the 10 months
old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Poppens of Oneida, was almost
instantly killed i'm fall from
the bed while playing. At the
time of the tragedy, Mrs. Pop
pens was out working in the
back yard and it is presumed
that the baby crawled to the
edge of the bed and was struck
in the head by table while fall
ing to the floor. A few minutes
later the mother discovered the
suffering baby and although
medical attention was immedi-
ately summoned, nothing could
be done to preserve the life of
the young babe.
Charles Anderson, who for the
past twenty years has been connect
ed with the Veblen postoffice, has
rendered his resignation and will
retire as soon as his successor
qualities and assumes the duties OF
the place. In point of service MIR.
Anderson is one of the oldest post
masters in South Dakota. He has
a remarkable record, for during
his score of years service he missed
only three or four days of active
duty. He has been resident of
Veblen and vicinity since 1899,
being one of the early pioneers of
that region.
Some how or other the old
brass band and torchlight en-
thusiasm is lacking in all the po-
litical doings Of the present day.
Why is it!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04
ANDOVER POLICE
OFFICER SHOT
Shot While Attempting to
Make Arrest.

Shot while seeking to perform
his duty, Dana Passage, veteran
night watch at Andover, died at
st. Lulle's hospital at Aberdeen
Saturday morning where he has
been rushed in a vain epdeavor to
save his life.
Dan Passage died from bullet
wound inflicted 10y a hold-up man
operating in the Andover railroad
yards. The murderer has not
been apprehended nor has any
trace of him been found.
From best accounts the story
is that Officer Passage, while
making the rounds of the town,
turned the corner of the Milwau-
kee depot Friday night at about
1l:5O pm. In the shadow he
found two men holding up three
other men and about to search
them. Passage Immediately
commanded that they cease and
submit to arrest. The men
replied by telling him to get
away from the place.
Passage then knocked the re-
volverfrom the hand of ore of
the hold-up men but his comrade
started shooting. The first
shot missed the policeman but
the second took effect in his
abdomen. The revolver used
was of high caliber and the large
bullet tore completely through
the unfortunate's body and was
not found. The hold-up men
and their victims then scattered.
The stricken man walked al
one to the hotel and told of his
accident He was taken home
at l o'clock and a little later
placed ON passenger number 3
and taken to Aberdeen. The
end came at about 7:3O next
morning.
All efforts were made at And
over by citizens to get the arm
ed man who did the shooting.
One of the victims of the hold up
was found but he could give
little description or help. 1t is
assumed the deed wss commit
ted by one of the high-up men
who follow the harvest.
Miss Ethel Atwood of Graceville
is the guest of her cousin Miss
Helen Wolff.
About the busiest place in
Rapid City right now is the land
office.
With the enactment of the
new non-contiguous homestead
law, which allows those already
having proved up on homesteads
to file on additional land to the
amount which will give the hold
er total of $50 acres and which
does not require that the addi-
tional shall be contiguous, many
former homesteaders are taking
additional land. There is also a
noticeable increase in the num-
ber of new filings.
The land office has been re-
ceiving the past few days filings
to the number of over 100 daily
and the force is working at top
speed to keep up with the big
rush of work that is coming in
Rapid City Journal.
The first report of damage by
a prairie fire for several weeks
comes fom the Onida territory.
1t is rumored that the fire was
started by men in an automo-
bile throwing cigar or cigaret
stub into the dry grass beside
the highway along which they
were passing. Much land was
burned over and several farmers
had difficulty in saving their
small grain crops standing in
fields. A telephone call to Onida
for help was responded to by
every able bodied man in town,
} they going to the scene of the
fire in automobiles and other
conveyances. The work done by
them after their arrival saved a
vast amount of hay and other
property from being destroyed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04
MRS, SCHON
WAS MURDERED
Glendale Woman Murdered
And Burned.

And Burned.
New developments have come
to light, i'm the burning to death
of Mrs. Schon, at Ellendale, as
stated in the Standard of last
issue. The following was taken
from the HanlSinson News, of
last week and gives very COM
plete account of the affair:
"Mrs. Kathrina Schon, wife of
Nichlos Schon residing two
miles from Ellendale, was chok-
ed to death by her husband, the
murderer seeking to cover traces
by firing the home, only to aban-
don that plan and eytinquish the
fire, according to signed con-
fession officials say Schon has
made to them.
"Schon arrested by Sheriff
Bishop after he had slashed his
throat from ear to ear, and
jumped into slough, was bound
over to the district court at
hearing held yesterday after
noon. His wound is not deep.
"Suspicions created by his
peculiar actions after Mrs.
Schon's funeral fastened the
crime on the husband, and when
his four daughters quit him, be-
cause of their fear of their father
he wrote note declaring his in
tentions of getting out because
the girls were afraid of him.
Found some hours later, hid
ing in clump of bushes, and
recognizing the sheriff, Schon
leaped to his feet and ran away,
slashing at his throat as he went.
Leaping into pool of water,
blood flowing from his wound, he
was quickly captured by the of
fetal.
"Schon, in his confession, de-
clared he and his wife quarreled
and as climax of the quarrel,
he claims she started toward
him, stove poker in hand. To
ward off the pending blow, the
husband claims.he grabbed his
wife's throat, and she died while
he was holding her. That he
choked her about minute and
a half, is the substance of the
confession, officials state.
Attempts at reviving his wife
Schon declares. failed. and be-
coming panic-stricken at the out
come of the quarrel, Schon
started fire in the home, at
tempting to cover up evidence of
the crime in this manner. Then
he undertook to extinguish the
fire, succeeding in doing so.
Giving the alarm, Schon then
told story of how he had az.
rived on the scene to find his
wife in flames, caused by the ex-
plosion of oil. This story was
generally accepted, and no ques-
tion was raised in connection
with the affair.
After the funeral, the hus=
band began acting queerly, and
members of the family began
to suspicion that everything
was not right. He became aware
of this suspicion, and when his
daughters quit the home, he al
so decided leave penning note
before so doing.
"The disappearance of the oil
can Mrs. Schon was supposed
to have used, as we'll as it's mys-
terious temperance, was in
cluded in Schon's peculiar ac-
tions.
"Schon is "a years of age and
there are six children in the
family"
It's a funny thing that only
the rich and poor can afford to
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04
Drowned In Little Minnesota.

A young man named Christianson
lost his life by drowning in the
river at this place last Sunday after.
noon. With some boys he went
to the old swimming hole" at the
fair grounds. The river is quite
high, the current fairly swift and
unfortunate young man could not
swim stroke. The boys cautioned
him that if he could not swim he
had better not venture i'll, but with
the remark that he might as we'll
drown today as some other time, %
he plunged in over his head and
sank from sight. He came to the
surface several times, but finally
went down for good. An effort
to raise the body OH Sunday failed,
but OH Monday Ben Falls located
the body i'll the water only short
distance from where it disappeared
the day before, and with the assist
ance of Geo. Scheifley it was taken
from the water and turned over to
the undertaken.
The young man, who was "a years
old, was in the employ of Helmer
Larson. a farmer in Roberts county,
and has no relatives in this vicinity.
AT the request of relatives the
remains were buried here
Browns Valley Tribune
Mr.. Nybakken. who has been in
this locality for the past month,
was arrested by deputy sheriff last
week and taken to Glasgow. He
was given a hearing and bound
over for trial to the Path of this
month. 1t seems that Nybakken
had been appropriating property
belonging to homesteaders on the
reservation and his last offence was
concerned with taking horse
and buggy. He has caused con-
siderable trouble of one nature or
another even since he has been in
thislocality. Although he is harm-
less it is thought at times that he
is demented. The best thing to
do i'll his case is to release him and
then buy him a ticket back to
Ellington, S. d., from whence he
came. Nashua Mont Indepen.
dent.
By pitching the hay out of a
burning barn, j. C. Smith of
Britton, in company with several
others, succeeded in extinguish-
ing the blaze before the fire
caused much damage. The barn
was set on fire by a bolt of light
ming, but fortunately it was
discovered a few minutes after
by Mr.. Smith and his employees.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-08-04

H. d. Batterbury and family ar
rived home Tuesday from a visit
at New London, MINI.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16
BIG LEAGUE GAMES
scoRss THURSDAY. luNg 1s.
Northwestern Leanue.

At Spokane-spokane :, Great Falls
 0
 At Tacoma-Seattle II, Tacoma r. At vancouver-Vancouver 9. Butte
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16
MINES FOR BASEBALL IS
 REAL HUMDINGER

"Who will you root for?" is the question heard on every side in Ju- neau now that 1t is practically as- sured that ball games between the Elks and A. B. teams will be played this summer. Nearly every man in Juneau belongs to one or the other of the organizations and many are members of both Those who be- long to both are now having a hard time figuring which to root for Many say they will root for both teams, but no matter how the games go, or who wins, there will be a great deal of good natured rivalry and good sport between the two teams and the fans.
 Lester Gore. Arctic Chief, and Claude Ericson, exalted ruler. have both declared for the games. as have every man of either organiza- ton approached on the subject. Ball players in Juneau are tickled with the arrangement and several good players who have taken no interest in baseball for several years, will be out in uniforms as members of one team or the other
 Dolly Gray. Jack Woodland. Royal Shepard, and several other former ball players of Juneau will again be in suits.
 1t is the present plan Of those behind the scheme to hold a prac- tice game a week from next Su n- day. or June 25th, and the first regular game. either on July second. or on the Fourth It is the inten- ton that each team shall be com posed entirely of players who are actual members of the fraternal bodies whose team they play with. thus limiting the teams to practi- cally actual residents of Juneau.
 A great deal of interest in the scheme is being taken by Dolly" Gray. Jack Woodland. and Bill" Fry for the Elks. as well as Pat Scott. and Moose" Baxter for the A. B.'s. who are busy getting a line on the available material
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

George Irving. who has been in Wrangell for the past two weeks on business, returned on the Jefferson
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16
National Leaoue

At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 9, Chicago 1 Al Boston-Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1
 is 2. At Philadelphia-Ph Philadelphia 2. Gin
 cinnau l.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16
American League

At Detroit-Detroit 5. Philadelphia l At Cleveland - Cleveland 9. New
 York 2. At St. Washington 1. St. Lou
 is 0. At Chicago-Boston 2. Chicago l. At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 2. Chicago l
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

Warm weather is here. A pair of barefoot sandals for everybody. j17
 GOLDSTEINS EMPORIUM.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

ALLMETAL wEArHERsTRlPs- Ots 6 GIIpatrIek. Contractors. l2.14tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

"Bootles Baby" with Mimi Yvonne. the famous child actress is one of the best chld.stories ever screened. With "The Man on the Case" this will be the double bill at the Dream Sunday The latter play is humorous screen delinea- ton of clever farce.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

ALICE M. JORDISON. teacher of mandolin. guitar and banjo Studio 3 and 6, Garside Building. tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

In Stolen Goods" at the Dream, Blanche Sweet. who assumes the role of the unjustly imprisoned work ing girl. is provided with a charac ter that doubles her beautiful quail ties as a sweet girl and provides her with a part essentially ingeneous but permitting of great emotional acting. Her leading man is House Peters and the two. with Theodore Roberts. make trio hard to eclipse. The greatest care of detail has been taken in the various scenes espec- ially the army hospital scene in Bel gium which is said to be absolutely correct One of the most interesting and difficult photographic effects ev- CT attempted and attained is the bursting of the shell in the hospital. It is shown in a manner so real. istic as to be absolutely appalling. Stolen Goods" will run for the bal ance of the week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

Marie Cahnl closed her engage. ment last night at the Douglas Ly- ric and if she ever returns in anoth- CT comedy she is going to get a bis welcome. She made good in Judy Forgot and the patrons of the Lyric like her comedy
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16
MOVIE DIR A M A IN JUNEAU
 And Elsewhere
General Flicker News

"The Blindness of Virtue" at the Orpheum last night and for the bal. ance of the week is sex play but there is not the trace of any m taste and little suggestiveness. 1t is excellently adapted, tactfully han died. we'll acted and charmingly set. The play Is not sermon, but a moral lesson is taught that should be productive of great good Go par. ents and to boys and girls. lt is treated delicately this sex question, and the various scenes are not at all injurious to ones finer sensibilitIes. Even when the girl enters the bed room of the young man. dressei or- ly in hlmona, the acting is So wholesome and done in suc! man. ner that 1t brings cut the vital com. prehension but the suggestiveness is completely overshadowed. Edna Mayo as the. beautiful innocent girl Bryant Washburn as her sweetheart carry out their parts with unsur passed realism. They are ably sup ported by a splendid company.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

That great production. "The Pun. derer" with scenes laid around a mine. opened to big business at the Douglas Orpheum last night Will liam Farnum is seen in a wholesome character Claire Whitney and sev- eral other film artists of exceptional capabilities assist in making this production a strong one. This bill win run through Saturday night
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

J. E. LeBarge. the entertainer. appeared at the Grand yesterday and demonstrated that he possesses rare qualities as a musician and lm- personator. King Baggot did not appear in his film version as the management was dissatisfied with the reels and substituted Pauline Bush in the Measure of Man" a Northwest Mounted Police story and the two reels are full of action The two comedies complete the program which will be given today and to- morrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-16

Robert Edeson. who has just ap- peared in Juneau in "The Girl Left Behind Me" will appear again Sunday night at the Orpheum in "Mortmain.' The operating room scene is one of the big ones of this production.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-07
HoUsEKEEPING ApARTMFNTs

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Suburban

PRIvATE family IN select section Of over
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,oinlnK bath: single or en- suite; convenient
H trims elevated and surface cars: - min
utes TO City Hail. board optional; owner.
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APARTMENTS WANTED

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Another Hero

some out-of-town people came to
attend the theatre, but unfortu-
nately there were no seats to be had
at the box office. They were about
to leave when a scalper walked up to
them and politely said: I've got
seats for you. I'll stick you all to-
gether." And he did.-Punch Bowl.
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WANTED
rooms FOR RENT

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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-07-07
July 9TH, 1916
SOCIAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs j. l.. Kohn Of Chicago are
the guests Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
z. Kohn