davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
ONLY ONE GERMAN AlRMAN
CROSSES BRITISH LINES
Eleven Machines Appear. but Ten of
Them DO Not Face English
Pm

Patrols.
LONDON. February i2-Dnly ore Of
lect OF eleven German aoroplanes
succeeded in crossing the British lines
on the western front during the air
attack last Tuesday. according TO u
British official statement issued to-
nj ghi. The statement says:
Tht facts OF the German acroplanc
attack described in Il German wireless
report on Tuesday are as follows:
ELEVEN hostil. machines appeared
one machine dropped three bombs
about six miles behind our front line
II was driven down By two Of our ma
chimes. crossing the line at 800 feet
The remainder Of the machines did not
race our patrols. nor did they cross
the line"
Re!ativ" 20 the more recent f.h:inu
on the western front the statement
says:
EARLY this morning the enemy brok"
ihto our trenches near Pilkclm. but Was
dfivch out by bombing parties leaving
some dead and wounded behind This
afternoon The enemy made two small
infantry attacks about the Pilsclrn
hohd, which wer" rcpulScd
Ihcrc has been mining activity
about iulluch aud north OF Ip~cs-
confines Canal. vt the latter place
an underground fight took place. re
sui,'ng in the enemy being driven
Dack our miners successfullv frin.
their charge"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
New Models in
Separate Skirts

Sporty" Skirts. also models
for street, dress and general
wear; Of poplin, serge, checks
land these are very popular).
also plaids. stripes and skirts Of
taffeta silk.
Women will delight in this un-
usual showing Of Dressy Skirts
the best we've ever made. The
prices range from $3.50 to $3.50.
Second Floor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13

On Tuesday. German array headuuar-
'tis reported an attack by e German
an SQUADRON on The railroad station
~ f"perin.h". Belgium. and on Brit
iSh camps bewieen Popcrlnghc aud
i'iNinuh". The German iifmnn had
several combats with hostile ..ro.
planes, according 20 the statement but
returned without loss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13

In this assembage of Spring Suits
the smartes foreign and the best American models
character of Workmanship and material well CORRECT
STYLE to commend Them feature characteristic
nlens shown at Miller & Rhoads
THE COATS somewhat shorter SKIRTS are
little fuller than those that held the fall
change think most welcome long coats tight
have been pronounced
There
of
There are fine Mannish Serge Suits in
There Check
a
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
REFERENDUM ON
LEGISLATION
MILL TAX FOR ELEVATORS

th a hG@s q H H Ct stat. asd e.
authority Of the Amendment to Section
Is Of Article 3 Of the Constitution Of the
State Of North Dakota, proposed and
passed by the Twelfth and Thirteenth
Legislative Assemblies, adopted by. the
people at the General Election held on
November 3rd, 1914, and reported by me
to the Fourteenth Legislative Assembly.
do hereby certify that pursuant to the
filing In the office Of the Secretary OF
State Of petitions containing the sigma
lures Of ten per cent of the legal voters
Of majority Of the counties Of the state
Of North Dakota. there will be submitted
tion. at the General Election to be held
on November 9TH. 1916. Chapter 25S Of the
Session Laws Of 1915, which repeats the
Mill Tax for Terminal Elevators and in
lieu thereof makes an appropriation OK
100000 therefor:
And I further certify that the follow.
ing Ii q true and correct copy OF the
form Of petition filed in the Office OF the
Secretary Of State. together with true
and correct copy Of said Chapter 25S OF
the 1915. Session Laws; and that In &C.
the Amendment to Section IS Of Article :
passed by the Legislature and approved
by the people, the said Chapter 26S OF the
1916 Session Laws will be referred to tho
people and placed upon the ballot at the
General Election to be held November u
1916.
GREAT sEAL) THOMAS HALL.
Secretary Of State.
Done at the Capitol at Bismarck this
27th day Of July. A. D. 1915.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
PACKING COMPANY
GRAN TED CHARTER
MILLION DOLLAR EQUITY COOP.
ERATivE CONCERN iNcoRPoR.
ArEp- OFFICES IN FARGO.
INTERESTING NEWS OF STATE
North Dakota Events Of Pas. es~
Days Selected and Edited for the
Convenience Of Our
r. Readers.

Bismarck.-The Equity Cooperative
Packing company. a million-dollar
North Dakota corporation with home
offices in Fargo, has just been issued
q charter by the secretary of state. Ap-
plication for the charter was made
some time ago, but its granting was
withheld pending the determination of
certain cooperative features of the
corporation. -
The company's charter authorizes
1t to build, construct. buy, lease or
otherwise own, operate and maintain
packing plants, slaughter houses,
stockyards and cold storage plants; to
raise, buy, sell. export, import and
deal in cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry
and all other animals used for food
purposes; to wholesale and retail
meats and other merchandise; to buy
and sell hay. oats, -four, bran, corn
and all grains, grasses and cereals; to
buy, sell, import and export fruits
and vegetables and their produce and
to cultivate the same and all other
agricultural products; to pickle and
preserve fruits and vegetables. and TO
manufacture soap.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
DAKoTANs TO SHOW U. S.
LIVE STOCK BREEDERS
Farmers and Business Men to Visit IN
ternationai Exposition at Chicago
In December on Special Train.

Fargo.-Farmers and business men
of North Dakota will show their fell
lowmen at the International Live
Stock exposition at Chicago December
4 to II what North Dakota can do and
is doing in the development of the. live
stock industry. Incidentally they will
study exhibits of live stock at the show
and half Of the farmers plan to pur-
chase pure-bred stock for breeding pur-
poses.
For the purpose Of informing the
stock breeders Of other sections Of the
United States that North Dakota is
rapidly developing as corn and live
stock state, $50 of the farmers and
business men will make the trip on q
special train. These bosters inaugur-
rated the plans for the excursion. and
asked f. r. Crane. development COM
missioner of the Great Northern rail-
road, to take charge Of it.
These men have planed to adver-
tise North Dakota as state Of diver
sified farming by going themselves and
telling the men Of other sections Of the
conditions in the state" Mr.. Crane
said. MANY expressed a desire for
q follow up on the development OF live
stock in the state inaugurated BY
James ]. Hill q few years ago.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
WHISKY IN FENCE POSTS
Georgia moen.hiine:r. Fin,d New and
Novel Way Of coneeaIlno seloels-
ads Corn"

The versatility Of the dispenser Of
moonshine whisky in Atlanta, Ca, IL
shown by a recent exposure when IS
pints Of BLOCKADE corn" were dis.
covered In hollow fence posts in tho
rear Of d barber shop. The posts were
standing about II feet above the
ground. They were 90 big and square
that they aroused the suspicion Of
the detectives. One Of them tapped
q post with his leather billy. It gave
forth q hollow sound and the invest.
cations were pushed further.
Ten holes, each large enough to hide
and each hiding two pint bottles Of
liquor, were found In the posts. The
originator Of the ingenious storing
place had taken an auger and after
boring the holes large enough to hold
two pints, had covered the posts with
fence planks in regular high board
fence manner.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
saIoniki and Thereabout.


Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch: Salonili,
the history Of which dates back sew.
eral hundred years before Christ ami
which was early seat of the Christian
church, is one of the hellho1es Of the.
war. It is the base Of the allied army
that is threatening Bulgaria and is un-
der military rule. Beautiful from this
sea, It has been Of miserable asset
from within. To its normal popula.
ton, there Is now tremendous con.
gestion Of refugees from Asia AIinor.
Thrace and Bulgaria. Advices from
those who are administering the relief
fund Of the publication, Christian
Work, say that the spectacle there and
on the road to Constantinople beggzss
description. On one road leading in;o
the latter city, an observer says there
were $4,000 people, many Of thetu
women end children who had been torn
from their homes and driven out like
cattle, waiting in the fields for trans
portation and without food or shelter.
''The officials Of the German railway"
says the correspondent, were Cooper
ating with the corrupt officials Of the
Turkish government to extort all tho
money they could from this doleful
throng. The $1,000 whom I saw repre-
scented by brief section Of the pro-
cession which has been PASSING that
way for months. A very conservative
estimate Of the number of people who
have persisted in this wav places the
figures at, 100000, and still they got
on" ~ 1
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
SHERIFF DEFIES WRIT TO
SPOIL DAKOTA ROMANCE
Brings Mary RitsIe Back to Old Farm
Near Tappen After Chase Which Ex.
tended to Minneapolis, Lover Jailed.

Tappen, N. D.-Mary Rittle is at
home on the old farm near here after
nearly weeks absence. And as Mary
gazed pensively into the familiar lights
of home, she caught the vision Of q
man pining for her In d lonely cell at
the Kidder county jail not many miles
away: The man was NJ. H. Chance,
he who loaded her into dads" auto
for an elopement. Chance was arrest
ed, charged with stealing the machine,
and placed in jail because he failed I'd
furnish $1,000 bail.
1t was not exactly q part of Mary's
plan to come back home. In fact, she
had everything nicely arranged to stay
in Minneapolis with some of Chances
relatives when her father appeared on
the scene with Sheriff Price of Kidder
county. They brought Mary back to
the farm, but 1t is reported that the
sheriff faces arrest If he returns to
Minnesota because he defied writ of
habeas corpus.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
NORMAL SCHOOL SUES CITY


Wants Board to Pay Tuition For $50
Children Who Attended Sessions.
Valley City.-The Valley City Nor.
NAL has claim Of $1,000 against the
board Of education of Valley City for
the tuition of $50 city children who at
tended the Normal's model training
school last year. The board of educa-
ton refuses to honor the claim, on the
grounds that the pupils attended the
Normal school without obtaining per-
mission from the board or other proper
authority. The board Of regents has
asked the attorney general to insti-
tute action for the Normal and suit
will be filed in the Barnes county dis
trict court against the Valley city
board of education.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
TERMINAL ELEVATORS.
Chapter 258-1915 Session Laws.

Chapter 25S-ls15 Session Laws.
III. B. No. 492-Lathrop Committee)
MIL Tax For Terminal Eleyators.
Act Is and g is Known
the mill tax for terminal elevators.
Be II Enacted by the Legislative Assem-.
bly, Of the State OF North Dakota;
L There shall be levied upon all the
aaa6s Gr hs 1915 ana
and to be paid during each of said years
the sum of 100000. and all the revenue
collected under such levy shall be con-
yertsd into s1esia fund to e Rn khowh WHICH
shall be used for the following and no
other PURPOSES viz: for the erection. pur-
chase, equipment, maintenance and opera.
ton, and for investigation as to the prac-
ticability Of terminal eleyator or e'eva-
L Il hereby made the duty Of the
board Of railroad commissioners: IN aooi.
ton to all other duties imposed upon It
icxcation Of Of susi, elevator Or elevators. TIE
cost OF building and obtaining sites. ana
to submit general plan for the building
and equipment Of such elevator or eleva.
tors, AMI methods and rules OF OPERATOR N1
this state in case 1t shall deem the pro-
hereby made the duty Of said board Of
railroad commissioners. to so report their
conclusions upon such feasibility and
rracticability at the meeting OF the next
legislative assembly.
And there is hereby appropriated out
of said sum the sum OF two thouSan1 dol
lars or 30 much thereof as may be neces-
sary to pay the expenses OF such 1nVestl-
cation and report.
s. All Acts or parts Of Acts in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March 8. 1915.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
REFERENDUM
ON LEGISLATION
Defining Crime Of Bootleg.
cling.

I, Thomas Hail, secretary of state OF
the state of North Dakota, acting un.
der the authority of the amendmenas
to section Is of article 2 Of the consti-
tuition of the state of North Dakosta,,
proposed and passed by the TweiIIn
and Thirteenth Legislative assemblies,
adopted by the people at the genera!
election held on Nov: Bird, 1914, ana
reported by me to the Fourteenth Leg
islative assembly, do hereby ccrelfy
that, pursuant to tine filing in the Of
fee Of the secretary Of state OF petl-
lions containing the signatures OF ten
per cent of the legal voters OF ma.
1ority of the counties Of the state OF
North Dakota. there will be submitted 60
to the people for their approval OF Or
be held on Nov. 9TH, 1916, chapter l94
of the Session Laws of 1915, which de-
fines the crime of bootlegging and pre-
scribes the penalty therefor.
And further certify that the follow
ing is n true and correct copy OF the
form OF petition filed in the office OF
the secretary of state, together with
q true and correct copy of said chap.
ter 1914 Of the 1915 Session Laws; ana
that in accordance with the power vest
ed in me by the amendment to section
rs of article of the constitution. as
proposed and passed by the Legislature
and approved by the people, the said
chapter 1874 of the 1915 Session Laws
placed upon the ballot at the general
election to be held Nov. Z, 1916.
THOMAS HALL.
Secretary of State.
Done at the Capitol at Bismarck
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
shock.proof Shoes,

A manufacturer has recently placed
on the market line of shoes for cleo
trical workers which are made to with
stand potentials up to 10000 volts
without harm to the wearer. The
shoes contain no cement and have no
seams, hut are vulcanized into solid
piece under high pressure in alumni
mum molds. A novel feature Of the
shoe is that the soles are white. and
under the white surface Is layer Of
red rubber. When the sole has worn
down to point where the red Is ex.
posed, 1t is a sign to the wearer that .
new halfsole should be Immediately
secured in place.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
"A Soft Answer, Etc.

Mrs. Newcomb-Good morning. -
this Miss Wise's private academy?
Mrs. Binks (hotly) mo, 1t Is notl
This is a private house, aud these are
my own children.
Mrs. Newcomb (hastily)-why1 I
thought 1t must be a school, because
the children looked SO educated and
scholarly and-refned, you know.
Mrs. Binks (genially) -Oh, yes. Of
course. Come in and sit down. Lucy,
call your six brothers and FIVE sisters,
and introduce them to the lady. while i
just put on my hat to show her where
Miss Wise's school is.-Tit-Bits.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
:cARuso MAY JOIN coLoRs
Tenor Likely to Give Up Singing II
War Lasts Another.
Year.

Florence, Italy.-Should the war en-.
dure another year, Enrico Caruso prob
ably will be called to the italian col
ora. The singer Is back recreating at
bis summer villa In the Florentine sub
urbs.
Caruso belongs to the class Of 70.
The men Of '83 are under arms. The
tenor had a touch Of war on his re-
cent voyage from America. He sailed
on French liner. which during the
last day Of its Journey to Bordeaux
was busy avoiding German subma-
eines,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
TO SELECT LAND FOR STATE
Deputy Commissioner Goes to Billings
County on inspection Tour.

Bismarck.-H. L. Simmons, deputy
land commissioner, is in Billings coun-
ty inspecting federal lands with .
view to selecting two sections for the
state. When the state land department
gave up section near Mandan several
years ago for the U. 8. Great Plains
experimental station, congress- award
ed North Dakota two sections Of fed
eral lands In exchange. Inasmuch as
Morton county land is considerably
more valuable than that in Billings
county, the bargain is not regarded as
q bad one for Uncle Sam.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03

Absent Guardsmen Cast Ballots.
Bismarck-North Dakota guardsmen
have voted in the general election. des-
pite the fact that they are at the Next
can border. Under the states absent
voter act, passed four years ago, they
cast their second absent" ballots.
They cast their first while in the state
camp at Bismarck, just after they were
called out for federal service. County
auditors supply the ballot, which is
voted and returned to them, who In
turn forward it to the proper voting
precinct, where 1t is dropped in the
ballot box.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03

New Bishop Known In Dakota Cities.
Iamestown.-The Rev. Hugh L. Bur-
Lesson, who was elected bishop of
South Dakota by action of the house
Of bishops in session at st. Louis, was
former rector of the Grace Episcopal
church Of this city and was former
dean Of Gethsemane cathedral Of
Fargo.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
NELL IRAlNEp.

A Scottish farmer Of a misery dis
the way home he thought drink Of
wster would refresh it. so he got
nail Of water; but the animal would
not take It. When he got home, he
offered 1t feed of corn; but. to his
surprise, 1t would not touch that,
either.
"weel," he muttered to himself If
9 9e're the he's VERA horse for me-. NO.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
December Wheat Takes Another Jump

December Wheat Takes Another Jump.
Chicago. Oct. 30.-December wheat
jumped to s1.SS at the opening of the
market Saturday, rise of 15sc. May
wheat was up 1ssc also. being quoted
at $1.S6. The figure for December
wheat is the record on the Chicago
ed during the Civil war.
New York, Oct 30.-Utah Copper
furnished the excitement Of early trad
ing on the stock exchange, jumping
az to $1.0SA, following a 41s point
advance The new quotation is high
record.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
Attends National Prison Congress.

Frank s. Talcott, warden at the
North Dakota state penitentiary, has
returned from the east, where he at
tended the annual national prison con-
gress in Buffalo, N. Y. The congress
in Warden Talcott's opinion, was one
Of the most successful ever held. War
dens from practically every penal in
stitution in the nation; attorneys gen.
eral and, in most instances, the boards
of control or other supervising bodies.
were represented. Crime was the gen.
eral subject for discussion.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03

Ship Train Load Of Stock In Week.
Grand Forks-Farmers and cattle
men in northern North Dakota ship to
the South st. Paul markets over one
whole train load of live stock each
week, according to figures just obtain
ed. AS the stock. supply in the east
ern part of North Dakota is large, It
is expected that the shipments will In
crease during the winter months.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
North D.kot. Librarian. Convene.

Williston.-The annual meeting of
the North Dakota Librarians associa-
ton has Just been held here. Sessions
were held at the James memorial II.
brary, and among the speakers were
Miss Pearson, North agricultural col
lege; Mrs. Minnie E. Budlong, of Bis
marck; Miss Paddock, Jamestown;
Miss s. Greene, Minot; Mrs. A. Carr,
Minot; Miss R. Olson, Mayville; Alfred
Steele, Jamestown; Miss Winnie
Bucklin, Fargo; Miss Bessie Baldwin
and E. r. Brownson.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
Fraser succeeds HanIsy as Major.

Bismarck-Captain Angus Fraser 10
no more. It's Major Frazer now. Gov
ernor Hanna has Just signed the COM
mission which rewards one of the old
est, most efficient and most popular
men in the North Dakota national
guard with an important promotion.
Major Fraser succeeds Major ]. NJ.
Hanley, resigned, in command of the
third battalion, First regiment, North
Dakota infantry, now stationed at Mer-
cedes, on the Texas side of the border.
Major Fraser has many friends here.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
wife Of Adjutant General Dies.

Bismarck.-Mrs. Thomas II. Tharal.
son, wife of the adjutant general Of the
North Dakota National Guard, died at
her home following five-weeks' ILL
ness Pneumonia, which set in after
kidney trouble developed, was the i'm
mediate cause Of death. The body was
taken to Grafton for burial. where Mrs.
Tharalsou was born and raised. The
funeral was held there Thursday morn
ing from the Catholic church. Mrs.
Tharalson was one Of the most prom.
inent residents Of Walsh county
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
FLOOD CONGRESS ORGANIZES

Three Governors to Attend Conference
In Fargo November "a.
Fargo Organization of the Tri-State
Flood Control congress, to direct con.
ference that will be held in Fargo. Nov.
ember 10, was perfected here at con-
ference Of local flood control promot.
ers. With the selection of the confer
ence date 1t also was announced that
Governors Burnquist of Minnesota,
Byrne Of South Dakota and Hanna of
North Dakota had accepted invitations
to attend.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
Novel illumination.

The city Of Seal Beach. CAL. is now
attracting attention because Of the
novel idea Of Illuminating the entire
water front which has been carried out
by the officials. A battery Of Al pow
4erful searchlights. each being Of more
than Is 600 candle power. has been
placed on the outward edge Of long
pier which extends out into the ocean
from "a point at the center Of the wa
ter front. The Illuminated water front
may beSseen far out at sea, while the
gsearchlight beams are visible for miles
inland. s5; NJ
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03

After the saloons were driven out
Of Kansas City. Kan. the states larg-
est city, for the first time in twenty
years that municipality made no debt
for current expenses. And this with
out saloon revenue. as its mayor at
that time, U. S. Guyer. has recorded
in a signed statement.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
Ignite MINES ARE ACTIVE

Enjoy Unusually Heavy Demands Due
Yg to High Price Of Coal. i.
Wilton.-That Ignite mines Of this
section and Western North Dakota
will be called upon to furnish great.
er quantity Of coal than ever before
because of the high prices and recog.
nized possibility of an Eastern coal
shortage, Is the belief of mine owners
here. Already tremendous orders
have been placed for delivery and the
force Of miners is being rapidly in.
creasing demand for feul.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
EDUCATIONAL GROWTH sHowl

High School inspectors Report lndi-
Gates Increased Enrolment.
Jamestown.-The growth of North
Dakota educationally is pictured in the
report issued by E. r. Edwards Of this
city, state high school inspector, In
which is shown that all the high schools
In the state, with a few exceptions. are
enjoying an increased enrolment. OF
81 schools which he inspected this
year, Inspector Edwards found only 3
which did not have more pupils enroll
ed in the fall than their total enroll
Inent of last year.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-11-03
Bio Prices for Flat,

New York,-Eugene Meyer, Jr.. a
Wall street broker, will pay 100000
to live In nat. He has leased for
ten years at $4,000 a year, "a rooms
and seven baths In q Fifth avenue
apartment house.