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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06
SOUTH DAKOTA

The portable kitchens being used in
Berlin and other German cities for dis
tributing hot cooked food in the poorer
districts at a low price are the maxi
mum of economy and efficiency. Their
shape a given them the name o,
"goulash cannon" but underneath the
cannon Is a small charcoal fire which
keeps the hot stew at a boiling point.
A bOxlike continuance below gives
space for the storage of he pieces of
bread served with each order. The
kitchen is mounted on wheels similar
to those Of a small express wagon and
In many instances is drawn by a dog.
Occasionally a boy or an old man or
m will supply the motor power.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

There now rests in the Paris museum
the grapeshot ball which struck Ma
poleon before R%atisbon, April %, 1909.
The bullet, which caused but a triflinR
flesh wound. was picked up by an Off
Ger and treasured by him and his de-
scendants. until one finally gave it to
the institution, where 1t is now on view.
Tha was Bonaparte's only wound.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Up CALIFORNIA; Tamalpais runs the
crookedest railroad in the world. OF the
eight miles of track the longest tangent
is only 413 feet. In one instance The
road makes Ave complete loops and
ties two complete bow knots to attain
An elevation OF 80 feet. The end OF the
line Ia about half a mile higher than
the starting point. and there Is ne. one
particularly steep grade In the entire
system.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Since the outbreak of the war prac-
tically the only means by which "A large
variety of articles can be imported into
Persia is the parcel post, according to
q report from Commercial Attache
Baker at Petrograd. 1t is the practice
to ship goods of many sorts destined
for Persia to Norway, whence they are
reshipped in smaller packages through
Russia to Persia.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06
VIRGINIA JuRIsT's soN
Is GIVEN FREEDOM

Council Bluffs, Ia, Nov. .0E-James
Kelley. son Of a former circuit Judge Of
Virginia. and q brother Of q present
Justice OF the supreme court Of that
state. was released today in police court
on . charge Of Drunkenness. He him
self IL q graduate Of the University OF
virginia and was admitted to practice
law, but works as q laborer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

A nurse entering Holland from
Germany had a broken arm
that was encased in plaster of paris.
Arriving at the frontier. where every
one has to submit to search, the mill
tary guard demanded hat the casing
be ripped open. When the cast was
broken. some 80 letters lay exposed. The
arm was perfectly whole and healthy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

The Swiss government decided to
" the single phase system for cleo
trifying it's railways in preference to
he third rail, because it costs 10 ner
cent less to make the change,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Americas longest double-decked re-
inforced concrete bridge is nearing
completion at Cleveland and viii be
1850 feet long, 80 feet wide and at its
highest point 591 feet above the river
1t crosses.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Melted paraffine az a dressing 70,
open wounds 10 used by a Paris surg.
son. as 1t does not burn the flesh. ant
when It solidifies retains heat and aid
in healing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Widely separated settlements in the
Congo Free State nave been linked and
connected with civilization by a system
OF wireless telegraphy which covers g.
600 miles Of African iungles.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

A new portable electric light resem-
bles g tape measure. as the lamp is on
n side OF case containing a coil OF
wire that can be extended to 2. source
Of current.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

a patent has been granted for 8
twisted wire support with which an in.
~candescent lamp can be hung on tn,
head Of 2 bed or upon almost any piece
Of furniture.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

An automatically operated trap door
that bridges h gaps between passen-
ger cars and station platforms on the
same level has been adopted by an
eastern railroad to prevent accidents.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

1t has been estimated that 30 per
cent OF industrial accidents can Ice
eliminated. so per cen by safety de-
vices and 70 per cent by proper train
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06
YOUTH, WHO SHOT TO
SAVE MOTHER. SENTENCED

Milbank s. D.: Lee. Ain the state
circuit court for Grant county, Herman
OF guilty to h charge of shooting nj
killing his father. was sentenced by
Judge BoucS to al indeterminate term
IN he state reform school at Plankin-
ton. The duration of his term of SER
vie at thai institution rests with
Judge Bouck. and, no doubt, will be
largely determined by the behavior and
genera conduct OF the boy.
The shooting n Staying of the faith
er was the sequel to a series of family
difficulties. The father was very abu-
sive to his wife. it was said, and IN
mediately before the shooting %viciously
attacked her with the supposed inten-
tlon OF endangering her life. The
young son vent to the aid Of his
mother and sho and killed the father
while protecting her. The evidence
submitted at the %coroner's inquest
showed that he had on different oc-
casions threatened the live. Of his
wife and other members OF the family,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

Mounted ON q window shade roller
and brackets, q now automobile avn
in9 protects the wind shield from rain
e lessons the glare when the sun 10
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

BY the introduction Of ventiiatinx
devices q lead smelter works in Hun
gary reduced the Mlness among it,
employees from Is e cent to 3 Der
cent
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

With . view OF improving the quality
Of Philippine tobacco the insular ROY.
eminent has put into force Z law re-
curing the inspection OF all that 10 ex-
ported.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06

AZ the end OF the handle Of . re-
cently patented broom 10 Q hinged box
which permits the insertion 81 new
broom corn when the old has been
tW0eR: out.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-06
CREDITORS OF DEFvNcr
BANK GET DIVIDENDS

Bryant. s. D.. Dec. 4.-Creditor, of
the Farmers & Citizens bank Of Swan
which closed it's doors some time ago
have been made happy by the an
nouncement of Robert Muckler, exam
iner IN charge Of the defunct bank, that
h bank Is per cent dividend The
payment Of this dividend will be made
next Monday. With this aynen the
creditors of the failed bank will have
received Is per cen Of the amount Of
their claims against h institution. The
examiner states tina another smaller
dividend will be paid at some future
date, but that the exact date and exact
amount cannot be determined at this
time. The prospects are that the credit
ore will be paid every dollar OF the sums
due them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
ARMY EVANGELIsTs BARRED
Gen. Funston Resents His Soldiers
Being Considered Good Material
for Religious ReViVaIs.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 23.-Gen-
eral Funston made a statement today
regarding an announcement by DIR. J.
B. Gambrel1, corresponding secretary
of the Baptist general convention Of
Texas, at Dallas last night. Doctor
Gambren quoted General Funston as
ordering that Baptist preachers might
preach to the soldiers on the Mexican
border, providing that they did not
tell them they were lost
General Funston said he had no de-
sire to dictate to ministers what they
should preach to army men, but that
he objected TO revivals being held in
the camps and found particularly OBJ
noxious any supposition that army
men needed to be special objects for
evangelization.
I'VE have a fine lot of men, equal to
any other class of men in the coun-
try he said "I don't believe they
should be considered as being lost -
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
VILLA CUTS OFF FEDERALS?
TreVino's Forces Were Driven Out
of Chihuahua in Recent Raid,
Funston Hears.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 21.-That
Francisco Villa will soon cut the Car
rama line of communications be-
tween Chihuahua City and Juarez, if
he has not already done so, was sug-
gested by General Funston today af-
ter he had read a report on Villas
Chihuahua engagement received from
Brigadier General Bell at Ell Paso.
Stories gathered by General Bell
from persons reaching FL Paso from
the interior indicate that General
Trevino's forces were driven out of
Chihuahua City in Villas Saturday
attack, and that they took station on
large hill outside the city from neces-
sity and not from choice, as previous
reports said. From this hill they sue
ceeded, by the use of artillery, in dis
lodging the Villistas.
General Funston refused to give out
all the details of the Bell report for
publication, but he said that it con-
firmed previous accounts of the battle
and indicated even more serious con-
ditions than were admitted by the Car
ranzistas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
WOULD FORCE ARBITRATION
Strike on Street Car Lines in
New York.

New York, Sept. 22.-Arbitration of
the city's transit strike, now in its
third week, will be enforced by the
state board OF arbitration and media
ton, it was announced here today by
NJ. ]. Regain, a member of the board.
Hearings will be held beginning
Monday and both sides will be direct
ed to present testimony.
Rioting continues today, despite the
fact that two thousand policemen we're
concentrated in the city to protect lele-
waited and cross-town surface lines.
Strike sympathizers bombarded cars
with missiles. In one case several
hundred strikers attacked a car in
Central Park, West, and were beaten
off only after battle with the police.
Repeatedly in the early hours today
Sixth and Third avenue elevated
trains were assailed by strike sympa-
thizers on roof tops. twenty-five such
attacks were reported by the police
within a few hours. Car windows
were smashed under showers of bricks
and bottles and several passengers
were injured.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
A RATE CLASH IN NEBRASKA

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23.-As another
step in the clash between state and
federal authority in the matter of reg
ulating railroad freight rates in Nebras-
ka State Railway Commission at noon
today brought action in the Nebraska
Supreme Court to prevent the rail-
roads from canceling the state COM
missions rates in interstate traffic.
The railroads yesterday demanded
that the commission cancel these
rates and substitute considerably
higher distance tariffs inaugurated by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
which rates are from to so per cent
higher. Shortly afternoon the su-
preme court granted a temporary re-
straining order and October was set
as the date for hearing the commits
sion's application for an injunction
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
A NaSAS SLAYER LYNCHED
Mob Takes Bert Dudley, a Confessed
Murderer, From OIathe Jail
and Hangs Him.

Olathe, Kan, Sept. PA Johnson
county mob took it upon itself shortly
after midnight this morning to avenge
the murder of Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Muller, who were killed on the farm
near Stillwe1, this county, the night
of August 20.
Bert Dudley, an ex-convict, who was
convicted Tuesday of murder in the
first degree for killing Mr.. and Mrs.
Muller, was taken by fifty or more
armed men from the county Jail about
1:30 o'clock this morning, placed in a
motor car with a rope around his neck
and started out of town at hot pace,
accompanied by the mob.
Less than thirty minutes later the
mob had taken Dudley to the Frisco
depot, near the edge of town, where
they proceeded to hang him to a tele-
phone pole.
The men came quietly. to the resi-
dence Of Sheriff Carroll, which adj
joins the Jail, about midnight. They
demanded that Dudley be turned over
to them at once. The sheriff refused.
Better let US have him." the ring
leader said. I'VE are prepared to
take him.
And somebody in the crowd fired a
revolver in the air.
Other shots followed. The sheriff
soon gave up.
Meantime, Mrs Carroll, the sheriff's
wife, ran away with the keys.
a deputy sheriff and the town mar
shall came to try to prevent the
storming of the Jail, but the mob soon
began battering away at two sets OF
heavy doors.
A fire alarm was turned in.
The fire department responded by
turning streams of water upon the
crowd, but soon were forced to re-
treat by men who held revolvers.
The doors were soon battered down
and Dudley was seized and taken
about two blocks where motor cars
were waiting. There a rope was
placed about him.
The mob took care that no other
prisoners in the Jail escaped.
Dudley killed Henry Muller, an aged
German farmer, and his wife, near
Stilwel1, Kan, seventeen miles south
east of here, Sunday morning, August
20. Dudley was an ex-convict. The
double murder was discovered a few
days later when Sheriff z. G. Carroll
went to Stilwen to arrest Dudley on a
charge of stealing load of wheat
from Muller. After killing the aged
couple and hiding their bodies in an
old cellar near an abandoned house a
quarter of a mile away, Dudley hired
a boy to help him with the farm work.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
BIG STRIKE CALLED
In New York 600, 900 Men and
Women Will Cease Their
Work Wednesday.
EIGHTY UNIONS ARE INVOLVED
WaIkout in Sympathy With Street
Car Men Affects Wide Range
of Industries.

New York. Sept, 3.-Organized
workers in virtually every industry in
Greater New York were formally
called upon late today to cease work
at o'clock next Wednesday morning
in sympathy with striking traction
employees. Labor leaders assert ap-
proximateIy 100000 men and women
are involved.
The call embodied in resolutions
adopted at a conference of labor lead
ers representing the federated bodies
in all the boroughs of the city as well
as many national and international
unions. OF the eighty unions in the
city represented, it was said some al
ready had voted in favor of a strike.
The call, it was said, would be issued
not only TO organized workers in New
York, but also to those in West Ches-
ter county, in which the cities of Yon-
kers, New ROcheIls and Mount Yer
non are situated, and would extend
throughout a wide range of industries.
Hugh Frayne, New York state Or
ganizer of the American Federation of
Labor, announced the determination
to call the sympathetic waIkout in the
following statement:
A General Suspension.
ut was decided by unanimous vote
OF Representatives of eighty unions of
Greater New York that there shall be
a general suspension of all work, in
all trades and industries in Greater
New York and vicinity, the same to
commence Wednesday, September 81,
at a. m"
Officers of several international
unions attended the conference, Mr..
Frayne said. Among those was T. V.
O'Connor Of Buffalo, president of the
International Longshoremen's organi-
cation.
Many Unions Involved.
William B. Fitzgerald, general or
ganizer Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street Electric Railway EN-
ployes, in charge of the traction
strike, represented the carmen at the
conference, and the following labor
bodies were among the others repre-
scented: The Central Federated Union,
Brooklyn, Central Labor Union, United
Hebrews Trades, Bronx Board of
Business Agents, Manhattan Building
Trades Council, International Tunnel
and Subway Constructors Union, In
ternational Machinists Union, Interna-
tiOnal Typographical Union, Station
airy and Upright Engineers and Fire
mems Union, and the Eccentric Fire
mems Union.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
PLANNED TO KILL A WITNESS
Government Forced to Hide Man Who
Confessed to Part in Black
mailing Scheme.

Washington, Sept. 22.-Disclosure
of plot to kidnap or murder wit
ness named Frank Croker, who has
made a full confession regarding the
workings of the nationwide black
mailers' syndicate, was made today
by a member of the Department of
Justice investigation bureau, follow
ing 2-day session attended by divis-
ion heads from New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia
The plot was discovered in time for
federal officers to transfer Croker to
another city. Crocker's testimony, ac-
cording to officials, is essential to sue
cessful prosecution OF the cases He
is the only known member of the
blackmailers' gang who has told all he
knows.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Big CONCERN FAILS
Ball Manufacturing Company
of Kansas City Goes Into
Hands of Receivers.
POOR MANAGEMENT CHARGED
Petition Filed in Federal Court Al.
leaes the Company Is Losing
$4,000 Each Month.

Kansas City, Sept. 22-Receivers
for the Ball Manufacturing Company,
a mail order and merchandise con-
Germ of Kansas City, with a capital
of $1,000,00O, were named yesterday
by Judge a. S. Van Valkenburgh OF
the United States district court. H.
S. Batchler, secretary and treasurer,
and w. G. Matthews, general man.
ager of the company, were named as
the receivers.
The action was taken on the petit
ton of several of the stockholders of
the company, who declared that from
a prosperous concern doing a bust
ness of 100000 in eight months, it
had become a losing venture to the
extent of 100000 in the last six
months. The application for the re-
Ownership was filed BY R. A. Mooney
ham of Carthage.
The Ball Manufacturing Company is
a cooperative mail order and mer-
chandise concern with branch houses
in these twenty-nine towns:
Abilene, Ashland, Council Grove,
Dodge City, Emporia, Great Bend,
Greensburg, Hutchinson, Indepen-
dence, Kinsley, Larned, Mcpherson,
Plains, Plat, SaIina, st. John, Topeka
and Wellington, Kan; Carthage, Mo-;
Shenandoah, Ia, and LaVerne, Alva
and Tulsa, Ok.
According to the application, the
company was incorporated in Della
ware for s1,OOO,OOO, there being about
10000 stockholders. a statement of
assets and liabilities shows that there
are approximately 100000 in assets,
while the liabilities are placed at
about $4,000. The officers of the
company are S. E. Ball, president;
H. S. sBatchler, secretary and treas
urer, and W. G. Matthews, general
manager. A general accounting Of the
business also is asked.
Poor management is charged by the
petitioners for the receivership, the
only one of the officials knowing any
thing about the conduct of a mail or
der business, they declare, being Mr..
Batchler. At present, it is charged,
the company is running behind at the
rate of $4,000 month.
DR.. S. E. Ball, the president of the
Ball Manufacturing Company, and a
physician at Fort Scott, Kan, was the
originator of the idea of the cooper
alive mail order house, his plan being
the establishment of branch houses
throughout the country where goods
could be kept in stock to be inspected
by customers and also to save freight
charges. Stock in these twenty-nine
branch houses was sold. What are
known as certificates Of co-opera-
ton" also were sold. These, it is al
legged, permitted the holder to secure
goods at cost from the company. This,
it is claimed, proved to be a liability
to the company.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
FATAL WRECK ON SANTA FE
Near Kingman, Ariz., Engineer of Lin
tied, Fireman and an Unidenti-
fled Man Were Killed.

Kingman, Ariz., Sept 21.-Three
persons were killed and eleven injured
when the engine and four coaches OF
westbound Santa Fe train No. 8, the
California Limited, jumped the rails
on sharp curve north of here before
daylight today and rolled down an en-
bankment.
The dead:
J. Goldson, engineer, Needles, Cal.
Michael Osborn, fireman.. Needles,
Cal.
An unidentified dining car worker.
The injured:
Mrs. George Overmayer, Topeka,
Kas., broken arm.
Ten others in the same Pullman
sleeping coach with Mrs. Overmayer
were slightly injured.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Greater elasticity in the country s
tariff system is necessary to meet
trade conditions that viii arise at the
close of the European war, according
to a report submitted to the National
Foreign Trade Council by a committee
which has investigated the foreign
trade aspect of the tariff
Neither the state department nor
the Chinese legation has been advised
of the proposed $5O,0O0,000 reorgani-
zation loan to China, reported in news
dispatches from Peking, but in both
quarters keenest interest is expressed.
The seriousness of the recent Bo-
hemian flood disaster caused by the
bursting of the TannwaId dam, grows
as the water subsidies and investiga-
ton becomes possible. In addition to
the known 250 dead, whose bodies al
ready have been recovered, it is fear
ed many other lives were lost.
Great Britain has formally ex-
pressed to the United States regret
for the action Of a British DESTROYER
In holding up and examining the
Philippine steamer Cebu within the
territorial waters of the Philippines.
Many lives have been lost and enor-
nous damage has been caused near
Gablonz, Bohemia, by the bursting OF
a dam In the Valley OF Weissendesse.
according to q dispatch to Reuters
from Amsterdam. The onrushfng
waters carried away numerous glass
polishing factories and It Is feared
there were many victims
1t is reported from the German
frontier that the German government
intends to expel 1e.eQ0 italians IN
Feprisai fcr TIE treatment ef Germans
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