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The Washington herald., 1917-10-29

Special Correspondent Of the Washington Herald
New York, Oct. s.-As Samuel
PCpys might record in his diary: Up
early and sent a tierCe OF claret TO
II. G. Whitwer who has sailed for
Paris TO write OF the war. To break
fast where my wife was mighty
pressing for a ne wrist Jewel. which
am against the laying out of money
upon yet.
Came the tailor boy with my new
vest which the dog had partly de-
voured and he had made it looI al
most as good as new. Much talk in
the public journals OF how the Great
White Way will he darkened TO save
the coal And ] remarked to Clara.
the housemaid, that it as the Broad
way habit to change from blonde
TO burnette overnight, hut being a
dullard she did not appreciate the
quip.
To liberty loan party where came
Mistress Lillian Russell. very hand
some. and Mr.. Frank Craven. the
comick actor. and Mistress Russell
told OF seeing a lady in a glass ben
zine coach on Fifth Avenue seeing
another lady pass whom she would
salute and so ran her head through
the glass window and IL took several
minutes TO eXtriCate herself And l
guffawed so loudly that l tUmblcd
out of my chair.
Through the town and saw Tad.
the artist. in a handsome new check
cred surtout and a fuzzy hat and
Mistress Irene Castle and her hus-
band Lord Vernon having a tete-tc
in a Broadway Inn.
Home and fell to reading a bright
procure which young Bert Hubbard
hath sent me from East Auroro. In
the evening to a gay party at the
Fraunce Tavern near the Battery
where flowed much wit. and ! smoked
big black cheroot. the first time
in two years, and enjoyed it not at
all. Home again late and so TO bed.
David II. Knott, who owns a flock
OF New York hotels, is a candidate
for sheriff. He Is one OF the most
popular young men in the town and
at a dinner given him the other day
by a crowd of friends he showed that
he had a rare sense of humor.
All during the dinner his friends were
hailing him as Sheriff Knott in a
good natUred optimistic fashion. II
was also recalled that he escaped by
narrow margin the fate of beinE
named Ira William Knott. What a
fine name l. viii Knott would be
for the pungent paragraphers?
Well. anyway, when it came time
for Mr. Knott to say a few well
chosen words he commented upon the
fact that he did not want TO be call
cd Sheriff Knott before the election
or afterward.
Wait, my friends he said land
YOU may call my opponent Sheriff
NOT"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-29

We wonder!-A aviators trained in airy persi-
hage:"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-29

Reoders The Herald aH The accompanying orsile f,
the pen of the gifted editor of the Washington T ,ri
t1h Profit For the Privilege of irdebted 10 NJ, r.
Ione The editorial based query of the So
journalism of the University MoK,i books az,
nrobe for the library of q uporking joErMoEstf" ' ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
President Believes Congress
Should Confine itself Ex-
CIusiveIy to Business of
Whipping Germany.
DOMESTIC MEASURES UP
Prohibition and Stuff Amend
ments Expected to Come Up
Early in Session Begin
ming Monday.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 3.-Presidert
Wilson believes congress should con-
fine itself almost entirely at the COM
ing session to legislation for the Wig
orous prosecution of the war. He is X
pected to tell congress so in his open
ing address, which will be delivered in
the hall of the house at 1920 o'clock
Tuesday.
The president continued at work on
his address today, transcribing his
notes into finished form, but the ad-
dress still will be kept open until the
last minute
At informal conferences among con-
gressmcn today the probable leglsla-
tive program was discussed. The usual
appropriation bills. some already IN
process of formation; fiscal legislation
including new bond organizations and
revenue measures n transportation
and other domestic problems are re
garded constituting the sessions work,
expected to continue for many months.
Prohibition and woman suffrage con-
stitutional amendments will be pressed
early in the session.
To Press Training Bill.
%, Chairman Chamberlain, of the Senate
military affairs committee, a today
he expected little important war legiS-
lation except some supplementary to
foundations already laid. He said the
country appears generally satisfied
with the selective draft laws operation
and plans to press his universal mill
tary training bill. He believes con-
gress should follow the presidents poll
icy i'll respect to ~claration of war
against Gelmany'S allies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
CLAIMS VETERINARIAN
GAVE WRONG DIAGNOSIS

Plankington. S. D., Nov. 30-With the
visit of DR.. Phelps, state veterinary
surgeon, to the cattle herd of O.. G.. E.
Miller, of Aurora county, an interest
ing situation has developed, which may
result in a suit for damages being
brought by Mr.. Miller against DR..
Faber, of Mitchell. deputy state Veter-
marian. DR.. Faber is said to have in
spected the herd of Miller's last spring,
and to have declared the cattle were
afflicted with Texas itch. and quaran-
tined them. Miller treated his herd and
they speedily recovered, but he was
unable to get the quarantine raised I'M
til an appeal to the governor brought
the state veterinarian to the scene, he
claims. DR.. Phelps is reported to have
said that while the herd might have
had the itch last spring, it had not
been affected for many weeks. Miller
is of the opinion that his cattle suf-
fered from lice instead of itch, and
claims Faber did not make a care
full inspection. He threatens to bring
suit against F'aber for damages.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
S. DAKOTA TEACHERS
TO MEET At mitchell.
Convention at Sioux Falls Sc
lects 1918 Convention City
Officers Elected.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Nov. 30.-Mitchell
was chosen as the meeting place for the
South Dakota educational meeting in
1918. There was not much competition
in this fight. as it was generally con-
coded from the first that Mitchell would
win out. Representatives of that city
have been busy in Sioux Falls the past
two days mingling among the teachers
and offering many reasons why the
association hould meet there, the prin-
clpal n being a fine musical attrac-
ton. As a special musical attraction
they offered Miss Anna Case, a mem
Der of the Metropolitan Opera company
and n of Americas most celebrated
sopranos.
DR.. II. M. Gage. president of Huron
college, won out in a contest by q big
majority for president of the aSsocia-
ton over Edmond Steele, of Howard,
county superintendent of Miner county.
Both men are Wen known educators in
the state and their friends We're almost
equally divided.
The officers are as follows:
President, II. M. Gage, Huron.
Recording secretary, Mrs. Olive M.
Warren, Spearfish.
Corresponding secretary, A. II. Sey-
mour. Aberdeen.
Treasurer, j. w. Beemer, Platte.
John Leyman. of Elk Point, was
elected as a member of the program
committee
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
SOUTH DAKOTA WANTS
MORE RECOGNITION
Would Have at Least One Mill
tary Organization Bear the
States Name.

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 1.-Governor
Norbeck. in an interview last night in
regard to the military situation. say
every local South Dakotan regrets as
much as the boys at camp at present
no part Of the state volunteer organi-'
Zation is being recognized as a distinct
South Dakota unit. The governor said:
"A. large number of the boys have
been incorporated into the Minnesota
regiment to bring it up to numerical
strength. Neither Of the volunteer or
CARNATIONS as they left for the camp
was near large enough to make a
regiment as now required by the mill
tary regulations. We feel a mixed
regiment composed of South Dakota
and Minnesota volunteers might better
nave been known as a South Dakota
unit for Minnesota has other volunteer
regiments. We nave not yet given up
ana believe that the war department
VIII tectlfy it soon as possible.
J. nave done everything in my power
TO nave n organization designated
as a South Dakota organization. | have
written and wired the department. A
reply under date of November Is is
mat the arrangement was necessary for
the good of the service. wired the
commanding general at Camp Cody,
Out TO my kilograms have received no
reply | have had the matter up with
the congressional delegation and it is
my opinion that every member has
nohe everything he could. Several of
thefn have recently gone to Washing
TON and will be able to press the mat
ter in person.
some time & | sent a representa-
i've IN the person of honorable James
~ Mather, Of Waterfowl, to Camp
CODY. He met with all the officers and
men, also with the commanders in
charge and while he could not get much
Satisfaction out of them, he is of the
opinion that our boys will yet be or
ganized into a South Dakota unit. His
report to me is now in Washington.
FOR some time / nave contemplated
gong to Washington to present. tho
matter In person to the secretary OF
war. III l do not get a satisfactory
reply expect to start Friday or Sat
uruay, so as to be there Monday and
pelleVe that with the assistance Of the
congressional delegation the desired
chanSe can be secured.
NO South Dakotan in the service or
OUTSIDE the service would in any way
want to embarass the war department
IN getting an army to the front at the
eafileSt possible m and | hope
llat at least one of these units may
De known and recognized as a South
Dakota unit N that this may be COM
posed or as many of our boys as pos
Sible."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
POLICE OFFICER DIES
UNDER OVERTURNED AUTO

SIOUX Falls, S. d., Dec. might
Desk Sergeant J.. b.. Cloudas of the
local police department. was waiting at
department headquarters for the return
OF Night Captain Marion Wamsley so
ne could depart to attend the funeral of
a brother who had died suddenly at
ottumwa. Ia, when he received word
tliat Night Captain Wamsley had been
killed in an automobile accident be-
tween Hartford and Sioux Falls. Cap
tam Wamsley had departed several
hours before to bring his automobile
BACK from Hartford. The automobile
overturned when it struck a raised Gull
vert. was thrown into the ditch and the
officer caught underneath the car. He
was killed instantly, his chest being
crushed. The dead officer was born at
Muscatine, Ia, AZ years ago and had
peen a resident Of Sioux Falls about 20
years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
SOUTH DAKOTA PRICES
ARE BELOW AVERAGE

Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. THAT South
Dakotans have no more reason to COM
plain as to the price of staple articles
of food tina the people of other states
OF the union is shown in a statement
issued by the food administration
showing the average retail prices of %
commodities for the week ending No
vember 10. 1917, for the United States
and for the different states of the union.
The South Dakota average prices on
wheat flour, wheat bread, oatmeal, po-
tatoes, canned corn, sugar. pork chops,
ham, hens, milk, butter, eggs. c%ornrneal.
onions n bacon We're lower than the
average for the United States. In the
case OF the first II articles the prices
IN South Dakota were noticeably lower.
The South Dakota average was higher
In the case of rice. beans, prunes. ba-
nanas, canned tomatoes, canned peas
canned salmon, fish, tea, coffee, round
steak, lard, oleomarsarine and cheese
than the average retail prices on these
articles for the United States.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
SIBERIA PREPARES .
TO QUIT RUSSIANS
Re Ady to Proclaim I%ndepend-
nee, People Have Officers
Already Installed.


Petrograd to tho Daily Mail says that
Siberia is about to declare it's indie
pendence. Ministers already have been
appointed and are holding sessions in
the governors palace at Omsk. Consid-
cradle popular sympathy is displayed
for the movement and a Siberian flag
is flying in many places.
The dispatch saws that as a result
of the election to the constituent assem-
bly, in Petrograd, the Leninites won six
seats. the constitutional democrats four,
the social revolutionary extremists two
and the other parties were not repre-
sented. owing to the smallness of their
polls. h CORE ,dent adds that the
social revolutionary extremists are al
most indistinsuishable from the
Leninites n consequently the extrem-
list policy will be supported by a large
majority.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
THREE STATES WORK I'M
BIG FEED EXPERIMENT

~Brookings, S.. D., Dec. 1.-The ami
ma ~husbandry departments of Iowa
state college, University of Nebraska
and South Dakota State college are
supervising a second feeding emon-
stratlon for the Sioux City stock yards
10 determine the comparative value Of
reeds IN fattening cattle, sheep and
logs. The preliminary weighing and
dlvldlng into lots was superintended by
Profs. H. j.. Gramlich, of Nebraska;
John w. Evvard, of Iowa and B, t..
Thompson. of South Dakota.
n cattle will be fed during a period
OF 40 to $50 days, in eight lots, to COM
pare corn. oats and barley as grain
feeds, and alfalfa md prairie hay as
roughage, with oil meal in the ration of
each lot. Six pigs follow each lot.
In addition to the hogs following
steers, SIX lots averaging 1876 pounds
VIII be fed different rations comparing
shelled corn, ground barley n ground
oats, with tankage in each ration. Each.
lot VIII be sold when wen finished.
fIfty lambs averaging 81 pounds will
pc fed 80 to 80 days in five lots on ra-
ions to compare shelled corn. whole
oats, whole barley, oil meal and their
combinations, with alfalfa in each ra-
ton.
PPEVER-Lawrence Mussetter. the 49,
year-old son of a farmer living near here.
lost one Of his ears as the result of q
peculiar accident. Himself and ot,,,r
children had improvised the running sea,
OF an old buggy into an automobile and
80 y ssalas uo"h hlh. me boy was
aA'om Lr - ms venice ana: was dragged
10 sa"nm.a issuance, nus rlsht ear be
,ns Ny coHtact WIN the rough
~
YANKToN-This city celebrated on
Thursday its Seth Thanksgiving Day. with
verv balmV Wa1fhar on1 firac NOT ~ -r1
necessary. Some of the churches united
saatham nloonl'lela, Nep, hlgh school
.4 49, team, . strong team with good
oua % VietoIles prayed iankton High
hatam ie o. . uecisiVe ueieat' the maj score
eNi 'fo'
SIOUX FAL.LSIOfflcers and members
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
Bulsars Fear Teuton Trick.

From the Neue Zurcher Zeitung.
We (Bullgarians) went into the war
after getting definite assurances that our
rights should be attended to in case of
victory. We have in our diplomatic portA
folio certain very valuable agreements
without which we should not have made
war: otherwise we could have given the
war a very different urn.
What Germany's war aim are does not
concern us a jot, but our concern Is that
Germany will not agree to any alteration
in our present frontier to the advantage
Of Turkey. Co~nstantinople should re-
member that her propec sphere Of expan-
sion is in Asia, not in our direction. What
Turkey has done calls for no gratitude
from. us. We want to keep the whole OF
the Dobrudja and on the south Macedonia,
including the towns of Kavaila, Sores and
Drama. which we promised to restore, 1t
los.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
TRACE DEATH OF HOGS
TO PRO-GERMAN WORK

Mitchell, S. d., Nov. 3O.-German
propaganda in a new form is thought
to have been discovered in Dawson
county. During the past two weeks
hundreds of pigs, in most cases ready
for the market, have died from what
is row termed a mysterious disease,
supposed to have been carried by Il So
called serum sold by an itinerant
peddler.
Investigation today proves that in
practically every case where pigs have
been lost the animals had previously
been treated with the so-Cailed cure,
and that pigs in the same fields that
We're not treated with any cure at all
lived.
Federal and state officials are investi-
gating and a search is being made for
the remedy salesman. Tension is high
amorg the farmers who have lost pigs,
and the result of a chemical analysis
of the matter sold by the traveller is
awaited with interest.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
PREPARING TO AID MEN
SUBJECT TO THE DRAFT

Pierre, s. D.. Nov. 30.-A legal adj
visory board consisting of Judge Whit
ing, of the supreme court Attorney
General Frank r. Aiken. of Sioux Falls.
and Tore Tiegen, an attorney, Of Sioux
IEal.s. is meeting in Pierre to act with
the governor to recommend q list of
attorneys to the federal government for
appointment as advisory attorneys in
each district in the state to assist those
who will come under the draft in an
swering the ~questionaires which will
shortly be sent out by the government
to all men of draft age not already
drafted. The advisory board of pllysi-
clans is also in session here for the
same service as to physicians, DR..
Spafford, of Flandreau, arriving here
some days ago to consult with the gov
ernor and members of the state board
of health concerning the list of physi-
clans to be recommended to the federal
government for appointment.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
sioux FALLS BOY IN
BATTLE or YpRE:s
William Grant, Now in Liver
pool Hospital, Writes OF Eis
Terrible Experiences.

Sioux Fails, S. T Dec. 1.-Willianl
rant, son of Mrs. a1r, Mrs. j. il. Grant.
OF TINS city, writes els parents Il let
ter describing thrilling experiences on
the 4pres front during the recent
! severe fighting. At the time the young
; man wrote he vas in a hospital in
Liverpool preparatory to being oper-
ated on for appendicitis. He served
on the Ipres front with the Canadian
troops. His letter is in part as fol-
lows:
II guess you will also be greatly
surprised to hear thai l have been
on the 9pres front during the last Of
fenslVe. | was there during the Aus
trallan big drive and saw a great MANY
things that / will always remember,
but, OF course, am not permitted to
put them in a letter. | was not way
Rack behind the lines. but right on
the job, and do not care for any more
of it; i have had my fill.
NO n but those who have been
through the mill can imagine the
~fierceness of the artillery fire. 1t is
something terrible. A man standing
you say, no matter how loud you
talk. The roar of our guns and the
scream of the enemy's shells passing
over our heads, mixed with the explo-
SIGN of the German shells, is something
terrible. / can hardly understand how
q person can stand it at all. But we
do, just the same.
Il came out of it lucky-never get
, ting a scratch-but was buried once
from earth thrown up By the explosion
of a German shell; but l managed to
release myself o. K, and kept right
on going. Then all was quiet, with only
an occasional shot or a shell burst
ing. The earth is all torn up, moth
Ing but shell holes overlapping one
another, and mud knee deep"
With his letter young Grant enclosed
several %curios, among them two
shoulder straps which he cut from
dead Germans on the battlefield.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
HUTERISCH PEOPLE
FAIL TO GET EXEMPTION

Mitchell. S. D., Nov. 3O.-Crestfallen
and disappointed. a delegation of high
men of the Huterische society returned
today from Washington, d. c., where
they had attempted to obtain exemp-
ton for their young men from mill
tary service. They had failed.
The high men, of five %olonies near
here-the Roclport, Rosedale. Elm
Springs, New Elm Springs and Wolf
Creek colonies-offered $4,000 for any
use the government might see fit so far
as the money was not used for war
|%-purposes if their men would be grant
ed exemption.
While they decline to say what hap
pened in Washington. it is indicated
hat the wal office, while it received
them, refused fatty to consider any
move that would in any way exempt
these men from service.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
MUNICIPAL CONCERT,
WAS GREAT SUCCESS

Mitchell, S. D., Dec. "a crowd esti-
mated at more than 1000 persons
gathered in the municipal auditorium
for The first community song gather
ing. Patriotic songs and popular bal
lads by the audience and solos by local
musicians, all sung to a band accom-
paniment made up the program.
The venture, which had been criti-
sized in many quarters, was voted a
complete success by those attending.
1t is estimated that the crowd euualled
more than one-fourth of the total popu-
lation Of the city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
ELEVATOR AT GEDDEs
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Geddes, S. D., Dec. 81. FL. Crowley's
elevator has been destroyed by fire.
1t is an entire loss. The fire began in
the very top of the roof. How it caught
Is al! guess work. The Geddes fire de-
partment did good work in saving the
South Dakota elevator which was Just
north of the Crowly elevator and an
other elevator just west across the
tracks.
There was only 400 bushels of oats
and 1000 bushels of barley in the
elevator. The elevator was fully in
sured. -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
OFFICERS MAKE BIG
CAPTURE or LIQUOR
Former Sioux City Saloon Man
Man in Clutches of the
Law at Yankton.

Yanktnn. s. D., Dec. 3.-Twenty
quarts OF prime whisky, of 2 well known
brand. is in a safety vault here, in three
bulginE suit cases. as a result of some
police activities, John WEIGH. "A former
Sioux City saloon man, is in the tolls
charged with transporting liquor into
this very dry" territory. With WEIGH
was John O'Donnel, of Tulsa, okla,
member OF a newly formed partnership,
winch has come to grief here. The men
arrived Friday morning from Mime
apoiis, r. were nabbed a short time
after their arrival.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
~SCANpINAVIANS TO
CONTINUE RAJ
Norway, Sweden, Denmark De.
eide in New Agreement, to
Help Each Other.

Christiania. Dec. S.-Norway, Sweden
and Denmark have entered a new
agreement to observe utmost neutral
ity."
An official statement issued today
announced this result of the conference
of kings and statesmen which has been
in progress here. The conference, ac-
cording to an announcement, agreed
on scandinavian and mutual harmony
regardless of the length of the war,
each ration to observe the utmost neu-
trality and all to assist each other by
exchange of merchandise"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
URGES REGIsrRANTs
TO KEEP INFORMED

Pierre, $. d., Dec. 1.--Goyerner Nor
beck has received the following tele-
gram from Adjutant General Crowder:
please cause the broadcast and most
extensive and continuous possible pub
liclty to be given through the adjutant
general, local and district boards, the
newspapers and by all other possible
means of warning to all r~egistrants who
may have changed their places of abode
and postoffice address, to communicate
Immediately with their local board,
where they registered and furnish their
present address SO that ~questionaires
which will begin to be mailed December
10 will reach such registrants without
delay. Registrants are bound by law
to keep themselves advised of all pro-
ceedings In respect of them II failure
TO do so may result in their losing their
right to claim exemption or discharge.
Please request newspapers to give this
warming broad and continue publicity
from this time until the process Of
mailing questionaires has been accom-
DliShedn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06

III VIII be noted from this table that
the value of South Dakota's corn crop
this year is more than $1,000, 900 greater
than the value of her total crops in
1916.
The value OF the grains, corn and
potatoes in South Dakota in 1917 is
s324,0OO,O0O as compared with $140,-
100000 in 1916, or more than 9 1-3 times
as much.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-06
a Prayer.

What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do,
This. teach me more than hell to shun;
That. more than heaven pursue.
What blessings thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away;
For God is paid when maj receives.
To enjoy Is to obey.
Yet not to earth's contracted span
Thy goodness let me bound,
Or think thee Lord alone OF man,
When thousand worlds are round.
Alexander Pope.