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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12
SUPREME COURT IN
NUMBER OF DECISIONS

Pierre, s. D., Sept. S.-The Supreme
court rendered the following opinions:
Per curtain. cas Of board of supervis-
ors Of Brookfield township, McCook
county, VS.. Sam ~Jorgenson, defendant
and appellant; affirmed.
Austin Western Road Machine Co.,
We. Henry E.. owen, appellant, Butte
county trial court affirmed.
N. b. Jackley, va. Bessie b. Robin
son and Helen Baker, appellant, trial
court Of Hughes county affirmed.
Frank H. johnson, receiver for First
National bank Of Bristol. appellant, VS..
Mrs, p. Peterson, Day county trial
court affirmed.
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The u~ncanceled order which left q
military guard, intended for one night
only, to watch over Drury Lane the
alter for nearly two centuries, had a
parallel in the royal palace at Petro-
grad. About 80 years ago some econo-
mist questioned the need OF a sentry
on guard, night and day, on one par
ticular spot on the lawn. No one
could answer until old records were
turned up and it was found that Cath
crime I, admiring a crocus bloom on
the lawn, had desired the plant to be
protected. So a guard a been
mounted and, 10 countermand being
issued, had been maintained for nearly
two centuries.
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MORE TROUBLE FOR
YANkTON VETERINARIAN

Yankton, S. d., Sept. Just as he
was about to begin a sentence of so
days in county Jail for illegal liquor
sales, DR.. II. s. Matthews, veterinary
surgeon, was again arrested, on COM
plant of Miss Elizabeth Uedling, who
charged him with statutory assault.
Matthews was bound over to circuit
court for trial. Miss Uedling, who Is
employed at the state hospital, SEM to
the Matthews livery for a rig to bring
her to town. Matthews answered the
call himself, the girl states. and in
stead Of bringing her to town drove
her to a deserted place. On her retur
from a three-day vacation Miss Ued-
ling told the fmatron Of the hospital,
and the management Of the institution
took the matter in hand. He has been
a veterinary here for nearly 20 years.
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SOUTH DAKOTA MEN
ARE GOOD FIGHTERS

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 7.-Informa-
ton has reached Sioux Falls TO the eff
feet that the members Of old Company
IL, state national guard, of this city,
which at the commencement of the
war with Germany was transferred to
the field artillery of the American ex-
peditionary army and sent to France,
are in the thick Of the present fight
ing on the western IRON According
to the information which has been re-
ceived here the boys of this old COM
pany, which was made up largely
from Sioux Falls and vicinity, includ-
ing several young men from Spring
field and other points in the state, are
making good at the front, and are
rendering valuable assistance in the
strenuous work of driving the Germans
out of France and Belgium. Those
who have seen them in action state
they are better fighters than the best
Germany has, and that they are happy
and will stick to their task until the
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By Reuters Limited.

American Headquarters in France,
Friday, Sept. 6.-The outstanding
event of the week on the American
front has been the passage of the Vesle
and the carrying Of the line forward
TO the borders OF the Aisne. Not that
the advance was a striking military
operation in itself: it's admirable char
acter bellies that very fact and thanks
to the blows that General Mangin
struck elsewhere the advance has been
almost a walkover, but it must be re-
membered that there were Americans
with Mangin's army as well as Win
De Goutte's and Ii was they who helped
deal the blow which withered the Ger
divisions along the Vesle.
Already by sheer strategy Mangin'S
army a displaced some 80 miles OF
the enemy's front and is removing IL
a one extremity almost a third of that
distance northward. That the Germans
know they have to fear an even more
complete strategical disturbance at its
hands is dramatically proved by the
dead with which they tried TO bar the
path. Those dead lying at Juvigny
plateau were not sacrificed in any
reckless spirit; they were devote to
an attempt to Illustrate the German
danger that now threatens the German
line in France.
The French have possessed them
selves of the plateau n~orthward of
Landricourt on one side of II Ailette
and have reached the ravine at
Vauxaillon on the other. while furth-
er north they have taken the forest of
Coucy, close TO Freres.
Seeing that they have thus pene-
trated the line which had almost
grown to regard as n German frontier.
II is no wonder the enemy is sacri-
ficinS men. guns and morale in a des-
perate effort TO gain breathing time
for some fresh allotment of their re-
serves, since hereabout the massif of
st. Gobain between La Fcre and Laon
Is the essent.a! hinge Of The line. Thac
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WOMEN CONDUCTORS
ON The STREET CARS
Sioux Falls Union Votes to Take
Females In-Company Out
lines It's Policy.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. Women
as street car conductors made their
appearance in Sioux Falls several
days ago, two or three OF the cars Of
the Sioux Falls traction system being
operated under the direction of wom-
en-. In order to celebrate the advent
or conductorets on the cars, the
members of the street car employees
union held an important meeting to
determine what curse they should
pursue with reference to admitting the
women to membership in their union.
1t was decided after some debate to
admit them, and following this they
were admitted as members of the un-
ion. In the event that the shortage Of
men conductors becomes so acute as
TO necessitate the employment of more
women conductors it is the policy of
the street railway company to employ
only the wives of soldiers, or the
wives and daughters of male I'M
ployes.
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Great Fires Mark German
Line ofFHgM in North

vanced to the east of Langavesnesi
and Lieramont, in the region north
east of Peronne Other forces of Field
Marshal Haig crossed the Nurlu-F Fin
a
In the Lys salient the British north
of ~Erquinghem are pushing toward he
western bank Of the river Lys. The
British have advanced north Of Hill
60 to lie Rossignol.
The British are well to the east of
and are more han nine miles
to the east of the river Somme. Along
the Cologne liver Lincourt has been
reached.
The British in the southern area have
made rapid strides forward and this
morning were more tha nine miles to
the east Of the Somme, being some
distance to the east of Hancourt.
Along the Cologne river Lincourt has
been reached n north Of here the
British are east of Longavesnes and
Lieramont. There has been a rather
stiff resistance from enemy rear guards
with machine guns in several places.
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Gain Two to -Four Miles
Along Front = Miles

London, Sept I Il p. m)-Tergnier, three miles west of La Fcre,
has been captured by French troops, cutting the German line OF COM
munication between st. Quentin and Laon.
The French have advanced on Il 20mile front to an average depth
Of two miles and at some places to a depth of four miles. They occu-
pied Tergnier without opposition.
The French also reached the forest of Coucy and now are o a
big stretch of entirely new ground. Barsis, seven miles from Laon,
has B~en captured.
1t ~: learned the line now runs from Havrincourt wood through
Metz En-CTNture, Fins, Leramont, Longavesnes, Tincourt, Bouclyy
Hancourt, Terry, Lanchy, Aubigny, Dury, Olezy, southwark to La
Frieres-Fainouel, then to Tergnier and west of Awigny through Petit
Barsls, Bassole and I1uers, westward Of Mont De Singes and Laffaux
mill and westward of Sancy to CeleSurAisne.
The French line runs a s follows:
Aubigny, Dury, Olesy, south of Frieres Failoucl, Tergnier, then
west Of Amigny, through Petit Barms, Bassoles Aulers, which the
faux Mill, and west of Sancy to Celes on the Asne, where the Aisne-
line joins the old front.
British progress ON practically the whole battle front from Hav-
rncourt wood to the River Aisne continued this morning with rather
greater rapidity than had been expected.
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Lines before !
LAON CRUSHED UNDER
HEAVY ALLIED BLOWS
az JOHN DE GANDT.

United Press Staff Correspondent.
Paris, Sept. z $50 p. m.-The Chemin DIES Danes is under a
cross fire from allied troops south Of the Aisne and to the westward.
occupants of the st. Gobain forest are endangered by the
French advance, according TO battle dispatches.
General Mangins troops are fltering on through the wooded,
billy country toward Ainzy-Le-Chateau (7R miles southwest Of
Laon). The French are reported to have reached the southern ex-
tremity of the Crozat canal, which places them at the gates of St.
Simon, on the road to ST. Quentin.
Further northward the allied forces are marching upon VermaGd
(sx miles northwest of st. Quentin).
On the Aisne, the French and Americans are near VaIly.
Hundreds Of thousands of German shells in captured dunps
have already been listed by the French.
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OMAHA DOG WINS
IN MoBRiDGE TRIALS

M%obridge, s. D.. Sept. 9.-Excellent
weather conditions and prasrie chick
ems aided materially in the second days
run at the all American field trials now
being held In Mobridge. In the all age
stake, Eldorado, an English setter,
owned by Fred Hamilton, of Omaha.
won the title n the silver trophy u
donated by the Brown Palace hotel.
Mary Montrose, pointer. owned by Will
liam Zeigler Of New York City was sec
ond and Consho Dick, pointer. owned
by Carl Duff1eld of Tulsa Okla, n
Comanche Rap, pointer, owned by Will
liam Zeigler of New York City, divided
third.
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SOUTH DAKOTA GIRL
OFF FOR MADAGASCAR

Sioux Falls, S.. D., Sept. IA South
Dakota young woman, Miss Gertie Ed
monds, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ole
Edmonds, Of Madison, has departed Ior
Madagascar, where she will serve as a
field missionary for the, Norwegian LII
theran church. Her journey will not
be entirely without danger, as she goes
to take the place of another young
woman missionary VINO lost her life on
a submarine. Nothing daunted by the
tragic fate of the young woman she
will succeed, Miss Edmonds started on
her p%erilous voyage to the other side
OF the world with great faith and Sp
abundance Of physical courage.
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CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Is CHARGE MADE

Mitchell, S. D., Sept. John Feeke
a been arrested at Violin, charged
with a grave offense against Mrs. John
Carlson, wife Of a farmer, living near
Violin.
1t Is alleged that Feeke drove up to
the Carlson home in a car, Sunday
morning, entered the house with a cap
tied over, his face as a mask, and as
saulted Mrs. Carlson. His victim was
able to describe the mems general ap-
pearance and the car and officers
found the man's car at Violin, together
with evidence sufficient to warrant his
arrest.
Feeke is said to have confessed the
crime n to have begged to be per-
mitted to make a monetary settlement.
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REPUBLICANS CALLED
TO MEET IN HURON

Mitchell, s. d.. Sept. 9.-W. Fl. King,
state chairman of the republican COM
mittee has called a meeting of the re-
publican candidates, state committee
men, county chairmen, county candi-
dates and republicans generally, for
Huron. Friday. September 18th, at 10
o'clock a. m. General organization mat
tiers will be discussed at this meeting;
II will be an informal affair. Mr.. King
has arranged to open headquarters at
Huron, Friday, September 10. at 10
be round on the grounds every day at
a headquarters tent.
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BLOOD HOUNDS TRACK
WOMAN'S ASSAlLANT

Yankton, S. D., Sept. 7~.-According
to information reaching here a man
who is charged with criminally as
saulting a woman on a faru nine miles
southeast of Wakonda Las been arrest
ed and taken to Jail at Vermilion.
Bloodhounds from Mitchell aided in the
search for the man, which began i'm
mediately after the crime became
known.
The man., who gave two names
Cass and Sett-had been working on
a farm near where the crime was COM
mitted. The woman was alone It the
farm house at the time, the rest Of
the family being at work on the farm.
The man has been identified by the
woman, who, other than suffering a
rvo shock, was uninjured. Ac-
cording to reports here the IA has
admitted the crime. T.
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GRAZING LANDS ARE
CAUSE OF SHOOTING

Belle Fourche, S. d., Sept. IA dis
pute Eel grazing lands led to o
serious shooting affray on Owl creek
A "a named Torgenson, living on
Owl creek, % miles north Of Belle
Fourche, who has considerable graz
ing lands under lease for several
months has been claiming that a fell
low ranchman named Pagan had been
allowing his sheep to Craze On his
land.
On one occasion Torgenson assault
ed the older man for trespassing on
his ground, beating him so severely
that Pagan was knocked insensible,
Since that time Pagan has been carry
ing q gun. Torgenson again accused
Pagan of trespassing. In the quarrel
that followed Pagan pulled his gun
and shot Torgenson in the groin.
Pagan then surrendered to h au-
thorities. Disposition of Fagan's case
is being held up until it is known
whether Torgenson will COY
job of beating Germany Is completed.
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BY LOWELL MELlETT.
nited Press Staff Correspondent.

With the British Armies in France,
Sept. I'll a. m.)-Haig's advance
toward st. Quentin continued today.
As the British moved forward more
fires were observed through the coun-
try between the Canal Du Nord and
the lower portion Of the Hindenburg
line. indicating the Germans are evac-
uating il.
The drive hinges on Havrincourt
wood. During the night 116 prisoners
were gathered in and 800 were picked
up yesterday, making a total of 49,
SIG since September /.
Prisoners taken in Flanders report
the Germans have put French civil
Jams to work repairing the old German
front line in the neighborhood of Ar
mentie-es, building concrete dugouts.
BY Associated Press.
With the British Armies in France,
Sept. british troops today ad-
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A portable kitchen was used with
success in Wilmington, Del, to teach
the children how to conserve food. II
was transported from school to school
as the work required. An exhibition
was given Of the five varieties Of Lib
erty bread that the children made from
conservation recipes in the prize con-
test conducted by the woman's commit
tee OF the state.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

Formerly the metal for making nails
was cut into strips and then forged
into shape with hammers, and an x
pert ooh about one minute and a halt
for each nail. Today they are made
Of steel n are lighter and stronger.
Strips are cut with steam shear and
fed into automatic nail machines. One
man, who tends three machines, drops
q nail every second.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

The life of a nan was saved in Aus.
tralia by means of an operation with
out proper instruments under the di-
rection Of a surgeon 800 miles away.
The subject fell from his horse at Halls
Creek, in northern Australia, n suf-
fered serious injuries. An operation
was urgently necessary. and there was
no doctor within 1000 miles. The con-
dition of the patient was described by
telegraph TO n doctor in Perth, and he
sen back. by the anne means, instruc-
tions under which the postmaster at
Halls Creek, with such surgical instru-
ments as he could get, the chief OF
which was a razor, carried out the ope
ration successfully.
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"HelIs Half Acre" is a nickname
applied to a tract Of lowland in yell
lowstone park, on which there are
about 40 hot sulphur springs which
are seething and bubbling all the time.
while the surrounding air is filed with
fumes OF sulphur, n ever the ground
Is burning hot.
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TERRITORIAL PIONEERS
TO MEET AT HURON

Huron, S. d.. Sept. AT Huron
on Thursday, September IL, at thu
Wornan's Building will be held the an
nual meeting Of the Territorial Pion-
GERS. Aside from the regular ogr
a rendition Of war poems by Miss
Adams, South Dakota's favorite reader,
will be given. Also a set of resolutions
addressed to the state fair board (Which
will be the initial step looking toward
the erection Of a building to be known
as the War Museum" and state
Coliseum") to be used in the future for
all state meetings, will be presented.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12
SOUTH pAkoTA's FUNDS
IN GOOD CONDITION

Pierre, s. D., Sept. 9.-The state
treasury on September 1 showed a total
in all funds of $1,138, 2S7 Of which the
following items were a part: Game
fund, 500 45; motor vehicle, $28, 100;
Irvine. $235. 170; interest and income,
school fund, 1891, 800: agricultural
county extension, $17, 926: county voca-
tional, $3.50; public industries. $4,406;
M teachers, $2,101.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

The curious combination Of an owl
and a steel trap in which the bird
had become caught inc flown away,
trap and all, alighting on a high pow
cred electric cable carrying II, 900 volts
OF electricity to run a mill at Good
year, Conn, stopped the power and
threw several hundred men out of
work for several hours. Linemen,
after several hours search, located the
owl. burned to a cinder.
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ofSt: Gobaln Is
Key to Defense ofLaon

hinge broken, more disaster would
happen to them than from the frac-
ture of any other part of the line.
In the efforts to avert such a ca
lamity, the Germans have brought one
division by road from Metz and an
other from Rheims, sending them al
most starving into the battle. But the
defense of St. Gobain means much
more han the defeat Of Mangin't
army. for Laon and St. Quentin are
flanges of the hinge whose pin is al
La Fere.
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Bloodhounds were first known as
sleuthhounds, owing to their ability to
track the deer, wild boar or the wolf.
When the wounded game broke away
and was lost, these good nosed dogs
were used in trailing the quarry by the
blood trail, and hence they were finally
called bloOdhounds.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

Brevet is a French word, meaning
commission or warrant. In military
usage il gives an officer higher nom-
inal rank than the one for which he
receives pay. 1t is an honorary pro-
motion. The first time it was used
I'm the United States army vas in 1872,
when Captain Zachary Taylor, who
afterward became president, was, made
major by brevet for his brave defense
of Fort Harrison against the Indians,
near Terre Haute.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

For the last 81 years whale fish
Ing in Norwegian waters has been
prohibited, and the whales have null
tiplied to an unexpected extent. Ac-
cording to carefully prepared esti-
mates. the removal of the prohibition,
which is probable, would result in he
obtaining OF not less than 5000 tons
Of whale oil in the first year.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

There is a famine in laundry SOAP in
Copenhagen and other Danish cities.
Practically none a now be pur-
chased, though the shop windows are
full Of fancy toilet soap. Very little
tat is available in the country for
the manufacture Of soap, and there
70 also a shortage of caustic soda,
potash and other ingredients.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

Amasa Morse, an elder in the Adj
ventist church at Stafford Springs,
Conn, who died recently at 1O4 years,
taught school when a young man and
outlived all his pupils. He preached in
Adventist churches over half q CEN
fury.
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Until after the war no evening
clothes will DO worn by the men and
m at the Spokane (Wash.) Coun-
try Club. Decision to bar formal dress
was made recently by the entertain
ment committee, and 1t is declared to
be In keeping with other war econo-
rvsao
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

At the funeral Of Colone'
Caversham Simonds at Caversham
England. the coffin was drawn on the
Oldest dray used by the firm Of which
he was principal, the driver being the
company's oldest drayman.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

Chicago's Liberty bond buyer with
the longest name is Constantinos ]
&.
koupulos. He bought "A $500 bond n
wrote his entire name or a single ap.
plication blank.
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Each state in the union Is represen-
ted by "A star in the flag, the added star
making its appearance on the 4th of
July, following the admission Of a state
During the civil wal the flag had &c
stars and II now has 4S.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

All the public swimming pools anc
some of the public baths in London are
being used for communal kitchens
With their steam plants and heating
appliances they are very adaptable.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-12

There are United Stntes pr'Gc~. .
Atlanta, Ca; Fl. Leave Wortr, KAN
and at McNeils island. statp 81 V~oal
ington, besides naval prisons at M
lsland, Cal, Eoston ana Pc: L.a.UGa..
-avo~Hs -J
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FIRE MARsHALs GO
TO TORONTO NEXT

Sioux Falls. $. d., Sept. 9.-Toronto.
Ontario, Canada, was selected as the
1919 meeting place at the closing ses-
sion today of the annual meeting of
the Fire Marshals' Association of
North America. The following Off
GERS were elected: Alfred T. Flaeming.
Ohio, president; w. NJ. Vancamp,
South Dakota, vice president: John c.
Gamger, Illinois, treasurer; James r..
Young, South Carolina, and l.. n.
iiussey OF Kansas We're chosen mem
bers OF the executive board.
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Huns Digging New Trench
Lines Near Dutch Border

Amsterdam, Sept. 7-On the Belgian-Dutch frontier the German
members of the Landsturm Sappers corps today are building a new line
of defense. 1t is believed the German command purposes to make this
conform to the Mouse line in the event that a retreat to it is necessary
before winter. (The Belgian Dutch frontier runs from % to $50 miles
behind the present fighting front in France and Belgium)
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In China there are oil and salt wei'a
more thar 2 200 feet deep which hay,
been drilled through solid rock hg
hand with the most pgimative iTap,c,
mentS.
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HIGHMORE-About a hundred of the
residents of this city, including MANY
young boys and girls, organized a stock
company and purchased the local opera
house. which will be conducted by them
in the future.
MITCHELL-The Mitchell Corn Palace
will not be entirely redecorated this year
because of the need Of conserving corn.
Heretofore the huge structure. which is
the scene of minus harvest festivities.
has been covered each year with a We
neer of corn, in which pictorial designs
were woven.
BERESFORD-Residcnts of this vicin
ity are being greatly annoyed and are
sustaining losses from the operations OF
thieves. The latest victim is Rev. Mr..
Kalberg, living in Brooklyn township.
who had two nearly now castings stolen
from his automobile while ne was assist
ing a Tcighbor to save bis grain.
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