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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
NO ACTIVITY
ON II. S. FRONT

Washington, June .3.-There was
virtually no activity yesterday at the
points held by the American troops
Gen. Pershirg reported in cimnun-
ique made public tonight at the war
department.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
On Pave River Front from Montello to Adriatic,
Defeated Austo- 4ungafians are Recrossing
River, Closely Pursued by Italian Troops
ENEMY LOSSES ESTIMATED
AT 10000 AND NO ESCAPE
FOR THOUSANDS OF OTHERS

Large Numbers of Pontoon Bridges Austrians
Threw Across Piave Have Been Swept
Away and All of Sectors of 33-Mile Front
Are Being Sorely Harrassed by Fire Of Ital-
ian Guns and Rifles and by Machine Gun
Fire and Bombs of Allied Aviators
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
TIL WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY

Northern New England: Partly
cloudy and cooler Monday; Tuesday
fair.
Southern New England and eastern
New York: Fair Monday and TUESDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
GAS TABLETS FOR
STOMACH GAS ..

MEALS GAS TABLETS stop gas and sour
fermentation after eating, stop bclchinf.
reduce biosting end gas pressure, sweet
in awhile 10 enough. Buy MEALS GAS
TABLETS at any reliable drug stores, -
ma yseodtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
General Forecast

Weather conditions: The barometriC
low pressure area responsible for the
low temperature in New England Is
moving westward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Fair Monday and Tuesday, dimin.
ishing northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
Monday: Partly Cloudy

something any man can
I;ck-A War Stamp
Pledge Some today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
TUESDAY,: Fair

Stamp out the War with
War Savings Stamps
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
HoLsTEIN.FRIEsiAN
BREEDERS TO MEET

Huron, S. ID, Dec. 2e-The South
Dakota Holstein- Friesian Association
will hold it's state convention in Huron,
Tuesday, December 10. This associa-
ton represents n Of the most impor-..
tant dairy interests of the state, and it's
membership is statewide. The last
convention was In Bookings and was
attended by about 100. With the
growth OF interest In Holstein Friesian
cattle. n the increasing Importance
Of the dairy industry, the interest in.
the association has grown, and 1t Is ex-
pected the attendance this year will be
much larger than a year ago.
An interesting program is being pre-
pared n will soon be made public.i
Forest b. Hebron, one of the largest
Ifolstein- Friesian breeders in this
county, Is looking after the local inter,
ests Of the association, and says the
meetings will he open 10 the public
and urges the attendance OF all who
are interested in any way in the dairy
Industry, which is destined to play an
important part ip the development OF
the state.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
LONG SOUGHT MAN
ENTERS PLEAS OF GUILTY

Mitchell. :. d., Dec. Dan Lilly,
who WAS brought here from Bismarck,
N. d., a few days g TO answer to
charges OF obtaining several hundred
ollar from South Dakota banks under
false pretenses, was sentenced to six
years in the South Dakota state peui-
tentiary by Judge Frank z. Smith.
Lilly pleaded guilty to two separate
charges preferred by the Commercial
* Savings Bank and the Mitchell Ma
uonal Bank OF this city. A warrant for
hia arrest after he has served his term
will he effective, because he obtained
$500 from u Pierre. S. d., bank.
1t is said that Lilly risked his cap
ture at Bismarck sc as 10 care for two
children who had been made orphan,
during TIE influenza epidemic. lie had
been at large for nearly two years.
tENTEEfII.LE- "A committee composed
Of rnembers % the local home gnsrd ID
raising Sl.W1 whicli is required to pay fot
uniforms.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
PLAN BIG RECEPTION
FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS

Lead, S. D., Dec. 4.-The business
men and other citizens of this and other
Black Hills cities a taken up dis
cussion Of the manner Of reception that
should be rendered the returning SOL
diers from this and other parts OF the
Black Hills on their arrival here and In
other cities of the region from France
and the camps in this country. The
reception, ii is agreed, will be the most
elaborate Of anything heretofore at
tempted In the Black Hills. 1t is prob
able that complete arrangements for a
grand reception TO the returning SOL
diers will he made in the near future.
so there will be no bitches when the
soldiers arrive, Is might be the case IL
h matter Of completing arrangements
were left to the last moment.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
NEGRO ANARCHIST
BOSS IN RUSSIA

A New York business man who visit
ed bolshevist headquarters recently,
tells in the Worlds Work, Of finding a
New York negro helping govern $780,
000.0 900 people. He says:
Il made my way to room II, the
foreign office. There was a great pa
laver going on. What vas being said
was not half so Interesting as how it
was being said. These officials con-
versed almost exclusively in English
and German. They were not Russians.
They were Jews. They did o talk
~Russian-they talked Bowery.
while waiting my turn with the
secretary, In paraded an unmistakable
character-an American negro. Adam
doning all business and decorum the
functionary sprang from his seat and
kelled:
Hello. Johnny, what can l do for
your"
1.-THE darkq was nothing If not demo-
cratic. / ventured to hail him as a
fellow New Yorker. hoping thus to ex-
pedite my business. He was delighted,
shove things through for me
What ministry do you belong top
said I.
He grinned. To all the ministries.
I am a member Of the military revolu-
tionary committee
Johnny was giad 10 tell me all about
his rise In the world. In New York he
had Joined the I. w. W.. and had been
one Of their end men and agitators.
He was an associate of Max Eastman.
He would have made an excellent
South Carolina senator under the car-
pet Dagger regime. He confided to mt
that he vas for anarchy without any
frills. Since that time the bolshevists
have become too Conservative to suit
him, and he is now the recognized head
of the anarchists Of Russia"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
FIRST DRAFTED Man
IS FIRST TO RETURN
Dawson County Soldier Held
Second Number In the
Great Lottery.

Faske who rst,rnca 20 lei ii, homa herA
from Camp Funston, Kansas, today,
bears the unusual distinction Of being
the first Dawson county man drafted
into army service as well as the FIRST
one to be released to return home.
Fiske left Mitchell March 20, OF this
year, and was transferred from Camp
Funston to an officers training school
fore his release. When he was inducted
Unto the service he held the number
second In order to the famous .26S."
The local mar who held the first num-
Der was exempted because OF q de-
pendent family.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
DEAD SOLDIER LEFT
ESTATE TO BETROTHED

Lead, S. D., Dec. 4-Whether or not
betrothal bonds will secure the pay
ment of $4,000 from q war risk insur-
ance will be decided by thefederal gov
eminent in the case OF a young woman
who was engaged to Jesse christensen,
a Black Hills soldier, who died in an
army camp during the recent influenza
epidemic.
In a letter to the girl written shortly
before his death Christensen declared
that he found that regulations forbade
him leaving his insurance policy to her
because she was not his wife and was
not otherwise related. He added, how
ever, that he had made his policy pay
able to his estate and had willed the
estate to her. A government official re-
Gently Investigated the matter but has
made no report as yet.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
S. DAKOTA PRIEST
CALLED TO BOHEMIA
Is to Assist Council In Separ-
ating Church From State
Well Known For 26 Years.

Yankton, s. D., Dec. 4.-The Rev. e.
A. Bouska, pastor Of st. wencslaus
Church. Tabor. for the past rs years.
has been called to Prague, Bohemia,
by Preside Mt Masaryk, to assist at .
council whose object will be the seper-
alton OF church and state. Father
Bouska Is prominent in this section
among the Bohemian Catholics. and
his selection has met with general APP
prevail. He expects to leave this week,
md will make his first stop at Paris.
Father Bouska Is Of great executive
ability, and has built up a small strug-
Cling parish to wonderful success. The
parish sent ITO young men snto the
q Three were killed and six badly
wounded.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
IS BADLY INJURED
IN A CORN HUSkER

cottontail rabbit scurrying across a
cornfield came near causing the death
OF Lincoln Feltman, a young farmer
in Brule county. Feltman was oper-
ating a corn husker In h field, and
when the rabbit started out in front
OF the machine the young man threw
an ea4 Of corn at the fleeing bunny
and in this lost his balance and fell
directly in front Of the machine and
was caught in the husking rollers and
drawn into the machine, but his bulk
was too large to be drawn completely
into the gear and the machine was
stopped by his body wedging into the
rollers in such a way hat while he
was badly squeezed and bruised no
serious damage resulted.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
MENNONITE KILLED
IN BATTLE IN FRANCE

~Br!dSewster, ). d.. Dee. 4.--Jacob
Uofer. a Mennonite, n until his en-
trance into The army a member OF one
of the colonies near here, was killed In
action in France October IS, accord
ing to official word received by his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua IIofer. of
Clayton.
Young ITofer vas Que of the few
members OF his sect WIN volunteered
for service. He had instruction IN the
United States from April. fsl1: until
be embarked for France. L, was de-
clared on responsible authority that
the Mennonite Was q brave and obe-
dent soldier.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
EGG DEALERS ARE TO
STUDY THE SITUATION

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 2.-The market
commission has peen receiving COM
lplaints that discrimination is being
made against eggs shipped from South
Dakota TO Chicago and other markets.
on the claim that the South Dakota
eggs average smaller and are not
sorted and graded before shipment.
The department consequently has
concluded to have hearings owes the
state to enable producers to be pres
ent and show the difficulties under
which producers and shippers are Ia
boring. The hearings will be as fol-
lows:
Brookings, December 2, 10 a. M;
WATERFOWL, December 3, 3 p. M; Abb
erdeen, December a, 1 p. M; Mitchell.
December 8, 10 Am; Vermilion, De-
cember 6, 3: 80 a. m; Elk Point, De-
cember 6, 2 p. M; Canton. December
z, 10 a. m, and Sioux Falls. Decem-
Der 9, 10 a. m.
After investigation the department
will perhaps prescribe standards for
grading and classification of farm pro-
ducts, as ii Is authorized by law to
do.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
8. D. SUPREME COURT
HANDS DOWN DECISIONS

Pierre, 8. D., Dec. 2.-The supreme
court has rendered decisions in the
following cases
Frank H. viktora, appellant W..
County Superintendent Of Gregory
county ct al. Gregory country trial.
court, affirmed.
r. w. Barnes We. u. d. Clark, appel
liant, Minnehah9- court, affirmed.
Walter H. Kupper, for estate Of
Jacob Ernst, ct al. We. John p. Biehn,
executor Of estate Of Christina Ernest
Jet al, appellants, Gregory county trial
court, affirmed.
! South Dakota VS.. August II. Schultz.
appellant, Sphinx county trial court. re-
versed.
! South Dakota, ex rel Myrtle Robin
son, VS.. Charles Gabert, appellant,
Brown county trial court, reversed.
Emily NJ. Schumacher We. North
American Life Insurance Co., OF
Omaha, Minnehaha county trial court,
John L. Wood, estate Of Mary q.
Davies w.. VIII A. Bapp for estate OF
nehaha court, reversed.
G. G. jefferson va. j. H. Beam, ap.
p~ellant, Beadle county court, affirmed.
o. w. Schultz Lumber Co. We. u.
Robinson ct al. appellants, Walsworth
county court, affirmed.
Henry Wynea ct al, appellant, VS..
Theodore Wynea, county court Of Bon
'Homme county. reversed.
Anna Larson ct al, appellants, VS..
Edison township Of Minnehaha county;
county court, reversed.
' Theodore Hamm Brewing Co. VS..
John G. Hirber ct al, appellants, Pot
ter county court, affirmed.
e. 8. Smith. Sioux Falls Warehouse
Co. vs. Sioux Falls Trust Co. at al, ap-
p~ellants, Minnehaha county court, re-
Versed.
N. H. Nelson VS.. Redline Piano Co.
ct al. appellants, Roberts county court,
reversed.
Maria b. Sweeney Yellow Hair. ap-
pellant Va. Sheriff OF Charles Mix
county ct a., Charles Mix county trial
court, reversed.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
ANNUAL CROW HUNT
MADE BIG EVENT
Hunters at Canton, S. D., Kill
223 Of the Birds In
Single Day.

Canton. S. D., Nov. 30.--The annual
crow hunt Of the Canton hunters re-
Gently took place and resulted in a
total of 22S crows being killed during
the roundup. A movement has been
i~naugurated to make the crow hunt q
national event. The crow hunt OF the
local men has been an annual event for
years and the side which shoots the
fewest number OF crows has had to
pay the cost OF q banquet to all the
hunters, but this year the money was
donated to the Red Cross.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05

One American airman who fell with
his machine at Chateau-Th;erry re-
gained consciousness s In the midst of a
field OF bones, which were the German
dead from the battle of the Marne,
uncovered again, after rour years, by
German shells.
1t has been learned that the federal
government nay become the sole
owner or Hog Island. the largest fabri-
eating ship yard in the world.
The natives OF New Guinea are the
shortest lived people in the world. Sci
entfsts do NOT know whether il i;s be-
cause Of their habit of eating beetles.
OF ,hsir habit Of drinking sea water.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
SHOULD BENEFIT BY
EXPERIENCE OF PAST

Lane. 8. D., Dec. 4-George N. Whit
ney. OF this place. has a suggestion
nation. It Is as follows:
Tor more uniform laws for state and
TN order that the experience Of the
past year or more Of our government
and state in dealing with aliens and
foreign born citizens in time Of war
Ing today. Interesting developments In
connection with bootlegging are looked
for, as II Is alleged foremen in the shops
a arranged for h trip Of the two
foreigners. giving them passes and
money to buy the booze.
v laws Cloth national and state)
along this line corrected in a uniform
n comprehensive manner / would
like to MAKE the following suggestion:
That the national council Of de-
f~ense-this nation wide patriotic citi-
zenship Of men from every walk Of
life-be called into council Mt state and
national expense. In county council
first, and n representative from such
county to q state council selected. and
from said state council to a national
council. at which final tribunal there
would be formulated and proposed laws
dealing with emigration, franchise and
schools. language, conflicting with the
English tongue, etc., be given consid-
Grafton
Out of their experience, because Of
the many conflicting questions they
have been obliged to deal with during
the war period, they should be best
qualified as a whole to properly handle
these problems so difficult In the past
and provide for the future. Besides
being qualified they would be nonpar-
tisan In their dealings and therefore
fearless In their action. Otherwise,
what will we profit by the experience
OF the past? We now have a hetero-
geneous group Of state laws that
should be made uniform"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
MONTENEGRO KING
REPORTED DEPOSED
Montenegro Win Join Serbia
Under King Peter, National
House Votes.
By Associated Press.

London, Dec. liking Nicholas, Of
Montenegro, has been deposed by the
skupshtina. the Montenegrin national
assembly, according to q message re-
ceived here from Prague today.
The dispatch was sent from Prague
by the Czecho Slovak Press Bureau by
way OF Copenhagen. II says that the
skupshtina voted tho deposition on Fri
day last and declared for the union OF
Montenegro with Serbia under King
Peter.
The family of the kings was included
in the act OF deposition.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
DEMAND that NORWAY
BREAK WITH SOVIET

London, Dec. 3. - Bolsheyists have
entered the Norwegian legation at Pc
trograd and removed documents be-
longing to Switzerland. whose interests
are under the protection of Norway.
according TO q Copenhagen dispatch
to the Mail. The Norwegian minister
has protested in vain, and the news
papers of that country are demanding
that Norway break relations with the
soviet government.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05

Homer L. Ferguson. president Of tha
Hhipbuilders' Association. says there ID
urgent need OF an American merchant
marine, but II will not come unless
The people Of the. United States are
made to understand the necessity Of
It They know now, Mr.. Ferguson
said, that this country landed more
than 2,ooo.o 900 American soldiers is
Europe, but tksy ought to be informed
that 20 per cent Of these troops were
carried in British vessels; 20 per cent
In interned German vessels, and but
10 per cent In vessels built in this
country.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05

Don't say 'comrade" to Joe Benz,
White Sox pitcher. II you are not up
On footwork, says a message from Chi
cAgo. A fellow pig iron juggler In
khe Illinois Steel Company plant tried
Il. "seo. nothing can stop US. COM
rade." he Sloated. showing Benz an
account Of . big radical meeting. THE
more I thought about II, the madden ]
got" said Joe. II walks over to him
and says. I see o sang every song
there bet THE Star Epangled Banner"
I've got O notion to make you sing IL
now Then I beaned him. l don't
want any Of those bolshevists pulling
that comrade stun on me, seer"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05

The question OF what effect the
presidents absence Will have on the
In congressional circles. Many held
that the president could not approve
Of veto legislation while absent, where
the signature OF the president IL re-
CURED. Under the provisions of the
constitution II bills are not acted upon
by the chief executive within 10 days
after their passage they automatically
become executiv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
GOVERNOR NoReEcK
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

Deadwood, s. D., Nov. S0.-Gov.
Peter Norbeck, Of South Dakota, Ill In
q hospital with influenza, IL reported
improved. 1t Is expected he will leave
the hospital within the next few days.
CANToN-At a term Of state circuit
court held here q number OF cases were
disposed Of. Eugene Lee, charged with
working an old army" game upon some
Of his companions, entered a plea OF
guilty and was fined $50 and costs. VIM.
Krayenbrink entered q plea of guilty TO
the charge OF selling liquor In violation OF
the statewide prohibition law. and was
fined 500 and costs, which he paid. +.
g. Markham pleaded guilty to fraud and
was fined SIS.
HAVANA-No trace yet has been found
local stores Of e. d. Holmes and Ear
Palmenee. From the Holmes store
even gold watches were carried away
while Palmerlee lost silks to the value OF
several hundred dollars. .
BRITTON-Mr. and Mrs. p. r. Culbert.
son, Of this city. have been advised that
their son, Harry, who has been stationed
at an aviation camp near Montgomery,
Ala, for some time, had been severely
wounded "a the result Of an accident,
having been shot in the thigh.
MADISON-Sergt. Ross Kelley. a Madi-
son boy serving in France, writes that his
company has a mascot, in the person of a
l2-year-old French boy, whose mother
and three sisters n brothers have been
refugees during the greater part of .Ns
war.
ONIDA-An important business trans
action here was the sale by p. j. Murphy
Of his entire holdings in the Farmers
bank to A. r. Mcconnell, Of Mitchell, S.
d. The new owner will give the bank his
personal attention.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
SOLDIER LOSES ZIG
ROLL OF GREENsACk9

Mitchell. =. D., Dee. "a wallet
containing more than stG0 WAS lost
this morning Oh a Milwaukee railroad
train somewhere between hoe ana
Wocn.+cIet b. George %t.rdrlau. a snl-
der wins was-rptuIn Mrs from li;1 home
at Newark To- CAMP Dodge. l:id-
mIn had lett hiI wallet cn The was,,
:3trEd IN the floor G1der u. bowl. o.
hUi.dsed Srd sinty dol ~. IL ttare'er's
checss WAS at>D diTcossI,a in tho saios
rO.1ui. =
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05

-Four thousand socialists, who parad-
Cd the east side OF New York last week
shouting down with militarisn'' and
cheering for Lenine aid Trotsky, with
the red flag over all. made the mistake
Of turning into Fifth avenue. where
the few soldiers and sailors on the
street Immediately took the situation In
hand. Doughboys and officers, some
o. whom were on the street with ladies.
tore off their coats and went to the
aid OF the sailors. New York's mayor
has ordered the police to keep the red
nag out Of sight during these times"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
WHAT THE PRESIDENT
ASKS, IN A NUTSHELL

Wilson's readjustment pro-
gram:
Passage Of woman's suffrage.
Use of existing government
agencies to effect reconstruction.
Immediate resumption Of de-
velopment Of public works to
provide employment for return
ing soldiers. =
Ratification OF the Colom-
bian treaty to improve pam
American relations.
Immediate determination, Of
taxes for 1918, 1919 and 1920 and
lifting as much OF tax burden
from business as government
will permit.
Priority of distribution Of
American raw materials Of war
70 war stricken nations.
Complete contamination OF
three-year naval program
Leaves determination of rail-
roads future to congress, but
recommends against return to
pre-war conditions Of railroad
control unmodined.
Urges railroad control ques-
ton be studied by congress i'm
mediatesy to quickly remove
doubt OF their future.
Reclamation Of arid. swamp
and cut-over land.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
|BURLESON FIRES TWO :
OF POSTAL OFFICERS
BY Associated Press.

Washington. u. G., Dec. :. postmlas-
ter General Burleson has dismissed
from Government service Edward T,syn-
oldx, vice president and general man
ager ~ the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company. and A.. Il. Richards. general
superintendent Of tile company's Pa
cifjc divisions. for alleged insubordina-
ton against the r~ovsrnment's plaus TO
a~malsamat~ the Postal with the West
ern Cnlon Telegraph ,tc.ara y. 3
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-05
CIRCUS MAN APPEALS
TO SENATOR CUMMING

Washington, Nov. 29.-Declaring the
elephants are eating all the hay in Polk
county at $50 per ton, Fred Buchanan.
circus man. has sent by wire a loud
call for help TO Senator Cummins. COL
onel Buchanan declares that by reason
OF the tax which congress proposes to
put on circus tickets most OF the cir
cuses will refuse to take the road next
year. He asks Senator Cummins to go
before the finance committee and get
relief for the oppressed circus men,"