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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
GERMANY PLANNING
TO CONSCR|PT WOMEN
After War Girls Will Be Trained
to Work as Men Are Trained
for War.

Copenhagen. tbY maiD-Plans for
general conscription oil women after
the war are being made in Germany,
and there is a general feeling that girls.
as well as boys, will be compelled TO
undergo u regular period of training
corresponding TO the German YOUTHS
service In the army. The service pro-
posed for girls is not military. but civil
1t is proposed that all women hould,
preferably at the age of Il. be taken
from their homes and colnpulsorily
trained either in IL profession, Il
trade or in household duties.
The characteristic German division
between rich and poor is maintained
in the project, Girls of the upper
classes are to be trained in special
institutions; poor girls will go TO fac
tories or be placed in private house
holds, where their employers will give
them a trifle of pocket money and
make q contribution to the state.
The idea meets with wide co~lmenda-
ton in the German newspapers. but
one English critic notes that there is
some difference between male con-
scrlption which puts a m into a regi-
mont run by and for the state and a
female CONSUMPTION which makes a girl
work without wage for the profit OF
private individuals. The latter cannot
With accuracy be called anything but
slavery"
"A shor time a Berlin sociologi-
cal society offered a series of prizes
for the best essay on compulsory sery-
Ice for women and 145 essays were
submitted. The best two have just
been published. The magazine, Soziale
PraNis, in reviewing the essays submit.
ted, says:
There is general agreement that by
a thorough compulsory training the
services of women to the country will
become much greater than heretofore.
Opinions differ az to whether after
leaving school girls should be trained
principally for a profession or for
household duties. The lesson OF the
war. which has brought into clear re-
lief the abilities of women in both
spheres. is perhaps that in future a
middle course should be adopted.
''The training in households is to be
regularly supervised with a view to
seeing whether the girl really learns
something there and is not merely
made a drudge. and she must be al
lowed time to attend the women's serv-
ice school. The employers are to give
"a small sum as pocket money to the
'conscripts' and pay the state a levy
for the services rendered. This revenue
is to provide the means for creating
more Wornen's service homes"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
A KL0ND|KE TO THE
REAL FARMER
A Western Canada Crop Estimat,
ed at $4,000, Makes
$4,000.

Messrs. Harris. formerly of Audu-
bon, Iowa, wrote the audubon Advo-
cate" expressing their satisfaction of
things in Western Canada. They To-
Gated at Makepeace, Alberta. They
say there are those who make good
and those who fail. The former ara
those that land agents refer to when
advertising their land. But" contin-
ues the letter, "a great many Of the
farmers in this vicinity pay for their
land with their first crop. A man
near here bought a section of land in
the year 1915 for SOB per acre. He
broke 800 acres of the land during the
summer of 1915. In the fall Of 1916
he threshed 10000 bushels of wheat.
which paid for his land, all expenses
and had q balance of 81, 0 In the!
fall of 1917 he threshed nearly as
much Off the other half Of the section.
AT the present time he would not take
500 per acre for his land. g
I'VE have had five crops in Alberta.
The two dry years Oo14-191D our
wheat made 20 and 80 bushels to the
acre respectively. In 1916 we raised
DO bushels Of wheat to the acre ON
summer fallow. The best results are
obtained by blowing or breaking in
the summer, working it down in the
all so liiui it will retain the moisture.
Thus farming one-half your ground
each year.
Persons owning land here and still
living in the States should, if they
don't feel themselves able to come up
here and finance themselves until they
could get their first crop. get some of,
their land broken and worked down
In the fall before they come. The
next spring they could come and put
in the crop, fence and put up their
buildings. This way they have to
wait only n suInmer for their first
crop.
1T is not advisable for Il person to
come here in the spring, break OUT
land and put it in crop the first year,
because the moisture is not in the
ground and a failure is almost GER
tain unless it is an exceptionally wet
year.
o"S w >itS ocSS Iloil lllul ibtStllIyA
Mr.. Pcder NJ. Jensen came to Alberta
last spring. He bought Il 5000 Rum.
ely Oil-Pull engine on the Stl day OF
June, 1917. After that date he broke
100 acres of prairie sod for which
he received an average of $500 per
acre.
Mr.. Hansen from your community.
was up here last fall with several
prospective land buyers from Chat
neighhorhood. At that time he in
CURED the value Of the crop on the
section we We're farming. We told
him that it would probably make in
the neighborhood Of $4,000. This
same crop when sold brought nearly
$4,000. The most of it being sold
when prices were low for the yca1'-
Advertisement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
Hippolyte Fauville,
Civil Engineer.
IA bis Boulevard Suchet.


Come said M. Desmalions.
chance is favoring us. If this M.
F'auville is one of the Roussel heirs
our task becomes very much
easier"
I'm any case, Monsieur lie Pre-
fet, the solicitor %interposed, 81
must remind you that one Of the
clauses of the will stipulates that
it shall not be read until 40 hours
have elapsed. M. Fauville, there
fore, must not be informed"
TIL door was pushed open and
a man hustled the messenger aside
and rushed in.
Inspector Inspector
Verot2" he s%pluttered. Hes
dead, isn't he7 I was told"
eyes, monsieur, he is dead"
"Too late! I'm too late!" he
stammered.
And he sank into a chair, clasp
ing his hands and sobbing:
"Oh, the scoundrels! the scoun-
drels!"
BE was a pale, hollow checked,
sickly looking man of about SO.
His head was bald, above a fore
head lined with deep wrinkles. A
nervous twitching affected his
chin and lobes of his ears. Tears
stood in his eyes.
The project asked:
"Whom do you mean, monsieur,
Inspector Verot' s murderers9 Are
you able to name them, to assist
our inquiry?"
Hippolyte Fauviile shook his
head.
"No, no, it would be useless, for
the moment. My proofs would
not be sufficient. No, really
not"
He had already risen from his
chair and stood apologizing:
Monsieur lie Prefet, / have dis
turbed you unnecessarily, but I
wanted to know. was hop
ing that Inspector Verot might
have escaped. His evidence,
joined to mine, would have been
Invaluable. But perhaps he was
able to tell youi"
(condnued Next wesk.l
40 N-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
Inclined to Fudge.

P~etrograd (by mail)-The Mo.lamme-
dan Tartar men of Tchistopol district,
province of Kazan, have ordered ti1eIr
wives n daughters each to sew half
a square foot of extra material to the
handkerchiefs with which they cover
their heads. The women long ago
ceased to veil; but when meeting un-
known men they tool a tab of the bow
formed by tying handkerchiefs beneath
the chin, and held the a before the
face in place of a veil. Unluckily as
the handkerchiefs with the passing OF
time grew smaller, the tabs ceased %
v the face, and the act became only
a symbol. To make it again a reality
husbands and fathers are insisting on
bigger handkerchiefs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
Sir Robert Walpole.

Flowery oratory he dcspised. lie
ascribed to the Interested vlcNrs of
themselves or their relatives the drcla-
rations of pretending patriots, of
whom he said: "All these men have
their price.'-Memoirs Of Walpole.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14

Luis Perenna! I'm glad of that.
l have an idea: those three letters
which you say you made out on the
writing table, are you sure they
form the syllable Fau9"
II think so, Monsieur lie Prefet.
See for yourself: are not there an
r. an A and a 'Ui' And OBJ
serve that the 'F' is a capital,
which made me suspect that the
letters r the first syllable of a
proper name"
"Just so, just So" said M.
Desmalions. "Well, curiously
enough, that syllable happens to
be But wait, we'll verify our
M. Desmalions searched hurried
ly among the letters which his sec
rotary had handed him on his ar
rival and which lay on a corner of
the table.
"Ah, here we are!" he ex-
claimed, glancing at the signature
of one of the letters. "Here we
are! It's as l thought: 'Fauville.'
The first syllable is the same,
80 Look, 'Fauville,' just like
that, without Christian name or
initials. The letter must have been
written in a feverish moment:
there is no date nor address.
The writing is shaky-"
And M. Desmalions read out:
Monsieur lie Prefet-A great danger Is
hanging over my head and over the
head Of my son. Death is approaching
apace. | shall have tonight, or tomor-
row morning at the latest, the proofs of
the abominable plot that threatens us.
J. ask leave to bring them to you In
the course of the morning. / am in
need of protectionNand I call for your
assistance.
Permit me to be, etc.
Fauville.
"No other designation?" asked
Perenna. ono letter heading2"
None. But there is no mistake.
Inspector Verot's declarations
agree too evidently with this
despalrlng appeal. 1t is clearly
M. Fauville and his son who re'to
be murdered tonight. And the
terrible thing is that, as this name
OF F'auyille is a very common one,
it is impossible for our inquiries to
succeed in time
What, Monsiur le Prefet7
Surely, by straining every nerve
Certainly, we will strain every
nerve; and | shall set all my men
to work. But observe that we have
not the slightest clue"
ooh, it would be awful" cried
Don Luis. "These two creatures
doomed to death; and we unable
to save them! Monsieur lie Prefet,
l ask you to authorize me--"
He had not finished speaking
when the projects private secre-
tary entered with a visiting card
in his hand.
Monsieur lie Prefet, this caller
was SO persistent. | hesitated
NJ. Desmalions took the card and
uttered an exclamation of mingled
surprise and joy.
Look monsieur" he said to
Perenna.
And he handed him the card.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14

Piles Cured In s to IA Days
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT fails
e cure Itching, Blind, bleeding or Protrnding piles.
ftrss application gives relief. Soc.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14

A wise man doesn't try To scare a
row into standing still While hein.
MIXED.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14

Sin and misery always go together,
but sin comes first.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14
Vain imaoininu..

From the Washington Star.
What's de meanin' Of desc workless
days?' replied Wandering Mike.
Il dunno" replied Flooding Pete. I'm
kind o. hopeful dat msbbe CIV got dc
government back Of ID It last"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
FOR SEASON Of 1918

Eion College. N. c., Jan. I9.-~Tns
basketball schedule for EIon's 1913
season lie announced by Manager Hook
to begin on January 20, the opening
game to be played on the home floor
with Atlantic Christian college on
January ~.
Immediately following the opening
game <he quintet will, depart for q
week into the Old Dominion, where Il
ia scheduled to meet some or The
strongest teams In that state.
Immediately upon their return. in
quick seuccession Wake Forest and
State college VII be PLAYED and then
at intervals of a day or two IN Feb
ruary two games each are TO be SITS red
with the University, Trinity, Wake
Forest and Davidson.
The team as at present com posed
looks like a winner, and it will GER
tainly play great bali Coach john
sons confidence in the fellows Is UNI
bounded, The lineup liz as follows.
Sorrels and Captain Tuck. guards
ems, forwards.
The following schedule is an.
nounced:
Jan. 22--Atianttc Christian college,
at Zion.
Jan. 2s--university Of Virginia. At
Charlottesville.
Jan. 29---washinGton and Lee uni
yersity, at Lexington.
Jaa. s0---r NJ. l., at Lexington.
Jan. Sl---V. F. l., at Blacksburg.
Feb w. P, l.. at Blacksburg.
Feb. Roanoke college, at Salem
Feb. 6---Wake Forest college, at
Wake Forest.
Feb. 6--State college. at Raleigh.
FAR ~ yaraitv ~
lima at Chapel Hill.
Feb. t5--Universtty of North Caro-
lima. at Zion.
Feb. is--Trlntty, at Flon.
Feb. 20--State college, at Zion.
Feb. 2s--Wake Forest college, at
Elon.
Feb. 25--Tr'nity. at Durham.
Feb. 2s--DAy idson, at Elon.
Feb, 2S--Dax olson, at Charlotte
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
Richmond Will Be In international or
No Baseball League at All This Year

Reports to the contrary pstwith.
standing no one now connected With
The International league will he elect
ed TO the presidency or ,hat orsanlEa-
ton. The new president VIII he an
outsider, one In no wsv identified
wIth the league in the past
The shove is no fdle statement
The club owners have determined
upon that point.
Which Is also equlva lert 20 sAyirg
hat Edward g. Barrow viii NOT he
president Of the league another year
Not this yesT anyway
Barrow has informed tEe club
owners he wifi rot serve a1usa-
quea,lv The proposition 20 restore his
salary to its original figure. $500.
and give aim q free hand IN running
ne affairs of the league, has fallen
through
Barrow May GO 10 Red soS
y would moi ne surprising r. bar
rcw vgert 20 the ned sox ~ man
srer ?, Is known that Barrow ~ a
faverite with Owner f'rszee 81 the
Boston Americans Barrow. mt one
lime managed The Detroit Tigers and
has been IA baseball all his life al
though ne has never been even a
hhsh LEAGUE player lie is well known
II KTat" @FAlfR-l flH VIM 0NfA P1FtA hatANhi
With thr Atlantic Coast league OF
former days
The International league club own
srs have pra c'ichIly decided upon
her plan of action. The circuit VIZ
oman the same "a IN 1917 unless
he Montreal and Richmond cluhs get
proper price FOR their franchise
TIE Richmond club is reR6r 20 80
forward. This will be evident when
he league meets February IL.
owner fichenTeiu OF the Montreal
club is one OF the heet sportsmcr in
the game and hrs always gone down
IN his pocket TO make good for his
club whenever this was necessary.
AZ FOR fhe Buffalo club. The suit
against the organization was entire
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

out OF the courtroom together arm
In arm.
Ny nrst real Introduction to Mit-
cheli had been through the medium
of our quarrel over the thea tricai en-.
gagement. A bitterness was created
then that was increased as time went
on. And. of course, never had Q
real chance until that day OF our trial
In Jacksonville to learn the real Char.
lie Mitchell. He was a sarcastic
chap, but witty and clever to an ex-
treme. He always had q quickly ana
swer for everything that was said.
And that boy had a hair-trigges
| brain. He was one of the smartesk
men that ever stepped into a prize
ring and one of the brainiest I have
ever known.
And Mitchell was q good loser.
AS We walked out of the court
house, one Of the very hrst thiAgs
he said to me was:
Jim, WAS deceived"
Flows that?" ! said.
These advisors OF mine said yoa
couldn't hit. They told me that an
YOU had was q left jab. I watched
for it, but you bloomin' bewgar, you
din't use Il. My. what a blow on
sent TO my body. say, Corbett,
why didn't you lie. me know yu1
could hit"
END
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

on Fielder Jones hall team for the
past two years.
Manager Jack Hendricks of the
St Louis Cardinals. SAYS the Cards
could use Steve Yerkes. Herman
Hronkle or Duke Reilly, OF the In
dianapoiis team. Without saying any
thing to hurt the feeling OF the play
ers named. II wasg1 supposed - that
Hendricks realized ne was in MAYOR
league when he Joined the Cardinals,
but he evidently doesn't fully realize
It yet.
Prospects that diners may be cut
off many trains brings up~a subject
that may interest wives OF bail pla "
ers. Suppose, for instance. that the
players have to carry their lunch co
with them while making trips, will
their good wives have TO put up box
lunches? Considering the appetites
4 some well known athletes that
would mean gate an addition 10 a
travelling clubs baggage,
Casey Stengel, playing IN the broad
expanses Of the PittsburE outfeld,
may not have such an assist record
next season as he had last. They
say StenRel made his great record be-
cause of his uncannA judEmen II
hounds off the wall at Ebbets Acid
iAEt year. Many Oatter VINO tnougnt
lie had a sure base hit wound
up at the keystone bag TO And u
throw from Casey waiting him there.
Del Baker. Seal catcher. ~ now In
the United states navy and IA station
ed at Bremerton, Wash He .
Harry Heilman. urging him to toin
that branch of the service. Baker
and tFeilman were on the Detroit club
together and are great pals. Baker
kes life In the navy and he writes
about Il go enthusiastically that ne
has the hard hitting young outaelder
thinking seriously shout Joining.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20


Charlie Mitchell went down when
J landed that waliop on his Jaw in
the third round OF our Jacksonville
fight, And he stayed down quite a
long time--lonE enough to win for
me the $4,000 purse, the $4,000
side bet, the fight and the undisput-
cd title OF heavyweight champion of
the world.
That ought to end the story. But
IL doesn't. Just about as soon as
Charlie recovered from The wa Hop,
WE were arrested charged with infrac-
ton of the laws OF the state OF Florida
The authorities had been kind
enough not to halt the bout but there
the leninecy ended. Charlie aid
we're taken into custody and hustled
of to Jail.
! But we weren't locked up. As
soon as we arrived at the jail and
! the charges had been preferred
! against us, bail for each OF us was
( nxed at $4,000. We furnished II on
the spot ana 40 evoided a barred
window outlook and bread and
water diet
| The date OF our trial was fixed for
the latter part of March and Charlie
and I were on hand when the time
came for selecting the Jury. I've sat
in many funny incidents In nv
! life but nothing that provoked more
! laughs than that occasionsd by the
selection OF the twelve men In whose
| hands our fate was to rest. Just as
a sample;
I A big, buiking chap was put up for
/ examination as to his qualifications
as juror.
"Do you know Charlie MiteheaT''
/ he was asked.
! "Tope!"
"Do you know James CorhettT''
! DO you know John l. Sullivan ~
Nope. Don't know any OF 'em
Never heard tell OF 'em either. who
be theyr'
"Do you mean to tell me You never
heard OF sullivan. Mitchell or Cor
bet, the pugili~tic cAampions?"
! Yep. that's what ah mean
"Y~u know. OF course, that Corbeti
and Mitchell broke the laws cf this
state by iudulging In prize fight in
this ctty7" duizged my attorney,
"Noper
do you mean to say that you ffvt
In this citv where the fight was held
and which attracted worldwide In
terest and vet you don't know any
thing about 1T
Yep, that's II, never heard tel
about that fight, When was itT''
You're excused.'' cut in the Judge
ending the comedy.
Among the Jurors who were select
ed early was a big husky who wore
about pound Of chewing tobacco
inside one cheek and who kept wink
ing at me every time I looked his
WY, as much as to gay:
'Tservs II to mo. kid"
Finally the Jury was selected, II
heard thu evidence, retired and re-
turned Ave minutes later.
What is your verdict" asked tins
judge.
mot guilty." was the reply. And
Charlie Mitchell and were free
After the forFnaiities of our dis
rnissal were over looked over al
( Charlie who was standing about ten
( feet from me- on the other side OF
he Judges bench. Charlie looked al
me-and both OF US smiled. The Oh
enmity between us that nAd lasted
for nearly three years Was gone IN 9
twinkling. And Charlie and walked
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

Here's an odd one Report from
Toledo has IT that Roger Bresnahan
will train hia battery men with the
New YORK Yankees at Macon. II was
supposed that Bresnahan and Hug
gins were NOT even on speaking terms
Time however, heals all sores and
thew may have made up.
The Boston Braves take more than
chance with Buck Herzog They
also fall heir TO bis $40 600 q year
contract. which has one more season
TO run,
Chicago fans expect 70 see the Cubs
start off In the lead In the next Ma
tional league race Wei, the Cubs
started Off something like that last
year--but where did thev finish?
Arthur Fletcher will be the cap
tain Of the Giants next season, what
ever that signifies He succeeds Char r.
lev HeraoE. who became captain
when LARRY Dovla departed Doyle
returns as private
Roth 81 Louis bali clubs have iost
their 1917 trainers. Doc Wood left
the Cardinals and went TO the Van
KEGS With Miller IIu.Gina and now
Doc t1wlHr has gust the Browns and
i"med the Roston Red Sox.
Pitcher Joe Oeschrer, aluunus ri
- Hsry's college hls been named TO
assist in coaching tho California
, hools baseball squad ju the spring
: Ooscaycr wac 81 NfSt1'a star pitcher
when the phllltes landed him
The latest statement rem riding tAe
nt>- draft raJ. that only slncle ms,
yIl he called. gives baseball climbs a
Fixed basis from which tn figure and
RS result lot Of unoasiness in re-
gard 60 the future has reen alln~ad
Transfer Of Larry Dov,e 10 t1e
, Giants ~ pla, second hose il A great
dlsar continent To aar~>-rs Of 'N~nrnv
smun the Pittsburr lad AZ thew had
# all Ar,lrel out that AlcGrar va - a
mike him the reg1Ijnr second hasa
man.
John NcCr,w traded Tarr,. rovIa
I. to Chfra 20 FOR H%,rv Zimmerman
7 Now Doyle Is hack With inc Giants
/ and viii ploy alarrsidr Pin, soma
7 interesting commissions befvgoen thesa
two masters Of repartes should ra.
suit
! Report from Harersfovy7 MA. that
pitcher Pin cbrracU ~ fha qt T,oD,s
/ cardinals. had enlisted I'm tho arrov Ia
denied by no 1ese f. persor than sshAr
dell himself That ehouli settle II
ana (, takes a .qrcAt lend Of the mind
OF T7resident Ptckrv.
Manager rtetlrvsor. NJ the C,ar
cfnrati ne8s had hopad "a get Al
| Nar,sux fror ptttshurg %ov thaf
he soAs 20 Prooklyu tho Cir-rinna n
| club IN exoe~fed to rercw lts offers
FOR Rvbe wnroua~a OF the Dodgers
with more hone Of Iar6inr him
: Mike Marcskev. a. tho W-nshinrton
team who has foiued the army. was
horn tr Austria and ia father is an
Austrian subject, hui that won't pre-
vert Aripn froro doine his est NJ, for
r-nc1a Sam. uo 70 with the rntirs,oI
army AT cann Custer. Mich
-npa Rixav. who took a terhut cai
examination For admission 10 snecial
work in ,ha army. hae bean commits.
stoned . first lieutenant IN the SAM