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The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29
THE MOLLUSC PROVES
A GOOD SHOW

/ While not so generous az some
audiences in it's applause it was
evident throughout that the aud
! fence which assembled at the Gem
Theatre on last Friday night, thor
oughly enjoyed "The Mollusc' the
play Which was presented as one
of the numbers Of our Lyceum
course.
The unusual nature Of the plot
has, already become the subject OF
almost as much favorable comment
as the splendid acting by which
it was carried out.
Mr.. Evans as Tom Kemp, who
had wrenched himself from the
grip Of "molluscry' in the ener-
getic atmosphere Of Colorado, was
easily the most popular Of the
players with his captivating inter
probation of the characteristic
healthy. iovial, determined Ameri-
can. The title role of "The Mol
lusc" was also we'll taken by Iii
Ian Booth. But the feature of the
play was the acting of Mr.. Elem
ing and Marion Evenson in the
role of governess. The awkward
and difficult situations into which
both were at times thrown and
especially the strained circum-
stances of the governess in the
! love scenes with Tom Kemp were
so effectively carried through that
both players are worthy of more
than passing commendation.
To the many who saw and so
heartily endorsed it, "The Mollusc'
has set the standard a notch high
er and it will not. be an easy mat
ter to secure other Lyceum plays
that will appeal more widely to
the real lovers of art in Philip.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29
DO YOU FEEL IT COMING ON
YOU?

A contemporary gives the follow
ing advice to its delinquent SUBJ
scribers: IF you have frequent
fainting spells, accompanied by
chills, cramps corns bunions, chill
blains, epilepsy and jaundice, it is
. sign you are not we'll and liable
to die any minute. Pay your sub
scription in advance and thus
make yourself solid for a good OBJ
ituary notice. /"
We pass the advice along for
any of our subscribers who may
have observed these symptoms or
any Of them, in themselves.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29
NEWS FROM THE WILD
CATS OF OIL CREEK

Every one is interested in oil dc
velopment IN central and western
South Dakota is no doubt anxious
to see some of the wells that ar,
now being drilled, completed a,
early as possible 1t may be wei
to explain that in all northern OF
/ producing districts it is the Gus
tom not to try Wild eating
nor the drilling Of test wells
which as a rule are located some
distance from other oil district,
and necessary supplies for carry
ing on drilling operations, during
the winter season for the reason
that large amount of watei
suitable for boiler purposes anC
work of flushing out the we'll a
it is drilled, cannot be pumped
through iron pipes unless such
pipes are placed in the groune
below freezing which would neees-
state a large expense 1t is no.
as economical to drill in the win
ter as during warm weather.
1t is estimated that it costs
more than. twice as much to dc
the work in the winter than the
same work performed under warm
weather conditions. For reasons
as above explained, the oil well
at Standing Butte has closed
down for the winter season With
the drill having reached depth
of 2050 feet. Indications for pro
duction are considered better at
this depth than those found ear
her in the drilling Of the well,
but all conditions have been very
favorable or the success Of this
we'll during the entire undertak
ing.
The we'll has passed through the
Dakota sandstone having found
three sands and is now in what is
known as the Fuson formation
and has found the formations
such as to warrant experienced
oil men in claiming that the out
look for production in this we'll
as unusually favorable.
The Lakota sandstone has not
been reached by the drill but
should be found within the next
100 feet and not to exceed $50 feet.
As the Lakota sandstone carries
oil in Montana and Wyoming and
the increase in supply OF gas
found in this well seems to indi-
cate that either q large supply of
dry gas or oil lies below the bot
tom of the present hole, it is very
possible that oil will be found in
the Lakota when the drill reaches
that sand.
The South Dakota Development
& Refining Co., is actively lay
ING plans for continued work on
this well beginning about March
list next, expecting to rush the
we'll to completion in the spring
or at least early summer and will
be offering stock in the company
to everyone willing to help the
undertaking during the interval
before drilling is commenced as
above stated Fort Pierre Times
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29

On January lst another new law
will become operative in South Da-
kota and that is the one providing
for a one cent tax on each gallon
of gasoline used in the motor We
hicc. The drop in the price of gas
oine since year ago does not
make the tax as painful as it
might have been but it all adds
To the high. cost Of ioysriding.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29

to establish his innocence He
bore an excellent reputation while
here.
Philip and Waggoncr and Buel
and Denu are defending and John
Hefferon of Deadwood and States
Attorney Elton Stanley will handle
the prosecution, so that the line
up Of the attorneys is the same as
in the recent Sawville murder case
which terminated last week at
Rapid City with manslaughter
verdict.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29

Wanted Practical nursing to
do. Mrs. G. A. Gaines, phone G, M.
Lloyd residence. as If
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-12-29

Apply to Bielski Farm Loan Co.
for Real Estate LOANS. 2tf
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
COURT DECISIONS
MENACED BY LEAK
HAPG0OD ASSERTS
Writer Declares Giving of Ad-
vance Information Should Be
Prevented by Law. }
by NORMAN ,HAPGooD.

The case of the leak in the
Supreme Court has taken another
step. On account OF the death of
Judge Gould the briefs in the Gaze
had to be filed over again. The
charge is that Justice McISe-aa's
former secretary gave out ad, pnce
information, and that he and IFS
friends speculated in stocks on the
basis of advance knowledge.
The defense is that these acts were
not subject to legal penalty, although
reprehensible. Whether they were
technically criminal or not is for the
court to- determine. That they were
not only wrong in a high degree,
but capable of very serious conse-
quences, is certain. ..-.r ...- b.,
The decisions of the Supreme Cour.
are the best kept secrets in Wash
ington. often 1t takes months to
write he decisions after they are
actually reached, These delayed de-
cisions often have the most extensive
bearings on business interests. Often
they bear on industrial conflicts
Lawyers are always trying to find
out in advance what they are going
to be, "a ~
Only a little while ago an attamnt
was being made to gather Inforrna-
ton about the outcome of the Gaze
against the United Mine Workers
The intention was, II the verdict
against the miners was affirmed to
start cases against them all over tts
country in the attempt to destroy
their unions !.
A case that aroused great interest
among lawyers, as well as among
loan agents and farmers, was the
farm loan case. In spite OF every eff
fort nobody was able to obtain an ink
ling of the result until the decision
was actually rendered.
One of the most admirable things
about our Supreme Court Is the sue
cess with which its secrets have been
kept. When II is realized that every
one of the justices has a secretary,
and that clerical assistance Is also
involved, the success with which leaks
are avoided, becomes in the highest
degree commendable.
To break down this standard is a
very serious offense whatever may be
the legal technicalities about whether
or not II constitutes in law n fraud
against the United States, which is the
theory on which the indictment Is
drawn.
The employe who undertakes to
break down this tradition, this high
trust, for his own gain is engaged In
a wicked enterprise that must In
every possible way be checked.
1t is understood that Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty takes this view OF the
matter and that the case will be pros
ecuted energedcaIly with the view of
not merely Furnishing these offenders,
but still more of impressing both on
men in positions of trust and on
spectators in Wall Street that any
conspiracy to use such information
for gain will be dangerous under
taking.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
Marlborough to Wed.

LONDON, June 4.-The Duke Of
Marlborough declined to discuss
his engagement to Miss Gladys
Deacon. Miss Deacon Is understood
now to be on a visit to English
friends. She spends a good deal OF
her time In France, and the wedding
may take place there
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
WOUNDED VET, OUT
. OF WORK, SOUGHT
BY HIS MOTHER
Douglas w, Bliven Disappears
After Leaving House to Ac-
cept Job He'd Landed.

Believing that injuries received IN
the world war. coupled with the fact
that he had been out of employment
for several. weeks may have affected
his mental condition, Mrs. Marguerite
Avery today appeal to the police and
The Washington Times Bureau for
Missing Persons to aid in the search
for her brother, Douglas w. Bliven,
twenty-six years old. who disappeared
from his home 2016 p street north
west. Thursday.
According to Mrs. Avery, her broth
er had been out of work for four
weeks, but obtained position last
Wednesday as deputy marshal in the
municipal court, and was TO repoct for
work Thursday. He left his home
Thursday morning, presumably to go
to work, but failed to report at the
municipal court. He has not been
heard from since.
my mother is almost Frustrated
and we are all worried sick over his
sudden disappearance" said Mrs
Avery today.
Since his return from France, she
said, where he was severely wounded,
I've has been very nervous. Worry
over his physical condition, together
with lack of employment before OBJ
tanning a new job, may have affected
his mind, she said.
Bliven, at the time of his dIsap-
rearance, was 8ttired in a light tan
suit, tan shoes and straw hat. He
IL described as 81 in height black
hair ana brown eyes and weighs
about $50 pounds
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
PRISONER SAYS
. HIS pal" KILLED
MD. GIRL BRIDE
Continued from First Page. }

NCUhIIhued from Flrst Page.D
OF the second negro. For several
bours they secured the country side
and finally captured him in a barn
on the Fairfax farm. about FIVE miles
from the scene of the crime.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
Russia Is Communistic
At Heart, Krassin, Lenine
Trade Diplomat Asserts
BY International News service.

4, LONDON, June 4.--The Communists
controlling Russia have retreated
economically. but they have not been
routed. declared Leonid Krassin,
Bolshevik trade envoy, in statement
here today explaining the new soviet
policy rSt
NJ. Krassin, who has just returned
from Moscow, where the. Communist
Party endorsed Lenine's new program,
said that this action does not mean
that Russia will become capitalistic.'
Industrial reconstruction is going
forward In Russia" said NJ. Krassin
FOOD is still the great problem. The
failure of last years harvests owing
TO drought brought about a terrible
shortage. We still have some months
to go before the new crop is in. Good
rains have fallen lately and the pros
pect is much better. What Russia
wants more than anything else - Two
or three good harvests.
AS regards any re-establi5amt Mt
of capitalism in Russia, / say .his:
Our new peasant policy is a retreat
economically. but II Is not ra:t.
Our foreign trade relations must
mean certain amount OF compromise
but il does not mean that we haN
ceased to be Communists or that Ru
STA is going to turn into a capitalistic
Dtate.
Remember, we said at the very
beginning that unless the Russian
revolution was followed by a Euro
pean revolution, Russia must com
promise to some extent for time"
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
GERMANS, ROUTED
BY POLISH REBELS,
ABANDON TURAWA
Skirmishes Reported in Halt a
Dozen SiIesian Towns--Brit-
ish Aid Defenders.
by FRANK MASON.
International News Service.

BERLIN, June 4.-Polish insur-
gents have opened heavy firing all
along the Silesian front followin g
brief Iull in the hostilities, said
advices from oppeln today.
The Poles have captured Turawa
from the German volunteers. who
evacuated the town after losing ten
men in killed and wounded.
Polish armored trains are lombard
ing the town of Slawa
An attack was launched by the
Polish insurgents east of Annaberg,
but II was repulsed.
Near Brzenitz and GreEorswitz
the Poles attempted TO force cross
ings of the river Oder. but were
driven back.
The Poles. occupied Piess, but later
evacuated the city, according to In
formation from Breslau, Sixty Ger
nan policemen at Pless were taken
prisoner by the insurgents.
English sirmen are being sent to
Silesia TO reinforce the troops already
tp that district, said an Oppeln dis
Tstch to the Deutsche Allgemeine
2eitung.
Fighting has broken out between
French and Polish insurgents at Kat
towitz, In Silesia. said sdvices today.
Z he Poles have been driven from
tPeir positions in the Bogoschuetz
district. The German plebiscite COM
missioner has offered the services of
German volunteers to protect Beuthen
from the Polish insurgents.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
Russian Gold Reserve
Purely Mythical, Foreign
Diplomatic Advices Declare

by international News Service.
Russia has been almost completely
'cleaned" of its gold supply, reliable
diplomatic advices today declared.
The Soviet government, the dis
patches said, has practically exhaust
sd all the gold it possessed in pay
nent for goods brought in from con-
tnguous countries.
Most of the gold which has come
out of Russia since the Soviets gained
control, has reached neutral countries
After being delivered in neu-i
tral capitals the gold has been melted
into bars and now bears the stamp
Of some of the neutral governments.
Large amounts OF this gold already
has reached America. Much of IL has
borne the mint stamp of the Swedish
government. Under this, or other
guarantees II Is being accepted at
United States Assay offices.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
HiIIeary Buys Residence,

CUMBERLAND. Md, June 4.-Levi
s. HILLARY. wealthy retired mercha7 IT
here and until recently owner o. the
Olympia Hotel building. has pur-
chased the home OF Capt f. ". w
Duvall at Hyattsville, Md. for $4,000
and will take possession July %
The Washington times., 1921-06-04

day. found one sheet OF that diary
he said. and he refuses to disclose al
this time what IL contained. But CON
WINGED him that the supposed Bessie
Love" was in league with one or two
others, all supposed by him to be I'm
the employ of Stillman, to try 20
badger him or catch him in a com
promising position. Beauvais' frie al
overheard the woman say one night.
he declared:
snow. Fred, don't believe that
nm here to harm you. am here
because 4 think a lot of you. you
should go out In the woods with
me. Is II true that You are poInu
TO marry Mrs. stIIImsn when this is
all oyerf
Enraged at her words, Beauvais
fatty declared:
"Now. l. know in whose employ
your are. Wouldn't II be nice in
deed, II you could take back a
morsel of something that ! might
say on such an absurd subject.
You will please not mention
matter OF that sort again"
on another occasion the woman of
mystery said
II know / am being followed by
persons who would like TO see me
in the hospital permanently until
thnt case Is over. But those who
are watching me arc being wpwched,
and " they start anything they will
he pumped full of lead"
This remark led Beauvais TO believe
that the woman possibly is the one
who Is represented as having once
sought TO gain admission to Banker
stillmsn's Office for the purpose Of
shooting him.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
Dempsey-Carpentier
Fight Is O. X. With
Uncle Sam
BY international News Service.

Attorney General Daugherty
will not interfere with plans for
the Dempey- Carpenter fight. and
a deaf ear will be turned to appeals
asking the Government TO stop the
fray, it was officially declared at
the Department of Justice today.
The formal protest Of the Rev.
Wilbur f. Crafts, head Of the In
ternational Reform Bureau. sent to
the Attorney General from Lin
coin, Nebr., asking him to prevent
the fight, had not reached the De-
partment early today.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04

LEN|N STILL
SUPREME IN
RED RUSSIA
CONTINUED from First Page.)

would lend money to private indi-
viduals or to groups of private in
dividusls for private factories which
observe the labor laws. These
factories must be conducted under the
regulation OF the trade unions, this
being part of the law of the State.
Referring to concessions and for
sign trade, M. Milutin said:
Insufficient funds of mere IAN
disc will be augmented through
foreign exchange. Through the
conclusion of our treaties with
other countries, the government OF
Soviet Russia has already entered
into one phase of the realization OF
this plan. We must have foreign
trade In order that the pensants
shall procure merchandise. With
out such development IT is imDossi-
BILE to solve the food problem"
IL seems apparent hat the Soviet
government desires TO retain con-
troll of the industries. Ii IL also
apparent that however fnr II mry
so In compromise or retreat,
NicolaI Lenin remains I'm supreme
command of the situation.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
WELLESLEY GIRLS SHOCKED
AT NEW RULES FOR DRESS

WELLESLEY, Mass. June 4.-The
girl students at the Dana Hall School
here are indignant and amazed at the
new rules regarding their attire, Is
sued by the school authorities yester-
day. They include:
Skirts must be at least six Inches
below the knees. Gaudy colored hats
are prohibited. Evening dresses
must have sleeves that can be recos-
nized as such. High heels are taboo.
No light velvet dresses will be al
lowed.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
40 NATIONS INVITED TO
PERUVIAN CELEBRATION

LIMA, June 4.--Forty nations have
been invited TO send representative
to this city next month to attend the
centennial celebration OF Peruvian in
dependence.
Great Britain, Germany. Japan,
France, Italy. China, Norway the
Central American States and Mexico
have signified their intention to be
represented. Argentina plans 10 send
cavalry troop and an air squadron,
and Bolivia will send company OF
infantry.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
DENIES KILLING HER.

from the scene of the crime.
DENIES KILLING HER.
IT didn't do IT" exclaimed Dicker.
son when he saw the policemen: with
drawn revolvers, approaching him.
Didn't do what?" asked Constable
Garrison.
II didn't shoot Mrs. Weber" replied
the negro.
The two negroes were brought to-
Ecther and Cousins was forced to re-
peat the confession he had previously
made to the officers. Diokerson still
maintained his innocence, declaring
he had never owned a revolver and
that he had never seen Mrs. Weber.
The only thing / know about the
killing" Dickerson said, lis wha. /
heard people talking about. 1 didn't
have nothing to do with it," d..
States Attorney Ryon would take
no chances on locking the two pris-
oners up at either HyattsviIle or in
the Marlboro jail. Open threats have
been made that the assailant and
slayer OF Mrs. Weber would be lynch
ed IL captured. For several days after
the killing Of Mrs. Weber, posses of
citizens searched the countryside for
the slayer. ..
ARRESTS CAUSE SURPRISE.
The arrest of the negroes in. con-
nection with the staying OF Mrs.
Weber was ssrprise to some off,
Gals. Only yesterday Detective Ser
geant Peter b. Bradley, of the BaIti-
more police department, who had
teen investigating the case at the in
stance of Governor Richie, went to
hetroit to arrest white man, a for
nter suitor of Mrs. Weber, as the
slayer.
After questioning the former lover,
Bradley became convinced that he
was not implicated in the crime and
that ne was in Detroit on the day that
Mrs. Weber was assaulted,
states Attorney Ryon this morning
stated that he would urge the court
to reconvene the grand jury at once
TO have the prisoners indicted and
brought to a speedy trial.
The Washington times., 1921-06-04
AGED N. J. MAN SENTENCED
TO 80 YEARS FOR MURDER

ATLANTIC CITY, June 4.-Joseph
Veil, sixty-one, LandisvilIe. withdrew
his plea OF not guilty to the Staying
OF MS son-in-law, Daniel Martinelli.
overseas veteran, March IL and
pleaded no defense in criminal court
at Mays Landing yesterday. Veil
KILLED the young man with a shotgun
while he sat in their home.
Justice Charles c. Black sentenced
Veil to not more than thirty years and
not less than fifteen.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-14
The Baptist Church
Ralph A. Craig. Pastor.

Preaching, Sunday School and
B. Y. P. U. at regular hours.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at TOO o'clock.
On Sunday afternoon the or
dinance of baptism will be
ministerd at the Park Baptist
church in Brookfeld. There are
five candidates and will possibly
be more by that time. If the
roads are in a condition for cars
to run we will leave the church
at 200 o'clock. If not we will go
over on the 1920 train. If you
have a car that you can take it
will be appreciated.
In behalf of the church the
pastor wishes to say that we are
very grateful to all who have
helped on the basement PROPOSE
tion. The improvement is COM
pleted and paid for in full and
we feel that we owe much to our
faithful committee, the member
ship who have stood behind
them, and those of the public
who have so willingly helped
and especially to Brother Higgins
who, by a liberal offer started
the move that paid off the last
Of the debt. Let US, as a church,
prove ourselves worthy of this
iaith.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-14
Coop. Meeting

Fully fifty per cent of the two
hundred members of the Laclede
Cooperative Company attended
the annual stockholders meeting
at the city hall last Saturday.
President Ringland presided.
The main business was the
election of three members of the
the board of directors, 2. R.
Killing, D. E. Stark and Emil
Brendahl, being chosen.
Ralph Loomis of the cooper
ative extension department of
the state university was present
and made a fine talk on the bene-
fits of cooperation and gave
some helpful suggestions.
Ross Nichols, the retiring
county agent, also attended the
meeting.
i A representative of the Hirst's
interest, promoting scheme to
establish cooperative cold
storage plant at Chillicothe, was
also present and presented his
plans but no action was taken
toward joining the movement,
either by the Laclede company
or its individual members.
The cash system was adopted,
prompt monthly payment being
considered cash. Credit will be
with drawn from those who do
not make monthly payment.
At a board meeting Monday
evening H.H. Hoyer was elected
president to succeed L. T.
Ringland whose term had ex-
pired; L. T. Rowland, vice-pres-,
ident, and E. E. Gould was re-
elected secretary treasurer. T..
r. Killing, who was elected
Saturday, rendered his resigna-
tion as a member of the board,
and L. T. Ringland was elected
to the vacancy.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-14
Missouri Postmasterships

While in Jefferson City to
attend the inaugural ceremonies,
Senator Selden P. Spencer con-
ferred with Governor Hyde
anent federal appointments, in
Missouri and a thorough under
standing was reached.
An outline of the policy as
given out by Senator Spencer,
we believe will meet with the
approval of the organization and
the party in general.
Spencer declared he is not
committed to the appointment
of any man for any federal job
in Missouri and has given con-
sideration to none except the
district attorneyship at Kansas
City.
PRESIDENT wilson S vacation
appointments, Spencer said, will
not be confirmed. Missouri post
office appointments as sent in by
President Wilson will not be
confirmed, he added.
Spencer said two courses have
been considered in connection
with the post offices of this and
other states, these being: %
To advocate the revocation by
President Harding of the ex-
ecutive order putting post
masters under civil service, and
(2) to maintain some sort of a
civil service regulation. He
made it clear that Missouri
democrats who are holding
lown good post office jobs in
would lose them when
The new administration goes in.