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•W tl *SrJ« «. V_{yS»4£ W ^'S =5 „sfc£ -CvJ^T^ *»$ 1 \.rn I •c IB :%/rr4 li ENGLAND ELATED OVER DOWNFALL :RUSS AUTOCRACY ®9HL* Jl% '^WSfiS^p®w ntss. ?$% €By T. P. O'Connor.) Throughout England there is a self 's «eatro(Ied optimism. During the last week, things hav« been going right «ve»irwfcere. The Russian revolution is a thing naiversal joy. The addition of tha comntry to the family of free nations peems to promise more vigorous-prose" cution of the war .and t.o avert all danger of a separate peace. Tb^se attempts long haunted the silUes, but the reaction in Russia, with .the xioiuiilote overthrow of autocracy, has removed all danger of Russia, yielding to'Germany and concluding a separate peace v.iiieh would release Germany from the necessity of mam StAti«g-&'luige military organization to prHxct its own borders from Cos 4 ni 1 TSbe Gcis^Jin retreat, on the' western front, '-e fraught with bidden 'lins Kat'&) Ifejuo J" 0(1 llu? armj v, ii.li gfeau ciiburt5»{ato, and, comos-at the sam^ time as tb« trtat Mesopotamian- sue coss tliotfgh people here are still sueasing as to Von Hindenburg% next move. ",j &isapp.earaa.cc ot the .Germ,ms fronj.i the SYcRch. .r,,,session of ich long lines apparently! fortified in] reef* rfctlroad line "betwe such an imp-egnab-le manner and relinguisli in,? of powerfully defended villages and towns" on the Somme front and liberation of long imprisoned French people have convinced England that her great, offensive, so costly in men and so often arrested, will bring final V, success and make her feel that all of •c/lfher sacrifices now have begun to jas ^Vtify themselves. simultaneously come rumors from WM nnn rt* .nnj) l«ntt?clVi j. 1 Holland and Switzerland of unofficial ""attempts, instigated from high Ger- Una* sources, to discuss new peace -terns, this time applying npt ,to .the! •alrivs only, hut to sail «&«».& oaptoxed. Hx*b French State College Students w«-T Tie Brookings Register reports a re««nt address to the students of the State College, as follows: of WatertoWri de-' A. H. Hasche 1 ivered the regular convocation ad- •f:?:34ii(lrMi at State College on Tuesday, em phasizing the need of a business train ing. He asserted that it is the pros perous man who is in position to ac complish things and'to enjoy himself. While it is the duty of every Individ ll&lual to develop the natural resources of South Dakota, yet the. individual is handicapped, without capital and a business training. A man without business ability is handicapped in competition with other men neither sea* he enter into the life of his pity or county effectively. :'"Mr. Hasche urged all students to make a study of the elements of busi ness and to plan on saving a reserve fund for future emergencies^ The modern business man is a better bar gainer than the man who is unac auainted with the rules of business. In the first place the real, business maa knows values. While this is a day of co-operation and co-operative orsftnizations, yet the people who are members of such societies need the knowledge of business which will en a Me th^em to carry on co-operative op erations successfully. He urged tjie students^ to elect business courses whfle in college, to keep their eyes and ears open for practical informa tion and to do some independent thinking. "The address was Tvell received and considered one of th& mbst 'practical offered to the student* this yeat.'gg^ Sister: "Did Grace tell the truth when you asked her her age?", Brother: "Sb« giBter: "What did site say?* .-,1®^ %vBrother|i,'f'Sbe said it was nonr of aohr busiwias."—^Judiel Sffio muT ever dared tell the truth ^^sg^^aboBt women mljr a wduim'«im do b-.'« %nrh«9^e worth no more Utaa kMt I vltovt, FRENCH SMASH ON GERMAN UNES IN QUENTIN REGION! Driving forward north and south of St. Quentin, the heart ot the Hinden burg line says an Associated Press report, of yesterday morning, the al lies have cut two of the four main railroads which feed the city, while a third is well within reach of the French guns. •With,La Fere inundated by the re treating Germans, and two of its dominating forts in. the hands of the French, the chief interest in the tre mendous battle whjcli has been rag ing for a,week on an eighty mile front shifts to historic St. Quentin., Bloody Fight Ratjes.%.' The GOTians lire "malting desperate ixmd bloody atempts to' wre^t. from tfce Trepch the I®i"o'v-Be:nay 1 The village of Ooucy-1 erChateau tack laBt night, the war office an nounces. Further progress was made in the lower section of Coucy forest, p11 of the northern part of which is now held by the French. On the northern section of the great, battle line, the situation is somewhat obscure. Neither Bi&tish nor German official communications throw much light on the operations here. Some progress has been made in the direc tion of Cambrai by General Haig, but apparently the determined resistance of the Germans has checked the Brit ish advance along the whole Arras sector Death Blow to Turk. While the issue of the titanic struggle in France remains in doubt the stage is set for sensational possi bilities in far off Mesopotamia. In the plain of the Tigris five armies are converging on the Turks in the hope of dealing a death blow to Ot toman power in its eastern empire. Th.e Russians are advancing from Persia in three divisions, driving the Turks before them, and have already crossed the Turkish frontier at two places. To the south General Maude, con queror of Bagdad, is pressing forward up the Tigris and the Diala river. Presbyterians Hold Annual Business Meet The annual meeting of the Presby terianY church was held a few days since and the work of the past year considered and reported upon. .. Treasurer George Skells reported the receipt of |1,668.48 from all sources during the year and the disburse ment of $1,655,50, leaving a balance of $12.98 in the treasury. J. B. Caldow, treasurer of th'e build ing fund, reported the receipt of $14, 897,33, all but $297J^ oif Which had been paid oat. He also reported an pntstanding indebtedness of $2,903.82. The total cost of the new church wa« $w,0M.00i,|C:'C Hcmiiittg w«gt-*8*imi .elects ^trnstee,v to succeed himweU, and Mi another -l^. p. (^bnekB efioM to 0W2BB VOL. 16 NO. 42 WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, jTHTJKSDAY, MARCH 88, 1917 plat eau,'. Jl*om 'which General-• NivelTe\s tin uHBtlfu the^OUtl 1. .4 Tji'nirth^JS to the cM' liositfon, to the 0. i^of 1 Ciltlc£,,p»e'of gra a peri 1^U1'''3* to t})* -"'lth 't^ 14ve veil 10 the st of '""i.., Quentin, hawmeiir a' gr*-ii 4er.t in the Genu hue VHween that town.:- ja^d Sr Ftrr TIm- ad-vancc of this sancnt three milea further .would give ithe last di£ "betweeii the two ton^ns.? -^^i'fiijFrensh Foriri Curve, 1 ..'/asyp'jif- ... South 'of La Fere the French troops have, ^wung in a great curve around the forests of Coucy and St. Gobain. the, fdrinidatole natural barrier- wlncli lies between them and Laon, the southeirmost. ,fortre?$.-jOn. the Hinden burg line. X'7 In the center of th# curve, General •fJiVelle Jbas forced a wedge into the fotfest, Wit about ten miles of heavily timbered country must- yet be con quered before he reaches his goal. ,-H 4 IS THE PERCi SAFE? Bishop Burleson vlo Visit: Watertown on Palm Sunday, April "TV Bishop HugljE JL. Btn*leson, S. T.'D, one of the not£d ehur^hmen v.In".''^^rj^eatj^wUl make tembrt tertown the coming Sunday, Atril 1, at Trinity Episcopal Church. Bishop Burleson has but recently assumed the duties of the diocese, but he has manifested such an earnestness and an aggressiveness and such a high degree of spirituality as to have drawn unto him all of those with whom he has come in contact during his brief sojourn in. the state. Rev. S. S. Mitchell, the ^rector, authorizes- The Saturday News to make the following announcements of services: 4 9*^ el ration'"or tire HolV commtonton at 11:00 a. m. Confirmation at 8:00 p. m. 1 It being Palm Sunday, there will be a procession of Palms in the morning. The 'public is cordially invited to these services. (Editorial Note. —The Saturday News bespeaks for Bishop Burleson a most cordial welcome on behalf of the people of the city, irrespective of denominational affiliation. Bishop Burleson is what may be termed in the vernacular a "big man," a "man of broad vision, a man of God, and \a man who, with continued-good health will have made a deep impression up- ice of the couni on the public mind in South Dakota within the ensuing decade. He is a worthy successor to' the late lamented Bishop Biller, who succeeded the re vered Bishop Hare.) DON'T FEED ANY DEAD ANIMALS TO YOUR HOGS The common practice of feeding car casses to hogs is dangerous and should be discontinued. Although hogs for tunately are not susceptible to the many diseases that kill other classes of domestic animals, yet feeding to swine the carcasses of animals dead from infectious and contagious dis 'eases does not temove the danger to other animals. In many cases such a practice is only a means of spreads ing disease. The meat of ^n 'ft&imiU' whose death was due to disease is not fit food for. any dther anim^i. Such meat is full A the poisonous materialm produced And liberated by the action ot disease jgermt.£ Undoubtedly in many caaes iioga. suffer ftom U|e*tive troubles fradi this teft I^A condlUcni dMNfiai eunsss. OaiiMii^s^ not m*k Mti Tfhe Third battalioS, 'Fourth regi it, South Dakota, nMonal guard, ^1^' lack iu^'iftsd^lpg| '^cel on% ov: Iderg from the war clepartm^nt at Washington as the danger/ of hostil ities with a foreigrt power grows more imminent, includes four companies, which are as follows: Company I, stationed at Rapid City. Company K, stationed at Lemmon. Company L, stationed at Aberdeen. Company M, stationed at Yankton.. TWIN Kmss --Lo8 Angeles Timea, Four S.D. Companies h-% ..V, '. Called by Uncle Sam To Serve the Country Rf* The Third battalion, together with port was accepted in its entirety-The the balance of the Fourth regiment, was mustered out of the- federal seirv ice less than a month ago, during the week ending Saturday, March 3, at Ft. Crook, Nebraska, and the com: panies immediately went to their sep arate stations in the state. Company arrived in Sioux Falls on Sunday, March 4tb. No news as to the location or move ments of the troops which have been called out will be printed, in the news papers except such as is. given out by t|ie-war department. The dispatch iffom Washington this morning mere ly Btates that they will be used to pre vent possible internal disorders in the present crisis witti Germany and to protect against interference with the postal, commercial and military serv- The time and place for the mobiliz ation of the Third battalion will be designated by the commanding officer of the department at Chicago. Gov ernor Norbeck, who received the or der at Pierre this morning from the war department, notified the com mander that the South Dakota troops were ready and that he would issue the call on instructions from depart ment headquarters. Major Hedcick, of Hot 'Springs, is at the head of the Third battalion! Company B, of Sioux Ffells, has beeft Col. Boyd Fales of Howard, head of the Fourth South Dakota infantry, ar rived in the city at noon. C*»L Wales V:' W&$£gsi #^SbbPBSS^ *4# an, BLACK HILLS,THROUGHTO .THE «fqF*T The Chamber of Coninieree4 was host to a larg^ delegation Tuesday af ternoon, the members wesent repre senting not only variotjsl^ortionfl of South Dakota, but pointskfinaeso ta along .the propo^se'fi, autobiobOe route, 1 ,, Among the delfe^ateaj were the following^ Granite Falls, M"in^.^^»M. 'kali ^attendance Boydt MJmi.—S~ J'ljim, 0. 1 Clarkfield, Minn—H.^' RolhesW* Oantty, Miwi-rM. sM?elso«, Se&n ttel Lavtison, F. IE. inilfO-drlPhilip Ponjton, William Kant^lJk. "W Cl^ar S Se^ai E, ,"Walsothi,\ J. Locff SDolijad-Sbtto Alb^t'HSy ife'B ye^e, *-]R. W. SLrfibrJft.^ Raywond--J, Wjloe^ Ffecl |t«dfl«?ld-|-^'Ja.i. •f a a ,iaau MlHeVrs. B.—Gfeft Wat^Cf|l|/,Isr Hlirtin—°. PhPl^-^cr«feB^\|^ Huron Commercial a sresetary, George gehlosp*? urer, L. T. Morris!^ Am^ricftn ...A**S. --,1. 4 U} Piewe^-GhaWga JWbWfts 'W4W1 •,v?rt Pimc^n, b. nf'' Stock? Gro^oW a 4 4 .. KtW,2^CC',%li^woo|.rjVae During' the cours the following President.. dent, Samuel Lewieon.^anby, Minn, j» A srealH^wi jjE oM ww'Wcount! areas- mi An executive committees was selected *as tollqwa M. Kujll, Granite Falls, Minn.f. j. S1, Fagerlee, ClarkfieW, Miriti, J." ?Nn Johnson, Can by, Minn., A. J. JockhaTt, Qlear ^Lake, fames Patereont J^ry^ George 's?^ Otte, Clark J. C. Hurlbut, Raymand was picked up by pilot. Otto Albertus, Doland B. Ruhlman JRedfield, and Glen Waters, Miller. Mr. Bask^rville of this ci^r suggest ed the route to be followed, having given the matter considerable atten tion. With an amendment taking in the t^yin cities, Mr. Baskerivlle's re- eastern terminal is the twin cities/ thence, through Granite Falls, Clark field and Canby, Mian., thence to Clear Lake, Goodwin, Kranzburg, Water town, Henry, Clark, Redfleld, Miller, St. Lawrence and Pierre thence to the Blank Hills and on to the Yellow stone Park. At Miller, the Black and Yellow trail is encountered, leading to the Hills. The organization will be known as the Twin City, Black Hills and Yellowstone Highway Associa tion, and the route will be called the Twin City, Black Hills and Yellow stone Highway.«rf" This is about tis direct a line from the twin cities as it is possible to :make and follow a line of travel. The meeting was an interesting one throughout and- those present are de termined that the proposed new route shall be put into first-class condition at the earliest practical'moment. W We only ask the weather powers not to permit the mercury to sink without warning.—Brooklyn Eagle. Hunger is insolent and will be fed. -—Homer. The Lawyer: "Don't you think $40 a week alimony is a little too much to .demand when he's only .making $50?" ordered to recruit to full war strength what I used to make him gimme ^while and the campaign to secure more meh WAs aptively begun today, The calf read^, "Men wanted who deairg active jservicf. No booze^fig&ei^jieslred. Apply at armory."^ The Lady:t^No,vI don't. That's I was livift' with him-'WJBostow TBran: script. *f' "You cannot dap wiUi one handj Chinese proverb. ''I' the state last week and who will at once start on a tou!r of inspection of stated that he ha4 no lnforauitioD.in the vnciouB militia companies. Ac regard to calling out part of th3 Sooth! cording to the itinerary, Major Settle Dakota troops. He sjftid that AdJutantLwiil be in Si&ux Falls Friday evening General Morris was out of the stated tor the purpose of inspecting Company iiavin* left Saturday tar 'New York' and he wanted to have the company Ir/ *TtS»r,:' ftf MPt 'iiondoh, the fti&t paidinget^essRi American flag to AtlWtli since Germany's declaration ot stricted submairihe deatruoti^ Md the first £med\Aj»etiwi«V to' ter a Europ^n port since the gan, arrived' thte morri^g. .4 3lt carried A meagre nuM^ir lof senger—S3 all tol^i—but ita holds weip The St. Louie ttefbu^^lt tjjw $«****. -No 3e? lV .e^,„ Vagf? of the sinking aMfep nesr the LpUis ^^ervo«» tom P01 'dajm^^liights the tWn" did nofe' -|w^3|e t^e bridge,, ij.^ver la Its tWeaty-Ywd ^e^ra existence ha& the- jfcmerictui', At Obituary of the The death of Mrs. Hhify Jaaette Stoker, mother of Mrs. B. SheMfa, occurred last week, the funetal tak ing place at Winona, Minn. The deceased was well ani faver ably known by a wide circle of friends in Watertown to whom ah* had become endeared by a charmiag personality and those womanly quali ties of mind and heart which win truth friendships^ Mary Janette Stoker was born Feb ruary 2, 1823, at Nelson, Madison county, N. Y. She was the daughter of John and \nna Williams Gates. On Jime 28, 1843, she was married' to Benjamin P. Stoker, an IlngUsk man from Stoke Pages, Bnglaad. They settled in Homerr N. Y., where Mr. Stoker engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. ji 'Among those working with him wa# David Hannum, the original of "David' Harum," made famous by Westcott, the author, Ten children ^ere "fttifm. They then moved to Minnesota, being attracted by the climate which wai recommended by physicians as being especially good for tuberculosis, with which Mr. Stoker was said to be af flicted, making Winona their home until the death of Mr. Stoker in 1893. Since that time Grandma Stoker has spent her time between her thripe daughters, Mrs. E. B. Thompson of St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. E. jJonee at Sleepy Eye, Minn.,5 and Mrs. 8. B. Sheldon of this city. ^1 February .2 the deceased passed her' 94th birthday 'anniversary. She re ceived op that day a shower of postals and letters, most of which she wered in her own handwriting witj|^, ont» the aid at glasses. This last Christmas she made eaek ot her daughters 'an apron, which sb* -u eV| an.4'^gafei ^nvSa rML r'\' .„\j 11