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EIGHT is .V-I^ ii •4 A IS& PI- •m J£ Private Brune Achterberg and Nick Zlrbas, who are in training at Camp Dodge, are home on a month's fur lough. Brune and Nick say that army ... life is great sport. Ssfe^fevenJng. s£a Mrs, Jake Zerfas is assisting Mrs. .Henry Zerfas with the work during :.pssthresiling. .. ssji® A new house is being erected at wi$'|jA.ppleby for Mr. Kooper who is man- Vigftging the Potter & Garrlck elevator A^-thls season. .#$• Messrs. Daniel, John, and George •?y-|Curley were pleasant callers at the "|^0ebull home Tuesday evening. "fejU Miss Alice McDowell of Watertown jgyMs spending this week at the Zerfas i§feJome. ^f CASTLBWOOD STOP, LQp LISTEN Misses Frieda Achterberg, Mable Schull, and Catherine Cusack were visitors at Brookings over Sunday, v, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zerfas and fam ily were entertained at the J. P. Lenord home at Lake Kampeska Sun »ay. %$L, Mr. and Mrs.,'Perry Lewis are the proud parents of & baby befy. anrf come to the store of Quality Goods at Reasonable Prices r, A 20c 10c %A Fruit Nectar, bottle Corn Flakes, package Coffee, 40c value per pound Coffee, 30c value, per pound 33c 27c 1 H" 3111 Norman and Matt Walklin are ^tacking grain at the present time. Sari Height and Miss Sophia T3ohea nan were united In marriage, Thurs j'jadayi ,-'' M^, and Mrs. Win. Meyer and fam-, lly WPr« callers near Clear Lake jSunday-- Rimer. Kaasch was a caller in Castle wood, Tuesday.. A number of the folks of this vicinity Ihave been on the sick list the past Ityeejk. if~ -i Mips, WTO. "WalkllA and daughter, IfJUlss Kva, were callers in Haytl Thurs day. Mr.' and Mrs. Victor Schull spent at the -latter's• parents. A freshers meeting was held at &5bhe CS'Clausen home on Monday night. S Win. Splinter tfaa 'a caller In Castle fjjp"wo«Klt Monday,' ®hose who spent Thursday at tho. H. '•^sJuttlng home Xere: Mrs. O. Johnpon k4||®fand daughters,- Mrs. Albert Emmerson Mrs, Clint Cunningham and fH'^dauwiter, and Francis, Josephine, Mary and Helen Hachledr- CArrte and /Jutting, Ropelda Meyer, and fF^ilarrlfet JSofteiaer. Alt reported a Coffee, 25c value, per pound Many more exceptional values always on hand. Bring us your Butter and Eggs. We pay highest mar ket prices and pay CASH over reasonable amount traded out. South Midway Grocery B. E. EASTBURN, Prop. APPLEBY Mrs. A. Scharn and daughter, Miss Alma, were callers at the Acliterberg ho:vi3 last Wednesday evening. Misses Alma Scharn and Carrie Schull and Messrs. Emmet Zerfas and Bert Schull attended the farewell party given at the T. Curley home Sunday •evening. The party being'given in •honor of John Curley who leaves for Camp Funston this week. Mr. George Gronewald, who has been working at Goldfield, Iowa, returned home Tuesday to help his folks with the threshing. Messrs. Albert Hanten and Charles Buck of Watert6wn were callers at the Schull home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Otto Scliarn and eon of Watertown were Sunday visitors at the A. Scharn home. ...Cai.hertai» CuculcIl was n__ealler Sj^pit the Ralph "Leaaure home Tuesday 'I'» »t News From Neighboring Localities fine 'Xv m- tiWjMWK MARKET Infill!* WW»'-.-MONOPOMf manipulators, ©it .Nw,* 'fUvkm a practical mohop terminal facilities oi the railiiriadai which are eeaentlai to the t^ food to retailer*. Bven food* and ,which aim* 4$**the otarket. npor$*ia 23c Pork and Lit by Beans, 5 cans.... 80c Lima Beans, 5 cans 65c MASONRY DSED BY KAISER FOR FEACE EFFORT Emperor Wilhelm Reported as Seeing Possibility of Loss of His Dynasty. WANTS TO AVERT CALAMITY German Masons Once Rejected ^Friendly Suggestions of Entente Members. The Boston Monitor's Washington Bureau pays particular attention to the following report which recently ap peared in various newspapers of the largftP-cliies-of-'-the United-States "It may be well to direct the atten tion of the authorities at Washington and Ottawa to the fact that an im portant congress was held at Berlin during the closing we^k of July, of the grand masters and chief digni taries of the grand lodges of Free Masons of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria and Finland. Of course, the proceedings were secret. But in view of the attentions showered upon the delegates by the kaiser, by the princes of his house and by the members of his government, there is every reason to believe the reports, according to which it apears the con gress was convened at the Instance of the kaiser for the purpose "of organiz ing some concerted action by the Free Masons of the Central Powers In the direction of the Free Masons of the Entente countries with a view to peace propaganda." ssi-ti Dread lii Germany Ti.L- ""'ih-licit? In'yceeua to say that th6te is dread iif Germahy at the pro claimed determination of the Entente and the United States to wage to the finish, and that the kaiser is endeavor ing by every means in his power to avert this calamity, which will involve the overthrow of his dynasty. Peace drives of various kinds he Is inaugurat ing, the usa of the Masonic fraternity being one of the methods. i"t The attention of Georg'e Fleming Moore, sovereign grand commander of the Grand Council, Southern Jurisdic tion, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish. Rite of Free Masonry, the Mother Supreme Council of the -World, .was: called to the German Masonic Congress. He authorized the Boston paper to- make this statement} t' "The true Free Masons 'of the United States do ppt desire to aid in bringing about any kind of peace ex cept such1 a. one- as shall meet the full approval of the Government of the United States and shall be In accord with £he principles laid down by President Wilson In discussing the subject. Nor will Free Masons ..con sent to become propagandists of any ideas which are contrary to the funda mental principles on which our govern ment is founded, for these principles are identical with those of. Free Masonry." Karly Fraternal Kffort Continuing^»,.the flostmn publication "•a?? 4 By way of explaining .the relation* ship between the Masons of' th% ttn&ted States and the- United Kingdom attd thoaev of Germany, the publicity given the purpose pt ^rendera aecesoary p:,to. nuAe {HAlh) fact eC htstory in thto-war that until the pnblicatHon of th4» article has been known to only a few the world, much leas to the ptiblic Ki J5t. the early war, teefore a*p*D frtghtfnineis ha4 become, a poM®y» before- thfc CMeU cam, before ti» Wi:. TOE SATURDAY NEWS, WATERTOWN, S. D. CHOICE IN MICH. '..v More or Less Scandal Attaches to Newberry's Campaign as a Republican. FORD IS STRONG WITH LABOR Barrels of Money Said to Have Been Expended in New- berry's Behalf. Detroit, Mich., August 28.—The senatorial battle in the primaries of the state yesterday, although the re turns are incomplete, indicate the nomination of Commander Truman Newberry as the republican candidate and Henry Ford as the democratic choice. P.ut he also ran as a republican, the state law having been so framed as to permit a candidate to appear for the choice of either or both parties. Newberry Scandal There has been a gathering storm concerning the candidacy of Mr. New berry. Vast sums of money are said to have been expended in behalf of his aspirations. The state press has been filled, more or less, with advertising boosting his candidacy. Republican interests opposed to him are declared in some quarters to have instigated the charge against his campaign, but, nevertheless, regard less of the origination of the scandal, it is shown that money flowed almost like water, to use a common and some what exaggerated expression. Chase Osborne, who was also a con testant for the republican nomination, is a. former governor of the state. Ford's Chances .* While the primary does not indicate with a degree of certainty the outcome of the election in November, the fact that Mr. Ford was conceded the demo cratic nomination without question and that he polled a large number of votes in the republican party, would seem to justify the conclusion that he will be no mean antagonist in the fall cam paign. Whatever may be said with regard to Mr. Ford's eccentricities, it is admitted that he is a man of com manding talent in industrial affairs. His concessions to labor have won for him the respect, even the love, of a large proportion of the laboring ele ment of the state. It need surprise no one if Henry Ford stands we'll at the top when the votes are counted next November. GOMI'ERS REACHES ENGLAND Labor Head in America, With. .His. Party, Lands in England b' London, August 28.—Samuel Gompers and party, representing the American Federation of Labor, have reached an English port, arriving safely. (Mr? Gompers has been president of the .American Federation of Labor for many' years, and is recognized through out the world as the spokesman for organized. labor in America. He has been lending all the aid within his power to the support of President Wilson In the prosecution of the war.) Amer 1 SASflB SUGAR I TOR THE MAN "WHOA IFIGHT? Grand Lodge consent to a reciprocal arrangement whereby British and French Masonic prisoners of war be recognized as Masons, and that Ger man Masonic prisoners be similarly recognized by the British and French. •It was not intended that Masonic prisoners should be given favors not accorded to ordinary prisoners.? but vthey were to receive simply a smile, or a pat on the shoulder, to signify that fraternity stlU can survive even In the stress of war. The German Grand Master wrote back: ''No, they are enemies, and Masonry in Germany means nothing in war," At this moment, with the last ditch not far away, these German Masons who flouted a smile or a pat on tho ahoulder then, now come with out stretched hands that reek with un speakable crimes crying, "Brethren, help save otar emperor's dynasty by inducing your government to make Peace,'' Stand With President j, The sovereign jrand commariffet^Sf the Mother 'Supreme Council of the World, who.1 Is the highest Masoft In America .because tf his official posl- Tjlaws- American Masons at the hand of the President, the chief iltesman of democracy, an his an- SSv tfpoket em*r. the Qe**njan Con- i- recalled that when the linuii'TNHi«r of -th* Grand Orient, of "Belgium appealed to the German Ma •ona propoBing c«amon action with a View to a xactre mtmane conduct'of Vffftiiy aftpeal for- humanity ^addfessia ta ohr political Jeadera* to our generals, and to our «okberaF te unnecessary. They fS"„are.' Qermans, and Germans, humane^r whyt" Miould we insult our €«rai«| ^bm^eR^iMMr- field rj DARKEST DAYS SAYS OFFICER "r Sees But Slight Ray of Hope for the Future in Outcome of the War. Amsterdam, Aug. 28.—"The German1 army and nation now face dark hours. May God protect the Fatherland," con cludes" an article by Lieutenant General Baron von Ardenne in the Dusseldorf Nachrichten of Tuesday. "The period from August 20 to 28 has been one of the trying tests of this hardest of wars," the critic says, but he thinks the Germans have stood the test magnificently and compares certain isolated actions with the stand of Leonidas. General von Ardenne speaks of measures "which it is not yet permitted to speak and which will aid the Ger mans in resuming the initiative and in recouping their losses." SWEDEN BACKS UNCLE SAMUEL IN NEW TREATY Virtual Acceptance of Allied Block ade Results From the Swedish Action. New York, N. J.—Terms of the com mercial treaty recently signed by the Allies and Sweden, which is expected to diminish the sending of supplies to Germany, were made public here on Thursday by Axel R. Nordvall, head of the special commission of the Swedish Government to the United States. It gives the Allies 400,000 tons of dead weight shipping and 2,000,000 tons of Swedish iron ore. The Allies have agreed to- ship to Sweden bread cereals, coal and coke, mineral and edible oils, sugar, rubber and rubber goods, cotton and cotton goods, hides, leather and tanning materials, cocoa, copper, ferro-alloys, tin, tinplate, sulphur and other goods and materials. Sweden also agrees to license the ex port to the allied governments of wood pulp, paper, iron, steel,-etc., and to grant to the Allies suitable credit in Sweden for the purchase of Swedish goods during the continuance of the present unfavorable monetary ex change. Sweden has given satisfac tory guaranties that no goods imported to Sweden from allied countries or any nations whose shipping the Allies con trol shall be exported to any of the Central powers. Signing of the pact between the Al lies and Sweden is a virtual acceptance by the latter government of the Allied blockade. Negotiations, he said, had been carried on by representatives of the signatories since May, 1917, shortly after the United States entered the war, and continued for a year. The treaty was signed by France, England, and the United States on May 29 last. Conditions in Sweden, Envoy Nord vall stated, are very serious, in fact no foodstuffs of any nature are being shipped out of the country because of domestic' scarcity. Prior to the de pletion of Sweden's storehouse, he said, Germany had been her biggest cus tomer. For 25 years Germany had purchased. practicably the entire out put of the Swedish iron ore. mines. Germany would still continue to re ceive some iron ore from this country, but in greatly lessened quantities. According to the terms of the agree ment, Sweden's acceptance of any commodity from the allied govern ments acts, as an embargo on the same* commodity produced in Sweden. If Sweden receives wheat from the United States, for instance, shp binds herself not to sell any of her home grown wheat to the Central Powers or any neutrals Mi\ Nordvall explained this would prevent Sweden from send ing food to Finland where, he remark ed, "conditions are actually worse than they are In Belgium, and thousands are starving." GEHMAN COLONIAL oFFicfiii STIRS UP LONDON PAPER London, Aug. 23.—Dr. W. S. Solf, the German secretary of state for the Colonid, has aroused comment by his discussion of the attitude of the Allies toward Germany, in the address he made yesterday. He declared that the Evening News had said that Germany "must be destroyed by bloody and irre parable defeats on the battle fields." The Evening News points out that what It actually aaid was "nothing of Germany is to be left in France or Belgttim, save the bones of Qerman aoktt&rsl'MJil PARIS ALSO HA8 SUPim CVOfON 111 PaHA, Aug,26.—In special type L'Heure prints prominently ijtitt. enig "Will the e6ho of the great Bertha •oon be h«*rdT Will that echo tape a Kll% ACftlRUN fVIOM dlspitfch t^ attempts 'agatnaf-th* «f are jtoerea*fo« in AuMH*. t| te reported that, aevera] commandant* of Austrian --corps htf)rfe 'gdyiaedt, o%, iL-air *vsrJamti t4B 1 SC'V*^ Numerous Interesting Items Gath- ered From Various Points in State. 5 The Hand county Red Cross is $308 better off, and 18 farmers were help ed by the work of Miller people going into the fields each evening for more than a week, and shocking up 1,000 acres of grain. The men were assist ed on two or three occasions by girls and women. The work was scattered in different directions, and was freely given by the townspeople, who fur nished their own automobile for trans portation. The campaign covered a period of eight nights, and a total mileage of 220. It was about equiva lent to the work of two chockers for 52 days. St. Lawrence residents also gave help to a number of farmers by evening shocking. The German language orfter, after a long discussion on the part of the state council of defense, was allowed to stand without change, giving Ger man ministers with congregations who do not understand English,, permission to give a 15-minute resume of their sermons in German after the del-Vice has been carried out in the English language.-Thfe minister must first sigh a pledge to use his influence to support all the activities of this nation to win the war and procure the approval of the executive committee of the council of defense to conduct such services. It cost three young-men living in Dimock $100 and costs each for breaking Into jail. The sheriff had seized and stored, in the Dimock jail a quantity of a yo-called temperance drink, which was seized because it contained more than the permitted amount of alcohol. The three young men became aware of the storage place of the beverage and broke into the jail and secured quantities of it. They entered pleas of guilty when taken into court. The Kingsbury county authorities were called upon to dispose of a case involving the eighrt children of Martin Bergerson, a farmer, all of whom are feeble minded. The authorities have ordered that the eight children be sent to the state asylum for the feeble minded at Redfield, on the ground that the parents are incompetent to look after them. The children range In age from 3 to 15 years. An unusual record for continuous cuty with one company wiis made by Angus McLeod, of Lead, who just has retired and departed for California to spend his remaining years. For 38 years he was in the employ of the Homestead mining company.' He" one of the veteran employes of the company, having been "on the job" practically without -Interruption since 1880. At the meeting of the state board of education for vocational training. held in Pierre besides the routine work of the board, a resolution was adopted asking for two additional members of the state educational de partment force, one to have charge of inspection of high school work and one of rural school work, along the lines of vocational training, The horse market appears to' be picking up in the western part of the state, and indications are for heavy 8hipsments of horses for the next few months. The market has been off for the last year, "but appears to be look ing better, and there will be ai lot of stock marketed this fall. A bold thief stole the. automobile of Frank Craven, a traveling salesman, frorfT a street at Tulare. Craven had left a salesman's bag containing checks and books and cash amounting to $50 In the car, and thfe thief also secured these. When Craven returned the car was gone. While driving a large automobile truch on his farm, north of Huron, Paul Walter accidently ran over his own son and injured the boy so se riously 'that he died a few hours after the accident,..-The youth was about 16 years old. Ground has been broken for a new Episcopal church building which is to' be erected in Mobrldge. Members of the Ladies' Guild are nrocuring funds for the erection of the building and hope to have it dedicated 'free from debt. A number of women are now employ ed as engine wipers, at the Milwaukee railroad roundhouse ln Aberdeen. The road. employed women engine wipers at the Madison roundhouse ^'several weeks ago. ."*• A- .chapter of the national society of Daughters of the. American revolu tion is to be organised in Huron. Application has been made by JB» J. Margan/ former superintendent of the Spencer schools, for overseas duty In Y. M. C. A. work, and. he expects to be called in the near future. He is above the draft age and choae Y. M. C. A. work as the beet poesitye means of aiding"In war work. *ir-' Dr. J. H. Smith, who has served as a member and examining physician of the exemption board for Beadle oounty, has reeigned and will devote. his .«•' tire time to the practice ot-nwdklna Dr. E. B. Taylor, of Huron* has .^ee# hi* soooMSor. rj near. Victor, in Itnbetta oounty, wtojare. a' JarmW'ra»ntW^ grain, discovered the body of a lying naar an old strawatack in the Qeld. The body evidently had lath! tkpoaed to the elements for six or istothe* ww low been A, eight week*. The Mtotfta* were torn Ai from Jt and had been *a*t*r eateH P? The bod? wapiti y*( I '. -liItStttZTKr* THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918 TcT* iat ^f -an'' elderi^ man, as the hair was ay. "There was nothing In the clothes except a ball of cord and some empty shuff boxes. The clothes were old and worn. The body was cremated owing to its decomposed condition. The cremation was performed with the aid of kerosene and straw On the way to town the bbx burst into flames, possibly from spontaneous combustion due to the oil soaked condition of the remains, but the blaze was extinguished. The state fire marshal's -department has issued a circular calling attention. to the fire losses in grain elevators^. last fall and winter, and asking that^ the managers of such houses or oft-*,. mills do not allow anyone t? enter the^fe places without disclosing his identity,," and his business, and asking that the^'' home guard of the state take up the^-t matter of guarding elevators to see?, ^V that they are protected at night from prowlers, he specific request in that direction being addressed not only "to* home guards, but to the state and county councils of defense, majors,. fire chiefs and county agents. The farm of L. E. years ago for $50 an acre. Two years ago Samual Williams purchased 240 acres of land some miles from Lake Andes, paying $60 per acre. Last year's crop on the land realized over $40 per acre this year's. crop will do fully as well, if not better. Williams now has been offered $100 an acre for the land and is considering Its sale at that price. More than 183,000 doses of blackleg vaccine were distributed last year to 1,353 farmers by the animal husbandry division of the state experiment station, at Brookings, according to Director J. W. .Wilson. This is an increase of 2,764 doses over the year before. The vaccine is manufactured by the'United States department of agriculture and distributed free by the college. Evelyn Jane Stewart, 6 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stew art, residing on a farm two miles north of Garretson, was dragged to death by a pony. The child had been visiting the home of a neighbor a. mile or two away and rode her pony. The body of the little girl was found (hanging to the side of the pony, held rby the halter strap. The clothing had been torn from the. child's body, which was terribly bruised and mangled. Pieces of her clothing were found for a distance of half a mile along thet road. It is believed she fell from thei' pony and became entangled in, the halter rope. "V •,. After having seen much active serv-' ice in the French army, M. Docken dorf has arrived in South Dakota and. will make this state his future home. He will go to Ree Heights where he has accepted position. He was per manently injured In an airplane fight and honorably discharged from the= French army. He originally came from Luzemburg, and in 1915 volunteered for? service. Before departing for thei United States and after being discharg-i ed from the hospital, he visited the'' Verdun battle fields and nearly all th&i Important .point's along the line of? battle. Is behind prison walls.lt Is stated. Since the beginning of the war with jj Germany by the Urtited States, United States Commissioner William Wallace, of Aberdeen, has conducted hearings^ Jn tjie cases of no less than 90 persor charged with violating some of. the provisions of the espionage act. Because he said that he would burn threshing outfits In the state, Freds Smith, was arrested at Huron by the police. On examination it was found that Smith is an enemy alien, regist ered at Dayton. His home formerly was in Frankfort, Germany. The first of the new automobile mug section of the state, died plates for next year are on hand and'BIack background of .battleship gray while the embossed figures -will be aluminum •in color. Richard Llewellyn, cbunty agent ot Kingsbury county, was In Mitchell en deavoring to procure 200 harvest, hands for work near DeSmet. A. S. Clouse, of Sully county, and Joe Poiek, of Hide county, were be fore United States Commissioner "Whitcher at Pierre on disloyalty^ charges and after a hearing Polek wa placed under a $50,000 bond for ap-^Q^ penance. Clouse, who was charged •w with a radical statement,, was placed /t-J $15,000 bonds. Bond has not: iven In either case and both men 4 jail. Robert O. Conn, 30 years old, of Sioux Falls, who was so seriously burned as the result .. of an. explosion of Jkerosene oil which she poured on a lagging kitchen fire, succumbed to her b\irns. Her 7-year-old daughter. Who' also was burned, continues in a 4 serious condition. The home was com-.-? •pjetely destroyed -f-' First Hawk, one of the signers •c*J the original treaty with the Sioux,.*tv which gave the whites access to th«f at tlle honie of his show that the new plates will have a from the effects of a rattle snake biterfio LEAGUE CANDIDATES Reported to B® Strong In the County^f4 of Lawrence -As Marshall, near Dell Rapids, has been sold to J, Schmidt, of Hartford for $176 an acre The farm contains 207 acres. Marshall and his wife purchased the farm 10- 1 i§ 4 A deputy United States marshal ar rested Mathias Bendt, a German farm er, 31 years old, living near Flar.dreau, and took him to Sioux Falls. He Is: ,V charged with violating the espionage apt,. Asked whether he desired to go over to Germany and fight he replied that he intended to stay in the United States and fight for Germany here/ so the federal authorities will arrange ./ it so that whatever fighting he does,. '1". £4 A son on-Bad river First Hawk was past 80 years of age and has. put in practically-, ail., of. his life on' Bad river.1 -'X* mm--, Iv (Deadwood Telegram.) The Nonpartisan League has nom~^ inated a legislative .ticket for thi»^.' county, by petition, to" run as indepenp' dents. This ticket .is reported, in the: news columns of this issue. The candidates named arti all worthy mert They will probably receive strong support, only from the farmer antf labor inierests, but also from many 4 who are tired' of the republican ma^"5 chi^e dotmnatlon in thia' county Ther^ 'r ^dfjtea Winning, so it is probable that =a large part of the vJft of that partyisS wOI g* the League candldate^y? occur the republican can.- not have -m -anyj ,a* 'mUh-aw^r^g x+