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DEWEY COUNTY ADVOCATE THE ADVOCATE HUNTING CO. TlMHIER LAKE SOUTH DAKOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. I BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Washington* The Clay Center lyceum committee of Clay Center, Neb., asked Senator LaFollette to deliver a lecture at Clay Center some time during the winter. The senator wrote to the committee that he was not making lecture en gagements of any kind, and that it nill be impossible for him to accept the invitation. A decision by the supreme court oil the constitutionality of the so-called employers' liability law of 1908 is ex pected October 16- Several cases raising the constitutionality of the law were argued last spring and have been under consideration all summer. Another anticipated decision con cerns the water supply In western streams. It is the case of Henry Schodde against the Twin Falls Land and Water company. Attorney General Wickersham filed a brief in the supreme court of the United States and began his fight be fore the tribunal to have the principal 5oal-carrying railroads and coal-own tag companies in the anthracite sec tions adjudged to be in violation ot the Sherman anti-trust law. An en tirely different attack was made on the corporations from that in Penn sylvania, where the government lost to nearly every point. A discrepancy of over $3,288,271 be tween the material on hand and that called for by the books of the Wash ington navy yard was shown by the inventory of that yard just completed, according to "an announcement by Secretary of the Navy Meyer. This is the first inventory of record made at this yard in the last twenty-five years. The discrepancy is attributed to loose bookkeeping methods, which Secretary Meyer set out some time ago to correct. The Washington vara was the last to have the new account ing system established. General. The beer and cigar bill of Senator Stephenson was $30,000. Violence marked the arrival of strikebreakers at New Orleans. A proposal of arbitration may be advanced to Italy by Turkey Mr. Roosevelt says it needed a bold man to start the Panama canal. Mexico may have a new revolution, aimed against Madero. Funeral services for Admiral Schley will be held in St. John's church. Five hundred thousand acres were disposed of in the Rosebud drawing. Our trade movement is large de Spite war abroad and strikes at home. President Taft was given a taste of wild west at Cheyenne by broncho busters. Buffalo, N. Y., was chosen as next year's meeting place of the league of American municipalities. In his estimates Postmaster General Hitchcock provides $50,000 for mail carrying by aeroplane. According to witnesses for Senator Stephenson, beer and whisky are a necessary adjunct of. campaigns. The committee of governor's—Al dlch, Harmon and Hadley—made up their brief in the Minnesota rate case. The German embassy is urging for bearance on the part of the Turkish government in the matter of the ex pulsion of Italians. Six coal miners received broken legs and two others were probably fat ally injured when the cage in a mine at Nokomis, 111., fell eighty feet. It will cost $129,000,000 to maintain the United States navy and provide for suitable increase in the next fiscal year, according to the estimates. The resignation of Captain Frank A. Cook, recently court-martialled at San Francisco for conduct unbecoming an officer has been accepted by the presi dent. The commerce court issued an or der fixing October 16 as the date for hearing of the application of the transcontinental railways for an in junction against the orders of the In terstate commerce commission. The federal government brought forfeiture suits against Nathan Allen, Of Kenosna, Wis., and John R. Col lins of Memphis, Tenn., to recover $185,000, the value of smuggles? jewels and wearing apparel. Both the Southern Pacific and the Houston St Texas Central railroads practically declared an open shop when they made announcement that shopmen on strike can return to work any time before Monday noon, Octo ber 9. At Mason City, la., Mrs. Aletha Hash was indicted by the Franklin County grand jury on a charge of murdering her husband. The report of the statistician of a Texas railroad says that the money paid out for personal injury claims i: about as much as the earnings on thf «oltal. Invested. Turkey realizes she has a hopeless '.ask in fighting. The finances of the country made i good showing In September. The democratic state convention or Sew Mexico nominated W. C. Mc Donald of Carrizozo for governor.^ Cornelius N. Bliss died at New fork following a long illness. The Turks were unsuccessful in their attempt to recapture Tripoli. Railroads of the country are con sidering taking over express business. The New York assembly passed the Ferris-Blauvelt direct nominations bill. Seattle crow'Is were unusually cor dial in their greetings to President Taft. John D. Rockefeller has installed a telegraph line to his home near Tar rytown, N. Y. Early returns indicated that the woman suffrage amendment had been defeated in California. The funeral of General Manderson took place at Omaha in the presence of many mourners. High water did great damage in Wisconsin, almost entirely destroying the town of Black River Falls. Violation of the Sherman law in the Pennsylvania "hard coal cases" was charged in the supreme court. In a speech at Bellingham, Wash., President Taft predicted the opening of the Panama canal in July, 1913. Seventy proprietors of steel and iron foundries met at New York and discussed business matters behind closed doors. An Abraham Lincoln memorial mon ument was unveiled at Council Bluffs in the presence of distinguished visit ors from abroad. The department of agriculture has prepared for confiscation of any ship ments of unripe oranges or other un ripe fruit from Florida. A movement to raise a half million dollars to build a national monument in Washington to the memory of the women of the civil war was launched at New York. Members of the St. Louis police de partment refused to permit "Packy McFarland of Chicago and Grover Hayes of Philadelphia to box six rounds before the Mozart club. The government crop report shows there was improvement in September. Members of the senate committee arrived at Chicago to resume the in vestigation of Lorimer's election. Captain John Bradie, giving exhibi tions at the South Georgia fair at Tif ton, was killed when he fell from his balloon and plunged 700 feet to the earth. The body of William E. Curtis, the widely known writer of Washington, who died suddenly in Philadelphia, was taken to Washington and buried in Rock Cook cemetery- Despite the advent of the postal savings banks, the savings deposits in the national banks are increasing. From June 7 to September 1 these deposits grew from $634,100,000 to $054,300,000. Edward Ellis and Walter Nowlan pleaded guilty in the United States district court at Davenport, la., to charges of being implicated in the operations of the Mabray gang of swindlers. The Burnside shops of the Illinois Central railroad became open shops, a formal notice posted within the stockades informing the workers that hereafter the road will deal only with its individual employes. The Ohio Federation of Labor has gone on record as favoring woman suffrage, a minimum wage scale for women and a law providing a penalty for parents who testify wrongly as to the age of children workers. According to all reports the harvest of 1911 in Denmark will surpass all records since 1868. Not in forty-three years has weather, labor and other conditions proven so auspicious to the farmer, Provision for establishment or a parcels post and transportation of mail by aeroplane has been made by Post master General Hitchcock in his an nual estimates of Post Office depart ment expenditures submitted to the Treasury department. Plans for a $2,000,000 system of freight terminals in Minneapolis were announced by the Chicago, Rock Is land & Pacific Railroad company. Two tracts of ground have been pur chased, the larger comprising thirty acres. The Germans of the United States as represented by the German-Amer ican national alliance now in conven tion in Washington, signified their •wish that Germany enter into negotia tions with the United States for a general arbitration treaty similar to those with Great Britain and France, now pending ratification by the United States senate. The Italian authorities at Tripoli issued a proclamation suppressing rlavery. Tripoli was the only remain ing port on the coast of Africa where slavery still prevailed, notwithstand ing the efforts of Great Britain and France to prevent the traffic. Personal. The Turkish ambassador at Wash ington puts all the blame for war on Italy. President Taft promised Idaho sett lers assistance in their troubles. Chief Salago, of the once powerful Chippewa nation, died aged 108. Hon. W. J. Bryan is now making a number 'Of political speecnes in Ne braska. The female mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas, proposes that none but wo men be put on guard. Lieutenant governor of Ohio will visit Nebraska in two weeks in Inter ests of Harmon for president. A Kansas man who fainted during his marriage ceremony recovered to tad. brW« f"A disanncared HImh FLOODS RUIN WISCONSIN TOWN IMMENSE POWER DAM AT HAT FIELD, WIS., UNABLE TO HOLD WATEM. AT BLACK RIVER FALLS Main Dam Withstands Pressure of the Floods, but Water* Rush Around .the Ends in Smfclt Breaks. k La Crosse.—More than half of the business section of Black River Falls Is in ruins, the homes of scores of farmers have been swept away with probably loss of life and the main flam at Hatfield, Wis., momentarily is threatened with destruction which would release a flood that would carry death and destruction before it, as a result of the breaking of the west dyke of the upper Dells dam, fol lowing incessant rains which filled the Immense reservoirs of the La Crosse Water company to overflowing. The situation at Black River Falls, the prosperous little city of 2,000 peo ple, is worse by far than was feared when the deluge burst upon the un fortunate city. Half of the business section has been utterly destroyed, together with considerable part of the residence listrict, and It is admitted by the townspeople who have taken refuge an the high lands, unable to make even »n effort for the protection of their itores and homes, that the city will tie utterly wiped off the map. Whether or not lives have been lost is not yet certain, as the people aave been scattered. Business Houses Destroyed. Between 25 and 30 business houses, :omprising all the stores on both sides nf two streets in Black River Falls, have been destroyed, together with an equal number of residences. The wat »rs are still rising rapidly and the de struction of the stores on the other two business streets is predicted. The water, flowing with resistless current and in tremendous volume, undermined one big building after an sther and as it co'lapsed and crum bled to pieces the debris was largely jarried away. The Tremont hotel, a substantial three-story structure, was the first to go, and many others fol lowed. No precautions could be taken to stop the wrecking of the town, the residents finding It a difficult prob lem to secure safety for themselves, their families and their more valu able possessions. None 6f the stocks In the stores were saved and little of the heavier furniture in the houses the people, although they knew of the averflowing of the Hatfield dam, show ing little fear of its effects until the waters burst upon them. City Is in Darkness. The city is in darkness, the electric light plant being one of the first agencies to be put out of commis sion, adding to the excitement and con fusion of the hour. The disaster was caused by the sud den rise of the Black river behind the two dams of the La Crosse Water Pow er company, following rains which lasted almost a week. The dams with stood the pressure, but in each case the river washed around the side, tak ing out a big section of the river bank and coming down upon the country below in almost as great volume as though the dam had been swept away. The $5,000,000 property of the water power company is not believed to be greatly damaged, the breaks on the side relieving the pressure, and the main dam, which is a concrete struc ture 100 feet thick at the base and 50 feet at: the top, will probably stand all the force which may be directed against it. Eesides the damage at Black River Falls, a great tract of surrounding country was overrun. Effort was made to send warning to farmers, but the telephone wires were the first to go down und the fate of many settlers, who k^ew nothing of the flood until It struck their immediate vicinity, is the cause of apprehension. Villages in Path of Flood. Below Black River Falls are a num ber of villages, including Roaring Creek, Irving, North Bend, Melrose Holmen, Lvtles, Midway and Onalaska, and the high waters are due to strike them. Forces of men have been sent out to strengthen the bridges in the three counties along the river. Cut off by telephone, the news from Black ltiver Falls was sent to La Crosse by the Wisconsin Telephone company, which stationed a man on the top of a telephone pole who cut in and sent in his report as well as the flooded lines permitted. In a final desperate effort to save the big dam, which is still intact and Fine of One Cent Imposed. La Crosse, Wis.—Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, who established a record tor fines when he exacted more than 129,000,000 of the Standard Oil com pany, made a new low record. At the conclusion of. a day's trial in the Uni ted States d'strict court, William Tru denfeld, a Milwaukee traveling man, being found guilty of sending bills in & transparent envelope to A. T. Jen kins, a well known merchant of the lame city, the court imposed a fine of »ne cent. sfter a He Imposed tfee sentence mm holds back millions of gallons of water, workmen dynamited the bank of the canal leading from the Hatfield reser voir to the power house, releasing the svater into the bed of the river be low and thus relieving slightly the strain on the main dam. If the main Hatfield dam gives way, the flood which will follow probably will carry death and destruction down the Black River valley. Officials Of the company, however, say the dam is one of the strongest in the country and .they expect it to withstand the strain. The structure is two feet wider at its base than its total height and is built of reinforced concrete. Eleven Feet of Water Over Dam. Eleven feet of water is pouring over the crest and sweeping down on the stricken city of Black River Falls j^uid the intermediate farms and settle 1 ments. The village of Hatfield is un |der water and the cottages of em ployes constituting a small village near the powerhouse, two miles below, were abandoned, in fear that the dynamit ing of the canal would be insufficient to ward off the destructive flood which threatens to engulf the powerhouse and settlement. The water power company has had 300 men fighting to prevent the disas ter for nearly a week. Farmers had been warned in advance to expect the break at any moment, and many of them had fled with their families to safety before the dyke gave way. During the night, when the real danger was apparent, a general alarm was sent out. Residents of the valley were warned to flee for their lives. In an effort to save those who could not be reached by telephone. Care taker True of the Dells Dam, mounted a horse and rode at breakneck speed during the remainder of the night, warning farmers to escape. Wagons were loaded with household goods and started for high ground, but as the country is flat xor many miles, it is not know whether all escaped. Span of Bridge Torn Out. The flood traveled from Hatfield to Black River Falls in one hour. Farm houses, fences, barns and other debris filled the waters and the strain of this debris, pressed against the wagon bridge at that city by the rising tor rent, tore out one span of this struc ture. Residents of Black River Falls were warned just after the break oo curred and the contents of the busi ness blocks were rushed to higher ground. Upper Lake Is Emptied. The Hatfield water power consists of two great lakes or reservoirs, each covering several miles. The first, or upper reservoir, has been retained by the Dells Dam, a concrete structure embedded in solid rock on one side and with a core wall running to the west. It was this wall which gave way, emptying the great lake into the lower reservoir. The lower and larger dam at Hat field is built In the same way and the water, rising swiftly, washed out the several feet of earth covering the west core wall here, and tore down the canal and surrounding country. Eleven feet of water poured over the crest of the main dam. These breaks brought about the present flood, but the main body of water is still re tained in the lower lake by the big dam at Hatfield. The present flood is the worst in the history of Black River. Torren tial rains above the reservoir sent the water up repeatedly and the efforts of 300 laborers who worked to prevent the disaster, were of no avail. The workmen have been called off, as noth ing more can be done, and practically all depends upon the strength of the big dam, and the elements. The flood reached Melrose carrying away roads and bridges, but the people had been forewarned and escaped to safety. COPPER MERGER GIVEN U«*. Action of Minority Forces Directors to Abandon Plan. Boston, Mass. A little band of mi nority stockholders in a couple of companies who instituted court pro ceedings in Michigan, is responsible for the abandonment announced of the proposed merger of the Calumet & Hecla Mining company, one of the richest copper companies in the coun try, with nine subsidiary companies. The local stock market sensed the announcement and the entire Calumet group advanced sharply to a close that was the highest in weeks. The companies it was proposed to consolidate with the Calumet & Hecla are the Seneca, Ahmeek, Allouez, Os ceola, Centennial, Tamarack, Laurium, La Salle and Superior. All but the Laurium has voted for the merger. The directors in their statement said that at the Laurium meeting Nov. 16 they will vote the Calumet holdings against the merger McNamaras Win Point. Indianapolis, Ind. Judge Joseph Markey denied the petition of State's Attorney J. D. Fredericks of Los An geles that dynamite seized in this city at the time of the arrest of John J. McNamara be removed to Los Angeles to be used as evidence in the trial ol McNamara. New Steel Merger i6 Planned. Baltimore, Md. A $30,000,000 con solidation of iron and steel and coal interests in Alabama now is material izing rapidly through plans which hav« been worked out for the final comple tion of the merger of the Alabams Consolidated Coal and Iron Co., ant the Southern Iron and Stesl Co. Th' committee which has this consolida tion in hand represents some of th strongest institutions in New York it is said, many of wuom never befor have been ideftUAcd iB M? Vif Iron and steel MEETS SAD DEATH TWELVE-YEAR-OLD FARMER BOY PIERCED IN BRAIN BY TINE OF PITCHFORK. HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE What Is Going On Here and There That is of Interest to the Read ere Throughout South Da kota and Vicinity. Eureka.—Albert Frey, the 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gott Frey of near Herried, in Campbell county, met death in an unusual manner. While his parents were trading in Herreid, the boy was engaged with a younger brother and sister in hauling hay from the field. The children finished put ting a load of hay on the wagon and were ready to drive to the barn, when the horses gave a sudden start and Albert was thrown from the seat upon the tines of a pitchfork. One tine of the fork penetrated his head, piercing the brain. The frightened younger brother and sister removed the fork and tried to restore their brother to consciousness, but in vain. When an older brother returned home later in the day he found Albert lying lifeless and the younger children watching over him. He died in a few hours. Held by Officer. Gregory.—Frank Lee of Dallas was arrested by United States Marshal Chapman of Sioux Falls on a warrant charging him with violating that sec tion of the white slave laws which for bids the transportation of any womai from one state to another for immoral purposes. The original complaint was filed in Omaha by the United States district attorney there, on informa tion furnished by Mrs. Lee's father, but as Lee had left Nebraska the warrant was turned over to the United States authorities in this state. It is alleged that Lee enticed the girl to leave home and live with him as his wife, but after coming here they were married, and the situation is very complicated. The hearing was held before Uuited States Commis sioner Mullen, and on the request of the government a ten day continuance was garnted. The defendant was placed under $2,500 bonds, which were furnished. His wife was subponaed to appear before the United States grand jury, now in session in Omaha, and she left for that city this morning. This is the first arrest ever made in this section of the country for a viola tion of the white slave law. Lee is employed by the Western Union Tele graph company at Dallas and is re garded as a very efficient employe. Dedicate Fine Parochial School. Lead.—The new parochial school building of St. Patrick's parish in this city, which school is located on the grounds of the cathedral of Bishop ISusch, of the diocese of the Black Hills, was dedicated with ceremonies appropriate. Judge Willis of St. Paul, prominent in the west as a member of t'ne Knights of Columbus, made the dedicatory address. A very large au dience from Lead and Deadwood and other points in the diocese was pres ent. Incidentally Bishop 13usch an nounced the receipt of a gift of $1,000 from the Homestake Mining company as a token of the wishes of the com pany for the continued prosperity of St. Patrick's parish and for the bene fit of the new school. Must Pay Full Rate. Huron.—In the circuit court here Judge Alva E. Tay*or directed the jury in the case of Jackson vs. Beadle county, to return a wrdict in favor of the plaintiff. The case grew out of the reduction of a bill piesented to the county commissioners by Mr. Jackson for the publication o-f election notices for the last general election. The original bill was reduced $174.50, and for the recovery of this amount Mr. lackson brought suit, with the result that the court, after hearing the evi ience, allowed the plaintiff the rate prescribed by law for such publication. Fire Prevention Day. Huron.—Fire prevention day was ob terved here, and the fire department gave a street parade. The city school practiced fire drills, and in various parts of the city attention was given to the destruction of rubbish and in flammable matter. The high school was emptied of its 350 pupils in less than one and a half minutes, and oth er buildings of the city made similar records. Loses Portion of a Haud. Aberdeen.—J. A. Stull, a Great Northern conductor, running between Aberdeen and Breckinridge, Minn., was out hunting when his gun was ac cidentally discharged and a portion of his right hand was shot away. Woman Hangs Herself. Mitchell.—The second suicide in the southwestern part of the county within the past two weeks occurred when Mrs. Reinhold Metzger ended her life by hanging. She had used a rope that her little daughters had played with. A brief note was left by the unfortunate, woman, which gave an insight into the 2ause for her act. The note said: "I cannot longer live. 1 will go crazy." The woman was 34 years of age and iad five chiMeee, tbe eldest fcetsg i? 'ears old. FLICHTISSTARTED HUGH ROBINSON LEAVE8 LAKg CALHOUN, MINNEAPOLIS, FOR JOURNEY SOUTH. 5 FOLLOWSTHE MISSISSIPPI Aeronaut Will Carry Twenty-fi^ Pounds of Letters for Doi|| River Towns on Hie Route. Minneapolis. Rising fWHtt the surface of Lake Calhoun at 8 a. m., Hugh Robinson began the attempt ever made to span the UniteU States, north and south, in an aero plane. Twenty thousand people saw the start. There was a successful be ginning to his journey and, barring the unforeseen, every indication is for a successful ending. Robinson's determination to make his goal is shown by the thorough ness of the preparations made. Enough machine parts are assembled at different points along the route to rebuild the aeroplane three times, and six expert repairmen have been di rected to points along the river with in convenient reach of any point at which a mishap might occur. The route which Robinson followed within Minneapolis was the most per ilous of the entire flight, and when he left the city in safety, one of the greatest hazards of the attempt was overcome. On rising from Lake Cal houn, at the foot of Lake street, Rob inson sought an altitude of 2,000 feet, and then flew first to Lake Harriet, thence to Lake Nokomis, by way of Minnehaha creek, and thence by the y, most direct route to the river. He took this route because it was the saf est for the hydro-aeroplane type of machine, with which the flight is made. This type, not being equipped with the landing wheels of the ordi nary aeroplane, can only alight safe ly in the water. Will Carry Mail. An interesting feature of the flight will be the transportation of United States mail aggregating 25 pounds in weight. Letters aggregating 25 pounds in weight were delivered to Robinson by the postoffice depart ment, for delivery at 21 points along the route. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" WJN8. In California Shows Majority In Fa. vor of Equal Suffrage. San Francisco, Calif. Woman suffrage has triumphed in California, straggling returns wiping out the m^ jority previously recorded against taw amendment and since this turn the margin in favor of amendment has'^ increased steadily. Returns show the result: For suffrage amendment—119, 830 against—117,779 majority^A for the amendment—2,051. The figures represent the returns from 2,877 precincts out of a total of 3,121 in the state. Virtually all of the remaining precincts are in coun ties which have given suffrage ma jorities. So overwhelming was the vote in favor of the other amendments—the initiative and referendum and the re call, including the judiciary —a that tabulation of the returns was suspend ed with nearly a third of the p^fcincts remaining unreported. The final count taken showed the following results: For the initiative and referend um—138,181 against—44,859 For the recall—148,572 —46,290. ORDER COMBINE DISSOLVED. All factories, plants and selling de purtments shall be made known to the. public as the property and business ot the General Electric company. 1 Its Electric Trust Must Separate Constituents. Toledo, Ohio. Declaring that their desire was to comply with all of the provisions of the statutes and that they did not think their acts had been unlawful, the General Electric com pany, the Westinghouse Electric company, and thirty-four other elec trical companies, engaged in the manu facture and sale of incandescent lamps and lamp machinery, threw themselves upon the mercy of Judge Killits in the federal courts when they withdrew their answers to the govern- ment suit charging a monopoly in res traint of trade. The government's suit was filed six months ago in Cleveland. It charged that all the defendant companies, through contracts, agreements and conspiracies were restraining trade and asked the dissolution of the com bine. Judge Killits ruled that the con cealment of the interest of the Cen tral Electric in the National Electric company was unlawful, in that it had been pretending to be a separate and competing company. The court or iered that the National company and all its subsidiaries be dissolved and that the General Electric be enjoined from conducting business except in its own name. Judge Killits' ruling was a complete breaking up of the tru^^ providing that: MAY BUY WINNIPEG LINES^ Traction System May Not Pass Into Hands of City. Winnipeg, Man. R. J. McKenzie is authority for the statement that local capitalists allied with New York capital have made a bid of $300 a share for the purchase of the plant of the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway company. This is $50 a share more than Sir William McKenzie offered the property to Winnipeg city, to whom he would have preferred to sell. 1