Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24

Uncle Sans position In the japan
ese.German war II that q . neutral
observer.
Tunis ]. Powell. president Of the
American District Telephone COM
pany Of New York. died in his home
In Brooklyn. He was 50 years old.
What was said to be the record
price for wheat in the Pacific north.
west since 1908 was reached in the
Portland market when 5000 bushels
were sold for s1.06h.
An ofncial statement form the Brit
ish consulate said three British war
ships have been sent ct full speed to
protect cotton and oil trafic In the
Gulf of Mexico.
Gen. Powell Clayton, distinguished
statesman. diplomat and soldier. died
at his home in Washington at the age
Of eighty-one years. He had been in
feeble health for many months.
Nine hundred thousand barrels OF
oil are reported burning In the Head.
ton and Gushing oil fields of Oklaho'
ma. The burning oil was flowing
into several creeks and little headway
was being made by those battling the
| flames. Lightning started both fires.
Charles F. Brown, special master
in the suit of the Central Trust Co.
against the Wabash Railroad Co., in .
report filed in New York in the FEEDER.
al district court, found that the Wa
bash Railroad Co. was insolvent and
therefore wholly unable to pay its
debts aud obligations.
The war of the nations has made
itself felt among even peaceful mind
ed canary birds. Dealers in birdseed
in San Francisco have advanced the
price 100 per cent. Their excuse is
that most of the selected feed comes
! from Europe and that since the de.
claration of hostilities the supply has
been cut down.
There probably will be no grand
opera in Boston this winter, according
to a cablegram received from Ellen
Jordan, managing director of the Bos.
ton Opera company. Most Of the sing.
teen male members Of the company
are known to have enlisted in the
armies.
FOREIGN.
1 London reports that Togoland, the
German possessions on the west
Coast Of Africa, have surrendered un-
conditfonally.
Al official announcement made
public at Berlin says that the city Of
Namar and five of its forts have
been captured by the Germans.
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Brussels resumes something of its
normal condition. The German COM
mande- promises to protect the city
If it's inhabitants do not grow hostile.
The situation between Japan and
Austria is described in Toxic a. q
rupture of diplomatic relations, not
} war"
Ahstrians have started fortifying
Vienna; the official reason given is
merely to give work to the unem.
plOyed.
It is stated the British marines have
occupied Ostend to prevent the Ger.
mans from getting foothold on the
English channel.
The term of the duke Of Connaught
as governor general of Canada which
should expire on October 20, has been
extended indefinitely.
The Belgian royal family will aban-
don the temporary palace and estab-
lish themselves in a secret place in
Antwerp as the result of attack by a
Zeppelin airship.
The attack on Antwerp by a Zeppe.
lin dirigible balloon has aroused some
anxiety regarding the possibility Of
similar attack on London.
The ministry of war has decided to
make Paris a perfectly entrenched
camp. This is purely a precautionary
measure to insure inlets and exits, no
matter what the result.
The Russian army contemplates an
attack on Berlin within three weeks,
it was oficially admitted in st. Pc
tersburg. It was stated that Russian
mobilization has been completed and
that S.00C 900 men are under arms.
Tournai, capital Of Hainout, Bel
GUM. was compelled by German cap
tors to pay 100000 indemnity with in
an hour. the burgomaster being held
as hostage until the money was
.. raised, according to a dispatch from