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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
Loses $50 Tons Of Hay.

Pierre.-A prairie fire which was
started by lightning in western Pot
ter county burned a large part of one
night and until the afternoon Of the
next day before it was finally got UNI
e control. While a number OF
ranchers lost winter pasturage and
stacks, the heaviest loser was Charles
Swift, who lost $50 tons of hay which
had been put up for winter feed.
While this is a severe loss, it is not
yet too late to secure another supply,
and not SO serious as il it had been
later in the s
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
A Heavy Grain Loss.

Scotland.-A heavy loss was sus.
tanned by a fire on the farm of Colt
lieb Muehmel near town. A thresh-
ing was at work and the fire
was started by a spark from the en-.
CINE. Two stacks of oats and some
barley stacks were consumed. About
700 bushels OF oats and IT'S bushels
of barley were burned. BY placing q
cable around another stack and at.
taching the engine to IT the stack was
"snaked" away and saved.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
Finds Brother Dead beside Him.

Sioux Falls.-To awake at an early
hour in the morning and find his
brother dead beside him was the ex-
perience OF Daniel Drake, living on
a farm near Humboldt. The dead
a was ]. w. Drake, aged Ga, better
known among his associates as
ives" Drake. Death resulted from
a sudden attack of heart failure. The
dead man was visiting his brother
at the time of the attack. He evident
ly had been dead an hour or more
when the dead body was discovered
by his brother.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
Grain peIuaes EIevators.

Bridgewater.-Owing to the contin.
ued fair weather. with no interrup.
lions in threshing. grain has poured
into the local elevators in such guam.
titles that q congestion has resulted
In several cases. Every effort is be.
ing made by the railroad to handle
the situation, but it is impossible to
supply carr as rapidly as needed.
Threshing Is well advanced and will
be practically completed In two
weeks. More than the usual acreage
Of corn IL being cut and silos are be.
ing fiued
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
European War News.

London reports say the Swedish
king and queen may lose their throne
because of the Swedish-Ge German diplo-
matte intrigue which was brought to
light by the United States.
The italian losses In the eleventh
Isonzo battle, says IN official state
ment, issued at Vienna by the Aus
trian war Office. have reached almost
a quarter OF a million, including
10000 prisoners.
The German relchstag, as a first
step toward peice, will demand that
the chancellor be made responsible
to the lawmaking body, that the gov
ernment state It's peace terms and its
attitude toward Alsace-Lorrnine.
. A marked decrease In the destruc-
ton Of British merchant vessels by
mines or submarines Is reported IN
the admiralty statement for the week
ending Sept. 8. Twelve vessels Of
o than 1000 tons and six OF less
than 1000 tons were SINK, as COM
pared with twenty large and 3 small
the previous week. This n the small
est number Of large British vessels
sunk In a week since Germany began
its submarine campaign.
An allied Italian and English fleet
has been reported nearing POla. where
the Austrian fleet Is bottled up. The
report may mean q concerted effort
by the land and naval forces OF the
allies to capture Trieste, most I'M
portant Austrian seaport.
Terms outlined BY President Will
sons reply I'd Pope Benedict's peace
proposal should be acceptable to Ger
mun people. according TO mn official
statement issued BY the Roman Cath
Ole rerter partv Of the refchstng.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
child,s Arm Broken

Kimball.-The ~11-year-old daughter
Of Charles Johnson. living northeast
Of this city, met with a very painful
accident. The mother hitched up the
horse to the buggy and as they got in
the shafts dropped, soaring the horse
and making it run away, throwing out
the mother and daughter, breaking
the child's arm.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
Nav Reclaim Corn Land.

Clark.-The county commissioners
Of Clark county have engaged the
state engineer to make a survey of
a large area in eastern Clark county
in order to discover the feasibility OF
draining the land. It is believed sew.
eral thousands Of acres Of land now
too wet for successful cultivation,
can be redeemed, and II the work is
not too expensive it is proposed to
undertake it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
She Claims DAMAGES.

Northumberland court is in ses-
sion here. but not much jury work.
One case attracting attention is one
IN which Mrs. Mary ]. Moore, aged
Is years, seeks to recover $4,000 dam
ages from Fred Schauber, who a year
ago, ran his auto into Mrs. Moore's
buggy, from which the old lady re.
ceived severe injuries. and has been
in q hospital q good deal since.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
No Danger.

A party Of engineers were out wire
cutting In mo Mans Land" one night.
Things were progressing very favor
ably when n Of the sentries sent ur
q hare or star shell SO that he could
spy out the land. Immediately all the
wire cutters, except one, threw
themselves down.
Keep still, you idiot" they whis
pered to the foOlhardy one.
1t doesn't matter, you silly chumps.r
came the ret0rt. Its enc OF ours r
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
FOR The BUSY man
NEwo epiroME THAT CAN SOON
DE COMPRISED.
MY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
fscme and Foreign intelligence Con-
deneed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
q. S. -Teutonic War News.

~ - 16utUulC w dE NGWSs
Four Americans were killed, three
l~ieutenants, six privates and n
nurse were injured when German air.
men deliberately bombed American
hospitals on the French coast.
Word from the front in France Is
that German prisoners state that En-
peror William of Germany has offered
$50 and three weeks leave for the
first American soldier taken prisoner.
The American military authorities
In France have placed through the
der for 100000 francs worth Of
wooden huts to house United States
troops.
A battle between a fleet of Ameri-
can steamers and six German u
boats off the coast Of France on Sep
TENDER 5 in which two vessels n
one U-boat were sunk, was announced
by the navy department.
The senate at Washington passed
the bill ~forbidding trade with Ger
many or her allies and requiring that
German papers in America must pub
lish parallel TRANSACTIONS In English
OF any criticisms OF this country.
First Lieut.. Fitzsimmons of Kansas
Lieutenant Fitzsimmons OF Kansas
City, killed when German airmen
bombed an American hospital in
France, last Thursday, was the first
American officer to give his life in the
war.
A great fleet Of merchant ships OF
from 10000 to 10000 tons, capable OF
attaining a speed Of sixteen knots or
1 better, in its effort to defeat the sub
larines and to carry troops to Europe,
to be built by the American gov
sment.
ynan minister. Count Lukburg.
ZEN handed his passports mt Bue-
Afres. The Argentine govern
4nent will ask Germany to re-define
her C-boat plans If these are salts
factory, Berlin will be permitted to
send another minister to Buenos
Aires. Otherwise. Argentine will with
draw her minister from Berlin and
war between the two countries may
follow.
German activities in the United
States and neutral countries to obtain
possession OF American gold. were
largely responsible, 1t Is said. for the
recent proclamation placing gold on the
list OF commodities requiring export IL
censes. One report reaching Wash
ington Is that German submarines
were instructed to remove gold from
captured steamers, torpedo the YES
sells and bring back the gold to their
bases.
Secretary Of War Baker announced
at Washington that the Liberty mo-
Tor, the airplane engine upon which
the United States is relying to estab-
lieh supremacy over the Germans on
the b~attleflelds Of France, has passed
tn final test and is a complete and
gratifying success. Secretary Baker
says the motor Is "now the main reli-
nnce az the United States In the rap-
IA production In large numbers OF
high power battle planes for service
In the war;"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
General News.

0e0e19l NeW1.
A jury has been selected at Red
Oak. Ia, to hear the case OF Rev.
Lynn g. J. Kelly, charged with MUIR
dering eight people in Villisca with an
* In June, 1912.
Five buildings at the frankfort gov
ornInent arsenal at Philadelphia are In
ruins, two workers are dead and thir-
~ are injured 40 the result Of . series
Of explosions followed by fre.
War crops In the middle west were
heavily damaged BY recent frosts.
Iowa. North and South Dakota, Mich
iean. Wisconsin and Minnesota SUIT
fered heavily. Corn. potatoes, beans
and lesser crops all suffered.
Two men were killed and one
wounded In 1 light at Glencoe. Mimi,
when four mel carrying Industrial
workers Of the world cards attempted
- hold up two farm hands who
riding on q freight trnin.
During nm anti-German riot at
Buen0s Aires, Argentine, mObs burned
~ wrecked q half dozen buildings oc-
<apled BY German firms, several
blocks Of houses occupied BY Ger
nafs. the German club and o German
newspaper.
Queen Eleonorn of Bulgaria died at
eofA. Geptefnbcr ~. She was the
Slaughter Of Prince Henry Nv Of
Nenss-Kostrix. Queen Eleanore was
Norm III 1907 md married Prince Fer
dssna1tf cf Bulgaria. Who later ascend
~ throne, - mos.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
Woman Seriously Burned.

Pierre.-Mrs. L. Kelly. one OF the
pioneer residents Of this city. was
seriously burned when her clothes
caught ire while she was about her
Homework. She was alone at the
time and SAYS she has no idea as to
the cause OF her clothing catching
fire.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21
browns Self in cistern.

Sioux Falls.-A coroner's jury which
investigated the death Of Mrs. Joseph
Dvorak, wife Of q Hutchinson count,
farmer, whose body was found float
ing in a cistern at the family home, re.
turned q verdict to the effect that the
woman committed suicide while tenn
porarily deranged.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-21

Four Americans were killed, three
lieutenants, six privates and one
nurse were injured when German air.
men deliberately bombed American
hospitals on the French coast.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
", VA, LEGISLATURE
fCoutinued From FIRST Page.)

carry on the work for which II was
created. under the direction OF and in
cooperation with the council OF ma
tional defense.
SeYenth-To enlarge the powers OF
any state officers to meet any emeer-
sency arising out Of the war or the
conditions resulting from it.
Eighth-To take any action regard
ing the Virginia debt suit that may. in
the Judgment fthe legislature, seem
necessary or that Developments in the
meantime shall seem to warrant.
= Ninth-To consider and submit to
people at the next general cleo
a constitutional amendment pro-
hing for a state budget.
Governor CornweIl has forwarded a
tier to each member OF the legis-
ture explaining that calling the SEES
on almost one month earlier than
had intended to do was made
ecessary by the fact that as the state
w now is, the federal government
an acquire title to but twenty-five
ores OF land in this state, in any one
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
FRENCH MISSION
Continued from First Page.)

washington newspaper correspondents
u Stay Prolonged.
"Genilemen." he said, II have made
Temporary arrangements through
which | shall be abb" to receive you
twice Il day. You may ask me 0ueS-
tons about The things you want 10
know and will with discretion answer
all that ! can You must understand
that We are in the hands of the United
States government anu what your GOV
lrrnment wants us 10 do we will do.
V He described in detail the objects
Of the mission as understood when il
left France. adding thai since tho al
rival her" there had been a change in
the program and that the subjects un-
der discussion now were considerably
broader than il had been anticipated
they would be. For thai reason. he
said. il was prohabl" that the mission
would HAY" 10 remain in Washington
longer than il had expected. I1r d.
Scrihcd tn" trin across The Atlantic and
again said be- wished TO extend on
behalf Of tn" mission lis gratitude for
the reception received upon the AZ
rival in Hampton Roads and in Wash
inelnn. we have come 10 the neH-
world. he said. TO face new Si;ua-
ton. and il We ar" not prepared 10 TO
ali the things we might do. il is be-
cause We left Franc" so hurri"dly.'
Navy an Eye-Opener.
NJ. tl0relaqur drSrrib"d the visit Or
the mission 10 an Acmerican warShip
al Hampton Roads, adding:
I'VE had no idea that YOU had such
Il magnificent navy"
Speaking again Of tho welcome ac-
corded the commission. he said: eve
have been told that Washington WAS
naturally The coolest city in the United
States and Thar New York was the
warmrst. II Washington has been cold
! Ia us suppose No will b" incineraLed
when We gel to New York, for We are
! going there"
Ii was. said today that the mission
had determined 10 90 as far west as
Chicago and that il was certain Phla-
delphia. Valley Forge, New York and
Boston also would hr visited. If there
is opportunity visits also may be paid
81. Louis, Kansas City and New Or
leans.
! Sunday the entire commission will
board the presidential yacht May
| flower and 80 TO Mount Vernon.
VI. Viviari will deliver an Grafton
at tho tomb of George Washington
and Marshal Joffrc will place upon it
! a bronze palm similar 10 that used 20
| decorate the graves OF soldiers in
! France.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
DEADLY FIRE-BLAST
Continued from Page oue.)

tn" helmet S'lUadS which r"-"ntrrofi
III" nln" after TIA" trS' group ~ an
protected r"$ru"rS hal been forced /"
RETREAT had penetrated IN" main stop"
a distance OF -."u" feet lat" tonight.
f-vid"n|" AZ Il %"S "Xrt"Sinn WAS found
AT Ia" feet. hui thrr. waS uu tr;tr" al
thu men.
Run"rS current that tn" expansion
was the result al Il il"l W"r" HiScm'lnl-
ed by company officials. who pointed out
that tn" milr' was known ~ u gas
min. and that - similar explosion had
occurred in l3i". Company nffirW IL
stated that III" r\l.l"Sl"n was slight and
that III" greatest danger 10 the ln'i.
WAS from fire and SWok".
Ninety al tn" ruinmh"d mrn .H.r,.
coal uiGgrrS. III" others h"iti@ company
officials. l:''Sid"S tho r"Sru" squads II
the Victor American company in Has
llnGS canyon. r"SCErrS wrr" called from
III" Colorado Fu"l and IRON Company :
camp. just across the hill from the
Hastings mine.
The Hastings min" is tw"ntI' miles
from Trlnihad The miu. normally ON
pluyS about loo m"n Ia Il shift and has
4 capacity Of 1000 tons a day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28

Greece has adopted a standard ine
that saves half an hour OF daylight and
brings the nation within the zone ii
eastern European time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
Noted Educator Urges
Training Of Young
Mothers in Schools
MORE THAN 100000 CHILDREN DIE
ANNUALLY THROUGH PATENTS
IGNORANCE.
DR.. P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commissioner
of Education, Gives Interesting Loo
ture in High School

That 3Rn. ono children below six years.
school age. die annually through iShnT-
unCn Of the mothers. WAS Il declaration
of pr T. i. ClaXtuu. United Stal"S com
, missioner Of cdUca;i"n "f Washington.
II. c. in an address before members 81
the city Teachers aSSurIHlinn in IN"
high school auditorium last night. ITS
n national crime" Il" said. ''rhrcc hun
dr"d thousand children dying annually.
mrrilrSSly. suppose some foreign Toe:
would invad. our shore and kill %DQ.""O
; children. Draft would not b" necessary
t. r;liSr an army L. drive them away.
LIS ignorance an nur part that per-
+ IniiS this annual death and In" child
Thousands nf children between the ages
Of SIX Ia lively" yrarS contract dis
ease that Snmrtil limos brings an nnlin.-
l. end. Others carry ii with them
through their lives. They arc useless
, Ia Tn" community.
nr CIaxinu urged tn" addition Of the
/ course uf Study regarding: child car" 10
N" curriculum OF our schools. Iracn
hr mother III" proper care "t her child
Teach The hoy civic sanitation. W"
would then. have less deaths of children
below the school aEe. In school. If TN"
child is fortunate enough 80 live long
enough 10 get there. the results nt III"
t"ach"rs trimming depends almost en-
! iirciy upon what the mother has done
Tor the child"
The nuInhrr nf hours 4 child is in
school appruNimaies 1000. Dr. tlhNton
said. l.. is out Of school 177.O00 hours
during the period it is required Ia so L"
Srhu"l. I'll" first sin years OF III"
Child'S life is empty. and ii ills the most
vital part. At ihS time ii rs determine
I'd whether tho child is /" liz" or die.
Last nights l"riur" WAS the last OF
tho teachers lecture course. Ii was
attended by several hundred teachers CT
The Wheeling district.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28

Harry C. Hunter Shows open today.
Bridge Park; twice daily. apr25tf
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28

place. That the federal government
wants more than $50 acres for the
armor plate and projectile plants III
South Charleston and that It wants
title TO the property immediately in
order that work can be started.
He explained that he was includ-
ing no general Legislation, largely be-
cause more than one hundred subjects
had been urged upon him by members
of the legislature and others: that TO
include all or any considerable part
of them would mea ma long drawn out
session at an extraordinary time, so
far as events are concerned, and 10
include only a few would be TO dis
criminate.
So the governor. has confined the
legislation TO action upon war meas
lures and the appropriation bill. except
that he added the constitutional
amendment for budget system as
that is a fiscal measure. allied closely
with the appropriations and designed
TO effect economy in the public eXpen-
ditureS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
NEWS BRIEFS

The Y. NJ. E. a. will join with
other national associations in the So
cial hettrrment and gospel service
work among the soldiers. Locally the
Y. NJ. C.. 4. is finding a good field at
the National guard camp.
Richard Roscoe. former Wheeling
boy of British Isles birth. has gone To
France with the Two Hundred and
Eighth Irish-Canadian Overseas bat
TALON from Toronto.
PLANS have been completed for
The coming Of Miss Eleanor Stafford
Millar of the Moody Bible institute.
ing two weeks in May under the aus
pieces Of the Y. W. e.. 4.
1t is likely that several local real
estate men. including II. r. Tucker
secretary Of the Wheeling real estate
hoard. will attend The annual meeting
Of the National Real Estate Mems as
ISOLATION in Milwaukee, Wis, July
24.91.
An order Of dismissal was entered
yesterday in federal court in the bank
ruptcy matter Of Michael Mahon.
WellSburg contractor.
Steve Nick, convicted recently OF
violating tho Iosi law, was released
from Jail on an order from Judge Rob-
lnSOn yesterday. NICK is salQ 10 De
seriously ill.,
Yesterday was the anniversary OF
the sinking Of the river steamer Sui
lana near Memphis, Tenn. while car
rving hundreds of union soldiers TO
The south during the Civil war. I4afe
Citizens and Thomas Moore. Two
Wheeling survivors, celebrated the an
niversary.
Ten building permits. chiefly for
minor repairs, were issued this week
by Building Inspector J. J. Fahey.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
WELFARE COMMITTEE CHANGES.

Two changes have been found nee
esSary in the house committee for
Child Welfare Week, which will be OBJ
served in Wheeling from April % to
May 5. Mrs. a. A. Wheat has found
it impossible 10 serve because OF her
duties on other committees, and in her
stead Mrs. Harry Ebberr has been
assigned Mrs. Daniel White has also
been added 10 this committee.
AN American citizen army would not
fear asphyXiatinc gases Of any enemy.
why So"
EVERY voter has smoked campaign
cieare and survived" -Eoston Express.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
MACADEMY MINSTRELS
ONE ROUND OF FUN
Many Features Are to Be introduced
MANAGEMENT Announces-Blues
VIII Be Scared Away.

Features galore. witty Jokes and pa
troitic demonstrations are to- be intro
ducad in III" Macad"my club mlnstrcls
at the Court. Monday night. The man
agencnt promises ia sway tho audience
from I.arS 10 laughter and the worst
case of blues wun't survive 4 minute.
Tickets may l." secured ut the Court
or from any mcmh,r of the club.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
AMERICUS CLUB BANQUET
at Pittsburgh Last Night Attended by
Five Wheeling Business Men

Patriotism and enthusiasm marked
tho banquet o. the AmcricuS club Of
Pittsburgh at the William Penn hotel
last night. More than eight hundred
men attended. and the principal ad
dresses were made by Judge George Or
lady of the state supreme court and
George W. Perkins
Wheeling business men present in
cluded y. q. Paxton, Howard liazlett.
} u. Holloway, John Duncan and II. {.
ogden.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
WERE DISORDERLY

Jack Schafcr and Nora Schafcr were
having II high old time" twhat2trr
Saru Moran means by that down IN tn"
Fifth ward yesterday evening when Pa
trnlman Moran happened in. Officer
sam decided such ACTIONS were feminist
The peace and dignity Of tn" city. 50 h.
called til" patrol. dumped en- in and
took EN- 10 headquarters,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
WARWOOD COUNCIL
Passes Drastic Dog Ordinance Last
Nisht-chaages Meeting Time

warwood Council last night passed
drastic dog ordinance. which, besides
lowing a Tux on all CANNES. prohibits
their running at large. y dog will not
he allowed on The streets unless accom-
uanying it's nwncer. An ordinance was
nassed changing the meeting night OF
council from the first anu ihlrd trlHa!S
rf rach month to the first and third
Thursday nights.
In the absence OF Mayor Montgomery.
who was prevented from attending be-
cause Of fitness. Recorder John Mitch
ell acted as mayor and Charles Wells
hans acted as recorder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-10
HOTELS TO CONSERVE FOOD.

WlNONA, Mimi, Dee. lO-Thc effects
ot the war on the hotel business will BE-
discussed and plan, To conserve food will
be perfected NJ the annual convention III
the Minnesota, North Dakota ana south
Dakota Greeters' Association, which met
in this city today for two-day session.
The association embraces in it, member
ship the proprletor~, managers and chief
clerks Ut the leading hotels of the three
states. State Food Administrator George
Pocock of 1t. Paul j. scheduled to address
the convention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-10
COURT
is IN SESSION
ALABAMA FEDERAL JUDGE ARRIVES
TO HOLD DECEMBER TERM-THs
DOCKET UNUSUALLY HEAVY.

The December term Of the United States
court. southern district of Texas. Browns
vile division, opened in the federal build
inc at , o'clock this afternoon. with Judge
w. |. Grubb of Birmingham. ka, Judge of
the northern district of Alabama, pre>id-
ing. Judge Grubb i in the district ITEM
porarily until 4 permanent successor to
the late Waller T. Burns j. appointed lie
arrived today noon from Houston. after
having completed the November term of the
Laredo division, which was interrupted bv
the death If Judge Burns
Other court officials who arrived with
Judge Grubb were District Attorney John
r. Green Jr.. u. f.. Simmons. assistant dis
trict attorney; Miss George Smith. ILL., u.
Mckay and j. H. Sexton of the marshal T.
and clerk : offices
Fifty tale~men presented themselves in
court this afternoon. from which \ grand
and petit jury for the term will IN selected.
The docket j. unusually heavy, mainly
with draft and registration cases. mum
being to total Of more than l25 eases.