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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
Washington Notes.

Railroads OF the United States have
transported 914. 1876 persons during the
present military mobilization, without
n serious. wreck. the war depart
nent has announced.
The treasury department announced
another loan of 100000 600 to France.
This brings Frances total to $79O,OOO.-
600. and the total for oil allies to 3d.
776, 400. 900.
Food Administrator Hoover issued
notice to the public that 1.-THE corner
has been turned in high food prices
and that most OF the essential con.
moditiAs should continue to- show re-
auctions between now and the end Of
the year.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
IL having prepared . roll OF honor Of
the millions who buy liberty bonds.
which il to be preserved 10 the M
tons archives. Names will be In
scribed on the parchment. but not
amounts.
Further investigation into the nccu-
racy of statements made by Senator
La Toilette In his st. Paul speech
will be postponed until November &c,
when hearings will he held. Chair
man pomerene OF the Investigating
committee announced.
Fuel Administrator Garfield nm
nounced that al coal miners have re-
sumed work In Indiana. practically all
In Ohio and all miners are resuming
work In Illinois. He said that re-
ports from all sections Indicate n
gratifying tendency downward In re-
tail coal prices.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
Prairie Fire sweeps Wide Area.

Eagle Butte.-A prairie fire believed
to have been started by sparks from
. locomotive on the Milwaukee road
swept over a wide area Of country in
Dewey county, doing a great deal OF
damage until it was extinguished when
1t reached the Moreau river. Practi-
cally every man from Eagle Butte
and the surrounding country assem-
BLEED to fight fire, but they could not
accomplish much until the river was
reached. Several farm houses and
barns were burned, thousands of tons
Ct hay were destroyed and many
bushels of grain. in addition to farm
ing tools and machinery. Among the
losers are Blasius Wagner. house; C.
p. Cooper, grain; G. Pierson. house:
O. A. Cover. barn; Cosey, Fogard,
haying tools. There were also others.
The total loss will aggregate several
thousand dollars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
souaw Corn Valuable.

Pierre.-When the first settlers
came up into this section Of the state,
they found squaw corn being grown
along the river. but did not consider
it worth b%othering with as a crop in
any way. and 1t looks a little curious
now to see that class of corn being
advertised as we'll as cared for seed
corn for next years crop. at 50 a bush
el. when a few years ago it had no
selling value.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
Killed Accidentally.

Pierre.-Harry Jones, a horse break
er. who has ridden in a number Of
contests in this part OF the state. was
found dead ear Canning with the In
dications that 2 horse which he wal
breaking had dashed into q fence,
throwing both horse and rider, and the
rider was killed. The home Of the
young man was near Wall, and the
body was taken back to that place for
burial.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

Kimball-The 3-year.old daughter
Of Oscar Anderson. who lives near the
inland town Of Ola. southwest OF here,
was burned 80 badly she died. The
mother had started q Are IN the stove
and had gone outside TO get some kin.
ding Tor the kitchen stove and when
she came back into the house, the
rooms were full OF smoke and onsthc
I'D ny the child with her clothes
6ufned entirely o.. Mrs. Anderson
Was xble % put ont the flre and the
injured child Wa taken TO the Cham
beriain saasetoFium. but she lied soon
after arriving y the hospital.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

Aberdeen.-Former Gov. Charles N.
Herreid. named last Friday BY Her.
bert G. Hoover u state food admin.
istrator for South Dakota. left for
washington. having been summoned
by Mr.. Hoover Tor : conference be-
fore taking up his new duties. Mr..
Herald had taken = keen interest in
observation movements long before
the var bagan. and since the war.
whom the scarcity OF some articles Of
Rod Was threatened. notably sugar,
he has abstained from It's use and Der
sonally urged his acquaintances to Z
80,
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viii Exempt Seed Grain.

The agron0my department of State
college has received notice that the
United States Food Administration
Grain Corporation will exempt from
its 3O-day storage limitation such lots
OF grain as are examined by the CON.
mittee and found to be good for seed.
Such lots may be kept for bona1de
seed purposes until the end OF the
next seeding season. The corporation
has issued blanket licenses for stor-
age OF seed grain of specific lots
when the committee approves them.
Seed 80 held may be sold not to ex-
coed fifteen per cent over the selling
price OF No. / wheat at the elevator
where it il stored. For the most part
this ruling relates to spring wheat,
and only in special cases will the
holding OF winter wheat. seed for use
in the fall Of 1918 be approved. This
step is taken In order to assure the
holding Of sufficient good seed wheat
and rye to. SOW next years crop.
Warehousemen and elevator operators
in the spring wheat belt east of the
Rocky mountains must send a sample
OF grain which they wish to hold for
seed purposes to- the laboratory OF
seed seed stocks committee, Mime.
apolis, addressing w. L. Oswald. 800
Flour Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
Their Golden Weddina.

Arlington.--Mr. and Mrs. E. w.
Smith OF Arlington recently celebra-
ted their golden wedding anniversary.
In honor Of the occasion. they were
escorted to the Masonic temple, where
friends presented them with a number
Of gold coins, old-time songs were
sung. and Mr.. Smith INDUCED in remi-
niscences OF the early days III South
Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
sryan Donated Services.

Yankton.-The ladies' who had
charge OF the w. C. r. u. finances and
who we're instrumental IN bringing
william J. Bryan to Yankton 10 deliv.
er IN address were very much sur.
prised when he donated the price that
was to have been paid him for coming.
and on top Of that paid his own rail-
road fare.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
DnTELlioGNcR oATHgREo HGRg
GOWNS WIDE ARGA.
eaElIER OR LESSER IMPORT
includes What u 0olno On q Wash.
Innton and In Other sections
Of the Country.
q. S. Teutonic War News.

q. S. Teutonic War News.
The captain Of the American steam
Or Lewis ~Luckenback, torpedoed by a
submarine, and nine Of the crew and
n sailor Of the naval guard are
missing, according to Washington re-
ports.
All hands in the military and ma
val service who perished with the
lost American transport Antilles, tor
pedoed and sunk by a German subma-
rine, came within the scope OF the
new war insurance law, and thereby
automatically carried insurance to
the amount Of 5000 each.
A sweeping change In the machin-
cry Of the selective draft. based on
division Of the 100000 remaining
registrants into I'VE classes In order
Of their eligibility for military serv-
&c was announced by Provost Marshal
General Crowder. The plan has been
approved by President Wilson.
A third officers training camp will
open on January 5 and continue until
April 5. There viii be one camp in
each division Of the regular army. Ma
tional Guard and national army and
In the Philippines. Panama. Hawaii.
Fort Bliss. Fort Sam Houston and
Ohickamauga.
Plans were laid 1t Washington for
the nationwide drive dsrtAg the week
Of November 40 to raise @8.7t0yO0O
for the war camp community recrsa-
ton fund to provide Wholesome en-.
tertainment for the soldiers and sail
ors in the cities around the training
camps.
The American army transport An
TILES. a O.678-tOn vessel. hOmewnrd
bound under convoy. was t0rpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine in
the war zone October II with a loss
Of seventy lives. Neither the sub
marine nor the torpedo was seen and
the transport. hit squarely nmldship,
sank in five minutes.
The War department sent a sharp
order to nll National Guard officers
foriidding them to communicate to
state authorities any information as
20 the movements OF their own or 9TH
er units Of the federal armies. Evil
dences have come from Europe re-
vealink facts which the government
wished to he withheld from publica-
ton prompted the action.
American military experts do not
expect winter to hnlt the great allied
drive against the Germans In Flan-
ders. Secretary Bakers weekly re-
view OF war operations. d~iscloses the
belief OF the war department that
British and French commanders will
continue forcing the enemy backward
without waiting for spring. The re-
view declares that the American K
pedltfOnary force In France. after
three months intensive training are In
efficient trim and splendid physical
condition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
General News.

00&S0101 N0Wos
Robert Ftxslmmons, former heavy
weight champion pugilist Of the
world, died at : hospital In Chicago.
Rev. Lynn i. Kelly. who Il Ia Jail
at Red Oak. Iowa. will be put on
trial n second time for the villlsca
* murders November ~.
New York sugar Peflners notified
candy manufacturers that the sale OF
sugnr tor mailing candy II prohibited
until further notice BY the national
foo1 administration.
The people Or Ohio viii vote on 4
I~ef4rendum on the presidential auf-
frAee question ct tie coming Novem-
her elections, according to ! decision
q the state supreme court.
Attorney General II. n. Havner Of
Iowa has ordered ! recount of the bal
lots cast III the recent special election
q the question 0f constitutl0nal pro
hlbition. Unolscial returns give the
wetD m advantage of approximately
Ion. With ! total vote - 100000.
ne right Of labor unions to COM
Nine and 10 make nse ~ tho peaceful
plcket' 70 Aght. thS ''open shop" II mp
held IN i dscislon rendered b Judge
Chsrles Leslie ~ the district cour.. At
M@&4
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

Trading In November and December
corn has been stopped by decision Of
the directors Of the Chicago board Of
trade.
A federal investigator. who has been
working ~ a coal miner In Illinois,
said that uneasfness at the mines Is
due largely, to I. w. w. agents and
other pro-German propagandists, who,
he said, seize every opportunity to In
cite the men to strike.
For the first time In the history Of
the United States a government repre-
sentative has fixed the "fair'' price Of
certain foodstuffs. A. Wheeler, food
administrator of Illinois, announced
the proper price for sugar, potatoes
and flour. Grocers have agreed to put
the prices into effect.
Copenhagen newspapers denounce
the German proposal to sell to Dem
mark a small strip Of former Danish
territory in North Schleswig, declar-
ing that Germany expects to get not
only money. but a hold on Denmark,
which would make Denmark econom
ically and nationally a dependency Of
Germany.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
European War News.

It Is reported that 100 workmen, In
Guiding 40 Belgians. were killed and
100 injured by an explosion recently
at Luttre. In Hainault province. Bel
GUM.
One hundred and fifty lives were
lost when five Norwegian, one Dam
ish and three Swedish vessels were
sunk by two German raiders In the
North Sea.
French defenses destroyed. three
Zeppelins and captured a fourth of n
group which sought to raid French
territory. according to IN Official
statement.
In the course Of q speech In the
house Of commons In London Premier
Lloyd-George declared the government
wos aware that arrangements we're
again being made, partly by Count 0
Bernstorff. to land arms In Ireland.
Zeppelin losses officially reported by
the allies are six In 1914. 16 IN 1915,
o for 1915 and three for 1917. The
1917 figure does not include Zeppelins
lost 10 the last attempted raid on
Paris. which cost the Germans five
Of their new type air ships.
latest advfces concerning the naval
activity In the gulf Of Riga between
the Germans and the Russians show
that two German dreadnoughts. one
cruiser. twelve torpedo boats. one
I; ansport and numerous mine sweep.
err were put out Of action BY the
Russian feet.
IN one Of the swift and daring
blows Of the war. the French troops
under General Petain smashed through
the German lines north Of the Aisne
to ! depth Of more than two miles at
one point. Indicted heavy losses .
the enemy and captured lore than
7.6OO prisoners and twenty-five heavy
gums and field gums. besides taking
several important villages. i.
Seven 04snan airshlps ralded the
eastern ana northern COASTS Of Eng
land, dropping bombs nc various
polnts, IncludlnG d few II the Lon
don area. The raid resulted n ~
deatk ~ e persons and the injsry
4#hf y
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

Seven 06gunan airshlpS raIded the
eastern and northern coasts os Eng
land. dropping bombs at varlous
polnts, IncludlnG d few II the Lon
doa area. The raid resulted u N
deatk of 81 persons and the injury
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

Farm Laborsrs Quite Plentiful.
The scarcity Of farm laborers, which
alarmed the farmers for . time. does
not appear to be so serious ~ 1t flrst
thought. There appears to be plenty
Or men to husk the great corn crop,
but they r holding out for 10 cents
per bushel. Some lei are remaining
idle rather than husk for less than
that price.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02

It Is reported that 100 workmen, In
Guiding 40 Belgians. were killed and
100 injured by an explosion recently
at Luttre. In Hainault province. Bel.
GUM.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-02
Extra Courses.

exIr1 V0Up8eo.
In addition to courses already an
nounced by the University OF South
Dakota, for students who enter in
November. there will be given these
courses In Mathematics: College Alge.
bra. Plane Trigonometry. and Analyt.
ic Geometry. These courses are for
students who have been engaged in
farm work and whose entrance has
been delayed on that account.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

mo one in sight" reported 'There
is some one in there want to sur-
prise. to play joke on. so ! am going
to break In the door,
'Ha' hal" laughed Bill. asbe shan
be very funny yoke"
|. We felt our way to the door which
was solid one of plain wood with M
glass panels.
Gould you knock that off from ;ts
hingesT I whispered.
u bet" Bill replied; @easr..
"All right, then. Get ready. Zone,
two, threel r.
Crash! Bill snrang at the e,oor and
II fell inward.
| stepped across the threshold and
leveled my monkey wrench like a re.
volyer.
Throw up your handsr' / com
manded.
To my surprise I found that I was
addressing WHISPERED individual clad
In white swimming tights only. who
/ was backed up against door In a far
corner OF the room. He threw up one
hand. keeping the other one behind
I him.
Up with the other hand!' shouted.
advancing into the room to get better
view of its occupant, but keeping SUI.
ficientiy In the shade of the lamp Sc
that the real nature of my weapon
would not be Immediately evident
Throw up your other handv'
4 can't" said my prisoner stub
| borniy.
"Can'tP / repeated In surprise
why can't you7'
! Because I've got my thumb npar fhs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

keyhole and there is woman on the
other side trying to peek through.
| | grabbed the lamp from the table
and held 1t so the full light fell on his
face.
Upton s. Clairr' l exclaimed.
Il admit that I did not expect to be
recognized in this island wilderness, !"
he began pompously, careful to gessic-
| ulate. however. only with his free
hand. "but why should / not be here
as well as anywhere elseT'
Because when l saw you last ron
were going to swim to the mainland. .
Who are you7" he demanded in turn,
trying to see past the light which I
held In front of me
Montmoreney Blainey," / replied.
Yes, yes; understand" Then sud
denly ne shrank more closely into the
doorway. SIS that woman-my f,ancee
Miss Dunmore-with your
reassured him and asked him how
he came TO be where had found him.
Il found the swimming trine more
strenuous than | had expected" he be-
gan. Il discovered that it was prac.
tically impossible for me either to
reach the mainland or to get back to
Green's island. The general trend OF
the waves was in this direction, and /
was forced to go along, saving my
strength for keeping my head above
water.
The rest of my story liz absurdly
simple. saw land here and came
ashore. It was not quite dark, and ]
came up the path to the house withou,
noticing the light In the window.
had no fhnnghf of there heinr any In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

accomplished, be started the machin-
cry, and we lurched forth into the
night once more
Bill split bis time between steering
and mending the engine. keeping up a
running FIRE of conversation, not with
me, but with the motor When she'd
cough weakly Bill would hit her In
some apparently tender spot with the
fiat of n monkey wrench and say
come on, merry; you shan't stop. I'll
knock the carbon off your valves. Now
you feel better"
Finally we reached the dock at
Huntingdon's island
After ! had flied my lungs with q
little undiluted air picked up heavy
wrench TO use as asweapon, and, d.
reeting Bill to arm himself likewise
and follow as quietly as possible. | set
out UP the path leading from the dock,
which doubtless ended at the Hunting.
don domicile.
A turn Of the path brought Us in
range with an illuminated window.
led the way off from the path and
through the shrubbery to a position
near the house, but a little to one side
Of the window.
Clearly it was up to me TO look in
and see what was in that room.
crept to the lower corner Of the win
dos' and quickly raised my head so as
to bring the interior of the room with
in range of one eye.
The lamp showed surroundings anG
furniture which proclaimed the room
TO be the kitchen.
/ crept back to Bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

habitants, and my intention was 10
rummase around until l found some
thing to eat and some dry clothes.
As soon as / opened the door
saw that l had committed a social
blunder. There was a woman stand
ing at the telephone. and when she
saw me she screamed and ran through
this door, slafnming and locking it aft
er her. 1t was useless to try TO ex-
plain to a frightened female the In
nocuous nature of my visit, so / re-
Trained. I was about to partake of
some Of the food I found on the tn
Bile there when ! heard the key being
carefully withdrawn from the lock on
the other side. Quick as a fash
asked myself the question, Why do
people withdraw the keys from locked
doorsT The answer struek me In
stsntly. so that they may look
through the keyholes, ofscourse.' I
recollected my costume With one
bound jumped to the door and put
my thumb over the keyhoIe. where 1t
has been ever since"
Surely you have heard the telephone
bell ringing"
Eyes, 1t has been making an infer.
nal racket ever since I arrived, but
how could / leave my post to answer
IT." He helplessly waved his free
hand In the direction of the keyhole.
ouch Stopl" he yelled. Jerking his
thumb away and dancing up and down
What has happenedT
"She Jabbed a pin into my thumb
I'm bleeding to death. Put your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

thumb over the keyhole minute while
| swear
was about to do that. foolish as 1t
was. when there was the sound OF a
rifle shot somewhere outside. and al
most simultaneously the lamp which
l held fell apart in my hand and crash
ed 70 the floor.
"Ha, ha, haF laughed Bill Johnson
In the darkness. Il see the yoke now
What happened?" Clair asked.
Some one shot out the light
What fort"
81 can't imagine
Any further conversation was eut
short by scattering fusillade of shots.
some Of which came through the win
dow, as we could tell by the tinkle OF
glass.
This is regular attack" Clair may
have been an egotistical ass. but l
| must give him credit for not showing
fear under fire. What shall We dor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
cHAPTEAxIv.


n had stopped raining entirely now,
aud the south wind had become a
warm and welcome reality. II
went down to the cove. AS had
rather expected, I found BIZ johnson
tbere with bis motor scow the Merry
widow. with her nose driven up on the
beach
Bins father was Danish, I believe,
and hls mother was a French Cana
dian. His speech is n combination of
pat-ls that be- heard at home.
"Qlite a sea out there" indicated
be lake.
"she shall run pretty high" replied
BILL "but not SO high like she do
awhile ago
o1ust come ont for the rider 1
gueried
oN9. The Merry Widow she bring
over young man. a newspaper teller.
He saws he give me three dollars or I
wouldn't by yimminy Christmas, do
A. 30. sare. NOT for twO-fifty even l
sbAu't do it, Then he added, with. a
slight wink. "The sea she amt so high
now as Z make him think"
apo Won know where Huntingden's
island isg' I inquired a vague plan of
sciou forming Itself iu my brain.
"Sura I know him, She SET over yon
bout three mile, maybe four or two
and h0.f.'
"WpI the young man you brought
over here has decided 10 stay for an
hour or So. While you are waiting
want you TO take me over TO Hunting
dons and get Mrs. Green"
"}Irs. Grao8 What she do by Hunt
inElous1'
arm Deu you later after I think up
some interesting explanation. At pres
ent ] shouldn't be able to do the sub
jeer Justice. How about &c? VIII you
take ma over JhereG'
He hesiratel.
Here's dollar" 7 said. "The
storm is 1uieting down a good deal,
and. anyhow, you know the Merry
Widow is the best sea boat on the
lake"
The arttery won him What owner,
even OF tho yeriest motor monsrosity,
is NOT susceptible to praise bestowed
upon uts darling
~ guess she shall run all right. One
waive she shan't work yust so good as
She ought, hu Z got some wire. / fix
him up"
/ helped him shove off, and Bill tin
kersd with tha one cylinder machine
( gun which propelled the barge until he
Induced it TO bark at irregular inter
Yais
HaveT forgotten TO mention that tn,
Merry Widow is an open boat with NJ
superstCuctlre or canopy Of any sort
lf Z tare. let me state here that he
lines aJe very decollete, and larg,
wave meets with little obstruction saw
The passengers when it starts to trave
from the bow to the stern.
'She shall be, by yimminy Christ
mas, sure choppy." Bill commented
THE wind she shah haul to the soutl
and make cross waves"
He was absolutely correct. As sooi
as we left the mouth Of the cove W
went through some evolutions whicl
! would have said it was absolutel,
impossible for a man Of my build t.
perform. 7 was favorably considering
The idea of being seasiCk when
larger wave than usual washed owe
aud struck the engine. 1t expires
peacefully on the spot.
What mas haopeued?' 7 asked, wit
laudsmans justified terror.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

! silently passed him the article he
desired. He carefully wiped off a
large part Of the engine with it be-
fore be offered it back to me. de-
ciined and told him TO consider it my
contribution to the equipment of the
boat
Now, sare," he directed, you mnst
bold the coat over the spark so she
shall not get. by zee viz, again wet,
He showed me how to protect the
engine from the elements by interpos-
ing my coat and my shivering body
between it and the waves. This being
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
II Was Brought 70 His Attention BY
LARGE Wave.

II Was Brought 20 His Attention BY
Large Wave
The engine has stopped" Bills
calm statement OF the obvious exas-
perated me.
"Ot course it has stopped. Can we
ever start it againT
Sure she shall run some more.
The wave, she short circuit the
spark See" Bill pointed, "she all
vet" His enthusiasm as a lecturer
on the gasoline engine made him for
get the lake outside.
1t was brought to his attention by
large wave which tipped us on our
beam ends and dropped Bill and my
self In an afrcciiorate group into the
stern Of the boat. where we were join
ed presently by a collection of oil
cans, wrenches. grease cans and other
marine impedimenta.
BIN removed his elbow from the pit
OF my long since hopeless stomach and
scrambled to the engine.
She haint hurted a Bit he an
nounced Lend me your handker-
chief"