The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
JUNK IN SEPARATOR

sAeATAoE PLOT 70 DISCOVERED
IN TIME ~ HANSON
COUNTY.
Unidentified persona. believed to be
members Of the I. W.. W.. made an IT.
tempt to destroy the threshing outnt
q Fred voiland. which has been
operating In Hanson county. This
form Of sabotage II . violation OF
both federal and state statutes, and II
the offenders are caught they will be
subject to long terms Of imprison-
ment. The attempt to destroy the
threshing rig was made BY placing
chunks Of scrap iron in grain bundles
In the Held where volland was thresh.
ing. BY good fortune little damage
done. One piece OF an iron rod
fed into the separator, but the
machine was stopped before great
damage had been done. "A search Of
the bundles In . portion Of the field
brought to light about half = gunny
sack Of scrap iron. consisting Of iron
rods. chains. c%ultivator shovels, ETC..
which had been carefully concealed
In bundles throughout the field. Be,
sides the scrap iron, a number Of
matches also had been placed in the
bundles, evidently for the purpose OF
setting ire to the threshing outfit.
Arrangements to enforce the work
or fight order to the letter throughout
Moody county are being made by the
county authorities and council coun-
ell Of defense. Thomas Kelley, chair.
man OF the county council. has an
nounced that because OF the shortage.
men should volunteer Tor work on the
farms. and that II q sufhcient. mum.
Der did not, registered mon would be
ordered to engage in this or other es
sential war work. The county council
Of defense also has considered the
matter OF peddlers. solicitors and
travelling agents who go through the
country precincts, and 1t was decided
that during the war this would not be
permitted and everyone, especially
residents Of the country districts, is
urged to report to the chairman Of
the country council OF defense when
any Of these appear in the farming
districts.
George Hanna. Of Scotland, received
. Telegram informing him that . re-
cent report that his son, Eldon Hanna,
had been killed In q railroad WRECK
Ia. England was untrue. The father
and other relatives. after receiving
news Of the death Of the young man.
gave him up for dead. It appears that
another son, Clifford Hanna, was rid
Ing on . train that was wrecked in
France. when 80 soldiers we're killed.
Clifford having both legs broken. He
il now In q hospital In France. and as
there appear to be no internal In
juries his recovery is expected. No
information was received from Eldon
direct. but sufficient has been learned
to Indicate that he IL safe.
Deputy United States marshals have
taken to Sioux Falls two South Da.
kotans who are believed to be enemy
aliens and whose alleged pro-German
activities now are being investigated
by agents Of the department OF jus.
tice. One Of the prisoners is Henry
Frahm, who was arrested at Goodwin.
He formerly was a resident Of Sioux
Falls. Frahm Is said to have q son
in the allied forces in France. The
other defendant is Carl Perat, who
was arrested on q farm near Clear
Lake, In Deuel. county.
The work OF threshing now is pro-
gressing In all parts OF the state, hav-
ing been general for some time In the
southern and central sections. In dit
ferent localities new grain is being
marketed. Owing to the high price
the farmers are able to haul about
500 worth Of wheat 70 market in each
wagon load. Threshing returns con-
tinue to b. Of the most encouraging
character. the various Sr1ins Yielding
unusually we'll and the quality being
better than, for several years.
A Jack the PeepeI' for some days
annoyed members OF the George Dun
can family, living on . farm northwest
OF Canton. Mr.. Duncan finally had
an An opportunity to use : shotgun
on him. but failed TO hft him. Dun
car maintained . watch and raw the
pepper at one Of the windows Of his
home shout 1850 o'clock at night.
He rave chase and nred twice. Tho
farmers Of the neighhorhood will aid
Mr.. Duncan n keeping watch for the
peepor.
Frank Wells. railway commissioner
from the district west o. the Missouri
river, tendefSd his resignation. and
@. n. 6west. Of Rapid City. has been
appsinted n biz place. Mr.. Sweet
hes besn attorney tor the railway
commission Tor four years and IL
thoroughly familiar With the work Of
the department.
Il y expected that South Dakota
viii have 0 1000 automobiles regist-
cred By the end OF the year, q M 70