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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
YANKEES QUAIL AT
PINK DECORATIONS

nose, from every Dutch gun in front
of us, but the boys jest yelled and
laughed and away they went Say,
they didn't pay no more attention to
the major when we came to them
rocks than if he hadn't been there ut
all.
~ went back TO give him q mes
sage from my captain and he was
standing by the rocks and up came
the colonel and the colonel gave the
major blinking hell for not stopping
the battalion where he said, and the
major was madden n hornet, and he
double damned the colonel right back
again and he said: How the cruci-
fed damnation could / stop them
crazy, wild-eyed sons Of perdltlon? If
that hog-faced crown prince and his
whole damnety damn Dutch army
couldn't stop 'em what the h could
l dor"
And Those Marines.
I asked him If the marines were
good fighters
"Good fighters?' the soldier said /;
"say every time I see marine
want to go up and give him kiss
"If they ever get started again they
will never stop till they get to Ber-
lin. Now, you listen to me, l know.
Say, do you know what / saw them
marines do?
"They had taken three trenches and
was stopping In the third to fill their
pockets with grenades and bombs be-
fore tackling the next trench that
was chuck-full of Boches. The Dutch
was using mustard gas and we was all
wearing our masks. The grenades wuz
passed around.
"The marines filed their pockets
and hung 'em on their belts and then
they seemed to decide that they need
ed more for the job than what they
had, so what did those crazy nuts do
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
AMAZE THE ITALIANS

chaser plane. BY skillfully handling
his own machine, after q few minutes
of jOckeying he put his adversary at
q disadvantage and Unanswered his
own gunner into such position that
burst of machine gunfire shot the
attacker dead and sent his plane to the
ground In flames.
Lieut.. Harry l.. Holtz of Burley,
Idaho, showed he could combine great
coolness in danger with thorough un-
derstanding of Italian habits and GUS
toms. On his way back over the Aus
trian lines after a deep raid into en-
emy territory his plane was struck by
"a burst Of shrapnel from anti-aircraft
guns. One fragment lodged In the
body of Holtz's machine, another tore
a hole in the right wing, while third
splintered one Of the left.wing spars,
at the same time cutting one of the
aileron control cables to such an ex-
tent that a single strand Of steel wire
was left.
Lieutenant Holtz calmly pointed out
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
KIDNAPPED, LOST 80 YEARS
Connecticut Woman Traces Family,
Finding Brother In United
States Army.

Trenton, N. J.-Thirty-two years
after she was kidnapped while playing
near her home at Mount Kisco, N. Y.
Mrs. Ida Dinges Haywood Of Long Hill.
Conn, learned of her identity and COM
municated with her brother, Lieut..
George Dinges, u. S. A., stationed at
Tullytown, Pa, near Trenton. She Is
the wife of A. A. Haywood.
Ida May Dinges was two years old
when stolen. She was subsequently
adopted by family named Hebberd.
1t was not until the death Of her foster
parents that she learned who she was.
She traced many Dinges families In
various parts of the country and final
ly found her brother through the war
department.
Lieutenant Dinges said he plans to
have the bodies of the foster parents
exhumed, in order to examine legal
documents which were buried with
them, and which he thinks may dis
close circumstances relating to the
kidnapping.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
CAMERA is REAL
EYE OF ARMY

over the narrow section Of ground
whose secret must be won, the pilot
steers, for the most part an even
course. Shells burst closely round
them, on this side and that, beneath
and above. AT moments the pilot Is
forced to swerve, but he must quickly
get level and resume his ordered
course.
Meanwhile the observer studies in
tently the pitted earth below, which
would appear to the uninitiated as in
definite as huge plOwed field. But
his practiced eye picks out it's essen
tial features, and, regardless, Of the
shells, he presses his lever at carefully
timed intervals. At last the deed Is
done-just as shell bursts close under
their tail and tosses them upward as
a wave might lift cork. Fortunately
the damage is slight.
"Finished?" asks the pilot through
his telephone.
Finished" says the observer.
And they swing for home with an
inevitable sense Of relief.
1t is all in the days work--a very
ordinary job. But even the airman's
most ordinary job is out Of the com
mon as risky experience. AS for the
knowledge obtained, 1t may prove of
vital importance. The camera is more
than an eye; it Is weapon. And the
hand that controls 1t must be as pur-
pOseful and steady as If it held a rifle.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
FROCK MADE OF FLOUR SACKS
Wisconsin Woman Designs One That
Sets Pace Among FASH
ion Followers.

Sheboygan, Wis.-Flour sack dresses
are again coming into their own as
a result Of the war. Time was when
grandma's everyday summer white
dress was made of flour sacks, but
"times had changed since grandma
was a girl" Then the price Of dress
goods began to soar again. Mrs.
Anna Schuler has made white sum-
mer dress out Of II -four sacks and
it's decidedly attractive; so much so,
in fact, that it has set pace among
followers of local Dame Fashion and
the demand for the new style dresses
Is now general.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
SPOILING HUNS SLEEP

their object rocket rises and bursts.
into cluster Of red stars.
The machine has been discovered.
At once six or seven searchlights throw
their beams aloft. The pilot looks at
his watch; 1t is time to begin bombing.
He flies steadily on, although bar
rage Of bursting shells lies now in
front of him. The observer looks
through the wires of his bomb sight.
He thrusts his lever forward and re-
leases two bombs. A few seconds.
later he sees the flash Of their explo--
sions, and hears two dull roars. He
signals to the pilot and the machine
sweeps away from the fiery ring of
shells and searchlights.
A few miles away the airplane flies
to and fro at top speed. The puzzled
searchlights vainly feel the sky In all
directions and then, one by one, are
switched of.
Then the pilot quickly returns to-
ward the target. Another bomb is
dropped. AS 1t explodes the search
lights reappear and the barrage Is re-
newed, while through the shell bursts
are threaded the chains Of green fam
ing globes SO much used by the Ger
mans.
Again the machine flies away and
this time to bewilder the soldiers be-
low, the observer fires white Verey
light, which slowly drifts down and
fades out. All the searchlights follow
1t until II dies.
Repeatedly the airmen return to the
attack. Bombs are dropped at inter-
walls until the end Of the hour, when
the machine departs, Pickering fires
and clouds OF smoke telling Of the
havoc wrought by the bombs.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
Yankee Flyers Credited With
Great Heroism.
exp,oits Quickly Win Honors Given b,
King Victor Emmanuel
Himself.

Italian Army Headquarters.-The
italian commandant under whose di-
trection the American flyers are work
i,ne ON the Italian front has only one
fault to find with them. They never
,rant to remain on the ground.
E The exploits which brought five of
hbe American airmen decorations cam
not vet be published, but the value of
tha,r services may be judged from the
fact that King Victor Emmanuel trav-
eled to the section held by the Amer
leans to make the presentation.
A few days ago Lieut.. Alexander G.
Craig of New York, while flying over
Austrian territory, was attacked by q
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
Finishing Touches Are Given in
an Airdrome in Quiet Coun-
try Spot.
FIRST SOLO FLIGHTS THRILL
Fiedoline Flyers Go Up Alone Only
After Course With Instructor
First Flight 10 Closely
Watched.

An American Airdrome in England.
This is one of the numerous avia-
ton camps in England where Ameri-
cans are receiving their finishing
touches as flyers. When they leave
here for the battle front in France
they know all that can be taught
about flying. Only the school Of ex-
perience can supply the postgraduate
course that makes Guynemers and
Lufberys.
The airdrome is set in one Of those
beautiful spots that one calls to mind
from classic pictures Of English land
scapes. 1t is early in June and the
great level field that stretches away in
front of the hangers is like a rich
green carpet. Beyond there is a wood
land, and in the distance is a range
of low hills whose smooth contour
recalls to Western Americans the foot
hills Of California.
It is a peaceful place and very quiet
except for the droning Of airplanes.
At least a dozen are in the air and
others are preparing for flight. Into
one of these latter young Kentuckian
has just climbed. For the first time
he is going up alone.
Passes All First Tests.
For weeks the British instructor has
been with him constantly and he has
passed successfully the major tests.
He can fly straight, the instructor sit
ting beside him has made sure, and
he can work the controls without fear
or nerves" He knows how to stall.
to glide and to climb. and he has
learned a good DEAL. too, about the
important art of landing.
On one memorable occasion the In
structor has shouted to him above the
roaring of the engine: "Shall we
loop?" and they did. But hitherto, of
course, the instructor has been the
real pilot. explaining maneuvers, en-
cOuraging the young man to secure an
accurate touch. and to become, as he
must if he is to be successful, so per-
feet a master of the machine that he
can make it fly Of itself.
The fact that 1t Is his first flight
Is known at the airdrome and many
eyes are watching to see him stake
or"
Gives Final Instructions.
With tremendous sputtering the
engine starts. The Instructor. stand
ing on the step of the fuselage, holds
to his cap against the hurricane raised
by the propellers and shouts his final
directions. He'points to the instru-
ments. shows what the engine revOlu-
tIons should be. feels the controls, and
bids the new "s0lOist" good cheer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
LIEUT.. PAT O'BR!EN DID lT
Famous Ace Clears Up Mystery That
Puzzled College Authorities
For Years.

Berkeley, Cal.-A college prank
which proved a mystery to the Univer-
sity of California for several years
was cleared up here recently when
Lieut.. Pat O'Brien, the American
"ace" who fell 5000 feet into Germany
and then escaped from a Hun prison
camp, confessed tc an audience OF
10000 in The Hearst Greek theater
that he was guilty"
On st. Patrick's day several years
ago the university woke up to find
it's beautiful gold letter "C' on Char
ter Hill, overlooking the campus,
shining forth In brilliant green. In
vestigations and probes failed to dis
close whose hand had redecorated the
big "C' and the school officials never
knew until Lieutenant O'Brien made
his confession"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
ENGLISH TRAIN
YANK AVIATORS

What the fledgling flyers feelings
are only those who have flown alone
know. He is dropping the pilot and
embarking on the great adventure.
On a first flight alone the pupils
performance is carefully watched for
any faults. Usually he is given def
mite piece of maneuvering to carry out.
A pupil is never sent into the air
merely to fly about for a fixed time.
Afterwards he will have more "dual"
with his instructor and much IF the
old teachings will be repeated and
emphasized. At this point perhaps the
real understanding between instruct
or and pupil becomes manifest. Un-
derstanding and sympathy are impor-
tant factors in aerial instruction.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
WHIPPING POST DOES TRICK
Loafers Disappear When One !,
Erected on Scene Of Favor.
lie Hang Out.

Birmingham, Ala.-An Old-time
whipping post with accommodations
for two has been erected at Five
Points in this city. The post stands
out prominently before a background
Of trees and has written across the
top: "For Loafers." Five Points
has for years been the favorite hang
ing-out place Of scores Of the city's
idle rich. Following the work or
fight order and the subsequent erection
of the whipping post the usual gang
Of loafers putting cigarettes with idle
hands ramhed into the pockets, has
totally disappeared. &
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16


the break to the Italian mechanic ac-
cOmpanying him. The mechanic, with
out a moments hesitation, climbed out
and fought his way to the wing against
a tremendous wind pressure. Then,
lying fiat on his face and bracing his
feet against the strut, he grasped the
damaged cable with one hand on each
side of the break.
Just when he was getting grip
on the last strand of the cable II parted
and the value of his daring action was
apparent. With the cable gone. the
big airplane virtually was useless, but
he coolly clung there, substituting his
strength for 1t and enabling Lieuten-
ant Holtz to bring the machine safely
into Italian territory.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
Women Hero WorShipers "Plumb
FlabbergaSt" Our Dough-
boys in Paris.
MIGHTY POOR MATINEE IDOLS
But Can They Fight? Oh, Boy, You
Can't Stop Them-Ask the
Major, He knows-Also
About the Marines.
BY RICHARD HENRY LITTLE,

Chicago Newspaper Man. Now in Y. M.
c. A Service on Atlantic)
New York.-American soldiers are
grand fighters but very poor matinee
Idols. When women spring from their
and thrust flowers in their hands,
they look as ashamed as a dog caught
stealing eggs.
The most awful suffering l saw In
Paris was the case of big husky from
an infantry outfit. A lady Of great
distinction had stopped her machine
In the middle Of the street while the
soldier was crossing, and, leaning out,
had enthusiastically tied bright pink
ribbon around his neck. Amidst much
rejoicing from the assembled French
spectators the lady went her way and
the big soldier looked as IL he was just
about TO choke TO death, although 1t
was very thin ribbon and loosely
tied. I saw him an hour later and he
still wore the ribbon and had turned
deathly pale and was evidently In
terrible pain.
The Captains Orders.
"Listen," said the infantry husky in
a hoarse whisper, "the captain said
we was to receive any compliments
given us by the French with a smile
and show 'em we appreciated 1t and
not hurt their feelings by ditching It,
but If have to wear this pink ribbon
around me neck for another hour I'll
go nuts and bite myself In the leg. For
the love Of Mike do something"
|, l removed the ribbon from the suf-
fering soldiers neck and after while
he grew calm and quite rational and
he told me some stories of the front
regarding the first assault of the Amer
teams against Chateau Thierry.
"They can't hold us guys" he said,
"when we git started we jest keep
goin'. All anybody says is jest hill
'em, kill 'em, and o boy, you ought
80 see our lads go to 1t!
"There at Chatty Teery the officers
were making an awful holler about
the boys running too fast and duclang
right through the barrage and not
paying attention to nothing except
spearin' BOches. Our colonel came
over before we started and he was
muck particular-like In pointing out a
bunch of rocks where he wanted our
battalion to halt.
"The major said all right, that he
would stop his four companies right
on the line of them rocks, and then
we started. We got 1t right In the
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
DesuItory Bombing Distracts
Antiaircraft GunnerS..
Drop Two and Fit Away; When Fritz
Settles Down, Wake Him
Up Again.

Behind the British Lines In France.
-One of the most exciting tasks to
which airmen are assigned is "desul-
tory bombing" over one spot for an
hour or more. The object Is TO dis
tract the attention Of the antiaircraft
defenders Of given district.
A machine carrying dozen or more
bombs is employed for the work. The
airman, a pilot and an observer ap-
proach their target cautiously. With
engines throttled down, the craft glides
nearer and nearer.
Below all is quiet. No German
searchlights are sweeping the sky.
When the attackers are almost over
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
Gets Potash From Dust.

observation-disclosures d. Rhodes, a
Pittsburgh manufactures, says he. has
discovered process by which he can
extract potash from the dust from ce'
ment during manufacture in the kilns,
Federal Judge Charles p. Orr heard
the process explained and ordered
Rhodes to enter into an agreement
with an Ohio cement company to ex-
pertinent with q view Of aiding the
government to obtain potash for muni'
tions and fertilizers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16

The first museum was part Of the
Palace Of Alexandria, where learned
men were maintained at the public
cost, just as eminent public servants
were in the Prytaneum at Athens. It's
foundation is attributed to Ptolemy
philadeIphus about 280 B. G.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
IN WATER 19 HOURS
Is SAVED By COFFIN

Indiana, Pain the water for
10 hours and a portion Of the
time clinging to a rough box
which contained the casket of
an American soldier who had
died at sea was the experience
Of Frank s. Kepple of Advance,
near here, following the sinking
of the steamer President Lin
coin, according to a letter from
Kepple to his folks here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
Smoky city Sees Snakes,

Pittsburgh.-Charmed by the glar-
ing headlight of standing automobile
q five-foot snake. eight inches In cir.
cumference startled pedestrians In
the downtown section recently. Po-
licemen were summoned and the rep
tile was dispatched. Its arrival In the
business district remains : mystery e,
the police department.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
WOMAN WINDOW WASHER
PATRIOTIC AND PLUCKY

Seattle, Wash. - "Shucks,"
said Mrs. Bessie McGillivery,
who does the most hazardous
window washing in Seattle, as
she recently leaned over the sill
Of 35-story window, "why not?
I get a mans pay-$80 a month
and release man for the
trenches"
That is the way she views her
gamble for life with only a two
inch leather strap between her
and death.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16

but whip off their gas masks and fill
'em up with grenades and then, carry
ing their masks like they was market
baskets, up they jumped and down
they comes on the Dutch In the next
trench all spraddled out, and they
bombed 'em till there wasn't nothing
but Jest grease spots left.
"Oh, you marines, boys, my hat Is
certainly off to you"
And likewise you infantry and you
artillery.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
". S. FIELDS HAD Y
STOMACH Ills
: : FOR IS YEARS
Almost Completely WeIl,' He
Now Says. Giving the Credit
To Wentworth.

Sneed & Co, Lynchburg's Nerv-
Worth distributors, say of the follow
ing statement that it was unsolicited
and that they "youch for its maker"
4sW1hat he says is true" they add.
Now mark what this well known citi-
zen said and signed his name to-:
Il have been suffering with stom-
ach trouble and nervous indigestion
for about Is years. A few morrths
ago | decided to try Wentworth. The
first bottle did me some good. am
now on my fifth one and ! am glad
to say feel almost completely well.
Therefore take pleasure in recon-
intending Nerv-W!orth to any one suf-
fering as i was.
WIN. S. FIELDS,
"1719 Taylor ST., Lynchburg, Va
e. C. Shepherd sells Wentworth
in Martinsburg. Your dollar back If
this famous family tonic does not
benefit you.
Miller's Pharmacy sells Merry
Worth in Charles Town; Robt. Glib
son at Shepherdstown. 10 81
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
USUAL HUN LIE
PROMPTLY NAILED


There is a report in New Hamp-
shire to the effect that ''the Eng
lish are shipping train loads of lit
tile children to New Brunswick.
Canada, and dumping them there
tic be taken care of by anyone who
feels Inclined" An investigation
has -discovere!H that no basis what
ever for such a report. No children
have been sent to Cnnad'a. And the
British War Mission pointt out
that on account Of the dangers Of
sea travel the British government,
is enforcing Every strict regula-
tois1s against the travelling of wo-
men and children by sea at the
present time" !
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
VERY FEW GERMANS
WILL ESCAPE THEM
Sergeant Sprecher Says U. S.
Guns Will Finish the Huns.

In recent letter to Mr.. Luther
Beckley, Sergt. Stuart Sprecher, Of
the Medical Detacf bment,, 306 Ma
chine Gun Battalion now in France
says:
81 have seen a number of inter
esting places and things since leav'
ing America. ] was in England for
a short time and I think 1t very
nice little country but it is not as
progressive as the Old u. S. 1t is
about the way here in France An
other thing ] have not seen very
many good looking women over
here. They seem rather scarce.
However ] have plenty to occupy
MY mind besides girls, because it
keeps fellow busy here at the
front. Also since being promoted to
sergeant ! have more esponsibilit-
les than before, but plenty of work
keeps a fellow in good health and
Keeps him from thinking abous
home
l Was laying up beside one of the
big gums the other night when
wac sending a few reminders to
Germany and you can believe me
there will be very few Germans
left when the Americans get throus
with them:
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
MISS GRUvER HAS r
TONSILS REMOVED

Miss Pauline Gruver, daughter of
Rev. DIR. and MIS-. w. F. Gruver, of
North Queen street, submitted to a
tonsilectory operation at, the City
Hospital this morning. Mics Lillian
Rhoe, of Cherry Run, was operated
on for appendicitis. Miss Myra
Morris, of North Maple avenue, who
was taken ill on the street Tuesday
morning, was able to return home
today.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
DOCTOR PREscRIBEs vINoL
For schoolboy To Create Strength
After Sickness.

Vineland, n il am schoolboy,
II years of age, and typhoid fever
left me weak and debilitated SO /
had to stay out OF school three
months-my doctor prescribed yinol.
1t has built hip my strength and now
| am feeling fines. f. Bunce.
The tea on Vinol was so success
full in this boys case. is because it
contains beef and God liver peptones.
iron and manganese peptonates and
glycerephosphates, the very ele-
ments needed 10 build up weaken
ed, rundown system make rich.
red blood and create strength. NJ.
A. Snodgrass and druggist every
where. 1t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-21
POLITICIANS SIGN TRUCE.
tsy international News Service,

Des -Moines, Ia. Aug. Ca truce
between the Republicans and Demo
Gratis of Iowa for the period of the
fourth Liberty Loan campaign has
been declared, according to Chairman
j. w Reynolds. of Creston, head of
the Democratic State Committee. Dur
ing that time the ogys, of both com
msttses will join hands to fight the
Hun, and after the campaign Is over
viii go back to the gentle game of
politics. A race between the commit.
tee members of both parties as to
which can secure the most subscrip-
tions may be started