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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
RESTS NEAR cHAMBREY.
Wolff Bureau Message Furnishes
Story of Fatal Encounter.

Amsterdam.-The death OF Quentin
Roosevelt is confirmed by a Wolff
bureau message, according to a Ber-
lin dispatch. The story of the fatal
encounter as told by the Wolff bur-
eau correspondent follows:
ION Sunday, July IA, an American
squadron OF IL battle planes was try
ing to break through the German de-
Tense over the Marne. In the violent
combat which ensued with seven Ger
man machines one American aviator
stubbornly made repeated attacks.
This eliminated in duel between
him and German noncommissioned
officer, who, after short fight, sue
ceeded in getting good aim at his
brave but inexperienced opponent,
whS5e machine fell after few shots
near the village Of Chambrey, 10 kilo-
meters north of the Marne.
"His pocketcase showed him to be
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt. of the avia-
tion section OF the United States
army. The personal belongings of
the fallen airman are being carefully
kept with a view to sending them
later to his relatives. The earthly
remains Of the brave young airman
were buried with military honors by
German airmen near Chambrey at the
spot where he fell"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

FLOUR-The United States food edmin&
istration -four standards are a. fbll6W1s
Per bbl., in jute, 9s ib. sack basis; BaxSGU|
-four 800: corn -four. tll.60: whitS Nh
-four 5000; dark rye, $50: spring wh6&A,I
So G00l0.S0; special brands. y1lN: h4S4|
winter, sl0.70Qll1.2S; soft winter. Ni.16.f: 4
HAY-Choice timothy, &2S. S.00QD2o.0o; No.
timothy, $26.00927.O0; standard, t26O0U9G0QS
No. timothy and clover mixed, t4z.000.
24O0; No. 8, &1S.00120.00 clover. tl2 000lk 00s
thrashed timothy. S10.00lDl5.0o.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. 3Oc: fowls,
2s,hc; roosters, 2l15c; spring chickens, s.
lbs. and broilers, 35c; ducks, 23c; spring
ducks. CSC; geese. l4Ql5c; spring geese. -
Q2ic.
CATTLE-Choice to fancy steers, $1,000
$780, good TO choice steers, $15.50Qf1700:
plain to good steers. 511. .603l5.5o: yeariings
good TO choice. Sl1.00Qll7.50 stockers and
feeders, $S.5O6ll3.00; good to prime cows.
So. .5OGll35O fair TO prime heifers,
Sl0OOG1450; fair to good cows. SS.oo09.50; !;
Gamers, s6.S5lf7.90; cutters, s7.759S.25: bo-
logna bulls, $9.00Q975; butcher bulls, 80. .75i
@I2.0O; heavy calves. $9.0Qll.0o: veal calves
$l5 7bq17.25.
HOGS-Prime light butchers, SIS. .2oglS s.; +;
fair to good light. 81. 7.7591S.55 medium
weight butchers, 225Q250 lbs, $SOO9ls55:
heavy weight butchers. 26o1400 lbs, sl7. 9OGD
1895; choice packers, $l750a1S.00: rough
and heavy packing s17.0oQl7.50; pigs. fair
to good. $,6.00917.3o; stays. si50OG217,00.
6HEEP-Western lambs. good TO choice,
Sls OOd1S55; native lambs. good 10 choice,
81. .5OQlS25: yearlings. sl5.0OQ170O weth.
ers. good to choice. $l2.Oo4l4.Z5: ewes, fais
To choice. Sl.0oQl3.00.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
COLUMBIA FLOATS TO PEKlN
Excursion Boat on Which IS Persons
Lost Lives Rises to Surface While
Workers Are on Board.

Peoria, H., July 13.-Like some
ghost craft come to strike fear with
its hoary outlines, the steamer Co
lumbia, which crumpled up In the Illi-
nois river last Saturday with more
than 600 persons aboard. rose abrupt
ly out OF It's grave Thursday after
noon and floated almost to the water
front of Pekin, So of whose citizens
lost their lives in the wreck. When
finally the wreck stopped and was
boarded by rescue workers two more
bodies were recovered. Coroner Clary
and Sheriff Wilson, together with 10
or more workers, were aboard the Co.
lumbia when 1t suddenly popped to the
surface. There was a hasty scramble
to quit the vessel and all reached small
boats in safety.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
BLAME CAPTAIN AND PILOT
Federal Inspectors Charge Mehl and
Williams Were Negligent When
Steamer Columbia Sank.

Washington, July 1S.-Responsibil-
ity for the sinking Of the excursion
steamer Columbia on the Illinois river,
between Peoria and Pekin, July $, with
the loss Of 90 lives, is placed upon
Capt. Fl. Il. Mehl and Pilot George II.
Williams in n report received on
Thursday by Secretary of Commerce.
Redtield from Reese V. Downs and
George II. Bower, the steamboat in
spectors who investigated the river
disaster.
Secretary Redfield approved the de-
cision of the inspectors to bring
charges Of inattention to duty and in
capacity against Captain Mehl and Of
unskillfulness and negligence against
Pilot Williams.
Conviction would carry a penalty
only of loss Of license.
The loss of life on the Columbia was
attributed TO the poor seamanship of
the captain and pilot in neglecting to
hold The vessel in shallow water after
scraping willows on the shore.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
U.S.TAkES over
ALL Wire Lines
Senate Adopts Measure Giving
President Control of TeIe-
graph and Telephone.
VOTE on BILL, as TO IS
Attempts Made to Except Phones and
Press Lines Defeated-Senate
to Meet Mondays and
Thursdays.

Washington, July 16.-By u vote Of
as TO 16, the senate Saturday night
accepted the resolution, already passed
by the house, empowering the presi-
dent TO take over the telegraph and
telephone wires.
All attempts to limit the power Of
the president were defeated and the
bill passed in the form demanded by
Mr. Wilson and his cabinet.
The senate entered into q unanimous
consent agreement TO recess three days
at time until August 26 and during
that time to transact nothing but rou-
tine morning business.
Senator Watson of Indiana proposed
an amendment to exempt telephone
wires from public control The amend
ment was rejected by a vote OF Al to
~. Another amendment by Senator
Watson to exempt press wires was
voted down, 80 to q.
The resolution follows:
Resolved, That the president dur
inS the continuance of the present
war;. is authorized and empowered,
whenever he shall deem it neces-
sary for the national security or de-
Tense, TO supervise or to take posses
sion and assume control Of any tele-
graph, telephone, marine cable or ra-
dio system or systems, or any part
thereof, and to operate the same in
such manner as may be needful or de-
sirable for the duration of. the war,
which supervision, possession, control.
or operation shall not extend beyond
the date of the proclamation by the
president Of the exchange of ratifica-
tions OF the treaty OF peace.
Provided That just compensation
shall be made for such supervision,
possession, control or operation, to be
determined by the president; and If
the amount thereof, so determined by
the president, is unsatisfactory to the
person entitled to receive the same,
such person shall be paid 70 per cent
of the amount so determined by the
president and shall be entitled to sue
the United States to recover such fur
tuer sum as, ADDED 10 SAID 10 per cent
will make up such amount as will be
just compensation therefor, In the
manner provided for by section TWEEN,
ty-four, paragraph twenty, and section
one hundred and forty-nve of the judi
cial code.
provided further, That nothing in
this act shall be construed to amend,
repeal, impair, or affect existing laws
or powers Of the states in relation to
taxation or the lawful police regula-
wherein such laws, powers or regula-
tions may affect the transmission of
government communications or the use
OF stocks and bonds by such system
or systems"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
BIG ROUNDUP NETS 5000
Hundreds Seized at Cub BASEBALL
Park in chicaoo-Movies and BIZ
lizard Halls combed for Men. !

Chicago. July 13.-More than 5000
men of draft age were seized on Thurs
day as suspects by agents Of the de-
partment Of justice In the greatest
roundup Ct slackers in the city's his
tory. The drive was prosecuted by
federal operatives and the police. The
scene Of the first raid was the Cubs
baseball park.
Hundreds who could not produce
registration cards were rushed to near
by police stations.
Meanwhile other details Of police
and secret service men entered hO-
tells, barber shops, saloons, motion pic
ture houses--every place, In fact.
where men of draft age might be
found--while the streets similarly
were combed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
VICTORY is CLAIMED
BoLsHEvikI DRIVE czEcHS FROM
SIBERIAN CITIES.
Armed Trains Shell Towns - Enemy
Reported Retreating Before
Counter-Offensive.

London, July 13.--Bolshevil forces
have taken the offensive against the
CZecho-Slovak army in the Volga re-
gion and the government troops have
won great success, says a Russian
official statement received here by
wireless from Moscow. The Czecho-
Slovaks in Siberia also are reported
to be retreating before counter-offen-
sive Of the Russian bolsheviki.
The communication, which was sent
out by the department Of military op-
GRAFTON of the peoples commissariat
Of war. reads:
"July 9.-Czecho-Slovak front: After
preparations for an offensive our
troops have reached great success.
Almost without loss we took SyZran
GO miles south Of Simbirsk) and Bu-
guma (130 miles northwest Of Ufa).
The Czecho- Slovaks and White guards
fled in disorder in the direction OF Sa-
mara. We are reaching Stavropol TN
Ciscaucasia, Yaroslav Q6O miles
northeast Of Moscow and Rybinsk
(52 miles northwest of Yaroslav).
"An armed train has violently shelled
towns occupied by the White guard,
who are fleeing In panic over the
River Volga. Detachments fled to Ry'
tiny, Measures have been taken
ag-3Ist them.
Eastern sector: CzechoSlOvaks al
ter occupying Techesahrdrinsk, now
are retreating before a counter-oifen-
siye OF the councils troops"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
U. S. OBSERVES BASTILE DAY
Chicago-General Foch Sends
Message.

New York, July 16.-A monster
demonstration by vast audience in
Madison Square garden on Sunday was
the eliminating event Of the days
celebration here Of Frances national
holiday, commemorating the fall Of the
Bastile.
General Foch's message read as fol-
lows:
1--WE are celebrating today the an
niversary of our independence and we
are fighting for that Of the whole
world. After four years Of struggle
the plans Of the enemy for domination
are stopped. He sees the number Of
his adversaries increase each day and
the young American army bring into
the battle valor and faith with
out equal. Is not this sure pledge
Of the definite triumph Of just
causeY
Chicago, July 16.-The fall of the
Bastile echoed through Chicago on
Sunday. It's echoes rolled sonOrOusly
through sermons. They mingled with
the thunder of salutes from warships.
They hovered amid the drum beats OF
ia Marseillaise." as the tricolor crept
aloft in Grant park before the eyes Of
$4,000.
With the American Forces In France,
July 16.-On all the American fronts
in France United States soldiers Sum
day Joined their French comrades in
enthusiastically celebrating the French
fete.
The parade was reviewed by Presi-
dent Poincare, who was accompanied
by Gen. John J. Pershing.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
BAGGED 4,1O2 HUN PLANES
British Give Enemy's Air Losses Dur
ing Year Ending July 1--Ensland
Lost 1927 Machines.

London, July 15.-British airmen
brought down 4,102 hostile machines
during the year ending July l, the Brit
ish press bureau announced on SAT-
urday. During the same period the
British lost 1,121 planes.
The bureau declared that British
aerial superiority is continually grow
ing and that the American output will
give the allies very great advan-
tage."
During the year ending July Brit
lsh airmen ON the west front destroyed
o,150 hostile airplanes and drove down
1853 out Of control" the statement
said.
"In the, same period naval aviators.
cooperating, shot down 623. The total
Of ours missing was 1,121.
"On the Italian front, during the last
quarter, the British destroyed 165 en-
emy planes and drove down six out OF
control; on the Saloniki front, In the
last half year. we destroyed 21 and
drove down 13; in Egypt and Palestine.
from March to June, we destroyed 26
and drove down 10"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
$50 BATTLEPLANES SHIPPED
Deliveries of New Liberty Motors UP
to July S Are 2,514, Says
Baker.

Washington. July 17.-Four hundred
and fifty American-built battleplanes
have been sent abroad or delivered at
ports for shipment on July 5, the date
of the latest complete official report
reaching the war department. In an
nouncing this figure on Monday, Sec
retary Baker disclosed also that de-
Iiveries of Liberty motors Of all classes
on the same date had reached 2,514.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
FOOD PRICES UP 63 PER CENT
Average Advance in Last Five Years
Shown in Bureau Of Labor
Statistics.

Washington, July 17.-Retail food
prices In the United States increased
s per cent from April Is to May Is OF
this year, according to estimates by
the bureau of labor statistics. During
the year ending May Is last there was
an increase Of 8 per cent, although
most vegetables showed decline.
Boiling beef increased 81 per cent
during the year cornmeal, 30 per cent 4
milk, 26 per cent, and pork chops, 10
per cent.
For the five years ending May 16i
last there was an average increaSe'
of G3 per cent in the price of food, ac-l
cording to the bureau of statistics.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
lE'ADoO STOPS SPECULATION
American Secretary of the Treasury
Takes Steps to Prevent Gam
bling in Exchange.

Rome, July IA note issued by
the semiofgicial Stefani agency says
that William G. McAdoo, American
secretary of the treasury. has advised
the Italian ministry Of finance that
measures have been taken to prevent
speculation in italian exchange In the
United States. All matters concern
ing italian purchases in America also
have been settled for a long period.
Credits will be opened in the United
States, with the object of absorbing
offers of Italian lire there In accord
ance with rules reached by common
agreement.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

l.. L. Summers of the war indus
tries board testified before house
committee that there is no crisis III
the platinum situation In this country
to justify communicating Of all the
stocks.
Fire caused by the explosion Of nj
trate destroyed the fertilizer plant OF
the American Agricultural Chemical
company near Jacksonville, Fla. en-,
failing loss of q million and quar-
ter dollars.
Thirty-five Americans, constituting
the crew of the former Great Lakes
steamer George l.. Eaton, have arrived
in LONDON. Their steamer foundered
at sea in a storm. They were rescued
by warShip.
Suspected OF having. been associated
with Dr.. Friedrich Il. A. Strensch In
German propaganda, Countess Alexan-
dra Viarda Schec,e was arrested in
New York as dangerous enemy alien
by U. S. agents.
An order committing Thomas }.
Mooney to San Quentin penitentiary
to await execution there on Friday.
August %, was given the sheriff at San
Francisco by Judge Franklin A Griffin
of the superior court.
Ninety-four Germans were killed and
"a Germans wounded on the night of
July 1916 when five German aviators
bombed prisoners camp In the re-
giOn Of Troyes, 80 miles behind the
front, says a dispatch from Paris.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
House AdIourns Till August 10.

Washington, July 1T.-Following
the lead of the senate the house reach.
ed unanimous consent agreement
to adjourn in series of three-day
recesses until August 10. The agree
ment was presented In formal form
by Majority Leader Claude Kitchin
and was not finally passed upon until
nm hour had been consumed in debate.
The agreement provides that the
house shall meet Mondays and Thurs
days and shall adjourn Immediately
after the prayer and the reading Of
the journal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
10000 AusTRIANS DESERT
Hun Soldiers Flee Inland After the
piave Disaster-3,000 Arrested
In Budapest.

London, July 16.--Forty thousand
deserters from the Austrian army fed
inland after the Piave disaster. the
Zurich correspondent of the Daily
News has learned from neutral sources
he declared In dispatch. Some of
these are armed and are hiding In the
Three thousand deserters
were arrested In Budapest.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
Will SON ABANDONS VACATION
Announcement ls Made That the Pres
ident Will Stay In Capital
During Summer.

washington, July T.-There will be-
no vacation this year for President,
Wilson. With matters Of tremendous.
Importance demanding his attention
every day the president has decided
that he cannot leave his desk, and II,
was definitely announced on Tuesday
at the White House that he will rel
main In washington throughout the
summer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

London. Germany recently asked
permission of the Russian govern
ment to send battalion OF German
troops to Moscow to guard the Ger
man embassy. The bolshevik govern
mert IN reply declared that It would
not permit Rny foreign troops to enter
the capital.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
illinois FLYER Is Killed.

Buffalo. N. ", July NV. A. Hale
of Quincy. H.. IN aviator. was killed
by the fall of an airplane at Curtiss
field. Homer ". Sharp, enlisted In
Washington. but whose home Is at Fort
Worth, Tex, was injured.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
Deny Aid to Mooney.

San Francisco, July IA petition
for a writ Of probable cause. designed
to keep Thomas ]. Mooney out Of
the penitentiary until his case could be
acted on by Governor Stephens, was
denied by the supreme court.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
HAITI JOINS WAR ON HUNS
Declaration Is Voted Unanimously by
the Council OF State, says
a Dispatch

Port au Prince, Haiti, July 1.-THE
council Of state, acting In accordance
with the legislative powers given 1t
under the new Haitian constitution,
has unanimously voted the declaration
of war upon Germany demanded by
the president Of the republic.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
Launch six shIpa n D.v

Portland, Ore, July 16.-A worlds
Secord for the number of large ships
launched at any one time was estab-
lished here when the G. NJ. Standifer
Construction corporation sent six
wooden hulls into the water.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
Lumber Director Chosen.

Washington. July III. III. Kirby of
Houston, KY, has been appointed lum-
Der administrator Of the Emergency
Fleet corporation. to administer all
activities os the shipbuilding program
sonnecte with lumber.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Madrid. by King AL
fonso has brought reprival to eight
Belgians condemned to death by a
German court at Brussels. This an
nouncement is made by the foreign Of
ice.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 17.-Capt.
Andrew G. Wright, commandant at
I0wa university, II dead at Iowa City.
according to dispatch received by
the Evening Gazette. He was ne
tiked army 06lceE.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

London, July 18.-Demanding a
'clean sweep" IN interning enemy
aliens. London citizens on Saturday
staged the biggest demonstration In
Trafalgar square since the beginning
6 the war.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Washington. ID. C.-Manufacture of
motor trucks for direct and indirect
war needs is considered an essential
industry, the war industrys board an
nounced, and priority on material will
be granted.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Fort Worth, Tex.-Lieut. Robert Y.
Snyder, OF Elmira, N. Y, and Lieut..
Olaf J. Tanner. Of Moorehead, Mimi,
both Of Carruther's field. were killed
when their airplane fell in . 1.00o-feet
tail spin near here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Austrian Premier and Cabinet Retire.
Amsterdam.-Dr. Won Seydler, the
Austrian premier, and his cabinet, has
resigned. according to private advices
from Vienna reaching Sundays Ber-
liner Tageblatt. II IL added that Il is
assumed in reichstag circles that the
emperor this time will accept the
resignation.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
six Killed In Rail Crash.

Louisa. KY, July 17.--Six men were
killed and IA injured, some seriously,
on Monday when locomotive crashed
into three motorcars carrying labo-o-s
on the Chesapeake = Ohio rail-.
road. Y.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26

Washington, July 17.-Contracts for
80 additional steel cargo ships have
been let by the shipping board to Jap
anese yards. Contracts also have been
let for building 20 transports to the
Bethlehem corporation.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-26
4 BARGES ATTACKED
FOUR BOATS SUNK AND TUG
BOAT PERTH AMBoY SET
ON FIRE.
CREWS OF THE TOW ESCAPE
Action Takes Place OF Easternmost
Point Of Cape Cod, Mass.-Severai
Of Survivors Wounded During the
Bombardmers.

Orleans, Mass.-A German subma-
rine attacked the tug Perth Amboy.
of the Lehigh Valley railroad, and
her four barges three miles off this
town, on the southeastern elbow e,1
Cape Cod at 1890 a. m. Sunday. The
one-sided battle lasted one how and
one-half The tub was burnsd to the
waters edge by shell fire, while the
barges were sunk by gun fire.
The barges were bound from
Gloucester for New York and one was
loaded with stone.
OF the Al persons, including three
women and five children, on board,
three men-Capt. Charles Ainslie, of
the barge Lansford, and John Bolo-
vich, and John Vitz, Austrian mem
bers OF the tug crew, were wounded.
Bolovich probably will lose an arm.
Vitz had one hand blown off. Capt
Ainslie was wounded in both arms by
shrapnel.
Attack Witnessed from Shore.
The attack was witnessed by large
CTOWuS Ol udtlFeS anu summer VlSlt-
ors who had fiocked to the cape for
the weekend seeking relief from the
heat wave. All accounts agreed that
the submarines shooting was very
bad. Her torpedo work was no better.
According to Capt. Ainslie, she launch
ed three torpedoes at the tug and all
went wild. The attack occurred only
a few miles from the naval aviation
station at Chatham. Three airplanes
attacked the raider with bombs. The
fire was returned, but the U-boat sub
merged and was last seen heading
south.
The net result Of the raid was the
sinking of barges valued in the aggre-
gate at $4,000, and the serious dam
aging of tug valued at 100000, and
the expenditure Of three torpedoes,
which 1t is estimated cost the Ger
man government a total OF $45,000.
and quantity OF ammunition.