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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-28
ASK NO QUARTER
IN FIGHTS WITH
HUN U-BO A T S

igating to certain port to pick up an
urgent cargo when the skipper, who
had been on the bridge for many
hours, saw the track of "a torpedo ap-
preaching his ship.
Hard a-port," he called to the quar-
termaster at the wheel. and Full
astern" was rung down to the engine
room, where Bob, "the third" was on
duty by himself. The ship spun
around on her heel. as 1t were, and
the torpedo passed her by. Then the
engine room bell changed for full
ahead, and down the voice-pipe into
Bob's ear came the insistent call for
speed and more speed.
BY this time the chief engineer and
his staff were on the foot-plate, and
the ship, which ordinarily did eleven
knots at her top gait, Logan to cut up
the water at a rate which would have
astonished her builders. From the
wireless the S o S call was sent out
and the gunner got busy, but the
U-boat was out Of range and fire was
held until the pirate got closer, when
he was driven back again.
Fight Continues for Three Hours.
When the fight had continued for
four hours a shell from the steamer
fell amidships on the submarines star
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board side, but this did not preventI
him from continuing the engagement.
The German kept trying to creep OFT!
on the steamers port side. but the
master checkmated him each time and
continued to keep him dead astern.
When the sun began TO set the Ger
man tried to maneuver so that the
steamers gunners would have to fire.
into the eye of the sun. But the
master prevented him from getting the
benefit OF such a position until the
sun was obscured by clouds.
Throughout the engagement, which
lasted six hours, the German managed
to score only one hit. This shell
broke the steamers deck surface pipe;
punched hole through the boat
SWANS and carpenters room without
touching two men who were there,
finally exploding In the second cooks
room, which 1t wrecked. Apart from
this the steamer suffered no damage.
The last shell fired by the steamer
appeared to explode In the U-boats
bow. whereupon the enemy turned
away and abandoned the action.
The masters opinion Of his crew is
expressed in the following words:
Specially Praises Engineers Stan.
''They all behaved splendiday and
carried out their various duties coolly
and with a will to save the ship. The
careful and deliberate shooting un-
doubtedly contributed to our success
full escape, while the chief engineer
and his staff, working In ignorance
down below, deserve special praise
for getting thirteen and an eighth
knots out Of an unlocked ship, whose
usual speed is about eleven knots"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-28
British Cabinet Already Has Plan
of Work for Soldiers
After War.
GERMANY ALSO PREPARING
Colonization on Farms, Carefully
Worked Out by an Expert, Liable
to Be Upset by Revolt Of
the ProIetariat.

LondOn.-The British government Is
now at work considering how the great
task Of demobilizing the army and the
resettlement Of the soldiers into civil
occupations at the conclusion of the
war is to be accomplished. The plan
drawn up by the minister Of labor Is
receiving careful attention, and it is
understood considerable progress has
been made.
Germany also is giving this subject
her attention and the series of articles
by Herr Utsch In the Deutsche Land
wirtschaftliche Presse considers the
proposed settlement on the land Of sol
diers returning from the war.
Herr Utsch begins by pointing out
that 1t is national duty to provide the
disabled or injured soldier not only
with an adequate pension but with suit.
able employment which will enable him
to support himself and his family In
sufficient comfort. In providing such
employment. he says, due regard must
be paid to the wishes and the capacity
Of the individual, and no better means
for effecting this can be found than
home colonization, for In no other do
main are the possibilities SO great,
since vast tracts Of waste land still ex-
ist in Germany waiting to be opened
up and the returning soldier cherishes
no dearer wish than to have q home of
his own.
Sees Added Wealth.
At the same time, says Herr Utsch,
the interests Of the country will be
served, since every fresh small colony
increases the national wealth and
makes 1t more independent of foreign
countries In the production Of food. he
sees a further advantage In attracting
labor to rural districts.
The writer divides the nature of the
employment Of the settlers as follows
Settlements for men employed In in
dustries or factories.
Holdings for agricultural labOrers.
Holdings for Independent artisans.
Small holdings with land attached
up to 90 acres or more.
Considering the first class named
they necessarily will be only possible
In the vicinity Of towns or large indus
trial concerns.
The question Of the settlement of
those coming under class two will be VI
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TO REFIT ARMIES FOR INDUSTRY

tai for agriculture after the war. These
holdings, he says, should be large
enough to enable the settler to grow
sufficient cereals and potatoes for him.
self and family and to keep one or two
cows.
AS for the independent artisans I'M
class three, 1t would be for the inter-
ests Of every community to do It's ut
most to attract labor to the land in its.
immediate vicinity. :
Under class four, which would be
providing for peasant holdings, the dis
trict authorities and the provincial set
dement companies would have Ii to
deal with. These settlers would be
those who could command adequate
agricultural knowledge, those who be-
fore the war were tenant farmers,
farm agents, or belonged to the moro
efficient class Of farm laborers.
Herr Utsch believes that during the
first period after the war 1t will bd
necessary to proceed mainly with the
establishment of individual settlements
near existing villages, for the settlers
will find 1t easier to make living and
with the assistance of the communes,
buildings will be cheaper. 1t will not
be necessary to undertake road making
and drainage operations on a large
scale. This character Of settlement,
he believes, would induce soldiers to
settle near their old homes, where, as
they are known, assistance will be
more readily given to them.
Funds From War Profits.
AS to the capital that will be neces-
sary to establish such communal set
Elements, the writer suggests that
about 10 per cent Of all war profits
which after the payment Of taxes ex-
ceed 10000 marks ought to be lent on
mortgages on the settlements at the
rate Of 3 to 3h per cent.
Another article dealing with condi-
tons In Germany after the war, but or
entirely different lines from the pen Of
q. D. Stelling, considers the extent iH
which revolutionary ideas permeate the
German army and what may be the
outcome. The writer says:
"The fuel Of revolt Is being heaped
up to await the torch that will set it
afiame. Competent observers foretell
that revolution will inevitably follow
the conclusion Of the war. sthd
drugged and brutalized proletariat is
waking from It's trance. With organl.
zation and leadership the torpid Ger
man people will at last turn against
the false gods 1t has been worshippins
and dash them to the ground"
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Empey tells Of a narrow es-
cape In the next InstaIIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
uand Of lantUns."

Among the Chinese there has exist.
ed for ages a passion foe fireworks and
lanterns. In every city, at every port
and on every river and canal, as soon
as night comes on. the lanterns make
their appearance. They are hung out
at the door Of every dwelling; they
swing as pendants to the angles of the
pagoda; they form the fiery crown Of
every shop front: they cluster round
the houses Of the rich and light up
the novels Of the poor: they are borne
with the carriage Of the traveller. and
they swing from the yards and masts
Of his vessel.
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Eau Claire, VISA two-headed call
born on the farm Of Matt Leet, who
lives short distance from this city,
Is still alive. Both heads have per
fectly formed mouths, two eyes anl
two noses. but there are only two
ears, one on the outer side Of each
head.
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First Syringe Ussd on Railway.

The nrst record Of the use Of springs
on railways IL George Stephenson's
patent Of September. 1919. The frst
locomotive with steel springs was the
Agenoria, built by Foster and Rastrick
In 1920. and now In South Kensingt0
museum. London. This had laminats1
springs on the leading wheels.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-28
Hide Picture Wfroa

Never, II you can help It. hang pic
lures 80 that the wires will chow, and
do let the pictures hang against ths
wall az II they were really and truly
decoration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01
DAYS FOOD ON A.
WHEATLESS DAY

Greenville Daily News.
The planning of meals for a
wheatless day is a game where it is
easy to get caught ones guard.
Wake up women of America. Make
wheatless, wheatless.
Breakfast
Sliced Bananas
Puffed Rice Top Milk
= Cornmeal Griddle Cakes
" Corn Syrup .
Coffee Milk for Children
Lunch or Supper
Casserole of Hominy, Tomatoes and
-. Cheese
Stewed Prunes Scotch 'Francies
Dinner
... Cold Beef Tongue
Belgian Baked Potatoes
Mashed Rutabaga
Tapioca Pudding.
Scotch Fancies-2 cups rolled oats
IA cup milk, IA cup molasses; 1
1-2 tablespoons cooking oil; IA
teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon salt. Grind
the oats, mix with the other mater
ials.i Roll into a thin sheet and cut
in squares. Bake 20 minutes in a
moderate oven. .-......
Belgian Baked Potatoes-Wash,
pare and slice potatoes as for French
fried. Lay the strips in an oiled
granite pan and bake in the oven.
Salt and serve. Hi
vTapioca Pudding tablespoons
pearl tapioca; 4 cups scalded milk;
a tablespoons Indian meal; 1 cup
milk; 3-4 cup molasses; 3 table
spoons cooking oil, 1 1-2 teaspoon
salt. Soak tapioca two hours in cold
water to cover. Pour scalded milk
over Indian meal and cook in double
boiler until mixture thickens. Add
tapioca drained from water, molas-
ses, oil and salt; turn into oiled
pudding dish and pour over remain
ing milk, but do uot stir. Bake one
and one-fourth hours in a fnoder-
ate oven.
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HE WAS A SUCCESS.

And yet he died poor, unhonored,
and unrecognized, and he rests in a
forgotten grave; but he loved God,
he loved his fellows, and he did his
best to translate that love into ser
vice. And that is success. We mis-
judge men. We measure them by
the family standards. The dollar
standard is useless, for Christ died
poor. and Commodore Vanderbilt
left millions. Fame is not an accu-
rate measure, for sometimes it rests
upon falsehood. History is not al
ways true, and some little men have
great regulations, and some great
men are unknown. Kant was dead
long before men realized the great
ness of his thought. Education il no
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News for the Farmer

true test of success. The unlettered
father is sometimes much bigger
man than his cultured son, and the
doctor of divinity is often a lesser
saint than some of his uneducated
hearers. Mountain peaks and stars
are grand, but they are no more
useful nor beautiful than the blades
of grass. To be just and merciful;
to love honor and truth; to be pure
and kind and loving; to live our
faith and help our neighbors, this is
true success.-The Christian Guar
dian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01
A WISE SON.

. Kermit Roosevelt, son of the Col
oneI, evidently has clear insight
into that gentleman's disposition.
The Ladies Home Journal quotes
him as saying of his father, "You
know dad likes to be top dog-the
most prominent person wherever he
is. If he is at a wedding he wants
to be the bride and if he's at a
funeral he wants to be the corpse" ."
Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01
THE BATTLE CRY OF FEED EN-

Yes, we'll rally round the farm, boys
Well rally once again, '..'
Shouting the battle cry of Feed EN-
We're got the ships and money
And the. best of fighting men,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed 'Em
The onion forever, the beans and the
corn, ...... ...
Down with the tater-it's up the
next morn
While we rally round the plow, boys,
And take the hoe again,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed En-
Fred Emerson Broogs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01
ENGLISH USING HORSE MEAT

London.-At a meeting of the
butchers of Harrow recently one of
their number said the shortage of
meat had become so serious that
the authorities had asked him to
start killing horses and he was be-
ginning with a hundred head. Horse
meat, he said, would perhaps not be
very palatable to some, but it had
to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01
FARMERS SHOULD PRODUCE
AMPLE FOOD SUPPLIES

Jan. 29. 1918.-The State Council
of Defense, in conjunction with the
food administration and the farm
demonstration and home demonstra-
ton departments, will shortly begin
the spring campaign for food produc
ton and conservation. Notwith-
standing the splendid results from
the last springs campaign waged all
over the United States, the food sit
uation of the country is now more
acute than ever before. This is due
to the largely increased demands
from the government, to the demag-
ing of large portion of the corn
crop of the northwest by early frost,
to the injury of the winter wheat
and oats crop by the unprecedented
ly severe winter and to the trench
dous losses from freezing in transit
and in homes of canned goods, fruits
potatoes and other perishable food
products. ..
The congested conditions Of the
railroads in this section are greatly
delaying the movement of food, and
it seems likely that acute shortages
of certain food products may become
prevalent before long in our towns
and cities. Should such condition
arise, the non-agricultural popula-
ton of the State will have to de-
pend largely on the reserve food sup
plies on the farms, and the farmers
should realize that it may be up to
them at an early date to release
part of their surplus supplies of
corn, potatoes, pork, etc., for the
relief of the towns. We know of
instances where merchants have
been forced to import meal and corn
from outside the State after offer
ing the farmers $500 per bushel for
corn and being unable to induce
them to bring it in. The corn pro-
duction of South Carolina for 1917
was approximately forty-three mil
lion bushels, and this figure is an
adequate supply for the entire hu-
man and animal population of the
State. The corn coming in from out
side will leave a surplus in our
barns for rats and weevils to con-
sumo. and besides, the unnecessary
imports are putting an extra burden
upon transportation facilities which
we have no right to demand. It
seems to US that patriotism demands
that the farmers all over the State
supply the towns with corn, and it
also seems to us that present cir
cumstances do not warrant higher
price than $500 per bushel to the
farmer. When we remember that
the price to the western man for his
wheat has been fixed at only slight
ly higher than this figure, it would
seem evident that we have no right
to demand more, even if circumJtan-
ces made it possible to do so.
Those who have recently famili-
arized themselves with the general
food situation in the United States,
are convinced that the ony safe pol
cy for our farmers to pursue in
1918 is to bend every effort to the
production of ample food supplies
for the feeding Of the entire popu-
lation of the State. Our people must
be fed, no matter whether cotton is
ten cents or fifty cents per pound.
We all want to raise all the cotton
we can under the present circum-
stances, and we should do so; but,
first, let us all plan for an adequate
food acreage. There is no other
safe or reasonable course under
present conditions.
D. R. Coker,
Chairman State Council of Defense.
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Four Of the biggest Of the Miss
issippi River traffic steamships were
caught in the ice gorges in the Ten
nessee River and were smashed. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
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Arrangements, have been COM
.pleted whereby 100000 German
alien enemy will be registered.
Forms have been distributed to all
parts of the country.
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Immediate plans for the rehabili-
tation of the Holy Land to fit, for
a home for the Jews, is under con-
sideration by the officers of the Zion
ist organization, of New York. 1t
will be great task. 49,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

Herr Karl Herman Torges adyoJ
Gates repairing the ravages of She1
world war through the practice OF
Polygamy in Germany. The isecond
dary wife is to advertise the fact OF
her Official marriage by wearing 9
secondary wedding ring Of elegant
and readily recognizable design
The State will adopt all of the of
springs resulting from the union
This does not meet with very
orable reception by the German
men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

Break your Cold or LaGrippe
with d few doses Of 666.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

! John s. Parsons, fish and game
warden Of Virginia, was found dead d
in his Office. A note was left say
ing to notify his brother. A pistol
was also found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

sf In the testimony brough u out s ssv 81:
the trial Of Franz Won Rinteisn ssa
eleven associates FIRE, bombs wsSs.
placed on board Of the Eaalt s1j q li5i y
on her last voyage Sin May So
Millions Of dollars were I spent a Sia i
placing bombs on vessels ana 8
menting strikes. y 2iss sSF
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but the second struck amidship: St
carried about o0.speople, fort ,rt o4I
whom were passengers.
According to the Detroit
Press Canada is the only Ally q
is getting our bituminus coal Tksz
was surplus Of fifty million t8d1sl
in 1917 over 1916 and I of SSS|
Canada received L, 500, ,;V00|
tons. iSls slssj
In May an exposition win Be hsId
in New York to increase the iiit " 1
est in more attractive homes
thought that better homes aWill ms Il
home defenders. This IS. md " @ l
auspices Of the national better hSansss as
Z lssSs
The food problem viii bsE solysd3|
by the use Of tablets. They sijla
be high in their food value ana 81 81
will be sufficient nourish met,tE et,t { sin 1 sess 4
to last working man ali 3idss 6S)
only delay in theiir: i Il being on | i
now is that each one costs s ss
According to the depa S3 /
labor the workmen in tie ti
States are sufficient u supply Ig| n
demand. OF course there s wj 81
some inco enience, for build
have to 30 to the ship baifa 4
yards and in like manner some 81 Il{|
have to move to diff ferent slocsA
: Mrs.. Harry 9. 3 Henderson aasi "a q
named Fuel Admins ttr 3oF II s.
Plains, i. II seems tliat siis
really bossing the delyerEa2x
coal in that town. When s y psfS Iis e
orders coal she inspects the eosi 7; 6ltSg ;li
for boarded coal before shsa psssi SiIlI 4
him to receive > supply II II sssS 3sss
Charleston, W. Va, has BEEN dsf s
aged considerably BY HOO ~ MI 4 a
Chesapeake and Ohio 81 ailroaMd nj rs
and the light and power Z cs;sssmp I; "a i ~
bridge have been washed aWiaays iiSa 9'';l 81
bridge had to- be dynamite sSS9 s A fes
lease the ice gorge and G y sas6e sS1 ze'
business section Of The city as s.
by In the testimony broueh bit M M
the trial Of Franz Won Rintels @ s@Sds
eleven associates FIRE, bombs wsSs8
placed on board Of the Euais sS}ijS So;
on her last voyage Sin May 9tbss)
Millions Of dollars were : spent 8 8 Ssh @
placing bombs on vessels ana 81
menting strikes. s U sS)
Gen. Robert E. Lees sword Z Wit3
be presented to the, Virgins b i 6 ii KSsiE1
Of the Confederate Museum at Ricil
nond: His randdaughter, Mis- 4ssis3
Carter Lee, viii present III thsoHsiE]
Gov. Henry Stuart on WednesdaSs||
The inscription shows that thss swop
was given to Gen. Lee by asSryel
landers. & q " 8; & @ 81 3 sa a 81
Maj. Gen. Wood has received aI
wound on French soil. Five Fpsnehl
soldiers and two Americans HsfS|
killed and several more wounded by
the explosion Of a shell. Il y Hot
known just where they were 81 the
time. Cen Wood is making : tonH
Of the French lines and the Amer
can training camps behind tho
lines. & slsssT -S:; :ss5T
Each alien enemy will have to
register and to furnish four photo-
graphs not larger than sxs: 4 t will lsi 4
be necessary for the registrant sc
write his name across the face of of
the photograph plainly SO as not to
obscure any of the features. IS he
cannot write he must place hiss
thumb print in the space oppoats
the signature space This will have
to be done in the presence Of ON
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

The oil from the castor bean is to
be used for lubrieating the aero
planes. Ordinary oils will solidify
at great height. 81 =
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Japan says that she is responsible
for the peace in that part Of the
world and if anything occurs to the
detriment Of the interest Of Japan,
proper measures will be taken. d
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

Forty-seven women and children
were killed in the air raid over Lon-
don, and 169 others were wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

Food is scarce in Russia. Som
of the larger cities have no brea'
and very little foodstuffs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-01

The Owasco was sunk by a subma-
rine in December. Only two Of her
crew of 81 men were lost She car
ried cargo Of gasoline. - -
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Greenwood is to have rural po-
lice system and the present system
is to be abolished.