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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
VERDICT OF JURY.
State Of South Dakota,
County Of Grant.

OOunIy VI IrdNC.
An Jnquisition holden at the city
Of Milbank in Grant county, State
Of South Dakota, on the fifteenth
day Of July, 1918, before j. A.
Jacotel, Coroner of said County,
upon the body Of Will Arndt and
Alvina Arndt there lying dead, by
the Jurors whose names are hereto
subscribed, the said Jurors upon
their oaths do say
Cause of Death-That the deceas-
ed persons, Will Arndt and Alvina
Arndt came to their deaths by be-
ing struck, run over, dragged and
killed by the rear car Of sixteen
cars detached from the second sec.
tion of Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway Company freight
train No. 263, on the fifteenth day
Of July, 1918 at about 2:l5 P. NJ.
of said day at point on, near and
East Of the Chicago Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway Company cross
ing on Main Street at the city Of
Milbank, Grant County, South OAK
ota.
That we believe the responsible
ty for the occurance Of said acci-
dent and the death Of said deceased
persons is upon the employees of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway Company. In operating
said train and in and about said
crossing, said employees being
guilty Of negligence.
We further find that the crossing
at which the said accident occurred
is across the Main Street of Mil
bank, : Grant County, South Dakota.
and upon which there is continuous
travel both by vehicles and pedes-
! trians, and that the view in ap-
preaching said crossing is obstruct
ed by a permanent obstruction and
frequently by cars and trains. and
that the round house, depot and
coal sheds Of said railway company
are within a short distance from
this crossing, thereby making il
necessary to move and have great
deal Of railroad equipment upor
and about this crossing, and that
Cor these reasons, we find that the
said crossing is not adequately pro
tected for travel. by the people BY
the employment Of a second flag
man, and that additional protection
should be afforded to the public
either by the installation of cross
ing gates installed to operate alto
matically upon the approach o.
trains, or the employment of a flag
man on either side Of said crossing
We also find that in this case
that the railway company permit
ted and allowed it's crossing to b,
obstructed by cars standing immed
lately up to the crossing on either
side, and that this practice shoule
be prevented.
In Testimony Whereof, The sail
Jurors have hereunto set thei
hands, the day and year aforesaid
William Jennings
Geo. Mitchell
Fl. A. Benedict
Jurors
Attest:
]. A, Jacotel
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
FOOD ADMINISTRATION HAS FIXED FOLLOWING
AS FAIR PRICES TO BE CHARGED IN THIS COUNTY

Milbank July 15 1918.
The following shows prices by Food COMMITTEE This sub
changes Complaints be filed in writing by any
showing where the fixed unjust unfair with Coun
ty Food Administrator
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19

A car load Of barley feed for sale
ct the Empire Elevator.
H.. +. Riley
WANTED ~ A good stroua
working girl, tor ki6chen work
= the Bentley 0rana QatD.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
S38. 500

The above total approximates the
amount that has been directly con-
tributed by our people to the war
charities.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Food Shipped Allies
Far Below Schedule

The figures regarding shipping of
food to the Allies came out TODAY.
They show here, as in every other ma
tcrial aspect of the war, the country
is behind the schedule. The schedule
calls for 100000 tons week. Win
one week missing, here is the tonnage
of food sent abroad since tho first of
January:
January to 10, 900, ,o15 tons; Janu.
ary II to II, 127,s67 tons: January Is
TO "a. 143.772; January 25 to 81. i5o..
68O;A February ! to 7, 34,65S; February
Is to Il, 1A3,S29; February 90 to 2s
l7d,847; March l to s, 2l2,154; Marcn
0 to Is, 201,93S. The average is no.
s74 tons, or nearly 100000 tons belov,
schedule. The 34,0OO-ton week brourht
forth Mr.. Hoover's protest. Tho Fooj
Administrator and Mr. McAdoo will hn
nble to talk to each other across tho
same table tomorrow.
Another step looking to tho !mprov.
ing Of the industrial situation was tho
creation of pricc-tixing committee ~
the War Industries Board. This con,
mittce. named to-day, consiats Of Roh.
ert s. Brookings. Of tho War Industr;e,
Board, chairman; Brigadier Cenero,
Palmcr i. Fierce, surveyor general ot
supplies for the War Department. pov
master John Hancock, OF the Nnvv ~, ~
reau Of Supplies and Accounts: Dr.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Baker Praises Pershing' S
Staff; Envies Men at F ront
Secretary Compliments Nerve Centre of ARM" y"-Meets
Ex-Cabinet Member Now Training in Reserve
Officers School

large bodies OF troops III the greatest
military undertaking Of our history.
"The black band around the sleeve
which is the emblem of the General
staff has become the symbol OF great
csponsibility TO the people at home
and to the man N the trenches for ac-
complishlng The maximum of efficiency
IN directing tha resources at your COM
mand with the minimum cost Of life,
energy and material Your ambi-
ton 10 excel in your profession and
your studious application in the time
Of peace, when we had small army,
have earned thc gratitude of your
country ut a time when the most val
liable asset we nave is the well-trained
soldier in the prime of his manhood
who has kept his mind and body fit
FOR this emergency
General Pershing has had the vision,
the authority. the high organizing
ability and the broad conception to
make the most Of your talent and in
dustry in the results which have been
so reassuring to me as Secretary of
War. Your modesty, your Willingness
TO learn from the traditions and tech
nical experience of the Allied armies
are in keeping with your soldierly real
ization that war is skill against Skill
forming All army to fight against a
most powerful, skilful foe, who allows
nothing to divert him from the main
essential.
Success Is Apparent
Your plans have been commensu-
rate with your tasks. your spirit in
keeping with the inheritance which
you have from Grant, Jackson, Lee and
Sherman. While you have been build
ing your structure you have had to act
as instructors for our unframed forces
and signs are not wanting of your sue
cess in adapting our national character
and zeal to'the end Of victory.
Il have been at one of your militar!
are preparing to support our troops
with their gunfirc. have seen your
staff school, where another group OF
reserve officers, including a former
Secretary of War. whom ! envy, is be
ing trained to assist in your staff
work when we shall number our corps
in France as we now number our divi
SlOns.
"Some of the pioneers in forming
our organizations in France are now
out with the troops, and officers with
the troops ere now being brought IL
for staff work as a part of your system
of all-around preparation. | might sa!
that promotion awaits those who have
proved themselves fit 20 lead in the
stern test to come. However, | know
you are not thinking of promotion, but
only in spirit of soldierly service o.
giving the best in you.to the cause"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20

ant Colonel Tinly on March directed
the defence of the American line
against an enemy infantry attack,
aided by artillery.
Three More Men Cited
Private A. A. Crawford. of Alabama;
Corporal Harry w. Tanning, of Balti..
more, and Private Bernard Black, OF
Baltimore, were the men cited to-day.
Private Crawford was killed while
carrying dispatches through German
barrage His citation says that he
was "an excellent soldier, courageous
and devoted, and was killed IN the
trenches IN the performance of his
duty"
Corporal Tanning received his cross
for the following act:
During heavy bombardment a
bomb fell or trench parapet. Cor
poral Tanning threw himself upon 1t
and prevented it from falling into the
trench, thus saving his comrades by
mis- presence CT mind and preventing
a very grave accident
Private Blacl: pulled a lighted ig-
inter which was about to fire shell
from a gun when an enemy shell struck
the gun. Thus" says the citation. his
courage and presence of mind prevent
ed mortal accident 10 his comrades
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
" "Americans!'' German Cry
As British Raided Coblenz

Office, announced in answer to a ques-
ton in the House of Commons to-day
regarding the results Of recent air
raids into German territory.
Mannheim Damaged
More than ton of bombs was
dropped on Mannheim on March 1S, he
added. He said eight direct hits had
been obtained on the Badische Soda
fabrik at Mannheim. The British raid
ers were attacked by an enemy forma-
tlon and two Of the enemy machines
were downed, the others being driven
off. All the British returned.
The 255 flights, Mr.. Macpherson ex-
planned, constituted thirty-eight raids
aviators dropped forty-eight tons Of
bombs. They had to surmount the
difficulties presented by frost, snow,
gales and heavy mist, which often pre-
vented them from seeing the German
iron works and factories they We're to
attack. Most of the raids were car
ried out in daylight.
The number of these expeditions and
the amount of explosives dropped were
increasing steadily. Photographs which
had been taken showed beyond doubt
attacks were concentrated on objects
of military Importance.
Coblenz is the capital of the Rhine
Province of Prussia. The British War
Office announced on March 12 that on
that day British aviators had dropped
Il ton of bombs on factories, :.tations
and barracks at Coblenz. The attack
was made in daylight, and two fires
and a violent explosion were seen to
have been caused by the bombs.
Berlin always has denied any serious
losses caused by Allied air raids ovel
German territory but if fifty were
killed at Coblenz the British raid re.
suited in more serious losses than ever
have been reported from Germany be-
fore.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Captain Miller
Falls Behind the
German Lines
New York Bankers Fate
Unknown; Aero Faltered
1000 Feet in Air
Noted Athlete at Yale
Mother Hopes He Is Safe, Al
though War
Prisoner
Noted Athlete at Yale

Captain James Z. Miller, who sur
rendered his position as vice president
OF the Columbia Trust Company to
become an officer in the aviation sec
ton of Pershing's army, is down with
his plane behind the German lines in
France. His family and friends are
ignorant Of his fate. His machine was
seen to falter at an altitude of only
about 900 feet and then descend
swiftly, nose first, and apparently out
Of control.
His mother. Mrs. Charles A. Miller,
and his wife and seven-year-o daugh
ter are anxously awaiting further
news. The former lives at 2G West
Thirty Street. Captain Miller's
wife, Mrs. Gladys Miller, is with her
father, Rudolph Ii. Kissel, at II West
Forty ninth Street.
1--WE have no news of Captain Miller
except that in the cable message which
was received at the bank and forward
ed to u.s." said Mrs. Charles A Miller
yesterday. eve hope and trust that he
sustained no serious injury when his
plane fell and that he is now safe
though prisoner"
Mr.. Kissel was less optimistic His
SON in-law was tighter, he said, and
would never yield himself prisoner
unless completely disabled.
He would fight to the death and
ask no quarter" he declared
If Captain Miller is a prisoner, he
is the first commissioned officer of the
! United States army to fall into the
hands of the Germans. If he is dead,
it is believed that he is the first officer
Of the aviation section Of rank as high
as captain to be killed while fighting.
An Athlete at Yale
Captain Miller is in his thrty-fourth
year. He attended the Berkeley School
and was graduated from Yale in 1904.
In his senior year he played guard on
the football team, winning his "Y," al
though he was rather under weight
for the position. He also rowed on the
freshman crew and for two years on
the varsity crew. He was a member
Of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and Of
( Skull and Bones.
After leaving college he entered the
Columbia Trust Company, became its
| secretary and, at thirty, was it's vice
president and III charge of the branch
at Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Ave-
nue..
Mr.. Miller qualified successively as
pilot, fighter and instructor in the state
the Federal service IN 1916, On De-
cember 8 of that year Captain Miller
then lieutenant, was the first of
seven military aviators to complete a
frigid trip of 100 miles in the teeth of
gale. He obtained a commission as
captain in the aviation section of the
Signal Reserve Corps in 1917, and was
put in command of the 3D. Aero Squad
ron. His command was among the first
Of the flying branch of the service to
go to France.
The board Of governors of the Aero
/ Club of America will adopt resolutions
OF sympathy and hope to-day, to be
forwarded to Captain Miller's family.
Captain Miller's brother, Charles D.
Miller, is a first lieutenant in the Of
tlcers' Reserve Corps. Gustav II. kis-
sci. one of his brothers-in law, is an
aviator with the cXpcditionary forces.
The other, Rudolph II. Kissel jr., is
an assistant paymastcr in the navy.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20

LONDON. March 19.-Ffty persons
were killed and great material damage
was done by bombs dropped by Allied
airmen when they raided Coblenz, Ger
many. on March II, according to a
neutral traveller who arrived Monday
at The Hague, "The Times" says.
"The people believed the raiders
were Americans, the traveller said. 81
was in the neighborhood of a big mu
milton works at Mulheim (north of
Coblenz and also on the Rhine) at ten
minutes past noon, when suddenly all
the factory whistles started blowing
and the sirens were sounded. Many
women rushed from the works for the
bombproof shelters, while passing
streetcars were stopped as the crews
bolted into houses. Four or five air.
planes were visible in the clear sky
"Presently some one exclaimed:
They are Americans!' Another person
screamed aloud: The Americans are
comng.' A Dutchman knew rushed
up to me and said: Didn't | tell you
the Americans would come sooner or
later"
Fear Americans Will Come
81 cannot say whether the machines
actually were American, but the strik
ing thing was the evidence that there
has been general skepticism whether
American airplanes ever would come
and equal fear of them when they do"
The neutral traveller added that. al
though the machines merely passed
over Mulheim on their way to Coblentz.
it was not until o'clock that the call
clear" signal was sounded.
Two hundred and fifty-fvc flights
into Germany have been carried out by
British aviators and only ten machines
have been lost, James Ian Macpherson,
Parliamentary Secretary of the War
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Attacking Party Penetrates
Teuton Lines Nearly
Half Mile
Mannheim Is Bombed
Ton Of Explosives Is Dropped
on Large City on
the Rhine

LONDON, March IA French in
fantry raid Of almost unprecedented
daring, damaging attacks on enemy de-
fences by Allied airmen and heavy eN-
changes of artillery fire, have featured
the last twcnty-four hours OF fighting
along the Western battle front.
The French raid produced nine pris-
oners. and the destruction OF numerous
German shelters. The attacking force
cf three -tifths Of Il mile, in the Rheims
sector.
A ton Of bombs has been dropped by
;lc British on Mannheim. a large city
IN Germany on the Rhine, forty-iive
miles southwest of Frankfort, and. in
addition, an official statement issued
here tonight tells Of eighteen German
downed and an observation balloon de-
stroyed Four British machines were
lost in the fighting
On Sunday last the railway siding
at Somain and hostile rest billets on
several parts of The front were bombed.
together with three enemy alrdromes.
Ten and onehalf tons of explosives
were dropped in these raids, during
which three enemy aviators who gave
dropped five tons Of bombs on Two
hostile airdromes. one Of which s:lel
tered large bombing planes. a big
ammunition dump near ST. Quentin and
rest billets in tho neighborhood OF
Douai and Menin also have been sue
cessfulN attacked.
Az official statement issued by Ber-
lin tells of great activity by German
aviators. the claim being made tha.
twenty three Allied airplanes and two
captive balloons were destroyed.
An attack near Juvincourt by Bran
denbHrg shock troops is reported to
, have resulted in the capture tof twenty
A., French prisoners, and an attack on the
eastern bank Of the Meuse bagged fifty
six prisoners.
The Belgian official statement tells
of The loss of advance posts near
'Reigcrsvlict and Stuyvekenskerke,
where the Germans used liquid fire.
In counter attacks, Teuton prisoners
and machine guns were taken, and the
! positions restored.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
iEY Tnc ASsrlAtrd Press

HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMER1-
CAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN
FRANCE, Monday, March 1S.-Con-
Guiding his journey along the Amcri-
can lines of communication. Secretary
Of War Baker awoke this morning at
General Pershing's headquarters, after
his first nights sleep in a house since
starting on his trip of inspection.
Soon after breakfast the Secretary
III flotOrcd from the chateau to the build
ing occupied by the staff, without an
escort except for his aides, his entry
being devoid of military display.
After n short conference with Cen
cral Pcrshing Secretary Baker made
a tour Of the building, spending short
time in each office where the officer
in charge explained in detail the work
of his particular section. The Secrc-
tary thus familiarizcd himself with the
work Of the staff in the field. dealing
with the troops at the front as we'll as
m the training areas.
Meets ferShlnK Stan
Surrounded by the uniformed stat.
as an escort the Secretary passed rap
! idly from the Offices when he had con
cluded. The entire headquarters staff
was assembled then, and the Secretary
was introduced for brief, informal
address to the officers as the "nerve
centre of the organization" Mr. Baker
spoke as follows:
at was with view to following the
route of our troops and material along
! the lines Of communication to the front
, that | began my tour with the ports
of debarkation. day | have be-
| through the busy offices of the Genera.
staff and the administrative depart
ments at headquarters. | have met tho
men who from this nerve centre direct
the organization which they have ere
ated
81 appreciate how you would prefer
to leave your desks for the front line
where you could see the direct result
of your efforts against the enemy. But
you at least are in France, in which,
you are the envy of those who arr
held at their desks in the same kind
of work at home. Many of you arc
1ormer students at Fort Leavenworth
and the War College. Action has taken
the place of study The problems
which you have to solve are no Longer
those Of theory in the movement OF
imaginary forces, but of fact, in con
troll of the supply and equipment OF
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Wilson, Calls
Meeting of His
<< War Cabinet ,
Continued from page

into being to do the work of coordina-
tion for which the Senators proposed
war cabinet. The Senators thought
than an executive body was needed,
with power to impose its will, under
the Presidents direction, upon all the
loosely related war administrators. The
President inclines always to the view
that cooperation among the existing
organizations is feasible and will bring
about unity.
Whatever may come of to-morrow's
meeting, which is the first, so far as
the public is aware, at which the Pres
dent will sit with all the various heads
OF his war industrial organizations, the
question of the industrial side of war
is receiving more serious consideration
now than ever in the past
The speeding-up process is plainly
going on. The Administration is no
longer dcceiving itself as it was when
the Senate Investigations began. The
failures and delays arc now frankly
admitted, at least in Administration
circles. and an effort is being made to
material side of the entire war pro-
gramme is up to schedule. There is no
longer an attempt at c0ncealment
No such camoulage as that resorted
to by Secretary Baker when he first.
appeared before the Chamberlain com :
mittee is now practiscd. The prompt
ness with which the truth was acknowl-
edged about the delay with regard to
airplanes and investigation and reor-
ganization made was no accident. 1t
was typical of the new willingness to
look the facts in the face which have
come within the last few ccks The
admission of the Military Committees
Of both the House and the Senate into
the confidence Of the War Department
springs from the same changed spirit
This looking Of the facts in the face
dscloses that we have no war indus
trial organization worth mentioning
When Mr.. Hoover wants to get food
shipped or Mr.. McAdoo wants to know
where the food is to ship each has 20
address the other very much as Mr.
Wilson and Count Hertling talk to
each other "across the seas"- through
the columns of the press.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Old Typewriter May
Settle $400, 900 Suit

Armed with search warrant, As
sistant District Attorney Donohue
went through the Hotel Albemarlc YES
terday and removed from one of the
rooms five cddlooking trunks and an
old-style typewriter The trunks and
typewriter were taken in truck to
Mr.. Donohuc's office, on the third floor
OF the Criminal Courts Building.
According TO Attorney General Bar
bour Of Vermont, the typewriter and
contents OF the trunks may throw light
on the origin of a disputed deed intro
ouced as new evidence in an applica-
uon Tor the rcopening Of litigation that
began fourteen years ago between the
true Blue Marble Company and the
Eastman Marble Company, Of Vermont
The litigation involved title to marble
quarries valued at 100000 and was
adjudicated about year ago in favor
OF the True Blue Marble Company, a
subsidiary of the Vermont Marble Com
pany, the largest in the state.
On May Z, 1917, the Eastman COM
pany. according to Attorney General
Barbour, through its counsel, f. IL
O'Brien, discovered in the effects of
Joel c. Baker, deceased lawyer, an
old decd, signed by several directors
which gave title to the disputed min
ing territory to the Eastman company
OF which George P. Eastman, of Rut-
land, W., is the controlling owner.
During The arguments for rcopennq
OF the Judgment it developed. accord.
ing to Attorney General Barbour that
some OF the signers of the deed drawn
IN August, 1892, who are still living
testihed that the signatures were
theirs. but they did not recall ever
signing the document
According to MIR. Donohue. the type
writer may have been used in drafting
the deed. The trunks contained inks
and copies of deeds
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20

separate army group on the Western
front
The German official statements Of
the last few days have named the army
group of General Won Gallwitz, but al
ways in connection with the front of
the German Crown Prince, so that it
has been impossible to determine, even
approximately, what portion of the
front the Won Gallwitz army group
had taken over. This general. how
ever, had been in command of the
Verdun front under the Grown Prince
and it seems probable that it is the
Nerdun sector that he will command
under the new arrangement.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
The Great NVar-132 8th Da
Casualties Among Our Men
Serving With Gen. ershing

WASHINGTON, March 10. - The
casualty list issued to-day by the War
Department contained only thirty
names. Captain Phelps Collins was
included among those killed in action.
Lieutenant George o.. Middleditch
died of accident.
The casualties were divided as fol-
lows: Killed in action, .; died Of
accident, 3; died of wounds, 3; died
of disease, 12; wounded severely, .;
slightly wounded, s.
Killed in Action
COLLINS, Phelps. captain.
KONOPEk, Frank j.. private.
Died of Accident
BUTLER. Edward f.. cadet.
MIDDLEDlTCH. George O.. lieutenant.
MURPHY, Martin D.. private.
Died of Wounds
MARTIN, Alma NJ. private.
VAUDREIUL. Arthur p, private.
WILKERSON. Wilbur. private.