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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03

Andy Raven is busy this week
hauling flax to Selfridge.
The Fort Yates public school
open Monday, January 7th, after a
two weeks holiday vacation.
Thos. Frosted left last week for
Poplar, Montana, where he spent
New Years visiting with relatives.
Sheriff Chas. Mclaughlin spent
several days at the court house this
week in his official capacity as
chairman of the Local Board.
Paul Chapman wss visiting in
the city over New Years from near
Mcintosh, where he is making his
home OIL his brothers claim.
Leo. and Agnes Witzleben will
return to Collegeville, Minnesota,
to resume their studies on January
9Th, after spending two weeks va
cation with their father.
The board of county commission
ers will meet in regular annual scs-
sion at the court house next Tues
day. Outside Of regular routine
business there are no important
matters coming up.
Jack Carignan, Jr., entertained
a party of % at dinner New Years
day. With the exception OF Rev.
FIR. Bernard, the guests were all
members of the Carignan and WITT
leben families. No race suicide.
The regular annual meeting and
election of officers for the ensuing
year of the Fort Yates Commercial
Club will be held at the Foresters'
Hall, next Tuesday evening, Janu-
ary o. All the members are urged
to be present.
Christmas evening a dance was
held at the Shields town hall, given
in honor of soldier lad, G. II.
Upham, who arrived Monday from
Camp Dodge for visit with his
relatives, says the Enterprise. a
happy crowd made merry until 2
a. IN. The Mclaughlin orchestra
furnished the music. Mr.. Upham
left for Camp Dodge in September
with second contingent from Sioux
county.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Another Sioux County
Man Reports For Duty
Chester Teeter of Selfridse Goe. to
Camp Dodge to Fill Vacancy in
Sioux County's Quota

Chester Tecter OF Sclfridge, who
has been ready to report for army
service since September, left last
Thursday morning for Camp Dod-
ge, Iowa, to fill vacancy in the
present quota in camp from Sioux
county, occasioned by the rejection
for physical disability of James
Tattocd, who returned home some
time ago.
Chester Tceter has been anxious
for active service for a long time,
and but for the fact that he had
been called and held for service
subject to the orders of the Local
Board to fill the deferred quota
from this county, would have been
in the ranks before now.
Week before last he read in the
Pioneer that there was room for
200 men from this state at Fort
Stevens, Oregon, in the coast artil
lery, and he walked over from Self
ridge "Wednesday and asked to be
sent there by the Local Board.
Adjutant Fraser was communi-
Gated with and stated that the quota
at Fort Stevens had been filled and
no more men could be sent. The
Local Board then decided to send
him to Camp Dodge, to fill the
vacancy from this county there.
Whether the Local Board did
right or not under the regulations
has not been determined, but Che.-
ter Tcetcr has been rewarded for
his patriotic persistence. Would
there were thousand more like
him in the county.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
North Dakota Soldiers
Land Safe In France
Whole 41st Division Including First
and Part Of Second N. D. Regiment
Land Safe in France

First definite news of the arrival
in France of the First North Da-
kota Regiment, now the 164th u.
S. Infantry, was received in Bis
marck and Mandan last Friday.
This regiment include companies
from both these cities. The men,
bership of the companies were re-
cruited from every town and Sec
tion Of the Slope country.
There are a number of men in
this regiment from the Standing
Rock reservation, among them be-
ing Sidney Mclaughlin, Ray Lyon,
Richard Blue Earth, Barney Crows
ghost, Albert Grass, Joe Jordan,
j. ]. Milburn and others whose.
names are not available.
Capt. A. B, Welch, adopted son
of Chief John Grass of Fort Yates,
aide to the commanding general of
the 41st Division, cabled news Of
the safe arrival of the entire divi-
sion which means that both Co. A.
and Co. I, the two Bismarck units
are now in France,
The North Dakotans arrived in
France on Christmas day, having
sailed from Camp Merritt, New
Jersey, on December 14th. A few
other North Dakota soldiers, who
were in the Signal Corps are also in
France, having gone over in No
vember.
The safe passage of the North
Dakota boys is gladstone news to
the people Of the state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Fiske to Colors

Frank Fiske has made applica-
tion to enter the balloon depart
ment Of the U. S. Signal Corps and
has passed the required physical ex-
animation for entrance in the army.
In the event of his acceptance he
will receive a commission and be
detailed to Photographic work. Mr..
Fiske is an expert photographer
and Uncle Sam is fortunate to Sc
cure his services. Franks many
friends will be glad to learn that he
is ready to do his part to win the
war.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
All Railroad Traffic
Pooled By First Order
McAdoo Opens Way for More Rapid
Handling of Freisht.-U. s. Now in
Control of the Railways

Washington, Dec. 31.-Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo, designated by
President Wilson as director-general,
has delegated to the Railways War
Board the task of operating the ma
tion's railroads for the present.
The war board, comprising five Of
the country's foremost railroad execu.
tives, who have been in supreme
charge of the railroads for the last
nine months, were called into confer.
ence, to discuss plans for welding all
transportation lines into single gov.
ernnent-operated system. They left
the Treasury department two hours
later under instructions to continue
their functions and to submit immc-
diately plan of operation to the di
rector-general.
MIR. McAdoo has issued his first
formal order, designed to speed up
freight movement, telegraphing all
presidents and directors instructions
to move traffic by the most convenient
and direct routes. At the same time
he ordered them to continue operat.
ing of their lines in conformity with
the Presidents proclamation, putting
them under government control.
Tho text of the order follows:
Having assumed the duties imposed
upon me and in pursuance of the
proclamation of the President, dated
December &c, 1917, you will until
otherwise ordered continue the opera
ton of your road in conformity with
the said proclamation.
"You are required to make every
possible effort to increase efficiency
and to move traffic by the most con-
venient and expeditions routes. con.
fidently count on your hearty COOP
GRAFTON. 1t is only through efforts,
unselfish service and effective work
that this war can be won and Ameri.
cas- future secured.
'W. G. McAdoo.
"Director-General of Railroads" !"
There was no indication wnetner
Mr.. McAdoo intended to displace the
Railways War board with an organiza.
ton of his own, or continue the organ.
ization for the continuance of the war.
1t is clear it will continue to function
until the director-general decides that
a better system can be devised.
The order that freight move by the
most expeditions routes opens the way
for a pooling of traffic impossible
heretofore by reason of statutes de-
signed to prevent the practice of car
riers operated under private direction.
1t takes from the shipper his right to
route his freight as he wishes and
leaves to the railroad traffic manager
the task of sending it most directly
and where there is least congestion.
Removes Obstacles.
Although Mr.. McAdoo does not be.
lieve complete unification of all rail.
systems can be brought about over
night, even with the legal restrictions
lifted, he expects that steps taken un-
der government control will remove
some Of the obstacles tsat now pre-
vent the rapid movement of freight.
Members Of the war board were re-
quested to study the situation and re-.
port on any measure to relieve con.
gestion they think might wisely be
put into force.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Register Busy
An indication of the growth al

An indication Of the growth and
development Of Sioux county is
found in the increasing work in the
office of the register of deeds through
which passes all the instruments of
record in the county pertaining to
real estate. During the month Of
November the fees amounted to
s1O5. 10, and the December business
is still larger. The fees in this Of
flee now pays more than the rum
ming expenses and returns small
profit to the county.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Socialist. Fight For Mrs. o,Hare.

Socialists Fight For Mrs. o'Hare.
st. Louis, Dec. 31.-A defense fund
to save Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare
from five-year sentence imposed as
result of recent conviction in
North Dakota for violation of the
espionage law has hsen started in
st. Louis by Phil Wagner, publisher
Of several Socialist papers and mag.
azInes. Mrs. O'Hare is now at liberty
on Lond. Wagner says he is proceed
ing on the theory that Mrs. OHare is
guiltless of having remarked that
mothers Of American soldiers are po
better than brood sQws,"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
RAISE BIG WAR LOAN
Great oversubscription Reported By
Finance Minister.

Paris, Dec. 31.-The 100000 900
francs asked for in the third war loan
has been exceeded, according to a
statement made in the chamber of de.
.puties by M. Klotz, the minister of
finance.
M. Klotz said that the returns for
the loan were still incomplete, but
that the subscriptions, not including
those from abroad aggregated 1O,276,-
100000 francs ($2,O55.200,0O0.)
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
German U-Boats Sunk
And Captured Report
Twelve Americen Destroyers Sweep
Down on Four U.8oats Lying on
Surface.-One 10 Sunk

Washington, Dec. 31.-The United
States destroyer Tanning, aided by the
United States destroyer Nicholson
has been officially credited with cap
ture Of the first German submarine
prisoners The event occurred in No
vember and cable reports gave only
seant news Of the capture.
London, Dec. 31.-Gunners on an
American liner approaching the British
coast have just sunk a submarine, &C
cording to information see11Ty1 taoi
cording to passengers on the ship.
The ship was proceeding at full
speed about noon in a very smooth
sea. A periscope was sighted by the
watch on the bridge and the subma.
rine was seen plainly by passengers
as it came to the surface at distance
Of about 1,500 yards, directly in the
wake of the ship.
bris from the submarine were seen
flying in the air. Afterward no trace
of the submarine was visible.
The convoy signalled to the liner:
"A direct hit"
Boston, Dec. 30.-.Four German SUB.
marines were captured recently by 12
American destroyers, according to an
American seaman who has just
reached his home here from a French
port. The seaman, former Boston
newspaper man, was aboard troop
ship at the French port recently, he
said, when the destroyers, all flying
the Stars and Stripes, steamed in with
their prizes. The submarines were ly.
ing upon the surface of the ocean,
with their coming towers open, dur.
ing the process Of recharging their
batteries, when the American Destroy
ers swept down upon them and took
them prisoners without a fight.
While the transport was still at the
French port, the seaman said, Ger.
man U-boat entered the harbor with a
white flag flying from her periscope.
The enemy crew explained that they
had been lying in wait for the troop.
ship in the open sea, and that when
they failed to find her and the sup
plies ran low, the crew mutinied,
killed the commander and decided to
surrender.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
81 Below

Saturday morning was the cold
est day Of the winter so far. The
thermometer is reported to have
registered from 81 to 45 below zero
at different times during the morn
ing in Fort Yates. The low mark
reported by the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau at Bismarck was 81 below. A
small blizzard ragged all day Satur.
day, but Sunday the weather mo.
derated.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
PUT "PEP" IN WAR PROGRAM
Roosevelt Plans Conference With
Congressmen.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Dec. 31.-Within
the next month or six weeks it has
become known, Colonel Roosevelt will
go to Washington for a visit at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. He will attend no public
functions and will make no speech or
statement of any kind.
Colonel Roosevelt, it is understood,
desires to, consult with certain mem.
bers Of the Senate and House about
speeding up the war and doing every.
thing possible to make this country's
work for. war more efficient.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
TO PUT sLAcKERs ON RECORD
Cards To Be Filled In BY Those Who
Eat Meat on "off Days."

New York, Dec. 31.-Slacker cards
have been prepared to be handed din
ers in restaurants and hotels who per.
sist in demanding meat on meatless
days, wheat on wheatless days or pork
on porkless days.
Any diner who insists upon being
served with meat or wheat on the "off"
day will be handed one of the slack.
er" cards by the waiter. He will be
informed that he will be served only
after he fills in and signs the card.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03

British Front Practically Frozen Up.
With the British Armies in the
Field, Dee. 31.-Winter has practical
ly frozen UP the British front. There
is little chance for fighting. The Ger.
mans shelled British trenches near
Bullecourt and southwest of Bourbon.
Later the Homoge sector was attacked
by gas shells.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Cold But No Coal In New York.

New York, Dec. 31.-Zero cold, with
swirling snow and marrow chilling
winds, have brought another crisis in
New York's coal shortage. The worst
cold wave Of the winter found the
city with practically no reserve fuel
and with snow threatening still fur.
ther to clog transportation. The mer.
curry touched the zero point. Thous,
ands of apartments In the city were
down to their last few tons of coal
and found frantic pleas for more fuel
vain. The situation was critical on
tho loMeE ealt ssda.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03

Republic Formed in "White Russla." !"
London, Dec. 31.-The establish.
ment of a republic In White Russia
has been announced according to
Petrograd advices. A rada, or legis.
lative body. for the territory has been
assembled at Minsk at which place
decree will be issued proclaiming
the independence Of the state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
DRIVE TURKS BACK 21z MILES
Retreat Further Before sritish-Ar.
tillery Active Elsewhere,

London, Dec. 31.-The British
troops in Palestine have repulscd
a Turkish attack north and northwest
of Jerusalem and made an advance of
about 2k miles on front of nine
miles along the Turkish right flank,
says an official communication.
The Turks suffered severe losses
In the reverse, which came after the
British pickets had been driven in.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Many Questionnaires
Returned Incomplete
Questionnaires Not Properly An.wered
Cannot be Accepted by the Local
Board Are Returned

Many difficulties are being exper-
fenced by the Local Board for Sioux
county in classifying registrants
under the new QUESTIONABLE system.
In a number of cases Questionnaires
are returned without having been
properly filled in and signatures
missing. A great many registrants
have also made the mistake of sigh
ing waiver for deferred classification.
when the answers to the questions
indicate a desire to claim some
deferred classification.
In the matter of dependency
many registrants would with their
army pay and allowances from the
government have an amount in ex-
cess Of that which they claim is
now necessary for the support of
their dependents. In that case
where the absense of the registrant
would not deprive the dependents
of reasonably adequate support, he
should be placed in Subdivision A
Of Class Two, instead of Class Four,
as most of them classify themselves.
This is only one instance, and is
given to show that the Local Board
has no option in classifying the
registrants, but must observe the
Selective Service Rules and Regu-
lations as interpreted by the Provost
Marshal General.
Each registrant when classified is
notified by a card in which class he
is placed. All deferred classi6ca-
tions for dependency claims is de-
cided by the Local Board, but ap-
peal can be made to the District
Board if the registrant feels he has
not been fairly classified.
Agricultural and industrial classi-
fication is made by the District
Board, but in all cases recon-
mendation, for or against the class
ifcation, is made by the Local
Board. An appeal to the District
Board or President, unless so order
ed by the President, does not oper-
ate as stay against the induction
into military service.
Up to to-day all registrants in
Sioux county, except about rs, have
been mailed Questionnaires, and by
Wednesday, next week, Question
naires will have been sent out to
every registrant on the available list
in the county. Where it takes
more than three days for the mail
to reach registrant an additional
three days is allowed, or ten days
altogether in which to return
QUESTIONABLE.
Where it is manifest that regis
trant has not been fully advised and
the questions not correctly answer
ed, the Local Board may return
Questio1lnaire for correction.
After the Questionnaires are all
returned and the classification is
completed, the men in Class One
will be called for physical examina-
ton. Those that pass and are ac-
cepted will be called for service in
the order Of their liability by order
number from Class One.
After ClassOne has been exhaust
ed men will be called from Class
Two and so on. Each man in
Sioux county can determine his
liability by his order number on the
front page Of his QUESTIONABLE.
The numbers in Sioux county run
from to 320.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
No Mail

No mail from the Twin Cities
and other eastern points was receiv.
ed in Fort Yates last Friday on ac-
count of no trains into McLaugh-
lin.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03

London, Dec. 31.-Gunners on an
American liner approaching the British
coast have just sunk a submarine, &C
cording to information see11Ty1 tao
cording to passengers on the ship.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-28
TAX RATE MAY Be
RAISED NEXT YEAR
Expenses for Coming Year EX-
peCted to Be Enormous

The several city departments are
their estimates of needs for the COM
ing fiscal year. When all the esti-
mates are received it is almost certain
that tho entire amount will be far in
excess of that of the preceding year.
At the present time the clty's tax rate
is 20 mills. From a review of the
amount Of money used this year and
the increased amount estimated for
next year, it seems improbable that
the tax rate can be lowered now.
There is evry indication to show that
it Will have to be increased some
what. Unless there is q considerable
increase in the grand list for the year
the fact that the tax rate will have
to be raised seems almost certain.
The appropriations for the present
year were in excess of $4,000 900.
Some improvements were allowed in
that estimate and If improvements are
to be included in the estimates for
the coming year the amount will be
considerably larger. The salary In
creases have been figured at $4,000
but it is thought when the increases
for the teachers salaries and for city
1aborers are estimated the additional
cost by salaries alone will be $50, 900
The board Of education is going to
ask for the transfer Of funds amount
ing to ST., 900 and a transfer will have
to be made to the fire department
amounting to $4,000.
The board Of police commissioners
will seek more men in order to pro-
perly police the city. The commits
Der of men to be asked for There will
also be added expense in this depart
ment from salary increases which will
probably be included in the estimates
The additional amount allowed to
the fire department this year will be
offset by the increases in salaries if
adopted as recommended. For some
time there has been petitioning for
fire station in the southwestern sec
ton of the city and, if allowed, the
expense of construction will be includ-
ed in the estimate, which will bring it
above the amount used this year.
The board Of health comm issioners
will be unable to build the addition
to the municipal slaughter house and
make other department improvements
from the amount allowed this year.
The appropriation of a larger amount
next year will be asked for. 1t is
probable that there will be a county
tax next year and that will have to be
provided,
The street departn ent has made but
few permanent improvem ents this
year but it's appropriation will be
used up by high wages. The depart
1nent will want to catch up during
next year and will seek a larger ap-
preparation.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-28
NEGROES TO STAY NORTH
Department of Labor Finds CoIored
Laborers Are Anxious for High
Wages and Good Treatment.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Representa-
tives of the Departm ent Of Labor En-
ployment Service have found that
many thousands of the negroes who
migrated from Southern states to the
North and West during the war will
not return to their old homes, but re-
main where they are for the higher
wages they receive and the better con-
ditions they live under.
1t is estimated that more than
100000 negroes, principally men, went
to New York, New England, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and other Middle
Western states to take the places of
Montenesrins, Italians and others who
went back to their native countries to
fight, hmm ediately after tho out
break OF the war the movement of no
gro laborcrs began, and increased in
volume until the war closed. AS the
younger negroes were drafted into the
army, older ones left the South for the
busler sections OF tho country for en-
p1oyment ut increased wages,
The cotton farmers of the South
hnvo not started any movement TO get
the negroes back, but some communi-
ties passed laws prohibiting labor
agents from soliciting.