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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
HUNS BELIEVED ALLIED
ARMY WAS EXHAUSTED

New York.-Long before Marshal
Foch began his brilliant counter Of
fensive on the Marine, the Germans
had been told thai his reserves had
been exhausted. This is shown by IL;
Wolff Bureau dispatch published in
the Berlin Tageblatt. which described
the fighting about Chateau-Thierry.
THE hope of the entente regarding
q decisive Intervention Of the great
army of maneuver has been definitely
shattered. The proud army Of reserve
which he war council Of Versailles
played as its trump exists as such no
longer" read the dispatch.
THE great victory of the crown
prince has shattered q considerable
part of the enemies fighting force and
has resulted in the dissolution and
complete dispersal Of the Foch army
OF maneuver. The tremendous losses
suffered by the entente on the extern
sive fronts between Ypres and Rheims
Will be difficult to replace"
This was published in Germany
about q month before Marshal F'och
struck h Germans on the Marine And
drove them back to the Vesle. It prob
ably shows why the German public
was SO greatly surprised by Marshal
koch's brilliant stroke.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
GIRLS DoRM|T0RIES
FOR TRAINING CORPS
State College at Bookings Pre-.
pares to Care For Large
Number of Men.

hrooklngs, = ID, Sept. 1.-THE fac
unanimously to turn over the girls
dormitories as barracks for the Stu
dents Army Training corps. Girls will
room i'm town. Their patriotic cooper
alton i'm putting up with Inconvenience
to help win the war is asked by Acting
President G. l.. Brown in a special let
ter to girl students, calling attention
10 the fact that The war department
requires student soldiers to be housed
together. The college anticipates no
INK in attendance of girls be-
cause of this condition, especially in
view OF the fact that tho home conom
les courses for girls will be featured
more II eve before. Men in the
vocational section of the $. A. T. c. will
he housed in the new wing of the ad-
ministration building.
SO many inquiries relative to the
Students Army Training corps nave
Hooded the presidents office that it
mas become necessary to detail a
special man and three stenographers
TO handle correspondence n mail out
circulars.
Work in the school of agriculture,
preparatory department and the home
economics department will continue as
usual. Men who do not desire to en-
roll i'm h S. A. 7. c. may pursue their
regular college studies until their call
comes in the draft. However. college
authorities expect that al. able bodied
men will voluntarily ask for induction
in the Students Army Training corps
since this training is a stepping stone
to an officers commission, and because
also Of a desire to help the government
by securing military training as soon
as possible.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

Prometheus, the organ of the Ger
man iron trade. makes an elaborate
calculation az to the quality of steel
which is now lying on the hillsides
round Verdun. According to military
reports 1t often happened that as many
as 1000, 900 shots daily were fired from
guns of various calibers. If, however.
4. 1000. 900 shells are taken as the weekly
instead of the daily average, we reach
almost incredible totals. Taking the
ground fought over as 260 square kilo-
meters. and the average weight Of the
shells as 80 pounds. nc less than 1850
900 tons of steel exploded on the area
in question. This weight is sufficient
to load 1876. 900 heavy goods wagons.
and works out at Is tons Of steel per
acre. Taking the price of scrap steel
at $3.50 per ton, we have a crop Of steel
worth about $225 per acre, a crop
which PrOmetheus thinks is we'll worth
garnering.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

The so-called Federation Of Soviets is
n superimposed class rule on a people
in Russia who want to be democratic.
It was put into power by a small group
OF fanatically extreme social democrats,
the real, the conscious b%olshevists,
under the leadership OF Lenine, and has
never at any time expressed the will of
the people. The soviets. beginning with
the bigger cities, spread over Russia in
a very few weeks. following the origi-
nal revolution. They were socialists in
character in the cities and in the army.
where h socialists propaganda had
been spread. but In the villages, where
the great masses" Of the Russian peo-
pie live, there was not much political
education. and the soviet was simply
the expression Of nnlul0r.s will of all
ginds. II was the town meeting.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

TO the uninitiated. the treatment
which n workman suffering from an
electrict shock receives at the hands of
his coworkers is .nhuman and brutal,
avs Popular Science Monthly. When
n lineman. for instance. stringing pri-
mary wires has received a shock which
caused him to lose his balance and fall
to the ground. apparently ~lifeless. the
first thing his working mates do As to
talk firm hold of the ankles of the
limp body, raise it until the entire
weight rests upon the back of the
neck and then let 1t drop again. Next
they will take a pair of connectors or
any other heavy object and hammer
the soles of the victims feet without
removing the shoes. While this IL being
done another comrade will pry open the
mouth and yank forward the tongue.
which is invariably swallowed in cleo
trio shock. BY this time. unless the
man was instantly killed, he has re-
covered consciousness, the successive
shocks of pain having in some way
counterbalanced the effects of the cleo
tricity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
AUTOMOBILE THIEF
FOUND TO BE pEsERTER

Milbank, S. D.. Sept. ia young
man named Lawrence b. Mathiason.
whose home was at Benson. Mimi. and
VINO recently. was arrested in Grant
county on the charge OF stealing au-
tomobiles. has been taken. to Camp
Dodge. Ia, by Sheriff Finley, of Grant
county. and surrendered to the mill
tary authorities there for induction
into the national army. After coming
to South Dakota he posed as a real
estate agent n engaged in the theft
OF automobiles, confessing, after his
arrest, that he had stolen three cars.
It developed that he had deserted from
to have a wife at Galesburg, N. d.
While in South Dakota M%athiason
travelled under the name of William
Johnson.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
voREsr CIV. sovTH DAKOTA
e P. THORN

The earliest use OF deleterious gases
in siege warfare liz recorded in the his
tory of the Peloponnesian wars
from 431 to 404 IL. c. During this
struggle between the Athenians and
Spartatus and their respective allies
h cities OF Talatea and Delium We're
besieged. Wood saturated with pitch
and sulphur was set on fire and burned
under the walls of those cities In order
TO generate choking and poisonous
fumes. which would stupefy the de-
tenders and make the task of attack
ing forces less difficult. Another form
OF the same method of attack used
about this date was to fill n cauldron
with molten pitch. sulphur and burn
ing charcoal. and to blow the fumes
with the aid OF "a primitive form OF
bellows and airblast over the defend
ers' lines. Greek fire. about which
much was heard in the wars of the
middle ages, was u liquid, the compo-
sition of which is now unknown, that
wal spurted through h air, chiefly
in sea fights. i'm order to set fire to the
ships of the enemy and it was used
by the Byzantine Greeks at the sieges
of Constantinople in the years 1861 and
l412.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
MORE MEN ELIGIBLE
FOR COMMISSIONS

Washington. ID. c., Sept. 12.-Addi-
tional Iowa, South Dakota and Ncbras-
la men to pass the tests making them
eligible for commissions as second lieu
tenants at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ken
lucky, have been announced as follows:
Lee Otis7Smtth. Nebraska City, Neb.;
Wayne. Wellington -Soper, YOUNGSTOWN.
Neb.; Gaylord Andrew Starr, st. Law
renee. S. D.; Harold Wells Steele,
Brookings, S. D.; Eben Erskine Wheat
ley. 1902 Morningside avenue, Sioux
City. Ia; Arthur Edward Olson. Paw
Gibbon. Neb.: Robert Henry Randolph,
Kearney, Neb.; Henry Sterling Taylor,
I'LL Douglas street, Sioux City, Ia:
Fred Carl Voss, York, Neb.: Julius
Jerome Weidner. Humphrey, Neb.: Syl-
van Rupert Wood. Watertown. s. D.:
Justin Cuthbert Woodruff, Oxford.
Neb.: Clarence Beba yen.licka. High
VIuOIc, ~.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
SOUTH DAKOTA PIONEER
Is DEAD IN CALIFORNIA

Lead. S. d.. Sept. 13.-Information
has reached the western part of the
state OF the death at the new home Of
the family at San Diego, Cal, Of Chas.
Francis, who was widely known
throughout the Black Hills and west
ern South Dakota as a stock raiser Of
prominence. Six months ago Mr..
Francis suffered a stroke Of paralysis,
and his advanced age Of SO years made
his recovery impossible. In the early
days OF western South Dakota. Mr..
Francis was active In the stock rails
ing business, and also was heavily in
terested in mining and other lines Of
activity. After leaving the Black
Hills he was engaged in mining in Ari-
iona and Mexico. He was reputed to
be wealthy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
VIEWING RUINS IN
and BEHIND YPRES
Villages of New Shacks to
House Refugees Have Sprung
Up at Cross Roads.
BY LOWELL MELLETT.
Press Staff Correspondent.

With the American Army in France,
Yprcs-from this side-leads through
Poperinghe. Approaching P~operinghe.
likewise from this side, you see
one of the rarest sights in all Belgium:
new houses. People never before lived
IN new houses in Belgium; houses AL
ways We're old: they were like the
treas and the hills and h rest of the
scenery. But 90 or the forks of the
road YOU find little new houses one
after another.
If 1T We're not that nothing can make
YOU forget the war, once you pass the
Belgian border, you could easily i'm
factory or mining town in America.
These little houses are the most pitiful
nondescripts. They are built of boxes
and of discarded ti1nbers of one kind
and another, forming q typical Shanty-
town of the American sort. save that
have matched coverings.
In nearly every n is displayed
something for sale. green groceries.
post cards, odds and ends that SOL
diers buy, and YOU think at first that
this temporary market is responsible
along h road. But that. too. is Il mis-
take. ~Poperinghe explains the Belgian
shantytoWn. Poperinghe-known an
over the British front as Pop" is de
serted, and these houses were built
along the road by refugees who We're
unwilling to go any further THAI they
had to.
You can ride all about P%operingh~
and see little sign of life, save an oc-
casional hungry looking cat. All the
dogs apparently got away, but Il few
cats remain. One We saw sat i'll the
great t.O1lnl hO1a made in tho Sids nf u
little brick dwelling by she'll. sat and
stared dtsconsolately at the clock in
the biggest of Poperinghe's churches.
The clock registered half past six. The
clock on the next biggest church regis
been puzzled as we'll as disconsolate.
StralghtaWaN eastward Out OF Pop
eringhe runs the main road to Ypres.
On either side are desolate farms, UNI
titled, except by shells. Near the town
are a few exceptions, such as n hop
ranch, whose zines have climbed "a.
dozen feet up their poles. regardless of
n fact that the town brewery has
ceased to brew. AS Ypres is approached
the desolation increases. Only the
heavily cobbled roadway. running level
and intact well above the abandoned
farms. shows signs OF human attention.
1t will be the am after his after
moons rain, while the dusty farms will
turn into mud flats.
1t continues so into Ypres.
One cannot go beyond the edge #
Ypres unless one has business There as
n fighter, but standing on the broken
wallis of the dc weaving mill near the
western edge n good view of the ruins
can be had. The h%alf-gone corner tow
ers OF the famous Cloth Hall can he
seen, and the arch of the crumbled
cathedral. All the rest Of the place is
n dead level of destruction. and the
continued methodical Smelling by the
Germans may i'll time bring the re-
mainder of the towers and the cathe-
dral arch down also.
Ypres. it is said. was beautiful. 1t
will require n restoration like San
Francisco's after the fire to make it
beautiful again.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
SOUTH DAKOTA oocroR
UP NEAR THE FRONT

Bookings. s. d, Sept. 12.-"The last
two weeks have been of the kind one
doesn't easily forget writes DIR. G.. A.
Rensvold, a South Dakota young man
who has been In III thick of the fight
ing on the west front. He continues:
Fritz isn't a desirable entertainer
and left behind some snipers and ma
chine guns in the tops of trees and
also plenty OF artillery for our special
beneflt. The .esa.t was that our de-
partments had a lot of business, as we
follow the men wherever they 20. We
put up dressing stations in the rear so
close that wounded can be carried in.
Here we dress them and then they
are aiken back by ambulance, If an
ambulance can reach us; II not, the
wounded have to be carried back on
s~tretchers to another aid station to
access.
so far I have been in the station
closest to the lire where first aid is
given. There is no rule which can be
strictly followed. but we get our
wounded away from the scene Of battle
as bes we can. AS far as safety is
Under ordinary conditions We prefer
being close to the line rather than in
reserve
I'VE all figure that il q shell doesn't
have ones name and address on 1t we
are safe-it 1t has. 1t doesn't make
any difference where you r
Il dressed a wounded German who
had been lying On the field two days
with a compound fracture. I asked
q lot OF questions n I learned that
their soldiers are anxious to quit. We
wear q red cross on the left arm and
some German soldiers respect it:
others do not. Our men have been
fired on n at other times have not
BEEN"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
SCORES N. p. LEAGUE

Sioux Falls. 8. d.. Sept. l2.-The cir
cult court room in this city was the
scene Of n sensational episode when
Judge Joseph w. Jones. presiding
zenship papers discovered that W Of
the applicants were members Of the
National Farmers Nonpartisan League,
Judge Jones subjected these two an.
plicants to q v grilling. during
which he bitterly denounced the lead
ers OF the league for their alleged dis
loyalty to the government. He de-
manded that the applicants tell him
how much they had contributed 70 the
Red Cross, how many Liberty bonds
they had purchased and as. to their
other war activities, satisfying him
self .on these points before he would
admit he two applicants to citizen.
shin.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

In a recent storm at Torrington Point,
Peaks Island, Me-, a large tree. Of which
measures almost a foot and q half in
diameter. was split entirely in two for
2 space of about eight feet. the bottom
for three feet or 30 up from the ground
being az good a. 1t YER was and the top
also showing no signs Of . break. At
first It was thought the tree had been
split by lightning. but careful investi-
cation disclosed no signs Of q burn
anywhere. and now the theory IL that
the rotary motion Of the wind gave
the r q twisting motion that was
too much. for Il.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
oLpFiELp WILL RACE
AT HURON SATURDAY

Huron. s.. D., Sept. 13.-Rarney Old
Held. the master automobile driver Of
the world Il TO be seen In the state fair
grounds .at..Huron. .Old1teldyshas chal-
!engod Duray. the winner Of the South
Dakota derby at the South Dakota fair
grounds for . dirt track world cham
plonship race 70 be run In three heats
pm the state fair tracks 1t Huron next
cANovA-Alarm has been created
Among . few disloyal. residents Of this
section - h result OF q visit made to
yCanova and vicinity by q secret servico
Aeent OF the government. He collected
hil the evidence he could OF alleged dis
loyAl activities. Of several persons, and
rated that the government would take
hcelon later II the evidence was deemed
sufsicient. Some Of the reaidents Of the
cAnova territory have been. very pro-
ieounced In thslr pro-0ernnAn Views, but
since the yieIt OF ne secret service agent
they have su6Sl1ed.
oALEM-R. Z Thompson, . farmer Of
fhe Salem territory. sustained q. heavy
loeo WAoa tegAfAon0 ystg,nnk; and sosk1
~ beyn. se4otroytnG n andAsA quantity
- 0t41A y ether property. and burn.
- o. y two oalvss. . hoess and
~ sytgsss sks
noNesTEEI-At : spscial slsctssa'
lssA Aere The veesse authorised The =
oeAnee - eenAo ~ u instAllAtion oe a
eseoeseo hoAt eyeeeu. oaly sevea voeo0
NAy1g - 80 = eoooatiea.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
TWENTY-FIVE MEN
CITED FOR cALLANTRY

Washington. Sept. 13.-Distinguished
service crosses have been awarded by
General Pershing to 20 additional men
OF h army for acts Of heroism and
eallantry while fighting in France. The
citations were received at the war de-
partment 2 section of the official COM
Some of the men decorated and their
addresses are:
Albeit P. Baston. st. Louis Park.
Mimi.
Allen A. Turkey. 1920 Ingersoll av-
enuo. Des MOines.
Edwin L. Beard. Redfield. 8. d.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

Ftngcrprint Identification. developed
from q chance attempt Il brighten dis
honest East Indians. has become an
o In the world has his or her parti-
cular finger print which capnct DO
duplicated. These finger prints are
now classified into two groups, four
types. and eight patterns. Prints are
taken by hospitals and naval authors
Ties. for Identification; by large cor
poratione. In order to avoid rehiring
Of DISCHARGED employees: by detectives.
for criminal records.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
BOY TRAVELS PARCEL POST.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Trfbune,
Versailles. .lnd.-On its first trim
from Cincinnati to Versailles, the par
eel post automobile truck Carried a
much alive 13-year-old boy Weighing
II pounds and wearing 20 cents OF
postage stamps as one OF its packages.
yersatlles. Ind. care Of the postmaster
He was sent by "a Cinct6liati news
paper. He retnaaned overnight in Yer
oailles n was posted" Tor his home
the next day BY the postmaster. who
et1mpeA on his collar Fragile sad
DosasAAbIe."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
vANKToN COLLEGE 70
HAVE TRAINING CORPS

Yankton. s. D.. Sept. l3.-The erec-
ton Of barracks on the campus Of
Yankton college for the unit OF the
students army training corps viii Be
begun In = short time. The barracks
will BE- built according to plans fur.
event that regular barracks are not
sGgNnoeAp1eNy OctQ6er I the meaSol
the students army training scoepo win
have temporary barracks In Crane
gymnasIum. where accommodates
ars ample for that pusposs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
NO DUCK sHooTINe
! FoRsANorHeR WEEK

Sioux Falls, s. D.. Sept. 12-AlthouRh
the state law fixes September z as the
date for the opening of the duck and
prairie chicken shooting season in
South Dakota. hunters already in the
neld r leaving the ducks severely
alone for the reason that the national
game laws will not permit ducks to be
killed until September 10. United
States Attorney Stewart. of this city,
recently announced that his department
would make II unhealthy for those who
killed ducks in South Dakota before
September 16.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
DASHEs THROUGH STEAM
TO PREVENT A WRECK
From the New york wo,rd

T1OUt w 0NCW IOTk WOITQ.
Cumberland, Md.-The heroic act OF
p. W. Bennett, In rushing through
scalding steam to save a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train from crashing in
to q wreck Of another passenger train
just east Of Newburg. prevented a sec
Ond disaster. In the wreck the .engi-
neer was killed n the other members
Of the train.injured.
whes Bennett Tagged the o~ncoaainr
train the engineer threw ON the emer-
gency brakes. /, 3.
The helping engine OF the first train
had Jumped the tracks. derailtng the
smoking n baggage cars.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
HOME GUARDS ARE.
GIVEN HANDSOME SUN

Elk Point. s. D.. Sept. 1.-At ! meet.
ing OF q county commissioners in this
S~ereaford. Alcester and Elk pointseach
received an appropriation Of elo0o.
This appropriation was provided 8
shs, Last session Of thasfetAlesilistd
county the authority to appropriate
ganisations have begun policinr N.
towns ana sdarding tie elevator. As
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
BABY PORK CONTEST
WINNERS ANNOUNCED

krooSings, S. d., Sept. 1.-THE win
ners in the baby pork contest con-
Quoted in boys and girls clubs for the
summer are announced as follows:
Brown. county, .Houser Mullner, West
port; Codington county, Johnnie A.
Jasper, Henry: Douglas county. ED
Wander Tuin. Harrison: Haal:on coun-
ty. Joyce Frye, Cottonwood; Jerauld
county, Joseph Pittrle, Washington
Springs; Lincoln county. Arland A.
johnson, Canton; McCook county,
John Stanley. Dolton; Minnehaha
county, John Ringlebauer, Hartford;
Sanborn county, Edward Bailey,
Letchef; Turner county, Simon Hesm-
stra. Monroe; Walworth county,
Gladys Turner, Glenham; Yankton
county. Thomas Murphy, Irene, and
Union county, Marie LaBrum, Jeffer-
son
Ninety-day feeding contests were
conducted in baby pork and baby beef
with the following winners: Baby
Pork-Simon Heemstra, Monroe, first;
John Ringlebauer. Hartford. second,
and Ed Wander Tuin, Harrison, third.
Baby Bcef-Arlington Eddy, Wessing-
ton Springs, first; Raymond Thelen,
Howard. second, and Charlie Ruml,
Letcher, third.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
ELK POINT MAN is

Elk Point. s. D.. Sept. 12-Edw... NJ.
Hoffman. sol of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. HON.
mar. OF this city. leaves this week for
Russia, having volunteered and accent
ed for Y. M. G. A. work in that country.
He was chosen from q large class of an.
plicants as he has had considerable ex-
p%erience along this line. being secretary
OF the Hyde Park Y. NJ. C. A. al Chi
ctago. He expects to make Russia his
there after the war.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
SENATOR JOHNSON At
HOME ON BUSINESS

Washinston, d. c.. Sept. EX-SENATOR
johnson S0f South Dakota has gone
back to the state on personal business.
He - closing up the recent deal in
which he 10 iterested for the purchase
of $3.50. 900 worth OF Mennonite land on
the Jim river.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

When the British housewife buy
sugar she hands Mr.. 0roceryman an
orange color page. ,lfashe hugs lard.
margarine. butter or other fats. she
ofIeleA blue page. And there. are four
meat and bacon. Boys and girls under
JeArs old have their own ration book.
ItoS 06lor q gcSen, while the 7-year-oIds
carry a.Whjte ration book and get a
much to eat - EroWnup folk.