The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
o1gT1llDo9NcG oAThERgp HERE
covgRo WIDE AREA.
satlIE1 or LESSER IMPORT

1ns)soss Nfhat d Going On at Wash.
lnGesa M IN othsr oseeions
- ~ Country.
The Seattle Daily Times has raised
ne price OF its daily paper to 8 cents
and the Sunday paper to Z cents.
Yale university Is b~eQueathed nearly
e2O,OOO,OOO BY the will OF the late John
". Sterling, a New York lawyer. who
died a bachelor On July 5.
The total amount of government In
surance issued to American soldiers
amounted to $21, 565. $4,000 to July
e. This represents 2,570,455 policies.
Loss OF more than $4,000 an
nually by theft Of journal brasses
from railroad cars has caused the
railroad administration to take steps
Tor Its prevention.
Reports reaching London state that
people IN north Finland are eating MOI
only bark bread. but straw bread.
sometimes containing rnground pieces
of straw half an inch long.
Further speeding up Of destroyer
construction was discussed at q com
ference at Washington between Sec
rotary Daniels and representatives Of
the shipbuilding companies.
The japanese battleship Kawacbi,
OF 21,42O tons displacement, blew up
and sunk In Toyoyama bay, $50 miles
northeast Of Nagasaka on July II.
Five hundred members Of the crew lost
their lives.
Hundreds OF American regulars and
national ~guardsmen who were In
1ured on the Marine front are being
nursed in Paris hospitals, and having
their wants looked after by American
women.
Protection for the wheat farmer
against grading II his wheat md nom
competitive buying II provided for In
the food administrations wheat and
Hour control plan for the 1910 crop.
announced recently.
The Minnehaha, South Dakota Coun-
q Council Of Defense has issued nm
order drafting 800 men classed as non-
essential into farm work to take the
place OF that many farmers drafted
Into military service.
More than 22S.OOO acres Of land, q
portion OF the Dixie national forest in
southeastern Nevada and southwest
ern Utah. have been thrown open to
homestead entry BY a proclamation j.
sued By President Wilson.
Forty-six thousand white men from
oil states and the District Of Column
bia were called to the cOlors last
week by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. Movement into camp will
be between August 5 and August 8.
The federal food board announced
that It had received a statement from
the United States food administration
showing that nearly 1OO.OO0.OOO
pounds Of beef was sent abroad In
May. PRINCIPALLY to England, France.
Italy and Belgium.
TIE long expected renewal Of the
German offensive on the western front
began July 18th. the day following
Franceas celebration. Of bastile day.
The drive opened against the Franco
American forces on . 65-mile front on
both sides Of tho famous cathedral
city * Rheims.
The fcod administration soon II to
onnOunce maximum .fair. prices" at
which nour made from the 1918 crop
NY ~ sold throughout the country ~
= meana for safeguarding the public
a.atnsk excess profits and the restora-
tion q competition among larger
mill2
"a
ne American steamer MISSIONER,
oa army supply ship manned By navy
men, NaA tOrpedOed and sunk In the
War sone July II while bound to En-
eope. TIE navy department was ad-
vieed 81 Vice Admiral Sims. Ten
oenea and men az the crew are
1ln11ng.
O. the 007y0Q7 american trnops
J ssupnAt 70 Europe IL the months o.
Arm My and June. 850.050 were
,sTon3e6 n British ships. accnA0n p to
le1tonept made N the house a
ne ~ or Leo Money. paria-
eecsstnfy a ne ministry d
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nm IA ~ ~ war aGain-t
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