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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18
workmen Marooned HIoh In Air.

A violent windstorm recently swept
across Great Salt lake. and overland
into Ogden. which 1t coated with
a thin layer Of salt. Buildings,
pedestrians, sidewalks and automobiles
were all "salted" impartially. The
only real damage done. however, was
In the destruction of q 200-foot scat.
fold around a concrete grain elevator
Six unfortunate workmen. who were
on top of a finished part Of the eleva-
tor. 100 feet in the air, at the time Of
the collapse. were completely marooned
until rescued with extension ladders
by the local fire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mechanics Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18
DIDN'T LET STOMACH KNOW
Simple Manner in Which a Struggling
P~ittsburgher Acquired a
Competence. "a

A Pittsburgh man, by thrift ana
economy, acquired a competence from
a most humble beginning, but until he
related his experience to his friends
In the bank where he did business they
were unable to discover the real secret
Of his success. Here Is his story, &C.
cording to the Pittsburgh Dispatch He
started to- work on the South side at SO
per week and was soon advanced to
SO and later to S12. When he was
marked up to S14 he got married. be-
ginning double team life I'm two rooms
In one Of the alleys nigh to Carson
street. His boss thought so well OF
his marriage he added So more per
week to his income. He bought q small
lot in the alley, put Gp n little house
and ere long was living free Of rent.
Then he annexed q lot, erected another
house and found himself a landlord.
good fortune uIIu saaL ,uaS hia
perity that enabled him TO live with
out daily toll. "Well," said the presi-
dent Of the bank, you have not told
these tellers and young fellows in the
bank the real secret of your success, as
you cOnfided it privately to me-" and,
laughing, the mar said: "Oh, yes, I
know what you mean Well, boys, I
told you I started at So per week and,
believe me, no matter how often I
was advanced in wages, I never let my
stomach know that l was on any other
than So weekly allowance" This ex-
planned his comfortable bank balance.
Moral Go thou and do likewise. Gown
a home"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18
Personal ILLUSTRATION.

The master Of a Glasgow school was
presiding over the reading lessons Of
the third standard when the child
whose turn 1t was to read came across
the word "h~ireling."
"What Is q hirelingT asked the
teacher.
The boy thought for a moment or
two. and then replied. II don't know"
The question was next propounded to
the entire class, with q like result
The master then explained the mean
Ing Of the word as lucidly as he could.
and, at the conclusion Of his expla-
nation. repeated the question.
"Please, SIR" replied the boy adj
dressed. you're q hireling; you'rA
paid to teach US"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

The beginning was made in the basement or the
Evanston Woman's club. At first only lunch was
sold and buyers had TO fetch and carry. Next III
order is an evening meal. Then will come delivery
Of hot food in containers.
There was q wild rush near lunch time on the
opening day by the housemaidiess Evanston house
wives for the community kitchen. Mrs. James "A.
O'Dell and Mrs. H.. II. Kingsley, chief sponsors for
the kitchen, were kept busy for the best part or
three hours weighing cake and wrapping up slices
Of tempting baked ham-the kind baked with
cloves and sugar, the Virginia way, you know
and other goodies. The menu included these
things:
Potato Soup.
Baked Ham,. corned Beef Hash. Spanish Rico.
Meat Pie.
Potato Salad. Tomato Salad.
Gingerbread. Cookies. Cakes.
Doughnuts.
The proletariat was not In evidence. The pre-
miere of the kitchen might have been the opening
Of the opera season. Limousines and ~electrics
lined up In front Of the kitchen and the beauty and
chivalry Of the ar1stocraticv village were all present.
Among the first to draw up In their electric coupes
were Mrs. William 8. Carson and Mrs. d. e. Nc
MILAN. They departed with a basket containing
some tomato salad. gingerbread, baked ham and
banana cream pie.
There next drew up In their limousines, with
lucI Ill waiting OutSiu VIII lips
ing, Mrs. Ulysses s. Grant, wife Of Dean Grant of
Northwestern university; Mrs. Rufus @. Dawes
and Mrs. M. II. Dawes, who departed with full
baskets.
In their wake came many more, mostly person
ages in the Blue Book.
Then the university co-eds, attracted by alluring
reports concerning the doughnuts and gingerbread,
began to arrive.
Over at Phi Delta Theta house the students had
been having many difficulties In the matter Of
cooks. and had determined to do their own cook.
ing. That very day the Sigma Alpha Epsilons
were guests at the Phi's house. A large quantity
Of uncooked edibles were procured. After numer.
Gus efforts, the only commodities which proved
amenable to the culinary treatment Of the fra
ternity cooks were beans. The guests were luke
warm In their appreciation. Following the dinner
the dish-washing began. Eight plates were broken.
The fraternity house looked like a shambles when
1t was all over. En- masse the youths went to the
community kitchen for dinner.
It appears that the community kitchen is Offering
really toothsome dainties. The tomato salad
created a sensation and one enthusiastic purchaser
said:
1T looks like slices Of tomatoes lying on lettuce
leaves, but It Is really a tomato gelatin, with
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

"a dole, q DOLE" The beggar renews
her quest.
The sur sinks lower and lower, but
still they come, old and young, the
Jews Of Jerusalem. The praying
forms never weary. Ever their cry
rings above the noise of the city, q
centuries old cry.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

lGNS Of the times to be seen In all
large cities are these: Apartment
buildings, delicatessen shops, cheap
restaurants, cafeterias, residential
hotels.
The old-fashioned home IS fast dis
appearing. People are living in
apartments and residential hotels,
buying cooked food at the deIicates,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

Well, largely because they have to. The old
fashioned home in a dwelling, with servants and
home cooking is still an American ideal. But the
increasing lack OF servants, especially Of cooks,
makes the old-fashioned home q burden TO people
of moderate means and to women who want to
do something besides keep house. 1t is fast coming
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

the
90 notes ring out, poignant
pitiful "Te-ke-oo." Once
ouoi, e. ,oco,,J, 4, ~
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

to the time when only two
classes can keep house with
any satisfaction the very
rich, who can hire profession.
al servants at high wages;
the poor, who do without
servants. The moderately
weli-to-do woman must
choose between homework
and all other activities. She
cannot get servants, because
we have no servant class In
this country. Working wom-
EN- will not do domestic work
when they can get other
work, even though the other
work pays less.
These conditions have
raised q widespread interest
In the proposition Of COM
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18

For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness Of
anything than he does Of his dinner-Samuel Johnson
We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without
heart;
We may live without friends. we may live without
books;
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
He may live without b~ooks-what Is knowledge but
grieving7
He may live without ~hope-wha Is hope but deceiving7
He may live without love-what Is passion but pining7
But where Is the man who can live without diningP
Owen Meredith.
Fate cannot harm mel have dlned today
Sydney Smith.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
NAVAL SEAMEN DROWN
AS TRANSPORT Sinks TUG
Propeller Of Troopship Saxonia Slices
or Stern Of Cutter
Freehold.
SOLDIERS RESCUE FIVE SAILORS
Number of Dead Unknown, but Four
teen Of Crew OF Twenty-Three
Arc Saved From Watcr-Hcroes
Of "No Mans Land" Act Quickly.
tBy Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK. April 17.-Severa naval
seamen were drowned here today when
the propeller OF the transport Saxonla
sliced off the stern of tho naval tug
Freehold while the smaller vessel was
docking the troopship at Cunard
pier. The number OF dead is not
known. for while the tug carried a
crew Of twenty-thrcc and only fourteen
were rescued. shore leave had been
granted number OF tho sailors.
The Sa1onia's decks, crowded to the
rails with returning troops, hale and
greatest confusion. which lasted, how
eyer; but for an instant Then quick
hazards of mo mans land" put their
t,houEhts Einto action; Ropes were
were pulled from the Hudson.
Meanwhile, the naval tug Crawford,
also engaged In .warping the sSaSonia a
into her dock. went to the rescue and
saved three more lives. Police. work
ing. from the pier. rescued another
three, and a rowboat, hastily put out
from shore. brought the total OF those
saved to fourteen.
The Freehold was less than three
minutes in sinking. According to Wit
nesses. it was shortly before 1880
o'clock when the tug, pulling the yes
sells stern around. received it's death
blow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
.RAYNHAM IN TRIAL TRIP
WITH OVERSEAS PLANE
Competing Aviators Again Delayed
in Start by Unsettled
Weather.
FLYER SATISFIED By TEST
Machine Appears I'm Proper Con-
dition for Transatlantic Flight.
Hawkcr AnNiously Awaits Oppor-
tunity to Leave Coast.
fRx Associa,cd pres.,

ST. JOHNS. \. r. April i3.-WhiIc
weather conditions at sea were too un-
settled today to permit Harry G..
Hawker. Australian i,irman, or Captain
Frederick L. Raynham. his British
rival. TO start their transatlantic race
for the $4,000 prize offered by the
London Daily Mail, conditions today
over this section OF Newfoundland were
favorable enough to allow Raynham 20
make a test flight in his Martinsydc
biplauc.
Hawkcr already has made his final
trial trip in his Sopwith. and tonight
hangars. with petrol tanks filled. ready
to take the air at the first signs OF
clearing.
Dcar -Areo Club senis.
To both machines had been affixed the
seal OF the ltoyal Aero CLUB, but until
work OF assembling his plane willie his
competitor va as held ,torthc ground Tor
six days by Wind. rain. fog and SNOW.
Initial tIyout In the air.
(. Tho Martinsydc was pulled out from
It's canvas hangar al Quidi Nidi. about
noon. Instead of taking off from a
road In front. OF his 'airdrome," as he
naa planned. Raynham and his navi-
a5Hr bi OF MAST &c M dn0rgan rose from
The scarlet and white machine circlcd
over the flying held before heading
inland Later the machine darted over
the harbor's mouth and then, in a
series Of spirals, sank TO a perfect
landing near It's hangar The maxi
mum altitude reached was 1890 feet.
Reports Machine Fft.
Raynham reported that he had found
the machine hit TO fly"
On the trip Major Morgan tested out
his wireless receiving apparatus. He
said he received perfectly messages
from the ST. Johns and Cape Race radio
stations Raynham and Morgan OBJ
on the coast, rising from floating ice
and extending lar out into the Allan
tic.
Inauspcious reports were received
from weather men, who announced
that "cyclonic belts" over the Atlantic
made Il start inadviSable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
AMERICANS BAGGAGE
IS SEIZED BY AGENTS
OF CARRANZA REGIME
Declared Photos ShOlccd Con-
Hifions Which We.rico Did
Not Want knoun.

LAREDO. TEN, April l7-Aftcr be-
ing delayed many hours AT the border
while Mexican customs agents search
ed their baggage and seized motion
picture and camera films. showing
conditions in Mexico. the Mississippi
Valley Associations mission which had
been touring Mexico crossed the in
ternational boundary line tonight.
The reason given by the Mexican of
ficiais for holding the party and con-
fiscatinG their pictures was that the
photographs had been illegally taken.
as they showed conditions which the
Mexican government does not want
exposed outside the country. Among
the forbidden pictures were views OF
the blind. diseased and manned beg
gars, forced to depend for living on
the gratuities Of travellers. Others were
ruined hacendas and decrepit rolling
stock OF railways. The films were
promised back after they could be CEN
sored.
Order. mas been restored in many
parts Of the republic. but bandit out
RACES are reported almost daily. Dur
ing the weeks ending April Is, sixteen
attacks occurred against trains. with
more than thirty persons killed, many
wounded and kidnapped. The railroad
station at Vera Cruz was raided and n
battle fought while the party was in
Mexico City.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
NAVY DEPARTMENT
lis SPEEDING PLANS
| FOR ATLANTIC TRIP
Every Bureau of Service Is
Aiding Preparation of
Seaplanes.
captain NOBLE E. IRWIN
DIRECTS ARRANGEMENTS
improved instruments Have Been
Developed by Workers in
Naval Observatory.
PETALS ARE HELD SECRET
Phiccr Of Communications Adjusts
Methods OF Wireless Opera
tions From Aiiships.
cAPTAlN NOBLE E. IRWIN
DIRECTS ARRANGEMENTS
DETAILS ARE HELD SECRET
pdiccr Of Communications Adjusts
Methods OF Wireless Opera
tions From Airships.
IRy .Associated Press.l

WASlilNGTON. April l7.-Mobi!!za-
on or naval cnor. for the proposed
iIht OF scaplanes across the Atlantic
'cean next month probably is more
offensive than any heretofore under
|iken In peace time. Captain Noble l.
|"in, In charge OF naval aviation. is
le directing head, and every bureau
/ the Navy Department. as we'll as
10 fleet itself. is cooperating with
I'm, several score officers having been
|ssiencd TO work in connection with
fcparations for tho nigh.
Planes TO be used were designed b.
avail Constructors Jerome c. Hun
1iker and Holden c. Richardson and
Rct- assistants. in association with
finy,. which bull, tho aircraft. In
Pectioh during construction was un-
Er nunt-Commander George g.
lesteryel These officers are attach
enair. which has charge of designing
I'd constructing all naval planes
E,pcrta Plan AirpInnes.
The manufacture and installation OF
oiors and attachments were directed
Z Commando Arthur *. Atkins. OF
ie preparation and installation OF
3cdio equipment on the plancE was
fperintendcd By Lieutenant Robert A.
ivender. OF the Engineering Bu
ander Stanford c. Hooper ssthe head.
cctric lighting and wiring on the
anes was assigned to another uivi-
oil OF this bureau.
Preparations of the planes for the
ght and the assembly of material is
De work OF the especially created
ansatlani!c section OF the Office OF
tval aviation. which operates under
immediate direction OF 1aDtai m
win. Commander John H. Powers
In charge OF the section. and de-
He'd with him are Licutenant- Com
ander T.. y. l.. Bellinger, Command
y. Byrd. Licutenant-Coinma c.
PC. Chevalicr and Major Il. L. Smith.
tho Marine Corps.
Hnvc New Instruments
Navigation Instruments 10 be used
the planes during the flight will be
rntshed by the Naval Observatory.
hn: Officers OF this bureau have
orked out a number OF improvements :
instruments used before and dur
Is the war. and these are expected to
owe OF great value in the flight. The
tails or the Instruments are care
lly guarded secrets. as they are be-
we'd TO be a distinct advancement
er any now in use.
Tho office OF communicate is
arged with working out details Of
rclcss communication between the
anes and the destroycrs which arc to
sist In the fight, while assignment
the des,FGyers and an their nrTanse e;
Plunkett. commander of the de-
Foyer force, acting under the direc-
pm OF Admiral Henry T. Mayo. COM
inder-in chief of the fleet. Selec-
addition TO the destroyers. is 10 be
tde by the Bureau OF Operations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
BELGIUM WILL CLAIM
IS BILLION FRANCS
FOR ENEMY IDAlMAG GES
Industrial Committee Finishes
Report of Destruction Done
by German Aggression.
IRy Associated Pressl

BRUSSELS, April 17.-Belgium's war
damages. for which il is contended an
Indemnity should be collected from
Germany. are placed at $4,000, 900, 600
francs in report made by the central
industrial committee which has COM
pletcd an investigation Of the subject
The committee has reckoned the cost
or materials on the basis OF prices
now prevailing, declaring this is only
just il Belgium is to be restored to
the condition III which il was at the
beginning OF August, 1919.
The war expenses. including aid
granted. are. found to have been TO-
1lS,oO0.000 francs; war contributions
imposed on the provinces by the Ger
mans. 2.!o0.0Oo.o0O francs; tines and
contrt6utions imposed on communes,
The damage to Belgian industry
is placed at slightly more than S,0O0,-
100000 francs, of which approximately
$50. 100000 francs is computed as due
for the destruction and requisit!on Of
property. while for the destruction OF
private houses and furniture 3OO0-
100000 francs is claimed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
HINES TO MAKE PUBLIC
FUEL CONTRACT TERMS
Dircctor-General of Railroads An.
nOunces Bulletins VIII be Is
sued by Agents.
iRy Associated Press


MINNEAPOLIS, April 17.-walker
D. Hines. director r-general Of railroads.
today authorized the following state
ment while in this city
In order 10 make effective the
policy already announced as to public
ity in connection with railroad fuel
contracts, it has been decided TO post
on bulletin board or in a record book
open foS PUBLIC inspection at the head
quarters of the purchasing agent OF
each railroad under federal operation.
the following facts:
The name OF the coal company or
coal operator to whom the contract
for railroad coal has been allotted by
the railroad in question: tine price of
The coal contained in the contract; the
tonnage involved in the contract: the
duration of the contract
Through this method the informa-
tion listed above will be made avail
operators, but to the public generally"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
RAINBOW DIVISION MEN
QUIT FRANCE FOR HOME
War Department Announces Sailing
of Four Warships for Amer
lean Ports.
MANY SOUTHERN MEN ABOARD
Minnesota and South Carolina to
Land at Newport News on April
27-North Carolina and Montana
at New York.
rBv Associated Press

WASHINGTON. April 17.-Morc than
$500 officers and men OF the Forty
second (Rainbow) Division were in
cludcd in troops announced by the
War Department today as having sailed
from France. The Rainbow Division
men arc aboard four warshps. the
battleships Minnesota and South Caro-
lima. due at Newport News. April 27.
and the cruisers North Carolina and
Montana due at New York on the same
day
The units announced today as having
sailed include the headqua rters of the
Ejghty-third Infantry Brigade. which
is commanded by Brigadier General
Frank n. Caldwcll: the One Hundred
and Si1ty-seventh Infantry, which was
formerly the Fourth Alabama 1nfan-
Try: The One Hundred and t'ifty-tirst
hach inc Gun Battalion. orig inally com
posed OF three companies of the Sec
Hundred and seventesnth Signal Rat-
was made up of Missouri troops.
brings 3lachinc Gun Men.
The battleship Minnesota has aboard
chine Gun Battalion tcompletcl. Com
panies. l. and NJ of the One Hundred
and sixty-seyenth Infantry. a. casual
York and two casual officers.
The battleship South Carolina is
bringing the one hundred and Seven
teenth Field Signal Battalion (com-
plete) and twenty-four casual COM
panies.
The cruiser North Carolina has on
board the field and staff, headquar-
ters and supply companies. medical de-
tachments, and First Battalion of the
One Hundred and Sixty-seventh In
fantry. casual companies for New York
and Iowa and twelve casual officers.
The cruiser Montana is carrying the
Headquarters of the Eighty-third In
fantry Brigade, Second and Third Bat
taiions. headquarters, machine gun
company and Companies f, T., C, II,
] and X OF the One Hundred and Sixty
seventh Infantry. sixteen casual oth-
GERS. among whom is, Bri gadier- General
Caldwell.
Matoikn Sailed on April i6.
Is for Newport News with base nos,
pi,als Nos. ], ., II, Sc, IS, Co. 6S and
evacuation hospitals Nos. |. . and 4,
headquarters detachment SNty-nnth
Infantry Brigade. One Hundred and
Tenth supply Train; field and staff,
and Companies A TO D: inclusive. Of
the Three Hundred and Forty-sxth
Infantry. three convalcscent detach-
ments and three casual companies.
April lS for, Newport News with the
One Hundred and Tenth Field Signal
Battalion. One Hundred and Tenth
Sanitary Train. field hospitals 1877, l3S,
139 and I40. One Hundred and Twenty
ninth and One Hundred and Thirtieth
Machine Gun Battalions.
The War Department also announced
that headquarters and medical dctacn-
ments and Companies a to +, inclusive
or the Twelfth Engineers were aboard
the transport Cape May. due at New
York. April 90. instead of the Sixteenth
Engineers. as previously announced.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
'OFlTEERING IN CAPITAL.
CHARGE OF CAPT. PEYSER
cIares Washington People Arc nc-
lug GorEcd by Landlords of
Greedy Type.

April l7.-Ren,
Differing conditions III New York
B in no way half SO outrageous as
by are in Washington.
captain julius Peyser, in charge dur
b tho war Of the United States
(using Corporation Survey declared
|t night that within stones throw
the White House" rents were be-
< raised in perfectly. heartlcss and
reasonable manner. He charges:
THAT he has on file in his office
tiers from rich men and women who
blk prominent part in war time ac-
|ities written to their agents re-
|esting them TO double the rentals
Ing charged.
EgThat the raise has been from 10
+ cent TO. 100 per cent.
E-That these people who devoted
much time to tho alleviating of
oilers needs would hang their heads
shame if their names were pub
he'd as showing how. secretly they
|lctioned the 'Souging' their tenants.
brhe whole situation hinges upon
1 at decision the Court of Appeals
III hand down on the validity OF the
|Ilsburg law. The decision is ex-
tted at any time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
ARRANGE START OF FLIGHT
FROM ENGLAND NEXT WEEK
Major J. c. r. Wood Plans Trip to Ire
land and Thence TO
America.
IBy Associated Press.

LIMERICK. IRELAND. April II
Major j. {. p. Wood expects to start
on his attempt to cross the Atlantic in
All airplane early next week. accord
inS to announcement made by Woods
representatives here today.
Wood will fly from East Church.
Eng. to CurraEh. Ireland where the
engines Of his plane will be overhauled.
and thence will go to Bawnmore Field
early in the morning of the day select
ed for the start.
The machine will take the air at
noon, and, reckoning on twenty-four
hours for the flight and the time
gained by flying westward. Wood ex
poets to reach the American coast in
broad daylight.
Weather conditions are still very un-
certain. For week 1t has been cold
and wet. and today the visibility was
very low.