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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
ROOSEVELT LAND" IN ARCTIC
New Polar Discoveries Made by Bart.
lett TO Be Named for For
mer President.

New York.-The expedition which
Capt. Robert A. Bartlett will lead next
June to make an aerial survey Of the
North pole will be known as the Roose-
welt memorial expedition, according to
an announcement by the Aero Club of
America, which Is financing the trip.
Any land discovered will be named
Roosevelt land"
Officials Of the club explained II was
fitting that this tribute should be paid
the former president, as 1t was he who
gave Rear Admiral Peary leave of alb
sence to head the expedition which dis
covered the pole, and Captain Bartlett
commanded Peary's ship. the Roose-
welt.
Club officials also emphasized the
fact that Colonel Roosevelt had been
one Of the first patrons of aero
nautics."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25

The ~dismantling Of Helgoland. In &C.
cordance with the decision reached by
the supreme val council at Parts,
marks the passing Of the greatest fort
ress in the North sea and the final
elimination Of Germany as a contender
for sea power.
Since 1890, when Great Britain
coded this square mile Of crumbling
mari and sandstone cliffs to Germany
for the protectorate of Zanzibar and
With, the Germans have spent more
than 100000 a year In fortifying 1t.
Available records show that Helg0-
land had a circumference of 120 miles
In the year 800. but had crumbled
away at the rate of 100 square miles
every century, until the Germans began
to dream of world conquest. Large
b~uttresses Of granite were put up to
protect the cliffs. Riffs and c~revices
were filed with ferro concrete. Break
waters were constructed and a naval
harbor built and IL and 16-inch Krupp
runs were installed In steel and cor
crete classmates and sunken battery
positions.
The island was pierced with a tun-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25

mel through which ammunition and
other stores could be safely taken dur
ing a bOmbardment. During the val
sufficient stores and munitions were
maintained to withstand q three
years siege by its garrison of 200
men.
The North sea for q radius of more
than twenty-five miles was mapped In
squares, each gun having it's square or
squares upon which 1t could be trained
instantly should a hostile ship enter
that little space Of sea.
During the war Helgoland was fur
ther protected by wide mine fields
stretching toward the possible APP
proaches of Britain's grand fleet.
Behind these sea barriers, of which
Helgoland was the center. Germany
maintained naval, submarine. Zeppelin
and airplane bases for the four years
Of the war
BY the dismantling of Helgoland
and the Observation-Disclosures Of the
Kiel canal the German North sea ports
and those of the nations bordering on
the Baltic will be opened to the unre-
strtcted commerce Of the world.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
DESCRIBES HUNS LAST OFFENSIVE

field guns On s rapidly, and in such
pillar to post. Our infantry hung on
doggedly, and were wiped out, battal-
lon after battalion. Each batch Of re-
serves found their predecessors posi-
tons untenable and were compelled to
try to hold a line a bit farther back.
Always in the open, for there was no
time to dig oneself in and when one
hillside became too hot for comfort we
shifted, either to flank or slightly to
the rear. / never saw soldiers so
cheerful or determined. Dog-tired,
they hung on; and while the great
game Of tactics" went on, the whole
line having to conform to some un-
known situation many miles to a flank.
the Third army grumblingly wondered
what 1t was falling back for.
"AlI Part Of Strategy"
If the pessimists who conceded q
German victory last March could have
seer those beaten" soldiers retreat.
ing, they might have taken heart, be-
cause 1t new occurred to the troops
themselves that they were being beat
en-. The retreat, to them, was all part
of "some blooming strategy COS the
chaps next door couldn't hold on"
Back through Mory, Ervillers, st.
Leger, Gommecourt, C%ourcelles and
Bucquoy fell my part Of the line, and
then we stopped them. March 80 saw
about the end Of the nightmare as far
as we were concerned, and the Forti-
eth divisional artillery pulled Off a
regular hoy stood on the burning
deck" stunt. My own brigade, the One
Hundred and Seventy-eighth brigade
royal field artillery. composed of Lon
don citizen soldiers mostly, came into
action in the open. under heavy fire
directed by hostile airplanes and
smashed up an attack of three bat
talions which had been on the front
held by a company OF the British
guards. One battery was practically
wiped out. gun after gun being knocked
out by concentrations of enemy artil-
lery. l was thankful to find myself
when the "Cease fire" order came
through.
There were many weary weeks of
routine warfare and night alarms. II
was between Boisleux-au-Mon and
Boiry-St. Martin, about 400 yards from
the place where that first ten-inch shell
landed on March q, We stopped the
Boche.
There we refltted and planned and
prepared for the final triumphal ad.
vance Of the allies In the ensuing sum
mer SM6 fall
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
TO BOOM ALASKA COAL FIELD
Mission to BE Sent to Plan for De-
veiopment Of the Matanuska
Region.

Washington.-A commission consist
ing Of three naval officers, a mining
engineer and a geologist will be sent
to Alaska to plan the development OF
the Matanuska coal field, the navy de-
partment announced. preliminary in
vestigation having led the depart
ment to center it's efforts upon
this field in seeking a supply Of navy
fuel.
The commission will sail from the
Bremerton navy yard.
The naval members Of the commits
sion have not been selected, but Sum-
ner Smith, superintendent Of mining
In Alaska. and Theodore Chaplin, a ge-
ologist attached to the Alaskan en-
cheering comnission, are to be the civ
ilian commissioners.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
SYSTEM THAT WAS USED IN
MASTERING OUT OUR ARMY MEN

above. The machinery of each local
draft board would have to be main
tanned intact as long as there were
IN the service men from the particu-
lar district involved, and would have
TO be kept at such strength as to be
able to handle such men as were sent
TO 1t for discharge at any time.
Inc difficulties Of transportation
from the port to local draft boards.
assuming the abandonment Of the
present rehabilitation camps, would
be materially increased.
The question then arises. IF loca,
draft boards cannot be used for com
piete discharge of the soldier, cannot
they be used In conjunction with pres.
ent camps? And the answer is that II
Is not feasible.
The present system of demobiliza.
ZION Is that certain camps and canton
ments throughout the country have
Deen designated as rehabilitation CEN
tiers. These centers are provided with
personnel, temporarily retained in the
service, for the operation Of the ma
chinery of discharge. This system of
demobfliZation necessitates the split
ting up Of organizations upon arrival
from overseas and their distribution In
small groups to the various demobili.
zation centers.
Experience of Other Nations.
The suggestion has been made that
we pattern our rehabilitation system
after that Of Great Britain. The Unit
ed States, in formulating It's plans for
mobilization, was fortunate enough to
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
CLAIMS LAND IN LORRAINE
Woman Gave Up Her Possessions
Three Years Ago When
Germans Came.

Altoona, Pa.-When Germany took
possession Of Alsace-Lorraine 48 years
ago. Mrs. Franz Esslinger gave up her
possessions rather than submit to Ger
man domination and came to Altoona,
Establishing a stand In the city mar
ket, she has become well known as
"the market woman"
Now that France has regained her
lost provinces, Mrs. Esslinger has,
through legal channels, presented her
claim to a considerable tract Of land
near Strassburg which belonged to the
family and for which she holds the
title papers. If her claim is honored
she will become independently rich.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
Japanese Wanted to
Make Suicide Certain

With a strange, almost de-
moniacal ritual, Kumatro Saka-
motto ended his life at Los Ange-
les, Cal.
Sakamoto, who came from
Japan ten years ago, suffered
from tuberculosis. He was thir-
ty-nine years old, but was not
married, and had no friends nor
relatives. He decided to die.
That he might utter no warn
ing cry, he first cut or his
tongue.
That vanity might not stop
the deed, he cut or his nose.
Then he hacked his throat
with the razor until he dropped
unconscious.
When found In his room he
was lying In a pool Of blood. He
died six hours later In q hos
pital.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
Correspondent Reveals How
Beaten" Troops Turned
Tide Against Foe.
S|DEuGHTSONM MARCH SHOW
Allied Troops Believed Retreat Was
"Part Of Some Blooming Strategy,
'cos the Chaps Next Door
Couldn't Hold On"
By r M. SARl.

United Press Staff correspondent
London.-"Woo-oosh! Bang"
1 looked out of my tent on the morn
ing of March q, 1913, imagining that
some aerial humorist was bombing us.
But 1t was a l%ong-range, ten-inch. high
velocity gun, and a couple more In
quick succession, the second n land
ing about fifty yards from me, showed
that it was no stray round. / realized
that the great German offensive had
started.
The night before l had joined the
Fortieth division artillery, which was
lying in "close reserve" just south of
Arras. l was hoping for a recupera-
tive period on what was reckoned q
fairly quiet front.
"Stand by your horses! !" brought US
all onto the lines. Fortunately, the
Boche was shooting by the map and
not from observation, or we should
have taken little further interest In
the March show" AS 1t was, he
dropped about sixty rounds right In
the midst Of us without doing much
damage. The enemy had broken
| through at Bellecourt and was coming
on fast.
eiazing Away at Foe.
"The divisional artillery will come
into action at-so-and-so map spot.
ting" and we were of. But when we
got there-well, the cupboard WASN'T
exactly bare, because just before we
reached our objective we came across
an 18-pounder section sQuatting In the
open and blazing away over open
sights at the oncoming hordes OF
BOches.
We dropped back and found a less
conspicuous place from which to de-
clare war. Then we had one solid
weeks hades, such as General Sher'
man never thought of. or he would
have used stronger language about
"war." The Germans brought their
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25

have profited by some or the costly en-
periences OF others, and by a system
attic classification prevented men from
being sent to the trenches who later
hail 10 he withdrawn and returned tC
industries essential to the prosecution
Of the war. In carrying out Its sys'
tematic draft system. the tendency was
TO retain In the industrial world the
pivotal or key men. the return OF whom
to their normal activities in the indus
trial world appears to be one Of the
outstanding principles in the British
rehabilitation system. The war de.
partment has consistently declined 10
discharge our selected service men by
classes, the needs of industry having
been recognized In the selective serv'
Ice law.
In many families distress exists
Certain men are indispensable TO In
dustry. To enable such men to be re.
leased, the war department has sue
q circular to all commanders covering
their cases.
The secretary Of war has also rec.
commended to congress that q man be
paid an additional months pay ana
allowance on discharge in order TO
tide him over the interim between his
discharge and the date he obtains en-
ployment and congress has now
passed a bill authorizing a $50 bonus
TO be paid on discharge TO each omcer
and man who is honorably separated
from the service.
Some Dissatisfaction.
Some dissatisfaction has arisen be
cause families find 1t difficult to I'm
mediately see their sons and relatives
on their arrival at the port of debarka-
ton. This Is due to the fact that pub
lie health demands that these men be
segregated until they can be disinfect-
ed, in order to prevent the spread OF
diseases, such as typhus, trench fever
and influenza, in the country. Also
practical conditions connected with the
handling and discharge of large bodies
Of men demand that they be sent after
their dislnfectiOn direct to their demo
bilizatiOn points.
This all seems hard, and being q
difficult practical problem, Is OF me-
cessity entirely devoid Of sentiment.
which Is, however, continually impel-
ling those intrusted with the carrying
out of these measures to devise some
way Of showing the soldier the esteem
in which he is held by the country, and
of satisfying the just pride which his
family possesses In his exploits.
There is a general belief that the
emergenc has passed, that the war
is over, and that there is no reason
for keeping troops in France. The
war Is not over until a treaty of peace
ends it.
The emergency cannot be consid-
cred owe until the last Of our troops
arrive from France. What could we
say to these men and their families IL
we demobilized all troops in this coun-
| try and were powerless to care for and
return to their home districts the men
returning from overseas?
Troops must be kept in France for
such army Of occupation as may be
decreed by the treaty Of peace, and
for every division held there to clinch
the fruits of victory must be kept 9
certain proportion Of men for their
| supply, to provide measures for their
comfort and for their final embarka'
ton.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
Pershing FuIfiIIs
Hope of Ancestor

Greensburg. Pa.-Gen. John j.
Pershing fulfilled the wish Of an
ancestor that a member Of the
Pershing family should save AL
sace-Lorraine when he led the
victorious American armies
against the Germans. This fact
is disclosed by Rev. Justus y.
Pershing, a cousin Of General
Pershing. who has made public :
q letter written in Alsace-Lor-
raine o than 200 years ago
by Frederick Pershing, General
Pershing's great-great-grandfa-
ther. In this letter the generals
ancestor expressed the hope
that his son, Frederick Per-
shing, Jr., or his descendants,
would come back some day and
redeem the fair lands of Alsace-
Lorraine from oppression"
According to the letter, the
Pershings lived in the village Of
Kehe in Alsace-Lorraine in 1774
and fought under Emperor
Charles against the Magyars.
Soon after that, when a law was
passed that all able-bodied men
between the ages Of sixteen and
fifty must join the landwehr to
protect their country from raw
ages by the Austrians, Frederick
Pershlng, Sr., sent his son to
America. Frederick Pershing,
Jr., reached this country In
1749 and, after marrying a Miss
Wyant in Baltimore, settled In
Westmoreland county, Pennsyl-
vania, where General Pershing's
grandparents were born.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25

A 12-inch gun disposes Of half q
bale Of cotton at every shot.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
DIG UP BOMBS As YEARS OLD
Zinc Container Found In Brazil VA
Wrapped In a New York
Newspaper.

Buenos Aires.-During the making
of the excavation for a building at
Bahia, Brazil, a zinc box containing
four dynamite bombs was unearthed,
says a dispatch to the Razon from
Bahia. The bombs apparently had
been buried nearly a half century, as
they were wrapped In a copy Of the
New York Weekly Bulletin of the year
1874.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10

dent Of police, that government
chaufeurs will be ordered to care
fully observe all traffic regulations,
especially the speed law and the reg
ulat;on against mufler cut outs,
Soldier chauffeurs who are arrested
fer the violators CT these traffic reg
Citations will be turned over to the
military authorities.
The above may apply to Alexan-
dria as we'll as to the District OF
Columbia. Often government auto
mobiles, trucks and motorcycles are
run at high rates OF speed th:oug:'
cur streets. Occasionally these il
! charge are brought into the Poic<
Court. when they urge IN eXtenua
ton Of their ofenses that they were
on official business"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
DEATH IN BLAZING OIL
Workman Fatally Burned in ESpio-
sion of Welding Tank.

pcttstown, Pa, April TO- "A living
torch, until his clothes were burned
from his body, Lloyd C. Marley me-
q terrible death here yesterday as
the result of an explosion OF crude
ail tank.
Markley and Claude P. Myers, en-
plcyees of the Steel Plate Products
Company, were welding one of the
large blades of scrap iron shears by
means Of crude oil fed from tank.
Fer. some reason the check valve did
..ot work and there was backtlre
and tremendous explosion as the flame
shot bacl, into the tank. Markley was
drenched with oil and set en- fire by
the sheets of fame which leaped forth
He lived only few hours. He was s.
years old and leaves wife ana fou!
children.
Although Myers clothing was satu
i'atad with oil he escaped burns, ba
! suffered severe bruises from beln'
hurled against pile Of scrap iron b
the explosion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
York is a monument to the equality

York is monument to the equality
Of opportunity in the United States.
: "The equality Of opportunity does
not mean, however, that everybody is
going to succeed. Woolworth became
a millionaire, in fact, because ne
was millionaire first in ideas. Ma
poleon's private soldiers carrie! a
marshal's baton in their knapsacks,
he said. The captains of industry
carry their batons in their brains
And if a man hasn't brains enough,
to open the door Of opportunity, j;
may be his misfortune, but it is 10;
the fault of society"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
EQUALITY OF OPPORTj NITI

The career Of Frank ". Woolworta
who died this week. is one that
stands out most conSp;cuouSly at
this time in the practical democracy
of opportunity III this country. /;
we listened to the Bolsheyiki. we
would believe tha: success and for
tune are prizes specially reserved to
favored classes.
As the Baltimore Sun says. here
was mar who started with Il capt.
tai Of $50. the l&borious savings f
Yeas. and died worth $50 100000
000 The door CT opportunity SEEM
ed 20 be closed 10 him. But it omen
ed as readily to him as to mil
lioniare. And it will open to any
man who knows how to knock on
it.
"This is what Woolworth's life /
proves, and it IS important to en-
phasize it at time when Bclshe-
visnl is whining that the common !.
man is handicapped in this country. !
The Noolworth Building IN New
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
WAR ON THE CHURCH
e1s

Bolsheyism is antagonistic to the
church. In the home Of its BIRTH,
Russia, hundreds of bishops, priests
and other ecclesisatics have been
ruthlessly murdered simply because
they were good men and labored to
lead others into paths OF peace ana
honesty. These defers of GOO ana
man are spreading over the GLOBE
and should they succeed IN securing
the whip handle something lar more
serious than any previous period OF
religious persecution may be pre-
cipitated upon the world.
Several months ago a wild-eyea
member of this organization of cut
Threats entered Russian church.
He walked up TO the chanccl and
shot the priest to death while ne
was officiating upon the altar. The
fiend then waved his pistol and eE-
claimed Religion is the veriest OF
humbugs.'
BoIshevists are in our own coun-
try. They are invading the larger
cities teaching doctrines of demons,
and aiming to educate" the rising
generation.
Responsibility for the growth OF
Bolshevism in America was char@-
cd against New York city, o. Dr..
Newell! Dwight Hills in a public
address in Washington last night
He said that for year before
his departure for Russia Trotslly
was protected by the city while
making his plans for the overthrow
of. the Russian government and
spreading the Bolshevist doctrine in
this country.
A direct outgrowth of Trotskys
teachings, in DR.. Hills opinion.
was the recent announcement that
on July.1. of this year, 5000 Sunday
Schools would be opened IN New
York and Brooklyn by the Boishe-
visits, l. w. VS. and radical Social
lists. These schools will be IN resi-
dences and private halls, he said.
A catechism, printed IL the BOhe-
mian language, which will be used
in these schools had come into his
possession, DR.. Hills said. The first
question an danswer reveal the grave
dangers confronting a communitT |
which fails to prevent such teach
ings. They are:
Q. Who is God?
4. God is an invention of tire cler-
gy, priests and ra5b:s TO terrorize
their poor people and keep them in
their place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
MUST OBEY THE LAW

As result of the present agita-
ton to reduce the large number Of
traffic accidents in the District of Co.
lumbia, a communication has beer
issued by the War Department in
forming Major Pullman, superlnten-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
Young Ladies' Get Your Eye on Our Great Fashion Display OF
Nifty Pretty and Seryicabe Dresses at So 90 and Up

NftY PFeEY and oerVlCaDle LEeSSeS az U. UU anu Up
Hove IN
usmpycn
in
at n
seecin dresses here hundreds Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10

Napoleon prophesied at St. Helena
that there would emo kings IN Ger
many century after his death-and
tbs history OF the last year has fulfil
led that prophecy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
You Real Dressy Young Chaps
You'll find Is right up to you to yoyl
styie-wish OIL any Of our
MEMS SUITS AT
$40 and up

We've gos the makes you know about. You
have the cash prize others charge and the manu-
facturers stipuate for dollar two week. Isn't
that going some for celebrated makes and nifty,
new, waist.-ne and skirt-coat models?
A rade-to-ordel tailor doesn't know how TO give
you the "klassy K.nI' you'll find in these rich, new
unfinished wors:e 5. striped homespun and bMe
green and brown Aannels They might be able TO
give you the fabrics but not the tailoring It
take: the eastern designers, who make study Of
this feature, to gre you the swagger elegance in
craftsmanship you see in these suits. Big line Of
conservative mcdc!s for the older man, are also
shown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
PARENTS, READ THIS
How a Father Has Learned to
Save Shoe Bills.

nay Soa Is ve-y k1rd CT shoes, 50
I:eepia; lin i-c3c-iy stod hes been
cutie N cE:3c.-l- II ne, writes MI. }.
A!iisol -.:L-.:... l. Ei:!ty, !=:i;.~-:::ssS.
'Dr::t go -..--E-.ed to El:y Nc5;E:.
-,lo.l s;.1-5 io:, FL l:.ve found tll2t
:; css.. TX. -ii,,GGIt {! third Is iilucli 10
cop liz. !. c.;cla.
I',..3 i. f,sc-:.-s Nc1..:. SoleC are 50
,c,.T!. a,l d1--cblc CT they vc2r
very l5.7 tine. S:.:1c balls arc KEPT
dsT:a bccau-c you don't need 50 many
You en- cot Ne5li2-soled shoes at
a!fnost cay soo:l shoe store. They
cone in ali styles and for al members
of Che la,niiy. Ne5lin sclcs are also
available everywhere for reecsohns'
They are produced by scientific PRO
cess TO be what soles ought TO &c: co.al-
l5rtablo, waterproof ard long-wear,I r;!.:
j, 'Thev are u~de b The Goodyear Ire
{. I2ii;3bar Company, Akron, ONO, VINO
rl:o make W:ngfoot Heels, guaranteed
10 cutgear any other heels.
lna1slssal Snles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-10
Come in and Get Your Spring and Easter Outfit Now
EE #2$ :@~ You Can Have Credit - & e;
MEMS SHIRTS

Made OF plain and corded madras, fine percalcs
and mercerzed cloth All stout and Serviceablc The
wash The best and the longest" kind. R.ch
coioIings and striking patterns that popular
for the season in abundance. Soft cuff models.
Sizes raEge from Il to II.