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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-12
u. S. SAILORS STRANDED
on BLEAK PACIFIC ISLE
Crew Of Abandoned Ship Praying for
Rehef-Government Vessels
Asked 10 Aid.

Marooned on Easter Island, a bleak and
desolate rock jutting out OF the Pacific
Ocean. $500 miles west of Chile, are eight
members Of the crew of the American
schooner FL Dorado, abandoned at sea
June IL, 1918. who are daily praying that
some passing ship will stop to take them
back to civilization.
News of their plight was forwarded to
the Department of Commerce by Sanders
& Kirchmann. Inc, owners of the aban-
doned ship, together with a request that
some arrangements be made to succor
the seamen-
Treasury Department officials in charge
OF the Revenue Cutter Service We're in
turn notified and an order will be sent
to the Pacific Coast directing any vessel
of the United States in the immediate
vicinity to make the island a port of pas
sage.
The predicament of the stranded crew
was told by Capt. n. P. Preston. who,
with two of his Grew, made a hazardous
Passage in the ships boat from Easter
Island to Tahiti. 1850 miles distant, where
the trio was sent back to the United
States on board the steamship Moano
Easter Island is famed as the summer
ing place of seal herds and for its de-
pcsits Of guano. 1t is out of the beaten
track of ocean travel, only one vessel
year making the return trip to the
mainland.
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photograph from Nj

The Confederates bitterly termed the
expedition "A niger stealing raid"
The expedition presented one of the
rendered the more irritating to the in
habitants of the section occupied from
the fact that the troops under Gen. Wild
were negroes.
The activities of the expedition aroused
the blazing anger of Maj. Gen. George
+. Pickett, whose command included the
scene of operations, and he vowed VEN
geance on any man serving under Beast
Butler" as he termed the New England
general, whom he caught in the act of
destroying the property of Confederates-
Pickett W.. Butler.
The Federal expedition to Elizabeth
City served to bring into notice in a
new field of action both Gen. Pickett
and Gen. Butler.
Gen. Pickett, who had won fame for
his part in the great Confederate charge
at Gettysburg, had been in command of
the district of North Carolina and East
ern Virginia, with headquarters at Pc
tersburg, Va, since early September
He had been given the post for the
purpose of recruiting his division, which
was much shattered at Gettysburg The
territory within his lines was large, and
his force small. South of the James River
the Confederate line was along the Black
water River, but it did not extend to the
Dismal Swamp, and its nearest port to
the seaboard was at Franklin, fifty miles
from Elizabeth City.
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THE WASHINGTON HERALD FRIDAY DECEMBER T. 1918

your borders. 1t viii be for your In
terest, therefore, to exert yourselves
actively in driving them out You can
do this not only by refusing them FOOD.
shelter and support. but by giving IN
formation against them to the military
and naval authorities Mt every opportun-
ity. and by arming yourselves against
them whenever possible.
"AIl slaves are now at liberty to go
where they please, or stay. BY assisting
them on their way with food and trans
portation, you can save yourselves the
necessity Of visitations from the colored
troops.
by thus avoiding the two causes Of
molestation, you can preserve peace
within your borders"
Gen. wild construed his orders as en-
bracing a severe and searching cam
paign against all people who refused to
take the oath of allegiance. That he car
ried them out in this spirit is Indicated
by his official report.
When he needed timber to build
bridge over the Pasquotank River at
South Mills he secured II by pulling down
the house and barn Of Confederate Of
ficer. The sight of negroes engaged In
such work was enough to drive the in
habitants to frenzy.
At Elizabeth City people who expressed
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II is a vivid portrayal of one Of the Incl
dents that were of such frequent occur
renee during the days when the West
was young. A terrific knife duel is
fought by two Indians for the possession
of an Indian maid. Through a peculiar
chain of events the girl becomes an in
mate of an army post Thinking her a
prisoner, the Indians make a desperate
attack upon the fort. only to be repulsed
Later the red men fall upon an emigrant
train and massacre all but two OF the
pioneers. One of the two dashes to the
fort with news OF the attack, while the
other, his sweetheart, is made a prisoner
by the Indians The furious battle in
which the troopers avenge the men.
women. and children who were massa-
cred brings this feature to a climax
that will thrill the movie flends" as no
other picture has ever done.
Miss Vivian Rich, pretty and talented
leading lady with the Flying A. was
seen last week walking around the studio
with several sheets OF paper that looked
like a license and upon the inquiry
whether she contemplated matrimony, or
had bought a new dog. she showed the
documents. They proved to be twenty
nine verses of poetry an admirer had sent
her. and a notation that the party was
writing more, which would be sent
shortly.
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THE WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago
December L. 1S63A Federal Force Sent Out by Gen. Benjamin Bu
from Norfolk Occupied Elizabeth City, Carrying Fire and Sword Into
Section Occupied by Confederate Home Guards
written expressly for The Herald.)

; for The Herald.)
Chowan River, INTO which the Black
water flows, and the Federal lines north
of Dismal Swamp, debatable ground, in
which the inhabitants lived without secur-
ity to person or property.
There had been little military activity
in Gen. Piekett's department until Gen.
Butler, on November 2, assumed COM
mand of the Federal department of EAST
ern) Virginia and, North Carolina, with
headquarters at Fort Monroe.
Gen. Butler, who had not been active
" employed since his relief from COM
mand at New Orleans in the previous
December, believed In enforcing the Fed
eral authority In the section that lay
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Three hundred men and 80 horses
took part In the new Kalem two-part
story Of the early West. The Big Horn
Massacre" This spectacular feature is
more than an ordinary motion picture
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Fifty years ago today Federal force
sent out by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler oc-
cupied Elizabeth City, N. c., carrying fire
and sword into section occupied by Con-
federate Home Guards.
The Federals termed these troops guer-
riIIss and claimed that they were not
operating under the laws of war. One
object of Gen. Buffers expedition, which
was commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward
A Wild, was to clear the country of
these alleged irregular forces. Another
was to compel the Inhabitants to take
oath of allegiance to the United States,
while still another was to remove from
that section all negroes capable of bear
ing arms.
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SEASON CLOSES TUESDAY.
Hunters VIII Not Be Allowed to
shoot Game After that Date.

The hunting season in the District for
wild ducks, geese, brant plover, black
birds and many other kinds Of fowl will
be closed on next Tuesday, in compliance
with the new laws governing game shoot
ing in the District Hunters have COM
planned. without result, that the new
laws end the shooting season when II
really is beginning.
The harbor police have warned hunt
ers that they will arrest after next Tues
day those who kill the birds protected
by the new laws, which were passed at
the last session of Congress. but were
not approved by the President until Oc-
tobe-
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oval Legion collection. Ma

Map based on the onicial recordsJ
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For the first time in history a moving
picture film will be used by military au-
thorities to determine trouble makers.
Recently a battle took place at Trinidad.
Colo, between strikers and mine guards.
Pathe's Weekly had a camera man in
the battle line and he got some splendid
pictures OF the fighting. Adjt Gen.
Chase, commanding the troops on strike
duty, heard about the pictures and came
TO Washington where he had one of the
films confiscated. Certain parts will be
cut out to be used as evidence and the
rest of the film returned to Pathe.
The good ship Carpathia, of Titanic
fame. numbered among her passengers on
her last trip Marian Nesbitt. Marc Mac
Dermott, Charles Brabin. and Otto Brau-
tigam, of the Edison Studio. They are
returning from a seven months stay in
Europe. during which time they visited
England, Ireland, Wales, Belgium,
France. Switzerland. and Italy. Many
interesting dramas. comedies, and scenic
pictures have been produced by them in
this time, having as their background
many spots of historic interest and pic
turesque beauty, among them Keepers
OF the Flock The Foreman's Treach-
cry" The Stroke OF the Phoebus Eight, -
"A Daughter of Romany" Flood Tide"
and THE Coast Guards Sister"
When Capt Rostrom learned that the
Edison players were aboard ship he i'm
mediately made their acquaintance and
spent a great deal Of time with them.
When the first dance was held after
leaving Naples. the captain introduced
Miss Nesbitt to avery polished gentle
man OF most affable manner, with whom
she danced the tango and other of the
recent fads. When the vessel reached
quarantine four detectives came aboard
and, closely scrutiniing the passengers,
fastened their eyes upon the dance part
ner Of Miss Nesbitt. He was seized aind
shackled, and II was later discovered that
he was wanted in Australia for stealing
$4,000 worth of diamonds from one Of the
leading jewellery houses there.
The last that Miss Nesbitt saw of her
erstwhile partner he was bowling adieu
as gracefully as his handouts would per
nit In telling Of the incident she added
that IL all the burglars are as nice as
this one she doesn't blame old maids for
looking hopefully under the bed every
evening.
Three hundred men and go horses
took part in the new Kalem two-part
story of the early West. THE Big Horn
Massacre" This spectacular feature is
more than an ordinary motion picture
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The Germans will mount 40.O0O-candIe-
power searchlights on some Of their air
ships to illuminate the enemy's camp.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
646,OOO ACRES ARE
RESTORED TO ENTRY
NORTH DAKOTA COAL LAND
WITHDRAWALS SET ASIDE UN-
DER ORDERS FROM WILSON.

Washington, Dec. 17.--Under orders
issued by President Wilson to Secre-
tary Lane, 646, 600 acres of land in
North Dakota, which have been in
cluded in coal land Withdrawals, have
been restored to entry. The restora-
ton is chiefly of land that proved not
to contain coal. more than 631, 900 acres
being of this class. The remaining
5000 acres contain Ignite, and, since
they are within fifteen miles Of a rail-
road, they have been given the mimi
mum price allowed by law of $40 an
acre. The area affected lies at the
east end of the Cannon Ball Ignite
fields.
The president has also designated
1000 acres Of land in Dunn county,
North Dakota, above the Little Mis-
souri, river, as subject to entry under
the enlarged homestead act.
Reservations Of phosphate lands in
Montana to entry aggregated 12o, 000
acres. 1t was found the lands did not
contain the phosphate or have it only
in thin or lean beds. The lands af-
fected are in the western part OF the
state along the Northern Pacific rail-
way between Helena and Missoula, the
Largest area being in the immediate
neighborhood Of Drummond.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
i. rs TO MAKE
MERRY SAT. EVE.
WILL HOLD SOCIAL GATHERING
IN CLUB ROOMS, WITH DANG
ING AND CARDS AS ATTRAC-
TIoNS OF THE EVENING. ON
SATURDAY. DEC. 20.

u. c.. r. dance and card party, Sat
urday evening, Dec. 20.
The committee having in charge the
entertainment which is the second of
the monthly socials Of the U. c. r.,
have arranged for g. dance and card
party on Saturday evening. Cards
will be the center Of attraction for
some and those who wish to skip the
light fantastic may dance to their
hearts content from $50 to II p. m.
A caterer will serve the luncheon.
The card games are to be progress
sive and prizes will be awarded to the
parties making the most progressions.
Various games will be provided to
satisfy the different likes and wishes.
Whist, grand nola, seven up, pitch,
casino. old maid, checkers, dOminoes,
chess, and many other social games
desired. Poker is strictly prohibited.
The champion checker player OF the
U. G.. T. Of the northwest VIII be on
hand to defend his title. He issues a
| challenge to the WholeanorthWest. bar
ring none, and Will defend his present
| title against all comerS. 1t is said one
Of his personal friends is willing to
back him against anyone to h extent
Of his years salary, or a box OF Tom
| Moore cigars.
4 Since the IeIlONdl Ol bAl dIlu
from this vicinity, the title of cham
pion rum dunn player has been in
doubt with odds slightly in favor of
John McGran, with Jack Lang a close
second. They will have to look well to
their laurels on Saturday night or lose
out.
Dave Denan claims the cribbage
honors, having defeated Tom Sloan
once on the Marion line. Gus Lieber
IT, +bn onlFnnuJ1n6pnI ninnRh1a ann
pion. Jim Dainard is a real pitch
player and at bridge Otto Morrow and
Cliff Ruettell are a strong team. In
order to settle all questions of Ill
premacy or title to the championship
they will be on hand to defend their
titles. The committee having in
charge the arrangements. have made
all plans for q very pleasant evening
1t is your opportunity to enjoy it
U. c.. r. members, come and bring
your ladies and invite other friends
to come with you also.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL
HOLIDAYS START
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN THE
FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS START
ON DEC. 20, AND WILL CON-
TINUE UNTIL JAN. 5-BASkET-
BALL PRACTICE CONTINUES.

The vacation Of all the schools in
the city for the Christmas holidays
will begin Friday night. Dec. 90, and
will continue until Jan. 5. This will
not affect the high school basketball
practice, which will continue all the
time.
This morning the students of the
high school heard a musical pro-
gramme which took up the chapel
period. The programme was under the
direction of Miss FieriesZen, teacher of
music in the public schools Of Fargo.
The following programme was given:
Selection on Victrola-Stille Genacht
Hille Genacht .....Schuman- Helnk
Song-O, Worship the King .-......
Assembly Chorus
| Song-Come All Ye Faithful Gods
Beloved .......... Girls Glee lit
Song-From the Starry Heavens
High ........... Assembly Chorus
The Phosterian Literary society will
offer a programme in the high school
assembly room tonight, which will be-
gin at 8 o'clock sharp. The orchestra
will play again, the girls glee club
will sing, Miss Fierieszen will render
a solo. John Keye will give an grafton
and the society will give a n act
farce entitled, How the Vote Was Won,
in which there will be nine people taxi
ing part.
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mrs. ]. STRANE
DIED YESTERDAY
PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT
AGE OF rs YEARS, AFTER ILL
NESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FROM
HOME THIS AFTERNOON.

Mrs. John strane, mother of Mrs. J.
L. Rohan, Of this city. died at $50
o'clock last night, Of a complication
of diseases. She was Is years of age,
and had been i'll for three months.
Mrs. Strane leaves three daughters,
Mrs. J. l.. Rohan, Of this city; Mrs.
w. H. Chase, of Vancouver, B. c., and
Mrs. Byron Nunamaker, Of a Pedro,
Cal.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of her daughter, III Eighth
street north, this afternoon at 3
o'clock. Dean Bowling, Of Gethsemane
cathedral, will officiate. The body will
be shipped tomorrow morning to
Grafton, where interment will be made
in the family lot. Undertaken Wasem
has charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
. Mrs. Strane has been g. resident OF
his city since the death Of her hus-
band, fifteen years ago, and leaves a
wide circle of friends who will miss
her presence greatly.
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mrs. BOHNSACk
PASSED AWAY
MRS. PHILIP BOHNsAck, ONE OF
THE MOST PROMINENT WOMEN
IN THE GERMAN LUTHERAN
CHURCH, DIED oF'PNEUMoNIA
EARLY THIS MORNING.

Mrs. Philip Bohnsack died at her
home, 375 Seventh avenue south, this
morning at 4 o'clock. Pneumonia was
the cause Of death. She had been Ill
since Saturday. Mrs. Bohnsack was
At years of age, and leaves a husband
and nine children to mourn her loss.
She was one of the most prominent
members of the German Lutheran
church OF this city, and had been ac-
tive for years in the work of h vari-
Gus church organizations. She and
her husband have been residents Of
Fargo for ten years, coming here from
Hillsboro.
The time of the funeral has not yet
been definitely set. Undertakers Gard
&c Moore have charge of the funeral
arrangements.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
OPEN MEETING
OF BROTHERHOOD
BROTHERHOOD OF FIRST METHO-
DIST CHURCH WILL GATHER
TONIGHT TO HEAR DELEGATES
TO MEMS CONVENTION IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

There will be a meeting Of the
Brotherhood Of the First Methodist
church in the church parlors this
evening at 7:45 o'clock to listen to the
men who were delegates to the Mems
Convention, which was held in Indian
apolis a short time ago..
The men who attended the conven
ton. and who will be heard tonight,
are Rev. L. A. Mcnamara, E. D.
Angel, and w. D. Gillespie. AS the
convention was one Of the most m
portant events which has been held IN
church circles for some time, these
mems accounts of the great event will
be of unusual interest. and a large at
tendance at the meeting is expected.
This will be an open meeting, and
both men and m are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
CHANGE
IN CONDITIONS
CONTRACTORS REFUSE TO SIGN
AGREEMENT TO AR5ITRATE
= AND STAND BY DECISION FOR
OPEN sHoP-sTREET CAR MEN
GIVE UP ORGANIZING.

With the contractors of the city
standing firm in their decision for
open shop in Fargo and Moorhead,
and the members Of the unions equally
stubborn in their decision to hold
out for the closed shop, there is lit
tie change today in the labor situa-
ton.
The plumbers shop on Eighth street
south is said to be working. The en-
'ployes assert that they are experience
ing little difficulty IN carrying for
ward the jobs which they have or
hand. r@
1t is said that the employees Of :ht
street car company have abandoned
their attempt to form a union, and
will continue under the old system
The men who signed the agreement
have withdrawn their names, 1t IL
said.
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BY XMAS"
BANDIT BOASTS

Winnipeg, Dec. II. K~retchanko'
the bandit. boasts that he will be a
free man by Christmas.
On what grounds he bases his claim
he refuses to disclose. but in his state
ments to persons who have visited
him since his incarceration in his cell
at the police station, he expresses
his entire confidence in his ability
to prove himself innocent in the eyes
of the law.
"Have Nothing On Me" .
ssThe police have nothing on me"
he stated when interviewed. There
is a large amount Of circumstantia
evidence against me, but I didn't tire
the shot which killed Arnold, n the
police know it."
with little effort the police can
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find out that I was never near the
scene of the shooting, n when the
time is ready to prove it, I'll be ready
with the goods"
His candor and apparent confidence
has made its impression on those
about him, and in his conversations
with police officials he has thrown
interesting sidelights on his share of
the chase which led up to his capture.
Says He "Aided Hunt"
He tells of having stood side by
side with men who were hunting him
and of having strolled about the
streets of Winnipeg near the north
end police station and to having talk
ed with policemen about himself,
| specializing as to when he would be
caught.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
GOV. HANNA TO
Be SPEAKER
FORMAL DEDICATION or GARD
NER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY.
DEC. 20-Gov. HANNA. STOCK
WELL AND RILEY TO SPEAK.

Gov. l.. B. Hanna will be the speak
er of the day at the dedication exer-
cises for the new consolidated school
at Gardner on Saturday afternoon and
evening. State Superintendent Stock
well aud Co. Supt J. w. Riley are the
other speakers.
The new school building at Gardner
Co.'S 1900 ana is the pride of the
district. 1t has been in operation for
some time, with four teachers in
charge.
Principal Elmer Engh, with the as
sistance of the school board, has been
making extensive preparations to
make the affair Of the formal dedica-
ton one long to be remembered. In
addition to the addresses Of the three
speakers mentioned, there will be a
programme of music, and a general
holiday has been planned. A large
| attendance from Fargo and the sur
rounding towns and country is hoped
| for.
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FINALS STOP
STUDENT war


War among the upper classmen and
freshmen at the A. G. has been rele-
gated to a back seat by the all power
full final exam"
Students are all wearing an ex-
preston that betokens both deep
thought and also pleasure.
The latter being caused by the fact
that from Dee. 10 to Jan. 2 is a long
looked for vacation period in which
Il visit TO the home folks will be en-
joyed as we'll as a little rest from
study.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-17
CITY IN BRIEF
For good photos Q Erickson.-Advt.

For good photos see Erickson.-Advt.
Erickson photographs everybody.
-Advt
The gift shop of Ruth L. Pelton at
Holderman's Hat shop.-Advt.
The complete shop, engraving, print
ing, blank book. Knight Printing Co.
-Advt.
Engraved ana embossed werR Of
every description. Knight Printing 90.
-Advt.
For rent, fine suite of office rooms4
centrally lo.ated. Large vault. WAL
ker Bros. & Hardy--Advt.
A package with no address is being
held at the Dostoff1ce. The package
contains embroidery patterns and
several skeins Of yarn.
The Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change Co.. is about to issue a new
directory which goes to press Dec. 20
If your name Is not listed properly
please inform the manager.-Advt.
Come and see our demonstration OF
the latest invention, he Controlafire
It is guaranteed to save one-thlrd OF
your fuel bill. Thirty days free trial
The Modern Supply Co., 621 N. p,
avenue.-Advt.
Edna Pierce and Clara Wilder ap'
peared before Judge Miller yesterday
on the charge of vagrancy. The for
mer was given a $40 fine or sixteer
| days in Jail, and sentence was sus
pended during good behavior. The
latter was given the sentence, with NJ
suspension, and will probably pay TIL
fine.
The Christmas rush has begun a
the postoffice, and the clerks are very
busy with incoming and outgoing
mail, especially parcel post packages
Every effort will be made to handl
the rush of mail matter swiftly an
accurately, and the cooperation o
| the public is asked in carefully wrap
ping and addressing packages.