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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
FACES PISTOL ALL NIGHT
Horse Trader CleverIy Saves the Pro.
ceedS of a Sale,

Sitting practically all night with a
revolver pointed at his face was the
experience of John Brooks. Brooks
and Villa DeBaun We're driving
through the country, trading horses.
They met Joe Brown and Tom Murray
and gave them a ride. The four were
together several days, coming from
Minnesota to this state. At ArdOck
Brooks sold a horse for $50 and the
same evening Brown and Murray, he
asserts, demanded the money. Brown
held a revolver under his nose while
Murray searched his person, finding
only $3.50. Brooks had the money
concealed under his union suit but
told them he had left it with the hotel
TAI Brown kept him under the gun
until morning, then compelled Brooks
to accompany him to the landlord.
When the hotel was reached Brooks
told the landlord Of the holdup and
Brown fled. Later he and Murray
we're arrested and held to the district
court on a charge of highway robbery.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
NEEDS 500, 1000, 600 YEARLY
President Asks Congress to Pass
Emergency Revenue Measure.

I NSNS oOiS'SSo " TdSS
Emergency Revenue Measure.
Washington, Sept. 5.-President
Wilson, in a special address" to the
joint session Of congress-, asked i'm
position of an internal evenue tax
sufficient to raise $780, 00, 900 annual
ly because Of dwindling customs reve-
nues as a result of the European war.
The president said the war tax"
a necessary Immediately to keep
the treasury unimpaired and to place
it beyond public question in strength.
He emphatically said a bond issue
would be unwise.
I'VE ought not to borrow he said.
1--WE ought to resort to taxation, how
Yer we may regret the necessity Of
putting additional temporary burdens
on our people.
An emergency exists which does
not brook temporizing nor delay, al
though not Of our making, and we
must accept the inevitable With calm
Judgment and unruffied spirits,' the
chief executive stated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Defeat Army Under
Crown Prince.
FATE OF FREDERICK
WILLIAM UNKNOWN
German Imperial Guard Is Com
p|ete|y AnnihiIated.

London, Sept, S.-A Boulogne dis
patch to the Evening News says a
telegram has bcen received from Gen
eral Pau announcing a victory by the
imperial guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William is reported to have
been annihilated by the British force
which opposed them. The Evening
News dispatch says:
"A telegram has been received from
General Pau announcing a victory by
the allied forces under Field Marshal
Sir John French, commanding the
British, and General d'Amade at
Precy-sur-Oise, about twenty-five miles
north of Paris.
The allies were drawn across the
northern line with the center at
i'recy. The English troops were on
the left and the French on the right.
The former had in front Of them the
imperial guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
On both wings. it is reported, the
allies were successful. The German
left was held by the French and re-
tired to the north.
The imperial guard, who were or
dered to surrender, We're annihllated
by the British. 1t is reported that. the
crown prince was in their midst"
The British official bureau has re-
ceived nc confirmation Of this mes
sage
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
TO GUST TRUSTEES
Action Filed Against Board of Agricel-
tural College.

Action seeking the removal of men,
bers of the board of trustees of the
North Dakota Agricultural college has
been filed with Governor L.. B.. Hanna,
1ho has turned the matter over to
Attorney General Andrew Miller for
investigation as to the s%utficiency of
lhe charges made.
The charges deal particularly with
the merger of the North Dakota Better
Farming association with the state ex-
perimental station, in which deal the
college trustees shouldered $4,000 in
outstanding contracts made by the
farming association.
The action of the board in making
Thomas Cooper, head Of the expert
ment station, responsible to the board
of trustees, instead of to President j.
p. Worst, is another feature.
There also are other charges made,
which, it is pointed out to the COVER
nor, should be investigated.
The movement grows out Of the re-
ported attempt at ousting' several
prominent college faculty members, in
Guiding Professor Worst, Professor E.
F. Ladd and Professor H. l.. Bolley.
Flat denial that any action taken
by the trustees Of the North Dakota
agricultural college subjects them to a
charge of misconduct in office is made
by members of the board.
In a statement given out the details
of the merger are made public. These
go to show that the $4,000 in con-
tracts made by the Better Farming
association, and assumed by the eX-
detrimental station, were covered by
private subscriptions, aid from the
government and aid from the counties
in which the work was being carried
on.
1t is maintained that the state was
in no way affected, financially. by the
merger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
President Demands Settlement of Dis
pute in Colorado.

Washington, Sept. S.-President Will
son has addressed letters to the min
ers and operators concerned in the
Colorado strike virtually demanding
that the long strike be ended.
Two mediators sent to Colorado
months ago have heard proposals and
counter proposals but no solution.
The president urged that both sides
adopt a tentative basis for the adjust
ment OF the strike which has been
proposed by the federal mediators. A
draft OF the proposal was laid before
the president by the secretary of Ia
Dor and has been approved by the
administration.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
GIRL TELLS OF KIDNAPPING
Found in Deserted Camp She Says
TWO Men Carried Her AWay.

Found in Deserted Camp She Says
Two Men Carried Her Away.
Found in a deserted hobo sSanp near
Windsor, Miss Doris Langford of FL
bridge tells a strange story Of having
been attacked by two men, drugged
and held captive more than twelve
hours.
The girl, returning home from a
neighbours, was accosted by two men,
she said, one throwing a sack over
her head and administering chloro-
form. e.
Reviving some time afterward The
girl said she found herself standing
on a railroad track in company with
two men, n of whom, at the point
of a revolver, compelled her to eat a
white tablet which caused her to lapse
into Inconsistencies.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
STAND OR FALL TOGETHER
Allies Sign Agreement Not to Make
Peace Separately.

Washington, Sept. 7.-Oficials and
diplomats here regarded the agree
ment just signed by Great Britain,
France and Russia lot to make peace
except by mutual consent as an in
dication that the wal would be fought
to a decisive end.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan, who have been hoping for some
indication through American diplo-
mats abroad of readiness on the part
OF the powers to talk peace, we're said
to have been depressed by the news.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
ISMAY WITHDRAWs LOAN
War Spells Plans of Midland Continen.
tai to Extend This Year.

Bruce Ismay of Titanic fame, of Lon.
don, Eng, was prepared to handle a
$4,000, 900 loan for the extension of the
Midland Continental railroad from
Wimbledon to Grand Forks when the
European war broke out.
-Four days separated the time set for
making the loan and the English dec,
laration of war, which offset any pos.
sibility of making the loan.
James Maxwell, appearing as the
Midland Continental railroads repre-.
sentation before the state board OF
equalization, made this explanation OF
the company's decision to abandon the
proposed extension this season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
PICKED UP BY TRAVELLERS
Victims of Mine Explosion Saved by
Fishermen.

Grimsby, Eng, via London, Sept. s..
Nearly 300 persons rescued from
the Wilson liner Runo by trawlers
when the steamship sank in the
North sea a victim of a contact mine,
We're landed at Grimsby and Hull.
The prompt work of four trawlers,
the Shannon, Strethon, Cameo and
Prince Victor, saved the lives of near
~ all those on board.
Wilson line officials say that all the
crew and all but twenty-seven of the
passengers are safe in this port. The
Silanion picked up 12S survivors,
practically all it could hold. The
Cameo saved nearly a hundred and
the other two trawlers seventy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Sept. S.--Cattle-Beeves,
$6.70@1O.S0; steers, $6.30m9.20; stock
ers and feeders, $5.40MS.15; COWS and
h%eifers, $3.75@9.25; calves, $1,000
1850. Hogs-Light, .$S.55@9.30; mix
ed, S8.50@9.35; heavy, $S.40@9.15;
rough, $S.40@9.35; pigs, $4.75@S.40.
Sheep-Ma;ive, $4.75@5.75; yearlings,
$5.50W6.40.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Paris Schools Now Hospitals,

Paris, Sept. Gall the public
schools of Paris have been ordered
closed until further notice. The rea.
O for this is the occupation of the
school buildings by the military,
chiefly for hospitals. The school
teachers will remain in the service
of the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
GERMANS CAPTURE AMIENS
City Seventy Miles From Paris Offers
No Resistance,

London, Sept. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Amiens says that the
success of the Germans at Moreuil
The entry "a not contested. The
mayor, after receiving a German en-.
voy, announced the surrender of the
city and urged the citizens to make
no disturbance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
MAN is NEW CHIEF
Comrade David j. Palmer Chosen by
Grand Army Veterans.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 5.-Comrade
David ]. Palmer of Washington, Ia,
member Of the Eighth and Twenty
fifth Iowa regiments in the Civil war,
was elected commandments of the
G.. A. R., in session here. Washington,
D. c., was chosen unanimously for the
encampment place next year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
MAY OPEN WAY TO BERLIN
important Movement Begun by the
Russians.

LONDON, Sept. S.-The correspond
ent OF the Times at Petrograd, refer
ring to a battle just begun, which, if
as successful as the Russian opera
tons against Lemberg, will overthrow
the Austrian forces and practically
open the road to Berlin. says:
Reliable information as to the
progress of the battle enables me to
state that the outlook is no whit less
promising, but that several days may
elapse before the final overthrow Of
the Austrian army"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Wheat-Sept.,
$1.19k: Dec, S1.22A; May, $1.29k.
Corn-Sept., size; Dec, 76Ac; May.
1870. Oats-Sept., 51kc; Dec, SIC;
May, 57$@57Rc. Pork-Jan., $22.92.
Butter-Creameries, soc. Eggs-18@
221Ac. Poultry-Sprjngs, 15c; fowls,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
NEW COUNTY is CREATED
Division Known as Sioux With Fort
Yates as Seat Proclaimed.

Yates as Seat Proclaimed.
Governor Hanna, by proclamation
has created a new county in North
Dakota, to be known as Sioux county.
Fort Yates is the seat. This makes
fifty-one counties in the state. The
first board Of officials is: Commission
ers, John c. Leach, Solen; John A.
Styles, Fort Yates, and w. w. Ber'
tolph, Morristown; county auditor, A.
Colville; county Judge, DR.. A. Meg.
Beede.
This division, it is said, will make
for better conditions among the In
dams, who compose the bulk of the
population. Fort Yates is where Gen
eral Custer was stationed before the
memorable massacre.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Sept. S.-Wheat-
Sept, $1.17B; Dec, $1.20A; May, ST.
26Ha. Cash close on track: No. l hard,
S1.263s; No. l Northern, $1.14B OIL
22%; No. 2 Northern, Slips @1.19B;
No. 9 yellow corn, T@7Sc; No. 3
white oats, 49A @49%c; flax, $1.60h.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Allies viii Stand Toaether.

London, Sept. 6.-RusNia, Great
Britain and France have signed an
agreement that none of the three
would make peace without the con.
sent Of all three nations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
CASUALTIES ARE HORRlFYlNG
T~hirty-tWo Thousand Austrians Dead
at Jadur.

Nish, Sept. G~.-According to the Of
fetal report an immense amount of
spoils was captured by the Servians
in the battle of Jadur.
The Austrian dead are estimated at
nearly $4,000.
General Yovanovitch reports that he
alone ordered 10000 of the enemy's
bodies buried,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Sept. S.-Wheat-On track
l Northern, $1.21A; No. 2 Northern,
$l.19A. Flax-On track and to ar
rive, S1.5G1a.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
OFFICIALS REACH BORDEAUX
President Poincare and Cabinet at the
New Capital.

Bordeaux, Sept. 4.-President Poin.
care and the members of the French
cabinet arrived here and were greet
ed by immense and cheering crowds.
They have established headquarters
for the government.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
South ST. Paul Live Stock,

South st. Paul, Sept. Seattle
Steers, $G.00m 800; COWS and heifers,
S4.750S.00; calves, $6.00m 1925; stock
ers and feeders, $4.75M7.25. Hogs
$500 $50. Sheep-I.ambs, $4,000
7.25; wethers,> $4.50M5.25; ewes, $500
M4.75.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
PARIS POPULATION
DWINDLES 1900, 900.

Paris, Sept. S.-The popula-
ton Of Paris and suburbs be-
. fore the war was 3,400, 900.
According to semi-official fig
: ures it is 100000 today, ow-
: ing to the mobilization of the
: army and the departure Of the
: fugitives. The minister of pub
: lie works is aiding the people
. to leave and is providing free
: transportation in many cases.
!.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
CALLS HALT ON LONG STRIKE

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-19
FRENCH SEERESS FORETOLD GREAT WAR

The European war situation
was foretold last winter by Nine.
Thebes, world-famous seer, in the
following words:
"Russia-Will bring order out
of disorder I'm the Balkans unless
German intrigue causes the Rus
sian power to topple. st. Peters
buTg's greatest enemy is Berlin.
"Germany-What | see fills
me with fear. The kaiser's flu
ture looms dark and foreboding.
In the south many victims of
riots and war.
Austria - Unhappy country
In Vienna, riots, fire and blood!
The country will pass through
dark days-grave conflicts, finan-
cial embarrassments, street fight
ing and worse still. Open hos
tility between the Slavs and the
Germans is approaching.
"Englsnd-Wsr at home and
war outside, with a revolution or
something approaching it over
Ireland"
Nine. Thebes says she predict
ed the assassination OF Archduke
Franz Ferdinand when she wrote
regarding Austria:
"Who thinks she will reign
will not reign, and a young man
who was not to have reigned will
reign"
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"Servia Misjudged,"
Saws American Woman

SAGINAW. Mich. Aug. 10
Mrs. Mary Hanchett Stone, for
several years a resident of the
Balkan states, a friend of the
queen of Roumania and friend of
many political leaders I'm Servia,
gives her undivided sympathy in
the present war crisis to Servia.
1.-The eastern question, says
Mrs. Stone, was always a west
ern question: and the present war
will be a respite for those tiny.
oppressed countries.
Had the Balkan coalition re-
NAMED intact Germany could not
have ventured into war as she has.
The Balkan coalition could never
have been broken IL King George
OF Greece we're not assassinated.
That was a German-Austrian
crime. Now they suspect Servia
of the assassination of Ferdinand,
but they greatly misjudge Servia. "
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CHAPTER XI.
The HaIf-Opened Bud.

The two men went into the cab
in. Later they reappeared, ac-
companied by the girl. Wilfred
was still seated on the rock.
Come over here in the shade. /"
Wilcox called, as he strobe to-
ward a grassy bank that slOped up
to a line of three cedar trees.
Come over here and know her.
This is our GAL
Lahoma looked at the young
man with grave interest. Bill
Atkins also watched him, but
with suspicious eye.
set down." said Wilcox, sink
ing on the grass. THE last man
up is the biggest fool in Texasl"
Lahoma and Wilfred instantly
dropped as If shot, at the same
time breaking into unexpected
laughter that caused Wilcox s
beard to culver sympathetically.
Bill Atkins, sour and unrespon-
ssive, stool as stiff1y erect as pos
'sfbIe."
The young man exclaimed boy
ishly, Were friends already, be-
cause we've laughed together. !"
Yes" cried Lahoma," and
Brick is in IL. too. That's the best
OF all"
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Needn't think about him no
more. son. we got no more use for
that Injun. Well, on the next
day, Lshoma is looking every
whare, and when she comes to
that erevice what does she see
but a tomahawk lying right at
the edge what must have been
dropped there recent. or the
crowd would have saw Il the day
before. II come to her that Miss
Sellimer is a prisoner down be-
low.
'Lahoma jumps to her feet to
raise the cry, when she discovers
ladder under a boulder. Down
she skins. and frees Miss Sell
liner, who's half dead poor young
lady! Lahoma comes up the lad
der and meets me and l carries
her out Just like a feather--Well,
cans YOU imagine the rest? l
reckon IL Miss Sellimer lives a
thousand years she'll never for
get the avtulness OF that dig L.
jun and the angel sweetness of
the little gal that saved her."
Wilfred rose and went to stare
at the darkness from the small
square window. Not a word was
spoken for some time. At last the
silence was broken by the Indian
-" Ugh" grunted Red Feather.
Bill Atkins spoke vaguely. 1T
wasn't none OF my dOings."
Wilfred looked steadily at
Wilcox. What about your
whiskers?"
"Oh, as to them - Bill, let's
show him her letter - what do
you say"
Who'll read it," asked Bill,
as he drew the precious i9ttor
from the stroJg box behind the
stove.
Let Wilfred do the deed,
Wilcox suggested. at travels
slow in my company. and though
Bill reads FER correct. he does
considerable droning."
Wilfred drew the only stool in
the room up beside the lantern,
and Bill and Brick disposed them
selves on the bench. Red
Feather, his beady eyes fastened
on the young mans face, sat
gracefully erect, alert to all that
was going on.
Continued Tomorrow
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STOCKTON LED ME-FIhTTrNG AHEAD LIKE . SHADOW"

the rat-featured man pass stealth
lily into a darkened room. |
showed my gun ahead and en-
tered. He lit the gas. then point
ed under the bed.
There Il was. all right, the box
of dope I was after.
"Right?" he queried, grinning.
"Yes-so far" l admitted.
81 had your word?"-he want
ed to be treasured.
You have it,"
we'll brought Il here my
self"
SO that was It'll had been
tricked after all. A clever crook
terrifying himself and his crime
with the word of honor of a gov
eminent agent. How easily 1t had
been put overt
Good cans" he said. "and per-
fectly good stamps, but not .
grain of opium In IL. All fake
tar and molasses-you know the
stuff"
lie smiled at the relief on my
face.
And I'm going to sell IL TO the
same Chlnks who sent me over for
that other deal. I'm going to get
sweet revenge on them"
A hurried test proved that he
was telling the truth. And | let
him keep the stuff, for tar and
molasses we're not contraband.
Nor was there a crime until after
he had sold II for opium.
What within had prompted him
to pilot me through the den of
vice to his own cache of fake
dope" is still a mystery, unless
he feared that my possible discov-
cry of his plant, unesc0rted.
might serve to cheat him of his
revenge.
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Crook Protects u. S.
Officer Makes Search
Through Vice Temple

Whimsical Man of Underworld
Clinches His Own Revenge by
Leading Customs inspector 20
Mysterious Boa I'm Infamous
"Barbary Coast" Wanted by Gov
ernment.
Told by Inspector McGinnis TO
Jack Jungmeyer.
: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ID
crouched in the shadows, watch
ing the doorway of an evil-look-
ing building up on the notorious
"Barbary Coast"
My duty as u. S. customs in
spector required me to enter the
den in search of a box of contra
band opium | knew had been
struggled In a few hours previous.
That the undertaking was hazard
Gus | realized fully.
Furtive figures, drug-branded,
slipped In and out while | waited,
undecided. And presently a rat
featured man who had sided past
me several times, peered up
sharply and halted.
Hello. McGinnis, he smirked,
cold amt it," He was the type
one hates by instinct.
Mo" retorted trucuIently.
Its not cold, and my names not
McGinnis."
Don't come that with me-"
was the unruffled reply, II know
who YOU are and why you're here.
My name is Stockton. Mr.. MeGin-
MIS-
remembered him now-the
man who had served time for sell
ing 81, 400 worth of fake" opium
to the Chinese. had been warn
ed against him.
Give me your word that III
not be molested and I'll take you
to what you're looking for" he
ventured, shifting restlessly.
Upon his assurance that 1 could
accept without betraying the gov
trust, | assented.
] followed him into the alley,
he insisting that he must be per-
muted some so feet Roadway. Wei
entered the building through a
small secret wicket at the rear,
whence a murderer had recently
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mo. Lahoma, I'm not coming
again."
She still held his hand, her
brown eyes large with entreaty.
You will come again. Wilfred !!
You must come againi Don't
mind Bill"
"Of course he'll come. honey. !"
said Brick, melted by the tears
that sounded in her voice.
Wilfred turned to Brick and
looked into his eyes as he slowly
released Lahoma's hand.
oh" said Brick, consider
ably disconnected. mo. l reckon
he won't come back. honey. Well.
son, put 'er there-shake. l like
you finei"
Wilfred hesitated. But what
was to be done? He could not
accept Lahoma as a mere child
though he repeatedly reminded
himself that she was only fifteen.
Therefore he went away.