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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
THOUSANDS LEAVING CANADA
Labor Conditions in Dominion Far
From Satisfactory.

Hundreds of United States citizens
are quitting the Canadian Northwest
daily, trains from that section being
crowded to capacity by former resi-
dents Of this country who are retUn-
ing because of the poor business con
ditions there.
american labor has no place in the
Canadian Northwest just now" said
j. Leonard of Calgary, formerly OF
Grand Forks, who has just returned.
United States citizens are being sub
jected to the boycott in the matter of
labor, Canadians and II%nglishmen get
ting the first call in every line"
Mr.. Leonard's experience APPLY illus
trates the situation. Employed ~ an
office where he was second in point of
seniority, he found himself the first
to be laid off, three others, all Eng
lishmen, who had entered the Office
after he did, being kept in their posi-
lions, although two of them have
since been laid off. The demand for
labor is far below normal in every
portion Of Western Canada, and with
poor crop conditions in many sections,
the situation there is far from salts
factory just now.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
BY GERMAN CRUISER

London, Oct. PA dispatch from
Teneritfe, Canary Islands, to the Daily
Mail reports that the German cruiser
Karlsruhe has sunk thirteen British
merchantmen in the Atlantic.
The new Of the Karlsruhe's eX-
plot, according to the Daily Mail Ten.
eriffe correspondent, was brought to
that port by the German steamer Gre
field. which arrived there with the
crews OF the British steamers Strath,
roy, Maple Branch, Highland Hope,
lndrani, Rio Iguassu, Farm, Nicete
Maria de Larrinaga, C%ervantes, Cor.
nish City, Pruth, Condor and Lynrow.
an, all of which were sunk by the
karlsruhe. The Crefeld was accom-.
panied into port by the German steam
ers Patagonia, Rio Negro and Asun.
cion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
CARMAN JURY UNABLE
TO REACH VERDICT

Mineola, N. Y, Oct. 26.-The jury
in the trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin
Carman, accused Of Staying Mrs
Louise Bailey last June 80, disagreed
and was discharged. Ten jurors are
said to have voted for acquittal and
two for conviction of murder in the
first degree TN the final ballot. The
jury was out about thirteen hours.
Following the jury's verdict Mrs,
Carman was released on bail of $25,-
900 and it is not likely that she will
again be placed on trial.
The district attorney had announced
that he would not seek to have Mrs.
Carman tried again. Her own coun-
sci, on the other hand, said he would
demand a new trial, as he would not
permit the indictment to hang owe
his client.
Mrs. Carman was said to be in a
state Of collapse as a result of the
jury's failure to acquit her.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Be|gians in Urgent
Need Of Food.
SUPPLY RUNNING Low
Seven Million People Unable to
Secure Necessities,

Brussels, Oct. 27.-Seven million
people in Belgium face famine, unless
they receive help from the outside at
cnce.
The American minister to Belgium,
Brand Whitlock, says that less than
two weeks supply of food remains in
the cities, while conditions in the
country districts are even worse.
Though Germany has seized the food
in some cities for her soldiers she still
disclaims responsibility for feeding
the Belgians.
Mr.. Whitlock has on hand only peas.
ants black bread for two weeks and
the supply of that is short. One hun
dred soup kitchens are feeding more
than 100, 900 of the needy in Brussels.
Persons formerly rich are discharg-
ing their servants because they are
bankrupt.
Ntobiemen may be seen slipping into
the soup kitchens.
The factories are closed. Many
stores remain open, but have no bust
ness. The street cars are being Oper-
ated, but the railway train service has
been suspended. The supplies of cot
fee, tea, flour, rye and salt are prao-
tically exhausted.
Peasants in Sad Plight.
Reports received by Minister Whit.
lock from l4ouvain. Liege ard Namur
say that the conditions in those cities
are even worse than they are in Brus-
sells. Louvain has only a short four
days supply Of flour, while Liege has
no -four at all. The peasants in many
districts have been forced to exist on
legumes, as the crops of beets and
cabbages have been ruined.
The meat and milk supplies also
have been cut off, the army having
taken the cattle. 1t is declared abso-
lutely essential that food be obtained
from England.
Nearly half Of those people who
have been able to remain in Belgium
are wandering helplessly from town
to town, seeking shelter from friends
and relatives. Malines, which former
ly had 10000 inhabitants, has few un-
damaged houses standing. The same
situation exists at Namur and Lou
vain.
The road from Antwerp to Brussels
is black with professions of people
moving in both directions. Wagons
and carts are filled with the wreckage
Of their household effects. Thousands
On foot are carrying bundles or push
ing dog carts, always moving but
with no definite destination.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
North Dakotans Give War Aid.

More than $4,000 will be sent by
the Germans of North Dakota to the
Fatherland for relief work in the pres
ent war. Already about $4,000 has
been sent abroad. Many little towns,
of strong German population, are
sending from 500 to $500 each. In
New Salem about $1,000 has been
raised and more will follow. In many
German communities the churches are
being used in making collections for
relief work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of The Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
GRONNA SUES FOR ISLANDER
Senator Brings Action Against Pro.
gressive Candidate for $4,000
Damages.

United States Senator A. j. Gronna
has brought action for $4,000 damages
against Sever Serumgard, Progressive
candidate for United States senator.
Also, he said, he would serve notice
Of retraction On the Devils Lake
Journal, published by John Bloom,
concerning certain statements pub.
lished by that newspaper.
Serumgard's speech at Devils Lake
recently is the cause Of the action
against him, Mr.. Gronna says. The
defendant is widely known as the
blind attorney of Devils Lake.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
NOV. is is OPENING DATE
Twelve Federal Reserve Banks Will
Begin Business.

Washington. Oct. 26.-The twelve
federal reserve banks of the new bank
ing system will be opened for business
Oh Nov. 16. This was announced Of
ficially.
Secretary McAdoo, authorized by
the currency act to name the opening
date, made the announcement. His
choice Of Nov. 16 was made despite
the fact that the directors and gov
ernors of the twelve banks in a re-
cent conference here voted, 81 to 50,
against opening on that date and ex-
pressed their preference for Nov. 80.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
MANY USING Ignite COAL
Consumption OF Home Product on the
Increase,

increase.
AS time goes on more and more of
u people, especially in Western
North Dakota, are burning Ignite
coal, which is mined in large quanti-
ties in that section. AS the use of
this coal grows and the people find
best how to burn it it's use becomes
more economical and general. In a
Get of instructions for the burning OF
this coal issued by the committee on
state Of the North Dakota
Development League Press bureau at
Grand Forks the following simple di-
rections are noted. CD Burn Ignite
coal in any stove with a good sized
firepot and rather small mesh CRATES.
In burning this coal wastes consider
ably because it breaks up and falls
through the CRATES into the ash Gan
before it is thoroughly consumed. ca
The coal should be broken up into
chunks about three or four inches in
diameter at the mine and allowed to
dry for three or four weeks before
burning. The usual stacking will oc-
Sul uulillS lIlS uIylllS, DuL uluCI less
if the chunks Of coal are small, and
the dry coal has a very much higher
heating value than is found where
large chunks direct from the mine are
used.
A little patients and experimenting
will enable the user to secure eX-
cellent results in burning this North
Dakota product, which is coming into
more general use for both domestic
and commercial use. One large plant
at Grand Forks, which uses a battery
of five great boilers, has tried out
this coal and when a permanent and
intends to use this coal entirely in
place of Eastern coal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
SOUTHERN DELEGATES
Representation at Nationa! Republic.
an Convention Reduced.

New York, Oct. 27.-At the next Re-
publican national convention in 1916
the number Of delegates from South
ern states will be reduced by eighty
nine as a result of the ratification of
a new plan of representation by a
majority Of the states, according to
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the
Republican national committee.
The plan to reduce representation
was proposed last December at the
annual meeting of the committee in
Washington. Since that time most of
the states have ratified it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
WEDDING CELEBRANT HURT
Mandan Woman Struck Over Head by
Man, 1t Is Alleged.

Mrs. Roy Heinert lies i'll a Mandan
hospital, her skull probably fractured,
the result of a wedding celebration
at that place. Police are searching
for John Sagmiller, her alleged assail-
ant. Mrs. Heinert and another woman
are said to have found Sagmiller tear
ing down a fence at the place of the
celebration and when they flashed an
electric light on him he is alleged to
have struck Mrs. Heinert over the
head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
INSANE MURDERER ESCAPES
Second Patient Who Had Boosted of
Killing Man Also at Large.


Thomas Allen, a Mckenzie county
murderer, who escaped the state peni.
tertiary or hanging by his plea of in
sanity and was committed to the asy-
lum for the insane at jamestown, has
escaped.
Fred Mitchell, who talked at times
of having killed his man." also es-
capped and there is no trace of either.
The men displayed great cleverness
in engineering their escape, picking
the lock of the ward in which they
were prisoners. They had first pre-
pared ropes Of bed clothing and once
in the main corridors they succeeded
in getting out q window and lowering
themselves to the ground. Their es-
cape was not discovered for severai
hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
IDAHO OFFICIAL SENTENCED
State Treasurer to Serve From Five
to Ten Years.

Boise, Ida, Oct. 80. V. Allen,
former state treasurer, pleaded guilty
to enlightenment, a charge preferred
by Governor John NJ. Haines, at a
special session of district court, and
was sentenced to from five to ten
years in the penitentiary. He began
his term at one
Coincident with these proceedings,
Fred NJ. Coleman, deputy state treas
urer under Allen for a time, arrived
from Seattle and was arraigned on a
charge of ~embezzling $4,000. He was
held for trial under a bond of $4,000.
Aliens shortage will approximate
$50, 600.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
VOTERS ARE NOT AROUSED
Political Campaign Quiet, Despite
Stamping of Candidates.

North Dakota's political campaign
is minus many of the features of cam
paigns of other years, and, though
only a short time remains before the
general election. there apparently is
an absolute lack of interest in the
event.
The candidates are on the stump,
but they have failed to arouse much
interest in the issues, and the pros,
poets are that the balloting at the
November election will be, the light
est In the past few years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
GENERAL DOUGLAS is DEAD
Chief of British imperial General STAFF
Passes AWAY,

London, Oct. 26.-General Sir
Charles H%ittingham Horsley Douglas,
chief of the imperial general staff and
first military member of the army
council, is dead.
General Sir Charles Douglas was
appointed chief of staff of the British
army April l last, after the resigna-
ton of Sir John French, the present
commander of the expeditionary forces
on the continent.
Sir Charles was born in 1850 and
had served in all Great Britain's wars
since the Afghan campaign Of 1879.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Oct. 27.-Cattle-Beeves,
$6.00@1O.75; steers, $5.70@S.60; stock
ers and feeders, $4.S5@7.75; cow and
heifers, $3.15@S.50; calves, $1,000
HOO. Hogs-Light, $7.05@7.60; mix
ed. $7.1OG7.65; heavy, $7.05@7.6O;
rough. $7.O5@7.30; pigs. $4.25@7.OO,
Sheep-Native. $4.S0@5.90; yesrl.nga.
$5.55@A40.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
VAN HOOK is TERMINAL NOW
Steel Laying on 500 Line Extension
Finished for Year.

Steel laying on the extension of the
500 line from Ryder to the Missouri
river has been completed and only
the ballasting operations remain to be
finished before the line will be in con.
dition for train service.
Van Hook is the terminal of opera.
lions for this year, the steel work be.
Ing continued no further than that
point, although grading has been com
pleted to a point about ten miles be,
yond.
Inability to obtain steel on time, it
is understood, caused officials to aban.
don the completion of the line to the
poi!it where grading had been done.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Four Die When Auto Skids.

Hampstead, N. Y, Oct. 25.-Four
men were killed and a fifth severely
injured here when an automobile
skidded at a newly oiled turn on Full.
ton street, struck the curb, ran along
the sidewalk for a distance, ~overturn-
ed and was wrecked. All five of the
men in the car were thrown ont and
four were crushed beneath it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
RESULTS ON THE GRlDIRON

st. Thomas Z, North Dakota "U" 6.
Minnesota 7, Iowa O..
Chicago 81, Purdue 0.
Wisconsin 7, Ohio State 6.
Illinois 33, Northwestern 0.
Harvard IS, Pennsylvania State 10.
Princeton 1G, Dartmouth IL.
Syracuse 20, Michigan 6.
Pennsylvania 7, Carlisle 6.
Cornell 2S, Brown 7.
Notre Dame 33. South Dakota 0.
Carleton 6S, Grinnell 0.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
GREECE TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
Hopes TO Avoid Participation in Euro
pean War.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Participation
Of Greece In the European war de.
ponds on the peace Of the Balkan
states, according to the Greek minis.
ter.
Greece is not mobilized,' said the
minister, and is maintaining only a
frontier guard composed of the regu-
lar standing army. Unless the status
quo in the Balkans is changed by the
entrance of another state into the wal
we will remain at peace"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Oct. 27.-Wheat-Oct.,
$1.11A; May, S1.17A. Cash close on
track: No. 1 hard, $1.14k; No. 1
Northern, $1.11K @1.13h; No. 2
Northern, ~$1.OSk@1.11h; No. 3
Northern, $1.O3k @1.O9; Nc. 8 yellow
corn, 67@71c; No. 8 white oats, ASK
@46c; flax, $1.20k.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
ELEVEN PERISH in FLOOD
Five-Inch Rainfall Cause of Disaster
in Texas.

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 25.-Search-
ing parties spent the night looking
for the corpses of eleven women
known to have been drowned and the
several other missing through the
overflow of the Little San Antonio
river.
Mrs. Albert Lieb and an infant born
to her just before the stream over
whelmed the home, following a five
inch rainfall, were among those
drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
REPORT MURDERCONFESSION
Alleged Lansford Bandits Said to Ac-
cuse Each Other.

Joe Mylo and John Miller confessed
the murder of j.. N. Karst of Brecken-
ridge, Mimi, and II. Seisl of Calgary,
Alta, who were beaten to death with
stones near Lansford and robbed, the
authorities say.
Mylo, it is said, admits he killed
Karst, but blames Miller for the kill
ing of Seisl. Miller declares Mvlo
murdered both men, according to the
reported confession.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Russians to Hold Lemberc.

London, Oct. 27.-According to a
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Rotterdam the Vossiche Zeitung of
Berlin says that the Russians, who
had withdrawn most Of their troops
from Lemberg, have now sem 80, 600
men there who are s%trenuously forti-
flying the town. The Russians, the
paper says, are clearly determined to
keep Lemberg at all costs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-Wheat-Dec., ST.
1873; May. $1.20A. Corn-Dec.. Csc;
May, 71Ac. Oats-Dec., 50Bc; May,
5314c. Pork-Jan, 1887; May, $19.-
27. Buttes-Creameries, 30hc. Eggs
-1S@24c. Poultry-Springs, 100
101ac; fowls, 1917 @11c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
NORTH DAKOTA CELEBRATES
Admission to Union Twenty-Five
Years Ago Is Observed.

North Dakota celebrated at Bis.
marck the twenty-fifth anniversary as
a state, with members of the consti-
tutional convention and of the first
legislative assembly as guests of hon
or. Only a few of the members were
able to attend.
There was a parade through the
streets and a review before the state
exposition hall. State officials and
many former state officials were in
the marching line. The officials pro
ceeded in automobiles to the capitol,
where the exercises Of the day were
held.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Oct. 27.-Cattle-
Steers, s5.OOMS.75; COWS and heifers,
$4.60m7.25; calves, S4.00@9.50; stock
ers and feeders, $4.75M6.75. Hogs
S6.S5W7.1G. Sheep-Lambs, $4,000
100; weth srs, s4.O0@5.25; ewes, $3.50
"a. so.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, Oct. 27.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. l hard, S1.16A; No.
l Northern, $1.15A; No. 2 Northern,
S1.12A. Flax-On track and to ar.
rive, $1.313.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
SUFFRAGE FIGHT CENTERED
Southwestern Part of State Scene of
Strenuous Campaign.

Because Southwestern North Dako-
ia promises to be the stumbling block
in the path of success for waman's
suffrage at the fall election suffrage
leaders Of the state have begun a
strenuous campaign in that district.
Advertising space has been taken In
many newspapers, lecturers have been
engaged and tours arranged.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Ahead With Fall PIowinq.

Farmers of this state have succeed
ed In getting an unusual amount of
blowing done this fall. Farming ex-
perts who have gone over the state
announce that the percentage Of the
lands plowed this fall exceeds all for.
mer records.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER
Half Sister Struck Man With Ham.
mer, 1t Is CHARGED.

Charged with the murder of her
half brother, Napoleon B. Smith of
North Lennon, Miss Sarah German
was arrested at Hettinger.
Smith, section foreman for the st.
Paul road, was found murdered in his
home, the victim of a blow on the
head with a hammer.
Miss German, it is said, was the
only other person in the house at the
time Smith was killed. 1t was she
who notified the North Lennon Off
Gals of the affair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
British Fleet Quits
Belgian Coast.
May MOUNT Big GUNS
Germans Probably viii Use
Heavy Artillery on Narships.

London, Oct. 27.-The British fleet,
which bOmbarded the German flank as
they advanced along the coast, seems
to have withdrawn. The Germans say
this was because their artillery was
beginning to reach the ships. The be,
lief is expressed here, however, that
the fleet will be able to make unten-
able German occupation Of any part
of the Belgian or French coasts.
The opinion also is expressed here
that the operations of the allied yes
sells in the North sea off the Belgian
coast and in the vicinity of the Straits
OF Dover may cause the German fleet
to ONE out and give battle.
In naval circles acre it is consid-
cred that the German submarines, al
though they have proved deadly to
ships steaming SLOWLY, will o be SO
effective against ships steaming and
m~aneuVering at high speed and in
shallow waters, as the British moni-
tors and their auXiiiaries have been
doing.
British Sailors Confident.
There is some talk of the Germans
bringing their big 42-centimeter guns
to the coast to use against the allies
warships, but the British sailors are
credited with saying that their YES,
sells can prevent these guns being
put in position. They say that even
it they should be mounted they will
not be so deadly against a fast NOV,
i"g target as they were against the
S ~ationary forts which they destroyed
So easily.
The battle for the Straits of Dover,
Of the most sanguinary of the
war, is continuing with undated fury.
The Germans, who at terrible cost in
life, succeeded Saturday in crossing
the User canal between Nieuport and
DiNmude, have not been able to make
any further progress. The allies, &C
cording to a report of the general
headquarters, o~bstinately are defend.
ing their positions.
1t is the same further south, around
Armentieres, Lille, La BaSsee and Ar
ras. The opposing armies are deliv-
ering fierce attacks, gaining or los
ing a few miles or less of ground with
sacrifices in life that are appalling.
Towns and Villages in Ruins.
In the towns and villages with
which the country is dotted, and most
of which have been laid in ruins by
the artillery, most desperate fighting
has occurred where the cavalry and
infantry came into contact. Both sides
speak Of the heavy losses they have
imposed on their a~dversaries, but say
nothing Of their own dead or wound
ed, to I'LL the places of whom rein
forcementa are being brought for
ward.
The German official report again
speaks Of the German offensive on
Augustowo, Russian Poland, which
it declares is progressing. 1t reiter-
ates that the battle near Iyangorod,
although favorable to the Germans,
remains undecided.
North OF this section the Russians
claim still to be pursuing the Ger
mans who attempted an advance on
Warsaw and southwark to have cross
ed the Vistula and driven the Aus.
trians backwards.
In Galicia and in the Carpathians
the Russians also say they have bro
ken down the Austrian offensive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
CAUGHT AND KILLED BY BELT
Former North Dakota Farmer Meets
Death in Idaho.

Word has been received of the vio-
lent death near Dietrich, Ida, of Rev.
}. w. Kingston, formerly pastor of the
Congregational church at Courtenay,
this state. He was helping with the
threshing on his farm and slipped and
was caught in the rapidly revolving
belt. His back was broken twice, his
arm torn off at the elbow and his leg
broken in three places.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
SERVIANS ARE FORCED BACK
Austrian Forces Are Victorious Near
Serajevo.

C%ettinje, Oct. 27.-It is officially ad-
mitted the attempt of the combined
Servian-Montencgrin army to take
Serajevo, capital Of Bosnia, has fail
ed. In a statement the war office
says:
The combined Servian-Montenegrin
army, finding itself outnumbered, has
retired from it's advanced positions
in the vicinity of S%erajevo. The Aus
trians have been unable to dislodge
us from our secondary lines or to
pursue the advantages thus gained"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
Severe Shock at Turin.

Rome, Oct. PA very severe earth
quake was felt at Turin. No casual
ties have been reported.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
HALF MILLION MORE
FRENCH TROOPS.

London. Oct. 24.-New forces
are ready to join General Jof-
fre's armies, says a Bordeaux
dispatch to the Times. 1t con-
tinues: This years recruits,
after two months training, are
now fit to bear arms. They are
excellent material, and will be
Joined at the front by a sec
ton Of the reserves not yet
called to the colors, represent
ing probably nearly half a mil
lion entirely fresh troops"