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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-07

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Henke and johnson.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
WINNIPEG HAS WAR Meeting
Urge 100000 Men for Field Service
and Suggest Mounted Police Be
Increased.

Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 29.-Mayor
Deacon called citizens Of Winnipeg to
a war meeting" Nearly 10000 re-
sponded and unanimously expressed
determination to do their full duty in
the defense Of the empire and the
carrying on of the war.
Mayor Deacon presided and after
many speakers had told of the cause
OF the war, and Of the empires part
in 1t, two resolutions were passed, one
requesting the government to under.
take the organization Of an additional
force of active militia of 100000 men.
In order to be enabled to send success.
sfve divisions to support or augment
the army in the field, this to be in ad-
dition to the regular militia. The
other resolution requested the govern.
ment to increase the Northwestern
Mounted police to at least 5000 men
for service between the Great Lakes
and the Pacific.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
FIRST AS ALFALFA COUNTY.
$500 Prize Money Awarded Eddy
Growers For Excellence Of GUAM
tity and Quality Of Crop.

Fargo.-Three hundred dollars has
been awarded under the auspices of
the state experiment station to farm
ers in Eddy county who grew the best
fields of alfalfa. The first prize of $50
was won by H. M. Clark. E. B.
Thompson and Lewis Mortinson won
the second and third prizes of $35 and
$25. The money was given by Hugh
People of New Rockford.
AS a result Of the contest, which ex-
tended over two years, Eddy county
leads the state in the quantity and
quality of alfalfa grown. Practically
every farmer in the county grows al
falfa.
Twenty-six prizes were awarded. J.
R. Craig was fourth, winning $40, and
Thomas Adams fifth, receiving prize
of SIS. Ten prizes Of $40 each were
awarded as follows: A. A. Klumph, ].
M. Carlsc,, John Duttee, Ole Matte.
son. John M. Lang, A. ]. Paulson, o. E.
Couch, ]. E. Smith, P. A. Berg and
James Hobbs. Ten IS prizes were
awarded as follows: Paul Noach, A,
N. Tomlinson, D. W. Swanson, Wilson
DeFoe, w. L. Click, Jacob valer, Dan
O'Connor, John Seckingers, William
Hartel, Christ Carlson and w. L.
Milne.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
BLUFFS RoRRER; SAVES ROLL.
Man Sits All Night With Gun Pointed
In Face, But Keeps His Money
Safely.

Ardoch.-sitting practically all night
with revolver pointed in his face was
the experience of John Brooks.
Brooks and William De Baum were
driving through the country, trading
horses. They met Joe Brown and
Tom Murray and gave them ride.
The four were together several days,
coming from Minnesota to this state.
At this point Brooks sold 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 man. Brown kept him un-
der the gun until morning, then COM
PEELED Brooks to accompany him to
the landlord.
When the hotel was reached Brooks
told the landlord of the hold-up and
Brown fed. Later he and Murray
were arrested and held to the district
court on a charge of highway robbery,
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
NORWEGIANs SEE SEA FIGHT
Steamer Caught During Recent Naval
Battle But Escapes With No Fa.
taItties-Description Of Fray.

Stockholm, Sept. 1.-The officers
and men aboard the Norwegian steam
er King Guttorm, bound from Krage-
roe to Bremerhaven, witnessed the sea
fight at Helgoland.
There were about Is vessels on each
side. When the fleets drew close the
cannonading sounded like the continu-
GUS roar Of the thunder and the sea
was in great commotion. The most
advanced of the battle lines were only
a quarter of mile apart.
Before. getting away the King Gut
torn was completely surrounded by
the battling fleet and her terror.strick-
en- crew found themselves in the midst
of shower of shells. The crew be.
lieved tha" their last hour was near.
The steamers stern was struck by
a prc],ctile which penetrated her hull
without, however, going through. Sew
eral Of the crew were wounded. The
crew saw many Germans killed.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
CORN CROP WILL FALL SHORT
BIG CROPS WILL KEEP ROADS
BUSY, HOWEVER.
Special Preparations Made to Care for
Movement From West-Liftina
Embargo Will Benefit.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-Reports received
by the big granger railroads centering
in Chicago indicate that the expected
000,000,000 bushel corn crop will not
be realized, but that the crop will be
large enough to furnish traffic for all
the, cars which will be available. Spe-
cial preparations to care for the corn
movement is being made by each OF
the lines. with those reaching the
southwest showing most activity.
The Chicago & Northwestern road
reports that recent rains have bene.
fitted corn, vegetables and pasture
along its lines. General conditions are
good. In Nebraska the corn is report.
ed to have been damaged by high TEN.
peratures.
Reports made by the Chicago, Mil.
wankee & st. Paul railway pay less
attention to corn as that grain fur.
nishes smaller proportion of its traf.
fic than is the case with the other sys.
TENS to the south.
Reports Of all lines indicate a de.
cided slump in the grain traffic. There
has been fair tonnage of other kinds
moving during the past month, but
the drop in grain offered has caused
most Of the roads to show less traffic
moving during August, 1914, than was
the case a year ago. Traffic is expect.
ed to be improved following the lift
ing Of the embargo and at the gulf
ports and all of the granger lines will
accept grain for shipment to the sea.
board, indicating that terminal prob.
lens have been solved and that suf-
ficient ships have cleared to handle
such grain as had been blocking
terminal yards.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
J. c. R. ACCUSES HIS FATHER
Man Of Mystery Files Suit In Dickin.
son, Charging Parent Struck Him
on Head to Secure Estate,

Dickinson, N. D.-Suit has been filed
in the district court by Jay Allen Cald-
well against his father, James H. Cald-
well. for the recovery of 5,4O0 acres
of Stark county land, together with
$1,000 for the use and occupation of
the same for seven years. Jay Cald-
we'll alleges in his complaint that his
father beat him with spade, causing
him to become paralyzed and to lose
his memory and to wander in Mime
sofa where he became an inmate of
asylums and charitable institutions for
years.
He alleges further that his father
planned for years to get him out of the
country and to get possession of his
property, now valued at more than
100000. Jay Caldwell, heretofore
known to medical men and authorities
in Minnesota as 81. c. r." has gained
much since coming to Dickinson, and
is now able to make drawings showing
how he was brutally assaulted and
how he wandered away, going first to
Minneapolis and then to Waseca,
Mimi, where he lost his memory and
was placed in an asylum.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03

ful. Every time a Germans head
showed above trench and every time
the German infantry attempted to
rush a position there came steady,
whitening rifle fire from the khaki-clad
men lying in extended formation along
the wide battle front.
Show Careful Workmanship.
Their firing was not the usual fr-
Ing OF nervous men shooting without
aiming; rather it was the calm and
careful craftsmanship of men one sees
on English rifle ranges firing with all
the artificial aids permitted to the
match expert.
when quick action was necessary
the men showed no nervousness, no
excitement; they showed cool. me-
thodical efficiency for which the Brit.
ish army is noted.
IT the British lost heavily, the Ger
mans must have lost terribly. One of
the German prisoners said: We had
never expected anything like it: It
was staggering
6ritons Joke In Trenches.
"The British troops went to their
positions silently. but happily. There
was no singing because it was forbid
den, but as the men deployed to the
trenches there were various sallies
Of humor in the dialects of the various
English, Irish and Scotch counties.
"The cockney was there with quips
about Uncle Bill,' and every Irishman
who went into the firing line wished
he had money to buy little Irish
horse so that he might take slap at
the uhlans.'
Wounded Get Best Care.
with the close of the first series
Of combats between the British and
Germans the scene Of interest shifted
to the Paris railway station. whero
the injured British soldiers were be-
ing taken. The handling of the wound
ed was all that could be desired;
everything was perfectly organized
and without theatrical display.
"The station at. the time was crowd
ed with Americans who we're on their
way to England from Switzerland.
The Americans Joined with the French
in cheering for the first arrivals Of
British wounded from the scene OF
the fighting. While the crowd waited
train after train rolled by carrying
fresh British troops to the front.
English Cardinals Bless Troops.
II witnessed a notable scene on the
road between Boulogne and Paris
Two English cardinals. Cardinal
Bourne, archbishop Of Westminster.
and Cardinal Gasquet, abbot president
of the English Benedictines. were on
! their way from London to the con-
clave at Rome.
Their train stopped on a siding.
and, by curious chance, regiment
of British troops. which included In
it's ranks a large body of Irish Catho-
lies, was drawn up alongside for a
moment. The cardinals leaned out of
the window and gave the soldiers
their blessing, which the Catholic sol
diers. by spontaneous impulse, kne't
! to receive"
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03

S'T|A1|E|NfWS ! Fl ! |: \
IN 20 a377T = . : N ----:-
Resume Of Important
Happenings of Past
Few Days.
BLAST KILLS ONE; HURTS ONE
Fargo Young Men Welding Gasoline
Tank When Explosion
Occurred.

Sargo.-Henry Phelps was killed in
stantly and john Nelson severely in
jured in an explosion at the Dakota
Welding Company's plant.
The two young men were engaged
In welding gasoline tank. belonging
to the Avery Company, when it ex-
ploded tearing the top of the head of
Phelps of, and cutting Nelson around
the face and head from flying bits of
the tank.
1t Is always a rule that all contain
ers of gasoline shall be thoroughly
washed out before beginning the weld
ing process. Either the men neglect
ed to do this or failed to clean it thor.
oughly, leaving a small quantity Of
gasoline inside, which on the appli-
cation Of heat vaporized and caused
the explosion.
Phelps had been employed in the
plant about three years. His parents
reside in Billings, Mont, where the
father is one of the larger grocers.
His mother is at present on visit In
California. Phelps, it will be recalled,
was the winner of the Decoration day
motorcycle race and was considered
one Of the most daring riders in the
state.
After the accident Nelson walked to
the Office and as soon as the ambu-
lance could be summoned he was TAX
en- to hospital. His injuries, while
seroirs, will not be fatal. He was re-
ported as resting easy last evening.
His head was badly cut, necessitating
several stitches and his face was cut
seriously in several places, including
one across the eye. The doctor has
hopes of saving the eye.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
THREATEN TO DESTROY BUTTE
MINERS MAY wREAK VENGEANCE
UPON BUSINESS MEN.
Arrival Of State Troops Will Be Taken
as Signal for Razing Center of
Montana City, Leaders Declare.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 2.-Miners OPEN
ly threaten to lay the town in ashes if
either state or federal troops attempt
to enter Butte. One of the leaders of
the miners declared that they did not
propose to fight the soldiers, but they
would wreak vengeance upon the busi-
ness men for having been instrumental
In bringing soldiers to Butte.
We have quantities of dynamite
and oil" said one leader, land the
troops will find ashes"
Up to now the majority of the min.
ers have not credited the reports that
the militia was being modified, as the
local newspapers withheld the news on
request Of business men who feared
that its publication would excite the
miners.
A Helena newspaper editor, how
ever. brought an automobile load of
newspapers to Butte for sale and news.
boys soon began crying the news of
the mobilization of the militia.
Calls Immediately went forth from
President 'Muckie'' Macdonald and
the other leaders for meeting of
union miners, which was held in secret
to discuss the coming of the soldiers
Later, committee of miners was sent
hurriedly to the railroad stations tc
determine whether the troops had ar
rived.
The electric light plant and all the
larger stores are guarded by many
armed men, as are the mines. On the
attic floor of the courthouse there are
SO guards armed with rifles.
County Attorney ]. J. 'MacCaffery is
sued warrant for. the arrest of the
Helena editor on charge of melting
a disturbance, but the editor was sale
to have left the city early. The of
ficers could not find him.
All ammunition in the hardware
stores has been removed and firine
pins have been taken from the rifles.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
TWO WERE MURDER VICTIMS.
Discovery of Second Body Clears
Identification Puzzle in Mckenzie
County.

Williston.-That Henry Sexse, a
Mckenzie county homesteader, and
Carl Radintz, of Minneapolis, were
murder victims, is new development
in the mysterious deaths of the two
men. according to police.
Discovery of body in a ravine in
Mckenzie county, near Sexse's farm,
Is the new feature. It has been identi-
fed as that of Sexse.
The body previously taken from the
Missouri river, and identified as that
of Sexse, is that Of Carl Radintz, MISS
ing Minneapolis man.
S. A. Burns is charged with the
murder of Sexse, but there is no clue
to Radintz's murderer. The latter
was shot through the chest and
thrown into the river.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
BIG STOCK RAISING VENTURE.
Wi'liston to Be Headquarters For
$4,000 corporation-Large
Ranch Is Secured.

Williston. New evidence of the
growing Importance of Williams coun-
ty as stock country comes with the
organization of the Williston Horse
and Cattle Company, with U. L. Bur-
dick and L. c. Wingate as the chief
investors.
The capital stock of the company of
$4,000 is fully paid in and an applica-
tion to the secretary of state for a
charter under which to incorporate has
been made. ~ ~
The company has secured 2,4O0
acres of land on the river Is miles
southeast OF Williston and will fence
1t. The new ranch adjoins on the
west Mr.. Burdick's Spanish Point
horse ranch, part of which land goes
into the new company.
The raising of horses and cattle will
be the object of the new venture and
special attention will be given to
building up superior herd of thor.
o4yhbred short horn cattle.
The nutritious grass that grows on
the rough lands along the streams,
not adapted to general farming,
amounts to great asset in itself and
wise business heads recognize the op-
portunity that lies in converting it in.
to beef and horse flesh. The days of
the open range are nearly past. but
the small, fenced in ranches will take
their place and be an important fac.
tor in development and production.
Large silos will be built on the new
ranch and fodder crops raised for win.
ter feed.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Want Library at Capital.

sN"s .s~' ~ 0s S0H'Sos
Bismarck.-Declaring that the pres.
ent quarters are entirely too small,
the North Dakota State Historical So
ciety will ask the next legislature for
the erection of library and museum
building on the capital grounds. The
society now has three library rooms,
one museum room and one Office In
the basement Of the capitol. The
rooms are now overcrowded. Aside
from receiving every newspaper pub.
lished in the state. the society secures
exchange publications from every
state in the union.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Veterans Hold Reunion.

Devils Lake.-Edward Colder, pio-
neer resident Of Penn, this county, is
in Detroit, Mich, with his four broth.
ers, all veterans of the civil war, in a
family reunion being held this week.
TITS about the last call before taps
are sounded for all Of u.s." declared
Colder before leaving. II know the
boys will respond as eagerly as they
used to, to the call of forced Marches"
This is the first family reunion held
in ffty-eight years.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
selalans Threaten ReprisaIs,

Antwerp, Aug. 31.-Reports of the
wanton destruction of Louvain by the
Germans have aroused Belgians to
such an extent that threats of repris.
ais are being freely made. This "act
of barbarism," as it Is described in the
official reports, coming on top of the
scores of instances Of violation of the
laws of nations" has aroused all Bel
GUM. The foreign minister person.
ally visited the neutral representatives
here and asked that they bring the
matter to the attention Of their re.
spective governments.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
TELLS OF SLAUGHTER -
At ALTKIRcH FIGHT

Paris.-Private Jean Martin, who
has been invalided home, told Le
Matin how the French took Altkirch,
in lower Alsace. Here Is his story:
Approaching Altkirch received my
baptism of fire and lost the comrade
who shared my bed. A bullet struck
the poor little chap full in the faee..
He never spoke again.
After whole days maneuverins
we came near Altkirch, which is COM
manded by a ridge. We advanced,
our regiment being the center Of the
line. Our artillery was blazing away.
When we reached the top of the ridge
we saw at our feet slope covered
with cultivated fields. At the foot Of
the decltvity were the station and
town.
What a descent that was In skir-
mishing order among the potatoes
and mangel-wurzels. What music ac-
companied US of bullets whistling
whistling from all sides.
was!
The Germans held excellent posi-
tions. In the outskirts beyond the
town some Of their mitrailleuses
(qulckf1re guns) came into action.
but things were going well for us, all
the same.
We continued to advance under
hail of bullets Then the charge"
sounded and the whole brigade
dashed forward with bayonets fixed.
The enemy abandoned their posi-
tions and retired.
That evening we slept in Altkirch.
my company being in the cemetery.
In the second battle next day the
One Hundred and Ninth and One Hun
dred and Tenth Grenadiers, who, 1t
was said, were commanded by one Of
the imperial princes, tried to drive us
out. For a long time the action was
undecided Suddenly the grenadiers
gave way.
We were in the edge Of the wood.
only 200 yards from the enemy. With
q volley we dropped the complete line
Of them, but new line appeared i'm
mediately.
1t was slaughter. Suddenly the
bugle call sounded their retreat.
A battlefield is a terrible sight. I
am almost ashamed that looked up
on this one with almost savage pride.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03

uhlans, Of whom he has killed a con-
siderable number. practically single
handed. His only assistants in his
reconnoissances are a chauffeur, an
engineer officer, and a sharpshooter.
On August Is the party killed five
uhlans, on August II they killed
seven, and on August 20, near Water
loo, they faced force Of nearly 500
Germans and ESCAPED after killing Is
with a rapid-firer, which was mount
cd on the motor car. On August II
the party met force of 30 uhlau
scouts and killed 20 of them
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Montreal Boy Sentry Killed.

Montreal, Aug. -Sixteen-year-old
Gordon Belts, private in the Fifth
Royal Highlanders, was shot in the eye
and killed by an unseen assailant
while on sentry duty at the canal at
Soulanges. Since the outbreak of the
war guard has been placed over all
canals in the Dominion to prevent
their being injured by dynamite. SOL
diers at Soulanges, guarding the canal,
have been fired on repeatedly during
the last few days.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Divide County Convict Escapes.

Bismarck.-Jesse Starkweather, a
convict doing time in the state peni-
tentiary for grand larceny, made his
escape from the prison brickyard,
where he was at work. The officials
Immediately got on his trail, and the
authorities in the vicinity were noti-
fed to be on the watch for him.
qStarkweather was sentenced from d.
vide county, for the theft of an auto
mobile, which he Borrowed" He is
% years of age. and was serving a
sentence Of one year.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Russian Prince a Hero.

London. Aug. 31.-A dispatch from
st. Petersburg recites a daring act
credited to Prince Eristoff, a colonel
in the Russian horse artillery. When
the Germans were retreating from
Stallupoehnen, town of east Prussia,
the prince ordered his men to unhitch
their horses from tehir own guns,
mount them and gallop after the Ger
mans. Under heavy fire the Rus.
sian cavalrymen, led by the prince,
went forward. captured the German
@'lns and brought them back to their
':n s.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Balloon Races Are POSTPONED.

New York, Sept. loving to the
situation in Europe, which precludes
the possibility of several of the en-.
trants competing in the international
balloon race, which was to have start.
ed from Kansas City, Mo-, on Oct. 6,
the event has been postponed indef-
nitely. Action to this effect was taken
yesterday by the contest committee of
the Aero Club of America. In the
opinion of the committee, the race
would not be of a sufficiently interna-
tfonal character If only Switzerland
and the United States were represent.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
BRITISH COOL IN BATTLE

The correspondent of the Central
News at Paris sends the following:
II have been talking with British
officers from the front, who tell Of the
wonderful coolness and daring Of the
British soldiers In the fighting around
Mons.
"The shooting Of the British infan-
trymen on the firing line was wonder
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Albanian Ruler Flies.

Durazzo, via Rome, Sept. 1.-Prince
William of Wied, the ruler of Albania,
has abandoned his crown and fled.
Accompanied by his aide, Harold
Spencer, an American, and an Ann
apolis graduate, he boarded the Italian
yacht which has been in waiting in
the harbor Of Durazzo for several
days, and sailed at once for an Italian
port. Immediately after the mpret
sailed, the insurgent forces took pos.
session of Durazzo.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
ARMORED MOTOR CAR
KILLS MANY GERMANS

London.-Lieutenant Henkart, who
rs attached to the general staff of the
Belgian army, is likely to prove a
great popular hero in tho present
war. He Is said to have perfected
q mouitor armored motor car
Since the beginning Of the war the
officer has been engaged in recon-
uoitering in one Of his armored cars.
He has had several encounters with
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
"1he Story of Wheat" Film.

Grand Forks.-"The Story of Wheat"
from the drill to the hold of q sea-
going vessel, in the form Of flour, will
be filmed for the edification of the
movie" patrons of the world. A film
company has had men engaged in this
district for several days, obtaining
first-hand pictures. Pictures of the
milling process have already been OBJ
tained.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Name For Proposed New Town.

Name For Proposed New Town.
Dunn Center.-Kildeer is the name
of the new town to be established at
the end of the Northern Pacific exten.
sion through Dunn county. 1t will be
eight miles from here. The track lay
ing crew has been at work several
days out of Golden Valley and the line
will reach here next month.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Germans Burn City.

1STUdUS BUTT VIty.
London, Aug. 29.-The war office Of
ficially confirmed the report that LOU
vain, Belgium, has been completely
destroyed by the Germans as a mill
3tary measure.
The Hope pioneer., 1914-09-03
Sea Fight Cost British %,

London. Sept. 1.-Twenty-nine kill
ed and 38 wounded was the price in
men paid by the British for the naval
action against the Germans in Helgo
land fight Friday.