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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
BISMARCK MAN
+. WAS WOUNDED
Havclock Writes Letter From Bel
GUM, Where He Is Fighting
Germans.
SAYS CITY OF YPRES IS
A MASS OF RUINS NOW
That the War Will Be q
Long lDrawnr0ut Az
fair.

IF. c. Hayelock, the Bismarck man
who Is fghting. with The Allied troops
in Europe, has just recently written a
.ettcr 10 his relatives In this city
which is OF great interest. Mr.. Have.
lock was reported dead not long ago
bu: this report is disproyen by the
letter.
Yhs letter. which was written in
Belgium, reads, in part, as follows:
Belgium, April 30.
*%" am still safe, but it is a mir
ace that | am for the last week there
has been the hardest fighting of the
war around here. For a whole week
we were under the heaviest artillery
fire OF the Germans that has been
known.
They sheiled US out of every place
that we moved into and we lost quite
a bunch of me and horses. The city
Of Ypres thatI sent you some pictures
Of is nothing but a of ruins nov
and they r Still sbombarding it.
Night before last while on our way
to reinforce the troops on our left
who had to retire under the heavy
artillery, the two men and horses in
from: OF me were killed stone dead. as
we'll as one right behind me while
my pal at my left was severely wound
ed. I escaped %miraculous;y with a
flesh wound in the lower part of the
hand and wrist. But we managed to
break through and above the Ger.
mans' hack about a mile further than
they were q week ago. hl ri
Il was a horrible but thrilling sight
to see the masses of dead and wound.
ed. We had quite q lot but the Ger
man losses were ten times ours. They
fight In a massedGform oil crowded to-
gether and we deploy& out openly. Our
machine guns moved them down like
a bunch OF wheat ina binder. They
arc left as they fall and those in the
rear OF them walk right Over them.
They arc gradually being driven, back,
back, back. Ours orders were not to
take any prisoners but to shoot all on
sight. = .->'t# thf
l tell you this war is something that
will never be frgotten! I know that
It is something that I viii remember
as long as / live. ! wish that the
thing was over with SO that I could
get on my way back nome, but I think
that it will be !! q long drawn out affair
yet. # rf
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21

marck at heart is invited to attend
this supper and hear the address of
George B. Irving. 1t is one Of which
the president of the Bozemen (Mont.)
club spoke as follows: "Cou.d have
we'll afforded to pay Irving $3.50. i'm
mediately after it and had value re-
ceived.' His ileas are big, timely
and moreover are practical. His at
tention at different times has been
given to most successful clubs in this
as we'll as other states and in every
case his work has been highly endors-
ed. Mr.. Irving is enroute to points in
Montana and the arrangement was
made for him to stop between trains
at Bismarck. --<-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
D!.'larneN Gets
Three Years

Milwaukee, Wis, May 2O.--7Rev.
James Morrison Darnell was today
t%5erterced to three years in the fed.
eral prison, as penalty for his trans
porting Ruth Soper from Minnesota
to Wisconsin for immoral purposes.
and thus Waiting the Mann white slav-
cry act. ~E rs"
Tribune want ads pay dividends.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
DINNER
SERVED TONIGHT.

A booster dinner will be served at
the Commercial club hall tonight at
6 O'Clock. All men are invited to at
tend. The feature of the evening will
be the address Of George B. Irving,
who is known as ''the Billy Sunday Of
the commercial world"
Every business and professional
man who has the interests of Bis.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
& JESS WILLARD.

at the Orpheum tonight in the great
championship battle at Havana in 20
authentic copyrighted views taken at
the ringside, the closest view you will
ever get of the great contest.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21

"The Black Box" E. Phillips Open.
helms thrilling mystery story, at the
Bismarck Theater tonight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21

+ The Union Mercantile Co. can SAVE
you money. Pay cash.-Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21

resold in this manner and also tho
buying and selling prices. Each in
stance there was a variation in the
buying and selling price.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
EAST GRAND FORKS
SALOONS DOOMED
County Option Campaign in State
Swings From Clay to Polk
a .s County. -, g /
ALL TAKING A
AFTER RECENT RESULTS
Thirty-Two Saloons, IL Distribut'
ing pspots and brewery Like
to Be Wiped Out.
COMING ELECTIONS UNDER
NEW COUNTY OPTION LAW

May 2-Polk,5 Lincoln, Carlton.
May 31-oouoIas, Rock, No.
sbles, Jackson. 's
Auns 7--otter Tail, Pipestone,
'kandIyohi.' oimsted. Todd, Dodge,
4 .Renyille, Redwood, Blue Earth,
Murray, Traverse.
Juns ,1+pope. Wright, Meeker,
Pennington, Wadona, Big Stone,
Marshall.
June s21-Martin, Stevens, Hous.
F ton,' Chippewa.
June Remover.
East Grand Forks, Mimi, May 90
The East Grand Forks liquor industry
Is possibly doomed to be wiped out at
tho polls next Monday, when the Polk
county option election is held. On that
day, county option forces say, they
will close up 30 saloons operating in
this city. together with IL wholesale
distributing depots and a brewery.
The East Grand Forks liquor indus.
try 10 probably Just as great as that
which was destroyed at Moorhead on
Monday. of this. week, when Clay coun-
y went dry. Much the same condi-
lions that prevailed In Moorhead pre-.
Vail here. East Grand Forks and
Crookston are the only wet" strong.
holds In Polk county. The remainder
Of the voting precincts are admittedly
strongly for option. ''' '
Owes Start TO N. D. Prohibition.
There are those who assert that it
was liquor. and North Dakota's thirst,
that brought East Grand Forks into
being in l8S9-~thet being tho year
North Dakota became q state, and
when, By virtue Of the constitution it
adopted. 1t put a ban on the saloon.
Grand Forks in North Dakota had
many saloons when the prohibltory
law went, into effect. and the most of
them moved across the Red river into
and In that manner was
the city Of East Grand Forks created.
Previous thereto 1t had been a nero
founded several years earlier
under the name of Nash.
Present annual shipments Of liquor
but Of this city into dry North Dakota
lotal 100000. The, shipments made
how probably are from q fourth to a
half Of what they we're q few years
10. the stringent enforcement of the
law in North Dakota hav-
ng cut them down materially There
we're many years when the shipments
lggregated more than $1,000. 900 in
Ealue. .... il.
East Grand Forks has 80 saloons,
an annual license fee of. 81 900.
4 course, the "wets" are not losing
light of these figures as a basis for
'rgument. Furthermore, saloon prop.
'rty. including the brewing ycompan.
%. pays $4,000, taxes to the city. The
ret that 210 men are employed in the
|quor business is also being used with
rhatever effect 1t may be worth. moth
asI being overlooked by the vets" to
dYance their cause. . ...i. !
arms Generally "Dry."
Conditions confronting the "wets"
a--theirs fight. to retain the saloons are
.1teresting. One farm after another
!, waving a, white. flag in the breezes-
This farm is. dry: no wet need come
~ I
many instances wet" workers
ave virtually been driven off the
And It is a curious fact that
srnners who are known as drinking
len" are the most earnest and sin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
Village Gets First
Taste of War

There We sat In the automobile
waiting Just as we might walt at a
curbstone in New York or San
Francisco.
All about were stores and
churches and people. We were in
civilization. hut block behind
us was a church with its splre
freshly nicked by a shell. and ahead
In the street. perhaps two blocks
away. were khAkied soldiers OF
Gen. French's army gathered around
she'll hole in the pavement
This village was getting It's frs,
touch OF German ahclls. its first
knowledge OF the experience which
had hesallen so many hundreds OF
Belgian and French villages since
the war began.
The villagers took II all Just as
any American resident would have
taken II II some forenoon 20 shells
had been dropped In or near It's
town.
II seemed 10 me that the villag.
ers had not realized tha, the war
was on. until they saw tho shell
holes In their familiar streets and
saw tho new scars which. within
an instant's time. had been put on
the gray spirs which had loomed
above the village. unchanged in
color or shape. for so many human
llfetimes.
Belgian mon. women and children
went about with their pathetic little
bundles. neighbour talked
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12

II you have been a reader of The
Star for any length OF time you
must have noticed DIR. Lathrop's
advertisements. Perhaps you have
been led to think that DR.. Lathrop
Is a quack doctor because he adyer-
tises. This article is written to cor
rect that idea. DIR. Lathrop IL
licensed by the State Board OF Medi-
cal Examiners to practice in the
State Of Washington. and he has
been practicing In Seattle for sew
eral years. DIR. Lathrop has the
reputation Of being one OF the most
successful specialists In the Pacific
Northwest. and enjoys one OF the
largest practices OF any physician
In the state. II was at the request
OF friends and patients that DR..
Lathrop started TO advertise: they
thought the people should know Of
his remarkable achievements. The
doctor does not claim that his treat
ment Ia a cure-all. and he will not
take your case II he thinks he can
not benefit you. II medical or
surgical treatment IL what is needed
in your case, he will tell you 80,
and advise you to go 10 your physi-
clan and surgeon for treatment.
This noted specialist does not
charge for consultation and you are
welcome TO visit his office at 2l4-t5
Peoples Bank building. any day
except Sundays, between 8 a. m. and
D. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
Doctor at Front
to Study Gas Results

One OF tsonduu's most eminent
doctors was my guide. he has given
up his practice and has come over
here 10 do his share OF Britain
lob: and his share Is 10 run around
and take care OF sick and injured
folks, whether they are command
ers or priyates.
The other member OF our party
was a man whose death that day
would have Jared the American
stock market. lie Ia not here for
fun, either. Men don't get into
muses. like this for fun.
II was the new war that caused
our trip; the new and horrible war,
possible only when the spring wind
blows in the right direction 70
carry the killing German gas into
the enemy's trenches.
The doctor had been sent TO the
front TO investigate the gas which
the Germans had used only the day
before for the first time.
We were off bright and early ir
the morning.
Everybody In the British army
from Sir John French. commander
in-chief. down. is thru with break
fast By $50.
We whixxed along. then swuns
into road that led US into Bel
GUM. Shortly Afterwards we rolled
into a fair sized Belgian town.
In a street lay dead horse
Fresh blood was all around. The
pavement was torn up: the street
was covered with powdered glass
Belgian men, women and children
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
Discover Town
Is Under Shell Fire

Some OF them carried packages
OF household goods which seemed
TO have been hurrledly wrapped.
We passed thru the streets TO an
army hospital where Canadians who
had felt tho effects OF tho German
gas were gasping In their beds In
short breaths, dying of a form OF
pneumonia.
Please wait in the car while |
am gone" said tho doctor. Il won't
be long"
lie Jumped out and slammed tho
door. Our soldier chauffeur got out
TO stretch his legs
lie talked for a minute with some
soldiers ON the sidewalk. Then he
opened the door OF the car and
said
The Germans are Smelling this
place. We got hers Just in time,
They have put 20 shells into It this
morning"
turned 20 the man who Wall
street would not like to have killed
suddenly. and he smiled.
DO you get tho feeling," he
asked me,
Which feeling do you meanf'
asked. i've got lots OF them. Just
now
lie has been under she'll fire
many times. lie has been In more
places than one where shell Nigh,
have fallen. but did not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
People Wait for
Zone More Shell"

"One more she'll and ! Am going
20 take my family away" said an
old man on the sidewalk.
To take his family away" mean,
to pack only a few things tina,
could be carried In long. weary
walk.
II meant 10 leave home and home
things behind. maybe forever.
saw gray. wrinkled old women.
who had made their plans for
spending their last days at the
home fireside. out on the streets,
wearing their old.fashioned bonnets
down over their ears. carrying their
most precious possessions. ready to
fly for the little OF life that was
left them.
And so the town was waiting for
zone more shell" after IL had al.
ready had 90.
Was 1t because tho Belgians are
hard to scareY
Or was IL because come heart.
strings are so hard TO break
You two run over TO restaur.
ant and get something to eat"
The doctor was back. His words
took my attention away from the
pathetic scenes.
There are two men over In the
hospital who were badly hurt by
one OF those shells. One had his
jaw blown off and the other had
the top OF his head knocked off
I've got to ease them up bit"
As he ran across the street "a
the hospital door saw him takins
off his overcoat; a few seconds
more and his house coat would BE-
off; then he would be In white
apron: and soon the apron would
be red and the great physician from
London would be doing tho work OF
mercy that no ordinary man would
even like TO look at.
The roar OF hundreds OF guns
came to us from the battle line az
We entered little country hotel
to eat
No shell had fallen on the town
for an hour now. The tension was
relieved. There we're not so many
Belgians with packages. Some oi
them we're sitting on chairs nj
their doorways. hoping that the
zone more shell" that would be the
final Juggling at homo ties would
not come.
! " you are afraid Of lightning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
Bill Shepherd Begins New Series of Stories From the Front
CONVENTION
Of ANTI-T.B.'S
NEXT WEEK

Determined 20 beard the bold
tuberculosis germ. wiso men
and women from every corner
OF tho United States are coming
here for the three days nation
al convention OF the Society for
the Study and Prevention OF Tu-
bereulosls, which opens Mon
day,
Arrangements are fast being
completed for the distinguished
visitors entertainment whllo
here. tho most OF the time will
be taken up with discussion OF
child welfare In lts relation 70
tuberculosis.
Monday will be general reception
day at Plymouth Congregational
church Mrs j. s. Mcbride will be
In charge OF the refreshments com
mittee. and has asked prominent
women TO assist her at each OF the
tables. Tho church will be beauti
fully decorated ia crimson roses IN
the morning.
Later In the day tho decorations
will be changed 20 pink roses.
Or, John Manning Will report up
on "A Dispenaary for Children n
Seattle" before tho clinic sector
Tuesday morning. Or Fred Slytielt
Will speak In the afternoon on "Es
sentlal Points in the Early Determi
nation OF Tubercle"
Or George NJ kober. president o
the national society. will speal
Monday evening on the topic. "Th'
Child and the Home" The Chilli
and the school, will be tho suhJec
OF Or. sherman G. Kingsley OF Chi
cago. and DR. Edward o. Otis o
Boston will talk on The Child ans
the Community"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
WRITE ESSAY; GET
MONEY FOR FOURTH

The Fourth OF July is slowly
coming nearer and Seattle boys and
girls are racking their brains for a
way TO make some money for fire
works. A dollar. no doubt. will 20
long way toward buying firecracls.
ers. sky rockets. Roman candles and
the rest of the attending joys OF
that day.
Uncle Jack is Just the man TO
help the boys and girls out with
little pin money. A dollar will
be given TO the winner of the next
contest, which will be an essay on
why Am Glad Vacation Is Here.
Have It not more than 200 words
long. Write II in ink or pencil.
preferably ink. and sign your name
and address neatly on the back
Send II in TO Uncle Jack and be
sure II reaches him before Friday
afternoon at o'clock. The age
limit is 16.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
SCOUTS WILL RACE

The annual Flag Day relay race
OF the Boy Scouts will be held
Monday between Seattle and Ever
EFT Forty-four Scouts will handle
message from Mayor gin OF this
city TO Mayor W. II. Clay of Ever.
EFT Thirty-two runners will take
the message to Everett and twelve
speedy Scouts on their bicycles will
return from that city with the
answer TO ellis message. The race
is scheduled to begin at o'clock
at Fourth and Yesler way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
BY THOMAS STILES
First Prize

Being ahead OF my eisss, !
was promoted 10 the fifth grade
before I had finished the fourth.
Tho feel certain that ~
pass the sixth grade at tho
close OF school. stiIi. merely
passing doesn't satisfy me. !
want to KNOW the subjects.
A little study at such an es-
eetlent school as tho Y. NJ. c. A.
would strengthen me so ! would
be better able to grasp the
sixth grade studies when school
opens again.
Every boy should study some
during vacation, and tho Y. NJ.
c. A. affords tho best insplra-
tlon for this.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12


HEADQUARTERS OF THE
BRITISH ARMY. NORTHERN
FRANCE. May i2.-(By Mail TO
New York. This is the story Of
day at the front In the new war.
The old war days OF winter and
trench life have passed.
In these new war days. which
began with the present gigantic
battle along the British line. the
men dash out OF the trenches, the
German great guns move along the
roads In their territory to new
spots and throw shells into places
that were safe In the winter time.
Sir John French. the British field
marshal. has moved his army out
doors. or at least his soldiers have
moved themselves.
The hours In the huts. hugging
stoves. have ended.
II is the fields and the sunshine
now that the British soldiers seek
whether they are playing football
or fighting
In these first days OF early sum
mer weather, the new war has be
gun.
Autumn. winter and spring have
seen the great conflict: now II Is
summers turn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
BY HAROLD lUNDBORG
Fourth Prize

A summer course at the Y.
M. c. A. would be beneficial to
me. am now In the eighth
grade and am confident Of pass
Ing Into high school. stu,
would like to improve my op-
portunltIes because might
have missed some OF my work
In the eighth grade, and because
II will be worth dollars and
cents TO mo In after life. A
little extra study will never
hurt anyone, because no mat
ter how proficient you may be,
II Will be beneficial TO you In
some manner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
2 ROSE SHOWS
NOW UNDER WAY

Rose shows nrc being held satur
day In Woodland park and at the
Lakeyiew clubhouse. on the Renton
interurban line. Tho Woodland
park show ia under the auspices OF
tho Green Lake Rose society and
the Green Lake Business Mems
club. The other is the annual Raj.
nier valley show. Mayor Gin will
distribute prizes At tho latter Sat.
urdny night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
CAR OVERTURNS;
FOUR MEN JUMP

Four persons miraculoualy eseap
ed death or serious injury early Sat
urday morning when the steering
gear on their automobile snapped al
i4th ave. w. and 18th st. causing
tho machine To oyerturn.
The occupants OF the car were
Harry Benson. 2ssi W. roth St; r
H. Miller. II. Hughes aud man
whose name ~ unknown.
Benson was driving the machine
In hts report TO tho Ballard police
he stated the machine was travelling
slowly when tn. wheel broke. The
four men saved themselves by Jump
Ing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
HONOR MENTION

II is usually Uncle Jacks policy
to print all the names of the boys
and girls who have handed in the
best answers to contests. but this
week II would be impossible be.
cause OF the great number OF
names. The following are the
names of the boys whose essays
were next best" to those who
won: Alvin Ekholm. 1923 w. 63rd
St: Herman Sandell. Enumolaw.
Robert Berg, sos 9th ave-: Clyde
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12

In a storm, multiply your fear
by hundred. Imagine a storm
In which you can hear the
lightning coming. A storm
which will drive you away
from home perhaps forever. "
II does not XIII you. A storm
which may last not for a sum-
mer afternoon, but for many
days and even months. And
then you will begin 10 under
stand how those Belglans felt
with the roar OF the German
cyclone In the air.
DO mon ever get used TO
she'll flre7" asked tho man
who knows Wallis t.
~ never saw any who did"
he said. simply. "Any man
who says he doesn't mind II 10
liar"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Because OF lack OF space the
story of one OF the Circleites. who
tells how she likes the Circle, could
not be printed this week. Uncle
Jack will not fail TO print II next
Saturday. IL was written by
Clara Barstoe, 1924 10th ave-. age
IA. Watch for II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
new SOUTH ALKI
DOCK IS OPENED

The city's new dock at South Alki
is open. and was put into use Satur-
day.
Bonfires and fireworks added to
the pleasure of 1000 persons who
attended the formal opening Friday
night. The Alki Women's Improve
ment club and the Alki Community
club had charge OF the entertain
ment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12

Glassman. 1914 +. Fir st: Leo
Kinmsne. 474l Seventh ave. y. f.;
Raymond Chiles. $50 +. Pike:
Claud s. Boulton, Charleston.
Wash: Laurence Bracket. 2s4T
42nd ave. s. w: Ralph Fife, isTis-A
nth ave; Harold Hazel. 1880 18th
ave. w; Joe Mayberry. Arlington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12

mo and would afford me amuse-
ment.
can already swim. but In
the tank at tho Y. NJ. c. A. I
can learn 20 be an expert SWIM
NOR and fortify myself against
emergencies.
In all, think Vacation
School" would benefit mo more
than ! can express.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
DAYS IN OPEN BOAT

JUNEAU, June 1.-THE steam.
ship Bohemia. which arrived here
Friday. picked up man In an open
dory Off the southwest coast Of
Alaska who had gone 10 days with
out food or drink. How he man.
aged to keep alive, the man was un.
able to explain lie was taken to
the Unalaska marine hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
GIRLS hit the GRIT

A meeting OF the Campfire Girls
was held last Thursday to discuss
plans for a hike TO Lake Burien.
There will be about Is girls In the
party. Mrs Fred England will prob
ably be the leader.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
BY SAMUEL MAIAkOFF
Second Prize

During my grammar school
days once brought home tho
Joyful news that | had skipped
. grade and was now head OF
John Smith, All praised me,
but my mother simply said,
"You are now one-half year
nearer 10 the goal Of your
ambitlon--suceess and happl-
ness In IIfe."
am now In high school, yet
that phrase, "one-haIf year
nearer to happiness" stlll
sticks TO me. Just think. Uncle
Jack, what vacation study
means to any boy, especially to
a boy OF none too wealthy par
ents, who wishes to succeed.