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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
new SECRETARY
IS ENGAGED FOR
COMMERC|ALCLUB
George L. Price Will Arrive in
City This Week to Take
Charge
WIDE EXPERIENCE
IN PUBLICITY WORK
Bismarck Commercial Club Ex-
poets to Make Things Hum
This Winter

At a recent meeting CT the directors
of the Bismarck Commercial Club
George L. Price, former secretary Of
the Copper County Commercial Club, OF
Michigan, was engaged as secretary
of the local organization. Mr.. Price
has had wide experience in CONNER:
cial club and publicity work of all
kinds and comes to this city very
highly recommended. He will arrive
in the city Friday and will assume his
new duties at once.
The directors of the Commercial
Club have a number of plans on foot,
which have not been made public as
yet, and strenuous program has been
mapped out for the club. A number
of projects will be Drought up within
the next few months, through the club,
and the directors are determined that
Bismarck will be placed on the map
in a most conspicuous manner.
The New Secretary
Mr.. Price has had upwards of ten
years experience in general publicity
and town promotion work He is a
'llON opdR0l VI WlOC CApol
For two years ne was secretary of the
Industrial Accident Board in thu state
of Michigan. Last July he was recon.
mended Iby Governor Ferris, and re.
ceived the appointment to install
the Michigan system in Montana, in
connection with the Industrial Acct
dent Board of that state
For the past two years Mr.. Price
has been secretary of the Copper
Country Commercial club, and has
been instrumental in doubling the
membership of that organization, in
the time. The period was characteriz-
ed by a ten months 8. la1or struggle, in.
volving all the mining companies in
the district, and tae general depres-
sion due to the European war.
New Industries
During the regime of Mr.. Price a
number of new industries were in
troduced, A Merchants Credit E'u-
reau and Collection agency was esta|b-
lished. A cooperative delivery asso-
citation was formed, which greatly re.
duced the cost of delivery for all mer-
chants in the district, and proved a
great success. Hundl eds of columns
of publicity we're obtained in some of
the best periodicals in tae country
and through the efforts of the organi-
zation the Federal Government was
induced to spend half a million dollars
in improving the waterways of the
district, and giving increased protec-
tion to shipping interests.
Get Busy Here
There is no limit to the amount OF
work to be undertaken by the Bis
marck Club, but tle directors have
been waiting the arrival of secretary
before starting their activities. With
the new secretary on the juo, the club
expects to start the ball rolling and
keep it rolling from new on.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
SELF RIDGE SAYS
U,S,|S REGARDED
AS LOCAL POWER
Former Chicagoan Presents Some
Very Decided Opinions on
European War
FURTHER AFFR0NTs
BY GERMANY EXPECTED
Says Billion Dollars is Figurative.
ly a Ten Cent Piece in
Money Market

Chicago, Sept. 27.-"Euppe regards
the United States as local power
Waen the next German affront is Of
fered-as it surely will be-this coun
try should enter the war;
These are the statements Of Harry
Gordon Selfridge, former Chicagoan
and now London merchant, who
spent yesterday in Chicago. He will
leave today for New York and will
sail for London on Saturday.
Mr.. Selfridge presents some very
decided opinions on the war and not
the least of these was a personal de-
sire to see this country taking part.
"Mr. Wilson's attitude in the most
recent clash with Germany was saved
by the merest chance" SAID Mr.. Self
ridge. "Had not Germany taken the
position it did, the President would
have been the laughing stock Of Eu-
rope. But MIR. Wilson cannot rest on
these laurels, for it is my belief that
Germany will soon repeat ler acts
Of offense, and when the next occas.
ion offers this country should not hes
itate to take up arms.
1.-The war, according to the best
judgments, cannot last more than an.
other year. This is based on purely
economic reasoning. There are only
a certain number of men and certain
amount of money and munitions.
These are being expended at tre-
mendous rate. Germany is losing men
at tle rate of 250,0O0 month. An
other year will see the end Mr.
Selfridge is of the belief that the pro-
posed half billion dollar loan will not
affect the Allies one way. or. another.
If the loan Is sinot made, he asserted,
the credit of the Allies will be liglten-
ed for the moment, but on the other
hand, billion dollars is figuratively a
ten cent piece as money is now re-
garded in the prosecution of the war.
He believes, however, that the loan
will be made.
Business in London has been bet
ter this Year than in any year since
I went to London" said Selfridge.
"This, possibly is because the wages
of the soldiers. together with their
government paid per centage on their
normal peace earning, go to their fam
lilies"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
SNOW FALL AT
s,g=s; ..,. DEVILS LAKE

Devils Lake. N. D., Sept. 27.-Snow
fall of from fraction of an inch to
four inches gave tle country north OF
Devils Lake it's first touch of winter
this morning. Brandon, Manitoba re
ports four inches. Points along the
international border report four and
five hours of snowfall. the ground be
ing covered. In this vicinity the snow
is melting before it reaches the
ground. The snowfall sets new rec.
ord for the district according to the
local weather observers.
The snow followed steady drizzl.
ing rain and pushed the resumption
of threshing back a few more days
causing considerable apprehension
The situation west of Devils Lake,
where there il three weeks threslin.,
to be done, is becoming precarious
There is no prospect of break in the
weather.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
PRIVATE HOMES OPENED

Not building on Main street es
capped destruction or serious damage
either as a result Of the force OF the
explosion or of the resultant fire.
All school buildings, business hous
es and residences within 12 blocks OF
the business district, bear evidences
of the explosion. Practically every
window in the city was shattered by
it's force.
Spark Does Work.
Two workmen were repairing the
tank at 2:3O o'clock this afternoon
One of them struck the tank with a
hammer and it is believed a spark
from the blow ignited fumes escap
ing through small leak. There was
terrific explosion, followed by many
smaller ones.
The workmen were blown to pieces
The shock shattered the Ardmore
railway station, used by the Santa Fe,
Frisco and Rock Island railroads, and
the Rock Island train station, and
scores of the buildings quickly took
fire from the flying liquid.
The entire population sensing the
disaster poured, terrified, into the
streets.
Inferno Of Smoke.
"Ardmore was hideous inferno OF
smoke and flames of pungent odors
and blood and groans,' said one wit
ness telling of conditions which fol
lowed the explosion
The flames spread rapidly until all
of Main street was roaring furnace
Thirty freight cars in the Santa Fe
railway yards we're destroyed. The
roof of the Wilmington hotel was
blown off by the force Of the first ex-
plosion, but all guests were believed
to have escaped.
At the store of Maddin & Company
scores of girls were working and it
was feared tonight some Of them lost
their lives.
Communication Cut OF.
The pail of smoke which hangs over
the whole city seriously has hamper
ed the work of re scue, but deeds of
heroism were many.
For five hours after the explosion
Ardmore was cut off completely from
the outside world. Telephone and
telegraph communication vas sev-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
"KATY" SYSTEM GOES
T. INTO RECEIVERSHIP
Four of the Great Middle West
Roads Now in Hands of
Courts

st. Louis, Sept. 27.-The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway system, EN-.
bracing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway,Pa Kansas corporation, and a
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway of
Texas, and popularity known as the
katy went into the hands of re-
ceiver today.
This change affecting system with
an aggregate mileage of more than
$500 was brought about by the indie
pendent orders filed in The United
States district court at 81. Louis and
Dallas, and was result Of friendly
agreement between certain creditors
and the arrangements of the two COM
panies that comprise the katy" sys-
tenn. Charles E. Schaff, president of
both roads, was made sole receiver
of each.
AS the result of court orders today,
four of the great railway systems con-
Meeting the middle west with the
Texas gulf ports are nov in the hands
of the federal court; Rock Island
system, the Missouri, Pacific Iron
Mountain, the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco, and the katy"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
Big. Strike
Threatened

Chicago, Sept Pin a statement
issued tonight officials of The Garment
Workers union, whose members went
on strike here today, declared that IN
less some action toward a peace par.
ley is taken by the employers, a gen
eral strike affecting between 10000
and $4,000 garment workers in prac'
tically every shop in Chicago wuld be
called. The statement reiterated the
willingness of the union leaders to CO.
operate with the employers in an EFF
fort to restore peace, but held to the
terms of the union ultimatum, which
gave the employers until midnight to-
night to submit 20 the union demands
of arbitration.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28

cred by the wrecking of poles in tue
down town district. s
Nearly every family in Ardmore
had some member employed in the
district wrecked by the explosion and
short time after the explosion Oc.
Cured, the burning district was
thronged WITH men and women search
ing among the ruins for loved ones
who were missing.
Deputies hastily sworn in by the
chief of police, took the situation in
hand to prevent persons from enter
ing structures, the condition of which
might endanger the lives of the
searchers.
Hospitals Filled.
ArdmOre was in darkness tonight
many poles on which the electric
wires were strung having been razed
by the explosion.
There was q report in circulation
that 20 negroes lost their lives when
a two-story building occupied by a
pool room was wrecked.
This could not be verified until a
search of the still smoudering ruins
is made.
Tonight every room in Ardmore's
hospitals is nlled. Surgeons from
Wilson and Marietta, Okla, have ar
rived here and are assisting local ply
sicians in caring for the injured, esti-
mated at 200.
Many of those who lost their nves
were buried under the debris, when
the force of the explosion shattered
buildings and threw down outside
walls.
Body MutiIat;on.
A badly mutilated body was identi-
fed tonight as that of Ira Woods, en-
ployed by the Ardmore Refining Co.
It was believed Woods struck the
hammer blow that caused the eXplo-
sion. He is survived by wife and
three children.
Ardmore, Okla, is a city of $500,
in Carter county, 60 miles south of
Oklahoma City. 1t is situated in a
rich farming and grazing district. 1t
also is large cotton market. Asphalt
and coal mines are located near the
ciAy limits. An abundance of oil pre-
walls in the vicinity.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
MANY POISONED
TASTING MEDICINE

Philadelphia, sept. PA score or
more persons are believed to have
partaken Of slow poison, accident
ally mixed with nerve medicine dis
tributed by demonstrator in a de.
partment store here today. The de-
monstrator, who also tested the IL
quor, is in a hospital, but none of the
other victims have been reported at
any hospital or to the police.
An analysis of the mixture will be
necessary before the seriousness o.
the mistake can be determined.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
Mundy Placed
On Trial

Morris, ILL.,, Sept. G7.-Seleotion of a
jury to try C. B. Munday, charged
with conspiracy to wreck the La
Sale Street Trust and Savings bank
of Chicago, will be continued tomor-
row at the second session of the trial
which opened here today. The great
er portion of today's session was TAX
en- up by argument on motion to
strike from the file records of former
actions because Of alleged omissions
in the record. The motion was de-
MED by the court. .....
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
|NCEND|AR|ES
TRY TO BURN
OFFICIAL s HOME

Paughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept. 27.-An
attempt to burn the 100000 home of
Franklin D. Roswell, assistant secre.
tary of the navy, near Hyde park,
early tonight, failed through the
prompt discovery of the blaze by a
watchman. Handfuls of dry excelsior
were found packed beneath the main
floor of the building, evidently placed
there by an incendiary. The damage
was slight.
The house was unoccupied at the
time. .,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
GERMANS SINK .
TWO WARSH|PS
Successful Operations Take Place
Off the Belgium
Coast

Berlin, Sept. 27.-One British war
ship was sunk and two other others
were damaged in the attack by Brit
ish squadron on German batteries
along the Belgian coast, especially at
Zeebrugge, simultaneously with the
launching of the Allied new offensive
movement on land, according to a
German official statement. After these
losses the British ships withdrew.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
ElGhIING In HAITI.

Washington, Sell. 27.-Details of
fighting between natives and Ameri-
can forces near Cape Haitian yester-
day, in which one marine was killed,
ten injured and more than 80 Hal
tians killed, reads the navy depart
ment day messages from Rear Ad-
miral Caperton.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
BOY PLAYS MINER
AND LOSES FINGERS

Phillip Sailer is a coal miner at
Stanton. His son wanted to do like
papa. and Sunday morning when his
parents were in church Phillip, Jr.,
tried playing with dynamite caps. He
was brought to Mandan last night and
physicians yesterday morning per
formed an operation at the Mandan
hospital to cut off shreds of the fin
gers of his left hand which still re-
NAMED.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
GASOLINE TANK EXPL0DES
KILLING THIRTY.0 ONE AND
INJuR|NC TWO HUNDRED

Ardmore 0kla Sept 2At least 81 persons were killed and
about 200 others were injured this afternoon when ESQ bar
rel tank car gasoline standing the sante Fe Freight Office
the business exploded The terrific force of the expo
sion razed many buildings and threw burning gasoline every d
rection later at the Of
At eight o'clock tonight the flames under control
The city is under law The property loss estimated
tonight at $500000.
PRIVATE HOMES OPENED
Private homes Immediately thrown open to the injured
and scores working tonight the smoder1ng ruins
along Main Street search for additional victims
tonight 81 bodies had been recovered OF these II were
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
CANCELS PASSAGE.

New York, Sept. 27.-It was an
nounced here tonight that DR.. Con
stantin T. Dumba, the Austro-Hungar-
ian ambassador, has cancelled nis pas.
sage on the steamer, Rotterdam, sail
ing September 20, and has engaged
passage on steamer sailing October
<
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED.

Paris, Sept. 27.-Military critics es-
innate that the Germans killed and
wounded in the big battles of the last
two days in the Artois and Cham.
pagne regions must easily equal the
number of prisoners taken. Hence,
they reckon the Germans total losses
at not less than 100000, equalling the
size of an army corps.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
HEAVY LOSSES
FOLLOW FIERCE
ENGAGEMENTS
Allies Capture $4,000 Prisoners
in Offensive Move
ment :,
TEUTONIC STRUGGLE
STILL IN PROGRESS
Germans More Than Two Million
Strong Along Big Line
of Action

London, Sept. 27.-The great often.
slve OF the French and British forces
against both sides of the elbow joint
OF the German positions on tle west
ern front has not Stacked, but general
Joffre's afternoons bulletin reported
no new outstanding success.
The British otfiial statement told
briefly of heavy losses inflicted on the
Germans northwest of Hulluch, where
heavy German counter attacks were
carried out during the course of the
day.
Berlin maintains that by means of
counter attacks the Allies drive has
been checked with heavy loss, but as
the Germans make no claim of having
recovered the ground taken from them
the indications are that the Allies
gains on Saturday and Sunday have
been gradually maintained, and at
some points improved and that the
fighting has reached the stage of vic
ious attacks and counter attacks
which may persist for weeks.
Many Prisoners Taken
1t is estimated that the prisoners
captured by the Allies during the rush
will reach total Of more than $4,000,
but this is Offset to some extent by
the German claim that nearly 1000
French and British bell into their
hands.
Denied further news Of the great
battle, England is awaiting develop
ments with an eagerness not equaled
since the critical days when the Ger
mans fell back frCn the gates of Par
is. In the meantime the public is
warned to expect heavy losses, and
that the Germans already two million
strong from the coast to the Swiss
! frontier, may throw reinforcements
| into the lines for struggle, the like
Of which this bloody was has not yet
seen.
Optimists are also reminded that
the Germans are likely to put the most
dependence on their second and third
lines of defense, relying upon machine
guns and APPARENTLY new men to hold
their front line, which means that a
difficult task is before the Allies.
On Eastern Front ;.
The fighting in the Eastern Tleater
has brought no important change, but
England regards the position of the
Russian army as improving daily,
which strengthens the hope here that
Germany did not weaken her 700 mile
front in order to fill the gaps in the
west.
The Bulgarian situation remains ob-
scure, resting, as it did Iasc week, on
the oft repeated assurance of Sofia
that the country intends merely to
maintain an armed neutrality.
London, Sept. 27.-A Sophia dis
patch to Reuters Telegram Co., says:
According to private dispatches
from Ccnstantinople the Turks are ex-
pelling all Catholic priests from that
CITY,"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
GERMAN OFFENSIVE

Paris, Sept. 27.-The French official
statement made public tonight says
that the situation to the north of Aar-
as remains unmodified, and that the
fighting in the Champagne continues.
The statement adds that the Germans
today began another offensive move
ment in the Argonne, that it was COM
pletely checked and that the German
losses were heavy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
Capture $500 Men

NdP0UVV GioVV NVCV1 ----|-|
A British official communication
made public tonight says:
Northwest of .Hulluch we have re-
pulsed a number of counter attacks
and inflicted heavy losses on the ene-
my. East Of Loss our offensive is
progressing.
'Our captures now amount to SO Of
ficers and $500 men and is guns anc
80 machine guns. The enemy aban-
doned a considerable quantity of ma
terial which has not yet been classi-
fed"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
TRANSPORT SUNK

Eerlin, Sept. PA dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zeitung, from Athens says
that French transport steamer Of
5000 tons has been sunk by an Aus
train submarine on the Libyan Sea-"
says the Overseas New Agency. "The
steamer was carrying coal from NAL
ia to Cyprus.'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
ROUMANIA STANDS DAT

bucharest, Roumania. via london,
Sept 27.-The Roumanian cabinet at
a meeting today in which the moIbiiza-
Continued on Page Four.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28

London, Sept. pa Sophia dis
patch to Reuters Telegram Co., says:
According to private dispatches
from Ccnstantinople the Turks are ex-
pelling all Catholic priests from that
CITY,"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

-Esta bien; hay cosas que no pue,
den explicarse aqui, y que los juece.
2clararan. NAL canine has toma.
do
En- la carcel de Coutanes recibi dos
cartas. Una muy severe del CAPT,
tan Lepine, que NE crefa culpable
otra, conmovedora, de tia Langiois.
Ire a Coutanes-me decia-ire
a pie 81 es precise, y anteS de con-
denarte tendran que oirme. e. ca
pitdn Lepine vendra conmigo para
contar TODD 10 que has hecho por
nosotros, mi pobre Santiago, aun-
que el cree que eres culpable y con-
tesla a mis- razonamientos diciendo:
-"jQue quiere listed, tia Lam
glois? Los hechos estan bien paten-
tesI,"
NADIA nuevo ocurri6 durante la in
struccion del sumario, Y solo podia
tener Ia esperanto de que en- Ia au-
diencia ocurriera algo que variase el
curse de los acontecimientos.
Una manana TN joven entr0 en- mi
zelda y me dijo sin pre&mbulos:
Soy su abogado, 81 es que a US
ted lie convene que 10 sea-. No he po-
dido negarme a clio, por' habermelo
el doctor del "Capricho," an
amigo MIC, Y a pesar de todas
las dificultades, me encargo de la
iefensa de listed. Segun me ha con-
.ado Dalidan, hay en- este cosas in
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

listed mas que esa canci6n: que
en- ell pasO de Yprcs Sc verified el
acOnteCimientO mas grandiOsO Que
registrar los ticmpOs": que ALA
dos y aIeuTneS Sc rOmpierOn las
crISmaS por un quitame ALA esOs
chichicuIIotes. Nayan al cuarnO
todos %iUntos, GD6nde me deja I'd 81
paSo del Tibcriades, cuando JESUS
al frentc de ap5stO!es COM
bati6 a los eScrIbaS. a los f~ariseOS.
a los israelitas, a los iudiOs. En-
una pa!abra. a la flor y naLa de
los aliadOs. y sin una ametraIlado-
RI Y sin disparar un solo cartu-
cho dc dum-dum?
ESas. esaS 81 que eran batallas.
Las enormeS balalIas del cristia-
niSmOH
y dona Gaudencia lie segula ha-
ciendo a listed rrlaci6n de cpl
sOdlOs histGricos, para demostrar-
lie. en- primer lugar, que Sc saba
de memOria los capitulos del Nue.
TcStamento, y en- segundo, que
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

e~xplicables. 10 Unico que lie pido es
una sinceridad completa. Su CAPT.
tan no esta NAL prevenido contra
listed; pero hace como los demas:
cede ante la e~videncia. Antics de TO-
do, responda listed a este: les u.s.
ted ell ladron?
Fue tai mi emoci6n al DIR esta
pregunta, que no pude contener las
lagrimas. Al cabo de un ratio ana
do:
lie ruego que me cuente sin omi-
tir ningdn detalle TODD 10 referente
a su estancia en- el "Capricho." A
wees hay circumstances futiles en-
apariencia, pero que 4 nosotros nos
favorecen. Dalidan me ha contado
la hostilidad del segundo Tanquerel
hacia listed, y ESQ podria significar al
go lmportante; tanto mas, cuanto que
su reputation en- Granville deja mu-
cho que desear.
Con una claridad que me sorpren-
do a mi mismo lie conte 10 que me
pedia, sin omitir NADIA.
ICON que impaciencia esperaba ell
dia de la vista de mi causa! Ell abo-
gado me aconsejaba valor, y yo te-
MIA plena confianza en- el.
FL dia tan esperado lego al fin.
Cuando entire dos guardias me sente
en- ell banquillo de los acusados, TODD
empez6 a dar v~ueltas en- torno milo.
(Continuara)