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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-12
OPENING OF tue FAIRMoNT Normal LECTURE cOURs

The management OF the Normal Lecture Course claims
that this is Of the biggest Lyeeum attractions
this year.
SEASON TICKETS AT $500 each may b. secured from
msSers OF me eommtsss or at Martins Drug Store
s1oo. " - ~. : =
For the convenience Of business people
three rows and the first three Of balcony will be
reserved Tuesday night at an additional ten
each seat Balance Of house Including boxes for use Of
ticket holders who wish reserved seats Reserved
seats may be secured Martins Drug store Monday or
Tuesday, OF. at the bog office Tuesday evening.
The management of the Normal Lecture Course feels
that the course being offered ought to have 1000 city
patrons. -
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
ALLIES ARE MOVING
AGAINST GERMANS

London, May lin the land cam.
paign in France and Belgium there
are lntlmations of a strong movement
or the allies against the Germans with
heavy reinfOrcements.
The French war office reports the
capture of many prisoners and guns
during the last two days and German
headquarters admit that in the neigh
borhood of Carency the allies have
succeeded in occupying the foremost
German trenches. The attacks and
counter attacks are continuous and
the losses on both sides are heavy.
The British line, Notwithstanding, a
strenuous week, remains the same
to the east of Ypres as it was on the
night of May ga, when the British
troops were obliged to draw back.
In the Ca%rpathians the Germans are
reported to be making preparations
for a further movement against the
Russians in their new positions, while
in the Baltic provinces the Russians
have succeeded in inf1icting heavy
losses upon their adversaries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
VESSEL GIVEN NO WARNING
Many Persons Killed and Injured by
EXPLOSIONS.

London, May 10.-Investigation has
tailed to revea! that the steamer was
given warning CT the proposed attack
by the submarine which appears to
have been lurking Off the Irish coast
bent upon destroying the largest and
fastest ship engaged in transatlantic
traffic.
The lookouts sighted the periscope
IF a submersible 1000 yards away and
the next instant they saw the trail
left by a torpedo as it flashed on it's
course. Then came a terrific crash
as the missile pierced the liners side,
followed almost Immediately by an
other which Uttered the decks with
wreckage. The course of the liner
was at one turned toward shore.
-Four torpedoes apparently were fired
at the Lusitania. but only two of them
found their mark.
The loss OF life caused by the tor
pedoes themselves and the explosions
they caused must have been terribly
heavy. The tragic freight of bodies
taken TO Queenstown bears evidence
of the havoc wrought. Many of those
taken ashore We're seriously injured
and more than a score died after they
were removed to Cork and Queens
town hospitals.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
FIREMEN TO GATHER JUNE
Arrangements Completed for Meeting
at Belle Fourche. n

Arrangements are fast being com
pleted at Belle Fourche for the South
Dakota State Firemen's tournament
which will be held the week of June
Z. Word has been received from
towns both east and west of the river
at this time to assure a successful
meet and the present indications are
that fully so per cent more teams will
enter.
The $1,000 purse which has been
hung up up is large enough to justify
any team in the state to participate
and the prizes are so divided that
every delegation is practically assured
of getting something. A number OF
bands have signified their intention to
attend and lend their assistance to.
wards making the event a success.
Scenic side trips are being arranged
and the city itself is making every
possible arrangement to show the Wis.
lttors a good time. The official pro.
grams are out and the same can be
secured from the recording secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
GERMANY EXPLAINS
LUS|TAN|A SINKING

Berlin, May 1.-THE following dis
patch has been sent by the German
foreign office to the German embassy
at Washington:
please communicate the following
to the state department: The Ger
nan government desires to express
it's deepest sympathy at the loss of
lives on board the Lusitania. The re-
sponsibility rests, however, with the
British government, which through its
plan of starving the civilian popula-
ton Of Germany has forced Germany
to resort to retaliatory measures.
"In spite of the German offer to
stop the submarine war in case the
starvation plan was given up British
merchant vessels are being generally
armed with guns and have repeatedly
tried to ram submarines, so that 4
previous search was impossible.
They cannot, therefore, be treated
as ordinary merchant vessels. A re-
cent declaration made to the British
parliament by the parliamentary sec
rotary in answer to a question by Lord
Charles Beresford said that at the
present practically all British mer.
chant vessels were armed and provid-
ed with hand grenades.
Besides, it has been openly admit
ted by the English press that the
Lusitania on previous voyages re.
peatedly carried large quantities of
war material. On the present voyage
the Lusitania carried 5,400 cases of
ammunition, While the rest of the car
go also consisted chiefly of contra
band.
eff England, after repeated official
and unofficial warnings, considered
herself able to declare that that boat
ran no risk and thus light heartedly
assumed responsibility for the human
life on board a steamer which, owing
to its armament and cargo, was liable
to destruction, the German govern.
ment, in spite Of its heartfelt SYM
pathy for the loss Of American lives,
cannot but regret that Americans
felt more inclined to trust to English
promises rather than to pay attention
to the warnings from the German
side"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
ROOSEVELT CALLS
IT PURE PIRACY

Syracuse, n. Y, May 10.-When in
formed officially of the sinking of
the Lusitania, Colonel Roosevelt made
the following statement:
Il can only repeat what I said a
week ago when in similar fashion the
American vessel Gulfight was de-
stroyed off the English coast.
Il then called attention to what 1
had said two months previously, when
the Germans created the war zone
and announced that with mines and
submarines they would commit the
deeds that since they have actually
committed; and hat these deeds
could by no rule of international law
be regarded otherwise than as pure
piracy.''
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From Many
Sections of the State.
DEMAND FOR AUTO LICENSES
Officials Estimate Twenty-Five Thou
sand Will Be Distributed
This Year.

A total of 1880 automobile license
tags have been sent out to date from
the office of the secretary Of state and
it is expected that at least $4,000 will
be distributed throughout the state
this year. Twenty thousand tags were
ordered for this year, but an extra
rush order for another 1000 has been
sent in and possibly more may be or
dered.
Last year a total of 1874 tags were
disposed of, each one representing a
license to operate an automobile in
this state.
The number of licenses issued to
date already exceeds the total number
issued in the year 1912. Each license
costs So and is good for the calendar
year.
A total Of $50 motorcycle licenses
have been issued to date and many
more will be applied for within the
next month or so.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13

london, May 10.-Twelve hundred
and sixteen persons lost their lives,
the British admiralty estimates, when
the Cunard line steamship Lusitania
was %torpedoed Friday afternoon off
Old Head Kinsale on the Irish coast.
The known survivors number only 703,
while there were 1919 souls aboard
the great liner when it was attacked.
of those who were saved 595 were
landed at Queenstown and eleven at
kinsale, while fifty-two others are re-
ported aboard a steamer. All but one
of the rescue fleet Of torpedo boats,
tugs and trawlers, which went out
from Queenstown, have reported.
There is a slender hope that fishing
boats may have rescued a few more.
The work of compiling lists of those
saved is progressing slowly because
of The understandable confusion at
Queenstown, but apparently few first
cabin passengers are among the sur
VlV9rS. Inc united States consul at
that port can account for only fifty
n Americans saved out of 1873 who
were aboard. His roll does not in
clude the names of Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, Charles Frohman, Ebert
Hubbard, Justus Miles Fornan, the
author, or Charles Klein, the play.
wright. OF the Americans aboard 106
were in the first cabin; 65 in the sec
ond and II in the steerage.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head, Kin
sale, on the last leg of her voyage to
Liverpool, when about 2 D.. m. a sub
marine suddenly appeared and, so far
as all reports go. fired two torpedoes
without warning at the steamer. One
struck near the COWS and the other
in the engine room. The powerful!
agents OF destruction tore through the
vessels side. causing terrific ex-
plosions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
RAIL INJUNCTION CONTINUED
Action to Halt Liquor Shipments Goes
to Federal Court.

to Federal Court.
The temporary injunction granted
by Judge G. A. Pollock at Fargo
against the Northern Pacific railroad
to prevent liquor shipments into North
Dakota has by stipulation of the at
torneys been continued until May IS
by Judge Amidon Of the United States
court, to which the case was trans
ferred on application of the attorneys
for the road. The action was brought
by Attorney General Linde and is the
first test eve made of the Webb-Ken-
yon law in combination with a state
law to prevent the shipment of liquor
from a license state to a dry state.
An effort has been made to induce
the agents of brewery companies in
Moorhead to permit the inspection of
their books by the attorney generals
department, but so far this has been
refused. An appeal will be made to
the brewery concerns direct. If this
is granted a list of violators will be
furnished both the agents of the brew
cry companies and the railroad to pre-.
vent further shipments.
Should all legal proceedings under
the injunction proceedings fail the at
torney general has another card. He
and the states attorneys can bring
blanket proceedings, seize each liquor
shipment and hold it until the con-
signee shows that the shipment is
purely for private use. This would
be expensive and tedious, but would
have a tendency to prevent shipments
for sale and also to discourage pri-
vate persons from receiving shipments
because of the annoyance and noto,
riety involved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
CALLED WILLFUL MURDER
Coroner's jury Passes on Sinking of
the Lusitania.

Kinsale, Ireland, May 1.-THE cor
oner's jury which has been investi-
eating the deaths attendant on the
loss of the Lusitania returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
'"The jury find that this appalling
crime was contrary to international
law and the convention of all civilized
nations, and we therefore charge the Of
ticers of the submarine and the German
emperor and the government of Ger
many, under whose orders they acted,
with the crime of willful and whole
sale murder"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
STUDENT WINS FELLOWSHIP
Senior Engineer at University of North
Dakota Honored.

Harry Moore of Lisbon, senior en-
gineer at the University of North Da-
kota, has won the industrial scholar
ship offered by the institution. The
fellowship is worth $500.
The three other fellowships we're
awarded to Professor A. w. Blizzard
of Jamestown college, jamestown, N.
d.; Edgar H. Gustafson and Henry
Read. Mr.. Blizzard will do his re-
search work in botany and zoology.
Mr.. Gustafson will do his graduate
work in sociology, history and econo-
mics. Harry Read, who is a member
of this years graduating class, will
work in physics, chemistry and mathe-
mates.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
MOVE BACK FROM CANADA
Border Towns Are Benefited by In.
fIux of Settlers.

A movement of settlers from Can
ada is under way and the towns in
the northern part of the state are be.
ing benefited, letters recently receiv-
ed by the state commissioner of agri-
culture reveal.
F. w. Frils of Kenmare writes that
his town is feeling the result of the
"back to North Dakota movement
to a marked extent. During the rush
to Canada there were many vacant
houses in Kenmare and vacant farms
in that vicinity. but recently the
farms have been occupied, there is
not a house for rent in Kenmare and
many persons who wish to move
there are unable to find accommoda-
tions.
Other towns send similar reports.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
KILLS two AND HIMSELF
No Motive Apparent for Crime OF
North Dakota Farmer.

Alex Herman, thirty years old,
strangled his wife and Roy Hinleyl
aged eleven, to death and then hang
ed himself, leaving his seven-months-
old son, the only living person on his
farm, three and a half miles from
Devils Lake. State Senator Frank
Hyland of Devils Lake, owner of the
land, discovered the crime. The in
FAINT was sitting on the floor beside
the woman's body, crying. The mo-
tive for the crime is not known.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
THREE BANKERS BOUND OVER
Officials of Defunct Institution Charged
With irregularities,

A. w. Schroeder, cashier, Havre
Mont; c. H. Barber, Havre, former vice
president, and Fl. H. Wheelock, Fargo,
N. d., former director of the defunct
Medina, N. D., state bank, were bound
over to the Stutsman county DISTRICT
court, charged with irregularities IN
connection with the banks affairs.
All waived examination, being bound
over under $4,000 bonds, which were
furnished.
Accepting deposits after they knew
the bank was insolvent constitutes
the charge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
GOVERNMENT ENTERS DENIAL
British Officials Declare Lusitania
Was Unarmed.

London. May 10.-The British gov
eminent made the following an.
nouncement:
THE statement appearing in One
newspapers that the Lusitania was
armed Is wholly false"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
STATE SLATE Is PICKED
Progressive Republicans to Run Bur
dick for Governor.

That the Progressive Republican
ticket for the next state campaign
has been named is the declaration
made following a conference between
several party leaders at Minot.
U. l.. Burdick of Williston will be
put forth as candidate for governor.
Thomas Hall, secretary of state.
will be groomed as a candidate for
the United States senate. A. P. Han.
son, speaker Of the last legislature, is
billed for the lieutenant governorship.
J. l.. Hort of Hettinger county is
the prospective candidate for secre
tarN of state. Z
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
VANDERBILT DIED A HERO
Gave His LifebeIt to Woman as Lu-
sitania Was Sinking.

London, May 11.-Thomas Slidell of
New York, who was interviewed in
London, said he saw Alfred G.. Van
derbilt on the deck of the Lusitania
as the vessel was going down.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, who could not
swim, was equipped with a lifebelt,
Mr.. Slidell said, but he CALAMITY took
it off and placed it around a young
woman. Then he went off to seek
another lifebelt. The ship sank a
few seconds later.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
GIVES SILVER SET
Presents Peoples Donation to Battle
ship North Dakota.

Governor i. B. Hanna presented
to the battleship North Dakota a sill
yer service given by the people of that
state.
The presentation took place on the
vessel in Hampton Roads. The cap.
tain received the gift in appropriate
words.
Mrs. Hanna was present, as were
many members Of the American Ma.
tional Bankers association, in session
at Old Point.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
President Indirectly Refers to
Lusitania Disaster.
MUST SET SPECIAL EXAMPLE
Declares at Philadelphia That There
Is Such a Thing as a Nation Be-
ing Too Proud to Fight.

Philadelphia. May 1O.-President
Wilson gave to a gathering of 1000
naturalized Americans the first init
nation of what course the United
States government will pursue in the
situation resulting from the loss OF
more than a hundred American lives
on the British liner Lusitania.
He spoke by implication, but his
hearers interpreted his remarks as
meaning that. while the United States
would remain at peace, it would seek
tc convince Germany of the injustice
to mankind of the tragedy of last Fri.
day.
America" said the president,
must have the consciousness that on
all sides it touches elbows and touches
heart with all nations of mankind.
The example of America must be a
special example and must be an ex-
ample not merely of peace, because it
will not fight, but because peace is a
NSNAAAAS III SioNotlllS llllluCllCO Ol Iut
world and strife is not.
There is such a thing as a nation
being too proud to fight. There is
such a thing as being so right that it
does not need to convince others by
force that it is right"
These remarks precipitated a tu-
mutt of applause and patriotic en-
thusiasm attended by a waving OF
thousands of small American flags.
The president made no direct refer
ence to the Lusitania tragedy, but the
audience did not hesitate to read the
application of his statement.
Mayor Introduces President.
introduced by Mayor B~lankerburg,
who spoke in distinctly German &C.
cent, a welcome and an appeal for a
single allegiance to the United States,
the president carried forward the idea
of the welding of foreign blood in the
makeup of America by pointing out
the true goal of right American citi-
zenship to be a loyalty not to the
country Of ones birth, but to the land
of ones adoption.
while you bring" he said, a"all
countries with you, you come with a
purpose of leaving all other countries
behind you-bringing what is best of
their spirit, but not looking over your
shoulder or seeking to perpetuate
what you leave in them. l would not
certainly be n who would suggest
that a man cease to love the place Of
his origin. 1t is one thing to love
the place where you were born, and
another thing to dedicate yourself to
the place where o. so.
you can't be an American if you
think Of yourself in groups. America
does not consist of groups. A man
who considers himself as belonging
to a national group is not yet an
American.
my advice to you is to think first
not only of America, but to think first
of humanity, and you do not love hui
manity if you seek to divide humanity
in jealous camps"
In his peroration the president
aroused much enthusiasm when he
said that he had felt that he ought
not to be away from Washington and
after coming he found that the gath
ering renewed his spirit as an Amer
lean"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, May 10.-Wheat-May, ST.
5214; July, $1.26; Sept, $1.19A. Corn
May, 4Ac; July, 76Ac; Sept, TIC.
Oats-May 51%c; July, 51%c; Sept,
acc. Pork-May, $17.50; July, $17.95;
Sept, $685.. Butter-Creameries,
27kc. Eggs-17@1S1Ac. Poultry
Fowls. 15hc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
Air Raid Kills Two,

London, May l1.-There was a Ger
mar air raid on South End and vicin-
ity. Altogether the airmen dropped
100 bombs, but only two deaths re-
suited. An old woman was killed in
her bed and her husband, who had at
tempted to rescue her, died from in.
juries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul. May 10.-Cattle-
Receipts, $3.50; steers, $4.75@S.0O;
cows and heifers, $4.50@7.OO; calves,
$3.75@S.00; stockers and feeders,
$4.50@7.50. Hogs-Receipts, 10000;
range, $7.00@7.25. Sheep-Receipts,
so; shorn lambs, $4.OO@S.65; wethers,
S6.OOm7.0 90; ewes, SO. 0006.75.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, May 10.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No, 1 hard, $1.56h; No.
l Northern, $1.55R; No. 2 Northern
$1.4SR@1.51h. Flax-On track and
to arrive, S2.O2A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis. May 10.--Wheat-May,
s1.4S%; July, $1.44; Sept, $1.17A.
Cash close on track: No. ! hard, ST.
55%; No. ! Northern, $1.50% @1.-
55h; No. . Northern, $1.46A @1.52;
No. 8 Northern. $l.40M @1.5OA; No. 3
yellow corn. 70A 07OAc; No. 3 white
oats, 5OA 050&c; flax. $685..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
St. Paul Grain.

St. Paul, May 10.-Wheat-No. 1
Northern, $1.50% @1.55A; No. 2
Northern, $1.46A @1.52A; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, S1.52B @1.55B; corn, 7OA
@70Ac; oats, sou @5OAc; barley,
G7M72c; rye, S1.11@1.12; flax, $1.9SR.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
DAKOTA DAN SUES HIMSELF

10 Estate Alleges He Is Per.
jurer and Impostor.
Dan Russell has decided on another
try to prove his legal right as heir OF
the William Russell estate in Boston,
A friendly suit has been instituted
at Dickinson to have him prosecuted
as a "perjurer and impostor." This is
being done OIL a petition obtained by
Dakota Dan himself.
He believes that if he can prove to
the public that he is not an "im-
poster" the results will materially af.
feet his case and assist in the estab-
lishment of his claim.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, May 10.-Cattle-Steers,
S6.65M9.0O; COWS and heifers, $1,000
S.65; calves, $6.50@9.45. Hogs-Light.
$7.25M7.70; mixed, $7.15@7.65; heavy,
s6.90@7.50; rough, $6.90@7.05; pigs,
S5.25M6.90. Sheep-Native, $1,000
65
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
RECOVER FROHMAN'S BODY
Remains of Theatrical Manager Taker
to Queenstown.

Queenstown, May 10.-The body Of
Charles Frohman, the thatrical man
ager Of New York, has been recover.
ed and brought TO Queenstown, where
it is now being embalmed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
WELFARE LEAGUE FORMED
National Mothers Congress Has
Charge of Organization.

The North Dakota Child Wei.
fare league was organized at Bis.
marck under the auspices of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers and Child.
Parent association. DR.. Rudolph Ar
cher, Valley City, was elected presi-
dent; Laura j. Hughes, Bismarck,
treasurer; G. G. Root, Bismarck, taal.
ditor. ~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
SURVIVORS
TOTAL 7o3
LuSitania Death List
Is 1926.
MANY AMERICANS LOST
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Charles
friedman, Ebert Hubbard
and Others a5::Io1iHg,
MANY AMERICANS LOST
NOTABLE VICTIMS OF LUSl-
TANiA DISASTER.

= Alfred G. Vanderbilt, A!leri-
= can multimillionaire.
= Ebert Hubbard, American
=. author and publisher.
= Charles Frohman, American
Il. theatrical manager.
x Justus Forman, playwright
!. and author.
+ Charles Klein, American
:. playwright.
!. J. Foster Stackhouse, British
y explorer.
!. A. L. Hopkins, president
!. Newport News S~hipbuilding
Il company.
Il Herbert S. Stone, editor Of
i. The Chap Book and The House
\. Beautiful.
Il DR.. Pearson, well known
!. American engineer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
ITALY DRAWS NEARER
TO EUROPEAN WAR;.

Paris. May 1O.-"The gov
eminent Of Italy awaits the
final reply of Austria" says a
Rome dispatch to La Liberte.
I'm the interim the publication
of important DEGREES signed at
the last meeting of the cabinet.
has been withheld"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13

Many persons prominent in the
business and social life of New York
city are among those whose names
are missing from the list of the sur
vivors Of the L%usitania.
OF those not reported as being
saved Alfred G.. Vanderbilt is one of
the most widely known. Inheriting
the bulk of the estate of his father,
estimated at $40. 0 900 to $1OO, 000,-
600, he is one of the wealthiest men
Of New York.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is survived by a wife
and two children. He was twice mar
ried, being divorced from his first wife.