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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

Washington, Sept. 10.-"He is as
cunning as a fox, the shrewdest and
ablest ambassador in Washington"
This was the judgment of Dr.. Dunn
ba given by one of his colleagues just
before the@British authorities seized
James F. J archibald, bearer Of the
ambassadors plan to provoke strikes
in American munition factories.
The same diplomat said today:
Every mans a fool when he's
found out; but Dumba is still the
peer in ability Of the entire corps
here" so.
The proof of the pudding, of course,
is in the eating, and DR.. Dumba's
reputation has gone to smash as a
result OF the discovery Of the incrim-
mating letter he wrote and intrusted
to Archibald. Nevertheless, many
things have occurred to demonstrate
that he deserves high rank among
diplomatic agents.
He has been one Of the closest adj
visers of Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador. He has had a
happy khack Of knowing just how far
Germany could go without actually
inviting hostile action by the United
States. He has been prolific in fur
nishing excuses that, While not salts
factory to this government, would
bridge the central powers and the
American nation over delicate and
shaking ground. hs}3 h"~
It was he who went to the State
department and, as a result of his
conversation with William J. Bryan.
then secretary of state, obtained
from the latter the astonishing state
ment that the President wrote his
note on the destruction of the Lusi-
tanfa largely for American consump-
tion, and that that document must
not be taken too seriously.
Perhaps the keynote to DR.. Dumba's
character is furnished by a remark
he made to a friend when he came
to Washington to explain the letter
he entrusted to Archibald.
II am not ambassador here merely
to conduct correspondence with your
government" he said. "As the rep
resentative Of my emperor and as all
Austro-H Hungarian whose country is
involved in a life and death struggle
it is my duty to do everything l can
to prevent it's enemies from securing
assistance. l have acted as a patri-
OF. I could have done nothing else"
But Mr.. Dumba realizes that he
made a fatal mistake in being found
OUT; that his choice of messengers
was unwise., He had believed that
Archibald would contide his dis.
patches to a stewardess or place them
in a lifeboat or conceal them some
where until Dutch territory was
reached. It made the ambassador al
most wild to read in the press that
Archibald first denied he had any dis
patches and then that the English Sc
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11
KING Of ITALY
IDOL Of TROOPS
Italian Soldiers and Officers Are
on a Most Friendly
Footing
SOLDIERS ENTRENCHED
ON MOUNTAIN SIDES
All Sorts of Amusements Are Pro-
Vided for TreoNs ca
Frontiers

The Italian Front in Trentlno, Sept.
1G-A foreigner visiting the Italian
army along any of the fronts is quick
ly impressed with the cameraderie eX-
listing between officers and men.
King Victor Emmanuel is, perhaps,
the most affable of all the italian off,
GERS toward the soldiers. The king
uses a high7powered motor car in his
almost constant tours along the
fronts, but he always finds time to
chat with groups Of soldiers, speaking
in. the native dialect of the men he is
talking to.
This friendly spirit between officers
and men has actually made for ex-
%cel1ent discipline and bravery, militia
~ experts state. And for this reason
all attempts to enforce the German
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11
Ambassador Dumba Looked
On as One of Cleverest
OF Foreign Diplomats

cret service men had found them in
his cabin.
DR.. Dumba is prepared to pay the
penalty of being found out He
! expected little from this government,
because he does not regard it-never
has regarded it-as neutral. He will
go home o convinced than ever
that the American people, from the
President down, are wholly biased in
favor Of the Allies. - 4.,... +
Personally Dr.. Dumba is witty and
ingratiating, and has made many,
many friends during his two years.
stay in Washington. Shortly after
his arrival he attended d dinner Of
the Gridiron club and made an ex-
ceedingly effective speech, devoted
wholly to the friendly relations of the,
United States and Austria Hungary.
His wife, whom he married in 1905, is
a beautiful woman of Russian birth,
and has been Of tremendous assis-
lance to him in the conduct OF the
embassy in Washington. Like her
husband, she has been exceedingly
popular, especially in the official cir
Giles. ..' e.
Nine. Dumba was in Austria when
the war broke out. She cabled her
husband that she desired to come to
Washington, but feared she would be
arrested by a British cruiser. DR..
Dumba %thereupon wrote a note to Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador,
asking for assurances that the ambas-
sadress would not be disturbed. 1t is
no secret that Sir Cecil wrote a curt
note to DR.. Dumba telling him that
the British government did not war
upon women. Nine. Dumba, Of
course was not molested and arrived
safe in the United States.
This incident indicates, however,
the depth of feeling DR.. Dumba has
for his wife. 1t has been impressed
upon every N who has seen them to-
gelher. Frequently they have gone
out walking, the ambassador, rather
thin, with q slight stoop, swinging
along as if his SO years were a feath-
er's weight upon him, his wife, not
more than 80 or 80, laughing or jok-
ing at something arising in their con-
versation. Nine. Dumba has a keen
mind, is thoroughly familiar with in
ternational affairs, and is an ardent
subject of emperor. Franz-Josef. in
spite of her Russian origin. .
DR.. Dumba met his wife in Sofia.
At the time she was the wife of a Rus
sian diplomat. The Austrian diplo-
mat fell violently in love with her
and when she obtained a divorce he
proposed and was accepted. They
we're married and. as they say in the
fairy tales, "have lived happily ever
since" ....
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11
| system of discipline in the Italian ar
my have been abandoned.
Takes Care Of Soldiers,

system of discipline in the Italian ar
my have been abandoned.
Takes Care Of Soldiers.
With the exception Of the EritisL
fighting in France, it is said no other
nation takes as good Gaze Of it's So
diers as Italy. The food Is excellent
and plentiful. The rations are cooked
twice a day and served not, regardless
IF whether the soldiers are III the
trenches, on the reserve firing line, or
on the highest mountain.
The first aid corps provides AIDE.
uuate facilities for handling the
wounded along the firing line, while
umerou fiell hospitals are located
conveniently to the fronts. Several
large base hospitals have been estab-
lished.
In addition there are numerous re.
liefs carried on by private and puhlic
subscription. Chief among these are
the ''first aid restaurants" which
wore established by an English
woman, Signora Hullah-Scald, widow.
Of a former prominent officer OF the
italian Alpine, and Signora Bagnani,
who was Miss Dewar Of Hamilton,
Ontario. Some of these restaurants
are set up close to the firing lines,
Others are located at bases or main
railroad stations. In addition to Civ.
ing regular meals the restaurants sup
oily the soldiers with Gelicacies not
provided for in the army rations.
Along the front iii the Trentino one
rises rapidly from the heat Of the val.
leys to the sharp cold OF tie Alpine
heights. While the army in the lower
sections has been digging itself ir
the troops holding the mountain posi-
tons have literally blasted themselves
in. In the heights the soldiers living
quarters are cut in the solid rock. In
many cases these caves are lined Win
planks and all are heated by fire.
places. i-ll
Beds Of Moss.
In the Galore, north OF Cortina an:
near the Marmolata mountain, which
rises nearly 1000 feet, there is a fair,
sized town, consisting entirely OF en-
krenchments, or dugouts and caves.
All of the caves are furnished with
rough furniture made on the spot.
The officers have beds Of moss. The
walls are covered with military cloaks
and festooned with ivy and fir cones.
Over the entrance to the officers
mess is chiselled Grand Hotel Nor
tar" In the centei Of the "hotel'
hangs a cage containing a canary,
captured in an Austrian trench. Out.
side Of the mess hall and at various
places in the cave-tCWn life-sized and
heroic busts of King Victor have been
carved in the rock faces.
A chapel has been cut in n side OF
a large spire OF rock where it is shell
tered from the enemy's shells. A port
able altar has been erected and the
soldiers have lined the walls of the
chapel with pieces Of bright quartz,
scraps of colored cloth and the silver
and gold paper from cigar and cigar
cite packages.
la another part of the settlement an
open space is reserved for anuse-
ments. Here plays are given with Of
ficers and men mingling in the audi
ence, or games are held except dur
ing heavy fighting.
A museum, containing objects Sc
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

cured during tie campaign, was start
ed in a corner OF the
SQUARE. The chief display is a man
e.lin, Which was owned ~ a youns
Italian soldier who lost his life IN a
desperate hand-to-hand encounter
with Austrians after the latter has
tainted the Italians with BEING an
army of "mandolinists" rather than
fighters.
On the heights overlooking the Dbl
cmite road there is mhch evidence o.
recent battles iii that section. Mary
fresh graves bore inscriptions lndl'
eating that both Italian and Austrian
soldiers had Seen buried in the SAFE
spot. s& .a
Accomplished Much.
The Italian officers have already &C
complished much in transporting large
siege guns in the mountains, as wcA
as keeping an adequate supply OF am
munition and food on hand. But still
greater plans are being made for con-
du:ting the campaign during the Win
ter, which begins early in September
in that section. On the extreme
heights sentries have already
suffered from frost-bite, and scouts
have found difficulty in traversing the
glacial SHOWS.
A visit to the Isonzo country Offers
an excellent example Of the eficien:
organization Of all departments of the
Italian fighting machine. Noteworthy
engineering feats have been perform
ed by Italian engineers working under
fire. The work of the ccmmissarlat,
medical and sanitary departments,
while not as snowy as the ACCOMPLISH
ments of the engineers, have played
an equally important part in the cp-
eratiOns.
From General Caderna down to the
| ordinary private, one IS everywhere
impressed with the simple, yet bust
nesslike manner of the operations
About the main headquarters there Is
no rafting Of swords, no incessant
clicking CT heels, no great force OF
guards and sentries, no messengers
daishing up on horseback or motorcy-
Gle. All Olut1S dIo LlaloA1tIICa ~
telephone, telegraph or wireless, ex-
cept such as are given by the generals
in their daily trips along the fronts.
Close to the front in the eastern
Friuli, wlich is 6. section we'll known
for intensive cultivation, the peasants
are at work in the fields, apparently
having suffered little or no Interrupt
ton by the movement of large army
through the country.
The situation is entirely different,
however, in the territory that was
Austrian until ten weeks or SO ago.
Sentries are apparently everywhere
and everything is under military con-
troll. Remains of barricades litter the
country, pont0ons take the place OF
bridges watch were destroyed by the
%retreating Austrians, and the homes
of a large portion of the population
were destroyed by shells. Many Of
the villages were ransacked by the
%retreating enemy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

OrPheum theater today only have new
er been shown for less than % cents,
Manager Bauer has made arrange.
l1ents to show them for 10 and Is
cents, the regular matinee prices of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

See "The Diamond From the Sky"
at the Bismarck Theater, matinee at
$3.50; 5 and 10 cents. Evening prices,
10 and Is cents.-Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

NO ADVANCE IN PRICES.
Although the great European War
Pictures that are to be shown at the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11

5 and 10 cents will also prevail. This
is a special feature and is in 5 reels.
Inspect our line Of school supplies.
Harris & Co.-Adv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
PETITION TO RECALL
BRADENTOWN COUNClLMEN

Bradentown, July 2S. Petitions
were filed in the City Council pray
ing the recall of Mayor C. A. Bir-
ney and Councilman John A. Gra-
ham, chairman of the finance com
mittee of the Council
Charges were preferred of incom-
potency and delinquency in connec-
tion with the management of the
civic affairs of Bradentown.
A petition was also presented in
voking the recall and submission to
electors of an ordinance recently
passed providing for levy Of 13 1-2
mills for current expenses Of the city
and sinking fund.
Senator w. F. Hines, of Tampa,
and Attorney G.. p. Smythe, of
Bradentown, represented the petit
tioners. They aver that the Coun-
ell has no discretionary powers in
the premises. but is required under
the city charter to call an election.
the petitions having carried the re-
quired number of signatures.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
PREACHER MUST FACE
ANCIENT MURDER CHARGE

Atlanta, Ca, July 28.-The trial
at Covington. Ca, this week of Rev.
w. II. McCart, held for the killing
of Doc Smith ust forty-ive years
ago. will attract nationwide atten-
tion. His case is more like Victor
Hugo's celebrated Jean Vatican than
was that of Edgar Stripping, for Nc
Cart, like the real Vatican, volun-
tarily gave himself up to the ocfiiers
after wandering far afield and being
perfectly safe. He has been a la
borer. a secret service man and a
missionary in Hawaii since he dis
appeared. He came home a few
days ago. made no secret of his
identity. and was arrested on the
old charge. He does not admit the
crime. and has engaged counsel to
defend him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
COMETS HAVE BEEN
FREQUENT OF LATE
(B, Associated Press.

Berlin, July In the light of
the ancient superstition that COM
els. particularly an unusual number
of them, pesage disaster and war,
astronomers have recently been
calculating the number that have
made their appearance from late in
1913 until the present time They
have been unusually frequent, ap-
parently. from which fact the SUI
perstitions are taking comfort.
The real war comet" say the
astronomers. was that of Delevan,
discovered by him in December,
1913. This body was of unusual,
size and brilliancy, and at its zenith
could be- made out with the naked
eve. 1t disappeared early this year
and probably will not be seen again
for six or seven years. The astron-
omers caution against taking this as
an indication that the war will last
that long
One of the first to be seen In 1918
vas Encke's comet. which first was
noted in 1886, but not definitely
nlaced until 1918. It makes its ap-
naarance once every three and
third wears. but in 1914 was late.
Close on the heels of this expected
egJest" came some that were not
expected. however.
On May Is, 1914, Rudolph Paetz
raports. Ziatinsky discovered COM
o,-Iike star. possessing the Drill
,iarcv of a star of l2.5 ; magnitude.
II was given the name of Neulmln
Then came the Kritjing comet OF
.omparatively little bri.iiancy anu
,ban campbells comet was an
nonneed from America. The nrse
oo,,a. of 1915 was that OF Meliisn'
,,so discovered in AM 80 waich
first appeared as star Of 70 ma M
- and attained its maximum IN
1,na with a magnitude OF a star OIL
fourth class.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
400 VICTIMS
Of EASTlAND
DISASTER WERE
BURIED today
ALL BUSINESS IN CHICAGO PRAC.
TICALLY AT sTANDsTILL; 40
DIVERS SEARCHING FOR RE.
NAMING BODIES
(By Associated Press.)

Chicaso, July 2S.-The work of
raising the hull of the Eastland has
started and it will take ten days. it
is said. The Investigations still
continue. Forty divers are search
ing the river bed. Mayor Thompson
has returned from San Francisco
and conferred with department
heads Immediately Chicago paid
tribute to the dead in drizzling
rain today, which was set aside for
public mournine. There was 900
funerals. The Board of Trade ses-
sion was short, all ball games were
postponed, and many business
houses were closed Motor trucks
and hay racks were used to carry
the bodies. The federal govern
ment is in charge of the Eastland
hull
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
GERMANS HAVE LOST 100000
men IN THEIR RELENTLESS
EFFORT TO TAKE WARSAW
JAPANESE WOMEN MEAD
TWO IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS
(By Associated Press. !

Toxic, July Is. women
have taken the initiative in two i'm
portant activities. The first is he
formation of Woman's Exchange.
which is devoted to the encoura ge-
ment of the making of articles for
home use. The women have opened
an exhibition in one of the big de-
partment stores and have sent out
requests to the women of the coun-
try to send in their homemade ar
ticles to the exhibition The contri-
buttons are sold and the profits are
forwarded to the exhibitors. The
project was originated by Baroness
Uryu. wife of Admiral Uryu, who re-
Gently returned from the Exposition
at San Francisco. and is supported
by number of prominent Japanese
ladies'
Fifteen Japanese women newspa-
per and magazine writer's of Toxic
are forming Woman's Press Club
the, first organization of he kind in
the Far East. 1t will be devoted to
the furtherance of the business in
terests of the writer's and the promo
tiOn of social intercourse. All the
women are college graduates. They
interview prominent personages and
write about the different phases of
the question Of women's rights.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
PARIS WONDERS
WHERE ZEPPELINS ARE
(By Associated Press.

, Paris, July 27.-Parisians are
wondering why they receive no
more visits from German aerOplanes
or Zeppelins. Both of these types
of aircraft were looked for in retail
alton for the Karlsruhe raid. Able
/ Moreaux, director of the BOurges
Observatory, gives some meteOrOlog-
ical reasons for the abstentiOn OF
Zeppelins during warm weather.
The first Is the diminutiOn of the
ascensional force OF the balloon, due
to the expansion of the gas by heat
and the necessity of reducing the
volume in order to avoid explosion.
The ballast Zeppelin can carry va
ries according to the type from a
thousand pounds to ton in nor
NAL weather. If the Zeppelin leaves
Belgium, for instance, on a summer
night when the thermometer regis
ters so to so degrees Fahrenheit,
carrying in bombs it's full capacity
of ballast, its ascensional force
would be much weaker than in win
ter, and every rise of one degree Of
temperature would reduce its bal
last st-carrying capacity $50 pounds.
The conditions are more favorable
in the higher atmosphere but the
lower temperature there cannot re-
store the volume of gas it may have
been necessary to release during the
ascension to avoid explosion. Con-
sequently the ballast load must be
insignificant or the balloon must fly
at the height of under thousand
yards.
Besides the temperature the Yep
pelin has against 1t rain. lightning
and wind. The region through
which it would be Obliged to pass is
subject to heavy rains that no me-
tearologist in the world can forsee
with certainty, and what indica'
tions may be given are unavailable
to the Germans since the allies have
ceased publishing weather forecasts.
One-fifth of an inch of rainfall, Able
Moreaux points out, adds a ton to
the weight Of the big Zeppelin, re-
ducing its ascensional force to zero.
The winds, though not so strong
as in springtime, are generally con-
trary to the course the Zeppelin
would be Obliged to follw to reach
Paris. Statistics compiled during a
long period OF study show out Of
10000 observations the wind in the
west or southwest 5000 times at
this season. while 1t was in the
north and east only 1900 times.
Moreover in the upper atmosphere
to which the Zeppelin would be
obliged to rise. violent whirlwinds
may instantly follow perfectly calm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
CROWDS WATCH NIGHT
AVIATION CORPS
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, July 27. Might scouts of
the aviation corps draw many spec
tators to the heights of Montmartre,
who linger there to late hour
watching them dart across the sky
of Paris like giant firenies. Among
these are men who watch the lights
of the town instead of the lights of
the sky, and who can be seen care
fully inspecting housetops and man
! sards with field glasses They are
detectives looking out for night sig
nails. Every light where there
| should be no light is promptly run
down. In hundreds of cases 1t has
turned out that the rule against
lights visible from the exterior has
been infringed through heedlessness
or ignorance. Five cases of really
suspicious lights have been discOv-
cred thus far, and their authors ar
rested and properly dealt with
This is only one of the RESPONSE
bilities dev0lying upon the police
during the war in addition to the
maintenance of order and the chase
of ordinary criminals. They must
turn out the street gas lamps and
warn the inhabitants when the ap-
proach of German aeroplanes or Yep
pelins is announced, occasionally
being obliged to climb four or five
fights of stairs in order to remon-
strate with some tenant who is un-
aware that light shines down from
his windows into the streets.
A considerable number of the
''plain clothes men" are detailed to
watch everywhere for people spread
ing exaggerated and harmful reports
regarding military operations. 1t is
dangerous to be too pessimistic in
public. The man who is talking
never knows whether the person
seated beside him in the tramcar,
the subway, or the cafe, is the civil
ian he appears to be, or secret SER
vice man. 1t is as difficult to get
anything out OF him as 1t is to rec
ognize him, the model French de-
tective being closer than the oyster.
They are sometimes seen taking into
custody loud-talking amateur strate-
gists, and frequently the guilty man
proves to be a person subject to mil
itary service who has lodged his
duty-Belgians sometimes as well as
French.
Until recently the "apaches," the
street ruffians of Paris, had been lit
tie heard from since the mobiliza-
ton. Those who were neither ban
ished or sent to the front seem to
have been succeeded by a younger,
but quite as promising, generation
of night providers. Frequent pitched
battles with knives and revolvers in
the quarters OF Montemarte most
frequented by this class have made
il necessary for the police to take
special measures and many raids
have been made upon suspicious re-
sorts.