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RACING KINGS
ENTER NAMES
BARNEY OLDFIELD AND BOB
BURMAN HAVE ADDED NAMES
TO ENTRIES FOR RACE

During the week just passed two
famous drivers have added their
names to the list of entries for the
500 mile race at the Twin City Motor
Speedway on Saturday, September 4.
These are Barney Oldfeld and Wild
Bob Burman, master drivers and road
racing kings, and both will come to
the Twin Cities shortly after August
20 for the purpose Of testing out
their cars and with the idea of studing
the new two mile concrete course be-
fore they make any attempts at ex
treme speed.
Oldfefd is perhaps the best known
man in the motor racing game as he
has been connected with it ever since
automobiles first showed signs OF
present day drivers to see the posi-
bilities of the sport and has raced on
more tracks before greater number
of people than any driver living: Last
fall he cared the title of master
Driver of the World' when he drove
his car 700 miles from Los Angeles
to Phoenix, Arizona and won the
Cactus Derby with a phenomenal
speed average.
A short time age he purchased
new French car, De Lago, and enter
ed it in the recent 100 mile match
race at Chicago, but did mot finish be-
cause of engine trouble. This car,
however, did show speed Of Ill
miles an hour in the eliminatiors and
this speed is certain to put the popu-
lar Barney strictly i then running on
September 4.
Bob Burman, too, is one of the vet
erans of the track and has done the
greatest part Of his speeding on dirt
courses and in road races. Recently
he has taken up the speedway end OF
the sport and will drive Peugect III
the coming race. This is the French
car which Jules Goux drove to victory
in the Indianapolis race of 1913 and
its speed was shown more recently
when Burman won the Oklahoma road
race from Oldfield and Earl Cooper.
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SHOW PRODUCTS
AT COUNTY FAIR.
SECRETARY OF WILLIAMS CO
FAIR WRITES LETTER TO
FARMERS CLUBS

To Members of the Farmers Clubs:
The Williams County Fair to be
held in Williston on September I, 2, 3.
is big thing in the Agricultural at
fairs of this County, and the splendid.
means of showing to best advantage
the products raised by you and your
community. The Fair last year had
some excellent exhibits, and the club
booths were pronounced by outside
visitors Of experience as second to
none they had seen in the State. With
this years fine crop the club showing
can be made considerably better. Now
is the time to plan, and work for a
club exhibit, collection of the best
products raised in your community
this year. The following are a few
short suggestions on preparation OF
material to the best advantage:
Grain and grass bundles selected
for the Fair should be at least fifteen
inches in circumference. They should
be uniform, true to type, and the var
iety they represent. Mixed and
tangled bundles detract greatly from
a ontherwise good exhibit, and often
causes to lose a prize. The heads of
the grain should be we'll formed, we'll
filled uniform and clean. The plants,
should be taken from the best parts,
of the field as soon as ripe, cut close
to the ground, and hung up head
downward in the shade where there
is good air circulation to cure. Strip
ping the leaves from the straw of the
grain improves the bundles, but al,
falfa and grasses should be shown IN
their natural state. All bundles should
be of the same size, we'll made, and
the butts cut off square. Tying RIB
bon or colored tape around the bum
dies improves its appearance.
Potatoes and vegetables should be
shown in the number or measure. n
called for by the premium list. They
should all be mature, clean, fresh
uniform in shape and size, and of the
same general type. Practically thu
same general rules apply to every
thing for exhibits, but more so to
vegetbles. Products showing. merely
large size are not necessarily best
Coarseness is Disseminated against,
it is the well formed and dainty thing
that is sought and gets the prize.
The more exhibits we have, the bet
ter will be the competition and the
more good will we all get out Of it.
Let US aQOpC as our Slogan "A DbA-
TER FAIR IN TIME"
County Agent E. w. Hall, the Ex-
pertinent Station, or the Secretary Of
the Fair will be pleased to give fur
ther information in regard to the ex-
hibits. If you not already secured y
Fair Premium List, get one, they
are free for the asking.
Yours for better Fair,
The Board of Direct0r3-
P. S. If your Club is planning to-
have an exhibit. please notify the Sec
retary. Mr.. J. Arthur Cunningham, i'm
order that space may be reserved for
you.
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STEALS HOME AND
WINS THE GAME
MINOT!WILLISTON GAME CLAIM.
ED TO BE FASTEST EVER
PLAYED THERE

Minot, Aug. 13.-By far the most
sensational and thrilling base ball
game ever played in Minot was that
pulled off at Dorman's park last even
ing between the Magicians and Will
liston. .>
There have been many interesting
finishes to contests witnessed here,
but the one last night must be given
the palm for being the best Of all.
Joe Doughertys spectacular base
running and Minot's great fielding
work was largely responsible for the
Magician's victory.
No runs were made until the sixth
inning, but after blanking Williston
in their frame things started to hap
pen. Clayton, the first man up,
struck out. Dougherty went to first
on a slow bunt hit that was impos,,
sible to field. Mccoy threw wild and
the Minoter went to second. On the
second ball pitched to Palmer Dough
erty stole third: Palmer whitfield max
ing two out. The first two balls pitch
ed to Rush, the next man up, were
pitch Dougherty made perfect steal
u uOuAcS kcIIALS LII VIC OA!Ay AuAA Va
the game. Rush struck out.
In Williston's inning, the first man
up, Ruyle, got a two bagger to deep
right center, Heising went out, Clay
ton to Warner, Grubbs, the next man
up, his to Rush who attempted to
catch Ruyle going from second to
third. INNINGS next up was hit by
Clayton and the bases were filled with
but one man down.
Things indeed looked mighty dark
for the Magicians. But as it was at
this point where the fans were thrown
into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Hand
schu the next man up hit fast one
to Rush who fielded to Day, thus for
cling out Ryle. Day then threw to
Warner in an attempt to get Hand
schu at first for double, but Hand
schu was safe. At this point Grubbs
came tearing in and Warner quickly
returned the ball to Day who tagged
Grubbs out at the plst4e2, thus, II ;elea97
with the exception H4l of the first in
ming when Rush got to third base on
base eH balls and a wild throw no
Miubt Man got beyond second until
Ddhgherty scored.
For Williston nobody got further
than second until the seventh inning.
Both Cardeau and Clayton pitched re-
markable ball. Cadreau struck out
II men and allowed two hits while
Clayton whitfield 8 and allowed three
singles.
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BROTHER SHOT
AND ROBBED
BROTHER OF MRS. PENSON KILL
ED..SHOT TWICE AND ROBBED
OF MONEY AND CLOTHES

Mrs. John Penson of this city re-
ceived word Saturday telling Of the
death of her brother Gordon Hendrix
son of Spokane, Washington. Mr..
Hendrixson, in company with another
man. left Milan. Washington, for the
timber where they were going to 50
lect or pick out timber. The body
of Hendrixson was found robbed of
the new suit which he was wearing
and of twenty dollars and new gold
watch. Two shots we're fred into the
body, one hitting one Of the mans
legs and the other entering the head
Parties who found the body claim
that there had been a struggle as the
ground was trampled over end torn
ander, Mckenzie county, left Sunday
for Spokane and attended the funeral
which was held at Rathdrum, Idaho,
Tuesday.
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REAL OBJECTIVE
IS PETROGRAD
Won HINDENBURG IN COMMAND
OF BALTIC OPERATIONS TO
HOLD RUSSIANS BACK
(By J. w. H. Mason)

10Y w. H. NAoSOA)
For the first time since the present
German offensive against the Slavs
began, the part being played in the
campaign by Field Marshal Won Hind
enburg is announced by the German
government. He is revealed as being
in command of the operations in the
Baltic provinces and as holding in
check Russian attempt to advance
toward Riga and Mitau.
simultaneously, and perhaps with
ominous significance, the Novoe Vre-
mya, Petrograd's leading newspaper,
is declared in dispatches to have pub
lished warning that the real Ger
man objective is Petrograd itself.
Where Won Hindenburg is, there
must center the climax of the present
struggle to force the Slavs to make a
separate peace.
The Baltic campaign has possessed
elements Of systery from its begin
ming. Only bare announcement of its
progress have forced their way into
official reports, and the numbers of
troops engaged have been kept sue
ret. 1t has been assumed that the
purpose of the Baltic offensive was to
cut the Warsaw-P Petrograd railway
and then attempt to drive the Rus
slams southwark into the arms of Won
Maczensen and the Vistula armies.
But the annihilation of the Grand
Duke Nicholas field forces may not
be the major purpose of the Austro-
Germans, after all. The immense
difficulty of the task may have caused
its abandonment, if, indeed, it was
thought ever to be really possible by
the German general staff.
Instead of expending al! their
strength trying to put a ring about
the Russians, the Teutonic strategists
may intend principally to isolate Pet
rograd and block the Slav armies in
central and southern Russia. Then
Won Hindenburg could march into the
cars capital and compel the czar and
his court to flee.
1t is obvious the Russians are be.
ginning to fear this may turn out to
be the German plan. There are no IL
lusions, apparently, among the Slavs
concerning the Napoleonic compari-
son. Because Napoleon could not con-
solidate his hold on Moscow is no
reason why the Germans, once in
Petrograd, cannot cling to the city in
definitely. The Novoe Vrmya esti-
mates the present Teutonic power is
seven times that of Napoleon's.
Whether Russia's own power has in
creased sevenfold during the last cen.
tury remains as yet to be proven.
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GREAT GAME
WITH GLENDIVE
BEST GAME EVER SEEN IN THIS
PART OF COUNTRY PLAYED
AT FAIRVIEW SUNDAY

BY far the best game of baseball
ever seen in this section of the coun-
try was played at Fairview last Sun
day between the Williston and Glen
dive teams. The game went eleven
innings before a man succeeded in
reaching home and then Bruegger
scored on two errors and sacrifice,
and the game was over one to moth
ing.
Both pitchers were twirling league
ball and it was almost toss up be-
tween the two men. Williston secured
but one hit while Glendive got six but
at that the Williston boys were land
ing on the ball oftener but just failed
to place them where they would count
as hits. Cadreau, pitching for Will
liston famed twelve men while Gold
rick of the mound for Glendive famed
eight. Cadreau pitched great ball
and seemed to have anything he want
ed, when he wanted it and where he
wanted it. He seemed to be able to
fan a man at will and with man on
second deliberately walked one man
in order to take the next one as he
knew he could fan him easier than
the other. Although we are of the
opinion that he could have famed
either one of them. Goldrick pitched
great ball for the Glendive team and
this backed up by fast fielding kept
the local boys from scoring once or
twice earlier in the game. Fast field
ing by Grubbs and Heising in the
first half of the eleventh brought
forth great applause from the three
or four hundred Williston fans pres
ent.
For the first six or seven innings it
looked as if the players would never
see what second base looked like. The
Williston boys saw it first and later
Glendive sent man or two down
into the strange country. 1t looked
like a "Game called on account of
Darkness" proposition after the ninth
inning but the Glendive players nerve
brokel first and the error by their
first baseman followed by sacrifice
which played Bruegger on second and
the error by second who let hot
grounder 60 through him gave us
the only and winning score.
"Chief" Cadreau did not seem to
mind the strain at all and was if any-
thing patching better Ball the last
inning than any time during the
game. He apparently had a little the
best of it in this respect as Goldrick
seemed to be firing.
1t was a great game in every way
and better one to end the season
with could not have been found. The
score follows:
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TAKEN
BY GERMANS
STRONG RUSSIAN FORTRESS IS
TAKEN-SUPPLIES CAPTURED
-ZEPPLINS RAID LONDON

London, Aug. 1s.-Zeppelins raid
ed the outskirts of London last night.
Ten persons were killed by the air
raid. One Zeppelin is believed to
have been hit.
Thirty-six persons were injured.
The raid extended over the eastern
counties Of England.
The taking Of Kovno, the strong
Russian fortress on the Niemen river.
is announced officially by Berlin, at
which the armies Of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg have been pounding
heavily since the fall of Warsaw, pre-
cipitated renewed discussions Of a
Teutonic advance on Petrograd:
Military observers are questioning
whether the Russians, with Kovno in
Germans hands, will be able to hold
the -Litovsk line Of defense in
the general direction Of which Grand
Duke Nicholas armies have been fall:
ing back since Warsaw was taken, and
the Teutonic advance on Petrograd
looms up as possibility.
From the Dardanelles, General Sir
Ian Hamilton reports an advance of
800 yards bv the British left flank at
Sulva, on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Italian mountain troops, Rome
announces. in squads, ioined by ropes.
crossed the mountain passes and
climbed and occupied Tuokett Spitz
and Hinter Madatasch Spitz, each
about 10000 feet high.
italian advances are claimed in the
upper Rienz in the Monte Neros reg
ion, and also in the Tolmino zone.
In the last named section. according
to the official statement, infantry re-
suited in the capture Of line Of
strong entrenchments on the Sank
Maria and Sank Lucca heights.
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OPEN INDEPENDENT ELEVATOR
Alvin Brown and Richard PeytoD
wish to announce that they will open
the Independent Elevator in this city
within a few days and will be ready
for the new crop. Thomas Gardner
has been secured as buyer.
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INTO FENCE

Mr.. Voight and Nick Held were in
jured last night in a motor cycle ac-
cident. They were down on the race
track where Mr.. Voight was learning
to run the machine, Mr.. Held sitting
behind and instructing him. Voight
lost control as they were riding along
and the machine ran into the fence;
Held had his collar bone dislocated
and Voieht had his face badly scratch
ed and bruised.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

List OF letters unclaimed and adveF'-
tised at Wiliiston, N. D., for the week
ending August 16, 1915:
Burnham. Lee; Adolphson, Nancy5
Banuson, C. E.; Christinson, Knute,;
Duchana, JOS; Dobbs. H. B. on e.
The Globe; Gardner, Tom; Hamilton,
James A.; Hegarty, Hugh; Ho1comhL
Lea; Jams, A. B.; Jacobs. CS. Luther
on 2; Lancaster M. A.; Lendsvick,.
w. O.; MacClaude. Francis j.; Nc
CURE, Charley: INLAND. Margrit: Pet
erson. Alma; Perrin, w. A.; Phillips.
Ben D.: Schimm, Hulda; Thomas, Aa--
die: Whele Pearl.
Whencallinp for the above please
say advertised.
Waldo Leonhardy. p. o. :
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SOLD MILLINERY STORE

Mrs. Ringo closed a deal a short
time ago whereby she sold her millin-
cry store to the Allen Sisters OF Min
nesota. They come recommended a.
first class milliners and the public
is guaranteed a continuance Of the
excellent service they have always en-
loved at this shop.
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FRANK MURDERED
BY GEORGIA MOB
LEO M. FRANK TAKEN FROM
STATE PRISON FARM AND
HANGED MONDAY NIGHT

Marietta, Ca, Aug. 17.-Leo M.
Frank, serving life term for the
murder of Mary Phagan, an Atlanta
factory girl, who was taken from the
state prison farm at Milledgeville last
night, was lynched two miles east of
Marietta by an armed automobile
crowd which took him.
Frank was brought 100 miles from
the prison farm to point almost
within sight Of former home of Mary
Phagan. Then he was hanged to a
tree. No shots were fired.
Franks body, bare footed, clad only
in prison trousers and shirt, was
found at $3.50 o'clock this morning. 1t
is believed he was lynched about day.
light.
Several automobiles, we'll loaded,
left here in the direction of Milledge-
vile last night. After the return of
the machines today, officers started on
the road which the automobiles had
travelled.
They had gone only two miles when
they found the body of Frank hang
ing to tree, not more than $50 yards
from the roadside.
News that the body had been
found spread rapidly, and within a
short time hundreds of persons were
crowding to the scene.
No immediate effort was made to
cut the body down, as Sheriff Hicks
was not in town and the coroner took
no action.
1t is believed that a stop at the
bridge over the little river, near Es-
tonton, when the armed party talked
loudly and fired shots, was a ruse to
delay pursuers. At the time the
vicinity of the bridge was being
searched, it is probable that Frank
already had met death.
Curious Crowd Urged to Mutilate
Body
The crowd increased rapidly as the
day wore on. By 10 o'clock many
women and children were mingling
with the crowd in the woods at the
edge Of which the body hung. Up to
that hour no effort had been made Of
dispose of the body, although Coroner
Booth had been summoned.
Franks body was cut down at 1915
o'clock, but not until Robert Howell
mutilation Of the body. Newtoif Mora
ris pleaded with the thr6nga to allow
the inquest nSaY{FeeE st. t4o5,taakeits a course. A vote
was5 tsuEgested and taken. It was
overwhelmingly in favor of allowing
the coroner to take charge of the
body. It was then cut down and the
two mile trip to Marietta started.
At the suggestion Of Newton A.
Morris, former superior court judge,
the body was taken from the under
takers wagon, in which it was placed
at the lynching scene, and put into a
automobile at the outskirts of the
town. The automobile was then
started toward Atlanta.
Frank was spirited away from the
prison at Milledgeville, Ca, shortly
after midnight, by q crowd Of men
variously estimated at from Is to Is.
They overpowered Warden Smith and
other officials, and escaped successful
ly:
Previous to the raid, the men cut
the telephone wires leading to the
prison.
Frank was found in his cell, and
taken out by the men to an automo-
bile. The men then departed in the
direction Of Eatonton, Pullman coun-
ty..
Another prisoner heard the raiders
discuss their intentions towards
Frank, one remarking that his dead
body would be found in the morning
on the grave Of Mary Phagan, the
girl whom he was convicted of mur-
dering.
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The war is a year old, and the only
hing it has accomplished il the ap-
calling destruction Of life, property
and honor. Sherman was right.
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NORTHWEST WILL
NOT BE HELPED
ANTHRACITE COAL RATE DECI-
SION DOESN'T AFFECT LAKE
SHIPMENTS

: washington, Aug. 16.-Resl0entS OF
North Dakota and other northwestern
states who expect to get some benefit
from the decision Of the interstate
commerce commission in the anthra-
cite coal cases will be disappointed.
Much of the anthracite that reaches
the northwest is shipped by way OF
the great lakes. Attention was called
to the fact that the decision does not
affect any of the existing rates to lake
ports.
Depew, New York, is the town fur
thest west to which rates from the
anthracite fields were lowered. This
is a CITY short distance from Buffalo,
but shipments to it do not move fur
ther.
The commission did not rule on the
rates to Chicago, so that relief to the
northwest is shut off at both the great
lakes and the Chicago gateways.
Attaches Are Indignant
None of the members of the COM
mission was in the city today, but at
taches of the commission were indig::
nant at statements made by railroad
officials to the effect that the commits
sion left the taking of testimony to
subordinates.
"These cases were considered care
fully by every member of the commits
sion." declared one of the higher Of
ficials. I'm fact no case was gone into
more carefully nor more thoroughly
and any assertion or intimation that
there was any neglect is unwarrant-
3D."
History of Work in Case
The history of the preparation Of
the rate case shows that Franklin K.
Lane. then one of the commissioners,
instituted the proceedings in 1912 in
the absence Of formal complaint.
When Mr.. Lane went into the cabinet
as secretary of the interior, John
Marble, who had been attorney for
the commission, was made member.
Mr.. Marble died suddenly after serv-
ing two months as commissioner.
Then Silas w. Smith Of Washington,
the attorney who had started the
prosecution of the case before COM
missioner Marble, was asked by the
commission to act as examiner. Mr..
Smith took about 5000 pages OF tes-
While the railroad men interviewed
did not personally criticize Mr.. Smith
thew held that it would have been bet
ter if the case had been handled d.
rectly by the commission and not by
q lawyer who had formerly served in
the capacity Of prosecutor.
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Tie to the man who warns up to
his home town. There are no icycles
on him.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-08-19

CONCERT MONDAY EVENING
The Harleib Concert Company viii
give an entertainment in the Congre-
pational church next Monday evening"
There are four members in the COM
pany and they come very highly
recommended.
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MAYOR CLAIMS
WAS JUST FATE
ATLANTA OFFICIAL, SPEAKING
AT SAN FRANCISCO, GETS
NO APPLAUSE

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. Ex-Governor
Harris today declared that all the
legal machinery of the state will be
put in motion to apprehend the men
who lynched Leo Frank at Marietta.
"This affair is shocking, and l am
going to have it investigated to the
very limit of my power" said Cover
nor Harris.
He has not made up his mind what
will be done Immediately and it is be-
lieved much will depend upon the
findings of the Cobb county coroner's
jury, which adjourned to meet Tues
day afternoon, having short session
yesterday.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 18.@. M.
Woodward, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
who is visiting here, is on record as
declaring that Leo NJ. Frank suffered
a just penalty, his unshakable belief.
The mayor at the same time warns
former Governor John NJ. Slaton not
to return to Georgia for year at
least.
Mayor Woodward made his declara-
ton at a banquet of the California
State Assessors association members
and their families last night. Little
or no applause greeted the remarks OF
Mayor Woodward, though he was lis
tened to with close attention.