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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
THRESH|NG. STARTED IN
AND AROUND HEBRON

Hebron, N. D., Aug. 19.-Thresh-
ing has; been started in and around
Hebron 4and. q from all reports the
wheat in! that vicinity will be excel
lent. Nine hundred bushels of Mar
quis wheat has already been thresh-
ed. out on Fred r Schmalenberger's S
farm. and IL bushels to the acre has
been frealized.:f;A A. M. Christianson of
the North Dakota Experiment station
of Fargo has looked over the grain
and states that it will make good
seed. e-..L.-. -.---- - -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION mot HOPELESS But GRAVE
Neup Heat
Wave Sueeps
the East

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Three deaths,
several prostrations and further suf
fering among the poor were caused
today by the new heat wave that
made itself felt here on Friday. AT
8 a. m. the temperature was SO, the
highest of the day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
MANDAN MEAT MARKET
DAMAGED bY FIRE

No clue has been discovered regard
ing the origin of the fire which, Fri
day night, damaged the Sanitary Meat
Market Of Mandan to the extent of
$500. The blaze started above the
ice box and had good start before
It was discovered.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
ALLEGED H|GHWAYMEN
HELD At JAMESTOWN

Two highwaymen, who are alleged
to have held up Conductor Orcutt
and brakeman of a Northern Paci-
fic freight train enroute east, Friday,
are being held at jamestown.
The hold-up was staged at Medina.
The men, unmasked, pulled guns on
the two train men and took their
small change.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
MONTANA CROP NORMAL,

Helena, Mont, Aug. 19.-Crop re-
ports by the local bureau of the de-
partment of agriculture continue opti-
mistic. The local experts reiterate
that the crop, while not to be COM
pared to the bumper figures of 1916,
will be at least normal,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
STRIKERS REJECT OFFER
Of DAIRY OWNERS

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 19-Striking
milk wagon drivers today rejected an
offer Of the dairy owners to pay
wage of SIS per week and two percent
commission on gross sales.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-20
KEROSENE DROPS HALF
CENT IN TWO STATES

Kerosene took half cent drop In
North Dakota and Minnesota today,
according to information coming from
local oil houses.
, 1916-12-20

long kilograms concerning she opinion of
tbs Allies on he peace proposals. The
journal de Geneve says: Germany will
make the Germans believe that The Entente
Allies will be morally responsible for the
continuation of the war. Perhaps the
Germans will believe this but ~neutrals will
not be duped any how not the Swiss.
St. Thomas, Dec. acknowledgment arrived
al 1O.30 a. IN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
GO TO THE RESCUE
Don't Wait Till It's Too Late-FOl
low the Example of Sank Cen
tire Citizen.

Rescue the aching back.
Ii it keeps on aching trouble may
come.
Often it indicates kidney weakness.
If you neglect the kidney weakness
If you neglect the kidneys warn
ing,
Look out for urinary disorders.
This Sank Centre citizen will show
you how to go to the rescue.
Frederick LANCE, stone mason and
farmer, Brooklyn Addition, Sank Cen
tire, says:
"My back was stiff and lame
especially mornings and it hurt
me to stoop or lift. l had to pass
the kidney secretions too often
during the night. Doan's Kidney
Pills not only regulated the pas
sages of the kidney secretions,
but removed the lameness in my
back and helped me in every
way" =
Price SOC, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. LANCE had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
40 under conditions as nearly as pos

'TO under conditions as nearly as pos
sible similar to the original 80
s.The result of Mr.. Griffiths' efforts
is anew and stupendous art for which
no adequate name has yet been found
The Birth of a Nation combines
spectacle, romance, domestic drama,
comedy, tragedy, music, and mechani-
cal. effects into harmonious ensemble
that captivates equally the eye and
the ear. In presentation lasting 2
hours and As minutes, it epitomizes
the life of a nation. This is some
thing the old art could never do. The
obsolete so-called stage unities' are
thrown to the winds, and Griffith car
ries the magnificent story from the
introduction of African slavery right
down through Civil war and Recon-
struction Days to the final real union
of South and North in the bonds of
love and peace.
Among the distinguished actors in
the cast are Henry B. Walthall, Lii
liam Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper,
Mary Alden, Josephine Crowell, Ralph
Lewis, Joseph Henabery, Raoul Walsh,
Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, George
Siegman, Walter Long, Elmer Clifton,
and Robert Heron. Eighteen thous-
and people, 5000 horses and no less
than 5000 scenes went into the max
ing of the big spectacle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
NEW ENTERPRISE IN TOWN

j. l.. Sweezy has recently returned
from Indianapolis, Ind, where he
spent several weeks in the factory of
the Haywood Vulcanizer factory. The
gentleman has opened up a shop for
the repair of automobile tires in the
building two doors east of the Mer-
chants National bank building on
Third street, and will devote his time
and energies vulcanizing and repair
ing automobile tires. The young man
has certificate of efficiency from the
factory stating that he spent suffi-
cient time under the direct supervision
of the. superintendent of the factory
to equip him to handle this class of
work. He has installed Haywood
Vulcanizer which is steam dry cure
process, said to be the very latest me-
thod for doing this work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
DEMOCRATS LINE UP
Select Delegates to. Attend State
Conference-Will Support Dom
ahue for National Delegate

At conference of Stearns County
Democrats held at st. Cloud last
Thursday and attended by about one
hundred delegates from St. Cloud,
Sank Centre, Melrose, Albany, ST.
Joseph and smaller places, the follow
ing business was transacted:
Delegation of 81 selected to repre-
sent Stearns County at the Minneso-
ia State Democratic conference to be
held in ST. Paul today, Feb. 3.
Chairman empowered to appoint a
county committee of five, one from
each commissioner district. q
Fred Schilplin of St. Cloud endorsed
for appointment as member of execu-
tive committee of the Democratic
State Central committee from Stearns
county.
Senator J. d. Sullivan of St. Cloud
endorsed for appointment as member
of the state central committee from
Stearns county.
Chairman J. B. Himsl of the coun-
ty committee called the meeting to or
der. ]. j. Hilbe of St. Cloud was Sc
slected chairman and F. E. Minette of
Sank Centre secretary. Under these
presiding officers the business was
transacted briskly. The delegation to
the state conference was instructed to
meet in designated place in St. Paul
this morning to organize and elect a
chairman and also was instructed to
vote as unit on all matters coming
before the state conference While
the county conference did not place
any pledge on the delegation as to
whom to support as delegate from
this section for delegate to the nation
al convention at st. Louis next June,
it is certain that the delegation is solid
for w. F. Donahue of Melrose. The
delegation named to attend the meet
ing in St. Paul today is as follows and
the delegation is empowered to. fill any
vacancies at the meeting to be held
this morning:
DR.. P. A. Hilbert, Fred Schilplin,
Mich Loso, Ferdinand Peters, P. j.
Seberger, J. j. Hilbe, James J. Quig-
ley, w. A. Huntington, Ed. Hammered,
DR.. P. E. Stangl, F. Art, George Ros-
enberger, L. J. Rocholl, C. ]. Metz
roth, J. C. Crever, John A. Henry, DR..
J. A. Dubois, Math Pitzl, Herman
Schooner, P. P. Maurin, Geo. Borg
mann, ]. B. Schoenhoff, Jos. Hartel,
John Mertes, Peter Spaniel, Math
Nuremberg, Hubert Hansen, J. B.
Himsl, John J. Amman, Nicholas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
WORLDS PICTORIAL
MASTERPIECE HERE.
THE BIRTH OF A NATION" COM
ING TO SAUK CENTRE ON
FEBRUARY 18TH.
AFTERNOON AND night SHOW
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BRING
PEOPLE HERE FROM THE g.
NEARBY TOWNS

No book, drama or photo-play ever
written has created the comment that
ID. w. Griffith's "The Birth of a Ma
ton" has created. Much of the COM
ment has been friendly, a great deal
of it unfriendly. AL who have had the
opportunity to see this production arr
agreed that the picture is the acme Oh
motion picture production.
Manager DuDeau OF the Caughren
theatre has been able to book this
thrllllng story Of the Civil war for two
performances. Inc date falls on Sun
day, teD. 18th. he was only able to
secure the feature because OF the va
canG date following the st. Cloud en-
gagenenr. The only Minnesota cities
NORTH OF the Iwm Cites where this
picture VIII be shown are Duluth, st.
CLOUD and Sauk centre.
Arrangements have been made
run Speclal trans from every dlrec-
ton and the herald would suggest
that In oruer tnat the people from
outside OF oauk centre may De accom-
dated that SauK Centre people as tai
as praculcaole attend the evening
performance.
1t taxes two hours and As minute
to present "The Birth of Nation,
ana the company carries a symphony
orchestra Of 80 pieces which plays
specially prepared music. Seats are
now selling, the prices for the matinee
being soc, 15c and $1.00; and for the
evening, soc, Use, $1.0O and $1.5O.
A well known writer in speaking o.
"The Birth of Nation" says:
MANY of the critics who have been
sternest in their exactions of Amer
lean dramatists announce their belief
that d. W. Griffith has put over the
great American play at last. Mr..
GrInlths wonderful spectacle-drama,
the Birth of Nation is referred to-.
"For many years American drama
fists wrote able plays of particular
States, cities and localities, ranging
from Alabama to the Henrietta ana
from Way Down East to The Great
Divide But no one man seemed to
grasp the whole spirit and genius Of
America until David Wark Griffith
picked a suggestion for his theme out
of Dlxon's The Leopard's Spots and
The Clansman' and started to develop
it.
"a remarkable thing about Mr..
Griffith's plan is that words Except
for leaders and titles) did not enter
into it. Perhaps words had cramped
rather than aided previous fictionists
and dramatists. At any rate, he re-
placed speech with music, and the old
fashioned stage action and scenery by
the pictoralized action of thousands of
players in the great Out-of-doors. In
brief, he staged the great battles,
struggles and critical events of 1861
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
GRoUNDHOG SEES SHADOW

If old tradition bears itself out,
Sauk4Centre can prepare for six
weeks more of crimpy winter weather.
Tuesday was Grounding Day and Mr..
Grounding had practically from sum
rise to sunset to wander out of his
hole and see his shadow. If he tried
his utmost he could not have picked,
even few minutes time for stroll
when he could not have seen his shad-
ow and thus tempered Jack Frost so
an searly spring would follow. 4.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03

Thomey, Chris Schmitt, Paul Ahles,
Ben Schooner, Henry Limperich, John
Lang, p, N. Lahr, Val Herman, P. j.
Theisen, Ben Ellering, Jacob Weber,
DR.. H. A. Pinault, Martin Schroeder,
F. E.. Minette, Henry Sullivan, F. J.
Weisser, Frank Lair, Gus Seifert,
Andrew Schumacher, VIM. Rossman'
w. F. Donohue, Jas. R.. Bennett, Jr..
Alex lBrandtner, Dr. J. J. Gelz.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03
Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends who So
kindly assisted US in the sickness
death and burial of our beloved hus--
band and father, and also the G. A. R.,
for the beautiful flowers. advp,
Mrs. Loomer and family.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03

of Des Moines. Ia, said. in an inter
view today,
IF each person in this country would
take an occasional laxative dose, our
hospitals would lose thousands upon
thousands of patients"
Mr.. Olsen further stated that he was
familiar with and had sold all the va
ri0us laxatives, and that in his opinion,
Rexall Orderlies is the most pleasant
and sure remedy for constipation.
We have the exclusive selling rights Tor
this great laxative. Trial size. 10 cents.
CHARLES FIESLER
THE REXAIL STORE
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26

H. /. .
have eaten together and slept 20,
gether for the last eight years-lils
pals. When We first met. Broadway
was n bit further up in the world
than ] was, but that didn't make any
difference to either one of-ts. Broad
way shook hands with me, and told
me TO make myself at home.
Il was a very young actor Just
over from England. had to make
a living before / even dared to think
Of making q name. Broadway, the
philanthroptst, started by giving me
the living, and later, It gave me q
name that made me prosperous. And,
as FAR as I could. L have returned the
favor. / have spent much more than
a fair share Of my earnings on the
street that made them possible. ]
have never been disloyal, either. On
my trips abroad ] have always sung
the praises OF Broadway aB ithe
greatest street in the world. and j
shall continue to do so.
His Troublesome con1eisass.
.lt was Broadway that made me
an American. 1 do consider myself
half American. you know. In fact I
am 50 much Of an American that ]
feellike stranger In London.
I" All the way through, l love Broad
way-its crowds, places. atmosphere.
lights, noLse-yes. and Its extraya.
gance.
mo. I'm not glad to leave. It's
hard 70 go. / am 30 sorry that Il
were still a dancer instead OF q Sol.
der, I think could cry.
rThe only reason am leaving ID
the fact that am half English, too.
It's q year since my conscience first
began to trouble me- My relatives
and the friends Of my boybood DAYS
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26

F.. u y q p IL. Hf
are lighting .tor King and for coltt.
Try" Even my mother is In danger
OF death with Zeppelin bombs rain
ing. down on her town. But i danced
on and stuck 10 Broadway. u tried
to smother my conscience. but !
couldn't. 1t kept cutting up worse
and worse as time passed and tinals
ly I had TO yield to It's commands.
That's the only reaSon i am going.
I remember that sometimes In the
midst OF a dance with Irene, with
thousands OF eyes following us,
thoughts Of the folks at home would
pop into my head. Then I would
dance like an automaton, for I would
find myself, thinking, not of being az
graceful as possible. but of what tho
folks at home were thinking Of me,
and Of the cold reception would
receive, sc I waited until the close OF
the war before returning. Even my
own mother, I thought, would not
want to. have anything to do with me.
And could i blame herr
~. -.
$50 Ishegan 70 make some definite
plans for returning to England TO
fight for my country. 1 realized that
nature MAD made me more for dane
Eng than Tor ltlghting. and that wor-
riedlmei q whole lot until hit on the
idea OF Joining the aviation corps.
But I wasn't footloose. There were
debts to be paid. and provision to ,be
made for my, wife before | could
think Of leaving my work 70 go 20.
asehool Of aviation.
Bit after all this time I have been
kuccesstul In making ali necessary
arrangements. Il go 10 dare the skies
and the shrapnel, not because love
my wife less. but because was born
loving my country. It was reported
that there was discord between my
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26

wife and me. Most absurd and an
moving. such stnriesig
.Whati Vernon and l separated.
There IS absolutely no truth in such
"a report. exclaimed Mrs Castle.
The reason we have not been seen
together as much as formerly was
oa,accotnt Of my husbands plans to
goltto war as an aviator. 1t is very
cruel OF people to start such lies
especially at such o time as this
Irsne Explsins.
Vernon has been simply crazy
over aviation work and getting to
the front. ] shah miss him terribly
tnsmy dancing work. Not until now
dia realize how much 1 depended
upon him. and cher voice tremblingl
how mnchFI loved him. II Vernon
never comes back 70 me, / shall al
ways find comfort In the knowledge
that he left only In obedience to the
call OF his country
VERNE is bugs on the aLrsstunt.r
said one Of the oFacles OF the
Great White Way. .And hen make
friends as well as enemies look nm.
HewiIl Ny as naturally as he dances.
And he leaves for the new thing AZ a
time when he Is the big top.notcb Of
( the tune and trot.
Prom the time the vogue of th..
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26

Coop-BY nRoADwAYl" That.
VI the answer Vernon Castle. the
Dance King. has given the
Great White Way" to heed the call
of the sky. For Vernon of the twink
ling toes. nerfumed handkerchiefs.
eheckered suits and Plccadllly ac.
cent, has said his final farewell. and
has sailed away to become a soldier
by playing "castle.ln-the.air" as a
member of the English Aviation
Corps.
Vernon's racing stable. Japanese
spanIels, jade wrist watches and
even his name. electrically emblaz.
oned on the Rlalto's fiashlest dane.
Ing palace. are gone. The Dance King
now is known as Vernon Blythe,
cadet in his majesty'g aviation corps.
Vernon is a graduate OF Long
Island school of aviation. which
means tnat he is '.cIold-perfect," So
now he has left Broadway 10 prove
to all the folks back home that no is
no "bloomln' Stacker, frivolous dancer
and all that sort OF rot, don't yon
know"
According to Vernon's friends II Is
nerfectlv natural for him TO become
an aviator instead of soldier in the
trenches, for 1t always has been diff.
fcult to keep him on the ground, and
subterranean life is entirely out OF
the question.
Scores OF Mr. Castles friends and
admirers wished him godspeed and
safe return to Broadway after tho
war 1t is said that not a powder
pun was dry as the newly made avi-
ator dancer tore himself from the
embrace of his weeping wife.
Mrs. Castle can't go. Poor irene
has to stay at home. She pleaded
with Vernon-oh, so very hard-to
chuck everything, even the $1,000 a
night contracts and the movie en-.
gagements. She wanted With all her
heart to become q Red Cross nurse.
But Vernon was firm. Irene must be
',the girl he left behind while he
cuts great arcs aud parabolns through
shell-shattered clouds.
Broadway His pal"
Vernon didn't betray any stage.
fright as he gave his friends a final
farewell. but It was deadhead house
and an unhappy audience that wit.
messed his last performance. They
all hated to see Vernon go. but the
heavy sorrow other grieytng hearts
was lightened by the fact that II
wasn't costing them anything to see
Elm sail away for the. battle front in
FLANDERS or Artois, where his Brit
tsh brethren are lighting the Teu
tons.
1t was Ear different Vernon Castle
who went away. from the "Great
White Way" than the one who came
to 1t, for the newly;created cadet Of
the English Aviation Corps seemed
TO realize that more than likely he
would never see Broadway again
the Broadway that to him had be
come far more than a thoroughtare
or a playground. Broadway was his
life. At the parting Of the ways
vernonIs and the Great White One,
the dancer seemed to have dropped
the little affectations Of hts profes
sion for q soldierly seriousness.
lam leaving the land i love, = Yer.
non said. ''It Is the hardest thing j
ever did In my life. belong ia
Broadway. and belongs to me. We
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-25

II Joe Wilhoit Pacific Coast Lacquer.
bought by the Braves Inst season. makes
good next year Fred snodgrass, the for
mer Giant. now with the Braves. will be
eligible for the Grand Lodge Of Base Ball
Scouts. snodgrass sang the praises Of
Wllhoit 20 loudly to former President
Gaffney and staked his reputation on
wilhoit malSing good that uaffney
rbohgtit him. snodgrass personally signed
the youngster to a Brave contract en- his
return 10 California last fall.
AT present wilhoit is a prominent cam
dldate for regular post in the Brave
outfield. and may play next to his cham
pion. wilhoit Is Dig man, six feet two
and one-half inches tan, Weighing 1876
pounds. and he hit .s2i, playing for
Venice in the Pacific Coast league last
season. lie il very fast runner and
during his college days at Depauw uni
versity In Chicago won an intercollegiate
iO0-yard event In 1915 seconds and on the
same afternoon won the 120-yard high
hurdles In 1875 seconds.
without II a.eivil engineer when not
playing base ball and makes his home
at Caiexieo. Cal He Is "a years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-25
ILLINOIS RIVER
CONTINUES TO RISE
Many bikes Break and Hundreds Of
People Are Taken from
Homes in Boats.
SCORES OF ANIMALS DROWN

PEORIA, Ill. Jan. 24.-With the
Illinois river still rising, residents
along the low lands today are fleeing
to safety. Hundreds have been
resued from their homes by boats.
In many places bikes have broken
and valuable farm lands are mum
dated. Reports from points up and
down the Illinois indicate enormous
damage to farm property and live
stock.
Scores OF dead cattle and horses are to
be seen floating down stream.
Hundreds OF caoin boats along the lower
river have broken from their moorings
and either sunk or floated away.
From Lewiston and Havana come re-
ports that the countryside around these
towns is flooded. Spoon river at Lewis
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-25
HUSKER TOSSERS
TO PLAY In OMAHA
University of Nebraska Basket Bali
Five Will Play Burgess-Eash
Team Saturday.
THREE OMAHA BOYS ON TEAM

I The University Of Nebraska basket
Z hall five will appear in Omaha Saturday
night OF this week. The Cornhusker
quintet will battle the Burgess-Nash crew
I Of the Trl-City league at the Young
Mems Christian association gymnasium.
/ The Nebraska flIppcrs are at present
T, tied in the missouri Valley conference
race with the Missouri Tigers. Both
I teams have won four games out OF four
+, played. and the dope is that both squads
will win all OF their coming games this
season. This will leave the two teams
tied, and negotiations are now under way
for a meeting OF the two teams to settle
the supremacy Of the valley IN case both
so through the season undefeated.
The Cornhuakers are the strongest they
have been In several years, and Il Is
( thought they have an edee on the Mis-
sourians Thus Omaha floor fans will
see some swell basket ball when they
witness the state team i'm action.
Omaha Lads on Team.
Three Omaha boys are playing on the
Nebraska quintet this year. They are
Jimmy and Chuck" Gardiner, two BROTH
crs who are Central High products, and
shields. South High grad All three OF
the Omaha boys are stars on the team.
lnsddition, Dick Rutherford. who will be
assistant coach next year; Captain Hugs
and Thiescn are the shining lights on the
team Thieseh Is one Of the best basket
bah flIppers Nebraska ever. had. Ter
I, field goals made against Drdke last Sat
urday show the speed of this Cornhuske,
athlete.
The Burgess-Nash team Is made up OF
ex- Nebraska players. managed by stub
Hascal. also an ex-Cornhusker War.
rcn Howard HYDE. ANDERSON, Finley
Jones. Antilles. all are ex-cornhushel
stars. obIe Myer Is the only vagabond
and he goes TO the Nebraska Anedica
: school.
The game should be a good one. and
Omaha fans are looking forward to tbs
event