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Costume Party.

Mrs. Leo De Rockford, the Misses
Alice and Hazel Knott and Mrs. La
Lone will be .lOstesses Wednesday
evening at a costume party to mem.
bers Of the Royal Neightbors in the
home of Mrs. De Rockford. The
guests will attend dressed to repre-
sent children.
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All the Bismarck nurses now at the
various environments writes enthusi-
astically of their work. aafrst,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-20

Dr.. 1owne lli.-Dr. r. S. Towne Of
the firm of Rawlings, Toney and
Towne, has entered the Bismarck hos
pital for treatment.
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CITY NEWS

Enjoying Vaeation.-Mrs. Harriet
P. Thornton, of the board Of regents
offices, is enjoying a vacation at Far.
TO-
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To Visit Brother.

Miss Jennie Hagen of Painted
Woods, who has been spending some
time in the city left Monday evening
on No. 2 for Chicago, where she wilt
join her brother, Rudolph Hagen. who
is in training at the Great Lakes naval
training camp. Mr.. Hagen, who is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Hagen, ex-
poets to be called for service in a
very short time. d.
Returns from Huron.
E. H. l.. Vesperman of the Western
Union, returned Monday from Huron,
S. d., where he was called last week
by the death of his bro:her-in-law, w.
J. Hart. Mrs. Vesperman did not ac-
company her husband home but will
remain for short time with relatives
in Huron before going to Sioux Falls,
to visit Mrs. Beckley. Later she will
go to Sioux City, Ia, for short visit
with relatives.
Monday Club Meeting
At the meeting OF the Monday Club
Monday afternoon with Mrs. Samuel
'" WI VII LII oCiCCI, IHC otuuy
of South America was featured by
interesting papers on the natural re-
sources, manufacturing and stock
raising. Miss Matilda Williams dis
cussed Precious Stones and Miner
ais: Mrs. v. J. LaRose, Manufacture
ing; Mrs. F. A. Lair, "Stock Rails
ing; Mrs. w. H. Bodenstad, Medical
Plants and Minerals" and Mrs. r. S.
Towne. Forests The program was
featured by the singing of group of
songs by Mrs. LaRose. +
Dramatic Recital Thursday.
Much interest is being manifested
~ the dramatic recital Mrs. NJ. Nose
Icy Withers will give Thursday eve
ming in the McCaoo church for the
benefit of the Second Baptist (coloredl
church The entertainment is given
to raise fund to help paw
Of fan Indebtedness of $1,000 on the
now church of which Mrs. Withers'
husband is pastor Both Rev. and
Mrs. Withers come highly recon-
lnended from ST. Paul, where the form
Or was pastor o.. two OF the large
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Dancino Party Mondav.

The knights of Columbus has an
nounced the fourth OF the series of
dancing parties for Monday evening,
November 26, in Patterson hall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-18
ACCUSED GOVERNOR
DENIES ALL GUILT

Austin. Texas, Sept. TT call up
On the God of Heaven to strike me
dead before this assembiage II do
not speak the truth when say that l
never intended to make nickel. even
q cent. OF the staff money in the
Temple State bank"
1his was the statement Of Governor
James E. Ferguson, today while testi-
flying at his Impeachment trial before
the, senate high court, regarding the
deposit Of some $4,000 Of the Canyon
City normal school insurance money
dn the Temple State bank, in which he
was q large stookholder.
Tho governor added that he did not
understand how any man could think
that he wohld sell his honor In such q
way.
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GERMANS FACE
TREASON TRIAL
Editors of Philadelphia
Tageblatt Are Held In
$4,000 Bail.

Philadelphia, Sept. 17.-Charged
with treason Louis Werner. chief
editor OF the Philadelphia Tageblatt,
q German language newspaper and DR..
Martin Darkow, managing editor were
today held In $4,000 additional bail
for trial. They are already under bail
on the charge Of violation Of the es-
|pionage law.
In deciding to admit the men to bail
Judge Dickinson of the federal conrt
said everyone realized the gravity of
the charges, but that the reasonable
acts charged in the indictment were
such IS to entitle the defendants to
bail. They were indicted last Satur.
day.
The charge of treason Is not bail
able except at the discretion of the
court.
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CONGRESS NEAR
ENDOF SESSION
ADJOURNMENT EARLY IN ocro.
6ER AIM OF BOTH
HOUSES.

Washington. D. c., Sept. 17-W1th
most all OF the important legislation
OF the session either enacted or about
today set about the task Of carrying
out plans for adjournment early in
October. President Wilson has no
new legislation to recommend and is
said to be ready to have congress take
a vacation.
The house has about finished Its
parts of the legislative program but
prompt action by the senate Is neces-
sary to carry out the adjournment
plans. Only two big measures, the
soldiers and sailors insurance and
the $1,000, 100000 war deficiency bill
remain to be passed by the senate.
and 1t Is expected that both will be
expedited. The deficiency bill, now
in the house, probably will pass today.
Three big measures are In confer.
ence, with prospects of an early agree
ment on all of them. They are the
war tax, the war bond and the trading
with the enemy bills.
The senate and house conferees on
the war tax bill carried their delibera.
tions into the third day with pros.
poets that an agreement on a meas.
ure providing for levies OF approx
mately s2.5o0. 100000 will be reached
before the end of the week. Rapid
progress is being made. about two.
thirds of the bill already having been
disposed Of
Minor matters again today occupied
the attention OF the conferees who
hope to reach the two remaining big
points in dispute. the war profits tax
and the mail rates by Thursday,
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AXE
DURING FIGHT
MINER NEAR CHARLTON CRUShES
HEAD OF FELLOW WORKER
HEARING TOMORROW.

Charlton, Sept. 17.--Costa Gotado Is
in a serious condition with badly cut
head and possible concussion Of the
brain, and Thomas Orillo is in the
county jail pending his hearing Tues
day, as the result of violent quarrel
in which the two men engaged at Tip
perary. mining camp near Charlton,
Saturday evening.
The two men. both Italians, were
intoxicated and during quarrel Orillo
seized an axe. hitting Gotado over the
head with it. lis not expected that
Gotado will recover.
Orillo was taken in custody by
Sheriff !. F. Thomas Sunday. and Is
In the county Jail.
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LABOR ACCUSES
MINE MAGNATES
GoMPERs MAKES PLEA FOR IN
vEsTiGATIoN OF l. W. w.
TROUBLE.

Washington. D. c.. Sept. 17.--Ap-
pointment of committee to investi-
gate labor conditions in Arizona COP
per mines as advocated by the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor was proposed
today by President Wilson.
President Gompers Of the labor
federation has laid before the presi.
dent charges of federation investiga.
tors that I. w. W. agitators were en-
couraged by copper producing inter.
ests for the sake Of discrediting the
labor movement Most OF the miners
recently deported from Bisbee were
union members and not I. W. w. men
and this was known TO company on
cials who promoted deportations. the
federation of labor charges.
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KELLY's CRIME
STORY RE-T0LD
Three Witnesses Say Ac-
cused Man Admitted
Axe Murder Guilt.

Red Oak. Sept. 17.-LThat Rev. Lynn
George J. Kelly. while in Jail at Sioux
Falls, S. D., in 1914 and 1915, said he
was guilty Of the Villisca axe murders
Of 1912 was the testimony of three OF
today's witnesses for the state in con
nection with the axe Staying.
w. O. McQueen testified that he was
jailor at Sioux Falls when Kelly was
confined there in April, 1915, and that
Kelly said: II killed those people at
villisca, Iowa--the Moore and Stillin.
ger girls
ADMISSIONS ARE REPORTED.
julius Wald, deputy sheriff OF
Sioux Falls, testified Kelly told him In
the Jail that he had committed the
murders, and James Tyler, an inmate
OF the Jail in 1915, told OF an alleged
conversation In which Kelly said he
was guilty Of the crimes.
O..G. Olmstead. city attorney OF Win
'ner, 8. D., testified as to certain state.
ments Kelly made In connection with
the crime, while he resided at Winner
in the latter part Of 1913 and early In
1914.
BOASTS OF MURDERS.
"T killed those people at Villisca, +"
Mcqueen testified Kelly told him. Il
could tell many things IL wanted to. f"
Mcqueen said Kelly stated that II the
Villisca murders were ever solved. he,
Kelly, would be the man that solved
them.
Mcqueen, as deputy United States
marshal. arrested Kelly at Winner In
January, 1914 for violating the postal
laws. The witness said that at that
time Kelly had said, II did not kill
them although nothing previously
had been said of any murders.
Tyler testified he had been confined
in the Sioux Falls Jail from April Is to
August 16, 1915. and had been Kelly's
cell mate. April 18, he said. Kelly told
him he knew "all about it," that he
was the first person to enter the
Moore home, where the murders oc-
CURED.
POSED As DETECTIVE.
Two days later Tyler testified, Kelly
said:
II killed the Moores and the Stillin-
ger girls and I'd like to kill Jerry
Carleton and some Of the United
States officials"
When Tyler cautioned Kelly about
discussing the murders, the witness
said the preacher told him he was not
suspected.
Olmstead told of conversation he
is alleged to have had with Kelly in
Winner. testifying Kelly told him that
he was not q regular minister, but was
a detective on the Villisca axe murder
case, and that he expected to go to
Omaha and arrest the murderer.
Kelly also said, Olmstead testified,
that the murderer sent or took a
bloody shirt to Council Bluffs laun-
dry ''after the slayer had tried to wash
1t himself"
WOMEN GIVE TESTIMONY.
Marguerite and Mildred Struck. sis
ters, whose home is in Carroll, told
of an alleged conversation with Kelly
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Wife of Foulkes
Visiting Here

Mrs. William Foulkes of Charlton.
whose husband was killed in the c. B.
& @. wreck at Eartille. H.. last night
was visiting at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. c. A Riggle. 9o9 East Main
street, when informed OF her husbands
death. She arrived with her husband
Saturday evening and had planned to
remain until his return from Chicago.
where he was taking carload OF cat
tie. She left this afternoon with Mr..
Riggle for Aurora.
Mrs Riggle left this afternoon on
Burlington No. for, Charlton. where
she will stay until the arrival of he,
sister and her husband with the 10
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CONSULATE
DESTROYED

Washington, D. c., Sept. IT,
Destruction Of the American con-
suiar agency at Dunkirk, France,
by German bomb on September
z, was reported today to the state
department. The consular agent,
Benjamin Morel, was unInJured
and the archives OF the consulate
we're saved.
The dispatch added no other de-
tails regarding the destruction.
II 10 assumed tho bomb had been
dropped from . German airpiane,
as that section Of France has fire.
quentIy been raided by enemy air
craft. Earlier in the war Dunkirk
was bombarded from a distance Of
about twenty miles by 4 huge Ger
man gun which had been brought
TO bear on the city. This battery
soon was located by the French
and concentrated attacks on It
caused the Germans to remove II.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-18
FARMERS ORGANIZE
TO BORROW MONEY

Washington, d. C.. Sept. 17.-More
than 1000 farm loan associations are
being organized in the United States
TO borrow money under the federal
lhrm loan act, 1t was announced today.
d IL possible that farmers, taking ad.
vantage Of the opportunity offered by
the act, will borrow $3.50. .000, 900 from
the twelve federal land banks within a
year. Applications from associations
already chartered totalled nearly $24..
OoO,0 900 during August alone.
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SOLDIERS FATHER
TAKEN ASH. w. w.

Chicago, Sept. 17.-John Unzer. a
contractor of Waukegan, H., and six
others are under investigation by fed
eral authorities today, following their
arrest last night in Waukegan after an
1. w. w. meeting which is said to have
developed anti-war sentiment. u
Unzer has son who is now in train
ing for army service
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HARVARD AMBULANCE
DRIVER IS KILLED

Paris Sept. 17-Paul Bentley Of Chi
cago, q Harvard student, died yester-
day In a hospital at the front from in
juries received on Friday when an ex.
ploding shell hit an ambulance he was
driving.
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Twenty-Five Thousand Men
! Paralyze Wartime Build
1 ing at San Francisco; De-
]; mand so Per Cent Wage
!, Increase.
EFFORT TO ARBITRATE
! DIFFERENCES FAILS

Sdn EY6HCl0COp Sept AS-APpiVAA
1nately $4,000 iron workers and meta
trades mechanics engaged In wal
emergency construction In San Fran
cisco and nearby cities went out or
strike at 8 o'clock today following re
,Aection OF their demands for so pei
Gent Increase in wages. The ,walkout
In more than 100 plants was carried
nut without q hitch, 1t was reported.
t ARBITRATION IS REJECTED.
F,everish eleventh hour efforts tc
avert the strike by employers and rep
lYesentatives Of the United States ship
ping board failed. Proposals to arbi
Ifrate on q basis Of 10 per cent increase
has been rejected by the conference
Of the iron trades council
lcomposed OF twenty-five unions. on
Whose authority the strike was de
tclared.
The vaik-out affects more than
l91So, 100000 in government ship build
|anx and engine construction contracts
and automatically ties up other con-
letruction work.
IN FEDERAL HANDS.
The Union Iron works, the Moore
)scott Iron works, both ship building
lplants, and the Pacific Foundry works
Iare closed.
| Settlement OF the strike, declared to
- San Francisco's largest industrial
kruuble, u entirely in the hands Of the
kederAl government, employers an
bounced.
AiRPLANEs ALSO AFFECTED. !
While some Of the unions are asking
Tor. IN increase In pay of 40 per cent
The majority OF the crafts are demand
nne IN increase Of SO per cent.
h addition to affecting ship build
1ng plants having private and govern;
Ee1E Contracts, several concerns at
which men quit work today were en-
k1god IN the manufacture Of airplane
engines for the government.
IN the hope Of adjusting the dim
Guilty. further conferences between the
Ealifornia Metal Tn1les association,
khe organization Of employers and
the Union Trades council arc in pro-
trsas today.
NOT FOLLOWS WALkoUT.
! IN &ddition TO the walkout of the
iron and meta trades. shipyard la
korefs and carpenters voted to strike.
sporadic street riotlng closely fol-
lowed the walk-out today Of iron
Moekers and ship builders, sympathiz-
ers Of ono group attacking United
Railroads street car and beating two
pubstitutes who were replacing strik-
jng platform mon. according to police
reports. A riot call was sent In to
the Mission police station. Patrol
men dispersed the crowd with drawn
pistols.
OTHER rRADEe IN WALkoUT.
The Iron workers strike spread to-
day to many shops where machinists
wore employed. Laundry workers in
thirty.one places walked out, sixty
moulding plants were tied up, twelve
boiler and garment factories partly
suspended operations and machinists
In automobile shops quit, according to
reports issued from strike headquar.
ters.
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SUFFRAGE DEALT
BLOW IN INDIANA

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE In
diana women's suffrage law was de-
clared unconstitutional by Judge of
the Marion county superior court to-
day. The decision was given in suit
to test the law and arrangements are
being made to appeal Immediately to
the Indiana supreme court.
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w. C. HAYWARD DIES;
PARALYSIS is CAUSE

Davenport. Sept. Nv. d. Hay
ward, formerly secretary Of state Of
Iowa for two terms, and previous to
that state senator from Scott county.
died at $3.50 o'clock last night. He
suffered a stroke of paralysis Wednes.
day night. He was sixty.nine years
~
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rEuroh ATTACK FAILS.

Paris, Sept. 17.-German forces last
night attacked the French positions
in Apremont forest. in the Ardennes.
The oficial statement issued today by
the French war offices says the attack
failed after lively battle. There was
a violent artillery duel west Of Cra-
onne and Massiges.
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GERMANY VOICES REGRET.

London Sept. 17.-Germany has sent
a note to Sweden. according to the cor
respondent at Stockholm Of the Cen
trail News agency. highly regretting
the disagreeable issues raised on ac-
count of Sweden transmitting tele-
grams to Germany.
Germany says she Is obliged to the
Swedish government for transmitting
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peddles
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ITALIANS HOLD GROUND.

Rome, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
troops by four successive counter at
tacks attempted on Saturday night to
reconquer the ground they had lost
on Friday to the Italians on the Balm
sizza plateau. General Csdorna re-
ports that all the assaults were re-
pulsed. The statement reads:
'In the Trentino in Guidicaria val
ley enemy parties attempting to ap-
proach our advanced posts were dis
persed with rifle fra
"In Cartnia greater activity Of the
enemy artillery provoked reaction by
our artillery In the upper But and
Fella valley.
ION the Bainsizxa plateau Saturday
night, the enemy attempted with four
successive counter attacks to reoccu-
py the ground he had lost the day
before. He was constantly. repulsed
by the defenders who captured seven
ty.three prisoners. including two off.
GERS"
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ALExlEF RULES ARMY.

washington. D. c. Sept. 17-General
Alexieff's appointment to supreme
command Of the Russian armies VIII
be followed by general reorganiza-
tion in which old generals give place
to new ones.
First definite news Of the reoryani.
cation was received at the Russian
embassy today in dispatches from
Petrograd. Confidence Of the troops
is being restored by the removal of
the former generals, the dispatches
said, and the situation Is clearing rap.
idly.
koRNILoFF REVOLT DEAD.
The Korniloff uprising seems to
have been quelled without bloodshed
and Russian oficials here say that the
government now is stronger than
ever. The original trouble might have
been avoided, Russians here feel, II
the emissaries from Korniloff had
been able to explain the situation
clearly to the government, and It Is
believed that q mistake was made in
selecting the men to act as gobe-
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Republic is Proclaimed by
Kerensky, With Pro-
nounced Socialism For Its
Foundation; New Minis
try in Saddle.
ALEXIEFF TO DIRECT
ARMY ORGANIZATION

Petrograd, Sept. 17.-Premier Ker.
ensky has constituted Russia repub.
lie, but retains his control Of the gov
ernment through new cabinet which
will continue in office until the first
national congress, to be held Septem.
Der Is at Petrograd.
The principles on which the new
government rests are distinctly radical
and It's power Is vested largely in the
leaders Of the soldiers and workmen's
council.
70 NAME NEW MINISTRY.
Premier Kerensky heralded the
birth Oh the new child among the
worlds democracies by stirring pro.
clamation.
I The first congress Of Russia's free
men will frame z constitution for the
new republic.
When the first congress or confer
ence Of soldiers. workmen, and peas
ants meets on September rs, new
ministry responsible to these elements
will be named.
ABOLISH PROPERTY RIGHTS.
The congress will be made up large
", If not entirely: Of representatives OF
the soldiers, workmen, and peasants
II pTS6cuL HltcuI1Ou0 0io OoSi1cu ous
the constitution will be drastic in its
doctrines Of radicalism. All private
property will be abolished.
Until the first congress meets the
government will be run BY cabinet
Of five members. composed Of:
M. Kerensky, premier.
NJ. Terestchenko, minister Of foreign
affairs.
General verkhovsks. minister Of
war.
Admiral verdervski minister Of ma,
ftne,
NJ. Nfkftin. minister Of posts and tel
egraphs.
RADICALS IN SADDLE.
The cabinet is preparing to make Inn
portant concessions to the radical
elements. It has drafted, but not yet
signed, 4 decree abolishing the duma.
The central committee Of the execu-
tive committee lof the council OF SOL
dicrs and workmen and the executive
committee Of the peasants delegates,
at q Joint meeting has voted approval,
by an overwhelming majority, of Pre-
mier Kerensky's latest move, which
has distinctly improved the prospects
for the survival Of the new cabinet Of
five.
These two organizations represent
the workmen. soldiers and peasants
all aver the empire, unlike the Petro-
grad council Of soldiers and workmen's
deputies. the Bolshiviki majority Of
which made Impossible demands. They
are the nearest thing to parliament
which Russia possesses.