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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Try one of Polie's specials.

Allan Mcdonald was a Milton vi.
sitor in the city last Thursday for a
short time.
Ole j. Romfo was a Wang visitor
here Saturday, taking the afternoon
train for Osnabrock.
Mrs. Simon Schefter and children
spent part of the week with friends
down the line at Osnabrock.
w. H, Speckmann and l. Dawson
were Dresden visitors last Thursday
and included the Democrat office in a
round of calls made during their short
stay.
Drayman Nick Spath is siding up
and otherwise improving his residence
property south of the Great Northern
right of.way this spring, greatly ad-
ing to its appearance.
John w. Scott went to Grand Forks
Tuesday, returning yesterday accom-
panied by his mother, Mrs. Scott, Sr.,
who comes from her home at Alexan-
dria, Mimi, to keep house for her son.
Miss Clara Jannack. teacher of the
Dresden school, was a visitor on Fri
day with Langdon friends, coming
here to attend the play put on at the
opera house that evening by local
talent.
The Ramage garage is nov getting
in automobiles at the rate of a carload
shipment each week. Monday nights
freight brought in the second a lot
of Chevrolets received since the sea-
son opened.
H. Patterson, who has been in the
grain buying business for himself at
Calvin since resigning charge of the
elevator of the st. Anthony & Dakota
elevator company here last spring,
is visiting with his Langdon friends.
Halvor Torgerson, n of Hope
townships old %standbys, was in the
city Saturday from his farm at Ho-
men. Mr.. Torgerson is just begin
ming to get around again after a spell
of ill health that has kept him in
doors most of the winter.
At tomorrow evenings communica-
tion of Lebanon lodge A. F. Il A. NJ,
a class of five candidates will be ad-
vanced to the Master Mason degree.
The Langdon lodge has an active
membership of upwards of two hun
dred and ranks seventh among the
lodges over the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Try one of Polie's specials.

For good clean wash ice, call the
Langdon Wood Yard, phone As.
Judge Dorval spent part of last
week at Walhalla and points in Free
mont township visiting friends and
attending to business matters.
Robert Love and John S. Gogin we're
Osnabrock visitors in Langdon on
Tuesday transacting business between
trains.
A. 1. Hunter visited with w. F.
Winter while here Saturday from
Grand Forks looking after financial
matters in this county.
Sarles and vicinity is practically
out Of the enforced quarantine of
several homes during the presence of
a light epidemic of smallpox.
Attorney w. A. Mcintyre was oc.
cupied in looking after his Langdon
interests during a trip up the line
from Grand Forks the first of the
week.
Mrs. D. C. Mcdonald returned
Thursday from a stay in Chicago of a
month with her two sons, Earl and
John, and daughter. Miss Juanita,
who are there attending school.
B. Heating is having the finishing
touches added this spring to a number
of building improvements brought to
a stand still when winter set in last
fall. Contractor Frank Jhanke is on
the job.
D, C. Hart was here Friday from
Wales having business at the court
house relative to the civic affairs of
Mimic township of which he has been
an official since the time of its orga-
nization.
Art. A. Barker of the w. A. Scott
& Co. firm has returned during the
week from Chaska, Mimi, where he
was called to attend the funeral of
his father, whose death was very
unexpected.
Mr.. Weatherman backed US up into
the frigid zone for a short time Sun
day afternoon when an admixture of
sleet, hail, rain and snow gave a cold
dampness to everything outdoors for
an hour or two.
Mesdames Work, Mclean, 1McLauch.
lin, Carson and Mcdowell were re-
turning passengers Saturday from
Hannah where they attended a social
function rendered them by the enc
town ladies of the Eastern star order.
Hon. U. l.. Burdick was at Munich
last week to attend the funeral of his
father, Hans Robertson. 1t is cur.
rently reported that Mr.. Burdick is
raising a company of volunteer U. S.
cavalry in the neighborhood of his Will.
liams county horse ranch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Try one of POLES specials.
A half section of land to rent.

I. Donovan.
Mrs. Sutcliffe was a returning pas
senger yesterday from a visit of over
a week with friends in Grand Forks.
John B. Mooney, who has spent
the greater part of the winter on the
Pacific. coast returned to Langdon on
Mondays train.
Miss Alice Robertson returned yes
terday from a visit of a couple of
weeks at the home in Reynolds, N. D.,
of her sister, Mrs. M. N. Brathovde.
L C. SLENDER is visiting towns on
the Munich and Sarles branch of the
Great Northern this week looking af-
ter the out of town optometry practice
of A. O. Void Co.
d. H. Mcmillan was an arrival
Monday, coming up from the Twin
Cities for a short stay, during which
he will give attention to his farming
and other interests over the county.
E. ]. Moen, who has the general
agency for Walsh, Pembina and Ca
Waller counties for the sale of Dodge
Bros. celebrated make of automobiles,
was in the city Friday from Osnabrock
giving business matters attention.
Mrs. Albert Klodt, of Bainville,
Mont, was al arrival Monday and
will visit during a short stay here
with her brothers, Joseph and Charles
Hamann and her sister, Mrs. Stamm
at Iona.
A Ford car belonging to George
Heischberger and the big ~Studebaker
touring car OF Banker P. j. Antony
of Munich, were both badly demol-
ished in a head.on collision at Hamp.
den last week.
Chief of Police Jim Reed states that
less than one half of the autoes being
run in Langdon and vicinity have not
as yet donned the 1917 state license
tag and are thereby violating the law.
Arrests may be expected if owners
do not get busy and have 1917 license
tags on their cars before May LIST.
Mrs. M. L Sullivan left Monday
for a few days visit with her mother,
Mrs. Baker, Sr at Devils Lake.
She was accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Helen Sullivan, who is making
a tour of rural schools over the north
ern part of the state before her re-
turn to Bismarck about May LIST.
E. A. Wadsworth, who has made
an extended visit since the early part
of the year partly in Minneapolis
and at his home in Grinnell.
Iowa., returned yesterday and will
give his farming and real estate hold
ings here attention during a stay ex.
tending through the greater part of
the summer and fall.
H. J. Riesland will be at the U.
C. T. Hotel over the week end. The
doctor arrives in the city on Satur-
day, remaining here until Tuesday to
consult those needing the services of
an eye specialist. DR.. Riesland has
made professional visits to Langdon
at intervals covering the past twenty
years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Towey & Kirkham
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS
langdon, N. Oak,

Editor w. j. Storie and E. E.
Amerman we're Osnabrock visitors in
the city Saturday. The Independent
has recently added a new power press
and folder to its equipment and Mr..
Amerman, who is quite an expert ma
chinist as we'll as buyer of grain for
the Independent elevator at the Brock
is helping Editor Storie to install his
new machinery.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Mcqueen and
their son, Allan, were among the ar
rivals of Friday, returning from their
trip of several weeks to points on the
Pacific coast where they have enjoyed
visits with a number of former Lang
don. and Milton people now located in
the west. At Alhambra, n of the
suburbs of Los Angeles. they met Mrs.
Jas. G.. Dickson and family and state
that the southern California climate
is doing much to restore Mrs. Dick
sons health which had become seri.
ously impaired by illness when she
left her Langdon home for the coast
last fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
A. O. WOLD
Chiropractor and Optometrist
Licensed to Practice in North
Dakota, Montana, Washington,
Oregon and California.
LANGDON, N. OAK.

Robert Schill, of Mowbray, took
Mondays train from Langdon accom-
panying Mrs. Schill who enters St.
Michael's hospital, at Grand Forks,
and will be under the treatment of
DR.. H. W. F. Law. Mrs. Schill has
been critically ill with typhoid fever
since her confinement about a month
ago and the progress made by the pa
tient under hospital treatment in
Grand Forks will be %anxiously watch
ed by relatives and friends of the
Schill family.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Y Local Happenings 6
COMING EVENTS

April 1S-"The Arrival of Kitty
May IL The Rejuvenation OF Aunt Mary
May 3O-Decoration Day Exercises
June 1-Class PlaS, "Comus, the Mask"
June 8-High School Commencement Day.
July 16-20-Langdon Chautauqua Assembly
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
VETS HOMEW
AFTER 5000 MEET
REUNION, I'M MANY RESPECTS
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE
EVER HELD.

Washington, June 9.-Veterans OF
the Confederacy We're on their way
home today after a reunion unique
among the many they have held.
During their stay in the nations cap
itol they paraded up Pennsylvania ay,
enue from the capitol to the white
house-the line of marcl OF Grants
victorious army-were reviewed b.
the president of the United States for
the first time, and as climax visit
ed Gettysburg battlefield. where they
wandered over Little Round Top,
whore the destiny of the nation was
decided half a century ago
Washington was swamped by the
great inflow of southerners, and Off
cials in charge Of the entertainment
features admitted today that they
were unprepared for such a throns.
Inauguration days in the past brought
no greater crowds than those that
came for the veterans gathering.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
GEORGIA IS SHY
IN HER REVENUE
EXPENSES OF STATE. GREATER
BY $434,000 THAN TIE
INCOME.

At the maximum tax rate Of five
mills, the revenue which the state of
Georgia will receive in 1917 will fall
$434 240 short of the appropriations
which have already been made for
1917 regardless Of what additional
appropriations may be made by the
next session of the general assembly
which meets this month. The esti
mated revenue for 1917 is $6,466, Al
which 1917 approximations already
made amount to SG,900,G51 so.
This status Of the states financial
affairs is shown in the advance
sheets of the report of Comptroller
General William A. Wright for the
year ending December 81. 1916.
Should there be any material falling
off of the taxable values of the state
this year this deficit will be corrA
spondingly increased, the cOmptroll-
er general points out, while any in
crease in taxable values would cor
respondingly decrease the deficit.
The estimated revenues for 1917 in
cludes 100000 Inheritance tax which
is more than double the amount of
revenue derived from this source in
1917
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
JUST "A CIGARETTE
CAUSED EXCITEMENT

"Much ado about nothing" can best
express the excitement caused yes
terday afternoon by the burning of
canvas awning on one of the win
dows of the south side of the Bruins
wick Bank and Trust company build
ing, Newcastle street and Jelyl
Square
While the report that the build
ing Of this popular institution was
on fire brought out immense crowds
from every quarter, the amount of
damage was confined to the awning,
the value of which is less than $12.
The department eXtinguishcd the
blaze. thereby saving the woodwork
Of the window casing. This is the
second fire of the kind at this build
ing in the past. and it seems that
metal awnings will have to be resort
ed to, inasmuch as the second floor of
the building is used lor offices and
the occupants are generally cigar and
cigarette smokers
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
ILlGHTltR LOAD or LUMBER
WAS ADRIFT IN HARBOR

Brunswick's harbor was strewn
with lumber early yesterday morning
from the foot Of Gloucester street all
the way to the quarantine station
Those travelling along the river early
in the morning were of the opinion
that regular saw mill had been
dumped overheard, as dozens of
pieces of lumber could be seen al
most every yard along the bay.
1t seems that lighter, sent here
by Brandon and Davis, Of Camden
county, for shipment on the Mallory
steamer, turned over during the
night and all the lumber went afloat
launch was at once put to work and
continued throughout the day gather
ing the lumber A small quantity of
it, however, was lost, floating on
nearby shores.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
HUNDREDS MEN
TRAPPED IN MINE
REPORTED THAT 45O ARE DEAD
AND LITTLE HOPE FOR
200 MORE.

Butte, Mont, June 9.-One hundred
and fifty men are reported dead, with
little hope of saving two hundred
more who are trapped under ground
by fire in the Spectacular mine. OF
Il5 men in the mine when the fire
started, more than two-thirds are un-
accounted for. Twelve bodies have
been recovered. The fire started on
the 2,400-foot level and spread quick
ly- Rescuers were not able to do
much, because of the dense smoke.
The men were ordered to report to
The timekceper rs they emerged from
the mine. Two hundred and eleven
OF the 4l5 have so reported. mate
rally reducing the number first be
lieved lost
The fire started from a carbide
lamp. Two men rescued from the
70O-foot level said As perished there.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
NEW NAMES FOR
SEIZED SHIPS
"GElER," FORMER TEUTON GUN
BOAT, TO BE CALLED TIE
"SCHURZ."

The navy department authorizes
the following:
Secretary of the Navy Daniels to-
day announced that the names of the
seized German ships that have been
assigned to the navy have been
changed as follows:
Geier TO Schurz; Breslau to Bridge
port; Kiel to Camden; Leibenfels to
Houston; SaXonia to Savannah; Vog
ensen to Quincy; Nicaria to Pensa-
cola; Odenwald to Newport News
HOhcnfelde to Long Beach; Frieda
Leonhardt to Astoria; Andromeda to
Bath Rudolm Blumberg to Beaufort;
Praesident to kittery; Locksun TO
Gulfpore
The Greier, the German gpnboat
which was interned at Honolulu ana
taken over by this government after
the declaration of war, is renamed for
Carl Schurz, the famous German
American soldier and statesman A
native of Prussia. Schurz was one o.
the heroes of the ill-fated revolution
of 1913, and. after that historic up
rising against the Prussian auioc-
racy found haven in America He
was one of Lincoln's strongest sup
porters.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10

ator Hardwick has already proven in
many ways his staunch friendship for
Brunswick and his great interest in
her development and the people can
rest assured that he will act prompt
ly and effectively on all these ques-
tions He was entertained at dinner
last evening by President Smith, the
other guests present being Judge Jos.
w Bennet, F. d. Aiken and r. e.
Twitty.
AS has already been announced,
Senator Hardwick delivered an adj
dress to the Cotton Manufacturers
association at their convention on st.
Simon Friday his subject being the
child labor question
Brunswick was delighted to have
had as her guests so many prominent
Georgians, and it is safe to say that
they will all vote to hold another
convention at Brunswick and st. 81
mon at an early date.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
Il is Evident That General Haig
is Determined to Make
ii a Rush.
COTTON STEAMER IS SUNK


General Haig evidently intends not
to give the Germans any rest on the
Belgian and northern France fronts.
While the Teutons were delivering
strong counter attacks last night on
the Messines front. the British, ff-
teen 10 twenty miles south, toward
Lens, on two-mile front, penetrat-
ed to a depth OF moro than half
mile. a German counter attack was
repulsed. While these points are
somewhat widely separated, they
bear relation TO each other as con
stituting points from which the great
manufacturing center Of northern
France may be subjected TO the alter
mating pressure. The British success
near. Lens may be attributed some
what to the fact that the Germans
had madf heavy concentrations
against the British in Belgium.
There was hard fighting without
result on the French front The Ger
mans attacked violently in the Aisne
section, but were repulsed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
MRS. BLACK MADE AN
INTERESTING ADDRESS

Probably one of the mosl interest
ing addresses -ver heard in Bruins
wick was that of Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black, of Atlanta. president of the
Georgia Federation of Women'ss clubs,
which occurred at the First Metho-
dist church Yesterday afternoon.
During the visit of this gifted Geor-
gia woman, the ladies Of the city and
those who accompanied their hus-
bands to the meeting of the conven-
ton of the Georgia Cotton Manufac-
turers' association have shown great
attention. Mrs Black has been a
worker for the good of humanity for
many years and her talent has justly
made her leader in this great cause
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
SOUTH GEORGIA LEADS
STATE IN RECRUITING

South Georgia, up to yesterday,
was aheda of north Georgia in re-
cruiting by between fifteen and twen-
ty per cent, according to information
received here. 1t is said that the re-
cruiting stations in south Georgia
have been unusually busy recently
and the percentage of increase for
June over May made by south Geor-
gia is that sentiment in the lower half
of the state is more nearly unani-
nous, in support of war and there is
no disposition on the part of the
young men to stay out of the govern
ment's service.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
MRS. w. II. BOWEN KILLS
BIG WILDCAT NEAR CLINT

Wandering into civilization in
search of prey, big wildcat met its
death when it got into the yard of
w II. Bowen. on the Bowen ranch
near Clint, Saturday The cat was
killed by Mrs Bowen after it had
shown fight Mrs Bowen killed it
with the first shot from a rifle and
brought the body to El Paso Satur-
day evening to have it mounted
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen came here
about a year ago from Brunswick,
Ga, and this was Mrs. Bowen's first
experience in killing wild animals
on the border-El Paso (Tex) Jour
nal.
Mrs Bowen is the wife of Contrsc-
tor w. H. Bowen, who built the pub
lie building here She is well known
in Brunswick. where she lived for a
number of years.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
Deep Satisfaction

Washington, June 9-The safe ar
rival of British Foreign Secretary
Balfour at a British port brought
deep satisfaction to officials here who
surrounded his visit to this country
with greater precautions and secrecy
than probably ever prevailed before
The newspapers, especially, though
fully aware of Mr. Balfours move
ments, co-operated Loyalty under vol
untary censorship to allow no men
ton of Mr. Balfour's routes or times
of departure to be published
Newspaper correspondents knew
but did not disclose Mr. Balfours de
parture from the continent.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10

Amsterdam, June "a Budapest
dispatch says that King Charles has
entrusted the formation of the new
cabinet to Count Moritz Esterhazy
Count Estherhazy succeeds Count
TIA. He is affiliated with the Lib
eral element, which, under the lead
ership of Count julius Andrassy, is
generally credited with an anti-Ger-
man tendency. In an effort to recon-
cile factional differences threatening
his power. Count TIA offered his seat
in the cabinet to Count Estherhazy
last month The offer was rejected.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
RED CROSS OFFICER
CONES IN MONDAY
r. L. SAUMWAY, ASSOCIATE SEC
RETARY, TO AID IN WORK
IN BRUNSWICK.

r. L. Shumway, associate secre-
tary of the Southern Division of the
War Council, will be in Brunswick to-
morrow to assist in forming plans to
perfect the Red Cross work here and
to aid in raising funds for that pur-
pose
Millard Reese, chairman of the
Brunswick chapter, American Red
Cross, has sent out the following no
tice of Mr.. Shumway's coming:
The president has proclaimed the
week of June 1925 as Red Cross
Week, during which the people of the
United States will be called upon to
give generously and in a spirit OF
patriotic sacrifice for the support
and maintenance of this work of ma
tional need
The local Red Cross chapter has
just received advice to the effect
that Mr. L. p Shumway, associate
secretary of the Southern Division Of
the War Council, will be in Bruins
wick on Monday, June II, to assist
us in formulating plans for our part
in the national campaign.
The national executive committee
is planning at this time to raise one
hundred million dollars In order to
accomplish this great task, it is nee
essary that every community respond
generously to the call. and the only
way that success may be assured is
for the representative citizens of
each community to lend active coop
Grafton
You are invited to meet with the
executive committee of the local
chapter at II o'clock on the morning
of June II at the city hall to meet
and hear Mr. Shumway and assist
the local chapter in planning a cam
paign for Brunswick.
This is not perfunctory invita-
tion, but an urgent call to a patrio-
tic duty"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
NO DEVEL OPMENTS IN
STRIKE SITUATION

The strike situation of the en-
ployes of the Brunswick Marine Con-
struction corporation remains about
the same as the first minute the men
walked out, and it will probably be
several days before anything Of a
definite nature will be stated.
AS reported in these columns yes
terday morning, Manager Skinner
has sent a representative to the New
York office and whether his report
will be telegraphed or made verbally,
is not known If the latter is the
case. it will be several days before
anything can be done.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-10
Sixth Craft of Carpenter-Wat=
kins Company Now Grace
fully Floats.
NOT A HITCH IN LAUNCHING
Many Saw Huge Craft Kiss the
Waters Amid Cheers, Waving
OF Flags and Blowing OF
Whistles.

At the appointed hour, II O'Clock
yesterday morning, the sixth and
largest barge built by the Carpenter
Watkins Shipbuilding company, was
successfully launched, and this great
port added twelve hundred tons to
American shipping.
Scores of people were there to sec
this interesting sight, and it was we'll
worth their time. On the barge was
large party Of ladies and gentlemen,
among the number being President
Watkins, of the shipbuilding compa-
nv. All the gentler sex aboard the
barge carried American flags, which
they waved as the craft started for
the water, and the men made demon
strations by sending up hurrah after
calls together the many employees OF
the company joined in and people of
Brunswick, and it might be said of
near Brunswick, knew that the large
barge had gone to its future home.
AS soon as the crowd left the ways
were pulled ashore and laid for an
other barge and work on this will
begin at once. Another large one
is almost completed, and this will
take the course as did number $X
and so on for, it is hoped, many
years to come Vessels will be built
at rapid rate, and this will call for
additional workmen to those already
employed at this plant.