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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
ASKS REFERENDUM HEARING.
District Delegate Association Makes
REQUEST to Commissioners.

Formal request for hearing by the
District Commissioners on the Dyer
bill providing for an advisory referen-
dunn by the people of the District on
certain questions relating to municipal
self-government and representation in
Congress has been made by the Dis
trict Delegate Association through it's
president, Roy c. Clafin. Commissioner
Brownlow said today that the bill has
not yet been referred to the Commits
sioners and that the question of grant
ing a hearing upon 1t will be taken up
when the measure officially reaches the
District building. In his request Mr..
Claim stated that there might be
minor changes which II would be de-
STRAIT to recommend at such hearing.
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ELECTION CASE ARGUED.
MANUEL W. Beekes Seeks Mark Z
!. Bacon,s Seat in Home

Tho contested election case of Sam
mel W. Beekes of Ann Arbor. Mich,
democrat, against Mark r. Bacon OF
.Wyandotte, republican. for the latter's
seat in Congress was argued before
) the House elections committee Wednes-
j, day and briefs were filed. The contest
alleges irregularities in the count.
The committee is not expected to re-
port until after the House resumes
business following Senate action on the
revenue bill Mr.. Beekes served In the
'Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Con-
crosses. =
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Russian Front Situation.

Summing up the situation on the
Russian front Gen Maurice said:
The Russian retirement has been
conspicuously less in the last week
Premier Kerensky and Gen. korniloH.
the commander-in-ch chief. are making
strenuous efforts with considerable
success to re-establish discipline. but
it would be premature to say that the
Russian leaders have yet succeeded IN
setting a limit to the German advance;
1t would be premature even to regard
the situation as more satisfactory.
1T is natural to expect that the
Germans after advancing ninety miles
and reaching railways of different
gauge must pause while and oring
UP Communications and supplies. All
that can be said today is that the
Russians have gained a brief breathing
space. which we hope they will use 70
the best advantage to prepare TOT the
next German move forward.
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ALLIED A|RPLANES
DOMINATE ENEMY
Gen. Maurice Tells of Terribly
Effective Work in Flan-
ders Battle.
GERMANS ARE "JUMPY''

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 10.-Gen. Maurice. in
his weekly talk to the Associated Press
gave an interesting resume of the detailed
reports which he had received on the
air fighting situation in the Flanders pat-
tie Of .Tuly 81. and the amazing superior
ity which the British airplanes had dis
played on that day. owing to their De
termined onslaught on Germany.s air
fighters during the preceding fortnight.
ION the day of the attack" says Gen.
Maurice. "the weather conditions were as
nearly impossible as could be imagined
low clouds OF great density. haze and
mist. The observation was almost NIL
and as a result. the artillery was under
a severe handicap. having to work With
out ADEQUATE airplane observation
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Rains and Fogs Interfere.

Continuous rains and fogs have MADE
the past week one of little activity on
the western front, said Gen. Maurice.
chief director Of military operations az
the war office, in his weekly talk 10
the Associated Press.
usual fashion" continued the general,
reported numerous British attacks re-
pulsed with heavy loss. That shows
the Germans are jumpy and nervous.
AS a matter of fact there has peen
only one British attack, that on ST.
Julien, which was an entire success.
The German communique made a deal
Of an alleged British attack from
Nieuwport which was. in fact, only
minor. raid"
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100 Engagements Fought.

But the airplanes were enormously
busy in other departments. More than
one hundred engagements were 1ought py
airplanes with the forces of the enemy
on terra frma. our planes in these cases
descending often to within less than nj
~ feet of the ground and sweeping the
hapless enemy with their machine guns
or bombing them The enemy alrplanes
we're well-nigh helpless to interfere
Less than twenty fights in the air oc-
CURED because the enemy did not dare
come up, and in these fights we downed
six enemy machines while we lost only
three OF our own.
"Tbere were eleven cases Of machine
gun attacks on German airdromes by
British machines Our airmen swooped
down to an altitude lower than the tree
tops and fired string after string into the
German hangafs. killing mechanics, dam
aging machines and blowing up work
shops. Similar attacks were made repeat
eddy on parties of marching troops. on
working parties and on transports.
Chases STAFF Car.
During the afternoon one of our air.
hind the German lines. spied a German
staff car containing four stan officers
speeding along country road. He
swooped down and chased the car five
urging the chauffeur to find shelter.
stood up in the car. drew their revolt
vers and fred wildly into the wings of
the big bird which was circling over
head
THE British pilot finally got the car
into the right position in front Of his
machine gun and swept the car with a
hail of bullets. killing two of the ON
GERS. The car then stopped abruptly
and the two other passengers rushed to
a farmhouse for refuge.
Absolute Command Of Air.
THAT is the sort Of thing which went
on behind the enemy's lines throughout
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the day Of the attack. We had aoso-
lutte command Of the air. There was
not a single instance Of a German air
man trying any such tricks behind our
lines. We won this absolute command
however. only by a persistent air omen :
siye during the weeks before. There is
no evidence that this mastery is per
manent We shall have to fight again
for it, but our airmen are connoen.
that they can repeat when necessary
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of cambria. full front with tapped
buttons and garter attach
ment: strong and serv- m
iceable. Sizes 6 to Is ZSC
years.
ChiIdren's Muslin Drawers OF soft
brio: knickerbocker style:
trimmed with embroid- 0E
cry; sizes up to IL years. DOC
Three for Sl.0O.
LITTLE ChiIdren's "Allheneeds1 Un-
derrarments of check nainsook: .
combination garment of waist and
drawers. with tapped buttons and
adjustable shoulder straps. en-
Sizes to 10 years. QUO
Goldenberg's-ThirdF Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
Warren R. Choate Promoted.

Warren r. Choate has been appoint
ed assistant secretary of the Federal
Trade Commission. Mr.. Choate former
ly was chief clerk of the commissi on
For the past four months he has been
with the tariff commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
AMERICANS TAUGHT
USE OF GAS MASKS
U. S. Fighters in France Quick
NLearn the Methods of
Defense.
COMMENDED FOR APTITUDE

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 10.-Through the
courtesy Of the war and foreign offices. a
stan correspondent of the Associated
Press has been permitted to visit the
American troops at their billets in Eng
land. They were found encamped In
valley, in which white tents extended as
far a. the eye could see, with British ON.
GERS and q squad OF non-commissioned
ofiicers intensively training them.
These British instructors were busy
making soldiers from men who until few
weeks Ago never saw an automatic pistol
or q gas mask. and they were quite pleased
1t the success Of their efforts. for the
Amsrfcans they say. learn quickly. under.
stand thoroughly and do not forget what
has been told them. Moreover, they con-
sidsr remarkable the way In which the
Americans Of the Engineer Corps benz
themselves to discipline when they realize
Il 10 all important in the conduct OF the
war
The instructors in the use of gas masks
break up the companies into squads ana
the members stand in . circle and get
lessons in quick adjustment, a feat which
often means life or death. 1T is a ques,
tion Of quick or Dead" the instructor told
the Americans. and after that no time
was lost in the operation
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Several Varieties of Masks.

The Americans are being Instructed In
The use Of several varieties OF masks.
some OF them resembling hangman
can and others adjusting like the appa-
yatus Of wireless telegraph receiver over
thA head Once speedy in the adjustment
Of the mask. the Americans are taken to
the eAs trenches. where they walk through
deadly fumes and to the open plain. where
5ust little Of various gases are liberated
from the tank4 This Is done 30 that the
soldiers will learn to recognize the smell,
and, recognising It take no more than
one whifi.
The gas instruction takes up much Of
the time Of the Americans. The re-
mainder Is given to calisthenics and In
fantry drills for the officers and men,
And IL 10 a long day-from 5:45 o'clock
In the morning until 10 o'clock at night.
Most of the men at this encampment
are from the railways of America They
are made up from the operating and
construction divisions of the railways.
and they are working hard. in order to
be ready to construct and operate roads
In France. and to fight for this privi-
lAge II necessary. Some OF the com
panies are made up of men from roads
entering Chicago. and some Pittsburgh
and some New York. But the men
themselves come from all over the
country. Many of them already have
been through instructions At camp.
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Bad Weather Conditions

A taste OF what IS coming IN tne way
Of weather and mud already has been
had. Some of the companies from the
Chicago lines arrived at the 4camp in
driving rain. which continued for four
daya The ground wa, = sea OF mud:
through the cloud roof. the whole camp
gave three cheers for It, The remain
der OF the day the men were to be seen
hanging their shoes and clothing in the
The British officers at the camp are
highly pleased with the appearance and
adAptability of the Americans and with
men in separate units. One ofncer said
These men Of yours are an healthy.
husky and Intelligent and should do
The American plan Of putting railway
men into separate units is excellent.
We should have done that at the be-
ginninx Of the WAT. We would have
railway operatives and mon from the
construction forces. are Infinitely more
valuable for that work than In the
trenches. and can serve their country
better.
The trained man in the job he thor
oughly understands makes the most
efficient unit These men. when they
reach the field of operations. can run
q military railroad or kill Germans.
Therefore they are doubly valuable"
Americans and British Fraternize.
The Americans and the British from
nearby camps, especially the Cana
dams, fraternize freely at all times and
spend much of their leisure together.
At the gas trenches the Americans min
gle with the British at instruction. the
campaign hats of the Americans being
sandwiched between the caps of the
"Tommtes."
TheFAmericans sometimes meet with
trouble in conversing with the British
ers AS yet the Americans do not un-
derstand Cockney speech well, and the
Cockneys themselves have some little
trouble In understanding the idioms
Of the men from Chicago and New
York.
American and British flags float over
the camp from the same pole. and, TO
quote the adjutant of one of the bat
talions, they mix well-both red
white and blue-the best in the world
and the next best"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

been putting in strenuous work all
this week getting the details of their
reports ready to be forwarded to the
office of the adjutant general at Bis.
marck and the officials at Washing
ton, D. c. Every one on the board
has been kept working till almost
midnight ever since the list of mum.
bers was received from the govern
ment calling for the draft from this
county. The grind fell probably the
heaviest on Auditor Eide, though the
other members have been doing more
than a mans sized stunt to keep the
activities of Uncle Sans army draft
in motion.
1t is expected that the notices for
the additional numbers required to
fill the quota of the draft from this
county will not be mailed by County
Auditor Eide until some time next
week. This naturally will be gov.
erned to quite an extent by what de.
cisions are reached by the local ex.
emption board regarding cases il
which they have control.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

This leaves total of 1875 men who
passed the physical examination of
the board, but filed claims for exemp.
tion. Sixty. three are cases in which
there are dependent families and
sixty others assign as reason for
asking exemption from military duty
that they are engaged in farming.
In the latter case it is likely the mat.
ter will be passed up to the state
board of exemption to decide. Th e
local examining board seems to agree
that possibly fifty per cent asking ex-
emption will have their claims turn.
ed down, but even the additions this
makes to the needed quota for the
draft from this county it is felt add.
tional men will have to be called to
appear for examination.
County Auditor Eide, States Attor-
ney Crimson and DR.. w. w. Nc
Queen, the examing board with their
corps of assistants have had an unusu.
ally busy week. and since the three
days the board was in session, have
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
WAGE SCHEDULE ADOPTED
BY COUNTY THRESHERMEN

{ At a meeting of the farmers and
threshermen of Cavalier county, held
in the court room at the Court House
last Thursday afternoon, there was
representative attendance from every
part of the county and it was unani.
mously decided to pay uniform wage
of So. SO per day for harvesting.
AS was explained to the meeting
by Messrs j. w. Haw and T. H.
Kristjansen, county agricultural
agents, this wage was figure at
which several of the leading employ
ment agencies located at central
points in this state an in the Twin
Cities had given them definite assur-
ance that plenty men could be secur-
ed to handle the crop being har-
vested in this county.
AS to the matter of wages for the
threshing season t here was evidence
of a divided opinion as to what the
uniform scale of wages should be.
A majority were in favor of making
the schedule So. SO per day for field
pitchers; So. rs for teamsters and
Sd. 90 per day for spike pitchers.
There was minority present tho
though they favored this scale fear
ed dependable help could not be secur.
ed at those figures. With this situa-
tion presenting itself it was deemed
advisable to call another meeting,
one week later, (for this afternoon)
Thursday, August 10th, at 800 p.
m. At this meeting a permanent
threshermans organization for Cava-
lier county is to be formed and one
of the first things to be taken up will
be the making of a uniform scale of
threshing wages.
At the meeting last Thursday the
majority present felt that in week 8
time there was a likelihood that con.
ditions as to thresher wages would
have become better adjusted to this
years crop outlook and that uni.
form agreement reached. One that
every thresher would feel he coulC
sign up without fear of the scale be-
ing 80 low as to prevent his securing
competent help.
Another matter up for discussion
and disposed of was the plan of hav
ing central labor agents located in
each town over the county, where
men seeking work for the harves,
could find employment and where far
mers could file applications for hell
wanted. This week the county pa
pers will give list of the labor con
4 troll agents that have been l.amed il
each of these towns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
SCULLY'S WELL 227 FEET

Work was completed during the
past week on a we'll 227 feet in in
depth on the P. Scully farm. about
eight miles east of Langdon in Hay
township. j. S. Gendron, of Iona,
who had the job of putting down the
we'll was working ten days before a
satisfactory flow of good water was
secured. In addition to having on e
of the deepest we'll in Cavalier coun-
ty Mr.. Scully has both fine sample
of pure water and plenty of it. The
vein of water that comes up to with
in 7 feet of the surface of the we'll
was found at a depth of 1913 feet and
another flow obtained at POT feet.
The water in the we'll cannot be low.
cred beyond 20 feet of the top even
with strong pump working all day.
With the exception Of 25 feet of vel.
low clay at the surface the well was
drilled the greaer part of the distance
through hard slate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
MILITARY BALL AT WALES

Wales is entitled to the honor Of
being the first Cavalier county town
to give military ball at which the
officers and men of Company E. were
the distinguished guests of the occa-
sion. All the features needed to
make the event auspicious were given
in the way of flags, emblems and de-
corations, both at the hall where the
dancers held down the floor until after
three o'clock in the morning and in
the dining room of the hotel where
the banqueting tables were laid. The
details of the affair were in the hands
of the younger ladies of Wales and
the matrons of the town were in the
receiving line when the guests arrived
National airs ~ the Wales band pre-
ceded the dancing program, Captain
and Mrs. Frank Ross leading in the
grand march. The Lorraine orches
ira was in attendance filling its capa-
city by providing music throughout
the occasion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

All but eleven of the 244 men call
ed up for the physical examination
were accounted for at the three days
session of the examining board held
here in Langdon on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday last week. These eleven
men will be included by the board be-
fore they adjourn as having passed
the physical examination and added
to Cavalier county's quota of eligi.
BILE men,
What may properly be termed as
the honor roll will be found at the
head of this column, and it contains
the names of twenty.six who pass.
ed the physical examination and put
in no claim to the board for exempt
ions. The names on the draft list
also included thirteen men who have
already enlisted in the country's SER
vice. Forty-two had to be discharg-
ed after examination by the doctors
as physically unfit. The draft list
also contained the names of two
young men, Arthur F. Mason, of
Landgon, and William B. Rose, of
Hannah, who have died within the
past week. Four men on the draft
list of this county presented them.
selves to the boards of districts else
where for examination and thirteen
were granted exemptions owing to be-
ing aliens. With the exception of
one case that of John thinner, of
Gallo, whose animation h ad to be
deferred owing to broken arm, this
accounts for total of eighty-seven
out of 244 called here from over the
county for examination to fill the quo
ia of 122 men which Cavalier is re-
quired to furnish for military service
under the selective draft made on
July Goth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
Boy Dies
Of Heart Disease
Arthur Mason Succumbs to-
Forty-Eight Hour Seizure
Military Pail Bearers

Arthur F. Mason, oldest son Of
M r. and Mrs. Emil Mason, passed
away at the family home in the Dor
val addition of this city during the
early morning hours of Saturday the
18th inst.
Deceased, who had grown up to
young manhood in Langdon and in the
twenty-second year of age when he
died, was born at Rat Portage, Man.,
and his passing away was occasioned
by an acute attack of heart trouble
with which he was seized Thursday
morning, death following within
forty. eight hours of the seizure. Dat
ing back over a year past he had been
under the care of doctor almost con-
stantly for a weak heart and the re-
currence of Thursday mornings
acute attack was feared as terminate
ing fatally from the first. The par
ents, two sisters and two brothers
compose the home family circle to
suffer bereavement in Arthur Ma
sons death, there also being mar
ried daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mas
son who arrived from Winnipeg to at
tend the funeral held Monday forenoon
at nine o'clock from St. Alphonsus
church.
Arthur Mason was one of the
young men of Langdon whose num-
ber at the June registration called
him up Thursday for examination be-
fore the military draft board. Nat
urally he would have been unable to-
pass the physical examination ow~
ing to heart trouble, but the CON-
munity knew him to be one of the
towns patriotic sons. Company E
furnished the pail bearers. Privates
Roth, Radschweitz, Thilen, Clodt.
McCambridge and McGauvran, also 81
beautiful wreath Of flowers came as
a tribute of respect from Company E.
to the bereaved family.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
WILL LOCATE FARM HELP
BUREAUS IN EVERY TOWN

In order that there may be a place
at each town in the county to whi ch
farmers needing help may apply and
to which those seeking employme Mt
may go to secure work, the following
list of men have been selected and
they have all consented to aid in the
capacity of labor agents in their re-
spective towns.
They, however, wish it understood
that they are acting without compen-
sation and that they shall only ask of
the farmer that he pay the expense
of phone calls, ETC., in connection
with obtaining the help requested.
The going harvest wage at the
present time is very generally So. so
per day. A very few are paying
So. rs. and reports have come in that
men have gone out in some instances
for So. Is. Since plenty of help may
be secured at present for $3 SO a
day through regular employment agen.
cies with which the labor agents in
the towns will be constantly in touc h
it would seem to be unnecessary and
very much to the disadvantage of the
famers of this county to take any
man out for anything more than the
going" wage of So. SO per day.
The labor agents who are handling
the matter of securing harvesting and
threshing help in the various towns
throughout the county are given in
the list which follows:
Hannah-D. Mclean
Wales-George Montgomery
Dresden-J. A. Terhaar
Langdon John w. Haw
Easby-G. A. Tembre1ll
| Osnabrock- w. j. Storie; Jas.
Wakeford
Milton-F. A. Mcdonald
Nekoma-Ed. Davis; Gust Hart.
man
Loma-Walte Hanaman
Munich-N. l.. Nelson
Calio-A. U. Peterson
Clyde-Charles Sillers
Calvin-Archie Lillers
Sarles-S. L. Mowery
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
JUDGES COUNT VOTES IN
LhNGDON BABY CONTEST

The popular voting contest for ba-
bies whose homes are in Langdon
and its immediate vicinity was
brought to close on Tuesday of last
week, the 7th inst, but owing to
some of the votes not being footed up
and the decisions of the judges hand
ed in, it was impossible for announ.
cement of the results to be made by
the papers last week.
The prizes offered by Langdon mer-
chants for this interesting event con-
sisted of the following: The baby
given the highest vote by purchasers
at stores participating in the contest
received a sterling silver loving cup.
Second prize, a dainty gold locket
and chain. Third prize, solid gold
jeweled baby ring. Fourth prize,
a gold lined silver baby's mug.
Fifth prize, a sterling silver baby 8
spoon.
There were eleven babies entered
in the contest in the following order
June Albrecht, Of Langdon
Helen Wentworth of Langdon
Edward Klemisch, of Langdon
Allen Devine. of Langdon
Dora Seccombe, of Langdon
Alma Oakland, of Wang
Eddie Fultz, of Langdon
Baby Moore, of Homen
Orrin Heapy,t of Langdon
Lenora Roth, of Langdon
Manley Wiltsie Kradoville, of
Langdon
The high numbers when the votes
were counted last Tuesday gave the
following results:
Edward Klemisch, 228, 80 votes
Alma Oakland, 141, 1856 votes
Allen Devine, 122, 415 votes
June Albrecht, 80, 388 votes
Orrin Heapy. rs, 22O votes
Man]ey Wiltsie Kradoville 33,
745 votes
Helen Wentworth, 14,O95 votes