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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

About eight times as many married
as unmarried men pay income tax.
Oh, keep still, girls! We're not knock
| ing Cunid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

San Antonio Tex Dec 12Thrteen negroes soldiers of the
ton citizens last August when members of that regiment engaged
mutnons ong the city streets In the dark the night
conveyed the lumber for the scaffod
little clearing lonely meque thicket the big government
fa y ID a.af4.a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
O'CLOCK IN MORNING.

And there by the light of bonfres erected the
death traps to which at o'clock in the morning other
trucks hurried the condemned and the officers and
the military guard 1t was the motor truck the only
dent which made this military execution different from
that enabled the officers charge keep the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

Scientific American calls Russia "a
kaleidoscope" Viewing the way heads
and tails change ends, over there, it
looks to US like cat fight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
ANOTHER WAVE Of
MARKET LIQUIDATION
Leading Rails Drop to the Lowest
Price of the Year, 1ndustrials
~ Following.
HIGH PRICED SPECIALTIES
REGISTER MARKED DECLINE

New York, Dec. 11.-Another wave
OF liquidation swept over the stock
market today, causing losses of three
to six points in many issues. Selling
was most active in the afternoon,
when prices crumbled to the accom-
paniment of disturbing rumors.
Trading during the early and inter
mediate periods was light, but alto.
gether at the expense of values. Rails
we're al first inclined to ignore the
prospects of governmental control, but
soon led a reversal that gathered
greater momentum at the end.
Practically all the leading rails
dropped to lowest prices of the year
some touched their minimums for a
perio dOf years, and a few made alb
solutely new minimums. Extreme re.
cessions in this group ranged from
three to six points.
Industrial offered some resistance
at the outset, but gradually followed
the course of the more seasoned is
sues. United States Steel's extreme
recession of 2A to IS represented the
general setback in allied industrials
and equipments. Shippings also re
acted, but metals suffered only mod.
crate losses.
High priced specialties, notably to-
baccos, augmented recent severe loss.
es by five to ten points, selling OF
those stocks proceeding on the theory
that existing economic conditions
make them especially vulnerable
Sales amounted to 100000 shares.
Anglo French SIS, French munich
pals and numerous domestic railway
and industrial issues featured the de-
pressed bond market Liberty As were
quoted at 1926 to $3.50 and the 3 V s
at 9S.4S to 1856. Total sales (par
value) aggregated $5,775,O0O. United
States bonds old issues were un
changed on call.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
HANGED At SUN RISE. FOR THE
MURDER Of HOUSTON CITIZENS
IN STREET RIOTS Of AUGUST
Condemned Know Nothing of the Hour Until Summoned by
Prepare for the EndDozen Officers Sheriff Only
Ones Camp Of 10000 Men Advised of Time and Place
Prisoners Meet Death Stoicaly and Silently
SC[N[ OF EXECUTION IN LONELY MESQUITE
IH|CKtT AND 0BuTERA1EO GRAVES NEAR By

No Ceremony at the saold Beyond Brief Prayer by Chaplain
In Half Hour After Execution scaod Disappears
Sign Left Sage Brush Area to Indicate Sign Tragic
Event-0ther Trials of Blacks to Follow
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

East Africa is cleared of Germans.
| The kaiser loses a nice little farm of
$4,000 square miles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
Lowest
Temperatures

ORRIS w. ROTEI.TS,
Mete0rologist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
Coahulia .
In State
OF Revolt

Eagle Pass, Texas, Dec 12.-The
Mexican state of Coahuila apparently
is in a state of revolution with Luis
Gutierrez leading the revolt. None
tOvia, $50 miles south of the border
and Musquiz, 20 miles south of Pie
dras Negras, opposite Eagle Pass,
were captured from the federals to.
day. The revolutionists tonight are
reported marching on Piedras Negras.
The cause of the revolt is that in
the recent elections Luis Gutierrez
was elected governor of Coahuila, but
was not permitted to take his seat, it
is alleged, by CarranZa authorities.
Gutierrez, it is said, had no trouble in
winning the people over to his cause.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
FRANK JOHNSON. '-''' -.
RISLEY w. YOUNG.
PAT MACW1I1ORTER.
BONFIRE ILLUMINATION.


The bonfire illumination for the
hanging just as the eastern sky was
.streaking with grey through the
morning clouds, the bleak landscape
of dull grey and bronz against which
the new timbers OF the rough scaffold
stood out, the khaki clad military
guard, officers with coat collars up
turned against the GOLD, all made an
! ..nnHfogrestRbf piotSR }
~ Ar 3KAcE osriTERA7ED.
But now one might tramp for hours
over the brush covered acres of the
military reservation without finding
either execution sites or burial place
though the hanging occurred not more
than hundred yards from bath hOus-
es which have been built near swim
ming pool in the Salado creek for
men of the national army cantonment
at Camp Travis
TOLD OF FATE SUNDAY.
The condemned negroes had l. own
OF their fate since Sunday. Twelve of
them sought spiritual consolation of
army Y. NJ. c. A. workers. The thir-
teenth gave no inkling that he knew
Outwardly all of the negroes were
stoical. They did not know the date
of the execution, but last night they
were taken from the cavalry guard
house, where they have been prison
ers more than month, and placed in
separate barracks.
EXECUTION IN SECRET.
Aside from less than a dozen offic-
ers of the southern department and
the sheriff of Bexar county, no one in
the city or the army camps knew of
the execution, date or place. The
other negroe defendants were ignorant
of the fate Of their companions until
after the formal announcement had
been made.
GUARD SUMMONED SILENTLY.
The condemned men were aroused
this morning few minutes before
regular army reveille, $3.50 o'clock
The military guard had been sum.
moned silently and no sound was
heard in the camp where nearly forty
thousand men were sleeping except
the purring of the army truck motors
awaiting their loads. The negroes
dressed in their regular uniforms as
carefully as for inspection. =
49, HYMN A DEATH CHANT.
The negroes executed displayed
neither bravado nor fear. They rode
to the execution singing hymn, but
the singing was as that of soldiers on
the march Arrived at the clearing,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

We are showing the largest and
most beautiful line of neckties and
silk mufflers shown west of the Twin
Cities. S. E. Bergeson & Son.
IL II 10 II
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

THE ULTIMATE PENALTY.
And it was the army truck that so
quickly eObliterated all traces of the
execution and carried the dead bodies
o place nearby which is as indis-
tinguishable as the execution site, be.
fore official announcement had been
made of how the order of the court.
martial had been carried out, and that
the following men had paid the ulti-
mate penalty:
PENALTY is DEATH.
Sergeant VIM. C. NESBITT.
Corporal LARNON J. BROWN. y,
Corporal JAMES WHEATLY.
Corporal JESSE MOORE.
Corporal CHARLES W. BALTI-
MORE.
Priyates 81. ,.... .... ......,
VIM. FRACKENRIDGE. - .
Il. THOMAS & RzWKINsyH IN 4
y CAR4bs sRoDGRAss. ~ ~ J J
RA 4. RAYlssss ~ n. ss,sSa 4
JANE OWNS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

Tasty eatables, daintily served
properly priced, at the Mckenzie
dairy lunch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
WEATHER REPORT,
FORECAST.

for North Dakota: Generally fair to.
night and Thursday; continued cold
tonight; not quite so cold west por-
ton Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

1 See "The Judgment House" at thu
Bismarck Theatre tonight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN


Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 11.-FlOur,
unchanged. Shinments 42,670 barrels.
Barley $1.1S@1.52.
Rye-$1.S0@1 81 y.
Bran-$3950@40.0O. ad'iuoi,'
N Wheat receipts today were 1925 cars nc
compared with 4O9ia year ago. Ms 9nii
= Corn, No. 3, yellow-$1.70@1.73. t&1iri
r Oats, No 3!:white-.72% @73.H.9 '' p"
Flax, $3.26@3.37.
ST. PAUL.
'Hogs-Receipts $4,000: steady:
range, $16,75@17.15; bulk, $16.S5@
1900. a-. .s. -.. ..........
Cattle-Receipts, 1000; :tll!ers slow
and lower; steers, $5.5o015,0O; COWS
and heifers s5.75@14.OO; stockers AMI
feeders, weak and dull s50001".0o:
Sheep-Receipts 500; steady: lambs
$S00@16.00: wethers, s700MlS 20,
Ewes $5!00@1O.75.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
BEER RATION P[AN
USED IN ENGLAND

London.--Reer rationing has set in
In earnest in the south Of England.
particularly in the country villages
near the big military camps. Saloon
keepers are now receiving only a pro-
portion of their former supply, and
are being kept severely down in sup
plies of spirituous liquors. During the
week end. there are now many South
of-Ensland villages where not drop
of spirits may be had.
London is affected in patches. The
most famous eating houses in the
strand will only serve half a pint Of
beer to each customer at lunch or
dinner. Several saloons in the center
OF the city have had to go for two or
three days without beer and one
license holder applied to the licensing
board to find out IL 1t would jeopar-
dize his license II he closed up his
cafe for few days as he had no beer
To sell. and could obtain no further
supplies for nearly 4 week.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
AMERICANS IN PICKING
PLEDGE THEIR FEAlN
Mass Meeting Adopts Reso-
lutions Promising Sup
port to Country.
Sc VIC ES OFFERED
Men Willing to Give All to
Uncle Sam in War for
Right of Nations.
SERVIC ES OFFERED

Picking. Correspondence of the
Associated Press.)--More than 600
American citizens gathered at the
American legation following the an
nouncement that America had declared
war against Germany, and adopted
the following resolution:
I'VE. the undersigned Americans
resident in Picking, China, wish to con-
vey to the president and government
Of the country pledge of loyalty and
to offer our services unreservedly to
the great cause of the rights of ma
tions.'"
The Americans assembled at the in =
vitation of Lieutenant Colonel w. G.
Neville. of the United States marine
corps. at a mess dinner in the Amer
lean barracks. which was attended by
DR.. Paul S. Reinsch, the America
minister, and all official Americans in
Peking as well as prominent civilians.
At the conclusion of the dinner. the
American minister delivered brief
address, in which he emphasized the
, statement that the United States did
not declare war until it became ap-
parent that German policy threatened
the peace and security of every nation
on earth. He spoke also of the change
which had come over Russia. and said
| that the present war had sounded the
doom of all tyrannical government and
could not end until Germany had freed
herself from the evil system which
was once believed to be firmly en-.
trenched in that unhappy country.
/ DR.. Robert McNntt McElroy, wht
was professor of history at Princeton
uni. ersity and is In China this year a.
an exchange lecturer. spoke on "Wha
We Are Fighting For" DR.. McElro!
said:
! Our ancestors fought for the right
of nations to secure them to our re
4 hottest descendants. Our ancestor
fought end crushed the theory Of tn
supcr-mln. We are fighting the the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

Cry of super nation. the theory that
there is given to the strong nation a
divine right to trample upon the weak
nation.
Our ancestors. by determined effort,
cleared the kings highways of robbers
hy giving to the weakest and poorest
THE me iestic protection of a law sus-
tanned by force. We are called upon to
clear the great international highway
OF robbers, and to put behind the world
law that henceforth no powerful ma
ton may carry a weaker nation into
captivity.
Our forefathers gave vital force to
law among individuals. We are called
upon to give vital force to law among
nations. 1t is in this cause that the
nation of many races has risen to do
battle with the enemy Of the rights of
nations and she will see justice sat
isfied before her shining sword again
Is sheathed in its scabbard.
And when that sword is sheathesl
it will be the glory Of America to have
all men know that no Achan has spoils
hidden in his tent that America has
poured in her millions and her men
freely without hope Of gain other than
that which comes from the unfaltering
performance of duty.
SHOULD Germany win this war nay
should Germany fail to lose it. finally
and concmsively, the stamp Of sue
cess will be given to terrorism. disre-
gard of treaties and general interna-
tional dishonor. The wars which our
children must face will be many and Of
speeches. horror. She cannot win;
but it may be given to America to see
| that she loses. absolutely and COM
| rletely.
THE triumph of American ideals will
| mean n liberated Germany. and will
| sound the death knell' of absolutism
f, throughout the world. Give the people
, of Germany control of Germany. and
| the few remaining strongholds of alb
solutism will at once become unten-
able. Unhorse Prussianism, and we
may confidently expect to see the new
Germany speedily take her place among
the peace loving, honorable nations OF
the world"
An American volunteer company
with more than 100 members has been
organized under the direction OF Colo
mel Neville. and is drilling daily. The
American guard numbers $50 marines
hut Americas entry into the war ma,
result In the withdrawal of part OF
this force. and the American volun
teers stand ready to assist in the pro.
lection of the legation quarter.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
When America Entered War
Construction Was Or
dered Stopped.
COVERED FORTY FARMS
Houses and Barns Had Been
Torn Down to Make Room
for the Huge Plant.

Bristol. -(Correspondence. }
Nothing since the beginning OF war
has so stirred Bristol and surrounding
country as the decision OF the govern
ment, that owing to the entry OF the
United States into the war, it was no
longer necessary to proceed with the
erection of the large explosives factory
under construction at Henbury, near
here Nearly 100000 had been spent
and thousands of workmen had been
engaged for weeks in constructing the
factory which was to have been one
of the largest in England.
The order to abandon work came
like a bolt out OF the blue. Owing to
the great extent OF the factory the
order resulted In much confusion. For
instance. some of the contractors who
had official intimation of the govern
ment's decisions promptly ceased work
while others, not having received in
structions. proceeded blindly with
their work. The result was that while
enc group of contractors at the end
OF row of buildings were busy with
the work of construction, another grour
at the other end were as industriousl,
demolishing those partly built. This
chaotic condition proceeded for a week
Some idea OF the proposed size OF
the factory may be gained from thu
fact that 10 farmers were deprived o.
their farms. consisting OF the bes'
grazing land in the west Of England
to make room for it. Houses and barn.
were pulled down and cleared away
Water was to have been brought from
Sharpness. about IL miles away. ant
all along the route the roads had beer
opened to lay mains.
All these trenches are now beint
filled in and everything else Is to b.
replaced and the farmers reinstated
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
SING AN0lO-AMERicAN ANTHEM

England is learning to sing an An.
glo- American anthem. This new com.
position was heard recently for the
first time ut the City temple In Lon.
don. The anthem. which in said tt
have been written in America AMI /.
sung to the tune Of My Country. 'ris
OF Thee" follows:
Two empires by the sea,
Two peoples great and free,
One anthem raise.
One race OF ancient fame,
One tongue. one faith, we claim,
bne God whose glorious name
We love and praise
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

and the price, for what little there has
Deem has risen to $3.50 ton.
Already three private commercial
concerns are gathering this kelp from
the Pacific and treating it CONNER
cialiy. The Hercules Powder company
is taking it for the acetone II contains
and the Diamond Match company and
the Swift Fertilizer company are gath
ering it for the potash.
The governments experimental
plant, now in course of construction,
is in Summerland, Santa Barbara
county, Cal. Congress has appro-
priated Sl75.0OO for the work. This
figure includes the cost of curious
craft already built, which might be
described as a huge seagoing moving
machine. 1t is equipped at the bow
end with great reciprocating knives
that work on the principle of the
blades of the moving machine and
cut the kelp plants from three to six
feet below the surface of the water.
The severed steamers of kelp are then
taken up into the boat on a conveyor
belt at the top of which they are cut
by other knives into six-inch pieces
and then dropped into the hold Of the
vessel. The boat in use will contain
100 tons of wet kelp. thus harvested
and recut ard she can make two trips
day when operating on a kelp field
near shore.
The weed is found growing in
water to a depth of 100 feet. 1t is
rooted on the bottom. grows to the
surface, and then extends for hum
dreds of feet on the surface. The sup
ply is inexhaustible, for it grows
quickly after cutting. and can be cut
four times a year like an alfalfa crop
A curious thing about the Seaweed OF
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

Washington, June 23.-Germany
may emerge from this war with her
former monopoly of the worlds supply
things she has lost. The United states
department of agriculture will have
something definite to say on that
point before the end of the summer,
and after the completion of thorough
going experiments about to be under
taken with the seaweed or kelp on the
Pacific coast. That there are millions
Of tons of this kelp always availa BILE
within the country's three mile limit is
known, as a matter of course: that
this llelp, when dried, contains from
% to 80 per cent potassium chloride is
also known because of chemical an
alysis of many samples. The thing
that is yet to be learned by the expert
ments of this summer is whether the
kelp can he harvested and the potash
extracted at a cost that will make the
operation profitable.
Frederick w. Brown. chief of the
division of fertilizer resources of the
department bureau Of soils. who is
in charge of the experiment. is conf
ueHl lnat tic OpeIdtlOI can NE Hlhue
to pay by utilizing to the full the by
products Of the kelp. If he is right.
one of the chief difficulties of the
American farmer will be done away
with. What that difficulty has grown
into because of the war is indicated
by the statistics of imports and prices
before and since the war began.
For the year 1913 the farmers of
America imported from Germany
about 100000 tons of potash for fer
tilizer purposes and paid $40 ton.
Since the growing season of 1914 the
supply has been practically cut off
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

the Pacific coast is that it can collect
so much potash from the sea water
which cont ains SO little itself that it
can hardly be detected by chemical
analysis. The point is that the kelp
catches the potash from so much
water, so the stronger the tideway in
which it is found. or. in other words,
the greater the volume of water that
flows by it. the richer it is in potas h,
The 2OO-ton haul of wet kelp day
dries out to 20 tons when all the water
is out. and this 90 tons of dried kelp
will yield five tons of potash chloride
not drop in the bucket, as compared
with the agricultural needs of the
country, but il one boat can do that
and its daily harvests can be profit :
ably treated. there is surely hope for
the future.
"The process which seems most
likely to succeed in commercial prac-
tice," said Mr. Brown the other day
lis to distill the dried kelp in retorts
constructed on the principle of the
by-product coke oven. This results IN
a charred residue containing all the
potash salts. which may be recovered
by teaching and evaporation. In the
process of tistillation sthe nitrogen il
the kelp is driven off and recovered II
the form of ammdhia: combustibl.
quantities and is available for use Il.
fuel in the retorts and under the evap.
Grating watts. and charcoal and tarry
products are also recovered. which
may be used or sold as fuel. Iodine
is another of the by-products which
may be recovered from the process
and make this means of getting tn.
potash for fertilizer economical under.
taking"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
HERE'S STUMP DENTIST
AUTHOR Of PROFESSION
University of Wisconsin
Man, Professor Living
ston, Finds Field.
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
New Sort Of Teacher Gives
Courses in Land Clear
ing to Farmers.
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Madison. Wis.-Introducing Carl D.
Livingston. Stump dentist.
When man can start q new pro-
fession. prove It's necessity to the
world. and firmly implant himself as
the originator of said new profession,
he Is entitled to some attention.
Such n man is Prof. Carl Living.
ston. stump Dentist" OF the Cniyer-
sity of Wisconsin,.
Furthermore, the new profession Is
launched at the time when the worlds
need of foodstuffs is greatest, and
when the new profession will solve the
problem most effectively The new