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WELLINGTON
{: | WINS IN CONTEST
Y. FOR SHERIFF
District Court Decided Against
Constantin Wilhelm Who
Contested the Election
lSnecial To The Trihunel

Especial to The Tribune)
Hettinger, N. D., March 6-In the
contest started by Constantin Wilhelm
against Wellington Wright for the Of
flee OF sheriff Of sHettinger county,
the district court decided in favor of
Wright, the present sheriff. The
court also held valid the election OF
County Commissioner Eugene Starks
Of the second district. Wilhelm was
an independent candidate in the cleo
ton last fall against Wright. aai
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W|LDMEyER Of
ROLLA, CHAMP
CHESS PLAYER
Wins Ten Out of II Games Play
ed in Tournament at Devils
....t Lake
(SDecial to The Tribunc)

Especial to The Tribunc)
Devils Lake, N. d., March twill,
liam Wildmeyer of Rolla. N. D., play
sing ! games, winning 10 and one a
draw, won the state chess tOurna-
,ments held here last week e. C. Flem-
ing Of Fargo, was second, winning
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CITY DELIVERY At CROSBY
Commencing May I, CITY VIII Have
POStmen Call and Deliver
the Mails
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= Especial 70 the TT1buneJ
Crosby, n. D., March 6-COmnlenc-
ing May l. this city will have city
mail delivery. The action on the part
of the postoffice department was made
public the first of the week by Post
master e. O. Larson.
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Take LAXATIVE BROMO QU1.
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Evening star., 1917-09-17
AUSTRIANS LAUNCH FOUR
COUNTER ATTACKS IN VAIN

ROME. September 17.-Austro-Hun-
garian troops by four successive coun-
ter attacks attempted on Saturday
night to reconquer the ground they
had lost on Friday to the Italians on
the Bainsizza plateau. Gen. Cadorna
reports that all the assaults were re-
pulsed. The statement reads:
I'm the Trentino. in Giudicaria val
ley, enemy parties attempting to ap-
proach our advanced posts were dis
persed with rife fire.
"In Carnia great activity Of the en-
emy artillery provoked brisk reaction
by our artillery in the upper But and
Fella valley. On the Beinsizza plateau u
Saturday night the enemy attempted
with four successive counter attacks
to reoccupy the ground he had lost
the day before. He was constantly
repulsed by the defenders. who cap
tured seventy-three prisoners, includ-
ing two officers.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
BUSINESS MEN PLANNING
WAR AID AT SEASH0RE
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Sessions
Are Begun at Atlantic
City.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.. September II.
Plans for the cooperation of virtually
the entire Industrial and commercial
interests of the country in the conduct
of the war are to be discussed by high
government officials and prominent
business men from all sections of the
country at a special war convention of
the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. preliminary sessions of which
opened here today. The convention Will
open formally tomorrow and will con-
tinue until Friday.
dent of the association. was the prin-
cipal speaker of today's meeting. Sec
retary of War Baker is to deliver the
keynote address at the first regular
session tomorrow. He will speak as
Defense and will tell the business men
what aid the government expects of
them in connection with the val
In the afternoon Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, will outline
aid in winning the war. Boris Bakh-
meter. Russian ambassador: Frank A.
Scott. chairman of the war industries
board. and Dr. Newell Dwight Hills of
Brooklyn are other speakers on tomor
rows program. Herbert c. Hoover.
Lord Northcliffe, chairman of the per-
manent British mission. and Judge
Robert S. Lovett of the war emergency
board also will address the convention.
Several group meetings to consider
the functions of the different business
organizations in the conduct Of the
war will be held during the meeting
and at the closing session the report
of the committee on resolutions will
be acted upon.
THE Atlantic City meeting will
show" said Elliot H. Goodwin, general
secretary of the national chamber.
that business is not only backing up
the President. the commander-in- chief
Of the Army and Navy of the United
States, but now comes forward to con-
slider how it may render greater serv-
ice in winning the war"
Evening star., 1917-09-17
GERMAN BOMB LEVELS
US. CONSULAR AGENCY

Destruction of the American consular
agency at Dunkirk, France, by a Ger
man bomb September was reported
today to the State Department. The
consular agent. Benjamin Morel. was
uninjured. and the archives of the con-
sulate were saved. Morel was appointed
consular agent at Dunkirk in 1888.
The dispatch added no other details
regarding the destruction. 1t is as
sumed the bomb had been dropped from
German airpIane as that section of
France has frequently been raided by
enemy aircraft. Earlier in the war,
however, Dunkirk was bombarded from
a distance of about twenty miles by
a huge German gun. which had been
brought to bear on the city. This bat
terry soon was located by the French
and the concentrated attacks on it
caused the Germans to remove 1t.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Regrets Argentine Affair and
Thanks Sweden for Trans
mitting German Messages
ORDERS ENJOYS TO INSIST
ON USE OF SECRET CODE
Stockholm Paper Says Berlin Will
Oppose Attempts to Disclose Con-
tents of Feuton Dispatches.

LONDON, September 17.-Germany
has sent a note to Sweden, according
to the correspondent at Stockholm Of
the Central News Agency, highly re-
GREETING the disagreeable issues raised
on account Of Sweden transmitting tele-
grams to Germany.
Germany says she is obliged to the
Swedish government for transmitting
the messages, but regrets that her rep
resentatives in Argentina should have
sent the kilograms in the phraseology
they did.
Insists on Secrecy.
The Nya Dagligt AlIenhanda of Stock
holm. which printed the announcements
that Germany had sent the note to
Sweden. says the German government
has instructed all its representatives
in foreign governments to refuse to
accede to any attempt which may be
made to force them to reveal to the
Swedish government the contents Of
code messages which they may submit
to it.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
SUFFRAGE AS WAR MEASURE.

& NEW YORK. September 17.-Suffrage
as a war measure, to be given women
whose merit has been shown by war
service. is announced to be the chief
point to be brought before the man in
the street in series of sidewalk meet
inRs that will begin here tonight. Since
suffrage to wiz sat the polls in the state
elections in n Nvember needs only one
more man outsof nine, in addition to
those who voted for the amendment in
1915. the suffragists express confidence
that the task before them Is possible
of achievement
Among those on the list Of prospec-
tive speakers are William Jennings
Bryan, William G. McAdoo. Secretary of
the Treasury; DIR. Jacob Gould Schur-
man. Thomas Mott Osborne. Samuel
Untermyer and Frank A. Vanderiip.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
RELEASED FROM INTERNMENT.
Theosophical Society Leaders Had
Been Held for Political Agitation. )"

BOMBAY. India. September 17.-Ac-
cording to private telegram. Mrs. An
ME Besant, head of the Theosophical
Society, and George Arundale and b
Wadga, two male associates. have been
released from internment by the Madras
government They had been held for
political agitation.
1t was recently announced that the
Indian government was prepared to
recommend to the Madras government
that the restrictions placed on these
people be removed if the government
were satisfied they would refrain from
unconstitutional and violent methods
and political agitation for the remain
der of the war.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
SEVEN IOWA STOCKMEN
KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
Ten or More Also Injured When
Train Plows Through Sleeper on
the Burlington.

AURORA. Ill. September 17.-Seven
Iowa stockmen were killed last night in
a rear-end collision on the Burlington
railroad near Earlville. ILL.,, forty-five
miles west of Aurora. Ten or more were
injured. The men who were killed and
most of those injured were in two
sleeping cars and a way car attached to
the rear of the stock train. The mer-
chandise train plowed through these
three cars.
The identified dead are: w. D. Dixon.
Hamilton, Iowa; Otis McCauley. Kel-
lerton. Iowa; Thomas Bender Fairfield,
Iowa; William Foulks, Charlton, Iowa
John Walker. Hilo, Iowa
Evening star., 1917-09-17
SEATTLE STRIKERS RETURN.
Those Employed in Steel Ship Yards
Go Back to Work.

SEATTLE. Wash. September IL
Woodworkers in the steel ship yard of
the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock
Company. the largest plant here. re-
sumed work today, the company hav-
ing given bond to use only lumber
manufactured in eight-hour mills. Two
other large yards had previously re-
sumed work, using eight-hour lumber.
There was no change today at the
wooden ship yards tied up several days
by sympathetic strike of the wood
workers against ten-hour lumber.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
VIRGINIA STORM SUBSIDIES.
Shipping Tied Up for Two Days Is
Released,

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. September IL
The storm which swept the Virginia
coast Friday, Saturday and Sunday was
passing away this morning. the forty
mile gale which was blowing yesterday
having diminished to thiry miles an hour
today. Although heavy sea is running
and the wind is yet high. shipping tied up
at this port two days because Of the storm
was released today and few ships sailed
this morning. No damage to shipping
has been reported at this port.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
HUGE BRIDGE SPAN
BEING PUT IN PLACE
Thousands Watch Work Over the St
Lawrence, Which Has Failed
Twice.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
QUEBEC, September 17.-With thou
sands of spectators lining both sides of
the st. Lawrence. the great engineering
feat Of raising the central span of the
Quebec cantilever bridge into position
$50 feet above the river was begun to-
day.
Brought at high tide to the bridge
site on pontoons, the huge span, long
est in the world was made ready for
hosting early this morning as soon as
the tide should recede and leave it sus-
pended on four great steel chains at
tached to 150-ton jacks located on the
stretch out from each side of the river
Begin Lifting Span.
At s:45 o'clock. the tide having fallen
daylight appeared between the decks
Of the pontoons and the floor of the
span. AS the pontoons foated down.
stream without their burden cheers
broke out from the thousands on shore
The lifting was Immediately begun, al
hardly perceptible.
Between this city and the Montreal
stock market. brokers' wires were SET
up to tell the story of success or fail
the builders of the bridge, the Dominion
Bridge Company.
At 1890 pm. the span had been raised
eight feet.
The easiest work is over" one of the
engineers said. The rest will grow
increasingly difficult from now on till
the finish
Previous Efforts Fail,
An attempt made last September te
place the span in position failed, the
span falling into the river resulting in
fourteen men losing their lives. Prio,
to that an attempt ended unsuccess.
fully. also with loss of life, seventy per.
sons dying. That was in 1907 The two
accidents caused a monetary loss OF
about ss,500.000. When the Dominion
government planned a reconstruction OF
the bridge a contract was awarded te
| the st. Lawrence Bridge Company in
1911.
The structure when completed, will
be 3.23s feet from shore to shore. and
will have two railroad tracks, two street
car tracks and two roadways It will
cut the railroad journey between Halifax
and Winnipeg by halliday. The steel
used in the construction weighs $50, ,o00.-
600 pounds and the total cost will be
s11. 100000. The central span being raised
today is $40 feet long.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Nv. W. IN ANTI-WAR MEETING
Federal Agents Arrest Seven of the
Particinants

CHICAGO. September 17.-John I'm
ger. a contractor of Waukegan, Ill, and
six others were taken before the fed
eral bureau of investigation today, hav-
ing been arrested after attending a
World at Waukegan last night.
The federal agents. who were notified
that an antf-war meeting was to be
held, were on hand to listen to the ut
terances.
At the close Of the meeting the seven
persons were taken into custody.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Sand Slide Kills One, Injuries Seven.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, September IL
Tons of sand and paving bricks. slid
ing into a trench, buried one workman
alive and cause injuries to seven
others today. Samuel Rest. twenty
seven years old. was dead before rescu-
ers could reach him. Two Of the seven
injured are in hospitals from serious
injuries, while hve escaped with cuts
and bruises.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
To List Catholics Who Join Colors.

BOSTON, September 17.-Cardinal
OConner has requested pastors Of ali
Catholic churches in the Boston archdio-
cese to compile lists Of all Catholic men
who Join colors in any branch OF the
national service. These lists he win pre-
serve a. q roll Of honor.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Other Plants Affected.
Confident of Settlement.

Shipping board officials are confident
that basis will be reached this week
for settlement of all labor disputes in
Pacific coast shipyards.
On receipt of reports of the strike
of ironworkers at San Francisco today
the board made efforts to hasten a
settlement of the strike in Seattle ship
yards in the belief that it will serve
as basis for agreements at Portland,
San Francisco, Los Angeles and other
places.
Only few minor points of differ
ence on the wage increases. and the
proportions to be paid by the govern
ment and shipbuilders remained to be
considered today at a conference be-
tween builders. union leaders and ship
ping board officials
Evening star., 1917-09-17
CONVINCED NO U-B0AT
IS OFF AMERICAN COAST

The Navy Department. after as COM
plete investigation as is possible, is
satisfied there is no foundation for re-
ports of hostile submarine off the New
England coast.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
BEGINS ACTIVE PROBE
Of MRS. KINGS DEATH
Solicitor Clement Summons Witnesses
to Appear for Rehearing by
Coroner's Jury.

SALISBURY. N. c., September 17-So-
licitor Hayden Clement is preparing to
take up actively the Investigation into
the mysterious death near Concord Au-
gust 20 Of Mrs. Maude A. King of Chi
cago, and tomorrow will establish head
quarters in Concord.
Subpoenas summoning them to appear
at a rehearing by the coroner's jury a,
Concord September "a have been served
upon CASTOR B. Means, Mrs. Kings So
called business manager, and with her
at the time of her death; Alton Means
brother of Castor: w. S. Bingham and
Ernest Fury, negro chauffeur who with
Mrs. King had gone to the country in
an automobile for target practice when
the death of the woman occurred.
Mrs. Maize c. Melvin, sister of Mrs
King, and Charles S. Dry, a farmer
welder Spring. the scene of the tragedy,
and who heard the shot which is said
to have caused the woman's death, also
have been summoned.
Will Pronounced Forgery.
NEW YORK. September 1.-THE So
called second will of James C. King
under which his widow, Mrs. Maude A
King. who was mysteriously shot and
killed near Concord. N. c., August 90
was to receive property worth several
millions of dollars, has been pro-
nounced forgery by bankers in Chi
cago. according to a statement issued
here by the district attorneys office.
The Affairs of CASTOR B. Means. who
acted as business agent for Mrs. King
and who was with her at the time OF
her death, will be placed before the
grand jury here. The grand jury will
be informed of the results of an ex-
animation of papers found in the
apartment of Means, which bear
upon Mrs. Kings affairs. Among these
was an agreement providing for the
payment to Means of $95O,0OO in the
event of Mrs. King receiving more than
$2,0o0.000 under the second will.
Means Learns Of Will Filing.
The statement of the district attor.
ney's office declared that further exam
ination of the papers found showed
that Means had consulted LAWYERS ir
New York, Illinois and California re.
garding laws governing the filing OF
wills.
The district attorneys Office learned
from papers found In the Means apart
ment. it was stated. that Means had
asked the Northwestern Trust Company
of Chicago to resign as trustee of a
$1,200,000 trust fund left to Mrs. King
under the original will of her husband
Announcement also was made thai
the papers indicated that Means at one
time was interested In munition con.
tracts for one of the warning factions
in Mexico.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
CONGRESS IS PLANNING
TO ADJOURN IN OCTOBER
Leaders, Seeing Principal Business
Nearly Over, Hope to Get Away ,
Early in Month.

With most all Of the important legis-
latton of the session either enacted or
about to be disposed of, leaders in Con-
gress today set about the task of car
rying out plans. tentatively fixed, for
adjournment early in October. Presi-
dent Wilson has no new legislation to
recommend. and is said to be ready to
have Congress take vacation.
The House has about finished its parts
of the legislative program. but prompt
action by the Senate is necessary to
carry out the adjournment plans. Only
two big measures. the soldiers and sail
ors insurance and the $1,000, 900. 900
war deficiency bill. remain to be passed
by the Senate. and it is expected that
both will be expedited. The deficiency
bill. now in the House, proba bly, will
pass today
Evening star., 1917-09-17
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
|NNAT|0NAL BODY
Delegates Vote to Form Organ
ization Following Address
BY Samuel Gompers.
INITIAL MEETING TODAY

The first national convention of the
Federal Employees Union ever held was
called to order today by President Sam
uel Gompers of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, and before adjournment
next Wednesday or Thursday the fifty
delegates present will organize into one
national body the more than sixty locals
that have sprung up, Independent Of
one another, all being affiliated with the
federation.
Besides President Gompers, the speak
ers at the first session today were Miss
Jeanette Rankin. representative from
Montana: James OConnell, vice presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor: Frank Morrison. secretary of
the Federation; Thomas F. Flaherty,
president of the National Organization
of Post Office Employees, and John De-
why. president of the Plate Printers
Union. The convention is being held
in the executive council room of the
American Federation of Labor building
at 9th street and Massachusetts ave-
nue. northwest.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
KERENSKY DEGREES
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
Cabinet of Five Members to
Rule Pending Adoption Of a
Permanent Form.
CRISIS MAY BE AT AN END
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, September Is delay
ed).-RuSsia has been proclaimed re-
public. The provisional government
tonight issued the proclamation. dated
September II. The proclamation fol-
lows:
Gen. Korniloff's rebellion has been
quelled. But great is the confusion
caused thereby. and again great Is
the danger threatening the rate OF
the fatherland and it's freedom.
Holding it necessary to put an
end to the external indefiniteness OF
the states organization, remember
ing the unanimous and rapturous
approval of the republican idea ex-
pressed at the Moscow state CONFER
nuce, the provisional government
declares that the constitutional or
ganization, according to which the
Russian state is ruled, is a repub-
lican organization, and it hereby
proclaims the Russian republic.
Minister and and President, KERENsKY.
Minister of Justice, YAROUDNI''
The title minister and president
affixed to Premier Kerensky's signature
to the proclamation probably refers to
his position as president of the minis
try, rather than of the republic.
Cabinet of Five to Rule.
PETRoGRAD. Sunday. September 16.
nounced that all the affairs of state
had been intrusted to five members of
the cabinet. The following official
communication was issued:
Pending the definite constitution of
a cabinet, and in view of the present
extraordinary circumstances. all affairs
of state have been intrusted to NJ. Ker-
ensky, premier; NJ Terestchenko. min
lister Of foreign affairs; Gen. Verkhov-
sky, minister of war; Admiral Derderv-
ski, minister of marine. and NJ Nikitin,
minister Of posts and telegraphs."
Appeal to Russ Army.
Gen. Valuveff. commander chief of
the western (Russian) front, in an or
der of the day issued to his army, says:
THE enemy does not sleep. On the
contrary, he is intoxicated by his Riga
success and is, according to reliable
information. preparing attempts to
break through the Russian front at
Dvinsk and Minsk. Should he succeed
the liberty secured by the revolution
will be lost.
Il exhort you to leave to the govern
ment the solution of internal ques-
tions and to devote yourselves only to
the maintenance of discipline and fight
ing efficiency"
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Big Measures in Conference.

Three big measures are in confer
ence today, with prospects of an early
agreement on all of them. They are
the war tax bill, the war bond bill and
the trading with the enemy bill.
Senate and House conferees on the
war tax bill carried their deliberations
into the third day, with prospects that
an agreement on a measure providing
for levies of approximately s2,5OO, ,00O,-
oo0 Will be reached before the end of
the week. Rapid progress is being
made, about two-thirds of the bill al
ready having been disposed Of
Minor Matters Receive Attention.
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
Senate leaders began the plans today
to pass the soldiers and sailors insur-
ance bill before adjournment in accord
ance with President Wilson's request.
A subcommittee will devote only one
day-tomorrow-toh hearings, and it is
expected to pass the bill next Monday
or Tuesday, under a unanimous con-
sent agreement and without resort to
cloture.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
WEATHER.

Fair. continued cool tonight; tomor-
row fair, slightly warmer.
Temperatures for the twenty-four
hours ended at 2 pm. today: Highest.
20, at 2:15 pm. yesterday; lowest, 53,
at 6:16 am. today.
Full report on page II.
Evening star., 1917-09-17
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to tie ne for republication Of all news credited
to it or not otherwise credited IN this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1917-09-17

Sworn Net Circulation. Month of August.
1917, Daily Average. s7,53es sunday. s3,47a
Evening star., 1917-09-17
Appeals for Woman suffraee.

Miss Rankin, when introduced by Mr..
sompers. said she was disappointed that
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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-23
ORDER

In the United States District Court,
Ninth Circuit District Of Nevada
Joseph Gutman, ct al, Complain
ants, VS.. Pacific Reclamation Com
pany, a corporation, Defendant.
Cole L. HARDWOOD, the receiver here
in. having fled his final report and
account and petition for discharge
wherein he prays that he may be d.
rected by the court to whom OF the
several claimants TO the funds in his
hands he shall pay the same and the
Intervenor, Columbia Knickerbocker
Trust company, having made proof Of
its mortgage and having appeared by
its attorneys and prayed hearing on
its petition in Intervention.
1T IS ORDERED that a hearing be
had upon said report, account and
petitions and upon all other matters
undetermined in this case on the 18th
day Of July, 1917. at ten o'clock In the
forenoon and that the clerk give no.
tice OF such hearing to all parties
whose claims have not been finally
determined, to-wit:
Columbia Knickerbocker Trust COM
pany, P. ]. Moran, J. W. Woolf and
A. ]. Nelson, by serving notice upon
them through their attorneys by reg