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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-06
1900 DEAD IN STREETS:
SHIP BLOWS.
UP; HUGE FIRE RESULTS
Two Ships Collide and Detonation Results-Crews Of
Both Killed-Fire Sweeps Through sa,9xS
North Halifax.
Large Quantities of Food Destroyed and People Danger
of Starving-Railway Station Falls -
JJnon Heads Of Manv .5l8EsNs91

Montreal, Dec. 6-Sixty per cent of the city Of Hall
fax is in ruins according to reports to the Canadian
erent railways Among the buildings destroyed the
deep freight terminals of the government rail
the north Of the city No has been received
Of the terminals but believed they have not been
damaged.
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great that freight cars were blown on 4
railway tracks along stretch g
nearly two miles. 81
S. Q. S. CALLS Y ,3
FOR HELP. Il Tss II szs
Messages asking for, fire Ankiues
and Are fighting sappArAtl cfornS
and nurses, hospital: supplies. etc.
were received from Haltla ax by Is i;
number OF localities in Nova scotia.
Special trains were made up Il With
everything required that could ~ pro-
cured. n; 4
sr,AteTruro. Windsor. and here tn Sttvs
c6uncils met this naorNing 4nd de-
cided to take immediate 81 nt3pl -
render aid TO, the afflicked peGn1S IfS
Halifax. II q Mnderstood tlSaA arie
quantities iof food were deafru 80! !!
that thu citiEens sos aallkAx ma u = 9 q
bts III danger OF stAfvtngs III u.
ctded INST krlo1ds of fppd /. 8
ddnpA Atchea At once ;SS sssy
3 rho daInass il0ns to ~ ~ ~. s
union ana CanA1 IN u - q
Taph Colap ~ g5s e;
|isaHksa sD 81 4 s - n
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~ = SSdS vi oCeOl lS'iliOiIONV4 |
night. -1.. 2. i. !
lie agitation for incIud-
lng Iurkey. and Bul garia:|
lsubsided ia the house, But il il |
the senate foreign relations
committee it gained support
sers. The extent Of the rnove-l
ffient will not develop until
ihes senate begins debating
the war resolution probably
next week.
tks comnaittee and at the request Of
Chairman Flood the house gave .itS
unanimous consent to take up the
resolution tomorrow at the beginning
OF the session and; pass 1t before to-
morrow: night. - .5e s
& The only question left undecided to-
DAY was the length 6f the debate.
Chairman Flood suggested that each
side Of the house take one hour, but
,glican leader, objected that was too
sshort q time for such an important
subject. At the heSsuggesti0n Of Demo-
cratic Leader Kitchin.r q decision was
out over .until tomorrow morning.
SENATE uoAfAnTTIcE
ii5gAIS,p IN SESSION. a f..,.r
while the house was. going through
the apFeliminaries, the senate foreign
relations committee was in conference
ION the war resolution.
Il The house committee1 report re-
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ST. John N. B., Dec. CAS- result of the explosion
81 the American n,unition ship this morning nearly
s e gea ea ea are 1al
the streets all the hospitals filed to overowng and
many injured to walk saaDot
News that the disaster had reached these proportions
Halifax established by the Canadian Pacific Telegraph
company .ee
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Montreal Dec. 6.-Direct telegraphic advices from
Halifax this afternoon say that the destruction of the city
today caused by the explosion of the French ni
ton Ship not American earlier reported It was said
the French vessel was raned by Norwegian boat carry
ing food stlfs
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Montreal, Dec. 6.-The dead in the Halifax disaster
estimated 1900 by officials Of the telegraph copan
ies although is explained that the information upon
which the estimate is based is unofficial
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GERMAN BARRAGE
FIRE DROPPED.

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+ Truro. N. s.. Dec. 6.-Reports
said 1t was feared several score o
railway station at Halifax collapse
weFe killed, on the track near Rich
Advices from Halifax early tfi
dead from the munition ship e1pl
The advices further stated that
t1on vessel, was Red. Cross INNER.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Mitchell Men Use False
Ballots, Says Bennett

sneaking at three meetings in Man
b.tta, Iast night, William VI. Bennett.
,be Republican candidate for Mayor.
charged that the Mitchell supporters
had caused "paster ballots" to be DIS
tributed among the soldiers az spar
tanburg. on which Mayor Mitchels
name appears as the Republican candi-
date under the Republican emblem. MT
Bennett declared that this was IN vio-
lation Of the election law and that ne
would present his evidence to the
PROPER authorities.
II have discovered that the preps-
rnticn and distribution OF this paster
ballot In misdemcaror'" said Mr..
Bennett. "Tho original paster ballot
which | have In my possession Is Tor
the Borough Of The Bronx. | am in
formed that Emory X. Bucknef, the
Mitchell campaign manager. lives in
The Bronx. This morning ! Intend to
send representative 70 District Al
torney Martin OF Bronx County and
request an inyertigation OF the matter.
and that he indiot the man responsible
for Il, even though IL be Mr. Buckner.
"Wc have discovered the place where
this was printed. and expect TO have
no difficulty in tracing the author Of
IL and bringing him 20 justice. This
latest attempt Gf the Mitchell hackers
" deceive the soldiers is n striking
commentary or his protestations Of
patriotiyp."
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
British Again Raid
Far Into Germany
Bomb Prussian Furnace
Power House and
Train

LONDON, Oct. 3l.-A communication
issued this evening says.
Yesterday strong gale and driy-
ing rain prevented much flying, though
our airplanes co-operated with the at
lacking troops on the battle irony
throughout the day, and accomplished
much successful artillery work.
after midnight, when the weather
suddenly cleared, our bombing squad
rons dropped over two tons OF ex-
rlosiyes on the Roulers and lngelmun-
ster stations, as well as on moving
trains and hostile billets. One German
machine was downed in combat and
one of our machines is missing.
"Following on those of Monday night
and yesterday morning. another raid
into Germany was carried out by our
machines last night. On this occasion
the steel works and station at Volk-
lingen (Rhine province of PrussiaJ }
were attacked with excellent results.
Direct hits were observed on furnace
and power house and on train. Tho
weather. which was brilliantly fine dur
ing the early part OF the raid, turned
later into rain and snow. In spite OF
this all of our raiding machines re-
turned. except one"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
German Publisher
OF Trenton Indicted

TRENTON, N. j.. Oct. 31.--Two in
dictments have been returned by the
Federal Grand Jury against Benedict
pr;eth. former treasurer Of the Repub..
loan State Committee and publisher Of
the New Jersey Freie Zeitung, OF
Newark, recently raided by the POST
Office Department. :,
The first of these indictments, II Is
understood, charges treason on twenty
nine counts. The other, It is rumored'
charges Prieth with "msking and con-
veying false reports"
The treason indictment Is said TO be
based upon the alleged malicious pup
lcation Of trnitorous articles TO AID
and comfort the enemy" asa, d,
It is also understood that a bill had
been brought by the grand jury against
Edwin s. Prieth, brother of Benedict
Prieth; William Won Katzler and henry
Waechter, all connected with the "freie
Zeitung" The exact nature Of the
charges is not known.
The Federal grand jury finished its
work to-day with the completion OF lts
Investigation of the workings OF the
cited newspaper.
Two articles published in German by
the "Freie Zeitr " are said to have
occupied that b 5 attention princi-
pally. These art les are believed 10
have beer written with the purpose OF
inciting anger against the government
One of the articles protests against the
ruling that liquor may not be sold to
soldiers in uniform. The other be-
Titles the achievements OF the Allied
armies, and insinuates that the entry
of the United States into the war would
hive little effect on the result.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Tstsr Ccrrspondencel

CAMP UPTON, Long Island, Oct. 81
Polite vaudeville. introducing as
headliners ellis, the great American
tenor" and "Hylan. the great Ameri-
can," was presented in the Y. NJ. c. A.
circus tent here this afternoon under
the patronage of Charles F. Murphy,
the noted New York philarthropist and
soldiers friend.
The great American tenor was ap-
rlauded so heartily that he heightened
Eis programme by several encores. But
the great American-he was out OF
voice and neither sang nor talked nor
oven tried his luck on the musical
glasses-fell considerably short Of
achieving a similar triumph.
There were sporadic cheers when he
appeared. In response the great Amer
lean was making series Of bows,
when one of those conscientious fellows
who are always taking the JOY out of
life felt called upon to rise in the audi
ence and read an explanation.
Every cheer in this house is for AL
Smith" he yelled. Upon which the
noise died away altogether
Games More Attractive
The show was to have started at
1890 o'clock. The 'cross-country run
and the football games scheduled for
the afternoon proved such strong
counter attractions that when starting
time came there were not more than
fifty in the tent.
Lest too many Uptoniies miss the
entertainment so lnvishly selected out
of the best metropolitan talent, bally-
hoo was started. William f. Kelly,
County Clerk of Kings, undertook to
act as barker.
"Fr-r-r-ree. fr-rr-ree, all free for
the soldiers" he invited. Inside, in
side; a 81 show, all fr-r-r-ree; step in,
boys. Dor-r-rothy Jardon. Frank Fo-
gar-r-rty, the Dublin minstr-r-r-rel;
top-line talent; all fr-r-r-ree."
Looked at with an artistic eye, the
ballyhoo was high success; from the
of practical results it was q
fzzle. By 3 o'clock no more than 800
men had passed into the tent, which
seets close to 5000.
Since the performance had to start
some time, it started then. There may
have been an uneasy feeling among the
audience that all would not b. cake
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Asks Early Return
Of Soldier Vote
Mayors Campaign Com
mittee Appeals to Whit
man for Quick Count

Abraham s. Gilbert. chairman of the
law. committee of the Mitchell Cam
paign Committee, who has charge of
the Fusion campaign for the soldier
vote, has sent letter to Governor
Whtman's personal counsel urging
some way be found, if possible, to
count the soldier vote soon after it is
taken. He wants this done to avoid
the six weeks delay before the off,
cial soldier returns can be made un-
der the present law. Mr.. Gilbert ex-
pressed the hope yesterday that Q way
would be found which was not uncon-
stitutional.
"If we can find way to have the
soldier vote counted as il is taken. or
soon aftetward," said Mr.. Gilbert. Eve
would have the returns from all the
men in service in this country within
a week after election. The soldier vote
over there would probably not be
known for three or four weeks after
election"
Mr.. Gilbert estimated the vote OF the
men from this city now in the army or
navy at about G0,000-this out OF total
of from 10000 to 10000 men in the SER
vice, among whom there is small per-
centage Of aliens and men under voting
age. Mr. Gilbert figured about 80 per
cent Of the men in the various camps
would vote. There are approximately
$4,000 men at Camp Upton. 10000 at
-. w CVa - 90
LOO at Plattsburg. besides those dis
trjbuted as instructors in ether camps
throughout the country and aboard
ship. 49,,
was taken last week. The election will
be held at Camp Wadsworth, s. c.. next
Monday. The soldier citizens of the
New York City division at Camp Upton
will not vote until Election Day, No
yember s. II had been announced that
Yaphank men would vote Saturday, but
headquarters decided yesterday to post
pone the time until Tuesday, when IL
was found that not all the men entitled
to vote would be REGISTERED by Saturday.
The Fusion campaign committee is
endeavoring TO get in touch with every
citizen soldier and sailor Of this city.
no matter where he may be. Mr.. Gil
bert said yesterday the Secretary Of
New York State was sending the bal
lots to every man as soon Is he learned
where he was located. Mr.. Gilbert
said he had located officer instructors
in the camps. as well as New York
men in the line service, from Maine
to California, and in San Antonio, Tex,
and other Southern points.
Mitchell campaign speakers arc hard
at work in all the camps in this state
every night. The indications yestsr..
day were that Mayor Mitchell would
have lead in the voting at Camp Up
ton. The Fusion campaign managers
claim the Plattsburg camp is "solidly
for Mitchell" The soldier vote, under
the election law, can be taken any time
within ten days of election.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Protests Delay at Camp Dix

TRENTON, Oct. 31.-"Obstinacy or
inability of we'll paid contractors" is
held responsible for tho continued de-
Law in completing barracks at Camp
Dix. Wrightstown. in letter just sent
by Governor Edge 10 Provost Marshal
General Crowder. in which the Gov
ernor vchemently protests against
keeping drafted men at home in idle
ness.
Governor Edge declared the repeated
changes In the date Of sending the men
TO Camp Dix was seriously affecting
thousands of Jersey citizens. prevent
ing them from obtaining employment
and in some cases working an injustice
vpon their families. 10 say nothing Of
the possibility OF their morals being
affected
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Barthou's Demands
Draw Protests OF
French Socialists
pa;nlevs Government Not
Yet Out of the Woods,
London Feels
fs,,n Correspondence

1oNDoN. Oct. 3l.-The Painleve
a,rorrmsnt Is not vet out Of the WOODS
Tho substitution of Bartheu for Ribot
has beIped little, especially as the for-
mor,. sneeeb is considered by all the
Socialists as largely jingoistic. "hen'
IN addition TO Alsace-Lorraine, ne oe-
manded guarantees interpreted as ap-
.,,,;rc 70 the Saar district and the
r.hols ,sf. hank of the Rhine he an
,.son;,ed 80 stanch a French patriot
~ Albert Thomas and directly op-
posed the Premier.
There is a high personal regard ior
painleve In the Chamber. and tha' Is
,aras,v the reason why his government
s,ill stands, but he is losing ground as
a leader. ,.,
"Tbe Manchester Guardian e1-
,rasses the best opinion here regarding
the French ministerial situation wne"
it says: 1.,., ,oove the
ruoncb Chamber 20 secure from the
I ,oin;stsrs ir the foreign policy 1T desires
hnt II ia necessary to point out una
thosa who put forward extravagant war
a;rns on behalf Of France are doihs
sraye injury to the Allied cause,
SFnqland is not fighting. ana mas no
;rtantion of fighting to transfer tluly
Cerman territory to France, wnetheI ~
he on the left bank of the Rhlne OF 'ne
Saar region. We seek. Ike the men %
> ~
GOOD will in France-w VINO are the LII
France peace settlement "hich WI
he lust. and enduring because y IS JUS
"it ;s equally clear that the forinuIa-
t;on of indefensible war aims @ reaJ.S
very unfsvorably on opinion IN nuSs.a S,ina
Tbe surest way TO secure an hilleu
,,;ctory is through the revival OF the
military strength that rs the spif'. ..
pussia But there is little hope OF tha'
en- long es jingoes are sunered 70 sus
osst 70 the Russian democracy that the
eeuee of the Allies iS tainted win I'M
aThero ;s one obvious mode OF elm,
;,et,nr this poison from the Aiiied
svstem-to bring together. without i9r-
tier DELAY. an Allied conference LOT
the revision Of war aims. Snch con-
ference is not only vital peace III
strrment, but also "A vital wal lhsi
n,rnt- for il offers the best chance OF
rovivine the military vigor OF hussla
bv identifying all the Allied democra-
cies in a peace settlement cIeaIiy
formulated and expressing tne true
spirit Of democracy.
Chancellor of the Exchequer e.nr bonar
Laws statement in Par Lament yes.eI-
dav that. so far as he knew, INC con-,
;ns nr Allied conference was summoned o,l.t
bvt bot The conduct Of the war" caused
much surprise and dissatisfaction IN. mere; 1t
The Russians fully expect po Una. one ~ % 20
thc objects Of the conference Is 70
decide Se a peace formula. Lack Of unity
str;ting 90 than their failure to co6rdi-
nate their miiita,y. Efforts sfcn.. toy w1i1s the
i,,,sr lie Il is generally considered that
.be time has come for the Allies 70
settle or a definite programme.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Mayor's Proclamation Asks
People to Remain
Calm
Guards for Trains
Meetings Prohibited in Fear
of Maximalist Dis
turbances

PETROGRAD, Oct. 31.-The Mayor
has posted an appeal in which the peo'
pie of Petrograd are Informed that the
Aour-producing provinces are unwilling
to sell fldur to the capital, which Is
seriously threatened with famine. The
Mayor requests that the people remain
calm. as disorder will further disor-
ganize transport.
In view Of the reports that the Maxi
malists are preparing to create die-
turbances the military governor has
forbidden meetings, professions or
demonstrations.
The Ministry of War has been au-
thorized to provide armed guards Tor
passenger and freight trains. NJ. Liv-
erevsky, Minister of Ways and COM
munications, having reported anarchi-
cal conditions on the railways. Inc
report showed that stations and freight
trains had been looted and passengers
robbed.
The request of the Siberian Cossacks
that they have representation on the
Jury whic1 will try General Kornilon'
leader Of the recent aDortive revolt
has been granted by the government;
The request was based on the ground
that the generals father was SIDE
rian. A Siberian regiment has been
designated to guard General korniioH
pending his trial.
Alexander d. Protopopof. former
Minister of the Interior and one OF the
leading reactionaries of the Imperial
regime. has been removed from tne
Fortress OF st. Peter and st. Paui 10
hospital on account of Ill health;
After his removal he was threatened
with lynching by a group OF soldiers
who broke into the hospital and de-
manded to be assured Of the truthful
ness of .he reports that his condition
was serious. The hospital authorities
succeeded in placating the soldiers ana
ProtopopoF was not harmed.
A supplementary inheritance tax mas
been approved by the Ministry OF
Finance. II is estimated It VIII pro-
duce about s25,OOO,OO additional reve-
nun annually,
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
"EveryCheer Herefor Al Smith,
Camp Upton Men Tell Hylan
Handful of Soldiers Enoy Vaudeville Show Then Dsperse
When Tammany Candidates Are Introduced
Mayoralty Nominee Neither Talks Nor Reads

underneath the chocolate icing OF
vaudeville. But the bill lived up 20
the ballyhoo. The one dubious 1eat.
ure act on the programme. the grea'
American, didn't interrupt proceeding
hardly at all. He just came and went
His offering WAS tabloid tableau.
Candidates introduced
BEFORE he came Dorothy Jardon and
a midget monologist Obliged, ana weiI
followed BY a sleight-o hand man and
a sleipht-of- foot woman. Then mana,
gerial person, Immediately recognized
as the late barker, stepped out on'o
the stage and cleared his throat.
"We've put this entertainment on 70
show YOU boys how much thc people
back home think of you," he annou lceu
For a feeting instant. some In the
audience regretted the football game
The announcer hurried on: -.
"Now, we know you boys wColo
rather see good vaudeville than li,ten
TO political Speeches. I'll just introdhess
a few Of the candidates to you and II
tbev decide TO speak they'll speak alter
the show. First Of all let me pre'chI
one Of the greatest Americans in the
country-Judge John F. Hylan. the
next Mayor of New York.
The great American arose difhdeneiy
and stepped two PAGES to the iroht.
Introduced respectively as New YORK
nresent and next District Attorney
Rrooklyn's next Sheriff, and New
Yoyk's next President Of the Board o.
Aldermen, Judge Swami, Edward ne
oelmann and Alfred +. Smith tSok
nIacos at his side. 1t was when NJ.
Smith arose that his admirer III ,ne
audience Strengthened out the h,tie
question of who the cheering was
For few seconds the cand da;es
held their places, then marched OH 'he
I've now will continue the regular
norformance." same the welcome an
pouncement from the management;
when YOU pass out Judge Hylan anu anu
tho rest of the candidates will br giau
TO shake the hand Of every man mere
Could Have Worn Gloves
Tho show wound up without a single
s,aech having been made. the grca'
American and his party fingered ,en's.
tiyely around the exit, ungIoved, 'us
H. ;nvitation to meet them man W
man seemed to have been forgotten.
Judge Hylan was asked TWO qios
tions The first was: What dio you
think of your reception ,o,a
Ths answer was: every nice, indeed
Much nicer than ! expected: ,,,. y,
He seemed willing to continue on
,hat tonic. but when the subject vas
ew;tched to matters taken up by Mayor
Mitchell in his speech last, nigh' ne
closed the interview abruptly.
"No comment" was oil he said'
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
Officers Get $780, 900
On Fort Myer Payday
Darky Orchestra Plays for
Students as They Wait
in Line

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Uncle Sam
paid out approximately $4,000 to the
student officers at the officers training
camp at Fort Meyer, Va, to-day. It
was also pay day for ine regulars. Inc
student officers get salary OF sloo a
month during their period OF training
Groups of the student officers walt
ing for their turn 70 go into the pay
masters Office we're enjoying them
selves listening TO the Trunk Top Ut
sbestraD consisting of two pieces. The
orchestra gets its name from the curl
ous musical instrument used By one
of the negro men-a top of trunk.
fitted out with single string. The
other darky plays a banjo. In adal-
tion. the two sing through queer sort
Of an arrangement. furnishing tune
resembling that when youngster sings
through a comb.
The groups of student officers were
much entertained and were wiling 10
"do their bit" toward keeping the music
going ~ dropping coins in the slouen
hat That occupied a prominent place
l., front of the orchestra.
Part of the morning was oecupieo
by the student officers in baayone' 0 prae,
tice. the rest Of the time BENG IAN
nm with getting paid of. FolioWinS
mess the 9Th, 9Th, 7th and Sth corr
panies of infantry made ready Tor theIr @
twelve-mile hike to Edsall, va, ior
rife practice. The first four eompanivs
Of infantry returned to the, tra,ninig;
carnp this afternoon from the Edsaii
rife range, where they have beer since
Sunday. ,;.,oa r,e,
who are staying at Fort Myer WI oe
fitted out in American uniforms s. o'lTpe Tbe
tbey are sent to the army posts nc
only distinguishing feature 90, af their
uniforms will be their caps. They VIZ
Continue TO wear the French car SJ - ss as
the British officers, and eniisteo ,nt. ~
already wear the khaki uniforr,. ~ =
unlikely that the change from the Try, IT.
;sb I 10 the American uniform viii be be
made The only reason for IL the ttnt oa'fSs tbs
khsl; 10 more serviceable then tie
jigbt blue uniform Of the Frenca.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-01
HUGH GIBSON

witnessed King AIbert's
great speech Of defiance.
took ever the German
legation when war was de-
elarsd.
WAS In Louvain during
the burning and pillaglng Of
this city.
-passed many times through
the firing lines between the
Germans and Belgians with
American dispatches.
WAS In Brussels when the
Germans entered.
had all manner Of official
and unofficial dealings with
the Germans.
had many opportunities to
see King Albert both in the
field under shell Are and
behind the lines.
spent 70 hours trying to
save Miss Csvsll. lie argued,
pleaded, and finally threat
sned, without effect.