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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
Labor Starts
Big Loyalty
Demonstration
Red, White and Blue Special
Brings Delegates to Mime
apolis
GCMPERS SCHEDULED
TO ADDRESS MEETING

Minneapolis, Sept. 4.-Organizcd Ia
tcr mobiliZeu its representatives hero
today for the double purpose of ac-
cording hearty support to the govern
ment in the war and sounding a warn
ing to pacilists and pro.Cerman pro-
pagandists by means of Il big loyalty
conference under the auspices of the
American Alliance for Labor and De-
mocracy.
"The Red White and Blue special,
bearing delegates from the east, lead
crs of various labor organizations, and
a number Of former socialist party
members was given a rousing well
come today as it rolled into Mime
apolis for the three day conference
which opens tomorrow.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, and
chairman of the Alliance will arrive
tonight and probably will be speaker
at tomorrow nights meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
STREET CAR
RIOTERS Do
BIC DAMAGE
Six Cars Demolished at Spring.
field and Windows Of Stores
Arc Smashed
SEVENTEEN PLACED UNDER
ARREST FOR DISTURBANCE
Equipment Released on Hills and
Sent Speeding Down the
Streets

Springfield, Ill, Sept. l.--Sevcnteen
men arc under arrest here today and
more warrants are to be issued grow
ing out of riotlng last night by street
car strike sympathiZcr3 in which six
cars were demolished aid windows
downtown SMASHED, elt;iIlng dam
age of $4,000.
Violence had its infection when sew.
eral hundred men, returning from a
Labor Day celebration at Blooming
ton reached the city at 9:%o last night
The few sold iers of the 9Th and 10th
infantry regiments were helpless un
til reinforced. About Il p. NJ, enough
troops had been summoned from Camp
Lincoln to be effective and thousand
men engaged in demolition of the com
pany's buildings, scattered when
charged on by the soldiers.
Before this time, street cars in the
downtown district had been attacked,
crews taken off and the cars sent
speeding down the streets to crash in
to others cars or to leave the tracks
al curves.
no serious injuries were reported
A. Mackie of the company, said he
would ask that soldiers be placed OF,
the cars tonight
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
PLOT TO ASSASS|NATE
PREMIER B0RD[NCH[CK[O

Montreal, Sept. 4.-FrustratiOn of
the plot to assassinatc Sir Robert Bor-
den, Premier of Canada, and Arthur
,Meighan, Solicitor General, and to dy
Mantle the Parliament buildings at Ot
tawa, was announced by the police to-
day as having been effected by the ar
rest of anti-conscriptionists agitators.
alleged to have been responsible for
the blowing up about month ago of
the summer home Of Lord Athelston
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
Ia F0LLETTE'S
C0NF|SCAT0RY
TAX IS NAILED
Senate Refuses to Adopt Wiscon-
sin Senator Plan of War
.,s,st % ..
LcVies
CLIQUE URGING
EQUALIZATION DEFEATED

Washington, Sept, 4.,,7I!The grour
fighting the finance committee's $
scheme, of, war profit taxation was de-
feated today again when the, senate
defeated Senator Hollis proposal to
strike out the senate, finance commit
tees two-compromise provision ex-
tending the war profit taxes to peace
profits over ten per ceat,s estimated
to raise $42S,0OO,0OO.
Immediately after disposing of Sen
ator Hollis proposition, the senate
rejected, 55 to Is, an amendment by
Senator LaFollette to levy flat in
crease of 60 per cent on war profits,
designed to raise not less that $780,
OoO,CCO.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
KAISER SENDS THANKS.

Berlin, Sept. 4.--Emperor William
has sent the following telegram to tho
empress
Field Marshal Leopold OF Bavaria
reports the capture of Riga by our
troops, which is a new milestone OF
German strength and unerring will t.
victory. May God help us further :
The emperor telegraphed Prince
Leopold as follows:
"On the occasion of the capture of
Eiga, | express to you the Eighth
army, and my fatherland's cOngratu-
IatiOns and thanks. Far seeing lead
crship and steel hard will to victory
guaranteed this fine success. On
ward, with Cod"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE.

The report of Lord French, COM
manding the British home forces. COW
ering all the ground except that under
Admiralty control states that only
slight damage was done. The casual
ties, he reports. were one civilian kill
-, I'D six injured The naval cat
ualties were reported by the Secretary
of the Admiralty and no mention is
made of the extent of the damage, ii
any. was made.
Meanwhile the Italian air service
has seemed to have inflicted great
damage on the naval base of Austria
at Pola. 1t is reported 80 tons OF
bombs were dropped at Pola.
Press dispatches from the Austro-
italian front report the Italians con-
tinuing their steady advance for the
occupation of Triest, pushing their
lines forward toward Gorilla and
working forward east over the plateau
of BiansizZe.
The fall of San Gabrielle, the chief
remaining vantage point of the Aus
trians, aside from the CarsO strong
hold, is considered only a matter of
time
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
BRITISH TOBACCO BANE
Q! Of AMERICANS IN FRANCE
Park River Doctor Writes Father
for Some Good American
Cigarettes

Park River, N. D., Sept. 4-"British
cigarettes and to'lacro are both ex-
'tremely rotten" DR.. clarence Robert
son, with the American base hospital
in France, writes hi; father. }. D.
Robertson here FIc remarks, Incl
dentally, that he has ordered 1000
American cigarettes. for which his
father will receive a bill. The base
hospitals, he advises are busy, hav-
ing received more than 900 cases in
.26 hours after a recent engagement.
He urged that Red Cross societies anx-
ious to do something which will be
really appreciated send their cortin
gents at the front rubber boots. 1t
has been raining almost constantly
since the arrival of the American un-
it's and rubber boots, with which the
London Fed Cross i; supplying its
nurses. are necessity,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
FIRST MEMBERS
Of DRAFT ARMY
CO WEDNESDAY
Northern Pacific Train No. 8 Will
Carry Boys Away for Des
M0ines Tomorrow
COOKS AND MEN WITH
MILITARY TRAINING

=. Northern PACIFIC train Nos tomor-
row afternoon will by the time !;
ieaves jamestown have picked up 4J
members Of North Dakota's draft army
from the main line of the Northern
Pacific, the Pingrcc!Wilton,. Turtle
Lake and Leeds branches, for trans
portation to Des Moines. The first
contingent will consist entirely o.
cooks and men with previous military
experience AS result Of this selec-
ton, the men will not go in the order
in which they were drawn for service
but may be selected at random from
the entire list, so long as the number
of the registrant chosen is not so high
as to make it probable that lie would
not be included in the first' quota OF
the county from which he is selected.
No. 8 when it reaches Bismarck to-
morrow will carry one man from Cold
en- Valley, two from Stark, four from
Grant, three from Mercer, eight from
Morton, two from Billings, two from
Hettinger, four from Dunn and two
from oliver. Here four Burleigh men
will join the contingent; at Steele,
three Kidder men will board the train,
and at Jamestown two men from Eddy,
five from Benson and three from Sher-
idan will join, completing the North.
ern Pacific party, which will then run
through to destination by routing
mapped out by l.. p. Gellerman, spe.
cial representative of the American
Railway association in connection
with the troop movement.
An equal number will entrain to-
morrow over the 500 Line, as follows:
Ward, 10: Wells, 4; Mcintosh, 4;
Barnes, ); Mclean, s; Foster, :. Lo-
gan, 3; Sargent, g. Burke, s. The two
parties will not come together until
they reach Des Moines, a separate
routing having been selected to avoid
congestion and to enable the handling
of the men without too much addition
al equipment The Northern Pacific
will add a tourist sleeper for the ac-
commodation of the drafted men at
jamestown and 500 line sleeper will
be picked up at Oakes, affording the
men comfortable Accommodations in
their night ride The end of the sec
ond day will see them in Des MOines,
preparing camp for the delegations
which are to follow
An equal number of men will leave
Thursday over the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and st. Paul lines
and Friday over the st. Paul an
Great Northern, and the three days
movement will result in the transfer
to Camp Dodge of approximately 27O
trail-blazers, who will get things in
shape for the 1890 men from North
Dakota who move Sept. 19.
BurIeieh's First Four.
Burleigh county's first four men of
the great national army called to en-
Continued on Page Three.
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Washington, Sept. 4.-Drafted mel
of the five percent quota going to the
army cantonments were reporting to.
day to the local boards to receive in.
and railroad and meal tick,
cts. Most of them will he ordered to
report to thea board "nor,ly before
train time tomorrow. About 0,00n
men most of whom have been selected
because of previous training are i'll
cluded. BY tomorrow night they will
re in the sixteen ca,ltonmcnts, except
those at Yaphank, l.. l., and Admiral,
Md, where construction is not con,
ploted. Each districts quota will be
placed IN charge of one recruit, to
whom will be given twar department
warrants for transportation and for
meals with authority to command the
men until they reach camp
A letter from President Wilson
made public by the white house, ad
dressed to Thomas l.. Chaebornc, Jr..
Of the Mayors ommittcc on National
Defense, My, reai$;as follows:
Heart is with Them.
"Please say to the men on Scptcm-
FER 18th how entirely my heart is with
them and my thoughts will follow
them across the sea with confidence
and also with a genuine envy for
should like to be with them on the
field, and in the trenches where the
real and final battle for the independ.
cnce of the United States is to be
fought alongside the other people of
the world struggling like ourselves to
make an end of those things which
have threatened the integrity of their
territory, the lives of their people, and
the character and independence of
their governments. Bid them God
speed for me from very full heart" "
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
GREEN ALFALFA KILLS
Eleven Head of Cattle Die Sool
After Being Turned Into Field

Iarimore, n. d.. Sept. 4.--Grcer al
falfa caused the death of eleven head
of cattle owned by Herbert Smith
The cattle were turned into a second
growth alfalfa pasture in the morn,
ing, and ninety minutes later eleven
of them were dead. Prompt action
by a veterinarian saved the remainder
of the herd
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
THREE DAY. CONFERENCE
It ST. PAUL 70 PROTEST t
FEDERAL WHEAT PRICE

st. Paul, Sept. "A national three.
day conference of producers and con-
sumers in this city on September IS,
10 and 20 is to be the outcome of
the plans of the Nonpartisan leagu.
for a meeting of farmers of the north
west to consider the cost OF raising
wheat and the governments fixed
price.
Representatives of labor unions
from all over the country, govern.
ment officials and men prominent in
many walks of life will attend ana
will be on the program of the meet
ings. A partial list of the men to be
invited to attend includes Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor; Herbert Hoover,
national food administrator; Carl Vro-
man, assistant secretary of agucuI-
ture, and number of senators and
congressman whose names have not
yet been given out.
The purpose of the meetings will be
to discuss not only the reduction in
the price of wheat by government or
der, but the entire problem of gov
ernment regulation of prizes with the
object of reducing the cost of living.
The convention here will be preceded
by a one-day mass meeting of Nort.
Dakota and Montana farmers in Fa,
60, Monday. Sept. I.
National Nonpartisan league head
thus explaining the plans of the gath
ering:
Purpose Of Meeting.
"The purpose of these meetings is
distinctly not to resist any action
that may be taken by the government
or any action that has been taken.
"The farmers of the northwest are
patriotic They will agree to the ac-
ton of the government which has re-
duced the price at which their wheat
could be sold by nearly ninety cents
bushel, but they want their situation
and their sacrifice to be understood
SO that public sentiment may get be-
hind the government in other steps
that it will be necessary to take to
prevent starvation and disaster in this
country.
1--WE are calling this meeting so
that the farmers can come from all
over the west and confer together and
SO that they can meet representatives
of the other classes of working peo-
ple and discuss the common problem
OF the producer and the consumer
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watched
not only by those and
sides For this
and all
independence
special
therefore, show
keeping yourselves titan straight everything
through
high will live
add laurel
every you
"WOODROW WILSON"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04

Everything these men must do, me
president told them will be watched
with the deepest solicitude by the
whole country, and the eyes OF the
world because they are "in some sp.-
cial sense the soldiers of freedom"
The first soldier for the array rails
ed under the draft law start from
their homes for the training conton-
mcnts Wednesday. The president
asks them as brothers and comrades
in the great war to keep straight and
fit by standard so high their living
up to it will add new laurel to the
crown Of America.
The message follows:
1.-The White House, Washington.
"To the Soldiers of the National
Army: .....
"fou are undertaking a great duty.
The heart of the whole country Ii
l.,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
BISMARCK WHITE
SLAYER ARRESTED
At NEW ROCKF0RO
Louis Stone, Formerly in Trouble
Here, Arrested for Scducing
Young School Girls
VICTIM BECOMES MOTHER
I'M CAPITAL, CITY HOVEL

Charged with seducing from their
homes in Grand Forks and Burleigh
counties two young school girls, nei-
her of whom is yet 10, and OF drag
ging them about the state as white
slaves and living grandly on the pro-
leeds of their shame, Louis Stone is
-lnder arrest and held in Jail at New
Rockford, on complaint of Chief Mar
inson and States Attorney F.. E. Nc
'urdy.
One of Stones victims, said to be a
member of a respectable Grand Forks
amily and graduate of the Grand
Forks high school in a h0vel near the
edge of the business district on Fourth
street Monday gave birth to a child.
The baby did not live, and Chief Of
Police Martincson arrived on the
scene just in time to prevent the wom-
an who runs this house from interrlng
the remains in the lot at the rear OF
her residence Martinson then inter
rogatcd the mother Of the baby, and
from her he learned the whole sordid
story.
The girl claims to have originally
left home with a quarter-blood lndiap,
from whom, she claims, Stone "StOle'
her. She had accompanied Stone
about the state for some time, she al
'cges that she has turned over II
Stone as much as $3.50 in single
week and that in return he has allow
ed her barely enough to buy a few
cheap clothes.
i've girl, whose voice and manner
would indicate that she may have
come from home of good breeding
According to her af1idavits she was un-
Ter complete subsection to Stone, who
managed their business" affairs, and,
apparently. pocketed the proceeds
Afiiidavits have been obtained from.
both the Grand Forks girl and the
young woman whose home Is in this
city which States Attorney McCurdy
and Chief Martineson feel makes out
I complete case against Stone.
Stone, it will be remembered, was
one of the local men involved with
two girls in the hold up of farmer
boy in a Bismarck hotel several
months ago The young farm hand
came to town. imbibed too freely. he
came acquainted with one of the wom-
en-. visited her room. and there was
badly beaten and, he claimed. robbed.
by Stone he alleged. and an accom-
plice The robbery charge against
Stone was waived at that time. and he
was fined for disorderly conduct.
Stone is separator man. employed at
the time of his former trouble at Brad
dock
TO DIVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
St Paul. Sept 4.-Four railroads
will divide transportation of the draft
I'd men from North Dakota and Min |
ncSOta to the Dcs M0incS rantOnmcnt,
beginning here tomorrow. There arc
7,NJi men from Minnesota, and 5,60S +
from North Dakota. to he moved /
through the Twin Cities. The men
will be brought to St Paul in the |
daytime as far as possible to avoid I,
the necessity for sleeping cars.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
NATIONAL L ARMY !: !:
T PREPARES To- Co.
TO CAN|||..T'||''D|||N||M{NT.S \. 4 |'|| |
Fourteen Training Camps Ready
to Receive FIVE Per Cent of
Draft
MEN ARE REPORTING TO
LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARDS
President Wilson Sends Letter Of
Encouragement to Those
OFFICERS FROM FRONT.

~s 4H 4Hp" '"o'~''
American Training Camp in
France, Sept. Att is announced
that a number, Of British army Of
ficers will soon be. extended to the
American cxpeditionary force to
assist in training the Americans
who will thus. gct: the advantage
Of the best points of both the
British and French tactics. It is
considered probable most of the
officers selected fo- this assign
ment will he Americans, serving
In the British or French divisions.
On Wednesday or Thursday,
they will see the men advance un-
'tdcrs a practice artillery barrage
fire for the first time.
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Wilson Welcomes Men a''sss': .".'a
OF National Army Into * ..
Service of the Nation

Washington
Pes dent Wilson
God
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-04
NIGHT AIR RAIDS
OVER CHATHAM \ /
FATAL !. TO 0 107
Six Aeroplanes Take Part in
Flight Over East Bank of
Medway
SEAT OF IMMENSE
MILITARY WORKS
Bombs Dropped on Isle of Thanct
With Disastrous Re-

London, Sept. An last nights air
raid 1O7 persons were killed, and sc
wounded, at Catham, it is announced
officially.
Six aeroplanes took part in the raid.
The victims were naval ratings.
In addition to the naval casualties,
one civilian was killed, and six were
injured. The announcement follows:
Drop Bombs on Thames.
Lord French, commander of the
British home forces, reports that last
night air raids were carried out by
about six enemy aeroplanes which pro-
Ceeded up to the south bank of the
Thames, estuary to Chatham. Bombs
were. dropped on the Isle Of Thanet
and in the Sherness-Chatham area
between 10:40 p. m. and 1880 p. m.
There were no army casualties. Ci-
william casualties reported at present
are: Killed /; injured 6. The ma
terial damage was slight. Our ma
chimes went up and anti-aircraft guns
came into action, but without result
"The secretary Of the admiralty re.
ports that in the course of the air raids
last night the following casualties
were caused to naval ratings:
KILLED 1O7; wounded &c."
Catham, is on the east bank of the
Midway, 80 miles south of London. 1t
is the seat of immense military and
naval establishments, including dock
yard and arsenal and extensive bar
racks.
The term naval ratings applies to
the grade of men on board ships usual
ly those before the mast.
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Continued on Page Three.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
News Notes From MovieIand
by DAISY DEAN.

4" HE report is current in Broad
way circles that Maxine Elliott
is through as a motion picture
actress. for the time being at least
IL has been announced that Miss FL
lott viii return TO the stage as a
member OF an all star cast in Will
lam Faversham's revival Of f. C. Car
tons racing comedy. Lord and Lady
Alsy-~ Miss Elliott is to appear as
Lady AlEy- Irene Feuwick is another
screen notable who viii be seen in
the supporting company
Miss Elliotts screen career has
been brief She Joined the GoIdwyn
producing company Just after she re-
turned from abroad several months
ago. She appeared in several pro-
ductions. The only one that has been
released so far is Fighting odds"
a picture which failed 70 excite much
favorable criticism The chief defic-
iency Of Miss Elliott on the screen
seemed to be her inability to screen
we'll The camera is relentless II
drove Robert NanteU Nat Goodwin
and a score OF other stage notabIes
out Of the films after a brief career.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
DID YOU KNOW THAT

Edna Purviance is developing into
quite an ice skater at the New York
rinks1
Francis y Bushmau used TO wear
trick whlsSeys and a big shiny badge
when he played the constable in old
EsSanoy pIcrures2
Tully Marshall started in the the
atrical business as call boy in a
PittShurz theaterc
In her part I'm "Du Barry Theda
Bara suhmerEes her raven tresses
under blonde wiG2
Violet Schram's hobby is short
story writing another hobby is try
ing 20 get EN- published
The Griffith war spectacle with
views OF the European 'front.' won't
be released until next -ear9
Billie Rhodes. the Christy COMEDY
girl. spends less Tor furs than any
girl in the ph0toplav- she never
wears 'em1
Warner GLAND. the serial william.
used 70 play with Viola Allen iu
The Christian" and The EternaI
City,
Earle Rafael Williams favorite
actor is William $. Hart and his IA.
vorite actress Is Mother Maurice o."
Rose Elizabeth Tapley has the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

Shubert theater. is one Of the most
idylhc plays to reach Broadway this
J season 1t Is an epic, a dainty NOR
Z sci OF IhesplandOm, deleCtable and
powerful In its appeal II deals with
PERIODS covering seven decades A
beautiful love cruelty hammered to
earth IN 1870 is rejuvenated success
fully through the strains of blOods
/ IN the principals greatgraHdch children
I IN the early 10th century The play
house is Shuosrt's own snd he. as
usual. has found a warm place in the
hearts Of theatergOers.
Grace George. with Lionel AtweIl-
n L Elevation" 1t the Playhouse
theater. seem 20 be playing one Of
the most gripping. forceful parts Of
the season; and L Elevation" IS an
ideal vehicle
The Pipes OF Pan" at the Hudson
theater. has thus far shown a phe-
nomenal success with Edith King and
Norman Trevor
,Dagmar Oakland. appearing in
Over the Top at the 44th Street
ROOF theater. still continues 70
knock 'em dead"
HippOdrome Shows stay Home.
Charles Dillingham; is not in favor
Of presenting a HippodrOme spectacle
outside the playhouse for which II is
conceived That point he made per
fectly clear in his answer to 1. Slim
Eardl- the southern imDreSariO, VINO
operates theaters in Porto Rico and
South America and who came to New
York to Try to get the Hippodrome
productions and companies at the end
Of their engagements in New York
TO inaugurate q supplementary sea
son at a Hippodrome his syndicate Of
capitalists contemplate erecting in
Buenos Ayres and playing the other
large cities OF Central and South
America
M. Dillingham; told the manager
from the south he does not believe
it feasible nor expedient TO shift a
Hippodrome spectacle to another set
ting.
Frances White to Washington.
Given her choice Of picking any
city in the country for the one and
only appearance Of the Rock and
White team in a vaudeville tEeater
outside Of New York City. Frances
White has selected Washington. The
engagement viii be for the week OF
December l.. and IL will mark the
initial appearance OF this team out
side OF New York since II esta blished
itself on Broadway.
Miss White picked Washington be-
cause she has never seen the capitol,
and it is her intention. with the as
sistance Of Billy Rock, to arrange
new dances for the entertainment OF