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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

An E-glish automobile builder
no spocirliz $ on colonial tradr
nrloscd his magnetos aud carburc-
re- in water-light compartments
nd tests his cars by running them
through water.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

The VI Paso q Southwestern
-ailroad is said TO own more gov
rnment bonds per mile Of road
han any railroad In the United
states.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

Row those erstwhlle spectators
must envy Mr.. Hoover the ease with
which he has cornered wheat.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

Changcd-lt isn't how dry II /,
low-it Is how dry | am
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

Germany may. as Michaels ssyA,l
know what ohe wants. but what Is
mere 10 the point the balance Of
the world knows what she needs.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

New Mexico is also dry, Good for
New Mexico.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

The Il told you so" fellow is now
at the bat.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

Columbus went dry by ls. Good
for Columbus.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-09

Cuba HAS no hfa9 On navy but
win build eirplancs for tho allies.
You Just can't keep freemen out Of
freedoms war.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
RANSOM COUNTY COURT
ADJOURNS TO HONOR ITS
SHERIFF, OFF FOR war
Inspiring Farewell Given Lieut.
Ray Craig, Son of Rev. r. H.
Craig, at Lisbon

Rev. II. II. Craig of Dickinson, for
merly pastor Of McCabe Methodist
Episcopal church, is in the city visit
ing his hundreds of friends while en-
route home from Lisbon, where ne
bade farewell to his son, Lieut.. Ray
Craig. prior to the latter's departure
for Camp Custer, near Battle Creek,
Mich, where he is commissioned with
the national army. Lieut.. Craig COM
pleted his training at Fort Smelling,
standing at the head of class A. Court
was in ses sion at Lisbon when Lieut..
Craig. who is sheriff of Ransom cOun'
tv dropped in to say goodbye to his
former officials The Judge adjourned
court, and more formal farewell than
the Young lieutenant had anticipated,
was given him, Atty. 7. A. Curtis, on
behalf of the court and bar, making
a splendid patriotic address in which
lie expressed the pride which Ransom
county feels in giving its sheriff to
the national army. Lieut.. Craig will
retain his post as sheriff OF Ransom
county until the expiration OF his term
At Camp Custer he will have under
his command middle westerners gath
cred fror, Illinois, Indiana, Wiscon
sin and Michigan. The cantonment Is
one Of the finest of all of Uncle Sans
great national army camps. Lieut.
Townsend, a well known Williston
newspaper man and a brother-in-law
of Lieut.. Craig, also left for camp this
week
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
Judge Wade Scores
Those Who Stir Up
7. Class DiscontenI
In Address Lasting More Than an Hour
He Lays; Bare Seditionary Record of
Defendant. Address by Socialist Ora
tor Full of Insult and Contempt
Scene Rare in History of Nations jur.
isprudence.

Five years prison JeersonvIe Mo, and the
Richards OHar Convicted by jury under the espionage act Of
June 15 1917 by Judge Wade i'll United States district court at
The followed appeal to the court by the convicted
and charge by Judge Wade in response which probably
Oae consumed than hour addressing the court the
premise that her conviction and sentence would plunge the country
81 have hundred thousand friends America with whom
have worked side by side they have looked into face and have
heard my Not thousand judges thousand jres
could convince these people that criminal Think in this
time Of stress before you do something that may stir up class
This government Of majores The conceited minority
majestic power which They yield patriotism
which obedience to the established law which the people,
they must be crushed as traitors -
Judge Wade fixed the amount Of the appeal bond usually $40
o at s. and extended it for ten days providing the convict
that Mrs Wade not visit Fargo, other town in this
Notions Of Attorney Lowell for the defense renewed his motions
for trial the grounds presented during the
% @ also made mot motion for the arrest Of % to- on
that the espionage act OF June h 1871 violates the first amend
%s %e t g. y6S hs9 sSscs Wpad e 1 s 1 @ %
ample and that the questions We're purely those of which
dence introduced surprised the defendant nor that
the information contained in the Indictment had not been sufficient
ruled and exceptions allowed
Mrs. 0'Hares Talk
Using the terms and the GESTURES familiar to who has
her address from which lay the table before her. Mrs
Oare then proceeded defy Judge Wade her. for
fear that the meeting out of justice standing high
the councils of the socialist party might rectate social
oluon and peopardze Americas the with Europe
She attacked the conduct Of the Judge Wadcs rulings
points of law the integrity of the court the honesty of the prose
cuon and the intelligence of the jury
She told Of having delivered her Bowman speech in North
Carolina when the draft riots their highest of delivering
it to 10000 people at Bee the day after loyal Americans had
driven w. w. sympathzers doctrine out Of that city,
and the day preceding the sbee the strike
lvering it in the northwestern lumber regions during the W. W.
troubles there Wherever trouble hatred discord existed
where in America there by her confession this stormy
petrol with her gospel of despair and distrust.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
WAR SUM MARY.
(av Associated PreSS.)

BOlsheviki forces have been success.
full in the first clashes with the cOun'
ter revOlutionists, and it is reported
they have captured the towns of Tam.
anovka and kaluga. General Kale
dimes is beseiging Rostov-on.the- Don
the largest city in the Don province
and heavy fighting has been In prog
ress there since Sunday.
Severe fighting has been going on in
and around Rostov, which Is only %
miles southwest of Novo Tcherkask
the Don Cossacks' capital. kaledines
troops beseiged the city, while Cos
sack forces within RostOv attacked
the Rolsheviki. The losses are re-
ported to have been heavy on both
sides.
Artillery and infantry fighting has
been in progress on the western
front, to which the Germans are still
rushing troops and supplies. The en-
emy has attempted no further massed
attacks since Wednesday.
German artillery has been especial
ly active in the Scarpe, in the Arras
area, and northeast of YpreS, in Fland
ers.
Bitter Fighting.
East of the Brenta river, on the
northern Italian front, there has been
further bitter fighting. Austro-Ger
man troops, reinforced by fresh re
serves, attacked the Italian positions
in Valleys descending toward the riv
er from the Col Della Beretta region
Italian resistance held the attackers
and forced them to give up the effor'
after having suffered heavy losses.
German bombs have killed mum
Der of American railway engineers II
a town behind the British front. lr
another town, a German bomb fell ir
a street through which American
troops we're marching. Although thu
missile fell very close, no injuries re
suited
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
RELIEF WORK
IN HALF AZ
IS SPROCRESS|NC

Halifax, N. S., Dec. 14.-With the
relief situation so we'll in hand that
its services no longer were required,
the Massachusetts unit, first on the
ground here after the great fire and
explosion, went home today.
Each day has seen great progress
made. The continued cold, however,
has retarded work in the district laid
bare by the blast of the munitions
ship, and it will be days perhaps be-
fore the snow has thawed sufficiently
to enable the soldiers and workmen
to drag the ruins for bodies known to
be there. The big public funeral serv-
ice planned for today was postponed
until Monday because of the difficulty
of opening graves Perhaps the most
touching aftermath of the disaster is
the fear expressed by citizens that for
the first time in its history, Halifax
this year will not celebrate Christmas
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14

After arguments consuming full
day and half, in which the state
again and again returned to its allega'
ton that because Of its double-barreled
affidavit filed against the county OF
Burleigh and the presiding judge OF
this district no discretionary powers
remained with the court, but that it
must arbitrarily remove the Hall case
to some other jurisdiction, Judge
James A. Coffey at noon today denied
the states third motion for a change
of venue in the trial of Secretary Of
State Thomas Hall, charged with the
embezzlement of $3,40O of the automo'
bile registration funds of North Da-
kOta.
"Ordinarily, said Judge C0ffey, "a
man has a right to be tried in the
community where he has lived. There
should be some reason, judicially de-
termined, for the removal Of his case
to some other county. We. cannot ar
bitrarily deprive the defendant of his
rights by filing an affidavit of pre-
judice against the judge. 1t seems
to be the attitude of the state in this
case that the defendant Is deprived
Of his right to have anyone judicially
determine the grounds for removal. !
feel that your argument Is fundament'
ally uns0und.'
Not another word was heard today
from the state relative to the grand
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
CHAIN
STORE SCHEME NOT
e.. MEETING APPROVAL
,u;H
Farmers Union Delegates Divided
in support-some outspoken
in 0ppo:ition

Townley's chain store scheme, by
which the Nonpartisan league chief
hopes to control all North Dakota mer-
chandising, is not meeting with un.
divided approval from delegates to the
annual convention of the State Farm
ers' union, before whom it has been
placed for endorsement.
The Farmers union at Still has sue
cessfully embarked In cooperative
merchandising on it's own behalf, and
it regards the Townley scheme as. in
imicable to the future success OF the
union enterprises. Rev. J. A. Harris
Of Mercer, prominent in league coun'
ellis in the lest session Of legislature,
is OutspoHcn in his Opposition
The unior remained in Sc ssltl until
after midnight this morning, and re-
sur,e:, it. LuSiness cOnfers lce; in ex'
ecutive ses sion this morning.. Officers
will be ci.c;ed this afternoon
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
DODGE DEALERS
GATHER HERE To
DISCUSS TRADE
Thirty-five Slope Automobile Men
in Bismarck to Meet A. 6.
Templeton
BIG BANQUET AT
MCKENZIE TONIGHT
Guests of M. G. Gilman, Local
Manager, Enthusiastic Over
Outlook
MCKENZIE TONIGHT

bismarck as an automobile center
was further acceltuated today when
thirty-five dealers Of the Missouri
Valley Motor company gathered for a
conference with A. G. Templeton of
Minneapolis, district manager of the
Dodge company.
The day was spent in going through
the plant of the local distributors of
the Dodge and Chalmers cars under
the direction of NJ. G. Gilman, local
manager of the Missouri Valley MO-
tor company.
Unique decorations were used
throughout the plant, one of the most
complete for service and equipment
in the Northwest. Most of the day
was spent in going over the building
and in talking over the Dodge and
Cha liners prospects for next year.
The dealers were enthusiastic over
the outlook and expect big demand
next year.
This evening banquet will be held
at the Mckenzie hotel. Mr.. Gilman
will be toastmaster and some unique
stunts have been arranged. 4. Appro,
pirate decorations especially designed
for the occasion will be used There
will be moving pictures showing fac
tory activities and the famous Death
Valley Dodge film will be one of the
top line attractions. ~
Mr.. Gilman is enthusiastic over the
prospect of increasing the distribu.
ton of automobiles from Bismarck.
He is planning vigorous campaign.
Coming here few months ago from
Minneapolis, Mr.. Gilman has made q
host of friends. +.
A. c. Templeton, one of the live
wires in the auto trade, was impressed
with the local field. His address to
the dealers this evening. i hlJr.
Among those attending are:m' A. C..
Templeton, representing Dodge Broth
ers, Minneapolis; j.. A. Tavis, Man
dan; J.. H. Newton, Mandan; u. P.
Hess, Mandan;; p. G. Remington, Bis.
marck, b. c. Marks, Bismarck; r. M.
Thurston, Bismarck; r. B. Taney, Bis.
marck; Bruce Ellis, Bismarck; N. G.
Hanson, Bismarck; Mr.. Heath, Bis
marck; Joe Geiss, Glen Ullin;, M.
Smith, Mandan; Chas. Waechter, Glen
Ullin; Frank Glines, Hazelton; Matt
Bayer, Dickinson; F. Schumacher, Zee
land; Ben Finnegan, Mandan; r. D.
Ward, Garrison; II. o. Batter Hazel.
ton; r. B. Lewis, Wilton; H. f. Wild
fang, Sterling; C. V. Danielson, Will
ton; John Hoffman, Ashley; D. H.
Houser, Napoleon; Chas. Lorenz, He.
bron; Val Hoerner, New Leipzig; r.
J. Fleck, Richardton; Carl Brhel, Bis
marck; NJ. G. Gilman, manager, Mis-
souri, Valley Motor Co.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
Judge Wade's Address.

Judge Wade's Address.
Judge wade preceded his sentence
with an address of an hours duration,
ringing with denunciation for treason,
treachery and sedition; with contemol
for the sewers of discord and dis
trust and despair and hatred; wi h
condemnation for those who have
come to our shores to realize the Wis
ion of thousand years in darkeneG
Europe and Who can find nothing to
praise but everything to abuse in
America and American Institutions
Phase by phase he riddlel the de-
PENDANTS allegations of patriotism
and loyalty. Proof after proof he pro.
duced of her bitter hatred for all
forms of government; of her repeated
and insistent and determined efforts
to arouse the common people of Amer
isa against their government and to
induce them to forsake their country
in this time Of stress and, by with
drawing their support and fealty, to
compel America to emerge from this
war vanquishel and beaten.
He spoke as follows:
These are times that try men s
souls. We must have patience, and
courage, and loyalty, and faith and
confidence and patriotism. And what
is patriotism? The highest form OF
patriotism is willing to submission to
lawfully constituted authority. And
where does lawful authority exist in
this country? In the people OF this
nation. But as men differ as to poll
cies, Il - 2iority must control; the
min ;ors .>,vield to the voice OF
the ma5JyFT,is is the only way in
which H.ofc can exist and en-
dure. And how do the people express
themselves in this country? Through
their agents selected to speak for
them-the members of congress and
the members of the senate, and the
president of the United States. These
servants of the people have spoken
congress and the senate almost unan.
imously-upon this war No body OF
Continued on page four)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
BISMARCK GIVEN
OPPORTUNITY TO
FINANCE GAS Co.
First Mortgage Bonds Secured on
Plant will Furnish Money to
Build Extensions
EQUIPMENT PROVIDED
FOR CITY OF $4,000

Sen. Frank Il. Ployhar OF tilley
City, who controls the Valley City and
Bismarck gas works, is Offering the
people of the Capital City an oppor-
tunity to finance needed extensions to
the ,oCal plant. A hundred thousand
dollar lond issue in denominations of
$3.50, maturing in 20 years and bear
ing interest at six per cent, secured
oy first mortgage on the lota! plant,
IN which the company places = valua-
ton CT $250,O0O, is offered The in
tcrest on these bonds in 20 years will
total $500, and interest and principal
at time of maturity will aggregate
$500, or more if interest is allowed to
accumulate and compound.
The Bismarck gas plant now has
storage capacity for $4,000 cubic feet,
and it is manufacturing arc selling
$4,000 cubic feet daily. bismarck
families to the number of 450 arc con-
sumers of gas, and S1s miles ul mains
are in operation. The company en-
ploys IL men and has an annual pay
roll of $4,000. 1t began making gas
Nov q, 1916, and has supplied con.
tinuous service since that date a. S1.S5
gross and s1.75 net.
Senator Ployhar, who stands behind
this enterprise, came to Valley City
as printer; became proprietor and
publisher of the Daily Times Record,
and launched Valley City's frs: gas
works, which he has made :. financial
success, now serving 725 families, EN-
ploying 10 men, with an anuusl ray
roll Of $1,000. In his Bismarck plant
he has built for the future, installing
equipment sufficient to supply gas to
city of $4,000 The bond issue will
all go back into the extension of mains
to the northwestern section of Bis
marck, which has not yet been piped
Without materially increasing its over
head expense, the company can dou
BILE the number of its consumers, and
Mr.. Ployhar regards the investment as
a sound and profitable one. John
Tracy of Valley City stands back Of
the bond issue as trustee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
NATION IN GRIP
Of COLO WEATHER

Washington, Dec. 14.-Most of the
country was in the grip of storms and
cold weather today and under cover
of snow throughout its northern parts,
almost from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. Fail and wire traffic were much
impeded. The unreasonable cold ex.
tends to the gulf states.
Snow was heaviest in the east, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf, with a
fall of a foot or more in interior New
York. 1t was caused by disturb
ance, which has been moving east
ward, and was central this morning
on the south New England coast.
Snow was forecast for tonight and
probably Saturday in northern New
England and along the Great Lakes.
The cold extends as far as Palm
Beach, the weather bureau officials
predicting chilling frost as far south
as that city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
COAL LANDS
THROWN OPEN
TO ENTRY HERE

Washington, Dec. IA. - Secretary
Lane today announced President Will
sons approval to the restoration OF
more than a quarter of a million oi
acres of withdrawn Ignite coal lands
in the southwestern part OF North Da
kota, and eastern part Of Montana.
The land has been classified as coal
land at the minimum price, and Is
available to those who may wish to
ODen mines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
COAL MOVES FREELY.

Washington. Dec. l4.-Reports to
the fuel administration today said that
coal was moving freely from the
lake ports to Ohio towns under the d.
rection of Homer Johnson, federal
fuel administrator for the state. Gov
ernor Cox, who had threatened to take
the situation into his own hands. has
turned over to Johnson, it was said,
information gathered by state officials
showing where coal Is most needed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
THOROUGH PROBE
Of WAR PLANS

Washington, Dec. IA house sub.
committee to thoroughly investigate
the conduct of the war by the navy
was created today in an executive ses-
sion. Hearings will be arranged soon.
Secretary Daniels, bureau chiefs and
officers who have been on duty abroad
will be called.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
CIVILIANS Hello
ARE FREFO By
OFFICIAL ORDER
-Four Thousand Exchanged for a
Like Number of slav
Officers
BITTER FIGHTING ON
BULLECouRT FRONT
British Beaten Back in Attempt
to Recover Lost Cembrais
Trenches

London, Dec. 1.-THE Russian au
thOrities have ordered the release OF
all civilian German prisoners in ex.
! change Tor 1000 Russian officers in
German prisons, according to dis
patch from Haparanda, printed in
Stockholm and forwarded to the Morn.
ing Post 1t is reported reliably, the
dispatch adds, that Russian troops
have been ordered to evacuate Fin
land. The commander of the fOrti.
tications at SveaborG is said to have
acknowledged of'ie ialiy the independ.
enca t.! Finland
Bitter tghtn.E was in progress al.
mCSi the eL,ire Gay Cf Wednesday
east of Eulleccurt, where the Bava.
rians attacked British positions, &C
cording to a Reuters dispatch from
British headquarters in France. As
the result of the attack, the enemy
remained in possession Of some
ground Re had taken early in the as.
sault
'Ru, 10 say That he is holding our
treEcnes," the Reuter- correspondent
adds. lis incorrect, simply because
there arc no trenches left where his
new bit .'f front now runs. He has
.'een digging violently under cease.
less l.urrassing fire Il try to convert
the shell holes and Outflanked ira.
v:':cs into some sort o. cover. Being
on the level ground and with no ad:
vantage OF p0siticn fox observation,
the tr'firg read-ustlnent Of territory
does not matter" ~.
Talks with prisoners give the idea
that an attack of considerable magni.
tude was designed, but the intensity
Of our barrage prevented its develop
ment. " -,
BERLIN STATEMENT. H...~
Berlin, Dec! 14.--British troops en-.
deavoringT to capture the trenches they
had lost east OF BullecOurt, on the
Cambrai battle front, were beaten
hack yesterday, the German general
staff announced. .H;!. tr'F 5a o.
On the front in eastern France the
French artillery fire increased.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-14
KORN|LOfF IS
DEFEATED By
THE B0'||L||SHEV|K| o.
After Loss Of Troops Falls Back
to New Positions for the Next
Stand
TRETZKY SAYS PEACE .-...
TERMS AFTER ARMIsTICE
Military Cadets Causing Trouble
Along the Black sea-Reds
Take City
MUST SIGN ARMIsTIcE,

MUST SIGN ARMIsTIcE.
London, Dec. 14.-Leon Trotzky,
the 6oIsheviki foreign minister,
according to = Reuters dispatch
from Petrosrad, announces that II
an armistice for the eastern front
10 signed at erest-Litovsk, the
Russian delegates are empowered
to enter into peace negotiations.
Petrograd Thursday, Dec. 13.-In
the battle near Bielgorod, according
to a Bolsheviki stat report, General
Korniloff's Cossacks were defeated
They retreated to Vasileika.'
In connection with the battle at Ros.
tav, the evening newspapers report
the Cossacks as victorious the Bol.
sheviki forces having retreated across
the Don river to Nakhitcheva.
korniioff'st Loss.
The staff report on the BielgOrOd
fighting says that the Korniloff forces
lost so killed and 80 prisoners. The
report adds that General Korniloff has
disappeared, - ..,.. "
"A DESCRIPTION of the Rostov fight.
ing says that shells fired by Bolshe.
wiki gunboats in the river missed
their objective, but landed in the bar
racks ola Cossack detachment, which
had decided to remain neutral, but
which fought for Kaledines when dis.
turbed by the shells. 1t is reported
that General Kaledines is prepared to
negotiate with the Ro| sheviki in order
to avoid further. bIGodshed around
ROstOv.
OCCUPY CITY. g.
London, Dec. 14.-BOlsheviki troops
have occupied TamanOvka and Kaluga,
according to a Reuters dispatch from
Petrograd.
Tamanovka was occupied by troops
from aPetrograd, while Kaluga was
captured without much fighting. The
counter revolutionary troops there
were disarmed and arrested, and Bol.
sheviki authority restored.
The commissioners with the Black
sea fleet have telegraphed asking for
an immediate dispatch by land and
water of all RlaCk seat detachments
now ashore. They also asked for a
large number of machine guns. The
commissioners report that military
cadets are attacking ROstOv with
armOred cars.
Taman0vka is near BielgorOd about
$50 miles south of Moscow. There
is a railroad town named Kaluga
which lies about 100 miles southwest
of Moscow.