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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
MARSHAL J0FFRE
UNITED STATES
ARMY GODFATHER
French Leader Gives America
Experience Of Three Years
Hard Campaigning.
.(By the Associated Pressl

Il Paris, June~ Ga semi-official
note says that Marshal Joffre while
ina America had a conference with
American military chiefs at which a
plan of organization for the hew
American army was elaborated in an
agreement with British leaders. The
note says:
''It will surprise none that the
marshal took a preponderating part
lin the plan, literally everything which
he advised being adopted. His col
|laborators styled him themselves
the godfather of the American
army @
eat moment when the drst ele-
ment Of this army is getting ready to
take It's place, on our front, the
French government considered it only
fitting to confirm the marshal in his
sponsorship:
''The minister of war feels that
the moral authority attached to his
high position win enable him in ac-
cord with the American, high COM
|mand to give to the new troops all
the necessary advice and direction so
% to prepare them morally and ma
terially for the effort they are called
upon to make. = ~
II The program for this collabora-
Ftiop has already been drawn up.
1lSrshal Joffre is Officially entrusted
with thesmission Of putting constant
~ at the disposed oftour great sister
republic what France has learned In
three years OF hard campaigning
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
GERMAN AIR SQUADRON
RAIDS ENGLAND AGAIN
Several Fatality : Resulted
Four Raiding i$,es De
shoyed English ss,,hips
Sink German Deshoyel
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
A new air raid on England by
a German squadron is reported
today from both Berlin and Lon
don. British statements say that
IL persons were killed and 38 in
jured in the raid, which the Ger
mans reported took place over
Sherness. Berlin says that 5000
Kilograms Of bombs were drop
ped there and good hits were OBJ
served.
The London reports add that four
Of the German airplanes returning
from the raid were destroyed by Brit
ish pilots. One of them who pur-
sued the Germans across the channel
toward Dunkirk brought down two
machines. - i.
Photographic "Reminiscences of the
Belgian port of Ostende recently at
tackled by British aviators show that
majority Of the stockyards and
workshops were damaged, it was an
nounced officially from London. Sc
rious damage was done to other har-
Dor work and several vessels were
sunk.
Berlin admits the loss of the Ger
man destroyer F-20 in the British
naval attack on Ostende.
On land, the British continue bonn
bardments and trench raids In the
+ Ypres section, tactics which have
hitherto heralded great infantry OF
fensiye.s Berlin declared the British
attack yesterday was Successful only
I in the vicinity Of LeRouex: 'ss z
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
FRENCH SHELLS
MAKEPL ACE A TOO
WARM FOR PRINCE
Eitel Frederick Is Forced to
Move When French Await
ors Discover Him Working
in Garden-Was Command
er Of Second Division Of
Prussian Guard.
(By the Associated Press3

Noyon, France, May 1S, Cores.
pondence of Associated Press.--The
only building remaining intact in the
region of Chaunay after the retreat
of the Germans was a wooden pavil-
ion, rustic fence around the build.
ing bearing this legion: "Eitel Fried.
rich Schanz''-(Eitel Frederick re.
doubt.)
The place was not fortified and
the supposition is that it served as q
resting place for the prince between
his spells of work as gardner pre-.
scribed by his doctors to reduce his
weight. The veranda commands q
scene of ruin and desolation.
The second division of the Prus.
sian guard. under Eitel's orders op-
Grated in the region. The evidence OF
the inhabitants is that occupants left
no hardship untried on them. In nc
other places was the country more de-
vastated.
Papers of the prince were found
where he occupied the chateau be-
longing to Count Palny at the end OF
October, 1915. French aviators To-
Gated him there and he left sudden
" in 1916, taking with him all the
furniture, pictures and plates of the
Count Palny.
Russian prisoners of war were
brought there to dig a deep under
ground shelter from airplane bombs.
Prince Eitel was seen every morn
ing during his sojourn spading in the
garden Of his chateau, an exercise
designed to reduce his corpulence.
French aviators surprised him at this
exercise one morning in July of last
year. Their bombs induced Prince
Eitel and his staff to move to other
quarters not yet identified. The sec
ond division went on guard on the
somme in September, 1915, and
Prince Eitel established quarters in
the chateau of Templeux la Fosse,
about five miles from Peronne. AZ
ter a fortnight sojourn here the
prince was saluted one day by about
100 shells SO well aimed that the
evacuation of the place became ad-
visable.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
Indian. Refuse to Register
fBy the Associated Press,

Ignacio.' Colo, June 6.-virtually
the entire male population Of this
settlement sat up last night. armed
and ready to watch for any violence
on the part Of 26 young Indians who
yesterday refused to register under
the selective draft law. The Indians,
who are said I'd shAYe bean plentifully
supplied with liador. departed into
the hills ana have not been heard
from since al the left they threat
ened to. burn the town.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
Warrants Are Issued For
Registration Dodgers
(By tho Associated Press, ,

(By the Associated Press)
Minneapolis, June 6-Warrants
charging four men with failing to
register we're issued today. Sheriff
Langum said he already had 10 cases
for prosecution.
The Sixth and Tenth wafd boards
had figures complete early today.
Both are socialist wards and pre-reg-
istration figures were exceeded.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
American. Sink +" Sub !"
tBy the Associated Press,

Washington, June GA German
submarine is believed to have been
sunk by an American armed steamer
in running fight lasting an hour and
a half in which s5 shots we're fred
by the submarine and 25 by the
steamer. An Official announcement
by. the state department says the
steamers final shot apparently
struck the submarine which raised
clear of the water and stood stern
end up for a few seconds. She then
disappeared.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
russ R. REVOLUTION :! l
WRECKED CAMP PAlCN
OF Entente For l9l7-West-
: ern Allies Expected Far ! !
. Eastern Coz Operation 10
Aid IN Crushing Teuton;;e
Armies:
lBy the Associate Press,

Londop.s June The military
cores endsnt OF the Times, sdiscus
sing the Russian situation, says ii
effect that the Russian revolution hal
wrecked plans for the Entente al.
lied campaign sfors1s17.
= TheNwfiter says that the situation
~ the 'RussiAn armies before the out.
break .of the -Fevolut was extreme.
" favorable. The losses 'sof 1916
were being made good, depots filed
Q great merger Of new divisions ere.
ated and. guns and munitions were
steadily increasing in quantity,
The correspondent says: 'sFhe al.
lied campaign IN the west must be
judgedNSin relation : to anticipated
timely co-operation Of the Russian
armies. Yhich. were early in March
two or three times superior numeri.
cally to the Anstro- Germans facing
them. Thanka to the devotion Of the
western allies: : brilliant campaign
BY the gallant Russian armies seemed
assured and their intervention was
timed for 8 certain date. but, when
the date came no Russian interven-
ton occurred. z 55s
The writer pays hearty tribute
To- the efforts and sacrifices Of Rus:
slams since the eginning Of the war.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
First Arrest in St. Paul
(Byl the Associated Pressy

st. Paul, June 6.-George scouris,
q Greek, was the first to be arrested
here for failing to register. When
placed under arrest he admitted he
was within the age limit. but declared
II don't believe in war and nobody
can make me fight.'' !.
He explained he was willing to go
kill the kaiser but would not tight.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07

TheEe's no age limft Sofs doMnsg
ls5on ribing f6rs sibss
bond.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07

Springfield. I'LL, June Feder-
alized troops at Joliet, were today
placed at the disposal Of authorities
there to quiet rioters among prisont
and the c0Avictsz surged into tho
son said after communication by tel
ephone With Gen. Thos, Barry OF Chit
cago. s?.s. M s.
Atsnoonia ii be4 lion of lst ~ Illinois Z
infantry arrived 70 |. dditionaal q
anissfhavs, bean sent sfpr. Pris-; !;
soneTsssNi NsTe sheinmsd lns ins aileyways
Eand anslss form 81 build dingi.
Flames barre \ MIR nee @ one ceng
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-07
SERIOUS RIOT
AMONG C0NYICIS
AT I'LL. PRISON
Attack Guard. and 81 Fire to
Five Bu,ildin, u l.' ;aard. ]! Are y.
Unable 70 C usl Situation
State Militia Called.
tBy the Associated Press,

Joliet, Ill, June 5.-Serious riot
ing among convicts at the state pris-
on broke out this morning and five
buildings were set on fire. Com.
panies e and F of the 1st Illinois
Infantry. now In federal service and
camped near here, were called to as,
sist in quelling the disturbance
The penitentiary is In. the outskirts
Of the city, Three ire compan nies
which responded to the alarm met
opposition by the convicts who used
bricks and tools stolen from the i'm
plement house to repel them. Some
knives were also flashed. The build
ings fired were the rattan and chair
factories which are of considerable
size, the chapel. oil house and. lum-
Der shop which ere; smaller, struc-
lures within the. big enclosure.
There are 1900 convicts,in the
prison and the situation soon was
beyond control 1.-The guards.
= u. "A. Bowen, temporary warden.
telegraphed to Gov. 'Lowden for milf.
tary assistance.
u For some time there have been re-
ports 2of lax discipline at the prison
and the, conditions were recently In
vestigated by legislative commit
tee. Warden thinner resigned some
time ago to go toshis home In Chi
cago and his successor. has not been
named. s.. g
The disorder first made itself
manifest at breakfast. Dishes were
hurled at guards, tables overturned
an dthe conyicts Ssar1ed into the
grounds. They grabbed what mts-
siles they could and obtained more
from the implement house. They
set fire to rattan factory: twice. the
first blaze having proved abortiRe.
Other fires followed. Firemen from
this itysresponded but were opposed
by the convictss who threw volleys
Of bricks ct them 81 engtGed in per-
sonal encounters Chief Roy was
knocked down but was rescued by
his men. The battle was proceeding
.briskly when the soldiers arrived. /.
5a M sy5 gss !. -a.. s3 Sa,s @s 81
Springfield. I'LL, June Feder-
alized troops at Joliet were today
placed at the dispo posal Of authorities
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
KIDNAPPING
PLOT DISCLOSED
BY CONFESSION
Dick Carter Describes Attempts
to Seize Baby Which Later
Was Killed and Thrown
Into an Old Well.
FAIL TO ABDUCT MAN
Efforts to Secure Jury to Try
Men Accused of Planning
a Series of Abduc-
tions Begin.
FAIL TO ABDUcT MAN

Marshfield, Mo-, Oct. 9.-Dick Carter,
one Of the defendants In the alleged
plot to abduct c. A Clement, a jeweler
of Springfield, will be a witness for tho
state in the trial of Claude J. Piersol.
charged with kidnapping Baby Lloyd
Keet.
Prosecutor Pau M. O'Day announced
this afternoon that the state would use
Garter and that Carter had made a
complete confession, not only to his
part in the attempt to abduct Clement,
but In the plot to steal Baby Keet.
Carter, who is in the county Jail here.
said:
I am tired of carrying the secret
about the Keet kidnapping and shall
make a clean breast of it ALL"
He said he would tell on the witness
stand of the attempts hat were mad
to abduct Clement, and of two. attempts
to kidnap the baby when he was pres
emit Carter stoutly maintains he had
no part in the actual kidnapping.
Marshfield, Mo-, Oct. 9.-The trial OF
Claude j.. Piersol. charged with kidnap-
ing Lloyd Keet. the infant son of a
Springfield, Mo-, banker, was opened
here today. Piersol, who is only 20
years old, is alleged to lave headed a
band. two of whom are charged with
him in the abduction of the Keet baby
and four others who We're accused, with
the trio. Of a plot to abduct a jeweler
of Springfield.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
DESERTED WIFE
WAS REMEMBERED
South Dakota Woman Left Es-
tate of Husband Who De-
serted Her Years Ago.

Rapid City, S. D.. Oct. 6.-Mrs. Char
fotte Meade. for many years a resident
of Pennington county, has been advised
that she is to receive a comfortable
fortune from the estate of her husband,
who deserted her 25 years g In the
east, and whom she had not seen since
that time.
By providing that she receive the
bulk of his estate as well as his pen
sion, he having been a veteran OF the
civil a he, evidently attempted to
atone for his desertion of his wife. Mrs.
Meade had never applied for a divorce,
believing that some day her husband
would return to her. She was left pen
niless and for many years had made a
living for herself by taking care Of
rooms.
She will receive enough cash from
her husbands estate to keep her in ease
turing the remainder of her life. After
y visit with her mother, who is so years
pf age, n whom she has not seen
since she was deserted by her husband
: quarter century ago she will take
PIP her permanent residence at Baker,
Mont. One of her sons has been ap-
pointed administrator Of the estate.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
LEADER ARRESTED,
|. W. W. STARTS FIRE
Many Members of Disorderly
Organization Jailed After Mob
Is Quoted by Officials.

San Francisco, Oct. 9.-Hundreds Of
men are patroling the streets of Mo-
desto and Stockton and SO members Of
the 1. w. w. are in Jail today as a re-
suit of a series of fires in San Joaquin
and Stanislaus counties. Authorities
assert the fires were started by the I.
W. w. members in protest at the arrest
of Oar Law. one of their leaders, On
a warrant from Chicago, where he was
recently indicted.
Eight fires broke out practically the
same moment. They were started by
throwing phosphorus into hay barns.
In Stockton a large winery was de-
stroyed.
Lynchings were threatened for a time
but a officers succeeded in quiet
ing the citizens and the men were
thrown in jail.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11

Since April i. German submarines
have been equipped with four new de-
vices which increase their destructive
ness, and render it more difficult for
ehasers to discover their whereabouts.
Formerly the U-boats to remain in one
spot, had to come to the surface. or
enchor themselves to the bottom; but
Jour small pumps are now used which
enable them to remain stationary
while submerged. This not only con-
terves fuel, but prevents its enemies
from hearing the throb of the subma-
Fines propeliers. Telescope periscopes
etve further assistance to the subma-
Pine in c~oncealing its position. A mix
ture OF oxygen and strained gas is Now
esed In the engines, and the exhaust
washed free of smoke and broken
INTO small bubbles. which do nor cave
wake. Finally, new listening devices
Unable It to hear and Judge the size
y ships at a considerable distance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
According to recent dispatches from

According to recent dispatches from
Berlin. German men both on and off
b firing line r wearing shirts made
Of paper and wood pulp, owing to the
scarcity OF cloth. This will probably
further showing the ingenuity Of the
Germans under stress OF necessity. But,
as In many other instances. the Yankee
inventor was first in the field. Thomas
A Edison thought of the paper shirt
about twenty five years & INT put
1t on he market. 1t failed to become
popular and soon passed out Of use.
ere Is one difference between the
American and the German product. The
American paper shirt was intended to
be worn until soiled and then thrown
away. The German sends his to The
laundry, and, though it generally re-
turns to him q shapeless, sodden mass,
he must don it again, for shirt cards-
are extremely scarce.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
SOUTH DAKOTA
There are three kinds of forest nres-

There are three kinds Of forest fires
me Surface fire" which merely runs in
The leaves and ground litter; the
ground fire." that covcr he under-
brush and the dense forests, and the
Grown fire" the most dangerous n
terrifying OF all. A crown fire Is u.s.
ually caused when the ground OF sur
lace fire reaches the top of a ridge or
knoll. and the increased draft carries
he blaze up the trunks of the trees
to the tops OF the crowns" 1t Is the
crown fires which have made the great
forest fires of history. Surrounding the
burning area by a trench from which
everything down to the mineral soil has
been Is the only kind of fire
line which will stop a ground fire, and
It will often stop a surface fire. 70
surface fire whipping" or using brush
branches or water soaked sacking to
whip the burning leaves at the edge Of
the fire back into the burned area Is
most effective. San as well as water
II valuable in fighting this kind Of fire,
too. There is only n a to fight =
crown are-that Is, by "backfiring-
fighting fire with fire. This method Is
extremely dangerous, consisting OF set
main body OF the original fire SO that
ali inf1ammable material will be burned
by the time the fire reaches that point
and the fire will die from lack of ma
terial to feed IN. The backfre Is set
Car enough from the main fire to escape
b draft which Ii tanning the bIaze.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
GRANDSON OF OLD SCOUT
HAS THE INSTINCT

Hot Springs. S. D., Oct. 10.-Edwtn
Allison S~chanandore. a member of the
Cheyenne river band of Sioux Indians
is enrolled as a junior member OF the
Aerial League of America.
The boy is a grandson of r. II. ALI
son., scout in the United States army,
retired, and a son OF a half breed woH-
an teacher, who attained quite a rep
utation as a writer before her death
in 1909. The boy is Is years old.
1t has been the purpose of the
grandfather, L. H. Allison, to place the
young nan in a military school in Nir-
GINA and later to send him through
West Point if possible.
The grandfather was active in the
northwest for many years and assisted
in bringing Sitting Bull and his fol-
lowers back from Canada after the
Custer massacre.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN
LIKES THE ARMY LIFE

Sioux Falls. S. d. Oct. 10-"Army life
is good enough fci me; good night" is
the concluding sc tence in a letter from
a patriotic young German-American OF
South Dakota, who is a member of
Company A.. Three Hundred and For
tieth machine gun battalion, now sta
toned at a concentration point in a
middle western state.
The writer of the letter is Carl
Schmldkunz. who is a semi-professional
baH PLAYER of some renown throughout
eastern South Dakota, and who while
a member of the clubs of Hayti and
other towns became known as The
Kaiser Catcher" He is we'll satisfied
with army life and is anxious to do his
part in bringing about the downfall of
Emperor William.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
A Paris dispatch says the French

A Paris dispatch says the French
mission here last spring was amazed
~ New York city's frivolity, compared
with restricted Paris. where restaur-
lnts and cafes, as we'll as public
placer and amusements of all sorts, are
tubject to regulation. Evening clothes
Ind decollete frocks are barred. Tele-
phoning. telegraphing. photographing.
terAveL dancing, stock exchange deal
lngs arc all regula.sd by the govern
nent: also food, pies, gas, etc. "If
Tou 80 into this lining as we did in
y9l4." one French officer remarked to
his American host, ..alI this will be =
cream q year from now"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
WEATHER BUREAU MAN
is TAKEN TO CHICAGO

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Oct. 10.-Alexan-
der C%ournos, who a few days ago was
arrested at Huron by United States
Marshal Tom Taubman and brought
to Sioux Falls. under an indictment re-
turned at Chicago against himself and
other alleged l. w. w, leaders, has
been taken to Chicago where he will be
turned over to the federal authors
ties. He was taken to Chicago by Dep
uty United States Marshal Jensen and
United States Attorney Robert P.
Stewart. of this city.
Cournos is charged with c%o-operat-
ing with William Haywood. national
/. w. w. leader, in o%bstructing the
progress of the nations wal policies.
His bond was fixed at $4,000. Being
unable to furnish this he was ordered
transferred to the federal authorities
at Chicago.
Another charge against Cournos is
that he orked with others in publish
ing pamphlets of a s%editious character
and designed to hinder the transporta-
ton Of munitions and military supplies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
DRAFT SLACKERS FIGHT
TO AVOID CONSUMPTION

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. s.-A tele-
phone message from George West, Live
Oak county, says that as a result of a
two days effort on the part of the
county officials to arrest members OF
the Loso family, Mexicans, for alleged
failure to report for service in the
tional army, Deputy Sheriff William
James and two of the Loso brothers are
dead and Serapio Loso, their father, is
fatally
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
COAL SITUATION
NOT SATISFACTORY
Senator Sterling Urges APP
pointlnent of Coal Admins
TRAITOR For South Dakota.

Washington. -. c.. Oct. 10.-Nhile,
The hard Goa situation III South Da-
kota is somewhat improved. according
to a telegram received by Senator Ster-
ling from Charles II. Iyler, secretary
Of the Farmers Cooperative association,
ii is still far from satisfactory. Senator
Sterling has urged upon DR.. Garfield
he national fuel administrator, the
Importance of appointing a state coal
administrators without further delay in
order that the amount of coal needed at
zach station in the state may be learned
hs soon as possible and distribution
made accordingly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11

=. s. x. sBrewer, . bookseller and sta
TONER OF Brighton, Is usually credited
Nth having invented the envelope IN
Europe. Before this time people sim
ply write h addresses on the outside
q their folded letters: but, about 1890,
Brewer offered some sheets Of paper
lorz allen s.sshsc.ss 4i Il {
write addresses. He then introduced
small envelopes, and these quickly
caught the fancy OF the fine ladies OF
Brighton. The demand for these quick
" Enrea n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
MORE THAN YEARS FOOD
SUPPLIED TO RUMANiA

Petrograd, Oct. 9.-The crisis in Ru-
mania, which threatened to force
excavations on*a large scale, has been
solved and a food supply sufficient for
is months guaranteed, according to Col.
u. W. Boyle, of the Canadian militia,
widely known in America as a mining
engineer, awho for the last four months
ha ben recognizing the transport sys-
tenn ON the Russo-Rumanian front.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
HIGH COURT UPHOLDs
HARRISON DRUG ACT

Washington, D. c., Oct. 9.-The SUI
preme court today refused to review
and thereby put into effect Texas fed
eral court decisions holding that the
Harrison drug law is constitutional
and requiring F. 7. Thurston, a drug
gist Of Galveston, Tex to serve one
years imprisonment for violating the
act.