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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

of temporary relief with him, and his
wife shared his optimism; but Mary
would not let him buy back her piano,
and as for furs-spring was on the
way, she said. But they paid the but
cher, the baker and the candlestick
maker. and hired cook once more.
1t was this servitress who opened the
door for Sheridan, and presently as
sured him that Miss vertrees would
''be down."
He was not the man to conceal admi-
ration when he felt it, and he flushed
and beamed as Mary made her ap-
pearance, ALMOST upon the heels Of the
cook. She had look of apprehension
for the first fraction of second, but
it vanished at the sight of him, and its
place was taken in her eyes by a soft
brilliance. Will. color rushed in her
cheeks.
Don't be surprised" be said. Truth
Is, in way it's sort of on business l
looked in here, It'll only take a min
ute, l expect"
CTo - coNTINURDl
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11
"That stuffs Deader'n Adams catI"


the city. The newspapers, he discov-
cred, had lost their ancient political in
iuence. especially with the knowing,
who looked upon them with a skep-
tical humor. believing the journals
either to be retained partisans, like
lawyers, or else striving to forward
the personal ambitions of their owners.
The control of the city lay not with
them, but was usually obtained by CIV
ing the floating voters gin money,
and by other largeyses. The revenues
of the people were then distributed as
fairly as possible among great num-
ber of men who had assisted the win
ming side. Names and titles Of Of
fees went with many Of the prizes,
and most of these title holders were
expected to present busy appearance
ut times: and. Indeed, some among
them did work honestly and faithfully.
Bibbs had been very ignorant All
these simple things, SO well known and
customary, astonished him at first. and
once-in a brief moment of forgetting
chat he was done with writing-he
Thought that II he had known them
and written Of them, how like satire
ehe plainest relation of them must
have seemed! Strangest of all to him
was the vehement and sincere patriot
Ism. On every side he heard it: it was
q permeation: the newest schoolchild
caught 1t. though just from Hungary
rnd learning to stammer few words
Of the local language. Everywhere the
people shouted of the power, the size.
the riches and the growth Of their city.
not only that. they said that the people
Of their city were the greatest, the
finest" the strongest, the Biggest
people on earth. They cited no au-
ti,orities, and felt the need of none.
b .ing themselves the people thus cele-
b-ated. And If the thing was ques-
toned, or II it was hinted that there
might be one small virtue in which
they were not perfect and supreme.
they wasted no time examining them
selves to see If what the critic said
was true, but fell upon him and hoot-
ed him and cursed him, for they were
sensitive. So Bibbs, learning their
ways and walking with them, hearlS-
ened to the voice of the people and
voice of the people is the voice Of their
god.
Sheridan had made the room next
to his own into an office for Bibbs, and
the door between the two rooms usu-
ally stood open-the father had estab-
lished that intimacy. One morning in
February. when Bibbs was alone, Sher-
idan came in, some sheets of typewrit-
ten memoranda in his hand.
"Bibbs." he said, Il don't like to butt
in very often this way, and when do
| usually wish l hadn't-but for heav-
ems sake what have you been buying
that ole busted inter-traction stock
for?'
Bibbs leaned back from his desk
For eleven hundred and fifty-five dol
lars. That's all it COST
'Well, 1t amt worth eleven hundred
and fifty-fve cents. You ought to
know that don't get your idea
That stuffs deader'n Adams catv
ut might be worth something-some
day"
"How?"
'It mightn't be so dead-not If Wa
went into it" said Bibbs coolly.
"Ohv Sheridan considered this mus
ingly; then he said, Who'd you buy it
fronY
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11
CHAPTER Xxx (continued).

Old Man Sheridan goes to sibbs'
room to console the boy about Mary
vertrees' rejection of his proposal of
marriage. Instead, against his will,
the father rants about his sons need
for hard work-and suddenly halts his
abuse In the middle of sentence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
UNITED Press\

Washington, Feb. 27.-Many Off
cials here believe that Germany has
committed the overt act against the
United States. With the receipt of
confirmation of the sinking of the
Cunard liner Laconia by, German
submarine without warning, and that
two American women lost their lives
President Wilson is brought face to
face with the most critical situation
since the sinking of the Lusitania, is
the belief.
Called Overt.
That the overt act, which the pres
ident said 81 will recognize and so
will the country recognize when it
comes" has occurred, is the opinion
expressed in many quarters here to-
day. That will not call for a declara-
ton of war, it is believed. The pres
ident wants only money and explicit
authority to protect American lives
on the high seas. Some call the sink
ing of the Laconia more ruthless and
lawless than the sinking Of the Lusi-
LuIld, ulgcI WHACA NlOl ~
not to sink an unarmed vessel with
American passengers aboard. The
sinking of the Laconia. according TO
several of the highest officials in Off
cialdom, is clear cut case. NO IN
vestigation is necessary. This be'
came known following conference
between President Wilson and Secre-
tary Lansing today.
Members Balk.
Minority members of the house for
eign affairs committee baked today
in two points on the question of grant
ing the president the authority ne
asked for yesterday. First, on the
matter of arming munition ships, and
second. on authorizing him to use in
strumentalities other than guns, gun
ners, and money. Food ships, they
say, could be armed. Some members
objected that Americas stand against
the German submarine campaign is
bound to react in the future and will
render useless valuable weapon fOr
the United States some time.
Closing Days. -, :
AS congress uleI IOudy Aol "nt'c ~
expected to be one of the most his
torical closing sessions in it's history,
it was believed certain that the legls-
lative branch would ultimately uphold
President Wilson's hand in modified
form. There are only five more days
remaining for the present congress to
give the president the powers ne ask
ed for yesterday. Many legislative
heads, including those who do not
agree altogether in his course, pointed
to the fact that he has had opposi-
tion before and always got what ne
wanted. This plainly shows that con-
gress does not like President VIII
sons request for other instrumental
tiles" other than American guns. gun
ners, and money for insurance.
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open BATTLE
!. MAY OCCUR ON
west RON 7
Won Hindenberg Know to Favor
War Of Motion to End Pres
ent Struggle
TRENCH ABANDONMENT
MAY FORECAST STEP
Germans Evidently PREPARING for
a Supreme strategisal En-
gagement on West Front
(Associated Press)

Geneva, Feb. 27.-Although the
withdrawal of German forces in tho
Ancre region may signify merely the
abandonment Of tacticany unfavor-
able projection of the line at this
point, another explanation is suggest
ed by Americans who have come to
Switzerland recently, after long stays
in Berlin. 1t is that the German re.
tirement may perhaps be the begin.
ming of regrouping Of the Teutonic
forces on the west, with the intention
OF bringing on decisive open field
engagement, to settle the fate of the
war.
Warfare Of Motion.
At the time of Field Marshal Won
Hindenberg's appointment to chief
command last year, when the cores.
pondent was in Berlin, there was
much discussion of a question, the
answer to which may be given by
the developments of the next few
days. This question concerns the field
marshal's plans for concluding the
war, and particularly the possibility
of some daring strategy to bring the
opposing armies out of the trenches
and substitute for trench Warfare the
warfare OF motion whiclE'vun Hin
denberg favors.
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SUBMARINE FIRES
SECOND TORPEDO As
LIFE BOATS Lower
DR.. Hawks of San Francisco
Playing Bridge with Ship Surg
con When Crash Comes
SEVERAL IN OPEN SEA
WHEN SECOND SHOT CAME
Passengers Had Been Well Drill
ed and No Panic Follows q
Submersible Attack
(Associated Press)

Queenstown, Feb. 27.-Correct re.
turns ON those missing from the sunk.
en- Cunard liner Laconia are not yet
obtainable, although the Cunard staff
is working on the list of crew and
passengers. -Four passengers are
among those sent to hospitals. Their
injuries are slight. Among the four
is DR.. Hawks, a resident of San Fran.
cisco, who said he was playing a
game Of bridge in the ships surgeon
room, when he heard crash, and
guessed that the ship had been at
tackled by submarine. He said that
tho first torpedo struck the lihGr ait
on the .starboard side, and everyone
made for the life preservers. The
passengers previously had been in
structed in both drills and got into
the boats without panic.# S%
4 .& Fire Second time.
"The submarine returned, after we
had been in the boats, and fired an
other torpedo which, put out the lights
and followed by a terrific explosion" :"
DR.. Hawks said. "The ship must have
been sunk soon after. The second tor
pedo, mind you, was fired although
the lifeboats were close to the vessel
and the crew Of the submarine could
not have failed to see US, as it was
It was about $3.50 p. m.,
on Sunday, when we took to the boats,
and about o'clock on the following
morning when we were picked up"
Buried at Sea.
DR.. Hawks gave the highest praise
to the behavior of the women and the
children, and said that the captain
and crew were marvellous. 'a ...
II appears that two boats reached
Bartry with % people, eight of the
occupants having died from the expos.
ure. Among those saved was the
singer, Miss Mitsie Siklosi, Of Paris
The bodies of the eight persons
who died were confined to the deep.
Among the Laconia's firemen were
sixteen American negroes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
Twin BROTHER
SENATE BILL II
BEFORE SENATE
Through an Unconscious Error
House Bill No. 298 Was
Laid on Table
SENATORS AGREE TO
ITS RECONSIDERATION
Distance Tariff Law Will Be Re-
ferended by Cities and Indus
tries Disseminated Against

After the minority on house bill
29S, establishing new class and COM
modify rates, had been adopted q to
20 in the senate this afternoon, Sena-
tor Levang. who voted with the ma.
jority for the adoption Of the report
that the bill do pass, moved that the
vote by which the report was adopt.
ed be reconsidered and that the mo.
tiOn to reconsider be laid on the table.
Levang's motion carried unanimous
ly and 1t was fully Is minutes before
the majority in favor of the passage
of the bill discovered that they had
joke on themselves and by the adop.
tion Of Levang's motion had tabled
the bill and prevented further action
on the same except that two-thirds
of the senate agree to q reconsidera-
tion. -.'. =
Senator Wexford called attention to
the unconscious error of his colleague
Levang and prayed the courtesy of
the senate in reconsidering the mo-
tion by which the bill was tabled. Al
IcI JdCOUSOIl udu duSlScu JuC lAdJOI'
ity that they were entitled in this mat
ter to the same considerations which
they had shown the minority with re-
gard to Ignite coal rates, the motion
to reconsider Levangis motion to re-.
consider carried without any 0pposi-
tiOn.
Twin Brother Of II.
House bill 29S is a twin brother Of
senate bill n which was signed by
the governor this morning. It over
throws or permits the railway com
mission to overthrow, every establish
ed class and commodity rate in the
state. Those voting for the bill were
Benson, Cahill, Carey, Drown, Elling-
son, Ettestad, Gronvold, Hamerley,
Hemmingsen, Hunt, King, Lindstrom,
Levang, Parkins. Morkrid, Mortenson..
Mostad, McCarten, Nelson of Rich.
land, Pendray, Sandstrom, Skies,
Thorson, Wexford, Wendstrom, Zie'
man. Against the bill were Allen,
Deck, Englund, Haggart, Heckle, Hy.
land, jacobson, Kirkeide, Murphy,
Mcbride, McGray, Mclean, Nelson Of
Grand Forks, Paulson, Ployhar, Por
ter, Putnam. Rowe, Stenmo and
Young. Kretschmar and Gibbens
CONTINUED 90 Page Eighty
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
p KILLED WHEN I
. FREIGHT TRAIN
H|TSPASSENCER
Plows Through Three Sleeping
Cars, Causing Them to Teles-
cope Each Other
CHESTER MINDS AND ...s
FAMILY AMONG DEAD
(Associated PreSs)

Altoona, Pa, Feb. 27.-At least 20
persons were killed and several 9TH
ers we're injured in the collision of a
fast freight train and the Mercantile
Express on the Pennsylvania railroad
at Mt. Union, AZ miles east of Altoona,
early today. The seriously hurt were
taken to Huntingdon. w.
The express train had stopped and
it's air brakes were being tested, when
in the midst of a dense fog, the heavy
freight train struck.
Three Sleeping Cars.
There were three sleeping cars at
tached to the express, all of steel con.
struction. The freight engine plowed
into the passenger train, causing the
rear coach to be split asunder.
1t was slow work reaching the dead
and injured, because the three sleep.
ing cars were almost inextricably
massed together. The rear car split
apart, and the car ahead was forced
clear through it, while the third c.r
from the rear had plowed into the sec.
ond car. &c.
Entire Family Killed.
The dead included:
Chester A. Minds, the former Uni
versity of Pennsylvania football star;
his wife, their two-weeks-old son;
Miss Maud Minds, sister of Mrs.
Minds; M. A. Caslisch, Confer, New
York; his brother-in-law; Mrs. "A. Sc
CUR Delling, sister of Mrs. Minds; a
nephew and two nieces of Mr.. Minds.
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228 WOUNDED
SOLDIERS CAUGHT
IN RAIL WRECK
ASSOCIATED press.)

London, Feb. ga train carrying
e2S invalided Russian soldiers who
were on the way home from Germany
through Sweden, went off the track
late last night between Jeffle and
Soderhamn, says an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Stockholm. The
first car, carrying % insane Russian
soldiers, was demolished, and all its
passengers were killed. About Is
persons in other cars were killed.
The work of rescue was made dinl-
cult ty the conditions of the pasen-
gers, most of whom we're blind, had
lost arms or legs. or were otherwise
denered incapable of helping them
selves. Their hardships were in
creased by the fact that the wreck oc-
CURED IN darkness at q distance from
any important town.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
minnesota HOUSE
APPROPR|ATES HALF
MILLION FOR GUARD
(As,ociated Press)

st. Paul, Feb. 27.-With the eyes Of
the nation turned toward Washington
for the next step in the international
situation, the Minnesota house of re.
presentatives fired by patriotism, to-
day passed the 'Steen-Moeller bill, ap.
propriating 100000 for relief Of ma
tional guardsmen returned from the
Mexican border.
There we're but eight dissenting
votes.
Under the terms of the bill, Mime
sofa guardsmen would receive fifty
cents day from the state for each
day they spent in the federal service.
This sum, proponents Of the bill de-
clared, would permit the men to live
properly until they had obtained new
positions. ..
It was predicted that the measure
would pass the senate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
SUNDAY BALL :. :. IT.. .
MADE REGULAR
PINK" AFFAIR

Senate bill 167, known as the Sun
day baseball measure, was passed by
the committee of the whole in the
house this afternoon after it had been
amended to read that no charge shall
be made and that no game be played
within 500 yards of any church edifice.
The majority by which the measure
carried in the committee assures its
passage when it comes up for final
reading.
Early this afternoon the committee
of the whole of the house voted down
senate bill 141, legalizing hunting on
Sunday.
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Warnings were issued by the wealth
er bureau yesterday to taxi drivers
and others that the crossing OF the
Missouri river over the ice was dan.
gerOus.
When the river closed last fall the
stage of water was very low, being
from one to two feet deep over the
sandbars. When the ice became "a
inches thick the ice over the sand
bars froze to the sandbars. Chinook
winds in the upper Missouri river
valley are melting the SHOWS in that
region and % result the river has
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
Crossing Of Missouri
Dangerous; Riuer Rises
7vo Feet in 48 Hours

risen two feet in the past few days.
This raised the ice, except over the
sandbars, causing the ice to break be-
low the bridge and allowing the water
to run over the ice on the sandbars.
Sunday night two inches of ice
formed over these openings and three
inches of snow fell, so that it was i'm.
possible for one not posted to know
the river was not safe to cross. I'm
til this ice becomes sufficiently thick
to allow heavy cars to cross it will be
wise for autoists and others to keep
on the the river.
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TWO MORE SPECIAL
FOOD TRAINS RUSHED
TO EASTERN POINTS

Minneapolis, Feb. 27.-Two more
special trains of flour and one of feed
for livestock were rushed through to
the east today. All Of the shipments
are consigned to New England points.
A call issued here for livestock feed
indicated that stock in the east is
threatened with starvation as we'll as
humans.
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CLEAR CUT CASE
Feeling That 1t Is Act Which
President Wilson Said Nation
Would Recognize as Overt
NO DECLARATION OF
WAR IS NECESSARY
Administration Only Desires Mon
ey and Authority to Protect
American Lives
TO CURB ACTION.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The
house foreign affairs committee
late tonight plans to report out
Flood resolutions, eliminating
"other instrumentalities," aside
from guns, men and money, with
which Wilson seeks to handle the
international situation.
The administrations great
$500, 100000 naval bill, the larg-
est single national defense meas
ure ever framed, was threatened
with delay and possible defeat,
through Senator laFoIIette's fiji.
buster.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
TRADING STAMP BILL

House Bill AT. Representative
Coles measure prohibiting the use OF
trading stamps, premiums and simi
lar schemes in merchandising, was
jerked from the senate calendar yes.
terday afternoon and rereferred to the
committee on judiciary.
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EXPLOSION KILLS
200 N FRENCH
POWDER PLANT
fAssociated press.)

Berlin, Feb. .27.-On February z. a
terrible explosion took place, IN the
large munitions depot at Paris, which
ruined more than $4,000 tons OF am
munition and killed 200 persons, de-
clared an official press bureau quoting
a Frankfurter Zeitung report. via
Switzerland. from private sources IN
Paris. Seven hundred were wounded,
it IL said.
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Miner Killed
in Premature
Blast in Mine
ESPECIAL to The Tribune.)

Medora, N. D.. Feb. 27.-A miner
whose name cannot be learned was
killed early today by a premature ex-
plosion at the Brody mine at Little
Missouri.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-27
NAY HASTEN ACTION
First Step Will Be to Equip
Merchantmen With Defensive
Armament
INCIDENT SAME IN KIND
AS LUSITANIA AFFAIR
President Hopeful That Extra
ordinary Meeting Of Congress
Will Be Unnecessary
BRYAN OPPOSED.

BRYAN OPPOSED.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 27-W.
J. Bryan, In a statement issued
here today, announced he was op.
posed to granting powers to the
president such ~ Mr.. Wilson re.
quested Of congress yesterday.
He announced he would 90 in,ms.
diateiy to Washington and use hls
influence to have the request do.
clined.
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Contlnued On PAge BIZ.
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(Contlnued On Pa&s TWol
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
JAPAN OFFERS SHIPS TO ALLIES
 FIR ATLANTIC MERCHANT SERVICE
Japan Shipyards to Build English
 Vessels

Washington, Sept. 15.-Japan has announced that she will divert as much tonnage az can be spared to Atlantic routes. Arrangements for this new cooperation between Japan and the Allies are being con- pleted by the state department and a formal announcement will be made in few days. ,.
 Certain Japanese shipyards Will be used for building British ships and Japaness merchantmen will be used for transporting supplies across the Pacific to Russia.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
METAL TRADES MEN MAY
 STRIKE

Seattle, Sept. 15. - Leaders in the metal trades council meeting in this city are endeayOring 10 bring about 8 strike of metal workers in the steel shipyaIds of Seattle in sympathy with the men now out from the wooden yards. It is ar gued that a combined effort of Rll Ihe men in all tte ship yards will force ship building plants to use lumber cut in mills which operate on an eight hour day schedule.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
HUGE SUM FUR
 PUBLIC WORKS

Washington, Sept. 15.-Among other items the huge war bill now before congress proposes an nppro- priation of one hundred million dollars for the construction and maintenance of public works such as cantonments, wharves, railroads, rolling stock, and hospitals behind the battle lines.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
BELGLANs IN MOURNING
 DURING KAIsER'S VISIT

London, Sept. 15.-It Is related by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company that when Emperor William visited Brussels last week on his way to the Flanders front the populace re- fused to comply with the request of the authorities to display flags.
 Instead, they remained indoors and drew the window blinds on which they inscribed: "Closed for National Mourning"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
REPLY IN FAVOR FREEDOM OF
 BELGIUM

Rome, Sept. 15.-The reply of the Central powers to the recent proposal of peace as outlined by Pope Benedict XV was received by the Vatican yesterday. According to well informed officials the re- ply favors the absolute Independ- ence of Belgium, that 1t be inde- pendent of all military and econ omic agencies.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
SUGAR INDUSTRY ID BE LICENSE
 SYSTEM

Washington, Sept. I5-.By preSi- dential proclamation the sugar in dustry was today placed under the control of the food administration to be conducted under the license system which will control its manu- tacture, distribution and impOrta- tion. & .,'
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
RESUMES
 FALL SCHEDULE

seward, Sept. 15.-The "big lit tie" ship Dora tomorrow will re- sume !ts monthly service and mail schedule to Dutch Harbor. The Dora belongs to the Alaska S. s. Co.,, and has been operating to far west rorts for many years.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
GOMPERS NIT IN FAVOR NEW
 STRIKES

Seattle, Sept. 15. - President GomDers, of the American Fedora tion of Labor, in a telegram sent to Seattle lbaor leaders today dis courages any attempt to prolong lumber districts. He said it is the the shipyard strike or strikes in intention of the government to in tervene. /
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
RUSSIAN CRISIS |S ENDED
 TODAY
NEW CABINET FORMED AND. WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIOR- ROW. OUTLOOK MOST HOPE FUL IN MANY MONTHS.

Petrograd, Sept. 1.-The Rus sian crisis is ended. A new cabin ct has been formed, and its com position will be announced tomor- TOW. General Korniloff and his as- sociates hyae surrendered, the Ger mans have been confined to Riga, and things look more hopeful than they have for many months.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-15
Germany Not To Interfere
 With Other Nations Affairs

Berlin, Sept. 15.-The Local Anzeiger asserts the German re- ply to the recent proposal of peace by the pope says Germany has no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations.