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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
WHOLE AMERICAN
AIR SER VICE is
MOURNING HALL
Intrepid Aviator Fails to Show
Up After Thrilling Chase
with Hun

With the American Army in france,
May Jimmie Hall" Is gone and
the whole American air service 10
mourning his loss. All are wondering
II he is killed or will be able to bring
hack his machine safely to earth az
ter his battle in the air over Tagny
Fur Mosele.
Captain Hall was popular through.
out the army and had won admiration
by his daring, GOODNESS and skill In
handling his machine.
The captains flying companions
are all certain he would have knock
ed out his opponents had it not been
for maneuver unheard Of so far
as American and French pilots in this
section of France are concerned.
It has been considered dangerous
to the last degree to bring up ma.
chine sharply from downward lunge
because the strain IS almost certain
to cause the collapse of some vital
narts. The German aviator. whom
Captain Hall was pursuing being hard
pressed, adopted this desperate exped'
tent to escape death and Won
The captains companions waited
for several hours after the fight for
him to return before giving him up
for lost. They felt certain unless
some serious accident had occurred
he would return, Notwithstanding the
fact that he was seen to plunge to
ward the earth. The aviators all have
the greatest confidence in him and ex.
press the conviction that if he had
landed safely and was captured he
will escape eventually.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
YoouuNNG THINKS THINKS
BE UTILIZED
Representative Says Secre-
tary Box Presents Strong
Arguments

Congressman George M. Young is
ready to do his share to procure the
establishment Of training camp for
army and navy aviators at Fort Lin
coin. Wiring Secretary Thomas Al
Ian Box of the North Dakota Coun-
Gil of Defense today, Rep. Young says:
Your telegram at hand makes q
strong argument in favor Of the utili-
zation of Fort Lincoln as an aviation
camp. will be pleased to cooperate
with other members Of the North Da-
kota delegation to this end.-George
NJ. Young, NJ. c."
While in Washington, Secretary Box
secured apledge Of the cooperation of
prominent administrative officials,
and there seems to be lettle question
that Fort Lincoln will be re0pened in
some military capacity before the end
OF the summer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
MAURICE HAS
CREATED BAD
BRITISH MESS
Charges of Former Chief of Mill
tary Result in Serious Poll
tical Situation

London, Eng, May S.-The action
Of General Maurice, formerly chief of
military operations at the war office,
in impugning the veracity Of minis
ters Of the government, has created
most serious political situation, and
one which is of vital Importance to
the cabinets existence, according to
views expressed by several Of the
morning newspapers.
Papers which have persistently sup.
ported the administration, rally to its
side. and insinuate or assert openly
that former Premier Asquith and his
followers are back of General Mau-
rice, and that the affair Is maneuvel
to GUST the Lloyd George cabinet and
nut in its place cabinet headed bv
Mr.: Asquith, Viscount Grey, and the
Marquis CT La. sdowne.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
MILLER HELD AS
WITNESS AGAINST
DOUBLE SLAYER

n Il X ' . - K
Minot, N. D., May s. William Mil
Ter, was arrested at Tagus and brought
back to Minot yesterday on charge
of fornication. He is wanted as an
important witness in the murder trial
of a.. NJ. Buck and c. M, Ticknor,:
the men who shot Officers Devaney
and Gown when surprised at their
plant near this city. Miller was
known to have been close friend OF
Buck and 1t is believed he skipped to
Tagus when the shooting occurred.
Buck and his wife are wanted in
Iowa for larceny and local officials
are endeayoring to ascertain If Miller
is also wanted in that state. The trio
it believed, came to North Dakota
together about two weeks before their
arrest. Ii a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
FUTURE NEEDS
Il OF ALLIES TO
BEC0NSIDERED
Oscar Csc; 7. Crosby, President Inter
Allied Council Of Defense,
Reports
70 ExTEND ,R I,l y C 8 +

Washington, D. c., May S.-A report
on the future financial needs of the
allies was presented to the treasury
department today by Oscar T. Crosby,
president, and American member of
the Inter-Allied council Of finance and
purchases, on his return from Europe,
where he has been since last Septem
her.
Mr.. Crosby, who is still assistant
secretary of the treasury, will assist
in working out Plan sof extending
greater credits directly to France, italy
and other co-belligerents, instead Of
thru Great Britainui. This will relieve
Great Britain from borrowing from
United States approximately the sums
required for British loans to the
allies. si& #
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
TRAFFIC
NOT INHERENT.
RIGHT COURT
North Dakota Supreme Bench
Upholds Constitutionality
Of Bootlegging Law
JIMTOWN MAN LOSES OUT ),lJ,['

There is no inherent right in a
citizen Of the United States to man.
ufacture or sell Intoxicating liquors,
or to engage in the liquor traffic as
the purchasing agent of another"
rules the North Dakota supreme court
in denying the petition of Herb E.
German Of jamestown for writ Of
habeas corpus freeing him from the
clutches Of James H. Ross, sheriff Of
Stutsman county,
Germain, arrested for bootlegging,
attacked the bo0tlegging statute Of
1915 on the grounds that it was un-
constitutional, in that It denied a legi-
innate and inherent right Of the boot.
leggerstO act as the agent for another
in making a purchase. The supreme
court rules: 4s es4 I.
Chapter 1874, laws Of 1915, does not
violate any express or implied inhi-.
biti0n4 upon legislative power contain
ed I'M Sec. FL Of the constitution,
which provides: No person, associa-
ton or corporation shall within the
state manufacture for sale or gift
any intoxicating liquors. and no per,
son, association or corporation shall
import any of the some Tor sale Of gift
or keep or sell sor offer the same!
for. sale, or gift, bartepaor trade. as
a beverage. The legislative assembly
shall by law prescribe reg lations for
the enforcement Of the provisions Of:
this article and shall thereby pro.
vide suitable penalties for Che viola.
ton thereof. 81 ss5f ss ,si rs a II ssS !.
The opinion Of the court is written.
by Justice A. M. 9Christianson Judge
James %. Robinson diaaefts. Isr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
Washburn Boy Severely
Wounded;Two Others In
Today's Casualty List
Dean Sellers, Well Known M Lean County Young
Man, Reported as Badly Hurt in Fighting on
French Front Ward County and Grafton
Each Have Victim Slightly Injured

Washington D. c. May 8-The casualty list today contained
rs Names divided as follows
Killed in action 49, died Of accident e. died of disease g.
wounded severely 49, wounded slightly missing action
Among the officers named Lieutenant Arthur Gaylord
Minneapolis, Mimi. killed in action a4Es
The list also includes:
Wounded severely: Prvates Dave Wetka Duluth, Mimi
DEAN ZELLERS, WASHBURN, N. D.
Wounded slightly: Prvates RUDE Nelson, KEENAN, Wis
Samuel Caudl Phelps Wis., YES B. COFFEY, BURLINGTON
D.; Gunnard Erickson Brainerd, Mimi; BOYD MCDONALD
GRAFTON N. d. '@
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
RAINY WEATHER
H5INDERS EN- E MY,
SUPPLIES SHORT
Germans Unable to Bring Up
Men and Munitions Badly
Needed on Front
EDGING IN IS CONTINUING
British Biting Big Chunks Out
of Kaiser's Harassed Lines
Aerial Activity
ASSOCIATED PRESS.

90 . .
Along the battle lines in northern
France the allied troops still await
the shock of renewed heavy fighting
. by the Germans. Apparently, rainy
weather has interfered with the en-.
emy's transports, and he has not been
able TO perfect his arrangement be.
cause Of the difficulty of bringing up
his supplies.
Having gained some advantageous
position in local fighting, the allies are
waiting for the next effort of the Ger.
mans, which already has been delayed
much longer than in previous lulls,
since the beginning of the offensive
on March Fl. Meanwhile, more troops
and new supplies are pouring in to
strengthen the allied positions, and
this fact must also add to the perturb-
alton of the enemy, who has nothing
remarkable in his military achieve
ments to show for his heavy losses OF
the past seven weeks.
Edeing-in Process.
The edgingin process was contin'
ued by the British last night in the
important sector east of Amiens, be-
tween the Ancre and the Somme, the
Australians following up their recent
successes here. The operation was q
purely local one, but 1t resulted in
anchoring the British line more firm
" to resist the expected German as.
sault.
Artillery fire continues violent in i'm
portant sectors The Germans are
Smelling heavily the Anglo-French
front southwest of Ypres, and the sec.
tor southwest of the Somme between
Villers. BretOnneux and Hailles. These
sectors saw the heavy fighting prev.
ious to the German repulse north of
Mont KENNEL nine days ago. En-
envy fire against the southern side OF
the Arras sector, which lies north OF
Albert, also has been intense
Great Aerial Activity!
There has been great aerial activ,
ity on the American sector northwest
Of Toul, and Captain James Normal
Hall, we'll known as a flyer in French
and American armies, is reported
missing after a battle in which he and
two other Americans engaged four
Germans.
ats EIiCtpL ELOI ~ uitICoo PdliOl idiuo ~
the Austrians, and limited artillery
fire, there has been no activity on the
Italian front.
A political crisis involving the Sc
curity OF the Lloyd George government
has arisen in Great Britain over the
letter written by General Maurice,
formerly chief director of military OPP
erations, in which he questioned the
veracity Of the premier and the chan
cellor Of the exchequer. In the house
Of common, a parliamentary tilt be-
tween Andrew BOnar Law, for the
government, and former Premier AS
duith, resulted in the governments
acceptance of motion by Mr.. AS.
quith that the house discuss the form
OF inquiry to be made into the state
ments of General Maurice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
THRESHING LOSS
TO BE REDUCED
BY new BUREAU.
Capt. Hequembourg, U. S. R., Is
Placed at Head of Food Con-
servatiOn Division
3 PER CENT UNRECOVERED

Washington, D. c., May S.-To save
wheat and other small grains by
cleaner threshing, special grain
threshing division has been created
under the food administration
Captain Hequembourg, U. S. r., an
active wheat producer of Oklahoma,
has been placed at the head OF the
new division. .
The food administration estimates
that 8 bushels OF grain are lost in
every 100 threshed. ,Threshing COM
mittees will be established in each
county; they will be composed Of the
county food administrator, county .ag
ricultural agent, and a retired thresh-
erman, representing the local council
OF defense. E & #
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
HAS MIRA
CULOUJS ESCAPE

81 u was told by our family physician
that | could not live without an op.
GRAFTON, as my liver and gan sack
were in such condition. | set the
day to go to the hospital, but then
a saw the advertisement OF. Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. Since taking
It 4 am feeling like az two-year-old.
/ am sure | never could have sur.
yived an operation. 1t is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucus from the mites,
final tract and allays the inflamma-
ton which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. Lenhart
Drug Co.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09

on Mayor G. w. Vandersluis Of Bemiji
Mimi, who was in Minot yesterday
inspecting the city's water works sys-
TEN. Accompanied by City Engineer
Swenson and Alderman A. v. Garlock,
Mayor Vandersluis is making tour
of North Dakota cities for advanced
ideas on water works systems. They
went from Minot to Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
MlcGOVERN THINKS SUB
]: ...s I. GRADES NOT NECESSARY

j. "A. McGovern, chief deputy in
spector of grades under North Da-
kota's new grain grading act, is the
author of bulletin published by the
state agricultural college in which it
is contended that inasmuch as the var
ious subdivisions of the federal
grades have no effect on the milling
value of wheat under the present food
regulations, these subdivisions should
be abolished, and the farmer should be
paid on full grade basis for his
wheat. Mr.. McGoyern's arguments
are interesting, and the bulletin is
having wide circulation.
Tribune Want Ads Bring Results.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
MINOT'S NEW DEEP
WELLS SATISF'AC Glory

Z. Minot, N, d., May sssMinot's new
deep wells made a decided impression
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
DESCENDANT OF
IA FAYErTE WINS
CROix De GUERRE.

Paris, May S.-Count Gilbert
d'Lafayette, son of Marquis d'La-
fayette and a descendant of Gener
Lafayette of Revolutionary fame,
has been decorated with the war
cross. He has been serving as
sergeant in the French artillery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
FIVE ENGINEERS AND
TWO BOILERMAKERSTOi
GO TO MARYLAND POST

Five engineers and two boilermak-
ers, who volunteered in response to
Uncle Sans want columns, recently
carried in the North Dakota press,
will be indicted into the service May
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
TAKES STEELE PATIENT

Patrick Heenan, state transporta-
ton officer, went to Steele yesterday
to convey to the state hospital for the
insane Kidder county woman who
had been declared insane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14

Mrs. Wallace Crutcher entertained
her Tuesday Bridge club this after
noen at her home, 1913 Harrison
street. The club kpits for the Red
Gre SIS on alternate meeting days. Those
who substituted for absent members
were: Mrs. Clarence Jordan. who
PLAYED for Miss Grace koontZ; Mrs
Jack Campbell. who played for Mrs.
Whitney, who played for Mrs. Bruce
Mcfarland.
Alfred Ouinton, of Washington, D.
c.. formerly of Topeka. who is in the
army service, has received a promo
ton to the rank of major. He is in
tn: ordnance department in Washing
ton Major Quinton is the son of Mr..
and Mrs A B. Quinton of Washington,
and a brother of Mrs. Fred Davis, of
Topeka
Mrs. Chauncey Dewey. who has been
visiting her mother. Mrs. Frank r.
Millspaugh, for the past ten days, is
leaving for New York 20 join her hus-
bard, who has been in Washington.
D. C. He is a member of the staff Of
the commanding officer at Funston,
ciai business.
An article in the Kansas City Times
asks the women not to waste any wool
threads, however snort or Whatever
color they may be. Such threads
should be crocheted into squares and
sent to the American Fund. 1851 Main
street, Kansas City, Mo. There these
little squares are put together and
made into coverings for hospital beds
They are very warm, being wool, and
as that material is scarce and hard to
obtain, none of it should be thrown
away If all the women will save the
scraps of it that they find about their
hc,lses. the total amount accumulated
for the use of the soldiers would be
enormous
y X
The Ceramic Art club will meet
Friday afternoon at o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. w. c. McDonough, to
do Red Cross work. The members ere
asked to take with them their Thin
bIes and scissors.
X X X
Thomas Ashby, one of the mem
bers of the 9Th battalion, goth en-
gineers, which was on board the
transport Tuscania, is a former K. U.
student, having attended the Univer-
sity here in 1913-14. He was a MEM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
Looking Backward In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

A number of the friends of Mrs. Samuel
T. Howe gave her surprise party Monday
afternoon in honor of her birthday. The
invited guests were Mr. and Mrs; Jack,
son, Mr. and Mrs 81. Nonkin, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Peck. Mr..
and Mrs. p. B. Colville, Mr.. and Mrs Percy
Mrs. Ed Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Herrick.
Mr. aad Mrs. G. w. Humbert, Mr.. and Mrs;
+. Humbert- Mr.. and Mrs. Hypes. Mr. and
Mrs. w. Whittier Mr.. and Mrs. +. W.
Leech. Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Custenborder,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Humbert. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Kineaid, Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, Mr..
and Mrs. Elgin Baird, Mr. and Mrs. John
Humbert Mrs. Godfrey and Mrs. Frank.
The Modern Literature club met Monday
afternoon with Mrs. David Palmer
Mrs. r. J. Parker will spend Thursday
in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
CONTROL R. R. BOATS
Steamer Lines Belonging to Railways
Put Under Government Dictator.

Washington. Feb. 14.-Coastwise and
Great Lakes steamship lines operated
by railroads today were placed by
Director General McAdoo under the
supervision of w. H. Peasants of
New York, president of the Ocean
Steamship company. who was desig-
mated manager of the marine section
of the railroad administration
Peasants will work in cooperation
with the shipping board and the wal
and navy departments to coordinate
rail movement and as far as possible
transatlantic shipping with coastwise
and Great Lakes traffic.
Greater movement of coal to New
England by water is expected and eff
forts will be made to get vast Quanti-
ties of coal to the northwest via the
Great Lakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
ALL RILED UP AGAIN!
Ship Carpenters Threaten Strike
Demand S6.4O Day.

| New York. Feb. -14.-Demands for
increased wages by shipyard workers
caused widespread reports today that
a general strike all along the Atlantic
seaboard involving $4,000 men, is i'm
minent. Such a strike would cripple
government shipbuilding.
| John Stuart, secretary of the Ma
rine Woodworkers district council, de-
clared the strike would start unless
carpenters get $40 for an eight-hour
| day, instead of $3.50, the shipping
boards scale.
| T. NJ. Guerin, Indianapolis, of the
general executive board of the United
| brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers. s here for conferences.
The government is making every eff
fort to settle the strike of four hun
dred carpenters at Shipyards on Staten
Island.
Baltimore. Md, Feb 14-Govern-
ment shIpbuilding at this port was Sc
riously hampered today by strikes of
carpenters and joiners in the ship
building plant of the Bethlehem Steel
company at Sparrows Point and the
Baltimore Drydocks e Shipbuilding
company. Two hundred men at each
place failed to report for work this
morning.
An official of the Baltimore Dry
docks & Shipbuilding company said he
did not know the reason for the strike
of his men. They had made no de-
mands, he said. The leaders of the
men refused to discuss their action,
saying:
They know all about it in Wash
ington.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14

of state or national officer or worker
of the w. C. T. U.
The o. d. o. club will meet with
Mrs. Frank II. Vaughn, 211 west
Eleventh street, Friday afternoon, at
2;S0 o'clock.
The Day Nursery club will have an
all-day meeting Friday at the Pei
letter Red Cross room.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Marguerite Koontz and MISS
Grace Koontz have gone to Chicago to
remain a few days visiting friends
Miss Helen Yoder is visiting friends
in Kansas City this week
Miss Clyde BonebraBe went TO
Kansas, City "Wednesday to- attend the
motor show.
Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Campbell will
Friday, and Saturday of-this week
DIR. Edmund J.. kulp will go to
Lawrence to give an address Friday
afternoon before the students and
faculty of Kansas university, in ROD
inson gymnasium. His subject will
be christianity and World Demoe-
racy.'
Mrs. Layton Miles of Kansas City
is expected soon for a visit to her
aunt, Mrs. Marie Price Wear, and to
Mrs. James L. King. Mrs. Miles, be-
fore her marriage, was Miss Paulne
Hudson
Mrs. j. d. NJ. Hamilton will return
in few days from a trip south She
has been in San Antonio, Tex, for a
few weeks, with Mrs. r. ]. Parker, of
Amarillo. who Joined her in the trip
to San Antonio.
Mrs. Albert T. Reid has been in st.
Louis Mo-, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. ].
nd MAJ ROT Rarn6S.
MRS. Wendell Lyman is expected to
returrr~in a few days from Muskogee,
Okla, where she is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. J. B. Furry.
Mr.. James L. King will leave Fri
day nignt for a trip to St. Louis, Mo.
Mr.. Paul Huycke and his daughter,
Bernadette, and his son, George, have
returned from Kansas City. where
they visited the motor show.
Miss Alene Officer is visiting her
cousin in Kansas City and attending
the AUTOMOBILE show. -
Mr.. Frank Daeschner, who is with
the engineering division at Fort Sill,
has been visiting friends at the Kappa
Sigma house. He is former Wash
burn student.
Mrs L. B. McClintock of Kansas
City is visiting Mrs. A. K. Rodgers.
Mr.. Willoughby- Boughton went to
Kansas City to attend the Heifetz cen
cert
MT ana Mrs. George Guild and their
daughter, Mrs. Walter Wedding, went
to Kansas City to hear the Heifetz
concert.
Mrs. David Page and her sons,
Thomas and David, VIII leave Friday
for Omaha to visit Mrs. Pages pa
rents, DIR. and Mrs. David R. Kerr.
Later they will go to DETROIT, Mich,
to join Lieutenant Page, who is sta
toned there. During their absence
their house will be occupied by Mr..
anc Mrs. William Fitzpatrick.
Mrs. Hattie Gaming of Rockford
Ill. is visiting her son, Mr. ARA Clark
an0 Mrs. Clark
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Merriam are at
tending the automobile show in Kan
sas City
Mrs. Howell H. Jones and her son,
Corbet, of Cedar Point, have returned
home after visit to their relatives in
Topeka.
Miss Anna Clay of Denver, Colo,
, No. of Topeka is visiting Miss
Marie Coakley, of Jefferson street
Folio All Killed Up Again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
Will DEBATE PEACE
Important Session of Germany Reichs.
tag Set for February Fl.

London, Feb. 14.-An important
peace debate will begin in the Ger
man reichstag February 81, according
to wireless dispatch from tAmster-
dam Chancellor Won Hertling will
discuss the treaty with the Ukraine
and will reply to President Wilson,
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Orlando.
An Amsterdam dispatch received in
London, Tuesday, reported that Count
Won Hertling intended to answer
President Wilson's message in the
reichstag next Tuesday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
ADDS $4,000 MEN
Britain Also Has Enlisted 804. 900 Men
in War Work in Last Year.

London, Feb. 14.-Eight hundred
ard twenty thousand men were added
to the British army in 1917, while
10000 men and S04, 900 women were
assigned to essential war work, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer SBonar Law
announced in the house of commons
this afternoon.
The chancellor said Great Britain
now had 80 per cent more guns and
twice as many airplanes as in 1916 and
had built 1,163,600 tons of shipping
twice the amount built in 1916.