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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
Hun Airmen Driven Back in Third
Successive Nightly Attack.

London, Feb. 19.-Ffrst reports
from outlying parts of London say that
the gun defenses never were more eff
fective than Monday night when they
prevented German aerial raiders from
reaching London. The Germans were
engaged hotly by the guns, which
maintained an incessant fire for forty
minutes. filling the sky with bursting
shells, fragments of which fell to the
ground in greater quantities than ever
before. Eventually the raiders made
off toward the east coast
There were no casualties and no
damage in last nights air raid" Lord
French, commander of the home
forces announced today.
This was the third German air at
tack on England in successive nights
The other two raids resulted in a total
casualty list of 81 killed and Al in
jured-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
LONDON RAID FAILS

Continued on Page Two.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
STATE CANVASSING =.
BOARD CONVENES IN
- STATUTORY SESSION

The state canvassing board convenes
Tuesday as required by law and, with
a view to giving time for the soldiers
vote to get in from France, >adjourns
until next Tuesday. Returns on alb
sent voter ballots mailed to soldiers
abroad have not been satisfactory to
date. The act providing for the vot-
ing Of citizens in the army and navy
board was +bungled in the legislature
While the act required that ballots be
forwarded As days prior to, the date
fthe general election, a law already
on the statute. books providing that
the formal ballot not be printed ear
liersthan 80 days before election was
not amended. It is believed prob
able as result of the necessity OF
holding the ballots, until 80 days 1be-
fore election that they did not reach
many soldiers and sailors in foreign
service early enough to be voted
November 5. In Burleigh county. Tor
instance, the total number of soldier
ballots returned out of 175 which were
mailed out to soldiers in this country
and abroad, is only ten to date, anu
one OF these was voted November ~
in training camp in this country,
and under the attorney generals opin-
ion cannot be counted,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
AGAINST
VENEREAL DISEASE

Dr.. F. ,Ra ,Smyth chairman of&the
state medical section of the council
of national defense, and surgeon OF
the United States public health serv-
ice, upon request Of the surgeon
general, asks that the following state
ment be given publicity:
The end of actual fighting in the
world war does not lessen the neces-
sity for the campaign against veneer
cal diseases. Rather it becomes a
greater war emergency measure than
ever. Cessation OF ,hOstilities centers
attention on the return & the victor
ious American forces. On entering the
service the men became subject to
Army and Navy discipline, which, in
the, control Of vehereal diseases with
in the ranks, is rigid Prior TO de-
t,no jiliZation, the tense fighting NOR
ale of the forces is bound to relax
The men will Zoe buoyant i'll spirit
and eager to celebrat e.>,sWhen mus
tered out they will return to condl'
tons in civilian life which have been
responsible for venereal disease. Many
Of them will contract J. 1t as a result.
Unless all cases of venereal disease
have proper treatment during the per-
iod of reconstruction, the scourge will
reach alarming proportions. The time
from now on is the most critical OF
all. ,.:.s III -. ri. ....
~. ~. i RUPERT BLUE, &.
-,..,.s.5 "a. Surgeon General
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
A REAL SURVIVOR OF CLUSTERS
II. -as.4 ill., LAST FIGHT is AT BERTHOLD

United States agent for those Indians
20 years ago. had charge Of them
for four years. | knew Curley/ Head
very well ana as government agent !
gave him land in seVeralty and issued
him a span Of brood mares, four COWS
and limited supply Of farm nipple
ments. In 1883 | sent Curley Head
to the Worlds Fair at Chicago, where
he rightfuliy posed as the "last survi-
vOr,' for which he received $73 per
month for five months. Curley Head
died on his homestead in 1919.
In this connection 1t Is erroneous
to refer 10 the battle OF The Little
Big Horn as massacre. The Indian
neither asks nor gives quarter in bat
tie and takes no prisoners. In this
battle Custer was simply outgenerai-
ed by Gall, John Grass and the other
Sioux chiefs (Sitting Bull was not
considered a fighting man by the In
dians) Tho Indians set a trap for
Custer. who walked into it ,and was
slaughtered. 1t was Clusters love or
personal glory, superinduced by van
ity, that was responsible for this So
called massacre. Custer, who. accord
ing to Curlcy Head. was fully In
formed as to the number and disposi-
ton OF the Sioux by Bloody knife,
should have waited and made the
junction with Reno, which were his
Speaking of the Fort Berthold IN
dams, who were never at war with
tho whites on any occasion, fe" PEG
pie comprehend the large part played
by these Indians in the early history
of the Northwest You will remcm-
Der that early in 1891 President JEFF
fersOn appointed Lewis and Clark
Captain Merriweathcr Clark, a regu.
lar army officer. was head Of the ex-
pcditiOn) to explore the Missouri
river from st. Louis to its source,
cross the mountains and take posses
sion of the land north OF the Spanish
possessions in the maine Of the United
States.
This commission left st. Louis in
May, 1904, but because of floods, sick
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03

(From The Minneapolis Tribune)
Anent the letter Of c. S.>Benson in
your isue Of this morning, captioned
TOO Many Last Survivors," which re-
fers 10 the so called Last Survivors
and then we read of the youngest
drummer boy" Mr.. Eenson's re-
marks are apropos the occasion.
~ Nevertheless there are aside from,
the cavalry horse Comanche, to which
Mr.. Benson refers, last survivor"
This was Curley Head an Areckaree
Indian scout from the Fort Berthold
reservation, in what is now North
western North Dakota. The best In
dian scouts in the employ OF the
United States army during the days
OF Indian warfare came from the
Areckaree, Grosventree and NIandan
Indians Of the Fort Berthold reserva-
ton. Clusters chief Of scouts, Bloody
Knife, was an Areckaree, He lost his
life in the battle Of The Little Big
Horn.
Curley Head was at this time
GS76) 10 years OF age. He was in
the battle, killed a Sioux warrior
took the Sioux blanket and in the eX-
element escaped through the lines.
made his way to the Missouri rive:
and intercepted General Banteen. who
was on his way up the river on the
steamboat Grcatwest with rcinforce-
ments.
The first account given Of this bat
tie was that wired a New York paper
by Colonel LounsDerry editor ana
founder Of the bismarck Tribune.
Colonel Lounsb Try. usually correct
narrator, e"ront ou-ly rNf"r!ri to Cur
ley Head as u Crow scout from IN"
Grow reservation in Montana. This
misstatoment eXemplIIiH.; the pTactl-
cal emp0ssibiltv Of catching up with
an error Of this kind, as practically
all subsequent writer's on the battle
OF The Little Big Horn refer to CurleY
Head as Grow Indian scout.
speak with some authority on this
subject regarding Curley Head, as
President Harrison appointed me
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
Spanish Influenza
Do Not Fear When Fighting Germ
AMOR Germ!
By Dr., M. Cook,

BY Dr.. M. Cook.
The cool fighter. always wins and
so there is no need to become panic.
stricken. Avoid fear and crowds. EX-
ercise in the fresh air >and practice
the three &C: A Clean Mouth, a
Clean Skin and Clean Bowels. TO
carry off the poisons that accumu-
late within the body and to ward off
an attack of the influenza bacillus,
take a good liver regulator to move
the bowels. Such one is made up
of May-apple. leaves of dloe, root of
jalap, and is to be had at any drug
store, and called pleasant Purgatiye
Pellets" ...
If a bad cold develops, go to bed.
wrap up well, drink freely Of hot
lemonade and take hot mustard
footbath. Have the bedroom warm
but we'll ventilated. Obtain at the
nearest drug store "Anuric Tablets"
to flush the kidneys and control the
pains and aches. Take an "Anuric"
tablet every two hours, together with
copious drinks of lemonade: If a true
case of Influenza, the food should be
simple, such as broths. milk, butter
milk and ice-cream: but 1t is import
ant that food be given regularly in
order to keep up patients strength
and vitality. After the acute attack
has passed. which is generally from
three to seven days, the system should
be built up by the use of good iron
tonic. such as "lrontic'' tablets, to
be obtained at some Arug stores, or
that we'll known blood-maker and
herbal tonic made from roots and
banks of forest trees-sold every
where as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. H. n-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
POSLAM VITAL r
TO SUFFERERS
FROM ECZEMA.

If you have eczema, your promp!
use OF Poslam may mean all the dit
ference between immediate comfort
and long period OF itching distress
Take the easy, pleasant way to quick
relief. Apply Poslam right on the raw
places that burn and itch. Feel bur
den lifted as the skin is soothed and
pacified. You will know then to what
a high state Of efficiency this reliable
remedy has been brought. Poslam is
concentrated. Short treatment SUI.
fees for most minor troubles. 90
Sold everywhere, For free sample
write TO Emergency Laboratories, 243
West Attn ST., New York City. :,
, Poslam Soap, ,medicated with Pos.
lam should be used if skin is tender
and sensitive
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03

ness, deaths and finally the capsizing
OF the boat containing the bulk of the
provisions, the expedition did not
reach the Fort Eerthold Indians, then
located some 40 miles north Of where
Bismarck now stands, until October,
1904. The expedition camped with
the Indians during the winter of 1904
5 and after the ice went out the next
spring the journey was continued, be.
cause, as Captain Lewis writes, 1--WE
prepared 20 baskets OF corn, a guam
tity OF dried squash and plenty Of
pemnican.' Then with the expedition
piloted by Bird Woman" Saccaca-
wea(, the Missouri was explored to
its source, the mountains crossed and
that region now known as Western
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Orc
gon. taken possession OF in the name
Of the United States.
Subsequent Investigations and dis
putes demonstrated that the Lewis
and Clark expedition had reached the
territory prior to British expedition
sent out for the same purpose.
SO the fact that North Dakota was
a corn state ll5 years ago may az
count for the fact that splendid terri
tory west Of the mountains is today
United States instead OF British terri
tory My study of the language. ira
ditions and folklore Of the Areckaree,
Crostentree and Mandan Indians,
who were at one time powerful,
though peaceloving tribe, and who
were decimated by the more warlike
q 1,of 1,n1
those people were agriculturists.. had
distinct architecture of their own, al
ways raised corn enough to last them
over the year. they had the most alb
original civilization on the upped Mis-
souri, Of any Indian tribe north Of the
Zuni.-J. S. Murphy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
PARDON BOARD IN
SESSION AT PEN

The state board of pardons met at
the penitentiary this afternoon to
consider the usual grist of APPLICATIONS
for pardon, which is expected to still
further reduce the population at the
state prison Judge A. NJ. Christian
son sat as a member of the beard for
the first time as chief justice of the
North Dakota supreme court, succeed.
ing Chief Justice A. A. Bruce, whose
resignation took effect December l..
Other members present were the gov
ernor, the at toraey general, Secretary
Mason and Gus Wog Of Billings coun-
ty. Peter Roth of Morton, the fifth:
member, was unable to attend. 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
.,WOULDREIIEVEi !.
FARM I0NLINESS
THR0UGH<C0L0NY
Cooperative Bungalow Commu'
mites Proposed by Grand
Rapids Man
Grand Rapids Manufacturer Wants
Government TO Finance Ambitious
Idea to Take City to the Farm.
BY FREDERICK. NJ. KERRY. .,
N. e. A.RStaff Correspondent.

~ z. -. Starr Correspondents. -.
'' ~ - --rg, New York.
A plan for the establishment OF CO.
operative bungalow colonies on lands
purchased by the government, and
settled by returned soldiers, is to be
placed before Secretary of the lnter-
Tor Lane by John Thomas Bats,
Grand Rapids business man, now in
New York comforting with engineers
and experts and securing the co-opera-
ton of various national organizations.
Ninety per cent of the men in the
service would 60 on the land if they
Mr.. Bats today. 81 have talked with
hundreds of them and l know. =
have two of my own boys in the ser
vice who come home, marry the little
girl who has been waiting for him and
stare life on the land, with an assured
chance to make good, is the ambition
of thousands Of them. No man can
go on land today with a fair chance
Of making good by his own unaided
efforts. Our farm, production is to"
tally unOrganiZed. h. -.
Il have seen Secretary Lane and
expect to interest Secretary of Labor
Wilson and Secretary OF Agriculture
Houston. My plan contemplates the
financing Of a great system OF rural
community centers stretching from
coast to coast, with business mama
gers to direct operations: houses with
every modern convenience centrally
lighted and heated, with community
buildings for recreation, school ana
religious uses; agricultural experts to,
teach settlers cropping, dairying, gar
deniig, canning, food preparation, etc.
1--WE can mobilize the agricultural
brains of the country. The govern.
ment finance the. proposition. each
settler takinga certain number OF
shares of stock in the great co-opera-
tive undertaking. The price of food
could be greatly reduced and the re-
turn to the producer greatly IN
creased.
Every piece of machinery now in
use by the army could that be utl'
lied could be turned over to this new
enterprise: tractors trucks, moving
kitchens. air-planes, road-building
equNment-everything. The George
A, Fuller construction Company has
estimated for me that fifty per cent
could be reused for bungalows.
Average country life today is not
worth living. 4 It never will be until
the comforts, conveniences, and decen-
cies of modern civilization are made
available to the rural community.
Noww is the chance. We. could mlVe
the city to the country.
My plan will not interfere with
it will rather Observation-Disclosures
ing industrylin cities, for prosperous
rural population means greater de-
mand for all kinds of manufactured
products. 1t is sufficient to start II
we can have half a million men Out
of our army. . OF course, it need not
be restricted to returned soldiers.
Any man could enter the plan, once
it is placed in operation
Mr.. Bats is a successful manufact'
urer, but his boyhood was spent in
the. Missiuri frontier counery, III ere"
construction days after the Civil War
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03

sprays, in1alers, atomizers, jellieS
and other local applications.
S. S. S. has proven most satisfac-
tory remedy for Catarrh because it
goes direct to its source, and re-
moves the germs of the disease from
the blood. Get bottle from your
druggist today, and begin the only
logical treatment that gives real re-
suits. You can obtain special medical
advice without charge by writing to
Medical Director, q Swift .abora-
tory, Atlanta. Ga.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
Don't Let Catarrh Drag
You into CONSUMPTION
Avoid It's Dangerous Stage.

Avoid Its Dangerous Stage.
There is a more serious stage of
Catarrh than the annoyance caused
by the stopped-up air passages, and
the hawking and splitting and other
distasteful features.
The real danger comes from the
tendency of the disease to continue
its course downward until the lungs
become affected, and then dreaded
consumption is on your path. Your
own experience has taught you that
the disease cannot be cured by
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
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DON'T On NEGLECT A =
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Go after it with Sloan'a
Eminent before it gets
y -. DANGEROUS -


Apply lille, don't rub, let it tsrs-
srats, and-good-by twinge! Same for
external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
Of joints or muscles, lameness, bruises.
Instant relief without mussihess or
so:led clothing. Relia blc-the biggest
selling liniment year alter year. Eco
non1ical by reason OF enormous saleS.
Keep big bottle ready at. all times.
Askiyour druggist for Sloan's LiRinler:t.
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49, sr4e ssa1B6
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-03
HERE'S ONE CASE or -.
~ r. CHivALRY OF GERMANS

N. z. A. Special to The 7rIbune. :
Paris Maj, Raynal, the heroic
French officer who defended Fort
Vaux during the battle Of Verdun was
exchanged by Germans as a prisoner
Of war. After his magnificent resist
ance the Germans permitted him to
retain his sword. Doesn't sound like
German courtesy" but Major Raynal
says 1t happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-26
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
MAY ENTER UNIVERSITY
Those Eighteen Years Old and
Physically Fit Eligible for Induc-
ton Into G. q. S. A. T. G.

High school students who have
heretofore been barred from enter
ing the Student Army Training
Corps are eligible to enter the Or
ganization at Georgetown Unfver-
sity, even though they have not
completed preparatory academic
work, according to announcement by
the university authorities today.
Tho only requirement is that they
measure up to the physical stand
ards established by the Army and
have reached their eighteenth birth
day. Inductions OF such students
into the Students Army Training
Corps can be made at once upon
their enrolment in the university,
it is stated.
This new arrangement between
the war department and the univer-
sity will enable hundreds of students
to enter active military service by
this method. They will be given the
same military training as upper
classmen receive and allowed to con-
tinue their high or preparatory
school studies.
The university is prepared to 'ad-
init such students in unlimited num-
fast as students are called from the
university to enter officers training
schools or Army camps vacancies
will be provided for high school stu
dents who heretofore have not re-
ceived the benefit Of the govern
ment's military program in the
schools and colleges. The time for
the Induction of students into the
Army Training Corps at Georgetown
University has been extended to Oc-
tober 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-26
COLORED DRIVER HELD
AFTER FATAL COLLISION
Paul Make Arrested in This City
for Maryland Authorities; Death
Of Henry Heating.

Paul Make, colored. eighteen years
old, 1922 33d street, was arrested last
night by Detective Scrivener for the
Maryland authorities. It is charged
that an automobile he was operating
figured in an accident which resulted
in the death of Henry Heating, New
Market, Md. The prisoner admitted
his car collided with that from which
Heating was thrown. but denied that
he caused the accident.
The crash occurred Monday night at
a place called Razor Blade. between
Damascus and New Market. Heating
was riding in the automobile of
Adrian Oudernook, st. James, Md, and
was on his way home when the ma
chine in which Make was returning
from Baltimore with three co1ored
men, friends of A L. Mitchell, owner
of the car, collided with it.
Make told Detective Scrfvener be
was following another car and that
binding lights, he thought, caused the
accident. He stopped and remained at
the scene Of the accident until the in
jured man had been cared for and re-
moved. R. L. Frizell. deputy automo-
bile commissioner. Investigated the
accident and requested the arrest Of
the chauffeur. Maryland authorities
have been told of Makes arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-26
MUNITIONS WORKERS
y HEAR YPRES VETERAN
Maj. Powell Speaks to Employees Of
) Washington Steel and Ord
nance Company.
Garry on"

Cafry on.
Maj. s. H. Powell. formerly Of the
Canadian infantry and a veteran of
Ypres and other engagements over
seas, yesterday afternoon suggested
for adoption the foregoing as a slogan
to employees Of the Washington Steel
ing out munitions for war purposes.
And to bring home the necessity Of
always bearing in mind this slogan
Maj. Powell recited an unfortunate
incident in the earlier period Of the
war. when the shortage Of shells in
terfered with allied progress. Incl
dentally, he mentioned that the short
age Of shells was not overcome until
chose noble women of England
jumped into the breach" and saved the
"At one period our boys" he said,
were on the line for twenty-three
days: For that period a those boys built
which regularly every day of the
twenty-three the Germans were throw
ing heavy shell fire, smashing them
down and leveling them of to the
ground. The slaughter was terrific
and our own artillery for some reason
was strangely silent. Appeals for help
met no response until finally the fol-
lowing message came to us: Garry on;
hold that line at all costs. Sorry that
we cannot retal.ate; we have nc
shells'"
Another speaker was Sergt Larry b
Rockford, also OF the Canadian army
Tho officer and non-com. Of the Cana
dian army spoke under tho auspices
Of the industrial education section OF
tho ordnance department, the objec,
OF which is to speed up production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-26
FALLS Twenty FEET
down ELEVATOR SHAFT
Charles q. Nichols Suffers Ftactur.
ed Leg Mounted Policeman :.
Hurt-Other Accidents.
BY POP.

Charles. 81. Nichols, 2104 NJ street.
fell down the elevator shaft OF the
government building on the Airing
ton Hotel site yesterday afternoon. q
distance Of about twenty feet. frac-
tured his right leg and cut his face.
Physicians at Emergency Hospital
dressed his injuries.
J. R. Cole, fifty-two years old. 2020
M street, was badly injured In q run
away accident near 47th and EIlfcott
streets yesterday afternoon His horse
became frightened at a motor cycle,
ran away and threw him to the road.
He was taken to Emergency Hospital
and treated for internal injuries and
cuts about his face.
While adjusting rail OF a street
car at the North Capitol street pit
yesterday afternoon, James e. Har-
rell, a conductor. So H street, fell
and was struck by an automobile
operated by Walter Reed. 2012h
18th street. He received injuries to
his face and body, and Reed took him
to Casualty Hospital.
Mounted Policeman ]. T. Cuflfnane
Of the tenth precinct last night about
HAS o'clock suffered a dislocation
of his left hip and injuries to his
face as a result Of an automobile
striking his horse while al. Georgia
avenue and Park road. Sergt. Shir-
ley Evans, q. S. A, occupant Of the
automobile, took him to- Garfield
Hospital His condition Is not Sc
rious. T., =. 49,.