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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
News From the Boys Who
fire With Our Uncle Sam

Many will remember Justin Stols-
mo who worked here couple OF years.
He has written to friends that he en-
listed on March 3Oth and was in
camp at Newport News, Va. He says
he does not like the east as we'll as
North Dakota but expects to be sent
across very soon and knows he will
like it there.
Overheard in the stables: Recruit
(who is trying to mount horse and
failing in the attempt) to captain near
by: "Say 'Sarg' will you help me on
this hoss?" Captain (very much sur
prised): Don't you know better than
to call me sergeant?" Recruit: "Well
Cap, I've plum fergot your other name
won't you gimme lift?"
The Mclean county boys at Camp
Lewis had great disappointment
the other day. They had orders to
pack and were all ready to go to Cal
ifornia. They were anxious to 60 as
it would be a fine trip and they want
to see the country. Then-as one
fellow expressed it Some nut got the
measles and we are quarantined to
stay here another 20 days."
Fred Wheeler and David Packneau
are probably the only two Indians
from the Fort Berthold reservation
who have reached France. These two
men could not wait for their call but
asked permission to leave earlier and
we're sent to Camp Dodge. Letters
o their home folks state that they en-.
Dyed their trip across and like the
york very much.
A letter from Carl Knudtson to
'rof. Morgan, that was mentioned last
week, told some interesting news to
lis school friends, that others might
!so like to hear: II do not want to
rag, but made new record In my
ompany, beating the old record BY 5
points, and receiving third IN the #
division which includes As, 900 men.' Z
his sounds like Carl will do good q
FORK when be gets IN mo Mans .
and s.5. Il s5 s.. s. 5..55.4,.5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
Frazier Leads
Sfeen for Gov.

All indications point toward
Frazier having a majority Of at
least $500.
Wick leads Baer in First Con-
gressionaI District, Young has a
big majority over Hnachett in
Second, and Norton will no doubt
remain in Third, having defeated
Sinclair.
Miss Nelson has piled up big
majority over Mcdonald for State
Superintendent Of Schools.
Present league state officers
will remain another two years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
All Speakers Gave Serious Talks That
Were Full Of Patriotism and Very
TimeIy-Large Crowd Present From
All Over The County Again Here To
Help Give the Boys a Good Send-off
As Usual.

The weather could not have been
more pleasant than it was Sunday af-
ternoon in the park. The large crowd
could not be seated even with the ex-
ira places prepared. That the peo-
pie are not losing interest in seeing
that the boys are given good send
off when they leave for camp, was
again demonstrated by the crowds
that began gathering at two o'clock.
The band members, in their new
uniforms, began playing prompt
ly at two After a short program on
the street they marched to the park
where they played for half an hour.
After short prayer by John Bibelhei-
mer, the afternoon program began
with community singing. The chair
man, J. T. McCulloch, then introduced
his wife who gave splendid talk,
using as her subject "Shall We Co.
Operate or Shall We Obstruct?" Her
talk was mostly about the work OF
the Red Cross and to the women who
are still holding back from giving
this important work their full support.
If there were any slackers among the
women present, it surely must have
made them resolve to turn over new
leaf and do less Of something else and
more Red Cross work. She told how
badly it was needed and how much it
meant to the boys who were fighting
for us. <M% Il
Judge Geo. P. Gibson, in his usual
concise manner, gave a timely four
minute talk. He said it did not make
any difference now, how we got into
this fight or why, but that we must
realize we are in it and. must get out,
4ant get out VIC tnrfDus1y, and tie best
way to do that was to '"get the beast
out Of Berlin" Judge Gibson never
fails to give some pointed sentences
in his short talks which are always
very impressive.
Judge w. l.. Nuessle was next intro
duced. He began his talk by stating
that he, in his work as Judge of the
district court, met a good many men
who we're taking out their citizenship
papers and he always asked them two
questions: Why did they come, and
are their children better off than they
were when children? Nearly all stat
ed that they came over because this
was a better and freer country, and
that their: children were better off by
far than they ever were.
The Judge told of a jury that. tried
a, case during this term of court. He
said nine Of the twelve men were
foreign born and knowing them all,
knew that they came here with prac-
tically nothing but that their earn
ings since coming here, all less than
thirty years ago, would at least be a
quarter of a million. This, he said,
was proof what this country did for
men who came here to better them
selves.
Judge Nuessle said he was off on a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
Central Powers Held, But Allies Must
Expect Renewal Of Hun Drive, News
papermen Told in Conference-Rain-
bow Division Is Praised For Their
Splendid Work.

Washington June $500 900 men
have been shipped across the seas,
General March told newspaper CORES
pondents at the weekly conference to-
day. These include the troops shipped
from all American ports of embarka-
ton. The United States Is today five
months ahead of its program for plac-
ing an army in France.
The figures on American troop ship.
ments are significant since General
March at his first conference last
week fixed the number shipped at
more than 100000, the addition of
100000 during the week showing the
rate of progress that is being made.
Germans are Held
AS for the general war situation, he
declared he can say again that the
Central Powers are held, but warned
that the nation must expect a renewal
of the German drive
He accorded high praise to the
Americans sharing in the present
struggle. They have done we'll and
have delivered the goods, he said. He
also praised the work of the Allies.
OF the 100000 men in France, $4,000
are marines
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
81 Selected Men Left For
Camp Dodge Monday Splendid
!: Program Given In Their Honor

vacation, away from railroad where
mail was received only once day,
when the news came that there would
probably be war between Germany and
England He said they talked about
it considerably but all agreed that in
this age of civilization there could
not be war, but they soon realized
there must be and it was now every
body's principal duty to help win it.
He told touching story about his
for long time for bicycle. He
heard a great deal about bonds and
War Savings Stamps, and one day
went to his father with all his savings
and told him he wanted to buy bond
with it. He had begun to know that
everyone must loan their money to
the government.
He described how the Stacker would
feel when the war was over and they
were asked what they had done to
help win it; how fathers would feel
when their sons questioned them; how
the women would feel when visiting
others who had all been hard workers
for the Red Cross and other war work.
It certainly should have made those
who are luck warm in their work now
feel that they too must do their share
The judge said it made his blood
boil when he heard about the work
men who would not put the engines
that had been made by non-union' men
in the ships that were all completed;
Of the work of the 1. W. WIS in
threatening and destroying elevators
and crops and of people who were talk
ing against the government. But he
said there would be day coming
when they would pay and pay we'll for
all this.
Mr.. Nuessle said there were many
waiting for the draft age to be chang
ed to As, men who were anxious to
get into the fight and help bring il
auickly to sss ~ @
His speech as a whole was one of
the best heard here this year, and we
only regret that it was not taken
down for the benefit Of those not
present.
Mike Tellefson, who is home from
Camp Dodge on short furlough, was
the next speaker. He was introduced
as a man, in days past, who could
always keep a crowd good natured.
He made no attempt at humor, know
ing better than those at home, that
the time now is for serious work. He
said the boys at the front would do
their part in. this great war but that
the people at home must get behind
them with all the force they could. He
told about the way Uncle Sam was TAX
ing care of his soldiers and that the
boys who wrote stories home other
wise were simply trying to get SYM
pathy where none was needed. E.. 3:.@
The splendid program closed by the
singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
All those present expressed them
selves as having heard the best talks
ever given on like occasion. There
seemed to be feeling in the air that
times are serious and the people
need to be awakened to the fact. It
is time to get back of our government
(Continued from page A.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28

RUSSIAN CZAR ASSASSINATED
On June 26 it was reported that
the former Emperor, Nicholas,
had been assassinated by Bolshe-
vik troops.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-06-28
900, 900 Men In France:
u. 5. Five Months Ahead of
Program, Says Staff Head

SO we'll and honor it so truly. Our
flag stands for the things we love and
Continued on Page 81
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
The Sport Spotlight
TO ARRANGE SCHEDULE
By T. F. Wagner

Not having of Bill Carey of it takes three men to Sid Challenger did alone in the old oavs or the Connecticut league
 Shooting Gilbert street when shooting the national pasme in this city
 1864 TO SHOT
 Newspapers in Ptsburg France yesterday America and 1864 for the battle be held the trenches Why not stick him in against Kid Catsup? April showers promising an r00k1e pack to the little old red house on the hi cannot lose any more games in the state Duck pm tourney until next Tuesday afternoon.
 CAN'T BLUFF COOGAN alec Mel Mel coogan the Brooklyn gUeight knows when he wins fight and to coogans Walter referee the fight Butler self getting the decision Jumped in and broke up the melee CUBAN SURE OF JOB Joe Rodgues shown 
  league There reports of hodout for salary
 PICKING THE WINNERS Giants win"-McGraw.
 Brooklyn win"-Robinson. "Yanks will wn"-Huggins
 Miller by five columns a half
 selling the 1918 ball the other 7s days! HEADLINES YOU NEVER SEE German Paper Nothtng"-wIlsrd. Hatchet Bridgeport Team Wins Baseball Pennant Cobb Says Salaries Must Come Down
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
CREE TAKEN ILL;
 SHOW POSTPONED
By T, F. WAGNER.


 Billy Hogan, the W. k. fistic pro- motor, is having his troubles. The other day Frankie Conifrey called Hogan on the phone to impart the news that he was home fighting an attack of boils and would not appear in his scheduled semi-fnal with Louis Bagash at the boxing show Monday night. Hogan immediately signed Young Eddy of Greenwich to fill in for Conifrey and everything was set right once more.
 Last night a red-headed messenger boy planted Western Union tele- gram on the bar of the Alpine Hotel. Billy happened to be on watch when the message came. It was addressed to him and sent from the wilds of Pittsburgh by Red Mason, manager of Harry Greb and. told in few chosen words that Greb was in hos pital at Pittsburgh and would be un- able to appear here Monday night to meet Chip.
 Matchmaker Hogan immediately got in communication with Jimmy Dime and the James agreed to post pone the bout until later date. Ho- gan rang up John Hottz, manager of the Casino, and arranged to shift the date to Monday night, April 22.
 'I am sorry that Greb is unable to show here Monday night" said Hogan this morning, but such things will happen in the best of regulated fights. One can sign the fighters but cannot get in the ring and fight for them when they are taken i'll. figured the Conifrey matter a small affair but with Grub taken i'll at the last mo- ment it's a wonder that I'm not gray haired this morning.
 q wonder what'n be next?" piped Billy as he left our sanctum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
Cubs, Hopes Shattered.

Chicago, April 13-The pennant hopes of the Chicago Cubs were dealt knockout blow, when an announce ment was received from St. Paul, Neb., that Grover Cleveland Alexan- der, the leading major league pitch CT, has been selected by the draft board of Howard county, Nebraska, as one of the twelve men in the coun- tvs quota to be sent to Camp Fun ton on April 26. Alexander has re- ston on that date. The great Cub pitcher is the first one of basebalrs big stars to be drafted.
 While Alexander was placed in Class IA by his draft board last winter, it was believed that the fam ous pitcher would not be called un- til after the end of the present sea son, as he had high number. Alex ander is 31 years old now, having attained that age last February, and under suggestion made some time ago by Secretary of War Baker men reaching 31 years of age, if not call ed by that time, automatically would have ceased to be eligible for service This suggestion, however, did not meet with favor by those who are in charge of the draft.
 The news that the sensational pitcher who last winter figured in one of basebalrs greatest deals, soon will wear the khaki of Uncle Sam, was a heavy shock to President Weeghman of the Cubs. Weeghman expected the pitcher to win the championship for the Chicago Ma uonals this season.
 Last winter Weeghman bought Alexander and Killefer, who catches him, from the Philadelphia Nationals for S50.000. Under the provision of the deal the transaction was to be called off in the event that Alexan- der would be called into service thir- ty days before the start of the championship season. This period has long since passed. Weeghman also admitted today that he had paid Alexander a bonus of $5,000 for join ing the club this season, despite the fact that the Chicago club took over his Philadelphia contract, which had another year to run.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13

extremely difficult to connect with the ball mad has made only three hits.
 Kauff is a peculiar little fellow in many respects. He isn't a bit worried over his slim batting average on this tour, for he declares he never enters into the spirit of the game until the championship season opens, and that what he might or might not accom- plish in exhibition contests matters but little to him.
 In support of this statement it must be said for him that his actions on the ball field in the games with the In dians have been listless, particularly in comparison with the manner in which he gets about during the pro- gress of games played during pen nant fight. Nevertheless if he had got ten away to a good start with the stick in this series, it is probable that he would now be plugging away in great shape and that he would be as thoroughly enthused as if a flag were at stake.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
DEWEY SURPRISES
 BRASS CITY MAN
Local Duckpinner Takes [ Out of g Games From
 Waterbury Sheriff.

Admiral" Dewey, the local bowler sprung an unpleasant surprise ons Sheriff Bob Stone of Waterbury herd yesterday afternoon by paging fiva5 out of nine games in regular state individual title event. Dewey flashed his best form in the tourney. amass- ing an average of 107. Stone averaged 1O4. The scores:
 First Game. Stone-1O 20 S7 46 56 e5 7s SsI 97 106. Dewey-s IS 2s 4s 52 ss se 74| S6 92. spares-Dewey 2, Stone 2.
 Second Game. stone-6 15 20 s5 A 5s s1 7o| 7S S6.
 Dewey-s IT 27 s4 AS 57 s7 75| Spares-Dewey 1, Stone 1.
 Third Game. stone-14 24 42 52 64 II 80 so| 99 109 Dewey-17 27 s5 51 60 6s ss s1I 107 Ill. t Spares-Dewey 3, Stone 3.
 Fourth Game. ] Stone-S Is 25 S1 40 50 5s 6S 75 S5. Dewey-15 2s s2 AZ 51 60 7s ss 104 112.
 Spares-Dewey s.
 Fifth Game. Stone-1O 25 42 52 60 TT s1 9s 107 121.
 Dewey-7 r ss 4a s2 s2 100. 1Oe 119 128. spares-Dewey 3, Stone 5. Strikes Dewey 1.
 Sixth Game. stone-s IS s4 47 56 64 7a 7s SS 97. Dewey-15 s4 49 5s ss 7s ST 1O1. 11O 117.
 Spares-Dewey 4, Stone ?.
 Seventh Game. stone-1o 19 2s 3S 46 5o 65 S4 100 no. Dewey-1O IS 27 ss 4s 5s es s5 9S 11O7. spares-Dewey 3, Stone 2.
 Eighth Game. Stone-10 26 35 45 55 e4 79 S8 97 107.
 Dewey-9 19- 27 36 46 56 62 II S1 9S.
 Spares-Dewey. 1, Stone 2.
 Ninth Game. .. stone-1s 27 A 54 6s 72 90 100 109 119. Dewey-1s 34 Az 4s 56 66 80 Ss i97 107. s- Spares-Dewey 8, Stone 3. @ Dewey-92 94 III 112 12S IF 1O7 9S 11o7-966. Average 1O7.s. Stone-106 S6 100 S5 121 97 no 107 119-939. Average 104S. OHioinI Ctnndirn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
NEW ''|NT"LEACUE
 READY TO START
Managers for Circuit Ap- pointed-Wiltse to Lead
 Buffalo Club.

The meeting of the New Interna- tional League, which held it's prelim- mary meetings last week, resumed it's session at the Hotel Biltmore, New York, yesterday. The most important work was the naming of managers for the six clubs
 Dan Howley, former manager of Montreal, will manage the Toronto club, while Patsy Donovan, formerly of Buffalo, will have charge of the new Syracuse club. George Wiltse, former Giant pitcher, will succeed Donovan in Buffalo. Arthur Irwin, former business manager of Toronto, will manage the Rochester club, while Jack Dunn will remain in charge of the new Jersey City club. Managers have not yet been selected for the Newark and Bingha.mton clubs, all though Mike Donlin was around the meeting, and it was said he might land in Newark.
 The Newark situation is still unset tied: Neither President John Farrell of the new league nor the other pro- motors were willing to divulge the names of the hackers of the Newark club. Farrell yesterday had William MdManus of Newark at the meeting, and he likely will take over the New ark franchise. If he does the games will be played at the former Federal stand at Harrison, N. J.
 According to several of the New In- International qIeaguers, the tip has gone around that Sunday baseball has been knocked on the head at Albany. Farrell said the league is prepared to go ahead, even if Sunday baseball is not 1egahzed in the Legislature. The league spent the greater part of the afternoon. as well as the even ing, in the adoption of a schedule. l Te schedule was not completed last night, as there was considerable hag- gHng over Saturday and holiday aAtes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-13
APRIL SHOWERS HALT BASEBALL Prevents Game at Ebbett S Field-Teams May Clash
 Today.

New York, April 1S-All traditions connected with the opening of the baseball season at Ebbets Field were observed yesterday and the Yankees and the Dodgers were unable to gam bol on the Flatbush green sward for various reasons. Four of the best reasons were rain, hail, snow and mud. Nothing less than a flood of warm sunlight will dry out .Ebbets Field enough to permit the clubs to play today, but if it should clear off and the park is dried out the Dodgers and Tanks will cavort for the fans edification at o'clock this afternoon.
 The weather was behaving well enough until the baseball clubs ap- preached New York and then came the blizzard which so often greets these early baseball openings. The baseball men may be so deeply inn pressed with the weather which was at large yesterday that they will re- member it next year when they are making up the schedules and delay the return from the South until we'll along toward May 1. But the proba- bilities are that they will again do everything they can to encourage April blizzards by starting the season early.
 Both Managers Higgins and Robin son were keenly disappointed over yesterdays storm, because they want ed to get their players out to become scclimated to the northern atmos- phere before the opening of the sea- son next week.
 Manager Higgins has come to the conclusion after watching his play CTS in the South for a month that he has a pretty fair ball club. He real izes that his pitching staff is not as strong as it might be, but he hopes to strengthen this department of his club as soon as possible. Higgins said yesterday in discussing the club:
 T was pretty well pleased with the showing of the players in the South and the club will be able to hold it's own as far as batting. and fielding is concerned. Much, of course, depends on the pitching, and it was a hard blow to the pitching department to lose Shawkey. I plan to strengthen our pitching by getting another pitcher in the near future.
 ''Bodie was a surprise to me. had been told that he was slow in the field and on the bases, but while he is not a speed marvel he moves around pretty fast and is a good fielder. His batting should be a big help to the Yankees. It is too early, of course, to pass judgment on the pitching, but think our boxmen will round out in good shape.
 "Marsans has sent us word that he will report next week, and he should be a big help to the outfield. We will know definitely about Plank in day or two, but I have strong hopes that the veteran will play through the sea- son with us"