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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
SHE'S 49, HE 2N-SAMNY WINS A FRENCH BRIDE
AND ALSO 60 LONELY DAYS AT WOOD CHOPPING

respondent saw him tonight In
barracks. found him lying
on n bunk laboriously parsing
French verbs In the Pickering.
dancing light.
"A bride like her Is worth so
years OF wood choppIng." said
he. Her names Louise. She's
rs. and the daughter OF the VIII
lage harness maker. I'm 20.
and live Mt Cedar Grove, Ia
I'm Just arranging TO go TO the
trenches. After the war I'm
going To take my wife back to
Cedar Grove, where Dad owns
a big farm"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
SeH-SfyIed "Red"
Objects to Red
Cross Men on Jury

RoSEBURG. Jan. 2s.--On the
ground that they are prejudiccd
against him. FLOYD Ramp. self.
styled rcvolutionist. IL chal.
longing all prospective jurors
who are members OF the Red
Cross.
He also questions closely re-
garding Liberty loan subscrip-
tons.
Ramp II on trial in the fed
cral district court on charge Of
violating the espionage act thru
utterancca tending to discourage
enlistments and make men sub
ject To draft dissatisfied.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
Bomb Cases Wait
Mooney Decision

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2o.--un-
III the supreme court or the gov
ernor has decided whether Thorn
as J. Mooney shall have new
trial. there will be no more trials
OF other bomb cases. the district
attorney announced today.
III MooGcy ~ granted n new
trial. he will be tho next brought
before the jury" the district at
torney announced
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
AvIATORS RECOVERING
FROM CRASH IN MlOAIR

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29.--Sergt VIM.
G. Lewis. of Lemoore. Cal. and Fly
Ing Cadet Wayne W. Ledger. Of Los
Angeles, are suffering from cuts and
bruises at the Fort Roseorans hos
pital today Their injuries are the
result OF midair collision yesterday.
between "A machine carrying Ledger
and one carrying Lewis and Civilian
Instructor Ira Biffle. at the North
Island aviation field.
Biffle was stunned but not injured
by the fall. The accident took place
500 feet above ground.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
Huns Bomb
.16 Children
IL Women
Fleet of Fifteen Enemy Air.
planes Descend Upon
London
NIGHT ATTACK is MADE
BY WEBB MILLER

BY WEBB MILLEK
United Press Correspondent
LONDON, Jan. %.
Fourteen men, IL
women and 10 children
were killed in two air
raids over London and
the coast last night, ac-
c. ording to l. ord
French's official report
today.
almost all of them
were in London the
report stated.
The material damage,
the statement said, was
not serious.
fondoners were thrilled at the
spectacle OF machine gun hattie
between one of the German raiders
and several British aeroplanes.
Flashes from the splitting guns
were visible In the heavens. an1
the rat-a~tst Of the fire ~
plainly heard. Occasionally IT,
machines themselves could ~
seen against the moon.
Meanwhile. q violent and interWfe-
tent barrage circled the city The
fight seemed to continue n lung
while. The raider appeared in trou-
bic. but he flew away safely. wit,
many machines in pursuit
Eventually he reached the coast
and was swallowed up in the night
Many OF the German raiders arrfvs
ed over the coast. but few Of the
squadrons penetrated as far az Lon
don.
Fifteen machines participated in
last nights raids" Lord French.
commander-inchief OF home defcnses.
reported.
I'm the first attack four or five
few over London and dropped bombs.
In the latest attack one reached Lons
don and dropped bombs.
"A number OF the royal flying corps
engaged the enemy. Two fought and
fired on a raider at 10000 feet above
Essex. the enemy machine falling
in flames. Its crew of three was
burned"
II was five hours before the all
clear signal was sounded in the city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
GIRL HELD IN
PROBE OF "TNT"
MYSTERY NOTES

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2s.-Aiss
Theodora poiiak. arrested recently
accused of aiding the /. W. w. was
the central figure in n federal probe
today. which included in it's ramifi.
cations the San Francisco prepared.
ness parade bomb murders and the
recent TINT" notes to many per
sons In official life.
In n raid on the home OF Miss Pol
LAX. federal agents are said TO have
seized important letters.
a set OF postal card warnings.
which were sent out preceding the
preparedness parade bomb ex-
plosion. a set OF recent TINT" notes
and specimens Of Miss Pollak's writ
ing have been submitted to Theodore
Kytka. handwriting expert. for com.
parison. His report is expected this
week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
HOME FOLKS TO HEAR
FROM SICK SOLDIERS
THRU RED CROSS HELP

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29--Home
folks OF sick soldiers in army camps
in this country are TO be kept in.
formed in details TO their condition.
In response to request by Score.
tary Baker, the Red Cross has
agreed to extend to this country the
hospital information service in oper.
alton in France.
Red Cross workers will 30 into the
hospitals. write letters for the men
and forward reports OF their condi.
ton home.
orders putting the service in effect
are to be issued at once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
WOULD END RAILWAY
CONTROL AFTER WAR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.--The
senate interstate commerce commit.
tee today voted. Z to 6. to limit gov.
eminent control of railroads to one
year after the end OF the war.
This action was in direct conflict
with Director General McAdoo's rec
ommendation that the period be left
indefinite. so that control might be
ended as conditions OF the war war.
ranted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
1000. 900 YOUNG MEN
AVAILABLE FOR ARMY
If NEW BILL is PASSED

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. --- Two
million men will be available for the
draft in Glass 1. II congress passes
the bill automatically registering all
men who have become 81 since June
5. Provost Marshal General Crowder
told the senate military committee
today.
This viii make IL unnecessary to
go out OF Glass /. he said.
Crowder said the bin will not ex.
empt men who have passed the age
OF 81 since June 5. Secretary Baker
told the committee he thought such
men would be automatically exempt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
TAO JAILBIRDS
ASK TO SERVE
Time OUTSIDE

Joe Ambrose, the county pri~-
once de luxe. who wa. sentenced
to serve 20 days for thievery In
the office Of the county commit
sionerS. because the jail had bceu
pronounced unfit for human hab-
itxtion. II hack In jail. but
He's . 'trusty" and the rxalt-
ed hero Of 40 JaiIbirds. who have
started something.
Having lived In the atmosphere Of
politics for three days. and picked
up a thing or two about strategy. Joe
put the Hun ON the run with
War Savings StampsJ
LIS going TO give the county commits.
sioners who kicked him out a run
for their money.
He's got every one OF the 40 pris-
oners writing letters 20 women's
clubs and civic organizations. de-
handing that they be sentenced TO
office rooms. and not kept within the
cool. dark Jail.
Play Politics
They all think the public II on
their side now" said Jailer r. w. FL
lott Tuesday. so they are going TO
IL right. They're writing letters by
the dozen"
Joe Ambrose. the political boss.
martyr and director Of the nnti.ja
propaganda. II pacing back and forth
thru clouds OF smoke exhaied from
his own puffed.up chest.
Il don'ta like dees place" he said.
so we gotta play a little politics.
eh?"
II looks as tho Joe must be incon.
venienced for some time 10 come
with accommodation in the Jail.
He didn't enjoy 30 much as one
minutes freedom Monday.
Before the habcas corpus proceed
ings TO get him out OF Jail had been
staged I'm Judge Mackintosh's court.
Prosecuting Attorney Lundin, deem
ing II best 10 be armed for all eventu.
aIities. had sworn out "A warrant for
his arrest In Justice Drinkers court.
Constable J. r. Shrewsbury served
this before the court had decided the
habeas corpus argument Then the
writ was denied. thus landing Joe
back at the county Jail.
Also. the prosecutor argued that
Ambrose shouldn't be turned loose.
as he was found guilty by a court.
but had not been sentenced. Mack
intosh agreed that he shouldn't be
let 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29

five cents.
The council session Monday, at
and the authorization given. was
attended by Mayor gin and by Cor
poration Counsel Hugh Caldwell.
Caldwell laid the whole case before
the council. and the legal aspects
OF Il. Caldwell. in stating that the
commission. according to his opin-
ion. had no legal right TO increase
fares, designated the commission as
"A bureau for the relief OF In
digent corporations"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
BY j. w. PEoLER

IHltfd FTfss Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan. o.
She Is studying English. He
IL spending all his spare time
learning to parle francais. espe-
:. ciaily In the evenings at the
\ barracks when the others have
crawied into their hunks and
blown out their candles.
You gee. he and she were
married a week ago in the an
cient village church. II was
whirivind courtsbip. He won
her heart over handsome
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29

TEUTONS SMASHED IN
BIG ITALIAN DRIVE

ROME. Jan ,9.-Capture of
800 prisoners. including 8: Off
Gers. In . great drive on tho
Asiago basin front was announc-
I'd by the war office today.
"On the heights east Of the Asiago
basin we broke thru the enemy's
stubborn defense and took 1900 pris-
oners. including 81 officers" the
statement said.
Our artillery and that OF our al
lies co-operated effectively in dispers-
Ing reinforcements in the Nos and
Campomulo valleys"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
TEUT0N SOLDIERS, HIT
By RUSS PROPAGANDA,
MOVED TO WEST FRONT

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.--German
war chiefs. worried at the effect Of
Russian propaganda on Teuton sol
diers along the Eastern front. are
transferring large numbers 10 other
sectors. The army general staff.
making this announcement. declares
lkbe Germans are violating their
pledges not TO send Eastern forces to
the West during peace negotiations.
twenty-five cents will start a
thrift cardJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
NO EMPERIALIST
PEACE, TROTSKY
TELLS CONGRESS
by JOSEPH sHAPLEN

by JOSEPH SHAPLEN
PETROGRAD. Jan. give
win never conclude an snnexa-
ZIONIST. imperiaIist peace" was
the message to the pan-Soviet
congress delivered today by Min
isfer Trotsly.
The congress was also advised by
an official statement from smolny
institute that 20 regiments OF Don
Cossacks had Joined a revolt against
Gen. Kaledine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
Colt Not
Nit the
Kaiser
Says So Himself in Inter-
view with The Star
Today
HE WORKS FOR THE U. S.

Mn. the kaiser. IN wrong. All
wrong.
This fciler. Goti. he's been
telling us 40 persIstentiy ''iss
init" him. Isn't init him nj all.
He's working for Uncle sammy
instead.
Colt says NO himself. Told
The Star 80 In an interview to-
day.
"Do you know = fierce lookin'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29
RED CROSS HAS SPENT
$30,519,260 IN FRANCE

The Red Cross has expended $780,.
.26o in France. according TO in
formation received here by Arthur
Il, Grindell, a member OF the puhlici.
" division OF the American Red
Cross.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29

Iolleru." we asked.
Not personally. but I've
heard Of him." says Gott.
But. he's been advertiser tn fact
that he an you were partners. we
interposed.
well. will you please say for me
in your paper that those statements
are false. I don't know this fellow.
a-taii. never worked for him in
any capacity. I'm helpin' Uncle Sam
Start your boy or girl right.
Teach them TO be thrifty. War
Savings Stamps are the means)
just now. and we're doing our bit to
get this guy Biil--see? I'm n peace.
able sort OF n chap. I am. but I'm
out TO help to the limit In wiping off
this blot on the earth
Colt refused fatty TO allow the
people OF Seattle to become acduaint.
ed with him thru "A photograph.
My name gets into print often
enough" he argued. with this fell
low across the pond acting as my
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-29

Weather Forecast Tonight and "Wednesday
rain colder. moderate westerly winds.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
MOMENTS BALLOT
!. Law EXPLAINED

Many, women ii Burke county
are under tho Impression that they
will be allowed to vote at the com,
ing June primaries under the pro-
visions Of the Lindstrom bill which
was passed at the last session Of
the legislature, and several have
asked The Tribune to publish this
law for their beHeft. The new :wo,
mems suffrage bill gives the women
very little more suffrage than they
had before. and We doubt II very
many women will take advantage OF
1t. BY reading over the law gwen
below 1T will be- noted that the wo-
men will be atllawed to vote at the
June Ir rimayfe q only for county SUR
veyOrs And county constab bles, but
at city and township electiona may
vote for nearly Rll Offices, i Fol How.
ing II the law / aa II II appears On the
statute books AZ l.5s4S,
ectian III women. citisena
of the United States OF the age or
~ years or Npwardn, who have res
sided IN the state ono year and In
the county III months, and IN y. the
precfnct 30 q days next Sprece eding any,
election. shall sbe W lowed to vote at
such election regide ntial elect
ors, county surveyors. county ScoIl-
stables and for nil oficers Df cities,
S. "a ID. 4 towns y except police
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
men !; n. OF y q n WILL ! Il,
REGISTER JUNE 5

Under the new draft law passed
last week by 3 Congress all. young
men In the United States who have
reached the age of 81 or will reaGh
this age before June 8 Of this year
will be required to rasiater for the
army draft on June 9Th. Arrange
ments are being made for the reg
istration fall young men. who
come within this law ct the county
seats In cash county. where the
registration Will be made by the los
cal board. Chief Clerk g: "a: Mac.
,sters of the Local Board for Burke Re
county viii have charge of the reg
Eistration herr. and al young men
Who had nat regi stored q year ago.
and WIN be 2 4 years Of age On 4. or
before that date will be compelled
lto register pn this date. The reGtsr
.tration VIII tske PLACE AL day under
the sam e rules and rasulattons ul,!- ul,!
der which the ragtstrati Lion took
.DlaeA u 8yaars y aso.& III The xeAnE men
5fesistering nov will sshe nut st the
3bDttem of the ltst, and will not 5be
unit III of Class one & ex--
haIIstef syaIse Renalties are rres-
;scl4hed Tor thoGleS 1ha fail te rexis.
1urth nkormati tian Ia rAsard
2toS th I'M u inn may hs obtained
flofi hisfsE e,IsrkS b 81 Masters of
II st1tes1 e u BlFk "a onnty.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
! SAILOR 1 |. | Ps
SUB / VICTIMS

2
Minot, N. D., May Maybe
It is wicked to- hate, but, In that case
l am getting very bad" writes Ar
thur Shaft, of Minot, sailor on a
U. s. naval vessel, in q letter to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. D. Shaft.
Shaft describes his first trip across
the Atlantic and tells of his ship
picking up 80 survivors from an
English merchant ship, which had
been sent to the bottom by Ger
man submarine.
Captain Taken Prisoner
According to their story" he
says, '.they were shelled by q Ger
man submarine until forced to
abandon the ship in open boat. The
submarine then made the boats
come alongside and all the : men
came son deck of the submarine.
They then took away all their jew
elry, money, etc., took the captain
Of the ship a prisoner and then went
on with their Hunnish deviltry.
They took all the sails out of the
boats, left just tyo oars in each
boat and then emptied the water
breakers. Luckily each boat had
q water breaker they didn't find.
Then they turned them loose-15O
miles from the nearest land: The
Germans thought that there would
be absolutely no chance of their
making land-but instead Of killing
them outright. how much more
- nc RI
shold out just feeble ray Of hope,
knowing it would grow weaker and
weaker each day, until finally they
would all die miserably of thirst.
But good weather, favored. the Eng
lishmen and ten days later they
made land. But they did not think
they could have lasted another day
as they had not drop of water fo'
three or four days."
Shaft says the submarined Eng
lishmen landed at an island owned
by a neutral country, and there the
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
vessel he was on picked them up.
&E Passes Iuterned Ships =.

These islands where we picked
up the refugees belong to one Of the
neutral powers and there are half a
dozen or more German liners in
termed there in the harbor," he
writes. 81 had the peculiar sensa-
ton Of passing close to one Of these
ships and seeing the rails lined with
Germans watching me go by. There
they lay and vet we couldn't raise a
finger! s. "A German sub could have
come in alongside Of. us, and neith-
er one would be. allowed to touch
the other, though seriously doubt
whether a German would stop just
because they were in neutral waters.
The refugees claim that the German
subs use these interned liners for
supply ships and that one,s. or tnem
was in there just the day before VIC
arrived. ..-
7 After telling of the brutality
shown blythe German sailors on
the submarines, Shaft says: ="
"And yetat Germans claim God
is on their side, ana President Will
son says we are not at war with the
German people, Shaft Is for, kill
ing the Germans until there aren' t
enough to dominate Prussia, let
alone the world sI% I'D. -.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
INCREASE IN
ALL RATES
I'LL

washington, May 23.-Estimates
made today by railroad administra-
tlon officials indicate an increase of
at least rs per cent in freight and
passenger rates will be necessary
this year to meet the higher costs
OF luel, wages, equipment and 9TH
er operating expenses. now aet o.
oec oetween $6oo,oO0,000 and $780,
ooO,oOo more than last year.
accommodation that rates be
raised by approximately this per-
centage has been made to Director
General McAdoo by his advisers.
ne ls expected to act within the
next six weeks. and to put it into
effect Immediately.
Shippers will be permitted tn an
peal to the interstate commerca
commission under the railroads act
and final decision will be with Preas
ident Wilson.
such increase would be the big
gest In history Of American railways
as the percentage Is larger than any
ever sought by the railways under
private management, and would an
ply alike to the entire country.
Both class and commodity schedules
would be affected. =
Rata experts of the Interstate
commerce commission and railroad
administration are now at work ON
new schedules. Any increases to
be ordered will be arranged In
manner to preserve rate relation
ships between communities and re-
gions. officials said today, SO indus
tries and commercial interests will
oe subject TO- the same degree OF
rate competition as at present.
Passenger fares would be raised
under the plan suggested to about
three cents a mile, from the existing
general rate Of little less than 2h
cents.
g The proposed Increases, it is esti-
mated, would yield 9OO,0OO,OO0:
$a0o,0O0,O00 in freight and $780,
100000 in passenger rates.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24

magistrates and city juctices of the
peace) and upon all questions o,
propositions submitted TO a vote OF
the electors Of such Municipalities
Or other political divisions Of this
state.
Section 2. All such women NAV
also vote for'the following township
omeers: Township clerk, assessor,
treasurer, overseer of highways, and
constables, and may also participate
and vote in all annual and special
township meetings In the township
IN which such election shall be.
Section 3. Separate ballot boxes
and ballots shall be. provided for
women, which ballots shall, to the
extent Of which such woman may
vote, as aforesaid. be the Same as
those provided for male voters,
both as to candidates and special
questions submitted. At any such
election where registration is re-
quired women shall register in the
same manner as male voters"
r Another chapter in the statutes
provides that women may vote for
the offices of county superintend-
ent of schools and also superintend-
ent Of public instruction.
w. 8. S.
NOW turn to the last page and
read the want ads.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
SELL YOUR |. WHEAT
I. OR OBTAIN II II 4 PERMIT

g$J Staale Hendrickson of Coteau,
who has been appointed county food
administrator. and; who attended a
meeting of the food administrators
OF the state at Fargo last week; asks
The Tribune to announce to The
farmers Of Burke county that under
the food administration orders, ;; it
win be unlawful for any farmer Ito
have single bushel Of wheat in
HIS possession after June Is without
4 permit issued ~ the county food
administrator. The permit can be
secured from Mr. Hendricksong by
Asmply writing to- himsat Coteau ana
giving the number of acres of wheat
yAeded this year, and the number OF
bushels of wheat you desire to hold
for seed next year. Each farmer
a. allowed to hold an amount Of
wheat for seed next year equal to
:one-ftth OF the amount seeded. this
year. No permits will be granted
after June j. All the assessors OF
the county have been appointed
food administrators for their dis.
trtcts, and most of them have ac-
cepted the position. Only a few
have refused to serve, and other
men are being appointed Z, in their
places, The owners of feed mills
Will be compelled to write to E. F.
Ladd, Fargo, N. D., for their IL
fstises, as Mr.. Hendrickson ism .au-
thdrized to issue same.
Il W. s. S. 5z less
& G., J, Coughlin and family of Mi
not spent few days the fore part
0f the week visiting at the homo of
Mrs. Coughlin's mother, Mrs. Irene
Hurry. 7: r
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-24
TRIPLE TRAGEDY N
]. :. STREETS !. R! /: !! OF BUTTE

Butte. Mont. May 2s.-Martin
Bray shot and instantly killed J. H.
Showers. buyer and seller of second
hand monographs, and probably
fatally wounded Mrs. Gladys Bray.
divorced wife Of Bray, and then
turned the gun upon himself, firing
the bullet entirely T. through his
temples.
He is at the emergency hospital
and Is not expected to live. Mrs.
Bray is at St. James hospital. The
shooting occurred early last even
ing on west Park street, in front of
Lutney's store. while the street. was
crowded, Bray meeting Showers
while the latter was taking Mrs.
Bray to the show.