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CONFERENCE ON
Al. 3 NOT TODAY

Governo, = A. Burnqulst of Min
nesota will g ably address the Lin
coin state L. e can convention which
meets in N.Y. oday to nominate a
state and &C Z 'sional ticket in op-
position to liz ,didates which have
been endores, the Nonpartisan
league. Delegates from all parts of the
state are in attendance, according to
reports at noon today.
The conference will convene at 1
o'clock at the Lyccum theatre.
There is Much surmise as to who
will be endorsed for the several po-
;sitions which are under consideration.
Gunder Olson Of Grafton, who has
been prominently mentioned as can
didate for governor, has positively de-
clined to allow his name to be con-
sidered in that connection. Among the
other candidates who are under dis
cussion are John Steen, at present
state treasurer, and the only candid
ate for state office two years ago,
who was elected in opposition to the
candidate of the Nonpartisan league.
Judge w. S. Lauder of Wahpeton is
also being considered for the head Of
the licked. Louis F. Crawford, presi-
dent of the state board of regents, is
also being considered for the nomina-
ton for governor. A. S. Gibbons of
Towner county is being urged by
those who prefer a farmer candidate
Ralph Ward of Mclean county so
far seems to have the lead in the race
for lieutenant governor.
In the congressional race, it looks
as though J. E. Davis would be endors-
ed for the second district. A. T.
Kraable for the first and P. D. Nor
ton in the Third.
w. H. Stutsman seems to have con.
siderable support for the nomination
for justice of the supreme court. 9th
er places on the ticket are in abey
ance.
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MRS. ]. ENCERSON
PASSES AS AWAY

Last Thursday Mrs. John Engerson
of this city passed away at the home
of her brother, Mr.. Fred Bassford,
after an illness Of. several months
duration. Funeral services were held
from the Bassford residence Satur-
day and the remains were laid to rest
in the local cemetary. She leaves a
husband, two brothers, Fred Of this
city, and another brother at the old
home at Malone, N. x. and sister,
Miss Addie Bassford of this city. She
was sixty one years old.
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Lad WRITES
four MINUTE talk.

The following four minute talk writ
ten by Master Darrell Elliott is ex-
ceptionally well composed, and one has
but to read it and he will be con-
vinced Of the fact that every young
American mind has some definite
idea of what this great war means,
and what can be done to bring it to
a successful termination. This talk is
especially interesting as it illustrates
the desire to ..'do our bit" as viewed by
the youngster:
April 26, 1918.
eff We want to win this war we
must buy thrift stamps, war savings
stamps and Liberty bonds. A war
saving stamp only costs SAILS this
month. "a nickle saved is a nickle
gained"
"Buy Liberty bonds, war saving
stamps and thrift stamps and you are
helping the government. Not only
helping the government but you are
helping the boys that are fighting fol
us and our country and you are help
ing the French and Belgium children
who are starving.
eve need money to support the boys
in France and Belgium. Do not buy
one thrift stamp and then say, "Oh
I have given enough" The more
money you lend to the government
the quicker it will kill the Kaiser, thu
quicker we will have peace and hap
piness. There is many ways in which
we can earn money"
"You can rake lawns, spading gar
dens, and many other ways. If yo,
can not earn money go out in tn,
country and catch some gophers, ant
you are saving wheat for the soldier
over in France and Belgium"
thank you,
Darrell Elliott
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DRAFTED Men
LEFT MONDAY

Another contingent of drafted men
left on No. 10 Monday afternoon to
take up their duties as soldiers under
the Stars and Stripes. There We're
about twenty five young men in this
bunch and they will be follored in
about 10 days ly another contingent.
Rollette county's boys also came in
here and entrained with the Ramsey
county boys. Quite a crowd was at
the 6epot to see them off, consisting
of their friends and acquaintance in
the city, and also their relatives over
the county who came in through the
mud to see the boys safely on thir
way.
H. Owing to misunderstanding the
band was not out. Thinking they
might be needed the director took
steps the latter part of the week to
find out whether or not they would
be needed, as he was intending to fill
an engagement outside the city Mon
day. Owing to the early departure OF
the train following the dinner hour and
the fact that the boys would be ban
quoted at the Elks home it was de-
.cided that the band wiuld not be call
ed on at this time. At late hour
Monday it was decided that the band
could be. used nicely, but as no ar
rangements had been made the dir.
ector was out Of town and several
of the members are employed in posi-.
tions where they cannot get away or
short notice. The boys are sorry that
they were not on hand for they an
always ready and willing to get out or
occasions Of this kind but need few
hours notice.
Following is a partial list Of those
that left Monday:
Harry E. Dahlin, Brocket
Harold A. Iceberg, city
Rudolph HenscheI, st. Paul.
Milton G. Kelly, University.
Fred Forsmarr, Melin, Wise.
John j. Lund, Roseau, MINI. :
Arid M. Hedlund, Ogilvle, MINI.
Peder Morstad, Ladysmith, Wise.
George Danekas, Eartham, la.
Robert Shaner, city.
Chas. E.. Wingle, Lincoln, Neb.
John Abemovezes, Starkweather.
BENJAMIN F. Malon, Warwick.
Aager Westegard, st. Paul.
John l.. Solem, city.
Gearge Lahmann, city,.
VIM. Naymaster, Hawkins, Wise.
Eddie Barsgardk, Grand Forks.
Perry Jasper Miller, Leeds.
Erling Nelson, Edmore.
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STEPHEN C0WLEY
GETS APPOINTMENT

Stephen Cowley, Who is a practic-
ing attorney at Great Falls, Mont,
has been appointed U. S. District
Attorney for the state of Montana.
He is brother of our townsman, M.
J. Cowley. This is most important
position and goes to show that Mr..
Cowley is prominent man in Mont
ana politics. He was formerly prac-
ticing his profession at. Larimore,
this state.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-05-01

Work on the Btvey-shute block is
progressing. The forms for the foun-
dation are being set and this WORK
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
as the company is desirious of getting
into it's new quarters before the fall
rush of business. With the compile
tion of this building there will be a
great improvement in the locks of that
particular corner.
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FRIEND SAYS ! Ills 1 HOME
PAID TopntE!YiI'S Y NOTES
From st Paul Dispatch.

Donald Mel Donald Of Beach, N. D.
who was at the Merchants hotel yes
terday afternoon, declared he would
like to meet A.. C. Townley, president
Of the National Nonpartisan league,
and collect $2,218 represented by
three notes which Mr.. Mcdonald, as
a neighbor and friend, says he in
dorsed for Townley, March 8, 1906.
They are part Of a series of notes
given in payment for tractor plow
outfit, he asserted.
Mr.. Mcdonald had to pay the notes
with interest. The payments have
kept himself and wife poor all the
years since, he says. He estimates
the two notes, one for $768 and the
other for 5000, cost him $1,000 to pay.
He gave house and lot in Black
River Falls, Wis, for third note for
$3.50.
=. Promise to Pay.
"Townley always has promised to
pay these notes, but he never has
paid a dollar on them, and he did
not include them in his list of liabil-
ties when he went into bankruptcy,
though I thing he should have done
So" Mr.. Mcdonald said.
81 came here expecting. to see him,
but I find he is up on the fifth floor
of one of those big business buildings
and that if / want to see him will
have to tell some one my business,
and go through lot Of formalities
and I don't want to do that. Besides,
I probably would not get to see him
that way.
They Were Neighbors.
"Townley and I were neighbors in
North Dakota. His land adjoined my
homestead, for miles north Of Beach,
I had intended to buy tractor out
fit from a firm in Fargo, but I finally
concluded the expense would be too
heavy. Townley wanted to buy an
outfit and we went to Fargo together.
obtained a release from the ma
chinery firm and he bought the tract
or, giving his notes.
"He asked me to indorse the notes
and agreed thai if would do so, he
would break 100 acres of land on my
homestead. He never turned a fur
row for me.
Gave House and Lot.
"The first note came due in July,
1915. It was not paid, and finally the
agent for the machinery firm per-
suaded me to take it up by giving
him a house and lot in Black River
Falls, Wis.,, that had been my former
home. The agent sold the house and
lot for $3.50 within an hour after the
title had passed.
"The other two notes paid by de-
grees, as could.
"Notes due the following year were
taken care of bv the man who bought
the outfit at sheriff's sale. I was at
Black River Falls preparing to take
my wife to North Dakota, when they
wired me the outfit was to be sold by
the sheriff"
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". R. C. TO MEET
AT JAMESTOWN

The Women's relief Corps, division
of North Dakota, will meet at James
town, N. D., on May % and "a. This
is an Annual occasion, and plans are
being made for good time. Several
from this city will attend.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-05-01

Mrs. John Sell erich, who has been
sick for a couple weeks and who re-
Gently had an operation, is making a
satisfactory recover. ,@
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to carry out this plan, all available
transpor cation facilities being needed
by the armies. Instead, arrangements
were made to give few concerts in
Paris.
While preparations were in progress
for these Gen. Pershing sent for Mr..
Damrosch and explained to him that
he was anxious that the American
military bands be brought to a
standard as high as that of the con-
tinental bands. Mr.. Damrosch agreed
initial step the leaders of the 200
bands which are now with the Ameri-
can expeditionary force were brought
to him l.. lots of from fifty to sixty.
These, with the band of the 329th In
fantry, were tried out" A large per-
centage OF the men. Mr.. Damrosch
but had had little opportunity to hear
good music or see good conducting.
The outcome was a proposal to estab-
liso a training school both for band
leaders and musicians who desire to be-
come members of regmental bands, a
proposal which met with Gen. PERISH
ing's hearty approval. A location was
found and the school was established
in a picturesque old mill in the valley
of the Choux. not far from the head
quarters Of the American expeditionary
forces.
DuI lIlSlTuClOIS ldu " We lOuflu, anu
this was difficult Here is where the
French government came in. Mr.. Dam
rosch, through the cooperation of the
French military department, ascer-
tanned the various regiments in which
famous musicians of France were serv-
ing and reqpested that they be demob-
ilized for this special duty, a request
which was promptly granted. Thus one
OF the teachers in this American school
for bandmasters will be Andre Caplet,
former director of the Boston Opera,
who will instruct in the technique Of
conducting. The teacher of orchestra
ton will be Francis Casadesus, brother
of Henri Casadesus. who came to Amer
lea last year as member Of the So
ciete DIES Instruments Anclens.
But more than this, Congress has re-
Gently authorized the enlargement Of
the bands from twenty-eight to forty
two pieces. which means the inclusion
therein Of players of certain Instruments
not heretofore customary; for instance.
oboes. bassoons and French horns. The
famous makers of band instruments in
France have mostly left their workshops
and gone to war. The supply was ex
ceedingly short. not sufficient, In fact.
to fit out the musicians to be added to
the American bands. Again an appeal
was made to the French government
and again these skilled workmen were
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School for Army Band
Leaders Is Organized

demoblized in order to meet the de-
mand.
Mr.. Damrosch says the French are
willing today to do and to 1a giioe t thst
he received when he. led an orchestraa
of over eighty musicians in the grand
concert hall ,of the Conservatory IN
Paris on July IA he ascribes to tne
those who know Mr.. Damrosch are
inclined to attribute not a little 81
the great compliment paid him TO ms
own charming personality and the
recognition of his art.
This was the first time that any ior,
eign musician had ever. been invited
to lead an orchestra in this great
concert hall. Among the men making
up the orchestra were some or the
finest musicians in France, VINO VOL
America. Many Of them were in uni
form. The orchestra was collected on
comparatively short notice, In re-
Spouse to an appeal made oy Mr.
musicians. Their enthusiasm was
II wish" Mr. Damrosch says, you
could have heard that French orches-
ira play the American airs at the
diers on Saturday, the 18th Of July.
You would have thought that they
had heard and played them all their
lives.
And that huge audience in khaki
ment, which. of course, found it's ell
max when we turned into Dixie They
literally jumped to their feet and
cheered and cheered. and for ten bars
or SO nothing of the music could be
heard and only by the waving Of my
could one tell that we were playing
music"
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the vacancy in the bureau of naviga-
ton caused by the transfer OF Rear
Admiral Leigh C. Palmer will be deep
ly felt by many more than the OF.
ficers Of the Navy. He said that all
the members of the naval committee
agreed that Admiral Palmer had rem
dered service to the Navy. and thus
to the nation, of incalculable value
during the past two years in his dis-
tinctiVe achievement of securing Of
ficers and men for the enormous fleet
Of vessels of war and transports the
admiral, by his system of training
and the development of training
schools, had converted much material
more or less promising into the new
personnel for the magnified navy
without delay. and in such way as
to secure the utmost efficiency ssyn IN Inc the
an enviable record for the accomplish
ment of one of the most difficult
tasks which the war cast upon the
Navy.
to sea duty with the feet and VIII
proceed to his new station at an early
day.
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The Slave of Beer.

AN editor said on his return from
England:
1.-The English beer Is changed, in
deed, from the potent and rich
drink of pre-war days. All, we'll, no
doubt it's for the best. The insipid
watery beer of today will do no
harm.
But the marvellous beer of the
past made men slaves. There's Il
story about a young Englishman
who used to take his beer out Of his
own pewter mug. He said to the
BARNARD one day:
always give me my beer in my
own mug. Never any other. Make
no mistake
"'Oh, no fear of making any mis-
take about your mug, SIR said the
barmaid.
"'No?' said the young man
"'No, said she. The handles al
ways warm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10
Army and Navy News

terry, plated and protected, with n
heavy gun. it would probably be
preferable to fixed gun" The rail-
road battery was completed and
proved to be of value, but, because
the armor was fixed. the gun had to
be operated through slot, fact
that limited the range and the use
fulness Of that railroad battery.
ID REPRESENTATIVE w. r. OLIVER
fOf Alabama, who was chairman
of the naval subcommittee that con-
Quoted the investigation of the Nays
part in the war. and who thereby
had made himself familiar with the
part played by naval officers in the
preparation of the Navy. recently said
that he was expressing the feeling
of his colleagues in asserting that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10
Very Tight.

CHAIRMAN COI.VER OF the Federal
Trade Commission was talking
about new food trust
''rhe rich men who would form suco
a trust as that" he said-"the rich
men who. in these heroic times. would
batten OF the pOor-well. such men
are tight. Yes. they're tighter thah
little whites new pants.
My new pants Is too tight little
Willie complained. They're tighter
than my skin
Nonsense! Impossible" scoffed his
mamma. Nothing. you absurd child,
could he tighter than your skin.
Well. these pants is tighter, any
how persisted While. Y can sit down
III my skin. but cant in thess
PANTS"
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Hidden Treasure.
CONTINUED from Fourth Page.)

ting warmer! Getting hot! Hot! Cold
err! Colder! Oh. very cold!"
Old Bill Duff let her eyes wander
hopelessly about the island climbing
hills, descending chasms, jumping
to cave. Never had old Peg-Leg
Bloodybones hidden the treasure so
cleverly.
boy. y -,
shot to pieces, Bill Duff; it wouldn't
matter If an alligator had bit off your
feet. you could drag yourself across
the sand to the place where the treas
ure is" l.,
helplessly.
"Of course, said old Tom Briggs,
"if you do drag yourself across the
sand: Bill Duff. you must leave a trail
Of blood"
He chuckled gleefully. delighted with
the lost expression of the grand
face frightened, and no wonder. She
had toiled for weeks and months up
hill and down dale, into the almost
inaccessible tangles of the jungle.
and through fire and blood, and here
in reach Of her hand. on the clean.
the longboats from the Bouncing
Bess" always landed, at the foot of
the bed Jay
I'm the hot water bottle" she pro-
claimed triumphantly.
Yes" shouted old. Tom Briggs.
bringing his horny hands together
with slap. You guessed! You found
the treasure. old tar! You had a hard
hunt, mate but you stuck to 1t like a
man. Oh, wasn't 1t fun this time.
grandma? Wasn't 1t jolly fun? Aren't
you glad you stuck to 1t until you
won the hidden treasure, old Bill
Duff"
I'm always glad when win the
treasure, old Tom Briggs" said the
grandmother and she eased herself
out Of her chair and leaned over the
bed, and the boy turned his face to
her face and placed warm young
kiss on her thin old cheek, for that
was the hidden treasure she had la
bored for and won.
(The End.)
Copyright, 1918. by Mcclure syndisate.)
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TRAINING school for American
Army band leaders and MEM
bers has been been established

III rTdHCe. Ine SlOTy OIL HOW
this was done by Walter Damrosch.
the we'll known conductor of the New
York Symphony Orchestra. at the re-
quest. of Gen. Pershing and through
the cooperation of the French gov
eminent, is worth knowing. In fact,
it is one of the stories of the war
which will be often retold and long
remembered.
Mr.. Damrosch went to France in
June, carrying with him check from
Harry H. Flagler. president of the
New York Symphony Society, to cover
the expense of assembling an or
chestra of fifty French musicians and
making with them a tour of the
American camps. Owing to the fact
that the allied offensive began just
about that time and troops were being
rushed to the front, it was impossible
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Around the City.

age owner Of liberty bonds isn't optl-
mistic about safety from thieves.
n
TN the war zone. where the scenery
L just now IL at Its bloodiest red. a
Yank from this town was cleaning n
bayonet that dripped from many spik-
ings. Another Yank handed him a
copy of The Star and. the next thing
/ knew he was as happy as q kid over
a Bedtime Story"
The writer. who sent the letter to n
woman, being a youngster, fail
ed to understand that 1t wasn't the
story itself that the man was read
ing; It was the story that his chill
dren Ind read.
There's a difference.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
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even for dreams to be made of:
"Sir; In Washington. on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, l saw a sign. James
+. Oyster. And, damme, he was
handing 'em out. stewed. raw and
fried. T.. l.. b."
Il. L. b. may consider himself dam
med. all right. If a fib can turn the
trick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

THERE is persistent report, said
to have originated abroad and
cabled over here, that the American
naval guns are sixteen-inch, but it
may be authoritatively stated that
!. this Is misstatement. 1t is said that
there is not a sixteen-inch gun on
the whole front in either army. The
guns in question are fourteen inch
.50-caliber guns-that Is, they are in
length fifty times fourteen inches. or
fifty-eight feet and four inches There
is no comparison to be made between
these naval guns and the railroad
guns furnished by the coast artillery
u during the past year. The coast ar
:, tillery removed these pieces from har-
Dor defenses, where they were of
immediate value. and, by mounting
them on railroad carriages. have been
putting them to great use in the
fighting now in progress The coast
guns were for purpose quite diff
ferent from that for which the naval
guns are employed, but they have
proved their value on more than one
occasion.
1t Is of considerable interest at this
time that the officer who introduced
the idea of railroad artillery was no
other than Gen. r. L.. Lee in the sum
mer of 1862. For some reason he
was led to suspect that the Federal
troops were constructing such a train.
and on the suggestion he wrote: "If
, you could construct railroad bat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

. NE of those gifted architects
who can build something out
Of nothing has created for a
western paper the following
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-18
MR.. CARLIN'S CAMPAIGN.

Within the past few weeks we have
talked with many of the leading cit
zens of Orange, and we find that the
consensus of opinion is that Mr.. Car
lin will carry this county by an over
wheming majority in the forthcomln%
primary next August. We have taliiea
With a great many voters who have
never even cast their ballots for him
before, and every one of them TOLD US
that they expected to support nm
this time, because he had made spler-
cid record OF services and that they
did not believe change should BE-
made in these serious war time. we
have also interviewed people in Cul-
pepper and Loudoun counties and they
we're Of the same opinion.
Carlin's wonderful record stands !ci
itself, and it is utterly useless for any
one TO gainsay it.-Orange Observe"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-18
DESERVING RHINE CITIES.
Germans in Terror as Result Of Brit
ish Air Attacks.

Geneva. March 1S.-Reports reach
ing here from Germany say that pam
les have been brought abogt by the
British aerial attacks on German
towns. At Cohlenz. according to a
Basel dispatch, there were several out
breaks of fire in the southern portion
o. the town, and an ammunition fac
tory was blown up. The railway
station at Freiburg was again badly
damaged. Swiss travellers report that
in the principal Rhine cities many
houses and apartments are vacant,
numbers Of persons moving to central
Germany and Switzerland. They
say opinion is growing against con-
tinuation of German air raids.
Amsterdam, March 1S.-A Berlin
dispatch says that in February en-
tent aviators made 90 attacks on Ger
man towns. Treves was raided three
times. and Saarbrucken Mannheim ant
Pirnasens once each. While 10 mill
tary damage was caused, the dispatch
says. considerable amount of dam
age was done to houses and other
private prosperity. Twelve persons