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VOL. XXI, NO 8. FORCED TO LEAVE BY GEN. CARRANZA BRAZILIAN MINISTER RECALL ED TO AVOID EXPULSION BY MEXICAN GENERAL Galveston, Aug. 9.—General Car ranza is preparing a manifesto to the American people in which he plans to review the Mexican situation and make public correspondence between his government and the state depart ment. J.ust how soon the manifesto will be issued is not stated. Washington, Aug. 9.—Secretary Lansing announced that the Pan American conference on Mexican af fairs would be resumed in New York Wednesday afternoon at the Balti more hotel. He said he did not know how prolonged the conference would be. Washington, Aug. 9.—Brazilian minister, the only diplomatic repre sentative the United States has in Mexico has been withdrawn by his fy overnment to forestall his expulsion General Carranza. This authori tative statement was announced here today* The Brazilian minister reported to the state department that he intended to sail Wednesday from Vera Cruz on a French liner for the United States. It is believed here that Carranza ex pelled Senor Ortega, the Guatemalan minister and was preparing to expell the Brazilian because of the partici pation of their countries in the Pan American conference in Washington for composing Mexican affairs. This development is a very dis turbing one for the success of the Pan-American 'conference. OmciaW who were hoping that Carranza would joi nthe peace conference with his ad versaries to meet the efforts of the Pan-American nations to settle the factional strife are much disappoint 6(1* It is said by Carranza agents that neither the Guatemalan nor Brazilian have been on good terms with Car ranza and that it had been Cairanza intention to hand the Brazilian his passports as soon as Carranzaagain reoccupied Mexico City. Participa tion of Brazil and Guatemala in the Pan-American conference they said, brought Carranza's sesentment to a climax. ,. It is recalled that Castro, the dic tator of Venezuela took much the ..game action whfcn offended by-foreign pressingfor a-settlement of the affairs in his country. .. The state department advices saia General Carranza was making hur ried preparations to move his capital from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. The Archive's clerks have been moving to the capital since Friday. It is the impression in Mexican cir cles here that Carranzaproposes to establish himself in Mexico City and probably proclaim himself provisional president in the face of .the Pan American effort to bring th» factions American naval commanders at Vera Cruz have been ordered to place a warship at the disposal of the two diplomats, if they wish it. Threejun boats are in the vicinity. Jhe Wheel ing is at Tampico. the Marietta at Progresso and the Sacramento, on which senior officer, Commander Mc Namee, has his flag at Vera Cruz. Secretary Lnnsincr s»id h* 's con sidering American representation in Mexico City in view of the departure of the Brazilian minister but he md not know what wnnlH h* done. He assumed however, that American dip lomatic affairs would be in a sort or a state of quiescence" in Mexico Citv The reasons for the Brazilian minis ter's visit to the United States at this time, Lansing said, were unknown to Mm The Carranza official here said that Carranza was prepared to expel the Brazilian minister from the country, as he did Senor Artega, The Guate malan minister. Financial Plan For Upbuilding Mexico New York, Aug. 9.—Wm. G. Mc Adoo, secretary of the treasury, went to Wall street to discuss with bank ers, it is reoorted. the financing of the administration's plan for upbuild ing Mexico. McAdaa conferred hwe yesterday with Secretary Lansing concerning the Mexican situation. CAFE CHANGED HANDS MONDAY MRS. LYNCH SELLS CAFE AND RESIDENCE TO L. O. YONKER —TOOK CHARGE MONDAY The Great Northern cafe changed hands Monday eveninsr. the new pro prietor being L. 0. Yonker. Mr. Yonker not only purchased the cafe but in the deal Mrs. Lynch sold her fine residence on First Avenue east. Mr. Yonker is an experienced cafe man. having been engaged in the bus ir»»s* here som* time ago and also in other cities. The patrons are there fore assured that the was* service which has characterized this nonular eating place will continue. MM. Anna Lynch, the former pro prietor, will be in the city for several wedts but expects to leave soon for -her old home in New York state. We are sto] Bounce that the press to an •o changed presi age. SEED CORN TO BE SCARCE NEXT YEAR S O E A I O S A E S HAVE SAVED SOME OF LAST SEASON'S CROP Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 6.—What is North Dakota and the northwest in general going to do for seed corn for 1916? While it is early to talk about seed for next year's crop the farm ers who have developed corn raising in the northwest are interested, for it is an open secret that not a bushel of corn will ripen in North Dakota this year and it is stated on good author ity that Minnesota and northern Iowa are in much the same fix. Save Last Year's Seed A few cautious farmers have pro tected themselves by saving a few bushels of last year's crop, each year guarding against just what happened this season. But it is estimated that there is considerably less than a hun dred bushels of northern grown seed corn of successful varieties in the state at this time. One corn farmer last week declared that he would not take $25 a bushel for the seed corn which he has. Few Realize Conditions Few realize the significance of the condition this year. The setback which will be suffered to corn raising is near appalling. For years farmers have been acclimating the choice vari eties, each year saving the best seed, in an effort to secure a variety of corn peculiarly suited for the northern cli mate. To see one entire crop wiped out, leaving no seed, except what has been saved from the year previous, is recognized as a keen loss which will be left for years, and which it is fear ed will tend to discourage a branch of farming which has taken years to de velop to the present stage. FRENCH RENEW WAR PLEDGE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BEGINS SESSION IN MOST PATRIOTIC MANNER Paris, Aug. 6.—The first meeting of the chamber of deputies after the an niversary of the beginning of the war and after the establishment of the union of all political parties in France, to endure so long as the war lasts, was held yesterday. The sea sion was marked by an extraordinary demonstration of patriotism which was a strong indication of. the unani mity of all Frenchmen of every faith and shade of political belief. The meeting was the first since the forma tion of the present coalition cabinet in France. Paul Deschanel president of the chamber, opened the session with an eloquent speech, which was appar ently intended to be a following of the example of the address of M. Rodzianko, president of .the Russian duma, at the recent opening of that legislative body, and a reply to the anniversary manifesto of the German emperor. To this Premier Viviam gave response in the name of the government. Year of Glory M. Deschanel said a year had pass ed since the enemy of France^ even before declaring war, had violated French territory. "This year has been so full of a glory so pure," he declared, "that it will forever illumine the human race. It has been a year in which the France of Joan of Arc and Valmy, has risen if possible to even greater heights." Continuing, the president of the chamber recounted briefly "the break ing of the German military power and "the forcing back of the enemy of France. "Be the war of short or long dura tion, France accepts it," M. Deschanel declared. "The country is sum moning its genius and changing its methods. Each French soldier, be fore the enemy, repeats the words of Joan of Arc: 'You can enchain me, but you cannot enchain the fortunes of France.' These touches of human grandeur come from the depths of the muddy trenches.'' Matter of Constancy M. Deschanel then reviewed a few words the work of parliament, praising especially the activities of the several committees. In an eloquent passage the presi dent of the chamber then repeated the determination of France to con tinue the struggle to complete vic tory. "It is a matter of that honor which France always has preferred to life." A message from President Poin care was read in the chamber of Pre mier Viviant and in the senate by Aristide Briand. minister of justice. It was addressed to the French par liament and reviewed the first year of the war. M. Poincare laid especial emphasis on the "sacred union of the political parties of France," calling this one of the conditions of victory. DIVORCE CASE There was a divorce case up be fore Judge Fisk the first of the week from Mountrail county. Annie Han nah was asking for a divorce from Fred W. Hannah and he put in a counter claim of desertion. They agreed to settle yesterday forenoon and the divorce was granted to Fred Wit Annie Hannah wqs given $600 alimony and their seven Tear old daughter will live with them ton about, three months with each. Estimates of the principal crops, announced by the department of agri culture, based on conditions of Aug. 1, show that all crops will be greater than last year. Interest centered on wheat and corn. Both showed im provement over July conditions, though excessive rains and cold weath er in the central states interfered with threshing. Oats also suffered in those states, but in other sections the improvement more than offset this. Com prospects increased almost 100,000,000 bushels ,the principal gains having been, Illinois 30,000,000 bushels, Kansas 24,000,000, Oklahoma 26,000,000, Nebraska 15,000,000, Iowa 14,000,000, and Texas 10,000,000. Kansas showed a loss of 12,000,000 bushels in winter wheat Oklahoma 6,000,000, Nebraska 4,000.000 and Missouri 3,000,000, while Ohio and In diana showed an increase of 3,000,000 bushels each. White potatoes promise to exceed their former record production by 103,000,000 bushels, and sweet pota toes by 4,000,000 bushels. Other in creases ev$r record crops indicated in clude, tobacco 28,000,000 pounds flax 4,200,000 bushels hay 2,400,000 tons, and rye 1.300,000 busnels. Corn pro spects fell 206,000,000 bushels and oats 16,000,000 bushels below the rec ords. Details of each crop, other than to tal production, as announced by the department, follow: Winter Wheat—Preliminary esti mates show the acre yield as 16.1 bushels, compared with 19 last year and 15.6, the five-year average. Spring Wheat—Condition 93.4 per cent of a normal, comapred with 93.3 last month, 75.5 last year and 78.9, the ten-vear average. Indicated acre yield, 16 bushels, compared with 11.8 last year and 13.3, the 1909-13 aver age. All Wheat-Indicated acre yield 16.3 bushels, compared with 16.6 last year and 14.7, the 1909-13 average. Corn—Condition 79.5 per cent of a normal, compared with 81.2 last month, 74.8 last year and 80.6, the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield 34.9 bushels, compared with 25.8 last year and 25.9, the 1909-13 aver age. Oats—Condition 61.6 per cent of a normal, compared with 93.9 last month, 79.4 last year and 80.2, the FREIGHT WRECK LAST TUESDAY WRECK TUESDAY AFTERNOON PILES UP ABOUT TWENTY CARS—NO ONE INJURED A Great Northern freight train was wrecked near Lakeside, Montana, Tuesday afternoon and about twenty cars were piled up. The cars were loaded with lumber and one party who saw the wreck said the lumber was piled up twenty or thirty feet high. Some claimed the wreck was due to a broken flange but others say that it was more likely caused by a sun kink in the rails. The pile up started near the middle of the train. All passenger and freight trains were delayed, the first one getting through from the west at three-thirty yesterday afternoon. HARVEST IS ON Harvest has started in this county several fields of wheat having already been cut. There is considerable early sown grain that will be cut this week but the harvest will not be general until next week. Renorts claim a very good crop ,one of the best in the his tory of the county. WORKING ON RECTORY The foundation for the Episcopal rectory was completed last week and the carpenters got busy Monday. The frame work is about completed and the building will be sheeted in by the last of the week. The man who boosts his home town is invariably boosted .by the town. It ptys to be a booster.* Williams County Fair, Williston, North Dakota, Sept. 1, 2 and 3, 1915 WILLISTON, WILLIAMS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915. NORTH DAKOTA WILL RAISE GREATEST CROP Largest Crop In History To Be Raised This Year Says Government Report SPRING WHEAT Aug. 1 10-year August Condition. Average. forecast Minnesota 90 80 69,300,000 North Dakota 95 76 116,300,000 South Dakota 98 77 54,000,000 Washington 90 83 18,800,000 OAT CROP North Dakota 95 76 80,100,000 BARLEY CROP North Dakota 94 77 35,000,000 Washington, Aug. 10.—Three bil lion bushels of corn, one and a half billion bushels of oats, and a billion bushels of wheat are in prospect for this year's American harvest. Rec ord crops of rye, white and sweet po tatoes, tobacco, rice, and hay also are predicted for the prosperous farmers who have planted 310,546,000 acres, or 10,000,000 acres more than last year, to their principal products. The wheat crop, the greatest ever grown in any country, will be worth more than $1,000,000,000, while the corn crop's value may reach $2,500,000,000. ten-year average. Indicated acre yield 34.9 bushels, compared with 29.7 last year and 30.6, the 1909-13 aver age. Oats remaining on farms Aug. 1, 155,607,000 bushels, compared with 62,467,000 last year and 59,417,000, the 1909-13 average. Barley—Condition 93.8 per cent of a normal, compared with^ifl4.1 last month, 85.3 last year and 81.8, the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield 29.4 bushels, compared with 25.8 last year and 24.3, the 1909-13 average. Rye—Estimated acreage 2,594,000, compared with 2,533,000 last year. Preliminary estimates show acre yield as 17.0 bushels, compared with 16.8 last year and 16.1, the 1909-13 aver age. Buckwheat—Estimated acreage 800, 000, compared with 796,000 last year. Condition 92.6 per cent of a normal, compared with 88.8 last year and 8.7, the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield 22.1 bushels, compared with 21.3 last year and 20.5, the 1909-13 aver age. White Potatoes—Condition, 92 per cent of a normal, compared with 91.2 last month, 79 last year, and 81.6 the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield, 115.4 bushels, compared with 109.5 last year and 97.1, the 1909-13 average. Sweet Potatoes—Condition, 85.5 .per cent of a normal, compared with 88.7 last month, 75.5 last year and 85.2, the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield, 95.1 bushels, compared with 93.8 last year and 92.7, the 1909-13 aver age. Tobacco—Condition, 79.7 per cent of •/'normal, compared with 85.5 last monm, 06.5 last year and 79.7, the ten-year average. Indicated yield per acre 822.1 pounds, compared with 845.7 last year and 815.1, the 1909-18 average. Flax—Condition. 91.2 per cent of a normal, compared with 88.5 last month, 82.1 last year and 82.9, the ten-year average. Indicated acre yield, 35.2 bushels, compared with 8.3 last year and 7.8, the 1909-13 average. Rice—Condition 90.0 per cent of a normal, compared with 90.5 last month, 87.6 last year, and 88.2, the ten-year average. Indicated per yield, 35.2 bushels, compared with 34.1 last year and 33.3, the 1909 average. Hay (all tame)—Estimated acre age. 50.907,000, compared with 48, 400.000 last year. Condition, 89.0 per cent of a normal, compared with 85.2 last month. 86.7 last year and 84.3, the scftren-year average. Indicated acre yield, 1.47 tons compared with 1.43 last year and 1.34, the 1909-13 aver age* Apples—Condition. 61.5 per cent of a normal, compared with 63.3 last month, 61.3 last year and 54.0, the ten-year average. Peaches—Condition. 72.3 per cent of a normal, compared with 73.1 last month, 55.9 last year and 54.0, the ten-year average. HOLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT LOCAL TOURNAMENT SCHED ULED TO START AUGUST 23 —SCHEDULE OF PLAY A local tennis tournament will be held on the Williston Tennis and Golf Club Courts commencing August the 23rd. First round matches can be played at almost any time during the date suitable to the players but all first round matches must be plaved by Thursday evening, the 26th. The best two out of three sets will cover all matches but. the finals when three out of five will be played. Preliminary Round The first round in singles will have only one match, Corbett vs. Tisk. First Round The draw for the first round is as follows: Bergman vs Dawson. Harding vs Westergaard. Hanyen vs Dochterman. White vs winner Corbett and Tisk match. Overson vs Erickson. Pike vs Ellsworth. Hanson vs Botten. Murphy vs Dorothy. The matches for double will be an nounced next week. HAS FLYING MACHINE A. J. Gaudreau returned last Satur day from the east where he has been learning! to flv. He bought a Curtis bvplanerwid the machine is here now. Mm Gaudreau expects to try out the machine some time- next Week. Hell is an imitation of war. Graphic 1915 harvest 42,000,000 81,592,000 30,600,000 16,400,000 64,904,000 28,275,000 AUTO RACE AT THE COUNTY FAIR $500 AUTOMOBILE RACE WILL BE BIG EVENT ON OPENING DAY OF FAIR On Sept. 1st. the first day of the Fair, promptly at 12:30 P. M., all cars and teams of the Fair visitors will form a parade at the corner of Main street and Broadway, and will be pre ceeded to the Fair Grounds by the Williston Band. All the visiting cars will kindly form in line on Broadway west of Main street facing the east and they will take their place in this parade immediately following the band. A short line of march will be made in the business section before heading for the Fair grounds. The program for the first day of the Fair will be as good as any of the three days. On the first da^ will occur the $500 automobile race in addition to the broncho busting, all classes of horse racing, etc. Come the first day, then the second and also the third. STRANGER DIES HERE A young man about 24 years of age giving his name as Bennie Phillips was taken to the hospital last Friday by the officers who found him sick on the streets. He was suffering with an advanced case of typhoid fever and died Tuesday afternoon. When picked up he gave his name and said his mother was in Sand Point, Idaho. Mr. Lohrke wired the folks of his illness and later of his death and yesterday afternoon got a mes sage from his step father Alfred Bedoreen asking that he be buried here and the grave marked. The wire also stated that they could not come. Funeral services were held this morn ing and the body buried in the Wil liston cemetery. CALF THIEVES ROUNDED UP CALVES WERE BUTCHERED AND SOLD TO LOCAL SHO°—COW LEADS THE HUNTERS Stuart Goit and Geo. W. Hart, both of the Muddy Valley, were arrested on the morning of August fifth on a charge of .cattle stealing. Geo. Hart later confessed to the stealing and explained how they took the calves. He was taken before Judge Fisk Mon day and sentenced to two years in the pen. He was then paroled and is to work for H. T. Smizer during the parole period. He is to be paid for nis work and part of the money is paid over to the state. If Hart com plies with parol regulations this mon ey will be paid over to him at the end of the two years. Hart is married and this, together with the fact that he had been evidently lead into this stealing was what got him the parol. Stuart Goit waived preliminary hearing Tuesday and was bound over to district court. It is stated that he will plead guilty arf soon as the court can inform itself as to Goit's past rec ord as this would have a bearing on his sentence. The arrest of these two men shows some pretty fast work on the part of Assistant States Attorney Lohrke and Sheriff Erickson. The calves were stolen on the night of the third and the men were arrested the fifth. The calves were taken from the pas ture of P. J. Henry, one of them be longing to him and the other to I. O. Hagen. In telling of the stealing Hart said he was asked to go into the deal by Goit who explained how they could get away with calves by butchering them and selling the meat to the markets in Williston. Hart said they were unable to catch the calves in the pasture so they lead away the mother of one of them and both calves and the mother of the other one followed. They lead the cow to the deserted buildings on the Geo. Hart farm and got the calves into the barn. The cows were then driven away. The calves were then butchered and Goit. who borrowed a team from Wylie Thompson on the excuse of getting wood, drove to Wil liston by a round about way. He sold the calves to Wanka under the name of F. E. Johnson and Mr. Wanka identifies Goit as the man who sold him the calves. The fact that the men lead the mother of one of the calves to' the bam was what lead to their being dis covered so quickly. When the calves were missed the searchers turned the cow out and she led them right to the Hart Barn. The rest was easy. A search there revealed the heads and blood was found on the ground where they were butchered. This made them suspecti Hart and the fact that Goit had borrowed a team that night brought him under suspicion. He said he was going to hawl a load of wood for a party up the valley but when ^asked this party said they knew noth ing about a load of wood. Goit was at the Henry farm all win ter but was working for Wylie Thompson when the calves were stolen. BACHELOR GIRLS PARTY The Bachelor girls club gave a party to about fifty girl friends in Library Hall Monday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated, it is claimed, and everyone reports a great time. As we received instruction! as to just what we could say we leave the particulars to your imagination. $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCK CZAR'S FORCES SEEM TO BE OUT LOOKS AS IF RUSSIANS HAD ES~ CAPED FROM TRAP—MAY SUBJUGATE SERBIA Mile by mile the Austro-German* are pushing the Russians back from the old fighting ground around War saw, and are meanwhile making de termined efforts to entrap or crush .» the armies of Grand Duke Nicholas before they have a chance to make' good their retreat to their new de tensive positions. Particularly successful operations looking to this end are reported bf Vienna where the claim is made that Arch Duke Joseph Ferdinand's army has forced the Russians in disorder' across the Vieprz near Lubartoy*. southwest of Miechow. Unofficial ad vices from Austrian headquarters in— dicate that a split in the Russian lines caused by these operations may spell danger for the forces thus divided. A probability that the troops retiring from the vicinity of Ivangorod will protect the line of retreat, however Military observers in London ex press the opinion that the entrapping atrijempts will fail, gathering "on* official reports the indications that the Russians may now be expected to reach their new line safely. The latest official reports from? Rome recount activity by Italian mountain troops resulting in gaina. In Cadore the Austrians have been forced back as far as the south slopes of Burgs tall in the valley of Sexten. The statement declares counter at tacks by the Austrians on the Carso plateau are characterized as weak, and were easily repulsed. The Aus trian official report declares that all the Italian attempts have been re pulsed. London, Aug. 9.—Russia, having refused to consider the proposal Mon day by the German emperor for peies: with part of Poland traded for Ga licia, the great struggle in east must continue. As there are no indica tions of an immediate general offen sive by either side in the west, the struggle of the Russian forces to* shake themselves free of the Austro German grip remains the chief factor in the war news, with added interest in the Dardanelles operations. The Gallipoli field will be closely watched because of its possible bear--, ing on the Balkan situation again, simmering by reason or the reiwwea quadruple entente pressure in Bul- garia and Greece. Never before has the importance' of the operations at Dardanelles been, more keenly realized in Grat Bntaii* and France than now, especially as there are many indications that Ger many plans to deliver her next hara blow against Serbia in order to linkr up with Turkey, and thus checkmate the plans of the entente allied powers It is increasinglv manifest that Germany looks to the east for a set tlement of the war. By over-running Serbia she would occupv a very fav orable position to invoke Bulgaria passive or active aid in reaching Constantinople along the mam line. The expectations of such a move have undoubtedly brought about re newed negotiations between the en— tente allies and Bulgaria. Germans Occupy Praga Berlin, Aug. 9.—Praga, a suburb of Warsaw on the eastern bank of the Vistula has been occupied by German troops according to an official state ment issued by the German army/ headquarters staff. Don't Know of Peace Proposals Copenhagen, Aug. 9, via London:-— Persons in close touch with court cir cles here declare they know nothing regarding the peace offer alleged to have been made by the German em peror to the emperor of Russia, through the king of Denmark. The reported proposals were said to have involved the trade part of Poland for Gallicia. HAS FINE CORN W. O. says that E. E. Ryle, one of our hustling farmers, has one of the best pieces of corn he has ever seen. Mr. Ryle has given the field a great deal of attention and has worked it (Tour different ways, leaving it as clean as a new pin. TWO HUNDRED FROM WILD ROSE GREAT DELEGATION OF WILD ROSE FARMERS MAKE TRIP OVER THE COUNTY Between forty and fifty auto Ioads of farmers from the Wildrose country made a trip over the county Monday and Williston was one of thefr stop ning places and they sure made a p-ood showing for their section of the country. They report the best crop ever up their way. U. S. DEPUTY AFTER MAN Wm. Newman, held in Divide coun ty upon a request from the Federal authorities was to have had a habeas corpus hearing before Judge Fisk Tuesday. He was arrested without warrant and his attorney was bring* ing this action to secure his release. The U. S. Marshall was here to arrest him but he failed to come to the offl cer left yesterdayfor Divide county. The officer wanted Newman on a*, charge of smuggling.