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THE WEATHER
QENHtALLY FAIR
EVERYONE TO
BE ASKED TO
STEP LIVELY
.Letters Will Go Out Next Week
Giving Individual Loan
Allotments
PINCH SELF IF NECESSARY
Chairman Goddard Doesn't Be­
lieve a Little Sacrifice Will
Hurt Us
Next week letters will go out to
every man and woman in the Ninth
district who is regarded as capable of
investing in a Liberty bond of the
fourth issue, requesting that they pres­
ent themselves to their local commit­
tee on or before September 28 to be
assigned their quota of the forthcom­
ing loan.
This plan will be following in Bur­
leigh county as well as elsewhere in
the 'Ninth federal reserve district, at
the direction of the national govern­
ment. Burleigh county's share of the
fourth loan is $500,iKH), more than
twice the amount of the last loan. Peo
p'.3 who have not heretofore taken
their proportionate share of the loans
must take a larger bite of the Fourth,
in order to put the big allotment over.
"It may be necessary for us to pinch
ourselves a little in order to make up
our allotment of this loan," said
County Chairman H. P. Goddard this
morning. "I don't believe that any of
us of average means have denied our­
selves anything in the way of luxuries
or amusement to permit previous loan
purchases. If we have to sacrifice
just a trifle to meet the demands now
made on us ,it surely will riot hurt any
of us. In fact, with the glorious things
which our Yanks are doing for us
over there, we ought to be glad of an
opportunity to actually sacrifice a lit­
tle for them right now."
Some who have taken $50 bonds will
eb called upon to take those of $100
denominations. Those who have been
buying $100 bonds may be asked to
take $200. The average man and wom­
an of small means has been doing his
bit more falthfjullyy.it 4a claimed. Jtban
some of those whose bond purchases
should mount up into the thousands.
rJncle
Sam is no regarder of persons,
in the forthcoming loan the man who
bhould buy $10,000 worth or $50,000
worth will be expected to take his al­
lotment as cheerfully as the laborer
whose allotment is $50 or the salaried
man who is asked to buy only $100 or
$200 worth.
ItTY W. S ft
WELL KNOWN
AMENIA NAN
NOMINATED
Walter Reed Named for Agri­
cultural Member of Advisory
Draft Board
Walter Reed of Amenia, manager of
the Amenia & Sharon Land Co., and
a successful business man as well as
a farmer, has been nominated by the
U. S. department of agriculture to be
a member of the North Dakota indus­
trial advisory board, which will assist
the district draft board in passing on
claims for industrial exemptions. The
U. S. department of labor will nom­
inate a second member of this advis­
ory board, and the third member will
be nominated by the district draft
board. The appointments will come
from Washington.
The duty of this board will he pure­
ly advisory. Its members will inves­
tigate and report on industrial claims
and will suggest to the district board
a course of action. The ftnal decision,
as heretofore, will rest with the dis­
trict board. It is probable that all
nominations for the advisory board
will have been made within the next
ten days, and that it personnel can
be announced.
—BUY W. S. S.
NEW GOLD STAR
IN BURLEIGH'S
SERVICE BANNER
Private Joseph Leroy Loomis of
Sterling Makes Supreme
Sacrifice
A new gold star in Burleigh county's
service flag represents the name of
Joseph Leroy Loomis of Sterling, kill­
ed jn action in France on July la. His
sister-ln-lawr Mrs. .R. M. Loomis of
Bismarck, received official notice of
kis death Sunday, just six weeks from
the date upon which the last letter
from him came.
Private Joseph Leroy Loomis, who
would- have been 22 had he lived until
next month, enlisted in Bismarck on
December 2, 1917, and was sent to
C««?n* Greene at Charlotte, N. C. At
the
timd of
his
death he was serving
in the headquarters company of the
30th infantry. The first letter receiv­
ed from him in France was dated
April 12.
He is survived by his father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Loomis,
•t Sterling by three'brothers, one ot
whom, «o« .at
F6i«
Des Moioep. la., and.hy sftler, hf
Poplar, Afdnt.
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Registrants May
Volunteer for
Navy and Marines
Washington. D. C., Sept. IS.—Pro­
vost Marshal General Crowder today
annpunced orders to local draft boards
which will permit the voluntary induc­
tion of registrants into the navy and
marine corps and which provides for
I drafted men to be assigned to those
services if voluntary induction does
not suffice.
Calls for men for the navy will go
before the end of this month, and
marine corps inductions will be an­
nounced within the next few weeks.
-ll'Y W. S.
TROOP TRAIN
WRECK FATAL
TOELEYEN
Believed Five to Twelve More
Bodies Lie in the Wreckage
of Coaches
CONFUSION OF ORDERS
Springfield, Mo„ Sept. 18.—Wreck­
ing crews of the St. Louis & San Fran
oisco railway were working today to
recover additional bodies of soldiers
killed last night, when a troop train
and a freight met head-on near Marsh
field.and it was believed that five to a
dozen were in the wreckage. Fifty of
the moreseriously injured have been
brought here in relief trains. No
names of the seriously injured have
been given out, it is stated, however,
that most of the men in the forward
coach, which was wrecked, were from
Colorado and Minnesota, with a few
from Illinois.
CONFUSION OF ORDERS.
St. l^ouis. Mo., Sept. 18.—Confusion
of orders, it was said at the general
offices of the St. Louis & San Fran­
cisco railway here this morning, was
the cause of the wreck. No list of
the dead and injured has been receiv­
ed here as yet, 'but 12 soldiers and
two railway employes are known to
have been killed, and 38 soldiers in­
jured.
——»UY W. S. S.
REGISTRANTS
INNEW LIST
District Board Will Not Await
Drawing of Order Numbers
at Capital
The classification of men of 19 and
20 and from 32 to 3(, inclusive, who
registered last Thursday will be un­
dertaken by the district board as soon
ps their questionnaires are returned.
•without awaiting the assignment of or­
der numbers, as was done in the prev­
ious draft, Judge Luther
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 230. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1918.
IE.
1
E'irdzell,
chairman of the district board, an­
nounced today.
Indications are that the war depart­
ment will do everything possible to
expedite the induction of new regis­
trants into the service. The order
numbers, following the lottery drawing
in Washington, will be put on the reg­
istration cards by the district board.
In the meantime, the registrants will
have been classified, and the war de­
partment may then proceed to call its
select service men in the order of
their liability for service.
The district board is now in ses­
sion at the federal building here, clos­
ing up ttie'odds and ends of the.old
registrations. It has orders to do
nothing with regard to the new regis­
trants until it receives its instruc­
tions from Washington. Indications
are that the decks will be cleared for
action by the time the provost mar­
shal general's instructions are re
reived.
HERO ACE
UEUT. E.
G-. CHAMBERLAIN
First Liet. Edmund G. Chamberlain,
marine corps aviator, was recommend­
ed for the Victoria Cross and the Con­
gressional Medal of Honor for down­
ing five boche airplanes and disabling
two while on a flight as guest of a
British air squadron on July 28.
Landing with a disabled engine behind
the iHDX lines, he dispersed a com­
pany with his machine gun and took
one prisoner. When he reached the
alrdfome he asked that his exploit tie
kei* secret as he 'feared' a reprii1 'by volfo
mand because he was on a furlough- lieves.
COMMERCYO
sr
AUBIKIO
Washington, Sept. 18.—Represen­
tative' P. D. Norton of North Da
kota has announced he would not
run as an Independent candidate for
congress in his district.
Mr. Xorton was invited to become
the nominee of the Democratic state
committee, and 'Republicans who are
anxious to bring aoout the defeat ot
the Nonpartisan league candidate in
that district also offered their sup­
port. He was importuned also by
members of the Democratic songres
sional campaign committee to stand
as the Independent fusion candi­
date.
"I declined the invitation to be­
come an Independent candidate,"
said Mr. Norton, "because I felt I
could afford to stand on the record
I made as a Republican. 1 do not
want to be under obligations to the
Democratic party as an organization,
having made my fight as a member of
the opposite party."
—»UV w. A S
LAIST LEAVES
FOR FURLOUGH
Capitol Custodian Has Earned
His Vacation This Year
William Laist. veteran custodian of
the capitol, begins his annual two
weeks' vacation today. "Billy" enters
upon his furlough *with a good heart,
for he has just completed one of the
biggest jobs he has ever tackled at
the state house—the reconstruction of
the old senate chamber—and every
one who has witnessed the transform-1
at ion has declared the job a good one.
rl
ka oann (a krad
The senate chamber had perhaps
undergone a change or two since the
original capitol building was complet­
ed back in the early eighties, but it
showed little to support such a con­
clusion when the last legislative as­
sembly, in 1917, appropriated $3,500
for a new carpet, new curtains, new
chandeliers and other improvements.
The old oil-lamp chandeliers, massive,
if not particularly ornate things, which
would have made short work of any
legislator upon whom they chanced
to fall, still supplied the modern il
luminant for the senate chamber. The
turkey red carpet was old and worn
and spotty. The curtains hung in tat­
ters, and the walls and ceilings were
mottled and fissured.
The work of rehabilitation was not
undertaken until this summer. In the
meantime the price of everything had
gone up,, and the carpet, which was
the biggest item, had doubled. Cus­
todian Laist brought his ingenuity to
the front, stretched every dollar to
the breaking point, and finished the
job within the appropriation, and as
a result North Dakota's next legisla­
tive assembly need not feel ashamed
of its senate chamber.
»U W. «. f.
BURLEIGH COUNTY
REGISTERED 1890
Burleigh county's registration last
Thursday as totaled by Chairman
French of the local board was 1,890. or
approximately the same as the first
registration of June 5, 1917. The dif
feraice bettMien this total and General
#^8™^ for
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The reduction of the St. Mihiel salient brings the American
ern France and German LorraineK4°wn by tt)6 shaded portion of
the map. From this country Germany has*gCdt most of its iron?
for munitions in the last four years. The soljd )j(ne is the present
battle line.
PAT NORTON IS
E{OT CANDIDATE
Representative From Third Dis
trlct Pulls Out
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BUSINESS MEN
SEEJROPHIES
Stores to Close Saturday Morn­
ing at Various Hours for
War iRelic Train
CAPITOL FORCE TOttET OFF
Every business house in Bismarck
will suspend operations for at least
one hour Saturday morning to give its
employes an oportnnity to inspect the
collection of war relics which is to be
shown here by the Liberty loan war
trophy train, which arrives in the cap­
ital city at 7:45 Saturday morning and
remains until 12: ::it in the afternoon.
In order that then! may not be too
much congestion, half the stores will
close from $: 30 to 30 and the other
half from 9:30 to 10:30. The capitol
will close from 10:30 to 12, and the
county offices, federal building and
penitentiary will close for at least an
trjct
sUre
Bismarck will be expected to throw
Old Glory to the breeze bright and
early Saturday morning, and every
business house and home should be
dressed in the national colors. With
the traiir will ue the famous Cireat
Lakes trainty& station Blue Jacket
band qf 30 pieces, directed by John
Philip Sousa,'r}th«K world's greatest
band-master, aind this organization
will play a continuous concert during
the forenoon.
Start to Mail
Out Questionnaires
Washington,.. D. C., Sept. 18.—Local
draft "boards today began mailing out
questionnaires to aproximately 6,400.
000 men of 19 to 36 who registered
last Thursday. Registrants, will have
six days to fill out and' return the
questionnaires.
———atyV W. S. «.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Toronto, Sept 18.—When hlk ma­
chine caught fire while flying more
than. 10.000 feet in the atr. Cadet
•Henry C. Saunders was banted to
death. Saondors was from Brie, Ont.
,T«ii«'':'
MOONEY TELLS
OF GREAT WORK
OF OURYABKS
Hero of Battle of Catigny Home
on Furlough with an Empty
Sleeve
PRAISES THE RED CROSS
Says Too Much Cannot be Said
of Organizations Working
for Soldiers
"You can't say anything that's too
good for the Red Cross and the Sal­
vation army—they're looking out for
the boys over there every minute,"
says Private Ben .Ylooney of old Co. A
of the Fighting First, who. with an
empty sleeve as a memento of the
Yanks' famous victory ait Cantigny, is
home from Walter Reed reconstruc­
tion hospital at. Washington on a 30
days furlough.
A piece of shrapnel "got" Private
Olooney on May 29, the second day of
the battle of Cantigny. "We got in
the habit of flopping when we heard
a high explosive shell hit. and when
this shrapnel shell bursted I threw
nid -Vooney'
care of.
pictures, showing
This publicity is expected to in- —,
te',ing
piece
8
rt,i)ne
struok my head and was stopped by
my helmet, another piece struck me
in the left arm. leaving it dangling.
•All of our first aid meri'were killed iu
tention worse than did ,and I kept
walking back until 1 found a station'
I it ha as 1 1 hnnrH I back of the St. Mihiel sector. The attack of the enemy was made
army to the edge of the lamous Bney iron minimr cbuntry of east
ll asu 1
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a
presence of thousands of out-' then on the 29th 1 had to get mine
of-town people in Bismarck on Satur- 'Tisn't so bad as you'd think, tho. My
day. I buddy in this picture (showing a
Capt. E. G. Wanner of the Bismarck] postal card taken at Boston) Hannibal
home guard has been called upon tOjFarwell of -Maine, is only 18, and as
supply 24 home guardsmen in uni-1 you can see he has one leg gone. Well,
forms to assist in handling the big after we got to Washington they fixed
crowds. Mayor A. W. Lucas has an-1 him up with an artificial leg. and
nounced his intention of naming a I three days later he was dancing."
.special reception committee to greet Private "Paddy" Cox of Bismarck
those in charge of the train upon their
arrival, and he will also urge the ob­
servance of a partial holiday during
the morning.
w. s. s.——
joking
11 tts 14 hours
before was taken I
"They certainly do look out for a I
fellow, over there. From the dress-j
ed^ suft "f el ho pit a Then^o'a
l'rench hospital. I was in seven dif-
ferent hospitals before they finally got
me fixed up. Then I left for
German plane
which kept flying over our trenches
until we finally got him, is going to
oe tised by the reconstruction serv­
ice.
frivate Mooney joined Co. A. of the
Fighting First on August 27. 1917.
Prior to that time lie had played in
the orchestra led by Robert Bruce, the
Indian musician, and in Laufer's or­
chestra at Leith. Fie was a good vio-
linist in those days. "i'ii never finger
irvpvh.Igfi!1!' .m?,!!!,
V'?°,"iey,i r"e£u,ly
as he told about the old-Umes, "but
I'm going to make good with this ii-1
Thefhtel'
hour during the morning to give offi-1 to go into the trenches right away,
cers and employes a chance to visit The First has been back behind the
the train. lines, being filled up with drafted men,
James A. Brown, chairman of ar-jaitol they are using the 41st generally
rangements tor the coming of the 14b- as a replacement division. We went
erty loan trophy train, has notices ap-i right in there on the Sonime and took
pearing today, tomorrow or Friday in over lines that had been held by the
twelye country weeklies in the Bis
tnarck territory. The coming of the
train has been announced by Four
Minute men in every address made
this week and has been proclaimed
from every pulpit in the Bismarck dis-
T"1
was wounded at Cantigny, but went
back to his company the day .Mooney
left for home. Private Carmichael of
Linton, also of Co. A. lost a leg at
Cantigny, and is at his home in Linton
on furlough.
BUY 'V. S. 3.
Y. M. C. A. Wins
PlsM?e in Hearts of
American soldiers
With the American Army on Lor­
raine Front. Sept. 18.—The Y. M. O.
A. has won its place in the hearts of
s?}d}er^. An instance
of the part played by the organization
is told in connection with a recent
charge. Just before the charge on
the St. Mihiel salient a Y. M. C. A.
worker appeared among the men bear­
ing a huge pack on his back. When
the order to advance came he moved
forward with the men. At the first
pause, while the soldiers were shelt­
ered behind a little rise of ground, the
jt. iM. c.
A. man made his way from
soldier to soldier, giving each a cakej
of chocolate and a package of cigar­
ettes. When his pack was exhausted.
he returned to the rear, re^jigparing
move up to the front lines with its
supplies,- ...
fr_0 Sf
u.
oafnothegrifowrwhi^^iern'me^e,!!of
up. From Boston we went to Wash-'
in
garia and Il'ee Serbia.
ington to Walter Reed hospital. There itcK' vti a III PRAPT pitmc
I am studying illustrating. One of iny
USfc
lustrating game. As soon as I am in „,„mT
shape, they'll send me to a vocational MEN WELL PLEASED*
th^0/h
the hospital
"How sThe grub°over there*' Well, |manner
any sort of grub is good when you're
in the front line trenches. The boys
are all feeling good. It's tough while
they're in the firing line but there's
so much excitement they forget about
the danger and when they get back to
a rest camp they're just like a bunch
of kids on vacation. The old Fighting
rirst is all split up. All the privates
have been taken out and put into the
line. Our division was one of the first
to see active service, because they re­
garded the western boys, from the Da
kotas, Montana and Wyoming as fit
British. We had three weeks of it on
the Somme front .and I'm not ashamed
of what the boys did there, not by a
long shot.
"We took Cantigny on the 28th, the
day we made our charge. The Boches
moved out, with us after them, and
*n
which
peace made by Germany,
BRITISH GENERAL SEEKS TO
OUTFLANK CITY BY AN
ATTACK ON NORTHWEST
Apparently Enemy is Determined to Hold His
Ground Between Scarpe and Oise—Start
Attack West of Cambrai
RESISTANCE WEAKENS.
London, Sept. 18.—Bulgarian resistance on Macedon­
ia front is weakening, and allied troops have advanced at
an average of ten miles, accordnig to latest reports re­
ceived. Fifty guns have been captured.
(By Associated Press)
Field Marshal Haig, two months from the day of the allied
offensive on the Marne has begun a closer investment of St. Quen
tin. His troops are attacking northwest of the city with the evi­
dent intention of outflanking it on the north.
The new operation follows the capture of Holon village, on
high ground, 3 miles northwest of St. Quentin Tuesday night. Hol
non is on a hill as is Maissemy, captured late Sunday. These hill
positions dominate the terrain north of St. Quentin and the road
connecting the city with Cambrai.
"JUMPING OFF" POINTS.
From these favorable "jumping off" points, the British are
Imoving in toward the city. Full details of the operation still are
but the British wili undoubtedly meet with stiff resistance.
The British are here near the Hindenburg positons, and captured
documents have ordered the Germans to maintain their positions,
•hi .... The Germans use their big guns actively against Moeuvres, west
and paused' ihrce .ires* ins station" b°e-io( Cambrai, and pressed the British back to the western outskirts.
Sytai1 tX bX I DETERMINED TO HOLD GROUND.
but there were fellows who needed at-
Apparently the enemy is determined to hold his ground be-
I tween the Scarp and the Oise. The American artillery are busy
With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept. 18.—German avi­
ation machine gunners and bombers attacked what they supposed
to be the American positions in the region west of Vandieres last
night. The mist and low clouds prevented the Germans from find­
ing their targets. The Germans themselves were located and
driven back by anti-air craft guns.
VIOLENT COUNTER ATTACK.
Paris, Sept. 18.—German troops last night launched violent
counter attacks against the French positons on the plateau norni-
I east of Sancy, seven miles northeast of Soissons. The French war
°f^ce statement issued today says the Ferman attacks were un-
successful and that the French troops maintained their gains,
With the American Army in France, Sept. 18.—From the
LAST EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Milii^l Tho attack nf thp pmmiv w»s tnnfln
Tuesday evening, and the enemy did not follow up his attack with
any further movement toward the American line.
DRIVE PROGRESSING.
Macedonia the allied drive is progressing. French andSer-
bian troops alter taking Sokol ridge have pressed on a iront _ol
five miles on a line of thirty miles. The early success of the allied
home, troops hay lead to a general offensive in this area for the purpose
cutting off Turkey. A move of this character would crush Bul-
ANTI-AIK UKAp1 l*U
the American army received the reply of Presi­
dent Wilson's reply to the Austrian peace note, its attitude might
be said to be one of grim approval.
The reply was circulated from the front line trenches far to
the rear, and it was stated emphatically that the allied govern­
ment, certainly not theirs, would not listen to such a trick of the
enemy to gain time.
There was a feeling of relief among officers of the high ran^
and enlisted men.
The men said: "Sure he won't. The Kaiser can't put any­
thing like that over on him."
ATTEMPT ATTACK.
With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept. 18.—German in­
fantry attempted to attack the American line west of Mosele Tues­
day morning, but was driven back by American artillery.
ALNON CAPTURED.
London, Sept. 18.—British forces attacked tonight northwest
of St. Quentin, according to an official report from Field Marshal
Haig. The village of Alnon, three miles northwest of St. Quentin,
has been captured by the British.
A German attack last night at Moevures under heavy artil­
lery protection resulted in pushing the British back to the out­
skirts of the village.
PENETRATE FOUR AND A HALF MILES.
Paris, Sept. 18.—Allied forces on the Macedonian front have
penetrated four and one-half miles on a front of 15 miles, and have
captured 4,000 prisoners, according to an official statement issued
tonight.
MAJOR OPERATION EXPECTED.
Washington, Sept. 18.—It has been hinted for some months
that this autumn would see a major operation on the Macedonian
front. While it is not possible for military reasons to give the
number of men intended to participate in this movement, its ob­
jects are clear: To cut off Turkey from its allies to reduce Bul­
garia free Serbia and liberate the Jugo-Slavs.
The Serbs are fighting valiantly, for they are at last near
home, and are fighting for the restoration of their native land.
The Bulgarians already are having trouble with themselves and
with Turkey, Germany and Austria. In some quarters it is be­
lieved they may desert their allies, and sue for separate peace, try­
ing to save as much of their conquered territory as they can.
The Bulgarians have killed many thousand Serbians and Ru-
manians, but the entente is assured of the ardent cooperation of the
pgQpjg who have survived the massacre. The Jugo-Slavs are
merely awaiting an opportunity to join the allies to free their
homes from the yoke of Austria.
BELGIUM REFUSES.
Paris, Sept. 18.—The Belgian government, after consultation
with the allies, according to La Petite Parisian, has decided to re­
fuse without elaboration or commena a recent tender of a separate
ENDORSE WILSON'S STAND.
London, Sept. 18.—The British delegates to the inter-allied
labor and socialist conference today introduced a resototi0lRren
jQorsing the 14 points laid down by President WHstWi as a, liipis
for peace, .• "'•fa*
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