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The Weather Fair and Warmer, THE BI THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 287 ‘ ‘ASSOCIATED PRESS. Allies to Land Troops toF > DEATH TIMES [Tennis Batts iT TD OPEN CECE. MUST. | WAN BUMPED. Of Srowbats ROAD TO RIVER 10 Seen Thursday, UDmtT FROME BRITE} srs sso UNDER: TRACKS ALL O DEMANDS Hayrack Parties, Golf Matehes, Tennis, Skating and Autoing ed and Grade Crossing Abolished FIVE CENTS iy aoe RUSSIANS START VIGOROUS IFES I nd TO SAVE BUCHAREST FROM FALLING INTO RANDS OF MAGKENSEN AND FAKENRAYN FORGES LIKE WARNE. BATTLE Entente Powers To Turn Line ag They Did When Paris Was : Saved | RUSSIA IS ACTIVE - { ON EAST FRONTS HOW TEUTONS ARE CLOSING IN ON BUCHAREST Chris Kisland, Who Sought Re. fuge on Bridge Abutment from Train, Dies in Hospital Not Dream but Reality WEATHER NOTHING ) UNUSUAL SAYS ROBERTS -| admiral Du Fork Says He Will . Do All to Avoid. Blood. shed } MANDAN PAINTER VICTIM OF THANKSGIVING ACCIDENT APPEAL ADDRESS TO COUNTRIES COMMERCIAL CLUB BOARD BACKS BIG IMPROVEMENT Forecaster Recalls December 10, .1890 When Temperature Was 64—This Noon It Was 40 “Chimmy” rolled out of his little bed this morning, peeped outside, call- ed his sister, Mary, and the two stood under a curtain with the window wide open, watching the prettiest sunrise ever seen in North Dakota for this time of the year. 5 ‘Right there and then, “Chimmy” was undecided—he was in a quandary Attempted To Cross Missouri Bridge Yesterday Afternoon —Sought Sa Safety Tn an attempt to npt to dodge an on- coming, passenger train, Chris Eis- land, a Mandan painter, sought re- fuge on the south side of the Mis- souri bridge early yesterday after- Mandan and Bismarck Join Hands in Making Red Trail Better : Highway A real road to the t river, with the dangerous grade crossing over the Northern . Pacific tracks abolished thorugh the medium of a viaduct, with permgnent ferry landings on both sides of the river and real ferry ser- German Cousuls Haye Been De- ported to Malta by Entente RIOTS tater London, : Dec. News dit patches report a slight outbreak of rioting in the etreets of Athens with several shots being fired. Quiet was restored... Central Powers Army Moving on Toward Capital of Balkan ~ State PREPARING FOR WORST. lacing his an e * This map shows graphically how the Teuton armies are threat. pay arallel cfg te teeek: sgnhether:torabema Bis, mothers chit, |) see every: dey auri ns the season, was London, Dec. 1.—The Allies are pre- ening arest, the Rumanian capital. At (1) German forces from Rome, Dec. 1—Dispatches to Pi mand and dress for play or roll over }& popular program worked out yester-| yoring to land troops on Greek soil] Bulgaria crossed the Danube, and at (3) met Mackensen’s armies, newspapers here say that the civ- was bumped on the left side by the engine of train No. 8 and toss- ed 60 feet to’ the ground below, dying severai hours later at St. day at a joint meeting of the river crossing committees of the Mandan and Bismarck Commerical clubs, with members of the city commission. Never Had Real Road. who had advanced along the railroad from Krajova (Craiova). There itian population is leaving Byuch- are still Rumanian forces beleaguered behind the new German lines. arest and that the military offi- cials are making desperate efforts and force compliance with Admiral Du _Fournet’s .. disarmament order. Du Fournet is quoted as ing: “1 shall land ‘French. for a longef nap, Great December Weather. Great December weitiher thought every kid enjoying a week-end vaca- tion. And the kids were not the only ones to comment on it, either. Fore. caster Roberts was busy at his gov- ernment observatory taking notes. “This kind of weather is nothing unusual for North Dakota,” he de- clared, after consulting his records. He stated that it. was 40 degrees above at noon, or about 10 degrees above the normal. 64 Degrees in 1890. And then a pencil went down the record sheet and stopped. Crissey's ‘dope on North -Dakota weather had been given another blow. His pencil pointed to December 10, 1899, when Alexius hospital in this city. The body fell on the Morton county side. EVIDENTLY INTOXICATED red inquest called this morn- in the Lucas undertaking es- ta lishment brought out testi- mony to the fact that Eisland was intoxicated, that he started from the east end of. the bridge to cross, that-the train whistled as it neared the structure and that Bismarck has never had a real road to the river. twisting ' cow-path runs over private lands for a greater part of the way, and has been partially fenced up. as to constitute a rea! danger: of.a steep rise, and approached from the east after a sharp turn,-has fre- quently placed lives in jeopardy. Clubs Have Been Working. gently during the past season upoh The present winding, Turns are so frequent and so abrupt the grades are poor. and the crossing over the North Pacific tracks, at the crest The Bismarck and Mandan Com- mercial clubs have both worked dili- |, Britis! Italian troops ‘to’ ree aes with my order... I’am attempting .to avoid bloodshed where possible.” puna ANXIETY FELT. Athens, Dec. 1.——Digpatches report greatest anxiety, Té@utonic consuls deported to Malta. “The control of postoffices and telegraph lines taken by the government. |The Greek gar- rison has withdrawn: inland, taking with it all the available war Reuter’s Athens corresponde that the appeal addressed Greek government: to. neutral nations recapitulated ,events: in Greece since the outbreak “of’, the war, which are by the| Dead Bodies REIGN OF TERROR IN CHIHUAHUA SAY REFUGEES Piled High in Streets of Captured CERMANY OFFERS INDEMNITY FOR SINKING MARINA Will Apologize and Make Mone- to defend it against the approach. ing invaders. lieve Rumania, of the Central Powers, union of Mackensen’s; and hayn's armies. Vienna, Dec. 1.—Russians are put- ting forward a supreme effort to re- In ‘their ability .to rush reserves to the retreating Ru- manians, lies the only hope of saving Bucharest from falling into the-hands On, all fronts there is an effort to engage Teuton forces in order to relieve the terrific pressure on Rumania because of the Fuléea: he placed himself on the south side of the trestle to avoid the danger. It was.stated that he got down on his hands and knees and turned his head . away, to- ward the east, from the slowly ap- preaching eastbound train. Two ; Indian boys from. the Indian \ schcol and a clerk at the school said. that a broken.; bottle of whiskey “was fond’ near where body ‘was struck. ‘inquest ‘Fakes Adjournment. Members of‘ the jury‘at the inquest Jn were Orris W. Roberts, W. G, Wilcox and A. F, McDonald, whe heard the testimony of ,Menry Hartley, labor- er living at’ 306" ‘Mandan avenue; Charles M. ghlin,’'a clerk at the Vigorous Offensive. “Special dispatches from Petrograd report a vigorous. offensive along. the entire Carpathian front. This moye- ment is the strongest possible and ‘is staged only to. assist the atragg! Balkan state from the fate ‘that via met. 3 In some places there’ ls band-to- hand fighting, and the most: dramatic he hi 'y,of the war; is dein: rwaged to savée® Pa: Past’ from the Teuton foes. \According to Paris, Bucharest’s ne hangs upon the ability of :the; Rus sian reservists to check the invaders. Joffre saved Paris in the battle of the ‘Marne in a like situation. : ‘Rumanians Flee. A correspondent of the Lokal ‘An- zeiger telegraphs that the German troops which advanced east of the the improvement of river approaches, On the Mandan side, the Commercial club. already has 4 new road graded through the bottoms, paralleling the Northern Pacific tracke more than half way to the river, and to be com- pleted early in the spring. Get Real Action. Yesterday the clubs of the Twin Cities determined time had come for definite action on the part of Bis: marck, A. joint’ meeting was arrang- ed. L. A. Tavis, at thé head’ of the Mandan committee, came over on No. 4, and’a session was held in the office of Chairman E. A. Hughes of the Bis marck committee, with President: A. W. Lucas, Comimissioner Battey and City Engineer Atkinson in attendance. A junket to the river followed. A route for the new road'was determin: _Gity represented as “trials: spported .with dignity.” tary Reparation to Families of Deceased the-maximum for the day was 64 de- grees. . i “Doesn’t look much like deep snow, high, sweeping winds and zero tem- peratures,” he sai And Yesterday Was Thanksgiving. And sterday was Thanksgiving, the last day’ of November, with just such ‘a beautiful day, and today even warmer—the- lst pf. December. > Out on the’ golf. links» yesterday, froin’ an’ early howk “inthe moriing. until a setting November sun fell to sleep, golfers played ‘out of ‘doors. Not far from the Country club links, a few men in flannel sweaters -buffet- ed little balls around, INo! \No! Not Snowballs. No! No! Crissey, they were it snowballs, but, tennis balls, Down one of‘the country roads came sev- Woundie Spirit. In regard tothe demand of Vice Admiral Du Fournet, commander of the allied eaunaepne: for the surren- der of war matériats,:the government says it is supported. by the whole tcountry in rejecting the demand, which not only woth tthe national self-esteem, but jini he sovpr- eignty of the nation. I VICTIMS COVERED WITH OIL; PUBLICLY ‘BURNED HEAR FIRING. : El. Paso, Dec. 1.—Shortly be- fore daybreak firing began four miles: south of-Juarez: Fifty shots were heard on-the American side of the border. All efforts to learn the cause of the firing failed. TO PUNISH COMMANDER OF OFFENDING CRAFT is | Washington, Dec. Te cereany, jready, to pay, inden Hiveslost in’ torpe loing the steamer Marina. It will also apologize for the incident and punsh. the ,submarino commander, if developments show that the imperial government’ is re Notwithstanding: all that has’ hap- pened, the ‘appeal says, the govern- ment is confident Greece will emerge from the crisis “weakened, it is true, but nevertheless able to reorganize| Juarez, Dec. 1.—The remnant Car- hep: totes ane fulfill her duty to-lranzista army that fled from Chihua-|sponsible for destruction of the craft. ward Hellenism.” hi ii Tf a showing can be made that the King Constantine formally advised Bene ii amet ve we Plata vessel was sunk unjustly, reparation Vice Admiral Du Fournet that his gov-|80Uth. of Juarez, It brought stor! eS will be made without delay, The of- ( Indign' school; Frank’ Young, -Eagle| er! ‘woiien. on horseback, They/ed; the ‘necessity of a viaduct under| ernment refused to surrender its arms of the evacuation of the city. A reign fer was conveyed today in Germany’s} Ajt valley outflanked the Rumanians 9 and George Gillett, two boys ‘skating passed several big auto cars of jolly-|the Northern Pacific, tracks was re-}and munitions to the Allies, of terror followed Villa’s evacuation,| formal reply to American demands. ) on the northern part of the river, and, j on the river at the,time of the acci-| makers. Joy-riding the last of No-|cognized, and there were drafted re- Seas the soldiers say, Dead bodies were! Germany's answer, it is said here.| that hundreds of the Rumantans sur vembor in North Dakota sounds dot ful, but residents of Bismarck will vouch for, the fact and that it even continued into the evening hours. In the downtown district men were. at work paving. Skating, Too, an Offering. Surely, residents of North Dakota had much to be thankful for. yester- day. les the tennis and golf games which were played, there was a party of skaters on Apple creek. Spring Coats Blooming. | Winter coats and furs were some- what out of place on tho streets yes- terday in the Thanksgiving parade of fall toggery. Instead, men appeared in’ spring coats and women in fall suits. In the hotels and’ the ice cream parlors, where many. flocked, the doors of thé places of business were wide’ open. This Hits the Climax. Out) on grandma and grandpa’s place ‘a story comes that a bunch of jolly Thanksgiving people got togeth- er, piled into a hayrack and went rollicking over the prairies for a commendations which will be submit- ted to+the city: commission Monday evening, and which are expected’ to have the hearty support of every citi- zen of Bismarck. Real Ferry. ; Enterprising Mandan citizens are investing $6,000 in a real ferry boat. capable of handling eight cars, and they will spend from $1,000 to $2,000 more in permanent approaches on hoth sides of the river. The Bismarck road will run straight to the river and turn. The approach on this side will be located where the road first strikes the river, eliminating the present, one drive. ; Was incomplete and contradictory and requested that the United States give with oil and burned, Many civilians a it Germany any information in her pos- fled after Villistas took Santa Rosa) session. hill, which is the key to Chihuahu: | The Siroumptances ats about the a i same as surrounde e Sussex an- pie Carransinins finding taut aeteney swer when American witnesses show- of the city was futile, retreated. ed that the German submarine un- Several Juarez residents, thinking doubtedly was responsible, Then Ger- that Villa has begun an attack upon] many ultimately accepted the respon- the city, rushed across the border, Strong Carranza forces. however, sibility. have been rushed to the border near here. United States military author- ities think that only roving bands of Villistas were. sighted. Carranza troopers, survivors of the battle of Chihuahua City, continue to arrive. : Tuesday, after capturing Chihuahua a ’ City, Villa began slaughtering Chinese FOOTBALL SCORES residents of the city, four refugees Vi said today. More than fifty Chinese were flilled,/ when the refugees es- caped. With these reports little hope is entertained for safety of Americans. Firm Policy Intended, Washington, Dec. 1—The United rendered, the others disbanding and fleeing into the mountains. “In conse- quence of this move, the Austrians and Germans were able to break through Rothenthurm pass at the nar rowest point almost without loss and advance southward without ‘encoun- tering resistance. The Rumanians fled in panic, os {8 shown by the large number of pris- oners taken recently and also by the that captured trenches were found filled with war matéfial of all kinds. Rifles still ready #or firing, the correspondent says, Were lying before the trenches, pointed’ toward the former AustroGerman positions. It is frankly admitted in Paris that the defeat of the Roumanians will be very vexatious to the Allies’ plans, It is agreed that if tne Germans dre sac- cessful in supressing the Roumanian army and shortening the Teutonic eastern front by a‘ direct line through Bessarabia to the Black sea, the war will be lengthened. Many German troops will be released .and afford dent, and, students at the Indian school, At 11 o'clock the inquest took adjournment until late this’ evening when the testimony from the mem- bers of the crew will be taken. Picked up by. pasengers and mem- bers of the train crew, the injured men was taken aboard the train, rush- ed to the hospital, being entered di about 4 o'clock, and died an hour Jat- er regaining consciousness, The acci- dent happened about 2:30 or 3 o'clock. The man was identified by Chief of Police Downing .as Chris. Eisland. Suffered, Fractured Skull... Dr. Strauss of the medical. firm of 1 Roan, Fisher. & Strauss, took charge of the case. ..A fractured skull, a bad- ly. bruised shoulder and.left- side, cou- \ pled with internal injuries caused his death, which will in all probability be the sense of the coroner's verdict Efforts to learn of .any _ relatives ia brought out. the fact that he hada sister living at Wilcox, N. D.., Servic- q es will be arranged under her. direc- tion. She was. notified, this morning. piled high on the streets and covered Thieves Raid Bartz Store at Garrison Garrison, . D. Dee. 1.—furtz’s general merchandise store ‘was raid- ed here last night by. professional thieves, who, helping themselves to suitcases, carried off booty in them amounting to $800 in silk and cloth- ing. There is no clue. ed fact RICHARD KITTEL EATS THANKSGIVING DINNER IN CASS COUNTY JAIL Taken to Federal Prison at Leav- enworth Last Night to Begin GERMANY READY - TO END WAR Dec. 1.—(Ey Wireless East. Colgate, 28; Brown, 0. Vermont, 6; Rochester, 10. Johns Hopkins, 0; M. A. C., 54. University of Pittsburgh, 51;Penna I Berlin, to Sayville)—In an address to the | State, 0. earned that a firmer pol- rvii . greater freedom for maneuvering if 4 Henry aber, ee at oe Man- pts Hage see eae ThNks:! Reichstag in introducing the man- West. fey thwatd Mantes 1 is planned, if Car. Be ing, Sentence) the Balkans. If G ny can hol@ | a sees dan avenue, was the first witness to 5 er then from Steele comes the re-| POWe" bill, Chancellor von Bethmann-} Knox College, 7; Monmouth, 7. ranza fails to deal adequately with the (Special to the Thibune.) Roumania, she will obiain uch need. testify. He ‘stated that he was in the! port that several th b sai Hf Hollweg again announced that Ger-| Notre Dame, 20; University of Ne- present vexing problems. Such a pol- Fargo, XN. D., Dec. 1.—Richard C. ed supplies snd such iciory: will vicinity of the bridge at the time, that Srtkat village aot ou ait BE ai, | many was ready to end the war by a] braska, 0 . ey will be inaugurated at once, if Car-| Kittel, under a sentence of seven serve, say experis, to raise the Ger t he had taken his wheel and intended ad peace guaranteeing the existence and] Washington, 9; St. Louis, 0. ranza is unable to cope with the pres-| Years and six months in the federal man spirit. if little hand ball “just to limber up.” There is nothing yet in sight at the weather bureau to knock this great spring-like weather. The forecaster nin dines nes? Marquette, 7; Wabash, 13. University of Colorado, 14; Colora- do Aggies, 32. Denver University, future of the nation. FEDERAL INSPECTORS penitentiary at Leavenworth, was tak-| Official entry of Ge en last night by United States Mar- Armentiers is reported. Attempted shal S. J. Doyle to that institution to Teuton raids on the trench near begin serving his sentence. Neuve Chapell was repulzed. to spend the day.- The accident, he said, happened about 2:30 o'clock, and that the train struck the man. ent uprising. The war department said that its orders to Pershing to get Villa still 21; Colorado } Hartley testified that Eisland started} is not at ail atoused, simply saying stands, However, conditions are so { from “this, end of the bridge.” Hart-|that it's nothing unusual for North :] School of Mines, 0. ington, 14; Unte| altered that the punitive expedition Thanksgiving in Jail. _atee German forces in -Germaa ) ley said he saw the train approaching |-Dakota. _ University of Washington, 14; Unt) yin) await fresh orders before mak-| Richard C. Kittle, former prominent 'East Africa have been captu and from the west and the “fellow stand- pel itis WATCHING GRAIN versity of California move. If there is any chance| and respected banker of Caselton, by the Teutonic: armies in that section A ing on the bridge.” CHILD’S CRUSADE All Stars, 0; Mari 0. of Villa occupying Juarez, the Amer-|Some irony of fate, was committed have divided and retreated. “It/threw him off on the south side,” TO AID PEACE Fone ate tf Connell 3. 0; Missou- [i238 Will strike. Experts think that to the Ca county, Jail on Thanks; a Petrograd aidyless: ie thet eae j . y + {ty to start to Juarez,|8iving eve, and his giving day! Rus Fi “ said ‘the witness. ane jooken’ sedi She New York, Deco icBight little chil.|_‘Minnapolis, Minn., Nec. 1—Federal iversity. Milla: 15 too ort 60. ete “ot Pershing’s| dimner—his first’ under sentence-- newr K though he fell pretty close to fs dren a i wiitod ith os ah “lgrain inspectors today took their University of Southern California,| pornos, was served to Him in the Cass county fully. eke to Mandan. t son uy to cP esid ti Wil plage shoulder, to shoulder witit state Ofe sort a sEies, 1s If Carranza fails to meet American Jail. f Pursue Rumanians. Wanted Company t0 Manda on ee sonle waren Tresident Wil) grain inspectors, and watched every| Whitman, 0; Washington State Col! gemands of higher respect for Amer-| | Brother Not Vet Sentenced. | ‘The Germans are pursuing the Rus q Bismark See said neve | on pecan te, car of incoming grain at the Minne-| lege, 46. p iean property and lives, a new policy witiian F. Kittel, the | younger sians. cut, off bf iy. Masa fv esiet { OO oe ere cos Otte ‘ purse lista movement at Chihuahua is very Kittel c a tepals ta aa ae __REORGANIZED litical, agitators sin the wave that Creighton, 20; South Dakota. 12. peatling. It is not thought that Per- ee Si ant in | | ia eta the route of their re- bridge.” said Laughlin, “and he asked} London, Dec. 1.—The shakeup tm chited to this market was improper ARCHIBALD IS Low. Si ores ee amet Villa (Ports to the government, has not heen | Reuters’ dispatches say that the re \ | me to go with him to Mandan. He} the British navy was greeted enthusi- ly peated by state graders, The ad- Tarrytown, Y., Dec. 1.—Late this| ble, although nes know that la vorienced yet, and federal officiala are {treating Rumianians are. destroying ‘ talked like he-was drunk and he smelt aatically.: Dysi COG) SCCM MEE a ganna dition of federal graders is construe:{#ftetndon Archibal condition gave | holds Chibueha ty t re-{not certain yet just when he will be; grain stores and oil in sections ot strong of liquor. It was whiskey” ee ann first sea dora: ee as a victory for the farmer politicians|Hpe. He is battling desperately and She ihe possibilities if Villa takes| Drought up before Judge Amidon. \ treir country menaced by the euemy. i i re i y is now in command o! is ‘ He testified that, coming over from the grand fleet. of the Dakota Ui dekotd pela koue or ai nniteaed Fuares except to reiterate his state-| The minimum sentence’ is five years. | Rumania’s grain and oil is exceeding- the west end, it would be a distance of about 200 yards before the bridge 4 would come into view. He said the \ train struck the man and ‘that he fell } on the Morton county side, that the \ train went ahead about 100 feet to- \ ward the east end. stopped, backed up \ and that he saw several go below and pick up the bod: Operations in the First bank of C | Official dispatches relate advances , Kittel was president, and of which W.! along the road to Bucharest from Gl F. Kittel was cashier, are responsible | uregevo on the part of the Bulgari- for the present plight of the two bro-|ans. Russia suffers heavily at some thers. points along the Balkan front. Rome dispatches state that fresh Russian army corps are ierming to resist the Wallachian Teutonic ad- Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson ob- ly rich booty. tains an. honorable and comfortable post. Thus four important figures formerly in control of the navy have passed from Whitehall since the war began. These are: Prince Louis of; Battenberg, ‘Baron Fisher and Admi- ral Jackson, all of whom were first EIGHTY.NINE ARE KILLED | rany underwent an operation for ap-| ment that Pershing is ready. | IN BIG GAME HUNTING |Pemdicitis. 1.—Representa- Chicago, Dec. “1—The Chicago Tri- bune’s statistician shows that 89 were killed and 41 injured hunting this year. There wer killed and 66 in- jured last year. In 1914 there were Washington, Dec. tive Kahn, Republican, of California, will introduce a resolution at the com- ing session. demanding an investiga- tion into the allegations that Ameri- can manufacturers are-shipping dum dum bullets into Mexico. Brothers Pleaded Guilty. During their trial in the federal) court here, after the government had’ gaged in violent engavements with Several hundred pris- have- The Casselton bank affairs came to a climax a year ago, when the insti- tution failed to open. Since then, di- rectors of’ the institution joined; bands, put up sufficient cash to for the bank's liabilities, and it is lords, and Winston Spencer. apy é Indian Boy Skating on River. sees i injured. = completed its case, the brother de-| vance. vie Frank Young Eagle told the jurors | Churchill, who was first lord of the} 111 killed acre SEES WAR. fendants abandoned their fight and! Six miles south of Pitesei a‘ong the 4 he is “going on sixteen” at bet i. Re ae SQUAD GAINS Denver, Dec. 1—Villa_ will take! pleaded guilta. |Goless front, the Kumianians are em- 4 going to school at the Injun schoo! Juarez within a w&k and this will be a signal for war between Villa and the United States, is the prediction of j Major Williams of the Chicago Na- tional Guard, who has just returned iron the border. POUNDS Dec. 1-—Foston baked ‘the Teutons. oners and ten maciine guns been captured. Vienna-reports a heavy Russian of- fensive between Usevelly and Tartat TO RETURN DUTCH BOAT Berlin, Dec. Semi-official dis- patches state that the Germans will release the Dutch packet steamer, Koningen Regentes, recently ‘taken in- ‘ He said he was skating on the west side of the river terday afternoon and that he saw a man walking across the trestle from the east side and that when he heard the train’s whistle this Chicago, beans and lake trout took the place of the expected hash today on the menu of the diet squad which is try- man lay down: to Zeebrugge by a German subma-jing to fight the high cost of living. He said the United States officials}now under operation in first-class | pass. o “The train went a little ways and ‘Hee Th Ralwilt be retained for The apereeate gain for the squad is CHRI STMAS | are preparing to attack Villa when{shape, depositors not losing any mo-| There is little of importance om the —~—(Contiaued from 1) an investigation for contraband, 20 pounds. Juarez is captured, ney. ral West front, ¢ oH ‘ ee Ba