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{equ hs | 4 4 ae -government stop all YOUNGEST BROTHER OF ROGKEFELERS DEAD Cleveland, 0., April —16.—Frank Rockefeller, 72, youngest brother of John D. Rockefeller, died yesterday in his apartments in a hotel from a stroke of paralysis and a blood clot on the brain as a result of a relapse he sustained following an intestinal operation, a month ago. He became seriously ill on Monday last and had ‘been unconscious since Friday, He is survived by a widow and three daughters. The funeral wit be held here on Tuesday. Frank Rockefeller was no on speaking terms with his brother, John D., as a result of a quarrel they had years ago. 9 —o ! OITY NEWS | v—_—_—__—_-____. ——--U Regan Visitors—A, H. Lundberg of the Lundberg mercantile company of Regan and his brother, Oscar Lund- ‘berg, were among the business vis- itors in the city Thursday. On Buying Trip—s. E. Bergeson of the S. E. Bergeson Clothing store, las gone to the twin cities and Chi- cago on.a buying trip. He is ex- pected to be gone for two weeks and possibly will go on to New York city. Hebron Visitor—Mrs. William In- gleter of Hebron was in the city Thursday shopping and calling on friends. Returns from Cities-—-E .G, Dahlin of the tailoring department of the S: IE. Bergeson store, has returned from the twin cities, where he spent Easter. MINTMUN CROP PRICES Continued frum paxe 2. That the hoard of t should be’ closed i xing 7 crops the speculation in has urged that in a a minimum price for Yood. The agricultural department learns that eggs are now going info cold storage at 34 cents, which 50 per cent higher than last which 2 all previous Bacon products have incred pound since the Beet products are selling on a basis of 12 cent pound, slaughtered, ch means 30 and 40 cents for choice cuts and 28 and 30 cents for the cheap cut These are typical of a market which is rioting in specu- Jation and is rapidly approaching a panic, President Wilson issued the appeal! last night calling upon every Ameri- can citizen—man, woman and child, to stand together to make the nation a unit in its war aims. “The supreme test of the nation has come,” says the plea, We must all speak, act, and serve together.” Emphasizing particularly the appeal to the farmers, President Wilson said: “I take. the liberty therefore of ad- dressing this word to the farmers of the country and: to’all who work on NOTICE WANTED—Al! outstanding bills against Co. A presented to J. W. Murphy, Captain First N. D. Infantry Commanding Company A at once. You Should See Sir Herbect Tree For the first time this theatre is able to present to its patrons that illustrious English actor, Sir Herbert Beerbohm:'I'ree, in a TRIANGLE PLAY, “The Old Folks at Home” This picture is also the “first by Rupert Hughes, the well- known American author, and was expressly written to dis- play the talents of Sir Herbert. The first and last chance to see this famous actor in motion pictures..should... not. .be.. oyer-" looked by you. At the Qrpheu Theatre STUDIES BIRDS WITH - 7 Sess" “MOVIE CAMERA Norman McClintock naturalist and student of birds, is here shown with his movie camera ready to snap movements of birds in a nest nearby. Me- Clintock sometimes waits. hours sheltered by the small tent, until a bird arrives. A. regular tick- ing mechanism drowns out the click of the camera, so the birds are not seared. famous . , farms, The supreme need of our own nation and of the nations with which we are co-operating is an abundance of supplies, especially of foodstuffs. The importance of an adequate food supply, especially for the present year is superlative.” .|Card of Physical Proportions tor Navy Volunteers Height (barefoot) Weight Chest (without Mean clothes) circumference Pounds 3 128 ‘ Inches O4 OLD INDIAN FIGHTER JOINS BUFFALO the guiding Wild) West ow, and an old-time friend of D. F. » the pioneer Bi mark photographer, whose Indian pic tures have gained him a nation-wide reputation, is “dead, Of Major Burk following to say all over the world. haps not a newspaper office of note anywhere that he had not ited, and so suecessful was he in ning publicity for his show, h2 yenerally known as the original ‘obber, When | first met him ‘as at the Standing Rock res vation for two weeks vainly endeav- j oring to- get a more satisfactory agreement with Sitting Bull, paying the price the medicine men demand- ed when Buffalo to land the Indian at any has the known There was per- ny Card of Tha S, We wish to express our heartfelt | thanks to the iety of Elks, the U. ;C. T. and Mason fraternitics, the | friends and citizens of Bismarck, also {for the beautiful floral offerings and ; the services and expression of sym- | pathy, which were so generously i showered upon us during our recent {sorrow in the loss of our husband, jfather and brother, Jay A. Vale. Mrs. Jay A. Vale,Son, Brothers and Sisters. Commissioner Bertsch introduces the following resolution and moves its adoption: Be It Resolved ‘by the Board of | City Commissioners of the City of Bismarck, rth Dakota, That it is necessary, and the City Commission- ers of the City of Bismarck, North | Dakota hereby declare it to be nec- ; essary that a lateral sewer be con- structed on Sixth street from Avenue F to the Boulevard in Sewer Improve- ment District Number One, according |to the plans and specifications of the City Engineer, which plans and speci- fications were adopted and placed on filo this 4th day of April, 1917. State of North Dakota, City of Bis- marck, ss. I, R. H. Thistlethwaite, City Audi- tor of the City of Bismar orth _ | Henry B. Walthall’s “The Truant Soul” ; 2-Hour Performance Orpheum and Bismarck _ Theatres Tomorrow and Wednes Dakota, hereby certify that the fore- going is a true and correct copy of the original resolution passed by the Board of City Commissioners at their regular meeting April 4th, 1917. R. H. THISTLETHIWAITE, City Auditor. (4—6, 13) MHAIG'S PATROL IN STREETS OF THESE CITIES (Continued from page one) jenme up at_T rans broke | into. gel fligh | Penetrate Second Line, Paris, April 16.—The French pene- trated the German second line last: | night at several points in Alsace. The | war office reports that great numbers of German dead were found in ‘the German trenches, which have been ‘torn up by the French sliellfire. GERMAN STATEMENT, Amsterdam, April 16.—It is assert- j;ed in a dispatch received here from Berlin that various villages in the Arras region, which the British offi- cial statement of April 14 reported captured, were villages and pieces of ground which the Germans had vol- untarily evacuated several days pre- viously. “The English Press,” says the dis- | patch, “is circulating reports regard- ing the piercing of von Hindenburg’s line. The English attempt to break} through was _ directed, however, against old positions held since 1915 and despite local successes, it has completely and finally failed.” “It is not clear what the English press means by the Hindenburg line, for all lines are Hindenburg lines.” BUSINESS MEN ENLIST IN MOVE TO BOOST CROPS ‘Continued trom Fage une) COMPLETE SURVE Minneapolis, April 16,—Practical | results from the meeting of bankers, farmers and public officials at Fargo, N..D., yesterday where an organiza- tion was effected to insure planting j of greater reages this year and to mike certain of all steps necessary | ‘to make this year's yield greater than! ever, were scen today. Already those! holding a supply of good seed have} notified John Rich, chairman of the Minneapolis Reserve bank, and rail- road hetds have agreed to co-operate fully and have promised prompt han- dling of secd shipments. E. Y. Sarles of Hillsboro — tele- aphed Mr. Rich today that by long distance telephone and telegraph a complete survey was being made of the seed situation, Edmund Pennington, president of the Soo line, told Mr. Rich today that | his road would aid in every way pos- sible, and if ayn delays were found a report to him \wbyld result in get- ting the cars moved in at once. | Simi xpressions of co-operation were received from the heads of other i ¢| western lines. o——————_-—————_ | GRAIN MARKETS d 0———<—<—————— MINNEAPOLIS, No. 1 Hard 250% @203% No. 1 Northern 244% @246% No. 1 Northern Choice. . 248%@250% Regular to arr 240% Choice to arr. 248% No, 2 Northern - 238% @246% . 3 Wheat . 226% @240% . 2 Mont. Hard...... 242% @244% No. 2 Mont, Hardtoarr 2414 Ne ‘o, 1 Durum... 244 @245 . 1 Durum Choice 256 », 1 Durum to arf.-.. 244 ‘o, 1 Dur. Choice to arr 256 No. 2 Durum... ++ 236 @251 No. 3 Yellow Corn 14442.@145% No. 3 Yellow Corn to arr 143%'@144% Other Grades ++ 138 @145 No. 4 Yellow Corn to arr 1424%@143% No. 2 White Montana.. 73 @ 74 No. 8 White Oats......- 684@ 69% No, 3 White Oats to arr 68 @ 69 No. 4 White Oats +» 68 @ 69 Barley 115 Choice Barley 131 Ryo .«-- 193 Rye to arr - 193 Flax 321% @3: Flax to arr. May July Septembe Close 1:50 p. m. DULUTH, May .-- . July .. No, 1 Hard on trk No. 1 Northern on trk-. 231 @236 No. 2 Northern on trk.. 227 @230 No. 3 Northern on trk.- 219 @224 No. 1 Northern to arr.. 231° ‘o. 2 Mont. Hard on trk 237 . 2 Mont. Hard to arr 23' io. 1 Spot Durum....<. 2 No. 2 Spot Durum..---- No. 1 Spot Dur. to arr. 246 May . a July 2 Oats on : GOO 68% Oats to arr --- 65% Rye on trk.and to arr.. 185 Barley on trk 95 @140 Plax on trk and to arr. 326% @327% - 825% + 325% MARKETS ST. PAUL. 5300. $15.50. 10 to 15¢ lower. “Steers, $6.50 to $12.25; cows and _ heifers, $6.00 to $10.50; calves, steady, at $5.00 to $12.00; stockers and feeders, slow to steady, at $5.00 to $10.00. SHEEP—Receipts, 10. Market, steady. Lambs, $8.00 to $14.50; weth- $6.00 to $. 3 ewes, $5.50 to 23. CHICAGO. HOGS—Receipts, 35,000. Slow, at 10c under yesterday’s average. Bulk, $15.70 to $16.10; light, $15.20 to $16.00; mixed, $15.50 to $16.20; heavy, $15.00 to $16.25; rough, $15.50 to $15.65; pigs, $11.50 to $14.59. CATTLE—Receipts, 19,000. Mar ket, weak. Native beef steers, $9.25 to $13.25; stockers and feeders, $7.25 to $10.00; cows and heifers, $5.70 to $10.90; calves, $9.00 to $13.25. SHBHP—RKeceipts, 19000. weak. ‘Wethers, $10.65 to $13.00: lambs, $12.10 to $15.90, ghana cet ia « uabbbabelnaas CATTLE—Receipts, 4300. Killers, NO, SIR, “TLC YOU THE GOVERN] Ment 13 MAKING 4 BIG MIS DECLARING WAR wa TLE THE WAR ts OVER I! ~ THEATRE Offers the favorite co-stars of the Photoplay | Wallace Reid & Cleo Ridgely Paramount Features y-Paramount 9 B “The Selfish Woman” ‘The stars of “The Golden Chance” and “The Love Mask” in their third great Lasky produc: tion. The photoplay every wife should The story of a woman’s unsuccessful attempt to wreck her husband’s work because of her love for gain. TONIGHT ONLY Tomorrow. Only, “The Truant, Soul?’ . see, nated in the other, In, the house especially, there seemed to be a re- luctance’to take up any of our moral- ity measures because it: was feared that the Nonpartisan schedule would be interferred with, Fourteen out of 40 morality mea- sures were ed, he si ivound colored and cathedral gla windshield, lamp gh. s cut and set on short notice. Call and see KB. L. Faunce, Fourth St. ‘ MORALITY LEGISLATION HAD TOUGH SLEDDING | (Special to 'T Fargo, N. D., April 16. legislation had tougher sledding in the recent legislature the» usual, ac: Dakota Enforcement ieague spoke here yesterda “With the Non Morality | control of the hou in the senate, it} was dif anything through one une.) cording to an officer of the North who 115 DRIVES OUT COLDS IN ST. PAUL. Waters, state examiner, was in St, Paul-on a ‘business: mission Saturday. ———— SERGE WEEK The most wonderful display of blue serge suitings, some of which are JR. shown in our window. Quality serges $23.50 up to $28.00. Ironclad. guar- antee, KLELN, tailor and cleaner. ———_—_—_— will not be necessary. . Everything that goes into the Maxwell is the b The steel is the finest that money can buy—the according to our experience and the steeper the hil seems to like them. ‘ and we are going to be fair to our customers. sell you one for a penny less than $665. . Come in—study this car—see if we are right When we eay biggest value, we mean it dnd we can prove it by any known tests or standards. We put it up to you to judge after you consider these features. Maxwell Style Same as Highest Priced Cars Maxwell lines are pleasing to the eye. The design con- pepe to the prevailing style, as illustrated by any num- ber of high priced motor cars. 5 ° Comfort to the Point of Luxury The Maxwell car is roomy. It seats five passengers in com- fort. There is plenty of leg room in front and rear. The long eemi-elliptic Mazwell springs and the soft, extra-deep upholstery make riding easy. 150,000 Miles Not. Unusual ‘There are Marwell cars in daily use which have already run over 150,000 miles. Think of it—more than 20 years of average @riving! There are Maxwell cars in the mountains and in sec- tione where there are rough roads or no roads, that have gone 60,000 miles—50,000 miles that would wreck and tear most cars to picces. record fivé-pacsenger Maxwell stock tourin? est—this we motor—no fin or wrong about it. rices Increased May Ist Order Now and Order Quick ed ice increase right along and only the immense quantity being produced will Ph age May ist price—we, of course, have no assurances that further increases in price do know and can prove. er, no tougher, no steadier can be built Ils and the tougher the roads the more the Maxwell Our April allotment will be delivered to us at the old price. That's agreed and that’s fair to us —But—after May 1st, we can’t buy a Maxwell for a penny less than the new price and we shan’t A MOTOR STOP, AND WITHOUT ANY REPAIRS OR ADJUST- MENTS. The run was sanctioned and constantly observed by the supreme court of this industry—The American Automobile Association. The car was a stock car and was eo certified. The facts are indisputable. “ . Maxwell Running Expense $8.19 Per Month Maxwell cars, on account of scientifically correct balance an@ light weight are very economical to operate. Hundreds of in- etafnices are on recot , showing from 38 to 44 miles per lon of ascline. Mrs. Miriam Seeley—Professor, Oregon leural: Eotleges-has just completed a trip from’ Corvallis, Boston are return ee Lyre pyr tea 1 riving). The total expense for gasoline, : te—or the equivalent of $8.19 per month. 114 cents per mi a ees ut and repaire wae ‘ Complete Equipment—-No Extras to Buy convenience and comfort of the owner. Not a single Maxwell cars have every device and acceapory for egeate is lacking. When you buy a Maxwell, no further investment necessary. Remember—$665 May Ist. $635 Now. And get your order in now before these | _April Cars are gone. Western Sales Company Bismarck and Mandan