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a, The Wea Generally Fal THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 169 eee DRAWING LOTTERY TO TAKE. PLAGE AT CAPITAL Members of Senate and House Military Committees to Be Witnesses at Ceremony FUNCTION HAS BEEN REHEARSED BY CROWDER Numbers Drawn Will Be Flashed by Telegraph to All Points of the United States TOMORROW MORNING. Washington, D. C., July 19.—At 9:30 o’clock (eastern time) tomor- row morning in a committee room of the senate office building has - been fixed as the time and place for the war drawi Washington, July, 19.—War depart- ment officials were’ confident today that the lottery for the selection of registrants for the new national ‘army will be held tomorrow. Three states, New York, Pennsylvania and Michi- gan, have failed to announce comple- tion of local exemption machinery, ‘but returns are expected by tonight. The drawing, according to present plans, will be held at the capitol, with members of the senate and house military committees as witnesses. The identity of the person who is to draw the! numbers has not yet been divulged, but prevalent reports credit the duty to Secretary Baer. 'Rehears- als of the drawing held under the supervision of Provost Marshal Gen- eral Crowder indicate that the pro- ceeding will be completed in about an hour. Press associations and telegraph companies are today completing final details of the method to be used in flashing the outcome of the news to all sections of the country. ‘Special efforts are being’made to insure both speed and accuracy. in: transmission. CONFESSES T0 THREE MURDERS Johnstown, Pa., July 19—George T. -Tompkins of Philadelphia, held in con- nection with the shooting to death of Edmund I. Humphreys, prominent coal operator, his wife and their son, on a country road near Carrolltown last Sunday, confessed to the three mur- ders today, according to the police. COURT UPHOLDS LIO- ORDER OF SAFETY: BOARD St. Paul, Minn., July i9—Thie au- thority of the Minnesota safety: public commission was upheld by a decision handed down by Judge Wilbur Booth in the United States district court, denying the prayer of Phill Cook, a Canadian citizen, and saloon-keeper in Minneapolis, for an injunction re- straining the commission and city of- ficials from enforcing the commis- sion’s order requiring all saloons to be closed between 10 p. m. and 8 a. m. Attacks upon the constitutionality of the law creating the commission and on the order itself as a legislative act rather than one of administration, failed, in the opinion of Judge Booth. He approved the act of the commis- sion aS a war measure. WILSON PARDONS INRULY PIEKETS Washington, July 19.—President Wilson today issued pardons to the 16 suffragists who are serving 60-day sentences in the workhouse at Occo- quan, Va., for picketing in front of the White House. 2 Secretary Tumulty said the pardon must speak for itself and that the White House would have no state- ment to make of the president’s rea- sons for his action. Women’s party leaders expressed surprise at the president's action and declared “picketing” of the White House would continue despite the president's action. Hl HEBREWS TO MEET Session of Recently Formed As- sociation Sunday The recently organized Bismarck Hebrew association will hold an im- portant meeting at 2:30 Sunday after- noon in Baker's hall. Secretary Will- iam. Rosenberg urges, that,,al|_ mem- ders with their families attend. | PEDDLERS DISTRIBUTING ; COMMODITY ARRESTED ; age. | ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH FORMILITA AKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917. , SERVICE TOMORROW Tetanus Is — | Weapon of German Spy Germs Placed on Court Plaster Causes Death of Kansas Man Kansas Ciy, Mo., July 19.—Federal chemists and bacteriologists were preparing today to inoculate guinea pigs with cultures obtained from’ spec- imen courtplaster, believed to. be im- pregnated with tetanus germs, and alleged by the authorities to hava ‘been distributed throughout Kansas by peddlers as a part of a plot to plunge the state into an epidemic of disease. Whether the alleged plot was be- lieved to have been of Germanic orl- gin was not disclosed-by the attorney general of Kansas, in charge of the investigation. Their identity has not been disclosed nor has the place of their detention been announced. The} Jatter move was declared to have! been taken to prevent any mob ac- tion. The courtplaster under suspicion, which was sold or given away, was put up in the conventional flat pack- The | first possible fatality from such a plot was reported here last night from Winfield, Kan., where a man died after treating an apparently. harmless sore on his leg with court- plaster, and poisoning his entire sys- tem as the result. GOOD TURN FOR EVERY GAD ONE SAYS SERGEANT Member of Famous ‘‘Black Dev- Ypres Guest in Bismarck TELLS BOYS WHAT TO ’ EXPECT AT FRONT “There\is:@ good turn for, every Had one in thé trenches,” is they inessage Sergeant Ernest Langford of the fam- ous “Black Devils” regiment of Winni- peg brings to the North Dakota boys who before many months have passed may be standing in the trenches at Ypres or charging over “No Man’s Land.” He is here today en route to Hunt- ers Hot Springs to take treatment for injuries inflicted by two gas attacks which incapacitated him for further military duty. Sergeant Langford can tell of the horrors of war, but he delights more to dwell upon the brighter side of ac- itive service on the French front. He twas through the bloody action at Ypres, the battle of the Marne and the first phase of the:battle of the Somme, Adopted by Troops. He was adopted at once-by the troops at Fort Lincoln, where he took dinner, and told the boys some of the difficulties they must face and some of the joys too, that come from serv- ing your country. i “The war is practically won now,” said Sergeant Langford. “The Ger- mans won't come out of the trenches and fight like men. We have to go after them and dig thenr out like rats} out of holes. In a straight stand-up fight, one Tommy is equal to several) Germans. | “Let the boys who are going realize that they must keep their heads and obey their officers implicitly and for- get all they think they know about military tactics. This war is different. ! «Nothing is done as it was done in past | wars. You have to learn the game all over. Work of Red Cross, “I want especially to commend the? work of the Red Cross, the Y. M..C. A./ and the Salvation army. They are doing a grand work for the boys. When you are wounded the first sight | that meets you at the emergeffcy sta- tion is the Red Cross. They give you a large brown bag with a Red Cross on it and in it are all the little things that add to the joy of living. They examine the tag about your neck and notify kin and friends of the nature of your injuries and the hospital you are in “To the boys who cannot go to the front, I want to tell them through your columns that they should devote a portion of their wages each month to the Red Cross. Help the fellow that goes to fight your fight. People| here do not realize the changes that; this war has brought about in Eng-} land. Slacker Despised. “The slacker in England is despised. No girl who honors herself will be seen walking with a man not clad in khaki or wearing the conspicuous shield of exemption. Soldiers are given the greatest consideration, and (Continued on page five) HOWAUNCLE SAM AS TO CONDUCT GREAT LOTTERY Provost Marshal General Makes Clear Every Detail of Draft- ing for Army EACH NUMBER DRAWN TO REPRESENT BIG SERIES If 25 Selected Will Represent Each Numeral So Ending Up to 10,025 Washington, D. C., July 19—Ten million:men are registered in the Unii- ted States for war service—687,000 are needed in the first call for the nation- al army. Who shall go first? This question is asked and the method by which it is to be answered was outlined by Provost Marshal Gen- eral Crowder in an explanation issued today of the great drawing about to be held in Washington. The scheme evolved is so simple that the drawing of one set of 1,000 numbers and an- other of 11 will fix with absolute equality of chance the order in which every one of the 10,000,000 registrants shal report to his local board for ex- amination and subsequent exemption, discharge or acceptance for military service. Average premetion Since the average exemption dis- trict registration is 3,000 and there are 4,557 districts, the averagé num- ber of men listed with each operation of the drawing machinery will be about 10,000. General Crowder announced also that local boards will be instructed to call 200 per cent of their quota at the first call to provide, for probable exemptions, That means that 1,374,000 men will be notified to appear for ex- amination within the next few days. If more are necessary they will bé called for as needed by the local boards in the-order provided for in the drawing. In some districts the 100 per cent allowance for exemption. may be too -plargé,and in others too small, but the local boards will be instructed.to con- tinue calling for men until the district quota is filled. Each state governor is now alloting to his districts their respective portions of the state’s quota. \ In each of the 4,557 exemption dis- tts, amdng; which thé ten’ niillion istration dards have Ween’ divided, the cards have been giver serial’ num- bers. The number of registrants: in each district varies from about 188 in the smallest to more than 10,000 in the largest, so that the serial num- bers to be dealt with in the drawing range from 1 to between nine and ten thousand. In order to reduce the mechanical process and make it possible for the 1,000 numbers drawn to reach every man in every district, a so-called mas- ter key has been devised. This will be obtained by drawing slips num- ‘bered from naught to nine, which will be listed in the order they are drawn to form the key. Manner of Application. Then will begin the drawing of the numbers one to one thonsand.,. For, the district ‘with not more than 1,000 registrants there will be no problem to determine the order of appearance before the exemption board. The number drawn first will fix the man whose card bears that serial number as the first to appear before his board. In the district with only 185 regis- trants, the 185 will be on the table for appearance in the order in which their numbers are drawn, and when a number higher than that appears, the district, of course, will not be af- fected. Application of the master key makes it possible to apply fairly each of the 1,000 numbers drawn to dis- tricts with more than one thousand registrants. As a number is drawn, it will be added to each of the thousand in excess of 1,000 in each district. In. his explanation of the process and of the reason for fixing the order of liability for all of the men when only 687,000 are needed, General says: Ofder of Examination. “The order of examination. “If we were dealing with the ancient draft, we should take every fourteenth man. We are not conscripting. We are selecting for military service those whofe civil service can best be spared. (Continued on Page Hight.) WON'T TAKE PARTI ALIED CONFERENGE Washington, D. C., July 19.—The United States has been officially in- vited by the allied governments to participate in the inter-allied confer- ence to be held in Paris some time this month, but has decided that for | the present it will not be necessary to take part in such meetings, not directly affecting this country’s part in the war. It was officially explained at the state department that while this course was followed at present, it was not to be taken as an indication of an independent policy. NEW CRISIS 1N RUSSIA. 1S NOW UNDER CONTROL Leniency of Government in Not Quelling Uprising Helps To- ward a Solution NO DESIRE TO MAKE MARTYRS OF REBELS jApparent That New Regime Has Loyalty of People and Can Put Down Opposition Petrograd, July 19—Py an agree- ment between the. soldiers’ and work- men’s deputies andthe remaining meimbers of the cabinet, the question of replacing, the. retiring minister, as well as all questions of policy, has been held in abeyance pending the suppression of the Bolsheviki ele- ment, which for 36:hours has kept the city in a turmoil. Events since noon today servq somewhat to clear up the anomalous situation growing out.of the appar- ent reluctance of the government to mobilize its forces to quell the turbu- lent minority and radical element. The government evidently considers it unwise for the safety of the city to oppose them with violent methods until it is absolutely necessary. No Desire to Martyrize. The government adopted the same course to the socialist, Lenine, some weeks ago, realizing that the move- ment had little sympathy with th@ majority ‘of the population, and de- cided it better not to martyrize the Maxinalist faction, or to run the risk of precipitating a serious clash with the possibilities of far-reaching con- sequences. There is lttle dowbt that the gov- ernment has enough loyal support ‘to suppress an uprising. ‘here were all signs tonight that pressure would be asserted. The Prebyjensky regi- ment, which is known to be faithful to the government, made its appear- ance on the streets, and “\:hough no clash occurred, it stood im readiness if, necessary to fight. As {t rode about the streets, there was no doubt in the minds of the people that it was evi- dent that the anti-governmental dem- onstration took a more serious turn. The regiment was cheered as it pass- ed. It met Several troops of the Bolshe- ‘visk, but,4m;no case were the sol- diers molested by them. A letter from: General Brussilof, chief of staff; states that Nikolai Len- ine, the radical scyialist leader, is an agent of the German general staff. Shots Exchanged. Owing to reports of an intended at- tack on Tauride palace, for the pur- pose of arresting Skobeleff, minister of labor; M. Tseretelli, minister of posts and telegraph, and M. Tcher- noff, minister of agriculture, the mili- tary authorities sent two light guns, which met en route a machine gun regiment. Shots’ were exchanged and some forces were killed. A posse of infantry stationed at the Champ de Mars, scene of the military reviews, fired on the cossacks from Pavlovsk. M. Tseretelli, minister of posts and telégraphs, said yesterday the general assembly of workmen and _ soldiers and peasants would be held at Mos- cow, in order to prevent the inter- ference from Gn irresponsible section of the Petrograd garrison. The government controls the city today, completely, as the Bolsheviki appeared to control it yesterday. Another member of the Russian provisional government, M. Pervei- zeff, who held the portfolio of justice, resigned today. A Reuter’s dispatch from Petrograd says the number of killed and wound- ed in the two days’ rioting there is estimated at about 500. SWISS MUNITION FACTORY BURNED Zurich, Switzerland, July 19—The munitions factory of the Hungarian Iron and Steel Rolling mills at Engels- field, Budapest, was completely burned Sunday, according to word received here. The damage will exceed a mil- lion crowns. | Russian Destroyer Petrograd, July 19.—The North and South agency reports that a Russian destroyer has ‘sunk a German su)- marine in the Baltic by dropping bombs on it, and tht the crew of the submarine was drowne MUST GIVE UP HERDS Shortage of Hay Means. Sale of \oattle in Fall Because of short grass, lack of hay and forage generally. many large North Dakota herds will be thrown on the market this fall by growers who cannot carry them over the win- ter. ——_ <> = j the authorities Soo arose oyer the refusal of the | WCTORY FOR PORE EEA Washington, D. C., July 19—Dr. Georg Michaelis, new chancellor of Germany, has had a varied official ex- perience, accounting for his leader- ship in the’ Prussian fight for electoral reforms. He was born Sept. 8, 1857, in Hay- nau, Schleswig, son of justice of last appeal. After holding local offices of referee and assessor he was appointed in 1885, state attorney at Berlin, whence he was called to the school of justice and politics at Tokio. At the end of 1889, Dr. Michaelis returned to Germany and was state’s attorney, transferred in 1892 to the _ ET DR. GLORG.MICHARLIS 6 IS CHOGE 15 NEW GHANGELLOR government service in Trier, Treves. After minor promotions he was pre- siding justice at Breslau from 1903 to 1909. Then he first saw high official serv- ice when the kaiser appointed him assistant state’s secretary in the Prus- sian ministry of finance. Last year Dr. Michaelis was ap- pointed assistant Prussian food com- missioner, first assistantsta the im- perial fhod dictator, Adolph yon Ba- tocki.. This brought him into special prominence in the reichstag, where he delivered ‘several addresses. He held this position when the :kai- ser appointed him chancellor. PEANINCTONS GILT PERSONAL SAYS BRENNAN Assistant Attorney General De- clares in Binding Soo Head Over He Is Guilty RAILWAY PRESIDENT cINSISTS UPON BOND Minot, N. D, July 19.—President Edmund Pennington and the local agent of the Soo Line, J. G. Belanger, faced the charge brought against them jointly by Dan Brennan, assist- ant attorney general of the state of North Dakota, in Justice A. B. Dill’s court last night, waiving tion, and were bound over to the district court on a charge of boot- legging and to the county court on a charge of importing intoxicating li- quor into the state for sale as a bev- erage. Mr. Pennington came through the city on a tour of inspection and ar- rived herb at 9:30 last evening. Court was called immediately and the ses- sion held in the local offices of the Soo Line. Attorney Brennan ap- peared for the state and the attor- neys for the defendants had bonds in the sum of $1,000 in each case ready. Justice Dill stated that he did not |care to ask for bonds, but Penning-| ton asserted that he wanted the mat- |ter handled in the ordinary manner} the movement, o and the bonds were filed. After the hearing Attorney Brennan made the following statement: “Press reports stating the charge against President Pennington is im- personal are incorrect. He is charged Sinks German Sub with personal responsibility for the/ vision replaced it, supported by the matters in question just as any other | 48th division, composed of fresh defendant is charged in a criminal ac- tion. The statement recently made to the press by counsel for the Soo in Minneapolis to the effect that the Soo books and records were thrown open to prosecuting officers is also misleading. The law gives North Da- kota prosecuting officers access to railroad records without consent of The trouble with the Soo agent to respond to a subpoena and to a court statement that the Soo would not assist in smelling any- one out when we sough information by means of a subpoena as to signa- examina-| CROWN PRINCE'S. ARMY SUFFER RUE SHOCK French Recapture All Important Positions Lost Northwest of Verdun 500 GERMANS CAPTURED; LOSSES VERY HEAVY French Front in France, July 18.— The crown prince’s army suffered the rudest shock, when the French yes- terday recaptured all the positions northwest of Verdun. These cost the Germans much hard fighting when they took them from the French. The affair cost the Germans not only ‘the loss of their former conquest andj jabout 500 prisoners, Dut the French} |erept into their lines and repeated} counter attacks by the Germans fail-} ed to recover any part thereof and | resulted in more losses. The Ger- mans, when they advanced at the} end of June, obtained possession of a number of observatories, giving them splendid views of the French jlines. The Germans have been ex- (pecting for several days that the ; French would try to shell them out, {but did not expect an infantry at- ; tack. Delay Movement. The French were obliged to delay ing to dad weather, {but the continuance of the heavy| ; bombardment caused the Germans ; such losses that they were obliged to |take the tent reserve positions, and | some of the companies have been re- {duced to 50 men each. The 29th di-} troops, brought from the Russian | front. | It was while relief was proceeding jthat the French ack surprised the {enemy by appearing in their trench- les, while the bombardment was pro- | ceeding. The French battalions were j Breatly animated. In a few seconds | they had surmounted the object sep- jarating the army and appeared down} on the other side. - Before the Ger- mans could recover the French were j within the German third line. The |enemy disorder was so great, the French were able to gather many prisoners and dash even further for- BELLICERENTS AWAIT POLICY OF MICHAELIS Utterances of New German Chan- cellor Holds Interest of En- tire Work RUSSIANS CONTINUE DRIVE WITH FRESH SUCCESSES Efforts of Crown Prince to Dis- lodge Petain’s Army Prove Futile INSIST. ON PEACE. Amsterdam, July 19.—The Ber lin Tageblatt says the committee of the majority parties in the German reichstag have unanim- ously decided the peace resolu- tion. Previously the committée was divided; two members of the center and one liberal disagree ing with the majority. The Tage- blatt says that in the reichstag 221 deputies will vote for the peace resolution. By Associated Press.) While the world today awaited with keen interest the declaration of the German policy, which the new impe- rial chancellor, Dr. Georg Michaelis, is expected to deliver in the reichstag, the military forces of the belligerents are engaged in infantry operations of major proportions only along the east- ern front in Galicia, where the Rus- sian onrush apparently is being re- vived. Russian troops have again driven into the Galician village of Vo- vica, south of Kalusz and now occupy the eastern end of that place. Germans Active. Otherwise, the French front in northern France prevents the most notable features of interest. Few days pass without an effort on the part of the Germans to get back some of the valuable territory wrenched from them in the spring offenses, or to make local inroads elsewhere on the French lines. A new field was chosen for an at- tempt of this sort last night; the first really sharp attack for sometime in the field of the great Hindenberg re-. treat of last March, being delivered’ to the south of St. Quentin. The crown prince chose a_ front nearly half a mile in extent, where the French occupied a hilloch to the east of Gauchy. General Petain’s forces were taken aback at first by the intensity of the drive and yielded some ground in the first line. They rallied quickly, however, and drove the Germans out of the greater part of the occupied positions. Drastic Measures. The situation in Petrograd con- tinues troubled, but the provisional government has decided to take hold with a firm hand and have it out with the ultra-extreme elements, which are keeping the city in a turmoil. Mar- tial law has been established and drastic measures seem to he the order of the day. Meanwhile, the cabinet council is considering propesals, to transfer: th seat of governnienit: to {Moscow tb move it from/the/scene of ‘turmoil. } STILL DEGATE. 000 BIL Washington, July 19—The senate began work on the food control bill today under a rule limiting speeches to ten minutes, but with the leaders determined to expedite consideration preparatory to the final vote on Sat- urday. After the time the senate convened but one of the numerous amendments awaited action, including the one evolved in conference as a compro- mise, had been disposed of. More rapid progress was expected today. Confinement of government control legislation in the food Dill to food, seeds and fuel, including kerosene and gasoline, was forecast tdday, when in what was regarded as a test vote, the senate rejected 24 to 48 an amend- ment by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, to extend control to iron ore and its products, hemp, binding twine and farm implements and tools. Implied endorsement was given H. C. Hoover today by the senate, when by a viva voce vote it rejected an amendment by Senator Reed of Mis- souri to have the food control bill administered by a board of five in- stead of three members. » IMMIGRATION LEAGUE i Sheyenne District Interested in | Connolly Scheme Wimbledon, N. D., July 19.—Under the direction of C. C. Connolly, or- ganizer and general manager of the Lakes Region Immigration assoctfa- tion, the Sheyenne Valley region, comprising Griggs, Steele. Barnes, Ransom and Sargent counties, has ef- fected a preliminary organization for the encouragement of immigration. tures appearing on the Soo books.| ward than they intended. and they] Definite plans for the work will tbe We were thus confirmed in the opin- (Continued on Page Three) loccupied ground 300 yards front. on laid at a meeting! in Valley City "tn | (Continued on Page Three) Saturday. tj

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