The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1917, Page 1

' The Weather Generally Falr., ==/THE BISMA SHURLEICH FIRST. TO CET MISTER LUST OF NAMES Sheriff French Calls in Person at Adjutant General's - Office for Forms TCHAD STRIKE [PEACE TALK IS. SFTTLED AFTER | DISCUSSED BY BRIEF WALKOUT), TWO PREMIERS All Night Gotfetance of Men and/tondon Press Insists That Some Managers Brings an Under- Statement Be Made by Al- lies Soon 178 George Bernard Shaw Tells How America Is Helping England Save Her’ Babies Famous Irishman, With Well Known Humor, Sketches for. Daily Tribune Readers How Judge Henry Neil Is Arrousing Britons BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW By a happy coincidence the moment at which the United States threw themselves into the Eufopean struggle to‘destroy life was that in which - they threw themselves also in the European strug- gle to save it. President Wilson was the protagonist of the first operation and judge Henry Neil of Chicago of| TRAFFIC GF NORTHWEST the other. MENACED BY TIEUP .S, TROOPS IN RUSSIA WOULD WIN CONFLICT Member of Russian Mission Ad- | vises Sending Americans ta East Front 4 i) CRITICISES THREAT TO DRIVE GERMANS 100,000 MEN WOULD BE NUCLEUS OF BIG ARMY Deserters From Ranks Are Being Executed Without Mercy by Korniloff DISTRIBUTION OF MORE CREDITS IN PROGRESS * But, the conditions of the conflict differ. at ES ay killing was regarded in England as glorious, and was. being conducted wih prodigious energy; the saving was regarded as impertinent, and was being very vigorously and even indignantly obstructed. Even the argument that England could The Mediation. Offered by Federal Declare This Boastful Speech Gave German Chancellor © Counties Which Furnished Enlist- ments up to June 30 Will Governiient Was Refused Cut Quotas have had amillion more soldiers if she had by: Strikers Fine Opening , been willing to spend even a pound a head — . CRUISE INK. os cdateaccchs on eeping “therm alive: until they: ware’ one Chicago, July, 30—The strike’ of| London, July 30.—Statements* by R SUINK, year old had little effect, possibly anyhow, | switchmen belonging to the Brother-|Dr. Michaelis, the German imperial] ‘The Russian retreat has resulted in|) London, July 30—The British Washington, ‘ July §30.—Declar- ing that thousands of men of draft age evaded registration and have escaped the call to the army, Attorney Gregory today in- structed all U. S. Attorneys to begin the roundup of the slavk- ers and start criminal prosecu- tions. If the Burleigh county exemption board shows ordinary speed, the lirst candidates examined for selective service in North Dakota will be call- ed upon to report in this county next Tuesday. Sheriff French, chairman of the Burleigh county board, ‘called in person at the adjutant general's office this morning for his master lists, and_Burleigh’s were the first supplied to any county exemption board. The adjutant general's office is en- gaged now in mailing out'52 copies of this master list to other counties in the state. Another copy will go to each county tomorrow. <A majority of the counties will get their first copies tomorrow afternoon or early ‘Wednesday morning. Some of the more distant counties, such as Bow- man and Slope, will not connect untii Jater in the week. After these lists are received, num- ‘bers not applying to. the particular county must..be. expunged .by the board, and, ‘the names, attached to numbers remaining on. the list up to twice the number of the county's quita must then be notified in three sections on three successive days be- ginning to report for examination five days from date. The task ofrunning through these} lists and making. the necessary eras] ures and. then transferring the “live” numbers to typewritten sheets prob- ably will consume a day's time, and the first class ‘of candidates in Bur- leigh county, itis probable, wil! ‘not be asked to Ke parlier, than Tues- at siy quota day of “fe ae he eament of recat will nia te 476 new’ Hh received from com- pany commanders of state troops this morning. These credits form a part of the 786 national guard enlist- ments referred to Saturday as un- _ assigned, and do not increase the state’s total number of credits. : Credits Not Given The adjutant general’s office has been definitely advised that no cre- dits can be given for enlistments re- corded since June 30. Drafted men who have enlisted since that date may claim exemption, if drafted, on the ground that they already are in military service, but the fact that they are in military service will not recruit the county’s quota fot ''ihte present draft. It will, however; give}: the county credit in future dtafts' made under the recent registrativit. Charges in Boards Further changes in county exemp- tion hoards were reported today. Sheriff R. W. Craig of Ransom coun- ty is excused because he is under draft age. The county physician of Cavalier must have a substitute for the same reason. Dr. C. Smith has resigned from the board in Mer- cer county, and Dr. L. G. Eastman of Stanton has been recommended to, replace him. The county auditors of| Sargent and Pembina must both have substitutes because they are liable to draft. Burleigh county registrants. who ex- pect to ask the county board,for ex- emptions must file their claims with the board not later than “Amg. 7, ac- cording to Sheriff French's/interpreta- tion of his instructions, / Mr. French today vojéed the hope that with very good pianagement the exemption board maybe in position to issue its first c: al *Wednesday, sum- moning the initial/élass of candidates to report five days from that date. The regulationg’ provide that claims for exemptiong* shall be filed with the local board n#t more than seven days following thé posting of lists of men subject to service. After claims for exemptions are filed, 10 days are al- lowed in which candidates may sub- mit proof. Blank affidavits upon which these proofs are to be filed may be procured from the exemption board. Should be Prepared. Sheriff French advises that men who expect to claim exemptions come prepared to file their claims when ‘Continued on Page Hight.) Try to Identify Woman Shot In Mill City Minneapolis, Minn., July 30.—The police tried today to identify a hand- some young woman, expensively and tastefully clad, who was shot to death “here last night. A young man seen = fleeing from the lot where the shoot- ing ocurred, is being sought. | there are about. SLIPS BACK FROM SAFETY ANTO RIVER Chris H. Kundert Drowns After Rescuer Has Him Nearly Ont of Water DEATH OCCURS WHILE ON WAY TO HOSPITAL Slipping from his rescuer’s grasp after he had been towed into the shallows, Chris H. Kundert yesterday afternoon drifted back into deep water at Apple creek, and his body was not recovered until 10 minutes later, after ‘Ernest Happel of the Bismarck bank had dived five times for the drowning man, There was still life in the body, which was -placed prostrate in the tonneau of a car, where companions administered respiratory — treatment while the driver made all speed for the Bismarck hospital, where a, pul- motor wes'used-without FesHit! “Meath is Helieved ‘to’ have occurred s about half way between Apple creek and Bismarck. Was Learning to Swim. ‘Chris Kundert, who, with a number of friends, was’ spending the afternoon at, Apple creek, near the Northern Pacific, bridge, was learning to swim. He hal slitceeded in crossing a nar- row.) el several times, when the attention of a party of young men who were diving from the bridge was attracted by the cries of some boys that a man was drowning. Happel glanced down to see Kundert sinking. He dived straight for the body as it disappeared, and an instant later came to the surface with Kundert in his grasp. The water at this point is very deep; Kundert inert, and it was only after a desperate struggle that Happel, shouting for assistance, managed to reach the bank. Thero, just as he reached the shelving bot- tom, Kundert, towed by a strong cur- rent, slipped from Happel’s weaken- ing hold and again disappeared. “Other swimmers who were at the Spot seemed numbed by the accident and unable to come to Happel’s aid. The latter, almost exhausted, lay on the shore several minutes before he could recover sufficiently to resume his efforts to rescue the drowning man. It was not until Kundert had been under water fully 10 minutes that Happel again brought him to the surface. , Every effort was made to, restore respiration, both before -Kundert, was placed in the car and while en route to Bismarck, and Happel, who was Girecting the efforts of his com- panions, is confident that Kundert’s heart did not stop beating until the party was half way go Bismarck, wfen the dying man’s body became rigid, and his teeth clenched. Employe of Lahr Co. C. H. Kundert was known as one of the Capital City’s most efficient ma- chinists and automobile operatives.) For the last three years he had been in the employ of the Lahr Motor Sales Co. as machinist and service man. “He was one of the best in the coun- try,” said the Lahr company this morning. “He was a splendid man in every way, and his death is a real loss to the community.” Born in South Dakota. Christian Henry Kundert was born in Eureka, S. D., 24 years ago, and he had been a resident of Bismarck from his early teens. For four years prior to entering the employ of the Lahr Motor Sales company he was engaged with George Gussner. There survive the widow, formerly Miss Margaret Gussner, the mother of the deceased, Mrs. Peets, residing at Eureka, S. D., and four brothers and three sisters. BAR ASSOCIATION ELECTS Thomas C. Johnson Heads Dunn County Lawyers for Year Manning, N. D., July 30.—The; Dunn county bar association has} elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Thomas G. Johnson, president; Alf O. Nelson, vice presi- dent; R. C. Pinkham, secretary, and} T. H. H. Thoresen, treasurer. New it did not seem to matter much. j it; members admitted are Lloyd Peter- son, Halliday, Hi. I. Maloy, Halliday,| of the Wade district, who believes he Besides such a lot of other thing to worry Great Advantage Judge Neil had the great advan- tage of having no other business in England than to save the babies. Al- so he seemed to know by. instinct what the Germans had remonstrated at enormous expense in Berlin by the institution of the Empress Augusta’s House, where children are given all the costly advantages that can be conferred on them by an institution which is exhibited to all Europe as @ model of its kind, and,a wonder, of the very latest scientific hygiene and baby culture, with the remarkable result that a child brought up on the mud floor of a Connaught cabin can have had its life insured at a much lower rate than a Kaiserin Augusta child if anybody should hap- pen to think of insuring it at all. Judge Neil, a man of powerful orig- inality, conceived the startling no- tion that as a child must, after all, be looked after by somebody until a trustworthy combined incubator, stomach pump, and vacuum cleaner is invented, and that that somebody may as well be the child’s mother! He proposed, in short, to tear the hood of Railroad Trainmen and involv- ing more than 2,500 men in the Chi- cago switching district, which began Saturday morning, was called off to- day after an all-night conference be- tween representatives of the switch- men and the 19 railroads involved. Series of Conferences. The settlement folJowed a series of conferences, the last of which was a meeting of the conference committee of the managers of the roads affected and a committee of seven grand offi- cers representing the Order of Rail way Conductors, Brotherhood of Loco: motive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the latter representing the Brother. hood of Railway Trainmen. Joint Statement. According to a joint statement, the “closed shop,” which is claimed by the railroad managers to have been a pri- mary cause for the calling of the strike, ceases to be an e, it being Stated that matters “at issue are to be settled without the adoption of a closed shop rule or of any rule that might be fairly considered as equiv- alent to such.” Appointment of yardmasters, rein- statement and employment of new men, is to be settled vy a board. children from the aching arms of the official guardians of the poor and the beadle. (poorhouse superintendent) and fling: them naked on the mater- nal breast. Unnatural as it seemed, the notion had its good points. It was much cheaper; and the children did not die of it as they did in the constricting caresses of the official custodians. Within reason, even a bad mother is better than a -good beadle. Give Her Money Juilge Neib hat anotier fresh idea. He did hot dispute the rule-that “the poor in'a’loom is ‘bad.” When: the poor mother was trotted. out and ex- hibited as necessarily a bad mother, he painted out with the simplicity. of Columbus that the way to get over her poverty, and consequently her badness, vawas to give her some money. When.the experiment was only half a success in America he said “Give her twice as much money,” which being done, the experiment became wholly suc- cessful. There was no mystery about the matter; you take a woman whose child is a crushing burden to her, and you make it a source of revenue. You get rid of the very objectionable sort of child stealer called an uplifter, and make. the child the uplifter and the mother the uplifted, a process which, as the mother carries the child ends in the child being uplifted too. Mothers’ pension is a popular title; but it is not an exact one. As the pension is not given to a'‘mother who has lost her children, it ‘i8 clearly a child’s pension for which the mother is made trustee; and it:is well to in- sist on this so as to be prepared for the case of the trustee proving un- trustworthy. Old Age Pension When Judge Neil came to England he found, among the other eccentric arrangements of this most unreason- able country, that wé had actually in- stiuted Old ‘Age Pensions without ever thining of the far more pressing need for Young Age Pensions; and he set himself to persuade us that we had begun at the wrong end. A still crazier discovery was that a woman with illegitimate children could by a _ familiar everyday process of English law obtain a pension of five shillings a week for each child provided she selected the father from the well-to-do class which can afford such luxuries. No doubt this arrangement tends to abolish class hatred by encourag- ing affectionate relations between the proletariat and the hourgeoise; but Judge Neil could not be made to un- nderstand why a respectable married woman, struggling to bring up six children, should have a starvation pittance doled out to her with every circumstance of bitter humiliating and continuous insult, whilst a less scrupulous one should have twice as much without any worse ordeal than facing just once a smile from a mag- Istrate and his staff. The judge makes helps instead of hindrances of these anomalies. They enable him to show us what fools we are in a good humored manner. He is gaining ground here as he did in his own country. The right idea only needed the right man to drive and Judge Henry Neil seems to be the right man. 1 CAN CREAM $15.33 Shields Man Markets Lot Run- ning 60 Per Cent Buttefot Shields, N. D., July 30.—A nine-gal- lon can of cream testing 60 per cent ‘butter fat and bringing $15.33 was marketed here by Lewis Rasmussen and T. H. H, Thoresen, Dunn Center.| holds the Slope record. ranked second in point of heat, with Several other minor issues are yet to ‘be settled, but grrangements were made for further meetings tomorrow. Since the strike has een in. prog- ress, railroad thanagers assert that traffic has been: only slightly affected and all perishable freight has been moved. Not a Closed Shop, According to a statement made by James Murdock, speaking for the strikers, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen did not cont.,\.for a closed shop, but “indluded iis ‘yuostion of preference being given to yardimen in promotion to yardmasters or their as- sistants. Mediation was offered but was re- fused. The jnint conference was the result of tne visit her yesterday of officials of the three great railway brotherhoods affiliated with the Broth- erhoods of Railway Trainmen. As the resultof the agreement. traf- fic on 19 railroads entering Chicago will move today and what threatened to be a serious congestion of trans- portation has ‘been averted. JAMESTOWN, BROKE ALL HEAT RECORDS IN NORTH DAKOTA High Mark of 112 Degrees Report- ed—Drop from 107 to 51 in Bismarck FAIR RAINS IN MANY CENTRAL STATE TOWNS BOTTINEAU SHIVERS. Bottineau, N. D., July 30.—With a temperature of 101 recorded Sat- urday, this city this morning shiv- ered with a temperature of 39, the thermometer having fallen 62 de- grees since the record breaking heat of Saturday. Jamestown broke all heat records for North Dakota Saturday, when it shoved the mercury up to 112, two points better than was registered by the Moorhead observatory. Napoleon 111 degrees, while Wahpeton and Fes | senden were tied for fourth place with 109. Other high temperatures report- ed to the state office of the United States weather bureau here were: Bismarck, 107; Amenia, 106; Grand Forks, 10§; Larimore, 105; Minot, Pembina and Grafton, 104; Bottineau, 101. The high mark in Bismarck was reached at 4:30, and the thermometer immediately began to drop. Early in the evening clouds gathered, and after a brilliant electrical display the first of three stiff showers fell about 11 o’clock. During the night the mercury continued ‘to fall. The highest regis- tered Sunday was 9"), and this morn- ing the thermometer fell as low as 51 in Bismarck, while Bottineau re- ported only 39 degre: Light rains were general Saturday night over the central section. Fes- senden reported .{0 of an inch, Lang- don, .30, and Bismarck, .27. While ordinarily the precipitation would not have been heavy enough to have greatly revived crops after their scorching of Saturday, the moisture, coupled with yesterday's cloudy skies and low temperatures, helped mate- rially. Bad Hail at Lisbon. chancellor, and Count Czernin, the ‘Austro-Hungarian foreign minister ‘which are regarded here obviously made in collusion dominate the news columns of,the morning newspapers. They are generally treated editorially as a sign of weakness while the ab- sence of reference to the future of Belgium and Serbia is considered to exclude all credit in the desire for peace ‘by understanding. Austro- German peace talk, unless accompan- ied by an. undertaing,;,to evacuate and restore conquored territory is declared merely ‘aished at’ delaying eon ces preparations’ for war. Accusations Made Herr, Michaelis’ accusations against France are dismissed by some com- mentators as best’ for refutation by French Allies but discussed by oth- ers, one of which says the story is too thin even for the German to be- lieve. The Daily News, however, maintains that although the chancel- lor’s statements are valueless as evi- dence, they cannot be left unanswer- ed and insist that a statement of war aims be formulated at the com- ing conference of Allies must consti- tute an explicit disavowal of all thoughts of conquest for conquest’s sake. The paper denounces the “ig- norance and folly of Sir. Edward Carson’s threat to drive Germany ‘be- hind the Rhine,” which, it says, has given Herr Michaelis a weapon which he was swift to use. “It is in the power of the Allies to render the weapon innoculous even turning it against itself, but the repu- diation of his charge must come quickly and in a form leaving no loophole for misinterpretation.” C0. F WILL Parc WAY FOR SECOND IN MOBILIZATION Bismarck Guardsmen Will First Called Into Concen- tration Camp Bismarck guardsmen of Co. I, Sec- ond regiment, will have the honor of being the first unit of their command called into concentration camp. Capt. H. T. ‘Murphy of Bismarck, regimental adjutant, this morning advised Capt. A. B. Welch that this distinction had been conferred on his company. Ma- jor Dana Wright, in command at I't. Lincoln, this morning declined to con- firm a rumor that Co. H of his bat- talion, from Jamestown and command- ed by Captain Gray, had been detailed from the First regiment. Still a Question. There is still a question as to the ultimate destination, for concentration. of North Dakota troops. The latest advice on this subject was contained in instructions received July 26 by Colonels Fraine and White directing them to report to the commander of the western department at Palo Alta, Cal., and which would indicate that the troops are going to the coast to train. Printed circulars of an earlier date just received at the adjutant gen- eral’s office still refer to Deming, N. M., as the mobilization camp site, and that North Dakota has been trans- ferred from the old 13th to the new 34th division. Battalion Adjutant Or- chard today wired the commander of the central department for definite in- structions on this subject. Co. | Stands Well. Co. I, Bismarck, now musters 135 men. The physical examinations will end today. Very few men have failed to stand the test. The physical per- Be: the loss of territory held more: than a year ,in Galicia and Bukowina. Ger- mans are still following the disorgan- ized Russian army beyond Tarnopol, Buczacz and the lower Carpathians in ‘Bukowina. Map shows the eastern line today. DETACHMENT OF NEGRO SOLDIERS GO ON RAMPAGE Fire on Whites Who Try to Pass Negro Theatre at Waco, Texas SEARCH MADE FOR TROOPS STARTING DEMONSIKATION ACCOUNTED FOR Waco, July 30.—All the negro soldiers of the 24th U.S, infan- try who took a part.in last night’s clashes with the local authorities have been accounted for. six were arrested not long after the disturbance took place... Four- teen others who escaped report- ed-to™ their campy this moriving and were placed under guard. Thete has been no repetition of the shooting and the police co- operating with the army authori- ties believe the incident, is closed except for those taking part in it. Waco, 'Tex., July 30—Certain, expe- ditions, consisting of provost guards, of the 24th U. S. infantry and mem- ‘bers of the local police force, today were searching the environs of Waco for a detachment of 14 armed negro members of the 24th infantry, who late last night, as the culmination of a night of trouble on the streets with white citizens, clashed with a squad of policemen and soldiers. Today no more firing had taken place and, the authorities felt sure that there would be no further dis- turbances. Only a small -part of the city knew there had been trouble un- til today. Negroes and whites were going about their business as usual. A negro trooper was shot in the head and three white men were slightly injured. Clash with Whites. The trouble started when the negro troopers massed before a negro the- ater, opposite the city hall, refused to permit white citizens to pass. White citizens soon after congregated on the city square, where reports were received that 14 negroes had left their camp for town to start a fight. Enlisting the aid of the provost guard of the negro troops, Night Cap- mes encountered the rebellious sold A volley was fired into the coming group by the police, and mem- bers of the provost guard, with the injury of Jones, a member of the lit- tle band of recalcitrants. The invaders, outnumbered, fled with the first shot, and the police re- turned to headquarters to secure more guards from the military. They were joined shortly afterward by two offi- cers of the 24th infantry to aid in the rounding up of the rebellious troopers. sonnel of the company is exceptional, Oil Distilled From Lignite is Discovery Made by Dean Babcock He was merely —— ee July 30.—A new source stitute for gasoline. of motor fuel, likely to become of; using a new method of heat treatment great commercial import, has been|of lignite to expel the gas, water and discovered in the state of North Da-{other by-products as a preliminary to kota. The new fuel is a volatile oil | briquetting. Fargo, N. D., Lisbon, in addition to being parched Saturday, was visited by a terrific (Continued on Page Eight.) distilled from lignite coal. The dis- covery was made by I. J. Babcock, dean of the school of mines of the University of North Dakota. The new fuel is called “motor{ spirit” by Dean Babcock. It is not exactly the same as gasoline, but is very similar to it both in chemical composition and in its properties. The discovery was made in connec- tion with Dean Babcock’s studies of methods for utilizing ‘the full fuel | value of North Dakota lignite, of | which there are vast deposits in the | western part of the state. It was “accidental” in the sense that ‘Dean Babcock, at the time he discov- ered it, was not trying to find a sub- The new fuel can be distilled in quantities to make it an important factor in the gasoline market, espe- cially so in view of the fact that the government scientists and others have been expressing great concern over the fact that the nation’s stores of gasoline are being rapidly used up without any satisfactory substitute having been found. One of the most important features of the discovery by Dean Babcock is that the new fuel is a by-product to the manufacture of lignite coal into briquettes of the highest commercial value and that in its productfon the cruiser Ariadne of 11,000 tons has been torpedoed and sunk, accord- ing to an official statement issued today by the British admiralty. Thirty-eight members of the crew were killed by the explosion. All the other sailors were saved. San Francisco, Cal., July 30,—The presence of American troops on the eastern front would be fatal to Ger- many, according to General Micehel Yassutovisa, chief of the Russian mili- tary commission, who is here today. “If America will send 100,000 men to Russia she will furnish an army that will be the nucelus of an army of | 1,000,000 Russian men that will prove fatal to Germany. Cannot Face Them. “Germany will not be able to face such a combination in the eastern the ater, while France, Great Britain and America press her on the west. There is no doubt that splendid Russian armies of a million men, each organ- ized and stiffened and encouraged by the presence of your :troops, can be built up on the foundation of each ‘1,000 Americans sent to our front:” Bribe Agitators, ‘ Germany is spending money ‘with a lavish hand in Russia ‘to bribe agita- tors, the ggneral'sa{d. ‘German monty alorte is. responsible for the’ disastrous" | retreat of the Galician army and for the opposition to the provisional gov-.. ernment. EXECUTE DESERTERS. ‘London, July 30.—The correspond- ent of the Times. at Russian. south. western headquarters, after describ- ing the desertion and ‘panic ‘of the Russian troops, says General Kornil- off’s ‘action against indiscipline has been approved and that he is execut- ing deserters by the wholesale. ORDERED TO FRONT. , Petrograd, July 30.—Genetal Ko nil- off, the commander in’ chief He rat has ordered all officers and’ On, the southwestern front to rejoin their units before Aug. 14. In case of fail- ure to obey, the men will be tried as traitors. DARK DAYS AHEAD. Copenhagen, July 30.—Dark days literally are coming in Berlin. An order, has been issued restricting the lighting of the stores, hotels, restau- rants and cafes to one-fifth of the de- gree of illumination permitted up to mid-December of 1916, the date when the preliminary order reducing illu- mination went into effect. BIG STREET DEMONSTRATIONS London, July 30.—Big street dem- onstrations,. have occurred at War- saw, the result of the arrest of Gen- eral Pilsudskr of the Polish legion and other leaders in the movement against imposing an oath of fidelity, to the Austro-German soverign, upon the Polish army. Many of the legion- ary have refused to take such an oath. General Von Besder, the German governor, replied, refusing the relief of the Poles, and declaring that the German authorities had proof that General Pilsudskr was organizing an armed movement against Germany. It is believed that serious conse- quences will ensure. oo | WAR SUMMARY oo (By Associated Press.) Whatever military development may be impending on the Belgian front, the great artillery battle there has not yet resulted in infantry movements of importance. Today's official British statement is colorless, contrasting strongly with the recent German re- port of heavy gunfire in this area. Color is lent the assumption that oper- ations of a notable scale are in pros- pect here. However, by the official accounts from London of the intensive aerial work in progress there, in which photograph observations on a large scale had been carried out, is reported. The destruction of air craft yesterday was heavy on both sides, 30 German machines being downed and 13 British machines being downed and 13 British machines being report- ed missing. ‘The French front, likewise, was de- void last night of the infantry activ- ity aside from raiding excursions. Eleven Men Killed In Western Fire: Twenty-Six Missing Fernie, B. C., July 30.—Eleven men rae known to be dead as the result of the fire which swept Spruce River Valley, 15, miles northeast of here,) fuel value of the coal will be in- creased rather than diminished. Saturday afternoon. Twenty-six oth- ers are unaccounted for.