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ses " PAGE 2.” RHINE CENTER 1S BOMBED BY BRITISH ACES Fortified Town of Coblenz Gets Taste of German Invented Medicine SIXTEEN HUN FLYERS FALL Thirteen Planes|and Three Bal- loons Out of Action; York- shire Raided London, Mar, 18,—British aviators have dropped a ton of bombs on the town of Coblenz, capital of the Rhine province of Prussia, according to an official communication issued Tues- day. Coblenz, which is situated on one of the ‘finest sections of the Rhine, has @ population of nearly 60,000. It is a strongly fortified town and on the op- posite bank of the Rhine, on a lofty rocky eminence, is the fortress of Eb- renbreitstein, which has been consid- ered. almost impregnable. The town does a large trade by water and rail. Its manufactures include pianos, pa- per goods and machinery. There is also some shipbuilding done here, German Flyers Out London, Monday, Mar. 11.— airplanes and three balloons were put out of action by the British last Fri- day, it is announced officially. Yorkshiré Hun Objective London, Mar. 13.—Hostile airships attacked the Yorkshira coast last night ,according to an official state- ment... The raid is still in progress. Field Marshal Lord French, com- mander of the home forces reports that, one ‘of two hostile airships at- tacked the Yorkshire coast late this evening. A few bombs are reported to have. fallen a short distance inland. No reports of casualties or damage have yet beon received. NO PHYSICALLY UNFIT OFFICERS G0 10 FRANCE Seven Important Army Officers Have Their Commands Changed Washington, D..C., (Mar. 13.—Seven genéral officers of the army, five of them now edmmanding national guard and ‘national army divisions in this country, have been found physically unfit for overseas duty by a medical examining board, and, in the case of the divisional commanders, will be as. signed to other duties. This is in line with the annouiiced policy of the war department to send to France only general officers who are prepared to stand the physical ordeal which a com mand on the battle line entails. The officers with the recommenda- tion of the examining board were an- nounced today by Major General March, acting chief of staff as follows: “Major General Thomas H. Barry regular army, to be relieved from com mand of the Lighty Sixth (national army) division, Camp Grant, Illinois. and assigned to command the centra! department, Chicago, relieving Major General W. H. Carter, U. S. A., retired, Major General Chas. G. Morton, reg ular army, to be relieved from com mand of the Twenty Ninth (national guard) division, Camp McClellan, Ala- bama, and assigned to other duty. Major General Edwin St. J. Greble, national army, to be relieved from command of the Thirty Sixth, national guard division, Camp Bawie, Texas, discharged from his commission in the national army and assigned to other duty. with his regular army rank of Brigadier General. Major General Wm. H. Sage, nat ional. army, to be'relieved from com: mand’ of the Thirty Eighth (national guard) divisions, Camp Shelby, Miss issipp!, discharged from his comimis- sion in the national army and asyign- ed to other duty with his regular army rank of Brigadier General. Major General Edward’ If Plam- mer, national army, to ‘be relieved from command of the Kighty Kighth (national army) division, Camp Dodge, lowa, discharged from his commission in the national ‘army and assigned to other “duty, with his regular ariny rank: of Brigadier General. Major: General’ Wm. A. Mann, nat- ional: army, td, be ‘discharged. front his commission -in the national army, to be | discharged from his commission in the | national and to: remain’ on’ his: presen! duty:as commanding the eastern dé partment, with: his regular’ army rank of Brigadier. General. Major General’ Richard. M. Blatch, ford, national army’ to be discharged from his’ comniission ‘in the. national army and remain.on his present duty commanding the*department of Pana- ma,’ ‘with his regular army rank’ of Brigadier General. General; officers who are’to replace the divisional commanders have not yet been selected, 'so far a& codld be learned,.and they ‘may not be ‘until the medical: board has: exainineéd many othet officers who would be in line for service in France’ as “divisional com- manders ‘if they pass'the reuired phys- icaltest.. PUTS'DYNAMITE, IN:MOUTH AND BLOWS HEAD OFF ovMar.2 13—Willtam Perégria;acuve: socialist leader in hirteen | ¥ ANNUAL ELECTION ———— | ELECT SUCCESSOR "INDICT LEAGUE c TO JNO. REDMOND | | = | | London, Mar. 12.—-John Dil- i lon, member, of parliament | for East Mayo, was today | unanimously elected chair- | man of the Nationalist party | | succeeding the late John | | Redmond. The motion to el- | | ect Mr. Dillon was made by | ak Joseph Devlin. STOPPAGE OF LISTS CAUSE | OF PROTESTS |House Debates Issue; War De-| partment Asks Pershing About It i < 1 WILSON IS INVESTIGATING Washington, D. C., ‘Mar. 13.—Pro-| tests against the’ war department's new policy of ismiing Casualty. lists without addresses continue’ to: reac! members of congress, and the subject ted Tuesday in the house. lent Wilson is understood to be giving personal consideration to the reasons for the change and it is General Pershing, who suggested it at the instance of the French govern- mont, to forward a full statement of the military considerations involved so they may he laid before the Ameri- | can public. Members of the cabinet said after Tuegday’s meeting that the} matter was not discussed there. | Might tssue Addresses Monthly. la connection with the plan now be- ing considered of issuing lists twice @ ionth or once a week instead of daily, it has been suggested that under i this scheme there might ‘be no obj ‘tion to giving addrésses and names of relatives of the men. One of the chiof objections to the old plan was the an- nouncement of the dates on which the men wero killed or wounded, thus giv- ing the enemy exact information as to the results of certain engagements. Many of Same Name In the house Representative MoKen- sie, of Illinois, republican, cited the case of a Montana’ man whose name, appearing on a casualty list, was idon- tical with that of a boy in the army from an Illinois town. He was joined by Representatives Little, of Kansas and Graham of Illinois, republicans, insisting that names should not be made public without addresses. | Representative Glass, of Virginia, of Mississippi, democrats, defended he action of the department, saying the decision had been reached by men | who knew more about the question | than members of congress. Represen: | tative Garret said the newspapers had! fact that the department promptly not- ifies the relatives of each man whose name appears on. a list. SAMMIES RAID HUN POSITION tection of Barrage Fire With the American Army in France, Monday, Mar. 11.—(By the Associat- ed Press)—The American troops east of Luneville have again raided the German positions. Early this morning, after a brief artillery preparation, one platoon moved across No Man's land lines and penctrated some distance | with tho object. of ascertaining whetty | er the German trenches were still ev-j acuated. i The platoon found they were ova; uated and then returned without a gle casualty. The German artillery) feebly engaged fu counter — battery work against the American guns dur- ing the operation. | Sergeant Walsh. one of the hernes of the German raid on the Toui tor, who later was awarded the of War with palm, by Premie enceau, has been lected, as orderly to Secretary of War Baker. . Walsh who is 47 years old, left: the Dillatt! town where his regiment has been quartered since its relic” from he trenches after receiving hearty con-} gratulations of officers and me:. em: | Tribune . Operator ‘Goes to New Post | \ In Washington, D. C.! C. D, Casi who installed the {011 leased ‘wire Associated Press service for thé :Tribune, is now in Washing: ton, D, C:, on important duty connect. ed with the A. P. R. L. Morris, forn erly of Billings, is. now receiving 231) the news of the world, through leased | wire medium. An average of moro then | 15,000; words. are transmitted vhrough the circuit with, which the @ une is} connected, evéry night. . HELD. BY P.,E, O,; | MRS. HARRIS, PRES. At, thie’ dinifal eléctidh of officers held‘ atthe home'6f Mrs.'A. A’ Bruca, Monday, ‘the Bismarck. branch of: the P. E. O., elected the following officers: Mrs. Lulu-B. Harris, president; Mrs. Grate T, French, vice: president; Mrs. Lucille W. Kitk, ‘recoding sécretury Mrs. Etta’ H; “Meyer, corresponding tion; Killed himself by placing a pigte of-tynamite ‘ibis mouth, /irer; Mrs. Olive Staley, chap lel 0 fase! and blowing his head: ren b: | beth. Brace were’ selected ti Secretary;: Mrs. Fanni Berit tr lain; Mrs. Mabel Keniston; gfard eee ‘oMrs. Lulu’ By-Harris dnd Mys Bie tfend known that the department has asked | 4 -|mer_and Townleyism,” a bitter atta autocracy which is ever the shield and the mask of industrial autocracy,” DEFICIENCY LEADERS TWICE FOR UNLOYALTY Pamphlet and Resolutions Basis | MEASURE 0 of baer hag ray | CONFERENCE | Senate Passes Bill Appropriat- ing War Funds, Approved | *» by House Correspondent Arrested for Per-| yo jury in Affidavit Regard- ENEMY PROPERTY RIDER ing Evidence. | ' eae | Washington, D. C., March 13,—With Fairmont, Minn. Mar. ~A. C.\ its legislative riders authorizing sale Townley, president of the National ei * tithe: United Nonpartisan league and Joseph Gil- of all.enemy property in the Unitea bert, manager, today were indicted by| States and purchase by the govern: the Martin county grand jury on a| ment ‘of the German owned wharves charge oe eee and arated ou Hoboken, N. .J, the urgent defici- seditious literature tending to discour : ‘i i age enlistments in the military tency appropriations bill. carrying $1, and} naval forces of the United States. NOPARTY REPORTER HELD 1 800,000,000 was passed Tuesday by Two indictments ‘were returned, | the senate. without a record vote, It each naming botn men. One is based | already had passed the house and now on ‘a pamphlet containing the league's | g0es to conference. 4 policies with regard to the war and| Of the appropriations which are the other on a resolution passed at! largely for the army and navy, $73,- the Nonpartisan conference in St. Paul 000,000 was added by the senate. This last September, when Senator LaFol-! addition with the amendments for dis- 'Yette, delivered his now famous ad-! position of enemy property, are yet to dress, Fred A. Harding, a Minneapolis | be accepted by the house. The senate newspaper man who arrived in Pair- | eliminated committee amendment sus- mont with the Nonpartisan party, a pending traiff duties on army material who has been handling the Reimbursement to men and nurses onpartisan league new , {in the military service for private pro- was arrested late today on a charge | perty lost.is provided for in another of perjury, and placed in the county |amendiment attached to the measure to Jail. |expedite relief for men losing their in the torpedoing of the steain- Swear Falsely, Charge His arrost was the result ofan afli- davit he swore t the request of WT ANI" rare Praddoet, “Towntey's attorney. IF YOU CAN'T stating that puty Sheriff Wm. Roe- ke, in charge of the grand jury, told | HEE SNP RCE Harding early today that there was | Victory Quartettes and Yankee little question that Townley and Gil-| bert would ve indicted, as the jury Doodle Choruses to Help Win Big War had before it on the booklet “The Fa on tho head of the league, written by J. D. Bacon, Grand Forks editor. The affidavit was introduced in| court by Paddock when Townley and} “Victory Quartel and “Yankee Garret of Tennessee, and Humphreys, | Gilbert were arraigned, being made the basis of a motion to quash the in- dictments on the ground that the book | was not sworn testimony, ‘Roepke and Assistant County At- torney I. J. Seifert, who was said to have been with him at the time, de: j nied. knowledge of such a statement by the deputy sheriff and County At- torney A. R, Allen, immediately issued a@ warrant charging Harding with per- jury. Booklet Evidence Denied. This resulted in the arraignment be- ling delayed until 10 a. m, Wednesday. Judge C, M. Tifft stated when the mo- | tion to niss was made that the af- fidavit of little consequence and as far as he could see had nothing Doodle Glee Clubs’ are new antidotes for sedition, in the opinion of &. O. Hellstrom, secretary of the ‘North Da- kota council of defense, at whose re quest they are being organized to aid in the “On to Victory Campaign” which is to be waged in every town in North Dakota within the next month, All singers, trained or untrained, are eligidle for membership, and they are being urged by the “On to Vic: tory” bureau to volunteer their sery- ices in their respective districts. In particular, men of draft age who have CHEST COLDS tailed to impress upon the people the) night that he made the.affidavit at the Cross No Man’s Land Under Pro-! behind a barrage, entered the enemy | to do with the indictments. It was de-| May Mean weak lungs and nied that the booklet had been intro- m abe duced as évidence. Harding said to-| need more thorough treatment {he inentioned the alleged conversa- bik aulants, Prog ; tion in a hotel. i ‘ j Resolutions Near Treason | } The Nonpartisan league resolutiou | [on wh H based follows: y i | “The principal cause of this world | [er was and is political autocracy | vidual autocracy. It is the struggle lcorrects i givi ing of the political overlords to extend i strength t pest. coke by | and perpetuate their power to rob and fo the et gehts an warmth be! bets, bers it is famous with “Autocratic rulers who have robbed | physicians for relieving hard | en ‘ | ‘ and exploited the fathers and mothers | coughsand soothing the lungs, single purpose of further entrenching throat and bronchial tubes. themselves in their position of sec- | Scott & Bowne, Bloomileld,N.J. 17-32 uring and legalizing their possession | fa . than mere syrups, physic request of Attorney Paddock to whom yrups, Pp y : ch one of the indictments was | used to perpetuate and extend ind EMULSION | exploit their fellow man, to the | now slaughter the children for, the | Interested in New Treatment \ Relieves Colds Over Night and | Croup in Fifteen Minutes —Applied Externally, NOTHING TO SWALLOW, ‘YOU JUST RUB IT ON, | Local Druggists Have Arranged to | “Sell 25, 60o, or-$1.00 Packages | on 30 Days’ Trial. ev K| ‘Tecal druggists report a great deal of interest, especially among mothers with small children, in the remarkable external “vapor” treatment, known as | Vick’s VapoRub, recently introduced | here from the South. This treatment makes unnecessary “dosing” with injurious medicines, | using flannel’ jackets and cliest: pro- tectors, or keeping the children shut up indoors. -You can let tho little chaps run outdoors and get their needéd fresh alr and exercise. If colds do start, “nip them in the bud” by .using VapoRub—it. is. externally. applied: and can therefore be. used freely and often, with perfect safety, on the smallest member of the family, oRub: comes in salve form and {s applied over the throat and chest, covering with a warm’ flannel cloth. The'body heat. releases. medicated vapors that are inhaled with every Loser err a foun the air s to. the, dun 6 vapors the: phlegm and clear the air new hat! - BUT IT’ MUST BE MORE THAN JUST NEW You're: looking for qual- ity and workmanship, too; a Hat that will stay smart. Guess yot’re lodkihg for one of “Bergeson'’s” Hats. You'll, be. pleased “with: how fine. it looks, how good it feels; how well-it wears. Ard—Oh,. come, in ‘and tryon one of the new Spring Models. : KNOX AND MALLORY HAY Ih catcbiat yery severe chest hest to, 0} ie. pores, . Val Pek are ness and soreness in the chest. Ask druggist about . evenings, co Time for a | of the fruits of others and thrusting] been rejected for physical reasons a the world under the yoke of political| invited to, make up for their inabi WEDNESDAY, MAR: 13; 1918 ‘to do military duty by giving singing service if possessed of good voic The quartettes and glee clubs will ren- der patriotic songs at the various meetings which are being arranged throughout the state to ‘cougteract German propaganda. F Trained singers, particularly those, connected with established and well known. organizations, will be request ed_to aid in the training of patriotic choirs. A questionaire will be cir: culated to locate and enroll volunteers of musical ability. Members of a “talent brigade” will be rendering @ patriotic service equal to the speak- ers in molding public opinion, says Secretary Hellstrom. A revival of patriotic songs such as_ swept the country during the Civil war is in orospect, The “On To Victory” bu- rean recognizes that the songs of a nation have @ big influence in shap- ing its sentiment, and it proposes to ttilize the full patriotic inspiration to be derived from a campaign of patri- dtic singing. BACK TO STAY ‘New England Man Satisfied Nerth Dakota Beats Norway New England, N. D., March 13.— Olaf Norby, who sold his farm two years ago and returned with his wife and five children to Norway, is back, with three more children. He h: bought back the old homestead, pey- ing a premium of $10 per acre “over the price for which he sold it is preparing to stay. is worth all it cost me. Olaf. “I wish other discontented th Dakota farmers might go ‘back where they rom and learn to return and fied with the best country on earth,” Take no chances oy may prevent a long serous Milness-Take Fray Perea sigh of fever, when your fyeawater anc sven vou begin to eee. =— * 3 jouble advantage (fa Ale she eae yas so ass ’ Houach ae it fo pleading to the palate. Use it for the eeverést. case of grippe gs well as or baby's croup. % if on _ Sick . headache, and Costive! Bad breath, Sour stomach, Furred tongue and Indiges- tion, Mean Liver and. Bowels clogged, Get a 25c. bottle of Dr. King’s New Life Pills , to-day and eliminate fer- venti 6 waste.’ 4 menting. gassy. foods a! . , and he | he experience j ICENSURES FOOD MUN BOARD HARSHLY Washington, D..C.,. Mar. 13.—Sen- ator Reed, of Missouri, democrat, re- newed his attack on Food Administra- tor Hoover in the senate today, deliv- -| ering a three hour speech in which he charged that never in the country’s history has there been such waste- as that of the fodd administration, He demanded that a complete accounting be made before another dollar is ap- fulness in the expenditure of money |p With an amendinent introdv by the Missouri senator ‘and later rejected, providing for the elimination from the urgent deficiency bill of an appropria- tion of $1,750,000 for the food and fuel administration. A ‘Attacking what he termed the fixing policy of the food admu! tion Senator Reed said Mr. Hoover ‘mnly assured the members of the agricultural committee, when, it was considering the control bill, that price g unger its prov’ ions would be sible. As soon as the bill was , Mr. Hoover sur- oard-of-rad2 sharps” picked out an obscure, phrase aut ¢ izing voluhtary agreements, and “pro- ceeded to conceive a plan for imp yar se rounded by his propriated for its. use. y The speech was made in cpn ection to Me When | Other Efforts Failed CHIN -S SUSUR RENEE ‘Mrs. C. E. Taylor, R. R. ..0. 1, Box $4, Dillon, S. C., writes: ; “I suffered two. years with catarrh of the head, stomach and bowels, and tried two of the best doctors. They gave me up, they could not do me any good. After which | tried Peruna, and now I can __ truthfully say that | am well.. When I started the use of ePruna I only weighed one hundred pounds, and now | weigh one hundred and fifty pounds.. 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