The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1918, Page 1

ff . of regents ‘a protest because that body | (pacemakers) F. A. ‘Hurley, Frank J. WM. HART AT THE “Wa ms if ‘Fair on fart THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 78 The BAKER VISITS |" =a | enemy destroyers and two || enemy torpedo boats have FRENCH FRONT: | been sunk by a force of five | | British and French destroy- | ers, the hale A a Patriotic Pulse Thrilled as Bri-| | NOUNCES. One British’ de: | | stroyer was damaged. gades Swept by in Com- H The engagement occurred pany Front | \ ENEMY DESTROYERS SUNK BY BRITISH off Dunkirk this morning. The British casualties: were oe slight. There were no French casualties. CONCLUDES INSPECTION; 4 oe | raceme fakes Him to Every Amer. BIOMAROK ELKS ican Position OVER THE TOP With the American Army in’ France, | Wednesday, March ‘20.—(By Asso today concluded his visit of inspec-} tion of the American military zones in| France with a trip which took himi from the Verdun headquarters, and included a review of one brigade of the first division, | which he addressed as representative | of the whole army. The secretary al-| so visited the birthplace of Joan, of Arc, and made an inspection of the troops here and there over the route he traversed. Tonight the secretary! departed to fill other aspects of his visit to France. The brigade , of the first division was reviewed from a stage on a high; plateau commanding a wide panorama: of one of the most scenically beauti-! ful parts of France. A 29 hours’ rain had made it inaccessible by motor, so the secretary and his party made the é Pee ascent on foot, slipping and sliding! V@tion Army lads and lassies are go in the greasy mud. rived at the stand, General Pershing top with our boys. pad his Bence) Sue came neroes ine next day the jeld and Ss nted. e entire! . i ‘ re party then Joined the waiting divis-! ‘rst in patriotic effort. are jon and brigade” generals and the! staffs. ° G f u A cold March wind, and‘occasiongl' the first line squalls of rain made the scene more! lodge, ‘B. P. O. E., impressive ae the brigade, marchii juipment, swe} om- i pany eet onc Peaating: ihanvera| and Bismarck has had some big ones work while bands played musie which | and some successful ones, The | cn swelled and, softened in the “gusty | Paign begins bright and: early. Friday wind. Secretary Baker lifted his: hat | Morning and will continue until Treas to each regimental flag’a sit was low. | urer!C., ered in salute, and occasfonally spoke !@st_pedny, Saturday night. oe to each regimental flag.as it was low:| i Bismarck will be given an opp him. i a tunityto contribute, | Chairman. .L. .K. Thompson, {ruler elect of the Bismarck Elks, be Two Days’ Drive for Sal- vation Army STRONG Lads and Lassies in the Trenches Daily, over there in France, Sal trenches. | Y \lieves everyone in Bismarck will be! c . | ready té contribute, | as ‘ <The Where the Money Goes. The erection of 4) huts outside of} ‘cantonments in the United States; the {erection -of 100 huts in American LOSES FIR ST camps in France, supplementing the i {190 huts, 300 rest rooms and 77 ho ;tels which -have . been in operation ‘gince the war started and which are ‘ingit ‘8h ‘bringing home and happiness every ; d A |the things which the Salvation Army Frank Porisl of Co. B, Second! vit) do with the $2,000,000 war fund ii ies i ' which it now is raising in America. Regiment, Dies in French |General Pershing has personally asked Hospital ‘asked the army to increase its facili- : .}ties to’ more successfully accommo- ° !date the Sammies who clamor for at: IS IN EUROPE ‘tentions which to date, with all the or- MOTHER ihigh speed, have not been supplied ‘one-tenth of the soldiers over there. H ‘What the Army Does. Frank Proisi, 22, .member of New Rockford’s. Co. “B” of the Second |, JUSt as the Salvation Army here at North akota, died of. wounds ‘in| bOme reaches a class of people whom ‘no other organization comes in con- hospital in France on‘ March 18, QC tact with, so in. the trenches, over cording to a telegram, received from | the war department late yesterday at. there, the army reaches eit cans ternoon by Matt Lies, farmer, resid-;*ngs in boys who can be touc ine west of this city.” Mr. Lies re.|20 other way. Governor Beechman reiced a telegram yesterday morning! W85 Over there recently, and be fox ‘i. stating that Mr. Projs] had been slight- ‘To anyone “who says there at : to ly wounded in action, later in the day cation in the work of the Salvation | Army, L.can only say they are not ac: bene advised he had died in a hos-; otately informed. ! athe . sively to find the’men who need ‘their ford Tast July. Saligted at rag or | helD and ministering to the tremend- ous elemént which can alone be HoH here, He was, a first class. wandied ‘by ‘the Salvation ‘Army, this He is survived by his. mother | Hon’ is* a 7 organization’ is* making for: itself at who lives in Europe, a sister living in lone and abroad a name among the St. Paul, and ,enpeher ving, tn Cal | soldiers, sailors and prisoners that fornia.. He is the firgt Eddy ,county | r ; will live in lustre Jong as the memory youth to make the supreme sacrifice of man can run back to the present for democracy. ‘ terrible days. % [Pee * ‘The Men: Behind. LABOR UNIONS OBJECT | ‘The Bismarck drive will go over the TO “SCAB” PRINTERIES top, first, because Bismarck has a " abit New Rockford, N. ‘D., March 21.— of respondirig when it is called upon to do its duty, and second be cause the Elks are back of this drive The men the Elkg have delegated tc (his campaign are L.. K, Thompsgn. exalted ruler elect, general chair- {man; C. \.-McGray, treasurer; com . jmittee chairman; Tom Hall; Jack The Grand Forks Trades and Labor | Oberg, Jeff White, Carl Peterson, C. council has filed with the state board! M. Henry Hollst; associate chairmen Strenuous Objection Filed to Regents’ Rat Contract” tablishment all of the state’s printing ; Copelin, Tom Lee, Pete H. Throdahl, for educational institutions. Contracts | John Haman, Jack... George, C. W. were awarded ona competitive basis,‘ Paulson, Henry Halvorson, ‘H.-H. and the lowest bidder, a Fargo print-' Steele, H, Reicholt, J. P. Sell. | ing house, was what labor unionists! It is a bunch of men who never yet| fondly refer, to as a “rat joint.” |failed to put over anything they've! Other labor organizations in the| tackled: Their hearts are in this state are taking the matter up and | drive, and it is bound to go big. are threatening to boycott the cduca-| * Why They’re Needed. | tional institutions: mailing out cata-| “It is not hard to explain why the! logs which do not bear the union/ Salvation Army is needed at the label. The state board. of regents de-| front.” says Commander Evangeline clares it is helpless, inasmuch as it} Booth. “We are needed because into merely followed out the law in award-| the melting pot of the great national ing the contracts to the lowest bid-/armies has poured every type, kind der, c Jit and variety of the nation’s manhood It is’ because of our success in deal- ing with and reaching this element of humanity that we are so much in de mand in the camps of France. We; are. working along..unique lines; our operations are being planned and exe cutéd in accordance with the accum | ulated experience of three years’. ac- tivity on the various dattlefronts. “Our hutmeénts are soul-agging stations. 1'| is true that they are provided with recreation facilities quite as complete | awarded to 4 non-union printing es-| McCormick, A. C. Hinckley, .F. A.) i ORPHEUM TONITE Wm. S. Hart will be seen to- right at the.Orpheum in his new sector to great; Antlered Herd Gets Back of Big NDORSEMENTS | ; FOR MILWAUKEE Just as they ar-' ing into the trenches for and over the! 1. j Tomorrow and} the top in order that those Salvation-; j ists may continue their good work in Lismarck | is back of the big- in full/ gest two days’ whirlwind war fund drive the capital city has yet seea, W), McGray has rung up’ the, veryone | and , General | exalted | ;day to 300,000 soldiers are some of) ; ganizations in the field working at; Toiling aggres-| | United States and Great Britain and * SAMMIES MAKE ANOTHER RAID | |Carry Out Drive in Conjunction With French Troops East of Luneville HAND TO HAND FIGHTING Raiders Spend Forty Minutes of Brisk Battling in the Enemy Lines With the American Army in France, lay, March 20,—(By Associat- —American troops in the sector east of Luneville participated ight in a raid on German. trenches rating the enemy lines for some nce, Hand to hand fighting en- | sued. The raiders returned to the Ameri- | can lines after about 40 minutes. Fur | ther details are’ unavailable at this! { hour. ‘ | The raid was carried out in con-| junction with French troops after a The Ger. i brief but intense barrage. Big Military Men Praise Work of | ™2"8 retaliated with a heavy fire of | $1,170,047 FEDERAL gas and high explosive shells on the | American batteries. MARTIAL LAW Defense Council Director Says} He Will Not See Boys Stab- | i bed In Back ‘INDICTMENT IS SOUGHT | Papers Already Drawn Up Seek- ing Conviction of Beer City ~~" Chief Executive ai Milwaukee, Wis., March 21.—Wheel- er P. Blpodgeo*, cuairman of the county cauncil:of defense, told news- paper répprters today that he had pa-; pers drawn ‘up to seek the indictment | of Mayor Hoan, socialist, just renomin- ated, that\Hoan’s re-election as may- or being | practically assured, he, | | Bloodgood,| would seek to have Mil- waukee placed under martial law. ; “We. might better act now than i wait,” he taid. ‘The time Yor ac- jtion has cohe. It the peace machin- ery of the government is inadequate to deal with a situation. like that in ‘Milwaukee and other sections, there | are enough ‘ us to reinforce that) j machinery to\war time machinery, “| have tw boys in France. Presi- j dent Wilson. has assured them that { they shall not|be attacked in the rear a sthey have ten in Milwaukee. I and |nundreds of dthers—‘next of kin’ of | these boys in france—are organizing |now to assum} vigorous prosécution | ;of the war ant I say solemnly that j | these men are ¢f the quiet and detrm- ined character |which will not stand | for a socialist government in Milwau- {kee or the state of Wisconsin. We {are prepared‘tojact, We will, for in- j stance, act if do not get martial; | war or an indictment which will pre- vent Hoan being sworn in again as Mayor. I hope * will not be put up to our organizatipn, we call il so far DUTCH BOATS | {ec t Net Decrease in Tonnage Due to| German Campaign Amounts to Million Tons ° - (By Assotiated Press) Seizure. of|'‘Dutch vessels by the. their use for allied purposes reduced ON THE HUNS | apportionment of federal aid for the} THREE MEN DIE first five-year period beginning with, . . Material for, the advertisements will be cm wo) SLOPE W i L lf who | will designate the state papers in| i the which they wish the calls to appear. | Advertisements also will be inserted | | ‘the next of kin.’ but if it is necessary | in several periodicals which reach) j We will not falter” contractors in the northwest. Bismarck, now is in Washington a special representative of the highway " ‘ * | the approval of plans and specifica- | tions subthitted to the office of pub-! lic roads and upon which no action has been taken. SUB LOSSES icnrre | E SHOWS BIG GROWTH. |Month More Required for Inves- pismarck Commercial club Friday 8 themselves, then car VESSELS |HAD- BEEN. IDLE, £ineer’s office will complete a bien- now secretary of the Chicago branch’ ? e "| nial nroperties of North Dakota this week.) ang | Owing to the fact that a consider-! ably larger number of mines are now/ in operation the work has required) xorth Dakota, which will take him "BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918 Great Offensive Is * Washington, D, C., March | | 600,000 TONS NEW SHIPPING 21.—A letter to the Cudahy " WE ARE AT DECISIV: MOMENT, SAYS KAISER \ London, March 21.—“W. | are at the decisive moment ot the war, and one of the greatest moments in Ger- man history,” said Emperor William in a telegram to the Rhenische provisional coun- cil, according to a Central , News dispatch from Am- | sterdam. © Packing Co., written by E. Dana Durand, at Chicago, | January 18, directing that the price of meat to feeders be kept: down was written without the authority of J. | P. Cotton, head of the meat division of the food adminis- | tration, Mr. Cotton today ; | told the senate agriculture committee. He said it has been his endeavor to pay a fair price to cattle feeders. Big Addition to Tonage Results From Seizure of 77 Dutch Vessels \ | i | | BRITISH TAKE OVER sont NO RLECTION ned Hotton commen, KOR RECALLING deered in Europe v 1 i : | Washington, D, C,,Mareh 21.—Sev- | ; enty-seven Dutch ships in Ameri ‘ § | poxts, aggregating about 600,000 tor -|City Commission Adopted Bur- git { | were flying the American flag today A ;as the result of President Wilson's! — ton’s Reports; Holds Peti- | nroclamation last night requisitioning | , ae f | Dutch tennage in accordance with the; tions Insufficient. | British-American shipping agreement. | a At the same time Great Britain took Tentative Schedules Mailed Out) over Dutch vessels in British waters, BEST WOULD HALT INQUIRY by Engineer Bliss to 5 | and another £90,000 tons was put into} allied service, | Commissions The president's proclamation was! Votes With Thompson Against | issued upon Holland's refusal, in the} ee Ra zi ; face of German threats, to put into! City Investigation of Pub- effect her voluntary agreement for re. | + snegs FUND | storing her merchany marine to nor-| lic Utilities | mal. | | The ships will be operated by the! Aid From Government to Be Ex- navy department and the shipping , a s ; board, Dutch crews being supplement: | i = tended Over Five-Year ed by American civilian sailors aud | Te. city comms nildi: | naval reservists. Compensation will _ mo ‘ommis Building Program | be made to the owners nired by|animously voted to law. former resolution calling an election | {to be held April ya t e Secretéry Bliss of the state high-! pri By a vote of three | TT ito two it rejected a second motion way commission is submitting to the | AND 53 county commissions in North Da-| ; from Best that an election be held on kota tentative schedules showing the. ‘ Bismarck will have no recall elec n last evening sioner Best un- | April 18, Best and Thompson voting in the minority, the commission vot |ed to rescind its former action re- | jecting the report of City Auditor ; Burton holding that through the with- ‘drawal of 110 names the recall peti- were insuffi nt, By the same vote i the commission finally adopted Bur- them w:th their suggestions for | isons report, which threw the petitions changes not later than April 16. The! . a {out of court on the grounds of their state highway commission will then Americans Killed When Destroy-! insufiiciency. veconsider schedules in which the’ er and British Warship | ariey a eeaeaae Comin ioner changes are asked, returning them to p | Bertsch offered to resign if Best and the, county. cominissioners. for thelr Crush Together | thompson would do likewise, ‘Then final? ratification: eae en cal we'll have a real election,” said Hert- n ar J g "| sch. Best was non-committal, | but ies which have not made up, thelr DEPTH CHARGE EXPLODES | tympson was willing to resign if the min iv a ime wi iose their fed- e a —_ whole board would quit. No official no- eral aid appropriation, which will be! washington, D. C.. March 21.—One | tice of any of these suggestions was re¢pportioned among other counties! which have complied with the federal! American officer and three men were, taken by the commission. 1917. It is requested that the county commissions consider these schedules and either approve. them or return | és killed aboard an American destroyer To Investigate Utilities requirements, [aren 19 when the vessel collided o a fi ine iA 9 VGH Z Again overriding the oppo The total amount of federal aid with a ‘British warship, the navy de- Bear and hoMpEDA. and a available for’ this period (1s $1:120:: partment announced toda A MUM: to demands from J. P. Sell, A. J 047.06.. The state-,highway commis-' : pe igre were injured Selt, sion contemplates the expenditure ot | Per of aot oeee eee ike Mantot -;an and others, the city comm $270,592.81 for the 1917.1918 period; ! ssion, 1 i ! by a three to two vote, ordered that jod- for 1919-1920 and $321,978.80 for 1920-; oo. were damaged. Lieutenant Com jconfer with the uel ee anes ge meee mander Richard McCall Elliott, Jr.,| 204 the Blemarc’ ya cee et ge In Cass county it is proposed that! Was killed. His wife lives in New| [0 Tales. | The president namen as) $52,265.06 he exnended as follows: | York ‘None of the enlisted men killed | SUCh committee Commissioners at La $7.800 for 1917-1918; $20,000 for 1918) oe ee a ves Charles | Bertsch and 7 ompson. President Lu-| 1919, and 925,465.08 for 1919-1920. | Bierce cnetieman Mee etal’ take (cae declined to geceut Thoms He Svand rorks county is entitled to} Minn. vas among. the enlisted men! * thdrawal from i he “ He unites, Ae $36,659.79, $12,009 to be ‘spent in | seriously “injured and Joseph F. claring that his eee ei Be ee 1917-1918, and $24,659.79 in 1919-1920. ! Cin, ‘Greniah ‘of Minneapolis, was water stanton woud Be eae Burleigh county gets $23,664.03, all of! among those only slightly injured. to the city, and insisted a is which the tentative schedule appor-| The navy department didcnot give | his duty to serve. ; ; Hons ‘to. 1920-1921. | the location of the accident. Its re- To Send out Questionaires, The highway commission is ‘pr | nort came from Vice Admiral Sims.; Commissioner Kirk announced his Sdring calls “for, bids on proposed | 1 ieutenant Commander Elliott of intention of sending out questionaires work in Cass and Cavalier, part of) philadelphia was executive officer of | to ascertain the rates paid for water the work proposed in Stutsman and! ine Manley. and light in other cities of Bismarck’s Ramsey and al of the work in Grand; ~ * f class. J. P. Sell had addressed the Forks, Barnes and Star! jon on the subject of water ‘kK counties. | 1 le ii , : Plans and snecifications for this work | ‘tor ardens,® suggesting that it have been formally approved by the | was the patrio' ds i duty of the water office of public ros ter f company to make a specially reduced rate during the summer months in or- to the county commissioners, der that every householder may aid food conservation movement by | growing his own winte supply of , Vegeta die: Gardens 1 not pro- duce their maximum if not frequently | watered, said Sells. He endorsed the jaction of the commission. | ! Nathan Approves. i A. J. Nathan spoke on the general ; subject of light and water rates, ex- ipressing himself as opposed to a e-| feall but declaring iast what he | termed “horseplay” with regard to the; regulation of public utilities. After) President Lucas had put his motion| ‘DR. KARL MATHIE TO TALK ‘that a committee be appointed to INDUSTRY | | make an immediate investigation, and, | lif convinced that rates should be} Loyal American citizens of German ; jowered and unable to obtain the de-| blood or descent are to rally at the; sired action from the utility compan-; the matter before the state railway commission, | evening to hear a patriotic address yy, Nathan said: “Now you're doing | from Dr. Karl Mathie, former super- ' something.” A s f | schools at Wausau, Wis., Commission Should Act. Harris Robinson. of the state en-! intendent of schools at Wausau, Hest Ge IeaieR go. the elie Couatie ion’s investigation. ‘He wanted the| railway commission to investigate, “I think,” said President Lucas, “that this commission has the authority and} T, R. Atkinson, city engineer for, va ‘Patriotic Rally at, Commercial y issi in a aYort to expedite! ‘commission in an elfort to D Club Rooms Tomorrow Night tigation Than Year Ago inspection of the lignite coat) or the German Friends of Democracy, | special representative of the speakers’ bureau of the national coun. cil of defense, assigned to a tour of cations necessary to make an investi- materially the net allied loss due to: German submarines and mines since | (the beginning of the war. “A British) a, soon as Mr. Robinson returns and government «statement issued Washington gives the gross loss up loss as 2,632,297 tons. gregates 1,0)0,000..tons. To make up the deficiency in world tonnage caus- seas, 6,606,275 tons of new ships were! H built in allied and neutral cotntries | | since the beginning of the war, and | | 2,589,000 tons of German and Ausifi-| | an ships were seized by allied coun-| | tries. i The net loss is reduced further by | the Dutch vessels, which generally | have been idle in allied ports in-fear| : of German: aubmarines.. Losses dur-| | ing the last 12 months have been an-| | play. the!The Fugitive,” a truly! asthe ‘equipment -of-atty other “such ee sir Bawaba edtacs, fest Won | western qiny' troy thy, stiirht0;/entablishitents) but these facilities arel.erceane, rascratealty? we Meine Hea The FRR Gig. x91 a0} 08 a ted on; Bame, Terme.) 2917:|761000,000 rtemagavino® eeshostn! ® UN ae Fomitoi Ht 0} Sub sone Sie Seedas banabnony | | Saerrt nearly a month longer than in the| into every community which has any last biennial inspection. a the collected cue ecco S| war. its causes and the duty which ‘ ireport is awaited with interes =| toa ar ee ft ae i n : Jan, 1, 1918, dt-11,827.572, and, the net | nishing the first official record of the| 0¥a! American citizens o German | posed of men who have been reason The Dutch increased growth in the use and pro-; 4: ‘i shipping taken over by the allies ag:| quetion of lignite in North Dakota. | United States of America. ed by German ruthlessness on the| * egeamani. gation of these matters. These com:| ; number of citizens of Teutonic an-\Hanies come to us, asking us for! i cestry, ‘franchises and other favors. We pay Dr. Mathie will speak on the great them big bills for water and lights ;every year. This commission is com | Complete statistics will be available ‘descent owe to their country, the/ ably successful in managing their own German- pysiness; they should be qualitied to | speaking citizens of the Slope to the | make an investigation of this kind and |number of several hundred are e€X-'to get to the bottom of it.” | pected to attend. No formal invita-| Casselman Approves. tion has been extended, it being urged Judge W. S. Casselman spoke in | | that loyal. Americans who have drop- ; approval of the actio nof the city! : ped the hyphen that once joined them | commission, expressing his belief that | to Germany avail themselves of the | the municipal board should exhaust general invitation extended through | its prerogatives before passing the the. press to prove their emancipa-| matter out of its hands and over to | tion. vi the railway commission. Commission- President A. W. Lucas of the city) or Kirk noted that Minot had caused | cominission will preside. suc han inxestigatio nof its’ electric light rates, and that as a result the old eleven-cent rate had been increas: | nt d..ten: percent. He, suggested, ; ie i ty eompanies had $Eceithy been i MAJ. GENERALS WOOD AND BELL ARE HOME An Atlantic Port, March 21.—Major General Leonard Wood and Major General J. Franklin: Bell, commanders respectively of the 89th and 77th divisions of the nation- al army, arrived here today | pena a rou CONVENTION: ‘from France .on a-French®!| }.2!™. ams, Loca. fo aig tied ees EE Usete “Minneapolis, ae inasmuch? as ‘a! huniter of publi (Continued on Page Three.), oz ” reconsider its | {cl On | BOMBARDING OF ~ BRITISH LINES. | Great Offensive May Be Sig- nalled by General Attack Opened This Morning |BOCHE PRISONERS TAKEN Successful Raid Brings Back 1 Captives in Neighborhood COMMISSIONER) = “== London, Eng., March 21.—The Ger- | Mans shortly before dawn this morn- ing began a heavy bombardment over ja wide section of the British front, it lis anounced officially. The statement follows: “A heavy bombardment was opened by the enemy shortly before noow to- day against our whole front from the | neighborhood of Vendeuil, south of St. , Quentin, to the Scarpe river. |, “A successful raid was carried out | by us last night in the neighborhood jot St. Quentin. Thirteen ‘prisoners ; and three machine guns were brought | | back by our troops. Prisoners were also taken by us in patrol encounters south of Messines and in another suc- | cessful raid carrjed out by us south | of Houtholst forest. “A raid undertaken by the enemy in the neighborhood of Armentieres was repulsed.” Could Be Heard at Dover The artillery action on the western | coast could be distinctly heard at Dover, and other towns on the east ‘coast of England. The doors and indows in the houses at Dover, for instance, were continuously shaken by the heavy concussion. , The firing, which was the heaviest that has deen heard in this. district ‘from such a distance, began at thre o'clock this morning, and lasted at brief intervals, until seven a. m. May Mean Big Drive From Vendeuil north to the River Scarpe is a distance of nearly 50 miles, and the beginning by. the Ger- man artillery ofa heavy. bompbard- ment along this wide front may mean | that preparation for the much adver- | tised German offensive in the west has been begun. The preparatory work was about to begin today if the advance announcements were to be taken at their face value, © judging fron, fhe news of a day or two ago, that ,a party of neutral corres‘pond- th-|\ents ‘had been invited by the German high command to start for the west front on Wednesday “to witness the \offensive.” © It is, of course, impossible to say whether the present burst of artillery fire on this front means that it is along the line indicated, or some- where within its limits, that a heavy German blow, if one indeed is coming, is to be struck. There is the consid- eration that the bombardment in this particular area may be a feint to cover a stroke in altogether a differ- ent sector. The most natural conclu- ion, however, is that the drive is to be made at some point in the area now under fire. MENOKEN FOLK SHOW LOYALTY Great Crowd Gathers at Hall for Patriotic Exercises Menoken, N. D., March 21.—One of the largest crowds ever assembled in the hall at Menoken gathered there to spend the evening in showing their »atriotism. Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite of Bis- marck delivered a very interesting address on the war, and a patriotic and musical program was given by the following: Rev. and Mrs. Stew- art, Senator C, D. King, Mrs. V. M. Craven, Mr. Paulson and Mr. Payden and the Misses Selma Aas and Mil- dred Warren. A flag drill was also given by nine of the school children. The home guard unit of McKenzie, of which some of the Menoken boys are members; attended in uniform and gave a drill during the evening. After the program the ladies served a delicious supper. An offering was taken and all re- sponded liberally. ‘ The proceeds will be used to pur- e supplies for the Menoken Red Cross auxiliary. the moral right and it has the qualifi| “Pp, W.” GOT TO BOSTON AND MEASLES GOT HIM | Former Assistant State Engineer Was in Quarantine A letter from P. W. Thomas, former assistant state engineer and bridge engineer, advises that promptly upon his arrival at Camp. Devens, near | Boston, to which post he was assign- ed with a construction company, the | barracks in which he was quartered for 14 days for measles. Mr. Thomas writes his former chief, State Engineer Bi that he was first assigned to Columbus, O., ana then to Camp Devens, where he is in training with an engineers’ divi- sion for ovefseas servic as? accomipa) aahastavilt s; wee prejatives in Boston, near Camp ens, before ‘proceeding ‘to her former” home at Portland, Me, ~ GERMANS BEGIN Fras ThOmaii ¢ 1e