The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1918, Page 1

By pe-ai Kira, 100 miles northeast ot ag “positions around Hangard, south of eet THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy. THE 'BISMARC TRIBUNE EVENING EDITION ° | THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 1 15. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ¢ TOWNLEY HUNS ARE STUNN GERMANS IN FLANDERS GIVE UP EFFORT TO GAIN FURTHER HILL POSITIONS TO THE WEST Occupation of Mont Kemmel Has Not Enabled the Enemy to Encroach Into British and French Lines Southwest of Ypres—Desperate Repulse; Not Only Results in No Gain for Teutons But Drives Them From Strongholds Formerly Safely Occupied by Their Men. (BY ASSOCIA’ TED PRESS) Stunned by the severe punishment inflicted by the British and French, the Germans in Flanders have given up their efforts for the moment to gain further hill posi- tions west of Mont Kemmel. Meanwhile, it is presumed that General Von Arnim is reforming his battered forces and bringing up new reserves to hurl against the allied defense. Germany’s occupation of Mont Kemmel has not en- abled the enemy to encroach French positions southwest further into the British and of Ypres, nor has it appar- ently brought any nearer the evacuation of the flattened Ypres salient. After the intense fighting of Monday in which the Germans strove separately to enlarge their gains on the high ground north of the Lys there has been only local fighting. Apparently, the allied commanders are content to hold on to their present line, and to let the Germans make more attacks and endeavor to drive} them back. | i] Germans Hard Pressed. \ } In their desperate repulse, the Ger- fnans not only failed to gait. although fusing larger forces than the defend-| ers, but they were driven from some sitions they had held since the cap- ture of Mont’ Kemmel last week. Along the Flanders front in Picardy strong ertiiery bombardments con- Linue. fre Germans have been throw- ling ereat numbers of shells into the the ‘Somme, probably in preparation for still another attempt to drive the French back to the Avre. A German attack'in the Noyon sector brought the shemiv inte Frene? positions from which, however, they were hurled in ppaced righting. American Artillery Busy. The American artilery on the Pic- ardy front has been busy shelling en- emy targets, but there has been no infantry activity. On the’ Toul sector, American aviatorg.have brought down a German matfHine, the third in three | weeks. of | In Mesopotamia, General. Marshall has advanced north-northeast of Bag-| dad, captured two, towns and nearly 900 prisovers,. The Turks\avoided bat- dad, and fled toward Kirfuk, about 160 miles nort hand on the main road to Mosul, apparently the British objective. A retreating column was attacked and moré’ than 500. prison- ers taken. British covalry then cap- tured Tushurmantli, about 30 miles northwest of Kirfa. The pursuit toward Kirfuk tinues. ‘Demands Electoral Reform. Declaring that plutocratic. sufrage, giving political rights to wealth, is; “no longer possible in our nation,” | Chancellor Von Hertling has informed the lower house of the Prussian diet that it must pass the electoral re- form bill or give up more rights to the people through force. The chan- cellor threatened the Prussians with | revolution if they did not meet the demand speedily. Apparently the chancellor feared grave disorders if the reform bill, which. he admitted.) was hedged around with safeguards, is not passed. A motion to postpone ac tion was defeated by 5 to! No Break in Quiet. | Today’s official statements reveal no break in the comparative quiet on | all the recently active fronts in Fland- | ers and to the south. | In local fighting in the former area, } the British repulsed an attack by the) Germans near St. Julien, northeast of | Ypres and took prisoners from Ger- man posts which were rushed in the! vicinity of Meteren. The French troops in Flanders carried out a smalt operation which was successful! in thar it improved their positions on the caluable ground adout Locre, which protects the flank of Mont Rouge. On the Somme front, the continu- ance of artillery action of some cio- lence is reported neyr Vilers-Breton- neux and to the sout halong the Avre GERMANS DRIVEN OUT BY FRENCH AT NOYON. FRENCH STATEMENT Paris, May 1. — In the sector of Noyon the Germans in attacks today! made gains in advanced French trench elements, but later were driven out and the French reestablished their lines, according to the official com- munication issued by the war office tonight. ! In the region of Hangard there has | been a violent bombardment. | areas | SERVICE MEN ADMITTED TO GAMES WITHOUT CHARGE con- Philadelphia, Pa., May 1.—All ser- vice men in uniform will be admitted free, except the war tax to one game in each series to be played this sea- son at Shibe Park, the home of the Philadelphia Athletics. The war camp community service ARMY OFFICERS SEND WARNING ‘TO ALL LOAFERS Minneapolis Minn:, April’ 30:—Army officers in the Twin Cities have ask- ed. the Associated Press to sound a final warning to every- able bodied loafer in the state of Minnesota. slacker,” said Major John B. Yost, district recruiting officer. “We are after men outside the draft age wou have no regular occupation. There are a lot of those fellows. left but the..to- tal’ is.going to) be sharply reduced.” It is doubtful if industrial slackers are, ayvare of the governiient activi ties to check up on this class of-men. ‘Major, Yost says that investigations have proved there are 15,000 “such loafers” in Minnesota. “MiMunesota has poured her weaith out in a godlen stream; the richest of her blood has come forward for state and home and country,” he said. “Idle men are trouble breeders—the best place for them is in the army. Major Yost is at the head of a drive for recruits for the tank regiment. MINNESOTA READY TO DEDICATE NEW HISTORICAL HALL St. Paul, Minn., April 30.—Plans are virtually complete for the dedica- tion of the new Minnesota State His- torical building. The services, it is announced ,will be held at the time of the convention of the Mississippi Val- ley Historical association, May 9, 10 and 11. The ceremonies dedicating the building will be held at 6 p. m., May 11, the last day of the convention. Professor Frederick J. Turner will deliver the evening. More than one hundred oth- er speakers of local, state and na- tional prominence are on the pro- gram. PRESENT SEASON RECALLS YEAR OF BIG CROPS IN 92 Aberdeen, S. D., May 1.—Vetera farmers in various parts of the Ds kotas seemingly are agreed that the present season is similar to the spring of 1892—the year in which South Da- kota produced the greatest crops in its history. Increased acreage, well distributed moisture, generous and scientific combining to give the nation a fine war crop from this section of the country. This year, the same as in 1892, rain set in after the wheat crop was plant- ed. A large oats crop also was plant- ed, but the barley crop has only partly been sown. Farmers prefer to wait until the danger from frost has passed betore putting in all of their barley Estimates from various sources in- dicate that the increased acreage sown to wheat in northern South Dakota is from 10 to 20 per cent. Various coun- ties reporting in other districts bear out the belief that crop conditions are about the same from ‘Minnesota to Montana. A report from Mitchell, S. D., de- clares that the crop outlook for South Dakota is ‘“‘the b in 30 year:.” AMERICAN SURVIVORS OF ORONSA IN LONDON London, May 1.—American surviv- ros of the British steamer Oronsa, which was torpedoed with a party of the day sight seeing in London. Yes- terday all visited the Bow St. police court for registration and customary formalities. announced today that the American league club has mede this offer and that it has been accepted. None of the Americans on the Oron- sa suffered and ill effects from the ex- perience. ED | Pope is about to make another peace i “This is the last chance for the} principal address that! methods and good luck apparently are | R % ° POPE BENEDICT WILLMAKENEW PEACE. ORFER Report From Hague That His Holiness Plans to Issue Proposal Whitsunday MOVE IS NOT UNEXPECTED for Some Time—Emper- ors to Confer The Hague, May 1.—Pope benedict intends to issue a new peace offer on Whitsundy (May 19) Cologne news- Papers announce. The documents, it is said, will be of a more pressing na-| ture than formerly and will contain concrete offers of mediation by the pope with the possible cooperation of neutral sovereigns. Similar intimations of the pope's in- tentions, it is said, had reached Ber- pathetically. NOT FIRST REPORT. __ This is not the first report emanat- ing from Germany recently that the move. The Neueste Nachrichten, of Munich, Bavaria, according to a Lon- don dispatch of April 23rd, said that the pope would make a peace offer as soon as the western offensive had as- sumed a new phase. The Bavarian newspaper declared the move would take the form of a “word of warning addressed to ‘the ‘universal con- science.” ‘CHARLES AND WILHELM CONFER. London, Eng., “May 1—Emperor Charles, of. Austria-Hungary, accom- by Baron Burian, the foreign ster ,and their staffs, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zyrich, will,sproceed almost immed? dately to German headquarters to con- fer with tle German: emperor. Ukrain- ian.and Balkan affairs, it is added, will bo discussed. TRACTOR MEN TO HAVE: CHANCE TO RUN BIG TANKS Opportunity for Lovers of Ro- mance Offered by En- | rollment Agent North Dakota tractor experts are offered an opportunity to gét into the tank gme in a call just issued for men experienced in driving trucks and gasoline tractors, announces H. P. O’Hare, Burleigh county enrollment agent for the United States public ser- vice reserve. A call also has come for five bridge men from North Dako- ta, to be commissioned as petty of- ficers, first class, with a base pay of $50 to $94 the month. They will be enlisted for four years in the nevy department, with the privilege of re- signing on the completion of the work. All of these enlistments may also be made by induction of men subject to draft. | Mr. O'Hare says: “A call has been issued for boil- ermakers for shipyards on the Pacific | coast. | “The tank corps calling for men ex- i perienced in driving trucks and gaso- line tractors is open for enlistment} and induction. | “A call has come for five bridge men from North Dakota to be commi sioned as petty officers, first class, with a base pay of $50.00 to $94.00 per/ |month. They will be enlisted for four | ears in the Navy Department with the! | privilege of resigning on completion of} \the work. The work referred to be-; \ing the erection of high powered radio! towers overseas. “The men must be iron workers of! several years’ experience, must be all-| |round bridge men, experienced as Tiv- eters, riggers, and raising gang men, | | also capable of work at great heights. “On receipt of the nems of men de-| sirous and qualified to take part in this patriotic work interviews with! said men will be arranged and if they} are found satisfactory they will be enrolled in the United States naval reserve forces at the nearest nevy 57 Y. M. C. A. workers aboard, spent) recruiting station.” | |200 JEWS WIRE | THEY ARE SAFE May | —_—_ | New York, N. Y.. 1.—Word |that 200 Jewish refugees from Russia | |stranded in Harbin, Manchuria, while lon their way to America, have finally |been able to resume their jounrney. iwas received today by the Hebrew Sheltering & Immigrant Aid Society lthrough the state department. The 'message was sent by Samuel Mason, {representative of the society in the lfar east, who went to the rescue of \the refugees. $100,000 FOR FURLOUGHED | SOLDIERS OF FRANCE.! | —— | | Hot Springs, Ark., May -—That \the sum of $100,100 has been made available through the efforts of the general federation of women’s clubs for the establishment of a furlough home for soldiers in France was an- nounced tonight by officials of the federation prior to the opening here of the fourteenth biennial conven- tion. EPLIES T BY SEVERE, PUNI Rumors Current to This Effect | ® lin, where it has been received sym-|! “ich presided. “Judge Vick of Cavalie: }league of setting up a smoke screen -nounces. LEAGUE LEADERS CONDBUNED AT MINOT MERTING Judge Vick Declares Self-Ap- pointed Directors Are Not With Government 700 DELEGATES ATTENDING 5 CJ Steen Unanimous Choice of Lincoln | League at Minot Minot, N. D., May 1.—John Steen was endorsed for gover- nor unanimously at the Lincolly league convention here this afternoon. Cheering lasted ten minutes after his name was | mentioned. | Minot, N. D., May 1—‘In this cry three years ago was born a movemeni which has placed the state in the hands of irresponsible'men. We have come back to Minot to end that move- ment. The Nonpartisan league was born here, and it is but proper that we should bury it where the cradle stood,” declared George: P, ‘Honines of Crosby, in responding to an address of welcome made by Rev, P. W. Erick- son, here today, Honinés spoke on be- half of the Lincoln Republican league and other political organizations con- ferring in ‘Minot today. The meeting this morning was at- tended by six or seven hundred. lc opened with prayer by Rev. C. L. Clif- ford. Ex-Senator J.B. Dav ot Good the principal speaker, emphasized tne necessity of unity to defeat the aims of self-appointed leaders whose con- duct has not been in the interest of the successful prosecution of the war. He compared league organs to papers of Germany which print only that which assists the ‘leaders in accomp- lishing their aims and referred to the policy adopted by leaders of the when criticized by declaring “they are attacking the farmers.” The crowd at the meeting this morn- ing was very enthusiastic. No men- tion has been made yet of prospec- tive candidates, although Judge Vicks name is frequently mentioned as » possible candidate against Baer in the First. The nominating conference was pla- ced under way this afternoon. Indica- tions are, P. 'N. Clark, secretary of the Lincoln Republican league said, that the new North Dakota Farmers’ league and the independent political associa- tion would give support to the tick- et endorsed here, thus combining all factions that are opposed to league control, : ALLIES REGARD HUN FAILURE AS REAL VICTORY Most Encouraging Development| Since Beginning of Drive Was Ypres Fiasco FRENCH IMPROVE POSITION | London, Eng.. May 1.—The failure of the German attacks southwest of Ypres on Monday with its immense losses to the enemy is commented on here in a more hopeful and more con- fident tone, which is in marked con- trast of the German advance toward channel ports. The concensus of opinion is that} the enemy on Monday suffered the most severe and costly repulse since he began his offensive on Marc 21, and it is contended that if the terms of victory and defeat are applicable to single phases of such a prolonged; battle then the allies on Monday won a very substantial victory. | FRENCH IMPROVE POSITION. | London, Eng., May 1.—French) troops last night improves their posi- tions in the neighborhood of Locre, on the Flanders front, the war office an- The British rushed Ger. man posts in the Meteren sector, and took prisone mb eee | CONFERS WITH CHRISTIE. | New York, N. Y., May 1.—After a conference today with John K. Ten- er, president of the National league.) Dr. George J. Fisher, of the physical department of the national war coun- cil of the Y. M. ©. A. left for Cincin- nati to talk again with Christopher Mathewson regarding the call to} France to direct all the baseball acriv- ities among the men of the fighting Hl though small patrol parties, or out- forces. SHMENT SITUATION IN SAMMY SECTOR IS STABILIZED American Forces Getting Set for Next Onrush of German Forces ANOTHER TAUBE BAGGED Bring Boche Down After Excit- ing Duel Over the Allied Lines , With the American Army on a French Battlefront, Tuesday, April 30. —The situation along the American sector gradually is becoming stabil- ized. There have been no infantry en- counters in the last 48 hours, al- posts have met in the darkness and mist. | Despite rain and poor visibility, the | American and French artillery have been most active in shelling enemy back areas. A certain American bat- tery has been laying a beavy barrage on enemy bateries and positions around a certain village wh'ch has been virtually wiped out. The Ger- man artillery is less active than on the days immediately following the American’s appearance on this sector. The Germans are throwing some gas shells. Weather conditions preveit acrial activity on either side. z AMERICANS BRING. DOWN BOCHE With the American Army. in France, Tuesday, April. 30.—A German aero- plané was brought down in enemy ter- ritory last night by Captain Norman Hall of Colfax, Ia., and Lieutenant Ed- ward V. Richenbacher of Columbus, Ohio, after a duel over the American lines on the Toul sector. The American birdmen first engaged the enemy machine over the Ameri- can lines. Lieut. Richenbacher, well known as an. automobile racer in the United ‘States, swept over the Boche and opened fire with his machine gun, while Captain Hall, formerly a mem- ber of the LaFayette esquadrille, dart- ed behind the German and also opened fire, The German made desperate at- tempts to escape and returned the fire of the Americans, several bullets pierc- ing Captain Hall's aeroplane. - The Americans peppered the enemy machine with bullets and drove it down until it fell behind the German trenches. SOUTH DAKOTA’S GOLD PRODUCTION HAS BEEN STEADY Pierre, S. D., May 1.—Official statis- tics obtained from the state mine in- spector indicate that the production of gold in South Dakota for the past five years has been almost as steady ag the value of the precious metal. But the case of tungsten has been different. Official figures show that the mining of this product has been greatly developed. In 1913 only $2,000 worth of the mineral was brought out of the earth. The latest available rec- ord shows a yield of $391,120. The production of gypsum has fallen off steadily for nearly three years, but Mthia and lead are showing an increase. NOPARTY LEAGUER, CALLED AS_ TRIAL WITNESS, IS MISSING Red Wing, Minn. May 1—G. C. Breidal, said to be a member of the Nonpartisan league, who has been hers for two days, dropped out of sight late tonight and it was reported that he left the city in the company of several cit- izens. There was a report today that Briedal was to testify for the defense at the trial of N. S. Randall of the Nonpartisan league. Randall is charg- ed with having made seditious utter- ances. At midnight tonight no trace had been found of Breidal's whereabouts. NELSON ENDORSED FOR REELECTION St. Paul, Minn., May 1.—United States Senator Knute Nelson of Min- nesota, republican, was endorsed for reelection today by the democratic; state legislative committee. The re- solution of indorsement stated that the | action was taken because Senator Nel-| son s rendered distinguished and patriotic service in support of the na- tion and the president as its leader in this war.” Teacher Arrested for Spreading Hun Propaganda Views Poughkeesie, Y., (May 1.—Miss| Agathe Wilhelminia Richrath, instruc: tor of German at Vassar college was tonight taken into custody by federal agents charged with circulating pro- German propaganda. Miss Richrath is charged with justi- fying the sinking of the Lusitania on the ground that it was loaded with bullets “to kill our German fathers.” She also is charged with justifying the invasion of Belgium, DGE M'GEE LEAGUE WITH INCOME OF $800,000 PER ANNUM, PUT $9,000 IN LIBERTY LOAN President Admits That His Organization Did Not Invest Single Penny in First and Second Issues of Bonds—Declares Charges of Disloyalty Untrue and States They Have Been With- drawn—Ninety Percent of Farmers Members of Association. Washington, D. C., May 1.—Charges that leaders and mem- bers of the Farmers’ National Nonpartisan league were disloyal were answered today before the senate military committee by A. C. Townley of St. Paul, the league’s president, who is: under indictment for alleged violation of the espionage laws. Townley was given an oppor: ment of Judge J. F. McGee of M nesota public safety commission, of the Chamberlain court martial bill. CONFESSED SPY TELLS SECRETS LEARNED IN U.S. Kansas City, Mo. May 1. — Fred Robertson, federal disrict attorney for Kansas City announced tonight that Wilhelm Von Linder, held in the mil- itary prison at Fort Leavenworth as a deserter from the American army, has confessed that while working as a German spy prior to America’s en- trance into the war, he obtained val- uable military secrets in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., where he photograph- ed the naval works. The confession, Mr. Robertson an- nounced, stated that Von Linder serv- ed in the German army before coming to the United States, where he met Captain Von Ehlsruhue, naval attache of the German embassy at Washington in Philadelphia in 1914. From then until shortly before his arrest as a deserter at Laredo, Texas, Von Linder worked under Von Ehls‘u- hue, spreading propaganda in German communities. CLERKS WORK TOO LATE TO HAVE ANY TIME FOR GARDEN Rural Salesman Tells of Some Things Country Workers Are Up Against ‘Regulations providing shorter hours for clerks in general stores in the rural communities of North Dakota will be urged upon chairmen of county de- fense councils by the ‘North Da- kota Council of Defense, as a result of the following letter, which states succinctly and convincingly the situa- tion which confronts many of the sales people in the small towns of this state: Gentlemen: I have written Hon. G. M. Young and Prof. Ladd about working hours for clerks, and they say to take it up with you. I am a married man, with three children, and I clerk in a general store. Last year I was at ——, clerk- ed at ——'s, and our hours were from 7 a, m, to 9:30 p..m., and I put in two acres of potatoes and 1-4 acre of beans. "I worked it in the morning and on Sundays. I also raised 170 chick- ens. Now, these things ahead, I do to work at 7 a. m., one hour earlier, and we have to work till after dark. They want to see if the farmers come in, which is about 10 o'clock. So you see it takes a lot of time away from us clerks. It is this way in most small towns. “In Minnesota they are making the stores close at 7 p. m.—why not in this state? I could put in a big garden and so would lots of the clerks in North Dakota. If you will, take this matter up and discuss it and see if you cannot help the poor clerks to do their share. Some of the merchants want to close, but. one will not unless all of them do. Pass a ruling that it be done, and I believe very few would object to closing. Such a ruling would do as much toincrease production as any one act you could take. Of course we expect to work later during the harvest season, but from now until September 1 there really is no need for it, and it is depriving us of an op- | portunity to do our bit by taking some of the load from the producer.” It is probable that the North Dakota Council of Defense wil consider this matter at its next meeting. Report of Waseca Boy’s Death Was Much Exaggerated Waseca, Minn., Bernard J. Gallagher, missing in action March 29 in the war department's casualty list of April 20, is “safe and well.” according to a «rief cablegram just received from i is father, B. M. Gallagher, of t y. The message was dated April 10 and was signed by an express company, but did not say where he is. ‘Lieutenant Bernard J. Gallagher is believed to be in a German prison camp. In a letter just received by his father. the officer wrote that he was in greater danger of being captured that of being wounded or killed. Lieutenant Gallagher graduated from the medical school of the Uni- versity of Minnesita two years ago. He was commissioned in the medical reserve corps last July and assigned to duty in France. April 30.—Lieut. reported as , tunity today to reply to the state- inneapolis, a member of the Min- in the committee’s consideration ‘ Support for War Reciting support given to the war, in wheat planting states and Liberty loan subscriptions by farmers in Mfn- nesota and North Dakota belonging to the league, Townley categorically de nied the organization was disloyal. He admitted he was under indictment, and said McGee's charges were not the first made against him and the league's members. y “We do not want to stand before the country and the world. and be branded as traitors,” he said. Senator Reed of Missouri, declaring Townley's hearing “an unusual pro- ceeding,” said Judge McGee bad stricken from the record ‘statements referred to by Townley as reflecting upon the loyalty of the league’s mem: bership. 5 eon Cd Charge Withdrawn—Untrpe | .¢ “Our people don't know that **tif charge—widely . published *- in, “our states—was withdrawn,” Townley, i plied. “Since the charge is’ wit} drawn, I think it is agreed ‘by, Judge McGee and everybody else that “It: ie untrue. : ae a “This. isa very serious «charge against a great tany ‘people, said Townley. “The majority of the ‘voters and their sympathizers of North ‘Da- kota are. members of the Jeague, in- cluding the governor and ‘state : offi- cers and the legislature of North Da- Kota. We do, not ‘want’ to ‘be ostra- cized: If the charge is true,,@ great many people in’ the northwestern states would: be traitors.” “7 ' : Ninety Per Cent Farmers Members, Townley said 90-per cent of Notth Dakota farmers, belong to the: league, and that about 50,000 each in North Dakota and Minnesota are members. In both states, he said, there had been over subscription to Liberty bonds. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts de- veloped that the league's actual dues are $8. care League’s Loan Subscriptions / “That would make receipts of , at least $800,000 a year,” he observed. “How much did the league, as 8D Or- ganization, subscribe to the loan?” Townley replied nothing had been subscribed to the first and second loans, but that $5,000 had been taken in the third. TOWNLEY LEAGUE BACKS OUT FROM MESS IN M’LEAN Upon Orders From St. Paul, Managers Withdraw Garri- son County Ticket : Washburn, N. D., May 1.—The Non- partisan league, probably due to pres- sure from headquarters, has decided to keep out of local politics, so far as McLean county is concerned. This means, according to reports from Garrison, where a meeting wag held last week, that the entire county tick- et, recently promulgated in the name of the league, will be withdrawn. When a number of ‘Nonpartisans gathered at Garrison a few weeks ago and drew up a county ticket there was something of an upheaval in the Mc- Lean county political situation. There some features to the action also h spelled trouble for the league. It was claimed that the gathering was dominated by the socialistic element of the league and that the leading and greater part of the organization had no hand in the proceedings. Evidently, this seems correct by the later action of the league proper in disavowing an | intention to participate in the county | fight. \ "The Nonpartisans who drew up the | hybrid ticket evidently overlooked a | few things. They sought to bring some lof the county political leaders to their side by giving them endorsement but they neglected to take into ac- |count some of the strongest men po- litically in the county. So that beside keeping its word not to interfere in county politics, the league is consia- ered to be doing the wise thing by avoiding unending complications. 11900 MEN ARRIVE IN CAMP LEWIS | Camp Lewis, ‘ash. 1.—While the greater part of Camp | Lewis was deserted today for a m{u- tary problem on which the entire di- jon was engaged, the personnel of he receiving station put in its busiest |day of the April draft. Late this aft- |ernoon more than 1900 men had been received and another group of about 100 was on its way from the railway j Station.