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United States Ready to Discuss

Matter of Defensive Arma­

ment

3 DAYS MORE BEFORE

ORDER 18 EFFECTIVE

Congress will take no action—

Awaiting word from Pre*

sident Wilson

Washington, Feb. 26.—Secretary

Lansing indicated today that the

United States was prepared under

certain circumstances to discuss with

the German government what may

properly be regarded as defensive

armament for merchant ships. In

no events, however, according to

authoritative information tonight,

will the United States be a party to

such negotiations unless it is assur­

ed lhat the lives of American citi­

zens aboard ships armed for defen­

sive purposes will not be endangered

during the course of the discussion.

Only three days remain before Ger­

man and Austrian submarine com­

manders will be instructed to treat

armed merchant ships as war ves­

sels. There was no indication today

that issuance of the order announced

in formal notification from the Cen­

tral powers for February 29, would

be postponed,- although it was ad­

mitted that a postponement would

not. come aB a surprise.

Leaders in both houses of congress,

who for several days have agitated

passages of a resolution warning

Americans not to travel on armed

ships, seemed convinced tonight that

no such measure could be put

through at present.

Object Secured Already.

Senator (lore, who has such a res­

olution pending, issued a statement

saying that, while he still favored a

warning, he believed the object

aougbt' by bis resolution already had

been achieved through public discus

sion.

Representative McLemore, whose

warning resolution. ijt the house has

beeh kept from coming up by admin­

istration leaders, slid he was con

tent to wait until the president- and

Secretary Lansing

had

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opportunity to

try out their policy of asserting the

right of travel on ships bearing

arms.

Administration officials still were

awaiting the receipt of the additions

to the latest German memorandum

on the subject, which contained what

is alleged to be ft copy of confiden­

tial instructions given to 'British sea

captains. If this document contains

what, the German government claims,

it is said to be probable an inquiry

may be addressed to Great Britain

on the subject.

Germany Gives Reason.,

The British government some' time

ago assured' the United States that

its merchant ships would not operate

offensively.

Germany, in its memorandum,

gives as one of the cardinal reasons

for its determination to sink'armed

merchant ships of her en^niy: With­

out warning, the fact that German

submarines have been fired on re­

peatedly by merchantmen which ap­

parently were engaged in peaceful

pursuit of commerce.

The first formal reply to the Amer­

ican suggestion made weeks ago for

the disarming of merchant ships

came today from Italy. It will not

be made public until all the Allies

have responded, but it was learned

that the document, was not conclus­

ive but rather was argumentative.

While agitation on the subject in

congress has subsided for the time

being, the disposition on the part of

leaders in the movement for a con­

gressional warning seemed tonight to

be a waiting one.

TO ANSWER SOON.

Washington, Feb. 26.—Great Brit­

ain has informed Ambassador Page

at London that it will reply to the

American note regarding interfer

ference with neutral mails and the

trading with the enemy act,. at the

earliest possible moment. It ts indi­

cated that Great Britain is awaiting

the result of conferences with her

allies before responding.

FIRS$, #TEAM&R TO SAIL.

New York, Feb.' 26.—The French

line steamship, Lafayette, carrying

228 passengers and a general freight

cargo, left here today for Bordeaux,

he Lafayette will reach the war zone

Friday or Saturday of next week, the

.first passenger liner from the United

fittaes flying the flag of one of the

Entente allies to enter the zone af­

ter .Marchl, the date Germany has

set to begin her submarine warfare

against armed merchantmen. There

were no guns to be seen, however,

on the Lafayette.

SENTENCE IS STAYED.

Denver, Feb. 26.—'The supreme

court of Colorado late today granted

a: stay of execution to the week be-!

ginning May 21 to James C. Bulger,

under sentence to be hanged the

week beginning February 27, for kill­

ing Lloyd F. Nikodepraa of Denver.

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WHERE YOU CAN

VOTE TOMORROW

Imports still are increasing, the

total for January being $184,l.J2,229,

a gain of more than |&2j000,000 over

December.

Ward One—Basement Old High School

Ward Two—Lambert-Smith Live ry Barn.

Ward Three—819 Sixth Street.

Ward Four—Grand P»rk Hotel.

Ward Five—Elks' Block.

Ward Six—Fire Station.

The questiion to be voted on:

"SHALL A PUBLIC LIBRARY E ESTABLISHED BY AND IN THE

CITY OF BISMARCK?"

Polls open from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m., Monday, Feb. 28, 1916.

Kellogg will

Enter Race

For Celebrated Play of "Ame­

rica Outside America" Makes

St. Paul, Feb. 26.—Frank B. Kel­

logg, St. Paul attorney and former

special counsel for the government

in so-called trust investigations, noti­

fied local supporters today that h$

had decided to seek the Republican

nomination for the United States sen­

ator from Minnesota.

ALL PLEAD GUILTY

Dickinson. Feb. 26.—Four box car

thieves have pleaded guilty and are

waiting sentence from the district

judge. Their names are John O'Con­

nors, Pat Peters, Wilbur Skude and

Newton Hough. They took several

loads of merchandise from Northern

Pacific cars and hauied the same tp

a vacant barn in the city where an

attempt was made to conceal the

same and later dispose of the goods

to one of the gang who was to start

a second hand store. W. II. Nevills

was also arriested at the same time

and is believed" lo be the ring leader

of the gang. However, he refuses to

give any information regarding tlx

affair, and will likely be tried at the

term of court which convenes next

month.

Washington, Feb. 26.—The country's

export trade declined during January

though the month's total was far

above that for the same month last

year. IFigures made public tonight'

by the Commerce Department show

the value of exports was 4335,535, 303

compared with 1353,800,000 -for ©ftpem

ber. The increase over January, WIS,

was nearly $68,000,000.

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Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 26.—iCity wa

ter was ordered shut off from all

schools today and a special meeting

of the school board was Called for

next Tuesday night to consider the

situation, following a report that IS

new cases of typhoid fever had devel

oped today, bringing the list up to

109 cases.

ENGINEERS COMING TO

BISMARCK NEXT YEAR

Through the efforts of the Bis

marck Commercial club and the capi­

tal city business meh, the next annu

al meeting of the State Engineers' as­

sociation will be held in this city.

The meeting will be held next Janu­

ary, during the session of the* legis­

lature. State Engineer Jay W. Bliss

was elected president of the associa­

tion, Joseph A. Ingraham vice presi

dent, and Professor C. IB. Chandler

secretary and treasurer.

Resolutions were adopted at the

final session of the engineers com'

mending the county engineers for the

assistance they are giving county

commissioners in the matter of road

and bridge construction.

JACK JOHNSON EXPELLED.

London, iFeb. 26.—The Weekly Dis­

patch says that Jack Johnson, the for­

mer heavyweight pugilist, has been

ordered to leave England, and will

sail for South America March 3.

GERMAN EDITORS CONFER.

Chicago, Feb. 26.—Fifty editors

and publishers of the leading German

newspapers of the United States met

behind closed doors here today. An­

other session of the conference will

be held tomorrow.

The editors decided not to make

public the purpose of the meeting,

nor to divulge the proceedings.

SUBWAY IS FLOODED.

Tifew York, Feb. 26r*4ffkw York's

subway, which carries more than a

million passengers a day, experienced

the worst tie-up in its, history today:

because of flooded tracks, the result

of a heavy downpour of rain.

Traffic -was restored to normal late

today, after downtown business aetiv^

ity bad been demoralized for several

lours.

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After two unsuccessful attempts

in past seasons to produce "The Bird

of Paradise" here, Oliver 'Morosco,

last night, gave Bismarck play lovers

one of the oddest and most unique

dramas they have had an opportun­

ity of witnessing.

The scene of the play is laid in

Hawaii, and the stage settings last

n^ght carried one bodily to Uncle

Sam's far off island possessions. The

singing and playing of the native

Hawaiian Quintet, added a realism to

the production which nothing else

could.

The love story of Paul Wiilson, a

young American physician, who suc­

cumbs to the charms of Luana, the

Hawaiian princess, the beautiful

"child of Pele," the sacred volcano,

which all the Kanakas worship. The

power of suggestion is strong in Wil­

son and he falls an easy victim to

-Luana's charms.

The uplifting of "Ten Thousand

Dollar" Dean, a piece of human flot­

sam, by Diana Larned, the American

girl, marks the contrast, in, the play,

which is primarily a, sermon against

race intermarriage. in fin^act,

after fully betifiVjng herself ioi.be con­

verted to the Christian religion, Lu

apa goes back to her people and sac­

rifices herself to the angry Pele, to

save hoV!,fieW.e/

and,

Everyifeat in the theater was filled

last night, and it is safe to say every

one. in attendance thoroughly enjoyed

the play. The volcano scene 1n the

last act was a scenic masterpiece of

stagecraft.

TRIPLE SHOOTfNG.

Decatur, 111., Feb. 26.—Two dead

and one dying is the result of a triple

shooting here today. William H.

'Norman, aged 35, shot Miss Emma

.Harris, a friend, and then turned the

revolver upon himself, dying three

hours later.

iMrs. Norman, his wife, who was

a witness, grabbed the weapon and

shot herself through the tempie, dy­

ing instantly. Jealousy is said to have

caused the tragedy.

Priioner

In a Tree

Oskaloosa, la., Feb. 26.—Charles

Thomas is probably the most uncom­

fortable young man in the United

states tonight. He is perched on the

limb of a tree in the Des Moines riv­

er, seven miles southwest of this city,

and boats cannot reach him because

of floating ice. Thomas not only is

marooned in the dark, but his cloth­

ing is wet, and he has not eaten

since noon.

The adventure which landed Thom­

as in the tree caused the death of A.

E. Rommell, official engineer of Ma­

haska county. The two men, who

are well known, started out in a skiff

to dynamite an ice gorge. The boat

was capsized by a big cake of ice

and Rommell was drowtoed.

AEROPLANE STARTS

SCARE IN DULUTH

Duluth, Feb. 26.—The mysterious

biplane, Which circled over Superior,

Wis., elevators holding grain to be

shipped to England, France and Rus­

sia, for nearly an hour and a half in

a stiff north gale, early today, and

then disappeared in the direction of

the United States Steel plant, west

of Duluth, is being solved by Super­

ior and Duluth people tonight. The

police of the two cities have not tak­

en any action. Half a dozen em­

ployees of the Great Northern rail­

way, working in the shops near Al

louze, described the aeroplane at

length today. Several nights ago

Duluthians saws moving lights in the

sky and heard the exhaust from an

aeroplane they declare. There is no

ateftopiane owned or operated in this

dfstrtet,' or on this side of the Canad­

ian' line. One theory here is that

these flights may be the operations

of some amateur aviator, who is try­

ing out his machine, but who he is,

or where he is from, is not known

Itefo But that an aeroplane flew

Over St. Louis bay early today has

been vouched for by many people.

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py.

Carlotta Monterey, beautiful and

talented, as Luana, gavo a wonderful

interpretation of her part, and was

ably supported by the entire'' fcftlft

pany. Hopper L. Atcbley, as Dr. Wiil

son, "Paula," Richard Cordon as

Dean, iRoberta Arnold as Diana Lar

ned and Robert .Morris as Captain

Hatch, with James Nelson as Hewade

wa, a $ formed a most able

supporting company.

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Petition of H. H. Perry of Ellen*

dale for National Committee­

man also filed

D0YLE-DUIS WING IS

OIROULATnrO

PETETIONS

Names of Presidential eleotors

and Delegates will come

Tomorrow

John Gammons, dopnty United

States marshal, was in the capital

city yesterday and filed the names of

Woodrow WHaon for president and H.

H. Perry of Ellendale for national

committeeman, for the democratic

nominat ioiv at the primaries, March

21.

Petitions for five presidential elect­

ors and ten delegates to the national

democratic convention at St. Louis

will be filed tomorrow. The petitions

being circulated by Mr. Gammons are

for supporters of the Doyle-Duis wing

of the state democratic party. Prob­

ably 35 names for delegates will be

filed by both wings of I he party.

The Doyle-Duis faction will make

a fight on Bruegger, the present com­

mitteeman, in fa.vor of Perry. Brueeg

ger represents the Bryan faction in

the national party, while Perry sup­

ports the administration policy, and

the preparedness program, it is gen­

erally understood that the Bruegger

McArthur wing of the state party is

opposed to the Wilson administration

and will fight preparedness.

Presidential Electors.

David J. Gorman, (irand Forks.

George A. Gilmore, Willistnn.

John Mahon, Langdon.

.fohn A. Wright, Cassellon.

Charles Simon New England.

Delegates to National Convention.

Wm. E. Purcell, Wahpeton.

Tobias D. Casey, Dickinson.

W. E. Byerly, Vein..

W. P. Porter,field, l^rgij,

JolmJL.~.:CasheU

J. Nelson Kelley, Orand'Forks.

JIalvor L. illalvorson, Minot.

Joseph Clear}', \V.il!iston.

Wm. :F. .Robertson, Rolette.

F. O. Helistrom, Bismarck.

WILSON'S NAME FILED.

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 26.—The first

filings under the new presidential

preference law were made today,

when the names of Woodrow Wilson

and Thomas R. Marshall were filed

for the democratic nomination Cor

president and vice president, respect­

ively. May 23 is the primary date.

The first annual meeting of the Na­

tional Parks Highway association—

Red Trail—will be held in Fargo on

Tuesday, March 14, beginning at 10

a. iri. in the rooms of the Commercial

club.

The following business tfill he

transacted:

Routine business.

Election of officers.

Spring road work.

Publicity work.

Arrangements for dedication of

Medora bridge.

'Financial outlook of the associa­

tion.

The Tribune is informed that this

meeting of the Red TraH will be

open to all contributors to the asso­

ciation and the bridge fund.

The annul meeting will be preced­

ed by the Federation of Insurance on

Monday and the Jpfferson Highway

on Wednesday 15th. Plan to make

Fargo your mecca for three days.

FOUR KILLED

WHO ATTACKlEiD

SCHOOL TEACHER

iBrownsville, Texas, Feb. 26.—Three

Mexicans and a negro, charged with

having attacked a school teacher,

were shot and killed early today,

when they tried to escape from Tex­

as rangers, who were hurrying the

four prisoners to 'Edinburg, to avert

mob violence. The rangers proceed­

ed to Donna, where they reported the

four bodies had been left where they

fell.

TYPHOID INCREASES.

Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 26.—There

were 145 cases of typhoid fever on

record kt the health department to­

day, an increase of 34 cases since

yesterday's report. The disease is be­

lieved to be due to impure lake wa­

ter.

EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS.

Webb Brothers are making exten­

sive improvements to their undertak­

ing parlors. A handsome new carpet

has been placed on the floors and the

electric lighting system has been

greatly improved.

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Weather Sunday and .Monday,

with probably snow not much

change in temperature ,,

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Growing Sentiment for some

kind of Volunteer Federal

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BEING WRITTEN

Will be ready for Consideration

of House at an Early

Date

Washington. Feb. 26.—A growing

tendency to provide for a federal

army reserve in addition to the regu­

lar army and the federalization of

the National Guard was manifest to­

day in both the house and senate

military committees.

Members of both committees said

they favored a practical test of the

possibilities of forming a federal vol­

unteer army in peace time on lines

somewhate similar to the continent­

al army plan. The apparent inten­

tion to abandon the continental pro­

ject was one of the causes leading

up to the resignation of Secretary

Garrison.

Training Camps.

The house committee agreed today

on the general terms of a bill it ex­

pects to get before the house within

ten days, providing for a regular

army with an authorized peace

strength of 143,000- men, a federaliz­

ed National Guard which would

reach a fixed minimum strength of

424,000 in five years, adequate re­

serve systems' for fobl!*1 'a ef .these

forces, artd*' organization of' civilian

training camps, with wide discretion

reposed in the war department, as to

Hid terms of enlistment, training, and

government.

The senate committee has agreed

tentatively to a plan under which

training camps would be authorized

in every congressional district, where

KUffbUejifc roan ivohli^aM^ioiv^lwAa'

ing under an obligation for war ser­

vice. The maximum force to be thus

raised in any district, would be a bat­

talion or substantially the same num

ber proposed for the first year of the

Garrison continental army plan, The

camps would lie under command of

a full complement of regular army

officers.

New Equipment.

Experimental..Iqnge-range firing by

the Atlantic fleet, and information

about naval battles in the European

war virtually have convinced the

navy department that ships to be

authorized this year should carry ten

16-inch guns instead of twelve 14

inch guns aboard ships of the Penn

sylvania and California class, now

building or built.

Details of gunnery are confiden

tial, but it became knQwn tonight

that the next target practice of the

fleet will be held at ranges up to

18,000 yards, because of the lesson

taught by the battle between Ger­

man and British cruisers in the

North sea, where 1,700 shots scored

hits.

TO TRAIN AVIATORS.

New York, Feb. 26.—A course of

training in the use of aeroplanes for

officers of the militia in each of the

48 states, and $40 to each officer to

ward defraying expenses incidental

to the training, are offered in a let­

ter sent today to the governors of

the states by Allan R. Hawley, pres­

ident of the Aero Club df America.

The course will "be contributed by

an aeroplane company and the $40 by

the Aero club.

WOMAN DENIES

SALARY WAS SPLIT

Chicago, Feb. 26.—Positive denial

that Mrs. Page Waller Eaton had

been compelled to contribute part of

her salary as a city employe to the

relief of a relative of Mayor Thomp­

son was made today by Mrs. Louise

Osborne Rowe, head of the city de­

partment of public welfare, to whom

Mrs. Eaton had testified she had

made the alleged payments.

Mrs. Rowe's denial was made from

the witness chair, before the civil

service commission investigating the

charges.

After leaving the witness stand to­

day, Mrs. Eaton was quoted as saying

that she had obtained information

which exonerated 'Mayor Thompson

from all knowledge of the payments

which she said she had made to Mrs.

Rowe for the benefit of Mrs. Mar­

garet E. Mivelaz, the mayor's sister

in-law.

,Mrs. Rowe contradicted the story

told by Mrs. Eaton, who had quoted

the head of the welfare department as

saying "Maizie says you will have to

come across," referring to Mrs.

Thompson, with the payment of a

third of her salary to 'Mrs. Rowe.

WORK ENDED ROMANCE.

Chicago, Feb. 26.—According to tes­

timony in court here today, Charles

H. McCormick lived through 20 years

of married life without performing

any labors. Then on Labor Day, 1314,

he went out to look for work. He

never came back. Mrs. McCormick

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Two Men

Suffocate

In Ice Car

St. Paul, Feb. 26.—When a refrig­

erator car,' bound from LaCrosso,

Wis., to Montana points, was opened

in the Midway Transfer yards here

tonight the bodies of two unidenti­

fied men were found lying near the

door. Their clothes, torn, and limbs

scratched, it was evident the men

had fought desperately for air in

the air-tight car. It is believed they

hoarded the train at LaCrosse.

The police said the men had suffo­

cated and probably had been dead

several hours.

President Wilson and Prominent

Statesmen were among

those present

MAKE BELIEVE RAILROAD

A FEATURE OF EVENING

Fun and Amusement galore creat­

ed by Arrival of the Various

Passengers

Washington, Feb. 26.—The Gridiron

club tonight, at its second dinner of

the winter, projected itself into the

convention activities of next June

and helped a distinguished party of

presidential makers and candidates

board trains for Chicago and Sa. Lou­

is, to meet the fates awaiting tbem

there. In a make-believe railway .sta­

tion the actor 'members of the club

satirized the foibles of some of their

guests and some well known men

who were not. present.

President Wilson was among those

who looked on and he may have re­

ceived an intimation of the opposi­

tion he will meet later in the year.

Vice President '.Marshall, the secre

^arifiR Qt state, navy and interior,, the

Brazilian ambassador, tfce Chinese

and Bolivian ministers, several mem

bers of the senate and house, officers

of the army and navy, and a number

of the jnost notable figures in the

nation's financial and industrial life

were present.

The most ambitious of several

sketches presented by the club was

the political one. Scrambles to make

trains, strange traveling companions

and ticket complexities that confound'

ed the railway gatemen offered extra­

ordinary opportunities for fun-making,

Passing through the Chicago gate

were regular and progressive repub

licans, characters representing for

mer Vice President Fairbanks, Sen

ators Sherman, Borah, Cummins

Weeks, and Penrose (Representative

Cannon, former President .Roosevelt

William (Barnes and George W. Per

kins of New York. Through the ,St

Louis gate passed Secretary McAdoo,

Postmaster General Burleson, Charles

F. iMurpby of New York and William

Jennings E'ryan.

Nervous and Fussed.

The first passenger to reach the

Chicago train was recognized by one

of the two gatemen as Senator Bur

ton. Nervous and fussed, he inquired

if he were too late and appeared

greatly relieved when told that he

was "leading the parade."

"You won't be too late till you get

to Chicago," he was informed as the

gateman punched his ticket.

Next came a passenger for St. Lou­

is, who was haled as Secretary Mc­

Adoo. He produced a weird looking

ticket, finally recognized as mileage,

which the gateman examined labori­

ously. Muttering that it seemed "as

complicated as the shipping bill," the

gateman asked if a mistake hadn't

been made. Its intricacies were ex

plained by methods of addition and

subtraction, and the passenger pass

ed through, grinning. The gateman,

recovering, remarked to his pal

'That wasn't no railroad ticket that

was today's treasury statement."

Among the next batch of passen­

gers was a tall, heavy-set man, car­

rying a broken plank under his arm,

who tried to crowd through the St

Louis gateway.

"Hey, ,Mr. Speaker," expostulated

the gateman, "this ticket ain't no

good. It reads for Baltimore. And

it's four years old."

Ticket No Good.

'I knew it!" shouted the passen­

ger, who resembled Champ Clark.

"Bill Hearst told me to try to work

it off, 'but the darn ticket never was

any good."

The speaker finally got through on

"Missouri mileage," but the plank be­

came wedged in the gateway. As he

tried to disengage it he explained that

it. "came out of the Baltimore cy­

clone," and wa sthe last surviving

bit of the one-term plank. They ask­

ed him what good it was, and he re­

plied that he was merely following

T. R.'s advice—'Learn to swim, but al­

ways carry a life-preserver.'"

Vice President Marshall, extremely

nervous, was closely followed by Sen*

ator Lewis of Illinois.

"I ought to be nervous," he ex.

plained. "He follows me all the

time. He followed me up to the ros­

trum in the senate today and almost

sat in the chair."

Former Vice President Fairbanks,

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ARTILLERY BLASTING

Notwithstanding the concentration

of attention on the great struggle on

the western front, events of consid­

erable interest, while not comparable

in importance to those ardund Ver­

dun, are happening in other war the­

aters.

'Russians Make Headway.

From Persia conies the Russian an­

nouncement that the important city

of Kermanshah has been taken by

storm by Russia's forces. Recent

Petrograd advices have Indicated ah

expectation that the southern move­

ment of this iRussian army might)

eventually link it up with the British.

operations in neighboring 'Mesopota­

mia. The adv^n^e to .Kermanshah

places the iRussibn column within 150

miles of Kut^El-Amara, on the Tigris,

near which a British force is at pres­

ent stalled on its march to the relief

of General Townsend's beleaguered

army at Kut.

Italians Suffer Losses.

In Albania, the Austrians are evi­

dently having things their own way,

particularly as far south as Durazzo.

An official statement issued in Rome

admits the evacuation of Durazzo by

the Italians, who recently were re­

ported to have been defeated on the

outskirts of the city by the Austri­

ans.

The capture of 235 officers, 12,753

men, and 323 guns, in the operations

about Erzerum was announced in the

official Russian statement tonliiht.

The pursuit of the Turkish armies

continues, and the Russians have oc­

cupied the village of lAsnhka^ g#

miles west of Erzerum, oh the road

to Trebizond.

Kuropatakin In Command.

Petrograd, Feb. 26.—General Alexei

Kuropatakin has been appointed com

mander-in-chief of the Russian armies

on the northern front which have

been repelling the attempts of the

Germans to capture Riga, uW

BOARD OF REGENTS ^r

MEETS STUDENTS BOD?:

Fargo, Feb. 26.—The state board of

regents was in session here today,

spending the forenoon .with^stmdsate,

of the Agricultural college and the af-:•

ternooh with the faculty in a disctis-:

sion of recent occurrences at that la-.?

stitution. As a result, much beher%4

feeling exists and there is a. better *.!

understanding. The board Will, re­

main over until Monday for further

consideration of some Agricultural

college matters.

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Reverses

London, Feb. 26.—The French 1rafr

office in its latest official statement

describes the flgbt around Fort Doua

mont, one of the outlying forts of

Verdun, as desperate, but makeB no

actual admission of the capture .of

the fort by the Germans as claimed in

the official communication issued at

Berlin.

The fort, says the French state*

ment, is an advance element of the

old defense organization of the old

Verdun fortress, and goes on to bay

that the positions captured Saturday

morning by the Germans, after sev­

eral futile assaults, were reached

again by French troopB, who advanc­

ed beyond that point and haVe re­

tained their ground.

The position referred to is not

clearly defined.

Late dispatches from1 Paris say tbat

utmost confidence is felt there in the

ability of the French troops to with*

stand the "German assault, and In

some quarters a continuation of the

battle centering around Verdun fbr

thf next two weeks is looked for. 11

Despite the somewhat contradictory

reports, Verdun, the greatest of

French fortresses and widely consid­

ered virtually impregnable, is treqi

bling under attacks of unprecedented

violence. Under the'eyes of their ep*

peror, whose presence at the front 4a

officially announced, the German, in­

fantry has advanced to the charge

on both sides of the salient i^rjwk

lies /Verdun.

Artillery (flatta

The crown prince's army, engafed

in the terrific 'battles, have had their

way blasted out for them, according

to correspondents near the scene, by

what is said to be the greatest .con*

centration of artillery fire, in which

the monstrous guns-«of the Germans

and Austrians brought from the Serbi­

an fronts have played an Important

part.

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