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THE WEATHER

UNSETTLED

Twin City Speedway 500 Mile

Motor Race Was Sensation­

al Affair.

DARIO RESTA DROPS

OUT OF RACE EARLY

Roughness of Track Makes Re­

cord Speed Impossible

on Speedway.

Ft. Snelling, Minn., Sept. 4.—In one

of the mast spectacular and closest

finishes ever witnessed in a SOO-roile

motor race, Karl Cooper of Los Ange­

les today won the fi.st automobile

derby over the Twin 'City Speedway.

Copper was less than one second

alead of his teammate, Gil Anderson

Mriflianapolis, who finished second.

The official time of 'the two cars

was:

Cooper, 5 hours, 47 minutes and 29

seconds.

Anderson, 5 hours, 47 minutes and

30 seconds.

Cooper's average speed for the

race was 86.35 miles per hour.

O'Donrell Third.

Eddie O'Donnell, who was .more

than 30 miles behind the leaders, fin­

ished third. His time was 6 hours,

20 minutes and 44 seconds.

L'y his victory, Cooper, who drove

tn American oar, won $20,000 Ander­

son won $10,000 O'Donnell, $1,500

and the remainder of $50,00A was di­

vided proportionately among otlier

drivers who completed the long grind.

Drivers R«lay.

Cooper, who drove an exceedingly

well judged race, was relieved US

miles by John Aitkin of Indianapolis

Anderson also was relieved for a

shorter distance by Tc.m Rooncy of

Indianapolis.

The ra^e, acording to expeits of

the sport, was pre-eminently a contest

of endurance of cars and drivers.

The Stutz machines driven by Coop­

er and Anderson roared around the

course, dancing-ever tlie rough spots

in the concrete and driving other en­

trants who attempted to hit up a like

pace from the contest.

Drivers Change Often.

Frequent changes in drivers were

necessary

Drivers declared that conditions of

the Chicago and Indianapolis courses

were greatly superior to that of the

Snelling course, and that the rough

part made record time impossible.

Several of the leading entrants

dropped out during the first 200 miles.

"Bob' Burman wa3 the first to be

eliminated. He withdrew after hold­

ing first position for nearly 30 miles.

Resta Drops Out.

One of the surprises of the *ace

was the withdrawal of Dario Resta,

whose car shot into the lead early in

the contest. He was considered a

strong contender for premier honors

before thu start. A broken oil pump

forced his withdrawal at the end of

51 laps. He held fourth place at the

time.

Ralph Mulford dropped out after

thundering around the cval for 118

miles, A broken spring was the

cause. A defective. valve put Hen

ning out.

De Paima's Hani Luck.

After a terrific spurt which placed

him in second pasition, engine trou­

ble forced Ralph De Palma out of the

running at the 190th mile point. He

was another strong favorite of the

day.

After the first 1C0 miles Anderson

and Cooper pushed into the lead,

gradually widened the distance be­

tween their cars and those of their

iclosest competitors, and for the next

300 miles, the lead see-rawed between

the two. Only nine of the 14 cars

that started remained in the race

iwhen one-half of thi entire distance

had been covered. Eight cars finish­

ed.

•No acidents marred the derby,

which was viewed by approximately

25,000 persons, under ideal weather

conditions.

CAN'T GET LICENSE

ON LEGAL HOLIDAY

County Court House, Capitol and

All Banks Will Be Closed

Ri'Tomorrow.

Hunters who failed to get their

hunting license yesterday or during

the past week, and who intended

starting out for game tomorrow or

early Tuesday morning will likely be

disappointed. Ti:e court house and

the capitol will both be closed all day

tomorrow and the hunting licenses

cannot be issued on that day.

In addition to the state and county

buildings being closed, all the banks

in the city and a greater number of

the business houses will be closed.

No especial observance of the day

will be held in the city, other than

the closing of the 'business houses.

Three Negroes

Repudiate

Confessions

Providence, R. I., Sept. 4.—A com­

plete repudiation of the alleged con

fessions of three negro accomplice

gave a new turn today to the case of

Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Mohr, at

whose d'~or the police have laid the

I death of her husband. Dr. C. Frank­

lin Mohr.

The arrest of

Mub.

Mohr, according

to the police, followed the admissions

of Geo. W. H«jalis, chauffeur for Dr.

Mohr C. Victor E'rown, formerly em­

ployed as hostler at the physician's

Newport estate and Henry Spell»man,

a half ibrother of brown, that she

had hired them, to assassinate her

husband, upon whom she sought ven­

geance because of alleged personal

abuse, coupled with his a'tentions to

other women.

Chief of Police Thcmas F. Reibin

son of Farrington, in whose district

the murder was committed and who

has immediate charge of tue police

investigation, whtn informed that the

men had denied their guilt, admitted

that so far as ho knew none of the:n

had ever signed r. confession.

TAX COMMISSION

No Warrants Drawn for Last

Month's Salaries by Com­

missioners.

The three members of the State

Tax commission, who with the excep­

tion of one man, are on the unsalaried

list, will start ?.n action soon,

seeking to compel the state treasurer

to pay their salaries.

The state tax commissioners are in

a most peculiar situation. The last

legislative assembly did not abclish

the tax commission, 'hut only mada an

appropriation for the .salary of one

man. Last month the warrant was

issued to Commissioner Wallace, and

Commissioners Steele and Packard

put in 'bills with the state auditor for

their salaries. They were refused on

the ground of no appropriation. The

action which will be started at once

lias been, under consideration by the

members of the commission from the

outset

The commission will petition, the

supreme court to issue a mandamus

compelling the state treasurer and

the state auditor to pay them. It is

likely that an early date will be nam­

ed for hearing the case.

New York "Con Con" Refuse

to Consider Proposed

Amendments.

Albany, N. ¥., Sept. 4.—New York

constitutional convention closed con­

sideration of all proposed amend­

ments tonight amid exciting scenes.

While friends and foes of the pro­

posals to permit the Legislature to

enact a living wage law for women

and children, clamored for a vote on

the measure, President Elihu Root, on

the motion of majority leader, Wick

ersham, declared the convention ad­

journed until next Thursday.

At that time consideration will be

given only to the work of the revision

committee, and a vote on the ways

proposition before final adjournment1

probably Friday or Saturday will be

impossible.

Republicans, who are in the major­

ity in the convention, 116 to 52, will

immediately launch a vigorous cam

paign in bei:alf of the new constitu­

tion. It is considered extremely

doubtful if the democrats will wage

an organized Tight against the new in­

cident.

GOVERNOR BACK

PROM WILLISTON

Covernor L. P. Hanna has returned

from Williston, where he attended the

Williams County Fair last week. The

governor made an address at the fair,

and was more than pleased with the

exhibits which Williams county dis­

played.

The grain and products exhibits and

the live stock display were excep­

tionally good. An exhibit of the work

of the students in the Williams coun­

ty schools also attracted a great deal

of attention.

The fair was well attended, and

the promoters say it was the most

successful ever held in the county.

SKULL CRUSHED

BY HIGHWAYMEN

.Minot, N\ D„ Sept. 4.—With, his

skull crushed, when he was robbed

and thrown from a moving freight

train near Logan, the body of a man,

supposedly Ole Berg or Xcuno Berg,

was found beside the tracks at Mi­

not last night.

His slayers had turned every pocket

except one inside out. That one con­

tained a memorandum whkh has pro­

vided partial identification. Berg was

about co years old.

PTENWRCK PRTILT)

THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 213 (NEWS OF THE WORLD) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. 5, 1915

GERMANS NOW STRIKE TOWARD BLACK SEA

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It was a well satisfied crowd of rail­

road men, coal men and railroad com­

missioners who concluded their lab­

ors this morning at 1 o'clock at the

McKenzie hotel and there wefe con­

gratulations and good feeling all

around over the conclusion of an it

hour session on coal rates. There was

good reason for this because a solu­

tion of the lignite coal rate situation

had 'been reached and all interests

brought together in a satisfactory

basis for transporting coal to all parts

of the state at a figure profitable to

the miners and reasonable to the con­

sumer.

It will be remembered there were

some issues in the proposed lignite

coal rate recently promulgated by the

railroad commission unsatisfactory to

the carriers and miners and as a re­

sult of representations that it was

possibly to reach a more satisfactory

basis by another hearing in the mat­

ter, this meeting was arranged and

all concerned feel 'gratified over the

result.

The hearing began yesterday after­

noon in the senate chamber at the

capitol and was not adjourned until

after seven o'clock, when an adjourn­

ment was taken for supper. At 8:30

p. m. the hearing was resumed in the

parlors of the McKenzie hotel, and

when final adjournment came all the

troubles had been ironed out. Through­

out the two sessions a spirit of give

and take prevailed and the new rate,

which will soon be promulgated and

put into effect, will permit competi­

tion by all the mines in the state in

GIF CHAIPION

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 4.—Amrica's

amateur .golf champion is a youth

from the west', .Robert A. Gardner of

Hinsdale club, Chicago, swept the last

survivor from the east to defeat this

afternoon in the final match of 30

holes, for the national title. He out­

drove and outplayed John G. Ander­

son, of Siaancy club, Mt. Vernon, N.

Y„ and his winning margin was 5 up

and 4 holes to play.

ITALY SUFFERS

FROM HEAVY RAINS

Rome, Sept. 4.—Torrential rains

have fallen throughout Italy for sev­

eral days, turning some of the rivers

into violent floods with resulting dis­

asters.

Bairy has been a heavy sufferer.

Houses were swept away and a num­

ber of people have been drowned, in

Naples several quarters of the city

are under water.

P\\ A

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MWiMO

ARCAKCilCS

50 lOO

VOHR&

S.CfM-E. OF MILES

I)ispa!ches from Berlin fcr some time past hive intimated that the

next move uf the Austrian and German armies in the east after clearing

Poland and establishing a strong defensive line as far as the Baltic, would

bo'to. turn south iiii drive through the southern provinces of Russia to the

IJiack Sea.

Satisfactory Adjustment

of Lignite Coal Rates

Made at Hearing Yesterday

all the markets now developed, will

encourage the growth of the mining

industry and tend to develop the coal

business in new territory.

Under the decision or ie Unite

States court there was bound to be

an increase in the lignite coal rate,

but the railroad 'commission, and oth­

ers present at the hea :ng believe

this has been achieved in such a way

as to be hardly appreciauie to the

consumer.

Besides the railroad commissioners

there were present at the hearing the

following coal operators and railroad

men:

Operators: President Truelson,

Vice President Evesmith and Mana­

ger Deittrs of the Dakota Lignite Coal

Co., Dickinson H. Blanchard, re­

presenting the Consolidated Coal Co.,

Dickinson John Satteriund, Wash­

burn W. P. Macomber, Washburn

Coal Co., Wilton E. M. Truax, Noo

nan H. A. Gray, New Salem H. E.

Soule, of Nation.il Briqaetting Co.,

Kenmare J. A. Nichols and II. Zim­

merman, Medora.

Railroad men: Northern Pacific was

represented ?y Vice-President and

Traffic Manager Woodwonh, General

Manager Rapelje, General Supt. Ni­

chols, Supt. Maintenance and Way

Burt, 'Supt. Employment Bureau John­

son, Freight Claim Agent Horrigan,

Division Supt. Berner, Asst. General

Freight. Agent Burnham, Asst. General

•Freight Agent Capron, T. K. Young,

chief clerk to Mr. Nichols. The Soo

Line was represented by Vice Presi­

dent and Traaffic Manager Martin.

The Great Northern by Assistant Gen­

eral Freight Agent Brown.

The recent figures as given out by

the secretary of state relative to the

.population of Minot were entirely

wrong, according to more recont fig­

ures. The fault, however, was entire­

ly with the Minot enumerator, or who­

ever sent in the census books. Ten

pages of names, averaging about 40

names to a jwge, were not totaled,

and consequently were, not counted.

The mistake was made in the figures

turned in for the Second iward. An

error was also found in the figures

for the Third ward.

The books were sent back to .Mi­

not for correction by the secretary of

state and it will probably be several

weeks before (he correct figures are

procurable. Minct's .population, how­

ever, will be well over 10,000.

Big Battle in Gulf of Riga for

Possession of

Dvina.

VILNA IIAE DEPRESSED

BY GERMANS DRIVE

Slavs I-Icld War Conference To

Consider Serious Crisis

in Campaign.

l.or.do'i, Sept. 4.—Although they

cor.ti.iut! their :rtirement in .some

scK-tio.is n-.' a ~'ig driven back in

ctl'.e* r:

i: on the whole

have r'iT ci th position to the

Aust.'c-!\ 'A' e, and the Gcr

mar'f alt vo fight and

light h'"-! i' yard of ground

which

Aw: north, just below the

Gulf o'.' Pi:, a big battle is in prog­

ress for esfion of the river Dvinu

and the Ce-rnr.\s now occupy tne

western b.n between Lennowada

where the.y

(r

iture.l a bridge-head

yesterday, s-nd •hicrlrickstadt'. where

another bridgs-head was taken by

storm today.

Riga Threatened.

These sucesses. if they can be car­

ried to a conclusion, by forcing a

crossing of the Dvina, must result in

the evacuation of the town of Riga,

which already is being threatened

from the west and south by Field

Marshal von Hindenuerg's army.

From Friedrickstadt south to the Pri

etta mar3hes, the Russians and Ger­

mans are engaged in a series of bat­

tles, and while the Russians by a

counter offensive along the Vilna riv­

er and counter attacks at other points

are inflicting heavy losses on their

pursuers, they are being driven back

and the town of Vilna, which has al­

ready been evacuated by the civil­

ians, .probably will soon be left be­

hind by the Russian army.

Insistent Bombardment.

The French, British and Belgian ar

tillerv continue an insistent bombard­

ment of the German trenches at Can

tonest in the west, but thus far the

expected offensive has not developed,

and the designs of General Joffre, the

French commander-in-chief, are not

disclosed.

Heavy Fall of Snow.

A heavy fall of snow has added to

the difficulties of the Italians and Aus

trians in the Alps, but they continue

the boirlbardment of the opposing po­

sitions and both claim successes.

The invasion of Roumania by the

Austrc-Germans, with or without a

declaration of war is being discussed

as a probability in the Balkan capital,

and as. no aid could be sent' to her in

men and munitions until the Darda­

nelles ars opened, it. is expected that

the effort to force the straits will be

further increased by the armies anu

navies of 1 he Allies.

Hold War Council.

A congress of Russia's representa­

tive men and institutions, summoned

by Emperor Nicholas to discuss, or­

ganize and unify .means for prosecut

ir.g the war to a succssful conclusion,

hell its first session today in the im­

perial palace. The emperor presided,

and in a speech outlined the object of

the conference.

After the conference had been or­

ganized, the members fiie.1 rnto the

adjoining salon, where they were en­

tertained bv the emperor and em­

press.

Among the questions discussed at

the conference were the supplying of

fuel fcr the transport service of pub­

lic institutions and other enterprises

deserving of help, the question of

food supplies and the transportation

of such supplies and of irunittions of

war.

The determination to press the con­

flict to a successful conclusion for the

Quadruple Entente was expressed by

those in attendance nt the confer­

ence.

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THE WEATHER.

For North Dakota: Partly

cloudy Sunday and Monday

not much change in tempera

ture. i'

$ $

Washington, Sept!' 4.—Foreign in

fluences in Haiti working to block

plans of the United States to pacify

the republic and rehibilitate its fi­

nances under American supervision

have made it necessary to declare

martial law in Port au Prince, the cap­

ital, and practically all but fc^o of the

country's open ports.

Rear Aduiiral Cr.yerton, acting un

red general instructions declared mar­

tial law today, and explained that his

action was taken because of a situa­

tion which was beyond the control of

the local government.

For reasons of international policy

the State Department will not disclose

any information it has received bear­

ing on the subject. There have recent­

Captain Halstead Dorey.

Captain Halstead Dorey, U. S. A.,

is bossing more millionaires than any

other man in the country. He is com­

mandant of the Plattsburg (N. Y.)

military training camp for business

and professional men.

There are over 1,300 members of

the camp from all over the country.

Ninety per cent of them are college

men. Nearly every tent contains

either a millionaire, a captain of in­

dustry or some man whose name is

in the "Who's Who." All arc serving

with the idea of showing by personal

example the need of preparedness

and of soma kind of volunteer re­

serve system for the protection of

the nation.

Thinks Cardinal Gibbon's Inter

view With, President Very

Important.

Waehington, Sept. 4.—When Cardi­

nal Gibbons called at the White House

on Thursday lie said he had delivered

a message to the President from Pope

Benedict. The Cardinal, however, de­

clined to discuss the contents of the

massage.

From other sources it was learned

that a message had reached Cardinal

Gibbons by cable on Monday.

Rome, Sept. 4.—Cardinal Gibbons'

interview with President Wilson is

considered by the Vatican as the most

important event in the campaign for

the re-establishment of peace, but the

Holy See wishes to have the attitude

of the Pope plainly set forth to avoid

misunderstanding and, therefore, lias

issued a formal statement to the effect

that the Pope did not send any special

message by the Cardinal to the Presi­

dent of the United States.

The situation at the present mo­

ment, it pointed out, does not seem

favorable for the Pope to take the ini­

tiative in the matter of peace, but the

Pontiff is ready to help in all possible

ways in any ecorts in that direction

from whatever quarter it comes.

The opinions expressed in Vatican

circles here is t'.iat the United States

is in the best position to undertake

such a message.

MEN FIGHT TO

CONTROL FIRES

Hood River, Ore., Sept. 4.—A hun­

dred msn were striving tonight to get

control of a serious forest fire burning

between Tlolstein and Vlouher, on the

Mt. Hood railway.

Foreign Influence

Makes Martial Law

Necessary in Haiti

ly been persistent reports of the acti­

vities of foreign agents and so marked

has been the effect of their activities

upon members of the Haitian congress

and government that the State Depart­

ment foutod it nccessary to hurry its

policy of educating the people of Hai­

ti to an appreciation of the benefits

of American financial control, with its

protection against insistent, foreign

creditors.

It is said by officials that under mar­

tial law, the navy's function will be

limited to maintenance of order and

collection of customs, for the present,

at least. There will be no displace­

ment of or interference with the civil

government unless Haitian politcians

make an Issue.

LAST EDITION

(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) FIVE CENTS

HE'S BOSSING MORE I

MILLIONAIRES THAN

ANYONE ELSE IN U.S.

Ten Mexicans Known To Have

Been Killed in Engagement

Yesterday.

TROOPS ARE READY

TO REPEL INVASION

Carranza Soldiers Started Fight

by Firing Over Boarder

at Ranchman.

Brownsville, Texas, 'Sept. 4.—With

at least ten known Mexicans dead and

probably as many more bodies lying

in the dense brush, the battle ibetween

a number of Mexicans and 80 U. S.

cavalrymen, and by a force of Texas

Rangers and armed civilians, ended at

four o'clock this afternoon. One Amer­

ican, Trooper, was wourded.

At four o'clock the Mexicans with­

drew from the south line of the Rio

Grande, and hid in the brush. The

battle was waged practically th© en­

tire day, the two forces firing at each

other across the Rio Grande at a point

four miles west of Old Hidalgo, Texas.

The participants were stretched out in

the brush on a battle line two miles

long.

Cavalryman Wounded.

The injured American was John Sal

villi, private in Troop "D", Third Cav

airy, who sustained a serious wound

in the left hip. He was taken to Mis­

sion, Texas.

Captain F. R. McCoy, who command­

ed the American fort^r, returned tf

Mission tonight. He reported that ten

dead Mexicans could be seen from the

Texas side and that probably as many

more Mexicans had been killed in th«

brush by shots fired from the Texas

side.

Forty Mexicans Engaged.

The nulmber of Mexicans engaged

was placed at 40.

When Ihe fight ended the Americans

were in possession of three crossings

between Mexico and Txasi, in the vi­

cinity of Mission. The Mexir•-* made

no attempt to cross the rivjf.'.

The battle started early today when

a party of Mexicans sail to'be Car­

ranza soldiers appeared at 'the river

near 0!'d Hidalgo and fired on an

American ranchman named l)rew. All

available cavalry was ordered from

Mission to the river, where they were

reinforced by nucerous rangers and

armed civilians.

Invasion Feared.

All United States soldiers vere or­

dered to arms at tort Brown tonight.

An organized invasion at some points

on the lower border ii feared.

Washington Sept. 4.—Boi:der raids

by Mexicans in the view of American

officials have become a menpxe to the

already strained relations 'between

t!ie United States end Mexico.

Although Major General Funston,

in charge of the troops, at the border,

has practically all of the mobile forc­

es in the United States under his1

command, today's reports of firing

across the, frontier and encounters

with the raiders led to discussion

among administration officials as to

•whether isoime more positive measures

should not be taken.

MEXICANS^ARRESTED.

Florence, Ariz., Sept. 4.—Charged

with revolutionary acdvity, 11 heavi­

ly armed Mexicans were lodged in the

county jail here tonight. They' were

arrested at Mineral Creek, near 'Ray.

Massing on Border.

Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 4.—Mass­

ing of Mexicans on the river bank at

the scene of today's battle was report­

ed here tonight, although it was not

known whether there werfe any Car­

ranza soldiers among the arrivals.

Cut All Wires.

Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 4.—All but

one wire in the telegraph line between

here and 'San Benito were cut tonight

crippling communications between

here and the section affected by

Thursday's Mexican raid and fighting.

Americans Prepared.

Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 4.—No

official reason was given for calling in

the American soldiery tonight, 'but it

was reported the military authorities

were taking all precautions to guard

against an effort on the part of the

Mexicans to organize on this side or

to prepare an organized invasion from

the Mexican side. The Mexican ele­

ment in Brownsville was guiet tonight.

TIISMTO

Forest Hill, N. Y., Sept. 4.—The end

of the first week of pla^ in the 35th

annual championship tournament of

the National Tennis Association found

the East and West equally represent­

ed by the four surviving players.

At the close of the fifth round on the

course of the West Side club here to­

day, William M. Johnston, of San

Francisco, and R. Norris William,

second, of Philadelphia, was bracket­

ed for the upper half of the semi-fnals

and Morris E. McLaughlin and Theo­

dore Pall in the lower half of the

jaw for the semi-final round which will

be played here on Monday.