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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. Ifr9 (NEWS OF THE WORLb.) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1914 (BY A8S00IATED PRESS.) HVS CENTS.

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VATICAN CONFIRMS RUMORS

OF DEATH CIRCULATED

EARLY YJSBTJ&JtDAY.

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BIS Ml HASTENS BIS END In His Eightieth Year- Unable to

Stand. Shock of Terrible

' European Crisis.

,iRome Thursday, 2:20 a. m.—Pope Plus X. died at an early hour this morning. The pope's last illness, be­gan almost coincidentally with the great war in Europe. Those close to him believe ^his grief over the situ­ation brought on the final crisis, n ao overwhelmed him he-was unable, in' his eightieth year, to withstand another attack of his old enemy, croupy catarrh Ill-health has been the pontiff's lot for many years, and Intermittently the attack was so se­rious that the world was prepared several times to hear of his passing.

Pep* Called on Priests. At the commencement 'of the iEuro-

pean crisis the pope addressed an ex­hortation to all Catholics of the world, asking them to lift their souls toward Christ, who alone is able to aid. He called upon the clergy to offer <public prayer.

'Much depression was caused the pope by the war. Several days /ago, eynQptoitos appeared of his old bron­chial affection, from which the pota-tiff suffered in the past. Tuesday, Dr. 'Marchiafava announced that the pope was suffering from a simple cold and that possibly rest for a week would restore his usual health. The bronchial condition spread. Wednes­day it was announced that the pope's condition was serious. Through Wed­nesday evening and night, he slowly sank, death finally coming this morn­ing.

The pope's death occurred at 1:20 o'clock^ tUfM (Stauxsdajr) morning.^.

,Giuseppe Melchiorte Sarto.known to the world as Pope Pius X., was elected to the Pontificate on August 4, 1903. and durittg his occupancy of his .exalted office as head of the .Rom­an Catholic church, he was confront­ed with some of the most momentous problems, religious and governmental, with which the Holy See has had to deal in modern times.

Pope Pius was born on Jujie 2, 1835, at IRiese, in the Venetian prov­inces, the first child of Gian-Battista Sarto, a postman, and his wife,- Mar-gherita. Giuseppe's early .career was influenced by the village priest, who took a liking for the boy, taught him to read and write and drummed into the youthful head the rudiments of Latin. At the age of 11 years he en­tered the seminary at Castelfranco, not far from his birthplace, and ftr four years every day he tramped to school, usually barefooted, until he reached the Outskirts of the village, where he would slip on his shoes to Ikeep up appearances.

From 'Castelfranco he passed in 1850 to the seminary at IPadua,. and in 1858, at the age, of 25, was ordain­ed priest and took up his studies at Tombolo. In 1867 he had his first parish of importance, that of Salzano, where he remained for 11 years. In addition to his ecclesiastical duties, Father Sarto contributed largely to the support of ,hil mother and sis­ters, who found life a hard struggle, especially in the winter.

Eloquence Wins Promotion. His eloquence led to his being call-

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rural AlKITASMIE I<m<yiTig Boat Capsizes and

Baby is Drowned as Passeng­

ers Wade to Shore. Prince Rupert, B. C., Aug. 19.—

Shortly atfer the Grand Trunk steam­er. Prince Albert went ashore last nigt, two bdttts with passengers and ,crew went ashore. The first boat capsized close to the Bhore, but all the passengers waded to the beach, only a baby drowning.

MEXICANS JAIL U.S. MAN Consul at Hermosillo Has Been

Arested; No Explanation

Received.

Elpaso, Texas, Aug. 19.—Louis Sos-tetter, the American sonsul at Her­mosillo and fionora, have been jailed Iby the 'Mexican authorities, according to assertions today by Carranza and officials along the' border. It is not known whether they have been re­leased. The responsibility for the consul's arrest has been subject to a dispute between Carranza and the Villa factions.

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Jftown above are, some of the historic places of Belgium, now in the war zone, which are threatened. On the top Is shown the Hoyal Chateau at laeken, in the. centre the King's residence at Ostend and at the bottom ia the Palace du Bol of Brussels. Also pictured is the Belgians' Queen, who It Insisting in the work of caring for the Belgian wounded. ,

BISMARCK BOOSTER TOUR TODAY

OVER FIFTY BUSINESS MEN

WILL MAKE THE* TRIP

BAND TO ACCOMPANY TBEH The StantonGolden Valley special

train leaves promptly atr 9 a. m. to­day. There will be at least fiity of the local business men in the party and it will be as representative a body of men as ever made a trip in the interests of Bismarck. The trip has awakened a'great deal of inter­est and, as complete arrangements have been made, everything should go off well. Practically every mer­chant along the line has been noti­fied of the coming of the special by the Commercial Club as well as by severaj of the local wholesale houses who have written their customers. Arrangements for dinner and supper have been bade at Stanton and Gold­en Valley, respectively, through some of the business men of those towns.

Band Will Play. The Bismarck band will accomp­

any the train and "will give concerts at the towns' along the line. The band boys promise a full band of eighteen pieces. A delegation of business men from Center is expect­ed to meet the train at Fort Clark and delegations from Krem, Expan­sion and Manijhaven will >be at Stan­ton while at Golden Valley there will be a number from Halliday. The ex­pense of the trip will be about $10.00 a piece. If anyone in Bismarck who has not already signified his inten­tion of going wishes to join the party he will bs entirely welcome. The Commercial Club is anxious to have as many go as can as'it wants a good live lot of people along and is anxi­ous to make a good impression on every place visited. The more that go the better the^ impression .will be.

MORE WINS HIS SUIT. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 19.—The Courier-

News lost its suit today to oust A. Y. tyore as a stockholder.

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Propose Spending $25,000,000 For Starting Merchant Marine

Comprehensive Plans Being Worked Out to Carry Products of this

Nation to Europe and South America.

Washington, Aug. 19.—Comprehensive plans were mapped out by the administration for the building up of the American meijxihant marine with

-government money, for the imn^ediat6 purpose of transporting products of the United States to the warring nations of Europe and South and Cen­tral America.

The president, in consultation with the democratic loaders of the sen­ate and house, approved a project contemplating the expenditure of ap­proximately 125,000,000 for the purchase of ocean going vessels, to be op­erated under the direction of a government shipping board in carrying on the foreign trade "of the United States,. Government Insurance of Cargoes. Government insurance of American

ships and c^i$fs against risks of war will be provided in a bill submit­ted to congress today, after being ap­proved by the president.

Plans have been agreed on for the purchase of ships by the government, include the creation of a shipping board, composed of the president, sec­retary of 'the treasury, secretary of commerce, ajid postmaster general, to have charge of securing the needed ships .and fitting them out. The The present plan is to secure the nec­essary money to carry out the project by the sale of Panama canal bonds.

No Message in Five Days. Though the American diplomats are

in hourly communication with all Eu­ropean capitals, not a single message has come for the last Jive days giving the slightest hint of the development of military operations. In only one dispatch is any reference made to pending hostilities '.Minister Whit-lock, at Belgium, reported that, al­though the seat of government had moved to Antwerp, he saw no need of leaving Brussels for the present. From this it is inferred the German forces were not yet close to the Bel­gian capital.

ARGUMENTS ARE HEARD Public Utilities Will Be Up For

Dascussionj Friday.

Not much of interest transpired at the meeting of the board of equaliza­tion yesterday. The session was given up entirely to' addresses, dis­cussions and recommendations by a number of county auditors and com­missioners.

The session adjourned early in the afternoon and will meet this morning, at 10 o'clock. Today's program prob­ably will be about the same as that of yesterday. On Friday, however, the telephone, electric light and oth­er corporations will be heard.

The .board has not as yet attempted to do any equalizing.

16 TONS OF STEEL CRASH THROUGH AIR

One Man is Killed; Twenty-Five

.Passengers in Car Have

Narrow Escape.

Minneapolis, Aug. 19.—Alfred Beng-strom, a wagon driver, and his horses were crushed and an unknown laborer fatally injured.

Twenty-five passengers on a street car narrowly escaped death, when 16 tons of steel dropped from the twientieih floor of the New Bank Building. • The motorman' backed liis car under the slowly rising steel just before the cables on the derrick broke.

NOOPPOSIIION TOjnOLDS

Senate Judiciary Committee Will

Confirm Appointment

Monday.

Washington, "D. C., Aug. 19.—No Democratic opposition to |iie nomina­tion of Attorney General McP.eyno'ds to the supreme court bench made by the President today is Iookf\i tor in the senate. The administration lead­ers confidently are predicting ;>n early confirmation. The -judiciary committee, to which the nomination was referred will meet Monday. The appointment of Tho»iys W. Gregory. Texas, attorney general, also will be passed upon by the judiciary com mittee.

Manager Gilbreath of the coming State Exposition expresses an espe­cial delight over the manner in which the counties of the state are "snap­ping up" the more desirable exhibi­tion booths on the second floor, the space allotted to the counties of the state each year in which to display their products and which has always been a decided feature of the expo­sition.

Several counties, including Bur­leigh, Morton, Golden Valley and Het­tinger have had bpoths reserved for them and each will be formidable rivals for prizes well up into the first division.

No County Barred. The management wishes it distinct­

ly understood this year that no coun­ty in the state, will be barred, but on the contrary, will be welcomed. Tlie commissioner says the exposi-tian is not a sectional affair, but a state wine proposition which should commend itself to every county in the state. Last year several of the Val­ley counties participated and the people of these counties were greatly pleased. More Valley counties will bo welcomed this year and every county in the sta'e should be repre­sented by a booth where each can display its proulicts to the best ad­vantage. The largest and best booths are now being reserved and it be­hooves those counties contemplating being represented at the Fourth An­nual State Industrial Exposition to write or wire Mr| Gilbreath at once to reserve suitable space for this oc­casion. Charts of the second floor, showing location of booths and price of each, witf be mailed upon appli­cation. Commercial Clubs in the re­spective co'unties of tho state should see that their county is represented at this big coming event. Counties participating' wilT derive the best pos­sible advertising throughout the whole country.

Gain Both

BOOTHS IN MUCH

PAND EXPOSITION OFFICIALS ABE

GRATIFIED AT PROGRESS

ALREADY MADE.

COUNTIES SHOWING INTEREST

Kaiser's Army Defeats Russian Force and Captures 1,000 Prisoners; Italians Complain of Brutal Treatment.

Belgians Shoot Qirls as Spies •5 •

London, Aug., 19.-—^ Havas dispatch from Brussels gives an official communication concern in g the present state of the field operations in Belgium. - It follows:

"After losing much time, a great number of men and besides important war material, the Prussian right wing succeeded in gaining both banks of the Meuse to bring them in contact with the allies armies. |tf • i! •

"On the south side of the Meuse the Belgian and French armies have been able to repulse the Germans but on the north they have had a free field and could have penetrated in small bodies far into the country. In other words, the Germans have a number of our positions, but wasted 15 days in arriving at this result, which is greatly to the honor of our army."

| LONDON RELIEF COMMITTEE DISBANDS. The American citizens' relief committe, organized during the

financial shipping panic in London during the first few days of the war, ended its existence today after acomplishments which greatly impressed English observers. Owing to the departure of leaders in the movement for New York, the executive committee empowered Herbert Hoover, W. N. Duance and Joseph Day to prepare to turn over the work of the citizens committee to the American residents' committee, which will continue the relief measures in conjunction with the American embassy. At today's meeting, Mr. Day reported that 20,000 Americans will sail this week for home, as against 35,000 last week.

GERMANS DEFEAT RUSSIANS. Dispatches received by the Marconi Wireleiss Press Bureari

from Berlin says in an encounter near Stallupohnen, in East Prussia, Aug. 17 a division of the German first army corps de­feated a Russian force and captured 1,000 prisoners and six ma­chine guns. Many Russion guns were destroyed. by the Germans.

REVIEWS THE SITUATION. An American military expert reviewing the situation in Bel­

gium, said tonight: "I left Brussels today. There is a good deal of agitation

there as the people thought the Germans were very near and had been fighting at Tirlemont. A good many refugees had come in from Tirlemont and Louvain. The people kept very quiet. It is the impression that the Germans, after making reconnaissances in force, and scouting thev country to the north of Brussels with cav­alry are about to advance in force on Brussels. The population has been told by the Burgomaster if the Germans came, they should remain indoors and go on as far as possible with their usual vo­cations. Brussels is an undefended city, but within the last three or four days a very important s treet leading out of town has been barricaded. Trenches have been dug in the outskirts and barbed wire entanglements have been placed in front of them, these defenses are intended only as a protection against a cavalry raid and they may be futile against any attack in force.

GERMANS CHEER AMERICANS. E. Howard Martin, New York, formerly United States dip­

lomatic service with his wife and niece from Hamburg. Martain has been assisting the American consul Margan there. The party left Hamburg on a special train provided by the German govern­ment. A large crowd of Germans gathered at the station and cheered the departing Americans. Similar scenes occured at sta­tions as the train stopped.

"I have nothing but praise for the conduct of the Germans to­ward us," said Martin. A special train carried virtually all the Americans stranded in Hamburg.

ITALIANS TELL EXPERIENCES. Rome, Aug. 19.—Via Paris—Not withstanding the German of­

ficial denials, Italian emigrants returning today confirm the re­port that they were deliberately fired upon by German soldiers Rt Madgeburg, Germany. They declare about 6,000 Italians were taken on cattle trucks to Cologne, being thirty-eight hours with­out food. When they appealed for provisions at Inns near the station, they say they were refused, the reply being that Italy having declared neutrality, they could die of hunger.

SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS. Surrounded by soldiers with fixed bayonets, the Italians

were taken into the country and kept two days and two nights without shelter and in rain. Afterward they were transported to Madgeburg, and given quarters in dirty stables of the fortress. Potatoes and flour were served once a day. After they were held for three days, the Italians were notified they might leave for Italy. Filled with joy by the announcement, some of them cried "Vive Italy," which viritated the soldiers, who they said, fired into the unarmed crowd, killing one and wounding fifty.

ENGAGEMENT IS REPORTED. ' Brussels, Aug. 19.—An engagement was reported to have oc­

curred in northern Limbourg, an important Franco-German bat­tle is expected.

WOMAN SPY IS SHOT. Brussels, Aug. 19.—Four German girls were arrested, and

charged with spying. Three spies, one of them a woman, appre­hended at Louvain and shot. Three persons excited by war news have gone insane.

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