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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

imperil the cause of by country,
but your condemnation is unjust. and
| am, in measure, responsible for it.
| assist you, Captain Wayne, for your
own sake, and in response to my In
dividual sense of honor"
"Have you formulated any plan?"
she asked quickly, and her rising color
made me feel that she had deciphered
my struggle in my eyes
only to walk out under protec-
ton of this uniform, and when once
safe in the open to trust that same
good fortune which has thus far be-
friended me-"
She shook her head doubtfuIly, and
stood moment in silence, looking
thoughtfully at the moving figures in
the room beyond.
II fear it cannot be done without
arousing suspicion" she said at last.
slowly. Il chance to know there are
unusual precautions being taken to-
night, and the entire camp is doubly
patrolled. Even this house has
Gordon of guards about it, but for
what reason have not learned No."
she spoke decisively, there is no 9TH
er way Captain Wayne, l am going
t. try to save you tonighs, but in doing
so must trust my reputation in your
keeping"
II will protect it with my life"
Protect 1t with your silence, rather.
7 a. 10 II
should never attempt to carry out the
only means of escape which seems at
all feasible. Discovery would place
mo in an extremely embarrassing posi-
ton, and / must rely upon you to pro-
tect me from such a possibility"
Il beg you," / began, do not com
promise yourself in any way for my
sake"
But l am myself already deeply in
volved in this" she interrupted, "and
l could retain no peace of mind were
to do otherwise Now listen. Make
your way back to the ballroom, and
in fifteen minutes from now be en-
gagged in conversation with General
Carlton near the main entrance.
shall join you there, and you will take
your cue from me. You understand"
Perfectly, but"
There IS no but Captain Wayne,
only do not fail me-"
Our eyes met for an instant; what
she read in mine God knows-in hers
was determination, with a daring
strange to woman. The next moment
she had vanished through side door
and l was alone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

apparent surprise "vet / trust you
will not ask me. / have been upon
the floor only once tonight. l am
not at all in the mood"
IF there we're chairs here l should
venture to ask even greater favor
that you would consent to sit out this
set with me"
She turned slightly. lifted her eyes
inquiringly to mine, and her face
lightened.
mo doubt we might discover seats
without difficulty in the anteroom,"
she answered, indicating the direction
by a glance. There do not appear to
be many 'sitters' at this bail, and the
few who do are not crowded.
The apartment contained. as she
prophesied, but few occupants, and
conducted her to the farther end of
it, where we found comfortable
divan and no troublesome neighbors
AS / glanced at her now, l marked
distinct change in her face. The
old Indifference, SO well assumed
while we were in the presence of
others, had utterly vanished as by
magic, and she sat looking at me in
anxious yet impetuous questioning.
captain Wayne" she exclaimed,
her eyes never once leaving my face.
what does this mean? this masquer-
ade? this wearing Of the Federal uni
form? TINS taking of another's name?
this being here at all?"
IF | should say that came hoping
to see you again." / answered. scarce
knowing how best to proceed or how
far to put confidence in her, what
would you think?"
If that is true. that you were ex-
tremely foolish to take such risk for
so small a reward" she returned calm
ly. Nor, under these circumstances.
would ! remain here so much as
moment to encourage you. But 1t Is
not true. This is no light act; your
very life must lie in the balance, or,
you could never assume such risk"
Il would trust you gladly with my
life or my honor / replied soberly.
IF / had less faith in you | should
not be here now. understand that
/ am condemned to be shot as spy
at daybreak"
Shot? On what authority? Who
told your"
ION the order of General Sheridan.
MY informant was Lieutenant Cation.
OF his staff"
"Shot? AS spy? Why. it surely
cannot bel Frank said Captain
Wayne. believe me, knew absolute
ly nothing of all this. Do you think
| should ever have rested If had
dreamed that you were held under so
false a charge? promised you
would see General Sheridan on your
behalf. Frank" she bit her lip inn
PATIENTLY was told, that is. was
led to believe that you were-had been
sent North as prisoner of war late
last night Otherwise should have
insisted upon seeing you-on plead
ing your cause with the General him.
self The major and breakfasted with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

bon is finished with rosettes of knot
ted loops 1t is intended for a little
girl and is made OF light pink satin
ribbon shirred over narrow elastic
tape.
Two. neck pieces are shown with
small pendant ribbon flowers. These
are made in all colors. One consists
of cluster of loops of baby velvet
ribbon. having ends finished with PEN
dent flowers. Tne other Is small
bow of wider velvet with three pen
dart flowers.
Roses made of satin ribbon are
spangled with rhinestone dewdrops
and mounted with millinery foliage.
They are intended for the hair or cor
sage and are often used in other ways.
instead Of. the natural rose. They arc
scented with rose perfume
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

Nothing more elegant could be cho-
zen for Christmas gifts than the lovely
dress accessories shown here, made
of ribbons. From the plain. neat era
vat bow of velvet ribbon to the long
fringed sash of satin, they represent a
fashionable selection and long range
rs to prices.
The sash is made on a covered
foundation or canvas. The buckle is
Of rat-tail braid and both sash ends
are finished with fringe.
Gold gauze and light colored satin
ribbons are used for the hair bands,
decorated with ribbon flowers in dain-
ty colors. Silk or velvet maiden-hair
fern is used with them, and rhinestone
dewdrops add a sparkling finishing
touch.
a shirred band Of narrow satin rib
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

almost anything you WILL We tried
it yesterday ourselves with marked
success. got through a list of much
length in miraCulously short order
The shopping proved quite a social
success, exchange of courtesies rath-
er than mere exchange and barter:
and, fooling aside, really not the dead.
ly, deadening, nerve-racking, loath-
some, unholy, un-Christian fight
Christmas shopping has been with us
this many day. And, fooling aside,
we really found quite a lot of fairly
good things to be had at moderate
outlay, believe the things came to
view partly because we were not fus-
sing and Tuning about the matter.
BY the way does not Bernard Shaw
declare that about the only folk that
have manners nowadays are the folk
that serve behind counters? To some
the manners may spell mere servil-
ity, bespeak inferiority on the part OF
the well-mannered; but there are
still left a few people in this age OF
falling-down of every good old stand
az NietI Ciih5 oOClSbtJ W q AlhiA6 iOA
courtesy and graciousness, are able
to recognize 1t as the real thing
though apparently presenting itself as
something offered for sale, to be had
for money. And there is no finer
thing In this season of strike and ill
will than the infinite patience and
heroic calm of the girl behind the
counter
After you have hopefully and smil-
ingly made those hopeful purchases
and the purchases have arrived at
your doinicile, without delay. set to
work at doing them up: we beg of you
for the success of the experiment
don't wait till the eleventh hour for
the sticking of the Christmas stickers,
the tying of the everlasting Christ
mas ribbon, the endless addressing
and weighing and stamping There
is nothing so calculated to make you
hate this maddest, merriest season of
Dickens fancy as having to hunt
around at the last moment for wrap
ping paper and string and appropriate
boxes and tissue paper and cards and
all the rest of the lumber essential to
getting things off" In gift-packing
at glad Christmas time numberlesS
brittle tempers are broken. number
less resisting tempers cracked.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens in a Confederate tent
At a critical stage of the Civil War. Gen.
Lee imparts to Capt Wayne an important
message to Longstreet. Accompanied by
Eergt Craig, an old army scout, Wayne
starts on his mission. They get within
the lines of the enemy and in the dark
hess Wayne Is taken for Federal Of
1cer and a young lady on horseback is
given in his charge. She is northern
girl and attempts to escape. One of the
horses succumbs and Craig goes through
with the dispatches, while Wayne and My
Lady of the North are left alone. They
seek shelter in hut and entering 1t in
the dark huge mastiff attacks Wayne
The girl shoots the brute just in time.
The owner of the hut Jed Bungay, and
his wife appear and soon a party of
horsemen approach. They are led by a
man claiming to be Red Lowrie, but who
proves to be Maj Brennan, a Federal
officer whom the Union girl recognizes.
He. orders the arrest of Wayne as a spy
and he is brought before Sheridan, who
threatens him with death unless he re-
yeaiS the secret message. Wayne believes
Edith Brennan to be the wife of Maj
Brennan. He is rescued by Jed Bungay,
VINO starts TO reach Gen. Lee, while
Wayne In disguise penetrates to the ball
room, beneath which he had been i'm
pr1Soned
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14
Thought He Was a Hobo
Il thought he was a hobo" explain,
ed the bartender to his friends.
Fish ArtlficiaIIy Colored.

One of the strangest possible COM
mercial frauds has recently been ex-
posed by an inspector of the Pennsyl-
vania food bureau His attention was
struck by the rich red color of some
smoked fish that was on sale in the
"delicatessen" stores of Philadelphia.
He bought some and sent 1t to an anal
yst, who reported that he could dye
wool with the coloring matter extract
ed from it. The retailers declared
their innocence. maintaining that they
had purchased the stuff in the belief
that it was genuine smoked fish. The
object Of the wholesalers Is clear, in
view of the fact that in smoking fish
there is loss of Is pounds in every
100 pounds. while in dying there Is no
loss at all
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14
Never Too OLD

mo, / have lived for As years with.
out being married, and don't believe
I'll risk 1t now. I'm afraid I'm too old
for any woman to reform or educate
along matrimonial lines"
"Oh. don't get such foolish idea as
that into your head. You just try it.
Why, your wife would have you jump
ing through hoop inside of "a hours"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14

dened areaded period. In modern
life the gift load has increased along
with other complexities, has become
In the majority of cases almost too
weighty to be borne, hanging heavy
on the consciousness from midsum-
mer to December 25th. Desperation
drives us to seek solution of the pain
full riddle, and at least glimmering
of light seems to come our way. In
desperation we resolve, seeing no
other help in this so urgent need, to
use little new thought, mental heal
ing, or whatever you call 1t that is
supposed to make hard things easy.
And this glimmering of light we
would have penetrate the darkness of
others. Hence these lines.
Suppose you have list Of half a
hundred expecting" from you. In
which case, we make bold TO advise.
don't knit your brows over the dis
jointed combination of your fat purse
and their expectations and give 1t all
up as hopeless or at least bungling;
Just put on new thought, or mental
healing expression and hope Declare
70 yourself: II am not going to
worry, come what may; for the first
time IN these many distraught years
I'm going to make stagger at en-
joying Christmas, every bit of 1.-THE
survey Of that army Of expectants,
the survey of resources, the study of
fifty diverse tastes and wants, the
heroic endeavor to minister to these
wants with purse lean as shrunk
shanks of Shakespeare" Just force
smile-mental healing, or new
thought-and drive ahead. Inwardly
affirm, and outwardly express, "Ail's
well, airs coming out right" then go
on down town for the test.
But, SO the smile will not rub off.
the inward and outward serenity be
not roughened, we beg you go early:
1t is most dangerous to put the
luncheon Christmas shopping. The
strongest resolution. sturdiest effort,
on trial In the maelstrom of after
mad mob that at this time surges
through aisles, jostles and tramples
In elevators, bangs heavy doors on
weak ones struggling in the rear, this
mad mob might prove successful
serpent in that paradise of serenity
enveloping you.
If you are calm and smiling in
making your purchases, of course it
may startle the girls behind the
counters. cause no little agitation, but
they'll recover and you'll have them
fairly hypnotized, can get out of them
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-12-14
PASSING ! Good ThIna Alono.

dSoI'8 OVVU EHEII8 FttVEt8s
Bessie-Harry's gold watch must
be sort of family watch.
Jessie-Why?
Bessie First he has It. and then
his uncle has IT
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
ROGERS HEARING IS
BEING HELD
TODAY
Case Is Being Contested in
Every Point Testimony
at Variance

The case Of the state of Minnesota
VS.. Jarvis Rogers charged with re-
sisting an officer is being heard in
the municipal court before Judge Sui
livan today. While the main point in
the case is the question of whether
Rogers resisted the officer or not. the
question of whether Captain Quigley
was justified in shooting the defend
ant is being threshed out at length.
At a late hour this afternoon the case
had not yet been closed and 1t is prob
able hat 1t will be continued until
next Monday.
The first witness on the stand this
morning was Lawrence Stark. the
Metropolitan messenger service en-
ploye who was at the scene Of the
shooting. He repeated his statements
made at the time, regarding Rogers
throwing the officer to the ground and
taking his club away from him. He
stated that Rogers had asked the off,
Ger what he would do if he was al
lowed to get up and that Quigley had
answered nothing" In regard to the
shooting the witness commended that
Rogers was on his way to enter the
house when the officer opened fire.
Officer Quigley when called to the
stand corroborated the messenger
boys statements in some respects and
gave further details. He stated that
after he had been released by Rogers,
the latter when Quigley pointed his
revolver at him had told him to
shoot. I'll pound your head into jel-
~" After saving that Rogers started
for him. 1t was then, said the officer,
that he opened fire
The case is being bitterly fought
and just what the outcome Of it will
be is hard to conjecture. About five
witnesses have been called on the case
and each one is being closely cross.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
MOUSE PUT ENTIRE
CITY IN TOTAL
DARKNESS
Crawled Between Contact
Points of Switchboard
City Panic Stricken

A mouse, unassisted. engineered a
coup which threw Crookston in total
darkness and panic Friday night for
fifteen minutes. at about 10 o'clock,
but in doing SO paid the penalty of
ele~ctrocution. Every light in the city
went out instantly when the mouse
crawled between the contact points on
the main switchboard Of the electric
plant. carrying 1900 volts.
When darkness came the engineer
rushed to throw the switch off and fell
into a ten foot pit dug for the in
stallation of new turbines. He was
knocked unconscious but was restored
by fellow employees.
A panic was narrowly averted in
the Masonic hall where $50 children
were assembled for the annual Eastern
Star children's party. The current was
switched to another connection and
the cause Of the trouble discovered
this morning. Every street light was
out also.
1t was Crookston's first experience
of the kind and business was at a
~standstill. Because OF the Eldred bank
robbery many were ~apprenhive thai
a similar stunt was being pulled of
here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
WHEN IS DUE.

Kicking a man when he is down
isn't mt popular enough ever to
become IN national game. Ordinarily.
1t Ia counted a pastime for hum sports.
But 1t isn't SO different from other
amusements that 1t hasn't two or
said for the kicker as we'll Al the
kicked. Benlah Binford philosophers
concerning her former paramour. and
says: Anyone kick q man when
he is down" Not a difficult perform
ance. to he sure. hut there are times
when the honors belong ia the kick
ers. as in the Bcattie case.
Investigate h cases Of booting The
fallen fellow. and you will find a ma
tority like this Bcattie case. If the
kicking Is good and generally taken
advantage Of. II n man insists on
doing wrong Of different kinds. lie is
sure to go down to the level of his
one.sc. When a man has drunk him.
self out Of a job. and into Jail. he
nome town. and he doesn't deserve to
he. Kicking him when he is down
is about what he deserves. and may
serve a useful purpose IN keeping
some other up. When a man wastes
his earnings and heritage in fool spec
ulat'ons and e~xtravasance. he may
have trouble In getting credit. He de-
: NAVE anu ne can CnaNEe his
ways. IL he Will, despite the kicks. or
even because Of them.
But the man who has misfortune
thrust upon him through no fault Of
his own. never has occasion to voice
complaint of being walked on rough
~ while Under foot. On the contrary,
sympathy OF this kind tina helps il
his. and more of 1t should be. instead
OF supply support to tho sob squad
stufl. and worse than wasting itself
on those that don't deserve it: who
have thrown themselves down de-
hherately. and really deserve kicks
and worse. What community has not
seen samples Of neighhorly helpful
ness for those who have been put
down and almost out by illness. by
fire or flood or the other calamities
which one may not have a chance to
dodge. Victims Of such misfortune
are eve loud in their praise Of the
kindness Of humanity. In honest
grief. few men are left TO mourn
alone. Even there is more helpful.
ness than hindrance for those who
deserve 1t when they need it.
So. while kicking a man when he is
down may not be the top-liner of true
sport. o a favorite motto with which
to decorate the home. the individual
should live so that he will do down.
If he must go. in a name not to
merit 1t. In which event, he will find
so much more kindness than kicks
that he won't notice the latter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
Grace Field in the part originated by

Grace Field in the part originated by
Miss Eayes.
Just for old times sake William II.
Crane and his new manager have put
the word senator" in the title of
the new play in which MIR. Crane is to
appear his season. The name select
ed is The Senator Keeps House."
And now tn give a little time to the
! local stage which l am as usual nearly
crcwdinS out.
On Monday evening the play Of
"Mcther''is to he g for the first
time in Grand Forks. With the old
tavorite Kate Putnam in the part Of
the mother. Then comes q dead sea-
son until we are to see Fred Niblo In
The Fortune Hunter" and do you
Know that of all the ;,hows l have
heard reports OIL in the last few weeks
this has more favorable comments
| than l could call to mind during the
day.
The Gamblers is another that will
most a~ssurcdiy draw an enormous
house ut the Metropolitan. and it is
pleasing To | ow that our old friend
Faul Evcrtcn who appeared as the
money man i'll The Lion and the
Mouse and again as Brewster the
lawyer in The Third Degree" Is to
appear in the leading part.
l got in wrong the other day when
would he here. as I copied the notice
from a Winnipeg paper and later
found that he was booked through
Gambia and did 10 get onto American
soil until after he had appeared in
Vancouver. Is. c.
Yours truly.
Tho Lounger.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
DOES PUNISHMENT DETERc

In an address before the American
Prison association at Omaha Justice
De Courcy of the superior court of
Massachusetts offered some facts and
figures on homicides in this country
that seem TO furnish light on the
question of whether punishment de-
tiers. He cited the rate of hun
dred and eighteen homicides for each
million Of population i'll the United
States against less than fifteen in
Italy, less than thirteen in Canada.
less than nine in Great Britain and
less than v in Germany. The eX-
PLANTATION may perhaps he found in
his contrast of London with New
York. In the British capital, with
1000. 900 population. there were but
nineteen murders last ear Five
committed suicide and all the rest
except four were arrested. convicted
and either executed or committed to
the insane asylum. In New York
there we're n hundred and nineteen
homicides in the same period. but
only forty-fve convictions resulted.
Chicago had two hundred and W.
killings. but only one offender was
hanged 1llleeu were 1llpI lSolleu anu
the rest either not arrested or set
free.
If these comparisons indicate any,
thing it must be that the relative GER
tainty of arrest and punishment has
kept down the list Of homicides In
London, while the chances that the
murderer will escape the death PEN
atty or perhaps altogether in New
York and Chicago have practically no
deterrent influence. Justice De Courcy
places the responsibility for this fail
ure to enforce the law upon the ad-
ministration Of the criminal law in
this country. concurring in the opin-
ion of President Taft that II is a dis
grace to civilization. The Limitation
of the power of judges. the character
of testimony admitted; the wide lati-
tude given to theories of defense. and
particularly the license in the resort
to t~echnicalities for the purpose Of
obstructing and defeating the ends of
justice are held to he the evils that
more than anything else have made
this country ~unenviably pre-eminent
in homicide and have given us the
reputation of being a lawless nation.
Reform that will reasonably assure
the certainty of punishment will go
a long way toward reducing the
American homicide list and to maxi
ing life safer in this country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
MUCH EXPLOSIVE IS USED
Safe Door Was Blown Clear Across
Street When Bank at Eldred
Was Robbed.

Deputy Sheriff Kelley Of Crooks.
ton was in the city today in connec-
tion with the case Of the state vs..
Jarvis Rogers. Mr.. Kelley was at
Eldred where the bank robbery oc-
CURED on Friday morning and stated
his morning that the yeggs had used
enough explosive to wreck the state
capital building. The door Of the safe
which was blown, was sent through
the front of the bank building, clear
across the street. One Of the tum-
bier wheels. a part Of the combina-
ton mechanism. was shot through
the front of the building and against
the false front Of a grocery store
building. two boards being broken by
the force Of the blow.
The Interior Of the bank building
according to Mr.. Kelley. looks as
though 1t had been through a war.
Several holes in the stove where piec.
cs of the safe We're forced through
were found. the stove itself was
broken into a number of pieces. So
great was the force Of the explosion
that silver dollars In the safe were
made concave.
Although the officials Of the county
have q number OF clues. they have
not as yet located the three men who
are supposed to have done the work.