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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-17

the famous slogan "Motts the Spot"
suggested itself to some mind and was
readily taken up by the commercial
club of the city and in fact, by the
people of southwestern North Dako
ia. Today that slogan is as famous
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-17

C. w. Aunger, confectionery.
Damon & Vandehei, BARRIERS.
Barth Mercantile company, depart
ment store and millinery
Barth Grain Company, elevator.
Barry Hotel. rooms
H. F. Beeman, contractor and house
mover.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-17

F. N. Elack, real estate and loans.
Ed Blessman. shoe repairing.
Bohn Implement Company, farm ma
chinery.
F. l. Bonesho, steam traction en-
gines.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
NEW FRANCHISE.

IT is reported that a mysterious syndicate thinks
that it will have little trouble in securing
franchise from the Street and Sewer Department to
operate an electric plant. The Journal thinks that
the syndicate is mistaken. Before any franchise
is considered publicity equal of 500 candle power
electric light will be thrown upon the applicants
and their petition for a franchise.
The same story is told of competition, and in
terests of people"
Those behind the new company proposed
company, say they will furnish electricity a
cent rate. If So il is clear that the Public Ut
ties Commission should make an investigation to
find out why the present company does not sup
ply electricity for a similar rate
1t is fair 10 presume that the present company
could meet any rate that new concern might es-
tablish Then we should have war of rates for
short time or longer time and the inevitable
would follow, merger, a confused situation the
proposed new company cleaning up a nice little
sum and the people holding the bag in the end.
That is about all there would be to it.
Public service corporations are natural monop-
olies. There is no real competition between them
There may be war of rates for awhile but the end
is inevitable When the people understand this
and 1t is the opinion of scientific writers on the
question-they will understand the hollow sound
to promises of new companies
Some may say that we have competition between
the Peoples Railway and the old company Quite
true, but they will eventually get together under
one management. 1t may take some time to do
this but 1t will come. One will absorb the other
Regulated monopoly in lieu of municipal owner
ship, which at present is impractical is the best
solution OF these questions and that is whv The
Journal has favored regulation by Public UtiIi-
ties Commission.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
TRENTONs ELECTION.

IT HE advocates of non-partisan municipal gov
4 eminent in Trenton are we'll pleased with the
outcome of the city election the other day when
FIVE commissioners under the new form Of gov
eminent we're chosen The Trenton Times, which
has led the fight for the change declares that any
five of the ten candidates for commissioners nom
mated would have been acceptable, but il seems
that the best FIVE we're chosen and that the efforts
of the political leaders to swing the election ac-
cording TO their wishes we're foiIed Only one of
the FIVE commissioners chosen in Trenton had the
support of the organization of his party. At the
last moment an effort was made TO inject partisan
politics into the election, the political leaders try
ing TO lineup the voters for two special candidates
The result was, according TO The Times that these
men we're not elected but those who tried to pull
off the DEAL met with the most singing rebuke
ever dealt in local politics" The two men we're
defeated and they declared they knew nothing of
the stupid effort 10 inject partisanshp into their
canvass"
The one commissioner chosen who had the sup
port of his party organization seems TO be an ex-
ceptionally well qualified man, whose success has
caused satisfaction.
The candidate who led the ticket is prominent
business man and one of the staunchest advocates
Of good municipal government
Shortly after Trenton adopted the commission
form of government fears we're expressed that
under the plan the same influences which had con-
trolled the city would ride into power under the
commission plan. But this danger has been avoid.
ed, and the people of Trenton have shown them.
selves sincere in their desire TO have business
like administration of their affairs
How the commissioners will justify the high con
hdence reposed in them remains to be SEEN and
the experiment in Trenton will be watched will
much interest in other cities 1t should be notice.
by those who making a new charter for vii
mngton.
The opinion here IS not very strong for the com
mission government, but the new charter com
uissioners must be impressed with the experience
Of Trenton, which is that in q city where conditions
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
HIS SAVING. PERHAPS.

The late Bill Barlow, editor Of the
Laramie Boomerang, believed no less
in accurate than in humorous journai-
ism.
you can't achieve your effect"
Barlow once said in an address in
Douglas, Wyo., unless you're accu-
rate. Uncertainty and inaccuracy Will
spoil the finest effect, whether it be
comic or whether il be pathetic.
Il remember a funeral in Tin Can.
The Widow Wagg had lost her third
in poker dive. George Jones, d. D.,
delivered the funeral address, and an
eloquent and moving address it was
but George, in his inaccurate way.
hadn't made sure whether II was her
third or her fourth that the Widow
Wagg was burying.
Hence he spoiled a grand grafton
with these concluding words
'Andnow we commend to the di-
vine mercy this widowed handmade
who hath been bereayed again, and
again, and again
George hesitated, frowned, and
added:
and perhaps again Human
Life
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
MUST SURPRISE HIM.

TN THE annual report of the directors of the Bell
= Telephone Company il is stated: Public con-
troll or regulation of Public Service corporations
by permanent commission has come and come to
stay 1t is accepted as a matter of course by
these keen public service corporation managers
And yet we find in local newspaper the astound-
ing argument that the Wilmington and Philadel-
pha Traction Company increased its passenger
rates as retort TO the law creating a Public Ser
vice Commission for Wilmington, which law the
Every Evening characterizes as direct and in
solent challenge" to the owners of these public
utilities
We doubt very much whether Mr. Crosby
takes such view of the matter as does the Every
Evening The most blind and bigoted represen-
tative of predatory capitalism, could hardly utter
views so pernicious in dealing with pablo service
corporations as those expressed by the Every
Evening. They must have astonished Mr. Crosby
himself, for Mr. Crosby being scholar and writer
on industrial questions himself must recognize
how entirely out of touch with the modern treat
ment of public service corporations is the diatribe
of Every Evening.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

Atwood, the birdman beats an express train"
is the way one of the newspapers describes the
flight of the aviator from ST. Louis and Chicago.
With our aviators and automobilists going faster
than the swiftest of Pennys fine trains, the loco
motive engineer, long the proud possessor OF the
title of driving the fastest thing, must surrender
his aurels. Wonder what the engineers think
when they have to take back seat. An automo-
bst once said that the greatest fun" he had in
his life was to go with fast car close to a rail-
road track and then beat the train. His FUN"
came, he said, in imagining what the driver of the
engine thought about it.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
NE wv NE WIS
OF YES TIE RDAY
STORY OF THE MAN WHO CONQUERED HELL GATE.
BY
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explosion would cause an earthquake
which would probably destroy many
buildings on both the Long Island and
the Manhattan sides of He'll Gate.
General Newton and / were init
mate personal friends. and ! spoke to
him of these widespread apprehen-
sions. He told me to pay no need to
them He said he had worked out every
detail of the explosion to the uttermost
point. He was sure he could describe
to me exactly what would happen
when the nitro-glycerin was dis
charged.
But l said, you have nearly
twenty-five thousand feet of tunnel
ing under Middle Reef
Yes he said, i have, and / need
il all. And the holes that have been
drilled in the tunnel for receiving the
nitro-glycerin would stretch a distance
of over twenty-five miles if they we're
placed end to end. And in these holes
/ am going to put about three hundnsd
thousand pounds of explosive which
will be discharged simultaneously by
means of an electric spark. But I tell
you now that when the discharge
comes all you'll see will be a lot 0i
water shoot up in the air and perhaps
some stones. There may also be little
vibration on land, but that'll be all
III take your word for IL, Cen
eral,' / replied, But / shall be glad
when it is over
III stake my reputation as an en-
gineer and all that l gained when in
the Civil War on the result of the dis
charge answered the General
But so great an explosion las
never been made before l cautioned
: him. You are purposing to discharge
, more explosive, by thousands Of
pounds, than any one has ever dared
| before to discharge at one time.
He smiled quietly as he replied
Every great thing has to be done the
first time
"A few weeks later the mine was
discharged. and the effect was exactly
as General Newton had predicted. AnC
then, for the first time, ] realized how
foolish has been the fears of man,
New Workers over the result of the ex
! plosion, and how cool and confident
/ John Newton had been in the crisis d
I his career, for by far the greatest
achievement of his life was the man.
ner in which he finally robbed Hell
Gate of most of its terrors to naviga
ton, by blowing up Middle Reef"
! Copyright. 1911, by e. J. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tel
"When Lincoln and Greeley We're Con
gressmen."
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

81 think that the coolest, the most
perfectly self-possessed, man in the
face OF a great crisis whom ever met
was General John Newton, the con-
queror Of He'll Gate said the late
William r. Grace, elected mayor Of
New York city in 1880 and again in
1884, and for years before his death,
which occurred in 1901, one of the
great export merchants of the coun-
try.
Hell Gate. you know" continued
Mayor Grace, lis at the exact point
where Long Island Sound and the East
River meet, and the difference in tides
in the sound and the river as well as
the numerous jagged reefs that we're
in the channel, made the passage OF
He'll Gate very dangerous. For a long
time the federal governments was a lit
tie doubtful about the ability of any
engineer to. hit upon a plan by which
tho reefs could be removed and the
channel made comparatively safe, eX.
cept at a cost, possibly, that would be
prohibitive
AT last, John Newton, who had gone
into the engineering corps of the regu-
lar army following his graduation
from West Point, and both as an en-
gineer and a fighting man had won d
volunteer brigadier generals commits
sion In the Civil War was summoned
before the authorities at Washington
and asked If he thought he could riu
out the reefs in He'll Gate and make
navigation safe there. Yes, that can be
done and / think / can do it. was
General Newton's reply; and he was
set at the task forthwith.
Under one of the lodges, known as
Hallet's Reef, which extended from the
Long Island shore in to the East River
General Newton eXcavated q number
of tunnels and in the pillars support
ing the roof of the tunnels and in the
roof itself he drilled number OF
holes, in which cans of nitro glycerlne
we're placed. Then the tunnel was
flooded with water. the explosive dis
charged, and Hallet's Reef was nc
longer a menace to navigation
THE removal of the reef occurred
in centennial year Eight years later
when / was Mayor of New York city
General Newton had almost completed
under Middle Reef a much greater tun.
mel and drilling system than thai
which he had constructed for the pur.
pose of blowing up Hallet's Reef. This
fact was we'll known, and many people
from all parts of the city and Long
Island came to me almost daily and
told me that if General Newton set of
all the nitro-glycerin under Middle
Reef which he was planning to do, the
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
:: With the Photographers ::

Not only have we had the hottest summer known
Tor forty long years but the biggest rainfall known
Tor longer period than that Now what has grand
pop to talk about in the way of weather? But what
an exhanstible subject for the coming grandpops-
The agreement Of the revolutioniss in Hayti to sub
init TO presidential election is a step forward The
next will be to have them agree to allow the man
elected to serve out his term.-Pittsburgh Dispatch
former CovinEton woman who an ardent suffr,a,-
ist says man IS getting just what he deserves" Well
some Of EN- get mighty fine for their wives
you'll admit-Cincnnau Times-star.
Efforts of theorists prove the non-existence of
the devil is invariably Offset by some incontrovertibe
facts that be explained only the hypothesis that
Satin is.-Chester Times
The cable from London is giving entirely too much
space 70 King George and enough to Jack Johnson
This is another plot Of the capitastic press-Chester
Times.
The press Of the lauding Senator Richardson
for hts stand the tarif reform measures Senator
Richardson generally votes rght-Dover Republican.
II Upton Sinclair undertakes his Sunday crusade
he will be very much in the thoughts and prayers OF
the Rev DR.. Mutchler-Chester Times
Was the Ardenite hzze an advertising schemes Looks
Ike II from this distsnoes-Dover Republican.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
LAUNCH PARTY
HIT BY STORM

It has just become known that DR..
E. P. Burnham. of No. COS West Tenth
street; Mrs. Burnham, Mrs William
f. Yohn, Fred Holmes, Paul Burnham
and Miss Margaret Ravie, of Reading,
had thrilling experience and narrow
" escaped drowning in the Christiana
river when the 23-foot motorboat in
which they were cruising was caught
in the windstorm last Friday. For 10
minutes the waves swept over the frail
craft, the canopy was carried away
life-preservers were washed overheard
and the occupants were thoroughly
drenched.
Several times the occupants of the
boat thought it would sink.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
MAMMELE.B ORRELL.

Charles Borrell and Miss Helen B.
Mammele. daughter of the late Fred
erick c. Mammele, were married on
Saturday afternoon at st. Stephens
English Lutheran Church, by the Rev.
Frederick Doerr. There were no at
tendants, and only members of the
family of the bride were present.
The couple went to Wildwood, n. j.,
where the parents of the groom re-
side. They will return home on Sep
TENDER and will live at No. 1902
West Eighth street The groom is
employed as head bookkeeper for the
American Car and Foundry Company.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
MONDAY, AUG. 81. 1911
SnENCE.
FOUNDED isss.

C ONE people are complaining of the strange
- silence that has overwhelmed our political
leaders and other prominent men of affairs during
the FIVE cent dispute with the Traction Company.
Senator Monaghan is the only political leader VINO
has bestirred himself if we except the City Coun-
cmen who have entered quiet and dignihed
protest which in the circumstances is about all
they could do If the Councilmen had ranted
little. people might have said that the Council
men were angry because the Traction Company
Withdrew their passes, but such criticism would
not apply to the present members OF Council, not
to some of them at least.
The people who are puzzled by the strange ST.
ence point out that when questions of this kind
come up in some other,cities there is a larger stir
than there has been in Wilmington. In Reading
thew tried all sorts of things, njunctons and the
like and prominent citizens took part When the
railroad companies increased their charges for
passenger service in North New Jersey, the com
muters quickly became busy, formed leagues, car
ried the matter into politics and to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and wof their fight.
In Wilmington, so far we have observed, none
Of our political leaders have been much disturbed,
or if they have BEEN they have not made any pub
hc manifestation of the matter. Perhaps they
think FIVE cents is too small sum to bother much
over And yet at political conventions in Della
Wa<e We read resolutions appealing to the people as
6nfas is for their best interests. The increase in
the trolley fare strikes every pocketbook in Will
mington, and takes a considerable sum from many
OF them
We confess that we don't know why the roti-
cal leaders have kept num- why they have en-
listed under the banner of the Duke of Doze, but
it pust all be very amusing to Mr.. Crosby and he
may regret that he did not abolish the transfers
at the same time. Had he done So no doubt the
doing leaders would have been so paralyzed by the
shock that never a word or even a gasp in pri-
vate would have come from them
Ii may not be pertinent to the discussion, but
it strikes that the publication of the names of
contributors to the campaign funds in this city
might throw light on some of the queer silence
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
Stories of the Day
ACCORDIN' TO SCRIPTURES.

AtCOhDlN IO SChifIURES.
Down on Senator John Sharp Will
liams' plantation lives negro whose
exertions as a religious exhorter"
have earned him the name Of Praying
Sam"
Sam did some carpenter work
aroung the house one day." said the
Senator "and after paying him l sug-
gested: L suppose such a religious
darky as you are would not like a
drink of whisky in the kitchen.
Sam looked around cautiously and
then said: De Bible say dat man IS
defiled by what comes out OBJ his
mouth, but it don't say nothin at all
bout what goes in New York
World
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

have been similar to those in Wilmington the peo-
pie have manifested their unmistakable desire for
good government 1t is possible for our commits
sioners to 60 the commission form of government
better-to devise charter which shall obviate
the objections against the commission system and
at the same time give the city non-partisan gov
eminent with the welfare of the people the only
thought kept in mind.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
CHURCH FESTIVAL.

The women of the First Methodist
Protestant Church, Seventh and Wal
nut streets. have completed arrange
ments for a three evenings festival
TO be held tomorrow, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings in front of the
church for the benefit Of the mortgage
fund.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

1t would be very natural thing for a syndicate
to secure control of the Wilmington and Southern
Traction Company which operates the New Castle
trolley line, and in that event we presume the Della
ware City road would also be purchased This
would be happy solution of the Delaware City
dificultv ~ ~
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
Democrats Home From Outing.

Members of the Eleventh Ward
Democratic Legion, who remained at
home last week, were at the CLUB
house on Saturday to welcome the
members of the club who spent the
week at Slaughter's Beach. A delega-
ton met the sun tanned Democrats at
the station and escorted them to the
clubhouse, where dinner was served.
The address of welcome was made by
State Senator Thomas NJ Monaghan
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

The wonder is that the list Of automobile acct
dents printed in the Monday morning newspapers
is not longer than it is, considering the reckless
ness of the average driver of a motor car.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

What the Public Utilities Commissioners need
is a diving suit to explore the traction comparys
water.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21
SCHOOL

The fall term of the Beacon Bust
mess Colleges, Day School, will begin
Monday and Tuesday, September 4th
and 5th. Enrollments are being en-
tered and all who wish to enter should
make application at the office or by
telephone before September 4th. Seats
are reserved in the order of the re-
ceipt of the applications. See us about
the Trial Month"
Beacon Business Colleges,
Second Floor, DUPONT Building.
w. H. Beacon, Press
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

In that palladium of Liberty, the
Newtown Bee, the motto is I'VE hew
to the line, let the chips fail where
they may" also. "Verbua. sap" Here
We find this interesting information:
David Fairchild has given Henry
Penney the contract to take up
the old well on his property and
replace It with a much deeper
one. II is an unusually difficult
piece Of work, but Mr.. Penney
is fully equal to it.
We have always contended that the
taking up OF an old well was one of
the most difficult of engineering feats.
Dealing, as we must with an elusive
space, to wit, hole, we have moth
ing tangible TO tie rope to in order
that said hole may be extracted from
the earth, still. by cutting a series
of notches in the edges Of the hole.
and sneaking up TO it quickly be-
fore II has time to shrink. the rope
may be attached firmly, and the hole
pulled out. usually without fracture.
Mr. Henry Penney, we understand,
after he has removed the old we'll,
will cut II up into post holes, using
the medium pieces for port holes and
the smaller ones for key holes and
button holes. The small fragments
he will utilize as holes in lawn
sprinklers and OIL the backs OF water
wagons for street flushing.
The utilization OF by-products is
coming to be one of the most import
ant of the sciences. II is attracting
the attention of such eminent chem
lists as Mr.. Charles Ok who is utilizing
the squeals of the pigs slaughtered
in the packing houses in building
Aeolians and similar self-playing or
gans. Truly this is the age Of
progress.
Further. we note in the Newtown
Bee:
Miss Helen and Philip Jones
entertained their friends with a
bacon bat, Saturday evening, in
honor of their cousins, Mrs. Long
and Miss Alice Stone OF Chicago.
AS usual the bat proved to be a
good eat and was much en-
ioyed.
The bacon bat. which is a practi-
cally unknown species of the noctur-
nal bird, and only distantly related
to the bat upon which roysterers are
wont to go on purple evenings, is a
most interesting faunal product. II
fiourishes most prolifically in Baton
Rogue, La, Battle Creek, Mich, and
Batavia, n. Y. II is also found in
Battersea, Eng. but this bird is
aquatic, as its name implies. II is
also amphibious and more or less
coalescent. It's appearance is not I'M
like the bird which the late Samuel NJ.
| Clemens describes thus: Above, on
silent wing, foated a solitary aeso-
phagus."
The flight Of the bacon bat is ellipti-
cal, taking the shape of foreshorten-
/ ed carriage wheel in a drawing. II
is most interesting to note the APP
pearance of this curious bird in Mas
sachusetts.
One good way for the Public Utili-
ties Commission to show 4 certain
authority over the Traction Company
would be to force the genial and
courteous officials to provide seats toi
passengers. The Board of Health
too, might take a little notice of the
thoroughly unsanitary condition oil
some of the closed cars.
Perkins tells us he said to his
wife the other morning that he hat
dreamed her mother was dead. "Yor
brute" she replied, II heard you
laugh in your sleep"
n g von lines
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

Dover has been quiet for some time, but now
that two preachers have locked horns the state
capital will regain its reputation as a lively news
center.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

Perkins tells us he said to his
wife the other morning that he had
dreamed her mother was dead. you
brute she replied. Il heard you
laugh in your sleep"
r. S. Won Innes.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

One good way for the Public Utili-
ties Commission to show certain
authority over the Traction Company
would be to force the genial and
courteous offciais to provide seats for
passengers. The Board of Health,
too. might take little notice of the
thoroughly unsanitary condition or
some of the closed cars.
Evening journal., 1911-08-21

MAY BE FEW TOMATOES HERE.
Recent storms have caused some
worriment to farmers who have been
counting on late tomatoes. The ground
being wet has caused the vegetables to
rot on the vines and there is a likeli-
hood of a short crop in this vicinity.