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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
New Hotel for Beach.

Beach.-Beach will have a fine new
hotel, construction work to be taken
up early next spring. 1t will be a
fifty-room building, all modern, of
brick construction, and will be three
stories high. w. Finkle will have the
building constructed in accordance
with plans that are now being pre-
pared.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
Will Teach Common School Rranche,

Will Teach Common School Branches.
Fargo.-An important change has
been made in the studies offered at the
North Dakota state agricultural COL
lege for the short course during the
winter months. In addition to the reg
ular short courses in farm husbandry,
shop work and running of engines and
judging of stock, the common school
branches will be taught.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
rimber Land Case Dlsml,sed.

Timber Land Case Dismissed.
Portland, Oregon. - BY authority Of
the attorney general, United States
Judge Wolverton dismissed one Of the
cases against Frederick A. Cribs, G.
A. Smith and the late Nels Werner.
Minneapolis, affecting timber lands In
Lane and Lynn counties.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
KINDLY TRIBUTE FOR MOODY

A touching incident in connection
with the retirement of Associate JUS
tice William H. Moody from the SUI
preme Court OF the United States. on
account Of i'll health, became public the
other day when the court spread upon
Its records letters which had passed
between the court and Justice Moody
In regard to his resignation.
The members of the court who sat
with Justice Moody sent him a letter
to which Justice Lurton and Justice
Hughes, appointed recently, concurred
in postscript. The letter. signed by
Presiding Justice Harlan and JUS
tees White, McKenna. Holmes and
Day, reads:
Dear Brother Moody: We cannot
let you leave us without an expression
of our deep regret. The too few years
during which we sat together on the
bench already had confirmed the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06


with accompanying protests did the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06


a
left of
the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
EXPLAINS THE "WAR SCARE"

Secretary of War Dickinson, whose
suppressed report to congress caused
the war scare" which set Washington
official circles topsy turvy for a few
days, has offered an explanation as to
how it all came about The disclosure
of cross purposes in connection with
the report of the secretary of war, it
seems, was occasioned by something
that went wrong in bureaucratic rou
tine.
The president was entirely ignorant
Of the contents of the report sent to
congress by Secretary Dickinson and
afterward suppressed. Secretary Dick.
inson understood that the president
had seen the report and approved it's
contents.
The report was prepared by Maj.
Gen. Wood during the absence of the
secretary in his trip around the world.
General Wood directed the submission
of the document to the president and
led out that the report never reached
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06

county Ohio and there July M 1885, the young Theodore born
president Of the Western Union passed.
railroad
In a small
He
commanded attention NJ
Union later
railway mail
became acquainted with Prof Graham Bell inventor the telephone and
his
N
which
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
NOW HEAD Of WESTERN UNION

The election of Theodore N. Vail to
the presidency of the Western Union
Telegraph company to take the place
of Col. Robert G. Clowry. who resigned.
furnishes q remarkable instance OF
realized ambitions.
The father and mother of Theodore
N. Vail lived ut Morristown. N. j.,
where they owned the Speedwell iron
works. For several years prior to 1843
Professor Morse had been working on
the telegraph, undiscouraged by the
remarks of friends that the scheme
was impractical and ridiculous.
In 1887 Alfred Vail, young and am
bilious engineer, uncle of Theodore N
Vail, came to the inventors aid. The
dot and dash alphabet, known rs the
Morse code, was worked out by Alfred
Vail, and the two men were at oppo-
site ends of the wire when the historic
message, What God hath wrought"
was sent along the line in 1874.
Theodore Vail had moved to Carroll
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
GENTLY SENTIMENTAL

THE LITTLE GREEN GATE. BY Stella
CaIlaghan with eight illustrations
I2mo pp 81. q. T.. Putnam's Sons.
This is an agreeable little tale Of love
that came too late. According TO mod
ern GctionaI standards. love never comes
TOO late; former engagements and obli-
cations are simply declared Off, and
there you are. Not So I'm the case Of the
girl of the Little Green Gate and the
f,c-den il led 20. which was in reality her
fathers. the retired admiral's. This is
an EngI. h story. OF people called 10 the
socia, station that in England is known
IA "upper middle class The atmos-
uhere in which they move is conven-
tional. il has become so easy to do this
sort Of thing-aftcrnoon tea in the
garden. gossip after dinner worldly
lie women. lounging. idle men. The
v,ooer who came too late * of this vari-
ETY.. His promise is another's. and when
he would set himself free and take his
happiness his Gancee's father dies in
solvent by his own hand. thus creating
II situation from which no man Of honor
could withdraw. And so the Little
Green Gate. which opened Paradise To
him i'm the beginning, shuts him out from
ii I'm the end, the other wOman-the one
oman for hin. nobly playing her part.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
PENNY DREADFULG.


The manufacture OF the penny dread
ml' would seem 10 be at least as -four
ishing an industry in Germany as here
The latest calculations indicate that the
studiOuS youths Of Germany spent 49,
0IO.OOO IN this species Of literature in
19JS-'O9. AS in England, the subject
IN tier is usually crime, the criminal and
the detective are commonly the heroes,
and the inspiration il often current
sensation. Some of the stories have "a
circulation which might content Miss
Marie Coreli or Mr.. Hall Caiue-lOOOU0
or 10000. Apparently the Industry
thrives with the agitation against il. for
although there is an earnest society de
voted to its disCoura cement. the output
stood in 1907 at only -, 10000 The
German press is calling out for legisla-
ton, but 1t would be pretty problem TO
distinguish between the penny dread
full" the shilling shocker' and much
that passes FOR orthodox romance.
Three millions wear on penny dread
fuls." by the way, though il is doubtless
deplorablo. is hardly cXtravagant. II is
100 O0OO1O pennies. or. to use the Ger
man coinage G,OOO0O0,OOO pfennigs,
These are stately figures but as tile
population OF Germany is $1,000, 900. it Is
ONLY 11d. "a year head of population.
or. TO pursue this statistical analysis a
little further. as there are 14WU.OOO
households in Germany the average
yearly expenditure Of every family on
penny dreadfuls" is only Is. 3lkd.
year. If German penny dreadfuls" cost
only a penny. that is one dreadful" a
week for the boys (and girls) Of each
faVoiis.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
IN THE PURPLE
Three Rulers, Their Consorts
and Families.

ROYAL, RoNANCEs OF TO-DAY. BY
kellogg Durland. Illustrated. oN'' PP' -
2lS. Duflield Il co.
Written originally for publication IN
the columns OF a periodical for women
these chapters now issued i'm wen
made and handsomely illustrated VOL
ume, are chiefly of purely feminine III
teres.. dealing as they do. with the
courtship. daily life and children oi thelr
majesties OF Spain Russia ana lta'y'
The author certainly knew how To ADAPT
his material TO his audience.
Beyond their court circles. which see
both sides and gossip generally only with
great discretion and within their own
world, ii is hard to learn the truth ABOUT
ROYALTIES. There always is official ro-
nance in their courtships, tteir married
lives and their family circles. That pre-
tence is bravely kept up for the graft
fication of subjects whose loyalty IS
strengthened thereby-especially That OF
the women. side by side with these ac-
counts, which sometimes are struc, but
there circulate other tales, far different
ina character. and often no more wei
founded As a matter Of fact royalties
are personally very average people.
Some are clever, some stupid. some well
educated and some not some exceed
ingly well hammered, some boorish ON
parade they all are very much alike. II
is not Improbable to compare this book,
fo- instance with the recent confessions
of Carmen sylvia, the sensational rev
elations of the eX-CrOwn Princess of
Saxony and the suppressed reflections
on life of the Infanta Eulalia.
However, here is royal romance at its
brightest and best as it might be even
when it is not. and as women who are
not royal desire ii to be, and would
have it at second or third hand. The
author chats pleasantly; he does not
undertake too much or venture too far.
and thus succeeds in entertainirg his
audience in capital fashion. The por-
traits Of the exalted personages dealt
with are interesting.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
Literary .Ness's and Criticism

and Colonial mission, each in It's own
field. Mr.. Prichards itinerary whose
objective was the same as that oi 'he
late I.eonidas Hubbard, carried nm
through long stretch of hitherto uh-
traversed and unknown desolation lie
ana his companions adopted the meth
DDS of the nomad Indian hunters OF
Labrador. carrying a bare ration ana
Iiviny bv the chase. killing caribou and
sinking the carcass in the snoW-led
lakes upon the great plateau so as to
secure a line Of retreat. II IS tale OF
hardships. Of game with destiny IN the
gauEt form Of possible starvation, Dut
chance favored them. the food did not
fail them. and the author takes pride IN
having proved that white men can rival
and even exceed the lightness and speed
of the Indian on the trail There is an
informing chapter drawing comparisons
between Labrador, Newfoundland and
Norway as fields for the sportsman-Mr.
Hcskcth knows an three Of them well
The illustrations are capital Lady
Helen Graham's froutispiece represents
tragedy of the frozen north, when
the Caribou Came Too Late within the
range of party OF starving Indian
hunters
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
NEW SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT
DR.. Shaw Finds 1t in Peculiar
Status of Mrs. Blatch.

Il see that Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch
has applied for naturalization papers, said
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw at the nineteenth
annual Pilgrim Mothers dinner given yes
terday by the Legislative League at the
Waldorf-Astoria. Now, isn't II absurd
that a woman whose parents and grand
parents and great-grandparents were pure
American, who was born in this country.
loses her nationality because she marres
an Englishman and becomes British SUBJ
ject?
when a woman marries "A man of her
own country she loses her identity; this IS
symbolized by the loss Of her name. In
the old days women were known by their
own names. Sarah was Sarah and Ruth
was Ruth. she wasn't Mrs. Boaz. When
women vote" added DR.. Shaw, they will
perhaps be able 10 keep their names and
identity"
Miss Mary Garrett Hay urged the women
before her TO be more energetic in APP
preaching the Mayor and Councilmeu for
the things they want. when the Interna-
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance convened
i'm Stockholm" she said. the city council
there voted MONEY to entertain the guests.
Think OF such a thing happening I'm New
York, And yet, / believe, If We were 10 go
right To the Mayor and aldermen we'd get
It. Let's Try IL some time
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23

other reawakening in 1913. While the
book practically ends WI. the founda-
tion of the empire, the closing chapter
dealing with contemporary Germany
cultural, social. commercial and indus
trial, is Of value. one may not agree
with its optimism. but welcomes the
facts on which it is based.
The work, then, is a study of the Ger
man character and of the influences
that shaped Its evolution. This STUDY Is
made I'M the widest sense of the Word
civilization" including all the fields In
which the material intellectual ana
spiritual life of a nation manifests itseli.
Germany is none too sympathetcaIlS
dealt with 10y foreign observers, stu
dents and critics OF the day. This work
furnishes a welcome counterweight TO
their not always unpreiudiccd and well
considered structures.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
FICTION
a Volume of Short Stories in
Sumptuous Form.
MR.. WELLS DE LUXE.

IN THE DOOR OF THE WALL, AND
OTHER STORIES BY n. G. Wells.
illustrated with photogravures from
photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
Folio, PIP. l5}. In box. New York:
Mitchell Kennerley.
This is a beautiful volume. printed on
French handmade, water-markcd paper,
from type specially designed for it, and
issued in an edition limited to six hun
dred copies. And the photographers
have been printed from plates prepared
by Mr. Coburn himself and under his
personal supervision. To be published I'm
such luxurious fashion is a compliment,
indeed.
Mr. Wels's contribution consists OF
eight short stories I'm his earlier vcin-a
story OF a new star of unprecedented
magnitude that all but destroys all liv-
ing things on this earth and threatens
it very existence; and repeatedly he
wanders into the realm Of the subcon-
sclous, as I'm the title story, into which
we may read a parable OF life of the
choice at the parting of the ways offered
10 man. not once but many times. until
a delusion of its temperance appar-
emily destroys him. Then there is "A
Dream Of Armageddon," of a doubled
existence. reality by day "A consecutive
dreau through many nights. The Dia-
mond Maker is an ingenious invention.
and SO is The Country of the Blind in
the mountains Of Peru. The triangle
serves merely as the point of departure
for tale Of the grewsome revenge of
husband who is an ironmaster. This
story Of grewsone murder is gently en-
titled a Moonlight Fable"
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23

FROM CONSTANTlNOPLE TO TIE
HOME OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
Travels in Transcaucasia and Northern
Persia for Historic and Literary Re
search. BY A. V. Williams Jackson.
Illustrated Svo, pp. XXI, SlJ. Tie
Macmillan Company.
Professor Jackson's new book is
worthy, in the scope Of its interests, OF
his earlier Persia, Past and Present.
His point Of departure, as is indicated in
his title, is ConstantinOple, with which
he deals, however, but briefly referring
his readers to many accessible books on
the subject and concentrating his at
tention on the so-called sarcophagus OF
Alexander the Great, whose victorious
itinerary he followed part of the way
The narrative Of travel diverges 10 MS
torical and archaeological topics, TO in
scriptions and ruins. ranging, in one
single chapter. from ZorOastrianism 10
the oil wells of Baku. Marco Polo is an
occasional companion on the way, Peter
the Great awaits us at Derbent. and no
page is without its scholarly footnotes.
As for Omar's tomb:
The sarcophagus stands beneath the cen
trdl one Of three dTcEeQ TeCeSSeS. / ne mann
ing arches are empty. A couple Of ter
raced brick steps lead up 10 the flooring
where it rests. The ohlong tomb is a sim
pie case made of brick and cement the
poets remains repOsing beneath; and, al,
though there is no inscription TO tell
whose bones are inferred below. every one
knows that il is Omar's grave. Nandal
ycribblers Gound I'm Persia as i'm every
other land have desecratcd il with random
~cTdWls A stick of wood. a stone, and
some fragments of Shrds prOfaned the
Top Of the sarcophaeus whom we saw H.
There was nothing else. ] was tempted TO
lay my copy of he 'Rubaiyat' upon IT,
bait Tor the fact that ] knew the little book
would promptly ne carried on and sold 10
rhe first possible purchaser.
80 rose tree can now shed its petals
upon the poets tomb, as was once the case
I'M fululment of what had been. as tradition
tells us. thc dearest wish Of MS heart.
Ii is 10 be regretted that some OF
Omars admirers in the Occident do not
provide a suitable inscription on the spot
to show the renown he enjoys in the West
The profuse illustrations form an inn
poTtant feature of widely varicgated In
tereSt of this important worl.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
4 SCOTCH TOUR.

CHOSEN DAYS IN SCOTLAND. By Jo-
sephine Helena Short. Illustrated from
photographs. SvO. pp. xiv 80. Thomas
y. CrOwell & CO.
Edinburgh and it's literary associations
receive two chapters Of their own in
this pleasantly written account Of a
holiday trip from the border northward
which included a visit, also, 70 the Ork-
neys and the Isle Of Skye. The author
travels with Scott close at hand; in fact
she is given TO frequent and ample quo
tation in verse and prose, history hold
Ing the second place in her pages, the
wild historic romance in which it is so
rich The book IS intended for reading
while on tour. but also for the entertain
mcnt and information Of the stay at
home Ii is in no sense sublimated
guidebooh and, if it belongs TO a class Of
travel literature whose numbers are
legion it IS not without its unassuming
merits. owing to the genuineness OF the
authors interest IN her subject
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
Portraits of Places in the OId
World and the New.
rue oeAn CITIES OF BELGIUM.

THE DERO Cll Vt
SOME OLD FLEMISH TOWNS. Writer l,s
and pictured by George w M toh Va
wards. Svo, PIP. y SS Moha'' N"'o
& Co.
Beside Holland, Belgium Is d'pracu-
cailv unexplored country to the Amerl-
can tourist. who usually contents nm
self with a visit 10 Brussels, which is de-
liberatelv and self-consciously modern
smart and French, and, perhaps. with
briefer stay In Antwerp, where the Mlo-
ole Ages meet the modern commercial
spirit in its most intense form. Ana Yet
the contrast between the two countries
IS strong enough TO repay, and more
than repay. a leisurely visit TO cach IN
successiou. The difference is, roughly
speaking. that between the periods of
their glory and greatness. Belgium
hears the stamp of the fifteenth century
Holland that Of the seventeenth most oi
oil i'm their architectural aspects. MI
Edwards. who knows both countries well
and loves them both, devotes In TINS
volume a series OF short readable ana
picturesauely illustrated chapters TO the
dead cities" of Belgium. whose very
names, as he observes are unknown 10
the average American tourist. The book
comes in time, for new prosperity has
come to these once mighty towns whose
burghers defied the right divine ot
mediavalism. The new is encroachins
steadily upon the old there, disturbing
its atmosphere far more than its monu-
monts. The cover design is a delight to
the eye. with its rich heraldic embellish-
ments, repeated in part on the decora-
tive title page
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23

L l4lo OlN 4 Af NrEINhAN AlN llsILA ION.
BY Ernest Richard, Ph. D., lecturer on
the history OF German civilization at
Columbia University. l2mo, pp. X J45
The Macmillan Company.
Mr. Richard deals with vast subject
/ within a comparatively limited amount
of space His book is literally what he
survey which admirably well weighs
the relative importance Of periods, and
which makes a telling use Of contrasts,
of those amazingly pronounced alterna-
tiOns Of development and retrogression
that have marked the "Kultur Ge-
schichte" of the German people. The
author is strictly impartial, notwith-
standing his profound interest his
subject. 1t is only when he reaches the
present time that he grows enthusiastic.
German idealism has become a thing Of
the past:
1t is really touching to read the express
slouS-usuduy in the French or German
language-Of deepest sorrow at the sad
change Of the Germans since they have
ceased 10 be 80 nation Of poets and think
ers,' and have taken a hand in the world S
affairs as men Of purpOseful and successful
action. But "a cool observer win COncCde
that ideal interests still have a large part
I'm German life, IN the daily work of the
German people. II IL be asked what
are the high ideals of the German people
to-day. ] should say: those of all noble
men-Truth, Justice, Beauty.
Only one thing is left to the nations
that do not wish to be left behind in
the peaceful rivalry for human progress.
Mr.. Richard procaims. and that is to be-
come the equals Of Germany in untiring
industry. in scientific thOroughness. in
sense Of duty, in patient persistence, in
intelligent voluntary submission To or
ganization." Still ne closes with d
warning 10 the Germans against the
dangers of great power and great riches
The survey begins at the very begin
ming. with the Scandinavian theory OF
Indo- European origins, with the German
contact with Greco-Roman civilization.
the gradual conversion TO Christianity
and the founding Of the empire. The
first high mark Of German national life
Mr. Richard places about the year 1900.
when there was a decidedly uniform
CIVILIZATION, MhlC1dl rather tldn intel
lectual, the Germany of Luther. who was
its embodiment. And here We find the
fist of those startling contrasts that
make this book 50 eminently worth
while--the destruction BY the Thirty
Years War OF all that had been gained
The pictures of the horrors. the say
agcry, the destruction and devastation
Of that period are impressively vivid 1t
left its stamp, not only on the material
life of the nation. but still more on its
character. bringing 10 the surface weak
nesses and tendencies that persist to this
day. Mr.. Richard chooses TO consider
them as virtues gone wrong, but no
matter. Worth noticing Is his ably sup
ported claim that the French influence
Of the eighteenth century was not eX-
cmsiveH evil. that, on the contrary, it
brought with II much that was culturally
Of value to the progress Of German civil
ization "Deutschtum," national con-
fciousne9s. was awakened again by
Frederick the Great, the first national
hero OF the race ~ modern times. An
other violent contrast followed. and an
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
SILL EuRTHER SOUTH.

ARGENTINA AND HER PEOPLE OF
TODAY BY Nevin O. Winter Illus
trated from photographs by the author.
SvO PIP. 42l. Boston l.. G. Page & CO.
Mr. Winters book. like Mr.. Lindsay's,
with which it is uniform in appearance,
combines the useful with the pictu-
rescue, sound, comprehensive CONNER
cial and financial information with de-
scriptions Of the Argentinians in city
and country, Of their life on the pampas,
Of wheat growing and cattle raising.
The Argentine is by far the most i'm
pOrtant of the South American repub-
lies to-day, and its possibilities OF
further material development are almost
endless. A new race is growing up there,
as one has grown up in this country,
Latin-American race that is homogene-
Gus, enterprising, confident Of the future.
ambitious. This volume, too, is capitally
illustrated, Mir. Winter, again like Mr..
Lindsay. knowing the country he de-
scribes and depicts from long ana OBJ
servant travel there. Both may well be
classed with the holiday books in con-
tents, pictures ana appearance.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
BIOGRAPHY.

\ ,rrNoPIAN EDWIN MMASTER STAN
TON His Life and Work. BY Joseph y.
DOYLE illustrated syo, pp. XVIII, 90.
1Steubenville: The Herald Printing Com
panv: under auspices Of the stanton Monu-
ment Association
This biography Of stanton who served a.
Secretary Of War in Llncolns administra
tion, has been prepared in connection WIN
the dedication Of the first statue 10 ms
memory. n includes a description Of the
etatue. an account Of the unveiiing ana
commemorative festivities.
RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS 1920
bis daughter. Harriet Allen Butler With
portraits and Illustrations svo, m. XVIII,
n2 (Chares Scrbner's SonsD
Tho story Of the early life of the author
Of Nothing To Wear his career at inc
abroad and meetings with celebrities; his
memories Of the civil War and other poll
tioal events