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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
CHILDREN FIND
HOME IN OHIO
They Were Bereft of Parents
Through Murder and
Suicide

Williston, N. d., Sept 18.-Four
children, bereft Of their mother
through murder and of their father
by suicide in the latter's insane raw
ings. and themselves injured by his
terrific beatings, will find homes in
Ohio with their uncle who came here
to take charge Of the remains Of the
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Peters.
Mr.. Peters became insane at the farm
near here and attacked his wife and
children. killing her and then suicid-
Ing.
Little Russell Peters, the eldest
boy. tells a graphic story of the ter
rifying experience. Pleadings of
himself and his little brother and sis
ters, were without avail. and during
the whole Of the time until the father
finally shot himself, he never uttered
an intelligent word. merely bowling
and moaning.
All of the children were injured but
have practically recovered, and they
taken from Williston Saturday
evening in Ohio, where they will find
new homes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
TWO SENTENCED
Trail County B%ootleggers Sent Be.
hind the Bars.

hind the Bars.
Hillsboro. N. D., Sept. 1S.-Judge
Pollock Of Fargo sentenced H. A.
Martin and H. A. Blakemann to nine
ty days in the Trail county Jail and
a 500 fine for bootlegging. The two
men pleaded guilty to the charges
against them.
According to the story Of Martin,
who claims to be a piano tuner, he
worked up from the south, hitting
this state at Wahpeton. From there
he went to Moorhead and according
to his statement, he secured twenty
pints of whisky at the place conduct
ed by Jacob Keifer.
Placing the bottle in a suit case he
came through Fargo and then pro-
ceeded to Casselton where he stopped
a short time before going to Hatton,
IN Trail county. At Hatton he fell
In with Blakemann. While the two
men were at a hotel there, a man
about the hotel stole from them three
OF their bottles. He and Brakeman
each sold two bottles Of the booze
and the next thing that they realized
that they were in the hands of
States Attorney Lyche of Trail
county who had them placed in iail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
CAUGHT on BRIDGE

Mandan. N. D., Sept. 1s.-sherir
Olson Of Morton county, accompanied
by Captain Martineson of the Bis
marck police force, captured a crazy
man shortly after he jumped from
No. 8 at the bridge and started walk
ing across. The brakeman notified
them that the man had been on the
train for some time and was evident
ly stealing a ride from a western
point.
The two officers went to the bridge
IN the sherif's auto and took he
stranger in charge. Upon invegtiea-
ton 1t was learned that he had en-
capped a sheriff on the Montana bor-
der and was beating his way east.
He admitted that he had served a
term in the penitentiary at Deer
Lodge, Mont. ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
NASHS ASSA|[ANT
Hello FOR TRIAL
Man Who Jumped on Former
Grand Forks Resident Was
Bound Over to District Co

Minot. N. d., Sept. 1S.-W. A. Mil
Ter, buss driver for the Leland hotel.
who assaulted States Attorney Nash
at the Great Northern depot was given
a preliminary hearing before Judge
Murray. Self defense was pleaded by
Miller.
1t appears that Mr.. Nash intended
going to Ray with three friends from
New York, for whom he intended to
attend to some legal transactions. The
three men took the buss from the
hotel while Mr.. Nash walked down
from his Office. At the viaduct one
of the gentlemen seeing Mr.. Nash
heavily loaded with baggage. got out
of the buss to assist him and it ap-
pears that it was over this gentle
mems fare that the trouble arose. The
final outcom was a heated discussion
between MIR. Nash and Mr.. Miller at
the conclusion of which Mr.. Nash
turned from Miller. A moment later
Miller struck Nash a blow OF the nose
which caused a fracture. Bob Biorn,
proprietor of the Waverly transfer,
who stood near the W men at the
time Of the alteration, testified that
1t was hardly possible for Mr.. Nash
to see the defendant as the blow was
struck. He testified that he saw no
action on Mr.. Nash's part that war
ranted the striking of the blow. Ed
.Aspinwall also saw Miller strike Nash
and said it appeared TO him as though
Mr.. Nash was about to walk of and
did not notice any action on his part
that would indicate that he was about
to strike Miller.
Miller %contended that he saw Nash
shifting the strap of his gun case and
said he thought the states attorney
was going to strike him. He erferred
to the use of certain language which
he alleges the states attorney used,
but witnesses for the state refuted
this. He stated emphatically that he
acted in self defense having been sure
that Mr.. Nash was going to strike him.
Judge Murray held that there was suf-
ficient evidence introduced to war
rant holding Miller to the next term
of the county court and he was adj
mitted to bail which was furnished.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
McHenry County Will Effect Organi.
cation at Telya Wednesday.

Velva, n. D., Sept. 1S.-FYrst steps
towards the organization Of county
leagues to become a part Of the State
Progressive Republican league will
be taken in this city Wednesday
when the progressive Republicans Of
McHenry county hold a meeting. The
session will be called to order at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and officers
will be elected, a constitution adopt
ed, and plans arranged for an active
campaign looking to the enrolment
of every member Of the faction in the
county as a member.
Invitations have been sent to sew
eral prominent state politicians Of
progress 'aith to attend the meet
ing. among them being Senator A. ].
Gronna, L. L. Burdick, H. T. Helge-
son. F. ]. Traynor and others.
Organization Of the county leagues
is in accordance with the plan of ac-
ton Of the state league, recently or
gained, and similar leagues will be
organized in practically every coun-
ty in the state during the next few
months.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
NEGRO CHASED
Had Tried to Break Into Room Of Two
Women.

Darlington, n. D.. Sept. 1S.-Only
the fact that they were not entirely
sure of their man saved a negro farm
hand from a coat OF tar and feathers
in Juanita township, this county,
when the report was made that he
had attempted to gain entrance to the
sleeping rooms Of two young women.
A sudden rush Of cold air through the
room reused the girls and the negro
was alarmed, but not until he was
partially identified. Neighbors called
to the A. B. Polling home, the scene
of the affair, found the negro and
chased him out of the district,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
CONTEST DECIDED
Living in Tent on Quarter Section
Gave SQuaW No Title.

Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 1S.-The
fact that she resided for a time in a
tent on a quarter section of land in
Rolette county with her husband does
not give Margaret Demarais, a squaw,
a right to the property and Anna
Johnson, who filed on the land in
question, will retain possession. De-
cision to this effect is made by Re-
ceiver Cockburn Of the Devils Lake
land Office in the contest case brought
by the Indian woman against the
Johnson woman, with Special Agent
Armstrong of the Indian affairs de-
partment appearing for the complain
ant. The land in question is quite
valuable and the action had created
a great deal of interest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
The MARKETS
THE FINANCIAL
TRADE REv|[ v
Attitude Of European Holders
of American Securities the
Chief Market Influence

New York, Sept. 1S.-The attitude
of European holders of American se-
curities constituted the chief influ-
ence last week in the stock market.
The decline which began early in
occasions stocks touched new low
points for the year. 1t was apparent
that u~nfav0rable conditions in this
country had long ago been discounted
by the fall in quotations and the ex-
tension Of the downward movement
led to the circulation of many alarm
ing reports that the further drop was
due to pending trouble in the financi-
al world. These reports proving un-
founded, 1t became increasingly APP
parent that foreign liquidation was
the principal factor to which the con-
tinued decline might reasonably be
ascribed.
Selling Of stocks for foreign ac-
count was heavy early In the week.
1t was attributed naturally to uncer-
tainty as to the outcome of the Nor
Deco imbroglio. While international
bankers took the position that war
was highly improbable, 1t was evil
dent that the greatest are would be
observed in the handling Of securities
until the situation abroad had been
definitely settled. The effect Of these
political considerations was heighten-
ed by financial conditions. In Ger
many, whose position was likened to
that Of this country before the panic
of 1907.
Over-speculation and the creation
Of great business enterprises with
borrowed capital resulted in severe
financial strain when demand wa
made upon Berlin for repayment Of
credits by Paris and London. Forced
liquidation Of securities resulted, and
1t was the large German holdings in
American stocks which bore the brunt
OF this movement. There was heavy
selling in London for Berlin account.
Berlin also sold stocks directly in
this market and in addition borrowed
from New York bankers to supply
deficiencies caused by Withdrawals by
Paris :
Forced 1iquidations apparently
toward the end of the week and some
buying for foreign account was re-
ported. This change in front was
simultaneous with the appearance of
more cheerful reports from the
European capitals. The effect upon
the New York market was apparent
in its greater power of resistance to
selling and the sharp r~ecoveries
which followed each decline. Labor
controversies on the Hartman lines
remained suspended over the market
as q possible factor.
There was a slight hardening of
money rates. owing to the demand
from abroad and for interior require
ments.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
KILLED BY TRAIN
Laborer Was Struck While Walking
Along n. Il. Track.

Beach, N. d., Sept. 1S.-While he
was walking along the Northern Pa
ciic track west Of this city, between
here and the state boundary line
Patrick Mulligan, a laborer, was
struck by a train and killed. Multi
gan was found lying near the track
having been struck by a train during
the night, and although he was still
alive and continued to breath until
after he was brought to this city, he
was unable to tell how the accident
happened. His aged mother resides
at Chester, Mass, but information re-
ceived from her is to the effect that
she is in poor financial condition and
to bury the remains here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
HE STOLE CASH

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 1s.-A tele-
phone a l! from Mandan was received
by the police asked them to watch for
a young man wanted on a charge of
appropriating 500 in silver from a
Mandan man. The police started on
the trail at once and located a youne
fellow who answered the descrintion
very well and had s37. all in currency
on his person. He had been across
the river for some time, he said. and
was going to Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
PLAN ACTIVE WORK
Mass Meeting at Fort Ransom Il
Discuss Electric Line.

Enderlin, n. D., Sept. 1S.-At a
mass meeting held at Fort Ransom
Saturday evening preliminary plans
for an active campaign looking to
bringing about the construction Of an
electric line from Enderlin to Fort
Ransom considerable work was done.
The general sentiment in the district
affected is in favor of the proposition
and 1t will only require some active
work in selling stock before actual
construction will be commenced.
Fort Ransom is in the western part
Of Ransom county, removed from any
railroad, while the electric line here
would give 1t connections with the
500 railroad.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
MAY BE DISMISSED
City Council Recommends Action fol
Convicted Policeman.

jamestown, N. D., Sept 1S.-Night
Policeman Cellar, arrested and con-
victed in the justice court of using
improper language, bay be dismissed
from the force as a result OF the ac-
ton of the city council. That body
passed a resolution recommending the
discharge Of the officers but up to the
present time the mayor has taken no
action in the matter. Under the city
ordinances the discharge of the officer
is entirely within the discretion Of
the city's chief executive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
REQU1sITIoN PAPERS
Schafer Bank Wants McCarvel Charg.
ed With Horse Stealing.

Schafer, N. D., Sept. 1S.-Applica-
ton has been to Governor John Burke
for requisition papers directed against
Joe McCarvel, incarcerated at Glas-
gov, Mont, and who is wanted in Nc
Kenzie on a charge of horse stealing.
The Schafer State bank is the plain
tiff in the case, McCarvel being charg-
ed with stealing two horses from that
institution and driving them into
Montana, where he was subsequently
captured.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
MooNsHINER JAILED
Darcy Man Accused Of Making
Whisky in Jungles.

Valley City, N. D., Sept. 1s.-North
Dakota's first alleged moonshiner in
many years is in Jail here, James Hall
of Darcy having the distinction. He
is accused of manufacturing whiskey
through the use of a capsule Of some
drug thrown into water, and it is
claimed that his plant" was located
in the "~jungles" of Darcy. "Jungles"
is the North Dakota definition for the
tramp hangout in small country
towns.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
WARD COUNTY FAIR
Big Event Opens ut Minot Tuesday
With Fine Program.

Minot, N. D., Sept. 18.-Ward coun-
tvs annual fair, giving promise OF
being n Of the most successful ever
held, will take place in this city COM
mencing tomorrow. The program
that has been arranged is unusually
elaborate while a great deal of in
terest has been aroused in the ex-
hibit departments. The races prom.
Use to be exceptionally interested.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Drake Man Believed to Have Been
Insane at Time.

Drake, N. D., Sept 1S.-That Tro-
kin Bokovoy of Keif vas insane when
he attempted to commit suicide by
jumping into a small duck pond near
that city is the belief of friends. He
was rescued from death by his own
son, Jake, who CHANGED to be near by.
There was only about two or three
feet of water in the pond.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18
GIRL MAY DIE
Serious Injuries Received by Being
Thrown from Horse.

Crary. N. D., Sept. 1S.-Death may
result from injuries that were u
tanned by Miss Mabel Peterson of this
city when she was thrown from a
horse. The young lady received in
juries to her spine and also a severe
blow in the head, and has been par
TALLY unconscious ever since. The
fact that the horse stumbled was re-
sponsible for her accident.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-16
PREY OF MOSQUITO swARMs.
Three Nude Men Have Narrowing
Experience,

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. May 16.-Wil-
liam Atkinson, his brother, Samuel. and
John Devone were taken to their homes
in Absecon last evening unable to speak
from hoarseness and with their bodies
and faces swollen and burning after hav-
ing been attacked by swarms of mosqui-
toes and green flies.
The three men went 'bobbing' for cells
Sunday and landed their boat on a lonely
island in the Absecon river. They had
taken off their clothes and were wading
in the water when they discovered that
the boat containing their clothing was
gone. Each accused the other of playing
a practical joke, but it developed that the
rising tide had carried the boat out
When evening came the men began to
shout for help. Then 1t was that the
mosquitoes and flies attacked them. They
shouted until they could no longer raise
their voices. There was no match with
which to start a signal fire that might
he seen on the mainland.
AS the mosquitoes and flies became
worse the men plunged into the water.
but the salt only made the pain worse. !.
When rescued the men were exhausted.
On their arrival home they were treated
by physicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-16
Working Force REQUIRED.

THE working force has appropriated
100 men at each end of the tunnel for
three years and eight months They
have worked steadily in three shifts of
twenty men each eight hours day each.
to twenty feet per day, according to the
efficiency of the men and the difficulty of
the excavation. An average of twenty
pounds of high-pressure dynamite per
foot was used in the boring making the
total quantity Of $4,000 We now have
1900 men engaged on the job
1.-THE aqueduct is composed of ninety.
eight miles of concrete covered conduit
forty miles of uncovered concrete con-
duit. twenty-one miles Of open canal
twelve miles of inverted steel syphons
and forty-three miles of tunnels. which
will deliver 25s,OOO,OOo gallons every
twenty-four hours into reservoirs located
nearly 1000 feet above the city, capable
Of holding a three months supply for a
city of 10000 inhabitants.
THE south portal of the tunnel lies
sixty-seven miles north and west of Los
Angeles. The tunnel passes through
the Sierra Madra coast range, at an ele-
walton Of about 1900 feet. fifty feet direct
ly under Hughes lake, a small sheet OF
water which lies Graded in the Eliza
beth lake valley.
1.-The statement is made that the length
Of this new water works system is 25O
miles. but there are only % miles of
excavation. The equeduct from the
point Of intake near independence Inyo
county, to the lower San Fernando dam
in the San Fernando valley has total
Of $50 miles, of which 1452 miles is rep
resented by the lineal distance of the
reservoirs. Water flows into the Haiwee
reservoir at it's upper end and is drawn
off into conduit again at the dam seven
miles below. The San Fernando reser-
voirs lie about twenty miles north and
west of the Los Angeles city limits and
1t is left to the water department to
carry the water this distance into the
city, probably through one or more large
steel pipe lines. so that the total length
Of the new system is thus $50 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-16
Headquarters in Chicago.
New Serial Sunday.

OF course, the biggest thing in our next
Sunday Magazine is the first installment
OF the new serial, THE Secretary Of
Frivolous Affairs which will continue
for eight weeks. It was written by Mrs.
Jacques Futrelle. Her husband will be
recalled as author Of THE Thinking Ma
chine, Elusive Isabel" and various
other works, but Mrs. Futrelle has not
been content simply to live in this re-
fiected honor. and has already earned a
place for herself in popular literature
AS writer Of short stories she is very
successful.
This latest offspring of her pen is told
in the first person by a beautiful young
woman. daughter Of an old Boston fam
lily, left with a sister orphan to earn her
own living. In response to her news
paper advertisement she got a position
as shown by the title, with a prominent
society woman Of Boston. Her chief duty
was to lure the handsome young son Of
her employer from the wiles OF an un-
'utable inamorata, and also the daugh-
ter from "bucolic gentleman she was
smi zen with.
There are all kinds of things in this
story, including even a real French duke
in America hunting for a martial mate
of money, and incidentally suspected Of
not being SO irreprOachable as he seemed
It is nice story, and will add a good
deal to the entertainment Of our readers
during these eight weeks Of early sum
mer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-16
UNPUBLISHED LETTERS
OF VOLTAIRE DISCOVERED
Nine Communications Found Among
the Papers Of Scotch
Clergyman.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.


LONDON, May 3. 1911.
Prof. Stevenson of Glasgow has come
into possession of several interesting un-
published letters Of Voltaire. About
eighteen months ago cousin of the pro-
fessor, the Rev. Mr.. Stevenson of Ruther-
glen, died, and among his papers was
found a packet which was handed over
to Prof. Stevenson to inspect. This turned
out to have been in 1858 in the posses
sion of G. F. Won Tempsky, who resided
at II buckingham terrace. Glasgow.
Prof. Stevenson does not know how the
papes passed from Tempsky into the
hands Of his cousin, but Tempsky had
written on the outside Of the packet a
note to the effect that his grandmother
was daughter of the famous German
jurist Cocceji. and the papers had been
preserved in the Cocceji family because
Of their connection with Voltaire.
Voltaire was in Berlin in 1851, and be-
came involved in a lawsuit with one
Hirschell. Cocceji was one of the Judges
who tried the case, and he kept the pa
pers. which contained autograph letters
Of Voltaire. The lawsuit between Vol
taire and Hirschell created a sensation In
It's time. The papers in Prof. Stevenson s
possession number nine. Eight of them
are directly connected with the famous
lawsuit. Two of them were written to
Cocceji in the course of the case and two
others are of the nature of memoirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-16
working machine that was ever engaged
on any public improvement.
Difficult Phase of Construction.

U1mcult FhaSe OF Construction.
Mr.. William Mulholland. the man who
did it. in telling me of the present con-
dition Of the work, said:
THE Elizabeth tunnel was opened up
pFebruary %. 1911. This has been con-
sidered the most difficult and expensive
single phase Of construction. 1t Is % 500
feet in length-the second longest water
tunnel in the United States-and when
concerted up with facing of eight
inches of concrete will have inside dimen-
sions of feet inches width by 10 feet
10 inches in height. 1t has grade Of one
foot to every thousand feet and is de-
signed to carry 1000 second feet, or 60,
100000 gallons. per day.
THE board of consulting engineers esti-
mated that 1t would require 1850 work
ing days to complete the tunnel. and
that the cost would be 1888 per foot. In
reality the work of excavation was &C
complished in the remarkably short space
OF $40 working days. in which all United
States tunnel records for boring in hard
rock on basis of monthly progress were
repeatedly broken en- The two crews met
at a point 13.4SO feet from the south
portal or within fifty feet of the middle.
which shows that the work was carried
on with almost perfect precision. The
alignment of the tunnel was out only
two and one-quarter inches and the grade
only seven one-thousandths of a foot
THE records of cost are no less re-
markable. The excavation has cost SO
per foot 1t can be lined for $40 per foot
cost $50 per foot, whereas the estimates
were for 1888 foot. The total saving
under the estimated is figured to be
SAIL 600.