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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
MAY 4. 1912.
JUSTICE IN VIRGINIA.

The promptness with which the
wheels of Justice have been moving
since the tragedy at HillsNille. Va,
gives fair warning TO the mountain
GERS of tina state that the law is still
supreme. Virginia is vindicating her
reputation as a l~aw-abidinG conf
munity by losing no time in bringing
the mountain murderers to Justice.
Already Floyd Allen, whose sentence
to prison brought about the fusillade
i'm the little Hillsville court house. is
now on trial. and the Indications are
hat the case will be disposed ot
promptly. There has been little delay
in the selection of IL jury. and Judge
Staples. who is presiding at the trial.
has given notice that he does not
propose to permit the trial to he halt
ed by long wrangles between GUN
sci.
While the state of Virginia has
spared neither time nor expense in
bringing the murderers to justice.
there has hcen nj disposition on the
part of the officials tn deny the pris-
oncrs "A fair trial. Two of the outlaws
arc still at large. but tho others arc
to he tried separately. so that the
guilt of one may not ovcrshadow the
possible Innocence of another. The
court also aided in safeguarding the
rights of the prisoners by granting a
change of venue from l%fillSville to
Wytheyillc 50 that the strong scnti-
ment in the town where the crime
was committed might not weigh
against them.
The trial of tho first case. there
fore. will he on its merits. From Il
review of tho case it does not seem
that there can he any c~Ntcnuatins
features. 1t is certain. however. that
the defendants will not he convicted
on prejudice. The jurors are from
another section. and will not be in
fluenced by friendships OF enmities.
II there is amy merit in the defense
OF the outlaws. they will get the adj
Vantage of it.
1T is a matter of qualification that
the court of Virginia are proceed
in. in such Il fair manner and that
there can he 10 claim that the out
laws We're ~railroad"d without a fair
trial. But il is even NOR. gratifying
tnat there has been none of the de-
lay that ST. Frequently mars the adj
ADMINISTRATION of justice and causes a
loss of the salutary effects that fol-
low punishment when swiftly admin
istered. When a crime is fresh in the
minds of the public, when others
with tendencies toward rhine are
bordering on the latest example of
laWlessness, that is the time to teach
the lesson that the lawbreaker may
pay a heavy penalty. The tragedy of
lIillsville was Il blot IN Virginia: but
Virginia is wiping ii out by making
the wheels of justice turn so swiftly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
Curious Conversations

The first submarine hoat was in
vented and successfully tried in the
eighteenth century.
The manufacture of cement has at
tanned eighth rank for value among
tho Industries.
The automatic telephone service Is
II success In Havana. where there are
1000 subscribers.
In the Blue Nile region in Egypt a
native lahorer can live very comforta-
bly, ON six to eight cents a day.
All of Bcrlin's sewage is pumped
out of the city to disposal farms
which have a total area of about 49,
900 acres.
Magnesium is the principal ingredi-
ont in a new alloy brought out In
France that weighs about two-thirds
as much as cast aluminium.
A new white metal alloy. atherium,
is lighter than aluminium, makes
sound castings. turns we'll and may
be soldered. forged and welded.
In Japan. land of flowers. they hold
funeral services at the home of the
brides parents the night she is mar
ried. This is to show that the young
lady is dead to her father and mother.
Every Persian who IAN read and
write calls himself Khan, who has
been to Mecca calls himself Hazzi.
and who claims descent from the pro-
phet is Saved, Said or Sved.
| Fire losses and the cost of fire pre-
%vention in the United States amount
annually to s%45O,O00, 900, or more
than the total production of gold, sill
Yer. copper and petroleum In Il year.
ON Saturday afternoons In the Port
Antonio market. on the Island of ia
maica. a dozen or more negroes may
N" seen selling rope" tobacco by the
ward. II is smoked by tho natives.
and derives its name from the fact
that it is twisted and put up in coils
like rope. 200 yards to the coil.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

But the total just stated is the re-
sulting progeny of the mother fly and
her first batch of 1870 eggs. Profess
sor Howard tells us that each fly US
ually lays four such patches Of eggs.
So by multiplying the above figure by
four we find the following: 1884,
724.577 $50. 900. 600. 900. 900.
One mother fly might. therefore. in
n summer produce twelve genera
tions of children grandchildren. etc.,
until e descendants numbered four
octillions. three hundred and eighty
four septillions. seven hundred and
twenty-four sextillions. nine hundred
and seventy-seven quintillions, two
hundred and forty-two quadrillions,
eight hundred and eighty trillions.
The human mind cannot grasp the
magnitude of these ngures-four
octillions of little flies. But a little
computation begins to reveal what a
etupehdous mass 1t would be.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

If the flies were all rolled up into a
huge ball. they would make a mass
bigger than the earth! All this may
not seem possible. But figure it out
for yourself. Take. for instance, the
last surprising statement that the flies
would make a solid mass bigger than
the globe.
II one fly occupies a quarter Of an
inch-wide, high and thick-then
there would be sixty-four flies to a
cubic inch. or 1852 flies to a cubic
foot. or 1856 s4 flies to a cubic yard.
or 6.277,791.171,0S4, 600 flies % a
cubic mile.
II it takes that number Of flies to
make a cubic mile then divide your
four octillions Of flies by that num-
Der, and you find you have 26s.778,-
1S5,s6l cubic miles of flies as the
summer product of the one original
fly. But the scientists tell us that the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
THE TITANIC INQUIRY.

With the senate inquiry into the
causes Of the Titanic disaster draw
ing to a close, a review of the ques-
lions that have been asked and the
W that have beer given reveals
the fact hat there are five reforms
which. if adopted, would reduce To "A
minimum the danger OF such ACCT
dents. There were five causes for the
collision with the iceberg. the conse-
auent loss Of one thousand six hun
dred lives. and the general public
distress. They were:
I. The Titanic was not pursuing
as s%outherly a course as should have
been pursued.
2. The Titanic was going at too
high a rate of speed and disregarded
the warnings concerning the proxim-
ity Of icebergs.
3. There were not enough life
boats on board and the crew was in
sufficient and Improperly drilled.
4. Nearby ships We're either i'm
properly equipped with wireless or
else the operators had gone off duty.
5. In the proceedings subsequent
to the disaster 1t was apparent that
the general public suffered because
of the loose manner in which wire
less anarchists" broke in upon i'm
portant messages.
All these facts have been brought
out by the senate investigating COM
mittee, but there was not a single
of them that vas not known on
the night that the Carpathia, with
the survivors of the Titanic on board.
locked at New York. The senate
committee has performed it's duties
creditably. but the whole investiga-
ton has been a waste OF time and
money and an inconvenience to scores
of witnesses.
The causes that led to the sinking
Of the Titanic were obvious. The
senat committee has developed
nothing new The thing for congress
to do is to take the causes for the
disaster, which are known to the
whole world, and make them the
basis for new legislation. Nothing
can be gained by further hearings.
conferences, or arguments. To Offset
the known cause Of the ocean trag-
edy remedies are needed. They are:
1. A law to compel steamships to
follow the southern course
2. Provisions in the law regulat-
ing the speed Of ocean liners in the
ice or danger zones.
3. Provisions to compel every
steamship to carry enough lifeboats
to accommodate the maximum num-
her Of the ships passengers: to pro-
vide a SUFFICIENT crew to man every
lifeboat. and to properly drill the
crew for all life and death emer-
gencies.
4. To compel all ships to install
the wireless apparatus and to have
two operators who can alternate, 80
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

Thirteen school girls in japanese cost
tunes who marched across the lawn in
Riverside Park at Grants Tomb in New
York provided an attractive feature Of
the ceremonies marking the GIT by Jap
anese citizens to New York city Of $500
cherry trees and the unwilling Of 4
bronze tablet to commemorate the
event. Addresses were made by DIR.
Jokichi Takamine, General Steward L..
Woodford and Charles B. Slower, Park
Commissioner.
Japan gave the trees to New York
city at the time Of the Hudson Fulton
celebration. The greater part Of the
trees were planted. but thirteen re.
mained. The school girls, carrying
these trees and shovels, made their way
across the grass. accompanied by music
from an orchestra and the applause
from hundreds Of persons. After they
had placed the trees in holes and thrown
dirt about them, more applause was Of.
fered by the spectators. At about the
same time the bronze tablet, made In
the School Of Fine Arts In Toxic. was
unveiled.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
table at cuzco or at Quito was often

SAple III SuZCO OF at quito was OFTEN
served with fresh sea fish caught thir-
ty or forty hours before at a distance
covered in later years in from six to
ten days by h ordinary traveller.
h chaquis still exists. but not to
the extent he formerly did. He is to
be seen in nearly every town in the
Andes. and is v%ariously employed
by the government. by merchants
and by persons who have messages
or packages to send into the inte-
rior.
There was a famous chaquist of
the name of Q%uainapamho. who. very
swift of foot II almost a stranger
to fatigue, was employed during the
war with Chilli by President Caceres
of Peru. Q~uainapambo was known
to carry a message $50 miles without
halting for sleep. n to return with
the answer within Il week. and that
through the enemy'S country.
1t never has been the custom of a
chaquis to carry food with him-he
always has picked il up on tho way
as he could. If he finds none. there
is the cocoa leaf hat is constantly
in his mouth. This not only satisfies
his hunger but stimulates his nerves
He carries his coca leaves in Il little
buckskin bag about his neck. with
another bag in which he has a sort
OIL potash maze from potato SKINS.
This. when mixed with the coca,
brings out its strength. These profess
sional runner have little idea of
either time oil distance. They pro-
coed until tired, stop for as long a
time as they like and reach their des-
tination "as fate Wills"
The business of the chaauis has de-
preciated in usefulness and effective
ness. The system is nothing like as
we'll organized as i'm the old days.
and many of the runners are untrust-
worthy. In the tropics and on the
lower levels the movements of the
chaauis are not impeded by clothing.
for he proceeds as nearly naked as
possible: but in the mountains. where
the nights are always cold. and
where he is in constant danger of be-
ing overtaken by terrific storms, he
dresses accordingly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
MONSTER GDGMTY.F00T SHARK
OF THE MONSTER.

tunately this monster is quite harm
less. 1t has very small teeth and
feeds upon the minute organisms
a%f,ounding at the surface of the sea.
which il strains through its gill rak-
ers. The same is true of the great
basking shank. which is found especi-
ally in the Arctic ocean,. This species
approaches the whale shark in size.
and, like it.. is an entirely harmless
creature. feeding upon the micro-or-
ganiSms of the sea.
But if the largest sharks of today
are harmless. the same is not rue Of
their c%ongeners in the past. In
Eocene times, the geologic age. during
which mammals rose to their place of
supremacy in the animal world, there
lived in the sea a giant shark larger
than amy of the present day and with
al a most terrific monster. This shark
has received considerable attention
during the past year at the American
Museum of Natural History through
the fact that the museum procured
several hundred teeth of this species
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
(scientifc American.)


IT is perhaps not generally realized
that some species of sharks are among
the hugest Of marine animals. yet it is
a fact that certain of them among
them can be compared only with the
whale. These giant sharks, however,
are not we'll known: they are very
rare; turn up in most ut-of-the-way
places and usually disintegrate before
they can he carefully measured or
studied. Tie largest species living at
the present day are the great whale
shark and the basking shark. The
former is known from specimens
stranded at various times at the Cape
of Good Hope. on the coasts of India.
Peru, lower California, the Pacific
archipelagoes. and. most recently,
Florida. 1t is thus Very widely dis
tributed. 1t attains a length of over
80 feet: a speciment taken in the
Seychelles in 1863 was measured and
found to be owe As feet. and others
recorded from the same locality by a.
reliable observer We're over so. For
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

that the station is open at all times.
3. To provide for government con-
troll Of the wireless zones, so that in
case of accidents or G.. q. n. calls the
messages may reach their proper des-
tination without irresponsible inter-
ference.
If the senate hearings have had
any beneficial result. 1t is in giving
the stamp Of authority to what was
already known No good can come,
however, from further red tape. The
thing to do is to enact the laws that
will prevent a repetition OF such a
disaster.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

a son being appointed by a judge to
! defend his own mother or a charge
Of murder. He Is ignorant of the fact
! that his client is his mother. and she
Of her relationship to the youth fight
ing for her freedom. Because of a
desire to prevent the story of her mis-
fortune ever reaching her sons ears,
she refuses to speak a word in her
defense. and on ccount Of the mys-
terry surrounding her. is known only
as Madame ""
Elsie Janis.
Miss Elsie Janis, appearing in what
is reported to be the best vehicle yet
provided for her, The Slim Princess"
will make her first hid for local APP
prevail at the Metropolitan theatre,
Thursday, May 9. Miss Janis. who for
three or foul seasons was known ms
the wonder child of the American
stage. by reason Of her marvellous
mimetic ability as demonstrated in
her limitations and characterizations
Of famous actors and actresses of
Europe and America. has now gradu-
ated to full stellar honors as a o
m%edienne and at the early age of
twenty-one occupies a position of note
in the constellation of theatrical
stars.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

ever possible. Nature manages to
see that countless millions of eggs
never hatch successfully, and it is
left for mankind to see that such flies
as do survive are exterminated.
Man has brought upon himself the
duty of exterminating flies because he
has t~houghtlessly aided the fly in its
multiplication. In the first place he
has killed off h natural enemies of
the ny-the birds. which II alise
would consume them by the billion.
Human beings in their carelessness
leave meat n vegetable foods lying
about for the insect to breed in.
Horses in the city, pig-pens. out-hous-
es. chicken runs. etc, in the country
provide ideal places for the laying
and Matching Of eggs. AS man has
been SO much kinder to the fly than
nature meant to be. he must make
war or suffer forever from the pest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

entire bulk of our earth is only $780,
944,035.515 cubic miles. So the flies
would make another world as big as
our earth and there would be enough
to spare almost to make a moon be-
sides.
OF course these figures assume that
each fly is a mother fly, capable of
laying eggs, whereas half the flies
would be male flies, and have no di-
rect offspring. But. on the other
hand. the figures given above are
vastly inadequate and do not begin to
be big enough. This will be seer
when it is realized that each one of
the flies in the above calculation is
only allowed to lay one batch of eggs,
whereas she is entitled to lay four
patches of eggs. and each Of these
three extra patches of eggs might
hatch out into flies and GO on laying
their four patches of eggs.
Now. of course. all the eggs a fly
lays do not hatch out. and that fort
unate fact is what saves us from such
a pest of flies as would ruin the
world. But the lesson Of all this is
that every fly should be killed when
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

"Ma1Iamc ""

With a splendid company and COM
plete scenic production, Henry w.
Savage will offer at the Metropolitan
on Monday Bisson's celebrated drama
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

"MadameN." which has scored n of
the mos remarkable successes in the
be presented here in the identical
manner even tn III slightest detail.
The state herald., 1912-03-15

Evidently tho Indians were 40 trou.
blcsomc as 10 interrupt all traiiio with
Santa Fc and the more western forts.
The slowncss OF their progress was
on account OF the General. whose con
di,ion became worse In spite Of Fair
bnin'a nnHiduoua attentions, With no
medicine tho doctor could do but little
TO relieve the nuncringa OF tho older
man. although no declared that his
illness was not serious one. and
would yield quickly to proper medical
treatment They constructed n rude
uAyoin from limhs OF tho cottonwood.
and securely strapped him thereon.
one man leading the horse. while the
doctor trampcd behind.
Keith. fretting more and moro over
this necessary delay. and now OBJ
renaed with tho thought that HRwlcy
mus, have rejoincd hiH party on the
Arkansas and gone south with them.
finally broke away from the others
and rode ahead. 10 gather together tho
necessary horses and supplies In ad'
vance Of their arrival lie could not
drive from bis mind the remembrance
OF tho gamblers attempted familiarity
with Hope. whom he had her. m ho
then supposed. safe In hia power once
before In that lonely cabin on the Bal,
The state herald., 1912-03-15

NJ. Ncb. having charge OF tho single
packhorsc. the scout Bris,oc. and tho
two cowboys OF the Bar x" rough.
wiry fellow. accustomed TO expo
suro and peril. II was emphatiealiy n
lighting outiit. and TO be trusted In
emergency,
They followed tho cattle trail south
toward the Sal, Fork. M this courne
would afford them n camp at tho only
waterholc In all that wide doscr, ly.
ing between. with this certainty OF
water. they yontured TO press their
animals TO hwif,er pace. although tho
hand made travelling heavy. and the
trail itAelf was scarcely diheornIblc.
II was a hard. wcarinomo ride. hour
after hour through the same r'lil.
dfoAry landscape Of douolation. the
hot. remornolesa sun beating down
upon them. rejecting up into their
biiaterod faces from the hot surfnco Of
sand. There was scarcely breath Of
mir. and the bodies OF men and horses
were bathod In perppirntion Not
cloud hung In the blue aky. no wing
of u bird broke the monotony Of dis,
,anee. no living animal ofept across
the blazing surface Of the desert Oc.
oasionhliy n distant mirage attracted
tho eye. making tho dead reality even
The state herald., 1912-03-15

Bristoe, creeping about on hands and
knees, studied the signs with the eyes
Of an Indian.
whar the ground is soft. Cap" he said.
pointing to some tracks palmer than
the others. This yere hoss had a
rider, but the rest Of 'em was led;
thet's why they've bungled up ther
trail SO. An 1t want ther same
bunch thet went back east what come
from thar-see thet split hoof! thar
amt no split hoof p'inting ther other
way-but yere is the mark of the crit
ter thet puts her foot down so fur
outside thet we've been q trailin' from
Sheridan, an she's printing east. an
being led. Now. let's see War the
bunch went from we're with thet split
hoof."
This was not SO easily accom-
plished owing to the nature of the
ground, but at last the searchers
stumbled onto tracks close In under
the bank, and one of these revealed
the split hoof.
THAT makes It clear, Ben" ex-
claimed Keith, decidedly. staring out
across the river at the white sand
hills. They have kept on the edge of
the water. making for the ford. which
is yonder at the bend. They are out
in the sand desert by this time riding
for the Salt Fork. Whoever he was.
the fellow brought them Ave horses.
again on the trail. The girl is still
with the party. and we'll go into Car
son City and reoutflt"
The state herald., 1912-03-15

Fork. Now, angry with bafiied ampl-
tion, and victim of her trickery.
there was no guessing to what ex-
tremes the desperate might resort.
The possibilities of such situation
made the slightest delay In rescue an
agony almost unbearable. Reaching
Carson City, and perfectly reckless as
to his own safety there from arrest,
the plainsman lost no time In perfect
ing arrangements for pushing for
ward. Horses and provisions were pro-
cured. and he very fortunately discov-
cred In town two cowboys belonging
to the Bar X" outfit. their work there
accomplished and about ready to re-
turn to the ranch on the Canadian.
who gladly allied themselves with his
party, looking forward to the posi-
bilities of fight with keen anticipa-
ton. Keith was more than ever de-
lighted with adding these to his outfit,
when. on the final arrival of the 9th
ers, the extra man brought from Sher-
idan announced that he had had
enough. and was going to remain
there. No efforts made revealed any
knowledge of Hawley's presence In
Carson City; either he had not been
there. or else his friends were very
carefully concealing the fact The ut
ter absence of any trace. however. led
Keith to believe that the gambler had
gone elsewhere-probably to Fort
Larned-for his new outfit. and this
belief left him more fully convinced
than ever of the fellows efforts to
conceal his trail.
The party escorting Waite reached
the town in the evening. and In the
following gray dawn the adventurers
forded the river. and mounted on fresh
horses and fully equipped. headed
forth into the sand hills. The little
company now consisted of Keith. Fair
balm. who. in spite of his rotundity
of form had proven himself hard and
The state herald., 1912-03-15
Humorous Thrust.

The savage chief held glitterlng
spear near the captive missionary.
do you like this?"
His tone was not facetious, but the
captive was undismayed
Well If you ask me-
He glanced at the weapon, the pro-
pinquity of which was not comforting.
1T goes against my stomach"
Unfortunately, however, the cap
tive was in locality where there is
no market for humor, and the end
came soon.