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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
living Price
STILL SOARING
Robert M. McWade.

Bismarck Tribune Washington Blu
reau.
WASHINGTON, May lin the
commodities that go to make up the
staple features of the domestic break
fast or dinner table the prices at
Washington are soaring skyward att
such rapid rate as to compel t4
frugal housewives, and even tho
who are not a bit inclined towards
frugality, to sit up and take notice.
And in this connection, it is note
worthy that in queer effort to side
step the blame for this upward jump
in the prices OF fresh meats both
wholesalers and retailers are handy
ing caustic remarks with each other,
largely through the media of their
customers, who, however, are not re-
ceiving a penny's worth of benefit by
the repartee or a Solid ounce of ma
terial comfort in the way of added
weight or compromising cheapness.
To the assertions of the retailers
that they are literally ecr"-3 IS. Il: II
crease their rates on account Of the
much higher prices demanded by the
wholesalers, the latter answer that
a slight fractional advance in whole.
sale rates made necessary by scarcity
of product, is quickly seized on by
the retailers, and as an excuse and
an opportunity to send their prices
away up IN the clouds. The butchers
tell US that while spring lambs are
going up in prices there will be no
decrease before July l. and legs Of
lamb are selling at % and 80 cents
a pound; French shops at As and up
wards; loin chops at 80 cents; sad
4les from rs to IS cents; and stew
lamb from 20 to Is cents.
Veal outlets fetch IS cents and
more a pound, while veal chops are
gobbled up at 80 cents: roast "a
cents; breast, 20 to % cents; sweet
breads Is cents to a dollar. Frying
and broiling chickens bring 40 cents
a pound; stewing chickens % cents,
and the sort of chickens that would
turn Grand Rapids meat axe sell
readily at 20 and 81 cents. Turkeys
are % to 80 cents a pound; domestic
ducks 80 and "a cents a pound, and
wild ducks 80 cents to a dollar pair.
Beef keeps at the same progress
sive rise; prime roast ribs, 80 cents;
chuck roast, 20 cents; porterhouse
steak 40 cents; round steak rs to ~
cents; hamburger steak anywhere
from % cents up; loin steak % and
"a cents; and the kind called stewing
beef, made up of "all sorts,' 10 cents.
1t is pleasant to be able to add that
the tendencies are to still higher
rates.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17

ject. 1t is his duty to review the
papers, make report to the con.
gress and also present his conclu-
sions, if ne cares to.
The congress will be divided into
two sections, inland navigation and
ocean navigation. The questions
enumerated in the foregoing will be
discussed first in the sectional meet
ing and will then be reported to the
general meeting and voted upon.
Discussion in the meetings may be
carried on in three languages, Eng.
lish, French and German.
A feature of the congress will be
visits of inspection by the foreign
members to interesting engineering
works in the United States. These
trips are now being arranged.
Congress, the legislature o. Penn
sylvania and councils of the city OF
Philadelphia have made liberal ap
preparations to defray expenses in
connection with the Navigation Con-
gress and to entertain the foreign
visitors.
The opening meeting will be held
at the Metropolitan Opera House
where President Taft will be the
principal speaker.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
BAPTIST CONVENTION
IS DRAWING Interest
Robert M. McWade.

bismarck lrlOune washington Bu
reau.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Baptist
clergy and laity at the National Cap
ital are, like their fellow churchmen
al over the land, deeply interested
in the proceedings Of the Northern
Baptist Convention, which is sche-
duled to be held at Des Moines, To-
wa, May % to 20, inclusive, for there
the American Baptist Home Mission
Society will celebrate its eightieth
anniversary, it's veteran correspond
ing secretary, Rev. Dr. H. L. Moore
preaching the anniversary sermon.
The combined debts of the home
and foreign societies, forming part
of the convention, amount to $4,000
and some vigorous preliminary work
is being done to see if this sum can
not be raised, either wholly or in
part, during or prior to the conven-
ton. 1t should be remembered in this
connection that Baptists are making
tremendous strides o. late in business
methods, THE saving of missionary
money, and the increasing Of etficien-
cy.
Under old methods, each society
sent out its agents to present its
cause. Two or more salaries were
paid, car fares run up. Under the
new plans, Baptists have now five
joint secreta-yships, and three as.
tional ones are soon to be named.
The existing ones are located at Chi
cago, for the West and Southwest;
in West Virginia. Ohio, Wisconsin
and the Yellowstone country. In one
of the new secretaryships, the Amer
lean Baptist Publication Society w..
join. Joint secretaries combine all
Baptist causes, and save salaries and
car fare, while presenting unity to the
churches and securing ADLER repre-
SentatiVeS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
PRESBY1ER|ANS
HOLD ASSEMBLY
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 17.-The
General Assembly Of the Presbyter
! ian church in the United States Of
America opened at the Warren Ave
| nue. Presbyterian church this morn
ing with a sermon by the retiring
Moderator, Rev. J. F. Carson, of
Brooklyn.
The doctor took his text from Hag
gal 1:7S-"Thus saith the Lord OF
hosts; consider your ways. Go up to
the mountain, and bring wood, and
build the house; and will take pleas
ure in it, and will be glorified, said
the Lord"
He said in part:
The Prophetic Call to the church is
a summons to frank and fearless
facing of actual conditions. The tenn
per Of criticism is alert nour day,
and the church seems to be the spe-
cial object of its attack. We are told
that it has lost its hold upon he life
of today. would remind you that
such things have been said about the
church in every age. But, despite all
the criticism, the church abides and
today stands forth with as fine and
fair front to her work, with as
genuine and generous an enthusiasm
for her work as she ever had.
Yet there are conditions in church
life and work that call for serious
consideration. The tone of religious
life needs strengthening. If what we
see on the surface is true to fact
there are many who keep up the out
ward semblance while the fire has
gone out on the inner altar
The Prophetic Call to the church is
for deeper and more genuine Chris
tian living; for more Of the religious
homelife, with its family altar, its
Bible and it's psalm; for more reli'
gious training Of the child in the
knowledge of the Scriptures and in
the love of God, for more emphasis
upon the church as the center of re.
ligious worship, more faithful at
tendance upon the public services OF
the scnatuary and upon the meetings
for social prayer
The comparatively small number of
accessions to the church on confess
sion. of faith sound a note of warning
and appeal. The Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly is authority for
the statement that "of our 10,051
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
HIS WIFE a TITANIC SURVIVOR.
She Sailed to Rejoin Her Immigrant
Husband Without Notifying Him.

ESCANABA, Mich, May 17-That
his wife, whom he believed to be in
their old home in Austria, was sur.
vivor of the Titanic, was the inform.
alton received by John Miskova, a
laborer of this city. Miskova planned
to bring his family to this country.
His wife, to surprise him, started
from Austria without notifying him,
and took passage in the i'll fated ship.
AS the Tintanic WAS sinking, Mrs.
Miskova waSplaced IN boat with 9th
er passengers. They were picked up
by the Carpathia. Mrs. Miskova was
placed in hospital in New York.
She had last heard from her husband
as in Wisconsin. Recently he chang
ed his residence, and after search
was located here Mrs. Miskova still
is in the hospital, but will soon join
her husband here.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
TALK COAL PEACE,
Anthracite Miners Convention Prob
ably Will Reach Agreement
With the Operators.

W1LKESBARRE Pa, May H.
The tri.district convention of antnra-
cite miners, called to consider the
proposed new wage arrangement
agreed upon in New York early this
month, was in session for less than
an hour this morning and took a re-
cess.
There appeared to be strong feel
ing among the men that the conven-
ton will take such action as will
speedily end the suspension of min
ing in force for more than six weeks.
The majority of the national and dis
trict leaders are in favor OF ratifying
the agreement, but most of the dist
riot board members are opposed to it..
National President White was cnos-
en- president of the convention.
The five hundred delegates gave
Mr.. White a warm welcome. He COM
plimented the anthracite mine work
ers for the peaceful manner in which
they have conducted the situation
during the six weeks of illness.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17

Ten Million in Eight Years Seiqnfor.
age, Exchange, and Interest.

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Ten mil,
lion dollars in net profits from seign-
forage on silver coinage, sale of drafts
and interest on gild deposits. is the
record Of the Philippine treasury. &C
cording to Bureau of 1nsular Affairs
statement. Modern financing was in
troduced there eight years ago, and
since profits have aggregated more
than As per cent of the outstanding
circulation. Reserve for the mainte.
nance of the gold standard, having
climbed to be per cent, is to be re-
duced to IS per cent. to meet the ex-
cess in the treasury.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17

Some of the counties seem to be
overrun with candidates this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
STEPNEY

Mr. Homer suterland has returned to his home after spending a few days as the guest of MT. and Mrs. Fred Sutherland
 Miss Carolyn Osborne is substitut- ing as teacher in the Elm street school, the regular teacher, Miss Edith Wales being confined to her home with the humps.
 Miss Mae F>reeborne of Easton is spending a week with Mrs. Arthur J. Hull
 The dance which was to. have been held in Eastwoods hall on May 9th has been postponed and will be held at a later date in Stains hall. Long Hill.
 social will be held in the Metho- dist church parlors, on Friday even ing. The playlet given by the Junior Kings Daughters will be repeated, and other pleasing features added to the program.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward s. Beardsley visited in Bridgeport last week. and attended the Housatonic grange in Stratford on Saturday evening.
 Quite a fire occurred in the woods near the East Side settlement on Sum- day evening Several men were fight ing the fire and late in the evening succeeded in putting it out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
EVERYBODY'S READING IT
 HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?

Are you reading it; reading what? Why the wonderful story of the wreck of the Titan which began in The Far mer of yesterday and which will con- tinue nightly until completed. Re- member as you read and while your thoughts sorrowfully drift to the awful fate of the Titanic that the story you are reading was written more than IA years ago when there was no prac- tical idea of building so gigantic sea traveller as the lost Titanic. Truly this tale in the light of what all the world now knows is most amazing. Read it for yourself and you will then know. The Farmer has acquired the exclusive rights for the story in this city. If you have not already done so order The Farmer now from your nearest newsdealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02

The members of the Juniors Com. mercial class yesterday afternoon in dulged in a short hand test.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02

In a fire drill of the Commercials, held Tuesday afternoon, the school building was emptied in just 52 sec onds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
REMINGTON U. M. c. &
 COMPANY PRINTERS

The printers of the U. M. c. Go. hold their Third Annual Big Time and Dance at Colonial hall, Friday even ing May 3rd. The committee has spared no pains in making this the biggest hit of the season Konstance has been engaged to furnish the mu- sic. while the Park City Four will do the singing. Members of the com- mittee are Miss Bessie Monahan and Irene O. Hara and Michael Fitzhenry will manage the affair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
Students Of B. H. s.
 And Their DoingS

A new prize to be competed for by the Juniors and Seniors of the school has been announced. Essays must be written on prescribed subjects to win this prize of nearly ten dollars, the interest on couple of hundred dol lars left by the graduate class of 1911. The subjects deal with the Civil War and have been posted in the Junior and Senior rooms.
 Yesterday the students were grant ed their much agitated for and desir- ed recess. In order to help keep the lawn in a good condition the students were willing to keep off the grass in front of the school.
 The fourth period freshmen held a debate this morning in Room 3. The topic under discussion was, resolved, ..That the army has been of more benefit to the United States than the navy
 At special meeting of the Athletic O'Neil "A was elected as assistant baseball manager. The meeting was one of the best attended of the year, over one hundred members being pres ent This is a sign that interest in the doings of the association is grow ing.
 The afternoon freshmen boarding in Room 9, observed Raisin Day last Tuesday afternoon. Led by "Chet" Osborne they brought all the raisins that they could find and all, includ- ing the girls of course, had a grand feast.
 The time allowed for the filling out of the schedule blanks has been pro- longed until Friday. This was done to allow the underclassmen an oppor- tunity to secure advice on the selec- tion of courses of study
 The members of the Junior Physics class are studying mirrors, at the present The work requires great deal of experimenting and gazing tn- to mirrors which the Juniors greatly enjoy.
 In a fire drill of the Commercials, held Tuesday afternoon, the school building was emptied in just 52 sec onds.
 The members of the Juniors Com mercial class vesterdav afternoon in- dulged in a short hand test.
 Three anonymous short poems were recently left on the desk Of Principal Simonds. It has been stated that they are not at all bad and, if the writer will but disclose his name. may be printed in the Criterion.
 The afternoon freshmen Academies are quite up-to-date in the subject they have chosen for debate, a sub- ject which at the present time is of world wide interest. It is, resolved, "That Ismay is responsible for the Titanic disaster The. leaders of the affirmative and negatives sides are Edward Leary and Clarence Heating, respectively. The chairman will be John McNamara and the judges, the Misses Lee and Mendelsohn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02

Three anonymous short poems were recently left on the desk of Principal Simonds It has been stated that they are not at all bad and, if the writer will but disclose his name may be printed in the Criterion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
Notice

For forty-six years we have Deen conducting business at the same v.u location, corner of Main and Jonn Private Rank has been established there continuously We have received end paid out on demand without ao- no iice millions of dollars of money oe- rostted with ne and we continue to receive money subject to deposls0r rhcck at sight. on which which, we ereeaites; sIaHT n each account monthly. We solicit he accounts of individuals. business men fIrms and corporations and aII who want a hank account where Iney ran deposit money. checks or draits. and leave it for one day ,one week. one month or one year. and draw interest on 1t for any time 1t Is left with uS: We give to tho business our careIu. c.r-n,aI .ftentiou as the oldest firm of private bankers in this state. ''''
 T. L. WATSON 6 co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
CoUNTERFETTs IN EGYPT.
Sensation Caused in Cairo by Dis
covery of Forged Bank Notes.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
CAIRO, March ., 1912.
A sensation has been caused In COM
mercial and native circles by the news
that forged 500 banknotes were in cir
culation. The first forgery was discovered
recently, but the fact was kept q secret,
only the principal banks being conf
dent1ally advised by the National Bank
Of Egypt. Later, however, two forged
notes turned up at the mixed court OF
appeal, and then the matter became
public.
So far about thirty false notes have
been discovered, many OF them at the
different banks. and the majority Of them
actually at the National Bank Of Egypt
itself. They are a perfect imitation OF
the genuine note. and the excellence OF
the workmanship expen ded on them is
shown by the fact that even the cash.
iers Of the National Bank Of Egypt were
deceived.
1t is impossible to say how many false
notes are in circulation, but the close
scrutiny which is taking place will cause
them to turn up shortly. They must have
been circulated at least eight months
ago. as one of them bears the date stamp
of last August of one Of the banks.
The National Bank of Egypt has the
and the Soudan The notes are issued in
the denomina lions of $500, $3.50, $50, SD
and 81.
All of the 500 notes are Cancelled on
their return. 1t was only the fact that
a duplicate number came in to be can
celed that caused the forgery to be dis
covered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
From the indianapolis News.

= ~AsA@eA@RVAAo
Thirteen years ago q medico-scientific
body was founded in Germany to deter
mine what those diseases historically men.
toned really were and what their success
sors Of today may be, together with their
variants. This movement simply regards
all matter of historical Significance, how
ever trivial it may seem. as worthy of
careful study, following which there has
come and will continue to come new in
now represented by organized effort In
several countries in Europe. In this con-
nection the New York Medical Record
notes that in the old civilization plaques
Of animal origin ragged UNDECIDED because
Of ignorance of hygiene; that most Of the
diseases originating in animals were
prevalent In remote epochs, when men
shared their houses, not with cats and
dogs alone, but with all the domestic an
finals, to a degree hardly conceivable
today.
Now 1t is established that bubonic
plague Is a disease primarily Of rats. The
plague of ancient Athens has been COM
pared with modern typhus. Erysip elias In
ease now commonly associated with cat
tie ard sheep and variously termed an
thraX, splenic fever. wool sorters' dis
ease, etc. Richter believes that our
knowledge of the beginning of smallpox
may be carried back several centuries
beyond tho period Of its modern recogni-
ton, and that 1t would appear that SO far
from having been derived originally from
India and China, Il was first heard Of
among Christianised Ethiopians and en-
tered from AEabae a. Africa bofe1o the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
H. Linden WheatIey Charged
With RifIing Mail.
POSTAL CLERK GIVES BAIL
Testimony in Sinclair Fairfax Suit
Is Begun in the Cir
cult Court.
POSTAL CLERK GIVES BAIL
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va, April 8. 1912.
III. Linden Wheatley. mailing clerk at
the city post Office, arrested early yester-
day afternoon by Post Office INSPECTORS
Hal B. Mosby and James B. Robertson on
a charge of ridfng decoy letter of IS. to-
day appeared before United States Com
missioner r. p. w. Garrett and gave a
temporary bail bond in the sum Of 81, 900
for his appearance at IL o'clock Thursday
morning for a preliminary hearing. DR..
q. A. German signed his surety bond.
The arrest OF Wheatley was made after
he had completed his labors at the local
post office. It is alleged by the in
spectors that he extracted s. from a de-
coy letter mailed from Richmond to At
lantic City. and purposely missent to this
city. 1t also is alleged that after taking
the money he resealed the letter.
The money alleged to have been taken
consisted OF one five and three one dollar
bills previously marked by the INSPECTORS
by prearranged plan. Wheatley, after
being taken in custody by the inspector,
returned with them to the postoflce and
turned over what money he had in his
possession, 1926. The INSPECTORS took
possession Of 8 Of this amount. returning
to him the sum Of $1.2h
It is understood that Wheatley denies
the charge. and asserts that he will prove
his Innocence.
It is said that inspectors for some time
past have been engaged in working on
cases of missing articles from the local
postoffice.
Wheatley is about thirty years old and
was appointed to the position Of mailing
clerk in the local postofflce in 1905, and
was receiving q salary of SLIGO a year.
being regarded as an efficient clerk. The
announcement OF his arrest came as q
surprise to his friends. Wheatley is a
child at 416 South Lee street.
Postmaster ]. A. Egghorn was present
at the time of the arrest and the examt-
nation Of Wheatey by the inspectors.
Sinclair Suit Under Way.
The taking Of testimony in the case
OF e. L. Sinclair against Fairfax & Co.
of this city was begun this morning
in the circuit court for this city be-
fore Judge Thomas w. Harrison Of
Winchester. Va.
The suit involves the purchase price
of eighty barrels CT liquor. amounting
to about $4,000, which Fairfax & Co.
refused to accept, alleging that it did
not come up to specifications.
The case was heard here November
last. and a jury, after celebrating two
days, disagreed. Judge Thornton pre-
sided at tho time. and this time he re-
quested the governor to designate an
other Judge to sit Ia the case.
Tho plaintiff 70 repfseented By At
tes0e0S ! - . xettA e WssSsnt9ns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
BOYS EMPTY SCHOOLS.
Strike in Southern Slav Provinces
Due to One Being Hurt.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Fofeign correspondence Of The Star.
VIENNA, March 26, 1912.
During the last week there has been
An epidemic of schoolboys' strikes in
Croatia, and the movement has now
spread to Bosnia. Herzegovina and Dali
malta, so that all the upper schools in
the southern Slav provinces are empty
The strike began at Agram, owing to
q schoolboy being hurt by the police
during the dispensing Of an anti-gov-
eminent demonstration. The banus Of
Croatia threatened the boys with being
kept back during the holidays to make
up the time lost, and kilograms were
then sent by specially formed strike
committee to all the boys high schools
In the provinces of Austria and Hun
gary, where the Croatian and Servian
languages are spoken.
Many girls schools and some ele-
schools Joined the movement,
and instead of attending school, the
boys and girls have been marching in
through the streets of
Ragusa, Serajevo. Mostar and Agram.
to mention only the big towns. At
Serajevo some of the children in the
and ORTHODOX schools re-
fused to come out, so hundred youth
full strikers broke into the classrooms
Of the "blacklegs," and, after much
lighting, drove them out into the
streets.