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The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17

J.. H. Breum of Richard ton was ir
the city Sunday.
C. C. Owens was in Bismarck this
week on business.
Wanted at once-Chamber maid, also
| good cook. Mrs. T. E. johnson, Me.
dora. 8-17-3l
Wanted-girl for general housework
in modern home, no children. Mrs. L.
A. Davis. Shift
A. H. Arnett was visiting and look
ing after some business matters in this
locality the past week.
The Bijou' theatre was showing q
splendid film the first of the week, en-
titled THE Outcast." The theatre was
crowded al every show.
L. S. Read is having a months vaca-
ton from his duties in the local U. S.
land Office which he is spending in the
Twin Cities and at Lisbon, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gardner and Mrs.
Bill Abrahamson of Daglum were guests
last Saturday and Sunday of MI. and
Mrs. j. McAndress. They came in by
auto.
The Altar Society and St.. Anthony
society of St. Joseph's church. also the
members of St. Joseph's band enjoyed 8
splendid picnic about a mile south Of
the city last Sunday.
Floyd Stults of Excelsior. MIMI, who
has been visiting the Walter Sterland
and P. F. Suits families for about two
weeks. went up to Gaylord to visit al
the Clara lowery farm for some time.
Leo Francis. the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Cain. was baptized on
Tuesday by Rev. FIR. Groetschel. Miss
Margaret Cain and Thos. Cain, aun,
and uncle of the baby, acted as spon-
sors.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Gobius of Bel
field were in the city on Wednesday.
Mr.. G0bius, resident manager of the
Holland Dakota. .Landbouw Co. was look
ing after some business matters in the
city during the day. ri
Miss Mary Chernausek is spending
several days this week visiting at the
home of her brother. Druggist Nm
Chernausek. She is en- route from her
vacation spent at her old home in Min
nesota to Everett, WASH, where she is
a teacher in the public schools.
Geo. w. Meyers of Townsend, Mont,
was returning last Saturday from Chi
cago. where he had attended the Third
party convention as state delegate.
MIR. Meyers resided in Medora for many
years and stopped owe a day to see
old friends and to look after cattle in
terests.
Mrs. Mildred Dobson and son came
up from Mott last Saturday where they
were visiting her sister, Mrs. W. F.
Griswold, for about three weeks. They
will visit about two weeks with the S.
S. Sutherland family and other friends
in the city before returning to theil
home in San Diego, California.
Early in September E. Baron. Van
Heedrhtot Eversberg and A. Colyn, di.
rectors of the Holland Dakota Land.
bouw Co.. will arrive in Belfeld to look
after business interests. The former
gentleman was out from Holland twice
last year and MIR. Colyn has also beer
in this country. They sail from Am
sterdam on the oath of August.
Mrs. Agnes Geppert and two children
left this week for Mandan, where the!
will visit Mrs. Geppert's sister for som'
time. They may also visit another sis
ter at Jamestown before returning
Mrs. Geppert was feeling jubilant owe
the fact that her farm south of the cit!
was not in the belt of Sunday night
hail storm.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
FOR SALE

Seven room house with hot water
heat. Inquire at No. 145 Sims street.
J. A. McAndress. .. S-1O-2t
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17

Wanted-competent girl for general
house work. Mrs. Welton Mcdonald.
6-2-2tf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
THE WEATHER FOR JUNE.
Rainfall Shown Is Considerably Below
Normal

Jacksonville monthly report issued
by the Mississippi department of the
weather bureau shows that the average
rainfall in the state during the month of
June was 2~53 inches, as compared with
normal of 4.99 inches. The precipita-
tion was very scattered, only few gen.
eral rains occurring. As an instance,
Jackson's rainfall showed a total of sos
inches. The accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January 1st is 1.33 in.
The average temperature for the
month was &c degrees, as compared with
a normal of 875 degrees. The absolute
June maximum shown for forty years is
1o1 degrees, and the absolute minimum
50 .1egrees. During the month just pass
&c }the highest temperature was 80 on
the nth, the lowest SO on the 2Oth, the
gretaest daily range 20 on the 1st, and
the least daily range on the 18th.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
JURISDICTION ON RIVER
THE FAMOUS wHISKEY BOAT CASE
ENDED.
The State Supreme Court Sustains Va
idity of Agreement Between Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.

Jackson.-In lengthy opinion read
by Chief Justice Mayes the supreme
court sustained the constitutionality of
the statutes enacted by legislatures of
Mississippi and Arkansas, each state
ceding to the other concurrent jurisdic-
tion on Mississippi river in order to sup
press illicit liquor traffic.
The defendant, Barney Cunningham,
sold liquor on ferryboat floating on
the river, keeping on the Arkansas side
of the stream, but getting his chief pa
tronage from the Mississippi side, di-
rectly in front of the town of Tunica.
The decision of the court overrules
the decision of the trial judge, who held
that Cunningham was not guilty, and
discharged him from custody. The state
took an appeal, and Chief Justice Mayes
directs that hereafter prosecutions for
violations of the state laws on the ter
ritory of the Mississippi river, included
within the compact between this state
and Arkansas, be conducted with this
decision.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
SUMMER NCRMALS CLOSEI
THE SCHOOLS FOR WHITES ENDED
TERMS JULY 4 AND 5.
Four Summer NormaIs for Whites and
Two for Colored Have Accomplished
More Than in Other Terms.

Jackson.-On July 4 and the four
summer normal schools for white teach
ers came to a cclose. These were lo-
Gated at the University OF Mississippi,
Clinton, Brookhaven and Newton.
The two for colored teachers were lo-
Gated at Alcorn College and Prentiss
College.
More has been accomplished at the
present term of summer normals than
ever before. The attendance of gradu-
ates has exceeded that of any previous
session, and more interest has been
shown by the people interested in edu1
cational affairs.
Consolidation of rural schools has been
a prominent subject this year, and others
as imperative. 1t is said that Missis@
sippi is now becoming recognizedr
through the ability of its educational
leaders, as among those of the front rank
in educational improvement in every
way. |
The canning and tomato club branch
of the educational work, particularly, is
attracting the attention of others from
all parts of the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
tN ONE EVENT YANKEES HOIST
OLD GLORY TO TOP OF
THREE POLES.
FEAT IS NEW STANDARD TEST
Craig, Meyer and Lippincott Heroes
of the Day--Indian Thorpe
Shines When He Wins
"PentathIon."

Stockholm, Sveden.-The stars and
stripes waved in great glory for the
United States by reason of the victo-
ries of it's athletes.
"Old Glory was frequently unfurled
to view at the head of the mast where
colors of the victors were raised at
the London Olympiad, but they
achieved triumph never before wit
messed on an international athletic
field.
Three fagstaffs are erected in the
Stockholm stadium, where the colors
of the different nations scoring first,
second and third in the final contest
of each event are hoisted.
When the 100-meter sprint-the
event most honored on athletic fields
everywhere-had finished the Ameri-
can flag went up on the first staff, on
the second and on the third.
Also Capture PentathIon.
R. C. Craig of the Detroit Y. M. c..
A., A. T. Meyer, Irish-American A. c.,
and d. f. Lippincott, University Of
Pennsylvania, were the men they rep
resented. Craig's time, 10 40, equals
the Olympic record.
One other great event captured by
a Yankee was the winning of the Pent-
athlon, the classic of all classics, Sc
ries of five difficult events. James
Thorpe Of the Carlisle Indian school
wors the penta tnsp.
The pentathi5I. vas Intended TO be
test of all-around prowess. When
this test was included in the Olympic
games conservative old-timers, Eng
lish and American, who heretofore had
dominated the field sports, regarded 1t
with suspicion as trick of the new
comers to gain points which We've not
contemplated In the original program.
The United States got the lions
share of the glory from this event.
At it's conclusion the first and third
stats fioated American flags and the
second Norway's.
Wins Sheridan Crown.
Thorpe, by his victory, won his posi-
ton as the legitimate successor OF
Martin ]. Sheridan as an all-round ath-
lete. Of those who entered this COM
petition the four Americans, Thorpe,
Brundage, Donaghue and Manaul.
started in all the events and stayed to
the end with the Norwegian, Me, the
Canadian, Lukeman, and the Ewede.
Wieslander.
The semi-final heats of 500 meters
and the try-outs for the running high
Jump, put the Americans in the po-
sition of practically owning these
events, six representatives of the
United States qualifying for the finals
in both exhibitions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
ORIGINATED IN A JOKE
EXPLANATION OF HORACE GREE
LEYs ADVICE, "Go WEST"
According to Statement Of Kansas City
Man, "saIted" Mines Gave the
Great Editor the inspiration
for Weli-known Words.

According to Isom c. Stephens, who
runs a little corner grocery store in
Kansas City, the famous advice of
Horace Greeley to go West" was
founded on fake bit of persuasion In
the form of nsalted" gold mine near
Denver, Colo
In the Spring of 1860 Mr.. Stephens
was in Denver-then a mere frontier
village whose chief enterprise was
gambling-at the time when Horace
Greeley made the town a visit. Steph-
ems was one of party Of six who
wasted considerable effort trying to
get real gold out Of the identical To-
cality where the early day promoters
produced extravagant wealth before
Mr.. Greeley's eyes. The ruse worked
admirably. 1t was good for several col
ufnns of the 60 west, young man"
stuff right off the New York editors
trenchant pen.
Mr. Stephens, by the way, has re-
markable record as pioneer. In four
different states he pioneered" years
In advance of the railway-Michigan.
Kansas, Colorado and North Dakota
Mr.. Stephens was born in log house
in the woods of Michigan In 1881.
'T got the gold fever early in 1860"
Mr. Stephens said. MY brother-in-iaw
had been in Denver the year previous
and had struck it rich In placer min
ing. We learned of excursion rates
of $40 from Atchison to Denver, which
were cheap in comparison with the
regular rates of 500 one way.
When We got to Denver the gold
fever was running high. Horace Gree
ley, editor of the New York Tribune.
and member of his staff were in
Denver. They sent back beautifully
worded stories of the grandeur of the
west, and the possibilities of getting
rich.. MY father had been subscrib-
er to The New York Tribune ever since
Ae Saffs our cs hcuse. ii The Aficni-
gan clearing In 1928.
Our party got tip on the mines
that Greeley had written about and we
went up near Boulder and tried our
luck The six of us showed a gross re-
turn of $127 worth of gold for the
weeks work Discouraged and half
starved, we trailed back to Denver.
Shortly after that we learned that
the gold mines had been 'salted' for
the purpose of arousing Mr.. Greeley's
enthusiasm
"Mr Greeley went back to New York
that spring. 1t was the season to put
ozone into the lungs of city man
and make him think there was no
place like the boundless west. He
left a staff writer in Denver that sum-
mer. I followed the trail back to the
states the same summer. A drought
had seized the land. Everything was
parched and brown. 1t was desolate-
looking landscape. After got back to
Michigan l read the rosy accounts OF
the western country in the New York
Tribune. but they didn't look good to
me. kansas City Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
ROBS BANK, KILLED BY POSSE
Citizens in Automobile Race With
Boy Bandit, Who Holds Them at
Bay-Leader of Posse Shot.

Mount Pleasant, Ia.-A lone
bandit, who entered the Rome Saw
ings bank at the little town of Rome,
shot Cashier F. W. Hileman and es-
capped with several hundred dollars,
was shot and instantly killed by a
posse which had been searching the
country in automobiles for the rob-
Der.
The bandit was identified here az
Charles Clark, scarcely 20 years old,
who had been living with relatives
here for several months. He was rid.
ing a horse and, upon seeing the ap-
preaching automobiles, turned in his
saddle and opened fire.
A running fight ensued. James o.
Laughlin, merchant OF Rome and
one of the leaders of the posse, re-
ceiyed a bullet in the hack, but his
injuries are not serious.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

Il KILLED IN A WRECK
EXPRESS CRASHES INTO REAR
OF PASSENGER TRAIN.
Engine of Express Plunges Half Way
Through Pullman of Sta
tionary Train.

Corning, N. Y-Thirty-five pas
sengers were killed and so injured
when an express train crashed into
the fast west bound Lackawanna pas
ssnger train No. 8, two miles east of
this city.
The passenger train, which runs
from New York to Buffalo, had been
standing on the track for 20 minutes,
when the express train, which carries
no passengers, struck it in the rear at
full speed.
The two day coaches attached to
the rear of No. were hurled down an
embankment and the express plunged
half way through the rear Pullman of
the standing train before it came to a
stop.
Several of the injured were pinned
under the wreckage for hours. At one
time there were so persons. many of
them injured fatally, lying on the
floor of the emergency room at the To-
cal hospital. Every undertaken in
Corning was called to help care for
the dead, but their wagons were first
pressed into service to carry the in
jured to the hospital.
The crowded passenger train was
held up by break in freight train
on the track dead ahead. No. IL came
along at the rate of go miles an hour.
William Shaver, the engineer, one sto-
ry said, failed to see the stalled train
ahead, because of a dense fog that
prevailed at the time The engine
crashed through the observation car
and telescoped three coaches ahead.
Most of the 35 killed were from
Scranton, Pa, and Newark, N. ].
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
HEAVY SHOWS BLOCK TRAINS
Trans-Andean Railway Closed to Traf-
fic and May Not Be Resumed
for TWO Months.

Washington, D. Continued
heavy snowfalls have completely
blocked the Trans-Andean railway,
which runs between Valparaiso and
Buenos Ayres, according to dispatch
es to the state department.
When the snow began falling gangs
of workmen were sent out to try to
keep the tracks clear, but the men
were overwhelmed by blizzard, and
bitter winds blew the snow back into
the cuts as fast as they were cleared.
Rotary plows have not availed, and
it is believed now the line can not be
cleared before August or September.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
D|R|G|BLE BURSTS; 5 DEAD
VANIMAN AND FOUR OTHERS EN-
vELOPED IN FLAMES.
Explosion Is Supposed to Have Been
Caused by Gas in Balloon Expand
ing Under Suns Rays.

Atlantic City, N. melvin Van
imam, his brother, Calvin Vani-
man; Fred Elmer, George Boultier
and Walter Guest were killed by the
explosion of the dirigible balloon Ak
ron, which burst while 1000 feet in
the air. The men fell into nine feet
Of water.
Mrs. Vaniman and the wives of
three members of the Akron's crew,
standing on the 'veranda of the Vani-
man cottage, near Brigantine Beach,
saw the great dirigible explode and
then dart down from mid-air. carrying
thasr huabardss to- DEAL
AS the mighty dirigib1e plunged
downward, body was seen to detach
itself from the blazing mass and fall
into the water SO feet from where the
balloon sank. It was recovered by
Councilman Harry Cook and A. T.
Bell, who put out in motor boat, and
identified as that of Calvin Vaniman,
brother of Melvin. The center dyna-
mo and the badly mutilated and
burned condition of the body showed
that the main force of the explosion
must have been directly opposite the
middle of the car.
The huge envelope, containing thou
sands of cubic feet of gas, was rent
by the terrific explosion, probably
caused by expansion from the suns
rays. 1t burst near the middle. A
mass of flames hid the ship from view.
For space of perhaps 10 seconds the
half million dollar dirigible was invis-
ible, while the air about the spot
where she had been lowering seemed
to be all flames
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
THREE KILLED; II INJURED
Interurban Cars With Fourth Picnick-
ers, Crashes Into Another
Near Tulsa, Okla.

Tulsa, Okla-Three persons were
killed and seventeen injured when
an interurban car crashed into
dead" gasoline car, quarter of
mile east of Sand Springs park. The
car was bringing 800 picnickers from
the fourth of July celebration to this
city. The airbrakes failed when the
motorman tried to stop his car. The
dead are: Carter Baxter and Miss
Mary Kubli of Tulsa, and an unidenti.
fed boy scout.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
AMERICAN SENTENCED AS SPY
Man to Serve Four Years at Hard
Labor in Germany for Attempt
ing to Sell Fort Plans.

Leipsig. Leopold Eilers, nat
uralized American from New Or
leans, was sentenced to four years at
hard labor in prison as spy, and
Miss Olga King, his alleged accom-
plice, to whom Eilers was engaged
to be married, was sent to Jail for six
months. 1t was charged that EiIers
attempted to sell to England certain
military secrets and plans of the for
tress of Helioland and that Miss
King aided him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
ASKS UNCLE FOR PARDON
Bride of Oklahoma Bank Cashier Now
in Prison Crculates Petition
for Husbands Release.

Sapulpa, Okla.-irhe pretty bride
OK 4 IEw months If r. S. West
fall, former cashier of the defunct
Creek Bank and Trust Co., now serv-
ing term in the state prison at Nc
Alester for making fraudulent reports
to the state bank lg board, is today
circulating a petition here to Gov.
Cruise asking pardon for her hus-
band for the balance OF the sentence,
six months.
The petition is being generally
signed. Gov. Cruise is Mrs. Westfall's
uncle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Babisn.

Babism was founded in Persia.
about 1886, by Sayid Mira ALI. He
took the name of Beb-ed-din (the gate
of the faith, whence he became
known as the "Bab," and his disciples
as the "Babis." The Bah, who during
his life maintained the highest reputa-
ton for purity and gentleness of char
acter. was murdered at Tabrfz. July 5.
1850. It will be impossible to give
here anything like an intelligent ac-
count of the teachings Of Babism. In
tensely mystical. 1t takes an Oriental
of the Orientals to even approximately
understand it, or to even halfway ex-
plain it. The Babis have teachers In
this country, and you might consult
them If you have desire to know
what the cult is.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
21IDEAD, 80 HURT IN WRECK
HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN PLUNGES
INTO PASSENGER.
Excursionists Caught Between Three
Engines and Crushed to Death
Coach Is Demolished.

Ligonier, Pa.-Twenty-one per-
sons were killed and thirty in
jured, a large number probably ia
tally, on the Ligonier Valley railroad,
one mile from here, when heavy
freight train crashed into passenger
train on the Wilpen branch Every
passenger on the train vas either
killed or injured One railroad nan
alone escaped uniniured.
A heavy train of coal cars, pulled
by two locomotives, was hBrrlng ~
Ligonier At a curve near tas Denny
race track the two trains cAnla fo-
gethar with q terrific cras pas
senger train consisted OF ans engine
and coach, and the heavy freight
engines plowed through the coach,
hurting passengers in all directions
A majority of the injured, thirty 10
all, were residents along the Wilpen
branch They were brought to hos
pitfalls here or sent to hospitals at
Pittsburg when it was found they
were in a critical condition.
The freight engines rioWed through
the wooden coach Crushing 1t as it
would paper. All the occupants were
hurled to the road bed.
Some fell in the path of the onrush-
ing engines, while others were i'm
bedded, partly in the cinders and
crushed stones beside the rails. The
first engine of the freight train
stopped soon after tearing through
the passenger train, turned half way
around and fell over on its side.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
SURVEYORS COMPLETE WORK.
Leake County at Last in Line to Get
Railroad.

Carthage.-At last the only county
in the state without a railroad is to
have one. The surveyors finished their
work here, having run three lines all
south of Pearl river, and they have
now moved camps to Laurel Hill on the
line of Neshoba county. It is under
stood that the line selected to build
the road on is the one running from
Lena, by way of Tuseala, Estes Mill,
Standing Pine, Free Trade and to Laurel
Hill. From there they go to Philadel-
phia, where they cross the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chicago railroad. 1t is stated
by the surveyors that the road will be
built in the next fifteen months.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Oxen In Europe.

Although the slow-plodding OK dis
appeared in the United States with
the passing of the prairie schooner" !"
he is still a popular draught animal
In Europe.
Switzerland is one of the best mar
kets for oxen. The Swiss peasant
finds them much better than horses
to plough the hard ground in Alpine
districts.
Oxen imported by Switzerland last
year numbered 1852. The average
p.ice paid was $40 an OK.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Talks Crop Adaptation.

Tylertown-J. F. Mckay OF the de-
partment of farmers institute and exs
tension work of the Agricultural College
of this state held q meeting with the
farmersand business men of Tylertown
here which was well attended.
Prof Mckay talked on topics vital to
this section of the country, especially on
crop adaptation to local farm conditions,
their preparation for market and the COZ
operation of farmers in marketing theu
goods.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Express Companies Stung

Jackson.-The railroad commission
fixed valuation of $4,000 per mile on
the intangible property, franchises, ETC..
of the Southern Express Company and
the American Express Company.
The personal property of the Southern
was fixed at s4,O2s, 900, and of the
American at S3,37S, $50. On this basis
the two corporations viii pay almost
double the taxes required of them last
year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
HOLD JOINT DEBATE.
z. S. Gambler, Jr, and H. S. Broyles
Discuss Issues.

Aberdeen.-Hon. E. S. Gambler, Jr.,
and H. S. Broyles met in joint debate
here before crowd estimated to be be-
tween $500 and 2,OOo people. The
speakers were introduced by Judge John
II. Mitchell, who presided.
Mr.. Broyles opened the debate. He
reviewed his record for the past twenty
one years as a member of the state leg
islature, and in stating the issues of the
campaign he said that he was running
on his own merit and that the canvass,
so far as he was concerned, would be
free of personalities. In closing his
speech he stated that in last years cam
paign everybody knew how he stood, and
that he demanded to know of Mr.. Can
dler how he stood.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
AMERICAN KILLED IN PANAMA
Marines and Soldiers Battle With Po-
lice at Fourth of July ceIebra-
tion-Ten Are Wounded.

Panama.-The report of a seri-
Gus brawl between the Panama
police and a number of United States
marines when the Americans were
celebrating the fourth Of July is con-
irmed
A fight occurred late in the even
ing, with the result that one Ameri-
can, r. w. Davis, vas killed, and two
American marines and six soldiers
belonging to the Tenth infantry reg
iment, as well as two American civil
ians, were wounded