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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
HDa TORY OF SCOTLAND YARD
HOW HOME OF THE FAMOUS DETECTIVE FORCE GOT IT'S
NAME. '

came down to London. After the
death of Queen Elizabeth. the Scottish
king, James L., came down to Lon
don to be the king of England and
Scotland, and Scotland Yard was no
longer necessary.
But names change slowly in Great
brltaln and consequently that particu-
lar corner OF Charine Cross was known
as Scotland Yard long after the orig
NAL palace had isappeared.
Well, Scotland yard-we're talking
or n police headquarters now, not
the palace-throve moderately we'll
for a number of centuries, and au-
thors even went so far as to go there
Tor the detectives they needed in their
friction. Dickens. for instance, Dor
rowed Inspector Bucket from Scot
and Ward. only changing his name
and his outward appearance a little,
n everybody thought Bucket was a
pretty good detective. Sherlock not
having come from the press yet.
scotland Yard indeed acquired SO
much business that 1t was necessary
70 move into a new house about 1890.
rms new Gus Was-and still is-on
the Thames embankment. 1t is a hug.
red brick building and looks like a
CITY nall. 1t was nowhere near the
original Scotland Yard. but the Brit
ish had grown accustomed to the
name, and as it had no earthly con-
nection with the object to which II
was applied. it was. Of course. re-
tanned. The new headquarters was
called New Scotland Yard, while the
Charing Cross building was still re-
ferred to as Old Scotland Yard.
About his time appeared Sir A.
n Doyle-only he wasn't sir then
Leading by the hand a tall, Ratchet
faced individual. who wore a plaid
cap and a curve stem pipe Ooh, yes,
ne wore a coat and trousers. too, II
you must be SO literal). This person
mao piercing eyes and a quiet manner,
ana could tell by looking at your der
nN "hether You drank gin ar beat
your Wlfe. AS you have undoubtedly
guessed, being a person of some acu-
men yourself. this odd young man
was none other than the great Sher-
lock Holmes. and that other person
with a notebook in one hand
and an expression of constant wonder
on MS face--that faithful satellite is
Doctor Watson. He never has any
time to attend to patients. as he is
always busy noting the superhuman
intelligence OF Sherlock. And those
fat. burly black mustached persons
mir toward the woods in a body
those are Scotland Yard men fol-
lowing the wrong clue.
One might have supposed that after
DOYLE once got busy with his type
writer Scotland Yard might as well
have closed up. rented IT'S building for
a vaudeville theater and started its
men up In the butcher shop business.
but IT didn't. 1t vent right along get
ting bigger and bigger and catching
more criminals every year, and 1t has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
FLAG MADE IN LIBBY PRISON.

'btSi'H tIlObe.
One of the most valued Civil war
relics in Greater Boston is the old Lin
ny prison flag nov in possession OF
Thomas G. Stevenson post. q. A. R..
Inc street. RoXhury. II was made in
secret by federal soldiers. The stor,-
of its making, which vas fraught with
danger and many obstacles. is a lesson
in patriotism.
AS the Fourth Of July drew near the
prisoners wished to find some way Of
celebrating the day without attracting
the attention of their confederate
guards. The plan of making the on
sign occurred to Timothy j. Regain.
Ninth Massachusetts, Company f. He
contlded his plan to his comrades. who
entered eagerly into the scheme and
united their efforts cautiously for its
accomplishment.
Some white cloth was into
the prison, and for the other colors
the men supplied parts Of their red
ana blue flannel shirts. The various
pieces We're skillfully sewn together
This flag. placed against the roof Of
the prison. which was extremely high.
was out of sight of the confederate
guards. So il was under the folds of
a genuine stars and stripes that the
Union comrades gathered on that In
dependence day and sang their songs
of patriotism.
AT night the ensign was as secretly
dismembered as It had been secretly
put together, the parts were distribut-
ed to those who had contributed them.
and the address Of every man who
had a portion was written down by
Timothy Regain.
After the release from Libby prison.
Regain began communicating with the
men for the purpose of reassembling
the flag. Progress was very slow, and
often d~iscouraging. and IL was not un-
I'll thirty years had passed that he
finally succeeded in collecting every
piece. when the flag was remade.
Another long period passed before
the story was made public. Timothy
Regain died twenty years ago. On his
death bed he called to his side David
l.. Jones, who was then commander Of
post %. and said:
I'm that dra wer, over there, YOU will
find a key. Take it. open the door of
the closet in the corner Of the room.
a trunk and bring me what
is in IT,"
The flag was brought to him; and
then he told the story Of how 1t came
to be made.
He concluded: The old flag was
made under great hardships, and in
the midst Of privation and suffering.
committing that act we infrtnged
upon a cardinal rule of the prison:
and had it been discovered. every man
of us would have been severely pun.
ished. But 1t was worth all the risk
see 1t there above us while We were
our songs. It was the only
way In which we prisoners could cele-.
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ing the ingots their fineness is often
changed. being either improved or de-
based. whichever best suits the inter-
ests Of the shop. Bankers and money
changers are able to tell the quality Of
the silver by the touch. The sellers or
depositors are always at their mercy
and must often submit to having their
silver discounted on account of bad
touch"
In the interior of China small pur-
cl1ases are made by copper coins with
square holes in the center. These are
called cash and threaded on strings
SO that they may be carried across the
shoulder or on a pole. A string of
l,OOO of these cash is worth about SO
cents in our money. Sometimes bits of
silver are Clipped off from the silver
shoes and used for small purchases.
When travelling in the interior one has
to bring a large amoun of silver shoes
and exchange them for strings of cash
at the various shopping places. The
money changers have two sets of
scales, n for purchasing silver and
for selling. In addition to the
profits which they make from the DIFF
ference in their scales they charge a
liberal exchange commission.
Some years ago the Chinese govern
ment made an attempt to introduce a
currency based OH western models.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
kansas Git. rin,aA

~
Scotland Yards. You know about
it. don't YOU" A place in England
where hrainless detectives are har-
bored and from which they are fire.
n~uently sent out that Sherlock Holmes
may fout them and put them to
shame. Then the detectives hang
their heads and go back in great con-
fusion to Scotland Yard. while Shcr-
lock. giving himself another shot in
the arm, explains the mystery airily
to Or. Watson, who cries 'mahvel-
GUS and runs off to tell Sir A. Conon
Doyle about il. Why, of course. you
know Scotland Yard and it's men
fiatheads who are sent u to play the
comedy parts. the slapstick stuff. in
the dramas in which Holmes stars.
Well, o know there really is a
Scotland Yard. n there has been
sinre long before Coyan Doyle brought
Sherlock into the world.
1t is the name applied to the build
ing in which the London police have
their headquarters. This police head
quarters building stood originally at
the corner of Charing Cross, in Lon
don, and it was called Scotland Yard
because a long time ago. when Scot
land had kings of its own. there used
to be a palace at this same corner
of Charing Cross where the Scotland
kings could get rooms free when they
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
iii E ARM
|OVERCOAT

He was idle as a boy, he was shiftless
as a youth.
II was slovcnlv in dress. and his
manners We're uncouth.
The neighbors looked their scorn when
they saw him passing by,
His father used to scold. and his
mother used to sigh.
But he volunteered the day he was
old enough to vote,
And they hardly knew the fellow in
his army overcoat.
For he hraced his lazy shoulders with
n military air.
His aimless face grew frmer. Said
the neighbors. II declared"
Hi: father took his hand. his mother
heamnd her pride.
The winter day he marched away a
foolish maiden cried.
Full fifty folks forgot their sneers. full
fifty roughly smote
With friendly slap the back that bore
his army overcoat.
He sent his parents letters they were
long in making out.
lie VAS faithful as a sentry: in the
fight his heart was stout.
The day he saved the captains life.
that day he lost his own
And spoke some manly PARTING words
II died without p roam.
The captain closed his evelids with a
choking in the throat
And sent him to his mother in his
army oVercoat.
The meeting house was crowded full
upon his burial day.
Ana scores and scores passed down the
the aisle to see him as he lay.
The foolish maiden noticed on his
hand a ring of bone,
The union shield cut on it, and wished
it were her own,
And after prayer and HYMN and
speech and wartime anecdote,
The earth received the soldier and his
army oVercoat.
Now when Memorial day comes ROUND
a flag they always put
ABOVE his head and deck his grave
with flowers from head to foot
And here his Worn old father and his
mother. bowed with wears.
stand sadly by ard listen to the chap
lain's voice With tears.
And an ancient foolish maiden sees
before her mem'ry float
Ihe vision of a soldier in an army
o%Vercoat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

brate the birthday of the blessed coun-
try for which we we're fighting.
"All the comrades separated wide
~. after our release, and l was in
great fear that | should never be
able to collect all the pieces: but l
have done it at last, and every blessed
piece is there"
The comrade who received this story
by word of mouth from Regain, died
recently. Funeral services were held
for him last Wednesday at the Rox-
hurry post. Now the tale is going the
rounds among the veterans.
The flag is on exhibition at post 90.
II is not. as some might suppose. a
crude affair. Only by close inspection
can 1t he seen that parts of the ma
terial differ in texture from the bunt-
ing of t:e regulation flag.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Chinese Money Puzzle
Only Bankers and Changers I'm.
derstand its Many Intricacies.
(Peking Cor. Chicago News.)

- S"ts SiilSo6o NC"S.
Of all the strange things in the land
1t is the most perpleXing of all Chin
ese puzzles. To the uninitiated it
seems a miracle that business can be
transacted with any degree Of success
when the medium Of exchange is in a
state that can only be described by the
word chaotic. The fact that business
and trade flourish in spite Of these
conditions speaks volumes for the
business acumen Of the Chinese. 1t is
only when n remembers that trade
hourishes long before there was such
a thing as currency that one begins
to understand how the Chinese are
b to stand in the forefront of the
worlds trading nations without hav-
ing a modern currency system.
In China we find all forms of ex-
change in use from barter up. A very
large part OF China's business is done
against the actual delivery Of weighed
silver. For the sake Of convenience
the silver is melted into rough ingots
These silver shoes have stamped upon
them their fineness and weight. The
unit OF weight is the tael, which fs
equal to a quantity Of silver weighing
$50 grains Troy and worth about 60
cents in money.
The tael is moi an fngot nor a coin,
but simply an abstract term s%ignifyine
a unit of weight like "a pound" Of but
ter or IAN ounce" of gold. Though
an abstract term. 1t is the measure Of
wealth and the unit Of value through
out the length and breadth of China.
A man buys a business for so many
taels of silver. His profits are com.
puted in taels. When he buys a wife
or two he weighs out the silver &C.
cording to this unit: and when he
wishes to make sure that he will have
a decent burial he buys himself a cof-
fin and pays for it in the same way.
The silver shoes vry in weight from
mi to seventy-five taels. All silver
shops and banks nave FORCES. where
the silver is melted in iron ladies and
poured into molds. The shelters.
with their ladies' and molds, remind
one of cooks.
They stir their silver with a pair Of
metal chopsticks. and II one did not
know what they were doing one might
think they we're making something
good to eat. In the process Of recast-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

American people to keep their domes-
tic commerce free of tax. and in the
hands of American citizens.
But it is now proposed by some
members of the house of representa-
tives to change this policy, so far as
the Panama canal is concerned. 1t
is proposed that American ships shall
not pass through that American canal
on the way from n American coast
to the other without paying a tax.
There are two reasons" given for
his curious proposal: First, thai the
United States is bound to tax its own
ships, under the Hay-rauncefote
treaty; and, second. that American
shipping through the canal benefits
only the two coasts, and ii passed free
would throw that much of the burden
Of maintaining the canal upon the
people of the interior. 1t is held, in
other words. that if American ships
are passed free they will be receiving
a subsidy.
The first reason has been shown
to be utterly haseless. There is noth-
ing in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
which even by implication requires
the United States TO tax its own do
nestle shipping. This is
confined solely to American ships.
Foreign ships are prohibited by law
from entering our coastwise trade.
How, then, are foreign ships discrim-
mated against if American ships are
exempted from tolls" No foreign
country taxes its domestic shipping
! for the use Of its own harhors or
.,. -, L.. tr. IL, M f>.1;r,
maritime nations repay to their own
| ships the tolls through tho Sucz ca
nal.
The second "reason" is as worthless
as the first. If free passage through
the Panama canal is II subsidy, ther
the free use of the Great lake ports
the Atlantic. Pacific. and gulf ports
and river ports is also Il subsidy. II
the people of the interior should not
pay for the free Panama canal, Their
the people of New York and Cali.
fornia should NOT pay for the inn.
prnvnment of the Red River of the
North.
Why was the Panama canal con
structed? Was it not for the purpose
of developing the common commerce
as we'll as providing for he comlno
defense" The freight going through
the canal will originate in every par
of the country. and it will flow t.
every part. The free canal will oper.
ate as a regulator of railroad rate:
throughout tho United States. "Wher
We provide in effect the rate of freigh'
between the two oceans said Mr.
Mann. i'm tho house debate. we viii
l.,.. I--.zl s..-11 .,-.- -z-,.
lator nf railroad rates in the United
States. the beneficial effect Of which
will so into every hamlet. every viii
lase. every city, every home in the
land"
1t is Impossible Il, believe that con,
gress will provide for the freedom o.
American shipping in every place un
der the American flag except through
the Panama canal. the greatest trade
artery in the world.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

Several million Mexican dollars were
purchased and put into circulation.
The people took to the new coins and
called for more. The provincial gov
ernments then set up minis and be-
gan to coin Chinese dollars for approx
imately the same weight and fineness
as the Mexican dollar. They also
coined an enormous amount Of sub
sidiary coinage in the shape of small
silver coins and copper pennies.
1t was found that the new currency
was just as unstable as the old. The
value of the dollar in relation to the
subsidiary coinage varied from day to
day. The cent was never worth the
hundreth part Of a dollar. On some
days 1t took 10 cents to make 81 and
on others 1t took 100 cents. Similarly
the value Of the dollar as compared
with the tael was continually fuctuat-
ing: Sometimes 800 would bring 70
taels and at other times only IS, II
was sickening to the people, but very
profitable for the money changers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
FOUR HUNDRED LIVES LOST
+ DAILY FOR FOJ-R WEARS

In his Introduction to Camp
> tire and Rattlefeld' Rossiter
: johnson wrote this opening par
= agraph, which tells wildly the
' terrible tale Of slaughter and dis
' ease in the civil war:
' IF any reader. taki..g UP his
' morning newspaper. should
i learn that on the preceding day
, somewhere in our country a
' great calamity had DESTROYED 400
' lives h news would sadden him
= all day, And if the mex day he
: should read a repetition of the
story. With some change of local
' ity. and tn" next. and the next.
; he would surely wish to he told
' the cause of all that destruction
> of life. who was responsible fer it
: and 20 what result it was tending.
' In great civil war of lS6l-5
. the average destruction of life was
: 400 a day for the four wears that
= the contest lasted. More than
> 100000 men We're called to the
' field. The theater of conflict
: covered 10000 square miles.
= and there We're 1900 engagements
' Of sufficient importance to have a
= place in history"
, ,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

present one of the most complete
systems of thief catchir- in the world.
Telegraph tapes are clicking off in
formation about criminals day and
night, and every police station in Lon
don is in communication constantly
with Scotland Yard. Much of the
actual brain work is done at informal
conferences, held in a large bare up
per room of the great building. where
the superintendent of detectives and
his various inspectors, each a skilled
specialist in his own particular line,
meet and talk things over and make
suggestions one to another.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

LaFollette says he will he a cam
dldate In the convention until the
last ballot is taken. Delegate r. NJ.
Pollock of this state says he believes
North Dakota will stay with him so
l"ng AS he is a candidate. These two
things mean that North Dakota's vote
will help nominate Taft. Did we not
tell YOU 500
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

.
. Commander Trimble of the
" National G.. a. r., was at Ma
: on, Ga. at the confederate re-
" union and invited the ronfoder-
= ate veterans to meet the union
= veterans at Gettysburg on July
= "a, 1913. The invitation was
= unanimously accepted. The
y dawn of A new era was seen years
q ago and rs the sun of enlightnn-
. ment rises higher and higher on
= the horizon of time, the blue sky
= of tolerance and liharality We OF
Y today see the ending of all the
. bitter memories of a bloody war.
= The north has ceased la boast of
= its victory, the south has ceased
= to hem"an its loss. This is now
x the country of all the people, re
=" gardless of their past Affiliations
r or struggles.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
15c Handkerchief 1Oc.

Included in this assortment are
plain linen and cross faced handker-
chiefs; some are hetnstitched; a verv
good value at each 15c. Friday Bar
gain 10c; 8 for 25c. .
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
FREE CANAL FOR OUR SHIPS

American ships. carrying American
goods. are free to visit any port over
which the American flag flies. without
any tax or toll whatever. Whether in
coast harbors. in the rivers. or on the
Great lakes. it is the policy Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Linen Handkerchief Very Special
25c Handkerchiefs 121lc.

Choose from a large assortment Of
dainty white linen handkerchiefs in
embroidered, crossfaced, hemstitch-
ed, crossfaced with lace edgings, etc.
An extra special Friday Bargain at
each 1910.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Scalloped Bed Spreads.

Full sized scalloped bed spreads
with cut corners; different patterns
from which to choose. Regular $500
values. Bargain Basement at each
$1.58.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

That famous La Toilette club ought
to get busy on a set of resolutions
%condoling their idol on his wonderful
popularity With the people.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
TRAIN KILLS PONIES.

Deer River, Mimi, May 29.-Twe
ponies belonging to Mrs. Mary Lyon,
were killed by a passenger train on
the Great Northern road at a point
about three miles west Of town last
Friday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

Don't laugh at the observer who
did not know any more about poll
tics. Ignorance is always excusa-
bile.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

If the law were strictly interpreted
every ~newsdealer in his state who
sells a magazine carrying a whiskey
advertisement violates the law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

Senator LaFollette in the race for
delegates is like an old maid at a
freshman dance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

If Attorney General Miller is re-
nominated he will in all probability
campaign for the election of the
democratic ticket as he did two years
ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

Have YOU noticed that the Dacotahs
lost every game until that Sunday ar
rest was planned?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30

dorsement' New Jersey gave LaFol-
lette.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Bath Room Rugs.

Turkish bath room mats; size 24x25
and 22x36 inches in tans and blues.
Regular 75c values. Very special in
Our Bargain Basement at each 4Sc.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Oil Shades 29c.

Columbia oil shades 36 inches wide;
different shades of green. Shades
that ordinarily sell at SOC each. Bar
gain Basement 29c.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Ladies' Oxfords and Pumps
Per Pair $1.79

Another big lot Of ladies summer oxords and pumps at this very special
price: Included are ladnso Nfords in tans, gun metal vi kid. etc, dainty low
pumps in patents, gun meta, tans, etc. Values u 10 as high as $3.50 FRIDAY
in our Bargain Basement at per pair $179.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
Children's Sandals 48c.

Children's ulnm sandals with
two straps. Just the thing for SUM-
mer comfort. Regular 69c and 75c
values. While they last, per pair 48.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
One-Piece Sailor Dresses and MILDLY Suits
At Each $3.75 =.

Included are ladies and misses suits and dresses made from popins yshrun
muslin and linens in plain brads and plain co1ors; plain pink. lavendar. blu
n white. Values up to 1913. Bargain Basement at each 1915.
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Dainty Warm Weather Kimonos
Extra Special at Each 79c

len dozens OF very dainty warm wearther" kimonos from which to
choose "A pretty, practical kinono made from figured lawns in both light and
dark coors sin attractive patterns and colors; included are foulard, persian, dot
ted patterns, ETC. An exra special bargain for Friday at each 7c.
See Display Window
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THURSDAY. MAY so. 1872.
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Entered as second class matter at the
office at Grand Forks. North Da-
kota. under the act of March 3. 1879.