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The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Fish Coal Out of the Susquehanna

from the mines is bright and shiny
and all angles that reflect the light.
River coal is neither angular nor
shiny Every piece of 1t is worn down,
buffed, rounded off like beach peb-
BILE, with an exterior as dull as ground
glass.
Ever since men began delving for
coal the operator has cast aside as
refuse thousands upon thousands of
tons of good coal. flung it out on the
culm heaps What is his loss Is the
gain OF the coal fishers In the river be-
low. Into this stream, by way OF It's
feeders. the mountain brooks. coal Is
washed by the rains. which gnaw deep
gullies in the faces of the culm banks
This black sand" thus washed into
the brooks turns them to ink.
For. after all its years and miles OF
rolling. river coal comes eventually to
rest on a sand shoal. The stony parts
of the river bottom give 1t no lodging
against the swift current. no place to
imbed itself But in sand bar 1t can
bury itself like a clam. Particle after
particle comes to rest here, each add
ing to the size of the barrier, like coral
insects building coral reef by the de-
posit of their own bodies. Every fresh
ct sweeps down great layers OF coal.
depositing 1t either in some sandy bed
or in the watery coal bin formed by
dam
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
HER EVENING TO BLuNDER
Fate Evidently Was Determined to Be
Unklnd to Fair Diner Making
Conversation.

Can you tell me-" remarked fair
lady of her partner at the supper table,
who that exceedingly ugly man is?
mean the one sitting opposite you?'
The gentleman smiled sardonically.
"Oh, he's my brother!" came the
reply.
The lady went scarlet, and her con-
fusion was almost painful.
"Oh. I'm so sorry!" she suffered,
apologizing profusely. You see. / did
not notice the resemblance between
you"
A moment later she turned to her
neighbor on her left, who happened to
be woman.
DO you see that handsome fellow
over there. twisting his mustache?"
she asked. Hes been watching me,
and making eyes at me all the evening.
Who Is he?"
The other woman turned scornfully
and angrily upon her.
"Oh, he's only my husband" came
the biting reply.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Fair Bathers and Big Rats Use Beach

Il VANSTON. lLL-Fair bathers and
Il thousands Of rats are contesting
for the possession Of the bathing beach
between Dempster street and Green.
wood boulevard.
Thus far the honors are about even
in the warfare which has been going
on for nearly week. The rats have
been unable to prevent the bathers
from invading the beach, and the bath
ers have been unable to frighten away
the rats.
Where all the rats came from is not
known, but the fact remains that thou
sands of the rodents have burrowed
into the sides of the bank along the
beach. dug holes in the sand and
sought refuge under the piers.
Many bathers. while walking along
the beach. have suddenly stepped into
holes which the rats have dug. and
have been filled with dismay when
with angry squeal. large gray and
brown rats have turned and snapped
at them.
John j. Morgan, manager of com
pany which is engaged in the work OF
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
to spoon you will have to go outside.
The court is no place for It"

to spoon you will have to go outside.
The court is no place for It,"
The hands slid apart and the man
rose.
81 beg your pardon, your honor"
he said. I'VE come In here to get
married and were waiting for you to
get through with the case. We didn't
come in here to spoon and we didn't
mean to- but we Just couldn't help It,"
The attorneys engaged in the trial.
w. NJ. Cook and Benjamin Samuels.
at once moved that court take re-
cess that the ceremony might be
performed. The Judge said that he
would be only too happy to do so.
and the principals at once retired to
the judges chambers. where Charles
Hartung and Miss Sadie Katz. both OF
Chicago, were married. with the at
torneys as witnesses.
Now that the case Of Dan Cupid
has been disposed Of. we will resume.
the trial." said Judge Dolan. again
taking his seat on the bench.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
(AW RATS !

u PHILADELPHIA. = When coal is
i needed on a Pennsylvania farm
bordering the Susquehanna river. little
Johnnie does not grab his coal hod
and scoot for the cellar. Instead he
unfastens his boat. pulls out into the
river and fishes till his hod is over
flowing.
To be sure. Johnnie doesn't fish with
rod and line, nor yet with a net His
apparatus consists of wire scoop,
shaped like a shovel and not dissim-
liar to minnow net. with an eight
foot handle. And his boat is broad,
flat-bottomed affair. sometimes with
sharp bows, built like a scow, with the
maximum of capacity and the mini
mum Of draught; for the coal fishers
catch is usually made in shallow wa
ter.
And the catch is unlike any coal you
ever saw. This run of the river coal
comes In all sizes. from little flakes to
chunks as big as your head But most.
ly 1t is smaller than pea coal. Coal
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Eorce of Momentum.

The old mountaineer. who was
standing on the corner of the main
street in certain little Kentucky
town. had never seen an automobile.
When good-sized touring car came
rushing up the street at about 80
miles an hour, and slowed down Just
enough to take the corner on two
wheels. his astonishment was ex-
treme.
The old fellow watched the disap-
pearing car with bulging eyes and
open mouth. Then turning to a by
stander. he remarked. solemnly:
THE horses must sho'ly ha' been
travelling some when they got loose
from that gentleman's carriage!"-
Youths Companion.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

NEW YORK-Sol. Robinski,, who
IN had taken Phil Breitenkopf's place
at the Busy Bees pie counter, while
Phil was up In the Catskils on his va
cation, said he had never heard OF
Simple Simon and the pieman, so that
he could not go back to the very be-
ginning of the history of the pie in
dustry. But Sol could glance back
ward from his Ann street booth over
a period OF eleven and one-half years
OF service In the making. carving and
serving of fresh pies. and It was his
opinion that. take 1t the year round.
winter and summer, and all the rest,
pie was about the best seller in Ann
street. Sol even went SO far as to
say that the pie eaters outnumbered
the devotees Of the Ice cream cone
and the hot wafles combined-that
is among the once boy connoisseurs
OF Ann street.
Which was fat contradiction Of
the startling news which throbbed
over the wires the other day from
Chicago. that the American people
were losing their taste for pie. The
head Of a large Chicago pie factory.
It appears. begged off from paying an
increase in taxes on the ground that
pie eating was on the wane and busi-
ness was not what It used to be. Pie.
said he. had decreased in popularity
with the masses. its place being
usurped by such things as fruit. ice
cream and salad. Ann street knocked
that theory sky high.
AS luck would have 1t. the Chicago
canard reached Ann street Just as the
rush hour for pies-pies and other
things, of course. like those luscious
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Tho Difference.

Timothy l.. Woodruff, dressed no
less quietly than faultlessly. was
laughing, at the Chicago Auditorium.
over the old stories about his con-
f,ayration OF rainbow waistcoats.
my waistcoats." he said. were al
ways in good taste. At least they
were always quiet. Those old yarns
about them were started by men who
had never seen a waistcoat that didn't
match the coat.
Loud waistcoats indicate vanity.
lam not a vain man-nor proud one,
either, for that matter"
But is there much difference be-
tween pride and vanity?" a Chicago
reporter asked.
"A great difference" Mr.. Woodruff
answered. Pride says: I don't think
much of YOU Vanity asks: What do
YOU think OF me?"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Re.ult of thu Primary.

It had been hard day at the polls.
The addition of nearly thousand
women's votes to the poll made the
counting a prolonged proposition.
We'll, James," said Mrs. Wallicky.
as her husband returned from his
arduous labors as teller. how did
the vote go?"
Nine hundred and two votes for
Bildad. seven hundred and f1fty-three
for Slathers, eight recipes for tomato
ketchup. four wash lists and MILL
ner's BILL" said Wallicky. 1T was a
mighty Interesting vote."-Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

exterminating vermin. stated that 1t
was not an unusual thing for rats to
take up their abode along the lake
shores in summer. The hundreds OF
dead fish which are cast up by the
waves, he said. attract the rats In
large numbers. The rats burrow In
the sand at the foot of the banks. in
large numbers said Mr.. Morgan.
Then. too, the hot weather may have
something to do with the condition.
The rats will swim out in the water in
hot weather and will also make their
homes In the wet sands along the edge
of the water"
The rats in many cases are extreme
ly large and savage, and threaten to
attack PERSONS who disturb them
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
A Formal FIGURE,

"a delegate doesn't get chance to
take much more than a perfunctory
part In a big convention nowadays.
NO" replied the prominent citizen;
III he is associated with a successful
candidate he feels like an usher at a
wedding. II he isn't he feels like an
honorary pallbearer."
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
What tho Addition Of an -" Did.

What the Addition Of an IS" Did.
please Do Not Pluck the Flowers
Without Leave" was the request
placed conspicuously In the garden
of a residence to which the public 90
casionally Is admitted.
One day a practical Joker added IS"
to the last word Of the sign. The
result was that everybody who visited
the estate for the next few days car
ried away q large bouquet OF the
flowers, and with the blooms, lots OF
leaves.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
The Sad Part Of Il.

"Oh. you will learn to forget me in
time" she said.
Il know / SHALL" he replied, but ]
shall never forget the money l have
spent trying to make you think me
prince"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Important to mothers

On the ocean of life 1t is a case of
sink or swim with large portion of
the floating population.-Philadel
Bulletin.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

Waiter-How is the steak?
Restaurant Patron-Lt's as tough as
an only child.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Incredible,

"Cholly told me so,emnly yesterday
that he once had brainstorm."
Pooh. pooh! Id Just as soon be-
lieve that a Jelly fish could have tho
backache."
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, always Holds Good"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

Don't count on your excuses before
they are Matched.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
THE GREAT ENGLEWooD ROB-
Berry,

: :: : ! :: :: : ! : : :!
= I'D you ever think how a
n EM burglar. who breaks into
N XII your house regards you?
You play an important part
HAa in his scheme Of things. 1t is
~ true. but he hasn't very
high opinion Of you, at
least Of your fighting abilities. The
thieves who broke into the house of
Banker Baldwin. at Englewood. N. j..
a few years ago and perpetrated cruel
outrages upon every member of the
family had no fear of dogs or guns.
They did their work with fiendish
precision and congratulated them
selves that they left no clue. But
the teeth marks left on one of the
gang by faithful bull dog who died
defending his mistress. proved their
undoing. Now let the principal &C.
tors tell the story.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
Have Plan TO
PREVENT FLOODS
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
CHICAGO, April 1S.-A definite
plan for preventing such floods as
now are devastating the Mississippi
valley recently was endorsed at a
meeting in Chicago by the American
Reclamation Federation, the plan be-
ing embodied in the Newland's bill
now pending in congress. In effect
the flood waters would be utilized
for navigation during the seasons of
low water stages in the rivers by
great reservoirs and other projects
"for the regulation and control of the
flow of navigable rivers and their trib-
utaries.'' The measure is far-reaching
and extends to the protection OF wa
tersheds and the loss of fertile soil
by erosion. Senator Newlands pro-
posed co-ordinated steps for utilizing
and for improving natural waterways
which at the same time would serve
in the draining of overflowed areas
and swamps as we'll as in preventing
the periodical overflows which cause
property losses thousands Of times
greater than the interest on the neces-
sary government expenditures al
though the bill appropriates $50,00O,-
900 year for ten years for river
regulation fund. The fund is to be
expended by Board of River Regu-
lation" consisting of the chief of engi-
neers Of the United States army, the
director of the United States geolog-
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
MORE POWER
To Mr.. TAFT
Special to The Tribune.
SAN ANTONIO TQYs

Special to The Tribune
SAN ANTONIO Texas, April 18-
Control of the Bexar county republi-
can executive committee appears to
be entirely in the hands of the Taft
forces, which, by vote of Is to /,
has adopted a resolution declaring
it's preference for and pledging its
support to President Taft. The resoI
ution breathed defiance to State
Committee Chairman Cecil A. Lyon,
who is recognized as an ardent sup
porter of former President ROoses-
velt, and recommended H. F. Mac
Gregor, campaign manager for Taft
in Texas, as the successor to Col
Lyon of the State Republican Execu-
tive committee. 1t is the belief OF
members of the Bexar county execu-
tive committee, that the Texas dele
cation in the republican national
convention will be undoubtedly for
Taft, although it is acknowledged
there is considerable Roosevelt senti-
ment in the state.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
STATE VIDE Plan
Main trunk line.
A Fifteen Million Appropria.
ton To Be Considered bV
Good Roads Body
Special to The Tribune.

SpeCldl 10 Inc tribune.
SPOKANE, Wash, April 1S.-Ccm-
prehensive in scope is the state wide
plan for main trunk lines in the road
program, earring bond issue of at
least $15, 100000 to be submitted to
the legislature of Washington next
January by the good roads associa-
tions and commercial organizations.
The detail of the situation has been
canvassed by state engineers and
former members of the legislature
and in general satisfactory plan
has been found. Briefly stated the
program includes these features:
Complete the Pacific highway from
Blaine to Vancouver, build a road in
to grays Harbor country, construct
a highway across the state with one
branch leading to Spokane and an
other to Walla Walla, connect Spo-
kane and Walla Walla on the east,
and. if the legislature deemed it
advisable, include the Columbia river
east and west highway.
J. E. Chilberg, who was president
Of the ka-Yukon-Pacific exposi-
ton, says in letter to Graham B.
Dennis OF Spokane, appointee Of Gov
ernor Hay as a member of the Wash
ington commission of the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco
in 1915, it should be definitely deter
mined at the outset where the main
trunk lines are to run and an intel.
ligent proposition should be submitted
for popular approval so that there
would be no misunderstanding and
no danger of future jugglery. He
adds among other things:
''rhe state cannot build modern
highways to the dooryard of every
farmhouse, but it can provide the
main trunk lines and the counties
can extend branches to tap every
farming section. believe tne legis.
lature will pass the proposed bond
issue act. and will also submit the
question to the people at special
election instead of waiting until the
biennial election in 1914"
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
WILL CONSIDER
BETTER ROADS
-Four Organizations Have
Arranged Convention on
National Basis

Special to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, April 1S-What has
been recognized generally as the one
weakness of the movement for bet
ter roads and a system of national
highways in the United States-a
weakness caused by associations CON-
mitted to the cause but working sep
arately-has been removed by the an
portant organizations working for the
improvement of roads, are to hold
a great joint convention next Septem-
ber or October.
Neither the date nor the place for
the big meeting, known as the Ameri-
can Road Congress, has been fixed.
1t has ben definitely announced, how
ever, that the American Association
for Highway Improvement. the Amerir
can Road Builders Association, the
American Automobile Association and
the National Association of Road Ma
terial and Machinery Manufacturers,
have joined forces for the purpose Of
making the American Road Congress
the biggest convention, outside those
of political nature, ever held in the
United States.
All four of the associations previ-
ously have been holding individual
conventions. Each has been working
whole 5heartedly for the improvement
Of the roads Of this country so that
transportation facilities may be in
creased, the cost of hauling crops re-
duced, and conditions of life in the
rural districts may be improved. At
various meetings held in New York
City the representatives of the four
big associations, decided that by join
ing forces in a great American Road
Congress a great impetus would be
given to the movement in every part
of the United States. An executive
committee has been appointed to have
charge Of the arrangements for the
congress, the headquarters being at
the Belmont Hotel, New York City.
A score of big cities have already
put in bids for the convention, re-
alizing that from the mere standpoint
of attendance the congress will be
the most remarkable ever held in
this country. Nearly all the automo-
bilists who are members of the Amer
ican Automobile Association; all the
state road officials who are members
of the American Road Builders; all
the manufacturers who are members
of the National Association of Road
Material and Machinery Manufacture
ers; and all the prominent citizens
and officialL who are members of the
American Association for Highway
Improvement, will be present to take
part in the congress.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18

ical survey, the chief forester, the
director Of the reclamation service,
the chief of the bureau of plant indus
try. the secretary of the Smithsonian
institute, one civil engineer. one san-
itary engineer and one nydro-electric
engineer. The board is to cooperate
with the various states, municipali-
ties, public and quasi-public corpora
tions, towns, countries, districts, COM
munities, persons and associations.
The director of the reclamation serv.
ice shall extend his work to include
the reclamation of land by drainage
as we'll as by irrigation. but the irri-
cation fund now being used under
the act of 1902 is not to be used for
the new work.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
PRIMARIES Of
Other STATES
Robert M. McWade.

Bismarck Tribune Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON, April 1S-In view
of the remarkable sweeping Of the
Keystone state by Col. Roosevelt, and
the permanent unhorsing of Senator
Penrose as the political boss of Penn
sylvania, the eyes OF the country are
now turned to the coming conventions
in other states. Both the Taft and
Roosevelt factions are closing up their
ranks for the final dashes-and So,
too, are the opposing adherants of
Champ Clark and Prof. Woodrow Will
son. The followers of the gallant La
Toilette are not taking any back
water neither and as result, the com
plexion of the delegates chosen and
yet to be selected form the basis of
discussion in every city and town and
village in the country. The conven-
tions scheduled at the the different
headquarters are as follows:
April 19-Republican, Illinois con-
vention; Nebraska primaries; Oregon
primaries.
emocratic-Oregon primaries, Ne
braska primaries.
April 24-Republican Iowa conven.
ton; Rhode Island convention.
April Is Republican,: Missouri
convention.
April Republican,: Porto Rico
convention.
Democratic: Colorado convention.
April 30-Republican: Massachu.
setts primaries; New Hampshire con-
vention.
Democratic: Delaware convention;
Massachusetts primaries; Florida pri-
maries. -
May Republicans: Pennsylvania
state convention
Democratic: Georgia primaries;
Connecticut convention.
May 4-Republican: South Carolina
convention lilly Whites)
May 6-Democratic: Maryland pri-
maries; Wyoming county conventions
Washington state convention.
May democratic: Pennsylvania
convention.
May 9-Republican: Maryland con.
vention.
May 13-Republican: Wyoming con.
vention.
Democrats: Wyoming convention.
May 14-Republican: Tennessee
convention; California primaries.
Democratic: California primaries;
New Mexico convention.
May 15-Republican: North Caro-
lima convention; Washington conven-
tiOn
Democratic: South Carolina Con-
vention; Michigan convention.
Democratic: Maryland convention;
Iowa convention.
May 21-Republican: Ohio district
primaries.
Democratic: Ohio district primar-
les.
May Democratic Virginia
state convention.
May 26-Democratic: Texas conven-
tion
May 28-Republican: New Jersey
primaries; Texas convention
Democratic: Montana convention;
Arizona primaries.
May 31-Democratic: Rhode Island
primaries.
June 3-Democratic: Idaho conven-
tion
June 4-Republican: South Dakota
primaries.
Democratic: Louisiana convention;
West Virginia district convention;
South Dakota convention.
June 5-Democratic: Arkansas con-
vention
June 6-Democratic: West Virginia
conventions; North Carolina conven-
ton; Minnesota convention.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18
ADDITION To
ART TREASURES
Robert M. McWade.


Bismarck Tribune Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Within
another week the national capital will
add to the already imposing list of its
art treasures on public exhibition, the
first section Of the splendid free art
collection which has been given to the
American public as the foundation for
a national art gallery. 1t will be on
exhibition in the spacious west hall
of the national museum, and comes
from Mr.. Charles L. IFreer Of Detroit,
Mich, as the result of an unselfish
life work.
1t will be remembered that this COL
lection has been promised by Mr..
Freer to the nation for the past five
years, and that, when he first offered
to donate it, it's monetary value was
roughly estimated in the neighborhood
of round million dollars. Since that
time he has been steadily adding to
it, and it is fully believed that it now
represents an actual value of $780,
900 aside from it's sentimental value.
A catalogue is being printed of the
first part of the collection which Is
ready to be placed in position. but the
curator and others say that it repre-
sents only a small section of the Freer
collection. that there are in all over
1000 objects, of which only about 300
have arrived at the Smithsonian in.
stitution, and that the present collec-
ton comprises paintings: both Amer
lean and oriental, bronzes. blass, por.
celain, brasses, and the flower of the
work of Chinese and Japanese artists.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
lake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggis' refund money II
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVES sig
nture is on each box 25c.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-18

bituminous coal in Texas is placed at
00,000,000 short tons and of Ignite
at $4,000, 100000 tons, making a total
Of $1,000, 100000 tons as the original
supply. From this there had been
mined to the close of 1910 total of
2O,056, ,941 short tons. which represents
an exhaustion of approximately 30,-
0O0,0O tons, the exhaustion being one.
tenth of one per cent of the original
supply. The supply left in the ground
at the c,ose of 1910 would be equal to
10000 times the production of that
year.