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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
FROM BEACH.

J. G.. Wernerskierchen, who repre-
sents the Marshall OIL company at
Beach, arrived here Monday morning
on No. 6 and is in consultation with
the local officials of the oil company.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20

ATTENTION, LADY MAccAeEEs
There will be revival Of the Lady
Maccabees at K. p. hall tonight for
installation Of officers. A good at
tendance Is desired.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
DICKENS CELEBRATION

David copnerfieId Will be Presented
Thursday Evening.
The senior young people OF the
Presbyterian church have planned an
entertainment f3i Thursday night
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
causes. Therefore the number given
above represents he minimum.

above represents ne minimum.
In spite of the fact that the month
of January was the coolest in years,
the attendance, excepting in the first
grades, was kept up remarkably we'll.
In the High School, the record Of at
tendance has been exceptional. For
the month of January is was SO per
cent: the lowest during the semester
was 81 per cent and the average for
the five months was 97.6 per cent.
Hhere have been enrolled in the
High School so far this year, IA pu-
pills; thirteen of these have perman
emily left school. Two moved away;
one went to the hospital; five dropped
out to work; one went to Military Pre-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
VISITING FRIENDS

August IsAak o Mannhaven is spend.
ing q few days in this city visiting
friends. He arrived here Monday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
WILL ATTEND CONVENTION

J. P. French and Walter Tomas
leave Wednesday for Grand Forks to
attend the meeting of the Retail
Hardware Dealers association. They
are leaving with the determination to
bring the 1913 meeting to Bismarck
and are we'll supplied with dope" and
literature for that purpose.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
FROM MOTT THE SPOT

Wellington Wright; q prominent
business man and booster for Mott
the Spot" is the guest Of friends in
this city for a couple o days. While
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
ENTERTAINING FRIENDS

Mrs. J. D. Thomas Of 610 Fifth
street, Is entertaining about fifty OF
her friends at cards, at her home
this afternoon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
City News

RETURNED FROM CITIES.
A. w. Lucas, who has been spend
ing the past week at the Twin Cities
returned home Saturday evening"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
FROM MANDAN

Mrs. Emma Thompson Of Mondan
was brought to this city Monday and
placed in St. Alexius hospital for
treatment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20

here he will look ater some business
matters as we'll as attend to social
affairs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
ea0M NAPOLEON

fHOM NAPOIeON
Christ Bolstad Of Napoleon came to
this city the first of the week, and
entered one Of the hospitals for a
course of treatment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-20
SUPl. ROOTS REPORT !
-
!. OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
i
MONTHLY REPORT FILED LAST
Meeting OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
-:
Record Of Attendance Was Remark
: able During the Coolest Month OF
: the School Year.
4 At the recent meeting of the Bis
marck school board, Superintendent
c. c. Root, filed the following report:
@.r REPORT FOR MONTH EN-
q

~ REPORT FOR MONTH ENDING JANUARY rs, 1912
~ HIGH SCHOOL.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
SNATCHED BABY FROM DEATH
One More Locomotive Fireman Who
Proved Himself Equal to Emsr-
geney When Called Upon.

Ed. Templeton, a fireman on the
local train, with the assistance OF En-
gineer L. M. Woodwork, made SEN
gational rescue of little girl last
evening, says a dispatch from Hep.
ner, Ore.
Just after leaving lone the engineer
saw far ahead in the middle of the
track baby complacently watching
the approaching train, not realizing
that its life was in danger.
Woodwork applied the emergency
brakes and shouted to Templeton 1t
was impossible, however, to bring the
train to stop before reaching the
little girl. Templeton, seeing this,
climbed out on the pilot, and just as
the train swept up to the child he
reached down and snatched her from
deaths path to place of safety on
the pilot beside him. A few seconds
later the engineer brought the train to
a stop. The child's name was not as
certained and It's mother probably
does not know how near to death 1t
was.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
PunctuaI Trains.

The West of France State railway
has devised method Of bringing
trains to their destination on time,
which must surely appeal more to q
Frenchman's sense Of humor than to
his convenience. Instead Of accelerat-
ing the speed of trains which have
been notoriously behind time. says
the Scientific American, the officials
of this road, who happen to be govern
ment officials, have adopted the naive
plan of starting the trains as much
earlier as the average time by which
they have been late. The Standard of
London, commenting on the matter,
says: Whereas hitherto the stipulat-
ed times of departures and arrivals
were purely mythical, they will hence,
forth be statements Of fact, unless, of
course, it should again become neces-
sary t. apply brake power to the
time table"
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
NEW TYPE OF STATION AGENT
Big Eastern Railroad Line Is TrylnR
Plan Of According TO Him
Enlarged Powers.

The st. Louis and San Francisco ia
working out an interesting plan for
enlarging the authority and RESPONSE
bility Of its station agents. The plan
Is based on the idea that this class of
employees can be trained to do more
useful work for the railway, while at
the same time improving their own
condition and opportunities for ad-
vancement, by making them the rep
resentatives of the company in all
matters regarding which they may
show themselves capable Of acting
for II.
At most railway stations the agent
is the only resident representative of
the company, and for that reason he
frequently becomes charged with re-
sponsibilities beyond his power to act.
1t is the belief of the management OF
the Frisco, says the Railway Age Ca
zette, that by making him in larger
sense business man, with broad au-
thority, in accordance with the prac-
tice of large business institutions in
other lines, good agent will be
found capable of handling many mat
ters that now require the attention Of
superior office or q special represen-
tative.
The first part Of the plan was put
into effect last year, after the Frisco
adopted the plan of transferring to
the operating department the function
of making settlements of claims. On
August / the agents at all stations
were authorized to pay from station
funds claims for visible loss and dam
age in the case of both carload and
less than carload freight, with Ger.
tain exceptions, and within the limit
of $50 for any one claim. This fea-
ture of the plan Is no longer an ex-
pertinent, but has so demonstrated its
practicability and advantages that 1t
is now regarded as a permanent ar.
rangement, and at recent conference
of the heads Of departments 1t was de-
cided to extend its scope.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
Kissing Gallery for Station.

"Of the many Innovations" said w.
Kittredge, chief engineer, in describ-
ing the new Grand Central terminal
at Yonkers, N. Y, "the kissing gal
lery' will be perhaps the most strik-
ing.
This Is balcony in the incoming
station arranged for persons who
come to meet relatives and friends
There will be room for two lines OF
gresters and sufficient elevation to
get a perfect view of the doors
through which travellers arrive"
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01

some convenient place and then in
viting the secondhand dealer to look
It over. There are q number Of these
secondhand dealers in New York and
Chicago who dispose Of the old roll
Ing stock to small roads and contrac-
tors all over the world.
Some little road running through q
secluded section of Asia or Africa
needs an engine. The secondhand
railroad man enters into negotiations
with the result that an engine which
once pulled a train in this country
may still do the same service in some
other land on a smaller scale. Mining
companies also buy much of the sur
plus stock from the second hand men
for carrying their output to one OF
the big railroads.
One of the largest assortments Of
this kind Of railroad stock ever put
into the hands of the secondhand
dealer at one time consisted of en-
gines and cars used on the elevated
roads in New York before they were
electrified. Nine years have passed
since the Interborough made the
change. There were $40 engines to
be got rid of and 1874 cars.
It wasn't a very hard matter to dis
pose of the $40 engines. They were
remarkably strong for their size, a
special type made for the elevated
roads, and proved to be very much in
demand as secondhand material.
These engines are found in all parts
Of the world today. There are some
Of them at present in India, Africa
and South America, in mining districts
and in many remote parts of the
world.
It Is not difficult to dispose OF old
rails. They are generally in demand
FOR sidings and new lines in new coun-
tries and form q large part Of the
business of the secondhand railroad
equipment man. Taken altogether the
business of disposing Of railroad
equipment furnishes quite an industry
tor the secondhand man.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
laraest Station In eermany.

The largest railroad station In Ger.
many has just been completed at Leip,
zig at a cost of $34,OOO,00O. Hereto.
fore the central station at Frankfort
has held the record for size. The
new building at Leipzig has been in
course of construction for the last
nine years. The immense cost does
not so much represent al outlay for
ornamentation and decoration as IT
does the enormous size of the struc.
ture. which has almost unlimited space
for the accommodation OF freight and
passenger traffic.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
DISPOSE OF OLD STOCK
RELATION OF SECONDHAND
DEALERS WITH RAILROADS.
Good Demand for Used Equipment
That Still Is of service-MaterIal
Most Frequently Shipped to
Foreign Countries.

Many of the railroad cars and en-.
gines when they become old are sold
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
Car With Doors Closed.

cars is interesting, particularly the
roof ends. Swinging doors at one end
make the entire width Of the car in
terror available for loading, and the
sloping end of the roof is SO arranged
that 1t can be raised as shown in one
of the illustrations, thus making the
end opening equal in height to the In
side height Of the car. With this ar
rangement there is no waste of space,
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
Axioms of a Railroad Presi-
dent.
BY o. L. Dickson.

The clock is the young mans
worst enemy.
Friends are all right for the
young fellow who is just getting
his start, but he must not lean on
them too hard.
Always look at the sunlight and
forget the shadows. Memories Of
what might have been do very lit
tie good.
Be more than worthy of the job
you hold; you'll then be worthy II
the place higher up.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
GIVES MUCH SPACE IN CAR
Vehicle Especially Designed for the
Transportation of Autos and
Theatrical Scenery.

Two special cars for the transports
tion of stage scenery and automobiles
have been installed by the Illinois
Traction System. The design OF the
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01
Open for Leading.

as anything within the height and
width of the car may be loaded in It,
The swinging doors at the other end
of the car are but 20 inches wide.-
Popular Mechanics.
The Winslow mail., 1912-06-01

TO SSCOuO-uNuU
dealers who fix
them up and re-
sell them to small
er companies in
this or foreign
countries. AS a
railroad company
gets new equip
ment it generally
discards some OF
the old material by
storing II IN in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
Personal Points

Mrs. Mary Corey left today for a
months visit with relatives and
friends in Chicago.
Mrs. w. S. Williams of Kansas City
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. l. w.
Voss, 500 Twenty-second street.
The Misses Leona and Della Frank
of 1109 Twenty-sixth street have gone
to Kansas City, Mo-, for their vaca-
ton.
Donald and Martha Marquis and
Cleland Taylor of Taylor Ridge are
visiting with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. C. Taylor, 90S TweAtieth
street
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Schieberl, 451O
Fifth-and-a-half avenue, have returned
home after a weeks visit in Chicago
where Mr.. Schieberl attended the con.
venton of managers of the Postal Tel
egraph company.
Arthur Harms, who has been so
journing at Lac Du Flambeau, Wis.
for the past three weeks, returned tc
the city this morning. DR.. Ralph Dart
and William johnson and Al Bear are
members of the colony
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30

chronological sequence Of the defend
ants narration.
did you hear Franklin say" he
asked, that the first time you ever
spoke to him concerning the bribery
of jurors was on Oct. and that on
the succeeding day you gave him
check for $1,000 for such purpose?"
Eyes"
"Was that true?"
81 had no such conversation with
Franklin" said Darrow, nor did give
him any check on Oct. for any pur-
pose. I did give him a check for ST.
600 on Oct. 4, and l think l gave him
the next check about Oct. Is. These
checks were for the expenses of his
| Office"
Franklin testified on direct examina-
ton that on Oct. barrow first had
talked of getting" jurors and gave
him a check for 81 900 the next day to
bribe Robert Balm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30

another surreptitious visit to the
locker and took a big swallow from
the bottle. A moment later he was
lying on the floor writhing in agony,
while his screams for help rent the
armament The joker lost no time
in vanishing from the scene, and
when a little later the ambulance and
half a dozen officers arrived scent
ing a murder, the perpetrator OF the
cruel hoax had disappeared COM
pletely.
Wilson was rushed to the police
station, where at first it was thought
he had swallowed carbolic acid. Sub
sequent investigation showed that
nothing more dangerous than spirits
of ammonia had been used by the
brutal joker, and it is now said that
the negro will be all right in a few
days.
In the meantime the police have
been unable to locate the man who
is responsible for Wilson's sufferings,
and they believe he has left town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
SHOPMAN
Buy Your Work Shoes Now and Save
Money.

Buy Your Work Shoes Now and Save
Money.
The public shoe sale is one of the
greatest money saving events you ever
saw.
Buy all the shoes you think you
need. Buy now; and save money.
Hundreds and hundreds of good re-
liable shoes offered at great reduc-
tons. For your convenience We have
arranged the shoes on tables. Pick
out the kind you want.
Just think of buying shoes at prices
like these: One big lot OF mems $3.50
shoes. all sizes, button or blucher
style for $245. Another lot of $500
shoes for Sl45. ~ mems oxfords in
tan or black. $3.50 values for $2s5.
One broken lot Of $3.50 oxfords go at
$1.s5. Then the $3.50 canvas shoes
are being sold at CSC.
II will pay you to come and look
over the bargains this sale is offer
ing
PRIESTER-HICKEY SHOE co.
Harper House block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
CLAIM THEY saw
WOMAN SUICIDE

A party of Moline automobilists re-
ported to the Davenport police late
afternoon that they had
witnessed the suicide of an unknown
woman who had jumped off the gov
eminent bridge near the draw. The
witnesses were able to give but a
ineager description of the won,ah.
about the only point noticed being tnat
she was dressed in dark clothing and
wore a hat with a red band about it.
The autoists hurried to the Daven.
port side of the river and endeavored
to unfasten the moorings of a boat in
order to go to the rescue OF the wo-
man, but the chair resisted their eff
forts. A launch put out but too late
to even catch sight of the suicide.
Dragging of the river bottom was
tried for some time but without re,
suit
AS far as the police could learn to.
day, no one is missing in this vicinity
and it seems that the woman must be
from some other place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
BAKING COMPANY
IN BAD IN MOLINE

Warrants were issued in Moline to-
day against the proprietors of the
Range Baking company of this city in
which it is charged that the company
is selling bread which does not weigh
as much as is required under the ordi-
nances of that city. In one store
whore an investigation was conduct
ed, the lOaves were found to tip the
scales at IL ounces each, the ordi-
nances requiring Is. Heads of the
baking company state that they are
at loss to account for the apparent
violation as they scale the dough be-
fore 1t is baked at 16 ounces to the
loaf, the average loss per loaf In bak-
ing being estimated by experts at an
ounce and a half. Where the ounce
and a half margin has gone is the
question that puzzles the bakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
Hsinssksn, the German Prodigy.

Heins6ksn, the German Prodigy.
Christian Henry Heinecken, the
most wonderful of all the worlds pre-
cocious prodigies, was born at Lubbock,
Germany, in the year 1921. When but
nine and a half months OF age this
human wonder could pronounce every
word contained in the German lam
guage, and before he had rounded out
his first year Of earthly existence he
knew all the leading events of the
worlds history. AT the age Of four
teen months he could give chapter and
verse of any quoted dassage of the
Scriptures and knew the history of
every book in both the Old and New
Testaments. At the age of two and
a half years he could answer every
question in the Biographies and histO-
ries then in use and could converse
with visitors in either German, French,
Dutch, Latin or Greek. His fourth
year was devoted to the study of re-
ligion and ancient history. He had
finished the studies mentioned and had
started on a course in oriental religion
when he suddenly died before complet-
ing his fourth year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
Instinct In Birds.

In the stormy part of the year a
steamer encountered rough weather,
and, as often happens at such times,
many sea gulls lowered near the ship
and even came on board. One allowed
itself to be caught, and 1t was found
that it had fish bone stuck in the eye
in such Il position as not absolutely to
destroy the sight, but penetrating an
inch into the flesh of the bird and pro-
jecting an inch and a half. 1t might
have had a fight with a fish or got
transfixed seeking its prey. The doc
tor Of the ship took the bird, extracted
the bone, applied n soothing remedy to
the wound and let it 20. 1t flew away,
but returned the next day, allowing IT.
self to be caught. The doctor exam
ined the wound, which was progressing
favorably, applied more of the remedy
and let the bird go second time. 1t
flew several times around the ship and
then departed and returned no more
London Sketch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
COLD is STOLEN
IN BEST BUILDING
Entire Stock Of Precious Metal
Is Taken From Offices of
Two Dentists.
LOSS IS. ABOUT $50
Discovery Is Not Made Until Late Yes
terday Afternoon-PoIiee
Notified.

Gold robbers committed depreda-
tions on dental Offices in the Best
building some time between Satur-
day afternoon and Monday morning.
obtaining in all about $50 worth Of the
precious metal in plate, nugget and
foil form. Those victimized were DR..
B. H. Sherrard on the fourth floor and
DR.. E. P. Ames on the third floor. The
losses were not discovered until late
yesterday afternoon. Although the
dentists would not make any definite
statement this morning, they have a
very good idea as to the identity of
the thief, for it is believed to be the
work of one man.
DR.. Ames Saturday had no occasion
to use any gold, and was absent from
the office all day Sunday. Yesterday
afternoon, shortly after o'clock, he
prepared to do some crown work for
patient, and upon going to the draw
er where the gold is kept, found that
every particle of the metal had been
cleaned out as slick as a whistle. Two
nuggets, plate ana 1Cll 10 the value OF
SIS was missing.
IN THE SAME BOAT.
Finding his work interrupted, the
doctor went tosB. H. Sherrard's Office
on the floor above to obtain enough
gold TO complete his work. Upon 60
ing to his cabinet to obtain same, the
latter discovered that he also had
been victimized, to the extent Of
something over $40, every particle
having been taken. Nothing was dis
turbed in either Office, and it is evi
dent that the robber knew the ground
thoroughly. In both instances, an en-
trance was effected by inserting g
screw driver beneath the weather
strip and pressing back the spring
lock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
Obituary
MRS CHARLES DETLEFsEN.


Mrs. Charles Detlefsen, aged 65
years, died at her home, $50 Seven
teenth street, last night at 1870 after
an extended illness. Death was due
TO a complication of diseases. Mrs.
Detlefsen was born in Germany, Aug.
10, 1S47, fcoming to America in 1871
and Immediately taking up her resi-
dence in Rock Island, where she has
lived ever since. Mrs. Detlefsen was
married to Charles Detlefsen in this
city, the same year of her arrival In
this country, her maiden name being
Mary Spier. Besides her husband
she is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. William Johnston, Mrs. Helen
B. Snead of Los Angeles, and Mrs.
Roswell Wright OF Moline; one son.
Henry, of Nevada, also survives. Fun
eral arrangements have not been
made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30

FEASIBILITY OF
HENNEPIN CANAL
Chicagoans and Members of
Waterways Commission
Make Trip to Bureau.
MEANS MUCH FOR DITCH
May Result In Great Increase In Car.
rylns Done Through Its Waters
by Shippers.

Heads of the Morton Salt company
of Chicago were guests this afternoon
of the commission which is in charge
Of the Hennepin canal, and a trip over
the route from this city to Bureau was
taken in order TO demonstrate to the
Chicagoans the feasibility OF the canal
for shipping purposes The party in
cluded ]. Morton, head of the salt
company, r. V. McCrosky and R. X.
Warren, shipping managers, w. A.
Meese, attorney for the canal commits
sion. Leon Mcdonald, superintendent
of the Lockport district. and w. A.
Rosenfield of Rock Island, w. L. Sack
EFT of Morris, and Charles F. Anderson
Of Chicago, members of the canal COM
mission. Dinner was had at the Man.
ufacturers hotel in Moline, after which
the party boarded the U. S. steamer
Ruth and set out on the trip.
MAY BOOM CANAL.
Recently the salt company made a
heavy shipment via the canal, and the
venture was so successful that it at.
tracted the attention of the heads to
the possibility of effecting further
economy by larger shipments through
the canal
If the company decides to use the
canal extensively, it may mean boom
for the waterway, as other shippers
will not be slow in following suit.
PLAN To RETURN HERE.
The party planned to return to Rock
Island in time for supper at the Rock
Island club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
OPENS FINE BARBER SHOP
IN EAST END OF CITY

One OF the finest and most modern
barber shops in the middle west has
been opened up in the new Campbell
building south of the Thirty-frst street
depot OF the Rock Island road by John
T. Burke. Until this week, Mr.. Burke
conducted a shop in the Rooster fiat
building a block east of his present
location. None of the equipment OF
the old shop with the exception of
the expert BARRIERS. are used in the
new emporium. The new fixtures are
the most modern, sanitary and ap-
proved designs. The chairs are white
enameled steel. The large mirrors
fronting them are encased in beauti-
full marble of a rich dark greenish
tint. Other furnishings are in har-
mony and the shop is one to be
proud Of.