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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
A! SNAP DIVISION.

The backset given to the British
ministry recently by a snap decision
on one Of the sections ot the Irish
home rule bill is not serious. A vote
of that sort, though annoying. is not
considered vital when given in com
mittee. with little more than two
thirds OF the members voting. Should
the vote hc repeated in full house
on the final question it is quite likely
that the ministry would have to take
into consideration whether oil not the
issue is important enough to appeal
to the country.
The serious phase of the vote lies
in the fact that any considerable mum.
her of the liberals were ready to
break their party's program on an is
sue which involves So plain a prin-
ciple Of common justice. That IN
ionists should be glad to hamper the
bill with incongruous and unjust de-
tails is a matter Of curse. But that
any number of liberals should support
a proposition which, as Sir Herbert
Samuel showed, means that the inn
perial government shall collect s47,-
10000 revenue from ireland and
give back to its parliament $12.5OO,-
900 to pay for governmental services
costing 100000 indicates an un-
favorable sentiment in an unexpected
quarter.
1t is Probable. however, that this
vote will be reversed when it comes
to a division in the full house. 1t is
certainly to be hoped hat the bill will
not be wrecked on SO petty a rock
when the main principle is in a fair
way to success.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
POLITICAL ~r.DtUATIoS.

49,
Chairman .IcC-ni,'s announcement
tee viii be cout:susd as an active
boG:' for the nest four years % cdu-
ca.c tire :eopie II democratic doc.
t-'.cs. follows close upon the previous
s;a:s.ncr: .aAde by Chairman Dixon
that the progressive national commit
tee will DC used 70 hcrHard an educa-
tionai campaign. r. republican
part, apparently. still kas the feeling
tina. uolac= with the morning after
aud doesn't want 20 be bothered about
Encl1 things as education. But after
u while, when the cigar lump and
nn.rty se!zer bottles are removed
from the scene. ard a little fresh air
is lc; in, the grand old party will
probably &c, out of bed and join with
the prcressives and democrats in the
decision to educate the public. even if
II should become necessary 20 use an
az 10 do 1t.
Unfortunately for the political man.
ayers. the public has something Of
that headachy feeling itself. The vot-
crs have gone back TO work, after
their exciting debauch. and don't
Z Ia be bothered with picture pos
tai cards sent out by democrats, re-
publicans: or progressives. They
wan, 10 forget politics for a while.
once every four years is enough. An
occasional II told you So is about as
far as the political talk is permitted
TO go in the aftermath Of the political
avalanche that swept the republicans
n.,f ncd fho democrafc i'm
But there is food for thought in the
plans OF Chairman McCombs and
Chairman Dixon. It would be far bet
ter for the country il the process of
education We're continued throughout
the four years and not confined to the
brief period before the quadrcnnial
election. Under the present system.
the people wake up to the fact that an
election is approaching some timo
about September. and then they are
cards. letters, and c~anvassers from
:hen on until November. A great
many false statements are made in
haste, and the truth hasn't time to
catch up.
Political education should be spread
over four years. Then the people
could digest the arguments sent out
by the leaders. In a four-year cam
paign, conducted without hurry or
fuss. truth and justice would surely
prevail, and the excitement and de-
ception of the election period would
he min.mized.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
(New York, Press.)

The average criminal is as jealousy
proud Of his alias as the actor is Of
his stage name. In the criminals
world his alias is g part of his stock
in trade. Usually it is not Of his own
In mnsi cases II Is bcstow-
ed on him spontaneously, Indian
by tnc tribe" OF gang he
belongs to. iii" majority OF the per-
sistent lawbreaEc-s III .Eew York come
from n gangs. Sometimes the ''mon-
IS the criminal calls his alias,
is given him when he is a boy and
to him through life. More often.
these youthful nick-names
are dropped after the young criminal
grows up and begins to do something
worth while in the underworld.
II he shows great physical prowess
with his fists. If ne Is hard Of hearing.
II he has a cas- in n of his yes.
IL he dresses well or Ill. II he has any
In appearance or action.
his "monaker" is determined by It.
His real name liz unknown or forgot
ten by most except himself. When he
is arrested he is likely to give the pO-
lice the first name that Gomez into
his head. for the purpose OF conceal
ing his identity. II the police recOg-
nize him his alleged ordinary name IL
recorded. followed by his "mOnaker"
and then by as many as the other or
binary he has used as can be
recalled. This would make his list
entitlements read something like
this: James Gardner. alias Ike the
Plug, alias Frank Clark. alias George
Andrews. ETC.. But to his criminal as
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
GENESIS OF CRIMINAL ALIAS
HOW TIE DENIZENS OF THE UNDERWORLD ACQUIRE rrrrm
TITLES.
and to the police he is always

ike the Plug"
II you went wandering through the
underworld six months ago in0uirinR
for. biographical details regarding
Frank Cirofico. people would shake
their heads and reply that they didn't
know any such person. But II you
asked abou "Dago Frank" they
would know Immediately whom you
meant. "Dago Frank; Is ono Of the
Tour gunner now on trial for the
murder Of Rosenthal. Like his COM
panions. he Is the ordinary type Of
That class OF vicious and cowardly
criminal: He v has been eminent
in any line that required the exercise
OF courage or daring. Therefore his
"~monaker's" origin relates only to his
Italian birth.
With "Gyp the Blood" the genesis
Of the criminal alias IL more involved
"Gyp." for n thing. has a reputa-
ton as a KILLER" not Of the swae.
gering. fearless kind that was a fea-
ture of the west a generation ago. but
Of the rat-like type that takes no
chances and will not fight until cor
nered. 'Gyp" gets his first name be-
cause he 10 credited with having
Gypsy blood in his veins. He In dark
enough Tor a Romany. but so 10 "Dago
Frank" When 1t corpes to his appel
lation the Biood.' there is a diner
ence Of opinion both in Gangland and
among the police. Some have It that
his sanguinary title comes from his
red record. The police scott at this,
and say II comes from the fact that he
is a stylish dresser. q blood" which
word In that meaning has. been In use
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

IAN act to provide for a uniform
percentage in the relationship Of the
classification ratings, providing for
the establishment Of minimum car
load weights, to Ak the maximum rate
on basis Of the less-than.carload rate
Of tho article M tho minimum car
load weight that may be charged on
shipments Of property. defining the
rating upon which the carload ra,e
shall be computed, and prescribing
penalties for violations OF the pro-
visions Of this act"
With n enthusiastic advocate Of
the initiative, referendum and re-
call claim hat a popular vote upon
a Law SO submitted will be the final
expression Of unerring authority on
the questions involved? To anyone
the information involved by this
statement Of the measure is nothing.
Even men versed in these intricate
railroad questions would need to
know what the percentages. minimum
carload weights, maximum rates, etc.
are before they could vote intelligent
~. But for the average voter the
whole thing is Greek.
AZ is tnlS FEATURE OF SuOnlItlhS 10 a
ponula? vote questions Of intricate
character ,hat can be decided inteili-
.en,l: only by experts-and in this
case net always by them-that is the
Creates weakness of the entire system
that is urged as progressive. II the
ordinary man builds a building he
docs not undertake to calculate loads
and st-aws for himself. II he builds
a ship lie hires al exper. TO determine
fem. displacement and draft. But II
is proposed to have the bulk Of such
men decide matters ::at are coSnpre-
hensihle 10 n hut experts and
make their vote snail. F1ipping e
penny would be just about as likely
TO secure intelligent Judgment and
would cost :nuc,. less time ard
money.
The Times has always been in ia
o Of submitting &c popular vote
questions Of basic Importance which
present q clear and simple issue on
which the people can intelligently ex-
press their preference. But A pop
ular vote on measures OF intricate
character. of the effect and bearing
Of which few can understand. is leav-
ing important matters to the verdict
Of blindness.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

A bad quarter Of an hour is fur
nished the Germans by the report of
one val correspondent that the swift
and decisive victories Of the Bulgars
over the Turks were due to the SUI
periority of the Creusot French guns
over the German Krupps used by the
Turks. OF course the Krupp people
will scientifically demonstrate the un-
truth of this. However the gun con
troversy may urn out, we think the
chief factor Of Bulgarian success lay
in their adoption Of old General Z. b.
FORESTS statement that the art of
war consists of "gittin' thar first with
the most men,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
(Kansas City Journal.l


Two men We're sitting pensively in
some stone Jail of the Island of Crete.
One was q m~tddle-aged man with a
gray beard and a harassed expression
The also wore the regular prison cos
tunnel, while the other was a youth of
rakish aspect.
And ever if We could escape, as
you suggest" said the older man pen
sively, what good would it do to us?
The king has the customs officials
search every ship that leaves the ISL
on purpose to see whether we may be
jail-and we might've would have
to spend the rest of our lives on this
blooming island. for you know there
never were any Annette kellerman's
in our family tree."
True" replied the youth. W are
the original pussyfoots when it comes
to swimming, but I'd certainly like to
fly this burg"
Fly the burg" repeated his faith
er. pensively. Then. with a sudden
excitement: Ely the burg: That's
just what well do-we'll fly. Now you
run out and talk to the jailer while l
figure this thing out"
These two men, as you probably
have guessed. were Icarus and Dae-
dalus. the first aviators. Daedalus
was IN architect who had been called
in by h1!nos, king Of Crete, to lay out
n park and boulevard system. build a
rev palace or two and generally touch
up tho island, but when 1t came time
to pay him his commissions, MinOs
decided hat Daedalus wasn't much Of
an architect. and that the decorations
he had designed for the front of the
Carnegie library deserved Il Jail sent
ence, so he gave him one of indefinite
period. Icarus went along just to
keep his father company. and II was
indeed a touching sight to see the two
playing pitch together in the yard of
the jail. while the dishonest taxpayers
passed by outside. hooting with glee
because Daedalu's imprisonment
meant that they would not have to
pay any more improvement taxes.
This was the state of affairs when
Daedalus got the bunch about flying
from listening to his sons idle chat
ter. That very day he set to work
making a pair of wings. The MANAGE
meut Of the jail seems TO have been
f-H F 80
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
BENNER & BEGG'

since the days Of the English
Georges. 1t also is a fair translation
OF an Italian phrase by which a dandy
is described. At any rate, "Gyp the
Blood does not look murderous and
he does not dress flashily. which
means fashionably in the world where
he used to move.
Whitley" Lewis got his "monaker'
when he was a towheaded boy. His
hair Is darker now. but the alias still
clings to him. Lefty Louie" is left
handed.
There is little that is interesting and
much that is '%repulsive about these
four gunner. They belong to q class
that v fights in the open. that
shoot. u and stab in the night. and
gang leaders. simply members Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
FIRST AVIATION VICTIM
AS TO a FANCY STUNT.

somewhat lax: anyhow, the architect
had no trouble in obtaining all the
feathers and wax he wanted, and 1t
was no time at all before he had a
couple of pairs of very handsome
wings made-one for himself and one
for his son 1carus.
These wings they fastened on with
sealing wax, there being no chewing
gum obtainable. and early one morn
ing they went soaring merrily out of
the Jail yard.
Pausing only long enough to drop
la large brick upon the head of King
Minos. who was strolling in his gar
den. they then headed for the Euro
pean mainland. AS they fiuttered gay
ly along young Icarus swooped and
scared and flew in circles about his
parent. so happy was he at the pros
pect of a real meal again in an Athens
cafe.
e careful Ike" his father called
to him, land whatever you do, don't
get too al the sun. Fly low"
But o know how youth is-rash
old Daedalus mentioned the sun than
it occurred to his wild. headstrong
son that it would be a clever thing to
light a cigarette off the sun, and up
he scared. But before he got within
lighting distance. the powerful rays
began to melt the with which his
wings were fastened. and a moment
later down came Icarus. piunging and
turning and entirely helpless. One
wing had como of.
Father and O were over the ocean
at this time. but as old Daedalus had
go prophetically remarked, there were
no Annette kellermans in their fam
lily tree. Icarus had never learned to
swim at all and seldom got into a
bathtub without a life preserver, so it
was not long before the Nereids were
Borrowing yer his body. The Nereids,
1t may be remarked, were wonderfully
sympathetic girls. They always had
a tear or two on tap for any drowned
wayfarer and spent a large part of
their time weaving "In Memoriam"
and AT Rest wreaths out Of sea-
weed. So It is comforting 10 know
that 1carus had a nice funeral.
Daedalus continued on his journey
and finally reached Sicily. where he
established himself with a king named
cocalus: In Sicily he built a temple
to Apollo and hung up mis- wings -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
IN AMAZED RUSSIAN.

An interesting view Of American
point was expressed recently at Chi.
cago. Michael Pobdnostof. chief o,
the Russian police administration a,
Iiaika!, Siberia. was in Pittsburgh
Pa, election day. He cav types %.
citizens there some of which were not
unknown to him. But what they
were doing was a novelty to him
And it struck him with wonder. He
said:
And these men were voting.
They were voting to select a
president for the greatest re-
public in the world. They
may be the father Of sons who
under your constitution may be
presidents or representatives of
this marvellous country. And this
is a miracle.
Perhaps il the Baikal chief Of po-
Ices thoughts should reach the ears
Of the old-style bureaucrats at st. Pc
tersburg it would not do him any
good. But they present a view that
should not be lost on this country.
liAlG Vi Cd6OuAks was SuSRCEICV
to him:
They trust you. They hate us.
You treat them kindly. Condi-
tons over which we have had no
control have forced decisions
which made US innuemrable enc
mics. 1t is deplorable on our
side. 1t is glorious on yours.
Psychologically, IL IS stupendous.
This conclusion was reached by the
Russian Official:
America is the melting pot Of
the universe. You can make
the world over anew. and you
are doing it. This is the greatest
work that has eve- been done in
christendom.
OF course. there is 4 reverse side to
This picture. A great deal Of the vot-
i:s. especially thai Of the class which
FrobGroston knew, is ignorant and
!~!aphsza.d. Much OF CUR politics ia
hurlybu!iy, which closures clear
sigh. and ccnfuses Judgment. But
H. works out III the enc TO instruct
g! citizenship AID intelligent politics.
OI- wcrst scandals are far better
than the favori;ism Of courts or the
rc:"!liiy oi officials. Despite discour-
n*cn!:nts and even backsets. We grow
better . And this wonder ard admir-
alton f-o:n a member Of tho Russian
police service give us AT idea Of our
mia2;cn to humanity that we nrc npt
30 lose sight of from our OWE strrl-
point.
Is it iot a fair deduction that ".
Will be wise to sticl: to the :unda.
mental principles that have produced
these results? Details may have tc
be changed to meet changed condi.
tons. But tho underlying constitu.
:ionai canons on which we have
workcd out problems Of the utmos,
gravity n bailt UP n nation that
con,pa!s admiration from thu rest OF
the world are worth maintaining.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Mrs. j: Berkheimer. Niagara. .23s.s1o
Anna Ekeren. Iarimore ..~....236.S50
Hazel Seigne. Warren ........235.s20
Susie Nelson. Northwood. ...s29,070
Fac King. Euclid ............22e,34o
Mrs. Q. H. Steele. 2 E. q. F~...2is.4so
Mrs. j.. Q. Braute. Reynolds. ..21S.lso
Emma Block. Thompson .....2O7,390
Helen Thompson. Reynolds. ..2o1.37o
Edna NJ. Morrow. Mallory. ...l93.s00
Mrs. f. G. Hanson. Mekinock. 215.o2o
Mrs. F. Woodward. Niagara. 1880
Nesta Misner. Euclid ........l48,570
Mrs. H. Herman. Marvel. N. D.ll7.35o
Grace Hansen. st. Vincent. ...lO9,26O
Martha Montgomery. Inkster. .1Os,Sl0
Selma Nygaard. Mekinock.... s2,72o
Mrs Sarah Ehlers. Niagara. 5000
Olive Douglas. Argyle. 1880
Hazel Sargent. Crookston go. 1880
Myrtle Roberts. Stephen. 900. $1,000
Florence Black: r. 2. g. F.....56.20o
Mrs. e.. s. Ashley. Thief River
Margaret Sirclair. Argyle. 1000
Media Olmstead. Argyle. 5000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Congressman Augustus Peabody
Gardner Of Massachusetts. son-in-law
of Senator Lodge. is quoted as declar-
ing: II am not for the kind of SEN
ators that mother used to make" Yet
if Mr.. Gardner would consult his pa
pa-in-law'. he might learn that in the
time Of his mother and grandmother.
Hoar, Sumner and Webster, for ex-
ample, constituted a fairly good kind
Of senator's.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
rank and file who obey the orders Of
their chief

rank and file who obey the orders Of
their chief.
The gang leader himself has to be
"a man of greater courage and daring
than his followers, else he would not
be a leader. Louie the Lump is the
only gangster who can boast Of hav-
ing killed a real gang leader. Louis
the Lump got his criminal alias be-
cause Of his short. thickset frame. He
is supposed to have been chistened
Louis Poggi. He has been a fugitive
from justice for some time. and many
years in prison await him. His claim
to distinction was the numbering Of
kid Twist" at Coney Island.
The late big Jack" Zelig was
Twists successor as the leader Of the
t~.onfinuod m PAPA ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Russia is saying nothing but there
are indications that she is not ne
glecting the task of wood-sawing.
While the world has been absorbed
in watching the Balkans. she has CIV
en- herself another helping of Persia
and has kindly accepted the function
of a protectorate owe Mongolia,
which is one-third as big as all Eu-
rome,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

With the retirement Of Cy Sulloway
of New Hampshire. 1.-The long doc
tor" from St. Louis. unless some e
conner overtops him, will succeed to
the proud title Of being the tallest
man in the house.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

brick dropping incident, that he put
his sleuths on the trail and finally
found where Daedalus was stopping.
Then he came on to Sicily to kill him,
but one of King Cocalus's daughters
tempered with the plumbing in King
Minos' room and that very evening he
scalded himself to death while taking
a bath.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

an offering to the god. having no
farther use for them. AS far as we
can learn he never tried to be a bird
man n more, although the Sicily
County Fair association offered him a
purse of 10000 p~iasters II he would
at their show the next fall.
There is n thing more Minos,
KING or Crete. was so enraged ut the
escape OF tho architect and at the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

The Asquith ministry is fortified by
the precedent that the Balfour gov
eminent failed TO resign when upset
by a snap vote. But this precedent
being against the tories. they will
probably have no use for 1t now.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

st. Louis judge. about to sentence
a prisoner to twenty days in Jail.
changed it to ten when the fellow
claimed to be a poet. and wrote a
verse 70 prove it. We have read the
lines. n wonder Why his honor
didn't make it a life term.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

The suicide of a fashion designer
appalled, by the demand for new
styles is not surprising. Many another
has felt the same impulse for
the same reason without being a de.
Signer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Oscar Underwood isn't likely to ac-
cept an obscure job in the cabinet,
seeing that the lesson that it is pos
sible for a southern man to be elect
ed president hasn't been entirely lost
on him,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

We have a suspicion that along
about the middle Of the first week Of
the session OF the new congress there
Is going to be a loud yell for those
old Reed rules.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

A Brooklyn mar of e%ighty-two
married again a week after being left
a widower, which strikes us as a
pretty long engagement, for a man
of that age.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

The little old lady a, Princeton
who admonished Woody to be merci-
full should he treasured by the infor-
nation. that he has been elected en-
ccutive. not executioner.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Will the discovery that Wilson'S
vote is some 100000 less than Bry-
ans vote in 1905 inspire thoughts at
Lincoln. Ncb.. on the ~practicability
of coming back?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Those New York gunner are much
more in favor of a square deal nov
than they were when they ven forth
so gayly to slay Rosenthal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

% to 6. by Carlisle. The army always
did have trouble licking the Indians
without the assistance Of a bunch Of
cowboys.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15
A .ErEI,ENDUM QUESTION.

AZ the recent election a measure
wns submitted In 4 referendum to the
people Of Oregon. It was described
In the of,cial pamphlet us follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

The Turk is the guy who put the
"eon" in Constan,inople. but there
are multiplying signs that he will not
be able to keep it there much longer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

We congratulate the courier-Jour-
nal upon its birthday. and Marse
Henry for the longest editorial he
ever wrote. which is going some.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

a London repor, says hat Sarah
Bernhardt was Rugged by a museum
bear. How il must have reminded
her of Sapho and Camille!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Woody can't understand why Pope
Gregory wanted to so and put four
whole months between the 5th OF
November and the 4th of March.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

The way in which some democrats
are shouting for an extra session in
dicates that they can hardly wait for
the pie counter to open.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-15

Champ Clark admits that his fav-
orite dish for lunch is pie. but most
democrats want it for breakfast and
dinner, too.