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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
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In Europe there is perhaps. moth.
ing moro astonishing to- the American
mine than tho pcrsistcncy with which
certain old customs are maintained
lhr Romans. for instance. keep w
III" satnrnalia of the ancient pagan
ancestors i'm Il harmless way, and the
f~l"rcntincS gn on ono morning of the
Year I" catch crickcts i'm the grass
simply because the Etruscans did the
sam" thing 1000 years ago.
When bismarck during the term OF
his mission as ambassador at ST. Pct
erSburS was Walking one afternoon in
TN" summer garden he met the en-
per"r who invited the diplomat to con-
iinur his stroll With him. Soon Bis
marrk noticed Il sentry stationed i'm
Tn" middle OF II large grass plot. lie
asked what the soldier was doing
thrr". Th" czai did no, know. The
unirN was made of the sentry himself.
1T is "rd"rcd.' was the reply.
Every official gave the same answer,
III is ordcrcd,' but nobody knew by
whom. \ sentry had always stood
guard in In" middle OF that innocent
grass plot. The archives we're search
Gu. but in vain. Finally an aged Of
iiclii WAS found who ave the explain
alton. He had had il from lbs faith
! 'hd' iut EIlDTtSS NlIllpT1nc mad
ono" seen 81 sn"wdrnp ready to bloom
in that plot and had ordered IL sentry
TO stand guard and ALLOW no II tu
puck it. F"r more than u century the
watch had been maintained becnlsr
Ill WAS ord"rrd' and because no one
i'id eyer dreamed at disobcying the
order or questioning any one as to
III" reason therefor.
The" inti"NihilitN of Russian official
., tlA ~. lr... ..,,It "a
Needless fixtures in the official system,
quit" a ludirrons discovery OF this
sort was mad" by tho Empress Cath
"rin". VII" was tn" mother of tina;
Emperor Paul who was ASA ssinat-
ed in lS0l. Catherine at one time Was
inspired hN som" passing within of
economy I" ScrutiniZc the imperial
h~"'lS"k"cp"r accounts. To her amaZc-
m"nt she found among other queer
items tina one bottle of rum juilv'
WAS charged to the heir apparent. In
AS her % Naslcdink. then n
Young man. had never cvinccd n
signs of incorporate habits. his moth
az Mas greatly HStuniShcd. GoinS
over tn" accounts to ascertain how
Ions this sort of thing had been on
during. SHE" found tn her still greater
;'~Si"niShmcnt that the said eNpcndi-
tHr" went back to tn" day of his birth
and indeed. far beyond il.
So. il appeared. tho heir to- tho
thr"n" had not only lcrn charged with
drinking oven thirty dozcn bottles of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
WHY isuOSi1VFlT'S ELECTION
- asst RED.

Tto ,tr,ts to sertirr III" m"utlilh-
tion uf 'Th"utl"rp Roosevelt l"r t'f'Sl-
dent should mot ll>V" their "rls'h
i'm either unrrAsoulhi" enthusiasm cox
n desire tn eliminate any "lh"r can
didato fur PERSONAL reasons. '''i
,hoso efforts ought l." u" grounded
ON The host interests Of thc l;"pW"I'-
tau ;ar,~ .s ~ whole, and III" well
r,r. of ;l,c nation a. large, l'rtnhr-
iiv ilis loads /" tn" inquiry whether
the principles and policies "f IN" ls"-
ruulican party ar" |i'"tt'r for the
whole l,oopi" that. nv" ih"s" "' 'ht
p.nocr; tir party. To IH pihiirams
THAT mn,,trr needs n" argument. w"
Irl;~,., So. nr else w. wul,id lr li"m-
urats.
f'h, next Question is how ''s' i"
;,ss,irc tiN" election If - li"lrul'li''ii
president and thus perpetual" ia"
principles ~ III" Republican ra't>,
No man is greater politically than nus
party: is NOT superior t" th" THINGS
for which he stands. 1874 some mon,
h.n.Gs,. .f peculiar r"udiiiuHs are $"
ST. that tive. can LrtW NOR"
strength FROM the |l,ulli" than others.
WhrlH tho nari% ,an select such II on"
as it's l,.,.iar nn,. vino stands fer the
r,rt, urincipln& and ~ clean and VIZ
urots administration of his hi%lt of
firr within those principles. IL W"ui''
s"u,l 20 u" tn" part of WiS'i"m 1"
utiliz" these conditions t." guarantee
,ar,v s,,ccnss. We do mot l,rlicve the
r.upl. of The nation lGllr 50 COM
pleteiy forgotten the starvation and
ruiu that prevailed when tI,,. Dc,no-
cratic ,arty had control of TN. eny-
crrn,.nt last. that they would hrv,l-
l.ss,y ,urn from tho i;rrii,iiran par-
w and again pui Tho servants ur de-
struc,ion in power ono" more. I:ut
II by II cool and careful rh"ir" OF
candidates We can MAX" defeat inn
possible. would 1T not h" better '"
tak" lhAf c"''fS" even t1"nsh u fN''hl
some ON" other tl'ai' "Wf ''ri' 'h"''"!
w" i'cil"N" that IS what In" n"'nlhi-
ti"n of Colonel Roosevelt would
menu.
Governor Sinhl'S of Kansas. whose
fld"ltN +" IN" cause OF progressive
fSpptihiic"hiSm can mo- u" questioned.
s;'' ON TINS l''in' Yesterday:
hlnncl l|trhSCN"ft IS mot nntN tn"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
F@RTY-H0WR BOXING BOUT
SIoRi Dr. FRED ROBINSON'S LONl;.nISTANCE BATTLE WITH
kANGEEOO, WHICH HAD \ SIX-FOOT REACH.

shuffling around as if he were annoy.
ed at being disturbed. hut he paid II,
attention to these sounds so glad wa.
he at having escaped arrest. lie sa
on the floor, leaned his head Hgains
the side of the den and foil asleep
thoroughly exhausted by the excrtioi
and excitement of his pursuit. ii,
was awakened by Il blow that knocked
his hat off.
"Rohinson Strengthened up an,
rrered into the darkness, but II,
might as we'll have hecn buried alive
for all that he could SEQ. Shut ny in
that narrow box in the dark with tina
ugly and powerful beast. Robinson
was frightened out of all control OF
himself and he screamed like Il mad.
man for help.
Ono scream was all he could ut.
tor" continued Bob. for he got u jol,
on the mouth that louScncd his teeth
and sent him back against the side OF
the box s" hard that his head rams
like Il Liberty bell on the Fourth OF
July. What made it harder for Rob
insnn to bear was the fact that Ala
mad y" noise. Every blow was de-
livered like lightning out of a clear
sky. Robinson had no means of judg.
ing time. so h" Stnodt there waiting for
another blow to- come out of the dark.
ness.
During the first part of the fight
Robinson o with his left arm pro.
tecting his face and breast, his near
ing strained like II fiddle string, star.
ing into the darkness trying to get n
line on the kangaroo so that he could
plant a Knockout blow. But II.
couldn't stand in this position long
Hold your arm NY before your face for
five lnirIitnS and n 1,-il e., II l;l.n -,
lead. And when he lowered his guard
bang came those hooked feet against
his face or chest and sent him to the
floor painting and bleeding.
by this time Robinson was despcr.
ate. He had been hammered $,
cruelty hat he began to feel faint. re
add to his torment he began to suffer
from thirst. His tongue felt like a
cinder and his throat like the inside OF
a stovcripe. The excitement and heal
in the box had dried up all tho moist.
urc in his body. When Robinson
crawlcd around on his hands and
knees trying 4" reach the kangaroo
Ajax jumped ov,>r him. and every
time he crossed Robinson's body his
sharp nails ore the clothes off his
victims back. Robinson never got in
a blow. He broke the knucklcs of hi:
right hand against the box striking
out in the dark.
when the train reached Atlanta
concluded Bob. Robinson was pullce
out of the shifting den unconscious,
with Two broken ribs, a broken nose
and ~ black eyes. lie was in the
hospital for three weeks and when lie
recovered he was nabbed by the de-
tectivcs. But he escaped prison by
giving up the money. And I say that
the forty-hour fight in the dark be.
tween Ajax and Robinson was the
longest and most exciting that g
took place in the history Of pugilism.'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

Forks Symphony orchestra. as an OBJ
je"t worthy of the confidence and
~pntr"nagc of tn" people of he city.
We can d" this without becoming liza
bic In the charge of rolnmercializing
the editorial department. for from n
financial standpoint. those who are
Interested in tho production do noct
expect any reward except that, which
comes from III" consciousness of pub
III enterprise appreciated. There are
no salaries and no profits.
10th the produti ing organizations
ar" Grand Forks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
products. This fact should insure III
patriot" p%atr"nngr Of every citizen
loyal I" Grand Forks. We if the mcr-
il of III" production We're not of the
nigh character which would com-
nGtnd attention and %pa,r"nag" even
in cities many times the size of ours.
l:ut Their" is still IL stronger reason
for - liberal support. W. hav" boon
!"r years talking Grand Forks as a
city of homes and have exploited
tn" advantages L" be derived from II
permanent residence in the city, and
"Sp"' ihllN as ~ place i'm which pa
rents may rear their children with
special a~hvHniag" because nf the OPP
p"Itnnitics for education and musical
culture. We have made this city the
musical centre of the northwest, and
IT'S reputation in this particular is one
"' the" "itrH"tiN" advantages Ia the
pt"Sl"",iN" Resident. Ii is worth
'liI"h I" have i; known abroad that
Grand Forks; has two organizations
which can use. and by using. develop
TN" inl"nt of it's people along such
advanced musical lines as the Grand
Forks tr"lorio society and til" Grand
FORKS ~ mph"nN orchestra. That is
why tn" presentation of tn" Mes
S'Ah %h"uld IL" enthusiastically 10
NciNr..
The Ladies' Thursday Musical club
has don" It splendid, ANA possibly
mot FULLY appreciated. work in put
'luG TN" city "n the musical man.
Great artists tho greatest in tho
world have been brought hero. Tn"
May music festival has become known
Ear beyond lh" bounds of the state.
lii"S" have all dun" their share in
turning tn" eyes of musical students
i" Grand Forks. MI have helped the
city both H"sthrti"ally aud CONNER
"iailN. II is something to II. proud
Of ihnt II" knorllcr has ever gotten
ont his l'unN hammer for anything
'li'iSi'aI ~f.l"rNltndy has bouStcd; CIV
"rNh"dN has worked. The production
of tn" "M"ssiah" is one element and
JUS, NOW tn" "nr Ia be most consid-
cred.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

TUESDAY,. JAN. ., l"l2.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
SOLVING SOME Big PR0BLE EMS
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS GIVE THEIR OPINIONS ON INTERESTING
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.

supported by such occurrences AS those
N n orthoccratities of the Trenton
limestone and by the experiments of
Z. Engler, who obtained n liquid like
crude petroleum by the dis%tillation of
mei1haden 0ish) oil.
Similarly there is n difference of
opinion as to the conditions under
which the organisms have been min
eralzed. some holding that the rD-
cess has taken place at u high tenn
peraturc and under great pressure:
but the lack of practical evidence In
nature In support of these. views has
led many to conclude that petroleum.
like coal. has been formed at moderate
temperatures. n under pressures
VARYING with the depth of the CON
tanning rocks.
This view is supported by the fac
mat petroleum is found on the Sar.
dinian and Swedish coasts as a product
of the decomposition Of seaweed,
heated only by the u and under Mt.
mOspheric pressure.
In the article on Mining by Prof,
II. 3. Munroe of Columbia university,
nc uevotss Il special section to the
question Of EXPLOSIONS, fires and fooda
In mines. He has evidently consid.
cred the Very latest methods OF deal
Ing with these evils and with regard
to fires he says: When direct at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
Total in west

This total added to what is conccd-
these are added the votes of the two
states from which the other candi-
dates rome-ohio with ~ votes, and
Wisconsin with 13. it makes the grand
total of 2Ia. or twelve moro than
enough To elect. y. one can point to n
state enumerated above which Roosc-
relt cannot carry if he is the candi
date of his party. This estimate furth-
armore leave out Illinois with its 90
rotes. and which gave a Republican
majority of 179,122 in 1908. 1t also
leaves IL Colorado with 6 votes, Del
aware with 3, Indiana with Is. Mis-
souri, witch is, Nebraska With s and
New Jersey with IA, making n total
Of ga votes, all Of which states were
carried. by Roosevelt in 1904, and
many If not all, of which he would
carry this year.. thus increasing the
safe majority by which his election
lis assured.
These conditions are what should
Ibe taken into consideration by Rcpub-
Means when making W their minds
tas to whom they shall support in the
presidential primary. They should
he weighed, carefully and candidly
alongside those urged for. the support
OF other candidates. and a decision
should he made IA the same manner
rs the honest juror reaches n verdict
inter he has weighed and compared
the merits Of both sides.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

Next tak" tn" mtdll, West and
western states IN Which Governor
StuhIs says h.. WwIlL haY" Increased
nr'iorities over In" regular Republic
can votes and they show the follow
i'm. ,-c,tIiS.
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THOUGHTS OF OTHERS

= = y Y = = = 4 y . ~ - y y .
Th" Hon. supreme court lately
hAnd"d down n decision without wait
1n" For Monday. hut it isn't expected
t" manifest a general disposition to
Violate tho speed limits.
Worrying won't pay your debts. or
II" n other useful chores.
T""rl" pay the delivery drivers, all
right, but they can't boss thcm.
S"mo men don't seem to have much
T." ii" besides getting acquainted.
n young man isn't often so anxious
I" leave home as he is to get back.
NO merchant ever carricd n stock
large enough to please some people.
No man a demonstrate hat he is
Il lion simply by rourinS Il good deal.
Arnold Bennett. the most talked of
author of the day. probably has the
homclicst mouStarhc ever imported to
this side.
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ADJUSTMENTS

Montgomery aud Stone in ..Tl,c Old
I.,un

Montgomery aud stone in .Tlhc Old
iowa..
n right roNal welcome for their own
SAN - VIII u" "Nt"nh"d tu Montgomery
and St"nr by Grand Forks %ncntrc-
@""rS ON Saturday. January IL. WHOM
inns clover pair oi funmakcrs will
maxi" their first bow to IL Grand
Forks audience, who for years ana
Years have waited patiently to see
mas celebrated pair of musical com
cay comedians who's" field of cndcav-
on has been strictly confined to tn.
''l"S %! the east exclusively.
MONTGOMERY and Stone are Amcri-
Ga $ l"N"rit' comedians and have
demonstrated il suniricntly TO Tho,
S~,'.Si"'',"n Of New York. Chicago,
t'"St"n. Philadelphia and all the priu-
r'ri'' cities cast of the Missouri river.
I" 'h"s" VIII" HAY" never seer
Montgomery and Stone in amy of their
mastery creations i; is worth while
t" observe that "r!n" Dld Town"
which is I'll" play they will appear i'm
i"r" Just tr"m$ with II lot Of joyful
surprises III which III" interchangeable
Air. stone novelties uf im"pcrSunRtiou
u;''irihg and arr"hn1ir achievement,
ms ia'i't dance. also Mr.. Muntcon,-
cry $ Jipa1l"sr ballet. the cowboy en-
S'I'i''i" aud the Suttraa"1tr chorus an.
Tour of thu" big numbers which found
exceptional favor With the public
during the New York rum nf Tho
'ld Town"
Sine" Charles Dillingham; is tho
li'aniG"rinl sponsor of the AI" play
~ Is sal" To say that all of the f,s-
'lh'"hs ni"cty "f decoration and an
l%'"lnlIn"nt for which all of his pro-
hli"ti"lS ar" always remarkable will
~ noted III III" mounting of ''Thc Old
Town" NV
vi" company supporting Montgom-
cry u St"n" have been carefully
chosen and 'apahly drilled. The old
Town Pony BALLET i'm several cxccp-
i'"na'!N Well executed dancing NUM-
h"rS is n of the features of the
performances, which is remarkable in
deed for high class incidental num-
li"rS.
Among tn" We'll known princjpals
III support of Montgomery and Ston.
are Clara Palmer. I'iossi" Hope, Helen
faic"nor. Edna Bates. Virginia Ken
':ii'' Peggy Preston. and the Mcssrs.
, n'i'i"S Don. Howard Russell, Mack
Whiting. w. j. Mccarthy, Howard
i'Nott II James c.. Hcauoy.
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plays in robbing the world of sun
light is strikingly shown by tho fact
that no part of tho outer surface of
the earth's atmosphere is at any sea-
son Of n car so amply summed as is
during a few days in juno the part
over the north pole.
ON the earth's surface the pole
would however, receive only 1914
units of solar radiation, as against $50
units received at tho altitude of 40
degrees northii for the polar sun at
its highest. is never as much as ~
degrees above the horizon. And when
the suns rays travel obliqucly through
the atmosphere they have many
miles of robbinE atmosphere to pcrc-
.tratc han when-coming from direct
ly ovcrh"ad-they take the shortest
cut, mt Il right anglo to that par of
he carth's surface upon which they
arc to fall.
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tack is no longer practicable, it is pos
siblr to eXtinguish the fire by seal
ing the mine workings and eXhausting
the supply of oxygen 1T is necessary
however to keep the mine scaled I'M
til the burning timbers or coal and
the red hot rocks have become cool,
or the fire will break out again. This
sometimes requires two Or three
,,,n,tlg
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SUPPORTING HOME ENTERPRISE

The Times commends the %presenta-
ton of the Messiah by the Grand
Forks Oratorio society and the Grand
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Boys and can fight II good
deal without doing IL great deal of
damage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-17
YANKEES PASSED
 UP PITCHER GREEN
NEW YORK AMERICANS DID NOT LIKE HOLYOKE PITCHER so
 GIANTS TOOK HIM.

"Yes, I've sold Paddy Green for $8, 900 to the New York Nationals. He will be delivered to the Giants Sept. 15. Now don't think for a moment the sale is a phoney one, it's the real goods" said Dan O'Neil yesterday. There have been any number of clubs looking over Green since he started to aG4ract attention in the league and the sale was fixed up late Saturday night. had intended to keep it quiet until the 25th, when the first payment will be made
 And then Dan told how near Paddy came to being a member of the New York Americans instead of the New give the American leaguers the first crack at making a pick from his club for $1,000 in return for Second Base man Curry.
 Several weeks ago he went to Bos- ton while the Yankees were playing the Red Sox, where he conferred with Owner Farrell and Manager Wolver- ton. He explained to them that Green was much in demand and that in accordance with his agreement he stood ready to let the Yankees take Green if they wanted him. He frank ly confessed that he thought Green was a conner and would bring him big money. The New York men told him that they would send Scout Ar thur Irwin to look over Green and let him know their decision within a certain time limit. Irwin watched Green in action in this city a few days later but went away without making any comment on the young Huntingtan lads ability. The data
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-17
N MAJOR %LElGUE

The fact that the Giants went down to defeat in both Chicago and St. Louis especially in the latter city, is taken in tlles West ms veridcation of the r1- nor that the champions were about to slump Pittsburgh and Chicago are again talking pennants. The Giants meantime are slowing up little and will not make. as good a showing as they did on their last venture, into the West. But when Brooklyn can rise up ard beat the Pirates two in, one day McGfaw's chances are still good in view of the commanding lead Of his club
 This has been strenuous season for Ty Cobh, between suspensions and the fact that Iris Speaker and Joe Jack son have both set sail for his crown. But the Georgia Cyclone has come into his own again, the same being the leadership in the batting average col umn of the American Eeague. Ty feels most natural when he is hitting above 400, as at present. But he is being pressed hard by Speaker and Jackson and the season has some distance to go yet.
 ing ten .run-getters, according to the latest published records. Doyle, Merkle, Devore and Snodgrass have tailed POS times. Bob Bescher of the Reds leads the field with 64, two more than Larry Doyle.
 At last Hank ODay has discovered that umpires are sometimes wrong. Having thrown off the defensive atti- tude of the judge of play and breath- cd the atmosphere of the gladiators ct large, Hank has seen the umps as they appear to. the experienced eye of a manager. He now makes the claim that the indicator men have favored Fred Clarke as against him in: decis- ions recently. He also says that the unpires tolerate language from Clarke that they do not take from any other leader. And Hank was once an um- pirei a
 Bill Bergen. the former Brooklyn catcher, having. slipped back into the minors. is trying to vindicate himself by playing some good baseball for Baltimore.
 Pittsburgh has the pit dug and matched over ready for the unsuspect- ing Giants when they arrive today. This, if you take it from Pittsburgh, Is the series that will send the cham where, from which Pittsburgh hopes they will never rise. The Pirate root CTS figure that McGraw's pitching staff has slowed up and that behind poor pitching the Giants are just a very ordinary ball club.
 Retrospecting upon our own and various other early spring prophecies anent the present season we are awed by the vast number of calculations that went amiss. March had the Phil lies struggling for the spennant with the Cubs destined for the second di- vision and the Yankees fairly tearing their way through the American Lea que in pursuit of Connie Meek and his clan. But somehow the Cubs re- fuse to break and scatter the debris of the fighting machine along the pathway while the Yankees have been 1oing all their tearing in. the wrong direction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-17
CREW RACES
 ARE ON TODAY AT STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, July 1.-The Olympic rowing competitions began here today. Seventeen nations are represented. The course is about mile and a quarter long, right through the middle of Stockholm At one side of it is the Strandvagen, the city's principal so- ciety promenade. whence thousands are watching the contests.
 Tn the eights, Australia, Canada, France, Italy and Norway have a. crew each entered and Germany, Eng land, Hungary and Sweden two apiece. Belgium, Bohemia, Canada, Finland and Holland have crew. each enter ed in the competitions for four cared outriggers and Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden two each. The Britishers are dissatisfied at having to have coxswains in the boats enter ed in this test but the Swedes insist ed on 1t and had their way because the rules entitle them to it.
 The contests for inrigged fours are attracting little interest except among the Norwegians who have a crew erl- tered and the French, SWedes and Danes, who have two each.
 The "challenge cup" for the eights, which is not cup at all but a statue of Pa11as Athen. presented by Count Brunette D'Usseuax, is held at pres- ent by the Leander Club, of England, the winners at the last games. Lean- der is again competing.