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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
UNITED STATES
FINISHED STRONG
Took First in 1000 Metre Re-
lay Race at Stock
holm Today.

Stockholm, July 15.-The United
States finished strong today in the
last day of the athletic section Of the
Olympic games. In the 1900 metres
relay race final, America was first.
France second. England third. James
Thorp. of the Carlisle Indian school.
took first in the decathlon and the
United States finished second in the
500 metres swimming. America
failed to place in the 400 metres
swimming. however, England taking
first. Sweden won the high diving
contest and first. second third in the
hop, step and jump. Sweden also
took first in the cross country team
race, about five miles, 5000 metres.
A pail of gloo nnwas cast over the
spectators and participants in the
games today when it became known
that the only Portuguese runner in
Yesterdays marathon race. F. Lazaro.
had died from sunstroke. He fell
yesterday after running nineteen
miles. Throughout the night he was
delerious and imagined he was still
running in the race.
South Africa won the classical Mar
athon which was run yesterday, TAX
ing first and second. The results fol-
low: K X. Macarthur. Transvaal,
first time 2:36. c. w. Gitshaw, Trans
| vaal, second. time 2:37:52. CASTOR
Strihino, America, third. time 2:3S:42
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15

surveyor were on hand to see that all
the specifications of the meridian road
were complied with. This resulted in
"a decidedly uniform road across the
entire county.
The Publicity.
I'VE had been doing much local
publicity. but when we were ready to
do the work, the twin city and other
papers had their representatives, on
the ground to cover the event and
nearly every good roads journal in the
country asked for cuts and descrip-
tions of the work. The result of these
was national advertisement for the
town and its progress. Nor did it stop
then. for since that time there is hard
ly day that We do not get a request
from some place for an account of
what was accomplished and how II
was done. In fact, it has grown to
such proportions that we are now hav-
Ing vast amount of literature printed
with numerous cuts and illustrations
so that when an inquiry is received ii
can be answered without writing long
letters, and at the same time we will
be able to give inquirers a more com
prehensive explanation than would be
possible even in long letter.
Good Work Goes On.
"The good roads enthusiasm seems
to have gotten into the blood Of the
people of South Dakota and we are not
going to stop at the meridian road,
for already we are laying plans for a
|cross-state road that shall extend east
and west. starting at the twin cities
and extending westward into the
Black Hills. and in all probability
joining the movement in the west for
an extension Of the road to the Pa
cific. Not only this. but we have be-
come the centre of the good roads
movement. and as the idea and its ad-
vantages spread. every section of the
state will join in and in time the state
will be covered with good roads which
will lead to every farming community
II not to every farm home.
The coming of the automobile is
making the demand for good roads
imperative. The farmers are buying
machines now as farm utilities and
not as means of pleasure. The farm
truck and the traction engine are sup
planting the road wagon and farm
teams and as these come. so also
comes the demand for good roads
Once the meridian road is in use.
every farm along the line will profit
by the publicity 1t gets. Traffic will
become more north and south prop
osition than it has been heretofore,
and instead Of travelling by rail. It will
be by automobile, thus giving every
farm passed a chance to be inspected
end appraised. The towns will profit
because instead Of the traveller being
rushed through in a Pullman he will
come in an auto and spend the night
instead OF Q few minutes."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
GREAT NORTHERN ORIENTAL LIMITED
WRECKED AND HALF BURIED IN SWAMP
ARBITRAToRs AT WORK.

New York. July 15.-The members
Of the arbitration commission gather
ed at Manhattan beach today to take
up the question of the settlement OF
the dage demands of the locomotive
engineers on the ifty-two railroads
east of Chicago and north of the Ohio
river. The engineers demands total
s7.500,0 900 annually.
The award of the commission. COM
posed of seven members, is binding
and will run for period of five years.
The locomotive firemen also have
asked for a wage increase amounting
to more than 20.0OO.OO0 annually and
the railroad interests say there will be
other demands by the trainmen fol
lowing the engineers award.
Following a strike vote OF the en-
gineers which was affirmed by large
majority it was agreed that an arbi-
tration committee be appointed to set
tie the question.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
THIRTEEN DEAD
IN c. BAG. WRECK
Victims Pinned Beneath the
Wreckage Beg for Death
to Avoid Torture.

Chicago. July 15.-Thirteen persons
were killed and fifteen injured in a
wreck of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad at Western Springs
a suburb of Chicago, at $50 Sunday
morning.
posedly clear track ahead. train No,
s. fast mail, ran full speed into the
rear of train No. IA, known as the
Overland express, from Denver, stand
ing on the track, telescopir~ two OF
the overland's Pullman cars.
Railroad officials refused to AK the
blame until after the wreck has been
Investigated thoroughly. Mrs. E. A.
Wilcox. in charge of the tower. from
which the block signals are controlled
said certain block was thrown
against both trains. She collapsed
after the accident and Is still in a
highly nervous condition. All the dea
except one were taken from the rear
Of No. plowed through this car
halving it and crushing the helpless
passengers, many of whom were still
In their berths. On into the second
coach the engine continued. Half way
through that car it veered to the left
derailing sleeper. The engine was
stripped when it stopped.
Beg for Death.
Fire starting from the gas lights in
the sleepers Immediately broke out
Many victims. pinned down by the
heavy timbers and iron that had beer
torn from the engine pleaded fol
flames Members of the fire depart.
ments Of Western Springs and La.
grange were on the scene within Z
few minutes after the wreck and pu,
out the fire with lines of hose.
Ghouls Rob Bodies.
Ghouls are believed to have robbed
the dead before they reached the
morgue in Lagrange. More th u
dozen lar"e diamond sets are miss
ing from the dead and although mos
of the dead appeared to have beei
persons in comfortable circumstances
ten cent piece was the largest sun
Of money found on anv of the bodies
Gather Material for Probe.
| Coroner Hoffman promised thor
ough investigation of this feature o
the accident. An official of the inter
state commerce commission was ol
the scene early gathering material 70
an investigation. Coroner Hoffma
ordered all bodies eEbalmed immedi
atelv and early in the afternoon EN-
paneled jury to investigate tn
/ wreck
officials of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad today lnvesti
gated the cause of the wreck. Th
| block signal operator at Western
Springs, Mrs. F. a. Wilcox, and tn,
crew of the Denver train into which
the fast mail crashed were questione.
by the railroad officials at Aurora. III
H. o. Grain, fireman on the fas
mail engine who is in the hospita
badly wounded. declared his enginee:
George Brownson, who was killed
was not at fault.
The signals were set for a clai
track in the block west of where W.
struck" said Crane. We heard TIL,
torpedoes and poor Brownson shu
off the steam and reversed the en-
sine. We We're too late to stop II;
died like a hero"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
M'COMBS HEADS
THE COMMITTEE
WAS Elected Chairman of
National Democratic Com
mittee this Afternoon.

Chicago, July 15.-w. F McCombs
of New York was unanimously elected
chairman of the democratic national
committee today, succeeding Norman
E. Mack. Joseph Davies of Madison,
Wis. was elected secretary succeeding
Uray Woodson.
Robert S. Hudspeth OF New jersey
delivered Governor Wilson's message
to the democratic national committee
men when that body convened at the
Congress hotel today to formulate
plans for Wilson's presidential cam
paign. 1t was a verbal one, howev-
er. and the bearer said he would give
out the substance later.
Mr. Hudspeth said there is no
doubt w. F. McComhs will be named
chairman Of the national committee.
Whether the whole committee or a
part Of it would manage the campaign
will be settled after a careful consid-
Grafton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
CONGRESS NEAR
SESSION END
Believed Adjournment Will
be Reached by August g.
Archibald is 1mpeached.

Washington. July l5.-Twenty
days more Of congress was the esti-
mate made today by the senate lead
ers.
With the Lorimer trial ended and
the Archibald impeachment proceed
ings scheduled to go over to fall. it
was believed at the reconvening of
the two houses today an adjourn
ment would be reached by August 8.
The Archibald impeachment was
formally laid before the senate today
by the committee of managers from
the house. headed by Representative
Henry d Clayton, chairman Of the
judiciary committee. Shortly after
the senate convened Chairman Clay
ton read the resolution under which
the house had directed the commit
tee to present the impeachment to
the senate.
This was followed by the reading
of the long document Of impeach-
ment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
DENVER SWEPT
BY APPALLING
CLOuDBURST
Creek Running Through the
City Became Raging Tor
rent of Destruction
PEOPLE FLED FROM HOMES IN
NIGHT CLOTHES TO AVOID DEATH
Telephone Warning From Unknown
Source Saved Hundreds From Death
in the Mad Rush of Waters-Hun.
dreds Homeless Fed by the City.

Denver. July 16.-At least 800 are
homeless several deaths are rumored
and s1,500,000 damages is estimated
today as the result of the cloudburst
which swept down the shallow bed of
Cherry creek and through the city in
to the South Platte river last night.
The big city auditorium today Is a
refugee camp. At dawn 500 Of the
homeless gathered there to be fed by
the city. Twenty-Five children from
6 months to 6 years old, whose par
ents may have been lost, are in the
care of the city matron. After direct
ing the relief and rescue work all
night Mayor Arnold organized relief
parties at daylight to begin a search
of the course of the flood which left
a trail of wrecked buildings and other
debris heaped in the current of the
South Platte river. The chamber Of
commerce opened relief subscription
this morning. The flood is without
parallel in the history of the city.
Had it not been for a note of warn
an unknown source to the city hall
Just before the crest Of the flood
reached the city many could not have
escaped death. Scores fled in their
night clothes. That many were caught
in the food while sleeping is the gen.
eral belief.
The crest Of the cloudburst was pre-
ceded by a storm, the wind blowing
forty-eight miles an hour at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. After two hours
of hard rain. the streets and sewers
were flooded, the tramway lines were
out Of commission, hundreds were ma
rooned in the parks around the city
and fifty miles of city roadway was
destroyed. Then came lull for four
hours during which the car lines re-
turned to the schedule.
At about $3.50 O'Clock a cry Of warn
ing Of the coming flood reached the
city hall. Within thirty minutes the
wall of water many feet high descend
ed upon the city from Cherry creek
which flows through the country clut
grounds, passing within five blocks OF
the city hall. thes-sounty hospital, the
South Platte five miles distant.
1t ripped the concrete walls that
confined it for two miles. destroyed
bridges and hundreds of small dwell
ings. driving the occupants from their
, homes or to their roofs from where
they were rescued by members of the
police and fire departments. Reach
ing the union station, the flood spread
three feet deep through the yard put.
ting the locomotives fires out. ma
rooning several hundred passengers
and closing the city to incoming or
outgoing traffic. In half an hour
miles of tramway lines We're put out
of commission. while the sewer was
undermined, broke, flooded Capitol
hill, the aristocratic section of the
city.
A general call to the physicians was
issued and many responded. The eel
lars of downtown stores and hotel.
are flooded This morning the flood
! is at the receding point. Not until the
telephone and telegraph lines are re-
stored today will the full extent of the
damage be known.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
LEGALITY Of BOLT
TO Be CONTESTED
Pennsylvania Courts Will
Pass on the Right of
Elector on Ticket.

Philadelphia, July 15.-A bill in
equity was filed at Pottsville today
by attorneys representing thirty
voters Of Schuykill county, asking
that William Wilhelm be restrained
from appearing on the republican
ticket as candidate for presidential
elector, because of his declaration
that If elected he will not vote for
Taft or Sherman.
The bill complains that the peti-
TONERS would be deprived Of voting
for Taft and Sherman. the republi-
can nominees, If Mr.. Wilhelm is al.
lowed on the ticket. 1t is said also
that there is no equitable remedy al
law other than filing the bill. Mr.
Wilhelm is one of the active spirits
in the formation of the new progress.
sive party.
Wilhelm declares he will fight the
case and will question the legality OF
Taft's nomination. He will subpoena
Senator Penrose and other witnesses
sylvania courts to testify concerning
proceedings at the Chicago conven-
ton.
The Taft people. however, declare
that the legality and regularity Of the
Chicago convention Is conceded by
Colonel Roosevelt himself and thai
courts will not conduct hearing
into this phase Of the matter farther
than actual proof of the nomination
Of Taft. which can be proven through
the affidavits of Chairman Root and
the secretaries.
Taft hackers assert that decisions
by Judge Cooley, Chief Justice Cul.
lum Of New York. and Of the United
States supreme court are arrayec
against an elector holding a position
on party ticket for whose candi.
date he would not vote.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
How Twenty-Four Miles of Meridian
Road i'm South Dakota Were Built

A few months ago wag stated that
fence could be put around South Da-
kota and the enclosure called an in
sane asylum. and that If such a thing
were done all the inmates would have
one halucination, that of good roads.
1t is probable that if that were true,
and the state converted into an insane
asylum on the question of good roads.
Watertown could lay just claim to be-
Ing the violent ward. S. x. Way, pub
Usher and and editor Of the Water
town Public Opinion, who is in the
city visiting his brother n-law, j. D.
Bacon and other relatives. Is one of
the most enthusiastic boosters of good
roads in South Dakota.
In talking over the methods by
which the meridian road project was
said:
I'VE began way back nearly two
years ago when the project was first
talked about; in fact we were about
the first section of the country along
the proposed road to get actively into
the harness. State Engineer Lea was
actively interested in the scheme and
called q meeting Of the several state
engineers Of the states through which
slider the matter. This meeting was
followed by determination to con-
struct the great highway from Winni-
peg to the gulf. Engineering plans
were prepared and specifications made
so that the road for it's entire length
would be as nearly uniform as the diff
ferent conditions OF the country
through which 1t passed and the road
material available would permit.
Immediately upon the completion
Of these preliminaries, Watertown got
busy In the campaign for construction.
This was not only the largest town on
the line In the state. but we were de-
termined to set such pace that the
rest Of the state. and in fact other
states. would join heartily in the work
Of construction. We began in earnest
and two other organizations. the auto
mobile club and the Watertown Good
Roads club. Joined heartily in the
work. We conducted sort Of series
Of revival meetings. After our own
people were thoroughly aroused as to
the advantages and Importance of the
movement, we went out to other
towns along the line and held meet
ings in which the local people took q
leading part. The state engineer and
the state commissioner Of immigration
were enthusiastic about the plan and
both aided us in the meetings.
1--WE sought to show the people both
in those meetings and through the
press just what advantages both the
city Of Watertown and the farmers
along the line and those who were in
contributing territory what each
would gain. The weekly lunch hour
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
BAD FIRES.

Duluth. Mimi. July 15.-Three
fires, occurring in rapid succession al
Cloquet. Minn.. Sunday resulted in the
burning up of nine horses. the de-
struction of mercantile stock and a
considerable quantity of lumber. The
store was that Of the Alstead johnson
company. general merchandise. loss
$1,000. The horses were in B. A.
Whitman's barn. loss $4,000. The
lumber belonged to the Cloquet Lum-
ber company. loss $5O.OOO.
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of the Commercial club was devoted
to this campaign of education. Illus
trative of the methods followed, / pre-
pared and read before the club a pa
per showing that if our trade radius
was thirty-three miles-that is the
line-that a mile of good roads ex
tending in all directions from the city
beyond this thirty-three mile circle
would add more contributing territory
to the trading center than several
miles of such roads nearer the city
| would do.
When the public enthusiasm was
aroused to the proper point and We
had secured from the county COM
missioners an agreement to put In new
culverts along the line whereber they
were needed. the route having been
previously laid out, we began to get
ready to build the road. This was the
interesting feature Of the work. the
other having been largely preliminary.
1t is twenty-four miles across Cod
dington county in which Watertown is
located. We decided to put that twen-
ty-four miles in such condition that
the country would sit up and take no
tice. We secured written promises
from twenty-four Of the leading busi-
ness men of Watertown to assume
to have one mile for which he was to
be responsible. When this was done
We held a rousing public meeting and
had speeches, band and lots Of en-
thusiasm. The section that each man
was to receive was determined by lot
and the drawings were held after the
meeting. Meanwhile We had received
volunteer pledges from scores of men
who desired to help. They offered to
contribute two days work. or If they
could not do that. offered to pay for
some one who would. 1t having been
determined to build the road in two
days.
The Work Done.
When the time came to build the
road, business was practically sus-
pended in the city and everybody went
out to work. The men selected to
have charge Of the different miles had
taken from the volunteers such help
as they desired. and bankers and busi-
ness men who had not done a days
work in ten years worked with enthu-
siasm with pick and shovel. The la
dies of the city joined in the work and
served dinner to the workers. Road
scrapers were secured and many Of
the traction companies sent their trac-
ton engines to help in the work.
There was intense rivalry among the
twenty-four men in charge of the mile
sections a. to which one should do his
work best and the result was that 1t
was a friendly contest for supremacy
that resulted in the best work possi-
BILE. But 1t was not hapha1ard work.
for the state engineer and the county
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SHOE MACHINERY
CASE SETTLED
Agreed Decree of Dissolu-
ton Will Probably Be
Entered in Suit.

Washington, July 15.-The govern
ment's civil antitrust suit against the
United Shoe Machinery company may
be settled by an agreed decree Of dis
solution having approval of the de-
partment of justice. This was indi-
Gated today at conference between
Attorney General Wickersham and
lawyers for the corporation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
SYNONYMOUS.


The State has had the benefit of the
Gamers idea of play for children-snip-
ping beans for II or Is hours a dav-a
conception with which the Legislature
mas hitherto sympathiZed. 1t has heard,
too, their objection to '.legislating people
INTO heaven as impracticable. Apparent
ly they know better way of getting
them there-one that works. And now
We nave the Gamers idea of liberty.
one OF them, being asked by Senator
Wagher's committee whether it was
fiSht TO let woman work more than 10
hours day, replied: "If woman wants
TO work let her work; that's my idea ,,
Precisely. Let no one strike blow at
freedom. 1t would be as monStroils to do
so as to interfere with the play of the
cannery children.
Why did the commission press on with
the question whether the witness thought
the law denying the liberty TO commit
suicide should be abolished and compel
him to give a superfluous affirmative,
The question had already been sufficient.
1y answered when the witness said that
women ought to be permitted to work as
many hours as Gamers and their pad
Tones would ask them to-New York
Tribune.
OF course it is all right TO prevent
people from working when they wish
to-that is no interference with per-
soral liberty And one should not
have the personal liberty" to commit
suicide in a shockingly sudden way.
But when person wishes to commit
suicide by degrees, and kill the ambi-
lions and hopes and even bodies OF
those near and dear to him, as he goes
along, why then we must not interfere
with his personal liberty" Because
in doing so we interfere with the per-
sonal desires of the saints who make
and sell booze for the untold profits of
the game.
There is one personal liberty that
must not be meddled with, but being
prevented by law from working more
than eight hours a day is not it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
The Dinuley WAY.

The Kennebec Journal expects another
vindication on the SenatorShip similar to
that which it got on the State printing
issue Surely it does look that way.
Hon. Harold M. Sewall, if we recollect
Alright, is pretty good authority on that
issne.-Lewiston journal.
We accept Mr.. Sewall as authority
and are ready to declare him an hon
orable gentleman. Mr.. Sewan was a
member of that committee and, we
believe, entered the investigation pref
udiced by the false charges and in
situations of the Lewiston Journal
anu Waterville Sentinel against the
State Printer. After listening to the
evidence, Mr.. Sewall was convinced of
the falsity of the charges and the
absolutely correct and legal methods
of the State Printer.
Mr.. Sewall was honorable enough to
say SO, frankly, and to sign, with
every other member of the investigat-
ing committee. even the Democratic
member. the verdict of full vindica-
ton. The Lewiston Journal has never
been honorable enough for that, but
rather, has gone on insinuating thai
the committee of investigation was
dishonest.
That is the Dingley way.