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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
old SPANISH SW|NDLE AGAIN
Darlington Man is Invited to Join the
Ranks of the Gullible-But
Doesn't.

1t must be that the crop Of suckers
who will bite on the old ~so-called
Spanish swindle is still good. Satur-
day George Herman of Darlington
was offered a third interest in $780,
600. 81 he would but pay the expenses
Of the trial in which a wealthy Rus
sian banker was sent to prison in
Madrid. n for the cost of which the
said bankers baggage is being held.
Among this baggage Is the paper
necessary to get control Of this "for.
tune" Mr.. Herman was requested to
cable. and not write, the cable to be
received by a third party who was in
the confidence of the prisoner. George
was to share the fortune with "my
darling daughter who was also to re-
celve a third Of the modest fortune"
With the letter which was written in
Very good English. was a clipping
from a London paper giving a full &C.
count Of the arrest Of the banker for
granddaughter. ard stating that he was
to be taken back to Spain to stand
trial.
1t was the same old clipping and
the same old letter. but it Is needless
to say that Herman did not fall oyer
himself to get a cablegram to Solo.
vieh." The cable was to be sent to
Madrid.
It seems strange that a
laid trap would not lead the perpe-
traitors Of this frau into the hands
OF the police.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Prize FOR BEST
ESSAY ON ROADS
Gold Medal Will be Given
for Prize Composition
on Good Roads.

a gold medal to the school boy or
girl between the ages Of 10 and is
who writes the best composition, not
to exceed 800 words, on the repair
and maintenance of earth roads, is to
De awarded by Logan Waller Page.
s sisses0r' d office sstn Of PUBLIC roads United
Washington. D. G. Ali compositions
must be submitted to Mr.. Page before
May Is, 1913, and the medal will be
awarded as soon thereafter as the
compositions can be graded. The COM
position may be based on knowledge
gained from books or other sources.
After many years experience in
dealing With the public road situation
Of the country, it is Mr.. Pages BELIEF
that ignorance of repair and mainten.
ance OF roads is as much the cause Of
their bad condition as any other one
factor. 1t is expected that the COM
petition will bring a better UNDER
maintenance in the rural districts.
Many children living in the rural
districts have experienced the disad.
Vantages OF roads made impossible
through a lac of proper maintenance
and 1t is expected that their interest in
the competition will stimulate greater
interest among the parents: Bad roads
obtaining a proper education and
have prevented doctors from reaching
the side of rural patients in time to
rave their lives.
Any child between the ages men
toned. attending a country school,
may compete. Only one side of the
paper must be written on: each page
should be numbered; the name, age
and address Of the writer. and the
name and location of the school
which he or she is attending must
be plainly written at the top OF the
first page. The announcement Of the
competition has been sent to the su-
perintendents Of schools in the rural
districts. No further information can
be obtained from the Office Of public
roads. This announcement should be
plain to everyone, and all children will
thus start on a basis Of equality.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Will
MEET At M|NOT
Gathering to be Held Friday
and Saturday-Good
Program Prepared.

N. c. Abbott Of the extension de-
partment at the state university will
leave Friday evening for Minot to be
present at h meeting of he North
western Educational association which
is scheduled to be held there Friday
and Saturday. He will appear on the
program on Saturday and will have as
Extension Work."
Educators from nine counties in the
northwestern section Of the state will
be present. This will be the eighth an
nual convention Of the Northwestern
Educational association. Several in
teresting features have been planned
in connection with the gathering. Mu-
sic for the two days sessions will be
furnished by pupils of the Minot pub
lie schools.
When the convention Is called to
order Friday afternoon President A.
G. Crane Of the Minot normal school
will make his first appearance before
the association. He will speak on
The Northwest and the Normal
Schools" Superintendent Louis p.
Linn Of Kenmare, president of the as
ISOLATION. will deliver his annual adj
dress. Other addresses Friday after
ent Henry 8. Wolf. Minot; Wesley C.
Mcdowell. Marion and Lucy I. Cock
burn. velva. The annual business
meeting and election of officers will
take place at this time. The feature
on Friday evenings session will be an
address by Professor Andrew F. Hollis
Of Valley City.
Saturday there will be a discussion
of several topics Of practical interest
workers in the classroom. Edwin
]. Taylor, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction. will be among the
speakers. Saturday afternoon will
bring the convention to a close. after
demonstration Of class work of differ.
ent kinds. and discussions of several
technical topics. Superintendent ]. T.
Fuller of New Rockford will deliver
an address. and Miss Matte Crabtree
Of Ray will speak on THE Teacher in
the Community"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
COUNCIL TO MEET
THIS EVENING
Several Important Things to
Come up-Two New Al
derrnen to Take Seats.

The Grand Forks city council will
held Its annual meeting this evening
nj the main part of the business win
be the work of organizing for the
coming year. Two new aldermen,
who were chosen at the recent elec.
ton, will take their seats tonight and
they are James Dinnie and Calvin
Read. Mr.. Dinnie was elected from
the Fifth ward and succeeds George
buckingham while Mr.. Read was
chosen from the Third ward in place
OF M. Fl. Redick. The other members
who were reelected for the next two
years are DR.. Orr Sanders, J. H. SOL
Il II. sannes. The appointment of
committees and the election Of a
president will follow the seating of
the council members.
At the meeting this evening the re.
port Of the w~aterworks committee
Will most likely be heard and the
council will probably take some action
needed at the pumping station. The
matter Of purchasing new apparatus
for the fire department will also be
given some attention tonight. Re-
ports will be given by the police and
hre committees. These two commit
tees met yesterday and the contract
1or new f1remen's uniforms was let to
paulson Bros, while the uniforms for
the policemen will be purchased from
Paulson Bros. and Nordlund and
LindquiSt, ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
AWAIT ACTION

Washington. April 15.-Failure of
the s~ixty-second congress to approp-
rate $1,000 for the expense Of pre-
liminary arrangements for rarticipa-
ton by the United States In the inter-
national conference for promoting
safety Of life at sea. a movement in
itiated by this country shortly after
the Titanic disaster a year ago, is re-
tarding preparations for an informal
consultation at London in June or
July.
Commissioner Of Navigation E. +.
Chamberlain OF the department Of
commerce. had planned to have tech
meal committees consider every phase
OF shipbuilding. navigation and sea-
manship. representatives of the lead
ers In every branch Of the maritime
industries being invited to express
This program is being
held In allowance pending an approp-
Ration by the present congress.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Jews TO OBSERVE FEAST
Celebration OF Passover Will Take
Place Beginning Monday Even.
ing April Fl.

The annual celebration of the Feast
Of the Passover will take place next
week and all the Jews in the world
will observe it. The celebration will
commence Monday evening. April 81,
and will continue for one whole week.
During that time the Orthodox Jews
will eat nothing but unleavened
bread. the idea being to remember
the bread which the Jewish people
had to use when they fled from Egypt
The Feast Of the Passover celebrates
the flight Of the Jews from the rule
Of Pharoah.
Monday evening. April 81. is the
date for the first Sedar and on the
following night the second Solar will
be held. On the former evening the
Jewish family gathers around the
table. with the father at the head con-
Quoting the feast and reading the
Agadah. At that time the tale Of the
flight from Egypt and the sufferings
Of the Jews Is all retold by the father.
The unleavened bread or matzos, az
II is called. is not made in each home.
but Is made in factories which have
been erected in the east for that pur-
pose and the Jews purchase their SUI.
ply from these places.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
La MALTA TRIES
/. TO KILL HIMSELF
Breaks an Electric Light
Bulb and Endeavors to
Eat the Broken Glass.

John La Malta. who was arrested in
this city last week on charges from
Fargo that he had stolen 800 from a
moving picture show house, tried to
commit suicide at Fargo yesterday.
to end his life was gritty to say the
least. The electric light bulb in his
cell was detached. smashed. and
ground to pieces. They were then
swallowed. or at least an attempt was
made to swallow the broken glass.
He was discovered before any serious
self injury had been done. He ia now
being very closely watched by the
police.
La Malta was arrested in Grand
Forks last week. He came here from
Fargo. and in the short interval that
elapsed between his arrival in the city
and his arrest purchased a large
amount of spring clothing and other
furnishings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
SENIOR CLASS
CHOOSES ORATORS
Marjorie Warner is Chosen
Valedictorian; Hamilton
Simpson Salulatorian.

The preliminaries in the high school
oratorical contest was held YESTERDAY.
Some very good orations were deliv-
cred by the competitors. A class val
edictorian and a class salutatorian be-
side four orators We're chosen.
Miss Marjorie Warner was chosen
valedictorian. Her subject will be
clara Barton" Hamilton Simpson
was chosen salutatorian. and his sub
ject will be wendell Phillips"
Four orators were chosen to repre-
sent the class in the commencement
contest. They are:
George Engstrom. who will have for
his subject. "a Twentieth Century Re-
former" Dale Kennedy who will speak
on "A Tribute to the North Dakota
Pioneer" Gertrude Healy, who will
have for her subject The Mission OF
the Silent Drama" and Gladys Whit
man. whose subject will be "Self-Re.
lance"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
THE STANDING ROCK OPENING
Reservation Will Soon be Opened
Details OF Opening Are Now
Being Worked Out.

The details for the opening Of the
remaining lands on the Indian reser-
walton are being worked out. First
OF all the Indians on the reservation
who have not yet been allotted lands
Will be given their first choice. After
that there will be a drawing this fall
and the selections by the winners will
be made some time in the spring Of
1914. Those filing the first three
months will pay IS per acre. those
for the succeeding three months mn t
pay $3.50 per acre, and those for the
next three months must pay $3.50.
If there is any land left after that it
can be entered the same as ordinary
government land. The payments will
be arranged SO that one.fifth can be
made at the time of fling and the hall
ance in five equal instruments. There
Is a good deal Of good land on the
reservation and 1t Is expected 1t WILL
be strongly in demand when the op.
%portunity to secure it is given Tho
homeseekers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
STOCK SHIPMENTS DECREASING
Shipments from This State Have Been
Decreasing in Late Years
Hogs Remain Same.

Six years ago. for the year 1905.
North Dakota shipped to South st.
Paul stock yards. 14O,17S head OF
cattle and calves, and 139,979 head Of
sheep. Last year there were only So
541 head of cattle and calves and 59,-
S72 head of sheep received at the same
yards from this state. These figures
show a big decrease in stock ship
ments to this market, which is the
most convenient stock shipping mar
ket for North Dakota. Hog shipments
last year and six years ago were about
the same in number. 67,526 for 1906
and 66.044 for 1912. This falling of
in livestock shipments is also true OF
South Dakota, Montana and Minne-
sofa, in part. Montana now leads in
sheep shipments, North Dakota Sec
ond. II the increase in grain crops
should continue for a few years from
this state and Canada, livestock is
liable to become the most profitable
part of farming.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
PAID TO TAKE BATHS
(NeM York WorldN

Harrison Brothers & Co., Of this
city. have offered to give every man
in their employ Is cents every time he
takes a bath. Two-thirds Of the 700
workers at the plant already have ac-
copied the offer.
The baths are limited to one a day
for each employe. to be taken when
going off duty at night. The company
furnishes nickel-plated equipment.
towels. soap, showers. needles. etc.
When the bath is over employee gets
a check from the attendant and at the
end of the week he cashes them in at
Is cents a piece.
1t is figured that If all of the men
adopt the plan the total cost Of the
concern in bonuses will be 32,756 .
year. DR.. Francis d. Patterson. FORM
er Chief Police Surgeon Of Philadel-
phia. who has charge Of the welfare
department Of the plant.
Cheap insurance against sickness"
is what he calls the f1fteen-cent bath
plan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
,
TAKING THINGS BACK"
Merry Customers Who Use and
Then Attempt to Return
Articles.
DRY Goods.o

(Dry Goods,
The millinery buyer had ordered
several model hats from Paris, which
were offered for sale at $500 each.
One of the best customers of the
store ordered two Of these hats charg-
ed to her account and sent home. The
buyer of this department was at din
ner that night at the Hotel St. Regis.
He saw the lady at a distant table
wearing one Of the hats. Next day
both hats were returned to him.
The buyer made an attempt to get
p%ortuning her several times she called
in reference to the matter. He told
her frankly that he could not take
the hats back. as they had been worn.
She denied 1t and appealed to the head
of the house.
The proprietor requested the buyer
to take the hats back as a matter of
policy. The buyer became furious and
informed the owner Of the store that
unless the hats were taken and paid
for he would resign. The proprietor
told him to send the hats to the head
Office and he would do what was
necessary. The buyer received a check
the next day for $500. 1t was signed
by the proprietor of the store.
~ EiuH CdlieO upon one OI the iedQ"
ing Baltimore houses and requested
that IN evening wrap be sent to her
home for approval. One Of the SELL
ing staff Of the store happened to see
the lady at the theater that night,
wearing the wrap. To the surprise Of
the department 1t was returned to the
store the morning. The lady
was requested to call at the store.
which she did. She stoutly denied
having worn the wrap. Many places
showed where she had sat or leaned
against it. She still persisted in her
denial.
The firm decided to take the wrap
back in obedience to the unwritten
law of policy" AS the customer was
leaving the tor n Of the young
s%a lesladies rushed toward her and
these" handing her a pair Of Gloves
and a handkerchief that We're taken
from the pocket Of the wrap.
A prominent pin-ticket house has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Drives Rheumatic Pains Away. Re.
lieves .Backache and Bladder Dis.
orders After 4 Few Doses
Arc Taken.

Sleep disturbing bladder weaknesses,
backache. rheumatism. and the many
other kindred ailments which so com.
monty come with declining years. need
no longer be a source of dread and
misery to those who are past the mid.
die age OF life.
The new discovery. Croxone. cures
all such disorders because 1t remove
the very cause OF the trouble. II
sonks right into the kidneys. through
the walls and Innings: cleans out the
little altering glands and cells. and
gives the kidneys new strength to do
their work properly. 1t neutralizes
and dissolves the poisonous uric acid
substances that lodge In the joints and
muscles. causing rheumatism: and
makes the kidneys hitter and sift out
iii the poisonous waste matter from
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Police Graft Grand Jury Returns
Blanket Findings Against
Insn1ecf0ra.

New York. April 15.-A blanket
indictment charging conspiracy was
returned today BY the grand jury in
v%estigating alleged graft in the police
department against Police Captains
Dennis Sweeney. John Murtha. James
E. Hussey and James F. Thompson.
All these officers formerly were in
spectors. Sweeney had been previous.
ly indicted on a bribery charge.
The indictment Of the four grew
out Of the departure from New York
county Of George A. Sipp. a former
hotel proprietor. on which accusation
Patrolman Eugene Fox was charged
with bribery. 1t charges that the four
captains. then inspectors. %conspired to
get Sipp out Of Jurisdiction to prevent
his appearance as q witness against
Fox.
Murtha was arraigned Soon after
the indictment was returned and re.
leased OF $1,000 bail. Sweeney later
entered a plea Of not guilty and was
released in the custody Of counsel. he
already having been forced to give n
$4,000 bond on the previous indict-
ment. Thompson and Hussey will be
a%rratgned tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
Archie Craig, Magazine So
licitor, Proven to be Faler
Lowe Stops His Game
MANY MAGAZINES
FOR
Craig is Young Man Who
Broke Basin in the Freder-
lex and Flooded Room.

Archie Craig. fake magasine sub.
seription solicitor. is languishing in
the city basttle. Unable to pay a fine
OF $50 he is serving a sentence Of thfr.
~ days imposed by Judge Phil Nc
Loughlin. r..
He vas convicted on a charge Of
embezzlement, having accepted money
TO be used for magazine subscriptions
ana never having sent the money for
these IN to headquarters. He repre-
sented himself to be an agent of one
OF the large subscription companies,
put had no connection with any. He
ald not nave a regular form Of receipt.
Ihe ones he did use were printed in
Grand Forks and did not contain any
contract number or anything on which
a good record could be kept. He
claimed that he was going to send the
money In to the subscription compan-
les and that he could make some mon.
ey in this way. The companies he
represented were the largest and best
IN this country and the prices he made
on club offers were much cheaper
than could be given by a regularly au-
thorized agent.
He collected about $40 from a
number Of prominent persons in the
Sisy IL dUOuI Wv Wdo TcC0lHcU ITOIII
residents of the East side.
Some Of the magazines for which
he solicited subscriptions were the La
dies Home Journal. the Woman's
Home Companion. Popular. Argosy,
Saturday Evening Post. Delineator,
American. Forum, Home Needle Work,
Pictorial Review. Outlook, Good House
Keeping. Cosmopolitan, Everybody's
and many others.
When arrested he had on his person
a d~ishonorable discharge from the u.
s. navy. He is a handsome young
and while soliciting subscriptions
found time to lead a merry life.
He is the young mar who about
a week ago leaned against the wash
basin in his room at the Frederick ho-
tel and broke 1t of. flooding his room
and the room below with scalding hot
water. This happened at about 12
o'clock at night and caused no little
excitement because of the difficulty
with which the miniature hot water
geyser was stopped.
Craig's outfit was of the very crudest
sort. and 1t il a wonder that SO many
people should have been. hoodwinked
by the young man. 1t is possible that
magazine publishers, when they are
made aware Of the fraud. will COM
mence actions of a serious nature
against the embezzler.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
SPRING SHOOTING PROHIBITED
State Game and Fish Board is on the
Job-Spring Shooting
TaboOd.

The state game and fish board is
busy taking ARE Of the game and fish
in the state. Warnings have been sent
to all points in the state. and all true
sportsnen are asked to cooperate.
The notice follows:
"spring shooting Of all kinds waa
abolished by the 1918 legislature. The
measure carried an emergency clause,
making the law in force at ~resent.
Many people seem to think they can
still shoot geese. This is an error that
may result in the arrest of the viola
tors. The legislature also made 4
closed season on deer till the fall Of
1916. The North Dakota game and
fish board OF control seeks the 81
operation of every sportsman Of the
state to prevent spring shooting or
other violations Of the game laws
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
CHURCHES TO COOPERATE
Presbyterians and Methodists at Glen.
burn and Omemee Trying to
Work Together.

The members Of the Methodist and
Presbyterian churches at Glenburn
and Omemee, this state. have drawn
up an agreement to the effect that
they will hold their services together
and unite in all their work. The
agreement Is supposed to be binding
until the state conference which will
be held next fall. The plan was
brought forward by superintendent
Asher Of the Methodist church and
Superintendent McLain Of the Presby-
terrain church and it is expected that
everything will run along very
smoothly.
According to the agreement the
pastor of the Methodist church at
Glenburn will withdraw and there will
be no Presbyterian minister appoint
ed at Omemee.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
old FOLKS find new REMEDY RELIEVES
ALL kidney AND BLADDER M|SERIFS

the blood and drive 1t out of the sys-
tenn.
1t matters not how old you are or
how long o have suffered, croxone
Is so prepared that It Is practically
impossible to take 1t into the human
system without results. You will And
1t different from all other remedies.
There is nothing else on earth like it.
1t starts to work Immediately and
moro than a few does are seldom re-
quired to relieve even the most chron-
ic. obstinate case.
It is the most wonderful remedy
ever made for restoring the lifeless
organs to health and strength and
Kidding the system Of every particle
of uric acid. and you can take 1t with
the utmost confidence that nothing
on earth will SO quickly cure such
conditions.
You can obtain an original package
Of Croxone at trifing cost from any
frst-class druggist. All druggists are
authorized to personally return the
purchase price II Croxone should fail
IN a single case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
DEMOCRATS HOLD
POLITICAL MEET
Murphy Declares that Next
to the Savior, Bryan is First
Considered in his Prayers.

The democratic host Is at Fargo to-
day assembled in state convention.
The affair according to afternoon dis
patches from Fargo is very quiet. The
prophecy made by a local nan yes
terday that the conclave would de-
IDENTIFY was a mistaken prophecy. for
everything is "quiet on the Potomac"
In his speech to the assembled DEM
ocrats this morning Mayor NJ. F. Muir
ply Of Grand Forks stated that next
to the Savior William Jennings
Bryan receives first consideration in
his prayers.
Federal patronage is not being dis
cussed, everything being behind the
screens About 100 delegates from
all parts Of the state are in attend
ance.