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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
WAS LURED BY GOLD
How Plague Ship Captain Sc
cured an Engineer.
DeIuded Man Was Later Startled by
Elaborate Courtesies of His Chief
and Succession of Burials
at Sea.

New York.-The favorite story of
Capt. Walter Ancker, superintendent
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroads
floating equipment at pier No. %, foot
of Jay street, North river, who died
some time ago, was of his expert
ence on a plague ship.
Ancker was assistant engineer on
the German steamer Minister Achen-
bach, which lay at Nikolaiev, on the
Bug river. One day he and Captain
Kahmke were discussing bubonlc
plague in the cabin on the bridge
deck when Captain Stringer of the
British tramp Sea Gull came along
side in one of his boats, very much
excited.
"A hundred pounds in gold for an
engineer!" shouted the captain. 4 m
short of engineers: I'll drop him off
at Constantinople and there you can
pick him up"
Captain Kahmke advised Ancker to
accept the offer, saying the Achen-
bach would be at Constantinople in
about a week Ancker accepted 1t
and turned over half of the 100 pounds
in gold to his captain for safe-keeping
and tucked the other half inside his
belt
Inside of half an hour the young
engineer was aboard the Sea Gull,
which already had steam up'ln the
Bug. She was low down in the water.
She had Just returned from India, and
her crew embraced Lascars, Russians,
Firms and English. All the officers
were English. =
The captain was unusually hospi-
table. He came to the engine room,
bringing a flask of brandy and box
of cigars to the engineer and asking
him not to leave the engine room and
not to spare the cigars and brandy.
1t looked suspicious-such liberal
hospitality.
At four bells of the first watch En-
gineer Ancker decided to steal lit
tie sleep in a comfortable armchair
which the skipper had sent below. He
stepped first into the alleyWay, where
were the berths labeled respectively
Engineer" First Engineer" and
Second Assistant Engineer" In the
first room he saw the form of man
in the bunk. In room No. 2, darker
than the first, he touched man ap-
parently asleep, bottle of brandy by
his side. From the bunk in the
third room Ancker grabbed blanket
and wrapped himself in it in his chair
in the engine room.
Whats the trouble?" the new en-
| gineer asked a sailor.
do you think it is measles?' re-
turned the man contemporary.
Questioning the sailor more closely
Anchor learned that nine out OF the
crew Of SO were already dead, includ
ing the regular engineer, the first as
sistant and the second assistant
whose hunks the understudy had Wis
tied during the previous night.
Twice again on that day there were
splashes alongside. Ancker took ire
quent small nips Of brandy, smoked
cigars, drank boiled water only and
ate sparingly.
Ancker bribed a bumboatman to
set him ashore at Pera on the oppo
! site shore
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
DOGS LIFE TO SAVE CHICKS
Fights Copperhead, as Venomous Rep
tile lmperiled His
Mistress.

Pottsville, Pa.-When Mrs. Robert
Helms went to the chicken coop to
see why her fowls were making an
unwonted noise, she found that a
four-foot copperhead had coiled up in
the yard and was giving battle to a
dog, which had driven the reptile away
from half-devoured chicken.
She endeavored to strike it with a
broom when the snake made thrust
at her, narrowly missing. Her screams
brought men from their work near
by, and they soon killed the snake.
The dog was a victim of the fangs
of the reptile, and will likely die from
the poison, which he endeavored in
vain to lick from his wounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
CHECK ROW CORN
PLANTER ESSENTIAL.
If Seed Is Substantially Same
Size Machine Will Drop Same
Number of Kernels.
Csy WALTER B. LEUTz)

On all farms where the fields are OF
sufficient size the check row corn
planter is almost necessity. Ii the
SEED is substantially Of the same size
and shape the machine will drop pre-
cisely the same number Of kernels to
the hill. If on the other hand, the
grain from the tips and butts OF the
ears is included the number OF kernels
in the hill will vary considerable.
The distance between the hills an0
the number of plants to the hill Will
vary more or less according to the va"
riety that is planted and the climate
of the locality in which the field Is
being planted.
Under ordinary conditions believe
in planting four kernels to the hill
and planting the hills about three
feet six inches apart both ways. AS
a general rule nothing is gained by.
planting the field until the cold spring
rains are over. None but good seed
that possesses a strong terminating
power should be planted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

So many stories of cruelty and
tyranny have been told of life in the
German army, that it is pleasant
relief to read the fact that when
a private soldier at one post lay
SO i'll that only blood TRANSMISSION
could save his life II of the officers
volunteered to supply the needed life
fluid and one was selected by lot. The
kaiser has sent a personal telegram
of congratulation to the brave and hui
name officers who thus testified to
the value of man in the ranks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
ERADICATION OF
MORNING GLORIES
Cutting Tops Does Little Good
and PIoW Serves to Spread
the Roots.

On our lowland farms we find four
varieties of morning glories. The
field morning glory resembles the cult
tivated kind, and unlike the bind-weed,
grows only from the seed, so the only
remedy is to prevent the seeding.
The field bind-weed is morning
glory with small flowers and vine-like
stems that entwine closely about any
thing they reach.
The numerous roots send out plants
from every eye. These roots being
spread by the plow or cultivator, form
new plants, until in short time the
corn field is completely covered.
They start so early in the spring
that before the corn is large enough
to cultivate the rows are so hidden
that they must be cleaned out with a
hoe before cultivation is begun.
Another variety called hedge bind
weed, pea vine, morning glory has
large funnel-shaped flowers and a
more slender vine than the other va
rieties.
In the central states we find still
another of the prolific pests. This If
the wild sweet-potato or man-of-the
earth vine. It's roots resemble in shape
the cultivated sweet potato, but are
much longer and penetrate far below
the blowing depths.
Cutting the tops does little good, ant
cutting the roots only multiplies the
number of vines, as all pieces OF roots
grow the same as the edible sweet po
tato.
The pillow only serves as means o.
spreading and transplanting the pieces
Of roots which grow new plants. Gov
ering with salt or injecting sulphuri'
acid into the roots are as effective a!
any remedy for the weed, which, for
tunately, is not so common as the 9th
er varieties of the morning glory.
Hogs are very fond of the roots
and are a great help in clearing VI
badly infested ground. Flowing dur
ing July and August prevents thu
plants from growing again in the SAM
season, and will make them much les
plentiful next year.
Lambs also like the vines wonder
fully well, and few will be left In tn
fall IT. they are turned on before tn
bind weeds go to seed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
(By J. M. BELD.)


Try to be patient with your colt, Mr..
Farmer. Remember that he is green
yes, as green as the grass he eats
so peacefully when you turn him out
to Craze, and the harness no longer
chafes his soft young body.
All farmers know that a four-year
colt will stand more than a three-year
old. Bone and muscle are better ma
tured and generally of better size;
therefore, he is better able to stand a
days work. But when it comes to
that no green, unbroken colt should be
expected to do full days work in the
team of we'll seasoned farm or road
horses.
So many good colts have been aged
and made dull by this foolish habit
of letting them run absolutely unbrok-
en- into the spring wien they are three
or four years old, and then catching
them and putting them at hard, steady
work just as the busy season comes
on, when time is precious, when the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

The steamship of the future will
be provided with a theater, moving
pictures, newspapers and every lux
ury and convenience enjoyed on land.
The only difference will be that the
life of a steamship as distinguished
from life on terra firma will be one
of motion. Even the subjugation OF
seasickness is among the near con-
quests of the future, and ambitious
minds may already be indulging
dreams of line of airships surprising
even the ocean liners in all the com
forts of home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

man caught it by the throat Frantic,
Mrs. Rounds sprang at him, grappled
and forced him to drop the child. The
man fed just before help arrived.
Mrs. Rounds was in the back yard
when she heard a muffled cry from
her baby. She ran to the house. The
baby, with a blanket wrapped tightly
about its head, lay just inside the
dining room door. AS she sprang to-
ward it a man appeared.
'Tf you make a sound I'll shoot her
and you, too" the burglar said to Mrs.
Rounds. The burglar caught its little
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
EXECUTE IMAM TIGER"

hatred increased in the course of time.
The climax came in September of 1901,
when one morning Quijada challenged
Oppenheimer to a combat for life,
while the prisoners were permitted to
exercise in the corridor of the prison.
Oppenheimer, who had secretly pre-
pared himself for such an emergency,
flung himself upon the Indian and
stabbed him to death with sharp
piece of steel, which he had picked UP
in the prison yard several months be-
fore, and which he had secreted in his
mattress ever since.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
ATTACKS THIEF CHOKING BABY
Mother Undaunted by Pistol and
Threat to Kill If Outcry
Is Made.

Boston.-When Mrs. Henry j.
Rounds of Maiden Unexpectedly came
upon burglar in her dining room,
he snatched up her baby from the
floor. took out a revolver and threat
ened to shoot the baby if she made a
sound.
When the baby started to cry the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
CLERGYMAN Band Leader.

A military band with clergyman
as conductor is a combination which
probably is to be found only at Hogan,
Cornwall, England, where the rector,
the Rev. Henry Oxland. has just COM
pleted his twenty-seventh year as
conductor Of the local military band.
The rector and his thirty-two musi-
clans. nearly all of whom are tin min
ers, are familiar figures throughout
West Cornwall, the band being very
popular at various public functions.
The season" has just begun. and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
Woman Many Times Champion.

Denver.-Mrs Bertha M. Rose, six
ty-three years old, is the champion
dancer, horseback rider and swimmer
She participated in the German turn
fest here and was the envy of girls OF
from sixteen to twenty-five who took
part In the funniest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

In a total membership of 700 the
San Francisco Dishwashers union
boasts" of 100 college graduates.
They have simply reached their level,
not because of college education, but
in spite of it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

crops need work, when the flies are
rampant, and when neither the mas
ter's nor the colts tempers are at
their best.
Imagine a farmer starting out to
NOW hay with a green or half-broken
colt hitched alongside of a mule or a
steady farm horse to moving ma
chine, double row cultivator, corn
planter, plow or harrow!
All implements need steady, well
broken team and the same time good
driver, who in order to do his best
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

throat and pressed SO the baby stran-
gled and gasped for breath. l could
not stand that and sprang at him.
He pulled the trigger, but his revolver
did not work, and he dropped the baby
to fight me.
"a neighbor chased the burglar till
he lodged into the woods and van
ished."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
Would Have Better Race.

Denver, Colo.-Dr. Walter G. Crump
of New York, speaking at the conven-
ton of the American Institute OF
Homeopathy here, declared that IN
order to propagate better race law.
fixing the age for motherhood at twen'
ty years, should be enacted at once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

1t is said that the needle is popular
in English society and that even
men are taking to embroidery. If this
is the case, the militancy Of the suf-
fragettes may be merely an effort to
restore the natural balance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

A Chicago preacher says it is impos.
sibIe for a man with an income OF
1000 a day to be religious. The trou
BILE with having an income like that
is it makes fellow feel like celebrat
Ing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

Kitchen accomplishments seldom
serve to enhance the attractiveness
of a bride, whereas in a wife they
sometimes assume possibly undue
proportions. Which is to say, Love,
though blind. soon gets hungry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

nent in the imperial gardens at
Schonbrunn.
The aged Emperor Francis Joseph
is the first in Austria to take up"
the sweet peas. The director of the
imperial gardens was sent to London
and brought specimen plants back
with him. Now the tables at the cas-
tle at Schonbrunn are decorated with
sweet peas in one color, or at most,
two. The emperor prefers pink and
white to other combinations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

henceforth the band will be IN great
request for fetes, horse shows ana
sports meetings. During the last quar-
ter of a century many Of the old mem
bers have emigrated to America and
no fewer than fourteen bands have
been started there by Cornishmen
who formerly played in the Hogan
band under the conductorshlp OF the
rector.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

Plaintield, Conn-Residents of this
place have organized to exterminate
millions of brown tail moths which
have descended upon the town.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
lnoresses Purchasinu Power.

Intelligence in buying dairy feeds In
creases the purchasing power or tns
| dollar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
AUSTRIA LOVES SWEET PEAS
Unknown Some Few Years Ago, the
Flower Is Now In Many
Gardens.

Vienna.--Sweet peas, which were
practically unknown in Austria only
a few years ago, are now promt-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21

Royal Pioneer.
Brantome says Catherine de Meolci
was the first to ride on side saddle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
Investigating Committee
Shows That Hobbies Exist
al Washington
Sugar Interests Have Been
al Work For and Against
Duty on SaCChari0e Stuff
Presidents SuspiCiOns Shown
to Have Had Much foun-
datiOn In Fact

Washington. June 4.-~lnvcstigatiOn
of the sugar tariff fight now being con,
ducted outside the halls of congress
gave the senate lobby investigating
committee q busy two hours late to-
day.
With Senator RansJell of Louisiana
as the chief witness, members of the
committee pried into every phase of
the fight between the free trade and
the anti-free sugar forces and estab-
lished the fact that a general Office
was maintained by both factions, and
that the systematic fight had been
carried on for and against the free
sugar provision endorsed by the pres
ident.
The activity of the sugar tariff fore
es was partially responsible for the
presidents statement that powerful
lobbying influences were at work in
Washington to effect changes in the
tariff bill.
Several names were added to the
list Of persons who are being subpoen-
aed BY the senate committee ana who
are to testify on Saturday as to wheth
er or not they are lobbyists
Senator Ransde!i Freely discussed
the organized activity Of the Louisiana
sugar cane growers; but believed lit.
tie money had been spent, as comDar-
ed with the amount spent by the Claus.
Spreckles people, the sugar refining
..A A.r 81. gee
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
PROBERS Go TO
west VIRGINIA

Washington, June 4.-Disregarding
the intimations that their appearance
in West Virginia might result in fur
ther outbreaks of violence, members
of the senate subcommittee appointed
to probe the West Virginia coal strike,
completed plans for their trip to
Charleston.
r The committee will begin an exam
ination of about twelve hundred wit
nesses, presenting the case Of the mi
ners, at Charleston Tuesday.
1t is intimated that there is an alleg-
actual hostilities might be precipitat-
ed by the activities of the committee.
1t is intimated that ther is an alles-
ed plot against Governor Hatfield.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
TAP line CASES
ARE UP AGAIN

Washington, June 4,--The so-callea
tap line case. which has attracted
countrywide attention, came up for
argument before the commerce court
here today. The question at issue is
whether fifty.seyen tap lines located
in various states are common carriers
and entitled to participate in jaint
rates. The suit was begun in 1910
and after a large amount of evidence
had been introduced the interstate
commerce commission ruled that
among more than one hundred tap
lines which were parties to the pro-
ceeding there were tifty-seven which
should be classified merely as plant
facilities and not as public service
roads. An appeal from this decision
was taken to the commerce court. 1t
is expected that eventually the case
will reach the supremen court of the
United States for final decision.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
chilean SUBMARINE !.
BOAT IS LAUNCHED

Seattle, Wash, June 3.--The sub
marine, Iquque. which is being built
by Seattle shipbuilding firm for the
Chilean government, was launched to.
day.---The boat was christsned. by
Mrs. Mary Won Schroeders, wife Of
Lieutenant, Won 'Schroeders of the
Chilean navy The Iquique is a sister
craft Of the Antofagasta, which is
also being built here for the Chilean
navy. The Antofagasta will go over
board early in August.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
To REVISIT NORWAY
IN CHARTERED ship

Minneapolis, June 4.-The chavtcr-
ing of a steamer to take a boat load
of former residents of Halingdal, liv-
ing in the northwest to Norway to
take part in the celebration OF the
centennial Of Norwegian mGep -ndence
May II. '9I4, will ue one of the pro-
jects discussed at the iiallinglaget
annual convention in Minneapolis be-
ginning June g. Five thousand dele
gates from all parts of the northwest
are expected to attend the sessions
which will continue three days. in the
assembly hall at the court house. A
banquet at the West hotel in the even.
ing, June II, will close the meeting
A charity fund for the needy of Hal
lingsdal is to be raised. For this pur-
pose $4,000 has been subscribed and
it is proposed to double that sum.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
SUFFRAGET IRAMPLED
BY THE kings STEED
Changes IN The
INCOME TAX Law

!. !: :. :: :. = :. :: = : !: :: I
. Washington, June 4.-Hefore :
. the senate acts in the Under
. wood tariff bill, the income tax
. section may be amended so as :
!. to remedy the defect which,
. discovered today, may make
!. the measure unconstitutional.
. When the trainers of the in :
|: come tax provision fixed Jan.
. uary |, 1913, as the date from
. which to compute incomes for
. taxation, they overlooked the !
. fact that the constitutional !
amendment authorizing the in !
. come tax was not proclaimed I
, as ratified until February 25, :
. 1913.
This was brought to the at !
. tentiOn of the senate finance !
committee and an amendment :
; will probably be drafted at .
, once. :
; The subcommittee still has .
, under advisement scores OF !
; protests filed by officials of the !
) mutual life insurance compa- .
MES against their inclusion in !
} its provision of an income. tax
on their companies. Such COM !
, panies as are able to prove !
, that they are not conducted :
) for profit may lie exempted. :
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
Woman Tries to Stop The Fly.
ing hoofs Of q Royal
Race Horse
Exciting Time at the blue
Ribbon Events Of the
British Turf
Sensational Scene Witnessed
by the King and Queen
and Other Royalty

Epson, England, June 4.-Today's
race for the Derby, the blue ribbon
Of the British turf, was one OF the
most sensational events on record.
Ii was made memorable by the dar-
ing of militant suffragette outrage,
in which the woman was terribly i'll
jured while trying to stop King
Georges horse, Anmer, while he was
running at full speed.
Craganour, the favorite, was dis
qualified for jumping after finishing
first
The stakes of $32,5OO was awarded
to a rank outsider, AbOyer, hundred
to-One shot.
King George, Queen Mary and a
large assemblage of royalty were wit
nesses of the exciting events, which
caused CONSERVATION among the in
mense crowd when the woman was
trampled under the cruel hoofs of the
..ing's fiery steed
The name of the woman was given
as E. Dawson. She was very badly
injured and was taken to hospital
in an unconscious condition.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
MICHIGAN ELkS
Are IN session

Port Huron, Mich, June 3.-Port
Huron Lodge. B. p. O. e., is this week
entertaining the ninth annual conven-
tion of Michigan Elks. The formal
welcome of the visitors took place
this moring. The feature Of the at
ternoon program was the dedication
Of the new temple OF the ort Huron
lodge. Grand iE,xalted Ruler Thomas
r. Mills of Ohio delivered the ora
ton The election of officers of the
state association and the annual con-
vention parade will take place tomor
row. Thursday will be devoted to a
barbecue and other features of enter
tainment
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
UPR0AR IN THE HUNGARIAN
ASSEMBLY Brings OUT THE
MACHINE GUNS and CAVALRY

=: : : /: = q q
4The in
the resignation Hungarian Ladisaus van Lu
uproar q
anything house
The authorities building
to the public by bodies OF infantry
machine
When Tlsza
greeted shouts eers and in
: suing epihets D0K 4i@5s q
: London June 4nsead of making peace new cabinet
belcose previous
reports indicate that Premier Guechon resigned
military
o and ~ 4
Another disturbing the that Roumana
ready to join war e's Z
agreed
: ficting claims arbitration. ~ n q
submit her
Great Britain Russia to settle
+ the dispute :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-05
STEAMBOAT EXCURS|ON|S7S HAVE
REACHED THE BIG indian CAMP
...HAD A fine TRIP down RIVER

The party Of Bismarckers that went
down the river Tuesday morning on
the steamboat Gros Ventre, command
ed by Capt. Leach, reached Cannon
Ball Wednesday, and arrangements
have been about completed for the
big Indian celebration that will be
held there today.
The camp where the celebration
will be held is seven miles from town
and large number of tents had been
pitched last night. The event of the
celebration will be the adoption of A.
B. Welch Of Bismarck by Chief John
Grass OF all the Sioux tribes, who will
give Mr.. Welch his own name.