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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
EXPECT TH|EVERY
WILL STOP NOW
Marmarth Officials, with Ar
rest in Montana, Antici-
pate Horse Theft Ended

Marmarth. N. D.. Aug. 30.-An ar
rest which the Billings county authori-
ties believe may result in bringing to
justice members Of an organized gang
Of stock rustlers operating in the Da-
kotas. Montana and Wyoming, was
made at Willard, Mont, yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Walter johnson Of this
place.
On Monday johnson received infor-
nation that ten horses had been stol-
en- from the Sheets and Perigo ranch
es, about twenty miles east Of Mar
marth. Although the crime was a
week old. the sheriff was able to fol-
low the trail taken by the herd which
was driven south through the Pine
hills and into Montana, the horses be-
ing located in a pasture on Box Elder
creek.
Hudson, a former employee of Sheets.
was suspected and when found at Will
lard confessed the theft, but said he
had been hired to do it by two men
whose records the sheriff is now in
v~estigating.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
SEARCHING FOR
PAIR Of YEcCNEN
Mckenzie Postoffice Robbers
Breaking Jails 100 Miles
Apart, Still Missing.

Bismarck. N. D., Aug. 30.-Arrned
posses are securing the country in
search of Dan Fitzpatrick, charged
with being concerned in the robbery
of the Mckenzie postof1ce. who es-
capped from the county Jail Thursday
night. :.
The excitement became more in
tense when word was received from
Jamestown that j. d. Rogers. sus-
pected of being a companion Of Fitz-
patrick in the robbery, had made his
escape from the Stutsman county Jail
at practically the same time that his
alleged companion made his getaway.
Used Watch Spring Saw.
Fitzpatrick affected his escape by
filing the bolt Of his cell door with
a watch spring. He was accompanied
by his cell mate who was being held
on a minor charge.
The two passed through the room
time. Up to the present time no trace
has been found Of the fugitives.
Reports from jamestown state that
Rogers made his escape by cutting
through the bars on his cell window
with a pen knife which he had made
into a saw.
Had Outside Aid.
The escape of the two men at prac-
tically the same hour is regarded as
significant by the authorities who be
lieve that they had outside assist
Rogers and Fitzpatrick : werei |. ar
rested at priscoli August 81. after the
p%ostofflce at Mckenzie had been
robbed of a large quantity Of stamps
and v%aluables.
They were given a hearing before
Q. S. Commissioner Lanterman at
Mandan and were held to the federal
grand jury which meets in Fargo in
October.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
DRUGGIST FINED.

Seven Duluth Pharmacists Either
Plead Guilty Or Are Convicted.
Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 30.-Every one
OF the seven druggists who were ar
rested In the raid on the drug stores
on a charge Of selling liquor without
a license, and without having a pre-
seription, either pleaded guilty or
were convicted before Judge Cutting
today. They were each fned 800
or sixty days in the county Jail.
The court room was packed by
friends Of the defendants. The men
tried were Oscar x: Weinman. Ben
.Frakn NJ. Thoonen. r. M. Scott, Geo.
A. Eklund and Harold l. Shaw.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
Arson CHARGED:
HAVE NO PROOF
Officials Arrest Three at
Donnybrook-Store Burg
larized and Fired.

Minot, N. D.. Aug. s%0.-Though
three arrests were made in connection
with the destruction by fire of the
Herman Fault general store at DON
nybrook. officials are without direct
evidence to prosecute. and today the
mon. George Johnson, Herman John
son and Earl Frederick. were re-
leased.
The back door of the store was
broken in and the interior of the
store was all in flames when the fire
was discovered.
Officials believe that burglars fired
the store. The loss Is about $40, 900.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
MUNICH COUPLE IN TROUBLE.

Munich, N. D.. Aug. so.-Mrs.
Henry Thera, brought to Langdon
recently from Munich by the county
insanity board has been returned to
her home at that place, the case not
showing a condition which warranted
her being sent to the asylum. Be-
fore leaving for Munich Mr.. and Mrs.
Their are understood as having sign
ed an agreement of separation, the
Munich property and a cash settle
ment being made over to the wife by
Thera. There appears to have been
family differences of some years
standing between the two.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
EMPLOY $50 MEN

Minot Commercial Club Bureau Sue.
cessful in Placing Laborers.
Minot, N. D.. Aug. 30.-The Minot
Commercial club, acting as an EN-.
ployment bureau, has placed over $50
me In the harvest fields of this dis
trict within the past two weeks. The
club took up the employment propo.
eition as a result Of the I. W.. w. trou.
bles, using the department as a meth.
cd OF getting the men who wanted tc
work out Of the city. and thus also
being able to separate and drive out
h professional tramps. Of which
there were many.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
FINDS SHOES

Farmer Finds Quantity in Wheatheld
Supposed to be Stolen Goods.
Brockett. N. D.. Aug. so.-Three
boxes Of shoes were found by A.
Clock while at work cutting grain
in the field east of the elevators. The
shoes are valued at about $3.50. The
goods are billed to Brockett and it
10 supposed that the boxes were stolen
from the depot at that place and put
In a box car and brought here. The
parties who stole the shoes finding
they were Of no use to them hid the
boxes in the field.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
MAY O NEW PLAN
Commission Question Will Be Submit.
ted to Dickinson Voters.

Wu y DAChAileOl toUeFS.
Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 30.-The city
council of Dickinson will have a petit
ton before 1t at its next regular meet-
ing. asking that a special election be
called forthwith to determine whether
the city shall become incorporated un-
der the commission form of govern
ment under chapter II of the laws Of
North Dakota for the year 1911.
The general feeling is that this form
will carry. and at the spring election.
commissioners will he elected to take
the place of the present council.
y There is no general discomfort with
the present city officers. save a want
81 fixing responsibility upon the off,
cer intrusted with definite duties.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
BIG BARN. DESTROYED

Roila, n. D.. Aug. 3o.-Ths barn
eWnAd BY the Rolla state bank II
s1his city was destroyed by are With
asla1 Of. about. 500.
Cht4stianson and H. Shaver, vera
i@6NbeA slso.
eaSoes slesptns In the loft are u.
seapeaAaas Tor tks ~.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
RAIDS AT DRAKE
Three Arrests by McHenry County
Officials,

Officials.
Drake, N. D.. Aug. so.-McHenry
county officials. headed by States At
torney Ulsrud INC Sheriff Will made
a raid on three alleged blindpigs in
Drake. closing up the places and MAX
ing several arrests.
]. Dallman and NJ. Anton, caught in
the raids. pleaded guilty and were SEN
fenced; F. Muss. also captured dur
ing the raids, pleaded not guilty and
will be tried at the next term Of the
district court.
Drake is now entirely dry.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
DAKOTAN KILLED
Former Resident of Rock Lake Killed
by Axe.

EOEIICF ISCSIUCHV VI HSOCA IHIhC NIIIcU
by Axe.
Rock Lake. N. D.. Aug. 3o.-word
has been received here to the effect
that Marion Evans. who formerly lived
In this place, was accidentally killed
ut Eugene. Ore. yesterday. Young
Evans was in the woods with his
uncle where he was taking his an
nual vacation. His uncle was chop
ping wood with a double bit axe,
which few off the handle and hit
Evans in the abdomen. cutting a deep
cash. He was taken to a house but
died in half an hour. John T. Evans,
father Of the accident victim. was a
prominent business man of Rock
Lake before moving to Oregon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
$1,000 LOSS

Sherman Hotel Fire ut Larimore Was
Dangerous.
Larimore. N. D., Aug. 3o.-Damase
to the extent of about $1,000 was
caused by a fire at the Sherman hotel
in this city yesterday. The nre start
ed In the chimney of the laundry and
spread from the center to the north
side OF the building. Quick work on
the part Of the local hremen pre-
vented greater damage. The loss is
covered by insurance. L. F. Mason is
the owner Of the hotel.
George Larimore was slightly in
jured when he fell from a ladder.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
CHANGE IN PosMAsTERs.

Walhalla, N. D.. Aug. 3o.-Ths
change in postmasters in Walhalla
will be made here Monday, and POST
master Mayor turns the Office over
to Joseph Dechenes. recently ap-
pointed. Miss Pearl Moore Will be
the deputy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
ARRIVES IN UNITED STATES.
Lord and Lady Strathcona Reach tn
Country From EurOpc. .

New York, Aug: .so.--Lord strath-
coma, Canadian high sgmmissioner i'll
England. ARRIVED t1Aefaa from. Europe
today accompanied by Lady Strath-
coma. He is on his way to Montreal
where he will attend the annual meet
ing and banquet of the American Bar
association. With Lord and Lady
S~trathcona was DR.. William Peterson,
vice chancellor Of McGill university OF
Montreal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
MODEL RURAL SCHOOL.
Mayvillc Normal to Run Fine Con.
aolidated School.

Mayville. N. D., Aug. a0.-A model
consolidated rural school will be cor-
Quoted by the Mayville normal. While
It will do some work along the line
Of the one-room rural school its chief
aim will be to create a model for the
new consolidated rurals that can be
patterned after by the rural schools
Of the state. It 10 tho hrst TO be e.
tablished in North Dakota and there
are only six or eight Of that kind in
the entire United States.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30
THREE ESCAPE
Cain Liberty by Going Through Open
Window.

Window.
Cakes. N. D., Aug. 30.-Three pris-
Ter escaped from the county Jail
here. The sheriff let them out into
the corridor and hath room to wash
and eat their supper and left them for
about twenty minutes. When he re-
turned he found they had escaped
from an upper window in the stair
way leading to the sheriff's office.
, The sheriff's full force is making
avery effort to recapture the fugi-
tives, but have not at this time been
able to get a clue az to their where
abouts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30

primarily a man of the soil. He owns
one of the. finest plantations in the
blue grass section of the Virginia val
ley. He is probably the largest in
dividual stock raiser in Virginia. He
is one of the wealthiest men in the
south.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-30

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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17
Forgets Home Number; Lands in Station House

HH1CAGO.-Becaus his memory de
~ serted him at the most critica
time-the time to go home-Frank H
Harlow. a manufacturer of advertis
ing novelties, after touring the North
Side in a taxicab for four hours In q
vain search for his domicile. was
forced to spend the night at the Chi
cago avenue police station by the &C
commodating but irate chauffeur.
When Harlow finally decided tina,
he would go home the other night he
summoned taxicab and crawled IN.
Where tor asked the chauffer.
Home" was the curt reply.
Where is homer" persisted the in
quisitive driver
"Why-er-lesh see that'st
funny. Can't r'member. Y see. just
moved an forget where. Somewhere
on North Side. Well find it,
The chauffeur drove to the North
Side and Harlow kept his eye peeled
for apartment houses. At last he saw
one that looked like home" and or
dered the driver to stop. Out he got
and into the building he went. Ten
minutes the driver waited and then
Harlow emerged.
They shay positively don't live
there" he said. "Lesh go somewhere
elsh."
Away they went. with Harlow peer.
ing out of the window at the build.
ings as they flashed past. Again they
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17
Skirts Keep Cars Behind Time

bled to the step of a car the othe,
day. In each hand she carried a sui,
case. After three attempts to board
the car. she said with sigh: II dom,
believe can manage It,"
It was then that Shafer stepped
forward. The conductor. who wa.
ready to start the car. grabbed the
suit cases. and Doss gave the woman
boost that lifted her to the hrs,
step of the car whence. in spite OF
the tight skirt. she struggled to the
platform. affirmed Samuel Thrasher
caller at the traction station.
"Tigh skirts certainly delay tramc,
said Thrasher. ut does not seem
possible. but when 1t Is found that
thirty seconds longer are required for
a woman to enter a car than formerly
It is soon seen that a great deal
more time is consumed at stations
Women to get on car in tight
skirts generally need help. However
some of them boost their skirts to
their knees and scramble on without
any help. These new creations Of
fashions make 1t almost impossible
for women to step up the fifteen to
eighteen inches necessary to ge,
upon the first step of an interurban
car"
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17

stopped before an apartment and Har-
low ambled in.
Wrong again." said Harlow com.
ing out. Couldn't find name on let
ter boxsh."
AT the next place Harlow remained
inside longer than usual and the
chauffeur heard heated words from
the hallway. The hour was growing
late.
Never saw such un'commodatin'
people," Harlow told the driver. Rang
every bell and they got mad Said
1 was crazy. Looks Just like home.
too. That'sh funny"
Finally the exasperated chauffeur
looked at his meter. 1t registered
four hours. a goodly number of miles
and considerable fare.
The driver bundled his fare back
into the machine and drove to the Chi
cago avenue station.
When he heard the story the next
morning. Judge Maxwell discharged
the prisoner.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17

Al EW YORK-John H. Dawson. a
~ West Virginia mountaineer. who.
minus his shoes, stands six feet tall.
and without any drapery over his her
culean physique, weighs $50 pounds.
and can sense his way through the
most impenetrable forest. found that
the dull monotony of the exterior of
nat houses of New York and the end
less regularity of the streets were too
much for his path-f1nding abilities.
Dawson arrived In New York the
other morning to go to Binghamton.
N. Y. to buy farm. He returned
late Christmas eve. having completed
his purchase. jubilant over his future
home. all his pockets sagging with
gifts and good cheer for his wife and
seven children whom he had brought
here with him. When he reached the
city he found he was up against a
maze OF houses that no teaching of
the woodsman could penetrate. Not
used to such things as street numbers
the woodsman had neglected to write
down his address. That had never
crossed his thoughts. Down in West
Virginia, his boyhood home, and for
the last year In Oklahoma, no mat.
ter how dark the night or bad the
journeying, his woodsman's instinct
and ability to read the danger signals
OF Mother Nature had always brought
him home safely to the bosom of his
family.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17
Hats Take Aerial Trip When Gale Hits Detroit

n ETRO1T. M1CH.-Unusually high
u winds the other day were respon-
sible for a reat deal of sidewalk aero
battles upon the part OF pedestrians
who defied the gale by wearing stif
hats.
At one time three men ran foot
race across Michigan avenue at Girls
void street in pursuit Of elusive head
gear. At times 1t seemed as II the
only way to keep an overcoat fastened
in front was to nail the edges to-
gether.
One of the prize feats Of the wind,
however, was when a chilly zephyr
went ripping down Lafayette boule-
ward at Griswold street, tearing q
Derby hat from the head of a young
man, carrying 1t in eccentric gyrations
through the air. and depositing 1t un-
tremendously upon a ledge in front
of window on the second story of
the German American bank build
ing.
There It goes" yelled portly in
dividual who had hold of his own
hat with one hand while his other
hand grasped the tails of his
overcoat In an effort to prevent
him from becoming a whirling der
wish.
There 1t is" said rosy-cheeked
young woman who had an iron
clutch on white plume and .
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17

Lola the traveller who for days has been wearied
by the sight of nothing else but the monotonous
blue of the burning sky and the dreary desert
all about him Is exhilarated, pleased and rested
by the sight of those beautiful cypress trees with
their cool. dark foliage down in the wadi-the
Arabic name for hollow valley. One
scarcely imagine anything more dreary than the
valley where these trees raise their heads above
the rock bound hollow in the desert They stand
in all their majesty in the gardens of the monas-
terry OF the Sinaitic monks on st. Catherine. one
of the mountains of the range called the Forty
Martyrs" and great pride is taken by these men
of God In these trees. which for thousand years
have broken the monotony of the desert waste
and have cast their welcome shade wherein the
weary traveller and the travel-stained caravan
may rest and take shelter.
For more than year the Israelites were en-
camped in the valley of Sinai when they again
took up their wanderings In search of the prom
Used land. Through Asia Minor they proceeded
to the land Of Canaan. their great leader. Moses,
dying as they came in sight of the country
which God had promised to Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob.
One of the most important places in Asia
Minor. on the road from Constantinople to Konia.
is the ancient town Of Anum Kara-Hissar, whose
extraordinary citadel. rising 800 feet in its very
center, was the Byzantine fortress Of Aeroenus.
where in 100 A. D. the Arabs, under the leader
ship of Sid el Batte ell Ghazi we're defeated by
the Turks in its very shadow. To get view Of
this most picturesque town climb up the stair
way cut in the rock Of the citadel brings one to
the very summit where there still remain the
diaeval Turkish Notifications
Like all other towns in Asia Minor, Alum
Kara-Hissar is built of mud bricks. It's streets
run in every direction Of the compass. Although
the language spoken there is Turkish, there is
a large Armenian population. 1t is az dirty a
place imagine Overrun with half
starved. bowling dogs in the day. the night is
made hideous by their mad attempts to clean up
the refuse thrown In the streets 1t is good
place to be avoided by the fastidious. The town
boasts of fine bazaar. churches for the Armen-
ians and mosques for the Turks, as well as
schools for both classes. The Armenians have
made a commendabe effort to make their part
CT the town inhabitable and sanitary.
The story Of the birth and infancy Of the
founder and first legislator of the Israelite ma
ton is one of the treasured gems of Hebrew
literature. He was OF the tribe of Levi, and
his mother. Jochebed (his fathers name was
Amram). hid him three months in defiance of
the edict of Pharaoh who. to prevent the growth
of his Hebrew slave population. had ordered all
their male children to be put to death at birth.
AS the danger of discovery became great. the
infant was placed in ark on the Nile. was
found and adopted by the daughter of Pharaoh.
and was brought up Egyptian prince. But
his heart was with his enslaved' brethren, and
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17
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Woodsman's Instinct Of No Use in a Big City

| Lawson left and returned by the
same railroad. Leaving the Hudson
tube at Thirty-third street. Dawson
trudged down Broadway. The simple
mountaineer walked bravely along,
thinking of his seven little young
sters and the faithful little mountain
woman who with him had dared the
terrors of a great and unknown city.
But he had not bothered about the
street address, and could not find his
home. The only description Dawson
could give of the fiat house where he
had left his family was SO like thou-
sands of other fats that 1t was practi-
cally useless. Morning found MIN
still looking. All Christmas day. his
heart as we'll as his body worn out by
his search, he tramped through the
city, looking in every house that look
ed like his own, expecting to see the
anxious face of his wife beckoning to
him.
Finally Dawson went to police sta
ton, but it was way up in the Bronx.
and the police tried in some way TO
get Dawson to fix locality, but he
absolutely could not Then some one
brought newspaper into the station
house. In 1t was an account OF Daw-
sons disappearance. In the first par
agraph of the story the mountaineer
found his address. In a minute ne
took a subway train down town.
I'VE were almost giving him up,
said Mrs. Dawson. when, this morn
ing. l happened to look out of the
window, and there. on the other side
of the street l saw John, his arms
full OF bundles. looking at the num-
bers on the houses. l ran out on the
stoop to call him. You never saw any
one SO glad to see any one as he was
me-"
The city may be all right. says Daw-
son, but he feels much safer in the
mountains with the wild animals.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17
Ankle-Binding

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.-Tight-ftting
l skirts delay traction cars. and
make 1t almost impossible for con-
ductors and motormen to keep up to
the required schedules. Especially 10
this true In the case OF cars which
make many stops. Men at the trac-
ton terminal station estimate that 1t
takes a woman three times as long to
board car as 1t did in the days when
they wore wide skirts.
Doss Shafer. patrolman. stationed
at the traction depot. is an observing
man. and he has had his attention
called to the tight-fltting skirt NUS
ance by train crews many times. He
says some women trying to board a
car often make from three to five at
tempts before succeeding.
One woman with tight skirt hob