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Evening star., 1914-11-08

upon modern big guns. and when thesp
sights are aligned on an enemy. the
officer In command presses a button
sending the long spindle of death on
its way.
To discharge a torpedo from a sub
marine boat II is placed In an exp!o-
a cap. When ready to fire the gunner
raises this cap and the torpedo Is shot
out by compressed air As the torpeuo
leaves water rushes into the tube, but
tube is emptied by levers which throw
the water into a tank and this opera
tion Is repeated until the last torpedo
is fred.
As the torpedo enters the water sew
sral automatic operations take place to
render II potent First there Is a
safety arrangement IN the nature OF
a pin which keeps the hammer OF the
pistol in the war head from being pre-
maturely operated. To this pin Is
attached a cord running to the axis OF
wheel at the nose of the torpedo.
This wheel is set in motion by the ac-
tion Of the water against 1t. and winds
the cord back SO that by the time the
torpedo has travelled several hundred
yards from the suprlarine the unwind
ing action of the nose wheel has un-
wound the cord. withdrawn the pin and
act at the moment of collision.
Then, too. in many OF the n Gre modern
torpedoes the entrance of the weapon
into the water automatically ignites
the alcohol contrivance which Is used
to superheat the compressed air sup
plying the motive force to the weapon
The deadly precision which has beer
acquired by the modern torpedo and
the fact that the modern charge OF gun
cotton rip the vitals from the
greatest the ultra-dreadnought type
Of ffehtinr craft has set the naval ex-
perts of the world to figuring how a
battleship may be protectea asAa"o'
torpedo assault
First they resurrected an old idea
that of stretching around ship, peiow
the water line. stout steer meen
ing the Russian-Japanese war vas
found to be quite effective. but the TOT
pedo makers. keeping pace with tne
hattleship defenders, constructed eon-
consists of small explosive charge
Independent of the war head and not
affecting the heavier gun cotton e1
nlostye which IS detonated when the
with the netting. tearing hole
through the protecting mesh.
But within the last year or two an
even greater Improvement has oeen
made in what Is known as the Dav.s
IL takes the place of the old gun cot
ton war head It consists OF an eight
inch rife, constructed SO as to stand
only single firing and loaded win
special armor- piercing shell.
This gun, in tests. has demonstrated
that it's prejectile. fired when the tor
pedo comes In contact with the tor-
pedo netting. will tear through the
water and still possess sufficient force
to enter the hull OF the netting-pfo'
tected ship.
Evening star., 1914-11-08

white bird among crows.
At one political meeting. some years
ago. when Williams was holding forth
Evening star., 1914-11-08
ent Powers.

fensively. And yet If the locomotive tor
pedo were taken from the submersibles
equipments the now deadly little water
bugs would be no more than interesting
toys.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
AUTO ACCIDENT
New Rockford Girls Injured WheD
Oar is Overturned.

New Rockford. N. D.. Aug. IA
, party consisting Of the Misses Leola
lLongneoker, Nellie Moe. and Ethel
! Anderson and Messrs. Elmer Moe and
{ Ivan Foster had h misfortune of
shaving an accident, when o auto
: ding.
. Mr.. Foster was driving the car and
| was requested by Mr.. Moe to let him
I drive, stating that he had driven one
s before, SO Mr.. Foster slowed the car
edown and they changed seats while
+ the car was going. After they had
I got. seated Mr.. Moe put Oh more speed
( as they were going up q, hill and lost
! control Of the "a Mr.. Foster seeing
! that he could not handle the car
/ grabbed at the wheel and attempted
J to steady it. hut Mr.. Moe being ex-
I cited held tight to the wheel so Mr..
tFoster couldn't turn it. the auto going
in the ditch turning two complete
J summersaults. 49,
The Misses Jeola Lonenecker and
Nellie Moe each sustained a broken
arm and h other members escaped
with only a few minor bruises, while
J n car vas badly wrecked,
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
DICKINSON MAN
HAS MALARIA
First Case Of Disease in the
State Has Developed
in That City

Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 1.-one of
the first. if not the first, cases of
malaria known Of my medical men to
have developed in! North Dakota, has
in Dickinson a little over two weeks.
The patient, Jake Rosenhammer,
who had been working on a farm near
Belfield, when brought here was
found to be suffering with that malady
which is practically unknown in this
state. He is said to have never lived
in a malarial district, and the develop
ment of the disease here is considered
remarkable by medical men. He. is
greatly improved and has left the hos
pital, but will receive, treatment for a
period of about six weeks more
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
IS ATTACKED
Policeman Injured by Robbers Who
Are Surprised at Work.

Wahpeton. N. D., Aug. might
Policeman Theo. Newton Of Hankin-
son discovered two men removing
goods from the warehouse Of the
Cash supply store of that city. on
using his f1ashlight he recognized Err
nest and Henry Brener. who when
they saw that they were known, at
tackled Newton and beat him badly
about the head. Newton came to
Wahpeton and made complaint to
Sheriff Budack. who went to Rankin
son and arrested Henry Bremen at. a
farm south of town. Ernest Brener
could not be found. Hearing was be-
fore Police Magistrate Linehan, who
let Brener out under $1,000 bonds to
appear for final hearing August 5.
Henry Brener is a farm hand at
present on the John r. Jones farm,
while Ernest has been about that
country for some time working at the
carpenter trade. =.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
CAss LEVY FIXED.

Fargo. N. D., Aug. AT the meet
Ing Of the county commissioners the
county budget adopted totalled over
$4,000. There was set aside for
general purposes 500, 500; roads and
bridges $4,000; county roads $1,000;
interest and sinking fund $4,000; al
additional levy of $4,000 was made
to the expense Of the insane fol
$1,000 the usual levy for the county
fair. Twenty-Five was set aside for
the purpose Of conducting rural school
contests. DR.. G. A. Carpenter was re-
appointed at a salary of. $500 a year
as superintendent of the county board
of health.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
DISAPPEARS After
BUYING HORSES
Stranger Purchases Stock OF
Casselton Farmers and
Then Vanishes.

Casselton. N. D.. Aug. IA man Of
good appearance and old enough to
have had quite a bit Of experience,
came into this community looking up
horses. He seemed t be able to To-
willing to dispose of. He went out to
James Farrell's home and in a brief
time had bargained for $4,000 worth
Of horses. He proceeded to w. F.
Nesemeier's and took into his list the
fine stallion there. He went on about
the country agreeing to take the stall
lions particularly but offering good
stif prices for teams-euch that own
srs were willing to accept although
they had not been expecting to sell.
After completing quite. a circuit, and
entering into verbal arrangements
with a number of farmers, the man
suddenly disappeared and has not
been heard of again.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01

+ 4 Grafton, N. D.. Aug. miss Mag.
gle Upham Of Drayton spent severa,
days here the past week with friends
N. II. Rinde spent Wednesday al
Grand Forks attending the fair.
Mrs. ]. W. Mckay and daughter re.
turned Monday evening from Minot
where, they visited relatives.
Morden Glenn attended the fair al
Grand Forks on Wednesday.
F. H. Sprague left Tuesday evening
for the western part of the state or
Masonic lodge business.
Mrs. W. E. Doyle and children re-
turned the first part Of the week
from q visit with relatives at Dray-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Hager left
wednesday morning for Pelican Lake.
At Fargo they were Joined by w. L
Stockwell and wife and the party e
pect to enjoy a week or two Of lake
life.
Mrs. ]. H. sprague and family OF
Moosetaw are visiting here with Mrs.
w. r. Blakley.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Risvold return
ed Monday evening from a visit in
Winnipeg.
Mrs. J. M. Chisholm and son were
here from Pembina for a few days
this week, the guests Of Mrs. Joseph
Tombs.
Charles hoffman and family left
Wednesday morning for Detroit,
Mimi; where they will spend the next
two weeks at the lake.
Fred Nelson attended the fair at
Grand Forks on Thursday.
Gunder Milgarden returned Monday
evening from Bemidji, where he spent
the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Cobb attended
the Grand Forks fair on Wednesday.
The funeral Of A. p. Quist, who died
last Monday afternoon at the Sol
diers' Home in Minneapolis, was held
from the armory in this city on We'd
nesday afternoon, Rev. Stinson off,
ciatins. He is survived by ten chill
dren:la Mesdames Ole Nelson and c.
W. Mcmillan of Minneapolis; G.. W.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
HEAVY LIGHTN1NG LOSSES.

Hankinson. N. D., Aug. Light
ming played havoc in the Barney
neighborhood during the recent storm.
Among the things struck were two
horses killed for A. G. Kressin while
they were standing in the barn; a
hay stack belonging to Barney Hei.-
kamp was burned. and Nels Lang
seth lost his granary and it's con-
tents. Among his losses by the fire
that ensued were LOO pounds Of
Irvine and a lot of bats and
ground feed.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
BESSIE DEAD
Former Well known Williston Attor.
ney Succumbs.

Wahpeton, N. D.. Aug. Aaron
j.. Bessie of Great Falls, Mont, for
merly Of Wahpeton and later of Will
liston, n. D., died in New York city Of
Hodgkins disease-a hardening of the
glands throughout the body, after a
six weeks illness. His wife and three
children were all present at the end.
Mr.. Bessie was buried in New York
IN the family plot where his fathers
and mothers remains were buried.
Mr.. Bessie wac 40 years of age, and
came to Wahpeton in 1884, was edu-
Gated in the city schools and at Ann
Arbor, Mich, where he graduated
from the college Of law. He .practiced
law in Wahpeton for a number Of
years. was city attorney and later as
sistant states attorney under Chas. e.
Wolfe. Eight years ago Mr.. Bessie
and family moved to 'Williston where
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
NECK BROKEN IN
RAIL ACCIDENT
Northern Pacific Engineer
Killed at. Valley City
Railroad Yards.

. Fargo. N. D.. Aug. 1.--Ernest Reed,
an engineer on the Northern Pacific,
was killed Thursday evening in the
switch yards at Valley City. Reed
was looking out of his cab window
and failed to notice of the approach Of
a box car that was being switched by
on the nearest track. and the car in
passing, struck him on the head,
breaking his neck. The injured man
was hurried to the N. P. hospital at
Brainerd but died at Buffalo.
The deceased was fifty years old
and ie survived by a family. The
body was brought to this city.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
CANDo r RIrRNED

Cando, N. D., Aug. 1.-The local
fire department was called to the rear
of the o. P. Walker home where a
fire was in progress which threatened
to become serious. A barn owned by
j. S. Conyers had become ignited
through some unknown cause, and be-
fore the alarm had been sounded had
become a veritable oven and beyond
saving. Two other barns belonging to
The Garfield company caught fire
from the extreme heat but were saved
by the firemen.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01

Bennett .Kenmare; S. Malmen, Sha,
ron. W. Cox, Santa Rosa, Cal, ana
w w s~turdevant, Detroit, Mimi, and
Ed. and John Quist Of this city, An.
drew of Minneapolis and Garfield OF
St. Paul.
Mrs. Kennedy and brother. John
Delaney, were here from Hensel Tues
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Mulloy.
Sheriff Nelson and Miss Ann Nell
son returned Monday evening from
| Mandan. where they accompanied a
Juvenile court offender to the reform
school.
Mrs. William Wynne and daughter
Sadie, returned last week from a WIS.,
it with relatives.
Mrs. Nels Erickson and daughter OF
Minneapolis are visiting with MIS-.
Nels johnson.
Misses Rosemary and Kathleen
Mulloy left today for Hensel to visit
with relatives.
Miss Eva Gagnier returned Sunday
to her home in. st. Paul, having been
visiting here with her sister, MIS-. Will
lard Lamarre.
DR.. Guy Miller of Chicago, who is
spending his vacation with his par
ents at Mimic, spent Tuesday in the
~-N
city with friends.
Miss Beulah Maher returned We'd
nesday from Forest River, where she
spent the week with Miss Edith Ross.
Andrew johnson and family of For
est River spent Tuesday here with
DR.. and Mrs. T. D. Traveller.
Miss Ruth Sterling returned We'd
nesday from Northwood, where she
snent the mast week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Farr of Hensel
were guests at the parental home on
Tuesday.
W. J. Mulloy transacted business
matters at Neche on Thursday.
Mrs. G. w. Mcintyre and son left
Wednesday evening for Lakeville,
Mimi, to spend a few weeks.
w. E. Small and family have re-
turned from Fish lake, where they
spent the past two weeks.
j. W. Boeing and family Of Mimic
were guests at the Mcmillan nome on
Tuesday.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
BIDS ARE REJECTED

Fargo, N. d., Aug. All bids
the new addition. to the Masonic tenn
pie, by the b~oardSof trustees, consist
ing of H. c. Plumtey, W. A. Scott ana
c. r. Stone. In, sconference with the
committee was S. F. Crabbe.
1t was a surprise, to the trustees to
find that the bids were far above what
they were prepared to spend. 1t was
thought that $3o,a9os would be ample
for the purpose Of the new wing but
The bids ranged fro1p sss'5oo to s45'-
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
i CHAIITAuouA-

Leeds, N. D., Aug. About forty
business. men signed the Chautauqua
guarantee for 1915: and thus a Chau-
tauqua for next year is assured. The
session just closed, were exceedingly
well attended and. the Programme
%throuhout generally, Satisfactory.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
E INTO SAFE
Meat Market Proprietor Left Way
Omen for BufGlars.

Leeds, N. D., Aug. 1.-THE proprie-
tor of the meat market at Maddox
went home and left one Of the rear
windows of the shop open. On going
to. his shop in the morning he found
that sneak thieves had entered the
place and broken into the safe. The
cash register had also been tempered
with but not opened. 1t is thought
that the work was done by inexper-
fenced persona.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
DROPPED DEAD
VIM. Keller Succumbs While Walking
: to NefHhhnring T0Mn.

VIM. Keller Succumbs While Walking
to Neighboring Town.
New Rockford, N. D., Aug. 1.-wm.
Keller, who was employed as a car
penter on the Great Northern rail-
road out of, this city. was. suddenly
stricken while walking from this city
to Barlow.
Keller who made his home at Bar
low had missed the N. p. local and in
order to be home he resolved to walk.
The day was very warm and he no
doubt became over-heated and as he
was drinking some cold water at the
farm home Of Fred Speck two miles
south, Of here, he suddenly fell over,
dead. ~. 4:.fT - ~ 1.F TsriGE..N Ia I
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
WIRE FENCE CUTS LAD

Langdon. N. D., Aug. 1.-Georse
Dawson met with a very painful acct
dent while playing with some of the
! fence he slipped in a mud hole and
! fell into h fence cutting his legs and
| feet badly. .. -
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
FINGER is sLAsHED OFF.

Langdon. N. D.. Aug. Kenneth,
the son of Druggist and Mrs. l..
OReilly, former,.Langdon. residents
now at .Rolla. N. D.. had the end of
the index finger of his. right hand scut
off while playing with a. windmiM,
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01

he engaged in the practice of law and
built up a large practice. Just recent
ly the family moved to Great Falls.
Mont, where Mr.. Bessie became Ill
and was taken to the New York hos
Dital
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
HAND AMPUTATED
Farm Laborer Has Hand Mangled IL
Feed Grinder.

Valley City, Aug. 1.-Aleck Ken
nedy who Is working on a farm sew
eral miles out of town. met with a
very unfortunate accident while oper-
ating a feed grinder. In some way
Kennedy's hand was caught in the
grinder and was seriously injured,
that it may be necessary to have the
injured member amputated.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01

A woman's husband may be a poor
excuse and yet better than none.
One boost for every ninety-nine
knocks is about the usual proportion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
BUTTONS OF VEGETABLE IVORY
Tons of the Material Shipped to This
 Country From Ecuador

"Out of 1000 we'll dressed men talk en from an average crowd. how many could tell if asked where the but tons that so artistically embellish the fancy grays, browns or blues of their fashionable attire have their origin !?
 Yet each Is an unconscious walking ad- vertisement of one of the unique prod ucts of several Latin American coun- tries" writes Edward Albes in the Monthly Bulletin of the Pan-American Union.
 It appears that it has been something like 50 years since some rubber gather CTS In the forests of northern Ecuador told of peculiar species of palm which they found in great numbers whose fruit was nut resembling in form and
 color the miniature head of colore ed
 man. These nuts were called "negri- tos" and it was found that the kernels when thoroughly dried had the appear ance and texture of dentine ivory. Sam ples were shipped to Europe and it was soon found that they furnished an ideal
 material for buttoins. The dried ker- nel can be sawed, carved and turned into all sizes and shapes of buttons, while the texture Is such that it readily absorbs dyes and will take on a high and permanent polish.
 Henceforth the ivory nut became an
 important product and now adds con siderably to Ecuador's export trade. | something like 10000 tons are shipped I from that country each year, worth about $1,700,000. while Colombia and | Panama are both increasing their out put . | The tagua, to use its common name grows near the west coast of South
 America from southern Panama ] through Colombia, Ecuador and the northern part of Peru. It is most plen- tfful along the eastern slopes of the Andes The seeds or kernels resulting 1 from these are first in the forms of sacks of sweet, refreshing liquid that changes into a soft, delicious. edible
 pulp and finally becomes the hard nut of commerce
 group of SO or 90 nuts are encased | in huge, knobby, rough brown husk, which looks something like huge chestnut burr and which opens at the bottom when the nuts are ripe and lets them fall to the ground. The gather Ing of green or unripe tagua nuts is prohibited by law In Ecuador The trees are said to have begin bearing In their sixth year and live from 50 to 1 100 years
 Hundreds of natives, called taguaros
 make business of gathering these
 nuts from the wild trees of the interior of Ecuador. collect them on rafts and
 float them down the rivers to Esmeral-
 das or other Pacific ports, where they
 are sold in open markets to the ex- porters. The United States alone buys annually about 10000 tons, for which
 the purchasers pay. including export and import duties and transportation
 charges, about $1.500,oo0 There are 2s vegetable ivory factories in this coun | try and no less than $4,000 900 is in
 vested in the industry, which gives em-
 ployment to not less than 10000 per | sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
THE CHANGING SCENES IN LIFE
Fly MRS. J. B. REID

mark of love-there were no flowers
 to wither on the grave-or give their
 beauty to memory-that mother stood
 in the midst of her grief and bend
 ing over the grave she pulled from the pocket of her wrap a tiny Easter egg and a picture she had cut from the paper of our street decorations-'twas
 the best she had-and she layed them
 tenderly down-it was sple1did tri-
 bute to loves last mission. The life
 left them for the dewdrops to mingle with her tears.
 That humble little home is even more
 empty today-there Is something else needed besides bread and meat-the @ milk of human kindness and sympa- thy-the world does not withhold 1t. Many only has to know where to lend his kindness. love and sypnlathy,
 and then flows the benefits of a kind | ly people. The varied scenes of life do
 not creep into all ears-nor does every eye have the opportunity to know these things that make the world akin. But with every human being there is a | yearning to do some good if they only knew the way.
 We do not look for the shadows of | life to hide the sunshie, but we believe in | viewing each scene that the effects may l punctuate our our lives and give us the | poise we need to make it complete | We little know the changing events in the district where people live from hand | to mouth where there is nothing but
 waiting, wanting and aching hearts. | The men of the city are giving freely of their money to help the poor-the child and the sick. but money is not all
 that is needed today in this big city, the flowers should be scattered among the thorns of want. While we are dis tricting the city for the city beautiful, we should cooperate for the city help | full There are many crumbs from the tables of wealth that could be carried | to the sick and sad.
 | There is mission for each woman in l this town, and 1t will take the body to
 meet the needs of distress in our midst. | A half dozen charity workers. working | every minute, cannot do one-half that | is needed. The flowers may grow in our own neighborhoods. and the streets be
 bordered with green. but what matters | that if just over the way the weeds are | hiding our fellow man from view. If he | is hidden by neglect and want it detracts
 from our own beautiful premises.
 | We would like to ask each chairman of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
----------sos---- ALICE NIELSEN
A Winsome Southern sinoer

There is something of the winsomc southern belle in the charming person. ality of Alice Nielsen. born at Nashville, Tenn, who studied music in San Fran cisco and made her first appearance on the operatic stage as Yum Yum" in Gilberts "Mikado" in 1893. She joined the Bostonians in 1S9S, singing in many char acters, especially that of Annabel in Robin Hood" Since the days of the Bostonians she has continued to sing in grand opera. and is one of the most ac- complished American violinists. There Is always ripple of approval in an au- dience when Alice Nielsen responds with an encore in singing "Bonny Eloise," one of the ballads that has always been popu- lar in the south.
 "Bonny Eloise' with Bonny Alice Mel sen singing 1t has set many a southern audience on fire. Men have cheered women have wept, while it's hallowed strains brought back war time memories to the sons and daughters of the lost cause. This song is to be found i,, Heart Songs." now being distribute ed by this paper to it's readers. The COIL pon today explains the terms on which 1t may be had.