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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
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D. G. F6garty WAS q passenger 10
Bismarck Thursday to attend the
Teachers convention. Miss Anna In
wood Of the Sterling school went to
the city on the same mission.
The proposed County Highway from
Bismarck,eRst Is the all important SUBJ
iect and conversation these days. The
general sentiment seems to be in
favor of the road due east from Els.
mrarck on4the Township lines, both
from an economic and most useful
standpoint, and all signs point that
wayy. tAg this: highway, Is to be per.
manent andgWfHSbe a great expense to
the entires county, the township line
is the only and proper solution. 1t is
up to the County Commissioners Fri.
day afternoon.
Toft and cter,;np rnwnsh;ns held a
,o;nt meeting al 1he Sterling state
pank Tnesdav afternoon "a vote I'M.
onaninp Tic township road between
hat weon the two townshins running
eas at and west and both boards voted
IN favor, feeling almost assured that
the Comfy Highway win take that
courso II was alsn decided to buly a
road grader together as each town.
shin nod never feIt able td invest in
ono alone So Good Roads are to be
tho watchwords throueh Sterling and
Taft vic;nities fhis snrinp and sum-
MAJ
rho Sterling BOARD If Superyissors
then held a snecial meeting tn appoint
q ]nractica1 highwav oyerseer accord
inq to the new law and Martin Han
son. heing of several years experience.
and favorable to ali. was decided up.
IN. Chairman Chas., Lnndouist. Su.
nervisors Rice and Parke being
ont y E@}
r r. Wildfane and R. A. Day. of
the Excelsior cycle Co. have placed
seven orders for Excelsior motor
cvcles this early in the campaign and
thsv maintain that the country will
he flooded with ;Excelsiors before
MANY months.
IA. Kafer was elected of
the sibley Butte bali team now in
conrse If organizing and every effort
Is heinr made to raise the necessary
funds fo,. new snitss and other baseball
accessories. Manager Kafer advises
or meeting: with much success and
a winning team is assured.
Miss Nav Random and Margaret
Thorrwaldson returned home from
Sanborn Wednesday after enjoying a
delightful visit with relatives.
Dr. a.. A. Lang. yetinery SURGEON of
,Jamestown was called to treat very
sick horse Tor H. r. Wright Wednes-
day 1
Il is .rumored that the Sterling no.
tel will he onened for business in the
near future ilnder new and able man.
Ray Sandry shipped six cars of cat
tie from South St. Paul that arrived
here Thursday to he pastured for the
summer.
Bob Day motored up from McKen.
zie in the Overland Wednesday &C.
by A. V. Anderson who is
out for County superintendent of
Schools position. He wifi cover the
county on an Excelsior Motor cycle
to get acquainted with every voter
and his brother.
Motif. Mckenzie. Driscoll and Sib.
ley Butte are planning on fast base
hall teams this season while Sterling.
who has had the winning team for
the past two years. are liable to be
out of the running through lack Of
material and supDort.
All signs of the heavy snow have
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
over 800 PER Gent
Profit IN HARD COAL

Trenton, N. j., April 2.-The as
sembly coal Investigating committee
has submitted a report to the house
that eleven big railroad companies
control 81 per cent Of the total an
thracite mined; that there is a gen.
aral combination between these com.
panies to fix prices, and that the coal
sales companies are owned and con
trOlled by the railroads and are devils.
ed by the carriers for the purpose
Of Technically avoiding the commodi.
ties clause of the Hepburn railroad
act.
The report asserts that these com.
panies not only control 81 per cent
Of the coal mined, but also a large
proportion CT the acreage of all the
anthracite producing regions.
The committee declares that the
prepared sizes Of. anthracite. such as
stoce, egg and chestnut, used almost
exclusively by the small consumer,
are sold at the enormous profit of up
wards of 300 per cent.
lne committee further asserts INA,
the business of mines selling this 81
per cent Of hard coal is controlled
by 4 combination OF 40 men.
TO DECIDE A. 4. U. TITLES.
Chicago, ILL.,, April 1.-Two events
under the auspices Of the National A.
A..U. will serve to attract the atten-
tion Of amateur athletics to Chicago
during the remainder of this week.
The first is a tournament for the
wrestling championships. which will
be staged at the Illinois Athletic club.
The second is the basketball cham
pionships, which will hold the floor
at the Chicago Athletic Association.
Both tournaments will feature con-
testants from points as far distant as
Duluth, Mimi, aud Quincy, Mass.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TEACHERS.
Marion, Ill.,, April 2.-Marion is en-
PERTAINING during the remainder OF
this week the annual convention OF
the Southern Illinois Teachers assoc
citation. The meeting has attracted a,
large and representative attendance.
The proceedings were opened this af-
ternoon with a conference of the
county superintendents. Speakers to
be heard at the general sessions in
clude President Bryan of Indiana
State University, President Arm
strong of West Virginia University,
State Superintendent Francis G.. Blair
and President Shryock of the South
ern Illinois Normal School.
Tie North Dakota laws forbid the
sale Of artifically colored kerosene.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
M,kENZIE HOTEL

Dining.room will be open after "The
FREELY" tonight, when an excellent
luncheon will be served. Music by
O'Cornor's orchestra. Phone 25S for
reservations. ADV.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03

The Elk's meeting that was to have
been held Friday evening has been
postponed until Saturday evening,
April 4, 1914. Installation Of officers
and initiation Saturday evening.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
NELSON MILLINERY.

Will have their opening Saturday,
April 4th. New spring hats are now
here.-Adv. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
GONE TO FARGO.
EASTERN STAR MEETINNc.

s. +. HOllngsWOTth Of this city Is
i'll Fargo on business for a few days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
SUFFRAGE SPEAKER IS
DISSED At ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, April 2.-Hisses and cat
calls from men in the audience greet.
ed Mrs. Alice Curtice Meyer when
she addressed an open air meeting in
front of the courthouse here ii be-
half OF woman suffrage.
After the interruption had continu-
ed for some time, Mrs. Meyer sat
down. John Reed of Wyoming then
stepped up to the automobile from
which Mrs. Meyer had been speaking
and said to her.,
Il want you to know that>I don't
approve of the actions Of this crowd.
If such a thing had happened in W.
oming, we would have smashed those
mems heads with clubs"
Several hundred men crowded about
the automobile when Mrs. Meyer be.
gan to speak. but she Lad not gone
very far, when one called out "say,
who's watching the kids while you
are out?' .E..
I'VE women need the vote" said
Mrs. Meyer, trying to ignore the in
terruptiOn. And we want you to give
it to us, for we know the time is ripe
in. Missouri for equal suffrage"
You'd better go home and tend to
the kids and cook dinner for them"
shouted some n in the crowd.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
BIRTHDAY OF oLDEsr RULER.

Berlin, April 2.7-Duke George II. Of
Saxe!Meinipgen, who is the oldest Of
the rulers of Europe, celebrated his
eighty-eighth birthday anniversary to-
day and was the recipient of cograt-
ulatory messages from all the sover-
eigns of the German states and from
other countries as we'll. The Duke has
reigned almost half a century, having
acceded to the throne in 1866, follow
ing the abdicati0n of his father.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TEACHERS

Tie North Dakota laws forbid the
sale Of artifically colored kerosene.
ADV.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03

President Kroeze returned from
the east Tuesday evening, where he
has been a number Of weeks in the
interests of the college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
FEUCHTER MADE
VICE PRESIDENT
Succeeds B. w. Newton in That
Position in the Tri- City
Federation of Labor.

.7ritz Feuchter, a member of the
Postoffice Clerks union of Davenport
was elected vice president of the Tri
City Federation of Labor at a meet,
ing last evening at the Industrial hall
to succeed B. w. Newton. printer at
the Modern Woodmen publication
building, who became president of
the Federation automatically through
the resignation of r. A. Evans of Dav-
export two weeks ago.
The record of all votes of State Sen
ator F. A. Landee of Moline on. all
bids affecting labor. has been received
from Springfield. The record was
turned over to the legislative compnit-
tee to make a report at the next meet
ing. The report of the delegates to
the Iowa State Federation of Labor
was put over until the next meeting.
A warm session was held last even
ing. but no other details were given
out for publication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
System AWakens
With Pure Blood
In Mind and Body the
Change is Wonderful.

After the depression. the starnation. thr
despair over some blood disorder. II is fine
- wake up 70 what = :. = has accom-
plsned for you after q few days II
puts the nerves and blood in harmony: IL
zrouse5 the cellular activity Of the liver.
kidneys, lungs, and other eIcretory organs
to remove from the blood the body wastes
That cause nearly all sickness.
This means that all decay. all breaking
down Of the tissues. IS checked and repair
work begins s. ). = has such influence on
al local cells as 10 preserve their mutual
welfare and afford a proper relative assist
ance 20 each other More attention Is being
given 10 catalytlc medicine than ever before
and s :. :. Is one OF the highest achieve
ments in this line. For many years people
relied upon mercury, i0dide Of potash. ar
Fc-ic catLartics and dope" as remedies for
blood sickness. but now the pure, ye-eta bic
s. ;. 3 Is tEeiF safeguard
IOu can get s. : ). in any drug store
bit insist upon having It The great Swift
Laboratory in Atlanta. Ca. prepares this
famous blood purifier. and you should take
no chance by permitting anyone 10 recon-
mend substitute And Y your blood con
cition Is such th1t rou would Ike 70 CON
suit a specialist without charge, address
Medical Dept Tie Swift Specific Co., 537
ewfft EidE-. Atlanta. Ga.
Advertisement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
OLD CLAIM PAID
BY CITY COUNCIL
Commissioners Effect Compro-
mise With A. Roggenkamp
for Bill for Horse Service.

A. Roggenkamp and the city COM
council yesterday afternoon. got to-
gether on the claim Mr.. Roggenkamp
has held against the city for some
time past and a compromise was eff
fected.
The bill of Mr.. Roggenkamp had
been up several times for considera-
ton of the council but action on it had
always been deferred. Mr.. Roggen-
kamp's claim was for S51, for depre-
citation in value of his horse and for
services rendered the city street de-
part:nent
Mr.. Roggenkamp alleged that his
horse was'injured to the extent of $50
while engaged in work for the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03

at this desk. If the system at the Of
flee is to blame the fault is corrected
then and there. This new system will
be a big help to both the public and
the company.
Lay Gable to Moline.
The material for the new under
ground cable which is to be placed
from Moline to Rock Island is arriving,
and the actual work of laying 1t Will
soon begin The new underground ca
BILE will connect the Moline and Rock
Island main offices, and will do away
with the unsightly poles on the boule-
ward on Seventh avenue and also make
the service secure from storms and
other wire trouble. Outside of these
two big improvements the company is
spending $4,000 on other improve
ments within the city limits of Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
ISSUE ONLY five
PERMITS IN WEEK
Building Inspector Gives Out LII
censes for Erection of
Small Buildings.

The past week was not very busy
one as far as the starting of the cree
ton of new buildings was concerned.
In the office of Building Inspector j.
H. Stapp but five permits were issued
and they all were for small jobs. The
total cost will be $4,000.
The permits issued were:
NcInnis Bros, for Mrs. Marina
Dunn. 1928 Eighth avenue; alteration'
$500
VogeI & Schroeder for William hroe'
ger. 9O1 Thirteenth avenue; dWeihns
$1,000. :.
A. P. Paulsen. 4O3 Forty-third street,
alteration, $1,000.
John NJ. Kaiser, for William Lagstah
1929 Twenty-fourtn street; dwelling
S2,400
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
CELEBRATION OF
FOURTH PLANNED
IN MANY PLACES
City Arranges Big Program at
Long View Park With
Band and Fireworks.
SIMoNSoN TO GIVE ADDRESS
Rural Progressive Club 20 Hold Picnic
at Edsinston-5is ooinss at
Coal Valley.

Independence Day will be cele-
brated in a fitting manner at Long
View park tomorrow afternoon with a
celebration arranged by the city An
address by Devore Simonson will be
the feature of the program A band
VIII render patriotic selections. Miss
Marie Williams OF this city will read
the Declaration OF independence The
city has gone TO the expense of secur-
Ing some excellent daylight fireworks,
which xviii be a treat. especially TO the
children
Those who attend the celebration
will not be allowed to discharge any
fireworks in the park. this being taken
as a precaution for the safety of the
gathering The program as arranged
by Commissioner Jonas Bear follows:
Opening praper-Rev. James Edgar
Wilson.
SeIectiol-Band.
Address-Devore SimonsOn.
SeIection-Band.
Reading -"DecIaration OF Independ-
ence.~ Miss Marie Williams.
Selectiou-Band.
Grand display Of fireworks.
The program will be opened at 2
O'Clock. closing at 8.
Picnics in the Country.
= big Fourth of July celebration will
be held at Robinsou's grove, three
miles northwest OF EdginEton. under
the auspices OF the Rural Progressive
club. 4 basket picnic. ball games.
songs. games and speeches will feat
ure the program. Attorneys G. c.
Wenger OF Rock Island and 4. r. john
son Of East Moline will be the prin-
cipal speakers.
An all day celebration has also been
arranged at Coal Valley under the
auspices of the BoweTy Stock com
pany. parade will he held in the
morning. with speeches following 4
prize OF $40 has been offered for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03


best decorated auto il the parade and
So for the second best. The after
noon program will be featured by a
ball game and other athletic events.
and dancing. In the evening there
will be fire works and dancing.
DIR. J. !. Campbell. superintendent of
the WATERFOWL hospital. has prepared
an elaborate program for that institu-
ton, consisting 81 athletic events with
prizes worth competing for. The cele-
bration will continue through the
whole day and will be participated in
by patients and employees alike.
Other Attractions Many.
Several excursions on the river will
be held. the steamer Sidney making a
run to Muscatine in the afternoon. The
steamer G. w. Hill will arrive here
Tomorrow morning with a boat load
from Clinton. During the afternoon
the Hill will make hourly trips from
here, returning to Clinton after sup
per.
Other pleasure seekers have ar
ranged picniCs at various grounds in
the vicinity, while hundreds will jour
ney to Watch Tower. Campbell's is
land and other resorts for the day.
Many Rock Islanders will spend the
Fourth i in other cities. quite a num-
Der leaving this morning over various
roads.
All of the stores in the city, with the
exception of meat markets. will be
closed all day tomorrow. However,
the stores will remain open this even
},
lie Meat markets will be open until
II O'Clock tomorrow morning. The
banks of the city will close at the regu-
lar hour. O'Clock this afternoon and
remain closed until Monday morning.
Barber shops will be open until IL
o. clock tomorrow morning.
Schedule at Z. M. c. A.
The Fourth of July schedule at the
Y. VI. c. \ s'announced as follows:
In the boys department the rooms
and privileges viii be open only until
neon. All classes of boys that have
swimming hours on Saturday will
come for their swims in the morning
hours. After l. O'Clock there win be
nothing doing" in the boys side of
the building
ne llldll lDDDs anu Du1ll4GS5 blt4NO
will be open as usual through the day
and evening. Breakfast hours will be
from $50 TO $50. dinner from l. to
1870, and supper will be omitted.
The tennis courts will be available
for the use OF men and older en-
ployed boys during the day. The boys
who are not al work will be REQUESTED
to yield the use of the courts for the
day. Men may use the swimming pool
and baths both afternoon and even
ing.
At the Rock Island postofice the
usual holiday customs will be observ-
ed. There will be but one delivery
by carriers and parcel post truck in
the morning and a collection in the
afternoon. The money order division
viii be closed throughout the day, but
the registry and stamp windows and
the general delivery windows will be
open from a. m. to 10 a m.
The court house will also be closed
for the day. as we'll as the city hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
U. S. FIGHTS HOG CHOLERA
kankakee County, Illinois, to Have
One of Test Stations.

Washington, D. c., July 3.-Kanka-
kee county has been selected as the
Illinois district in which experimental
work for the elimination of hog chol-
era, for which congress appropriated
100000, will be carried on Montgom-
cry, Dallas and Branch counties will
be the experimental areas in Indiana,
Iowa and Michigan.
In each of these counties and eleven
others in hog-producing states, $4,000
will be spent the coming year in an
effort to eliminate the disease.
Agents of the department of agricul-
ture will work In conjunction with
state authorities in the use of serum
and quarantine methods; farmers will
be organized to cooperate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
0PERATORCANNOT
RUBBER ON WIRE
Will Be Cut Of Automatically
on New Central Union
Switchboard.
OBSERVING DESK FEATURE
Makes II Possible to Keep Record OF
Lines on Which Complaints
Are Made.

The new 100000 switchboard. now
being installed by electrical experts
at the new telephone plant OF the
Central Union Telephone company on
Eighteenth street, is beginning 10 take
some form. The work of setting up
his immense switchboard is tedious
and the job will not be completed I'M
til Nov. l. There are two big new
features in connection with the
board. One is the automatic ringing
system, by which the central is cut on
from the conversation as soon as con
nection is made and the other is the
90 ampere motor and generator which
furnishes ringing power when the
city power is not available. The new
motor also furnishes light for the
building in time of trouble.
The new board is absolutely freproof
and SO located that access to any part
OF II is made easy. The new board
also tabulaIes the number of calls re-
ceived by each operator. so that the
work can be evenly distributed. The
board has capacity of 10000 subscrib-
ers. and there is only one other like
J.. outside of Chicago, and that is O..
Galesburg.
Keep Record of Trouble.
Another feature of the new plant is
a service observing desk. Heretofore
when certain subscribers complained of
poor service the company had no way
Of locating the trouble or fixing the
blame. The numbers of the complain
ing parties will be kept on record At
-
that number is called the operator at
this station can hear the conversation.
the time being taken in securing con
nection, etc. An exact record is kept
OF all calls on the complaining lines for
10 days and if the subscriber is to
blame he is shown the record secured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
S25, 100000 IN OIL DEAL
English Syndicate Said to Have Taken
Option for Big Sum.

Pittsburgh. Pa. July Edward II.
Jennings, director and one of the
principal stockholders of the Pure Oil
company, announced today that an
English syndicate had taken an option
on a majority interest at $4,000. 900.
The company is a New Jersey corpora
ton, with capital stock of $4,000, 900
and a daily production of $4,000 bar
rels. Its wells are located principally
In Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03
Steamer G. w. HUI.

Take a ride on the steamer C. w.
Hin. July 4. 10c.-( Adv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-03

The compromise. reached yesterday
afternoon was for $50 for both service
and depreciation.
number of smaller claims were
allowed by the commissioners and the
semi-monthly payroll was also ordered
drawn so that the employees received
their compensation previous to July 4.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-05
ACCUSED JA|LER
HELD AS FUGITIVE.
Keeper Indicted In New York
Sent to Essex Coun-
ty Jail.

Judge Hahn in the First Criminal
Court today held William Clifford a
keeper In the Nassau county, New
York, jail at Mineola, in $4,000 bail as
a fugitive from Justice. Clifford is
under Indictment on charges preferred
by women prisoners. He was arrest
ed yesterday by Lieutenant Keough
In company with Nassau county po-
lice officers Clifford said he came
here to attend the funeral of his wife's
uncle.
The prisoner could not furnish bail
and was committed to Jail. Efforts
will be made to obtain extradition
papers. 1t is understood Clifford is
willing to waive extradition.
Clifford is one of five officials of the
Nassau jail who are charged by
women prisoners with serious Of
lenses. Two others, Winfield S. Box,
warden, and Richard Miller, keeper,
are under arrest. John Conrad and
Miles S. Rhodes, against whom in
dictments were found, are still at
large.
Witnesses before the Nassau county
grand jury are said to have told of
orgies in the jail. 1t has been brought
out by witnesses, it Is said, that the
keepers often left the Jail with women
prisoners and took them to hotels in
the vicinity. Women inmates of the
Jail have given the Nassau county
authorities reports of q sensational
nature concerning the alleged treat
ment they received when in the Jail.