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The Washington times., 1915-12-05

idle and the employed. 10 pass muster
their most essential qualifications were
knowledge OF history and geography
and the ability 70 talk and 70 deal with
an audience hostile and turbulent enough
TO be termed "a bowling mob"
5000 Got $17.5O Week.
Eight thousand OF these men received
$3.50 a week for their pro-German ut
terances. A few hundred received only
SIS. which was the minimum inspiration
for trying to teach the untutored Ameri-
can Idea to shoot right Two thousand
received $50 a week. and there were a
dozen s25 takers. The faculty in this
free school Of instruction for the Ameri-
can people was composed OF between
two and three hundred men whose for
NAL duties consisted OF Organising and
manipulating. but who could jump into
the breach and uphold the German doc
trine most adroitly whenever occasion
required. The pay OF these men ranged
from $50 to 500 a week
The funds for carrying on this huge
propaganda were deposited in 200 banks
we'll scattered over the country. with
forty Of them lin this city.
The headquarters OF the organization
was In this city, but its location was
unknown to the great body of "kultur'
promoters. Only a favored few among
the organizers had access to its por-
lals But. despite the shroud of secrecy
with which the directing forces OF all
the vast machinery was screened, the
hand at the wheel Was recognized as
that of person close in the counsGls
OF the German ambassador. In fact,
Count Won Bernstorff was credited with
being the real head OF the organization
and the court of last appeal in all mat
teTs relating 10 tts operations,
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Sl5.OOO,OOO SPENT
FOR CURB ORATORS
Eleven Thousand Now Out Of
IObs-Head Traced Close to
Bernstorff.

NEW YORK. pec. 5.--After spending
SIS, 100000 in fifteen months to win
American sympathy through the
media OF street corner debates. Ger
many has abandoned her oratorical
propaganda in this. country
A sensational campaign similar in
scope to that which found no sym
paththfe tic vibration here has been
begun in England and Ireland. where
Germany hopes to fnment labor dis
turbances and revolution.
Eleven thousand men have been
thrown out of work by the German
government's decision to dispense
with their paid arguments and to rely
unwilling America a Germanic ally.
ONLY few of these orators have gone
to Great Britain to further the Ger
man propaganda there.
BernstOrf Alleged Head.
Count Won BernstorI is credited with
being the directing force of this great
oratorical organization. whose opera
ticns have extended over continent.
The avowed purpose Of this propa.
ganda was to promote n public senti
ment strong enough to prevent the ship
Kaiser has been led to believe that ii
has converted 30 per cent OF the Amer
lean people to the G srman cause and
that the money has been we'll spent.
Swift to see the Importance OF haV.
Ing the United States as heg friend
Germany at the very outset of the war
ordered the organization of a band oi
curbstohe takers to preach the Sospe
of "kultur" In nearly every nook and
corner of this country. The only places
exempted from this flood of oratorS
were those with a large German popu
lation. In those nlaces. 1t was counted
confidently, the minds of the benightet
would be saturated sufficiently will
German ideas without the artirces o
paid takers.
11,O00 Takers Enlisted.
Within a week after the beginning Of
the war loquacious hirelings Of the Ger
man government were at work by th'
hundred on the street corners and il
front of the bulletin boards in a score
OF cities. Within month the number
of these mercenary molders OF public
opinion had reached 1000. There thu
number remained until three weeks ago
Then, without warning, several thou
sand were informed that their service
were required no longer. y week late
all but a few hundred were dismissed
Today there is not a street corre
speaker in the employ Of the Germal
government in the United States.
Not one of these curbstone orators wa
a German. All were selected with grea
care by German agents for the worl
intended to quell the expression OF pub
lie opinion in favor of the allies, The.
were drafted from the ranks of both tn
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
.2,3OO Volts on Wire
No Terror to, Thieves

ALEXANDRIA. Dec. 1.-THE Alexan-
dria County Lighting Company has re-
ported to the police the theft OF l.UUO
feet OF copper wire. Weighing 225
pou0ds, from its poles leading to the
Theological Seminary. When It was
cut 2.3O0 volts was running over II. The
thieves built q FIRE and burned of the
insulation. They also cut the telephone
wires. The value Of the wire was about
$40.
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
British Trenches Shield
Nuns and Girl Pupils

LONDON, Nov. rs Cby maiI.)-Ail the
nuns and giri pupils IN z convent school
find daily refuge IN the British trenches
when the town n under bombardment.
Special communication trenches have
been dug and the moment shells get
to flying too thick the sisters herd
their little charges out among the Tom
niles in the trenches.
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Policeman IslInjured
In Arrest of Brothers

Private e. P. Alexander, of the Sew
enth precinct. sustained minor injuries
early today while placing Frank Shreves
and Clarence Shreves, brothers, of lOa2
Potomac street, under arrest.
Alexander says he found the men In
an Intoxicated condition at the corner
of Jefferson and NJ streets shortly after
midnight and that when he attempted
to arrest them they started fighting.
During the struggle, the policeman
slipped, injuring his right wrist and left
hand. The men were locked up ON
charges OF being drunk and disorderly.
The Washington times., 1915-12-05

GROUP NO. 1
Bounce Me, John, I've Rubber
Heels On,
Beatrix Fairfax, Tell Me What
To Do,
Down in Bonn Bombay,
Put Me To Sleep With An Old
Fashioned Melody,
Ragtime Drummer,
Mascot Of the Troop,
Cohen On the Telephone,
Happy, Tho Married, ,
Lost Arrow,
Manana,
My Little Dream Girl,
Baby,
Araby,
l Have to Stay At Home,
National Emblem,
Washington Graves,
You'll Always Be the Same
Sweet Girl,
Wedding of the Sunshine and
the Rose,
Little House on the Hill,
Settle Down In q One Horse
Town.
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
London Insured Against
Damage by Air Raiders

LONDON, Nov Cby maiD.-Tventy-
four million dollars worth Of Insurance.
against Zeppelin raid damage 10 muni-
cipal buildings has been taken out by
Iondon's common council Bridges dn-
Guiding LONDON brsdge). school houses.
etc, also are insured.
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POLICEMEN TRAPPED
IN BLAST OF FLAME
Two Just Able to Escape In Fire
In Second Avenue In
New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Plunging Into
. Omoke -illled building in Second ave-
nue., near Eighth street, early TO-DAY
to rescue q family OF six, two police
men were trapped on the second moor
by q burst of flame and smoke ano
had to lead their charges over q mar
row cornice and into the window or
an adjoining tenement.
Louis Zimmerman, his wife ana
four sons were saved.
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To Show a. Portraits.

An exhibition OF forty-four por-
traits by eminent artists will be
opened in the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art tomorrow night and continue un-
til December 26. The reception and
private view will be under the aus
pices of the National Association OF
Portrait Painters.
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
Ashes Cause Fire.

Hot ashes caused a fire early today in
a shed in the rear of Cos Massachu-
setts avenue northwest, owned and oc-
cupied by Charles +. Hawke. The dam
age was slight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25

tie disposition to believe that the en-.
envy contemplated a seriuos attack on
Serbia before late spring.
The Red Cross unit will find plenty
of work to do. All the hospitals in
the country are crowded and there Is
a great dearth OF surgeons and medi.
cal supplies.
One of The most remarkable sights
here is the number of the enemy to be
found walking about the streets, still
in uniform. They are prisoners on
parole, and all the Serbian towns are
dotted with them. Serbia has neither
jails nor guards for the large number
of war prisoners that fell to her share
and she treats them therefore, as un.
invited guests, towards whom the us.
ual forms of hospitality must be main
tanned. Conservative figures place
the number of Austrian officers and
men now roaming at large in Serbia
at $4,000. The question of their sup
port causes some anxiety, but many
Of them have found employment, ana
a few have even brought their families
to live with them. The families, Of
course, have ha6 20 travel from Aus.
tria by way of Rumania, a neutral
country.
At Nish the captive officers have
free access to the military club. All
the captive Austrian army surgeons
have been Communicated for work in
the Serbian hospitals, where they are
kept constantly employed and are
paid good salaries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25
tiller of the soil should be we'll cared
BLOW Al SHIPPING,

L%aFollette's much advertised sea.
mans bill is a body blow at American
shipping interests. 1t bears the ear.
marks of the freak legislation which
has made Wisconsin more ultra than
Kansas. The Sunfiower state is con-
%servative in comparison.
Maritime experts have been hoping
that Congress would do something
constructive to promote the interests
of a merchant marine. LaFollette
has been able to vitfate the seaman's
bill and make it. a menace rather
than a help to those shipping conf
panies, who naturally under present
conditions would seek American reg.
istry.
AS the Tribune has said before. the
salient features of the law are SINH.
lar to full crew laws. LaFollette's
seaman's bill seeks to impose regula-
tions upon tho employers of labor
which are intolerable and not in har.
mony with econo.nic conditions.
ALREADY two lines are considering
a switch from American to foreign
registry. The Chinese navigation
laws sen more enlightened in com.
parison. 1t is minated by shipping
experts that after the war all foreign
vessels which which sought refuge
under American registry will return.
This law seeks to protect the inter
ests of American citizens before the
mast and imposes a scale of wages
and a minimum crew number under
which shipping cannot be done profit.
ably. IS T..
The cost of operating vessels under
the LaFollette bill has been increas'
ed from so to 100 per cent at a time
when shipping is the most hazar 'ous
and expensive to conduct.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25

ton can require another party to per.
formlany act under it he must fulfill
all conditions precedent thereto inn
posed upon himself 81 Tfsst
co Time is usually of the essence
of an. executory contract for the sale
and subsequent delivery Of goods,
where no right Of property in the
same passes by the bargain from the
vendor to the purchaser.
a. A purchaser of goods to be
shipped by August 18th is justified in
refusing themsif shipment is not made
until on the 2Sth of September.
(S) SHIPMENT made on September
2Sth Of goods bought for shipment by
August 18th, is not, where the buyer
refuses to accept them, such a de-
ton for goods sold and delivered.
(9) Where the purchaser. refused
to accept the goods, and Immediately
returned them to the seller, the mere
fact that the purchaser wrote a let
ter stating that he could not take the
ggoos owing to certain local condl-
tions affecting the purchasers bust
ness, does not as a matter OF law, con-
stitute a waiver of the condition as
to the time of shipment.
(1O) The writing of such letter Is
only a circumstance, which may be
considered by the jury in determining
the question as to the terms Of the
contract, and whetehr there was a
waiver on the part of the purchaser
Of the delay in making shipment.
From a Judgment and order deny
ing an alternative motion for judg-
ment Notwithstanding the verdict, or
for a new trial, Of the District Court
of Stark County. w. G. Crawford, j.
Plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed. Opinion Of the Court by
iGhristianson. J.
Thomas H. 4Pugh, Dickinson, N. D..
Attorney for Plaintiff and Appellant.
H. J. Blanchard and w. F. Burnett,
Dickinson, IN. D., Attorneys for De-
PENDANTS and Respondents.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25
Supreme Court
o STARK COUNTY
The Sunshine Cloak & Suit Co., Plain
tiff and Appellant,

1 llC ouIAoAAl1lC S1OAn y "
tiff and Appellant,
IS.
Roquette Brothers, Defendants and
Respondents.
Syllabus: (1) Time is never con-
sidered as of the essence Of a con-
tract unless by It's terms expressly
so provided.
(2) In determining whether stiDr-
lations as to the time Of performing
a contract of sale are conditions pre-
cedent, the court seeks simply to as.
certain what the parties really intend.
ed, and if time appears, on a fal:
consideration OF the language and the
circumstances, to be of the essence
OF the contract. stipulations in regard
to it will be hid conditions precedent.
60 In a contract for the sale and
delivery of merchandise. a statement
as to the time of shipment. is or
dinarily regarded as a condition pre-
cedent. upon the failure or non-Der-
Torrance of which the party aggriev-
ed may repudiate the whole contract.
az A condition precedent is one
which is to be performed before some
right dependent thereon accrues or
some act dependent thereon is per
formed.
(5) Before any party to. an oblisa-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25
State News and Comment

An efficiency institute and Sunday
school convention will be held in
Kenmare on March 81, next week.
=. -
The Manning Cooperative creamery
will take in its first batch of cream on
Thursday, April list, for the year, and
it is expected that the creamery will
make its heaviest run this year.
Did you ever see a One-armed man
play a violin? Amidon has a one
armed violinist and one with real tai
ent and ability in the person of The.
odore Anderson who is always in de-
mand to make music for dances in all
parts of this county.
Plans are going forward rapidly for
the soldiers monument that will he
erected in Fargo to the memory of
the veterans of the Civil war and the
war with Spain, and there is no doubt
that the memorial will be erected this
coming summer.
VIM. j.. MADDEN was found dead In
his demolished homestead shack, four
miles north 3of Kildeer, last Satur-
day morning, The heavy dirt roof
had ,caved in some time during the
night, tburying the unfortunate victim
underneath the mass of dirt and
poles.
One OF the most remarkable cases
that has come under the observation
of the hospital surgeons at this place
is that Of Miss Anna Hove, of Pony
Gulch, Wells county. DR.. A. T.sFloew
performed an operation for append
citis Tuesday. upon the young woman,
and found a shoe tack embedded in
the appendix. The doctor has the re-
markable phenomenon at his office.
How the young lady happened to
swallow the tack is, of course, a mys-
terry. but presumably it was swallow
ed with food: and lodged in that par
ticular part of her anatomy. She Is
making a good recovery and will be-
come entirely well.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25
POCKET PENCIL FREE WITH
TUXEDO.

All first-class tobacco dealers in
town have a limited supply of Faber's
Pony Pocket Pencils and, while they
last, will give n free to each pur-
chaser of Zoe worth of Tuxedo tobac-
co. For a handy memorandum pen
Gil this new design is said toibe splen-
did. 1t has a soft, adjustable lead.
also an eraser, and its gilt %lacquered
finish adds to it's attractive appear
ance. Tile great demand that dealers
have already had for this pencil
speaks we'll Of its popularity.
An agent OF the manufacturers OF
Tuxedo stated that this pencil had
been selected with care, because a
gift, vas wanted that would be sure
to induce more men to try this fam
GUS tobacco He said that as prac-
tically, n%inety-five per cent of the men
who tried Tuxedo continued as per.
manent users. they could well afford
to present a gift as fine as this. The
mildness of Tuxedo is we'll known and
it's fame as the tobacco that cannot
bite or sting is worldwide. In fact,
the manufacturers have enthusiastic
endorsements Of Tuxedo from the
leading men in every walk Of life.
If local smokers desire n of these
new pocket pencils the agent urges
them to go for it at once, as the local
supply is diminishing rapidly.-Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25
Hints For the Gardeners

plants can be set out even earlier
than May Is. Another way to pro-
tee the plants from freezing is to COW
er with straw or hay. 1t was also
found best in transplanting to set the
plant several inches deeper than it
hac grown. In case the plant had a
long stalk then lay it In a trench and
cover all !but three or four inches.
Trimming back of the leaves also
seems to be advantageous. IL
In startingl the tomatoes one way
Is! to SOW them in a lEox ors hotbea
and transplant them once or twicA;
the last time into cans or pots!asAh-
other way that involves less work is
to use what is known as dirt hands.
These consist of strips of paper or
wood that are ROlded into a circle or
square and flied with soil. Five or
six seeds are then planted in each
one, but only one plant allowed to
remain. These can then be takeen
directly to the field without disturb
ing the roots Of the plant.
Manure was found to make the
fruit later, also that it did not in
crease the total yield.
Protection against cut worms is Sc
cured by wrapping a piece of paper
around the stem Of the plant when
setting into the. field. The papers
should cover the stem about one.half
inch above and below the surface of
the soil, as the cut worm eats OF at
the surface, of the soil.
Trials twere( also smade in how to
cause the tomatoes to ripen early.
One of them was to nip off the ends
Of the branches. This produced larg-
er fruitA Another way was to give
a pull on, the plant so as to disturb
the roots a little. When this was
done about September 1 it fastened
the ripening.
The tomatoes that did not get ripe
were cared for in different ways.
Some we're covered with straw and
canvas; some were pulled and hung
up where they could not freeze and
others were picked and placed III a
cool place where it took from four to
eight weeks for them to ripen. The
fruit secured was, not of as good
equality as when. allowed to ripen
under field conditions.
One hundred and twenty-five
strains were used in this experiment.
They came from IL states, from three
European countries and from Canada.
1t was found that the northern grown
seed in general did the best.
This bulletin contains a great deal
of information that will be Of value
to the tomato grower and brings out
the possibilities of tomato growing in
North Dakota.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25

F. w. Peterson of the Sentinel
Butte Saddlery company, last week
received his appointment as postmas'
ter at Sentinel Butte and will doubt.
less take charge of the, office about
April !.
N. P. Chief Dispatcher John J.. Null.
roy of jamestown has returned from
EIainerd hospital, where he spent
some time on. an enforced vacation
due to Illness He is much improved
and hopes to soon be able to return
to work. .
Merit Whalen has sold out his inter.
est in the Thatcher halen Printing
Co., at Minot to Gus. Wysong, his
partner, who is nov the sole proprie-
tor. The concern will be known as
the Wysong Printing Co. The deal
was transacted last Saturday.
Every business man of Neville par
ticipated in the annual booster ban.
Quet of the Neville Commercial club,
in a local hotel. This gathering fol.
lowed the annual meeting of the club,
when p. c. DISCARD was elected presi.
ident; r. P. Lippert, vice president,
and o. U. Tyler, secretary and treas
urer. The club decided upon an &C.
tive campaign to increase the city's
command of the trade from the sur.
rounding district.
~
Jndiscreet remarks in the presence
of new found friends proved the un-
doing Of Frank. Charles, charged with
robbing the Frenkenburg pool hall at
Dickinson. He was arrested at Hard.
in, Mont, to which place he went i'm
mediately following the burglary.
Free with his money-he reaped a
profit of $153 in the UNDERGRADUATES
soon made friends, and it was while
celebrating with them that he dropped
a few remarks that led to the suspi-
cion that he was implicated in the
Dickinson robbery. When arrested,
Charles admitted his guilt. confessing
the entire affair:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-25

A bulletin OH tomatoes is being is
sued by the North Dakota Experiment
Station, Agricultural College, N. D.
1t gives results Of Investigations that
have been carried on in tomato grow
ing. The number of the bulletin is
Ill. The author is H. O. Werner,
assistant horticulturist.
One of the interesting facts brought
out is that there are ofen larger diff
ferences between the strains ,Ofsthe
same variety, than between dif0rent
varieties. The Earliana is one of the
Earliest OF the tomatoes. It was found
that the different strains of this va
riety varied in yield from % to 3S IL
tons. The return per ton at canning
factories is about SO, which means
that the best yielding strain will give
a return OF $155 more than the poor
est yielding strain. The Earliana,
however, is not the best tomato, as
the plant is rather weak growing and
quite subject to disease. The fruit
is medium in size, generally rough
and cracked, Of poor color and quite
seedy. Its earliness and good yield.
ing qualities, however, in a measure
overcome these. TheNBony Best and
Chalks Jewel are two varieties far
superior to the tEarliana In that the
plants are more hardy, the ffAit larg'
erfaWd.o a better quality. They are,
7 however, a little later and have not
given quite as large yields. The
June Pink s another. variety that "a
nearly as early as the Earliana and
has a better quality of tomatoes,
though they have not yielded as we'll,
1t was also found that seedsmen ad.
vertised varieties under different
names that proved to be nothing but
the Earliana.
1t was found that it required at
least 100 days from the planting OF
the seed until the ripening of the
fruit and that it required from $50
to 40 days for the largest fruit to
mature. This means that it is neces'
sary to start the tomatoes In green
house or hotbed. Those planted April
6 produced the most fruit, the seed
planted March 6 being next in yield
The pla1fa that were started too ear
ly were larger and received more Of
a check when transplanted. The ear
Hest tomatoes We're secured from seed
planted March 6 and tra%nsplanted tc
the field May 10. However, when
planting into the filed this early il
is necessary to have some protec'
ton that can be used in case of frost
One Of the best things for this pur
pose Is plant forcers. These are box
es with. a glass top, which IAN be
set owe the plant. With these the