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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
A FLEETINe STAGE SHADOW.

Not only in the midst OF life are we
in death. but in the heart of a joyful
song a knell may ring. The interlocu-
tor in a minstrel show can leave a
question unanswered, when that great
question whether when man die he
shall live again can be answered only
with solemn rites of faith. 1t was
in Alton on Sunday afternoon. when
the Field minstrel troupe was giving
a performance. that. at 3 o'clock, Al
Field announced that the hour for the
burial of Honey Boy Evans at
Streator had arrived and that with
the consent Of the audience, the per
Torrance would be suspended for
brief religious services.
OF course, the audience consented,
This was an appeal to all human ma
ture. There on the stage the players
laid aside their merriment, and In
front the audience sat in a hushed
reverence of the spirit of love and
devotion and of faith, moving these
merrymakers to a service for the dead
which began with the singing OF
Nearer, My God, to Thee by the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
SOME PosTscRlPTs.

What its New York inventor claims
is a punctureless automobile tire Is
filled with rubber balls instead OF an
inner tube, the injury OF one OF whlch
failing to affect the entire tire.
Stray electric currents from rail-
roads are supposed to cause the trees
on one side of the Brussels street to
bud again and sometimes blossom al
ter they once have shed their leaves
every fall.
Sanitary Innings for wash basins
have been patented, made OF antiseptl-
cally treated paper with string so
inserted that when It is pulled the
paper is torn to let its'contents escape
into a drain.
A French inventor claims to have
discovered a substance more sensitive
TO wireless waves than any now IN
use and to have perfected receiving
apparatus which does away with all
outer wires and antennae.
The moisture holder of new letter
sealing device is so arranged that II
a nile of envelopes be placed beneath
II with the gummed edges uppermost
II will moisten the gum on each III
turn as It is withdrawn.
In addition to nuts used in confec'
tionery the Indian cashew tree yields
an insect repelling gum, juice that
makes an indellible ink and three
kinds of oil, one edible and the others
used to tan fishing nets and preserve
wood.
Because flashlight powders are not
swift enough for the most rapid pho
Biography an electrical device has been
invented which lights the powder and
then snaps a camera shutter when inc
burning powder is at its greatest bril-
liancy
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
BRYAN MUST MAKE GOOD.

The club women OF the Texas
Fourth District, the brightest and best
in all the land, are coming to Bryan
early in April. and we must do the
handsome thing by them. We must
make It a whole Bryan affair and
not leave II all to our city club
women. Every woman In Bryan
whether club women or not, should
strike hands with their sisters and
help in every way possible. The
women, God bless them, like faith,
can move mountains, but because
they can, you men need not sit down
on the Job and leave 1t all to them.
They need you, every one OF you.
This entertainment is going to cost
some money-not a fortune, but there
must be nothing short about 1t. The
Commercial Club, the mayor and the
city council will have the eternal
thanks of the ladies II they will get
busy, take the ladies into their conf
dence, talk with them, find out what
they want and then give them theiT
full cooperation. And you men oil
the town, come right on up like the
real gentlemen you are, chivalrous
and true, and tell the ladies you are
with them with your hearts, YOU
hands and your pocketbooks. Tha
you await their orders. Bryan mus
do herself proud.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

If we had a Chinese wall around
Texas we would become richer than
we will under present conditions, be-
cause we would keep our wealth at
home. We produce wealth and send
il by mail and express to other States
as a purchase price for things that we
could manufacture at home. Thus
the wealth Of the community is sub
jected to a constant drain.-Temple
Telegram.
Not necessarily for things we could
manufacture at home, but raise al
home, and buy at home from our home
merchants who are our neighbors and
our co-workers in the building up and
development of the community.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1e09-Henrik Hudson sailed from Am
sterdam on the voyage that
ended in the discovery Of the
Hudson.
1S64-Lieutenant General U, S. Grant
established his headquarters
with the Army of the Potomac,
occupying with his staff a
small brick house near the rail-
road at Culpepper Court House,
Va.
19O4-Kuropatkin arrives in Mukden
1912-Serious political trouble report
ed threatened in Cuba.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

Father Kirwin, the hero Of the Gal
weston storm, and the most eloquent
minister of the Catholic clergy in
Texas, pays this splendid tribute to
Colonel George Bailey of the Houston
Post: "He comes to his daily task
raising a smile;' he scatters sunshine
he lifts the burden of the disconso'
late and the veil of the hypocrite, and
gives us all better view Of things
as they are.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

troupe, followed with a short address
and a silent prayer OF one minute In
which the audience was asked to join.
This was more than tribute Of re-
spect to one who had carrier sunshine
around the world. II was an evidence
OF deep abiding faith in men CHROME
ously thought to be strangers to IL.
And at the end OF the intermission,
when faith had again to be justified
by works, the interlocutor resumed
the end men answered Mr. Bones
ratified as gaily as before. and the
dance went on And such is death In
the midst OF life.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
JACKSONVILLE FAILURE.

A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
was filed with the clerk OF the FEEDER
al court today by Thomson Brothers,
n copartnership OF J. S. and p. NJ.
Thomson. merchants OF Madison.
vile. Attached schedules showed
liabilities OF s2S.21I77 and assets OF
s34.62O.2S. or the liabilities, 3d.
SOC. 80 is secured. s12.251.lS unsecur-
ed. 81 400 is accommodation paper and
$50 is preferred. OF the assets. SILL
eSf.SO is bills receivable. $500 Is
real estate. $4,000 is stock in trade.
and S4.79S4S Is accounts receivable
Houston Correspondence in Calves
ton News.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

Some man in his intense anxiety to
help the starving Belgians, forged a
check for $1,000 on Congressman
Nicholas Longworth and sent it to the
relief committee. The gentleman
perhaps argued that as the Congress
man was not bringing up any war
material at home, he should therefore
help those Belgian families that had
furnished the fighters for their army
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

A North Carolina editor says In his
newspaper that the Dardanelles are
going to be very hard to take" How
many of them are there?-Houston
Post.
From the way they battered up the
fleet of the allies on the 18th, the
woods must be full of them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

Just as your vegetable garden in
the spring and summer is a great con-
venlence and great saving, the same
is true of the home Gamer The
home Gamer moves your garden of
fresh vegetables to your pantry
shelves for winter use, and the same
saving and same convenience 90
right on,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

Our little article yesterday on what
Bryan is accomplishing, met much
favorable comment. Many said they
we're surprised at the real work we
are doing, but had not stopped to
think about 1t as the work is going
on so quietly and no fuss being made
about it. They forget that deer
waters run noiseless.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

George Bailey says the jury at Cen
ter who convicted a lady to seven
years in the penitentiary for bootleg
ging, should have at least been gen
tlemanly enough to designate her Of
tense as "bootlimbing."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

One trouble is there are great
many people who are more interested
in marketing methods than they are
in raising the stuff for their own use.
They are not able to supplant the idea
of raising and selling, with the idea
of raising and consuming.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

The massacre Of Assyrian Chris
tians at the Presbyterian mission at
Urumiah Persia, by Turks and Kurds,
is the yilest, most horrible and most
damnable outrage OF the war.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

So swiftly do the northers follow
one upon the heels Of the other, the
refrigerated earth hath not time to
thaw out in the fragmentary snatches
of time intervening.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

Some fellow. remarking on the
great age OF Przemysl. said that ac-
counted for the way it was spelled.
The people were poor spoilers in those
daYs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26
WILLARD TAKES LONG
SHOT At MONEY
Bout With Johnson Must Draw $685.
500 Before the rexaa-can
Make Dime.

Havana, March 26.-Jess Willard,
matched TO fight Jack Johnson here
for the worlds championship on Sun
day. April A. Is taking the biggest
chance ever taken by fighter TO win
back for his race title which for the
first time In pugilism is held by n
negro.
The battle must draw $63,500 be-
fore Willard starts receiving a dime.
His contract Is on the basis OF per-
centage OF the profits after all other
expenses, including the cost OF taking
the motion pictures, are paid. Here
Is the way the fight now figures from
n financial standpoint:
S14 ,000-Expenses OF signing men,
and Wizards training ex-
penses during Juarez incl
dent.
| 30.000-Johnson' guarantee.
2,000-Johnson expenses.
2,500-Adyertising in Havana news.
papers.
3,OOO-Lithographs billing and
printing.
2,000-Press work
5'000-Cost OF taking pictures.
G,OOO-Rentals. salaries and Incl
dentals.
SG3. 500-Total.
After the $685. Is reached in the
gate receipts. Willard gets his per
centage. The promoters are taking
the same chances. Il will cost an
other $4,000 TO properly exploit tho
motion pictures. in which Johnson
has n so per cent interest. Johnson's
interests. however. are in the profits
and he pays no part OF the prelfmi'
nary expenses.
Because OF the fact that the night
Is being held In strange country.
the gamble is even greater than Tex
Richard and Jack Gleason took on the
Jenries.Johnson 100000 purse at
Reno.
On the other hand. II Willard wins
he could afford to fight for nothing,
because with wise handling in the
next FIVE years he could turn In n
profit OF $4,000 per year for himself
and his managers. Johnson, on the
other hand. gets 100000 for the bat
tie. and II he loses his days Of purses
past the fourhgure mark are gone
forever.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

OF course we deplore the war, but
that floodtide OF gold setting in in this
direction sure does look good.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-26

The Gentle Annie" days have ar
rived, but spring hesitates to put in
an appearance.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16

Lewis X. Brown. field secretary of
the tariff commission league, is in Bis
marck today for conference with
the legislation committee OF the COM
mercial club, in regard to the popular
movement to take the tariff out OF
politics by means of permanent,
nOn-partisan commission.
Howard H. Gross Of Chicago is
president Of the organization. He is
:he same Gross who was president OF
the National Soil Fertility league that
persuaded congress to pass the Smith
Lever bill for the extension of agri-
culture.
James J. Hill is chairman of the ad-
visory committee, and other members
are Thomas A. Edison, +. p. Ripley
#. D. Coburn, John Mitchell, John V.
Farwell and others of national prom
inence.
"rhis is my first visit to the great
northwest" said Mr.. Brown last night,
land | greatly regre: that engage
ments in the east, will not permit my
making longer stay in Bismarck.
Prom what | have been able to
learn during my short visit, | believe
that the business men OF North Da-
kO;a are at one with practically every
man | have talked with in the west.
MANY of the fruit growers lumber
men and manufacturers OF the north
west are pessimistic about getting any
relief from conditions that they state
are well nigh intolerable, but they
hail with enthusiasm a plan whereby
tariff enactments shall be made in
the open. ...r.
Everyone continued Mr.. Brown,
"is tired of allowing the politicians
TO use the tariff as means of getting
into power. A gentleman said to me
yesterday: With one or Two eXcep-
tions, the. passage of tariff bill un-
der our old system has meant the loss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16
YORK MEMBER
OUTSP'OK|EN FOR
PEACE At ONCE
Declares That Germany Is Pre-
pared to Fight for Six
Years.
.----"-- -
TAKEN TO TASK BY ,....
/. HIS FELLOW MEMBER
Sir Bonar Law Brands the
Speech as Useless and
Mischieyious.

London, Nov. 15.-Chares p. Ire.
yelyan, liberal member for York. in a
speech in the house Of commons to-
day, urged the formulation of terms
Of peace for the purpose of trying to
obtain settlement by negotiation in
stead OF bloodshed. The restoration
of Belgium and the settlement OF Eu-
ropean boundaries on lines of nation
ality, were urged.
Germany. said Mr. Trevelyan, ito
preserve her existence will continue
the war six years. Meanwhile, what
is going to happen to rs and the rest
of tle world? IA war Of attrition
means for US, as we'll as for Germany,
utter and irretrieyable ruin.
Andrew Bonar-Law. minister for the
colonies, condemned Mr. Trevclyan's
speech as useless and mischievous.
"rherc is not another member Of the
house," said Mr.. Law, "wnO believes
for a moment that Germany will free
EelgiNm and restore Alsace to France
until she is thoroughly beaten and
Great Britain is as.dnIermined as sac
was on The first day Of The war that
she continue nntil.thr objects sought
ihy the war are obtained"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16
LOVE i.
CAUSES SUICIDE

IBowbells, N. d., Nov. 15.-Albert
Schmilt, a transient, who during the
past few weeks had been employed on
the Jacob Gagnum threshing rig, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself he.
low the heart with .3S caliber revol-
yer which he had taken from the Gag
mum residence. He died about Is
minutes after the fatal shot was fired.
Word was sent to this city at once
with request that doctor he sent
out, but a short time iater it was
learned that the man was dead. Judge
G. r. Randall. acting as coroner, Sher-
iff Heath and States Attorney Hanson
went to hold an inquest.
The coroner impaneled jury, CON
sistig of o. o. jHuvestad. Jacob Hedge
son and J. l.. Guerdett, who, after
hearing the testimony of the Witness
es, brought in a verdict that the man
came to his death by revolver bullet
fired by himself. The remains were
brought to this city and after trying
to locate relatives, Judge Randall Or
dered the BODY buried.
The reason for the suicide as ex-
planned in letters and other writing
found on the man was disappointment
in love. Early in the threshing sea
son he became infatuated with Miss
Thea Soreson. who was acting as cook
in the cook car.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16
"Take Tariff Out of
Politics. Urges Brolun
of Tariff Commission

of congress to the party in power.
This keeps the country stirred up all
the time and We are ready to demand,
rest
This man was right. 1t seems
most extraordinary that the country
has taken so long to wake up, but
the siren voice of the campaign ora
tor has lulled the people to rest when.
ever votes were needed.
ITO quote the exact language said
Mr.. Brown, the stated purpose Of the
tariff commission league is to create
and crystalline a public sentiment that
vii! demand Of congress the establish
ment and permanent maintenance OF
a non-partisan tariff commission of
the highest personnel, with long ten.
ure of ofnce and adequate salaries;
the commission to have broad powers
covering investigation, gathering OF
tariff data, making reports and recon-.
mendations to congress, hearing com.
plants, etc, to the end that tariff en-.
actments shall be in the interest OF
all the people from the standpoint OF
sound economics rather than political
eXpediency.
"in detail the plan calls for com.
mission of six members to be ap'
pointed by the President and con-
lirmed by the senate. They should
receive $4,000 a year salary and hold
Office for nine years. They are to be
on the job all the time. b..
II wish to lay especial emphasis"
declared Mr.. Brown, upon the fact
that the league will insist that agri'
culture and labor shall have equal re-
presentation upon the commission
with manufacturers and commerce"
Mr.. Brown will meet the legislation
committee at the rooms Of the COM
mercial club this morning at nins
o'clock and will then leave for Chica-
go. making stops at Fargo and Grand
Forks enroute.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16

Mat fans are promised feast to.
night, when Walter Miller of st. Paul,
welterweight champion of the world,
defends his title against Joe Noya:l
of bismarck, welterweight champion
of theNorthwest. The match is an ar
termath of handicap contest held :ll
tle armory few weeks ago, when
'Novak stayed with Miller more team
80 minutes without Il fan, the st.
Paul man falling down on lis con
tract, which called fm two falls IN
90 minutes.
When the gong rings at S:3ti this
evening it will find both contestants
in the pink Of condition. Miller, zeal
izing That his title Is al stake, has
been in rigorous training since, the
articles were signed, and he proclaims
himself in better trim than he aas
,been on the eve Of an? subsequent;
battle. Novak, always in condition,
has put in some igrnelfng work In prep,
aratiOn for this, the greatest battle
of his mat career, and the fans who
crowd the armory floor this evening
may expect one of the fastest exhibit.
tions which has ever been offered In
the northwest.
Believe Novak Has Chance
'NOvak, with long string Of victo
ries to his credit, goes into the match
a favorite, if not leader in the bet.
ting. The youngster is conscientious;
ne has never pulled fake, and his
friends have confidence in his ability
to make commendable showing
against the St. Paul man. Novak vii:
carry the battle to his adversary, and
Miller will be compelled to call every
whit of his science into play if he
hopes to Withstand the onslaugats Of
the Bismarck boy. .Novak is not boast
ing, but he hasn't streak of yellow
in his makeup, and if he doesn't come
out of the roped square tonight with
'Millers goat and the weiterweigl:
championship it will be because the
St. Paul wrestler has proven himself
the better man.
Miller is clean. able and honest in
his work. He has won large follow
ing by his mat generalship, Ills sports
FN~,%;-,OA - Do~o LN;r,h%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16

vitations will be sent out, as it is al
most impossible to reach by this meth.
cd everyone whom it is desired to in.
clude. 1t is urged that the settlers
Of the eighties accept the newspaper
notices OF the event as a bid" that
everyone who came to Bismarck or
Bnrleigh county during the eighties,
including those WAC were brought i
by the stork, respond, and that those
who can attend give their names to
the secretary Of the Commercial club
5y'phone or otherwise, not later than
) o'clock Thursday evening. 1t is
very necessary that there be a count.
ing of noses. The ladies of the sev.
enties are planning some very entic.
ing eatables, and they wish to be Ger.
tain of having enough to 60 round.
Old-Time Muse,
A program of old.time songs and
piano selections is being arranged; ;.
Continued on page Three.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16
FAY CONF FESSES
PART PLAYED IN
THE BOMB PLOTS
Tells Story to Assistant United
States District At
torney.
STATEMENTS HAVE NOT
BEEN VERIFIED YET
Served in German Army and
Was Associated With Regular
Organization.

New York, Nov. 1l5.--Robert Fay
self-styled lieutenant Of the Germany
and head of a gang of bomb makers
that sought to disable or destroy mU.
milton laden ships leaving New York
told the story of his life today to AS
sistant United States District Attor.
ney Knox.
What he said was not made public,
but at tle conclusion of the session,
Mr.. Knox announced that all Fay
wanted was to plead guilty to the gov
ernment officials and go to Jail.
Fay's long talk with Mr.. Knox was
made upon his own solicitation and
without promise of immunity or leni-
ency. The statement which the pris'
oner dictated carried him back to
Germany, almost to the date Of his
birta, and covered his high life in the
German army and told in detail Of his
alleged mission to America and recit'
ed his movements and activities here
... J. --t. ] ruin MOI NHOWn.
Whether II was true in its essen
tials District Attorney Marshall said
afterward, had yet, to be determined,
hut some reasoned that it was verified
by information whic.l the government
had gathered.
There is no doubt," Mr.. Marshall
said, ''that his name is really Fay anu
that he served in the German army.
AS tore rest, vie do not know. 'S4 His
statement differs Somewhat from his
previous story, bit ne admits his
guilt of the charges against him.
What Fay told MFR. Knox TODAY
leads hack to a source to which al
ready has been made another case,
now under investigation by the gov
ernment according to Rodger Wood,
an assistant in Marshall'' office.
Mr. Wood has prepared most Of the
material and also prepared the gov
ernment case against Carl 'Buenz anf:
ether officials of the Hanhurg Amer
lean line, indicted on charge Of con-
spiracy and to be placed on trial this
week. -
Fifth Man in Case.
give cases of this sort lead bao"
to four sources" Mr.. Wood said.
"They are the Fay case, the BuenZ
case and the three passport cases. it
is my belief that these four men ali
reported to and took their orders FROM
fifth man. who was the director of
all the trouble of this sort in the Unit
ed States ..-, ."..
'TIf you could prove this" Mr.. Wood
was asked. would you. or could YOU
prosecute this fifth man,
"All ! can say to that he replied.
"is that under the law we cannot
prosecute any diplomatic representa-.
tive of foreign country
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-16
CH|CAGO'S LAST :.
WET SPOT DRY

Chicago, Nov. 15.-Thomas Hennes-
sey, saloon keeper, politician and
sometimes bondsman. with half-doz-
en- words put the land of the lake
shore of Capt. George Wellington
Streeter into prohibition territory to-
night, after the police have strived
more than a month. with only a little
success, to stop the sale of liquor.
Hennessey is the bondsman who
kept Streeter, his wife and followers
out of custody Wien they were ar
rested.
Tonight he told the captain that if
any more beer was sold on the dis
puted land, he would withdraw from
their bonds and, after a few minutes
consideration, Streeter made the an
nOuncement
The district is dry