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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-03-27
Electrical Engineers See Air
Quickly Cleared.
FOG WIRES TO AID SHIPS
Practical Denomination is Given
Showing How Powerful Electric Volt
age viii Detaeh Particles Of Carbon
and Other Material Substances From
Gases Passing Up Chimney

A means OF making Pittsburgh
spotless town. OF doing away with
I.Ondon's fogs aud OF enabling safe
navigation in thick weather was out
lined in three papers read before the
members OF the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers at the closing SEES
sion of the convention In New York.
Electrical precipitation. a method first
practically applied by Sir Oliver Lodge
OF England. was stated as the solution
OF these problems.
A practical demonstration showing
how powerful electric voltage viii
detach the particles OF carbon and 9th.
er material substances from the gases
passing up chimney, thereby doing
away with the Objectionable smoke,
was given In tho auditorium. A guam
tity OF lampblack was blown up
through fifteen foot smokestack plac-
ed on the platform. The flying parti-
cles filled the air. Then 10000 volts
were turned on. and at once the lamp
black attached itself to the interior OF
the chimney and the air cleared.
BY adjusting the voltage to the size
OF the smokestack to be treated facto-
ries win he made smokeIess. II was
said, and thousands OF dollars that are
now lost through smoke damage Will
be saved.
Moving Pictures Of Fogs.
Moving pictures OF fogs and clouds
and their elimination as produced by
electricity have been taken. II was
said, to show the practicabiity Of the
plan to free London from the grip Of
the dense fogs and TO eliminate men
ace of sea travel AT the present time
Sir oliver Lodge Is said 10 be working
on plan by which London will be
strung with wires through which a
high voltage will be passed and the FOG
cleared away Engineers at the meet
Ing agreed that the plan was not I'M
possible and expressed great interest IN
the work
An unusual idea was suggested FOR
removing the fogs from about ships at
sea. A small aeroplane electrically pro.
PEELED from ship win fy about two
boat lengths In front Of the liner during
the fog. From the flying machine will
be strung high powered electric wire
reaching back to the ship. The cur
rent passing through the wire Is ex-
pected 20 cause precipitation Of the
moisture IN therAlr and clear channel
some 1000 feet IN advance Of tho ship
and to some extent on either side
through which the ship may safely
pass This win enable the lookouts o.
detect another ship approaching IN
time to manenyer the liner ont OF dan
ger.
The patent rights on the discovery
are owned by the Smithsonian inst.tu
ti0n NJ Washington and the Mellon In
stitute OF Industrial Research OF Pitts
burgh. The income on the patents will
be devoted by the institutions to fur.
thering research work on scientific sub
Jects. II was said.
The papers dealing with the dlscoy-
cry were read by Or. w. w. Strong Of
Mechanicsburg. Pa, Arthur X, Neshii,
professor OF electrical engineering 40
the University OF Pittsburgh ami eler.
trlcal engineer OF the Mellon institute,
and Linn Bradley
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-03-27

ADMIRAL ALFRED Won rlRPITz, CHlEF OF
THE GENERAL STAFF or THE GERMAN
NAVY.
sells might disclose several of these APP
parently innocent craft well stocked
with submarine supplies. The trawlers
seldom are stopped. and they make
their way about the North sea. the
English channel, the Irish sea and the
Bay Of BIscay with impunity-
Says Allies Are Lax.
lit would not be necessary however,
for the German submarines TO use
trawlers as their base OF supplies, and
/ am not saying that they do utilize
this method mean 70 infer only
that II could be done n the face % the
laxity which prevai i
Asked II Gcrmnnys Submarines We're
developed 10 hi. her degree of Ell
cheney. or n there wn> cmlDGicd IN
their CONSTITUENCIES auy~ %TesS T'leh
other powfrs DO M p $50 Mr
Bowles rep "a tbqt t'i gpF, bsf
ter than III sibras. o.
Great Erltin Ire ta lae bw
ever. tfnt ~, cseN. TNtg AZ
man submarines tn. is.f ossF er
How do on eS =. tta ''se
which they hye "a 4 E -
Ing such u W le er,is-.a'; rn'i&ts ht
was asked
Like the late 'H',iif- HnNtA ee
powers" exnL,in q y HUa . aHt
OF Germany can rs~ 81. ,eut Fue
to cover approylwat f. oat t'iNnsanl
miles Contrary - rcrHrf'l or n.on. u
Is not nccessnrr Tor the subtar NJ -
keep continually III motion INT u
heavy weather develops ~ hnN'ip v.s'
sells make her position On th@ ~nFf 'ce.
uncomfortable, she can either rest ON
the bottom er run 20 safe II sfancs
underneath the snrfaee.
sTn going from her base 70 the Irish
sen there are many SPOTS which I'M
dOuhtclly were clarteh long ngo by
the Germans whore her sistm1rines
can rest safely on the bottom secure
from foul weather md from cbre~vn.
tIon by hostile craft Thaf these snnts
are being made use " n fpparcn' nv
careful nursing of the fuel supply II
would Ice possible for submarine 10
go IA FIR ms the irish sea. do c0nsifer
able cruising and remain away from
her base for more tlinn week.
Secret Bases Not Neoessary.
III iSn'i necessary for Germanv q
maintain secret bases 90 remote llces
IN the British isles ~ Il generally
thought 90 be ,src Among the allies.
She Il utilizing The full carahi'i 'cs ~
her craft
what 3. apparent above everything
else % navni experts since the begin
ming OF the l'resent conflict. continued
Mr. Dowles i thr important factor
submnrlncS have become n naval war
fare Heretofore he sald. submarines
were lovScd urpn largely rs mc1ns
Jof defense Now their recognized value
~ n means ~ oTense NJ wei ~ de
Tense hns becn fully demonstrated
IL must not be understood. however
TINT the day ~ the taitlgShip Is past
no SAIL "The batilcshIp rs we'll as
other units OF the well organized my
Il lust rs useful rs ever IN IT, Srecla
{ - Like the neroplanc. II Il mereIy
90 the submarine ceases 70 be IN IN
known value Mechanically the sub
marine Inns practically reached pcrfec
ton. but rs size and cruising radius
will now be enlarged as IT, ue as n
means IT offensc Is recognizrd"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
Contradictory REPORTS.

Washington, Jan. 2S-Contradistor
advices have reached the state depart.
ment regarding conditions in Mexico
City. A dispatch declaring the con.
vention government has departed for
the south was supplemented by a con-
sular message that General Palafoe,
Zapata chieftain and 1000 men re-
manned in the capital, and intended
to ersist occupation by approaching
Carranza forces. The Carranza agency
claimed that Cara had gone to Cuer-
navaca as prisoners of Zapataf and
not of his own volition as head of
the convention government, but this
is denied by representative of the
latter faction.
The state department has announced
that "advices from Mexico City dated
Jan. q, state the Zapata forces evacu-
ated the city early in the morning, CO.
ing to Cuernavaca. The business
houses were closed, and the streets
reported to be particularly deserted.
AS far as known no foreigners were
molested." ~.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
CONVICTS WILL GIVE
PLAY AT BISMARCK

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 3O.-Programs
for the annual entertainment given by
the inmates of the North Dakota peni-
Tertiary have been secured from he
print shop of the institution and show
that the boys are going to attempt
something little more elaborate han
hey have ever tried in the past. The
entertainment will be in the form Of a
two act playlet entitled "A Ready
Made Suit" and will employ a cast
of fifteen persons in addition to the
persons taking the part of the jury,
the court reporters and witnesses of a
trial that is part Of the play.
In addition to the playlet there will
be musical program by the peniten-
tiary orchestra consisting of thirteen
pieces, a few of them being played by
members of Bismarck orchestra.
These annual entertainments are an
established practice at the institution
and each year they are better than the
preceding one. The men take great
pride in putting on an entertainment
that is worthy of patronage and the
people of Bismarck and the members
of the legislature and attaches look
forward to the event as one of the big
things of the year. The 500 line has
consented to run special trains to the
penitentiary on the evenings of the
entertainment and have made round
trip rate of ten cents. The program
will be put on first Wednesday even
ing February 8, for the inmates and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
Deny koIberq Was Sunk

Berlin, Jan. 29.-The Parseval air.
ship which flew over Libau, the Rus
sian port on the Baltic, Jan. 20, did
not return. The report that the Ger
man cruiser Kolberg had sunk in the
battle of the North Sea last Sunday is
untrue. All the German ships with
the exception of the Bluecher returned.
The above apparently confirms the
statement of Petragrad officials that
the German airship which dropped
bombs on Libau Monday was brought
down by gunfire, falling into the sea.
it is stated. The crew was CAPTURED.
Regarding the Kolberg, the CON-
mander of the British fleet in the
North Sea fight stated that German
prisoners reported the Kolberg sunk,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
EAST FRONT NOW Holds
WORLDS INTERESTS
News Of the State

A garage is to be opened at St. John.
Larimore is to have a new genera.
store.
Dickinson is to have some more
street lights.
The Cando National EanK will con-
struct an addition to it's building.
The business men of Dickinson have
planned to organize bowling team.
There are to be number of new
residences built in Mott in the spring,
The ice carnival held at Osnabrock
was great success.
The librarian of the Darlington pub
lie library reports that a lack of new
books of fiction is a great handicap
to the institution.
A serious outbreak of hog cholera
has been reported around Hanna and
vicinity. One man lost forty head
from the disease.
The subject of twilight schools is
coming up over the state. Dazey
claims to have had Twilight
School, for several years.
There will be no steel laid by the
Great Northern railroad in North Da'
kota during the coming year, accord
ing to the statement of J. M. Grubei,
general manager Of the road.
1t has been decided to purchase a
bell for the Middle Creek church at
Charbonneau, instead of an organ,
with the entertainment fund which
has been raised at the school.
The citizens of Napoleon have pre-
scented the fire department at Wisheck
with a silver trumpet as an apprecia
tion of the services rendered by tn,
Wisheck department in the Napoleon
fire, on Feb. 9TH last.
Lillian, the 8-year-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson of Coulee in Noun
,: traill county, was seriously injured
= while coasting. She fell in front O.
the sleigh, the sharp point of the run
ner striking her in the stomach.
The J. D. Flatt farm north Of Shell
don has been troubled with dogs from
the village killing the sheep. Thu
dogs evidently run the sheep to dealt
or bite them so that they die. Fou
have died.
Mrs. Jean McNaughton Stevens .
- Towner, who has been PROMINENT,
connected with the North Dakota W
C. T. U. for several years, broke he
left wrist recently when she fell upol
an icy sidewalk at Towner.
Gustaf Falk of Glen Ullen, who in
blind pig trial last summer testi6e'
that he did not know what beer locke
smelled, tasted or felt like was con
victed of perjury by jury trial las
week.
- Gunder Halverson, deputy gam
warden of the Numedahl vicinity il
northern Cavalier county, reports tina
deer are exceptionally plentiful in hi
locality this winter and that violations
are less frequent than they have beer
in the past.
~ The present indications are that thu
4 town of Amidon, which was recent.
designated as the county seat of Slop'
county, will be we'll supplied will
u banks, at least, and the chances ar
9 very good that the town will have n,
shortage of other business institutions
Everyone seems of the opinion tina
Amidon will be live town.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

ious students in the various classes:
some rather unusual data are notice
able.
Average age of the average boy III
the 18th grade, II 10 years.
Average age of the average girl in
18th grade, II 2-1O years.
Average age of the average boy in
18th grade, 16 6-10 years.
Average age of the average girl IN
18th grade, 16 40 years.
Average age of the average boy in
10th grade, Is 2-1o years.
Average age Of the average girl in
10th grade, Is 6-10 years.
Average age of the average boy in
9th grade, II go years.
Average age of the average girl in
9th grade, IA 80 years.
The total average age of the aver.
age girl in the entire high school in
16 10 years. ~
The total average age of the aver.
age boy in the entire high school is
Is go years.
The average age of the average stu.
dent in the high school, regardless of
sex, is 16 years.
These ages are almost ideal, the
only surprising feature being the fact
that boys average trife younger than
girls, which is no means customary.
Considering the parentage of tie
entire 9th grade, about SO per cent OF
the students have American parentage
on both sides, foreign parentage AZ
per cent, with Norwegian predominant
ing in a ratio of about three to two
over the other nationalities.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

Bismarck, N D., Jan. 28-Nels He
dalen, chairman of the apportionment
committee, has worked GU. a number
of plans for the approval or rejection
of the house. One of them provides
for 3S Legislative districts with one
senator from each district and this
plan would reduce the number Of SEN
ators by II. 1t also provides for a
smaller house with only &c members,
which is reduction from the present
house Of rs: ,, Ill. s.s4
Cass, Grand Forks and Morton are
the only counties allowed two sena-
torstin the new plan, and Sargent and
Ransom, Griggs and Steele, Rolette
and Towner, Pierce and Benson, Eddy
and Foster, LaMoure and Dickey, 10.
gan and Mcintosh, Emmons and Kid
der, Sheridan and Wells, Williams
and Mckenzie, and Burke and Divide
will have to get along with one SEND
tor for the two counties. There will
be only one senator allotted to Bow
man, Hettinger and Adams, and only
one to Golden Valley, Billings and
Slope, and Dunn, Mercer and Offer
will be allowed only one senator to
look: after their interests. All the
rest of the counties will be represent
ed by one senator and a number Of
representatives. Under the proposed
change Cass county will lose two rep
resentatives and Grand Forks will
gain one, as at the present time Cass
has seven members in the house and
Grand Forks county has three, and
under the new plan Cass gets only
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

officers of the penitentiary, Thursday
evening for the state officials and
members of the legislature and on
Friday evening for the employees at
the capitol building and the attaches
of the legislature and the general pub
lie. This arrangement is necessary
on account of the limited seating ca
pacity of the penitentiary auditorium
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENT SHOWING
Proclamation OF NATI0NALTlES

The following data regarding the
membership of the High school for the
present year up to January list, 1915
may be of interest:
Number in attendance.
Ninth grade-Boys, 33; girls, 22-
Total IS.
10th grade-Boys, 81; girls, Is
total IS.
18th grade-Boys, 81; girls, 20
total 80.
18th grade-Boys 10; girls 49,
total %.
Total 2.
Post graduate - Boys, 1; girls, l.
Total 2.
Total of boys in entire school, "a.
Total of girls in entire school, SO.
Grand total enrolment, 1873.
Nonresident students-Boys IA;
girls 49, Total 80.
Last year this was the only large
first class high school in the state tt
enroll more boys than girls, and it is
believed to be the same this year. Ir
fact taking the state as a whole ant
the United States as a whole and the
male enrolment of the high school is
only about IS to 40 per cent of the
girl enrolment; and this is not due ir
Valley City to a. dearth of girls, fol
the total enrolment has for a dozen
years almost invariably been the larg
est in the state except Fargo and
Grand Forks, although Bismarck, Mi
not, etc., surpass Valley City in popu
lation.
In looking over the ages of the var
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
CARRNZA IS IN SUBURB
! OF MEXICO CAPITAL

Mexico City, Jan. 30.-A telephone
message this noon announced that
the advance guard Of the Carranza
army was entering Guadalupe, a sub
urb four miles north Of the capital.
The forces of General Zapata have
retreated without fighting the main
body of the invading army is at Tor
reon, seven miles south. 49, .r
The indications are that the capital
will be evacuated without resistance.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
Tax Commission Now beinQ
Investigated by Committee

five house members and Grand Forks
county is given four.
Following is the distribution as it
has been worked out by the appor-
tionment committee: ~. m
District 1, Pembina county - One
senator, two representatives.
District 2, Walsh county-One SEN
ator, two representatives.
Districts and 4, Grand Forks coun-
tyJTwo senator's, four representatives.
District 5, Trail county-One SEN
ator, two representatives.
Districts and Z, Cass county -
Two senator's, five representatives.
District 8, Richland co:nty - One
senator, two representatives.
District 9, Sargent and Ransom
counties-One senator, three repre-
District 10, Barnes county - One
senator, three representatives
District II, Griggs and Steele coun-
ties-One senator, two representa-
tiros.
r'5trict IL, Nelson county-One SEN
ator, two representatives.
District 10, Ramsey county - One
senator, two representatives
District IA, Cavalier county - One
senator, two representatives.
District Is, Rollette and Towner
counties-One senator, two represen-
tatives.
District Is, Pierce and Benson coun-
ties-One senator, two representa-
tives.
District II, Eddy and Foster coun-
ties-One senator, one representative.
District 1S, Stutsman county-One
senator, three representatives.
District 10, LaMoure and Dickey
counties-One senator, three represen-
tatives.
counties-One senator, two represen.
tatives.
District Fl, Emmons and Kidder
counties-One senator, three repre-
sentatives.
District %, Burleigh county One
senator, two representatives.
District %, Sheridan and Wells
counties-One senator, three repre-
senattives.
District "a, McHenry county - One
senator, two representatives.
District Is, Bottineau county One
senator, three representatives.
Districts 26 and 81, Ward county
Two senators, four representatives.
District %, Mclean county - One
senator, two representatives
Districts 20 and 30, Morton and
Sioux counties-Two senators, four
representatives.
District 81, Stark county-One SEN
ator, two representatives.
District 80, Bowman, Hettinger and
Adams counties-One senator, three
representatives.
District 80, Golden Valley, Billings
and Slope counties-One senator, two
representatives.
District "a, Dunn, Mercer and Oliver
counties-One senator, two represen.
tatives.
District IS, Williams and Mckenzie
counties One senator, three repre-
sentatives.
District 36, Mountrail county-One
senator, one representative.
District 81, Burke and Divide coun-
ties One senator, two representa-
tives.
District 3S, Renville county One
senator, one representative.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

This is the time of the year most
trying on those inclined to be consti-
pated. Many dread winter because of
it. Don't worry, Just take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea, natures surest
Take it once a week. Start tonight
City Drug store
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
Deny Evacuation Reports.

Ell Paso, Jan. 3o-Neither Prov!'
sional President Cara nor the Villa
army has evacuated Mexico City, &C.
cording to an official statement Of the
Villa military authorities at Juarez.
They declare that Cara in telegram
from the capital denied the reports of
his flight or the danger the Carranza
forces might occupy the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

Wolves are very plentiful around
Turtle Lake. The largest one killed
is said to have weighed just $50
pounds and is believed to have been
largest of the species ever killed in
thatepaFt~o the country. q
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

The little man hesitated a moment,
looked bit frightened, then replied
in small, piping voice: Il sometimes
chew a little gum"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04
Great Discrepancy Between
Commission a n d County
Auditors - Recess Offers
Opportunity For Commit
tee Work.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 28.-While
most Of the members of the legisla-
ture have taker advantage of the .op-
portunity offered by the recess of i
week to go to their homes a number
who have been , appointed on the
probing committees remain here in
order to have their report ready when
the session convenes again next
Tuesday afternoon.
Senators Jacobson, Young and
Heckle and Representatives Baldwin,
Kellogg and Burgett were the mem
bers named on the comm tee a.
pointed to look into the mater Of thu
tax commission and to ascertain
whether or not the expenditure neces-
sary to operate the department was
justified by the increase in revenue
obtained from the property they
claim to have put on the assessment
rolls of the state. According to the
report of the commission they have
added to the taxable property of the
state in the sum of S3,986,524.. Wheth-
er this is all revenue producing is the
question to be settled by the commit
tee having the investigation in
charge. One or two instances have
come to the attention of the commit
tee which does not show that the
statement of the commission is just
fed by the facts. The claim is made
that in Adams county the commits
sion caused to be added to the assess
ment rolls something over $4,000 but
the county auditor states that only
$4,000 has been added and that they
had the advice Of the states attorney
that that amount should be added be-
fore they heard from the tax commits
sion. Cass county is another exam
pie where the tax commission claims
to have been responsible for the addi-
ton of some like two hundred and
twenty four thousand dollars while
the report from the county auditor
shows that in reality they added only
about two thousand dollars. Hettin-
ger county where the commission
claims to have added $16,O85 does not
show up that amount In actual profit
to the state as a result Of the activi-
ties of the commission.
The report of the tax commission
which will be filed with the commit
tee shows that the expenses Of con-
Quoting the department for the past
biennial period was $37,40O.41 and
that they are asking for 100000 for
the next two years. This will mean
that a good deal of added revenue
will have to be shown to put the com.
mission on a paying basis.
1t is the intention of the committee
having the investigation in charge to
go into all details in the matter and
show to the legislature just what has
been done. The claims of the COM
missioners are that the department
has been great benefit to the state
and there seems to be some doubt as
to that in the minds of good many
people and the investigation is with
the idea of ascertaining just what has
been done by the commission and
what that has netted the state, if any
sentatives.
thing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

When you are wearied from over
work, feel listless or languid, can't
sleep or eat, as you should, take Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes
you feel better than ever. Just try
it tonight-City Drug Store.