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Morris tribune., 1915-12-03
The Alberta Tribune
OF THEN

DEP
Miss Alpha Vogel, of Campbell,
has been the guest of Miss May Buck
ley several days the past week.
Jack Person came over from
Morris last Wednesday evening to en-
ioy the dance and to visit friends.
Misses Hazel and Myrtle Gulbranson
spent Sunday with friends in Benson.
They returned Sunday night by auto.
F. R. Spaulding and his friend Rev.
Hughes made an auto trip to Morris
Monday accompanied by Banker Nor
by.
L. M. Larson made business trip
to Morris Saturday where he met some
of the oil men who are after Rookie
feller's goat.
The Lutheran ladies will meet at
the home of Mrs. Ole Gulbranson next
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9. All are
cordially invited.
Quite a number of the young folks
enjoyed a dancing party following
the picture program at the Star Satur-
day night. Home music.
Miss Richardson, who teaches in
the country south of town, returned
Monday morning from her visit to
Clinton where she spent the Thanks
giving vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Larson spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Mr..
Larson's mother in Morris where the
family dinner was duck and ludefsk
prepared in the good old Norwegian
manner.
Interest in music was revived this
week when the choral club of last
year was reorganized. There are about
twenty members with Prof. Bach in
the lead. The professor is one of the
best there is and he has plenty of good
talent right here in Alberta. A con-
cert is planned for later on in the sea-
son.
One of the largest dance crowds of
the year gathered at the Star theatre
Wednesday night last week when
Manager Braun gave a Thanksgiving
program. Many from Morris and other
neighboring towns were here and all
seemed to enjoy the occasion. Watz-
ke's orchestra, of Morris, furnished
the music. 1t is pretty hard to beat
the old man when it comes to music.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ghurt enter
tanned the Spaulding, Schultz and
Steinbring families at an Afternoon
dinner party Sunday. A couple of the
prize Ghurt geese were brought il
steaming on platters and there were
many other good things prepared ir
the excellent manner known only tc
Mrs. Ghurt. The Ghurts are one Of
the oldest families hereabouts anC
are we'll known for their hospitality
Revivalist meetings have been il
progress for about three weeks in thu
school house in district SO, and all thu
meetings have been we'll attended
The preachers are an Irishman an;
an Englishman who seem greatly in
terested in the work. No collection
are asked and all the expense is born
by the men themselves. While tn
meetings are in progress the reviva
lists are guests at the home O
friends.
The roller skate has made it's ad
vent in Alberta where it is finding
host of friends. Thanksgiving da,
the Star theatre was opened as
skating ring and since then the foo
has been busy continually. Man,
hard bumps have been taken by begin
ners but so far no serious accident
have happened. Manager Braun i
doing good deal for healthy an
clean sport in Alberta and is deserv
ing of appreciation.
On arriving at Minneapolis, g
sdirect to the Hotel Radisson. Yo
will be pleased to recommend it t
your friends when you return home
adv.
Morris tribune., 1915-12-03

Quite a number of the young folks
enjoyed a dancing party following
the picture program at the Star Satur-
day night. Home music.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
ART GERMAN PRISON LUXURY
captured Soldiers Allowed to Sketch
SAYS Embassy Report-canadians
In Modern Barracks.

London.--The official press bureau
issues a report of the visits OF Doctor
Ohnesborg and H. Rivington Pyne OF
the American embassy at Berlin 70
the German prison camps for ofhcers
at Heidelberg, Villlngen and lgolstaot
and to the camps for other prisoners
at Stuttgart, Ulm, Nuremberg ana
Wuerzburg.
The report states that Lieut.. Ernest
McLurg and the Second Canadians al
Heidelberg are confined to modern
barracks not previously occupied oy
Germans. The rooms are large ana
the food good. The German comman'
dant at villingen has inaugurated
daily excursions of the imprisoned or
fcers. Bodies of fifteen or twenty at
time walk through the surrounding
country in charge Of noncommis'
stoned officer and three or four
guards. Those who are able to 90
sketching or painting are permitted
to 20 alone or in smaller groups with
a single guard.
The report emphasizes the fact that
the men are all badly in need OF uni
ferns
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
FINDS BURGLARS UNDER BED
Policeman Makes Rich Haul After
Jumping Through Skylioht-Shot
Fired at Officer.

New York.-How Patrolma1 Thorn
as Weber, while of duty at night
came to pull five young men
from under a bed on the top floor OF
the four-story white stone residence OF
Charles Muller, a stockbroker. at 474
West One Hundred and Forty'nrst
street. is simply told tale.
Weber was in his home, ats Ono
Hundred and Forty-first street, when
a neighbor told him another netghbor
had seen a youth disappear through
the coal hole in the sidewalk in front
of the Muller home, the Mullers being
in Asbury Park for the summer.
Weber went to the roof of the apart
ment house he lived in, and thence to
the roof of the Muller home, in time
not only to see the last Of four young
men drop through the Muller skylight.
but also in time to be mistaken for a
burglar by another neighbor. This
neighbor fired one shot at Weber.
Weber burst through the locked SKY
light and yanked five young men from
beneath bed. They were locked up
charged with burglary.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
EYE Of SUBMARINE
Periscope Believed Brought to
Point Of Perfection.
Latest instrument Enables Command.
or to Be Practically Sure That
Deadly Torpedo VIII Reach
Ship He Would Destroy.

Everybody knows the simple prin.
ciple of the periscope, but few are
aware of the minute refinements Of
the construction of the perfected in.
strument, its delicacy and importance.
Down in the coming tower, in the
semidarkness, with the throbbing Of
machinery and the hushed hum Of
the twilight water slipping past tho
lookout scuttles, the commander Of
the submarine. has been carefully
studying the course of his prey and
making calculations as to its speed,
carefully laying his own course in &C.
cordance. Now the time has come
to take Q chance, for soon the peri.
scope splash will be observed, to re-
suit in fusillade Of projectiles, and
a twisting, lodging course on the part
of the cruiser, and the submarine
would be bafled. tIs
The officer takes his final observa.
ton. lays his course presses but.
ton, and the circulal.framed picture
before him is extinguished. His pre-.
viously calculated period Of blind run.
ming expires. If his calculations have
been correct, and the cruiser has not
changed its course or speed he should
be within torpedo range, with the
tubes pointing toward the target. Is
he? .s'.
The periscope is pointed carefully
in the direction which should reveal
the ship, pointed as carefully and al.
curately as a gun would be pointed.
Everything is in readiness, the crew
is standing by the torpedo tubes, and
the second they receive their signal
the great cigar-shaped missile will be
on it's way. The commander presses
a button. The hydraulic power is re.
leased. AS quickly as rattlesnake
strikes and withdraws, the periscope
shoots up and down. For fraction
Of an instant an overwhelmingly large
vision Of the enemy ship flashes up.
His calculations have been correct,
and with the speed of thought he
reaches for the signal button which
will send the messenger of death"
on its way. ~
Too late the lookout and the officers
on the bridge of the cruiser observe
the furrow which marks the approach
of the torpedo through the water. The
helm is thrown hard, but without avail.
Before the ship answers the furrow
has ended in a resounding thump
against the hull, the explosion follows,
and the work is done.
With the old-styl" periscope this &C.
ton would have been impossible,
granting a sharp lookout had been
kept On the cruiser, for the only way
the captain of the submarine could
have taken his observations would
| have been to bring his craft sufficient.
ny near the surface u pdsh the rigid
periscope out of the water. and with.
draw it again by diving, much slow
er process, and one which would have
given time for the splash to be seen,
In which case quick maneuvering by
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

I'VE work BY day and weep At
night" was the heroic remark OF 4
German woman in hospital In Der.
lin to Miss ANGELA Morgan, the poet
delegate to the recent Woman's Peace
conference 1t THE Hague. who arrived
home recently. AT one Of the Amert.
can Red Cross hospitals In Munich"
said Miss Morgan. I'VE saw scores Of
poor men who had been blinded in bat.
tie. They were making pitiful efforts
to learn to read and write under the
new conditions. One poor fellow had
his face 30 mangled that he will have
to wear 4 mask over It the rest Of his
life. He had been engaged 70 marry
when the war started, but his romance
WAS at an end. VI N, "a. .s5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
IMPROVE ON NATURE
Breeders Have Done WONDERS
With "Homing' Pigeons.
For Many Years Efforts to Develop
The Intellect of the Birds Have
Been Made With a Success
That Is Remarkable.

breeders of "homers" are altering
the shape of the skull of this variety
of pigeon with view to improving
the mentality OF the bird.
The homing pigeon hitherto has mao
a short, fiat skull, sloping away be-
hind. Now, as a result OF selectlVe
breeding, it Is acquiring an elongated
Uranium with a. rounded dome. The
Improvement Of it's intelligence &C.
complished by this means is declared
to be surprising. Its brain is bigger
and has more room for thoughts.
The homer" is the only bird that
is bred by man for the Improvement
of it's mind. Other pigeons are propa'
gated for color, plumage and Incl
dental points" Not so the homing
variety. What is chiefly required OF
it is intelligence and memory-thougn
in addition, it must possess strength
endurance and swiftness OF flight
1t must have a big chest, with strong
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

flight-muscles; also broad tail feath-
ers, and long, broad wings. Yet an
other essential qualification is keen
eyesight.
Only few years ago homing
fight of 500 miles in day was thought
phenomenal; today flights Of 600 or
even 800 miles in "a hours are not
very uncommon. In one recent in
stance a homer" accomplished a
flight of 1900 milestone days be-
ing required, however, to cover the
distance. 1t should be understood
that the pigeon flies only in the day,
time, resting at night. But another
important point to consider issthat the
bird, in flying, usually travels a far
greater distance than the shortest
route between the place of departure
and it's destination. 1t does much cir
cling and makes wide detours, scan.
ming the country over which it passes
and looking for familiar landmarks to
guide it.
This is where memory-as well as
eyesight-comes in. The bird does
not find its home by instinct" but
| by its remembrance Of landmarks
rivers, towns and the general config.
uration of the terrain.
The common pigeon has the i'm
pulse to fly home, but it cannot find
its way thither from any great dis
lance because it lacks the requisite
intelligence and memory power. In
the homer" this impulse has been
greatly strengthened through breed
ing-so much so, indeed, that it will
1sleave nest and young to get back to
1Gthe place where it belongs.
o A homing pigeon cannot be sent
from it's home to another place. 1t
will fly home, and in no other direc-
ton. At first 1t is trained for short
distances, in the near neighborhood
of its home. Then it is liberated at
greater and increasing distances-25
miles away, so miles away, 100 miles
away, and so on. But, for these per-
formances, 1t is always shipped from
home in the same direction. On a
new route it would be lost.
The carrier pigeon is misnamed: II
Is the homer" that carries messages.
The latter has been derived through
the INTERPRETING Of several different
varieties, chief among which are the
carrier, the Dragon, the owl pigeon
and the swift smerle.
The processes OF evolution as modi.
fed by human control have had no
more remarkable illustration than
that afforded by the domesticated
pigeons. all the varieties of which
fantails, pouters, tumblers and the
rest-are descended from one original
Kind OF bird. the blue rock" Rut
the homer" is the only pigeon in
which the special aim Of breeders has
been to develop the intellect,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULLNCS

/ The White House issued the follow.
ing proclamation, signed by President
Wilson, heartily commencing the Ne.
gro National exposition held In Rich
mold. 1t follows:
BY the President of the United States
Of America.
| A PROCLAMATION.
A national exposition in commend.
ration OF the achievements of the Ne.
gro race during the last fifty years
will be held in Richmond, Va, July 5
to rs, 1915 The occasion has been
recognized as of national Importance
by congress through an appropriation
| Of $4,000 to aid in its promotion and
contamination. This sum Is being ex.
pended by the terms of the appropria.
ton under the direction of the cover.
nor of Virginia. The exposition is un
der the auspices of the Negro His.
torical and Industrial association. The
action Of congress in this matter in
dicates very happily the desire of the
nation, as we'll as of the people OF
Virginia, to encourage the Negro In
his Efforts to solve his industrial
problem. The national Negro e4p6si.
ton is designed to demonstrate his
progress i'll the last fifty years and to
emphasize his opportunities AS pres
ident of the United States bespeak
the active interest of the nation in the
exposition and trust that every facil-
ity will be extended to the leaders.
whose earnest work has made the un.
dertaking possible.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of
the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this
LIST day of July, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
fifteen, and Of the independence of the
United States of America the one hun.
dred and thirty-ninth.
WOODROW WILSON.
BY the president.
(SeaD ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary of State.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
WANT ADJ ROMANCE SMASHED
Couple Unable to Agree Upon Place
of Residence and Divorce
Follows,

Chadron, O.-The echo of a want
lad" for husband placed in Cleve-
land paper early in 1911 was heard in
common pleas court few days ago.
when Judge Terrence Reynolds grant.
ed Catherine Wilkes divorce from
William G. Wilkes.
Wilkes answered the "ad," and nine
days after their first meeting the
couple were married in Cleveland,
where he was wire worker.
Mrs. Wilkes claimed her husband
liked the city and wouldn't stay with
her on their Middlefield farm. Wilkes
said he had $4,000 when he married,
that his wife took charge Of his
finances, and he hasn't anything but
the interest in the farm.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

the cruiser might have saved it, and q
broadside directed toward the splash
destroyed" the submarine.
The periscope is the invention Of .
Hollander, Telar van Elven, who in
1853 built a semisubmersible boat at
Amsterdam. AS his craft was intend
ed to run low in the water, in the
condition known as "awash," and tho
difficulty Of observation, due to waves
washing across the low coming tower
some other method than the lookout
scuttles was necessary. Van Elven
rugged up a continuance Of inclined
mirrors at each end OF a long tube, the
simplest form of periscope. His craft
was not successful, but the instrument
OF observation was. and proved tho
forerunner Of the complicated and deli
cate instrument , in use today. e. sd.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

constantly from their arms factorie.
e fa " trick q to leave ! ma.
chine gun or two hidden III ! cellar
Or similar place o. concealment until
the enemy's advance has swept ~ and
then open hfe on the rear. The post,
of the men serving The gun il, 81
course. hopeless, but they are fairly
certain To- gell their lives dearly com
stinuinE tO drs their gun To- the last.
AZ u instance pts the deadly swist.
ness "A machins-8 mn iire. Il ~ state6S
that 7 81 somih Ind XII the M u.
IpnsS n geaponp and shoi
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
New Recourse.

IT." The mermen and mermaids have o
new way OF kidding one another ,ust
now" just
= What is it?"
when one Of them strings the lonp
DOW they advise him to 90 tell II 70
the submarines" ~ "
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
new, YoRK's. OLDEST TWINS
TWO Women Will Be Rocked In Cradle
.'% of Their. eabyhood on Their
@iH' y. ~ . 4Bjrthdav ~.

Middletown, N. Y.-Mrs. J. C. Bar.
rett of Edmonston and Mrs. Nathan
". Brand Of Leonardsville. who claim
the distinction OF being the Oldest
twins in the state, expect soon to cele
brate their eighty-sixth birthday to-
gether with some unusual features.
The cradle in which they slept Is
children has been preserved. and it il
planned that the tvins shall be rocked
in It In the presence OF the guests.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
Diverse Emotions.

I've bought an automobile"
Have you?"
Yes. Why don't you congratulate
me-" .@-r~
I'm waiting to hear what make II
49, so III know whether to laugh or
sympathize"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
AcontradletInn,.

~, ~ - OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l4lI alll ai3
heres scientist says that the
Gle night. @ q D Va "a 8s
q t. ]. never seen. Mayme's when 4
{ M : ,orso often e hays III bottle 4. I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
Conxineinn .Exn..,.-

.,,,,, convincing Experience.
why IS y that you are so resent.
ful Of the Idea that imitation !. SI 49,
sincerest aattery?" - me
. !. once ate 9 itouadstool and ASSN.
.yon y was no compliment e ! mn.S
room. = :. : n'u lslEl-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

\ \ n A record Of Negro progress is given
In the new Negro Year Book for 1914
is, volume Of over 400 pages. We
learn here on the basis of the figures
OF Dr.. H. X. Carroll Of the Federal
Council of Churches and of the census
bureau, that there are $4,000 Negro
churches in the United States, with
4,250.00o members, and 1.74o,oss Sun.
day school scholars. The property
held BY these churches reaches to-
tai Of near $57.000,000. while they
contribute 100000 to foreign and
100000 to home missionary work.
While Negro Christians are chiefly
Protestant, there are four colored Ro.
man Catholic priests in the United
States, and one Greek Catholic. 49,
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
lnonensive.

you can't stand on the stem "
warned the conductor, mindful ~ ~.
safety first campaign. : VIC
ITS all right; he amt on the ston .
proclaimed another patron; hes ,r;d.
Ing on my foot" - 'Ao'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
A Time Roll.'ol,n,5j

MISS Overten---Mrs. Viewed thinks her
husband y one man in Z thousand.
mrs 8 1oltdwed-Oh, yes; all brides
think the same thing-but I year later
the. ciphers. n a nj n N, sS.lS
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
Merely q Tradition,

| Merely 4 Tradition.
FIRST Politician-Once there was 4
man who said he would rather be right
than be president. a.. N .s.s
second Politician-Yes, rememb Der
reading something Of that kind in
book OF ancient history. .i'. .E, 3tz'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
through the head can be struck yet ten
times more IN; the second or two that
he takes 10 fall to ths ground.
..apl,.lned 8 ye,s 8 older mic

0ptalHeu ~ T. - y. N
81 Maiden. Mass. Opticians are doing
I 4 rushing business asnong Maiden
women. young and old. a. 4 result Of
~ epidemic of .'spIainsd eys. 3 As
mischi ycingiter threw very
slippery III On ne DOR a. ~ opea.
trolley cls an,ong 4 lscrss ~ nors of
women pae6engoy1
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30
Raises Her Kittens Il 4 ~.

Raises Her Kittens il 1 Tres. 81:
Rich Hill. Mo-. Frank Brown. WIN
lives eight miles southwest 81 here.
has an old mother cat who ID raisinr ::
2 litter q Kittens in the forks 81 Z
tree Is feet from the ground s-l
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

Soma idea Of the Astounding good
will Of the people Of Alabama toward
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
institute, located in the Black belt OF
& Alabama, Is found In the fact that
each year finds large crowds Of promi.
nent white visitors from surrounding
villages and the larger cities OF the
state attending the annual commence.
ment exercises. This year, in add.
tion to other visitors, the Automobile
club of the chamber of commerce Of
Montgomery, Ala, came in body to
the school H..
There were more than a hundred of
these important business and profes.
sio1lal men, with their families, and it
wac probably the first time in the his
tory of the South that two such impor.
tant white organizations have paid
honor to Negro institution by at
tending the commencement exercises
IN OOQy. As.k ,ssupn, =;
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

The presidents proclamation be
speking interest In the exposition al
Richmond organized under the aus
pices OF the Negro Historical and In
dustrial association IL an evidence In
itself OF the extraordinary progress c!
that race In America since the door
Of opportunity was opened. 1t Is the
voice Of all the people, white and
black. and will bear good fruit. Only
q thoroughly worthy object could have
brought from the chief executive such
. deliverance. .
she display at Richmond represent
ed less than half q century Of build.
Ing along the lines of intelligent sys-
tenn and study. For not until a. few
years after the war closed did the
Negro get fairly started on the road
to individual effort and thrift. He was
for time In the clutches otthe poll
ticians. some pulling this way and
some that. but none pulling for him.
It was in the early '70s that he finally
got his proper bearings and began to
show under friendly leadership his
capacity for Kqod york and good sill
zenship. Since item he has done
much; and al true men appreciate the
performaace, and wish him success
In his further like course:
The Negro IL In America to stay.
All the shallow outgivings OF futile
dreamers and selfish schemers about
deportation have ceased. Neither the
intelligent Negro nor the intelligent
white man was misled. Both could
lappraise the real situation. and did
appraise It at its right value. America,
never more so than now. Is oppor.
.tunity for the man who wants to make
himself useful, qualities to that end
and applies what he learns and saves
what he earns.
The Negro should be not only in
dustrious but patient. Half century
IL scarcely more than day in reckon
ing the advancement and achievements
OF race. But 1t Is the first steps
that count: and since his feet were
set In the right path the Negroes steps
have been steady and assuring.
Reference, Of course, is to the Ne.
gro who respects himself and solicits
by his conduct the respect of his white
neighbors. When he does that he pros.
pers. When he does his duty by him
self he does it by others; and here he
sees himself able to command the sym,
pathy and recognition of the highest
official OF the government. speaking
for all who live under the government
and know the benefits of its protec-
ton. 81.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-30

!, The census bureau is about to issue
. bulletin on Negroes. We are told it
indicates that there has been an in
creased tendency among them toward
home ownership, marked increase
ln the percentage Of school attend
ance, I pronounced decrease in the
percentage OF illiteracy. q decrease in
I the mortality rate. and an increase in
the proportion Of church attendance.
& The Living Church. lu