davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28
CHICAGO mecca
FOR BOAT men
Annual Show Opens at Coliseum
With Large Attendance
Exhibits Are Good.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-"The great
est motor boat show ever 9 e III
America" would summarize the com.
ments of the vast crowds which
thronged the Coliseum here today for
the opening of Chicago's second an
nual exhibition of boats, engies and
accessories under the auspices of
the National Association of Engine
and Boat Manufacturers. The open.
ing day presages record attendance
and next week thousads of boatmen
from the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, To-
wa, Missouri and others more distant
will pour into Chicago to e the
show and attend the numerous con.
ventions and gatherings of motor
boat o~rgaizations scheduled during
the next seven days.
One Of the most important Of these
conventions is the %semi-annual meet
ing of the Mississippi Valley Power
Boat Association, at Hotel Sherman,
March 5, which will bring delegates
from forty clubs located in these sur
rounding states.
RepIete with Features.
1t would be difficult to select fea-
lures of the big exhibition which are
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28

was one Of the chief centers Of at
traction oday and hundreds OF PEG.
pie went ION board" to examine this
marvellous little example OF the boat
builders art. The Speedway" ex.
hibit, showed two handsome Speed.
way craft, the famous Speedway"
motors and a specially designed
yachting stove.
Exhibit Many Engines.
The Chicago show this year holds
the greatest assortment of highly re.
fined marine engines ever gathered at
any exhibition. The tendency is to-
ward enclosure of moving parts
which robs motor boating. like early
automobiling, Of it's terrors Of noise,
dir. and grease. The various boats
on exhibit also show the general ten
dency toward inclosing everything
that partakes of machiery. Motors
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28

are concealed untaar polished decks
and controls are an mounted on the
dash at the finger tipsA0f the driver,
just as they are insthe highest grade
cars. N
One Of the features Of the show Of
much interest Ito every owner Of 9
motor boat is the notable advance
made in o year by the manufacturers
Of accessories and httings. The fit
tings on display are in keeping with
the beautiful design and finish OF the
modern boats on which they are used.
There are no more transformed "oil
lamps with an electric bulb attached
for signals. Instead the design Is en-
tirely changed and the electric sig
nal light is, in fact, an electric de-
vice in every way.
Bio Attendance,s4
Prominent officials Of the motor
boating world are arriving IN CHI
cago On every train from allN parts OF
the country and the week promises to
be one Of unusual activity In things
nautical. Captain Thomas Fleming
Days lectures on his ocear.trip with
the 26,foot yawl Sea Bird will be q
daily feature and during next week
the federsl@ government is expected
10 hpve a surv9Sfexhfbit with a naval
officer in Charge TOR the education of
the amateur navigetors. s
Soma ofsthef Exhibits.
Among the engine displays are the
Srerliag. WISCONSIN, Ejco, Loew-Vic-
! tor, Speedway. Lamb, Red WING; sEx-
inrude, Eagle Gray, Erd. Koban, Do
man, NanBlerck,, .Ferro,S Winton,, Raj.
aco. Admiral, Peerless Joymotor and
the ".Bud.E."',
Among the boat builders exhibiting
are the Gas Engine & Power Com
,pany and Chas. i. Seabury & Co.
Consolidated, The Elco Co, Geo:Law-
ley & Son Corporation, EninruqeS No
tor Co, Everett Hunter Boat Co,
Ramaley Boat Companysa and the NIL
waukee Yacht & Boat g.
Accessories and fittings are being
shown by George b. Carpenter eco.
Sumter Electrical CO., (magnetos),
Evans Stamping & Plating Co, ((Para'
gon gears), Valentine e Co.. Gray,
Hawley Company Michigan Vince.
Company, Bryne. Kingston & Co g:
and Kokomo Electrical Company
Evinrude Motor Co., Wilmarth Nor
man Co, (Reversing propellersl =
j. Willis & Co, Garlyle.Johnson Ma
chine Co, reverse gears) Whee:el
& Schebler, Motsingers Device Mig
Co, Frank Porter Lumber Co, Sc
Safety Crank Co, and Champion
Spark Plug Co.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28
.fAnRs CONTROL
WRESTLING GAME
Pat Connolly Confirms Statement
That Sport is Zone Crooked
Match After Another.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 27.-Pat
Connolly, the husky lrishman who
wrestled Yussif Hussane here recent
~, is the latest mat artist to confirm
the charge that the wrestling game 10
mostly .'one crooked match after an
other" Pat says that he absolutely
refuses to put his shoulders to the
mat for any man unless there is some
pressure in the other fellows shout.
ders.
Pat says a certain promoter con.
trolls the wrestling game and that It
is q big trust. He says that because
he won't "fop" fCr anybody he has
been ruled of the mat by the trust,
and that he can't even syuirm through
to a match of any sort.
Pat says he beat Americas twice
in Vancouver last summer, the sec.
ond time is straight falls. Then four
days later Americas came to Kansas
City billed as the champion Of the
world and wrestled Zbyszko for the
title.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28
MINIS RIG RACE.

San francisco. Feb. 27.--On q track
dangerous and slippery with rain fall,
during a four hours contest, D. Res
ia, an Italian driver engaged in his
first American race, won the Grand
Prix automobile ace at the Panama
Pacific exposition. Time was seven
hours and sevent minutes and fifty
seven and a half seconds.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28
TAKING IN SIGHTS.

A. w. Allen, was q caller at the
North Dakota building at the Pana-
ma-Pa.ific exposition at San Francis
CO, Feb. 20, and registered from this
city. ~.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-28
lou Sr ap%la@ m Smith NTH Bamn4Ahssa and Fs - 1-T - aT

Make your wants known to the Tri-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
SURELY VICTIM OF HARD LUCK
Incident Of the Trenches That Reveals
the Hardships That Are Under
gone by the Soldier.

He was a Canadian and he wore a
corporal's stripes. There he sat snug
" in a sheltered part of his trench in
that little corner of Belgium and
played poker with Quartet OF his
comrades Luck was against him. he
had lost about everything he had to
lose. when at the very height of the
game-just after the dealer had done
his best and worst-a shell came
through the roof Of the shelter.
passed between the Canadians long,
lean legs luckily without hitting
him), and buried itself harmlessly in
the soft earth. The others OF the
party leaped up in not inexcusabie
haste and fled from the place, but the
Canadian did not move.
The disturbance brought the COM
pany commander on the run.
What's up?" says he.
We'll, SIR" says the Canadian,
that there shell drops in on us and
when it don't explode at once | judge
it is pretty safe not to go off at all.
So | Just set where | am. The cursed
luck of it is that I've been playin
away here all mornin DRAWN rotten
cards and losin' my shirt, and here
Just as holds the first four of kind
that's gladdened my two ewes since
Hector was pup-and kings at that
sir-at that identical moment there
comes this pifin' German tGrni. aid
the other fellows beats it. New
York Evening Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
lI|E WAR SPY
TkoneNCE LILLIAN HENDER.
SON.

.sIm neotral,' observed Mrs. Lucy
dooro y Her brother, James Wilson,
sWh1k IRE you getting at, Lucy?"
Aa11enRod Wilson, in his usual grun
Il kn0V!" and Mrs. Moore bobbed
ler hooA wisely. You can't fool me.
f'x a6out the war-and treason.
kn1 mr1be I've made a great discov-
~, ond maybe not"
s1GoG0 likely not growled Wilson.
Yoo ond your chattering gossips are
tfu1<1 Whiting up some mares nest
sslGn! That's your way of taking
nlnoehine that may be of Importance
eonsidoFable importance-to your
ielf pefnonally."
~ Int so." jeered Wilson sneer-
ng1y. Then don't be so mysterious.
md ~ - know what you are limiting
t.
'sVoGy YELL" replied Mrs. Moore,
'yoa know that young stranger, Pro
:eoUoe Dixon. as they call him, who
.axne here about a month ago and
:oo1k rooms with old Mrs. ROderick?'
r ought to-" fired up Wilson, with
/ vonomous CLEAN in his eyes.
He Just caught the fancy of the
girl you was after, hey?" Uttered Mrs.
Moore mAliciously. Not that | think
she'd ever have had you, but the field
was Z clear one. Well. James, | think
I have found out something about Pro.
lessor Dixon that will make a big
stir-up In this community
Wilson looked interested. Savage
too! He shut his teeth and Missed be
tween them malevolently. He might
never hope to win Edna Rolfe, for she
was not of his class, but there would
be q good deal of satisfaction in get
tinN even with the fellow who had
"cut him out
Nov, James, proceeded his sis
ter, Il know what a fiery, impetuous
creature you are, and if | tell you a
secret, ! want you to promise that
you wont blaze right up and make
q travesty of what may be big feath
or In your cap. AS one of the honora
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05

Bile selectmen of the town, you are
authorized to arrest people, and all
that5"
: part of my prerogatives, | should
say, yes!' returned Wilson magnilo'
quently.
very well; act slow, but sure, on a
hint am going to give you"
Whats the hint?' questioned Will
son.
Professor Dixon is a spy"
'Nonsense!"
"You won't say so when | explain
further. wondered why he went to
board with old Mrs. Roderick, for it's
: . ramshackly old place over the shop
her dead husband used to run. I've
Z found out. He went there to get the
secret use of the shop. He works far
: into the night with tools and metal,
Z and the like. He gets letters from
foreign parts. See here"
Mr.. Moore exhibited three envel-
opes. They were addressed to the
young professor. One bore a Berlin
postmark, second that of an Aus
trian city, a third was from Amster-
dam.
How got them after Dixon had
thrown them carelessly aside. never
mind" proceeded Mrs. Moore. There
they are. If he isn't in reasonable
correspondence with foreign powers,
and maybe manufacturing explosives
to blow Up the state capitol or the
white House, or what not, then
don't know much"
You do-a good DEAL commented
Wilson eagerly Lucy, you've done
me Q big service! Give me those en-
velopes. | think you've hit it right
Dixon is one of those international
spies. I'll get on his trail. oh, II
can only land him and have the field
clear to court Edna again!"
NO rash moves now" warned his
sister.
'T1l be sure of my ground before
make a definite move" pledged vii
son.
From that hour he became a sleuth
He told nobody of his suspicious ant
plans. He simply kept an eye on hi
hated rival. Night times he prowle'
around the old shop. but it was wei
boarded up and barricaded. On
night, however, he managed to locat
convenient crack in the outsid
sheathing of the structure.
There he patiently installed himself
He had fair view of the young pre-
lessor. The latter worked at forgt
mixed some liquid substances in a r.
tort Finally he went to a wor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Peculiarly Of Husbands.

Whoever said all men may not be
alike but all husband are, knew good
deal about husbands. EoTatio is a
husband. Mine One of his peculiari.
ties is to ask me, If | do anything a
little unusual, what on earth | did ii
for. in a tone have noticed in other
husbands; and when he uses that tone
never tell him. A woman doesn't
always know why she does things,
does not always have time to think in
advance. She only knows she must
do them. and thinks afterward.-From
"Horatio" by Kate Langley Bosher in
Harper's Magazine
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Precocious Dementia.

In precocious dementia, which is
due to a congenital fault. the indi-
vidual is either possessed Of paranoi-
&C decisions of persecution. or he is
apathetic, without energy, and gradu-
ally becomes without mind. In the
latter subject the diagnosis is not diff
ficuIt You see the youth who has
been fairly bright gradually losing
his intellect, So the process gradu-
ally goes on until he becomes merely
a human being almost entirely devoid
Of mind.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
harbors on the Adriatic.

The principal CULTS of the Adriatio
are those of Manfredonia on the west,
Venice and Trieste on the north, and
Quarnero on the northeast There
are numerous and admirable bay har-
bors extending from Fiume and cul-
minating in the wonderful landlocked
harbor. the Bocche di Cattaro The
Strait OF Otranto, where Italy ap-
proaches nearest to the Balkan main
land. is A. miles wide. Here is the
magnificent Albanian harbor, Avlona
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05

bench and took up a brown glass
globe about the size of pound sweet
apple.
Into this he poured the contents Of
retort. He sealed up it's end and
placed the globe carefully in basket
containing about a dozen others.
Bombs, sure as you live." gasped
Wilson, and his big frame shook with
fear and excitement and his eyes cog
gled. He went home full of his mar
velous discovery. What a sensation
it would make when the dread intelli-
gence was made public.
What should he do? Wilson tossed
restlessly in his bed all night long,
trying to decide on action. Should he
telegraph the authorities at Washing
ton? No. secret service men would
be sent and he would be robbed of the
glory of the capture Of real war spy
red-handed.
With the morning came clear coun-
sci. Wilson decided to make the
sheriff his ally. But that official was
out of town and would not eturn un-
til evening. All day Wilson hung
around, restless and excited. His
overstrained nerves found relief only
when he had captured the sheriff
when he arrived on the train, and TAX
ing him aside, he revealed his great
discovery.
That functionary was quite as
n
proceeded in the direction of the
workshop. There was light within
and Dixon was discernible at work
, bench.
Make a rush with me and burst in
the door!" whispered the sheriff.
Just as they were getting ready for
their heroic onslaught, however, a
boy came running down the street.
Fire! Fire." he yelled Justify.
THE office building up at the big
! works is all ablaze!"
The stirring announcement seemed
to reach the worker inside the shop.
He started, made a dash for the bas-
ket containing the bombs, unlocked
the door and rushed out.
/ Halt" ordered the sheriff.
I'VE arrest you" began Wilson.
But over in the mud he went, Tor
Dixon had given him a vigorous push.
He evaded the eriff, who was bulky
and clumsy. Down the street dashed
Dixon, guided by a growing glow. He
turned corner, to come in sight oil
the big works, which belonged to the
father of Edna Rolfe.
A crowd had already gathered. The
office building was ablaze, and the
main structure had caught in two
places.
Stand aside" ordered Dixon, and
basket in hand, ran up close to the
cracking flames He selected 9
bomb" aimed, let it drive.
Crash. 1t struck a spot squirting
flames in the roof-the blaze subsidized
Again and again he fired his glass
globe ammunition. Whenever thu
brittle globes landed, they seemed t.
smother the flames like wet salt.
By the time the superannuated fir
apparatus of the town arrived, thu
blaze had been eXtinguished.
"Hurrah!" yelled the delighted
crowd.
whats this?" challenged the shei
if, who had reached the scene an
stood glaring down at several globe
still remaining in the basket.
"Oh, only a patent fire extinguishe
I've been experimenting on, explaine
the young professor.
And he smiled quietly, for his inveI
ton had proven its own success; h
had saved the property of the girl h
, loved, and he thought tenderly c
Edna as he turned away from the di'
comfited sleuth, James Wilson.
| Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
The Growinu Ace,

According TO DR.. Lindsay Wynecoop,
boys and girls between ten and sixteen
years Of age need great deal Of sleep.
Laziness, he declares, Is an indication
that they are growing. Poor marks in
school, he AYERS, are not so serious as
many parents. are wont to believe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Would Hardly Call II a Privilege.

81 noted new meaning OF the word
privilege the other day" said ].
Fuller Gloom "The article said It
was mans privilege to pay for
woman strangers meals on short rail-
road trips. Personally | do not see.
with the customary high prices on q
dining car. how anyone could consider
the paying anything more than an ex-
IRENE effort kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Gentle Breaking.

wife-"Do you think Tommy dis
turbs our neighbor with his drum?"
Husband-'Tm afraid so; the man
next door made him a present of a
nice new knife today, aud suggested
that Tommy should cut open the drum
and spend the money that Is inside"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
AncIeRt Egyptians

The ancient Egyptians were not ne
sroes. That much is certain; but
when 1t is asked: Who were they?
n problem is raised that is hard to
solve. Both on the anthropological
and pathological sides the subject is
knotty one.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
e,oa and Bad Time. to sleep.

Sleep is soundest on cool, clear. drT
evenings, when there is little moisture
n the air and some mild movement OF
The pleasant, soothing atmosphere. On
eIoady, warm, soggy or even snowy
nirhfs, other things being equal, sleep
uns fitful, restless and unsatisfactory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
or the Same Opinion.

Nildred-"Don't you think Miss FL.
Derby looks much younger in her new
hat?" Helen-"Indeed do. Why,
Mildred, it makes her look but very
little older than she says she Is
Judge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Cost.

Friend OF the College President
What did this beautiful dormitory
cost your" College President-"Three
doctors degrees. One for the man
that put up the money and the others
for two friends of his" Life
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Stepa Wind His Watch.

A Californian is the owner Of what
is said to be the only watch Of the
kind in the world in which a lever os-
cillates and winds the spring with
every step that he takes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Guard AGAINST Infection.

The Argentine national health de-
partment has posted signs along the
principal streets of Buenos Aires tell
ing what animals and insects should
be avoided TO lessen the dangers OF
infectious diseases.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
No Use to Him.

The prisoner threw the magazines
across his cell In disgust, and cursed
eloQuently. 'Nothin' but continued
stories" he growled. IAN I'm TO be
hung next Tuesday. Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
e.to, comparstively Modern.

In early days bandmaster beat
lime with his foot Not until 1920
was the baton first introduced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Prnlihn Ant

One species of white ant produces
Sc, 400 eggs 3 day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-05
Worlds LARGEST Auditorium.

It is recorded that the Coliseum at
Rome had accommodations for $1,000
spectators.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
DELINQUENT NOTICE

The Trego Ditch company, cor
poration, principal place Of business
5lackfoot, Bingham county, Idaho.
Notice, there is delinquent upon
the following described stock on &C
count of assessment number 81, 1914
evied by the board of directors, the
mounts set opposite the names OF
the respective stockholders, as fol
lows:
Byrd Trego, certificate No. 80, 3S
'hares; amount, $143.35.
And in accordance with law and
the order of the board of directors,
SO many shares of each parcel OF
stock as may be necessary will be
sold at the front door of the court
house in Blackfoot, Idaho, the nine
teenth day Of July, 1915, at II a,
M, to pay said assessment, cost OF
advertising and expense of sale.
L. H. FINK, Secretary.
The Trego Ditch company.
Dated June 26, 1915. 50-3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION


Department of the Interior, U. 8.
land office at Blackfoot, Idaho, June
10, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Joseph
w. Peterson, of Blackfoot, Idaho, r.
F. D. number two, who on March 20,
1911, made desert land entry, serial
number 09943, for lot one, section
six. township three south, range "a
east, Boise meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final proof. to
establish claim to the land above de-
'scribed, before register and receiver
of the United States land office, at
'Blackfoot, Idaho, on the seventeenth
day of August, 1915.
Claimant names at witnesses: 1.
III. Alfred, Sam Robinson, Hans w.
Peterson, Sarah E. Peterson, all of
Blackfoot, Idaho.
J. T. CARRUTH,
1876" Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
Clever Don.

Before my wife died." said the man
with the ginger beard, sadly, Il
owned one of these here little woolly
Scotch terriers that was one Of the
smartest animals you ever see. Fun
ny thing-one day my wife was read
in in the paper that woolly dogs
wasn't goin' to be in fashion that sum-
mer, and she says to me, in jokin'
sort of way:
"'I suppose we will have to sell
Dagomert'-that was his name-'and
git a nice, fashionable. smooth
haired dog.
"'All right says I. still keepin' up
the joke.
Nov, what do you suppose that
there dog went and did?"
"Mebbe he committed suicide" ven
tured the grocer; II have heard of
dogs havin' their feelings hurt so bad
that they killed themselves"
Not much, he didn't. Didn't I jest
tell you he had lot Of sense? He
jest sneaked tuppence out'n the box
where we kept the small change to
pay the milkman and the newspaper
boy, and went down to the BARRIERS
shop and had his hair cut-that's what
he did"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. 8.
and office, at Blackfoot, Idaho, June
IS, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Carl
Iintzsche, of Alpine, Idaho, who on
August IL, 1908, made homestead
entry number 0434, for lots three
and four and S.h N.W.A section
our, township three south, range 46
asst Boise meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make five year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described before Charles H. Haderlie,
u. s. land commissioner at Glen, Bon
neville county, Idaho, on the eleventh
day Of August, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph Stephens, David W. Porter,
William Kizer and William Clarke all
of Alpine, Idaho.
J. T. CARRUTH,
sos Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09

dersighed, Nancy A. Mathews, admin
istratrix Of the estate of Heber
Mathews, deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims
against, the said deceased to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within ten months after the first pub
lication of this notice to said Nancy
A. Mathews at her residence in
Woodville precinct in Bingham
county, Idaho, the same being the
place for the transaction of the busi-
ness of said estate.
Dated this eighth day IF June,
1915.
NANCY A. MATHEWS,
Administrative Estate of Heber
Mathews, deceased. adv. 47-5