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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
WILSON WILL
TAKE STEPS TO
RESTORE PEACE
Chief Executive to Consider Mex
lean Crisis EARLY Next
Week.
ARMED INTERVENTION
IS NOT EXPECTED
Message to Be Sent to fractional
Leaders Will Demand
Settlement.

Washington, July 3O.-~Dciinitc
steps for the restoration of peace in
Mexico will be taken Immediately up.
on President Wilson's return to
Washington next week. What spcci.
Iic action they have decided on has
not been disclosed. but it was all.
thoritatively stated tonight that tlo
executive department Of the govern
ment was preparing to carry out the
program he decides upon.
Only an unexpected move in Mex
leo itself to end the strife, it is said
would delay affirmative action by he
United States to restore cOnStitl.
tonal government in the war torn re,
public.
Not Armed Intervention.
Armed Intervention is not believed
to be contemplated in the presidents
program. Many officials believe no
forcible measures will be required.
Persistent reports have reached here
that tne faction leaders are inclined
to yield to the demand of this gov
ernment for a speedy conference. Re,
ports generally are credited that Il
message will be sent the opposing
leaders, giving them final chance to
cease hostilitcs within d limited u,ne
and assemble q conference to settle
their differences.
Possibilities of Failure.
Possibilities of another failure to
do so. in view of the last refusal Of
Gen. CarranZa to join in conference
with his advcrsaries, is being consid-
cred by the president, it is declared,
in formulating a plan of action.
Whether in that event, general
embargo on arms and their eXporta-
ton will be imposed, or American
troops employed to assure the trans
portatiOn of food to the starving neO-
rle of the country, cannot be predict
ed. 1t is known. however, that the
army and navy have been preparing
Continued on page two.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
Meets Slow
Death While
Under Auto

Devils Lake, N. D., July 30.-Pinned
under a heavy touring car from S:OO
O'Clock last night until $3.50 yesterday
morning, Thos. Spice, aged 60 years,
a farmer living twenty miles north
east of Devils Lake and Chas. Mitch
ell, aged 25, of Spooner, Wis, employ
ed on the Spic farm, received IN
juries from which they died today.
The machine which they were dflv.
ing to Crary slipped off grade and
went over, the steering wheel pinning
both to the ground. It was neces-
sary to send fifteen miles for help to
move the car. and free the victims.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
INVESTIGATION
Of ALL BOATS
IS BEING MADE
Passenger and Excursion Boats to
Be Rigidly Inspected Mere
after. ....
CAPTAIN Peterson
WILL PUT UP FIGHT

Chicago, July 30.-Federal and
state grand juries and the board rep
resenting the steamboat inspection
service resumed their inquiries this
morning into the responsibility for
the capsizing OF the steamship, East
land, last Saturday morning.
States Attorney Hoyne is prepared
to ask today for indictments in re.
sponse to recommendations of the
coroner's jury, but he has not decided
whether to ask for indictments Of
federal steamboat inspectors Reid
and Eckliff. Secretary Redlield had
informed Mr.. Hoyne of legal techni-
calities that might make it impossible
to bring these men to trial in state
courts.
n As result of Judge lands in
structions, the investigation of the
federal grand jury will cover every
phase of the construction and oper.
alton of the vessel.
at is sufficient to say that we will
investigate every person and circum.
stance as has been directed by the at.
torney general and Judge Landis,' y
said United States District Attorney
Clyne.
Captain Henry Petersen Of the
Eastland declared in an interview at
tae county Jail that he would make
fight to prove himself innocent.
''The report by is not mine,' he
said. 81 often noticed the boat list,
but itnever was anything serious and
'believe the engineer knew his du-
ties and business. had certain du-
ties to perform and my power was
limited to those. carried out Or
ders to the best of my ability"
City officials today started an in
vestigation of every excursion and
passenger vessel plying the lakes on.
of Chicago. The work is being done
by subcommittee of tne city c'un-
Gil, in conjunction with the engi-
neering bureau and the harbor mas
ter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
800 MARINES
To Be RUSHED
TO REPUBLIC
Haitian Soldiers and Citizens in
City Are Dis.
armed.
MORE MEN NEEDED
TO POLICE CITY
Snipers From Brush and Houses
Open Fire on the Blue
Jackets.

Washington, July 30.-Two Ameri-
can bluejackets were killed last night
in the attack on Port Au Prince, Haiti
held by Fear Admiral Caperton with
400 men from the cruiser Washington.
The attacking party was beaten off
from having approached closer than
the outskirts of the city and order
was maintained in the city itself. No
sailors were injured and he loss of
the attackers was not reported.
The Dead
The dead are William Gompers, sea.
man of Brooklyn, and Cason S. White
lory, ordinary seaman of Norfolk, Va.
Reinforcements have been ordered
to Haiti before word of the fighting
was received.
The battleship Connecticut will sail
from Philadelphia tomorrow with 800
marines. The main transport, Han
cock, now being overhauled at Phila-
delphia, also will go to Haiti, it is
said, although 1t Is not known what
force will proceed south.
Few Details Given.
Admiral Capertons message gave
few details of the fighting. 1t shows,
AO"CtcA, llldL uC HuO UCCA VAIN "
the intention Of the Haitians to at
tack the city and early in the evening
Captain E. L. Beach, + the Washing
ton, commanding the shore, who sent
men out to the city to meet them,
leaving strong guards to maintain Or
Ger in the town.
Civilians Disarmed.
Haitian soldiers and civilians in the
city were disarlned yesterday to pre-
vent fighting from the houses.
The attack came at 8 o'clock last
night, the bluejacket battalion bear
ing the brunt of the fighting. From
the brush beyond the last houses,
snipers opened fire On them. The fire
was returned and the attackers driven
off, but not before Gompers and
Whiteford were killed.
Call for Marines.
In his first message after lis ar
rival at Port Au Prince, when the
marines and bluejackets encountered
slight resistance on landing, Admiral
Caperton asked for an additional regi-
ment of marines. The men were
needed, he said, to police the city and
surrounding districts adequately. he
suggested that the additional marines
be sent on the cruiser North Carolina
or Tennessee, fast ships, indicating
that he expected some difficulties.
These vessels were not available, and
the department ordered the battle
ship Connecticut at the Philadelphia
yard made ready to sail tomorrow.
The Connecticut was taking on stores
tonight.
Daniels Is Calm.
Secretary Daniels felt no grave ap'
prehension about the situation. The
extra force was sent primarily, he
said, to permit short hours of guard
duty.
admiral Caperton has advised u.s.
said Secretary Daniels, "that 1t is
very hot at Port All Prince, and it is
not advisable to keep marines on
shore on duty constantly. He said
he wanted sufficient force so that he
might operate shore guards in re-
lays"
He said he wanted sufficient
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
BECKER FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS
. NOT YET MADE
Mrs. Becker Will Attempt to Elk
pose Methods Used to Convict
Her Husband.
UNUSUAL RESISTANCE
SHOWN BY BECKER
Application of 1900 Volts for Full
Minute Not Enough to End
Life

New York, July 30.--Droken heart.
ed and wearied after the great strain
of a long, but futile, legal battle, Mrs,
Charles Becker was secluded at her
home in the Bronx tonight With her
relatives. While a small silent group
looked on, the hearse bearing the
body Of Charles Becker, former police
lieutenant, who was put to death in
the electric chair at Sing Sing prison
early today for instigating the murder
of Herman Rosenthcl, drew up before
the Becker home. A plain black
casket contained the body. Arrange.
ments for the funeral had not been
completed. Mrs. Becker, who fought
bravely to save the life Of her hus
band from the day OF his arrest three
years ago, and her eleventh hour plea
to Governor Whitman for clemency,
which was of no avail, was accredited
with the statement:
Il shall never rest until have eN.
posed the methods which were used
to convict my husband. Whether he
was guilty or innocent, there was no
justification for the method employed
to convict him. would rather lose
all the other members of my family,
as dear as they are to me, than to
lose Charlie. No one can take his
place"
"ln all of the ten years Of our mar
red life, never had occasion once
to regret that | was his wife.
"Charlie was no angel. He made no
pretense of being one. He was just
an ordinary human being-and per.
haps that is why | loved him so.'
DR.. w. o. Stillman of Auburn, who
assisted in the autopsy said that
Becker showed unusual resistance to
the electric fluid. After the autopsy
Dr. Stillman said:
81 noticed no unusual effects upon
Beckers vital organs. The way he
resisted the strong current was re-
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
8 Killed
When Cars
7opple Ouer

Pittsburg, Pa, July S0.-Eight men
were killed and II injured today at
the Paterson mine of the United Coal
company, near Elizabeth, Pa, 10
miles from here, when cable haul
ing II cars up steep incline broke.
The cars backed down the hillside,
left the track and toppled over to
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
railroad The crowd of laborers work
ing on the tracks were buried under
an avalanche OF coal and broken
cars. Among the killed was the coal
company's superintendent
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
WARSAW EVACUATED; RUSSIANS Retreat
Benedict's S
Peace Appeal

London, July 30.-The Rome cor
respondent OF Reuters Telegraph
company states that in toright's issIle
Of the official organ Of the Vatican,
there appears letter addressed by
Pope Benedict to the beIIgcrent coun-
tries, inviting all friends Of peace to
unite with him in his desire to termi-
nate the war.
In this letter, which was written on
the anniversary Of the outbreak Of
war, July 28, the Pope asks why there
should not be initiated a direct or in.
direct exchange Of views in an en-
deavor "if possible, to arrange asper.
ations 60 that all should be content
cd"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
Jumps From
Windou of
CrosbyHotel

Crosby, July 30.--Miss Susie Wey.
ler, an employe Of the Crosby hotel,
sustained serious injuries in fire
which grltted the hotel building at an
early hour this morning The exact
cause of the fire is not definitely
known, but it is supposed to have
been started from burning cigaret.
Miss Weyler was occupying front
room in the second story when the
fire broke out. Upon opening the
door into the hall a cloud Of smoke
rushed into her room. Terror-strick-
en-, she jumped to the concrete side
walk below. She was badly shaken
up N dsu#ained quite severe in
JurCs. LEI leg being broken at the
hip, Ter ankle was sprained and her
back quite badly Wrt nched. Twelve
peopc in al, were sleeping on the
saccrd floor when :'e fire broke out.
All, with the exception of the injur
ed woman, escaped unharmed. Some
escaped by ropes tied to the windows
and others by the means Of bed
clothes tied together. Bathrobes and
pajamas were much in evidence
Everything on the second floor was
totally destroyed, but almost every
thing on the first floor was saved.
The Crosby fire department did
good workk in stopping the fire. By
the time the fire department reached
the scene the whole upper story was
ablaze. and it looked as if some of the
nearby buildings were doomed. But
he quick and effective work Of the
department checked the fire and con.
ined it almost entirely to the upper
story of the hotel building.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
JAP PANESE CABINET
RESIGNS WHILE IT
IS UNDER FIRE
Graft Investigation Results in
Many Cabinet Officers Re
signing.
PREMIER OKUMA SETS
EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS

Toxic, July 30.-The Japanese cabi-
net, headed by Count Okuma as pre-
mcr, has rendered its resignation y
Emperor YCshihito. This action fol-
lowed the resignation yesterday Of
Viscount Kanetake Oura, minister of
the interior, following an inVesti2"-
tion by the ministry of Justice into
bribery charges resulting from the
parliamentary elections last March.
Viscount Oura's resignation was
sanctioned by tle emperor, after a
report on the situation A&d Seen made
to him by Count Okuma.
Premier Okuma. believing he
should hold himself responsible for
the acts OF the members Of his cabi-
net, was the first to tender his resig-
nation. The other members immedi-
ately decided to follow tie example
of their. chief.
After receiving Count Okuma the
emperor summoned the Elder states
men fer a conference. A cabinet
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
Retirement From Polish Capital
In Full Swing With Teutons
Closing In On Retreat
ing Slavs.
CITY HAS Been DENUDED OF
ALL VALUABLE MATERIAL

London, July 30Thc Russians facing the problem Of
cvacang Warsaw and the surrounding country without losing
their while the forces making supreme
effort get their line Of retreat.
The Tcuos said to have met with partial this
attempt Berlin official report this stating that Field
Marshall Mackcscn psmng the offensive had reached the
OF CoInublin railway, about midway between the two
Cities and that southeast Of this far the Bug river the
Russian font had been satoncd
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
INSANE PATIENT To
STATE ASYLUM

State Transportation Agent d. J.
McGills left on No. 1 last night for
Beach, where he will take charge of
an insane patient to be transported to
the state hospital for the insane at
Jamestown. On the same trip Agent
McGillis will bring a prisoner from
Dickinson who has been sentenced to
the state penitentiary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
RED CROSS SOCIETY
Is TO CELEBRATE
WARS ANNIVERSARY

Berlin, July 30.-The Red Cross is
arranging for the celebration
throughout Germany of August 1, an
niversary of the outbreak Of the war.
as a day of self-denial 1t is hoped
to raise $4,000, 900 for various char
liable purposes on that day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
TWO AMERICAN SAILORS KILLED
IN ATTACK ON PORT AL PRINCE
Burned at
Stake in a
Texas Toun

Temple, Texas, July 3O.-A mob
here late tonight took Will Stanley,
a negro. held by officers in connec-
tion with the murder here of three
children of w. r. Grimes, from the
office of justice of the peace and
led him to the public square. IIe vas
placed in the public square and burn
to death, where thousands witnessed
the affair.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
Collection
of School
Monies

Collection of interest, income from
contracts, bonds, mortgages and leas.
es on school lands from July l., 1914,
tO :Ju1v 1919 were as follows:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29

to erect the first Capitol building. The
president of to-day Edward Bailey,
served as treasurer for the commission
which erected the present manlncent
structure.
William Wallace First President
The directors organized at Mr..
Schochs tavern, June 13, 1914, when
William Wallace was chosen president
over Robert Harris by single vote
John Downey was made cashier; Fred
erick w. Leopold, then teller of the
"office of discount and deposit, was
chosen clerk, and William Mlleham
was made messenger and watchman.
IT was at O'Clock of July 6. 1914,
in the parlor of Cashier Downey, at
Second and Cherry streets-now the
site of the S. 2. Segelbaum home
that the Harrisburg Bank first opened
for business.
'rhe New Home
William Wallace. Robert Harris and
Christian Kunkel, the building COM
mittee that had been appointed at the
organization meeting, reported that
they had contracted for a house in
Second street 1t was to cost 80, 500
and to be furnished with q vault, etc.
on October 2, 1914, the brick house
adjoining the Nagle house, now on the
site of the Johnston building, became
the banks home. This was occupied
until October. 1917, when the bank
was moved across the street to the
present site. 1t has occupied 1t ever
since. The present bank building was
erected in 1854 by a building COM
mittee consisting of Joseph Wallace,
Rudolph F. Kellker and Valentine
Hummel. The total cost was S15,-
1885, of which $2,500 was for safes,
locks, sewerage and improvements of
outbuildings." In 1895 the adjoining
property was added and converted into
an Office building, and four years later
a committee, consisting of Messrs. Bal
ley Weirman, Kelker and Pancake
supervised the addition of three
story back building, modern vaults,
storage rooms, and so on. The en-
larged space had been necessary since
1898, when the Harrisburg Trust Com
pany was organized.
One Days Business
The first three days the Harrisburg
Bank did business in deposits aggre-
eating $25,5S0.66, while the first day. S
discounts amounted to $16.142.S0. The
first dividend was declarde November
5, 1914. amounting to S2,2S3.52, or 80
cents on each share of stock.
At the suggestion of the Harrisburg
Bank. the first bankers convention
was held there on December 5, 1914.
During the presidency of William
Kerr, November, 1864, the Harrisburg
Bank was transformed from a state
to a national bank. under the name
Harrisburg National Bank (No. 5S0)".
The, same officers were retained and
the transfer was made without fric-
tion.
The Record of Twenty-one Years
William Wallace, the first president
of the bank, died May 20, 1916, and
he was succeeded by Thomas Elder.
John Downey, the first cashier, re-
signed after nine months and was sue
ceeded by John Forster. Upon the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29

death of President Elder, in 1863
Jacob Haldeman became the third
president. He lived but three years
Within the next six years three changes
in the presidency occurred-Wllllam
NJ. Kerr and Valentine Hummel died
and Jacob S. Haldeman withdrew. In
1870 DR.. George w. Reilly was chosen
president and he served until 1891
when he became i'll. In the twenty
one years of his service he missed but
five of the weekly board meetings
Edward Bailey became vice-president
January 21, 1891, and upon Dr. Reily'S
death in 1892 he succeeded to the
presidency March 2.
In War Times
In war times as in peace the Har-
risburg Bank took a prominent part
in the civic affairs of the nation, state
and city. AS early as June 5, 1851
Mr.. Weir advised the directorate that
he had subscribed for $4,000 of the
State war loan. In the days that fol
lowed the bank bought generously OF
government war bonds and subscribed
consistently to war loans In 1861 Johr
a. Weir became subscription agent fol
the United States and the bank served
as his security. Truly those were eX-
citing times. as a wee note scribble6
on the inside page of a record book
would indicate:
July L, 1858, stated thlS-refer-
ence, funds of the bank and
books removed, the Rebels being
in too close proximity"
President Kerr had been aroused al
midnight to take the gold to New York
while Mr.. Weir and his brother re
moved the other valuables to Philadel-
phia.
Sharing Civic Burdens
In it's hundred years of activity the
Harrisburg Bank has taken big par
in the trials and tribulations of the
community. 1t passed through foul
wars: outlived the tcrrors of unstable
currency of the earlier days; passed
uninjured through the panic of 1881
and 1857 and escaped the historic
"Black Friday" of 1869. The Labor
troubles of the early eighties left it un
scathed. Nor did the later widespread
business depressions of 1898 or 190i
affect it's stability.
Incidentally the Harrisburg Bank
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29

or some of it's officers, bore a proni-
nent part in the big improvements.
Most of its directors promoted the
movement to construct the Harrisburg
bridge across the Susquehanna.
Developing Utilities S
Canal, railroad, electric, coal and
other big enterprises have been backed
from time to time with funds supplied
by the Harrisburg Bank; few business
men indeed in the city have not at one
time or another dealt with the Harris
burg Bank. The Harrisburg National
Bank had taken up its share of the
city loans, especially the paving loans,
and the fire companies have been
backed by this institution In 1925
the bank became stockholder in the
Peters Mountain Turnpike Company,
which eventually constructed what has
long since been familiarly known as
the River road. In 1926 the bank
loaned the State 100000 for the pur-
pose of constructing the canal over
which the first packet" passed in
1928. The Harrisburg, Portsmouth
and Mount JOY, the Cumberland Val
ley and the Lebanon Valley Railroads
all received support from the Har-
risburg Bank.
Tho School, the Church, the Grave
The same institution, incidentally,
bore its part in the promotion of edu-
cational institutions, including the
Harrisburg Academy and the Harris
burg Female Seminary. while on nu-
merous occasions directors of the bank
have served on the Harrisburg School
Board. And what is true of the
schools has always been true of the
churches. 1T has never refused to aid
a church. The Harrisburg Hospital
and the State Insane Hospital have felt
the friendship of the bank and mem
bers of its board of directors have
served in similar capacity from time
to time on the governing boards.
Finally the helpful hand of the Har-
risburg Bank followed the citizen OF
Harrisburg to the grave and made 1t
possible for Mr.. and Mrs. Harrisburger
and the little Harrisburgers for great
many years to come to have COM
Portable place to lay their heads in
that splendid sleeping city" that is
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w Q W E N 5
SHOES. Special
lot of Women's
Button and Lace
Shoes, m o S t | y
large sizes. $3.50
and $500 values.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29

Through days of sorrow and of
mirth
Through every swift vicissitude of
changeful Time
Unchanged it has stood.
With the same never-varying regu-
1arity of the clock on the stair the
Harrisburg Bank, or the Harrisburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29

to erect the first Capitol building. The
president of to-day. Edward Balley,
served as treasurer for the commission
which erected the present manihcent
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-04
Picking, May At is stated here that the British are encouraging tho Chinese government to resist the demands of Japan.
H0OSIERS SEE
 EGG EXHIBIT

Lafayette, Ind, May 4-Eggs, from the common garden variety up to the aristrocratic eggs used for settings only, were exhibited here today in show said to be the only one of it's kind ill this part of the country. Not a hen was allowed to look on. It was strict Iy an egg show.
 If egg shows should become as common as poultry shows now are, another stimulus would be furn- ished the poultry industry which would result in the production of more and better eggs," said Prof. George T. Christie today. Christie is superintendent of the department Of agricultural extension of Purdue university. The egs show is held at Purdue.