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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
VARINA ATTACKED.

London, Oct 2S.-A bucharest dis.
Eatche to the iStesani News agency
filed yesterday says That Ghe Russians
have begun an attack on Varna, OH
the Black sea coast of Bulgaria. Con.
siderable damage has been, done t.
the town. Varna is one. Of the two
chief Black Sea ports of Bulgaria.
A dispatch received here frCn S.
fla says that after a long and san
culinary fight the Bulgarians captured
the fortress of lPyrot
The dispatch adds that some civil
ians were killed in the bombardment
of Varna, 5ut that little material dam.
age was done.
Need Copper.
Abandonment of little used cable
on street car lines, so that copper
might be obtained for war purpose,
las been ordered by the municipality
Of Kiel, Germany, according to a dis.
patch from Copenhagen, "hicl de.
clares that the tearing lpp of t1rec
streets for this purpose has been be-
gum.
The British cruiser. Argyll, has run
aground off the cast coast of Scotland
and may he a total wreck. All hands
were rescued. This was$made known
by the Admiralty today.
The Argyll, 10,S5O tons displace-
ment. was laid down in 1902 He-
normal complement is G55. SAe is 40
feet long -'.~-''.'
The foreign secretary. Sir Edward
Grey, in the house of commons today
said that the United States govern
ment Fad the rig.l. to demand the sub
to an international tribunal
CT the verdict Of the British prize
cclrrt. Sir Edward made this admis-
sion on being pressed as to the power
given to the American government in
this regard in the British note OF
July 81, last.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
GophI|'.e';r's pI|'. :;
Leaue for
Champagne /! I II

Minneapolis, Oct. 2S-The Univer.
sity of Minnesota football team had it's
final local workout late this after
noon, and went from Northrop field to
the armory, where a mass meeting of
students was held. The squad left
tonight for Chicago where practice is
to be held tomorrow to put on the
finishing touches for the battle with
Illinois Saturday. They expect to
reach Champagne Just before the
game. There were 35 players in the
party that left here tonight. Tltey
appeared to be in highly cheerful
mood. So far. the two teams have
met in nine contests, of which Mime.
sofa has won seven and Illinois two.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
sTRONG-ARMED
c. c. Scanlon Stops Here to See Dent.
ist, But Loses Bank Roll
in Alley. ' ,-.

St. Paul, MINI, Oct. CSC. c. Scan
Ion, plasterer of Dawson, N. d., VII:
not have dentist work on mis- teeth
here as result of his encounter W.,
a stranger in an alley near Jackson
and Third streets.
'Scanlon appeared in police corr; g.
day as complainant against Edward
Underwood, charged with grand lar
oeny. Tle plasterer alleges Under
wood strong armed him last night and
took draft for 500 and S25 in cur.
rency from his pocket. '..
II was on my way nome to Lin
coin, Neb., to see my 17-year-old rm'in-
err, who is seriously ill., said ScanloI,,
II Just stopped off here 10 nave m5'
teeth fixed"
Underwood will appear in police
court tomorrow for arraignment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
FLANAGAN. IS .
0UTI'0N PAROLE
Former St. Paul Police Chief
and Turner Are Re-
leased

St. Paul, Oct. 2S-Martin ]. Flan'
nagan, former chief of police Of ST..
Paul, and Fred Turner, former city de.
tective, were released from the state
penitentiary late today on parole
They had been confined since April 3,
1914, serving indeterminate sentenc-
'es, following their conviction on the
charge of accepting bribes from un.
der-world characters.
The state board of pardons had Civ.
en- no intimation Of their intention to
parole the two men, and it was not
until Flanagan reached his home to-
night that the news became known.
At the home of the former police
head no information was forthcoming
as to the manner in which he had ac-
cepted the parole, nor would the pris-
on officials at Saltwater talk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
TWENTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN DIE IN
PEABODY FIRE
Others Injured As Flames De.
stroy st. Johns Paro-
chial School
ALARM SOUNDS AS
PRAYER IS FINISHED
Crippled Girl Falls in Passage
way and Other Children Stun
ble Over Her

Peabody, Mass, Oct, 2S.-Twenty.
one children, most of them girls, rang
ing in age from z to II years, per-
ished today in q fire which DESTROYED
st. Johns palpchial school Another
girl has injuries watch may prove
fatal, while Others were less severely
hurt. II gs;4 q .
The GOO children lad entered their
class rooms for the morning session
and prayer had Just ssbeen finished,
when the fire was discovered.
Panic at the Front Door.
Although majority of the children
were guided to safety by sisters Of
the order Of Notre Dame, who were
their teachers, panic seized large
number as they neared the front door,
IA girl, believed to nave ibeen a Grip
pie, fell in the front vestfbule, accord
ing to Rev. Nicholas Murphy, pastor
of st. Johns Roman Catholic church,
and over her body child after c.lild,
fearful of the flames, and pressed on
by the crowd behind, stumbled and
fell choking the exit. It was in the
yestbbule that nearly all the bodies
were found.
ss.a,t March ORDERLY at First,
3Rnt for. the falling of the crinnled
child. Father Murnhy said the lhuild.
ing rwna,id have l1een cleared i'm two
minutes as had been done in practice
drill.
The p,pils. marshaled by the teach.
ers in the rooms -,ad filed in the cor.
ridcrs and started down the stairs in
orderly Docession. notwithstanding
curling fumes 81 smoke. until the
BLOCKADE occurred at the front door.
Then with. cries: Of those below In
their ears. the children in the rear Of
TIA binne scattered IN the rooms On
all tilree tfioors Of the building.
Jun1n From Second Floor.
Those 5on the lower floors dropped
safely to the ground. From. the sec.
pnd floor most Of the children, super.
vised by tie sisters, Jumped inxo the
coats wgAich firemen and bystanders
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
AUSTRIANS ROUNDED UP.
Five 20 be Returned to Canada as
Escaped Prisoners of War,

WilIiston,. N. D.. Oct 2S.-Five Aus
trian laborers. wanted bv the Cana
dian authorities for having left the
country without permission, after hav-
ing been registered as alien enemies.
we're arrested here at the instance of
Enumeration Inspector c. B. Holton of
Portal. AS they did not formally pre-.
sent themselves at a port of entry,
they will be deported to Winnipeg to
be turned over to the Canadian gov
ernment as escaped prisoners of war.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
FIRST GAME REFUGE SET APART
Tract Near Towner, N. D., Well Suited
r for Preservation Of Grouse
and Deer,

Towner, N. D., Oct. 2S.-Four sec.
tions of land few miles southeast of
This place have been set apart by the
state game and fish board as a game
refuge, the first to be established in
the state. The tract is to be game
refuge for ten years; all hunting will
be forbidden. The game laws provide
heavy penalty for being found with.
in $50 feet of the boundary of the re-
fuge with firearms. The tract will be
posted every so rods around its boun-
Diary. It is we'll timbered and espe-
cially adapted for grouse and deer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
$500 Brit0ns Fall Each
Day.; $1,000 in October


London, Oct. 28.-British cas-
ualities published since Oct. I total
2,2s5 officers and 5o,072 non.com.
missioned officers and men. .rt se
These figures show on average
loss Of nearly $500 men a day. This
is considerably in excess Of the
casualties earlier in the war and
reflects the heavy losses Of the
British in the recent severe fight
ing in Belgium.
During the summer the losses
averaged about 1,500 daily. In
April and May, when the heaviest
fighting at the OardanelIes was in
progress, the daily average was
about 1000.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
ITALIANS Gain
IN OFF ENSVE
ALONG |SONzO
Prisoners Tell Tale of Terrific
Artillery Bombardments
in Mountains
ENEMY RETREAT UNDER
BIG WALL OF FIRE
Bulgarians Have Captured Fort
ress of Pyrot-Varna
Is Stormed

Udine, Italy, Oct. Z8.-,News of the
great Italian offensive along the Ison-
20 front is being brought down by the
wounded and the men of che conveys
which are escorting Austrian prison
ers to the rear. In three days over
5000 prisoners have passed through
Udine, which gives some idea of t,le
magnitude of, the operation.
An Internal.
All the soldiers agree that the ar
tillery preparations preceding the Of
fensive lasting three days, was ap-
paling.
IF it was an internal for u.s. said
a wounded gunner, chow much worse
was it for those yonder, where the
shells BURST"
The Italian soldiers assert with
pride that they are now reaping the
benefit of a systematic destruction Of
the Austrian observatory points on
the mountain peaks mastered, after a
fierce struggle during the past :1ronta
and the lack of which they say has
greatly decreased the aim of the Aus
trian. The men say that six months
of warfare has enabled them to un-
derstani the tricks Of their oppon-
ents. @Ehitii
When the Italian artillery prepared
the way fer an infantry attack on
the entrenchments, the soldiers de-
clared, the Austrians would retire. As
they retreated the Austrians set fire
20. a long tract Of country, making a
wall Of fire toprotect tlew from the
pursuing italians.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
ILLEGAL 70 POST RENTED LAND.

Ellendale, N. d., Oct. 2S.-Taat a
tenant cannot legally post his lands
against hunting was the decision
reached in judge 1iiIerkooa's court
of Sargent county Wien tie case Of
Henry Mehmert vs.. Percy Foster was
up for hearing.
The last session made the hunting
law very explicit in regard to posting
no hunting signs, which states that nc
one has the authority except the own
er or mis- authorized agent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
BOUND OVER ON
ARSON CHARGE

George d. Lee of Hatton, waived
examination yesterday before Justice
Hegge of Hatton, and was bound over
to the district court on a charge of
third degree arson. Bonds were fixed
at $4,000. Lee was brought back from
Oregon to face the arson charge, the
complaint in the case having been
made by State Fire Marshal Runge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
$4oo, 1000 BALTIMORE FIRE.

Baltimore, Md. Oct 2S.-The Unit
ed States bonded waremcuse. on piers
"a and 50, of the TRalr,nore & OHIO
railroad. at Locust 5To'at was totally
destroyed iby tihe5 ..,,Aitht. Records.
were destroyed and estimates Of the
value of tine contents OF the ware
house varied between 100000 and
$40O, 900. The buildings and piers were
valued at $l50;O00. @sS.r3%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29

Northeast Corner Is Danger Spot.
For the moment, the danger spot
for. the serbians Is the northeast cor.
ner, where they are being attacked
from three sides, and must eventually
fall back toward the southwest. Thus
far. they have been retiring in good
order and despite the seriousness Of
the situation, optimism prevails In
Serbian quarters in London, which
probably are best able to Judge of as,
sistance being sent by France, Great
Britain and Russia '%.' A>f i,.}1 r-=2' y
French Land 10000 Men. &
The French, according to German
dispatches, have already landed 15O,-
900 men, with 100 guns at Saloniki.
While the whereabouts of the Brit
ish reinforcements remains secret,
that they are of considerable size may
be judged from the fact that although
General Sir Charles Monro, recently
appointed to command the Gallipoli
operations, is already on the spot, the
government had decided to send Ma
jor General Sir Bryan Mahon, who
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
FULTON GETS DECISION
OVER ARTHUR PELNE

Oshkosh, Wis, Oct. 2S.-Fred Full
ton was accorded the decision over
Arthur Pelkie, in the fifth Iound Of
the scheduled ten-round bout here to-
night. Fulton had knocked Pelkie
down twtlve times in this round and
the fight was stopped. Hundreds of
fight fans from outside the city were
present at the battle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
ABANDON HATTERAs TRIP.

Ocean City, Maryland. Oct. 2S.--
Beyrl II. Kendrick, who left Albany,
New York, at $3.50 this morning in a
hydroplane in an attempt to fly to
Cape Hatteras, n. c., lost his way in
a dense for after passing Sea side
Park, N. J., and when overtaker by
darkness was obliged to land in Affa'
woman bay, near here.
The trip to Hatteras will be aban.
doned and Kendrick with his machine
will leave tomorrow for New York.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
Speaking for Premier Asquith, the Min.
lister of Munitions Answers Rumors
of Early End of War.
SERBS CAPTURE uSkUP
SAYS SAL0NIkI REPORT
Teuton Allies Advance in Serbia Along
the Timok River, According to Ger
man Official Statement. a.
PEACE RUMoRs DENIED

London Oct 28-An emphatic denial that Great Britain
engaged peace negotiations direct indirect
made by David Lloyd George the minister of munitions in
ply to question in the House of Commons today.
Mr. Lloyd George spoke for Premier Asqt when the que
ton up. The query to whether unofficial
changes of views had been carried between Berlin and Lon
don with the possible object of the conclusion of early peace
and whether inquiries Of similar nature had been made by Of
dcial representatives of any neutral powers.
Certainly not the reply Of the minister of NUM-
tons.' ~.ss>. .a:
Ionon Oct. 2SOutside Of the German official statement
which records advance of the Austro German forces and the
capture by the Bgaans of Seacr and Knajevats both the
mo northeast Nsh and the heights Of Prot almost d
recy Of Nsh there little authentic Of the nva
sion of Serbia. .,,.t, '''&t F1 i. ,. So
There reports however that the Serbans have captured
Uskup which improbable Saonik dispatches report
The French hold the line of Krivoak ladoyst and Srnm
isa for with army there and the Serbans at Ve Uskup
would form a dangerous salient ~ 5=.&s , ss%# .tS.3
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29

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Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20

II American farmers would raise food
crops as Europeans do we would not
have TO pay as much for our living. Even
Russia beats us seven bushels on pota-
toes.
The empire OF Germany, with a total
acreage less than the state Of Texas. pro-
duces annually. seven times more pota-
toes than are produced in all the states
OF the union. Yet these European fields
were under cultivation for centuries be-
fore the ships were built which landed
Columbus on our shores.
According TO the reports OF the United
States Department OF Agriculture. the
average yield of cotton 20 the acre for
the ten years ending with the season OF
1909 was 1s4.7 pounds. Under the instruc-
tion OF the cotton culture department OF
the Southern Railway in many cases the
yield OF seed cotton was as pounds 70
the acre, as compared with 4s4 pounds on
similar lands where such instruction was
not followed. What was equivalent 20
nearly one bale OF lintetotton' 10 the acre
as compared with little pore than one
third OF a bale produced by the old meth
DDS OF farming.
Wheat Is the most important staple
OF the white man 90 OD.OO0 people. or
about 20 ~ csnt. o, fhs-rosuia'i1a CO The
globe. are sustained mainly ~ wheat
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20
Yellowstone Park Bears

OF the kitchen exactly as WI feed a New
foundland dog.
The proprietor had TO put up a strone
screen door. not to keep out flies, but to
keep out Mistah Beah.
One day Joe found the door ajar and
came into the kitchen, general sacked
the place, helping himself to everything
in sight.
All at once an old cat that had kittens
jumped for Joe. and he went through the
window and took tho sash with HIM.
Joe weighs about 600 pounds.
All visitors in the park are warned
never to feed bears ont OF the hand AMI
to keep at least twenty-five yards away.
for bear. no matter how friendly, IL
apt to he careless He Is ambidextrous.
and has hands for feet that arc IN much
need OF manicuring
The government does not allow any
one TO kill bears In the Yellowstone UNI
less In "self-defense" The term self
defense however, Is an elastic one. for
the rule OF reason applies
There are bad bears as well as bad
men.
a bad bear is ono given to the burglar
habit
Grizzlies have a sense OF honor and
keep their distance They will feed at
the dumping ground. but they never come
up to the hotel and look over zee register
| Occasionally there Is black bear that
will locate the commissary. He win claw
the door to pieces rip off tho shutters
and take his own wherever he finds &c.
In cases OF this kind the soldiers are
notified to do their duty.
| A bad bear is shot first and tried after
ward.
The other way to get rid OF bad bear
Is to put some meat In an iron cage, at
tach rope 20 a trap-door and walt until
Colonel Bear goes for the meat and then
drop the door.
All you have TO do after that is to put
on an express tag and ship the bear to
East Aurora or wherever he Is needed
for geological purposes. The government
does not sell bears but II gives them away
TO scientific gents
We stood about a hundred feet from
the bear dump at one inn and watched
six full-grown black beers and two cubs
investigating the pure food labelA on the
tin cans. A bear Will take a tin can in
his paws. stand up and pour the con-
tents down his gobble.
These bears we're perfectly oblivious TO
our presence. not realizing for moment
that there wero distinguished people in
the party. All at once every bear. lifted
up his head shifted, stood perfectly
sllent-and then beat Il for cover. The
two little bears went 10 the trees as IL
a summons server was after them.
We could not imagine what the trouble
was. when all at once out of the thicket
emerged three grizzlies. The grizzlies are
the boss OF the dump. They are little
slow In getting around, but when they
arrive tho black bears find is convenient
TO keep previous engagements.
A bear will always get out Of the way
for man. unless tho man happens "a
be between n she-bear and her cubs. Their
the man may get into difficulty. but with
reasonable care there Is no more danger
in Yellowstone park from bears thar
from horses
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20
NlH
q

growing In the year so OF the Christian
era-at the time when Justinlan was EN-
peror-and continued until Il was cut
down In 1891, period of 1874 years, \
does not astonish us that the everlasting
hills" should see the centuries flow by
without themselves changing but whom
any living thing continues its individual
life while nations and empires pass away
we cannot help being STRONGLY impre ssed.
BY the figures placed on the section OF
this tree we see which Of the rings OF
growth visible there Was in process Of
formation when Mohammed fled from
Messa (the "Hegira'O which when the
Moors crossed over the Straits of Glib
raltar TO take possession OF Spain; which,
when their $50 years of empire ended with
the conquest OF Granada. by that time
the tree had become giant ten or
twelve feet in diameter In the same way
we may trace its stage OF growth at the
time OF the discovery OF America, when
IL was already nearly 1000 years old; at
the time Of the conquest OF Mexico and
that OF Peru; when Hendrick Hudson,
visited the savages OF Manhattan Island;
when the Pilgrim fethers landed; when
the revolution began etc. Look and see
how slight a part OF the growth OF this
tree Is included within the period since
our union Of states was born.
IL is very interesting 60 notice how
variable Ia the width OF the spaces oc-
oupied by the successive rings, The width
decreases as tho circumference increases
until they are but a small fraction OF on
inch wide. But often they are seen 70
have increased in width for period OF
many years and then 10 have decreased
for another period. In this way they
form a pictured history OF the vagariel
OF the climate in California during the
last 1900 years. The dry years and tn,
wet years, the eras of drouth and Of
luxuriance for vegetable life. are al
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20
BY GARRETT p. sERvIss.

You may read about the giant trees"
of California, but you will form no con-
ception of their majestic size from any
description comparable with that which
bursts upon your mind on seeing, at
the American Museum of Natural Hist
ory. the enormous section of one of these
trees fastened against the wall in the
Hall of North American Forestry"
1t is a circular slice cut straight across
the grain of "a sequoia Glgantea, whose
trunk was sxten feet in diameter, or fifty
feet in circumference Placed I'm a
horizontal, position. this T., huge section
would form round table at which
twenty or twenty-five persons could conf
fortably sit. Its area is 300 square feet
II would cover a large room. A similar
section, Of the biggest oak or elm or pine
or sycamore or tulip tree that grows in
the eastern states. placed beside it, would
resemble an .old-fashloned S-cent silver
piece beside trade dollar.
In fact, the, picture that rises in the
mind of the visitor on looking at this
tremendous trunk is overwhelming! 1t
seems as if such a tree must have grown
upon some greater planet than ours. on
Jupiter. for instance, and must have
sheltered a, race of Goliaths and Clycops.
while mammoths polished their worries
against it's shaggy bark, and massive,
elephant footed moas. perched upon its
mighty branches. though how they could
have got up so high is an insoluble
problem. -'- % .
Yet this imposing specimen OF the big
tree" is really understood! The average
L." l..
twenty-five feet, and section from a
tree like that would be nearly Eighty
feet. instead OF fifty in circumference.
At least one sequoia has been cut down
whose diameter was almost thirty-one
feet, and circumference ninety=sixl. 1t
had bark foot-and-s-half thick! That
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20

called the bear dump Here the gar
bage OF the hotel is carried usually at a
certain time. say, nc 5 In the evening.
The bear dump used to he close up be
hind the hotel, but now in most places
Il has been removed fully half q mile
away. this on account OF the fact that
n bear has no recognition OF the rights
Of property. He Is an attorney by ma
ture.
He levles on anything he wants and
finds excuse for carrying It off. Meum
and tuum arc not In his lexicon.
One OF the kitchen boys was delegated
to carry the garbage away in barrels on
a two-wheeiod cart every afternoon.
This boy found that by scattering gar
bage along the roads dozens OF bears
would come out to meet him.
lie would also occasionally stop and
make friends with them by throwing
them morsels out OF the barrels.
Bears have temperament No two arc
alike In disposition. Some are friendly,
others arc suspicious. Some arc selfish,
grasplng unreasonable.
This boy allowed Venturesome youne
bears 70 climb up on the cart and help
themselves out OF the barrel
One day he allowed the wrong bear 10
climb up. The bear Just reached for him
once.
1t was the boys fault, OF course. and
he passed In his resignation TO the hotel
company when they declined to get him
new suit OF clothes.
The next man who drove that cart
carried a blacksnake whip; and when a
couple of young grizzlies insisted on
climbing up on the cart he just jumped
Off the cart and chased them a quarter
OF mile giving each bear, according e
the Delaware custom, forty lashes, with
few extra for good measure,
After that the bears evidently passed
the word along, whip behind
Strict orders are given never to feed
bears at any place except the bear dump
| One hotel has a bear known as Joe
who has become a part OF the family
He sleeps under the hotel and Is fed Out