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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
FOR ITS OPPONENTS
Forestry Appropriation Bill Returned
to Committee.

forestry Appropriation Bill Returned
to Committee.
A motion by Representative War.
ner to return to the appropriations
committee the bills carrying a total
appropriation of 100000 for the state
forestry department prevailed in the
lower house of the legislature by
vote of Sc to 49, This was considered
by opponents of the forestry depart
ment as victory.
The motion stipulated that the ap.
preparations committee and the sen.
ate finance committee should thresh
out the matter together and the bills
be returned to the house included in
the omnibus appropriation bill.
AS the appropriations committee
had taken no action on the bills, al
Though they had been considered at
public hearings, it was pointed out
on the floor that this was a little IT.
regular.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
new YORK HERALD HEAD DIES

Colonel William Jay Found Dead in
Bed at Health Resort.
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
March 29.-Colonel William Jay OF
New York city, vice president Of the
New York Herald company, was
found dead in bed here by Mrs. Jay.
He had been in poor health for some
time and came here about two weeks
ago. Physicians said death was due
to heart failure.
Colonel Jay was seventy-four years
old and had practiced law in New
York city since 1869. He served as
captain in the Civil war and was
brevetted major Aug. 1, 1864.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
BULGARIA STAYS NEUTRAL
Premier 10 Quoted by Writer for Der.
lin PAPER.

Berlin, March 29.-"Premier Rad.
oslavoff of Bulgaria, in an interview
with the Sofia correspondent of the
Berliner Tageblatt," says the Over
seas News agency, declared that the
bulgarian government has decided to
keep up Bulgaria's neutrality so long
as it was in the interest of the coun-
try to do so.'
Bulgaria, he said, was attaching
value to her friendly relations with
Germany. "Rumors of the reconstruc.
ton of the Bulgarian cabinet in a ma
tionalist sense were untrue" the pre-.
mier said, "as the majority of the
chamber of deputies and the country
approved the governments policy"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
LORD ROBERTS, WILL FILED
Late British Field Marshal Had In.
vestments In Minnesota:

Thirty per cent Of the personal
property of the late Field Marshal
Earl Roberts, idol Of Tommy Atkins"
and Of the British empire, was in the
state of Minnesota. A copy of the
celebrated soldiers will has been filed
with Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith and the state will receive an
Inheritance tax of $65313.
The will, sent to the capitol by Earl
Roberts solicitors in New York, shows
that he owned 729 shares Of Great
Northern railway stock, valued at $751;
096, and 849 shares of Great Northern
iron ore stock, appraised at $4,000.
The total personal property is given
as $375,697.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
MORGAN ROBERTSON DEAD

Author Is Found LifeIess After Ner.
vous Collapse.
Atlantic City, N. j., March 25.-
Morgan Robertson of New York, an
author and writer of poetry, was
found dead in his room at a hotel
here.
He had come to the shore to re.
cuperate from nervous collapse and
seemed to be improving.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31

Representative Anderson's bill met
failure.
When the maturity report of the
committee, which voeed to for in
definite postponement, came up, Rep
resentative Anderson moved to have
the bill placed on general orders.
The motion to place the bill on the
general orders was defeated, 80 to
80, and the adoption of the majority
vote followed by an yea and nay vote.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
SHOOTS WIFE AND HIMSELF
Domestic Difficulties eliminate In
Tragedy at St. Paul.

Tragedy at St. Paul.
Three children are fatherless and
may be orphans as result of the de-
vastation of their home when Clay.
ton Smith of St. Paul, forty-three
years old, carpenter, shot down his
wife and then fired bullet into his
brain, killing himself. The wife, with
a bullet wound in the head, is said to
be dying at the city hospital.
The tragedy at the Smith home, &C.
cording to the statement of the chill
dren and relatives, followed domestic
troubles which reached climax
March s, when the husband was ar
rested for beating Mrs. Smith. Smith
was convicted of disorderly conduct
in municipal court, given a suspended
sentence at the request of his wife
and ordered to remain away from
home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
DOCK STRIKE CONTINUES

Despite England's Threats Men De.
cline to Work.
~ New York, March 2S.-,A cable to
the New York Herald from London
says that despite the threats of mill
tary rule in England if the labor trou-
bles were not settled 10000 dock la
borers on the River Mersey at Liver
pool declined to work.
Their grievance is that for the
work they do on Friday and Satur-
day they are not paid until the fol-
lowing Saturday and while this con-
tinues they will not labor on the last
two days of the week. The departure
of number of vessels will be post
poned as a result.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
CONDITIONS ARE APPALLING

Or. 6icknell Of American Red Cross
Seeks Help for servians.
London, March 27.-Dr. Bicknell of
the American Red Cross society has
gone to Paris to confer with DR.. Rich.
ard Strong and representatives of the
British and French governments in an
effort to concentrate against typhus
in Servia.
DR.. Bicknell says conditions in that
unhappy little country are appalling.
II Is imperative to concentrate all ef-
forts to save the people.
Proper sanitation, new clothes and
more medical aid are badly needed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
DEFEATS PROHIBITION BILL

Statutory Measure Killed In Mime
- sofa House..
Statutory statewide prohibition was
defeated In the lower house Of the
legislature when an attempt to over.
ride the committee report recon.
mendtng for indefinite pQstpQpemapt
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
DESPERAD0ES ELUDE POSSE
All Trace Of Oklahoma Bank Robbers
Seems to Be Lost.

All Trace Of Oklahoma Bank Robbers
Seems to Be Lost.
Oklahoma City, Okla, March 29.-
All trace of the band of desperadoes
who escaped from Stroud, Okla, after
robbing two national banks of $4,000
apparently is lost. After eluding a
number of mounted posses and a CON-
pany of Oklahoma national guard they
were reported to have passed through
Kellyville on their way to the fast
nesses of the Kiamichi mountains
Since then no report of their being
seen has been received.
Two of the band, wounded and cap
tured, are held in Jail at Chandler,
Okla
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
SUFFRAGISTS GAIN POINT
Majority Report overruled by Mime
sofa House.

svsOJOssSy SeSPVse SV0sTOuOO ~ "lUUSe
sofa House.
Woman suffrage scored a victory in
the lower house of the legislature
when the majority report of the elec-
tions committee recommending for
indefinite postponement the bill
which would extend the franchise to
women in presidential elections was
overridden and the minority report
recommending the bill for passage
and placing 1t on general orders was
adopted by a vote Of IS to A.
Proponents of woman suffrage
were elated and declared that they
now see a possibility of forcing the
bill through the house and to the
senate. It is probable an effort will
be made to have the measure made a
special order in the house.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
Minnesota OH INSPECTOR.

A. J. Ruth of Mankato, Democratic
candidate for state auditor at the No.
vember election, has been appointed
oil inspector by Governor Hammond.
He will succeed Guy A. Eaton of Du.
luth. an Eberhart appointee, who has
bad the ONCE four years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
FOR VIOLATING NEUTRALITY

Steps Taken to Confiscate German
Steamer OdenwaId.
Washington, March 28.-United
States Attorney Brown, at San Juan,
Porto Rico, reported that he has
libeled the German steamer Oden-
valid and that the ship is now in Gus
tody of the United States marshal.
This Is the first step in proceedings
to have the Odenwald confiscated for
alleged violation Of American neu.
trality.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
CALLS OUT ALPINE TROOPS

Italy Makes Further Preparations to
Enter European War.
Rome, March 29.-An the Alpine
troops of the first category, born in
1888, have been called to the colors
by the Italian war department for
forty-five days.
The official military journal also
calls to the colors all artillery and on
gineer reserve officers for sixty days
from April 16.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
BILL KILLED BY committee
Westlake Measure Would Increase
Railroad Fares.

Railroad Fares.
Senator Westlake's bill to raise pas
senger fares on Minnesota railroads
to ~ cents mile was killed by
unanimous vote of the senate COM
mittee on railroads and warehouses
after further hearing had been given
to J. B. Shean and F. w. Root, attor.
neys for the Omaha and Milwaukee
roads. Senator Edward Rustad, chair
man Of the committee, said that in
view Of the pending Investigation by
the interstate commerce commission
he did not think this proper time
for the state to decide the question.
Senator O. A. Lende said there was
not proper time at this session for an
adequate investigation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31

Major General Sir William R. Rob
ertson has been appointed chief of
the British general staff to succeed
Major General Sir A. J. Murray. No
mention is made as to why Major
General Murray has been removed.
He has been chief of the general staff
since 1914, and twice during the pres
ent war has been mentioned in re-
ports by Field Marshal French.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
Bio FiQht IL Postponed.

Havana, March 28.-The fight be-
tween Jack Johnson and Jess Willard,
which had been scheduled to take
place here on April 4 for the heavy.
weight championship Of the world.
has been postponed until Monday.
April 8.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
JUDGES MAY RULE FOR TnAW

Court Said to Stand to I Against
Forcing Return to Asylum.
New York, March 28.-Judging by
statements made by the New York
court of appeals the judges stand
three to one in favor of allowing Har-
ry Thaw to return to New Hampshire,
from which state he was extradited
here to be tried on the charge of con-
spiracy to escape from Matteawan.
AS he was acquitted his attorneys
appealed to the court for a ruling pre-
venting his forcible return to the
criminal insane asylum.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
LANDSLIDE DEATH LIST UP
Victims Of Britannia Mining Camp
Now Number Flfty-four.

Now Number Fifty-four.
Vancouver, B. c., March 26.-Ac.
cording to reports from Britannia
Beach, where a snow and landslide
wiped out part of mining camp,
the list Of victims now totals fifty
four, two more bodies having been re-.
covered. All told twenty-eight bodies
have been taken from the debris and
the missing number twenty-six.
An inquest failed to throw light on
the cause of the slide.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
CANADA VOTES $780, 600, 00Q
Resolution 10 Passed With Few Min
utes' Discussion.

Ottawa, March 25.-A resolution
for a $100,000,0 900 war vote was moved
by Prime Minister Borden and was
adopted after only few minutes dis
cussion.
The bill based on the resolution
was also introduced and was given
first reading.
The special war taxes not already
in operation all come into force on
April 15. This includes the war stamp
on letters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
CLEMENCY GRANTED REBEL
South African Assembly Removes
Death Penalty.

Capetown, Union of South Africa,
March 25.-The assembly unanimous.
ly passed an amendment to the war
indemnity bill removing the death
penalty from all participants in the
recent rebellion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
Who Is Wrong?

Is it the Goodyear user. whose
choice is confirmed by some
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31

tVV,VVV ON"
ers? Or is
it the m an
who still as
sumes that
another tire IS
better?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
Fortified Tires
Now in the Light

Men expect much of the top
place tire. They look for a SUPER
tire in it. Any seeming fault due
to mishap or misuse. becomes a
defect in this glare.
But Goodyear Fortified Tires,
teryears in thisliaht hold higher
place than ever. Last year men
bought 1.479.883 Goodyears Of
the pleasure-car type alone. That's
about one tire for every car in use.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
RUSSIANS. AGAIN
MENACE HUNGARY
Sldv Forces at Gates Of Coun-
try for Third Time.
SUPREME EFFORT EXPECTED
Believed Teutons Will Make Desper.
ate Attempt to Prevent Advance
Of Cars Troops.
SUPREME EFFORT EXPECTED

Rome, March 28.-Every
measure possible has been
taken by the Italian govern {
ment preparatory to the be- {
ginning of hostilities by Italy {
on the side of the allies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31

put. For your
own sake, Try
them. The
followingGood-
year Service
Stations will
supply you:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31

proved py 0OOQyear supremacy
the right way to Judge a tire2
Lower Prices
On February 1 Goodyear made
the third big price reduction in
two years. The three total $%.
Yet the tires are constantly bet.
tered. In FIVE costly ways each
exclusive to oodyear-ourForti-
fed Tires excel anyother tire built.
And each is a great trouble-saver.
They mean for you tire content.
They mean most for your money,
because of our matchless out
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10
The Vampire Bat.

The true vampire bat is Il quite in.
significant creature, not unlike II
noctule bat in general appearance and
size, but with a small nose leaf" and
no web between the hind legs. The
really remarkable thing about it is
its perfect adaptation for secret and
painless bloodletting. Most bats have
teeth very like those of the carnivora,
with long cannes and small inciSors.
but in the true b~loodsucking vampire
bat the incisors are very large and
broad and exceedingly sharp edged.
thus being able to intlict a shaving
surface cut which causes no pain, but
Il great deal of bleeding. Indeed. not
only does the sleeper yery rarely wake
under the winged bloouletter's atten.
tons, but Il bite may he inflicted un,
felt on Il person who is awake ut the
tilme.-LOndOn Graphic.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10
GUY Nickalls Back.

Coach Guy Nickalls Of the Yale var
sity crew is back from England and is
now working trying to develop an eight
to meet Harvard on the Thames next
June. He said recently:
"The prospects for the coming season
are bright. Five Of last years univer-
sity men are with us and the whole Of
last years second and freshman crews.
Recognizing that a good football team
is Of paramount Importance, every en-
enlargement has been given likely can
didates to join the football! squad. We
shall in consequence be without the
services of j. Sheldon Of last years
four. A new boat has been presented
to the university by Louis Stoddard,
which will, however. be kept for the
spring ace. New oars have arrived
from England. and the coaching launch
es and all the craft are in first class
order"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10
The Norwegian Costume.

1t is ut church in Norway that the
national costume is best seen. In the
north the ONE wear short dark
gowns, with fringed h%andkerchiefs
tied becomingly owe their curly fair
hair, black ones for the matrons and
white ones for maidens. In the south
the old Norwegian dress is often worn.
It consists Of Il short dark petticoat.
with a stripe of bright colors, a full
white blouse and a red bodice heavily
embroidered, while on Sundays a guam
tity of silver pins and chains are add
ed. The headdress varies according to
the occasion and the wearer's social
condition. The girls yea jaunty red
caps, the married women a Golf made
Of many folds of starched white linen.
plated over a wooden frame, and IL
bride wears a high metal crown curl
ously chased and set with jewels.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10
CREMATION IN INDIA.
The 6rahman's Funeral Pyre and the
Ceremony Of Burning.

After the body Of Il Brahman has
been anointed with sesa2num Oil the
big toes are bound together and the
two thumbs. 1t is then dashed to u lit
ter made of two long parallel poles, to
which are fastened seven transverse
pieces of wood. The shroud is very
simple, Il large piece of cloth wrapped
round the body and bound with ropes
OF straw. II the dead Brahman leaves
a will his face is not covered; other
wise the shroud is brought up over the
head.
The burning ground, or CHAT, is usll-
ally near Il river that those who have
taken part in the ceremonies may puri-
fy themselves as quickly and as easily
as possible. Before erecting the flu
neral pyre a shallow pit is dug and
partially filled with dry wood; the body
is covered with splinters of dry wood
and s%prinkled with p~anchagaria, an in
f1ammable liquid, and placed on the
pyre and covered with branches and
roots, like a hut.
The nearest relative or heir then
takes a lighted taper and sets fire to
the four corners of the pile and leaves
at once to perform the ceremony OF
publication. The carriers. being of the
lowest caste. remain until the body is
entirely Observation-Disclosures Ga.
Zette.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10
THE UBIQUITOUS TURKEY.
He Has Spread All Over the World
Despite His Retiring Ways.

He Has Spread All Over the World
Despite His Retiring Ways.
In every corner of the globe almost,
at least where civilization has spread
It's %epicurean taste, may be found the
domcsticatcd turkey-not, however, OF
his W volition. Never would he, in
his wild state, have sought to cross
the stormy seas to find green fields
and pastures new.
He is not 50 constructed. He is not
bold on adventurous Of disposition. On
the contrary. he is timid and much
afraid of things lie does not under
stand and when undisturbel is prone
to let we'll enough alone and get along
with his accustomed feeding grounds.
Again, as Il tiier the turkey is not Il
pronounced success. He flies ponder
ously, almost painfully and with great
effort and only when very much fright
enen. His flight can be sustained for
only a short distance, but what the
wild turkey lacks as an aviator he
fully makes up as a Splinter.
He can Outrun a race horse, especial
ly i'll his W native forest, where
underground and bushes seem hut to
add to his speed. But he could not
have flown owe the ocean even ii he
had had that unnatural desire.
He was taken over by the hand of
man, first to Spain, then to other
Mediterranean countries. to northern
Europe, to the far east, until now he
is we'll nigh omnipresent. And this
spreading out of his kind even unto
the ends of the earth is all due to the
enhancing qualities his meat takes
on when properly baked or roasted.-
New York Herald.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10

Verses 4-G, s, 8, II, 15.-The timely
eXhortations.
Amos had said enough to make clear
to the majority Of his unsympathetic
hearers what ought to be done. Seek
yc me, and We shall live Seek We me
and live is more accurate. 10 seek
Go was a common phrase and refer
red to the practice of consulting God
through prophets and oracles. The
same expression was used by the hea-
hen OF their gods. Amos urged them
to get acquainted with the will of Je-
hovah and have respect to it, that they
may live and escape the coming desc
latlon. "Bethel' vas ten miles north
OF Jerusalem. 1t was the chief sane
tuary Of the northern kingdom. Gil
GAL was about eight miles north Of
Bethel. "Beersheba" was about fifty
miles south of Jerusalem. 1t is vain
to worship God like the people who
attend these shrines, for their worship
is il hollow mockery. Break out"
Nothing could keep down the irresist-
BILE power OF Jehovah's wrath, which
would be like fire in the house of
Joseph" Joseph was one of the most
powerful tribes. and the name was
used Of the northern kingdom. Seven
Stars AN old English name of the
pleiades" CDriver). "Shadow of death"
BLACKLIST darkness" is changed Into
the morning." The reference is to the
change from night to day. "Calleth for
the waters of the sea- Jehovah also
controls the ocean, and at his word the
floods overflow and inundate the land.
"Strengtheneth the spoiled "Bringeth
sudden Instruction. Good and not
evil" The repeal is here repeated in Il
different way, and the thought is di-
rected to the practical effects on their
lives of their attitude to moral good
ness or to wickedness Establish
Judgment" Set it on stable founda-
tons for the benefit Of individual and
national character. 'The remnant Of
Joseph" Those who survive the ap-
preaching catastrophe will be presery-
ed by the grace of Jehovah.
o Lord. help us as patriots and as
Christians to lend our money and our
selves to making our country Christian.
The Lesson Hymn.
[Hymnal. No. 255. Tune, Woodworth.1
Return, O wanderer. return,
And seek an injured Fathers face.
Those warm desires that in thee burn
Were kindled by reclaiming grace.
Return. o wanderer. return,
And seek a Fathers melting heart;
His plying eyes thy grief discern,
His hand shall heal thine inward smart.
Return, o wanderer, return;
Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live:
Go to his bleeding feet and learn
How freely Jesus can forgive.
William b. COllyer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-10

~ AAAAA 'pNoN AAS Nolu Nll4 \JV1.
xiii, 2S).
Verses 1-3.-The dangerous situation.
The prophet Amos went from his ma
tive Tekoa, in Judah, to the people in
the north. But instead Of needing the
word of God they turned q deaf ear
and Went on in their evil courses.
His appeals to history and reason We're
rejected, and SO he decided to take
up and utter concerning them "a
lamentation." The dirge expressed his
sorrow ove the impending fate of the
''house of Israel" which was to be IL
retrievable. The virgin of Israel is
fallen The nation is p%ersonified and
Is pictured as a maiden distressed and
destitute, with no one ito raise her
up and restore her to a position Of
safety. Thousand, **+ hundred, ~ =
ten" What u fearful reduction of the
forces on the field of battle in conse-
quence Of the overwhelming slaughter!
Verses Z, 1O-13.-Thc ~denunciation.
Amos was O%utspOken. His desire
was to purify the people. Turn judg-
ment to wormwood." The figure was
suggested by Il poisonous and bitter
herb. He pointed out that the leaders
more especially We're guilty of pervert-
ing the sweetness of justice into the
bitterness of injustice. Leave off
righteousness" Cast down righteous
ness so that it trails In the dust.
Hate him that rebuketh in the gate
The gateway of the city was the place
where justice was administered by the
judge. ".Abhor him that speaketh up
rightly" Amos a doubtless refer
ring to his own experience. Threading
is upon the poor They trampled
upon the rights and privileges Of the
poor and took advantage Of their help
lessness to crafty their W greed and
lust. Burdens Of wheat" EXactions
of grain were made from the peasants,
who We're expected to make presents
to the grasping nobility and even then
obtain but scant recognition. Houses
of hewn stone" These fine buildings
were founded ION the bodies and souls
Of living men," and the prophet fear
lessly censured the culprits. mot
dwell in them" They will be tragical-
ly deprived Of gains, and justice will
be fully measured out. Turn aside
the poor" The needy We're thrust
aside, and no opportunity was given
them to defend their cause. 1.-The
prudent shall keep silence How Of
ten the conspiracy of silence has
! wrought damage because towards,
sfraid vt their positions, have done
evil time" Perils abound, aud disas-
ter Is on its way.