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The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

pected home for a few hours that day,
and what fine opportunity it would
be to make an important capture.
The clock struck half past five.
HIM" grunted the corporal 1T
doesn't seem that late; but. you know,
you can't tell anythink about any
think in this blarsted country"
Brinton now began to be very much
afraid that his father would come be-
fore the soldiers left. He wanted to
move the pendulum faster and faster.
but after what the corporal had SAID
he did not dare to. Then. when the
men lapsed into silence. it suddenly
came over Brinton how dreadfully
weary he was, how all his bones ached.
But he felt that his fathers only
chance of safety lay in his keeping
the pendulum swinging to and fro. to
and fro.
At last. however, came the welcome
sound of the corporars voice bidding
the men get ready to start.
Whang-whang- whang-whang-w hang-
whang.
Fall in ordered the corporal For
ward. march,
AS the sound of their footsteps died
away. Brinton. all of tremble. opened
the door of the clock and stumbled
out. He knelt at the window and
watched the retreating forms of the
redcoats. AS they disappeared down
the road he. heard a noise behind him,
and jumped up with a start.
There stood his father.
The next instant Brinton was Sob
bling in his arms.
Brinton's mother came into the
room. Dear me- she said: what ever
can be the matter with the clock? It's
half an hour fast"
Copyright BY Harper 4 Brothers.)
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
BRUNRO AND BONA

say. there is not another girl or boy
for many a days ride about here
who knows as much as she does. And
there is nothing proud about her.
either For not even the father him
self is kinder to us when we are in
trouble. IT'S strange, indeed. that
you had never heard of Bona"
Now. it happened that Brunoro.
though he was 10 or 20 years old. had
never plighted his troth to any lady.
and when he heard of all the graces
of Bona and saw for himself how
good and clever she was, he decided
to make her his lady-love. To be
sure. a knight in his position was
supposed to plight his troth to no one
but lady of high degree. but Brunoro
had never seen a lady so pretty or in
telligent as Bona.
All summer long Brunoro stayed en-
camped with his men near the village
where Bona lived. and though it
would usually have seemed dull for a
knight of his spirit to be kept in such
inactivity. he was in no hurry to
leave. So, towards the close of sum-
mer. when Brunoro had to join his
duke in another part of Italy. he took
a silken bow-knot from Bona in token
of his plighted troth. He would al
ways wear it, he told her. and all
that he did in battle. whatever ad-
venture he undertook, would be in her
honor. Then, before another summer
had come around, he said, he would
come back to marry her and take her
off to be his lady, to live in a beauti-
full castle. and to wear beautiful
clothes
But when Brunoro went home to his
father and told him that he intended
to marry the niece of a poor village
priest, the father objected. What. said
he angrily, Brunoro. his son, marry
a common peasant girl. IAdeed not.
for there was not lady in the land
nay. not a princess, either-who would
not be glad to marry Brunoro!
OF course, this did not end Brunoro's
intention to marry Bona, for nothing
was more unworthy of true knight
hood than to break an oath made to a
lady. So Brunoro went back TO Bona
as he had promised. and the good
priest married them quietly in the vii
lage church and gave them his bless
ing.
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! only some way of hurrying up the
time so that the soldiers would go
| away.
Still the soldiers stayed in the room.
all but one, who had gone into the
kitchen to watch from there.
Tick took" went the clock. and
| ''whang-w hang-whang-whanS. Only
four o'clock. Brinton began to fear
| that he could not hold out much
| longer.
Tick took" went the clock. Each
! swing of the pendulum marked one
second, Brinton's mother had told him.
If he could only make 1t swing quick
err. so that the seconds would fly a lit
tie faster!
why not try to-" Brinton was des-
perate. He felt that he must do some
thing. He took hold of the pendulum
and gave it little push. 1t yielded
readily to his pressure. None Of the
soldiers seemed to notice it. He gave
it another push. The result was the
| same. Brinton began to pick up cour-
age. and he pushed the pendulum to
and fro. to and fro, to and fro.
He tried to keep it swinging at a
perfectly even rate. and apparently ne
succeeded. At any rate. the soldiers
appeared to notice nothing different
Yet Brinton was sure that he was
causing the old clock to tick off its
seconds at a considerably livelier gait
than usual. Half past four came al
most before he knew it. but by five
o'clock Brinton began to realize that
he was very, very tired. He had al
ready stood absolutely still in that
cramped, dark, close case, and he had
pushed the pendulum first with one
hand and then with the other in thai
narrow space until both felt sore and
lame. Yet now that he had once be-
gun. he did not dare leave OF. and
could keep il up.
The soldiers had kept very quiet for
a long time. Brinton thought that two
of them must be mapping.
At five o'clock the soldier who was
awake aroused the corporal and the
other private, whom the corporal sent
to relieve the man on guard in the
kitchen
II must ave slept mighty sound"
remarked the corporal. I'D never be-
lieve I'd been asNep an hour. If I
didn't see it hon the clock"
NO signs Of any one yet" reported
the man who had been in the kitchen.
"Be's ye going to wait till six?"
Yes" answered the corporal. But
no longer"
Then they began talking about the
British fleet that was cruising in Long
Island Sound, and about the ship on
which they were temporarily quartered
until they could join the main body
of the army. and how = neighbor Of
Brinton's father and mother had been
down at the store when ships
boat had put in for water. and how he
had told the oficer in charge that
Major Hall. Brinton's father. was ex-
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St. :. Paul: D: !. ..PEO|l & !,
/. PIE | FURNISH.
entertainment

The special train bearing about rs
members of the Association of Com
merce of st. Paul and a good band ar
rived in this city Thursday evening
last, and remained over night. Soon
after their arrival they furnished us
with considerable music, and after
supper number of local men took the
whole party in their automobiles and
drove them out to see some of our
crops, which they thought were simply
wonderful. In the evening they put
on a moving picture show in the open
air and a band concert for the enter
tainment of the people of our city, and
after this was over there was a smok-
er at the Commercial club rooms and
q most pleasant evening was spent.
The impression this party of bust
ness men took away with them seemed
to be of the best relative to our city
and surrounding country, and coming
here and meeting many of our bust
ness men and getting better acquaint-
ed we believe is along the right lines
and was much appreciated by all.
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THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED
AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
OTHERS BADLY SHAKEN,

Wahpeton, N. D., Aug. Am au-
tomobile heavily loaded with nine pas
sengers, turned turtle between Doran
and Fo1ho,ne, seriously injuring three
persons and bruising all the others.
The automobile was owned and
driven by Roy Mcdowell of Foxhome.
He with his wife and four children
and Glenn Hall with his wife and
mother, had been to Doran to witness
the ball game, and had started home.
Striking a bad cuivert, the machine
turned over, throwing out all the oc-
cupants. Mr.. : Mcdowell had his
shoulder broken, while Mrs. Mcdowell
WE severely injured. Mrs. Hall was
badly lacerated, and remained uncon-
scious for several hours. They wore
taken to St. Francis hospital, and have
since been taken to their homes, where
their condition is reported as improv-
ing. ..
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'WAa|,l|EPR 4 i: !! PRESStSS:: [ ] S;
NAN; n; KILL SELF
'BOTTINEAU N. D., FARMER SUI
CIDES THROUGH ANXIETY
OVER RELATIVES.

Bottineau, N. D., Aug. 4--John Bol-
linger, Russian, living on a farm
twelve miles southwest of this city,
committed suicide by. shooting him
self in the head with revolver while
alone in the upper room Of his home.
It is believed that he did the rash
act during the temporary fit Of insan-
ity. Both Bollinger and his wife have
number of relatives in the Russian
army and Bollinger has been sitting
up till and A o'clock in the morning
for some time reading war news. 1t
is believed that the strain together
with. the worry over relatives from
whom, it seems, he has not heard for
a long time and who are in the army,
unbalanced his mind.
He was a man of industry and en-
ergy, owning section of land and be-
ing we'll fixed financially.
He came in from the field where he
had been at work and went up stairs
to his room. His wife called him soon
afterwards to come to dinner. He re-
piled that he would be down shortly
A moment later shot rang out anc
when members of the family rushed
to his reom they found him lying in {
pool of blsod and dying. He leaves :
wife and eight children.
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t VA
ACCIDENT
NEAR CRARY
THOS. SPICE OF CATO TOWNSHIP
AND HIRED MAN MEET A TER
RIBLB DEATH

A terrible automobile accident oc-
Cured in this county north Of Crary
Wednesday evening Of last week, when
Thos. Spice, well known and pros-
porous farmer and his hired man
Chas. Mitchell, whose home is in 6pos
ner, Wis, had their. lives sna.fed out.
Some time ago Mr.. Spice purchased
u Cadillac car and Wednesday evening
he and his hired man started to 60 to
Crary, and Mitchell was driving the
car. When they got on a narrow
grade near the j. H. Smith farm the
driver lost control Of the ear and it
turned turtle rolling five or six feet
down an embanhnnent and pinning
Spice and his hired man under the
steering wheel. Spice was On the
ground and Mitchell on top Of bin,
with the steering wheel resting On his
abdomen. The gasoline tank sprung
a leak and the dripping gasoline On
their bodies bistered them in hsxxible
shape. In this condition and with the
spark Of life gradually being pressed
out Of them they lay there until q
o'clock the next day, their cries feitialg
to, bring any aid. when Mr.. Murray
who lives near there found them, but
single handed and alone he was unable
TO- release them. He phoned to Ctary
and several cars with helpers came out
and the the poor unfortunate fellows
were released and taken at once to
their home, and medical aid summon
ed, but Mitchell died soon after he was
released from the car and Mr.. Spice
lived for some time. Both were cor
seious when released from under the
car, and Mr.. Spice was able to tell just
how it happened and for time it
was thought he was not fatally ia
jured, but the terrible pressure oa his
body for nearly fourteen hours had
been more than he could withstand
and he too passed away.
The funeral was held from the
church in Ontario township and their
remains were laid at rest there. 1t
was one of the worst accidents that
has ever happened in this county, and
the thoughts of those two men lying
pinned under car for nearly IA hours
Suffering the untold tortares Is 3terr7-
S!e to even think of.
Mr.. Spice had lived in this county
for about thirty years and was weh
known.
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POPULAR PEOPLE
ARE MARRIED

The marriage of Mr.. Thomas L.
Briggs of Overland township, this
county and Miss Pearl Coykendall, of
near Freslrwater Lake, were joined in
wedlock the latter part Of the week.
Mr.. Briggs is one of the we'll known
young farmers. Of the county, own
ing and operating several hundred,
acres Of land in Overland township.
The bride is an accomplished young
lady, being a daughter of the Coyken-
dali family, who live near Freshwater
lake north of this city. She is grad
uate of the Mayville normal and for
some lime has beens teaching school
in Hlis county.
} The happy couple will live on Mr.
Briggs farm in Overland. A large
circle of friends will extend congratu'
lations, ,u .
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CIRCUS DAY |. |.
NEXT MONDAY
LAST ADVANCE CAR OF CARL
HAGENBECK-W WALLACE ARRIVES

With only a few more days remain
ing before the appearance of the Carl
Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus considerar
BILE interest is being manifested not
only by the younger generation, but
by some Of the older "boys".. The big
American circus is now looked upon
as national institution. Year after
year the big show comes for its annual
visit. Each season sees an improve
ment until finally it is believed the
limit has been reached. Yet the Carl
Hagenbeck- Wallace circus, which
comes to Devils Lake Monday. Aug. 9,
always affords new and novel enter
tainment 1t is true. the oldtime cir
Gus features remain. Yet novelties
and European thrills are added each
year. as fast as they are discovered.
Foremost among the equestrians to
be seen with the big show this season
is the Cottrell-Powell family with
their tango horses from the London
Hippodrome; Miss Dallie' Julian. a. lit
tie Australian, who looks more the
part of debutante than a somer-
sault rider; Fred Ledgett, who. comes
from the Crystal Palace theatre, Ber-
lin, Germany, with novel tandem act
Mile. Bedini, with her stable of high
school horses, recently a feature al
the Follies Bergere, Paris, France, ane
Oscar Lowande, the peerless English
bareback rider, who turns somer
sault from the back of one running
horse to another. In the past Lowan
de has only appeared in England ant
on the Continent. Altogether ther,
ars more than go noted equestrian
with the Carl HagenbeckW Wallace cir
Gus. In addition to the 400 perform
ers appearing with the show this sea
son will be seen the famous Carl Ha
genbeck trained wild animals appear
ing in mammoth steel girded aren;
A million dollar street parade wi
: be seen on the downtown streets 8
r ten a. M, preceding the first exhib
tion. Doors to the big show will ope
at 1 and Z p. m. The performane
will begin at 2 and 8 p. m.
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8EC|R||'|'PbI|Y|. | | I N &.
'1''' b|E||I||I.N|||| A 1 n | P:)||htTY !
WAS FIFTH MAN To- GIVE LIFE
FOR MURDER OF ROsENTHAL

Charles Becker, who had been twice
convicted for aiding in the murder Of
.Her.nan Rosenthal,. the New York
gambler, was electrocuted at Ossin-
ing, N. Y.,. Friday morning, last, and
went to the. electric chair declaring
mhis innocense to the Last. -.
For. over two years one of the great
est legal battles ever fought has been
goi1x. on to save Becker,s life, but af-
ter%the. last card had been turned,
Becker lost and he was called upon to
pay the penalty Of most dastardly
nnrder, by surrendering his life.
That he was guilty no one doubts, and
being an officer Of. the law and aiding
and abetting crime in the Great city
Of New York, he was possibly more TO
blame than the one who fired the shot
that killed Rosenthal.
rBecier's dying statement is as fol-
lows,
."Geatlemen, stand before you with
ny full senses, knowing no power on
earth that can save me from the
grave. In the face Of them, In the
teeth Of those csndemning me, in the
presence Of my God and your God, l
proclaim my absolute innocence of the
foul crime for which I must die.
"You are about to witness the de-
struction, of life by the state organized
to pretct the lives of the innocent
May, God Almighty pardon everyone
who contributed ia any degree to my
untinely death.
"Now on the brink Of my grave
declare myself proud to be the hus
band Of the purest, noblest woman
who ever ived-Helen Becker. Thi'
acknowledgment is the only acknow
ledgment left" ,..
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ELSIE JANIS At the
GRAND SATURDAY 81

1lsie Janis is here depicted in
comedy written by herself and in her
own vivacious manner drives home the
pitfalls into which any inexperienced
girl is apt to stray.
When Betty arrives home from the
convent to visit her uncle's family,
they are careful to hide all extreme
how-necked gowns and other worldly
things lest they shock the deVout con-
vent girl. Betty. finds them and in.
stead of shocking, they fascinate.
They instill in:Sher desire to know
more about such things which the
world contains. Therefore when Jim,
,tOwen Moore) young bachelor, PR
poses to her, she frankly tells hiryl she
loves him, but must see the world first.
Angrily he leaves her as she sits be-
fore the quaint old fireplace, whose
dreamy flames seem to paint wonder
:. GUS pictures, which tempt her to a
!, knowledge of things to her Unknown.
Cat into the world she goes. She
: Ieerns, but she pays for her lesson
WITH many a pang and heart-ache.
Her experience!LTkills galore. At
the vital moment, when Betty is about
to faint dead away, Jim the faithful
appears just in time to catch her in
his arms.
What a relief then for Betty. to
awakerand find it is all dream. The
warm Anes the flames throw upon the
'seasef panels Of the beautiful room
,nnaher appreciate the full meaning
;of bone. Jim, coming to plead his
,caaase anew, has no trouble in con-
wineing her that the world and its
false pleasures are not what they
seem.
At the Grand Only, Saturday.
Matinee 8 pm, and Night.
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FEDERAL
INSPECTION

Secretary Redfeld of the Depart
ment of Commerce says. the federal
inspectors Of steamboats, have no pow
er to pass upon the stability of boat.
1t may be, we are given to understand,
any kind of an old tub, built in any
shape a designer pleases, top-heavy,
or lop-sided, and the inspectors have
nothing to say. What then, in heav-
ems name, is the purpose of inspec-
ton? 1t is the common notion, al
though it seems to be a mistaken one,
that ships are inspected with the OBJ
ject of ascertaining their general sea-
Worthiness, and it has been supposed
that vessel SO inspected and passed
was officially declared to be safe. It
appears now that this idea is entirely
wrong. A ship may run "on it's ears"
or on it's back, it may list as it pleases,
or turn bottom side up with impunity.
That is no concern of the inspector.
Such idosyncrasies, we are told, are
not covered in the statutes made and
provided. The inspector, acting for
the Government Of the United States,
will give the owners of a vessel au-
thority to carry one passenger for ev-
cry 9 feet of deck space, but it is not
for him to say whether such load
will make the ship top-heavy and dam
gerous to life. Nine feet to passen-
gen is the rule, we are informed, and
there the responsibility of federal in
spection seems to end as to that part
Of the service. The Eastland had for
years been known to those in the lake
service as an unreliable boat, one that
handled with great care to keep it on
it's feet, So to speak, yet the federal
by their approval gave it a
good character, and the $500 passen-
gers went aboard it the other day se-
renely confident Of its safety. If fed
eral inspection doesn't justify that
feeling then there is something radi-
oally wrong with federal inspection.
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BARN BURNED
NEAR LAWTON

Yesterday morning about o'clock
the barn of Bernard Kennedy, south
west of town, was discovered to be on
fire. from what cause no one knows at
present. Fortunately, no horses or
other live stock were burned. Besides
the barn two binders and number
of farm utensils were destroyed. No
further particulars as to insurance
and amount of loss are at this time
available.-Lawton Republican.
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FARM EMPLOYS
LIVESTOCK MAN.

j. c. Hoke, Special Livestock agent
Of the Extension department., North
Dakota Experiment Station, has ex-
cepted position as manager of the
Baldwin farms in Dickey county at a
salary greatly in excess of what he
was getting from the state.
This is an example Of the demand
there is among private interests fer
trained agriculturalists ali
that practical business men are recos-
nizing the ability and brains which are
employed by the state and for which
they are willing to pay large salaries.
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new DESTROYER T|'RlO
IS DELIVERED
HAS ENGINES OF 1900 HORSE
POWER AND WILL GO 21 KNOTS
AN HOUR.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 4.-The new
torpedo boat destroyer, Ericsson, built
by the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany was delivered to the government
at the Philadelphia navy yard yester-
day.
The Ericsson, which is three hun
dred feet long, has engines of 1900
horse power and on her trial trip de-
veloped a speed of twenty-nine knots
latter being PLACED ip- commission she
will be sent to the torpedo boat sta
tion at Newport, R. L., for furthel
tests and trials.
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BIC TINE
At CARSKE

Friday night there will be a big
dance and basket social held in the
hall at Garske, the proceeds Of which
will be for the benefit Of the Mercy
hospital. There is big crowd ex-
pected that If the weather is favorable
this city will be we'll represented, as
several are planning on autoing up to
take it in.
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COMMUNICATIONS
TO MEXICO CITY
RESTORED AGAIN
PROVISIONS BEGIN TO ENTER
CAPITAL AND TRAIN LOADS
ARE ON THE WAY.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Telegraph
communication between Vera Cruz
and Mexico City have been restored.
Provisions began entering the city
yesterday and other train loads are
enroute. ; ;.-=a
- Zapata Troops RetreAt.
Other reports from Vera Cruz say
that in the battle between Zapata and
Carra11za troops on the streets of Paso
Del Macko on the night of July 30,
the Zapata troops were forced to re-
treat.
In another battle on July 20, on the
losses were small.
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TOTAL NUMBES OF
MISSING IS 981
THIS is FINAL REPORT OF WEST
ERN ELECTRIC COMPANY

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Nine hundred
and eighty-one persons lost their lives
in the Eastland disaster, according to
final figures by the Western Electric
company, which completed the check
ing of its employees and their friends
who started on the excursion. There
are still 141 bodies still missing.
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HENLEY. / [. LAYS. : !.
FIRST BRICK

YAe brick work started on the new
Eahs home Tuesday morning and Chas.
Henley one of the local building COM
mittee of the Elks, was on hand to
lay the first brick, this honor being
accorded him. AS Mr.. Henley is an
old brick mason he was right at home;
with the trowel in his hands, and the
way he did the job was not slow.
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Geo. Sales one of the thrifty far-
mers of Newbre township, was an .ov-
er night visitor in the city Monday.
Mr.. Sarles was at one time a passen-
ger conductor running out of this city,
but for nearly twenty years has been
farming.
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Marble company, and was prepared
by the Melrose Marble company, Min
nesota;, Mr.. Elliott. the donor being
here lately as guest Of Messrs. Ar,
drew Rutherford and J. A. Haig, who
were his schoolmates in New York.
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stalHen lein BLANKS 1t ths wssA.
oehos. !o@ 4. i