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Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-24

and feeders, steady to slow, at $4.0O
to $6.75.
SHBEP-'Receipts, 700. Steady.
Lambs. $500 to $3.50; wethers, $4.75
to $6.25; ewes, $3.50 to $500.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-24
FARM LANDS

THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS are
very valuable ii you have farm
lands fer sale. Many big deals are
,'.pulled through" after being start.
ed through a little classified ad.
wANTEo-To hear from owner Of
good business for, sale. State cash
price and completes particulars. D.
F. Bush, Minneapolis, Mimi,
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-24

Tribune want ADS pay dlvidends.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-24
FOR BETTER DICKINSON,
Commercial Club Has PI nned Series
of Meetinus,

Dickinson, N. d., Dec. 22.-The To-
cal Commercial club has launched up.
on an active season, giving attention
to numerous local problems in the
hope of bringing about better -condi.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-24
POSITIONS WANTED
BoARDERs WANTED

MANY people are looking for good
board. Can't you take care of one
or two young men or women? They
are watching this column, and look.
ing for a good "homey" place to
stay. Advertise and get this sur.
plus change for yourself, and make
aomeone satisfied. with life. Il
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-23

arrival SO tho drawing was never made bat a
chilI that h. caught On this Journey laid the foam
dations of the illness ~h}ch eventually carried
him of. TIE to~n hRu Of sTadogtarg and SIS
fac tower we're Haw buildings whrn he sae them
TIE town bali and tower ~ Enare acre snrue
forty years older having tcon haat ahou; 1870
by \. keldcrmans the elder. though the statues
ON the facade were not added tlN after uurer
visit Unfortunately the surviving pages ot bis
s&@iCh book contain uo dra*turs at these places
There Is. indeed one page tho complicated
iun Of some tower unnamed tho highest member
ot which IL like that of vrrre. hqt the rest In
T"rent Dur"r Mas evidently entertained br
l"s" fantastic steer}ee and several q them AZ
I"r in his sketches in the nature Of things
ha"cver, s0ch light wooden structures as
c''wned the towers of the low countries werc
r"i so durable ~ the stone suhsirurturca Some
lave persisted by TIRE others have lost their open.
"ork decorations. others have had io I've repaired
To various degrees, and repair has generally
wrant simplihcation The tower OF We're how.
over, was apparently never very elaborate and
]rohably remains much IT was originally built
f'Ir-sQuare and plain below. the stone portion IS
t'mpeted with "A clock chamber. strengthened
az the corners Then comes baiustraded bell
uaamher. with n Dubbed spre for roof TO IL Of
Snally slender and graceful proportions Little
imitation dormcr windows were a common deco.
rative detail on these bulbs but on We're spirc
they are reduced TO the roofs of them only These
and the Gothic crochcts higher up are the only
medieval elements surviving In this toser
The town hail below contains a treasurr Ger.
tajnly worth seeing. for lovers OF fine goldsmiths
work worth going 10 see-an admirable classi.
4 alton OF sights which we owe 20 the common
sense OF Doctor Johnson How useful a guide.
book to Europe confined TO the things worth
going to see" would be when peace returns
though a real peace in a once more friendly world
Is hardly to be looked for in the DAYS OF any but
the young The treasure at We're is a maxnA.
1ent goblet richly enameed and chased which
tho townsfolk caused to be- made for and pre-
sented to. the Emperor Macmillan
How they managed to have both the rrss,lre
Of giving II and the solid satisfaction OF keepinr
II is not recorded In any books to which have
access At all events. there it remains-a very
handsome example OF fine period Of art in the
low countries We're also possesses a fourteenth
c"utury church. once in ruins but now repaired.
also some remarkable old houses a fountain o,
ISL and other agreeable remains On the who,e
traveller on landing in Holland might we'll snena
night at Middelburg. where he can hire cycIe
or motor and make in single day a circuit Of
entertaining little places. which preserve IN.
charms Of old Holland more completely than thu
larger and more famous cities wherein modern
life has compelled much external modernirat,on
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-23

The quest for something new In
millinery for fall has begun In earncs,
and there Is no indication that the
seekers after novelty and beauty will
be disappointed Ideas originated BY
our own American designers, and
some others. which the French. IN
spite OF the distractions OF war. have
had the Inspiration and the time TO
work out. are more than creii,ahle 20
both countries The new millinery Is
rich and chic and sufficiently novel
There Is great variety In graceful
shapes 60 choose from Noticeably
prominent are those that tilt upward
at the back There are many high.
crowned hats and many OF uneven
width OF brim. This gives the mil.
liner endless latitude In the shaping
OF brims to suit the, individual face,
In fabrics, velvet. satin. metallic
laces and bralds bespeak a winter OF
rich effects In millinery This IL
borne out by the trimmings OF fur. and
OF flowers made OF silk materials,
many OF thes. covered with metallic
gauIes Cut steel ornaments and
those OF 5eadwork are 10 e sen in
all authoritative displays. The most
beautiful Of fancy feathers and the
richest Of ostrich plumage testify to
the advance In taste which demands
them In all parts Of the country
Three types OF the new fall hats are
shown here The big. soft. picturesque
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-23

hat at the right boasts higher
crown tlrn those on aide. brimuned
MODELS Of the passing season Tn.
velvet - shtrred over the frame aad
the exquisite making of this hat PRO
claims the work ot trained profess.
SiohaL In fact. although many OF the
new bats seom very simple, Il is BY
no means simple matter to make nr
trim them \ cord of beads finished
viii halls cncirCles the crown Tho
wide br'm sweeping upward at thu
left makes place for further trim.
ming, which Is sometimes OF ribbon
and ornaments. as in ais hat. and
sometimes Of short soft piumes
Something between solie Ia,
and poke shape Is pictured at the
tor of the group, The frame Is GOV.
cred With velvet put on plain. n
forms background for a cluster n,
rich flowers. A bride Of narrow
velvet ribbon gives a touch of hlxh
style value, II terminates on the un.
derbrim In Ions hanging loops of the
ribbon.
A c'evcrly draped turhan. made Of
velvet again attests 20 the work Of
an artist in draping. The material IL
caught apparently under large
buckle OF cut steel This IL the sort
OF hat that appeals TO the matron Of
quiet taste but q sense OF style that
taxes the art Of the designer.
JULIA eorroMlgy.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-23

little individuality To sfa~- yyffb tba ,dyertures
ana patchings of tirna have a,iro4 q With
picturesouc7ass or IFS coy, tn, h,uda-s -,vn
it practically no decoration Nm, s,cb solid works
receive all thav need rrrr, ,bc hand nf limo
which adds detail with uncrrtrr taste Tra
palmer an edifce NAV have been 10 start with
the better time aaorns i. ,roy.4od 3, has h.o,
built with sound materials ro,5 rortmorshir
and in good proportions Most Of rrelapd.s pohIsst
castles must have loaral psnr+ ora .ynr ~,
contemporary eyes ury To the Snyon rittrnrs
Of London the White doubtless whitevashed,
tower can hardly have conveyed esthetic pleas.
TIRE But time has even decorated Noruan ras
ties so that not the haldcst modern stvsrr,nor
need despair OF future admiration II II can hold
itself end up long enough
Amerstoort tower IS anything rather than rIafn
On the contrary. it is In tho Gothic style tending
towards hamhoyant while its general design is
OF the type OF the tower at Utrecht which indeed
being only fourteen miles away doubtless sug.
gested it. That built during the middle half
OF the fourteenth century. Amersfoort nj the
very end OF the fifteenth. Both have the open
octaEonal top story already described Utrecht IA
33S feet high, Amersfoort Gt2 feet The latter is
considered to b. the finest Gothic tower in Hol
land. suppose II to have been surmounted or
intended to be surmounted by plain spre. but
the present dubious top and open.work crown
were put on in 1855 Where did Holland get its
taste for these bulbs? She did not have a mo
nopoiy OF them, for they numerous enough in
Germany and even in Switzerland An oriental
original probably suggested them The Amers.
toort church was built In the fourteenth century
and the tower may we'll have been projected from
the first An explosion damaged the building. but
the damage was made good and the tower for.
tunately escaped.
Few tourists stop at Amersfoort, but plenty of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-23
ELABORATE EVASION.

Are the fsh biting now asked the stranrer
Yes" replied the boy. But you Amt slloved
to catch EN-
DO you mean to say you don't fshr
I don't exactly fsh. But 10 q Ash comes .,on,
and bites ct me I do my best 10 defend m val, !.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
PROTECTS EHI INDIAN MAID
Oklahoma Judge Appoints a Guardian
for Cir. With Nliiion
Collars.

OkmuIgee, Okla-Judge Mark L.
Bozarth has appointed L. w. KimbIey
as guardian Of the person and estate
or Katie t1xico, an incompetent She
Is an Indian who owns q valuable tract
CT Oil lands in the north end of the
Gushing field. Title to property worth
in the neighborhood Of million dol
lars Will be affected by the ruling OF
the court
The Midco Oil company, operating
on the land, holds lease dated three
years ago, given through the county
court. On the day the girl became of
age she gave the lease to Harry c..
Denton on the theory that the first
lease expired with her minority. The
land was sold on the following dav by
her to Walter Morton, brother of her
former guardian, fer $4,000.
The girl appeared in court recently
and during her testimony it was shown
that she did not know a word of Eng
nsh, that she had left school at the
age OF eighteen while in the third
grade, and that she knew nothing OF
the value of money.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
FOUR BORN AT SAME TIME
Mrs. Mcknight, Mother of Quadru-
pIets, Aged 81, Is Already d
Grandmother.

Reddlng, Cal-Shasta county's
latest, it not greatest wonder, was the
birth a few days ago Of quadruplets
at c. O. Meningitis hcme, three miles
south of Bellavista, where each of the
four equally divided as to sex, Is
making remarkably good start. 1t is
the belief Of the physician that all will
live and thrive
The mother is aged thirty-sev
and is already q grandmother Of three
She was married at the age of tb1r-
teen in Texas to her present husband,
who is sixty years old. Both are
of healthy, hardy stock, though plural
births can only be traced on the faith
er's side, where twins have not been
an exception
There were so visitors at the Nc
Knight farm home next day, in spite
OF the remote location. Among them
were party Of newspaper men.
Il have no statement to make" said
Mcknight, except that l am sur
nrised father. We certainly did not
expect anything extraordinary"
Shasta county supervisors sent a
trained nurse 70 the Mcknight home
with instructions for her to call upon
the county for necessary financial aid
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
BLkMEs HIS RUIN ON BOOKS
1oHccn ferm:ts Passion Caused Him
70 Abandon a Prosperous
Business.

Londcn.-"Books have been nv
rum, was one Of the best things said
py the late Charles Augustus Ward
VINO In his latter days was a curious
old hermit Of Walthamstow in Essex
Ills passion for books had led him to
dispose CT the prosperous wine busi-
ness at Mayfair he inherited from his
father.
F.. One Of his hobbies was cook books;
at eigh1y-seven he was compiling one
Tor his own use from ancient sources
; "hen death overlook him. He had
just Inherited small fortune from
, MS sister. His collection Of 5000
. volumes has gone to the London H.
brary
! He was often seen around London
n a Holland smock, or a blue frock
coat with brass buttons, and a Pana-
ma hat with yellow ribbon.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
JAPAN's ATTITUDE POPULAR.
Public Opinion Justlfies Firnness in
OealinQ With China

Tokio.-The Governments firm at.
titude in pressing its demands on
GAina is meeting with widespread ap.
proVal In Japan and public opinion
is manifesttng itself with increasing
force In this direction
Although Parliament is not in ses
sion. many members CT the National
Legislature are lending active sup.
port to the Government One hun.
dred members placed themselves en-
record as favoring Japan's demands.
Ifey laid special emphasis on the de-
mandS for railway and mining con.
cess1ons and provisional supervision
over financial, political and military
affairs OF eastern Mongolia. Assert.
Ing that Japan is actuated by q desire
to bring about permanent peace in
the Orient the legislators urged the
Government to proceed firmly with
its program
The press calls c1 the Nation to
present a united front and declares
the world should be brought to real.
lie that the outcome depends entirely
on China
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
GERMANY RUSHING : :
et4 III III RyUAH II. it>-
MEN FLANDERS
CONSIDERABLE SUCCESSES ARE
BELIEVED TO FORERUN A BIG
EFFORT.
BRITISH HOLDING POSITIONS
Frankfurter Zeitung Justifies Use OF
Asphyziating Bombs on Ground
That Allies Used Them.

! London.-The German rushes In
Flanders and the Woevre, where they
claim considerable successes, are be.
lieved to be fcrerunners of N.other
! big effort to break through the Allied
! lines in the West. For many days Bel
GUM has been sealed, from the obser.
vation Of neutrals, while German re.
inforcements are being moved to the
South to take part In the new often.
stve, which they hope is to carry them
to Calais. The attack in Flanders
originally leveled at the French
has been transferred to the British
lines held by the Canadians on the
immediate right OF the French and
here for two days the men from the
Dominion have been engaged in a
deadly contest with the Germans. The
Germans claim further progress to.
ward Ypres and that British counter
attacks have been repulsed. The
French, on the other hand, declare
the Allies's countcr-attacks continue
with success and that the British hold
all their positions and repeat the
charge that the Germans are using
bombs containing asphyiating gases.
The Frankfurter Zeitung justifies
the use of these missiles on the
ground that the Nllieh have done like
wise.
The German attack In the Woevre
or in the Meuse hills was directed
against the French positions south.
west of Combres, and according tc
Berlin, the French suffered a heavy
defeat. Paris, however, says that in
a counter-attack the Germans were
driven out of the French first line
which they had pushed back.
The Germans in the East trans
ferred a large number of troops to the
West to make another big effort which
shows they are not content to rely on
a passive policy.
1t is believed that a half million
new German troops have reached
Flanders and that more guns and ma.
tefial are to be used than were provid-
ed for the original attempts to destroy
the Allied armies in the West-at.
tempts which met with failure both In
August and In October.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
FLETCHER PREsiDENT AGAIN.
Reelected Head Of Southern Com
nnerical Conoress

He-eIected Head OF Southern Com
mericaI Congress.
Muskogee, Okla.-Senator Duncan
U. Fletcher of Florida was reelected
president Of the Southern Commercial
Congress here by the board of direc
tors. The other officers also were
reelected
Senator Fletcher hsd served three
previous terms, DR.. Clarence J. Owen,
Washington, was reelected managing
director; T. S. Southgate, Norfolk.
Va, first vice president; Albert p.
Bush, Jr., Mobile, Ala, second vice
president and William H. Saunders.
Washington, treasurer. Mrs. Louis
&. Lindsey, Nashville, Tenn, was re-
elected president-general of the
Women's auxiliary to the Congress.
Views regarding the effect of gov.
ernmental influence upon business
widely at variance with those express.
ed by George w. Perkins of New
York were voiced by Edwin F. Sweet.
Assistant Secretary Of Commerce. at
the final session CT the Congress.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
WILSON makes IT CLEAR
NEUTRALITY IN PAST HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT BUT FUTURE WILL
BE MORE so.
Neutrality Has Higher Basis Than
the Petty Desire to Keeo Out Of
Trouble.

New York.-President Wilson gave
a definite and clear statement of the
neutrality guiding his administrators
during the war in Europe He chose
the occasion of the annual luncheon
OF the Associated Press for what he
sald he regarded es a statement OF
graTest Importance to the American
people.
The influence Of the newspaper in
moulding public opinion Mr. Wilson
SAID. prompted him to make clear his
IDEAS Of true neutrality, and in doing
Sc, tc impress On his hearers the in
portance OF adhering strictly to trutl.
1uincss and honesty il the dissemina-
hon of the news
Mr., Wilson seemed to weigh each
word he uttered. The i:nportauce ne
attached to the statement was re-
Hected II request that no attempt be
made to raraphrase his speech or to
give t publicity until the Official
WI hite House stenograrher had tran
scribcd it II full.
AS the only great Nation not En-.
gageo IN the war or suffering uadar
the immediate influence Of tie war
zore, Mr.. Wilson declared tAst 2 great
olSurc:lon awaited the United States
*nan the hour of re-adjustment
should come, provided this nation
should prove to the world it's self
control and self-lnastery. The past
mad been difficult, he pointed out, but
the future would be more difficult.
America, tie President said. never
Would attempt to sit IN Judgment on
ancther nation. No nation was fit 10
90 that, he added. But America. free
from hamDering ambitions as a world
power, free Of a lust for territory.
calm, cool and without self-;ntarest.
must be appealed to to assist IN the
recocstructing processes OF peace.
The neutrality of the United States
MT Wilson said, had higher basis
than a petty desire to keep out Of
trouble
There Is something so much great
er to do than fight" he said. Let
US think Of America before we think
OF Europe, in order that America
may be ft to be Europe's friend when
the~day CT tested friendship comes.
The test Of friendship is not sympathy
with one or the other but getting
ready to help both sides when the
struggle is over"
The President was greeted VIII,
cheers when he appeared at the lun-
cheon and constantly was interrupt
ed by applause and expressions of ap-
proval.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
Arbitration Award S;unad

Ch1cago.-An arbitration award cd
vancing to some extent the nav of G..
600 locomotive engineers, firemer and
hostlers on 50 Western railroads was
signed here by officials. A dissenting
opinion was filed on behalf of the
brotherhood Of Enginelnen, in whic.,
the arbitration was branded as a fair
ure and the Newlands law nnde,
Wn1cn 1t was arranged, an inadeouat.
device fo1 settlement of Industrial dis
putes The award, effective Nav II.
a1' binding fer one year ONLY.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
M eat Prices Are ou,ar

Washington.-Pri of moot ~,
.lles'' were lower On April Is than for
t"o years previous, though they still
were higher than In 1911 and 1912
'he department of Agriculture an
hounced. Producers received an av-
erase OF 1853 hundred pounds, com
parea with $40 last year, s7.25 In
1913, $3.50 In 1912, $3.50 in 1911 and
9f.14 IN 1910. Farmers, sold beef cat
tie at $5.o6 hundred this year. de-
crease O. 80 cents from last year; veal
calves s7.31, a decrease of 81 cents.
hogs s6.45, decrease of st.32
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
Higher License for Saloons.

Albany, N. "a determined h,,t
futile fight in the Assembly on bill
to raise the cost of liquor licenses one.
fourth throughout the state DELAYED
adjournment Of the Legislature until
almost daylight. The license measure
passed and now goes to Governor
Whitman. He is expected to sign it
Appropriation measures vyb,n,,
brought the state bidget up to aho,7;
$o4'Ooo,Ooo also were passed in th..
closing hours. All bills relating /:
the ousting of public service commits
sioners were killed.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
NOT PARTED EVEN BY DEATH
MsFrieo sixty Years, End for Aaeo
Couple Is Almost Sinnul-
taneous

Stamford, Conn - In Creadley
Heath, England, more than eighty
years ago, two children were born-a
boy and girl-within stones throw
of each other. They played torothcr
they went to school tcgether. tho,
courted and sixty years ago they mar
ried. They moved to this country and
died here within seven hours of each
other.
These two people, whose lives ran
happily side by side for more than
three e-qEarters of a century, were Mr
and Mrs William Woodhall. 195 Hen
~ street, Stamford.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
Wilson viii STAY in Wlsh|roton.

Washington. - President Wilson,
plans not to establish al office at the
summer White House at Cornish, N.
H., but to spend most Of his time in
Washington. He will make several
brief trips to Cornish to visit his fam
lily and short cruises on the yacht
Mayficwer. It was said ct the White
House that these plans were made not
because the president looks on the
European or Mexican situations as
specially critical, but because h>
thinks it his duty to remain in Wash
ington as much as possible
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
More Heavy Rains in TeYas

Austin, Texas-Another heavy rain
swept central Texas and streams al.
ready swollen cut CT their banks by
last weeks rains began rising rapidly.
No deaths have been added to the
Il killed last week bat a score OF
persons still are missing. In Austin
rain damaged streets and bridges
Persons in the lowlands fled before
the waters.
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
Enqland Must Paw Iosses

h1ngton-Se1ator Hoke Smith,
after call at the state department,
declared that unless the cotton ships
from the United States now held il,
English ports were allowed to proceed!
on their neutral destinations Great
Britain "wculd he forced to paw yer,
heavy damages"
The commonwealth., 1915-05-06
Wanted to Be = hero

New York-"I wanted to ho horo
ana get medal like the boy in the
n1ov1es.' said Samuel Balk, twelve,
charged with starting a fire in his
; bone.