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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-29

Stage Of river a. M, tenths
below low water.
Mean temperature 2Sth, %.
Highest, %.
Lowest, IS.
Lowest last night, 6.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH.
Observer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
BLACK RUST REPORTED
BUT NONE IS FOUND
A. r. CoIweII Back From Trip Over
State and Says Wheat Crop
Is a Large One.

A. F.. Colwell, manager Of the Union
Central Life Insurance Co., in this
territory, has returned to the city
from quite an extensive trip over the
state, especially in the northern part,
and says that while there has been
considerable black rust reported in
various sections he has seen none
himself, nor has he seen anyone that
has seen any.
Mr.. Colwell paid particular atten-
ton to the crop conditions in the vi
cinity Of Leeds, York and Cando, and
in fact all along the line Of the Great
Northern from Devils Lake to Minot.
"a banker of Leeds and look
ed over many fields in that section of
the country, and there was not one
place where there was any black :ust, ,"
said Mr.. Colwell this morning.
There is considerable red rust In
various localities and there is also some
blight. In the case of blight it applied
only to the top two or three kernels
in the head.
There has been lot said about poor
crop conditions over the state, BIZ
from all Investigations I made and 81
inquiries that I have made there seems
to be every indication that North Da-
kota is going to harvest a good crop
with the exception, however, of those
portions of the Red River valley where
the crop has been drowned out"
Mr.. Colwell says that business cDn-
ditions over the state are excellent
! and that the business men generally
are optimistic, the majority of them
| not taking the black rust stories ser.
iously and he is Of the opinion thai
| they should not be taken seriously.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
Dinner for a Man of Eighty.

New York Post: In these days wher
Metchnikoff's death sets everybody tt
talking about Tactic acids and Bulgar-
ian ferments as the only diet for the
aged, it may be reassuring to glance al
the dinner of an Englishman, 80 years
old. Here is his bill of fare:
He ate for dinner two plates Of
turkey soup; he was then served
very amply to a plate of cod and
oyster sauce; he then took pate;
afterwards he was helped to two
greasy looking entrees; he then
dispatched a plate of roast NUT
ton; there then appeared before
him the largest, and to my mind
the hardest, slice of ham that ever
figured on the table of nobleman,
yet it disappeared, just in time to
answer the inquiry Of his butler,
"Snipe, my lord, or pheasant?" He
instantly replied, Pheasant" thus
completing his ninth dish Of meat
at that meal.
This was Lord Palmerston, who lived
and worked like a horse till he was 81
(thus beating Metchnikoff by ter
years), and would doubtless have
poured scorn upon the scientific slops
and gruels offered to old men in oul
day. Palmerston was one that was
nourished by his victuals and would
fain have meat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
THE PUBLIC GOOD.

Walt Mason in The Chicago News:
"Smitherkin is making a strong cam
paign for congressman" observed the
coroner. "T went to hear him speak
last night and he says he'll always be
for the public good"
Il suppose a lot Of people will fall
for that bunk" said the druggist. II
suppose Smitherkin would go without
a meal in order to attend a rally or
carry transparency in a procession.
but when it comes to a real sacrifice.
for the real public good. there's nobody
home
"Smitherkin has a vacant lot in our
neighborhood and all the foreign and
domestic varieties of weeds grow there.
1t has the finest collection of dande-
lions outside the Smithsonian insti-
tuition.
Most Of the people living around
there take patriotic pride in their
lawns: Like my neighbors. I have
ruined my back and my suspenders
and made myself old before my time,
grubbing around on my hands and
knees exterminating dandelions. And
all the work seems useless because OF
Smitherkin's conservatory Of weeds
Every breeze that blows sends the
seeds Of dandelions and Russian
CnlSLleS ana 4U,UUU,uUU Orner pests
blowing all over the neighborhood
eve have approached Smitherkin
singly and in groups. and begged him
to give the nations bulwarks and pal
! 1adiums a we'll earned rest. Ions
enough to clean up his lot We have
| assured him that If he would do this
| much for the public good freedom or
her mountain height would continue
to unfurl her standard to the air
Smitherkin always promised to get
| busy. He always insisted that his
| highest ambition is to contribute
something to the public welfare and
| he would hire some merry men at ono,
and put them to work digging dande.
| lions.
Then he would go ahead explaining
to the multitudes that a government
of the people. for the people and by
| the people must not perish from ths
earth and he'd get so absorbed in this
| proposition that he'd forget all abou
| the dandelions.
IF you can't trust a man in little
things YOU can't trust him in big
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
MUST PURCHASE PLANT
OF RIVAL TELEPHONE

Bismarck, N. D., July 31.-The state
railroad commission GRANTED siding
the plant of the Northern Telephone
company at Tagus appraised and the
purchase Of it at the appraised value
by the Rolling Prairie Telephone Co..
farmers line which built into the
town after the Northern Telephone
company had established an exchange
and took away most of the business
The Northern company alleged that
this act was contrary to state law.
An overhead crossing was ordered
on the 500 1-2 mile south of Funston
McHenry county, and stockyards al
Blaisdell, west of Minot. Unloading
platforms were ordered in at Tagus.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
BOY
LIKES NAVY
FELIX w. ZUELoW SAYS MARINE
BARRACKS is ALMOST LIKE
HoME-IS ELECTRICAL STU
DENT-ENLISTED HERE RE-
GENTLY.

Felix w. zuelow, a Casselton young
man who recently enlisted in the U.
S. navy at the Fargo recruiting sta
ton, is much pleased with navy life
SO far and Is making good in the SER
vice.
A. K. Boyd. navy recruiting officer
here, received letter from Mr..
Zuelow telling Of his trip east and of
| the work he Is engaged in. In part the
letter is as follows:
Thinking you might like to know
how / am coming along, l thought I
would drop you line or two.
After we passed the examination
at Minneapolis we took the train for
| Chicago, ana got there in the morn
| ing. We left Chicago at 3 o'clock that
afternoon and arrived in New York
| the following morning. We found the
navy yard all right and remained
aboard the receiving ship for week
| or so. We then went into the electrical
| class and so far We are getting along
fine.
I'VE enjoy the navy now that we
are acquainted. The electrical class
is now staying at the marine bar
racks and say, If there is anything
that comes closer to being at home 1
would like to see it. They feed us
good and We have spring beds to sleep
in. We can stay in bed until $50
o'clock in the morning and do not
have to go to bed until 10 o'clock at
night. We get liberty every other
night from 6 o'clock in the evening
until 1880 o'clock in the morning and
from noon Saturday until Monday
morning at 1880 o'clock.
THE navy is surely what man
makes of it. l know that for a fact
now. If man behaves right there is
no reason why he wouldn't like the
navy.
"The course in school here as far
as l have gone is very satisfactory,
and I will be starting my fourth week
next Monday.
I'VE surely were surprised when we
saw just what New York city and
Brooklyn amount to-"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31

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persons were injured, some of them
probably mortally.
The detonations. which were felt in
five states, began with a continuous
rapid fire of small shells, the blowing
up Of great quantities of dynamite,
trinitrOtOluene and other high eX-
plosiveS followed by the bursting Of
thousands of shrapnel shell which lit
orally showered the surrounding coun-
try and waters for many miles around.
Fire that started soon after the
first great crash which spread death
and DISSOLUTION in it's wake, destroyed
thirteen of the huge warehouses of
the National Storage company on
Black Tom island in which were stored
merchandise valued between $12,00U,-
600 and $15,000,000. The flames shoot
ing into the clouds, were reflected
against New YOrk's skyline of tower
ing office buildings, which only a few
moments before were shaken to their
foundations as by an earthquake.
Miles of streets in Manhattan alone
were strewn with broken glass and
shattered signs.
Early reports OF heavy loss of life
were impossible of verification, and the
authorities asserted the number OF
deaths probably will be small. 1t was
said that owing to the extent Of the
Wreckage, it might be several days
before the exact figures could be OBJ
tained.
Officials of the National Storage
company and the Lehigh valley rail-
road which also suffered heavily
that reports to them showed a fire
started shortly after l o'clock Sunday
morning on a barge belonging to
an Independent towing company that
had been moored alongside a dock
used by the railroad company to
transfer ammunition shipments from
trains to vessels in the harbor.
The barge, it was said. was there
without authority either Of the rail-
road or the storage company. The
officials refused to disclose the name
Of the independent towing company
= saying they were investigating Ito
ascertain whether the barge purposely
had been set on fire as the result Of
a plot
A statement issued by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Co. after a conference
between heads of all departments here
said:
Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the "a owned and operated by
the National Storage company, and six
pieces owned by the storage company
and leased to the Lehigh Valley road
were destroyed Several others Of the
brick warehouses were badly damaged
and some minor damage was done to
the Lehigh Valley grain elevators. In
addition as far as is known. eighty
five loaded cars were destroyed
The Lehigh Valley railroad in it's
formal statement. announced that the
property loss included 10000 tons Of
raw sugar. valued at $3.50O.O00, thir-
teen storage warehouses owned by the
! National Storage company, six piers,
owned by that company and leased to
, the railroad, eighty-ive cars loaded
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31

things. If a statesman won't keep his
property clear of dandelions when his
neighbors beg him to do it I'd hate to
lend him my copy of the Star
Spangled Banner
"I'm sick of politicians and the whole
game Of politics, just because of such
things as this. Old Bill Zebulon is al
ways running for the legislature on the
platform that the state needs a busi-
ness administration, and he knows as
much about business as a cow knows
of domestic science. He's such a
blamed poor business man that he's
owed me Sc for seven years and has
never had enough money to pay up
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
PROF. HANSON TAKES
CHARGE OF COLLEGE
Becomes Manager of AakeTs Institu-
ton in This City-Long Ex-
perence in That Work.

Prof. o. J. Hanson, who was in
charge of Aakers business college at
Grand Forks for eight years, and who
was secretary of Concordia college in
Moorhead for the past year, today as
sumed charge of Aaker's business col
lege in this city.
Prof. Hanson has had fifteen years
experience in commercial school work,
ten of that being in the capacity of
manager of business colleges.
From now on Prof. Hanson will be
at the Aaker school in this city, con-
stantly directing the affairs Of that
institution. He has at different times
taught all the subjects usually given
by commercial schools, and now in
structs in salesmanship and business
efficiency, advertising, penmanship,
commercial law, bookkeeping and ac-
counting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31

Life: An S-year-old product of the
modern methods of primary school
education in New England. tripping
home by her mothers side from an art
exhibition. said: "I have decided shall
poet" -
What about Frances, Elizabeth and
Mary. your playmates?" the mother re-
piled. What will they be"
Frances" the tot replied, 'is going
to write books. Elizabeth is going to
be suffrage lecturer and Mary, poor
Mary, she hasn't much ambition.
guess she'll have to be Just a mother"
For State News Read The Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
CREAM RATES WILL
AGAIN Be REVIEWED

The state railroad commission has
determined to call another hearing on
the question Of cream and ice cream
shipping rates. The place and date of
such hearing have not been announced
as yet.
For some time the cream shipping
question has been an important issue
before the rail board.
The commission is hopeful Of having
full representation of the interests
involved, at it's coming hearing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
estimated damage at Ellis Island alone

estimated damage at Ellis Island alone
at $1,000,000.
In Manhattan, Brooklyn and in New
Jersey towns, the streets were strewn
with glass. Many thousand windows
broke. The modern structures appar-
emily suffered the least damage. Po-
lice reserves were swarming through
this city, detailed to prevent the loot
ing Of goods exposed in shattered win
dows, particularly in the jewelry dis
trict in Maiden Lane.
Estimates Of the damage probably
cannot be definitely made for many
hours. The plant Of the National Stor~
age company was worth $7,000,000.
Part of this was wrecked and much
Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of
New Jersey property, together with
piers, was destroyed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31


brown; forehead; medium; nose, me-
dlum; ear, border medium lobe square;
mouth, medium; chin, ball; lips, me-
dium lower predominant; build, me-
dium; weight, 153 lbs; height, #.
8 in; size Of hat Z; size of shoes, ia;
teeth, good; occupation, laborer; ma
tivity, Nebraska.
Charles Tilwickie, white, received
from Barnes county, Jan. 5, 1916, to
serve term Of five years for the
crime of robbery in the first degree.
Age when committed, 20 years; COM
p1exion, medium light; hair, light
chestnut; eyes. brown; (Berttllon
Orange); forehead, medium; ear, bor-
der small lobe square; nose, medium;
mouth, medium; chin, ball; lips, me-
build. slender; weight, 1872 lbs; height,
IT. IN in: size of hat, 6 "a; size Of
shoes, Z; teeth, good; occupation. la
borer; nativity, Pennsylvania.
William Drummer, white, received
from Ward county, Aug. 80, 1915, to
serve term Of five yearc, six months.
for the crime Of robbery. Age when
committed, Is years; complexion,
light; hair, light chestnut: eyes,
jaune; forehead; medium high: nose.
medium large; ear, border large, lobe
! ball; lips, medium thick; build. short,
slender; weight, 1877 lbs; height, 5 ft.
6 ga in; size of hat, z; size Of shoes,
8; teeth, good; occupation, laborer;
nativity, Illinois.
Seventeen Escapes.
By their escape the three men
brought the total number Of prison
escapes in two months up to seventeen
eleven Of these getting away within
eight days. AS yet no trace Of the five
men who succeeded in eluding author
tiles in the pen delivery of July 22,
have been obtained.
The trio that escaped Saturday aft
ernoon had been unloading Ignite coal
within the prison yards. They found
that the car end had been STAYED in
in an accident of some kind, and a
false end had been constructed about
fifteen inches from this. The space
between the false and real end Of the
car, was utilized by the convicts, this
being improved by the men as they
worked.
Two guards inspected the interior of
the car when it left the prison yards,
and another rode out on top of the
car. Fifteen minutes later the absence
Of the trio was noted, the car was
traced, but they had left by that time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
LARGE CROWD OUT TO
SUNDAY BAND CONCERT
Concert at Island Park Attracts Many
Good Program Is
Given,

The band concert yesterday after
noon at Island Park proved a drawing
card, there being fully 1000 people out
to hear the splendid program given
under the direction of Harold M. Rudd.
This was the first concert that has
been given in the park since the high
water, which made the park a veritable
island, and the large number Of people
thoroughly enjoyed sitting in the shade
and listening to the music.
The higher portions Of the park were
not damaged by the high water.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
Not Guilty.

Buffalo Express: Prisoner at the
bar, do you plead guilty or not guilty
to this murder?'
"Not guilty, judge. can prove an
alibi. was engaged in killing an
other man at the time and he wasn't
the same man the indictment says I
killed, as can prove by this picture
Of him, which drew myself from
memory"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
Teachers Examinations.

On Thursday and Friday, August 10th
and 18th, teachers examinations will
be offered in all subjects necessary for
first and second grade elementary Ger
tifca tes.
Examinations will commence at $3.50
a. m. and will be held In the supreme
court room of the Cass County Court
House at Fargo.
Signed,
j. w. RILEY,
Supt. of Schools, Cass county. N. Oak.
July 81, Aug. 4-8)
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31

Above Miss Anne Below Nina
Anender.
The Woman party which being ago. plan
where have the ballot Miss Anne the
Womans national Miss Alice
important figure the party the
the party
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
EXPLOSION OF
TERRIFICFORCE
HITS MANHATTAN

Continued from Page One.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-31
THREE MORE
ESCAPE FROM
PENITENTIARY

Continued from Page One.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26
PLANS ARE. MADE
FOR REFORM WORK
AT PEN|TENT|ARY
Means for Educating Pris-
oners and Fitting Them
for Work After Their Re-
lease Considered.

Three important measures for the
establishing of reforms at the peni-
Tertiary were agreed upon unanimous
ly yesterday afternoon at q meeting
of the citizens committee. composed,
of Judge William M. Morgan of the
supreme court; c. G. Anderson, q well
known business man of Boise; e. F.
Cation, city health officer and a prom
inent union man and Rev. Wfllsie Mar
tin, who met with "a committee Of five
from the penitentiary. Judge c. P.
Mccarthy, who is also q member of
the committee of citizens, is out of the
city holding court and was unable to
be present.
The reforms proposed were the es-
Establishment of a school for convicts
In the penitentiary through which
they may be enlightened and uplifted
and be taught such professions that
would enable them to earn livelihood
upon their release, the extending. of
the scope of farm and road work for
prisoners that they might be more in
the open and do more for the state and
the institution, and the appointment of
parole officer, whose duties 1t would
be to secure employment for paroled
prisoners and help them over the parole
period. Under the present system they
are discharged from the institution
without funds to shift for themselves
NEW LAWS PROPOSED.
At the conference it was decided to
ask the legislature to enact law
which would permit the appointment
of an instructor for the prisoners and
let him draw from among the inmates
such assist .nts as he may need.
In connection with the education of
prisoners. B. W. Oppenheim, who was
appointed by the committee to draft
bills for such legislation as is requir-
cd to put the reforms into effect. gives
out the information that the University
of Idaho gives a special correspond
ence course which has been taken up
by some of the prisoners in the insti-
tute and is open to any who desire It,
The first meeting of the committee
of citizens and the committee from the
penitentiary was very satisfactory and
gives promise of putting into effect
some reforms which will put Idaho
foremost on the map In its dealing as
state with men in servitude. A Sc
cond meeting is to be held as soon as
the bills requested by the committee
are drafted by Mr.. Oppenheim.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26

time the action was taken.
This company had been given extern
sions of time by the board in the hope
that II would make financial arrange
ments to complete the project and de-
liver water TO the land. Up to the pre-
sent time that has not been done. The
records are said to show that 1t has re-
ceived approximately $4,000 from
entrymen and has failed to provide wa
ter for their lands; that more than so
water rights were sold before the COM
pany entered into a contract with the
state; that the methods of advertising
we're misleading.
Governor Alexander wanted to have
NE contract with the company cancel
led months ago and seconded a resolu-
ton introduced by Attorney General
Peterson last spring for that purpose
as we'll as to bring action on the COM
pany's bond. The board decided that a
further extension of time should be al
lowed and this action was taken. The
company failing to complete the pro-
ject by the date of the last extension
oct. 16, the land board acted as soon
as a majority of the members could get
together. That was not until yesterday
afternoon. A long communication from
Miss Mccoy. state superintendent. de-
claring against a further extension
was included in the minutes Of the
board and the attorney general was
instructed to commence action on the
company's bond.
The board turned down a resolution
introduced by Secretary of State Bar
ker relating to the project and adopted
a substitute resolution introduced by
Attorney General Peterson calling for
cancellation and forfeiture of the con-
tract.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26
SENATOR CORE TO
SPEAK TONIGHT
Blind Man Eloquent to Give
an Address on Campaign
Issues.

Senator Thomas P. Gore of Okla
homa, the blind man eloquent, will
speak at the Pinney theater tonight at
the biggest Democratic rallies of the
campaign and for which a number of
Democrats from outside points have
gathered in the city.
Senator X. /. Perky, who served with
Senator Gore in the United States SEN
ate. will preside as chairman, introduce
the speaker and make a short talk on
campaign Issues. A delegation of DEM
ocrats from Boise will go to Nampa this
evening to meet Senator Gore, who will
speak there for 40 minutes and will
line. He will be met by the Boise NUM-
cipal band and escorted to the theater
Senator Gore last spoke at Logan,
Utah. and from press reports has been
having large and enthusiastic audiences
on his entire westward trip. He has
been heard in Boise and his eloquence
is known here by large number who
heard him before and will be glad to
hear him again. AS an orator and cam
paign speaker. Senator Gore has a ma
tional reputation and has been in de-
mand upon the lecture platform in past
years. 1t was under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. c. A. course that he spoke in
Boise five years ago.
After his address here Senator Gore
goes to Pendleton. where he is to de-
liver an address and his next stop after
Pendleton will be IN Walla Walla.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26

Jewelryl manufacturing. Con W
Hesse, 1902 Main st. Ady-t
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26

A powerful cathartic sometimes does
as much harm as good. Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets are mild and gentle. but
sure in action. They are a wholesome
physic that thoroughly cleanse the
bowels. sweeten the stomach, and bene-
fit the liver. For indigestion, bilious
ness. bad breath, bloating. gas or con-
stipation. no remedy Is more highly
recommended. They cause no gripping.
pain or nausea. Stout persons recon-
mend them because of the light feeling
they bring Sold verywhere.-Adv.
T., Th., S.