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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23

to resume her duties Monday in tho
suit department OF Webb Brothers
store -
Miss Edith Mcmahon Of Newark, N.
j., who is making her home with her
brother. Walter w. McMah0n of .Av-
enue D. is in the st. AleXius hospital,
where she will undergo an operation
for appendicitis Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23
WORKMAN CAUGHT
WHEN DIRT CAVES IN

While digging a sewer at the annex
to the Mckenzie hotel this morning.
George White of this place was caught
when the dirt caved in. completely
covering him. He was extricated by
q number of the workmen and escaped
serious injury.
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CUMMINGS ! N! WOULD
GIVE DAY over TO
~. DEBATE ON PEACE
ASSOCIATED Press.)

(NSSotI4teu PTeSS.J (
=, Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Cum!
Minis of Iowa submitted a resolution
to the senate today which would dc:
vote the. senate, beginning next Mon
day, to full and free discussion of
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TOO LATE 70 CLASSIFY

VtAN1Eo-Man and wife. 10 work on
farm for the winter. Write II, care
Tribune. 1.23-3t
FOR RENT-Furnished room; 41s
Third St. Phone 3S9X. 1885,
FOR RENT-Three nicely furnished
rooms for housekeeping; 313 Fourth
St: 1.23-6t
WNNTE0-Girl for general house
work; S3l Fifth st. Phone 2S0R.
1-23-6t
WHNTE0-Fufnished house Of 8 or
5 furnished rooms. Must be heated
1886
FOR ReNT-Three nicely filrnis1ed|
rooms for housekeeping. 3l3 4th Sc.
1-13et!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23

NEWsPAPERMAN HERE.
r. L. Mackin Of Mandan was a Wis.
itor in the city yesterday. taking in
the legislative session. He returned
to that city last evening. ...r .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23

Apples, 1925 per box, at Gussner's
See ad today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23
Leaves For Jamestown.

DR.. NJ. Evangeline Bolton OF Main
street left this afternoon for James
town, where she will be the guest OF
her parents. DR.. and Mrs. r. A. Boil
ton, until after her marriage to Ma
ior Frank S. Henry of Valley City
and Bismarck. which will be a large
church affair Monday. January 20. in
the Jamestown Presbyterian church.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-23
Personal Notes.

Miss Emma Lou Larson OF Sixth
street, who has been i'll from pneumo-
MIA in the Bismarck hospital, was able
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
Stately Grandfather Clock Won in
SWEEPSTAKES by H. F. Orr of Omaha

This stately grandfather clock was
presented to II. F. Orr OF the Orr
Motor Sales company as the winner
Of first place in Division 'B" OF the
Lincoln highway sweepstakes, the
sales race staged by the Packard
Motor Car company Of Detroit.
The Orr Motor Sales not only won
first place, but won it by fair mar
GIN. At the finish the Omaha or
ganization had sold 200 per cent OF
their car quota,
The local office received card
from Mr.. Orr, who Is cruising on
Lake Michigan with bis brother, win
ners in the Lincoln highway sweep
stakes, in which he expresses his
opinion of the clock. The card reads
as follows:
Some chime clock! I'll say it is.
Fully seven feet high and is the finest
thing I ever saw, We are off the boat
at Mackinac Island for few hours
The winning statesmen of the va
rious winning organizations have been
presented with chests OF silverware
as trophies of the race.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24

but OF some of the agents that happen
to have gotten hold OF a thing too
good for them. ! have been in this
class for a long time and you have
my sympathy, but | hope to graduate
soon.
"And today as never before adyer-
tising is real necessity for success
full business. Cease your local adver-
tising and you place yourself in the
tagging class. One Of our most sue
cessful distributors--the Noyes-Killy
Motor company at Omaha--put the
situation before the writer within 4
fortnight as follows: Now 10 the
time to gamble. Only the good gam
bier with the proper kind Of energy
behind him can be successful dealer
today And this dealer has put the
King on the map in good, substan-
tial way, at a good profit to himself,
by consistent efforts and consistent
advertising. There has not been 4
week since this organization has had
King name plate over its door that
an advertisement has not appeared in
at least one OF the local papers. And
the cost to this dealer has been only
little over $6 car for newspaper
advertising"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
Hoodoo Day Selected for
A National MILEAGE TEST

Friday. July Is, has been set by
Franklin Motor company OF Syracuse,
N. Y, for another national gasoline
mileage test. On this date Franklin
dealers throughout the United States
will, regardless of weather or road
conditions, take car out OF stock and
without adjustments of any nature
make test runs for gasoline mileage.
Since 1909 air-cooled motors have
been barred from economy contests
in which water-cooled and air-cooled
motors competed, so the Franklin
company will stage their own contest.
One of the rules of the contest will
be that the return route of the con-
testants must be over the same route
as the outgoing run--this to avoid
disputes regarding favorable condi
tions. Arrangements will be made
for observers from the press and the
Automobile club.
The Franklin has hung up some
very unusual records for gasoline
mileage, and, in view of the fact that
the car this year is from 400 to 500
pounds lighter, III. Pelton, local dis
tributor, looks for a sensational re-
suit.
In 1914 ninety-four Franklin dealers
entered contest averaging thirty
two and one-tenth miles to the gal
lon. In 1915 1877 dealers entered the
contest, averaging thirty-one- and
eight-tenths miles to a gallon. The
high record made in the 1915 contest
was fifty-fivc miles, made at New
Haven, Conn.,, under the observance
of technical enginer OF the Yale fac
ulty. The low. mileage in the 1915
contest was eighteen and two-tenths
miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
National Man Selected
To Build Tanks for U. S.

William Guy Wall, an Indianapolis
engineer, has been selected by the
United States government War de-
partment to have charge of the de-
sign and production OF armored cars
and tanks"
Mr.. Wall is the vice president and
chief engineer OF the National Motor
Car and Vehicle corporation, having
served in that capacity for the last
fifteen years, and is recognized, among
engineers, as an authority on motor
building.
Last week Wall was summoned to
Washington and requested by the
government officials to take over the
important task OF designing and build
ing fighting motor cars. He immedi-
ately accepted and was at once COM
missioned a major by Secretary Of
War Baker.
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
BUSINESS SLUMP
HARDLY POSSIBLE
President of Haynes Automo
bile Company Says Country
is on Threshold OF
Prosperity.

Ii there Is one thing that the
American people do not have to fear
in connection with the present war,
it is business depression" says Fl
wood Haynes. pioneer motor car
builder and president Of the Haynes
Automobile company.
Instead OF facing al industrial ces-
sstion, the United States stands on
the threshold OF an era OF prosperity,
and just as soon as we have read
justed ourselves to present conditions,
all the lines of business. which tenn
porarily slowed down with the de.
clarstion OF war and the passing of
CONSUMPTION measures, will swing into
healthy, vigorous pace.
Money in Circulation.
"The fact that the government Is
borrowing is not to be taken as evi.
dcnce that the money will 60 out Of
circulation in this country. In truth
it means the existence OF practically
the opposite condition., since the
greater part of the government
monies will be Immediately spent for
supplies. This is in strong contrast
10 the European countries, who are
pouring their boards into the United
States for the purchase OF materials
TO effectively prosecute the war.
Present conditions can only mean
one thing. and that is domestic con-
ditions will be even more prosperous
than they have been in the past. The
American family. which 10 the de-
ternining factor for depression or
prosperity. will do its share in max
ing ito usual purchases Of food, cloth
ing, building materials, house fur
nishings and motor cars"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
Paige Establishes New
Record on West Coast

The motor car record between
Seattle, Wash, and Vancouver, B. c.,
long a bone of contention among au-
tomobile men in that section of the
country, was substantially lowered by
a Paige roadster in a recent attempt
in which the Paige car came through
in impressive style. ~. "
The Paige, 1915 mode! that had
already accumulated mileage in
excess of $4,000 in transcontinental
travelling, was driven by George NJ.
Price of Seattle and covered the dis
tance of 167 miles in three hours and
forty-two minutes running time, and
four hours and thirty-six minutes
elapsed time.
Persistent Advertising is the Road
to Success.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
Gossip =
Along the
Automobile Row

"Onc of the ways, often overlooked
in which society is benefited by mo,
tor truck transportation" says ]. c.
Haarmann of the Haarmann-Locke
Motors company OF this city, is the
increased value it gives to farm land
located many miles from market.
There are many pieces of land located
twenty to fifty miles from prosperous
cities which are admirably suited to
produce and small fruit raising, but
which are lying idle because Of their
inaccessibility to market by means Of
horse and wagon. A motor truck will
put such farms within easy reaching
distance OF the market and thus in
crease many times the value OF the
land"
A Studebaker Six has been pur-
chased by the Retail Grocers' and
Butchers association OF Omaha to be
given away at their annual picnic to
Be held July l9. According to Man
ager Kaufman of Studebaker- Wilson,
Incorporated, this is a tribute to the
high merits OF the Studebaker car
and is just an added proof OF the
great popularity which the Studebaker
enjoys. The giving away Of a Sl,25O
car is a new innovation.
The Stanley Motor Carriage COM
pany, Newton, Mass, has declared its
regular preferred stock dividend at the
rate Of 7 per cent per annum, payable
July l., to stockholders OF record OF
that date. Business is reported un-
usually good. Deliveries show an in
crease of 200 per cent over the same
period year ago.
"Another evidence OF the whirl-
wind sales methods of the Omaha
Savage Sales company will be noticed
in this territory soon," asserts Mr..
Wilson, manager Of the Savage Tire
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
Omaha Firm Quoted as
Having the Riqht Idea

The following is part OF a letter
which has been sent to all King deal
ers, and is . fai: tribute to newspaper
advertising, and also brings to light
an interesting fact regarding one oil
Omaha's automobile distributors:
ITO all King distributors and deal
ers: If the King company don't
sell lot Of cars It Is not the fault oi
the advertising or of the machines,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
"MiIlionaire Cowboy" and
"Skeeter Bill" Buy Dorts

Bronco busters want strength in
the automobiles they drive and that's
why sSkeeter Bill and the million
aire cowboy have chosen Dort,"
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
"rhe two cowpunchers and their
wives passed through San Francisco
this week cnroute north In bort.
The car was decorated as befitted the
steed Of a cowboy and the riders have
faith in 1t in a pinch"
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-24
branch, "We are putting out 5000
road signs during the next week"

"The Honorable Charles w. Pool,
Secretary of the State of Nebraska,
has approved OF the Corning Noviol
headlight glasses" asserts NJ. S.
Livingston of the Master Sales CON-
pany, incorporated.
"Mr. Pool not only approved OF
this glass but scientific tests have
proven that a yellow head light elm,
mates all glare"
Raymond W Hayward OF the Nc
Intyre-Hayward Motor company
leaves tonight for the Stearns-knight
factory at Cleveland, o.
w. T. Hause OF the w. T. Hause
Auto company leaves Tuesday for
the Peerless factory at Cleveland, O..
Mr.. Hause will make the trip in a
Peerless Eight.
J. P. Linch OF the Nebraska Pater-
son Auto company leaves early this
week for the Paterson factory at
Flint, Mich, in an effort to secure
more cars for this territory.
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03
SYNOPSIS.

Adventurous Jerry Carson embarks
IN search of hidden treasure with the
promise of Leontine Walcott to be his
wife on his return. Her father favors
Sebastian Navarro. Jerry's ship is burn
ed, he is reported lost. Sebastian presses
his attentions. Jerry suddenly turns up
TO confront charges of the Nayarres
against him. In a struggle for forged
paper Diego Navarro is killed and Jerry
Is convicted OF the murder. He escapes,
and finds the treasure and wonderful
chemical pellet Leontine is forced to
marry Sebas tian. On the honeymoon,
he attacks her in "a rage Suddenly he Is
confronted by weird apparition. Raw
engar forces a confession from Louie.
Sebastian attempts ia get IT, An earth
quake occurs; in the excitement, Red
Finn steals the confession and fees. He
appears in New, York as ItomanoH and
enlists the aid of Madame Blanca.
Leontine confronts her husband I'M the
gambling house. The Shadow battles
for her and she escapes with the con-
fession. One-Lamp Louie follows her and
takes the paper from her The Shadow
saves Navarro from robbery. Romanon
attempts 10 kdnap Sebastian and Leon
tine, but RayAngar appears to thwart
him. Blanca and her thugs are puzzled
by RaVengars repeated escapes and re-
turns to his cellar prison. Leontine con-
sents 10 accompany Hamilton on a bal
loon ascension. Sebastian drugs Hamilton
and arranges TO have Leontine set adrtft
in tine balloon. The balloon bursts into
flame and Leontine finds that her COM
panion is Ravengar. They are rescued,
but One-Lamp Louie reports that they
persisted in a hurricane. Sebastian ar
ranges TO marry Blanca. Louie prevents
II TO save himself and is thrown TO death
by Sebastian who changes his marriage
plans He sees Leontine alive and well
Later Sebastian kidnaps Leontine, but the
Shadow has promised her protection. Raw
engar delivers Leontine from the hands OF
her enemies, but Bianca's thugs capture
him. Blanca hesitates to kill him as she
is passionately in love with him. BY
maintaining that Deontine is insane, Sc
bastian again gains possession OF her.
Ravengar after a terrific battle, rescues
her. but the mystic mantle which renders
them invisible, is stolen. Bianca's thugs
corner Ravengar and Leontine in shack.
Blanca defends Ravengar. He escapes
and RECEIVERS the invisible mantle. Out of
revenge the thugs dynamite the shack
and kill Blanca
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03
TWELFTH EPISODE
The Stolen Shadow.

Sebastian had hurried homeward,
overcome with panic at Leontine's dis
appearance. The game was up at last,
and he recognized that fact. For he
had no hope that Blanca and her gang
would succeed in discovering the fu-
gitives.
He had played his game remorse-
lessly, and in every one of Leontine's
escapes from imminent death he had
seen the finger of fate.
He resolved TO fly. There was still
time; there was ample time before the
police got on his trail.
He packed a few essentials into a
couple of grips and got ready to leave.
He had drawn several thousand dol
lars out Of his bank; that would suffice
him for the present. He closed the
grips and took them down to his
library. he lit a cigar and sat down
for few moments thought.
The thought of Blanca rushed back
through his mind. He shifted his feet
uncertainty. 1t was hard to give her
up. Should he stay, then?
AS he looked across the room there
appeared suddenly the luminous hands
and eyes, the apparition that had so
startled and Mortified him before. Sc
bastian screamed and leaped to his
feet. In his shaken condition this
seemed more than he could bear. But
as he stared at the apparition 1t
changed suddenly into the figure of
Ravengar, his enemy.
Sebastian sank back trembling into
his chair, and Ravengar came forward
with easy nonchalance and stood be-
fore him, smiling gravely at him.
"Yes, Sebastian Navarro, the game
is up" ne said. "Your wife Is at the
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03
SLACKERS IN THE ALPHABET
Six Letters Do Half the Work Of the
Entire Twenty-six, is Report of
investigators.

One Of the most relentless hunts for
Slackers that has been conducted any
where is reported by the education d.
vision of the Russell Sage foundation.
Experts of this division have been
studying the comparative industry Of
the letters of the alphabet and have
unearthed all sorts of Sinking. "There
should be law against cruelty to the
alphabet" complains DR.. Leonard p.
Ayres, one of the investigators, six
letters do half the work"
STUDY of some thousands of type
written letters revealed the identity
of the lazy letters. A typewriter
company has been considering a rear
rangement of its keyboard and want
ed to place the really industrious let
tiers where they would be easily Access
sible.
The six letters upon whose Shout
ders is slumped the labor of the other
twenty are "a" "e" "h, "n," CO." and
at" These do half the work of the
whole alphabet. "E" and st" lead the
six, doing fourth of the alphabet's
work and having presumably little
time for rest or recreation. Letters
like %" "x" and ''v' loaf practically
all the time.
The presnt intention Is to reward
the industry of the ubiquitous six by
giving them a place of high honor in
the middle of the revised typewriter
keyboard. "T," "h'' and IN" are there
already but sc" is rather remote, and
"a" and so" are out on the edge OF
things, barely within the scope of the
typist's cropping little tinger.-Spokane
Spokesman Review.
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03

the only person who knows the secret"
They went up the stairs together.
Ravengar unlocked a door and opened
1t. LeOntine looked with wonder into
the interior. She saw what seemed
to be an ordinary laboratory, such as
chemist might have. But why did Ra-
vengar want laboratory?
"This is my secret" said Ravengar,
taking up a bottle containing a few
black pellets and placing it before the
girl. Although they appear black when
seen through the medium of the glass,
II you held them in your hand you
would see nothing. They are absolute
black. Ordinary black, as you know,
is not really black at all-that is to
say, 1t is not invisibility, as black
should be. 1t Is, instead, composed OF
blending of hues. Real black is In
visible.
"This Is absolute black. The pellets
ledge-in the South Atlantic. They
were the discovery of the scientist, Jo-
seph Dexter"
Leontine started. She had heard the
name before, but when or where she
could not think.
"He wrote of his discovery in his
journal. Wait. will get it for you"
continued Ravengar.
Upon the table was the invisible
mantle. Leaving it with the pellets in
front of the open window, Ravengar
turned away and went toward a safe
that stood in the corner. Leontine fol-
lowed him.
81 have his journal here" Ravengar
continued, beginning TO open the safe.
"Some day it will be published and
will make interesting reading. Here
it Is"
He took out a cover containing a
number of sheets of waterstained pa
per, closed the safe, and went back
toward the table, TO lay the journal
down. Then he started and stared al
ternately at the table and at Leontine.
The cloth and the bottle of pellets
were gone.
The pellets !" gasped Ravengar.
They were here a moment ago"
IL haven't touched them. You must
have put them somewhere" answered
Leontine.
Ravengar began hunting for them
hurrledly, but he could find them no.
where. Both the pellets and the cloth
were gene.
"You may have taken them to the
SAFE" Leontine suggested.
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03

and clear himself" suggested Raven
gar.
Leontine shook her head mournfully.
mo, there is no hope" she answered
sadly.
but you can never tell" Ravengar
persisted. "Be true to your love, for
Jerry, and all will be WELL"
They were the words which had been
uttered on the first occasion when she
saw the mysterious hands and eyes.
Leontine started back In fear. She
looked at Ravengar searchingly.
He smiled. There was something
sad and charming in the inscrutable
look upon his face.
"What do you mean" she cried.
"What do you know about Jerry? Who
are your
Ravengar smiled still. T7 1 am
only your shielding shadow" he re-
piled.
but what Is your mysterious
powerT asked the girl excitedly.
whence comes your ability to appear
and disappear at wlll?"
"Have you forgotten the invisible
mantleT
"No, but that only intenslfles the
mystery. Why is 1t invisiblef And
why Is IL invisible on one side and
not on the otherT
Ravengar took her by the hand. do
you trust me. Leontine7" he inquired.
do you. who have been surrounded
by so much evil, trust to my good mo-
tivesT
slow can help but trust your re-
piled the girl.
"Then come with me-" he answered,
"and / will show YOU"
Leontine and Ravengar got out Of a
taxicab and entered house In culet
part of the town. Ravengar opened
the door.
ct do not live here" he said. II
rent an upper floor for use as a labo-
ratory. II Is necessary that should
not have II In my home, for fear OF
] Its discovery by our enemies You are
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03

police station, and shortly you will be
arrested and on the way to paying the
penalty for your crimes"
Sebastian shook with fear. why do
you prosecute met" he groaned.
"YOu have one chance of escape, so
far as your wife and I are concerned"
Ravengar continued. "If you Will
write a confession of the crime which
sent Jerry Carson to prison, we will
ssis on the police and let you 60 freq
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03

Ravengar shook his head. Neverthe-
less, he went back to the safe and
opened 1t again. The quest was fruit
less. The bottle was nowhere to be
found.
"That Window exclaimed Raven
gar. "Was 1t open when / went to the
safer"
II don't think So" Leontine an
swered.
The window, which was of the
French variety, and had been closed
when they entered, was now slightly
open. They looked out. The house
was set near another of similar archi-
lecture, and between the two there ran
q narrow passage. A window in the
adjacent house was set opposite the
laboratory window. 1t would have
been just possible for an agile man,
seated upon the sill, to have stretched
out his arm and reached the bottle Of
pellets.
1--WE must find out who Is in the
next house." said Ravengar to Leon
tine. IF somebody has taken 1t, we
must get him before he escapes u.s."
He darted from the room, Leontine
following him, and they rushed down
the stairs and gained the street to-
gether. There was an immense crowd,
policeman was standing beside an
auto. in which appeared n second po-
liceman. He and the chauffeur were
supporting a figure, but whether of a
man or woman neither Ravengar nor
Leontine could see above the heads of
the crowd which pressed In front of
them.
AS Ravengar tried to clear a way
to the auto the first policeman raised
his hand, and the auto moved away,
carrying the injured person, the second
policeman and the chauffeur. Raven
gar managed to reach the official who
was now dispensing the crowd.
"Accident7" he asked.
Them Joy riders knocked down a
fellow that was coming out Of the al.
ley here. They've taken him to st
Lnke's," answered the policeman
The Yale expositor., 1917-05-03

Ravengar leaped out of the taxicab
the moment 1t stopped at the hospital
gates and assisted Leontine down. He
paid the driver and went inside. The
clerk acknowledged that patient had
just been brought In, suffering from
the effects of an automobile accident.
They hurried to Sebastian's bedside.
Already Sebastian had seen them; his
eyes were fixed In hatred upon his
wife's Leontine, unmoved, returned
his stare. And then there happened an
extraordinary thing.
The face Of the man on the bed
went out. The neck and shoulders
followed It. Sebastian had disappeared.