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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29

from the enemy lines-and men who
had learned the word, 'kamerad.'
"Stretcher bearers began to come
and go and little pairs of men began
to move slowly back, carrying wound
ed soldiers.
Gust ahead in the foreground were
some troops in support and at times
they appeared to be tense with ex-
element, looking for all the world like
baseball fans with the score tied, two
out and the pinch hitter at bat in the
last of the ninth. 49,. .... =.
IA shell would strike near them and
not a soldier would be in sight. Five
minutes later the entire parapet would
be again lined with spectators. In
other words, you can't keep a curious
man down.
During the entire attack the air
planes encircled the field constantly.
Once an enemy machine, disguised as
French flyer, slipped through the
allied aerial defense, but he was
quickly recognized and downed.
'""The Yankees are certainly worry
ing ,Heinie. for to him we are an un-
known quantity, and don't play the
game according to he German book of
HOyle.' ~.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
GREAT LAKES
\. SHIPS MOVED
In SECTIONS
Large Bulk Carriers Are Taken
Apart to Squeeze Them
Through Canal
WILL ADD 100000 TONS

New York, July 29.-Transporting a
steamship 45S feet long, 500 feet
wide and with depth Of rs feet
through a canal that is only A feet
wide accommodating a draft of IA
feet and an extreme length of 26o
feet, with the cutting of the ship IN
only one place, is a problem that the
United States shipping board believes
it has worked out in order to bring
from the Great Lakes for war service
the steamship Charles X. Van Hise.
The Van Hise is one of 1870 lake YES
sells which the United States took over
on the Great Lakes when America
entered the war Forty-eight of these
were brought out before the closing in
OF ice last winter, and So more sub
sequent to the opening Of navigation
last spring. Many were too long for
the Welland canal to accommodate
and the problem of transportation was
easily solved by cutting the ships in
two amidship, bulkheading the open
ends and rejoining at Montreal and
Quebec for the Atlantic voyage to
American shipyards.
With the exception of the Van Hise
those now coming out which are too
long for the canal locks are being
handled the same way, but in this YES
sci there was encountered the prob
lem of a breadth of beam six fee;
greater than the width of the canal.
Ships of the size of the Van Hise-
a 5000 ton lightweight carrier-are
needed: it was impossible to widen
the locks; and the engineers of the
shipping board were instructed to
solve the problem
"his they apparently have done by
planning, after the ship has been cut
dicap of length, to bulkhead up the
two halves remove mosts, tunnels ana
deck houses, watertight the deck.
place steel pontoons on one side OF
each halved hull. fill the other side
with water and tip each half on one
edge. This will give to each half a
breadth. measuring FROM deak t. keel,
OF 25 feet. allowing sufficient room
to tow the sections through the
locks.
Work of getting the Van Hise ready
IOlS lulS IL ~ ID uuuCi NoS ouu ~ 10 Ca
pected the floating will be done late
in August, which would allow suffi-
cient time to put the ship together
and arrive her in the Atlantic before
the advent of cold weather and ice
blockades.
F. A. Eustis, special agent for the
United States shipping board in
charge of the Great Lakes district, de-
clares there is no doubt but that this
problem, one Of the most unique ever
undertaken by marine engineers, will
be safely carried out
The work OF building new vessels.
and Of preparing old lake ships for
ocean trade. according to Mr.. Eustis.
Is progressing rapidly in every lake
port Fourteen ship yards located at
Duluth. Superior. Milwaukee, Chicago.
Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland Buffalo. auii
Astabula, O.. are working night and
day. The 142 lake steamers already
launched or TO be brought out as this
years program will average $500
deadweight tons carrying capacity,
thereby adding to American shipping
approximately 100000 TONS OF this
tonnage, 1870 are new ships and II are
old, and all are Of steel with one ex-
ceptiOn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
GELAT1NE HELD
TO BE GREATEST
+. FOOD CONSERVOR

In Mothers Magazine for August,
Dr.Goudiss pays a remarkable tribute
to gelatine.
He states that the use of gelatine
In American homes has almost
doubled in year, and is now mill
lion pounds a month
A million pounds of -gelatine makes
about 200 million servings. Used as
dessert it requires little sugar. Each
million pounds of gelatine, used to
displace other sorts Of desserts. will
save about ten million pounds OF SUI
gar and some l.2 million pounds of
flour.
To sweeten fresh fruit or to make
preserved fruit requires from three
to four times as much sugar as to
make an equal quantity of gelatine
dessert. Other forms OF desserts re-
quire both sugar and flour. ~ Y.
e But gelatine is also a great saver
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29

thinking about where we're send Kaiser
numbered
Helena, shown this Ma
poleon
had
English talking sending
globe Nobody meeooogss
maintains station there
barrel of and of bareback and
Graham South Laurie
somewhat chilier
hl globe though Vekhoynsk, Siberia which
ltsco Medicine for
having him
to
What think?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
MINNESOTANS EATING
FISH TO SAVE FLESH

ST. Paul, Mimi, July 29.-Citizens
of Minnesota who have periodically
observed the orders and suggestions
of the national and state food admin
istration have been heavy fish eaters
this summer.
Information reaching the state fish
and game commissioner indicates that
hundreds Of thousands of pounds of
fish have been consumed since the ice
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29

the presence of other impostors is not
improbable, and suggested that Mon
tana residents mix patriotism with a
bit of polite caution.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

Two minutes passed, and Cannon
opened his eyes, sat up dazedly, and put
a hand to his wounded temple Nance
kissed him, shook him again and told
him of her fears. He rose staggeringly,
and the two hurried to the great line of
cliffs and climbed to broad ledge mid
way of the face without drawing fire.
There David sank to his knees. He was
still dazed and weak. Nance kept the
rifle, and always she watched for
officer-blue. When David had ral-
lied, they would go on. The rest Of the
climb was hazardous.
Then Nance saw three men, instead
OF two, come out to the open three
hundred yards below them, and one of
the three was waving aloft white
handkerchief tied to switch. Cannon
rose at Nance's exclamation, and he
saw the men.
"Another officer" he mumbled. "The
high sheriff, maybe. That truce-hag
is no good. It's a ruse. Nance-I'll
have to try to get over the cliffs and
lose myself on the other side of the
mountain. Let's say goodbye, Nance.
God knows-Tm much obliged to you.
I'll always love you, little pal-sweet
little pal. But you'd better forget
about me. Good-bye!" He held out
his arms to her.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

"Pm a-goin' with you!" said Abner
Hurley's daughter. ~ shot one O.
them men in the wrist, and Pm out
lawed too-thank God! Where you
go, honey, I'll go. When you fight,
I'll fight with you. When you die,
honey, I'll die with you Don't say
another word, David, darlin'-a'cause
Pm a-goin' with you'll"
She turned, sent a bullet singing
above the truce-hag three hundred
yards below them, and faced back to
David Cannon, The Cliffhawk, her
mate, her man; and he saw that there
could be no gainsaying her. Something
sweet and desperate struggled upward
in his breast and gave him new life.
She was his mate, his woman; and
strong and glorious and beautiful
woman she was, for all her wildness, for
all her uncouthness. She was noun
tain-born, one of his own kind. :. ~.
They knelt, there on that broad ledge
midway of the cliff, in the scorching
sunshine, and joined their right hands.
David Cannon took away and put
aside his broad-rimmed hat and lifted
his white, blood-stained face to the
blue of the early summer sky His
lips moved in strange and solemn
ceremony, in the most earnest prayer
OF his life:
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

ne VIII, II MT MelVllle goes away never
to return here?"
"Mr. Melville? My father? He go
away? He never will go away; he says
he is too old to do without his daughter;
besides, he has not the means"
We'll, we shall see," l cheerfully
interposed. 81 am only poor nurse,
but know something Of human nature,
and think he will leave this town for
good and all before nightfall. But
here is your breakfast, and expect you
to eat and astonish the doctor. See,
/ am going to set y)u good example"
And with these words strove to
comfort her and keep her up till l could
have the wo short interviews which
were likely to determine her fate.
The first was with Mr. Cassetty. He
came in quite early to see us, having
heard, with the greatest surprise, or so
l was told by Mollie, that the girl he
had doomed to death the night before
was in reality decidedly better. When
l met HIM he still showed a physical
depression, qui,e emarkable in man
of his stalwart make and sturdy
temperament. did not encourage
him to show himself to Coralie just yet.
but beckoned him to one side, where
put HIM the same question had
addressed to my young patient:
eff Mr.. Melville could be induced to
fly the town, do you think Mr.. Beau
champ would be willing to marry
Coralie?"
He answered me with all the serious
ness l hoped for, notwithstanding the
bitter shading of sarcasm which lent an
acrid tone to his voice.
L. L.
fly this place, but to stay away from her
forever, l think Mr.. Beauchamp would
try to forget his antipathy to him as the
possible parent of Coralie."
hardly dared make my next .sugges-
ton. After all, l had known these
people barely week. But for some
reason Mr.. Cassetty seemed to welcome
my interference. Perhaps because he
felt it to be disinterested.
therefore summoned my courage
and ventured to ask:
Cannot means be found for inducing
him to do this?'
"Buy him off, do you mean? God
knows that l am willing to do so. 1
would gladly give up the whole of my
fortune for the privilege of waking up
and finding the events of yesterday a
dream. l would give half of it to turn
this nightmare into an endurable
experience. Miss Ladd, your sug-
gestion strikes me as feasible. l will
offer him three thousand dollars a year
to leave Sudbury, and increase it to
five thousand if he will swear to cease
all further communication with Coralie;
both sums to be forfeited if he ap-
proaches her or writes to her once?"
"Will he accept"
He will be much more of a fool than
think if he don't"
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"Thou God, be our Minister and
Witness. / take this woman to be my
wife, and she takes me to be her hus-
band. We do here swear before Thee
that we viii love and honor and trust
each other always; we swear to be true
to each other in Joy and in sorrow, in
sickness and in health, in life and in
death. Bless this marriage and sane
tify it, o God, our Minister and
Witness. Amen. Amen. Amen"
"Amen," Nance echoed sweetly; and
her head fell forward and rested
against his mighty shoulder-"A Amen.
Amen"
They rose, ready to go into wilder
ness world with only their love, good
rifle, and their faith in the goodness of
the Almighty and in each other. Their
strange marriage ceremony had occu-
pied more time than they thought.
Standing short distance below them
was Sheriff Cartwright with the little
truce-fag. Cartwright barred his head.
II take off my hat" he said feelingly,
"to the finest, biggest man l have ever
known. Mrs. Cannon died yesterday,
David, and Charley has confessed"
He turned away. David Cannon
turned to his Nance and caught her
supple, roundish figure close, close in
his arms.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17
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to the arm, which lay in feverish aban-
con outside the bed-clothes. On this
arm her regard remained concentrated,
shifting, with its restless movement, till
it fell on the scar suddenly turned
uppermost. Then her head bent lower,
and she gazed long and closely at the
tiny mark, with just sidelong look now
and then at me, which | was fortunately
able to foresee sufficiently to meet her
with shut lids and an impassive coun-
tenance. When quite satisfied with her
scrutiny, she raised herself erect and
turned towards the table standing at
the bed-head. If, in so doing, she had
been called upon to face me again, l
might not have been able to have kept
quite still, so violently had my heart
begun to beat at sight of the little phial
she had drawn from her bosom. But
she turned the other way, and / found
my self-command sufficient to hold me
in passive condition while listened
to the falling of a dozen drops or so of
some indistinguishable liquid into the
glass which stood ready for Coralie's
next dose. Poison Tor what else could
it be from her hand? And the woman
who dared do this, who hated this
innocent girl enough, or hated the
avowed father enough, to seek her death
as a revenge for some old wrong, either
of her own or of some society or which
she stood, moved within reach of my
arms! l could scarcely realize it, or
my position; but did not stir or leap
upon her, or even summon Patrick, as
would seem natural in one of my
temperament, but sat there, silent and
seemingly unconscious of her presence;
e., lo1 10
and burning thought, and in the hope
Cassetty from her present unhappy
position l was able to maintain my
seemingly unconscious attitude.
l even had the composure to move a
little in my chair, as if affected by some
disturbing influence, and when, startled
by it, she glided aga n behind me on her
way to the window, let my eyes again
unclose and took one last look at her
heavily yelled form majestic W tn some
mighty passion, before it disappeared
again into the night. A few minutes
more and, gradually bestirring myself,
l rose, locked the window and drew
down the shade. Better that Coralie
should suffocate than that this woman
should visit us twice. Then / took up
the glass the latter had meddled with,
but, making nothing of it's contents,
set it carefully aside for the doctor s
inspection on the morrow. AS l re-
turned to my chair the clock in the
library struck the half hour.
had relapscd into my contemplation
of the plan which had come to me like
an inspiration while that wickedest of all
wicked women had hung over my un-
conscious patient, when the door leading
into the hall fell suddenly open and Mr..
Cassetty appeared on the threshold.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17
Glow if you frighten him first?"

"Frighten him?"
"You have spoken of woman.
Now, if you told him that woman had
arrived in town-a mysterious woman
an evil woman, who delights in haunting
this house at night, and entering
Coralie's room on an errand breathing
of hate and murder, don't you think it
would have a tendency to make him
more amenable to your proposals?
You say that he never waits long after
the appearance of Arabella in the place
he inhabits"
"What are you saying?" vociferated
Mr.. Cassetty "This woman, this
Arabella, in Coralie's room on an errand
of death and murder?"
l told him of the experience l had
passed through before his own visit to
the sick room the night before. When
l had finished, he gave me wondering
look, then passed his hand over his face
in a way did not understand.
"You are brave girl" he observed
at last. "How did this woman look?"
l fastened to describe her.
She was tall; she wore long, black
garment, which covered her form, and
veil which almost entirely hid her face.
The short glimpse l got of her features
frightened me. l am sure she is a
dangerous woman, and that she put
something in Coralie's glass which would
do her no good if she took it,"
He stared at me in quite an unnatural
fashion, l thought, and then, to my
surprise, broke into sharp, hard laugh.
"You at least have level head and a
clear eye," he cried. "That is
blessing in this house. Now, please tell
me again about this woman"
repeated my story, adding one or
two not unimportant details. AS he
listened, his face grew set and stern.
"It is Arabella," he declared "I
have heard her name too often not to
appearance here just when he thought to
complications he has precipitated upon
with him. Iwish he would come down
he is always late in the morning"
"Will you allow mel spoke
timidly, for felt that my request must
sound preposterous-" be the first to
mention this woman to him? think l
can do it with effect all the more so that
he can have no suspicion that l know
who this woman is"
"You? Well, why not? But you
have scarcely ever spoken to him.
Won't you find it difficult, my child?"
The blood which leaped to my face
seemed to astonish him. But he said
nothing, only reiterated his consent,
adding:
81 will manage to leave you two
alone moment after breakfast, for
you will eat this morning with us, will
you not? Coralie is so much better!"
(Toof:na,oI NJ, o,oo, 1N
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17
The Cliff Hawk
Continued from page y

"But Pm a-goin' to stay by David
Cannon, the only friend I've got on
earth, and ye can bet on that! I'm a
goin' to die a-6ghtin' right here with
him, ef ! haf to. Better go back! l
can shoot like man, and Pm shore
a-goin' to shoot to kill"
The officers protested and pleaded,
warned and threatened Nance had
nothing more to say to them save this:
"Ive done done my tal.in'. Pm
ready and willin' to die right here with
my sweetheart. Look out-I'm a-goin'
to shoot"
And she did-and one of the men in
the scrub below dropped his revolver,
seized his wrist and swore terribly.
The laws representatives fell back to
the timber line. Nance believed they
were preparing to come upon her from
both sides; it did not occur to her that
they would not shoot at woman. So
Nance knelt by Cannon and shook
him; he had to come to; he had to get
up to the cliffs and over theml
David" she called anxiously. "Da-
vid! David"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

He was white of face, stricken in spirit
and almost incapable of speech.
Plunging towards him, / took him by
the hand.
"What is the matter?" ! exclaimed.
"What has happened?"
He cast a glance of fearful interest
towards the bed, and pointing at
Coralie's shadowed face with a shaking
hand, cried, in a voice l shall long
remember:
melville spoke the truth! She is
his child and not mine, and she is
destined to die before maorning!"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17
CHAPTER vi
UNDER Mr.. MELvILLE's WINDOW

UNDER Mr.. MELvILLE's WINDOW
No explanation followed this violent
assertion. Mr.. Cassetty groaned and
left the room as suddenly as he had
entered it, and silence once again filled
the sick chamber. Influenced by his
words, / turned towards the bed,
almost expecting to see the death damp
gathered on my lovely patients brow.
But no such ominous sign Of her
approaching end appeared. On the
contrary, her sleep seemed sweeter and
her pulse beat stronger than at any
was evidently much better. The end
her into misery, had brought relief
which she had been laboring, and as
result her heart was resuming it's normal
action. Mr. Cassetty's fears, so vehe-
mently expressed, were but the natural
result of the great shock to which he
had himself been subjected. The doc
tor would have quite a different story
to tell when he came next morning.
My belief in her ultimate recovery,
which became fixed after this hour, only
made the development and carrying out
of my contemplated plan more impera-
tive. In some way and by some means,
the life she seemed destined to live
must be relieved from the immense
shadow which had fallen over it. Some
influence must be brought to bear on
Mr.. Melville. l believed myself to
have found the influence, and counted
the hours till dawn.
With the first appearance of sunlight
on the lawn, l summoned Mollie to
take my place by Coralies side and stole
out of the house, ostensibly for breath
of the fresh morning air. But did not
wander far from the house. did not
need to. The traces sought were Just
beyond my window, and greatly en-
couraged l returned in quite cheerful
frame of mind to my charge. When
Coralie awoke, l met her with a
smile.
"Courage!" I cried. "You are bet
ter; you are going to get well, and some
day you will marry Mr. Beauchamp"
"Has he-will he-do you think he
will come again?"
~ am sure he will. Don't you think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-13
Scott Ferris to Direct Congressional Campaign
 of Democratic Party

Washington, March 12-Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma, chairman of the House public lands committee since the. democrats gained control, was elected chairman of the democratic con gressional campaign committee tonight He succeeds Representative Frank E. Doremus of Michigan, who after pilot ing two congressional campaigns, an- nounced he could no longer serve be- cause his time would be taken up by other congressional activities.
 The committee reorganized for the first time during this Congress These vice chafrmen were elected:
 Senators Shields. Tennessee: Shafroth Colorado, and Thompson. Kansas: Rep- resentative Webb, North Carolina Candy, South Dakota; Baker. Cobra no and Cox, Indiana. Representative Lon ergan of Connecticut was chosen secre- tary; South Trimble of Kentucky. who is clerk of the House, was continued as assistant secretary. and Joseph J. Sin. nott of Virginia, doorkeeper of the House as sergeant-at-arms of the com mittee.
 Both Mir. Ferris and Mir. Dorenus made speeches expressing full confidence Of the success of the party at the polls next lasi It was agreed that there should he another meeting on April 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-13
M'ADOO NAMES ASSISTANTS ID
 SHELTON WILLIAMS
Three Advisory Committees Are Formed to Aid in Making Purchases
 for Roads

Washington March 12-Director General McAdoo tonight announced the apoint- ment of a number of assistants to John Skelton Williams. director of the rail- road administrators division of finance and purchases, which is to spend between s1ooo, oOoooO and 5000. .OoO,0oo An advisory committee for finances Is composed of Franklin c. Brown, New York; Festus J.. Wade, St Louis, and Frederick W. Scott. Richmond, Va, all bankers.
 The purchasing committee for the south, with headquarters at Atlanta. is com posed of F. H. Fechtig, purchasing agent of the Atlantic Coast Line; Albert c. Mann, purchasing agent of the Illinois Central, and H. T. Shanks, purchasing agent of the Louisville and Nashville
 The central advisory purchasing com mittee, with headquarters at Washing ton, is composed of Henry B. Spencer, Washington. vice president of Southern in charge of purchases; Samuel Porcher, Philadelphia, purchasing agent of the Pennsylvania, and George G. Yoemans, New Haven, purchasing agent of the New Haven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-13
Judge !. C. Wood Dies
 From Injuries Received
 From Fall in Pensacola

Montgomery. March 12--(Special>-J. c. Wood of Mount Willing, member of the state democratic executive committee probate judge of Lowndes county and owner of one of the largest plantations in Alabama, died at Pensacola Tuesday from injuries received when he fell on the tile floor of Pensacola hotel a short time before. His skull was fractured In the fall and he never regained con sciousness. Surgeons of Montgomery were rushed to Pensacola but he died before they could operate.
 Judge Wood had been prominent fig- ure in Alabama politics for many years No one in Lowndes county could defeat him for the probate judgeship He was the owner ofSa plantation said to con- sist of l2,ooo acres in Lowndes county and about bD families of negroes were located on it.
 The vacancy on the state executive committee will be filled by the committee and Governor Henderson will name his successor as probate judge.