The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1917, Page 3

oy TRAPPED WHEN ROE SETTLES Tragedy Prevented in Jamestown! School by Presence of Mind of Two Instructors CEILING SAGGED TO FULLY THREE FEET: (Special to Tribune) Jamestown, IN. D., May - 9.—What aight have resulted in a tragedy un- equaled in the history of Jamestown} Was narrowly’ averted at the Junior high school building yesterday when an iron suport commenced slowly tearing its way through the flooring in a classroom on the first floor, caus- ing a tremor throughout tie entire structure and allowing the floor of} the classroom above to sag a depth | of three and one-half inches. Pupils March Out in Order, Quick work on the part of Instruc- tor I. L. Lamb, who dismissed ‘pupils immediately and marched} ‘them ‘from the room in an orderly! ‘who -erected the junidr | ‘peuitested to meet at the home y manner, * been and also-on the part of K, K. King, mranual training instructor, who rusied to the basement and with | the assistance of a workman placed | a brace under the weakened iron | post, was undoubtedly responsible for averting a serious accident, ~ Faulty Construction Apparent. Faulty construction, by * engineers igh school, which is a wooden stricture and has tanding for ‘the past 40 years, was apparent after a thorough. inves- tigpygon. Thejiron support which gave way was found to be resting on mere- ly the flooring of the first story and was located several inches: from a ‘heam, on which it most naturally should have )een stationed. Another Depression Noted. It is expected that ° temporary braces can be installed so that the remainder of the school year may not be affected to any great extent. However, it is evident that something must be done soon, as the general assembly room on the second floor | gccupicd the attention of the officers eight | inches, although this was noticeable {and the afternoon. also shows a depression of before the harrowing experience of yesterday. BRITISH LOSSES ON ARRAS FRONT LIGHT TO ONES AT SOMME London, May 9.—Chancellor Law today stated in the house of com- mons that the British casualties in the recent’ offensive on the Arras front in France were from 50 to 75 per cent lower than those in the bat- tle of the Somme, In moving a yote of credit for 500,- 000,000 pounds in the house of com- mons, Chancellor Law said that the) alarming feature of the figures were that they represented a daily expend- iture of 7,250,000 pounds. BODY OF LATE “WM. : J. DOLAN ARRIVES HERE | The body of the late William als Dolan, formerly of Bismarck and late years of Coeur d’ Alene, arrived in the city this morning and was taken to the home of‘ais mother, Mrs. John DolanS#01 Wirst street. Funeral serv- aces svill@be held from the»Catholic "ehurchiy? fp er pnoyery aaprying’ at 10 o'clock. Spanish-American war yeterans -are | of Mrs. John Lolan at 401 First street at $:30 o'clock tomorfow morning. From there Uaey will escort the re- mains of the late William J. Dolan | to the Catholic church, where the fun- | eral ss will be held. CITY WEIGHWASTER OD BiG BUSINESS DURING YEAR---MUGH COAL USED) Bismarck’s city scales did a big business during the year ending May 1.. City \Weighmaster Wakeman re- ports that a total of 23.049 loads; were checked up and o. k.'d during} that period. The largest item by far was coal, with an aggregate of 16,696 | loads. Some odd items were one load of buckwheat, one of lead and one | of squash, There also was a single load of screenings, Other commodities checked up by the weighmaster were: 1,940 loads of hay, 778 of ice, 677 of sand, 471 of corn, 437 of hogs, 393 of potatoes, gladly refund your money Store open from 7:30 Open Saturday evenin: Union You'll find-- that we want more than your business---We want pour absolute confidence, and the only way we can gain that is thru service. To us service means this: to sell only the best - merchandise to be had at a reasonable profit; to give you what you want when you want it; to S. E. Bergeson & Son ‘It May Be Your Daughter’ At Auditori his power. um Tonight ‘wo shows—the first at’7:30 and the second at 9 o’clock—will be given’at the Auditorium this evening, in order that all may see “It May Be Your Daughter,” motion picture attraction. The dangers that‘ beset the daily walk of life for a~girl whose mother has teft her in ignor- ance of the great truths of which she should be informed are won- derfully portrayed ‘in this produc- tion, ‘The: story is of a girl whose father slays her mother and wounds her while she is yet-an in- fant, and who, ignorant that it is his own daughter, he would use as the instrument in a plot for re- venge upon those responsidle for his serving a long term in prison. He has become, head of a white slave ring and in this way is able to kidnap and get his ARUBILEEN, din The finish is sensationa | in the extreme. 391 of oats, 257 of iron, 99 of paper, 92 of ‘horses, 89 of household goods; wheat, 85; lime, 67; speltz, 65; flax, 62; coke, 49; cattle, 48; merchandise, 47; United States mail, 37; straw, 27; bones, 23; rock, 23; rags, 20; autos, 19; bromus seed, 17; rubber, 16;. cornfodder, 14; . cabbage, 12; brick, 11; barley, 9; beef, 8; millet seed, 7; grouud feed, 7; alfalfa sced, 6; sheep, 5; onions, 5; fish, 5; rye, 3; beets, 3; hides, 3; chickens, 3; tur- keys, 2; beans, 2; turnips, 2; par- snips, 2; carrots, 1; squash, 1; screen- | ings, 1; lead, 1; Buckwheat, 1 Strength of Company ‘A’ ‘ Reaches 78 Fourteen Enlisted This Morning, Town of Hazelton Sending 9 Young Men to Front With the enlistment of 14 young men in Company A this morning the strength of the unit jumped from 64 to 78 members. Nine of the members came in from Hazelton, two from Un- derwood, one from Wilton and two om Bismarck. ‘The examinations for the greater part of the morning The new members from Hazelton are Victor E, Bechter, Mathew Tre- mer, Edward Temple, Burt W. Tiompson, John E, Hayes, William i. Williams, Hyman Oster, Chester Tiffin and Walter Ellis; from Under- wood, John C. Boar and William F. } Ryan; from Wilton, Charles K. Gray, and.,from Bismarck, Neil Reid and .C. S, Fritze. ATTEMPT TO. FORGE THRU ESPIONAGE. BILL ‘Washington, May 9.—An effort: to. invoke. the senate’s new cloture rule to force through the administration’s espionage bill with its drastic news- paper censorship and embargo sec- | tion was under way today wit: Sen- ator Williams cf Mississippi leading the attempt. id TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY WANTED—Competent girl for gener- al housework. Must.be good cook. Family of two. Highest wages and permanent piace to satisfactory maid. Phone 587 of call: at 36 Ave- nue A, 5-9-46t WANTED—Girl or middleaged wom- | an to help in general housework on farm. 317 Highth St. 5-9-3t FOR SALE—Lady’s blue serge; (men’s cloth), tailored -coat; bust, 38 1-2; length, 45; full lined, extra good satin lining; new, $25; never worn; $25 cash. Klein. 5-9-tf FOR RENT—Pleasant’ roonls, at the Woodmansee, 411 Fifth St. 5-9-3 WANTED-—Girl, for general house- work in small family; 614 Rosser St. 5-9-3t ee ee ee at ae DROP GERMAN IN . PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT MANDAN HIGH (Special to Tribune) Mandan, 'N. D., May 9—Ger- man has been dropped from the curriculum of Mandan high school. This decision -was reached by the members of the board of education this week. It has been stated that children of German parentage in this part of the state grasp this lan- guage quicker than they do English. Spanish will be sub- stituted, members of the boarg claiming it. offers more oppor- tunities for the student in the | vO RRR ERR RRR RR ERE Se a SEES LONG SERVICE Woman Has Given ; Given Five-Sixths of | Life to.Uncle Sam. Miss Emma Brown, Not Yet Sixty- Three, Has Been Employee of Government for 51. Years. A unique case in the government service is that of Miss Emma S. Brown, who, not yet sixty-three years old, has spent fifty-one of those years in the employ of Uncle Sam. A remarkable feature of the case of Miss Brown is that, although her work of over a half century, for’ the. govern- ment has been constant and frequently arduous, she has hardly a gray hair to tell the tale of a lifetime of labor, or confess the toll of the years, ‘Nature favored her again, inasmuch as she has been spared the necessity of wearing glasses, and she reads and writes, sews and knits without this artificial aid to her vision. At her desk in the trimming room of the United States bureau of cugraving and printing Miss Brown keeps. busy at her task of superintending the work of the hundred and more employees under her charge, who trim the sheets of all government moneys from one dollar up to a thousand made in Uncle Sam's great money ‘factory. This work of ‘ttinming the federal notes requires precision and care, and it is Miss Brown's task to-see that it is done to the standard required by the government, ‘tnd that’ work is planned ‘and allotted so that there {s no waste of time or overlapping of work. She is credited by the officials of the bureau with executive ability, which maintains the work evenly and satisfactorily, and with turning in re- 0. ports which prove that she is possessed : of a mind strong and accurate, Miss Brown was born in Philadelphia in. 1854, the daughter of a contractor in that city. During the Civil war the latter was sent for by the United States governniént té wire the treasur building to make possible the destrue- | tion of the money vaults by an electric spark in the-event of the capture of the national capital by the Confederate armies, The nature of the-work in- volved a good deal of exposure and Mr. Brown caught a.cold that resulted in pneumonia, from ‘which he died In Oc- tober, 1864. - To make matters worse for the Brown family, the eightcen-year-old son of the contractor, Alonzo T. Brown, Lad in the meantime enlisted without his parents’ knowledge and consent, giving his age as twenty-one. In his first engngement he wa#"killed by a hell from the enemy’s camp, near Pe- tersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. The father's and son’s deaths within a-few months of each other left the wife.and mother of two small daugh- ters without means of support,,and it was decided that .the intelligent and capable child of eleven should become. the family breadwinner. Fortunately for little Emma, 8, M. Clark, the first dlrector of the bureau of engraving and printing, was a friend of her fam- ily, and he. offered the eager child a position. under him. Miss Brown has served in almost every branch of the service of the bu- reau and has noted with interest the development and progress of its meth- ods and work. She recalls, as an in- stance, when the numbering of a thou- sand sheets consumed one day’s work of one person operating 2 hand press; now from one press, electrically driven,” from 16,000 to 20000 sheets are the daily ontout. NOTICE At a meeting of the American -Fed- eration of Labor Union No. 15518, May the sixth, the teamsters and laboring men of the city unanimously adopted a $3,50 wage scale, hours to remain the same, and it was decided to pub- lsh these findings so that employers future development of the South American countries. se ee eee eee eR eR * 4H if we fail to satisfy you. A. M. to 6:30 P. M. gs. Closed Sundays hours * of teamsters and laboring men might ——_—_—————— TOBACCO HABIT EASILY OVERCOME A \New Yorker of wide experience | ;, has written a book telling Gow the tobacco or snuff habit maybe easily and quickly banished ‘with delightful benefit. The author, Bdward J. Woods, 1423M, Station E, New York City, will mail his ‘book free on -re- quest. The health improves wonderfully after tobacco craving is . conquered. Calmness, tranquil sleep, clear ‘eyes, normal appetite, good digestion, man- ly vigor, strong memory and“a gen- eral gait in efficiency are among the many benefits reported. Get rid of that nervous, irritable feeling; no more need of pipe, cigar, cigarette, |: snuft_or_ chewing tobacco to _paci familiarize themselves with these facts and owing to the high cost of every- thing consumed: by the laboring man, and owing to the guaranteed willing- ‘ness of a large-per cent of the em- ployers to pay $3.50 per day, it was thought advisable to make a ‘written all friends and. employers -to -assist put into effect at once, and wages to be payable‘each Saturday night in cur- rency. A working man cannot at this time keep his family on less than $8.50 per day, neither can he pay ‘cash for ly. ‘A committee is now at work inter- viewing all employers in the city with the above object in view and we are pleased to state that splendid results are being met with. (Signed) ADVERTISING COMMITTEE OF HIGH COST OF KILLING Materials Used in Smokeless -Powder More Expensive. Uncle Sam Hit by increased Expenses in Operation of Government Naval Factory. The high cost of killing has hit Uncle Sam. The smokeless: powder manufactured in 1916 at the naval powder factory at Indian:Hend, Md. cost the government more than-.seven cents a pound: more than during the preceding year. “Uncle Sam manufactured 4,220,405 pounds of smokeless: powder in this factory: io 1016, as compared with 4,053,050 pounds {n1915., ‘The cost “per: pound increased from $0.249 in 1915 to:$0.321 4n.1916. This large increase in cost..was caused matniy, tt. is said, by. the. in- crease in the market price of all raw materials entering into the manufac- ture of explosives, due to; the war abroad. As.an example of this, say ex- perts-of the navy. depumment, the cost of mixcd .acid-more than doubled, and it was accordingly decided to increase the capacity of the nitric and sulphuric acid plants at Indian Ilead to take care of. the entire. capacity of the.powder factory. These extensions to the acid plants are now just about completed. and at the current rate for mixed acid ft Is expected that they will pay for themselves {na few months. In: addi- tlon to this increase more recently al- cohol .and_nitrating. cotton: have great- ly advanced in price. The officials ob- tained a supply of sodium nitrate of excellent quality ata low figure by pur- chase in the Chilean ports and trans- porting in a naval cutter to. this coun- try, aes |) p GRAIN MARKETS | ——_—————0 MINNEAPOLIS, No. 1 hard 3264@321% No. 1 northern . 11% @321% No. 1 northern, cho! Regular to arrive 5 4 30114 @316% No. 2 northern . No. 3 wheat .. 281% @301% ‘No, 2 hard Mont.. 311% @316% No. 2 hard Mont. to arr 302 No, 1 durum . 310 @315 No. 2 durum ... 305 @310 No. 3 yellow corn .. 156% @158% No. 3 yellow corntoarr 154% @156% Cther grades, corn .... 147 @158% ‘No. 4 yellow corntoarr 153% @155% No. 2 waite Mont.. T5%@ 16% No. 3 white oats . WYU@ 12% No, 3 white oatstoarr 69%@ 71% No. 4 white oats ...... 69%@ 1% Barley + 116 @150 ‘Choice barley - 150 @156 Rye! - 217 @220 Rye to arr 317° @220 Flax 351 @357 Flax to arr « 834 @348 May + 302 July eens OTL September «+ 204% Close 1:45 p. m. DULUTH. May . 320 July . - 283% No, 1 hard‘on ‘trk » 323 No. 1 northern ..... + 820 322 No, 2 northern on trk.. 815 No. 3 northern.on trk.. 805 @315 No. 1 northern ‘to arr... 820 5 No. 2 hard Mont on-thkc 320 ‘No, 1 spot durum....., 815 No. 2 spot durum...... 805 @310 No, 2 spot quran! to. arr 315 i May ~ 315 i July... 2 277 fe Oats on trk .. ane 72% ts arr . . 675 Re on trk + 205 @210 Rye to arr + 200 @203 Barley on trk . 110 @155 Flax on trk and to arr.. 360 May » 369 July. + 349 Septembe! » 340% October: 320 ‘Close 155 ip. m. : eT $T. PAUL. HOGS—Recei| 5409. Markel, steady. Range, $15.00 to $15.10; bulk, $15.20 to $15.30. CATTLE—Receipts; 2490. Killers, steady. Steers, 36.50 te $11.50; cows and heifers, $7.59 to $10.00; caives, 25e higher, at ot m) to $12.50: stockers and feeders, rteady, ai $5.90 0 $9.50. SHEEP-—-Receints. U6. Market, steady. Lambs, $8.90 to $13.00; wethers. $7.00 to $10.50; ewes, $5.00 to $10.50. CHICAGO: HOGS—Receipts, 28,000. Market, active, $15. B 5 to $16.00; rough, $ pigs, $10:00 to $14.00. CATTUE—Receipts, 27,000. “Mar- Ket, firm. Native beef steers, $9.20 to $13.50; stockers and feeders, $7:40 to $10.35; cows -and heifers, $6.50 to $11.50; calves, $9.50 to $24.00. ‘SHEBP—Receipts, a. Sek dv Wethers in having “the above wage scale|: his necessities unless he is ‘paid week- ; Beauty. Spots Yield to N.P. War Hysteria Grass Plots and Parks Ruthlessly Ploughed ‘Up to Carry Out Fallacious Project MILLIONS OF ACRES IDLE; RIGHT OF WAY NOT TILLED With Waste Land Everywhere Tracts That Have Given Joy Must ‘Be Ruined Wit twenty million idle acres and, thousands .of miles .of . uncultivated ! right-of-way in the state of North! Dakota, the Northern Pacific this! morning began:laYing waste its. beau- tiful parks and grass plats surround-! ing .the passenger station here, “in| order that employes. may’ not want for food.” War hysteria, in the opinion of Bis- marck. people who long have enjoyed the attractive prospect provided by the station.grounds, has attained tc ridiculous in this ruthless destruction. In Bismarck, for all-of the unusual access in gardening fervor, there re- main scores of vacant lots which may be had for the asking. Surrounding! the city in every direction are fertile, idle lands, which ‘have been offered through The Tribune to any wo would cultivate them: Beauty Has a Value. »{brought back. from North Yakima, Wash. Baker entered a plea last winter, but skipped jail and was later }} returned, ‘He entered a plea of guil- ALE SHPANG Stockholm, May 9.—Approximately 90,000 tons of allied shipping, which has been tied up in the Gulf of Both- will be released as the result of an Great Britain and Sweden. Sweden secures as its part of the bargain the release of its ships loaded with food and other necessaries detained English ports, Administer Defeat Upon Entente Army In Macedonia Zone Rerlin, May 9.—German and Bulga- rian troops have administered a se- vere defeat to the Entente forces in Macedonia the official announce- ment stated todd See “The Pixi Land is we one thing plentiful in and about the capital ‘city. Beauty there is too, but of that the city can- not have too much, and there is gen- eral regret that ‘the Northern Pacific officials should be so stampeded by' war ‘nysteria as to deprive the people of ‘Bismarck and the thousands of travelers who use the station here of the pleasure which. the nicely ree grounds have afforded, The plats are too small to be on great value, even were the entire) tract placed at the disposal of a sin- gle family. They lie in such position that they may not be easily cultivat- ed. The price of all the unsightli- ness with which the usual beauty is to be replaced may be a few bushels of potatoes, a vast crop of weeds, and much. dissatisfaction. COPY OF LETTER ‘oFROM DR.: STRAUSS TO SUPT. MARTIN REGARDING THE CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL DRINKING: FOUNTAINS Bismarck, N. Dak. April 30, 1917. Supt. J, M. Martin, Bismarck, N. Dakota. Dear Sir:—Since my notices to water users has been made public T learn that the drinking fount- ains in the public schools are still in use, this is cai i sent from this offitd and'T' trust you will see that fountains be shut off until further notice. Respectfully, F. B. STRAUSS City Health Officer. (Paid Advertisement) TWO DRAW SENTENCES IN STATE PENITENTIARY (Special to Te to Tribune.) Dickinson, D., May 9.—Geo. A. i Baker was antoneod to one year in the penitentiary for receiving stolen property and Clifford A. Lowell, to 18 months, for burglary in the third de- gree,. here, ..this-morning. jdjowell, Pleadea guilty to breaking into Northern ‘Pacific box cars last winter. and was.a few days ago ——_$_—. Suffered for Years---Made Well By Peruna Mrs. Elin Malmgren, No. 133 Fred- erick St., West Manchester, N. H., writes: “Every spring and fall for eleven years, I have been troubled with catarrh in my throat and nose and hoarseness, and I am very pleas- ed to-state that at last I found a medicine, Peruna, from which | re- ceived great benefit, and I will here- after use and recommend it. 1 al- ways keep it in my house in case of sickness. I recommend your medi- cine to all my friends and every suf- ferer as an excellent medicine.” LISTEN ty to receiving the stolen property }{ TD BE RELEASED) nia since the beginning of the war, i agreement perfected today between |} in }] PARAMOUNT -PIOTURES : in her 1 reel feature “Hulda of Holland” ismarc Returns from: Aberdeen—Harold M. George of The Tribune circulation department returned yesterday morn- ing after spending the week-end as the guest of riends at Aberdeen, where he was formerly employed on The Daily American. — Eleven{get Every Spring and Fall Troubled with Catarrh in Throat and Nose, Also Hoarseness Those who object to liquid medl- cines can, now procure -Peruna Tab- lets. -READ! SAY, MR. HOME SEEKER: Do you wish to buy.a nice home of five rooms and bath, nice lawn, shade. trees, east front, good neighborhood, and I might say close in for $2200? Well, I have just that kind of a house. You can pay about $550 cash and $250 a year until paid for. This is better than paying rent. Buy a home. SAY, MR. INVESTOR: Are you looking for fifteen per cent on your investment? Well, the above house will bring you in about 17 per cent. Pretty good, eh? The above house must be sold before sundown Friday night After that date the price will be advanced. Will you be the lucky buyer? J. H. 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