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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23

Saturday is the time set by Mayor
Mcintyre for Langdon's inspection
clean up day.
The commercial club will very soon
be confronted with the street s%prinkling
problem to keep down the dust.
Munich's fast ball team is dated to
play a game here with the Langdon
aggregation OF the afternoon of
Memorial Day.
Yesterdays rainfall, nearly an inch
gave a timely start to growing crops.
The rain is reported as being general
over the county.
The vandals who are working after
dark stripping bark from live growing
trees along the boulevard in front of
the city schools have an enemy in every
resident and tax payer of Langdon,
The county commissioner made a trip
Tuesday to inspect the Fish Trap bridge
in Fremont township, the approaches to
the bridge being in bad shape owing to
washouts caused by heavy spring rains.
The Burke-Aldrich agency are get
ting in shape to move next week from
their old stand on the west side of
Third street into the building recently
vacated by Baker Schadwinkle, which
is being remodeled in readiness for their
occupancy.
Sunday afternoon the Langdon ball
team plays it's first away from home
game at Wales. The boys up the line
start the season of 1912 in which they
claim that they are after the pennant
and give any team that plays them q
clear chase off the base ball nap Of
Cavalier county.
A bad piece of road along the south
side of the court house leading from the
city east to the cemetery has beer
graded up and a culvert laid draining
the bitches into the Liebelec coulie this
week. 1t was certainly a most needed
pl0C0 VI Ou Ou0 VI Gu0 MdlL
travelled roads entering Langdon anc
will be generally appreciated.
Langdon made up a good crowd thai
went to the Forks last week in company
with the high school track team, which
easily won first place in the state inter
scholastic field meet. The following
were among the fifty or more who wore
Langdon colors and had the satisfaction
of seeing our boys win: J. B. Boyd
w. f. Winter, Fred Schulke, Stuart
Work, w. Drury, Roy Morgan, Miles
Kessler, Arthur Robertson. Frank
Sullivan, Yves Abbott, Fred Donovan
Ed. Halloran, M. 1. Myers. Misses
Bertha McGauvran, Emma Slingsby
Anna Mclean, Agnes Mclean, Edna
Chisholm, Kathleen Morris, Mary
Robertson, Donalda Finerty, BerthaAlp
stag, Ethel Mcknight, Connie Hunter
and Mrs. D. }. Ridlington.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.

ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Do you want wall paper? II you buy
of Fl, E. Price the furniture dealer you
get the latest and best.
Unlimited money to loan on first
mortgages, liberal amount and lowest
rates. Joseph Power, Langdon, N. D.
F. E, Callahan, VIM. C. Murray, G. A.
Weller and j. McQuill we're Langdon
parties who registered In Grand Forks
on Thursday.
Jas. Austin, of the Poplar grove stock
farm at Hannah is here in attendance
at the Sunday school convention. of
which organization he was elected presi
dent a year ago.
Postmaster John McGauvan andLand-
lord Monroe, of the New Columbia, we're
passengers Monday to Fargo, where
they are in attendance at United States
court this week.
The Langdon woman's club is an
nounced to hold a social afternoon on
Thursday of next week the Both inst,
at the home of Mrs. E, D. Stewart at
the experimental farm.
Mrs. James Walker is expecting to
leaye the later part of the month for a
visit of part of the summer at the
home of her brother, A. f, Gardner and
family at Vancouver, B. @.
f. W. Pope left Tuesday by way of
Mowbray for a trip of several weeks
through the Canadian Northwest and
may also look over points on the Pacific
coast with a view to locating before his
return.
"A representative OF the Monley Irvine
& Machinery Co, of Sioux City. Ia,
called on the commercial club this week,
asking their Endorsement. The club
already has reports on the company
from banks in Sioux City, but neither
replies we're favorable.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
WIN first PLACE
STATE TRACK MEET
High School Track Team
Carries First Honors at the State
Inter-Scholastic Meet
STANDING OF TEAMS

Langdon's all star aggregation of high
school athletes brought home the first
honors from the state track meet when
they returned on Mondays train from
the Forks and the enthusiastic welcome
accorded them was honestly earned and
one that Langdon people for years to
come will feel proud of. A record of the
performances that put Langdon in first
place over the nineteen competing teams
is briefly outlined below.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
DRESDEN

VIM. Slade spent a day on business in
Wales.
Art Mattson was a Wales visitor Mon
day night.
Cashier Terhaar and wife were Lang
don visitor Monday.
Painter MCGEE is in town for a weeks
work at paperhanglng.
Lewis Bimler, who was sick for a few
years is up and working again.
w. H. Grobe and Jason Black were
Calvin visitors Tuesday afternoon.
Dresden is scheduled to play a game
of ball at Langdon Friday evening this
week.
Robert Fleming has sold some moro
of his property since coming back from
the coast.
Jas. McPhail, of Langdon, was a bust
ness visitor at Dresden on Tuesday
afternoon.
dawson has taken his car to Lang
don, where it will be for a few days
undergoing repairs.
T. H. Kavanaugh returned last Satur-
day from his vacation which he spend
in southern Minnesota,
Rev. Dougherty was here giving IN
structions Tuesday afternoon. He will
say mass here Saturday morning.
w. H. Sbach had a barn raising Tues
day evening. A crowd of men we're out
putting up the frame of a new she'd he
is building.
Julius Lich, who died at the hospital
at Hannah Friday night was buried
here Sunday. The deceased has a
widow and one son..
In a practice game at Wales Sunday
Dresden was defeated by a score Of 7 to
2 With more hits and strikeout in our
favor Dresden somehow got beat.
j. G. KERN had the misfortune of
losing a tine three year old colt, the
best horse he had. The horse died
Tuesday night. Lung trouble apparent
ly was the cause.
The lower room of the Dresden
| school closes this week All of the pupils
of the fourth and fifth grades have
made good examinations after seven
months of excellent training under Miss
KERN. All of them will be promoted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
Z Local! Happenings s

H, U. Sorenson, and wife we're Sunday
visitors down the line with Milton
friends.
Boyd's department store is giving a
beautiful premium with every $1,000
cash purchase.
A. L. Hummel, principal of the Dres-
den schools was a Saturday visitor down
the line with county seat friends.
John Boyd took Saturdays train for
the Canadian Northwest to be away a
week or ten days looking after business
matters.
Chas. He,mbecker and family are
again Langdon residents after spending
tina greater part of the past two years
farming near Iona.
A. Kieffer, manager of the Cavalier
Co. Implement Co.'S, branch house at
Wales, was the purchaser of a Buick
car of Messrs MCLAUGHLIN & Stranger
while in the city Saturday.
Edmund Zeller, a former typo of the
DEMOCRAT Office is at present holding a
position on the Daily journal at Detroit,
Mich, and is employing h is evenings
proftably by attend a night school.
Judge w.. j. Kneeshaw was an over
Sunday visitor with Langdon friends
and in addition to looking after court
matters paid attention to his candi-
dacy for the nomination at the June
primaries.
Mrs. Robert F. Stevenson left on Sat
urday's train for the home of her mother
at Mecham, ILL.,, called there by the
news of little if any hopes being en-
tertained of the %latter's recovery from
an illness of long standing.
Joe Halloran was here Monday a
visitor for a short time at the Donovan
home. He came home with the Lang.
don high school boys from the Forks
and has a position on the road as travel
ing salesman running out of Fargo.
, Morris Winter, Will Sheehan and the
Misses Charlotte Conroy, Nina Fergu
son and Ella Foshay we're a party Of
Langdon young people who autoed dowr
to the Forks on Thursday afternoon iI
the Winter car to attend the state track
meet.
Louis Mason, who was given his hear
ing Saturday before Justice Aldrich
charged with maintaining a common
nuisance at Iona waived preliminary
examination and was bound over TO
trial in district court under 5000 casl
bond, which was furnished Monday.
A. u. Peterson, cashier of the Cali,
bank accompanied by Mrs. Peterson
we're guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Burnet
while over here Friday and Saturda,
last week. They brought along thei
little daughter who sustained a fracture
of the arm in falling from an automo
bile.
Langdon Woman's club is not holding
it's meeting on the program for Tuesda,
afternoon of next week, owing t
district federation of woman
clubs is holding it's annual gathering
at Walhalla at that time Mrs j.. Fl
Harlan and Miss Tessie Jackson are tn
regular delegates and it is expected
that there will be quite a number o
others belonging to the Langdon clu'
in attendance at the sessions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
COMING EVENTS.

May 2S-29-DistrictClub Federation, Walhalla
May 3O-Memorial Day.
May 31-High School Graduation
June Eighth Grade Graduation
June Annual School Election.
u n 11-District Court.
jun 17-22-Teacher's Institute.
June 19-Langdon Market Day
June g. Primary Election.
August 7-8-9-Cavalier County Fair,
September 25-26-Walhalla Fall Fair,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
WHAT LANGDON WON

22O Yard Hurdle Race-Tom Lind
say, first. % Is seconds.
100 Yard Dash-Dick Boyd, first.
Time 10 2-5 seconds.
u Mile Run-Alex Robertson, Sec
ond. 2:l2 minutes.
220 Yard Dash-Dick Boyd, first.
% sec.
440 Yard Dash-Albert Drury,
Third. IS 2.5 sec.
Running Broad Jump-Dick Boyd,
first. 10 it II Is in.
Mile Run-Alex Robertson, second
Sc Is minutes.
= Mile Relay-Langdon first.
LA Is minutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23
WEATHER REPORT.

ia, under the direction of the weather bureau of
the United States Department of Agriculture,
for the week ending Thursday, May %, 1912.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-23

NOTE: The sign'-' indicates below zero.
Thermometer reading taken at I 80 NJ. m.
Maximum and minimum temperatures and pre-
cipitation are for the twenty-four hours before
80 a. IN. of the day observations are taken.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
COLONEL READY
TO SPEAK TONIGHT
WILL OPEN BULL MOOSE CAMPAIGN
WITH TARIFF TALK IN PRO
yfDENCE. II. i.
CERTAIN OF VICTORY
r. u. DECLARES WILSON'S PoPI-
LARITY WILL SOON wANE AND
THEN THEY'LL FLOCK -
TOWARDS hin.

OYSTER BAY, Aug. l5,---The Bun
Moose preliminary campaign will be
launched tomorrow night when Colo
mel Roosevelt appears in Providence,
r. l.. for tariff speech The eX-
president let IL be known today that
no wanted to spring the tariff problem
in Providence. as the Payne Aldrich
tariff law had been inspired there by
uanufa cturers 0hn demanded ample
protection.
After cne Providence speech the
colonel will go to Boston. where. en-
Saturday. ne will talk on the judicial
recall.
The New England speeches will in
corporate two Of the chief features OF
the coloneIs campaign. Later he will
deal with the trusts and the economic
situation
III talking of his campaign the col
onel expressed the belief tnst while
Wilson Processes to be a progressive,
Roosevelt will get the majority of the
PROF. ssiVe vote. He considers that
wilson's popularity will soon wane and
by the time the campaign t-'ts under
full swing the Jersey governor VIII
find himself fighting hard to keep up
The ex-presidens sneered at the
platform adopted by the Democrats,
saying that even Wilson was obliged
TO apologize for 1t. Wilson, go Roose-
Welt said, has been forced TO put him
self in the position of practically re-
pudiating reactionary platform by
letting his party understand that ne
feels free to discuss whatever Issues
he believes in, regardless of platform.
We have a platform on which we
/ can stand and we are going TO hght
on Il without any apologies, efacu~
/ lated the colonel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
CLAY WARD LEAGUE
TO MAKE A SLATE"
WILL PICK FIVE CANDIDATES
FOR Illustrative BOARD
NEXT THURSDAY
NIGHT.

Following the example of the eltl~
zens committee. and with desire 10
select their own slate" for the ad-
ministrative hoard the members OF
Clay Ward Annex league will hold a
meeting next Thursday night at which
time I'VE OF the seventeen candidates
will be called out AZ the best-htted,
in the leagues opinion. to admins
ter Richmond's affairs.
The meeting will be held at o'clock
on the lawn uf the residence OF II.
n. Omohundro Floyd avenue and
Shepherd street and all of the can
dldates will be invited TO attend and
address the league
After the candidates have spoken
the members will go into executive
session and pick tire men to whom the
league will throw its influence in the
coming election.
A meeting for the purpose of dis-
GUESSING the merits Of the various can
didates was held Wednesday night. nut
owing to the absence of a NUMBER OF
the members Of the league, il was de
cided to postpone final and formal
action until next Thursday, after all OF
the candidates who may so desire nave
addressed the league.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
SENSATION CAUSED
BY BANK SCANDAL

KEW YORK. Angus. 1.-The *
roslre IF the Mc<ruin- HoWell scan
dal. caused sensational in financial
circles toGay and precIpilatcd official
action. The creditors committee,
composed Of bankers OF the highest
standing, made 8 hufrlcd attempt 10
get the members together and later
proposed plan of re7rgan32e tial waS
gwen Out
The committee frankly admits that
the condition of the company was
found TO be distressing nder the
suggosted terms - reorgani2a ton un-
farfuuate stockholders are 10 get not
single penny, while even the
creditors are To fare little better
They are simply offered some stock
~ very doubtful value IA d rev con
Germ.
The proposed piar proy'des eor the
formation Of new corporation with
a ca pi-al Of sI.Ge0, 090 preferred and
$4,000 csc ~ common Creditors Of
the bankrupt concern are TO receive
twenty-five per cent % their claims
IN new preferred stock and Is per
cent IN common To raise new work
ing capital ss7s.Ao0 Of the new pre-
ferYed stock viii be sold for cash.
Creditors and stockholders will be Of
fered the first opportunity 10 pur-
chase the new preferred stock ia
the proportion 10 the amounts Of
their claims and .presenl hvlainSs ~
STOCK
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
KILLS WOMAN WHO
CAPTURED HUSBAND
WIFE OF TENNESSEE MAN THEN
GOES TO POLICE sTATHoS AND
sIRRENDERs.
SHE PLEADS GUILTY
GREAT CROWD GATHERS AROUND
JAIL WHEN MuRDEREss is
CARRIED AWAY FROM
COURT ROOM.

NASHVILLE. TENN. August l5.--
Accompanied almost to the scene of
the shooting by her father, Mrs. j. q.
Jones entered the house of Mrs. Ava
Cave, said to have captured her hus
bands affections during the year that
he and Mrs. Jones had been separated,
and shot her twice, causing almost In
slant death.
Calm and collected after the shoot
ing, she left the house, went to the
nearest corner, where she was Joined
lay her father, and summoned the po-
lice by telephone. After she had done
this she evidently became tired OF
waiting for the arrival Of the officers
and boarded street car 10 make her
way down to the station herself
a few minutes later when the Off
GERS arrived they found the dead body
of Mrs. Cave, "A daughter-in-law or
pr r. Lin Cave. chaplain of the
United Confederate Veterans, lying in
u pool of blood on the hoOr with her
little two year-old son beside her in
tear2
Neither he nor any Of the other
occupants of the house were aware of
the presence of Mrs, Jones until the
shots were fired, and according 10
the story Of some Of the neighbors
who saw Mrs. Jones enter the house.
{
Al the police station Mrs. Jones,
dressed in spotless white, seemed to
pay more attention to the dust which
had accumulated on the furnishings
Of her cell than to her own plight.
Her father, j. w. Hooper, an EN-
/ ployee Of the street car company, LETT
her there after warning her not to
make any statement Of any kind. she
obeyed his instructions implicitly, say
ing that she would give her reasons
for the deed when the proper time
came.
| This afternoon she was arraigned In
the court and the formal plea of guilty
was entered. The city court has no
| jurisdiction to inquire into the case,
and the prisoner was bound over to
| the criminal court.
| The narrow street which separates
1.-The city court from the county jail
/ was blocked with people. and the Off
Icers were forced to make n lane
Through which the prisoner could pass,
without changing color, she passed
behind the doors of the jail. owing
i TO the absence Of the criminal judge
from the city, no arrangements have
been made as yet to secure bond for
Mrs Jones.
The funeral of the victim, the third
| to die in this city by gun in
womans hand within the last four
! DAYS, win take place tomorrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
urNRrC0 COUNTY,
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES
TO AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS

Commissions have been issued to the
following named persons as delegates
from Virginia TO the American Roads
congress. 70 he held at Atlantic City.
n j., September 30 to October s. 1912,
the announcement being made by Gov
ernor Mann Yesterday: r 81. J. VIII
son. Richmond Va; George p Cole
man. Richmond. Va; w. FL Aston,
Meadow View. Va Preston Belvin.
Richmond. Va: g r. scott, Radford.
Va; RI. 6. Bowen Whitten's Mil, Va:
w. s. Embrey, fredericksburg, Va;
Fl. NJ. Darden, Suffolk. Va; st John
G. C;oode, Boydton, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
THOUGH DEAF AMI
BLIND SHE SINGS
MISS HELEN KELLER LEM u
To USE HER VOICE AFTER
YEARS or EFFORT.

BOSTON. August l5.--M!ss Fl e',.
Keller. the famous blind, deaf ani
dumb girl, has actually learned 20
sing
II was The wonderful sifl aeiself
who announced ii. and over Il 1c.e-
phone at that.
Inceasins In her efforts 10 over
come her triple handicap, she has
been taking vocal lessons for some
time past, and tomorrow afternoon
she is to sing before the otoinsial
Congress meeting at the Harvard
Medical school.
Moreover. she talked tonight over
the phone. So clear was her enuu-
citation that the reporter did no:
realize until told afterwaed thar il
was Miss Keller herself he had been
asking questions of
In asking the girl for her npmAaf
at Wrenthsm, the reporter had
thought II quite superfuous for rhe
former to ask, viii you talk with
anyone else IL Miss Keller Is not
there" Then over the wire came
voice low but absolutely distinct, each
syllable pronounced perfectly, ASK
ing Of Miss keliers singing. he was
answered readily enough In the third
person Suddenly the voice ceased
and louder voice announced. Mss
Keller does not feel like talking aay
more.
Born deaf blind and dumb. Mss
Keller has steadily overcome one at
ter another OF her handicaps. II was
only five years ago that she gave a
lengthy speech at the convention 81
the blind in Boston Tomorrow she ia
to speak without an interpreter In
! her audience will be some OF the most
| noted ear specialists az Europe ana
| America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
NEW ORDINANCES
NOW BECOME LAWS
ACTING MAYOR wHfTTTET At
TAClITs ms SIGNATURE TO
MANY MUNICIPAL
PAPERS.

ActtaG Mayor Whitsct last night re-
turned TO City Clerk Ben August q
laree number OF resolutions and ordi-
nnnces with his approval
Theee papers we're concurred IN BY
the board Of aldermen on Tuesday
night and now become Laws The
most important are embraced in this
list.
To establish grades In three cross
streets and an alley. IN property sd-
Joining the proposed annex to Byrd
park. owned by Boiling. Smith and
others
To construct a sewer In Elizabeth
street. 10 cost s39954s
To construct sewer in an alley
EAST II the boulevard between Floyd
and Main streets. to cost s475.75.
To award contract to L. f. Brown
q Co. for the construction Of sewer
In Allen avenue. to cost 50 42482.
To appropriate sis7 TO pay r Nj
Mcdowell for damages to property by
grading.
To 1irent'the' committee on grounds
and buildings and the city engineer
to ascertain tAa -eaAt 80 completing
the proposed Shields lake,
To appropriate $50" to pay salary
Of the dock master
To authorize the city. attorney 10
Require property between Thirty-third
| and Thirty fourth streets and O and p
! for public school and Fairgrounds.
! To appropriate $4,350 for bridge re
| pairs. payroll. etc
! To appropriate $500 for expenses
| Of committee tn attend the Alta 7tic
! Deeper Waterways association meet
| ing IN New London. Conn. 500 of
| which is fee for uemherEhip in the
! association
TO appropriate s2.7Go FOR paving
| LombaTdy street from Monument 10
| Park avenues TO which Ia TO be add
I ed the sum II $500, transferred
| from the ward fund. at the sugges
! ton cf Mr.. Gunst, for paving f.om-
hardy between Broad and a point be
! tween Grace and Franklin.
70 transfer the sum Of s30s7 from
| the account OF sewers and connec'
tons 10 the opening and widening 81
various streets
To permit the Chesapeake and 0nt'
railway to construct track acros
Seventh street at Caral.
To designate the space at Lombard,
! and Franklin streets and 3onuUnn
avenue AZ Stuart Circle"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
SHE ASKS $4,000
Of BUSINESS MAN
NORFOLK WOMAN SUES PRoNf-
NENT WTDOWER FOR BREACH
OF PROMISE.

Especial 10 The Richmond Ntrg4nian.J
NORFOLK. VA. Avg l2--C harg
.ng breach OF promise and that she
has thereby been damaged Miss TIL
Ian CHASER today brought suit against
J. K. ieEun, "a prominent business
man, Tor $4,000 damages The SUIT
bag caused "a local sensation
Ia INC declaration submitted by JET
Tries. Woicott y WoIcott, attorneys for
the kialnttn. II IS alleged that MI
LeEum proposed To- her an April IA.
t9lz, and WAS accepted; that while
the defendant agreed 10 wed whenever
requested by the plaintiff to do SO he
has since refused and stiU refuses IT.
do So with intent 30 injure and de-
CeIve her
An interesting feature Of the case ia
the fact that Mi lsegum has been q
Widower less than one year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-16
BULL MOOSE CALL
SOON TO BE HEARD

CLEVELAND. o. Aug. Ia No
call for State convention OF the ONO
Progressive party was issued today by
the Roosevelt State committee. IN
stead, the committee spent it's entire
time In going over reports Of county
district organization work
The committee. however, authorized
James r. Garfield. the chairman. to
issue the call for The convention. Car
field favors Cleveland as the place and
September 4th OF 9th as the date, and
1t IN believed the convention viii be
held here at that time. Garfield said
he expected 10 issue the caN early
next week
The situation in every county and
district OF Ohio was carefully studied
nv the committee Thursday.
The farther We 20 the more salts
factory We find third party sentiment,
Carried announced.