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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
MAYOR SWEET NAMES
GENERAL COMMITTEE

Mayor w. D. Sweet OF Fargo, chair
man of the arrangement committee of
the Roosevelt party named the gener-
al entertainment committee that will
have in charge the details of the ar
engagements for the entertainment of
Col. Roosevelt while in Fargo, Friday,
Sept. 6, as we'll as the arrangements
for the convention of the new party
that is to be held here on that day.
The committee as announced by
Mayor swect comprises o. l.. Engen,
William Boyd. y. A. Bristol. S. Il.
Wright and President C. G. Crecgan.
This committee will have complete
charge OF all ARRANGEMENTS and iinane-
es of the whole days program.
1t has not yet beer definitely decid-
ed where the convention will be held.
Some have suggested the Grand thea
ter and others feel the crowd will be
large enough to warrant holding the
meeting in the Fargo opera house.
Mayor Sweet is now preparing the
list Of names for the reception COM
mittee that will meet Colonel Roose-
welt on his arrival and escort him
about while he is in the city. This
committee, the mayor states. will COM
prise many Roosevelt men from all
parts of the state and will soon be
ready for announcement.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
WILBUR F. BALL
DIED EARLY TODAY
CONTINUED from page ~

nection with his law practice until
1876, when he returned to Alexandria
In 1898, ne came to what is now Far
go, n: D.. driving across the ountry
ana formed a law partnership with
John a. Stowell, then district attor-
neE n prosecutor for the Third Judi
clal district. comprising all of what is
o the state of North Dakota. MIR.
a began active practice in Fargo.
Jan. IL, 1879. and two years later was
elected district attorney for the Third
alstrlct, which position he filled until
1902. In the meantime he was en-
gagged in private practice with George
+. wilson of Minnesota for seven
years. Judge Wallin became a mem
Der of the firm in 1887. In 1888 Cen
eral Wilson retired from the firm and
business was conducted under the
name of Ball. Wallin & Smith until
,ie Judge was elected to the supreme
bench in 1889. John S. Watson was
later admitted to partnership and the
urn was known for some time as Ball.
Watson and McClay. The latter re-
NAMED with the firm for some time
and was finally succeeded by Attorney
Lawrence. who is still connected with
the concern. The firm has been
Known TOT a number of years as Ball.
watson Lawrence.
Mr.. Ball was one of the most s,,c-
cessful lawyers in the state, and was
counsel for the Northern Pacific rail-
road. with which he has been
ed since 1872. He was of the or
ganizers and builders of the Fargo
southern railroad and was one of it's
othcers n directors during its exis-
tence.
He was a man of good executive and
business ability, who generally car
rled forward to successful completion
whatever he undertook. He was di-
rector of the Merchants State bank of
Fargo for some years.
On the 18th of December. 1865. he
was married to Miss Mary A. Menv-
weather. a native of Michigan. He is
weather. a native of Michigan. De-
ceased was a life long republican and
took a Very prominent part in party
affairs. Socially he was a thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason. a member of tn.
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
CALIFORNIA INyEsTIGATIoN.

Eureka. Cal, Aug. 26.--United
States Marshal Henry l.. Ford of the
district of northern California, be-
came today the central figure of ar in
~vestigation which the department of
justice has conducted here. to see if
bail money was used. two years ago,
as a congressional campaign fund.
Special Examiner Masterson of the
department, will leave tomorrow for
San Francisco to present his findings
to authorities there, and these find
|ings. Marshal Ford, in a formal state
ment, says that $1,000 bail money re-
ceived in 1910 from thirteen men
charged with selling liquor to Indians,
the case which Eaminer Masterson
has been %probins.. was returned to
them in April. 1910; that these men
were due to be tried in July on other
charges; that, as they had no lawyer,
he accepted a retaining fee Of $1OO
each from them. with the proviso that,
if the cases were not tried. the money
should go into the congressional cam
paign fund Of State Superior Judge
John L. Childs of Del Norte county.
The cases. he asserts, We're misrepre-
sented. and this money. which was not
bail money at all, went into Childs'
fund.
Il have nothing to conceal" he con-
cludes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
rs DROWNED TRYING
TO SAVE A Girl
Saves the Girl but He Is Drowned as
Canoe Would Not
Hold Both.

Big Moose. N. Y. Aug. 2s.-Trying
to ave a little girl from drowning.
George A. Kenyon. chief chemist of
the Brooklyn navy yard, was drowned
in Big Moose lake yesterday.
With Harry e. Grant, a New York
athlete. and Madeline and Thomas
Ebert, children Of a New York bank
er. Kenyon was canoeing across the
lake when wind upset the craft. Each
of the men seized one of the children
and swan back to the canoe. but it
would not support them. Kenyon tried
to keep himself ana the girl up by
treading water, but was handicapped
by the weight Of his naval uniform
and heavy shoes. After placing the
girl on the overturned canoe, he gave
up the fight to save himself and sank.
The children's father rescued them
and Grant. Kenyon's body was later
recovered.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
Signs of 1912 Prosperity
IN THE
Flickertail State

legislature. will be built next spring.
Minot-Otto Barth, 1t. Is reported.
will build a roller rink and opera
house here.
McHenry-Bids r being received
o the construction Of a splendid
new town hall. A new bank build
ing Is in course Of construction.
steele-The Loerch Cash Store
company has commenced the con-
struction Of a fine new block.
Glenfeld-Work is progressing
nicely on q new bank building.
McVille-several new residences
are in course Of construction here,
among them the fine homes Of Messrs.
Halvorson and Beckvold.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27

forum have been modified and the
contract will be awarded on a basis
of $4,000. The site Of the proposed
North Dakota Methodist college has
been selected and work will probably
be commenced a year hence.
Crosby-A new school house Of
four rooms is being built in this town.
Devils Lake-The Western hotel.
n of the best known hostelries in
the state. Is to be remodeled.
Jamestown-Physicians Of this city
are planning a hospital to cost in the
neighborhood Of $4,000.
Mandan-At a cost Of approximate
ly $4,000 a horticultural and agri-
cultural station, authorized by the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
BOOSTER TRIP NOW
BEING MAPPED OUT

At the meeting Of the tour commit
tee of the Commercial club this after
noon, n subcommittee, consisting of
Geo. Wilder, w. A Collins and H B.
Finch. was appointed to take up the
matter of a proposed two-days' boost
err automobile trip to take place about
the middle of September. The pro-
posed trip would take the local bust
ness men to Mayville the first day, and
they would spend the night there.
leaving the mex morning along the
Portland branch line. They would
return to Grand Forks that night.
The committee will get to work on
the proposition at once, so that a re-
port can be made at the next meeting
Of the general committee. If the trip
is made, an effort will be made to have
as many local business men as posi-
BILE make the run.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
Had Fine Auto Trim

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Norman of River.
side Park and their family who have
been enjoying lake life at Bemidji for
two weeks returned to their city homo
last evening. The Normans had the
Wolff cottage during their stay and
entertained as guests Mrs. Norman's
sister, Miss Margaret Lynch. and Miss
Gertrude Norman's guest. Miss Alice
Healey of Glendive. Mont. and Miss
Marion Williams. Mrs. Norman and
daughter, Doris. returned by train but
the rest of the family came back by
motor and enjoyed the trip thorough
ly. Mr.. Norman drove his own car
and Lawrence Norman came with
Kenneth Read who drove the A. p.
Clifford car home.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
MAMMOTH ENGINES
CLIMB WESTERN
MOUNTAINS
Expected to Haul 2,500-ton
Trains From St. Paul
to the Coast.

That the Great Northern may start
a 250O-ton train out Of either st. Paul
or Seattle and haul it all the way to
the other end of the line without hav-
ing to break the train up in going ov-
er the mountain districts, a number
OF monster locomotives for mountain
work have been purchased. They are
to be delivered In st. Paul this month.
Nine of them are to he assigned to the
Spokane division. on account of their
heavy weight they will have to be de-
toured over other roads to avoid GER
tain weak bridges between Spokane
and st. Paul.
These locomotives are what arc
known as superheated Mallct COM
pounds and are guaranteed to haul
700 tons more Yer the heavy noun
tain grades than the big Malletts now
in service.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
PRISON POET DEAD
FROM WOOD
Two Prisoners Steal and Drink
Wood Alcohol. One Dead. the
Other Diving.

Fl. Madison, Iowa. Aug. 2s.-James
Gordon Stell, known as the prison
poet in the Iowa p~enitentiary, is dead
and Eliza Dimmitt. a negro robber,
from Polk county. is said to be dying
tonight as the result of drinking wood
alcohol stolen from the bertillon room
of he institute. Stell has gained
considerable reputation as a poet.
evening outside Of the prison walls.
and his verse together with the in
terest taken in him by Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth is said to have won him q
pardon. which was to have been is
sued shortly.
"GYp" STILL AT LARGE.
New York. Aug. 2s.-Detectives Of
the district attorneys office visited
Milford. Pa. today and failed to iden-
tify a prisoner held there as Gyp the
Blood. The man was released and the
whereabouts Of Gyp and Lefty Louie.
indicted as gunner in the Rosenthal
murder, Is as much Of a mystery as
ever. The large reward offered for the
fu%gitives Is expected to lead to a num-
Der Of similar mistaken arrests.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
|UTAH Man IS CHOSEN
FOR u" Law FACULTY

Professor j. Mewinfohn of the Uni
versity of Utah has been chosen to
fill the professorship at the university
law school, which vas made vacant
by the granting of a years leave Of
absence to Professor L. E. Birdzell.
Professor Mewinfohn is .
Of the University of Chicago. He has
been a member of the law department
of the University of Utah for some
time.
Or. Robert l.. Henry, Jr.. the new
dean of the Law school, will ar i've
from Champaign, ILL.,, about Se,.tem
Der Is to make arrangements for the
opening of school.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
MAN
TAKES VALUABLE
B. M.

The Evening Times was late
this afternoon advised that the
suitcase containing valuable doc
uments of the Bull Moose party
alleged to have been stolen from
DolT Ii. Carroll. chairman of the
party for North Dakota, was tax.
en- from a Great Northern pass.
cngcr train by mistagc. by a
travelling man. The suitcase and
the Unnecessary papers" are now
enrOutc to Mr.. Carroll at Minot.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
sCArTERs HIS n

Walther. a contractor, tried to drop
800 in bills and 1900 in silver coin
off an express train going 60 miles an
hour into the hands Of his brother.
Charles Walther. at the station here
last night. Charles Walther failed to
make the catch and the packages
burst. scattering the money for d
hundred yards along the track. The
police formed a Gordon around the
money while all but 70 cents Of the
$4,000 was picked up.
You may not have much Of a mem
DRY. but can you forget what you want
forgotten?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
of extra nickels in their cash reg
Outgoing Mail Handled.

The Mann closing law does not
mean. however. that outgoing mail
shall not be handled. A sufficient
number of clerks will be kept on duty
to see that all mail leaving the city
is properly cared for on Sunday.
There has been some question as
to whether or not the new law pre-
vented the distribution of mail to the
boxes on Sunday. According to ILL.,
structions received at the local office,
none of the mail is to be distributed
until the following day. This ahaolu-
tcly puts an end TO all hope of .eceiv-
ing anything but special delivc ~
mail on tho Sabbath.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27

Imperial Hotter. p. Jennings,
Casselton. n. D.; J.. T. Smith. Fargo.
N. L. Smith. Steele, N. D.; r. Fl. Rey-
nolds, Egeland. n. D.; Mr. and Mrs.
r. S. Moran, Lawton. n. D.; V. Lee,
Lakota. n. d.; B.. Omlid. Mcintosh.
Mimi: 1. N. Elben. Minneapolis.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
. More Rain.

Light rains have visited Grand
Forks county late this afternoon. The
rainfall is reported to be general over
this section of the state and has stop
ped threshing for the day in more
than one field.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27

F. TIC a mar who has invested in a
new rain coat. it seems that we have
n lot of dry weather.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
INCREASES MADE BY
EQUALIZATION BOARD

According to reports received at the
office of County Auditor Hans Ander-
son. the state board of equalization
is ma king considerable increase in the
figures as fixed by the county board.
A large amount OF personal property
has been increased to some extent.
while farm lands were increased
l2 1-2 per cent. There We're no
changes. however, on structures, lots
or on structures on lots.
The following changes were made
on personal property:
Increased,
Per Cent.
Horses, 1 year old ........... Is
Horses. : years old ........... 10
Stations, kept for service. ....... 6
Cattle, one ear old .......... 20
Cattle, two years old ......... 20
Work oxen IS
All other cattle three years old
and over 10
Mules. one year old ........... IL
Mules, two years old ........... rs
hoss 10
Slelgns n sleds ............ 10
automobiles %
Pianos 20
Steam traction engines and boiler, 20
Gas traction engines .......... 20
EleVators )
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
FIVE AGAINST BOARD RULE
Wausau, Merrill. Amigo, Sparta and
New London Reject Commission
Plan-Adopted at Portage.

Wausau.-In a special election
here Wausau defeated the commits
sion form of government by zoos to
738
Merrill-The commission form of
government was rejected here by
fifty-three votes, the total recorded
being 513 for and 566 against
Antigo.-Antigo rejected the COM
mission form of government, the vo-
ters at special election returning
a majority of 27O against the plan.
Sparta.-In a poll of considerably
less than half of the voters of the
city, Sparta by a vote of 131 to 241
refused to adopt the commission
form of government.
New London.-New London cast
$50 votes on the commission form
of city government and rejected it
by a majority of So
Portage.-By a majority of IT'S
votes the commission form of gov
eminent was accepted by Portage vo.
ters. The vote was SIS to $50.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
FIVE MURDERERS HANGED
SAME DAY IN CHICAGO JAIL
Wholesale Execution for aiayina Of
Truck Farmer and Railway
Clerk.

Chicago.-Five murderers vera
hanged in the Cook county jail. break
ing all records for the number of men
executed at one time In this county.
among those executed was Thomas
Jennings, negro. the first slayer in
criminal history ever arrested. con-
victed and executed on the evidence
Of his own finger prints. The others
who suffered death were Frank and
Ewald Shiblawski, Philip Sommerling
and Thomas Schultz, convicted OF STAY
ing Fred w. Guelzow, Jr., a truck
farmer. They kept up a bold front to
the very day Of death. They made
showing OF bravado and joked with
their visitors.
All of the executions were conciud-
ed within an hour
Guelzow. who was a young truck
gardener, was waylaid and murdered
on lonely road near Bowmanv1Ile.
on the night of October 20, 1911. &C.
cording to the confessions OF his STAY
ers
jennings, negro burglar with a
long criminal record, shot and killed
Clarence ]. Hitler, chief clerk of the
Rock Island railway system, in an at
tempt to rob the victims home. 1897
West One Hundred and Fourth street,
September 10, 1910. Jennings was at
liberty on his second parole from the
state prison at Joliet at the time.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
SAYS KNOX VISIT 8
IS NOT DESIRED
Colombia Envoy Criticizes U. S.
Action in Canal Zone.
HIS RECALL MAY BE ASKED
Note 10 Held TO Be Insult and Break
Ing Of Diplomatic Relations Be-
tween Two Countries May
Result.

Washington The capital is
Aghast over the extraordinary ac-
ton OF Senior Pedro del Ospina, minis
ter Of Colombia to the United States,
in making public formal note he had
sent to Acting Secretary Of State
Huntington Wilson saying the pro-
posed visit Of Secretary Of State Knox
to his country on the latter's project
ed southern trip, might be 'tinoppor-
tune"
The Colombian minister, first draw.
ing attention to the fact that the
views are his own, and not officially
those of his government. seriously
cr1ticizes the United States for not
submitting to arbitration the differ
ences with Colombia growing out OF
this governments acquisition of the
Panama canal zone.
Inasmuch as the letter admittedly is
the personal expression OF the minis
ter, writing without having commune
Gated with his government, it was re-
ceived at the state department In the
nature Of a personal insult to this gov
eminent.
No acton has been taken and no Of
fetal would comment In 1t, but the In
cident Ia known to have stirred Off
cia1s of the United States to such an
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
Rich nCatchU of Whales

An exciting whale hunt took place in
the upper reaches of Loeb Erisort,
Lewis, Scotland, the other week. A
crew of fishermen sighted the
school off the village of Habost,
and after chasing them from side
to side of the loch for a consider
able time, they succeeded in driv-
ing them in as far as the rapids
near the village of Balallan. Here the
whole township turned out, the young
men in boats armed with all kinds of
weapons. The boats formed a bridge
almost across the loch, and amid a
scene of great excitement, the whales
were driven into the shallow waters at
the head of the loch. The crews of the
boats jumped into the water among
the whales, and in short time the
whole school Of 81 was secured. On
the following day the work of
cutting up began, every family in the
village getting an equal share The
melting of the blubber into oil, which
is highly priced by the wool spinners
in the district, has since actively pro-
ceeded
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
Blue Law in Connecticut.

In Connecticut some of the old
laws framed by Puritans have been
enforced within recent years Not
long ago a prominent manufacturer
was summoned for kissing his wife in
tramcar. The complainant was an
elderly spinster who was travelling in
the car at the time the offense was
committed, and deposed that the af-
fectionate husband not only kissed his
wife, but kept his arms round her
waist during the whole of the journey.
She pleaded that as this conduct oc-
CURED on Sunday it was punishable
under a seventeenth century statute
The Judge concurred, and inflicted a
tne of five dollars and costs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
REFERENDUM LAWS OF
OREGON HELD VALID
Supreme Court Says Only Congress
Can Change Statutes-Case
Bitterly Fought.

Washington. BY implication the
United States Supreme court de-
clared the initiative and referen-
dunn amendment to the Oregon consti-
tuition OF be valid and the cause of di-
rect legislation by the people won de-
cisive victory.
1t refused to take Jurisdiction of the
test suits contesting validity of the
legislation
Many states In which agitation for
direct legislation is before the people
are affected by the decision. Oregon 8
courts have declared constitutional
the initiative and referendum. in two
cases heard.
Justice White delivered the opinion.
The issues are political and gov
ernmental, and not therefore within
the reach of judicial power" he said.
1t follows that the case presented is
not within cur Jurisdiction, and the
writ Of error must therefore be and
it is dismissed for want of jurisdic-
ton
Execution on the gallows annuls
the criminals life insurance policies.
according to the Supreme court, which
held that the four infant children Of
James S. McCue, once mayor of
Charlottesville, Va, who was executed
in 1905 for wife murder, were not en-
titled to $4,000 insurance money from
the Northwestern Mutual Life of Mil
waukee.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
Gay Deceiver BROUGHT to Book.

Eleven sorely deceived women
marched into the Vienna lower
criminal court recently to give evil
dence against a man who had prom
ised the entire batch marriage, and
had borrowed money to the extent of
about $4,000 from them The pris-
oner, Karl Hruby, AZ years of age, be-
longing to an itinerant band Of must
clans, smilingly acknowledged that he
had been solemnly Observation-Disclosures
equal to marriage in that country-to
ali the women. The judge asked which
one he had intended to marry. He said
that he had not thought of marrying
any of them, as he had already one
wife at home in his native place The
judge sentenced him to three and one
half years imprisonment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23
Finds Goods Defe Give.

Madison.-That s. per cent of the
freshmen goods at the University of
Wisconsin are knockneed and that
13 per cent are fat-footed is shown
director of the womans gymnasium.
The average weight Of the Badger
coed is 1913 pounds, while the aver
age height is 63.6 inches. The value
of the corrective exercises used for
curvature Of the spine is shown in
the statement that out of the fifty
six girls who were treated in the first
semester eleven were dismissed as
completely cured and twelve cases
showed marked improvement.