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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
REV. 7. A. OLSEN EXHIBITED BEER BOTTLES
FROM PULPIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor OF Methodist Churcn TelIs Of
Conference With Chief of Police
and Police Commissioner,

W hen hev. T. A. Olsen, pastor OF
The Methodist church. appeared in
his pulpit ior Sunday EVENING serv-
ice, TWO les Of beer that The min
.ster had secured from a NImol blind
pig were displayed, and thee formed
the subject of quite a sens atlonal and
lengthy discourse.
1t had been announced tina. the rev.
erend would have some of >.Aot't am
Der fluid in his pulpit, and an unusual
iy large crowd gathered to learn Just
how much Rev. Mr.. Olsen had learn
ed Of conditions in Minot, past and
present.
Mr.. Olsen declared that on June II
last, he ad sent two of the young men
from his parish to the "Titanic," q
drinking resort, where they Eought
the beer. On the same evening he
invited Chief of Police SnitN and Po-
lice Commissioner Shaw to his study
for a conference and while thay we're
there the young men returned with
the beer. He said he handed the eyt.
dence to the officials and asked them
10 raid the place. Mr.. Olsen de-
clares hat they objected % doing
that at the time on the grCrnds that
4 tn 1or,J IT 1i,, n
their ne and we're afraid that the
raid would put them on their guard
SO that the proper evidence could not
be secured. Since that time, how
ever, the *'Titanic" has Teen twice
raided
Chief Smith maintains that at the
conference with Mr. Olsen he declar.
ed a willingness to raid the Mace, put
that Mr.. Olsen refused to tell him
where the beer had been boueht.
businessmen who are in favor of
an open town and who object to the
enforcement of the liquor and gamb-
ling laws on the grounds that Ney are
bad for business, are no better than
the piggers and gamblers them
selves" is one of the remarks made
by Rev. Mr.. Olsen.
A. F. Bacon, manager of the opera
house, said that he had investigated
conditions, and that he had found At
least four places where liquor had
been sold. This was however. prior
to Pres. Halvorson's recent drastic
message.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
Lauren Teutsch Makes Discovery Sat
urday Afternoon-Dr. WheeIon Is
of the Opinion That Babe Was Born
Alive.

While Lauren Teutsch was playing
along Mouse river at / o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, he discovered the
cdy OF a LADY girl on the ice, at
about he middle Of the river. just
this side of the 500 dam and directly
cast Of the warehouse of the Pure Oil
&C. The babe was wrapped in cot
ton batting, and its body had been
placed in paper sack that had been
broken. The Teutsch lad notified the
police, who secured acting coroner
VIM. Murray and the county phys-
clan. Or. T. E. Wneelon and the
Lody was taken to the Rowan morgue.
The body was lying on the snow
near a hole in the ice and it is be-
lieved that an attempt had been made
to throw the sack into the river. The
snow above the body appeared to
have melted some, as tho he body
was still warm when tossed onto the
ice.
An inquest was held at the morgut,
but as yet, there is no clue as 10 the
Identity of the parents. DR.. Wheelon
who performed the autopsy. believes
that the child was born alive but 1t
is impossible to state whether or not
the baby girl was alive when her
body was thrown upon the ice. From
the appearance of the body, the babe
undoubtedly had some crude surgical
attention. The officials are probing
the affair and there is likely to be
decided sensation.
Thomas Miller, at the inquest, stat.
ed that he met a man and woman
coming from the river at I o'clock
Friday evening. The man was tall
and the woman wore lace on her hat.
DR.. Wheelon does not believe that
the body Of the infant remained on
the ice all that time, however, for
It undoubtedly would have frozen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
BODY Of BABY GIRL
found DEAD ON THE
R|VERLASTSATURDAY
tlock to the spacious quarters in the
Lee block, formerly occupied by the
district court chambers.

A jack rabbit scared an Omemee
mans team so that it ran away, threw
the owner out of the wagon and broke
his left leg in two places. These
dangerous animals are becoming so
lh'ck on our prairies that our people
a7e positively taking their lives in
TIER own hands every time they ven
ture out-of-doors .-Kenmare Journal.
Ignite, having rest ed on its arms
and thought the proposition over for
while, is going to reopen the county
seat fight and this time it promises to
spring a surprise on Bowbells that
will just simply surprise that, not
easily astonished, town into handing
over the county capital on silver
tureen garnered with the most pro-
fuse apologies.
The Russell Sentinel in talking of
the large number of potatoes that
were not dug this fall, gives as the
reason that the price was too low.
Say at $50 bushels per acre, which
is plenty low enough, it would mean
at Is cents per Eushel, $3.50 per
acre, Did any farmer make that
much from his wheat?
The penitentiary farm has saved 200
bushels Of fine seed corn for next
snrinp
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
CARL Hanson, A COAL MINER
BEATEN TO DEATH AT KENMARE

jury impanelled with P. M. Cole, W.
7. Smith and E. L. Morrow as its
members.
Judge Murray, acting coroner, and
j. j. Coyle, states attorney, were no.
tilted and they together with Court
Stenographer Lowe, arrived from MI
not on 105.
On their arrival an inquest was
held. and an autopsy performed by
Drs. Mclean and Wig. They found
the entire upper part of the skull
crushed from several blows, but the
internal organs in normally healthy
condition, pointing to the fact that
the deceased was a man temperate in
his habits.
During the afternoon a man giving
his name as William Richard Casey,
was arrested on suspicion, and John
Sullivan, Andrew Hanson Mortenson
and Louis Scottum were held as wit
nesses, as knowing something of the
dead man while alive, and also some
thing of the suspected Casey's move
ments since his arrival IN Kenmare.
During the hearing Casey gave his
home as Richmond, Va, and, his oc-
cupation as marine fireman. He said
he first came to Kenmare in August,
at different times going to other
towns. He claimed To have been en-
ployed by a. farmer near. TolIey, COM
ing to Kenmare three days ago.
Of the three witnesses Scottum has
been employed near Coulee for the
past two years. Sullivan had oeen
threshing near Lansford, coming to
Kenmare only a few days ago, and
Mortensen came to Kenmare In Sep
tember. having last been employed oy
Fostmas Robe near Vanville. He
claims Lowell, Neb., as his home.
Scottum stated that the dead man
had been employed for time On Otto
Staael's threshing rig east of town,
hut otherwise he knew nothing OF
him. and nothing Of the suspect. Sui
Ivan and Mortensen knew nothing of
the dead man. and had known Casey
but two or three days.
Contradictory testimony as to the
time of death was given by Jesse Tay-
lor and J. f. Curtis, who are en-
rloyed at the lizard Luck" mine, they
stating that they saw the pool OF
blood, where the blow was struck,
while walking to Kenmare about ? a.
m Thursday, but did not Investigate
further, thinking that jack rabbit
had been run over by a train at this
point, Section Foreman Haley stat
ed that a jack rabbit had been run
over by train at point further east
hut to two witnesses were positive
the pool of blood they saw was the
one where the blow was struck.
Doctors Mclean and Wig, however,
agreed that the body had not been
dead over twelve hours.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
CASEY HELD FOR VAoRANcY.

w. R. Casey, the suspect, has been
held for vagrancy for 30 days, during
which time it is hoped that some evt'
dence can be secured against him.
providing he ia guilty.
It has heen learned that the motor
ious mickey" Burns, the strong arm
man. was in Kenmare the day OF the
murder, and he has not been seen
since. There is a probability that he
knows something Of the affair, as m
doubtedly more than one man is I'M
plicated in the murder. ..-
It 10 said that Casey visited .
house Of m fame near Kenmare that
night. and being chum Of Hanson.
It is possible that he induced him to
accompany him there, and that while
On their way home, Hanson was AM
flushed.
Hanson, the murdered man, worked
a. a coal miner at the Mcclure coal
mine at Tasker, OF and on for the
past two years. He was steady
workman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
JEWISH CREDIT UNIONS.

Several cooperative credit unions
have been formed among the Jewish
farmers in Connecticut New York
and other sections. One of the first
was the Jewish farmers cooperative
credit union OF Ellington, c., which
organized May /, 1911. The member.
ship is confined to Jewish farmers In
that town, who are required to take
one or more shares of the par value OF
IS.
A shareholder is entitled 10 only
one vote. In 10 months 115 shares
were issued, which put S525 into the
treasury. The Jewish agricultural
and industrial aid society loaned the
credit union $1,000 at very low rate
Of interest.
Loans are granted to meet current
needs and expen ses, and as most OF
Of the members are tobacco growers,
they find it necessary to borrow
money in anticipation Of the sale OF
of their crop. The maximum loan Is
500 for six months.
During the first 10 months IN which
tho union was in operation 81 loans
were granted amounting to $3.50. OF
these IA were repaid In full and near.
~ $500 on tho others. Interest b
charged at the rate Of 8 per cent ~
nually Farm and Home.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
R|ES MUST
PAY SMALL
DAMAGES
Jury Assessed SIS for Assault on
Plaza Man-Had Offered 500.

In the civil action brought against
w. F. Ries, the noted Socialist lec-
turer, by c. A. Arness Of Plaza, who
charges Ries with kicking him In the
face, the Jury awarded Arness dam
ages In the sum, of SIS. It IL said
that Ries had offered to settle with
Arness for 500, but the latter refused
to accept the settlement. .
Ries was acquitted Just q few days
previous on q charge Of assault with
a dangerous weapon preferred against
him by Arness. ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
AURELIA MAN IN THE TOLLS.

Shaw Hall was arrested near All
relia Sunday by Sheriff Kelley and
Reputy Dougherty, charged with con-
Quoting a blind pig in connection with
a pool hall at Aurelia. The officers
a pool hall at Aurelia. The officers
secured a generous quantity Of the
evidence. Hall has been working as
a farm hand and it is alleged that the
pool hall was worked as a side line
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
WOULD MAKE NICK SICK.

Nick Woodstock was up before Judge
Murray Monday charged with drunk
enness, Nick has been Erot before
the Judge five times within six weeks
and this time the Judge gave him a
ten days sentence.
Now would you not think this, would
would make Nick Woodstock, sick?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05

N. NJ. Flammang finished threshing
Monday forenoon, and his wheat was
fine, averaging "a bushels to the acre,
his oats averaged 80 bushels to the
acre, his barley was extra good, yield
ing "a bushels to the acre. Sawyer
Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
HETHERTON SELLS
NORTH PORTAL HOTEL

VIM. Hetherton, Jr., has disposed
of his hotel at North Portal, Sask. :,
consideration, $40,00$. Mr.. Hether
ton has been conducting this business
for several years and has made quite
a success, ..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
ELEVATORS FILLING UP.

Colonel John A. Bird, the Des Laos
banker, was in the city Tuesday. Mr..
Bird says that the Des Laos ele-
vators are full most Of the time. not
.withstanding the fact that about one
third of the crops in that vicinity re-
main unthreshed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
DEER HuNTERo
ARE SUCCESSFUL

VIM. PARKER, Clarence Parker And
Art McGahey Of this city and n. e.
Peck Of Kenmare returned from =
ten days deer hunting trip along the
Missouri near williston. They brot
back i've 6ne deer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05

Peer Stromme, editor Of the Nor.
manden, will lecture at Granville De-
cember II. Peer Il very prominent
and always draws large crowds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
THOMPSON a WooDEL0E
IN NEW QUARTERS

Thompson & Wooledge moved their
law offices this week from the Scofeld
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-26

the largest counties in the district. It's wholesale houses and other large shippers are as much interested in the railroad commission and it's accom- plishments as anyone else The game of politics cannot be played to the det- riments of any one county in the dis trict and besides Jefferson county may have a candidate in the field at the next election, when a new railroad commissioner is to be nominated.
 MT. Montgomery should be urged to give good reasons for wishing to hold the meeting so. early and at such an unusual place. We do not believe that Chairman E. R. Arnold, of Arka- delphia. will approve of the plan and we sincerely hope that he will refuse to issue the call for the meeting to take place other than at the capital city and at time when the state convention is being held.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-26

u1ar and so powerful we are demand ing concession of the manufactur- CTS of the films.
 ''The good resulting from the cen- sorship of these pictures is apparent. As there are many books, perfectly legitimate for the grown-up, that should not fall into the hands of the immature mind, so there are pictures all right for the matured mind, but altogether unfit for the child. We are asking that one or more days in each week be regarded as red letter day. when the manufacturer or his censor ship select pictures for the youth of the country with the same care we would use in choosing their books.
 ".We are not asking merely chil- edren's pictures, but pictures that will not bias the young mind. Let them attract, let them entertain, but let them help the young people to become the right sort of men and women"
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AN ARKANSAN WORKS
 FOR BIG EXPOSITION
John A Fox, of San Diego Expositiou Coming to This State To Inter-
 est Officials.

A visit of some importance to this state and city is that of Commission CT at Lage John A. Fox, formerly O. Arkansas new of the San Diego ex' position, who will be here ill a few days to see the Governor and state officials on the participation this state will take in the coming Pan- ama-C California Exposition.
 Fox is one of the best known mel of the South. He was managalE director of the National Rivers and Harbors. Congress before President Collier of the San Diego expositie@ induced lffn to join ], theSsSlosi tion forces. Y ts. $s $ss
 Following his visit here, MT. s5Fox will go to Macon to the reunion C. Confederate Veterans and the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, of which latter organization he' with w. Jei' ferson Davis, who is also an official of the San Diego exposition, is ill adjutant general on the state o, General Forrest. 5a
 From Macon, MT. Fox will go tq Houston, Texas, where he will mak2 an address before the convention ol Southern Commercial Secretaries and his next stop will be at Dallas for the National Advertising Mems Con vention to which he is a delegate from San Diego Ad Club. Following this meeting he will tour Texas anC go from there to the national po- litical conventions.
 MT. Fox will lay before the gover- nors of the Southern States the San Diego exposition project and ask fo- participation in each state. He is a man winning personality and of al most unlimited acquaintance, sol of the South and orator of no mean ability. With President Collier he has already brought the San Diego exposition into natural prominence an chiefly through his ability tc show the states he visits the value of the exposition and publicity or ganization for the three years pre- ceeding the exposition as well a. during 1915.
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WANT CENSORSHIP ] FOR PICTURE FILMS
A. F. w. c. Asks That Special Atten tion Be PaidSThis Matter;

- 4S
 Little Rock, April. 1sss The Arkan- sias Federation of WoAen' s Clubs has taken a step forward il the matter of censorhip of moving pictures and has asked that special attention be given by film manufacturers to those pie lures which are to be seen by chil- dren in the picture sli8Ws. A resolu- ton directed to one of the largest film manufacturing establishments in New York was adopted by the State Federation of Women'si Clubs today, as follows:
 "The mothers of the country are demanding of every educational agen- cy that it not only educate mentally, but that it give pure and sane out look on life. The picture show is one of the strongest influences on child life. It makes a strong impression for it reaches the mind through its strongest sense-the eye-and is be- coming the most generally patron1z ed amusement. Because it is so pop
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HOME OF GOVERNOR
 IS BEING RAZED
Famous Landmark at Little Rock i'
 Being Torn Down.

Little Rock, April 25.-It will bc but a mere matter of days now before one of Little Rocks oldest buildings and landmarks will have passed from existence and the loss of it will be mourned by more than one elder resi- dent of this city.
 The building in question is that at Third and Spring streets, formerly the mansion of Gov. Henry M. Rector, wno was inaugurated November l6, 1860, and served as governor for two years. It was a typical example oi old Southern architecture and was for years one of the most beautiful places in Little Rock, and many of the old CT citizens will remember when it was the gathering place of the society sci of that day.
 During the disastrous fire which re- cently destroyed the Thalheimer stabit
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at Third and Spring streets and seV- eral other buildings the roof of the old building caught on fire. Later 1t again caught fire and the roof was completely destroyed before the fire could be extinguished.
 Since that time it has been an eye sore and it was recently decided by the McGee Williams estate, the pres ent owners, to have it torn down com pletely and removed from the valuable property.
 Work of tearing it down has begun and it will be only short time before what was once one of the most beau- tiful homes in Little Rock will be nothing more than a pile of blanks and bricks.
 The Williams estate is owned by Mrs. E. F. Vaughan, of 316 Arch street, who is daughter of Cover nor Rector, and her three sons. Mrs. Vaughan, formerly Mrs. Williams, was once the belle of Little Rock society.
 Governor Rector was one of Arkan- sas' most noted governors, and al though he served only one term in the executive chair of the state, yet he made an enviable reputation. It IS not known whether or not another building will replace the old one, but it is expected that no improvement further than the removal of the old mansion will he made on the property at the present time.
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The Danger After Grip

les often in rundown system. Weakness, nervousness, lack of ap- petite, energy and ambition, with dis ordered liver and kidney often fol- low an attack of this wretched di- sease. The greatest need then is Electric Btters, the glorious tonic. blood purifier and regulator of stomach, liver and kidneys. Thous- ands have proved that they wonder fully strengthen the nerves, tuild up the system and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of Grip If suffering try them. Only 50 cents Sold and perfect satisfaction guaran- teed by all drugg sts.
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GIVE THE WOMEN A CHANGE

The Arkansas Federation of Wo- mems Clubs at its annual meeting ill Little Rock this week adopted reso- lution asking the State legislature for school suffrage for women.
 The Graphic would not like to go on record US desiring to see women at the polls, mixing with the moro modern voter, who in many instan- ces exhibit no gentleness in time of political warfare, but it believes that the action of the Women's Club is de- serving of consideration at the hands of the General ssembly.
 In recent months it has been con- vincingly demonstrated in this city that the women are most capable of managing the affairs of the public schools and the interest they have displayed in the welfare of our pu- pi,s and the educational institutions generally far surpasses that of their opposite sex, and in some instances, the members of the School Boarc themselves.
 Through school improvement bod ies, organized for civic purposes ana school improvement principally, the ladies have met with wonderfully suc- cessful results. They have brushed the cobwebs from the walls of one of the local schools and have practl- cally revolutionized things at Lake side, which has in measure improved not only the appearance of the pulid- ing and grounds, but the interior work. and provided better and nor healthful conditions and more com fortable quarters.
 1 Women as a rule know more abou' children and their needs than the mef folk. They are brought face to fact 1 will school work and their childrei daily. They take ore interest II the school work and the school sys'
 tom generally. They know the needs
 of the institutions and the pupils
 They are active, when the men art | idle in this direction. The every das \ business affairs are too strenuou; nowadays to permit men to give th'
 schools the attention they deserve The women have the time and the! have the ability.
 I The Graphic would like to see then Il represented on every school board il I Arkansas. It believes their presenc' and cooperation would bring abou \ letter results in school work and b I ,f inestimablc benefit to Arkansas schools and school children.
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EAGLES PREPARE
 FOR CONVENTION
Exueet To Entertain 16 Carloads O1 Delegates From This
 Section.

Fort Smith, April 25-The For' Smith Aerie of Eagles has received information that the Little Rock ant neighboring aeries will attend the annual convention in this city Il carloads strong, with the capita cny's best band. The great event opens May 6. The Fort Smith Aer1s has assurance that the attendance will be the largest and most notabis in the history of the order in the State Preparations for entertain mem are being completed on thai basis.