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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
REEDER, N. D., PROBABLY SMALL
EST TOWN IN WORLD WITH
THIS RECORD.

Reeder, n. D.. May l7.-Reeder is
probably the smallest town in the world
with choral society Of any preten-
TOMS. The fourth anniversary festi-
val concert of the society will be held
Sunday afternoon. Handel's Messiah
is the selection.
The Reeder Choral society is the re-
suit Of the efforts of Jacob L. Hort
For score of years he was prominent
in Minneapolis musical circles, as a
tenor soloist, teacher Of voice culture
and director of statewide reputation.
He located here and has grown up with
Reeder, but can't get away from his
musical predictions. Once a year he
gives an oratorio. He has drilled and
trained local singers till the society
ranks high from musical standpoint
and eclipses anything in cities many
times tn esize Of this place.
Mr.. HORT is tenor, Miss Emma Tho
line Loe-skaug, the soprano; Miss
Edith Bergh, contralto and J. F. Paul
Gross, formerly of Fargo, is the basso.
There are forty-six active members
of the local society.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
HURLS THE SHOT A DISTANCE OF
FORTY THREE FEET AND ONE.
TENTH IN PRELIMINARIES -
WEIGHT EVENTS COMPLETED
THIS MORNING - TRACK. THIS
AFTERNOON.

Grand Forks, N. D., May 1.-THE
students from yer NTH Dakta have
taken the city by storm to participate
in the interscholastic field meet and de-
clamatory contest under the auspices
Of the university, the preliminaries be-
ing now under way.
Chief among the features this morn.
ing was the breaking of the state rec
ord in the shot put, Burns of Cavalier
winning this honor by hurting the shot
43 feet and ITO inch, the former rec
ord being made by Harry Davidson in
1910, being 81 feet 1 and IL inches
Conmy Of Pembina was second with
3s-6, Duggan, Grand Forks, third, 379;
and Manning, Bathgate, fourth 37-2.
Discus: Manning, first, l11-34. Con
my, second, 100 3-4, Whitson, St. Thorn
as, third, 9e 90; O'Keefe, Grand
Forks, fourth, SO.
Hammer Throw: Booth, Fargo, first,
1919 $40; Grimdson, St. Thomas, second,
1875; Manning, third, 1911; Longhead,
Park River, fourth, 1888.
The above will all qualify for the
finals, and the state record will hold,
even though made in the preliminaries.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
LONG DISTANCE GOOD ROADS IS
LATEST VE-REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF CLUB WORKING.

Cooperstown Courier: Hon. W. J..
Price, president Of the Fargo Automo-
bile club was caller at the Courier
sanctum last Wednesday. He came
up to Cooperstown to see if he could
get some Of our auto enthusiasts inter
ested in the proposition Of getting good
roads built al lover the state-what is
termed long-distance roads, say from
Fargo to Cooperstown and from here to
Grand Forks or Devils Lake.
After these roads have been built
they will have sign board all along
the different roads to help the trav-
eler, and a blue book showing all the
good roads in tn state, where to get
good water, gasoline, etc., will be pub
lished. The idea is a good one and will
no, doubt be pushed along. Many miles
of good roads will be built in this state
this summer. Mr.. Price is an enter
tanning speaker on this subject and we
enjoyed his visit.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

lands to homesteaders within the rail
road limits from $3.50 to $1.25 per acre.
Bill allowing Communication proofs on
coal lands. Bill to repeal the reciproc-
ity act with Canada. Bill for nation
al legislation upon the question of des-
ecration of the American Flag. Bills
making Fargo and Bismarck supports
of entry. Bill to allow seed grain to
come in from Canada at certain sea-
sons of the year and under prescribed
conditions free of duty. Bill to pro-
tect the public health and to have made
by the Government an investigation
into the causes and prevention of di-
sease. Also many other bills Of gen
eral character.
have secured the establishment of
a large number Of rural mail routes,
many star mail routes and new postof.
fees. Also city delivery of mail for
Williston and Dickinson. Have helped
settlers upon the new lands in the west
ern part Of our state in more than two
thousand cases. Every request made by
constituent has been attended to cour-
teously and promptly. I have given
my whole time and attention to the
duties of the Office of Congressman and
have tried to represent our state and
its people honorably.
I am half owner in what is known
at the Darlington Casey farm in Foster
County. This farm has little over
two thousand acres in it. 1t is one of
the most up-to-date farms in the state
and we have made a success with it,
both in the raising Of grain and in the
raising of horses, hogs and cattle.
Having had fourteen years of exper-
fence in public life in North Dakota
and at our National Capital, and hav-
ing had more than twenty-five years
of active business and farming ex-
perience, feel that I have had the
preliminary training to qualify me fol-
the Office which I seek. 1 therefore ask
for your support in the primaries and
shall appreciate your help.
Sincerely,
Il, 3, Hanna.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
i. B. Hanna's Own Statement

I, L. B. Hanna, of Fargo, North Da-
kota, am candidate for the Repub'i.
can nomination for Governor at the
primary election to be held June Goth,
1912, and I hereby respectfully submit
my candidacy to the people Of the
state.
came to what was then the Terri
tory of Dakota in 1881, and in all the
years since. I have been active in the
business and political life of the state
and have tried to do my part in the
upbuilding of it.
In 1894 was elected to the House
as member of the fourth legislature.
Two years later was nominated by ac-
clamation and was elected as state
Senator from the same district, the
18th, and served in the state Senate in
the sessions of 1897 and 1899. At that
time I lived at Page in Cass county
and moved from there to Fargo in the
summe of 1899. In 1904, I was nomi-
mated by reclamation and elected as a
member Of the state Senate from the
9th, or. Fargo, District and served in
the state Senate in the years 1905 and
1907.
While was member Of the House
and the Senate Of our state legislature
I introduced large number of bills
and among those which became laws
were the following:
An act placing bounty on potato
starch.
An act to prevent the destruction of
farm buildings. This was intended to
protect homesteaders and others who
We're absent from their homesteads dur.
ing the winter for the purpose of
schooling their children or for some
other reason.
An act relating to garnishment.
An act to require auditors to certify
to deeds before they could be recorded
An act requiring county auditors tt
furnish lists of real and personal prop
erty to town clerks.
An act to refund certain outstanding
Indebtedness Of the state at a lower
rate of interest than the state at the
time was paying.
An act relating to the educationa
code of the state; defining the dutie!
Of the Superintendent of Public In
struction and County Superintendent
providing for teachers institute!
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
DOCTOR HUNTER Will Be
CR|M|NALLY PROSECUTED
ACCORDING TO SAM 4. CLARK

Bismarck, N. D., May 1S.-Sam H.
Clark, editor of Jim Jam Jems, return
ed to Bismarck on No. Friday from
Minneapolis, where he, accompanied
by States Attorney Dudley Nash of
Minot, attended a meeting of the board
Of censors of the Hennepin County
Medical association, called for the pur.
pose Of investigating charges that ap-
peared in Jim Jam Jems that DR.. Hun
ter Of Minneapolis was conducting an
abortion mill.
Board of Censors.
The board of censors gathering was
presided over by DR.. Hill, president,
and there were also in attendance DR..
Nippert, secretary, ar, Drs. Bessessen,
Quimby and Roberts, as we'll as other
physicians. The meeting was held be-
hind closed doors, none but the physic.
ians hearing the testimony.
Several Witnesses Called.
The examination was conducted by
DR.. Hill, who was assisted by State IS
Attorney Dudley Nash and Editor Sam
H. Clark. Several witnesses were call
ed, the most important of whom was
the girl in question, whose name is
withheld for obvious reasons. The ex-
animation was conducted to get at the
merits Of the case and ascertain wheth.
er OF not the charges were sufficient to
warrant action by the medical associa.
ton to revoke DR.. Hunters member.
ship, and also whether or not they
would lend their moral aid to prose.
cution on criminal charge.
AS soon as the report is transcribed
it will be passed upon by the board Of
censors and their findings will be plac
ed before the board Of censors as a
whole.
Girl on the Stand.
The chief witnesses were the girl
upon whom the operation was perform.
ed and the woman sleuth representing
Jim Jam Jems. Interest in the case
throughout the city was very intense
despite the fact that the case was
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
MORSE, THE PARDON[D F|NAN-
J C|ER, is NOW ON HIS RETURN TRIP
TOAMER|CA, HAVING GAINED H[AlT TIL

New York, May 1s.-When Charles
w Morse, frenzied fnancier, left New
York, in early February for Europe,
his friends thought little that in four
months he would return to his native
land to again enter the business world
which he left in 1908 to do time in
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga. The pardon which he received at
the hands of President Taft was grant
ed on the strength of certificates of
doctors that he was suffering from all
ments which would in all likelihood
prove fatal within few months.
Now the news comes to New York
that Morse is coming home-at least
by the first Of June-in better physi-
ca. condition than he has been for some
time. That he intends to go back into
business with his old time vim and try
conclusions with President Mellen and
the New Haven Railroad Co., which he
says wrecked his hopes and his ambi-
tions.
Since Morse has been in Europe he
has been examined by only one ply.
sician,, an eminent doctor of Rome, who
agreed with tn ediagnosis Of the Am.
erican physicians, but differed essen
tally from their conclusions.
"The disease from which you are
suffering may be arrested in its devel-
opment,' he told Morse. "Its prog.
ress may be arrested. for years.
And seemingly it has been arrested
To anyone observing Morse casually
those who have seen him recently de.
clare he would seem to be far re.
moved from the desperate physical
state in which physicians declared him
to be at the time he received his par.
don. Three weeks on board ship, and
three months more in the sunshine Of
Egypt and southern Italy have given
his face a coat Of tan that is generally
associated with robust health. He has
gained twenty pounds in weight, and
now, apparently, is about as heavy as
he was when at the height of his pros
perity.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

strictly private. Considerable excite
ment prevails, which seems to show
that the tendency among the better
practitioners is to get at the bottom Of
the story. When interviewed at his
apartments at the Mckenzie regarding
the case against DR.. Hunter, Mr.. Clark
said:
"Both Mrs. Pickett and Mrs. North
field, the nurses involved in the Hunter
case, have left the country. Thus far
there has been no attempt on the part
OF DR.. Hunter or anyone else to pro-
duce these women to refute the testi-
mony introduced. Evidently they in
tend to stand strictly on what we
know, their sole hope being that we
don't know enough.
Made Out Strong Case.
."We made ont the strongest kind
of case. There is no question but
what the abortion was performed at
the home Of Mrs. Mortified; that the
girl left Minot with the address Of
Mrs. Pickett and the name of DR.. Hun
ter, which were supplied by promi-
nent Minot physician; that she was
in good health at the time, and there
was no occasion to perform the opera
ton, save to hide her shame; that
there is no question but what this abb
ortion mill has existed for some time.
'We found beyond the shadow of
a doubt that DR.. Hunter, interested
with Mrs Pickett and Mrs. North
| field, were at the head of this abortion
mill"
Further Developments Soon.
There will be further developments
in the Hunter case in a few days. In
asmuch as the move has been started
by Jim Jam Jems, and investigation
is now under way, regardless of the
action of the medical association, GRIM
inal charges will undoubtedly be pre-.
ferred against DR.. Hunter at the ter
mination O. the case against Arne Am
undson, which will be tried in Divide
county next month.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
FORMER SUPT. OF FARGO CITY
SCHOOLS GETS STATE JOB IN
WISCONSIN.

Milwaukee, Wis, May ls.-Warren
E. Hicks, assistant superintendent of
schools at Cleveland, O., was appointed
state superintendent of vocational
schools Of Wisconsin by the industrial
board Of education. Mr.. Hicks former
ly resided at Glendale, n. D., and 9th.
er points in the Dakotas, and was prin-
cipal of the state school at Glendale
several years.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
CHURCHS FERRY SCHOLARS ARE
VICTORIOUS AT UNIVERSITY
In CONTEST.

Grand Forks, N. D., May 1s.-In the
preliminaries to the state defamation
contest the final of the interscholastic
event to be held at the university to.
night, the following were the victors:
Louise Duggan, Grand Forks.
Ellin Canif, Fargo.
Agnes Moe, Churchs Ferry.
Herbert Hanson, Churchs Ferry.
Marvin Johnson, Minot.
Glance Gunderson, St. Thomas.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
CHoKED TO DEATH ON
A PIECE OF MEAT.

Langdon, N. D., May 1s-Bernard
Newman, living few miles north
west of Iona, is dead, as result of
choking on a piece of meat while eat
ing his dinner. He lived for about a
half hour after the mishap took place.
DR.. Law of Munich was called, but by
the time he arrived the man was dead
and the doctor could do nothing.
He was an old settler and we'll
known throughout this section. He
was single man and is survived by a
widowed mother who lived with him.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
MEMBER OF FAMOUS BAND OF
OUTLAWS SIFIRST TO KNOW
HIS FATE, THE JURY RETURN
ING A VERDICT THIS MORNING
AFTER AN ALL NIGHT DEL1BER-
ALTON. ."

Hillsville, w. Va, May 17.-Floyd
Allen, the bandit member Of the Allen
gang in the court house shooting af-
fair, was this morning found guilty by
the jury after an all-night deliberation.
The penalty which accompanies the
crime is death by the electric chair
route, which Floyd Allen will be sub
jected to.
Floyd was the first of the Allen gang
to know his fate, further developments
in the other cases pending being expect
ed today. ......... .....-
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
GARY DINNERS MERELY HAD EFF.
Feet TO MAINTAIN PEACE
IN FIELD.

New York May 17.-While no agree
m'nts or understanding to maintain
tho price were reached at the now IA
nous Gary dinners Of steel manufactur-
ers, the general effect of them was to
maintain peace, was the testimony of
John Topping, chairman of the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company here today
at the airing of the federal suit to dis
solve the United States Steel corpora
ton,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
FARGO STATESMAN RETURNED
HOME FROM WASHINGTON
AND RECENT INVESTIGATION
TRIPS IN FINE HEALTH
GREETED MANY FRIENDS.

Fargon, N. D May ISL had
most delightful trip home from Wash
ington this time,' said Cong. L. B.
Hanna of Fargo, republican candidate
for governor, on his return home from
congress. "The country all along. the
way presented a most beautiful ap-
pearance with all the foliage coming
out and the vegetation beginning to
grow, SO that every moment of the trip
was enjoyable"
The Fargo statesman was greeted by
large number Of friends on his return
to the city last evening and when he
appeared on the streets this morning.
Everyone was glad to see him back
and hea- something Of his recent trip
to Arizona, which he made with the
congressional investigation committee,
of which he is member, concerning
some lands in connection with the in
terror department.
'I am more than glad to be back
in Fargo again." continued Mr.. Hanna.
"To see my friends at home is for ME
always the greatest pleasure. One
thing that has impressed itself upon me
in meeting everyone again this spring
is the general optimism over the crop
outlook for the state this year. That
is very pleasing. On the train yester-
day met several from the state who
told me the conditions seemed excel
lent this year and every indication
pointed to a most successful year for
everybody. That is splendid news.
The Arizona Trip.
"Only few days before I left for
Fargo returned f. Washington from
Arizona where I had been OF an inves-
tigation trip with the congressional in
vestigation committee of which I am
a member The weather down there
just now is most agreeable, though in
a few weeks now it will begin to grow
very hot and those Of the people who
generally go to the resorts during the
heated term will begin going to the
Colorado mountains
"We went close to the Mexican Dor
der and observed the revolutionary
conditions down there from nearer
range. The conditions down there are
most alarming. I was readily inform
ed by some of the .Mexicans who knew
the inside of affairs that the insured
tcs preferred to continue the revolution
as it meant livelihood without work
for them. A rebellion down there
means robbing and pilfering the houses
and stores without being punished TO,
those crimes.
Some of those men would rather KEEP
up the war and get their living in that
way than to earn an honest living by
working. That's why the revolution
airy idea is so popular with many
Fresh revolutions are starting up every
day and some of the leaders remain
loyal to each other for a couple of days
and then start out after each other
Conditions are most deplorable.
1T was very glad to have been down
there for it gave more comprehensive
idea of the real conditions than ]
could have obtained by simply reading
about it.
Mr.. Hanna. is looking in splendid
health and will probabl yremain in the
city the balance of tn week getting
established before beginning his cam
paign activities prior to the June pri
maries.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
PICTURESQUE CAREER
OF CTIAs. w. MORSE.

+ Morse was born in Bath, Me-, !
4. in 1865. j
= He wanted to go to college, but i
!. his father couldn't afford it. He !
+ earned money by selling candy !
+ and notions and went to Bowdoin !
+ college, from which he graduated \
4 in 1877. !
+ In 1891 he gained control Of the !
+ ics business of New York City. !
+ He consolidated all the ice com. i
+ panies Of New York City-twen. !
+ ty-one in all-in 1895, and put an i
j. end to all competition. !
+ He made friends with Tammany !
= Hall in 1895, and began to gain !
+ control of banks, trust companies !
+ and steamship line.. !
+ He gained control Of eighty-one !
+ steamships and thirteen banks and !
+ trust companies. !
+ He put up the price Of ice 100 !
+ per cent to the poor.
+ Rumors about the Morse chain !
4 Of banks started in 1907. One by ::
+ one some Of them went into the i.
+ hands Of receivers. Involuntary !
4 proceedings in bankruptcy were i
+ started. The Bank of North Am !
j. erica, through Morse's frenzied !
+ financiering, went to the wall. )
+ Morse hurried to Europe. On !
+ his return he was arrested and in. !
+ dicted, 1907. !
+ In 1908 he was found guilty of !
+ using bank funds for his private !
+ purposes and was sentenced to 1
+ fifteen years. imprisonment in the !
+ federal penitentiary at Atlanta. :
+ In 1912 he was pardoned by :
i President Taft because Of i'll !
+ health. !
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

Mrs. Diedenhoffen and children were
called to st. P.ul because Of the SER
ious illness Of Mrs. Diedenhoffer IS
mother.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

Mr.. Hall, who has accepted posi-
ton at the LaRue garage as automo-
bile painter, has moved his family to
this city from Cando, and are living in
the Emil Eich cottage on 3rd street.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24
FRESH FROM The WIRES

Bismarck, N. D., May l7.-Major R.
R. steedman and Sergeant VIM. A. Gao
cola have gone to Devils Lake to car
ry out the following military order:
"In compliance with orders from this
Office, Major R. R. Steedman, U. S. A.
rteired, military secretary, and Ser
geant William A. Cacciola, 4th Infant
ry, U. S Army, will proceed to Devils
Lake, North Dakota, so as to arrive not
later than May 18th, 1912.
CAT that place they will superintend
the work to be done in connection with
transfer of stores and supplies Of the
North Dakota National Guard from the
old store house to the new quartermas-
ter building just completed.
"The necessary hire Of laborers to
complete the packing transfer is here
with authorized.
upon the completion of these duties
they will return to their proper station
at Bismarck, North Dakota.
"The travel directed is necessary in
the military service of the state.''
Dickinson, N. D., May l7.-Thht
there are about seventy-fve Boy Scout
organizations in North Dakota is the
report made by Rev. A. G.. Hacke,
scout commissioner of the westMissou.
ri river district of North Dakota. Fiji
ty of these are actiev and are cncourag-
ed and financed to certain extent by
the State Sunday School association.
T:ev. Mr.. Hacke's report also s1' we'd
that North Dakota councils are iacreas
ing in membership and doing the re-
quired scout work.
Minot, N D., May 17.-Fire which
threatened to sweep Minot's business
district, caused $4,000 loss, in the
postofice building here last night. The
blaze started from a rubbish can in
the rear Of E. L. Auten's barber shop
in the basement of the Tompkins-F Frank
block, the first floor of which is occu-
pied by the postoffice. Soon after the
fire department. arrived the hydrant at
First and Reishus streets broke, caus-
ing a delay in fighting the fire. The
blaze spread rapidly to the first floor
and threatened to take the entire block.
After five hours work the fire was ex-
tinguished. &.
Boston, May 17.-Richeson' S last
hope of escaping death in the electric
chair next week for the murder of
Avis Linnell of Hyannis, expired last
night when Governor Foss announced
he would not refer Richeson's petition
for communication Of sentence to the ex-
ecutive council.
The statement from the governor fol
lowed close the fling of reports of the
special insanity committee which de-
clared the man sane, although subject
to fits of hysterical insanity. The COM
mission found that Richeson was sane
at the time of the murder and sane at
present.
In the death chamber at Charlestown
the prisoner has borne himself calmly
since he was transferred from the
Charles street Jail on Tuesday. It was
apparent that he still hoped that elem
ency would be extended to him, and it
was believed today this alone was keep
ing up his spirits.
The statement by Governor Foss
shows the alienists found that Richie
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 1s.-By a
vote of 446 to sos the Methodist con-
ference here today decided to retain
that paragraph which prohibits card
playing and dancing and kindred am
easements as far as the church is con-
ccrned. This decision was reached af-
ter considerable discussion.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24

Grand Forks, N. D., May Esd.
Bush was arrested in the Y. NJ. G.. A.
building here today charged with en-
tering the Jensen home in this city
and making away with $3.50. Bush
has been prominently connected with
the Y. NJ. G. A.