Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-12-11
DIST. COURT OPENS;
CALENDAR CALLED
SMALL CRIMINAL DOCKET-CAS-
rs SET FOR TRIAL BY COURT
AND JURY.
4 Number Of Residents Admitted to
Citizenship-One
Woman.

Woman.
The regular December term of the
district court for Stutsman county
was opened Monday morning, Judge
Coffey presiding. States Atty. Chase
presented cases in which three de-
PENDANTS charged with minor Of
fenses are expected to come up for
hearing. Much of the morning
was taken up with naturalization of
citizens. Myron Sisson and George
Hunt of Woodwork were appointed
as bailiffs for the term.
The court calendar was called and
seventeen cases set for jury trial.
The first case fixed for trial on the
criminal docket was State against
Martin Macosky, set for Tuesday.
This is charge of stealing a motor
cycle from party at Buchanan, the
defendant being caught at Valley
City. The case of the State vs.. H.
c. McCrorie also came up for hear
ing, and both defendants in the above
cases were arraigned. &C
OF the civil cases that of VIM.
Farley VS.. Alliance Hail Assn. was
set for hearing at p. m Monday.
The case of Orkin & Levitt, doing
business under the firm name of
lrkin & Levitt, VS.. David, Minnie
c. and Lester B. Goodman, will fol-
low the civil case above noted. This
case is lawsuit involving the brick
building on Fifth avenue north,
jamestown, occupied by the Clemens
Drug Co. 1t involves an attach
ment and old claims, and will be the
second case heard by the jury.
Twelve cases were set for hearing
by the court.
The case Of A. v. Noyes vs. N. P.
railway was dismissed, also the case
of A. F. Lehman VS.. j. c. Barnes.
The case of Melanson VS.. Johnston
Land Gu-.Fas Easssd to the foot of =,
the calendar, pending settlement.
The case of Nipple VS.. Borchert was
continued by stipulation, as were the
cases of Anton Fried VS.. Midland
Continental Ry., and Geo. H. Powell,
Adm, VS.. Anton Fried and Frederick
Haufler, and l.. NJ. Anderson VS.. First
State Bank of Edmunds.
Nearly all the applicants for citi-
zenship who appeared in the district
court at the opening Of the December
term were admitted after the usual
examination. Two applicants were
refused at this term with instruc-
tions to post up further on govern
ment and qualifications required.
Special Agent Thomas Griffing
was present at the opening of court
and examined a number of applicants
for citizenship, as to their qualifi-
cations under the naturalization law.
The following were admitted to citi-
zenship:
Gustavus Brunsch and August E
Woodworth; r. Ruhl,
Streeter; Gilbert Fritz, Bdfast; Os-
car A. Peterson, Pingree; Mrs. Mary
Nicholas. Medina; Sebastian Amonn,
Adolph Haser, Cleveland
and Abdul Hadey and John Druling,
Medina.
Two of the above named were
Syrians, part of the little colony of
Syrians and Turks who have taken
up land in the. western part of the
county. Mrs. Mary Nicholas, widow,
was admitted, and her examination
showed she was unusually we'll post
ed on the qualifications necessary to
become citizen. She is living on
a claim taken by her late husband,
and educating her children. Mrs.
Nicholas came from Syria when she
was 16 years of age. She learned
the French language and received
her early education in that tongue.
She is managing her own farm, and
believes in womans suffrage, that is
the right to vote on their own az
fairs, but she still thinks their prop"
er sphere is in the home. Mrs.
in speaking Of the disturb
ed political and commercial condi-
tion of Turkey, Syria and the sur
countries in southern Eu-
rope, is of the opinion that the long
and cruel reign Of the sultan of
Turkey is nearing an end, as recent
events indicate. She says there is
no country in the world with the