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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11

The first case taken up Ky the dis
trict court was that of Cleve Culbert-
son charged with the murder of the
Dillon family on October 21st. They
started getting the jury Monday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock and by 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning the jury was COM
plete and the first witness was called.
The testimony throughout the trial
went to show the careful manner in
which the officials had traced the de-
fendant. They had almost a complete
record of his actions from the time
he left the Buck farm in Canada un-
til arrested. They found he had been
in Plentywood about October the Oath.
He sold rifle there and purchased a
80 Colts Automatic revolver and a
box Of shells. He hired out there to
farmer but only remained until the
afternoon of the day following and
left claiming that he was homesick.
He was next seen near Crosby where
he rode with farmer, and from there
he was traced down from farm to
farm until o'clock of the afternoon
of the day of the shooting when he
was seen going toward the Dillon
place.
The defense in the case vas lnsan-
Iity and in the arguments the attof-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
JUDGE SMITHS COURT

The records in Judge Smiths court
for the past week show that one Ern-
est Carlson paid the customary fine
and costs for indulging in the spirits
that inebriates. Likewise John
Thompson received ten dollar fine
and fifteen days, the fine being paid
and sentence suspended or account
of age and previous good conduct.
In the case of Robt. Wilson VS..
Arthur w. Cascaden verdict was
given the complainant and the case
carried to district court.
Mary Frederickson, waitress at the
Williston Hotel, had Bob Jean, chef,
hailed before the court and substan:
tiated her allegation that she had
been unduly cussed and maltreated
at the hands of Jean, and the Judge
awarded her $1O0 as a balm to sooth
her lacerated feelings and charged
the costs up to the defendant. The
case was appealed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
BIRTHDAY PARTY

A very pretty children's party was
given at the home of Mrs. Powell
Monday in honor of the eighth birth
day of her son, Charles. About thirty
Of the little ones gathered at four
o'clock when they were entertained
with games and stories told by Mrs.
Westergaard The dining tables were
decorated with a chimney center
piece, from which Santa was Just
emerging. Red and green stream
ers extended to each place where a
tiny toy was concealed in {, SNOWFALL.
Messrs Snyder, Dochterman and wes-
tergaard and Misses Hildreth and
Mcmillan assisted in serving the de-
licious lunch after which the children
departed singing the "ah "A very
good time
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
SCADS OF MONEY-NIT

About the busiest thing ii the world
is an idle rumor. One day last week
it was reported that A. c. Miller, the
East Fork farmer, rancher and coal
miner, was seen to pick UP some mon
ey in front of the Williston postof-
flee. The next day it was two five
dollar bills, and couple Of days after
wards it was "a big rolp'--enough to
choke an OK. A reporter for the
Graphic undertook to run the rumor
down but before he had gone flve
blocks Gus roll had grown so large
that it took four-horse team to haul
it out to the mine, where he is sup
posed to have it planted. We met
Miller in town yesterday and ventur-
ed to inquire what he was going to
do with his recently acquired wealth,
and this is what he handed US: Part
of it Pm going to use to build a rest
room for imaginations that work 1,,,
overtime and with the balance III
erect an insane asylum for people
who ask fool questions.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
RELI-pERRY WEDDING

One of the prettiest events of the
season took place on Sunday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock, December Z, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry, 4th
Avenue West, when their only daugn-
ter, Marie Margaret, was united IN.
marriage to Artie Edward Bell Rev.
E. Lewis Wall Of the Methodist
Episcopal church was the officiating
clergyman-using the ring service
After the ceremony the guests were
invited to the dining hall where they
indulgcd in most delectable repast-
The couple was attended by Tom
Howard and Miss Katherine Schu-
macher. The bride was elegantly
gowned in white silk. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bell left Sunday evening for his farm
one mile out from the city where their
home was in readiness for them me
young people are deservedly popular
in this city.
Those present were:-Mr. and Mrs
Perry, parents of the bride, Mrs
Bell, mother of the groom, Mrs Per
rys mother, Tom Howard, Katherine
Schumacher, Mrs. f. Lewis Wall, and
Master Ralph Perry.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
REMARKED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY
MRS. JOHN A. JOHNSON, WIDOW
OF LATE MINNESOTA GOV
ERNOR TO BE MARRIED

St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 6.-Mrs. John
A. Johnson, widow of the late Cover
nor Johnson, will be marie on Christ
mas day to William Alley Smith of
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr.. Smith, who has
resided in Minneapolis the past two
years, is manager of the Bonner's.
Ferry Lumber company. He will re-
turn to Pittsburgh after January L..
where Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will make.
their home.
The wedding will take place in the
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
George F. Van Slyck, Summit avenue
intimate friends of Mrs. Johnson. Mr.
Smith and his bride will remain in.
st. Paul until the first of the year.
No Invitations Issued
No invitations will be issued for i e.,
wedding, which will be solemnized i'm
the presence of about sixty intimate
friends and relatives. Among the,
out-of-town guests will be Miss Hat
tie Johnson, sister of Governor John
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Stark and
Mr.. AMI Mrs. George f. Matter, all of
St. Peter; Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Nelson Of
Walker, Mimi, and Miss Margaret
Sullivan of Rochester, MINI.
Rumors of the engagement, have re-.
Cured from time to time during the
year and the confirmation of the re-
port yesterday did not come as total
surprise to Mrs. Johnson's many
friends.
Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss
Eleanor Preston of Rochester( MINI.
Her marriage to John A. Johnson,
then editor of the St. Peter Herald,
took place in 1894 Mrs. Johnson has
made her home in St. Paul since the.
inauguration of Governor Johnson in
January, 1905.
Governor Johnson died September
21, 1909, following an operation at
st. Mary's hospital at Rochester For
a time Mrs. Johnson lived in the
home on Crocus Hill which they had
purchased shortly before his death,
but she sold it about two years ago
and now is living at the Bathurst
apartments, South Dale street.
Mr.. Smith during his stay in Min
neapolis has been living at the Berke-
lev.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
FINE CLUB ROOM

Members of the Odd Fellows lodge
in this city have decided to organize a
club of members of the order, the club
to be however separate entirely from
the order, the only connection being
the limiting of the members to mem
bers of the lodge. Arrangements
have been made with the lodge for the
use of the basement rooms and sew
eral of the boys are getting them
cleaned up, painted, etc. The rooms
are looking fine and will make the
finest club rooms in the city.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
Program
EXCELLENT SIX EATING

The lovers of skating in Willis
ton are having the time of their lives
this fall. The ice on the large slough
west of the city is the best in years
and there is hardly an hour of the
day but what some one is skating.
Saturdays and Sundays hundreds en-
iov this very pleasant and healthful
sport. The rink on the Black block
in Marmon addition has been flooded
and many are enjoying the skating
there.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
CAUGHT HERE

The thirteen-year-old son of Geo.
Kruse of Minot, packed his grip last
Friday and started out to see the
world having purchased a ticket as
far as Havre. He succeeded in elud-
ing the parental viligence at the depot
at Minot, but telegram put Lunce-
ford on the job and when No: ! ar
rived Frank lowered the ''Aiddie" un-
der his wing until the fat.se" came to
claim him.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
DEATH FROM APPENDICITIS

Henry Jorgenson the little l4-year
old boy of Eden Jorgenson OF Marmon
died at the city hospital Wednesday
morning from appendicitis. The 1T
tie boy was taken down with an at
tack Friday and the doctor was not
called until Monday when he found
that the appendix was ruptured. The.
father was sent for and an operation
performed as soon as possible but the
boy was too far gone and passed
aWay
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
SHOOTING AT PLENTYWOOD

John Shaminski of Plentywood was
shot there Saturday night and was
brought here Sunday on special and
taken to the hospital. He was shot
With a 32 calibar revolver and the
bullet. passed through the spinal col
umn. The man died at eleven this
morning. The party responsible for
the shooting was arrested at Plenty
wood and placed in jail. He claims
the gun went off accidentally.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

An examination for the certificate
of Public Accountant in North OAK
ota will be held at the State Univer-
sity in Grand Forks, N. D., on Janu-
ary 20, 1914.
Applications for this examination
should be made to the State Board OF
Accountancy, President Frank L: Nc
Vey, Chairman, University, N. d.,
and should be flied thirty days before
the date of the examination.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
GARDEN VALLEY CLUB

Farm Expert Hall was out in Car
den Valley Monday evening where a
farmers club was organized. The
club will be known as the Garden VAL
lev Farmers Club. The officers elect
ed are O. C. Ekeberg, president; John
Hamilton, vice president; Mrs. +. ~.
Ryal, secretary and treasurer.
A club will be organized at Rose
Hill school house at one o'clock on
Saturday, December 18th.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
LIFE SENTENCE BY JURY

THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY AT THREE-FIVE IN THE
AFTERNOON THE VERDICT WAS RETURNED AT NINE
FIVE. JUST LATER. CULBERTSON SEEMED AS IN
DIFFERENT THE SENTENCE AS HE HAD APPARENTLY
BEEN THE ENTIRE TRIAL. HE WILL BE SENTENCED BY
JUDGE NEXT MONDAY.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
THE JURY

Andrew Moline, Hans Hille-
stad, Halvor Bangs, Olaf o.
son, ]. T. Breen, James Wal
ter Scott. III. V. Stafford, Hell
mer Sundet. e. V. Coulter, c.
E. Logan, A. J. Lambert.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
CLEVE CULBERTS0N GUILTY
THE VERDICT

State of North Dakota VS..
Cleve CulbertsOn. We the
Jury impanelled in the above
entitled action find the defen-
dant guilty of murder in the
first degree and fix his pun
ishment at Imprisonment for
life. H. V. Stafford, foreman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
BALDWIN CASE TO MINOT

Affidavits OF prejudice against the
Judge and the county were filed IN
the Chas. Baldwin case and it has
been transferred to Minot for trial.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
HOSPITAL ENTERTAINMENT

The Wittenberg Hospital Auxiliary
will give an entertainment and serve
refreshments in the Library Hall on
December 18th 1913. The program
fo11Ows.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
OYSTER SUPPER AND SALE

Oyster supper and sale at Hauges
Lutheran church, 4th Street and 4th
Ave. West, Friday the 18th. The sup,
per will be served from 5 p. m. until
the sale of the Ladies' Aid society ar
ticles which begins at s p. M. The
nrice of supper will be adults 35
cents. children 20 cents. Come and
bring your friends.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11

The Paris Candy Kitchen wants
strictly fresh eggs. Bring them IN
Adv. %.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-12-11
ADVERTISE

Advertising is like the cop
per Wire that carries the eiec.
turns the wheels. Are you on
the copper wire circuit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
JULIAN HAWTHORNE
GUILTY; SENTENCED
T0ATlANTA PRISON
With Dr.. Morton and Albert
Freeman He Used Mail
for Fraud, Verdict

NEW YORK. March 14.-Julian
Hawthorne, DR., William J. Morton
and Albert Freeman are guilty Of
using the United States malls to de-
fraud the public sin connection with
the promotion of four mining proper
ties in Canada which the three men
knew TO be worthless.
The verdict was brought in at 3:45
o'clock this afternoon in the United
States District court by jury which
had been celebrating for 81 hours and
As minutes upon the guilt or inno-
cence of the accused.
Judge Julius Mayer thereupon SEN
fenced Freeman to serve five years
and three days in the federal prison
at Atlanta; Julian Hawthorne to serve
one year and one day in Atlanta
prison, and DIR. Morton to serve also
one year and one day in Atlanta
prison. Ex-Mayor Josiah Quincy, Of
Boston. was acquitted of the charge
brought against him by the govern
ment.
Question Of Appeal.
The prisoners were given over to
Marshal Henkel. handouts were
snapped on their wrists. and they
were taken away to the Tombs where
during the next ten days they will
await the decision OF their counsel as
TO whether their cases shall be ap-
pealed
This is the anaesthesia curse come
upon ME" declared DR.. Morton as he
stood waiting In the office of the mar
shall
The American nation allowed my
father to die penniless at the age OF
forty-eight, and I had to take care
of his family.
Morton Is Bitter.
They took from my father the gift
OF the discovery OF ether; they fought
the civil war on ether, and they gave
my father nothing. II every man,
woman and child who has been and
is being saved from pain through
ether were TO give us our due the
Morton family would be the richest in
the world"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
JUDGE DICKINSON
HAS FISTS READY
REsESTS STATEMENT OF STEEL
TRUST COUNSEL AT HEARING
BEFORE REFEREE. ~... --.
TO FIGHT
COURT STEPS IN AND TESTIMONY
ON MORGAN AND CARNEGIE a.
DEALS Is RESUMED BY
WITNESSES.
TO FIGHT

NEW YORK. March IA warm
discussion between counsel as 10 the
fairness with which j. r. Morgan &
Co. had complied with the govern
ments order to produce all the cor
respondence relating 10 the purchase
of the Carnegie Steel company side
tracked the inquiry in the Empire
building today and threatened to end
in q fist fight.
Judge Dickinson began to get net
tied shortly after the morning session
opened. by the failure of Z. $. Peg
ram. chief clerk of j. ?. Morgan &
Co. to produce the letters relating
to the Hill Ore lease, and the nego-
tiations conducted with the Hill peo-
pie by +. II. Gary and H. G. Frick.
ou were called on to produce all
the correspondence the govern
ment's attorney insisted, and the wit
ness replied that he had been unable
to find any records having to do with
the lease negotiations. He admitted
that he had confined himself to the
firms files, which he had carefully
searched, and had not examined the
files complete for j. T. Morgan, to
which he said ne had no right He
had also been unable to find the agree
ment between J. p. Morgan & Co, and
Andrew Carnegie. under which the
Carnegie property was turned over to
the Steel corporation on February 20,
1901.
Iindabury Wants to Know.
Mr.. Llndabury at this point in
quired of his witness If he had not
already turned over to the govern
ment a copy of a letter of earlier
date from Mr., Carnegie to Morgan
and company touching on the agree
ment and the memoranda relating
thereto. MIR. Pegram said that he
had. and then Mr.. Lindabury wanted
to know of Judge Dickinson what had
become of 1t.
do l understand that you do not
wish to put this letter in evidence"
he asked tartly.
The paper was only a copy, and
therefore is not included in the evil
dence." replied Henry c. Cotton, as
sistant to Judge Dickinson.
Mr.. Linda bury rajoined that II
Continued on Second Page.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
SAYS SHAMROCK
IS DRY FLOWER
MAYOR GAYNOR WILL REVIEW
PARADE IN NEW YORK ON
ST. PATRICk'S DAY.

NEW YORK, March 14.--Mayor
Gaynor today notified a committee
that he would be on the reviewing
stand at Fifth avenue and Fiftieth
street on Monday next TO review the
st. Patricks day parade.
Eyes. / am going to assist in the re-
view OF the St Patrick's day parade.
The pleasantest feature of St Pat
ricks day nowadays is that no one
is seen drunk in the street have
no doubt the shamrock is drowned
more or less, on st. Patrick's day. but
no one shows the effect of Ii in the
streets any more. The change in this
respect is splendid"
Among those on the reviewing stand
with the mayor will be Cardinal Far
ley. Governor Sulzer, Police Commits
sioner Waldo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
SECRETARY BRYAN
SIGNS A TREATY

WASHINGTON. March 14.--Secre-
tary of State Bryan today for the
first time affixed his signature to
treaty. He did this in the exchange
OF Publications of the arbitration
treaty with France. arrangement for
the extension of which for five years
was made in the last days of the Taft
administration. The treaty would
have expired next month by limita-
ton.
The arbitration treaty with Great
Britain, which is practically" identical
with the treaty with France, expires
by limitation next June. Mr.. Bryan
said this afternoon that he had not
yet taken under consideration the
question of renewing this treaty. 1t
Is under this treaty that Great Britain
is calling upon the United States to
arhitrate the Panama canal tolls con-
troversy. Mr.. Bryan said he has not
begun consideration of the canal con-
troversy with Great Britain and he
declined to state his attitude toward
tho matter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
100000 IN THIS
THEATRICAL DEAL

NEW YORK, March IA deal
was fully contaminated today by
which tire Columbia Amusement com
pany has absorbed the Empire circuit.
or Western Wheel OF buriesque
theaters and travelling companies.
Commencing next fall the Columbia
Amusement company will be in com
plete control of the burlesque business
of the United States and Canada.
This is one of the biggest deals
that has ever been put through in the
theatrical business. The property
values involved represent approx
mately SIS. 900. 900. and the upwards
of four thousand people employed in
the various theaters and companies
receive in the aggregate around $780,
900 a week in salaries, while over a.
900 people are carried from point to
point every week by the railroads.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
ASKED TO HELP
THE NOBLE WOMEN

Editor The Richmond virginian:
All friends of the cause are
Justly proud OF the noble fight
made by the Woman's Temper
ance League of America to win
the one-thousand- dollar prize Of
fered by your paper, and regret
that they failed so entireiy-S0,-
554.730 votes represent a great
amount of the hardest kind of
work for a single organization.
The need OF the money for the
work is very urgent. and it is
hoped that the men and women
of this State who appreciate
such earnest effort as has been
put forth by these good women
will show their real interest by
sending a donation to the presi-
dent, Mrs. Georgia May Jobson,
at the headquarters. Is South
Third street. Richmond. Va
No money spent will pay a
richer dividend at this time than
money put in the hands of this
organization. which Is working
for the abolition of the liquor
traffic.
w. J. YOUNG.
Pastor OF Centenary NJ. f.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE
reorganization of the senate. so far as
its chief officers are concerned. was
completed by the election of James
NJ. Baker as secretary. The place
pays $4,000 a year and carries many
minor positions. 1t has been held for
years by Charles G. Bennett, former
representative from Brooklyn dis
trict.-
Joseph r. Wilson. brother Of the
president. an active candidate for the
secretaryship, developed little more
than a third of the strength neces-
sary to elect Baker is a native Of
South Carolina, and is fifty-two years
old. For twenty years he has been
assistant librarian Of the senate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
His Admiration
for General Lee
Prompts Request
Widow and Trustees of Bene-
factor of Washington and
Lee to Act in Harmony With
University

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
LEXINGTON. VA, March IA
Professor Henry Louis Smith. of
Washington and Lee university, and
Mr.. william a. Anderson. a member
of the university board of trustees
and legal counsel OF the university.
have returned from New York. where
they met the trustees representing the
large bequest by Mr.. Robert P. Dore-
mus, whose will showed that he had
made Washington and Lee university
the beneficiary of his estate, valued
at over $4,000. 900. DR.. Smith and
Mr.. Anderson made the trip to New
York on invitation of the trustees Of
the fund. They conferred with Mr..
C. j. McDermott. counsel for the
trustees and also with Messrs. II. G.
s. Noble and Charles l. Andrews, two
of the trustees They later saw Mrs.
Doremus. The trustees are DESTROYS
of acting in the utmost harmony with
the representatives of Washington and
Lee university In the administration
of the estate.
ffuencing Mr.. Doremus in leaving his
large fortune to Washington and Lee
was learned His admiration for
General Robert Z. Lee prompted the
gift His sympathies were with the
South and being without children he
was DESTROYS of leaving his estate for
the greatest good. He decided that
an educational institution in Virginia
offered the most inviting field. and
then followed an investigation of the
merits Of the various Virginia insti
tutions of learning. While stopping
at Warm Springs with his wife In
1908. Mr.. Doremus visited Lexington
and spent q few hours at Washington
and Lee. He was much impressed
with what he saw and decided that
the school bearing the name Of Cen
eral Lee should receive his accumu-
lations at his" death.
Mrs. Doremus contemplates visiting
Washington and Lee university in the
not distant future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
MILITANT F|REBUG
FAILS ON HER JOB
PLATFORM WHERE LORD BEAU
CHAMP SPEAKS APPEARS
TO BE FIREPROOF.

LONDON. March IA dus,
grimed suffragette carrying a light
crawled from beneath a platform
from which Lord Beauchamp was
making a speech at Tunbridge Wells
tonight. She was arrested. The wo-
man had hidden under the platform
with the intention of setting the place
afire, but failed.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst made a
speech in Edinburgh tonight, in
which she stated that she would make
no legal defense to the charge of being
implicated in the firing of Lloyd
Georges house at Walton Heath
when the trial began on April list.
She added that If she were con-
yicted she would go on hunger
strike. She was fully convinced chat
she would be able to attend meet
ing of the sAffragettes at Albert hall
In London April 10th.