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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03

A firc of unknown origin be-
tween the hours OF three and four
O'Clock Sunday morning totally de-
-stroyed the opera house block, W
Gliding the contents of the hall,
the bakery and the pool hall. The
fire started shortly before three
O'Clock in the corner near the oven
in the bakery and before being
discovered had burned through
the, roof of the building. 1t spread
quickly to all parts of the struc-
turo and in about an hour the en-
tire block was mass Of ruins.
The fire was first discovered by
Mrs. Thos. Hunter, who had gotten
up to get drink and noted the
glare of the flames against the
window of her home. She thought
it was one of the elevators burn
ing and called up central and
told her so. Central got busy and
called up everybody, but before
the fire department arrived tho
fire had gotten such good start
that there was no nope in getting
it out. The water was used in
protecting other buildings from
catching fire, and tho flames were
confined to this, one block, no 9TH
ers being damaged any =
Nothing was saved out OF the
bakery, and both the fixtures sand
stock, were completely destroyed.
The bakery was owned and con:
Quoted by S. A. Stefonowicz and
Howard Corey and the loss to
them will be about $1,000, partly
covered by insurance. Jimmy
Russell, who conducted a cafe in
the bakery, also lost everything he
The fixtures and stock in the
pool hall were valued at about
$4,000 and insurance to the
amount of. $4,000 was carried.
This place belonged to P. J. Tros-
key. A pool table and several
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
REMOVAL PETITION
SAID TO Be STARTEO
LlDGERWOOD PEOPLE WANT
SOME OF THE COUNTY or
FNICFRS REMOVED.

Lidgerwood, N. D., March 27.-
Charging that they have been neg
ligent in the enforcement of the
prohibition law, petition is being
circulated here asking for the re-
moval Of Sheriff Frank Budack,
States Attorney C. ]. Kachelhoffer,
and the assistant states attorney Of
Richland county, and Of the mayor
and two policemen Of Lidgerwood.
1t is said that this petition will
be sent to Governor Hanna today.
The governor has power to remove
delinquent officers, this power hav-
ing been conferred upon him by
the last legislature, and the petit
ton will probably result in a thor
ough investigation of the charges
by the governor.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
Nomination for Cities,
Towns and Villages are
To Be Made BY Petition

Secretary of State Hall calls at
tention to new law covering
: nominations passed by the last leg
islature which does not seem to
be we'll known in the following
open letter:
March %, 19l4--Mr. X. Gilbert
son. Publisher The Advance, Glen
burn. n. D. Dear Sir:
Our attention has been called to
the enclosed clipping which appear
ed in The Fargo Forum on March
"a. purporting to copy of an ar
ticle which appeared i'll The Glen
burn Advance for last week, and
relating to the village, town and
school elections.
Under the law passed by the
1913 legislature. known as chapter
73 OF the 1913 session laws, pro-
vision was made for the nOn-par
tisan and nomination of city, town
or village officers in this state.
This act repeals all acts or parts
of acts which conflict with it, and
provides that nominations for city,
town or. village officers are made
by the filing of petitions with the
-city or town clerk, which petition
must be signed by not less than 10
per cent of the qualified electors
in the ward or the precinct for
which such officer or officers are
to be elected. Provision is also
made for the printing Of ballot
similar to that used at the general
elections, by which the voter signi-
fieS his choice by marking an X
after the name
This law does away with the OBJ
jections which you have we'll stat
ed, to a caucus. and it is to be re-
gretted that the existence of this
law was not more generally known
throughout the state this year.
With regard to the caucus NOM
ination for school elections the
1911 law provides that for common
school districts ''such election shall
be conducted and the votes can
vassed as provided by law for gen.
eral elections.' See section 54 of
chapter 266, 1911 session laws.
For special districts section 159
Of the SAME chapter canvassed in
the manner provided by law for
election of county ofticers.' E
For independent school districts
section 1S2 provides that "such
elections shall he conducted in all
respects and the polls closed, and
the votes canvassed in the same
manner as municipal elections"
Chapter 73 of the 1913 law would
therefore govern school elections
in cities and villages. Where
there is an Independent school dis
trict in the larger cities, not or
ganized under the general law
board Of education is provided for,
and section 2O7 Of chapter 26G.
1911 session laws provides "All
elections under provisions of this
article, shall be called, conducted
and the votes canvassed and return
ed in the manner provided by law
for general city elections"
For that reason the old method
which you complained Of is in most
cases done away with; even In
school elections, and the ballots
will be provided for the voter by
the school authorities, and Will
contain the names of all candidates
Continued on last page.)
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03

this feature, HE can make the
call as a physician and then act as
detective right straight through"
This, with other remarks, was
termed highly prcjudicial to the
defendant. The supreme court, in
dissenting opinion, held that the
between the plaintiff and the ply
sician, on third visit, when, he
declared he was not acting as a
medical attendant, was not privil-
eyed; that is was not information
securd by the physician to enable
him to prescribe.
The defendant III the case is a
wealthy Towner county farmer,
said to be worth $4,000. The
plaintiff in the case was for time
employed as domestic on his place.
Since the first trial she has mar
ried another man.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
MUST STAND TRIAL
FOR PERJURY
OF VEREIN ARREST
ED FOR MAKING FALSE
STATEMENTS UNDER OATH.

Glenn Ullin, n. D., April L.
Charged with perjury three men,
bers OF the German Verein here
are in trouble Early in February,
Gustav Falk and two others gave
evidence which resulted in an in
junction being placed on the build
ing used by the organization. 1t
is now claimed that evidence was
false and the result of internal
disscnsions and the other element
has caused the arrest of the trio
furnishing the evidence.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
OIL CAN EXPL0DES
WITH SERIOUS RESULTS
DRUGGISTS WIFE BURNED IN
EXPLOSION. TELEPHONES
no HUSBAND.

Calvin, n. D., March 28.-Mrs
Frank Ford of this city owes her
quick recovery from seemingly
dangerous injuries to her presence
OF mind. While heating some
water preparatory to washing some
clothes, Mrs. Ford removed the
basin OF water from one stove to
another, thinking there was no fire
in the latter stove. In the mean
time she took basin OF gasoline
and placed it in the water, which
she now thought was cold, little
realizing that the water was rest
ing on hot stove. An explosion
followed that burned her arms and
face quite severely, and also set
fire to the home. She rushed to
a phone, called her husband and
collapsed. The husband reached
home just in time 20 put out
blaze that threatened to be SER
ious in it's scope, and administered
the first aid to the injured to his
wife, who was suffering great agony.
At the present time Mrs. Ford Is
getting along nicely and will suf-
fer no permanent injuries.
Gust Albertson, A1bin Hedlin and
John P. Beck, three good scouts Of
near Coteau, were in the city Mon
day getting some supplies for
spring work and from their con-
versation, as near as The Tribune
man could figure it out, Hedlin
and Beck were trying to get Gust
to become candidate for the Of
flee of sheriff of Burke county, and
we're promising him their support.
and assuring him that he could
easily be elected. Gust didn't
seem to like idea of running very
we'll. but stated that he would
think the matter over and let his
friends know later on.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
KID TRA|L0R BOUND
I. OVER At T0NNER
NOTED HORSE THIEF is AGAIN
BEFORE THE COURTS Or
.,.. THE STATE

Charles Winfield, alias Kid
Trailor, who a few weeks ago was
l&sSsht back to McHenry county
: ~ J:askatchewan, Canada, for
howe stealing had his preliminary
examination in justice court at
Towner, and was bound over for
trial in district court, the next
jury term of which will convene
on July 20. The states witnesses
are Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Kinsay,
from whom the horses were stolen,
Geo. ID. Elliot and Arthur c..
Peckover. The latter claims he
saw Winfield with the horses at
the Elliot bridge and is the main
witness.
The hearing was set for Tuesday
afternoon. but Peckover decided
that he would not appear. Ha
left on freight that morning.
but a bench warrant was issued
by Judge Kline, and Sheriff Samp-
son soon located him at Leeds,
and brought him back to Towner.
Peckover swore he saw Trailor
with the horses
Upon this evidence, principally,
Trailor was bound over. Winfield
is an old offender and one Of the
members of the gang Of horse
thieves who for years operated in
the northwestern part of the state.
Winfield has previously served
time at the state penitentiary at
Bismarck upon conviction in Will
liams county on a similar charge.
He is also said to have served time
in Canada.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03

that the directions on the receipt
should have been followed, and the
instructions on the box disregard
ed, but the interstate commerce
commission decided that any DAM
ages resulting were due to the act
of the shipper in improperly mark
ing the package. A claim for re-
fund of charges was dismissed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
WOMAN IS BURNED
RENDERING LARD
RECEIVES SEVERE BURNS WHEN
KETTLE OF LARD CATCHES
ON FIRE.

New England, N. D., March 81
While Mrs. Agnus Mcdonald of
New England was trying out some
lard in the oven of her kitchen
stove the fire got so hot that is
caused the grease to explode, set
ting fire to her house. The fire
department was called out, and
the fire put out, with only slight
damage to the house. Luckily
when the explosion occurred the
back part of the oven broke open
allowing the flames from the burn
ing grease to go up the chimney
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
500 Sends Out Circulars
Advertising ' G S Western G. ! N. Oak: !

NJ best advertisements North Dakota
being circulated BY Murphy,
of the 500 Line Thousands entitled "Oppor
tunites in North Dakota have something
like 10000 throughout
piled with them to hand prospective settlers
The folder contains Wrieups in
Murphy'ss best STYLE water. churches
schools climate rainfall clay,
vegetables,
why settlers why they can make good
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
TRANSIENT MAKES
A QUICK ROBBERY
HIRES OUT TO FARMER, STEALS
MONEY SAME NIGHT, AND
THEN SkII'S.

Bisbee, NJ. D., March 31.-A
youthful transient. called at the
Kelly farm near here and asked for
work. He went to the room Of u
hired man, stole SO and hurriedly
left. Telephone calls were made
through the surrounding country
and he was finally located and ar
rested. After turning over the
money he was permitted his. free
dom and disappeared.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03
9pera House Block IS DeS:
:,.!royed By Fire Early Sunday
Fire of Unknown Origin Totally Destroys Largest Building
in Bowbells Together With Contents Of Trosky Pool
Hail. Bowbells Bakery and Opera House
Total Loss in Conflagration Will Run
Into Many Thousands Of Dollars

Heaviest Losers Are NJ H. Powers Who Owned the Block
S. A. Stefonowicz and Howard Corey Who Owned the
Bakery P j. Trosky of the Pool Hall, j. H. Mohr
and j. S. Leary, Who Lost Picture Machines
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-04-03

100 ton of good hay for SALE;
Inquire of e. c. Mahoney.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11
TWO MEXICANS HELD
 FUR \ KILLING AT DOME

Judge Jones, of the Justice Court. has been having a very busy time dur ing the past few days, when the pre- liminary hearings of two MeXicans, Nunez and Cabral, has taken place. The defendants are from Dome, where one of the most sensational killings which has ever come before the Yuma courts, took place.
 Last Friday night, at Done, a man namel Manuel, who was in an intoXi- cated condition, attempted a rather dangerous and altogether too strenu- ous disturbance of the public peace Cf this little by-the-way station. Nunez and Cabral were among the many who resented his maneuvers, and the resentment, according to testimony of witnesses, took the form Of blows Stones, clubs and various other mis- iles of a like nature were resorted to, and when the melee ended Manuel was in state of uncOnsciousness. He was immediately brought to Yuma and was taken to the Wilson house, where he died Sunday.
 The case is not in the nature of a murder trial, as the deceased was a menace to all. Many feel that the defendants were partially justified in strenuous actions and measures.
 As yet no statements have been made by the defendants, but consider able testimony was given by wit nesses. The hearing was finished at noon today, both being bound over to the grand jury, on a $2,OOO bail, to an swer charge of murder in the second degree.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11
FIGHTS REELECTION
 ID CONGRESS, REALLY!

WASHINGTON, D. C., June g.
 Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner by J. E. JOnes)-In these days when each succeeding congressional election produces thousands of men struggling for seats in the national law-making body, the spectacle of a man actually fighting to get cut of Congress is so unusual as to make it noteworthy Representative Richard BarthoIdt, oi St. Louis, veteran of Il Congresses, is in this position.
 Last December, MT. Bartholdt in formed his constituents in a formal statement that he did not wish again to be a candidate. A deluge of tele- grams and letters of protest was the result. Nearly every voter in his dis trict requested him to reconsider. I. soon became necessary to employ eX- tra stenOgraphers to take care of his mail on the subject. Mr. Barthold; issued another formal statement, ana still the constituents wrote
 Now he has established campaign headquarters operating at full blast just like a score of other headquarters in the House Office building, but the Rartholdt headquarters operate to pre- vent an election being forced upor a man who does not want it.
 An organized effort to keep out of Congress, being an entirely new propo sition, necessarily requires ingenuity and considerably originality. There are no precedents, and none With whom to advise who has had practical ex perience.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11

principles for which have contended and fer the men throughout the coun- try who have stoca so vaIiantIy in tte fight that tie Progressive party is waging and has waged for these principles.
 There is widespread apprehension among our people. The pinch of pow erty is felt in many household. We cannot ignore the conditions which have brought about this state of things. The cost of living has nos been reduced. Not the slightest progress has been made in solving the trust question. IL has been shown that the reduction of the tariff in no shape or way solves this solution. The econ omic conditions are such that business is in jeopardy and that the small busi- ness man, the farmer and the indus trial wage-W0rker are all suffering be- cause of these conditions.
 "The truth is simply that the only wise ard sare propositions, the only propositions which represent a con, structive governmental progressivism and the resoIUte purpose to secure the good results instead of fine phrases, were the principles erunciated in the Progressive platform in connection with the Trusts and the Tariff alike.
 "Our policies would have secured the passing around of prosperity and also the existence of sufficient amount Of prosperity to be passed around.
 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ALL I CAN DO TO EMPHASIZE
 But l believe that this faI my THESE FACTS WILL BE DONE. chief duty lies right here in the state of New York. I doubt whether there is a state in the Union that shows
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11

Colonel Roosevelt will return from Europe on June 24th. Immediately upon his return he will take up active ly the political situation and will take the large part possible throughout the campaign.
 In a statement issued upon leaving New York, Colonel Roosevelt calls attention to the fact that his chief duty in the campaign will be in that State, but at the same time hewill eX- ert himself to the utmost to help the fight that the Progressive party is waging throughout the country. He lays emphasis upon the failure of the Democratic promises regarding the tariff and the trusts and calls attention to the Progressive principles as the only program which san insure pros perity and the passing of it around. The statement in full says:
 Since my return from South Ameri ca 1 have received hundreds of tele- grams and letters from all over the country requesting statements from me on the political situation. It has been utterly impossible to reply to these communications, first, because of lack of time, and, second, because it must be remembered that I have been out of the country for nearly eight months and have been home only ten days and, therefore, have not been able-to acquire the necessary information that will enable me to respond intelligently to many of the enquiries made of me
 "When return from abroad, shall at once take up actively the political situation. 1t goes without saying that 1 intend, to the utmost of my ability, to do all that l can for the
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11

more cOnclusively than this state the dreadful evil of the tWO-bOss system in political life. The people of this state, the honest people, the good citi- zens who wish clean and efficient gov eTnment, no matter what their party affiliations may be, are growing bit terly indignant with a system which provides for the see-saw of the Mur- phy and Barnes machines in the gov ernment of this state.
 There is not a state in which the evils of bipartisan boss rule are more concretely illustrated than right here Under such rule it is absolutely impos- sible to get decent and effective gov ernment. It is impossible to secure fair treatment for the honest business man, for the honest wage-worker or for the honest farmer.
 From the Canals and Highways downard each branch of the govern iI0III hCto ptSll dOlililIoICl Su pl lllidLliy with view to the political advantage and often with view to the personal enrichment, of different political lead CTS. No advantage whatever to the people at large can passible come by keeping this system and substituting under-bosses of MT. Barnes for under bosses of Mir. Murphy as the benefici- aries of the system. I believe the time has come to clean house in New York
 And I believe that all right-minded people ought to act together without regard to their ordinary party differ ences, in a determined effort to ac- comphsh this task and to destroy the malign and baleful influence of both the Barnes machine and the Murphy machine in this state''
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11
THE MEN WOMEN WOULD BE

Of nearly ten thousand women, who voted on the question submitted by the Parisian Journal Femina: eff you were not a woman, what man would you prefer to have been?" near ly all gave first preference to Napo- leon. Next in order came Pasteur, Victor Hugo, Edison, Poincaire, Ros- trand, Pieriot, Wagner, Beethoven and De Musset.
 Here is an apparently shatteringly febuttal for Olive Schreiner and other femin ! s.-pacifists who have argued that the emancipation of women would bring about the cessation of war be- cause the mothers of men would re- fuse to be partners in the wastage of lives
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-11
THE POSTAL THEORY APPLIED
 TO TELEPHONE RATES

The success of the parcel post ap- pears to have inspired the Postoffice Department with the notion that there are more worlds to conquer, and Mr.
 3urlesOn is said tc be impatient with
 anxiety over the fact that the pro-
 gram of the present session of Con- greSs has at no time included moving
 he central offices" from which 1O,- )00,000 telephones are operated into he sactums of his postmasters thru Jut the country.
 Congress realizes that with so many wires in the air that the undertaking )f government ownership of telephones
 nay be a difficult problem to pull across.
 The postmaster general referes to
 he telegraph business as being of a 'monOpOlistic nature and says it is of vital importance to the people of he United States that it be conduct d by urseifish interests" Therefore, he would acquire ell telegraph and tele- phone lines.
 As m:Ght have been expected, one of tLe f.i8- demands upon Washington Il anticipation of government owner ship has called for an equalizing 0. 'ateS for telephone service, and it has been pointed out that this policy which 1as been applied to the whole postal ;ystem, including the recent acquisi- ion of the parcel post, should relieve New fork Of it's average rate of $9O year for business phones and sim arly high residence rate, and distri- )ute the burden of the cities through put the country. Quite naturally tele phone users in the big cities would welcome a system by which they could average up" with the greaer portions )f the country where g a month for esidence service, and B a month for lusiness phones, is the usual rate l The average rate for all phones in New York is $50 a year, while the rate for he entire Bell system is $3O93. Of ,ourse New York thinks it is abused md so do the people of San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and all other cities.
 England has been averaging up" ince taking over the telephones, with he result that outside of London res:- 'ence rentals average $38.SS, while business uhones limited to 11300 calls cost $4374. London, Liverpool, and tther metropolitan Centers have lower ates in consequence. Independent Of he larger issues involved in govern nent ownership there is a good deal if talk among Members of Congress to he effect that there has already been co much of this sort of business that 'equalizes" in favor of the cities at the of the rest of the country And while following the story of rates tt home and abroad, the student of the question finds that while there are not learly as many telephones in propor- ion to the population in Europe as in he United States, that there is a good cal more profanity over there because f the inefficient service.