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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19
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81 believe that the state has a per.
feet right to levy it's entire education.
al tax outside of the four mill require.
ment of the constitution" said DR.. 6
A. Mcfarland, president of the Valley
City Normal last evening.
~ personally knew Seth Newman
who drew that law" he continued
land | know that was his interpreta.
ton. Formerly we levied our educa'
tional tax without reference to the
four mills, but gradually we came te
where we did not need all of it and
SO came more nearly under the -four
mills. Now we are apparently to be
confined to it.
A Hardship on the Institutions.
eff the supreme court holds to its
present decision we will be about
100000 short among the various in
situations. This will seriously Grip.
pie some Of them, but of course we
must make the best of it.
"None of the heads of the institu.
tons have any thought of fighting the
matter; it was only to secure an au-
thoritative decision that we took it tc
the court. We are awaiting a final
decision with some anxiety"
Heads of Institutions All in Fargo.
Today the state board Of education
meets in Fargo and as several of the
heads of state educational institutions
are members of that body it made it
very convenient for them to meet for
consultation, which they did yester-
day. President Worst and Dr.. McVey
were not present but were represent
ed. They will be present at further
conference this morning at $3.50.
Attorney C. l.. Young of Bismarck,
presented the case for the institutions
affected to the supreme court; it was
decided in their favor but reopened
upon petition of Attorney General Mil
Ter upon discovery that not all the
facts had been presented. A partial
decision was rendered but complete
findings are awaiting the result of the
conference between the court and the
board of equalization.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

present decision, the Minot normal
school will be short about $4,000, it is
understood, for it's general running ex-
penses, which would have a general
tendency to cripple that institution
badly. It is hoped by the Independent,
and the people of the northwestern
section of the state generally, that the
matter can be fixed up so that the ed
ucational institutions will not be Grip
pied in any way.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19
GERMANS Nan i LOST ST., Io 9,;ve
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY IN
WEEKS FIGHTING-TER
SNOW STORM ADDS TO MIS-
cry OF MEN-TURkS FIRE ON
u. s. TRANSPORT.

The Germans are fighting the Allies
terrifically and at one point are within
two hours motor ride Of Paris. The
Allies are fighting back hard and try
ing to keep the army of the Teutons
from breaking thru their lines.
The fighting the past week has been
the hardest in the war. 1t is estimat-
ed that the Germans lost 100000 men
in four days fighting, and the Allies
suffered terribly. The artillery duel
at Flanders has been terrific for sever
al days.
To add to the horribleness Of war,
heavy snow fell and the armies have
been fighting in foot or more of it.
In Flanders, the artillery has failed on
account Of hte floods.
A number of Japanese war vessels
are enroute to the coast of Chile and
will attempt to engage the German
war ships responsible for the loss of
several British war vessels recently.
Fire on U. S. Transport.
Turkish land forces fred on the
transport of the U. S. war ship Ten
nessee as it was proceeding from
Vourlah to Smyrna, Asia Minor. The
transport was headed toward Vourlah
when without warning the Turkish
forces began firing. The transport
was not damaged. No explanation
has been given yet, but this country is
investigating. 1t may have been that
the waters were mined and that the
firing was merely warning.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

Fargo, N. d., Nov. ia. M. Bak-
er, manager, and George L. Nelson,
editor of the Co-operators' Herald,
have been arrested and taken to Bis
marck hy Sheriff Frank Barnes of
Burielgh county, to answer to the
charge of contempt of the Supreme
court, as the result of an article ap-
pearing in the Co-Operators' Herald
of Nov. -.
The article in question was one on
the supreme court hearing of the case
of the educational institutions against
the state tax board and appeared I'M
der the headline, Levy Decision
Gauzy Frameup," with second deck,
'"The Foxy Boss and Henchmen Pull
Off Lovely Frameup Stunt and Bam-
boozle Voters"
The article goes on to tell of the
hearing. Probably the most glazing
paragraph being the following:
at has been persistently whispered
that the supreme court hearing and
opinion on the tax levy case was pure
ly a frameup to appease the state edu-
cational institutions of the state and
ward off real hearing on the merits
of the case until after election. We
heard this rumor but could give it no
credence and gave it no publicity be-
fore election because we could not be-
lieve that the highest tribunal Of the
state could be inveigled into a con-
spiracy of such character. We feel
at perfect liberty to say that at no
time had we very exalted opinion of
the personnel of that body but we
could not bring ourselves to believe
that it's members would besmirch their
high office by resorting to the tricks
of ordinary machine politics, and dirty
politics at that, in order to help save
the political scalp of the Foxy Boss"
Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Nelson were
served with the warrant this morning
shortly after 10 o'clock by Sheriff
Barnes and will be taken to Bismarck
this evening on No. on the Great
Northern, which leaves here at 5:46
o'clock.
The two men will probably be
brought before the supreme court to-
morrow morning to show cause why
they should not be held in contempt of
court. Unless they can do so they
may each serve term in the state
penitentiary.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19
LONG Term Of
DISTRICT COURT
THIRTY CRIMINAL AND 126 CIV
H CASES TO BE TRIED-MOR-
GAN RHOADES MURDER CASE
new BEING TRIED.

District court opened Monday but
the first case was not taken up until
Tuesday afternoon, that Of the State
". Morgan Rhoades, the young negro
charged with murder.
Out of forty jurors it was not diff
cult to get jury and the testimony
was begun Wednesday afternoon.
Rhoades went into the restaurant of
Oser Webb, one evening about three
weeks ago and shot negro named
Skinner dead, as he sat eating his sup
PEI. Shooting another man thru the
legs, he fled and entering the McCrea
roomiag house, attempted to kill a
third negro, striking him vicious
Now over the head with a revolver.
Later he was captured by Officer
0dell as he entered his own shack.
The trouble is said to have arisen
ever a gambling game. It is said that
Skinner threatened to drive Rhoades
ct Of Minot or to kill him. Rhoades
has employed Atty. E. R. Sinkler and
hopes to get off with manslaughter.
The present term Of court will be a
long one. There are 80 criminal cases
and 1926 civil cases, altho the calendar
will hardly be entirely cleared.
States Attorney Nestos and Assis-
can't States Attorney Carroll are
prosecuting.
Rhoades unquestionably will try to
show that he shot Griffen Skinner in
self defense and that had he not kill
ed Skinner, the latter would certainly
have gotten him.
A large crowd is attending the trial
which is proving rather interesting.
Half hundred of Minot's colored
regulation are in the court room at
each session.
.Ham Bone," who was behind the
counter when the shooting occurred,
said that he saw Rhoades enter with
drawn revolver and pointing it at
Skinner, called to him twice, Throw
M your hands," then shoot Skinner
lsad and Ed Rittley thru the legs.
Rittley has been in St. Joseph's hos
pital since, but is getting we'll and
will be able to testify at the trial.
The state completed its testimony
Wednesday evening and Morgan
Rhoades, the defendant, testified in
h1 own behalf today. Rhoades testi-
fed that he had been threatened by
Skinner three or four times as the re-
suit Of crap game at McCrea's. He
knew that Skinner was considered q
bad man at Fargo.
Frank Oliver, janitor for the West
ern Union, testified that he was i'll one
day and Skinner visited him at his
home. Skinner declared that he was
going to kill Rhoades, who had won
some money from him. Oliver lost
little time in notifying Rhoades.
Frank Allen was an important wit
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

Al. Bridges, who filed on the home
stead now adjoining the townsite Of
Des Laos, arrived Wednesday night
from Bedford, Iowa, and will spend
several days in this vicinity on bust
ness. The Independent acknowledges
pleasant call from our old friend.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19
CHEF BADLY SCALDED IN
COLLISION WITH WASHER.

Emmond Anderson, who is employed
as chef at Balerud's lunch room on
Central avenue, was painfully burned
when he was run into by dishwasher
who was carrying scalding hot water
in dish-pan. The water was dumped
over Anderson, inflicting painful
scalds on his body, and he is in SER
ious condition as a result.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19
Masonic Election.

The annual election of Star in the
West Lodge, No. 33, A. F. and A. M,
held Thursday night, resulted as fol-
lows:
A. D. MCDANIEL, w. M; C. B. Bach
S. w.; A. D. Hagenstein, J. w.; G.
Roy Ringo, Secretary; Henry Byorum
Treasurer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

John Corbett, publisher of the Will
liston Graphic, is in the city visiting
at the home of his brother, Vic Cor
bett, Register of the Minot Landofice.
Mr.. Corbett lived in Minot for many
years where host of his old friends
are.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

The executive committee of the
Christian church will meet in Minot
Sunday at 2:30. Rev. Mr.. Sapp will
preach at the Library at II a. m. and
at the Lyceum Theatre in the evening
at 1880.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

Some of the state papers will 60 to
press day early next week on &C
count Of Thanksgiving.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-19

A. G. Crane, president of the Minot
Normal school, and president of the
North Dakota Educational Associa-
ton. is in Fargo attending the confer
cnce.
If the supreme court holds in its
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

Psyche and Her Sisters" one Of magnificent
series Of Ave pieces by Bouche, made at the Royal
Mandatory OF Beauvais about l74S Only two
other complete sets Of this series exist being in
the Swedish royal palace at Stockholm and the other
in the Quirinal, at Rome. The other designs repre-
sent Psyche in the Temple Of Cupid. The Toilette
Of Psyche" 1.-TWO very large peces), Psyche Aban-
doned by Love" and Psyche at the Basketmaker's."
Sir John Murray Scott refused accept an offer of
three million francs for these tapestries. years
before his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
With the Czar Again

While the Spaniards were placing the captured eagles of Napoleon among the treasures in the cathedral of Seville, the amazing report of their victory and the English victory in Portugal ran through out Europe and awakened a new hope in the foes of the empire everywhere. Austria grew bolder and more urgent in the war preparations which she had been making ever since Austerlitz Napoleon knew 1t was only a question of short time when she would seek to retrieve her losses, and while he was marshallng a great force to smte the Spanish in the south he had to be careful not to impair his defenses against the foe in the north. Nor dared he throw himself into Spain until well assured that this inevitable war with the Austrians would not burst upon him in his absence.
 To eclipse the thoughts of his recent defeats and revive the memories of his victories. he invited his ally, the Czar, to meet him in Germany strengthen their alliance and convince the Hapsburys and all other restless elements that the com- pact of Tilsit still united the two greatest powers of Europe. This second meeting of the Emperors took place in the early autumn of 1908 at Erfurt, where Napo- leon and Alexander played Damon and Pythias before retinue of four Kings, score of princes and a dozen dukes, Niio liunlpiy Wdileu upDil tntlr imperial majesties.
 With his unfailing attention to theatri- cal effects, Napoleon assembled the gilded company one morning on the battlefield of Jena where a breakfast was spread on the Napoleonstein. There from the site of his bivouac he explained to his guests how he had crushed the Kingdom of Frederick the Great against the gar den walls of the village of vierzhnheili- gen and then he led a rabbit hunt over the field where two years before he had bagged the Prussians
 The Czar met Napoleons wishes Per haps to speed his ally on his downward path, he approved the invasion of Spain and promised to come to the aid of France if Austria should attack her. But when the French diplomats at Erfurt sounded him as to marriage between one of his sisters and the Emperor. should the latter decide to put away Josephine, Alexander grew crafty and evasive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

After toiling up the steeps of glory for eight years, Napoleon entered upon the bootless Spanish invasion, and thus began his long descent from power. MT. Morgan's story today sketches the Emperor at the turning point of his fortunes.
 It is story of peculiar interest to the people of the new world, since it "opens with picture of the trade war between Napoleon and England, which brought to ruin the great ocean com merce of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
How Napoleon Went to War

Having fortified the Franco Russian al- liance. Napoleon turned to face the Span ish mobs. Leaving Paris in the imperial state that now marked his going to war, fresh horses, sent on aiead. awaited him at each nine or 10-mile Stage of the jour ney. Berthier sat beside him in the great numbering coach, with iron tires almost as broad as an automobiles. In front of the Emperor's seat, which nt night was converted into a bed on which he could lie at full length. was a door that could be let down and employed as a table, while behind 1t were ths dxawers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
IAE SURRzND1R or 1Eg1p1o

hours of silent agony he held the direful news in his breast, without lisping hint of it, until plaintive cries at last escaped his lips.
 An army of Napoleon had surrendered for the first time. and for the first time his imperial eagles, bestowed on his bat talions by his own hands. were captives in the hands of an enemy. As if promptly to point the prophecy which that event held another of his armies surrendered in the following month to Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the first battle between a French force and the destined victor of Waterloo. The future Duke of Yelling ton, having landed an English army on the Portuguese coast to reopen the harbor of Lisbon and drive the French from the country, Junot marched out from Lisbon to repel him with an inferior force. For the first time since Yorktown an English and French army faced each other in battle and the English won The French capitulated and agreed to abandon their occupation of Portugal.
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Americas, while he held before the royal family at Madrid alluring promises of more substantial rewards in a parti- ton of Portugal Under cover of that arrangement. French troops were grad ually introduced into Spain until 50000 were garrisoned in the kingdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
The First Stumble

DATES AND EvENTS-AGE S6-Ss.
 May 16 1806-British order in council blockading Napoleonic coast. May 21, 1so6-Napoleon Berlin decree excluding British products and all ships coming from British ports.
 January '. 1S07-British order in council forbidding neutral ships to trade between fNapoleonc ports.
 September I. 1S07-Britsh bombaroed sCopenhagen and seized Danish navy.
 October 27 1so7-Czar joined Napoleon's continental union against British trade.
 November H. 1S07-British order in council requiring neutral ships to pay 1 tribute December r, sO7-Napoleon's Milan de- cree against neutral ships submitting to British regulations.
 December 2S, 1S07-The United States adopted embargo act.
 February 20 1S0S-Murat appointed to command in Spain.
 March 19, 1SoS-Charles " surrendered crown of Spain to his son, Ferdinand. l April ?, 190s-Napoleon seized Papal ports. 1 April F. 1SoS-Napoleon condemned all American ships.
 May ?, 190s-Spanish revolution began
 May 2, 1S0S-Charles and Ferdinand sur rendered crown of Spain to Napoleon. July 4 1S0S-England formed alliance with Spanish revolutionrsts. July 19, 1S0S-French army surrendered at Baylen.
 July 21, 1s0s-French defeated by Well lesley in Portugal. 1. July 2S. 1SOS-King Joseph fled from Madrid. September 27 1S0S-Czar and Napoleon met at Erfurt.
 December 1, 1S0S-Napoleon entered Madrid December 22. 1sos-started in pursuit of Sir John Moore.
 January 16, 1s09-Death of Sir John Moore
 January IT, 1sos-Napoleon left for Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
Napoleon in Madrid

As the Emperor sped toward Madrid he drove a wedge between the wings of the enernys army, but he left the wings unwounded and in condition to unite and flap together again. Meanwhile no seri- ous resistance was offered to his advance. Tt is not an army We have to meet" Marshal Ney informed the Emperor; i've must fight whole nation" The nation parted. to let the invader pass, as a sea parts at the prov of ship. but only to close in when he was gone. and leave no trace of his passage
 Entering the Spanish capital in less than four weeks from the opening of the cam- paign, he patted the mane of one of the white marble lions that guard the grand stairway in the royal palace and ex- ulted. T possess you at last, the Spain l desire! But all his possessions in Spain were limited to mere symbols of power. like those lions of tho stairway. He had conquered roads and castles and palaces but he had not subdued the peo- pie anywhere.
 At the fall of their city the inhabitants of Madrid haughtily drew their cloaks about them and received the conqueror in silent disdain. In vain Napoleon prof fered his unwilling subjects the solid ad- vantages of modern institutions and laws Abolishing the outrageous feudal rights and monopolies that had limited the ben- ants- -e& Industry to the privileged classes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
NapOleon's Boast

I may find the Pillars of Hercules in Spain, but l shall not find the limits of MY power.
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and pigeon holes of a complete office desk.
 Duroc, grand marshal of the palace in charge of all the travelling arrangements, galloped on one side of the carriage, while on the other side rode Caulincourt, mas ter of the horse, with the maps which must always be at the Emperor's call. The horses of a score of aides -de-camp and orderlies pranced about the vehicle, with four pages mounted behind and on top of it. At the rear right wheel Rous- tan the Mameluke, always rode. with a luncheon ever ready to be served, and beside the opposite wheel rode two mount ed ehasseurs carrying portfoliors filled with papers. while equerries and grooms and the Emperor's personal stud of eight 10 led horses followed The escort con sisted of detachment of chasseurs of the guard and whenever and wherever the Emperor set foot four of them with drawn sabers surrounded him in a square, nimbly jumping this way and that before and behind him as he walked about
 On melancholy day early in Novem- Der. this cavalcade passed into the som Der land of the Spaniards and Napoleon took command of a superb army of more than 100000 troops to confront 10000 Span iards and British. for England had now made common cause with the revoIting Spanish. Many of Napoleon's men were veterans of Austerlitz, Jena and Fried land whom he had marched across France without permitting them to turn aside to see the homes for which they had longed through three hard years of campaigning
 Soldiers" he conjured them, After having triumphed on the borders of the Danube and the Vistula, you have trav- versed Germany by forced marches I make you now traverse France without giving you moment for repose. Sol diers: I need youi The hideous presence of the leopard"-the Napoeonic equiva- lent for the British lion-"soils the terri tory of Spain and Portugal Let him fec terrified at your aspect, while we carry our triumphant eagles to the pillars of Hercules.'
 But the heartsick and footworn legions murmured and the old cry of "Vive lEmpreuri" died in their throats. Ma poleon could not mistake their sulky spirit. Once he was so exasperated by their uginess that he seized the first grenadier of the guard in reach and grabbing his gun turned 1t upon him as if he meant to shoot him. When he saw a general who had surrendered at Bay len he cried. You are a bold man to show yourself to mev' Then, gripping the mans right wrist. he fairly shrieked, Why did not this hand wither?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
First Blow of Fate


 He viewed with contempt the savage fury of the undisciplined rabble that had set all Spain ablaze. To suppress their revolt was 'childs play" he lightly said, and he calculated that the conquest would not cost him more than 12O00 men. Be gay he commanded King Joseph. ''and do not let yourself be troubled.' But poor Joseph could not fairly be expected to display much gaiety as he found him self elevated on the point of bayonet and enthroned on keg of gunpowder. Within nine days of his entry Into his new capital, the imported King was in flight northward from tine hordes that overran his kingdom.
 Had that misfortune come singly 1t would have been bad enough, but it was accompanied by a disaster that stunned the Emperor and left him speeches. with grief and rage. A French army under General Dupont had been caught between two fires at Baylen. in Andalusia and nearly 20,000 Frenchmen had laid down their arms to the mere mobs that hemmed them in.
 The Emperor was in southern France when he was struck by that "blow of fate.'' as he called 1t Through three