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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN.
TON

Courier-News: The proposal to hold
constitutional convention has much
to commend it, although it may not
secure the assent of the present leg
islature. It is now more than Is
years since the present constitution
was adopted and many amendments
are felt to be necessary. The expense
of holding a convention ought not to
weigh heavily against the needs of
modern and democratic measures.
The Prohibitionists need have No
fear whatever about the fate of that
law. A convention could be called to
propose amendments, and need not
touch that particular feature. But,
even # an entire new document were
prepared and submitted, prohibition
would certainly be included.
Whether the legislature deems it
best to call such a convention or not
at this time, the discussion is whole
some. The cumbersome process of
ameiding our state constitution will
make a convention necessary not many
years hence.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
ONLY ONE BEST"
MinOt People Give Credit Where
Credit Is Due.

People of Minot who suffer with
weak kidneys and bad backs want a
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. Doan's Kidney Pills is a medi-
cine for the kidneys only, and one that
is backed by willing testimony of Mi
not people. Here's a case:
John A. Botz, ST., retired farmer,
317 Conrad St., Minot, says: "1n my
younger days I over lifted and strain
ed my kidneys. About five years ago
I began to notice that their action was
not right. l had attacks of backache,
headaches and dizzy spells. The kid
ney secretions were irregular in pass
age and obliged me to get up at night.
Doan's Kidney Pills had been used
with such good results in my family
that I got a box. They were just
what I needed and soon my kidneys
were nj fine shape. They cured all the
palms,"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Botz had. Foster-M ilburn Co.,,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
ELECTRICITY TO BE POWER
Owners Of Anthracite Mines In Penn.
syIvania Decide to Make Use Of
= II Exclusively.

Electricity Is to take the place en-.
hrely Of steam and compressed air in
the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania.
according to a paper read recently be-
tore the Engineers Society of North
eastern Pennsylvania.
The total of electric generating ca
pacity and power purchased for use
at the mines at the present time is
given as 1881 kilowatts, which is ap'
proximately equal to 105,400 horse
power. The horsepower produced by
steam is given as 1851.
The first electrical installation in
mines was made in 1887 by the Penn
sylvania Railroad company. In 1889
the Thompson-Houston company
placed q locomotive and generating
station in the Erie colliery of the Hill
side Coal & Iron company. This To-
connective was in operation until 1911.
22 years of continuous operation. The
first electric pump installed was in
1890, and has been in continuous serv-
ice ever since. From 1891 to the pres.
ent year plant after plant has been
erected in the mines.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21

FARMERS ATTENTION.
have installed q large feed mill
and will grind corn on the cob, or all
small grain on Tuesdays and Fridays.
C. L. Moore, Route 1, Minot. 12-31-t4*
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
Monster Of tho Delta.

A 32O-pound shovel.nose sturgeon, a
decided rarity in New Orleans. attract
ed a large crowd in front Of Kolb's
German tavern Sunday afternoon.
This big fish was caught in the Gulf
Of Mexico q short distance of the
coast, in seine. It measures about
six feet in length, has a narrow body
and five rows Of bony shields which
extend from the gills to the tail. The
striking popularity of this fish is its
sucker mouth, round gristle projec.
ton about five inches in length, be-
meath a broad snout. The snout is
about eight inches in length and is
used to burrow in soft bottoms for
mollusks, which form the surgeons
principal food.
The eggs Of the sturgeon are used
in Russia to make caviar. The blad.
der is used in the manufacture Of isin.
glass. The fish is coarse and Is cut
into steaks for broiling.-New York
Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
0 CENT "CASCARETS"
FOR LIVER AND BOWELS
Cure Sick Headache, Constipation,
6lIlousness, Sour Stomach, Bad
ereath-Candy cathartIc.

No odds how bad your liver, stom-
ach or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable you are from
constipation, indigestion, biliousness
and sluggish bowels-you always get
relief with Cascarets. They imme-
diately cleanse and regulate the stom-
ach, remove the sour, fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the con-
stipated waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels. A
10-cent box from your druggist will
keep your liver and bowels clean:
stomach sweet and head clear for
months. They work while you sleen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
WOMAN ASKS
HEART BALM
MISS ANN A THOMPSON OF
WHEELOCK DEMANDS DAM
AGES FROM DIR. SCOTT-CASE
IN HANDS OF JURY.

Williston, N. D., Jan. 15.-1t was
thought that the breach of promise
suit brought by Miss Anna Thomp-
son, proprietress of the Wheelock no.
tel, against DR.. William B. Scott, pres
ident of the City Commission of Ray,
would 60 to the jury late this after
noon. The case began Monday morn
ing before Judge Fisk and the taking
of evidence was concluded Wednesday
evening, the attorneys in the case
presenting their arguments to the jury
this morning and this afternoon. Miss
Thompson asks for $4,000 damages.
The case has proved one of the most
sensational ever tried in the district
court here. The prominence of the
parties in the case has caused a sensa-
ton both in Williston where they are
we'll known and at the home towns. A
large number of people from Ray and
Wheelock have been in almost con-
slant attendance at the court session
and the court room has been crowded
each day.
Legal Battle.
In addition to the sensational testi-
mony which was introduced on behalf
of the plaintiff, Miss Thompson, the
case has attracted wide interest be-
cause of the hard legal battle which it
has developed. Miss Thompson is rep
resented before the court by Attorney
Thomas F. Craven of Williston and
Attorney George Moellring of Ray,
while DR.. Scott is represented by At
torney Kane of Seattle and Attorney
H. w. Braatelien of Williston.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21

Miss Thompson was the first wit
~ss called after the drawing of the
jury on Monday. She related in great
detail the story of her alleged rela-
lions with DR.. Scott, which covered a
period of from March I, 1914, to the
middle of June of the same year. Dur
ing that time she alleged DR.. Scott
paid her marked attentions and called
frequently at her hotel in Wheelock.
Sought Her Love.
She said after number of visits
which began one month after DR..
SCOTS former wife died, he declared
his love for her and asked for her love
in return. Later, she said, she told
DR.. Scott she loved him. She said
that always on arriving and on leav-
ing DR.. Scott kissed her a number of
times. He also frequently used en-
dearing names, she said, in address,
ing her. One of the alleged incidents
which caused a sensation when re-
lated in the court room, Miss Thomp-
son declared to have occurred while
she was under the influence of chlor-
oform, at certain time when DR..
Scott had been called by her to ex-
tract a tooth.
The plaintiff finished her case
Tuesday morning and the case of the
defense was then put in. DR.. Scott
as witness for himself denied all the
serious allegations made by Miss
Thompson. He admitted a number Of
calls at the Wheelock hotel but declar-
ed they were made professionally or
to use the telephone which was sta
toned there. He denied any relations
with Miss Thompson which could lead
her to mistake his attitude toward
her.
A number of other witnesses were
called by both sides to substantiate
the main story.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
Great Work Completed.

The Jura mountain tunnel has been
completed after three years of unin.
terrupted work. It is a five-mile tun-
mel and has been cut through the Jura
mountain from Moutiers, France, to
Grenchen, Switzerland. The cost was
$5,000,000 OF which 100000 was
contributed by the Eastern railroad Of
France. The tunnel will shorten the
travelling distance between Paris and
Milan and Paris and Bern.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
WARFARE AGAINST The RAT
New Orleans Has Comprehensive sys-
tenn for Elimination Of Man.
kinds Enemy.

Conversion of insanitary districts
into healthful ones and the proofing of
the entire city against rats is contem-
plated in the plans made by the health
authorities of New Orleans for perma.
nently stamping out the causes Of bu-
bonic plague. The methods proposed
are similar IN certain respects to those
followed by the federal government at
the Panama canal, while their execu-
ton is as much an engineering prob
lem as it is medical one. Accomplish
ment of the work depends upon the
passage of enabling legislation which
bears directly upon the building regu-
lations and affects practically every
structure in the city. Popular Mechan.
les Magazine, in an illustrated article,
says:
"Ordinances designed to handle the
situation provide that all buildings
which rest upon the ground shall have
concrete floors and every structure
shall be PROCEED against rats. Other
ordinances abolish henhouses within
the city limits, excepting when they
are thoroughly rat-proofed; make
stringent rulings concerning the dis.
posal Of garbage, and subject ship
ping in the harbor to binding regula
tons intended to prevent rats from
landing from boats locked at the
wharves. 1t is planned that ships shall
lie eight feet from the wharves, have
Ill hawsers fitted with rat guards and
have guard at the gangplanks when
ever they are lowered"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
Size Of ZeppeIins.

Zeppelins vary in diameter and
length, but most Of them are of large
size, being almost as big as battle
ships. The Deutschland, for example,
is 1876 feet long and 48 feet in dame
ter, with a capacity of $4,000 cubic
yards, and a lifting power Of $4,000
Dounda
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21

Lutsky Buys Partners Interest.
Simon Lutsky has bought the in
terest of M. Gordon in the Outlet
Clothing Co. Mr.. Lutsky has man.
aged the store for more than a year
and has done a nice business.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
ColOred Woman Arrested.

Mrs. Robe Peoples, colored, was ar
rested at her home on Jarvis street
Tuesday, charged with keeping and
maintaining a common nuisance. Sew
eral other charges could be preferred
against her. The big buxom dame ap-
peared in court that afternoon.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21

Builds you up physically and men.
tally, keeps your digestive organs IT,
condition, regulates the bowels
cleanses the blood, helps you to perfect
health. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea or Tablets, IS cents.
Mccoy Drug Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
Will Dedicate New Elks Home.

We acknowledge receipt of an invi-
tation to attend the dedication of the
new Williston Elks' Home Jan. rs and
26, 1915. Williston Lodge No. 1914
has built one of the most beautiful
homes in the west and a large delega-
ton from Minot and other sections of
the state will attend the dedication.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12
A PLEASANT JOURNEY.

Sometimes when and weary with today
From very present things | turn away,
And summon one used to know right we'll
To take me journey for spell,
Through long forgotten scenes. We play old
games.
We fan to life renewed forgotten flames.
We seek old faces, and we clasp once
Warm hands we clasped in days gone before.
All, many pranksomc hour have played
When mid those scenes together we have strayed-
| in my gray-haired manhood smiling, he
The happy little lad | used to be.
Copyright I9l5J
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12
The Falaba Atrocity Multiplied by lis

edness such the history of war will find it diff
cult to match while in the Philadelphia Press we
read:
"'Ctizens of neutral countries anxious to give
Germany the benefit of any doubt, might have
allowed for the bombardment Of the Yorkshire
coast the ground that parts of it, least were
fortified; might have condoned the aerial attacks
on London, Paris. and Antwerp on the SUPPOSE
ton that the bomb troopers did not intentionally
make targets of innocent pedestrians and private
dwellings, But the circumstances of the sinking
of the Falaba and the Aquila are utterly mex
cusabe.'"
This glance back to six weeks ago shows the
country in fury of resentment and demanding
redress for the loss of one American life through
the torpcdoing of British passenger ship. There
can be no doubt about the state of mind of the
people that-from the American viewpoint
the enormity of the Faaba crime has been multi
piled by us; for the case Of the Falaba and the
case of the Lusitania differ only in the number
of the murderers' victims. Yes there is one other
difference-thc warning. Thrasher was not mott
fed in advance; the men. women. and children
sailing from New York on the Lusitania were told
they were to be murdered Germany advertised
her intentions in our American newspapers. That
is the favorite German excuse-an excuse that
would hasten the individual murderer to the gal
lows. No wonder that American indignation is
reaching a white heat as the days go by. The
President has been represented anxious to as
certain the public sentiment. 1t is coming to him
in great waves through the press and through the
restrained utteranccS Of public The people
are exercising a sclf-rcstraint that is marvellous
but President Wilson could learn the truth by
taking a walk through the busy streets of Wash
ington and pausing occasionally to hear what is
being said in subducd but earnest tones the
corners. The people are waiting for him to act,
but as they wait their righteous anger grows.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12
CHINESE TO BE ENTERTAINED.
Auto Tour and Luncheon Planned
by Board of Trade.

The Chinese delegates who are touring
the United States to study business con-
ditions will be shown every nook and
corner of interest about Washington by
the Board of Trade the latter part of
the month. 1t is planned to take the
Oriental visitors on an auto tour Of the
city and suburbs. including Fort Myer.
where the cavalry will stage a special
drill in their honor. A luncheon will be
given for them at the Commercial Club.
The committee on souvenirs for the
annual shad bake and outing of the
board. to be held at Chesapeake Beach
on MAY % has been announced as fol-
lows:
George II. Markward. chairman: Wal
ter S. Abraham, Leon f. Albert, E. s.
AIvord, jr, Edwin S. Arnold, Frank l..
Ayerill, A. r, Babcock. James III. Ba-
den. Conrad Becker. Warren ". Biggs.
J. NJ. Bird. Arthur l.. Bliss. r. S. Bowie.
Charles l.. Bowman. f. s. Brashears.
w. w. Bride. Robert A. Cissel. Aubrey
l.. Clarke, Eugene s. Cochran. Louis
Conradis. w A. Copenhaver. Arthur
CowsiII Percy Crawford. Judson T. Gull
jr., W. p. Cox. Daniel G. Davis, Clarence
Dodge.
Peter NJ. Dorsch. Julius II. Duehring.
H. F. Dunkhorst. F. 3. Eichelberser,
George A. Emmons, L. L. r-SteS' ". ray
mond Evans. J. T. Exnicios, W. B. Foil
mer. Frank Fuller, B. Emmert Ger
mann, Fred s. Gichner. Alfred b. Cav
Ter. Alexander NJ German. J. b. Hall.
Charles P. Hancock. c. L. Harding. 8.
". Hayden. Robert Z. Heater. Parke
Herold, ]. Philip Hermann. George F.
James. John Lane Johns. George j.
Johnston, George II. Judd. II. L. Jenk-
ms, Theodore NJ. Judd.
w. Seaton Kent. Charles n. King.
Joseph J. F. Klein. John A. Rooms.
Clarence T. Lacy. Urban 8. Lambert.
John NJ McLachlen. J. A. Maedel, E. s.
NARROW, Raymond NJ. Martyr. Arthur
j. May. Charles F. Nesbit, Irwin Owings.
Charles H. Parker. James L. Parsons.
jr., G. l. Peckham. l. l. Reeves. 10
Rice. w. Revere Rodgers. Charles d.
Saser. n. L. Sansbury. E. G. schafer.
d. w. Thayer, E. Clifton Thomas, John
w. Thompson, John r. weyrieh.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12

The contention that policemen and hremen are
more entitled to pensions than other employees
of the government is not sound. AS Maj. Pullman
points out, these engaged in hazardous
duties which demand that they risk their lives and
limbs when the necessity arises. 1t would be
neither just nor reasonable to expect them to
pose themselves to danger in protecting the city
unless they assured that they and their farn-
lies will not suffer want in the event of disable
mcnt Every effort should be made to have Con-
gress at the session provide adequate and
dependable pension system for the Districts
guardians However, there is general acquiescence
in the view that all civic employees OF the govern
nent entitled to pensions after they have given
all the useful years Of their lives to the service
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12

Brooklyn who has just returned from
Berlin reports that Ambassador Gerard is con-
stantly under the surveillance of spies. He said
that when he was with the Ambassador even the
waiter who served their meals German spy,
the Ambassador told him. This constant spy
ing upon Mr. Gerard. he said. has caused him to
lose much OF his physical strength, and has been
a severe mental strain upon him. Perhaps Presi-
dent Wilson will decide that the Ambassador re-
quires a vacation.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12

Thousands OF German lives may be the toll
cxacted for tho death OF one Of the Lusitania' 5
passengers. To avengc the drowning of their
brother john II. and Henry Trumbcll, president
and treasurer, respectively. of the Trumbu Manu-
featuring Company. will begin at the manu-
iacturc OF and ammunition for the allies
Since the beginning OF the the Trumbulls
have received offer OF several contracts to manu-
iacture munitions OF Large profits were as
sured, but they refused to accept the offers for
humanitarian reasons. THE death of our brother
at the hands OF the Germans has settled that mat
ter" John H. Trunlbull said, land we expect to
announce action in the immediate future" Here
is direct evidence that the sinking of the Lusitana
has made new enemies for Germany, and they
have found a way to strike.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12

The public misapprehension that existed re-
garding President Wilson's speech to new cti-
OF the United States in Philadelphia is un-
accountable. Without warrant it had been taken
for granted that what he would say could be
accepted indicating the attitude he would take
toward Germany in connection with the murder
of Americans the Lusitania. No occasion
could have been more inappropriate for any ut
terancc that could be connected with that terrible
tragedy yet certain of the Presidents words were
construed as meaning that under no circumstances
would he adopt policy that might lead to war
with Germany. 1t should not have been necessary
for the President 10 deny that his speech had any
bearing on what will be the nature of his demands
upon the Kaiser's government. Under the cir
cumstances. however, it is well that he did
deny it
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12
FROM HERALD REAnERs.

Editor of The Washington Herald:
am reader and admirer of your edi-
torials. | concur heartily with the SEN
timent expressed by you regarding the
Lusitania incident.
Some of our German sympathiZers.
would condone any depredations by the
German nation even though they impair
our own neutral rights. seem to give
great weight to the argument that the
submarine would he unutilizable If it were
necessary TO conform with International
law in using it. But a mounted gun on
a batteship heretofore could sink a mer-
chant vessel as effectively or nearly so
as a submarine. The reason ii was nee
essary to prescribe rules of warfare was
because the ability existed at that time 10
act in the same manner that Germany
is seeking to do with the submarine.
Then why is there any more justifica
ton for sinking a vessel now by sub
marine than by caving in her sides with
a large gun on battleship. Surely the
fact that the submarine Is a new weapon
should not legalize its use in sinking I'M
armed merchant vessels filled with pas
sengers. 1t is no more justifiable in US
ing the new weapon In a barbaric way,
than il is to use an old weapon in a bar
barrie way. IL the submarine cannot be
used in conformity with the rules of civ
ilized warfare, its use must be abandoned.
But such a condition is not true. Its use
can be restricted to sinking battleships
and armed vessels the same as the gun
on the battleship itself is restricted. And
civilized nations will see that our so
called advancement in military science
will not revert us to barbarism. where
the lives of non-combatants even are not
respected.
W. +. BARTON.
Washington. D. c., May IL, 1915.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-12

vA1AR embarrassed trade. 1t made
w hostile territory of the French
w West Indies. whence New Eng
land shippers fetched molasses for the
makers of rum at home: and that was
no small matter. for the shrewd New
England traders were already beginning
To learn how much rum would pay for.
whether among the Indians of the forest
country, among the savages Of the Afri-
can slave coast, or among their own
peighbors at home. where all deemed
strong drink a capital solace ana de
fence against the asperities OF a hard
life.
But II needed only a little circumspec-
ton II turned out, to keep even that
trade. notwithstanding the thing was
trifie difficult and hazardous. There was
little cause for men who kept their WIS
about them to fear the law on the long,
unfreouented coasts of the New World:
and there was trade with the French
without scruple whether war held or
ceased.
Buccaneers and pirates abounded In the
southern seas. and legitimate raoers
knew as we'll as they did how eonnsca-
ton and capture were to be avoided
The main lines Of trade ran. after all.
straight to the mother country. and were
protected when there was need by Eng
fish fleets Both the laws of Parliament
and their own interest bound the traoe
of the colonies to England.
The navigation act of 1860. in force now
these forty years. forbade all trade with
the colonies except in English bottoms;
forbade also the shipment Of their to-
bacco and wool anywhither but to Eng
land itself; and an act Of 1868 forbade
the importation of anything at all except
out Of England. which, 1t was then once
for all determined. must be the entrepot
and place OF staple for all foreign trade.
1t was determined that, IL there were to
be middlemen's profits. the middlemen
should be English. and that the carrying
trade Of England and her colonies should
be English. not Dutch.
II was the Dutch against whom the
acts we're aimed. Dutch ships cost less
in the building than ships built In Eng
land: the Dutch merchantmen could af-
ford to charge lower rates OF freight
than English shippers: and the states
men Of King Charles. deeming Holland
their chief competitor upon the seas and
in the markets Of the world, meant to
cut the rivalry short by statute. SO far
as the English realm was concerned.
Fortunately the interests Of the colon
lists themselves wore easily enough the
harness of the acts. For while It
went very hard In Virginia. IT Is true. to
pay English freight rates on every ship
ment of tobacco, the colony's chief staple.
and to sell only through English middle
men, to the exclusion Of the acconmo-
dating Dutch and all competition.
Trade touched nothing greater than the
tobacco crop. Virginia supplied in that
alone a full half of all the exports of