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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
CHILDREN'S HOME (
DAY NOVEMBER 10
Governor Asks Children to Aid
North Dakota Children's
Home Society

appreciation Week in North la
kota begins November ID, and runs
until November 30. The movement
has been taken hold of splendidly by
the people of the state and Is n Q:
the best ideas that has been 'brOlght
forward in a long time.
I'm connection vita Appreciation
Week there is one matter I would
like to call the attention of our people
to and that is that the Friday before
Thanksgiving Day, which this year
would he Friday, November -, has
always been given over to Clildren's
Home Day. Upon that day it has
been customary for the children o.
North Dakota to contribute Whatever
amounts they can toward the aid and
support of the North Dakota Chill
dren's Home society. The Children's
Home has done a world OF good ana
is doing good every day, and l want
to ask that this year, when Provi-
dence has been so good to all of US
that we do not forget the Children's
Home Day, but that We respond more
generously than eve before in con.
tributing of our means to help the
Children's Home to care for the de-.
pendent little ones.
II hope that all will cooperate in
making Children's Home Day, Friday.
November 10, 1915, a complete sue
cess.
81. B. HANNA,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
TWO AUTOS GO Up IN SMOKE
Men Driving Them Have Very
Narrow Escape From
Crona+inn

Mandan, Nov. 1.-TWO automobiles
were destroyed by fire Friday evening.
Near Crown Butte the engine of the
Alter car, owned by Adam Stein,
backfred and set the machine abIaze.
1t was impossible to put it out, and
the car was totally destroyed. The
loss of $3.50 was covered fully by in
rance, in the Cary Agency, III. ].
Tavis, proprietor. Mr.. Stein lives
about eight miles from the city on
the New Salem road.
Last night near the Mike StasneJ
place, ten miles south of the city, the
big six cylinder Mitchell touring car,
owned and driven by Dan Vol,
caught fire from some unknown cause
and was completely DESTROYED. Mr..
Woll was out on livery work.
The car was so badly burned that
it was impossible to tow it to the
city. The car, valued at $1,000, was
not insured.
Dove Through Curtains.
The fire in the Woll car started
SO suddenly that both Mr.. Woll and
Salesman. Mahoney of the Bull Tract
or Co.. Minneapolis. had narrow es'
capes from cremation. All of the cur
tains on the car we're butt0ned down
tight, and both of the men had to lit
orally dive through them. lAs it was
their clothes were ignited.
The two then were forced to fight
a prairie fire which started and for a
time threatened to get beyond Their
control
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
w. H. LETURMY. HIT
BY AN AUTOMOBILE,
DIES SOON AFTER

Fargo, n. D., Nov. l1.--.Anorher
nan went to his death Tuesday night.
the victim OF an automobile accident.
1t was the second death from automo-
bile accidents in Fargo and Moorhead
within five days and the fourth by this
route in this vicinity within the last
four months.
w. H. Leturmy, about 25 years old.
of the messenger firm of Leturmv 4
EVAN, SOP Front street, who lives at
1915 Third avenue north, returning to
his Office at about 9:2O o'clock last
evening On a bicycle, was struck and
so seriously injured about the head
by an automobile driven by C. L.
Gross, a we'll known Cass county and
Moorhead miller, as Gross swung
around the corner from Second av.
emu north onto Ninth street, that he
died soon after reaching st. Johns
hospital.
The police were of the opinion late
last night that the accident was a
head-on collision between the |bicymle
travelling south and the automobile go,
ing north. Mr.. and Mrs. S. IN. Col
berg, Mr.. Goldberg a railroad man,
said to be with 20 feet of the acct
dent, gave this version to the police.
The Colbergs were returning to their
home, 312 ,Ninti street north, from
down town. Their baby was walking
between them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

people will take possession of the club
rooms next Saturday evening.
To Organize Association.
The organization OF a Bismarck OLD
Settlers association in all probability
will be the outcome of this first annu,
al reunion. S. NJ. Pye, an old-time
B%ismarcker, now here from California,
is enthusiastically in favor of this
step, and he has promised to respond
to the call of the association, so long
as the trains continue to run, no mat
ter where he may be-. Such an organ
ization, by keeping alive the early
traditions of the Capital City, could
do much to stimulate interest in our
local history and to prevent the loss
of early records, which will be of
great value to the future generations.
The association also would bring
pleasure to hundreds of ,Bismarck's
older citizens in giving them at leas;
one opportunity each year to rernite
and talk ove the good old days"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
PREFER DIES
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL,

Fargo, Nov. 10.-George Pfeffer, for
nine years a resident Of Fargo, father
of Attorneys John and Charles Pfeffer,
located in the Edwards block on
Broadway, died at a local hospital
yesterday after a short illness from
scirrhosis of the liver. He was "a
years old and came to North Dakota
from Champaign county. Illinois, in
1906. He with his wife, resided on
Fifth street north.
Arrangements for the funeral were
completed last night which will be
held on Friday, November IL, at 9
O'Clock at St. Mary's cathedral. In
terment will be made in st. Mary's
cemetery.
George Pfe:rer is survived by his
wife and Attorneys John and Charles
Pfeffcr. A Daughter. Mrs. Jacob Tenn
pie. resides at Warrenton, Man, Can,
and is expected to be present for the
funeral.
Remains will lie in state at the
home OF John Pfeffer, 1913 Eighth
street north. commencing at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
.FEWEST FARMS
M0RTGAGED HERE
Calamity Howlers Put to Rout
By Reliable Statis-
tics.

Of all middle western states
North Dakota has the smallest per-
centage of m%ortgaged farms. Ii
North Dakota only thirty-six pei
cent of the farms are encountered, a
fact which is the more remarkable
when it is remembered that seventy
five per cent of these farms have
been purchased within the past
twenty years. In many instances a
mortgage was given as part OF the
original transaction, but so profit
able has North Dakota farming prov"
ell during the past ten years that
very few mortgages given prior to
1910 are in existence today. While
one would look naturally to a new
state, yet in the process of develop
ment, for the greatest percentage OF
mortgaged farms, the reverse. is true,
as is indicated by the following ia
BILE: ... . .f,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
STATE BONDING LAW
WILL BE ATTACKED

Fargo, N. D., Nov. Reinsurance
Commissioner w. C. Taylor and Dep
uty w. D. Austin of Bismarck are in
the city on official business. Mr.. Tay
lor said that tentative arrangements
we're being made in his office for put
ting into operation the state bonding
law the first of the coming year.
This law was enacted by the Four.
teenth Legislative Assembly and es.
tablishes a state bonding fund in the
office of the commissioner of insuT.
ance, making it the duty of that Off
cial to issue bonds to all county, city,
town, village, school district and town.
s.lip officials who are required by law
to furnish official bonds. A similar
measure passed by the preceding leg
islatnre was declared unconstitutional
by the supreme court in a. suit insti.
tnted by a. trust company of this city.
"Although the popular demand for
relief from what were believed to be
excessive rates-maintained by a com
bination of surety companies-yet the
present act had anything but smooth
sailing in tle legislature. 1t was
kicked back and forth between various
committees, redrawn by a special con-
mittee Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and re-
hashed by another. When finally
licked into the shape in which it was
passed, the cOncensus Of opinion
seemed to be that the law mught pos
sibly be constitutional, and that it
nigh stand up unless knocked down
by the supreme court.
"Since coming to Fargo 7 have
learned that Aubrey Lawrence has
been engaged to bring an action to
test the constitutiOnality Of the act,
and that papers r NV being prepar-
ed in the case. Although the attitude
of the insurance department could
have no possible effect upon the is.
sues involved, yet | must confess tina
we are not especially disturbed to
learn that the question Of constitution.
atty is to be submitted to the su
preme court. AS originally drawn the
bill provided a fund of $4,000 per an.
mum to v expenses, including
clerk hire, printing, stationery, books
blanks, etc. Economy was the watch.
word of the last legislature-and SC
the appropriation was cut to $1,5Oo
although the language of the act ir
this particular is so involved that :
81 impossible to determine what the
Legislature meant to say.
"If the expenditure for all purposes
is limited to 81 $500, then I fear it will
he impossible. from a practical stand
point, to handle the business. When
we come to figure up the number OF
officials coming under the act-many
of them-the item of print
ing and postage alone is formidable
On the other hand, if the expense
fund relates only to clerk hire and in
cidental office expenses, and there is
limitation upon the amount that
may be spent for postage, books
blanks, ETC., then it seems that we
run squarely against one of the chief
constitutional objections upon whic'
the former act was held to be invalid
"We have a large order for print
ing Of policies, applications. etc.
ready to send to the printer, but this
will be withheld for the present. II
the law is upheld, we shall 60 aheaf
and do the best we can, trusting to
the next legislature to make suitable
provision for the future"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

valuables taken and the robbers then
fed ont of the place like scared rab
bits after fnmbling around the cash
register.
"HoId Up Your Hands,"
The two bandits, with blue bandan'
ma handkerchiefs pulled up over their
mouths, marched into the hotel at
about 1915, the smallest OF the pair
carrying a revolver.
Hold up your hands," they shout
ed.
And Night Clerk Frank Taylor, Bill
O'Brien, bell boy; Leonard Larson and
Fred Sibel, a barber, who were IN the
place, promptly complied with the
threatening demand.
The Loot Secured.
The robbers got v Brien's silver
watch, Larson's gold watch and 80
cents, four dollars and three pennies
from Taylor and five cents from Sibel.
They searched Shells front pockets
and missed $40 in his hip pocket.
Larson also had $40 in a pocket which
the robbers overlooked. There was
about $50 in the cash register, but
they looked in the wrong drawer.
The smaller man of the two held
the revolver, which lie fingered ner,
vously, and threatened to shoot the
minute any of the men covered made
a break" His partner went through
the pockets of his victims.
Work Fast and NervousIy.
They worked fast and %nervously and
when they had finished backed out of
the door, covering their victims, and
turned around the west side of the no.
tel, running north on Seventh. street.
The police were Immediately mott
fed and less than ten minutes after
the holdup, Policeman. J.. p. Bach had
in his custody one of the alleged rob-
hers with the two watches and the
SAB in cash.
The man who carried the gun had
not been caught early this morning.
Identified by Men.
The prisoner gives his name as
Frank CLARK and the men who were
held up identified him as the rObber
VIII WcuI uIOu6u LNclI pOChtlS. Hey
also identified their property. A search
of the prisoner also brought to light
a blue bandanna handkerchief.
While Officer Bach was hurrying to
answer the bell that a ringing on
his beat, he met Clark hurrying East
on DeMers avenue towards the bridge.
His actions were suspicious and the
officer took him along with him into
Marmas Bros. restaurant and phoned
to police headquarters to find out what
was wanted, only to learn of the hold
up.
Tries to "Ditch" Loot.
While he was telephoning, Officer
Bach says, he saw Clark slip the two
watches on the ledge by the ice box.
He seized the watches and marched
the prisoner off to jail.
That man with the gun was so
nervous that | thought sure he was
going to shoot any minute" said
young O'Brien early this morning.
"We certainly had a close call the way
he handled it."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
OLD SETTLERS DAY SAT.
Bismarck to Show Appreciation
for Pioneers; May Form
Association.

Saturday, November 20, will be Oh.
served as 'Old Settlers Day" in Bis.
'marck, as a means of showing TIC
Capital City's pioneer residents the
appreciation which is felt for their
services to the city. The board Of
directors of the Commercial club at
it's executive session last week, ap-
proved the plan to set aside the last
day of North Dakota Appreciation
Week as an occasion for paying honor
to Bismarck's first citizens, and the
proposal has met with favor among
all with whom it has been discussed,
Committee to Meet.
At 2:30 Monday afternoon a com
mittee meeting will be held at the
Commercial Club rooms, and q pre-
gram for a general reunion Of all Bis
marck citizens whose residence da:eS
back to 1890 will be prepared. The
Commercial Club rooms will be places
at the disposal of the old settlers
Saturday evening, and to follow a Sc.
ries Of "reminiscences, old-time anec-
dotes, musical selections and other
features, a luncheon is planned.
The Commercial Club rooms will be
decorated for the occasion with relics
of long ago. There will he portraits
of pioneers; early scenes in Bismarck
and the surrounding country; ancien;
editions of newspapers; old-time cos.
tunes and similar nementoes of the
days of yore. Cards and other means
of entertainment will be offered anu
it is believed that the event can &c
made one of the most unique and in.
teresting in Bismarck's recent his.
tory.
Committee Of the Seventies.
In the committee which has been
asked to meet at the Commercial CLUB
rooms at 2:3O Monday afternoon, to
take over the arrangements for the
reunion, there is not a name which
does not date back to the seventies
A majority of those whom the club
has invited. to assist came to Bis
marck in 1872, '73, "a or rs, when the
frontier town was very, very young
and when, in several instances, they
the new-cOmers-were even young
err.
Among others whose cooperation
has been requested are: Mrs. J. P
Dunn, Mrs. w. Oscar Ward, Mrs. ]. d
Wakeman, Mrs. Oscar Will, Mrs. Aus
tin Logan, Mrs. Charles Kupitz, Mrs
E. IL. Faunce, Mrs. W.. H. Webb, Mrs
VIII. Winchester, Mrs. M. Eppinger
MRS. N. l.. Call, Mrs. r. r. Marsh
Mrs. Mary Mclean, Mrs. E. P. Quain
Mrs. F. l.. Conklin, Mrs. p. E. Byrne
Mrs. V. J. LalRose and Miss Aldytf
Ward, and Messrs. S. NJ. Pye, Frank
Reed and E. A. Williams.
The Commercial club will make
every possible effort to insure the
success of Old Settlers Day, and il
believes that the pioneer citizens OF
Bismarck will be glad to do their part.
1t is predicted that from 200 to 300
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
lISTlESS GAME.

Champaign, Ill.,, Nov. 13.-The Uni.
versity Of Illinois defeated Wisconsin
today, II to 3, by playing hard, con-
sistent football. Although the game
exhibited by the Illinois showed new
flashes of brilliancy, it was lacking In
spectacular features.
A goal from the fed by e. Simp-
son yielded the only Wisconsin score
in the early part of the game. Each
team fumbled badly.
Pogue. the Illinois star back, was
used effectively during his stay in the
game, but did not show his accustom-
ed steam.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
CLEVER 6 \ GOALS.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 13.-Over.
whelmed by brute strength and by an
eleven far mOr finished in playing
tactics, the Yale team this afternoon
defeated Princeton, 13 to Z, in a game
which furnished a greater number Of
thrills than most any gridiron classic
of recent years.
Gridiron players rose and fell dur
ing the struggle, but none reached the
heights obtained by Otis Guernsey.
whose clever field goal kicking pavel
the way for a Yale victory. Twice
in the second period, Guernsey drove
the ball through the Tigers goal post.
Captain Wilson of the Yale team soon
found that the team as a whole was
unable to put the spheroid across the
opponents line.
Way shared the glory of the victory
with Guernsey. 1t was his fortune to
scoop up a tumble by Tibbott and race
across the goal line for Yale's only
touchdown of the game, and the first
the Ellis have made in the past two
contests.
Ways run was one of the most
spectacular features of the struggle.
Tonight Guernsey, Way, Captain
Wilson and Emergency Coach r. Shev-
lin of Minneapolis are the heroes of
town and campus. F..
Close to 10000 spectators witnessed
the game. The weather and grounds
were perfect.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
THREE DRAW STIFF TERMS

Mohall, N. d.. Nov. ll.-Mac McGee,
NJ. A. Williams and George Davis
were sentenced to terms in the peni-
Tertiary by the Judge of the district
court FOR Renville county this morn.
ing, Davis getting t%wenty-four years
and the others ten years each, for the
murder of Louie Dumas at Norma last
September.
Melee was tried separately from
The ether Two and was found guilty
by the jury a Few days ago, after three
hours elaboration. The other two
were tried jointly and the jury consid-
cred the case for eight hours before
a verdict was reached.
MCGEE is the man who actually did
the killing, but Davis stood over the
murderer as he was committing the
crime and refused to allow anyone to
interfere to stop the commission Of
the crime and directed and encourag.
ed MCGEE to kill the victim. He is
a desperate and the long term meted
out to him is considered nothing more
than justice. He is a character who
should not be allowed to run at large.
The court in passing sentence call
ed attention to the duty of courts and
officials in Kidding the state of the
class of criminals who commit such
crimes as that of which the prisoners
have been found guilty.
The twenty-four years sentence CIV
en- Davis made him quail, hardened
criminal that he is, and it was evil
dent that he had a higher respect for
the power Of courts and the law than
he had when he came into court with
something Of an air of indifference at
the beginning of his trial. He evi.
IDENTIFY saw, when too late, the dan
ger of lightly taking human life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
NORTH DAKOTA
FARMER ON TOP
Crops Valued at $2,429 Are
Raised per Farm

The standard of comparison for
farm efficiency is the amount which
a state produces for each person en-
gagged in farming. BY this test the
American farmer appears to be from
two to six times as efficient as most
of his competitors. According to the
records OF the North Dakota Devel-
opment League Press Bureau, the
North Dakota farmer stands at the
head OF the list Of American farmers,
this efficiency being due in large part
to the wonderful productivity of
North Dakota lands and to the fact
that so very large a percentage OF
the lands can be readily and easily
worked.
The three states where the farmer
leads in the production Of crops are:
NORTH DAKOTA ..$2,429 per farmer
Nevada ........... 2,2O3 per farmer
California ........ l,736 per farmer
From this the list dwindles to New
Mexico, where the average farmer
produces but $25O.OO worth of crops.
The crops, in North Dakota in 1914
amounted to more per capita for all
C1tlZeIlS u luc Ildul
the crops in any other state. The per
capita production last year in the
leading agricultural states was:
North Dakota .$313.0O
NEBRASKA 1oo'Oo
iowa 1fA.VV
Kansas ,,. 127.OO
Idaho 1O5.O0
All of the others were below 500.
Rhode Island produced only $500
per capita, and Massachusetts $500.
In other words, North Dakota
farmers produce a dollar for every
man, woman, child and babe in
North Dakota every working day in
the year. Nebraska farms earn fifty
two cents per day; Iowa, forty-five
cents per day; Kansas forty cents
per day, and Idaho, thirty cents per
day.
These figures speak more loudly
of the productivity of North Dakota
soil and climate than all OF the
chemical analyses and scientific soil
surveys which ever have been con-
Quoted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
FARMERS ARE PLANTING TREES.
Large Shipments Made to Prairie Dis.
tricts West Of Missouri River.

Watford, N. d., Nov. 11.-Large
shipments of trees have been coming
into Mckenzie county and hundreds of
farmers will set out groves next
spring. In the one locality of Keene
10000 shade trees have been received.
The representatives of two nurseries
have had headquarters in Watford for
several days and have distributed
$4,000 trees at this point. Nearly all
of the farmers who are investing in
trees also are buying some berry
bushes, strawberry plants and other
small fruits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
Per cent of the farms mortgaged:
DENIES JUDGES OF
u. s. ARE CORRUPT

Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 13.-"The
answer that the American judiciary
has to the charge of corruption" said
Justice A. A. Bruce of the North Da.
kota supreme court Wednesday in an
address before the students Of the law
school, "is that as a class they have
little money" He added:
"The late Justice Harlan, after ser.
wing his country for a lifetime upon
the supreme court of the United
States, and in which time he decided
cases that settled the right to bill,
lions Of dollars, left an estate of only
$4,000.
Judges Usually Poor.
why, l attended a meeting of
judges from all over the United States
at salt Lake City last summer and ]
am satisfied that there are men in
this very town who have o money
than that whole bunch OF judges put
together. The judges of the United
States are not crooked, and what is
more, the public as a whole and the
yellow journalists themselves know
that they are not.
But" added the speaker, ARTICLES
and journals which blacken and be.
smirch characters, sell while those
which chronicle honest and conscien.
tious effort do not. And so they are
published"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
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Syracuse, IN. Y, Nov. 13.-Syracuse
outplayed Colgate this afternoon in a
score Of 20 to 0. It was the first time
the Hamiltons lost this season, among
their victims being Yale and West
Point. Syracuse's game was AIS
yards in rushing the ball, as against
20 for the MarOOns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
LINDE TO ATTEND
ODIN CLUB MEETING

Attorney General ]. Linde, who left
last night for Minneapolis, will be a
guest, of honor at a meeting of the
Odin club in Minneapolis tonight. The
Odin club is a Norwegian organization
of Minnesota University. General
Linde, who is a member of the class
of 'O6, is on the program and will ad-
dress the members of the organiza-
ton.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
RUTH ERICKSON IN
JAII, AGAIN

Ruth Erickson, who recently was
sent back from Rockford, ILL.,, by the
authorities of that city, is in the
county Jail in Grand Forks today.
Miss Erickson was confined in a 10.
cal hospital for; several days, and
Wednesday night she escaped, The
next morning she was found near
Crookston.
County officials will hold a confer
ence late this afternoon to consider
what action to take.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
WARREN A. STICKLEY
WITH TAX BOARD

W. A. Sticklev, well known news.
paper man, and until recently con
nected with Commissioner Flint's OF.
flee, TODAY accepted the position OF
chief clerk in the lax commission OF.
flee, succeeding f. D. Guild Of Fargo.
son of T. Guild, editor OF the Fargo
| CourierlNews.