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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
TABULATEs VOTE AT PRIMARY
North Dakota Progressive League An
.nounces Official Returns Big
Majority for La Toilette.

Courtney.-H. N. Tucker, secretary
Of the North Dakota Progressive Re.
publican league. has just announced
the tabulation of official returns from
forty-three counties of the state, set.
thing the election Of the ten Republi.
can delegates to the national conven,
ton.
The figures follow: For President,
La Toilette, 1924; Estabrook, 8.O76.
For presidential electors, Johnston,
1897: Nelson. 1863: Cox, 16,4OS;
Werner, 1867: Jackson, 1876; Ross,
15.O49; Kelley, 1882. For convention
delegates. Buchanan. 1888: Halvor'
son. lo.4S7: Pollock. 1924; Johnson,
1923; Paulson. 1858; Bowman, H..
005; Little, 1852; Mccormick, 49,.
$50; Weber, 1906; Kee, 1925.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
TREE AGAIN DEFENDS HOUSE
Six Times It Has Kept Wild Autos
From Entering Home In
Cleveland.

Cleveland.-For the sixth time In
five years q large rec in Deputy Pc.
lilce Clerk A. j. Kozelka's yard, No.
45O6 Clark avenue, Southwest, has
saved the Kozelka home from being
damaged.
West Forty-sixth street dead-ends
at Clark avenue. The other night AL
Hormeyer, riding with Mrs. Hoff-
meyer In an automobile, could not get
the machines steering gear to work,
and crashed through the Kozelka's
fence into the tree.
The Hotfmeyers were %uninjured
save for bruises, but the tree was so
damaged it probably will have to be
cut down.
III the tree comes down." Mr.. Ko.
zelka said, " I'm going to have q con-
crete pier built to take it's place. This
is the second time this year and the
sixth time i'll five years it has saved
our home"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
PLUMBERS MUST NOT RIDE
eikhart Union Forbids Them to
Go on Bicycle for Short
Tasks.

Elkhart. 1nd.-"We Walk" has been
the slogan of Elkhart journeyman
plumbers since the passage of a rule
by the union forbidding the use Of
bicycle or motorcycle in going to and
from Short jobs"
The penalty is q IS fine. Men are
permitted under the rule to ride to
work for all-day tasks, and to use
wheels at the noon lunch hour, but
they must not make intervening trips
on wheels. They may be passengers
at any time in vehicles provided by
their regular employers.
The rule was the result of q boast
at a union meeting of one of the men
that he had completed an unusually
large number of short jobs" during
that particular day, chiefly because he
used a bicycle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
GRAND COUNCIL is ORGANIZED
Royal and Select Masters, Masons,
Elect and Install Officers at
Fargo Meeting.

Fargo.-Organization of a grand
council Of the Royal and Select Mas
ters. Masons. has been perfected here.
and newly elected officers have just
been installed. Andrew P. Swanstrom,
OF St. Paul conducted the ceremonies.
and placed the following officers in
chairs: Grand, master, E. George
Guthrie. Fargo; deputy grand master,
John H. turner, B%ottineau; grand
principal conductor, Walter H. Murn,
l-amourei grand treasurer, Richard E.
Wenzel, Rugby: grand recorder, Wal.
ter l.. Stockwell, Fargo; grand chap.
lain, Lawrence G. Moultrie. Valley
City; grand captain of the guard, Alex.
ander B. Taylor, Fargo; grand conduc.
tor Of the council. Alexander G. Burr,
Rugby; grand marshal, ]. ID. Green.
Edgeley; grand steward. Adolph NJ.
Christianson, Bismarck; grand senti.
mel. r. NJ. Pollock, Fargo.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
GERMAN O M SELL HAIR
Mother and Daughter Send Tresses to
the United States to Aid
Soldiers.

Denver, Colo.-To obtain funds for
wounded German soldiers they are
nursing ina military hospital conduct.
ed by their husband and father, Mrs.
Louis E. Ries of Karlsruhe, Germany.
and her daughter, twenty years old.
have sem their hair to Mrs. Francis
Bode. Mrs. Ries' sister here, for sale.
1t has become the practice for women
in Germany to sell their hair, and Mrs.
Bode has already sold the hair of one
of her little nieces for $25 for the
same purpose.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
$4,000 PAYS FOR KINDNESS
Stranger Nursed by Texas Family
While III Repays by Leaving
Them His Life Insurance.

sPlainview, Tex. After having
nursed through a fatal illness a labor
or, apparently lacking means Of sup.
port, Mrs. j. d. Earnest and her
daughters here have learned that their
patient. J. NJ. Tuggle Of Macon, Ca, be.
fore his death, b%equeathed them $780,.
900 life insurance. Tuggle arrived here
recently seeking work, and was be.
friended by the Earnest family. He
was said to have been q member OF
several fraternal orders.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
SPEAKERS FOR CONVENTION
Thirteen WeII-known Orators Eneae.
ed to Take Part in State Sunday
School Meeting at Devils Lake.

Devils Lake.-Thirteen speakers.
some OF national repute have been oh.
tanned for the State Sunday school con.
vention in Devils Lake June 10, IA and
Is, according to Walter A. Snow, sec.
rotary of the state organization. A con-
ference will be held June ~, prelim-
mary to the. opening of the convention,
on the subject of Society Hygiene"
June 10 is designated as Parade day,
June II as County day and June Is as
Bible Study day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Flood Threatens Fargo Residents.

1Fargo.-With a rise of thirteen inches
over night, flooding a large area here,
the Red river flood conditions assumed
alarming proportions. The crest had
not been reached. Many families in
the fiat districts OF Moorhead were re-
moved from their homes in boats. In
Fargo traffic In one section has been
interrupted. and a large portion of
southern residence district has been
cut off by a circuitous route from the
business sections. Ice is being dyna,
mited near the liberation plant to pre-,
vent a gorge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
100 Teachers Attend Convention.

100 Teachers Attend Convention.
Glen Ulin.-FOur hundred teachers
were to attend the eighth annual meet.
Ing. Of the Missouri Slope Educational
association which was held at Glen VI.
lin. April 8 and z. M. E. Nugent OF
Glen Ullin IL president. Others as,
signed parts on the program are Miss
Luella Lyken, Dickinson; Miss Ruby
Greenwood. Wing; e. R. Thomas, Stan.
ton; H. X. Jensen. Mandan; Superin.
tendent z. c. Thornburg, Des Moines;
Hiss Elsie L. %Pagenkopf. Dickinson;
William LANCER. Mandan: U. L. Bur
dtek Williston; Mary q. Jewett, CenteI,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
tDIsmlsses Bank Fraud Charge.

Dickinson.-Judge Crawford of the
district court held that he had no
Jurisdiction, in the case against E.
H. McHugh Of Mandan, charged with
embezzling bark funds. He threw
the case out of court. 1t was held
that the action had not been properly
certified by Morton county ofticiola
at the time Of change of venue to
Stark county. He was held in con
nection with affairs of a Mandan bank.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Four Dakota Candidates File.

Fargo.-Four candidates have otici.
ally entered the field for nominations
In the forthcoming statewide primary
election. Walter c. Taylor, insurance
commissioners. filed for denomination.
Herman Midtbo Of Minot is again q
candidate for the Republican nomi.
nation for the position. r.. r. Cuth.
bert Of Devils Lake is a candidate for
Congress from the First district. F.
O. Hellstrom of Bismarck filed for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Wolves Approach a City.

Nevada City, Cal.-The spectacle OF
wolves coming close to the residence
section Of the city Is the latest devel-
Opment of the heavy storm that has
prevailed in this county. While Jack
1%.andsburg was out nea his home re.
Gently he saw three large timber
wolves come down out of the hills and
approach as far as the dwelling OF
J. M. Hadley before they were fright
0psd back into the. trees. --.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Power Plant Extension Planned.

Power Plant Extension Planned.
Grand Forks.-Extsnsion of the cleo.
trio power provided by the big dam at
Crookston. MIMI. to include a string
Of cities in North Dakota. is the pro-
posal that is being placed before sew.
eral councils by representatives of the
power concern. Under the plan In
mind, the service line that has been
erected from Crookst0n to Grand
Forks and which now provides the
power for this city. would be extend.
ed along the north line of the Great
Northern out Of this city. probably a
tar q Grafton
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Money Found Hidden In Girl, Hal,

Money Found Hidden In Girls Hair.
Fargo.-'Oh, rats!' exclaimed Miss
Marion Courtz of Valley City. when
arrested here charged with stealing
$50 from her roommate In a Valley
City hotel. The police wondered why
she said it. but when Mrs. E. Syduess,
police matron. asked the young woman
to undo her hair her refusal aroused
suspicion. The matron found the
money hidden in the girls hair.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
GASOLINE EXPLOSION FATAL
10 Mistaken for Kerosene by Dakotan
Victim Rushed to Hospital by
Relays Of Teams.

Mott.-Relays OF teams were used
for sixteen miles to bring to the hos.
pital here Mott Samuel Reasey, who
was severely burned In a gasoline ex-
plosion but despite the speed with
which he was rushed to medical treat
ment. physicians said he would die.
Reasey, who is 25 years old. mistook
gasoline for kerosene while starting
a fire. His home Is in Lennon.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
Dickinson Fire Causes 100000 Lose,

Dickinson.-The Northern Pacific
roundhouse and machine shops have
been destroyed by fire here. Five en-.
EiAes. including two of the heavy pas.
rsenger type are %smoldering in their
stalls. Railroad men think that the
fire caught from defective electric
wires. The loss 10 estimated at more
than $780, 600.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06

Jean Harold Edward st. Cyr's mar
riages to society women who were
double, or nearly double, his age. has
astonished society of two continents.
His first wife was Mrs. Caroline Red.
field. who died a year ago last Janu.
airy. During the following April he
married his present wife. who was
the widow Of James Henry (%"Silent")
Smith, the millionaire. st. Cyr is a
man of many graces and social accom-
plishments, he is said to be John
Henry Edward Thompson of Waco,
Tex, formerly a newsboy, hotel clerk,
haberdasher's salesman and chorus
a
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-04-06
MINERAL WEALTH
IN DAKOTA SHOWN
BILLIONS OF TONS OF Ignite
AVAILABLE FOR USE, Y. 8.
REPORT INDICATES.
INTERESTING NEWS OF STATE
North Dakota Events Of Past Few
Days Selected and Edited for the
Convenience Of Our
Readers.

Neutrality-suspicious. are in North
Dakota several hundred billions of
tons Of Ignite which can be put on a
commercial basis in the manufacture
OF high grade fuel briquets and cheap
gas for power, according to the report
made to h department of the interior
by e. J.. Babcock Of the bureau of
mines. Mr.. Babcock has been investi-
eating the North Dakota Ignite beds
for the last six months. With offici-
ais OF the college of engineering at
the University Ct North Dakota he has
made several experiments with the
product tending towards its use for
commercial purposes.
Mr.. Babcock states that the deposits
of Ignite in North Dakota cover ap-
proximately $4,000 square miles, many
OF them being from 10 to Is feet thick.
OF Great Value to State.
From the results obtaired from ex.
periments," said Mr.. Babcock, "there
-Rsems little doubt that the briquetting
and the production Of gas from lig.
mite can be put on a commercially sat.
tsfactory basis In the near future. The
development of methods for the utilz.
alton of the low grade coal will prove
OF much value to those communities
In North Dakota nearest the Ignite
deposits.
In some of these the Ignite could
be converted into electricity, which in
t1Irn ann1I No oark ~ r,o 1s-o
towns and villages thus distributing
power and light from numerous cen.
trail power plants. Such an arrange
ment should result in the establish.
ment Of many industries that can be
developed by abundant and cheap
power"
The department of the interior will
publish shortly Mr.. Babcock's report
on the North Dakota Ignite deposits
The sun., 1916-08-21
CAR T1EUP CRISIS Is
DUE TOMORROW
Mayor Mitchell and Oscar 8.
Straus Speeding to City
to Avert Strike.
N IS UNCHANGED
n. Y. Railways Co. Willing to
Arbitrate Question Of
IL Dismissals.

There wal no change yesterday In the
deadlock between the ofhcials Of the
New York Railways Company and the
leaders Of the unionized carmen over the
iatter's demands for the return OF four
teen men who we're dismissed after the
settlement Of the strike.
In the hope Of harmonising the atti-
tudes Of both the company and the union
men Mayor Mitchell Is expected to arrive
in the city to-day from P%iattsburs. It
IL also hoped that Chairman Oscar g.
straus Of the Public Service Commission.
who with the Mayor settled the strike.
may reach this city this morning. but his
arrival 10 scarcely expected until to-mor-
row.
That delay 10 due to the fact that Mr..
Etraus 10 thirty miles In the Maine woods.
and ever II he reached the railroad sta
tion at Pennington yesterday he could
not have taken a train because few trains
run on Sunday In Maine. Mr.. Straus
t%ciegraphed to Public Service Commits
sloner Hayward that he would be in the
city tomorrow morning at the latest.
The situation accordingly must re,naln
practically unchanged until the Mayor
and Mr.. Straus return 70 the city. They
will be called upon to decide whether the
carmen. In refusing to arbltrate the
question Of the discharge Of the fourteen
men because they had been convicted Of
minor offences In the Magistrates courts.
are acting within the wording Of the
strike settlement agreement.
The men say they will hold to that
position even to the extent OF calling
a strike not only on the green car line
but on the elevated. subway and Third
Avenue railway systems. The company
is willing 10 arbitrste the question.
The company's oficials Ia nothing &c
say. The union officials also were rest
Ing. William Il. Fitzgerald n p. ]
O'Brien. two union leaders. spent thu
day at Far Rockaway with their wives
! In the evening p. J.. shea Of Scranton
Pa. and Thomas McMorrow. both mem
bers OF the executive board OF the car
mems union. arrived here from Detroit
They had been sent here by Fresiden
william II. Mahon to assis; Fitzgerald
In handling the critical situation The!
went into conference with Fitxgeral'
and O'Brien. who returned to the lfote
Continental late las; night.
Matthew J. Higgins, an organizer. AM
J. H.. Reardon. another member OF tn
executive board. alone remained at tn
| hotel during the day.
I'VE are ready for a ight." said HiE
gins. 1.-THE company must yield and re
insiate the fourteen men or face tn
hardest struggle Of their lives.
THE stopping Of the strike two week
& has given VI an opportunity to or
gani,e all the green car workrren an
TO line up the subway and elevated mer
We are stronger than ever and II We 3
into another strike you can bet you
last dollar that a wheel won't turn i
M~aubattan."
The sun., 1916-08-21
WILSON WANTS TO
FORCE ARBITRATION
Continued from First Page.

hand or in a hurry or In season TO meet
the present national emergency.
'"what I am proposing does not
weaken or discredit the principle Of arbi-
tration. 1t strengthens II, rather.
ut proposes that nothing be conceded
except the eight hour day. to which the
whole economic movement Of the time
seems to point. and the immediate crea-
ton Of an agency for determining all the
arbitrable elements In this case in the
light. not Of predictions, or forecasts. but
Of established and ascsrtained facts.
This Ia h frst stage Of the direct
road to the discovery Of the best perma-
nent basis for arbitration when other
means than those now available are sup
piled. WOODROW WILSON"
Executive Conference To-day.
II Is said that upon the arrival of
Louis Hi Of the Great Northern, Presi-
dent T.. =. Ripley of the Santa Fee and
other executives Of the more important
Western roads the executives will 60
nto conference Tomorrow preparatory to
another conference with the President.
There Is no more indication to-day
h there was last night that any OF
the Western presidents will TAX an atti-
u different from that of their col
leagues. As a matter OF fact. the pre-
ponderance or western roads, from the
point Of view Of mileage involved. are as
definitely opposed I the Presidents plan
Of settlement a. are any of the Eastern
roads.
President Hale Holden Of the Burling-
ton. who Ii chairman of the executives
Robert 3. Lovett OF the Southern Pacific,
Mr.. Hill OF the Great Northern and Mr..
Ripley Of the Santa Fe have signined
their purpose to stand by the board OF
managers.
There Is also a disp~sition among the
railroad executives 10 take issue with
the Presidents assertion in his most re-
cent statement that existing mean 10
bring about arbitration have been tried
and failed. TIL railroad oficials gen
orally hold that the President did moi
attempt to press arbitration. at least to
the same degree hat he has tried to
force the adoption Of the eight hour day,
What arguments he brought TO bear
upon the delegates of the brotherhood
In the secret White House conferences
are not known. but there has been nc
utward indication that he made a de-
termined attempt to prevail upon them
The sun., 1916-08-21
ENDS HIS LIFE BY
NINE STORY FALL
Man in I'll Health Leaps From
Eleventh Floor Of Fifth
Avenue Building.

Edmund j. Brewster. 4S years old. Of
1906 Cation avenue. Brooklyn, killed him
self by jumping from a window on the
eleventh fioor OF the Fifth Avenue Build
ing. Madison Square. yesterday. lie was
manager Of the Kirsch Manufacturing
Company. with ofices there.
On his desk were letters and tele-
grams. and one OF the latter. addressed
to Or. william Griswold Of IS Prospect
Park West. Brooklyn. was to the effect
thai ne could not tand the terrible
strain he was undergoing. He asked
DR.. Griswold to break the news OF his
death to his wife and 20 tell her to be
Dr. Griswold said Brewster had
been suffering from Bright. disease.
Brewster left his wife and son. Rus
sell. in Brooklyn apparently In hne
SPIRITS. He said ne WAS going to his
ofnce-an unusual thing for him to do
", a Sunday. Al noon a messenger boy
from a telegraph onice entered Brewstcr's
office in response to a call and found
three kilograms neatly arranged on a
desk with the requisite amount OF money
on each envelope.
The messenger told the ~iperlntend-
ert. who looked out OF n window on the
west side Of the building and saw
Brewster's body lying on the roof OF a
two story extension.
Brewster was a member Of the knicker-
booker Field clu n a veteran OF the
Twenty third Regiment. n. q. y. \. he
In survived by his mother. father. two
brothers. his wife and son.
Herman Hirsrhberg. - years old. a
clerk. committed suicide h. inialine gas
through a tube in the bathroom OF his
home at 300 81. AIMS avenue. The
Bronx. nst night, His body was found
nv members of his family, who Were
unable TO ascribe a motive.
The sun., 1916-08-21
to submit their claims to an impartial

to submit their claims to an impartial
board.
French Revelation "LessOH."
whether orderly processes of set
Hin wage controversies shall be aban-
doned and the country forced to grant
increases whenever the four highly or
ganized classes Of train service en-
ployees demand them Ia the real question
now at ISSUE said J.. D.. Underwood,
president of the Erie Railroad. tonight :
whether the American people are WILL
ing to have their right to transact busi-
ness and get their food supplies left to
the mercy Of the four men heading these
organizations Of train service employees.
zone Of the leaders Of the French
revolution IL said to have declared that
his reason for taking part In the revo-
luton was tina every time he looked at
the King he thought there Ia a man
who can cut of my head What will
The American people think Of four men
who assert the right to cut of their
bread?"
Meanwhile kilograms urging the Pres
ident to insist on arbitration arrived In
large numbers at the White House.
Most OF them were sent by business men
and firms and organizations. Copies OF
many were sent to the railroad execu-
tlves. Administration officials said the
kilograms would have no effect OH the
President. since he had tried to bring
about arbitration. had failed and had no
way OF forcing Il.
Brotherhood Meeting To-day.
The few brotherhood members who
remained In Washington over Sunday
Issued no statements and reit rat that
The sun., 1916-08-21
GEN. duke "RAIDS"
HIS HOSPITAL FARE
Noted Confederate Cavalry.
man Has a Fine Appetite
Despite Illness.
TALKS ON GREAT WAR
Will End When Both Sides
Are Exhausted-A Critic
Of Wilson.

Gen. Basil ". Duke Of Louisville
has but one worry. he explained yester-
day as he sat on a cot in Presbyterian
Hospital with nm extremely long and
very straight leg propped risidly In front
Of him. That Is the fear that he mny
not get we'll from an infection Of his
foot in time to be at Olympian Springs.
KY. by September ~.
That IL the place and date. as surely
nearly every one knows by this time.
which has been picked by the John II.
Morgan Association for its reunion every
year almost since Appomattox. OF the
horde Of dashing cavalrymen who rode
behind the famous raider. ninety men re-
main. and Gen. Duke il their president.
He hasn't missed a reunion since they
began. and he'd hate like sixty to miss
this one, ne said. as he speared a biscuit
from a tray which held a mans size sup
The sun., 1916-08-21

is ssyard streets; issy Horowits. %
.i rs.r M sir;s,; ki,ss r r., st S,, ,ss Bergen
sam Sherman. q grafton .,Tsss: borosSy
s ssr,s S' w.is.,,s er ~; a a. Ss"s Street; :' jssa
Heb: street; FRANK Ros.n.ssis, 40 Hiin::
venue: Henry Goldman. a. Lewis avenue:
Europe. u Msserois street; Lucy Cooper.
M 70 p Is ssfH . v.:Sse' S va,t.n s MsS.m;r.;
Roger. .v.nSs:' I'd sSum.D. HS"" az sS.f.
pf,s 'y xr.%:i !0n scs L; v:4., = ..r s:;:'' N :.,s:s;
Miller. t.i wy,hs Venue; Ros: ossnor.
81; s ssSsn s. ss,:s : :ss::.: i nSs,i' c Ss'am 4:
south Third street; Ellen Cohen. sia south
Third street: Bsrtfam ksrpooh.. isi South
rcurtsenth street; Alba Kahn, i7:o East
Ninetesnth street; Wesley McCrodsr, i7:i
East Twenty-third street; George 0srrow.
2,as Eishty.second street.; Herman How.
iett, Is Flights. eighth street: Bella Gersh.
los South Eighth street.
Elisabeth and James Moran. Little Neck
road. Floral Park; kashmer Delanxosky.
Trimen, 1877. Madison street. Flushing;
Mildred Schmidt, 1o3 Foxhall street, Ridge.
wood; Catherine renefteren. 1899 Myrtle
sxenue. Ridgewood; NJ. Pahiiipltes. lS2
~ Third street. Long Island City: George
Weeks. ZOE Crofcsnt street. Long Island
city: Ruth coe. sos state street. Flushing;
Clara 0aden. lis Central avenue, Flushing;
Gertrude Fredericton. SIC Bovine avenue,
Flushing; Margaret Johnsky, woodruff
avenue near Rocky Hill road. Bayside.
ws.A-~
Dorothy Brauner. 10 Ocean avenue,
South Beach: Eddie z~isbrowski. - York
avenue. New Brighton.