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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
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While in no sense DESTROYS of coun-
tenancing a deliberate and continuous
! infraction of law, the rigid enforce
ment of which is made the more diff
cult by a persistent demand for COM
modify, it is unlawful to supply, it is
we'll that we occasionally interest our
selves in the efficacy of the methods
employed to suppress an admitted evil
The law does, or should not, discrimin-
ate 'twixt rich and poor, and we all
desire the punishment justly inflicted,
with sincere intent to reform, should
fall upon none but the guilty. That
the sins of the father should be visit
ed upon the children is opposed to our
conception of right, yet a recent in
stance brought to our notice suggests
that some who are imbued with an ex-
ceeding zeal for the cause of temper
ance and, incidentally, religion, are
prone to ignore completely the Divine
Masters commands regarding the
greatest of all virtues, Charity. Sew
eral moons ago the village of Sawyer
became prominent by the issuance of
warrants for the arrest of two of her
citizens for "pigging." The guilt of
both parties was proven. One escap-
ed punishment, the other receiving the
utmost penalty. The latter had wife
and seven children, ranging from a
toddling tot to an age when know
ledge of a fathers crime was barely
possible. The children today with
their mother are housed in dilapi-
dated shack, not fit for team, lacking
food, fuel and clothes. With the Their
mometer registering round 10 degrees
below zero, barelegged and hungry,
the little ones realize as they journey
to school that they are the victims of
a zeal, which, while we'll meaning is
the cause Of real suffering to the limo
cent. Friends from a distance, few
ocal folks whose hearts are large help.
A prominent Minot business man has
learned of the facts and to alleviate
promptly offers to give the man work
throughout the winter, at a wage
which would enable him to support the
family, even going so far as to find a
house for them. A petition is widely
signed for his release and the authori-
ties, wishing to temper justice with
mercy, were ready to act. But Sam,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
NORMAL GRADUATES
IN GOOD POSITIONS
Ihirty-nine Members of 1916 Class
Average Salaries of $69.5O-Sup-
ply of Teachers Inadequate.

All the 1916 graduates Of the Minot
normal school who desired to teach
have secured teaching positions, in al
most every case directly thru the
Bureau of Recommendations main
tanned by the school. Nearly as many
more positions could have been filled
as frequent requests for teachers have
come in thruout the summer school
and fall term. The wages offered by
employing boards show slight in
crease over those of last year, the
salaries ranging from $50 to $50, with
an average of $69.5O for the thirty
nine members teaching. They are To-
Gated as follows:
Fern Anderson, principal, CONSOLE
dated school, Lansford.
Nellie Arnold, grades one and two.
Margaret Aurland, primary grades,
Poplar, Mont.
Olga Barke, grade four, Wilton:
Eva Blanding, grades one to four,
Aurelia. -........... $500.
Sarah Bohan, grade seven, Rugby.
Lulu Bunker, rural school, Ken
mare.
Pearl Cornell, primary, Deering.
Clara Christensen, grades three and
four, Des Laos.
Florence Dale, home economies,
Akely, MINI.
Evelyn Dennis, music and drawing,
Steele.
Florence Duncan, grade eight and
high school, Berwick.
Hazel Follis, grades two and three,
Omemee.
Margaret Fuller, primary, Column
bus.
Edna Goheen, rural school, Lorraine.
Mamie Gasmann, grades one to
four (consolidated), Gallo.
Olivia Henderson, primary, Juanita.
Mae Hines, grades three and four,
Portal. ..... ......
Marian Hanson, grades one to four,
Heimdal.
Marie Kelley, grades three to five,
Burlington.
May Kennedy, upper grades, Amen
Ruth Tonne, primary (upper), Bur
lington.
Della Mower, rural, Sherwood.
Esther Nichols, primary, Sawyer.
Inga Nordsletten, grades six and
seven, Poplar, Mont.
Helga Oyen, primary (lower), Bur-
lington.
irmah Olson, rural, Harrison dis
trict, Minot. &&
Alma O'Keefe, rural, Stanley.
Lillian Power, grades seven and
eight, Mandan.
Otto Rom, principal, Charbonneau
Laura Robe, Primary, Lansford.
Adele Stiehm, grade three, Wilton
Bernice Southey, primary, Garrison
Clara Thompson, principal consoli.
dated school, Crosby. =
Jennie Van Sickle, intermediate
Max.
Beulah Walker, grades four and
five, Poplar, Mont.
Bessie Wilson, primary, Sherwood
Cecilia Yelle, grammar, Newburg.
Lvda Baney. Max.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
Refused to Assist an Officer,

John Strommen, street commission
er and by virtue of his position, an Of
ficer, arrested an intoxicated man
Tuesday and attempted to take him
to Jail. The fellow was in such state
that he could scarcely walk and the
officer hailed young man who was
passing with a dray. The fellow re-
fused to assist the officer For this
the driver could have been arrested
and it may be that Strommen will
press the charge against him yet.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
LITTLE NEVA SIGMAN DEAD.
Vy.1... ooI ON ~

Velva Journal: The sad news reach
ed the city this afternoon of the death
of little Neva Sigman, the five year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sigman of this city, at the hospital in
Minot, where she was taken Tuesday
for an operation for appendicitis. She
was taken sick Monday evening and
Tuesday was removed to the hospital.
The operation revealed that the ap-
pendix was ruptured.
The remains will be brought to Vel
va Friday morning and in all proba-
bility the funeral services will be held
here.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23

Oscar Heitenen, a bachelor farmer
living near Napoleon, N. D., commit
ted suicide by lighting a stick of dy-
Mantle which he held in his hand. A.
ter going to bed, he lay with the dyn-
amite across his abdomen, while with
one hand he lighted the fuse. Neigh
bcrs found his remains the next day.
One hand was torn from the arm and
from the chest to the lower limbs, the
body was blown to pieces. The inter-
ior of his house was wrecked.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23

Mrs. Louis Bechtold, Jr., died at her
home southwest of Velva Saturday of
heart failure and lung trouble. She
had been i'll for some time. Funeral
services were held from the German
Baptist church near the family home
Monday and interment made in the
cemetery there. The bereaved family
have the sympathy of the community.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23

A prominent married businessman
of the Capital City, who is said to
have quite political pull, faces pos
sible prosecution under the Mann act.
1t is said that he has been pursued by
detectives and had "shelled out" cou-
pie of times and unless he can fix the
powers that be, he will face prosecu-
ton. He is charged with accompany
ing a certain woman to West Baden
and other cities.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23

Ora B. Macomber, who stole team
of horses from Oscar Nordstog of
Crosby, was arrested and brot to Mi
not, where he pleaded guilty and drew
a year in the penitentiary. Macom-
Der grew weary and putting the
horses in Colgan's barn, went to sleep
in shack. When arrested he threat
ened to shoot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
A. BRUCE WILL BE THE
NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE

Associate Justice A. A. Bruce will
succeed Chief Justice C. J. Fisk at the
head of the North Dakota supreme
court. The line of succession on the
supreme bench is fixed by law, and it
automatically falls to the member who
has the shortest term.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
CARPIO BOY AND FATHER
NEARLY DROWN SIX ATING

Carpio, N. D. Nov. 20. = Peter
Strand, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Strand, just north Of town, came very
near losing his life Saturday morning
while out skating. The little fellow
thought he would be one of the first to
skate this winter and so without tell
ing his parents he got his skates and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-23
NedrelOe's Majority 568.

Sheriff Nedreloe's majority over
Dan Dougherty for sheriff was 568,
according to the returns determined
by the canvassing board which has
completed it's work. The first figures
gave him majority of only 269.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
Law UPHELD
L. :. SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS
PRIMARY LAW.

Washington, March Injunction
suits of South Dakota citizens to pre-
vent operation of the new 1915 pri-
mary election law were dismissed to-
day by the supreme court, in effect
sustaining the laws validity.
The effect of the decision is that
the primary law of 1915 will stand
The act repealed the so called Rich
ards primary, which had been placed
on the statute books by the initiative
Richards attacked the new law on the
ground that it should have been en-
acted by the people and that the leg
islature had no power to act.
In dismissing the case the supreme
court virtually holds that Mr.. Rich
ards and the other defendants had
been deprived of no right guaranteed
them under the FEDERAL constitution
which they contended had been de-
MED them by the legislature
The trial court in Beadle county
and the state supreme court had de-
cided against Richards and the action
of the United States supreme cour'
today makes these decisions final.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07

Believed Albert Bourne Lived to Get
Discharge.

Egan, March Although friends
in South Dakota have not yet been
definitely advised, it is believed that
Albert Bourne, the only former South
Dakotan, who served the British field
artillery in France and Belgium,
lived to be honorably discharged from
the army, after having served since
the commencement OF the war. He
had written friends in Egan that he
would be honorably discharged on
February 20, his superiors agreeing
that he had done much more than
"his bit" in serving steadily since the
opening of the great war
In letter received a day or two
ago he spoke hopefully of the arrival
of the day when he would leave the
artillery forever and be able to return
to his family in England. He felt so
sure of surviving the period until his
discharge that he sent his South Da-
kota friends the address to which
they should direct their letters to
him in England. In some of his let
ters he refers TO the fact that he is
one of the very few of those original
ly on the battle line who survived,
nearly all of his original comrades
having been killed at different times
or died of wounds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
FIRST Time ON STEAM
CARS AT AGE OF 81
He'd Drive Any Place Where
He Liked Conversation.

Kansas City.-Not until his siX-year
old grandson took him in charge did
Peter Franklin McCubbin of Virginia,
eighty-two years old. ride on railroad
train. He passed through this city
recently with the grandson, Morris
Williamson. on the way to Salt Lake
City, where he will live with his
daughter, Morris mother.
AT the Union station Mr.. McCnbbin
showed keen interest in things around
him and said he had enjoyed his trip a
great deal
1T wasn't because l was afraid of
trains that ] didn't ride on them" he
said. Il just never had occasion 10 20
anywhere | couldn't drive.
II raised a family of eight children
and although they all insisted. | never
went TO see any of them. They usually
came home once year and saved me
the trouble. My wife Travelled consid
erably. considering, and one Of my
daughters has been to Europe. but
always got along fine on the farm
When | got tired there / would hitch
up and drive TO Pittsyille, and if the
conversation there didn't suit me
would drive over to Eldredge, twenty
miles away"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07

teaching | have never known any one
who has worked as hard as does the
daughter Of the president"
Miss Wilson has lyric soprano
voice. with dramatic tendency. She
sings with perfect breath control. and
in the studio takes high ID with ease.
In public. however, she has sung only
up to B dat She is able to sustain her
high voice. which is growing every
day. She Is essentially a lieder singer,
and it is her ambition to become one
of the greatest lieder singers In Amer
lea. Her German is perfect, and she
has good command of French and
Italian. OF course she sings in Eng
lish too.
But. what is more remarkable, Miss
Wilson has the mettle to stand up to
deliver her message. She has the pow
er of concentration and the proper
amount of nerve" to become a sue
cessful singer.
While her private recitals had at
tracted considerable recognition it was
the success which attended her first
public appearance at the Syracuse mu-
sic festival last May that determined
her TO become professional singer.
Subsequent concerts in Cleveland and
Buffalo, where she won the uhstinted
praise Of all the musical critics. con
vinced her that she had decided wise
ly. Wilson G.. Smith. an influential
Cleveland critic. publicly announced
before the concert that If she did not
deliver the goods" he would send her
back to the White House. But the
following day he wrote:
1T was her unaffected personality
and the sympathetic and lyric quail
ties Of her voice that won the andi-
ence.
''There were no efforts at vocal chi
canery to catch the audience. Her at
tieude toward her art and her auditors
was one OF genuine earnestness to in
terpret the musical language she loves,
without self exploitation.
The sincerity of her artistic predi
lection was evidenced in her selection
and sympathetic Interpretation Of two
of Robert Franz too much neglected
songs, models of classic purity. If Miss
Wilson had done nothing else she
would have won my critical esteem"
With criticisms of such nature ii
was only natural that Miss Wilson
should feel encouraged to sing at other
festivals. She will appear at several
events in April and May, and next fall
she will begin an extended concert
tour, singing in New York as well as
In the principal eastern and southern
cities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
USES SPOONS TO SAVE LIFE.
Knife and Rubber Tube Also Doctors
implements In Operation.

Elkins, w. Va.-With two tin tea
spoons. a pocketknife and q piece of
rubber tubing as his instruments DR..
H. w. Daniel of the Elkins hospital
performed an operation on a woman
apparently dying of diphtheria and
saved her life. 1t was learned Called
to the mountain home Of Mrs. Thur
man Coberly, the doctor found the wo-
man unconscious.
Having no surgical instruments with
him and realizing that death was near
he made an incision In the woman's
windpipe with his knife, and, using
the teaspoons bent double as retrac-
tors, he inserted the rubber tube. Res
piration was restored, and within q
few hours the patient regained con
sciousness, and 1t is said that her re
covery is expected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07

Appropriation Committee Cut Allow
ance for office of Survey
or General.

Washington, March THE report
of the appropriation committee today
came near abolishing the surveyor
generals office at Huron by failing
to include an appropriation for it.
Congressman Royal c. johnson
submitted an amendment continuing
the former appropriation of $500
After a hot debate, participated in by
Congressman Johnson, Dillon, Candy
Mondell and others, the appropriation
was continued, although bitterly con
tested by the committee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
Probate Judge Of Tribunal He
First Saw as Orphan.
WAS SENT TO INSTITUTION.
Fred M. Breen of Michigan, Believed to
Be Youngest Probate Judge In United
States, Received Is Cents Day For
First Job-Worked Diligently and
Gives Recipe For Success.

Cadillac, Mich.-Sixteen years ago
Wexford county's probate Judge dis
posed Of Fred NJ. Breen, a ten-year-old
boy, whose greatest misfortune had
b, the death of his parents. leaving
his without home or funds.
: same youth. now a young man.
recently took the oath OF office as judge
Of the same court that just few years
ago sent him To a state Institution, he
being the youngest probate judge In
the United States, it is believed.
A year following his disposition by
the court he returned to Cadillac, a
man there desiring to give him home
and chance
He worked in factories, studying
nights, desiring TO show his apprecia-
ton TO the man who had picked him
up. His wages were small-but %
cents a day-and the work of carrying
water to several hundred mill hands
was not as pleasant as might be.
BY doing chores for anybody who
would hire him, he completed the pub
lie school course. graduating as class
valedictorian.
Not being satisfied with high school
education, he took a course at busi-
ness college Mt Big Rapids Securing a
position as stenographer In lawyers
Office, be began to study law in his
spare time, finally passing the exam
inatiOn for admission to the bar, with
papers SO good he was excused from
the oral examination. He was elected
circuit court commissioner and ap-
pointed United States commissioner.
Mr.. Breen handled his own campaign
He did not berate his opponents. one
being another attorney and one the
sheriff.
Walking through the county, he
talked with every rural voter. At times
he ate but two meals a day. and some
times he slept In barns.
For three months he campaigned,
and when the primary vote was count
ed be had l.100 votes more than his
nearest opponent and was elected by
comfortable majority.
Judge Breen's recipe for success such
as his has been is simple one: Mind
your own business, let people talk, hear
when you listen, see when you look
and stick to a thing until you get
there"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
ODDLY HEARS Of LEGACY.
5enefactor Learns of Bequest After he
Nearly Drowned.

Gloucester City, N. Through an
account published of the fact that he
had been rescued from drowning when
he fell overheard while unloading coal
at the Gloucester ferry wharf, FRANK
Taylor OF 402 South Fourth street re-
ceived word that he had been left q
legacy by a relative in South Jersey
who died several months ago.
An aunt wrote from Deerfeld, n. j.,
stating that they had been endeavor.
ing to find him for several months and
that they had read In a Philadelphia
newspaper of his accident and hasten.
ed to notify him that when the rela.
tive died he had been mentioned in the
viii for a portion OF the estate. which
consisted of farm and agricultural
implements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07

New London. Conn.-The Rev. Jo-
seph p. Brown of this city celebrated
his ninety y-fifth birthday on Oct q last
He then said that during the past year
he had officiated at fifty-three funerals
and ffty-seven weddings. Elder
Brown, as he Is called, has not missed
meeting Of the New London Baptist
association or of the state convention
In forty years He has been over sew
enty years in the ministry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
Calumet
Bakin g PowderCO
Chicago
PAR0LED MANS TRAVELS.
Went All Over, but He Never Failed TO
Report Each Month.

Salem, Ore.-Although he has trav'
eled to nearly every part of the world
since his parole year ago by Circuit
Judge Percy X. Kelly Of this district,
John Schulz. convicted of attacking
George Brown. Newberg farmer. has
faithfully reported his whereabouts
each month.
In letter received Schulz says he is
somewhere In France" and on his
way to London. A few months ago
Schulz reported from Canada. where
be said he had been arrested as a Ger
man spy. He was released later, and
to avoid further difficulties In his next
letter he signed the name John VII.
son.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
HE BET ON THE ATHLETICS.
Georgia Tax Collector Now Admits
$1,000 Shortage In Accounts.

Waycross, Ga.--After losing more
more than $1,000 belonging to the city
of Waycross In bets laid In the chances
of the Philadelphia Athletics to win
the worlds series Of 1914 Alex G.
Lowther, city clerk and tax collector
Of Waycross, attempted to regain the
money lost by using other sums be-
longing to the city until his accounts
Were more than $1,000 short. accord.
ing to letter from Lowther made
public by Mayor Scott II. Heaton.
Lowther in his letter says he ex.
poets to repay the money taken. He
returned the keys to the city vault.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
WOMEN FARM EXHIBITORS.
About Twenty Counties In Oklahoma
Have Them as Demonstrators.

Muskogee. Okla.-The board Of coun-
ty commissioners has voted to employ
for four months woman farm demon
strator, half the expense to be paid by
the federal government.
women demonstrators" said State
Demonstration Agent Bentley. do a
great deal of farm work better than
men. II is their special province TO or
ganize canning clubs among the girls.
to assist I'm domestic science and home
work. About twenty counties in Okla
homa have such demonstration work
by women"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
MISS Will SONS
SINGING PRAISED
Presidents Daughter Margaret
to Be a Professional.
HAS ALL IN HER FAVOR.

Her Teacher, Ross w. David, Who Has
Been Instruoting Her -Four Years,
Declares Miss Wilson Has Made
Singing Her Life's Work-She Will
Appear Soon.
New York.-Many persons have ask
ed Ross W David. singing teacher to
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the
president of the United States, why
she has decided TO become a profes-
sional singer. To them he has replied,
because it gives her the greatest oppor-
tunity for expressing herself. He said:
Miss Margaret Wilson has made
singing her life's work. To her, sing
ing is her very life. have been her
teacher for four years, and | think
know her. She puts her singing above
everything else. and | can truthfully
say that in all my eighteen years Of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
French Steamer Sunk.

La Rochelle, France, March 6-The
French steamship Lakme of Dunkirk
3,117 tons gross, was sunk in the Bay
Of Biscay at point six miles north
west of lie d'Yeu. 1t is supposed tc
have struck a mine. Six of the TWEEN
ty-two men Of the crew lost their
Ives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
Forty Milaa For a Bath.

Oatman. Ariz.-How would you like
to walk forty miles every time you took
bath? That's what the citizens Of
this place have to do The mining boom
Is making the town grow at the rate
Of about 100 persons day. The local
water supply has to be teamed from
Needles. CAL, forty miles away.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07

flee of governor, could have been
elected mayor of Mitchell, had he
wished, at the April election, but he
has decided to confine his efforts to
securing the nomination to the office
of treasurer of Dawson county
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-07
Loses $50 In Ice Hole.

Waukesha, Wis.-While looking At
Robert Hine cut holes In the ice on
kee, who, with friends. was spending
the day at the Zinn summer home.
jerked a handkerchief from his pocket
A pocketbook containing $50 in bills
and other valuable papers, which were
N the pn"ket, fell into the hole.
Requlsitions German sn'ps.
London. March 2.--lt was announc
ed in the house of commons that the
Italian government had requisitioned
thirty-four of the thirty-seven German
steamers .nterned In Italian ports