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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24

c. Frazier, a private detective. and former sheriff of Rhea county, Tenn, was killed, and his nephew. Homer Frazier, was critically wounded in a pistol duel at Chattanooga, Tenn, Sunday night. Homer Frazier was boarding at the home of Carl Frazier's wife. who recently had sued her hus- band for support.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24

Wire guards to be slipped over ba- bies' feeding bottle to prevent them being broken have been invented by a New York man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24
Seven German WarShipS Reported
 Sunk in Encounter in North Sea
Another Report Says in Second Fight One British Ship Was Sent Down 47 Members of Crew Being
 Killed by Torpedo

London, 22.tn encounter
  a the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24
Villa Is Cautious.

Fl Paso, Texas, Jan. 23.-Govern- ment agents here claim to have infor- nation that Villa has sent couriers with orders to all his followers not to snipe upon the American troops, for fear of delaying their withdrawal.
 Villa troops were reported at Janos, 50 miles northwest of Colonia Dublan.
 Army officers, including those ar irving from Columbus, tonight predict that formal orders from the war de- partment will be received within AS hours for the withdrawal of the troops fro mMexico. They said Pershing's main column should be under way to the border before the end of the week.
 All the sick in the hospital at field headquarters, at Colonia Dublan. and at smaller hospitals along the line of communication, were sent to the bor- der today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24

would feel justified in asking the peo- pie to approve it's formal and solemn adherence to a league of peace"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24
British Ship Sunk; Fcrty-Seyen Men Killed.

23 reported that
  of the
  No report nas beenr
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-24

Prince William of Wied selected by unanlomus consent of the powers early Tn 1914 to be the ruler of Albania, even then generally characterized as the thorniest royal joy in Europe" was forced by Albanian revolutionary troubles shortly before the outbreak of the war to give up his throne and flee to the protecting realm of his rela- time. the German emperor. Since the
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Continued on page sixl
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tContinued on page three.)
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
MISS FOX MARRIED

A wedding at Devils Lake few
days ago is of local interest, the bride
being Miss Blanch Marion Fox, a
Westlawn teacher here last year. She
was married to ]. A. Kramer, county
auditor of Ramsey county. The couple
left Immediately after the ceremony
for the Twin Cities where they will
spend their honeymoon. The Devils
Lake Journal says of the couple: Mrs.
Kramer is an accomplished member
of Devils Lake society and much ad-
mired in the city which has been her
home since childhood. She is grad
uate of the Valley City normal and
has made vast success in the teach
ing profession as a primary special
ist. The groom, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Kramer, Of Midmay, Ontario, Can
ada, likewise needs no introduction
in Ramsey county. He has served as
the efficient and ever-obliging audi
tor of the county for four years and
previous to that was connected with
the Office as deputy.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
COMPANY E BOYS ARRIVE
AT CAMP P---ALL CHEERFUL
How To Address
Mail To Soldiers

G. A. Huffman, postmaster of Des
Moines, Iowa, has completed his ten
tative organization for the handling
of the mail at the Camp Dodge can
tonment. In order to facilitate the
proper distribution of this mail he
asks that attention be given to the
following instructions:
"All men selected for service in
the national army, and sent to Camp
Dodge, near DesMoines, Iowa, should
observe the following regarding their
mail:
"If you know in advance the COM
pany and regiment you are assigned
to, you should inform all interested
to address your mail as per this sam
pie:
Private John Jones,
A Company, First Infantry
. Camp Dodge, Iowa.
If you do not know in advance to
what company and regiment you will
be assigned have your mail address,
ed as per sample:
Private John Jones
of North Dakota
Camp Dodge, Iowa.
When all troops are organized the
mail will be distributed to the pro-
per regiments and company. Until
then the mail will be separated into
states the men are from and deliver
ed through the state section.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
W|LL|STON MAN HELD
HERE FOR FORGERY
MAURICE FITZGERALD HELD TO
DISTRICT COURT ON CHECK
.M PASSING STUNT

Minot, Oct. 3.-Maurice Fitzgerald
was bound over to the district court
on charge of forgery. The case is
the aftermath of rather novel
scheme which came to light some
time ago when Frank Smith, color
ed man, was arrested on charge of
forgery which resulted from the pass
ing by him Of a Great Northern
check which was stolen at New Rock
ford after it was made out but be-
fore it was delivered to the party for
whom it was intended. Smith pass
ed the check at one of the stores in
this city, and when arrested after the
discovery Of the facts, contended that
the check was given to him by a
while man. Not much credence was
placed in the story at the time, but
the authorities finally found Fitz-
gerald at Williston and he was ar
rested and brought back here.
The evidence at hand seems to in
dicate that the story told by Smith
had some grains of truth in it.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
BRAKEMAN IS
KILLED NEAR
SPR|NGBR00K
FALLS UNDER HIS OWN TRAIN
AFTER SIGNALLING ENGINE
TO GO AHEAD
FOUND BY THE CREW
LIVED FEW HOURS AFTER BE-
ING BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL !,
HERE-LEAVES FAMILY

With considerable of mystery as to
the exact manner in which he came
to his death, Paul C. Fenner a young
railroad man from Minot died in the
Wittenburg hospital here Friday af-
ter he had been horribly mangled
under the wheels of his own train
just as he had given the enginemen
the signal to go ahead
The accident happened early Fri
day morning near Springbrook. The
train was headed this way and after
stop there Fenner had sgnalled to
go ahead. He was about halfway the
length of the train and it was not un-
til his fellow workmen felt the caboose
running over something that his man.
gled body was discovered. The train
was brot to stop and the man was
found to have a spark of life left. A
hasty run was made here to get sur
gical attention and tho everything
possible was done for the victim he
passed away a few hours after the
accident. He was unconscious all but
few minutes from the time of the
accident and surgeons we're not able
to restore him sufficiently to tell how
he got under the train.
The matter was reported at once
to the county authorities and DR.. o.
E. Distad held an inquest Friday af-
ternoon. 1t was found that the kill.
ing was accidental and not one of the
train crew could offer any explana-
tion. Fenner was last seen by the
enginemen and everything looked all
right at the time he gave the "high-
ball" to go ahead.
The unfortunate man was nearly
28 years of age and leaves a wife
and two small children, their home
being at Minot. His father and moth
er came here Saturday from Cedar
Falls, Iowa, and with his wife accom-
panied the remains to Cedar Falls,
Iowa, his former home. The body
was prepared for burial here at the
Arsena ult Undertaking rooms and
shipment was made Sunday evening,
;he funeral being held there yester-
lay.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
NEAR RAY
SELLS FOR $4,000
CONTZEN QUARTER SECTIONS
GOES TO ARTHUR SUND&UIST
AT GOOD FIGURE

Williams County real estate is
worth money and the farmers are
willing to pay good prices for the
choice land as was evidenced this
week when on Monday Herbert Con-
teen sold his quarter section farm
short distance northeast Of Ray to
Arthur Sundquist for $4,000. This
is about the top price received for
land but Mr.. Sundquist states that
the farm is worth every cent Of it,
says the Ray Pioneer.
This is the Contzen homestead that
he filed on in 1905 when he was one of
the early settlers in this vicinity and
every year has seen new improve
ments put on the place so that it has
developed from the raw prairie and
a 10x12 shack into well cultivated
farm with fine buildings. One of the
noticeable items on the place is the
nice grove of several hundred trees
which were planted few years ago
from seedlings and now regular
forest. In his farming operations
Mr.. Contzen has been very success
full and has accumulated enough of
this worlds goods so that he is able
to retire from active work.
In the deal he acquired a quarter
of land on the Berthold reservation
which he will rent to other parties.
Make Good Half Section
Mr.. Sundquist owns half section
farm north of his new place and has
been in this country several years so
he knows full we'll what the land will
produce.
AL Robinson who a year ago pur-
chased the Chas. Johnson farm on
the Nesson Flats south of Ray was
in the city last Friday and in speak
ing about the crop raised on his farm
this year stated that he had realized
$500 bushels of wheat from $50 acres
and 1000 bushels of fax from 100
acres which at the market prices vkaf
day would sell for over $4,000, and
besides these crops he had raised
considerable feed grain for his 40
head of stock and herd of horses, and
that the alfalfa crop this year was
fine one which and would be used
for fattening the cattle for the mar
ket.
Mr. Robinson moved to this part
of the county early last spring from
Waverly, Ill.,, and is we'll satisfied
with his first crop raised in Williams
county and in comparing the land
values in Williams county at from
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
DEMURRERS OVERRULED BY
JUDGE AM1DON IN ANTI
TRUST CASES
J. S. MUST GIVE DETAILS
DIRECTS THAT BILL OF PARTIC-
ULARS BE FURNISHED WITH
IN Is DAYS

Although Judge Charles F. Amidon
of the federal court late Thursday
afternoon overruled the demurrers
intersposed by the defendants to the
indictments against the Nash Broth
ers' interests, wholesale fruit and
grocery dealers which charges them
with operating in violation of the
Sherman antitrust act, he demands
that the government shall within fif-
teen days serve upon counsel for the
defendants bill lof particulars.
The companies charged with viola
tion of the Sherman antitrust law
under indictments returned at the
last session of the federal grand jury
in Fargo last July are Nash Broth
ers, G. amble- Robinson company,
Stacy Bismarck company, The Gen.
eral Brokerage company of Mime
apolis and Grand Forks.
1t was alleged by the government
that these companies entered into a
conspiracy and obtained from retail
fruit and grocery dealers "excessive
and unwarranted profits. It was fur
ther charged that this conspiracy
was to prevent the purchase of fruit
by wholesale dealers within the vari-
Gus states who were competitors Of
the defendant companies.
The charges were the first of the
kind to be brought by the govern
ment in North Dakota. Several weeks
ago, Attys. Henry J. Linde of Bis
marck, Pierce Butler of St. Paul, and
Charles J. Murphy of Grand Forks
for the defendants and en-
tered demurrers.
The direct result of the courts or
der is that the cases will be brought
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
BLESSING IN DISGUISE

The shortage of farm labor in this
vicinity this year proved blessing
in disguise to Abner Veitch of Will
liston, who this week threshed 100
acres of alfalfa which went to seed
because he could not get it cut and
as result now has over $50 BUSH
els of prime alfalfa seed ready for
the market. The product is valued
at from 80 to 70 cents pound ac-
cording to quality and at this rate
the seed will be many times as val
liable as the crop itself would have
been.
Mr.. Veitch made every effort to
have the field cut because of the feed
shortage and the hay would have been
a great crop but the seed is going
to show a value far in excess of what
was expected.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
THIRD FOOTBALL
GAME SATURDAY

Arrangements are now complete
for the third football game of the
season. A team from the high school
at Sidney will contest the local squad
on the athletic field at three o'clock
Saturday Of this week, admission be-
ing the same as heretofore, twenty
five cents and thirty-five cents. In
the first contest of last season the
Sidieey boys were victors although our
team readily scored the large success
on the return game. The high school
squad is confident that the season is
to be one of complete victories thruout
and will appreciate the enthusiasm
of d large attendance. Plans for
latter contests involve considerable
expenditure and it is desired to build
up fund in advance.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
GOVERNMENT AND DEFENDANTS rn
Win BY COURTS ORDER

to trial. The official order Of the
court follows:
"United States VS.. Nash Brothers,
corporation, Stacy Bismarck Co., a
corpora ton, Gamble Robinson Co., a
corporation, General Brokerage Co.,
corporation, F. p. Nash, w. K.
Nash, W. A. White and H. B. Finch,
defendants.
"This cause came on to be heard
upon the demurrers interposed by the
defendants to the indictment and was
argued by counsel for the respective
parties and submitted. The court
having duly considered the same it is:
"Ordered, that the said demurrers
be and the same hereby are over
ruled.
"It.is further ordered that counsel
for the United States shall within Is
days from the date hereof, prepare
and file with the clerk of this court
and serve upon counsel for defen-
dants bill of particulars showing:
1-The competitors whom the Uni
ted States claims the defendants have
unfairly dealt with, stating the names
and places of business of such COM
petitors and the nature and extent of
business, and specifying
the acts which the government claims
the defendants did in their dealings
with respect to such competitors
which were violative of the anti
trust act. .
"2-Showing the classes of fruit
dealt in by defendants, and their COM
petitors and stating how the same is
handled as articles of interstate COM
merce and specifying if such is the
claim of the government how it is
claimed by the government the defen-
lants have by their restraint and
monopoly of interstate commerce
the producers of such
'ruits to sell the same at unfair and
low prices. IT,.
"3-Showing if such is the claim
# the government how the defen-
lants have by their restraint upon and
of interstate COM
nerce compelled retail dealers and
onsumers of fruits claimed to be
ontrolled by defendants to pay un-
air and unreasonably high prices |
or such fruits.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
OUT THEY GO

Aaker's Business College received
Is requests for Office help last week
and made the following happy by
placing them in fine positions: Inge-
borg Peterson ,Edla Thuon, Alma
Haestensgaard, Mable Hovland, Sell
mer Grant, E. A. Nordquist, Jeanette
Rankin, Zue Ross, C. L. Goldson,
Dagny Gunderson- Business training
offers great opportunities. Send for
free general catalog or Gas Tractor
and Auto Engineering catalog to A.
B. c., Grand Forks or Fargo. 16-lt.
+ The war situation appears to be
breaking seriously into the attend
ance of all the high schools of the
state. Although number of Will
liston High School students are now
with Uncle Sam the attendance in the
high school is holding it's own most
satisfactorily.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04
CITY BIDS FAREWELL
TO THE HOME COMPANY

quiet this week as result of the COM
pany leaving. Social affairs for the
boys had taken up the last few weeks
pretty we'll and now that they are
gone there seems so little to do. The
streets, without the men of the COL
ors, are not the same and the armory,
save for the times when the Red Cross
workers are busy is quiet as grave
yard.
The war fund commission named
some weeks ago by President Craven
of the city commission has been busy
this week and good success is report
ed in raising fund for the men from
this territory who are in the service
There will be no difference between
the National guard men and the Ma
tional army men in the distribution
of this fund, the purpose being to
have a sufficient fund to care for all
the needs Of the men from Williams
and Mckenzie County. With only a
small monthly contribution from a
good number of the people the boys
can be taken care of in good shape and
indications are that Williston will not
be backward in doing its share for
the boys who are bearing the heaviest
burden.
The Grand Forks Herald makes the
following comment on the arrival
there Of the special carrying the Will
liston boys:
Western Contingent Arrives
Saturday night at 500 o'clock, Com
pany E of Williston and Company D
of Minot, reached the city for a Is
minute stop. Several hundred pa
triotic residents of the city were at
the station to meet them and the
boys from the western cities were
given royal reception.
Each company comprised 1853 men,
including the officers, and they were
a gentlemanly lot. Their cheers were
enthusiastic and their home communi-
ties were not forgotten. At S:45 the
train departed from the station, en-
route to Fargo and thence south to
the training camp. ..-..
Saturday marked the departure Of
the entire first regiment from North
Dakota and on Monday the second
started sonthward.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04

Additional output from the Black
Diamond mine will be secured within
two weeks when the spur to the
Great Northern will be completed and
much more coal can be handled. Lig-
mite mines of Williston are flooded
with carload orders from the terri
tory and indications are that men will
be at a premium this winter in this
sort Of work.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-04

S25 to $40 per acre with those of
Illinois at $3.50 to $3.50 per acre he
stated that the land here would pro-
duce like gold mine and that per-
son with reasonable yield of grain
would be able b pay for his farm
in some cases the first year while in
his old state it was hard scratching
to make both ends meet every year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-16
This Umpire Spends
Winters In Grabbing

UMPIRES SPORT
+ American League umpires, who lead
the strenuous life during the summer
months, enjoy much milder positions
of trust during the winter.
Silk O'Loughlin spends the off sea-
son at Rochester, and makes a little
money on the side by selling insur-
ance.
George Hildebrand doesn't know
there is such thing as winter, for
he spends his time from October to
April on a ranch he owns at Arooye
Grande, Cal.
Oliver Chill likewise misses the cold
weather by journeying to Florida
early in November. He, has crab and
oyster business interepss. He says he
IL in better position to handle the
crab end of 1t because of his sum
mer affiliations.
Billy Evans puts in his time at East
Cleveland doing syndicate newspaper
and magazine work.
Tommy Connolly, called the Sage
of Natick, because most OF the inhabi-
tants of that town regard him as the
wise man of the village, makes money
during the winter looking after his
many real estate interests.
Bill Dinneen is an equal partner in
Syracuse engineering concern, which
only recently completed the dredging
work for the Cape Cod Canal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-16

One day some distinguished visitors
who had arrived In Paris and were be-
ing escorted about by a committee,
were taken to call upon the late Pro-
lessor Metchnikoff. the famous scien-
fist who believed that the secret OF
long life lay in diet, toward the hour
Of noon. The laboratory was all but
empty, as most of the workers had de-
parted for that sacred meal, the French
dejeuner. But Metchnikof was there
himself intent on vessel he was hold
ing over a gas burner.
h at must be a very interesting exper-
iment that keeps you engaged even at
this hour" remarked one of the COM
mittee.
look for yourself" said Metchni-
koff, and, continuing to stir with a
glass tube. held up the dish so that a
delicious fragrance rose to the noses
Of the visitors.
That's what I'm working at" he
laughed, bananas in slices, fried In
butter. They are excellent"-World's
Work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-16
YOUTHS BRISK
TRADE IN CARS
causes INQUIRY
Police to Investigate Source
Of Autos E. w. Knapp
Has Been Selling

8y Detective George Fox went to Hart
ford today to get Ernest w. Knapp, a
young man who was arrested in that
city on technical charge, and whose
Operations in selling small automobiles
have attracted sthe5attention of the po-
Tee. sS~3.y
The Hartford spolice found that
Knapp had been, selling fairly good
cars at extremely low prices. The
same was observed by rthe. Bridgeport
detectives, who took note of the fact
that he sold one in Newtown and an
either to aqlocal jitney driver. They
want to know where he gets them.
Knapp told the Hartford police that
he buys the cars in Bridgeport.
Fl An assault charge was brought
against Knapp in HaStford, but it. is
expected the Bridgeport charge, which
will be a technical one, will be given
precedence. /,
I 1t is said Knapps real name is Wal
lace E. Knapp, and that he lives at
7S8 State street; this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-16
Tn, r1,storv OF a eook.


Following is the story Of the first edi-
ton Of Fitzgeralds celebrated transla-
ton Of Omar Khayyam:
The book was issued anonymously
and found no buyers. Accordingly the
author went to Bernard Quaritch's
shop. dropped heavy parcel of 200
copies OF the "Rubaiyat" and said,
"Quaritch, 1 make you a present OF
these books
The famous bookseller offered them
first at half crown, then at a shilling,
and, again descending. at sixpence, but
no buyers came. In despair he reduced
the book to a penny and put copies
into box outside his door with tick
ct, "All these are i penny each" AT
that price the pamphlet moved. In a
few weeks the lot was sold, and in this
way one of the finest gems of English
literature was dispersed among not
overdiscerning public
The legend has it that Dante. Gabriel
Rossetti, Swinburne and Burton were
among those who discovered the "hid-
den treasure in the penny box" Years
passed. and the once despised volume
rose in the market, and In 1893 Qua.
ntch bought In for E21 copy which
forty years before he had sold for q
penny.-LOndOn Spectator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-16
Artie Edwards Is
After Local Bouts

sss Manager Fred DeLorme sends the
| Following regarding his new boxer,
sArtie Edwards:
Edwards is boy whom I am
ssstanxious to show to the fans of Con-
ssnecticut, and If he should be selected
to box at any of your clubs they can
! be assured Of witnessing one 4of the
3sclassiest little boys in the bantam
ranks in action.
Edwards has met such boys as
Kid Williams, frankie Burns, Dutch
Brandt, Young 'Solsberg, Dick Load
man. aBttling Reddy, Young, Rector,
when Rector weighed 118 pounds,
and three wonderful fights in London,
winding up with the great perform
ance with Jimmy Wilde in 1916.
IF the promoters of your, local
clubs can secure any bantam, don't
care who it is. if he will weigh 116
ringside, Will bet any thing they
care to wager. that Edwards out
Points him.
ssfs Edwards has been unfortunate, by
SEEING prevented from boxing by his
I parents, which has kept him, from
being heard from more, and only re-
Gently he secured their consent to let
him box, SO you will hear from him
from now on.'