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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Sculptor Rodin
Married, Not Ill

PARIS, Jan. 1--Augus,e Rodin, tho
famous sculptor, instead Of being i'll a.
stated in Paris papers yesterday, was
married on that day to Mile. Rose
Beurrc. according to Evenment The
marriage took place at Mcuden and
Etienne Clemcntcl, minister II com.
merce and NJ. Peytel. director OF the
Algerian credit bank. were witnesses
for the sculptor, Albert Dalimier. I'M
der secretary for fine arts and a few
intimate friends, also were present. NJ.
Rodin is 10 years old. lie was mar.
ried for the first time when he was q
years old and his first wife acted as
his model in the early years Of his
struggle for recognition.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
CUMMINS SAYS
WILSON'S COURSE
MEANS CONFLICT
Senator Fears War or Rebel
lion Under Peace Plan,

WASHINGTON, Jar. O--Openlps
debate in the senate today on frcsi-
dent Wilson's world peace proposal,
Senator CdhfninS. republican,. desiased
that to do what the president suggests
would involve the United States either
IL almost constant world war or con
stant rebellion against the authority
OF world sovereignty, the president
proposes
Asserting that he stood with the
president in every moral effort pos
sible to exert to bring an end to the
present war. Senator Cummins said he
refused to follow him. when ne leads
the way toward the world sovereignty
which he has proposed. "
Before Senator Cummins hogan
speaking, Senator Lewis. democratic
whip. mos; prominent senate defender
of the presidents peace moves. intro
duccd resolution which he temporarily
had laid on the table. declaring that tho
address which the Iowa senator crit
cised did not suggest abolition or Inn
itation OF the Monroe doctrine OF mill
l-k
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
CLUBHOUSE BUILDING
MONEY DIVERTED TO
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

NYEW YORK. Jan. W--More
IN than $4,000 has been
" y pledged to the commission for
relief in Belgium Of members OF the
Rocky Mountain club of New York,
Il was announced last night. The
money originally was subscribed
toward the new $ll 000 home in this
city, but John Hays Hammond.
president OF the club, said the mem.
bers had decided TO postpone the
erection Of the clubhouse and de.
vote their energies At present TO.
ward feeding Belgian children
The new fund will be known as
the Rocky Mountain club Hoover
fund for Belgium. Herbert {. Hooy.
er is chairman Of the committee.
Those IN charge are confident tina,
Al least $imOW will he diverted
to the purchase OF food FOR the Bel.
gians.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
't;iii Islmes; @;'Ss stFSs9i, sSHI

WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 - A very
severe earthquake, the tremors OF which
continued more than three hours last
night, ccn'cred about 5000 miles from
Washington So severe were the shocks
when they reached their maximum in.
tensi,y that the recording needles OF
two Of the four seismographs a, George.
town observatory were thrown of the
scales. These maximum shocks were
recorded on the vertical seismoRraphs
a, l02S and 1920 o'clock last night.
The uemors, which began at 9H p. m,
did not die away until after midnight
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Baruch Cleaned
Up' Half Million During
Note Leak Period
Operator Declares Foresight
on Speeches Of Ho|Iweg and
Lloyd George Responsible;
No knowledge Of Note,
ON WRONG SIDE THAT DAY
Archibald White Denies Re-
ceiving Information From
German Diplomat

NEW YORK. Jan j0--Bcrnard n
Baruch Wall Street spcculator, $50
600 contributor 10 the last democratic
campaign fund. and heavy short seller
in the stormy days preceding the IS
suancc of President Wilson'S recent
peace note, testified at the leak IN
Qury today th}, his profits Oh the
market between December 10 and De
ccmber y were S476.l68
Credits Foresight.
Every cent OF this profit, he de
clarcd was due to his foresight III IN
terpre,ing speeches by Won Be,hmann-
Hollweg and David Lloyd George as
meaning peace was coming.
Not a single transaction. he made
he said was Influenced by advance IN
formation thai the pfesideni was about
to dispatch peace note lie received
no such information. he said. anc
added that he hal 10 secret source.
OF information in Washington OF
which based any of his stock opera
tons.
Was on Buying Side.
As proof of his assertion that he wa
unaware that note was Forthcoming
from the president he was on tn
buying side OF the market when new
OF it became public. he said.
Neither he or any other man woul
have been caught in such a position
he declared, il he had foreseen III
note.
Other Errors.
Baruch also pointed out several 9th
er errors he made on the market dun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Austro Destroyer
Crippled in Battle

ROME. Jan. N.-The Austrian dc
Stroyer Huszar was put out oi action
ir a naval engagement in the Adria,ic
few days ago according to the rrib.
une. The paper says that two Italian
dcs,roycrs engaged an Austrian flo
,illa and that the Huszar was hit sew
eral times and set on fire. She was
towed into a neishboring port by tor
pedo boats. The Italians suffered no
loss, the report says. The engagement
was fought in the midst of tempest.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
'h|PPERS' WOULD
SELL 'P|LLS'|F
BILL IS PASSED
GroCerS Wife So Informs Sen
ate Committee,

"Cigarct 'bootleggers' will start sell
ing oigarc,s. il this an,i-cigaret law IS
passed" Mrs. d. 6. Kile, wife OF a
grocer at 528 West California avenue,
told the prohibition enforcement com
mittee of the senate at a hearing today.
Worse Than Present Law.
"For that reason this proposed law
is worse than the present law. These
'bootleggers would sell to boys and
men alike. and would push their fade
among the boys, As it is now, with
the age limit at ls years, the boys
canno, get cigaretS to smoke nearly
as easily as they will under the anti
cigaret law.
Fourteen women waited on the com
mit,ee at hearing at 10 o'clock to
day, most of them w {, +. U. repre-
senta,ives.
Wholesalers Present
O. d. Halsell and q. II. Dietx, rep
resen,ing wholesale grocery firms III
the city, declared that the measure did
not touch their trade seriously, as they
did not sell very many cigare,s,
The committees set another hearing
open 20 the public, for February o.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
WIFE and DoARDER
HELD FOR MURDER

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, Jan. 0.-Mrs.
Mary Grooms and Homer Cook, a
wood chopper, are being held today
in the county Jail at Marshfield in con
nec,ion with the investigation OF the
death OF Thomas Grooms, the woman's
husband, whose body was found Sat
urday night near his home a, Seymour
Mo Cook was a boardcr at the
GroomS home and it is alleged by All.
thori,ies. carried insurance OF $1,000
upon Grooms' life. II was at first be
licyed Grooms had taken his life. as
he had been shot APPARENTLY with a re.
volver found beside his body, A cor
oncrs inquest found, however, that his
skull also had been fractured. Inves.
tigation by authorities led to the ar.
rests Of Mrs. Grooms and Cook.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
FIREMAN AWARDED
S15,ooo DAMAGES

The supreme court, in an opinion by
Justice Summers Hardy this morning
reaffirmed on rshcarinv the Judgment
of the district cour, OF Oklahoma coun-
ty. awarding Ross Thomas, fireman,
$4,000 damages against the Oklahoma
Railway company.
Thomas was injured when the ire
truck on which he was riding To Tire
in Capitol Hill collidcd with street
car at the intersection ot Robinson
avenue and Poplar street in May, l9l1
In the trial of the case IT was shown
that tho mo,orman in charge ol the car
did not obey provisions OF a city ordi-
nance requiring the stopping of street
cars al fire crossings.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
SWihIlEI h !: WELD

CHICAGO. Jan. 0-A man believed
to be l.. Henri Charlesbois, formerly
secretary Of the government rivers com
mission in Montreal, Canada. was un-
der arrest here today. The police said
he was wanted in Montreal on charges
Of passing worthless paper amounting
to about @,m on the Bank OF Mon
real. They asserted also that since
leaving Montreal last October he had
been prominent in the night life in New
York. Cleveland and st. Louis, 1h,
man arrested was penniles.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
ONE KILLED AND
THREE HURT IN
SCAFF0LD FALL
02S, Gross Dies Fifteen Min
uteS After ACCident,u.
STRUCTURE SO FEET HIGH
Break in Wire Caused Fall Of
Supports,

When supports OF 'caiiold broke al
the new Oklahoma News building in
the 100 block West Grand avenue this
morning at II 80 O'Clock, Orlando $
Gross, general superintendent for the
+. A. Gross Construction company, va,
hurled sixty feet 70 the ground He
died fifteen minutes later at the Wesley
hospital.
W +. Gross, engineer for the con.
s'ruction company, brother ot the
dead man, suffered badly fractured
leg. He is at ST AnihonyS hosplta'
{. B. Moseley, ccmen, worker. su>
tanned sprained back and l.. I
Schultz, a laborcr. received minor in
juries when the scaffoldlns gave way
All four men occupied the framework
structure at the time the wire that heli
ii IN place broke without warning
q. ). Gross skull was fractured. lie
was in a dying condition when placed
IN an ambulance and hurried 10 ,h'
hospital
Both O. s. and w +. Gross are SOM
OF +. A. Gross head Of the contracting
firm which bears his name. They have
been engaged in business with thei
father for several years
Lived With Parents.
o. s. Gross was q years old am
lived with his parents at 4OO Eas
Sixth street. W. +. Gross. 8 year
old, is married and resides at $50
West Seventh street.
The soafiold was between fifty an
sixty feet above ground and was con
nected with an elevator that was use
in transporting concrete.
The Gross brothers were inspec'in
the progress Of the work on the ne,
building when the accident happened
w. F. Grobs had gone TO the Gran
avenue job to arrange for the rcmov,
OF concrete mixture to another picc
OF work in another mart OF the city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
STATE RECALLS
PERMITS TO ICE
CREAM PLANTS
Steffen- -Breteh and Crystal
Companies Criticised,
DEAD RATS ARE FOUND
Committee Of Inspectors Re-
port lnsanitary Conditions,

Following the filing oi report by
Joint committee oi inspectors Tor
the city, the state health department
and the board OF agriculture, alleging
existence OF insantary conditions, The
permits OF the Steiien. Bretch &C
Cream company aud the Crystal Ice
and Ice Cream company OF TINS cry
were recalled this morning by preNi-
dent Caul, of the board u agriculture.
A conference OF representatives. of
the companies and inspectors VIII he
held before President Gault tomorrow
morning at 9 O'Clock at which the re-
port will be considered and plans L',-
cussed for removing the alleged III
sanitary conditions.
Dead Rats in Sugar.
The report on the Crystal company )
plant alleges that IN box wherein
sugar for making ice cream had been
stored the caroases OF two rats ana
one mouse, dead so long that they had
become mummiied, were found. In
the room used for wrapping ana PACK
ing ice cream the inspectors say 'hcy
found the paper dirty ana pa'"y e"''"
and otherwise soilcd by rats and mice.
General conditions within the build
ing are criticised and the report con,
cludcd that "it is our opinion that u
all conditions within the building were
perfect the condition existing benea'h
the floor /. OF itself sufficient to con-
demn the entire plant.
The conclusionaot the repor, on 'h''
plant is that it Is grossly 'nsar'tAry.
and unfit for the manufacture 'oi ioou
for human consumption.
Plant Floor Declared Filthy
Relative to the building occupied hJ
the Steffen- Bretch Ice and Ice Cream
company, the report says that i Is OF
"irame construction. roughly 1chsed
having been frequently added to and
repaired; that the floor is rough and
the Joints favor the accumulation ol
tCs>eN.ueA m Pare EiahS) (.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
immigration Bill
Fight Continued

WASHINGTON, Jan. @-Sentimcni
Of the house on the immigration bill
vetoed by Presidcn, Wilson because OF
the literacy test provisions is being as
certained today by It's champions in an
effort TO repass the measure over the
presidents head. Chairman Bennett Of
the house immigration committee has
given notice of his intention To move
Thursday TO override the presidents
veto.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Undertaken for
Webster, Grant
and Booth, Dies

NEW YORK. Jan. N.-The Rev
erend Stephen Merritt. Methodist,
clergyman and undertaken, who died At
his home. here yesterday oiiicia,ed or
assisted at the funerals OF Daniel
Webster, President Ulysses Grant and
Commander Booth, lecturer Of the Sal.
va,ion army, aud many other promi-
nent Americans, Merritt was born
here in 1888. lie preached in eleven
different churches during his career
but had said he never accepted COM
pensation for his services as a clergy
man
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AUTO KILLS GARFIELD PUPIL
Meal of Poisoned Pancakes
Kills 5 Members of Family

The dead were Fred, 20 years
old; Theodore, 20 years old; IT.
win, n years old; Mino, "a years
old, and Clarence Meints, grand
son, years old. The cakes
were eaten yesterday morning
and before noon Fred died. Mino
died at dawn today, the last OF
the five deaths.
o. X, Meints, the father, was
somewhat i'll and so did not eat
any of the pancakes. MIS-.
Meints tasted the pancakes after
her sons had finished their break
fast and noticing a peculiar
flavor, ate none Soon after
ward the young men complained
of great pain.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Nc" PsesI SsM'i;;' 'Ei;;':iTHssi1Ep

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. N.-The Or
leans Parish grand jury today began
an investigation into alleged vice con
d,ions in the city violations OF the
Sunday closing and other liquor laws
and charges OF gambling at the race
track at the meeting conducted by the
business mems racing association. The
investigation was undertaken follow
ing published charges. complaints OF
the citizens league of Louisiana and
individual citizens.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
TERRAl SUFFERS
$4,000 BLAZE

TERRAL, Okla. Jan N,-(SpccialD
Fire beginning at 4 o'clock last nigh,
resulted in the destruction OF the FIRST
State bank. the Fisher drug store, the
Richards grocery store and the Odd
Fellows hall The loss is 10000 with
$1,000 insurance. The fire originated
from an oil stove upstairs over the drug
store Two men were overcome fight
ing flames but recovered. Terral is on
the Oklahoma Texas border IN Jeifer.
son county
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Man smoIWERED
DY W11on SEED

SAPULPA, Okla. Jan. 30.-Word
reached here TO-DAY that Will Shelton
of Sapulpa wa< smothered To death by
fall Of cotton seed IN n seed bin a,
Stiglef Shelton recently left Arkansa,
and was 'bumminp" his way back "a
Sapulpa He stopped a, S,igler and
entered the cotton seed bin. Il is said. ia
sleep. During the night the cotton seed
which was piled several feet high slid
down and smothcred him.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30

TV ANKAKEE, H., Jan. 3o.-A
in meal of pancakes hurriedlv
q ~ made and as hurriedly eat
en- yesterday. caused the death of
five members of the Meints fam
lily on a farm between Ashkum
and Danforth. fifteen miles south
of here. The pancakes were
made BY Mrs. o. X. Meints,
mother OF four OF the victims and
Grandmother OF the fifth.
Mrs. Meints is believed to have
mixed the contents of a sack
containing a poison used by her
husband in taxidermy with
prepared pancake flour, thinking
the powder was pancake flour
also.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
SENATE Committee
FAv0RS eRAYSoN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1--The sen.
ate naval committee ordered favor.
able report today on the nomination
OF . DR.. Cary T. Grayson, President
Wilson's naval aide and personal ply
sician. TO be medical director in the
navy and a rear admiral. The repub.
licans oi the committee opposed 1t,
Senators Lodge and PoindeSter, lead.
ing the opposition. A figh, on the
floor was indicated.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Argument Stage
in Spaniel Case

SAN ANGELO, Texas. Jan 10
After introducing three witnesses III
sur -rebuttal this noraing the defense
rested in the case Of Harry ], Spaniel
of Alpine, on trial in connection with
the killing Of his wife and Lieut.. Col.
NJ. {. Butler last July. The courts
charges were given this afternoon. Ar.
guments will follow and il is expected
the case will 60 to the jury tomorrow
afternoon.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
FRANKFURTERS OF
HORSE MEAT MAY
BE HAD HARLEM

N7EW YORK, Jan. W.-A butch.
I'M CT shop in which horse meat
d v is sold exclusively has been
opened in Hatlem with the sanction
OF the board OF health. il became
known tonight. A sign over the
shop reads
Horse flesh Tor sale here"
Round and sirloin steaks are
quoted At II cents a pound. while
inferior cuts sell as low a. 8 cents
4 pound. Horse meat frankfurters
rc,ailed at 10 cents . dossu.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
A.I!:!lvsl u !: /! rs !s eaAaeE !! e!:..
AoAlMS1 SHAl finn

NEW YORK, Jan, p--The govern.
men, today filed a suiV in the federal
court here against the Pan American
commission corporation. Sol +. Wexler
and others charging conspiracy under
the antitrust laws TO restrain inter.
state and foreign trade in sisal and to
increase the market price Of sisal
throughout the United States.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
bulletin

SIOUX CITY, Jan. 39.-Jeff
Spurlock, alias Tom Myers, is in
custody of federal authorities here.
He is held for taking part in the
robbery of an Fl Paso and West
ern train at Apache, Arm, Sep
tember s. last. and the robbery Of
a Santa Fe train at Bliss, October
8. In the last robbery Perry Nor
man was murdered.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Minnetonka Lumber
Official Is Dead

RINGLlNG, Okla. Jan D,--(Spe-
cial)--C. A. Samson, travelling super
intendent for the Minnetonka Lumber
company and ono of the best known
lumber men OF the southwest. died IN
a local hotel a, midnight las, night OF
paralysis of the heart, after an illness
Of one hour His home was in Mus
Lpuec
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30

We DVy > HSsN W~s
broken. He died in
an ambulance at tho
doors Of the Emcr-
gency hospital.
One Eye Witness.
One hundred d
school children and
four teachers were
within thirty feet
OF the Visor boy
when the fatal aoci-
dent happened. Thus
far only one person
has been totsd that
saw the car strike
the boy although
there was another
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Owen Speaks to
Young Democrats

Senator Robert /. Owen will ad-
dress the members of the Young Mems
Democratic club at meeting in the
cafeteria in the Colcord building at
noon Wednesday Members Of the
state legislature have been invited to
be present Senator Owen will discuss
his plan to curb the judiciary,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
GARFIELD PUPIL I
IS KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
George Visor, II Years Old,
Run Down Near School,
RONALD MAD0LE, DRIVER
Lad 0arted in Front Of Ma
chine, He Says.

George Visor, II years old. N7h
South Robinson avenue, was almost in
stantly killed in front Of the Garfield
school Pot,awatomie and Robinson
avenues. this morning at 8 AS o'clock
when run down by All automobile
driven nv Ronald Madole, Is years old.
who lives eight miles south OF the city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
In FIFTH Grade.


81 hat, for Q quarter ot Y o'cLock
70 come" mosned Mrs. Visor. That
WAS the time when ker son wentetD
the hotel ics lunch. The body of ~
child IL at Street Z Drapes's. The ~.
dertakess have been Instructed 10 kcl4
!, until the inquest, vet Tor tou,estgv
morning st 3 O'Clock. ,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-30
Unsettled Weather
Tonight, Forecast

LOCAL FoRecAsr - Unsettled and
espsrs,,y cloudy weather touiVht and
WSNnssdsy; minimum tsmpsra{urs 10.
nleht 80 10 % degrees, es,dst Wednesday.
STATE FORGCASr-ronlVht cloudy,
Wednesday unsettled weather and cold /.
Or.
KANsAs-probably snow and much
colder.
ARKANSA4--t nsettled and colder,
WEST TExAS-Gcnerally fair and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-25
PAINTED WOODS CHURCA.
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
Exercises Mark Con-
secration of New Home Of
s. Norwegian Lutherans

Wilton, N. D., May 25.-The mem.
bers of the Painted Woods Lutheran
congregation have dedicated their
beautiful little church The dedica-
ton services were conducted by 1T.
Rev. P. "A. Hendrickson. president OF
the Northwestern district of the Nor
wegian Lutheran synod, assisted by
the following pastors: Revs. II. A.
tHiermstad of Mohall, M. L. Haley OF
Hazen, E. o. acknowledgement of Bow
den, J. G. Wisnaes of jamestown and
A. w. Fimmeland, pastor of the
Painted Woods congregation.
In the afternoon communion serv-
ices were held, and English preach
ing, and the infant daughter OF the
late Mrs. l.. Johnson was baptized.
In spite of the threatening weather,
the meetings were largely attended.
During the noon hour, dinner was
served at the Hagen residence by
the ladies of the congregation.
The new home of the Painted
Woods Lutherans is neat frame
building and cost close to $4,000, in
Guiding furnishings. The work of
construction began little less than
year ago and the edifice was dedi-
Gated free of debt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-25
WARRANT FOR 500
HEAD UNWA RI
Merely Another Publicity Grab,
bling Stunt, Declares At
torney for Railroad

;Mimot, May 25-John e. Greene,
attorney for the 500 Railway com
pany, has made the following state
ment in reference to the stories con-
corning the connection of that rail
road with the work of the officials in
the recent raids on the violators OF
the law in this city, and the connec-
ton Of President Pennington Of that
road with the same:
agent Belanger did refuse to obey
the subpoena issued by d. V. Bren-
nan, commanding Belanger to appear
forthwith in said 'Erennan's star
chamber inquisition held at the court
house on Monday last, and so refused
on my advice as local attorney for
the 500 Line He was so advised
because the subpoena was not issued
in proceeding against any person
charged with violation Of the liquor
law and was issued under law which
has long since been declared uncOn-
stitutional. Mr.. Belanger informed
Brennan that he would not obey the
subpoena, and at the same time in
CuC UOOho ullu 1CCo1uo VI
the 500 Line at Minot were open to-
inspection of the prosecuting officers
and that they could examine as fully
and extensively as they desired at
any time.
'"The prosecuting officer are trying
their case against the 500 railway in
the >. newspapers. ~. The purpose is
Notwithstanding for the attor-
ney general and his assistants-and
to offer some excuse for their wholly
unwarranted proceeding against the
president of the railway company. 1t
may serve the purpose and they are
welcome to all the advantage it may
give them, but it is new practice
for the chief prosecuting officer Of a
state to seek through the newspapers
to poison the public mind and preju-
dice the jury before he can present
the cause of the state in open court