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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
AUSTRIAN IS
ACCEPTED AS
RECRUIT HERE

Declaring that he was ready and
willing to take a crack at the kaiser.
Peter Stbavy, an Austrian of Arvilla,
N. D., took his first papers for natur-
alization In the United States on May
23. and last evening appeared at the
recruiting station for the United States
army in East Grand Forks, and was
accepted as a member Of Uncle Sans
fighting forces.
Stbavy left this morning for Duluth,
where he will be given a. final exam
ination and sent to Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo-, for training.
Here Short Time.
The new recruit immigrated to this
country only a few years ~ from
Austria, where most of his relatives
still reside. In broken English he de-
clared, however, that he wanted to
help Uncle Sam win the war against
the kaiser.
Prnssianis to Blame.
1.-THE German people and the Aus
TRANS do not want to fight the United
States" he declared. ''but the Prus-
their bidding. I served my time in
the Austrian army. Before I went
into it, I had a good position. After
/ was discharged, no one would give
me any kind of a job. because they
said I was no good after being in the
army.
$50 I came to America, and before
I had been here a week, was work
ing at good wages.
1.-THE United States has been my
friend in need. Now I will do what
I can to repay her. All 1 want is a
chance to get in the trenches"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
t Side
SCHOOL
TO GRADUATE
.". 2OON JUNE /
Is Largest Graduating Class
in History of East Side
High School.

Twenty members Of the senior class
Of the East Grand Forks high school
will be graduated on Friday evening,
l, at 8 o'clock, when the annual
commencement exercises will be held
In, the Central high school auditorium.
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. n
commencement sermon will be
preached in the Central school audi
torium by DR.. C. r. Coles, pastor OF
the Mendenhall Memorial Presbyteri-
an church. Seats are to be reserved
for the graduates and their relatives.
Averages Are Close.
The graduating class this year is
the largest v er graduated from the
East Grand Forks high school. There
has been a lively race for class hon
ors during the four years. and the
Of the five highest differ by on
ly .56 per cent.
Miss Alvaretta Enright is valedic-
tortan with an average for the four
years work Of 86.44. Miss Ida Rand
is salutatorian with a rank of S6.1O.
Jerome Dunleavy with a ranking OF
$3.50. Fourth place goes to Miss Ell
len Clynch with an average of S6.42B.
The fifth place goes to Edward Ketter
with a standing Of 85.431.
Members OF Glass.
Members of the class to take part
In the graduating program have not
as yet been chosen, but will probably
be announced in a short time.
The members of the graduating
class are: Marie Bowes.. Ellen
Clynch, Ralph Carney, Jerome Dun
leavy, Alvaretta Enright, Mae Fogle.
Earl Ferguson, Mae Guinness, Gladys
Gaustad, Vivian Knapp, Edward Ket-
ter, Josephine Kingman. Adorine Nc
Coy, Farnham Murphy, Alvin Moe
beck, Ida H. Rand, John Sullivan
Crystal Sletmoen, Stephen Zipoy and
Lyla Lee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
Dunn Held FOR
WlFE'S MURDER
Frank McCool, Mike Moore
and Redenbaugh also
Are Indicted.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 2s.-The Ram
sey county grand jury has returned
indictments against Frank L.. Dunn.
Mike Moore, Joseph Rodenbaugh and
Frank McCool, charging them with
hrst degree murder in connection with
the death of Mrs. Alice McQuillan
Dunn, whose husband is among those
indicted. Redenbaugh is already in
the penitentiary serving a life sentence
on the strength of his cold-blooded
confessions and plea of guilty.
Mrs. Dunn was shot and killed in
the homA of her parents last month.
Since that time the police have held
Frank j. Dunn, without charge, the
indictment today being the first plac-
ed against him..
Redenbaugh and Mccool, with an
other man for whom the police are
searching, are said to have been In the
McQuillan home at the time Of the
shooting. Moore is alleged to have
been the "pay-off' in a plot which
the police say was made by Dunn to
dispose Of his wife. from whom he
had been separated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
SURVEY OF
RIVER BEGUN
Important Work to Lessen
Danger of Flood Ordered
by War Department.

Washington, May 26.-Work has
been ordered, and begun, on a survey
of Red Lake and the Red Lake river,
according to wore received from the
war department by Congressman Hal
vor STEVENSON Of Crookston, Mimi.
This work is highly important In
connection with food prevention In
the Red Lake valley and the co-opera-
ton of the residents of the section is
urged.
AS things are at present the spring
floods are frequently causing severe
loss on farm property.
Congressman STEVENSON vas in
formed that the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors had decided his
appeal in the matter of the survey OF
Red Lake and Red Lake river In his
favor. The board found that the In
terests Of navigation we're sufficient
to warrant the cost of the survey and
the preparation Of plans and they
recommended the survey to be made
and it has been ordered and the work
is now in progress.
The proposed work depends upon
the cooperation Of local interests and
the details of this cooperation are to
be worked out In connection with the
preparation Of the plans. Parties in
terested should consult the district
engineer at st. Paul for further de-
tails. The success Of this important
drainage plan now depends upon the
success Of the arrangements for the
cooperation of all local interests:
The above dispatch from Washing
ton relates to the deepening of the
river channel Of the Red Lake river
at its source. and the construction Of a
dam across the river at Red Lake.
A recent conference held in Crooks
ton to discuss plans to regulate the
flow of the Red Lake river to prevent
floods, caused an investigation to be
made by a war department. represen.
tative. After his report, a decision
raj made against any action beine
taken. Congressman Stevenson. how.
ever, made an appeal from the de.
cision Of the department and secured
a reversal
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
DAY AT
LARIMORE IS
Big SUCCESS
CONTINUED from page y

lage schools in the parade and Gilby
was second. Niagara received honor
able mention. Hegton won first prize
for rural schools and Grace won sec
ond.
Keen competition marked the ath-
letic events in which athletes from
practically every school in the county
participated. Larimore students bid
strong to take the silver trophy. cup
offered by the Commercial club Of
this city to the school winning most
points. In the 25-yard dash. girls un-
der 8 years Of age. Pearl Rosenberg.
School District No. AZ. took first hon
ors. Mabel Lurke Of Niagara won the
5O-yard dash, scheduled for girls be-
tween the ages Of 8 and IL years. In
the 2O0-yard relay ace FOR girls, Nj
agara romped away with first hon.
ors. Margaret Beckett Of Larimore
16 years of age. In the 30O-yard re-
lay race for girls. the Larimore team
also won majority of points. In the
75-yard dash Margaret Watt took first
priZe,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
DEMONSTRATION TO
BE GIVEN MONDAY

Plans have been made for a demon
stration Of the method of canning by
the ''cold pack" method at the Cen
trail school by Miss Julia Nanger. head
of the home economics department,
on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
demonstration is not intended for
students but for East Grand Forks
ladies who wish to preserve their veg
etables by this method this summer.
Women who wish to do some Of tho
work for themselves win bring vegs.
tables and Jars.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
C. MAN GETS
WIRING CONTRACT
Bernard r. Altman Awarded Contract
On Sisters Home and Dormitory,
Now Building.

Bernard r. Altman Of this city has
been awarded the contract for the
electric wiring of the new Sacred
Heart Sisters Home and Dormitory,
leher of East Grand Forks has been
granted, the contract for the heating.
plumbing. gas fitting and vacuum
cleaner. The work Of construction Is
being done by ]. A. Dinnie & Co., OF
Grand Forks. .
The structure complete will cost APP
proximately $4,000. according to es-
Inmates furnished by Bert d. Keck,
architect.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Dinner Postponed-The good roads
dinner, which was to have been given
the Commercial club last night. has
ably will be held shortly after June
S, the late the county commissioners.
who are to participate, convene here.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

= The Best Sunday Dinner will be
served at Hotel Dacotah. Of course.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
Special Rates for Ice-Order today.
Independent Ice Co.-47-L-Adv,
Independent Ice Co.-47-I-Prices
right best service guaranteed-Adv.

Until June I. will sell all hair goods
at half price. The Elite Hair Store,
819 Kittson ave.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Begin Now to enjoy yourselves by
taking your Sunday dinner at Hotel
Dacotah. We cater to the tastes Of
all.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Kinnie to Minneapolis-Ernest Kim
ME, Of this city, has left for Minne-
apolis, where he has accepted a posi-
ton with the Levin Bros. Furniture
company.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Ice, Ice. Ice-Phone us today and
get new arrangement for ice de-
liveries, Grand Forks Ice & Fuel Co.
Phone 447.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Translate Registration rules-Coun-
ty Judge l.. X. Hassell today began
the task of translating the rules and
regulations for registration into the
Norwegian language. There have been
many requests from various points in
the county for a copy of the regula-
tons in the Norwegian language.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

y $500 Per Month will supply your
ice box with Red river ice. Call us
up and make arrangements while this
offer lasts. Service positively guar
anteed. Grand Forks Ice & Fuel Go.
Phone 447.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Blanks Observation-Disclosures and
other supplies for military registra-
ton, June S, We're distributed to the
various precincts in Grand Forks
county yesterday. The supplies were
distributed by Sheriff Art Turner and
Deputies Sorbo and Stewart,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

We Have storage room for a few
more cars. Reasonable rates. First
class service. General Motor Sales
Co, University at Fourth street.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

~" Boys to Winnipeg-Paul Plank
of Minneapolis and Leigh Porter OF
Glendale, both students at the Uni
versity of North Dakota. left Friday
for Winnipeg to join the Royal Fly
ing corps. Porter has been a mem
Der Of the freshman class, and Plank
is Of the Junior class at the univer-
sitv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Place Your Order With Us for Ice
and take advantage Of our new ar
rangements Service positively guar
anteed. Grand Forks Fuel & Ice Co.
Phone 447,-Ady.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Funeral Today-The funeral of
Miss Kathleen McAuley, who died at
a local hospital, was held at st. Johns
Catholic church at Grafton this morn
ing. Deceased was the daughter of
Mrs. Katherine McAuley of Grafton
and for some time was a student nurse
At st. Michael's hospital,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

Good Service is one Of our strongest
standbys in making a bid for popular
favor for our cafe. Take Sunday din
ner at Hotel Dacotah.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

st. Aldemar's Commandery-There
will be a stated meeting of St. Aide
mars Commandery Monday evening at
8 o'clock for the purpose of ballotpg.
Charles Allen, secretary; w. H. Alex
ander. r.. g.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

who would change places with such a
tip collector. They realize that there
are few diners along the city's Great
White Way who tip efficient walters
with diamonds, even among the reck-
less visiting spenders whose sole object
is to return home penniless.
Incidentally, the seekers after wealth
in your discarded paper, whether 1t
comes from office or apartment house,
probably possess a far better insight
into the doings of the city than many
of those who boast that they actually
belong to the city's activities. They
are linked to the greatest city of the
world by the record of its most init
mate doings-the weekly consignments
of the paper upon which this record
has been iotted down.
It doesn't take an exceptional mag
nation to permit village paper sorter
to gG into the spirit of Wall Street
when thousands of cancelled checks rep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

sent to her by man she had met but
once" the girl said. "a man was an
noying her, but did not seem to have
been to New York to see her after the
visit on which he met her."
1t was a slight clew, but the police
followed it up. They learned that the
methodical Miss Scudder had been in
the habit of placing all of her letters
from the Objectionable correspondent
in a bottom drawer Of her desk. The
desk was searched, revealing-noth-
ing! The only evidence that might
have led to the discovery of the muir
derer had been stolen.
Again the police were up against
stone wall. 1t had been tacitly agreed
that the mystery would go down among
those that had bafied the city's police,
when aid came from an unexpected
source. A sorter in a Canadian paper
mill, with his mind filed with the de-
tails of the murder, stumbled across
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

Chance evidently made the decision
that the otherwise unidentified CAP
had called upon his sweetheart to
reach. Obviously, the note never had
been found. 1t wouldn't take an accom-
plshed Sherlock Holmes to deduce that
the note had been slipped into the toe
in which it was found after tango
party, probably while its owner slept.
But instead Of being found by its right
full owner the following morning, it evil
IDENTIFY had slipped unseen into the
mass Of paper taken each week from
the city's apartment houses. One
might be led to hope that the disap-
pearance of CAP caused the owner of
the slipper to abandon frivolous amuse-
ments, and, as a consequence. have no
further use for dancing pumps.
The receiving room of paper mill
should be heaven for the amateur de-
tective He is surrounded by hundreds
of workable clews to possible crimes.
intrigues and revelations of the sort
that, leading to no violation Of the law,
still hold charm for the solver Of mys-
teries. The first thought of man de-
string to get rid of some dangerous pos
session seems to be to throw it into a
pile of old paper. The superintendent
of his building casts the paper into the
common heap and it is carried to the
mills, where a sorter finds it and, Il ne
possesses the energy, can trace it back
to its owner almost as readily as II that
individual had stamped his name and
address upon it.
One needs to 90 no further than the
record of the courts of the State OF
New York to discover evidence of the
use of the sorting room as a means oil
tracking the criminal.
Twelve years ago Minnie Scudder,
pretty stenographer who lived IN Inc
Bronx. failed to return to her home
one evening. Relatives with whom she
lived Immediately started an investiga-
ton, resulting in the finding of her
body in a secluded nook on the banks
of the Hudson River the following
morning Two bullet wounds showed
the manner of her death.
To everybody who knew the young
woman the murder presented mys-
terry that defed solution. She had had
few friends except the stenographers
with whom she worked. She was not
known to have discussed troubles Of any
sort. and her constant rebuffs to men
who sought her company were looked
upon as sufficient grounds for the be-
lief that she was not the victim of an
attack by a disappointed sutton.
Then one of the stenographers with
whom she had worked came forward
with a possible solution.
"She had been complaining of letters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

resenting its biggest deals pass through
his fingers daily. Even the uneducated
lay mind can grasp the tragedy and
comedy of the courts Of New York when
placed before him in the abandoned
records that are forwarded to him to
melt into material for pasteboard
boxes. A breath of the theatre one
never has seen still clings to the bun
dies of useless programmes that ind
their way to the sorting room.
Say, I've never been further away
from here than Portland, but | bet l
know more about New York than lot
of those that think it's their own city"
said a girl worker who fights for the
privilege of digging into the waste pa
per for wealth before it goes to the
melting watts.
A certain man whose fingers find
their way into every car of paper ref
use to reach the village wears two dia-
monds and has banked several cons1d-
cradle sums of money that were unwlt-
tingly sent to him through New York
waste-baskets. It wasn't long ago that
youth who sorts paper at the mills
stumbled upon a bulky envelope as ne
separated the white from colored pa
per. He broke its seal and discovered
twenty neatly folded bills of large de-
nomination. There was no printed or
written word upon the envelope, and. as
far as he could see, it was gift from
above.
The boy thought of the possibilities
of the situation before converting his
wealth into joy rides, however, with the
result that he decided to seek the own
err of the greenbacks. He found that
the bale of paper from which the en-
velope had come had been sept from
a garbage collector in The Bronx. The
collector readily identified other con-
tents of the bale as having come from
A big apartment house whose superin-
tendent sold him the buildings aban-
doned waste. From that foundation OF
fact it was easy to discover the owner
of the lost money! woman, who had
concealed it in book for safe keep
ing" until she could take it to the bank.
In this particular case honesty was
proftable-the sum was divided equal
" between its former owner and Its
finder.
Young romance was uncovered in
the same paper mill with the discovery
of a silken slipper of Cinderella-like pro-
portions. In the toe of the dainty foot
covering was found note bearing the
wording. written in decidedly mascu-
line scrawl:
Bess. dear-I know this can't con-
tinue. I realized it even before you
spoke tonight. If you care to see me
again phone me as soon as you read
This. Otherwise | leave tomorrow
night and shall not bother you again.
Ever YOURS. AL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
~ NE Of the functions Of these illu-
minating paragraphs is to ex-
. pose a certain quiet New Eng

minatins paragraphs i'n ,1 Is TO lex ex-
land village to all the world as a gay
Spceiver. All its corporate existence
nos been given over to creating an at
n,osnhere Of out-of-the-way small town
no amid overhanging trees and shady
lanes. 1t is but a trolley car ride from
porland, Me-, and the outside world,
hit its quaint exterior would indicate
several days travel from anything as
modern as a photograph or an incan-
descent.
But that only goes to show what
rbdesale deceit the village of South
Vndhan-there, you have its name
has been carrying on. For its residents
smell romance, like the denizens of
greenwich Village with a capital r.
That is as far as they go with the GUS
tomary spelling, however, as they COM
nlete il to form the word Rubbish"
Romance calls at this way station of
existence not on the prancing steed
that poets sing about, but in car upon
car of discarded waste paper from the
big cities. notably New York.
South Windham is an easy rival OF
the Port of Missing Men as the Port
Of Missing Things. II you have lost
diamond stud, an antique vase that
might have tumbled into the waste
basket. a pair of shoes that Just nat
prallv vanished into thin air, or the
letter which, if mailed two years ago,
would have changed the whole course
Of YOUR career-why, write to South
Windham about it, and there is pos
sjbiitv that it will be retrieved from
the village waste and returned to you.
It's all due to the location of a paper
mill in the village. The mill is South
Windhams most important industry
its only industry, in fact. Most Of its
inhabitants work there or cater to those
who do. Consequently, everybody is VI
tally interested in the rich finds Of those
who are so fortunate as to be permitted
TO sort the waste that is sent to the
mill from the big cities to be converted,
first into pulp, then into shoe boxes and
other articles of the sort.
Tradition has it that the first box car
Of waste paper to arrive at the village
many years ago-just how many no
body seems to know-yielded up two
diamonds and an envelope of newly
printed yellowbacks. Whether this is
true or not, there is ample grounds for
accepting such belief. There has been
hardly a consignment Of pulp material
for the mill since that forgotten date
that failed to contribute some tangible
reward to the fingers that sifted its
contents for forgotten wealth.
Paper sorters at the mill have heard
fabulous tales of walters in Broadway
restaurants who are willing to pay their
employers large sums for the privilege
Of collecting tips from patrons Of the
place. But the sorter does not exist