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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Alleged Sisters OF
Michael Clifford Win /.
First Legal Fight

Devils Lake, N. D.. May Lift
Catherine Delany and Johanna Col
bert can prove that they were sisters
of Michael Clifford, who formerly re-
sided near York, Benson county, they
may secure several thousand dollars,
the estate of the late Michael Clifford.
When Clifford died on October 9,
1913. no heirs were found and the es-
tate went to the state Of North Dako-
ia. 1t was in November, 1916, that
Catherine Delany and Johanna Coils
bert appeared and declared them
selves sisters of the deceased and his
heirs and they petitioned the county
court of Benson to reopen the case.
This was done, that court modifying
it's former decree to read that the
property of the deceased be turned
over to the state treasurer as custodi-
an to be held in trust by him until
otherwise disposed of according to
law.
The alleged sisters demanded the
money and now sue the state in the
Benson county district court to 20
er property or proceeds. The state
demurred on grounds that the women
had no right to sue and that the
claim. even II honest, came too late.
Judge Butte held today that suit
might continue and IL the women can
prove their relationships they can re-
cover the money.
The case will be tried in Minnewau-
kan in December. The amount in
volved is $5,459.21.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
S%OUTHDAKOTA TO
RESUME THE MEAT
SAVING SYSTEM

Aberdeen. 8. D., May 1.-THE fol-
lowing statement with regard to the
resumption Of a meat saving program
was given out today by C.SN. Herreid,
Federal Food Administrator for South
Dakota: The meatless orders Of the
food administration were recalled for
the month of April only.
= Mr.. Herreid's statement follows:
THE Food Administration is ex-
tremely DESTROYS Of obtaining
economy in the consumption Of all
kinds of meats without rehabilitation
Of the m%eatless days for the present.
animals coming to market is now in
progress and its volume will undoubt-
eddy further decrease during the next
few months. but probably the amount
of such decrease Is yet obscure.
1.-The necessities for shipment
abroad to our army and allies are
very large and amount to seventy five
million pounds Of meat and meat
products of all kinds per week against
the pre-war normal of less than
fifteen million pounds.
Even with those large shipments
the allies have found it necessary to
reduce consumption of all kinds of
meats and poultry to an average of
about one and one-quarter pounds
per week per person in order that no
further draft should be made upon
shipping that is now required for the
transport of our soldiers.
"Our consumption Of meats is
about three and one-Quarter pounds
per week per person and If we make
both ends balance during the short
marketing season we must have fur
Their economy"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Moorhead Normal Head
Delivers Fine Lecture

jamestown. N. D., May 11.-Dr. F.
A. Weld. president of the Moorhead
normal school, gave a very interest
ms illustrated lecture Thursday We
ming, his subject being the Red Cross
work abroad. Among the views
shown were the procession in New
York city in which 5000 Red Cross
nurses took part. New York pays
little regard to PROFESSIONS, he stated.
but the city was greatly enthused by
this exhibition Of sacrifice on the
part Of American women.
The contrast between the unarmed
American Red Cross worker and the
mar Of Germany shown with a Red
Cross emblem on the arm and a rifle
on the shoulder, or the Austrian Red
Cross man with a f~ourteen-inch bay
onet. was very marked and. very
suggestive.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
GoODROADSARE
ADVOCATEDBY
]. MICHIGAN CLUB
Roh Question to Be Taken
Up With Co. Com. at
Lakota May ~.

Michigan. n. d., May 1.-THE Nell
son bounty Auto club has mailed cir
cula's. signed by its president and
secfftary, which reads in part as fol-
lave you seen to it that the roads
IN Jour district lave been we'll drag
ged this spring? There has never
peep g spring when the work Of drag
glnf n rounding up counted more
coSd no seed and much Of this work
colld have been done then. Melvin,
Rqbin, Clara and some other town
SHIPS that I have visited have been
dong good work and the grades gone
oyer properly, r like pavement.
vEalle n townships have the regu-
laion cuts and roughness where no
Mrk has been done-note the con
thst driving through Michigan town.
ten into Melvin where you can hit a
rrty mile gait with your machine.
Don't miss the opportunity to get
Nur men on the roads after every
hower. $1.00 in rounding up roads
+ worth $500 in building roads. We
must spend money SO kindly turned
pver to our Auto club by the county
commissioners to the very best posi-
BILE advantage. There will be a meet
H'o VI SAAS <AuSO SAoo JUDI dS SOOu dS
the rush OF seeding is over. Think
the matter over and give us every
suggestion to help promote this great
work, and we must look after secur-
ing. state and federal aid. Every
township should be divided into four
districts. 1 TIL nix there is no greater
home work to help win the war than
by making good roads, and no work
that builds up our country more than
this
There is much comment among
members Of the Auto club over the
position OF, State Auditor kositzky,
with regard to state aid to county
highways. The club comprises about
500 of the best men in the county in
point of influence, intelligence and
wealth, and last fall arranged a meet
ing OF the county commissioners, the
club and the state engineer, at which
being decidedly in favor of taking the
steps necessary to secure state aid.
are much chagrined hat the COM
missioners have not acted and pro-
pose to present the matter to the
county board at it's meeting May 81
and ascertain whether the wishes Of
the people may govern in this county,
or the dictum Of an outsider be the
guide for, the. county commissioners.
LIZ dIlcItudiICe III Tic HleetlnB III La
kota, May ~ or % will run up into
the hundreds.
The road question is believed to be
one of paramount importance this
year. in view of the scarcity of help
and the necessity for the use Of mo-
tors. Poor roads this fall will cause
n great waste that may easily be
avoided and this will be considered
by voters as four commissioners are
to be elected this year
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11

their support IL the primartes,s,sssId
John 70. Hanchett Of Harvey. tnde-
pendent Republican candidate Tor
congress, who was In the capital city
today. my hat 10 In the ring said
mated ut Minot by the Linco.n Repub-
|lican league to oppose George M
Young Of Valley City, and Il will5stAy,
there until some better man has
kicked 1t out. I intend to remain In
the right until the last vote ID counted.
June rs"
Mr.. Hanchett reports gratifying en-.
couragement from all parts Of the dis
does his own thinking il drawing:
away from Townley-he still believes
in the league. but he doesn't believe in,
Towntey methods" said Mr.. Hanchett-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
MURDER CASE TO
SUPREME COURT
Petition for Rehearing in
John Mueller Case Before
Supreme Court.

jamestown, n. D.. May 11.-After
remaining in the Stutsman county jail
for nearly two years. John Mueller OF
Medina is now confronted with the
states prison term to which he was
sentenced by Judge Coffey in the sum.
mer of 1916. At that time Mueller
was arraigned in district court ia
answer to a charge of murder. Afte!
a hard-fought legal battle that lasted
murder in the second degree and
given a term Of thirty years in the
Bismarck p~enitentiary. He was found
guilty of shooting Valentine Hins aft
err a quarrel and estrangement be-
tween their respective families. This
arose because of the alleged relations
between a brother of Valentine and q
sister of Mueller.
After the trial a motion for a new
trial vas made and the matter was
appealed to the state supreme court
Arguments were made before the lat
ter tribunal several months ago. and
the report now reaches the states at
torney's Office hat the verdict has
time of the appeal for the new trial,
Mueller was granted a stay of execu-
ton of sentence. so he has remained
in custody here since that time.
Johnny" as he is known at the
sberifrs Office. has proved a model
prisoner "trusty."' He has assisted
in every imaginable way around the
Jail and the court house premises. II
there was snow to be shoveled OF
grass to be moved or beds to be
made, he was johnny on the spot
He has Assisted as clerk in the sher.
riffs office. e helping with the
transcribing Of the data on the regis.
trant's questionna'res.
In serving as chauffeur about the
streets Of the city in assisting in the
handling of obstreperous prisoners al
the jail. and finally, in acting as in
terpreter in various cases. including
that Of a German accused of disloyal-
ty to the United States, Mueller has
shown his willingness to do what he
can to help and his apparent inten-
ton of conducting himself properly.
Judge John Knauf, who. with his
brother. NOW Captain Arthur knaui
OF the U. s. army, defended Mueller
at the trial here, announces that he
will petition for a rehearing before
the court.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Case Against M'Covern
10 Come Up On Monday

Bismarck, N. D., May 1.-THE
ancient case against J.. A. McGovern.
chief deputy inspector of grades un-
der North Dakota's new grain-grad-
ing law. brought several months ago
by northwestern North Dakota eleva-
tor men against whom McGovern had
proceeded under charges Of mis-grad-
ing, and who were exonerated after a
hearing before the railway commits
sion. IL due to come up before the rail
board next Monday. There Is a Ques-
ton, however, as to the railway COM
missions Jurisdiction over Mr.. Nc
Govern, and former Assistant Attor-
e General Murphy of Minot, repre-
senting the defendant, have agreed to
submit briefs on this question for the
guidance of the board. McGovern's
job vas legalized through a amend
ment to the grain-grading act enacted
at the recent special session Of the
general assembly,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Modern Office
Building AT Devils LAX,

Devils Lake, n. D.. May 11.-Build-
ing operations are about to commence
on what will be one Of the largest and
most modern office buildings in this
city. 1t is to be constructed by the
Bo~vey-Shute & Jackson Lumber COM
pany on the corner Of Arnold avenue
and Fourth street. The main build
ing will be 3Sx9O feet, two stories.
concrete walls faced with brick, and
REINFORCED concrete floors, making
an absolutely fire proof structure.
The main building will be supple
mented by another 94x90 which will
be used for storage Of millwork, ETC.,
for shipment to the many yards the
company W owe the state. The to-
tai frontage of the building will be
116 with a depth of 30 feet. AS soon
as h material arrives the work will
be pushed Al rapidly as possible as
the contract calls for a completed
building by August 1.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Devils Lake Boys
Enlist In Service

Devils Lake. N. d., May Flour
more volunteers for the navy left here
last night when Arthur Powell, son of
the A. NJ. Powell family, pioneer Of
this city, and former secretary of the
Devils Lake Commercial club, Earl
Smith, Reubin Rutten. and John
Spiesman left for st. PaulS'to enlist in
various branches Of the water service.
Powell and Smith enter Dunwoody
institute for special training in the
aviation section Of the navy and Reu-
bin Rutten will enlist in the radio and
enter a training school at the Great
Lakes.
On the same train with these volun-
teers was George Marshall of this
city, a navy man of considerable sery-
Ice. who has been home one a fur
Tough, following a real war expert
ence. Marshall was aboard the At
lantic Sun an oil tanker, when it was
sunk Off the coast Of Scotland.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
United Stores Company Was
Started on 500 Capital
Told in Bankruptcy Court

Bismarck, N. d, May f0.-That
30 far rs he knew the Consumers
United Stores company, which
Townley testified several months
ago, had accepted more than
$06O.OOO from North Dakota farm.
or investors, and whose receipts
now = estimated at well in ex.
cess of q million, was started, SO
far rs he know, on a cash capital
OF not to exceed 800. represent.
ing the price of one share, which
he purchased. WINS part of the
testimony given in the TOwntey
bankruptcy proceedings Friday
afternoon by H. Il. Elliott, of Far
go, state manager of the NOnpar-
tisan league.
Elliott stated the Consumers
United Stores company was or
ganized bv himself and Norbert
O'Icary of St. Paul, and Charles
Heck of Washburn: these three,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
S~tarkweather VIII
Celebrate Tide Mai

starkweather. y. D.. May 1.-THE
local branch of the Sons IF Norway.
have made arrangements to properly
ce!sbrat" MAY II. Norway's liberty
day. and give the proceeds to the Red
Gre 8.
The days ceremonies start with a
band concert under the leadership of
Chas. A. Potter. Addresses COM
ncmorative of the day will then be
gwen by prominent speakers of the
county and later the crowd will be
asked to adjourn to the ball park to
see a battle royal between "Carver's
home grown team" and the Garske
zine.
A bal in the evening will complete
a busy day.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11

.H#H f-HEH. - .."1 d., r#
ne stated, were the original incor-
poratOrs. Elliott stated that he
paid 800 for his n share Of
stock, which he hasl recently dis
posed of. He Is not now q stock
holder, having recently sold his
one share. He did not know
whether O'IIeary and Heck eve
put any money into the company
or not.
TOwnley. Elliott stated. was not
. stakeholder in the Consumer
United Stores company, had In
vested no money I'm it, and had
received nothing from 1t. j. w.
Brinton, sadd Elliott, is manager of
the stores company, and Elliott
prOfeesed to know nothing as to
the distribution of the educational
propaganda fund, into which goes
all of the money paid In by each
consumer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11

MAKECOMPLETE
CONFESSIONS
Manitoba Jail Breakers Make
Complete Confession to
Sheriff Taylor.

Cando. n. D., May 11.--nistrict
Judge G. w. Buttz is in Cando today
to give q preliminary hearing to John
": Gtlkeson and William Singheim,
alleged jail breakers, auto thieves and
postof1ce plunderers, who are held in
N Towner county Jail. Both men
nave made complete confessions of
their guilt to Sheriff Taylor.
n men admit to have broken Jail
at Brandon. Man., and to have had
an eventful trip, via auto. foot, speed
er and freight train to within a mile
OF New Rockford. N. D.. where they
were picked up by the Eddy county
The men lacked neither ingenuity.
by the fact that they borrowed no less
than tour cars on their own recog-
ntza nee. The path of the fleers from
Justice from Brandon to New Rock
iord must be marked with automo-
biles: 1t took three to get them into
North Dakota. The first American
victim was liver Hagen. farmer, ten
miles o Rolla. who lent them his
a which was partly demolished in
an explosion which occurred at Maza
hen the bandits were filling the car.
In a they entered the Ransier
q store. plundering the post
Office and grocery department. At
Brlnsmade they took a speeder.
abandoned 1t at Oberon and at Shev-
enne caught a freight from which
sheriff.
Singheim is said to have broken
out OF the state prison August rs. It
Minot. $500 "
The charges preferred against the
men IN this country will be third de-
gre burglary. Rolette county will
charge grand larceny. 1t is expected
y the men will plead guilty this
afternoon and that they will be SEN
terced at once by Judge Butte.
n Canadian authorities did not
arrive yesterday but are expected to-
day.
Much credit is due sheriffs Taylor
OF Iowner county and johnson Of Ro-
lette for the quick apprehension Of
the two men. Sheriff johnson trailed
them to Bisbee, where Taylor got on
the job and arrived at New Rockford
only 20 minutes after the fugitiyes
were taken off the train there.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Flag With 81
Stars At Churchs Ferry

Churchs Ferry has a service flag with
80 stars. They stand for: Ansel H.
More, A. jacobson. John H. Leslie,
Paul M. Hanson, Herbert v. Hanson,
Harvey Thompson, Irwin NJ. Sorlie,
Joseph Soberg, Clarence G.. Olson.
Jay Kirkeide, Louis Haugen. Fred
Robinson, Joseph Meyer, Bernt l..
Bernstein, Alex Bernstein. Oscar Inge-
b%retson, Eddie Ingebretson. Sam
Rasmussen, Ole Tollefson, Jurgen
Linnum. Martin Sundberg, Thomas
H. Thompson, Donald W. Tyrell, John
King. Albert Ritteman. Will Lam
noye, Steve Wright, Robert Prich-
I'D, George Mcdonnell, Earl J.. Be-
leaf. Henry Anderson, William Heller
man, ,.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
0 pen Season For League
Organizers May Be Over
In Some Mont. Countie

Helena. Mont. May 11.-Attorney
General S. c. Ford stated yesterday
he will assist in the prosecution OF
the dozen Miles City citizens charged
with kidnapping Organizer J.. A. Nc
Glynn of the Nonprtisan league and
forcibly compelling him to leave the
community.
The preliminary hearing of the de-
PENDANTS will be held Monday and
Mr.. Ford will assist County Attorney
Hunter in the presentation of the
case,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Geo. P. Porter OF Butte
Candidate For Auditor

Helena, Mont. May 1l.--C;eorge P.
Porter of Butte is the first Montanan
officially to shy his hat into the po-
l'tical rim: as a candidate at the Au-
gust primaries. Yesterday he filed
his declaration with Secretary of
St"tn.C. T Stewart as n candidate for
the po"nination or the Republican
go. % ste" auditor. The primar-
Toe VII 10 held August -.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
To Fight War Through
To Permanent Peace Is
Hanchett's Platform

Bismarck. N. D., May 11.-"To
fight the war through to a permanent
peace and to support the administra-
ton without playing politics is the
platform upon which l will appeal to
the people of the second district for
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
LISTED IN CASUALTY REPORT.

Bismarck, N. D., May 11.-Neil
Reid, reported wounded severely in
casualty lists tonight, is a son of Peter
Reid, deputy warden Of the North
Dakota state ~penitentiary He enlisted
shortly after the outbreak Of the war
in the first North Dakota regiment,
national guards. leaving for the
trenches las fall. The young soldier
graduated from Bismarck high school
with the class of 1915.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11

Now that the armies of the Allies are locked in a death
"boys in brown are. an integral and active part, it be-
comes a matter of vital importance for each one of us to
know as nearly as may be just what is transporting at the
front, how the battle is going along those three hundred
odd miles which mark for us the Frontier Of Freedom.
The daily papers give some idea Of the situation, but their
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11

statements to-day are not infrequently colored BY an
optimism that has to be modified tomorrow. The only
real way to get the facts accurately is from a careful
summary of all reports made after the event, when time
has been given to obtain perspective. Such a summary
you have weekly in THE LITERARY DIGEST, the
columns Of which form a unique condensed history Of
the struggle. Read it and know the truth,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
Northwestern NeUS

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
To the Germ an Women

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
ClR: This mornings Papers publish an
~ appeal for help from the women of the
United States.
would like to ask what pity the mothers
Of Germany, and our Sisters save the
markD felt when they were splitting on
our poor wounded boys as they were be-
ing carried to the hospitals?
What pity was in their hearts when
they drank and cheered while the nno-
cent little victims and their "mothers"
were d owned in the cold, icy waters Of
the Atlantic?
II is far more likely that this appeal is
significant of German camouflage, and it is
also significant that while Germans are
the most bitter anti~Semtes in the world
one of their letters should be signed by u
Jewish woman. EMMA r. SCOTT.
New York, Nov. Is, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Stern Justice

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Somehow | could not cry when the
hoarse whistles first voiced the call to
the nations rejoicing, when flags blossomed
like fairy banners and my British neigh
Dor sobbed and wept for the deepest ming
ling of sorrow and joy that ever the human
heart tried to feel. But when l read in
The Tribune this morning the appeal Of
the German women to Mrs Wilson, then
| wept with sheer rage and hopelessness.
Happily the power to answer lies not
with Mrs. Wilson with Miss Addams
but with Foch. But it is fitting. even neces-
sary, that in some way the whole woman
hood of the United States formulate and
send to the German nation some reply.
The mockery of such an appeal These
are the women who stood in the Red Cross
uniform Of mercy, before cattle car
whore lay, on heaps of manure, prisoners
Of war, sorely wounded men. And when
they pleaded for water and wert tears of
pain and unbearable longing at the sight
of brimming vessels held out to thcm,
these, who now beg so confidently, laughed
and Knocked their tears and spit upon these
wounded men and poured out the water
VII NHt SipuIC
1--WE mothers too" they whine Yes
we remember, mothers of the beasts who
deAled other mothers and tiny maids, and
nuns and grAndmcthers. Mothers of
chubby, dimpled LAUGHING little ones whose
fathers laughed as they swung on the red
points of baYonets other mothers chubby.
dimpled, writhing little ones who screamed
once.
1t is unthinkabe Somehow they must be
made to understand. Or do they realize
and cunningly pass their appeal to us, in
hopes that We, so far away where horror
has not touched us directly. where reality
is dim and blurred by distance. will be
moved TO lenency and intercesson?
But reality lives vivid in our minds.
thank God! No need for rcproach or re-
mlnder from our sister women of tortured
Belgium ravaged France. of England
murdered from the skies"
The plea is supreme in selfshness, lack
Of humility and. above all, any sign of
true repentance. Lei us harden our hearts
and send this reply:
THE best YOU can expect women OF
Germany, is stern Justice. We trust abso-
iutely to the fnirness and honor of the
Allied command to administer this Justice.
1t Is with them you have to deal We do
not and can not feel that the women Of
Germany have been innocent sufferers in
th's war as you intimate in the same class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Let Them know Priuafiors

To the Editor of The Tribune
SIR feel that every right thinking
woman in the United States CT America
should protest against the granting of the
appeal made b. the German women to
Mrs. Wilson and Miss Adams. During the
four years of these Germans managed
not to starve, and not once did they raise
their voices in an appeal to their own men
for mercy to be shown the Belgans and
French. We don't want the Germans to
starve; we want them kept strong enough
to work-to work increasingly until their
monetary debts paid in full. We do
want them all to feel the hard pinch OF
prvations. Let them want and need
everything except the actual necessities
of life.
believe that am vocng the feeling
of the whole American sistorhood
ELIZABETH SINCERITY BALCH.
New York, Nov. Is, 1918.