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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-09
CLOBE.CAzFT1E IN
BUSINESS IN M|N0T
Well Known Wahpeton Concern Buys
the Thatcher-W Wysong Office Sup
ply CO.-New Location on Main
Street.

The Globe Gazette Printing Com
pany of Wahpeton, North Dakota, has
purchased the stationery stock and
printing machinery and equipment Of
the atcher-Wysong Co. of this city
and have taken possession this week.
Mr.. r. J. Hughes and R. C. McClin-
took, secretary of the Globe Gazette
Printing Co., are both in Minot this
week completing the transaction and
experimenting the removal Of the
stock and machinery to the new loca-
tion of the company at 119 Main
Street South, the building just re-
Gently vacated by j. H. Weinrebe.
The Thatcher-Wysong Co. will cease
to do business as such and the new
owners will continue in the same line
of business except On larger scale.
The Globe Gazette Printing Co. has
been in the printing and office supply
business at Wahpeton for number
of years and has become one of the
largest distributors Of office supplies
and stationery west of Chicago. Four
years ago branch store was estab-
lished at Fargo and the Mipot store
will make the third service store,
which with local parties interested
will no doubt expand rapidly.
It is the intention Of the company
we are informed, to make the Minot
store the distributing point for the
entire northwestern part of North
Dakota and Northern Montana in
which territory the company already
has large established trade. A
large stock of office furniture and f.
flee and society stationery will be car.
ried here with the idea of giving the
people of Minot and vicinity the very
best service possible, in fact Mr.
Hughes informs us that he expects the
Minot store to become the largest OF
any of their branches. Plans are now
we'll under way for a complete inter
ior arrangement of fixtures for the
most attractive and practical display
and handling of their merchandise.
We understand that C.. R. Thatche,
will be local manager for the concerr
and that A. N. Wysong, who has hac
the management of a store in Bis
marck, will have charge of the sta
tionery and office supply departments
The firm will undoubtedly make 6
success and adds another name to Mi
not's rapidly growing list of wholesale
business enterprises.
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Splendid Work of Burlington Red
Cross

Mrs. E. A. Madison, secretary of
the Burlington Red Cross brought the
various articles completed by that lit
tie band of loyal workers to the city
last week and made her report to the
Chapter. Although few in numbers
the Burlington society contains some
indefatigable workers and the amount
turned in from Burlington speaks vol
umes for the spirit Of devotion and
sacrifice to the cause Of the member.
ship Of that community. The April
list from Burlington comprised: 81
pairs Of socks, 16 sweaters, 8 pairs
Of wristlets, 1 helmet and 10 bed
shirts,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-09
J. E. SHIRLEY PLEADS
GUILTY TO BURGLARY

j. E. Shirley, pal of Clark M. Tick
nor, one of the murderers of Kersey
e. GOWN and Officer Pat Devaney,
pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon
to burglary, and was sentenced to
serve four years at hard labor in the
penitentiary. He will be taken to
Bismarck by Transportation Officer
Pat Heenan in a day or so, probably
at the same time that Arthur Buck:
murderer of the officers, is taken to
begin his life sentence.
While Shirley was connected with
a number of burglaries, including
those at Donnybrook, Anamoose, Ber-
wick, York and Makoti, he pleaded
guilty to but one of the charges, that
of burglary at Makoti, where tires
were stolen. Shirley entered his plea
before Judge Leighton.
Shirley, it will be remembered, was
arrested in room in the Rex room
ing house in this city by Officers
Dougherty and Reed, where he was
found on the morning following the
murder with Ticknor. Both culprits
were armed to the teeth and when the
door was forced open the men con-
fronted the officers with leveled re-
volvers, but they were overpowere'
and came out Of the room with arms
up.
J. A. Parriott, the local man who
drove the robbers to number of
towns, is willing to plead guilty to
burglary, he informs States Attorn ~
O. B. Herigstad, and his case will
probably be disposed of in day or so.
After Kersey GOWN had been NOR
tally wounded and lay dying on his
bed at St. Joseph's hospital, he was
asked by a friend if he recognized
any of the men found at the Maloney
farm by their voices. Mr.. Gown stat.
ed that while not positive, he believed
at the time that the man who called
to Buck, Finish the , he amt
dead yet," sounded like "Red" Par
riott. 1t seems that Parriott, how
ever, was not at the Maloney farm
on the night of the murder, or if so,
there is no additional evidence to
show that he was with Buck and Tick
nor at the time the officers were mur-
dered.
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Imperial Japanese Railway to Shin
oneseki, where we took a boat and
crossed the sea of Japan during the
night arriving at Fusan, Korea, the
next morning. We took train out
of there at 1920 a. M, arriving in
Chang Chun, Manchuria at 1880 a. m.
March 3rd, where we left the Japan
ese railroad and changed to the Rus
sian. On our train out of there were
Is box cars about 18 or 20 feet long.
In each one were 100 Chinese men,
women and children, in one child
was trampled on and killed before they
could be gotten out. Its body was
removed and the family proceeded.
We arrived here at 9:40 p. m. the same
day.
Our trip through Korea, I think was
the most interesting of all, the peculi-
arities of the natives of the Hermit
Kingdom" being very much so. l
should like to have the opportunity
of spending some time in their coun-
try. We were given real banquets
by the japanese at Shimonoseki, Jap
an and at Mukden, Manchuria, they
showing us every courtesy possible.
This place is scattered city of
near 100000 people, the older town be-
ing principally Chinese, the newer, be-
ing Russian, which is very prettily
laid out and has many nice buildings
and few very pretty Greek Syna-
gogues of old design. The streets
and most of the sidewalks being cobble
stones, which of course is pretty
rough, there are no paved streets at
all, no sewer system which they could
have as the Tungari River, large
stream skirts the city. No street
railway, the people mostly riding in
"Droshky's", small low carriage, a
few rikishas and some automobiles.
A week ago $50 Belgian soldiers ar
rived here from the front in Southern
Russia, they were members of an ar
mored motor car corps, and are trying
to get back to France, they are fine
fellows and fine looking and are very
anxious to go via the United States,
which they claim is the finest and
grandest of all nations and not any
one of us disputed it.
wounded three times on the French
front, he says the English are regular
"devils" at fighting and that the Ger
mans will never go through the lines.
wrote Mr.. Hancock from Nagasaki
and asked him to let you read the
letter but I see they have left Minot
so I presume it did not reach there
until after they were gone.
l think I have given you good
synopsis of the trip. There are many,
many things I could tell you and
hope to have the opportunity some
day. So will bring this to close
Will add that as yet we have not been
able to get to work but things look
favorable. 115 of us here and 100
still in Nagasaki.
With kindest regards to you and all
the band.
F. w. T. HIATT.
Address,: 'H' A.'
Care American Consul,
Harbin, Manchuria, Asia.
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Two Colored Men Plead Guilty.

Chas. Burke, colored, who was ar
rested in a recent raid, pleaded guilty
before Judge Leighton at noon today
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons It appears that Burke had
had some trouble with his wife and
that he was packing" the gun, in
tending to shoot her.
Frank Oliver, colored, pleaded gull
ty today to the charge of stealing
some brass from the Great Northern
The brass was found in his posses
sion.
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fellows from another company were
wounded and two died, but our COM
pany were very lucky and never lost
man, although some got hit with
small pieces.
Everything was quiet when we were
in the trenches and we didn't have
a casualty, but we can never tell when
something is going to happen.
We go in again in few days and take
another whirl at the Boche.
The English have certainly been
moving Hindenburg's army down
from all reports. They say that the
machine gunners had to be relieved
time and again, as they were sick
from slaughtering the Huns.
If the Allies keep that up all sum-
mer there might'be hopes of peace, but
the opinion over here is that the war
will last long time.
Well Pa it is getting late, so will
close for this time. Tell Ruth to
send me some candy. Greet ma and
everybody.
Well Otto about myself. We spent
ten days in the trenches without much
excitement and pulled out about mid
night one night and moved to de-
serted town behind the lines to be
held in reserve.
The town is under constant shell
fire from the Boches, but during our
three days stay there it was very
quiet, but it was shelled again the fol
Lowing day. 1t was the only town of
any size that ! ever saw without a
single civilian in it.
The American Y. M. c. A. was there
though and is always crowded with
soldiers, both French and American
Easter Sunday walked down there
quite early with the intention of writ,
ing some letters and walked right in
to an Easter service, just starting
with a real live American woman Y
M. G. A. worker presiding at the or
gan.
We had a few songs and then a
| fine talk by one Of the 'Y" men. The
best have heard for long time.
Saturday night few of us went
over to the French "Y" and were en-.
tertained by an American magician
He was very good and certainly de.
| lighted the French soldiers.
Sunday night we got orders to move
again and moved up into Billets il
the woods closer to the front and ex.
pect to go in again very soon.
We go up to the Front every day
now while we are in reserve and dig
trenches of all kinds. The other day
we run into a lot Of shell fire anc
they sure made us hit the dirt ant
seek cover a thousand times.
Shells were exploding all around u
Tand a horse was killed about Is fee
from us, eight men from another com
payn were wounded and two wer'
killed that afternoon and it ended b!
us going back to our billets Withou
doing any work.
Yesterday we worked all day with
out being bothered and it was whole
lot more comfortable too, believe me
Well Otto, l guess | will close fol
this time. Greet everybody for me
Candy and cigarettes are always
welcome.
Goodbye,
Prvt. H. B. Ellison,
73rd Co. 9Th Reg.
U. S. Marines.
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Lieut.. Paul Murphy Married

Lieut.. Paul Murphy, a former Mlnot
lad, son of Major and Mrs. J. S. Muir
ply of Minneapolis, was married re-
Gently to a southern girl just prior
to his departure for France. Lieut..
Murphy has now arrived safely in
France. He was a member of Co. d
of Minot at the time that organization
was located at Camp Greene.
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H|LD0R ELLISON
WRITES OF
CAMP ROUTINE
Member of u. S. Marine Corps Has
Thrilling Experiences at the Front.
| Soldiers Sickened by Slaughter

Hildor Ellison, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Ellison who is member of the 73rd
regiment of United States Marine
Corps wrote to his father and to his
brother Otto last week and his letters
indicate that Hildor is among the
active participants of the war and is
right up in the front line trenches
and his letters written April 2 tell of
many thrilling scenes witnessed. These
letters written before the last German
drive tell how the American soldiers
sckened by the terrible slaughter of
the advancing Germans were inca
pacitated for active duty and it was
necessary to relieve them at frequent
intervals during the progress Of the
battle.
Somewhere in France.
April 3rd, 1918.
Dear Father:
| have just received your welcome
letter dated March End, and am glad
to hear that you are all we'll and hav-
ing good time.
You said you hadn't heard from me
since Nov. 20. I will admit that l
didn't write any letters for a long
time but you ought to be receiving
letters every few days now.
We were drilling so hard those days
that I really got very slack on my
writing, but now we are up at the
front and have more time to our
selves.
I wrote several letters acknowledge
ing the receipt Of those fine boxes
and will do so again. They were GER
tainly fine and I surely appreciated
everything they contained. Gertie
sent me some fine socks and other
things, and the only thing l really
need now is a good wrist watch, and
some Gillette razor blades, and cigar
cites. I have cut down on the chew
ing but that Piper-Heidsick certainly
was good.
l haven't received any of the home
papers lately but ! read the ones you
sent me from. cover to cover. Gertle
sent me some pictures of you and
mother and they were fine.
! We have been at the front now
about three weeks and are in sound OF
the guns all the time.
| We spent ten days in the trenches
and are now in Billets in the woods
back of the trenches in reserve.
We 60 up every day in working par
ties to dig trenches and the other
day they shelled us out and we left
without doing thing.
The high explosives were bursting
all around us and horse was killed
about fifteen feet from 10. Several
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Endorsement.

~.Ir-
"I want to get this check cashed,'
said the young wife to the paying tell
er at the bank.
eyes, madam; you must indorse it
though"
"Why, my husband sent it to me
He is away on business"
eyes, madam. But just indorse it
Sign it on the back, please, and your
husband will know we paid it to you.
She went back to the desk and in q
couple of minutes came back with the
check indorsed:
"Your loving wife, Edith"
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p. A. Strands Mother Died of Injuries

P. A. Strand, proprietor of the
Central Grocery, was called to Ada,
Minn., Monday by telegram an
nouncing the death of his mother, 70
years of age. She fell down the eel
lar steps about week previous and
sustained a broken collar bone and
fractured leg. She was reported to
be getting along nicely the day before
her death.
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Former Crosby Publisher Dies.

w. H. Ware, for eight years pub
I.sher of the Crosby Review, passed
away at his home in Crosby, Sunday
evening, April % after an illness OF
eight years with paralysis. The re-
mains were taken to Minneapolis fer
burial.
Mr.. Ware was one Of the most
prominent citizens Of Divide county.
He was Mason, held the offices Of
United States Commissioner and Jus
tice of the Peace, He was a mem oer
of the Presbyterian church. At one
time he was connected with the audit
ing department of the Twin City Rap
id Transit Co. He is survived by his
wife.
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AUuIeSS.
Care American Consul,
Harbin, Manchuria, Asia.

The Independent is indebted to Ser
geat w. j. LaVictor, of this city, for
a copy of the Stars and Stripes, the
official newspaper of the American
Expeditionary Forces. The Ser
geant has been fighting in France
for several months but he is not so
busy but what he remembers his old
friends back home.
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The Reward of Valor.

A French lieutenant, recently from
the front, was in Washington on bust
ness for his government, where. he
was approached by pretty American
girl, who said:
"And did you kill German SOL
dier?
eyes," he replied.
with what hand did you do it?''
she inquired.
"With the right hand," he said.
And then the pretty American girl
seied the right hand and kissed it,
whereupon an American officer who
was standing nearby strolled over to
the lieutenant with this late advice:
"Heavens, man, why didn't you tell
her that you bit him to death ~
Burt Box.
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Censored by Lib. N. S. NJ. C.
-aur W. .. .

Crosby Electric Light Plant Burns.
The Crosby electric light and power
plant and the Crosby Auto Co.'S gar
age were destroyed by fire Tuesday
night of last week. The loss will run
to fully $4,000 and in addition many
cars owned by residents of Crosby
were burned.
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Crosby Captain is No Spy.

The report that Capt Chas. l..
Rouse in command of Crosby Co. c.,
Of the Second N D. Regiment, hal
been executed as German spy, prov
ed to be a hoax and was evidently
started by some pro German. A let
ter has been received from Capt.
Roase, who 10 in France.
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President Rogers Coming Monday

President Rogers Coming Monday
r. M. Graham, manager of the
Rogers Lumber Co., has returned from
Minneapolis, where he transacted busi-
ness
A. r. Rogers, of Minneapolis, pre-
sident of the Rogers Lumber Co.,
will arrive and he AM Mr.. Graham
will make a tour of i M bection Of all
of the yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18


Materials have advanced in price
Considerably since The contract was
le. VITA Mr. Lorenz There is a
question Of whether the board can
mold Ar. Lorenz TO his contract
Price q *I07749. He accepted the
eoiatfact 10 build the jail on the
eolf house square He may be
sD-e ~ demand higher prices for
~ nm. Or again p new contract
mas Ea55 20 be let. This is a ques-
s'9h ~ the board Of supervisors
VII 4aFe 10 co1siGer.
seleetlcnsOt new site probably
VIA not be CO dered until all Of
.4e hhsncial taEE~~s are straight
,ssiedbat as much as it possibly can.
ne county board VIII probably find
MAJ TIE cost of litigation and the
Neiay incident 10 the court fight viii
IN over $4,000 aside from the
O-ii9.5E fund Searle d Marshall,
epecls1 counsel for tie county, al
edfy has been paid $322007 in
4sss Tails amount was allowed on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18

mornings. beginning with Saturday
of this week.
Everyone who has taken the
course in surgical dressings is ask
ed to give the entire five and half
days per week IL possible Where
this cannot be done, these workers
are asked to give their utmost, con-
scientiously reckoned.
Such unusual demands upon time
and effort are the result of the
necessity for supervisors of WORK
10 become skilled in the new dress
ings in order that they may be pre-
pared to handle large Numbers of
volunteers. who will he called later.
and also that they may keep up TO
schedule in filing the exceedingly
large quota assigned TO the chapter.
The quota is a direct result of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18

city. The bill states that on Dec
is. 1917. she stepped into a hole ir
the sidewalk on Twentieth street
between Fourth and Fifth avenues
and received severe injuries TO ar
arm. For these injuries and tbe
sum expended during the time She
was disabled, she is asking the
damages.
Rosaline Mary Pauweil Of this
CITY today filed suit To the circuit
court for a divorce from Cyriel
Pauwell on the ground Of cruelty
THE bill states that the husband
refused TO give sufficient money foi
the support OF her and their three
children. Serena, Peter and Jose
phine. The couple was married IT
davenport on FEB. 20, 1903 and sep
arated Nov /. 1917.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18
SUPREME COURT HOLDS COUNTY KNEW
JAIL COULD NOT BE ERECTED IN SIX
DAYS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE STARTED

The supreme court in ordering
the circuit court of Rock Island to
grant permanent injunction re-
sualniug the county from erecting
the county Jail on the court house
square, based its decision on the
Igoe law.
The Igoe law. providing that no
jail can be erected within eco feet
OF building used exclusively for
school purposes. became a law on
July /. The law was signed on
June %, 1915. and the board had
notice of its signature. The board
let the contract on June 15, 1915.
The supreme court held that the
county board knew that the build
ing could not be constructed within
the six days intervening from the
time the law was signed until il
became effective.
The gist of the decision is con-
tanned in the following from the
opinion issued by the supreme
court yesterday:
A statute passed to take eff
feet at future dav is operat-
i've from that day and the in
80 NiiAA 3 pei Apu ID dliONtu 10
enable the public TO become ac-
Quainted with its provisions,
but until IL becomes operative Fl
as law the public are not
compelled to govern their &C
tons by it.
The county had notice on
June %. 1915. that il would be
unlawful after July 1, 1915, to
build Jail within 200 feet of
any building used for school
purposes, and it knew that the
building could not possibly be
constructed in the six days be-
fore the act could take effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18

The thing that was prohibited
was the building of the Jail.
The constitutional provisions
invoked is that which prohib-
its impairing the obligation of
a contract, and the county hav-
ing entered into a contract to -
build the Jail, the argument is
that an act preventing the eX-
ecution of that contract would
impair it's obligation. The con-
clusion OF the supreme court
OF the United States was that
under such circumstances the
law does not impair the obliga-
ton of a contract.
The court did not approve
the claim that a party by MAX
ing a contract extending be
yond the time when the law
would become effective would
eXonerate itself from the law
and by indirection accomplish
its violation, and said that the
parties had notice that, if moth
ing changed, the contemplated
business would be unlawful by
force merely of present condi-
tons and the lapse of time, and
that statements to the effect
that suspended statutes are to
be read as if passed on the day
when they go into operation did
not apply to such case.
The opinion goes on, in sub
stance to bear out the contention
If Bishop Dunno, who brought tn
suit, that his property right in tn,
ownership by the Peoria dioces,
of the Catholic church of st. Jos
eph's school, gives him the priv
lege OF an injunction to RESTRAIN
he county from building the jai
I'll the court house square.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18
ASKS $4,000 OF
CITY IN COURT
Mrs. Caroline Long Demands DAM
ages for Injuries Alleged To
Have Resulted From Fall
on Walk.

Mrs. Caroline Long, 53S Twenti-
eth street, today filed suit in circuit
court against the city OF Rock Is
land for damages amounting to
$4,000 for injuries she charges she
sustained through the fault OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-18

the tremendous activity on the
western battle front today. Our
own boys are going into the fight
by the thousands They must car
~ their trench packets" with
them. filled with the materials
which may save their lives. The
unusual situation demands unusual
efforts to meet it.
Saturday morning the Red Cross
work rooms should be filled; every
chair should be occupied. The call
is a challenge TO everyone who has
taken the course in surgical dress
ings.