Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03

e. Morrown. Towner. N. D., Is
wounded.
Fargo.-Mrs. Kate Richard O'Ifara
is making her headquarters in Fargo,
pending the appeal of her case to
the circuit court of appeals. She is
under bond pending the appeal. Mrs.
O'Hara was sentenced by Judge
Martin Wade of Des Moines to serve
five years at the federal penitentiary
at Jefferson City.
Bismarck.-The maximum amount
Of anthracite coal which may be
purchased at any one time by North
Dakota consumers was extended
from 1000 pounds to one ton and
provision was made whereby con-
sumers may accumulate coke.
brtquettes or coal of any kind in SUI.
ficient quantity to meet their original
needs for four months, instead OF
two, in amended orders issued by
Captain l. p. Baker, Federal fuel
administrator OF North Dakota.
Bismarck.-W. II. Ebelen, govern
ment accountant in charge Of the
Bismarck United States Indian
school, recently closed for the term
il satisfied that the explosion which
wrecked the main building of the
institution last week was caused by
high explosives placed under two
water tanks In the basement of the
building by some enemy Of the gov
eminent. Secret service men ant
representatives of the Department
Of Justice, after careful investiga
ton are convinced the explosion
could not have been due to too much
pressure on the tanks" Mr.. Ebelen
said.
Wilton.-T. r. Atkinson, state en-
gineer. is completing the installation
Of waterworks systems at Stanley.
Hazen, Goodrich and Anamoose.
Mayville.-The first known casualty
among the alumni of the Mayville
normal in the world war has JUS,
been reported, being Kimabll Keeping
He was a graduate in 1904, coming
to the school from eastern Canada
where he enlisted in the early stages
of the war.
Willow City.-Memorial services
were held here for the late Lyle Rich
the first soldier from North Dakota
to lose his life at the front in France
1t was one of the most largely at
tended services of the kind which has
ever been held in the town.
Bismarck.-Sheriff j. P. French
brought from the state of Washing.
tonaJohn swagger, who, it is charged,
forged number of checks ranging
from $35 to $50 and cashed them prior
to hurried leave-taking, prominent
farmers residing south of town being
his victims.
Valley City.-Orders of removal fol
William Gordon and NJ. Draper, ar
rested in Valley City two months age
charged with failure to register, have
been issued by Judge Charles F. Ami
don of Fargo, indictments having beer
returned against the two by a federal
jury in Spokane, Wash. The men will
be taken to Spokane in few days.
Washington.-Dorr Carroll of Minot
chairman of the North Dakota safety
defense board, is in Washington en-
deavoring to get relief for the NORTH
Dakota seed situation. In the western
part Of the state there were man,
acres not cropped, and Mr.. Carol
says that unless government aid is ex
tended many acres will not be planted
Fargo.-Henry Won Bank, presiden'
of the board Of education of the rura
district near Buffalo, Cass county.
is under arrest charged with making
insulting remarks about the Stars anc
Stripes. He is also charged with at
tempting to prevent the flying of the
flag from the schoohouse under his
direction. He was held for a hearing
on Jan. 20.
Fargo. Announcement is made
here that the Nonpartisan Leader, Of
fetal organ of the national Non-art
isan League, will move from Fargo tc
ST. Paul, publication to begin there
the first of the year. The publication
has been issued in North Dakota fol-
more than two years. The change is
made, it was said, because of desire
to be more centrally located.
Devils Lake.-Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.
of Devils Lake, accused of selling
three quarts of whiskey to a thirsty
North Dakota man for 500, now faces
federal prosecution. The price paid
for the liquor established a record
for this state. The government charg.
es recite the alleged purchase of the
liquor at Red Lake Falls, Mimi, and
importation into North Dakota in viola.
ton of the bone dry law.
Balfour.-Fred Micklemenko, re.
turning from shopping trip to Bal
four, found his wife a suicide at their
farm home, midway between this place
and Kief. Mrs. Micklemenko had
drawn all the blinds and locked the
door before drinking large quantity
Of active poison. She was unconscious
when her husband found her, and q
doctor who was summoned immediate.
ly could not revive her. No cause is
known for her act.
Jamestown.-After twenty-five years
occupancy of the third floor of the
Knauf block, the Masons have remov.