Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-31
North Dakota
News Sifdngs

WlllSIOH.-JOHu DeVOFaS, an AUS
TRAN, 20 years old. was faund dead
near Trenton, death being due to ex-
posure to the cold.
Jamestown-At a meeting of the
board of directors of the Stutsmar
County Fair association, Sept. 1921
were set as the tentative dates for
the holding of the annual fair.
Devils Lake. - Edgar Anderson.
president of the North Dakota Chess
association, announces that the an
nual tournament will be held at Devils
Like in the Commercial club rooms
Feb. %.
AIinot.-The Second National bank
Of Minot, which purchased s250,O00
of bonds issued by the Ward county
board of commissioners to furnish
seed grain to needy farmers, placed
the fund to the credit of the county
treasurer.
Bismarck. - Frank Peters, a seq
man on a German submarine, was ar
rested here for the federal authOri-
ties in Fargo, on information furnished
by Miss Marie Backman, his cousin,
VINO putt her loyalty to her country
ahead of blood relationship.
Fargo.-A rousing patriotic meet
ing, one of the most important held
in the Northwest since the beginning
of the war. is scheduled for Fargo,
Sunday, Feb. "a, if the present plans
are carried out. The meeting is UNI
der the auspices of the United States
food administration.
Mohall.-The jury in the case of
Mrs. McKeen against Nels 1verson,
Mohall banker. reported a disagree
n,ont after being out "a hours. Mrs.
Mckeen sued Iverson for $4,000
damages for loss of her husband in
an automobile accident the car being
driven by Mr.. lverson, in July last.
Fargo.-The city board of educa-
ticn accepted guaranteed bid of the
Merchants Trust and Savings bank
OF st. Paul for S24O,O0O in bonds to
DO foated by the district for the
erection of proposed new $315.0O0
combination grade and high school.
Special election was set for Feb. 8.
Fargo. - Jacob Gruenig, former
professor in the Glendale state nor
NAL industrial school at Glendale,
was sentenced to five years in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth
by Judge G. F. Amidon in federal
court on plea of guilty of sending
obscene literature and photographs
through the mails.
Bismarck.-Hailed by Chief of Pc.
lice Martineson and Deputy Sheriff
WEIGH at the Northern Pacifis depot
with hurry.up request that he drive
them to the police station and arrested
on his arrival there on charge of
bHrglarizing the 500 ticket office till
Of 1923 in bills, John H. Booming Of
Bismarck, taxicab driver, was given
an unwelcome surprise.
Fargo.-George w. Wilkinson, re.
moved as postmaster recently, has
left for Washington, D. c., to place
the matter of his removal before the
postmaster general, and to ask for a
canvass of the situation in the hope
Of being reinstated. Postal inspectors
have completed checking up the af-
fairs of the office and found every
thing in a satisfactory condition.
Rismarck.-George Darlington, re-
leased from the North Dakota state
penitentiarly Oct. 16, 1917, after serv-
ing six years on conviction of assault
with intent to murder made on a
railway brakeman at Jamestown, is q
fugitive in Florida, with price on
his head. after the cowardly murder
Of Deputy Sheriff j. M. Freeman Of
Gadsden county, in the Quincy (Fla.)
Jail.
Grand Forks.-Dr. Thomas F. Kane,
VINO has just been elected president
cf the University of North Dakota.
was formerly president of the Uni
versity of Washington. He became
nationally prominent because of the
great institution he built up and for
the successful fight he made to pro-
tect the interests of the university
in preventing the sale of its state
lands.
Fargo.-Henry Won Bank, president
of school district seven miles south
of Buffalo, N. D., accused of violating
tho act of June IS, 1917, when 1t is
alleged he declared he would r-ther
see pair of old trousers hanging
from the schoolhouse Flagstaff in his
district than an American flag, waived
examination when arraigned before
United States Commissioner Greene.
Ho was bound over to the federal
district court.
McVille.-One of the local stores
has donated big supply of ladies'
and misses coats, caps, scarfs and
other wearing apparel to the Red
Cross.
Mayville.-William Ely, prominent
AIayville business man, was killed in
an automihile accident at Los An.
geles, CAL. according to word re.
ceived here.
Bismarck.-Five huge drays were
required to transport from the A. w
Lucas company to the freight station
5000 pounds of Red Cross yarn which
the store shipped to Red Cross chap
tiers in all parts Of the Bismarck
d;0trict