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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
sNOWsTORM TIES UP TRAFFIC
One Of Most Severe to Visit Central
West in Years.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Chicago is the
center of one of the most severe
snowstorms that has visited the
Central West in years, according to
local weather ~forecasters.
Railroads suffered severely, traffic
on some of the liners being practicaE
ly at a standstill and fears were ex.
pressed that should the storm con.
affected would suffer for want of fuel
Temperatures throughout the Central
West were moderate, But a strong
wind whirled the snow into drifts.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Three Billion in Military Policies.

Washington, Jan. S.-More than
$1,000, 000. 900 worth OF government
insurance has been bought by Amt ri.
McAdoo announced in a statement
urging on men the necessity for fl!
ing applications for soldiers poll,
cias before expiration of the time
limit set by law. Men who Joined
the colors before last October u must
apply for insurance before February
IL, 1918, and those joining after DC.
tober must apply within 129 days after
entering the service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Want viroinia Bone Drv.

Richmond, Va, Jan. S.-The gen.
eral assembly of Virginia will convene
here Wednesday for a 60-day session.
When it takes up the prohibition CUES
ton, the legislature will be asked to
abolish the present law allowing each
householder to import a quart q
month, and to make Virginia bone
Gry."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Hog receipts, 3d.
900; strong; Csc to 35c above Satur-
days average. Bulk, S16.40@16.70;
light, S15.75@16.65; mixed, $16.1O@
1880; heavy, $16.05@16.S0; rough,
$16.05@16.25; pigs, S12.25@15.30. Cat
tle-Receipts $4,000; strong; native
steers, $7.S5@13.50; stockers and
feeders, $6.70@1O.5O; COWS and heif
ers, $5.50@11.60; calves, sS.50@15.75,
Sheep-Receipts, 10000; strong; weth-
ers, $9.50@13.25; lambs, $13 .50@17.30.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

South St. Paul, an. S.-Estimated
receipts at the. Union Stock Yards:
600; sheep, 4,S50; horses, 100; cars
334.
Railroads entering the yards report
ed receipts for the day by loads; as
follows: Burlington, 2; St. Louis, 49,,
Great Western. 4; Omaha, 43; North
ern Pacific, Sc; Milwaukee, so; Great
Northern, 70; 500, 81; total, 334.
Cattle-Steers, $8.50@9.75; COWS,
S6.5O@S; calves, s11.50@14.25; hogs,
$15.75@16.25; sheep and lambs, $11.25
@16.25. :
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
DIRECTORY.


THE EXECUTIVE:
RIes Tb i%oaa1 E Ms MalSen
CABINET OFFICERS.
Secretary Of Of S 5se Treasury ;::i;;: wiiii ih11s Ct h heGaoss
Attorney General, .o~.":.Jas g; MacReynolds
Secretary of War.........Lindley NJ. Garrison
Postmaster General. Albert BnrlesoL
Secretary If the Interior. 1900. Franklin K Lane
Secretary of Agriculture 49,: David A. Houston
Secretary of Commerce. -. William G Redaeld
Secretary of WLllam b. wilson
U g. SUPREME COURT.
1hset 5sstices-yessph Mskenna. Oliver
M sieRe 3 Wits Sili Van Psvantsr, Msshlon Pit
ney, Louis Z. Brands. w. 81. Reynolds
UNITED STATES SENATE.
=. ! J. 9 GgGnna :wahpetoa
CONGRESSMAN.
G a,m; as H. city
FEDERAL OFFICERS.
United States District Judge.....C. Z. Amidon
United States Marshal........1ra::::S.S 3. Doyie
United States Attorney ..... Engerud
Surveyor General A: Williams
National Bank aminer'.....: =; lyler
Collector of Custom morrison
STATE SUPREME COURT,
A 2n,ec SSst JGstices.A, NJ. Christianeon J. =.
Robinson, R. Fl. Grace, L. E. Birdzell.
Clerk of supreme Court..."....R.P D. = Hosklns
Reporter. .......r' w. tAAoe
STATE OFFICERS.
Lieutenant Governor j, Kraabell
State Auditor Car R Kositzky
a ataee ngea aeneral.. william 1nn LANCER
sup't Pa1biic Instruction. Neil Macdonald
Commissioners Of Insurance:.""is A; u qlsness
Commissioner of Rai II Sss;S: n n A 8 Hhhnso C.
DISTRICT COURT
Judge Seventh District. .......W J, Kneeshaw
Court Stenographer. SANFORD
STATE SENATOR'S.
Eighteenth District. Mclean
REPRESENTATIVES,
Eighteenth District. Otto Dettler
Otto G.. Olson, j. j. Schrag.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Treasurer. E..d K : mopR
cIerk Of the District Court. 30 S Robertson
S States Attt 1dse nv: v: s stsadey
S S sss5ia s n Ssis q sehools::im;sj,F6g5f{Sa ! Si SsSsE
CounSy Coroner ..Dr,G. Stromberg
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First Com'rD District. ......"....N Neil Nicolson
Second Com'r District. 1Sam lyerson
Third Com'r District ...."....Ro Lalng
E e. Y Conf ( District a5sH Rn Kese
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor John ]. Power
Aldermen 1st Ward. John j. Boyd, DR.. r, Smith
Aldermen 2nd Ward. r. T. Burke, VIM Stranger
Aldermen Bird Ward. Il, B. Hankey,J. Balgaard
City Auditor ohm Sheehan
C{ty treasurer. -. ~
Chief of Police flames Reed
ASSESSOR.
City Attorney .Thos. Devaney
City Justice Joseph Power
Police Magistrate ........."...... A. d. McNab
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
BERLIN GRIPPED BY HUNGER
Young Boston Woman Suffers for
Need of Nourishinq Food.

Need of Nourishing Food.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 8.-Berlin is q
brooding, grim city of despair today
according to Miss Josephine Marzyn-
ski, a young Boston soloist just ar
rived from the German capital, where
she has been studying music for Is
months. She left Berlin November
Is. Miss Marzynski declared in a d
interview that Germans still believe.
in their hearts they can win the war
During my Is months in Berlin /
lived among very wealthy people.
Had I been dependent upon my OWE
efforts and purse for food, I would
have suffered even more than 1 did
for want of nourishing food"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
RAIL CONTROL BILLS COME UF
Measures To Perfect Federal Opera,
ton Under Way in Congress.

Washington, Jan. S.-Legislation
asked by President Wilson to perfect
government control of railroads has
started on its way in Congress under
consideration by the Interstate Com
merce committee of both houses.
The Senate committee met to hear
statements from railroad executives,
while the House committee was map
ping out a plan of action and decid,
ing whether hearings would be held.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Chicago Grain.
South St. Paul Live Stoct

Chicago, Jan Corn, Jan. $1.27M;
May, $1.Ao%; Oats, Jan, SOS; May
77&
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

U. S. Ship Torpedoed, Then Beached'
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 1.-THE Sur
Tga, an American steamship Of 4,37i
gross tonnage, was run ashore afte'
being torpedoed in the Mediterranean
on December 81, according to infor,
nation received in shipping circles
here. Her crew is believed to have
been saved. The Suruga was owned
by the New York and Oriental Steam
ship company and cleared from New
York late in October for Italian ports
She is believed to have been on heg
way home when %torpedoed Just be
fore she was beached.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
DAILY MARKET REPORT.

Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Jan. s.-Oats, May
BA; May, Rye, S1.S8.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

s1lor, lne Eskimo takes his bow and
arrow from his side and sends a swift
Shaft through the head OF it's outwitted
companion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
CALL FOR OBSERVANCE
OF LABOR LOYALTY WEEK
TO Be Held in Connection With CeIe
bration OF LincoIn's
Birthday.

New York, Jan. IA proclamation
calling for the observance Of a ma
tional labor loyalty week in connec
tiora with the celebration of Lincoln's
birthday. with the additional purpose
of combating the insidious forces OF
pro-Cerman and anti-American propa.
ganda' has been issued by the Amer
lean oAIiiance for Labor and Democ'
racy.
Copies were SEN to the alliances
branches and all central labor bodies
affiliated with the American Fedora.
ton of Labor over all the country.
The proclamation was signed by Sam
uel Gompers, as president of the
lean Alliance for Labor and Democ
Democracy.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
PULL PULLS OILY 0IINERS REDl RED JOINT
Sheriff AL Three Perfect Ladies and Case
Beer-Kruh Mckinney Pinched for Violating Liquor Laws
Burglarized.

check in the sum Of. $3.50: in lieu
of bail money. -
When sheriff Buchanan present
ed the check at the bank Tuesday
morning, he found that only $27
was there to Col. Powers credit.
The short sport showed up later,
however, with ample funds.
Madam Howard who roared so
loudly over the character Of the
other women, forfeited her bail.
Col. Powers, when arraigned,
pleaded not guilty to the charge
of conducting a house Of ill-fame.
Madam Barge pleaded not guilty
to a charge Of blind-pigging and
an additional charge Of being an
inmate of a redlight dump. Mrs.
johnson also pleaded not guilty to
the charge Of being part Of the
furniture in red1ight house.
Their trials were set for Friday
afternoon, Aug. %.
County attorney Mckay is pro-
scouting these cases. Since the re-
cent "leak'' in Superior, Mr.. Nc
Kay has decided to make state
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

OLIVER, Aug. 23.-(special to
the Rip-saw)-The strong arm of
the law seems to be reaching after
residents Of this city. Only few
days ago, Superior police seized
shipments of liquor to dispensers
Of life saving =, :: :ls in this ~oted
little oasis. At the 500 depot in
SUPERIOR one Oliver firm lost
shipment Of whiskey> worth $500.
Then the city attorney issued
warrants for certain Of divers
liquor dealers, charging violation
Of the dry ordinance by shipping
booze into the lowland city. AS
result, any Oliver saloon man who
is culpable under those charges,
will be in grave danger Of arrest
and prosecution if caught within
Superior's corporate limits.
Several Of the local liquor deal
ers aresp4aying safe by using the
New Duluth bridge when they
wish to visit the big city. |
"We will dry up Oliver by this
wAiskey seizure system if the deal
ers up there ship their booze
through this city," recently de-
clared assistant city attorney T. l..
Mcintosh. "Superior has voted
dry and we will not, not under any
consideration, allow the city to be
made a dumping ground for Oliver
or any other wet spot.''
It is feared that this action by
the Superior authorities is due to
the influences Of commissioner Sill
berstein's crusade against Oliver.
A blow at another infant indus
try was delivered last Monday
night when sheriff Buchanan
pulled the four-room redlight
house of AL Powers, taking into
custody Col. Powers, Mrs. Maud
Howard, Mrs. Belle johnson and
Mrs. L. Barge. a..l....,, 49,.
There was a loud roar when the
sheriff and deputies appeared at
the house. Mrs. Howard. who had
been away on a visit, made loud
and vigorous objection to- some of
the guest" she found on her re-
turn. y III s
The posse also apprehended a
case of beer in the Powers Bagnio.
Rather than see perfect
ladies' lie in Jail overnight and.
having no liking for cell life him
self, Col. Powers induced sheriff
Buchanan to accept his personal
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

charges against =. malefactors in
that city and Oliver. Not only is
much heavier bail usually re-
quired, but penalties, when i'm
posed, are several times larger
than those imposed by the munic-
ipal court. , -"
Tuesday morning, Messrs. Kruth
Mckinney, wholesale liquor deal
ers here, were arrested on the
charge of selling liquor to a minor.
1t is whispered that, both U. S.
detectives and those III the employ
of Douglas county 4 have given
Oliver a careful. combing during
the past two weeks and: if that be
a fact, other arrests may be made
in due course. There are rumors
that some of the wholesale houses
have been, fitting the LID in various
ways. Arrests for drinking in the
bushes also are not Impossible, as
a great. many pilgrims are so
thirsty that they cannot wait to
get home or outside the village
limits, therefore crack their cold
bottles right on the street or in
the nearby bushes. ~. -.
Although Oliver has had no
murder, there was q very substan-
tial burglary Monday night, Au-
gust 1918. The wholesale liquor
store of Matt Pinnell, adjoining
the Oliver bank, was entered and
$40O in money, $4,000 In checks, a
diamond ring and two watches
were taken. Entrance was effected
through, the rear door. The COM
bination Of the safe was worked
which shows that the crime was
committed either by experts or by
some one who knew the combina-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
THE GRUBBs CASE

The Proctor school board has
appointed a committee to place the
charges against Supt. e. C. Grubbs
before the state board Of educa-
tion in St. Paul. The meeting will
be at a time when state school In
spector Flynn can be present. He
has more or less knowledge of the
case and the decision, undoubt-
edly, will depend a great deal on
his report and recommendations.
About month ago, Supt.
Grubbs was charged with taking
indecent liberties with young
girls in the Proctor schools. The
board of education demanded his,
resignation. The old educator
writes from his Nebraska ranch
that he will be back to Proctor
in time to resume hts duties at
the opening Of school.
This communication is taken to
indicate that Snpt. Grubbs either
will attempt to bluff away the
nasty charges against him or that
he is laying a foundation to sue
for. four years salary under his
contract. II discharged by the
board, he will have color of ex.
cuse for q suit. II his privilege
of doing school work In Mime
sofa is revoked by. the state board
of education, then the Proctor
board will have It's problem sim-
plified by the educators complete
and final elimination:- -,
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his pocket to 60 in search of the
recreant spouse, expecting to
"scare" the man whom he had
been informed probably was with
her. > -
Leaving his home he was passed
by Detective John Roberg, who
asked him where Brooks lived.
Thinking the officer was after him
on account of the theft of an au-
tomobile, he gave him the wrong
number and then proceeded to
the OrDheum where Jack Shan
nahan gave him the surprise Of
his life by informing him that the
police were seeking. him on the
charge Of murder. Brooks handed
his gun to Shannahan and then
gave himself up at the police sta
tion.
The. -coroner's inquest on
Wednesday was practically vim
dication of Brooks and an ac-.
ceptance of his alibi. That put
the city and county. authorities
all at sea, where they are Houn-;
dering as these lines are written.
Mrs. Brooks insists that the
murderer was s@not> her husband.
but that she would not know the
man if she saw him again.
If it>were deep winter, so that
chief McKercher could sleuth
around on those famous Canadian
snowshoes, it is possible that the
real murderer would have been
in the tolls before this. But the
Big Chief is clumsy at following
a trail any DINNER than the Pike
Lake road. While the city suffers
under his limitations as a human
bloodhound or an old Cap. Col
lier, mystery fills the air and
bloody murder fails to come out.
It seems that Brooks is a suf,
ferer from kleptomania, that po-
light word for light fingers, steal
ing or lifting what belongs to
others. He was in trouble few
years ago for burglary at Two
Harbors. He now confesses that
he stole an automobile at La Crosse
last May. An officer from the
Badger state city came to Duluth
Thursday and took Brooks back
with him to face the charge Of
grand larceny. ~ r
Brooks declares that after he
has atoned for that crime he pro-
poses to come back to his spright-
ly mate and do all he can to make
life one long, sweet dream for her.
He hopes to find her waiting at
the Union depot.
Mrs. Brooks, in her tales of that
Sunday evening experience said
something about being on. the
walk and about leaning against
the railing when Marshall was
shot. Cameras do not lie and a
photograph Of the spot where
George Marshall >bled his amor
GUS life away, indicates vacant
ground, covered with, grass and
bushes. To layman that grassy,
bushy place looks not like side
walk or a railing. r&
In the meantime, the county at
terney's office has taken charge
of the Investigations and assistant
county attorney Funck is closely
interrogating a goodly number of
people. The mystery either will
be solved in a few days or become
deeper and darker. than ever.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

pointed his automatic at several OF
the patrons of the house and ex.
claimed: ..,- .-.
eff you move, I'll clean out the
house" /
Stevens then ran to. Beck's liv-
cry barn, 708 Ogden avenue, half
a; block away. On the way, he
threw his gun into a wagon box.
At the barn, he summoned the
police, gave himself up, showed
where he had hiden his 38 cal.
automatic and then went to Jail.
Shortly after the shooting, be.
ing interviewed in Jail, Stevens :
said:
"It was an accident. I did not
mean to shoot I was showing
Max gun which had been pawned
with me and it accidentally went
off. Max and me were like broth
ers.. He was my best friend and
would not shoot hin" !"
Asked why he ran away after
the shooting, Stevens said that he
feared Rosenberg's friends would
do him violence. He emphasized
the fact that he went directly to
Beck's barn and telephoned the
police, instead Of really trying to
run away.
Mandel Levine, clerk for a loan
and mercantile firm on West Su-
perior street, Duluth, was in the
restaurant when the shooting oc-
Cured.
81 was about to leave" he told
a reporter, "and had presented
Rosenberg a check for a bill.
Stevens rushed into the restaurant
and shouted, so here you are, you
dirty - at the same time
striking Rosenberg in the mouth.
The shot quickly followed.
"Come to the end of the bar and
we will settle this little differ
ence," other spectators allege
Stevens to have said.
Stevens is a single man, about
"a years old. Some say that he
originally came from Chicago but
he came to Superior from Mime
apolis. Some say that he is an
Austrian and others declare that
he is a Jew.
I Max Rosenberg, alias. ".Gefuellte
Max, came to Superior from New
York some years ago. He has
made his name and his places Of
business notorious in Superior and
tributary territory. 1t is said that
he now is worth about $65, 900 but
that he came to the head Of the
lakes with about $4,000. He
sadly tells how he lost $25, 900 in
one deal. I'D.
That improbable deal perhaps
is the one in which he was con-
| victed OF white slavery and sent
to Leayenworth, for. a term in fed
eral prison. When he got back, he
seemed to try to side-step personal
parts in crime and rottenness but
his places were favorite hangout
for panderers, redlight ladies and
degenerates of other kinds.
Since Superior went dry, Rosen-
berg has been crowned King Of the
Underworld. It is alleged that he
has represented to the underworld
folk that immunity and protection
T. were at his command and that he
! would extend the same to those
| who paid the price. Although it
is believed by the best people that
mayor Baxter has extended nc
favors to the underworld folk,
Max Rosenberg is credited with
| claiming to be able to reach the
city hall through q go-between.
i Many efforts have been made to
catch "Gefuellte Max" but with
]. (Continued ON Page 81
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Monday, Aug. IL, in the Cafe
America, at No. 726 Tower ave-
nue., Superior, Willie Stevens shot
and nearly killed Max Rosenberg,
his partner in the notorious hang
out.
"Get a doctor! Get a doctor!''
shrieked the unlucky Max as he
rushed out onto the sidewalk.
Blood was squirting from a
wound in Rosenberg's left arm. 1t
drenched his clothing, the pave
ment and any who came near. Re-
lief finally came. "Gefuellte
Max" went to St. Mary's hospital,
where the Pickering spark of life
was kept alive. Willie Stevens
went to Jail, where he had nothing
to do but contemplate on the error
Of his ways. -, -.... .t.--....~
The shooting was done with a
38 cal. automatic revolver. The
bullet entered Rosenberg's left
arm, cutting a large artery, caus5
ing him to nearly bleed to death,
then penetrated the left lung and
lodged in the lung sac. The wound
was not so very far from the heart
and had the bullet net hit the
mans arm, it would have bored
him through and through, prob
ably with fatal effect.
For some time after the shoot
ing, it was believed that the
wounded man would die. He raj
lied however but, for some days,
it was feared that amputation OF
the arm would be necessary, the
bone being badly shattered and
the mans blood perhaps not being
in the best of condition. Present
conditions indicate that Rosenberg
will recover and save his arm, as
we'll.
The tragedy is supposed to be
the outcome of business quarrels.
After Superior went dry, Jim Colt
dissolved partnership in the noto-
rious cafe America and was sue
ceeded by Stevens. He and Rosen-
berg failed to get along we'll to-
gether. =.
At noon, on the day of the shoot
ing, Stevens is represented as hav-
ing gone to his partner with a de-
mand that he purchase his interest
for $500 cash. ...,I
"I haven't got that much in cash
by me- replied Rosenberg, "but
if you will come around in an
hour, I'll give you $500 cash and
the remainder in notes. =.
Rosenberg claims that Stevens
came back some hours later, well
under the influence of "dope" and
again demanded the money.
ct have. only $3.50 in cash, but
I'll give you that" replied Rosen-
berg, possibly sparring for a bar
gain. ~. .... ..,..... T.. ... ....
"Give me all cash or I'll kill
you,'' Stevens is represented as
shouting. E.e.. ...s ...-..:... ..
"Go away from me, you 'hop-
head" Rosenberg is reported to
have replied. .~ .. p - .
Pulling out his automatic, just
like SGyp the Blood" or stLeftie
Louie" Stevens pulled the trigger
and punctured Max's left wing
and side. The blood that followed
the shot made a very fair imita-
ton of a German bumped off in
a trench by one Of Pershing's men.
AS stated, help was secured for
Rosenberg and he was taken to st.
Mary's hospital, where everything
possible was done for him.
Stevens, after shooting, ran to
the rear Of the restaurant where
he concealed himself behind a
large sideboard. q,
Fearing attack, possibly, he
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
ETooK A CHANCE.

When Benjamin Franklin
started a newspaper in Philadel-
phia he was warned that it would
fail because, his friends told him,
the field was overcrowded. There
were already two newspapers in
America 81 E
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
UNSETTLED.

The editor of a. country paper
received the following query:
: Can. you telE.me what the
weather will be next month?
In reply he wrote:
- It is my belief that the weather
next month will be very much like
your subscription. .
The inquirer wondered for an
hour what the editor was driving
alta, when he happened to think
Of thewerd unsettled. = he went
in next day and squared his ac-
count. - =
There amt no sech animile as q