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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
GRACE LUSK
RELATES HER
own HISTORY
Was Member of Commission
Sent to Europe to Study
the Schools

Milwaukee, Wis, May 2S.--
Grace Lusk took the witness stand
in her defense late this afternoon at
her trial for Staying Mrs. Mary Rob
erts and revealed details of her life
up until the time she first met Dr.
David Roberts early in 1913.
During the session evidence to sup
port the temporary insanity plea was
introduced. g..
Miss Lusk said that she was born
in Stoughton, Wis, in 1875, and after
graduating high school and normal
school began teaching in the primary
grades at Menonimee, Wisconsin in
1885, She then attended the Milwau-
kee normal school and later became
a teacher there, where she remained
for seven or eight years. T..
From Milwaukee she made a trip to
to study the schools there. On her
return she spent one summer studyi..
ing at the University of Chicago and
the next year obtained leave OF
absence to attend the University of
Wisconsin, where she completed
two years course in one year, obtain
ing degree Of bachelor in philoso-
ply in 1912. .g, .>
Health Broke Down.
At the end Of this period she said
her health broke down. neuritis depriv-
ing her Of the use of both hands, and
she came to Waukesha to recuperate.
During 1913 she occasionally acted as
substitute teacher in the Milwaukee
grade schools and in the fall Of 1914,
her health improving, she was given
regular appointment as an instruct
or in the normal training school,. Miss
Lusk said she first met DR.. Roberts
at dinner party he attended with
his wife late in January or early in
February 1913. Later they met at
church sociables which DR.. Roberts
attended with his wife.
The witness described her health
during this period as poor due largely
to overwork, and declared she was
frequently unable to attend to her du.
ties because of severe headaches.
During the early part of the day
the defense introduced a score OF
character witnesses, who testified to
the high reputation borne by the de.
PENDANT. Evidence was also introduce
ed to show that her grandmother had
been the inmate Of an insane q asylum
at one time. Y Wan .uoTr 5l.s5, 4
Miss Iusk was called to the wit
ness stand at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, but Judge Martin I>ack
Immediately ordered an adjournment
the jury until 4, o'clock. and court
adjourned an hour later.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Italian Naval Headquarters, SaIur-
day, May 1S.-The details of the re-
cent Italian naval exploit at Pola
show that it was one of the most au-
dacious feats of the war, worthy to
rank with the British at Zeebrugge
and the Merrimac at Santiago.
Plans were long matured by Lieu
tenant Commander Pellegrini, who
adopted unusual means of secrecy to
safeguard the project. To divert at
tention, he took service in the
trenches on the Piave, and when he
was ready to start gave out that he
was going to visit his friends. He was
accompanied by another officer and
two sailors. II.
The party, was escorted by destroy
ers and arrived at POla at 2 o'clock
in the morning. 1t was very dark, as
the moon had been down two hours.
A light wind blew off shore, which
prevented the sounds Of preparation
going landward. The entrance of the
channel was 400 yards across, with a
long neck leading into the great har-
Dor, in which lay Austria's fleet Of
'5attleships, cruisers and destroyers,
encircled by frowning terrace Of
land batteries.
In the obscurity the guardship, a,
the entrance was dimly visible, swung
to one side, the guards apparently
asleep. There was complete lack. OF
watchfulness. n%
Final preparation was now made for
a dash in the darkness. Commander
Pellegrini and his two companions put
on rubber suits which could be in
flated. The plan was to discharge
torpedoes at the big ship, then blow
up their own Graf, jump overheard
and await capture or drowning. All
realized that there was practically no
chance of returning alive.
Into Lions Mouth.
Commander Pellegrini was perfect
ly cool as he babe goodbye, his su.
perior officer saying: "You are put
ting your head in the lions mouth"
Now they encountered three sue
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

Even If your bowels move slightly
each day, that is not enough, There
must be an occasional THOROUGH,
complete cleansing to rid your sys-
tenn of all accumulated decaying mat.
ter.
How to Clean Bowels Quick.
The MOST COMPLETE bowel
cleanser known is a mixture of buck
thorn bark, glycerine and ten other in
gradients put up in ready prepared
form under the trade name of Adler
i-ka. This mixture is so powerful d
bowel cleanser that 1t Always does
its work properly and thoroughly. IL
removes foul and poisonous matter
which other cathartic or laxative mix:
lures are unable to dislpdge. 1t does
a COMPLETE job and it works
QUICKLY and without the least dis
fornort or trouble. 1t is so gentle
that one forgets he has taken it until
the THOROUGH evacuation starts. It,
is astonishing the great amount of
foul. poisonous matter a SINGLE
SPOONFUL of Adler.ika draws from
the alimentary canal-matter you
system. Try it right after natural
bowel movement and notice how much
MORE foul matter will be brought out
which was poisoning your system. In
slight disorders such as occasional
constipation. sour stomach, .gas on
the stomach or sick headache, one
spoonful brings relief almost IN
STANTLY. Adler-i-ka is the MOST
THOROUGH bowel cleanser and anti
septicizer ever offered in ready pre-
pared form. 1t is constant surprise
to people who have used only ordinary
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

4s ~ j.
script furnished. by the Minnesota
commission were garfield
1T is no doubt true that the senti-
ment expressed in the speech are dis
pleasing to many persons and many
intrests,' he added, but the charge
that it contains anything disloyal or
seditious, or anything that a United
States senator, or for that matter any
citizen, might not properly say, is
grotesquely absurd,
Among the statements in the speech
the accuracy of which has been ques-
toned, was one declaring that iSecre-
tary Bryan had warned President
Wilson that the Lusitania before fac
ing her last trip carried explosives and
had suggested that passengers should
not be allowed to sail on her. ~
Mr.. Bryan has denied the state
ment. A brief submitted by Mr. Roe
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
ITALIAN NAVAL EXPLOIT AIT
.P0LA ASDARING AS ZEEBRUGGE

cessive lines of defense. First guard
ship, then a line of wooden buoys
marking a chain of mines and then q
heavy steel net strung from bank to
bank. How they were able to pene.
trate these apparently impossible OBJ
structions must remain mystery.
The escort waited almost an hour
when the silence was suddenly brok.
On by two distinct explosions of tor
pedOes, followed by the sound OF an
alarm gun in the inner harbOr. ,a
Soon after, two signals Of parti-col>
ored lights slowly rose from the cen
ter of the harbor showing that Com.
mander Pellegrini had penetrated to
the, very hetart Of the fleet and was
sending signals from the midst Of it..
The first signal meant, "have tor
pedoed lbattleship'' and the second
said, don't mind us; we have no
chance"
This last signal was the agreed
emergency sign which was to be sent
up in case there was no opportunity
to give help. lit is believed that they
blew up their craft and took to the
water i, accordance with the pro.
gram, as an explosive time bomb had
been set to 60 off even if the craft
was under water.
Meanwhile the sky was vivid with
searchlights and land batteries were
pouring terrific fire on the escort
They chung to their, work for a time
and then left with forty searchlights
and countless batteries playing upon
them. 81
AS daylight brok, a fleet of enemy
airplanes swoopeG down, but was
beaten off by a smaller fleet Of Italian
planes, three enemy machines falling,
into the water during the aerial bat
tle 5. Il NJ
NO word has since been heard of
Commander Pellegrini and his party.
Their signal was definite that q. ship
had been hit and aerial photographs
are expected soon to confirm their
There is every reason to
believe that the four men are prison
ers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
TX ag fj 5ysF s&. Il + sStsSlSs &5.$s -isf
BEACH BANK 4
MUST RESTORE!
ALL PROPERTY

. Z 7, +, F.4 H.
The status quo in the relations be-
tween the Eeach State bank and Ser,
geant Adam Faris of the American.
Expeditionary Forces in France vii:
be re-established If the Beach bank
acts as directed in an order issued by
the North Dakota Council of Defense
today. The council brought President
7. E. Hayward and Cashier E. O..
3Egan of the Beach bank into court yes
terday to answer to charge of VIC
lating the moratorium act when the
bank foreclosed a chattel mortgage Oh
furniture owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Faris,. February ), six days after the
North Dakota moratorium act took
effect. The Beach bank explained ex.
tenuating circumstances, and stated
that inasmuch as the property cOnfis.
Gated clearly belonged to Mrs. Faris
and not to her husband, it did not be.
lieves the mOratorium- act applied.
The state council ruled the reverse,
and its order rules that it restore to
Mrs. Faris any Of her property which
the bank now holds, and that the pros
ceeds from such property as the bank
has sold under foreclosure be deposit
ed in the bank to Mrs. Faris credit.
and that she be paid the legal rate OF
interest on this deposit until the expir,
alton of the period covered by the
moratorium act, which will be one
year after Sergeant Faris' has finally
;oeen discharged from the service OF
the United tates. The bank is given
five days in whichsto express it's in in
ttention OF complying with this order
and 10 days in which to carry out its
intentions The order, the council ex>
plains, is a lenient one, but the
case itself was not an aggravated
breac hof the moratorium act, It is
claimed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
LaF GILLETTE Says
ST. Paul Speech
Was Not SeditiOus

Washington, d. C.. May 23.-The
charge Of the Minnesota Public Safety
Commission that his speech delivered
at St. Paul eight months ago was Sc
ditious and disloyals was declared to
be baseless yesterday by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin, through coun.
sci, before the Senote privileges and
elections commi .tee.
Gilbert e. Roe, the senator's attor.
ney asserted thatI the speech was
highly patriotic and came clearly with.
in the rights of theb senator to make.
He said press reports and the tran.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
First Aero Mail
Letter in State
to Be Preserved

The first aero-mail letter received in
North Dakota, sent to Governor Fraz,
Ter in the mail which, left Washington
on the first stage Of its journey by
aeroplane, has been presented by the
governor to the state historical mu-
scum, where DR.. NJ. r. Gilmore, the
curator. has appropriately framed It
and given it a prominent place among
the state archives.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

ed for the duration Of the war" From left to right
these members Of the great constructive contin-
gent Of the American army-the Red Cross-are:
Mrs Claus Spreckles, Mrs. Henry Roberts, both Of
Coronado Beach, CAL; Mrs. Dwight Peterson, To-
ledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Leslie Moon Of Coronado
Beach, Cal. IS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

reiterated it and said if its accuracy
is questioned, the senator would be
glad to submit detailed proof OF the
facts n.
/ No senator, the brief says, has ever
been attacked and assailed by war
party and a War-mad press as Sen
ator La Toilette had been attacked
even prior to the ST Paul speech"
The hearing will be continued to-
morrow. ia
Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

the local schol house had the cul-
prit bind tn bars and his written
confession in their hands. The fire
was extinguished before it had done
much damage. There was evidence
of its incendiary origin. The only
clue to the offender were smudgy m.
ger prints left on window.sll. State
Fire Marshal Reade was advised by
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

"As long as our men wear the uniform of the
American army" says Mrs. Leslie Moon Of Cor
onado Beach, CAL, whose husband is an American
aviator, 1--WE will wear this uniform for certain
number Of hours each day. We have enlisted in
that part of the army for which women are par
ticularly adapted, and like our men we have enlist
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23

phone. He directed that copy OF
the finger prints be made and that
suspicious parties berrounded up and
the Bertillion method applied. The
scheme worked very satisfactorily.
While the prisoner, well known
young man OF this community. has
admitted his guilt, his object in at.
tempting to destroy the school build.
ing remains unknown.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-23
BERTILLION SYSTEM
LOCATES FIRE BUG

Lakota, n D.. May 23.-Using the
Bertillion system, local police author
tiles within twelve hours after the
discovery of an incendiary blaze
swhich threatened the destruction Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
NURSE GETS HER REWARD
Left About $4,000 by Man She Took
Care OF.

The Society of Ethical Culture Of
Philadelphia is given $1,000 in cash
and Pittsburgh street railway stocks
valued at $1,000 by the will of John A.
Stevenson, retired lumber dealer of
Philadelphia, and member of the Union
League, whose will was probated re
Gently.
1t gives to his brother, Frank N. Ste
venson of Philadelphia $4,000, and
his faithful little nurse" as she is
called in the will, Ella A. Wagner of
Norristown, is remembered to the ex-
tent of nearly $4,000 in cash and stock
and ground rent.
Various nephews and nieces and
other relatives are given about $1,000
each and the residue of his estate is to
6a held in trust for the benefit of his
daughter, Mrs. Frank J.. Alker of Nor
ristown, with whom he lived after he
was stricken with paralysis half a
tOZen or more years agO. The estate
is valued at $4,000 and upward"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
"POP" IS BURIED IN WRECK
Salvage From Sunken Steamer After
So Years Found to Have
"Rare Flavor"

S%andusky, O.-Sarsaparilla mop"
made in Detroit was recovered from
the wreck of the steamer Peubic and
when sampled proved to be of as rare
a flavor as the proverbial ''old wine"
according to f. L. Ermish, one of the
wreckers.
The Peubic went down off Alpena,
Mich. in 1877 feet of Lake Huron wa
ter. nearly 50 yeers ago. Numerous
attempts TO get at her valuable ear
go had, untA now, been marked by
failure.
OF $4,000 in paper money that
was on the boat when she went to the
bottom. ali that has been recovered,
Ermish says, is a piece of a So bill.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
DELICIOUS CORN MUFFlNS.

Here'saan old fashioned recipe for
corn mullins that has recently been
revived and used with unusual success
in several of the larger New York no.
tells: To make three and a half dozen
mullins take one quart milk, six ounces
butter substitute, twelve ounces of
light syrup or honey, four eggs, pinch
of salt, two ounces baking powder,
one and a half pounds cornmeaI and
one and a half pounds rye flour. The
butter and syrup should be thoroughly
mixed then add the eggs gradually.
Pour in the milk and add the rye -four
mixed with cornmeal and baking pow
der.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Snakes Home in BeIfry.

Laurel, Del.--A six-foot black snake
fell from the belfry of the Riverton
(AId.) Methodist church onto the
shoulders of Benjamin F. Kennerly,
the sexton, while he was ringing the
bell. After a lively chase the snake
was cornered in the church auditor
ium and killed. 1t evidently had made
irs home in the belfry and fed on birds
which roost there.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
CHARGESG GERMANS
Cruelty CAPTIVES
Frightful 0utrages Perpetrated
on the Western Front.
DESCRIBED BY u I. SOLDIERS

"f All America Could Hear Horrible
Tales" Says an American Soldier,
There Would Be Five Million Men
Training for War and Loans Would
Be oversubscribed by Billions of
Dollars.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Guarantee Trust Co.

North Carolina and Atlantic Avenues
ATLANTIC CITY.
Daniel S. White, President; Henry
w. Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Vice
Presidents; Herman M. Sypherd, Vice
President and Trust Officer; Harry T.
Sickler, Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
FACE the FACTS

EFT us face the facts. The war situation is critical.
l. Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought, defeat threatens. Hungry men cannot fight
at their best; nor hungry nations. France, England,
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them.
Wheat Savungs-They must have wheat. 1t is the
best food to fight on. 1t is the easiest to ship. We
alo1e IAN spare it to them. By saving just a little
les han a quarter of what we ate last year-we can
81. OFT those who are fighting our battles. And we
ca4 do it without stintng ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food just as good.
The Corn of PIenty-Corn is that food. There's a
surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour of our need. It has given US corn in such bounty
as was never known before. Tons of corn. Train
loads of corn. Five hundred million bushels over and
above cur regular needs. All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
so easy? And so clear?
Americas Own Food-Corn! 1t is the true American
food. The Indians, hardest of races, lived on it.
Our foTefathers adopted the diet and conquered a
continent. For a great section of our country it
has blong cen the staff of life. How well the South
fought on it, history tells. Now it can help America
win a world war.
Learn something-Corn 1t isn't one food. It's a
dozen. It's cereal. It's a vegetable. It's a bread
dollar for dollar, than meat or eggs or most other
yyegeta ,5le5i It's s. good pod to oor eat 'bId how ng good you goo don't
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic.
Corn's Infinite Variety-How much do you know about
corn? About how good it is? About the many
delicious ways Of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing more about it? Here are a few
of its uses:
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break
fast. Here are some suggestions:
O Breads DESSERTS
Boston brown bread. Corn-meal molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Mullins. Dumpings.
Biscuits. Gingerbread.
GriddleF cakes. Fruit gems.
Waffles.
Hearty DISHES
Corn-meal croquettes. Corn-meal fish balls.
Meat and corn-meal dumplings.
Italian polenta. Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin sos, Corn
Meal as a Food and Ways of Using 1t" free from the
Department of Agriculture.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
WHEATLESS BISCUITS.

Parched cornmeal is the feature OF
these excellent wheatless biscuits.
First, the cornmeal-one-half a cup
is put in a shallow pan placed in the
oven and stirred frequently until ii
is a delicate brown. The other ingre-
dents are q teaspoon of salt, a cup
of peanut butter and one and a half
cups of water. Mix the peanut but
ter, water and salt and heat. While
this mixture IS hot Stir in the meal
which should also be hot. Beat thor
oughly. The dough should be of such
consistency that it car be dropped
from a spoon. Bake in small cakes
in an INCREASED pan. This makes 10
biscuits. each of which contains one-
sixth of an ounce of protein.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-26
RESULTS OF FOOD SAVING.

New York World: There are those
in Great Britain who have doubted
that the people Of the United States
would make any food sacrifices on
behalf of their allies in the war, and
they have made themselves known
by periodical outcries of whether the
American people are asleep or only
half awake to these exigencies Of the
situation And there are those in the
United States and in its congress
who have not only doubted the eff
cheney of the federal food admins
tration but have ridicu1ed all its eff
forts.
Both Of these noisy f1ocks Of birds
are thrown into flutter by little
statement OF fact from Sir William
Goode Of the British food ministry.
He says that early last month MI.
Hoover cabled that as a result Of the
American food conservation cam
paign he had 150,o00,000 pounds of
bacon and 25,000,0O0 pounds of
frozen meat to send over in excess
of what the British representatives
here had thought available; and it
later developed that the amount of
frozen meat available was thousands
of tons" above the Hoover estimate.
Which teaches all concerned two
or three things. The United States
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-26

stairs at my hotel in the morning
but l was always gently or urgently
! stopped at the desk and asked when
thought / would be able to pay my
room rent. You've got to be a born
optimist to keep up your landlord e
courage as well as your own droop
ing spirits at such time. l was
young and hungry as well as broke,
and rehearsing is hard work.
That particular experience taught
me its lesson and that lesson is this !.
If when things are blacklist we can
just hold on minute longer, they
change. 1t is this crucial moment
when the bottom is touched that
most people let go. If they would
just hold their grip, they would find
themselves rising. We can not 60
below the bottom Of the well. This
is the quality Gf / may be SO per-
sonal as to analyze the little success
that has come to me)-that has
brought it. During that period Of
disbursement and despair 1 held on
cheerfully and hungrily, actually as
well as figuratively, to the thought
of success. l said 1t must come, and
it did. THE Three Twins" the
show we were rehearsing, opened in
Chicago, and l made my first real
hit in "The Yama Yama Girl" It
was smooth sailing after that.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-26
BABY BOND.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: There is a
good name that has been coined for
the thrift and saving stamps and the
saving certificates 1t is the best say
ongs plan that has ever been devised
in this country Of ours Four per cent.
at compound interest and behind the
paper the wealth and the resources
and the credit of the United States
The baby bond is great lesson, a
great teacher 1t teaches patriotism
and it teaches thrift. 1t is little won.
der that the people are awakening to
the Importance and the value Of this
investment, and that the interest is
growing from day to day. Some good
people have been predicting all along
that this loan would yield much great.
er sums than were expected. Because
it is now known by the great flnan-
ciers how patriotic, how generous and
how thrifty are the common people,
those Of very small incomes, who pay
no income tax and own no Liberty
bonds. The Baby Bond is going to
prove a source of establishment; 1t is
going to prove revelation.