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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-10
TRUNK HELD COLD.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1o.-An old trunk for which she paid $1.00 to a junk dealer in Scranton. Pa, before she moved from that city recently has added $395 in gold to the capital Of Mrs. Alfred Bitterlin, of Ceiling dale, Pa
 Believing the trunk had outlived its usefulness, Mrs. Bitterlin started to burn it. A jingle attracted her at tenuon, the fire was extinguished and Mrs Bitterlin extracted the gold n1aeaa fom thA Gninx nf t,A> >tx11.l-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
BURNQUIST SUSPENDS
COUNTY ATTORNEY IN
LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
(By the Associated Press)

st. Paul, May 19.-Wm. M. Nash,
Hennepin county attorney, was sus-
pended from office by Governor Burn
quist following charges involving
Nash in the liquor conspiracy case
that brot about the resignation Of
Sheriff Oscar Martinson and his sub
seQuent plea of guilty.
John T. O'Donnell, Minneapolis
city prosecutor for several years, was
named acting county attorney pend
ing final decision in the custer pro-
ceedings against Nash, who asserts
the charges against him are q frame
up"
The liquor conspiracy case involves
several deputy sneriffs and q num-
ber Of private citizens Of Minneapolis
and was the outcome of alleged illicit
Importation Of liquor from Canada.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
GUARD ROADS FROM
CANADA TO MNOI

Minot, May 15.-Harry Gill, u. 8.
custom official is determined to inter-
cept the illicit liquor trade that is
said to be conducted thru an invis-
ible pipe line that extends from Can
adian points to Minot. In two in
stances horses and wagons were con-
fiscated and were sold. The AUTO
mobile is now being watched for, and
under the federal law any vehicle H.
legally transporting liquor is liable
to confiscation. The very fact that
an automobile contains Canadian
whiskey is sufficient evidence to war
rant the confiscation Of the automo-
bile and once Uncle Sam gets hold of
an automobile containing Canadian
whiskey, there will be absolutely no
chance to get the car back, even tho
the driver is not convicted Of any
crime. Il 5
Mr.. Gill states that he will take Il
car for one bottle OF whiskey Just as
quickly as he will II it contains a
dozen cases. s..
Mr.. Gill states that number OF
Minot women who make frequent
trips to Portal and points in Canada.
are being carefully watched for hs
has positive information that many
Of them are bringing in liquor.
/. Minot appears to be the objective
Of the liquor vendors in this section
Of the state. altho ,whiskey Is being
.brot across the border all along the
y line.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
DENHOFF WOMAN DIES
AS RESULT OF BURNS

Mrs. George Thompson, wife of
the Northern Pacific section foreman
at Denhoff. passed away Monday ev-
ening at about z O'Clock, death being
duo to burns received Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Thompson was starting
fire in the kitchen stove using kero-
sine. when her dresses caught fire.
Mr.. Thompson and another man
were In the section house at the time
but were unable to extinguish the
flames until Mrs. Thompson was 80
severely burned that death resulted.
Mr.. Thompson was badly burned
about the hands and face in attempt
ing to put out the flames. The build
ing was not injured.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
HAGEN, PRESIDENT OF
FARGO BANK, TO BE
GIVEN NEW TRIAL
tBy. the Associated Press,

Fargo. May 19.-The verdict 10
the case Of H. J. Hagen; president: Of
the scandinavian-American Bank Of
Fargo. charged with exhibiting false
records to- the state bank examiner
with intent to deceive In connection
with the closing Of the bank in Octo-
Der last. was set aside by Judge NJ. J..
Englert in Cass county district court
today and new trial ordered.
Judge Englert in setting aside the
verdict, which was returned last Mo-
vember; upheld the contention Of the
defense that the states attorney
showed misconduct In presenting the
case and that papers presented in
evidence against Hagen had been OBJ
tanned by "unwarranted and unreas-
enable" means.
The new trial probably will be
held in October. .a,.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
RECORD
BROKEN THIRD TIME
WITHIN TWO WEEKS
(By the Associated Preas)

Mineola. N. Y, May 17.-The
worlds airplane altitude record for 4
pilot and three passengers was brok-
EN- here today by Clarence E. Coon bs
who rose to the height Of 1880 feet.
This is SO feet higher than the alti-
tude reached by Captain Lowell H.
Smith at Puryear Field, Ell Centro,
CAL, last Monday.
Coombs, formerly a sergeant in the
American army air service, carried
two newspaper men and an official Of
an airplane company. He used an
Orenco plane with $50 horsepower
motor. This is the third time that
the altitude record for a single-motor
plane has been broken within two
weeks. Coombs set mark slightly
over 10000 feet May and this was
exceeded three days later by Captain
Smith.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20

I promptly declined to be candidate
under any circumstances. stating
that he was not in aiposition for the
delegates to consider him as can-
didate, that he came to the conven-
ton as a delegate, to represent the
sentiment Of the people OF his coun-
ty, which Ea should and would do.
Not u-itllstanding Mr.. Steel's protest
he received a very. complimentary
vote. Mr. Steel's selection as chair
man was made. unanimously. Owing
to his wide acquaintance thruout the
state he was personally known 20
many delegates and the selection
proved to be most happy one.
In his remarks on taking the plat
form Mr.. Steel, among other things,
said that he had at one time visited
Mount Vernon, the tomb of Washing
ton, and from the spot and from the
historical associations connected
with it, deep impression had been
gained of what Washington meant to
this country, and that real American
ism, as taught and illustrated by
Washington was one Of the crying
needs of the present hour in North
Dakota. He further said:
II consider that the moral ques-
tions involved in this crisis as far the
most important. We possibly may
stand the increase in taxes, high as
they are, altho they may ruin us in
the end. We may be able to stand
the loss thru the running Of the state
Industrial enterprises, but we want
out schools protected and we want
the imported socialists from New
York, Nebraska, New Zealand and
Lord Knows Where driven from our
state. We want our schools retored
to the control of the officer who was
elected to superintend them, and we
want our affairs run by the citizens
of North Dakota. Remember we
have these state Industries on hand
at this time. We have already en-
barked in this business. It would be
a suicidal act to try to go back all at
once to where we were five years
ago. We cannot turn back until
these industries can be safeguarded
and their management can be placed
in the hands of honest people, citi-
zens of our own state. Two great
qualities Of mind are necessary: Ju-
diciousness and unselfishness. Let
these two qualitie.s control and we
will find that Vii, .5,a an awakened seiti-
zenship we will march. forth to VIC
tory"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
FATHER OF BANDIT
DIES EN- ROUTE TO.
CLAIM SONS BODY
(By the Associated Press)

Chicago, May 17.-Dick Smythe,
comrade OF Horace Walton, boy train
robber was being held by federal
authorities today in connection with
the holdup of mail car near here
Friday night when Walton secured
$4,000. Walton killed a policeman
and was shot to death by officers
after a 80 minute siege.
Mrs. Walton left here last night
with the bodies of her son and her
husband. L. T. Walton, father of
the bandit, died while enroute here
to claim the body of his son. They
will be buried together tomorrow at
Champaign, III.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
FOUND GUILTY OF
ATTEMPT TO SWINDLE
NORTH DAKOTA MAN
(By the Associated Press)

Minneapolis, May 19.-Elliot
Stevenson was today found guilty by
Hennepin county jury of attempt
to swindle Theo. Verlinden of Pin
gree. N. D., out of $4,000 last Jan
uary. Sentence will be pronounced
later. (
Bail of $4,000 furnished by Theo.
Carroll and Hugh Jennings was de-
clared forfeited when Clarence
Wanke. wanted in connection with
the same case. failed to appear for
trial. A bench warrant was issued
for his arrest.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
SEN. GRoNNA's ANNOUNCEMENT.

SEN. GIsONNA's ANNOUNCEMENT.
Washington, d. c., May II. 1920.
Since the month of November last
have repeatedly told intimate
friends that my personal desire was
to retire from public life at least
temporarily. have therefore re-
Trained from doing any political
work in the interest OF my candidacy
for reelection. l have not sent one
single note to any one asking sup
port at either of the conventions held
in the state and have heretofore as
sumed no responsibility for platforms
adopted.
1t seems that a few friends, actu-
ated by the best motives, proposed
my name at the Fargo convention.
Personally, l was not responsible for
this action and could not and would
not follow the. leadership of Townley
or Lemke. =
After advising with friends feel
1t my duty to do my bit to help re-
store, just and safe government for
North Dakota and also help in the
reconstruction work of our national
government. My associates in con-
gress. regardless of party request me
to do SO. I therefore announce my
candidacy for reelection.
have studied the platform of the
republican party adopted in the Mi
not convention and approve 1t in,
toto.
Having conferred with republican.
leaders have no hesitancy in say
ing that / believe the national pla:-
form will be acceptable to every re-
publican.
therefore again ask the support
Of the people of my state in the pri-
mary and general elections and
pledge myself to work for their best
interest.
A. J. GRONNA.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
NoRToN.s ANNOUNCEMENT.

Fargo, N. D., May 1S.-(special to
Alert).-Hon P. d. Norton, of Man
dan. former congressman from the
third congressional district. an
nounces that after consulting with .
large number of his friends thruont
the state he has decided to become a
candidate at the primaries on June
80 for the republican nomination for
United States senator. The former
congressman believes that a very
substantial majority of the indepen-
dent, thoughtful and intelligent re-
publicans electors of the state really
desire to have in the United States
senate from North Dakota during the
next six years, man who is entirely
free from binding obligations to any
political boss and who has both the
experience and courage necessary to
support and carry out honest eco
nomic and political determinations
in the interest OF all the people. Mr..
: ~ ~O~A "AAA AAs1hC AOTuldl announce s.
ment Of his candidacy and his plat
form this week.
WHITES ANNOUNCEMENT.
Valley City, N. D., May 1s.-(spe-
ciaD.-1 hereby announce myself as
a candidate for United States sena-
tor on the republican ticket subject
to the vote Of the people at the June
primaries. NY position on state and
national questions will be set forth
In the press and in public addresses. q
d; FRANK WHITE.
The claims Of Judge j.. NJ. Hanleys
OF Mandan for endorsement Of the
republican state central committee
VIII De presented ut . meeting Of the
committee IL Fargo tomorroow.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
U. S. RAILWAY BOARD
REFUSES HEARING TO
OUTLAW UNION HEADS

Chicago, May 19. The United
States railway labor board today fat
" refused to hear petitions for in
creased wages presented by John
Grunau, president OF the Chicago
Yardmen's association and officers o.
other organizations which went on
strike recently in defiance OF orders
from the national railroad brother.
hood ssss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
THREE CANDIDATES
ENTER RACE FOR
u. s. SENATORSHIP
Senator Gronna, Former Con-
gresham Norton and Frank
White Announce Wiling
ness to Represent North
Dakota.

Fargo, May 18.-Four candi-
dates for the republican nomina-
ton for United States senator in
the primaries to be held June
80, arc in the race in North DakO-
ta thus far to succeed Senator A.
j. GrOnna, whose term expires
next March. They are DR.. e. F..
Ladd, p. D. Norton, former mcm-
her Of congress from the third
North Dakota district, Frank
White of Valley City, former gov
ernor of North Dakota, and Sem
atOr Gronna. Senator GrOnna's
announcement came In q telegram
received in jamestown Last night,
NOrton's and Whites intentions
were made known today, while
DR.. Ladd was endorsed by the
Nonpartisan league state oonven-
tion in session here last week.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
DEATH ABEL BYE;Rll
TUESDAY AFTERNO +; ON

The death Of Miss Mabel Dyer oc-
Cured Tuesday afternoon at the {
Trinity hospital. aiiss Bysr vas
twenty-four years 81 $50 ana tho &
daughter of Fred Bysrs sois 4 lontpslisr.S
The body Nil1s s. III PISA sto i i Iontpsss B
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20
DIR. 4. III. CEaARYsAPPONTED
DENTIST FOR COUNTY

Z Dr. =. H. Crary has been appoint,
ed by the Bureau Of War Risk In
surance Of the Treasury Department
as civilian dentist Of stutsman coun.
y. Or. Crary, under this appoint
ment, will furnish rental treatment
to patients Of the Bureau OF war
Risk Insurance On 8 Tee basis. The
appointment Nassreceired Monday. 81
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-20

s 4, The stutsman county delegation
was highly gratified at the result Of
their work and Alfred steel,s selec4
ton as chairman Of the convention.
Chairman Steel presided thruout the
ssessio With ability and won many
( plimehts both for the eloquent
and timely address, which he made
AT the opening Of the convention, and
sinf the fair and prompt manner in
which he presided over the delibera-
5tions Of the convention. During tho
= heat of the contest for the nomina-
ton. for GOVERNOR lr. Steel was hinl-
sell placed an nomins stion. but,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
At Court House, Jan. Y.

The second number of the lyceum
course will be held at the court house
next Thursday evening, when Edward
Elliott will appear in character por-
trayals
Mr.. Elliott for years has stood for
the lycGum as the moral and intel
lectual substitute for che theater.
He takes some play that has been a
great success and credit to the stage,
and arranges it into concise story
told by the characters. These char
acters are acted out, made real living
people-no wigs, scenery nor cos
tunes are employed, but you are
made to see the play as wildly al
most as if acted out by a company of
players; it is given with an artistic
unity, a defniteness of purpose and
in an atmosphere impossible in any
stage performance.
Mr.. Elliott has appeared in practi-
cally every state in the union and as
many as thirteen times in one place.
His work is of the highest order, and
never fails to please.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
The Next President.

The people Of the United States
want man with a business head for
the next president.
IF this nation is going to endure
they must have practical man with
hard common sense for chief execu-
tive.
It is going to be a pretty hard job
for the best man this nation may
produce to pull the country out of
the present mess of governmental
incompetency and rank extravaganza.
We cannot go on spending millions
and collecting war taxes TO pay the
interest on war bonds that are issued
to pay the interest on other bonds.
There must be stop.
People must economic. But the
government must do that very thing
first.
And the man who cakes up the
presidency must be business man
who knows what days work is, not
a theorist. There is a constantly
growing sentiment in that direction.
-Houghton. Mich, Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
WILL RAISE CLOVER
SEED NEXT SEASON
Farmers Purchase Huller to
Market Own Clover Seed
Profitable Investment
at Seed Price Now.

Matt Numrich, Mike Schmidt and
other farmers of that neighborhood re-
Gently got clover huller and hulled
the first clover seed that we have
ever known of in this county. With
clover seed selling from $35 to $50 a
hundred as it has in recent years, in
country where clover grows so abunt-
antly as this every farmer should
raise his own seed and many times
could profitably raise it for market
Medium clover produces two crops,
the second cutting generally being
left for seed. We have often asked
farmers why they did not raise Their
own seed and always had one of two
answers: 1st. Because there was no
huller here. End. That the season
was not always long enough to ma
ture the second crop. To the first
objection, many old time threshmen
will produce an attachment for any
grain separator that can be easily put
in place after the grain is threshed
that will do very good work, In fact
twenty-five years ago most of the
seed grown in tile clover seed belt of
this state was hulled by that process.
Adams county about that time was
noted for two things: The only
county in the state without a rail-
road, and also, as the heaviest pro-
Queer of clover seed of any county in
the state, and in those days clover
huller was not often seen. The sec
ond objection can easily be removed
by letting an acre or SO of the first
crop go to seed instead of cutting it
for hay. By pasturing a few weeks
in the spring, or clipping back with
mower, the growth can be- retarded
SO that the seed heads will get the
benefit Of tile Warmest weather
which has good deal to with good
yield of clover seed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
Basketball Notes

Mattoon and Eagle River high
school teams played about as even a
game last Friday as was ever seen on
basket ball court. The locals met
Nation on the latter's floor and
played game that resulted in a Fl to
20 victory for Mattoon. The two
teams we're very. evenly matched and
at no time during the game was
either side more than three points
ahead of the other. At the end of
the first half the score was 10 to 10.
A free throw in the last three min
utes of play won the game for Mat
toon. The home team played 8
strong game with team work that
comes from diligent practice. An ex-
ceptionaJly hard fought game can be
looked for when the Mattoon team
plays here next month. The boys
we're treated royalty and vote the
Mattoon team clean bunch of play
ers and good entertainers.
The score follows:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
Health Bulletin

Little Jack is five and his sister is
two years older. Their mother is a
nervous woman who wastes a great
deal of her energy on society and
various clubs. She has but little pa
thence with her children and little
appreciation that the training of a
child should begin shortly after birth.
This nervous mother has found
that the easiest way to control them
is to frighten them. She tells little
Jack and sister Mary that the doctor
will come and cut off their ears;
that the grizzly bear will catch them
after dark and carry them away; that
the DOGGY man will come out OF the
closet and get them if they don't go
to sleep.
Then when little Jack or Mary is
taken sick the doctor has most diff
cult task to make thorough exami-
nation of the frightened, screaming
child. He attemts to look into the
.child's throat and the youngster
fights and struggles until he is almost
exhausted. The fear Of the doctor
will stay with the child for number
of years, and in later life he will
carry the effects of this horrible fear.
The deepest impressions being
made on the tender nervous systems
of these youngsters are che impress
sions of fear. The greatest suffering
these children undergo is not from
physical punishment, because the
mother does not believe that children
should be punished. Their suffering
is real mental anguish, more harm
full and more lasting than physical
punishment.
It would be well if, in some way,
prospective mothers could attend a
school where they might receive
proper instruction regarding the care
and training of the child, because ed
ucation for motherhood and home
making is no less important than
reading, writing, and arithmetic. AS
practical substitute, the University
Extension Division offers a corres2on-
dence course written by woman
who is both an eminent physician
and a successful mother.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
Extra Mileage for Some Yanks

If you were discharged after Nov.
IL, 1918, and only got 81 cents mile
travel allowance, there's something
coming to you, The Stars and Stripes
tells it's readers.
Every enlisted man discharged
after the armistice was signed is en-
titled to cents mile from the point
of his discharge to the point of his
original muster into the service, or
to his home. This act was approved
Feb. %, 1919, and many discharged
before that date were paid at the
old rate of 81 cents mile.
If you were anything else but an
enlisted man this doesn't apply to
you at all.
The Zone Finance Officer at Wash
ington is settling claims for the II
cents a mile difference; he is also
settling the claims of those men who
got the cent mileage all right, but
only got it to the point of their entry
into the service, although their
homes were farther away.
If you are eligible go to recruiting
officer, Red Cross headquarters, or to
some other agency and ask for a
blank affidavit Officially known as
DS-ODF 2847.) Then make it out
and send it to the Zone Finance Off
Ger, Lemon Building, Washington, D..
c., marking it Gravel Allowance, !"
and enclosing your original discharge
certificate, or, preferably, copy GER
titled by recruiting officer.
If you submitted certified copy
of your discharge when you got your
$50 bonus and it is now on file in the
Zone Finance Office, say so in your
letter and don't include another copy.
The War Department says, how
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-01-16
I CLASS Grades 6, 7 and 8
How Wisconsin Was Named.

Interest in our place names is wide
spread, and no request comes oftener
to the State Historical Society at
Madison than that for information
about the name of the state. Wis
consin is named for it's principal riy-
er, but the significance of this name
has never been satisfactorily deter
mined. 1t is an Indian name, of
course, and the attempt Of white
men to reproduce it has led to over
twenty spellings found on early maps,
ranging from ''Miscous' to the ord i
nary French 'Ouisconsin." The
present spelling of wisconsin was
settled by formal vote of the consti-
tutional fathers in the convention of
1916. One of the ablest men in that
convention was Gov. Jas. III. Doty,
who for years had labored to force
the spelling WISCONSIN" on the
By some chance the
enabling act of Congress for the new
state had employed the spelling
"Wisconsan y Doty, as chairman of
the committee on state name and
boundaries, reported in favor Of re-
tanning this spelling, but the con-
vention repudiated this, voting ito
strike out the letter "a in Wiscon-
san wherever it occurs and insert the
letter 81 - Thus the present spell
ling of Wisconsin was fixed by con-
stitutional amendment.