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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
5. D. County Dad. Must
Advertise Special Meets:

.-- -lt.r-H. rTEHH..f r rLLNE-rlN
Pierre, s. D.. Sept. 14.-Unless
legal notices are posted in three pub
lie places throughout the county or
published in the official newspaper
five days before a special meeting Of
the board Of county commissioners as
required by law, the board has no au-
,thority to transact any official bust
ness at such meeting. according to a
recent opinion by the state legal de-
partment. ss L
The opinion, which vas written by
Assistant Attorney. General v. Ri
Sickles. was called: for in an inquiry
brought the department by Elmer Err
win. clerk of courts in Faluk county,
asking whether the commissioners
could meet in special session without
giving notice and legally appoint
some one to ill the vacancy in the of
flee Of the register Of deeds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
LAYER APPEAL
BEFORE HIGH
COURT TODAY
Alleged Murderer's Attor-i
neys Claim Confession was
Third Degree" Affair.

Bismarck, N. d., Sept. M.-The SUI
spreme court today has under consider
alton the appeal in behalf of Henry
Layer, serving a life term in the state.
Spenitentiary for the murder OF eight
seopl near Turtle Lake. for q trial
before a jury. Layer was sentenced
TO life Imprisonment on his plea Of
guilty.
That the confession obtained by Of
Encers from Layer was forced from.
L him by third degree. methods and
that new evidence has been discovered
tending to throw doubt upon Layers
original story was the basis of the
! plea for. trial made by Edward p.
shelly and James Norris Of Darlington,
2attorneys for Layer.
The crime for which Layer was
one of the most brutal in
s@sthe annals 1.-THE state, was sup
SSposedly committed April 20, 1920.
gJacob Wolf, his wife. five children
aSchore boy were found muir
s5dered In their home north Of Turtle
Lake, Mclean county. The confess
sHion OF Layer was made in the Jail
Ssssat Washburn May. ~, 1920.
SSa Claims Severe Methods We're Used.
Morris asserted sSthati officers
planted" a detective with Layer in
1.-THE cell to gain his confidence, sub
elected him, to."third degree" question:
#$Inob would get him II. he did not con
Mess and get out OF Washburn.,
SasN M. TellefSon, states ,usAttorney OF
A'G$McLean county, and John E.. Williams,
who was states attorney when Layer
was sentenced, argued before the ah-
8spreme court that Layer had been given
tserery opportunity to repudiate his
sSconfession before he was : taken to
sssprison. and answering the charge that
s6fle9 was threatened with mob violence.
H#said he had requested time before be-
ling taken to prison to visit his farm
eSand settle up affairs. The newly dis
#covered evidence" which consisted OF
&the finding Of a mask and other ,ar-
on the Wolf farm several months
gago, was held to be of no value what
ever by the attorneys for the state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14

Fargo. Nd; Sept. i4.-LThe Joint
COMMITTEES meeting at the
state headquarters today having til
attention called 10 an article in the
.ourier-News stating that a certain
candidate was to get the I. v. A. sup,
for u s. senatorship, passed q
denying, that such was the
It ALSO denied another asser.
Ton In the same article that the I. v
maintained headquarters in Wash.
ington. DC. "a further resolution ex.
pressed appreciation to j. f. T
OsConnor for the work he is doing ii
behalf OF the independents forcesSir
the state. The resolutions read:
teThis committcc which Is the
managing head Of the Independ-
emit f6rces, commonly known as
tho i. VA, IN the recall election
campaign on. has made no
deals with reference to q. s. sen
atOFship q any other position
and, It has no knowledge OF any
particular activity in connection
with. the Impending recall cleo
tion BY either Senator McCum.
her or H-SenAtor Gronna-
eThc committee appreciates
the work THAT the Hon. j. f. r.
OsConnor has done and is doing
In behalf u the Independent
cause.
Tn I. Y. A. has no hcndquar-
tors In Washington, d. Cor n
other place outside the state u
North Dakota"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
Dan Cupid Seems To
Be Quitting Diamond
Game Ia South Dakota

PIERRE, S. D., Sept 14.-Dan
Cupid rcsorted to q stone Of o
different color in most az his af-
fairs last year, judging by the
asscased valuation Of diamonds In
the state. set and unset, as shown
In the report of the state tax COM.
mission, for 1921. Flush times
and . desire to possess the spark
lees were reflected In the 1920
lists when all Glasses Of diamonds
in the state doubled the previous
year's valuation for q total OF
9S47 500.
Brown county leads all other
divisions Of the state with 464,O33
with 934,157.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
LAW IS LAW.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE law is
the law. -
Although there are thousands of
thirsty Americans who would pay ten
dollars a quart for good Scotch,
quarts Of whiskey were listed
Of mo value when the estate of
NJ. Bird, formerly president
of the Manhattan Savings institution.
was recently appraised.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14

IN Great festivities are to be inaugur-
Sated today throughout Mexico and
Ssthe Central American republics in
celebration of the centenary Of their
independence. ri
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
District Nc. 2.

Roy Eggum. Aneta .........
Ada Peng1lly, Bartlett ......
John Gang, Cando ..........
Mrs. L. E. Dougherty, Churchs
Joseph Vittel, Doyon ........
Mrs. w. e. Keith, EEeland :.
Laura M. Kellogg. Hansboro.
Bertha Roisland, Kloten -.
Dorothy Wright, Michigan ).
Mrs. r. D. McDougall. Neville
Earl W. Edwards, Rolette -.
Ethel Rosscup, Rolla .......
Harlem Aafedt, Rugby .......
Ralph E.. Opheim, Southam..
Tilda Berg, Warwick .......
Ethel Holt. York ...........
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14

H. Traveller, Ardoch ........ 1000
Mary Macleod, Crystal ..... 1000
Fred e. Arason, Edinburg... 1,O0(
Ruth, M. Dean, Emerald. $50. 1000
Oscar Hansen, Fordvllle ..... 1,O0t
j.. C.. Koths, Cavalier 1905
G.. J.; SolibaklSe. Drayton /. -. 1,00t
Mrs. A, E. Halversor. Forest :
River. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .1,00t
Harry 3. Overly. Grafton ~. 1000
Alvin P. Tverberg, Grafton. .1,00t
,Thelma A. Thoreen, Grafton.
Mrs. G. n. schuyler. Grand '''
Gail Ca aaulke, Grand Forks. 1907
MIS-. J. L.. Gibbons. Grand
1,OOt
Hazel A. Hilligoss, Grand
Forks ................... 1000
Mrs. John Harris, Grand
Forks ..S.... ...... 1,00(
H. L. Andos. Grand Forks. 1000
Chas. Swenson. tHatton ...... 1000
Birdie Bickford, Kempton -. 1000
Mrs. Walter Palm, Lankin :. 1000
Eva Plummer, LAngdon $50. 1000
F. A. Mcdonald; Milton 80. 1000
o.. o. Barnes, Mayville ...... LOOT
Harold Ntaa, Northwood .... 1000
Carther jackson, Orr ;. ...... 1000
Mrs. Edgar Douglas. Osnabrock 1,00t
Mrs. Harold DouEnerty, Park 5
river 1,OOt
Mrs. H.. G. Lowe, Pembina !. 1906
u. V. Ralston, Thompson ..../ 1000
Mrs. E. A. De Schneau, May
WIG lbVVt
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14

Ester F. Carlson, Finl.y. 1000
John 8. Wood, Grenora .....s 1000
Alma C. Wick, Noonsn ...... 1000
Venus Kitchner, Poplar ..... 1000
Nellie Helmer, Poplar. Mont. !. 1000
Miss Halga Sjaastad, Tagus i. 1000
Chester L. Blegan. Williston. 1000
Mrs. p. j. Foss, Zahl ........ 1000
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
District No. 8.

Esther Mentz. Anamoose -. 1000
Pretoria Ogg, Antler ....... 1000
Axel Abrahamson. Carpio.... 1000
Laurel McEwan. Baifour -. 1000
Olive M. Turner, BottjHaau.. 1000
Arthur Haugen, Burlington. 1000
May Bettcher, Donnybrook... 1000
Marion K. Huston, D%eering.. 1000
Daily Stewart, Bowden ..... 1000
Bessie Bernstein, Coleharbor. 1000
A. Siehm, Drake ........... 1000
Olive Holen, Douglas. ....... 1000
Nell Filbert. Des Laos ...... 1000
Mrs. G. D. Thayer, Dogden.. 1000
"A. e. Southard. Fessenden 80. 1000
Katie Oeder, Goodrich ...... 1000
Marian Healy, Glenburn. ..... 1000
Blanche Heath, Granville -. 1000
Ruth Fulton, Kenmare. ...... 1000
Marguerite Connole, Mohall.. 1000
Selma AHustoft. Manfred ..... 1000
Mae Smith, Maxbass, N. D.. 1000
Margaret Hedahl, Mercer 49,. 1000
Genevieve Vandenoever, Minot 1000
Adeline Schalper, Minot ..... 1000
Lora Griffin, Ryder.......... 1000
Lila L. West, Sykeston $685.. 1000
Morgan Erickson, Towner -. 1000
Walter Bischof, Washburn :. 1000
Mildred Matheson, Westhope. 1000
Cora Thiele. Willow City 80. 1000
District re. A.
Points.
Anna Baker, Ambrose ....... 1000
Hazel Smith. BainviIle. Mont. 1000
Ethel NJ. Wix, C~ulbertson. -. 1000
ANN EL.H.E .LEA.aH
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-14
District 70. A.

Anna Baker, Ambrose ...... 100,
Hazel Smith. Bainvile, Mont. 100
Ethel NJ. Wix, Culbertson. -. 100
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
THE COUNTRY EDITOR

From the Elizabethtown (N. J) News
 Everybody has written about the trials and tribulations of the country editor. but few have written about his joys. He stands ahead of the preacher. the lawyer and the public speaker because he never talks to empty benches, but speaks in all the homes where his paper goes. He never makes impromptu speeches which generally disgust the audience but writes with deliberation and pre- meditation. The preachers influence for good seldom reaches farther than his congregation, while tie editors Held for good reaches all the congre- sations in the county The lawyer makes a great speech in the court house and only one or two hundred persons hear him, but when the edl- tor writes a good editorial it is copied in various papers in the state The editor distributes more flowers than florist and he asks nothing in re- turn for them but thanks. The edi-
 
 tor has an opportunity to do the in- dividual citizen service and he never hesitates to do it if consistent with his obligatio to the public. The editor has the greatest opportu- nity to convert men and women to his way of thinking on public questions. As the lighthouse on the shore warns the sslps from the rocks the editor can Warn the police of frauds and takers. The editor has the greatest opportunity to protect society from evil by standing for the law and ere ating public sentiment for it. The editor never tires of boosting his town and county. and if both do not grow it is not his fault. He helps the deserving young men with words of commendation and restraints the old by words of warning. His field of usefulness is broader than that of any one else in the community. and if he does not get any returns for his efforts for settlement he has a suffi- cient reward in seeing things get bet ter. He rejoices in his opportunity for service to his fellow man. his town and his country. and goes on his way rejoicing, whether or not he gets any returns for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
MED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE COUNTERFEIT LWEIISSEY LABELS POSTED UPON INNOCENT,

counterfeit. and probably a. whisky that would badly upset your digestive organs; or, really, might poison you. The fellow who sold it to you has flim flammed you. Wish we could get him"
 The officer knew whereof he spoke. old Taylor, Haig & Haig. Johnnie Walker and the like, apparently in the original package, with the gov ernment label, have been conspicuous in dress suitcase offerings of late ; and the majority of those purchasing have been flim- flammed, and, in ad- dition laid Up in hospitals or homes with bad attacks of all sorts of ail- ments. from appendicitis to tonsi- litis.
 * * <
 The New OK authorities have ex- posed the game and made wholesale arrests.
 Counteffeit revenue stamps having face value of s2,ooo,oOo have been seized, and carloads of forged labels of well known brands confiscated
 Outlaw print shops in Brooklyn have kept several printing presses running for months, turning out stamps and labels of all the promi- nent brands of whisky and gin. They have been selling set of false labels consisting of a dozen each of revenue stamps. whisky labels and caution" stamps for sl and SIPS a set. The man who bought them sim ply coneocted the Illicit liquor and pasted the stamps on the bottles. The revenue stamps appeared to be iden- tical with the Government stamp that is pasted over the cork of liquor bot ties
 The names Nof distilleries in va rious parts of the country were forged on the labels, which came off the press in patches of 800 to sheet uncut. In this way they were packed in boxes and sold wholesale, 1t was said.
 Every revenue stamp forged meant the cheating or the Government out of 80 cents, 1t was said. The boot leggers used a revenue stamp, a false liquor label and spurious "caution" label on each bottle. Here is a type of the caution" label found by the authorities:
 Warning. These spirits were
 tax paid at the beverage
 rate for medicinal purposes only.
 Their sales or use for other pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
IS MANN ACT oBsoLETE. :.

From the Houston Post.
 Newspaper accounts recently indi- cate that there is an epidemic of di- vorce scandals, elopements of married people and immortality. Many of the people involved in these cases are more or less prominent, and 1t ap- pears that they have been permitted to move about from state to state without any interference from those who are supposed to enforce the Mann act.
 A prominent business man marries a young girl, takes her to his home in another state. introduces her to his wife and children and informs Wife No she may stay if she desires. The second marriage is later an- nulled, and he escapes prosecution both for bigamy and for violat tion of the Mann act
 The wife of preacher in New York state elopes with an official of the church. also married and they take up their residence in New Jersey The law is apparently unconcerned as no report has come of any charge being filed against either of the couple
 A wealthy New York woman elopes with her chauffeur, fleeing to a dis tant state. and nothing is done about It. except to stop them and induce them to return home.
 A prominent New York banker, father of family, whose escapades with numerous women stink to heaven, is found to have maintained his love nests in different states, dividing his time principally between Florida and New York, and yet no suggestion has come that i,e might be prosecuted under the Mann act.
 This series of cases, and those named, are only few, warrant the inquiry, is the Mann act dead let teN in the east? Why the indiffer- ence>of the authorities lately toward this law? Or is this just sample of the way the majority of the laws are being ignored and nonenforced?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
BIRMINGHAM BRIGHTENs UP

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Frank H. Croekard announces the blowing in of another blast furnace president of the Woodward Iron com pany, 'is one of Birmingham cap tains of industry who is noted for his conservatism" comments The he believes the worst of the depres- sion is over. "Other captains of in dustry financers and economic ex- perts have expressed the same view. A nation wide revival of business is close at hand,' says The Age Herald in cheerful editorial.
 Far-sighted manufacturers and business men "are not waiting for return of prosperity says The Age Herald. They are not giving away to despair and adding to the atmos- phere of gloom by lamenting their their preparations to meet business half way"
 The Age Herald says everyone fla miliar with conditions throu ghout the country is aware that Birming- ham has suffered less than other in dustrial centers." In Birmingham. scores of homes are being erected and dozens of new stores. Building and remodelng. we are told, is go. Ing on in every part of the city Families who were accustomed to go away for the summer have been frightened by talk of hard times, and instead of spending money in the north and east, are patronizing Birmingham merchants. New school buildings are being constructed. Pub lie improvements have not been halted. There is little excuse for pessimism in Birmingham"
 Birmingham let down" did not occur till few months ago and while there is widespread unemploy ment in the steel mills and coal mines 1t is gratifying to note the signs of improvements which move The Age Herald to its encouraging remarks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
Unlocking Hookworm

Information Service of the Rocke-
 feller Foundation.
 "Unhooking the Hook worm" Is the title of a motion-picture film which has recently been made under the auspices of the interna tional health board for use in anti-hookworm cam paigns in various parts of the world.
 The matching of the hookworm. it's penetration of the human body, it's progress through the blood, lungs, and throat to the digestive tract, it's parasitic role, it's propagation, are set forth wildly by ingenious devices of micro photography and animated dlae grams. Successive scenes illustrate the causes of soil pollution, the pro- cess of infection the symptoms of the disease. the methods of treatment, the results of cure, and the need of sani- tary precautions. It Is now being sent out for use in different countries and will doubtless be modified as a result of actual tests in the field. Preliminary reports indicate that the film is likely to prove distinctly serv- ieeable in impressing communities with the menace of the infection and with the possibilities of cure and pre- yention.
 During 1920 the hookwofm work, always undertaken in concert with
 
 forward fn nine states of the south. In the West Indies campaigns were prosecuted in Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad; survey was made In San to Domingo. and in Porto Rico, after a field study, relief measures were inaugurated. In Central America work was continued in Guatemala, Nicaragua. Salvador, Costa Riea, and Panama, In South America campaigns were conducted in Colombia and in 10 states of Brazil, where government vided. In the far east anti-hook worm measures were carried out in Queensland, Australia, and in Papua, Siam, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, and the Seychelles Islands. Thus control or survey services were rendered to 42 different governmental areas in 19 different countries of the world. In every case the government invited aid, assumed increasing responsi- bility, and looked forward to taking over the entire enterprise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
The Fourth Estate

In my opinion. one of the 1 est newspaper stories that has been written in long time is one in he current issue of The Saturday Eve ming Post" said George Lewis Battles, assistant city attorney last night.
 Chester s. Lord, for fl years a member of the staff of the sun. writes under the title, "Reminis- cences Of Charles A. Dana and the Old New York Sun" MT. Lords ar ticle is So original and sincere, and carries so much Of the atmosphe ,e' with 1t that one almost sees inc edf torial room around him, with report- CTS pounding away at, their .yoe- writers. the city editor slashine nwav at copy with his blue or veriblic pencil; the whir of the great press in the basement is almost au1i,le and the smell of newsprint pa ,er ink and gum arabic paste is all rut real.
 There is magic about the print ed word that has never been quite defined.
 everybody appreciates, in some measure at least. the power and in tiuence of the newspaper, and Is necessarily interested in the men and women who have made and who make 1t the institution 1t is in our english speaking civilization. There IS charm and interest that r,ust 'heretore cling about the very names Of men like Dana, Greeley. Pulitzer. " at'erson and Grady until men and women quit readinc."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01

tion of the ruling in the Meridian rate case.
 The case instituted by the state attacking the entire rate schedule in the Meridian case will go on. The coal operators singled out their trouble and hewed to it. They secured redress the more easily be- cause there never were rates on coal and coke from Meridian, hence the intrastate rates on coal and coke could not discriminate against Meridian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
< 2 & Price Declines and Standard of Living

1T 7SING 100 to express the base " of wholesale prices in 1913, that of wholesale prices in June, 1921, was 139. Wholesale prices to- day are little over one-third in excess of the prices of 1913.
 A year ago the base was 25S. The decline in prices since that time has been 119 points. Compared with January of this year, there has been a decline of "A points. The decrease has been less and less during the past few months, being only Il points in March, four in April and May and three in June.
 It Is well to consider if a third more than what was charged for rcods in 1913 is not about the base o which we can again go ahead 1gsh safety. How much more shall We cut here and there without low fiag the higher standard of living
 Eish has come about since the ad- vaaee in prices for products and wages began?
 Ne experienced a period of reck- less price raising and wage advanc- ine without consideration of eff lucy, but we made genuine prog regs at the same time in attaining
 fer ideals with regard to what the average man should get out of life. The latter as we'll as the for mer should be borne in mind if we are ill impatient when we look over the cooperative price list of 1921 and 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01

poses will subject the seller or
 use for other purposes will sub
 ject the seller or user to very
 heavy penalties.
 "sILAs REDFIELD,
 "DistIllers. Distiilery No I.
 sixth District. Ky"
 The bootleggers took every preca tion to deceive their customers ini buying inferior bootleg liquor unddS the guise of well known brands. Tht police seized thousands of forgeF liquor labels marked Gordon Dr Gin" and in connection with thes labels were others announcing thaA to refill the bottles would make th | user liable to a fine of from s1oo q s1,ooo and two years in prison. The Gordon gin label bore in re ink the result of an analysts" by rE| Gordon Clayton. consulting chemis| and analylst," who approved of thI gfn as absolutely dry
 * # #
 Who is safe now?
 The chemists say they find but iit1 tie lye and no wood alcohol in thd recently seized moonshine. The cam paign against this class by The Age Herald. and Judge Abernethys an- nouncement that the maker or seller of poisoned moonshine would be tried for his life for administering poison knowingly to the innocent, has largely curtailed the moonshiner and the bootlegger of corn The stills| are being moved to more inaccessibe II locations. and few men dare now d purchase lye or potash of any kina| Indeed the canned lye business has fallen off perceptibly. The purchasef at once becomes suspect. especially if he happens to live in the coun- try.
 x # x
 Whats the old citizen and the burly youngster. who craves jolly jaglet. to do? He must take ses- perate chances or- Know his moon- sinner.
 The persuasive importer who visits port cities to meet mystery ships and obtain his portion of the cargo, can not himself tell what he is buyine for his friendly customers. He is liable to come in with a grip full of poison so we'll bottled and labelled that he believes it's contents to be the genuine article.
 It's the water wagon or the Lady and the Tiger.