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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
Sister Helps the Defense
And Jury AcquitS Lizzie

Emma Borden denied that her sister
had accused her of giving her away
and testified that although Lizzie and
the stepnother had not been on good
terms at one time, they We're friendly
for two years before the time OF the
murders. Emma Borden, prinn, con-
tident, apparently reliable in every
aber, was 2 tower OF strength 10 her
sister. Lizzie Borden was not called
TO the stand After an impressive
summation by Gov. Robinson and the
District Attorney, the jury came back
in less than an hour with verdict of
not guilty, which occasioned much re-
joicing among the crowd in the court
room.
Who did kill Andrew j. Borden and
his wife? The Fall River police gave
II up. The rest of the world gave it
up. Six years later George w. Pickens.
retired sea captain of Fall River.
told friend that he knew the facts
that early in life Borden had, when in
terested in shipping, caused the i'm
prisonment OF some sailors, who had
sworn revenge though it took a life
time and they swung for It. II was
true that Borden had owned an in.
terest IN a schooner, but apparently
had no interest in the Jefferson Bor-
den, on which a famous mutiny took
place in 1875. Two of the mutineers
were sent to prison for life for murder
ing the mate. They were still in prison
at Thomaston. Me-. when the Bordens
were murdered. A third was ,mpris-
oned for ten years and was free at
the time in question. But he had no
motive for killing Borden, SO far as
could be learned, nor did it appear
that Borden had anything to do with
the schooner Jefferson Borden or the
punishment of the mutineers. 1t was
fact that early in 1892 a strange
man was reported to be slsulking in
Fall River and talking OF avenging
some injury done by Borden. Capt.
Pickens, when a reporter for THE
New YORK HERALD interviewed him in
| 1899, was so old and feeble that he
| could recall nothing OF value. Every
time he approached the Borden mat
ter his memory, as he said, got un.
hooked"
After the jury set Lizzie Borden free
Sllt anu ueI SISTER came INTO the BOT-
den fortune, moved from the old
neighborhood and bought fine house
on THE HILL" There she lived quietly,
saw few friends and tried to forget
the ordeal she had suffered. Gradually
she ceased to be mentioned in the
newspapers. In view Of tho present
day strategy Of murder cases. il is
interesting now to recall the fact
that throughout the investigation and
trial Miss Borden's counsel steadfastly
declined TO let their client take the
public into her confidence. They made
no effort to explain unfavorable cir
cumstances or reconcile anything she
might have said under excitement with
the facts They uniformly had moth
ing TO say" They were criticized for
taciturnity at the time. but were vim
| dicated by the acquittal. II is also in
/ teresting to note that soon after the
| discovery of the murders the Border
| sisters offered a reward of $1,000 foi
the arrest of the persons who caused
the murders"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19

had little on which 10 demand a YER
dict except it's contention that the OPP
portunity. to commit the crime was
exclusive" The defense passed its
witnesses in review in less than two
days. They said that the dress which
was burned was an old, paint covered
one that had been hanging in closet,
and that the burning took place in
daylight and without attempt at con-
coalment; they were sure the dress
worn by Miss Borden on the fateful
morning was dark blue, not light blue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
Correspondent Figured as
Burdick Case Suspect

Now the Buffalo case.
Edward L. Burdick, head of L. l..
Burdick & Co. and tie Buffalo En-
velope Company, lived at 10t Ashland
avenue. in a good residential part Of
the city. His wife, whom he was
suing for divorce, was in Atlantic City
in the month of February, 1903. There
we're left in his household his three
children, ranging from 10 to 10 years
old: his wife's mother. Mrs. Hull, and
two servants. On the afternoon OF
February &c Burdlclz went home from
business at the usual hour, carrying
a bottle OF cocktails which was never
seen thereafter. The grandmother and
children retired early. One of the
maids, returning from an evening out,
caught a glimpse OF Burdick through
the door OF his den" about 10 o'clock.
A few minutes later she heard him in
the cellar shaking the furnace. Com
ing downstairs at o'clock In the morn
ing, the two maids found q rear win
dow and the front door open. They
suspected burglars. but nothing was
missing. Burdick's bed had not been
slept in. The door of his den was
closed. The grandmother, Mrs. Hull,
opened &c, but seeing in the dim light
a pile of something on q couch. was
afraid to go in. DR.. Marcy was called.
Going TO the couch. he lifted of two
pillows and a cabin blanket and un-
covered the body OF Burdck. The
back OF his skull was crushed. Two
fingers OF his left hand were broken.
as IL In n struggle. He had nothing
on but a shirt. His coat, waistcoat
and trousers were scattered around tho
room. There was a fully loaded. I'M
discharged revolver In a pocket OF tho
coat. On O table were a small bottle
OF whisky and the remains OF light
iunch---a tart, crackers and imported
cheese--the sort OF food Burdicls never
ate. II looked as II Burdick had en-
tertained n murderous guest. Early
suspicion pointed to q woman. One
theory was that "a woman killed him.
another that a woman had been fol-
lowed into the house by a man and
that the man had done It. But Judge
Murphy said at the end OF the inquest.
month later. that the theory as to a
woman was not sustained by the evil
uenCe ana tnat not n eiIlkle IIilInOrdl
act on Burdick's part had been dis
closed.
II was learned following the MUIR
der that the man named as correspond
ent in Burdick's suit for divorce was
Arthur r. Pennell, young lawyer
living in Cleveland avenue, n graduate
OF Yale.
The devotion OF Penncli's wife TO
him was one OF the touching features
developed by the investigation. Pen
nell was under suspicion at once. His
alibi was that he had dinner at home
left the house only 10 go 70 an auto
mobile station, returned Immediately
and went 10 bed The weapon with
which Burdick was killed could not
be found. a golf putter was reported
missing. end the police thought that
might be It, but IL turned up and was
eventually dismissed from considera-
ton. The missing cocktail bottle Of
fered another item for speculation. a
policeman said he saw strange
woman walking in the street not far
from the Burdick home ct 40 A. NJ
In Burdick'r house was found a batch
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
AN EYESlCHT TALK

I wish I could talk TO you face to-
face and urge upon you the necessity
Of taking every possible care of your
Eyesight. Your Eyes are your most
valuable possession and YOU CAM
NOT AFFORD TO NEGLECT THEM
1t is estimated that approximately
IS out of every 100 persons have de-
fective vision, and EYESIGHT DE-
FECTS means, defective work, irri
tation and dissatisfaction, headache
and neuralgia. Most Of this cases
can be cured by SCIENTIFICALLY
FITTED GLASSES, but the longer
the condition is left unremedied, the
harder it will be for the patient to &C
cept his correction. For your own
comfort and safety, KNOW the con-
dition of your Eyes. Let me examine
your Eyes, and if you don't need
glasses, or if your glasses will not
help you, I will advise you, what is:
best to do.
G. A. CARLSON, Optometrist
Eyes Examined and Glasses Scientif-.
ically Fitted
Offices at APO Main St. Valley City,,
North Dakota.
d and w-7-13-22
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
R0TARIANS LUNCH

At the Rotary Club luncheon yes
terday noon the attendance wa: very
good, only three or four members be-
ing absent. There were five guests
for the day. Prof. H. S. OLSON, pian-
list at the State Teachers College, had
been secured to play the piano at the
luncheons and was on the job for the
first time yesterday. Frank Ployhar
and Frank Sanford discussed the ag-
ricultural provisions of the Fordney
tariff bill, Frank Ployhar taking the
floor first and discussing that part of
the tariff from the republican stand
point while Frank Sanford followed
with discussion from the democratic
standpoint. While this is altogether
too large a subject to be covered in
the few minutes allowed to them they
gave the members considerable infor-
nation on the subject and brought out
new angles of thought. The discus
sion was thoroly enjoyed by every
member present. Following the tariff
discussion President Carl Allen an
nounced that next Tuesday the Rotary
Club, and their families, would hold a
picnic at Chautauqua Park at 500 o.
clock. There will be no monday
luncheon next Tuesday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
A.C. HARVESTS
BLACK WALNUTS

Altho few persons have known of
it the single line of walnut trees,
planted from seed 16 years ago, have
been giving heavy yields Of nuts for
the past four years. The trees this
year are weighed down with heavy
clusters of the nuts which are still
green but about the size of large
Strawberries.
The college sends out walnuts in
the fall for seed and farmers who
wish to try the experiment of start
ing a nut grove" may secure seed
by writing to the horticultural de-
partment The nuts must be planted
in the fall. North Dakota climate is
splendidly adapted to the nuts, Mr.
Yeager declares.
Mr.. Yeager also has butternuts
growing in the college grove and
new type Of choke-cherry which is
said to be chokeless. He secured the
tree from Canada. An experiment
with grating large cherry on plr
cherry tree has also been successfully
performed by the college horticultur'
list.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
THE ONLY WAY

Prevention is better than cure, tho
it does not so otter get in the papers,
Lots of folks are advertising sure
remedies for cold, erysipilas and lame
backs, but not once in coon's age
do they tell US how to avoid these af-
flictions.
There are two kinds of mistakes
that auto drivers make at railroad
crossings. Some motorists, a large
number of them in fact, fail to re
member where they are. They know
the fatal results of being hit by a
train of cars, but do not keep that
idea in active circulation. To know :
lot of things is great, but do profit
by what we know is better yet.
To think about trains Of cars wher
you drive near crossings is the nat
ural thing-but by no means the us
ual thing; so one is led to think when
he reads about daily disasters at rail
road grade crossings.
1t is harder to forgive the error OF
the driver who tries to beat his way
ahead of a train. The other kind is
dreamy and mentally sluggish, but
this one is as wideawake as a chicken
hawk and knows all that is going on
Probably in one more generation il
will surprise and shock people to reat
that in the year 1921, over 5000 folks
men, women and children, riding IN
auptomobiles, were killed or injured
at public crossings in this country.
The only way to check this fright.
full condition is to remind drivers, anC
then remind them again, of something
they already know-the danger of be.
ing forgetful, or of committing dare.
devil acts at the crossings.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
3l9 MILES OF
ROADS REBUILT

Work has been completed or is be-
ing done this season on 1893 miles OF
federal aid road work in North Da-
kota, at total cost of 81 400, 194.58,
according to H. O. Wray, assistant
chief engineer of the State Highway
Commission. This amount of work
probably will be increased until a to-
tai of upwards of 100000 of good
road work is being done this season.
A wave of good roads building has
swept the state in the last few weeks,
according to evidence at the highway
commission in the form of requests
for plans and specifications for road
work. Requests have been made for
surveys and plans and specifications
for probably $50 miles of federal aid
road work which cannot be done this
year, according to Mr.. Wray.
Because of general endeavor to
econamize in the various counties of
the state requests for plans for roads
was light during the winter and early
spring, according to Mr.. Wray, but
following a sharp reduction in road
costs as was shown when the first
contracts were let there was a gener-
al demand for road plans.
Of the 1919 miles Of road work I'M
der way, 217.9 miles are earthen CRATE
while 1O2 miles are gravel surfaced.
The total average price per mile on
contracts let this year for earthen
road projects is $2,674.87. Gravel
surfacing, with gravel material fur
nished by the county, had added ST.
1850 per mile to the cost of roads
on which the surface has been used.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13

fact that he lost his Democratic sup
port because the Democrats had to re-
main in their own primaries.
The Monitor also makes the mistake
of constituting Mr.. McCumber's defeat
as league victory. On the contrary
Mr.. McCumber was defeated because
he didn't fight the league as hard as
his former friends and supporters
thought he should.
"The farmers have entered by their
own choice upon more or less adj
venturous undertaking in experiment
tai state government" says the Mon
itor in the same editorial.
But it is difficult to see how the
nomination of United States senator
is going to promote a program of
state owned and operated industries.
The league has lost control of both
pointed out just what United States
trial commission which has sole
charge of the industrial program. The
Monitors line Of reasoning would
show a little more intelligence if it
branches of the legislature and has
lost the three members of the indus
senator in Washington - providing
they elect him, which is still very
doubtful-can do toward operating a
state flour mill at Grand Forks.
Instead of "entering by their own
choice" on an Adventurous undertake
ing in state government, the people
, of North Dakota have just confirmed
their decision that they have had all
they wanted of that experiment. -,
Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
COMPENSATION Blu.
REAU ANNOUNCES NEW RULE

Bismarck, N. D., July 12-The
workmen's compensation bureau today
announced the adoption of a new rule
for the payment of premiums by the
employers. The rate of the various
classifications will be made public in
a few days. The Bureau claims that
this new rule on which the credit au-
tomatically attaches when one has nor
NAL or better than normal experience
will be double. This change, accord
ing to F. F. Mcdonald is for the ben
eft of the employers and will make
them exert themselves to prevent &C.
cidents. This credit is retroactive and
will be applet to adjustments of the
premiums paid since July 1st, 1921
In addition the rule provides for the
increase of the automatic credit. The
Bureau also declares a Four per cent
dividend to those employers who such
experience has always been applied to
the adjustment Of the premiums. For
the past year "a per cent additional
i; charge has been made to those en-
ployers who have just made their first
payment of insurance for their first
year such charge will no longer be
fused. Such employers formerly were
charged "a per cent more for the first
payment in the same classification as
did others. The "a per cent pelng re-
turned to the employers if their ex-
perience was normal or better than
normal but if their experience was
bad portion of the "a percent was re
tanned depending upon the loses. The
adjustment of this "a per cent con-
ditional charge is for the purpose of
making the plan as attractive as pos
sible for those employers not subscrib-
ing SO they will comply with the law.
The charge to mercantile and bank
business have decreased from to
dollars.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13

City in the County of Barnes and
State of North Dakota. deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons hay
ing claims against, said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after
the first publication of this notice, to
said Administrator at the law Offices
Of Combs & Richie, First National
Bank Building, in the City Of Valley
City in said Barnes County.
Dated July 18th A. D. 1922.
JOHN A. CARLSON,
Administrator.
Combs & Richie,
Attorneys for Administrator,
Valley City, N. Oak.
First publication on the 18th day of
July A. D. 1922. Last publication on
August 3, 1922. l3-4tw-
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imposed and some of them go and do
it over again. The law should be
amended to make it penitentiary Of
Tense without subject to pardon and
then there would be a wholesome re-
gard for the law. District Attorney
M. A. Hildreth, in one of his talks to
the jury, after the case had been
submitted, said that there was too
little regard for the oath taken when
they swore that they would tell the
truth, and nothing but the truth, and
then go on the stand and deliberately
break that oath in lying. Mr.. Hildreth
was right. Then we have those par
asites on society who have no regard
for law or people-those who sell in
toIicating liquor to Indians. There
were many of these cases. Men were
convicted who had been running what
they call little grocery stores but the
main product was lemon extract that
contained from sixty to eighty per
cent alcohol and which they sold for
big profit to these Indians. Now
Indians are bad enough to handle
when they are sober, let alone when
they are full of this Intoxicating liq-
uor. Many of the defendants pleaded
guilty and escaped with light fine
but all those who went to trial were
convicted by the jury and two of them
were sentenced to six months in jail
and a 5000 fine. They got out of it
light enough. We are just writing
these facts because we want to show
the enormous expense attached to
these cases and for which the taxpay-
ers of the country must pay. We were
much pleased with the excellent and
thorough manner in which District At
torney Hildreth went about prosecut-
ing these cases-he is hard worker
and had splendid lot of jurymen at
this last term to help him out-and
there were no convictions on senti-
ment but on substantial evidence of
guilt.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
BUMPER WHEAT CROP
is SEEN; LITTLE RUST
Donald G. Fletcher Completes Tour
OF Inspection-To Aid "Barberry
War;.
Bumper crops are indicated thru

Bumper crops are indicated thru
out Minnesota and the Dakotas, with
little evidence Of black stem rust.
That is the message received last
might in Minneapolis from Donald G.
Fletcher, government plant disease es
pert, who has been assigned by the
United States department Of agricul.
'ture to aid in barberry eradication in
the northwest. Mr.. Fletcher now is
completing survey Of farm lands
through the northwest, to locate black
stem rust and aid in the "barberry
war;"
He is to make his headquarters at
the offices Of the Conference for the
Prevention of Grain Rust, in Mime
apolis, and will work to correlate the
educational and publicity work of the
conference with the field activities of
government forces now engaged in
barberry eradication in 13 north CEN
trail states.
On his western inspection tour, Mr.
Fletcher has conferred with George C.
Mayoue at Fargo, state leader of the
federal barberry eradication forces in
North Dakota; Lynn D. Hutton at
Bookings, state leader for South Da-
kota, and farmers and workers.
Bumper crops are Indicator, his
message to the conference headquar-
tiers says. 'There is avery slight in
lection of black stem rust in the fields
inspected. The weather is cool and
ideal for holding the rust in check"
On his return to Minneapolis, Mr..
Fletcher will report to the conference
on the progress of the rust preven-
ton campaign, and is expected to out
line helpful means of public partici-
patton in the movement.
He received his training in plant
pathology at the University of Mime
sofa.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
WAGE SCALE SET
FOR FARM HELP

The scale of wages to be paid har-
vest hands in Cass county this sea-
son will be decided in a day or two
by a committee elected at the weed
eradication meeting held in Fargo
last week. This committee is COM
posed by ". w. Brown, president of
the Cass County Farm Bureau; Roy
Johnson of Casseltoh, president of
the Association of Cass county town.
ship boards; and E. A. Wilson, coun-
ty agricultural agent.
Mr.. Wilson announced last evening
that decision had not yet been ar
rived at but would be in day or two.
ave have been gathering information
from the farmers of the county and
the proposed scale will be announced
at meeting we may hold tomorrow
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-13
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, Default has been made
in the terms and conditions of the
mortgage hereinafter described, in
that the mortgagors have failed to
pay the interest due thereon Deem
Der /, 1921, and upon such defaults
the mortgage has declared and does
hereby declare the entire mortgage
indebtedness due and payable as au-
thorized by this mortgage, now there
fore,
NOTICE is hereby given that the
certain mortgage executed and dehv-
cred by Joseph L. Schneider and Kate
Schneider, his wife, Mortgagors, to
X. A. Bonhus, Mortgage, dated the
18th day of October, A. D. 1920, and
filed for record in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of the County OF
Barnes and State of North Dakota on
the 18th day of October, A. D. 1920,
at 1920 o'clock P. NJ, and recorded in
Book 70 of Mortgages at Page ga,
will be foreclosed by a sale of the
premises in such mortgage and here
matter described, at the front door
of the Court House in the City of
Valley City, in the County of Barnes
and State of North Dakota, at the
hour of two o'clock P. NJ, on the 21st
day of August, A. D. 1922, to satisfy
the amount due upon such mortgage
on the day of sale. The premises des-
cribed in such Mortgage and which
will be sold to satisfy the same are
those certain premises situated in
the County of Barnes and State Of
North Dakota and described as fol-
lows: The Southwest Quarter (SW
LAY of Section Eight (8) and the
Northwest Quarter (NW 1-4) of Sec
t ton Seventeen (17), all in Township
One Hundred Thirty-nine (139)
North, of Range Sixty (60) West Of
the fifth principal meridian, contain
ing 800 acres, more or less, according
to the United States Government Sur
vey thereof;
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of Ten
Thousand Two Hundred Eighty one
and 6O-10O ($1O:2s1.6O) Dollars.
Dated this 18th day of July, A. D.
! 1922.
| K. A. BONHUS,
Mortgagee
T. S. Lindland,
Attorney for Mortgage,
No. 511 Fifth Ave.,
Valley City, North Dakota.
| list pub. July 13-last pub. Aug. ~
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MISINTERPRETING THE
ELECTION

'"The. result of the primary
election, no doubt, will show even
more clearly and definitely than
the recent recall election, the
strength of the Nonpartisan lea
que in North Dakota". - The
Christian Science Monitor.
Undoubtedly it will
But the Monitor makes the mistak,
of judging this strength on the basi!
Of the vote in the senatorship contest
Mr.. Nestos was renominated with {
that was about three times
what he received in the recall, anc
his in spite of reduction Of rs pei
:ent in the total vote, and despite the