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Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
MILLSBORO

Mrs. Annie Willis passed into rest
on Friday afternoon about six o'clock
after an illness of several months OF
complications of diseases. Funeral
services were held in Grace M. E.
Church on Monday afternoon at one
O'Clock, conducted by Rev. G. R. Ellis
and interment made in the Episcopal
cemetery at Dover where her husband
and a son and daughter had long pre-
ceded her.
Mrs. Willis leaves a niece and nep-
hew here, Miss Pauline Burton and j.
A. Burton and Mrs. Mary McIlvaine,
another niece, who lives near Stock
ley.
Mrs. Cathell, the mother of Lemuel
J. Cathell, died at the home of her son
last Friday about noon, after short
illness.
Funeral services were held on Sun
day and burial made at Showels Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Hickman
of Philadelphia are visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Hickman,
prior to their going to California to
make their future home.
A. R. Dood returned to his home
here on Monday night after a weeks
absence.
Mrs. Amelia Phillips returned on
Thursday from visit in Laurel with
her daughter, Mrs. Clara Walls.
Edgar life of Philadelphia is Wis
iting his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. c. Blackston and family.
Mrs. Mabel Gray of FELTON, is the
guest of her parents, Postmaster and
Mrs. John S. Dobson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Williams
and children have been in Philadel-
phia this week to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Williams step-father, Mr..
Dutton.
Miss Verrell Elliott of Philadelphia
visited her aunts, Mrs. Alice Boltz
and Mrs. Sallie MCGEE last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Elliott accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. McCallahan, also of Philadelphia
who motored down State to visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Frank Jones.
Mrs. Edward Sharpley and little
son. Billy, left Sunday afternoon for
Wilmington to be with Mr.. Sharpley
who is employed in that city.
Mrs. John Maull and daughter, Miss
Martina, OF LeWeS, are Will MIS- Sal
ah Truitt for while.
jeanne Hopkins, the only daughter
of Charles and Sarah Hopkins, re-
spected colored people of this town,
died at her fathers home last Tues
dav of tuberculosis and was buried at
Old Field on Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Lester Long is ill again andA
little Louise Williams who has been
very i'll is slightly improved.
Rev. Rufus hartman preached mere
Sunday morning and evening in the
nlace of Rev. George R. Ellis who is
a convalescent and many went to Oak
orchard to hear DR.. hartman preach
there in the afternoon.
,Ii1iehoro and Mr.. and Mrs. George A:
Carey and little daughter, EizaPeth d,;f1 S1
T last Sunday and are spending some
time there.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
LNCOLNCTTY

Harvey Conard and family of Phil
adelphia have been visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Biggs.
o. J. Cook and wife of Dover are
the guests Of Fred Lull and family.
H. D. Cook and wife and H. F. War
ren and wife spent Sunday at Ocean
City, Md.
John Donovan and family were Wis
itors at Rehoboth on Sunday.
A birthday party was given in hon
or of Mrs. Lindale on Friday evening
by about thirty-five of her friends. Af-
ter a pleasant evening an abundance
of ice cream and cake was served. All
departed wishing the hostess many re-
turns of the day.
The Ladies Aid will hold their pic
mic at Oak Orchard on Wednesday,,
August 1st. All members are request
ed to be at the church, not later than
eight-thirty. If stormy on Wednesday
the picnic will be held the following
day.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
Cross Roads

Sunday school at Bloomery Sunday
morning. This is the last service.
Leroy Gibbs, Miss Eva Devore, Miss
Blanche Stetler and Sadie Devore, all
of Philadelphia, motored to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Fountain and spent Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Adams is in Philadelphia
receiving treatment at the hospital.
Alphus Adams, Misses Edna, Grace,
Marian and Mrs. Blanche Adams Wis
tied relatives near Smyrna on Sunday.
Misses Ethel Adams and Evelyn
Bullock of Smithville were Greenwood
visitors on Tuesday of this week.
James White is slowly improving at
the home of his daughter.
Miss Ruth Collision is spending some
time with her aunt, near Bridgeville.
Mrs. Fred Jones is still on the sick
list.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
WARWICK

Sunday was in ideal day for motor
ing and a continual stream of cars
passed through here enrOute for the
river side. A large crowd attended the
religious services at Oak Orchard and
the members of the Friendship A. M.
E. Church held a basket meeting at
Noah's Park.
Woodburn Martin, Esq, of George
town accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
c. M. Downs and daughters, Miss Bes-
sic and Mabel, motored to Ocean City
on Monday for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Blizzard with
several relatives enjoyed an after
moons outing at Warwick on Friday.
The bathing was fine and later on
plenty of good eats were served in
picnic style.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Koeppel and
children of near town, also spent the
day at the park. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Koeppel's sister and
niece from Wilmington.
Mrs. P. NJ. Short, ST., who was
stricken with paralysis last week is
some what improved at this writing.
Mrs. E. E. Downs is on the sick list
at this time.
Norman Jacobson of Hoboken, N.
j., is spending his vacation with his
cousin, Howard Pine.
Nehemiah Marvel moved into his
new cottage at Warwick the last of
the week.
Mrs. Elsie Hall and children are
spending some time with her mother,
Mrs. Arlenard Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewell Calhoun and the
formers parents, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
A. H. Lingo on Sunday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
HOUSTON

because of the illness of the corre-
sbondent there were no Houston items.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Vinyard are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the birth
of another daughter who arrived on Sat
urday, July 21st.
Mrs. Howard Thistlewood and her Sun
day school class of girls spent last week
in a cottage at Slaughter Beach.
Mr.. Brittingham's class of young Ia
dies or some Of the class spent part
of last week tenting at Oak Orchard.
Mrs. D. T. McFaul and Miss Mae Nc
Faul, of Wilmington, have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Trice entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Sapp of Milford
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Coulbourne enter
Gained Mr.. Colbourns sister and family
of Seaford on Sunday.
Mrs. Virgil McCabe and son Virgil of
Selbyville spent Wednesday with her
aunt, Mrs. Merrill w. Thistlewood.
Mrs. Julius Cooper and sons of Har-
rington spent Thursday with her sister,
Mrs. Ernest Simpson.
John w. Collins has been quite i'll but
is better now.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
MRS. POWELL GRANTED
PAROLE BY new BOARD
Continued from first page)

months of a three-year sentence for
manslaughter.
Harry E. Marvel, aged as, white,
Seaford, serving a two-year sentence
for assault.
Bayard Sweetman, aged 80, white,
near Dover, serving three years for
assault and battery.
Clifford Richards, aged rs, negro,
near st. Georges, serving three years
for larceny.
All the paroles granted by the
board are conditional upon the pa
rolled person living an upright life, re-
framing from the use Of liquors and
narcotics, and remaining under the
supervision of the board until the eX-
piration of the term in the courts
sentence.
Two applications for parole were
refused and action in one case was
deferred. The board refused to pa
role James Cunningham, white, aged
go, Wilmington, serving two years and
six months, for breaking and entering,
and Morris johnson, white, aged ~,
Dover, serving a year for obtaining
money under false pretense. The post
poned case was that of Andrew j. An
derson, white, aged 20, Wilmington,
serving four year sentence for lar
ceny.
The board, composed of Edgar M.
Hopes, of Wilmington, president;
John C. Hopkins, of Dover, and John
M. Mendenhall, of Newport, in passing
on these cases, took into consideration
the excellent records made at the
Workhouse by the prisoners, according
to statements by Warden Leach, the
late Warden Plummer before his death
and former Warden Crawford. Not a
single offense against the rules of the
institution under either of these war
dens has been recorded against the
prisoners granted paroles.
Each case presented had been thor
oughly investigated by Parole O1cer
James w. Robertson, who made IA
vorable report on each case.
The case commanding the greatest
public interest was that of Mrs. Pow
ell, who, neatly attired in a gingham
house dress, appeared before the
board to answer questions. Her form
was bent with the weight Of her u
years and the 10 years spent in the
New CdSIl6 OOuuIy WO4hAOuSO' A@NA
voice was low and sad as she gave her
responses to the questions. When
President Hopes told her the board
would send her word of its decision,
she broke down and, with her face
buried in her hands, pleaded with
them.
"Oh! Please let me out" she cried.
"I want to care for my brother as L
promised my mother to do when she
lay on her death bed. I have lived,
praying continuously for my liberty.
have had such hopes of being able
to get out of here today"
Her pleadings and the despair de-
picted on her face touched those
present. Warden Leach said that
when he told her the board had pa
rolled here Mrs. Powell was so affected
that she was speechless. Then her
countenance became radiant.
Six of the paroled prisoners were
given their freedom on Wednesday.
Mrs. Powell was not released at that
time, but it is thought that her re-
lease will be made within a few days.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
GRAVEL HILL

AZ. and Mrs Irving Andrews of New
M MI S;ity have been the. guests of Mr..
c5 fO5N Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson for 1ew
days iair4 inI,1 Prettyman of Washington. D.
WIlr1e.i-t WIIIae the guest of his mother, Mrs
'3E2 F Ssr Tssy sstsP % Mrs. RfaSa BsteS %ac cen enc
daniel IuesMNTy d MIS-. Delmer jefferson and
Mr. ANA ana Carey visited Frank Rust ana mo
MISS Sln1il1 eat at Georgetown one evening Re
Gently.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27

Geo. a. Warren and wife, accom-
panied by Miss Sybil Dean Wilson of
New Bern, N. c., visited the Kent and
Sussex Fair, at Harrington, on Tues
day.
Richard Johnson and family Of
Metnchen, N. J., are the guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nor
rison.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27

Geo. Virgins and family Of Town
send were the guests of H. E. Glen
daniel and family on Sunday.
K. H. Derrickson and wife, Mrs.
Belle Arnold and Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Swain were visitors of Walter Ire
land and family on Sunday.
Mrs. Frank POstles has been a re-
cent visitor at Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27

Miss Lottie Warren spent the week
end with Mrs. Ralph Mills in Cedar
Neck.
Messrs. Robert Southard and Les
ter Swain have gone to Denver, Col
orado.
Chas. Swain and wife of Milford
spent Sunday with G. w. Swain and
family.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-27
WHEAT WANTED

Loading steamer George F. Pierce,
today and Saturday, at Milford. Get in
touch with me. Frank Clendaniel, Lin
coin, Del. Phone 1913. 1t
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-07-20
FINDS BONES OF
MOOSE AND MAN
DAVID HILGER'S DISCOVERY IN.
DICTATES FOREST HRAGEDY
IN GLACIER PARK.
Skeleton of Man lays Beside Bones
of Moose, and Nearby Is Old
Sharp's Rifle With Lodged Shell
in the Breech.

When Dave Hilger, now secretary
of the Historical Library, was uI
in the Glacier Park section some
days ago he learned of a remark
able discovery just made out in the
park. A hunter going through an
unfrequented locality, ran across
the skeleton of a moose and right
alongside of it was the skeleton of
a man. Near the latter was what
was left of an old Sharps rifle and
in the breech was a lodged she'll.
A little study of the situation made
the whole story very plain and a
photographer took a photograph of
these remains, just as they were
when found.
The stock if the rifle had been
rotted away and it is believed
that it was one of the firstt wea-
pons of the kind made, so that
the tragedy may have taken place
about half a Gentry or so ago.
There is no record or legend. in
that country of any man having
been lost, so that no such a cir
cumstance could be associated
with the skeleton found. From
the situation of these remains it
is just as plain as though it was
written that the hunter, whose
bones bleached in Glacier Park
came across the moose and getting
good shot, hit the animal in the
neck, stunning it and bringing it
down. AS he approached he put
in another cartridge, and when
close to the moose the animal
arose and started to charge when
the hunter fired the second shot.
This inflicted a mortal wound, but
for the moment did not stop the
furious animal.
The hunter put third cartridge
and when the moose was quite
close up undertook to fire again,
but the lodged cartridge prevent
ed him from finishing the animal, the
moose struck him down, trampling
him until he was either dead or
fatally hurt. Then the moose
dropped and the two laid in their
last sleep, side by side. The mans
skeleton and the remains of the
rifle we're secured by a rancher
not great ways from Glacier and
he has them now. Mr.. Hilger
had a talk with the party and
ascertained the condition as relat-
ed above.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-07-20

New York-John D. Rockefeller
was "a years of age few days ago.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-07-20
Wool Sells at 43 Cents

Three hundred thousand pounds OF
wool, consisting of the clip of small
growers embraced in the Saltwater
pool, was sold a few days ago to Sill
herman Brothers of Chicago for 43
cents a pound, according to informa-
ton received in Great Falls by men
connected with the wool business.
The price reported to have been
paid for the saltwater pool is seven
or eight cents below the high figure
received in the state this season and
marks one of the few sales of any
size announced this month. In Great
Falls, representatives of eastern wool
houses say that no clips are moving
in northern Montana, although some
growers are shipping on consign-
ment.
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BOHEMIAN GIRL IS
LONDON PIE BAKER
MISS THELMA LULL MAKES
GLAD HEART OF YANKEE
EXILES IN ENGLAND.
Is Achieving Financial Success in
Unique Effort; London Times In
terviews Her About Pies Like
Mother Used to Make.

To a Montana girl, Miss Thelm;
Lull formerly of Bozeman, has gone
the distinction of making American
exiles in London smile as perhap!
they have never smiled before since
they left their homeland shores.
The smiles with which Miss Lul
is greeted as she enters the American
embassy, the consulate and the of
fices of the United States shipping
board, judging from the amount Of
comment that has been devoted tt
her by London papers, are the brand
of smiles that can be produced only
through the medium of a well-ap-
peased appetite.
"The surest route to mans heart
is through his stomach" is Miss
Lull's motto.
Perhaps Miss Lull, a graduate Of
Cornell, realized this when she start.
ed out baking American homemade
pies (pies like mother used to bake)
for the benefit of exiled Americans
in London. The London Times in ar
interview with Miss Lull says:
"After taking my degree came tc
London to do some informal study oil
English literature. 1 spent most OF
my time in the British museum and
it was while sitting in the reading
room one day that 1 got the "pie
idea.
ST don't know where it came from
for was reading poetry at the time
1t just occurred to me that American
visitors over here, to say nothing OF
the hungry young men around the
embassy, might enjoy life more il
they had an occasional taste of the
old homemade pie.
''It would also be easier for me to
pay for my own board. l went first
to the consulate, and mentioned the
mystic word. Their faces lit up with
a kind of a holy JOY and they urged
me to get busy
Next day I came back with half
dozen lemon meringues and present
ed five of them to the chief officials
There was one left, lying lonely on
the table, when a visitor came in. He
grabbed it, paid me half a crown, al
though I asked only two shillings
and placed a standing order.
"Then I went to the embassy. Fol-
lowed next visit to the United
States shipping board. More tears
of joy at the thought of pie, and
more orders, with the promise to
spread the good news all over Amer
Miss Lull is well known in Boze-
man and Livingston, where she had
lived prior to the time she went East
to school. She is sister of John S.
Lull, until recently of Butte.
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BIELENBERC HEIRS
TO CONTEST WILL
DISSATISFIED WITH SHARES AL.
Looted THEM BY DEAD
MILLIONAIRE
Allege that John Bielenberg, at the
Time of Making VIII, Was Not of
Sound Mind, and Was Influenced
by Bankers.

Col. G. H. Bielenberg and his bro
Their, Nicholas ]. Bielenberg, filed a
petition contesting the will of their
late brother, John N. w. Bielenberg,
who died in Helena on June II of
last year, and whose will was admit
ted to probate on July 8, 1922. The
contest is based on three grounds.
First, that John N. w. Bielenberg,
at the time of making the purported
will was not of sound mind. Second,
that at the time of making the will
he was acting under the undue in
fluence of Samuel McKenan, presi-
dent of the Union Bank and Trust
company of Helena, and R. o. Kauf-
man, the cashier of that bank. Third,
that the will was not signed by John
N. w. Bielenberg, and that it was
not subscribed in the presence of
those claiming to be the witnesses to
it's signing. The contestants of the
will ask that they each receive one
fourth interest in the estate and that
the present will be declared invalid
and Samuel McKennan be removed
as executor of the estate.
John N. w. Bie1enberg left for
tune of more than $950,000, which
he had amassed in his SO years in the
cattle and mining business in Mon
taa. He was associated in business
with his half-brother, Conrad Kohrs,
who died in Helena, in 1920, leaving
more than $1,000,000 to his heirs.
1t was the largest and best known
cattle company in Montana for 40
years.
The two contestants, his brothers,
both have been in Montana since the
zoos. Charles Bielenberg is the pa
triotic instructor for the Grand Army
of the state of Montana and had been
associated with John Bielenberg in
the cattle business. Nicholas Bielen-
berg was the original exploiter of the
Champion mine and has been inter-
ested in the Hansen Packing COM
pany of Butte since it's origination.
Under the will these two brothers are
left the income from 100000 an
nually, but if they be successful in
this contest each would receive
S225,000. The Kohrs family in Hell
ena received 100000 in requests
under the will and the remainder of
the estate is held in trust with the
Union Bank and Trust company of
Helena acting as the trustee for the
rest of the heirs.
This is by far the most important
litigation involving any estate that
was every started in Powell county,
all the heirs being lifelong residents
of this community and prominent in
all its affairs.
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WOODCHUCKs START
UNUSUAL MIGRATION
general spreading of ,

A general spreading of wood
chucks from the mountain ranges to
the south of Simms into the low
lands has been observed by several
farmers in the Bird Tail section
What the migration of the wood
chuck from his highland home sig
nifies is a matter of conjecture, but
he is en- the move and is increasing
fast in parts distant from the noun
tains.
Whether the woodchuck will prove
himself undesirable to farmers as the
gopher has done is not known yet
but he is being watched closely and
will not be given much opportunity
to do any damage. Woodchucks
thrive on green forage, it is under
stood.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-07-20
Horsethieyes at Work

Horsethieves are active in the
Drumnond section. During the last
few weeks ~ head have been stolen.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-07-20
MONTANA JUSTICE
FORTY YEARS AGO
HOW PEOPLE OF BEAVERHEAD
COUNTY TOOK LAW INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.

Convinced of Murderer Guilt and
Thinking Jury Might Acquit Him,
They Broke Into Jail and Hanged
Him.
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JOSEPH POPE NAMED
WASHINGTON AGENT

The Rev. Joseph Pope, SUI
perintendent of the Anti-Sa-
loon league of Montana, with
headquarters at Billings, has
been named superintendent of
the Washington state organiza-
ton, it was announced a few
days ago. The Rev. Mr.. Pope
Will succeed George ID. Conger,
who died recently. The posi-
ton is said to carry with it
salary of $4,000 a year.
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Row sIeeps on railroad; Dead

Leland Tolley, adopted son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Tolley of Milestone, was
killed by freight train at the river
bridge east of Milestone, 10 cars pass
ing over his body. The boy had
been employed to watch the bridge,
threatened by high water, and is be-
lieved to have fallen asleep on the
track. He was sixteen years old.
His parents were named Downd, but
he was known by the name of his
foster parents.
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WASHINGTON

Then follows a survey Of the space
devoted to the fight and the educa-
tional meeting by newspapers in the
smaller cities all over the United
States, with about the same results
as narrated above.
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BY JAMES KIRKPATRICK

/ BY JAMES KlRkPATRICk
On a cold day IN December,
1882, two men walked together
out of Glendale, then a thriving
sme1ter town in Beayerhead coun-
ty, Montana, bound for the mining
city of Butte.
One, John A. Jessrang, or JUS
serand, a low, despicable char
acter of French descent, and 80
years old, was slender, about five
feet nine and weighed around 100
| pounds.
The other, sturdier looking, was
German of so years and wore gum
boots, a faded blue mackinaw coat
and an old fur cap. He was known
in camp as sDutch Jake" or Jacob
Kruger. Kruger, as was generally
known, always carried considerable
cash with him.
There lived and worked in camp
one Joe Whitaker, blacksmith, who
boarded at the Longley and knew
Jake for an honest, goodhearted
man and who, the succeeding day,
determined, in company with a
friend, to follow and learn the fate
of Dutch Jake"
On cutoff, lonesome place,
they found in the snow the tracks of
two men. They followed this track
until they came to evidences of a
struggle. The snow had been
trampled down. They found the re-
mains of a fire, where in the ashes
were the metal rings of a pair of
gum boots, such as Clutch Jake"
wore, part of mackinaw, and some
bits of the bones of a mans hand.
They were so familiar with Dutch
Jake's" wearing apparel that they
became convinced that murder had
been committed and that Dutch
Jake" was the victim.
A single track led for this place,
across the snow. The sleuths fol-
lowed the footprints to a section
house, where they learned that a
man had come there with his feet
badly frozen. The man proved to
be Jessrang. Both feet were frozen.
Afterwards they were amputated.
He was placed under arrest and
taken to Melrose. Jessrang would
not talk. A crowd of Clutch Jake's''
friends took him to nearby rail-
road bridge, put rope around his
neck and he was hauled off his feet
several times, but he refused to
talk.
Then G.. G. Earle, an officer of the
Hecla Mining company, harrangued
to the crowd. He advised modera-
ton, for the reputation of the COM
munity, and finally induced the mob
to turn Jessrang back into the GUS
tody of the officers.
At the next session of the grand
jury true bill, charging Jessrang
with murder was returned, and one
juror suggested that his fellow We
niremen take the law into their own
hands and lynch him.
The general opinion in Melrose
and Glendale was that although
Jessrang was guilty, clever lawyer
would have no difficulty in clearing
him, as the evidence was all circum-
stantial.
One day two business men of
Glendale rode into Dillon. They
were Joined on their way by several
men of the Big Hole valley. That
night, perhaps dozen men went to
the county jail, and demanded Jess
rang. The jailer, after making a
decent show of resistance, under
duress, gave up his keys. Five min
utes later Jessrang's 1ifeless body
was hanging from the Jail door.