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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN 1924.

There were 237 deaths, and 354
births in Jefferson County last year
according to figures iust compiled by
the State Registrar Of Vital statistics.
Mrs. Benz. Champion, and her sue
cessor. Miss Olive Barfield. reported
from the Charles Town section Of the
county 1876 deaths and ITO births.
In Harpers Ferry and vicinity, d. Fl.
Nichols reported az death and 81
births, while in Kabletown District.
Charles D. Johnson noted Is deaths
and So births. Middleway District
had just two deaths for each birth,
there being II Of the former and 90
of the latter. Deaths in Shepherds
town District numbered 81, and SO
births
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
ACHERS MEET.

eacher Association
" afternoon in the
ldltorium. The meet
I order by the presi-
Ups. Minutes were
Tex secretary, and
Il surer, gave her re-
b, of West Virginia
who is an inspector
| gave a most inter
Fold of the Parent
Elon Of Charleston.
e. president of the
nt-Teacher AS
about their play
/ they obtained it.
EDo1nald, teacher of
r. High, related his
Ground for the high
Pc.ciation is consider
|1or both graded and
1 Watson played a
r. IN Miss Louise Gard
4 These both were
f. by all present.
Re5s being before the
dJourned to meet
E,ursday in April at
hers may have a
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
|yIsIr STATE IN
N TIES SECTION

Dittee from the two
L. legislature, APP
&for the purpose of
In financial needs,
L. Of the State last
ittee is making this
T. to the formation
Ingram for the state
&ring the next five
"A to this county from
&eaf and Blind Insti-
4 and visited Shop
4 they went over
with W. H. White,
kd themselves as IA
II with the need of
kinted out by DIR.
s.0O0 for buildings
BIZ five-year period.
4 has lately dropped
/ school work and the
klege work exclusive
u 5000, 900 building
j Is believed that the
fegort this item fav-
Geft for Berkeley
bet the state-owned
u that place. The
Din number, consisted
bnker Reynolds, Key
1 W. E. Whiteman,
III Trainer, Salem ;
Elontgomery; E. E.
Flown: J. NJ. Under
6'ne Robert L. Hogg,
4 J. E. Sherwood
III c. Boley, Look
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
WILLS PRORATED-

The VIII OF the late Charles N.
Whiting. of Shepherdstown, has been
probated in the County Court Of
Jefferson county. Under the will,
Mr. Whiting leaves all Of his proper
ty, real and personal, to his widow.
Bessie Baker Whiting, during her
life or widowhood At her death the
property is devised to Mr.. Writings
three brothers. G. Harry. Daniel r.
and George Wesley. and a sister.
Lourain Holiday. Under the will
Mrs. Whiting is named executrix
without bond and is given authority
to sell any real estate and reinvest
any money. The will is dated April
Ia. 1921.
Under the will of the late Mrs.
Mamie z. Wilson, widow of the Rev.
r. l.. Wilson, written in March, 1928,
Mrs. Wilson devises to her daughter.
Miss Lavelette f. Wilson, all bank
stock held by her and the remainder
of her estate is to be divided equally
among her five children.
Under the will of the late George
w. Thomas. who died some weeks
ago, John T. Porterfield is named as
executor without bond. He is in-
structed to sell Mr.. Thomas resi-
dence and business property on
Washington street. in Charles Town
and divide the proceeds, after the
payment of any and all debts, be-
tween his three children. Frederic W.
Thomas. Mrs. Ida Durham, Mrs.
Joseph Willis. and his three grand
children. the children of the late
Charles v. Thomas. In codocil to
the will the executor is instructed to
first nay. before any division. to Mrs.
Durham and Mrs. Willis $500 each
for nursing and care Of their father.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
MRS. SARAH COLBERT DIES AT
UPPERVILLE.

Mrs. Sarah Colbert died at the
residence of her sister in Upperville.
Va, last Sunday. She was the
widow of the late George Colbert. a
well-known farmer of Jefferson
County. Funeral services were held
in Upperville on Tuesday morning.
and her remains were brought to
Charles Town and Inferred in Edge
Hill Cemetery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
TRAINING CAMP.

young men having
prescribed standards
b the Citizens Mill
camps, Jefferson Co.,
g its complete quota
bis year which are to
at Camp Knox, KY,
bin Harrison, Ind.
Department plans
al representation at
bach of the 355 coun-
Corps Area, if JEFF
allotted quota of 10
r-subscribed, the re-
nts will be accepted
DO will be ordered to
the event that other
Eutilize their assigned
June l. Alternates
Pre- not permitted to
be given preference
aid.
young men who
pal examination and
Intelligence and moral
en certified, attain
follment last week -
pr. Charles Town /:
r., Bolivar; Oscar w.
fpers Ferry.
IF Citizens Military
as expressed in the
E Act of 1920, is to
Framing each year to
ntative young Ameri-
amentals of physical,
bal development that
become leaders; to
Pnger patriotism and
Epllne and obedience
authority; and to
men of this genera
duties, responsible
ions to home and
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
DIEHL--THoMPsnN

A marriage license was issued in
Washington Saturday to Mr.. George
Il. Diehl and Miss Annie M. Thomp-
son. Mr.. Diehl is well-known bust
ness man of Charles Town, and Miss
Thompson is a popular young lady of
the Zoar neighborhood.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
BUILDING BURNS
UNCTION.

Pwn origin destroyed
in the rear
pan Church, at Shen-
B last Friday night
Ee building was own
ponby and rented by
Poye, who conducted
|inaehinery shop in
| quantity of antique
fctric machinery, the
|of the building was
| carried $500 insur-
IlHg but the contents
Fire Company, of
r. summoned but ar
| check the flames in
/ prevented the Pres
/ from catching fire,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
FEED CREDITORS


| the creditors of
4 ad6ing as the Reed
4 company. will be
\ House in Charles
r y y. April 7, at IL
non 4 Wilbur H.
n Bankruptcy, he
EEaiicated a bankrupt
H ollities are listed
Fnd his assets at
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01

DaHcers Wac Prlntz, Katherine
Light, Elizabeth Burns. Isabelle Web
ster, Virginia Callan, Grace Baker.
Louise Riddleberger, Mamie Belle
Cook Frances Tabb, Maxine Slifer,
Pauline Dutrow, Amy. Campbell,
Luella Rodefer, Lorna Shull, Lima
Webster, Mary Webster, Margaret
Rissler.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-01
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS LAST
NIGHT.

A large crowd at the Charles Town
opera House last night enjoyed two
plays gwen by the students of the
Charles Town High School.
The 1st play was, The Elopment-
From the Pickwiek Papers, with the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

But there is one memory TO which
h" returns fondly. 1t is Of his friend,
Abraham Lincoln. In the dark days
of 1864, President Lincoln called in
the New York fnancicr to discuss
means of keeping up the credit Of
the nation abroad. Stewart was a
frequent adviser. He ate dinner at
the White House just Il few even
Ings before Lincoln was asSassinatcd.
1T was the most remarkable night
or my life. he says, conqucring one
of those wartime conferences. IL
talked with him all night, and
don't believe he smiled once. Those
were serious times. | think he was
the greatest man | ever knew"
Stewart thinks there has been
distinct moral improvement in poll
tics since the middle of the last
century. The banking system has
improved so he believes the old-time
panics will not occur again.
But people are growing scdate in
their manners. When war was de-
clared on Mexico there was great
parade and shouting, but when the
war with Germany came. people SIM
ply rushed out and bought papers.
Although essentially a man of the
city, stewart began life IN surround
ings as rural as is his country estate
here upon which he is spending his
latter days. He was born August 26,
1922, in Fulton street, New York. All
around at that time were green mea-
dows and open fields. 1t was coun-
try.
Stewart was graduated in 1910
from Columbia University. He has
trustee of Princeton University, and
for two years after the resignation
of Woodrow Wilson he served the
university as it's president. At that
time he was ncary 80 years old.
Most Of the notable figures Of the
past three generations here were
acquaintanccs of his. Yet the old
man avoids "reminiscences. He for
sakcs the dead for the sake of the
, (ssng. Toda!'s newspaper is an
, essential part of each days program
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
AUTHORITY OF
BOARD UPHELD
Game and Fish Commission
Can Fix Maximum Ex-
penscs, Ruling

The state game and fish commits
sion has the right to fix the maxi
mum amount Of travelling expense
which its employees may incur and
is not directly subject to the state
auditing board. Attorney General
George Shafcr held in an opinion
submitted today to c. W. Taylor, La
Moure. president Of the state game
and fish commission.
In his opinion the attorney gener-
al said: "Ordinarly in the matter
Of expenditure Of state funds the
state auditing board has exclusive
control Of the auditing Of expense
accounts Of the various departments;
but in the case of the North Dakota
Game and Fish Service the game and
fish commission is vested with some
special authority over the matter of
travelling and other expenses incur
red by the appointees of such COM
mission. Section 8. chapter 224 of
the session laws of 1923, being a
part of the general game and fish
law, provides as follows:
Board Has Power
"The Game and Fish Board shall
have full power and authority to
1lH maximum amount Ol tTaSelInT
and other expenses which may or
might be incurred by any or all Of its
aPpointees or by the game and fish
commi sSiOner.'
"The foregoing provision is linn
itation upon the general authority
of the state auditing board to the
extent that it vests authority in the
game and fish board to fix the max
imum amount of travel and other ex-
penses that may be incurred by the
appointees Of such board; and, ac-
cordingly, it is my opinion that the
order of the game and fish board
covering such expenses is binding
upon the state auditing board as to
the amount which may be allowed
for such expenses. / would advise,
however. that the game and fish
board file with the state auditing
board copy Of it's orders touching
the expenses of it's employees. so
that it may have record of what
should properly be allowed there
for"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
FARMER FINDS SMALL GIRL LOST
WOODS II DAYS; Y0UNCSTERT Is
HEALTHY ON Diet OF Wild BERRIES
Little Grill Tells of Hearing Wolves Howl at Night; But Is
Afraid of Men and Cows

her questions. but she would not
talk.
She told police she had heard cows
mooing. roosters Growing. and mon
shouting, "but always went the 9TH
cr way, cause | was afraid
Taken Home
An hour later. when she was TAX
en- to her home by Chief Barber her
mother was absent, continuing the
search for her. Her father clasped
her in his arms and her baby broth
ers were jubilant. She just smiled
and laughed, apparently speechless.
While her dress was badly soiled
and bedraggled and gave every evil
dence of having been soaked by the
heavy rains over the week end, her
black patent leather oxfords were
hardly scratched.
She said she had taken her shoes
off at night, and some times carried
them during the day when it was
wet $50 l would not soil them"
Searching parties set out this
morning to search the Lakewood dis
trict for Mrs. Peterson, to prevent
her continuing the search for the
girl, as it was feared that if she
spent the entire day in her search,
and then returned to find the girl
at home, the shock would be serious.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
CROSSING
INSPECTION
NEARING END
Members of Railway Com
mission Touring State on
Gasoline Speeder

Completion of the state railroad
boards investigation into the haz-
ards of North Dakota railroad cross
ings will be matter of months.
Frank Milhollan. chairman of the
board said today.
Members of the board are touring
the rights of way of railroads in the
state on gasoline speeders and are
carefully noting conditions at every
crossing. Later orders will be issued
designating those at which motorists
must come to full stop before
crossing. Orders also will be issued
to the railroads as to the kind of
warning sign which shall be erected
at each particular crossing and
where the signs shall be placed.
Complete Tour
Commissioner Fay Harding and
Chief Engineer f. H. Morris already
have completed tour of the main
line of the Northern Pacific and of
the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
and the Midland Continental roads.
Recently they inspected crossing
and decided it was one of the least
dangerous in the state, a report to
the railroad board shows. A few
days later a farmer was killed by a
train at the same crossing, despite
the fact that approaching trains are
visible for several miles in each
direction. The natural deduction,
board members said, is that a GER
tain proportion of accidents are due
to human liability to error and could
not be prevented by the best possi-
BILE signs. gates or other safety de-
vices. They are hopeful, however,
that the safety orders which will
follow completion of the investiga-
tion will materially reduce the num-
Der of grade crossing accidents in
the state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

Duluth. Sept. 4-T-Twelve year
old EVELYN Peterson. who myster-
iously disappeared while picking
wild berries in the woods near Lake
wood August %, was found alive
and we'll though somewhat bedragged,
wandering along IA road mile from
where she was lost by neighboring
farmer at 6:30 o'clock this morn
ing.
After eleven nights in the woods,
and no other food than wild berries
during the entire time. kept awake
at night by howls of wolves. for the
first time during the period she
did not shy from a man when She saw
or heard one.
All hope of her being found alive
had been abandoned by her parents.
Found In Woods
X. B. Johnson, Il farmer in Nor
mana township, found the girl. Her
aluminium berry pail was in one
hand.
mister, I am Evelyn Peterson and
I want to get home" she said in n
moderate voice. Her cheeks were
rosy, her hands and arms somewhat
scratched by her adventures in the
woods, and the once light orange
colored dress smeared with daubs of
mud as result of the manv heavy
rains during the period. He asked
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

Morristown, n. j., Sept. i. When
Time demanded his surrender at
three score years and ten and again
at the traditional maximum Of four
score, John Aikman Stewart answer
ed gayIy that he had just begun to
fight.
SO time finds him today. just past
his one hundred and third birthday,
going on l0I, with battle flag flat
tering dcfiantly.
Stewart is chairman of the board
Of trustees of the United States
Trust Company of New York. He is
easily the senior among the elders
of the nations finance, relegaling
the Depews and Bakers into 4 posi-
tion of callow youthfuness.
He is the oldest head of Il bank
in the United States.
He is the oldest university trus-
tee.
He is the oldest living alumnus of
Columbia.
He is the oldest resident Of Nor
ristown.
Life has held on to Stewart-so
far as anyone can explain the phen-
omenOn of his vitalty-because he
has clung so eagerly to life. The
days have not come yet when he had
no pleasure in them.
Physical decay, TO be sure, has
slowed up the stride of this small,
wiryflhmed, wlinklcd, white hairI
ed man. His hearing is poor and
muscular activity exhausts him.
But his signature still is firm as
he writes it precisely upon bank
check or bond. His stecI-gray eyes
are clear and keen. And the brain
which looks through them with in
terest upon the world understands
what is going on and shrewdly or
ganizes it's observations.
He would rather talk about the
settlement of the French war debt
or the coming election of mayor
in New York than to remember what
Andrew Jackson said that time he
heard him speak at the City Hall.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
Hold Couple Here
on Mann Act Charge

A department of justice operative
working out Of st. Paul today was
investigating young Mexican cou-
pie arrested by police while loiter-
ing in a Bismarck railroad depot.
The pair, who are held charged with
violation of the Mann Act, gave their
names as Joseph Garcia and Belle
Martinez. They came here from Den
YER.
Pending investigation the couple
are being held in the county Jail. If
it is found they are not American
citizens, they will probably be de-
ported. When taken by police they
were without funds and could give
no good reason for being in Bis
marck, according to Officer Pecht.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
STAYS GIRL, 13;
TAKES OWN LIFE

St. Paul, Sept. 4.-LP-Nick Mas
tyck, 25 years old, crept into the
second floor bedroom of l3-year-old
Genevieve Santoski. here early to-
day, and fired two shots into the
body Of the sleeping girl. killing her
instantly. He then killed himself
with a shot through the head.
Nastyck, it was said, had known
the girl for about year, and sew
eral times had attempted to force
his attentions on her. only to be re-
buffed. Police said that the girl was
alone on the second floor when Nay
stick entered the home. The par
ents of the girl were on the first
floor and were not aware of Nay
styck's presence in the house.
The girl. according to her parents.
was asleep. and probably did not
awake. one shot entered her head
and the second took effect below the
left shoulder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

Honolulu, Sept. 4.-(AP)-
Into the limbo of ''Ships lost
at sea without a trace" has
gone the giant seaplane PN-9.
Number l, pride of the Navy,
and Commander John Rodg-
ers with his four companions.
pioneers of naval aviation.
who set forth fearlessly from
San Francisco last Monday
and disappeared on Tuesday
afternoon, ii seemed most
probable with the passage of
the ,sixtieth hour since the
plane came down.
Although the search for the
missing plane and members Of
her crew is still proceeding
with increasing forces and
frantic intensity, air station
officers, who had maintained
rigid faith in the hope that
the plane would be discovered.
yielded from their position
last night, dolefully shaking
their heads and saying: "T00
bad, but we had better scratch
Commander John and his
crew from the list"
Would Be Miracle
In spite Of the halting expression
of the unwilling feeling that it would
be miracle if the plane were dis
covered and the occupants rescued.
speeding toward Station v, where the
Aroostook had her place in the line
of guardships. Here the searchers
will be reorganized today and their
efforts intensified.
Aviators grudgingly express the
opinion that one of two things pro-
baby happened to Rodgers if the
plane is not still afloat. First, that
he was unable to turn in to the wind
due to the lack of gasoline and was
forced to land with the wind on the
tail, which forced him down.
highly precarious operation in any
sort of sea with about one chance in
hundred of landing safely.
Blinded BY Rain
Second, that he was blinded by the
heavy rain squalls to which he re-
ferred in his last series of messages
and that the aviators, with their
clouded goggles, were unable to dis
tinguish rain from the sea. thought
they had more ceiling" than they
really possessed, descended slightly.
and struck the ocean at highflying
speed which would have resulted in
a crash, and the wrecking Of the
plane.
Meanwhile haggard officers. some
of whom have had practically no
sleep since Sunday, pour over charts
plotting each report from the sea-
Continued on page six)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
Cure Credited at Shrine
of Newly Canonized Saint

Prince Albert. Sask.. Sept. 4.-<P)
"A statement by the physician at
tending the family Of Colin LePase.
of Proudhomme. Sask., received here
certified the cure of daughter Of
LePage, aged three years. The child
had been taken to a shrine at Wa
kaw, 80 miles south of here, to St..
Theresa of Lisieux, France, estab-
lished after the saint was canonized
last May.
An operation last year failed to
cure a serious affection of an ear of
the child. At the shrine the LePage
family prayed nine days. On the
ninth day the cure appeared.
The physicians statement did not
refer to the trip to the shrine. On a
return visit at the shrine the family
rendered thanks to st. Theresa.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
CAR PLOWS THROUGH BARRIERS
AT BISMARCK l(NDERP ASS PLACING
SEVERAL LIVES in DANGER

Tearing down the Mandan- Bis
marck paved pike last evening at
dusk, large touring car filled with
passengers hit the danger signal
light near the west end Of the Bis
marck viaduct or underpass, break
ing it and tearing two sections Of
the iron ratings down. The car
leaped over the curb barrier between
the pavement, and shot over to the
bank on the opposite side.
Fortunately the car did not tip
over, but the lives Of five persons,
three of them children, in a car just
ahead Of the reckless driver es-
capped injury only by turning into
the ditch. The car was coming from
Mandan at terrific speed and was
racing to pass a car in front of it
as the two approached the viaduct.
Seeing that to effect a passage
would mean collision. the car en-
tered the approach to the under
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

Grimm Will Return
to Face Indictment

St. Paul, Sept. 4.-tP)-An
agreement whereby William
Grimm. former cashier of the
New England. N. D.. State bank.
will voluntarily return to answer
charges Of embczzlcmcnt. was
reached between the two factions
at a requisition hearing before
Governor Christianscn today.
Grimm ia charged with cmbcz.
zling more than $4,000 of the
banks funds and of obtaining
signatures to notes under false
pretensc.
Hc is now residing In Mime
apolis. North Dakota officials
sought his extradition, but ac-
cOrding to the agreement Mr..
Grimm will remain in MinrcapO-
lis under bonds. holding himself
ready to return when the DakO-
ia state officials desire his ap-
pearance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04

pass on the wrong side of the road,
veered to the right and went crash
ing into the ditch beyond, just miss
ing a coupe in front of it.
The license number could not be
obtained. There was evidence of
drunkenness apparent in the hand
ling of the car. Daily some act of
reckless driving is reported along
the pike, but to date no effort has
been made to patrol the road. Fifth
street seems to be the most favorite
rendezvous for the secret service po-
lice of Bismarck. One might be de-
tailed for shift on the pike,
citizens assert, even II the resorts
on Fifth street are more alluring.
If conditions continue on the
Mandan- Bismarck pike, it may be
necessary for citizens organiza-
tion to take turns in policing the
highway. After dark the highway
is not safe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-04
Heat Wave Spent,
Weather Man Says

Bismarck's hopes for a break in
the tropical wave which has envel-
oped North Dakota for almost a
week today lay in drenching rains
which fell in the Bismarck area.
Rain was local this morning.
The mercury which rose to SO late
yesterday hit 1O3 at Fessenden. the
hottest point in the state. and 102
at Lisbon and Napoleon. It was 80
at Armenia, SO at Moorhead. MINI.
Grand Forks and Pembina were the
only two cities in the state where
temperatures were below 80, weather
bureau reports indicate.
o. w. Roberts, local weather fore
caster, today predicted an end of the
hot wave which has gripped the city.