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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
WILD MAN FROM BORNEO' DIES
NOLDHOME WNPOORHOUSE
GREATEST HOME RUN
HITTER PRAYS BESIDE
DEAD WlFD'S CASKET
Dorothy Was Not the Child Of
Babe and His Wife Either
by Birth or Adoption

Boston, Jan. 17-(AP)-Babe
Ruth saw the face of his dead wife
for the first time in the early morn
ing hours today after q hurried trip
through cold and deserted streets to
the home of her family in South
Boston. The body had been brought
back to family and friends late last
night after a four days official in
Quiry into the circumstances Of her
tragic death had finally closed.
Ruth prayed at the casket, banked
with flowers which he had sent. The
greatest of home run hitters was
stricken with grief and left on the
arms Of friends. He said he would
return for the funeral services in the
house and at the grave this morn
ing.
Babe bought a grave in Calvary
cemetery. Tomorrow morning there
will be requiem mass at st. Au-
gustine's church, south Boston. Ruth
arranged to leave for New York aft
er the funeral today, taking with
him nine-year-old Dorothy, daugh-
ter Of Babe and Mrs. Ruth. Babe
went to the Academy Of the Assump-
ton at Wellesley yesterday for the
child.
Death Was Accidental.
District Attorney Robert T. Bush
nell and State Fire Marshal George
G. Neal in statements set at rest any
suspicion that Mrs. Ruth's death last
Friday night in fire at the home in
Watertown Of DR.. Edward H. Kin
der. Boston dentist, was not acci-
dental.
District Attorney Bushnell said
that q second autopsy conducted by
Medical Examiner George B. Ma
Grath Of Suffolk county, had con-
firmed the evidence of first, that
Mrs. Ruth's death was caused by
fire, 'has been established az acci-
fice."
Mrs. Ruth's family, the Woodfo fords,
Immediately responded to Bushnell's
appeal to close the case by announc-
ing through their counsel, Judson
Hannigan, that 'shis hopes will be
realized 30 far as the family Of Mrs.
Ruth ID concerned."
No Breach In Sight.
E Runners that the Woodfords would
take legal action against Ruth for
Mrs. Ruth's estate and for the .dop-
tion Of Dorothy were set at rest by
..lannigan, who declared that "there
h no breach between the Woodfords
and the Babe, and none Is expected =
Hannigan said, however, that there
appeared to be sound reason to be-
lieve that Dorothy was not the child
Of the Babe and his wife, either BY
birth or adoption" He would not
say what the s'sound reason" was,
but declared that the Woodfords
would like TO care for Dorothy Il Il
was proved that she was not the
Ruth child. He added this did not
mean That any attempt would Be
made 20 adopt The child.
Ooeothy's existsnce first becAmG
known to friends u months afteS
1r. md Mr.. Ruth said Tint sho Va
born. L was later reported that tn
coup1o had taken her from a q.
phanags n brooklyn, M =.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
ABSENT VOTERS Law
REPEAL IS Bills AIM
Senator Olson, Barnes County,
Says It Has Caused Too
Much Difficulty in State

Nine bills were introduced In the
house and five In the senate today
as the 2lst legislative assembly swung
into normal law-malking speed.
A bill to repeal In its entirety the
absent voters law was introduced to-
day by Senator Olson Of Barnes co,ln-
ty. He said the law had caused con-
siderable difficulty in many counties
and that It ought to be repealed In
the interest OF honest elections.
Nine bills were introduced In the
house today, seven Of which were ap.
propriation measures.
Representatives Mau and Carter
Ransom county. introduced . bill
permitting the levy and collection o1
taxes to defray costs Of public i'm.
provementS In counties.
Representative Iverson, 0riggl
county. presented q bill amending
the present law on the operation ol
vehicles on public highways and
testing automobile lamps.
nils Request 31oo,ooo
The appropriation measures re.
quest:
>20,040 to defray expenses Of thu
commissioner Of immigration.
10000 to defray expenses OF the
department Of coal mine inspection
$4,000 for the state emergency
fund.
L $4,000 for the board Of auditors
Tor the biennium beginning July I.
4lO0y000 10 pay insurance taxes t<
the various fire departments Of the
state.
/ $1,000 for inspection and eradica.
tion Of bee diseases.
@3614l.o1 for state transportatior
o1ficetY expenses.
House bills 8. 3 and 10 were re.
1erred 10 the committee on appropri-
ations. the committee reporting and
recommending passage. The report
Wa adopted.
lGrx Clara "A. Kans, Fargo. NJ,
named cleEk Of the state affairs CON-
mittee - take the place q William
Reko. 1andan. redened.
In houee jud1elory COMMITTEES
Qog1onl OK. Buyleagh county, c1,air.
man, reported a III htl1 rooag6lno
the eAlo a. yeal egtato a Gotato. \
W0e cono Fod a eonoeal oetGEs an6
rocemls4od 5oe iposDaee With aliehl
chano1 Ihs elll vas put on 1ki-
tn1b oolendaF.
q ~ osalz,n luaDl Iav 1esrsa
= ~ peoyi iIlIF ~ ~ - - - n
the too oouanaat1 1nlk laW W6o In
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
new MEXICO S()LOIlS
TOPROBE TWILIGHT
SLEEP DEATH Case
Lack Of Water and Injection Of
Drug Caused Girls Death
Coroner's Jury Finds
TWO FACE CRIME CHARGES
Girls Tell Of Solitary confins-
mont With Slice OF Bread and
Doctored Water for Food

Albuquerque, N. M, Jan. 17.-(R)-
A joint committee from both houses
Of the New Mexico legislature was
ordered to come here today from
Santa Fe to open investigation into
the death last Sunday Of Helen As-
kew. 10, Of Portales, inmate Of the
New Mexico girls welfare home. .
correctional institution.
The girls death, coroner's jury
found yesterday, was caused by ''the
lack Of water and an injection Of twi-
light sleep administered by DR.. Evelyn
Frisbie and Miss Bertha Lips" physi-
clan and superintendent respectively
at the home.
It was brought out at the inquest
that the drug was administered last
Saturday night to Miss Askew and
five other girls ito keep them quiet"
when they created . disturbance In
objecting to solitary confinement and
bread and water diet. which punish
ment was imposed for their escape
Frisbie and Miss Bertha Lips" physi-
injection was under Dr.. Frisbie,s di-
rection.
C0Ce VGJull081 C00SxS3
Governor r. G. Dillon ordered the
legislative investigation yesterday and
said he personally would accompany
the committee here today to inquire
into conditions at the home. District
Attorney Eugene Lujon said he was
studying evidence brought out ct the
inquest with view toward filing
criminal charges against the priuci-
pals In Miss Askew's death.
The six girls escaped last Wednes-
day and were captured and returned
Friday. Miss Askev's companions
testified they were placed In solitary
cells and given nothing to eat that
day, but that on Saturday = slice Of
bread and some water WIS permitted
them. They refused the winter. how
ever, because they said 1t had 1Meai.
cine IN It. 1Giss Eipe TESTIFIED tie ~.
ter contained saltpeter.
Could Cause Death
DR.. N. 4. Wilder, Albuquerque. tes-
titled that use Of twilight sleep was
dangerous and had been virtually
abandoned by the medical world be-
cause Of that reason. He said It
might easily cause death II 'adminis-
tered to person suffering from lack
Of water.
The physician also said that read
ing Of the Harrison antt-narcotic act
would reveal that one was getting on
thin ice In this kind Of case"
One Of Miss Askew's companions
testified that she would have object
ed to injection Of the drug but for
the fact there were two deputy
sheriffs there"
Heart disease was reported q the
cause Of tho girls death BY the In
stitution's Officials, but her father
dissatisfled with the explanation.
asked an investigation. The girl was
reported to have been In normal
health during her absence from the
home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MILK SUPPLY FAMINE
ASDAlRYMEN STRIKE
Producers Demand 35 Cents
per Hundredweiqht Increase
as Cows Labor Thwarted
MILK STATIONS PICKETED
Farmers Intend to Win or Got
Out Of Milk Producing eusi-
ness Says Official

Chicago, Jan. 7.-(R-T The milk
supply Of Americas second city was
endangered today by striking dairy
men Of Illinois and Wisconston, de-
manding sass q hundredweight for
milk In place OF the $3.50 the dis
tributors have offered to continue
paying.
Some distributors are storing thou
sands OF pounds Of condensed milk
to meet an emergency, although none
was Of the opinion the milk shortage
would become acute. There were re-
ports that producers in several Sec
tions had been stopped en- route to
distributing plants. and their milk
dumped onto the ground.
Picketing at several receiving sta
tions was continued today by the
strikers and plans were being made
to picket other stations Of the Bor-
den and Bowman dairy companies,
which distribute about two-thirds Of
the city's milk.
Picket Highways
-Four thousand pounds Of milk were
dumped yesterday In Lake county
where dairymen extended their
picket lines along highways leading
to the Bowman receiving station at
Gurnee. ILL.,. and to two Waukeean
dairies.
Seven dairymen who have declined
to Join strikers In refusing to deliver
milk to dealers were stopped on their
way to the Bowman plant and the
1900 pounds Of milk they carried
were destroyed. No milk was deliv-
cred at the plant where ordinarily
q, 900 pounds are received.
26 Member Striking
As non striking dairymen and
dairy officials appealed to authorities
Of Lake county for protection, the
Pure MIX association announced that
two more charter members had
Joined those striking, bringing the to-
Ft6t to 49, ~-7sl, ees.7-.e--~sra- ,.e~>--
The, Borden plant at Bristol, wis,
had arranged to close today and
strikers have detailed 50 OF their
number TO picket the Bowman plant
ct 0urnee day and night.
In the face Of q resolution adopted
by tho Illinois Holstein association
urging the public to demand arbitra-
ton Of the dispute. Roy Davis. pres
ident Of the Waukegan Lake Shore
Pure Milk association, declared the
farmers Intend to win or get out Of
the milk producing business"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17

Swervng sang
sinking Roedele
lives eighteen Pictured above the sauac docked at Portland
left to rights Chief Officer eedero
which made periou: founder
Dietrich zeging
every member of his boarded the lte-boat
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
'ves' Henderson, Was the Best
Known Man in PIatteviIle,
Wisconsin, 10 Years Ago
BURIED ALMOST FORGOTTEN
CIared and cnawsd Way to Cir
Gus Fame and Passed Away
IN Character He Lived

platteville, Wis.,, Jan. 17.-ReThe
wild Man from Borueo," who awed
the circus crowds some 20 years ago.
was buried quietly here yesterday, no
longer q wild man" but just plain
Sylvester Hendershot, pauper.
So quiet was the burial Of this man
who claimed he was the original
wild man"-that most Of the citizens
in this little southern Wisconsin town
did not know his funeral had taken
place. To them. anyway, he was just
ives" Hendershot, 81, who lived by
himself In q little shack on the edge
Of town.
ives" had lived In that shack until
q week ago. Then officials went
there, and found him still with the
long hair and wild man" accoutre-
ments, gazing fondly at the circus
poster which marked his earlier tr1-
umphs. The hut was squalid; he had
no money and he was sick. So they
took him to the county poor house.
His "Borneo" earnings had vanished.
The poor house did not agree with
Ives" and he died, estranged from
his wife and five children.
Was Beau Of Town
In 1875, "Ves'' Hendershot was the
beau Of Platteville. He was dude"
earlier residents said, and the most
sought youth In town. He had money.
he was handsome. But to IVES" the
plauditS Of ! platteville were not
enough. He let his wavy flaxen hair
grow until It reached his waist. He
studied rolling his eyes and glaring.
One day Ringling's circus came TO
town. He went in to see al Ring
ling, the proprietor.
who are you?" asked Al, eyeing his
strange visitor.
"I'm the wild man from Borneo."
growled "ves"
FOR 20 years "Ves' stayed with the
circus game. Clad In rags and knaw-
ing Z bone, he was the central At
traction for big-eyed little boys and
girls who stood around hts cage and
listened to him growl and roar.
But being I wild man" away from
home palled on "Ves." SO he went
back to Platteville for Z brief Witt.
There he met . girl named Conley
from q nearby town. They were
married. and ives" gave up his Wild
man job. He started harness shop
and for some years he and hie family
lived peacefully. Finally he began to
drink. His wife and children left him
and he went % 1--we In : little hut.
Lest An Aabition
They tell Ia platteville of how m
ives" used 10 Do In these dayS Was
to help = man with . fish wagon who
came up from tte nearby lli1sia1ippl
river % sell his catch. Finally. ~
stopped doing even that, and sec3udod
himself n the hut.
/ Ambition ovoEtooe him once uaoge
hetcge 10 died = 1eu yeaS1 80 ~
1t his hair GROW aoAln ana Gfor3e4
looking tce axoEh1r Wild man IN
But tho tinnoD Wese dlftereut and tn
mnxket ~ W1jd Mon Nas' tlnttod N
vent beck hoGne - 1pend ~ -
day4 III
M .wiId naan. hair ~ cus e.
when ~ Wne takea - tlnoR e1x)S
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Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
SAYS SCHOOL REFUND
 ACT UNSATISFACTORY

The present basis of TerTitor- ial support of public schools cannot be considered satisfact- ory, in the opinion of Lester D. Henderson, Territorial Com missioner of Education. Under the law passed by the Legis- lature two years ago, the Ter ritorial refund to schools of incorporated towns may not exceed a sum equal to 85 per cent of expenses for the school year 1926-27. In a recent state ment on Alaska school condit- ions MT. Henderson pointed out that so long as a particular city school system remains static the arrangement is satis- factory. But, if expansion is taking place, the burden falls more heavily on the communi- ty as its school system con- tinues to grow.
 Cordova and Petersburg af. ford examples of the manner in which the law works. Since the school year 1926-27 the Cordova school system has ex. perienced no special growth necessitating employment o1 additional teachers or other increases of expense, conse. quently the city receives ap. proximately 85 per cent Terri. torial support.
 Petersburg, on the other hand, has been forced to em' ploy two additional teachers to keep pace with increased enrolment, with the result that the additional expense mus be carried almost entirely by the municipality, thereby re ducing materially the per cen of Territorial support and actu ally penalizing the community on account of the natura growth and expansion of it school system.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
YIELD OVER THREE MILLION

Production of the Alaska Juneau mine during 1928 was $, 100000, according to pre- liminary estimates by the man. agement. Gross profits, before deduction of depreciation and depletion charges, totaled ap- proximately $92O, 1000, accord ing to the same authority.
 The importance of the Alas ka-Juneau in the present gold production of Alaska is indi- cated by the announcement that it's output for the year actually exceeded the com bined gold output of all other Alaska mines, quartz, placers and dredges.
 This fact is clearly estab- lished by comparison of the Alaska-Juneau output with the total Territorial gold output as shown by the U. s. Customs records of gold shipped to the States during 1928. The latter disclose aggregate gold exports totaling $6,351,204. Of this amount the Alaska-Juneau produced $3,2OO,OOO, or slight ly over fifty per cent.
 Ore mined and trammed dur ing the year totaled 3,700,O0O tons, as compared to 4,263,000 tons in 1927. The percentage of ore milled this year was also lower than in 1927, a total of 1,800,000 tons being milled last year, as against 1,841,00 tons in 1927. The ore mined was of higher grade, however, with the result that last years production exceeded that of 1927 by $82O,OOO.
 The great importance of the mine to the Juneau district is indicated by the announcement that the company expenditures during the year totaled $1,- 100000, of which $1,250,O0O was paid as wages. The re- mainder was expended in the local purchase of powder, lum- Der and other commodities.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
WATER HANDICAPS
 B. C. SILVER WORK

The presence of considerable water in the lower levels of the B. c. Silver greatly handi- capped the work of sinking the shaft between the No. 4 level and the projected fifth level and has resulted in con- siderable delay in the progress of development, according to recent reports from that prop erty.
 Although considerable water was encountered on the fourth level, situated 36O feet below the main or No. 3 tunnel, with which it is connected by No. 2 shaft, drainage was obtained through the adjacent Premier workings and operations pro- ceeded with little difficulty lntil the No. 2 shaft was sunk below the 4th level, prepara- sory to opening the 5th level, l05 feet below and at the same horizon as the Premier No. 4 level.
 The problem of handling the water is said to be a difficult one and can be successfully ac- :omplished without pumping )nly by providing drainage
 trough the lower workings of
 he Premier.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
TEXAS ROAD SURVEY
 FUNDS ARE ALLOTTED

An allotment of 1,600 for completing the location survey of the projected Texas Creek Highway has been made by the U. s. Forest Service, ac- cording to announcements made last week by the Forestry Service headquarters in Jun eau.
 The apportionment of funds for the survey was made in connection with the allotment of $11,600 by the Forest Ser vice for supplementing the regular Forest Road fund anc has been approved by the Sec retary of Agriculture. Ter thousand dollars of the appro priation is to be used for emer gency road work on the Pores Service road system and vii. be devoted to repairing dam age created by the Resurrect ion River flood last summei and also by a slide on tho Moose Pass Highway. The re mainder will be used on the To cal project in surveying a route for the further extension O the uncompleted Texas Creel Highway, from the vicinity o Ibex Creek to the head of Tex as Creek valley.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
SENATE CONFIRMS
 HARDING NOMINATION

The nomination by President Coolidge of Justin w. Harding, U. s. district attorney, for judge of the district court for the First Judicial Division of Alaska, has been confirmed by the Senate, according to a tele- gram from U. s. Marshal AL bert White received by deputy U. s. Marshal Donald E. Mar tin.
 The Senate endorsement of MT. Harding was given on January Is, according to the message.
 As judicial administration has been practically at a stand still in the district court since the death of Judge T. M. Reed, early last year, Judge Harding will probably take over the office immediately, although the message makes no mention of his intentions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
COMPLETES MARMOT R. POWER
 INSTALLATION

The new electrical power plant of the Premier Gold Min ing Co.,, at the mouth of Mar mot River was completed last week and is now in steady op- eration.
 The plant is composed of a 360 horsepower Fairbanks Morse full diesel engine of the latest and most efficient type, connected to a 300 k. V. a. gen. orator and is capable of pro- ducing 6900 volts of electricity.
 The power is used at present in the company operations on the Silverado property, with which the Marmot plant is con- nected by a 31amile transmits sion line.
 During the coming spring the plant will also be hooked up with the Prosperity and Porter Idaho camps on the north fork of Marmot River and will sup ply light and power for the large operations contemplated by the Premier Company on those properties.
 The work of installing the new generating plant was done by Louis Johnson, company electrician, assisted by a corps of helpers.
 Five men, including three op- orators, a cook and a helper wil be employed at the camp during the winter season.
 Parties who recently visited the Marmot report that the camp constructed by the com pany during the past season is excelled by none in the district aside from the big camp al Premier and includes every character of facility for the care and comfort of the large crew of men who will be em- plOyed there in the future. All buildings are steam heated from a central heating plant.
 The crew quarters are fitted with hot and cold showers and are furnished in excellent manner throughout.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
POSTAL OFFICIALS
 OPPOSE FAIRBANKS
 ICE-BREAK-UP POOL

Reports from the interior in- dicate that the famous Nenana Sweepstakes ice pool may shortly become a thing of the past, as result of opposition by postal officials.
 It has long been recognized by the committees in charge of the popular sporting event that the use of mails in con- nection with the classic might make postal interference pos sible and it has been the prac- tice to transact business thru the express company rather than the postoffice. It is said, however, that not withstand ing these precautions, the post al authorities have declared war on the derby and are re- ported to have threatened an appeal to the department of justice to aid them in SUD- pressing it.
 As result of this opposition, it is said that the Nenana resi- dents are undecided what to do about it. There is consid- erable expense involved in get ting the contest under way and there would be no pros pect for reimbursement if the postal authorities halted it, before the guessing started.
 It has been suggested by en- thusiasts that if serious oppo- sition develops, each town along the railroad, can hold it's own guessing contest on the breakup event.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
R. w. J. REED RETURNS

R. w. J. Reed, genial repre- sentative of the U. s. Customs Servics and deputy collector at Nome during the summer seas on, was an arrival in Hyder Thursday. As on the occasion of his earlier visits to this camp MT. Reed is here to relieve Col. E. R. Stivers, local deputy col lector of customs, who will leave shortly on a brief visit in Juneau.
 Mrs. Reed, who accompanied MT. Reed on his last visit, is now in North Dakota, where she has been i'll for some time with the influenza, but is now much improved.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-19
LOCAL MINING
 COMPANIES LISTEr

An alphabetically arranged list of the active and semi-ac tive mining companies an6 mining syndicates possessing property interests in the Port land Canal district is presented on page three of the present is sue. In so far as can be deter mined, the list in question rep resents the first attempt so fal made to compile a complete roster of the nearly 100 comp anies at present identified with local mining development.
 Owing to the large number of concerns involved it has been difficult to secure accu- rate information regarding the capitalization of number ot companies, while in a few in stances even the correct name of certain organizations could not be obtained in time for in- clusion in the present list. As a result they have been temper arily committed from the list and will be added thereto as soon as the desired informat- ion is available.
 Approaching the possibility that an accurate index of local mining organizations will be useful to those interested in the district, the publishers are endeavoring to locate for pub lication the office address of all companies represented. It is also planned to include later the number of claims included in the various company hold ings, in addition to a more ac- curate description of their To- cation.
 The publishers wish to make the list as comprehensive and accurate as possible and will welcome correction of any CT TOTS which may appear, as we'll as any information which will tend to increase it's use. fulness as a directory of loca, mining enterprises.