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The Washington times., 1934-01-13

though a wife had clearly proved that her
husband had turned his back upon her and
entitled to damages. This was because of very
nice distinction, which is quite far from the
American viewpoint in such matters. The evil
dence, said the Justice, did show that the "other
woman had attracted the husband to her; but
it did not show that the "other woman" had also
attracted the husband away from his own wife!
They were two different things, reasoned the
English Judge. To draw q husband into an illicit
love-affair wouldn't necessarily mean that he
and the enticement AWAY FROM HIS WIFE
would have to be definitely proved.
But American courts and juries don't drive
The Washington times., 1934-01-13

erty, she couldn't sue, any more than horse can
sue if you entice away its master.
But women gradually attained property
rights, and for century or more the courts have
held that husbands affections are the wife's
legal property So wife can go after the "other
woman" with damage suit with quite as much
freedom as a man can go after the "other man"
and since it's jury matter again, with an
even greater chance Of success!
Alienation Of affections" is the legal phrase
behind which jealous wife who has 'lost out''
The Washington times., 1934-01-13
man plaintiff had lost


pney by being Tilted,
lawyers began to talk about girls wounded
elings, the unmerited social disgrace, damage
woman's future prospects of marrying and
that. The more you could make jury weep
out the sorrows Of wronged womanhood, the
yher the damages they'd grant.
When Ann Caldwell, Broadway showgrl,
ed John w. Hubbard, the Pittsburgh shovel
Inufacturer, for $5OO,OOO. she listed her bill
claims as follows: 100000 for loss of her
:ial position, $25, 900 for loss of reputation as
pendable actress, $4,000 for actual time lost
IN the stage, 100000 as the value of being
.llionalre's wife, $4,000 for humiliations be-
fore friends.
That shows how some modern attorneys fig
3 the bill for damages. After the jury had
Earded Miss Caldwell $4,000, it was revealed
al ten jurors had wanted to give her between
I5O. 900 and $20O,0O0.
The Washington times., 1934-01-13

that Miss Windsor, at first, hadn't known Read
was married at all. Later she had understood
he was married but was separated from his wife.
Yet, Los Angeles jury soaked" Miss Windsor
$4,000. The judge set the verdict aside as exc
cessive and unreasonable, but apparently the
wife's right to recover damages wasn't doubtedt
Love was always a gamble. Nowadays, the
maddens that gamble. Watch your step.
NEXT wEEK-SOMe FGmsOus actions for Breach o.
PrOuvise 70 MGrryWhas Circumstances Brought TheHs
AbOw and Hoe They We're Decided ANd AnOshsr FaScNa
ing Serts' Of P.s'I'CS"s' for 70" to Ponder Oyer ""
The Washington times., 1934-01-13

80 AS NPSA va
love may hide to
things hot for HI
ceSsful rival. It's
a legitim tie
claim. Of course,
but plenty of
times it's moth
ing but a spec
tacular way Of
getting even."
The English
call it "entice-
meuLS anu LnAL
is a tigh t er
phrase than the
loose American
charge. In a re-
cent case, JUS
tice Swift Of
England ruled
t h a t ev e n
The Washington times., 1934-01-13
THE
CLERGYMAN PAID

Title.Page from an English
Pamphlet of 1747, Telling
in Spicy Detail How "Miss
D-v-0" Sued the I" Rev.
W--l--n" for Breach Of
Promise, Winning 1000
Pounds. Note Small Draw.
ing on Title Page Showing
the Rev. w. Courting
Miss D.
The Washington times., 1934-01-13
Corliss
Palmer

!. Won a Beauty
| Prize, Publisher r
Brewster Won
and Mrs.
Brewster Won q
Love.Theft Judg.
ment Which Corliss
COuldn't Pay. Then
Corliss and Brew.
Ster Divorced.
that distinction. If
a man has left his
wife and gone
with another w0-
man, she's liable
for suit whether
The Washington times., 1934-01-13

~ AAAAAA NoAA w GA
herself testified that
had put her
through dra attic
8 c h o oil, otherwise
educated err, and
for three years she
had led the life of
Riley at his expense.
These benefits to her
didn't eigh as
much;' in the Jurors
min ds, as the in
tangible losses and
cart woun d 8
listed above.
Alienation Of
affections" used to
be a m ans legal
privilege-nOw it's
q woman's. A man
always has had the
right to m a k e
things hot for an
other man who had
stole en- his wife.
That was because
q wife was prop
erty. On the other
hand, being merely
The Washington times., 1934-01-13

OIIV CVV1 WVI4444IVAJ bA
lred him away or not.
In the recent case Of
Claire Windsor, the mo-
tion picture actress who
was sued by the ex-wife
of Alfred c. Read, It
WaS even brought out
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
FEDERAL JUDGES TO
DECIDE UTILITY TAX
Case IN MILL CITY
Suit Beginning Friday to Test
Legality Of II Per Cent
Gross Earnings Law

Final submission Of the question Of
cCnstitutionality Of North Dakota's II
per cent gross earnings tax on utilities
will begin Friday before three federal
court district judges at Minneapolis.
Involved in the suit, brought by six
utility companies operating in the
state, is total Of approximately
500, 900 In taxes which would be COL
lccted on the basis Of the tax law,
passed in 1888.
Oral arguments and written briefs
will be submitted by counsel for the
state and attorneys for the plaintiff
utility companies. Collection Of the
tax has been prevented by an injunc-
ton obtained In the federal court by
the companies. pending disposition Of
their claims.
The concerns maintain the law Is
unconstitutional, basing their asser-
tions on the fact the law was passed
March 6, 1888, three days after the
legislature adjourned, In q session at
which the clock was turned back"
They further allege discrimination
AAS WIG 0Nes AAAeaAsVesA44A4A6 O1Ao14S4 AAAVS.
pendent companies are not subject to
the tax.
Three judges will constitute q spe-
c!al en- banc court to hear the argu-
nlents. Among them will be federal
Judge Andrew Miller Of Fargo.
Arguments are expected to take sew
eral days. Attorney General p. O.
Satire, State Tax Commissioner J. ].
Weeks and j. M. Hanley. assistant to
Sathre, will appear.
Testimony Of witnesses In the case
was taken June 10 at Bismarck, be-
fore special master In chancery Agnes
McMichael.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Blackmailing Ring
Exposed in Canada

London. Ont, Sept. 13.-(R-About
$4,000 was reported to have been
extorted from half dozen London
businessmen as police Thursday
sought to smash an alleged black
mailing ring.
Many citizens viewed the revela.
ton OF blackmailing in the commune
ity as alarming evidence Of growth
Of q type Of crime from which the
dominion had regarded itself i'm
mune. Energetic police action was
demanded.
Three persons, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Taylor and Mrs. Mae Turnbull, are
under arrest, held without bail.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Broken Arm Caused
Distress Of Shin

San Francisco, Sept. l3-(REA
broken arm sent radio stations in
Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Of Mexico
ports on . merry-go-round chase for
. sinking ship early Thursday.
The supposedly distressed ship was
the freighter Hawaiian, bound from
New York to Los Angeles. And the
distress call" was request for . doc.
tors advice on how to treat : brok-
en- arm.
A hodge podge confusion Of wire
less stations was clarified at 7:45 ..
m. when the Mackey radio station
here talked with the steamer Santa
Catalina which was alongside.
The weak radio calls for medical
assistance were interpreted by the
only ship which could hear the
Hawaiian as distress calls. First
made public Ia New York, the mis-
Interpretation sent radio stations
from Tampa. Fla. to Seattle, WASH.
and from New York to San Diego, on
an eight hour Wild goose chase for
the sinking ship"
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
AAA RECOMMENDATION,
Dickinson Declares

Waukon, Ia, Sept. 13.-(R-Senator
L. J. Dickinson Of Iowa, leader Of the
Republican senatorial attack on ad-
ministration policies, warned his fel-
low -Iowans Thursday that the pro-
gram Of the AAA was the first step
in reeimentation and asserted the
farmers Of Iowa were capable Of tax
ing care Of themselves.
He attacked many Of the theories
Of Henry Wallace. secretary Of agrt-
culture, and challenged that the lat
ter's advocation Of an economic
democracy" was nothing but govern
mental coercion"
Senator Dickinson warned against
q national quota program to apply to
the corn and hog producers Of Iowa.
saying 1t indicated the trend for to-
morrow will be that you must limit
your acreage to the whins Of the
bureaucrats In Washington"
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Preske to Be Buried
At Goodrich Friday

Funeral services for Herman G.
Perske, president OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Goodrich. N. D., who
died at a local hospital Tuesday, will
be held at 2:30 p. M, Friday at the
Baptist church at Goodrich. Rev. G.
w. Stewart Of Mandan will officiate
Mr.. Perske was born Dec. 6, 1852, in
Prussia and came to the United States
at the age of 10. He lived for a year
In Wisconsin and then moved to
Anoka, Minn.. where he was in the
cooperage business. While there he
served as register of deeds for six
years. Later he moved to Minneap-
oils, where he worked for the Pills
bury Milling company. He came to
Goodrich in 1905.
He helped to organize the First
National bank and has been president
OF the organization since 1921. At
Anoka he was a member Of the Odd
Fellows and the Knights Of Pythias
lodges.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
PIomasen Appointed
State Highway Head
Olson Makes Announcement
Thursday Following Sails
bury's Resignation
ROBINSON IS ADVANCED
Change in Department Neces-
stated by Severe illness
Of Former Chief

+. G. Plomasen, state maintenance
engineer, was appointed state high
way commissioner Thursday by Act.
ing Governor Ole H. Olson.
He succeeds Burt M. Salisbury
Minnewaukan. who resigned because
Of illness.
Ray Robinson, assistant mainte-
nance engineer, will take over Plo-
imasen's duties as head Of the main
tenance division.
Salisbury's resignation was accept
ed by Olson after the commissioner
advised the governor he was acting
on the advice Of his physician to
take q complete rest. Salisbury II
suffering from extreme nervousness
aggravated week ago by an attack
Of appendicitis. He is resting at his
home at Minnewaukan under . ply
Sician'S care.
Plomasen, for many years head Of
the maintenance division Of the state
highway department, severed rela.
tions with the department when
Frank A. Vogel became highway COM
missioner under the administration o1
ousted Gov. william LANCER. When
Vogel was ousted from office because
Of his conviction Of q felony In fed
eral district court, Salisbury wa
named commissioner. He appointed
Plomasen maintenance engineer or
Aug. 6.
Plomasen had served as county en-
gineer Of Billings county until 1911
when he became superintendent Of
highways in that county. In 1913. he
was appointed county engineer ol
Golden Valley county, continuing un.
til 1921 when he became engineer or
construction work with the STATE
highway department In Golden Val.
ley county. Two years later he was
appointed maintenance engineer o.
the state department.
Robinson's position Of assistant
maintenance engineer will remain un-
filled, Plomasen said. The new main
tenance chief will combine the du-
ties Of head Of the division and assist
ant as an economy move.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
n. D. Youth, CHARGED
With auto 1HEFTS,
shot IN GUN. fight
Casper Hodgson, Gardner, Cap.
tured; Escaped From Train
ing School in 1893
Detroit Lakes. Mimi, Sent. 13-(4

Detroit Lakes, Minn., Sept. l3.-(R
Shot in the back in q running CUR
fight with Sheriff H. L Johnson o.
Becker county. Casper Hodgson, 90
Of Gardner, N. D., who authorities So,
has stolen so automobiles In this vicin.
ity, Thursday lay in q local hospital
In q serious condition with five bullet
wounds In his body.
Surprised near here "wednesday
while sleeping In q stolen car, Hodg.
son awakened as Sheriff Johnston
approached, and opened fire on thu
officer. Hodgson then ran for. the
woods and the sheriff fired four times
hitting the youth In the neck. hip and
k-ee.
Despite his wounds, he ran two
miles through . forest. emerged on I
country road where he commandeerec
> car after forcing out two women
occupants and drove several miles
where he abandoned the first car and
stole another in farmers yard.
The pursuit ended near Lake Parl
where Hodgson was halted, weak from
loss Of blood and hardly able to see.
An armed guard was maintained q
Hodgson'S bed In the Detroit Lakes
hospital and Sheriff Johnston said II
the wounded man RECEIVERS, he will b
charged with burglary.
The automobile in which Hodgson
was found sleeping Wednesday wa
stolen in st. Cloud. the sheriff said
Hodgson is alleged to have robbed
two country stores near here Satur-
day and Monday. In June, 1888, he
and two companions, Clifford OVERLY
and Charles Bushard, escaped from
the state training school at Mandan,
N. .. The latter two were caught
here after the trio held up an oil
station. They were now serving terms
In the state reformatory.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Warrants Issued for
Kidnapers of Labatt

sarnia, Ont, Sept. l3.-(P}-With
the issuance of warrants for two men,
the search for the kidnapers Of John
8. Labatt, brewer Of London, Ont,
took definite direction Thursday here
and in the United States,
Police Of both countries were as:s-
ed to look for Albert Pegram. also
known by several aliases. and David
Meisner, named in the warrants is
sued Wednesday night.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Sees RATE RAISE
AS RUINATION FOR
LOCAL INDUSTRIES
Traffic Experts Tell Bismarck
Businessmen Proposed
Increase Is Unfair
Confronted with the possible ruins

Confronted with the possible ruina-
ton of North Dakota industries
through what has been branded a
"manifestly unfair" five-per-cent
freight rate increase in North and
South Dakota and western Mime
sofa over the proposed general ten
percent increase. rate experts We'd
nesday issued plea for funds with
which to properly present the case
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
why this section Of the country
should be singled out and saddled
with the additional load is beyond
understanding" Ben G. Larkin, North
Dakota railroad commissioner. told
members Of the Bismarck Association
Of Commerce, members Of the traffic
committee and interstate shippers al
q meeting held here Wednesday night
1T Is surely not because we are pros
perous," he pointed out.
Death to the Ignite coal industry
in the state was predicted by =. M
Hendricks, manager Of the Ignite
Operators association, II the proposed
rates 60 into effect. The increases
asked by the railroads on Ignite are
over 100 per cent greater than the in
creases on other Goals, he said.
Frank p. Aughnay, rate expert fol
the railroad commission, pointed out
that an additional $4,250, 900 would
be taken out Of the pockets Of North
Dakota farmers and business men
because Of the proposed raise on all
grain, dairy and coal shipments.
I'VE must have the united support
Of every North Dakota city to sue
cessfully combat the railroads IN
this case" he concluded.
A loss Of Ill rate advantages gain
ed since 1922, which have resulted In
innumerable new businesses and dis
tributing warehouses. will be inevi-
table II the new rates are accepted,
N. E. williams, rate expert Of the
Fargo Traffic association, said.
The proposed increase will result
In the movement Of al distributing
centers back to the Twin Cities, where
they were before the reductions were
obtained, ne said.
Data relative to the position OF
the state regarding freight rate costs
were presented In Z report Of the
railroad commission. The figures
showed decided pyramiding Of rail-
road rates during . period Of decreas-
ing income for North Dakota farm
ers ana business men.
Following the presentment Of the
case, the Bismarck association voted
to contribute the sum requested BY
the rate experts. John A. Larson
chairman Of the association, presided
ct the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Shaft Promoted to
N. D. Guard Captain

It's Captain Harold D. Shaft now.
Appointment Of North Dakota's Is.
sistant attorney general, who viii soon
step into private practice, was an
nounced Thursday by the adjutant
generals office.
Shaft, who served in the World
War. was appointed q captain on the
inactive list Of the guard In the judge
advocate department.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Find 81 Rattlers;
Keep One for Pet

Dickinson, N. D.. Sept. l3.-(R-
Thirty-two rattlesnakes. one Of
which was kept as q pet. have
been found by members Of the two
Little Missouri CCC camps sta.
toned at the Roosevelt bridge
within the last three weeks. The
others have been killed.
The camps are surveying the
northern part Of the scenic Bad
Lands road which will be built
from Roosevelt bridge to Medora
as q CCC project.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
VALLEY LUMBERMAN DIES

Minneapolis, Sept. l3-tRH Charles
G. Allen. II, who was engaged In the
lumber business in the Red River
valley for 10 years, died Sunday at
Palo Alto, Calf. Born In Vermont,
he Travelled westward with his par
ents and helped to settle the Jim
river valley Of Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
POST ABANDONs PLANS

Oklahoma City. Sept. l3.-(R-
Wiley Post, globe flier. said here early
Thursday that his famous plane, the
winnie Mae" was so badly damaged
in his recent stratosphere test flight
that he will be forced to abandon
plans to compete In the London
Melbourne air derby.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
SUE CAROL DIVORCED

Los Angeles, Sept. l3.-(R)-Sue
Carol, brunette movie actress, was
granted q divorce Wednesday from
Nick Stuart, Rumanian film actor.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

VAN METERS GIRL PLEADS
Chicago, Sept. 12.-(R)-Marie Con-
forti. woman companion Of the late
Homer Van Meter, pleaded guilty
"wednesday to harboFing the outlaw.
Evening star., 1934-10-20
PURDUE u. AIRPORT
is AID TO RESEARCH
University and Foundation to
Operate Enterprise on Self
Supporting Basis.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. GP.-Ofierine
complete 24-hour service to aviators
! Purdue University's airport has opened
for business.
The airport will be operated as a
self-supporting enterprise by the
university in cooperation with the
! Purdue Research Foundation. 1t has
been approved as an emergency land
ing field on the Chicago Cincinnati
route by the Department of Com
merce
1t covers 224-acre tract a short
distance west Of West Lafayette and
is equipped to care for night flyers.
Evening star., 1934-10-20

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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-02-08
Wlliston Team Wins
From Locals 81 to 50

The Plentywood GreyhoundS
basketball quintet motored TO
Willis.on Thursday afternoon OF
last week, where they met the
Sayewray five, the fastest ~independ-
emit team OF Williston. The local
boys lost by a score OF 81 10 3d.
AS the score indicates. the game
was a thriller from start to finish.
AT the end of the first quarter.
Plenlywood looked like a sure win
ner, the score being Ii to 2. How
ever, Wil1iston brought out its dark
horse in the second quarter and
before the Greyhounds got next 20
the change in the lineup, Willason.
had annexed 10 points TO Plenty
woods / in the second quarter.
However, Paenywood still lead by
2 points at the end OF the half. The
local five still continued to hold
their lead In the third quarter b.
| three points. But In the fourth quar-
| ter, the Saveways put ON . squirt oil
| speed and tossed the ball Through
the hoop for 10 points. while the
best Plnetywood could do was favt
points, giving the game to ths
North Dakota quint by . points
The lineup and box score is a.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-02-08
5 Begins
Boy Scout Week

Today, Thursday, February 9th,
marks the beginning of National
Boy Scout Week" The local
Scout troop, P~lentywood Troop No.
|, plans to observe two days OF
this week" namely, Mobilization
Day on Saturday, February 10 and
Boy Scout Sunday, February IL.
Mobilization Day this year Will
be marked by a national request on
the pant OF the President OF the
United States for Boy Scout Aid to
the nation. This will be broadcast
over the national hookup, all sta
tion and both chains at 10000 a. m
four time) President Roosevelt
recognizes the value OF the kind OF
service that Scouts a render, and
he is going Ito issue a call to ser
vice, a service which VIZ cannot an
nounce at this time. The request
is OF such a nature that it will re-
quire the backing OF the entire
Scout movement.
President Roosevelt will request
the Boy Scouts of America to I'M
dertake a special service which has
a direct bearing upon the relief sit
uation OF the nation. No one will
know the nature of the service UNI
Til the President breakfasts his re-
quest. Sealed instructions will be
| semi to the ~PlentywoOd troop as
all the Scout troops throughout
| the nation, in advance, telling Scout
leaders how to set out ON thedI
work. Butt these instructions will
not be opened until after the broad
east has been completed.
This broadcast Is to- take place
Saturday morning, February 10,
att 1000 O'Clock sharp at the thigh
| school auditorium. After THE
| broadcast the sealed instructions
will be read and the Boy Scouts
will start out on their Nationa
Good Turn. 1t DIS important thai
all meet at the high school. no
only for the above reasons but alst
because a report will be sent In O
the number in attendance. You
support and interest will coun
much for the success of the Bo,
Scout movement.
The other important day OF 30.
Scout week is Boy Scout Sunday. 1
special Union Service with all tn
churches of Plentywood cooperat
ing, will be held at the High SchOo
auditorium on Sunday evening
February IL, at 1880. The Rev
FIR. Pratchner will deliver the ad
dress. Special music will be rem
dered by the high school orchestr
and Glee Cub. ALI Scouts, Scout
ers, former Scouts and friends ar
cordially invited ITO attend both Sci
vices.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-02-08
Great Northern Deficit
Is Wiped Out I'm 1888

The Great Northern railway.
during the last seven months of
1888. turned an operating deficit
OF $I44.9S5 into a gain of ten ana
onelhah million dollars for the
year. according 10 the railways fin
al statement for 1888. The in
crease LIS about SIS per cen9, the
operating income being %$11,S10.-
7z7 for 1893 as compared with
sI.1s0.551 for 1892.
The improved showing is ac-
counted for both by increased reve-
ues and by reductions In operating
expense. Railroad operating reve-
nues increased from $55.549,246 IN
1892. 20 Ss1.s23,s 91 In 1898, q
gain of $6.3I5.645, or about liz
per cent Operating expenses were
reduced from $45.655,672 IN 1882
TO $41.545.224 in 1898, a reduc-
don Of {4.110.44s. or about 8 PEI
cent The ratio Of expenses u
revenues was GIL per cent al
compared with So per cent, al
improvement OF ISL per cent.
Freight revenues last year wox1
S51.675.934, a gain Of ~$6,713,334
PASSENGER revenues dropped $18z,
471. the total for 1888 being ~.
75s.186-
Out of its total revenues Las
year the Great Northern paid bacl
to the territory furnishing ID
traffic. $6,f66,s34 IN taxes %
more than TO per cent. 1t operaf
cd S.445 miles of railway.