The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1916, Page 8

See @. itt of Dakotg, county, Minn, for 0 1880. = BISMARCK DAILY ‘TRIBUNE LATEST FAD FOR BORDER BOYS 10 HUNT FOR BONES Gruesome Relics From Early En- gagements With Outlaws Found EBONY HUNTING HAS BECOME MONOTONOUS Mercedes, Texas, Dec, 26.—Hunting for ebony wood has grown rather monotonous for some of the boys with the First North Dakota infantry, sta- tioned here, and of late they have been searching through the chaparral for the bones of dead Mexican out- laws, slain or executed during the border trouble which preceded the ar- Tival of state troops. Very little pains were taken to care for the bodies of Mexicans in the wild days along the Rio Grande. As a result the searchers in khaki have not had a great deal of difficulty in securing some gruesome relics from the border. | This week Corporals Stanley Ed- wards and Carroll Johnson and Pri- vates Goodrie and Jordan of Com- pany .M, Grand Forks, came upon what remained.of the skeletons of two Mexican bandits who were killed by rangers, near Mercedes, about one year ago. The skulls of the dead men had already been carried away by souvenir hunters, but the North Da- kotans came proudly back to camp with several ribs, arm and finger bones and parts of: the vertebrae. But, the fad of rounding up all the available ebony wood: in this: portion of the Rio Grande valley. has by no means worn off, and in the quarters of every company of. the First North Dakota thé’ boys/aré dailyto, be seen working like beavers making some handsome trophies for Christmas gifts in the form of canes, swagger sticks, 1 paper weights and other articles. Many of these “homemade” pieces have been ingeniously set with Mexi- can coins and Mexican opals by the hoys. Now that the daily drill has been cut down to two and one-quarter hours, the boys have plenty time on their hands, much of which they spend whittling away on the sticks of ebony. Border towns are filled with swag- ger sticks and an up-to-date soldier {eels lost without one. POLIGE HUNT FOR INDIAN Fargo Officers ‘on Watch for Redman Who ‘Did' Christmas Shipping ‘With Bogus Check, Fargo, N. D., Dec, 26.—Fargo mer- chants and police are on a still hunt today for a wily Indian, who nicked them for about $30 in merchandise and $45 in cash. The Indian came to Fargo “to do his Christmas’ shopping.” He presented a check which-wasn’t good. But he got the change from it, and the merchan- dise, ‘and the Indian hit the lonely trail for parts ypknown. He said John De ‘Wus his name. * ACCEPTS PASTORATE OF THREE NORTH DAKOTA CHURCHES St. Thomas, N. D., Dec. 25.—The Rey. M. O. Shurson has notified the trustees of the United Lutheran church that he will accept the pastor- ate of the churches at St. Thomas, Auburn and Grafton. He was formal- ly installed as pastor of the church here today. SHSTOEHH OS HOHOD ASKS DAUGHTER HOW WEATHER 18—DIES Larimore, N. D., Dec. 25.— “How is the weather?” called Theodore Holton to his daugh- ter, Miss Thoolyne ‘Holton, Fri- day mortitig. “It was-his usual morning exclamation. Miss Holton heard a cough and going to’the bedside to sup- ply him with ‘the! information, found him dying.’ He lived only a few minutes after. Holton was formerly of Minnesota, liv- ing at Lake Park, Minn. 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Several types of the planes are shown in “Civil- ization,” and they include the swift scouting machine, constructed for ob- servation work; the heavier and more cumbersome aeroplanes, designed as a Striking Scene from “Civilization” Coming to the Bismarck Auditorium Monday‘and Tuesday Next Week MNUAAANANAARANRAANRAD a ott SCENE Sorc | “CIVILIZATION 4 raider, and from which death dealing ; aeroplanes were used, directors secur- explosives are dropped; and also the |ed the services of the usual exhibition armored air fighter, whose duty it is|machines and were content. Not 80 to drive the enemy’s air ships from the | with Mr. Ince, for he was not satisfied skies, Students of Aeronautics will, | until the United States authorities had therefore, find much to interest them jsiven him permission to use each of in closely watching the flights made jits various types of air fighting ma- by the sky fighters in “Civilization.” |chines, and in the picture the planes In previous military pictures, where |seen are all guided by United States WOLL VERS JASE NOT EBLE 10 OF 0, SUPERNTENOENT Defeatetl’ Candidate of Morton County, Brings Action to Get Position —, Who will be Morton county's next superintendent of schovis? H. K. Jen- sen, present deputy superintendent of schools, was the choice of the people at the primary and fall elections, but his oyponent, H. L. Woll, avers Jen- sen is not ‘eligible and therefore is not entitled to the office. Mr. Woll tias brought legal action restraining Jensen from assuming the duties of county superintendent of schools through his attorneys, Langer & Nuchols. Woll contends that he is the rightfully elected superintendent and that being the case, wants the of- fice. : Heated Primary Race. During the primary campaign there was a heated race for the office of superintendent of schools, in which a four-cornered fight was participated In. The contestants were: (Miss ‘Mi- na Assved of Almont, Wm. Robertson of Hebron, H. L. Woll of Barnes, and H. K. Jensen of Mandan. Jensen won over Woll by a reasonable plurality. Jensen again defeated Woll in the fall elections. Has Not Qualified. ‘Mr.: Woll claims he warned the peo- ple that Jensen was not eligible to the office and that they, knowing this, should have protected the county .fice from that point of view. Jen- sén, ‘Woll alleges, has not " taught MANDAN NEWS school in this county the required length of time. It is suspected sim- ultaneously with the action ‘brought in court by Woll, Jensen will ‘bring a similar action against Wool and at the same time answer to Woll’s com- plaint. May Come to Trial This Week. It is understood the case will come to trial before Judge Hanley some time this week. If Jensen does lose out there is a question of law as to whether or not Woll‘is the choice of the people and’ if’He “has any right to the office. PURCHASE 3.60 HORSES FORTHE U. IN ElGHT MONTH Shipped to! Military Points . for Service—Must Weigh 1,100 Pourds Gerald West, for years employed in the secret service department, Was in Mandan Tuesday, enroute to Minne- apolis, where he is located. Mr. West has ibeen living in this s-ate, making his headquarters at Dickinson. He has been engaged in purchasing hors- es for the United States war depart- ment, for the past eight months. In an interview Tuesday he told of his experience buying horses for the government. Mr, West stated that the people who have good horses now- adays are not anxious to sell, while horses of a lesser value are easy to ba The horses which he was as- signed to purchase ‘must weigh 1,100 pounds and must be under“a” gtven The Outbursts of Everett True By Condo —AND THAT WAS EVEN TRUG WHEN THIS SOCIETY WAS YETIN ITS INFANCY. ALL THIS WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT OTHERS WERE TO fa IT UNDERSTUDD THar THE SPESCCHES AT THIS PAN@UET WERE To BE CONFINED To FIVE MINUTES EACH, H TAKE YOUR. CHOICE AND SIT DOWN, OR HAVE YOUR HAIR NOW, YOU CAN { EitHER SHUT UP ))PARTED WITH THIS CHAM PAGNE BUTTLE ~) O Commercial ‘chtb -meeting, Revi!McG. Beede predicted Mandan was “com- ing to its own.” And was he far off? Shortly after, one of the greatest booms the city of Mandan has ever had marched peacefully into a reality, and it seems as if it is here to stay with, for a time at least. 1 age. It took Mr. (West eight months to purchase 3,600, horses in various states between here and the coast. They have all been shipped to various military points: for service. Many of this number have been purchased for | artillery service. ‘Ai man ‘buying horses for the French government was with Mr. West some ae of the time and stated he could huy four horses to West's one for the rea- son that the French government is MAD GR KT not so particular as to the kind of ps me SHOWING IN WERCER COUNTY MURDER: CASE the secret service men weve assigned to horse buying durin,; the past year. The war department is in. neg,,of good horses:;; and, from-presens ap- |, Pearances,: it: wilkj;have: difflgu'ty in securing them. | coi: 168) ‘Mr. West stated that a, number of wr iy Stand of Jury 9 to.3 for Conyic- iton Shows True State’ of’' Affairs After spending 34 hours in con stant deliberation to return a settled verdict to Judge Hanley, the jury in the |W. C. Starkweather murder trial reported at 4:45 o'clock Saturday ternoon, with all hopes for the desir- ed purpose shattered—a ‘disagree- ment. Nine: for conviction of .man- slaughter and three for acquittal’ was the solid stand. It ia stated that one of the three jurymen consented to the manslaughter ‘verdict, ‘1 ite Fit ten to three, ‘but he again charged, leav- ing the ten to three verdict. Judge Hanley stated at the time of accepting the disagreement that on January 3, a time would be set for the new trial, and unless a change of venue was taken, he would order the new trial for some time in February. The jury three times tried to return a verdict to Judge Hanley for dis- agreement but he would not accept it until he was satisfied that it was a final decision, The murder case was transferred here from Mercer county. The pros- ecution held strong evidence against Starkweather, and although its side did not receive due ‘publicity, the way the jury: stood gives an appreciable account of the true state of affairs, H. L. Berry, assistant states ator- ney for Mercer county, who made the closing argument for the statg, made one of the most sensational pleas for the regard of the laws of humanity ene reece rere “BINGO” Absolutely Removes Corns and Calluses Completely 25 Ce All 8 ° cluding’ Oowta’s Dear teas: Oph © Web ALFALFA CLUB ORGANIZES. That Morton county will soon have four organizations: that will be of great assistance to the farmers in this county when-it cdmes to: raising alfalfa, is the statement of County Agent A. J. Gaumnitz, «who is father- ing the organization of ithe clubs. Sat- urday afternoon, Mr. Gaumnitz stated that the clubs were about organized and will ‘be known as the Morton County Alfalfa ~;clubsy: or... associa- tions. Membership will consist of farmers in the county interested in the raising of alfalfa. It ig,tq be un- derstood that the farmers..who are interested imsthe. raising. of,alfalfa are most earnestly urged to become a member of one of the clubs, eee APPLICATIONS GRANTED. 'L. A. Tavis, member of the Red Trail Ferry company, advises that an application for permit to operate the Red Trail ferry have been made both in Mandan and Bismarck and granted. The ferry will be put in operation just as soon as possible. The lumber and other material has been purchased and is one-the ground at Washburn. Mr. Tavis states that the roads will be put in first class condition leading to the Missouri river on both sides, and there will be nothing left undone to make the Missouri crossing a convenience instead of an inconvenience as it has been for years. * oe UNCOLLECTABLE TAXES. Office Deputy Sheriff John Handt- mann has been kept busy the past few days making his annual report of un- collectable taxes to be given to the county auditor the beginning of the year. Mr, Handtmann states that there are not near a8 many uncollectable taxes as usual and for that reason he will complete his report in a few days. TEN. DOLLARS TO EMPLOYES. Among the unique Christmas gifts given by the many local business con- corns in Mandan to their employes was the gift of the Mandan Transfer company, which gave each employe a ten dollar gold piece laid ‘in a plush lined leather case. oe * Fred Baptleon, Flasher’s. aggressive and enterprising land man, -was in Mandan attending to business matters. Mr. Bantleon- made .the trip via auto- mobile and reported a cold Tide eee Miss Katherine McGill of the Mis- souri Valley Grocery company. went to Minneapolis Saturday to spend the holidays. eee Manager W. J. Gill of the Missouri Valley..Grocery company .went to the Twin Citfes Saturday to spend the holi- days. se Miss Nora Bordeaux. left :Saturday afternoon on No. 4 for Minot:to spend the holidays with friends. Down at the Cannon. Ball, among the habitation of: the. Sioux) Indians, there lives an author. who whiles his life away in the study of Indian *man- kind—Rev. .A.. McG. “Béede. Who knows the characteristics of'the first American: better than.this unassum- ing writer, who has written perhaps more on Indian life than any other living writer? It is, indeed, a pleas: ure to meet Rev. McG. Beede and talk to him on the chosen work of his life. There is something to it all and away dack of his purpose is tucked away a. little desire for adventure. He is a man of ility and upon a number of jos Mandan and Bismarck people have heard him dis- cuss ‘the-topics of -the day at length. A little over a year ago, at an andual! BISMARCK home of Mrs. Arthur Sumner last week. Relatives present were Mr. and TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1916 that has cver been heard in this part of the state. The most important part of his plea lies in that part in which he called attention to the remarks of Fin Stal, a witness for the state, who heard the defendant say: “My God! Why didn't I leave my’ gun at home like my wife told me to. Now. see what I have done.. Oh . Genevieve! . Why didn’t 1 do as you told me to!" The defendant is supposed to have made this remark after the tragedy in the bunkhouse in Fin Stai’s presence. Berry added, “and gentlemen of the jury, who knows whether Osterman or Starkweather started that quarrel in the barn when the trouble first commenced and where Starkweather first drew his revolver and kept Os- terman ‘covered’ from that time until he shot him at the trough? We only bave Starkweather’s testimony for it; the dead man can’t speak for himself. Why did Osterman ask for a check book from the defendant, when Stark- weather only was asked to give $10 and when he had $f4 or $15 in cash on his person? The eye witnesses, Crowley and Costello, testified that Starkweather deliberately took aim and shot Osterman. Review the notes of the court reporter and satis- fy yourself. Don’t be misled by ex- perts on cross-examination.” ‘Berry called attention to the fact that since his time in this state, Starkweather had gone by three dif- ferent names, and that he had ‘been a true and upright citizen he would never have had occasion to change his- name to keep it unstained from shame and misdeeds, On. the other hand, Attorney Sulli- van for the defense drew a vivid pic- ture of a wrecked home, an almost fatherless ‘babe and heart-broken wife should Starkweather be convicted. . *$. L, Nuchols, assistant states at- torney of this county, led the case for the prosecution and made the open- ing statement to the jury, making one of the most interesting and forceful Pleas heard in this state. It is the general sentiment of those who heard the trial that Starkwea- ther’s chance for acquittal is some- what “shady.” se 8 Miss Anna Ouren was in Mandan | Saturday, enroute to Hazen from Huff, where she is teaching school, to spend the holidays with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs, Gus: Daffinrude. 88 W. J. Gill, manager of the Missouri Valley Grocery company, left Satur- day for the Twin Cities, where he is spending the holidays with friends. eee ‘Miss Nora Bordeaux departed Sat- urday afternoon for Minot, where she is spending the holidays with friends. eee F.. E. Jacobs, formerly assistant cashier of the Firgt--National bank, bot ‘who is now. associated with the First Loan & Securities Co., is in the city’ spending the holidays with with friends. . " eee ‘Miss Margaret Bingenheimer went| to. Minneapolis to spend the holidays with relatives and stienas-* . Attorney C. F. Kelsch went to Lin- ton’ Satirday to spend the Yuletide with relatives and friends. eee , The Elks. held their Christmas meeting at their home Saturday even- ing. A large number were ‘present and a real program was enjoyed. ee Miss Ethelind Cary, who is attend- ing Smith college, ‘Northampton, Mass., arrived in the city Saturday night on \No. 1, to spend the holidays with retatives and friends. eee Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Fretsz of Flash- er arrived in the city Saturday and are spending ‘the holidays with rela- tives and friends in this city. McLAUGHLINS CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Rolette, N. D., Dec. 26—Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McLaughlin, Sr., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the wife at one half rates. Call for maps and full information at once. D. T. OWENS & CO. NORTH DAKOTA __NOTICE | EXCURSION TO TEXAS Join our party January first for Texas at rates so low you can not afford to stay at home. Round trip of 5000 miles with hotel, meals, and berth, with 200 miles auto rides. 15 days limit. Fare $57.50 round trip from Bismarck, and DOES RHEUMATISM _ BOTHER YOU? Many Doctors Use Musterole So many sufferers have found relief in Musterole that you ought to buy a small jar and try it. és Just spread it on with the fingers. Rub it in. First you feel a gentle glow, then a delicious, cooling comfort. Musterole routs the twinges, loosens up stiffened joints and muscles. i Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. It penetrates to the seat of pain and drives it away, but does not blister the tenderest skin. It takes the place of the mussy, old fashioned mustard plaster. ‘ Musterole is recommended for bron« chitis, croup, asthma, pleurisy, lumbago, neuralgia, sprains, bruises, stiff neck, headache and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). - Mrs. Fred Lewis, of St. John, and Mr. and. Mrs, Duke McLaughlin and child- ren-of Rolla.. ‘The ‘couple’ were: pre- sented a purse of 940, RUGBY GARAGE MAN HAS CLOSE CALL FROM DEATH Rugby, N. D., Dec. 26.—Wedorberg, garage man here, was horribly burn- ed about the face as the result: of an explosion in the garage. last week. His. | wife was badly burned in helping to extinguish the flames. SEESESESCSOSSOOSS STINGER OLDEST MEMBER IN SERVICE IN THE HOUES Lemmon, N. D., Dec, 26.—M. J. Stinger, living near here, will be the oldest man in point of service in the North Dakota, house when legislative assem- bly convenes next mhonth., Up- on his return he will begin his. third term. Out of 110 mem- bers of the house there will be 81 new faces, practically all of which were elected.on the Non- Partisan league ticket. - OREO eoeee SOLDIERS GOT RELIEF FROM SORENESS Boys on the Border Relieved Their Pains and Aches With . q Sloan's Liniment. Once upon a time Norman Jones, serving in the National Guard at El Paso, returned to camp after a strén- uous, 15-mile hike, footsore and: leg- weary. He had not been long in‘ ac- tive service and his shoulders, back and limbs felt the after-effects of marching. Remembering Sloan’s Liniment, Jones applied it to the sore spots and went to bed. He writes: “I arose the next morning feeling fine; in fact, I‘had entirely forgotten about the hike and went out for a fouhour drill in the sun as spry as ever. Private Jones passed the experi- ence along, and many a boy on the border relieved the agony of sprains, strains, bruises, insect bites, cramped muscles, rheumatic twinges, etc, by the use of Sloan’s Liniment. Easily applied without rubbing. At all druggists, 25c, 50c, and $1.00, PSPSPS SSPSEPIOOHS SOSSHSSOPOOOSSOSD Liniment A/LLS PAIN BISMARCK —_——— Several new students enroll’ every week, and every one satisfied with the college in all its appoint- ments. Students admitted without! examination for either the Book- keeping or Shorthand courses. English from the lowest primary branches, Send for particulars. When you know what we have done for hundreds of others, you will want to attend. aA