The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1917, Page 8

MASKED YES SHOOT TICKET MAN AT FORKS Clarence Rusche Wounded When Bandits Attempted to Get House Receipts AUDIENCE IGNORANT OF REAL ‘‘THRILLER’’ |’ Victim Will Recover—Police Mak- ing Search to Run Down Desperadoes (Tribune Special Service) Grand Forks, N. D., April 9.—Clar- ence Rusche, ticket taker and janitor at the Metropolitan opera house, was shot through the right shoulder when two masked bandits attempted to rob the box office at the Metropolitan at 9:45 o'clock Friday night, while the second performance at the theater was in progress, and a large audience separated from the scene of the shooting only by a single door, re- mained ignorant of the real life “thriller” outside. The bandits escaped. Rusche was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover, it was stated this morning. When. the police arrived on the scene, the two bandits had disappear- ed in the direction of the Great North- ern railway bridge. A search of the Kast Side failed to reveal any sign of them. Audience Unconsclous, There was no interruption to the operation of the moving picture ma-| . chine, and many in the audience did not know of the melodrama being en- acted outside, until thoy” left the theater. Witness’ Story. Leo Ctiber, 1806 University avenue, witnessed the shooting. He states that he was leaving the theater when the two bandits entered. The faces of both were masked in red bandana handkerchiefs, and cach carried ant automatic pistol. One of the bandits ordered Ctiber to go back inside of the vestibule of the theater, enforcing his commands; with a levelled pistol. Ctiber obeyed. Rushed at Bandits. The two bandits entered and start- ed for the ticket office, which had been closed for the night. As they did so, RuschaJeft his place at the inner door, hed toward them, crying, Pod ba do, you fellows think ‘you'r one of the, auders with. his fist, causing hin WS give’ ground. As this occurred, the second bandit fired at Rusche, and the bullet took effect. Rusche fell, and the two bandits tan out of the front door, Two Shots Fired. J. H. Rea, tailor, 411 Gertrude ave- nue, was passing by the Metropolitan when he heard.a shot from the Great Northern tracks on the east side of Third street. He turned and saw two HUMPHREYS’ WITCH HAZEL OINTMENT (COMPOUND) ‘For Piles or Hemorrhoids, External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itching or Burning. One application brings relief, Price 28c,, at all druggists or mailed. Send Free Semple of Oistment to Humphreys’ Hi eo. Medicine Company w York. SICK ANIMALS A BIG BOOK on diseases of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs and Poultry, mailed free. Humphreys’ Veterinary Medici 156 William Street, New York. 156 William Street, Honest Values Our customers come back because they are satisfied. We build value into every garment we make—all wool fabrics, first grade linings and trimmings. Workman- ship that lasts i Every garment absolutely guaranteed made-to-measure $16 $25 LIBERMAN Tailoring Co. 418 Broadway 2 3 masked mén run across the street in- to the theater. Rea says he started to follow them, but one turned at the theater door, and leveling a pistol at him, ordered him to “Beat it.” Rea says he then ran into L. Mc- Neils candy store, but that before he shot sounded from the vestibule of the theater and by the time those in the store reached the scene, they found Rusche lying on the floor, and the two bandits anished. RAISE SOLDIERS PAY ROBINSON'S ADVIGE TO CHIEF Present Beggarly Wages Amount to Confiscation of Private Property, He Says “Confiscation of private property,” Justice James E. Robinson in a letter to President Wilson today, terms the effort of the United States to induce or compel citizens to serve in the ar- my at beggarly wages. The letter reads: “President Woodrow Wilson, “Washington, 'D. C. “A thousand congratulations—I mark your war message the best of all state papers. “Please permit me to suggest that you message congress to pass an act giving the soldiors $50 a month, in- stead of an insulting $15 or $18. Un- der the constitution, private property of the citizens may not be taken for public use without just compensation. A man's time is his private property. It is a great shame for a great and rich country to ‘beg or force men to serve as soldiers without a just com- pensation. “JAMHS E. ROBINSON.” The justice adds as a postscript this patriotic couplet: “When we-cheer for the red, white and blue. “We cheer for the gallant soldier, too; “We do cheer to requite him in fair- ne! CLEANUP. AND PAINT-UP I ~ ANOTHER DUTY * He struck at|Get Started Early So That Com- mittee Will Not Tag Your.’ Place With. Stickers parry Rae Don’t listen, to. what your neighbor has to yay, about the other fellow's backyard. Just take a peep at your own. Don't give the tin cans a boot and send them flying into. the, alley. Pick them up, place, them in a pile and wait until the week of April 23 to 30, when # man will make the rounds and haul all the rubbish away. Bismarck has embarked*on a spring “clean-up and paint-up” campaign. Are you doing your''share to improve the appearance of the city? Old Sol’s bright rays are “showing up” every bit of winter's dirt and dust and all the paint-needy .places. . Swing “into le then with the spirit ofspringtime and don’t let Mother Nature do all the ‘dressing up.” Get started early with this spring’s overhauling so that when the commit- tee passes around, it will not tag your place with huge stickers. LAST LEGS---T0 END AT THAYER ST, NOW The Capital street railway, which lost several blocks of trackage on east Main last fall, is to be still fur- ther abbreviated as a result of a con- ference between the city commission and the board of control. Assured that the state can do nothing toward paving on relaying the tracks, the city has announced its determination of having the rails removed from Main street entirely and from the two blocks of Fourth street, extending to Thayer, which are included in paving District No. 1. It is probably that the tracks will not be further disturbed until the paving in District unless some agreement shall have been arrived at, the tracks will be torn up altogether, and the only state- owned public utility in North Dakota —a dismal failure as it has been op erated—will pass into history. Board of Regents May Provide For Student Training Preparedness measures which will give every male students attending North Dakota educational institutions the advantage of military training probably will be discussed. at: this month's meeting of the board of re- gents, to be held April 16, at the state university; ‘April 17; at the school of forestry. in Bottineau, and April 19, at the agricultural college. President Lewis F. Crawford has is- sued several letters on this subject, suggesting that track and field train- ing not be allowed to interfere with possible preparedness. measures which the several institutions may be called upon to adopt. could explain what was happening, a! The Outbursts OF THIS PROCEDUR WHEN ANYONE \S ENGROSSE: DON'T DRIFT IN AND BEGIN (] i MAMTA ha, ee mune, (sn IMPORTANT BUSINESS MATTERS YO TELL THE CATEST JOKE, SAUING BA in (9 Site 4 2 BOUNDING MAIN BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE of Everett True By Condo Now, LISTEN— BEFORE X PUT YOU TO SLeEe Yau ‘To THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE SHENURICANCS DW 2 » LZ ri 7 SS 2 AIRMAN CALLED INTO SERVICE O} SEALED ORDERS First Lieutenant H. J. Forsythe Ordered to Report for Duty Within Ten Days Sealed orders for H. J. Forsythe, first Heutenant in the aviation section of the United States. signal corps, were received Saturday night, with instructions for him to report for act- ive duty within 10 days, and advice to the effect that probably 10 days after reporting he’ would be permitted to communicate his position to his im- mediate family. Lieutenant Forsythe expects to leave not later than Satur- day for “somewhere in America,” where he will immediately enter pa- trol duty in command of one of a United States in the interest of Wo- man Suffrage. They selected a Saxon Roadster in which to make this trip, not only be- cause they had the utmost confidence in its ability to “get them there and back,” but they were impressed by the simplicity of the car. Starting out from New York early in April they drove Saxon Roadster over every condition of road and trail, over mountains and through the des- ert, and not once from April to Octo- ber, when they returned to New York, did they experience motor trouble. During their journey they traveled 10,000: miles’ and performed them- selves all the. mechanical operations necessary to the car. EVEN INSANE FOLK CANNOT FAIL WITH FLIGKERTAIL FAR One of Best Expositions of Agri- cultural Worth of State Is Found at Asylum That even insane folk can’s g0 wrong with North Dakota’s mixture of soii and sunshine is shown by the success which the state hospital for the insane at Jamestown has made with its farming operations, Last year farm produce and garden truck raised at the asylum, principally by patients, reached a value of $40,000 to $50,000, to say nothing of furnish- ing healthful, wholesome employment for the inmates. ‘Some interesting items produced are: 13,476 bushels of potatoes. worth at going prices, $37,059; 4,775 bushels pf barley, 7,785 of oats; 1/200 dushels of ear corn; 640 tons of en- silage;- 1,100 bushels of beets, 1,000 bushels of ‘carrots; 1,000 bushels of parsnips; 400 bushels of ripe toma- toes and 500 of green; 800 bushels of onions; 5,000 dozen bunches of ‘green. onions; 800 head of cauliflower; 50,- 000 bunches of celery; 55,000 heads of cabbage, pit at present prices about’ $40,000, and... comparatively large quantities of sweet corn, green beans, navy: beans, cucumbers, musk- melons, watermelons, radishes, ruta- bags, ‘green peas, lettuce, spinach. salsity, Swiss chard, pumpkin, squash and. rhubarb. ° And the hospital cannery, also op erated by patients, did its share, “putting up” for winter 450 gallons of string beans; 20 gallons of sweet corn; 51 gallons of peas; 246 gallons of ripe tomatces; 48 gallons of pump: kin and 60 gallons of rhubarb. All of this produce, of course, was PUT IN CHARGE OF INTERNED GERMANS cae consumed by patients, and it served to cut down the state’s grocery bill just so much, and at the same time gave the inmates absolutely fresh vegetables and fruits of the highest grade. The board of control is a trifle proud of the achievement of the state hospital. It believes it is one of the best “back to the farm” arguments ‘North Dakota can produce, proving there's nothing, even to muskmelons and watermelons, in which Flicker- taildom cannot make good. MOVING DAY FOR THE. LA MOTOR COMPANY The Lahr Motor; Sa Overland distributor's ti. this; territory, is ‘moving its office @nd: sales’ room to the Haggart building, Third and Broadway, where it will remain until the new building. on the. corner of Fourth and Thayer is completed. The stock of Overland parts has been moved into the brick garage building on the rear of the Fourth street prop- erty and all parts and service will be handled in this building until the new building is completed. Plans and specifications are being drawn for the automobile house on Fourth and Thayer, which is to cost the Lahr Motor Sales company $40,000, company, the and will be one of the best automobile buildings in the state. TOO LATE 10 GLASSIFY FOR SALE—Oxygen-Acceteline weld- ing outfit. Wm. H. Burdick, Bis- marck, N. D. 4-9-6¢ FOR SALE—Cream from-my farm to my customers. Gussner. & Sons. Phone 48. 4-9-3t WANTED—Girl for general house- work. 219 3rd St. 4-9-3t WANTED—Waitress.". 8. S. Clifford. Starirostaurant. /. * 4-9-6t FOR RENT—Room, in modern house. 310:Seventh St. 2 4Mbt FOR 'RENT—Room, in modern house. 515 Fifth St. 44-6t LOST—Black suitcase _ containing knife with initials G. A. W. H. on handle, also two pairs shoes, etc. Lost Saturday on ‘track between Bismarck and Mandan. Finder re- turn to Tribune for reward. 4-9-2t HOLD THREE IN EXPLOSION PROBE fash Pittsburg, Pa. ‘April 9.—W. H. West, T. S. Paulson and Denny Lee, were being held today in connection with the $50,000 explosion yesterday at the-Fort ‘Pitt plant of the Aetna Chemical company. ‘The men, the police say, had marked maps of the United States and the Panama canal zone, and notebooks containing what appears to be an elaborate code sys- tem and cipher. “The Awakening of Helena Richie,” with Ethel ‘Barrymore, at the Orphe- um tonight. Beer TOBNeDD BIT ESL OFEROONE A New. Yorker of wide experience has written a book telling how the tobacco or snuff habit may be easily completely banished in three days with delightful Denefit. The au- thor, Edward J. Woods, 1423, F Sta- tion E, New York City, will-mail Uncle Sam's big military tractor bi- planes. ° Only Dakota Member. Lieutenant Forsythe is the only North Dakota candidate for a com- mission in the aviation section who passed his examination. The Bis- marck man received an unusually high rating, and he was immediately commissioned first lieutenant. At that time actual hostilities were not ex- pected, but Lieutenant Forsythe en- tered the service for better or for .| worse, and .although ‘leaving his wife and ‘small children and his aged par- ents entails’a severe sacrifice, he is not disposed to shirk an opportunity to be of real-service to his country. An exceptional opportunity is offor- ed the young Bismarck man. In mili- tary strategy a biplane efficiently op- erated is regarded equivalent to a regiment of infantry. The branch of the service has called into action in America and in Europe men of the very finest type, and the most heroic work on the war fronts of Europe has been done by airmen. i Intends to Come Back. “I expect to come back,” said Lieu- tenant Forsythe this morning, “and while I am away I am not going to lose sight of the advantages which Fort Lincoln offers as a site for an aviation school, and I intend to do everything I can to impress the im- portance of this location upon my superior officers and military authori- ties generally. If in this way I can do something for Bismarck and at the same time serve the best interests of my country, I shall feel well repaid for the sacrifice I am called upon to make.” BIRDZELL: CONTRADICTS: ASSOCIATE: IN. RESPECT TO OSER WEBB OPINION Everythifig is not always iovely be: tween Non-partisan members of the supreme court, it would seem. Jus- tices James '® Robinson; in hig, dis- senting opinion in the Oser Webb blindpigging case from Minot’ accuees the majority members of the, bench of undue delay in ‘bringing ‘down an ‘opinion. Justice Luther E. Birdzell, in a dissenting opinion, replies in the following statement: “T regret that Mr. Justice Robinson |} has used language in his dissenting opinion from which jt is made to ap- pear that the majority of the court formerly concurred in his views as to ‘the law, and that they are responsible for delaying the decision. The facts are, that the members of this court never concurred in the views express: ed ‘by Mr. Justice Robinson, and that they all signed the majority opinion as soon as it was written, more than a month ago.” Justice Birdzell goes on to explain that a copy of this opinion was plac ed on Justice Robinson’s desk at thé game time, ‘and ‘thatthe latter is re- sponsible for any’ delay that may have occurred, inasmuch as he did not have his dissenting opinion ready to file until nearly thirty days had elapsed. AUDITORS TO REPORT. Auditors Orchard and Schafer of the state examiner’s staff, who have ‘been’ engaged for the past 15 days in checking up Mercer county ac: counts, expect to have: their report in within @ few days. -'The county: commission of Mercer, ‘after there had been some talk of calling a grand jury to investigate alleged irregulari- ties in accounts, requested Attorney General Langer to make an investiga tion. The attorney general then put the two auditors on the job, and from their reports he expects to be in a position to tell wheher there’ has been any foundation for the suspicions. GETS TEA CONTRACT. The Fargo Mercantile company has been awarded the contract for all the teas to be consumed by. students who patronize state boarding houses dur- ing the next few months, Dr. BF. Ladd found samples submitted by the Fargo concern most satisfactory, and the contracts were awarded by the state board of regents on his recom: mendation. The General Motgage Sales com- pany of Grand Forks has incorporat- ed under the laws of North Dekots for $25,000. Carter H. Murphy and W. Fred Davey of Grand Forks and J. Earl MoFadden of Cavalier are the incorporators. © aT MINOT. : N. C. Macdonald, superintendent of public instruction, went from Grand Forks, where he attended a session of the state historical society, to Mi- not, to addres the Northwestern Edu- Bis | cation association. \ IN ROM STANTON. .. ital City visitor this week. " TAKES NEW POSITION. She chose between a child and aman = ETHEL BARRYMORE “The Awakening’ of Helena Richie” —A Metro Wonderplay in 5 Acts.— Based on Margaret Deland’s Famous Novel. A Powerful Story of a Woman’s Love and Renunciation. Orpheum Theatre Tonight 7:30 & 9 10c and 15c the Burleigh County Abstract com-] W. F. Bauer, 0. C. Thoen, Jalmar Ja- pany. Miss Gray has proved herself | cobson and S. Gulbranson, and the cap- an unusually efficient and accommo-| ital stock is $15,000. dating employe, and her resignation eee from an office which she has filled so capably is noted with sincere regret. DOWN ON THE FARM. Governor Lynn J. Frazier is spend- ing the week-end on his farm near Hoople, while Commissioner of Agri- culture and Labor John IN. Hagan is looking after his patch near Deering. NEW MORTGAGE COMPANY. A charter was issued by the secre- tary of state today to the Rosebud County Mortgage company, incoporat- ed for $10,000, by T. L. Beiseker of Fessenden and T, ©. Hammond and B, H. Edminster of Forsythe, Mont. Fessenden is the home office of the compeny. NEW EQUITY ELEVATOR, Articles of incorporation bave beeb filed by the. Tagus Equity Elevator company of Tagus. .The directors are J. H.Hebig, J. C. Abbott, Arue Engen, Circulation Statement 916 Gain in One Month apolis. tonight. Rheumatiem, Lame Back, —Any Lecal ain, Sasist on Ss; Herewith is government statement required to be publish. ed, twice, year.’ The circulation record calls for a word of ¢x- planation.. The Tribune during the last six months has ‘béen on an evening paper basis for only one half the period. Its average circulation during the past:month hg LE 5108, showing a gain of 2000-over a like period’ when; bune ‘was a morning paper. The next six months are going to see greater strides. Since going into the afternoon field, the Tribune circulation has shown remarkable gains over the morning paper. With but one exception, The Tribune has the largest circulation of any afternoon daily in the state and is the only afternoon daily of general circulation on the Slope. ED TION, ETC, REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS - OF AUGUST 24, 1912, Of Bismarck Tribune Company, published Daily, at ‘Bismarck, ‘North Dakota, for April, 1917. State of North Dakota, County of Burleigh, ss. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the ‘State and county afore- said, personally appeared L. Harrison, who, having ‘been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of. the.Bismarck Tribune Company and that the following is, to the management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 413, ‘Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1 That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, manag- ing editor, and ‘business managers are: Publisher, Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, (North Dakota. ‘Editor, Geo. D. Mann, Bismarck, North Dakota. Business Manger, L. Harrison, Bismarck, ‘North Dakota. 2. That the owner is: Edmond A. Hughes, Bismarck, N. D. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgagees, or other securities are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders. if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee.is acting, is given; also, that the said two para- graphs contain statements envbracing affiant’s full knowledge and helief as to the circumstances ahd conditions under which stockhold- ers and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustce, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest, direct or indirect, in the said stock, bonds, or other securi- ties than as so stated by him. 5. That the averege number of copies of each issue of this pub- lication: sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is ~. 4192 sieves Mates ven savvesccetesctungcusti ss LEWIS HARRY 5 Business Manager. Sworn and subscribed to ‘before me this Sth day of April, 1917. (Seal) TERDSA A. CHAMBERS, i : Notary Public. (My commission expires Dec. 6th, 1912.) You'll enjoy the Radisson, Minne- Ethel Barrymore at the Orpheum STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, ‘MANAGEMENT, CIRCULA. - ‘best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement‘ of the ownership, - oe SIS