The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1920, Page 3

* hurry horhe | ' ,mother was ill. “MONDAY; APRIL: %6; ‘1 MOTHER SLAYS DAUGHTER THEN KILLS HERSELF Velva -* se IN VIEW OF HER CHILDREN Said She Wanted’ to Take the \Youngest Child With Her ots ed . Velva, INV D., April 26—Adminis- teting poison to Lea, her 5-year‘old daughter, after summoning. four other, daughters to fier home from Velv: where they. attend high sdhool, Mrs. Emil Roulier, aged. 44. wife of.a farmer residing 13 miles from here,drank of the poison her~ self, both dying, ‘Yo one of her daughters Mrs. Rou- lier related” the whole story of the slaying of her youngest child, and of ly. action in partaking of the poi- Ga. herself, as she law in a field, mear her home, shortly before death. She killed the baby she said, because she wanted to take her with her. Tq her boy, 13 years old, Mrs. Rou- lier had bid farewell as he set out for school’ in the morning. She’ Kisgkd the boy goodbye, and told him ty wouldn't be there when he returned at noon. ‘ Officials who . investigated the double tragedy held that an inquest was utinecessaty, and details sur- rounding the affair convince authori- ties that Mrs. Roulier was insane, the result of ill health and worry. Mrs. Roulier wrote a_letter to her four daughters who are attending tne Velva high school, telling them to if. they . loved their mother. The girls received the let- ter early in the morning and two of the daughters started for home im- mediately in an auto, thinking their Finds Little Sister Dead ‘Mrs. Roulier evidently was waiting for them and that morning she in. formed her husband that she was go- ing for the mail, the R, F. D. mail] box being located about a half, mile from the house, instead, she took Lea and went to the field; When the |~ girls arrived from Velva, the mother told them to go to the heuse, that she would cothe in shortly. The girls left her but the mother did not come in, One of the girls went out'to find her and found little Lea in the field dead. The mother told the daughter ; what she had done. The daughter went immediately to the house for the father and When-she returned the mother was lying on ‘the ground in terrible agony. Pinned Note to Dress. fer the girls had~left her first, she had written a note, which was found pinned to her dress. In the note she. stated that she was tired of:liv- ing and wanted Lea to die also, as Lea_,was so young she wanted to take her with her. She sald she did not want anyone to mourn for her and that members of the famil should wear white. She said sie; wanted_to ‘be buried in Velva and | selected Rev. Sargent... of- ‘Ruso to { trip. | preach the funeral sermon. ‘Before, her death, she told her. datghter all! of the details of the horrible affair. Mys. Roulier planned her death some titne ahead for when her 13- year-old son left .for~ school. .that morning, she kissed him goo Dye and said she would rot be there when he returned, { The McHenry, county coroner was called to the farm but he held no in- quest as: he. considered it a case of insanity. : The double tragedy has cast a deep gloom over the entire community. Mrs. ‘Roulier was born in Chris- tiania, ‘Norway, and was 44 years of age. She came to the Mouse river valley..34 years ago to the home of her uncle, Iver Gfellstad. She made her home with the Gjellstad. family until her marriage. Her husband. Emil Rouliersis“an old ‘resident, be- ing a brother of Mrs. A, G. Andersoih of Velva.. Mr. Roulier is a former rancher and from 1907 to 1910 was engaged in the meat business in Ruso., Fad eg There are four girls all attending the Velva high school,;the son, and ‘the father, left to mourn,. One of. thé daughters, Edna, is a member. of the 1920 graduating class of the Velva high gchool. 5 ‘ ; NORTHERN. PACIFIC AC.CEPTS FREIGHT FOR’ CHICAGO NOW; All Shipments Still Subject to Delay, However, Because of Strike The embargo on freight to Chicago and other eastern cities, put on due the switchmen’s strike, hasbeen lifted to the extent that local freight ottices are. now able to accept. freight for shipment_to these points “subject to delay,”accoraing to T. A. MeDon- ald. agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad.<Company today. For several days after the embargo was announced,. the freight. depots were not allowed to accept\shipments to eastern cities. Although freight will be’-accepted. at the’depots no promise is made as to when delivery, will be made. Pr eee Ca TRACK TEAMS AT’ U.OF; M. BEING GIVEN TRYOUTS qa University Has. Several Tough ”. Contests During the Next we, Few Weeks Minneapolis, Minn., April 26.—Mile and half. mile relay teams have. been entered by the-University of Minne- sota in the Drake relays to be held at the Drake university, Des Moines, Towa, April 24. Bisse \ sae Frank Kelly, B, F. Johnson, Arnold Oss, ‘4. W. Anderson, John Holt, Richard Fischer and Frank MdNally ,have been selected by Coach Leonard Frank to uphold Minnesota honors in the two’ events. t x The followirig week the university relay men will compete in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. relays, Pres- ent showings indicate that ‘Oss, Kelly, Fischer and Anderson will make the Oss recently suffered an jn: jury to his foot, and his entry in the Penn relay will depend on his show- ing in the Drake events. 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Perhaps the governor's: endorseent’ of. Auditor | Kositzky’s candidacy if made wilT not be. publiciy. announcéd in the Non- Partiegn’ league’ controlled and domi- nated newspapers, but. itis regarded as a certainty. that Governor Frazier, an avowed adiirer of honesty and ef- ficiency ‘in publit office, must have a high regard for Kositzky’s manage ment. of the office of, state auditor. Deputy, state bank. eximiners have gompleted: an investigation of Kosit- zky’s/office and accounts, making their report direct to Governor Frazier. In this report, the deputy examinérs told Governor Frazier, the followtng tate about the state auditor's office and accounts; 4 Report “ “We checked the warrants issutil! register with the authorized vouchets| on file and with the paid’ and cancell- ed warrants and the collection regis- ter with the treasurer's duplicate re-| ceipts on file, finding, all correct. Wej cliecked. the. collections and. warrants register with the ledger and proved the trial balance, finding all correct. All books; records and files, very com plete and intelligible, are being. kept in a neat, lent: manner.” ‘After reading this portion of the ‘report over carefully it i: understand how Governor’ Frazier can fail to endorse Auditor Kositzky for And yet the league dom- re-election, United Financia! Campeiga ‘April 25th'to:May2nd: “ curate and most ‘excel- One of the in f the Biggest Features of the Year. Played Ten Days innedpolis, While “Old Kentucky’ Showed but Seven ° Prices for this extraordinary production —_._ : ~.. Matinee: Adults 25¢; Children 15cEveriings: Adults 35c; Children 25. eee aN Please attend the early, performances WED.-THURS., TOM MIX IN “THE SPEED MANIAC” Ms | Karl. Wonder who ig now? dinicult to| pee tami Challenged To ‘Duel Montevideo, Uruguay, make this a better wo f ARUSINESS man filled out his income tax t report. It showed an income so large that his tax was 53%. And his total gifts to church and charity for the year were $148, ink of it—thousands spent for: luxuries: and pledpure for himself; and $148 to leave the world a little-better than he found it! Most of us do better than that; but not so very much better. “4 Our average daily gift for all church-causes is —less than we spend for daily papers —less than a local telephone call —less than a third of the day’s car fare . ‘less than 3 cents a day * No wonder that 80% of the ministers of America are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that the churcli hospitals turn away thousands of sick people a year. No.wonder that China has only one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder that every church board and charity society is forever meeting def- , icits, forever passing the hat. «=~ It isn’t because. we are selfish; it isn’t because we don’t want to help. It’s just because no one has ‘ever put up a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the work of the church in a system- atic businesslike way. O%INTERCHURCH World of North America Aitril. 26.-- Baltasar Brum, president of the re-| growth of an article in El Pais at- Graduated accorditig to amount of income and number in the family. How does your giving check up with the chart? soi) Big Larreta, director of the newspaper El Pais, to a duel. Dr. ‘Larreta has ac- cepted the challenge. The differences between President Brum and Dr. Larreta are: the out- Fatt " How much should I give to The Interchurch World ,Movement represents. > the united program of thirty great denominations. They have surveyed their whole task ; no business could have done it better. _/ : They have budgeted their needs; so business could have a more scientific budget.. They have united to prevefit the possibility of waste and dupli- cation. At least a million dollars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual campaigns are joined in one united effort. ae And they come to.the men and. women who lave America—to you-this week, asking you to. use them as the: channel through which a certain defi- nite part of your income can be applied to make this a better world. gies Only you can determine what part of: your in- come that should be, The chart printed here.is in- tended: merely as a suggestion; it represents a scale , of giving of 64—or less, : & Six per cent of your earning power; 15/16ths of your life for your own family needs; and 1.:16th:for your fellow men—is that more than you ought to give? It's a good time right now to. answer that ques- tion. We're passing through the .world,just once; how. much better is the world going to be because you passed through? 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