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- “Cowbog” “Hill /> GgtrrThe Home Sector. MAKE STIR IN SUMMER COLONY Three Wealthy Sportsmen Are Believed Part of Gang of Bank Robbers. OWN POWERFUL CARS | Police Kill One of Men in Battle in | Raid—Were Popular in Millionaire Resort—Launch Ready for Flight, BRIDE, 65, ARRESTS ~ MATE FOR CUSSING Kansas City Judge Advises Hon- | - eymooners to Kiss’and Make Up. Kansas City, Mo—"There always i must be a first quarrel. “Aud the only 1 way to settle It is to kiss and make up. 3 ‘ met Thus did Judge John M. (Kennedy, counsel Mrs. Angeline Harris, -sisty- five years old, and fer husband, J. 1. Harris, fifty-nine, .boneymouners of three months, The bride Tilted. her nose, “Make up!” she exclaimed, “with lim .cuss- ing all the pots-and pans whenever he goes to. cook and myning away all Igonac, Nich.—Six wee eo a7 d Alzouus Mich Sis i weeks ano aT my bourders—" charming, stylishly dressed ~ young “Hold ae ded Kennedy woman, Accompanied hy three young | 4p, a ae Ree hat e ~Kernedy. men, drew up in ne tn a big | 2888 Bes, tlie CUOm NEES: touring car and blished them- That was the bargain.” said) Mrs. sely na bungalow cottage in the Harris, “When 1 ried him he was midst of the: mijlionayre suramer gle 2 cook in a boarding. house in Okla- ony. In a reniatrkably shorteime the homa Ci Okla, We pur our-savings vivacious nin and bey party | in my rooming house, -He wes to cook had been hy the leaders jand [was to mnnnge of the elite and thet veame the center of the s the community Not only were th ned to have an inexhaustible | supply of money, ‘They let it drop | that they were oil promoters. The | young woman was jetroduced as Mrs. | Densmore. rey entertained frequent: Jy and. elaborately. (> In short,’ their funetions heeame the talk of the town, Own Pewerfut Motor Cara. ‘ast, powerful motor cars and accounts In the Algonac banks Sannecessary ynurantees wealth, Often the group? would) be gone over night on motor trips along » Michigan and northern Ohio, ys they rerurmed. to’ Algonac. 1 for Labor day but abw: A regatta sechedt sone of the events of the season. w Not to he outdone, the three young men went to Chieago and retugned with a bedutifal racing launch which they ed the mia. for ‘one of the favorites of ‘the colony, It was report ed that this litte Investment alone set them back $11,000, but they received ample recompense by winning the fea- ture evebt of the regatta—the temmile handieay It was while they were still: cele brating this event, the’ climax of their , social actifeveinents, that the bubble burst: On @Inysierlous tip, the source of which Yas not been divulged, the police fatlowed: the three young :met to~Voledo, Ohio, \and) swooped down on their rendezvous, In the: battle was killed and the other two young mien. Archie Denni- son and Joseph Forest. were wounded. ‘A search. of the elaborately’ furnished “Cowboy” Hill Was Killed. bungalow in Algonac yielded a kit/of | burglars’ tools and a cracksman's' out- | fit. ‘The police say the three young; menand the young woman are part of | a guiggyvhich altogether has stolen! more than $300,000 from the banks of Qpio and Michigan in the last six months, The money is said to have; been placed in Algonac banks: Launch Ready for Flight. There Is no evidence that the group operated -in the lake shore, district, | where they spent their wealth. The police think they conducted their op- erations while making trips in the fast motor cars, and that the little, boat, Emma, was tested in the regatta to see if it could outrun other boets if it way necessary to fee to Canada, s ) - CHILD. DIES IN SHAM BATTLE Casualty ‘Follows Re-enactment ‘at “Camp: Meade, Md., of Fight in the Argonne, Camp Mende, Md.—The regular army re-enacted here as a closing fea- ture of the national encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars a detail of the fighting In the Mepse at Argonpe. It was a ¢arefully planned sham battle, bat was not without a casualty. Cari Durnsush, a four-year-old boy, waq_ killed by. fragment of a shell fromi ene of the guns used in laying down,the miniature barrage: * The eagerness of the crowds to ob- tain a better view of. the operations resulted “in groups venturing. into the gones of.danger. The child who was | Bit was accompanted by his uncle, 4 Twe Reguiar Jébe, , Ward and Vokes’ idea of a regular | Job: was picking blossonis from a cen- tury: plant, but our energetic nature prompts:us to look for a position tear ing the Feb. 29 Icaves off a desk calen- of their | ¢ — whieh hvought them a huge + silver loving cup. 4 Mrs. Harris, who conducts a room jing and boarding house, Cussing the Skillets. - vertised for a husband, becatise she was lonely and becduse she needed some one to help her run her dusless; Harris. answered it and:they were married at the courthouse, “| band arrested on a charge of disturb- |. “B leave it to you, Judge.” sald. Har- | ls, “If. any man wouldn’? cuss ‘the skillets when he tries to cook?" ————— ‘i ie : Playfid Father Tosses “= Son in-Pot of Noodles » San: Francisco.—Jullus | Hess of 520 Natoma street and his son: aud. heir, Maxwell, 3-ygars old, were In a state of mind that eventually landed both in the Central Emergency hospital. By way of satisfying their playful mood, Hess began to toss little Maxwell” in.0/ the air, .catching him ‘as he came down, <A_sec- ond, 2 third and even a fourth time Hess. tossed Maxwell into /the-alr, It was great sport un- til the fifth try. Instead of. laud- ing in father's arins, little Max: swell landed in a. boiling kettle i jet noodles. on the kithhen stove. /Maxwell, the kettle and father landed ‘in a heap on the’ tloor, the boiling water scalding both of Hess’ feet jnng one of Max- i well’s, The trip to hospital, fol- lowed, —% SCOUT ‘DIES SAVING MOTHER Four Men Watch ‘Youth Sacrifice His Life and Offer No Assistance. ‘ London.<Ellis Snow, sixteen years old, n boy scout, sacrificed, his life to save his mother from drownjng. Ellis, a schoolboy living at Paddock Wood, rad ak camping at Leston. hear the Medway river. His mother visited him, and in stepping into a punt..to Cross the river,. Mrs. Snow pushed out the boat and fell in, Ellis | DEPARTMENT Now Mra, Harris hag bad her hus: | “But don’t. you, | Miss Marie Curtic. } | Snow dving—sure, head first—is At ates HOOVER URGED FOR HEAD OF Reavis Would Have Him Man- age Uncle Sam’s Public baer Works ~ 9 By H. B. HUNT Washington, Jan. 5.—Placing Hu- Bert Hoover) at the head of a new épartment pf Public ‘Works to take charge of gil of the government's. engineering and construction bureaus ig advocated by Congressman ©, f". Reavis. : f Such: a department, as Reavis de- signs it, wou:d handle the govern- ment’s. great practical problems and exctude’ its political pnes. } Reavis’ resolution providing for; a special committee from House and Senate to investigate existing de- pariments and bureaus, and draft: a reorganization program for thé guid.’ ance of Congress, hgs passed both! Houses and is not eXpected to draw a veto from the president. Another Bill Pending. Reavis ‘also has introduced a bill Providing that ail the engineering | and construction bureaus in the dif-1 {ferent departments for materials, j would tend to standardize costs and | promote economy and efficiency. | M has been suggested that Hogver's organizing ability might “be ‘br jught | mulating. its reorganization scheme. | "As now planned the preliminary | work would be done by & committee | consisting only of Congressmen. 9m view of the fact that it will be jat least. a year before any general ireorganization plan is adopted. it is | doubtful if Harding will wait on Con- | gress to provide a special department) \for Hoover. If he wants him in: the leabinet, he will put him-“there |March 4. \ bith By simply freeze?” the other Detroit girls ask Marie’ just laughs at them. She is the holder of |many long-distance swimming records. And | gnow, she gets into a one piece bathing suit and’ goes out:to play) j have to find a deep snow-bank or you may break.your neck: ‘or would result in an increase in rates. | to dearvin assisting Congress in f0%)- 40, here. Hence, the order granting {sion does not have power to supervise, im winter,‘ when there’s| lots of fun,,she says. But-you: i INCREASE IS DENIED WATER.COMPANY HERE) (Continued. tron 1 Page 1) interested parties to intervene in hear- ings as to the reasonableness of rates instituted upon complaint of. city of- ficials. The proteedings. beforé'the| railroad commissioners under consid- eration here:was instituted upon writ- ten complaint filed by the officers o! the city of:Bismarck. «The Water Sup- ply company denied the charges con- tained in the complaint, It asked for no affirmative relief: ‘The issue be: | fore the board of railroad commission: | ers -were“those framed; by the com- plaint and the angwer:. ‘It is true the; railroad commiss{oners might have in- | stituted a proceedings on their own) motion, but)this they did not do. They did not intimate ‘to the parties that they would, attempt to adjudge except upon the issue presented to them. They purported to.sit im judgment up- on the proceedings which the contend- ing parties::presented. There was. no demand for,an increase,in.rates by the Water Supply company. There wag no reason why afly party interested in water rates’in the city of Bismarck should anticipate at the hearing be- fore the railroad commissioners could Certainly counsel for the Water Com- pany had no idea that,the hearing be- fore the railroad commissioners| might result in such increase. * * * As we construe ‘the Public Utilities act rate increases; cannot be ordered | except after notice’ and hearing. And as.we read the record certified to us there was neither. notice nor hearing of a proceeding for an increase in suth incvese ig void.” Robinson on Powers. Justice. noviason, concurring spe- clally, believes the railroad commis- rates of utilities. : “Have railroad commiasionera any sitpérvision over the affairs of citics, and a right to fix the water rates of: a public utility above maximum rates | of its.charter?” he asks and continues: | “The railroad commissioners are con-! stitutional officers and: it is hard to } { ‘A mosiue and a Mussulman’g.;uni- versity, originally planned for Algeria, are tq be ‘Duiit in Paris. say on. what principle they can be} made. beasts of burden. If the legisla- ture may impose on them the duty of fixing rates and» charges for public utilities, why not the duty of working | six hours a day on the highways? We! all know that ifthe commission do their duty-they must during the busi- ness hours of every day, give all their | time to the consideration of railroad Dyspepsia Tablets Instead of matters. We know that if the com-' Senseless Dlet- missioners tun around the eountey and | ta {give a large portion of their time— Consider the bulk’ of a big man- BY they ‘have been doing—to hearings | \STRONG MEN HAVE ACID STOMACH | And They Relieve It with Stuart's NEAR BRIDEGROOM BEATEN BY MAID® ose: Corners Man, Who Refuses to Go On With Ceremony and Soundly Thrashes Him. SicKeesport; Pa.—Deserted a few minutes before the, time for ker wed-\ ding to Carl B. Swanson, 26 years old, ‘of McKeesport, I’a., Miss Mahala Har- ‘rlson, 24-year-old telephone ‘operator, changed her wedding gown for a sport | sult, sent women relatives to Swan- ! son’s home for him, and, at her own home, administered a severe beating | to the luckless near-groom, using only her fists. x Z Siwaneon, badly bruised and battered and with both eyes blackened, went to bed to nurse his wounds, after he had Administered a Severe Béating. to his home by a brother, who had witnessed: the thrashing ine eldént. Miss Harrison, with her knuckles swollen, returned to the switchboard. Long before the wellding hour Miss Harrison ‘wand her attendant were been assist dressed for the ceremony, wearing the |. flowers which Swanson had sent, When the bride wag nearing ‘collapse, following a. long walt, a special de- livery. boy. left a letter for her. It was from Branson, ane he wrote that the wedding was all off. His mother didn’t want him to get married, he felt he could not afford to, and-he was going away to forget. _ - ‘The bride quickly rallied and he did ; not get away quickly egough. ‘She says she believes in) women Wefending their rights and their honor with their fists, and. she demonstrated that she could easily take care of herself. ‘ LETS REE: % WANTED “TO HUG. MARSHAL Man's Action Resulted in Adding An. | ether Regulation to Morality Code of National Park, N.’J. - Philadelphia.—Another regulation is added to the morality Code ‘of Na- tlonal. Park, N. J.~ Hereafter it ts against the law for male visitarg to! hug ‘the borough marshal while the latter is on duty. © ¥ In consequence of: this ruling by Recorder Jacob Bentz, a Philadel- phian, who gave his-name ss Michael McCall, but who refused to say.where he got the stuff that made hin, act that way, was fined $7.50. basi Th McCrossen, another Phila- deiphian, who tried to interfere with the arrest of McCall, said he wes sorry and promised never to. do. it again. As he didn’t do any:hugging he was discharged.» . : . The marshal. is Henry Weldon. . He was standing near the-trolley terminal when McCall lurched up and tried to hug him.” Weldon ‘coyly sidestepped, and Ahen McCall became exasperated, and took a swing at the marshal's jaw, wherens” he was. arrested}. In. the en- suing-scufite‘the marshal's shitt: was torn, Wey he NO Met -—$—— Dictiona , ~“Dietlonartes are like: Watches, -wrate Johnson, | The worst. is, better: than none, apa: the best cannot be expected to go quite trie. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1921 Wilks te ee F Pigeons as Fire Fighters. The pigeon. branch of the navy has 2,500 Wirds. Plenty are available for the forest patrol. Experiments aré go- ing on“constantly In ‘the effort to in- erease the efficlency of the birgs. - “They WORK | while you sleep” , Speed Maniac Hits Two; Caught as He Rams Trée Philadelphia.—“Here ‘I {come —there I go!” ‘shouted Jobn Beverot as his autombile knocked down Arthur Little and 6 his. wife, according to police. ¥ All Little saw. yfhen he, sa up . the middle of the s t was ‘ ‘ s weeeee ‘a_yantshing. red: light, Special 4! . Policeman Bucksonsof. the Penn- sylvania railroad saw the acc § dent and gave chase in an auto- 6 mobile/ After .-a__ three-mile drive he treed Beverot literally and figuratively, near the Fifty- second street entranee to Fair- o e ‘ é o ‘ ‘ é ‘ s ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ¢ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ e é -| duced all the diamonds. of the world | | ASPIRIN - mount Park. Beverot, smasled is auto against a tree, 6 ‘ D a! A * POeeee eer rerereeteerecrtty Then He Lighted a Match, Vhiladelphia.—For several (ays, Gir Zardo.-Derusso, Sartain street, near South’ street, mixed strange concoe. tions in a barrel, police say.” Then he placed the barrel in front of bis home and lighted a match to peer into ‘its ; depths. A blinding Alash followed, Girardo, his wife, Molla, and elght- yenr-old- Michael. Miglicea,; were hurled te the pavement by the explosion and severely burned, They were taken to the Howard hospital. To Remove Paint. i “When, paint has spattered the win -| dows. it may be removed with steel | | wool more quickly and: easily thar ! with a coin, a putty knife or other de- vices which are often, trtett, Trans Olamond Output. {s | ) At one tine the mines of India. pro. | ‘Now more dinmonds are obtained at | | the mines in the Transvaal in one: ure_recovered In the entire pire In a year. © one or two Cascarets occasion- all¥ to keep your liyer and bowels ac- tive. When bilfous, constipated. headachy, unstrung or for a cold, up- | set stomach, or bad breath, nothing’ acts so nicely ay Cascarets. Children love them too. 10, 25, 50 cents. Name “Bayer” on Genuine “ In Tailored Suits — $85 values now.$50.00 $75 values now .$45.00 $65 values now. .$40.90 |. $50 to $55 value $37. $40 to $45 value $30. TERMS CASH: Ending Feb. 28th, 1921 - KLEIN. Tailor and Cleaner * Take no chances with substitutes! Unless-you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not get- ting genuine Aspirin prescribed by -physiciafis. for twenty-one years and proved safe by: millions. Take As pirin only as told in the Bayer pack- age for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, | Rheumatisin, © Earache, Toothache, Lumbago; and for Pain.. Handy tin | hoaxes: of’ twelve Bayer! Tablet® of As> | pirin cost few Cents. Druggists also |} sell larger packages. A&pirin is the |¢rade mark of Bayer Manufacture of | Monoaceticacidester of Sali¢ylicacid This College has constantly more calls. for office help than it can supply. All students who remaine® to complete its course have been sent to good business and banking Pdsitions. In session throughout the year, the student enlers at any time. Preparatory départment where students may , commence & . With the lowest\primary branches. Besides the ordinary Expert ‘ Courses in . higher accounting, |. Stenography, and Banking. Send 4 for all particulars. \ = ‘ GOM. LANGUM, Pres. Bismarck, North Dakota. Fi ’ a : ‘| BUSINESS DIRECTORY | Y2EBB BROTHERS Se immediately sprang into the water {He needg:a lot of goood food. And in regurd to rates, charges and the; and supported her until she was drawn | to safety up the steep bank: The boat had drifted/away, and be- | {ng_unable to land easily, the boy | tried to swim to the other side of the | river. Half way across he sank ex- hayst It was testified at the inquest that four men standing on’ the bank saw the tragedy, but walked away. ° | pupenDTE"narenes Keep’ Secret: Twenty . Years. San Francisco.—In San Francisco are two women who can keep a secret. For 20 years Mrs. Josephine Calderon was the wife of Dr. Eugtorijo Cal deron, a prominent and brilliant physi- cian of that city, in which time she bore him a beautiful daughter, ;now eighteen years of oge, and neither Mother nor daughter told a soul that he was husband and father, It was. only. bis. récent death that revealed to’ their friends the strange felationship; and the reason for the 's actions is still a mys- ‘Don’t Overtock Little Things. The young fellow who thinks. th: little things are not worth bothering about stands a slim chancé of ever having. any big things to look after. Big-things grow from little ‘things, The ‘ tallest oak was once ap acorn, yet a simple dish may so distress conduct of public utility corporations | they. must neglect ir duties as rail-{ oad commissioners. We know that a! City is competent to contract with pub- ic utility companies {n regard to rates | that may be charged for services and: when, as in this: a ntlitv comnany: a charter authoriz- ing it to use the stfeets of the city and to put down and construct water mains | at a sum not to,exceed a prescribed | maxirium rate, and that charter is ac- cepted, it constitutes a contract be- , | tween the city arid the company. and) the contract is’ protected against im- pairment by the constitution of the | United States. The legislature may) not pass any law -impairing the .obli-{ gation of contracts and, of’ course, it) may not authorize.a commission to do | what it-is prohibited from doing.” ‘HOTELS SELL PAPER. >Paris, Jan.'6—Hotel men of him that it will throw his ‘entire |machinery out of order by, denying| nave solved the problem of Toss due Paris | himself the very means of sustaining “writing room’ guests” using hotel | | strength: A better plan, far better,| stationery. They sell. it. For five en-| is: to follow a meal with a Stuart's! yelopes and five sheets they. charge’ Dyspepsia. Tablet. 25 centimés: The money is given to; | Te alds digestion, supplies the stom-| the Red Cross for war victims. jach with alkaline effect and thus pre- . : rvents or relieves the distresses of; COAL LOWER ‘IN ITALY. gassiness, sour stomach, lumpy feel-| Home, Jan. 5.—American coal is} jing in throat, biliousness. intestinal | now. quoted at $16. a ton,, delivered. | | indigestion and other such misery due| Italy imported 517,000 tons of coal in! |to dyspepsia. Get a sixty cent box at | November, 225,000 torts coming ‘from | ‘any drug store and be fortified, no| Germany, 170,000. tons: from America | matter what you eat or drink. 4 and 103,000. from English sources. se; a’city gives to| on condition that it shall furnish water | . ve’s is the Genuine - : and Only | Undertakers: '% “dmbalmers Funeral ‘Directors Liczased Embalmer in Charge —~ |, DAY HONE 50 NIGHT. PHONES 65—887 @ | BISMARCK MOTOR COMPANY Distributors of STUDEBAKER — and — B, CADILLAC x AUTOMOBILES / vn es _ PERRY UNDERTAKING PARLORS Nek Phose 100 or 687 BISMARCK FURNITURE COMPANY - SHOE™. FITTERS | MAIN STREET . CARL_PEDERSON , FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR, “ Séuthwestern North Dakota and | Southeastern Montana " BISMARCK, N. D. A 50-cent piece, worth a “dollar, +0 celebrate the tercentenary of the land- ing of the Mayflower, is now being mitted. -—