Towner County, ND, Hansboro, News published June 1, 1914 - June 30 1914 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ The following news items and articles are all transcribed from the Hansboro News newspaper. The items included in this file were published between June 1, 1914 and June 30, 1914. Note: when searching for names in this text, I recommend using various spellings of a surname. I noticed during the transcription that some names were not spelled the same throughout. Since many of the names were not familiar to me, I typed them exactly as they were published. North Dakota State Historical Society microfilm numbers 09491 Transcribed August, 2000 by: Mary Lindbo, mjlindbo@msn.com (c) 2000 Mary Lindbo June 5, 1914 ARMOURDALE ASSERTIONS (Too late for last week) Miss Hilda Jussero arrived from Cando recently for a short vacation. Mrs. Chas. Johnson and baby left last week for Bryant, South Dakota for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stick of Duluth arrived here last week for a visit with relatives and friends. C. A. Simpson of Bisbee who has been in this vicinity digging wells has finished and returned to Bisbee. George Savaloja was kicked in the face by a horse and received a few bruises but was not seriously injured. The wrestling match between Edward Martin and A. Kallio was called off on account of the former being on the sick list. The young people are making preparations for a grand picnic to be given on June 24 at Henry Juntunen's grove. A fine program has been prepared of which the Brocket band and chorus will be featured. BICKFORD IS PARDONED Former State Treasurer George L. Bickford, who was convicted and sentenced to the state prison on an indeterminate sentence of one to three years, was pardoned last Tuesday by the pardon board. Bickford had turned his property and made good the shortage. 934 PERISHED ON BIG OCEAN LINER; 433 ARE SAVED Empress of Ireland Sunk in Collision in the St. Lawrence River Quebec, May 30 - A train with 396 survivors of the lost Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland arrived here from Rimouski shortly before eight o'clock last Thursday night. Thirty-seven wounded were left at Rimouski. These are all that live of the 1,376 who sailed from here Thursday afternoon bound for Liverpool on the queen vessel of a famous fleet. The ship sailed out of a sunlit harbor into the fog off Father Point, where the ripping prow of the collier Storstad struck the death blow in the dark. The lost number - 934. 237 of Crew are Saved Of the living, 237 are members of the crew. Of the living, only 20 are women; two are children. Thus the story of the most terrible disaster in the history of Canadian navigation is written more grimly, more vividly in hard figures than it could ever be in words. How the hundreds of strong men of the crew were saved while the hundreds of weak women and children perished only the imagination can fathom now. Not even the survivors can fully picture the 19 minute death throe of the riven ship - the passengers wakened in the dead of night either to be crushed by the invading prow of the Storstad, drowned in the rush of waters or to drag themselves to the listing deck, where panic reigned, where shrieks of terror and of pain made an inferno under the shrouding mist. The battle that surged about the lifeboats that had not been shattered in the crash, the cruel triumph of the strong over the weak - let the figures tell it. They alone can. One of the matters on which the rescued agree is that Captain Anderson of the Storstad backed his vessel out of the hole she had dug into the Empress' side, nursing her own bent prow despite the shouted pleas of Capitan Kendall that he hold fast to the wreck. Water Rushes In As the collier backed away the water rush listed the Empress so that all her lifeboats on the portside were useless. . The Storstad, moreover, having no mortal damage and lying in a river that was ruffled only by the strewn forms of the drowning, the wounded and the dead, picked up but a few of those who were taken to the hospital at Rimouski. It was the governmental mail steamer Evelyn and the pilot boat Eureka, which had to run all the way from Father Point that did the bit work of rescue. A strict investigation is to be immediately begun. "There was not time." That is the phrase used by every survivor in trying to tell something of what happened. "There was no time to rouse the people; no time to cry 'Women and children first'." Nineteen minutes was the time between the crash and the sinking. In that time there were lifeboats to launch, a panic to contend with. In that time the wireless must flash its calls for help. The "S. O. S." picked up by many ships near and far brought response too late to save even a third of the human cargo. Captain Kendall, one of the most able and trusted skippers of the line - a man who had captured Doctor Crippen, a murderer, and had served for many years without a mishap at sea - stood on the bridge during those 19 minutes. Gathered piecemeal from survivors the horrors of this wreck grows with the telling. The doomed ones had little time even to pray. They were engulfed by the onrushing waters that swallowed the big ship. The wireless operators on the Empress, sticking to their posts to the last, had time only to send a few SOS calls for help when the rising waters silenced their instruments. That silence told the rescuers miles away more potently than a bugle that doom had overtaken the ship. Only six hours before this fateful collision the passengers sang as a goodnight hymn, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again", played by the Salvation Army band on board. Last Call for Aid That last SOS wireless cry for aid from the crippled and sinking liner was a trumpet call to those ashore. It was heard by J. McWIlliams, the wireless operator at Father Point, who repeated it along the coast to point after point after he had tried in vain to get another message from the Empress. When he failed he knew that the wireless was wrecked and the ship probably sinking. He repeated his fears to other wireless stations and urged the need of hast to save the passengers and crew of the vessel. On board the steamers Lady Evelyn and Eureka that cry for aid was heard and getting the position of the Empress of Ireland from Operator Williams, they put on extra stokers, called their full crews to quarters and began a race to save lives. That this race ended just too late to save the majority of those on the hapless liner is no fault of the officers and crews of those two rescuing vessels. Relief vessels and trains equipped with doctors and nurses and every medical and surgical supply were rushed to Rimouski to care for the survivors. Survivors Tell of Fog It was foggy, according to survivors, when the Empress of Ireland, a steel-hulled, steel-bulkheaded ship of more than eight thousand tons left Quebec at 4:30 Thursday morning in command of H. G. Kendall of the Royal Naval Reserve, one of the most skilled of transatlantic navigators. Forest fires also obscured the atmosphere and the big ship, in charge of a pilot, proceeded slowly on her way to sea. At midnight the pilot left near Father Point, shouting a merry "bon voyage" as he went down a ladder to his waiting boat. The darkness at this time was intense and the ship under the slowest speed possible with steerageway held her course. Her decks were deserted. The passengers had all sought their berths with no thought of impending death. Out of the darkness on the port side, soon after 2:30 in the morning, there loomed the little Norwegian collier, not half the size of the Empress, but fated to be her destroyer. Not until the collier was almost abeam of the big liner was the danger known on either ship. The fog had blotted out the "steaming" lights as well as the port and starboard lights of both ships. Quick orders trumpeted on both vessels were heard. But they came all too late. The steel-pointed prow of the Storstad struck the liner amidships and then forged aft, ripping and tearing its way through the Empress of Ireland. Clear to the stern of the Empress of Ireland was this great steel shaving cut from her side, from the top of the hull to far below the water line, into that rent the water poured with the force of a Niagara. The bow of the Storstad smashed its way through berths on that side of the ship, killing passengers sleeping in their berths and grinding bodies to pieces. Reaching the stern of the big liner, the Storstad staggered off in the darkness, her bow crumpled by the impact. Her commander was ready a few minutes later, when he found his ship would float, to aid the crippled and sinking Empress, but he was too late to save the majority of those on board. The Empress of Ireland recoiled almost on her starboard beam ends from the blow of the collier and passengers were hung from their berths against the walls of their staterooms. Many were stunned and before they had time to recover were carried to the bottom with the ship. The vast torrents pouring into the great gash on the port side, aft, filled the corridors and flooded every stateroom abaft the midship section inside of four minutes. There was never a chance for the helpless ones in the after cabins and staterooms of the liner. With her port side laid open for half its length from the midship section to the tern, a sieve had more chance to float than the Empress of Ireland and the trapped passengers in that section were doomed from the moment the Storstad struck. Reeling from the blow the ship began to settle almost immediately as the water rushed into the big rent. From the forward cabins, however, men and women in night attire stumbled along the corridors and up the companionway to the promenade deck - the deck below the one on which the boats rested. Swarm to Deck Up they swarmed on deck in their night clothing, to find the ship heeling away to port and the deck slanting at a degree that made it almost impossible to stand even clinging to railings. Men and women, shrieking, praying, crying for aid that was fated to arrive too late, fell over one another in that last struggle for life on board the doomed Empress of Ireland. Frenzied mothers leaped overboard with their babies in their arms. Others knelt on deck and tried to pray in the few moments left to them. Some were flung overboard by the heeling of the sinking ship and some broke their legs or arms in trying to reach the lifeboats. Above the din of the struggle on the great promenade deck could be heard Captain Kendall shouting commands for the launching of the lifeboats. Several were launched in the 19 minutes that the ship floated. There was no time to observe the rule "women first" in this disaster, for those nearest the boats scrambled to places in them. But even as they were being launched, while the wireless still was calling SOS, there came a terrific explosion that almost rent the ship in twain. It was the explosion of the boilers struck by the cold water. A geyser of water shot upward from the midship section, mingled with fragments of wreckage, that showered down upon the passengers still clinging to the rails forward and upon those struggling in the water. The explosion destroyed the last hope of the ship's floating until succor could arrive, for the shock had smashed the forward steel bulkhead walls that had up to then shut out torrents invading the after part. The water rushed forward and the Empress of Ireland went swiftly to her doom, carrying down with her hundreds of passengers who stood on her slanting decks, their arms stretched upward and their cries choked in the engulfing waters. Blames the Collier Doctor Johnston, chief medical officer on the Empress, said that had not the Storstad backed out so soon from the Empress, a large number of the passengers might have been saved. He said that when the collier pulled itself free the sea surged into the hole it had torn in the side of the Empress and the liner quickly sank. Chief Operator Hayes of the Empress told of the sinking of the vessel. "As soon as I felt the shock of the collision," he said, "I was ordered to sound the danger signal, and the flash of my SOS was immediately picked up by the operator at Father Point and answered. But I could not talk with him for five minutes after the impact, my dynamos failed me and 17 minutes after the collision our boat sank." The noise of the water rushing into his cabin awoke W. Davis of Toronto and his wife. They fled upon deck but in the rush of passengers became separated. Mr. Davis was saved. It is feared his wife sank with the boat. A full equipment of ambulances supplied by the city of Quebec, the town of Levis, on the opposite side of the river and the army medical service corps was awaiting at Levis when the special survivors' train arrived. The passengers were immediately disembarked and transferred to the ferry steamer which had been waiting at the special wharf to facilitate the transfer to Quebec. Many Survivors Injured It was a pitiful sight when the ferry steamer Polaris docked on the Quebec side at 8:30 o'clock and the 296 men and women saved from the ill-fated Empress of Ireland trooped falteringly down the gangway. The faces of all plainly registered the frightful experience that had gone through. Few of the survivors possessed a complete outfit of clothes, the majority wearing only shirts, trousers and boots. Heads were bared in the throng as the injured were brought shore, supported by friends and officials of the company. The second and third class passengers and the crew were immediately made comfortable on the Allen liner Alsatian, which was lying in an adjoining berth at the breakwater. The first class and injured passengers were transferred in automobiles and other vehicles to the Chateau Frontenac. A staff of doctors and nurses took charge of the injured. Among the 50 passengers left in Rimouski were several who were so ill or so severely injured that they had to be taken to a hospital. Well Known in London Among the passengers on the Empress of Ireland, A. B. Anderson was chairman of the British Electrical Manufacturers Association and managing director of Ferranti, Limited of London. He was a resident of Marrow. A. J. Burrows, a Canadian well known in the lace trade, was a traveler for T. I. Birker & Co. of Nottingham. Story of Disaster As Told By Wireless Operator Father Point, Quebec, May 30 - The Empress of Ireland sank in ten minutes after the collision and after she had called by wireless: "Save the ship". Mr. White, the Marconi operator here, instantly notified all the government steamers in view and the Eureka, Captain Belanger was the first to get away. She must have reached the scene within 45 minutes after the disaster. The Lady Evelyn had to get up steam and also rushed to assistance. When daylight broke I saw on the gray horizon with the aid of a telescope a collier, the two government steamers and nine lifeboats all around the same spot. Shortly after the Eureka came by with 32 survivors and several bodies, later the Lady Evelyn with Captain Kendall and Moore, and still later the Storstad with a few more and some bodies. All were lined at the Rimouski wharf, to which place the scene has now been shifted. About three hundred and thirty-seven were saved in all. J. M'WILLIAMS, Operator Swims to Safety and Dies Quebec, May 29 - To pluckily leap from the deck of the sinking liner Empress of Ireland and swim around for nearly an hour in the St. Lawrence only to fall dead from exhaustion on the deck of the pilot boat Eureka which rescued her, was the fate of an unidentified woman. She had on little clothing and has not been identified. STEFANSSON'S SHIP IS CRUSHED IN ICE Arctic Explorers Marooned But Food Supply Is Said To Be Abundant - Explorer at Mouth of McKenzie River New York, June 1 - The Karluk, which carried the Stefansson expedition to the Arctic, was crushed in the ice last January, according to a message received here from St. Michaels, Alaska. Crew Still Marooned The crew is marooned on Wrangel Island. The message announcing the fate of the Karluk read as follows: "Karluk crushed in ice January, 60 miles off Herlad Island. Bartlett arrived here. Whaler Herman of Siberia sending assistant to crew on Wrangle Island." The message was addressed to Herman Bridgman, of Brooklyn, long interested in Arctic exploration work. Bartlett With Peary The Bartlett referred to is Captain Robert Bartlett, who commanded Peary's ship, Roosevelt, and later assumed command of the Karluk. Captain Bartlett made his way across the frozen ice to North Cape, Siberia and then proceeded overland to Whaler Bay, Siberia. There he was taken on board the Whaler Herman, which carried him to St. Michael, where he now is. It is assured by authorities on the Arctic that when the ice closed on the Karluk last January the 24 men on board got their supplies out on the ice, along with the dog teams and were able to reach land well equipped for the remainder of the winter. It is assumed too as soon as the days became sufficiently long to permit of travel, Bartlett, accompanied probably by some of the five Eskimos on board set out for the Bering Sea. The frozen sea was quite safe for travel. It is assumed that he drove his dogs over Siberia from North Cape to Whaler Bay on the Bering Sea shore of Siberia, where he met the whaler Herman, which sailed from San Francisco about March 25. The Herman took him to St. Michael, where there is a cable station. As To Explorer Stefansson Stefansson is at the mouth of the McKenzie River, having left the Karluk, September 10 to hunt caribou ashore. When he returned to the point where he had come ashore, he found that the Karluk had been blown away by a storm. About October 5, an Eskimo, saw her driving westward. It is apparent that the westward drift continued until the shipwreck. It will not be possible to send dog teams to Herald Island now, for the ice is rotting. There were 19 white men on the Karluk and five Eskimos. It is supposed 18 white men remain in the camp of the castaway. SEARCHING FOR BODY OF GIRL Indiana Farmer Found Implement Near Freshly Made Mound Year Ago - Father and Stepmother Suspected New Castle, Indiana, June 2 - Search for the body of Catherine Winters who disappeared more than a year ago, has started on a lonely farm four miles west of this city. A year ago the owner of the farm, whose name will be made public later, went one morning to the farthest corner of his farm, a point where only tall marsh grass grew. He found a shovel lying beside a mound of newly turned damp earth. He took the shovel to his home and forgot the incident. The scene was recalled vividly to his mind Sunday when he read the story of the search of the home of Dr. William A. Winters for trace of the missing girl. He understood that many people no longer believed that the girl had been kidnapped, but feared that she had been murdered. The arrest and subsequent release of Dr. Winters, his wife and William R. Cooper, a boarder has strengthened the suspicion. The farmer reported finding the shovel to Robert H. Abel, a private detective, who has been conducting a search for the body of the girl and plans have been arranged by Mr. Abel and Mayor J. Leb Watkins to investigate the swamp. The shovel bore the mark of the Big Four Railroad, where Cooper formerly worked as telegrapher. Dr. Winters and his wife, who were released after they had been charged with conspiring to commit a felony, will be taken into custody again, according to a statement made by William R. Myers, the prosecuting attorney for Henry County. Affidavits which were filed Friday with Mayor Watkins which caused the arrest of Dr. Winters and his wife, have been presented to Circuit Judge Jackson with the request that bench warrants be issued charging the couple with murder. Cooper is still in jail, being unable to furnish bonds of $5,000. Mr. Abel graphically outlined the discoveries which he made in the basement of the Winters home. "After I took charge of the work at the request of Mayor Watkins and others, I soon exhausted every possible clue to the girl's whereabouts if she were alive. I thus turned attention to the home of the parents and found inside of a cement block in a partition of the cellar a red sweater, similar to the one worn by Catherine the day she disappeared. The sweater was torn, and apparently burned, as if it had been pulled from a fire. "Next I found a red undershirt, which had evidently been worn by a one-armed man of a build corresponding to that of Cooper. Cooper has but one arm, the lost member having been replaced by a wooden arm." A hair ribbon was also found in the cement block and all three pieces of apparel were stained with what appeared to be blood. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS GIRL RESCUED FROM LINER Antler - Miss Jennie Newton of this village is reported as one of those rescued when the ill-fated liner, Empress of Ireland, went down after being rammed by a collier in the St. Lawrence River off Rimouski, Quebec. Many hundreds lost their lives and it was almost miraculous that Miss Newton was saved. She was on her way to Europe and the disaster occurred shortly after she went aboard the steamer. CROPS IN GOOD CONDITION Fargo - Excellent weather has permitted farmers in all portions of North Dakota to bring their farm work up to a point in keeping with the season. Delay caused by cold, wet weather at the beginning of spring, has been made up in many counties. Crop conditions are good and farmers in all sections are optimistic. In many counties the corn crop is planted and in others corn planting is in full swing. Grain seeding has been completed in all sections and most of the early sown grain is up and in good condition. Moisture conditions are excellent. SONS' FATE IMPELS SUICIDE Carrington - Mrs. Joseph Shiflo, 40 years old, grieving because one son faces federal indictment for mail robbery, and another son recently disappeared from home, committed suicide. Her husband and youngest son found the body in a cellar of their farm home near here. She had shot herself. LOCAL NEWS Next Friday, June 12, is the last day of school. Geo. Wilson was a Devils Lake visitor Wednesday. C. E. Blackorby was an over Sunday visitor at Devils Lake. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schwartz last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson of Cando spent Sunday at the B. L. Thomas home. The ladies' aid society will meet next Wednesday to clean the church. Rev. Rather Gwynn of Starkweather conducted services in this city last Sunday. The H-C's were to have played ball at Cando today but the game had to be called off on account of rain. C. D. Carmichael, candidate for judge of the county court on the republican ticket is in the city from Cando today. Tuesday last was the warmest day of the week when the mercury aviated to 88 degrees. The lowest it dropped was 42 degrees on last Friday. E. A. McFarlane of Bisbee, republican candidate for representative from the 22nd legislative district is looking after his political fences in this locality. The only league game to be played on the local diamond will be pulled off on the local diamond next Friday, June 12 when the H-C's will meet the Crystal City team. Miss Selma Reimestad of the Picton schools, who injured her hand recently, is visiting at Sharon. Miss Myrtle Weeden is substituting in the Picton school during her absence. The ball game to have been pulled off on the local diamond yesterday between Egeland and H-C's, had to be postponed on account of rain. The game will be played here next Tuesday, weather permitting. Minor Borgerson passed through town Wednesday on his way to Holmfield, Canada with a wedding party. The bride was Miss Hattie Gleason and the groom a Mr. Taylor both of Rock Lake. They were married at Holmfield Wednesday afternoon. St. John Leader: Lightning struck the residence on the Dave Gorman farm, east of town, during the heavy electrical storm of Monday night. The chimney was demolished and set the building on fire, but with a few buckets of water the flames were extinguished and no further damage done. Two pieces of selected hard wood. Both are turned into graceful shapes. The one more slender than the other and to the eye of most people the most graceful, but if you ask the boy's opinion you will find that a mistake. The slender piece is a hoe handle and the other a baseball bat - and it is passing strange what a prejudice the boy has for the hoe handle. G. A. Olson autoed to Starkweather last Sunday. C. Hoyt of Estevan, Canada, visited friends in the city Monday. P. F. McAneney of Minot visited relatives here the first of the week. The Royal Neighbors met with Mrs. J. B. Smith yesterday afternoon. Ethel Lawler left Tuesday for a visit at the Harry Bardley home at Cartwright. Steve Williams will ship another car of fat stock to South St. Paul next Friday. Cando will cross bats with the H-C's on the local diamond Wednesday, June 17. The Geary house, occupied by Carl Whiting, has been treated to a new coat of paint. Misses Lauretta Wagner and Vernice Briggs of Rock Lake attended the dance here last Friday evening. At a plowing bee southeast of Litchville, twelve plows in action turned over 80 acres of stubble during the day. Prof. A. Roger Kratz went to St. John Saturday from which place he accompanied friends to Rolla to take in the ball game. John Hoge, an alleged horse thief has escaped from the authorities at Cando. If he is of the Texas variety porker he will be hard to catch. According to the 1914 Federal Estimate of population, Fargo takes the place of Sioux Falls as the largest city in the Dakotas and North Dakota has outstripped South Dakota by 25,000. Who says North Dakota isn't growing. Miss Hannah Holden, who had been visiting at the Geo. Walker home here, left here Tuesday for her home at Holmfield, Canada, accompanied by Miss Vera Walker who will visit there. They were accompanied as far as Cartwright by Miss Lillie Walker. The ladies' aid society met with Mrs. Hugh Lymburn last Wednesday afternoon. For Sale: My house and lot on the south side offered for $500 for quick sale. John Littke Tom Oakland of Bisbee, candidate for sheriff on the republican ticket, is in the city today. Miss Irene Olson, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. B. L. Thomas, returned to her home at Cando last Sunday. Mrs. Clinton Holman returned to Devils Lake last Saturday afternoon after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Robt. Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Fessenden, Lee Gibbens and the Misses Edith Wilson and Ruth Disher autoed to Cartwright Saturday afternoon. Mrs. M. E. VanOrder who has been quite ill for several weeks, is much improved and was able to be down town for the first time Wednesday. Sophus Olson, formerly of Cando and well known here, was in the city the first of the week. He is now on the road for a Minneapolis wholesale house. The married and single ladies' basket ball teams have been reorganized and will play again this season. Both teams were out for the first time Tuesday evening. Usher L. Burdick, candidate for the republican nomination for governor, was to have visited Hansboro today but rain prevented him making the trip from Rolla and his trip had to be cancelled. Arrangements had been made to entertain him at a stag dinner today. No farmer will question the fact that North Dakota is a great place to raise hogs, but comparatively few have gone into the hot raising business enough to find out that there is big money in hog raising. The experience of J. P. Finch of Steele County is typical. Two years ago when Mr. Finch purchased his farm near Finley he bought from the former owner a small bunch of five hogs and imported some thoroughbred sows. The total cost of his herd was $450. The feed and care of the her as shown by the books for the time the young were being raised and prepared for market was about $1,450. Mr. Finch has up to date sold hogs yielding him $1,960 and has on his farm over $3,500 worth of hogs that will be ready for market within the next eight months. So well is Mr. Finch pleased with results obtained that he proposes to close out his holdings in Illinois and launch more extensively into diversified farming. HOW ONE MAN MADE GOOD Cando Record: Frank Sand of Crocus was in town Monday and was feeling quite jubilant over the crop prospects of this season. Mr. Sand came to this country several years ago, against the wishes of his friends and relatives who predicted all kinds of misfortune and dire mishaps on his arrival in North Dakota. About a year or so, he returned east to his home, taking with him a sum of money for expenses and incidentally to give the boys of the old home town the "time of their lives" and show them that he laughs best who laughs last. Frank seems to be satisfied with North Dakota, as he has been able to "make good" here and without the wear and tear found in other sections of our country. LOCAL SCHOOL ELECTION HELD The annual election of Rosedale School District No. 5 was held at the school house on Tuesday, June 2, for the purpose of electing one director to serve for a term of three years and one treasurer for a term of two years. The polls were open from 2 to 5 p. m. and 31 votes were cast. Following is the vote cast with those who received one vote omitted: For Director: J. R. Wills - 15 E. E. McDougall - 13 For Treasurer: E. M. Fessenden - 19 L. P. McAneney - 11 ANOTHER GOOD RAIN Another soaking rain fell Thursday afternoon and evening, which added to the rain of Thursday of last week, makes moisture enough to keep the grain growing during a long rainless period. But the weather profits say that we are to be visited by frequent rains during the month of June. Farmers and businessmen alike are happy over the crop outlook and unless something unforeseen happens the Hansboro country's harvest next fall will be a world beater. WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE The Hansboro-Cartwright ball team met the Pilot Mound nine at Cartwright last Friday evening and trimmed them to the tune of 10 to 7. On Tuesday the H-C's went to Crystal City and met with defeat at the hands of that town by a score of 5 to 4. The H-C's were in the lead during the first half of the game but a costly error or two in the field and an overthrow lost them the game in the last half of the game. Crystal City will play the H-C's in Hansboro next Friday, June 12. CAPTAIN DENIES STORSTAD WAS TO BLAME FOR WRECK Montreal, June 2 - The other side of the story of the collision in the St. Lawrence River between the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland and the Norwegian collier Storstad which resulted in the sinking of the liner with the loss of more than 950 lives, was told by the master of the Storstad, who denies the charge that he was responsible for the disaster. Kendall Laid Blame Captain H. G. Kendall of the Empress of Ireland, in his testimony before the coroner at Rimouski, please the blame for the crash upon the collier, declaring the Norwegian steamer had been amply warned by signals of the Empress' presence, but had run the liner down while the Empress was virtually stationary. He also charged that his plea that the collier keep her bow in the bash it had made in the side of the liner had been disregarded with apparent deliberation, causing the Empress to fill rapidly and sink within a few minutes. Anderson Issues Statement Captain Thomas Anderson of the Storstad had remained silent on the subject of the collision until reaching Montreal, his destination. After he had made a report to representatives of the Dominion Coal Company, charterers of the vessel and to the owners of the steamer, a statement based on his declarations to them was given out in which he enters a general denial of the charges and asks that the public withhold its opinion until all facts connected with the accident are known. With her bows crumpled in and twisted around at an acute angle to port, and a gap showing on the port side only a foot or so above the water line, the Storstad showed evidence of the tragedy in which she figured as she limped into harbor here. A few minutes later a warrant of arrest, taken out by the Canadian Pacific Railway, was nailed to her mainmast by order of W. Wimpson Walker, king's counselor, registrar of the Quebec admiralty. According to the captain of the Empress of Ireland, the Storstad did not back away after the collision. On the contrary, it now is stated, she steamed ahead in an effort to keep her bow in the hole she had dug into the side of the Empress. Empress Headed Away The Empress, however, according to the Storstad's officers, headed away and bent the Storstad's bow over at an acute angle to port. After that the Empress was hidden from the view of the Storstad, and despite the fact that the Storstad kept her whistle blowing she could not locate the Empress until the cries of some of the victims in the water were heard. Captain Anderson absolutely denied that he moved a mile or so away from the Empress after his vessel struck the liner. The Storstad had not moved. It was the Empress, which had changed position, he declared. According to the report made by Captain Anderson to the owners, immediately the collision occurred, he heard Captain Kendall shout, calling him not to pull away. "I won't," shouted the Storstad's captain, as loud as he could. After that the Empress disappeared from the Storstad's view. The Storstad picked up about 259 persons after the collision. C. P. R. Orders Her Seizure The seizure of the Storstad was at the instance of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, whose claim against the owners of the collier, the Maritime Steamship Company of Norway, is for $2,000,000 loss. There may be a further claim by the Canadian Pacific Railway for loss of cargo. The owners of the Storstad will, it is understood, put up bonds today, so that the vessel may be released. No inconvenience will be caused by the arrest, as in the meantime the collier will be unloading her cargo. Anchor Like Great Can Opener The sharp point of an anchor projecting from the twisted bow of the collier, Storstad, may explain why the vessel did such terrible execution when it rammed the Empress of Ireland. An examination of the collier's shattered plates revealed the anchor jammed in a position where it could have ripped through the hull of the Empress like a great can opener. The anchor point and portions of the battered steel surrounding it bore stains of blood. DOG MOTHERS KITTENS "Mike", a rat terrier owned by William Bailey of Georgetown, was discovered yesterday mothering a pair of kittens he had stolen from the home of a neighbor. "Mike" had gone to the house, picked the kittens up by the neck and carried them to his own home, where he was discovered playing with them and making them comfortable in every way. When the two kittens were returned to their mother "Mike" was inconsolable and has since refused to eat. Georgetown (Delaware) Dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer June 12, 1914 YOUNG LADIES FALL INTO RIVER Couldn't Swim But Are Rescued By Young Lade Companions Who Could What came near being a very sad accident came as a result of a diligent search for a suitable place to hold a school picnic, made by Misses Lucy Chisholm, Gladys Levin and Jennie Johnson of the school faculty and Miss Velma Murdick last Monday. The quartette of fair maids started out for the coulee north of town behind "Paddy", Velma's faithful pony. "Paddy" is not averse to water for drinking purposes but has a pronounced dislike for it in the shape of rain. A few rain drops fell as the aforesaid maids reached the edge of town but they managed to coax the horse to proceed to the coulee where the animal was tied and the search for picnic grounds begun. Right here is where "Paddy" got into history. After the fair maids had gone a short distance a light shower of rain began to fall and they hastened back to get the horse under shelter. The Misses Chisholm and Murdick are expert runners and soon left the other two young ladies behind. The pace became faster and faster and upon rounding a curve the bank of the stream gave way and the two in the lead fell from the bank and landed in the water, which at that point is very deep. Misses Levine and Johnson are expert swimmers and never slackened their speed as they rounded the curve after seeing the danger of their companions. With a dive that would have made the famous Antonette turn green with envy they landed in the water and pulled the unfortunates to safety. The drenched girls returned home safely but their enthusiasm for a picnic at the coulee was dampened and the affair will be held at the Fernyhough grove. CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM To Be Rendered at Methodist Church at Eleven A. M. , Sunday Morning, June 14 Following is the program to be rendered at the Methodist Church on Children's Day, Sunday, June 14 at 11 a. m. : Processional Hymn Responsive Scripture Reading Invocation Children's Thanksgiving Hymn Address on the Bible - Carl Olson Congregational Hymn Recitation, "The Children of the Bible" - Amy Olson Exercise, "The Sunshine of God's Truth" - Maud Cauthers, Hazel Lawrence, Edit Cauthers, Clora Anderson, Isabel Hamilton, Selma Wilson, Grace Blackburn Song, "On Children's Day" Recitation, "The Cradle Roll" - Celia Olson Recitation, "A Prayer for Baby" - Margaret Knight Lullaby Song - Seven Primary Girls Recitation, "Boys of the Bible" - Sam Brown Recitation, "America's Greatest Crop" - Christ Paetow Recitation, "The Worth of Man" - John Anderson Recitation, "Out Aim" - Gertrude Rod Chorus, "Word of the Lord" Recitation, "Men of the Bible" - Alex Brown Recitation, "The Road to Happiness" - Ethel Walker Chorus, "The Old Faith" Recitation, "Pure in Heart" - Nellis Weeden Recitation, "The Sunbeam" - Isabel Hamilton Exercise, "Little Sailors" - Bert Wilson, Russel Wilson, James Brown, Ralph Wilson, Willie Paetow, Johnnie Woods Recitation, "The Wayworn Preacher" - Richard Lymburn Hymn by the children Exercise, "Pulling Up Weeds" - Minnie Paetow, Ina Burley, Ethel Wilkinson, Nora Lawler GOV. HANNA TO NORWAY Fargo, June 9 - Governor L. B. Hanna left last night over the Northern Pacific for Christiana, Norway, where he is to take in the centennial celebration of the Norwegian people in that city July 4. Accompanying the governor were his son, Robert L. Hanna and Col. G. W. Davis of the governor's personal staff. At Minneapolis the party will be joined by Mrs. Hanna and the others of the official party will be met at New York. The party sails from New York June 12 aboard the Kristianfjord, of the Norwegian American line arriving at Bergen, Norway, June 21 and then journeying by a roundabout route to Christiana where they arrive July 2, two days before the opening of the celebration. On July 4 the governor and party will formally present to the people of Norway a bust of Abraham Lincoln presented by the citizens of North Dakota to the Norwegian people. Following their participation in the centennial celebration at Christiania Governor Hanna and his party will make an extended tour of Sweden, Denmark, Germany and England, returning to North Dakota in August. LOCAL NEWS G. A. Olson autoed to Rolla yesterday. C. W. Conroy of Sarles was in the city Wednesday. E. A. McFarlane of Bisbee was in the city yesterday. The fast Cando ball team will meet the locals here Wednesday, June 17. Russell Shaver of St. John visited friends in the city a part of the past week. Special train to Egeland next Sunday for the ball game between that team and Hansboro. John F. Forrest, candidate for register of deeds on the republican ticket was in the city last night. C. A. Weeden left this morning on a trip to Minneapolis. He expects to be gone about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas and Ed Jones autoed to Rolla last Sunday. Mrs. Thomas took the train there for Cando for a visit. Mrs. Geo. Wilson and Miss Edith drove to Rolla Tuesday. The latter returned the same evening and the former remained for a longer visit. The closing exercises were held in the Hansboro school this morning and a picnic is being enjoyed in the Fernyhough grove this afternoon. Mrs. Andrew Dunphy is back from Canada. Mrs. Carl Whiting was a Devils Lake visitor Thursday. C. A. Weeden is painting the exterior of his residence. The Royal Neighbors will meet in Grimes' hall next Thursday afternoon. Miss Selma Reimestad of the Picton school faculty left this morning for her home at Park River, this state. The "old swimming hole" is again doing duty. The warm weather develops a strong desire for some such effective method of cooling off. One of the Greek section men was taken ill with pneumonia the first of the week and left Thursday for New York City where a brother resides. See the ball game between Hansboro and Crystal City on the local diamond this Friday evening. This is the only league game to be played in Hansboro this season. The Webster ball team will meet the locals here in two games June 20 and 21. The first game will be called at 6:30 p. m. Saturday and the second at 3:00 p. m. Sunday. Mrs. Clinton Holman came up from Devils Lake Saturday evening returning Tuesday. She was accompanied to Devils Lake by her sister, Mrs. Robt. Lloyd who returned the same evening. Bob Elsberry of Elsberry was in the city last night. Steve Williams shipped a car of stock to the South St. Paul market this week. A dance will be given in Grimes' hall this Friday evening. The Royal Neighbor lodge will serve supper in the hall. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and daughter visited at the D. A. Blackburn home Tuesday enroute to their home at Hannah from a visit at Fish Lake. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Blackburn of Winnipeg and John and Miss Bell Blackburn of Pilot Mound visited their brother, D. A. Blackburn and family here Tuesday. G. A. Olson and family left for Starkweather to attend the graduation exercises of the Starkweather high school. Melvin Olson is a graduate of the class. Mrs. John Littke and children expect to leave Monday for Brandon, Canada where Mr. Littke has employment. They expect to return the Hansboro in the fall. Mrs. Ross Randall came up from Devils Lake Saturday. Mr. Randall returned home Wednesday. While here they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Gettys. Master Claude Stephens left Monday for Missouri where he will spend the summer with relatives. He was accompanied as far as Devils Lake by W. A. Stephens and little daughter, Pauline, who returned Tuesday. Although nowhere is the day a legal holiday, June 14 is the 138th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States. It will be celebrated in practically all the states as Flag Day. HANSBORO BREAKS EVEN The Hansboro ball team won from Egeland on the local diamond last Tuesday by a score of 10 to 4. Whiting was on the rubber for the locals and pitched an elegant game. It was a good clean game throughout. The second game was played at Pilot Mound with the team of that place, resulting in a score of 7 to 3 in favor of the Canadians. Our boys played a poor game full of errors, and many are of the opinion that the boys are generally out of "luck" when they cross the line. Local enthusiasts will pass judgment upon the Hansboro players this evening when they battle with the Crystal City team on the local diamond. TEACHERS ELECTED The faculty for the 1914-15 term of the Hansboro schools have been elected with the exception of one teacher, for which correspondence is now under way. Miss Jennie Johnson of the primary room is the only one of the present corps to return next year. Miss Johnson is a competent primary teacher, is popular with both scholars and parents and the school board is fortunate in securing her services for at least another term. Prof. C. V. Taylor, a graduate of the Nashau, Iowa and Mayville, North Dakota normal, has been secured as principal. Prof. Taylor has had several years experience and comes highly recommended. Miss Katherine Moore of Alpena, South Dakota will teach the grammar department. Miss Moore is a normal and high school graduate with six years experience, two years in Wisconsin and four in South Dakota. "TOM THUMB WEDDING" On June 26th an entertainment will be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Church Aid society entitled "The Marriage of Miss Midget" or "The Tom Thumb Wedding". There will be a large number of children take part and all will be in special costume for the occasion. The director of the entertainment will be in Hansboro three days before the entertainment to train the children in their parts. Children from 3 to 9 years will take part, also a few girls up to 12 or 13. As there are only three rehearsals, parents in the country who desire their children to take part will please bring them in. The rehearsals will be held at 4 in the afternoon. At the first rehearsal the director will give out the costumes. The children will take them home, press them, and keep them until the night of the entertainment; then they come already dressed in the costumes; the girls with their hair arranged in any fancy style on their heads. Tickets to the entertainment will be 35 cents for adults and 20 cents for children. PLENTY OF MOISTURE Not for a decade has North Dakota been so well provided with moisture at this time of the year as it is at this moment. The soaking rains that have fallen over every part of the state during the past two weeks have brought smiles to farmers and business men alike. From all sections of the state optimistic reports are coming in. The entire state was visited by a near cloudburst and in several instances property damage is reported. This damage is so far offset by the good that has been done to the growing crops, however, that but little attention is paid to it. Old pioneers of the state, men who have farmed the country for years, say that there have been very few years in the history of the northwest which have held forth such bright promises for a bumper crop during the first half of June as does 1914. CORRECTED DEATH LIST IS NOW 1,024 Quebec, June 4 - The confusion as to the number of persons who perished in the Empress of Ireland disaster has been one of the distressing features of the tragedy and the uncertainty was further emphasized when figures declared by the Canadian Pacific Railway steamship company to be official, raised the death list to 1,024 from 969 on Sunday - 55 more. More Aboard Ship The company had stated at its Montreal office that the Empress of Ireland carried 1,387 persons when she weighed anchor on her final and uncompleted voyage. It was upon that figure that the list of survivors and missing was based. Now, however, the company asserts that the Empress carried 1,476 passengers, officers and crew. As a partial offset the figures giving the number of rescued were raised. Of the bodies recovered only 103 have been identified - 22 first cabin, 31 second cabin, 38 steerage and 12 officers and crew. Fourth Commission Member The third member of the Royal commission, the official investigating body, will be Lord Mersey, of England, who presided over the British government's inquiry into the loss of the steamship Titanic. The two other members are Ezekiel MacLeod, chief judge of the admiralty of the province of New Brunswick and Justice Sir Adolph Routhier, judge of the court of admiralty of Quebec, George Vaux, of the legal staff of the British board of trade, will sit as an advisory member. There will be two nautical assessors, a naval architect and a marine engineer appointed to assist the commission. Collier Is Badly Damaged Montreal - The collier Storstad, which rammed the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence has completed unloading her cargo of coal and it is possible to make a thorough inspection of her bow, shattered by the shock of the collision. It is seen that her stem was twisted so much to starboard that it almost formed a half circle. Some of the lowermost plates in her bow were also twisted to starboard and torn away. There is a large indention on either side of the stem and the rivets are torn clear. Upholds Captain's Claim The condition of the Storstad's stem, is pointed to in connection with Captain Anderson's claim that when the collision with the Empress of Ireland occurred it was impossible for the collier's stem to remain in the hold because it was twisted by the forward movement of the Empress. The Storstad is still in the possession of the bailiff who seized the vessel on the Canadian Pacific company's claim of $2,000,000 loss against the collier. Much Mail Is Lost According to the statement of Montreal post office officials the heavy registered mail, something amounting to 1,903 packages, which went down on the Empress is a total loss and there will be no compensation for the senders or addressees of those packages. The postal regulations provide that the department is only to the extent of $25 for each package. The Empress of Ireland carried 159 bags of newspapers, 51 bags of letters, eight baskets containing 301 parcels, and 1,903 registered articles. Bury 12 of Empress' Crew Quebec, June 6 - Twelve of the crew of the steamship Empress of Ireland who perished in the St. Lawrence disaster were buried here with fitting ceremony. The funeral procession, moving to the music of military bands, passed between double rows of sorrowing spectators. Everywhere flags were at half mast. Ronald Ferguson, the Empress' wireless operator, had only eight minutes in which to call for assistance before the dynamos failed, according to his story. Directly after the collision, Ferguson says, he ran to the wireless room from his cabin, to which he had retired for the night. He sent out a message to Father Point telling the operator there to "stand by, as the Empress had struck something". A second later First Officer Staid ran into the room and told him to dispatch the SOS call. Father Point answered that help was coming and immediately the wireless of the Empress stopped. Ferguson went down with the ship but came up and after swimming for three-quarters of an hour, was picked up. Montreal, June 8 - With further developments in connection with the Empress of Ireland disaster lacking, the public has settled down to await the official investigation that is to be begun on June 16, with Lord Mersey as chairman of the commission of inquiry. There is confusion in the public mind as to whether the investigation is to be held at Montreal or Quebec, but Ottawa dispatches received here mention Quebec as the scene of the inquiry. It is believed by many here that the Empress may be raised, though the Canadian Pacific Railway officials have been careful not to make statements tending to confirm this belief. There is a general desire that all the bodies possible shall be recovered from the wrecked vessel. It is thought that divers may be employed to extricate the imprisoned bodies and the ship blown up after the bullion in it has been brought out. Lloyds, the insurance underwriters of the sunken steamer, it is said here, will probably investigate the chance of floating the ship, although no official announcement to that effect has yet been made. Arrangements are being made by the Montreal Board of Trade to open a general fund for the relief of the survivors and sufferers from the disaster. June 19, 1914 BASE BALL NEWS NOTES The Cartwright Review gives an account of the first two games played since our last issue in the following manner: A large number of Cartwrighters journeyed to Hansboro on Friday last to witness the ball game between Crystal City and the locals. The game was fairly fast throughout, but the locals proved too heavy for the city and won by a score of 7 to 1. Carrol and Corson were the battery for the home team, while Rutherford and McNeil furnished the goods for the visitors. Carrol as pitcher did great work and had good support, striking out 11 men. The Cartwright ball team took the second game with Pilot Mound in the Mountain League series on Monday evening shutting the Mounders out by a score of 12 to 0. The home boys were all on their toes and played gilt edged ball right from the drop of the hat. Not only did they eat up everything on the field but their knocked the cover off the ball every time at bat. The Mound team had three different pitchers on the slab and the close of the game only prevented them from putting in their recruit - Johnson - as their star twirler. Collins was touched for five runs in the last inning. Carrol and Corson were the battery for the locals and did splendid work. Carrol had his opponents at his mercy throughout the game, allowing but two hits and only two runners passed the second sack. He had to his credit 14 strikeouts in a seven inning game, so this goes to show that he is there with the goods. HAMILTON RESIDENCE HIT Lightning struck the chimney on Dr. J. S. Hamilton's residence last Tuesday afternoon but luckily no one was injured. The lightning followed the chimney to the basement and passed into the ground. The part of the chimney above the house was blown to atoms and the shingles near it were scorched but no fire resulted. Mrs. Hamilton and the children were at home at the time and Mrs. Hamilton was in the kitchen near the range when the bolt struck. The fact that she was not struck is probably due to the chimney being built from the basement up, the lightning following the course of least resistance. Many neighbors felt the electric shock and practically all the telephones in the town were put out of commission. ARMOURDALE ASSERTIONS (Too Late for Last Week) Peter Johnson is hauling lumber for repairs to his house. William Martin is very low with pneumonia at the present writing. Mrs. L. Hendrickson and Miss Lillie Hill drove to Rock Lake last Tuesday. This section has been visited by heavy rains and all kinds of crops look fine. All are making preparations for a grand time at the picnic to be held at the Juntunen grove. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Richardson's little girl had the misfortune to fall and sprain her arm quite badly recently. The members of the ladies' aid society are working hard to raise funds for the erection of a church. We are badly in need of a church as the Finn hall is too small to accommodate all. Several well to do farmers in this vicinity are interested in this work. LOCAL NEWS Gene Geyer is the possessor of a new Ford automobile. Ethel Lawler returned last Friday afternoon from a visit at Cartwright. Mesdames F. L. Gettys and Roy White were passengers for Devils Lake this morning. E. H. Stubblefield, democratic candidate for sheriff, spent a part of the past week in this vicinity. Harry Lord of Cando has been elected deputy grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fyall and Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and children were Cartwright visitors last Monday. Miss Lucy Chisholm left last Saturday for Cando and after a short visit there went to her home at Webster. J. C. Siple, candidate for representative from the 22 legislative district on the republican ticket, was in the city Wednesday. A large number from here expect to attend the baseball tournament at Holmfield next Monday in which the local team will participate. The ball game to have been played on the Hansboro diamond last Wednesday between the local and the Cando teams has been postponed until some future date. This section of the country was blessed with another good rain yesterday. Over one-half inch of water fell, which will greatly assist the already bright outlook for a bumper crop. Misses Goodie and Esther Olson came up from Cando last Friday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. B. L. Thomas. Miss Goodie returned home the next day and Miss Esther remained for a longer visit. The Webster baseball team is showing up strong and have won many games this season. Hansboro intends to give them a hard rub next Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon when they meet them on the local diamond. A camping party left Tuesday for Rock Lake, Canada, where they expect to spend about two weeks. The party was composed of Hugh Lymburn and family, J. D. Leftwich and family, James Brown and family, Mrs. J. Ed Knight and children, and the Misses Jennie Johnson and Nora Disher. The special train to Egeland last Sunday was packed when it left Hansboro. The ball game between Egeland and the locals was won by a score of 4 to 2. On the way home the train stopped at Rock Lake and Hansboro and Rock Lake crossed bats after supper. The game resulted in a score of 3 to 0 in favor of Rock Lake. Tom Montgomery of Devils Lake was in the city last night. The Royal Neighbors met at Grimes hall yesterday afternoon. Harry Derrig and Blaine McAneney of Egeland attended the ball game and dance here last Friday. J. Henkel, candidate for judge of the county court on the republican ticket, was in the city Wednesday. W. E. Lee defeated Governor Eberhardt for the republican gubernatorial nomination in the primaries last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. McAneney and Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas attended the baseball tournament at Crystal City Wednesday. Melvin Olson returned home Saturday from Starkweather where he had been attending school. Melvin was a member of the 1914 graduating class of the Starkweather high school. The Littke family will not move to Brandon, Canada, as was intended but will remain in Hansboro. Mr. Littke who has been at Brandon will returned to Hansboro, we are informed. A mockingbird has made its home near the top of the Blackorby windmill for the past ten days and many have been entertained by the bird's various imitations. Mockingbirds are quite plentiful in the east but many are of the opinion that this is the first one ever seen in North Dakota. A sneak thief entered the Larson restaurant last evening and appropriated some blankets from one of the rooms. Mrs. Larson missed the articles and made a search for them. She found them in a nearby barn neatly tucked around the thief and gently removing the blankets left the man to shiver in the damp night air. Millions of dollars worth of paper money of a new type will be put into circulation upon the establishment of the Federal Reserve banks within the next few weeks. The notes will be of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 denominations. Franklin's portrait will adorn the $100 bills. Devils Lake Journal: Capt. John Ford announces the official summer season is open at Chautauqua, the Minnesota having been launched. The elegant gasoline craft has been completely overhauled and is ready for a great season. The dock at the Fort Totten landing has been put in place and other details completed for the convenience of those who will voyage with the captain during the coming season. The launch can be chartered and will be reserved for special occasions. The Hansboro-Cartwright ball team will cross bats with Crystal City at Cartwright next Wednesday. P. H. Reedy, candidate for register of deeds on the democratic ticket, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Reedy regretted that he was unable to see many of his democratic friends, as many were out of town that day. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY Resolved, that we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Bro. S. W. Stout and family in their ad bereavement in the death of their daughter, May Stout. And be it resolved that we send a copy of these resolutions to the bereaved family, also a copy to the Cando Record, also a copy to the Hansboro News. John Liner, Secretary SUICIDE IS THEORY NOW Baltimore, Maryland, June 15 - While no clue was obtained by investigation of county officers into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ella G. Winter, whose body was found late Monday in Curtis Creek, D. Meredith Reese, Jr. , the last person known to have seen the girl alive, expressed the belief that she committed suicide. Two women friends of Miss Winter also made statements in support of the suicide theory. Reese previously had declared several times that he know of no reason why Miss Winter should take her life. Now, however, he ways that she more than once had threatened to commit suicide. His desire to protect the girl and her family, he said, caused him to refrain from advancing the suicide theory before. CAR OVERTURNS; GIRLS HURT Paris, Illinois, June 13 - An automobile driven by Miss Lola Miller crashed over a 20 foot embankment, probably fatally injuring Miss Miller and Hazel Lowther and seriously injuring three other women. The automobile overturned, pinning four of the young women down. Miss Green was thrown clear of the wreck. She walked a quarter of a mile for assistance, but could find no men and neighboring women lifted the car from the victims. TWENTY DEATHS IN PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, June 12 - Sixteen deaths due directly to heat prostration and four to drowning is the toll of western Pennsylvania to the torrid wave. LIGHTNING HITS BIG BALLOON Portland Oregon, June 15 - One brief message telling of disaster to the balloon Million Population Club, is the only word received from three of the balloons that started here in a race under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. Of the fate of the Kansas City III and the Springfield there was an ominous silence. The other balloon in the race, the Uncle Sam was wrecked in a thunderstorm. On the wings of a white carrier pigeon was brought this laconic message from the Million Population Club: "Balloon struck by lightning. Berry hurt. Come quick. (signed) MORRISON" The message was written by George Y. Morrison, probably while he was in a daze, for he failed to give his location. His companion was Captain John Berry, of St. Louis, the pilot. Every effort possible is being put forth to find the Million Population Club and the other two unreported balloons. ERUPTION NEAR MT. LASSEN'S PEAK Redding, California, June 15 - The fourth and greatest eruption of steam and smoke from the new opening near the peak of Mount Lassen at the foot of the Shasta range has just occurred. The smoke column reached an estimate height of 2,500 feet. The first outbreak at Lassen occurred May 30 and broke a hole in the side of the mountain near the peak. A second somewhat larger occurred June 1 and a third June 8. None approximate the magnitude of this latest. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS AUTO FALLS INTO RIVER PINNING TWO Mandan - A cool head and iron nerve made it possible for Michael Connolly to escape death and rescue Will Kauchman. Both were at the bottom of the Cannon Ball River beneath an automobile. Digging frantically in the sand, Connolly made a hole under the machine through which he could crawl and by an almost superhuman effort, raised the machine and freed Kauchman. Both were under water all the time. Connolly had sold an automobile to Jacob Kauchman and was teaching Wm. Kauchman, a son, how to operate it. They were in the front seat and the elder Kauchman and H. O. Burns, a traveling man, in the rear. When the bridge across the river at Salem was reached, young Kauchman lost control of the machine. It broke through the railing, turned turtle and caught the two underneath the front seat as it fell into the water. Burns and the elder Kauchman were thrown out into the water and swam ashore. MIDLAND INTO STEELE COUNTY Sherbrooke - The Midland Continental is coming through Steele County. W. T. Van Brunt, the new president of the road, has been looking over the route through this county. Just what route will be pursued from Wimbledon to Sherbrooke depends whether the line will run through Hannaford of Cooperstown in Griggs County, but in either case it will come to Sherbrooke. President Van Brunt, who is at the head of another road in Oklahoma, had his chief engineer here in consultation with Chief Engineer Hurning of the Midland and they toured the country while looking for the most feasible route. The company is constructing a spur from Wimbledon to Spiritwood Lake. As soon as that is completed work will be started on the extension in this direction. For the lighter traffic President Van Brunt is investigating a new kind of motor car that he may adopt instead of locomotives. Through this method trains can be more cheaply operated and run more frequently. The heavy freight will be hauled by the locomotives. Hannaford has county seat aspirations and for the purpose of assuring that prestige it is seeking the Midland Continental. Hannaford is on the Northern Pacific branch from Sanborn to McHenry. It is also on the new main line of the Great Northern from Fargo to Minot. It is the only town in the county with two railroads, and the citizens feel if the Midland can be secured it will be an easy matter to capture the county seat. TWO BANK ROBERS PAROLED Bismarck - Bert Conroy and John Haynes, twenty-year men at the state penitentiary for having robbed a bank at Sawyer, a small town out of Minot, seven years ago, have just been released on parole. After the robbery of the bank came one of the greatest man hunts on record in the state, one of the members of the gang being so seriously wounded that he died before he reached the prison. Sheriff Barnes returned last week from Manitoba with Edwin Ross, aged 31 who will finish serving in state prison here a term of fifteen years for a burglary committed in Pembina County. Ross escaped from the North Dakota prison four years ago but soon after was convicted for a burglary in Manitoba. REMARKABLE RAIN RECORDS Grand Forks - Except that in some low regions water still stands in the fields and may cause damage, the heavy rains have been a boon to North Dakota crops. The rainfall record of the month is one of the most remarkable in the history of the state. The greatest fall was at Minot, where 6. 05 inches were precipitated in seven days. The lightest rains fell in Pembina, Bottineau and Logan Counties. In many sections the rain saved the hay crop, which would have been light. AFTER ESCAPED NORTH DAKOTA CONVICT Winnipeg, Manitoba - After having just served two years in Stony Mountain penitentiary for the theft of a revolver at Port Arthur, Ontario, Edwin Ross or Jones, perhaps better known as Angus MacDonald, may have to leave Winnipeg for Bismarck, North Dakota where he will have to commence serving the remaining 16 years of a 20 year sentenced passed upon him some years ago. Of an attractive disposition, Ross is known all over Western Canada and the northwestern states, as an exceedingly clever and wily criminal. He is one of the most picturesque figures known to the police of the Middle West and Winnipeg and his long record of crime is replete with jail sentences and sensational attempts to regain his liberty. For the past nine years he has never been at liberty for more than a month at a time and still has 16 years to serve before he can call himself a free man. In 1908 while serving time in the penitentiary at Pembina, North Dakota, Ross in a most sensational manner made good his escape and headed for Winnipeg. With the mercury in the thermometer hovering around 40 degrees below zero, he walked from Pembina to Winnipeg. When he reached here he was suffering greatly from the result of his arduous journey and was immediately arrested. Sent back to Dakota, he was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary at Bismarck for safe blowing and jail breaking. Three times he made unsuccessful attempts to regain his liberty and upon the fourth occasion he was successful. He did not make the break alone, being accompanied by a number of other prisoners. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the men. The dogs became separated from the officers and were shot by the fugitives, all of whom were eventually captured, with the exception of Ross and another man. For two weeks Ross wandered across the country until he reached Port Arthur. In desperate straits, he added another crime to his already long list. He smashed a pane of glass in a store window for the purpose of stealing a revolver, which offense practically put him into the hands of the police of Port Arthur. The term has just expired. When he left the confines of the penitentiary he was met by Sheriff Barnes and Officer Kavanas of Bismarck. Ross offered no opposition and agreed to waive extradition proceedings, the officers preparing to leave for the south with their man. At the last moment, however, he protested and came before Judge Prendergast to fight extradition proceedings. LIGHTNING BOWLS FOUR OVER Woodworth, North Dakota, June 16 - Four men were knocked down and two of them were badly scorched by lightning which hit the barn on the Calfee Williams farm near here. Twelve horses also were felled by the bolt, two of them being killed. Mr. Williams and Henry Hanson were both badly injured by the bolt, while Don Williams and Thomas Thompson escaped only with slight shocks. It is expected that the two injured men will recovered. NORTH DAKOTA CHIROPRACTIC BOUND OVER Jamestown, June 16 - G. T. Strand, a chiropractic, was Saturday bound over to the district court of Stutsman County charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Marie Funda of this city. The preliminary examination brought out testimony relative to the form of treatment used by Strand, which medical physicians say was contrary to the form that should have been given in the case. The girl died a few minutes after Strand treated her, according to the evidence. June 26, 1914 LOCAL BASE BALL NEWS The Webster base ball team came up Saturday evening and met defeat at the hands of the local team. In the game between the two teams Sunday afternoon Hansboro won out easily. A large delegation accompanied the team to Holmfield Monday where the locals played two games. In the first Hansboro won from St. John and in the second lost to Crystal City in a close game. Hansboro had the best of the game until the first half of the eighth inning when Crystal City got a hit over second base which brought in two runs. Hansboro was unable to score in the 8th or 9th. Score 5 to 4. The Hansboro team lost again to Crystal City at Cartwright Wednesday evening by a score of 5 to 4. The Hansboro team will go to Webster on the excursion train next Sunday at which place they will meet the Webster team again that afternoon. LOCAL NEWS The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Kellogg is reported quite ill. The Mouse River Chautauqua in Renville County will open July 3. Misses Velma Murdick and Lillie Walker visited at Cartwright last Saturday. A number from here attended the dance at the W. P. Mills farm, near Rock Lake, Friday evening. The young people from this city who are attending the Mayville Normal are expected home this evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blackorby at the General hospital at Devils Lake last Friday, a baby girl. Mother and child doing nicely. Mrs. Edna Salmons of Cando, representing the W. C. T. U. and an active worker in the North Dakota Votes for Women League was in the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Moylan stopped here a short time last Tuesday on their way home from Fish Lake. Miss Esther Olson who had been visiting at the B. L. Thomas home here, returned to Cando with them. Mrs. John Brown left Tuesday morning for Mayville where her daughter, Miss Jacquette, graduated from the Mayville Normal Thursday evening. Miss Edith Sundt is also a graduate of the Mayville Normal this year. Perhaps a dozen or more lives were lost as a direct result of a storm which swept over South Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Iowa and Wisconsin last Wednesday. Minneapolis and St. Paul were hard hit, four persons dying as the result. Wolford Mirror: If anybody should happen to ask you, you can tell them that cows are worth money in North Dakota. At Ole Fevold's sale, Tuesday, four cows brought $295, or an average of $74 a head, while a six week old calf sold for $16. 50. There's sure money in cows. Summer days have come and with them the lure of the lake and river grows stronger with every passing day. Fortunate is the man who can leave his work for awhile and free from business cares, revel in the pure air, sunshine and other delights of a vacation in the country . He is all the better for it for he goes back to his work with renewed strength, a more hopeful view of life and with a better physical and mental equipment to perform his task. Even if one can get away for but a few days, or a weekend, it is better than nothing. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas spent Sunday last at Fish Lake. Prof. A. Robert Kratz returned from a trip to Grand Forks last Tuesday evening. A light shower of rain fell Thursday and crops continue to look the best they have in years. Miss Jennie Geary left Wednesday morning for Starkweather after a visit with relatives here. Adolph Peterson of Devils Lake spent Sunday at the Whiting home. Mr. Peterson is a brother of Mrs. Whiting. Miss Jennie Johnson who has been visiting in Hansboro and vicinity since the close of school, left Tuesday morning for her home at Portland, this state. Among those who have improved their property the past week by painting their residences are G. B. Lawrence, Geo. H. Walker, August Miller, W. J. Wills and the Lawrence residence occupied by M. E. VanOrder. The Rock Lake Women's Foreign Missionary Society met with Mrs. Roy Lean Thursday afternoon and enjoyed a good missionary program at which time Rev. G. W. Cooper gave an address. A delicious lunch was served. Cando has installed a system of electric clocks. These clocks are timed and wound by electricity and give the correct minute at all times. Cando is said to be the first town of its size in North America to install this system. Mrs. Mason Jenks, living two miles east of Rock Lake, died of pneumonia Wednesday night after an illness of about a week. She leaves a husband and four children, one married daughter and one grown son and a young boy and girl at home. Cando Herald: Cando is to have a new rural mail route, beginning August 1. The route will run northeast of Cando in the direction of W. F. Long's and Elias Stubblefield's farms then west to Considine returning south to Cando. R. P. Meyers, who is already driving the other route, will have this one also, making the trip on alternate days three times a week. "The Marriage of Miss Midget" or "The Tom Thumb Wedding" will be presented at Grimes' hall this evening. This is purely a comedy and while the cast is made up of little tots it will be enjoyed by young and old alike. Little Miss Evelyn Whiting will be the "bride" and Master Willie Paetow will be the "groom". There are a host of attendees and the attraction is said to provoke one continuous laugh from start to finish. It is given under the auspices of the ladies' aid society of the Methodist Church. The Royal Neighbors will meet with Mrs. Wm. Wilson next Thursday afternoon. A number from here expect to attend the dance at Charley Tribble's farm this evening. Conductor Ed Jones of the Farmers Line is spending a two week vacation in Wisconsin. The young ladies of the city have organized a base ball team and were out for practice for the first time Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. Lawler and Johnnie and the Misses Mary, Ethel and Nora and Miss Jennie Leslie are camping at Fish Lake. W. A. Stephens shipped his household goods to Devils Lake this morning. Mr. Stephens will serve as a gate keeper at the Chautauqua this season. The Hansboro campers who have been at Rock Lake, Canada have returned home and report fishing excellent at the lake. Hugh Lymburn has our thanks for a fine mess. Professor and Mrs. A. H. Gleason of Rock Lake spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Cooper. On Monday Mrs. Gleason went to her old home at Mankato, Minnesota and Professor Gleason to the summer school at the North Dakota University. The Hansboro ball team will meet the Webster nine on the latter's diamond next Sunday afternoon. The team and rooters will go to Webster on the excursion to Devils Lake. The Rock Lake team will also go to Webster on this train and play the team of that place. The Greek who had been a member of the local section gang until last week when he left for New York to be with relatives on account of serious illness from pneumonia, has reached that city safely. His condition was such that it was feared he would never reach his destination alive. The Farmers Line will run an excursion to Devils Lake next Sunday, June 28 at which time the Grand Forks Pickets will play ball with the Devils Lake U. C. T. club. The train will leave Hansboro at 8:00 a. m. and arrive in Devils Lake at 10:40 a. m. Returning train leaves Devils Lake at 7:30 p. m. Return tickets from Hansboro $1. 25. T. J. Clifford and Glen Eaton were in the city from St. John Wednesday. Mrs. Lillian Diggins spent a part of the past week visiting friends at Rolla. Mr. and Mrs. D. Wampler spent a part of the past week visiting relatives at Egeland. The John D. Gruber company is building a sidewalk in front of the lumber yard this week. A number of young folks took in the dance at the Dawson farm near Rolla last Friday evening. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Clifford of St. John, will be pleased to learn that a baby girl was born to them last Saturday. Mesdames Mike Lawler and Geo. Wilson and Miss Zelma Wilson visited relatives at Rolla last Friday. The two former returned the same day but Zelma remained for a longer visit. Churchs Ferry Sun: Prof. K. A. Rygh left Saturday for Wolford. He will work in the interest of the United Lutheran hospital at Rugby during the summer vacation. His work will be that of collecting funds for the institution. ARMOURDALE ASSERTIONS W. M. Berg sold a team of horses of the Bank of Perth last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stick have moved into the Wm. Berg house. Miss Hilda Jussero has been visiting in this section this week. Willie Martin, who has been quite ill the past two weeks, is much improved. St. John's, or Midsummer Day, was celebrated at the Finn hall on June 24. Several young people autoed to Mr. Keranen's place last Sunday and enjoyed the day. Alex Kallio, the Finn wrestler is training preparatory to meeting Wm. McMaster of Rolla again. A very fine church is to be built soon in this vicinity by the Finnish Lutherans. Let us all take an interest in this place of worship. The picnic held at the Juntunen grove was a grand success. A fine program was rendered with Rev. M. N. Westerback as the principal speaker. SMALL VILLAGE IS INUNDATED Winona, Minnesota, June 23 - large damage is reported from various portions of southern Minnesota as the result of heavy rains Sunday. The most serious, and at the same time attended with the most miraculous escape from serious loss, was at Minnesota City, a village of some 200 people six miles north of here. Rollingstone Creek, on which Minnesota City is located, overflowed its banks following a cloudburst about 5 o'clock, causing a mill dam half a mile above the town to go out. The water in the creek is said to have raised at the rate of more than three feet an hour. Two great channels were cut through the streets of the village, each from 20 to 25 feet deep and from 75 to 100 feet wide, yet not a building was damaged. One is a raging river more than 20 feet deep and nearly 75 fee wide. Farmers throughout this part of the state report considerable loss to stock by the storm. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS CONSOLIDATION OF ALL SCHOOLS URGED Fargo - It is a far cry from trudging over the hills to the little red school houses in rural communities a generation ago to riding in autos to splendid consolidated rural schools. That's what is being done in some sections of North Dakota. The rapidity of the growth of the consolidated school idea in North Dakota, which has given this state many more of these schools than states of two and three times the population, has made improved methods of transporting pupils imperative. Velva has tried out the automobile plan to the entire satisfaction of patrons. Other sections have experimented with the idea and it is will not be long until the old-fashioned buses, like the one-room school, will be a relic of the past. Superintendent N. C. Macdonald of the rural, graded and consolidated schools of North Dakota, recently completed an official inspection of four country consolidated schools. These are in rural communities and not near a town. He was at Moore school in Ransom, Uxbridge in Barnes, Logan Center in Grand Forks and Russell in Rolette. "I found in these four schools," said he, "Fourteen teachers. The four were each doing the work of four one-room schools and when the high class of the work is considered, to say nothing of the high school work, the special instruction in agriculture, music, drawing and many other features, the four schools can easily be credited with more results than twenty-five one-room schools. Of course under the old system of the small schools no high school work would have been possible. "The consolidated schools are aiding in the solution of the country life problems. They make the farm boys and girls more satisfied. They help to keep the youth at home. "One noticeable feature is the satisfaction the boys get out of the consolidated plan. In the one-room school building there are rarely sufficient boys to participate in any kind of athletics, but in the consolidated they are so numerous that strong baseball, football, basketball and track teams can be organized and competitive games arranged with other rural consolidated or town teams." Another result that Superintendent Macdonald has noted is the increased interest in better roads that invariably result from the establishment of a country or town consolidated school. ACCUSER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT Mayville - Driving to the city jail, Peter Larson dragged the unconscious body of Nels Holen from a rig and told the marshal to take care of him. Larson claimed that Holen endeavored to hold him up and that after beating Holen into insensibility, he had brought him to town. Larson has been charged with assault and mayhem and held under $2,000 bonds. PARDON SOUGHT FOR CONVICT Milton - The petition of J. J. Reilly for a pardon from his ten year sentence for manslaughter, of which he has already served about a year and a half, has been laid over by the board or pardons until December. Dr. Reilly was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Mrs. William Drury of Langdon. The petition bears the names of a majority of the residents of Cavalier County and is also signed by the members of the jury that convicted him. YOUNG MAN HANGS HIMSELF Grand Forks - S. Gudmondson, aged 23, hanged himself while despondent at his father's home near here, last week. He had a mania for working, spending sixteen to eighteen hours every day in constant labor, and four years ago was committed to an insane asylum. His mother found his body hanging from a rope tied to the barn rafters. NELSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE Lakota - A special election will be held in Nelson County on the question of bonding for the construction of a court house. Bonds for $50,000 are proposed, the county having $35,000 on hand for the work, making a total fund of $85,000 that would be available. The election has been separated from the general primary election to avoid a confusion of issues. Nelson County's present court house is inadequate and its jail facilities also are inadequate.