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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923
Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 9, No. 14
Continuing the Outlook Promoter
Sheridan County News and Dooley Sun
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Kaiser May
To Power
0 HOHENZOLLERNS ARE
WELCOMED BY GERMAN CITIZENS
prince Expected to Play Active Part in Program
Force Only System to Quell Plan, Say Army Leader
Allies in Doubt.
Crown
♦
d - P k Nov 12.—The former Oer
ernDeror is preparing to return
the fatherland- He already has in
« Ids passports for himself and
' "uite and the Brussels Gazette ,
® far a.- to say that it- is ex-.
*!iJ the Hohenzollern monarchy
— restored on December 4. Wd
''V hi- 'on, the former crown
;:rn J' Fmlerick William, ascending
1
^Private advices from Doom, re- :
*ived by the Agence Télégraphique
/ avs that a courier, Von
' ed at Doom at 4 o'clock j
German j
ran
to
Jbeciisi. aim
Monday afternoon with 12 .
■ --norts for the ex-kaiser and his
munediate entourage. A telegram in !
i her was received there in the morn-]
and early in the afternoon there j
long conference between Wil-1
am and those close to him. Later, a !
-- Dutch official, Dr. Kan of the
ir i^trv of the interior, called and
wa ' doseted with the former emper
,. for is minutes.
A wireless system has been install
oi'at Doom house, which has been
mg
was a
-o residence of the
lollerns during the later years of his
ttmment in Holland and messages
received from Nauen at noon
are
àily.
HOLDS MANY CONFERENCES
Late dipatches from Doom, where
former Emperor William has resided
sin« big internment in Holland, an
nounced that he was maintaining close
relations with the leaders of the Ger
man monarchist movement and was
said to be hopeful that the events in
Germany would turn in his favor.
It was also reported that the Dutch
government was anxious to consult
with the allies before granting per
mission to either the former emperor
or former crown prince to quit Hol
land, but when the crown prince did
depart from that country the Dutch
government denied any responsibility
for him under international law.
Holland, according to recent French
advices, might be regarded as an in
•jfficiently secure retreat for the ex
kaiser, in view of the flight of Fred
rick William. This was stated on
'se authority of the foreign office,
^ h was suggested that a second
K Helena might be chosen for him.
AMBASSADORS RETIRE
ari>, Nov. 14.—The allied council
; 1 ambassadors practically washed
It? hands Monday afternoon of the
I a-e arising from the former Ger
r® cp own prince's flight from Hol
by referring it to their
»nt«.
govern
A note from the German
• Continued on page eight)
WTHERAN AID AT
COOLEY TO GIVE
SALE & SUPPER
? ale aud Bazaar Will Be
*' ut * leran Ladies Aid on
n»«2 ay 4 Xovember 22nd at Dooley
"U* 1 «— Everybody Welcome.
Au,? 1 ! V adies ' Aid of Do °
Sûnn r * f tyie * r Annual Sale and
Ænb? r 2 h 2r.d ChUrCh ° n ThurS(lax '
thereof, tf 6 fa i lcy w ork articles
be intestin 6 % fish M ' nd which wil1
g for tf . 'nvn-ups as well
*nd'the la i ,1S invited to be present
% tW assure all who come
vorti, v-j , their money's
nh ' ,esides helping a good cause.
"Ml MILL HAVING
K FLOUR SALE
fe order (
flour u.k: i m ?, ve a l ar £e quantity
« the PA* 1 Htey have on hand
Hansen of n, lme quickly, Messrs.
Putin" Plentywood Flour Mill
'^•WhtUV sa p lasting a month
of the 'ni? ® ^ nocked the bottom
° n lthink 0 fT e of , fl our and makes
.The pw ^ys of long ago.
issue has an ad in
St» Tf ro ' ,ucers News
.^. ln tor's
their ad. 1 11 P a y :
i^-ywood
"heat in
you want
supply of flour
you to look
to
over
flour is made from
1 the whole country.
[OUTLOOK LADIES
IN AUTO WRECK
w -
Mrs. ( laude Mills and Miss Houg
Have Narrow Escape From Death
When Auto Goes Over Six-Foot
Embanfment and Lands on Its Top
With Wheels in the Air.
Last Saturday afteroon, Mrs. Claude
Mills of Outlook and Miss Haug,
head nurse at the Outlook Hospital
, , .
narowly escaped death or serious in
juries when a Ford runabout in
which they were riding went over an
embankment and turned completely
over a short distance from the Nels
Olson school house, south of Outlook.
The exact cause of the accident
is not known but the two ladies
started for Outlook after the Ladies'
Aid fancy work sale at the Olson
school house. It seems that the en-
gine refused to work very well and
once
car finally got under way. Mrs. Mills,
who was driving, evidently ooened
the throttle a little too far and the
car was moving rapidly when it sud
denly aproached a curve which no
doubt was too sharp to turn safely
at the speed which the car was
traveling. Anyway a short time af
ter the ladies had passed the curve
(Continued on page 8)
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED
Andy" Malcolm and Ruby Phalen,
Well Known Young People of Plen- j
ty wood Steal March on Their i
F'riends and are Married at Glas
gow.
Last Monday a week ago, or was it
Sunday, November 4th, Andy Mal
colm quietly slipped out of Plenty
wood looking about the same as usual,
but inwardly feeling, oh so different.
Events proved afterward that he
on his way to Glasgow 1 where he met
Miss Ruby R. Phalen, formerly of
this city, who had been employed in
that city for the past year.
On Tuesday the young couple were
married at the Episcopal church
Glasgow and arrived m this city last
Monday, after a honeymoon trip to
the east, where they visited Mrs.
Malcolm's mother.
The bride is a very popular young
lady in this city and is universally
known for her wit and sense of humor.
The happy y%ung bride was engaged
stenographer in the offices of At
torney A. T. Voll urn for many years
in this city and for the past eight
(Continued on Page Five)
was
in
as
MRS. TED CURTIN
WINS FINE PRIZE
The fine suit case given away by
the Family Shoppe to the lucky win
ner of a number drawn from a box
in which had been placed slips tor
each one making a purchase.
G. H. Tibbetts and Martin Nelson
were the judges and when they drew
the luck number it proved to contain
the name of Mrs. Ted Curtin and she
was awarded the beautiful leather
suit case which has been on display
in the window of the Family Shoe
Shop Shoppe during the sale.
Mr. Weiss says that he wid con
tinue the sale of goods in the I amily
Shoe Shoppe, selling at from $1.00
to $1-50 below the wholesale prices
until he cleans up his stock.
CROSS CALLS
FOR HELP FOR NEEDY
(Contributed)
The annual roll call of the great
National organilation of the Ameri
can Red Cross will be had beginning
Saturday, November 17th, and end
ing on Thanksgivig Day, No ^ e JJ lbe 11
29th. This roll call will be had all
over the United States. It * s pa _
cularlv to the interests of the peo
pie of Sheridan county, because the
question of the existence of this or
(Continued on Page Five)
W. C. T. U. Has Interesting
Meeting Tuesday Evening
The W. C. T. U. met Tuesday even
ing, Nov. 13 at 8:00 o'clock in the
eighth grade building. There was
increase in attendance and much in
terest taken in the meeting.
Boone gave a talk on, "Shall America
Go Back"? and Mrs. Selma Erickson
spoke on "Better Homes"—a speech
which every woman in Plentywood
should have heard. The meetings will
be held regularly on the second Tues
day of every month, at eight o'clock
in this building and every woman is
not only invited but urged to come
and show by her presence at least
that she is interested in this very
vital work.
an
Mrs.
SUSPECTED MEDICINE LAKE AUTO
THIEVES FIGHTING EXTRADITION
John Northrup and Leslie Barge Apprehended at Stanley and
Being Held By Sheriff of Montraille County, N. D.
Until Necessary Papers Can Be Secured to Return Them
to Montana.
are
SHERIFF FINDS MEN IN BREAKS OF MISSOURI RIVER
In answer to the challenge *
* issued by Nels Moe in The *
* Producers News in which he *
uses my name in a light man- *
ner, I have this to say: *
1 will meet Nels Moe in *
Plentywood at any time, win- *
ner take all, or a 60 and 40 *
basis. t *
I am getting tired of this *
stalling of Moe and his bluff *
challenging of myself. Either
put up or shut up. *
If you really want to meet *
me, which I do not believe you *
do, address Jim Trower, my *
manager, at Outlook. *
ELWOOD HOUSE. *
P. S.—I will also meet Bull *
Ed wards of Minot on the same *
HOUSE WANTS TO
TALK BUSINESS
* Sports Editor,
* Producers News.
* Dear Sir:
*
*
Madoc Woman Dies
At Montana Inn
Taken to Hotel, After Being Requested to Leave Hospital By
Plentywood Doctor—Passes Quietly Away Last Tuesday
After Going Through Untold Agony.
DR. SELLS SAYS NOTHING MATTER WITH LADY
Madoc to investigate the illness of
Mrs. Crabtree. On his arrival he
The following deplorable treatment
of a helpless sick lady has come to
the attention of the Producers News
when a reporter in covering the
death of Mrs. Frank Crabtree of
Madoc, at the Montana Inn in this
city was told the following story by
Mr. Frank Crabtree, the deceased
lady's husband and later by others.
MR. CRABTREES STORY
Dr. Sells was called to the Frank
Crabtree home, 7 miles south of
SHERIDAN COUNTY CORN WINS AT
NORTHERN MONTANA CORN SHOW
EVANGELICAL LADIES'
AID BAZAAR
The Evangelical Ladies' Aid will
hold their annual Bazaar Thursday
afternoon, November 22nd, 1923, at
the Helland-Strand Hardware build
n The Aid has many useful articles to
! offer you as well as nice Christmas
gifts for your friends.
You are cordially invited to come
in and see wffiat they have to offer.
Fried
5:30
Sale begins at 2 p.
chicken supper
p. m., until all are served.
m.
served from
who hollers down a well
The man
about the goods he hae to sell, wont
reap as many golden dollars as the
m an who climbs a tree and hollers.
******
* *
* *
* CASH BALANCE BELOW *
* THAT OF YEAR AGO *
Helena, Nov. 11.—To the credit *
* of 106 state funds there was a *
* total cash balance on hand on *
* September 30, 1923, of $2,214,- *
* 275.80, accoi'ding to a statement *
* just issued by State Treasurer *
* O. H. Junocl. *
* There was on hand, the state- *
* ment shows, a total cash balance *
* of $2,528,846.85. The amount of *
* cash received since that time was *
* $13,174,183.52, making a total of *
* $15,703,030.37, from which, dur- *
* ing the year just ended, there *
* was deducted disbursements to- *
* taling $13,488,754.57.
*
* *
After receiving word from the
Sheriff of Montraille county, N.
that he was holding two men, who he
considered were implicated in the rob
bery of a Ford car at Medicine Lake,
according to the È.; formation which he
*had received, Sheriff Salisbury, ac
companied by John Gregg and Roma
Borley of Medicine Lake, drove to
Culbertson Saturday night to catch
No. 4 and journeyed to Stanley, N, D.,
where they went to identify two
me n who were being held in that city
f or identification,
After seeing the men Borley and
Gregg gave their opinion, but appar
ently John Northrup and Leslie Barge
have no love for Sheridan county at
this particular time as they are fight
i n g extradition, although it is report
e d that they have been seen before
j n an( i around Medicine Lake before
cars have disappeared from that city.
County Attorney Erickson has taken
the matter up with Gov. Dixon and
no doubt the two gentlemen will soon
be here to defend their alleged action
0 f stealing the auto.
Trowbridge and Barge were discov
e red by the North Dakota sheriff in
D.,
(Continued on Page live)
diagnosed the case as appendicitis
and enlargement of the gall or gall
stones. The doctor suggested that
Mrs. Crabtree be brought to Plen
tywood for operation for appendicitis
and later as her health improved for
gall stones,
Mr. Crabtree acting on the sugges
tion of Dr. Sells brought his wife to
(Continued on Page Four)
The largest corn show ever held in
the State of Montana was held at Chi
nook Nov. 8, 9 and 10. There being
20,500 ears on display.
Sheridan County sent down 100 corn
entries, and altho very little competi
tion was expected by other counties
from Sheridan, we succeeded in plac
ing in all classes where we had en
tries.
Bolster & McQuale. Plenty wo» d, got
second prize on N. W. Dent in conpeti
tion with 250 entries.
Frank French of Medicine Lake, got
forth on White Dent against 150 en
tries.
Sheridan County also placed seventh
on White Dent, fifth on Gehu, and
fifth on Mixed flint.
The fact that Sheridan Conuty dis
played over 1000 ears of excellent com
at the best corn show 7 ever held in the
State proved to the large numbers of
show \isitors that Sheridan County is
the Com Belt. |
very near
—
OUTLOOK YOUNG
MAN LOSES LIFE
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
John Rinquist, Well Known Out Wok
Young Man, Suddenly Killed When
Auto Goes Over Steep Embankment.
John Rinquist, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Rinquist. of Outlook, was in
stantly killed Tuesday of last week,
November 6th, near Crookston, Minn.,
young man and caused instant death.
The youug man had left Outlook
but a few days before the accident
and had gone to work for a man ini
rte ( fata^ S accident tr he hadVone^ ?„
Crookston to get a man to take his
place on the farm on which he was
working as he was going to take an
Sftii'ÄÄt
the place where he had been working
with Davis. They were in Davis' car
and it was dark while they were trav
eling and the lights on the car were
very poor. In traveling along the
highway they came to a piece of
graded road but with the dim lights
they could not see and gradually
drove over to one side and upset, the
car landing in the bottom of a six
foot ditch with the young men under
neath. Davis called for help and the
young men were taken from under the
car, but Lindquist was dead at the
time of the removal of his body from
beneath the car.
was badly injured but will recover.
Upon receipt of the bad news, Mr.
Ringquist immediately left for the
scene of the accident and brought
back the body of his son to Outlook.
The young man leaves to mourn his
loss a father and mother, Mr, and
(Continued on page 8)
Young Davis also
WESTBY MAN ARREST
ED FOR GAMBLING
PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE
OF GAMBLING AND PAYS $100
FINE IN JUDGE OLSON'S
COURT.
After hearing several rumors come
in from the city of Westby to the
effect that gambling was being engag
ed in by different ones in that city,
Sheriff Salisbury dispatched Under
Sheriff Aldrich to that town to look
the matter up.
In accordance with the plans laid
out by the Sheriff's office Mr. Aldjtch
appeared in Westby on the evening
of November 8th and walked into the
pool hall which is run by Henry
Skeels and seeing a rather interested
group in the back of the pool room
walked back to the center of interest
and found a full fledged game in ex
istence. Deputy Aldrich immediately
broke up the game and informed Mr.
Skeels that he would be required to
make his appearance at the Sheriff's
office the next day.
On arriving in Plentywood he was
brought up before Judge Olson, where
he guilty to the charge of
running a gambling game and was
fined $100 which he paid.
It is reported that Mr. Skeels in
formed the officers of the law that he
was only running a quiet business
man's game, but that did not seem to
have much weight with the stern of
ficer of the law.
VISIT SCHOOLS
MONDAY & TUESDAY
ON ACCOUNT OF LACK OF ROOM
MEETING WILL HAVE TO BE
GIVEN UP—PATRONS ARE IN
VITED TO ATTEND SCHOOLS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
T ,
sess j on s 0 n these days, sixty minute
session of regular class work will be
h e jd j n the grades, beginning with
t he fifth, and in the high school, at
seven thirty o'clock in the evenings of
Monday and Tuesday. Though the
latter arrangement is made for those
who may wish to visit the schools, but
are prevented from doing so during
the day, the evening sessions are also
open to the public.
The week beginning the eighteenth
of November has been designated as
American Education Week. Owing
to lack of room adequate for assembly
purposes, it will not be possible to
hold the meetings suggested, but the
parents and patrons are invited to
visit the school, especially on Monday,
the nineteenth, and on the following
In addition to the regular
Louis Ehrmanntraut, Victim of Malicious Attempt to Wreck
the Outlook Community Hospital and to Ruin Dr. Faw
cett By Plentywood Medical Bandette.
FARMER SACRIFICED ON ALTAR OF MALICE
With Gaping Wound in Side Sufferer Is Taken Out of Out
look Hospital at Midnight Saturday Night and Carried on
a Cot on Top of Automobile Seats to County Seat.
VICTIM EXPIRES FOLLOWING THURSDAY
AT SHERIDAN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
PWOOD MEDICS SLANDER BROTHER DOCTOR
__
.
! Ludvic Ehrmanntraut was actually murdered by a midnight
removal from the Outlook Community Hospital last Saturday in
™ automobile and an operation performed by the two Plentywood
amateur surgeons, Dr. Sells and Dr. Storkan: A victim ot those
men's efforts to ruin and discredit the Outlook Community hospi
tal, and ruin aid disgrace a brother doctor, who had incurred their
venomous hatred because of his superior medical and surgical
ability—a dastaidly effoit to disci edit and i uin I)i. Sam b aw cett
of the Outlook Community hospital.^<'v_^^^^^^-'^^^ — _^
Drs. Sells and Storkan in Most Unprofessional and Unethical
Manner Instigate the Sensational Nocturnal Transfer
From One Hospital to Another.
STOLEN FORD CAR
RECOVERED FROM
HAVE BOUGHT
MEDICINE LAKE MAN
FORD SEDAN FOUND IN POS
SESSION OF ANDY HOLM WHO
CLAIMS TO
IT FROM TWO STRANGERS.
On Tuesday of last week, acting on
information from Brakeman Kramer
and the Bow'bells (N. D.) Sheriff
Salisbury accompanied by Mr. Kram
er, went to Medicine Lake and pro
ceeded to a garage which held a Ford
sedan which was at the time under the
ownership of Andy Holm.
Mr. Kramer examined the car thor
oughly and said it was his car and
that it had been stolen from his home
at Kenmare. The owner of the car
said he was a brakeman on the Soo
Line and had heard that a Ford Sedan
had recently been sold in Medicine
Lake and having had his Ford Sedan
stolen a few days previous immedi
ately got busy on the trail of the auto.
Sheriff
Salisbury informed Andy Holm that
he had a stolen car in his possession.
The latter gentlemena made no pro
test about giving up the car merely
stating that he had bought the ma
chine from two strangers a few days
previous at Medicine Lake. The num
bers on the car were tampered with
and it was very evident that the
car had been stolen after an investiga
tion had been made.
Mr. Kramer took the car back with
him. very much delighted in the fact
that he had recovered his Sedan.
After identifying the car,
LEGION BOYS PUT ON
FINE FIGHT PROGRAM
MAIN BOUT WAS A SCIENTIFIC
BATTLE BETWEEN TWO ART
ISTS—JUDGES DIFFER ON DE
CISION.
A fair sized crowd gathered at the
Orpheum Theatre Plentywood after
noon to witness an Armistice pro
gram of boxing put on by the local
post of the American Legion. The
crowd was more or less of a disap
pointment due to the fact of the big
fiasco staged a few days previous and
also the fact that the fight was held
in the afternoon.
The main bout was the best fight
that has ever been saged in Plenty
wood and Krause of Fargo and Bliv
ens of Scobey upheld their reputation
of being real fighters and scientific
boxers. Bath men were in the pink
of condition and at the end of the
fight seemed still to be fresh I and
ready for more.
At the end of the fight the referee
gave his decision of the fight as a
draw, but it seems that there were
two other judges decided that it was
a shade in favor of Krause and gave
him the decision.
Krause led the fighting in the
greater share of the rounds and there
was a good deal of clinching on the
part of Blivens, although the latter
boxer sometimes stepped out and
gave the North Dakota scrapper some
awful wallops. Krause used the body
punch with telling effect and played
systematically for the heart and got
in some stiff wallops at times.
The verdict of the spectators seem
ed to be in favor of the decision call
ing the fight a draw, although they
(Continued on page 8)
The story of the
death of Ludvic Ehrmanntraut is a
story of the desperate length that
two jealous and hate inspired men
will go in order to xvreck a compet
ing institution and to discredit
a
brother doctor.
It is an almost unbelievable story
of unethical behavior and unprofes
sional practice ever occurring in the
annals of medical practice: a story of
premeditated design to ruin, wreck
and blight—for low personal greed
and gain.
It is a story of malicious slander
beyond the ken of ordinary man.
THE STORY
Ludvic Ehrmanntraut, who resides
in Canada about twenty miles north of
Outlook, on a farm, who has been ail
ing for some time, was brought to
Outlook last Thursday afternoon by
his wife and relatives and taken to
the Outlook Community Hospital, and
placed under the care of Dr. Sam
Faucett and the nurses. Ehrman
traut was in a very serious condition.
He could not stand up and he could
not straighten up. He groaned with
horrible pains in his abdominal cavi
ty. Beads of perspiration stood upon
his forehead. Dr.. Faucett immediate
ly diagnosed the case as appendicitis.
The unfortunate man was placed in
bed and gotten ready for an operation.
The wife and relatives were informed
that the case was a very serious one.
Dr. Fawcett sent for Dr. Healey of
Flaxville to come over to assist him
in the operation and Dr. Healey ar
rived Friday morning about ten
o'clock and administered the anesthet
ic, while Dr. Fawcett assisted by
graduate nurse, Miss Houg, proceed
ed with the operation. The incision
was made and the dotcor found a
remarkable and surprising condition:
he found several adhesions, a tum
erous growth and the presence of
much pus among the intestines. The
doctors held a hurried consultation
and Dr. Fawcett, who* is a graduate
of Columbia Medical College of the
class of 1903, and Columbia is one of
the four Class "A
America, who has served his intern
in big New York hospitals, who has
been a surgeon for twenty years, sev
eral years of which was in the United
institutions in
States service, and months of which
was in the American expeditionary
forces in France next to the firing
line, and who had performed more op
erations than the Plentywood small
town doctors, have ever seen before
these gentlemen were out of the
third rate medical colleges in which
they were educated, decides that an
operation in the circumstances meant
sure death for the patient, for to cut
into the bowels in such circumstances,
said Dr. Fawcett meant the scattering
of the poison through the system and
the murder of the patient. The doc
tors then, did, Dr. Fawcett says, the
only thing to do, and that was
clean out the bowels as well as could
be done, put in drains and sew up the
incision and wait until the condition
had changed and cleared sufficiently
to allow further operations. This
was done. The relatives were in
formed of the serious condition of the
patient, according to the statements
of Dr. Fawcett: they were told the
man had only about chance in three
of recovering, but that in his opinion
after about ten days, if the patient
lived and grew stronger, he could
then go in and re/nove the cancer or
tumor and see what else could be
done.
The patient was put under treat
ment and the care of competent
nurses. Saturday morning he show
ed improvement. At noon the doctor
was encouraged by his condition. At
3:00 o'clock when the doctor called
the patient was sleeping and his tem
perature was normal. Everybody was
to
(Continued on page 8.)