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THE SANDERS COUNTY LEDGER, VOL. 13; NO. 50. THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA,THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918. _

MRS. McGOWAN KILLED

Struck by Street Car at Los AngelesSunday Afternoon—Widow of

Pioneer Plains MerchantMrs. Delia McGowan, widow of

the late J. A. McGowan of Plains, wasInmost instantly killed at Los Angelese Sunday afternoon when she was

truck by an electric street car. Thecident..occurred while she and her

ister, Mrs. Ida Marotz, were cross-g the track to take a car for Pasa-tht. Both ladies were bard of hear-and did not notice the approach-

g car.Mrs. McGowan, who was about 60

ears .of. age, had just returned toOs Angeles last *Week after spendingeveral months at Plains, to make her01:le with her sister. The body haseen shipped back to her former

cc, and is expected to arrive some-Inlay. Burial witt,pbe made at

Plains eMetery.news of this accident has

e,libutd not only her many friendst Plains, but numerous ogler friendsnd acquaintances all over the county.

complete obituary will be pub-'gilts! I.. war next issue.

BENJAMIN SOULE KILLED DURINGDESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH UNCL

FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH ARTHUR' SOULE TOOKPLACE AT NOON FRI6AY IN YOUNG MAN'S

CABIN 12 MILES WEST OF TOWN

BLOW ON HEAD WITH RIFLE CAUSES DEATHArthur Soule Placed Under Arrest Following Sealed Verdict

by Coroner's Jury---Alleged Improper RelationsWith Wife as Cause of Trouble

Benjamin J. Soule, a young rancher living on Deep creek about12 miles' West of •Thompson Falls, was killed last Friday afternoonat his cabin following an altercation with his uncle, Arthur J. Soule.Death resulted from a blow on the head with a rifle after he hadbeen brought down by a bullet through the' leg.

Following the verdict of the coroner's jury, which was heldconfidential by the coroner and the county attorney, Arthur Soulewas placed under arrest yesterday at lite hospital where he hasbeen recovering from the injuries he susTained during the fight, andis being held there under guard until he is able to be removed tothe jail.

The tragedy was witnessed by but one person, Mrs. ArthurSoule, whose presence at the cabin is alleged to have been the im-mediate cause of the trouble. Her version of the fatal combat isthe only one that has ben given thus far, as her husband, acting uponthe advice of his attorney, refuses to talk.The events leading up to the shoot-

ing as she tells them, are corrobo-rated in many respects by o'ther per-sons, but in the following accountthe story of the actual killing is astold by Mrs. Soule.without furtherverification except ai '(he appearanceof the scene bear out her story.

Mrs. Soule'a StoryBenjamin Soule had lived at the

Arthur Soule ranch for a time fol-lowing his arrival from Michiganlast summer, and had finally been or-dered to stay away from the placeby 'his uncle, who alleged improperrelatiqns between the young man andhis wife. Benjamin then built acabin on a 90-acre tract adjoining theranch, moved his effects there andlater went to work in the woods forClyde- Austin.

Friday morning as lie was return-ing from town where he had been topurchase- sonic supplies and to meethis wife whom lie had been expecting

. but had failed to arrive, he' stoppedat the Arthur Soule ranch to deliversome mail and Mrs. Soule went to hiscabin with him to help him pack upsome articles which he wished to taketo the camp. As they were getting

S4V.4rdoiliifirkAjobt.cxat a camp bn Scrtiaw --eftrelc" ref-tientfor a load of hay and not finding hiswife at home, started with his rifleto Ben's place.

Pushed Poo* .Open With Gun

He pushed the door open with thegun and pointed it at Ben, at thesame time cocking it. Before he couldpull the trigger his wife rushed be-tween the two men, begging him notto shoot, The two men then clinchedand a desperate hand-to-hand en-counter followed in which chairs woreoverturned, dishes knocked off thestove, a window light broken andother damage done. During the strug-gle, in which the younger man seemedto have the advantage, the .rifle fellto the floor and when Arthur stoopedto pick it up Ben secured a 32-caliberrevolver and shot several timcs,wounding him in the shoulder.When he saw' that. Arthur had se-

cured the gun, he attempted to escapethe room but wn's stopped just

- outside the door by a bullet in his4 leg, and then while lie begged for

mercy was struck over the •head withthe gun. He sank to the floor andwas left unconscious while Arthurwent back to his home to leave fortown. Mrs. Soule followed her hus-band home and when she returnedto the cabin several hours later thewounded man had strnstgled to thecorner of the porch, a distance ofeight or ten feet, and was trying toraise himself by clinging to the post.He sank back groaning and passedaway shortly after.

OsPee Himself Up

With a wound on his head and abullet in his -shoulder, Arthur Soulsdrove to town to give himself up.He was met on the outskirts by Fr-Mat Ross, who .**a working at his

camp, and Joe Soule his son, as theyweie returning home. He was con-siderably weakened from the loss ofblood and the effects of the fight, andRoss returned with him to the hos-pital and notified Sheriff Hartman.Roy Hart and Jack Prouty were

sent to the ranch as soon as possibleto take charge until the coroner couldarrive. A jury was impanelled andwith Sheriff Hartman and CoronerMcCaffery, left for the scene about10 o'clock that evening, and after ex-amining the grounds and securing therifle, revolver and other evidence, re-turned in the morning with the vic-tim's body.

' Leg Was Shattered

An'. examination of the corpseshowed that the bullet had enteredthe left leg about midway betweenthe thigh and knee. The bone wasbadly shattered and the bullet waslodged toward the back and near thesurface. There were three wounds onthe right side of the head, two nearthe temple and one behind the ear.An incision showed a depressed frac-ture of the skull about three incheslong connecting the three wounds.The appearance of the cabin when

fftnrIMIrklirrieedgave every indication of the struggletiim had taken place. Meat and po-totoes, which had evidently beencooking on the stove, w,ere scatteredin front of the stove with a frying panand a broken dish lying near. Thedead man' mackinaw and a loaf ofbread were on the floor beside thestove, there were two overturnedchairs near the middle of the room,window light was broken out and

several drops of blood stained thedoor near the door.

Three Shots From Revolver

A 32-caliber leer Johnson revolverwas lying toward the back of theroom; It .contained three emptyshelti and two loaded nfirs.- TiVobullet holes, one in the wall and onein a board standing against the wall,with the one in Arthur's shoulder,accounted for the empty shells.

Outside of the cabin on the porchwas a large pool of blood where thevictim lay when first brought down,and the trail he made 'as he struggledtoward the corner of the porch wasplainly marked with blood. The deadman lay on his bark with one armout-stretched and the other aroundthe post.''The rifle with which Arthur is al-leged to have performed the deed,had been taken back to his home andwhen secured by Sheriff Hartmancontained one empty and five loadedcartridges. It is a 45-70 Winchesterand had, been in the posesaion ofArthur Soule for a number of years.The stock was cracked, there was alarge blood stain on one side of thestock and the forestock was•dentedand had a smaH piece gouged out.

Wit. Arrived Too Late

fits. Ben Stale 'arrived with their

BENJAMIN J. SOULE

eiet-montlis-old son on the morninfollowing the tragedy. She had comeall the way from Michigan to join herhusband in what was to have beentheir future Ironic, only to find hirtidead upon her arrival. The tragicfeature was that if she had not heeddelayed and had arrived when he wasthere to meet her, all excuse for theterrible affair would undoubtedly havebeen removed.The young man was only .?6 years

of age and had been married about'three years. Previous to corning herehe had served seven years in the navyand later worked in Detroit. Uponhis arrival last sitinmer he was so .fit-vorably impressed with the countr.that he immediately started to buyabout 100 acres from the BlackfootLand Co., filed on a water right andprepared to carve ont a home forhimself and family. He had recent-ly purchased a team of horses andwas preparing to handle a small log-ging contract at the time of his death.

Victim Not to Blame

He was a young man of pleasantappearance, quiet manners and goodhabits, and had made a fine impres-sion upon all who had formed hisacquaintance. Mrs. Arthur Soule ab-solves him from any blame in the af-fair and states that his conduct hadnever overstepped the pounds of pro-priety. She absolutely denies thather husband had any grounds what-ever for his suspicions, either previ-ous to, or at the time of the killing.,

T.4 taken322jain,L_Sun:8NPINFRIPPF r.- arlobe prepared for burial, but was re-turned to Thompson Falls again to-day where it will 'be held until thefather arrives to assist the wife inreturning to Tyre. Mich., where inter-ment will be made.Arthur" Soule has lived upon his

present property for nearly twentyyears, and by unending toil has de-veloped one of the finest ranches inthe county. Ile is the father of sevenchildren and has provided them at alltimes with a cotnfortable home, andhis large circle of acquaintances pan-not understand why he should risks'acrificing all be has toiled for insuch an unaccountable manner.

SEALED VERDICT RETURNED

NorResult of Coroner's Inquest

Made Publec—Many

Examined.

The coroner's inquest over thebody of Benjamin J. Soule was com-pleted Tuesday evening and a verdictrendered. At the request of CountyAttorney Parks; Coroner McCafferyheld the verdict confidential for thepresent. No announcement as to whenthe result of the inquest will be di-vulged has yet been made.The first session of the jury, which

was composed of A. J. Dorris, E.D Frazier, D. 1). Angst, Ed. Fitz-gerald, Sr., Ed. Fitzgerald, Jr., and J.J Clyde, was held at the premises ofthe deceased at about 1 o'clock of themorning following the tragedy, hefore the body was, removed to townThe following morning the jurorswere given an opportunity of ob-serving the wounds before the busi-

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ONE CASE. SCARLET FEVER

:Young Son of Martin Gustafson HasLight Attack of Dread

Disease.

Paul Gustafson, the. young son ofr. and Mrs. Martin Gustafson, was

abut ill Monday with an attack ofscarlet fever and the family was,promptly put under quarantine byorder of Dr. E. D. Peek, city healthfficey. It is reported that the case is

e%treinely light and as the -little fel-is not yet old enough to attend

school, danger of spreading is con-itidered very improbable.

Considerable uneasiness regardingthe schools was felt at first becausecf the fact that an older brother hadI ,-en attending, but it was decided notto close for the present tuft to watchtrihuc*, developments. The boy's

rrifrak and effects were renifived andburned and the room thoroughly fum-igated. No other cases have been re-'ported at this writing.

It is not known where the littlefellow contracted the disease, 'butwith the epidemics that have existedin other towns of the state, it is notstrange that it has been carried here.The authorities are keeping closewatch for any signs of an epidemicand will exert every precaution toprevent such an occurance.

LECTURE ON ITALY FRIDAY

Third Number of Lecture CourseWill Be Given By Professor

Scheuch.

The third number of the series oflectures on "Europe and the War"will be given Friday night by form-er President Schetich of the State

subject will beiiinE11111111111111S-

doubt c dly give one of the most in-teresting talks of the course.The lecture last Friday evening was

delayed a couple of hours by the late-ness of the train on which Dr. Hexoarrived, and consequently A very smallaudience was on hand to listen to thediscourse. Those who reined werewell repaid for the inconvenience,however, as the speaker displayed a:Me knowledge of French conditionsAnd was able to present his subject in,in interesting manner.The director of the course has

promis,d that the speakers to comewill surely arrive in time if they haveto start the day before, so that here-after,delays like the one last Friday%slit -be aVoided.

DAN CUPID LOAFS

Entire Month of January Passes. Without Marriage Li-

cense Issued.

Dan Civilh ninst have had urgentbusinness in other places during themonth of January or else the inocula-tion of his dart has lost its effect.The 'firSt month of the new year haspassed without a single license formarriage being issued from the ,clerkof court's office in_this county.This is a matter that should demand

immediate attention on the part ofthose whose diity it is to keep thejoy bells ringing, as the divorce courtalready has one decree to its credit.There are only eleven more monthsin which to get married this year andif OK; are an9, who wish to assumethe-bonds of matrimony but are hes-itating for some reason, they shouldreeive the moral support and en-couragement of their friends to hast-en the event..

THE INDEPENDENT-ENTERPRISE, VOL. 2; NO. 38.

JURORS FOR JANUANY TERM

Forty-five Mtn Who Must Repoitfor Court Work Wednes-

day, Feb. 13.

The following is the list id thenwho have been summoned to au-pear for jury duty during the Januaryterm of court. They have been or-dered to report Wednesday, February13, 011 WiliC11 date the first 'of the.jury cases has been set.Sam Murray, Oliver GulchJ. \V. Hot SpringsI Iviry Gari-ed, Thompson Fallsh. E. Mackenstadt, DixonPete Carter, PlainsClyde Huston, NiaradaIlerbert S. Harris, PermaJames Milne, PermaLouis .51, reier, ParadiseClaude Gregg, LonepineC. D. Argo, PerinaCharles Sardula, PerinaJack Malingo, Oliver GulchJames Hylent, Trout CreekWm. Stout, PermaWm. Smith, Thompson Falls\V. E. een de rg ra s PlainsG. %V. Gunther, AlgerDuncan Campbell, LonepineA. N. Gai:rison, Thompson FallsDudley Angst, Thompson Falls(ins Koehler, Camas PrairieF. .S. Hoagland, Thompson FallsRby Hargrave, PermaChas. L. Hubacher, CamasS. G. Morin, DixonEarl Massey, CaniasEd Hamel, Camas' 'George Wells, PermaJulius Hayen, CamasFred H. Ila,ynes, WhitepineSeth W. Nlillison, TuscorMack Lee, CamasFrank Robinson, ParadiseGeorge Herman, WhitepineL. A. Thomas, BelknapJ. W. Gladden, PermaR. E. Grund, SloanGrant Johnston, Plains ,F. C. _Jenkins, HeronJames Kilpatrick, PermaSam McKay, PlainsAlbert Anderson, SloanP. K. Greenway, NiaradaChas. Gray, Plains

"DEESTRICK SKULE" PLEASES

Home Talent Play Proves Success-ful Both Artistically and

Financially.

The performance of the "DeestrickSktile" as staged by local talent atthe Rex theatre last evening proveda big success both from an articticland a financial standpoint. The manynights of liaa-d practice were fullyjustified by the finished performancethat was presented and an audiencethat taxed the capacity of the houseappreciated the entertainment fromstart to finish.

It would be unfair to••singls outany one as a particularly briOn star.All of the performers assumed theroles assigned to them in faultlessstykrailinfAteerotis share of the credit for the suc-cess of the show. VIC members ofthe coinmittee who had the arrange-ments in charge are entitled to hon-orable mention. for their Strenuousand effective efforts. They were Mrs.Louis Rosenthal, Mrs. R. R. Hoytand Blanche IfurIburt.

Tlie Red Cross profited to the ex-tent of about $61 from the evening'sreceipts.

10 BELOW ZERO NEW RECORD

Cold Snap Hits the Valley a LittleBehind Schedule—Consid-

erable Wind.

The cold snap which was scheduledto reach 119 last Saturday got its datesmixed a little but finally put in anappearance Tuesday night. Accom-panied by a stiff wind it forced themercury downward until last night10 degrees below•zero, a new recordfor the winter, was reached. Thosewho wish to pack ice are beginning tocheer up a hit and are hoping for aweek or two of the same, and afterthat they will welcome spring thesame as ever body else.

Following if the temperature rec-ord for the week:Date Max. Min.

Jan. 24 40 24Jan. 25 _ _ 37 31Jan. 26.__ • 33 21Jan. 27 _ 36 24Jan. 28 __ .._ 39 26Jan. 29 _ ............ .....-......31 29Jan. 30 _ . — 9 4Jan. 31 -_--- — —10

C. M. Stevens came down fromMis-soula Saturday to attend to somebusiness at the forest office, returningMonday afternoon.

ALIEN ENEMIESMUST REGISTER

RESIDENT CITIZENS OF GER-

MANY OVER 14 YEARS OLD

COME UNDER ORDER.

POSTMASTERS ARE REGISTRARS

Each One Required to Furnish Four

Photographs for Future Iden-

tification.

:-"tarting February 4th all personsknown as alien enemy citizens, thatis, citizens of countries with whomthe United' States has declared war,must rrgister as .sucb. In Sanderscounty those subject to this ordermay register with postmasters ac-cording to the regulations sent outby the United States marshall at!Mena. Details concerning the reg-istration arc as follows:

"In connection with the registra-tion of German alien enemies, asprescribed by general rules and reg-ulations issued by the attorney gen-eral of- the United States, underaittliority of the president's procla-mation dated NoveMber 16, 1917,kindly be advised that all natives,citizens, denizens or subjects of theGerman empire, or of the imperialGerman government being males ofihe age of 14 years and upward, whoare within the United States and notactually naturalized as Americancitizens, are required to register asalien enemies.

"Defining the above ruling, a male,irrespective of citiienship of hisparents, born or naturalized in theUnited States and subject to thejurisdiction thereof is not an alien'enemy, unless—

"(A) Such a male born in theUnited States has become natural-ized in or taken an oath of allegi-ance to any foreign country againstwhich war has been declared.

"(B) A male so naturalized has,subsequently to his naturalization inthe Unites States, beeorne natural-iZed in or sworn allegiance- to acountry against, which war, has beendeclared.

"A male native, citizen, denizen orsubject of a foreign nation or gov-ernment against which war has beendeclared is an alien enemy, eventhough he has declared an intentionto become a citizen of the UnitedStates by taking out first paper: ofnaturalization, or has been partly orcompletely naturalized in any coun-try other than the United States.

"A male child born in a countryagainst -which war has been declared,of a_Aisembiliwas atof su-cf`MIIPIFTrith • an AAPPIFINT"'citizen, and there temporarily resid-ing, is not an alien enemy."Males born in or residing a,

German subjects in Alsace-Lorrainesubsequently to May 10, 1871, and arenow dwelling within the UnitedStates, are alien enemies, unless nat-uralized as American citizens."The dates of Febritarp 4 to 9,

1918, inclusive, between the hours of6 a. m. and 8 P. m. ,have been desig-nated as the time' and dates whenregistration must he Made."In the cities of Helena, Butte,

Anaconda, Billings, Bozeman, GreatFalls, Kalispell, Livingston and Mis-soula. Montana, the ellief of poNcehas been appointed "chief registrar"and the place of registering is thepolice station of the respective cities.All other postmasters in the stateare registrars for their respectivedistricts. '"Registrants, at the t,½'i of erg; -

tration, shall be required to exerig •a form or registration affidavit, rtn.1he shcflild present to the registrar,four photographs of himself, on thinpaper of a size not to exceed three

by three inches".

SECOND CALL EXAMINED

About Thirty Respond to SummonsFrom Exentption Board—

More to •Come.

About 30 more cla.s 1 men we--given their physical examinatielifs I -the local exeMption hoard yesterdfrom a list of 75 who had been suermoned to appear. The reports of t*physicheot are now' being dassifiby the board arid as sbon as thisaccomplished, die. rentainifing 95 wir:be summoned to appeat..

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