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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-25

~ into the Ponath building on
Fourth st. Tuesday.
The N. p. Card Club were
entertained Monday night at
the home of Dave Purdon.
Ed. Kline and Mrs. Frank
Kline were united in marriage
Monday morning by Rev. Fr.
Ridder of this city.
Roosevelt is drawing to a
close and he and his high stick
will soon pass into history and
he be known as plain Mr..
Roosevelt.
Phil Dellinger arrived the
first OF the week from Indiana
aud is looking after the dredg
ing and bridge business in this
neck o the-woods.
Mrs. Peter Dahlgram, who
has been making a weeks visit
at the home of her brother in
law, Oscar Dahlgram, returned
home to St. Paul Friday.
No one knows what The Sue
ces Cabinet means until they
see, and have it explained to
them. Call and see. Chicago
Cabinet Co., 2nd floor Schiller
Block.
About twenty-five of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donaldson's friends plan
ned a pleasant little surprise on
them Monday evening, the &C.
cas,on being their wedding an
niversary. The fore part of the
: evening was spent playing
Cards after which a dainty
lunch was served follow ed by
T dancing. All present report a
good time.
The Misses Florence Jamie
son aud Ruth Whips ente:-
t,ined their Sunday School
classes Monday afternoon from
two till six, at tn e
home of the former. Music and
patriotic games formed the pro-
gram and those winning prizes
in some of the games were Mil
dred Mckay, Frances Lauder
and Edna Knots. Covers were
laid for twelve and an elegant
lunch was served, the place
cards being in the form of a
, stump a id Ratchet which serv-
el as appropriate little souve-
. Mrs of the occasion.
NOTICE-Notice has been
received from the State Land
Commission that $3.50 10000
has been set aside for loans on
farm lands. Applications will
be considered in order of their
receipt until the above fund is
exhausted. This m o n e y is
loaned on first mortgages, on
7 cultivated land for a period not
to exceed Twelve years at 5 per
5 cent interest with privilege of
paying any or all at any time
after the expiration of three
/; years. Applications for loans
or for further information may
be made to the County Audi
tor. 3. S. Cameron,
County Auditor.
The editor is man with a
soft snap. He reads the pap
ers and magazines, writes most
of the things he knows least
about, and meets the people
who desire to know him. He
loves them because they are 80
forgetful of self and so solicit
Gus Of his well being. They
all want to help him. One- half
of them want him to print
news which lie does not recog-
nize as news, and the other
half want him to suppress what
b. recognizes as good news be-
cause they do not regard it Of
any value or Importance. The
editor has more people trying
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The Washington times., 1909-03-31
ALL IN READINESS
FOR CHARITY PLAY
Arrangements Completed Today
for the Production of
About ThebeS."

Arrangements were completed at a
special meeting OF the Ladies' Auxiliary
of Providence Hospital at the Rich
mOnd Hotel, this morning, for the en-
tertainment of Tuesday evening, April
20, when Mrs. Alfred Clifford Barney's
play, About Thebes,' will be presented
by the Washington Dramatic Club at
the Belasco Theater, under the auspices
OF the auxiliary.
Mrs. Barney has offered a prize Of SIS
to any pupil. past or present. Of the
CorcOran School of Art for the best
poster to illustrate her play The judges
will meet at the COrcoran Gallery next
Sunday to select the best work
The play will be acted by a cast Of
ninety drawn from the ranks of Capital
society. The incidents of the play take
place in the present time. with Egypt
as the background. The music is by
Harry Wheaton Howard. and Percy
Leech will be stage manager. Mrs BAR
ney has produced some striking effects
for the scenario.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
A BRILLIANT TRY FOR THE
SOUTH POLE.

When Captain Scott made his great
dash toward the South Pole IN 1902,
only to be baked by the loss of dogs
and the lack OF food, he formed the
opinion that the Antarctic goal could
be reached with the help of an auto
mobile One of his companions, Lieu
tenant Shackleton, acting upon this
idea, has just returned to New Zealand
after making a brilliant, record break
ing achievement, though failing to
reach the Pole.
The Shackleton expedition has been
absent from New Zealand only little
more than a year In fact, contrary to
the usual experience in polar eXplora-
ton, it returns only about six weeks
behind schedule time. 1t was all a
question of getting as far south as
possible in a given time, and, though
the British naval officer has failed to
reach the Pole, he has done enough to
entitle him to universal applause and
to encourage him to try again.
Meantime, what of Cook, the Ameri-
can, who pushed north last summer to-
ward tie North Pole? What of Peary
Is the North Pole under the Stars and
Stripes? Or is it not yet but soon?
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
Capital Tales

Claude Kitchin. Representative from
the Second North Carolina district. who
is credited with making the most en-
tirely successful tariff speech OF the
debate thus far, Is q member OF an
old and distinguished family of the Old
North State. he was elected to Con-
gress before he was thirty years old.
and even then had a big brother who
had been in the House several years.
The big brother, William Walton
Ritchin, is now governor Of North
Carolina. He came 10 Congress al the
age OF twenty-eight, so that the house
Of Kitchin has had the distinction OF
twice furnishing the youngest member
OF the House.
Claude Kitchin suffered for long
time the disadvantage OF being a
younger brother. The elder Of the
twain had established himself as a
brilliant. forceful and fluent speaker,
as well as a man of much independ-
ence of view. The younger managed to
De overlooked good deal in his first
years OF service. But now that his
brother has retired, Claude is forging
10 the front and 10 the recognition
which his tariff speech has finaIIT
forced from the whole House.
houSu ne IS only tn1rty-eiEnt years
Old, this young man has been i've times
IN succession elected to the House He
is noted for hts jet-black hair. and for
the richest Southern dialect that is
heard on tbs floor OF the House. IL is
simply perfect, and association with the
Northern people with whom he has
come in contact in the last ten years
has not taken the edge Of its flavor
and richness
Both the Kitchins are lawyers, as was
their father before them. They handle
the fire-eating Southern style OF ora
tory, especially in debate Claude
Kitchin'S tarif speech was full of hi
NOR, wit. and quick repartee. for he
was subjected to a constant fire OF in
terruptions and had to defend himself
repeatedly against critics OF his argu-
ment
The griIling he gave 10 Representative
Fordney Of Michigan viii not soon be
forgotten. Fordney IS the millionaire
lumberman from Michigan, who Las
gained repute as the most unyielGing
standpatter in the House. Kitchin dis
cussed the lumber schedule, in making
which IL is now admitted that FOrdney
was the guiding genius. in a fashion
calculated to make Fordney wonder
whether a job on the Ways and Means
Committee was really a desirable thing
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
TALKED WITH COLUMBUS.

Indian Commissioner Leupp tells q
good story about Crazy Snake, the In
dian who has been making a lot OF
picturesque trouble for the State au-
thorities of Oklahoma The story shows
that Crazy Snake has been making
good on the first part of his name
Five years ago he entered Mr.. Leuppb
office and. after some predatory gFdnts.
remarked as follows:
white man take away red mems
lands I talked with Christopher Co
lumbus, and he tell me that red men
stay on one side OF river and white men
viii do the same 1t no same. Chris
TOPPER Columbus WAS good man Why
not same2"
How old are you, Crazy Snake %
asked the commissioner.
The Indian could make no definite
reply 70 this, but finally believed he
was forty-eigbt or forty-nine years old.
Then. you didn't talk 10 Columbus"
said Mr. Leupp.
But Grey Snake thought he had
talked with the great discOvereT, and
he left Mr.. Leupp without having
changed his mind.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
DEMON RUM MAKING
LAST STAND IN OHIO
Anti-Saloon Forces Will Now In
wade Big Cities Of the
State.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 31.-AH that
remains for the anti-saloon forces in
Ohio after the recent victory in Clark
county is an Invasion Of the counties
containing the large cities Of the State.
Clark county, which went dry" by
small majority after a desperate fight,
was the first ir the State containing a
city of more than 40,OOO population to
drive out the saloons.
The Anti-Saloon League is preparing
to invade Franklin county, which con-
tains Columbus, and Montgomery. con-
tanning Dayton, a city of more than
100. 900, and the seat Of a powerful brew
cry combine.
Local option elections are still to be
held in eighteen counties and the pro-
hibitiOn forces believe they can carry
at least half Of these despite the fact
that the strongholds of the wet ad-
vocates are located in the big cities
there.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
HAS NO CONTRACT
FOR BATTLESHIPS
Charles NJ. Schwab Denies His
Company Will Build Argen-
tine Vessels.

Charles NJ. Schwab. head OF the Beth
lehem Steel Company. today e-uphat-
ioally denied the report current in New
York that his company has secured the
contracts for the construction Of the
two battleships Of the DreadnOught
type which are TO be built for Argen-
tina.
Il cannot understand where this re-
port originated" he said. In one form
or another it k2s been in circulation
ever since returned from abroad !
wish the report were true"
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
GOT HIM FIRST.

Gen Clarence r. Edwards. chief OF
the Insular Bureau OF the War Depart
ment, is one OF the Presidents closest
friends and takes many horseback rides
with him. The general was a famous
athlete at West Point
During his graduating year, when he
knew all there was TO be known about
boxing. military tactics, and everything
else. he was walking down the street at
West Point with a friend He was
drawn in at tbs waist and he had high
ly-polished shoes. as is perfectly proper
for young soldier. AS he and his
friend passed a saloon a lOafer said
sneeringlS:
-AW, look at dat sinner
Edwards advanced toward the lOafer.
drew himself up in the correct boxing
attitude. prepared 70 deliver a smash
ing blow TO the fellows jaw. and
when I came to-" said the general
the other day. = was lying near The
gutter, and my friend was tanning ne.
That fellow knew nothing ABOUT box
ing, but he got me first"
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
White House Callers

Senators Simmons Of North Carolina.
La Toilette Of Wisconsin.
Elksns OF West Virginia.
Scstt of West Virginia.
Crane of Massachusetts
FLINT Of California.
Representatives Page Of North Caro-
lima.
Townsend of Michi-
gan.
Foster of Vermont
Tirreu of MaSsachH-
sets.
Barchfield of Penn
sylvania.
Dr.. Charles ". Eliot, president Of
Harvard University.
Former Senator McCreary OF Ken
lucky.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
ENGINE HOUSE SITE
BIDS OPENED TODAY
Real Estate Offered the District,
Which Must Move No. ,
Company.

The following bids for new site
for No. , Engine Company, now To-
Gated in d street between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets northwest. were
opened at the District building today.
Theodore n. Judd, premises IO9
Twelfth street, $4,000
Z. f. Droop, 724 Twelfth street,
$52.5OO.
Walter A Brown and L. :. LipScomo
& Co. 1904 and 1896 f street, $40, 90; llS6
+ street. $4,000
Joseph l. Weller. 7l9 and 1I Twelith
street, $ti,496-
Iobn A. Hamilton. 80 and 512 Tenth
street. s41,756. .,-so-.5
The present site is TO be abandoned
An connection with the condemnation DE
the United States Government OF til9
land between Fourteenth and tlIteehIh
streets. Pennsylvania avenue ana the
Mall.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
CITIES CT INDIANA
NOT READY TO VOTE
Anti-Saloon League Declares OPP
ton Election Now Would Mean
wet" Victory.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 31.-The Anti
Saloon League of Indiana issued a
statement today declaring that the time
is not ripe for local option elections in
the counties of the State in which are
located the five largest cities.
A movement. unauthorized by the
league. had been started for an option
election in this county. The organiza-
ton declared that an election at this
time would result fav0rably to the
VETS"
Three more counties voted dry in yes
terday's election. This makes sixty
three of the ninsty-twO counties in the
State dry
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
Greenroon1 Gossip
THEATER GUIDE.

Belasco-'The Devil because Of alb
sence Of any justifying motive furnishes
burying ground for some capable act
ing.
Columbia-Miss Edna Wallace Hopper
scores heavily and incidentally there is
Cohan play, Fifty Miles From Bos-
tom
National-"Tslk Of New York a sad
example Of George Cohan's latter day
productions. Victor MoOre's curtain
speech Is the best thing in the show
Chase 's-Superior grade OF vaudeville
headed by Edwin Stevens, supplemented
by well rounded bill with rather too
much Of the zoo.
Academy-'At Cripple Creek is meio-
drama above the average until the last
act.
Lyceum-' 'F'rolicsome Lambs in good
bUrlesque
Gayety-''The Serenadcrs' in burlesque
below the standard
Majestic-Snappy program of vaude-
Vile and moving pictures.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
ONE HEAD is ENOUGH FOR
THE BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY.

The sundry civil appropriation act
took a swipe at all the extra judicial
commissions and boards of experts ere
ated by the Roosevelt Administration.
Perhaps the most conspicuous of those
boards was that of referee chemists,
which was to sit as a sort of court of
appeals from the decisions of DIR. II. w
Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chem
istry. The theory now is that the
eliminating clause was particularly di
rected at this board, and that If the
law be so construed as to destroy it
DR.. Wiley can afford to laugh loud and
long.
That is probably not the truth at
all The likelihood is that Congress
aimed at Roosevelt, not at any par
tieular board. If their shot hit the
board of appeals in pure food cases,
well a Id good; but it was not sighted
at that body. The good it may do in
this connection is an incidental to Con
gress, not a fundamental.
But the discussion emphasizes anew
the Importance of adjusting the Agri-
cultural Department in its field as
agent of the pure food and drug act.
No situation could easily be more pre-
posterous than that which now exists.
There are two chiefs of the Bureau of
Chemistry coordinate and allotted TO
the same field. One IS known far and
wide for his fearless insistence that the
law means what it says-that the
label shall tell The other was APP
pointed without consultation with the
first, has field clearly duplicating that
of the first, and has on signal Occa-
sions voted squarely against the first
as TO construction of the law And it
is important to note, further, that as
the one stands generally for a de-
termination that the label shall tell
the truth so that all may understand
it. the other has stood frequently for
the concessions asked by the producers
in question.
DR.. Wiley is not omniscient. This
paper holds no brief for him. 1t hap
pens TO believe him to be earnest, dis
interested, honest, and capable, whose
errors-as it has seen them-have all
been for the advantage of the con-
sumer. Like every other newspaper
in the country which does not repre-
sent a particular trade, its only interest
is in an administration of the pure food
and drug act which will make the label
/ tell so that the buyer viii know what
he gets. 1t does not urge, then, that
DIR. Wiley's associate chief shall be i'm
mediately discharged, or that DR..
Wiley shall be made superior to the
Secretary of Agriculture, as some Con
gressmen have proposed. It urges only
simple business proposition as to that
arm of the Government which IS now
reaching most directly into our Ameri-
can homes
/ That the present double-headed,
trouble making, utterly inconsistent
organization of the Bureau of Chem
istrv lie changed as it would be changed
in any n-governmental business.
DR.. Wiley should either be fired or
allowed to run his own office as the
head OF any other bureau is allowed TO
run his
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
CUBAN MINISTER
EXPECTED TODAY

Senior Carlos Garcia, who was recent
" named to succeed Senior QUesada as
minister from cuba 10 the United
states, is expected to reach Washing
ton late this evening.
He will occupy apartments at the
Raleigh until the suite engaged for him
at the Highlands is ready. Sonora Car
Ella, who accompanied the minister to
the United states, Is the guest OF
friends in Tampa. Fla.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
OYSTER SEASON CLOSES.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, March 81.
The oyster season in Virginia closes
today at SHUTDOWN. The season. owing
To the mild winter. has not been profit
able to the oyster dealers on the Rap
Uahannock river but the fishing sea-
son is now opening and il is expected
to be much more satisfactory.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
DAYTON IS CHOSEN
FOR PRESENTATION
Taft Decides Medals Will Be
Given Wrights in Home
Town.

The President today decided that the
medals voted TO the Wright brothers,
the famous aeronauts, viii be presented
to them in Dayton, Ohio. their home
town, instead Of in New York, as had
been desired by the Aero CLUB of New
York
The President promised to attend the
ceremony II possible, and, if he could
not do SO, TO send a representative. The
presentation will take place some time
in May next
Mr.. Taft today accepted an invita-
ton to attend the annual banquet Of
the Union Lea que in Philadelphia the
evening of April 81
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
LIVES ENDANGERED
BY GAS EXPLOSION

ELKIES. W. Va. March d--rhc
lives of twenty-five occupants Of an
apartment house owned by J. J. Wal
lace were endangered when the building
was demolished by a mysterious eXpiO-
sion and a fire which followed il.
Nh and Mrs Wallace and their little
child were injured by falling debris and
glass while other occupants were
taken from upper windows TO safety
The explosion Is believed 20 have been
caused by a leak in gas pipe. Ths
monetary loss was about $1,000.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
NEW WEST INDIAN CANAL.

March S1.-The restorations Of the
Carib country water supply. through =
district five miles IN extent, By means
of a new canal constructed from the
base OF Coufriere 10 the sugar and
arrOwrOot factories, has been accom-
pIished, and the volcanic zone has beer
again rendered habitable- The work
has been completed under the s1pes
vision OF an American engineer and
cost so e<sa.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31

an immensely good thing sugar IS, with
out giving any details.
That is what the sugar tariff has
done in the past for the consumer and
for the trust. And what does the
Payne bill do?
For the consumer, nothing.
For the trust, retains the present
duties without any substantial change
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
LOVED LIBERTY TOO WELL.

STAUNTON. Va. March a.-Five
conyicts who attempted to escape from
the road convict camp IN Augusta
county and were recaptured, were tried
today in the circuit court and ten
months added 10 the term OF each
They were Frederick White Daniel
Mason. Crosby COlstQn, Jackson Brown,
and David Suvtb ~ coIorcd.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
Hoge-Bruce.

Hoge-Bruce.
Miss Mary LeIie HOge, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Hoge. Of Har-
ward street, was married to Robert
Henderson Bruce, of Big Stone Gap.
Va, yesterday afternoon at $50 O'Clock,
the Rev. w. +. Henry, pastor Of St.
Paul's VI. E. Church South. officiating
in the presence OF a small party Of rela-
tives and friends.
The bride. who wore handsome
gown of heavy white satin, made en-
pire, and trimmed with duchess lace,
carried a shower bouquet of Bride roses
and lilies of the valley.
Miss Lula HOge was her sisters maid
of honor, and Miss Flora Bruce. sister
Of the bridegroom, was the bridesmaid
They both wore similar dresses of
cream messaline satin, and carried clus-
tiers Of white carnations.
Clyde Hoge was best man for Mr..
Bruce.
An informal reception followed the
ceremony The house was beautifully
adorned with a prOfusion OF palms and
red and white roses and carnations.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce left Washington for wedding
trip through the New England States,
and upon their return will be at home
after April Is at Big Stone Gap, Va.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
WILDS OF CALIFORNIA.

While the great explorers of the age
are going forth TO discover what the
Arctic regions, the HimaIaya heights.
the Arabian deserts, and the mysterious
DEPTHS OF Tibet have so far kept from
the ewes Of civilized man, IL may be in
teresting TO Californians to know that
here ia their own state there are tracts
that are still as Wild as any OF those
i'm Africa or Asia and about which com
parativeiy little is known.-Sacrament
Union.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
D. A. R. OF DISTRICT
TO MEET TOMORROW
Reports viii Be Heard in Morning
and Nominations Will
Follow Later.

The annual State conference Of the
Daughters Of the An erican Revolution
of the District VIII be held at the Ar
lington Hotel tomorrow
The morning session Will be devoted
to the reading Of reports of the State
officers. regents. and committee chair
men Nominations for State and Ma
tional officers will be made at the after
noon session
The delegates Will decide what song
they will present To be sung at the
continental congress.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
SERVED M'KINLEY;
ASKS FOR CHARITY
Woman Who Says She Cooked
Last Meal Before He Was
Shot IN Need
Shot, in Need.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. March 81
Miss Katherine McMulIen. cook, who
processes TO have prepared the last
meal eaten by President Mckinley be-
fore he was assassinated, has applied
TO the Associated Charities for aid.
She was cook for four years in the
family of John @. MiIburn, in Buffalo,
at whose home President Mckinley
was stopping at the time he was
killed.
The Washington times., 1909-03-31

There is report that Congress, AFTER
this experience with the job. is likely
not to be anything like so jealous IN
the conservation OF its privilege OF
making tariff schedules as it used to
think il was
The Washington times., 1909-03-31
THIS SETTLES 1T;
PASS TARIFF BILL
Singapore, Kalamazoo, and Duty
on Feathers Tell Whole
Story.

These are the last intelligiDle words of
a tariff expert:
IF a hen and a half lays an egg and
a half in a day and half in Singapore.
how much does it cost a family OF five
to live in Kalamazoo If the duty on
omeIets is n cent and a half a pound?'
The answer
1t depends upon the compensatory
duty on feathers. New York World.