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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-02-23
GEORGE WASHINGTON

One virtue which distinguish.
ed George Washington from
other men who have achieved
greatness strikes a vibr n
chord in the hearts of millions
of his fellow countrymen this
week as they commemorate the
10th anniversary of his birth.
That was his unselfishness.
In this age of commercialisn,,
with it's lust for money, it's
greed for material power and
social prestige. it is difficult to
imagine a man, 80 free of per-
sonal vanity and love of self ex.
altation as to feel an honest
sense of resentment in the sug-
gestion of his admirers that he
turn to his individual advan-
tage the triumphs of heroic
little army he did so much to
keep together and declare him
self king Of the American col
onies. To many the servile,
obsequ:ent manner assumed
toward the nobility of other
countries nowadays by many
Americans, who bow to the
fetch of royalty like the tories
of old and who appear to be
ashamed of their democratic
heritage must seem the surviv-
al of that snobbish spirit in the
land, to which the decision of
Washington to keep faith with
the people brought such keen
disappointment.
by Ills waiver Of all salary
due MIN Tor his e:gh; years se1-
vice as Commander in Chief of
the Continental Army, his in
sistence that he be allowed to
retire to private life at the end
Of his second term as president
and his refusal to accept for
or his collateral de-
scendents any other honor than
the abiding confidence and
esteem of h. 8 appreciative
country, he set his fellow coun-
trymen of succeeding genera
tons an example in unseltish-
ness which they might con-
template with profit on this an.
niversary.
To him the respect of his fell
low man was worth more than
the flimsy splendor of a crown
Or the emoluments of an Office
for the establishment of which
HE compatriots poured forth
their blood and offered up their
lives on a hundred battlefelds
from Lexington to Yorktown.
studiously avoiding all en-
alliances with foreign
nations against which he warn.
ed 90, We have left them to cap
their vitality preparing for war
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-02-23

Total cost of Capitol
maintenance, 1909
and 1910. $S5, 868.27
Sta ding
biennialap.
preparations 75, 10000
Balance and
credits. 80. 6,239.l6
Total 1881, 239.16
Trolley fares for 1909
and 1910. S 1928 35
Overdraft Jan. 1, 1911. 4,@l.11
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-02-23
CLYDE sPERRY Is ARRESTED
Aneta. n. D.. Feb. 1O-The

Aneta, N. H., req. ~ -Ine
recent developments in the
Mckenzie case took an unex
pected and sensational turn
this afternoon, when Sheriff C..
E. Nelson of Lakota arrived in
this city and placed under
arrest Clyde Srerry, aged 10
years, the son of Mr.. aud Mrs..
NJ. &. Sperry. Young Sperry is
charged with the murder of
Kenneth Mckenzie in this city
on the evening of Oct. is, 1909,
the information being similar
to that on which Louis Sum.
merfield W a arrested l a t
week and discharged by Justice
Folger at Lakota, owing to lack
of evidence. The complaining
witness in the Sperry case is
the sheriff.
Louis Summerfield's arrest
some weeks ago was followed
by an alleged confession on the
part of Sperry, in which he
blamed the crime on Summer.
field. At the Summerfield per-
liminary hearing, however,
Sperry> was not put on the
stand and the reason given out
by States Atty. S. G. Skulason
was that the witness had gone
wrong" Summerfield's friends
and NJ. E. Sperry, however, al
lege that Sperrywas coerced
into making h confession
and this element enters in to
attract special interest to the
case.
Sheriff Johnson said today
that no time had been set for
Sperry's hearing but that it
would. undoubtedly take place
in 2 few days. In the meantime
sperry It at his home in this
city under the !. SHERIFF. guard q
TO OPEN OVER 100000
ACHES WASHINGTON In
DIAN LAND
|. More than 100000 acres Of
agricultural. grazing and tim
Der 1ands Wilt be available for
homestead purposes when the
Colville Indian reservation
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-02-23
WHAT IT COSTS
TO RUN CAPITOL
Over $40, 1000 a Year is Required
to Keep the Wheels Running

Bismarck, Feb. 5.-The fol-
lowing will show approximate
ly the distribution of the ex-
pense of the maintenance OF
the Capitol building for the two
years, 1909 and 1910:
Salary of janitors, fire.
men, engineers, mo-
torman, etc: .$26. 791 .92
Coal delivered at pow
err house. 1859 SO
Telegraph and tele-
phone service. 3,21O.7O
Freight and drayage.. 1852
Express 3,O37.S4
Postage 1860
Water supply for laws
and power hou
and for building. 90. 2,925.0o
Car line repairs. ..... 1921 a
Miscellaneous ann.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-02-23

pies such as adding
and writing "a a
chimes for the sever.
al offices, lumber for
repair of off C. e .
ks, stationery,
furniture such a 9
desks, tables, chairs,
etc
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

in constructing new line where it is
possible for one company to use a
portion of the tracks of the other.
New line is expensive, and in the end
the people pay for it. The expense OF
construction-if the Capitals wishes
are observed-would ultimately become
a tax upon the patrons of the new
road. The public should not be called
upon to bear this burden. Suitable
tracks are already laid, and the public
is already paying interest on the in
vestment behind them.
This is another case, like the uni
versal transfer case, in which the
companies would make the community
suffer because there happen to be two
street railway systems here instead of
one. The proposed joint use of these
tracks is a good place for the Com
missioncrs and Congress to establish
the, e,policy of regulating the street rail
ways in the interest of patrons.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
STREET MASHER NOT SO
BAD AS REPRESENTED
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
was at the lecture delivered by Mrs.
Eates, in which she mentioned certain
social conditions and problems, and 1
here affirm that she did not saw what
the newspapers reported. l have heard
Mrs. Hates say this same thing before,
several times. What she says always,
and what she said in that lecture. was
that it is an argument always advanced
pv the people who believe in allowing
brothels IN any city. that they are bene-
ficent, because they act as cesspool
fOr filth and as an overflow for lust
that would otherwise break out in such
ashton as to render the streets of amy
city dangerous for good women. who
would be then constantly menaced by
inrportuuate mashers pardding the thor
oughfareS in the evenings. washington:
was not mentioned. Mrs. Hates said
this was the stock argument, and she
remarked that such an argument tCld
most terribly against American man
hood. Now that was all there was TO
this whole matter regarding what Mrs.
Hates said, and the feetle-minded let
ter-writers and preachers who are let
ting up such a wild howl about street
mashers ought not to drag the misauo-
tations Of Mrs. Hates into their fuss.
Regarding street mashers. let me re-
mari; that l know all about them, beng
one of them myself. I know, from &C
tuaI expert ence and hundreds of trials,
that there is nothing to it. am a
Summers, have lots of money and
clothes, and ladies are my specially
my particular hobby-but 1 never get
one off the street. Never. The idea
is preposterous. What? Meet strange
woman on the street and hope to get
her interested? oh, say. l never saw IL
done half dozen times in MY life
Let me tell the poor. deluded preacher
and the misinformed letter-writer that
men do not start anv campaigns on
the. streets among strange women. The
place where women are caught is right
in the parlor. in the presence Of >their
own family. in the most respectable
surroundings possible. 1t is never at
any time on any F street or on any
other street. I will bet the preacher
fifty dollars that he can not take ary
strange girl off F street INTO any res
taurant. on a five-hour trial. 1t is to
be understood that the girl must be a
stranger TO him. and, of course, 1t is
TO he assumed that she must be a girl
of respectable reputation.
% GEORGETOwN.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
JOINT USE OF STREET RAIL
WAY TRACKS.

1t is not surprising to find the two
Washington street railway companies
at loggerheads over the proposal of the
Commissioners that they use the same
tracks for three or four blocks on Cal
vert street, in order to make possible
the economic operation of street rail
way line from the west end of Rock
Creek bridge to Wisconsin avenue.
The Capital Traction Company
owns the tracks already down, and OBJ
jects most strenuously to having them
used by the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, which it is proposed
shall extend its line from Eighteenth
street and Columbia road to Wisconsin
avenue and Macomb street. The Capt.
tai people urge that the Washington
people be required to build their own
tracks and suggest that the line run
over the new Connecticut avenue
bridge.
There would be absolutely no sense
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

promise TO the foreign artist. And
though she is now called the queen of
light opera, ! must not forget that be-
fore her triumph as star in Naughty
Marietta" she was known as the Little
Devil of grand opera. in which she had
won recognition in this country, as we'll
as in Europe.
These facts, and more, Mile. Trentini
punctuated with her sudden little ges-
lures, and told me without being asked.
adding:
Il no nervous-never / not care
about the people. | not care about the
things they say. l know | can do it
always, always. mademoiselle.'
1t is interesting to know that one of
Trentinis first American triumphs was
scored in Washington last year, when
the Manhattan Opera Company of New
York gave week of grand opera here.
Madame Cavalieri was booked to ap-
pear in Tales of Hoffman, when word
was received three hours before the per-
formance to the effect that the prima
donna was too i'll TO sing. Trentini was
urged by the management to fill Cava-
lieris part, in addition to the two roles
IN which she was already appearing.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
SOCIALIST DOCTRINE
IN PARTY'S PLATFORM
To the Editor OF THE TIMES

10 the Edltor OIL lftE TIMES:
In your issue of the 22d, John A. Crow
ley shows his Obdurate hatred for those
who differ from him in political think
ing, in the nine lines closing his-first
paragraph. These are an echo of the
erratic Presidential scribbler and
falsifier, Theodore Roosevelt, and are
hereby denied absolutely. The doctrines
of modern Socialism are in the national
platform of the Socialist party. If
any write wildly, calling 1t Socialism,
they must be judged by the consum-
mate declaration of principles afore-
said, and stand or fall thereby.
l am not aware that Socialism deals
with religion Substantially one way or
another. The Constitution protects
every person religiously, and just as
fully the unbeliever as the believer.
Christian, Pagan and Atheist are equal
under the Stars and Stripes! The lead
ers are doing everything within
their power to emancipate the industrial
classes from the = superstition of
religion Mr.. Crowley says deprecating.
ly Is this wrong. or even bad policy?
AS a champion of superstition of ro-
ligion,'' it is his right to be heard, but
let him be fair to others and strive for
the truth. A SOCIALIST.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
WASHINGTON MOURNS THE
DEATH OF LANSBURGH.

The death of Gustave Lansburgh
which occurred at his home in this. city
Sunday morning, closed career of in
dustry and sterling integrity which
leaves a wholesome influence upon the
business life of the entire community.
Coming from the Fatherland at the
early age of fifteen, he began his bus-
ness life in Baltimore. The readiness
with which his energy and intelligence
found substantial reward when he and
his brothers began business for them
selves is one of those many tributes
to the Land of Opportunity in which
they had cast their fortunes.
Under the management of Gustave
Lansburgh, the brothers opened branch
stores here in Washington just fifty
years ago last October, and by applica-
tion to detail and the steady mainte
nance of a high standard of honesty
and fair dealing, they soon began to
prosper. The record of the firm is one
of which the whole city is proud. No
higher tribute could be paid to Gus
tave Lansburgh than the fact that
among his pallbearers will be en-
ployes who have spent from twenty
five to forty-one years in his service,
co operating with him in building up
the oldest business of the kind in the
city of Washington.
An exemplary citizen and business
man whose example is entirely worthy
OF emulation. has gone to his reward.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

interests. in some of which his brother
is said TO be concerned. and with the
afterthought doubtless that any kind
of soldering is likely TO strengthen his
tottering popularity, and that of his
party, the President, ignoring the fact
that a threat to the territorial sovcr-
eighty of Mexico is a kind of invasion.
deploys the soldiers of the United States
in such a manner as to suggest and in
vite hostility. 1t was probably his first
intention to secure the American inter
ests by a support to Diaz to De given
at the critical moment: but the insur-
gents, believing that they, with a DEM
onstration of sufficient strength. would
have American support in establishing
order, have no doubt received encour-
agement as well as the Diaz govern
ment. And the Kilkenny cats who.
without the pernicious ,meddlinG of Mr..
Taft. might have hong ago fought them
selves and their quarrel to an end, have
been kept indefinitely alive by the mis-
chievous course for which the President
has made US all responsible.
ERVING WlNSLOW.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
TIMELY LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

receptacle with a cover, for ashes.
which have no unsanitary quality. whils
my neighbors may keep the ordure of
stables in open wooden boxes, olluttng
the air of the whole neighborhOod. and
breeding flies by millions? Why can
stables be kept locked to prevent in
spection. and uncieaned for week, and
then cleaned on Sunday, befouiing the
atmosphere of a. whole square? - Why
can carts of vegetables and fruit. be
kept overnight in stables? Why is 1t
impossible for the police to fnd white
boys who deface houses, break windows,
and destroy gardens? Why is no enc
dealt with for throwing thousands OF
papers in the streets. for the owners OF
clean premises to dispose of? r. NJ. A.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

ity. A little common sense in these
cases would prevent a great deal of
trouble.
Members OF the Chamber of Com
merce and the Board of Trade who
are alive to the needs of the District of
Columbia will have to be urged to at
tend the reception to members of
Congress, to be held at the New Will
lard Thursday evening. The occasion
offers an excellent opportunity for the
progressive business men of Washing
ton to get acquainted with the legisla-
tors who will make the Districts laws
for the next two years. If the Invita-
tions arouse the response which they
deserve. the reception will make the
new Senators and Representatives., Of
whom there are many, feel their well
come, and will cause them to take an
added interest in the affairs of the Ma
tional Capital.
Though the War Department set out
some beautiful beds of Easter lilies and
though most of the circles throughout
the city are gardened with bloomirg
plants, thehe probably is no more at
tractively laid out plot anywhere
throughout the District than in front
of the Agricultural building. There
large circular and long deep beds of solid
flower coloring are attracting and de-
lighting many visitors. Pansies in riot
Gus bloom, hyacinths of delicate and
deep shade. tulips of richest coloring
and golden daffodils nod in the breeze
and watt their fragrance unwasted on
the air. And one of the most beautiful
things about the display is that It Is
Tree for the enjoyment of poor as we'll
as rich, and that the poorest person can
see there the best floral specimens that
close study and careful culture can
produce.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
TAKES HOPEFUL VIEW
OF UNIVERSAL PEACE

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
War has been declared on war. ore
Of our generals is reported to have said:
"A belief that war has ended. is found
among many"
Not at all The belief that war has
ended is entertained by no one. The
belief that war should end is accepted
hv more and more thinking men every
wear. War has been declared upon war.
1t may be Us this general says, that
I'VE know that the sun which rose to-
day will rise to morrow; that there
have hsan wars in the past. and that
there will be wars in the future But
We also know that the same sun
which used to rise and shine on legal
torture the rack and the thumb-screw {.
on debtors. prisons, on slavery, now
shines on better world. 1t will rise or
q. still better world when war takes its
place in the past the other outworn
harbarisnIs. PROGRESS.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

But not know one word" she In
sisted, stamping her little foot to empha-
size the perversity of the artistic tenn
perament-..'not one little word Of Cava-
Iieri's part
For an hour she refused to save the
performance by attempting the impos-
sible Then her dare-loving spirit
yielded to the temptat tion which the sit
uaticn held. After all, might not the
miracle happen that would enable her
to get through it successfully3s
The dressmaker of our company-he
make me a dress in two hours" said
Trentini today, her face wreathed in
smiles AT the reminiscence. Il have
Jewels here and here, in my hair, about
the throat, and on the arms. When the
second act begin, and ] walk on the
stage in Madame Cavalieris part the
conductor. he raise his hand, and say
10 me, Sing.
Il cannot" I answer him. Il know not
a word and he look hopeless and sad
But the music plays on and l begin to
act. And ! do not know how, but the
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
WHAT'S S on the Program, in
Washington Today. . -:

Twentieth fancy dress ball Of the Co
lumbia Turnverein, old, Masonic
Temple, Ninth and streets north
Columbia Commandery Of Knights
Templar ladies night" the airing
ton, tonight.
The following Masonic 9rgani5satiS3ns i,3n
ius No %. regular business. Mason
ic and Eastern Star Home board
meeting. 1880 p IN. Royal Arch
Chapter-Mt Vernon, No: 8, East
ern Star Chapters-Tempie, No. 1S;
Columbia, U. D.
The following l. O. o. F. organiza-
tions will meet tonight: Lodges
Covenant No. 13; Beacon, No. y:
Excelsior, No. II: Union, NO. IL;
Langdon, No. 26. Rebekah Degree
Esther. No. 5, grand visitation.
The following K. of P. lodges will
meet tonight: Decatur, No. 3, regu-
lar business; Calantha, No. IL. es-
quire rank; Equal, No, II, regular
business. s---.-
Concert by the United States Soldiers
Home Band, Stanley Hall. 3:30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE
FOUND A LAUREATE,

The late Edward Bulwer Lrtton
pointed out that in memory, hope,
and prayer all men are poets" Puppy
love also has tendency to inspire the
belief that one has been touched with
the gift of song. The sight of an early
bluebird or a dogwood blossom strs the
whole tuneful choir into melody which
echoes through the humblest weeklies
of the countryside.
1t requires real genius, however, to
wrest music and poetry from our
prosaic public utilities. A balIade of
the power house, or lifting lyric of
the settling basin calls for master
craftsman, where any prentice hand
might get away with odes to love and
honeysuckles.
Such a genius is Violet Leigh, whose
utility verses find an appropriate place
in the Eau Claire Telegraph. In enc
flying train of thought she has coupled
up half dozen stanzas in which she
presents THE Midnight Mail" One
can imagine the breathless ecstasy
with which Violet must have dashed
off the following:
Over a mile a minute
Is the rate of its awful speed
With a fearful roar and din. it
Onrushes to meet mans need
Out of consideration for the safety
of mans need it is hoped that a
double track system did not make the
meeting too direct and abrupt. The
shock would have been too great-even
for Niolet's host of admirers, who have
learned not to be startled by anything
within reason she might pull off.
And yet mere dynamics cannot be
regarded as her only claim to original
ity. She has a happy turn for simile
which is forever reaching out after
something novel and unhackneyed. The
feebler children of song would never
have thought of comparing mogul
with the more primitive means of
transportation as in the following:
Like thousands of cart wheels creaking
On the calm of midnight fell,
That terrible monster shrieking,
And changing brazen bell"
You grasp the idea. of course, that
a single cart may be the very type and
byword of leisure, but multiplying the
unit by thousands heightens the figure
to the proper degree without resorting
to any trite suggestions such as quick
as lightning" etc.
1t all closes with a deft touch of
sentiment which blossoms thus:
But. o, in the mornings splendor
1 shall find. for you cannot fail,
A message both true and tender,
Brought by the Midnight Mail"
We feel sure that the special deliv-
cry she anticipates so eagerly is moth
ing less than a vignetted certificate
that she has been elected an honorary
and yet not unduly honored, member
of Baltimore Brotherhood of Inspired
Poets, or possibly the official laureate
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
SUGGESTS REDUCTION
OF MEMBERS ALLOWANCES

To tbe Editor of THE TIMES:
In all the talk about economy in
Government Abusiness, which has al
ready cost $4,000 for Investigating COM
missions, the only result visible being
at the expense of the Government
clerks, would it not be we'll, as an evil
dence of good faith, to make begin
ming by reducing the mileage of mem
bers of Congress from % cents to 3
cents mile, the cents being double
the cost of transportation?
Each member Is allowed SIPS a month
for clerk. Now, if the clerks were put
on the pay roll, to be paid by the
Seargeant-at-Arms, their salary might
be reduced to $50 or S75 a month, with
big saving to the Government and with
out loss to any but the members. These
measures would be actual and legin-
mate economy, but that is not wanted.
z. I. BUTLER.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
STREET GAMINS DEFACE
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL"
To the Editor Of THE TIMES: =

To the Editor Of THE TINES
l agree with the writer in The Times
of April 10. that we can never have a
"city beautiful" nor even city safe,
while the "hoodums'' live in the street,
and delight in the DETACHMENT and mu-
tilation of property. The house in which
1 live has suffered injury amounting to
more than $150 in the last year, at the
hands, not of poor boys nor of negro
boys. but of white boys with good
homes. who are on the street from S
in the morning until 10 at night, break
ing windows, defacing doorsteps, and
front fences. mutilating trees and
shrubs putting out street lights, writ
ing indecent inscriptions, etc.
Neither can we have a city clean and
sanitary while spectators in land per-
init their vacant lots to be used as
dumps; while stables are uncleaned and