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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-19
(From Tuesdays Daily.)
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

Mrs. Herbert Hanson has been
taken to the Platou Hospital for treat
ment,
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JUST AN EPISODE
THAT HAS A KICK
tBY THE DOwAGER.r

Commander w s Simms passed
through town the other day on his way
from Annapolis. where he had been lee
lege at Newport. his present billet. Simms
has a fine record He is the father OF
our target practice and an aI-around
good man. but he is the most petted and
pampered officer in the service. He was
stationed as naval attachr IN Paris and
ST. Petersburg. then as aid to President
Roosevelt al the White House. after
which service he Was jumped over the
head Of a number Of men his superior
In rank. and put in command of the
Minnesota.
This breaking Of traditions raised a
great hue and cry in the service. and the
Old sea dogs declared that under sue h
a system the navy would go to smash.
But the navy still remains much as it
was before President Roosevelt broke the
tlme-honored tradition. 1t was Com
mandcr Simms who went to smash. His
smashing followed a post-prandlal speech
made in England. when he jbined the
hands of John Bull and the Goddess OF
Liberty in matrimony. or something of
the kind.
Germany did not like this and said so.
Other powers objected likewise. some
openly. some secretly. There was a great
to do. and the old sea dogs said. We
told you So in chorus. a court OF
inquiry whitewashed Simms. but his de-
tachment from the Minnesota followed
shortly afterward. II might have gone
harder with SImms, hut he is married to
a daughter of Ethan Allen Hitchcock,
who was Secretary of the Interior in
President Roosevelt's Cabinet. and all
sorts of wires. both political and social.
We're pulled in his interest.
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An electric sign is n piece of long dis
tance reading matter published at meter
rates.
| Electric signs are printed on the black
night i'm neat golden letters and can be
seen great ways. BY means of these
signs the main street OF great city now
looks like the advertising section Of a
popular magazine magnlfied a hundred
times and set on fire. Electric signs
are indigenous to America and when the
Englishman arrives in this country and
sees his first eruption Of 32-candle- power
remarks, he Is afraid 10 walk up Broad
way without a fire extinguisher
Away back in the early ages Of science,
some ten years ago. electric signs were
quiet and well behaved. But as COMPETE
zion grew keener some genius invented an
electric sign which would wink. This
was followed by sign which went out
for refreshments every half minute. thus
having the world gasplng for infOrma-
ton until 1t returned. From this point
signs became constantly more disOrderly
until an ordinary American business
street looks like Fourth OF July cele-
bration each night after dark. Inrandes-
cent horses and ChariOts across the sky
in mad races. inCandesccnt champagne
bottles shoot flaming red C"rkS at Mars
and dainty forty-fOOt inCandCsCcnt legs
kick holes in the zenith from the tops Of
twenty story buildings. II Benjamin
Franklin. who made the first timid over
lures to electricity in the country. should
return and gaze on New York Al night.
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Rube Word Painter
Lets Pen Slip, and
This Splash FolloWS

Wilson e. Corre-rnrdcnov To Charlotte observer
one 81 the most beautiful and most
magnificent and most brilliant wedding
scenes thai Was ever Pre- scented |"
wilson assembling will be witnessed on
Tuesday night, November l.. when Law
renee Britt. the pre- sdent Of the Britt
Dredging Company. will lead to Hymcn's
altar Miss Mildred Rooney. the highly
talented and brilliantly polished and
very fascinating daughter Of our highly
esteemed townsman. Capt. r. G. Rooney,
one Of Wilson's most prominent and in
fuentIal business men. for in his noble
life Of splendid usefulness. he has eN-
hibited the respondent virtues Of loftiest
citizenship And as Miss ROney has
richly inherited his virtues. and the
charms and graCes Of her elegant moth
or. she is one of the most popular and
IovabIs maidcns in Wilson. And in ad-
ditIon 4 vast array Of the most ravish-
ing personal charms she has musical
talent OF the highest order. being "A vO-
calist OF the sublimest powers. for she
has a richly cultured voice of richest
melody and rarest sweetness. and her
seemingly heaven-tuned notes are as
pure and as sweet the image Of the
morning star when bathing in the dew
drops that lie nesting in the fragrant
petals Of the flowers And Mr.. Britt is
4 high-toned gentleman. and is worthy
Of the brilliant Jewel that is to sparkle
in the rasket of his love and devotion,
and he = indeed TO be congratulated.
;Or under her IOveIight every scene
will be 4 picture of Paradise. every
word poem of enchantment, and
every sound an echo OF celestial har-
monies for with the love Of such
jewel won. Heaven with its rapture. has
on earth heRun.
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Mrs. Belmont's "Spug.

Indiscriminate Christmas presents by
people who cannot afford to give them.
to people who cannot afford to return
the favor. have something to do with
the problem of the cost of living.
Mrs. August Belmont shows herself
wise counselor. especially to poor
working girls when she urges them to
form society for the prevention of
useless giving Instead of the Yule-
tide being a season Of peace and good
will, it often become d time of bur
dcn>ome care for people OF small
means. Much worse is the custom in
business establishment, of passing the
hat among employees to buy gift for
heads Of departments.
Everybody ought to join Mrs. Bel
mont'S "Spus,' as the society already
has been dubbed for short. 1t will
make mcrrier Christmas for many a
household
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The Short Session.

The so-callcd short session of the
Sixty Congress, which convened
yesterday, is not expected to attempt a
great deal OF constructive legislation
nor to enact any important laws. 1t will
be kept busy with routine measures
such As leading appropriation bills. Be
sides. the Archibald Impeachment trial
will occupy good bit of the time OF
the Senate. and OF the House leaders
who act as prosecutors. As matter
of fact. certain measures are assigned
automatically to certain dates, and in
the entire session there remain free
only tvcnty-siN days in which the gen
cral business can be transacted, includ-
ing appropriation matters.
And. then. this Congress i nearing
lis end, Another soon will be on hand,
with changed mcmbcr,hip-thc cX-
precision OF the latest will OF the people.
The anomaly OF our electoral system
by which the members OF the House
chosen last month do not take their
seats in d regular session until a year
from now is apparent. and Mr.. Vii
sons decision to call an extra session
as soon a possible after his Inaugural
ton can only be accepted as an effort
to give speedy expression to his poll
cies, which. presumably. were Endorsed
by the voters at the polls.
Mr. Tait's budget proposals will
come in ior consideration at the pres
cnt session His ideas OF the need OF
a ,y>tcm in making estimates OF the
running expenses of the governmental
departments Is convincing and merits
consideration alike from Republicans.
Democrats. and Progressives. One of
his coming messages will contain his
recommendation on the subjects pre-
pared by his efficiency and economy
board In this connection it i, pleas
ing to state that the Democrats-the
incoming rlasters-havc acknowledged
that the time has arrived to remedy
this haphazard guesswork and have
also prepared plan attacking the pres
ent methods. but from a different angle
Not willing to indorse the recommen-
dations OF Republican President, the
Democrats are suggesting a Congress
sional budget committee Between the
two schemes let us hope that the log
rolling" days are nearing their end
What is expected to puzzle the Dem
ocrats most. however is to work out
plan by which the high and the low
tariff men within their own party may
be brought together on common
ground And thi, will furnish 4 basis
Tor Judging what impression the Pro-
gressi,cl will make on both parties
With factional differences in either of
them. We fail to sec how there can be
tariff revision that will compensate
for the time spent upon ii.
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The Case of HYDE.

The time has gone by when, speaking
of New York Justice. we would say
''Hc l. guilty. but, OF course. lie will
get off" Such feeling may have
been justified before District Attorney
Whiiman's tenure OF office: but look at
the list of convictions he has obtained
among frcnzied fnancicrs: Robin,
ReiChmann. Cummins, and now HYDE.
an entire group (why not say "gang")
who were juggling with shaky finan-
c;al institutions, keeping them from
failure by the misuse of the city's
funds; all OF them types OF the men
who. having plenty OF money. had the
very best OF counsel and influence and
were hard to convict
Therefore, the tate OF Hyde causes
no surprise. For the man did use the
power and pressure of his high posi-
ton as city chamberlain for unlawful
purposes. The evasiveness he has
shown, his disappearance from public
sight at the time when his testimony
was most vital to the clearing up of
important points in the case of a mort
bund bank and tottering trust COM
pany, his plea (Which was granted) for
trial by another judge than the regular
incumbent; did all this fit the attitude
of a man who knows that he is inno-
cent? OF course Hyde did not count
upon falling from the frying pan into
the FIRE when he tried to find an "un-
biased Justice" for, least of all. we sur
mise, was it his desire to come in con-
tact with Judge Golf.
He is the intimate friend Of Mayor
Gsynor of New York. and this would
have stood him in good stead were not
his ofIcnse too evident Morally. HYDE,
perhaps, is no more guilty than others
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Keeping Them Out of Prison.

The chief of police of Cleveland,
originator of the Golden Rule" policy,
is authority for the statement that dur
ing the years 1908, 1909. and 1910, in
which the policy was applied in Clevc-
land. there was established a worldwide
precedent in handling first and minor
offenders and the relentless prosecu-
ton OF habitual offenders and con-
hrmed criminals.
During that time the Cleveland police
reduced the number of arrests from
3o.4IS in 1907, to Io,oS5 in 1908, and
TO 6,oIS in 1909, a reduction OF So per
cent, Under this system the members
of the department were given more
time to apprehend persons who had
committed felonies. The principal in
cidents along public lines have been
accomplished by the police in keeping
persons out of city prisons and jails
for first and minor offenses with warm
ingS and instructions.
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TAFT CAMPAIGN
COST 100000

Tho h'avIe>t contributors t" the cam
paiEn fund out os which were paid tn.
expenses Of the attempt to re-e,a~t
President Tart were Andrew Carnegie
who Ealr 5000: J. p. Morgan x 90"
which gave 500; Charles p. Taft. who
gave &5n.CoO. and Francis L. LeyIand, who
CAV s55.Ooe. according to a statement
filed by the Republican National Com
mittee with the Clerk Of the House yes
terday
The total contributions amounted ."
500. This fund was made UP Of
contributions ranging upward from 81.
President Tafts subscription list CON
tains more famous names than those Of
th,. other candidate. as he was sup
ported by many Of his appointees to high
office.
L.arz Anderson. Minister to Japan. gave
$4,000. and the Taft IS Yale CIIb con-
tributed Sl4.72J. Cornelius y. Bliss gave
5000: George Eustis. 500: Ambassador
Thomas J. O'Brien, $1,000: Edwin Gould.
S. 90. ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy. 500.
Henry ". Taft. Sl.G10, Seth Low. $50.
J. & W. Seligman Company. 5000, Hsnrv
CleWs. 500. George r. Sheldon. $50.
William -. Cromwell. $1,000: Henry e
Prick. Sl.WU Mechanics National Bank
Of New York City proceeds Of loan.
s24.95S: Theodore MarbuTg. Minister to
Belgium. $l.nU; Joseph II. ChOate. Sl.n..
Otto Barnard, 5000: Felix Warburg.
5000: Myron T H,rrick. Ambassador
to France. $l."0O: 7. F Cole. 500.
George W. Baker. $1,000: Ambassador r
p. Kerens. $500: r. W. GoeIct. $I"s.
w. r. Thompson. 5000. S-nato- I~aa,
Stephenson. $50. DTeXel 4 Co. SInFm
Two items of $."o each appear under
the heading cash.
Many women contributed to President
TaftS campaign. Miss Mabel Roardman.
OF Washington secretary Of the Ame~l
can Red Cross. headed long list Of no
tab- women vino subscribed 81 each.
Mrs larz Anderson contributed SI."n,.
Mr. G y Norton. loo: Mrs. Alfred
Vanderbilt SIuo. Mrs. Cnplsv Thaw, s..
and Mr. Russell Sage. $1,000
The arEest item Of expenditure was
SN' 0nn. paid To the American Association
Of Foreign Newspapers. Roosevelt
claimed this was paid to- buy up foreign
newspapers ny means of heavy advcr-
Using.
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Mayor Shank of Indianapolis got hii
start as horse physician. He himself
does not think he was a tropical triumph
as veterinary practitioner. But there
used TO be a man over Indianapolis way
who believed that Shank was such a
Keen doctor that he could have switched
right from horses to humans and done
well. This man had called Shank to the
bedside of horse that stood critically
III.
There isn't a thing can be done for
your horse" Shank told him. And in
deed there wasn't anything to be done
that Shank knew about He had Just
two kinds Of medicine, he says, one that
would cure some things and another that
would kill anything.
Yes he told the owner OF the pa
tent, that hOrse1l probably be dead In
SIDE of five minutes. Still we might give
MIN little medicine and see II II will
help him. My judgment. though, is that
he II be dead five minutes from now. Nc
help for him.
Sure enough. within five minutes after
the fOrse had taken Shank's deadly
medicine. he was dead-eXtremely dead.
And ever since that the horses owner
has regarded Shank as a wonder.
Just think" he used to tell all who
would listen. the fellow told me the
horse would be dead in five minutes. and
blamed II It didn't come true. Some doc.
that fellow
In the diigent quest for the unusual
heTeabouts one finds that DR.. F. E. Will
son. member OF Congress from Brooklyn,
is the only physician who practices medi-
cine back home and represents a district
In the House. all at the same time. There
are other doctor members. but they in
Variably cease their potion-vending dur
irG the sessions Of Congress. Wilson, on
the other hand, combines the two lie
keeps Office hours in Brooklyn Saturdays
and Sundays. and those of his patients
who have ills that will keep wait until
the end Of the week to get their medi-
cine. Even at that. his patients are so
interpreted with politicians that the
doctor never knows whether a caller
seeks Pill or a pull.
Justice Charles +. Hughes. Of the su-
prem Court of the United States. met
up with one Of those genial woodland
liars while spending his vacation in the
AdirOndacks last summer.
Wonderful echoes in here" remarked
the Justice. after hearing a shout make
its rounds
Yes" said the native. but nothin'
like IL IS over beyond Indian Pass
There's a place there where II takes the
echo several hours to go clear around
Oftentimes I've been over there when I'd
want to get up early and I'd shout real
loud just before | turned in for the night
ard-y"u en- believe 1t or not-but, by
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in fiduciary capacities who manage to,
slip by the gates of the penitentiary
He stood in" with financial institu-
tions on the understanding that there
was to be an exchange of privilege in
return for political support. That is
something which happens only too
often, but not generally with the SALT
tary correction that New York now at
last has administered through District
Attorney Whitman and Judge Golf, a
shining light in her Judiciary
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STA TESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

goshfries, that shout nd come back long
about four in the morning and wake me
up"
Jimmy Cox, the Governor-elect Of
Ohio, gets a good deal of fun out of
life as he goes along. Also, when he
thinks OF something he wants to do,
he likes to get right at It. He recently
bought a big farm near Dayton, and
he spends his money doing things to
that with much the same zest that a
small boy buys a long-coveted sack OF
pink gumdrops
One day Cox returned TO Dayton aft
er long speaking tour over the State.
and as soon as the politicians learned
that he was In town they swooped
down on him like so many harpies. But
he was not to be found.
II seemed that In the course of a ride
across country between two speaking
stops, he had seen a unique little cabin
that gave him an idea. And the minute
he got back home he escaped all poll
ticians and pressing business AFFAIRS
while he sat closeted with an architect
and saw him draw the plans for a little
playhouse for Cox's small son.
II suppose you'll want the thing start
ed early next spring." suggested the
architect.
Next spring, nothing said Cox: Il
want it started tomorrow morning"
Phiander e. Knox. Secretary Of State.
knows a lot Of legal presidents Of one
kind and another, and can usually find
something to Mt almost anything. Sew
eral months ago the State Department
found II necessary TO enter into a trans
action for which there seemed to be no
precedent. so II appears, and they turned
10 Knox to find out what to do. He said
he could find a precedent. He ransacked
his brain for something in modern juris-
prudence or statecraft, but found moth
ing; then he started back into the past
and never stopped going iii he had
come up alongside OF a precedent In the
time OF Vespasian. II was a long way
TO go for a precedent, but there were
none to be had any nearer home, and
II had to do.
When Scott Small. editor OF the Gin
CInnati Commercial Tribune. broke INTO
the newspaper business. years ago, his
first assignment was to cover the court
bea:.
Go down to the courthouse" said the
city editor, and ask for a fellow by the
name of Taft. He's the man YOU are
to succeed. and he'll show you all about
the work He'll take great pleasure in
showing you. because he's dead anxious
to blow his job"
Bill Taft explained it all to Small
pleasantly enough The jobs all right 90
ne said. but ! don't Ike the physical
side Of it-too much walking about and
going UP and down stairs for a big fell
low like me"
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Bryan Currency Reform.

Col Bryan is endeavoTlng to i'm
press upon the House Banking and
Currency Committee as the main fea-
ture OF any plan that may be proposed
by the Democrats the abolition of all
bank currency and the issuance of gov
eminent notes in their place. Without
any provision for a gold reserve for
the notes or further redemption in coin
this plan would cmbody mere fiat
money" resting solely on the credit of
the nation. We cannot possibly believe
that influential, well posted Democrats
in or out of Congress could be made
to support such an attempt against
financial security and safety.
Considering the Democratic party's
experience with the 10 to I dogma
and free silver teachings OF William J.
Bryan. it seems incredible that it should
even think of yielding to his influence
or precepts affecting the banking and
currency system the moment it got into
power And yet there are reports pub
lished in a New York paper that has
the reputation OF talking authoritatively
on the subject, that Mr. Bryan is ac
tually seeking TO shape the action of
the House-now veritable Democratic
stronghold-on this important matter.
Mr.. Bryan's alleged scheme to issue
government notes as the sole paper
currency of the country" would hardly
be worth while discussing at this early
stage of his disclosures" so much
faith have we in the practical sense
of the Democrats, were i not for the
following declaration made by the
Roosevelt party in its frcnzied attempt
to secure the popular vote"
VIC believe the present method OF
issuing notes through private agencies
i harmful and unScientihc. The issue
OF currency is Fundamentally a govern
ment function and the system should
have a. basic principles soundnc>s and
elasticity
This expresses Mr.. Roo>cvclt'S ncbu-
lous views and it docs not diffcr from
Mr.. Bryan, plan. Both believe in I'M
sound money.
With man as level headed as the
incoming President VIC do not antici-
pate that any proposal of Mr. Bryan's
will be accepted He would not let
any such attempt go any farther than
the Executive desk But it is quite
possible that any financial reform"
promulgated by Mr.. Bryan may create
distrust in the business world. which
has not forgotten what happened in
1890 when Bryan's free coinage of sill
vcr (thc notorious 10 to slogan
was made the leading issue of the
campaign.
Those who arc arrayed on the side
of safe banking and sound money mus;
recognize what they may have to face.
They ought to redouble their efforts
to enlighten the public ere it is too
late. to do that which The Herald
advocated in these columns last week;
that is. to start at once a thorough cam
paign OF education throughout the
country as to what currency reform
actually means.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-03
SPEAKER CLARK IS HOST.

Speaker Champ Clark was host at a
small nunpartisan luncheon at the
House restaurant yesterday
Among the Speakers guests were
UnCl" Joe cannon. Reprrsentativ"
Mann. the minority leader: Representa-
tive Underwood. majority leader; Gov
elect Cox. "f ohio. and G"v.-el"ct Sui
ger.
dining room on the arm Of Mrs. Clark
and seemed clipper. despite his recent
defeat at the polls.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-03
REyERsEs EDISON DECISION.
Court of Appeals Finds Against Nov
ing Picture Patent Infringement.

An opinion was handed down yesterday
by the Court of Appeals reversing the
lower court on a decree holding that
Thomas A Edison was the inventor of
the essential parts Of the motion picture
machine. and that the Motion Picture
Patent Company of New York virtually
had a monopoly on the business.
The suit was brought against the Chi
cago Film Company for alleged infringe
ment on the Edison patent and for an
injunction against its further infringe
ment. 1t was recognized that the action
was a test case involving milliGGns of
dollars. including the possibility Of roy
alties being collected from moving pic
ture concerns for three years back.
Chief Justice Shepard holds that Edison
is not the inventor of the film. and tina
his patent, therefore. is invalid. He
declares that George Eastman. of Roeh-
ester. n. Y. was the real inventor.
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AuTTLE NONSENSE.
EXPERT ADVICE.

Never sass the Judge;
He plays the final card
And IL he bears a grudge
Is apt to bear down hard.
No; when they call your case
Appear a trifie pale.
Put up a solemn face
And tell your little tale.
But do not sass the court;
You'll find 1t never pays.
An antic of that sort
May get you 30 days.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-03

If the inaugural committee only could
prepare" the inaugural parade weather:
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MODERN INVENTIONS
ny GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good old sIwash.-

he would swear n on homemade wine
forever.
Electric signs gather customers a 'ler-
trio lights gather moths. and when a cItI-
zen has once gotten fascinated by their
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The Boston police announce that Nc
Manigal, the dynamiter, is mot want
ed there. We should hope not.
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December 3. l534.-Henry VIII refuses
to sift the ashes and his fifth wire goes
home to mother
December 3, 1494.-Lucretia Borgia
gives a large auction bridge affair.