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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
MARINE CORPS PRAISED.
Prompt Mobilization Wins Sccrctar,
Meyers Commentator.

Secretary Meyer and the naval Off
Gals IN geenral are greatly pleased
with the promptness displayed by the
marine corps in modifying it's men
so effectively last week. when. within
less than twenty-four hours from the
time the orders were sent. $50 mar
ines were gathered from Annapolis,
Washington md Norfolk and other
places and were put on board the
Prairie ready to sail.
Secretary Meyer has sent the fol-
lowing letter to General Biddle. the
c~ommandant of the marine corps:
THE department desires to. ex-
press to you n the officers under
your command it's appreciation of the
thorough manner in which the de-
partment's order for the embarkation
of the marines was carried out. The
quickness and smoothness with which
all matters connected with the as
sembling of the marines at the va
rious points and the expedition with
which their embarlNation. with com
plete equipment. was accomplished,
entities the marine corps and the eff
ficiency of its organization to the UNI
qualified praise of the department.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

cry n desires to abide by the law,
ana it would be intolerablc If the laws
should be extended beyond their plain
language to penalizc an act thereto
Tore deemed entirely. lawful.
inc statute in question provides:
All shooting. sporting, horse ~-~'ng.
gaming or other public sports Il y =
are prohibited"
Q the purposes of the argument
1t might be conceded that baseball is
a ""''blic SPORT" but all public srorts
are not fo%rbidden; the word ''other"
limits the forbidden public sports to
those which are of a nature similar
To the ones in the statute heretofore
enumerated; in other words. the sta
tute penalties public sports which
are OF the same class as horse racing,
gaming, etc.
m Kansas court, speaki-- upon
this identical question in a recent case
sald: Baseball does not belong to
the same class. kind, species or genius
as morse racing. cock fighting or card
PLAYING. 1t is to America what crick-
ct is to England. 1t is q sport or ath-
ietlc exercise and is commonly called
a game. but it is not a gambling game
nor productive of immortality. In a
qualified sense it is affected by chance
put 1t is primarily and properly a
game of science. of physical skill, of
framed endurance and of natural
a~daptability to athletic skill. it y
II Is not in any sense a gamblers
game. The youth of the land are en-
couraged by teachers and parents to
become proficient in it. as an athletic
sport, healthful to mind and body. Its
popularity, however. is due largely to
the fact that it is spectacular and
brings more enjoyment to those who
Witness it than to the players them
selves: this and its freedom from all
immoral tendencies have made it tho
acknowledged national sport. ii game
inc popular interest in which con-
tinues unvarying, dwelling all class
distinctions. There is no doubt that
during the past thirty years it has at
tIacled us spectators more people in
the aggregate than all other outdoor
Sports combined. IL at the same time
1t mas aroused in people unable to at
tend 1t. the most intense interest and
enthusiasm. No one would think of
placing it in the same catagory with
horse racing. cock fighting and caro-
playing. 1t is within the power of the
legisl !ture to make the "'"ving of
baseball on Sunday a misdemean II,
nut II such be the purpose apt words
can readily be employed which will
express that intention. and leave no
room for doubt. 1t is not the provinces
or the courts to lcgislate or to decide
the question of the proprirty or i'm.
propriety of legislative actions. We
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
FORKS MAN
CHOSEN TO HEAD
COUNCIL
w, w. Fegan Of This City
Elected Grand Counselor
OF the u. G.. T.
~wH --~~

w. w. Fegan of this ely was elected
grand counselor of the North T)akota
n Minnesota L. C.. r. grand council
which met in Red Wins the latter
part of this week. The Fargo council
gained tho largest membership for the
last year and won the silver loving
cup as a result. The cup was also Won
GN Fargo last year when seventy new
were added to that council.
The kangaroo court was one of the
features of the program and an enor-
nous business was done by that illus
trious body.
The grand secretary. in his report,
showed that i'm the last year there had
been a net increase of $3.50 members,
or four per cen Ohio leads. Mime
sofa and North Dakota have a men,
bership of 1905 and 4.s1O respectively.
The receipts for the year in the
Jurisdiction of Minnesota and North
Dakota were $~S3.134.20. The dis
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

TO Winnipeg in the near future and
representatives from both the Zenith
City and the Canadian city will then
join hands in a jaunt to Grand Forks,
the metropolis of North Dakota.
The Grand Forks Commercial club
has received a hearty invitation to
send Il delegation to Duluth, to be the
guests of the big commercial body of
that place. The matter of the visit
will I've taken up at the meeting of
the directorate at the regular weekly
luncheon Monday DON 1t is expected
that the directors of the club will look
with favor upon the proposed visit to
Duluth and that d large number of
club members will journey to that city
at some near future date.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

Spring fever and w%anderlust, which
might after all he the same malady.
hold full sway at this season of the
year. The idea of lolling luNuriousIy
IN the upholstered seat of an automo-
pic and watching the hills and dales
OF IL Ncfhant country stretch them
selves in an cver-rhanging landscape
before the eyes, appeals strongly 10
those VIII" can spare the time from
the duties of everyday life. But let
ne Intending tourist amply prepare
both the car aud himself for the trip,
lest these hopes of Il period of unmi-
tigated joy he rldelN shattered.
n flrSt thought that will spring up
IN inc lnlnd "t the prospective tourist
VIII naturally he in regard tn what
Part of the country be is going To tour.
Starting from any of the large cities.
he tourist will have little difficulty
through a country of beauty. 1t is
assumed that tho tour is not being
made for tho sake of mileage. but for
tho enjoyment of scenery attractive for
IT'S beauty or historic interest. The
first consideration must be the roads.
The choicest hits of scenery fail to
awaken the slightest trace of a%pproria-
non among h members of Il party
which is being iounred about in the
car and thrown from side to side 10y
the Inequalities of the road. Many
avenues of information are open to the
prospective tourist regarding the con-
ditions of the roads and the distances
between points of interest. If he is !,
member of a club. there will he maps
ana complete data at his disposal.
Friends have often made tours which
have left such delightful memories
that they are glad to furnish directions
regarding the route and the equipment
which SHOULD he taken along. Road
maps are cheap and are for sale
everywhere. so that mapping out the
trip presents little difficulty if IL few
OF the ordinary common-scnSe rules
are remembered
Surprises Make Tour Delight.
In the first place. it would in we'll
retrace the route on the return trip.
The JOY of touring is the unexpected.
To turn q bend in the road and find u
beautiful vista stretched before the
eye. brings a sensation of delightful
surprise that cannot he surpassed.
This pleasure is missing if the same
route is pursued on the return trip.
Secondly, if the trip is to take a week.
it is necessary to consider the distance
which can he covered in that time
without exceeding Il speed which per-
mitS of the enjoyment of tho our. EN-
perienced tourists who have given the
matter deep thought figure that an
average of seventeen miles ar hour
for the running time represents Il very
fair figure. Running for a period of
seven hours per day would represent a
daily distance of 11a miles. On first
consideration this daily average may
seem low to the ambitious tourist. hut
ii it is remembered that while passing
through a town the rate of travel
would fall to twelve miles an hour or
less. it will he seen that it would re-
Guire fast travelling to bring the aver
age up to a high figure after running
for some time at this speed. \ trip
of 700 miles in SIX days makes an ideal
tour. and if a circuit of this length is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

can only declare at this time 'ir-. the
statute in question does not prohibit
the playing of baseball on the first day
of tie week commonly called sun
day.
The point decided by Justice Nc
Loughlin was, that under the statutes
of this state the penalties imposed for
Sabbath breaking must be collected III
a civil action; hat criminal warrants
could not be issued or served there
fore; that no arrest could be made for
Sabbath breaking.
We need but observe that the courts
are withou authority to arrest. pun-
ish and imprison the citizen unless
authorized so to do by the law; the
courts can but enforce the law: laws
imposing punishment cannot be en-
tended by Interpretation or construc-
ton: where the statute imposes Il pen
atty or preScribes a punishment. and
at the same time creates or designates
the method of imposition or collection
thereof, Such statute is necessarily eX-
elusive.
The Sunday laws of this state are
found at sections S56S to S57S inclu-
sive. r. c. 1905. these sections pre-
scribe that the doing of the prohibited
acts constitute sabbath breaking
such acts do not constitute misdc-
neanor within the provisions of other
code sections: assuming the playing
OF baseball comes within the prohibi-
ions of the statute. we find that the
person playing UGH game is merely
guilty of Sabbath breaking and that
ne is punishable by Il fine of not less
than one dollar nor more than ten
dollars. II by section S57S it is pre-
scribed that such fine may be col
lected i'm the prescribed by
law, for the collection of debts"
1t is very apparent that the collec-
ton of the fines cannot be enforced
by imprisonment: tho method pro-
Nided by the statute is exclusive: the
fine can be collected only in a civil
action, because it is only by a civil
action that debts may be collected.
If it be suggested that the warrant
may be issued upon the complaint. the
reply is that the anamolous condition
would be created that the defendant
might he imprisoned upon a mere
complaint while after conviction he
ould not be imprisoned because the
fine, In any event. could not be coll
lectsd through the criminal laws, but
by IL civil action. as for tho collection
of a debt; this absurd rcsult never
could have been contemplated by the
Legislature.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
FINE PROGRAM IS ARRANGED
Childrcn's Day Will BE Observed i'm a
Fine Manner by Churches
This Ncar.

Children's day exercises will be held
tomorrow by three churches of this
city. Tho Presbyterian. Methodist
and Congregational churches have
prepared unusually fine programs
which will be given by the children.
The Methodist exercises will be held
at 9:45 a. IN. and the program follows:
Processional-"N-e March to Vic
tory" the choir and lower depart
ments marching to their places; all re-
main standing for:
Twenty-third Psalm.
Prayer.
Song by the Choir-"wreaths of
Praise.
Cradle Roll EXercise-In charge of
Mrs. Moore.
Missionary Exercise-ln charge of
Mrs. Mccoy.
Song by the Choir-"Summer
Breezcs."
Primary Exercise.
Flag Drill by Juniors.
Offering.
Song by the Choir-"Balmy Sum
mer Breezes Blowing"
Exercise by the beginners. who re-
main on the platform while all join in
coward Christian Soldiers"
tfnfurling of the Conquest Flag
made by Mrs. J"ohnson's class.
closing prayer.
Tho Presbyterian program will he
given at $3.50 a. III. and will he held i'm
the auditorium nf the church,
\ very tine program has been ar
lansed for the Plymouth C~ongrcga-
li"nal church Sunday school for to-
morrow, and it will he given COM
mencins at 1880 o'clock. The pro-
gram follows:
Observation-Disclosures ......... Haydn
Marching Snng-To and Fro......
Opening Chorus-WHke it's Chill
dren DAY ........... Geibel
Sunday School
Eeritatinn-our Childrcn's Day..
Primary and Junior Department
Song-Children's DAY ........ Riley
Sunday School
Scripture-Enading and Praver...
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
TRAIN CHANGES PERHAPS
Devils Lake Business Men and Grcat
Northern Officials Meeting Today
to Talk Things Over.

The visit in Devils Lake today of
representatives of the Great Northern
railroad is taken in that city us an in
dlcation thai the passenger schedule
of the Great Northern may he changed
at an early date. Business men i'm
Devils Lake have for some time been
dissatisfied with the passenger service
inland out of that city. their main OBJ
lection to the schedule being that the
trains are "%bunched.' Should a
change be made trains Nos. ) and 6
would pohahly be affected. This
would also make IL considerable diff
ference i'm The train service to and
from Grand Forks. Officials OF the
Northern r talking the mat
over With Devils Lakers this after
noon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
ENDERL|N WILL HAVE
BIG MISSIONARY
MEETING
Addresses of Field Secretary
to Be Features of the
Gathering.

The eleventh annual meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary society of
the Methodist church of North Dakota
will be held in Enderlin. June IL and
13.
The officers of this organization
are Mrs. S. Newlove, Hamilton. presi-
dent; Mrs. II. II. Healy. Grand Forks.
vice president; Mrs. +. w. Heidel. VAL
ley City. corresponding secretary; Mrs.
II. II. Hafstrom, Wimbledon. recording
secretary; Mrs. George Il. Miller, Far
go. treasurer.
Features of the convention will be
the addresses of Mrs. Cotton Mather of
Fort Collins. Col, field secretary of
the Women's Home Missionary society.
Mrs. Mather will be heard several
times during the convention.
The complete program follows:
Wednesday MOrnins-1O:3O.
Prayer and song, Rev. L. G. Price.
Reading of minutes, Mrs. II. ii. Half
strom.
Roll call of auNiliaries and circles.
Response: The name Of school sup
ported and a missionary there.
Report of corresponding secretary,
Mrs. +. w. Heidel.
Enrolment of delegates.
Noontide prayer.
Wednesday Afternoon-2:3O.
Scripture and prayer, Cakes dele
gate.
"Our Moneys WORTH" Mrs. Geo. E.
Miller.
How to Raise our Scholarship
Fund.-" Mrs. J.. e. Switzer, Valley
City.
Discussion.
Our Young Peoples Part" Mrs. c.
r. Wilkins.
Girls at Work." Mrs. E. Duden.
Wimbledon.
Music in%terspersed,
Wednesday Evening-S:OO.
Devotions. Sheldon delegate.
Music. selected.
Address. Mrs. Cotton Mather. Fort
Collins. Col.
silver offering.
Benediction.
Thursday Morning-9:O0.
Prayer and praise, Mrs. S. Craig,
Fargo.
Reading of minutes.
Paper, Mrs. Newlove.
supply and demand" Mrs. H. FL.
Healey.
Reading of pleas and taking of
pledges.
Election of officers.
Thursday AftcrnOOn-2:OO.
Devotions, jamestown delegate.
A vital matter: Use of II Litera-
ture." Mrs. i. M. Mccoy. Grand Forks.
Round table led by Mrs. S. Amer
land. Fargo.
Subject: Home Mission Enigmas."
Reports from auXiliaries n circles.
tabulated on blackboard as read.
Unfinished business.
Reports of committees
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Judge Phil M'Lou@hlin This
Morning Dismissed Ball Case
Against Players ofW Winnipeg and Grand Forks Clubs Dropped N the Grounds
That Warrant Was SHOT Proper Procedure-Persons Opposed to Sunday Games
Busy This Afternoon in Effort to Stop Contest Tomorrow

=
Persons interested in prevent y
v ing the game between Winnipeg 4
and Grand Forks at Dacotah park =
n tomorrow have been engaged this y
* afternoon in an effort to secure &
* Il restraining order against the +
= owners of the ball grounds. Up Il
s. to a late hour they had not been =
s. successful. =
Tho game will be played as adj $
Nertised tomorrow afternoon at y
& $3.50 o'clock. according to the =.
= management. =
Judge Phil Mclaughlin this morn
ing dismissed the action against the
Grand Forks and Winnipeg baseball
players arrested two weeks ago tomor-
row on Il charge of violating the state
law regulating Sabbath observance.
The cas- was dismissed on the
grounds that a warrant was not the
proper procedure and that the fine
provided for under the state law can
only be collected through a civil pro-
cedure and that criminal proceedings
would not lie.
Eighteen members of the Grand
Forks and Winnipeg clubs We're ar
rested at the instigation of members
of the Grand Forks Ministerial union.
They were released on bail of 500 and
twenty minutes after they left the
baseball park in charge of the sheriff :
men, were back on the diamond con
tinuing the game.
The ruling handed down by Judge
Mclaughlin this morning did not in
any way involve or determine the
question whether or not the playing
of baseball on Sunday constituted
Sabbath breaking within the meaning
and intent of the statute; this yet re-
mains an open question.
The baseball players We're repre-
scented in the action by Attorneys Rob-
bins and Bangs and States Attorney
Burtness appeared as prosecutor.
A summary of the oral argument
of Attorney George a. Bangs follows:
The statute does not prohibit or
penalize the playing of baseball upon
the Sabbath unless it be by constituting
or Interpreting the statute beyond the
language actually e%mployed: without
a statute, it is very clear that the
playing of baseball upon the Sabbath
would not be criminal. and it is equal
ly clear that before an act will be
deemed criminal and subject to pen
atty, which prior thereto has been en-
tirely innocent. the language employed
by the legislature. must be clear. plain
and explicit; this is in order that the
citizen may. with safety. gover his
conduct and keep within the law; W.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
TWENTY SEVEN GRADUATES
TW~cnty-ScNcn Students Will Receive
Diplomas This Evening at Model
High school.

FRIDAY evening the annual model
high school class night exercises were
held in the auditorium IF Woodworth
hall, Mr.. Bob" the senior play. was
Very we'll given and the reading of the
poem, history and prophecy were also
was the. first play ever given by 81
model high school class.
The annual commencement exer-
cises of the Model high school will be
held in WoodWorth hall at the uni
versity tonight. when twenty-seven
will be graduated. The in
cludes orations by four members of
the graduatine class and several es-
pecially interesting musical numbers.
The diplomas will be presented By
President +. l.. McVey of the univer-
sity.
The list OF those who will receive
diplomas are E;stella Katherine Ar
cher. Finley: CYRUS r.. Asselstine. Bis
marck: Harry NJ. Britton. Mohall;
Alice Evelyn Dinnie. Grand Forks.
Alice Beatrice Eckmann. H%endrun1;
Paul a. Goodman. Grand Forks; Will
liam Carleton Ilealy. Glenburn: Bern
ard A. Hoff. Ahercrombie: Theodore
r. Holmes. Grand Forks: Eleanor
Redrey Houle. Great Falls. Mont !:
Geors McLain johnson. Grandma;
eHc II. Grand Forks:
Edwin II. Lowen. Aneta: Grace Ella
McCallum, Grand Forks: James Ray
mond Murphy, .Bordulac. Franklin
Page. Hamilton: Otto NJ. Paulson,
Cottonwood. Mimi: Rebecca Rein
holt. Fairdale: Carl f. Robertson,
University; EXine Pearle Robertson,
Cottonwood. Mimi: Axel S. Rude,
Mona: Henry Sehrt, Jr., Milton;
Martin Sivertsen. Orr: Mandius Hal
version Shorthand. Sharon: Howard
William StanShury, Pickert; Ingvalu
EylNester, Thompson.
The program for the exercises to-
night follow:
Instrumental Medley-'.Airs of Our
Model High School Orchestra.
Invocation-Dr. E. p. Robertson.
Cello Solo-"Humoreske"... Dvorak
Max Tracy
Oration-"A Neglected Duty"......
oration-"Robert Burns" i'.A.'i''"
Vocal Solo
81 "Keauie'n" :..:.....Homer
(b) Mother o. Mine. 5000. Tours
Harry Britton.
oratioh-"Our Brothers Children
Grace McCallum.
Oration-'An Unsolved Problem"
Franklin Page.
Solo-"Polka Hyacinthe"..
.......... ........ Vander-Cook
w. Il. Delameter
comforting of diplomas-Prof. c. c.
Schmidt.
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RECRUITING PICK UP.
Local Recruiting Office Doing Good

The local marine recruiting office
has had IN average Of five applicants
per day all week. 1t seems as if the
reports of trouble in Cuba have
stimulated recruiting. as nearly
all the young men who apply seem
to want to go there. Only three of
the applicants AVE been found quail
will be sent to st. Paul tonight.
Among them Is Edwin Antilla. who
has already served one -four year
term IL has been employed as a
tailor in Crookston and Grand Forks
for the last two years. lie SAWS that
there is no place like it. and is an
xious to get into active service again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

~bursements were $%79,137.69. Nearly
$4,000 was disbursed during the year
from the widows and orphans fund.
The grand council received for. the
year $S.O10.O5. and there is a cash
balance on hand of s~1.74O.49. In
closing his report the grand secretary
pays a high compliment to the fruitful
administration of Grand Counselor
Clarkson.
1t has been the custom of the u
Gil to award both a Canadian and an
American flag as prizes for the work
In increasing membership, in remem-
brance of the days when Manitoba and
Saskatchewan were members Of the
council. 1t was decided yesterday to
award the flags as before. The plan
of giving associate membership to
men. formerly connected with sales
manship, was turned down.
The remainder of the ticket is:
Grand Junior Counselor-O. H,
Griswold. Winona.
Grand Past Counselor-W. b. Clark
son. Albert Lea.
Grand Secretary. NJ. Dresser. ST.
Paul.
Grand Treasurer-H. G. Lillyblad,
Red Wing.
Grand Conductor - Frank Pool.
Minneapolis.
Grand Page-W. l.. Grasse, Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
MORCAN|S GUILTY AND FINED

His Game Was to Get Women to All.
sWcr Advertisements and Remit
Twenty-Five Cents.
P. A. Morgan of Grand Forks was
fined $500 and sentenced to thirty
days in Jail for using the government
mails for fraudulent purposes in fed
eral court in Fargo yesterday.
Morgan "a accused of advertising
to instruct women how to earn from
81 to SO at home. The charge for
this alleged instruction was twenty
five cents. In reply to the answers.
and Morgan is said to have received
many. he would suggest that the re-
mitters of the two-bit piece write to
certain publishers. asking for maya
zine agencies.
Miss Agnes Matthews of Minneapolis
answered one of Morgan's ads" and
the action against the man Was
brought upon her complaint.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

1t means much to this state for Du-
iuth and Grand Forks to work hand
in hand. Grand Forks is benefited by
the city at the head of the lakes and
Duluthians admit that they desire the
hearty cooperation of Grand Forks in
all matters that calculate to the up
building of this section.
Winnipeg comes in for its share Of
attention from both the American
cities and its commercial interests are
not backward in declaring their APP
probation of the rapid strides noticed
in the development of the Zenith City
and the FORK"
How tired YOU are at the end Of
the new pair of shoes first day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

On Visit.
Emil CLANS of Tioga, a brother. of
Mrs. Joseph II. Benson. is spending "A
few days here visiting with his sister.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

Men may not be willing to give
women the ballot. but they will
promptly give them the life boats.
for looking for.
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THREE LIVE ONES ARE
WINNIPEG, DULUTH
AND THE FORK"
Commercial Bodies Propose
to Get Better Acquainted
in the Future.

Duluth. Winnipeg and Grand Forks.
Three Of a kind-they all mean
business.
Members of the Grand Forks Com
merCial club will soOn visit Duluth.
Duluthians are planning on a junket
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

The eleventh annual meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary society of
the Methodist church of North Dakota
will be held in Enderlin, June IL and