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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

ton of it living outside of the immc,
date section by the roads involved
has not followed the controversy
through all its details, and is not fam.
iliar with the issue involved. A state.
ment BY one Of the parties to con.
troversy is not always reliable as q
basis of information, but the commit,
tee of railway managers have just ,s.
sued statement which sums UP very
briefly the situation, and which ap-
pears to be plain statement Of fact,
without argument, and it is given
herewith as matter of information,
with the understanding that there may
be additional falts which would teu>
to change the import of these, and
that voluminous arguments have been
made by both sides. The railroad
managers say:
''The railroad controversy with the
iremen dates back to July, 1912,
when the managers committee first
met the employees. The arcmen first
asked for an increase of $20,00O,OOO
or about ~ per cent. They later mod
flied their request SO as to ask for All
increase of about $l5,134,oo0, or So
per cent. Then they made other
changes in their demands. which, as
submitted to the men on the strike
ballot, call for an increase in the fire.
mems payroll on fftyfour eastern
railroads of se,eoo,ooo, or about 3:
per cent.
"The railroads have taken the posi-
hon that such an increase is neither
warranted by conditions, nor within
their ability to pay, having regard to
all of their obligations. The railroads
offer to apply the award of the recent
engineers arbitration commission 70
the fremen IS rules and working condi- !
lions, and to make certain increases
in wages.
"The fremen refused to accept this. |
Tue railroads then offered to arbitrats !
the ease by board Of seven men. ap /
pointed by some disinterested author
ity as was done in the engineer case
"The fremen again rejected the |
offer, but came back with
a proposition to arbitrate under the
Erlman act. Such procedure. the
managers pointed out at the
time. would not protect the interests
of the public, the railroads or the en-
ployes, and could not be accepted.
sFailing to force, the railroads to
meet their demands, the .fremeu or
dered that strike vote be taken. The !.
strike ballot pledged the men to walk
put if 50 advised by their leaders,
rather than accept disinterested ar.
bitration offered by the railroads.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

students at an agricultural college are
an uncouth lot Of gawky youths Of q
somewhat inferior character to the
students Of other college,. - ~
This idea was most thoroughly dis
proved by this train. The young men
and women aboardsRthe special, who,
Fargoans know, were characteristic
of the student body of the A. G. would
compare, favorably in every way with
the pick of any school in America,
The young men were fine specimens
Of young manhood, handsome, clean:
cut athletic fellows who looked more
like young business men than the
popular conception Of farmer boys.
The young ladies were pretty and at
tractive. That they were all ac-
complished was shown by the clever
entertainments that they gave, enter
tainments that astonished and de-
lighted their audiences everywhere
they went.
Fargo has long known and ap-
prcciated the kind Of young men and
young women that come up from the
farms to the A. @. The cities and
towns visited have probably had
their eyes opened" also.-Fargo
Forum. -
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
ADVERTISING,

Those who advertise successfully
find out the best modes of advertising
as an essential feature Of their bust
ness, looking after it as carefully as
they do their buying and selling, thci,
contracting and complying with con.
tracts, of taking orders and filling or.
ders, and of displaying their wares.
As mercantile advertisement "a
for the purpose of selling merchandise,
it seems that the advertising should be
as distinct and emphatic as sign or
the selling price of an article.
Discussing this line, National c.
Fowler, jr., writing in Printers Ink,
says:
II maintain that the purchaser. of
1898 shirtwaist is more Mkely to
buy that waist if she is told what
that waist is and what it will. cost her
in a plain and business like manner,
than she is if the description Of that
shirtwaist resembles bouquet Of hot
house flowers and the price is set in
foliage.
"The advertisers Of this country,
who have successfully advertised for
half a century are, in 1.-THE main, those
who have used short and simple
words, direct statements, clean.cut
and descriptive illustrations, and have
told their story as Robinson Crusoe
described his adventures, and as
Franklin told the world how he gain.
ed his distinction.'' ~ ~
It might be said further in support
OF simplicity and direetness. in adver-
tsing that the most :. effective and
successful. ones are the plain stories
told by the alert business man In the
daily newspapers which constitute a
component part of the life Of the com.
munity, and which speak each day in
plain terms to a,great majority Of the
eitizens.-Fargo Forum.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
THE EASTERN FnRE1nEN's DE
HAND6,Ss

Thirty Thousand 4Femen, including
substantially Ill wbosafe employed on
some $4,000 miles 81 ss>stern railroad,
have voted to aathorisS' the calling Of
4 strike If their eomnatsees fail to Sc
cure III smicsble settlement Of their
differences viii. tie railroads. Those
railroads run through stse most veal
ny and populous section Of the Unit
ed ststet. sInterfetehes with railroad
traffic there win seriously hampe,
business AL qvee IN eeaatry, aud will
ineenysai,nce. ssvessl million. people
and subject them to loss.
TIE psbsie, and especially that por
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Time and Money.
Cincinnati Inquirer.)
That time is money Wisdom bleats,
Yet you all know my dears,
A girl with thirty thousand beats
A girl with thirty years.

Dray:cn, N. D., Feb. 14-One is
dead and four other members of the
Isaac Maurested family, residing five
miles from here on the Minnesota
side Of the Red river are in a critical
condition as result Of the explosion
of gasoline which Peter Maurested,
aged 20, poured on a coal IRE.
Richard Marrested; aged s, died at
8 clock last night, and the mother,
with burns ab6tttt' 'hiser arms, chest,
head and with her throat scared with
flames which she inhaled, probably
will follow the child to the grave.
Physicisns say she cannot live.
The others injured follow:
Peter Maurested; aged 20, hesh
burned from: hands, and burned about
the chest, back and head: %.
Nora Maurssted, aged II, burned
about the hands, arms and face.
Willie Maurested, aged 8, burned
about hands, face and chest.
The i've members Of the family In
jursd were all grouped. abou. tn.
stove when the lad poured the saso-
Inc on the hot GOALS. Gas generated
in the stove exploded hrst, and Al.
most immediately there. was second
explosion, the. can q gil still held BY
the young man being torn to pieces
and the burning oil scattered over The
family. In her frantis fight agains:
the flames, the mother disrsgardsd
the fire. IN her own clothes beating ont
the fire in the clothing Of her chill.
drcn, and N doing s.. was 90 bary
burned that she cannot recover.
Isaac Maurested, the father 10 en-.
ployed at Roosevelt, MIN. Five
other children IN the family were in
an adjoining room and were not n
jured. The house was saved from des.
truction, and the injured are IN being
cared for there, their condition b.
ing such a to prohibit their removal
to this city. The family Il practically
destitute,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Woman suffrage was given another
black eye in Minnesota yesterday,
when the state senate turned down the
bill earlier passed by the House. The
vote was SO to IS against the measure,
with, as usual, several noble senators
lodging the issue. We make the pre-
dietion that several Of the senators
who opposed the Measure win be miss.
ing from the next Minnesota "House
Of Lords" And they never win Re
missed.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

]: Pisrpont. Monganzeis Iii. Some
men fear *thst II liz def the.re will be-
a panic or:at lelst . great tightening
up Of the money market: whyi DON'T
ask such foolish questions. We don y
know why It should b. %, but Il IS
50. "Pierp" isn't going to take any
Of his money OF securities with him
when he goes hence. He isn't going
to take along any Of the railroads,
steel plants, factories, ete. he isn't
going to take up any moro room "a 'ths;
bosom .: old mother earth thai aay
other man, but his desth l. gei.g 70
shake the financial world to it, fonda.
tions. And yet there are people who
seem to thing that financial condition.
in the United States are Ill right and
cannot DO improved upon. "Upon
what meat doth this, our Caesar, feed
that he becomes so gfsati"
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
c1.os1Na EYRs, 10. wRAKsBsa

EYES 10. WHAKlGBSe.
In kicking out the Aldrich plan be.
csuse, in their opinion, it savors Of .
central bank the Democrats are quite
likely to let in something worse. How
a party that goes into Jacksonian hys.
.terics whenever. . central bank 80
Named can stand for such. / cenE1alis.
ing scheme as the guarantee Of bank
deposits, IL beyond comprehension. II
anything would centralize banks in The
worst way, it would be national plan
Ct guaranteeing deposits. 1t would In
evitably mean that the stronger banks
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

North Dakota progressives in the
legislature this session have proven
themselves anything you may have a
mind to name them, except progress
s:ve. They have cons istently pursued
the tactics which hass made them fam
Gus everywhere. Opposing every mea.
sure which did not have it's origin
within their ranks, they have shown
themselves true dogs in the manger.
They have hampered the work of the
legislature, the work of the governor
an have shown that as between their
own selfish ends and the welfare Of
the state their motto is "the state
be DID,:
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
,RoAD:TAxEs.

The opposition to the plan Of pay.
ing road taxes in cash, which has de-
veloped among the farmers Of the state
arises, we believe, more from ignor.
ance Of tho true conditions than from
any desire on the part of the farm,
ers to make "piece of easy money"
as has been charged by the more hot
headed advocates of the plan.
About all that; the plan would do,
at least at the start, would be to make
it possible to have not only good roads
but uniform roads as we'll. The pre-
sent plan of working out road taxes
under the supervision Of man who at
best is not road expert, is simply
putting q premium on laziness, care
lessness and incompetency.
With the money paid in cash and a
competent road expert in charge of
the work, and with an honest day IS
work for an honest days pay, the
bowling wilderness Of bad roads which
exist in practically Ill parts Of the
state At the present time, would dis.
appear as though by magic and in. it's
place would come ! system Of roads
which would not only greatly cheaper
farm transportation but which would
give strangers and prospective settlers
far different and better idea Of what
is possible in North Dakota.
The plan win not cost the farmers
any more than the present abortion.
Farmers living along the road TO be
workd could and no doubt would be-
given the, preference Id the, matter Of
worked could. and mo- doubt would be
receive cash payments. ,=s1n return. for
such payments they would be required
to. give: an'shonest days labor, which,
after ALL 10 no. more than fair, both
to :themselves:sand os;the community;
and no more than they require of such
help as they may have occasion to
Aire through the ySAf.
Tho plan Is in line with progress,
in line with economy and in line with
efficiency. There Is nothing to be said
against 1t, if the details are properly
worked out, and it ought to DO made
the law Of the state. rs
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
GREAT PRIVATE BANKS.

One. suggestion of practical value
has been raised by the Money Trust
investigation-namely, that so.ealled
private banks in New York should be
subject to state inspection, exactly as
thought they were organized under q:
state law. : .
1t is true that persons who deposit
with J. P. Morgan & Co., are decided.
" not in the class that is supposed
to need protection Of the law in order
to keep designing strangers from tax.
ing their money away from them. Yet,
that firm uses in its advertisements
the word "bankers" and the phrase:
"Deposits received subject to
draft"
And, for the sake Of uniformity in
the lazy, no concern should be permit.
ted to use either term unless it is sui
ject to state or federal inspection.
Private bankers who take deposits
from the uninformed should, not be
able to point to the example Of Nor
gan and company as : justification.
Morgan & Company hold much owe,
a hundred million dollars Of deposits.
Other private bankers Of their sort
hold great sums. This is public money
in = peculiar sense, because 1t Gomez
mainly from great public.utility corpo,
atoms. There is NO reason at al why
such houses should not be subject tt
state inspection, and at least tho tws
important. reasons mentioned chow
why they should be.
When that..is done every corner o.
Wall street banking viii be under th'
public eye, - FAR o the create. par
Of it long has been. A. 70 tho aaeel
porated Wall street banks which hol,
some two billion deilars Of depoiRts
every piece Of papsr in them and ~
cry entry on their books have 10.
been open to inspection by the public
duly appointed representatives. Thes
banks have not loan, 3 depositesr
transaction that public inspector ca
not look At any time he wishes to-
Saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
A BIG THING FOR n: D.

The students of the North Dakota
Agricultural college, did a far bigger
thing than they planned when they
originated and carried out to . mos.
successful conclusion, the first student
life special train tour, ever attempt.
ed in this or any other nation. The
idea was as big and as broad as the
sweeping prairies that develop the big.
minded young men and women who
had the initiative and the capacity to
carry out such an undertaking. It is
proving to be one Of the greatest ad-
vertisine features that. was. ever
originated in the state. e
Representatives Of the great news.
papers Of America and one represent.
ing several Of. the foremost journals
Of England accompanied the train
and they have been among those who
were the most enthusiastic shout the
trip. As result the news has been
Of win be put before millions Of read.
ers In this country and England.
Besides these newspaper people
there was representative Of the one
Of the great moving picture concerns,
who took thousands Of feet Of movlag
pictures Of the train, the crowds and
the activities Of the students who &C.
companied the special. These pictures
win be shown before thousands Of
audiences throughout the length and
breadth Of America. It would be i'm
possible to compute the value to the
state simply because Of this wide
publicity.
The primary object Of tho tssis
however was to- give to the people o.
North Dakota . better idea Of the A
G. This hes been accomplished in I
way that exceeded the expectations o.
} the most enthusiastic booster for II,
1tspscial Tho papers. Of every cit,
!. visited has commentsd on the fac
. that the people have been given a*asv
= idea sf.the. importance Of tho ssri
I cultural colleges.
( There has boon : mistaken ide
: about tho agricultural college. II
i students Of othsr colleges like 70 d,
!. ride and make fun Of tho "fa.mers.
}, Some people have Ito idss that II
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Representative Martin, of Morton,
county, has won fame, or at least no
toriety, by introducing, bill legalix-
ing the sale o. Intoxicating liquors IN
North Dakota hotels. The fact that
the state constitution absolutely pro
hibits the sale Of liquor in any form
was evidently given .scant considera.
tion by the Trainer, Of. the bill. Quot.
ing, q famous remark Of, an eastern
politician, what tie hell is the con-
sstitution, between friends, :snyways"
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

President Taft has refused to inter.
vene in the Mexican embroiglio--
probably with the idea that If the q.
8. keeps out Of the mess the wish Of
about 90 per cent Of our people will
come true-that the revolutionists and
the federals will do the Kilkenny cat
act, and eventually there win be no.
body left to keep up the quarrel.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
READY FOR EMERGENCIES.

READY FOR EMERGENCIES.
Active preparations for the possible
dispatch Of troops into Mexico for the
relief of beleaguered foreigners there
are reported as under way, in wise an
ticipation of a necessity, which all
hope will not arise, but for which it
is required to be in readiness, says
the Washington Star. Warships ara
to be stationed on the coast, and
transports are to be provisioned aud
made ready for immediate loading
and swift dispatch. Regiments are
TO be assembled as close as possible
to the borders for quick movement,
if the time comes for the start south
ward.
All this is strictly in line with the
policy steadfastly pursued heretofore,
that of preparedness for possible m.
PREVENTION for the sake of Americans
lives. In a way the problem is no
different from that presented two
years ago. when the elder Diaz was
fighting for his official and even his
physical life against the opponent
who eventually overthrow him and c.
tablished himself in the chief Office.
Now two men are graphing again for
the supreme power in Mexico, with
no issue other than that of personal
ambition. A state bordering upon an.
archy prevails in Mexico and the guar.
antees of government are falling. A
day, even an hour, may bring about
the condition that demands interyen.
tion,, and for that the United States
must be and is ready.
Over twelve years ago a situation
presented itself in China similar in a
certain sense to that which EXISTS in
Mexico today. The established GOV.
eminent was impotent IN the face of
q revolt of fanatics, and the lives of
foreigners in the capital city were in
danger. For a long period the very To-
cations were under siege, with han-
dreds of men, women and children
gathered behind barricaded doors. and
defended by an improvised force Of.
10th civilians and soldiers. The powers
agreed upon program Of rescue and
organized an International column of
troops to advance from Taku, on tho
coast, to the capital. The distance
was about eighty miles by air line AMI
approximately 100 miles BY road, over
a level country, with no natural dill.
calties in the way and with only a
nominal resistance. The march was
made in quick time and the legations
were relieved before serious losses
had occurred.
1t will BE- a much more difficult task
w o0AN 1SAo1 COlum0 10 MEXICO
City in case Of necessity. The dis.
lance is more than twice as great by
air line, the road traversing fully $50
miles and passing owe, lofty noun.
ta@ns. In. comparison tho way from
vera Cruz to Mexico City is fully Eve
times as difficult as that from Taku
to Picking. Furthermore, the progress
Of relieving column would undoubt.
edly be stubbornly resisted BY Mex.
cen troops Of one faction or anothe.
possibly BY q combination Of all fac.
ticns united under tho cry Of resist.
ance TO- the "invaders. It might re.
qu;res a1month Of careful maneuv y.
ingaa hard fighting to send force
FROM theacoast to the capital in ease
the situation In Mexico City calls 10,
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Joseph Tumulty, who has just been
named secretary 10 President.elect
Wilson, is well named. He IL certainly
going to have one tunulty-sus time,
with tie o6ice.hupgry horde Of dem.
oeras'' "a. N T.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
CIGARETTES.

The state legislature has passed The
antI-elgarette law which prohibits the
sale in North Dakota of cigarettes or
cigarette papers to any person, re-
gardless of age. There is much to he
said in favor of the prohibition of the
sale of cigarettes to young boys. Thit
IS already provided for in the present
laws. The advisability of such q gen.
"ral prohibition as is made in the hill,
Just passed is not so clear. If the
cigarette were customarily used only
by boys the situation would be much
simpler. But very large number Of
adults are habitual users Of cigarettes
Inc habit is especially prevalent
among great numbers Of our foreign
born population who prefer their
smoke in this form to any other. Nat.
ural1y these people will feel that they
have a grievance if their smoking is
interrupted while that Of the user of
the cigar or pipe is left untouched. g..
There is good deal of misunde.-
standing of the cigarette on the part
of those who never used it. A great
many people believe that there is
something particularly poisonous
about cigarettes which is not present
in other forms Of smoking material,
doubtless many of the cigarettes sold
ready for use in the past have been
drusged. That practice has long since
been prohibited by law, and Is, pre-
sumably, not followed as manufae.
tuners and dealers would scarcely care
to subject themselves to the severe
penalties provided for violation Of the
law But the prepared cigarette IS
hot the one commonly used III western
territory at least. By far the greater
number of cigarettes used are preps-.
ed by the user fom his own tobacco
and paper. The danger from the use
Of cigarettes Of this kind Is not that
the smoke is of any diKsrent charac.
ter from any other, hut because It's
! mildpess permits the practice Of in.
haling tho smoke which Is ampossible
with the smoke Of tob2ceo in:;othe,
forms unless the smoksrzi 10 unusually
well seasoned. =
Any form Of smoEing Is bad 70,
growing boys. The efgafette is es
pecially dangerous to Saesb boy because
J its cheapness and mifdhess encourag,
the habit Of persistent smoking ant
inhaling tho smoke. Il u because O.
this rather, than that there 10 any
thing more injurious about The cigar
cite than about tobacco in other form
than the cigarette issmore, q menace
to youth: Whether the new law vii
be any better observed: thsa: the oil
remains TO be seen. II de expefienc
Of other states is any iadieation 0
what may bs expected little result Q
any iiud need be expected from IT,
Grand Form Times.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

p IAN: unwonted salm seems to have set
tied down upon Devils Lake. Can it
be that the knockers club" has lost
its cunning, that your. own business is
sd good that you have no time to stick
your nose into tho affairs Of your
neighbors, or are we beginning to have
a glimmering Of common sensei
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Better than Spanking

Spanking will not cure child
ren Of wettiipg, the bed, because
tits not habit but a dangerous
disease. The G. H. Rowan Drug
CO., Dept. 2os2, : Chicago, ILL.,,
have discovered 4 strictly harm
less remedy for this distressing
disease and to make known it's
merits they wilksend a soc pack
age securely wrapped and pre-
paid Absolutely Free. to any
reader Of The DevilsLakeWorld
This remedy also cures frequent
desire to urinate and inability
to control urine during the
night or day in old or young.
The G. II. Rowan Drug Co. is
an Old Reliable House write TO
them to day for the free medic
inc. Cure the afflicted mem
bers OF your family. then tell
your neighbors and friends
about this remedy. 7-5ot
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

"Madero refuses to resign" say the
dispatches. If he will hang on little
longer there will be nothing to resign
from. Y: 70
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Nowadays philanthropist is q
man who doesn't charge you any
moro than the legal rate Of interest.