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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
MITCHELL IS HEARD
AS STRIKE WITNESS
Labor Leader Says Conditions
Are Bad at Calumet.

Washington, March John Nit
chell labor leader, testified about con-
ditions in the Michigan copper mines
before the house committee investi-
eating the Calumet strike. On COM
parsons of conditions in the Michi-
gan field and at Butte, Mont, Mr.. Nit
chell declared life and labor condi-
tons in Butte are much superior to
life and labor conditions in the Michi-
gan copper field"
He said the Butte miners were paid
on the basis of the selling price of
copper, with a minimum wage of $3.50
a day, had an eight-hour day and were
not forced to trade in company stores
or live in company houses.
Chairman Taylor pointed out the
contention of the Michigan operators
that the Western Federation of Min
ers was founded on red Socialism. Mr..
Mitchell said that the Socialistic par
ty was organized and circulating a
newspaper in the copper country be-
fore any attempt was made to union
ize the laborers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
CLEAN ALFALFA SEED,
Do Not Plant Until All Foreign Mat.
ter Is Eradicated.

1t may not be putting it too strongly
to say that the right kind of alfalfa
seed is worth it's weight in gold. For
if the seed is of the right kind it will
make as much for success as any
other one factor in alfalfa production
in the Dakotas.
Alfalfa is a perennial crop, intended
to be sown once and to last several
years. 1t is therefore only wise to
look we'll to the seed the time that it
is sown. The bane Of the alfalfa
grower is dodder.
Learn to look for dodder seed in
alfalfa, even if it takes some time
and study. Do this Yourself. Do
not trust entirely to others. Having
secured a representative sample of
alfalfa seed pour it out and spread it
thinly on a white paper.
If there are dodder seeds in alfalfa,
thus spread thinly on white, they will
appear as smaller seeds than those OF
alfalfa. If you make absolutely GER
tain that any foreign seeds appearing
III your alfalfa are as large as or
larger than the alfalfa itself be not
very fearful Of dodder. But if, when
you have thus put alfalfa seeds thinly
on a white paper, you can see many
smaller seeds lying between them, get
suspicious Immediately. There may
be other weed seeds than dodder in
alfalfa that are smaller than the al
falfa itself, but in the meantime be
suspicious.
In looking for dodder seed in alfal
ia train the eye to look for a smaller.
circular or heart shaped, various col
ored, dull finished weed impurity
That is dodder. Have none of it
A. N. Hume, Agronomist, South Da
kota State College.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02

is under control of the secretary OF the
navy and is governed by u naval Off
GER and Il detachment of marines.
Captain William John Maxwell, u.
S. N. who has just been appointed
governor. succeeds Commander Alfred
W.. Kinds. Several hundred marines
have been ordered from the Philip
pines to augment the force already at
Guam. and preparations are under
way to make it an important naval
base and coaling station. The new
governor Of Guam is a native Of the
District Of Columbia and IA appoint
ed to the Naval academy in June. 1874.
He is ffty-tive years Of age and reach
ed his present grade in the service in
March. 1911. Previous to his assign
ment to Guam Captain Maxwell was
on duty mt the Naval War college at
Newport. n. /.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
High British Army Officers Are
Given Assurances.
DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING
Premier and Secretary of State for
War Make Explanations Before
House of Commons.

London. March 1.-The govern
ment made a distinct surrender OF It's
position. according to the popular i'm
preston here, at a conference at the
war office in which General Sir Arthur
Paget and three senior officers from
the Curragh camp-General Cough
and Colonies McEwan and Parker
participated.
The three officers with Sir Arthur
returned to Ireland declaring they are
entirely satisfied with the results of
their visit. The terms on which they
will remain at their posts are not dis
closed, but the general belief is that
they will not be compelled to fight
against the FISHERMEN.
The detection of the army officers
who refused to serve in Ulster is con-
sidered a closed incident, out its con
sequences are likely to prove far
reaching. Premier Asquith and Colo
mel Seeley, secretary of state for war,
made explanations before an excited
and turbulent house of commons that
the whole affair is the result of a
misunderstanding.
Paget Misconstrued Orders.
The misunderstanding, it VISA infer
red. although they did not say SO di-
rectly, was due to misconstruction of
the governments plans by the com
handing general, Sir Arthur Paget,
whereby he informed the officers in
Ireland that they were to move on
Ulster for a repressive campaign.
The part the king played in the
crisis has not been disclosed. Army
officers addressed their designations to
his majesty and the report is that
the king insisted that the resigna-
lions in the present instance should
not be accepted and used his influence
with the cabinet for a compromise
with the army.
The Unionists firmly believe that
the government has participated in a
iasco. They think that the two most
e%nterprising spirits of the cabi-
net, David Lloyd-George and Winston
Spencer Churchill, were the chief
movers in the plan and that the gov
eminent proposed a wholesale move
ment of troops into Ulster to over
come the co~venanters by the display
of superior force and the arrest of
their leaders and that the plan was
frustrated only by the opposition of
the officers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02

Alfred Noyes. the English poet. who
has been in this country %lecturing in
the cause of world peace since last
October. has been asked 10 become q
professor of the faculty of Princeton
university and it is said that he has
agreed to accept.
The position which Mr.. Noyes is to
FIJI is a visiting professorship. with
lectures on modern English literature.
1t will begin about the middle of next
February and extend through the Sec
ond term of the university and. it Is
understood. will continue in this way
for several years.
MI. NOyes has been pronounced by
Kipling. Swinburne and others the
English language today and he is
known also as one Of the very few
men who have contrived to make a
living out Of poetry. He has upset
many traditions of the art of poetry.
He dresses fashionably, looks like an
athlete and insists on giving poetry a
commercial status and making it pay.
Mr.. Noyes is thirty-three years old
and has been writing poetry for more
than twenty years. One morning when
he was nine years old he said he
awoke With an impulse to write a
poem and he has been following the
same sort of impulses ever since.
At the age of nineteen his first poem.
THE Symbolist,' was printed in the
weekly supplement Of the London
Times. At that time he was in Exeter
college. Oxford. AS soon as he left
college he went to London and began
to devote himself entirely to the writ
ing of poetry. In ten years he pub
liShed ten volumes of verse. ranging
through nearly every conceivable style
and subject and mood. but almost al
ways of a uniformly high degree of ex-
cellelce.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
Guam's New Governor.

h recent announcement that the
little Pacific island of Guam is to be
made IN important advance base for
marines has awakened interest in Tn
Gle Sans smallest colony We got the
island as II of our byproducts of the
war with Spain. and it seemed Of
small value But now because of it's
strategic position as a naval base it
has assumed Il new aspect. Guam is
1900 miles south of Japan. 1000 miles
east from Manila. Il little over 1900
miles from Honolulu and right on the
line from the Panama cana! to the
Philippines and east Asia The island
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
BELFAST 0uTWARDLY QUIET
Apparently Least Excited City in
United Kingdom. "

Belfast, Ireland. March The
capital of Ulster. in which are the
headquarters Of the provisional gov
eminent of the province, is perhaps
the least excited city o%utwardly in,
the United Kingdom. :
No more troops have arrived here
and none are expected.
The residents look to London and
the Curragh camp for their news. The
declaring that the movements of
troops were of a purely precautionary
character has not weakened the de-
termination Of the Unionists to be
prepared for all ~eventualities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
CHINESE BRIGAMDS ACTIVE
Massacre Three Hundred Persons and
Burn Town.

Picking, March .-Outrages by
%brigands in Contra China are assum-
ing alarming proportions. Several
bands associated with the noted out
law White Wolf are ravaging various
sections Of the country, ruthlessly
numbering and robbing the people and
burning their property.
The latest exploit of the bandits
was the massacre of 800 townsfolk
who were resisting their entrance in
to an important market town close to-
Slang Yanfu, province of Hupeh.
SeVen-tenths of the town was burned
and the population ruined financially.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
ARMY HORSES GRE MATED
Valuable Mounts Burned in Blaze at
Fort Riley, Kan.

Fort Riley. Kan, March Forty
one blooded horses belonging to the
mounted service school on the United
States military reservation here were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the school stables.
The mounts were being schooled as
jumpers and some Of them were being
trained for the coming international
military contests in Madison Square
Garden.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
W. A. DORR lS.ELECTROCUTED
Murderer of George e. Marsh Pays
Penalty for His Crime.

Boston, March William DoEr
was executed in the electric chair at
the Charlestown state prison for the
murder Of George r. Marsh Of Lynn,
Mass, retired soap manufacturer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
Parcel post viii Carry Farm
Produce to Consumers.
BEGINS WITH TEN CITIES
Names Of Persons Who Will Supply
Farm Products in Retail Quanti-
ties to Be Listed.

Washington. March f;.-Preliminary
steps were taken by the postoftice de-
partment to perfect it's plans for re-
ducing the cost of living by having
parcel post carry the products of the
farm directly to the door of the con-
sumner.
Ten cities were selected to begin the
work of establishing direct onnec
lions between producer and consumer.
Postmaster General Burleson already
has issued an order permitting the
use Of crates and boxes for butter.
eggs, poultry and fruit shipped by par
eel post.
Orders went to the postmasters at
Boston, Atlanta, st. Louis, San Fran
cisco, Baltimore, Detroit, La Crosse,
Wis; Lynn, Mass; Washington and
Rock Island, ILL.,, directing them Ito
receive the anne of persons who are
willing to supply farm products in re-
tail quantities by parcel post"
Printed lists Of these names show
ing kind and quantity of commodity
available will be distributed among
town and city patrons.
BY the use of the lists" First AS
sistant Postmaster General Roper
said, the city consumer will be able
to get in touch with a farmer who will
fill his weekly orders for butter and
eggs and other farm produce. The
consumer will receive the produce
fresh from the country and the per
sonal relationship established no
doubt will tend to improve the quail
ity.
Carrier Will Collect Produce.
The farmer will be relieved of "a
rying his produce to market, as the
rural carrier will make daily collec-
lions at the farmers own door of
these retail shipments to city con.
sumers.
The point has been raised that diff.
%ficulties will be experienced in the re,
turn Of hampers and other containers.
This problem does not appeal to me
to be difficult Of solution. The farmer
may use inexpensive hampers whose
value would not warrant their return
or he may use the higher grade ham.
pers for which he may include an ad.
ditional charge to be credited to the
consumer upon the return of the ham.
per by parcel post
The postmaster general has the
firm conviction that this plan is the
one thing necessary to enable the PEG.
pie of this country to enjoy the poten.
tial benefits of the parcel post. No
n has questioned the possibility OF
reducing the cost of living by estab'
fishing direct relations between the
ultimate consumer and the original
producer. A complete means for such
direct transportation was provided for
the first time by the establishment OF
the domestic parcel post, but there
has been lacking an agency by means
Of which the individual producer could
get in touch with the individual con
sumner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
i. :. :. !. !. i i. i. x i. i. !.
Cow Exposure Costly.

A fine herd Of COWS was left out
in a cold rain recently, says the
Farm Journal. The cows yield shrank
one-half at the next milking. This
exposure caused a loss in dollars, and
1t will cost more dollars to put the
cows back on the same paying basis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02
FAMINE COSTS MANY LIVES
Cape Verde Islands Suffering From
Effects of Lack of Rain.

Boston, March ga serious fam
inc is reported in the Cape Verde is.
lands in dispatches received here. 1t
is stated that many persons have died
of hunger and herds Of cattle have
persisted. Lack Of rain is given az
the cause Of the food shortage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02

A handful Of linseed meal
fed to the horses about three
times a week will aid to regu-
late the system, promote
health and a glossy coat.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
BODY Of UNKNOWN WOMAN
Is FOUND NEAR MCBEE
Remains We're Discovered by
Two Boys who We're in Search
for Stray Cow.

On last Sunday morning the
body of an unknown woman
was found in a forest near Me-
Bees creek in West Pickens
county, Ala.
The discovery was made by
two young men who were out
searching for a stray COW. I'm
mediately upon finding the re-
mains, which were in a badly
ue COMPOSED cJadit.on, The boys
spread the news OF their dis
covelE.
Aninquest was at once held
by Esquire Stafford Randle, but
the body was in such a shape, it
was impossible to tell in what
way the woman met her death,
and whether or not she was
white or colored. After the jury
had made Investigations the
body was inferred.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15

The feature attraction at the
popular Princess for today. is
the Vitagraph's latest 2 reel fea-
ture, Steve O'Gradys' Chance. T"
A clean cut story of a man who
made good, in the face of adver-
sity, featuring Edith Storey,
Ned Finley and Logan Paul.
On the same program, THE
Eugenic Girl" a comedy drama,
written by James Oliver Cur
wood. And Buster Brown, and
his::goat, adapted from the fa-
nous cartoons, also Graduation
Day at West Point Military Aca-
DENY.
Making diversified program
that will please all. Admission
5 and 10c.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
EXPOSITION AT FRISCO
WILL NOT Be POSTPONED
Chamber Of Commerce Received
Letter the Past Week To
This Effect.

There have been reports that
the Panama Pacific international
Exposition in San Francisco
would be postponed, but these
statements are untrue. 1t has
been said that the war in Europe
would seriously affect the com
merclal or educational Importance
or the financial success Of the
exposition, but they viii not be
affected.
Secretary E. J. Tarry, Of the
local Chamber of Commerce. il
in receipt Of a letter from John
L. Smith. manager Of the Mis-.
sissippi Exposition Commission,
in which he states that the
worlds fair will surely open
February 20, 1915, and last for
nine and one half months.
Several Columbus people have
recently circulated reports that
the exposition had been post
poned, and Mr.. larry for this
reason investigated the matter.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
Business Increasing.

The business of the Premium
Ice Cream and Confectionery,
Co., since locating in its new
quarters on College street, has
developed so rapidly that it has
been necessary TO install addi-
tional Accommodations in the ice
cream parlors and increase the
equipment and facilities for
serving customers. The foun-
tain, which is in charge of Mr.
J. ID. Dotherog, Jr., is taxed to
It's capacity with the increasing
afternoon trade. The ice cream
plant is running at full capacity
serving the trade and filling
special orders. 1t
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15

Do you realize what it means
to you?
Do you realize that if we are
forced to abandon cotton and
raise food-stuffs the North and
West will lose their best Gus.
toners for these products?
You can help us. You will
help US. We know you will,
first, because you want to.
Second, because you at the
same time help yourselves.
The plan is for every one who
can buy one or more bales OF
cotton from distressed farmers
at 10 cents a pound. middling,
and hold it for a year or until the
market is 10 rents or better.
Wire US. Buy - bales of cot.
ton for your account. You can't
lose.
Do it right now.
If your order is sent to US we
will buy the cotton for you as
above and hold it in a respon.
sible warehouse here, fully in.
sured, or ship it to you as or
dered.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
Will Play Tupelo.

The Franklin Academy foot
ball players will leave here to.
morrow for Tupelo, where they
will play a game with the high
school team of that city.
The local boys were to play the
A. and M. Pee. Wees here Friday,
but the game was postponed un-
til October %.
The Franklin Academy won
last Friday from West Point by
a score OF Il to 6 and the BOYS
here expect to win every game
played by them this season.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
Athletics lai Their f0HHh
Straight Game Tuesday
Afternoon
I'LL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
stsilinss Men are so~ Csls.
bfatiag Their Victory over
Philadelphia

Boston. Oct ~. The Boston
National league club today com
pleted the most sensational rec.
ord In modern professional base.
ball history by defeating the
Philadelphia Americans IN the
fourth and final game Of the
worlds series at Fenway park
3toi.
Beginning with their rush
from last place in the senior
league in the middle Of July. the
Braves have broken traditions
and records in the national sport
with speed and abandon during
the last three months. They
emerged late today champions
of the world, leaving a trail of
startling surprises and upsets in
their wake which will be hard to
duplicate.
Last and far from the least of
their accomplishments was the
overthrow in four consecutive
games of the world famous base
ball machine Of Connie Mack,
with its 100000 infeld, home
run heroes and corps of skilfully
blended veterans and youthful
pitching stars. Tonight the new
champions, gathered under the
management of George Stallings,
are celebrating their ascent to
the championship while the
wreck of the Athletic baseball
juggernaut is bound for The
home of William Penn, stunned
and stupefed.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
fialao II Cl,y are Shown
tole 10 Splendid Con
d.'.on
ALDERMEN H0ID MEETING
DonnsIl Urges the Erection q
Crtms'ofy for the Dsstfne.
tion u Csfbags.

An adjourned meeting Of the
/ city council was held Monday
evening. and the annual report
Of the mayor. Hon. +. S. Don.
nell, was made to the board.
showing the finances d Column
bus TO be IN a very good condi.
ton.
In his report Mayor Donnell
submitted an estimate Of the re.
ceipts and disbursements Of the
city Of Columbus for the fiscal
year beginning October |, 1914.
An estimate Of revenue to be
raised by taxation and otherwise
and also the probable cost of
maintaining the various depart
ments Of the city for the present
year, were also made. and he rec
commended that a levy of S1-2
mills on the taxable property as
shown by the rolls for all pur-
poses be made.
Mayor Donnell and Councilman
l.. A. Vaughan recently visited
Tuscaloosa, Ala, where they
went to INSPECT the crematory
which is used for the destruction
Iof garbage and other refuse
matter in that city. and they
We're so well pleased with the
plant there, that Mayor Donnell
in his report to the council re-
commended the erection of a
similar plant here.
The contract for opera chairs
for the court room in the city
hall was awarded to the Office
Outfitters' Company of Birming-
ham. The contract calls for l3T
chairs, which are to be paid for
at the rate of sl,60 each.
The ordinance Of the council
prohibiting the placing of any
thing on the sidewalks in tie
business district that would in
any way impede traffic has been
rescinded until further notice,
and Monday evening the board
adopted an order providing that
all merchants who buy cotton
at ten cents a pound can place
same in front of their stores.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
EVERY FARMER SHOULD
PLANT OATS THIS FALL
Prof J. ]. Kicks Says Price Will
Be Much Higher the Com
ing Year.

Agricultural College. Miss.
Oct. IL. Prof. ]. ]. Ricks, ag-
ronomist of the A. and M. Col
lege, is under the impression
that the price of corn and oats
will be much higher next year
than it has been for many years.
For this cause, he says, every
farmer who can possibly do so,
should plant a few acres of oats
this fall. The value of an oat
crop planted in the fall is more
than the grain and the straw OBJ
tanned. The winter graz ng
from the crop is quite an item.
When the crop is planted on
sandy soils, a great deal more
grazing can be had than when
tn, crop is on the sitter soils;
however, there will be times
when these stiff soils will be dry
enough for stock to grade. The
grazing of oats when the land is
not wet is beneficial to the crop.
1t causes the plants to make the
stronger root system, and to
stool or tiller out, several plants
coming from the roots Of one,
and thus thickens the stand.
The results at this station show
that fall planted oats is the
cheapest grain that can be
grown.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
COUNTY ROAD BONDS ARE
PURCHASED BY OHIO FIRM
Fifty Thousand Dollars to Be Is
sued for Road Improvement
in This District.

Messrs. Hoehler. Cummings
and Prudden. of Toledo, Ohio,
were represented at a recent
meeting of the board of super
visors of this county, and pur-
chased the fifty thousand dollars
worth of bonds recently issued
for the Improvement of the pub
lie highways in the second dis.
trict.
The bonds will bring a premi-
um of $25 on their par value and
will bear interest at the rate of
6 per cent per annum, payable
mi-annually at the First Ma
tional Bank, Chicago. Iii. The
purchasers bind themselves to
pay $4,000 as soon as the bonds
are approved by their attorneys,
and $1,000 monthly thereafter
until the entire $50, 600 has been
paid. If they see fit they re-
serve the right to take up the
entire issue at one time.
Messrs. ID. D. Stephenson. w.
c. Gunter and I. j. Locke, Jr.,
road commissioners of this dis
trict, met Monday afternoon and
discussed the manner in which
the money will be expended.
No plans were decided upon.
however, but another meeting
will be held next Tuesday after
noon for this purpose.
The Columbus commercial., 1914-10-15
BRYAN WILL Be UNABLE
TO VISIT COLUMBUS SOON
Invited to Coos Here and De-
liver al Address for
the II. ID. c.

Mr.. E. l.. Tarry, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, ig in
receipt of the following commu-
nication, in reply to a letter
which he wrote at the request Of
the local U. D. c., asking that
Hon. William Jennings Bryan
visit this city and speak here
for the benefit of the confederate
monument fund:
Department of State,
Washington.
October 9th, 1914
"Mr. E, L. Tarry.
"Sec'y. Chamber of Commerce,
Columbus, Miss.
Dear SIR
In the absence of Mr.. Bryan
| beg to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of October 9th, re-
questing that the Secretary ex-
tend his trip from Memphis,
Tennessee, to your city and de-
liver a lecture for the benefit of
the fund for the erection of the
Confederate Monument.
Il regret to be obliged to in
form you that the itinerary for
the Secretary's trip is arranged
on SO close a schedule that 1t will
be impossible for him to make
any side trips at this time. 1t is
possible, however, that at some
future date he will b, travelling
in your section Of the country,
and if so, he would no doubt be
pleased to conform to your re.
quest.
Yours very truly,
''Manton w. Wyvell.
Private Secretary"