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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
Thursday, October 8, 1914.

The Anderson Daily Intelligencer
announces that Editor William
Banks has resigned to accept posi-
ton with the State department OF
agriculture, and that MIR. w. W.
Smoak, formerly editor of the wal
terboro Press and Standard, sue
ceeds him as editor of the 1ntelll-
gencer. Editor Smoak and the Intel
ligencer has our best wishes for an
abundance of success. Our best
wishes also accompany Mr.. Banks on
his departure from the Fourth Es-
tate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

Women in the old world are get
ting into almost every profession and
line of business. More than 5000
women clerks are now employed in
British postal service, and thousands
are employed in the Italian. tele-
phone and telegraph service. There
are many women employed ss spies
in the German war department.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

The magic influence of the plow
will make a desert bloom and bios
som.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
Lincoln School ndS
Spelling Match
OTHER NEWS FROM OUR PUBLIC
ScHooLS-T. s. HENRY 40.
DRESSED RICHIE SCHOOL
THURSDAY.
Lincoln School.

The 5th and 9Th grade Of the Lin.
coin school held spelling match a
week ago Friday in which the 5th
grade were victorious. A second
match was held last Friday in which
the 9Th grade were the winners. The
7th and sth grades had q spelling
match last Friday. 1t was a very
close match but the Sth grade finally
won.
The two 4th grades had a spelling
match last Friday afternoon. It was
q lively contest and well matched, al.
though finally Edward Johnson, Adolf
Johnson, Charlotte Gray and Olga
Kulseth in Miss Anderson's room out.
spelled Ella Thompson, the last one
still standing from Miss labels room
The 9Th grade has the flag this week
for perfect attendance and punctual.
ity.
Mrs. G. F. Thomas visited the LIST
grade last Wednesday afternoon.
Harriet Winterer has been playing
the march this week. She plays the
violin very we'll, and was very ably &C
companied by Harriet Stull.
On Tuesday, Jan. 9th, in the after
noon, the teachers Of the Lincoln con.
Quoted a Mothers Meeting in the 9Th
grade room. Thirty-five mothers were
present, and Mrs. Rudolf Acher spoke
on the Child Welfare Movement, and
the National Congress of Mothers.
After her talk, and discussion it was
decided to join this organization and
Lincoln school will be an auxiliary Of
the National Congress Of Mothers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05

price Of cash grain by gambling in fu'
lures, these are some of the practices
of the private market place at Mime.
apolis. The Chamber officials say the
producers have no interest in their
practices. Theirs is q private market.
The methods Of the milling combine
at Minneapolis may be less spectacu-
lar than the methods Of the elevate
combine in Chicago. but In the end It
costs the producers just a. much.
The producers have finally woke up.
Through their cooperative selling
agency at Minneapolis they are max
ing the fight for free, open, public
market. Every day brings additional
evidence that they are winning their
fight. The monopolistic abuses Of the
"Private" market place cannot stand
in the light Of publicity. The abuses
Of the private market cannot be de-
Tended or explained. They must 90.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
CHURCH RITES ARE DISTURBED
Aroused by the Bishops Stand Regard,
Ing ForcfbIe Feeding Of
-... 9vf1raeettes.

London, Feb. 3.-Aroused by the
bishop Of London's letter declaring
there IL no truth in the allegations
that the su1ragettes in Holloway Jail
are subjected 70 torture while being
forcibly fed," suRragettes repeatedly
Interrupted the conservation services
conducted by him at st. Michael's
church.
The women set up Z chant, in which
reference was made to forcible feed.
ing, and they called upon the bishop
to put stop to the torture of women
in English prisons"
The disturbers were quickly remov.
ed. An attempt was made by the
women to reach the bishop as he left
the church but was frustrated by the
police. who were present in force in
anticipation OF trouble.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
GIRL SAVES c., B. & O. TRAIN
Quick Action Prevents Fearful Die
aster-Water Damage 10
100000.

Greeley, COL, Jan. M.-Damage es.
timated last night at nearly 100000
was done by the breaking Of the dam
of the Horse Creek reservoir, send.
ing flood of water over the flats, in,
undating a strip of land 10 miles long
by three miles wide, and sending a
torrent down Box Elder creek.
The flood, which for a mile ran q
swift current 10 feet deep, washed
out so feet of the Chicago, Burling.
ton & Quincy railroad main track and
destroyed approximately $50 head Of
cattle.
The quick action of Dora Shafer,
the 18-year-old daughter Of Frederick
M. Shafer, living a mile from the
dam, saved q Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy westbound train from plung.
ing through q weakened bridge into
Box Elder creek, where the flood
was at it, worst.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
Student Waiter. Form Union.

Madison, Wis, Feb. 3.--Ono hundred
and twenty university students EN-.
ployed as walters at the commons,
who threatened to strike, found them.
selves locked out when they reported
Tor work. More than 500 boarders
were forced to depend upon the local
restaurants for their Sunday meals.
The lockout was at the order of the
business manager of the university
who has appealed to Governor McGov.
ern with request that the state in.
dustrial commission arbitrate a cor
troversy over work and wages
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
Lawrence Meldahl and Marion Neu-
staedter have reentered school after
aweek's absence on account Of illness.
Ritenle School.

Ritenle School.
The End grade had the flag last week
for best attendance and punctuality.
and the 4th grade have the flag this
week.
Emma John and Alvera Galloway
returned to school after being absent
for awhile on account Of illness.
Percy Ployhar who has been spend
Ing the winter in the west has return
ed to school.
Mr.. T. s. Henry spoke to the 9Th
grade about the Philippine Islands
Thursday morning.
Earl Ployhar has re.entered tho B
LIST grade. He has been spending tho
winter with his parents in Seattle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
Abuses of Private Grain Market
(By G. s. Lotus, by Request.)

stantially and completely" Below 1
given portion Of the testimony o
the witness-suff1cien to show tn
purpose Of mixing houses in this de
liberately destroying the integrity o
the Chicago oat market.
"Mr. Marble attorney for Commits
Stony
would you say that the selling
price to the farmer Of his oats at the
beginning Of the market this year had
been affected throughout the grain
producing section by this process?
! Mr.. Westmore: "Yes Sir. Our mar
ket broke from 1 to cents q bushel
Immediately after that, and that was
generally supposed to be owing to
that pressure, because our oats were
discredited, as they were graded new
oats.
Mr.. Marble: where was this mix
ing done, If you know?
Mr.. Westmore: well Sir, it is
shown by the records of the registra-
ton Office. The registration Office
shows that the new oats were put out
largely out of Peavey's house and in
the name of Armour and Armour's
oats were put out of their private
house into their public house in the
name of Peavey.
Mr.. Marbel: "These two establish
ments they are large buyers of oats
in the country?
Mr.. Westmore: Eyes Sir.
Mr.. Marble: "And those receipts
for those oats were then delivered on
the board as new oats?
Mr.. Westmore: eyes Sir. delivered
right of that day. the same day.
Mr.. Marble: "And all that caused
a slump in oats?
Mr.. Westmore: Eyes Sir.
Commissioner Tame (now Secretary
Of the 1nterior) THAT allowed some
body to 90 into the market and buy
oats for 1 or cents less?
Mr.. Westmore: Eyes Sir, and it
allowed the sharks to get big pro-
it," .-E..
BY this clever stroke the price Of
the farmers oats was lowered four or
five cents per bushel. The demorali-
cation was not temporary. but perman.
ent. All that the farmers lost by this
bit Of market manipulation the eleva-
tor sharks" made. There are
Sharks" in every private market,
ready for just such opportunities as
this. The private market will always
be manipulated in the interests Of
those who central It. In Chicago it is
the elevators who central. In Mime.
apolis it is a combination Of elevators
and big millers who dominate, with
the millers comprising the strongest
In both markets the pro.
Queer has little show, and Is matched
Systematically and continuously. Fic-
titious switching and demurrage
charges, consigned grain sold in COM
petition with grain owned by the sell.
ing companies, sales to subsidiaries,
dozens of apparent independent COM
mission houses owned and controlled
by the very milling and elevator inter-
ests which consume the grain, the
of all competition in the
purchase Of grain on track in the
the complete boycott Of the
farmers cooperative exchange by the
big Minneapolis mills, the fixing Of the
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05


merce Is q private market. This al
,sertion was frequently made by tn
4. Chamber officials at the grain invest
cation last winter. Because the maj
ket was private these same official
commended that the grain producer
had no interest Whatever in the rule
and practices Of the association. Th
Chamber, they frequently asserted
was like a church or secret fraterna
order; 1t had absolute control Of IT.
own membership, practices, and rule
and the public was not entitled to pub
lcity.
In July 1906 a little deal in oats wal
pulled off upon the Chicago Board o.
Trade. This little deal is striking
and recognized bit of market manipu
lation and shows how vitality the prac
tees of private markets effect the
producers. The facts of this transac
zion are taken from the testimony OF
H. G. Wetmore, member of the Chi
4ago Board of Trade when sworn as a
witness at the investigation conduct.
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission in November, 1906. The en-.
aire testimony of this investigation is
printed officially as Senate Document
No. 27S, and is readily available to
students of terminal market condi-
lions.
The incident referred to is as fol-
lows: Prior to the date of July Goth,
1906 only forty-one cars of new oats
had been received at Chicago. On
ahis day, however, the market was
Unexpectedly flooded with new" oats,
and the market broke four or five
cents. The break was a surprise to
the entire trade. It continued for
weeks and completely demoralized the
price Of oats in all territory tributary
70 the Chicago market. 1t was caused
BY the unexpected offer Of lis cars of
new" oats on the morning Of July
10th. Since only II ca g of new"
eats had arrived at the Chicago mar
bet during the whole season the ques-
zion in the minds of grain men was
where the seventy.one additional cars
Of new" oats had come from?
The explanation was, in reality SIM
pie. The P. v. Grain Company and
the Armour Grain Company each op-
Grating mixing houses or hospitals"
as they were known to the trade, and
both Of these companies were heavy
buyers Of oats. vitality interested in
buying cheap oats. At the beginning
Of the crop year new" oats always
sell for less than old oats. This was
the situation on July goth, when with
out any warning, the entire market
was flooded with new" oats. The P.
Y. Co. turned out 80 cars in the name
of the Armour Co., while the Armour
Co., at the same time, turned out IS
cars in the name of the p. v. Vo. The
new" oats turned out by these two
mixing houses contained only about a
dozen kernels Of new oats to hand
ful Of the old, but it was sufficient un-
der the inspection rules to cause the
entire mixture to be designated on the
market as new" oats, thus causing
an immediate break in the price of
four or five cents per bushel. The
mixture was called New Standard"
eats and in the words of the witness
quoted below, "broke our market sub.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
500 LINE.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.

East Bound.
NO. 2, High Bridge $685.. .11:24 o. m.
NO. : Valley City ......... 1859 p. m.
NO. ., valley City ........ 1882 a. m.
NO. . valley City ........ 1925 p. m.
NO. l36, Valley City ...... 5:29 p. m.
West Bound.
NO. l, High Bridge ....... 1928 p. m.
NO. ., valley City, ........ 1882 q. m.
NO. 3. Valley City ........ 1853 p. m.
NO. =, valley City ....... 1855 q. N.
No. 1s5. Valley City 49,. s:4s D. m.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
Daddy; Bedtime
j.
~ The Rescue
NOgV- Of the
q Canary Bird.
She Watched the Bird
With a Smile.

"Y AM going to tell you a really true story" said daddy, "something which
happened today. 1 ws walking along a rather poor part OF tn CITY
hi when I saw a number of children gathered in a group in a little SIDE
yard If a tenement house. The children were screaming to one boy;
oh. catch him! Don't let the awful cat get himP"
"Oh, was it q bhrd?' asked Jack eagerly
Eyes" replied daddy; 1t was a bird, but not just the usual In OF pro
that is sen around city streets, for only the sparows like the noise 0 a city.
Most birds like the woods and the country where they can have homes In rhs
and car sing all day long.
"But this was a tame yellow canary who had flown out Of an open window
to pick UP some goode he IA on the ground, and a cat vas after nm'
did they get him from the cat?" asked Evelyn eagerly FOL h was de-
voted to animals and perhaps especially to birds.
Eyes" answered daddy; 1.-The little boy succeeded in rescuing MIN u the
poor canary had been so frightened that his little heart "a oeaChg' on' SO
fast and the children werea afraid he was not going to w
"They all followed the little boy who had caught tn canary just In I'M
into the tenement house. The cat had knocked several feathers from the birds
tai.
Another child told me the canary belonged to a little girl who lived In thu
tenement He asked me to follow, too, fr he said that the little gTl had trou
BILE with her back and had to lie fiat all the time She loved visitors, or SO
much Of the time she was lonely Her mother az poor and ut all day
sewing, 81 the little girls chief companion was the canary, who would sing
for hours and hours. He seemed to know he JUS keep Ter cheeredu up.
$50 along I went too We climbed some stairs Until W e came 70 a d1ngy
room where on a cot by the window lay a little girl about eight years Old
She had big dark eyes, and when I saw Ter her cheeks were bright red ron
all the excitement.
"An her friends had gathered around, each giving her special descrp'
ton Of how the bird had been rescued. She vas smiling with JOY n watch
ing the bird, who was now busly engaged nibbHng a It a little piece Of apple
which had been given him. Before long he began to sing, on, 81 joyousy, for
he knew he was once moreb back in his happy home where b would
good care to stay in the future.
II told the little girl Of my Jack and Eveyn. and she sadsh wanted to
lei you both. Shall we all go tx see Ter and her little bird some dayT
WED love to-" cried Jack and Evelyn dehghtedy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
FARGO'S BIG WEEK.,

Fargo's big week has arrived. The
great midWinter sessions of a dozen
different organizations, with several
shows will be on during the next few
days. The Tri-State Grain and Stock
Growers convention is. of course, the
central attraction. It is the, parent or
g~anization out of which the others
grew. The programme is particularly
Interesting. Different organizations
will have charge of some Of the ses-
sions, there being three sessions daily
for four days. President Worst Of the
Al. q. is the head Of the Tri-State and
Professor Randlett is secretary. #'
Next to the Tri-State in interest is
the meeting Of the auxiliary Of tbs
women Wednesday. This organiza-
ton was formed by the wives and
daughters of the farmers who did mo-
want their fathers and brothers tt
have a monopoly on learning progress.
sive and new things for the farm. Mrs
Arnidon, wife of the federal judge, II
president.
or the other organizations the Con
.servatfon congress liz one OF the strik.
iiagly Important Governor Hanna II
president and Dean Woods OF ths
minnesota "A. C. is secretary.
T,he North Dakota Livestock ASSOC
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
COMMUNICATION

10 The Forum: A certain class of
rallroaders look good to railroad pre-
sldents and stockholders, but there are
none Of hat class the public would
want to put up to the rising generation
as an example to. be followed. Tbs
reason that a certain class Of railroad
workers are favored by the railroad
company is that about ffteen-six-
teenths Of their brain is lodged in their
JOB. 1t is a good that our school sys-
tenn has set a little higher standard
Tor both boys and girls.
If there is anything lacking in the
present system more than another, 1t is
proper patriotic duty. Not Of the
~aatnDoyant kind, but that which will
detect certain causes that are ditrimen-
TAI to national growth and home life
n occurrences that are likely to am
pear that will cause distrust of tRe
Uhlted States as a nation and which
are likely to turn aside some deserving
ones who do not fully realize the great
privilege afforded in building up Ibis
government firmly n c~ontentedly.
A., ]. ROherta
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
AGAIN. n ANG

The New York Sun has established
an editorial page department under
the caption of "The Open Window.
1t is no. devoted to exploitation of the
fresh air cure, but to the discussion of
current topics, and one of the subjects
selected for ventilation by it's conduc-
tor is The tango. He reaches the con-
clusiOn that the tango is not a vulgar
dane unless it is made so by the
dancers. "a woman he says, may
walk down the street ~vulgarly and
attract unpleasant attention to her
self; but that is no reason why walk
ing should be condemned"
1t must be admitted, however, that
many of the authorities secular and
ecclesiastical who have Numbered
against the tango never would think
of anathematizing walking. One rea-
son for this is that walking is neces-
sary and ~tangoing is not. Another
reason is that the proportion of walk
ers who walk ~Vulgarly is small, while
that OF tangoers in such manner as
to affront decency is large. The world
~NNHN ~ Iva lAV SolSOlHS, puL
even in this age Of automobiles and
street cars it could not get along with
out walking. There are doctors ready
to affirm that people as a rule would
derive physical benefit from walking
more than they do, but few would
Venture the opinion that the world
would be better off if people tangoed
more.
The fact seems to be that the tango
iis =. passing fad, a large proportion
of it's deVotees being frivolous. Like
other fads, it profits by advertising,
and the more it is talked of pro or con
the greater will be it's vogue. But the
law Of fashions is change. Under
modern conditions what is fashionable
in dancing is no more likely to endure
for long than what is fashionable for
dress. The elite world will tire OF the
tango as long ago it tired Of the polka.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
A PRETTY STORY,

That was an exceedingly pretty
story which came from Pass Christian,
touching the action of President Will
son in liberating a dove which had
had its wing broken, and which had
been cared for by a little girl until it
could fly again. The little girl, SO the
story goes, requested the president to
release the bird, which had been Gagged
some two months.
The really fine touch in the story is
that which reveals the fact hat the
little girl signed only her initials in
her letter to the president, because, as
she afterward admitted, she didn't
want. anybody to know anything about
it."
1t is doubtful if President Wilson
has been d witness to many good
deeds, since his election, by people
who didn't a anybody to know
anything about it,. The little episode
must have pleased him. 1t may be
noted advantageOusly by a good many
people who are older. and who ought
to be wiser, than the little girl who
sheltered an injured bird, and who did
not wish to keep it imprisoned longer
than necessary, and who then wanted
to pay the president a compliment
without having the matter mentioned
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
x-Ray.

The X-ray, one of the most useful
appliances in modern surgery, will be
demonstrated at the Electrical and In
dustrial show at the Agricultural COL
lege armory this week.
What these rays are has been deter
mined by investigators only this year.
They are now understood to be thu
Ultra Violet rays at the end of the
spectrum,
The rays excite huoresence when
they strike a suitable object, such as a
screen covered with crystals of barium
Of passing through many substances
quite Opaque to ordinary light such as
aluminium. paper, wood. and numerous
other bodies. The amount of light
passing. through any substance sue as
a liquid, solid, or gas Is as q rule al
most suportionate to it's density, the
heavier metals being very opakue TO
the rays.
This property Of the Rontgen or *
ray la OF utmost Importance In. sur
gerry, as by interposing the hand, or
any part of the body, between the X
ray bulb and a prosphoresee1t screen,
the flesh casts only a. very feeble sha-
low, the bones a much stronger one,
while q metal object casts a perfect
shadow on the screen.
Vacuum tubes such as Geissler tubes
llled with various liquids gases,
together with Crookes tubes and the
detection OF light rays by magnet
will also be saey
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
The Demand for Sobriety.

. Chicago Inter Ocean: This is the
day of the sober nan Time was, and
not very long ago, when the brilliant
alcoholic could hold a job in almost
any trade or profession, despite his
u~nreliability. That time is past. In
dustry has come to realize that de-
Probability is better than brilliancy
and that brilliancy itself is more COM
mon with men of clear heads than
with those. whose. brains. are muddled
with alcohol.
One of the many factors which have
made for putting a premium upon So
briefly, is. the .workmen's compensation
law. This lays Increased burdens on
the employer in the way of compen-
sation for injuries receiVed"', accord
ing, to- a circular letter to all of its
employees written by the general man.
ager of the Sheffield Car. works Of
Three Rivers. Mich. .
This letter calls attention to the
fact that sober men are required to
avoid accidents in the plant, and has
an acute bearing Upon the local situa-
ton inasmuch. as, it is made clear that
the policy of the company is opposed
to saloons. Three Rivers is a dry"
town: There is a movement afoot
there looking for the resubmission Of
the wet and dry" issue to the voters,
and the circular letter plainly states
that any employe Of the company who
signs a petition for resubmission will
jeopardize his position with the COM
pany. Thus it runs, in part:
1--WE desire to advise you that in
signing petitions for resubmission of
the local option question again to a
popular vote all persons in our en-
ploy who do this are by that act plac-
ing themselves in opposition to the in
~terests Of this company.
1T has become doubly necessary
that this company employ only sober,
| clear-headed men who have at all
times the full possession Of their fac
ulties. There is no question that the
| open saloon greatly increases the use
Of intoxicating liquors and Is there
fore opposed to the interests Of this
company"
In short, although this may seem
rather an infringement upon the indi-
vidual rights of the men In the en-
ploy of big industrial concerns, the
legislation recently placed pon the
statutes books in many of the states
imposing additional responsibilities
upon employers for the benefit Of their
employees has1vmade~-it necessary for
employers to- protect themselves
against habits and practices of their
employees '.1hich tend to increase the
accident risk.