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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
METHODIST ohuRon
Sunday School. ~ N.
Epworth League. $3.50 p. m.

EpWOftn League. o:SV p. m.
Evening service. 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting. Thursday. 1880
D. m.
Last Sunday Rev. C. A. Macna-
mara, District Superintendent,
preached to large audiences both
morning and evening.
DR.. A. L. Shute of Lisbon will
occupy the pulpit both morning
and evening, Sunday, March t4th.
DR.. Shute comes Recommended as
a man of great ability asa speak,
er. Come and hear him preach
next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Leach enter
tained the choir last Friday even
ing at their home on Seventh St.
north. The first part of the even
ing was spent in the usual prac-
tice after which games were in
dulged in and a dainty lunch was
served. Each one present came
away with the feeling that Mr.. and
Mrs. Leach are experts in the art
of entertaining.
The Social Club will meet next
Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. B. Oliver ON Fifth
Street, three doors north of the
church. All members of the con-
gregation are invited to attend
this meeting.
The public is cordially invited
to attend church services.
Mrs. Leer of Abercrombie was
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

press evidence and to present evil
dence in such shape as to keep
the investigating committee in the
dark regarding amount of money
transferred from maintenance
fund to the building fund without
authorization of the emergency
board.
1t finds crying need for reor-
ganization of the internal bust
ness management of the institu-
ito, and
1t severely scores the board of
control for declaring that they
were explicitly carrying out the
spirit of the legislative action. Mr..
Divet says: ITO my mind, it would
be hard to imagine a clearer vio-
lation of the spirit of the law
making the appropriation"
Mr.. Divet has the thanks of the
entire state for SO plainly stating
the facts as the, investigating
committee found them. Yet Gov
ernor Hanna reappointed this
board and the Senate confirmed
the appointments, for such is ma
chine politics.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
CHURCH NOTICE

Next Sunday services at the I'm.
manuels German Evangelical Lu.
theran Church, cor. 5th St. ant
Pembina Ave-, as follows:
German service at 1O:30 a. m.
English Lent service at 1880 o
m.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
nILLON GALLONS
OF WATER DAILY
ls the Normal Capacity Of the
cIty's New Water Works
Is NOW IN FULL OPERATION
Plenty Of Good Aqua Pura For
All Purposes, Including
Sprinkllng

W6upcGOu . lleW wafer WORKS
system has been in operation
since last Friday and we now have
plenty of good pure water for use
in fire protection. You can plant
flowers and cultivate them
now to your hearts content, and
water them next summer all you
wish. There is plenty of good wa
ter. A, million gallons per day of
"a hours is the normal capacity,
with maximum of 100000 gall
Ions daily.
The Water Source
The water is taken just above
the dam at the Breckenridge pow
er house, and is conducted
through fifteen inch pipe into a
terminal we'll six feet in diameter
and twenty feet deep. 1t is then
pumped from this terminal into
the south reservoir, where it is
given the coagulation treatment,
which removes from it all solids.
Thence it runs by gravity into the
filter tanks, and after being sub
jected to q hypo-process, which
eliminates all bacteria, it is pump
ed into the north, or storage re-
servoir. Thence it is pumped into
the tower and from there it is dis
tributed throughout the city from
the tank.
The reservoir, which has a
capacity of 100000 is is feet deep
The intake delivers to the plant
400 gallons per minute, while
the normal demand of the city
has been only 1876 gallons, and
the normal capacity of the pump
is 700 gallons per minute.
Cost Of Operating
It is estimated that the cost of
operating this plant will be only
25 per sent of forlna, cost for
fuel and power alone. While the
water is, not yet chemically tested
it figures as good as any
water, which shows a test OF
% to 100 per cent pure
Advantages Of New System
The main advantage of the new
system is that the supply of wat
er is now unlimited. There will
be plenty OF water at all times for
fire protection, which we did not
have before, and there will be
plenty for sprinkling the streets
and lawns, and you Can nave q
fountain on your lava IF your
Cwn. if you wish one. The fire pro-
tecIon now is all that any city
can have, the plant being supplied
With both electric pumps and du-
plicate steam pumps, either oil
which will do the work, and if one
is cut of o.der at any time the
other can be used.
Water ls Hard
The water furnished is every
whit as healthful as the artesiar
water was, and for some people
much more so. The river water is
somewhat harder than the arte-
sian water was, but after the plant
has proven otherwise satisfac-
tory, process of softening the
water will be. added.
No city on any river has pure1
or better water than Wahpeton
now has, or a better supply, and
the Times congratulates Mayor
Fligelman and the city council on
their successful achievement in
providing it for us.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Mrs. Leer of Abercrombie was
! Saturday visitor in Wahpeton.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
INITIATIVE AND
= REFERENDUM
Amendment to the State constItu.
stion 70 Said to Make
Illegal
KANY Acts OF LEGISLATURE
4 Discovery That Comes Too Late
To Avoid q Bad Tansle Of
Laws

Bismarck, March 5.-The leg
sisldture of the fourteenth session
might we'll be urged by all their
constituents to read the consti-
tuition of the state. 1t was Puck
WHO said what fools these NOR
tails be-" and he was not far from
being right.
Not an act passed by the 1915
legislature having an emergency
clause is valid. Moreover, any acts
and all acts which have been We
toed by the governor, the veto will
not be valid until 80 days after
the adjournment of the legisla-
ture.
Tho Initiative and Referendum
The 1911 and 1913 Legislative
assemblies of North Dakota pass
ed an act entitled initiative and
referendum, which was submitted
to the voters at the 1914 election
and carried by large majority.
The initiative and referendum are
therefore a part of the constitu-
ton of the state of North Dako-
ia and all parts of the constitu-
tion in conflict with the same have
been repealed. This act provides
that the people reserve for them
selves the right of initiative and
the power of referendum. In ord
er that the bill may go into I'm
mediate effect separate vote
must be taken on the emergency
clause. This part of the constitu-
ton reads as follows:
THE Constitution
when it is necessary for
the immediate preservation
| Gf the public PEACE, health or
safety that a law shall 3e-
come effective without delay
such necessity and the facts
creating the same should he
! stated in one section of the
Aill and IL upon an aye and,
/! !!S7nONyote in each house two-
I thirds of the members elect
ed to each house should vote
1 on separate roll call in ia
vor of the said law going in
| W AhoGohO OpC1 otlOAA 1Ol CuC
immediate preservation of
the public. peace, health or
safety such law shall become
operative upon approval by
the governor.
Where Il Fails
Not a bill carrying an emer.
gency clause which was passed b!
the fourteenth legislative assem-.
bly, carried a clause declaring tina
it was voted on in favor of it's 60
ing into immediate operation OF
a separate roll call. In other word
every law passed by the four
teenth legislative assembly car
rying emergency clauses is inval
i'd in so far as the emergenc,
clause would operate.
Effects Veto Power
This act further provides tha
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
SCORES STRONG POINTS
AGAINST COMMUTERS
B. & o. Official Says Study in Other
Cities Shows Him Washington
Gets Much Lower Rates.

General Passenger Agent o. P. Nc
Carly, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, scored some strong points for the
road Yesterday at the hearing before
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Dan
iel, at the New Willard, on the proposed
increase in Communication fares on the
METROPOLITAN Branch OF the Baltimore
and Ohio The most striking testimony
of Mr.. McCarty was:
"a study Of cummuter fares in Gin
cinnati, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York,
and other cities, showed that in none OF
them are 1s0-trip tickets sold, and that
rates per passenger-mile in those cities
are higher than are, obtainable by US
ing the 1s0-trip ticket here"
Admitting that the Central Railroad
of New Jersey carries commuters twenty
compared with the new rate from Wash
ington to Germantown, about the same
distance which is to be $11.6, Mr.,
McCarty said:
'If we had One-half the commuter
traffic that the Central Railroad Of New,
Jersey has, we could make the same
rate. The Central carries more sub
urban passengers in one day than We
bring into Washington in a year"
When counsel for the commuters con-
tended that the proposed increase
amounted to about 45 per cent on an
average, Mr.. McCarty said: Passenger
fares never are computed on a percent
age basis, but on a mileage basis. Be
cause the 1sO-trip tickets were unreason-
ably low we do not believe the percent
age should be considered.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Y. NJ. c. A. CAMPAIGN
NETS ll5 MEMBERS
First Days Work Praised by Secretary
Bryan. Who Joins Association.
Dodge Team Wins.

Secretary of State Bryan urged Y. NJ.
c. A. men to greater efforts in their six
day campaign for 1000 new members in
a speech at a dinner for membership
teams at the Y. NJ. c. A. last night.
Yesterday was the first day Of the cam
paign. and at the "get-together" dinner
a daily feature of the campaign-l15 new
members were reported. Secretary Bryan
Joined the Washington organization, Civ
ing his application to w. D. Cronkhite,
captain of the Oldsmobile team.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will ad-
dress the campaigners at the dinner this
evening At last nights dinner II. S.
Omohundro said grace; Z. ]. Hocken-
bury. campaign manager, gave instruc-
tions to team captains. and the following
gave reports: Holcombe Johnson, Division
A; H. S. Omohundro, Division B; Edmund
S. Wolfe. Division c; Arthur d. Call,
Division d. and Grant Leet. Division E.
In yesterdays work the Dodge team, Of
which c. B. Lyddane is captain, was
most successful, with seventeen new
members. The Jeffrey team, w. A. Raw
lings, captain, was second with four.
teen. The score by divisions was: A, IS;
B, 10; c, q; D, 36, and Z. II.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
NJ 'ADOO ASKS CABINET
TO CUT EXPENDITURES
Secretary of Treasury Calls Confer
ence to Consider Growing Deficit.
Reach No Agreement.

Seriousness OF the situation created by
the growing deficit in the Treasury has
moved the administration to action and
yesterday Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo met other members of the CEbi-
net in his office and urged the necessity
for further cuts in the estimates Of ex-
penditures for the next fiscal year. No
agreement was reached.
The present deficit Is about $50 900. 900.
December l 1t was s5s. 900. 900. On the lat
ter date all features of the emergency
war revenue tax went into effect. This
tax was imposed to Offset the fall in
revenues from the customs service, but
the way in which the deficit has been
mounting ever since the tax began to
yield its returns would indicate that
revenues from this source are falling be-
low the amount estimated.
Treasury officials have been relying
upon the income tax. which is collected
in June, to cover the existing deficit
The fear now Is beginning to be express
ed that returns under the income tax
will fall much below the amount esti-
mated.
Secretary McAdoo estimated the reve-
nues from the income tax for the pres
ent fiscal year at SSo,O0o,O0o The present
deficit of the Treasury is within $1,000
900 OF that amount and If the deficit
should increase in the next five months
at the rate that it has gone up in the
last two months it will, of course, be in
excess of the total estimated yield of
the income tax.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
GERMANS ON WOUNDED
ZEPPELIN FIGHT VAINLY
Petrograd Official Statement Describes
Fate of Airship Sunk After
Libau Raid.
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.

By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
Petrograd, Jan. 27.-The destruction Of
a German Zeppelin which bombarded
Libau ON Monday and the capture Of
the dirigible's crew of seven men were
officially announced by the Russian war
Office today.
According to details given out at the
war office, the Germans on the Zeppe-
lin put up a fight against capture after
their balloon had fallen. The following
account Of the Zeppelin raid is compiled
from the official details:
The Zeppelin, which was numbered
10. appeared at Libau about 10 o'clock
Monday morning. After dropping several
bombs the airship turned toward the
south with evident intention of trying
to get away. The ship was struck by
a shell from a Russian gun and fell
into the water about a mile on shore
near Bernaton.
"A number OF Russian vessels set out
from the shore. firing as they went.
Those on board the Zeppelin replied with
rifles, but the fight was Of short dura-
ton. The crew Of the Zeppelin consisted
Of the commander. three other officers,
and three sailors. An attempt was made
to tow the Zeppelin to shore, but It
was impossible, and, accordingly, the air
ship was sunk
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
COLORED WOMAN SUES
SON OF HER MISTRESS
Aged Servant Asks Court to Enforce
Will Providing that She Be
Cared For.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Rockville, Nd, Jan. T.-Rachel How
ard. an aged colored woman. living near
Gaithersburg, is the plaintiff in an inter
esting suit filed in the Circuit Court
against Herman c. Briggs, young
farmer Of Gaithersburg district. The suit
seeks to have carried out the wishes OF
Mrs. Mary ]. Briggs, mother Of the de-
fendant, expressed in her will, which pro-
vides that sit is my desire and wish that
my son, Herman c. Briggs, take good
care of Rachel Howard during her life
for her faithful services rendered during
The. zinc she lived with me-.
The defendant inherited his mothers
estate, the total value of whichNwas
about 700. Until year ago the colored
woman was provided for. but since then
the defendant has. it is charged, refused
to care for her.
The hill represents that the defendant
has disposed of all the property inherited
by him, excepting a portion of 4O-acTe
farm near Gaithersburg. and that he Is
fast divesting himself OF what remains.
The plaintiff is represented by Attorneys
Bouic & Bouic, of Rockville.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
WIFE FINDS HER HUBBY
AFTER SHE DISAPPEARS
Mrs. Leach Became Bewildered While
Shopping. Forgot Where Hotel Was,
So Went to Relatives Home.
And he found his wife.

Ana ne 1OunQ MS Wl1e.
Thus ends the little mystery surround
ing the disappearance Tuesday night Of
Mrs. Blanche Leach. thirty-five years
old. wife of Glen Leach, superintendent
of the Bureau Of Fisheries station at
Manchester, Iowa, both of whom had
come to the city on little visit
Yes, indeed. he found her; or to be
precise, she found him. She walked into
the st. James Hotel at $50 o'clock yes
terday morning, greeted her husband with
a pleasant smile. and asked him why
under the sun he had reported her lost,
when she was just visiting relatives for
the night Hubby kissed "wifey," shed
tears of joy and admitted 1T was all
wrong. Blanche, just all wrong"
Mrs. Leach went shopping Tuesday
afternoon and promised to meet Pa"
Leach at a specified place. PA" Leach
was transacting business and failed to
show up, so Ma Leach got bewildered,
and forgot where the hotel was. She
had relatives in town, and their house
was as good as a hotel. So she went
there, thinking hubby" would inquire
there first upon falling to find her. But
hubby was bewildered, too. He had
no relatives in town. so he went to the
police. When Ma" Leach saw the story
in The Herald yesterday morning. she
lost no time in hurrying to the st. James.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Ever Hear of Such Things?

New York, Jan. 27.-Because she always
sat still in the stern when she went fish
ing with him, Jacob wyman, a wealthy
jewelry, bequeathed his niece, Miss Ber-
tina Gretsch. twenty-three, one-haIf of his
estate amounting to $4,000
haywood, N. J.. Jan. 2.-John Schoskie,
of Ord, Nebr., came here and met his
brother Martin, whom he had not seen in
fOrty-six years. Both are over seventy.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. "A bill putting
nonsupporting and deserting husbands.tS
work cracking stone as. State prisoners
has been introduced in the legislature.
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. "a letter from
Mollie Shane, of Brooklyn. asking for the
names of unmarried members of the Ari-
zona legislature who might be interested
in a matrimonial proposition was referred
to the committee on militia and defense
New York, Jan. "a sad example OF
the effects Of sunstroke was furnished to-
day with the arraignment OF E. Svipes
formerly a soldier in the regular army, on
a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
Svipes was sent to Bellevue after he had
explained to Magistrate Freschi that he
wanted to shoot a hole in the sun and
let the heat run out.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
TAX BILL TRICKS MEMBERS.
ConEressmen Try to Exempt Cam
paiEn Expenses but Cannot.
18th St., and N. Y. Ave.
Clarence H. Reizenstein,
President.

Congress missed a trick when it
passed the income tax section of the
tariff bill by not specifying that Con-
Eressional and Senatorial campaign eE-
penses should be deducted from net in
come. and the income tax division OF
the Treasury has been busy denying
this privilege to Congressman ever
since Congressman whose campaign
expenses in the past election mounted
up to $1,000 or more have vainly en-
deavored to find a way to prevent the
Scrgeant-at-arms from deducting in
advance each month a twelfth part of
the annual income tax on a Congress
sionaI salary of $500.
The income tax division has ruled
that campaign expenses are personal
and are therefore not to be exempted
in figuring the income, and suggests
that the only way to find relief is by
an appeal to the Secretary of the Treas
ury or an amendment to the law.
Neither one of these suggestions is
likely to be tried because of the pub
licity involved.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
ECONOMY" HITS
HEALTH SERVICE
Democrats, Aroused by Crit
les, Defeat $4,000 APP
preparation Bill.
BORLAND LEADS REVOLT
Underwood Tries to Aid Adamson
Steer Measure to Passage-De-
feated by l76 to l32.

Reused to revolt by repeated cries for
economy, House Democrats late yester-
day. against advice of party leaders, re-
fused to authorize expenditure OF
$4,000 for increased allowance for
quarters and Communication among Of
ficers of the Public Health Service. The
bill providing for this expenditure met
defeat by a vote of 176 to 1872, following
the Democratic revolt led by Represent
ative Borland, of st. Louis, on the Dem
ocratic side, Te-enforced by Minority
Leader Mann and his Republican CO.
horts.
Chairman Adamson, of the Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Committee, who
was steering the bill, at the first sign
of disaffection in his party ranks, called
for Floor Leader Underwood to quen
the revolt. The door leader responded
and said: Il have sean the shotgun
quarantine against yellow fever in the
South, and 1 have seen trains running
through my State with windows down
and doors locked at a time when the
officers of the Public Health Service
were the only men to step out on the
firing line
Mann Starts Fight.
Representative Mann, of Illinois, start
ed the fight on the bill by declaring that
the officials of the Public Health Service
have been neglecting their duties ana
spending unwarranted amounts Of time
lobbying for the passage of the bill,
although the service received substantial
increases two years ago. A contradic-
ton OF this statement from Representative
O'Shaunessy. of Rhode Island, a Demo-
crat, brought a swapping retort from
the minority leader to the effect that the
Rhode Island Representative didn't
know when he was being worked by
lobby" to which Mr.. OShaunessy
answered: Your remarks are bald ana
nasty"
At this point, Representative Borland,
OF St.Louis, started the Democratic land
slide against the bill by announcing:
The Democrats have to economize."
Representative Sims, of Tennessee, OBJ
served: You spend $4,000 for a measly
old battleship and won't appoint a pro-
per amount for the protection of the peo-
pies health"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
CAUSES
HOUSE STAMPEDE
Foster Shows $1,000 Worth
Extracted in u. S. and Re-
treats to Lobby.
BILL REPORTED
Says 1t Can Be Secured Much Cheaper
Than in Europe-Tubes Turned
Over to Dr.. H. F. Kelly.

The exhibition Of $1,000 worth OF ra-
dium-the first to be extracted from ra-
dium-bearing ore by the United States
government-caused an unusual commo-
ton on the floor OF the House yester-
day. Representative Martin D. Foster.
who was a practicing physician before
coming to Congress, brought the radium
into the House, and at the conclusion
of the public health bill, asked permis-
sion to say a few words on the radium
conservation bill, now on the calendar.
II have here" he began holding aloft
red morocco case, two tubes contain
ing 81 900 worth Of radium-" and the
stampede began.
Speaker Pleads for Order.
Speaker Clark banged with his gavel
and pleaded for order while fifty mem
bers thronged about Foster, plying quer-
les concerning the contents of the tubes.
DR.. Foster. after obtaining leave to ex-
tend his interrupted remarks in the Rec
ord, escaped to the Speakers lobby with
practically the entire attendance of the
House following
Here he explained that one tube held
radium worth 5000. and the other one
was worth 5000, together weighing III
miligrams. The radium. he said, had
been loaned him by DIR. Howard +. Kelly
of Baltimore. the cancer expert.
Representative Foster is chairman OF
the House Committee Of Mines and Min
ing, which reported the radium bill He
will make an effort to call the measure
up soon.
DIR. Foster declares the government can
extract 80 per cent more radium from
ore than can be obtained by the COM
mercial process at 80 per cent less cost.
Tubes Given to DIR. Kelly.
The tubes were formally turned over
yesterday by Van II. Manning, acting
director of the bureau, to DR.. Kelly. The
presentation was made at a luncheon,
at which Secretary OF the Interior Frank
lin X. Lane. Representative Foster. DIR.
Charles l.. Parsons, Mr.. Manning. and
DR.. Kelly made addresses. Secretary
Lane congratulated the bureau on the ac
complishment of what had been declared
to be impossible, by the application
of methods entirely independent of those
so closely guarded in Europe.
DR.. Kelly declared that the successful
treatment OF many cancerous conditions
by the use Of radium had been estab-
lished beyond question. Many OF these
cases had been utterly beyond the reach
OF surgery or other therapeutic measures.
The inadeQuacy Of the supply Of radium,
which has prevented its use in many
urgent cases in the past, he believed
would now be remedied as a result of the
governments becoming a steady producer
of the mineral
Those present besides the above-named
were DR.. Curtis F. Burnam, Hennen
Jennings, A. A. Jones, Bo Sweeney, DR..
Charles Janin, Dr. F. G. CottreIl, Clay
TalIman, A P Davis, DR.. P. P. Claxton,
P c. West. W. c. Edes. Lieut. F. Mears,
Thomas Riggs. jr.. s. B. Williamson. S.
T. Mather. ]. T. Newton, II. A. Meyer,
E. B. Merritt. NJ. Bien, E. c. Tieman,
S Sanford. and P. NJ. Riefkin.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
CLEANUP, PAINT-UP
DAYS START EASTER
Campaign Will Remove Winter S
Refuse. Beautify Homes. and Give
Work to the UnempIoyed.

A meeting of all local civic organ
izations interested in washington's
spring cleanup and paint-up cam
paign is scheduled for March 16, ac-
cording to announcement made by
leaders of the movement. The clean
up campaign will commence Easter
Monday. April 5.
A. H McGhan has been elected
chairman of the campaign committee.
W. F. Andrews is secretary and
George Z. Russell treasurer. The
committee will be aided by the clean
up and paint-up committee Of the
Master House Painters and Decorators
Association.