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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-04-16
Ellington Girl in Wrong Fairmount.

Allghting from the train at the
Omaha station in Fairmont, Mimi.
late at night in the belief that
She had arrived at Fairmount, N.
L., and wandering about alone,
denied shelter at two hotels later
and driven almost hysterical with
fear is the strange experience of
Caroline Jenson.
The girls homeis at Ellington,
s. D., which is little village
near Fairmount and reached via
Paramount. She is not acquain-
ten in the North Dakota Fair
mount, although she had been
there. Some time ago she was
taken to the Swedish Bethesda
hospital at st. Paul by nurse
who remained with her fora few
days.
Friday she was released from
the hospital as cured and went
to the Union station in st. Paul
and asked for ticket to Fair
mount. 1t is presumed that
the ticket seller sells scores of
tickets to Fairmont, Mimi, and
it is but natural that he should
have given the girl the wrong
ticket. This mistake was all the
more readily made from the fact
that the Omaha train and the 500
train, which goes direct to Fair.
mount, N. D., both leave about
five O'Clock.
Caroline is Swedish girl and
speaks little English. S h e
boarded a train and the conduc-
tor took her to Fairmont, Mimi,
ticket with no thought of that
not being her desired destina-
tion. She arrived in the city at
eleven o'clock Friday night. IL
was very dark, but she had been
instructed to go south from the
d2pot at the other Fairmount
when she arrived, so she started
in that direction from the local
depot.
She found no lights or side
walks and when she came to the
fair grounds she decided to 90
back the other way. She was
carrying tremendously heavy
suit case but she became too
frightened to ask assistance
even if she had met anyone at
that late hour.
| After wearisome wandering
she finally arrived at the Heidel
hotel and asked for lodging. She
was told the house was full and
was directed to the Foster hotel.
Here she met with the same de-
dial and was directed to the Bull
lard.
1t Was nearly midnight when
a slender girl, terribly frighten-
ed and almost hysterical, carry
ing a heavy suit case, applied tc
Landlord Luedtlle for lodgings.
There wasn't a bed left in the
hotel but the landlord informed
the girl she should be cared for
that he would allow no young
girl to be turned away from his
hotel late at night.
She was too frightened tc
write her name on the hote]
register and the pencil would
fall from her nerveless fingers
Mr.. Ludtke spoke reassuuingly
to her and succeeded in calm
ing her and then took her to his
own home near the hotel and
gave her a room.
In the morning it developed
the girl had only 81. AS this
would be insufficient for the girl
to return to St. Paul and latel
reach Fairmount, Mr.. Ludtke
enriched her purse with a five
dollar bill. Furthermore he
forced her to eat some breakfast
She had eaten nothing since moor
tho lav hpf0rn wac iuct o,,+ n,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

Walsh that the friends Of labor can hope
30 bring about justice for the man 0+he
works with his hands
The brains OF labor are more AIDE
quately represented by such a man as
John Mitchell, who, given Walsh's oppor-
tunity, would never have committed such
"a sad Diunder as TO try 20 convince a
country Of the justice OF a cause oy vio-
lent attack and by unresuMned state
ment
Sorrow at the sad spectacle of the com
missions failure miug.es with joy ST the
thought that It's work is al last over, ana
the news columns can be free from Mr.
Na,sh's yirulence and yituperation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Why a Whip Cracks

Way does whip crack Prob
ably the coachman most alep, ar
.ae art would no, De able Co teg
you The reason is enc that GAS
puzzled some o. the greatest
taoE.aes on d5Hamlcs. He are to.4
further
An explanation was tentatively
offered recently by prof c W Boys
.n The course 05 tue series 0t lee
lures Tor Juveniles al the Royal ln-
lt1tica BrleGy ID has 20 do wit1
the lzct that. ewing 70 TIE action OF
centrifugal and other forces. the
speed az which the whip travels
Through the air is greater and great
sr throughout its length. and go
great az the end that O, comes up
to the velocity Of sound Aechan
.cs il Tie Hone is the a,ilrng
title OF the series % lectures. and
by means az very interesting expert
ments The professor showed what
are tle gr.nCp pies underlying rari
OTIS every day and apparently sim
lie devices Friction for instance
is one of the greatest TO the won
lerment o. lis boy and girl audi
ence, Prof Boys TOOL some safety
matches ogt o. strke-only here
box ana set them aI1ht pita tbe
greatest ease on glass bottle and
q plece OF mahogany They thought
30 was a miracle. u1tiI the lecturer
explained thar thc friction ras emf
fcient % make the match get HOT
GER and hotter until 30 famed Rut
Do r added the surface on which
safety match is struck must be-
perfectly smooth, otherwise the
-ourhness aiil rub OF rho substance
91 fhs Up It Is friction. too WHEN
prevents wedge Jumping ont after
r7e blow thar has driven it into.
say p log Of wood
1.-THE boys learned why when a
cricket bail IS hit TOO near The end
~ t5e BAT tbe hand is vtung n s
because the impact coming a. that
particular point. drives the bar un
just as q, DID 20 both ends % stick
which when the lecturer broke %
hY sharp blow exactly in Tho mid
de few away IN halves. leaving
nnfisfurhef two waterailed glassea
on which % was resting Scientific
AmeF.can
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Lights and Manners

The News remarked The other
evening that those automobile own
ors who rush about thc streets with
Iar.ne headlights are usually mea
from the lower walks 90 life and
correspondent challenges this state
ment as reflection on the poor
The best answer TO this chancngs
is t4e very Vell-knowu fac, that the
poor are nor the owners o. automo
bues with glaring headlights There
are men ln the lower walks OF life
here Ia Fl. Wayne who have great
deal OF money and there are those
IN the higher walks VINO have prac
tlcalIy none. Money happily Is not
The standard by which true worth
is gagged Coal OF Johnny scatter
Ing his wealth with a lavish hand
among the parasites OF Pittsburgh
was distlnctiyely from the lower
walks. while Dr Johnson laboriously
pennlng The immortal story of Ras-
selaB.' IN order 90 gain money 20
bury HIS mother, was unquestiou
ably OF the higher walks Money
and even what s. mistakenly deslg
mated social position. have nothing
10 DO with a mans walk iu Iife That
"a a thing spart-an attribute OF
character You can't make silk
purse OF sow's ear and by the
same token you cant make gentle
man OF a coarse and selfish creature
who thinks only on his own pleasure
and who Is boorishIy inconsiderate
OF others For be. Ike tho beast
% tho field, follows the lower walks
Of lie and not oil The isappings OF
wealth can llft him from them. Ft
Wayne News
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Crane)


The curse of the American city is
noise.
We are proud OF our, new inventions,
bat every one of them seems gemed 70
make as much racket rs possible.
The railroad trains are luxurious and
the street ears are convenient, but both
Of them have iron upon iron, and make
an uproar like the chariots of the gods
.of Walhalla scooting to a free fight.
win it ever be possible 10 have train
with rubber tires, or sled runners?
We are an adjustable people We get
used TO the Internal din OF the clang-
bang screech of the tramway under the
window of our bedroom, and learn to
sleep sweetly IN car alongside Of
switch engine making eleven kinds Of
noise right by our ear.
The strawberry peddler and the old
clothes man come along as We are trying
to get a morning nap lay back their ears,
and howl like a lonely pup.
The newsboys at II o'clock at night,
bawl out some extra war news so that
everybody in the house runs TO the win
dow 20 see where the fire Is.
The workmen on the building that is
going up across the way slam down their
steel girders until we imagine the Zeppe-
Inns have got us at last, and are blowing
up a few hospitals and founding asy-
lums.
Right in front of our Hat a chauffeur
stops his taxi races his engine starts,
and backs and maneuvers, sounding all
the while like q bunch of machine guns
In action
Children squeal and yen in their street
games.
The fire engines come along like the
day of judgment. the sirens blowing, the
bells changing. the horses Gathering.
The iceman, the grocer's boy. the
butcher, and the baker-each has his
part ia the mighty chorus of city life.
Emerging from the theater, you find
wild confusion like the wrath of heaven,
the starter yelling out the carriage num-
bers. the taXis exploding, the chauiteurs
Quarrelling, the crowd all talking at
once. and the street car going by like the
wagon of Jehu the son of Nimshi
We are, of course, a very wonderful
and progressive people, but why make
such a hu,labaloo about il?
Mr.. Jeifcrson's declaration was def
Gent wherein ne asserted that every
man is entitled to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. lie should have
added that W. are all also entitled 10 a
bit of quiet-at least now and then.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Physical Decadence

seed is ,he harvest" The new gen
Grafton takes the quality Of those
men and women who were rs actual
parents Those whom war has do
stroyed. SRI general the stronger and
tho best developed physically, are
not represented
According 10 the Asahi. OF Toxic.
a translated il the Japan Chroni.
Gle, The number % available con
scripts in Toxic for this year r. g..
Z35 instead Of 1881 For a number
ot years there had been a steady
increase Of ab0u, 500 This falling
on OF 1876 marks a decrease Of over
1s per cent Ia Kanda the most
dsnsoly populated ward OF Toxic.
q decrease was % per cent.
In The whole nation. a slight in.
crease of conscripts has taken
place. 1896 AZ against 472I47 IN
1914 But this rate Of increase o.
G60J is only from 30 20 90 per cent
Of tho normal which for years has
ranged from 10000 TO 10000
More important than the reduc-
ton Goa numbers Is tie lowering In
quality IN Kanda In 1914, "a per
cent Of the conscripts we're passed
as strong" while IN 1915. the per
rentage vas - per cent (s2 out Of
635. instead Of 18l out OF sl3)
much larger percentage OF those
sent 70 the barracks were Of the
average" class
The birth rate In Japan, a. IN
every other nation. declined IN time
OF war. 20 rise again al its conclu
SION
THE decline ~ physique IS a mat
tor ~ concern to the military au
tborlung o. Japan, bat they optlmis
ucally hope that % is Of a tempo
rsfy nature The Asahi concludes
rhat most of those who underwent
conscript examinations this year
were born during The war and there
fro are sons OF those too old on
TOO weak 10 20 ~ The front. and 20
80 is no surprising thing II the con-
scripts 70 1915 ere Of exceptionally
delicate Sutlon. Dr. starr
Jordan, ia Science.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

or S34,9S3 mile rs the end oi
1914 there had been spent on the
line q total % SI73.o90s00o without
any interest during construction
THIS WAS $ss.S55 a nile or almost
three times the original estimate
q commission appointed by the
government reports that }t00o0,000
as wasted Large sums % money
c01ld have been saved u ordinary
business methods had been adopted
10 1eg0 adng Tor and acquiring the
entrance to Winnipeg az Tho proper
tme The commission finds that
ss40.5G0 was wasted by not using
6-pognd rails instead Of se.p0und
rails on 357 miles of sidinKs that
certain contractors were paid two
prices tor one handling OF material
waste 90 '15ZSf, that s6i55o was
ptnt on unnecessary fences
Large INNS % interest we're lost
by the premature construction, OF
the Sew Brunswick section OF the
railway II oneth.rd OF the money
had 5san expended on the Inter.
colonial ihe report says g. would
have provided an the trunk line n.
..t.es FOR New Brunswick which
ould be required Tor very many
wears
AN cf these charges and many
others ace given On detail and sup.
ported 1y documents and sworn
testimony IN the c59 pages of the
report
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Canada Fails As RaillUay Builder

Tho climax ne failure OF the
canadian sos eminent Fs rai.rote
builder aa been reached n the
-aiusai O, l4s Grand FRANK Fte.ac
'F lease tae af't py I1e soF'
nme1t fa" t9n 'o
nn'peg, Maa.aa s.f miles. az.
1rding to report H'u special
provincial cl CON appointed 30
Investigate @ report Shows taat
government e" 700 OF mis- Ga.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Pointed Paragraphs

Love Is doubly blind II the girl is
rich
Don't carry gun when you are
hunting FOR work
Charity also uncovers a Tot 81 our
neighbours sins
No man IS afflicted With fhe love
germ n he doesn't act foolishly
Even a wise man and his money
are soon Parted--by tho undertaken
In union there IS strength-as
many a married man has learned 90
his sorrow
Many q man who apparently acts
like a fool fools us by nos acting az
an
Skirts should Be held high enough
20 escape The mud ard lov enough
90 escape criticism
The FIRST thing a man does IN Try
ing 20 cur down household expenses
is 70 fuss With hts wife
You never miss che water uil the
well runs dry especially 80 you hap
pen 20 be Ia prohibition territory
When Young man Is sure he
can't live without a certain girl be-
ought 90 marry her and discover his
mistake
II an mea- vere ns wicked in their
acts as they are Va their thoughts 81
would We necessary 20 increase the
capacity Of our Jails about 1900 per
cont
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
The Only Light in This
Darkness of Sin and Horror

We are invited 10 become members Of
the international Peace Society, which
has It's headquarters in the Railway EX-
change building, St. Lotus 20 put our
selves 0n record AS utterly opposed 20
way in all parts OF the world and most
especially 90 the present atroclty being
fought in Europe
Out of This fiery furnace which has
consumed millions of lives, has been born
the new spirit Of peace which has made
its presence felt an over these United
States, gathering daily more strength
and power
That il cannot stop the present con-
aict. is nc argument against IL.
1t is the infant St. George too weak
20 slay the dragon for the dragon has
cooled itself. for long centuries, around
the people of Europe until now II holds
them in a grip of death.
But infants with health and right
eoUsness as their heritage grow up and
il Is this nurturing process which Is go
ing on in the United States today
Never before. in the history of the
world has the voice of q nation been
raised TO protest against war; never be-
fore has one dared.
II is the only light in this darkness
of sin and horror.
The humiliation of all civilized coun-
tries should be keen that such ineXcuS-
able. unmirigated slaughter could come
about ia the year of cur Lord. 1915.
Patriotism itself has been corrupted and
the brotherhood q man (in Europe al
least), is dead
Our eyes have been opened TO the hy-
pocrisy n q religion which prays for
help 70 Stay its fellowman; and that we
may register our condemnation various
pe1ce societies have sprung up out Of the
saddest profoundest depths Of the
hearts Of our people.
The international Peace Society says.
in a leaflet which is oeing circulated:
The opportunity Of the American
people seems az hand The workers for
justice between nations may wei be nor
rifed, but they need not be discouraged
THE cumulative disasters following
in the wake Of the armies, the futility
Of military theories the senselessness of
it all, are so apparent that the construc-
tive Upbuilders Of civilization may well
believe that they are soon to receive a
new hearing before the bar Of human
ity.
Let Us Of America, remembering all
that is best and noDlest in our traditions,
do everything in our power to carry for
ward the baner Of the new international
Righteousness.
Eve repeat, our responsibility and op-
portunity are 40 hand"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
A Poem a Day


AGELEss.
Aye ? an old But SUM- thou, too.
Ana thou sweet Earth. .oa which 2
How old thou nrtf
Thy Ions, Ions Ions asses have been piled
Ia centuries by thousands and
sky
oia am - Whence How eometh
That nay gray hairs and body's
wrinkied lines
Should seem thr wholof
This q the reckoning Grief fear.
And loss 81 youths dear Joy as it
declines.
But sraeious Universe. whose ulu-
seems death and wha, beyond we DO
not know
Still thou art herei
And IN thy enfolding arms I gladly
what tSog hast Tor nae, come Ct fast
or slow.
And thou hast am within thy
hoaom's might
Dwell the eternlties ~ my "to be
An infant soul arm IA ray of light
A glistening drop IN lies immortal
sea.
Aye am young 80 young' Ny mind
doth blind
ITSELF with. God. whose vibrant beau
IS glows
Enfiessiy fair
Nor shall there De 10 my bright youth
an endl
Young ~ the rose am T. young as
the rose
Cora Linn Daniels m the Nautilus
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

Iae wa- efwe-u China and Ja
pan Cured q years ago. it I'm
VOWED ,h Destruction Of large
uamae- 70 picked men ~ Japan and
"a c7-asgonf.ng reduction iu the
vI-Uf ~ tho nation Tire effects
af ha oss on the succeeding gen
GRAFTON can got Do Eel, until the
children born 90 1885 attain their
majority These results can be
raa a-sd only in fine reduced stat
-e re rra lrromirz cCnscriDts and
ir taa proportion OF exemptions
from military service Like the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
From AnofherP Point Of VieU
sYcT s.

Mother-"Do they bother your"
Visitor" Drive " crazy.
come fromL
Fathe~ (grufay)-'T've told you a
thousand times already that its the rain.
] should think you'd quit wondering"
Nisitor-"They 60 for nay ankles till
they make me keep my feet going like
Charlie Chaplin.
Mother-''They get into my hair and
keep me combing my hair % try and keep
10 from looking ike a fright
NisitOr-"GOt any m the house ."
Mother-"Well we don't notice them
during the day. but father had 20 Kill
about ~ in our room last night before
we could get a wink OF sleep"
Mother can't see how they get in
the house"
Visitor-'I don't either, but when I
went to see what baby was crying about.
his little hands and face were just COW
cred with red spots"
Father They must stick % your
clothes"
Nother-I think they must get
through Che holes In the screens
=-I Little WiIie-"Wby don't YOU have
father fx the holes
Father-"You gnan t. bed an shut
that door"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

Fou avoid drink
irg ce water 80
or 20 avoid
uuW Der of all
ments and keep
healthy
Stop and con
5Iter chat more
than H cont
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
NORWEGIAN SHIPPING 80

From Norway comes % statement that during
fhc present var up TO july II 90 Noreerisn
ships were either sunk or damaged rg mines
or torp4dues. Hith an aggregate loss OF e.
500.000.-New YORK Post
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
SALES OF AMERICAN SECURITIES

We have heard competent observer put the
total of American securities actually sold by
British holders since The outbreak 0f thn war
at nearer e5009G0.o 600 than &Z50.o00UGG
london Economist
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
Walsh's Harmful Work Is
Serious Blow to Labor

This is the day on which the federal
commission on industrial relations gives
up the ghost
The name of the commission is not as
well known as that of its chairman,
Frank p. Walsh. who is as much hated
as Haywood himself by employers of
labor
No body charged with a great work in
recent years has been so dominated by
the personality Of one man.
Prof John r. Commons is a big man
in the University Of Wisconsin, but who
but those who have come in close con-
tact with the commission even knew that
he was a member?
His conservative views have been lost
sight Of in the spectacular words and
actions Of Chairman Walsh.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
The Keep Well Column
WATER

DRINK water and drink lots o. 81
during the hot weather. ar long as
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

Half a million dollars has been spent,
MORE than two years have been con
sufNed. nm immense volume Of testimony
has bSen taken-and practically nothing
has beSp accomplished.
It. " no such tactics as those Of Mr..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23

IL seems conclusive that the appoint
ment Of Frank P. Walsh to head the com
mission was a mistake.
The commission was appointed to
learn the causes of industrial unrest in
this country, and to suggest remedies.
II needed at its head a man Of liberal
but sane views, an able cross-examiner. a
diplomat capable Of framing shrewd
questions and extracting information
from reluctant witnesses.
Mr.. Walsh possessed few Of these
attributes.
Liberal thought to him meant a lean
ing toward the extreme views OF labor
left"
His sanity may be judged from his
championship of plan for the confisca-
ton Of all inheritances over $1,000000.
No matter how wise such plan might
be, what chance has it Of serious accept
ance?
His cross-examination was bullying,
and Of diplomatic handling Of witnesses
he knew not the slightest iota
The country was READY 70 accept an
unfayorable verdict on the Rockefellers
in connection with Colorado strike.
Walsh's hectoring Of young Rockefel-
Ter came very near making that Sunday
school superintendent popular man in
this country.
Organized labor had great hopes Of
being strengthened by the revelations Of
the commission.
Those hopes have been all bat blasted
by the foolish conduct Of the commits
sion's head.
Labor's desire for better thirSs could
rest only on a sane, sensible, practical re-
port, concurred in by the whole commits
sion.
Instead, the commission is TO present
two reports-one signed by Walsh and
the labor members, the other by Prof
Commons, Mrs J. Borden Hartman and
the representatives of the employers
It is easy TO see which Of these reports
will be accepted.
One win be applauded by the most
radical Of the labor leaders but it viii
not be acceptable to the mass Of unor-
gained labor. and probably will seem
foolish to a great many thinking men
who are members of unions.
The other viii be looked upon by cap
ital and its followers as the commissions
real report; but no matter what it says
II viii be discredited by its lo0d com
t,aniOn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
Los ANGELES, Nov. 20.--Accomp
anying an earthquake shock that rock
ed the southwest damaged buildings
In Mexico and the Imperial valley and
hurled pedestrians from their feet, q
volcano at Andrade, Mexico, across
the line from Yuma, sprang into activ
1ty this afternoon. The Coronado
electric plant was crippled by the
shock and wires were shaken down.
The earthquake shock and the
eruption were felt as far north as San
Diego and reported as of more or less
force in all parts OF the Imperial val
ley. In Mexico they were reported
str ong.
The temblor lasted Ave minutes
Corona, El Centre, Calexico, Mextcali
Coronado. San Diego and Yumn @re
ported shocks. At Calexico, walls
were cracked and buildings damaged
and at Ell Centre pedestrians were
hurled to the street
The existence OF the voclanic crater
had not been generally known in this
vicinity. Suddenly however, the peak
burst forth in mighty blast of flame,
followed by clouds OF steam. Wheth-
er or not any one was killed, was not
revealed in meagre information from
Yuma tonight.