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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
plvEr's COURAGE
Representative A. g. Divet ha

Representative A. g. Divet has
returned from Bismarck hero.
1t took courage to oppose the
one-man tax commission bill
when the head of his party in the
state wanted it so bad, but Divet
had the courage of his convic-
tions and in the face of threats he
hurled back defiance.
He was able to see the purpose
and injustice of the Heckle bill
and he had the courage to call a
spade a spade in opposition to its
passage.
He had the ability to defeat that
bill and he defeated tin spite
of the governor and all his influ-
ence.
He knew that Hanna wanted to
favor the interests Of the state.
as that bill would have favored
them, and that Hanna wanted to
perfect his political machine with
tax commission that he could
personally control.
Divet saw clear through this
bill. and knowing it should be
killed. he killed it-dead.
1t mattered not to him who was
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

behind it, OF how hard the man
behind it would strike back, he
hit a solar plexus blow, just the
same, and the Heckle bill went
down and out.
Right or wrong, Divet was true
to his convictions, and the Times
believes his convictions were
right.
Divet had been warned and
threatened by Hanna, and he
knew the result of his course, but
he went straight for the mark, and
like a true knight he hit it a blow
that proved fatal.
His lance pierced the bill
through and through and laid il
open to the gaze of all his fellow
members and the whole state.
1t was a heroic deed chival-
rously performed, and Divet is
entitled to all the praise his deed
is bringing him.
His party may ostracize him for
that act of independence. but no
matter. His place in the hearts Of
the common people of the state
is secure.
The Times believes in giving
honor to whom honor is due. and
Divet has proven himself a good
and faithful servant of the peo-
Mo
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

petitions. The only exception TO
this is in the case of measures
necessary for the immediate pro-
lection of the peace, health, or
safety of the state, and even in
that case the law must so state
in one section of the bill and must
be passed by two-thirds majori-
ty OBJ both houses. No other emer-
gency legislation is permitted. No
bill passed by this legislature ex-
cept the budget bill, has contalli-
ed this provision or has been
passed in this manner.
1t is too early to decide, or even
form any settled opinion as to the
full effects of this failure to COM
ply with the constitution. 1t may
render wholly illegal every act
with an emergency clause attach
ed. 1t may be that only such bills
as are referred back to the people
for their approval or disapproval
will be effected. But it was a SER
ious oversight, and the strange
thing about it all is how it could
have happened that not a single
member of either the House or
the Senate. or the Governor, or
anybody else discovered this over
sight in time to correct it.
The state of Oregon had a sim
liar experience after its referen-
dunn amendment went into effect,
and the state had an endless
amount of trouble on account 1of
its oversight.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
a SERIOUS OVERSIGHT

The failure OF the legislature
to note the change in the method
of enacting laws made by the adj
option of the referendum amend
ment to the constitution may re-
suit in serious conditions in the
state.
Under the amended constitution
all bills enacted by the legisla-
ture are subject to a referendum
vote before they go into opera
ton, provided ten per cent of the
voters petition for such referen-
dun vote, and they have ninety
days from the close of the ses-
sion in which to circulate such
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
QUESTION FOR THE COUNTS

Brother DiVet succeeded in re-
tanning the three tax-commis-
sioner law on the statutes, and he
did it handsomely. But he, and all
who voted with him, overlooked
the equally important matter OF
an appropriation sufficient to pay
them for their work.
Under the law the three TAI
commissioners are entitled to ar
annual salary of $1,000 each, anG
therefore the three of them arr
entitled to draw $4,000 for the
next two years, but under thu
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
completing appropriations for the
governments subsistence. The

completing appropriations for the
governments subsistence. The
total appropriations of the ses-
sion were several million dollars
less than mad been expended by
previous Congresses, thus making
good the Democratic claim to
economy in the management Of
affairs. Two important measures,
the Postoffice and Indian supply
bills, failed in the final rush, but
these were provided for by joint
resolution, continuing the present
appropriations in force.
While the Senators and Repre-
sentatives were devoting their
time to final essentials, the presi-
dent occupied his room in the
Capitol building and was equally
busy reading and signing the last
fruits of legislation. Yet he founC
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
CONGRESS QUITS

The 63rd Congress expired last
Thursday noon, after an almost
continuous session of two years,
It's most noted accomplishments
were a reduction of the tariff, a
revised currency system, supple
mentary trust laws, the creation
of an income tax and demon
stration of the first popular cleo
ton of U. S. Senator's.
Strenuous activity enlivened thu
closing hours, devoted chiefly t.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Morning service at 1890; Sun
day school at noon. Christian En-
deavor $3.50 Preaching service,
1880; Prayer meeting at 1880 on
Thursday evening.
The Mems Brotherhood of
Wahpeton will meet on Wednes-
day evening March II. A good
program will be rendered, consist
ing of music, and an address by
Senator Purcell, who has kindly
consented to give his noted lee
ture on Saint Patrick.
The wives and lady friends Of
the members are cordially in
vited to this meeting. Dinner will
be served at the usual hour, $3.50
p. m.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
budget act only $4,000 is provid-
ed to nav them.

budget act only $4,000 is provid-
ed to pay them.
The budget Act also repeats all
acts and parts of Acts in con-
flict with this and this puts out of
existence the standing appropria-
ton that was made for the tax
commission four years ago, and
there is, consequently, no provi-
sion whatever for paying the
three tax commissioners any SAL
airy after the $4,000 apiece has
been consumed.
It is plain that the tax COM
mission will work after that free
gratis or refuse to work at all,
unless the courts can find some
way to pay them their salary. 1t
will now be up to the courts.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

President Wilson, in a recent
address, remarked that thigh So
ciety is for those who have STOP
ped working and who no longer
have anything important to do"
All of which seems sad but true.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

time in the midst of all the hurly-
purly to greet m:>ny Senators and
Representatives and congratulate
ed them or t.:c success of their
work.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
WARNING TO RoYsl

All boys and men are hereby
warned under the penalty of heavy
fines against removing or disturb
ing any sign or signs at the city
dumping ground. BY order of
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
3-11 ct,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Paramount merchants adver-
tise every week in the year and the
result is that you can hear the
hum of its business for twenty
miles around.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

The Indiana legislature killed
1O1 bills in is minutes. The North
Dakota legislature should have
followed it's example.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Ex-Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft are both gaining in popular
ity of late-Taft by talking more
and Roosevelt by keeping still.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Billy Sunday is just now the
most popular man in Philadel-
phia and can have any office he
wants.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Nobody is likely to swim the
English Channel this year. Too
many mines there.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11
MRS. BLOOM NOT CONFIRMED

A Washington dispatch says
that President Wilson has decided
not to give recess appointments
to number of persons whose
nominations for federal offices
were rejected by the Senate dur
ing the last sessin, among them
being Mrs. Bloom, postmaster at
Devils Lake.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

The flight of lame ducks from
Washington and Bismarck was
rather heavy last week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

1t is quite probable that after
the option elections in Minnesota
there will be fewer saloons and
more blind pigs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Woman suffrage lost out in The
Minnesota Senate by one vote-&
mighty close slave.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

By asserting that he is tied by
the legs President Wilson coyly
admits that there are strings on
him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Well, the legislature has adj.
journed and we still have the
same old tax commission.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

Even his denial will not con-
vince some people that Gen. Villa
is not dead.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-11

President Wilson'S theory is:
I'D rather be right than ram
bunctious."
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Terms: $3.50 per year in advance.
Entered at the postofrice at WahpetOn,
N. D., as second class mail matter.
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protection, the writer or sender must sign
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erence.
Church, school and society news is cord
Tally solicited for free publication, also.
But advance notices OF all meetings where
On admission fee Is charged, and all cards
OF thanky will be charged for at Is cents
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Advertising rates Is cents per column
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-03

Because men (WhO never knew
how to make love anyhOwD have
stopped making any, is what is at the
bottom of so many unhappy mar
lagos.
Lack Of love making is the whole
ecret of the divorce evil.
Marriage is a game which should
je played with the whole heart and
mind and soul by both parties
hereto.
If either partner gets careless or
bored or Indifferent, how long will in
crest in the game continue?
Men are never satisfied to do any
hing else in the slOvenly way in
Ihich they make love. 1 know a
nan who is just an ordinary man in
everything else but to see him drive
a spirited horse is to know that he
has the making of a good lover in
him. He is full of enthusiasm in
studying his horses disposition. He
hUmOTs her. He babies her. His pa
tience with her nervousness and fears
and suspicious is infinite. He trusts,
too, to the brute's instincts. He new
er forces her to thwart them.
Yet this man never trusts his wife's
intuitions, nor humors her sick fan
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-03

cies! He will interrupt the most in
teresting conversation, when he is
driving, to say:
There Pet, that pile Of stones
won't hurt you! Go on, now, like the
pretty girl you are! Here's a nice bit
of road. Hold your head up and show
what you can do That's right!
That's my beauty! See how she
reaches out? Did you ever see such
a high stopper? Quiet now, Pet.
Take this hill easily. we know you
can go, but you mustn't tire yourself
out, just because you have a willing
spirit. See her look around to see if
l am pleased with her?'
dear me, that's nothing!" ! said
once. ANY woman would do as
much, it you treated her that way"
This man does not know how to
make love. His wife is not a happy
woman. He is always saying that his
horse won't back or that she hates
this or is afraid of that. The horse
never has to do anything she doesn't
want to.
But his wife does! SHE gets no
such tender consideration and intel
ligent treatment.
No wonder his horse loves him!
l wonder if a man ever fell in love
with anything except a pretty face or
a magnetism he foolishly imagined
would be lasting?
Most men make love because the
girl happens to be handy.
Girls hate this handy lovemak-
ing, but as it is the best they can get
they accept it.
Men complain at the way girls treat
each otheT-at the envy, jealousy,
ETC., they evidence in their dealings
with other girls.
l claim that it is only to protect
a custom-made brand OF poor love-
making to a convenient girl, which
brings on all that men complain of in
the way girls treat other girls.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-11
FUNNY STUNTS

A Iandlady boarding a strain.
. A deaf man get hearing in court.
A policeman pinch a felon. Ouch!
An attorney pressing his clients
suit
A ward heller arrested for mall
practice.
A Chinese Iaundryman clean up
fortune.
A young rector giving a society
belle ring.
A wife practice on the piano before
she tried to lecture her husband.
A train of thought wrecked in a
brainstorm.-Judge.
1000
The fellow who decided to put only
% days in this perky February made
one mistake, and that was in not
making it 81 days.
-O-O-
As a result of huge army orders
and consequent rise in leather, boots
viii be much dearer in England.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-11

the way, Miss Twist, can you recon-
mend to me a really good poison for
getting rid of miserable rats? Our
house is oVerrun with them and Mr..
Wrenn thinks you might know of one
seeing that the pOstoffee suffers in
the same way"
And, before I had managed to an
sWer a word the four got up and left
me. They were outside before l re-
allied they had been referring to me
when they spoke of rats or I'd have
given a lesson how to insult a lady.
Well, Aunt Lily, who had been lis
tening with sort of placid smile on
her face, insisted that it had all been
trick and that they'd written those
letters knowing that I would open
them and be Mortified. l certainly
was Mortified, but nothing will con-
vince me that they didn't mean them
and that it was my letters that
stopped their evil designs.
Anyway, 1 don't visit the summer
eTs any more and all the old families
in Seacliff have agreed that Pm act
ing right and that they won't either.
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-11

Miss Constance Drexel, the Phila-
delphia heiress, is no longer nursing
wounded soldiers in the French hos
pitfalls. She has returned to America
to work for woman suffrage and the
right of women to make laws.
Miss Drexel has joined the forces
of the Congressional Onion of Wom-
ans Suffrage because, she declares,
''the hopeless condition Of women in
the war zone decided me to come and
aid women to gain direct influence
on government
CLEANS FROM THE BRIGHT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
VOCABULARY NOT
NECESSARILY BIG

Iowa City, Dec. 10.--Leonard P.
Ayres, director Of education OF the
Russell Sage foundation, told Iowa
school superintendents and pricipals
gathered here today in their second
annual conference that a vocabulary
of only 1000 words was used is nine
tenths of all that the average Ameri-
can writes. He declares that those
who learned to spell those words cor
rectly would seldom be guilty Of an
error in spelling.
In recent test, Director Ayres
said, 1000 short letters were examin-
ed and it was found that the 1000
writer's had used, in a total of $4,000
words, only 1000 different ones. Nine
words constituted one-fourth Of the
whole number written, while fifty,
with their repetitions, made one-half.
The ten commonest words were: the,
and of, to, a, in, that, you and for.
Mr.. Ayres discovered that there were
80 words which stand about three
,Xqrters of all the wear and tear in
yth language.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
s.. LOUIS Ar TER
c. 0. ?. NEE TING

st. Louis, Dec. 1o.-Provided with a
check for 100000, committee of
republicans was to depart today for
Washington, D. c., where 1t will at
tempt to persuade the republican ma
|tional committee to hold the 1916 con-
lvention of that party in St. Louis.
The local committee will use prac-
tically all the arguments which en-
tabled similar democratic committee
last Wednesday to obtain the 1915
democratic convention for ST. Louis
and in addition will put forth some
hitherto undisclosed reasons why the
Republican convention should be held
here. Like the democrats, this COM
mittee, it is believed, will claim that
Missouri is doubtful state politically.
The committee includes Edward
Hidden, president of the Business
Mems league; Mayor Henry w. Kiel,
Cyrus p Walbridge, a former may
Tor; Jacob Babler, chairman of the re-
publican state committee of Mis-
souri,; John Schmoll, chairman Of the
Republican, city committee, and sew
|eral other prominent politicians and
business men.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
DEMANDS DRASTIC
PROTEST AGAINST
BRITISH ACTIONS
SENATOR ASKS CONGRESS 70 IN
slsT THAT FREEDOM OF SEAS
BE MAINTAINED.

Washington, D. G., Dec. 10.-Sena-
tor Hoke Smith OF Georgia, in an ad-
dress to the senate today, called on
congress to insist that Great Britain
cease interference with neutral COM
merce He declared that protests by
the American state department had
beet met by increased lawlessness
and trampling on neutral rights.
British merchants and shippers are
profiting greatly, he asserted, by ex-
porting the very character Of goods
seized when shipped from the United
States to neutral European ports
Great Britain said Senator Smith,
may desire to crush an enemy
through the suppression Of trade but
she has no right to do 1t at our loss
to make us the instrument Of II"
Senator Smith denied that Great
Britain could be excused on the ground
that the United States had acted ille-
gally and Improperly in similar way
in the civil war.
I'm these cases the right OF seizure
was based, not on the blockade Of a
neutral port, but on the fact that ship
pers had arranged continuous voy-
age for the goods by sea into block
AIDED port
Remarking that the relations be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain had been growing closer for
q hundred years, the senator added:
"But we are not a dependency OF
Great Britain"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
SCIENTIST MAKES
IMPORTANT FIND

Mexico City, Dec. 10.R Manual
Perez Amador, director Of the govern
ment institute for biological research,
has announced the discovery of q
method for taking x-ray photos with
out the use of radium, Crookes tubes
or expensive apparatus Of any kind.
Employing an ordinary plate hold
er Of q camera, DR.. Amador placed
the body OF a lizard on the outer sur
face Of the opaque slide, under which
was Photographic plate. A short
distance above the Opaque slide he
suspended an ordinary tin shade of
an electric lamp, to the inner surface
of which crystals Of highly purified
white sulphur had been made to ad-
here The resultant radioactive rays
penetrated the body Of the lizard and
the Opaque slide and impressed per-
feet Image Of the skeleton and the in
ternal organs OF the reptile on the
plate inside the holder. A large num-
Der Of scientific men witnessed the
demonstration.
DR.. Amador claims to have discov-
cred a cheap substitute for radium
during his experiments of the past
eight years with the radioactive prop
critics of white sulphur.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
RELIEF CONSIDERED.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 1O.-Governor
Stuart is awaiting reports from agents
he has sent to Hopewell to investigate
the necessity for state relief measures.
IA Joint session Of the city council here
will take UP the subject today and the
Richmond chamber of commerce will
meet for the same purpose. News
paper relief funds have been opened
and Richmond expects to have or
ganized workers in Hopewell before
night. Petersburg and Norfolk are
taking similar measures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
CITY DESTROYED
BY FIRE; POWDER
PLANT WORKS ON
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
OF MUSHROOM TOWN REM
DERED HOMELESS.

Hopewell, Va, Dec. 10.--The town
Of Hopewell, swept by fire yesterday
and last night, was almost as bare to-
day as the cornfield In which its first
buildings were put up year ago.
Four hundred houses, most of them
wood, constructed In feverish haste to
care for the influx Of people brought
here by activities Of the Dupont ex-
plosives plant, were licked UP by the
flames. In the main part of the town
of twenty-five thousand persons hard
ly building remained, though the
great explosives plant nearby and COM
pany villages at either end of the town
escaped undamaged. The loss is put
at S1,000,00O
Thousands Of refugees who through
out the afternoon had stood helpless
as their homes and places of business
burned were housed during the night
in Petersburg and Richmond. Many
of those who saved their household
goods stood guard over their effects
with repeating rifles all night. Mill
tiamen from Richmond and special
guards from inside the Dupont plant
helped the Hopewell police force to
keep order.
Although many were injured, only
one death was reported A negro,
caught looting, was said to have been
strung up to a tree at the edge of
town.
The fire started in restaurant
when an oil stove toppled from box
in the kitchen. A hotel caught next.
and soon the flames, driven by stiff
wind, were eating their way through
banks, stores, hotels and dwellings.
The only church In the town was one
OF the first buildings to go.
An eleven year old boy was the hero
Of the fire. Twice he rushed into a
building and each time reappeared
with a baby in his arms.
The explosives plant, which day and
night at top speed is turning out war
munitions for the allies, ceased opera
tions only long enough to make sure
none of its l>1ildings would burn. Once
when the fire got close all hands were
turned out to pour water on the
buildings, but a shift Of the wind turn
ed the flames in another direction
and the plant started up again.
There was little insurance, it was
said, on the buildings, which were
jammed tOgether-wood and brick
in a space covering about sixty acres.
The estimate of $1,O00,OOO loss is a
conservative one, it was said.