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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
A GENERAL NOTICE

In an effort to curtail needed extra
vagances the Times Record Office force
has been reduced at least two thirds
and in order to handle the business
promptly several changes are being
made, in the methods of handling the
book-work and accounts. One of them
of importance is that in the future all
want Ads" must be paid strictly in
advance, excepting only those mer-
chants and others who have an &C.
count. It has been found that in
many instances the trouble and cost
of collecting small accounts of rs
cents has cost the Office several times
that amount and the collecting OF
that class of advertising has exceeded
the income from that source. In the
future anyone wishing to run a Want
Ad." will kindly call the office and a
boy will be sent at once for the money,
where it is not convenient for the pa
iron to bring it to the Office. This is
in line with modern methods followed
in other cities and it is hoped will be
received in kindly spirit by those
who are interested in seeing the
Times Record made better paper.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
COMMUNITY EFFORTS ALWAYS
PAY.

Christmas has passed and we are
we'll launched on the New Year and
workmen will now remove the Christ
mas tree provided by the city. This
tree has brought forth much comment
few being opposed to it but the
very large majority approaching the
spirit engendered by community ef-
forts have appreciated it and enjoyed
its beauty. Had there been so SER
vice of any kind in connection with
the tree the matter of decorations for
the streets alone would have made the
tree worth while. Thousands passing
through Valley City have noticed the
tree and decorations and have been
impressed and the gentleman at the
head of the city's affairs who provided
the tree and decorations are wise in
community advertising and should
not be discouraged but provide an
other this year, having it in place a
little earlier so that it might be en-
joyed for longer time. h..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
WHICH NATION is CIVILIZED?

Is Japan to stand out in this great
war as the most civilized of the COM
blatant nations? Perhaps the unpreju-
diced student of war events might go
further and pronounce the Nipponese
as the only civilized of the great pow
ers engaged in warfare. When Japan
declared war on Germany it made it's
purpose effective two weeks later
gave two weeks notice, in other words.
When Japan bombarded the German
Notifications at Kaio-Chow it gave
twenty-four hours notice in order that
non-combatants might seek safety.
What other of the great nations ex-
ercised this strict observance Of the
rules of international warfare?
Great Britain dropped aerial ex-
plosives upon Dusseldorf, Freiberg
and other unfortifed towns. Germany
launched similar explosives upon Ant
werp, without notice, and subs equently
Great Britain repeated the treatment
when Antwerp had fallen into Ger
man hands. Germany shells British
seaport towns without notice and wo-
men and children compose the larger
part of the victims.
We violate no neutrality and display
no partisanism when we denounce
with impartiality the barbarism, the
brutality, the uncivilized inhumanity
of this character of warfare. The ma
tions of the world that have
sneered at the Japanese assumption
of higher civilization should revolve
these events in their minds and ask
themselves: What nations are CIV
lized when it comes to war and of
what service are international rules of
war, in the light of the common prac-
tees of the most civilized nations of
Europe.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
THE TRAVELLING DOCTOR.

The matter of whether or not news
papers should advertise for the trav-
cling doctors is being agitated through
the press of the state at this time and
is a matter that ought to be given
grave consideration. A newspaper
should under no circumstances take
advertising from a traveller Of any sort
unless the claims made for the goods
or service offered are in every respect
honest and ring true. There are un-
doubtedly many travelling professional
men who are honest and able to do
what they claim while at the same
time there are many doctors who are
rank fakes claiming to be able to cure
all the ailments to which man is heir
and to do it instantly. These fellows
are undoubtedly fakes and should be
Stunned. In taking advertising Of
this character newspaper man owes
it to his patrons to ascertain some
thing of the character of the adver-
tiser before publishing his matter and
it should be refused if there is any
question at all as to the honesty of the
advertiser, and in any event it is al
ways best to collect in advance. There
is a growing unfriendliness on the part
of the press toward the physicians who
belong to the various organizations
which consider it unethical to adver
tise, and yet permit doctor to fix his
charges for service rendered according
to the ability Of the sick to pay. This
is a matter however that has no rela-
ton to the travelling doctor excepting
in so far as it may relate to the good
and honest doctor who decided to visit
several points and uses the newspaper
to announce his coming. No advertis>
ing which is known fake or which Of
fers the impossible should be run I'M
der any conditions, if paper is to sue
coed in holding the respect and conf
dence Of the readers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
CATS BEAT ALL THE RAT.TRAPS
IN THE WORLD.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside appears department called
the "Headwork Shop in which con-
tributors give practical suggestions
based on their own experience. One
contributor tells as follows how she
got rid of rats on her farm:
We used to see rats most any time
making bee line from grain stack to
lumber pile or pig pen. They climbed
stalks of corn to feast on ears, they
ate the grain in the feed boxes (the
horses often standing back waiting),
ate grain in the field, got into the
corn-cribs and granaries, and into the
house.
1--WE shot them, trapped them with
steel and wire traps, until we could
catch only young ones. We We're
afraid to use poison on account of
dogs, chickens and stock. At last a
neighbor showed me what good cat
she owned. This cat carried rats,
mise, squirrels, and rabbits to her
kittens. Our confab ended in my
bringing home two kittens named
Sambo, and Peanut. They were fed
at regular intervals, so had no ex-
cuse for stealing. Pretty soon they
began tossing mice around out in
the yard. They would catch seven or
eight a day. Next it was young rats
and as the cats grew larger it was
old rats ALSO"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07

Justice Holmes took occasion to re-
mark that Frank had evidently been
convicted without "due process of
law" In other words, 1t is all right
to hang Frank in defiance Of his con-
stitutional rights. And the court in
whose especial care the constitution
is supposed to rest is powerless to
interfere.
There is no honest court on Gods
earth but will decide that Frank do
not have fair trial. says the Mad
ison State Journal. 1t is not dispu-
etd that the trial judge and the jury
were in state of terror lest the
verdict should not be guilty of muir
der in the first degree. Frank was
hated because he was successful Jew
and the atrocity of the crime aroused
public clamor for bloody vengeance.
All the circumstances have a Rus
sian odor.
While this case has aroused uni-
versal interest, the guilt or inno-
cence of Frank is no longer the main
question. On one hand we have pub.
lie clamor for mans life, defeat
ing fair trial. On the other hano
We have the highest court in the
land powerless through technical en-
tanglements to secure for citizen
fair trial for his life.
Mistakes of the court of final re-
sort in arriving at justice may be un-
avoidable and they may be forgiven,
but when the court for any reason
admits that it is powerless to protect
any man, Jew or Gentle, in his con,
stitutional right to a fair trial for his
life, the odium is smeared on the con.
StitutiOn. ~ "e.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
DOOMED TO FALL AGAIN.

The prospective Fall of Constan-
tinople' is historically the most sig
nifcant event. The fall of Paris
would not so much signify, for Paris
has fallen within the memory of mid
dle-aged men. The fall of London
would perplex, but it is quite impos-
sible to believe that such a fall would
be permanent Berlin and Petrograd
are in similar case. But Constantine
pie has been riding for fall" for a
century. The nation which it capital
ICES is an anachornism, or at least
misplaced. Turkey in Europe has
been more or less artificial ever since
the Treaty of Vienna. And Constan-
tin0ple has been the dream in several
capitals, except when it has been the
nightmare. That the city was destin-
ed to be either German or Russian,
has been possible prophecy, ever
since England surrendered its vital in
terest in maintaining Turkey. But
from present indications, it will be the
allies which will capture this capital,
and when the war is over it may be
Russia, but also it may be the Bal
kans which will find their convenient
federation capital in the city Of Con.
stantine. In any event, the fall of
this city, after 500 years, is a prob
able happening, and any day may
bring the news.-st. Paul Dispatch.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
WAS THERE SOMETHING BACK
OF IT.

The mystery as to why the Bis
marck papers were so insistent on
writing stories regarding Grand Forks
Fargo and the schools will probably
be made public within a few days. It
was pretty well understood that It
had to do with the matter of retain.
ing the capitol and perhaps building
a better one, but there may have
been other motives which will appear
as soon as the legislature is in ses-
sion. a." . ..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
PAYS RESPECT TO CATALOG
HOUSE.

The following is clipped from the
Minot Independent, and is here pub
lished because of it's apparent merit.
Every dollar of profit to a Catalog
house in another state is loss to our
own state in this way:
/. A dollar of profit to our mer-
chants gone.
2. A dollars worth of improve
ments gone.
3. A dollar to purchase produce
gone.
5. A dollar of deposits for the
banks gone.
6. A dollar on which to raise taxes
gone.
Z. A dollar that would share with
other dollars in producing available
school funds gone.
8. A dollar that might be used for
charitable purposes gone.
9. A dollar that might be used in
building church gone.
10. A dollar that might be used in
building good roads gone.
IL. A dollar that should swell the
total wealth of the state gone.
IL. A dollar that would aid in MAX
ing us independent of other financial
centers gone.
With these facts staring us in the
face, we are able to see that the ques-
ton raised by the commission should
rank among prime issues with those
who feel an interest in the welfare
and progress of the state; and those
who make a study of, write on, and
discuss questions of Political Economy
should extol the gravity of the stu
alton.
But recently the estate of de-
ceased Catalog House founder was
probated and found to be $4,000 900.
Bear in mind that this was the profit
of but one shareholder
There are no less than five big mail
order houses outside of the state
and many smaller ones to which our
people are paying tribute. I estimate
that the losses to our state on each
and every one Of the IL facts men,
toned above reaches the startling
amount of $5,0oO,00O per annum.
These facts and figures ought to be
such a preponderance of evidence as
to impel us to investigate for the Sc
cret of the Catalog House success un-
til we find a remedy to stop the drift
ing of our wealth to other financial
centers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07

Last Saturday evening was the sec
ond night for the splendid minstrel
show which was put on at the Garnd
theatre by company of twenty-five
amateurs, but which was given in no
way common to amateurs as it was
one of the best shows ever given in
the city under home talent and one
which any one would pay a. large
price to see in larger city. This per.
Torrance was put on under the man.
agement of G. A. Robinson of the Rex
theatre and Miss Ruth Strallee o; the
Grand. AS interlocutor. Mr.. Robinson
did hiself proud as did all Of the
cast. Bryan and Elizabeth Clark,
Marc Harkins, George Webster,
Ralph Wickstrom, George Staples, A.
Adamson, Ruth Strallee. and Hugh
DERRICK were all at their best and not
to mention Ruth Hart and Harry Dav.
idson who appeared in solos which
were greatly appreciated by all. Last
but not at all the least were the per.
Torrance given by little Samuel
Story and the banjo and bone duet.
After the evenings performance the
whole party of twenty-five were in
vited by Miss Nina Stralee to a
sleighing party and after an hour
spent in this manner the guests ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Story where a sumptous dinner was
served with Mrs. Story and Miss
Nina Stralee as hostesses. After the
dinner dancing was INDUCED in until
the wee small hours The cast all
voted their hostesses royal enter
ers as a very happy evening was pass
ed.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
Found Worms for Her 10 Eat

1V0uo WVTWB JOC S10r 20 Rat
African Jungle people are not very.
particular concerning their food, says.
the Christian Herald. One Of our mis-.
sionary ladies was down with an at.
tack Of fever some time ago. This,
was . source Of sorrow to the poor.
unlearned, yet sympathetic natives.
who In their own way are really COM
passionate and want to help. One.
OF these bush mammies' tried to ex--
press her sorrow because the white.
nanny missionary" was SO ill. After;
. time she left the station with a.
bright idea in her head, and started
for the jungle. "A little later she re-
turned with a large tropical leaf from
one OF the trees. Upon it were sew
eral big crawling green worms, which
she had caught and brought to the.
sick missionary. She though hey
would be nice and tepda1 ITO
81 during her il,ael
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
WAS THE TIMES RECORD mis-.
TAKEN?
(From SATURDAYS Daily. J

NH1VIH 0dCuIU dy OdIIy.I
The genial editor of the Courier
places the Times Record in the posi-
ton of having discouraged worthy
charity in the defense of Reginald Won
Reuning who claimed to be walking
from Missoula to Chicago. The writer
OF this article does not wish to dispute
the judgment of the able and honest
editor of the Courier, but we too ex-
amined the credentials OF the man and
found them wanting, in this particular,
no money appears to have been depos-
tied and when asked for an explana-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
The CASE OF LEO FRANK.

The case of Leo Frank, convicted
in Georgia of murder, which now
comes becore the United States SUI
preme court in the shape of haveas
corpus proceedings, comes pretty
near being trial of the constitution
Of the United States, with the high
est court divided against itself as to
power to render complete justice.
On previous appearance before the
United States supreme court, the lat
ter refused to interfere with the ac-
ton Of the lower courts, although
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07

tlon the man informed the Times Re
cord representative that it was moth
ing to the newspapers where the cash
was. This occurred in the presence
of several witnesses and there SEEM
ed but one conclusion. If the Red
Cross Society was to profit $1,000, by
this man freezing his ears etc., then
the money must really be somewhere
on deposit and the press has per-
feet right to announce the hiding
place. Meanwhile for fear that the
writer may be mistaken and have thus
injured the Red Cross Society the fol-
lowing proposition is made in good
faith. If Mr.. Trubshaw will go to any
bank and deposit $25 before Monday
evening the writer of the article in
question will deposit like amount
and in case that the Red Cross Socie-
ty profits $1,000 the later's money will
be added to that amount but in the
event that the society should fail to
receive the $1,000 the $25 belongs to
the Courier man and shall go to
swell the donations to that deserving
organization and the lAoney belonging
to the Times Record representative
shall be returned. We think the man
a fake in so far as he is gathering
funds for charity, and Mayor Platou
stated that he did not endorse the
man but merely signed paper ack.
nowledging that he was here.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07
A GOOD PAPER,

In looking over the Patriot this
week one cannot help but be impress
ed with the splendid typographical
appearance of the paper. It is ably
edited and it is indeed pleasure to
have such splendid men for compete
tors. May Editor Getchell and the
force prosper to the extent that he
will remain permanently with u.s.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07

Sonny" Flecks, colored, sentenced
to serve ten years in the state peni-
Tertiary for perjury has taken a stay
of execution until January 9.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-07

the country was thrown from his
buggy and had to walk three miles to
the nearest farm house to get aid for
his broken shoulder.
Gotfried Bindwald, a farmer living
near Cathay was taken into custody
by Deputy Sheriff Geo. Bthrer upon
the belief that he had stolen a gold
watch from the postoffice at Cathay,
The watch had been sent to a party
at that place in insured mail and aft.
.er calling for it and giving a receipt
for 1t he had placed in back in his
box. the thief very likely seeing the
act.
On Tuesday afternoon Of this week,
Miss Marion Risk was taken to Fargo
suffering from sudden and very
severe attack of appendicitis. She
was accompanied to the st. Johns
hospital by her parents and by Dr..
Ribble. An operation was performed
Tuesday evening at about nine
o'clock. We learn shortly before go
ing to press that it was successful
and has been followed by gratifying
relief and Improvement Of health to
the patient. We trust she may soon
be completely recovered. LaMoure
County Chronicle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-27
Huerta May Be Sent Back
To Face the Firing Squad

fac smile Of his written confession TO
come into the hands of the Mexican
authorities.
CardenaS commanded the ruales
who were detailed to escort MaderO
and Suarez to the penitentiary in Mex
leo City after Madero had been forced
TO surrender TO Huerta in the national
palace. His confession, il is said,
shows that he acted under orders di-
rectly from Huerta when he killed
Madero and Suarez and then formally
reported that they had been shot while
trying TO escape from their automo-
bile.
Huerta still is being held by the
United States government under the
technical charge OF attempting TO lead
a mex revolution IN Mexico. Amnesty
viii be extended 10 most OF the Villa
adherents. but there will be consid-
cradle firing squad activity after the
trials OF the Huertistas get thoroughly
under way. Several already have paid
the death penalty.
An effort also viii be made TO secure
The eXtraditiOn of Felix DiaZ. fellow
cOnspiratOr of Huerta and all others
prominent in the Huerta uprisings
who have since taken refuge in the
United States.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-27
yEGGMAN KILLED
IN REVOLVER DUEL
Two Others Are Captured
While Two ESCape-TeIe-
phone Girl Notifies Police.

CHICAGO, oct. 27.-In a revolver
duel between safe blowers and police
men of Chicago Heights, a suburb.
early today, one yeggman was killed
and two of the gang were captured.
Two others escaped and several sher-
IFS posses were formed 10 scour the
country about Chicago Heights.
The dead robber was about IS years
old.
The prisoners taken in the revolver
fight were James Moran, % years old.
who said his home was i'm California,
and Thomas Riley of Buffalo, y i.
The gang evidently had intended to
blow several safes in the suburb be-
tween midnight and dawn. The first
place on their list was the Schoen-
hoegen Brewing Co.'S office
At 2:40 o'clock Miss Nellie Slayer,
% years old, telephone operator at
Chicago Heights, saw a flash on her
switch board She plugged in" and
heard men talking in the brewery Of
fee. Then came q terrific explosion
She called police headquarters and
told Lieut. MUnsOn what she had
heard. The policemen tracked the
safe blowers from the brewery 10 the
Standard Oil Co. yards There tho
battle was staged. None Of the Off
GERS was wounded, although at the
first shot a bullet carried away Po-
liceman Coughlin's cap.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-27
FOUR YOUNG MEN ARE
HELD FOR CAR THEFT
Burglar Alarm Works and Police Are
Notifed-Were Out
Joy Riding.

Four young men came to grief Tues
day night when an electric burglar
alarm at the Harry Wood garage, SIS
n. Lafayette St, did efficient police
duty to notified Mr.. Woods that one
Of the automobiles in the garage was
missing. The machine taken belonged
to John ReynOldS and the four young
men now Under arrest charged with
taking the car are Orville Matthews,
Ralph Treanor, Roland Starrett and
Joseph KoSZewski.
According to the report the young
men took the car for joy-riding pur-
poses. They managed to break into
the garage and get away with the ma
chine before Mr.. Woods heard the
burglar alarm. When he discovered
the loss of the car he notified the po-
lice, who located the four young men
and the machine later in the evening.
All of the young men. who are well
know, were placed under arrest and
will probably be called into city court
Thursday morning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-27
R0WDIES YELL FIRE;
500 REWARD OFFERED
Audience at Auditorium i'm Near
Panic. Quoted by
Manager.

Arrest and conviction Of four row
dies who shouted fire" at the Audi
forum Tuesday night. and came near
causing a panic, will earn for the
South Bend hospitals a reward Of 500,
according to announcement made by
Mgr. Hines There is an undercurrent
of belief that the boys who caused the
temporary CONSERVATION, resulting
from their yell, were put up to the
trick by Auditorium competitors, a
feature that is also 20 be Investigated.
At the close of a fire scene, in one
Of the shows, some boys in the gallery
let out a cry Of fire. and but for the
quick action Of Mgr. Hines a panic
might have resulted. Catching the ear
Of the crowd before it had scarcely
time to get upon its feet, he assured
those present that il was only the work
OF young rowdies and that there was
no danger, which was soon easily dis
cernable. Il will give 500 to the
local hospitals upon the arrest and
conviction Of the young rascals," he
declared, clinching his words.
Jealousy of the Auditorium on the
part of rival houses, because of the
huge patronage that it enjoys, is be-
lieved to be back of the episode. The
boys made a quick getaway down the
tire escape.