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The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
School Notes
Held Over From Last Week.

Held Over From Last Week)
The Glasgow High school basket
ball team will leave for Havre on the
"Skidoo" Friday morning. The dele
cation will consist of Holland, Wal
dunn, Wall, Koppang and Liebert
with Ralph Baer as substitute and Mr..
Buckman as chaperone. The boys
are to carry off district honors and
thus be in line for the Bozeman trip.
The basketball game between the
Saco city team and the Glasgow city
team resulted in score of SO to II
in favor of Saco. The Glasgow team
looked like school boys in compari-
son with the Saco giants. The Glas-
cow team showed lack of practice,
while the Saco team did splendid
team work and three of their men
were experienced players.
The public speaking contest on
Monday evening resulted in the Sc
lection of Calvin Rogers as the repre-
sentative of the Glasgow High school
in the state contests. Chinook, Havre
and Fort Benton have decided not to
enter the District Speaking contest
at Havre, so Calvin Rogers will re-
present the northeastern district in
the state contest at Bozeman in.
March.
Plans are being made whereby the
Commercial club, the city council, and
the board of education will cooperate
with the High School Atheletic as
sociation in holding a district High
School Atheletis meet in Glasgow the
first Saturday in May to which all the
accredited high schools Of Hill, Blaine
Phillips, Valley and Sheridan coun-
ties will be invited. This meet will be
similar in character to the meet held
last year at Great Falls in which the
schools Of central Montana partici-
pated.
The members of the senior class
participated in an essay-writing con-
test on Monday afternoon. This is a
new contest instituted by the agri-
cultural college and is conducted the
week Of the basketball tournament
The subjects of the essays are select
ed by the College and the students
were given two and half hours in
which to write the essays. No aid
is given the students and they are not
allowed to use any reference
The students who entered the contest
were Margaret Anderson, Deris
Green, Ruby Griffiths, Angie 1llman
Ethel Pease, and Calvin Rogers. The
writer of the best essay from the
schools of the northwestern district
will be permitted to enter the STATE
contest, where the eight best essay
writer's of the state will compete fol
championship honors.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
THE TRUTH ABOUT KANSAS.

Newspaper publishers and newspaper readers the
country know the Kansas City Star as one OF the
greatest newspapers of the country. 1t has an es-
tablsed countrywide reputation for the accuracy OF
its news and the fairness of its editorial comment
1t is published at Kansas City, the gateway to the state
of Kansas, and it's readers may be found in every
locality that served by the United States mails.
The Star knows Kansas from end to end. Here is
very recent editorial comment, in issue OF the cur
rent month of January, 1916:
KANSAS SLIPPING:
(Kansa
Every Kansan know anything about his
that its public institutions suffer-
ing from lack Of funds Its CheapJohn legislature
lastw make sufficient appropriations
fOr he schools,
instiut prisons O
prison Lansing disgrace to the state, hut the
Is winter vetoed appropriation for san
cells for the prisoners because the state was SO
poor Kansas schools dropping second and
public roads mudholes. Kansas is first in noth
ing nOw-exCept wealth.
Kansas has had state prohibition for than
quarter of century. AS net result comes the above
singing indictment Does Montana desire to enter
upon a policy that has brought this shame to Kansas?
Which is BETTER the spirit of progress in Montana
the sodden spirit of decay at work in Kansas-its
public institutions disgrace to the state its schools
being almost crimnaly neglected. and its public high
ways becoming mudlolcs?
advertisement. Published and paid for by the Montana
Commercial and Labor League, Helena, Mont)
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
Ginger Snaps

The poor man who weds an heiress
believes in the gold cure for financial
ills.
If the Mexican pacifists would only
make as much noise as their Yankee
brethren!
Easy to credit that the president
addressed a "full'' audience in Mil
waukee.
Panama reports an earthquake, but
no slides. How perfectly staid and
respectable.
Happy is the man who can satisfy
his political aspirations by becoming
notary public.
| Furthermore, preparedness, more
or less like politics, also makes un-
expected bedfellows.
True religion makes a man feel that
it is just as cold for his wife to get
up and light the fire as it is for him
self.
1t is conceded by this time The
grounding should be able to distin-
guish between the sun and electric
light.
If all the women can look as cute
as some of their spring hats this is
going to be a brighter world right
away.
John D. Rockefeller's expression of
admiration for Billy Sunday is the
tribute of one very successful man
to another.
Still, you can't blame the average
married man for talking in his sleep.
It's about the only chance the poor
devil gets.
If the enemy shall come disguised
as clay pigeons, our embattled trap
shooter will repel them without lift
ing an eyebrow.
Perhaps the Rocky Mountain states
will wish to contribute airships rather
than OCEAN going vessels to the Uni
ted States navy.
Apropose of General Goethal' S
statement that the Panama slides are
at en- end and pessimist wants to
know (which end"
In the convention of June in Chi
cago there will be notable assemb-
lage of dark horses, dark mooses and
dark steam rollers.
Now that the Lusitania difficulty
is adjusted, it is understood that there
: will be no more crises with Germany
until the next one.
!
$ It is understood to be pretty gen
n eral impression that the kind Of COM
= pulsory education Mexico needs
ought to lead off with triggernome-
0 try.
4 Mr. Bryan's idea of defense seems
3 to be to place Mr.. Bryan with his
O| trusty olive branch and chautauqua
10 address at the head Of the govern
2 ment.
10 Villa pleads that he isn't responsi
30 BILE for the Chihuahua affair, and w
20 suppose he should be given the bene
10 fit of the doubt, only he mustn't d.
)6 it again.
Southern preparedness con
gressmen are inclined to think j
Il would be serious mistake for Presi
'e dent Wilson to leave Washington a
10 this time.
y Why should one study the occulta
'n ton of Jupiter and Venus when on
We can get the same effect by seein
ne almost any man obscured by almos
IN any woman.
in s. X
IS DR.. Cook says that the wild man Q
n Borneo is mild-mannered. Possibl
n the Brooklyn traveller compares tn
Borneo aborigine with some arct;
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03

1t is understood that Britain's
blockade of Germany will be made so
rigid that nothing will be able to get
through but the submarines.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
"Villa reported cornered," says
headline. Again or yet?

Would not a good place for the pa
cifists be an island in the middle of
the Pacific ocean?
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
STATE LAND SALE

The state land board has authorized
sales of state land to be made this
year as follows. The sales will begin
probably in May. Counties and acre
ages are as follows:
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
Increase of Population

Estimate Increase Of Population
Census bureau experts have esti-
mated that the population of the
United States on January /, last was
lOl ,208,3l5, and that by July l it
would be lO2.Ol7,3O2 On July l,
last year they figured the population
at lOO,399,318. Western states have
led in growth, Washington leading the
list with Oklahoma. Nevada, North
Dakota and New Mexico following in
the order named. The bureaus es-
Inmates are based on the rate of in
crease between the 1900 and 1910 CEN
suS.
A non-partisan tariff board theory
always has an earnest friend in the
minority.
Speaking Of untold wealth, the in
come tax returns certainly reveal a
lot of it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26

PARIS, Feb 26.-Verdun, the great
fortress on the Mouse river, about
which one of the greatest battles of
the war is now raging, is known as
the gateway to Paris 1t is one of
a chain of fortresses lying across
eastern France, the others being Bel
fort, Toul and Epinale. The fort at
Maubeuge. which was the northern
most ling was captured by the Ger
mans early in the war
Before the war Verdun had a popu-
lation of $4,000. 1t is split by the
Mouse river and also by canal
which flows into the Mouse from the
west.
The city is girded by twenty-one
forts, all of modern construction and
protected with the heaviest ordnance
in the French army Two railway
lines pass through Verdun In addition.
eight important highways center there
One of these runs south along the
Mouse to St Mihiel, where the Ger
mans hold salient on the west bank
of the river; another leads eastward
to Ste. Menehould and connects with
the famous old Roman road; another
leads through the Argonne to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
ARMED NEUTRALITY PREVAILS
Between CONGRESS- AND WILSON

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Armed
neutrality prevailed today between the
administration and congress on the
submarine situation. Both sides were
playing a waiting game. Curiously
enough each assigned the same rea-
son for it. The president has appealed
TO the country through his .etter to
Senator Stone. The advocates OF leg
islation to keep Americans off armed
ships have staked the case upon the
original Stone letter which forced the
executive to define his position.
Both sides as resul. were content
to remain quiet today SO that the 9th
er could hear from the people in
the interval over Sunday. Although il
was expected that in both the senate
and the house efforts might be made
to get consideration of the proposed
legislation in some of it's phases, the
leaders were In complete control and
ready to prevent any radical action.
Meanwhile, it seems certain that the
question of what constitutes an armed
merchantmen carrying guns for de-
Tense purposes and so entitled to warn
ing when stopped by submarine, and
under Just what circumstances of this
character become naval auxiliaries
and fair prey for the U boats, will be
{. subject of prolonged debate between
Germany and the United States. Sec
rotary Lansing stated that there will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
ELECTRICAL EFFECTS FEATURE
EAGLES MINSTREL SONCFEST

Elaborate costumes and spectacular
electrical effects will be but part of
the many varied features of the great
er minstrel production to be given un-
der the local aerie of Eagles at the
Gennett theatre Wednesday and Thurs
day nights of next week. E. D. Hutch
inson of Columbus, O., with a corps of
assistants is in the city and will COM
plete arrangements for the show with
ing the next few days.
THE honeysuckle garden at sunrise
scene, one Of the feature parts of the
program, promises to be one of the
most deliberately staged acts ever at
tempted by local talent production
Electrical devices will produce every
effect that can be described by the
word spectacular. Costumes for this
setting will be of the colonial type.
AS premier funmaker of the even
ing, John Hafner, well-known local
and Emerson Wenger,
celebrity of equal note, are slated as
chief mirth provokers of the show
And with the assistance of such nota-
bles as Doctor d. D. Boswell, NJ G.
Leeds, Joe Mulroney, Oran Etters, Will
liam Dean, Frank White, Henry Co
horst and Byram Oldaker, nothing ap-
pears lacking in this department
Ballad singers will be Joe Vessel
and Raymond White, both well-known
local men. An olio to be put on by
Byram Oldaker promises to be a big
side feature. L. B. Evans will stage
an originality all his onwn.
Grand finale of the performance will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
BELIEVE Or. LYMAN
AGENT OF GERMANS

TAMPA, Fla, Feb 26.-Evidence
showing that Or. ]. Grant Lyman was
active in London society and possibly
bearing out the charge that he was
engaged in secret work for the Ger
man government in England was found
when the prisoners luggage was
searched here today. In a red Nor
rocco bill wallet was found blank
check on the Capital and Counties
Bank of London and signed by the
British and Colonial Trading com
panies by Frank Jackson managing
director. In another suitcase was
found copper plate and cards inscrib-
ed, "Mr. George Loring, Somerset
club" This is one of the elite clubs of
London. The picture of woman and
baby were found and a lady's gold coin
purse engraved, ITO my darling,
Christmas 1914
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
MOURN
LOSS OF FORT
WON BY KAISER

LONDON, Feb. 26--Extraordinarily
sharp lookout is being kept by Great
Britain's naval forces in anticipation
of dash to sea of the German fleet.
a dispatch from Berlin states that
the kaiser was at Wilhelmshaven We'd
day, and supplementary advices from
Amsterdam adds that he went from
Wilhelmshaven to Kiel
Following the receipt of these re-
ports, it was recalled that the German
fleet has always shown considerable
activity after previous visits from the
kaiser, and it was thought that while
the crown princes army was assault
ing Verdun the grand fleet of Germany
might attempt to gain a victory in the
North sea
Dismay was caused in London by the
news that German troops had captur-
ed Fort Douaumont, one of the chief
Notifications of Verdun, which arrived
here from Berlin shortly before noon,
but it caused no elimination in the
determination of the English to wage
war until Germany is smashed.
English military experts had ex-
pected the Germans to fail in their
mighty assaults on the Verdun de-
lenses, but it was declared this after
noon that even the capture of the
mighty French fortress would not at
feet the final outcome of the war. The
German losses in their attacks on the
French barrier forts, the English eX-
perts assert. will be too great to per-
NIT them to make another rush upon
Paris, such as followed the drive
through Belgium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
S. PER CENT
NEEDED TO GIVE
LINE SUBSIDY

The board of directors of the Rich
mond Commercial club will meet Mon
day or Tuesday upon call Of the presi-
dent, to consider the recommendations
that will be made by the electric rail-
way committee fayoring the election to
vote subsidy of 100000 for the trac
tion line extension north. The COM
mittee unanimously approved the sub
sidy and it is believed that the board
of directors will take favorable action
on the recommendation. The details
of the proposed extension, requiring a
total subsidy of $150.OO0 from towns
between Richmond and Portland. will
be explained to the board by Charles
Jordan, chairman of the railways COM
mittee.
The committee has found that the
total assessed valuation of property
in Wayne township. including Rich
mond, is s19.615.699. from from which
about SIS. 1000, 900 can be considered as
probable basis for tax computation
To raise subsidy of 100000 il would
be necessary to place a tax of 5.5 per
cent which would be distributed over
two years. making total of % per
cent each year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
NURSE TAKES BOYS
FROM SAN|TORIUM

LAKE GENEVA, Wis, Feb. %
Villages all through southern Wiscon-
sin have been asked by Marshall Gro
min of Lake Geneva to find Mrs. Marie
Souther, nurse. and Genord and Wal
ton Culvert, boys aged about 10, who
disappeared last night from Oak
Leaves sanitorium for feeble minded
children of wealthy families. The
boys are said to be from Lebanon, Ind.
There was row between some Of
the nurses and DR.. Mary Pogue, head
Of the institution" said Marshal Gro
min, land when DR.. Pogue was in Chi
cago Mrs. Souther and the boys dis
appeared | understand she has serv-
ed notice that she will not return the
hoys until the wage question is settled
with the other nurses at the institu-
ton"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
SENATE SETTLES DOWN
TO ROUTINE MATTERS

WASHINGTON. Feb 26.-The ire
mendous excitement that has charac-
terized the senate meetings tn elast
few days was entirely lacking today.
Under the recess rule, the Gore and
Jones resolutions affecting the inter-
national situation could not be
brought up and the few senators re-
naming in the chamber lapsed into
tranquil debate of the water power
bill. Around the offices and cloak
rooms however. the international sit
uation and the congressional revolt
continued to simmer and was an all
absorbing topic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
WEISBROD MADE
HEAD OF LOCAL
LABOR COUNCIL

X. NJ Weisbrod was selected presl-
dent of the organization and other new
officers were named at the special
meeting last night of the Central La
Dor Council The other officers are
as follows: Nice-president, o. B.
Reece; financial-secretary, Robert E.
Graham; corresponding secretary.
Jesse II. Howell.
Howell assumes the vacancy caused
by the unexpected resignation of A. c.
Allen who in dropping the office ex-
planned that the pressure of other du-
ties prevented his continuance as sec
rotary.
Besides the selection of these Off
GERS. the council appointed five dele
gates to cooperate with the Industrial
Relations Commission Of Washington,
ID. c.. and named a committee to make
an investigation and report concern
ing the Forward Movement" or or
ganized labor's membership campaign.
Some discussion was given the indus
trial survey being conducted here but
no action was taken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.


SCHAEFER--The funeral of Mrs.
Margaret b. Schaefer will be held from
the home, FOG North Ninth street.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial
will be in the Earlham cemetery.
Friends may call any time Sunday.
WENTLING-Rebecc A. Venting.
aged Sc years, died Saturday morning
at her residence, 500 North Seven
teenth street. Death was due to pneu-
monia. Three daughters. Mrs. Char
lotte 'Otey, Dayton; Mrs. Louis Minck,
Richmond; Mrs. Clara Welstead.
Mansfield, Ore, and two sons, William
and Jacob Venting, of this city, sur
vive. The funeral will be held from
the home Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial will be in the Earl
ham cemetery Friends may call at
any time.
Births.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Floyd,
South Seventh and G streets, boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Lee,
Sheridan and John streets, boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Shall
lenburg, 322 North Fifth street, boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Ollie.R Me
man. 4O51a Main street, girl
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel F..
Miller, IS Laurel street, girl.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Melvie Barker,
1926 North l street, boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wilke-
meyer, 708 South Eighth street, boy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
OFFICIAL faster
SAMPLES FOOD

CHICAGO, Feb. 26-Because they
do not want former President William
II. Taft. Archbishop Mundclein or any
Of the other guests at the st. Patrick5
day dinner OF the Irish Fellowship
club to be poisoned, William }. Healey,
a member OF the club, will taste all CT
the food to be served several hours be-
fore it is put on the table. IT he sur
wives the ten courses, the dinner Will
proceed. The official faster was ap-
pointed because OF the fear that an at
tempt to poison the dinner guests may
be made along the lines followed by
the man who poisoned 800 banqueters
at the University club at the recep-
tion for Archbishop Mundelein.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
TEuTONS IGNORE
STORM OF SHOT

PARIS, Feb. 26-The German crown
prince is hurting his troops against the
3 entire arc of forts defending Verdun
7 on the northeast side and the terrific
I battle is raging with the utmost VIC
lence in blizzard and in perishing
< cold.
Y Using fresh soldiers that were
brought up to replace the German
troops who had been wearied by con
slant day and night fighting the Ger
man crown prince began series of
fresh assaults after a cannonade of
the greatest fury. The attack center
ed against Fort Douaumont, the way
being opened by the voluntary aban-
donment of earthworks in front of the
fort by the French troops to avoid
useless bloodshed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
NORRIS ATTACKS
SHIELDS MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-In a bitter
attack on the Shields general dam bill
on the senate floor today, Senator Nor
ris of Nebraska, charged the presence
in Washington of the most extensive
lobby congress has ever seen" in the
interests of the water power trust. ;
He declared the bill would give
away valuable water power plant to
private interest for a song"
The country is SO absorbed with
preparedness and the international
situation that it has not become suffi-
GENTLY interested in the Shields bill
to protests against its passage he
said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
BRANDEIS IS VICTOR
CLAIM or FRIENDS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-Louis ID.
Brandeis' supporters claimed today
that the bottom has fallen out of the
opposition to his confirmation as as
socjate justice OF the United States
supreme court. They insisted that his
confirmation by the senate is certain
The investigation practically is end
cd. The subcommittee planned to
take up the Equitable Life Insurance
case today and also to hear the five
character witnesses allowed to each
side. The committee will then retire
TO executive session for week or so
TO prepare its report on Brandeis' fit
ness to sit on the supreme court bench
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
NICHOLS FINED $500

Changing his plea Lee Nichols held
on statutory charges filed in circuit
court today pleaded guilty in police
court and drew a fine of $500 and six
months on the penal farm. AS the re-
suit of Nichols punishment in city
court the charges in circuit will be
dismissed. Nichols was arrested a
short time ago following a raid on his
rooms which he was operating as a
"harem."
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be no effort made to prevent Germany
setting forth fully its views on the
subject. 1t is accepted that if an
agreement can thus be reached the
situation will materially improve
The German reply asking this gov
ernment's views on the subject is ex-
pected to be presented to Mr.. La Mig
by Count Won Bernstorff on MONDAY
morning. In anticipation of the ques-
tions that are to be raised the secre-
tary is understood to have prepared an
opinion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
GAUGE VENTILATION

Postponement of their proposed in
yestigation of the ventilation of the
school rooms until the first of next
week, has been made by Superintend-
cnt j. II, Giles and DR.. Nj. +, Johnston,
president OF the school board. Super
intendent Giles said that the eXamiDa-
tion of the conditions. which is to be
made with an air meter must neces-
sarily be conducted during school SEES
SionS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
LAND SALE

Fine 120 acres, seven miles south OF
Portland, four miles northeast Ridge-
vile, well improved, lays fine. no
waste. must go west, land sells court
house, Portland. at auction. Saturday
afternoon, March a. Terms easy.
Write for details. Call and invest
gate. Address: ..--
F. p. PHINNEY, Owner
Route Twelve, Portland, Indiana
Ridgeville Telephone
feb26-2S-29mar2-3
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-26
SUSPENDS SENTENCE
FOR LESTER WILKINS

Lester Wilkins, 333h South Thir-
teenth street, was released on sus-
pended sentence in circuit court this
morning by Judge Fox after he had
been found guilty of grand larceny.
Wilkins confessed to having stolen
jewelry valued at more than $50 from
the home of Edwin Cook. He was
sentenced from one to fourteen years
in the state reformatory, but upon the
plea of Edwin Strattan, who promised
to keep the boy at work, the judge re-
leased him.