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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
DENIES AssAiLlNG Mr.. HUGHES.
Percy Mackaye Writes He Never
Saw Authors Letter" With
His Name Amended.

Percy Mackaye, playwright. whose,
name appeared as one Of the signers!
of the so-called authors letter." pub:
lished in the newspapers last week.
knew nothing about the matter until
after publication. according to a state,
ment given out yesterday at Repub-i
lican national headquarters. The let
ter attacked Charles e. Hughes criti-
cism of President Wilson as mon
constructive" and propounded ten
questions for Mr.. Hughes to answer
In n letter to Mr.. Hughes Mr.. Mackaye
said -
"My attention has just been called
to an open letter addressed to you.
printed in the New York Herald Of!
August 2, signed by a number of pro-
fessional writer's. among whom my
name is included. beg to send you.
this word, to say that l did not sign
the letter and never saw or heard OIL
the letter until 1t was shown to me
In print"
1t was stated at Republican head
quarters that neither Mr.. Hughes nor
any of his staff had seer the letter
except as 1t appeared In the news,
papers.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Sometimes you hear men, sensible
men, too, say, "Im going to vote for
Wilson this year because he kept us
out of war"
Ask such men a short question.
Ask them, "Out Of what war?"
Did Mr.. Wilson keep us out of the
European War? No. He has himself
In a formal address to congress spok-
en- of the European war as "a war
with which we have nothing to do, a
war whose cause do not touch U.s."
How could Mr.. Wilson keep us out
of a wal with which we have nothing
to do and whose causes do not touch
us? /
Did he keep the rest of the western
hemisphere out Of the European war?
No Independent nation on this side
of the world is involved in it; the
only people in it are the colonies of
European powers and they had no
voice in their fate, for they were au-
tomatically ut war when their mother
governments went to war. Who kept
Argentina. Brazil, Chile. Peru, out of
the European war? Did Mr.. Wilson?
Did Mr.. Wilson keep us out of war
with Mexico? No. In his term more
Americans have been killed by Next
cans and more American property has
been destroyed by Mexicans. than by
Spaniards during the whole Spanish
war. In his term we have seized a
hfDvf0nr pnpt n,I hox-n copt o,,r ont;rn
regular army and militia to fight Next
cans In his term Mexican armed
forces have invaded American soil and
fought battles against our people With
In our boundaries.
President Taft went through two
Mexican revolutions during his term,
the revolution against Diaz and the
revolution against Madero. American
lives We're safe in Mexico during that
time. No Mexican cities We're seized
by Americans and no armed MeXicans
invaded the United States while Mr..
Taft was in the White House. Yet Mr..
Taft never thought Of asking the
American people to vote for him be-
cause he kept us out of war with
Mexico. He put an embargo on arms
so that American weapons would not
be sent across the boundary. and he
refused to interfere in Mexican affairs.
When he left office McNicans liked
Americans and Americans were safe
In Mexico. Since he left Office Next
cans hate Americans and Americans
dare not remain in Mexico. Did Mr..
Wilson keep us out of war with Next
co? Not if words mean anything.
Mr.. Wilson did not keep us out Of
the European war and he did not keep
us out of war with Mexico.
Out of what war, then?-D Detroit
Free Press.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
HAY FOR HOGS
BRINGS $25 A TON.

Selling alfalfa hay to the hogs for
$25 a ton sounds like a good business
proposition, particularly when crops
of three to five tons to the acre can be
grown annually. H~og-feeding tests
made by the New Mexico Experiment
station shows that when no pasture is
available alfalfa hay fed to hogs in
connection with grain concentrates
will give good results.
These experiments show that 5S5
pounds Of good alfalfa hay will make
100 pounds Of grain, or save to the
feeder 500 pounds of grain concen-
wheat shorts. The hogs used in these
trates composed of ground barley ana
experiments weighed 40 pounds at
the beginning of the test.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Carl and Lewis Hauge were here
from Ray last Sunday, returning in
the evening and will be back again
Wednesday to go hunting with his
friends.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Albert Kneisel president of the
Kneisel elevator has been in town
checking up books with secretary
treasurer N. S. Kneisel who is now
ready for another seasons trade.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Among those who will have hunt
ing camps at Wood Lake and enjoy
the opening of hunting season are
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r.. Briedert and Luther Daw-
son.. g.. =. IA. ii. 60, 90
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

The show here Monday and Tues
day nights was we'll attended by a
large crowd and they all wish them
to come back next year.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Frank Knefsel returned from his
home near Devils Lake last Saturday
saying that the crops are fairly good
yielding about eight bushels per acre
and grading about No. q, as this is
better than in most parts of the state
this season.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Among the outsiders who are en-
joying the opening of the hunting
season are John Bovy, of the Bovy-
Schultz Lumber Co., of st. Paul, Hen
ry Turney Of Columbus, Ohio, S. c..
Mcknight of Minneapolis.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
THE DEVILS LAKE WORLD-INTER OCEAN

Edward Iverson purchased a new
bort car from Battleson Bros, Imp.
Co., being very we'll pleased with his
purchase.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
Sure Enough.

Another new hat? You should save
your money. with the price Of every
thing going up
But why? The longer l save it the
less I can buy with it."
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
He kept US OUT
OF WHAT war /?
Disingenuous to Boast That It's
Through Any Act Of Wilson,
We Are Out Of the Eu-
ropean Contest.
RATHER SHOULD BE A N
FOR MEXICAN BELLlGERENCY

During the Present Administration
W. Have Seized a Mexican Port and
Sent Our Entire Army and Militia
to Fight Mexicans While Armed
Mexican Forces Have Invaded AM
erican Soil and Fought Battles
Against Our People.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Strand Bros. have received their
new Avery separator thru Battleson
Bros, saying they were very we'll
pleased and have started threshing
last Monday.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
WILLIAMS COUNTY NEWS
(From Hamlet.)

MI. A. w. Gillmer came up from
Willow City Saturday to take charge
Of the station while agent Carlton is
away.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

]. H. Bloom and son Eldon and Ro,.
Kabeary left here Tuesday by auto
for Bismarck.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
One Of Those Questions,

ut was his third attempt at sui.
eide"
"And didn't he succeed at either of
the others"
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

WOOu, W4lIi1i., W accept CIle pOS1ClOn as
instructor Of the Hamlet school.
Insurance solicitor Miles Miller of.
Crary has been in the village last
week writing Contractor Henrickson
in the Northwestern Life.
w. l.. Peterson and Frank Kneisel
were on Saturdays train coming from
the east.
l.. o. Lindberg of Genera spent a
few days here in the interest of his
business.
B. w. Battelson of the B%attleson
Land Co., of Scobey, Mont, spent
Thursday in the berg, returning home
on Friday.
Chas. Kneisel has brought the first
load Of new grain to the village, It
being rather light, weighing a. lbs.
to the bushel as reported by the Knei-
sci elevator.
Fred Henrickson is busy repairing
the tractor owned by Nelson Bros.
P. j. Mattson left last week for
Montana, where he will stay on his
claim over winter.
John Kneisel, manager of the Knei-
sci elevator here has been at Minot
the last week in the interest of the
action they have taken against the
G. N. Ry. Co., for losing in transit
nearly a carload of flour last winter.
Relief Agent Gillmer went to Wild
rose Saturday returning Sunday on
the speeder.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Miss Battelson arrived from Unde--
wood, Mimi, to accept the position as
instructor Of the Hamlet school.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Insurance solicitor Miles Miller Of
Crary has been in the village last
week writing Contractor Henrickson
in the Northwestern Life.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

w. L. Peterson and Frank Kneisel
were on Saturdays train coming from
the east.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31
WHAT 1T WAS

Three or four tawny spote appear
ed here and there on the little boys
blue knickerbockers Attracted by
his CHEEKY smile, two kindly old ladies
stopped to talk to him and wonder
ed why his mother did not patch with
a color to match" The little boy
blushed deeply and then burst out:
'That amt no patch; that's me-"
Ladies' Home Journal.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31

Once upon TYNE man was play
ing ye game of golf. He made a so
yard approach and came within two
yards of ye hole, and when he went
to putt ye ball into ye hole he missed
ye hole by three feet and he re-
manned silent,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31
THE REASON WHY

An English militant crusader
stroHed into a barn when a young
man was milking a COW. With a
snort she asked: How is it that
you are not at the front, young
MANI"
Because, ma'am," answered the
mixer, there amt no milk at that
end. Ladies' Home Journal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31
LET THEM GO ToIT

Visitor in Courtroom-Whati is this
lawsuit about?
Stranger creditors of George
Bump, bankrupt, are suing his trus-
tee in bankruptcy.
Visitor in Coureroom-Are you in
terested in the case?
Stranger-Not in the slightest. Pm
George Bump.-Judge.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31
KNUTTY KNOWLEDGE

A file has been patented by a
Louisville barber for taking the sharp
edges of jelly.
A comb has been invented by a
Cincinnati blacksmith that parts
single hair in the middle.
The fact that a street car hasn't
got a steering wheel is probably the
reason it can't steer out of the road
Of wagons and automobiles.
A TerFe Haute Scientist after 10
years of strenuous thinking, finds
that the new stone that comes out of
a stone quarry is old long before it
is new.
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
Did Noah have a cuckoo clock
with two cuckoo birds in it?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
DANIELS SHOULD GO.
(NeW York Tribunel

New York Tribune)
The publication of the confidential
report of Rear Admiral Fletcher, com
mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet
will serve two purposes. 1t will reveal
exactly the situation that exists in the
navy, and it will explain why Secre
tary Daniels is seeking to gag all navy
officers.
What Admiral Fletcher has reported
Bradley A. Fiske knew and called to
Mr.. Daniels attention. Rear Admiral
Knight performed the same service.
Because Admiral Fiske had testified
before congress to such conditions as
Admiral Fletcher now reports he was
sent into exile at Newport and he was
forbidden to come to Washington, al
though his invalid wife was there.
"You may not say that two and two
Admiral Fiske. This is the spirit and
the method of the present secretary
of the navy. This is the treatment
those who serve their country and
would serve their. country must ex-
pect. Unquestionably steps will now
be taken to discipline Rear Admiral
Fletcher He, too, has committed the
objectionable fault-he also has told
the truth.
The Tribune joins it's neighbour the
Sun, In the demand that Mr.. Daniels
be retired. He is at once joke and a
tragedy. Perhaps a president, like a
sovereign, is entitled to a court fool,
but certainly the nation is entitled to
ask that the court fool be not placed
in charge Of its first line of defense.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
COLUMBIA NAVAL BASE.

In 1900 a naval board. after thor
ough investigation, made favorable
report on the desirability of building
dry dock capable of receiving the
largest ships of the navy at the mouth
Of the Columbia river But at that
time the building of a dry dock, like
many other government undertakings
was looked upon more as a "porkbar-
rel proposition rather than a pressing
necessity as part of definite program
Of national defense, consequently the
report was pigeonholed in the navy
department where it still remains. The
European war, however, has presented
the matter in new light, and it is now
proposed to not only build mammoth
dry dock at the mouth of the Column
bia, but make 1t great naval base
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17

fully equipped for the repair Of all
types OF war ships, the establishment
Of great storage depots for naval sup
plies, an aviation station, and in fact
equip 1t for everything required OF a
great rendezvous and place Of refuge
for naval craft of all descriptions.
Representative Hawley, of Oregon. has
introduced a bill providing for such
station and the city of Astoria is TAX
ing the lead in urging its passage, and
in this 1t should have the active sup
port of the states of the northwest.
Now that the people of the United
States are thoroughly aroused as to
the Importance of preparation for ma
tional defense, and that congress is
certain to adopt a definite policy that
contemplates strengthening both the
army and navy and maintaining them
on a war footing, the mouth of the
Columbia river has become a strategic
point that can not be ignored The
Columbia river bar Is no longer an OBJ
stacle to navigation, and the passage Is
protected to an extent that renders
the entrance of an enemy practically
impossible. The mouth of the great
river forms a harbor with plenty of
room for large number of war ves-
sells, ideal sites along the shore for
docks and buildings, and level stretches
Of land for navigators Of the air to
start and land. Transportation facili-
ties from the interior both by rail and
water are unexcelled, and it is the only
available site for a great naval base
between San Francisco and Puget
sound. The mouth of the Columbia
Is not only the natural site for such a
naval establishment, but the vast, rich
and popuous territory that is drained
by the Columbia and its tributaries
renders it an absolute necessity
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
MINING COMPANIES OF ARIZONA.
Tucson Citizen)

The announcement that the large
mining companies of the state have
donated 100000 toward the erection
of suitable building for the school of
mines at the University of Arizona
shows that they are more magnanim-
Gus than Governor Hunt would have
us believe. The mining companies have
been the prey of every cheap politician
since Arizona became state, and 1t
has become so that one must be a
corporation batter to qualify for a
democratic nomination for public Of
fee
We have no brief for the mining
companies more than any other inter-
ests closely identified with the devel-
opment of the state, but believe they
should pay a just share of the taxes
and obey the letter of the law, but the
policy of the Hunt administration has
been to consider them as outcasts en-
titled to no consideration or protec-
ton under the law and to PROSTATE
them and make them the stepping
stones for mounting into public office.
The railroads are in the same cate
CORY,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
DIXON WANTS TO BE DELEGATE.

Hon. Joseph M. Dixon, ex-senator
from Montana and who was chairman
of the bull moose national committee
during the 1912 campaign, has an
nounced his candidacy for delegate to
the republican national convention
from Montana. Mr. Dixon's home Is in
Missoula, where he owns and edits the
Muscular, and 1t required over two
double columns of his paper to an
nounce his candidacy. It is a remark
able production, considering that its
purpose was stated to be pacific He
reviews at much length the split in
the party at Chicago in 1912 and
quotes authorities to prove that crook
ed methods gave the nomination to
Taft and robbed Roosevelt of his
rights. After digging up and parading
all these details to prove that he and
the other progressives were justified in
boiling the party and insuring the
election of Wilson, he finally gets down
to the declaration that he will be a
candidate for delegate to the national
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
PATRIOTISM IN THE PULPIT.

A few days ago Archbishop John
ireland, of st. Paul, delivered funeral
grafton over the body of Colonel Josiah
r. King, who, according to historians
of Minnesota, was the first man to re-
spond to the call of Abraham Lincoln
for $4,000 volunteers In 1861 Arch
bishop Ireland is veteran of the civil
war himself, and it may be easily
imagined that the subject of his eulo-
gy combined with the widespread dis
cussion of preparedness for war stir
red the patriotism of the venerable
prelate. Here is brief extract from
his DISCOURSE:
my prayer is that our country may
have commercial and social peace !;
that we may have the prosperity to
make us great in all things good and
may have a quick response to patri-
otto duty.
I'VE hear much of peace at any sac
rifce Peace with honor yes. Peace,
to the glory of our country, yes But
If it means that we are to be the prey
of international ambition; if it means
that we are to do the bidding of every
other nation on earth and that our flag
must dip in disgrace, then we must
not have peace"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
WAR ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
(st. Louis Globe-Democrat)

(St. Louis Globe-DemocraD
Prof. Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell
university is in good company in pre-
dieting an international parliament to
prevent wars. Over half century ago
Victor Hugo rhapsodized about the
United States of Europe. In the world
peace congress held in Paris in August,
1S49 a great Englishman and great
Russian embraced each other while
Hugo pronounced a benediction. But
within five years the Crimean war
came on. 1t was not long after another
world peace congress that Hugo was
cooped up in Paris by the Prussians.
No doubt most of the men in the Eng
fish trenches in early youth recited,
with fine fervor, the lines Of Tenny-
SON
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer,
and the battleflags were furl'd
In the parliament of man, the fedora
ton of the world"
From hundreds of pulpits for two mil
lenniums men have quoted the proph-
ecies of Isaiah and Micah, in identical
language: And they shall beat their
swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning hooks; nation shall
not lift sword against nation; neither
shall they learn war any more" YES
pasian dedicated temple to peace in
rs A. d. During the nineteenth CEN
fury there were international peace
movements almost innumerable. Elab-
crate machinery was devised. We were
assured after each war that it would
be the last. With a wealth of illustra-
ton peace speakers proved that a
really great war could not happen in
this age of enlightenment. But it did
happen and the most illustrious advo-
Gates Of peace, men fit to sit on the
supreme court of the nations, promptly
sided with their respective nations,
leaving peace talk to representatives
of countries not involved.
Much has been accomplished by ar
bitration. Our century of peace with
Great Britain is striking illustration
of the value Of approaching questions
with the purpose Of reaching an amic-
able agreement Extension of such an
international system should have the
support of all well-meaning men. But
so long as this is an imperfect world
war will continue to Turk in the back
ground, as a possibility, and it would
be supreme folly not to be prepared for
such an eventuality.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17

convention OF the party which he APP
parently glories in having helped to
disrupt and defeat And then as II
this were not enough, he closes his an
nouncenent by stating that in his
judgment the republican convention
should nominate Theodore Roosevelt.
While he diselaims speaking for any
one but himself, his prominence In the
progressive organization taken in con-
nection with his statement combine to
justify the suspicion that his candidacy
for delegate is in furtherance of con-
spiracy to force the nomination OF
Roosevelt.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
HENRY WATTERsoN ON WATCH
Full WAITING.

When republicans crticise the pol
icy or lack of policy of the Wilson ad-
ministration toward Mexico, they are
accused of introducing partisan poll
tics into a matter in which there is no
politics and in which the administra-
ton should have the support of all
loyal citizens. If the structures thus
placed upon republicans are true, what
have the defenders of the administra-
ton to say of the following from
Henry Watterson? No one dare ques-
ton the democracy Of the great Ken
lucky editor, for he was expounding
democratic doctrine when many of the
present day oracles of the democratic
faith were wearing swaddling cloths,
In recent signed editorial in his pa
per, the Louisville Courier Journal
Mr.. Watterson says:
THE law of tho Latins is force.
They know none other. Thus the
time-serving policy of the administra-
ton in Mexico has brought forth fail
ure. not unmiXed with ignominy,
where at the outset decision adequate
Ily supported would have saved us
many losses and yet greater outlay.
Intervention is only a question of time.
1t will be found Indispensable g the
restoration of order in that volcanic
land.
Truth to say, the MeXicans are as
incapable of self government as the
tribes on our far western reservations.
In no sense do they constitute a nation.
They are but scattered and more or
less antagonistic agglomeration of
mixed races-Aztec, Indian, negro
mongrel and whatnot-the very best
OF them, embracing scarcely a tenth of
the population, fit for little else than
brigandage.
"Mr. Wilson came in under a most
mistaken conceit. He pursued this
with the obstinacy characteristic of the
self confident theorist. He backed
and filled; he would and he woGldn t;
he marched up the hill and then he
marched down again. All the while
the havoc and looting went forward,
and now that we are caught in the
meshes OF old Whiskerando's whiskers,
who shall say where we shall land and
when?
Meantime we are engaged in a
pleasing filtration with the Latins of
Central and South America. / hope It
will bring us abundance of trade /
no marriage, if you please"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-17
A GOOD MAN TO MEET.
New York WORLDLY

Notwithstanding the decline in
church going, veteran New York pas
tor, after 81 years Of observation,
thinks that there is more religion of
the jealous and sacrificing Kind in the
city, greater purity in the home, less
public and private immortality and
more fellowship. Here is a man who
does not think the old times were the
better times just because they have
passed into history, and who does not
feel that the world is hurrying on to
destruction just because 1t has chang
ed its outward observances. 1t is good
to have this example of a cheerful
philosophy in a time of feminism and
muck raking.