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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
SLICE OF RUSSIA, ALL OF RELG
iUM AND PART OF FRANCE
FOR empire

A proclamation containing the
views on the peace conditions
which might be imposed by Ger
many We're published today Ivy the
''Indepcndcrt Committee for a
German Peace organization
formed some time ago by those
considered to be extreme was
advocates in Germany.
"lhe proclamation assert
that "dcspite the fact he Ger
man and their allies arr h"ldInS
three kingdoms in their hands,
the entente still talks of the DIES :
truction of the German empire
and entente statesmen continue
TO indulge in a flood Of abuse
and lies about Germany while
they themselves are violating
every principle of international
law, forcing the ncutrals 20 enter
the war against treir bitter jud.-
ment, and endeavorilg to force"
Isubmissio through hunger, mil
lions whom their swords could
mot vanquish.'
The document asserts the Rus
sian territory fro the Baltic to
Volfy:la must in the future be
included in the German sphere
to serve as bulwark against
the Russian tendency to annilIi-
late Germany. Frances revenge
ideas must constantly be kept in
mind. so in the west also changes
would be necessary.
Belgium i'm the future i!I!rr
will be a German or English bull
"ark so ''real guarantees. iI:j"
are also needed.
The document, then cites th"
expires sicn rr i,r. Peter SPAIN.
icailrr If .,r Ca,XioIic center
party in !lc RnichStag. thai Bel
:Iu'n mu~i lie in German ha ,ld-
miliiarily. nrononically and
politically.''
Concluding, the proclAsla'n9
SAYS:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
tine PRESIDENTS coNsERvA-
ton POLICY

The record of the Wilson ad-
ministratioa in the conservation
of our public domain and re-
sources will meet with the cordial
approval of those Americans who
have seen with regret vast areas
of public lands pass into the
greedy hands of monopolists.
billions of tons of coal, the pro-
perty of all the people, traasferr
ed to a favored few and other
public resources frittered away,
and who recalls the frauds and
scandals that made these great
national blessings a source Of
shame.
In sharp contrast with some of
its predecessors stands the Will
son record. No fraud or trick
erv Or even charge or rumors Of
fraud or scandal has occurred.
All Of the vast territory ANA rich
es of the nation have been con-
served for the benefit of the ma.
.tion, the needs of the future con-
sidared and provided for and mil
lions of acres made available for
homestead entry.
The record is without blur
and of marked energy and ac-
complishment.
Scott Ferris, the Oklahoma
Congressman who is the author
of the new Homestead Law and
who as chairman of the House
Committee on Public Lands has
borne a most active part in the
conservation legislation of the
Wilson administration, i'm an
'other place in this paper has al
review of the Wilson
record i'm conservation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07

"England's plan threatens us
with political and economical he'll
otry. 1t aims at our life as a
people and as state. It aims
at our culture and institutions.
Energy must be applied regard
less of consequences to force
peace upon the enemy. Let it not
come true that ,as England says,
We will win all the battles, but
England will win the war. With
Won Hindenburg, let us say it is
not only a question sticking it
out but of winning.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
WHEAT PRICES

Wl"n The great war was begun
about Augustl, 1919. the price
of wheat adva need When il hc
Icamc apparent that the war vas
'IAr'y to be n:t l!Cr of !nOnths
alh years ra:!l = :!.an of days or
We rs, prices reached u still
hsI.rr Level. N'hn the Allies
cn:'>rkcd on thci; ilI-fattJ en-
tc::,ri,c against the DardaneIl.s
wheat prices declined. When
the Dardanclles operations lag
g"d and finally were abandoned,
prices advanced agal1. When,
"A few days later Rumania declar
cd war against Austria, prices
again slumpcd. The North Dak-
ota farmer was Hot a particip-
ant in the war. He remained a.
home, attending to his own busi-
ness as best he could. And yet
the events of the war influenced
the price which he received for
his chief commodity. There
We're other influences, local and
climatic but the influence Of the
war has been ALWAYS and dist
mctly felt.
The lessen is that the price Of
wheat is not a local matter.
When the war began it was evil
dent that wheat cunsumptiOl
would he increased and that
many workers would be with
drawn from productions: HE
marketing of some of the worlds
crop would also be made more
difficult. When the attack
was made on the DardancIl,,,
there was the likelihood that the
straits would b" opened. a I'd that
great Russian wheat crop would
be thrown on The worlds mark
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07

cts; hence the drop in price
The enterprise failed, the Rus
sian crop remained where it was
and prices advanced again.
Rumania declared war and a
passage was opened for Russian
troops into the Balkan district
with renewed probability of the
opening of the straits. Down
went prices.
The North Dakota farmer,
like every other producer, is de-
pendent on a multitude of coa-
ditions which he cannot control
Ii he is prudent he will study
those conditions so that he may
be ready to take advantage OF
those which are favorable.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
soWMAM-THoMPsoM
At the home Of the brides

AT the nome 0f the nrld1'S par
ents, 8i5 Sixth street north, at
II a. m., "Wednesday, September
9Th, occurred the wedding of John
N. Thompson and Nellie l. Bow
man, Rev. A. Riddcr, of this city
saying the words which join,d
i'm holy wcdlock this popular
young couple.
The home was beautifully
decorated for the occasion; tlre
parlor where the wedding ccre-
mony was performed being pink
and green. TO the time Of the
wedding march, rcnfiared by
Grace Van Arnam. the brides
maid, Esther Bowman, wearing
a dress of blue silk crepe dc
chine and gorgcttc crepe and
carrying il bouquet. of pink and
white astors entered the parlor.
followed by the groom, dressed
in conventional black, and as
sisted by the groonsnlan, Frank
Shafcr-and last the bride, wear
ing white net and lace over Il
lounhat ion of net and rarryi ly
a large bouquet Of bridal roses
and lilies of the valley and Lean
ing on her fathers arm cnt"rr!
| the parIJr. The bridaI party
standing in !lL" center of the
large parIor, with its art ;tic
decorations, while Rev. Riddt'r
rendered the marriage ceremony.
created a beautiful, yet inores-
sivc scene; one that must 1--WE
long i, !Ir memory of those
present, and especially to the
bridal couple will this day b..
marked as the most impressive
of their life, and long after 9TH
ers present. have forgotten the
scene and The ceremony. to them
will it be ever fresh i'm their
memory. binhi ~ them closer
and yet closer in he les of love
the marriage vows: II will love.
honor and prTtrct' will guide
them ON lif"s mairiIIuniai Jour
ney.
Only immediate relatives of
The groom were present, all be
ing residents of Fargo. They
were: Mrs. 4. J. II"'la nd, sister.
Sylvia Hctland, niece, $. n.
Thompson, brother, Clifford
Thompson' nephew. Eva i.
Thompson, sister, T.. SaucrS.
brothcr-in-law.
The bride is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. p. q. Bowman, re-
socctcd citizens of this city. She
is one of those Sweet, modest
young ladies that everybody loves
4 nd ?hmires because of ne" wo.-
manly conduct. The groom is
tn" son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nils
Thompson. pioneer residents of
Dwight township. but now resih-
i'.- IN Faro;,. II" is a young na1
of exception ability and splcn-
did habits and is at present dep
u!y county auditor and a prom
incnt member Of the odd Fellow
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE

Tie CnrlStlan Scle Ice Society
OF Wahpeton, N. d., announces
a public lecture on Christian
Science by Mr.. Frank Bell, C. S.,
Rieher of the Board of Lecture
ship Of the Mother Church. The
First Church Of Christ Scientist
in Boston, Mass, to be given on
Tuesday. September 18th, 1916.
at 8:i5 p. NJ. at the Oper House
The public is cordially invited.
All seats free.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07

The above is Il reproduction
of the $1,000 silver trophy Of
fercd by the Northerl Pacific
Railway to the exhibitor who dis
plays the best SOW and hitler of
sucking pigs at the Rlchland
County Fair, Oct. 3-l-5-6, at
Wahp"ton, n. ID.
II is TO be competed for an
nually and is to become he per
'man"nt property of the person
Winning il. three times. The
winner : name will be engraved
'on il each year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-09-07
DIRT CHEAP

q lots in WahDrlun i'm ON" or
two deals. Sc" J. Q. Burbank or
write Box 3O3, MrAInsi"r, Okla. If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
Cbe DmRcdd co
 eSes&iicEs6 e8sY
MRS. SNYDER IS HEAD
 OF STRATFORD'S CHILD
 WELFARE ASSOCIATION
68s1
Especial to the Farmer.

.st& Especial to the Farmer5
 Stratford. Jan. 19-Mrs. Louis Shy der was reelected president of the Child Welfare association at the an- nua1 meeting of the organization held yesterday afternoon at the Center school. Other officers elected we're: Mrs. William B. Kelsey, first vice president; Mrs. Ernest c. Carpenter, second vice president; Mrs Albert Merrill, third vice president; Mrs. William B. Bristol. fsecretary; Mrs. Stanley Y. Beach, tneasurer FThe committees are: Mrs. Thomas B. Taylor, ways and rneans;i Mrs. Will liam B. Moves, entertainment; Mrs. William B. Kelsey, program, Mrs John Hessian, magazine: Mrs Paul Goodell, press; Mrs. Walter s. Curtis. membership; Mrs. Charles D. Lay, child hygiene.
 The annual report was read and it showed the organization to be in a fourishing condition. Plans were also discussed for the celebration of Child Welfare day which will take place Feb, 5 at the Center school
 Prof. James R. Crawford of Yale university will be the speaker at the weekly lecture at the public library. Friday evening given under the aus pices of the Library association. The subject will be ''The New Art of the Stage" It will be illustrated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
TYPHOID INCUBATION

" TYPHOID INOCULATION largely practiced armies is of the things the world is busy pay much attention But stray items appearing then the British question about Effectiveness of the practice
 Mr Tennant in the House of Commons July 1, 1915, Tn the expedonary force France there May p the uninocuated and of these remaining 319 cases among inoculated % fatal.'
 At Dunkirk there less than 900 typhoid precautions it will difficult getting t'Sr T. Barlow in the Methodist Times
 South Africa the Boer the typhoid mortality very high.
 Inocu1aion practced but it's value disputed by military authorities South Africa. r
 ought to be available which concusivey the truth. The difficulty in reaching termination partly in the condition that two elements usually present Sanitation and pure drinking typhoid It is claimed that inocuaation do sanitation and nocuaon exist side by sufficient the of the tivity o the other.
 Japan eliminated typhoid without inocuaon and had death British in South Africa had with it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
Choosing Vice Presidents

The office of ce-president# is one of the greatest in the gift of the American people. According to past history. a vice president stands about one chance in five of succeeding to the highest American office. In this neu- rotie age, with so many cracked Drained people loose,5 the Sper1ls at taching to the office of president tend vancement of his successor become more numerous.
 Yet the filling of this important of flee on whose hands the entire re- sponsibility of leadership may be thrown at any minute, is always an tions always make their nominations for the place amid the hurry of leave taking. The delegates are anxious to get home. They give but scant thought to the choice that may have fateful results on the national life.
 It is customary to nominate a, vice. president as a kind of consolation prize oasone element, state, or sec ton that might consider itself sighted in the presidential choice. The his- tory of American politics has been some very eccentric awards of this honor and responsibility.
 The next four years promise to be very critical ones in our history. The field of international relations. which for so many years, was so little dis turbed, IS Om1nouS with threats or trouble. Not merely is a strong man needed in the White House, but a strong man is needed as his possible successor. In these times of race pas sib1e successor. In these times of race passion, some fanatic in a mo- ment of stress might easily put tho president out of the way, in spite of the best vigilance of secret service men. Another man equally capable should be ready to step into his shoes.
 A ! peculiar duty therefore rests on both national conventions of next summer, to make fit nominations for this office. The position should not be handed out as a political plum to some one who could never hope to aspire directly to the presidency. It should really go to the conventions second choice for president, to the one who seemed to have the greatest strength and the best. qualifications next to the nominee for. the higher place. No statesman should consid- CT himself above accepting this po- sftion with its peculiar responsibi1i- ties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
pr. Jordan and Dr. I.add,
 2 Distinguished Educators

Two of Americas most eminent ed
 ucators, pr. David Starr Jordan and Dr. George Trun1buIl Ladd, were born on the nineteenth of January, the for mer at Gainesville, N. Y, in 1851, and the latter in Gainesville, O., in 1S42. Gainesville's greatest son went west to the Jumping off pace,'l became fa- nous as president of Leland Stanferd
 Jr., University in California, and is now chancellor of that institution and leader in the movement for world peace. Dr. Ladd, Painesville's pride, travelled east to Yale, where he at tained fine as professor of moral phil osophy and metaphysics, and after ward spent many years in India, Ja- pan, Korea, and the Far East. pr. Ladd is now professor emeritus of Yale and a wor1d-famous authority on international law and Oriental polf- tics. of Stanford University in order to de- vote his entire time to working for world peace. He is the foe of pre- paredness. He looks upon war as "a brawl in the dark and asserts that there Is no certainty from the be- ginning what the end is going to be- He believes that war offers no assur- ance of ''the triumph of righteous ness,'' and the. end of the present war; he fears, will be ''the ruin of European c1V1I1ZattOn." The most important du- ty of the United States in his opinion, is to keep out of the war, because when the war is over 1t will have to be settled by the soIidifying of interna- tional law, and we represent law" To be neutral, he says, is to be law-abid- f- and if international law is vio- Iss=5d in a way that concerns us, to pro- test against it," but that does not mean to Ego into brawI in the dark
 Dr. Ladd, in a. discussion of neutral ity, recently declared that sthe stuff from which the souls of men are made is not designed for neutrality.'' To ask men to remain neutral 'In the sense of continuing indifferent he says, ''is to ask them. to suspend or to lay aside altogether the highest privilege of their manhood, to cease to exercise, the activities of moral req son. The German variety of moral ity, as exemplided in the present war, does not appeal to Yale's professor emeritus of moral philosophy, and the attitude of the Kaiser's defenders in America, in their. naughty, superior'' efforts to enIighten Americans. seems. to Dr. Ladd s.as pftffully stupid as it is grossly immoraI.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
FIFTY FAMILIES
 MADE HOMELESS ] BY PASSAIC FIRE

Passaic. N. J.. Jan. 1s--FIfty fam flies were made homeless and several buildings, including the Passaic Hotel and Passaiq Opera House were de- stroyed,! with a loss estimated at .$26O,- 900 by a fire in the business part of this city early today. Most of the buildings consisted of ground floor stores with apartments above.
 It was nearly seven hours before the fire was under control. Only one man was injured.
 The fire is believed to have started in the rear of the five and ten cent store on Main streeet, near Wash ington place. It spread rapidly and in addition to the five and ten cent store, hotel and theatre, the Boston Store, two shoe storess a furniture store, three clothing stores, a res- taurant, market, feed store and cigar shop were burned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
JAMES WATT

The first practical steam engine was invented by James Watt, a Scotchman who was born 180 years ago to-day, Jan. 19, 1736, in the little town of Greenock, on the Firth of Clyde. His father was a builder. contractor and
 merchant, and his grandfather a. teacher of mathematics. Young Watt received a good elementary education, and started his working career as a maker of mathematical instruments. He set tip his workshop within the walls of the University of Edinburgh. One of the professors had a model of Newcomen's steam engine, which he sent to Watt to be repaired. This trivial incident led the@young mechanic to begin the study of steam engines which led to improvements which rev olutionized the industry of the whole world Among the immortal bene- factofs of mankind few rank higher than the Scotchman who created a giant which turns with tireless arms the countless wheels of toil,'' and which made possible the railroad, the steamship and many other great aids to industry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19

from it.
 MT. Herring also alleges that the di- rectors of the Herring Curtiss com pany diverted money from the pay ment of just debts in order to bank rupt the concern and embarrass the plaintiff in the exercise of his rights as a istockho1der,
 Among the several interesting state ments in the complaint is the charge that in 1896 the plaintiff filed claim foH patents on flying machines which were refused by the Patent Office on the ground that heavier than air ma chimes were moi practical
 The compla inant says that in 1909 MT. Curtiss came to him and asked for financial aid and his mechanical talents as assets in the organiza ton of a company to manufacture flying machines, as 8 result of which the Herring-Curtiss company was organ ized, the plaintiff being given a con trolling interest. Mir. Curtiss was aI- Iotted a block of the stock and be- came manager at salary of $5,eOO a year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
ASKS s5, 900, ,OOO FROM
 CURFISS IN AERO SUIT

Bufaae, N. Y. Jan, 1s-Augustus M. Herring, claiming te be a former partner of Glenn H. Curtiss, has start ed an action against Curtiss and oth- CTS for s5, 5,o00.e0o damages in con nection with the manufacture of the Curtiss aerepIane. Papers in the ac- ton have just been filed in the office of County Clerk dea1l- The defend ants are Glenn H. Curtiss, Monroe Wheeler, Lena P.s Curtiss, Cortlandt Ffeld Bishop, Thomas S. Baldwin and the Bank of Hammondsport.
 Mir Herring claims to have fur nished practically all of the plans and ideas embodied il all aeropIanes now being bHi1t by the Curtiss concern. He charges that there was a plan. formed among the directors of the Herring -CHrtiss company, organized in 1909, to put MT. Curtiss and others in control of the concern and eust him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
C. o. s. SOCIAL SERVICE WORK IS IMPORTANT IN
 MEETING EMERGENCIES

The social service side of the Charity Organization society is shown in sew eral recent eases in which very little ll"charity'' in the sense of aims giving
 was required. A skilled workman without family recently drifted into the city on the wave of prosperity. He took the grippe, and before he knew it, was without funds or friends. His application for help was referred to the Charity Organization society. The
 society while not an employment agen-
 cy in general sense acts in the ca
 pacity in cases of real need. It's
 knowledge of factory conditions en-
 abIed it to secure work for this man
 within a few minutes. A small loan
 was then made the man to tide him
 over to the first pay day. The actual
 cost of this service was about 15 min-
 utes of the secretary's time.
 In another case a man with a family in a western city wrote a local fac
 tory asking for work in a skilled line. The factory replied offering a position. The man then applied to strangers for money enough to bring his family to Bridgeport, and was referred to the c. O. s. of this city. Before furnish ing him the amount necessary, about $50, and sending a family to this city who might have become an applicant for relief here, the c. O. s. of that city, according to custom, wrote the c. O. s. of Bridgeport to verify the mans claim of employment. A few minutes telephoning brought out the fact that employment awaited the man here only on condition that he was a skilled mechanic. This fact was reported to the c. O. s. of the western city, and it was put up to them to investigate the mans ability before sending him. The man has not yet been sent, and Bridgeport has probably been saved from one more problem such as are already too numerous here.
 Twice recently the Charity Organ ization society has been able to ar range care under local physicians for people who were going to New York for treatment at an expense they could not afford. Neither of these families needed any further help than to be re- lieved from the unnecessary expense of frequent trips to New York City. Sometime ago mention was made of the effort of the society to secure an artificial leg for a girl of r, who had been run down by a. heavy truck when a child. This limb has since been se- cured, and the girl is working reg ularly, and is the main support of her family during this winter, while her father is able to work only part time. More important than this, the girl has been given an entirely new outlook on life
 Cases of this kind are constantly coming before the workers of the so-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
PREPARATION

A MERIGA SHOULD have preparaon but not gigantic pre-
 A paration Asa safeguard against spirit arising propaganda Of dealers govern and ships sss4
 Nothing has happened in the European invasion water is easier than to England not reachedhe coast of Germany with ships Aside from single sporadic raid Germanys has reached coast oft Britain. a
 These countries separated by streak United States separated by 5000 of water Very modest preparation will make this rier invulnerabe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
CAN TT ACT EFFTCIENTLY2

BRIDGEPORT Association undoubt- V edy has the to the two platoon system. association numbers many members who opposed the expense of unnecessary a change
 guided committed instead of by the of the of it's members it will probably take efficient action. ss8 Is@
 Some the association itself against twenty water contract but guided by committee, opposition The true situation years water monopoly agreement and provided. the city with free water.