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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
Miss Mabel Harris of Des Lacs Dead

Miss Mabel Harris, the 18-year-o1d
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harris,
of Des Lacs, died at local hospital
Monday night Of peritonitis. The re-
mains were prepared, for burial by
Undertaken J. w. Rowan of this city
and shipped to the home of the de-
ceased at Des Lacs for interment.
The deceased was young woman
Of many admirable traits Of character
and was possessed of q sweet and gen.
tie disposition that will make her loss
in the home just as she was blooming
into noble womanhood, an .irreparable
one. She was loved and admired by
all who knew her, and her winsome
ways and kindness Of heart gave her
large circle Of friends.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09

The funeral was held at the Breth-
'ernr chi uEeh at, Surrey Sunday after
noon at q O'clock, Rev. Clymer Of
,fciatin g. The obsequies were delayed
from Saturday until Sunday, on ac-
count of the husband, who was at the
Old Soldiers Home in South Dakota,
not being able to reach Surrey sooner.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
Klondikers Hold Reunion.

H. E. Byorum, cashier of the Second
National bank, has been enjoying
we'll earned rest for the past two
weeks with old friends in the Twin
Cities. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Byorum. While there he attended
reunion of several of his old friends
of the Klondike days.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
Mrs. B. D. Glazer Very MI

Mrs. B. D. Glazer, Of Council
Bluffs, Ia, wife of the former pro
prietor of the Branch store Of this
city, is reported seriously i'll from
cancer in Chicago. She went to that
city with the expectations of having
an operation performed, but doctors
advised against it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
Chet Harris Guilty.

Chef Harris, charged with stealing
dressed hogs from the VIM. Parker
farm north of town, was found guilty
in district court.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
OLD surrey RESIDENT
PASSES away
MRS. GEO. WETMORE DIED AT
THE HOME OF HER SISTER AT
: ACKNOWLEDGMENT HELD
AT SURREY SUNDAY.
Obituary.

Emma Cornelia Van Ostrand was
born at Weyauwega, Wis, July 9,
1849, and resided with her parents
near Rural, Wis, until the year 1873,
when she was united in marriage to
George Wetmore and removed to Ne
braska, where they lived 21 years and
where all of their seven children were
born. In 1902 they came to North
Dakota and resided at Surrey several
years, later moving to Laurens, Iowa,
where their home now is. Last fall
they came to North Dakota to visit
their children and in November Mrs.
Wetmore went to Alexander, N. D.,
to visit heh sister, Mrs. Mary Cooper.
She had only been there short time
until she was taken quite sick and
kept failing until she was removed to
the hospital, where she had the best
care and medical attention, but with
out avail, and where she passed away
the morning of Feb. 29, 1916. She
was converted when sixteen years of
age and lived a consecrated Christian
the rest of her life, attaining a deep
experience in Christian grace. She
composed many beautiful hymns, some
of which were set to music.
Her daughter who was with her in
her last hours, took her remains to
Surrey, where she was inferred. She
leaves to mourn her loss a loving hus-
band, three sons, three daughters,
three sisters, one brother, nine grand
children and many friends.
The following is one of her poems
which her children prize very highly:
a 1T IS FINISHED"
"Tis finished! the work Thou gavest
Is done; Thy voice have obeyed.
Justice was met, and on the tree,
For you; for me, He died.
"'Tis finished! Yes, on Calvary,
Redemption's work was done.
Stern justice yields to Mercy's plea
And Love doth sit enthroned.
"111s finished! He died; He rose again
And triumphed DER the grave, T:fos
That you and from sins dark stain
Forever might be saved. 1875 l,oGt*'
"Tis finished. But will all this avail
IF offered mercy we refuse? -
Redemption's work for us will fail,
And we,t without excuse" "'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09

Mrs. r. G. Lund of Mohall is in the
city visiting old friends and attending
the auto show.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

profltableness Of war or Of peace In
tn mind, to plunge our country into
war through misappvehension Of the
condition Of our feet.
Plunkctx ON tho Situation
Il am going to read what Captain
C. p. Plunkett. the director OF gun
merry exercises and engineering COM
petitions, the greatest expert on gun
merry In our navy, naval ofneer who
loves his country, sayr, In conclusion
Of his reply given me In answer to
Mr.. Gardeners figures:
After being intimately acquainted
with the gunnery work of the navy
for nearly twenty years. I know of
no time during that period when the
enemies of our country had more to
fear from the batteries of our feet
than they have today.
The information in regard to tar
get practice which has been given out
to its character or reliability. by any
officer or enlisted man, nor Is there
any record of the officers of the navy
engaging in public discussion of the
gunnery work OF the feet, but on the
contrary there has been the most
earnest and concentrated effort on the
part of all concerned to increase the
efficiency OF the fleet in this most vital
particular.
by direction OF the department
the results of the target practice to
be held IN September and the follow
ing months win be given the widest
publicity commensurate with the safe
ty of the country.
"T do not sympathfze with this
form OF criticism. and believe that II
will undermine the confidence of the
people In the feet and the confidence
of the feet people in their ships and
in the officers who are charged with
the responsibility Of the preparation
of the feet for war. I consider such
criticisms and attacks on our target
practice and the publication of the
facts In connection Herewith have
been of the greatest use TO every
enemy of the government. both in our
country and abroad 49,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
J0SEPHUS DANIELS
REPLIES TO GARDNER
Taft's Naval Secretary Discontinued
Practice TO tho Loss Of Naval
Efficiency.
NATTER MENDED BY
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION
Result of Restoration of Practice
Fleets Enemies Have More to Fear
from It's Fire Than Ever--Gardner
Menace to Nation.

Machias, Me-, Aug. 25.--Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels devoted
his campaign speech here tonight to
a detailed reply to the thirteen ques-
tons about naval preparedness recent
ly propounded by Representative Au-
gustus Gardner, of Massachusetts,.
He continued his controversy over
target practice with Mr.. Gardner and
accused him Of endangering the safety
of the nation by inviting a foreign
power to attack us in a supposedly
weakened condition.
Mr.. Daniels said. In part:
"Mr. Gardner seeks to make out
that our naval gunnery had degen-
Grated to an inefficiency almost in
credible Mr.. Gardner and, thanks
to his propaganda. all the world
knows that, owing to Secretary
Meyers parsimony and lack of con-
ception of the navy. the elementary
target practice was discontinued and
that our Eunnery practice did fall off
lamentably.
mr.. Gardner should know. IL he
IL serious In his Investigations, that
1t has Improved immensely since
restored the elementary practice. He
must also know that Is a question,
which from its wording. Is an asser-
ton, that the American battleship to-
day need not be taken seriously by q
foreign power, because II Ia not able
to hit an enemy, and that II is not
true, but is the absolute reverse OF
the facts, and that in making such a
statement he deliberately invites some
nation in the future. weighing the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
NO HE1ATHEN TEMPLE
FOR MILES AROUND

The Influence OF missionary work
IN the agricultural settlements OF
Sitiawan and SarawAk. Borneo. has
put an end to practically all forms
Of heathen worship, even among
those Chinese who are not members
Of any Christian church.
ION my last visit to Sirtawan,"
writes Methodist Missionary W C.
Shellabear. II was told that non
Christians are constantly coming to
our church to be married. No. heath
On temple Is to be seen for miles
around. And there is practically no
idolatry in the homes OF these pso-
pie.
"A Chinese Board of Education
has assumed responsibility for all
village schools. and appoints and
controls the teachers.
AT the district conference It did
ones heart good TO see the fifty Of
fetal members from seven quarterly
conferences under the leadership OF
their itinerant pastor the Rev. Linn
Pc Chin, all ready with written re-
ports, each taking an active and in
telligent part In the proceedings.
The Girls School In Malacca IA
rapidly attaining q high standard of
efficiency. Prejudice against the edu-
cation Of girls is now thing Of the
past. although the Chinese here have
always been more conservative than
those Of other cities of Malaysia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Takes Chloroform After Quarrel: Tried
to Kill Herself With Razor


Chicago. H.. Aug. 2 Arthur
Philips, musician is being held by
the Stanton Avenue police pending
the outcome OF the corners inquest
into the death of Miss celia Form
More, who committed suicide by TAX
ing chlorofor1n and turning on the
gas in the bathroom of her home at
S25i South Park Avenue. Phillips
found her dead in the bath tub when
he returned home about l.46 o'clock.
She was also In her nIghtgown and
the bottle OF chloroform lay beside
her.
When questioned by Captain steph-
en- X. Healy, Phillips stated that he
had been living with the young wo-
man as her husband for thirteen
months. the officer said. Miss More,
Phillips said. had attempted to take
her life by slashing her left wrist
with razor after he had accused her
of being under the influence OF liquor
drug addict, he told Captain Healy
the latter said.
I'VE had many trivial quarrels. /"
Phillips said. Usually she met me
each evening, but the last time she
telephoned me at the saloon where I
was working and told me she was
too tired to como down and said l
should come home about o'clock
When I got there. she was dead"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
ROAD ASSOCIATION N
FAVOR Of IMPROVEMENT
COUNCIL WILL RDoRGANIzE
Various Committees Of Municipal
Body TO BE Elected Next Week.
Hopewell Man Receives Serious
Injuries.

Petersburg. Va, Aug. 25.-The
South Chesterfield Road Association
met in the rooms OF the Chamber OF
Commerce last night with large at
tendance, including Commonwealth's
Attorney Hobson and Ave OF the six
supervisors. The chief object Of the
meeting was to consider plans for the
Improvement of the turnpike and the
building Of the overhead bridge across
the Appomattox w. A. Talley. chair
man Of the committee, stated that
from the available sources there was
no opposition to the building Of the
overhead bridge. In reference to the
Improvement Of the turnpike. the as
ISOLATION recommended the improve
ment from the city limits to Swift
Creek at estimated cost of s26, 600. the
amount to be raised as follows: Fed
eral government, $4,000: private SUBJ
scription, $4,000; county, $4,000. A
letter from Highway Commissioner
Coleman was read. stating that he was
acquainted with the proposal to i'm
prove the turnpike and that he would
be glad to consider the same with a
view OF seeking government aid.
Hopcwell Man Injured.
William Morris, OF Hopewell. was
seriously injured In an automobile ac-
cident last night. He was returning
from feberSDurR TO hopeWeIl IN an
auto truck. and was crossing the track
of the Petersburg. and Appomattox
Electric Railway. a short distance east
of the city. when his truck WAS struck
by trolley car. He was thrown
some distance and received serious
injuries about the head. face and body.
The truck in which he was riding was
wrecked. Mr.. Morris was taken to the
hospital at Hopewell.
Mrs. Anne May Tucker.
Mrs. Anne May Tucker, widow of
William Tucker. died at her residence
on Halifax Street early this morning.
She was q native OF Sussex County ana
is survived by her mother. Mrs. Sarah
E. Jones, of Emporia: four sisters and
one son.
S. A. jenkins Dead.
8. A. Jenkins died at his residence
on Hinton Street last night. after an
illness of a few days. He is survived
by wife and two children. His body
was taken 10 Columbia. s. c., today
for burial.
Organization of Bodies.
The organization of the two
branches of the Council will be held
next week for the election of COM
mittee chairmen. A caucus held in
July nominated all the chairmen of
the various committees and they will
be elected at the Joint meeting. AS
there are a number OF changes In
the oharmanships, there will be
changes in the committees Eacn body
Will elect its own committees.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
Helena, Ark,
May Is, 1919.

DR.. Clarence True Wilson,
Washington, d. G.
Kind Sir:
Your letter received and contents
noted. VIII say In reply that have
been in Helena nearly three years.
When we first entered tho state the
picture show was unknown among the
colored people. My first nights re-
ceipts were $6.75. For nearly two
years II was all we could do 70 keep
our doors open. You could 90 to tho
saloons and dance halls adjoining and
could hardly find standing room. Girls
in their teens ana boys In short trous-
ers were "a the majority Men who
lahored al the week ran accounts In
these places. ana many were unable
70 pay rent and grOcery bills Many
women and men never sAw home from
saturday ni8h4 ~ Monday morning.
xlAe y1eD3e ~ fIx1& ooeino1|
III n - - ~ N11&'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

To Hold Cssis1ns rscn1e
The North Richmond Citisaa
citation. seventh precinct " -
which has membership " n1oe0 tl
six hundred Of the voters 0f - 9Io
nexeH territory Of Barton He1gA4
Brookland Park, Norwood. NAtt
Court and North Richmond Tsts4@
will hold It's FIRST annual ptcut6
Bryan Park Saturday Afternoon, D9cM
tember 2. The committee on aSTAnG4
ments composed of DR.. Geo. ". XeErS
per. Stewart White and w. X. Bach&
are working hard to make the svo1l
pleasant one and they wish II u1as
derstood that all the residents Of the
section mentioned. including the 10
dies, are cordially invited and ur8enfs
iy requested to make the occasion =
success by their presence.
Games of all kinds will DO indulge6
in and prizes awarded In many cons
tests OF speed. skill, and fun-makinss
"A later announcement of the list d
events and prizes will be given.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Throughout the country. especially
In the larger cities. the Socialist
party Is making an active campaign
for its national. State and municipal
candidates. Allan L. Benson. who was
chosen through mail vote of the
rank and fle OF the Socialist party as
the presidential candidate of the So
ctaiists. when questioned recently, said
that he expected to poll not less than
2.0ao, 900 votes. He believes that ne
has a splendid chance of being elected
by his party's votes He ts q well
known Socialist writer and speaker
and Is q resident Of Yonkers, n. Y.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

other, hunting for some place to pass
away their idle moments Our Shove
are now taxed to seat them, our re-
ceipts are nearly doubled. Instead OF
being in debt they are now paying
THAR house rent ana buying clothes
for their wives and children. The rA-
ito Of crime has fallen or Is per cant:
In fact. i seems the dawn Of : new
buying homes, sending their children
to school. and are striying IN every
way to make their marks In the his
tory Of our great co1nnkSy.
vegy truly yo1fev s.
s $,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Washington. Aug. 25.-Democrats
OF the Senate finance committee today,
yielding to protests from all parts Of
the country. struck out of the emer-
gency revenue bill the proposed
stamp tax on insurance policies, which
proposed a tax of one-half cent on
each dollar OF premium on all policies.
including life insurance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

but not to the exclusion of Literature, Art, Re-
ligion, Science Sports, and other like subjects
of interest to people of culture. Another of
THE DIGEST'S strongest appeals lies in its
many little human interest stories which give
an insight into the life and experiences of the
individual in the war, or business, or politics,
or in private life. 1T is magazine for the man
and woman who would keep well-informed on
the activity and thought of the world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Washington. Aug. 26.--A slight dis
turbance over extreme South Florida.
reported today to the Weather
Bureau, ID expected to increase In in
<ensity' very slowly and to remain over
the Florida peninsula for the next
thirty-six hours.
In the waters to the southwark OF
Florida. and throughout the West
Indies there are no indications OF
dangerous weather conditions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Hundreds Of thousands Of intelligent people
are depending upon THE LITERARY DIGEST
for their comprehension of the Worthwhile do
ings of the world-because it is an all-inclusive
newspaper, purged of inaccuracies and bias,
presenting verified reports of all that is sig
nificant in the weeks news.
The news of War, Of the Presidential Cam
paign, of Business, Is treated exhaustively-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Mias Mary Joseph Gardner. of 8as
West Grace Street. has concluded
visit TO Savannah. Ga. st. Augustine
and Jacksonville. Fla. and 10 now <tse
guest OF friends In Winston Salem, NJ
c Miss Gardner win return to this
city September !.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

Mr.. Richard Winston, of Park Ave-
nue., has gone for short stay in New
York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26

INV ia tic tNLtFFa tF'Ao" t%ta'
the story of a motion picture house
run by high school boys and catering
strictly 10 the cleanest tastes The
other comes from Helena. Ark, and
is the story of the work OF a motion
picture house among the colored peo-
pie with comment AS 70 the effect of
the prohibition law upon the amuse-
ment habits of that race. These two
very unusual letters are addressed TO
DR.. Clarence True Wilson. of the Meth
odist Temperance Society:
Hermiston. Ore,
May rs. 1915
Mr.. Deets Pickett. Esq.
Washington, d. c.
Dear Mr.. Pickett:
Hermiston has a moving picture
house which IL run by the high school
boys under faculty supervision. The
boys must earn their own way. in
GLIDING salary.
Our movie is strictly censored. The
ministers. Parent-Teacher's Associa-
tion and the Civic Center Club ia
dies). as we'll as the Commercial Club,
all censor IT, and since the strict GEN.
sorship has been In force our house
has standing room only Parents
bring all the family regularly and we
seat one-fourth OF tho towns popu-
latfon every show.
Any company sending us vulgar
shows loses our patronage. We run
regular shows twice week. The
boys running II now are clearing
about fifteen dollars week for a
business or college fund.
We hnd that censorship helps, and
the stricter the better Every uncen-
sored house here has failed. Sorne
have had to jump bills. others had TO
sell their machines.
We run all kinds Of pictures. In
GLIDING free educational reels We
have no regular censorship. but every
the Civic Club to meet and talk over
the shows. and wc lump" the fiim
company that gets harsh word from
our public. All members Of the fam
lily too young to stay at home are let
In free. accompanied by parent or pa
rents Family groups predominate
Fifteen or thirty cents takes in all tho
family UP to twelve or fourteen years
of age. II children come without pa
rents the charge is ten cents each
{fifteen cents per parent.
Frequently family OF eight
(widow) get In for fifteen cents by
the mothers coming. Children COM
ing without the parent would pay
We favor the strfctest censorship.
but are opposed to small clique GEN.
sorship. We favor large board with
at least fous>sifths vote to pass. We
find on Saturday nights that the
moviet is filled with families We also
find that the movie has seriously at
fected other places OF amusement.
even the billiard and poo, halls the
card games. etc. where the father
used to spend his money.
II has brought the boys and girls
into closer relationship with their pa
rents and has brought many OF our
people closer to their own people and
closer to each other.
The movie Is killing the saloon,
where run along the proper lines II
not properly fun and censored, 1t
panders to the wrong appetite and in
flames the imagination. We do not
permit rough stuff or coarse
stuff" and we find the biggest
houses at the best shows
Yours truly,
A. +. PARK.
Helena, Ark,
May L. 1915
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-06-16
War at Close Rance.

The worst of 1t was that we could
not get away from the sight OF the
mangled bodies of our comrades. Arms
and legs stuck out Of the wreckage,
and on every side we saw CHASTITY
distorted human faces-the faces of
the men whom we had known. with
whom we had laughed and Joked and
shared rations for months past Those
who have never had to undergo expe-
riences of this sort cannot possibly
know the horror of them. It is not
In the heat OF battle that men lose
their reason. Battle-frenzy is, per.
haps. a temporary madness: but
when the fighting is ended there
comes the real danger. The strain
Is relaxed Men look about them and
see the bodies of their comrades torn
TO pieces as though they had been
hacked and butchered by fiends. One
thinks OF the human body as inyiolate
a beautiful and sacred thing. The
sight OF II dismembered or disembow.
eled lying In the bottom OF a trench
trampled into the mud, smeared with
blood and filth, is so revolving as to be
almost Northumberland N. Hall
in Atlantic.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-06-16
DUTIES OF THE FAIR SEX
New York Clergyman Gives His Views
Of the Matter In
Sermon.

Rev. DR. Charles E. Jefferson OF the
Broadway tabernacle has sermon to
grown-up daughters. In 1t he gives
the following reasons why women must
forego the privilege of repudiating
their debts, and pay up like men. "a
woman, no less than man, is in the
grip of memorable moral law, and each
alike must pay to the uttermost farth-
ing what he owes. A girl on the thresh.
old OF womRnhood is In most cases
a charming creature and because of
the chivalic devotion which is paid
her she Is in danger of losing sight of
the demands Of the eternal law. She
must do her share of the worlds work
She must begin at home. She must
pay her debts to her parents, and then
to her brothers and sisters Elder
daughters can do for their younger
sisters what no one else can do. Stand
Ing between their mother and these
younger sisters, they can do much to
bring both sides into closer sympathy.
Because of their mother, and because
OF their youth they can enter more
fully into the feelings and wishes OF
their younger sisters. "-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-06-16
To Raise Medicinal Plants.

Women in Great Britain are p,sr.
ming systematically to use their gar
dens this year for raising medicinal
pants The industry was once general
IN England, but long ago passed ia
the continent, Now that the price OF
drugs has risen so greatly, the busi.
ness again looks profitable. For ex.
ample the leaves Of the purple fox.
glove are worth sixty cents a Mound
sun although it is easy to figure that
an acre will yield half ton or more
OF the dry leaves, which means a 20,
turn OF At least six hundred dollars.
'OSh calculations are not wholly safe,