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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
1.-THE LUSITA MA WAITS, SIR

"'The captain went white as a ghost, and
shouted out something in German, like as if
he was calling out who's there?" and the
mate clapped his hand over his mouth, and they
both stood staring at one another.
"'Then there was sound like thin little
voice, outside the ship mark you, and sixty
fathoms deep, saying, Christmas Eve; the
waits, sir" The captain tore the mates hand
away and shouted again, like he was asking
who's there?" and wild to get an answer,
too. Then, very thin and clear, the little voice
came a second time "The waits, sir. The
Lustania ladies'" And at that the captain
struck the mate in the face with his clenched
fist He had the medal in it still, between his
fingers, using it like a knuckle-duster. Then
he called to the men like mailman, all in Ger
man, but | knew he was telling EN- TO rise
to the surface, by the way they we're trying
to obey him.
"'The submarine never budged for all that
they could do, and while they were running
I'D and down and squeang out TO one an
other. there was kind of low, sweet sound all
round the hull, like thousand voices all sing
ing together in the
Fear not, said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind
Glad tidings of great joy bring
To you and all mankind.
Then the tapping began again, but it was
much louder now, and it seemed as if hun
dreds Of drowned hands were feeling over the
hull and loosening bolts and pulling at hatch
ways, and-all at once-a trickle of water
came splashing down into the cabin. The cap
tain dropped his medal 1t rolled up to my
hand, and ! saw there was blood on it. He
screamed to the men, and they pulled out
their lifesaving apparatus kind of air-tank
which they strapped on their backs, with tubes
to rubber masks for clapping over their mouths
and noses. ! Watched EN- doing it, and man.
aged to do the same. They were too busy to
take any notice of me. Then they pulled
a lever and tumbed out through hole, and
followed em blindly. Something grabbed me
when | got outside, and held me for a minute
Then saw 'em, Captain kendrick; saw 'en
hundreds and hundreds of 'em-in shiny
light, and sixty fathom down under the dark
sea-they were all waiting there, men and
women and poor little babies with hair like sun
shine.
"'And the men were smiling at the Germans
in a friendly way, and unstrapping the air
tanks from their backs and saying, Won't you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

what | did,. Take the contents of the
envelope and lay them on the kitchen
table in little piles, so much for meat,
so much for eggs, so much for adhe-
sive plaster, ETC., until the kitchen
table is covered. Then sweep it all into
a bag and balance your books.
Balancing the books is another point
in the ideal system which often makes
for trouble. Sticklers for form insist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

that the two sides of the page shall
come out alike, even at the expense of
your self-respect. 1t is the artificiality
of this that hurts. No matter how
much you spend, no matter how much
you receive, at the bottom Of the page
they must add up to the same thing,
with double red line underneath them
to show that the polls are closed.
But since this is the accepted way Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

voice very slowly, but by no means unimpreo-
sivcly:
Long, long ago He said,
He who could wake the dead
And walk upon the sea
Come, follow Ne.
Leave your brown nets and bring
Only your hearts to sing,
Only your souls to pray;
Rise: come away.
Shake out your spirit-sails
And brave those wilder gales,
And will make you then
Fishers Of men,"
Was this, then, what He meant?
Was this His high intent,
After two thousand years
OF blood and tears?
God help u.s. if we fight
For right, and not for might
Gold help US il we seek
TO shield the weak.
Then, though His heaven be far
From this blind weller OF war,
He'll bless on the sea
From Calvary.
1T seems to rhyme all right said Kendrick.
"It's not SO bad for Macpherson"
"Have you heard" said Davidson, reflective
". they're wanting more trawlcr shippers
down at the base?"
1--WE been fifty years, man and boy, at sea-,
said Captain Morgan that's half Il century,
mind you
"Ah. it's hard on the women too said Dav-
wilson. We're never sure what boats have
been lost till we see the women crying. don't
know bow they get the men to DO it
CAPTAIN John Kendrck stabbed viciously
with his forefinger at picture in an illustrat-
ed paper.
Here's wicked thing now" he said. Here's
q medal they've struck in Germany to commem-
orate the sinking Of the Lusitania. Here's
photograph Of both sides of it. On one side
YOU see the great ship sinking loaded up with
munitions which wasn't there; but not a sign
of the women and children that was there. On
the other side you see the passengers taking
their tickets from Death in the New York
booking Office. Now, that's fearful thing.
can understand 'em making a mistake, but
can't understand 'em wanting to strike a medal
for it,"
Not much mistake about the Lusitania,"
growled Captain Davidson.
NO indeed that only my argument"
replied the councillor. They're treacherous
lot It was fearful thing to do--a thing like
that Ny sons in the Cunsrd, and man alive,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
The Higher Life Account Can
Be Made to Cover Much

Perhaps you have wondered what l
meant by Higher Life" | have. 1t
might be we'll to state it here so that
we can all get it clear in our minds.
Under the Higher Life account you
can charge everything that you want
to do, but feel that you can't afford. II
you want to take in an inconsequential
theatrical performance and can't quite
square it with your conscience, figure
it out this way: By going to that show
you will become so disguised with the
futility of such things that you will
come out of the theatre all aglow with
a resolve TO do a mans work in the
world just as soon as you have caught
up with your sleep. Surely that comes
under Advancement" or Higher
Life"
Insurance budget helps always in
clude under Advancement" money
spent for lectures. Now, it may be
that | have drifted away from the big
things in life since | moved out into the
country, but somehow l can't just at
this moment recollect standing in line
at box office for lecture. But then,
my home life is very pleasant.
Lectures would be very convenient
heading, nevertheless. to have in your
budget. Then, any little items that
slip your attention during the month
you can group under lectures and mark
off ten PAGES in your advancement
chart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Attempts 10 Reduce the High
Mortality Rate

This high mortality rate among
amateur accountants is one of the big
problems of modern household efficien-
cy. and is exceeded in magnitude only
by the number of schemes devised to
simplify household accounting. Every
domestic magazine, in the midst of its
photographed accounts OF unhappy
marriages, must needs run chart
showing how far a family with an IN
come of 81 800 a year can go without
getting caught and still put something
aside for a canary. Every insurance
company has had prepared by experts
a table of figures explaining how, by
Jumping everything except Rent and
Incidentals under Luxuries and doing
without them, you can save enough
from the wreckage of $1,000 year to
get in on their special Forty-Year Ad-
iournment Policy.
Those publications which cannot get
an expert to figure out how much you
ought to spend per egg per hen-day
will publish letters from young house
wives showing how they made out
budget which in the end brought them
in more money than they earned and
had the grocer and electric light COM
pany owing them money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
The Obvious Advantage of
Keeping Accounts

Some people profess to scott at the
introduction of bookkeeping into the
running of the household. 1t is simply
because they never tasted the fascina-
ton Of the thing.
The advantage of keeping family ac-
counts is clear. If you do not keep them
you are uneasily aware of the fact that
you are spending more than you are
earning. If you do keep them, you
knO1C it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
The Philosophical Side OF
Accounting

There is one little technical point that
the amateur accountant will do well b
remember. II gives a distinction to the
page and shows that you are acquainted
with bookkeeping lore. 1t is this Label
your debit column credits" and your
credit column debts" You miQbt
think that what you receive into the
exchequer would be credited and your
expenses debited, but that is where You
miss the whole theory Of practical &C.
counting. That would be too simple 20
be efficient. You must wax transcen.
dental, and say. Il, as an individuated
entity, am nothing. Everything is all:
all is everything" There is a trans.
cendent Account, to which all other &C.
counts are responsible, and hence mon
ey turned over to the Cinnamon Ac-
count is not credited to that account, but
rather debited to it, for Cinnamon
thereby assumes the responsibility for
the sum. AS money is spent for China.
mon, its account is credited, for it is
relieved of that responsibility. Don't
start wondering where the responsible.
ity finally settles or you will throw
something out Of its stride in your
brain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
WIRELESS.


Now to those who search the deep
Clean Of Hope and kindly Light
Once, before you turn to sleep,
Breathe message through the night
Neye, doubt .hat they'll receive IT,
Send 1t once, and you'll believe Il.
Think you these aerial wires
Whisper more than spirits may!
Think you that our strong desires
Touch no distance when We pray!
Think you that no wings are dying
'Twixt the living and the dying!
Inland, here, upon your knees.
You shall breathe from urgent lips
Round the ships that guard your seas
Fleet on feet Of angel ships.
Yea, the guarded may SO bless them
That no terror can distress them.
You shall guide the dsrkling Prov
Knseling-thus-snd far inland;
You shall touch the storm-best brow
Gently as spirit hand.
Even q blindfold prayer may speed inc"
And little child may lead them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Typical Family with $75O,O0O
a Year Income

It is for the honest ones, who admit
that they can't work one of the budget
systems for the mentally alert that the
accompanying one has been devised.
Let us take, for instance, a family
whose income is S750,000 year, eXclu-
sive of tips. In the family are father,
mother and fox terrier The expenses
for such family come under the head
of Liabilities and are distributed among
six accounts: Food, Lodging, Extras,
Extras, Incidentals and Extras. For
this couple would advise the following
system:
Take the contents of the weekly pay
envelope, S14,4230S Off any one is mean
enough to go and divide S750,000 into
fifty-two parts to see if have got it
right, he will find that it doesn't quite
come to cents, but you certainly
wouldn't have me carry it out to any
more places. 1t took me from yester-
dav afternoon until after dinner to do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Addition by Logic More Adapted
TO Amateur Accountant

The trouble with all these vicarious
budgets is that they presuppose, on the
part of the user, an ability to add and
subtract. They take it for granted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

that you are going to do the thing
right. Now, with all due respect to our
primary and secondary school system,
this il absurd. Here and there you
NAV find some one who can take page
Of figures and maui them over so that
they will come out right at the bottom
but who wants to be man like that !
What fun does he get out of life, always
sure of what the result is going to be!
As for me, give me the regular
method of addition by logic; that Is, II
the result obtained is y removed from
the result that should have been OBJ
tanned. then, ergo, II is the amount by
which you have miscalculated and 1t
should. therefore, be added or sub
tracted. as the case may be, to or from
the actual result somewhere up IN the
middle of the column, SO that in the end
the thing will balance. And there you
are, with just the same result as If you
had worked for hours over the page and
dubbed over every little point and fig
ure. There is no sense in becoming a
slave to numerical signs which in them
selves are not worth the paper they are
written on. 1t is the imagination that
one puts into accounting that makes 1t
fascinating. If free verse, why not
free arithmetic?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

come and Join us? It's Christmas Eve, you
know"
Then, whatever it was that held me let
me go, ant | shot up, and knew nothing till
| found myself in Jack Simmond's drifter and
they told me was crazy"
Captain Kendrick filed his pipe. great
gust struck the old inn again and again. til
all the timbers trembed. The founderng step
passed once more, and the hoarse voice BEL
lowed away in the darkness against the below
ing sea:
Saviour who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign.
Captain Davidson was the first TO speak
"Poor old Jim Hunt" he said. There's no!
much Christ about any of this war;
"Im not so sure of that, neither" said Cap
tain Morgan. Macpherson said striking
thing to me the other day. Seems 10 me- be
says, there's good many nowadays that ~
touching the iron nails"
He rose and drew the curtains from TIE
window again.
Inc sea IdlIiilS hOliV", hS S"'u, '
be rain before morning"
"Well, must be going" said Captain Dsud'
son. II want to see the naval secretary down
at the base"
about WHAT"
"Why, I'm not too old for trawler am j!
my missus won't like it, but III come vi"
you," said Captain Morgan, and they wen'
through the door together, lowering their head'
against the wind.
Hold on. Pm coming, too" said Capum
Kendrick, and he followed them, buttoning W
his coat.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

ors of the four townships along this
highway are making arrangements to
gravel the road as soon as constructed
which will give Renville county one Of
the finest stretches of highway in the
state.
During the hail storm Tuesday
night, a valuable draft mare belong
ing to Tom Hoover, north of Minot,
ran into a wire fence and was so bad
ly injured that she died.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Gillispie and Ed
itor and Mrs. Gilbertson and children
from Glenburn are on their way to
Yellowstone Park in two cars for a
four-weeks' outing.
A son was born today to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Byorum. Grandpa Moon is
stepping around lively at the city hall
today.
George pritschet of FoXholn, who
has been receiving treatment at St..
Joseph's hospital, is much better and
will 60 home tomorrow.
Miss Agnes Bake, former teach
er in the Minot schools, is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Harry
Dingman Miss Bake has been teach
ing in the schools at Warren, MINI ,
during the past year.
Ralph Bulls, one of the Give wire"
farmers of Greenbush township, is
building barn 40x90 feet in size. A
16-foot lean-to will be added on eth
er side, making this one of the larg-
est barns in the country.
George Richardson has been secured
to look after the transportation route
No. 1 of Burt consolidated school dis
trict, at $50 per month. Fred B. And
erson is in charge of Route at $40
per month. The other contract will be
let Aug. IL.
Mrs. F. N. Fuller returned Saturday
from trip to the Yellowstone Park
in company with party of Williston
people who made the trip by auto. She
reports an exceedingly delightful trip
and enjoyed every moment of the time
she was away.
H. P. Knappen, publisher Of the Bis
marck Palladium, is in the city today
enroute to Lake Metigoshe to attend
the summer press meeting. Mr.. KNAPP
pen, who is member of the executive
committee of the association, is get
ting out one of the most readable
weekly papers in North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Taylor have
returned from $500 mile trip thru
the state Of Minnesota which they
made in their new Haynes car. They
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
"W0bbLY SPECIAL"
ARRIVES At JAMES
town FROM CAKES
400 l. w. WIS Take Charge of Freight
Train at Cakes and Conduct it
to Jamestown.

Jamestown, N. D., Aug. /. - The
"wobbly special" or the freight train
in the possession of about 400 l. w.
WIS arrived in Jamestown. The train
stopped for a few minutes east of the
city and then proceeded to pull into
the city very slowly. The train was of
considerable length, mostly empty box
cars, and the doors were all ajar, re-
frigerator car doors swung open and
in some instances car doors hung on
one wheel only. Occasionally head
or two would peer out Of the open door
and then duck back again.
But if the 1. w. WIS thought they
would be unwelcome they were much
mistaken for over 200 husky citizens
were at the depot watchfully waiting
to greet them in any way that they
might present themselves. The rain
pulled through the city, to the train
yards, where the men unloaded AMI
camped in the jungles near the stock
yards.
The conductor of the freight stated
that at Cakes he was unable to make
up his train, switching operations be-
ing hampefed by the nOrdeS OF Cfan-
sients, who blocked the way and al
most dictated to the crew what to do.
When the crowd boarded the train
they took it into their own hands and
made it come according to their own
wishes. 1t is reported they would run
the train way and then stop it for
awhile, just for the fun of handling
things themselves.
Early Sunday morning crowds of l.
w. WIS flocked on Fifth avenue, but
later in the heat of the day returned
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
OPT|C-REPORTER PUB
Usher ATTACTFD
BY CRAZY CREEK
w. Nj. Smart Struck With Pitchfork
Handle by Greek Who Imagines
Publisher Wanted His Blood

Laboring under the delusion that w.
M. Smart, one of the publishers of tho
Cptic-Reporter, wanted his blood, Phil
ip Pesche, Greek who has been lab
oring for Mr.. Smart, attacked him
just as he stepped out of the Optic
Reporter Office onto the sidewalk at
noon today. The Greek carried piece
of pitchfork handle and struck Mr..
Smart a terrific blow on the arm, in
juring that member quite badly. He
was arrested and taken to the city jail.
He will be given a hearing before the
insanity board.
Pesche believed that Mr.. Smart had
some instruments and was preparing
to extract all of the blood from his
body. He is undoubtedly insane.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
AUTO BREAKS CH1LD's LEG
Leila Conrad, Aged Years, Run
Down by Auto-NO Blame Attach
ed to Driver.

Leila, the little seven year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Con-
rad, Fifth St. N. E., was run over by
a Ford automobile driven by Howard
Elliott last Wednesday afternoon at
the corner of Central avenue and Main
street. The unfortunate occurrence
was purely accidental and no blame is
attached to the driver of the car. AS
Mrs. Conrad, her sister-in-law, Miss
Agnes Conrad and another lady were
crossing the street accompanied by
three little girls, they halted a mo-
ment to let the auto pass, when Leila,
who was coming behind the ladies,
dashed out around the women folks
and started to run across the street
directly in front of the car. She was
knocked down and one of the wheels
passed over her leg before the driver
could stop his car. She was taken in
to the Mccoy drug store and sur
geon summoned, who placed the in
jured member in cast and the little
sufferer was taken to her home.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
LOCAL AND GENERAL

C. w. Clendenning of Surrey will
start cutting wheat Saturday.
The county fathers will meet Mon
day for their August session.
Rev. and Mrs. Deake are spending a
month on their farm near Grand Rap
ids, MINI.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Harmon are the
parents of a daughter born Thursday
night last.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Barron have
Eeen entertaining Miss Emily Barron
and Miss Kitty Bryne of st. Paul.
Miss Elizabeth Western of Duluth
is the guest Of her sister, Mrs. B. H
Bradford.
Mr.. and Mrs w. S. letters write
from Thousand Islands that they are
enjoying the vacation more than
words can express.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Henderson, who
left Minot by auto last week, are now
visiting at Winnipeg.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Swalstead, of
Billsboro, N. D., have been visiting at
the home of their son, Hart Swalstead
the jeweler.
L. J. Stromswold, who has been Wis
iting son at San Francisco, arrived
to visit at the homes of his sons, L. T
and E. L. Stromswold.
| C. B. Bach has returned from bust
ness trip to Minnesota and South Da-
kota. He drove new Studebaker six
home.
Dick Barrett of Glenburn is lucky
Although all Of his neighbors on the
west suffered a complete loss Tuesday
night from hail, he did not lost an acre
of his 1700-acre crop.
John REM has 55 acres of oats II
the shock. The crop is short but the
heads are we'll filled and the color is
bright. Last year he grew 80 bushels
of oats per acre and he estimates the
yield this year at As.
PIP. Lee of Bellingham, Wash, wht
has started the construction of large
new block to be occupied by the North
west Motor company, arrived to lool
after the construction work and to Wis
it his many old time friends.
The Renville county commissioner.
are having twelve miles of fine turn
pike built from Greene to Carpio. Tn,
work is being done with gas tractor
and an elevated grader. The supervis
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Carnival NIGHT AT
THE HUTCA|NS HOME
Popular Outcault Advertising Man
Celebrates His Birthday in Man
ner That Will Be Remembered.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hutchins enter
tanned twenty guests at their beautl-
full home on Second Ave. N. W., Satur-
day night, the affair being given IN
honor of Mr.. Hutchins' birthday.
Unique invitations had been sent out
announcing Carnival Night" and as
the guests arrived, they were met at
the door and presented with novel
Carnival caps. There were charming
Charlie Chaplin mustaches for the
gentlemen and imported favors for all
in keeping with the fun Of the evening.
The porch was lighted brilliantly
with Japanese lanterns and wires
were strung about the rooms over
which the guests threw confetti rib
bons of brilliant colors. Scores Of bal
looms were suspended from the chan
deliers. During the evening there was
. delightful program of Victrola mu-
sic, the guests joining in the singing.
Judge Grow presided at Juvenile
court in his dignified manner thruout
the evening and the belated guests
were fined a-plenty. Warrants were
prepared by Clerk Of Court. Franklin
Kaufman. One Of the amusing fea-
lures Of the evening was the drawing
contest, j. F. Mcclure winning both
gentlemen's favors, while Mrs. Devine
and Miss Moore of Minneapolis car
ried away the ladies prizes. A delight
full buffet luncheon was served at mid
night. Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchins have
established an enviable reputation as
entertainers, the guests declaring that
they had never attended more novel
social function nor spent more pleas
ant evening.
The guest list included Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. A.
Grow, Mr.. and Mrs. FRANKLIN Kauf-