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The Washington herald., 1916-12-09
Higher Wages in Sight

"heh the subcommittee oil the
House Committee on Appropriations
completed its work on the legisla-
tive, judicial and executive budget
yesterday, the first decisive victory
in the movement started by The
Washington Herald to procure in
creased salaries for government en-
ployes was won.
The subcommittee reported to the
full Appropriations Committee of the
House report that calls for hun
dreds of increases recommended by
department chiefs and favorably
recommends a general graded in
crease for all employees receiving less
than ST. 300 a year.
Another event of primary impor-
tance was the acceptance by the Com
mittee on Postoffices and Postroads
of the amendment to the postoffice
bill granting increases in compensa-
tion to a much greater number of
postal clerks and carriers than was
recommended by the Postmaster
General.
1t is stated that. the Appropriations
and Postoffice committees probably
will seek a special rule from the
House Committee on Rules so that
this proposed legislation to improve
the condition of the Federal workers
will be placed beyond the reach Of
any individual member opposed to
increased salaries who may try to de-
feat it on a point Of order. =
The opinion of members of Con-
gress, who are in sympathy with the
movement appears to be that the
general increase should be uniform
that what employees of one depart
ment of the government get should
be given to another-and for that
reason the first big appropriation
bill containing the increases should
fix the standard which others may
follow. That will be the purpose of
members of the subcommittee of the
powerful Appropriations Committee
in supporting their recommendation
on Monday.
The Federal Employees Union last
night agreed on schedule of salary
increases and soon will present them
to Congress. In taking this action,
they followed the recommendation
of The Washington Herald made at
the beginning of the movement
that it would be unwise to ask for
extensive legislation designed to re-
lieve all inequalities in salaries and
working conditions with the expecta-
tion that Congress will act upon all
of it in the limited days of the present
short session.
The major question is to induce
Congress to grant increased salaries
for relief from the high cost of living.
The first definite action in Congress
clearly is victory for the govern
ment employees and it seems that full
justice now is not too much to expect.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

Important as a season Of military train
ing for Americans may be from the
standpoint Of national defense and pre-
paredness, at least equal Importance may
be attached to the physical benefit that
should accrue to the great body OF citi-
zenship from such trainings Men Of
America, as a rule, give little heed to the
rules Of health, OF proper diet, to the need
Of physical exercise and the conservation
and development OF physical strength.
The enforced discipline of military train
ing impresses the citizen soldier with the
Importance Of right living. and it empha-
sizes the beneft Of wholesome rules Of
self-care. Such general training would
not only prepare the nation adequately
for defense, but its manhood for health,
strength. right living and clear thinking.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

The name of Shackleton seems to
serve as spur to exploration on the
part of its wearers. Robert Shackle-
ton has written book in which he
sets forth what he has observed in
Boston. He found less frigidity
there than did Sir Ernest in the Ant
arctic, it may be assumed, from the
fact that he found the Hub very
human city with pleasantly piquant
peculiarities. Destruction of tradi-
tional illusions continues without in
terruption.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

At the opening of any Congress 1t is
not infrequent that attention is called to
the importance of the session. But the
assemblage today faces in short ses-
sion an array of momentous questions
some demanding not only immediate but
decisive action. The two outstanding
mItters are a. the Adamson eight-houT
law and the threat of a country wide
strike on January 1. and (0 high cost
OF every line Of food and the proposed
embargo on exports. Railroad legisla-
ton and food and coal are the important
matters for consideration right now, and
everything else should be shelved until
they have been settled.-New York Tele-
gram.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

The country village seems doomed. It
looks as IL we were going to have in the
country cities and agricultural communi-
ties. with few IL any prosperous villages
remaining. This because of the automo-
bile, of course. We consider the automo-
bile now in the consideration of every
economic questionable automobile and
the war. Everything is being Influenced
by these two things, even the place of
residence. The cities are growing by
leaps and bounds, and there is a tendency
for people to go back to the land. This
could not be the case unless there were
a middle ground from which the people
are drawn That middle ground is the
village. The village Is not gaining in
population; 1t is losing its attraction as a
place of residence. 1t is being absorbed
by the city and the country.-Dayton
News.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

temporary duty as quarermAster Of army Transport
''BmoCd-"
Cart Thomas J. Smith, TO Rochester, n. Y.
First Lieut.. Mozrow c. Gustin TO seattls. Wash
First Lieut. Fredenck T. Rice. to Fort Morgan.
Ala.
Ofhcers detailed for service and to I'll vacancies
In Signal Corps: First Lieut.. Leigh r. J. Zerbee,
First Lieut. Russell A Osmun.
First Lieut.. TRULY O. Martin. leave for three
moutha
Capt James NJ Buruughs to Kansas City, No.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

Wonder if the Kaiser's spies gave
him any hint before the war began
that there was a physically rather in
significant Welshman within the do
mains of his cousin, the British mon
arch, who would arise to distinction
as the canny war lord" of a remade
England? At any rate, he needs no
secret reports now to tell him of the
existence of Lloyd George.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09
Jottings from Jokers

AIiss Flyrte-Jack told me last night
that was his very life. Her Brother
Jack will soon find out how uncertain
life is.-Boston Transcript.
Where are you going,
Ny pretty maid?
TN going a-shopping,
Sir" she said.
May 90 with you,
Ny pretty maid7"
why, yes, certainly: IL you'll agree
to chase with me from one store to an
other and downstairs and in and out of
elevators the way I've got to; wait for
me to have a fitting; give me the benefit
of your advice in selecting Christmas
presents for my four brothers: take me
TO lunch somewhere; carry a few bundles
and bring me home in a taxi,
Sir" she said.-Puck.
Pol-They say he thinks he's the whole
thing. Sol-Oh, not quite that, but at
least a Quorum.-Chaparral
I've seen some pretty bad Joints In nv
time" What are you-a reformed
crook?" MOT exactly-Tm a plumber =
Judge.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

Universal military training is urged
by Lucy Page CASTOR as a means of
fighting "the cigarette evil" Troopers
have entirely destroyed a great many
cigarettes, but not in the way Miss
CASTOR would have it done.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

Secretary Redheld says American
industries waste enough resources to
" all the wages OF all American
RS, if said resources were con-
Queer America can't produce
H ...- Nnservers, especially in
g.. @ -ceedingly high cost
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09
THE HAPPY MAN.

THE HAPPY MAN.
o I'd be like the busy Bee that Hever
heard of money,
Just buzzing here, and buzzing there; to
fill the world with honey.
Let others make the bitter things; be
mine the joyous need
OF adding to life's sweetness. and its stock
OF loving heed.
Copyright l9lG)
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

The cabinet crisis in London serves
to demonstrate that the British are
not averse to swapping horses when
crossing a stream. And the nation
seems to be in pressing need of the
best Stream-crosSers.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

"The woman Billy Sunday" is
evangelizing in Kansas. That's what
she calls herself, anyway. But no
lady can live up to the description
implied.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

Japan's leadership in the production
and distribution of divorces has been
conceded. It's a distinction that
America may very we'll do without.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09
PAINTINGS TO BE EXHIBITED

The sixth exhibition OF contemporary
American oil paintings is announced by
the president and board of trustees Of
the Corcoran Gallery OF Art for Satur-
day evening, December is, at 9 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

Flnt printing of an original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-09

80 s.... men OF
lar. a. ... al- led
their .- Zee - q
six-year
mediate ret .. =. >
haps the FIVE ha -
that they some day .r..
to the office and don :
stopped from succeeding es.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
Continued from Third Page.)

Continued from Third Page.)
w. D. Wendt, office expenses, $1O63.
M. J. Engeseth, postage, 1928.
Ed Rice, constable fees, $2.40.
Optic Reporter, printing, $160.75.
Northern States Power Co., phone
service, $1.59.
g., NJ n: J. Engeseth' recording Deeds
James Hayes, road work, S1S.75.
M. Daniels, repairing road tools, Sc.
w. B. Britton, road work, $3.50.
Joseph F. Spalls, road work, $77.5O.
Frank ]. Spalla, road work, $2250.
Henning Kamp, road WORT, $13125.
Milford Ackenbauer, road work,
$162.75.
I. M. Robe, commissioner services
and expenses, $198.O5.
P. Vandenoever, cash paid out for
county, $500.
P. Vandenoever, commissioner SER
vices and exp. $4,000.
Beall and Zaback, livery, $3.50.
L. S. Officer, road work, $18.75.
Times-Herald Pub. Co.,, record books
$9s.75.
Geo. w. Hecker, bridge work, $21.25.
E. L. Perry, bridge work, $225.O5.
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Sand Point Lbr. and Pole Co., bridge

Sand Point Lbr. and Pole Co., bridge
piling, $292.07.
Ben Granstad, bridge work, $40.
First State bank, states attorney
sub oena, $8.40.
Carl Penny, states attorney sub
roena, $2.10.
Frank Moore, states attorney sub.
poem $2.10,
Leslie Babcock, states attorney SUBJ
poena, $2.10.
A. j. Oslie, states attorney SUBJ
poena, $2.10.
Aug. Paulson, part payment road
work, $500.
Aug. Paulson, bridge work and
bridge, $465.
Tropical Paint and Oil Co., paint
for poor farm, 5000.
John Nedreloe, sheriff's fees, $111.56
John Nedreloe, boarding prisoners,
SLABS.
G. A. Bodmer, ballot boxes, $685..
Henry Lyons, road work, $141.25.
H. c. Kaiser, states attorney sub
poena, $2.1O.
Optic Reporter, printing, $111.70.
Elizabeth Campbell, officers fees,
$6.1O.
Henry Matter, tree bounty, $500.
H. D. Davy, tree bounty, $500.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
MinOt Woman Loses Mother.

Mrs. C. B. Berg passed away at
her home in Garrison after a linger-
ing illness. She was born in Chris
tiania, Norway, in 1858, and in 1905
located on a homestead four miles
from Garrison. She leaves a husband
and two daughters, one of the daugh-
tiers being Mrs. Clarence H. Tompkins
of Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
VISITING Their Sister

Rev. M. B. Erickson and daughter,
Edith, of Maynard, Mimi, and Supt.
S. B. Erickson and family Of Coopers-
town are visiting at the home of their
sister, Mrs. c. G. Heen, in Eastwood
Park. Rev. Erickson has charge of
the Lutheran pastorate at Maynard,
MIMI, and Supt. Erickson is at the
head of Cooperstown public schools.
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l. w. WIS Are Quiet.

There are perhaps a hundred I. w.
WIS in Minot at the present time and
thousands have passed thru the city
during the past month. They have
created no disturbance of any conse-
quence, but have kept the police on
the alert.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Corn Remedies
Indigestion Remedies
Collie Remedies
Worm Candy
Cream Tartar
Seidlitz Powders
Magnesia Citrate
Headache Remedies

J. D. Geist, salary and cash paid
out, $250.70.
w. A. Peck, expenses, $4,000.
G. C. Edwards, rent better farming
Office, $40.
J. w. Rowan, burying pauper, $28.
John Hennessey, commissioner ser
vices and exp. $3.50.
O. B. Herigstad, office expenses
states attorney, $68.76.
w. F. Alderman, labor at poor farm
$11.0O.
Ole K. Field, rigs for poor farm,
$500.
Peterson & Nelson, drugs for coun-
ty farm 1920.
Minot Electric Co., mdse, county
farm, $5.40.
Minot Hdw. Co., mdse county farm,
$23.9O.
Waverly Harness Shop, mdse. for
county farm, $3.50.
International Oil Co., mdse for coun-
ty farm, $11.65.
J. Fauchald, mdse. county farm,
$34.93.
J. H. Charlebois, work for poor
farm, $17.10.
w. M. Johnson, mdse. for poor farm,
$685..
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FARMERS SET
WHEAT PRICE
Declare They Should Receive Sl.50
per Bushel for their Product.

Wheat growers attending the meet
ing of the growers section of the
society of equity declare $3.50 as the
minimum price they should get for
their product in order to make fair
profit.
Such declaration was made at the
close of the conference at Fargo held
at the call of President J. M. Ander-
son, Of St. Paul.
B. showing just what wheat pro-
duction costs the farmers hope to in
fuence the permanency Of the price:
Two hundred farmers were heard
from by letter or attended.
Subscribe for the Ward County In
dependent-$1.5 so per year.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17

tive control, Mr.. Swope declares that
prices have gone higher in Austria
than in Germany. He points out the
difference between efficient admins
tration and lax, in most impressive
manner. The governments failure
to enforce more equitable distribu-
ton has caused prices to rise much
higher than in Germany.
II rs now come to be appreciated
that our own country is the victim
of mal-distribution. The supplies
are large enough; but the waste in
distribution is of two kinds. On the
one side, IL is too expensive because
OF the cumbersome methods and the
too numerous middlemen. On the
other, great quantities Of foodstuffs
are annually wasted because, though
there are mouths to be fed, the ma
chinery for gathering and transport
ing them to the people who need
them Is inadequate.
This country has need to study the
experiences of the two central en-
pires in the last year, and to learn
from them some lessons for appli-
cation here.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17

didn't happen. The Eagle points
out that Gravesend had about 5000
population, but instead Of casting
some 1000 votes, IL cast 667 for
Cleveland, 293 for Blaine, and one
for Ben Butler. Total. 963-a very
proper poll for town Of 5000.
Mr.. Cleveland carried Gravesend,
but he would have been elected
without the majority 1t gave him
for with that town thrown out he
would still have had over TOO plu-
rality in New York State.
As a matter Of national self-re-
spect, this marvelously persistent
yarn ought to be retired from circu-
lation. It is played out. All the
political almanacs, as the Eagle
points out. give the figures that
are here quoted, disproving this an
cient libel. Mr.. Cleveland was hon.
estly elected President.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
WASHINGTON sowNINAUdURAL

Washington didn't wait for official
canvasses, kilograms Of congratula-
ton, and such formalities, to ex-
tend its congratulations to the Pres
ident who is going to be with It an
other four years. 1t turned out on
the coolest night Of the season in
tens and tens of thousands, to
march and cheer and celebrate the
occasion. There could be no doubt
Of the warmth and sincerity Of the
demonstration; and that the Presi-
dent fully appreciated it was EVIL
dent in his manner.
It was really Washington's own
inaugural. Next March there will be
another, but il will be a national af-
fair; Washington will only be, ad-
ventitiously, the scene Of the do
ings; Washingtonians will be showed
into the background, where they will
belong on that strictly national ac-
casion. Last evenings welcome to
the President, returned after his
summer Of work and campaigning,
returned in triumph after an ardu-
Gus. fight and a wonderful victory
that was Washington's own demon
stration.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
RIoHTINd AN OLD ERROR

The Brooklyn Eagle has taken the
trouble to push forward, just at this
time when they may get some stten-
ton, the facts which dispr1ve the
oft-repeated charge that the Presi-
dency was stolen for Cleveland in
1874. This story has been so long
circulated and SO widely accepted
even among people who ought to
know better, that 1t has become a
tradition Of politics. The observa-
ton that "the Presidency has twice
been stolen" referring to 1876 and
to 1884. has besmirched the national
escutcheon too many times.
New York was painfully close in
1884. The strange story got circu-
lation, that John Y. McKane, Demo
cratic boss Of Coney Island, carried
the State for Cleveland by return
ing from Gravesend a plurality that
exceeded by 1000 the entire popula-
ton of that town, which was about
1000.
That would have done the bust
ness, if it had been needed and had
happened. 1t wasn't needed, and
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
PRESIDENTIAL BEES
.TOBUzz NEXT SESSION
Preparedness for 1920 Is Slo-
gan of Aspirants- Bryan to
the Front.

The forthcoming session OF Congress Il
not, expected to be noteworthy for Inn
portant general legislation, but It 10 an
tcipated that there will be lot OF fne,
large Presidential politics IN operation.
True. the 1916 campaign IL barely over
and ~ IL early to start the 1870 cam
paign. But the gentlemen with aspira-
tons, the statesmen who day and night
near the buzzing OF the Presidential bee,
don't think II is at all premature to
make preparations.
They may be 'agin" preparedness a.
to military matters. but not as TO the
fortihcation OF their own ambitions.
Bryan Still Has Il.
II has attracted wide notice here that
william ]. Bryan has given out an In
terview In which he makes II plain he
VIII night from this time forth to get the
Democratic party to adopt a prohibition
plank In 1890.
II may be unjust to Mr.. Bryan, but
the politicians hereabouts see in this q
purpose to become an active candidate
Tor the 1920 nomination. on a prohibi-
ton platform.
That's the way the friends Of Speaker
Clark look at Il. That's the way the
friends of Senator Underwood regard t.
That's the way some OF the Bryan ad-
mirers here view It.
Sees One More Chance.
The Idea widely expressed is that Mr..
Bryan sees one more real chance OF get.
ting the Presidency. and that is to float
to the White House on a prohibition
wave.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Bryan long refused
to-indorse n national prohibition amend
ment and kept insisting prohibition wal
a State issue. this seems remarkable.
Mr.. Bryan. In n telegram OF congratu-
lation to the President, pointed out that
the President got the votes OF seventeen
dry states and that these states are de-
termined to have the Democratic party
support national prohibition.
Just now. President Wilson IL the
dominant figure OF his party. II is wide
ly assumed he will not seek a third term
Some Outsiders"
Acting on this assumption. other as
plrants are sure to bestir themselves. Nc
doubt a number will arise outside OF
Congress circles. For instance. there Ia
James M Cox, OF Ohio. who has been
elected governor on the Democratic
ticket after having had the office one
term. Mr.. Cox may be worth watching
So may others. But In any event. II will
be well to keep an eye on Bryan. and
the Prohibition movement.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
KEEPING FOOD PRICES DOWN

Europe, being in war, has adopted
measures for the regulation of
prices that doubtless would be
viewed with grave concern in this
country. Yet prices here have risen
so fast that they are not much out
Of line with those of Europe.
The possibility of preventing
some excuses in prices, by regula-
tive methods, is suggested by a
newspaper correspondent, Herbert
Bayard Swope, in letter giving OBJ
servations on conditions in Germany
and Austria.
Mr.. Swope found that the food
problem was not so acute in Austria
as in Germany. Naturally. Austria
is much greater agricultural coun-
try, more productive, and with far
less population than Germany must
feed.
Despite this. because Of less effec-
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
COOPERATION IN SOCIAL WORKS

The Maryland Conference Of
Charities and Corrections, which
has just concluded its sessions In
Baltimore, henceforth will include
the District Of Columbia and Della
ware, and will change its name to
conform to this inclusion. This
change indicates the growing spirit
Of cooperation between the District
and adjoining States.
Washington has had no annual
conference on this subject, such as
most States now enjoy, because the
District seemed too small to justify
it. Maryland social workers real
lied that their problems were much
the same as those of the District /;
that their work constantly dove
tailed; and that it could be per-
formed more effectively with a
closer cooperation. The same is
true Of the correctional work of
Maryland and Delaware.
A joint conference Of the sort just
concluded is especially timely in
view Of the effort Of Maryland work.
ers to extend the scope of organized
charity work to the counties adjoin-
ing the District. In this work WASH
ington has decided interest even
greater than that of the rest of
Maryland, and only through>a close
cooperation of Washington and
Baltimore forces can it be made ef-
fcient.
The Washington times., 1916-11-17
TESTING THE EIdnT-HoUR LAW

The eight-hour law will, Of course,
be tested in the courts; and there
is generally believed to be strong
probability that it will be found
constitutional. In recent years the
Supreme Court has shown DISPOSE
ton to permit Congress to assume
wider and wider authority in mat
ters involving some relationship to
interstate commerce. The eight
hour act will be supported on the
general grounds that the twenty
eight hour live stock shipping law,
child labor enactments, and the like,
have been sustained.
There is long way between I'M
constitutionality and inherent bad
ness in law. Congress has a wide
range Of authority to do the wrong
thing without infringing on the Con-
stitution. It may have made a mis-
take in passing the Adamsop act;
but the Supreme Court is not called
upon to decide that. It will be re-
quired merely to determine whether
the act is valid under the Constitu-
ton, and what It really means.
Threats that there will be q rail.
road strike If the law is not promptly
put into effect, need not be taken too
seriously. The railroad brother
hoods would hardly defy the whole
established procedure in such cases,
Nobody else would dare do that, and
the labor organizations, on serious
thought, will decide not to ALLEVIATE
all public sympathy.