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The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
WHICH BILL SHALL ss..
BECOME A LAW?

Denver, Jan. 31.-Shall the state pro-
hibit all importations of liquors for
beverage purposes, or shall shipments
Of liquors be permitted under restrict
i've permitsl The general assembly is
graphing with this question almost to
the exclusion Of all others right now,
and the assemblymen will appreciate it
greatly if the folks at home will take
enough time to write them, expressing
the sentiment Of their respective COM
munities as to just how "dry" the
state should be.
Several bills have been introduced,
and they are under consideration by
the committees on temperance. Repre-
sentative Cawlfisld Of Pueblo, Repre-
sentative Horton Of Olathe and Senator
schermerhorn Of Nonttose are the
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
RURAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT

County Superintendent Westerman is
quite proud, as she has every right to
be, of the exhibits made by the rural
schools of the county in the community
welfare conference now in progress in
Glenwood
The executive committee asked Mrs.
Westerman to urge the teachers of the
rural schools to send exhibits of the
work of their classes. Letters were
sent to every teacher in the county re-
questing that the school be represented
in the exhibit. Besides this over 600
letters We're sent to parents inviting
them to attend the sessions.
As a result, wonderful exhibit of
rural school work has been provided
and our visitors have been greatly in
terested in these specimens
Those teachers whose pupils havr
furnished exhibits are as follows:
Eleanor Sullivan, Con creek; Sylvia
Thomas, Rifle creek; L. l.. Cramp, Ant
lers; Nellie Witteman, Antlers;, Mary
McNulty, Cattle creek; Helen Boyd,
Grand Valley; A. NJ. Craven, Silt; Es-
ther Heyduck, Silt; Ida Bishop, Silt:
Esma Lewis, Silt; L. A. Myrick, Grand
Valley Miss Hesler, Battlement Mesa ;
Mabel Harp, Austin; Helen Finlay,
New Castle; Nita Heatherly, Divide
creek; Lucille Smith. Sunlight: lillian
Lowe. Sunlight; Ella Lynch, MANN
creek; Effie May, Highmore; Harriet
'Osburn, Beaver creek; Nellie Ewers,
Silt; Virginia Dustin, Grand Valley;
Elsie Hoskins, Rifle; Gladys scanlen,
Silt.
Many of the parents have already
visited the exhibits and attended the
lectures and a number of the rural
teachers are expected to attend the
conference today.
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
FIRE AT SILT


Early last Wednesday morning fire
broke out in the Munro store at Silt
and three business buildings were en-
tirely,.consamed before the flames could
be CHECKED The fire was discovered a
short tims gfter midnight and the citi-
gIeai M sss 4 ~ md MIS- asss sstx4Asas
strenuous efforts and sheer good for
tune that the entire town was not
wiped out completely.
AS it was, the Munro store was a
complete loss as was the pool hall ad-
joining and the meat market just north
of that. Mr.. Price had just bought and
paid for the meat market the day pre-
vious to the fire. Fortunately he saved
all his meat and tools the building
being a total loss.
The building occupied by the Barnes
drug store on the ground floor and the
Odd Fellows hall above caught on fira
two or three times and the south wall
was quite badly scorched, but a nearby
cistern and many willing fire fighters
saved this building from destruction
and saved further spread of the flames.
The Munro Mercantile company carried
insurance to the amount of $4,000, but
the other destroyed property was unin-
sured
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
PROHIBITION KILLS CRIME

Denver, Jan. 31.-Prohibition and do
ing away with the red light district
have made crime among women in Den.
yer almost negligible, the city authori-
ties declared today.
That Denver has no need for q wo'
mans court, such as has been estsb-
lished in New York, Los Angeles and
other large cities is the concensus Of
opinion among city officials and people
interested in reform work. 30 small is
the number Of women prisoners in the
Denver police court that court ex-
clusively for women would hardly have
enough ousiness 70 keep open an hour
. day.
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03

department, showing the handiwork of
the boys, attracted much attention as
did also the cartooning of some of the
lads, the work of Frank Mechau espec-
tally receiving many compliments. The
kindergarten exhibit made by the little
tots under the teaching of Miss Howard
brought forth much praise and was a
surprise to many of the people who
could hardly believe such achievements
possible in the short time Miss Howard
has had the children under her care.
The women IS meeting presided over
by Mrs. Noonan, the general session
presided over by Mr.. Mayes, at which
Mr.. Vaplca of Fort Collins made a very
interesting talk on boys and girls
club work, the health meeting presided
over by -Mxs- .0verbeck, wherein Mr..
Gilman urged war on the fly, illustrat-
ing his remarks by pictures thrown on
the screen these and the programs in
dancing and singing carried out by the
| little children of our schools were ex-
ceedingly interesting features of Thurs
days program.
Thursday evening large meeting at
the Eagles hall was presided over by
Ben NJ. White of Eagle. After some in
teresting folk dancing by the children
Mr.. Lynch interested the audience by
| his address on the cost and value of
fake medicines.
Miss Marie Shelton gave reading
which was much appreciated and she
was followed by n splendid address by
DR.. Jennette Hubbard Bolles of Denver
who urged the home, the school and the
community should cooperate in the con
servation of the school children. Her
address was one of the most practical
and helpful heard thus far during the
session.
Yesterday forenoon was occupied by
examination of babies by DR.. Bolles,
physical examination, dental examina-
tion and special examinations by the
examining committees, the people get
ting together in big crowd at Keck s
hall at noon to partake of community
luncheon served by the ladies' of st.
Barnabas Episcopal church. Several
interesting speeches were made follow
ing the luncheon and the published pro-
gram for the afternoon was carried out.
An interesting meeting was held at the
Eagles hall in the evening at which the
principal speakers were Mrs. Mary C.
G. Bradford, Professor Clapp and Prof.
J. G. Roberts.
A big program is arranged for today
and the closing session will be held to-
morrow afternoon at the Odeon theater
DR.. W. W. Crook presiding. The princi-
pal speaker at this meeting will be DIR.
Livingston Farrand, president of the
University Of Colorado.
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
Legislators Persist j. un-
seemIy WrangIe Over Sal
ary Of Woman Lawyer
PEOPLE PAY the BILLS

Denver, Jan. 29.-One more day has
slipped into the past and the two houses
of the legislature are no nearer an
agreement on how much money Leslie
Hubbard shall have for the expenses If
the attorney generals office than they
were week ago last Friday. The con
ference committee got within $500 of
each other once today and the various
employees began to see their watches
and overcoats coming out Of the pawn
shops where they had been since the
payroll was hung up. Then the Repub-
lican members Of the senate went into
caucus and decided. to stand by the
original report of the. finance commit
tee which knocked everything into the
Cooked Panama. - With the II Re
publicans standing for the finance COM
mittee's report there aren't enough
Democrats to pass the measure and #
the house doesn't concur, the deadlock,
will continue indefinitely
In the meantime the girl down in the
attorney generals office over whom the
row started says she is now willing to
take any old thing and lis even willing
to take her .sunbonnet and go home Il
they will, just stop theirs scoliahness and
get down. to work: N'.' b.
4 However, the !, word =. work :. is sAps
fhp~ X s aist ttonsry sse.s
Go h. - sa
The senate meets in the morning, lis
tens to the chaplain's IS prayer, reads the
minutes of the preceding day, enter
tains motion to adjourn and adjourns-
Practically one month has passed and,
not a composed law has teached the
governor for his signature. The only
messages that have come to the COVER
nor from the present legislature have
been an invitation to accompany them
to the stock show and a joint resolution
mem0rializng congress and Woodrow
Wilson to knock the booze out Of
Washington, d. c little more effect
lively than Democracy Knocked it out Of
Denver last week.
Over in the house the members are
about as much as a horse race on
stage during Ben Hur play. They
work like he'll, but get no place, it IS
said. They are grinding out bills at
the rate of about ten day and sending
them to the senate and the lieutenant
governor, with freshness of an Arctic
morn, solemnly refers them to some
committee and the chairman Of that
committee puts the bills under the
cushion in his senatorial chair where
they will be sat on until Gabriel BILLY
Adams) blows the legislative adjourn
ment horn.
There is "polecat suspicion around
the capitol that all OF this tardiness or
the part of the senate is for a certain
object. Without doubt before it is all
over those labor leaders who arc ex-
pectng to get n lot Of labor legislation
through will have a good opportunity
of saying might night to that leg
islation. There is an agreement among
the leaders to adjot IN March 2. If
they can hold back on all of the legis-
lation until about Feb. 2, finance meas
urcs will be all that can be gotten
through. After all. such a record
wouldn't be so bad. Bnt they might
just as well have put their finance
measures through in the days that hnve
already passed and have gone home by
tbia time I....
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03

sponsors of the bills already introduced
However, appearances indicate that of
these bills, either Senator Schermer
horn Isl bill Senate Bill No. 112) or
that of Representative Horton House
Bill No. l64) will be enacted into law.
The question is, "Which ought to be
passed-the Schermerhorn bill or the
Horton bill2
The advocates of the Schermerhorn
bill insist that the passage of any pro-
hibition law by the legislature other
than bone-dry statute at this time
would hardly be in keeping with public
sentiment. The Schermerhorn measure
absolutely Sprohfhits all shipments of
liquor int state for beverage pur-.
poses, NJ 3hssi itrtsa bill Allews ,ims
ited p6rtats6Is a7TfSder : systs4S VI u
permits.
I, The friends of the Schermerhorn
measure point to the recent decision by
the supreme court of the United States,
sustaining the Webb-Kenyon law, also
the West Virginia statute. and put the
matter in this fashion: 'The dry
forces labored for years to secure the
passage of the Webb Kenyon law by
congress in order to have an instru
meut by which the states could pro-
hihit interstate shipments of liquors,
and now that this instrument has been
declared valid why should there be any
hcsitancy about using it!' Again,
"Thr Schermerhorn bill is fashioned
after the West Virginia statute and thi.
law has been upheld by the United
States supreme court. Therefore, by
enac;ing into law the Schermerhorn bill
we know that we are getting measure
which will stand the severest court
test
They also go further by citing favor
able action by congressional committees
in reporting out bone-dry laws for
Alaska and the Hawaiian islands. The
passage of a bone-dry law by the legls-
lature of Arkansas; that Kansas will
pass such law within a few weeks,
and that many dry states are consider
ing the advisability of calling special
sessions of the legislature to enact sim
liar laws. Thus, they say, Colorado
would be setting bad example if any
other sort of a measure should be
passed. Furthermore, the general as
sembly recently, without dissenting
vote, adopted joint resolution, me-
morializing congress to adopt resolr-
ton submitting nationwide prohibi-
tion to the states for ratification, and
the passage Of restrictive rather
than "bone-dry' law by the Colo
RADIO legislature at this time would be
out of harmony with the spirit of the
memorial to congress. b..
The Schermerhorn bill, if passed, will
prohibit shipments of liquors for bev-
erage purposes. This inhibition will
apply to automobile transportation
companies as we'll as railroads. 1t will
not, however, interfere with the exist
ing law permitting importation Of
liquors for sacramental and medicinal
purposes. The object of the Schermer-
horn bill Ia to separate the bootleggcr
from his base of supplies, and put q
stop to the shipment of liquors into
the state under the pretense that they
are for "personal use," when manifest
ly they are for unlawful purposes.
You can help your Legislators solve
this question by telling them what the
sentiment Of your community is, xAd
they will be mighty glad TO find out.
James Cromwell has 50 far recovered
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03
IOWA SUBMITS "soNE-DaY"1Aw

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan.31.-The Iowa
state senate today, by vote Of AZ TO
3, concurred in the house amendment to
resolution submitting to . vote Of the
people an amendment providing eor
statewide prohibition. As q, result Of
this action the amendment win be snD-
mitted to the people At time TO b
fixed at this session Of Tie legislature.
A bill is now pending to nAks the dass
June 81. i,ais
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03

James Cromwell has 80 far recovered
from biz illasss that he il able to mako
regular trips to the eave each day.
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03

Dr.. o. F. Oasgstt came down wsa-
.nesday evsling, frsn. Ma AGns on M
soufi HdsAts aad 1As1saav lsSt tse
Rifls to asts,d ~ sAie Il airy ss~A
The Glenwood post., 1917-02-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12

Chief interest IN fire fighting on
the various war fronts ceHter~ Zoe
dav ia the successes Of the British
against the Turks ia the He~opo-
tamIa and Egyptian thsa lres and
the battles between fine Russians
and Germans iH the vicinity III
Higa-
ON the T5gri> river the British
captured Turkish trenches and lR-
Hleted heu4g casualties Hu the Ut
t0maHs ami an the Sinai Weuiu-
>ula- 81 miles northeast aI 81
Arf~h. Egypt. they took six lines
81 Turkish trenches. destroyed the
relief force and made 500 Turks
prisoner.
The reply III the entente powers
IL President Wilson's recent note
suggesting thar the beiIi-ere8ts
make known their terms Ter peace
ha- been received bg Pre- si8eHr
Wilson. simultaneously, the ser
man government has handed the
neutral governments note con-
corning tie reply nj the entente
powers f0 GERMANY peace pro-
uo<aI. IT declares that as the en-
feate has declined To accept the
German proposition. the feutoale
allies viii continue the struggle
5n quiet confidence until peace is
gained aghfeH guarantees their Hs-
t5a8> homer. cEisfeHce and liberty
of development.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12

M c m b er OF Audit
Bureau Of Calculations
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25
TRUST THE EXEMPTION
BOARD.
BY Ethel Watts Mumford
of the Vigilantes.
BY Ethel Watt

Trust the exemption board. It Is
there to take care of your case, what
ever 1t may be. ''Selective Draft" does
not mean the mere selection Of the
physically At, the wedding out Of the
ablest for war service. It means that
for the first time in history, common
sense and knowledge Of our common
needs will be brought to bear in con-
scription.
The land must not lose its laborers,
the factory must not lose its skilled
mechanics in such numbers that its
output will be crippled. The home
must not be depleted, dependents must
not become public charges.
Trust the board Of exemption. While
they are thinking Of the individual,
they are also thinking Of the country
at large. There will be many an ardent
lad bitterly disappointed because he
will be hidden to stay behind while
others go to the front, but he will know
and understand the reason. He is best
serving his country by remaining. The
war means service for all. To each his
allotted place. Wisdom must direct
whether we shall go or stay. It is for
us to accept the place allotted and do
with all our might that task we are ad-
judged. America expects today every
one to do his duty. Duty has many
forms. loyalty but one. Be loyal to
your duty, ..
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25
DECIDE MEMBERS SHALL
PURCHASE LIBERTY BONDS
Wahpston Old Settlers Association
Will Not Hold Picnic This Year
... No Time for Rejoicing.

Wahpeton, N. D., June 25.-Deciding
that members who are too old to 60
to the front shall do their ''bit" by in
vesting 500 of the organization funds
in a Liberty bond, and that rejoicing
at this time is out Of place, President
A. g. Divet and Secretary George Van
Arnam have advised the Wahpeton
Old Settlers associations that a poll of
members has found them almost unan-
imously in favor Of dispensing with
the annual reunion this year.
'It is fitting that we who must as
sumo the more retiring part in this
great war should be mindful Of the
solemn fact that others near and dear
to us are as the great Lincoln said,
about to offer their lives that this ma
ton may nve,'" write the officers in
announcing the cancellation of the an
nual meeting.
It will be the first time in many years
that the Old Settlers association, one
Of the first organized in North Dakota,
has failed to meet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25
.RAGAN SEES GOOD
CROP OUTLOOK IN
MANY DISTRICTS
Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Says Light Rain Will
be Great Benefit

Bismarck, N. D., June 25.-Complet-
ing tour OF IA counties, John N.
Hagan, commissioner of agriculture
and labor, declared today that few
good rains are all that is needed to
assure North Dakota excellent crops.
The one crop that has suffered is
winter rye" said the commissioner.
Il do not expect rye to go over fifty
per cent OF normal, but even at that
with prices twice or thrice what they
ordinarily Are, the farmer will have no
cause to complain. Wheat is putting
forth a short stem, but the stand is
good. Chances are that with rain we
will have good crop. Early sown
oats are in the same shape as wheat.
That which went in later is not SO
good. A frost last Wednesday affect
ed corn, potatoes and garden vege-
tables in the northern part Of the
state. Elsewhere in North Dakota
corn is doing well. In the northern
part Of the state the rye acreage is
unusually large. Farmers have been
doing well with fall-sown rye, and
they put in lot Of 1t last year. I
doubt If they will get fifty per cent Of
a crop. but they will get more than
200 per cent of price, and they will
have less cost for threshing and
handling. The commissioner. who
himself farms a large patch near
Deering, in McHenry county, declines
to be pessimistic over the outlook.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25
CHUNACK GIVES
VERSION OF THE
DOUBLE MURDER
Dispositions May Play I'm
portant Part in j. @. Il.
Claims for Estate

Dickinson, N. D., June 25.-Deposi-
tions of Mike Chumack, alleged slayer
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay C. Caldwell,
wealthy ranchers> Of Richardton, taken
at the local hospital where Chumack
has been confined since the shooting
and attempted suicide, promise to play
an important part in the efforts OF
the mysterious 81. c. r." and his all
legged sister, Mrs. Mae Moran, to break
the will of the farmer.
The defense for Chumack is seek
ing to connect the latter's alleged
crimes with the 81. G. R." trial.
which resulted just before the Staying
Of Caldwell and his wife in vindicat-
that she sympathized with 81. C. R."
was not, as he claimed to be, the
missing rancher's long lost son, Jay
Allen Caldwell. Because Mae Moran,
daughter of Caldwell, married against
his wishes, and for the further reason
tha she sympathized with u. c. r"
in his efforts to prove himself her
brother, the rancher cut his daughter
off with mere allowance, contingent
upon her husbands not profiting from
the stipend.
$150,000 to 100000, was left with an
aged sister of Caldwell in, trust for
his son. Jay Allen Caldwell. Owing
to Chumack's weakness incident to
two attempts to commit suicide, two
days were consumed in taking his
deposition, which is said to favor the
claims Of "J. c. r" who is expected
to join with his alleged sister in an
effort to break CaldwelPs will, while
at the same time 81. C. RS attor-
neys are preparing to appeal to the SUI
preme court from the decision of the
district court holding the latter not
the son of Jay c.. Caldwell.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25

The Bismarck Tribune sees exile az
hitting punishment for anarchists and
anti nti-conscription agitators. It says:
ITO man who loves this country and
what it stands for, there could be no
more terrible sentence short Of death
itself, than to be ordered to leave II
and never return. But even to the
man who does not love this country
and who does not appreciate the
blessings of our liberty a sentence of
exile must be a terrible thing espec-
tally II he is to be thrown back into
Europe where the ordinary man has
such a struggle"
Says The Hannaford Enterprise: "At
a time when. If ever, a united America
should be back Of our government and
President, when the principles on
which our nation was founded are at
stake in the greatest war in history,
there are a few agitators and dema-
gogues about the country, fancying
themselves to be leaders, attempting
to obstruct any measures whatever,
adopted by the government"
Says The Mandan Pioneer: "The
farmers Of North Dakota have finished
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-25
JUMPS TRAIN and
STILL AT LARGE
In NORTH DAKO A
Russian, Being Deported,
Eludes Officer at Sunny
side in Third Attempt

Mandan, N. D., June 25.-Daniel p
Zenevicz Of Carnegie, Pa, Russian
who en- route to Vladivostok thrice
leaped from a Northern Pacific pass
enger train, finally eluding his escort
OficeA Mcdowell Of Jamestown, by
scuttling through an open window in
the smoking car OF the speeding
North Coast Limited at Sunnyside, is
still at large. Zenkevicz had proceed
ed as far as jamestown unaccompan-
led and without incident. AS his train
was nearing jamestown station, with
out warning, he dived through a win
dow Of his coach. The train was
stopped, and the Russian; badly bat
tered, was picked up and carried into
Jamestown, where two days were de-
voted to repairs. A hearing revealed
no traces Of insanity, but a jamestown
officer was detailed to accompany
Zenkevicz to- Seattle and see him
safely on his boat.
The Russians passports and papers
were made out in proper form; he
seemed to be a man Of means, and no
good reason can be assigned for his
queer conduct. He momentar1ly
eluded his escort at Bismarck, and
was about to dart from the car when
an incoming flood of passengers stop
ped him. He halted and stood at bay
with all the appearance of man in
mortal terror. Of1cers fear that
Zenkevicz in leaping from No. at
Sunnyside may have sustained inJur-
les that proved fatal, but a careful
search Of the brush for many rods
surrounding the point where he took
the leap has failed to reveal any
trace Of him,