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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26

he with the Canal document con-
spiracy for which the unfortunate
young officer had been convicted Of
guilt could this rude and whimsical
character really be the master plotter
dubbed as "The Silent Menace" by his
daughter? The sudden and untimely
passing of Captain Payne filed him
with profound sorrow, too, for not
only had Payne been a favOrite, but a
prospective son-in-law as well. He
fastened from Union depot to the war
department to report to the chief Of
staff.
Major Brent reached the city In a
somewhat desperate frame of mind.
He had accompanied the colonel to the
wreck out of a sense of duty, 1t Is
true, but more particularly for person
al reasons. Payne was dead and
therefore that obstacle to the fortune
of Pearl Dare was removed.
He had not lost the one opportunity
afforded by the hOmeward ride. The
colonel had gone into another coach
leaving Pearl alone with him In their
Pullman drawing room. She was gaz-
ing out of the car window, a sad,
shrinking figure.
Brent knew she was thinking of
Payne and affected a sigh.
you've been having hard expe-
riences, PEARL" said he with we'll
feigned gentleness. ITS mighty tough
to have ones dreams and faith shat
tered without a final explanation, isn't
!tT"
Her desolate spirit responded. She
reached over and laid the tips of her
fingers lightly upon his sleeve.
IF I could only have had n last
word with him." Her mind at that
moment was on the presidents unde'
livcfed message to Payne.
His hand closed over hers; his
senses were tingling.
II am always here, Pearl"
81 prize and value your friendship
she rejoined, gravely.
Some day, perhaps, l may ask you
TO accept more than that-some day
when you know and understand me
better" he whispered.
She drew her hand hesitatingly
away.
Forgive me if l seem ungrateful''
she responded with a sigh. Il do un
derstand you, Thornton"
Then she changed the subject.
And now Bertha Bonn, alone. shad
owed the otherwise clear horizon Of
his goal-she and the discriminating
photograph in her locket which III
meant to obtain and destroy. Wit
hurried excuses to Miss Dare. he lef
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26
FOURTH EPISODE
War Clouds.

Late in the following afternoon six
faded and harassed travellers re-
turned to Washington on the same
train which brought the corpse
claimed by Capt. Ralph Payne's attor-
neys, who had FASTENED to the scene
of the railroad wreck.
The uppermost feeling Of Col. Rich
ard Dare was one of thankfulness for
the miraculous escape Of his daughter,
Pearl, from injury In the catastrophe
and also in her two encounters with
a mysterious assailant owe the mill
tary plans for defending the canal.
But mixed with this emotion was
justification and dread.
These questions kept insisting them
selves upon him; who was the strang-
or, T. o. Adams !; what association had
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26
SYNOPSIS.

Capt. Ralph Payne. U. s A. is given Sc
cret plans of defense to deliver to Pana-
ma He attends a ball at the Granada en-
bassy with Colonel Dares' daughter,
Pearl. AS a climax to a series of mys-
terious incidents he Is arrested for trea-
son. The ambassador of Granada Is found
dead and the plans missing from Payne's
coat. Major Brent, Payne's rival, enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Pearl Dare follows a burglar from
her home; is drugged and left in a field.
and later o~verhears plotters. who almost
capture her. Payne Is sentenced to life
Imprisonment. A train carrying Pearl.
Bertha Bonn and Payne on his way to
prison is wrecked and Pearl sees Payne's
lifeless body at her feet. She meets q
mysterious stranger who offers her his
services to trace the traitors. She learns
hat he has the plans.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26

body. Then rs the file was jerked out
Of his hands, he received n singing
blow and fell. But he was up in an
instant racing into the dimly-llghted
hall after n fleeing figure, In the uni
form Of Il guard. He was the swifter
Of the two and caught up with the
latter at the end Of the corridor. They
stumbled together into a tireproof
stairway. There ensued another en-
counter. He regained possession of
the senator's file. Then his footing
slipped and he tumbled headlong. AZ
ter that for some minutes Adams knew
nothing.
Back in Senator Wartield's rooms n
| surprising scene was being enacted.
| On the floor stretched the l~ifeless body
of an attendant. Senator Warfe!d,
greatly shaken, was on his feet trying
to regain his composure, Near by
stood Miss Pearl Dare. In one hand
she held u thick, black mufier. She
was about to pass it to Major Steele.
Pearl was greatly ngitated.
'Sit down, please, Miss Dare" re-
quested the major %soothingly, taking
Rock Island Argus., 1917-09-19
REV. CREMEANS IS
MADE MODERATOR
Succeeds Rev. n. A. Johnson ~ heaa
of Rock River Preshyter3 at
Opening Session.
MEETING HELD AT s0UTH PARK
select Rev. George II. Pence fempof-
ary clerk Pastors of District
Give Addresses.

Rock River presbytery, which IN
.1.,ae. me PRESBYTERIAN churches of
Rock Island. Whiteside, Mercer, heh-.
~ p0reau and portions Of Lee ana
warren counties. convened Yesterday
evening at the South Park PresoNie7
-iaa church Rev W. O. 0gleVee' pas
Tor. when Rev Walter Gremean5 oi
Morrison was chosen moderator to
sarrea3 Rev David A Johnson of this
eit~ Rev. George y. Pence or Prince
fan was named temporary clerk ana
affee af stated clerk filled by Rev NJ
a orEevee holding over another term.
The 0nenine sermon last evening was
delivered hv Rev D A. johnson as
moderator of the presbytery. me
morning session was devoted 20
conference on the every member plah
led bv Rev William p. Elges OF Bur
t CESS with the following suo~toplcs
"Fverv Member Social Visitation
! Rev. ID A Johnson Rock Island Et-
arv Member Plan for Raising FUNDS
in the small Church Rev It r Ogie,
+ Coal valley. ardshlp, 5ey. -
brigham. woodruff and Proper
tfenate Giving Elder A. A. Mackeyt
woodruff Rev. w #. Jones. mem
her of the church temperance board
smoke or the subject Of home missions.
closing the morning program
Sessions Close Tonight,
THE afternoon sessions are being
devoted to reports by the commission
ars to the general assembly az DaI~
lace Texas, la May given oy r. " ~.
( Walker OF Rock Island and Rev. NJ y
/ Hanna of Seatan. The subject ol lot
I a5ru missions is 10 be discussed by
{ Rev Il Moody of A}edo Religious
g Fdueatfon" bv Rev q N Irwin Of
E .r..-1+r-.r ys-frb fhe communion of the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
Minneapolis Journal
Keeps In Touch With
North Dakota Politics

too many long winded and heavy
Opinions over matters which are, in a
comparative sense at least, inconse-
|quential and trivial. The justice
would speed up the court, revise and
|simplify the present system of report
ing and limit decisions to a concise
and lucid statement of the case and
the law governing it. Press comment
goes to indicate that the 'o,dfashion-
Eed' ideas of the: new judge are indors-
led by the speople as logical and sound.
The Equity Cooperative Packing
company, is going ahead with its-plans
to build a 100000 packing plant at
Fargo. I. Ground has. been broken and
the plans will soon be in the hands
of prospective bidders. Grand Forks
INTERESTS are behind similar project
and Mandan, too, has not abandoned
the idea that it should be the seat of
a big packing industry. There thus
seems q fair. prospect that co-opera-
! tive and private enterprise will es.
|tablish this industry in North Dakota,
even before the nonpartisan leaders
|get around to remove the bonding
limit TO the skies, as Mr.. Townley
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01

Justice J. e, Robinson, or North Da-
kotas supreme court, believes In hit
ting a head when he sees It, even il
It does sit on the neck and shoulders
of member of the Nonpartisan
League, to which hes owes his eleva-
tion to the bench. It was Justice
Robinson who had the courage last
winter to tell league leaders that
their designs on the constitution were
lrevol olutionary and Illegal, and would
not stand 10 law and equity Later ne
was one OF three Justices, a majority
of the court, to s dismiss the writ Of
custer issued against the members
Of the state board of regents 80 that
the present league administration
could control another branch of the
state government. Colleagues on the
bench who were elected with him
Game through, with 81 dissenting
opinion, but Justice Robinson's voice
dashed the hopes Of Governor Frazier,
LANCER, Townley and other nonparti-
Izan leaders.
N Even the court Of which he iss q
member does not q escape the caustic
criticism Of the justi There is too
much loafing IN the job, no says, and
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS
HAS BEEN POINTED OUT

In his address at the supper of the
bankers and others at the Auditori-
um last Friday evening Chief Justice
Bruce said that "hyphenated Ameri-
can who came to this country with
out anything, then took everything
the United States had to offer and in
return swore allegiance to the flag
but now fails to support that flag and
is in sympathy with an enemy coun-
try is a ,reprobate, cur and trait
Or" Continuing, the Judge stated he
was confident most of the hyphenat-
ed Americans were loyal to the Ma.
ton because they loved the ideals
for which it stands.
We agree heartily with the senti-
ments of the chief justice, and go
further to say that our own state
we have less to fear from those who
have heretofore delighted to hyphen.
ate themselves than from an ever
growing element of red socialists who
are quietly attempting to poison
the minds Of those who will listen to
them with tales akin to reason. Some
of these men, it is reported, are telling
around the state that the war with
Germany and the subsequent plans to
meet the exigencies of war have all
been brought about by "Big Biz" and
even 60 so far as to say the national
administration and congress have
been bought bodily by "the Interests y
who hope to make untold millions out
Of the country from the sale of wal
products. To illustrate the loyalty OF
the hyphenate as compared to these
reptiles, it may be said that in a town
in the western part of the state one
of these reds told such a tale to an
old German who had served in the
German army, but an American for
twenty years, and at the conclusion
of the story, the German said: "Why
Joe, in Germany they would shoot a
man who talked like that-and they
ought to do the same tking here."-
Fargo Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
Memorial Day" Oh
served In WaShburll
Every Town in the County Well Re-
presented at Big Patriotic All
Day Meeting
COLD RAW DAY DID
NOT DAMPEN ENTHUSIASM
Publicity Film Company Took Nov
ing Pictures of Parade and Crowds
Will show Them Soon

Never before has the observance of
Memorial Day meant as much to the
people as this year. With this coun-
try at war, the observance of the next.
memorial day was in the minds Of
many
= The days observance in Washburn
began early when autos loaded with
people began coming to town at nine
o'clock. The train was late in reach
ing here and this made the parade
late in starting as the band was at
the depot to meet the speakers who
arrived from Bismarck.
Over one hundred autos went to the
cemetery, where the Camp Fire girls
marched ahead and stood attention
while the school children decorated
the graves and Prof. Thompson play
ed TAPS" over each soldiers grave.
There are nine soldiers buried in the
Fairview cemetery. Before leaving
the cemetery short services were
held. The Girls Glee club sang
"Tenting Tonight" this was followed
by a prayer by Rev. Reid and an ad-
dress by Judge Gibson.
At 1870 everyone marched to the
river where flowers were strewn on
the water in honor of the sailors who
died for their country:
At two o'clock the program at the
hall was begun by the playing of
several selections by the High School
orchestra. A chorus of forty voices
) lead the singing of patriotic songs
and also gave two special numbers.
"Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg" was
read by Judge Gibson. In well
chosen words Hon. F. E. Packard OF
Bismarck, gave extracts Of Wilson's
address to Congress, when war was de-
clared. Mr.. Packard also gave O.
short history of the country that lead
up to this war. It was a very learned
talk and full of facts that are of in
terest at this time.
Hon. A. J. Divet of Fargo was the
speaker of the day. Patriotism was
the dominant note of his speech
which was taken from Lincoln's ad-
dress at Gettysburg. Mr.. Divet is al
emotional speaker and he held his
audience at close attention for nearly
an hour.
After the program at the hall, the
little girls of the fifth and sixth grad
es gave May pole dance on main
street. This concluded the days en-
tertainment.
In the evening the moving picture
show 1.-THE Eagles Wings" was~shown
at the Hub. The picture illustrated
the plans the government is making
preparing for war. Pictures Of the
North Dakota regiment at Fort Linz
coin were also shown.
The day was cold and cloudy but
still a large crowd was present and
remained for the whole program.
The veterans of 81 present were:
S. o. Thornton, Jas. Slagg, Robt.
Paisley and Tom Edgar, Sr. sf Sz.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
says, for the purpose Of building mil
ling packing and other plants.

The Fargo Forum says that Senator
Gronna misrepresented North Dakota
when he voted against the army bill.
The. Grand Forks Herald believes the
senator is better fitted for member
ship in the German reichstag than in
the American congress. The senator
has always had big following in the
fiickertail state, but his vote 'on war
bills at. Washington may cause his
retirement from the senate when his
term ends. Minneapolis Journal
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
TAGLESS AUTOS WILL HAVE
A CHANCE TO REST

Mclean county is not going to lag
behind the other counties in the state
for minute, in the matter of enforc-
ing the state regulations, relative to
the registration Of automobiles, said
Sheriff Hendricks, this week, when
seen by. Irving Vivian, special agent
of the state department. .. -
Sheriff Hendricks, started his cam
'paign, by tying up the cars of a coup.
le of county employees, who had neg
lected to have their cars registered.
\ Secretary Of State Thomas Hall is
meeting with marked success in his
endeayors to have every car owned in
the state registered. Over 400 appli.
cations were received from Cass
county. alone. during the past two
weeks. as result of his campaign in
the eastern part Of the state. The
western section of the state will now
be given attention., and indications
are that equally good results will be
obtained 3 32s 5.3:2f, 5: ..,a
TO date over $4,000 cars have been
registered, for this year, about 1900
more than were registered during the
entire year 1915. Statistics show
that only about 65 percent Of the cars
owned in the state were registered
last season, and the expectations are
that between $4,000 and 10000 cars
Will be licensed this year. :.5
County sheriffs throughout the
Estate, have adopted the Get 'em ALL I
slogan and are cooperating with the
secretary of state in every possible
way is;5 NJ ,.5s5
The law this year rea eauires, display
ling two license tags ON q ear, with q
special tag for dealers Dealers mus
fhaye 4 separate license for every lins
lof ears handled but can secure dupli
lcate tags for extra demonstrators.
cording to Sheriff Hendricks
There are 4 lew Sunlic icenged cars I,
this county and before long, he say
there VIII not Be u single one.
81 must aches has been begun
~ IA M AYfarfmenf
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01

Sss Abbott. assistant q state dairy
I Il commissioner Of North Dakota, charg:
:es the centrali7ers and their cream an,
stations with being y q, cancer gnaWing
the yitals /. of the dairy industry 81
that state il 4 statement IN North
Dakota here taken ,,it, from Il the Chicago
Dairy Produce. Mr.. Abbott,s state:
ment and charges should be well con
! ssidered by farmers creamery men
\ and agricultural colleges everywhere,
as they are based on facts and figures.
He says: nc: s
s55 s5: North Dakota,s dairy, industry has
made tremendous strides in the past
( ten years, lii spite Of the harmful in.
= fiuences that have sought to obstruct
I it, which are wrong from an economic
standpoint and q which viii surely
strike down, the independent freedom
enjoyed by the dairy interests Of this
state at the present time unless check.
ed.
ss 5sasLsest us pause for d moment and see
-. = = ~ g. . 81; !,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
G Creameries Stations

ne Bought BY cream stations in 1915
-s$l ,356, 1852. In; 1916 81, ,452, ,3O1 .O7
SHIPPED direct out Of the state in 1916
IS 1893, ,214.13. In 1871, $40. .04.
Total bought and shipped in. 1916
1896, ,07o.6 81. Total bought and ship.
ped in 19l6 81, S2s,s41.11.s
Manufacturer BY creameries in the
state ins 191 81 ,256, ,72s.10. ss In 1916
s$s---.ss .ss237, ,052. "a.
ss53 st heses figures, as they are before
I us, look peaceful enough, hut to per.
1 son who understands the situation,
they are an index to- one Of the most
dangerous problems that; face the
dairy interests in the state at the
present time An & analysis Of the
statistics gaYsn shows ,that the cream
cries have decreased 8,5 per cent
while the cream buying stations have
increased 128:ss per cent. You may
ask THAT does this show q, It shows
that the; centralizing creameries 81
the other states as well as our
own are making q gradual, insiduoua
growth through o their cream buy.n
stat ions thus gradually choking out
the small local or co operative cream:
Sery Fully 96 per cent sof the cream
bought By the cream buying stations
J "a shipped to the large centrali ling
cream meriesE which are owned and sop'
Grated by organizat ations located sin
other states and all the cream ship.
ped direct arrives at these same des:.
5stinat ations.
eferring olr statist les once
wa hnd that there was al il:
srease ID the total aluea of the cream
ipped to the cent tralizers 4ins 1910
Sss,yer that ship pred "a the cesntralizer
Dis % 81 81, his dll itself
oea not seem 80 ala rming until we
saoteS that nc the same time there swas
decrease of in iE. he value
ssof the product sold 10 the gcreaImeriesI
hare befo is the result Isl
tho Iast siix pears hichS iii hoW Quite
early the trend of aff fairs as fars al
ring III conc cerned vow, iet li is
nduire. into the reason for the nnpre
Tented growth sof the cream stat Ion
sfyl1ic VI NJ must necessarily Worli
Ssto 5t1esi ljnr the local lcreameries.;
sSsA question answered by the
ssfs, 4, ,llloWins tsnent The dis
y ~ GEiliina y ton prices paid by the
szsrs TIN communltJ
here loEal cream Soc
silses1 I'M iia s5.sI ex
press atesf hauls
4 N hird, Tux
Asshort III
came ili
cefiti forcinil
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01
GRADUATION EXERCISES HELD
s. % in RURAL SCHOOLS

One of the first, IL not the, first.
combined graduation exercises held
in the rural schools of Mclean county
WAS held last Saturday night, May Is.
when the six schools Of the .Hackett
school district met at Erdahl's hall
near the Emmet post Office. An un-
usually fine program was rendered by,
the pupils after which the following
received their eighth grade diplomas
from the county superintendent:
Mildred Porter, Hazel johnson, Vim
cent Peterson, Herman Timm, Anna
Tran, Ella Albrecht, Anieta Stephens.
Florence Duchene. Anna Duchene,
Russell Hackett The teachers Of the
district, the Misses Betsey Berget.
Hester aackett, Edith Hanson, Helen
Rumell, Wanda Marshke and Maria
Bills deserve great credit for the
work they did IN preparing the prf
gram and exercises. n
Mclean count will be full g0f
|chautanquas this summer. Those on
[the list are Max Garrison. Turtle
| Lake, Und derwood and Washbur1l.
|Fortunat tely not all the towns are sn-
gagged ia the same comp a. tina
|attraction s,ill 81 ditferent, also ths
dates.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-06-01

On nnuata aches has been begun
|by the Hobok ken healt tli de apartment,
|and city empI yees are q asked ~ gets
|a good example bys sacrIt Itlctng theirs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-10
GREEK LABOR MAKES
APPEAL TO AMERICA

Ptraeus tGorrespo ndeBCe of The
Associated Press-l The presidents of
the SEQ labor unions OF The Plraeus
and Athens have presented American
Minister DToppers with a protest for
transmission TO the president of the
United States. against the allied
blockade Of Greek ports
What IS most painful" says the
protest us that the blockade is being
continued even after the government
has accepted and executed the ouer-
Gus conditions OF the last ujllmatum
of the powers. who have formulated
no new demands whose acceptance
could bring about the lifting OF the
blockade
This last measure touches tho
harmless population of women. old
folk and children whose lives are ra-
spected even i'm time Of war.
Under the protection Of the block
ade 3 revolutionary movement. con-
Quoted by q small number of traitors.
is spread in the Aegean islands bv
braudishing the spectre of hunger
The foodstuffs consigned 10 the CONF
mission charged with supplying food
TO the country are seized nv the very
powers maintaining the blockade and
turned over In violation of ali JUS
tice 10 those who have fomenred and
directed the SaIonikI movement. This
arrangement makes it evident that
even when the blockade is raised.
the country VIII he menaced by fam
inc This situation has greatly upset
the commercial relations with all ueu-
trail countries and especially WIKI the
United States
All The unions and syudjcates oil
working men, through the siEnatorlaa /
HT these nr~aSDr.rS
protest 10 ali the neutral lands against
this violation eft every human and
divine right, and particularly ap-t
proach the government Of the United
States In the hope that Il will he VIII
ing 20 use its voice 10 bring about a
cessation Of these uuheard Of meas
ures against neutral state"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-10
THRILLING SLIDE rs
FEATURE AT FAMILY

4 troupe Of laps. featuring d slide
for life and other h8lr-ra5siug aero
battle and wire features. viii offer the
headline attraction at HE Family the
atre for the coming four days. open
ing tomorrow There are none great
err in the world in the line Of acrobatIc
work than these same wirg men of
the land of flowers and sunshine. and
they should capture their audience
The -Four 5llckers appear I'm a
scream comedy. Rose and Fink appear
in singing and talking act that is
SAID to be very enteTtaiHinEs Alice AL
j5oa is a player of moro than ordi-
nary talent on the banjo. Music is
always popular #lth patrons Of the
amily and Miss Allison is certain to
be deserving Of a big hand
Al Works. testing 1ugEler. wiz offer
something different an act that viii
give theatre patrons "a chance to en-
ter into the fun with him He per
u1ts persons in the gallery to throw
potatoes-taeg are now SO expensive
that there seems TO be method in his
maaness-aL him. These he spears
with a forE-Iike c0ntrfvance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-10

Cd BerHstor6's departure makes
herman legation at Mexico City cen
Ter OF German plots against Amer
ican peace.
60 Macmillan KJos- a German
reseETist, given direction of govern
7Seae munitions plant at Santa Fe.
125 9anoit raids on American ter
rliory iucited By German pold
go German spies start fires in oil
regions. from which r. \ ard rrg,
land secure 60,000 barrels of fuel
daily
20 German agents bring oil and
Lazatlan. 9"
to} Mysterious German steamer
reported at Hagdaleua Bay. Ger
man wireless station near this point