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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-15

be collected during the coming
year ending June 80. according 20
an estimate OF James j. Brady. col
lector ~ internal revenue Tor the
proximataly $40. 100000 wit tr dv-
rived from the district. Estimates
OF the collections for the year end
ing June are ss.4io.0oo.
All literature pertaining 10 the war,
eivtcs. censorship or the moving
picture, censorship ~ the press,
credit. compulsory military service
and every subject which IL thot 90
be Of timely interest is being listed
and classified by the Detroit pubic
library and made available .u fnt
reference room. This branch or
the most valuable OF ans as II en-
Ables students TO find what they
desire without delay
Elisabeth GurIey Flynn addressed n
meeting OF the Industrial WORKERS
81 the World Monday night in st.
Andrews hall. She devoted most
OF her address 70 a nattaCk on con
dittoHs in the northwest which
found their climax in tho Bloody
SUNDAY" ip Everett. Wash, when
were killed by officers She also
spoke In behalf Of Tom Mooney,
under sentence~u1 trath N Califor-
MA Mooney was convicted ~
throwing a bomb into pared
ness parade IN San Francisco.
Charles =. Brown. proprietor Of q
boarding hoBse ~ No. b71 Jemer-
son-Ave has lost rs boardsrs thru
thu wsr in tire past few weeks
The majority have been called 20
the offcers' camp az Fort sheridan.
number left with tho naval re-
serve. while ono went 20 drive an
ambulance In France Capt V. T.
Morrison. in charge % marine re-
cruitlnE n n patron ~ the place
while Edwin DENLY who enlisted
under Capt Morrison. formerly
lived there Mr. Brown IL himself
veteran 81 the spanish Ameri-
can war.
Detroit IL fast becoming an art een-
ter for nrtistte sviudIers, sccoVding
10 the police department Grim
mails playing upon the love and
pride OF relatives for their soldier
heroes are now sweeping thru
Ohio towns representing them
selves agents ~ The Michigan
school 81 Art No. 1T5-lT7 Ftrst-st
They take the photograph 81 tho
warrior and a nrst payment. prom
ising that an enlargement viii De
returned 20 the person who pays
Detective HorriRAn found the
FirHt-st addresses occupied by a
clothing store and a aloon Num-
erOus similar complaints have been
received recently
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
TAKE MILLION HORSES
Warning Nations Get Vast Num-
Der From United States.
Shipments In - Months Aggregate
$4,000, Valued at $1s4, 000, 900
Many Mules Also Exported.

Nearly q million horses and more
than quarter of million mules was
the export record of the United States
In the first 81 months Of the war, &C.
cording to Uncle Sans figures. A
compilation made ON receipt of the re-
ports of the great mortality among
American horses in the war zone shows
that the number of horses exported
from the beginning of August, 1914, to
the LIST of June. 1917, was, in round
numbers. 100000. and Of mules 10000.
The stated value of the horses export
ed was s104,000,O 900, and Of the mules
s66.OOO,OOO.
The fact that this is mot q cavalry
war" and that automobiles, motorcy-
cles, flying machines and observation
balloons are performing much Of the
service formerly required of the horse
in war time, does not seem to have
checked the demand for American
saddle and draft animals. In the first
year of the war the number Of horses
and mules sent out of the country was
In round numbers 375,0OO, in the Sec
ond year 100000, and in the third year,
which ends next month, will approxi-
mate 100000. For the fiscal year end
ing with the month of June, 1915,
which is nearly identical with the first
war year. the number of horses export
ed was 2S9,34O, in the next year $751;
553, and in the nine months of the pres
ent fiscal year. for which official fig
ures are available, 226.S39. This sug-
gests slight decline in the number of
horses now being exported, and the
suggestion is supported by the fact
that the official figures of the latest
month available are about 80 per cent
below those Of the same month last
year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
White Mans Justice.

A native was charged before a Cane
Town court few days ago with house.
breaking but although the evidence
was strong, the jury found him not
guilty. In discharging him, the Judge
said: "The' jury has exemplified on
another occasion how the white man
deals with justice. We may, all feel
you are the man who broke this place
open. but we are going to let you 20
rather than break our own law, and
our own law Is that the evidence must
be conclusive against the man; other
wise he is not convicted. You are dis
charged"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
WILL EQUIP ARMY DOCTORS
Uncle Sans Medical Authorities Solve
Problems Presented by Great In.
crease In Fighting Force.

One of the large problems before
the army medical authorities has been
the furnishing Of the surgical instru-
ments and other medical supplies
needed for Uncle Sans augmented
military establishment. There has
been a hearty cooperation between
Maj. Gen. William c. Gorgas, the sur
geon general. and his assistants, and
the manufacturers, it is announced.
Satisfactory arrangements have re-
suited by which the necessary surgi-
cal instruments may be obtained in
way as good as If derived from Ger
many. Leading surgeons Of the coun-
try assembled in Washington, after
consultation. agreed on instruments
necessary for surgical operations. By
this means. 1t was possible to compile
revised catalogue. which has been
communicated to the makers Of in
struments, who have signified their
willingness to furnish this simplified
list to the limit Of their facilities.
In the. matter Of drugs, the war de-
partment is assured of deliveries in
the quantities required and of the
varieties needed under system that
promises to overcome difficulties that
may be encountered in obtaining quiz
nine and opium derivatives. A surgical
dressing house has erected new
plant to be devoted to the manufac-
ture Of surgical dressings. There also
is gratifying promise of ambulances
in the number necessary at home and
abroad. The makers of motor vehi-
cles are in position to fill orders as
they are placed. one concern having
promised to produce from 300 to 600
vehicles month, while another has
reported that he can make an unlim.
tied quantity Of ambulances in a short
time.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
His Reasons Clearly Stated

One Pedar Ashiem of Buxton is
very outspoken in expressing his
sentiment toward the Non-partisan
League, as is shown in the follow
ing letter to the LEADER"
"Please tell me what | can do to
stop your paper? | have written
several letters asking you in nice
way to stop sending it to me, but
have not succeeded. have large
family Of children, and would like
to give them as respectable reading
as possible. | have for years re-
fused to allow such papers the APP
peal to Reason, Jim Jam Jems, and
like publications to come to my
home-the Leader is of the worst
type. l have asked the postmaster
not to put it in my mail box. but
h" tells me that you are still send
ing it. Please listen to a few
facts:
Your paper is an insult to the
Intelligence of our farmers; you,
so-called organization is not All
organization at all: your politics is
Socialism and borders on anarch-
ism.
Your statements from the public
platform az" not true. Your House
Bill A is dangerous: your man
l'aer is not our choice for congress.
IN fact YOU and | have nothing in
common.
] believe in the Bible: I believe
there is a God; | believe in Good
Government: | believe in the mar
rage vow: I believe my neighbor
is my friend: believe in the hu-
man family: believe in Our Gov
eminent and respect Our Flag.
don't believe in You"
Peder Ashiem, Sr.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

the court ruled as follows: Garry
ing liquor on the person from one
state to another, not intended for
sale but for personal consumption.
is interstate commerce and consti-
tutes violation of the Reed am
endment. prohibiting the importa-
ton of liquor into any territory
where its manufacture or sale is
prohibited Further, the court
held that the quantity was imma-
terial: that the bringing in of a bot
tie of liquor in the pocket across
the state lines is violation of the
law the same as shipping carload
over a common carrier.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Examination POSTPONED

The Clerk-Ca examination
for the Wahpeton. N. d. Postoffice
has been postponed to July 2Sth,
1917.
Any one DESTROYS of taking this
examination can secure applica-
tlon form and information regard
ing same from the local Secretary
at the Wahpeton Postoffice.
Applicant must present his
photograph taken within two wears
of the examination.
AS a result of this examination
existing and future vacancies will
be filled.
Jos. j. Voves,
Local Secretary.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

The Governments crop report
of last week is the first of the year
to cover all of the staple products.
Its outstanding features are a
wheat crop now virtually assured
of 67s,000.0O0 bushels against 640.-
100000 last year: a corn crop
which is not assured but which pro-
misses to be next to the largest ever
gathered; oats, barley and rye.
among the largest {; potatoes GO per
cent over last years yield
This is far better than was to
have been expected from the sew
ere winter and late spring. 1t is
better than the best estimates of IA
month ago. Except wheat alone.
the figures generally approximate
bumper proportions.
But there are great responsible
lities resting upon these crops. The
whole world outside of the Teuton-
ic Powers is concerned. Western
Europe is vitality concerned. The
fortunes of the Allied war are equ-
ally concerned. Can the harvests
be made to measure up to the job
They will be if their gathering
and distribution are Systematically
conserved under national direc-
tion-if household economy is OBJ
served throughout the country
if the avenues of export are care
fully guarded against their use in
succoring the enemy.
All of these things are being
done or will be in the Way of be-
ing done whenever Congress re-
covers it's senses on the Food Con-
troll Bill. The crops are amply do
ing their part. 1t only remains for
Congress and the people to do
their part that the job may BE-
perfected in all that MS required
OF it for war emergency.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Probably Warmer.

The vicar of the parish, when out
walking one day, met Il former lady
member of his congregation.
After exchanging snlutations. he OBJ.
served: II don't see your husband with
you so much as when you were on
your honeymoon; has he grown cool?
"Not If what you preach be true"
was the reply. HE Is dead!"-Lon-
lon Tit-Bits.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

The total number of Germans
killed from the beginning of the
war to March, 1917, is not less than
100000. according to an esti-
mate reached by French general
Headquarters. This computation
has been made after careful study
of documents bearing on the sub
ject.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

This statue of Robert Emmett, the
Irish patriot, was unveiled the other
day in the National Gallery of Art in
Washington in the presence of Presi-
dent Wilson and many other notables,
Jerome Conner is the sculptor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

It is estimated that there are prob
ably 1,5O0,OOO,OOO cents and 5OO.OOO,O 900
five-cent pieces afloat in the United
States. or an average of 12 pennies
and i've nickels for each person.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

FOR SALE or Trade Cheap
One threshing outfit--engine, separ
ator, tank wagon and cook car.
Will take Ford car in exchange.
Inquire at G.. j. johnson, Wahpe-
ton, n. d. 20-22-3tf
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
FOR RENT-Rooms for light
housekeeping. Reasonable if taken
at once. 225, 18th St., Adv. If
Dietz & Murray always have
fr Ssh milk and cream every day. tt

II you want to borrow money
on farm lands at the lowest rates
see Streeter, the Land Man. Of
flee in Schiller block. II
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Business BOOMING.

Druggists friend-I hear your cash
register ringing lot. You must be
doing fine business?
Druggist-Tm doing splendidly. I
don't know how many nickels' worth
e nennies I've sold this morninR.w
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

For Rent room house, toilet,
light and bath. Inquire at Kline's
Pool Hall. If
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

Location-Dr. Fitzgerald Dem
list. Stern Block. 1i-15tf
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

WANTED = An experienced
cook and a dishwasher at the
Wyndmere Hotel, Wyndmere, N.
D. 7-12-6t
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

FOR SALE-Blacksmith and
wagon ship. Will sell with tools or
without tools. Frank Rettig, Wah-
peton. If.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

Rumor had it last week that the
Kaiser had been pursuaded to VI
cate his high aud mighty piaoe IN
the throne by some of the peace
advocates of his empire, and after
a diligent search for some kind of
information that would verify tn"
report. we came to the conclusion
that some of the people i'll our vic
Unity are becoming unduly excited
especially our friend at Fair.
mount.-No. Clay. we believe the
Kaiser's subjects are still holding
him responsible for the big noise
over there.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Uhr mahpftn&1 Tintra
e. 3. CAMERON Publisher
Terms: $3.50 per year IN advance.
Entered at the poston,ce a, Wanpeton,
Y. D., Is second class mail matter.

Church, school and society news Is cord.
tally solicited for free publication, also.
Gut advance notices of oil meetings where
q admission fee is charged. and oil cards
Of thanks will he charged for ct Is cents
Tor each 10 lines or less.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
On. PFlSTER, DENTIST
Over Dietz & Murray's
Phone 3o2

ROOM FOR RENT-Just north Of
City Hall. 800 Wis. ave. Phone 1913.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

A test case on what constitutes
the newly enacted bone dry law
came up before Judge Chas. F.
Amidon i'll Fargo last week when
two "lumberjacks' We're ar '>ted
for carrying liquor into Fargo
from the Minnesota side. In part
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
FOR RENT rooms for rent
over Miller s. Drug Store If

WANTED-Good cook and as.
sistant cook, at the Lutheran Hos
pital. Apply at hospital. If
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

A bunch of 1. w. w. FOUNDERS.
who have been playing the state Of
Arizona 20: some time past, tried
out the patience of the citizens in
several towns and found it lacking.
The citizens tolerated the ] Won't
Workers unit! they attempted 10
cause strike of the workers in
their respective vicinities. The
good citizens armed themselves
with every available weapon and
made the mdesirables take to the
woods. The people of Arizona
have our sympathy 1t has not
been Very long since this state had
several trying ordeals with the I.
w. w. peace distrubers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-06
SUSPECT GUNMEN
IN SHIRK DEATH
District Attorney Now Believes
Lebanon Attorney Was
Murdered in Home

Lebanon, Pa, March 6. Further
investigation into the death of Howard
c. Shirk, leading attorney and banker
OF Lebanon county, whose body was
found last Wednesday with two bullet
holes in the head on the ard floor of
the Shirk Building, has led the Dis
trict Attorney and other officials TO
believe that Shirk was the victim af
hired expert gunner.
All the circumstances surrounding
the tragedy, when compared and
pieced together, they say, make this
the only plausible explanation. AS
soon as the District Attorney, Paul G.
Adams, finds an opportunity to so
over the details with those who saw
the body Immediately after 1t was dis
covered an investigation will be insti-
tuted.
Shirk's body was found at 4:4j on
Wednesday afternoon. His death oc-
CURED on the eve of the completion
of a s6,000,000 steel merger which
would have taken him to Philadelphia
for a consultation with John u.
Johnson, the attorney, and officials OF
the Bethlehem Steel Company.
At first it was generally believed lie
had committed suicide. Later Mrs.
Shirk and DR.. E. II. Gingrich, the
family physician, who was the first
person to examine the body, insisted
that the attorney had been murdered.
The positive identification OF the re-
volver which was found in Shiril' S
hand as the one which had been in
the desk of the receiving teller of the
Lebanon National Bank, of which
Shirlt was president, seemed to-day
to disprove entirely this belief. DR..
Gingrich, however, made public GER
tain details last night which he oe-
lieves puts the suicide question en-
tirely out of consideration.
DR.. Gingrich displayed the two bull
let's which he took out of Mr.. Shirk' $
head. Both of them had been fiatten-
ed out against the opposite side of
the skull. He is convinced that either
one of these bullets would have caused
instant death, making it impossible
for the man to pull the trigger a see
ond time. He also described a pear
shaped mark on the top of Shlrk's
head. This, he said. must have been
made by a blackjack. A number OF
long scratches on the back of the head
and neck, he declared, indicate clearly
that Shirk had been roughly handled
before he met his death.
If any of the authorities disagree
with his version of the tragedy, DR..
Gingrich said he is willing to sum
mon the most prominent medical eX-
perts from New York and Philadcl-
phia to pass upon his conclusions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-06
ct anlac Is Great
Stuff" Says Staub
Il Was Plagued BY Indigestion
and Rheumatic Pains" Says
Munition Inspector
NOW HE FEELS FINE

u sure was in bad shape" SAYS
William Staub, an inspector of muni-
tions, who lives on South Ninth street
Harrisburg. Pa, II felt SO downright
miserable that l didn't measure up to
standard and was only fit for the
scrap heap.
Il had indigestion so bad that il
almost drove me wild, for whenever
ate anything and l only ate to keep my
strength up and not because l was
hungry, l would get chuck full of gas
and would have to go through hours
of pain and discomfort.
And as If that wasn't enough l
had to be saddled with rheumatism.
My arms and legs ached so that |
hated to use them and / had neural
gia pains in the back of my head and
neck. Believe me / was leading any
thing but a happy life.
"One of the men in the shop adyis-
ed me to try Tanlac for what allied
me and l got busy with it instanter.
IT'S great stuff, this Tanlac for IL
got busy with my aches and pains and
routed them out like a terrier after
rats. Chased them all and hope they
never come back, I'm through with
them. eat like horse now and feel
fine all over"
Tanlac, the famous reconstructive
tonic, is now being introduced here
at Gorgas Drug Store, where the
Tanlac man is meeting the people and
explaining the merits of this master
medicine.
Tanlac is sold also at the Gorgas'
Drug Store in the p. r. r. Station.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-06
AUSTRIA TAKES POSITION
WITH GERMAN ALLY

what sho called q blockade OF the
coasts of tho North sea, which form
also an important commerce route for
Austria -Hungarians. in order to pre-
vents goods which We're still missing
In tho list of contraband from enter
Ing Germany and in order to prevent
all sea traffic by neutrals to those
coasts rs we'll as all exports through
neutrals, That this blockade was in
fiagrant contradiction to the custom
airy principles to the right of block
ade, as established by international
agreements, was explicitly declared by
the President OF the United States of
America in words which will continue
10 live In the history OF international
law.
by the illegal prevention of ex-
ports from the Central Powers Great
Britain aimed at paraiyzing the count
less factories and works which the in
or Central Europe had created and,
by forcing workmen to be idle, to in
cite them to rebellion.
Cites English Blockade
w hen Austria-H -Hungary's southern
neighbor Joined the enemies of the
Central Powers his first act was to de-
clare as blockaded all coasts of the
enemy, following of course the exam
pie OF his allies in ignoring all the
legal rights in the creation OF which
Italy had taken an active part a short
time before. Austria Hungary did
not neglect to inform neutral powers
at once that the blockade was not
legal.
For more than two years the Cen
trail Powers hesitated. Only then, and
after long and careful consideration of
pros and cons, did they begin to return
like for like and attacked the enemy
on the sea. AS the only ones of the
belligerents who had done everything
TO secure the existing treaties which
were to guarantee to neutrals the
freedom of the seas they felt with
panied hearts the law of the hour
which commanded them to violate this
freedom. But they took this step to
fulfil the paramount duty toward
their peoples and from the convic-
ton that it would help the principle
or the freedom of the seas to be VIC
torious. The proclamations which
they issued last January are apparent
ly directed only against the rights of
neutrals. In reality they serve to-
wards the restoration of these rights,
which their enemies have necessarily
violated and which. if they were VIC
tors, they would destroy forever. Thus
the submarines which are cruising
around the English coast announce to
peoples who need the sea-and what
people does not want coasts-that the
day is not far off when the flags of all
States, in the glory of their newly won
freedom, can freely fly over the seas
We cherish the hope that this an
will find an echo every
where where neutral peoples live and
that it will especially be understood
by the great people of the United
tSates. whose most illustrious repre-
sentative has during the war defended
with flaming words the freedom of the
seas as the highway of all nations"