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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
WILSON NOT ISSUE
Truth About Recent Special cleo.
ton in Indiana.
Republican Claims That the Result
Was an Antiadministration Vic.
tory Are Not Borne Out by
the Facts.

Representative Joe Russell Of Mis-
souri,, who made some speeches for the
Democratic candidate, former Repre-
sentative Finly Gray, in the special
election In the Sixth Indiana district,
says that he is surprised that some Re-
publicans are trying to make it appear
that the result was great Republican
or an antiadministration victory.
THE fact U.s." said Mr.. Russell, "the
district is normally Republican, and
was for many years represented by
United States Senator James E. Wat
son. Judge Comstock, Republican,
who recently died, was elected in that
district last November by substantial
majority. The Republicans made q
hard fight to hold the district, and as
might have been reasonably expected,
they succeeded in doing SO.
Zone Of the strongest arguments
made by and for Mr.. Elliott, the Re-
publican nominee, was that he was
loyal to the government and would
stand by the president on his war
measures. At the same time there was
severe criticism of Mr.. Gray, the Demo-
cratic nominee, for the alleged rea-
son that he was pacifist, and that he
did not stand by the president on his
preparedness measures when in the
Sixty-fourth congress, and could not be
trusted to do so now.
'Mr. Gray, however, in his campaign
stated that while he was opposed to
the war If it could have been honorably
avoided, he was at this time loyal to
the government and in sympathy with
the president, and would stand by him
upon oil measures that he believed
necessary to safely conduct and to
promptly win the war with Germany,
and knowing him as do, am certain
that he would have done so had he
been elected, but the charges made
against him in that particular I have
no doubt greatly affected the result.
I'm view of the issues and arguments
made. the result was in no way an anti
administration victory. and cannot be
fairly so considered" Washington
Post.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
kissing the Black Stone.

AS we'll die Jew or Christian as
not make the pilgrimage to Mecca, said
Mahomet; and no obligation of Islam Is
more piously discharged. It is believed
that the ritual connected with the visit
to the Ka'aba-the square building
and the kissing of the black stone 20
back to days of idolatry, the ''time of
ignorance" before the new faith
bloomed, says the London Chronicle.
The black stone, which measures
about six inches by eight, is believed
to have fallen from Paradise, to have
been guarded during the deluge and
handed to Abraham by Gabriel when
the ka'aba was built. Certain parts
Of the ceremOnial-the throwing of
stones at the devil, and the imitation
Of Hagar's distracted wanderings in
the desert. are supposed to have had
significance for the pre-Mohammedan
times as we'll as for Islam.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Children's Music.

We need more good music for chill.
dren. We need music that will dc
more than entertain them with Mother
Goose tales and simple incidents OF
nature life. We need music which, in
the days when they are wax to receive
and marble to retain, will lift and in.
spire them to the real thoughts that
are deep in our own hearts.
The great sentiments, the great
truths are simple. They are not toe
hard for children. Many Of these
things can be understood by children
alone. In our education we have
erred. We wait too long to tell our
children the big things of life. We
clutter them up with trifles. So also
In music.
Minds, like bodies, can only grow
on real food.-New York Evening
Mail.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
The Social Coincidence.

The most important discovery of
the present age is not the discovery
Of the telephone, or Of wireless teleg-
raphy, or of the antitoxins of dis
ease. but the discovery Of the social
conscience. Never before in the his.
tory Of the world have people been so
touched by social sympathies, SO
moved by social passion, so eager for
social amelioration. Wage.earners and
capitalists, philosophers and plain peo-
pie, wise and ignorant, are equally
concerned for this application of social
duty. When some philosophical his.
torian recalls the character of the pres
ent age it may we'll be that he shall
describe it as the age of the social
question.-Rev. Francis G. Peabody,
D. d.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Splendid Crops Mean Much.

The present outlook is that the
United States will raise 3,OOO,O0O,OOO
bushels-three thousand million BUSH
els-Of corn. From two entirely diff
ferent viewpoints, this announcement
from Washington is most important
news.
1t will do more to insure allied vic
tory than the Russian charges in Ca
licia. Such corn crop means that
food can be found for all the soldiers
closing in on Germany; the problem
now is to get that food across the wa
ter, and that problem will be solved.
At the same time. 1t lays solid foun-
dalton for American prosperity by
placing enormous wealth In the hands
Of the American farmers.
The wheat crop, too, is better than
was expected. other small grains prom
lse a record yield. and without count
ing the millions of small gardens plant
ed this season. we shall have nearly
twice as many potatoes as last year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
lts orialn.

"Good morrow. friend Brewster !"
quoth one Of the Pilgrim fathers, meet.
ing another on the streets of Salem.
"And where hast thou been this fine
morning?"
II have tarried while at the Jus.
tice court, Friend Hooker, where with
a right good will I did hear Justice
Winslow, that goodly man, passing
sentence upon certain rogues and
runagates, pestilent fellows and sturdy
beggars."
"And what disposition made the
good Justice Of the case Of Dame
Keziah, who was charged with being
q common scold?"
HE did adjudge her guilty, and en-.
treated her harshly withal. His sen
tence was that she be bound in the
ducking stool and immersed ten times
In the waters of the bay"
"Ten times? Now who would have
believed that he would soak her that
hard!"
Which was the origin Of the express
sion.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
TAXATION FOR WAR
BURDEN MUST BE DISTRIBUTED
JUSTLY AND EQUlTAsLY.
Corporations as Well az individuals
Merit Consideration When the
Question of Needed Revenue
Is Finally to Be Settled.

The corporations of the country and
their stockholders probably will pay
the bulk Of the taxes necessary for
the conduct Of successful war. Judge
Gary, chairman of the United States
Steel corporation, recently told the
stockholders of that concern that taxes
this year would run between $6O,OOO,-
GOO and $65,OoO,OOO, which would be
equivalent to more than $12 per share
Of common stock outstanding. It
would also be approximately three
times the tax paid by the corporation
in 1916.
AS Judge Gary says, mo loyal citi-
zen can object to these taxes if they
are equitably distributed" The cor
porations, however, should not be re-
garded as inSensate creatures, which
can be MIXED indefinitely. These cor
porations are merely associations Of
individuals. A stakeholder usually is
also wage Garner. Incidentally the
mere fact that he has stock indicates
that he has been diligent and provi-
dent.
Corporations and individuals every
where are not only willing, but anx-
ious, to pay their share of the neces-
sary burden of war. No class, how
ever, should be taxed unjustly or in
equitably.
The corporations that will pay the
bulk Of taxes have been requested, and
are showing disposition, to eliminate
all war profits in work done for the
government. This is the spirit of CO.
operation that should be encouraged.
A feeling of good will should be estab-
lished, and it can be If the right prin-
ciples are written into the revenue
raising bill.-New York Evening Post.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
POSSIBILITIES OF AN ACRE
% far ~ Is Known, No One Has
Been Able to Make Il Work to
the Limit Of Its Powers.

Does anyone know the possibilities
Of an acre of land? Has an acre Of
soil, like the machine, it's limitations?
Who is ready to say how many tons
Of hay or bushels of grain an acre
can produce? So far. we do not know
of anyone who has been able to make
the acre work to the limit of its powers
or to fathom its hidden possibilities.
There is bound up in lump Of soil
much history and many mysteries Of
the world, much Of which man has
never been able to unfold. Too many
farmers have treated their soil as
though 1t We're embarrassing and not
full Of charm and fascination.
In the book entitled Letters Of an
Old Farmer to His Son." we came
across these paragraphs: "fhat's what
I like in the soil. Though we've been
working with it through unnumhered
thousands of years. no man since the
beginning has ever found the limita-
lions Of single square rod. In the
very nature Of things. no man will
ever discover the utmost end of the
soils power when to its own fertility
he adds n fertile mind" Yes, it is
the trained mind that comprehends the
charm and wonders of the land; it is
the fertile brain that looks forward to
the possibilities of the soil and can
see its powers strengthen as the com.
prehension Of man broadens.
We quote again from this book {:
can acre of land is pretty much like
the heart Of good friend. It Is an
everlasting challenge to you to show
the best that's in you; it's everlast-
ingly rich in surprises for you. It's
IN everlasting invitation to you to do
with 1t what you will and to take from
1t rs you need; and there's everlast-
ing certainty that 1t holds great treas.
ures always in reserve for you. He
must be man of little understanding
who will dare to say that he has ex.
hausted all knowledge of the potent
secrets of the merest handful Of earth.
Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09

Pied by about 1jU of the revolutionists
in the Mexican war. Though attacked
by 1000 Mexicans under Santa Ana,
the Texans held 1t from February %
to March 6, when Santa Ana took 1t by
storm. All but seven of the garrison
persisted, six of these being murdered
after their surrender, and one man
escaping to report the affair. In this
garrison were the celebrated David
Crockett and Col. James Bowie, in.
ventor of the bowie knife. The men,
DRY of this massacre became an in
citement to the Texans in subsequent
encounters, and Remember the Ala
moi" became war cry in their strug-
gle for freedom.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
uruentlY Needed.

A doctor sat In front seat in q
theater the other night. In the breath.
less silence, as the third act neared it's
climax, there was commotion near
the door, and then grave voice said /:
us Doctor Blank in the audience?'
Doctor Blank rose calmly. He passed
down the aisle with the serious, self.
contained air Of one on whom the life
Of fellow-creature depends. A young
man awaited him at the door.
"Well?" said the doctor. swell, sir.
what is it,"
"Doctor," said the young man, as he
drew large wallet from his breast
pocket, "Tm Cash and Payup's new
collector. Would it be convenient for
you to settle that small account this
evening""
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Meaning Of "Amer,e,..

What does the word America"
mean? Few know. It is derived from
the word Amabric, proper name
which represented the old Germanic
ideal of heroism and leadership. Then
the Norman French softened it to
Amaury. Then in Italy they changed
1t to Amelrigo. But the juxtaposition
of the Il" and the "r" bothered the
Italians, and 1t became Amerrigo, and
finally with one ''r." Thus it became
the name of Amerigo Vespucci, Il Flor
entine merchant and explorer. And It
Is IL honor OF his voyages of explora.
tion to the new world that German
geoerapher. Martin Wald>eemuller by
name, gave the name America to the
;continent.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Country Will Not 30 PIundered.

There will be none of the shameful
practices in this war that scandalized
the coupntry when, during the war
with Spain, the United States govern
ment was robbed right and left. Man
ufacturers and others have manifested
a wholly different spirit, and where the
sense of fair dealing is found lacking
the government will exercise the pow
er granted by congress to protect 1t
by summary measures. No one will
get rich quick in the nations emer.
gency by trading on its necessities.
The rule of reasonable prices will be
ineXorably enforced. The manufac.
turer who hesitates or refuses to do
his part will find the government pre-
pared to regulate prices or to take
over his plant and operate it.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Trade to Be safequarded.

The determination to keep business
as usual" is manifested in the an
nouncement recently made that "there
will be no attempt to induce Ameri.
can industrial concerns to furnish SUP
plies to the allies Mt the low rates
which this government is asking" In
other words, the course of trade is to
be interfered with us little as possible.
And it is confidently expected that the
recognition of the paramount necessity
Of doing nothing to disarrange bust
ness will make short shrift with Ger.
tain doctrinaire suggestions as to war
taxation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Necessity for Emharuo.

1t is our duty and our right to pre-
vent all trading. direct and indirect,
with the enemy, and so far as Holland
or other neutral countries may be
made to serve as the mediums through
which supplies reach Germany they
will be subject to the strictest surveil-
lance in their dealings with the United
States. BY closing every avenue of
access to Germany we shall make ef-
fective the blockade. With every de-
sire to avoid injustice toward the
Dutch, as a belligerent we are bound
to use the full powers Of the embargo
IN prosecuting tlra war.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Need for Control Of Exports.

Control of exports to neutral coun-
tries will tend to limit their bidding
against each other and the allies In
this market for supplies. This, to-
gether with centralized purchases for
all the allies, will help eliminate one Of
the causes for phenomenal Jumps in
prices. The new provisions will have
to be enforced with thoroughness, but
there will still be room for a great deal
Of tact in the process. The needs Of
the allies of course come first and must
be supplied. That granted, all reason
able consideration will be shown the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
What tho Draft Bill Means.

AS Americans we are proud of the
subordination Of partisanship to tho
nations need.
AS Americans we rejoice in the side
stepping of provincialism and local tra-
dition for what is our manifest destiny.
AS Americans we are grateful for
a leadership capable of uniting this
country as it never was united before.
AS Americans we feel the impulse
Of coming future which shall fit and
adorn the glorious past.
We feel it in the disappearance Of
sectionalism, and in the fading in
fluence of those tendencies which have
done SO much to prevent us from ex-
erting unified strength.
We feel it in the spontaneous voice
of mighty people, crying for unani-
nifty and concord which rightfully be-
longs to them.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Patriotism Demanded Of All.

The people Of the nation assume
the heavy burden Of war calmly, sadly,
but with determination. Their spirit
is admirable in the highest degree.
Surely they are entitled to receive the
benefit Of the greatest possible eff.
cheney and devotion on the part of
those who execute the orders Of the
government. No self-seeking, no mon
eymaking plots. no inferior service of
any sort should he tolerated. Whoever
is not all patriot is an enemy to the
great cause Of making war to gain an
early and u just peace.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Didn't Appear at Box Office.

Things looked black for the dramat-
list. For the fourth time in one season
a play had been withdrawn after q
weeks run.
"Cheer up, old man." said a consol-
ing friend. Perhaps posterity will rec
ognize the genius displayed in your
plays"
Maybe" said the dramatist, bitter
~, "but the difficulty is that, so far
as I am concerned, posterity is on the
free list"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Democratic Rule and Prosperity.

Oe5uocFatIe HUIe ana Proepertty.
The prosperity Of the United States
during the last two years has been ire
mendous. Scores of billions of dollars
have been added to the national
wealth. The distribution of this incre-
ment is not so general as could be
wished, but-thanks chiefly to the wise
reforms in tariff, banking laws and
rural credits-more people have par
ticipated In the good times than ever
before.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Efficiency,

Willis-Bump has very up-to-date
Office.
Gillis-Yes. He has one of these
office systems where you can find just
what you want when you don't want
it by looking where it wouldn't be IL
you did want it.-Life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
They DOME Have to ae 1oId.

TUSy OVU t1NvS % 0e OI0.
Anybody familiar with the recent
history of the Republican party knows
without being told that T. r. is the
ablest man in the country when It
comes to creating division.-Boston
Transcript.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Why She Got Mad.

Jess-She got mad and asked him
what he meant by kissing her?
Bess-Not exactly. She asked him
and he said he didn't mean anything
and then she got mad.-Judee.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09
Tho Alamo.

The Alamo is mission church at
San Antonio, in what is now Bear
county, Texas. In 1896 It was occu-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-08-09

This Ornery Cuss rot 'ad end
Stopped His Paper VI II. = or
sent him a Bill foc =; -" as.
Hereafter he will Go.. ~.ciSl-
bors' paper. He thinks tor viii.
feel Bad and commit Suicide, whereas
the editor will give Three Rousin;
Cheers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
New HyingRe
By Young AOiator
Baldioi OF Italian Army Flies
From Mincola to Hampton
in Only Isl Minutes.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
HAMPTON, November 3.-Lteutcnant
Baldioli. the youngest aviator In the
Italian army, established n worlds
record on long flights this afternoon
by flying from Mineola to Hampton in
two hours and thirty minutes. lie
covered the distance OF 333 miles in
the Pomolio car. and travelled at an
altitude of about 5000 feet.
The trip was made In record
Ing time. and Lieutenant Baldioli said
that the cold weather did not give him
trouble. owing to the fact that he was
in the air only $50 minutes, as nc
probably took two minutes in alighting
ana starting. II was exactly two
hours and thirty-two minutes from the
time he started his engine at Mincolu
"n;il he closed it down on the Langley
Aviation Field. When 1t is considered
that the machine averaged more than
t"o miles every minute on the flight,
the feat accomplished by the young
Italian is marvellous. Lieutenant Bal
doll is not quite twcnty-one years old
Iicut"nants Kcsnati and Ballcrinni,
who are in New York, will return to
Langley field on Monday, having
reached the decision to-day to defer
the return trip.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
SPEED ORDINANCE WILL
COME UP TOMORROW
Little Opposition Is Expected to Meas
ure Making Limit Twenty
Miles.

Little opposition is expected TO de-
Te!op tomorrow night in the Com
mon Council when tho ordinance
amending the traffic regulations in
creasinE the speed limit in Richmond
To twenty miles per hour is consid-
cred. The measure has been favorably
reported by the Ordinance Committee.
and Subchairman Edgar b. English is
expected 10 speak for the adoption Of
the amendment.
should the measure be adoDted by
the Council tomorrow night, il will
90 to the Board OF Aldermen for con-
curre1ce November -. and if approved
would become law with the Mayors
signature. The ordinance will rails.
from hve to ten miles the limit in
the parks Of the city and past CITY.
schools Fifteen miles per hour is hxed
FOR the congcsted section of the city.
1nd twenty miles for other parts Of
Richmond.
There IS also considerable routine
Hu"ineas to come before the Council
at its regular meeting Only one other
meeting for this week has been called.
ami that is the Committee on Dock,
River and Harbor, Thursday nigh, at
) o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

y very delightful evening was spent
by the members Of the Better Acuuaint-
ance Club at Halloween party given
AT me home OF the Misses Sampson
on North Elm Street, Wednesday night
after many interesting games. supper
was served In the dining room. which
was artis,ical!y decorated. Those pres
cnt were:
Misses Edna Sampson, Helen Samp-
son. Gertrude Sampson. Minnie Avery,
Alice Avery. Jennie Avery. Blanche
.t""ry. Ruth McGhee. Alice Hargrove
Nettic Bclcher. OrIene Godscy, Hattie
Woody: Messrs. George Mallory. George
Evans. Earl White, Norwood Schon-
,u:N. Lawson Belcher. Reginald Burrell,
Bernard MARROW. Alton Powell. Arthur
Boss, Fremont Fribbett Robert Allen,
Roy kerscy; Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Wiikin-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Whitmore, Mr.
and Mrs. ". II. Sampson MIR. and Mrs
j. ". SAMPSON, Mrs T. NJ Samoson
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
BOWIE DECLINES CALL
Rector OF st. PRul's Church VIII Not
Accept OncF to Go to New
York Church.

Rev w. Russell Bowie, D. D.. rector
OF st. Paul's Episcopal Church. has de-
clincd the call to become rector Of the
Church of tho incarnation. one Of the
wealthiest and most influential pa rishes
In New York City. He has had the
matter under consideration for some
time. His decision to remain In Rich
mond was officially announced in the
following statement:
The reasons which bring me to this
conclusion are two:
I'm the first place. l believe that a
minister ought to count himself com.
United to the particular church which
liz already his own unless there can be
shown some compelling reason why he
ought to go to another. This is the
more true when his church is one which
he loves as / love st. Pauls, and ono
In which he Is part OF a fellowship
bound together In eager and loving
loyalty to the ideals which the church
ought 20 serve.
But no matter how deeply ones In
stinctive affections may thus bind hin,
TO Il particular congregation, Il Is true
that there may come the time when a
minister is confronted with a challenge
to a service elsewhere which ne can
not refuse.
The call to the Church OF Incar-
nation In New York seemed on tho face
OF X TO constitute such n challenges;
Tor II Is I'm New York that the great
influences OF the country center. But I
believe in the growing heritage OF
edmond and the South; and that the
ministry here has an opportunity which
VIII increase in Significance year nv
year. ] believe also-and this above
all brings me to my declsion-In the
expanding power Of st. PauIs Church. I
believe that what we have tried TO &C
compiish together Is only the beginning