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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE" WILL
Be PRESENTED At C~hAUTAuQuA
megrle and Aackett's Successful New York Comedy to be
Given Here by Capable Company

Som w.t. probably a ad man, las said that the reason we eat hen ssgs
instead Of duck eggs Is because the hen advertises her products.
ADVERTISE" which will be presented by the University Players a ChantauQuA
A NEW DEPARTURE
The production II this comedy on the Chautauqua platform marks an
innovation. Short dramatic sketches and scenes from famous plays have
been given by various companies in the past but ever before has N entire
evening been devoted to modern drama The splendid success Of the country
theater movement through the Dakotas and Minnesota, fostered by the state
universities. has created q demand or good clean comedy from the ChautauQua
platform.
CAPABLE PLAYERS
Before yielding to this demand the management made certain that capable
players could be secured, people who would uphold the ideals Of the Chau-
tauqua Al we'll as please the public with their dramatic ability. The engage
ment Of the University Players settled this question. Here Is q company Of
have been rehearsed in 1t Pays to Advertise" by the best professional coaches
Of the East.
MEGRUE AND HACKETT PLAY
The mex and hardest task a to choose a play which would b % we'll
balanced in basic human values that 1t would please the entertainment seekers
and drive home q moral lesson q the same time. This combination was
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19

gave me quite q suggestion. Tell me,
a you quite accurately trace what q
person is saying from the movement
bf their lips7"
"Not In simple offhand conversation,
but where the speakers are excited
and expressive, OF are of an emphatic
temperament, yes. If you wish q fair
test, say something and e If I can
translate it."
Watson drew back ten feet, kept his
lace In the light and enunciated q
rather involved sentence from Shake
speare. In a flash the mute told 1t of
pm his nimble finger tips.
q Watson took the arm Of his compan-
lon and led him to q near restaurant
where they could be at their ease. As
he had told Spencer Wrayburn, the
mute, he was q novice at the $ Of
the signs and could receive better than
he could talk. He now utilized a tab
Of paper to simplify proceedings.
C~oncisely he explained the situation.
A client stood sorely in need Of his
services. and, just beginning his de-
tective career, Watson was anxious to
prove Of service to James Bentley. He
did not impart to Wrayburn, however,
the fact that Bentley had a beautiful
daughter, Edena, nor the further fact
that Edena interested him. ~
John Bentley had sold out his hold
ings In his native town and had come
to the city with twenty thousand dol
lars in cash. His plan was to buy into
some business with a part Of these
funds He had been spotted by
crooks, 1t seemed, for he was visited
In his fiat by two men. At the point
of a revolver he was held helpless,
his money distracted from the little
safe where 1t reposed, and tied hand
and foot. In anguish over his great
loss Edena had discovered him when
she reached home from a visit to a
friend.
BY mere chance q local bank direct.
cd Mr.. Bentley to the young detective,
whose functions were Of high COM
mercial rather than a routine police
class. Watson undertook the case.
Within a few days he knew that the
men who had robbed his client be-
longed to the Clancy gang. Roger
Clancy was an ex-convict, now osten-
sfhly conducting a loan Office, which
was really q fence for thieves. The
poh,e had nearly cornered him several
Hmes, but Clancy was shrewd and
alltpeEy. He rarely took q hand II
- depredatons personally, but ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
the central figure Of the gang who
nlonno6 0nd Hnonrod fhom

the central figure Of the gang who
planned and financed them.
Watson felt certain that he had
traced the crime to its source. He
was surer Of it than ever when, show
ing Clancy to Mr.. Bentley secretly
n day, the latter at once identified
him as one of the two men who had
robbed him at his fiat. Watson went
to Clancey's lawyer.
clancy is a rich man." the young
detective set forth simply. "You will
pay back the twenty thousand to Mr..
Bentley within five days or we will
have him arrested and prove our case"
"And we our alibi," announced the
legal knave coolly. "Go ahead with
your program"
Roger Clancy was arrested, secured
a continuance in court and evidently
relied on legal acumen and his political
influence to safely evade conviction.
"What I want you to do" Watson
Informed Wrayburn, "is to have me
place you in a position where, upper
eeived and unsupported by this Clan
cey you can watch his speech"
II understand" replied the rapid
finger telegraph.
'The trial will be resumed in a
week I happen to know that next
Saturday evening at eight o'clock
Clancy is to have a private consulta-
ton with his lawyer. There is no
doubt that during that confab they will
not only block out their w case, but
the real facts may be stated by Clan
cey. I will pay you literally to assist
me-.
1T Is a bargain" the pantomimic
response came
And upon the Saturday evening In
question the mute was posted in q
dark room ten feet opposite the lighted
Office Of the lawyer. It vas the next
morning when he handed a written re-
port to Watson which read:
There is q Of inconseQuential
detail I have memorized. Amid this
general mas one statement of Clancy
is clear and guiding. The man who
assisted him in the robbery IN one Dan
Cherry, q professional thief. He got
two thousand dollars for his share,
married and has settled down as a X.
spectacle storekeeper at a town named
Dryden"
1.-THE rest is easy" declared the sat.
lsfied Watson.
He felt be was fully paid end e.
Warded oos svsoinS . month ht0
when he made q final report % his
anxious client Il was in the presence
Of the peerless Edena.
II located this Dan Cherry" IN.
nounced Watson ut was not difficult
to make him comprehend that his only
course was to make a full confession
If he hoped to evade a protracted pris.
on sentence. I brought him to terms
and to the city, with the arrangement
made if he turned states evidence he
should 60 free. Clancey's lawyer re-
turned the twenty thousand dollars in
full today and I now deliver it to
you"
"But the trial-this compromising q
felony" began Mr.. Bentley.
Nothing Of the Sort" was the
prompt reply. II refused all compro.
mise and left them to face whatever
prosecution might continue. Yesterday
Clancy fled the country. There is the
satisfaction, at least, of having driven
this knave out Of business"
"You-you will come and e US once
In a while, I hope" spoke Edena, when
the details of the settlement for Wat.
sons services were completed, and In
the kind invitation lay the commence
ment of a friendship that ripened into
love.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
His Mistake.

|""""' w 0F'@ T1I0 "ISI0NCs 1919 "
"What's wrong, old chap?" remarked
the bachelor. "You look worried"
II made a sad domestic mistake" re-
piled his married friend.
"How?"
my wife invited one Of her olt
flames to our party, and I thought thai
established sufficient precedent for MI
to invite one Of my old sweetheartsl'
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
Wants Hiohway commis.ion.

Texas, which is one Of the few states
without q highway commission, has
been stirred to action. The next ses-
sion Of the Texas legislature is expect.
ed to pass a law creating a state high:
way commission in order to receive fed
eral appropriations for good roads.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
No Derrick Needed.

WHEY Ceaving home for q few days)
You needn't trouble to rise early,
Get the baker to put the bread u
through the window.
Hubby (thinking Of the high prtce6O
And when the butcher calls ] Sur
pose ! can get him TO put the meal
through tho keyholes-Ideaa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
Cut Down Expenses.

Transportation from the farm t0
market is d Of the big items In the
farmers expense account, and the
bert WY to cut Il down 10 BY building
Gpo0 roAdA
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
(AIN(oN (oLVNN

0@wgo@ One Of our
many spring creations
will haze the eos
crown with Lily Of
the hills drooPln6
quietly over the hare:
q great crowd Of bugs
turned out to see the
foot race between A.Snal
and D. turtle over 3 =.
mardthon course which
measured seJenty two
inches. Durin8 the early
part Of the race. the
uorlds record for seuen
inches was broken By
lTurtle. Time, 4 hours
flat. A peanut, vender
remarked to- spectator
re Au6usta wds not 81.
,loded to sell peanuts.
would ~Jerusdlem7"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19

found in 1T Pays o Advertise" the most successful comedy of the decade.
Special permission Of the authors, Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackatk
as secured.
PULL OF LAUGHS
Any laughs?
1T Pays to Advertise" is full Of laughs. Before tho curtain has been
drawn for a minute you will forget that you IN seated O q tmprovised board
seal and you will settle back with that comfortable feeling which comes With
the consciousness that you ar going to have q evening of pleasure Of the
worth while kind h#t.
If you are In ad mar . newspaper man, you "a tahe Jones, the ssooa1,
to zee It Pays to Advertise" and get his contract. fol a full page between the
first and second acts II you re a merchant you arr going 70 hare . EsmsY
belief in the BENEFITS # advertising. II you are a oonsupnsr pom As going
to sea- the ads In the local paper with a little noye care
PURE AMERICANSM
III story is told with q contagious verve and vigor and the dAhuue ii
written written with a real feeling Tor that particular tpe Of hunor thai has bssn
On Sundays the Uniysrsity Players win present Mary MasdeIene. oe Of
the masterpieces Of sacred dYmA. The scsne Of the story II lAd IN the &1n-
s.lsn Of New Testament aay. and TIE story Y true e Biblical in.s1prseakan
will be exercised to sec that everything done Or said will rsnsa6 q ~ Gay
Of Him for whom We kseD sacred the nzst day Of each wssk
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28

WILL HAVE STRIKE EFFECTS
Organized labor is keeping close
watch these days on senate bills
so, 191 and 313. They have passed
in committee and will get to a vote
Of both houses the next month, it
is. expected. If they get by they
will take away from judges the pow
er to issue injunctiOns restraining
wOrkingmen and women from exer-
Cising during strike times the same
rights which woTkingmen have as
citizens when there is no strike on
and guarantee wOrkingmen and
women trial by jury when charged
with contempt of court.
Pres. John H. Walker of the Illinois
Federation of Labor explains that
there is nothing especially new about
these bills. He says they aim only at
pTOclaiming rights already supposed
to be guaranteed WOTkingmen by the
national and state constitutions.
Free speech, free press and peace
full assemblage are rights for which
revolutions have been fought and
wars started and nations and dynas-
ties cracked to pieces, as Walker sees
it. The powers exercised by Judges
Jesse Baldwin and Jesse HOldom in
fixing jail sentences for working men
and women who picket during a
strike are the same sort of powers
exercised by owners Of negro slaves
before the civil war.
when a plantation master dashed
the rawhide over the back of a slave
girl he did it under the theory that
it was lawful because. he owned the
girl, 4" said Walker to The Day Book.
''The slave was his property, a com
modify to be traded in.
when Judge Baldwin fixes a Jail
sentence for a working girl who is
picketing he does it under the theory
that the girl is a commodity and the
labor Of her body is a market pro-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28
MORE ARREsTs IN russia

MORE ARRESTS IN RUSSIA
Berlin, via SayViIIe Wireless,
March 25.-Arrests of high Russian
officials continue, according to
Stockholm information from Petro-
grad, published by official govern
ment press bureau today. Admiral
Wren has been killed, it was stated.
The bureau said Gen. Woieikow
proposed to open all fronts and let
the Germans enter, but the car re-
piled that he could not betray Russia.
Students who play hockey from
Northwestern ''U'' Will be dismissed
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28

ance Of injunction writs which are
merely bench-made edicts."
-O-O-
SO @sas see s.
POLITICAL NOTES
- = #zse "a = = ,
7. E. Bargen, editor of the Union
Labor Advocate, addressing a large
meeting at the Lincoln Turner hall,
urged the election of Oscar B. Dan
ner, Democratic candidate for short
term vacancy in 23d ward. Danner
is a former street car man and now
has concessions at RiveTview park.
The Municipal Voters league says he
is man of good reputation.
James 7. Igoe, Democratic candi-
date for city clerk, accuses the
Thompson-LUndin crowd Of whip
ping the jobhOldeTs and the favor
seekers into line for Cullen and ST.
man.
Leasing RosenthaI, former pres.
Municipal Voters league, and Mary
Mcdowell spoke at a meeting in the
Sd ward last night, urging the voters
of that ward to unite behind the can
didacy of Geo. F. Tiff.
Lester Glow, who withdrew as
Democratic candidate in 33d ward in
favor Of Daniel I. Jarrett, last brand
ed as a Lundin-Hazen lie the story
that he was forced to pull off the
ticket. 81 withdrew because I beIieyv
ed Mr.. Jarrett would make the best
race" said Glow.
nnAnr nnnrnHc Ia nnrnrn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28

rights which have been taken
from the workers through the
ance Of Injunction wTits which
merely bench-made edicts."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
FLOATING TRAINING SCHOOLS.


nsrins League Wants Every ststs -
Maintain . Ship.
AZ arst step toward increasing tho
supply Of American seamen sufficient
to cope with the submarine peril and.
after the war. TO meet the needs % an
increased merchant marine the Sation-
al Marine League Of the United STATES
appointed committee to confer with
the United States shipping board and
The department OF commerce On prof.
EFT fur Increasing the number OF nan
teal trimming ships.
The project, A. outlined By r. H "
Ross. president OF the league. is Ter
~ver- state IN the Union ultimately te
rrvvh!c Tor the maintenance Of trnin-
Ing s1r.p IN American waterA As be-
ginning the league adsptsd a rrssln-
f:on ssiinr the shipping board ard the-
department. Of commerce to turn over
to the leagues trustees vessel .suffi-
eient In size to accommodate approx
nfately 800 nautical students.- The
resolution suggested that the informed
German ship Indra would meet the
needs Of the league and provide the
nucleus Of floating Piattsbug-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
FOOD BILL BROUGHT
ON 100 GAYS WAR

Here is the history OF the hun
dred days war over the food con-
troll bill:
April 80. Representative Lever
and Senator Gore introduced In
the house and senate respective
~ a joint resolution to stimulate
agriculture and facilitate distri-
button OF agricultural products.
May l-2.-Hearings were held
In the agricultural committees OF
both houses
May 3.--The house committee
divided the resolution into two
bins. food survey aud food con-
troll bills. and reported the for
mer favorably. This report was
reconsidered. and the bin was
amended.
May T.-Survey bin again re-
ported
May 2s.--Passcd by the house
June 2.--rassed by the senate
and sent to conference June 20.
1t was agreed to Aug. I and ac-
cepted by the house Aug. 3.
May 2o.--Fcod control bin In
troduced reported In house; with
drawn and reported again June
il.
June c3.--Passed by the house
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
gor, are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Hardison.

gor, are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Hardison.
Mr.. Bianchi OF Boston, who purchased
the Warren Clark place on the Pond road
q few years ago for the deposit OF black
granite there, is about to commence opera
tions on . large scale. He arrived last
week with force OF men, and . weasel is
now in the harbor with full cargo Of
tools and machinery. 1t has long been
known that there was an excellent quality
Of this valuable granite here, only waiting
capital and enterprise to make 1t pro,t-
able industry. Mr.. Matthews Of ston-
ineton il SUPERINTENDENT and Mr.. Will
lisms OF Stonington has charge OF setting
up the machinery. The schooner which
brought the machinery will take back Q
cargo OF wood for J. Willard Clark, who
recently moved to stonington.
Aug. Is. ECHO.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15

ing and there would be grave food
riots next winter unless conditions
were changed.
Examination Of the measure "a II
has PASSED congress leaves no aues-
ton that II conveys powers which. II
exercised. will rebound to the public
benefit AT the same time II Is Inn
portant to remember that the country
this year has tremendous crop Of
fooefstuffs-in the aggregate much more
than II necsis--and that n this Is not
wasted nor manipulated and Ii wisely
distributed there will be enough for
home use and enormous quantities for
the allies and American truos~ abroad
Need Not Be Disappointed.
II the profits on distribution are
held down to moderate figures there Is
reason to believe that the two desir-
able results OF large shipments abroad
and reasonable prices at home can be
achieved
That MIR. Hoover Is sincere In his
desire to achieve these two great ends
is not doubted by those who know him.
despite all the attacks made and the
current talk that the food control
measure win be disappointment to
the people
ThA government, by the strict en-
forcemcnt Of the authorizing pro
visions and by exercising its right CIV
en- under the bill to buy and sell fuel.
wheat -four. beans and potatoes. to
regulate speculation and to license
agencies engaged In production. trnns-
portation and distribution Of necessa-
rfcs, Gao undoubtedly revolutionixe the
cost n living In this country. to say
nothing of other broad powers which
are granted.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
COUNTY NEWS
" EST FRANKLIN.

WEST FRANKLIN.
Percy De Beck has . new automobile.
Agnes somes of Mount Desert is visit
Ing here.
&C. williams is at surry working for
Albert Treworgy.
walter Clark Of waldoboro is visiting
HIS uncle, James NJ. Clark.
Miss Alice Ryder 10 visiting her sister,
Nrs. Euzzell, at Seal Harbor.
Alden Ry der was at home from Hudson
few days last week, with cut foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Goodwin and son
srs spending few days at Waitham.
Harry Worcester and family OF Old Town
,rs spending few days ct Il. g. Worces-
tsr's.
Harold Coombs Of Egypt has been visit
ing his grandparents, g. B. Coombs and
wife.
Mrs. Mary Orcutt of Bangor spent Sum
aay with her daughter. Mrs. Edith
orindle.
Jesss Driscoll and family and Mrs. Fred
Mackenzie Of Sal Harbor we're Sunday
visitors here.
Mrs. Pearl Ceombs and daughter Nellie
Asys gone to Ear Harbor, where Mr..
Coombs has employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs entertained At
ainnsr Sunday two automobile parties
nom Mount Desert. Their daughter
El1sabsth was with the party.
Nrs. Bsulah Smith Of Orrington, and
niss Goldis Harrison, who has ossn 1t
tsndin9 shaw business college ct Ban
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
FEATURES OF FOOD
BILL. NOW A LAW

Establishes governmental control
over foods. feeds and fuel.
Prohibits boarding and speculation
affecting supply. distribution and
movement Of foods
Provides for one administrator. who
viii cooperate with other agencies
Of the government
Authorizes seizure of hoarsied nec-
essaries.
Prohibits the use Of any food mate
rails In the production OF distilled
liquors except for governmental
purposes: provides against irnpor-
tation of distilled liquor during
the war: directs the president to
take over all distilled liquor In
bonded warehouses.
Authorizes the president whenever
he considers II necessary In emer-
!. gency. to fix reasonable" price
for coal and coke.
Provides for a system Of federal
licenses OF production. trAnsporta-
ton and distribution
Authorizes the president to NJ Q
minimum price OF wheat at q PER
bushel.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15

vTTHEN the food control bill passed
wv the house and senate and was
signed by the president 1t mark
the completion by congress Of all Inn
portant war legislation under consid-
GRAFTON with one exception-the reve-
nue. bill Leaders assert that when the
revenue bill Is finally passed there win
be nothing to prevent congress from
adjourning. However. the debate On
this measure IL expected 70 require q
long time.
Tho passage Of the food control bill
was another victory by President VIII
son over his opponents In both the
house and senate. In Its final form the
bin embodies practically everything
that Mr.. Wilson asked for and omitted
all features which he objected TO.
Provisions Of Measure.
The measure carries drastic prohibs-
ton features. Summarized, 1t makes
these provisions:
Forbids government agents from
using their influence In letting con-
tracts TO concerns In which they are
interested.
Declares It unlawful to destroy.
waste, permit preventable deteriora-
ton. hoard, monopolize. discriminate,
make unfair rates, conspire to limit
transportation. production. harvesting.
manufacture. supplying. storage OF
dealing. restrict the supply or distribu-
ton. prevent manufacture or produc-
ton or exact excessive prices with re-
spect to necessaries.
Requires licenses TO do business un-
der regulations to be made by the pres
ident.
Provides that boarded necessaries
may be seized and sold BY the gov
eminent.
Authorizes the president to requisi-
ton supplies for the army and navy.
Puts Wilson In Business
Authorizes the president to buy and
sell wheat. -four, meal. beans and pota-
toes.
Authorizes the president to reQuisi-
tion and operate any factory, packing
house, oil pipe line, mine or other plant
and sell he products
Authorizes the president to prevent
injurious speculation and regulate ex-
changes
Fixes a minimum price OF e per
bushei on next years wheat crop.
Prohibits use OF foods, fruits. food
materials or feeds In manufacture OF
distilled spirits for beverages. leaving
to the presidents discretion the quan-
titles to he used In beer and wine.
Authorizes and directs the president
to commander distilled spirits In stock
or bond for military needa
Makes Appropriations.
Appropriates 1880 900. Of which
s15O.000.O00 Is for general administra-
| ton Of the act. 100000 Is for pur-
chase Of nitrate Of soda and $2,500.O 900
Is for sundry expenses.
| No person employed under the oct
shall be exempt from military service
under the draft law.
Requires detailed report from the
president the first of each year Of the
| proceedings under the act
| Authorizes the president to assume
control Of coal mines, FIX the price Of
coal and coke and take charge Of and
sell the same.
Forbids manipulation or destruction
Of necessaries to limit the supply Or
affect the market price.
Makes the act cease to be In effect
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
BuELoW HAD SECRET ROUTE.


The sensation u the day In Rone b
the discovery OF a secret subterranean
passage from the villa Of the Roses.
the residence q Prince Won Buelow. for
mer German ambassador. to the Hotel
Eden, the former proprietor q which
was q German.
1t Is believed that the passage was
used to facilitate secret meetings be-
tween the diplomat and persons in va
nous walks of nfe. as well as to In
sure secrecy to the ambassadors guests
when the occasion required. An inves-
tigation which promises interesting dis
closures u under way.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15
Back 70 his First Lew

Ensign Henry Hesse Of the Salvation
Army has arrived In Altoona, Pa, to
take charge Of the industrial home.
having left q $4,000 position a. expert
auditor to re-enter the Salvation Army
At SIS q week