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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Our Financial strsnuth

Two billion dollars is tremend-
Gus sum of money. Yet the Amer.
lean people have loaned their Gov
crnment that much and have bare
ly touched their resources. The
money was raised so easily it only
seemed to show the tremedous fin.
ancial strength of the country.
1t is not one-tenth of our bank
depo.ts. 1t is less than one-eigh
tn of our bank loans for one year.
1t was less than one half of our ma
tional savings for 1916 and only
five per cent of our national in
come for that year according to
estimates.
Not only is this first Liberty
Loan Bond issue of two billion dol
lars much larger than the initial
loans of any of the other nations
engaged in the war but it was rails
ed in much less time with much
less effort and was subscribed to by
a vastly greater number of indvid.
rals; this too when danger was
far from us and the nation in a
calm state of mind.
The coming second issue of Lib.
erty Loan Bonds, with the great
mass of the people of the country
much better educated as to Gov.
crnment bond issues and Govern.
ment finances in general. it is re.
s:sonable to suppose, will be dis
posed of with even greater success
The over subscription to the ini.
than the initial issue.
tial issue Of over billion dollars
augurs we'll for the success of the
next loan. There are several mil.
lion more investors in Governmen,
bonds in America than there wer,
month ago. Then there wer,
some three hundred thousand hold
ers of United States bonds; now
there are over four million. And
the thrill of the thought of our
soldiers in France will rally tho
people to the nation s call.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Anxious to Do His Bit

Two Red Lake Falls saloon keep
trs have received anonyo,,s letters
from some fanatic at Mahnomen.
Mimi, who is anxious to do his
"blt' towards "drying up the
country. In one of his letters he
SAID: 81 will blow your saloon to
nell unless you close within five
days. ] have blown up saloons be.
tor" and this will not be the first
time. Mr.. Miller. one of he sal.
oon Keepers at that place. sent his
letter to the postotfice inspector at
st. Paul with a request for IA fed
cral investigation. 1t is believed
that the letters are the work of
some fanatic and not merely that OF
a socalled practical joker and senti-
lnent against dynamite fiends is
high in Red Lake Falls.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Railroads to Increase Salaries

Substantial increases in salaries
to the mechanical employees of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and Omaha lines either have been
granted during the past few days
or will be granted soon.
More than $4,000 men will be af
fected OH the three lines. This
includes approximately 5000 men
OH the Great Northern and 1000
on the Omaha.
The exact amount of the incres-
es was not given out, as it varies
for the different trades. The in
c.eases will 60 into effect in the int
mediate future.
The machinists were the first to
he granted increases following pro-
tracted conferences with railway
officials. The heads of the three
roads acted in harmony to obviate
any antagonism or inequality.
Conferences are now being held
with the blacksmiths and their
helpers. They will be the last to
be granted increases. Better
working rules were included in the
agreements.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Protecting Our Soldiers

One of the great uses of the pro
ceeds Of the sale of Liberty Loan
Bonds is the protecting of our sol
diers in France-protecting them
by arming and equipping them
with every means of otfense and de-
tense and supplying them with pro
per food and medical attention and
everything needed to make them
powerful and effective.
This idea of protection of oul
soldiers has been further enlarged
as Secretary NIcAdoo now pro
poses life and disability insurance
for the men who go to the front,
and adequate provision for the SUP.
port and protection of their fami-
lies. A conference was held in
Washington lately with represent
atlve Insurance men of the coun
try and it seems that this insuring
will have to be done by the Gov
ernment and will not be done by
private insurance organizations
Here is another wise and Just Use
of Government funds that will
meet with the approval of the ma
tion.
In a speech before the confer.
ence Secretary McAdoo in part
said:
cit is a crime for a great nation
to take a man and send him to
fight for his country and refuse ia
make adequate provision for him
and those who are dependent upon
him and leave them possible oh.
jects of the charity or generosity
of their neighbors.
1--WE must see to it only that
every American soldier is equipp.
ed with the best that American
money, ingenuity and skill can
provide, in order that he may fight
with the utmost effect and sell his
life as dearly as possible for his
country, but we must see to it al
SO that every American soldier
shall 60 to the front with the com.
forting and supreme satisfaction oil
konwing that his loved one will not
be dependent upon charity, but
that they are as much entitled tc
compensation for what they are
sacrificing in order that he may &C
to the front as he is entitled tt
compensation for what he does al
the front"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
JOHN N. BABR
IN CONGRESS

By electing John NJ. Baer, a
young cartoonist, to seat in Con-
gress to succeed the late Henry r.
Helgesen, Republican, from the
First district, North Dakota, the
Non-partisan League has redeem.
ed it's boast that it would get into
national politics and have repre-
sentation in Washington.
Mr.. Baer owes his election to
sharp politics played by his back
ers, to divided opposition and to
lack of interest by the voters. Al.
though he polled more votes than
mis- Republican and Democratic op-
ponents together. he did not have
a majority over all the candidates.
Roughly, the total vote in the dis
trict was 25,000, compared with
34,500 in 1916.
The opposition has itself to
blame for it's defeat. Scattered
rains, circuses and political lass
itude which prevailed despite the
briskness of the campaign resulted
in a stay-at-home vote that made
Baer's victory possible. The peo.
pie have every opportunity to ac.
quaint themselves with the men
and the issues.
Representative Baer has Il
chance now to demonstrate that
the organization he represents is as
loyal to the government as its
leaders would have the public be-
lieve it is. He is the protege Of
Nonpartisan leaders, not the arch
itect of his own political fortune.
Will he take his orders henceforth
from these leaders, or will he act
upon his own judgment and sense
of loyalty after acquainting him
self with original sources of in
formation in Washington?
1t would be neither wise nor
fair to prejudge Mr.. Baer as a
member of Congress. He may
prove to be a lot better as a re-
preventative of true Americanism
than one of the specimens Minneso.
ia has in Congress or one of the
North Dahotans who preceded him
in that legislative body. It is up
to Mr.. Baer to make out the brief
of his own stewardship.-Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Small Markets

Shippers should pay more at
tention to small markets for their
produce, especially in the event
that there may be an overproduc-
ton of certain commodity. 1t
is higly desirable that crops OF
which there is a very heavy pro.
duction, such as may be the case
with potatoes. be distributed ove.'
as wide territory as possible.
Shippers should try to cultivate
the small town markets and hence
increase the number of outlets for
such crops, thus preventing glu.s
in the larger markets and conserv.
ing the supply of other more i'm
portant commodities. such as
wheat.
In case grower has difficulty IL
disposing of a surplus of given
commodity. he should attempt Il,
conserve as large proportion as
practicable by means of canning
and evaporation and providing
good common storage on his farm
for such crops as apples, potatoes,
cibbage, and onions. More atten.
tlon might also be paid to the con-
serving of root crops, such as turn
FPS Every precaution should bc
taken to eliminate waste and loss
due to decay.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
Smokers to bs MobIlIzsd

The tobacco chawers'' and
smokers of store" cigarets are to
be modified. They are to be re.
quested to save all the tinfoil wrap
pings from their plugs" or Gig
arets and turn it over to a Red
Cross worker who will call weekly
for the contributions. Tinfoil is
high i'll price just now and the sum
derived from the sale of the foil
will constitute tidy sum. The
Minnesota branch of the Red Cross
has written Captain c. H. Mason
requesting all of the soldiers at
Fort Smelling to save this foil
which will be called for weekly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
BISHOP TYLER'S
PASTORAL LETTER
TO the Clergy and Laity:
Dear Brethern.-

l. feel very sure that your spirit
will be invigorated by the account
OF the successful meeting of our
annual convention. l wish it were
possible for me to get you all to-
gether at one time, and in one place
and tell you how God is blessing
the church in North Dakota. /
know you believe with HE that He
is ready right now to bless us as
He has never done before if we
desire and ask for it. st. James
says 1--WE have not because we ask
not. Surely there was never
time when we needed so much the
power that comes from OH high.
Our country is at war. We be-
lieve that her entrance into this
terrible struggle is right. One Of
the fundamental principles brot
to us by the Redemption of our
Lord is at stake. The nations If
mankind cannot receive the bless
ing of their redemption through
Him if the rulers of Germany are
permitted to spread, and to fasten
upon the world Prussian NIilitar-
ism. To prevent this terrible cat.
astrophy to mankind and to our
selves, we have been compelled to
draw the sword. We must give
our best to this conflict. Already
hundreds of our young men, have
left their homes to enter the war;
ious departments of the country's
service. They must be held in our
continual affection, and prayer un.
ceasing must be made for them per-
sonally, and the cause to which
they have c0nsecrated their
lives. This terrible war is one
which we must all personally en-
gage. There is much for each one
of us to do right now, and right
where we are. This work is Just
as important as that to which our
men have gone. by prayer, by
fasting and by giving ourselves and
OUR substance we must put on ar
NOR and stand like men and wo-
men empowered by God TO do our
duty.
want to ask that in every con-
gregation and mission of the
church in North Dakota a roll be
made of the men who have gone,
and who will go to the war; and
that this roll be hung in the vcsti-
buIe of the churches as Il roll Of
honor. and that prayer be offered
every Lords Day for them; and
that the churches be kept open
and the people urged and rncour-
aged to make daily intcrcrssions
in their behalf. asIo hope that
ON certain days at a definite time
the Rector will hold moments Of
Intcrcrssiom for God mercy upon
our army and navy, o'tr nation
and our allies; also for those with
whom We are at war. that they be
given a better heart. =.
! also want to ask that these
list of men be sent to me together
with their addresses, in order that
] may send to them an occasional
letter of affection and concern. I
hope Mat the Clergy will also do
this for all the men who leave
their parishes and congregations.
whether they are of our church or
not. ! shall send to the Clergy in
few days copies of prayers for
use in the churches. and for gencr-
al distribution. None of us can
at all times pray we'll unless we
have prayers which we may use.
May the Lord bless yo,, and
Keep you, and fill you: with Ills
peace and power in this time of
our need.
Very affectionately your Bishop
D. Poyntz Tyler
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19

Miss Grace Tucker. for some
time engaged as timekceper at the
Globe-Gazette, has resigned her
position to accept a training col,rsn
- the st. Francis hospital. Miss
Tucker is anxious to become :,
:'.'rse, that she might lend her ser.
vices to the Red Cross in time oi
need.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19


Il e l>elgians in their heroic tragedy
and from every section of our land
money contributions and supplies
of food and clothing poured over
TO the Commission for Relief in
Belgium, which was under the able
management of our fellow county.
men abroad.
Still, the thought of taking an
factive part in this European war
was very far from most of our
minds. The Nation shared with
the President the belief that by
maintaining strict nuetrality we
could best serve Europe at the end
as impartial mediators.
But in the very first days of the
war our Government foresaw that
complications on the seas might
put us in grave risk of being
drawn into the conflict. No neu-
tral nation could foretell what
violations of its vital interests at
sea might be attempted by the
billegerents. And, so, on Aug
ust 6, 1914, our Secretary of State
dispatched an identical note to all
the powers then at war, calling at
tention to the risk of serious trou-
bic arising out of this uncertainty
of nelltrals as to their maritime
rights and proposing that the De-
claration of London be accepted bv
I'LL nations for the duration of the
war.
But the British Government 3
response. while expressing sympa-
thy with the purpose of our sugges-
tion and declaring their "keen de-
sire to consult So far as possible
the interests of neutral countries,
announced their decision "to adopt
generally the rules of the Declara-
tion in question, subject to certain
notifications and additions which
they judge indispensable to the cf-
ficient conduct of their naval op-
crations." The Declaration had
not been imdorsed by any power in
time Of peace. and there was no le.
gal obligation OH Great Britain to
accept it. Her reply, however, was
disappointing for it did nothing to
clarity the situation. Great I'ri-
tain recognized as binding certain
long accepted principles of inter,
national law and sought now to au-
ply them to the principles and un,
fCreseen conditions of this war.
l'ut these principles were otter
vague and therefore full of dang
rrous possibilities OF friction.
Controversies soon arose between
Great Britain and this Nation. In
practice their ruling sometimes
seemed to our Government incon
sistent with the spirit of interna-
tional law, and especially with the
established precedents which they
invoked. ':nt painful as this div
ergence of opinion sometimes was.
it did not seriously threaten our
position Of neutrality, for the is
sues that arose involved only rights
IF property and were amply cover
cd by the arbitration treaty signed
only a short time before by Great
britain and the United States.
And this controversy led to Il
clear understanding OH our part
of the British attitude toward our
ideal of the freedom of the seas.
They were not willing to accept our
classification of the seas as being
distinct from the Old World. We
had confined our interest to mat
ters affecting rights at sea and had
kept carefully aloof from issues af-
fecting the interests of European
nations ON land. The British wer,:
interested in both. They explain
ed that they had participated in
Continued on Page p
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-19
HOW THE WAR
CAME TO AMERICA
(copyright.)

The outbreak of war in 1914,
caught this Nation by surprise. The
peoples of Europe has had at least
some warnings of the coming
storm, but to us such a blind, sav-
age onslaught on the ideals Of civ
ilization had appeared impossible.
The was war incomprehensible.
Either side was championed here
hy millions living among us who
were of European birth. Their con.
, Trajectory accusations threw our
thoughts into disarray and in the
first chaotic days we could see no
clear issue that affected our ma
tional policy. There was no di-
rect assault on our rights. 1t
seemed at first to most of us a pure.
ly European dispute, and ou,
minds were not prepared to take
sides in such conflict. The Presi-
dent s proclamation of neutrality
was received by us as natural and
inevitable. 1t was quickly follow
ed by his appeal to 1.-THE citizens
Of the Republic.
Every man who really loves
America will act and speak in the
tru spirit of neutrality" he said,
true spirit of neutrality" he said,
t.y and fairness and friendliness +,
all concerned. ** y 1t will be
easy to excite passion and difficult
to allay it, He expressed the
fear that our Nation might be-
come divided in camps of hostii.
opinion. "Such divisions among
us might seriously stand in
the way of the proper performance
OF our duty as the one great nation
at peace, the one people holding
itself ready to play part of i'm
partial mediation and speak colln-
sells of peace and accommodation.
not as a partisan. but as friend .
This purpose-the preservation
Gi a strict neutrality in order that
later we might be of use in the
great task of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ed all the President S early speech
eS.
1--WE are the mediating Nation of
the world" he declared in an adj
dress on April 20, 1915. "Wc arr,
compounded of the nations of the
world: we mediate their blood. We
mediate their traditions: we mcdi-
ate their sentiments. their tastes,
their passions; we are ourselves
compounded of those things. We
are, therefore, able 20 understand
them in the compound, not separ-
ately as partisans, but unitedIy as
knowing and comprehending and
embodying them all. 1t is in that
sense that ] mean that America is
mediating Nation.''
American neutrality, in those
iIrst lIlOntns OF the great war, was
beyond any question real.
But the spirit of neutrality was
not easy to maintain. Public OPP
inlon was deeply stirred by tie
German invasion of Belgium an
Ey reports of atrocities there. 'rh"
Royal Belgian Commission. which
came in September, 1914. to la:'
;heir country's cause for complain,
before our National Government.
was received with SYMPATHY and
respect. The President in hi,
reply reserved our decision in the
affair. 1t was the only course he
could take without an abrupt de-.
partue from our most treasured
traditions of noninterference in
Old World disputes. But the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-03
gWoMEN's Defense COUNCIL OF
STATE BEGINS CAMPAIGN
OF MORALITY.
TRAGIC EXPERIENCES
FOR soME ALREADY
No Unusual Demand For Women or
Girls in stores or offiees-Wemen Of
State Appealed to Discourage Girls
From Leaving Home Under Lure Of
Great cantonment.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, Aug. 3-Wemen in towns
turnout Iowa are urged to discourage
girls> from coming to- Des Moines in a
letter being sent out by Mrs. Francis
Whitley of Webster City, chairman of
the women's committee on national de-
Tense, and other members of this COM
mittee Some of the girls have had trag-
ic experiences already, this letter de-
c1ares.
zone of the greatest difficulties at
present is the danger of young women
drifting into Des MONIES with no more
idea before leaving tier home towns
as to where they are to go or whatthey
are to do after leacking the city, states
the letter.
after making investigation it has
ben learned that there is not an UNI
usual demand for women employees
either in stores or offices. There might
be possible positions in homes where
general house work could be secured.
I'm other words it is not safe for
young wome> to come to Des Mofnes
alone in search of work unless they
have written in advance to the secre-
tary of the Young Women's Christian
Association or to the city chairman Of
the womens committee for national de-
tense, or have secured position
thru some reliable employment bureau
1T is our desire in Des Moines to
have the women in the towns thruout
the state discourage the girls from COM
ing and plead with them to remain at
home with their families and friends
Some girls have had tragic experiences
already and the glan1oT Of The great
cantonment in our state may lure 9TH
ers to walk innocently and ignorantly
into danger.
eve wish to urge each county chair
man to appoint committee on social
welfare work and to keep a record or
list of all young women who might be
tempted or might be considering leav
ing home. And such committee could
cooperate with our Des Moines COM
mittee and thereby save an endless
amount of sorrow and suffering"
This communication is signed as fol-
lows: Mrs. Francis Whitley, Webster
City, state chairman of national de-
tense, DR.. Lenna Means, Mrs. c. H.
Morris, Miss Katherine Fullerton and
Mrs. Homer A. Miller.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-03
FARM EDITOR AFTER TRIP THRU
FIFTEEN COUNTIES PREDICTS
RECORD YIELDS.
DRY WEATHER MAKES NO
PERcEPTIBLE INRoADs
More Uniform Crop Of Oats Never
Grewn-Moisturs Apparently Stuff.
oisnt TO Keep Things Growing In.
definitsiy-Hundred Dollar Loads Of
Old Corn Not lnfrequent.

Des Moines, Aug. 3-Upon his return
to Des Moines after an automobile trip
covering fifteen counties in central and
northwestern Iowa, J. W. Jarnagin, edi-
tor of the Iowa Farmer, is convinced
that this is to be the greatest corn
year in the history of the state.
"The warm weather the past ten
days has done wonders for the corn
said Mr.. Jarnagin. 1T Is tasseling out
in splendid form; an occasional piece
is in silk. There is plenty Of moisture
in the ground for all immediate pur-
poses and good rain at filling time
will insure a record breaking yield.
The dry weather has made no percep-
tible inroads upon growing crops ex-
cept in gardens and potato patches;
these have been injured by the ex-
tremely hot weather and absence Of
moisture. I never saw more uniform
crop of oats and it is about all har-
vested The grain is plump and bright
and the straw is free from rust. In some
localities the straw was little short
but on the whole Iowa will have an
unusually large oat yield. Spring wheat
and barley are unusually good. l saw a
20-acre field of Marquis wheat in Buena
Vista county that good judges declared
would make % or 80 bushels to the acre
Corn at 500 Per Load.
1.-THE amount of old corn still in the
hands of the farmers was a surprise to
me. l saw numerous wagon loads on
the way to market and the owners are
receiving $40 per bushel for yellow
corn and five cents more per bushel
for white varieties. 1t is nothing I'M
usual for farmer to take home with
him 500 for single load Of corn.
"That there is moisture enough 10
keep things growing is evidenced by
the abundance of green grass along
the highways. The second crop of clo-
yer is coming on nicely and no fires
have occurred along railways as is the
case Of extremely dry weather. The
streams have an abundan of water
and farmers make no complaint about
a scarcity Of water for stock.
"The absence Of rain and an abund-
ance of sunshine made the weather
ideal for haying and harvesting.
Threshing will begin the last Of the
week On the whole it looks to meNltke
a wonderful cfop year"