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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-19
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-19
TtxAs GRAND LODGE OF
ODD FELLOW CtaSVENEs

DALLAS, Texas, March 19.-Tiie
annual meeting OF the Texas Grand
lodge OF the independent Order o.
Odd Fellows viii convene here to-
day. The Rebekahs and the Patfl-
arehs Militant. auSiliasies Of the
Odd Fellows lodg are also. meet
ing here. W. It. Savage Is secretary
- the general committee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-19
Chicago Grain.
Locag Market.

The Waxahachie dealers are pay
ing the following prices for country
to-day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-19

NJ. d. Roberts. moves and feTeIs
houses. Residence phone EST. !.
TyPEWRITERs CLEANED AND
REPAIRED-Arthur Maekoy's shop,
next to laundry. II
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07

quit piracy. She also wants Germany
to stop the building Of q great fleet,
the declared policy of which LIS the
disruption of the British empire,
Years before the war, Britain pro-
posed to Germany tina both powers
quit throwing their money away on
dreadnaughts and conf1ne their navy
building within the bounds Of COM
mon sense. Germany refused every
time.
Britain wants Germany to adopt ar
bitration instead of war as the means
Of settling International disputes. She
proposed this to Germany at the
Hague and elsewhere many times be-
fore the wal. and Germany always
Britain wants Germany to respect
private property Ind merchant ships
at sea, both in war and peace. She
proposed these but Germany
refused.
So much for the record. NOW for
the future. Britain certainly wants no
commercial privileges fromaGermanyi
az she was carelessly permitting Ger
man merchants to trade in ana ex-
plot both England and her colonial
IeMpire before the war, while Ger
many refused to let England trade
with German colonies.
She had the right at any time to
follow Germanyss own course and give
her merchants and manufactur-
lers preferential tariffs. She never
exercised this right, but German iii
So much for the German gfbberfsla
about Britain's Jealousy OF German
trade IL fs well to note that during
the war Britain has sacrificed at least
q third OF her trade to Japan and to
neutrals In order to supply her allies
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
GOVERNMENT READY TO MAKE BIG
DRIVE ON INCOME TAX DODGERS

ever since the disclosures made by
The Herald in April, 1910, tnal
the federal treasury was being looted
OF not less than $820.000s000 e. year
agents of the treasury IN
conjunction with secret service men
from the Department of Justice nave
been quietly conducting a nationwide
probe Of tax lodging. In some dis
tricts, unknown to the average citi-
zen. they have made a detailed IN.
yestigation OF every person IN the
community who could b~eJsuspecteds OF
having an income large enough to pc
subject to the federal tax. In other
districts they have merely investigat-
ed those persons whom they a rea-
son to believe were evading all OF
part of their taxes.
This investigation has been mad
more comprehensive during the last
year by reason of the fact that since
the passage OF the revenue bill Of last
autumn all corporations have been re-
quired to furnish the treasury with g
complete list Of all stockholders and
the dividends they received.
Although the evidence In hundreds
months, no suits have been instituted,
because 1t was feared that public &C
ton would seal up many Of the
sources Of information on which the
revenue agents were relying and re-
suit in the destruction of evidence
which had not yet come into their
possession. It was Observation-Disclosures
to withhold all action except in minor
cases which could be settled out of
court until all the important cases
were substantially complete
The treasury is now ready for the
"big drive" and sensational dis
closures involving prominent citizens,
bankers, merchants, manufacturers,
lawyers. farmers. doctors and brok-
ers, may be expected any day.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
By Basfl NJ Manly.

STAFF Special.
Washington, Sept. THE treasury
department is about ready to start a
colossal drive on the thousands of In
come and corporation tax dodgers
whose frauds and evasions have been
uncovered through months Of pain
stalking Investigation by hundreds of
revenue agents and Inspectors
drive on the tax dodgers, 1t is
calculated by treasury experts. will
bring into Uncle Sans war chest not
less than $500, o00, GOO which have es-
capped the tax collector since the In
come tax law went on the statute
hooks.
The roundup OF the tax thieves will
not be limited to any particular state
or section, hut will be nationwide.
into dragsnet win come not only
New York m~illtonaires. but hundreds
OF rich Farmers. small-town bankers
and business men who have been
round by the revenue agents to have
been more fragrant defrauders Of the
treasury than the metropolitan pluto
crats who come first to mind when
tax dodging is mentioned. Many pill
lars OF the church and philanthro-
pistss 1t Is said, have been caught In
the meshes of the treasury's net,
The Secretary of the Treasury +
nave Just been told by a-.senator who
Is very close to McAdoo, NOW has
In his possession complete proofs Of
frauds on the income and corporation
taxes which will electrify the countr
when made public. The secretary Is
not vet ready 70 institute the hun
dreds Of suits in which the evidence
Is now regarded as complete, but +
can assure you that he will do so
very soon, possibly before the revenue
bill passes the senate"
1t has now become known that
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
H /. W. W. RAID

There will be very general approval of the action Of
the federal government in taking steps to put an end to
the seditious activities OF the ]. WV. There has been
not a little evaporation on the part of law-abiding people
at the apparent Indifference with which the activities
OF this society were treated. Perhaps the criticism that
has been made has not been merited. Evidently the
agents of the government have not been idle, for we are
told that many Of them have been at work for some
months collecting facts which could be made the basis
OF action.
The raid had been carefully planned. In cities all
over the country the officials entered the offices ofNthe
society at the same hour and seized books, papers and
other equipment, and all Of this material will be exam
tned In order that it may be used to aid in such prose-
BUTTONS as are instituted.
It appears that thus far the officials have been
unable to connect the activities Of the society with the
German propaganda which is known still to be active in
the United States That does not necessarily prove that
there is no such connection. There may be a connection
which is yet to be established. But whatever may be the
facts on this point, the organization known as the /. W.
w. lis now, as it has been since its inception, a menace
to the nation, and just now, whether there exists a con-
nection between the society and the German secret
agencies or not, 1t is an instrument Of service to the Ger
mans who are at war with the United States. It's effect
is to bring Reorganization into the whole industrial re-
lations Of the country, and this is intolerable at a time
when the full force Of the nation is imperatiyely needed
for the prosecution of the war.
There will be appeals to the constitution and the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
PACKING PLANT

The Northern Packing company has decided to in
crease its capital stock from half a million to a million
dollars, and the new stock will be available as soon as
the necessary formalities' can be complied with.
Among the causes for business failure Investigators
place near the head of the list lack of managerial ability
and LACK Of capital. 80
The organizers Of the Northern Packing company,
there must be no risk of failure from either of these caus-
es. They provided against the first by the selection OF
H. R. Elliott as manager of the business. In this they
were guided by the reputation which Mr.. Elliott has made
IN ABOUT 80 years work as the manager Of q remarkably
successful packing business in Duluth and the estimate
which was placed on him by business associates and 9TH
ers who had been we'll acquainted with him for years.
In the matter Of capital, it was expected, as in fact
1T was desired, that an increase Of capital stock would be
made before very long. The company was fortunate in
letting its building contracts when 1t did, as at no time
since they were let could the prices obtained have been
duplicated. Nevertheless, there has been a material ad-
vance in the cost of all materials between the time when
the enterprise was launched and the letting Of the build-
ing contracts. In the work of installation there will be
constant investment until the plant is complete, and on all
these things the scale of prices Las advanced. The price
OF live stock, as every one knows, has reached high levels.
with the end not in sight. 1t takes twice as much money
to handle a thousand hogs at $40 a hundred as at $40.
Because Of these advances the volume Of business done
Will be vastly increased inedollars with the same tonnage
handled. The profits will be proportionately greater, but
more capital will be required to handle the business. For
these and other reasons, among which is the excellent
outlook for business as soon as the plant is complete.
more stock will be issued, and 1t is expected that 1t VIII
find evea more ready purchasers than did the original
issue, for the institution is now better known, and its
work has thus far demonstrated the possession OF sound
business Judgment by all who arg connected with the
management.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07

ingmen they were ridiculous. He was
eager for a count of noses. Over
against the Peoples and Workmen's
Council he set the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy, and called
a convention Of the latter to meet in
Minneapolis simultaneously with the
copperheads. No better way Of crush
ing the venomous head of the latter
could have been devised, for the
boasts ofsLochner and his seditious
satellites had been SO extravaganza that
even conference Of ordinarily re-
spectacle size would have seemed an
anti-c1imax.
But the copperhead confereyce
spectacle size. The rabbit Special"
that left New York Thursday had
been announced to carry from 1900
to 1000 paciflsts. 1t harbored In fact
81. It Is true that the zeal of the de-
voices may have been lessened by the
uncertainty as to their meeting place.
but at the time the train left it was
believed that this doubt had been re-
solved by the selection Of Hudson.
Wisconsin.
Farseeing people will share the
.chagrin Of Mr.. Gompers that the two
conferences, representing sharply con-
trasting American ideals and convic-
tons. could not have been held side
by side. The contrast between the
types of citizenship In the two. not
less than that between their relative
sizes, would ave gone far to show
es with the followers Of La Toilette
and the tools of the kaiserbund.
Herald Want Ads Bring Res,,,ts
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
PROPOSED POWER co. CONTRACT

It is sometimes said, when discussing the proposal
OF the power company to sell electric current to the city,
that 1T Is bad policy to tie the city UP to a corporation"
An examination of the proposal which is under oonstd-
Grafton at this time will show that under this plan there
is no possibility Of the city being tiled up to anyone.
The proposal is that the power company shall render
a definite service to the city, shall sell to it a definite
quantity of a merchantable commodity at a stated price
for the period Of one year; that at the end of the year
the city may renew the contract for another year at the
same figure. or may terminate it; that during the next
five years the city may, If it chooses, renew the contract
from year to year or for a period of ten years, or may
terminate the contract at the end of any year. This
is an arrangement very advantageous to the city, for it
leaves to the city freedom to do as 1t wishes, while the
company is bound, IL the city chooses to exercise its right
under the contract, for as long as ten years.
Consider how such an arrangement would work out.
Suppose that a contract is executed and operates for the
and other material, and of labor, has been lowered to a
point where the city can generate its own power at a
lower cos. Than that under the contract with the COM
pany. In that case the company would be notified that
the city would terminate the contract at the expiration
OF the year. The citys boilers, which would during this
time nave been kept ready for service, would be fired UP,
and the city would proceed to save money by developing
its own power. AS an alternative it might be that the
conditions which lowered the city's cost Of production
would also lower that of the company, and that the COM
pany would be willing, in order to retain the business, to
be a matter Of arrangement, and in no case would the
city be bound for longer than the time for which it had
specifically contracted.
On the other hand, suppose that costs remain sta
tionary, or that, as is not unlikely II the war continues,
they would increase. In that case 1t would be policy for
the city to continue the contract, and the company would
be obliged to furnish the power at the figures now named.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
Maybe 1t Was Error,
But Loyalty Won
(New York SUM-

(New York SUM-
A wise old boy is Mr.. Samuel Com
pers. He knows how to tear the
camoufiage off an adversary's position
andeexpose 1t to the glare of. dayaand
the assaults of his own artillery. And
SO, though the superficial might 5ex-
pect him to rejoice W the homeless
state Of the Knights of the Golden
Pretzel, Gompers grieves. He tele.'
graphed to Governor Burnquist, urg-
ing that he rescind his order denying
the pacifsts the right to meet in
Minnesota. He said: we believe they
should be given no color of excuse for
crying suppression Of free speech
and are anxious that you permit them
to meet in Minneapolis, at least until
their u~tterances become reasonable"
Everything was going to suit Mr..
Gompers. The copperhead crowd pro-
fessed to speak for the people, and
particularly for working people. They
arrogated to their organization the
title THE Peoples and workmen's
Council" They boosted that they had
upon their roster the names of 2,00O,-
900 sympathizers and that Q, 900 dele
gates and 10000 Jealous pporte
would attend their meeting.
The extravaganza Of these claims
was patent to all. To Mr.. Gompers
with his precise knowledge OF the
temper the associations of work
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
TREASON'S MARK

Il had rather have my son rs Is
Heaven Ia France than go to he'll in
America" was the reply OF a-Dailas
(Texas) father to one Of the tribe Of
whispering traitors who ask:HWhy
should we send our boys to fight ii a
foreign land?"
II Germany should win the war in
France h will lose little time IN
transporting her own peculiar variety
of hell to America. Herr Zimmer-
imann's little note, that got lost, shows
she has been doing her best to bless
us with kultnr even under the restrict
ed circumstances so long imposed by
the British navy and our allies who
have been holding the western front.
Men who have invested their most
precious possessionsEtheir sons-in
this war naturally are not choice in
their words when they reply to- the
tnsinuations Of the traitors who begin
Il approve of everything the press
dent has done BUT These phrases
are the trade marks OF treason-no
true American has time for such talk
n0VU N5Sfs&eGT 4ES3e5 aSA@Sgsegf% VaE-1csTa
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
What Britain Aims at in War
what does England want out of the

What does England want out of the
war?
It is in Justice to our ally who, next
to Belgium and France, has felt the
brunt Of the a to consider this
question at this time.
The question Is suggested by one Of
the recent phases OF the kaiser.s
propaganda in this country, as shown
In the u~tterances Of some Of the kais-
er's newspapers.
These have done their best TO ere.
ate h impression that Britain In
Some mysterious way is blocking peace
negotiations until she a grab GER
tain advantages, or territories.
Il is just as false as all the other
stories which the kaiser lovers have
sprung Il Is false on the wIele and
In the first place 1t is not Britafn,s
say as to when peace shall be de-
clared. As the banker pf the Allies,
the United States through President
Wilson can call the war on at anv
time. As the principal military power
in b alliance, France can do the
same thing.
What England does want out Of the
IS best explained by the record
OF vhat England has asked for.
F1rst-She wants Germany to ref
out of Belgium. she declared war On
Germany, when Germany reused to
stay out OF Belgium. and offered Ger
many every opportunity to preserve
b peace BY submitting every issue
rs arbitration.
Utterly u~nprepared Tor war, Britain
only drew the sword when Germany
~repudiated every obligation Of their
5psnt treaty guaranteeing Belgium
neutrality.
Necona-Brttain wants Germauy 10
respect the freedom OF the seas-fo
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
BY Harry B. Hunt.

By Harry b. Hunt.
STAFF Special.
Washington, Sept. 7.-Uncle Sans
navy experts are not combining their
attention solely to combating the SUBJ
marine. With an eye to the less im-
mediate future they have given the
problem of building submarines con
~sideration second only to sinking
them.
AS q result, the United States has
made o Roadway In submarine de-
velopment. in the last four months,
than she would haye in years of
peace. This applies not only to
rapidly of construction. but to inn
provement which will put our SUBJ
marines ahead Of Germany's.
Submarine construction has been
speeded up to the limit. Both the
number and size have been increased.
Large submersibles Of 1000 tons and
over, with a wide cruising radius,
have been laid down and plans made
for giant submarines up to 1900 tons.
So important have the naval au-
thorities' held submarine construction
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
Humanity Unknown
Virtue In The Zeal
For Frightfulness
OF The Prussians

The Welt am Montag,"' a Berlin
newspaper, recently printed an ac-
count Of an incident connected with
the sinking Of the French ship Athos
about $50 miles east Of Malta last win
Two German prisoners were ship
ped from Saigon in Asia for France
in the Athos. On February II. the
ship was ~torpedoed by a German SUBJ
marine. The prisoners were in the
lower cabin and regarded themselves
lost. To their amazament, the
n them in charge, ran down in the
sinking vessel, unlocked their door
and set them free.
They managed to ave themselves
by swimming, but the generous
Frenchman lost his life as a result
Of his humanity, When the prisoners
reached Marseilles they voluntarily
signed a statement in which they paid
a tribute of gratitude to their dead
b~enefactor. $m
The Welt am Montag" makes this
comment:
Huge quantities OF documents OF
hate are being published almost daily
It is fitting to point out from time to
time that humanity toward the en-
envy also puts forth its blossoms In
time Of war"
One is forced to speculate whether
q blush of shame mantled the cheek
OF the German who wrote that para
graph. So far as we are aware, hu-
mainly toward the enemy Is a bios
som that Is totally unknown to Ger
mans. To the contrary, they have
made hideous war more hideous by
their ~inhumanity, their lack of all de-
cency and chivalry and fair play, their
constant atrocities.
Thew do mt orho Hsrr1o.x 4x~3S.,s Il
nary craftsmanship Of the good fight-
or. They bomb schoolhouses and slay
little children. They fire on hospitals
n kill wounded. They torpedo and
sink hospital ships filed with sick
men. They make q bluff at rescuing
their ship has been sunk, and then
deliberately submerge the submarine,
leaving the men to drown like doomed
rats IN a tub Of water. They come
up to the enemy. with hands aloft in
token of surrender, crying "kamer-
!. n then, when in throwing dis
lance, squirt liquid fire over their foes.
There is nothing hateful, nothing
vile in the history Of the wars Of the
world of which the Germans haye.not
been guilty. They seem deliberately
to have put themselves beyond the
pale Of civilization. They are reck-
less Of the fact tina they have placed
q blot upon the German name that
can never be wiped out and that will
never fade. In their lust for power.
in their zeal.for friehtfu1ness, in their
belief in the efficacy Of ruthlessness.
they have left nothing untried.
War with them is no longer COM
bat. It Is something more than over
coming. the foe. Robbed Of all chiy-
airy, gallantry, humanity, was as prac-
ticed by the Germans is sheer horrible
murder. To achieve II, they stop at
nothing. They are bound by no rules
of honor, by no respect for the spoken
word, by no regard for decency,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
America Building as Well as
Destroying Submarines; Future
lnuasion Thus to BE Prevented

to be that repeated shipping board re-
quests to suspend it, so shipbuilders
might help build commercial vessels,
have been refused. The work has
been subordinated only to building
d~estroyers and other patrol boats for
the submarine These were
needed for immediate warfare. A
changed condition. however. by no
means impossible IL some method Of
curbing Germany's submarines was
not found. might force this country
inside a year to defend her own
coasts. And submarines offer the
best defense.
The big submarine problem is the
motors and delicate Internal mechan-
isms.
Thanks to American inventive
genius. a e has been found for
detecting German submarines even
when sailing completely submerged.
The likelihood Of the United States
needing an increased submarine f1eet
in the immediate future is thus les
sened. But this war has taught the
lesson of preparedness.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-07
THE MAKING OF OUR FLAG.

! know where the prettiest colors are.
And I'm sure if I only knew
How to get them here, T could make
q flag
of the Red. and the white and
@ Blue.
Ia cut q piece from the evening sky.
Where the stars were shining
through, sT
And use it just as 1t was on high
For my stars and the field of<-bIue.
I'd want q part or a fleecy loud
And some red from a rainbow
bright;
Ana put them together side by side:
For my stripes OF the red and white.
We shall always love the stars ana
Stripes,
And we 9 to be ever true
TO this land OF ours ana the dear XII
flag,
The RED; ana the white ana the
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