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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-05
Lost in Wonder.

Can you tell me what part women
played in the recent presidential cleo
tion?"
NO" answered Mr.. Twobble. 81
was so excited over Mrs. Twohble's
first visit to voting booth that / did
not notice what other women were do
ing"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-05
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-05
They Also Served.

II presume some of these campaign
orators who worked so hard for Mr..
Wilson will expect to be rewarded?"
"Oh, yes. l wonder what will be
done for the specialists who answered
hurry calls to spray the orators
thrOats?'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10

your territory to lag one whit in fear
of losses from inability to harvest
their wheat. You can take this assur-
ance as absolute.
"The question of prices is one that
cannot be answered with a definite as
sertion at this time, but the farmer
should not worry about prices. No
matter how abundant the crop, the
world shortage of foods already exists,
and no matter how much produce we
raise this year, prices are bound to
stand at high level even if all war
should cease today"
The Minot Association Of Commerce
is keeping in close touch with the sit
uation, and will see to it that all farm
ers in this section of the state have all
the help required. The Association is
already working through County Ag-
ent Peck's Office and with the Police
Department of this city to see that all
men looking for work on farms are
sent out and put to work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
o Q o Q Q . . . o o q . o .

The campaign against DR.. Won Beth
mann ollweg, the German imperial
chancellor, is again in full swing. The
Conservatives, although insisting, as
usual, that the other parties observe
a political truce in the interests of the
fatherland, have adopted and published
set of resolutions sharply attacking
the chancellor and censuring the gov
eminent for weakness and vaccillation
on the peace question and in dealing
with the strike problem
The resolutions express grave grief
and concern at the steadily growing
influence of the Socialists, whose peace
making efforts are declared to be lead
ing Germany to the brink Of ruin.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
SAYS SCANDINAVIANS ARE
ON VERGE OF STARVATION

Lars Nelson Of Lunds Valley, in
Mountrail county, arrived in Minot en-
route home from an extended visit at
his old home in Denmark. He had a
hard time getting passage. The boat
left Denmark April and the only one
leaving previous to then was on Janu-
airy II. There is a food shortage in
Denmark and Lars is glad to get back
where he can once more get square
meal. While in the city he was enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Alex D. Hag-
enstein. He says that bread and sug-
ar are secured only by tickets and one
man is allowed but a pound Of sugar q
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
Death Of Little Hecker Babe

Myrtle, the two-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thaddeus Heck
er, passed away at local hospi-
tai last Thursday morning after
a short illness from meningitis.
The funeral was held from the Meth
odist church Saturday afternoon, the
pastor, Mr.. Clifford, preaching COM
appropriate solo. The floral tributes
were profuse. The remains Of the
dear little one, were inferred in Rose
Hill cemtery.
Miss Cora Hecker, Minneapolis
nurse, who is a sister of Mr.. Hecker,
arrived to attend the funeral
The heartbroken parents have the
sincerest sympathy of their many
friends.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
Des Laos, N. D., April %

Editor independent:
Dear Sir: 8
! am sending you two of the old
songs of the Civil War of 1865 which
have revised to suit the present time,
hoping that they will meet with your
appreciation. I would like to see
them in print. ] am "a years old and
! lived thru that war and ! know
what war means. / have q son in
Bramsboth Camp Eng. 10th Co. Cam
adam Engs., and if ! had a dozen sin-
gle boys would give them my bless
ing and ask Gods protection for them
and send them forth to fight for their
country and the dear old flag.
Yours for our Country's freedom,
MRS. LOUISA WATERMAN,
Better known as Grandma Water
man.
Marching to Germany.
(The old song of Marching Thru Geor-
gia revised
Bring the good old bugle boys, we'll
sing another song
Sing with a spirit that will start the
world along;
Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty
IIlOuSduU SCTOnR,
While we put down this oppression.
CHORUS
Hurrah! Hurrah Well bring the jubi-
lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! for our flag on land
and sea!
So We'll sing the chorus from here to
While We put down this oppression.
How the Belgians shouted when they
heard the joyful sound;
And from our friends the Frenchmen
too, a welcome we have found;
How the English aviators started from
the ground
While we put down this oppression.
CHORUS
"The u. S. dashing Yankee boys shall
never reach our coast!'
So the saucy Germans say-it is a
handsome boast;
But had they not forgot, alas, to
reckon with the host p
While we put down this oppression.
CHORUS
So We'll make a thoroughfare for free
dom and her train,
A thousand miles in. latitude; three
thousand to the main;
Germans flee before US, for resistance
is in vain
While we put down this oppression.
CHORUS "a
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
Weatherwax Is Now County Treasurer

Fred A. Weatherwax, who was elect
ed county treasurer of Ward county
at the November election, is now in
charge Of the Office, the term Of Carl
Lindberg, who was treasurer foY, four
years, having expired the first Of May.
Mr.. Weatherwax has been deputy
treasurer for years and is considered
one Of the county's ablest officials. He
is tireless worker, genial and accom-
modating and will make an excellent
record.
Mr.. Lindberg, who has a host Of
friends in all parts Of North Dakota,
recently opened clothing and furnish
ings store on South Main street where
he will be found in the future.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
GRAND FORKS BUSINESS
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN

A. Abrhamson, for 40 years resi-
dent of Grand Forks, was killed Mon
day afternoon while attempting to
drive his Ford auto across the G.. N.
tracks 10 miles south Of Grand Forks.
The car was. hurled so feet through q
fence and the body Is feet further.
Abrahamson was president Of the
Grand Forks Fruit Co. and Is years
ago was treasurer of Grand Forks
county. He leaves wife and two mar
ried daughters.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10

week. Nails that formerly cost 60
cents package are now selling for
$3.50. The general impression in Dem
mark is that Germany is on her last
legs, he says. Norway and Sweden
are said to be very short Of food be-
cause they sold themselves too short
to the Germans, tempted by the high
prices, and he believes the Scandinav-
ian countries are on the verge Of star
walton.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
New SULPHUR Bath Parlors Open

The new Kruse sulphur vapor baths
installed in the Erickson barber shop
were opened to the public today. -Four
of these famous baths were installed
in the place with competent attend
ant in charge. The baths are said to
have great medicinal qualities and will
undoubtedly receive the patronage
they deserve. .#. ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this means Of
thanking our many friends for their
many acts Of kindness at the time Of
the illness and following the death Of
our dearly beloved little one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaddeus Hecker.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10

Golden brown ramie linen cut one
piece, plated base on short front
oke, makes this practical gown. White
ramie, slightly picked out with brown
hand embroidery, gives the cuffs, col
lar and loose belt
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
TRADE EXPERTS WANTED
Position of Commercial Attaehe In
Several Countries Open.

High cIast men are wanted by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce to I'LL positions as CONNER
eial attaches in foreign countries. An
examination will be held by the Civil
Service Commission April 70, and the
names Of applicants who successfully
pass placed on an eligible list for ap-
pointment to vacancies as they occur
in South America, Australia, and the
Far East.
Commercial attaches are frequently
termed trade diplomats" They re-
ceive salaries up to $1,000 a year. and
as they are accredited by the State
Department to the embassies or le-
cations in the countries to which they
are assigned, Thea have a diplomatic
standing. Only high-grade men are
wanted as they must represent the
American Government and American
business before the principal govern
ment officials and the most important
business men in foreign countries
They must have the personality that
such a position requires, must know
business, and must be sufficiently
familiar with manufacturing, trade,
and finance to exercise good judgment
in cases that will involve trading and
financial transactions.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
VIRGINIANS BUSY
Residents Along Old Dominion Rail
way Invest In CuItIvatIna Tools.

The home garden idea is permeat-
ing to the most remote spots of Wash
ington, but Suburbanites are leading
their city COUSINS in marching to the
garden spot this spring.
Commuters on the Washington and
Old Dominion line have thought for
the past week that the traction com
pany is in league with hardware deal
ers, Judging from the number of
spades, hoes, rakes, grass cutters,
picks, seed boxes, corn planters and
other parts OF garden manicuring sets
that get free ride out from the city
every afternoon during the rush
hours. The, conversation among com
muters who may or may not happen
TO be neighbors runs strictly along
agricultural lines.
The home garden incubation Is TAX
ing, and everybody who lives across
the oPtomac and has a square yard of
garden plot Is boosting the hardware
trade by laying in supplies Of corn
and beet cultivators and mole chasers.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
BRAZIL MAY WAGE
WAR ON GERMANY
Sinking Of Parana Brings Ten
sion to Point Of
Rupture.

RIO DE JANEIRo, April e-Brazil
may declare war on Germany. ofnciaI
announcement today of the sinking
Of the Brazilian steamer Parana, kin.
ing three Brazilian citizens. aroused
the most intense antt-German fasI-
ing here.
The situation Is most grave;
declaration OF war against Germany
may be necessary" declared Foreign
Secretary Muller today. g 80
1t was generally expected today
that Brazil would seize all German
ships interned In her harbors, and I'm
mediately proclaim, hOstilitiea against
Germany. There was intense anxiety
today as to how the situation would
be affected by the presence Of 500, 900
Germans In the. Brazilian state OF
Rio Grande do Sui
Information here today indicated
that Bolivia would probably follow
Brazil in declaring war on Germany.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
RED CROSS MEETING
TO SET NEW RECORD
President May Attend and Talks
Will Be Made by Baker
and Daniels.

District officers OF American Red Cross
have completed the last detail for the
demonstration in Memorial Continental
Hall tonight and confidently expect to
stir more enthusiasm for the service
than has ever before been shown In this
city.
Both Secretary Of War Baker and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels win be
heard. but whether President Wilson
can leave his multifarious duties long
enough to appear Will not be decided
until the last moment
Admission will be by card only, and
the demand for the coveted invita-
tions has all but swamped the head
quarters at 1901 Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. 1t is apparent that an audi
torium several times as large as Con-
tinental Hall could be filled without
difficulty.
Silence is maintained by Chairman
Fl. b. F. Macfarland, of the finance
committee, who makes no announce
ments OF contributions to the 500, 900
fund started Wednesday night. He
will make public new. contributors
from the stage at this evenings meet
ing.
Newman to Preside.
Commissioner Oliver P. Newman
will preside. He will be introduced
by Rear Admiral N. q. Mason. The
tentative program follows:
Invocation by the Rev. DR.. Roland
Cotton Smith.
National Hymn. my Country, It's
Of Thee" by Marine Band. quartet
and audience.
The President of the United States
III he can appear).
Address by the Secretary OF War.
Address By the Secretary of the
Navy.
Address by Miss Mable Boardman
on the work OF the women's volun-
teer Aid OF the Red Cross
Address by DR.. Ryan Devereux on
the work of the Mems Volunteer Aid
of the Red Cross.
Report OF Chairman II. B. r. Mac
farland of the finance cormittee.
Address by Eliot Wadsworth, vice
chairman OF the central committee, OF
the general work of the American Red
Cross.
National anthem, THE star-spangIed
Banner" by Marine Band. quartet
and audience
Marine Band Concert.
From 8 o'clock to $50, while the
audience Is assembling, the Marine
Band will play patriotic numbers, and
the program proper will start at $50.
A troop Of Boy Scouts will act as
ushers
A number Of buildings. including two
garages. have been offered the refresh
ment division OF the Red Cross. where
they may set up kitchens and mess halls
to servs troops on the march. In addi-
ton the Fidelity Storage Company has
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
CAUTIONS AGAINST
PLANTING TOO MUCH
Agent Connolly Says Amateur
cultivators often Exceed
Capacity.

DO not try to overplant the space
In your garden" is the advice of
Field Demonstration Agent Conolly,
Of the Department OF Agriculture,
who has spent the last week looking
over the back yard and open lot city
farms of the District.
Some of the owners" said Mr.
Connolly, SHOW a tendency to over
plant the small space available. 1t
IS better to get good crops and q
few vegetables than to attempt to
raise every vegetable knbwn to
man.
''In planting any garden a plan is
necessary. The more limited the
garden space, the more thought 1t
Will require to plant q successful
garden and to apportion It to the
various crops to get the maximum
production
''If your yard or lot is of limited
space, just try to select a few vege-
tables which you especially like, and
which will yield good returns.
For q very small space such vege-
tables as lettuce, radishes, onions
(sets), beets, carrots, and parsley
will be some of the best crops. A
few tomato plants and pole beans
which can be trained to the fence,
out of the way, are also very good
to grow.
In gardens OF larger size room
can be made for potatoes, peppers,
eggplant, cabbage, caulihower, snap
beans, and SO on. In still larger gar
dens cucumbers, summer and winter
squash, melons, sweet corn, spinach,
and sweet potatoes can be raised"
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
SEED DISTRIBUTION
PROGRAM ENLARGED
F. w. BoIgiano Company Will
Send Out 10000 Pack
ages for Gardeners.

In view OF the rapid expansion OF
the home and school garden move
ment inaugurated by The Times this
year, the F. W. Bolgiano Seed ana
Fertilizer Company has Increased It's
annual distribution of seed through
the District schools by 10000 pack
ages. This company has also donated
a half ton of manufactured fertilizer
to the Central Garden Committee for
distribution.
For the last fifteen years it has been
the custom of the Bolgiano Company
to distribute 0.000 packages Of gar
den seed through the schools. They
are sold at l cent package, approx
mateIy one-fourth of a cent below
cost The number of packages to be
distributed by the first week in May
this year will be 250O00.
Not @For Nothing"
"The principal object in charging
the penny a package" representatives
Of the company said this morning, us
based on the psychology of the PROPOSE
tion that a child or anyone else VIII
throw away anything he gets for
nothing"
Distribution and utilization Of these
seeds will be under direction Of Miss
Susan B. Sipe, critic teacher Of nature
study subjects at Wilson Normal
School, assisted by Miss Alma Baker.
The Boy Scouts have formally en-
tered the home garden project by ap-
pointing EIlph Campbell as delegate
to the central committee. Mr.. Camp
bell attended the committee meeting
yesterday.
The central garden committee this
morning appointed Harold L. McAllis-
ter secretary. Offices were opened in
room 304 Star building. H. NJ. Con-
molly, field demonstration agent of the
Department of Agriculture in the Dis
trict, will also have a desk in this
office.
To Prepare Plots
Members of the central committee
are trying to find contractors who
will cultivate garden land at a nomi-
nal rate, to save city gardeners from
exorbitant charges for plowing and
other heavy tilling.
Efforts will also be made to retain
haulers to distribute street sweepings
and other fertilizer.
Next week the committee will Sc
lect demonstration garden sites. Mr..
Connolly will visit these gardens at
least once a week and meet gardeners
of the section in which they are To-
Gated, to give advice on planting and
cultivation.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
NEW HOME FOR REINDEER
Quebec Government VIII Set Aside
Island for Two Hundred.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April 8.
Negotiations are under way with a
view to having the government Of
the province Of Quebec take over the
remaining 200 reindeer of the herd,
brought from Lapland. in 1907 by DR.
Wilfred T. GrenfelI, Labrador medical
missionary 1t is arranged that the
animals shall be Transferred from
their present quarters, mt St An
thony, Newfoundland. to an island
off the Meccatina district of Quebec.
where they would be safe from at
tacks by dogs. s r, = :
Dr. Grenfell intended to place the.
reindeer in Labrador, where II .wss
hoped they might prove more useful
than dogs as beasts OF burden. Tbs
original herd Of 800 increased to 600.
but lack Of funds to employ skilled
keepers resulted In the death Of many
reindeer and the abandonment of The
project A.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
MISS BANGS, FUNERAL.

Funeral services for Miss Laura
Bangs. for thirty-five years an employe
Of the Pension Bureau. and for several
years soloist In the choir at the Mt
Vernon NJ. E. Church South. who died
suddenly in the Plymouth on wednes-
day. will be held at her apartment to-
morrow morning at II o'clock. Inter-
ment win be in Congressional Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the late
James C. and Mary Gormley Bangs. old
residents OF the city. Three brothers.
David C. Bangs. OF Chicago; William
Tudor Bangs. OF Denver; Gale C. w.
Dangs, Of Salem. Ore. and two sisters,
Mrs. L. A BremerInann. of Chicago,
and Mrs. Gertrude L. Britton, Of this
city. survive her.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
CIVIL SERVICE VESTS SOON.

Fourteen civtl service examinations
to obtain stenographers and typewrit-
ers for the department service here.
technical men for the field, services 81
the United States, many OF than on
war supplies. and medical intsrnes at
St Elizabeth's Hospital here, have
been scheduled by the Civil Ssryiee
Commission for the near future.
In addition to those mentioned
eligibles for the following positions
are wanted: Assistant inspector of.
engineering material, air craft; in
spector OF caps; computer and Junior
computer; subinspector. electrical;
grazing assistant; apprentice. litho-
graphic craftsman; Investigator I'm,
marketing; grain supervisor; mechan-
ical draftsman; metallurgical en-
gineer; assistant in plant nutrition.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
DOGS WIN POLICE JOB
Two From Trenches Gain Fame To-
Their Woman Owner.

HEMPSTEAD, N. Y, April 6.-Mrs
Leo F. F. wanner, a member of the
Meadow Brook colony, was appointed
a special police officer by Chief OF
Police Vandewater yesterday because
of her success in trailing burglars
aided by her own trained police dogs.
dogs.
Mrs. wanner, who Is q breeder OF
dogs, recently acquired two trench
dogs from the French front.
Mrs. Manner gained her fame as q
police and in running down with her
dogs, q gang OF burglars at Bay
Shore recently after the dogs hao
trailed the men miles through under
brush to a bayloft, where they had
sought refuge.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
USE THIS BLANK TO
HELP RED CROSS

District Of Columbia Chapter
American National Red Cross.
Cuno II. Rudolph. Esq, Financial
Secretary. Finance Committee.
1901 Massachusetts, avenue.
Sir: 1 hereby promise to pay to
the District Of Columbia Chapter
of the American National Red
Cross. the total sum Of i.........
to be made IN. payments
OF each. the nrst pay
ment to be made on.
Nane s...--............
Adoress ......--...-......
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
SHE HAS TWO HUSBANDS.

ATHENS, Ohio, April 6.-Mrs. Sarah
Philips Rizer, Jacksonville, has two
living husbands, but according to Q
ruling Of the court the one she mar
ried more than forty years ago is
legally dead, despite his appearances
at her home recently to reclaim her
as his wife. Her first husband disap-
peared twoscore years ago. Ten
years later, on being told that her
husband was dead, she married Rizer.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
GARDEN CONTEST
REQUIRES SPEED

II you intend to enter The
Times garden contest, please send
In your application before you
start planting, in order that an
accurate record may be kept Of
the progress made. Any vege-
table garden, large or small, will
be admitted into the contest
Planting should be done at once.
In ten days it will be too late.
Send In your name and address
at once.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
G. w. U. pEeATERs WIN.

The George Washington debating
team defeated the team from Wash
ington and Jefferson last night at the
Public Library on the question. RE
solved, That the United States Should
Adopt Universal Military Training"
The George Washington team, COM
posed of w. z. Kemp. Talma L. Smith,
and H. S. Taylor, upheld the aftirma-
tive side.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06

agreed to store free of charge all Sup
plies for the base hospital to be es-
tablished in Washington. and to COM
municate with reputable storage firms
In other cities to induce them to make
SIMILAR offers. In all the Red Cross
will establish twenty-five base hospitals
for the army and five for the navy.
More Coutributisas Made.
Subscriptions announced by the IL
nance committee. IN addition to those
printed in The Times yesterday. fol-
low: