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The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
HAGAN DISAPPR0VES
Low PRICE OF WHEAT

Commissioner of Agriculture &
Labor John H. Hagan heartily disap-
proves of proposals to fix the price
of wheat at Sligo and has advised
the committee that unless fair price
is fixed there will be a serious reduc-
tlon in the acreage next year. He
declares the farmers borrowed money
to buy expensive seed and have paid
exhorbitant prices for everything into
the raising of crop on the assurance
that they would receive a fair price.
According to state papers Commits
sloner Hagan also advised Mr.. Hoover
as to the condition now existing with
$1.39 offered for wheat at Dickinson
and So at Bismarck. This is either a
error or a willful Misrepresentation
on the part of the commissioner as at
no time during the year has milling
wheat in this city brought less than
So per bushel, and the present price
varies but little from that paid at
Bismarck or other points in the state.
The railroad commission wired Mr..
Hoover for an Interpretation of cir
cular called to the boards attention
by a number of elevators suggesting
that clause be attached to the stor-
age tickets permitting the sale of
wheat at the elevators at the market
price at the end of 80 days and re-
quiring farmers to accept the price
offered at that time. This circular
was addressed to terminal elevators
but is ambiguous in it's wording and
has apparently been sent broadcast to
all elevators in the state.
The matter first came to the at
tention of the railroad commission
when elevator managers wrote in ask
ing permission to adopt the 30-day
clause and grain growers wrote in
protests.
The commission has had no official
advice from Mr.. Hoover and in it's
telegram suggests the advisability of
proper cooperation and insists that
Mr.. Hoover advise North Dakota
farmers just what he expects of them.
The situation throughout the state
is reported to be tense, the grain buy
ers feeling that they are not being
treated fairly.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

Food and other conservation goes
on apace, thanks to the persistent agi-
tation of the past few months. The
great hotels and restaurants Of the
country have practically agreed on
two meatless days week with no
veal at any time. Strange as it may
seem, even the president Of the
Standard Oil Company has made an
appeal to auto users to cut down on
pleasure trips in order to conserve
gasoline. There is no question about
it, the time has come for every person
to do his bit to win the war and hap
PLY we can all add our mite to the
grand total. For instance, you who
read these lines, have you adopted the
meatless day, and, at least one meal
a week, corn instead of wheat bread ?
Not much on each, no preceptible sac
rifce, yet when adopted in millions of
homes it constitutes tremendous
saving.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

An unarmcd vessel is sailing on the
high seas on her legitimate errand.
Without warning German torpedo is
sent into her vitals. The crew of
thirty-cight take to the life boats.
The submarine energies and COM
mands the luckless men to mount her
deck. The life boats are destroyed,
the life prcservers thrown into the
sea, the U-boat submerges and the
victims are drowned like so many
rats in tub of water. This in short
is the tragic story of the Belgian
Prince torpcdoed on the last day of
last month. Think it over a minute,
you slackers and pacifists and traitors
to your country, who would still take
the desperate chance of having the
Huns invade your own shores and
make Belgium Of America.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

A few days ago Sheriff Thompson
and States Attorney Crimson of Cav
aier county, up in the northern part
of the state, were notified that the
people of Munich needed help of the
authorities, as about 40 I. W. w.
members were camped in the jungles
at that place and were intimidating
the laborers and insisting on a higher
wage scale than the farmers felt they
could afford to pay.
The officials took the matter under
advisement and decided to get to the
bottom of the trouble and secured two
fellows from other places to tog up
as working men and mix with the
gang at Munich for few days and
find out what was doing.
The plan worked out nicely and the
fellows sent there by the sheriff
played their parts we'll and got next
to the I. w. w. program. The I. w.
w. members plan to hold out for a
straight wage of $4.00 per day for
shocking and they expect to demand
$500 per day for threshing. When
the time was ripe, the deputies work
ing under the sheriff notified him that
they had plenty Of evidence that men
were being intimidated, who were
willing to work for $3.50 per day.
Sheriff Thompson went over and ar
rested seven of the leaders and had
them confined in the county jail.
The men arrested and the leaders Of
this gang insisted that Governor
Frazier would not stand for their be-
ing arrested and wanted to wire him
of their trouble. They also proposed
to wire other officials and assured
Thompson, that he would very shortly
be ousted from office. However,
Sheriff Thompson took a chance on
that and landed the gang in the
county Jail and told them to get busy
on any action that they desired.
They protested against being
searched and said the governors proc
lamation assured them Of protection
against such searches. The sheriff,
however, searched all of the fellows
arrested and among the collection Of
I. w. w. literature found in their
possession the following letter was
discovered.
The following is complete copy
and as near an exact reproduction as
possible of the letter given us for
publication by the authorities:
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN
DUSTRIAL UNION, NO. 400
of the I. w. w.
Aug. 8, 1917. Solidarity Bulletin
No. 81.
Fellow Workers.. Z
Some Nonpartisan League farmers
are hiring WobbleAs out of the Hall
at Fargo, N D., and paying $4.O0 per
day for shocking & say that with out
doubt the wages will be $500 per
day for threshing.
The Governor of N Dak., has is
sued proclamation to all Peace Off
GERS, Prosecuting Attorneys, Sheriff
and Marshalls that they must not
search men who are passing through
the State or who are waiting in Town
FOR job unless, they first get a
search warranat. Under no circum-
stance will vigilanti committees to
tolerated. Any officer Of. the Law
who fails to carry out the Governors
instructions will be promptely re-
moved from office. The Governor
says that men have a right to stay
in Town & try to raise wages if they
can. He claims that /. w. w. men
are human beings, & as such have
certain rights under the Laws Of the
u. S. And that while he is Governor
Of N. Oak. these rights Of the men
who come to the state to harvest the
lcrops will & must be respected.
From all parts OF the state Of
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
DO YOUR DUTY.

The large number Of drafted men
who have filed claims for exemption,
because of dependents, are causing
the exemption boards no end Of
worry, and the magnitude of these
claims have brought about condition
which may result in withdrawing the
dependent clause altogether and thus
work great hardship on those who are
rightly entitled to exemption. It is
only natural that men should shirk
soldering and it is equally natural
that their dependents and relatives
should seek to have them excused
from military duty, but America is in
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
OUR WAR.

America has entered the war
against war. We have taken up arms
against the government, the system,
the little imperial group which holds
life SO cheuply; to "l1om justice, civil
lization and h"M:n rights mean no,h-
ilc.
The signs Of yo;icc are still with us.
There is 1t this date neither blood
shed at our door nor want within our
homes.
But we are in the war, and our
fate and the destiny Of liberty lies in
the hands Of ALL AMERICA.
Here is the appalling fact. If we
hid been ready to enter this war, it
would never have been necessary for
US to enter it at all. Germany would
not have dared to challenge us.
But we had no strong army-no
mass Of trained men; no modern arms
and equipment. Germany knew this
better than the average American
knew it. She laughted at William
Jennings Bryan when he claimed that
the United States could raise million
men between sunrise and sunset. She
knew that even if there were million
willing men, they would be useless
without at least a years training.
There are a hundred million of US.
The day after war was declared only
few hundred men offered to defend
the flag.
Keep this fact in mind; if we had
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

been prepared, there would have been
no war. Herein lies the big lesson we
must learn. The sooner we are pre-
pared to fight, the sooner peace will
come to the world.
Each one of US must be ready,
ready to work, or to do that harder
thing-send out our men to the
battle field.
The children of the men of today
will be marked as the sons Of soldiers
or the children of slackers.
This is world war against war.
Your children will be ashamed of you
if you do not shoulder your part in
the defense of liberty.-The Woman's S
Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
[. w. w. Gang Asks Rights
j; Accorded by Governor

South Dakota, this Office has letters
& other evidence on hand showing
that the so-called vigilantes Of that
State are using the most barber
Gus & brutal treatment on members
of the I. w. w. THIS MUST STOP.
We have tried fighting them with the
Law G. Still the FOUL WORK goes
on, time & again we have been ac-
cused of being dynamiters, gun men,
etc., & if this kind Of work continues
against members of our organization,
no one need be surprised should some
victim of this brutal mob take the
Law into his own hand & proceed as
he sees fit.
At Leeds, N. Dak., rye harvest is on
in full swing. Wages $4.OO for ~
hrs. nearly all I. w. w. men on the
job. An organization has recently
been formed among the business
sharks of the state for the purpose OF
discreditmg the I. w. w. speakers,
travelling by autos over the State
holding meetings, advising farmers to
buy huge supplies before harvest to
enable the business men to close
their stores during the regular harvest
rush, so they can send their clerks in
to the fields. Also advising women to
help harvest the grain. They are ad-
vising any & all means to break up
the /. w. w. After the speaking,
they pass the hat asking for liberal
contribution. This is another fine
scheme of graft advanced by Real Es-
tate Sharks for the purpose Of shin
ming the farmers. In South Dakota
this tribe of sharks swindled the
farmers with fire insurance. They led
the farmers to believe that the !. W..
w. was coming to burn their crops.
The farmers of South Dakota fell for
the scheme. The farmers of North
Dakota are not so easy. The farmers
of Leeds are going to have meeting
& have invited all I. w. WIS to at
tend same for the purpose of setting
wage scale. They have also invited
all the un-organized to attend this
meeting Whatever scale they set, it
should not be less than $500 per day
for threshing. ~'+
Fellow Workers by name Of Rey-
nolds & Karkia have been held with
out charges in Jail at Manhattan,
Kan. but got away. Two other TEL
low workers are still held there, the
names of one of them is Knapp.
Ellsworth, Mimi, threshing has
started. Men scarce. We don't know
about the wages. -,
1925 a day for harvesting at Cando,
N. D. -. =,
The Strike in S. Dak., is proving to
be success The farmers are rails
ing wages as a result Of the walkout.
A little aggressive action on the part
of members will prove more effective
than any effort the best lawyer could
put forth. In the first place there is
no law in Aberdeen. City, County y
State officials are all in on the game
Of hold up, beat UP, rob & murder
wobblies. To attempt to obtain relief
by means Of the law in a place where
no law exists is a waste of time, en-
ergy & money. e
Forrest Edwards, Sec-Treas.
Ted Fraser,
Chairman Organization Comm.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

1t is not so long since Henry Ford
was working to get Europe's boys out
of the trenches by Christmas and
now he is doing his considerable bit
to get Americas boys in them by
early fall. There's never any telling
what the whirligig of time will bring
about.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
STORM PUTS PHONES
OUT OF COMMISSION

During the heavy wind and rain
storm last week the local telephone
company suffered quite a little in
convenience. The high wind swung
the heavy cables in the downtown dis
trict and they were broken in several
places, allowing the rain to reach the
hundreds of small copper wires. 388
phones were out of commissions for
while until the damage could be re-
paired.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

Several socialist papers have re-
Gently been excluded from the mails.
Of course there is a howl about cur
failing the liberty Of the press, but
it isn't liberty these fellows crave
it is license. The time has come to
suppress incendiary words, be they
printed or spoken, and no legitimate
newspaper of unquestioned loyalty
need have any fear of governmental
interference. The other kind should
be confscated and the responsible
owners imprisoned.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
Chairman Organization Comm.

Nice, France, has named one Of it's
principal streets after the United
States, in honor of Americas entrance
into the war.
Edward de Valera, leader in the
recent Irish Rebellion who was sent
enced to life Imprisonment, has been
elected to Parliament. b 5;.ss5 Yss3$
Socialists in the United States have
issued a proclamati conde defmning our
war with Germany as the s.most un-
justified in the history Of the world.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

to heaven and have asked the porter
to wake them when the train is pull
ing into the yards of the New Jerusa-
lem. But I tell you they're going to
get hot-box on the way!
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

A great war invention by Thomas
A. Edison is frequently limited at 1t
not directly promised. Edison himself
says nothing, but no doubt he has
done much thinking in recent months
and in the case of such a man there
ought to be big results.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

st. Johns church, Alexander Coffin
rector. There will be no services un-
til the second Sunday in September.
The next service therefore will be on
September 9. Holy Communion and
sermon at 1890 a. m. The Sunday
school will open on that date, at the
usual hour, 12 o'clock.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

The United States Army has Just
awarded contracts for 2,105,O pairs
of shoes at $4.73 a pair, 12c lower
than in May.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25

Billy Sunday says: Some people
believe they've got Pullman ticket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
SPORTS

New York, January 13.-Several golfers of national reputation will be driven from Americas amateur ranks by the application of the new defini- tion of amateurs approved early to- day at the annual meeting of the Uni ted States Golf association. The meet ing also sustained the rule under which Francis Ouimet.- Paul Tewkes- bury and J. H. Sullivan. Jr, of the Woodland. Mass. Golf club were de- prived of their amateur standing.
 A motion for a direct vote on the action of the executive committee in giving notice to the disqualified golf CTS and calling upon the Woodland club to withdraw their names from the handicap list of the Massachu- setts Golf association was ruled out of order after the vote on the main question had shown Ouimet's friends were well in the minority.
 After spirited debate lasting long after midnight the delegates by vote of 80 to 12 upheld report of the executive committee sharply restrict ing the status of an amateur.
 The rule as amended and adopted makes ineligible as an amateur the player "engaging in any business con- nected with the game of golf' where in "one's usefulness or profits arise because of the skill or prominence in the game of golf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
TENNIS OFFICIALS
 ARE DETERMINED ID. RULEPROF FESS|ONALS. FROM THEIR RANKS.
President Adee Urges Dele gates to Help Officials Make Tennis a Game
 for Ameteurs

New York, January 13.-"Is lawn ten- his to be placed once and for all upon an absolute amateur basis or left ex- posed to the dangers of commercialism? According to President George T. Adee,. in a letter addressed to all members of the. United States National Lawn Ten his association. this is the issue which will be brought squarely before the dele gates at the annual meeting of the organ ization to be held in this city on
 ruary g.
 In explaining the need for decisive &C., ton on the definition of an amateur, President Adee states that the execu- tive committee feels strongly that the possibilities of professonalizing tennis is by no means remote, unless a definite stand is taken now. Four of the princi pal governing bodies of sport in the Uni ted States have adopted the theory that the basic principle of all amateur sport is that no man should be allowed to com mercialize his skill or prominence in any game and still remain an amateur. These four organizations are: n-he Amateur Athletic Union; Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America; Nation al COIeSldte ALHletlC dSSOCldtlOn dnu Lle United States Golf association.
 "Can tennis afford to lag behind?' asks President Adee. Continuing, the tennis association executive asserts that every sport where professional tendencies have been unchecked shows marks of degen- eraton. He insists that influences hostile to the best interests of track and field athletics baseball, golf and football can not be helpful to tennis.
 Referring to the sporting goods issue in tennis the president insists that prominent tennis player is hired to rep resent firm, either behind the counter or on the courts, not for his selling abi- ity but on account of his tennis reputa- ticn. Tn conclusion the president asks the members to determine the issue with out substituting personalities for princi- ples and places the responsibility for shaping the policies of the association on each members vote.
 Accompanying the letter is a list of the proposed amendments to the consti- tuition and bylaws of the United States Lawn Tennis association, the matter be- ing printed in such form as to give a comprehensive outline of the changes to be considered at the coming meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
DENEGRE RECEIVES FIRST SHIPMENT OF NEW FRANKLIN CARS
  Local Dealer Talks of Mod ern Features of Car for Which He Has Ac-
 cepted Agency

Charles Denegre of the Southern Garage company has received his first shipment of Franklins, and has them on display at this place, 1924 Ave- nue F.
 MT. Denegre, who recently accepted the Franklin agency, has been waiting anxiously the arrival of the first lot.
 But it was worth waiting for" he said late yesterday afternoon. And now 1 can demonstrate some of those things I have been telling motor en- thusiasts about the. Franklin.
 'rhe new Franklin touring car is one of the prettiest cars I have ever seen. It weighs just 22S0 pounds. and the other cars are approximately light.
 From the beginning the Franklin car has been designed and constructed for comfort. safety and economy. The heavy, rigid car, pounding its weight on the road. causes the parts to rattle and wear, forces up gasoline costs de- preciation, repair and upkeep expense, and throws road shocks against the passengers and the whole fabric of the car
 Those are some of the things that have been done away with in the con- struction of the light weight Franklin. The Franklin car is built in one type of chassis on which the eight types of body fit interchangeably These are the touring car, runabout, roadster, cabrio- let, sedan, brougham, limousine and town car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
SPORTS
EASTERN FOOTBALL
 CRITICS DOUBTFUL
Many Authorities Believe That Professional Football Would Not Be Financial Success-Players Would Want
 Large Salaries for Their Services

ested in the other elevens of the group, which continued for two or three years. with constantly changing combinations, before the promoters finally gave up the struggle for popular support.
 The Interstate Trapshooting associa- tion has announced the following places and dates for the various sectional and national handicap tournaments: South. ern tournament. Roanoke, Va, May B. 10; Pacific coast tournament, San Jose, Cal, May 2S-30; Eastern tournament, Hartford, Conn, June 20-22;. Western tournament, St. Joseph, Mo. July IT. 19; Grand American tournament, Chi- cago, H., August 20-24. More than $8000 in added money will be subscribed to these five tournaments.
 The committee on student affairs al Cornell university. which recently mada an Investigation of the effects of long distance rowing upon the participants at the request of the faculty, has made the following report:
 'The criticism that 8 four-mile raca Is injurious to oarsmen holds equally true, of course, for long distance run ming or any sport where violent ex4 ercise Is required for protracted period. The investigation, however. waA confined to rowing since this sport waa most in question and because more data bearing on this sport seemed to bd available.
 "The committee found great diffi- culty, however, in obtaining accurate information regarding this controversy. The opinion is widely held by 1aymen that long distance rowing and running are very injurious to health; this opin1 ion, of course, being based on casual observation of participants in such sports at the finish of competitions. Thd opinions of participants in such com4 petitions and statistics made by experts from the life histories of participants after graduating do not appear to beat out the opinion that such sports are harmful There is not enough acuratd evidence on either side, however, td justify the committee in making recom4 mendations regarding this matter, but the committee fefls that more study should be given to this question, espe4 cially in view of the fact that common experience would indicate that any pro- longed and violent exercise Is harm- full and that the statistics opposing this view are as yet based upon the exi perience of a comparatively small number of persons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
3 AMATEUR GOLFERS
 DRIVEN FROM RANKS
National Association Makes New Definition of AmateurPer rin Is Elected President-Tourneys for 1917 Are
 Awarded by Committee

The interpretation put upon this Is that it will class as professionals players engaged in laying out, con structing. supervising or giving advice concerning the layout, construction ar upk eep of a golf course or any part thereof commonly known as "golf architects"
 'Tn making the latter change the committee does not intend to alter the intent or comprehensiveness of former ruling No. G." the report stated
 The new wording is used simply for the purpose of greater clarity and to avoid any impression that discrimina- tion is intended between employer and employe.
 Ruling No. e had made ineligible players accepting or holding any po- sition as agent or emp1oye that in- cludes as part of its duties the hand ling of golf supplies, or engaging in any business wherein ones usefulness or profits arise because of skill or prominence in the game of golf"
 The national amateur championship tournament for 1917 was awarded to the Oakmont Country club. Pittsburg; the national open championship to the Braeburn Country club. West Newton, Mass. and the national women's championship to the Shawnee Country club, Shawnee-on-Delaw Pa.
 Howard E. Perrin of the Pine Val ley Golf club of Philadelphia was elected president