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TO the g whore they are somewhat
self-reliant no woman to-day need
remain In such burdensome bondage.
The world Is full Of work.
The soone such cavemen are taught
10 realize that this II a civilized age
and that women r no longer chat
tells the better 1t will be for all on
cerned.
The sooner society turns a helping
hand to the woman and her childree
who has had the courage to leave 2
brute OF a man the sooner will such
husbands understand that they are
~ostracized from their fellows.
To-day there Is equal opportunity
for men and women. Nc wife need he
the slave. At least she can rid her
self OF her Simon Legree and go
on with renewed hope in the interests
of her children.
As a general thing, such husbands
are the chief mourners at their wives
funerals, They weep the loudest and
tell what wonderful women their
wives were, never once having told IL
to them while they lived. but as a
rule have tortured their sensitive
spirits until they took wings in a last
hight.
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Would send Soldiers Too.

To the bditor OF Tho hTen'nE World.
Your editorial send Roosevelt TO
Russia" 10 n OF the cleverest ideas
expressed in any American paper for
a iong time. No one knows better
than I how urgent and necessary 1t
IS 10 send American troops 20 Russia.
Russian "Moujik" and Russian sol
dlerB drunken with great victory OF
democracy are now in tho maelstrom
OF anarchy. Peasants are conhscat-
ing lands. soldiers are celebrating vic
tory on the streets. This OF course.
Is most dangerous for the present
democratic government. Just as dan
gerous as German propaganda in
Russia, n outside Of Russia. which
Nlsads to upset the present conditions
and 20 bring back Czarism.
II American soldiers appeared In
the streets Of Petrograd and Moscow,
and IL Russian soldiers were sem to
the various fronts and spread news
among their comrades that the North
American Republic Is UNFOLDING the
new Government Of Russia, and that
American soldieSs were in Russia TO
help the Russian people IN their
struggle, believe me this would stimu-
late a Russian army TO such en-
thusiasm and energy that the result
of future warning on the Russian
front could be only Russia's victory.
American soldiers would not need
10 90 20 the front. In fact II would
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dear" said Mrs. Jarr, kissing young
hopeful, "and then you can have
oil the pie YOU want"
Can l take pie with me as my ra-
lions tomorrow, maw?" asked Mas
ter Jarr. And Icy Slavinsky says
that now ne Is going on duty he is
going 10 make his mother I'LL a Their
mos bottle with ice cream. II you
are doing our scout duty you should
have everything you want and go to
the movies every night, lazy S.avin-
sky says
Soldiers don't carry thermos bot
ties said Mr., Jarr. "You can only
c, what tho re. ions call for"
Master Jarr sobered at this. but
h his face frightened. But you
kip go 10 the uovies. paw, !, -
no asked. ut amt against tho regu-
lations to go to the movies, is It? You
can learn Il lot from tho war pictures,
you know" he added crafty.
well, II you are not too tired after
drilling you can go TO the moving pic
lures" said Mrs Jarr. But | do hope
my little nan doesn't want to be SOL
der only TO be pampered with pie
and ice cream and to be taken TO the
moving pictures"
"Oh. I'm sure Willie has higher,
more patriotic motives than that"
suggested MI. Jarr in his be- pa
rental tones.
Yes, Willie, your papa and ! were
Just talking about our country and
the nag. and want YOU to tell your
father why YOU want TO be a regular
: soldier. Didn't YOU ask me II YOU
could not be a drummer boy. n you
were too young and too small 10 he
| taken into the army as IA regular sol
dier? Why RAJ that2"
Huh" explained the young patriot,
do regular soldiers have 10 go 10
school7 No, street Give me another
piece OF pie, nav"
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late as they can. I'm very proud Of
' Hes IItriotism. He isn't like
most Of tho grown ZIP people I know
going around asking everybody else
to enlist. lie enlists himself. II must
DO dreadful to see your boy go off TO
war, and / do hope peace will be de-
clared all over the world long before
any son Of mine is old enough to GO"
And Mrs. Jarr's eyes filled with tears.
But you would let him go, II he
were old enough?" asked Mr.. Jarr
softly.
81 didn't think l would: I said |
wouldn't. hut II his country 10 IN
danger, or for the sake OF humanity.
II see / would" said Mrs. Jarr.
'Bravo!" cried Mr.. Jarr. II guess
that Is the way every American
mother thinks these days-l know 1t
Is. It's noblesso oblige."
why. even Uncle Henry went 10
war, you know" said Mrs. Jarr.
Yes. Uncle Henry got $500 TO so
rs a substitute, but Uncle Horny
went, and made a good soldier. Not
a reckless one, ] feel sure, but n good
one-in the Civil Wharf.-The War Be-
L n the States,"
That war united our country for
ever. and maybe this val will lutte
tho whole world" said Mrs. Jar.
But further discourse on the broader
humanities was cut short by the en-
trance OF Master Jarr In his Boy
Scout uniform,
Got any pie. maw2' he asked,
Can ] have my pie first? I'm on
scout duty to-m1rrow; it's Saturday.
9 I ought TO have a lot OF pie to
make me 'ong!'
You eat your dinner hrst. my
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Send Roosevelt to Russia.

De moro practical 10 keep American
soldiers only in the large cities to
good order and 10 stand at tho
disposal OF the new Petrograd Gov
eTument. ! know the Russian people.
Know tho intrigues Of the 'RIack
Towers In Russia, and activity Of
propogandists IN Petrograd.
plead with you to use ali your
influence 70 give first aid 20 Russia.
send our soldiers to Russia and Col.
Roosevelt with them, We could not
give o To tho w-born republic
than by complying with the above
suggestion.
GETSA MARKOFF,
Bohemian National Alliance.
Editorial an Inspiration.
To the Editor Of The E'uning World
Your suggestion regarding sending
Roosevelt to Russia ia an inspiration.
1t will doubtless meet with instant
favor and BE- adopted. II should be
done without delay. ii. II. A
better than Root,
To the Eittor a The Ewnlns World.
read with interest your editorial
entitled send Roosevelt to RussIa. -
There Is, however, one suggestion
that would like to make, and that
il that the purpose OF the Commission
could undoubtedly be better carried
out II II were headed by Mr.. Roose,
welt. with Mr.. Ehu Root as mis-
counsellor the same mar who helped
make the Roosevelt Administration q
success u. ], s.
The evening world., 1917-04-28
To-Day'S Anniversary

THIS year marks the centenary OF
the elevation OF James Monroe
10 the Presidency OF tho United
states, and to-day is the one hum
drod and fifty-ninth anniversary Of
the birth Of tho statesman whose
doctrine" still exercises a powerful
influence on the foreign policy OF the
republic.
II was the threatening attitude Of
tho Holy Alliance OF the Hohen-
zollerns, the HapsDurgs and tho Ro-
manoffs which led Monroe to an
nouncs his doctrine, which as n ma
tional principle has been ever since
maintained by the United states, In
his message 20 Congress In 1923 Mon
roe warned the monarcbs Of the Holy
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= Balfour and Marshal
Joffre and their associates


ga a. Balfour and Marshal
!" Jonre and their associates
ought to feel deeply graft
fed over the glad hand hat has been
extended by the Government and the
people OF tho United States" re-
marked tho head polisher.
Doubtless they do" said the
laundry n. N. Doubtless they do,
And their qualification is not modi-
lied by their realization OF the fact
that they have come over here and
practically dSnped the whole Euro
pean war on our trustful republic.
They must feel something like the
driver Of a coal truck who, more or
less inadvertently, unloads four or
five tons on an unsuspectlng ~janitor
in "a basement and, standing by, with
his shovel in his hand, in an attitude
OF defense. secs the ~janitor emerge
and call for three cheers for the
driver.
The shrewd diplomats OF Europe
knew VIC would have TO get into the
war, They didn't hurry us. Our
statesmen didn't know we would have
10 get into the war and they didn't
hurry, either, Judging from tho de-
bates in tho House OF Representa-
tives and the Senate many Of our
statesmen are still unhep, as 1t were.
They remind me Of my old friend,
Hold Taylor, who got up In a meeting
Of Geyser Hook and Ladder Number
Double o at Scarsmount-on-the-
Hudson one night and moved for an
appropriation for postal cards to be
used in notifying firemen in case OF
a fire.
I'VE jump into the war Just as
Russia Is beginning to feel her oats
as II republic. A new republic is a.
wabbly thing. When we founded
our well known land OF the free and
home OF the brave after the War OF
the Revolution our people were Just
as harmonious as a meeting OF
directors OF "A company that has gone
into the hands Of a receiver. And a
great many OF our people could read
English at that time.
I'm Russia very few OF the people
can read Russian and basing my
. Judgment on what have read in
contemporary Russian literature |
offer said ~illitcyate Russians my
sincere and hearty congratulations.
Nevertheless an ignorant. tl]iierate
people ~ a mcrCurial governmental
proposition ana just nov Il is an even
bet that Russia will cave in 80 far AS
the war Is concerned.
! 'If 30. what nation is to take Rus
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Alliance hat their r%cactionary pro-
jects, II applied to tho New World,
would not be tolerated by the United
states, The purpose OF the Holy Al
lance was to restore Hbsolutism the
world over, and the revolt of the
Spanish possessions OF South and
Central America offered tho mon
archs the opportunity to Interfere in
American affairs,
The Monroe doctrine was backed up
by England. the British Foraign Sec
rotary, George Canning, recognizing
the independence OF the former Span
lsh colonies OF America, Except for
this timely support from Britain II Ii
likely that the United States would
have had 20 defend tho Monroe doc
trine by force OF arms against the
combined forces OF Prussia. Austria.
Russia aud Spain,
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The man who must conduct the war, our Commander-in-
Chief, urges II as a wise and necessary measure now. The
military authorities almost without exception urge It. The
Senate committee that has fully examined into It recommends
It, The lessons OF the great war point TO II as the wise course.
Why should not vote for itY'
In thus opening the Senate debate on the seloctlyc Draft,
Senator Jones of Washington produced a model OF condensed
cogitaton. We recommend It to all legislators In war time.
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pected too much
OF her. a number
OF commuuica-
tions came.
ono OF them
tells a story OF a
beautiful young
woman OF good
family who mar
rled n a with
the full consent
OF her parents,
and went away
on a farm TO live.
" ~ go -
The evening world., 1917-04-28

H\VTHAT did Champ Clark mean
w ~ he said he wanted
tho flower and youth of
our fair land TO volunteer before the
country conscripts It's s~oldIera?"
asked the head polisher.
Flower and youth" explained the,
laundry man. means the reIativesv
and friends Of Congressman ana tha
relatives and friends Of friends of
Congressman. The explanation can
be made clear by taking the home
town OF our honored aud eloouent
Speaker OF the House as a fanciful
eNamplo-not, in this instance. ms the
ioundation for a record OF fact.
Champ Clark comes from Bowl
ing Green Pike County, Missouri.
Supposlng this country should 70 10
war on a volunteer basis. What
would happen in our fauciful Bowling
Green7
"A supposItitious company Of mill
ia would be organized. Joe Bowers.
IT, perhaps, a friend Of Champ
Clark would be made captain. 1hs
~lieutenants and sergeants and corpo.
rails would be elected by the members
CT tho company and you bet vour
Missouri existence they would ali he
friends OF the captain.
Extend this all over the United
States A volunteer system vrouId
allow manipulation OF Congress- as 10
the formation OF units OF the arn,v
and the selection OF high mani
ana the locations OF units. All Con.
sressinen would have a hand in rrn
hlng the war. A Congressman xVho
COULDN'T get a post office might ret =
general And after all the flower
and youth was substantially piantsd
on the payroll tho Congressmen
would possibly step back and siioc
the conscripts to do the fighting
CGT SEE" said the head polisber
mat the sixty-nlnth, the
Twelfth and the Fifteenth
Regiments have been grouped In a
brigade"
Next IN order said the laundIN
man, is ~ popular subscriptiou IN
buy ukaleles for the members OF the
' S~ixty-ninth."
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man who attracts adventure. The most peaceful cruises he embarked on
always were ended. soon o late. in a fight
winding up his Barbary Coast service by being captured. along with the
other officers of the philadelphia, when their ship stuck IN a rock in TrpOi
naroor He served his African capors, a a slave, for eighteen months,
A HstorIo At the outbreak Of the War OF 1919 he wns pro
cuM. NOTED to a capthncy and was put N command of
CruHe the frgate Essex Aboard the Essex he not only
pryed on British commerce on Halifax, but out
Fought n seized TIL Albert the FIRST English warship to be captured in
tat war.
With a rowing commission. he then sailed the Essex down the Atlantic
cruise. The full story of 1t would hl several books Here are a few of its
more dramatic happenings:
whaHships fitted up as privateers-an OF them looking fol a chance TO at
TAO American vessels, Porter gladly gave them the chance.
zee merchantmen. Thence he bore down upon the Guilpego lslands-hs
of English whaer- prvateers. The Essex smote those privaems a.
an eagle might snlte Il dock OF carrton crows. What he could not capture
oLnerw1s he sank.
The best o. the ar vessels that surrendered to him he converted into
American men-of-war. A few months after he had started out with tho
Essex alone he had a feet Of nine stanch armed ships att his command. And
with these he scourged the Pacific. wipng It clean OF hostile shipping and
dustry In the Pacific It a loss to England of '26oooOo In money and 400
men.
m FIRST American to carry u flag into those waters. After a hot land
DatIe he took possession of Nukahiva- 10 of the most important of The
Marquesan Islands in the nam OF the United states and renamed Its hsr-
Dor Massachusetts, Bay"
The Essex. disabled by a gale. and separated from the st Of Tn.
battered almost to matchwood by the Phocbe a
TInfoHunSt British f1gate. much larger and more heavily armed
~ OF commission. The Phoebe lay ut OF the Essexs
to the Secretary of the Navy; ~
"we have been unfortunate but not disgraced"
Porter paroled. and sailed for New York On the way no was
overhauled by the British warship Saturn. whose captain refused to honor
Thus relieved of his parole Porter At n proceeded to outwtt his
guards and to escape. In due time he reached New York, where he was
acclaimed az the hero OF the hour.
In 1894 he resented an insult t o u country in a way that his supsriors
IN anger oSer the Injustice. Porter offered his se1 Spsna 20 Mggeo a. ao navy .:
made COMMANDMENTS chief OF that countrys naval forces.
patched up And Porter ended his days as United states Minister to rur-
Key dying at Pera IN isS.
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family have sent sons TO serve with high honor In
the navy. His father was a naval captain. and Porter
himself followed the sea from childhood. BY the time
he reached his eighteenth year, In 179s. he was =
seasoned sailor and had twice been captured and Inn
pressed into service aboard British w~arshipS Both
times he escaped.
He Joined our navy as a midshipman, and saw
active service in our brief war with France in 17ss.
He fought pirates and privateers, was wounded, cap
tured and underwent a hundred dime novel adven-
The evening world., 1917-04-28

Is there greater power for good in the world to-day than
the power OF American democracy? The moment seems ia
have arrived when by a mere earnest, friendly word 1t can
help Ireland 70 Homo Rule.
The evening world., 1917-04-28

Italian agtators in Perogrsd appear to have turned
Mooney, the San Francisco freshman, into Mum, a cruelty
wronged Italian, with one twist OF the tongue.
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Famous Heroes
Of he u. S. Navy
oOpyrsht. 1917, BY tho Prs PuOhsbhs O. an. New TTh Eudns wohG.
D. 7.-DAVID PORTER, Who Carried Our Flag {
By Albert Payson Terhune
South Seas.

T YE was the ideal seaIighter OF the old school, man to whom danger
n va a Joy, and who fought first and considered the chances Of
= i victory afterward.
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Ioryngnt i"lT by The i'TNo Publishing Co,
rTha Nov inrk Lvening MnrIll
NNVTHEREs WilIIo?" asked Mr.

VIhe Sen 1urk Evening Nnril
GENVTHERES Willlc?" asked Mr..
w Jarr when no come homo
the other evening and
missed the youthful presence OF the
heir OF tho Jarr dynasty from the
supper table.
Hos down on Snydcr's vacant lot
drilling with tho Boy Scouts" said
Mrs, Jarr. "Why, do you know Will
lie wants to swear he's eighteen and
join the regular army. I told him
anybody could see no WAS only q little
boy not in his teens, but he says he
could wear stills and look big"
The drilling Of tho boy Scouts
should BIO over by now" remarked
MIR, Jarr.
I'm save his supper for him." Mrs.
Jarr explained. Now that the days
are getting longer they will drill as
The evening world., 1917-04-28
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

Copyright, 1917. b. The Prc~ Puhushiug 90.
t1ns Mes YOt B'ollng World
A FEW days ago. in answer to an
~ article about a woman, mother OF
four children, whose husband eX-
The evening world., 1917-04-28
The Weeks Wash
Copyright. 1911. by tho Prc- Publishing %. cns New Yat Evening uotsl
By Martin Green

: "' VIW' NV I"E bTening WoTldl,
sia's place In the fight for democracy
against a~utocraCy2 What nation
u take up Russia's burden and
night for the people OF Russia as we'll
as Tor the people OF France and Great
Britain and Belgium and Serbia
presumably, this nation. I say pre-
sumably because so many OF our
people persist in thinking that our
part IN the war is 10 carry the
The evening world., 1917-04-28
LOCATE THE LOAFERS.

" YHILE the country lie checking up waste Of one sort
wv another, what about waste man-power2
What about the legions of ~able-bodied loafers betWe
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until peace was proclaim
Al the outbreak Of [
NOTED to a c~aptaincy a
the frlgate Essex. Alb,
preyed on British comi
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
Many Beaver .

One Of the most interesting fea-
lures looked forward to in western
North Dakota is the fact that the
closed season On beayexs will be
opened the first Of the year and
after January 1st, the animals can
be lawfully caught in the state. The
season for beavers in North Dakota
has been closed for 4 number Of
years because Of the fact that they
were almost extinct. For some
time past, however, the beavers
nave been causing a great deal 4 9f
damage in western North Dakota.
In some places groves have been en-
tirely destroyed by the animals.
Hundreds Of feet Of valuable timber
has been cut down and large dams
have been built across streams,
causing floods to damage thousands
Of acres Of good farming land. For
these reasons western farmers have
complained and protested so strong
ly to the government that the sea-
son haa been opened for a short
time in 1918. Beaver pelts are Of
great value and plentiful in some
of the streams of Sioux county,
there being large beaver dame
across several points of both -Four
Mile and Porcupine creeks near
Fort Yates.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
Protest Made To Russ
Pact By United States
Incomplete Returns Shows That Boil.
sheviki has Carried the Election
In City of Petrog,ad

Petrosrad,A Dec. >.4.-Mator Kerth,
American~mnitarx attache. has been
instructedlby. Ambassador T,ancis to
make a. protest. on the part of the
United States, Similar TO that entered
by heads of entente embassies here, to
Negotiations for an arnlistico between
Russia and Germany. Omission to join
the protest entered by other allied
L. inisters was d"u . the fact that 1t
was based on the London agreement
against a separate peace, to which
America is not signatcry.
Ambassador Francis. however, has
assumed the attitude that all aid
America has extended 70 Russia, and
all recommendations to that end by
him were made with the express un-
derstanding. Therefore, he believed
himself justified, in the absence of in
structions from the state department
at Washington, to enter a protest
against Independent action of Russia
In the matter of an armistice.
eoIshevikl Carries Election.
Incomplete returns from the election
for the constituent assembly Indicate
the Bolsheviki have carried Pctrograd,
receiving 272.0O0 votes against 1000
for Constitutional Democrats and 116,.
900 for Social Revolutionaries.
The report of representatives sent
through the German lines by Ensign
krylenko, Bolsheviki commander-in-
chief, to begin negotiations for an
armistice have been given out here. 1t
shows that the agreement to take up
negotiations were made in behalf OF
Germans by their commander-in-chief
1t was agreed that the conference
should be held at German headquar.
ters at Brestlioovsk
Government Employees Strike.
Petrograd, Dec. 4.-Employes of the
ministries of finance. agriculture and
communications have refused to recog.
nize the authority of the Bolsheviki
and have begun a strike Of two days.
The revolutionary committee sent a
sailor to the ministry of supplies to
ascertain the amount of meat and
other food in Petrograd. The official
in charge declined to deal with an
agent of the revolutionists and refused
the information.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
Draft News

Chairman Chas. Mclaughlin and
Auditor G. Christensen of the Lo.
cal Board went to Bismarck Mon.
day to consult the District Board
about matters pertaining to the
new draft law. The questior,aircs
will be mailed to all men on the
draft list regardless of whether they
have exempted by Local or District
Boards and must be filled in and
all questions answered and mailed
back to the Local Board within q
reasonable length of time.
States Attorney Edw. S. john
son will be in Fort Yates December
Goth, to assist men in answering
questions in their QUESTIONABLE.
1t is understood that Mr.. johnson
is also making arrangements with
attorneys in Mcintosh, Morristown
and Lennon to assist men from
the west end Of Sioux county.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
Mission From That Country Coming
to America.

Paris, Dec. 4.-The Roumanian gov.
ernment has decided to send a spe-
cial mission to the United States with
the members Of the newly established
legation at Washington. The head Of
the mission will be the new minister,
DR.. Constantin AAgelesco, former min
lister of public works.
Il shall be glad" said DR.. Angel
esco, ito present to the great states
man, President Wilson, and to the
American people the salutations Of
my sovereign and the Roumanian peo.
pie, united in the desire to tighten the
bonds with the great American de-
mocracy."
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
River Still Open

The Missouri river froze over last
year December 5th, but at present
writing, while there is heavy flow
OF ice, river men say that unless
a gorge forms the river will remain
open for some time yet.
The earliest closing of navigation
on the river due to ice since a rec.
ord was kept of the time of closing
and opening of navigation by the
U. S. Weather Bureau at Bismarck,
was November End, 1879, and the
latest was December Goth, 1918.
The following table herewith gives
some Of the early and late dates on
which the river has frozen over
since q racord hoe boor Lon%,