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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31

ist Sergeant Wallace Morden
returned to Wahpeton from
Grafton last week in order to be
in readiness when Company I Is
called. Mr.. Morden and Mr.. Carl
rlsaker will go to Montana to
file on land this week if they are
granted leave of absence.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31
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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
A Nations Soul

in to national of stock within and roundabout discover bring before question achieving meeting our responsibilities.
 profoundly interesting study reciprocity profoundly reminder that noby All the country from pus there has message this hour of unwaverng de termination to To gladly and simply.
 recognition of the fact that money and God There has nowhere everywhere rejoicing that manhood the call sacrifice has been answered with voice.
 thrilling things in connection with the sinking or the first the way those men met the faced their loss The testimony OF the survivors lived nb the 
 Just these same things going to is every preaching the Gospel and Duty sacrifice the unity of the nations life the unity of this How natural reading If would follow daily after me- and He that What shall profit his soul? and Father would that they should be one"
 But in all prob with of understanding higher Almighty Mourning? mourning that doomed the distress despair Thanksgiving many will with the presence of victory ndi 0 their immortal souls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

no doubt about the success of the plan.
 On January 1, 1923, Uncle Sam will redeem the stamp by paying $5 for 1t, the difference between that sum and $4.12 representing 4 per cent interest annually, compounded quarterly.
 There will be no campaign for soliciting subscriptions; only a selling campaign, and nothing should be easier than to dispose of every stamp. Alabama is well organized for the work, with Crawford Johnson as state chairman. Men and women of experl- ence in patriotic activities will assist loyalty and enthusiastically in push ing the campaign, and in less than a weeks time there should be verita- ble scramble in Alabama among boys and girls and adults, too, for these war stamps.
 Besides the patriotic motive, the lsavings habit on it's own account will be largely promoted. It will mean thrift on a wider scale than was ever
 known in this country. Whatever may be Alabama's allot- ment of "baby bondsD it is safe to
 assume that State Chairman Johnson will be able to report at the end of the
 campaign "sold out!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
NExT:

From the Cincinnati Times-Star. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. president of the women's committee of the national council of defense. is a most estimable woman If we did not know it. we should have guessed it from her photo- graph which at regular intervals appears in newspapers. For Dr. Shaw has many activities that bring her into public view. She espouses suffrage so that women will have less time for the home. and prohibition so that men will have more.
 | As a reader of character in faces. we should say that Dr, Shaw is for any, thins that will curtail the mundane
 pleasures of men. We are now confirmed l in our reading. Dr. Shaw is for a
 ''smokeiess day" For "A hours men must
 abstain from cigars. stogies, pipes and cigarettes.
 l If smokeless day becomes necessary
 the men of the United States of Amer.
 lea Will go smokeless that their brothers
 at the front may have their full quota
 of nicotine. But would it not have been
 in better taste for some common. ordi-
 nary male "doc' to have made the sug
 gestion instead of pr. Anna Howard Shaw?
 You have about taken his bowl from him, ladies. Leave him his pipe, tha, he may weave visions of the day now gone, when men had provocation to bs
 chivalrous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
SCOT IN THE ENGINE ROOM

From the New York Sun.
 ''The chief engineer, a Scot *' Certainly and always! Passenger ship, freighter, yacht, from here to Suez and back again, the man in charge of the engine room probably is Scot. There is no special reason for it: it just hap pens that way There Is the old story, told with zest today by travellers who will swear that they witnessed the doings, of an American and an English man who beguiled the time In Shanghai by wagering substantial sums on their odd achievements of knowledge. The Englishman, of course, was behind in the game, but finally he hit upon bril- liant wager; he bet that every ship mak- ing ready to sail that day carried a Scot in the engine room. So to every engine room door they went and called Sandy Mac" And every engine room gave it's reply The story must be as old as the steam engirS. The bet could be won today. ''The chief engi- neer, Scot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The old-fashioned grandma, used to wear skirt that was four inches higher in front than it was in the rear. But the modern grandma wears sklft that isn't more than four inches below her knees all the way around.
 If boy can keep a white waist clean for four hours, you had better take him out of pants and put him into skirts. There is something the matter with him.
 A female college hibrow tells the girls that the ideal man for 8 husband should have a 30-inch waist measure. But why not marry a snake and get husband with a three-inch waist meas ure?
 We regret to report that the girls are revising their skirts downward. But as long as they do not revise their waists upward we will manage to live through l it. There wasn't a whimper about the high cost of living in the old days when a mess of pot liquor and potatoes made q fine Sunday dinner A woman of 56 has a lot of sense about other things. But you can't get her to believe that a jar of paint won't make her look like she is 16. You will have to hand 1t to a woman. She will marry a man who has an eight-inch nose, a mouth like catfish and no chin. Then when the baby comes along she will tell you in the same breath that it is the living image or | it's father and that it Is the prettiest l baby in the world.
 | We see by the ads that the hair stores are selling "transformations' as low as 10 bucks. A ''transformation, ] Ignatz, is something that transforms | 2. bald-headed woman into one of the seven Sutherland sisters. 1 Congress having forced prohibition on 1 the District of Columbia without the
 consent of the inhabitants, Washington lis now dry. And the men who made lit dry have gone back to their home states where they can get drink.
 Maybe the shortage of sugar will dis courage the habit of trying to make the
 cranberry taste like something good to eat. Russia is laboring under prohibition and the breweries in Germany are run | ming overtime. That's the reason why 7lO00 or S0O00 Russians manage to get themselves captured by the Germans every week.
 The health certificate that goes with a eugenic marriage doesn't prevent the contracting parties from getting sick o1 each other.
 You may have noticed that calling il precipitation doesn't make sweat any the less unpleasant
 Some men can't make themselves al home without making others wish they were.
 A woman has an easy time fooline
 the men, But she can't fool other
 women.
 Another reason why corn-fed gir Idoesnt mind looking as though she hac a sack of potatoes under her winter
 coat when she buttons 1t Is because sh'
 would hate to be so thin that she hat
 to wear upholstery under the coat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Italian and French
 Opera Meets Demand

6N HE elimination of German opera
 0 by two of the great companies of this country-w while the war lasts does not mean that there will be any serious lack of works by master com posers.
 Italian opera has always been ln great vogue, but now it is heard in New York and Chicago oftener than ever. Next comes the French, and with these two musical nations con- tributing to the stock of operatic production there should be enough of the best in this form of musical art to satisfy, in the present circum- stances, any cultured audience.
 Those persons who have reveled in the music dramas of Wagner will miss 'Lohengrin," "Die Walkure, l"Siegfried," Tristan and Isolde and "Parsifal," but patriotic Amerl- cans will find ample compensation for the vacuum in listening to Verdi and Puccini, and Massanet and Saint Saens, every one of whose works reaches the heart, stirs the imagina- ton and elevates the soul.
 England has a number of com posers of high rank, but that coun- try is deficient in grand opera. The same may be said of the United States. Two of our foremost musi-
 clans have essayed large operatie
 works, but lacking appeal, they have mot contributed to America's fame Imusically. This country has come tt
 the front in recent years in creative
 music for instrumental performance
 and grand opera will come later. II
 the meanwhile no devotee will sta.
 away from the opera house because lthe bills are not varied or inviting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
THEY KNOW HOW TO DIE

From the E1UlSDurS DlSpdlcn.
 Whatever it was that prompted Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels to break his rule against featuring individual exploits simple justice to a hero or appreciation of valor of the unusual sort, and of the effect recital of it would have on the
 rest of his countrymen-he did we'll to forego his resolution in the case of Os- mond Kelly Ingram, the gunner's mate of the destroyer Cassin. who sacrificed
 his life to save his shipmates and his
 ship. When U-boat attacked the Cas-
 sin on October 16 Ingram was stationed depth bombs. He might have sought safety, but he realized that if the tor pedo struck the ship. and those explo- sives did their work, there would be nothing left of ship or crew. He stuck to his post and threw the explosives overheard as fast as possible. He met his death while doing it. his shipmates and his ship were saved; the ship, dam aged as it was. being repaired suffi- ciently to be brought to port by it's crew.
 This is the navy departments tribute: 1 "The department considers that h. gram sacrificed his life in performing g duty which he believed would save his ship and the lives of the officers and men on board.'
 1 It Is the first sacrifice of the sort tc
 be made in the present war, but very /, likely. 1t will not be the last. Men oi I the navy have made like sacrifices 1T time of peace as well as In time of war And they have done 1t unflinchingly
 unthinkingly, almost-as if it were SC much the proper the natural, thing tc { do that the action was spontaneous. Bu | that fact lessens not whit the courage of such men; it does emphasize. the spirit of them, which is the spirit of the American navy. The navy never hal lacked men of that spirit, who know
 how to die. no matter under what con ditions the call may come. And we trus
 1t never will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

mouth of a number of leaders as likely tors and the laymen look forward with such pleasure to their general confer ence.
 The only general conference ever at tended was the one held at Blrming- ham. Dr. James H. Mccoy was then ed itor of the Alabama Advocate and was editor of the Alabama Baptist. Our pa pers were printed on the same press, and we had adjoining offices. l was greatly interested when I learned that he was getting some votes for bishop. knew he was made out of the stun oi bishops. Being g. Baptist, said: 'Jim you know bishops are taboo in my de- nomination, but if you Methodists be- lieve and want them, why old fellow I am for you, and will be glad to put the Alabama Baptist behind you if yot think it will help you?"
 He thanked me for my good wishes but laughingly added that if he had any desire to be elevated to the episcopal ts he feared it might hurt his chances witt his Methodist brethren if they learned he was a candidate of the Baptists. therefore let the matter drop, flor fel sure that the Methodists would make him one, for he deserved any honol his church could confer on him. Bir' mingham is proud to have him live 1T her midst, I have seen him tested ant he is as true as steel.
 Speaking of bishops. I was more thar glad to hear that pr. Hoyt Dobbs, thu brilliant son of my old friend. Dr. s. L Dobbs, who is now the dean of the theo logical department of the Southern
 Methodist university at Dallas, is in ti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
"DECLrNED WITH AGONY.

ffCII1 <lHSWctSi loiluUii.
 British editors do not. as a rule, waste words in rejecting would-be contrihu- tors masterpieces, But in China it Ia even more delightful so have a rejection than to receive an acceptance. If the
 story, article or poem is accepted, little
 or nothing is said; but if the MS. is re- jected, the editor will write letter with the rejected screed something like this:
 We have read thy manuscript with
 infinite delight. By the sacred ashes of
 our ancestors, we swear that never be-
 fore have we reveied in so enthrallins ia masterpiece. If we printed 1t
 we should heneeforth be obliged
 to take it as a model, as a stand- ard of quality and achievement, and henceforth never print anything inferior to it. As it would be impossible to find its equal in 10000 years, and we have to go to press with our poor. unsinspired paper once day, we are compelled. though shaken with sorrow and. blinded with tears at the necessity, to return thy divine manuscript, and for doing so we ask thee thousand pardons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
ALABAMA PRESS

Albany Reporter: The latest crop re- port shows that Alabama led all states in production of sweet potatoes. There's s more than one way to get around the boil weevil.
 Sheffield Standard: Nashville drunks
 are now hitting the essence of Jamaica
 ginger route so strong that state au-
 thorities are starting drive on the
 essence. Tobacco juice and lye will soon
 be at premium in that town. Russell Register: But what we want to know is if the British take Jeru- salem what are they going to do with it?
 Ashland Progress: No matter how many side issues may inject themselves of financial reform in the direction of more economic management of the states affairs should be kept well to l the front.
 l Huntsville Mercury: The destruction oe coal tipple at Birmingham Wednes- day. cutting off 17oo tons of coal a day, and the attempt to fire cotton at De- catur on the same day shows that the enemy is busy in our immediate neigh borhood and the Madison county safety committee was not organized any toe soon Every loyal citizen should be ar active member of this band of vigilants
 and be on the alert for signs of treach-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
THE RIGHT IDEA.
METHODIST BISHOPS-By Frank Willis Barnett

to be one of the four to be named bish- ops at Atlanta. am sure that he has not only my best wishes, but those of Birmingham, for he made great name for himself when pastor of the South Highlands Methodist church.
 While I am on the subject of bishops, I might as well spill all the informa-
 ton I have. I hope I am not betray-
 ing any confidence but one of the lead ing laymen among Alabama Methodists
 told me that Dr. L. c. Branscomb, the
 able editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate and beloved in both the north and the Alabama conferences, is ripe timber for bishop and already goodly number were ready to see that he was used in that capacity. fear am bit 'daffy" from mixing up so much with
 the Methodists on the bishop question,
 but I have always been booster for my friends. I am, however, playing safe, as the Methodists have no Jurisdiction over me and cannot get me for playing my favorites.
 I used to think that a Methodist bishop had a sinecure, but having watched the | labors of Bishop Denny at Woodlawn 1 and here I am sure 1t is no "cinch," for he sticks to his task as if his life and ! his salary depended on 1t.
 | I have never seen a harder worked
 presiding officer. He doesn't loaf on his job, and what's moro he doesn't let the
 others rest. He keeps the body in mo- | tion, and that's the highest test of 8
 man in the chair. He is patient, pains
 taking, and thorough. and he knows the
 Methodist game. and plays it for all It is worth. Higher praise I know not how to bestow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Photography in Rotogravure

Tt just goes to prove, said Jeff Bailey, that although the Rotogravure Section of The Age-Herald is always beautiful, it is much more beautiful when the pho- tographs from which the pictures are made are artistic. I was greatly im- pressed with this fact Sunday before last, when group of pictures made by J. F. Knox of the Birmingham View company appeared. The reproductions in the rotogravure work were exquisite, Every detail was as near perfect as a reproduction can make it. There is SC much art in photography, for the good photographer can take a subject and by knowing the right angles, the right lights and shadows, reproduce it through the camera in beautiful manner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
CHRIST IN FLANDERS

l.. w., in London Spectator. We had forgotten you-or very nearly You did not seem to touch us very
 nearly;
 or course we thought about you now
 and then, Especially in any time of trouble. We knew that you were good in time of
 trouble,
 But we are very ordinary men. And all the while. in street or lane or
 byway,
 You walked among us, and we did not
 see; Your feet were bleeding as you walked
 our pavements- How did we miss your footprints on our
 pavements?
 Can there be other folks as blind as
 we? Now we remember over here in Flan-
 ders ct isn't strange to think of you in
 Flanders)- This hideous warfare seems to have
 made things clear; We never thought about you much in
 England, But now that we are far away from We have no doubts-we know that you
 are here. You helped us to pass the jest along the
 trenches Where, in cold blood, we waited in the
 trenches
 You touched it's ribaldry and made 1t
 fine. k You stood beside us in our pain and
 weakness; We're glad to think you understand our
 weakness
 Somehow it seems to help us not to
 whine. We think about your kneeling in the garden Oh, God! the agony of that dread gar den!
 We know you prayed for us upon the If anything could make us glad to bear 1t M 'Twould be the knowledge sthat you willed to bear it-- Pain, death--the uttermost of human loss. r6 Though we forget you--you will not for We feel so sure that you will not for get us-
 But stay with us until this dream is past And so we ask for courage strength
 and pardon {. #ss Especially, think. we ask. for pardon And that youll stand beside us to the
 last " T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Business Splendid

at the present time than in several years" said Julius Jaffe, proprietor cf the Jaffe Jewelry company, "and cv- eryone seems to have lots of money to spend notwithstanding the terrible strain on the public by the conditions of the, present war. Since we moved into our new location business con- ditions have been revelation to me. From the present outlook Birmingham is enjoying one of the most prosper ous years in her history"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Fitts spealx. in Baltimore

! The cause of America and its allies was held to be the cause of Christianity | by William C. Fitts of Alabama, assist ant attorney general of the United States in an address last night before the Churchmens club of the diocese or Maryland, at it's annual dinner at the Belvedere," says the Baltimore Sun MT. Fitts also told the churchmen that un- ! less the generation of young men who are in the armies go forward in chis- tianity,' the faith will be doomed for generations, and he pointed out to the i churches the path of duty.
 "Mr. Fitts, in stating his belief that the causee@ of this nation and It's allies is the cause of christianity said tha the French victory at the Marne was comparable to the trl- umphs for christianity of Charle- magne. Germany, he said, could not proceeded to support his contention by citing instances of her barbarity-her sinking of unarmed neutral ships with out warning, causing the death or heip- less non-combatants, including women and children, her placing of captured sailors upon the decks of submarines, which is submerged and left the man to die like rats in trap he atrocities in Belgium and the conquered parts or France, and her other crimes of like character.
 MT. Fitts paid beautiful tribute to Bishop Murray, who attended the din- ner. The bishop at one time was sta 1 toned in Alabama. MT. Fitts said he 1 had been awaiting an invitation for l nine years to speak to the churchmen of Maryland, who had had the wisdom to gain the bishops work.
 "Dr. Birkhead also paid splendid tribute to the bishop as the man whom we love most and said that when he left England he had been charged by the bishop of London and the arch bishop of Canterbury to convey theil love and regard to Bishop Murray, whom they called the "Lord Bishop of Mary land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Large Sale of
 Seals Expected

"A s the Alabama Anti-Tuberculosis A league depends for consider able part of it's revenue upon the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals, the an nual campaigns have been remarkably
 successful. Big results are expected this month.
 The proceeds are pro rated and the Jefferson county association, because
 of it's more extensive operations, gets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
New York Theatres
 Feeling the Pinch

1T FEE SHUBERT, Ali Hayman and A Marc Klaw, prominent Ameri- can theatrical managers, are disposed to blame New York newspapers for the sharp decrease in palygolng, situation which has assumed serious proportions and has led to talk of re- ducing the fabulous salaries actors are said to receive. MT. Shubert goes a step further than his contempor- aries and charges the government with raising "false issues." He thinks that while conservation is all very well as applied to food, coal and other supplies, "there is no reason why legitimate industries should be par alyzed."
 The latter part of MT. Shubert's contention is correct. The last thing the government wishes to do IS to paralyze Legitimate industries" and the theatrical business, which repre- sents an investment of many millions and gives employment to thousands of men and women, is a legitimate in- dustry, one which is playing its part in supporting liberty loans, contrib uting to war charities and aiding in other patriotic enterprises.
 However, MT. Shubert will have a hard time convincing the playgoing public that the government is to blame for the hard times New York theatres are experiencing. Residents of New York and visitors from all parts of the country have for years paid extor- tionate prices for theatre tickets. The war tax is trifle for individuals to pay, when a reasonable price is charged, and would probably keep few people away from the theatre for most of the patronage given New York's playhouses comes from out-of' town visitors who are plentifully sup piled with money and are notorious for spending it freely.
 The best solution of the managerial problem would seem to be, not t' blame the newspapers and the gov ernment for their troubles, but t lower their admission charges, banisl ticket spectators and insist that hote agencies charge a moderate commis sion on the tickets they sell. The pub lie is willing to pay more to see good show than bad one, or fairi successful one, but people are tire of being charged two prices for play that are worthless.