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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-22
AGENCY

WESTERN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
will furnish you help-ranch hands,
miners, cooks, etc. Let us save
your worries. Phone 765. or ad-
dress Western Employment Agency,
Winnemucca, Nevada. II
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WOMAN wishes work by day, week or
month, in city; good cook. Apply last
house on West Second street.
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can find out anything, and I'll stay
right here"
So Daddy Fox crept around and as
soon as he saw Uncle Lucky's old
wedding stovepipe hat in the hole he
knew who was inside. You bet ne
did, even il he hadn't snelt rabbit or
seen little rabbit footprints in the
snow.
And then. pretty soon. the wicked
wolf pushed in the SNOWFALL and
then he pushed his head inside. But
when he tried to pull it out. his head.
you know, not the SNOWFALL, he
couldn't. No. sireemam. His head
was stuck fast, But it isn't very
pleasant to have a big VOLTS head
inside a hollow stump when there's
hardly room enough for you, let me
say, and OF course the two little rab-
bits were almost scared to death.
And when Daddy Fox saw what was
the matter. he laughed so hard that
he rolled right down the hill. And
then Uncle Lucky put on his hat and
he and Billy Bunny hoped away as
fast as they could. and even faster,
and pretty soon they came to the
Old Brier Patch, where they were
safe from harm.
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Tales of The Friendly Forest
BY DAVID CORY

You remember where we left off in
the last story, hope. But in case
you don't I'll tell you. Billy Bunny
and dear kind Uncle Lucky we're hid
ing in a hollow stump and the Wick
ed Gray Wolf was sitting outside
waiting to eat them up. But he
won't if I can help it. No, sireebus!
Not II I have to call on the allies to
help these two little rabbits.
Well, after a while Billy Bunny
made a hole in the back Of the
stump so that he and the old gentle
man rabbit could just squeeze
through. But before they did, the
little rabbit put his pickaxe back in
his knapsack, because he might have
to use it some time again, you know.
and one doesn't find pickaxes lying
around loose, let me tell you. Not in
these days when iron costs almost as
much as sugar and sugar: costs more
than diamonds, and diamonds-weIl,
don't know what they cost, for /
never wear any.
''Oh, dear! I hate to leave my old
wedding stovepipe hat in that hole"
said dear kind Uncle Lucky, which
you remember he had stuffed up
with his old silk hat to keep Mr..
Wolf from looking in.
Wen make a SNOWFALL and put it
there instead" said Billy Bunny, and
when that was done, they both
hoped out OF the back door just as
quietly as could be. But, oh, dear
me. Atefr they were once out, they
were afraid to go any farther, for
Mr.. Wicked Wolf would surely see
them. So they hoped inside and
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George Opposes
Fixed Policy

London, Nov. 2s.-David Lloyd
George and Andrew Bonar Law have
issued long election address to the
country. For the most part it fol-
lows the lines of speeches made re-
Gently by the two political leaders
in outlining plans for preference to
the colonies. 1t says. however. that
until the country has returned to
normal Industrial conditions it would
be premature to prescribe a fiscal
policy intended for permanence.
1--WE must endeavor," the address
says, TO reduce the war debt in
such manner as to inf1ict the least
injury to industry and credit. The
military institutions of the country
must necessarily be dependent upon
the needs of the empire. its pros
pectiye requirements and the neces-
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is organizing, but where it was not
sufficiently organized to take part
in the recent elections will be repre-
sented by one farmer member of the
present farmers state committee.
This will make six delegates, one
each from the following states:
Washington, Wisconsin, Kansas,
Iowa, Texas and Oklahoma
THE total number OF delegates VIII
therefore be Al.
THE convention is called in ac-
corlance with the articles of asso-
citation Of the league, which provide
for national conventions Of this kind
periodically. North Dakota, where
the league is four years old, has had
its state conventions for the trans
action Of business regularly, as well
as it's state political conventions, but
it must be remembered that the
league has been something more than
a. North Dakota organization for
only two years, and in some states
outside the state of its birth has only
been working a year or less. This,
therefore, is the first national dele
gate convention that could be held
the first one it was possible TO call
under the articles OF association.
Good pianos for sale or rent, at the
Fargo Music Co., 516 1St Ave. N.-AoV.
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each from tho group OF six states
that gre given q representation only
one in the national convention"
will be chosen, but 1t Is presumed
that the chairman, or the state man
ager, win be delegate in question.
The call for the convention is set
forth In the current edition Of The
Nonpartison Leader, as follow;
The first national delegate con-
vention of the National Nonpartisan
league has been called TO meet for
five days, or q week, if necessary,
beginning December 8, 1918 at st.
Paul, MINI. All IS states where the
league is organized will be repre-
sented. The league held its state
conventions in all states where a
part was taken in the campaign be-
fore the primaries this year, but
The only other national gathering
Of the league was held In Septen-
Der, 1917, in ST. Paul, but this was
mass convention to consider the
leagues war policies. not delegate
meeting, The convention for the
week Of December is therefore the
first national delegate convention of
the organization.
business matters and policies OF
the utmost Importance to the or
ganized farmers will be discussed,
and it is safe TO say no other meeting
ever called by the league has re-
suited In such important news for
the organized farmers as will come
out of this convention. Complete
details will appear in the Nonparti =,
san Leader and the various state
nlikIica fions of the league
Far-reaching action Will be taken
in the matter of organization work
and organization policy toward the
1920 elections.
'"The great problems of after-the-
war reconstruction will be considered
and the leagues position made plain.
THE convention will examine the
books and accounts Of the league and
investigate the handling Of its busi-
ness by it's officers and committees.
'"The convention notice has been
sent by the national executive com
mittee and President Townley to all
state headquarters.
Representation at the convention,
according to the announcement Of
league headquarters, will be on the
plan: Each state where
the league took part in the recent
elections. including the states Of
North and South Dakota, Minnesota,
Montana, Idaho, Nebraska and Col
orado, to be represented by the en-
tire committee Of five farmers now
in charge of the organization work
and business of the league in each Of
these states This makes 35 dele
gates from these states.
Each other state where the league
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LEAGUE TO HOLD
CON INVENTION AT
ST. PAUL EARLY
in DECEMBER
Only Picked Delegates,
However, Will Have
Voice In Deliberations

AslsA national convention" Of the Ma
ticna1 Nonpartisan league, to be
made up of II delegates already
chosen by President A. c. TownIey,
wilI be held in st. Paul beginning on
Dec. 3, and continuing, according to
the official announcement, five days
Ser a week, or as long as may be
necessary.
4 The coming Convention" is the
first national gathering held by the
organization, and to the end that
there shall be no untOward incidents
in connection Herewith, Mr.. Town
ley and his aides have devised a
carefully laid plan Of action. partic-
ularly as relates TO the selection of
delegates.
Five members Of the 'state execu-
tive COMMITTEES" from each of the
states of North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Minnesota, Montana, Idahoh
Nebraska and Colorado will be del
egates, and one executive member
from each of the states OF Washing
ton, Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, Texas
sggrga Oklahoma, will comprise the
delegate body.
All Chosen BY TownIey.
The executive committees" OF the
several states, it might be said in
passing. have each been chosen per-
sonaIly by Mr.. Townley. and in most
instances are Socialists. The an
nouncement of the convention call
doesn't indicate how the one member
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No Special Aid
Gigen ex-KaiSer

Paris, Nov. 23.- (Havas) 1.-The Dutch
legation yesterday published note
containing a declaration by the
president of the Netherlands council
of ministers to the chamber of dep
uties saying that the former German
emperor entered Dutch territory
after his abdication as private per-
sonage. The note says that the kind
Of refuge granted to him is similar
to that given all foreign refugees
and that the government could not
I make any exception on account of
his former position when he asked
to be admitted to Dutch territory.
This does not prevent the govern
| ment, says the note, from carrying
out the duty of watching that the
former emperor does not commit
any abuse of asylum which would
render hospitality detrimental to the
interests of the country.
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PREssMEN AccEPT PolNT

Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 23.-After
being without newspapers for three
days, Rochester has them again to-
day.
After voting yesterday to continue
the strike, the pressemen received
word from the publishers that If
they did not return at o'clock that
their places would be filed. Anoth-
er meeting was called and vote to
return to work under the terms of
the award made by the board of ar
bitration was adopted.
For player rolls call at the
Fargo Music Co., SIS 1st Ave. N.-Adv.
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TALES OF HORROR TOLD
BY PRISONERS
Continued from page 1.)

treated worse than the other pris-
oners at the German camps.
Testimonial of Brutality.
A further report of Sir Robert
Younger's command, dealing with
the treatment OF British prisoners
in the oal and salt mines of Ger
many, gives narrowing details cf
brutal treatment by the Germans.
This report says: ...
From the testimony scarcely a
month old it is evident that there
in the treatment of prisoners i'll
Germany. This disgrace is open
and flagrant and the only possible
inference is that Berlin deliberately
approves of it. There is no doubt
that work in the mines is inflicted
as punishment. Here is an extract
from a letter dated May last, from
British private soldier:
Tales Of Horror.
1--WE have had little to eat since
we left Hamelin. Two of our NUM-
ber have gone to the hospital with
broken arms and the remainder are
suffering from cuts on their heads
and bruises as the result OF floggings
they received; at the last place. I
fell in a faint unable to work any
longer last Saturday and the man
in charge, a civilian, kicked me back
into my senses and kept me down in
the mine 16 hours after all my gang
had gone up II you could only see
the boys here. They an look like
dead men. They are. worked to
death
The record of daily promiscuous
violence arnight be much further IL
Illustrated. TO scores of men who
have given evidence concerning the
mining camps, kicks, blows and in
suits became a part OF the normal
routine. Here is an example from the
| testimony of a man who had been al
one of the Haeln salt mines:
ssVenasance Is Mine"
"In January, 1918. / refused to
complete my task as ii was a physi-
cal impossibility. was taken out o.
| the mine dressed only in shirt ano
| drawers-it's too hot in the mine t6
wear anything else and put for the
night in a nut which was moi
weatherproof. In the morning it
was half full Of snow. The next day
| I was taken to the mine and again
/ beaten until / had finished my task
/ / received nothing to eat from tbs
time / went down into the mine on
/ the first morning until o'clock tht
next afternoon"
1t is impossible to say how many
prisoners lives were sacrificed, 70
i until more evidence is given by mel
who have been set freet the e1a'
4 cpndi tons must remain i1 opseu]rlls
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SOLDIERS FAVOR ASSEMBLY
NV Associated Press.l

Copenhagen. Nov pa Berlin
dispatch under date of Thursday
says a test vote among the return
ing troops indicates that the pre-
vailing sentiment is in favor of a
national assembly. The nineteenth
Lorrainese army declares it's willing
ness to support the present govern
ment, but will oppose vigorously any
effort to delay the formation of ma
tional body.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-11-23

Washington, Nov. 23.-.A program
of $99, 900 900 of expenditures for
railroad additions and betterments
and equipment already ordered but
not delivered for the remainder Of
this year an next year was announ-
ced yesterday by the railroad ad-
ministration. This does not include
care and locomotives which may be
ordered next year.
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BALTIMORE THREATENED

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 23.-A fire
which threatened to wreck the en-
tire Canton water front district
broke out here yesterday at the oil
loading dock Of the Standard Oil
company, destroying the company's
piers badly damaging the oil tank
er F.. Q. Barslow. loaded with $4,000
barrels of gasoline. The total loss,
it is estimated will reach $1,000, 900.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-11-23
coMrIMIIE WAR BOARD,

Washington, Nov. 23.-Continua-
ton of the national war labor board
until the peace treaty has been sign
ed is highly desirable, Secretary
Wilson has informed Joint Chairman
william H. Taft and Frank P.
Walsh, in a letter in answer to their
request, that the board be discon-
tinued as soon as awards have been
made in the labor cases pending.
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Versailles Nozg FaUOred as Site Of
MOn1entOuS Peace Conference

It is the general belief now that
the peace conference will be held in
the palace at Versailles. Laying
aside sentimental reasons, Versailles
stands out as the most practical
place, officials point out. 1t is easily
reached from foreign lands. Locat-
ed in the Paris outskirts 1t has am
pie wire and cable service TO the
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he 1sarne for the preservas

-
stiles of the league for the preservaS
tion of peace.
1T win be the duty Of the new
government to remove all existing
inequalities OF law as between men
and women and create second
chamber based upon direct contact
with the people. There can be no
noIiticaI peace in the kingdom or
empire while the Irish question re-
mains unsettled. Therefore all
practical paths towards a settlement
must be explored. There are tuf@
paths, however, when are closed
namely, one leading to the complete
severance of Ireland from the en-
pire, and the other the forcible sub
lection OF the six Ulster counties to
a, home rule parliamens against
their viii"
For pianos and monographs. Fargo
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MANY YANKs COMING hoME.

Liverpool, Friday, Nov. 22.-Several
Thousand American soldiers sailed for
home today on the liners LaPand and
Minneha,ha. The men marched from
the railway station and local camps
to the landing stage amid the rous-
ing cheers from the throngs Of peo-
pie along the streets.
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closed the back hole with the old
wedding stovepipe hat, and then they
didn't know what to do. And neither
do I, so I hope somebody will help
those two poor little rabbits.
Well, after a while, along came
Daddy Fox. So Mr.. Wicked Wolf
said to him: you go round to the
back of the stump and see if you
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Washington, Nov. 23.-Private
VIM. L. Terrill of Fairmount, N. D.,
previously reported missing in ac-
ton, now is reported wounded, de-
gree undetermined, in statement
issuel today by the war department.
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LOOkFOrThiS

Ted's big announcement, in this
issue. You can save 10 per cent on
Overcoats, Suits and Shoes.-(Adv.)
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PARAMOUNT MAN WOUNDED

Mandolins, ukeleles, guitars, violins.
Fargo Music Co., SIG 1st Ave. N.-Adv.
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mand for suitable quarters could not
be met in some of the other cities
talked of. Holding of the conference
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For pianos and monographs. Fargo
Music Co, 516 1st Ave. N.---Advt.
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outside world. The representatives
of the leading governments already
are we'll established there. The de-
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treated worse than the other pris-
oners at the German camps.
Testimonial of Brutality.
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Victory Day

and show our gratitude on
that day to the utmost Of
our ability BY making other
people happy,
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A Heartfelt
Thanksgiving .

In times OF easy
going national pros
perity and freedom
from care, Thanksgiv-
ing has been apt to be
a day of festivity and
merrymaking, wit h
very little of real
thankfulness to make
the holiday worthy of
it's name.
How different this
year!
The Nation has just
emerged from a tremendous
ordeal, sobered and unified;
with a greater national con-
sciousness than it ever be-
fore possessed, and withal
profoundly grateful for it's
deliverance.
This Thanksgiving will
be observed from the bottom
of the Nations heart, joyous
. ly, yet with the joy tempered
by the thought of the sorrow
that the struggle now ended
has brought to many a home;
and with deep thanlxfulness
that our country, despite all
its anxiety and its sacrifice,
has been mercifully spared
what the other nations Of
the world have had to bear
in the four dreadful wears
gone by.
So let US give thanks
seriously, with a due sense
OF our blessings. in conform
ity with the Presidents wish
that Thanksgiving Day shall
be observed as
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BIG RAIL EXPENDITURES.

Good pianos for sale or rent, at II
Fargo Music Co., SIS 1St Ave. N.-Ad'
The Adair County news., 1918-07-17

way, | told them believed with
the alternative before me, |
would be conscripted; and so
they conscripted me!
The business that night was a
charivari of a newly-married
couple. There had been two
suitors for the lady's hand, and
report said the successful man
had not played entirely fair with
his opponent in the course of the
courtship, and her part in it had
not been that of a "Perdita," so
the band had determined to make
the evening lively with songs
and the harmonious jingle of
bells, tin pans, etc.
The morning after the chariv-
ari, the bridegroom was in town
very wrathy, and declaring that
he intended to sue 1.-THE whole
blamed outfit'-but he didn't do
| it. Perhaps, on second thought,
he concluded it was too big a
job to tackle an organization as
formidable as the "Whangs."
Had he done so, | suppose ]
could have plead the ICON
scription act" altho, l ratified
my tin pan like an old veteran.
Under the circumstances could
not do any less, for, was in the
service, and subject to the regu'
lations which required each one
to make all the noise he could.
During the same night, Es'
quire Price was captured anC
the oath of loyalty and obedience
administered to him, and DR.
Samuel B. Field had a very mar
row escape. He managed tt
reach his office just in time, ant
then turned and politely invited
the boys in, knowing he wa
safe when in his own castle
Fortunately the term Of conscrip
ton only extended one night
and had but a short service.
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The organization continued
alive and active until late in the
war-appearing sometimes as I'm
ionists, sometimes as Southern
ers-seeking a late meal or in
formation from some unwilling
citizen, or again as veritable
"Whangs" to the mortal terror
of Africa. On the evening of
the marriage of it's Colonel, the
band assembled for the last time,
stood beneath his window, sang
him a farewell song and then
quietly disbanded. Thus passed
away this remarkable organiza-
ton. 1t has its history. l have
not attempted to write it, but
should this article excite in any
person a desire to know more of
it, l take the liberty of directing
them to the venerable ex-Mayor
of our little city. who shared in
the memorable events with which
it was connected.
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goods boxes on the streets and
gates hanging about loose at out
of.the-way places; and unchari-
table persons would at once say:
''This is the work of the 'Whang-
Doodles. Whether evil dis
posed persons slipped in behind
them, and for the purpose of in.
juring their good names and
counteracting their influence in
the community, did these things,
or whether the "Whangs" them
selves were really the guilty
party, has never been certainly
known.
The negroes feared the organi-
cation more than they did ghosts,
witches. or the woman in
black" in latter days, and for
months at a time they would
never be seen on the street after
dark, for they soon learned that
it was no fun to mark time" by
the half hour and do the many
other things that "Whang-Doo-
die" ingenuity required of them.
If one happened to remain out
little late, the shout of "Whang"
would cause him to dart away as
if pursued by death.
Now, after reading so much,
some one may be ready to ask:
"How do you. know so much
about the organization" Well,
| will be frank with you; l was
conscripted into it! You know;
during the war, some went in
voluntarily, and others, after a
long time were forced in. l was
not at home when the society
was organized. Sometime after
my return home, | happened
down town one night, and see
ing a crowd over on corner of
the street, l made my way over
to it in blissful ignorance that
life or liberty were endangered
thereby. I had hardly reached
the outskirts of the crowd when
was siezed, backed up against
a little locust, and my hands tieC
behidd me and around the tree
There NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and at the mercy of the "Whang
Doodles!" What could | do
Why, nothing, whatever. l JUS
stood like "Snook" in "Wil(
Western Scenes" when caught
by the Indians. l knew they ha(
, me, and there was no escape
, Finally, after disposing of som'
other business, some of the of
; ficers came around and examined
, me. They called a council of th'
, Chiefs to determene what the.
would DO with me. All the tim
| stood hugging the tree wit
my back. They finally determen
ed that must suffer "conscrir
, ton" or death, and they woul
f leave it to me to say which. A
r l did not feel ready to die, an
S didn't want to die just then any