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mM «lfe Al 'W: iwi»v7i Utter?? v"*\ SPs •.* 1 fflestf* VOL. XXXV—NO. 39. sfc «?S,'tf'v"i' iriV —, V!4*r \i Washington, Jan. 17.—The establish ment of a neutral zone in northern Mexico to be jointly policed by forces of Mexico and the United States unless disorders are speedly controlled was proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator Gore, democrat, of Oklahoma. The Gore resolution was referred to the foreign relations committee. It would authorize the president to enter into an agreement with General Car ranza to use troops to restore order, and make life secure in that portion of Mexico adjacent to the United States. There was no discussion on the pro posal. Policing arrangement details Mexican and American forces are to be left to the war department. Washington, Jan. 17.—Concentration of Americans at Torreon, Monterey, and other points where Carranza troops can afford them greater pro tection was reported to the state de partment by Consul General Hanna at Monterey. He said 60 Americans and others employed at the Penoles Min ing Co. near Mapimi, north of Torreon, had arrived safely at Monterey. With them were a number of Americans from Asarco. Americans who have been on the property of the Tlahualilo plantation in the Laguna district, are at Torreon, and also at Lerdo, a suburb. Hanna advised the department of the dispatch of Carranza reinforce ments from Monterey to Torreon, add ing that "the Carranza government is in earnest in* its efforts to improve conditions and to prevent further as sault on Americans. Good order here is maintained." No Escort Needed. the Carranza immigration authorities In Juarez gave a personal passport for the whole Watson party. These de velopments are taken to point to the responsibility of the Carranza govern ment for not adequately protecting these Americans. Another Victory for Valley City High mm *V*4 "ft*/ vj^§5 *UVJ Policed by U. S. and Mexico Washington, Jan. 37.—Evidence col lected at El Paso by stata department agents indicates that the Carranza au thorities at Chihuahua assured C. R. Watson, head of the party of Ameri cans killed near Santa Ysobel that no escort Was necessary. In that opin ion, however, many of the Americans agreed, although they had suggested to the authorities the advisability of, ferent nuts with that of various com mending troops with the party. On Saturday evening, Jan. ^15, t^e. Courtenay High school basket ball team went down to defeat at the hands of the representatives of the Valley High by a score of 21 to 14. The •game was close and hard fought throughout and although the Valley City boys showed signs of fatigue from their early morning rise and The little girls of the rourth grade, journey to Courtenay they clearly out- Ritchte school, with their teacher, Miss classed their opponents in team work. Jlinnie Ratzloff, surprised their class The Courtenay aggregation played more basketball in the first half than in the second and their "roughing it" in the second half was undoubtedly due to the fact as expressed by a Courtenay business man, that they they were outclassed. The team while at Courtenay was given a royal treatment by the school people but a little more courteous spirit might have been extended to the visiting team from the sidelines. We are loath to believe that those who exhibited signs of a poor losing spirit were really the true representatives of the city to the north of us. It is our sincere hope that the Valley City' people may be able to see both teams -in the games which are to be held .here. Those representing Valley High in the game were Palmer Nelson, Law rence Stenshoel, John Cook, Harold Coop and Eli Weston. Albert Kotz, who has been foreman rft the Northwest Nursery farm for some time, will move his family to Owatonna, Minn., this week,- where he will accept a position with the Clinton Falls Nursery with whom he worked while learning the business. Their many friends in the city will wish them we^ tkeir spi new ^%.*CTrhey home although re- gretting their departure from here. expect t0 leave Wednesday night. Most any ,oke 18 I *1§P funny £or whom if the man you are working tells It. Foil Membership Present at Woman's Club Meeting Monday afternoon the Woman's club met at the home of Mrs. D. S. Ritchie and a noteworthy fact was that every member .was present. The topic for the afternoon's discussion was "Mod ern Advance in Medicine and Surgery," which brought forth some interesting facts and thoughts. Roll call was re sponded to as usual with current events. The full attendance in such severe weather Is evidence of the in by "terest the members take in their club work. Neighborly Study Members Learn Dietetic Value of Nuts Meeting at the home of Mrs. Bough ton, in the Sheyenne Flats Monday aft ernoon, the Neighborly Study club had a very delightful session. Miss Tillson conducted an interesting les son on "Nuts", giving a large amount of general and specific knowledge re garding all the common varieties as well as many interesting facts regard ing many of the more rare nuts. Sta tistics concerning the vast quantities of nuts grown in America in a single year, 1905, showed that as an article of food they constitute a much larger portion of the general whole than might be supposed, millions and mil lions of pounds being grown. In that same year America imported addition al nuts amounting to $6,000,000. Miss Tillson presented charts showing the relative food values of nuts as com pared with meat, cheese, bread, eggs, beans, potatoes, apples and rasins. These comparisons had been carefully worked out with reference to the pro portions of protein, carbohydrates, fat and energy—or the number of callor ies possessed in each case. Compar ing, also, the relative cost of the dif- mon The advices further stated that tEe astonishing for instance, ten cents Carranza governor of Chihuahua gave! worth of peanuts was found to con Watson a personal passport, and that I tain twice as much protein and six foods, the results were somewhat times as much energy as ten cents worth of porter house steak would con tain. Following this a short business meet ing was held, and then Mrs. T. A. Veblen conducted the lesson in Civil Government which on this occasion was "Public Finance, Money and Bank ing," with particular emphasis on the latter. The study in civics is one v.hich the club is particularly enjoy ing and while time often forbids the lengthy discussion which is desirable, yet the members are carefully follow ing the study outline as prepared last fall and find the subject full of inter est. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. S. S. Tuttle, Jan. 31. Surprised Their Classmate mate, Grace Kotz, at her home on Conkling avenue, Monday afternoon after school, by coming in for a fare well party before she leaves for her new home in Owatonna, Minn. They brought along with them a beautiful napkin ring, engraved with her ini tials, which they presented to her a9 a token of friendship and the little girl will always remember her school friends in Valley City. Games were played and a general good time indulg in, after .which refreshments were served, and then the little guests bid their schoolmate goodbye and wished her a pleasant time in her new home. WILLISTON FIRfe MEN ARE BUSY Williston, N. D., Jan. 17—With a record of four fire alarms in a single day, as compared with a record for the month previous of no alarms, the Williston fire department was given an opportunity to exercise itself to the utmost. Only nominal damage was done in each of the fires, which were checked in good season. The heaviest loss was in the Brunswick hotel, where the damage is about $2,000. The other fires were in residences. Nell" Johnson, manager of the Rus sell-Miller Co., of this cjty, made a flying trip to Buffalo Tuesday on mat ters of business. Hil s. flfjjr SiHS' t: i• Monday afternoon, at her home on Normal avenue, Miss Helen Chaffee en tertained the first half of the Clionian society from 3 to 5 o'clock. The socie ty is arranged alphabetically and di vided evenly, one-half being enter tained at a time, 12 being present on this occasion. The afternoon was spent in needle work, conversation and mu sic, light refreshments being served by the hostess later. Dainty little bas kets, formed of white hearts tied with red ribbons, and the decorations on the cakes in red and white evidenced the colors of the society. The time passed quickly and a moat enjoyable after noon was spent. J. N. Johnson, of Spiritwood, spent Tuesday in the city, greeting friends and paying his taxes. He was to leave in the evening for Fargo, to be in at tendance at the meeting of the stock holders of the Equity exchange. Believes U. S. Must Make War on Mexico New York Jan. 15.—Representa tive Kelley of Michigan, member of the house committee on military af fairs, declared in an informal discus sion the United States might be forced to intervene in Mexico. Mr. Kelley asserted that the Unit ed States had no need of a great mil itary establishment, but that its navy should, at least, be second among those of the great powers. Mr. Kelley and Representative Lemuel Padgett, of Tennessee, chair man of the naval committee, who also spoke, declared the present plans of the navy department would give the THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORD Entertained Clionians VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916. Our Standard of Service This Bank and its Shareholders, its Offi cers and Directors, and its hundreds of cus tomers, all have the closest mutual interests. The more these mutual interests are un derstood, the greater the degree of service we can render. To be a faithful, efficient, punctual, and dependable Bank, to make every branch of its service the best possible, is our ideal and standard. We would much rather be THE BEST than to be the biggest. Bank of Valley City United States a navy only slightly in-jand ferior to that which Germany pos sessed at the outbreak of the present war. REPORT WAS ERRONEOUS In the report of the death of Ole Oleson last week it was est,a-. s«,l that he was somewhat addicted lo the use of intoxicants. This is stoutly denied by his relatives. In the hurry of getting out a daily such things sonethues get in and are erroneous. This paper has no intention of maligning anyone or causing them, additional grief. We therefore cheerfully correct this state ment Valley Gty Is Leading in Sunday School Contest Every week means added interest in the contest between the First Congre gational Sunday school of this city and the Williston Congregational school. Yesterday the Valley City school re ported an attendance of 233 with an offering of $7.04, one perfect attend ance class and 24 new scholars added to the roll. The Williston school re. ported an attendance of 179 with an oeffring of $9.41, three perfect at tendance classes and 12 new scholars added to the roll. The annual meeting of the First Con gregational church society will be held in the church on Thursday eve ning Jan. 20, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Following the meeting an ad journment will be taken to the chuch parlors for a social hour. The Ladies' Guild will serve refreshments. All members of the churcn, contributors and regular attendants are entitled to be present,|t^s4meejtlngof the church soeiety^.%T®§& '-J :-4 mmM sr'-- 'j Surprised Mrs. Kotz Saturday evening about 25 lady friends of Mrs. Albert Kotz surprised her at her home on Conkling avenue by coming in and spending the evening with her. Baskets filled generously with delicious lunch were opened after an evening of pleasant visiting togeth er, and a repast was enjoyed and then the climax of the evening came in the presentation to Mrs. Kotz, by her friends, of a set of silver spoons, a sugar spoon and butter knife. Mrs. Kotz was delighted and in a charming manner thanked the ladies for the beautiful remembrance. The guests, in departing, wished their friends a pleas ant lot in her change of homes. C. H. Noltimler, one of our best an.d most -conservative farmers, and a booster for the Equity, left on No. 4 Tuesday, to be in attendance at the Equity meeting in Fargo. Doctor Badly Frozen While Answering Call Mandan, Jan. 14.—With his feet ter ribly frozen and his legs to the knees turned black, Dr. T. G. Andrews, who recently took the place of Dr. Rice at Cannon Ball, lies in a hospital at Ft Yates facing amputation of his legs. He was out on a sick call during one of the recent severly cold nights. The team he was driving played out and the doctor unhitched the horses and tied them to a wheel to give them a rest. He sat in the buggy, pulling quilts and blankets about him for a couple of hours. Then he hitched up again and fin ished his trip, but his feet had been jfrozen He wag taken to pt Yates wMle he is improving sisters 0 the Catholic hospital in long distance conversation this afternoon admitted that he is in a critical condition. What Foods Are Best for School children Can Johnny better work his arith metic problems after a breakfast of twelve pancakes, or would his aver iage be higher on milk toast? That there is a relatidn between the stu dents' food and the grade of his work is a fact maintained by educators. In a certain western university not long ago the professorial indignation was voiced against the wheat cake "stack" and the "side of bacon" as a drawback to scholarship. The effects of different foods upon the mental alertness of school chil dren will be discussed by Dr. C. E. Hunt before the Parents League of the Normal Training school on Wed nesday evening of this week. This meeting will be held in*Miss Aml don's room at the Normal school and will be called to order at 8 o'clock sharp. All members of the League and others interested are urged to be present. A musical program is in the hands of Miss Carrie Dean, assistant critic and the committee' assures us the meeting will be a most profitable one. Frank Bibb, accompanist with Oscar Seagle, at the Normal auditorium Monday evening, .was entertained at diner at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Roberts. Mr. Bibb was a classmate of Mrs. Roberts at the Minnesota uni versity. Mrs. L. W. Cameron, who was also present, was another class mate, and reminiscences were enjoyed. iillllii Sheyenne Club Discusses Finances of Government Minot Man Is Arrested on a Firebug Charge Minot, Jan. 15.—Arthur Hileman was arrested and waived a preliminary hearing before Justice Lynch Saturday morning who bound him over to the district court in $2,000, on a charge of arson in connection with the burn ing of the Blakey-Roell block in this city a few day3 ago. The story in circulation in connec tion with the matter, but which was not disclosed this morning because of the accused having waiviEd prelimin ary hearing and so avoiding the ne cessity of offering evidence, is that the accuser who conducted a sort of messenger service in the basement of the building, poured wood alcohol over the bottom of the pants of a drunken man named Westegard, who was sleep-j ing in the place and then set him on fire. The victim was pretty badly burned, and while efforts were being made to prevent him from being burn ed to death, the fire communicated to the material in the building and the conflagration became a disaster. Ever since the fire there have been rumors of incendiarism, either inten tional or accidental, but nothing has come of the matter unfll the arrest of Hileman. The accused is a young man well known about the city, and is about 24 years of age. He furnished the bail required by the committing magis trate. Westegard, the man who was burn ed, was taken to a local physician for treatment of his burns and an effort was made to keep the facts from the public. He is able to be about but is badly burned. The Episcopal guild will meet in the Guild room on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Cameron as hostess. Bergen, Norway, Swept by a Disastrous Fire Mrs. Pankhurst Not Allowed I to Enter the United States New York, Jan. 17—Mrs. Emmeline The fire started Saturday evening In Pankhurst, the British suffrage leader,' an iron monger's shop and fanned by was held at Ellis Island immigration topics. While the figures given were too numerous and too large to be eas ily remembered, they gave a general knowledge of the expense of the gov ernment, both state and national. the time spent is slight. DISTRICT COURT WRESTLING WITH SCHNUR ACCIDENT CASE The Sheyenne club held a splendid' Two lives are reported to have been meeting, one full of interest, Monday l°st The case against the Soo railway brought by the guardian of Win. Schnur, of Fingal, who was injured in a crossing accident is occupying the attention of the district court. There are a large number of witnesses in this case, and the amount of damages asked by the plaintiff makes the case one of unusual interest. The attorneys on both sides are giving their clients their best efforts, and the case will not go to the jury before Wednesday. This is the last case for this term. J»«:l. V4 r^ir^fWW^Sf^ ESTABLISHED ItTf. Christiania, Norway, Jan. 17, via. London.—A third of the city df Bergen, a thriving Norwegian seaport with a population of 90,000 was destroyed Saturday night by fire. a station when she arrived here on the and soon envoloped all the business steamship St. Paul, because federal portion of the city. authorities said she served a sentence Ail the largest buildings including in a British prison. hotels, newspaper offices and telegraph She was similarly detained when and telephone exchanges were destroy she arrived here more than two years ed. The telegraph officials worked ago, but was quickly released and al- bravely in sending messages until lowed to enter this country. Mrs. their last lines were broken. Pankhurst protested vigorously. The firemen endeavored to circum scribe the area of the fight but the task was hopeless. In order to pre vent a further spread of the conflagra tion they finally blew up buildings on the outer edge of the path of the flames. Late reports say that no lives were lost. hurricane the flames spread rapidly and afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. P. The property damage is estimated at Ellis. The program was in charge of $15,000,000. Mrs. E. C. Hilborn and Mrs. Ellis. Mrs. The conflagration is said to be the Hilborn had a paper on "Government worst ever recorded in Norway. The Finances" while Mrs. Ellis read an ar- business section, with its old whole ticle on "State Funds," which was fol- sa^e lowed by a general discussion of the' the hotels, a number of schools, thn There was a good attendance and the houses, filled with provisions for sup members are greatly interested in' plying the surrounding country, were their work, feeling that they derive burned down. It is harder to obtain great benefit from the lessons gone groceries today than at anj time since over in the course of a year, although the outbreak of the war. 2,000 persons are homeless, houses, several of the largest of electric plant and banks and newspa per buildings, was the part burned. The difficulties of the 2,000 persona now without homes were increased by the fact that the largest storage Bergen never was so flourishing as at the beginning of the present year, these conditions being due largely to the increased merchant marine. Bergen is one of the oldest and most picturesque towns in Norway, and it ranks first of the Norwegian ship own ing centers. It is well built on a hilly peninsula and is situated at the end of a deep bay of the Atlantic 190 miles northwest of Christiania. A large part of the foreign trade of Nor way passes through Bergen. Fleets of vessels bring the produce of the northern fisheries to the seaport Bergen has repeatedly suffered from fire as in 1702 and 1855 and the broad open spaces which interrupt the streets are intended as a safeguard against the spread of flames. Many of the houses still are timber built and painted white. The chief' buldings in the city are the national museum, a large public library, the cathedral and a marine bio logical station. Posters in four colors advertising the Laymen's Missionary convention for North Dakota and northern Min nesota, which will be held in Fargo beginning Jan. 26, will soon be dis played in Valley City. The idea of the poster was suggested for the pos ters issued by the United States mili tary authorities to induce men to en list in the army. Enrollment for the convention is progressing. Fargo and Moorhead will furnish Irom 800 to 1,000 delegates. Grain Growers Meet in Annual ConventioB Fargo, Jan. 18.—The seventeenth an nual Tri-state Grain Growers' conven tion opened this morning at 10 o'clock in the new auditorium building. Pres ident John H. Worst, head of the North Dakota Agricultural college, will open the convention and the sessions will continue for four days. During tWs time the farmers of the northwest will have the opportunity of listening to some of the best posted men on agri cultural subjects in the country. Large numbers of visitors arrived in the city yesterday and trains coming into Fargo today will be crowded with men from all over the Dakotas and Minnesota who want to know of the developments in the past year along farming lines and for exchanging ideas in regard to their work. It was announced last evening that one hour of the sessions today would be devoted to the Equity movement. James Manahan, of Minneapolis, will be on hand and will have something interesting to tell the gathering about the great work of this organization. On Friday another hour will be de voted to this subject, the speaker to be announced later. '••Hi i-i '•''il "11 I 'hMi