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GREAT TRAINING
CAMP TAKES ON
LIVELY BEARING
Preliminary Work WcL
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Food and Amusement
Camp Dodge, Sept. 26.—Scenes like
these are being enacted all over the
United States as the first major in
crement of the great draft army
reaches camp. The introduction to
military life is made quickly and the
men are soon accustomed to the
'routine of the cantonment. The men
In the photo have been at camp only
a few hours, but they have already
fallen in with the spirit of army life
They have had their first taste of
army "grub" and by their expressions
tt was to their liking. After thei
first meal they learned that one of
the duties of our soldiers is cleaning
their own dishes. They are busily
engaged at that task while others of
their comrades are taking their turns
at the mess tables.
Upon their arrival the men were
tor the most part quiet and serious
feeling a bit awkward and diffident
In the new undertaking. There was
Men in most of them the attitude of
a man on a new Job in unfamiliar
surroundings or rather of the small
boy on his first day of school. It
has been generally remarked, how
eVer. that there has be^n nothing
sullen or unwilling in the behavior
of any of them and that on the con
trary they have been more eager and
Interested than might have been ex
pected.
Men Soon Find Their Places.
Each new "soldier of freedom" had
'fOund his place within half an hour
after his arrival at the ramp. The
men are received in groups from
their various states and communities
and after a medical examination,
part of each group is assigned to the
Infantry brigades, a part to the ar
I tillery brigades and the rest to th
depot brigades. The officers of the
brigades then take them in charge
ahd after being led behind the brigad
lines the men are divided again with
I reference to regiments. These were
in turn split up with reference to
companies and th« men were directed
to their barracks, which were ready
fot them so far at least aa cots and
blankets and food wore concerned.
At the close of the first day the
men had already begun to feel es
tablished. The distribution of shoes
socks and shirts, trousers, hats and
leggings followed later and some of
the men are still training in civilian
clothes. They learned how to make
their beds so that the letters "U. S."
showed on the outside of the blank
ets just six Inches below the upper
edge—one of the very first lessons in
the army.
After two meals together and by
evening of the first day eomr.nl' hip
began to spring up and the men went
away in groups and pairs to the
movie shows and entertainments that
are supplied bv the Y. M. C. A. That
the men are to have plenty of whole
some diversion is already apparent
and they have shown their apprecia
tion of it.
Officers Are Tactful.
The "conscript" and "compulsory"
pfcase of the national army Is being
sensibly handled by the officers in
charge. All of them realize as well
aa the men themselves that they
came because they had to, but it is
rot in human nature to be pleased
with the idea, and the officers deal
with it in a tactful way.
The word 'obligatory** is used
rather than "compulsory". "It is
obligatory", explained one of the of
ficers, "for all men to pay their Just
debts. It is only in the case of shirk
ers that compulsion is necessary.
These men are not shirkers. They
come into the army because they owe
a debt of service to their country and
the draft law has been merely a
means furnished them that they can
properly pay that debt. These men
afe not shirkers and you will not fln-i
that spirit among the men.
"I don't want to cast aspersions
on the old regular army", said a
prominent officer, "but. this way of
getting an army is a thousand times
better. For the rank and file we are
starting T*jth at least 50 per cent
of the total enrollment far above the
average of men as you find them
throughout the country. There is
nothing of the hobo type even in the
other r0 per cent, and very little, if
anything, of the vicious. As to the
new officers from the reserve corps
training camps, they all have the in
doctrination of the spirit of work.
They are fresh from the training
which meant eight amd ten hard
houra a day of work for every one of
them. That is what military service
means to them. They know nothing
else in connection with the army, and
they are going to pass this on to the
men. We are going to have an army
free of idleness. Nobody need fear
to let his son come to it when the
draft board calls him".
Each barracks at present accommo
dates about 200 men. but a plan to
remodel some of these buildings will
provide more room. In each of the
barracks there is a hallway in the
center extending the entire width,
with outdoor exits at either end. On,
the right of this hall, when entering
the east door, there is a large mesa
hall where the men eat. In the mess
hall are ten tables accommodating
twenty-five men each. At the north
of the mess hall is the kitchen,
•quipped with two 10-hole ranges,
icebox, two pantries and other con
veniences for the cook.
Orderly Room at Right.
On the right of the main hall is an
orderly room for the use of the first
sergeant and company clerk. The re
mainder of the spare on the left orig
inally was intended for a recreation
hall, but owing to the increase in the
size of the companies under the new
organization plan it probably will be
used by non-commissioned officers
and possibly for sleeping quarters
for some privates.
Each barracks is two jitories in
height, the stairs leading to the sec
ond floor from the main hallway. The
entire upper floor is devoted to sleep
ing quarters and cots will be the only
furniture, excepting the stoves. The
barracks have many windows and at
night are lighted by electric globes.
The wash room have a shower bath
with ten showers for each company.
These also are to be heated.
The remodeling plan contemplates
Utilizing all of the first floor of some
of the barracks for sleeping quarters,
allowing the men to eat in other bar
racks, where the mess halls and
kitchens will be retained.
Everything is being done to make
the soldiers comfortable, and much
is planned for the selective men in
the way of amusement, sports and
religious welfare. Two Y. M. C. A.
units are now ready to welcome the
new soldiers and others are being
rushed t^ completion. The Knights
of Columbus order Sf* constructing a
big hall for recreation and religious
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hurches of various denominations
have arranged to build small recrea
tion halls. In addition to these places
a number of fraternal organizations
also have obtained permission to
erect buildings where the khaki-clad
members will be welcome. At all
these places there will be reading
rooms, well supplied with books and
magazines, and in some the men will
have an opportunity to write letters
and to meet their friends and rela
tives. Nearly all of these buildings
will have facilities for musical and
other entertainments.
Interest in Sporting Events.
There is much interest in camp in
the sporting events planned for the
late fall and winter. The first ath
letic entertainment was staged last
week by the hospital men at the Y.
M. O. A. There were three boxing
bouts, a number of other athletic
stunts, music and a lunch. John L.
Griffith, former coach at Drake uni
versity. will have charge of athletics
at Tamp Dodge, and he promises to
make a boxer out of every soldier in
camp. Many of the new officers had
instruction in football at the Fort
Snelling training school, and many
football teams are being organized
and games will be played on the
Wednesday and Saturday half-holi
days.
Plan to Raise Mess Funds.
The home folks of nearly every
unit In this division are planning to
raise mess funds for the various
regiments and companies. These
funds are used to supplement the
government ration in order to pro
ide more variety'for the menu, and
also to purchase the many little
articles needed to make the barracks
more comfortable and home like.
There has been a generous re
sponse on the part of the women of
Des Moines to General Plummer's
uggestion that their aid would be
ppreciated in sewing on buttons
which the soldier loses in the strenu
ous work of becoming a fighting man.
Mrs. James R. Hanna of the home
and hospitality committee has ar
ranged with division officers to have
the women of the city visit the camp
in relays every week and do the
mending for the soldiers. These
women probably will meet in the
hostess houses, which soon are to be
completed. These buildings are for
women visitors who come to the
camp to see their relatives and
friends. Women matrons will be In
charge at each hostess house.
The medical department at Camp
Dodge is now well organized and
Division Surgeon Lieut. Col. Jay R.
Shook and MaJ. E. C. Craft, In charge
of the base hospital, are directing a
large corps of medical officers and
enlisted men whose sole duty it is to
look after the health of the men in
camp. They inspect the cooks, as
well as the food prepared by the
cooks, and they make frequent medi
cal inspections of the men. In addi
tion to this the sanitary officers of
the medical department inspect the
big water and sewage system, the
garbage disposal and the sanitary
conditions of the camn in general.
And in the 200 square mile zone sur
rounding the camp the officers of the
United States public health service
are at work to prevent contagion be
ing carried to the camp. For the
men who become 111 hospital facili
ties are ample and the best of care
is given the patients by the medical
officers and army and Red Cross
nurses.
When the new soldiers get their
complete outfits of clothing and re
cover from sore feet and lame backs,
occasioned by the new mode of life,
they undoubtedly will find that Camp
Dodge is not such a bad- place after
all.
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SOLDIERS ARE
SAVED BY DUCKS
Attacking Party Discover
ed When Unusual Flight
Of Birds Investigated
With British Forces in Salonikl.—
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press.)—This is the story of how
the ducks of Kale-Zir gave the warn
ing and saved a British detachment.
When the Bulgars left their native
fastnesses and came down into the
plains, their advance was halted by
a certain famous river and a his
toric lake. A British company was
holding the Upper lake, for it was di
vided into two parts connected by
the river. The company was charg
ed with responsibility for the upper
lake and five miles of the connecting
stream as far as Kale-Zir. They had
absolute command of the lake, thanks
to the motorboats, and a crossing
there was inconceivable, but the riv
er flowed through a maze of reeds
and swamps and forests, most parts
of which appeared absolutely im
penetrable from the British side. A
feeling of comparative safety per
vaded the British camp.
Then one evening the orderly offi
cer set out from the camp on his
bicycle to visit two outposts up the
river nearly two miles from the
camp. It was very dark. As he
rteared the sentry, he heard the
movement of wings, and distinguish
ed fllock after flock of ducks flying
from their night rest among the
reeds.
"Looks odd", he remarked to the
sentry. Then to a sergeant, "I'll take
one man, sergeant, and we'll cycle
down the path and hav© a look".
The path ran a quarter of a mile
along the marsh and then died an
abrupt death in a stifling fence of
reeds. The officer and his orderly
dismounted and listened. They could
discern over In the swamp a long
line of men in single file.
Back at the picket post, the order
ly sent a man to warn the camp,
while he remained behind to keep
the enemy raiders under observa
tion.
The raiders were 200 strong1, under
command of a German officer. They
kept to the path until just before it
came Into a clearing. Then they
halted and prepared to attack. They
got into a loose sort of open order
and came on quickly. At that mom
ent the British officer fired four
shots. Immediately a light over the
British camp appeared. The glare
was dazzling. There was a mo
ment's silence and then a roar of
fire. It was a complete surprise. The
raiders were bunched close, and
must have had fifty casualties in the
first fusillade. They made no at
tempt to resist, but flung everything
away and made for the maize fields.
The first person picked up was the
German officer in charge of the en
terprise, who had been hit in the
thigh. Altogether there were twen
ty-flve dead and thirty-eight wound
ed, while thirty-five more surrend
ered during the morning at different
places and more kept giviyig them
selves up for several days. Prob
ably not more than five or six ever
got back to the Bulgar lines.
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Opinions.
Minneapolis Journal: In a- gang of
fifteen laborers, working in one of
the Minneapolis parks, are men of
seven nationalities. Seven tongues
are spoken in the group, though the
entire fifteen speak English. They
all work agreeably together, and
every man appears to entertain a
measure of respect for his fellow.
These men exchange information
regarding their personal affairs, and
regarding the government and so
cial affairs of their mother coun
tries. All read the American daily
papers. All appear to be patriotic
American citizens and all, even the
German, are for the prosecution of
the war.
Probably each of the fifteen has
dropped some of his inbred hostility
toward other nationalities. The
foreigners he has met have proved
better men than he had expected.
He has studied nations at first
hand, and has found in every one
of them men with the qualities he
admires.
There is but one way a man may
remain an unregenerated foreigner
In America, and that is by remain
ing an unregenerated bigot. The
average immigrant is more or less
open-minded. He lets the facts
about him leak Into his mind nat
urally and, if let alone, translates
them into opinions more or less
correct. Such a man finally becomes
a well informed and good willed
citizen.
Shut up that same man in his
own land, cut him off from friendly
contact with other nationalities ed
ucate him to believe that he and
his compatriots are super-beings,
better born, wiser, and stronger
than all others, endowed by the
gods with rights above every oth*r
nation on earth teach htm that all
other peoples are "Idiots," "louts,"
"degenerates," "weeds" which his
people are born to eradicate or re
create by force, and you make him
an impossibility. Gather a settle
ment of such people together In
America, and there immediately
arises about that spot a problem of
diseased social and political condi
tion.
"Seest thou a man wise in his own
conceit? There is more hope of a
fool than of hljn" Thus runs a
Hebrew provert. The same is as
true of a conceited nation.
America has been slow to believe
that Germany could have wrapped
her head In a cloud of such dense
self-conceit. For more than a cen
tury America has known many lik
able Germaans of open-mlndedness
and modesty. It has known German
bigots, too, but'not en masse and in
power, as it has since they began
their world raid. And America still
refuses to believe that all Germany
is hopelessly permeated with such
Insufferable conceit.
Persistent Inbreeding of provin
cial ideas the making of vanity a
virtue and of self-praise a system
formulating unquestioning obedi
ence to power into a national relig
ion —these things have made of the
ruling caste of Germany, not great
men. but veneered wild men. The
ruling caste has become a powerful
and untamed animal, endued with
the high intelligence of a man graft
ed on to the low Instincts of a beast.
It is not the human folk of Ger
many that the human government
of democratic America Is fighting.
It is the Frankenstein monster that
is blighting Germany, and that has
gone forth Into the world to slay and
to Blake ita lust.
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THE FARGO FORTJM.~WEt)NESrAT S^Vl^riW. SEf'TEMSEfl 2G, 1917.
I. W. W.
RAIDS
REVEALED Bill
REVOLT PLOTS
(By Ass6clated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 29. H6m
small coterie of active anti-war
workers operating under the direc
tion of the Industrial Workers of the
World persuaded hundreds of unlet
tered Oklahoma farmers to take tip
arfns against the government's en
forcement of the selective draft law
is revealed In papers seized by fed
eral agents in the recent nation-wide
raid of I. W. W. headquarters.
Testimony giveh at Enid, Okla
homa. recently* to the effect that a
national uprising was planned in
which towns would be seized, cities
attacked and bridges burned, was
taken by officials here as an indica
tion that the Oklahoma farmers real
ly believed the plan would carry. As
a matter of fact, officials assert even
the most radical leaders knew that it
could accomplish a little more than
local disturbances. The farmers
were Incited to take up arms with
the full knowledge that the move
ment would lead to nothiiur, simply
as an expedient to embairass the
government temporarily.
Had Exaggerated Idea.
The anti-draft demonstration
started as an agrarian movement,
the records show, in Oklahoma,
where a number of illiterate farmers
obtained an exaggerated idea of the
law's operations. Certain I. W. W.
leaders learned of secret meetings
held by the farmers in the churches
and other buildings at night and
sent agitators to the scene to fan
the discontent to open rebellion it is
said, by playing upon their fears.
It was represented to the farmers
that thousands of their neighbors in
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas were
ready to unite in an armed uprising,
that millions of "men working for
wages' would Join them in other
states and that the movement could
not fail to result in an overthrow of
the government. With the govern
ment overthrown there were to be a
general division of the money of the
rich among the "men working for
wages" and other benefits of wide
dimensions were to be obtained.
Officers Blocked It.
Department of justice agents
operating in the vicinity learned of
the ambitious program and prior
to July 27, the night set for the gen
eral uprising, brought the project to
an end with the arrest of the alleged
ring leaders of the movement. At
no time, it was said, was the dis
turbance more than local in charac
ter or regarded here as likely to
spread.
The fomentation of this trouble is
only one of many activities whiclt.
authorities here are investigating in
connection with the recent seizure of
I. W. W. papers throughout the
country.
FOREST FIRE DESTROYS
SAW MILL AND CABINS
Rainy River, Ont., Visited by Ds
structive Blaze, Resembling
Baudette Fires.
(By Associated Press.)
Baudette, Minn., Sept. 26. A
forest fire sweeping over the tops of
the trees and resembling the one
which destroyed this place seven
years ago, raged yesterday Just north
of Rainy River, Ont., across the river
from Baudette.
Brush fires, fanned by a strong
wind, destroyed the Engler saw mill
and tributary buildings, burned a
number of settlers' cabins and inter
fered with railroad travel. No loss
of life has been reported and the
wind has subsided and the danger is
over for the present.
The Engler mill was located a mile
down the Rainy river on the Ameri
can side. Several farmers Just west
of Baudette have moved their house
hold goods here and several homes
were burned.
Two men and a woman were badly
hurt when two automobiles collided
in dense smoke. Another man was
hurt jumping from the second story,
of a burning building.
The fires have been burning all
summer and were set by the farm
ers to clear land. Because of thjs
unusually strong wind they got be
yond control and leaped across the
river Into Ontario.
RETURN FIVE INDICTMENTS
IN DRAFT VIOLATION CASE
Member of County Selection Board
Among Those Who Must Ans
wer Grand Jury Charge.
(By Associated Presa.)
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 2f. Five
men, including a member of the
county draft board, were Indicted
here yesterday on charges of at
tempted violations of the selective
draft law. Four of the men were
released on bonds of $10,000 each and
given thirty days in which to plead
to the charges, while the fifth, A. J.
August, a wealthy merchant, is ill
at his home.
August and Isaac Kalis, an em
ploye. were Indicted Jointly on a
charge of offering to bribe for Kalis'
exemption. Daniel Shepherd and
Leslie E. Clark were Indicted Jointly
on a charge of conspiracy.
Forrest Thomas, coroner, and a
member of the county draft boardj
was indicted for fraud in connection
with the rejection of E. E. Shep#
herd, brother of Daniel Shepherd.
An alleged statement of Daniel
Shepherd to a banker when he drew
$250 which he Is said to have indicat
ed would be used in securing
exemptions, led to the investigation
that resulted in yesterday's indict
ments.
IRST REGIMENT TO
DEPART SATURDAY
ConUsttod From Pa«* 6m.
Capt. John W. Grant and First
Lieut. Thomas Heseth, Company G,
Rolla.
Capt. George Crawford. Company
H. Harvev.
Capt. Harry E. Thomas and First
Lieut. George W. Sears, Company
K. Ellendale.
Capt. Charles I. Cook and First
Lieut, Richard A. Sprague, Company.
M, Beach
Three Places to be Filed.
There still remain three captain
cies—Machine gun company, Dickin
son. Company F, Carrington, and
Company L, Hankinson—-to be fill
ed, three second lieutenancies, and
possibly a first lieutenancy, to be fill
ed. and It is probable that the Sec
onl will go to Camp Greene Sfven
officers fthort.
Adjutant General Fraser is given
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As the world is constituted, and
has been through thousands of years
of strife, there is only one safe plan,
and that is to follow the advice of
Washington—in time of peace, pre
pare for war. If we had done this a
few years ago, we would have saved
billions of dollars and tens of thou
sands of lives. It is common knowl
edge in military circles that trained
men, by knowing how to take care of
themselves in camp and in the field,
reduce the mortality and casualties
at least two-thirds, and, wThat la
even more vital, men of special
training only can be used in modern
Nationally, we need a littl^ fore
sight, a keener appreciation "of the
necessity for providing for future
contingencies. We cut Ice in the
coldest sort of weather when npbody
wants ice, for we know it will be
full credit in military circles here
for the successful outcome of the
state's campaign to have North Da
kotans accepted as commissioned
officers for the Second, in face of
opposition at Washington. Governor
Frazier joiped with the adjutant
general in insisting that the men
whom he had commissioned prior to
the mustering of the regiment Into
federal service be accepted.
Will Give Farewell.
A big celebration will be held at
Blsmar6k Friday evening, when
Governor Frazier will address the
North Dakota guardsmen at Bis
marck on the eve of their departure.
Attorney General William Langer
will preside. ..
CALLS ON SENATE
TO OUST SOLON
Continued From Page One.
Dakota, the balance of slightly more
than 100,000 members being scatter
ed over other states.
The flset purpose of the league,
3tie continued, is to protect the inter
ests and welfare of the farmers. It
is especially active' at this time, he
said, on alleged discrinJlnation
against the farmer who cannot af
ford to sell his wheat at $2.20 a bush
when flour prices remain on a high
level and with other demands on his
resources.
Saw Need off Arousing Farmers.
Members of the commission indi
cated their position to the effect that
the league should have appealed to
the commission for the relief desired
instead of resorting to the spread of
such propaganda as might reflect on
federal policies designed to the suc
cessful conduct of the war. President
Townley said the league officers be
lieved it necessary^ to arouse the
farmers to the conditions and then,
through their influence, to go direct
nt.
Defeat of Germany
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?6penhajffA, Se£t.' SI/—The new
German Fatherland party held its
first open meeting in Berlin last
nigrht, and the crowd in Philharmonic
hal] was so large that an overflow
meeting was held nearby. No gov
ernment officials attecded either
meeting. Admiral von Tirpitz was
the principal speaker.
He pointed out that the submarine
warfare is Germany's- legal right,
and that Berlin now has her Just
deserts. Belgium, the speaker said,
was always England's bridgehead,
and Germany must do her utmost in
preventing England from becoming
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Belgium's protecting master. The ad
miral declared that peace without a
heavy war indemnity meant Ger
many's defeat, and the victory of
Englo-American capitalism. Admiral
vim Tirpitz was greeted enthusias
tically by the audience.
An Essen paper recently announc
ed the formation of a new "patriotic
party," which in an initial proclama
tion, declared hostility to the reichS
tag peace resolutions and added that
the party would be non-political and
wpuld be dissolved on the day peace
is signed.
Red Cross Only Agency That
Will Forward Supplies To
Europe By New Arrangement
The- scope of the American Red
Cross in the northwest has been
greatly broadened by the announce
ment from Northern division head
quarters that a plan haa been work
ed out for co-operation between the
American Bed Cross and other re
lief societies that have* been doing
war work.
Under the new plan all- war relief
material will be forwarded to Eur
ope by the American Red Cross.
Other war relief societies may re
tain their identity and continue the
work they have been doing, but it is
desired that they affiliate with the
Red Cross as auxiliaries, in order
to prevent duplication. Northern
division headquarters will, from time
to time, supply its chapters and other
war relief societies with information
about the kind and amount of arti
cles desired. At present the demand
is for knitted aj-tic.les. surgical
dressings, hospital garments and
comfort kits in the order named.
Under the new plan war relief so
cieties may deliver their material to
Red Cross chapters for forwarding to
the supply depots, without expense
to them. Material that heretofore
has not been handled by the Red
Cross must be shipped direct to the
American Red Cross supply depot,
56th street and North river, New
York city.
VETERAN ENGINEER AT JAMESTOWN
RECALLS EVENTFUL MOMENTS IN THE
EARLY RAILROADING DAYS IN STATE
Jamestown. N. D, Sept. 26.—Great interest is centered by rail
road men on a picttire in the possession of G. C. Rand, pioneer en
gineer on the Northern Pacific.
The picture is that of Northern Paeiflo engine No. 4S. which
carried the late President Hayes on his famous tour through North
Dakota in 187S. Mr. Rand piloted the old "side wheeler" over the
tracks.
Mr. Rajid also piloted the engine that carried General Custer to
Bismarck in March. 1876 and recalls the time when the train was
stalled in snowbanks for days we st of Crystal Springs.
It was while this train wa5 stalled that, orders were received
"from the rear" for the famous old genera' to appear in Washington
to answer to the charge of insub ordinati.
Mr. Rand was also engineer on the tra.n that took General Cus
ter to Fort Lincoln prior to the fatal expedition afalnst the Indians,
chronicled as the battle of the Big Horn.
WBIGLEY SAYS UNIVERSAL TRAINING
WOULD HAVE AIDED GOVERNMENT
(By Wm, Wrigley, Jr., Chicago.)
How fortunate it would have been
had we adopted universal military
training five or ten years ago. It
would have meant much in the pres
ent crisis—it probably would have
kept u§ out of the war. But it's no
use to cry over spilt milk. The ques
tion is, what shall we do now? Every
thoughtful man must feel that a na
tion unable to protect itself promptly
is blind to the tragic possibilities of
its heedlessness. War comes unex
pectedly and, as in our own case, it
is sometimes forced upon an "inno
cent bystander". For three years we
submitted to Insult and Injury, until
forbearance ceased to be a virtue and
there was nothing left for us but to
assert our rights and to defend them.
No country in the world hates war
more than we do. Only extreme
provocation would Induce us to take
up arms. Experience shows abund
antly that a peace-loving nation is
not safe because of that fact. Bel
gium and some of the Balkan states
are evidence of it.
demanded a few-months later so we
prepare in mid-winter, for our com
forts during the heated period ol
summer.
The plan of universal military
training as outlined in the Chamber
lain bill would make available at all
times, millions of young men who
have had sufficient military training
to enable them to become excellent
soldiers with a few weeks of addi
tional training. This would safe
guard the nation and prepare it
against any contingency that would
probably arise, and if one should
never arise, the training and dis
cipline would be the very best ex
perience that any young man could
have. It would make him stronger
physically, more alert mentally,
quicker to see and to act. Also, it
would increase his earning capacity
and give him a better chance to win
success in his life work. Our boys
appreciate this I think the malority
of (hem would be glad to take the
training.
War Is a calamity beyond descrlp
tion. We are sorry that any of our
young men should be compelled to
engage in it, but there are some
things worse than war, and one would
be to have our country dominated by
a foreign power—by a rule of ruth
less militarism that counts war as a
regular business.
Since the boys may at any time
be called upon to defend our country
and our flag, we owe it to them to
provide them with a careful pre
training so that they may perform
this important national function both
efficiently and as safely as possible.
We must not be asleep at the switch.
The responsibility is up to the Am
erican citizen and the voters of this
country tp demand the passage of
the Chamberlain bill or some similar
measure by congress at its next ses
sion. It has already been postponed
too long. It's time now for action.
WAR WILL BRING
NEW PLAY TYPE
Lady Wyndham, English
Actress, Hopes For Con
tinuous Performance
London.—The continuous play,
presented perhaps on a revolving
stage, will develop after the war, in
the opinion of Lady Wyndham, wife
of Sir Charles Wyndham, the British
actor and theatrical manager. Be
fore her marriage to Sir Charles,
Lady Wyndham was Miss Mary
Moore, an actress and his partner in
the management of several London
theatres.
"The war", she declares, in an ar
ticle in The Pall Mall Gazette, "will
probably supply motives for various
plays long after peace has been re
stored—-not the war which is ex
pressed in glimpses of battle, but
the war as it shows itself in the
hearts of men and women and in
fluences their lives and their ac
tions.
"My belief is that after the war an
entirely new style of play will be
evolved, and it will then be consider
ed old-fashioned to drop the curtain
and have an entr acte. The procti
cally continuous play will be due, if
it comes into being, to various caus
es. There is, among other things, a
tendency for people to go to revues
and music halls, where the curtains
do not drop.
"It is an indication of the restless
ness of the age, and it was noticeable
before the war. If these people are
to be attracted to the theatre, thev
must have playB presented to them
which do not contain a series of
breaks. There may be rapid chang
es of scene and costume, or there
may be the same setting throughout
the performance.
"To have the same tsom
t*
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An INVITE INDIANS
TO SETTLE MJ
ENGL1SUC0L0N1ES
Government Has Plan To
Encourage Natives To
Become Landholders,
London.—(Correspondence of The
Associated Press).—A plan for en
couraging the emigration of native
laborers from India to British Guia
na, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Fiji, an
nounced by the British government,
is expected to result in the perman
ent settlement of many thousand
Indians in each of these fdur colon
ies, three of which are close enough
to the Atlantic seaboard of the Unit
ed States to make the project of
neighborly interest- to the American
people.
The object is to provide a fair
substitute for the abolished system
of indentured or contract East Indian
labor. In some countries to which
Indians used to go under the inden
ture system, their coming led, as It
was bound to lead in the end, to
serious trouble. They were white
communities, which wanted the la
bor of the East Indian but did not
want him as a settler.
It is claimed that there was and
is no question of that kind in the
case of the four Crown ccrfoyes
selected as areas for the new settle
ment scheme. They each possess
already large and prosperous Indian
communities. Their industry is
tropical and depends on Asiatic la
bor, which they have been accustom
ed to obtain from India without any
sense of grievance on either side.
Laborers who enlist under the new
plan will serve a probationary per
iod of three years' employment In
their new homeland, before being in
vited to become landholders. During
this probationary period of employ
ment under government supervision,
they will be trained and fitted for
the new conditions of life, at -the
same time affording the colony the
benefit of their labor.
On first arrival the immigrant will
undertake work for a period of six
months under selected employers.
He will then be free to move from
one employer to another at a month's
notice, being encouraged to work for
the ensuing two and a half years in
agricultural industries by the offer
of numerous benefits subsequently
as a colonist. At no time will he be
under any indenture or contract, the
relation between him and his em
ployer being exactly the same as
that prevailing in the colony between
any employer and employe.
For the protection of the immi
grants, the government will decide
who may or may not employ them.
A fair minimum wage will be fix
ed, and will be revised eveiy Av®
years on the basis of changes "ln'tSe
cost of living.
As soon as the worker has com
pleted three vears' employment, he
will have the choice of returning to
India or becoming a permanent set
tler. If he chooses the latter, land
will be put at his disposal by the
colonial government.
The emigration from India of
whole families will be encouraged
as far as possible, particularly of
families containing young unmarried
girls who may become In the colon
ies the wives of other Immigrants.
Women unaccompanied by their
families will not be assisted.
LTVESTOCK
3-
Soutb St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. JC.-—
Receipts 1.800 steady to
i
South
Hogs:
strong: range,
*17.76®18.00.
117.76018.50, bulk.
Cattle: Receipts. 6,005 killers, 10c
lower steers, $5 00®14.26 cowi and
heifers, i6.00®9.00 calves, steady,
5.00 @14,50 stocker# and feeders,
slow and weak, $& 00@10 00.
Sheep Receipts, 9,000 steady
lambs. $8.00®16.26 wethers, |7,00
13.00 ewes, fT.on@ 10.50.
Ckirtg*.
Fyr Quick Results Us* Th«
MJl
Chicago. 111., Sept M.—***•?•**Re
ceipts, 12,000 steady bulk. IS 55®
19.20 light, »18 00®19.25: mixed,
$18.00® 19.30 heavy, $18O0ffll93V
rough, $18.00®IS.35 pigs, 114.20®
18.10.
Cattle: Receipts. 20,000 strong na
tive beef cattle, $7.25® 17.76 western
steers, $6 40@ 15.30 stockers and feed
ers. $6 25®11 25 cows and heifers,
$5.10® 12.50, calves, $10.00® 16.00.
Sheep: Receipts, 27,000, weak
wethers, |8.»0® 10.60 lambs, flS.Mtf
17.75.
Sloax City.
Sioux City, la Sept 26.—Hogs: Re
ceipts, 3,000 26@40c higher estimat
ed tomorrow. 2,500. light, $18.60®
19.00 mixed, $18.60® 18.90 heavy,
$18.40® 19.10 range, $18.40®19.!0
bulk, $18.60® 19.00.
Cattle: Receipts. 3,000 steady to
morrow, 2,000 stockers, steady.
3
Sheep: Receipts, 1,000 16c lower.
BOLLE5 & ROGERS,
908 Broadway—Rulew ot Cattle aa4
Hide Market.
Green salted hid^?t "v i .11
No. a 17
Green salted bulls, No. 1 .16U
No. 2 .14*4
Green salted calves. No. 1 .22U
No. 2 .21
Green salted kids, No. 1. 19V4
No* 2 .l|
Deacons l.Ntl l.ii
Green salted horses. No."
1
No. 2
6.00
4.00
Green salted ponies and
glues 1.60 to 3.4)0
Green salted goatskins.. .60 to 1.25
Green and part cured
hides, 1 to I cents less
than above prices on
cured 6tuff.
Dry flint hides and skins .30 to
Dry salted hides and
skins .30 to
Long -haired hides,
cents less.
Rendered tallow ........ .13 and .10
Green pelts, full weolsd. 1.00 to t.OQ
Green pelts, short wool
«d .50 to 1.Q4
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARXIST.
Minneapolis, Sept. 26 —Corn, 6
cars, $1.97®1.98 oats, 41 cars, 64V
®60c, rye, 26 cars, $1.7041.91
barley, 116 cars, $l.22®1.40, flax.
4 cars, $3.56® 3.56.
(j)
beginning to end in a successful play
Would mean the need for greater art
on the part of the players. As fdr
the writer of plays of the kind whlqh
I foresee, he will find the "work quite
easy if he is a good craftsman.
"One misfortune ariBing from a
changed style of play will be the
loss to the public of many fine exi
amples of the playwright's art which
have won fame in the past It may
be that theatres will have to be alter
ed constructionally. For instance,
the stage of each theatre may have
to be of the revolving type, to en
able the swift change of scene to be
brought about as I suggest. Some
thing of the sort exists at Che
Coliseum.
"There is nothing more revolution
ary in the continuous play of the
future than there was in the past in
the change from the five, six, or sev
en act play to the play of three acts
—four at the outside—with which
wo have grown familiar. We must
therefore, look forward to the re
sults of an evolutionary process
rather than to thbse coming from
revolution.