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Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
BELC|ANS save
LIFE Of Officer
Frenchman Recounts Ad-
venture Under Terrific
Fire of the Germans.

London, Aug. 20.-The Brussels
correspondent Of the Reuter- Telegram
company sends a letter published by
the minister of war from a French
officer describing the attack on Di-
nant, where he was engaged. He
says:
II was in the vanguard with my
company. I had my unit brought in
two sections to the right and left Of
the citadel. I was commanding the
left section, numbering 100 men.
cat half past seven l was threat
ened by a German column coming
down on Dinant with artillery 4 was
ordered to retreat to Dinant but at
that moment a bullet grazed my head
quarry and fractured my leg.
The Germans were then pursuing
us at a distance of fifty metres. My
men picked ME up and carried M as
far as a ridge Of rock overlooking
the monastery of Freres Premontres.
The enemy were pouring such a MUIR
derous fire into us at that time that
1 told my men to leave me and I
rolled down below a little copse UNI
did not go beyond the ridge. where
they were within 200 metres Of me-.
When I was at the bottom Of the
wood I saw some houses with people
at the windows, and called out to
them: 'Belgians, come help me; I ami
a French officer I
Several people ran out and it took
them ten minutes under a rain Of bull
lets to carry me into the monastery
where l stayed until moor Sunday,
admirably attended by the monks. 1
was looked after by everyone as if 1
had been a child of Belgium. ..s
Il owed my life to these Belgians,
who at the risk of their own lives
saved me from the Germans" ;.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
Of BIG BATTLE
Bravery Of Soldiers Under
Fire Depicted in Assault
on Cit;dal.

London, Aug. 20.-Reuter's Brus-
sells correspondent sends a graphic
account printed in the Derniere Heure
of the fight Saturday at Dinant for
possession of the ancient citadel DOM
mating the town.
THE CITADEL" the newspaper says.
was captured by the Germans who
hoisted their flag on it at 1880 o'clock
in the afternoon. All afternoon the
Germans maintained a devastating
fire from rifles and n machine gun
on the French below.
THE French artillery silenced the
German guns and by Z o'clock in the
evening the Germans were retreatinS.
Only the citadel continued to shower
lead on the advancing French. The
citadel Is on a hill south Of the town
which rises to a height of 800 feet.
1t is an ancient work and now Of no
military value, but 1t is difficult to
take BY assault.
THE French. when the bugle
sounded the charge, fixed their bayo-
nets and began to swarm up the III
merous steep and rocky paths leading
to the summit under a deadly hail
from the machine gun and rifles
above, keeping their. eyes fixed on the
German flag floating from the citadel.
"They climbed steadily, disregard
ing their losses. and a we'll planted
French shell silenced the machine
gun a few minutes later. The French
soldiers tore down the enemy's flag
while. the scaling party fired down
on the fleeing Germans"
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
BURNED TO DEATH
Thought That Fire Was Started b!
Children PLAYING With Matches,

Thought That Fire Was Started by
Children Playing With Matches:
. Stady, N. D., Aug. 20.-The five
months-old baby Of Nh. and Mrs. Ma
RUS Aas was burned to death in a
fire which destroyed a. granary on
their farm near Howard p%ostof1ce,
southwest of Stady. g
The father was in the field working
and the mother had gone to a neigh
boris house after water, leaving the
children playing in the granary. How
the fire started is not known but it is
presumed that the children had secur-
ed some matches and by this means
the fire was started. The other chill
dren became frightened at the sight of
the flames and ran screaming to the
mother, leaving the little helpless tot.
unable. to do anything for it's W pro-
lection, to the cruel mercies Of the fire
demon. When the parents arrived on
the scene it was too late and only the
charred remains of the babe, lying
among the burning embers Of the
building was there to greet them.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Report on Brraches.

Paris. Aug. 20.-The Brussels cor
respondent of the Havas agency tele-
graphs as follows:
"a committee to inquire into alleg-
ed breaches of the laws of war by the
Germans has drawn up it's statement
of facts in the cases OF Major Van
Damme. who was wounded at Haalen
on August ~, and dispatched, it is
claimed, by a revolver shot from the
German. It is set forth that Major
Knapen was killed under similar cir
cumstances at Orsmael on August 9,
Emile Vanderveld, the socialist
leader in the Belgian chamber of
deputies. who recently became minis
ter Of state. has returned from a visit
to Paris where he conferred with the
prominent men Of all parties. He says
that his visit gave him absolute GER
tainty of final victory for the allies"
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
GOOD YIELDS
Farmer Near Mandan Averages 2s
Bushels of Wheat on IL Acres.

Farmer Near Mandan Averages 28
Bushels of Wheat on Is Acres. !
Mandan, N. d. Aug. '20.-George
Butler, who lives six miles southwest
of the city, was the first farmer to
hau in wheat to the Mandan market
this fall.
This morning he hauled three loads
of MARQUIS wheat to the Farmers Ele-
vator company. 1t went 60 pounds
to the bushel and graded No. / north
ern. This afternoon he hauled three
more loads.
Mr.. Butler threshed LILO bushels
of wheat from fifty acres. OF this,
13 acres was in Marquis on which he
secured an average of % bushels to
the acre. He had 81 acres of blue
stem in the other part of the field,
which went an average of 10 bushels
to the acre. 5
His average on the two varieties
in the fifty acre field was 20 bushels
to the acre.
Mr.. Butler has other fields which
he has not yet threshed, but believes
they will go equally as big. @ 2
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
AMERICANS IN
LITTLE HASTE
Many Quite Contented in
Berlin-Everything For
eign Eradicated There.

The Hague, Aug. 90, via London
Many Americans are loath to leave the
German capital according to a news
puaper man who has just reached this
city from Berlin after a long trip. In
some instances they declare that they
are quite comfortable.
Everything foreign has been era
dicated from Berlin during the last
fortnight" says the newspaper man.
"a shop in Friedrichstrasse, which
was called the Prince of Wales was
well nigh demolished by a mob.
Everywhere French signs were torn
down. A restaurant in kurfeursten-
Damn was destroyed by a crowd aft
Ell the orchestra had played A Russian
air. No French words are allowed to
appear anywhere. even on bills OF
fare.
II asked the waiter in a restaurant
for a. certain English sauce. He re-
piled angirly: We no longer serve
that cursed English stuff
Most Americans travelling in Ger
many have not yet come to realize the
real gravity of the situation. These
Americans are n curious lot. They
seem to think the war a kind Of play,
great un'' and cannot realize that
/ war il Germany is not like war in
Mexico.
Several Americans were arrested
at Mannheim because they were
! Photographic a railway station, and
the American ambassador had the
greatest difficulty in obtaining their
release. Ambassador Gerard is kept
busy r~escuing imprisoned Americans
or helping others of his countrymen
who need advice or Thous-
tands of persons daily are besieging the
American embassy in Berlin, seeking
l. ma SSportS or assistance
always the advice OF the embassy
sis leave the country as soon as you
team But the Americans generally
with true Yankee o%hstinacy reply,
why leave when we are so comfort
sable here ~whereupon they are told
yes: hut next week there may be no
smeat Or bread or perhaps the Rus
hsiapr will coO,a'
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
POPULACE WAS
TAKEN UNAWARES
Germans Didn't Want War
and .Wept When Decla-
rations Were Made.

New York, Aug. 2o.-E. G. Treat.
a banker of Wheatsports, N. Y, with
his wife, were among the passengers
arriving in the United States yester-
day from Copenhagen, who were glad
to escape from the war zone even
though steerage accommodations
were the best they could get.
Mr.. Treat was in Berlin the day
after the emperor addressed the pop
ulace. from the palace and said that
he had heard the imperial chancellor
talk to thousands who were gathered
In the streets.
The Germans said Mr.. Treat,
did not want war" AS the chancel-
Tor talked tears streamed from their
faces. No cheered or applauded
his remarks. The final declaration Of
war was a blow to the people.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Use 'Gets-It,'' corns
shrIveI, Vanish!
It's the New way, and You'll Forget
You Ever Had Corus.

20 drops put on in Q seconds. corn
shrivels. comes clean Off" That's the.
marvellous story of "GETS-IT," the new
plan corn cure. Nothing can be simpler
for the cure Of corns-and it never fails.
That's why millions of people are using
"GETS-IT" today and throwing away
their fussy plasters, sticky tape, toe-eat-
ing salves, and wrapping outfits that
make a bundle around the toe and choke
1t into pain by pressing either on or
around the corn. There is nothing to
stick to your stocking, nothing to cause
Inflammation or rawness, nothing to
press on or around the corn. You ap-
ply 1t In 2 seconds. No more knives,
razors, scissors or files, with their blood
poison dangers. Try "GETS-IT" for that
corn, callus, wart or bunion.
"GETs-1T' is sold by druggists every
where, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E.
Lawrence & Co. Chicago.-Adv.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
GOING TO WAR
Fargo Man Leaves Tonight for Wi
nipeg to Join Reservists.

nipeg to Join Reservists.
who has worked as a. ianitor about
the grounds at the North Dakota ag-
ricultural college for the past three
months, will leave tonight for Winni-
peg, where he will join a body OF
British r%eservists who will sail for
London from Montreal Immediately.
Locke is an English reservist, for
merly having been a "sapper" in the
Royal Engineers corps. Immediately
following the outbreak of the present
war, he sent his application to Ottawa
and Wednesday received his t%ranspor-
tation and orders. He expects that
on his arrival in England, he will
be mustered back into the Royal En-
pineers.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
FELL FROM

Wing, N. D., Aug. 20.-While the N.
P. extra gang that Is now working
three miles west of Wing was return
ing from work. Of the men fell
from the fast moving handcar, falling
across the rail, causing the car to
leave the track and throwing the other
to the ground. The man falling
in front Of the car was taken to VIII
ton on the speeder for medical aid,
the N. P. officials being there. On ex-
animation it was found he had several
broken ribs, broken arm and a frac-
tured skull. He was taken to the N.
P. hospital at Brainerd, MINI.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
EXCEPTIONAL o

Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 2O.-Eigh-
teen bushels Of wheat to the acre,
bushels of oats-this is the yield on
the farm of Major Roberts on Sweet
water lake this fall: With the harvest
ing on the Roberts farm completed
record time, t%hreshing was rushed
to completion.
The CROP this year was exceptional
~ fine considering all conditions, up
holding the reputation of the Roberts
farm as one of the best producers in
North Dakota.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Coal Shortage in Italy.

London. Aug. 2O.-The Venice cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail states
that all kinds Of trades, steamships
and railways in Italy r suffering
from a shortage Of coal. Nearly all
government has given permission for
coal to be sent, the English shippers
have not complied, probably fearing
that the Italians cannot pay.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
r. ACCIDENT.

Center, N. D., Aug. 20.-A peculiar
accident happened to the train on the
branch line east Of Fort Clark. While
the train was running at fair speed, a
freight car left the track, broke loose
from the rest Of the train and rolled
coupled up again and proceeded with
out further damage, but for a time the
accident mad the passengers slightly
unnerved. ti -3.i5fFS ~ e'ai&2
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Aid for Warriors

Paris. Aug. 2o.-The Society Of
French artists. the National Society Of
Fine Arts, and other groups have
formed a committee under the title Of
the Brotherhood of Artists to look aft
er the wives and families of 1000
painters, sculptors, engravers and
architects who are serving with the
colors.
Count Castil1on de Saint-Victor, the
well-known %aeronaut who last year
became a Jesuit priest at Canterbury.
England. has returned to Join his old
regiment and will leave for the from
tier In a few days.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Didn't Know Abo,,t War.

Oran, Algeria, via Paris, Aug. 90
The Austrian steamer Emelia, 1897
tons, bound for Trieste. was stopped
by a gun from Fort st. Gregoire and
brought in here a prize, by a tug.
The captain of the Emelia was una
ware that war had broken out.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20

FIRST BATTLEFIELD PHOTOS FROM
EUROPE SHOW BELGIANS IN ACTION:
NOTE STANDARDS TORN BY SHELLS

These photographs, taken near Liege in Belgium on August 6.
are The first to DO received In this country. In the upper picture the
Belgians are shown in trenches. with an officer on the ladder making
observations. Before the soldiers is a partly harvested field of grain.
In the lower picture is shown a detachment of Belgian cavalry. with
battle standards torn by German shells.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
General News From Scene Of War
Capture Barley and wheat.

Havre. via Paris, Aug. Cot is
announced hat the Austrian steamer
Dinorah, laden with barley and
wheat was captured off Guernsey.
Of the channel islands, by the French
despatch boat Pluton.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Shot Three Spies.

Louvain, Belgium, via Paris, Aug.
20.-Three spies, a German and a
Belgian man and women. were tried
by court martial and shot for warning
the Germans after the battle of Diest
of the prospect which awaited them
at Haelen.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
See Early End of, War.

London, Aug. 20.-The odds are
eve at Lloyd's that1the war will be
over by December f31.a The under
writer's have quoted "a SO per cent
premium on policieS. to, insure the
payment of total loss in the event Of
no peace pact. being signed by the last
day Of this year.
Honolulu, Aug. .2O.-The British
steamers Yagara, bound for Australian
ports, and Mariana, bound fol" Vic
toria, B. c., which have been held here
for several days owing to fear Of cap
ture by the German cruisers Leipzig
and Nurnberg. sailed for their respec-
tive destinations last night. The
Japanese steamer Seiyo Maru, bound
for Yokohama, also cleared.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Montenegrans Advance.

london, Aug. 2O.---A dispatch. to.
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Rome, sent from that city yes
terday, says that a message from. Get
TIME states that the Montenegrin army
is Within two hours march of Ragusa,
a fortified seaport Of Austria-Hun-
gary in Ralmatia, 3S miles northwest
Of Cattaro. ~.
King Nicholas, the, message adds,
has been notified by the Austrian au-
thorities that If his army attacks, the
large number of prominent Servians
and Montenegrins held at Ragusa as
hostages. will be shot. Among the
hostages LIZ. Count Ivon Vopiovic, a
brother of King Nicholas. ~
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Exciting Scene

Berlin, Aug. 20.-Exciting scenes
continue before the American en-
bassy here. enacted by Americans
anxious to leave the country. Both
Monday and Tuesday hundreds Of
them were always at the doors waiting
for tickets for the special train which
will leave Wednesday for Holland.
-Four hundred seats on board this
train were quickly disposed Of by Am
bassador James W. Gerard, who is
nesotiating for seats OF trains to
leave later.
Many poor Americans will leave
Wednesday under the protection. OF an.
attache of the embassy. who Will as
sist them during the journey and get
rooms for them at Rotterdam pending
their departure for the United States.
Fro Munich and Nurnberg, 1872
Americans will depart on three trains
this week and four trains next week
for, Holland. Ambassador Gerard al
80 is Arranging for a train from LII
cerne Holland, as Americans In
switSeriand DO not desire TO depart by
way of italy.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Germans Will Fight Hard.

Paris, Aug. 2O.-"Outpost combats,
however interesting and characteristic
do not justify us in counting upon
the certainty of a prompt and definite
victory" writes former Minister Of
Foreign Affairs Stephen Pichon in the
Petit Journal.
Germans being demoralized. Their
original over-confdence may give
place to doubts but that is all. The
war now beginning is a war. to the
death. On 1t hangs the existence of
Germany as well as that Of France.
1t will be waeed furiously on both
sides. 1t will probably be long and
the losses enormous.
Let us make our minds to the fact
that we have to contend with the
most redoubtable army in Europe and
have need for all our material and
moral forces"
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Just Naturally Bad.

London, Aug. 20.-Norman e.
Mack. the Buffalo editor, former
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, is stopping at the Savoy
hotel with his family, all being re-
fugees from Aix-Les-Bains. They are
still sore at the French railroads. Mr..
Mack said: ~
ct took twenty-four hours to go
from Aix-Les-Bains to Paris. We had
nothing to eat but hard boiled eggs.
We expected to get a lunch in Paris,
but. the train didn't stop long enough.
We were forced to remain hungry till
we arrived at Boulogne. If that hap
pened on an American. railroad they'd
take the franchise away. There was
no visible reason for 1t all, either, for
the mobilization was over"
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
One Way of Leaving.

Paris, Aug. 2O.-The Matin reports
that the French steamer Saghalien,
held in the Dardanelles by the Ger
man cruiser BreslaM (reported to
have beer sold to Turkey, complained
to the military governor who asked
the captain to leave.
Good" said the French captain,
but the Breslau threatens to sink up.
1 will leave on the condition that we
are towed by a Turkish boat conveyed
by a Turkish torpedo boat, and have
you as a passenger until we, are out
of Turkish waters" The governor
aSsented.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20

Take are Of the pennies. They
SLOT machines.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Big South American Demand.

New York, Aug. 20.-The breaking
OFF of commercial relations with Eu-
rope. has resulted in an ~unprecedent-
ed demand from Latin-American
countries for American goods, ac-
cording to statements today of lead
ing exporters of this city. Exporters
say that they are rushed with orders
from their agents, and one merchant
declared that all the steamships now
running to South America could han
die only one-tenth of the tonnage
that could be sold there at present or
in the neal future.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
Protest Action,

SN40A
London, Aug. 20.-The Daily Tele-
gram in its leading editorial today
protests against the action of the Eng
lish and Belgian authorities in GUST
ing newspaper men from the field of
action.
The restrictions placed upon the
work Of wal correspondents go farth-
err" says the Telegraph, than is just
flied by the attitude of the press and
than is CONSTANT with public inter-
est.
"If all goes as the authorities in
tend there will not be any unofficial
full and independent accounts of any
action fought; in the war. Nobody who
is not a soldier will see anything and
the soldiers. will have something else
to do than. record their observations
and impressions. The newspapers do
not ask unreasonable things. They
do not desire to publish a line
thought undesirable. What they. ask
is only that the greatest war of mod
ern times should not be fought in the
total absence of Independent and ex-
pert narrators.
THE governments action would be
starving the nations interest in the
greatest concern it has and would de-
prtve h future historian Of his ma
%terials."
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-20
q Strange Ideas,

London, Aug. 20.-The following
official statement issued by the
French war Office is sent to Reuters
Telegram company by its Paris cor
respondent.
Correspondence found on the Ger
man soldiers show that they were la
boring under the strangest decisions.
One writes already we have pene-
trated sixty kilometres (about 81
miles) into France Another says
Here we are in southern France
"Other letters admit cruelties to-
wards civilians, one saying we shot
the inhabitants from the ages of IA
to 60 and knocked down thirty
dead"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-14
Court Clerk.

s. L. Newman announces that he is
a candidate for court clerk. subject to
the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-14
FOR SALE OR TRADE

One modern five room house, one 1c
room modern house, well located, or
chickasha avenue; corner lot, rs b.,
l65 feet; fine shade trees, good els
tern and outbuildings; has loan Of
$1,000, payable monthly; will trade
clear or equity for good land. Price
$4,000.
Five room modern house, nearly
new; first elias location, on Mime
sofa avenue. near West school build
ing; lot 65 by leo; cement walks, barn
and outbuiidings; clear Of incum-
brance; will sell on easy terms. or ex-
change for close in property. Price
$4,000.
New seven room modern house, well
located on West Hill, two blocks from
car line, one and a half blocks from
pavement; lot so by 165; owner was
offered $500 for this property two
years ago. Can be bought for $220(
on easy terms.
Five room modern house, electric
lights, gas and good well. city water
in yard; located on Minnesota avenue
block from pavement; lot so by 165
Price $11oO; easy terms.
100 acres smooth prairie land 21s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-14

c. M. tollingsworth announces that
he is a candidate for county commits.
sIoner Of the central district. subject
to the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-14
Various saIutatIons.

How do you do?' That's English
and American. How do you carry
yourself?" That's French. How do
you stand?" That's italian. How do
you find yourself?" That's German.
How do you fare?" That's Dutch
How can your That's Swedish
How do you perspire?' That's Egyp-
tian. How is your stomach? Have
you eaten your rice?" That's Chinese
How do you have yourself? That's
Polish. How do you live on?r That's
Russian. May thy shadow never be
less That's Persian-and all mean
much the same thing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-14

miles from city limits; 120 acres in
cultivation. 7-room house, good barn
40 acres fenced hog tight, five acres
bearing orchard; has long time loan 0.
$500, bearing per cent interest
Price $40 per acre.
10 acres Washita bottom two miles
from railroad town; 20 miles from
Chickasha; 120 acres in cultivation;
first class alfalfa land; four room
house, barn and other outbuildings;
will exchange for first class income
property, or sell on easy terms; loan
OF $4,000 due in seven years, bearing
eight per cent interest. Price $40 PEI
acre.
100 acres seven miles east of Chick
asha: 40 acres fine creek bottom; 10
acres we'll set in alfalfa, four room
house, good well. barn and outbuild
ings loan of $500 due in two years
hearing 6 per cent interest Price
/ $3.50 per acre.
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