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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
CHANGE. !. BANKING
LAWS TO GIVE
GREATER POWER
Maintained that the Board
Should Have More Au-
thority in. its Work.
tHerald spsci.l serv,ce.)

Bismarck, M D., Dec. 10.-There
appears to be 4 sentiment among q
good many members of the legislature
which is to meet here the first Of next
month for q rather radical change
in the banking laws Of the state. I'm
der the present law, the state banking
board, consisting 4f the governor. the
general with the secretary and the
president of the North Dakota Bank
ers' association assinembers ex-ofacio.
finds itself without any real authority
to control regulate the institutions
that the law presumably was to con-
fer. ?a.y,lA =
Discussing thfs m mktter in his annual
report SecretaEy ok State Thomas
Hall calls attention to the existing
conditions. He states that 1t has
come to the knowledge Of the board
that this state, In common with other
states where the banking laws are lax,
has a class of men who make busi-
ness Of finding likely location along
some new railway extension and then
engages the services of solicitor who
secures the assistance of men Of local
and officers. Capital stock subscrip-
tions are then easily sold and when
the furniture and fixtures are paid for
the promoter disposes of his holding
stock and leaves the bank to sink or
swim as the case may be. In many
cases there has been no real need
Of bank or Of an additional bank
and the local business men in the new
bank, having no experience In that
line Of work are left to hold the bag.
On account Of the conditions men
toned above the banking board
adopted a resolution to the effect that
when application was made to the Sec
retary Of state for charter for q
bank the matter should be referred to
the banking board. Then If the board
Is In doubt as to the advisability of
location a bank In the town or loca-
ton mentioned in the petition. q dep
uty state examiner will be sent to
make a personal investigation and his
recommendation will be acted upon.
The applicants are required to pay the
expenses of the investigation. This
resolution is simply following the ex-
ample set by the federal banking reg
ulations. It has not been found nee
essary to test the legality Of this res
Olution as in every case where the
board has thought there was NO need
Of another bank the applicants have
been made to see it in the same light
and the matter has been dropped. It
Is the desire Of the banking board, az
we'll as a large number Of the men,
bers of the legislature. that some-
thing along the line OF the. resolution
mentioned above be Incorporated into
the laws of the state at the approach.
ing session.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
Continued on Page s.)
WILLIAMS BOYS
PRIZES AWARDED
Lads Make Good Showing
as Corn Growers and get
Substantial Rewards.

Williston, N. D., Dec. 1O.-The IA
winners in the Williams county corn
growing contest. which was open to
both boys and adult farmers, have
been announced by f. w. Hall, better
farming agent. The yields in this
county were judged on the basis Of
80 pounds Of mature corn to the BUSH
ell. while in the state contest the basis
was rs pounds to the bushel making
the Williams county yields much larg-
er than Is indicated by the figures
when compared with the state yields.
The winners with the quantity of
corn raised to the acre follow:
First, Henry Nelson. aged Is. Ray,
68 bushels; second, II. A. Nelson, Ray,
67.5 bushels; third, Thomas Craven,
Jr., Williston. $3.50 bushels; Howard
Brothers. Williston, 53.5 bushels; Lloyd
Smith, Wheelock, 81 bushels: Floyd
Myers. Williston. 47.s bushels; Dom
aid Amsbaugh, Howard, At bushels:
Oscar L. Hexom, Williston, 1873 BUSH
els; ]. A. silker, Marnlon, 4O.7s BUSH
els; H. c. Blankenship, Williston, 35.5
bushels; Pat Tone, Williston. 1895
bushels; Gustave Grodt, Bonetrail,
1881 bushels; Louis Schumacher, Will
liston, 1926 bushels; r. Blankenship
Williston, 25.3 bushels.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10

important naval engagement of tho
war. with the exception of that off
Hel1goland last August, was made last
evening in a statement by the admir-
atty OF less than 100 words.
The statement makes reference to
some survivors rescued from the
Gneisenau and the Leipzig, but no
mention is made Of any of the crew of
the Scharnhorst. which was the flag
ship Of the German admiral, being
saved. and it Is thus presumed that
Count Won Spec. his officers and mon
went down fighting
The British casualties were light
but beyond the fact that the British
squadron was commanded by Vice Ad-
miral Sturdee no information ia
couchsafed regarding the ships engag-
ed, and the newspapers are enjoined
not to speculate as "other combina-
tions may he effected"
Great Enthusiasm in London.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
in London over the victory, and the
general impression Is that it will be
completed. as the admiralty would not
be likely to send ships that could not
overtake the Dresden and Nurnberg,
which are "a knot and 26 knot ves-
sells respectively. and probably even
slower after their long service They
are at disadvantage also because
of their small coal capacity.
The British squadron which engag-
ed the Germans left England without
the knowledge of the general public,
and until his name was mentioned
It was believed that Vice Admiral
Sturdee was serving in home waters.
The fact that he was taken from tho
post OF chief of the war staff is indi-
cative OF the determination to rid the
Pacific and South Atlantic of all Ger.
man warships 1t is believed, Therefore
that the British commander is at the
head Of formidable squadron.
Karlsruhe Only Boat Free,
In addition to the Dresden and
Nurnberg only one German warship-
the Karlsruhe, Is now unaccounted
for in those waters. although there
may De one or two armed merchant
men which the allies have not rounded
up.
AS the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
each carried complement Of 764
men. the Leipzig 303, the Nurnber9
322 and the Dresden 361, the total
German loss is estimated at not far
from 1000 men. although the actual
losses to the Dresden and Nurnberr
cannot yet be known.
Thus at one blow the Pacific is rid
OF practically every hostile German
vessel, and the Monmouth and Good
Hope are we'll avenged.
The loss OF these two powerful ar.
mored cruisers. the Gneisenau ana
the Scharnhorst, Is the heaviest single
blow yet delivered at German sea
power. They were sister ships. the
former being built in the weser yards
at Bremen and the latter by Blohm
and Voss at Hamburg, being laid
down In 1906 and commissioned IN
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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
SWORD WIDOW
COOL ON Stand
UNDER HOT FIRE
Denies Emphatically Muir
der of Husband-Calls
Donovan Trouble Maker.
Herald Special Service. }


Minneapolis. Mimi, Dec. 10.-Mrs.
Charlotte Sharpless, refreshed by a
nights rest, resumed the witness
stand at 10 a. m. today to face a Sc
we're cross-examination on her story.
depended upon by her attorneys to
clear her of the charge of killing her
husband with a jeweled sword. She
was as calm under the fire of CROSS
examination as she had been when
relating the story of her husbands
death.
The seventh day of the trial again
showed q mad scramble for sestsstn
the big court room. Taking of testi-
mony may be finished today.
Il didn't do 1t. I wasn't there. ]
was on the roof getting my cloak"
These statements made by the
sword widow form the defense. That
she lived happily with her husband
and could not and did not kill Is the
only theory of the defense.
Had Been Nervous.
The woman's direct testimony told
Of how, for several months preced-
ing his death. her husband had ex-
hibtted nervousness. that he did not
sleep well, had ordered a heavy bolt
placed at his door and had objected
to the janitor removing the screens
from the bedroom window. She also
denied every accusation of hatred to-
ward her husband mentioned by
James Donovan, lifelong friend of
the dead man. and branded as utter
ly false statements that she had
scalded her husband by hurting a pot
Of hot coffee at his head, or had al
lowed other men to come between her
and her husband, or that she had CIV
en- her husband q drink Of "doped"
whiskey. She called Donovan a
trouble-maker and said she had or
dered him away from her home more
than year ago.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
DES0[ATE PLACE
FOR PRISONERS
Small Guard of Russians
Sufficient to Handle
100000 Men.

London, Dec 1O.-One small squad
of Russian soldiers is serving as the
guard for 100000 Austrian and Ger.
man prisoners, whose prison walls
consist of four thousand miles of froz-
en- steppes separating them from the
borders Of their own countries.
These prisoners are interned al
Semipalatinsk, on the Irish river
near the borders Of western Mongolia
The prisoners were brought by rail to
Omsk, where they were embarked on
steamboats, for the thousand mile trlI
down the Irtish river to Semipalatinsk
Here splendid quarters were found in
the big barracks erected for the
mobilization Of the Russian army and
unoccupied since its departure for the
! front.
Every morning at o'clock the pris.
/ oners are released from the barracks
4 and permitted to wander about at will
I When they depart in the morning
D they are told that unless they report
L at the barracks by nightfall, they Will
Y will be locked out and at this time Of
b the year, In that bleak country, this
would mean certain death, as there
&are practically no places where they
II could obtain shelter.
"A. The freedom Of the prisoners dur.
a3ing the day is absolute. even to the ex.
S1tent Of accepting employment from 10.
cAcal mining companies.
Lack Of Roads.
& One Of the handicaps to the devel.
s9opment Of southeastern Siberia is the
lack of roads and 1t is likely that the
SsRussian war department will be asked
lSto put these prisoners to road max.
;Issying. They have within their ranks not
sStonly the necessary manual laborers
shut the equally important engineering
ssaBtaff to plan and supervise the work
s The problem Of caring for the Ger.
slSsman and Austrian prisoners in Rus.
SSsia Is already becoming acute as the
ssnumber increases and the Russian
probably will welcome
SAny plan which will enable the prs.
Sspners to be self-supporting. An at.
Nifache Of the Russian government now
SSln London. who left Petrograd only
Mast week states that he was inform.
nd by an official of the department OF
kkhe interior. which has charge of the
Of the prisoners, that
HERE are now in Russia. exclusive OF
he Germans. reported as captured In
The operations now under way In
North Poland. 100000 Austrians and
German prisoners Of war. OF thil
lumber only 100000 are Germans
rhe remainder are Austrians and
host Of them were captured during
he campaign In Galicia.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
CRACO.N Bears AGONY AWAITING THE
COMING Of RUSSA'S GREAT Army
Letter From Long Menaced City Tells of Terror Due to
Fear of Slav Atrocities Who Lacked Food,
Banished-one Fleeing Woman Forgets Child.

had declared they would face every
risk Of a siege. suddenly disappeared
dismayed by tales told OF Russian
atrocities. The Jews especially fear
ed the Russians.
Comedy in Situation. .
Tragic as all this was, in the daily
agony Of official silence or eniEmatic-
al news that told nothing at all, the
situation had it's comic sides. One
woman, they say. fed in such panic
that she had no idea, until the train
started, what 1t was she was clutch-
Ing so convulsively in her hand: /,
was q kitchen mortar. Another
thought she had her baby with her,
saddled in q large pillow after the
fashion Of the country; but she dis
covered too late that the baby was
missing. 7.'.,t. a
Germans From Belgium.
After the exodus of the panic strick
en- the town remained comparatively
quiet for g few days. Then the Cor.
mans on their way to the war began
to pour in and their uniforms, never
before seen in the streets of Cracow,
were as common as those Of the AUS
TRANS or of the Polish legionaries.
Tall, stalwart men they were, most
OF them. and extremely clean and we'll
groomed. asked one where he came
from and he said: From Belgium
Namur." Evidently Germany has
been sending out every soldier that
y
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
PANIC ON ELEVATED ROAD.

New York, Dec. 10.-Two persons
were killed and more than a score in
jured In a collision between two
crowded elevated railroad trains on
Upper Eighth avenue last night. Fire
followed and four cars were burned.
Most of the passengers escaped over
the ties along this, the highest part OF
the IL" structure, nearly 100 feet
above the street.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10

The Atlantic, Of
William diverted attention from the struggles
GERMAN FLEET WAS OUTNUMBERED
Dresden and NurnberR
Toxic avenged
NO JAPANESE WARSHIPS PARTICIPATED
lautho
1t wasre
forced
WILLIAMS CONDITION UNCERTAIN
to andth
is however, reports that tho
emperor is suffering from pneumonia
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WESTERN ZONE
German armies in the
attacks Flanders,
heavy bombardnen
RUSSIAN REPORT SHOWS NO LULL THERE
The official up
the lighting the which has proceeding
= BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESS AGAINST RUSSIA
Both In Central Poland
pierce Russian
been rcpulsed with heavy
Berlin that the battle Gala, WINGS
have been beaten back ~
LAST REPORT SHOWS CHASE IS STILL ON
squadron after sinking the German cruisers
% ~1n loss OF nearly AOOO men, Is pursuing the fleeing
British awaiting outcome of
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
SUFFRAGE MAJORITY.

Helena, Mont. Dec. 1O.-Woman
suffrage carried in the November
election in this state by majority Of
3,714 according to the official canvass
that was completed today. The vote
was: For 41,302: against 1858.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
PRESIDENT TO STAY AT HOME.

Washington. Dec. 10.-Mrs. Fran
Gig B. Sayre. daughter of President
Wilson, Is expected at the White
House for Christmas. and to remain
there for some time afterward. The
president has decided to spend Christ.
mas at the White House with his fam
lily.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10
SURVIVING GERMAN CRUISERS
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC BATTLE
LEADING BRITISH HOT CHASE
Three Warshps Sent to Bottom With Total Loss of Approximately
2,000 Details Of Engagement Not Yet Ava|ab eRepors
Say Emperor William Has Pneumonia

Monevdeo, lOWeless
that the German Dresden and Nnbeg the
fleet which Schnhors
sunk closely British warshp
gelan o
the South Atlantic German soldiers
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10

. .. m., IS; maximum, 4; min.
eimum, -8; wind west, 3 miles;
Ebaromctcr, $3.50.
u &c o o q eo o. . Q 4
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THE WEATHER.
North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Friday. Not much
change in temperature.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-10

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The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
CLEANLINESS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY ATTRACT
THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN TOURISTS TO HOLLAND
Years Of Struggling Against
Tyranny and Oppression
Instilled Into Netherland
People Of Today a Deep
seated Sef-reliance and
Love for Freedom.

has also struggled lis struggling stilD
with the internal foe, the water, and
every inch of land has been conquered
from the seal
Today in Holland there is harmony
in the land and peace with the world
outside. Holland has been chosen by
the rest of the world as the great CEN
ter, from which the idea of peace and
peaceful arbitration may spread, slowly,
but surely, over all the nations of the
earth.
The first book on international peace
the world has ever seen was written
by Hollander, Hugo de Groot, as
early as 1921. The world now seems
ready to apply the idea of peace, and
a large number of disputes between ma
tons have already been settled in the
Peace Palace at The Hague.
As far as size is concerned, Holland
is small country, but it may well be
proud of its past and its present, and
it still has a mission to fulfill in the
future civilization of man.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
SAYS THIS IS BEST
AGE In HISTORY

'Never were times better than they
are today. and never has the condition
of man been better" are two favorite
mottos of B. r. Baumgardt. stopping at
the Raleigh. and who is delivering a ser
les OF Sunday evening lectures at the Be
lasco Theater beginning tonight. And
with his knowledge of old-world history
he ought TO know.
Il do not mean that in every way" he
said. as he began to reveal some specific
incidents of world history The con-
dition of labor is undoubtedly more i'm
proved in the matter of hours and wages
than ever before. and the laboring man
er to urge him to progress and advance
ment- Give him time to think for him
self and he WILL
81 do not mean to infer that slavery
is abolished in fact. even though in form.
When / see a subway ticket chopper shiv-
ering all night for s.. feel sure that
there is a technical slave today in spite
of all We say. This relation of man to
man is the one exception in which the
world is standing stiH."
But in every other respect We have
surpassed all our predecessors, our ad-
vantage being chiefly in machinery. New
conditions creating hardship at first are
now becoming greater opportunities. Par
ticularly is this the case in America. and
although of Swedish parentage, this is
the one land in which / would live, for
II is undoubtedly the most wonderful of
ALL
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
FOR
THEATRICAL BALL

Final arrangements have been made for
the theatrical mechanical hln and oys-
ter roast. which is to be held at the
Elks' Hall next Tuesday evening. March
;. \ grand cabaret is to be given at II
O'Clock by some of the best talent in the
profession. Nothing has been left un-
done by the committee to make this af-
fair a gigantic success. All those at
tending will have an opportunity to see
the latest dances done by professional
performers Oysters will be served in a
score of different styles, There will be
plenty of fun and music for all, two large
orchestras having been engaged for the
occasion.
Electrical effects have been arranged
for the dancers. Moonlight and spotlight
dancing will be special features. The
comittee in charge are James W. Gam
BILE. chairman: G. ]. Harris. treasurer;
Leonard Rubel, John Trundle, and L.
f. Mandy, president.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
Coming Attractions.
"Maids of Athens

When Henry W. Savage secured the
American rights to THE Merry Widow
he established precedent for an operate
success which is still the standard by
which all other musical plays are judged.
In "Sari," which is now the reigning sue
cess in New York. he has come closer TO
equaling the Merry Widow" records
than any other producer has come in the
past eight years, but in The Merry
Widows big sister. Maids Of Athens"
which he will offer at the New National
Theater next week. it is predicted that
THE Merry Widow" is at last to be
eclipsed. Maids OF Athens is the first
play since the Merry Widow" to be
written in collaboration by Franz Lehar
and Victor Leon. composer and librettist.
respectively, of THE Merry Widow" and
in Europe. where it has been known as
"The King OF the Mountains" il has
been duplicating the success which The
Merry Widow achieved when ii was
first produced ....
George Marion, who staged THE Merry
Widow has performed the same office
for Maids of Athens" and Mr.. Savage
has engaged a cast which in quality is
it's equal and numerically superior. -.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
BaumGnrdt TraveIogue, Belasco
TONIGHT.

Tonight at the Belasco Theater Mr.. B.
and lecturer. who for fifteen years has
studied the life of its people and the art
of Europe, and who has been notably
successful on the lecture platform. will
make his first Washington appearance.
Mr.. Baumgardt's first subject will treat
on Norway. which he terms the Majestic
Land of the Midnight Sun.
Mr.. Baumgardts lecture on Norway Is
founded on intimate acquaintance with
the land and its interesting people. He
speaks the language of the people and
visits the country annually. The lee
ture is intended to give a thorough un-
derstanding of Norway and the Norwe-
gians: the dramas of Ibsen, and the
poetry of Bjrnson: the music of Griag
Kjerulf and Sinding: the influence of en-
vironment upon a people who have lived
in insolation for I.5OO years; the life of
the fishing folk of the Lofoten Islands,
the Harvesting of sublime waterfalls
without nTarring their beauty; the Goth
enburg system for controlling the liquor
traffic: the Lapps and their strange Gus
toms; the status OF Norwegian women,
and the results of emigration upon a
sparsely populated and extremely poor
land.
The lecture is illustrated in color with
l5 carefully selected views OF such un-
rivaled beauty, that everywhere n Is
admitted to be the most artistic and re-
markable lecture on the subject on the
American platform.
Next Sunday. Venice, the city of
dreams. will be shown, followed on
March Is by Florence, the pearl of Italy.
March 9. an evening with the stars.
April the subject will be Athens, which
will close Mr.. Baumgardt's series.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
HACKETT Is NOT
AN ENGLISHMAN

No one is more Jealous of the fact that
he is an American than James X. Hack
EFT. who comes to the Columbia Theater
this week in The Grain Of Dust" For
some reason the impression has gone
forth that Hackett is an English actor,
why-nobody knows-certainly not. be-
cause OF any English accent Mr.. Hack
cit was born in America and the fact
that he is a member of the society of the
Sons of the Revolution should be evil
dence enough of his thorough American
ization.
His father. the elder Hackett. was an
actor before him. famous in Shake
spearean roles. and it was generally rec
ognizcd that he was the greatest Fall
staff the American stage ever produced.
Possibly because the elder Hackett play
ed for some time in England. the impress
sion has gone forth that the Hacketts
were British. James n, himself. has as
pirations toward the enactment of
Shakespearean roles. and ere long will
endeavor to demonstrate his ability in
that line.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01

pices Damaged Goods" was first pro-
duced. has just published Peach Bloom. -
a play of the white slave variety, by
Northop Morse.
Dallas Anderson plays the leading part
in Dolly Reforming Herself by Henry
Arthur Jones. which is now being pre-
sented on tour.
b. Iden Payne, the English producer,
who has just concluded a season in Chi
cago as the art director of the Fine Arts
Theater Repertory Company is making
his first tour of the United States with
this company.
+. III. Southern has made announcement
that for the remainder of the season his
repertory will include only one Shake
spearean play. Hamlet and Justin
Huntley McCarthy's romantic drama, IF
l Were King" Elizabeth Valentine has
succeeded Miss Mariowe as leading wom-
an.
Marie Dressler is the featured player
in the new production made by ''Broncho
ater in San Francisco. 1t is called the
Merry Gambol." and replaces The Girl
at the Gate which was a comparative
failure.
whitford Kane has obtained from !. X.
Friedman. a prominent Chicago dramatic
writer, a playlet entitled Uncle Sans
Money" which he will do shortly
The Washington herald., 1914-03-01

be one of the characteristics of the
people.
/ believe, however, that after all, none
of these things go much deeper than
the surface. Dikes and canals, wooden
shoes and wide skirts, are not of sufi-
cient importance to be the main reasons
why there is such a close relationship
between the two nations, why so many
Americans would love to go TO Hol-
land" and thousands of Dutch farmers
settle in different parts of the United
States.
q glance at the history of the Dutch
will give the answer.
Holland, at one time, was a colony.
of Spain; Spain abused her power. and
in war that lasted eighty years Hol-
land freed herself from the Spanish
yoke = William of Orange is the great
national hero, the George Washington