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Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-30
CHILDREN ARE )
CUR|0 COLLECTORS
Bullets of Their Nations
Enemies Form Prizes
Among Youngsters. !.

The Hague, Nov. 3O.-There is
scarcely a school in European cOun-
tries remaining neutral which has not
been struck by the mania for the ac-
emulation of war relics. The de-
sire for possession Of collections OF
weird and strange objects even ex-
tends to schools of the belligerent
countries.
First in the list Of interesting items
come bullets. How these bullets ever
find their way from some Siberian
regiment into the hands of a Danish
urchin or how a piece of sharpnel
from the battlefield of the Aisne is
discovered in the pockets of q little
Dutch child are often times strange
stories Of Ingenious schoolboy bar
tering.
When the war continued its dreary
course and the supply OF bullets in
creased. certain objects of murderous
intent began to get certain specific
made after a pattern of the year 1888
are not rated very highly. When al
most thirty thousand Belgian soldiers
marched across the Dutch frontier
and threw away their arms, the sup
ply Of those heavy bullets became SO
large that only beginners in the field
of collecting were willing to accept
them at all. =.
Neither does. the true c%onnoisseur
Three thousand British zailors were
deprived of their. ammunition when
they were obliged to into -Hol-
land and this made British bullets too
common to be considered art treas.
ure. German .bullets, which seem to
be common enoughG.ih the country OF
their origin. are rated high by the
children abroad. The same can be
said; of the bronze pointed French
bullets; which,, likejfthe German bull.
lets, unless they hit some vital organ,
merely make q neat little hole which
easily cures. ~ s
The Dum-Dum. :
But alas, honestly even in this, child
'ish mart Of barter would not remain
for long: One boy who desired his
neighbours collection left the narrow
path which runs between the right
and wrong of the collectors code.
With an axe ne changed his common
Belgian bullet into O. gruesome fiat
nosed "dum-dum.r The first speci-
men Of this terrible weapon was pass,
It was exchanged, for an entire col.
lection Of regulation bullets. It re-,
manned a days wonder. Then
h trick was discovered and nov
dum:dum bullets are % common a,
%Junebugs in May.
Not only in the relics Of death and
~bloodshed does the Juvenile world OF
Europe keep a brietling collectors
trade. The occupation of eachapth-
er's territories by the belliEerent| ma.
tipns, has developed q. stamp ,eFaxe
: the German possessions Which
= English have Sei8ed In the Pa.
ciflc. from the territory occupied BY
the Germans, and from the strip Of
and which - AL tbAt4remains:of Rsl-
Giurn, new Atamp isst1ss shhve come.
With the taking over by Turkey Of her
own postal System q, weird combina-
ti0hsofikrabic ch1tGcters lssadded.to,
the already Heterogeneous collection.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-30
HEADQUARTERS Scene
DURING HEAVY FIGHT
German riflemen drawing up closer
and closer around the village.
Take Position by Storm.

"a good quarter Of an hour later a
voice shouted from the telephone pit:
The commander of the regiment asks
to- nave the artillery fire on w. stop
ped, as he wants to take it by storm
Captain oestereich gave the corre-
sheafs Of flame rising from w. An
other quarter of an hour, and the
telephone rang again. The regiment
has taken w! Brave regiment
murmured his eXcellency to himself.
Now. general, strike in further to the
right he said, turning to the next
protected pit. Battery open fire. or
eich repeated it through the tele-
phone.
when the first Of tho battery up
on the new target was well under
way. it's commander turned to one of
the newspaper men n remarked:
We have been in. this position for
nearly two weeks and, so far as the
circumstances permitted, we have fix
ed ourselves in Il home-like way
YES answered my colleague
with Il smile, and you have wen shaw
The captain. strokinE his bronze
check, reioined: And my fragment of
a mirror. my only toilet object, was
cribbed by somebody while 1 was do
ing it, "r
Guessing Contest.
Another telephone call: The regi-
ment that took w. is under fire from
a heavy Russian battery and asks for
support This time the remedy was
not SO easy. Where is our nearest
battery asked his cXcellency. The
captain pointed it out on the map, and
his cxcellency continued: Then tele-
rh~,.a ut ~, %l>-h'. "a ,~s.-A -l~.Ny ~
Russians This time it was like a
prize guessing contest for us to find
the position of the Russian battery.
Only after we had been repeatedly
helped by the experts were we able
to discern the well-concealed point.
A captain of hussars stepped up to
his. eXcellency and asked: Does your
excellency order %luncheon?' The gen.
eral looked at his watch and asked:
Can we have it soou?' he inquired
1t can DO brought up in a quarter OF
an hour was the answer.
Midnight. Firing.
At the appointed time orderlies ap-
peared with steaming dishes. But
the Russians made no pauses for
lunch. The advance of our troops
further TO II right wa much hin
dered by that Russian, fire. and our
battery repeatedly had to take a hand.
1t was not till the shades of evening
We're drawing over plain and forest
that he canonade seemed to die
down. His exoellency turned to, take
leave and wished the commander of
the battery success. We followed fin
his suite. Now, captain. we shall at
last have quiet remarked an Austri.
an colleague. "A great. mistakei nv
friend remarked the captain. TO
ward midnight the Russian batteries
sqtlander an enormous amount of am
munition.' And with a smile he waved
us a farewell salute"
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-11
Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, APRIL il. 1914.

OS< of our common needs have sprung the great utilities providing transportation and the other services which are now such an essential part of our civilization. An elaborate water system supplants the old well gas and electric light take the place O the candal and oil lamps the tele- graph and the telephone supplant the written communication; the electric railway and transcontinental line re- place the cumbersom wagon and stage route.
 Thus utilities which now represent millions upon millions of dollars throughout the United States are vital to the growth and development of the country and the well being of our cities
 The public service corporations con trolling them have been granted ex- traordinary and far-reaching powers, powers which the individual does not possess. powers which are entrusted to corporations only because of their public character and the functions which they perfom in the life of the community. The acceptance of these special and important powers carries with it the duties and obligations from which the individual is entirely free.
 In view of the nature and character of these public services, it is general l" agreed that they should be subject to a proper system of public regula- ton which will not only protect the public but will secure to the public proper service at reasonable rates
 The regulation of public utilities by state commissions have spread over the United States very rapidly and apparently working to the best in tcrest of all--the public, the investors and the companies. Meanwhile the question of public ownership is being widely discussed, it's advocates rang ing from those who seek municipal ownership of gas and ~clectric plants street railways, or telephone lines to those who are in favor of government ownership of all utilities merely for the purpose of eXtinguishing private ownership. Perhaps the most auda- cjous presentation of the demands of the latter occurred little over a year ago when Congressman Berger, in view of the threatened tieup of fifty f,ur eastern railroads by the proposed strike of firemen. introduced a resolu- ticn proposing that. in case of a strike md tieup of the railway system for nore than week the president eN'nld be empowered to seize the rail- ways with all their terminals, lands,
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n,ent for such journeys. render polar exploration Increasingly safer and easier though the probability of the occurrence of tragedies like that which befell the Scott party must never be lost sight of.
 But Sir Ernest Shackelton is set tng himself something more than the task of reaching the South Pole by th. most possible route. His aim Is to penetrate through frozen contin- ent and pass from one hemisphere to the other by way which has never been travelled before and which s absolutely unknown. The minimum distance from Weddcl sea to Ross sea is l700 miles and tho intervening land can be nothing put a wilderness of ice mountains where a false move might mean death to the whole party The British papers declare that if the ex- petition succeeds it will add glory to the record of British exploration. hut 1t will do this even if 1t fails. There is no more glorious page in the annals of English discovery than the ill-fated expedition of Sir John Frank lard. That expedition judging from immediate results was a failure but the heroism of it's leader and the in- wi hp rrin foA oF party aroused served to give an ad- ditonal momentum to polar expedi- tons, to which is due in a great de- gree the fact that we now know so much about North Polar lands and tlat the secret of the pole itself has Teen conquered.
 From geographical point of view it is doubtful if the exploration of the Scuth Polar continent will add any thing of value to the sum of human knowledge or human utilities, but SD long as a portion of the earth re- rains unknown so long will men at tempt to achieve it's conquest, and We should feel 1t almost as a national misfortune if that conquest were not achieved by British pluck and en- dUlance. There is to be an appeal for funds to finance the expedition throughout the empire and we are sure that the Overseas Dominons will rC spond generously when the object ts one so fiattering to our racial pride. | Vancouver Sun
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al lands, workshops and other pro- porties on the ground of public emer- t sency and right of eminent domain and operate the same. Suggestions and even experiments along the line ct public ownership are numefous. N annually increasing number of social services Is undertaken in our cities, City owned markets, municipal coal wards, municipal entertainments unicipal theatres, a strong tendency n' ticable all over the world for the public interests to be protected bv m hlic ownership of those utilities where private ownership is unsatls- factorly conducted.
 Turning to the nation field We find tEat the government ownership of railroads in the territory of Alaska s an accepted fact and further involves Uncle sam in the venture of mining and selling coal. investing in a line of steamships and engaging in transpor- t"tion activities generally. The re- 'ommendation of Secretary Daniels toI establish government owned steel r9ill. capable of making armor meets with the approval of the president. The telegraph and telephone situation IS becoming interesting. The ques- tion of government ownership of these lines will soon engage the attention of congress. John Wanamaker when Post Master General. recommended that the government purchase the tel. cSraph lines, he said: The first tele- graph was by the post office depart ment and it was an evil hour when itI vas surrendered. Frank Hitchcock when Post Master General made theI same recommendation. Public welfare ard efficiency will doubtless be the criterion in determing the limits of public ownership. When public ow- nership is convlncingly advocated. itI is because private ownership is un- satisfactorily conducted.
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It would perhaps not be true to say that the journey which Sir Ernest Shackleton proposes to make next year across the South Polar continent
 will be the most difficult and danger ous polar expedition ever undertaken
 but it will, at least, rank in these re- spects with the heroic attempts of early explorers like Frankland to dis cover the North Pole. The experience gained from previous expeditions and the great improvement, which has ta- ken place in our own day in the equip
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An official of a butchers association recently foretold the coming of dollar beef. Within ten years. he said porterhouse steak would be selling at d dollar a pound, and other cuts pro- pcrtionately. He could see no other outcome from the present situation and the trend it developing. In the last six years the number of beef cattle in the United States has de- creased from 51,O0O,OOO to 39,OOO, 900, = about 30 per cent, while the pop ulation has increased about 20 per cent in a decade. The beef cattle of tho United States are being consumed foster than they can reproduce the enormous consumption of veal being taken into consideration, A continu- ance of the present tendency points to the practical extinction of the cattle-raising industry. These facts have been given so much notice re- gently that they ought to be familiar 10 tho public. But something of in- tcrest is added in figures presented " the American Department of Ag- rculture to show that the consump tion of beef per capita in the United states has decreased 10 pounds annu- tto consumption was at the rate of 162 pounds per capita, in 1913 it Is 152 puonds. Unquestionably the drop is due to the ever-mounting cost of beef People are beginning to hunt for substitutes.
 The Argintine Republic is losing cattle. Australia, ideally fitted for ranging, has been taking up the English trade dropped by the United States and Canada. Its meat trade to the United States may be a factor in keeping down prices, but if the fun damental reason for the advances in price is a growing scarcity of cattle importations from one or two coun- tries will be or minor importance. The reports from Western Canada, and from Eastern Canada as well, in- dicate that before long. perhaps in side of six months. this country will be fairly well denuded of it's beef cattle, young and old. There are only 100000 in the Western Provinces, and about 100000 in Ontario. This c"untry's beef supplies would not be much more than a good mouthful for 100,000,000 people who consume 159 pounds of beef per individual in q year. The removal of the American duty on Canadian cattle and meats has put Canadian consumers in the seme roastng-pan as the American consumers are in.-Torronto Empire
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10
COMMISSION
WILL REOPEN EXPRESS
RATE CONTROVERSY

Minot, n. D., April 10.-The state
board of railroad commissioners con-
Guided their business at this point
"wednesday evening and Thursday
morning left for the west as far as
the state line on a special train, sup
piled by the Great Northern officials
who had been requested by the com
mission to accompany them but who
could not spare the time to make the
trip on the regular trains.
ICOnisderable business vas transact
ed by the commission while here and
some important decisions rendered.
Among these was the determination
az the board to reopen the express
rate controversy in order to better ad-
:iust some irregularities which have
been shown to exist since the new
rates have gone into effect. A hear
ing will be held at Grand Forks on
May 8, when 1t Is hoped all who have
complaints against the present express
rates will make them known.
1t was also decided TO old a hear
ing at Glendale May Z on the matter
or a. new depot on the Milwaukee line
that that place. On he same date a
hearing viii be held In the matter Of
better train service on the Great
Northern running out to Forbes.
"A loading platform was ordered
BUILT by the Northern Pacific at Di-
vide siding between New Rockford
Sheyenne.
Complaint having been made as to
the time Of running trains on. the
Stanley branch of the Great Northern,
the commission will go up that branch
Friday morning to investigate this
matter and at the same time see the
people OF McGre2or in relation to O.
station house and agent at that point.
The travelling mems organization
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10

having protested against the with
drawal by the various railways OF the
excess baggage coupon books, intra-
state, and this rate" having been
Withdrawn without notice to n com
mission and contrary to the rule. 1t
was decided to hold a hearing on the
matter at Bismarck May 8.
Atty. J. r.. Burke appeared before
the commission and asked that Lloyd
siding. four miles above Burlington,
be made a flag station Of trains lO5
and 106 Of the 500, which was taken
under advisement as none OF the COM
pany officials having control were
present
A delegation OF farmers from be-
tween Deering and Glenburn were be-
fore the commission regarding a sid
ing and an %levator proposed for that
location. The siding will be built
when the farmers organize an eleVa-
tor company and let the contract for
the house.
Attorney Taylor and Trainmastcr
Kcene of the 500 appeared before the
board in opposition to the petition for
a depot and agent at Greene on the
wheat line. Commissioner Anderson
had visited that point Monday and
gave the views Of the local people. The
matter was taken under advisement.
In addition to these matters the
commission cleaned up a mass Of Of
fee routine work.
Thursday the commissioners left to
visit Tioga. Wheelock, Epping, Spring.
brook, Williston. Trenton. Marley and
Buford, returning to winston for the
night. On the return Friday they will
run up the Stanley branch to Wild
wood and back to this city by l .. m.
From here the board returns to Bis
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10
N'CUNBER WOULD ENLARGE
SECOND HOMESTEAD ACT

| Manning, N. D., April 10. The
fTresent homestead laws Of the United
Estates provide that those who CON
gmuted prior to Tune s, 1900 can take
tsecond Srornesteads. Senator McCum-
tber Is ~endeavoring to get through a
shiII to the effect that those who have
bconmuted since nay also be entitled
Ito the same privileges.
: This effort on the part OF those who
|~comnuted, while nothing is being done
in the interests OF those who spent
five full years on homesteads, Is caus-
ling some criticism In the western part
Of North Dakota. It is contended that
in many the persons who com
muted were not legitimate homeseek-
ers. They were clerks, teachers,
preachers and others who spent four
teen months on the claims, paid $1.25
per acre and acquired the lands. Those
who spent five years on the home
steads were generally real home
seekers and a large majority remained
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10
TRACED TO
TWO NEGRO WOMEN

Minot, n. d., April 1o.-Two colored
are alleged by the police to be
part at least of the gang which have
been the big distributors Of cocaine
throughout this district. For months,
the authorities have not been able 10
trace the sale of this drug to It's source
and this capture will mean a great
deal in stopping the traffic, think the
officials. The w women, Rena Man
ne n Lulu Cook. live on Jarvis street
in this city and after the cocaine had
been spotted at the Great Northern
Express office. the police watched both
the house and the express office until
the women came and claimed the
goods. They were promptly arrested
and will be given a hearing tomor-
row.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10

The N. c. r. Receipt
Benefits the Patrons
of Stores milo Ways:
T. It prevents customers
from being overcharged.
2. It insures credit for all
. money paid on account.
3. It prevents paying the
same bill twice.
q. 1t shows which clerk
made the sale.
S. It stops disputes with
clerks.
s. 1t prevents mistakes in
change.
n. It enables customers to
get goods and change
quickly.
s. When the customer gets
home, it tells how the
money was spent.
9. It proves where goods
were purchased il ex-
change is desired.
TO. Il protects servants and
children against ternpta-
ton and unjust suspicious
re customers Of stores
knew of these 10 bene-
fits, they would demand
NJ. @. r. receipts for all
money paid at stores.
National Cash Registers
print many different
kinds Of receipts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
UNFORTUNATE nIXUP
AT VALLEY ClTN |

Valley City, N. D., April aar
was a big political meetira hai8 Il;
this city Wednesday evenin ygheg lts
assessors and candidates ara theff
friends sat down to a a5aha3ief Mt
the Rudolf hotel. It was i~ltssnfi8B sFt
the meeting should be q eet4ip-gAhae
Feast, but the action of T44Try Elras
of Leal, chairman of the r4aptfdv aea
publican Central commits 1U tr,sis.
Ing in Usher L. Burdick ,,as aefadYs
and featuring him by mafsff. hiin thf
principal speaker of tas ~venfr@
threw cold water on tbs A4a34 ayF8
matters are not as loveiy tY,tf
should have been.
No blame Is attached. howa..p. y,
Mr.. Burdick in the matter,
The meeting was brought about by
reason or the fact that all the asses-
sors OF the county were supposed to
pe IN town That day n receive their
noohs' ana at the same time receive
nstructlons as to their duties.
me idea was conceived that it
would be an excellent opportunity for
the candidates Of the county and the
assessors and other republicans to
meet and get acquainted,
IN tact 1t az hoped that there
couid be a fixing up Of affairs in the
county and make it better for the
party all around. 1t was no the in
tentlon that it should be a factional
affair in any way.
1t is claimed, that unbeknown to
the committee which had the affair
In hand, Chairman Harry Green. of
Leal' who Is a progressive, extended
invitation Of Mr.. Burdick to be in
attendance, and that he made him
the principal speaker Of the evening.
All candidates present were also call
upon for a speech, and most Of
them responded.
The fact that Mr.. Green did this has
caused some feeling, but it is hoped
that the matter may be smoothed
over without further complications,
though it has caused much talk.
Mr.. Burdick was very fair, however,
In dealing with his opponent. and
that should Mr.. Hanna win, he
support him. He further stated
upon the day hat Mr.. Hanna
sails for Norway to attend the big
he will close his campaign
and rest his cas- with the people.
This will be about June 10 and about
two weeks before the primaries.
Mr.. Burdick was in no way to
blame, it is believed, even by his OPP
ponents. for being present at the
meeting, though many feel that Green
slipped one over and that 1t has not
made him anything.