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EAST SIDE NOTES

E; J. Murphy was in Crookston yes
terday on business.
This morning Carl Edling of this
city assumed his new duties as cashier
at the Northern Pacific freight house,
Milling the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr.. Low, who had been
cashier for some time. Agent Stodder
announced the appointment of Mr..
Edling yesterday.
The mission society of Trinity
Lutheran church met this afternoon
with Mrs. Norbryhn in Oak Grove adj
dition. The young peoples society Of
the church will meet Tuesday evening
at the home of Miss Ida Dahl at 81
Third ven south.
A new potato warehouse will be
erected at Halstead as soon as the
necessary arrangements for the con-
structlon can be made. This was de-
Clded on at a meeting of the Red River
Potato Growers association held at
Halstnd.
The preliminary hearing of Cub
Meachem was begun before Judge
wade this afternoon but at the time Of
going to press was still in progress
and 1t Is not known whether he will
be bound over or not. Meachem is
charged with a statutory crime against
a child under fourteen years of age. He
was ap~prehended in Minneapolis and
arrested and brought to Moorhead yes
terday afternoon. -.
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Germans Around Brussels.

London, Aug. 25.-Telegraphing from
Ostend, Reuters correspondent says:
The German troops are Camped in
the suburbs of the villages around
Brussels. They are not in the town
itself. No German flags fly over the
Royal Palace or the town hall. In
fact, the Germans are leaving the ad-
ministration to the civil authorities.
The troops which surround the city
are not those which fought at Louvain
and Aerschot, but forces brought by
the railway from AiX-la-Chapelle to
Liege and TirlemOnt and who came
theme by motor car. 1t is impossible
to rove abOut the country as bicycles
and motor cars are prohibited in the
province Of Flanders. The Germans oc-
cupy all villages and towns, thus as
surfing the passage of their troops, a
majority of which are leaving Bussels
and marching toward France. Antwerp,
for the moment, is being neglected.
The populations of the villages are
observing the advice given them by
their b~urgOmasters to remain calm and
surrender their arms"
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War May Develop Many
Industries In the 1. S,

New. York, Aug. 24.-The European
conflict has set on foot in this country
organized movements looking to the
emancipation of the American manu-
facturer from dependence on Europe.
IF it is to be a long war the United
States will Of necessity have to prove
whether American ingenuity car meet
the situation. This ingenuity nus
crystallize in two ways: first, In the
production of materials heretofore
supplied by foreign countrles-chleny
Germany-for the, use of American
manufacturers; second, in the manu-
facture of articles for South American
and far eastern trade, which must look
to the United States, because or the
curtaiiment Of production abroad. ,
Already manufacturers throughout
the country are consulting chemists
and other experts and laying the
groundwork to solve, the problem.
Many factories face the prospect OF
closing down unless certain drugs and
chemicals can be obtained; and at
Philadelphia Saturday retail drug
gists in convention adopted & resolu-
ton asking for changes in the patent
laws SO that drugs patented abroad
can be manufactured here.
1t is said that raw materials are at
hand to duplicate nearly everything
which the war has shut off, bat manu-
facturers in many cases are hesitating
to launch into extensive production
because of the uncertainty OF the du-
ration of the war. Should the conflict
end abruptly, competition might be re-
stored, to a considerable extent, with
plants barely under way in this coun-
try.
on the other hand, manufacturers
point out, the conflict has driven home
the realization that tine United States
must in the future ne prepared for
such an emergency 40 this. With the
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States, have taken steps to have the
amount they have earned depositd in
American and Canadian banks, which
would be authorized to represent the
Bank of Norway. In that way Nor
way would have money at it's disposal
across the sea with which to buy
grain.
= Norway will have to look to the
United States for it's wheat, III the war
is long continued. The general esti-
mate is that the present food supply
is not sufficient to last for more than
a few months.
Ordinarily Norway gets its rye and
coal Inc coke from England; it's sugar
United States. With the exception Of
American flour, importation Of all
these articles automatically ceased
upon the outbreak of the European
war. The situation was at first one of
panic. Even flour, normally So for a
20O-pound sack, jumped to IS, and fuel
more than doubled in price. There has
been a run on the bakeries and gro
Gerry stores, and a slight run OH the
banks, but the ability Of the latter to
meet all demands promptly quleted
fears in that direction.
The tourist season, which was one
of the best for many years, came to an
M abruptly. Visitors h stoned to
cave as soon as the mobilization in
Germany was started, but many
Americans with return tickets on
English and German ships remained
unable to start home.
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MANY ATTENDED
MASS FOR POPE
SOLEMN HIGH MASS FOR LATE
POPE Plus x. WAS LARGELY
ATTENDED THIS MORNING Az
ST. MARY's ROMAN CATHOLIC
CATHEDRAL.

The solemn requiem high mass for
the late Pope Plus X. his morning at
st. Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral
on North Broadway WAS largely at
tended by one Of the biggest cOngre-
cations that has ever filled he church
at any special high mass held during
the week..
The naves Of st. Marv's were about
three-quarters filled. The attendance
was far from confined % Catholic
communicates, as many Protestants
We're there to do honor to the memory
Of the late Pope Plus x, who left the
world at such a critical period in it's
history.
Special music marked tie service
this morning, which was one of the
most solemn ever held within the
walls of the big cathedral. Rev. J.. w.
Dunphy Of ST. Thomas college at st.
Paul, preached the special sermon.
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Washington. Aug. rs. - Plans for
building up a permanent American
merchant marine by the purchase Of
foreign ships to be operated by the
government went forward yesterday in
congress and at the White House.
In the house, Representative Alex
ander introduced the administration
bill for the incorporation of a $780,
600, 900. company to own and operate
ocean steamers under supervision OF
shipping board composed Of the presi-
dent. the secretary of the treasury,
the postmaster general and the secre"
tary of commerce.
The government would subscribe for
not less than 81 per cent of the capital
stock by an appropriation. Ships
would be bought by the sale Of $780,
900, 900 Panama canal bonds.
President Wilson reiterated his de-
termination to urge the ship purchase
plan and said he expected it to be in
operation within two or three weeks.
Reports that he had considered the adj
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Herald.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Wheat traders re-
garded the market as over strained
and said the break from the top was
to be expected from the character Of
the buying which sent prices to new
high levels early yesterday. Some of
he largest traders took profits and
said they looked for further breaks.
At the same time it was freely re-
marked that few care to sell short,
which makes the market easy to adj
vance when the selling from longs
ceases. Corn bulls said the break was
due to rain. They expect receipts to
decrease by the last of the week which
Will see the end Of the largest run for
the balance of the season., Bears say
the edge Is off the market for the
present. Dat sales to exporters were
the largest Of the season but their eff
feet was over balanced by heavy sales
bv the leading longs taking profits.
Baltimore chartered three s]chooners to
load for France. Cash
Shipping saleso f cash wheat at Chi
cago were 95, 900 bushels to mills and
10000 bushels hard winter, new bust
ness to s~ea-board exporters: corn
$4,000 bushels. Oats 1880, 900 BUSH
els, the latter mainly to sea-board ex-
porters. Outside markets were ir-
regular, st. Louis advancing IL to I
1-2c with a good demand while Omaha
avs 3 1-2c higher; Kansas CITY I'm
changed to 1c lower. Kansas CITY corn
weakened an dsold 1 to 2 lower. ST.
Louis unchanged to 1 lower; Omaha
unchanged to 1-2c lower.
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future in view and much foreign trade
to be had for the asking. many manu-
f~acturers think that the impetus to
American manufacturers will be tre-
mendous.
The drug situation perhaps more
than anything else has impressed the
United States with the necessity OF
action. In an editorial to appear in
Its September issue, The American
Druggist points out that if the Euro
pean conflict is of more than six
months duration American consumers
of German synthetic drugs will face a
famine. Those who now have stocks
on hand are warned to conserve them.
Production of these drugs in the
United States-for we have the raw
materials, the article says - would
meet the situation. Yet such a plan
would have it's difficulties. ut would
probably not be impossible to arrange
with the German p~atentees to manu-
facture these products in the United
States on a royalty basis" says the
article, "but in view of the uncertain
duration of the war, the patentee
would probably not make terms which
would tempt American capitalists to
erect laboratories and train and
organize chemists to carry out the
manufacture Of these synthetic dye
stuffs and drugs.
I'm the matter of the dye stuffs the
manufacture OF which is associated
with that Of synthetic drugs the
worlds supply will last somewhat
longer for the reason that the largest
users of these dyestuffs-Ger1nany,
France and England-will use little or
none during the war. The United
States uses probably n fourth of the
worlds supply and the remaining
three-quarters of the worlds supply
will be sufficient to keep our cloth,
silk and print mills busy for a year
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Moorhead Department
DR. Hagen Appalled, by
European Conflict

Minneapolis Tribune: DR.. o. J
Hagen of Moorhead, Mimi, member
of the state efficiency commission and
Of the state board of health, passed
through Minneapolis yesterday on his
way home from the Clinical Congress
of Surgeons which met at London in
July.
The sacrifices of Europe's power
full war will be tremendous,' said
Dr.. Hagen. THAT is, the sacrifice of
her young men. The active manhood
of her civilization are all on the bat
tlefield. from which sacrifice she can
not recover for a century. The re-
demption must be effected by a man
hood which Is below a physically
the consumptiVe, the w~eak-hearted,
the od-tainted, and weakness never
begets strength. Poor, misguided
Europe"
DR.. Hagen mentioned also the hard
ships incident to the return trip, he
being forced to come over steerage on
the steamship Philadelphia.
j. f. Jacobson, Darcy, N. D.. bank
er, passed through also on his way
home from Europe. He, too, came over
in the Storage, on the United States.
Il was glad to get even that" he said.
He was one of a number of North
Dakota Norwegians who presented d
bust of Lincoln to Norway. He had
intended touring Germany but changed
his plans just in time to avoid being
caught there during the war.
The Vincent Party.
Word was received yesterday that
Mrs. George F.. Vincent, Miss Isabel
Vincent and Miss Margaret Sweeney,
dean of women at the university, will
arrive in Quebec next Saturday on
the Canadian liner Manitoba. They
viii arrive on the day set before they
left for a tour of the world for the
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EXeninr Grain Letter.

Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-Wheat: Min
neapOlis led the wheat markets today.
Mills are doing a most excellent bust
ness, running to full capacity and max
ing record shipments. AS soon as the
foreign exchange can be settled, they
Will do a good export business. This
Is a substantial buying power and n
that takes the actual wheat out of the
market for consumption Ond it is the
main sustaining influence at the pres
ent time. We look for this buying to
continue as flour buyers are fully
aware that they will soon have foreign
competition and are laying in their
stocks now. Rain over the northwest
further increased the apprehension of
the shorts. There is not much wheat
for sale and prices are easily advanced
on any good buying. The reported re-
pulse Of the allies was construed as a
beartsh feature, but we cannot cOnsid-
CT 1t in that manner, as it certainly
Will stimulate further buying by Eng
land and France. 1t must be remem-
bered that Paris was reduced in the
FranCc-PruSsian war by siege and not
by assault and they will fOrtify them
selves against food shortage this time.
Corn and oats-Have shown a better
tone today. We think they will work
higher, but consider the opportunities
50 much greater in wheat that we are
inclined to favor purchases of the lat
ter IN preference to corn and oats. EX-
port business in oats continues good.
Chas. E. Lewis & Co.
Watch for interesting
ment on Wednesday of BID: ks three
day sale.-AdVt.
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RUSSIAN INVASION
Continued From Page One.

Continued From Page One.
as well as of the seventy-ffth infan-
try brigade and the Thirty-seventh
cavalry brigade; n it is regarded as
a place of concentration for a field
army. Allenstein was the scene of a
victory by Marshal Soult and a French
army over the pursuing Russians and
Prussians in 1907. 1t lies equidistant
between Thorn n KOeniecberg, the
three cities forming the first fortified
line on the eastern German frontier.
Far to the north on the Vistula lies
Danzig, a great naval station anC fort
ress. 1t has a population of about
15O,O 900 and a considerable garrison,
consisting of nine infantry battalions,
tw oregiments of Hussars, two field
artillery regiments, one garrison ar
tillery regiment and a battalion of the
army service corps.
To the south Of the Russian inc of
advance on the left wing of the Rus
sian army lies Posen, a strongly forti-
fed city, formerly part Of Poland,
which is occupied by a garrison whose
composition is unknown, out whose
strength is believed to be very great.
Between Danzig and Posen on an
uneven line lie the two fortresses Of
Bromberg, with six infantry battal-
ions, one mounted grenadier regiment
and two field artillery regiments,
Graudenz, which has nine infantry
battalions, a regiment Of mounted ri
fes, two field artillery regiments and
some garrison artillery. These. are the
keys of the second line of defensive
works.
Other small fortified places on the
line of advance are Marionburg, with a
small garrison Of artillery, which was
formerly a fortress of the knights
Templar; Kuhn, with a garrison of
one rifle regiment and a machine gun
section; Dirschau, a small place
which was ~plundered and burned by
the French in 1907; Braumsberg,
which is occupied by a fusilier Dat
talon, and which was the scene of a
victory in 1907 by B~ernadotte over the
Russians. .~g
All these places were originally
Polish, most of them becoming Prus-
sian territory when Poland vas divid-
ed in 1872 among Russia, Austria and
Prussia. Most of the inhabitants still
speak the Polish language.
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for Building Up
American Merchant Marine

visibility of abandoning the project,
he said, were without foundation. The
fact that private capital had shown
no indication of a desire to act unless
the government guaranteed securities,
he declared, merely made it necessary
for the government to take the initia-
tive. The president believes the gov
eminent will be able to develop new
trade routes and make the project de-
sirable to private capital and to meet
that possibility the bill would provide
for sale of the governments stock in
the company at any time the shipping
board deemed that advisable.
Other plans for fostering American
shipping made little progress. The
war risk bill, which already passed the
senate, was halted in the house by
the failure of the rules committee to
get a quorum. Representative Alex
ander later introduced a bill to
authorize a special rule for immediate
consideration of the measure with de-
bate limited to one hour.
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wedding of Miss Vincent.
Americans in Germany will be
treated we'll, according to P. J. Ken
nedy, president of Kenendy Bros. COM
pany, who recently returned from. an
extended European trip. He left be
fore the war broke out and had an
opportunity of closely studying the
feeling of friendliness for Americans
in Germany" he said.
C~zerwonky Glad He Escaped.
With all his baggage gone except a
violin Richard Czerwonky, concert
master Of the Minneapolis symphony
orchestra, is safe at BrookIlne, Mass,
thankful to have escaped from war
swept Germany with his life.
In a letter received yesterday by DR..
Arthur Edward Smith. Mr.. CzerWonky
tells OF being in the German capital
when the kaiser declared war against
Russia.
1T is terrible in Europe. I certainly
thank o that He took me away from
that terrible fighting world and let me
come back to my dear family. You
a imagine what I went through. 1t
makes me sick to think of IT.. 1 was
in Berlin when the kaiser declared war
and heard it from his own mouth
when he spoke from the balcony of his
palace. 1 rushed from Antwerp and
from there to Ostend, Dover, and fin
ally reachted London. I felt better
there, but still the uncertainty of our
sailing nearly drove me crazy. 1 lost
all my belongings excepting my Guar
nerius violin. A big trunk containing
valuable manuscripts, another rare
violin, and clothing, is lost. l hate to
think Of it for it makes me feel terri
BILE. but maybe l will get them back
some time. Lord knows, though,
whether l will ever see them again.
Anyway, I am thankful that I got
HON safe. l found my family we'll"
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NORWEGIAN
CONFERENCE

With twenty ministers from various
parts Of the Red river valley present.
the Norwegian Lutheran Ministerial
conference of the Red river valley,
opened at Concordia college this morn
ing under favorable auspices for a
most interesting and beneficial session.
The conference will last for three
days during which matters of general
interest to the Norwegian Lutheran
church will be taken up and discussed.
the business program being interspers-
ed with devotional exercises and en-
tertainment.
The conference has a membership Of
about f~orty-fve ministers of the de-
nomination and it is expected that 9TH
ers will be in this afternoon and even
ing to take part in the work that is to
be transacted in the next two days.
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COST OF A LIFETIME.
Eccentric Frenehman Kept Strict Acs
count for Fifty-two Years.

Boston Transcript: Calculating
machines are left far behind by a
.Frenchman who at the age of II has
just died in a Breton town. When he
was 18 he began to keep an account of
all his expenses and "entered up"
every conceivable item for fifty-two
years. During these fifty years
he bought 628.713 cigars, costing $780,
1907, and 1882 were given him by
friends. Other items were:
SO pairs Of trousers .$462 so
70 coats and w~aistcoats ...... 790. 90
SO pairs Of boots ............. $40. rs
800 shirts and 345 collars $500. 265.75
Omnibuses and tramways .... 465 90
In fifteen years he drank 1854
pints of beer, while 40,303 glasses Of
liquor helped to swell his wine mer-
chants bill to $5,528, for the honor of
being served with all these refresh
ments he gave away $1.250 in tips.
The French equivalent OF "He is
numbered among the dead is to be
placed above his tomb.
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the guarding and patrolling of bridges,
culverts and telegraph lines against
domage of spies, collecting information
as to supplies, circulating notices to
Inhabitants and similar duties CON
nected with commanders and warn
ings; carrying out organized relief
measures, serving as signal riders,
and signallers; helping families of. men
employed in defense duties or. aiding
the sick or wounded; establishing first
aid. dressing or nursing stations,
refugees, ~dispensaries or soup kitchens
in their club rooms; acting as guides
and orderlies including the guiding of
vessels n %unbuoyed channels Or show
ing lights to friendly vessels and as
sjsting coast guards. ~ -,
Watch for interesting announce
ment OF Wednesday of Blacks three
day sale.-AdVt. q,
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ADDITIONAL SOCIETY
STATE WEDDINGS

Miss Gena Foseide and George B.
Berge, both of Grand Forks were unit
ed in marriage Friday evening. The
marriage was solemnized at the Swed-
ish Lutheran parsonage, the Rev. j. M.
Persenius, pastor OF the church, otfl-
ciating. Miss airy Berge, the bride,
groom's sister, was the bridesmaid and
Iver Aldahl best man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Berge will reside in Grand Forks.
Aug. Is, at Joliet, ILL.,, occurred the
marriage of william o.. Whitcomb and
Miss Abbie Hess. The bridegroom is
the third son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Whitcomb pioneers of Stevens town
ship, near Crary, N. D., and Is a teach
er of agronomy at the state agricul-
tural college of Montana at Bozeman.
The bride has been a teacher of domes-
tic science in the same institution and
is a young lady of rare accomplish
ments. The happy young people visit
ed their parents, near Crary and will
tour Yellowstone park for their we'd
ding trip.
h announcement of the marriage
of Miss Cora Dean, formerly one OF the
in the Walhalla high school,
to M. ]. Furlong, of Portland, Ore, on
Aug. Is was received the past week.
They will be at home at 730 Hoyt
street, Portland, after Sept. 15.
Miss Ida Solum of Woodville,
Wis, and Peter Graslie, formerly Of
Gladstone, Wis, now of Williston, N.
D., were married at the Synod Luth-
eran church in Woodville, Aug. IS,
Rev. Mr.. Rosenquist officiating. The
young couple left Immediately after
the reception for their new home at
WiIliston, where the bridegroom is
manager of the Farmers elevator.
A wedding took place at the Metho-
dist manse at Williston, Wednesday
afternoon, when Elmer James Landes
and Helen Brevik, both of Williston
we're united in marriage. Rev. e. Lew
is Wall performed the ceremony. They
will remain in Williston for the next
two months. After that they will go
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HOTEL MAN GOES
TO HAWLEY, MINI

Hawley Herald: A dea! was con-
summated this week by which C. j.
Snuff of jamestown, n. D., takes over
the management of the city hotel on
Aug. rs, under lease from the late
Geo. Mcdonald estate. Mr.. Snuff will
be remembered by a great many, hav-
ing been clerk at the old Co;nmbia no.
tel in Moorhead prior to his leaving
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vest. Export business Is now in heal
thy position with var risks easier. On
any further decline in prices think
purchases should be made Of May and
December wheat.
Corn: Cash markets act tired at
moment while receipts have shown an
increase. In our opinion purchases
should be made on any great reaction.
Oats: Prices will be Influenced by
cash situation and demand for abroad.
On all soft spots purchases of Deem
Der n May should be made.
Finley Darrell & Co.