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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
NEANEST CROWD
Of WAR SW|NDLERS
London Has Produced Class
That Takes Prize in
Heartlessness.

London. Oct. o2.-London has pro-
duced the meanest crowd of swindlers
on record since the English troops got
into the fighting line in France.
Every day the London papers are
filled with appeals from the wives,
mothers and sisters of missing off,
GERS seeking information as to their
fate. Hundreds of officers are not ac-
counted for who are not known to be
dead.
Swindlers have taken advantage of
the women distracted by failure to get
news Of their relatives and are con-
stantly preying on them.
The mother of a young officer who
has not been heard from since the
battle Of Mons was recently approach
ed by swindler who represented
himself as a valet and said he had
seen the missing officer in Brussels
and expected to return there the next
day. The swindler was short of cash
through the: failure to l,eet a remit
tance and asked for money which he
would promptly return upon his ar
rival at Brussels. The money was
supplied. and letters to the missing
son were entrusted to the sympathe-
tic courier who never was heard Of
again.
These men have even represented
that they saw wounded officers in GER
tain hospitals near the fighting zone
and have delivered fictitious requests
for funds to supply delicacies to the
injured, gas, etc.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
RESTRICTION BY
ENGLAND is SCORED

London, Oct. 22.-Why England
should restrict recruiting to men of
the minimum height of feet 6 inches
in days when battles are fought with
long range weapons instead Of broad
swords and battle axes is puzzling
many young patriots Of under size
who are anxious to go to the front.
The old rule has already caused medi-
cal men to protest both in print and
to the army medical advisory board.
One Of the medical journals points
out that what Is needed these days is
not brute power to WELD heavy
weights. but wiry physique able to
stand bad weather, irregular feeding.
broken sleep, long marches and
brains to cover and shoot with skill
and patience. The short man weighs
less, needs less food. is easier Of trans
portation, stands hard marching with
out his feet giving way, offers small
er mark to the enemy, keeps himself
warm in q smaller space and can
shelter in a trench better than a big
man. The heavier the man. the more
food needed to keep up a given
amount Of physical exertion, and
man of 10 pounds requires a fifth
more Of food than one Of 140 pounds
it is scientifically estimated. Hence
S feet 3 inches would open recruiting
10 eScellcOt material
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
10000 FOREIGN
WATERS IN LONDON

London, Oct 22.-The oustine of
Germans and Austrians and the call
to the colors Of French. Swiss and
Italians has shown to an extent little
suspected by the British public how
departments of the hotel and restaur-
teaching had been taken over by for
eigners. At the outbreak Of the war,
10000 foreign walters alone quit their
jobs in London.
Foreign teachers have left thou
sands of vacapcies in Great Britain.
They were mostly private teachers or
employed in private schools. Those
In the regular English schools were
teachers OF languages as rule, but
not always.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
JoKED WAY TO FREEDOM.
Officials So Amused by Prisoners Per
formance They Forgot to Lock
Jail,
New York World }

(New York Worldly
Greenwich, Conn.-After Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smith of Bible street had
been locked in a cell, Prosecuting At
torney Ralph Brush. Constable Geo.
F. Jones and two deputies stood in
front of the jail here last night and
laughed.
The more they thought Of how Mrs.
Smith had cornered Mr.. Smith and
had hit him with wine bottles, beer
bottles. a lamp, a table and q bunch
of crockery. the harder they laughed
But after they had time to become
bered that they had forgotten to lock
the Jail doors.
Their laugh disappeared right. then
and has not been discovered since, but
1t Is believed that John Oxley, 10, took
1t along with him when he walked out
of the Jail, where he had been confln.
ed for a week on a burglary charge.
The theory is that John wnIted
right by the four mirth convulsed Of
ficials. 1t was also found that he had
armed himself with a bit OF steam
pipe from his cell-in case the laugh
ter ended too suddenly, 1t is assumed.
|. Nobody here knows Oxley's opinion
about local police arrangements, but
1T is known that youth who was ar
rested with him and who is believed
to have been his companion in the
burglary Of a fruit store in Sound
beach. pulled an open umbrella over
a. policeman's head at the entrance
of the Stamford Jail, and thus es-
capped. =
The police still retain an excellent
description of both oxley and his
friend
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
RIGOROUS DAYS
FOR SEIZED Town.
Civil Officers Have no Pleas
ant Time Dealing With
the Germans.

Epernay, France, Oct. 22.-Some
idea of the trials and troubles Of the
civil authorities while a town is in the
possession of an invading army is CIV.
en- by the mayor, Maurice Pol Roger.
of this city. which was in the hands of
the Germans for a week.
When the Germans entered tho
town late in the afternoon the mayor
was summoned before the command.
ant. General Won Plettenberg. This
first interview, according to the may
or, was marked by courtesy on both
sides, but that evening the mayor re-
the general who complained that the
water. gas and electric supply had
been cut off. The mayor was told that
II these were not restored at once he
would be hanged. This arose because
the inhabitants leaving their houses
had shut Off the gas. water and cleo
sary orders to have the services re-
stored, but with other town officials
he was arrested and held in the town
hall as a hostage, and when a fire
broke out that night the general sent
word that If second outbreak oc-
Cured he would have the mayor shot.
made and when 1t was not raised in
time the town was fined 176.550
francs. Then to add to his troubles
the mayor was summoned to explain
the shooting of German soldier, who
had been wounded In the leg by re-
volver shot. and, when the towns
chief executive declared that the ac-
ctdent took place on a different street
from that given in the German report,
he was accused of having concealed
the fact that second German had
been wounded and made way with.
After this incident was cleared the
mayor was taken before q group OF
German officers including Prince AL
bert. son of the German emperor, and
accused Of having replaced the Ger
man flag on the station with French
tricolor. When threatened with
heavy war indemnity on the town be-
cause Of this incident the mayor pro-
tested that the railway station was
private property and therefore the
town had nothing to do with any flag
that might have been placed there.
The mayor was then ordered to make
a German flag and unfurl it from the
town hall. He was told that IL this
flag was touched he would be shot and
the town burned and looted. The
mayor manufactured German flag
by using part of French flag for the
white and blue. and the black apron
of the town hall housekeeper for the
black stripe. This flag evidently led
to an era Of good feeling, for the
176,550 francs fine was repaid to the
town by the Prussian who stated that
they did so out of gratitude for the
kindly manner in which their wound
ed had been treated.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
The European War Situation as Shown by Press DISPATCHES

The theory upon which military cen.
sorshtp Is conducted is that the pub
lication Of all matter which might at
ford valuable Information to the ene-
my is forbidden. One deduces, there
iore. that the British censor hoped to
fool the German into believing that he
really had evacuated Brussels. even
the contrary. This isn't at all far
fetched conclusion.
When Brussels was first captured
by the Germans the papers wished to
print the story. But for two days tn
privilege was forbidden. Indignant
journalists hammered at the press
bureau doors. They were blandly in
made public, because 1t was militia
information that should not be al
lowed to reach the German ears. 4
viously, the British co.oneis who
make up the board Of censors thought
that If they kept their mouths reso-
lutely closed the Germans would n
be able to find out what town 1t was
they had captured.
1t seems rather shame that the
public should be fed upon the. airy
nonsense which alone seems accepta-
BILE to the censors. and that the story
OF this great war should not be ftly
told by contemporary historians, rath-
er than in the dry bones of bureau
cratic reports. But it seems that
there will be no change. The truth is
of course, that the reason assigned for
a military censorship-to keep the
enemy from profiting by the prena-
ture publication Of army plans-is but
the shadow of a cause. English gen.
erals still have a smarting recollection
Of the journalistic castigation which
has followed their mistakes in recent
wars-the South African war in par.
ticular. They do not propose that it
shall be repeated. It Is the saving Of
military shoulders, and not the
shrouding Of military strategy, that is
aimed at,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
TRAGEDY OF WAR
ON BATTLEFIELD
Soldiers Letter Describes
Awful Scenes-Presence
of Death Stirring.

The Hague. Oct. 22.-The tragedy
of war is pictured in the letter of an
unnamed first lieutenant which ap.
peared in the Cologne Gazette of re.
cent date.
1.-The woman in whose house an,
auartered, and whose husband is In
the field" he writes, told me in tear,
this morning:
"Since two months no news. We dc
not know where my husband is
'"rhe woman and her family do not
even know in what regiment the man
serves. That is terrible! The woman
wanted to know how many French
had been killed. I tried to console he,
by telling her that many had been
made prisoners Of war. And now she
has fastened every hope upon this.
when. l hear that at home chill.
dren go to school and that everything
progresses more or less in the regular
channels, l am compelled to say a
prayer Of thanksgiving that our coun.
try has been spared. You ought to see
the disorder here. The countryside is
overcrowded with troops, there is nc
administration, the crops are still in
the fields. and famine threatens The
people are irresolute and detected
1T is now eight days since the fight
ing in the Forest Of -. think OF
ent when you are fighting out In the
open, but to fight in the woods-ir
the deep dark forests awful. The
explosions Of the. shell reverberated
through the forest and the heav,
bombs cut lanes through the trees
We did not even know most Of the
time where the shells come from. II
was impossible to return the fire. In
the morning we saw the French cool,
their breakfast. but we could dc
nothing because we had to conceal
our position. $50 100
There is one picture will neve,
forget. On September we shot dowr
patrol Of chasseurs; two men who
were in cover were taken prisoners
When the skirmish was over I went
with one of the chasseurs to where
the officer in charge Of the patrol had
fallen.
II saw Immediately that the mar
had died from a shot through the
heart. But the chasseur who accom-.
panied me, and who evidently was
very fond of the officer, asked me
with great concern in his voice:
Does my officer live?
II shook my head. saying:
No. he is dead
/ And then very touching thins
occurred. The soldier fell to his knees
beside the dead officer and prayed 70,
a long time. A gripping picture. Or
the ground. in flood of sunlight, la,
four dead horses My men stood abou,
them in ring. and in this circle rest.
ed the dead officer with the private
praying at his side. We were silent
the silence Of death was upon us; but
through it we heard the steps OF
death, who may gather us tomorrow
Il, too, said prayer for the brave
enemy. the dead comrade-Lieutenan
Of Reserve Castor Forgues of Bor.
deaux."
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
french HOLDING
$4,000 HOSTAGES
Germans and Austrians Sc
gregated-American EN-
bassy Looks After Them

Paris, Oct. 22.-The American EN-
bassy, under its obligations to repre-
sent German and Austrian interests IL
France. is looking. after about 10000
persons who are detained as alien
enemies in eleven localities in France
These were Germans and Austrians
living in the country at the outbreak
Of the war. The French government
provided special trains going to neu-
trail frontiers for two days after hos
tilities had begun. and all those re-
manning within France after those
days were obliged to report them
selves to the police and go to those
towns in France to which they were
assigned.
The state department ut Washing.
ton has attached III. Percival Dodge
formerly minister to Panama, to the
embassy here as special agent to have
charge of German and Austrian af-
fairs. The third floor of the embassy
Office building is taken entirely for
this work and considerable staff OF
secretaries and interpreters are al
work.
The reason that France holds s0,-
900 civilians as prisoners of war ap-
pears to be as hostages for the prop
er. treatment Of French citizens who
are similarly held in Germany and
Austria. and to have in hand a means
of reprisal should there be any ILL.,
treatment of French soldiers captur-
ed by German or Austrian armies
The most distinguished prisoner is
probably Count Pejacscwich. member
Of the Hungarian cabinet for Croatia
Slavonia and Dalmatia. He happened
to be at Vichy taking n cure when the
war began. He is allowed to remain
in his hotel and has entire freedom of
movement within the town. A good
many hundreds of German and Aus
trian subjects have been allowed to
remain where they We're. in each be-
cause of special reasons: other hun
dreds upon the representation of the
American embassy have been allowed
to leave the country, in each case al
SO for special reasons, usually those
of ill-health. But there are still
about $4,000 who had to go to the de.
tention camps. These are usually In
barracks formerly occupied by troops
There is a good deal of crowdins and
the food is probably about what the
French soldiers receive. There ap.
pears to be every intention on the part
OF the French government to treat
these involuntary hostages as we'll as
they can under the necessities Of war
There is in France a great deal OF
suffering among French people. 1t i.
likely that millions are less we'll fed
than the German and Austrian pris.
oners. Nevertheless these prisoners
being forced to live away from theil
own homes. find life difficult and full
of Inconvenience They are allowed
to receive money and spend it as the,
please. They, also write and receive
letters freely except that they are. al
read by censors. . =.
Switzerland has undertaken to con.
duct the exchanges of prisoners an6
among the first that are being ex.
changed are French people caught ir
Germany and Austria by the war, anG
Germans and Austrians detained ir
France. Germans and Austrians are
taken by French police to the Swiss
border and turned over to Swiss ag,
ents.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
GERMANS LAME IN
CARING FOR HORSES


London. Oct. 22.-However effec-
tive the German army may be in other
respects its cavalry men, even the
Uhlans, do not know how to take care
of horses, says E. A. Cantrell of New
port. KY. who has arrived in London
after an exciting trip through the
German lines in Belgium. Every cav
airy horse he observed. seemed to
suffer from sore back. The returning
cavalrymen generally led their mounts
with saddle loosened. Sorle Of the
backs were quite raw. This is large
ly due, he thinks, to the way the Ger
mans have Of turning themselves
around in their saddles to ease their
positions when on the march.
The German artillery and equip
ment impressed Cantrell as being per-
feet. There was not detail lacking.
The men all fit their places and SEEM
ed In the best of spirits
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
10000 IRON
CROSSES ORDERED

Berlin. Oct. 22.-Immediately after
the revival Of the Iron Cross at the
beginning Of the war not less than
10000 of these decorations We're or
ALREADY been conferred. A Berlin
firm, which makes specially of
manufacturing orders, keeps twenty
men employed all the time making
these crosses. They are made of cast
iron, lacquered in black and bordered
with silver; the first class. in addition
to this, has the reverse side Of silver.
The Iron Cross was instituted in 1873,
during the Napoloenic wars, by King
for bravery in the field. It ia con-
ferred on officers and privates alike,
and is, in fact. the most democratic
OF al the Prussian orders.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
THE ART CRITIC.

The German ambassador, Count
Bernatorff,' said at luncheon at Ja-
cob II. Schiff's cottage at Seabright:
ITO blame Germany for this war
shows an ignorance of world politics
as excessive as the brokers' ignorance
Of art.
"a banker said to a brokers.
II want you to come and spend
the weekend with me in the coun.
try. I want to show you a Murilio. a
Bouguereau and Tintorettoj that I
bought last week.
"'Why, man. what fool you are,
said the broker. to buy foreign cars
in war time! Don't you know youth
never be able to get new partsT"
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
VERY SUPERIOR.

Senator Works. in an address in
Los Angeles. hit off nicely diplomat
Of very aristocratic views
"He is a very superior diplomat"
said the senator. I'm fact, he is so
superior that, IL he were invited to
open an automobile show, he'd be sure
to turn up in an aeroplane."
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22

Johnny Ray Of Pittsburg Is cunning
for bouts with Krause. Dick Loadman
and Kid Herman.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
FACT AND FANCY.
A good searchlight will SPOT shin,

~ a Eood searchlieht Will spot ships
Eve was the first snake charmer.
Prince Furstenberg. the kaiser'e
Oldest friend. is worth 800, 200, 900,
and owns a brewery in the Black for.
est, gambling palace in MADEIRA, and
a chapel in the Holy Land.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22

Wisconsin, state athletic commission
must know two days ahead who will
referee bouts.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-22
GETTING 2 r,F. )

Old Uncle-Dick, II I left you my
money, low would you spend it,
EXpectant. Nephew-Well. I'd buy
a $9,0oo-dollar car. marry Daisy Ruff
nes and tour Europe.
Old Uncle-Thanks. Dick! I'm
hanged If don't do that myself and
save you the trouble.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

San Francisco, cal.-"He's limo
cent. l love him. I'll do everything
l can to clear him."
That is what 16-year-old Rhema
Anderson said recently at her home
here, regarding the arrest of Leonard
A. Kerns.
Kerns, arrested twice on the same
day, declared himself guilty of moth
ing more than following his sweet
heart 5000 miles.
He was arrested at her home on
description given the police by L. K.
Gignac, private detective, who said
Kerns was wanted in Montreal.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

The police wired the Canadian city
to learn the specific charge.
Hold Kerns for embezzlement,"
was the answer.
A few hours previous to his second
arrest Kerns had cleared himself of
suspicion of robbing E. W. Clark, a
tourist whom he met on the train.
Kerns .wooed Rhema Anderson In
Montreal. A short time ago her fam
lily moved to California and he fol-
lowed.
-O-O-
About I 400 earth tremors were felt
in Japan last year.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

900
The Washington times., 1914-05-13
CHILD DROWNS IN
SWIMMING POOL

Arrangements are being made today
for the funeral of three-year-old VIII
liam Browning. son of William =.
browning. attorney and realty opera
tor. who was drowned last night in j
swimming pool in the rear o. ais home.
321C Newark street. Cleveland Park.
Water had been put in the swimming
pool for the first time yesterday, The
child was missed about p. n, and his
parents found his body floating in about
three feet OF water. Just how the &C
cident occurred will never be known.
as no one witnessed IL.
Life was apparently extinct when the
body was taken from the pool. but DR.
S. s. Jaffe, a ncighbor. placed the boy
in his automobile anc drove to Emerg-
ency Hospital, wher- an unsuccessful
effort was made to resuscicate the lad
with the pulmOtor
The Washington times., 1914-05-13

States. They were: Maud NJ. Abbott.
nurse: Frances V. Anderson. deacon
ness; Dora M. Borel, nurse: Beryl F.
Grown. nurse: Nellie coryeI, nurse;
Lillian 3. Ellis. dcaconess: Eelen NJ.
Graham deaconass. carrie NJ. Harding.
missionary: Lila L. Hardy, nurse; /;
Ethel NJ Hoffman. nurse; Jeanette NJ.
lttei. nurse; Blanche n. Kaiser. dea-
coness; Rena Z. Ksiser- Kindergarten
teacher; Laura r. Lanzille. nurse; Fran
ces W. Moore. nurse; Mary A. olive.
do aconess; Emma Schrader. nurse; /;
Media A Sherman, deaconess; Alta r.
Sleeper nurse: Edna NJ. stephen, dea-
cpness; Pearl L. Thompson, nurse:
Stella A. Wasson. deaconess; Ellen Il.
Wentz. kindergarten. Elizabeth WILSON,
deaconess: Marian Il. Xoelier. mission
nry: Della H. Darcy kindergarten cer-
tificate. and erase l.. Hodge. mission
ory certificate.
The Washington times., 1914-05-13
WASHINGTON MINE.
MANAGER ESCAPES
J. C. Archibald Reaches San
Francisco From Place Where
Americans Were Slain.

John c. Archibald. superintendent OF
the cyanide plant at Cinco Minas, near
Guadalajaha. Mexico. is reported 10
have arrived safely in San Francisco
this mor?ln.:.
The father of John Archibald, who
resides at 1105 Park road northwest, eX-
pressed himself as being greatly re-
lieved as to his sons safety. Two
Americans were killed and two seri-
ously injured in riots at the plant last
week. and the absenc3 z word from
Archibald caused m Ich anxiety to be
felt for his safety.
Mr. Archibald had been in Mexico
for the past four years, and for nearly
six months he had been in charge Of the
plant at Cinco Minas. Ten years ago
he graduated as a cadet at the Central
High School,. and in 1910 was graduated
from Lehigh University as a mining en-
gi0per
The Washington times., 1914-05-13
Thirty-three Nurses Get
Training School Degrees

Thirty-three trained nurses OF the
Lucy Webb Hayes Training chool are
today enrolled among the members OF
the alumnae association of that institu-
ton, following the graduating exercises
held In Rust Hall last night.
lam II. Wilder. president Of the school
The Rev. James Shcra Montgomery de-
livercd the invocation, while the ad-
dress was delivered by the Rev. TIM
othy P. Frost
The following graduates We're resi-
dents of Washington: Ida c. Bailey.
ara A. Gore, Mabel T. Leman, Kath-
creme c. Miller. Marienne Roberts. and
Mrs. Pearl y. Wills.
The remainder were from the Eastern
The Washington times., 1914-05-13
No SneerS at Wilson,
Says Londen Times

LONDON, May 1S.-The London
Times. in an editorial referring to
President Wilson's complaint in his
funeral Grafton over the Vera Cruz
victims about the ordeal of being
sneered at" says:
There is certainly no disposition in
Great Britain to sneer at the course
Mr.. wilson has followed throughout
this Mexican entan anclcment. d course
with which his present reluctance to
make ready for war is quite In keep
ing.
He has shown. as we have always
acknowledged, remarkable patience,
highmindedness, and forbearance in
pursuing his ideal
The Washington times., 1914-05-13
FLOOD DAMAGE MAY
REACH MILLIONS
Hundreds Homeless After Heavy
Michigan RainfalHDetroit
Chief Sufferer.

DETROIT. May I3-Flood damage in
Michigan. resulting from the continu-
Gus rainfall of the past forty-eight
hours. will total millions of dollars.
according to today's estimates. At least
two persons persisted.
Hundreds OF families living in Detroit
suburbs are homeless, and thousands
or others are marooned in their houses.
The big Ford factories remained idle
today because OF the flooded condition
OF the plant. The property, wage. and
product loss. resulting from this sus-
pension alone was estimated at more
than S2.Ota.OD.
Other Michigan cities reporting heavy
damage were Battle Creek and Kalama-
zoo.