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Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31

LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHPLACE.

The threatened foreclosure of a
mortgage on the house in which Long
fellow was born in Portland. Me, has
not only produced an appeal for the
purchase of this particular memorial
but has also attra cted attention to the
duty of preserving as far as possible
the scanty remains, in their haunts
and homes. OF our great American
men of letters.
1t is true that the Maine Historical
society. through the beauest OF the
poets sister. is in the possession OF
fruitful years we're spent. but the fact
does not diminish the Importance Of
obtaining similar security for the col
onial mansion in which Longfellow
first saw light. We like to think Of
as many as possible of the material
associations of the poets impression
able years as assured to posterity It
means much to us and will mean still
more to future generations, to go forth
from walls preserved by the affec-
the scenes the poet loved The tran
quill bay will be there to remind us
Of the young Lonefellow who gazed
upon the episode of the war of 1912
he has described in MY Lost Youth:
the seafight far away.
How it thundered Ger the tide"
we would fain keep the picture Of the
house as we'll.
Our literary shrines are not so many
that even one may be spared. and
there is no surer sign Of the spiritual
quality Of our civilization than its re-
fusal to permit the proud waves of
n1aterialisrn to swamp the landmarks.
80 few and far between. of our earli-
est culture. Longfellow was not the
greatest Of our American poets, but
he is still the one most widely read,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31

patch says that Secretary Lansing.
after Ions and careful study Of the
whole situation in the seclusion Of the
North Carolina mountains, has pre-
pared statement of the United
States position on the matter Of
armed merchant ships and subma-
rines, which 1t is believed will become
the basis of international agreement
after the war. 1t further says that
it upholds the right Of ships to arm
for defense and requires that captured
ships be not sunk. but conveyed with
their crews in safety into some port
as prize of war.
1t is to be hoped that any stand the
United States now takes in this mat
ter will be distinctly and specifically
declared to be for the duration Of the
war only. and not for the further es-
tablishment of precedents or rule
OF the sea. After this war is over
the United States as the leading
peace-loving and most wealthy nation
in the world the nation which pre-
tends to. and in measure actually
does. apply moral principles and re-
gard for civilization in its interna-
tional dealings. must make Arm
stand for the safety of private ships
and property at sea. as we'll as safety
OF the lives of non-com ba tants. II
every other nation objects. the United
States should stand up uncompromis-
ingly for an absolute cessation Of de-
struction Of commerce in time Of war
1t is the only basis on which civili-
zation and commercial interchange
between nations can rest. Guns must
be taken from all except warships.
and all others must he free from at
tack or capture when not engaged in
smuggling. running ckade-act-
ual-or carrying contra band of war
Even the latter should be sa fe on neu-
trail ships. The paralyzing hand of
war must be taken from the worlds
commerce if civilization is to advance
or even endure. Whatever declara-
tion the United States makes now
should be specifically designated as a
rule of conduct for the present strug-
gle, rendered necessary because Of the
status OF international law, which we
have no power to change. but In no
manner binding the United States to
VOWED when the time comes to dis
cuss international law in a congress Of
the nations.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
AMERICAN WOMAN
IS GIVEN MEDAL

Vienna. March 31-Following
numerous other honors and decora.,
tons conferred upon American wonl-
en- for their services in Austria-H Hun
gary during the war, Emperor Francis
Joseph has conferred the silver medal
Of the Red Gross on Mrs. Busser, wife
Of Ralph c. Dresser American Consul
at Trieste. The medal has been given
for Mrs. Busser's valua ole services in
organizing a convalescert home near
Littai. in Krain in the south of Aus
tria. the funds for which were contrib
uted by another American woman
Countess Gasquet James Of New York
Ever since the outbreak of the war
both Consul Busser and his wife have
been unwearying in helping unfor-
tunate victims Of all nationalities. and
especially the British residents Of
Trieste. who were interned by the
Austrians. aud their women and chill
dren who remained in the port.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL
WRECK

It may never be known just what
caused the wreck on the New York
Central which resulted in the loss OF
some thirty lives. Wrecks have been
caused by defects on roadbed or roll
ing stock, by negligence on the part
of officials or employees, and by a
mum ber OF other causes originating in
lax and inefficient management
which causes deterioration of proper
ty and absence Of proper discipline.
But the New York Central is generally
understood to be in splendid physical
condition, and to be we'll managed
from every standpoint The expla ma :
in connection with such disasters.
therefore, fail in this case. It may
be found that some of them apply, but
the chances are against it.
We have in all such cases to take
account Of the fact that it is impos-
sible for human ingenuity to guard
perfectly against accident. We may
think OF all the things that are likely
to occur: we may make the best pos
sible provision against the unexpected: /:
we may train men and test material,
and do everything which can be devils
ed by the human mind to provide for
the smooth and certain operation Of
our mechanism. and yet, somewhere.
there will be found weak spot in
our detenses, some point which we
have overlooked. some loophole which
We have not seen. some failure where
we have supposed there was perfec-
ton.
In many such cases the thing which
occurs is found to be due TO a cause
so simple and obvious that we ara
surprised that provision has not been
made against it, When this is the
case. censure is dealt out to those who
have overlooked the provision which
seems so simple. Often the censure is
not nlerited. 1t Is easier after the
event to see what would have prevent
ed it than it Is to foresee it's possibil-
lty and to make provision in advance.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
Duluth FLAX
WINNIPEG CLOSE,
MODERN MILLER.

st. Louis-Rain throughout the
southwest and middle west are show
ing up the weakness Of the winter
wheat stand. Poor seed and soil con-
ditions last fall invited winter kill.
There 10 no possibility to duplicate the
crop Of the past two years and con-
sidering acreage, a three-quarter crop
is a fair forecast on early conditions
Kansas and Nebraska have good pros
poets. In Oklahoma the crop is spot.
ted with few sections reporting Wig.
orous stand. The soft wheat states con.
Arm heavy winter wheat damage.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
WHEAT CLOSES
LOWER TODAY
Market Went into new High
Ground, But did Not
Hold.

Minneapolis. March 31-May whea.
lower The wheat market has been
active today and went into new high
ground but the advance did aot held
and p1 ices at ths close ara lower than
..'eS'erdsy During the earlv lraI.ns
the July wheat sold up TO $!..7 and
the Nay to $1.16 rs. 1--we. cables
i:liluance' a lower o. .rin, brit the
market quickly turned strong and a
sharp advance then took place. The
market has made a number Of swings
up and down.
Clearances of wheat and flour for
the week equalled 8.306.sS4 bushels.
The Liverpool spot wheat market was
quoted unchanged to Cd lower. On
passage was firm an from l Ia to Sd
higher. Modern Millers report was
bullish
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
MARKET NEWS

Duluth -- Wheat stocks increase
100000 bushels for three days.
New York Herald says-"No end
to freight congestion until war ends"
Reported that five hundred bushels
wheat sold at the seaboard today for
export.
Advices from southern Indiana in
dicate some improvement in winter
wheat.
Minneapolis stocks Of wheat de.
creased 10000 bushels for four days,
against decrease Of 100000 bushels
one year ago.
Thirteen packers purchased $4,000
hogs yesterday in Chicago; shippers
1000; left over s,0oo.> Closed weak
at the decline.
New York wires: Export demand
for wheat showed no irhprovena snt.
It 10 understood that the government
buyers were asking for prices this
morning, but no business was re-
ported
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
SYNTHETIC rscs

An Austrian scientist Of drax IL
aid to have been making synthetic
eggs. He has been able to extrAct the
albumen contained in the blood Of
.bullocks, sheep. pigs and other AMI
mails slaughtered for human consunip-
ton, and to present 1t in such form
that 1t has no trace Of its origin, eth
or In taste or smell. As prepared by
his system, 1t is q coarse. yellow pow
der to which he has given the name OF
haernatalb. His process has already
been applied in a number Of German
and Austrian abattoirs, and haematalb
10 in use in many hospitals Of the CEN
tral empires as q substitute for eggs.
It disso1yss In water, and can also be
used in the preparation OF pastry ana
other dishes.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
SOME RAIsIN COUNTRY.

Washington. March 31-California
now produces about three times as
many raisins yearly as Spain. the
home of the raisin industry. Growth
Of the American raisin industry has
reduced raisin imports from 3S.o00.-
900 pounds in 1885 to less than 3.o00.-
900 pounds last year when California
produced 250.oo0.0OO pounds,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
HUNGARIAN PEASANTS
TO Be GIVEN RELIEF
TO GO HOME TO SEED

Budapest, Hungary. March 81
From three to five weeks leave from
the army Is to be granted to as
many Hungarian peasants as pos.
sible to go home for the spring
sowing. They are told that after
they have done the most urgent
work on the land where they us
ually work they are not TO take any
time over less important things. but
must go and do the urgent work
for their neighbofs who are kept
at the front. The women and chill
dren can look after the rest.
The Hungarian ministry of ma
tional defense has agreed to lend
army horses for farm work. Four
teen thousand have already been
sent to various farming districts,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 81.
SUPPLIES FOR THE TROOPS.

The Carranza government has yield
ed promptly. though not as complete
ly. it appears. as the American au-
newed request for permission to ship
supplies for the American punitive
expedition over the Mexican North
western railway. Certain diplomatic
arrangements with reference to de-
tails of the American eXpeditionsry
movement are pending. and when the
flrst request for permission for the
use Of the railroad was made. this
was passed on by Carranza along with
the other details for general discus
sion and arrangement. AS supplies
were needed Immediately. and as their
delay would have meant the serious
hamrering OF the expedition. fresh
representations we're made to the de
facto government and an urgent re-
quest was made for decision on this
point at once. leaving other matters
to be determined at leisure. This
brought immediate action. and it Is
understood that the railroad is now
being used for the purpose desired.
The permission granted seems not
TO be as complete AZ was desired. Sup
plies are to be shipped only to a civ
ilian not connected with the army,
and are TO go as ordinary freight.
Apparently this will prevent the send
ing of American guards to accompany
the shipments. a feature which ap-
pears unsa tisfa ctory from this dis
tance. The arra cement will am nount
to the sending Of American supplies
to an American force through for
eign territory where the conditions
are very disturbed. and where there
wrecking of the trains by llostiles. or
the actual capture Of the supplies for
the use OF persons who may at any
moment assume hostile attitude.
1t is only fair, however. to consider
the matter from what may be the
Mexican angle. We have always TO
deal with a population that is ieal-
GUS and sensitive. and it is easy to
imagine that the spects Gle OF Mexican
trains being run over a Mexican rail-
road. CARRYING not only American
supplies but guards of American SOL
diers might be interpreted by the
populace a g the actual seizure of the
railroad by the American troops. and
n incident of a predetermined In
vasion and occupation under the pre-
~ p11rs,,;rc
GnIAGERC CE, M lxYIYc
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
HINTS on TREE PRUNING.

Commence pruning. the tree from
the top and finish at the bottom.
Make every cut as close and paral-
lei to the trunk a. possible.
Your saw must be we'll set and
sharp in order to make the cut per-
fectly smooth.
Leave no stubs, dead and dying
wood or fungus covered branches be.
hind you.
Do not fail to cover every wound
with coal tar. not allowing 1t need
lessly to run down the trunk.
Do not remove several large
branches on one tree at 4 time. They
must be removed gradually, the work
extending over period Of several
seasons.
Prevent tearing the barh or the
trse in removing large limbs by Arst
making an ''undercut."
Make the cuts on q slaat. Dosaa
trees. Like the elm. sycamore. uaAsn
ana willow. will stand the process OF
'1aadin1 back more than o1hors, aud
t1s poplar - 3 tree tAAt muDe - cut
h9ek Sveey Ssw years 70 eooD II
crown from becoming too tall and N.
ueSSs - B
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
MARKET NEWS.

Chicago Herald: Cash corn sold
near on the May yesterday than at
any time this season. Some OF the
big commission houses regard the ad-
vance of four cents from the low Of
last Friday enough for the present.
Dutch government bought cash wheat
and corn at the Atlantic seaboard yes
terday. There also were sales of
wheat to the United Kingdom but
quantities were not reported. Sales
OF 100000 bushels Of Canadian oats
was made to France.
Minneap polis-New commission rule
Is In force today: $3.50 per thousand.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31

as he is certainly the one best beloved.
It will be good for the pilgrims OF the
time to come to enter a little closer
into touch with his spirit by contact
with the old physical environment and
to feel within the walls which shell
tered his first years some of those
forces which gave direction to his Ee-
MUS and lent tone and color to his
work
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
MARKET GOSSIP

Bartlett Frazier & Co: Wheat
should be bought on reactions. Corn
would 60 lower If wheat did.
Lamson Bros: Buying side Of
wheat on depressions seems profita-
BILE. Nothing attractive on buying
side Of corn.
Logan & Bryan: Believe higher
prices for wheat will be seen. Believe
this is propitious time to enter corn
market on buying side. Look for fur
thor advance in oats.
Chaplin g. Co.: Wheat looks like
working higher 50 long az damage re-
ports come in.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
NEW YORK MARKET.

NeN. York. March 31.--Wheat-
Spot strong: No. durum $1.31 81:
No. hard SIPS 3-4; No.-1 northern
Duluth s1.3s ga, and No. northern
Manitoba $1.41 f. o. b. New York.
Futures strong; May s1.22 SIS.
Corn-Spot Arm: No. 2 yellow,
IS 1-2c c. l. T. New York.
Oats-spot firm: standard, 81 1-2
GS1c
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
FEBRUARY STATISTICS.

The February issue of the Statls-
tics. published by the International
Institute Of Agriculture. shows in a
table the data from cereal harvests
and Australia, the data confirming the
good forecasts reported in the previ-
GUS issues. These are followed by re.
ports on areas seeded with autumn
cereals for 1855 and on the con-
dition Of these crops in northern
hemisphere countries,
Among new data on areas seeded
5,os4.61o hectares or s14 per cent Of
the corresponding area In 1s14-15:
rye: a2o.a75 or ss.s per cent: barley.
$3.50 or 6S.s per cent. and oats,
6s4,9so or ss.4 per cent.
Spain-Wheat. 3,ss4.s79 hectares
or 1o6 per cent: rye. 6ss.159 or s5
per cent; barley 1.706.220 or, 121 per
cent. and oats. 43s,1ss or III per
cent.
Canada--Winter wheat 445.472 hec-
tares or s5.1 per cent Of the cor
responding area in 1914-15.
Crop conditions are reported from
several countries-slight backward
ness In growth in France and Great
Britain. where. however, favorab BILE
weather in January greatly benefited
India. Algeria and Egypt crops are
In satisfactory condition.
Following on the above material
are tables with the 1918 harvest data
in northern hemisphere countries,
where. however, no important change
has occurred in the data given in Jam
uary.
The agricultural part Of the stats.
tics ends with data from recent re-
turns Of live stock In France in De-
cember 1915 and In the United States
at the first Of January last. In the
latter country there appears a nota :
BILE increase In the number of cattle,
viz s1.441:o0o head Jan. l, 1916. COM
being an increase Of 3,112.000 head Of
6.8 per cent.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
SOUTH ST. PAUL STOCK MARKET

South st. Paul. AIinn., March 31.-
Hogs, 5000, 25 to 80 cents lower:
range, $s.S5@9.1O: bulk, $S90G 800.
Cattle. 2,200: killers weak to 10
cents lower: steers. $3.50 800: cows
cents higher. s4.oo@s.oo; stockers
and feeders weak. $5.006s00.
Sheep. 100; steady; lambs. $500
1918: wethers. s6.oo@s,:5; ewes,
S3S0Gs.20
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
nor A STEADY JOB.

Sandy - I suppose you've heard
aboot EN- laying Mac0rsgor Of the
docks after thirty years sairvice?
fault. told him when he tAkit the
job 'twould no bs steady worrk.-
Judge.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
WEATHER.

Canadian Northwest: is to 30
above; part cloudy.
Northwest: 20 to 40 above; cloudy.
Moerhead: AS.
Duluth and Pierre: .o2.
Lacrosse: IA
Rapid City: .os
West: 80 to SO: generally cloudy.
Dubuque: Raining, .o?.
Springfield: Raining, .o1.
Southwest: 80 to 56 above;
cloudy.
Oklahoma City: 10.
Springfield: Raining, .04.
Ohio Valley: az to So above; sen.
orally clear.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
PHnOsoPHIC VIEW.

I'm out Of patience with my car"
said the fretful motorist
'Ah! Do you ever have any tire
trouble?"
II should say SOL"
Engine work all right?"
1T balks frequently
Maybe you need a new carr
mo. I rather think Ineed the kind
Of disposition that will enable mo to
endure the usual annoyances Of mo-
toring with calmness and fortitude :"
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
CARS RECEIVED.
Duluth.

Today. Year Ago.
Wheat ............. 81 522
r lax lU
Stocks Of wheat. 2o.9s2.O00 bushels.
increase. 5S5.00o bushels: durum, g.
467,0 bushels, increase. $4,000
bushels: fax. 1.7os.o00 bushels. in-
crease $4,000 bushels for days.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-31
Grand Forks Markets.

Obtained through the courtesy of
the Russell Miller Milling company Of
Grand Forks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
EGYPTIAN TOMB
FOR ART MUSEUM
Shrine Dug from Desert
Sand Rebuilt Here
Stone by Stone.

For more than year mysterious
sounds, as II dozen sculptors and
stone masons were continuously at
work, have been issuing from cur
tCined and boarded space facing at the
right of the great entrance hall of the
Metropolitan Museum. The secret Is
out.
Block by block, exactly as il was con
structed more than $500 years ago on
the desert sands of Egypt. the tomb
Of Perneb. "Sole Companion" 70 the
great king Of Memphis. has risen from
the Museum. : cone 'ete floor.
lr front. lofty gray pillars have been
erected. like these that border many en-
Egyptian temple. II the spirit of Per
neb still haunts its resting place for so
many centuries. he may well fancy { {
he has been transported. tomb and all.
into some vast coumned edifce Of the
old capital of the Empire. The white
rcbed priests, the professions OF ma
tives from his estates on the north and
the south. no longer offer him bullocks
and Jars Of wine and oil, and the fam
Gus "Step Pyramid" Of King Zoser ia
no longer in view across the desert;
but the ancient courtyard in front of
his tomb is there, and he can see from
his doorway through the tall columns a
row Of familiar carved Egyptian sar-
cophagi.
Egyptian Tomb Gift To City.
The tomb Of Perneb in the Metropol-
itan is the only one OF its kind in the
possession Of any Of the worlds mu-
seums.. The labor involved in trans
porting il and erecting IL in New York
would have been impossible, even for
the wealth Of the Metropolitan. II it had
not been for the generosity Of one OF
jts trustees, Edward s. Hardness, who
has presented it to the city.
The discovery of the tomb buried in
the sand, its excavation by the expedi-
tion sent out by the Museum begun in
April, 1918, and It's transshipmont by
two steamers from Cairo five months
later. form l-manc- in itself Scores
of natives were engaged for the work
from the neighboring villages along
the Nile.
Every evening from the camp on the
bleak hillside Of Sakkara a train OF
twenty camels started for a railroad
across the valley, each camel carrying
a block OF stone packed in box. From
there they reached Cairo, where they
were assembled and shipped on steam
ers for New York. Upon arrival at the
Museum the limestone blocks had to be
treated chemically for many months TO
enable them to resist indefinitely ,
damp air OF the Atlantic seaboard.
In the Museum as the visitor enters,
through the guarding columns. the little
courtyard before the tomb. he sees
facade Of smoo h stone, eighteen fee'
high, pierced by great recessed door
wav and flanked by two wings. AT both
sides Of the entrance large painted hg-
ures Of Perneb have been carved IN
low relief in the stone. He is represent
ed with one foot advanced, grasping his
staff. exactly as he must have entered
his own palace in Memphis. From the
distinctive arched nose ana firm mouth,
there can be little doubt that II - d
n,rtrait Of the man himself. In one
hand he carries the strip Of folded
tonkued Oh PAGE q, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
u. S. ENVOY PROTESTED
BRITISH MAIL SEIZURE.
Or. van Dyke Objected to Off
GERS Who Boarded Rotterdam.

An informal protest against the seiz-
ure Of mail from the Holland America
Line steamship Rotterdam By British
authorities in the Downs was iiled with
the boarding officers by Dr. Henry
van Dyke, United States Minister TO
the Netherlands. Dr.. van Dyke. who
was b passenger aboard the steamer,
made his action known upon the arri-
val of the vessel here las, night
Heretofore the British have been
seizing only mail from Germany and
Austria, but all that on board the Rot
terdam was taken. including lO+ bags
from Holland and 22 from Switzerland,
All mail. including that from neutral
countries. was removed also from the
Holland America liner Noordan, which
arrived here yesterday. So far as
known these are the first two Instances
in which such step has been taken by
the British.
Or. van Dyke stated that his protest
was informal. as the seizure took place
outside his diplomatic Jurisdiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

TELLING PHRASES FILL
WILSON'S WARNING CALI

This country Is lacking in the
number of men ready 10 fght-not
In the number Of fighting men.
When the world Is on fire, how
much time do you want to take to be
ready!
When the sky IL full Of floating
sparks from a great confagration.
are you going to sit down and say
It Is time when the fire begins to do
something about IL,
We are pledged to use our force
for justice and to put human rights
above prosperity
Let me tell you very soIemnIy. you
cannot postpone this thing. ! do not
know what a single day may bring
forth; I think no man In the United
States knows what a single week. a
single day. a single hour may bring
forth.
Let US forget this is a year of ma
tional elections. The preparedness
issue should have nothing TO do with
politics.