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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-12

Varied opinions as to tho motives Of
Germany In presenting peace proposals 10
the Ailica and the probable result OF the
proposal were expressed today by repre-
sentative Philadelphlans
These men, who have followed the war
closely, with sympathles at variance could
not agree on what would be the outcome
The consensus OF opinion however. was
that the terms suggested by Germany CON
ntituted n sound bRnis for negotiations. al
though they d not form q comprehensive
plan for the ending OF the war
DIR II. TAFT MCKENZIE physical director
Of the University OF Pennsylvania. and
recently with the British army as surgeon
The terms Of peace offered by Germany
are not acceptable. but they afford n good
basis for further discussion. The Allies
are always willing 20 discuss peace II
proper terms arc suggested. These terms
ns they are given TO me. toave many other
things to be taken into consideration for
example, indemnity 20 Belgium indemnity
for shipping destroyed the German col
onles, and, greatest or all. guarantee
that such war as ths cannot occur
again within our generation. | do not
think that there viii be peace until il is
made impossible for such Il war to hap.
pen again. II these terms were accepted
Germany would be left with a powerful
army and navy and splendid organIsa-
tion. and unless IL was made absolutely
uncertain 'Huh tne herman military caste
would not cause recurrence of this war
the situation would be the same as IL is
now.
SULzBERGER'S VIEWS
E$-JUDGE SULZBERGER - without
knowing what the basis NJ the peace pro-
posnls is. thing II would a crime for any
civilized nation TO refuse TO discuss peace
with winter coming on both sides could
carry on negotiations without losing any
advantage. and n they failed to agree
they could resume in the spring where
they leave Off now, As TO Interpreting the
act itself. | would say that II liz a reali-
cation by Germany that absolute conquest
OF the world is an idle dream--we knew
Il all along but she didn't--and It also
means that she has shown her enemies
that they can't smash her. so | do not
think the fact that peacs has been sug-
gested can be Interpreted much TO tbs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-12
GERMANY OFFERS PLAN TO END
THE WAR TO ENTENTE POWERS

by secret American diplomatic lnvestiga-
tlon. will have broad bearing upon what
this Government does
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
AN INVITATION TO DINE.
abraham M. Richbany in the
Afl4nficl

Approaching his hoped-for guest, a
Syrian engages him in something like
the following dialogue, characterized
by glow Of feeling which the trans
lator can only family reveal:
s"Ennoble us by your presence"
II would be ennobled, but I can
not accept"
THAT cannot be-"
Yea, yea. 1t must be-
No, swear against you by our
friendship and by the life of God. !
love just to acquaint you with my
bread and salt" =.
II swear also that / find it impos-
sible to accept. Your bread and salt
are known to ALL"
Yea, do 1t Just for your own good.
By coming to us you come to your
own home. Let US repeat your boun-
ty to u.s."
"Astaghfero Alias (by the mercy
Of Cody have not bestowed any
bounty upon you worth mentioning"
Here the host seizes his guest by
the arm and with an emphatic, II will
not let you 60" pulls at him and
would drag him bodily into his house.
Then the guest, happy in being van
qutshed with honor" consents to the
invitation.
Do you now understand fully the
meaning Of the passage in the 14th
chapter Of Luke's gospel? IA certain
man made a great supper. and bade
many and they all with
one consent began to make excuse
And the Lord said unto the
servant, go out into the highways
and hedges, and compel them to come
IN, that my house may be filed F."
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
GRAFTON GAME
ASSURED FANS
Fair Weather Report for the
Balance of the Week.
Two Practice Games.

Fair weather 10 the forecast for
Sunday when Grafton comes to Grand
Forks to meet the newly organized
Grand Forks Independents. The rains
Of the past two Sundays seems to
have dampened the enthusiasm that
marked the Inauguration OF city
team. but with warm weather Sunday
more enthusiasm undoubtedly will be
displayed,
The Grafton team is member Of
the Valley league which begins its
schedule Memorial day. May 80.
There are five salaried men on the
squad and a number Of fast local boys
who have been working together for
years past.
Rufus Fait probably will pitch Sun
days game. At the present he is
pitching. with Pierce of the local
team catching for him, at different
points throughout North Dakota, but
both expect to be here next Sunday.
On Memorial day two games will
be played. Humboldt, MINI, fast
semi team. will be here
and will play the locals at 2:s0 and
$3.50 that day.
TO give the local team SUFFICIENT
!, practice for Sundays game the Inde-
] pendents viii play them this evening
and the @. c. T. aggregation will
meet them tomorrow night
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
THE HIGH COST OF WAR.
IAIn ,s&i,,. A6a L.


At the beginning Of the world war.
David Lloyd George. then chancellor
Of the British exchequer. was quoted
to the effect that victory would go to
the side that could raise the last bill
lion dollars; in other words that this
was to be war OF financial resources.
Events seem to be justifying this pre-
diction. Financiers estimate that the
present cost Of the war to all the bel
ligerent governments is about $685.
000, 900, 900 year, divided as follows:
Great Britain, $4,000, 900 900; Ger
many and Russia each, $4,000, ,000, 900;
France, $4,000, 900, 900: the remaining
$500. 100000 divided among Aus
tria- and the various small
belltgererts. Germany has been A.
nancing Austria-Hungary to. a con-
siderable extent subscribing over $2,.
o00. .000. 900 Of the 3e,2bo, 900, 900 bor-
rowed by the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment. Another loan was being
foated in April and the press reports
stated that great anxiety was felt over
the danger of it's failure as Germany
had not responded with subscriptions
as heretofore.
The German war loan, subscriptions
to which closed at the end Of March,
resulted in the raising Of about $2,-
500, 900. 900. The loan Immediately
preceding was over $3,000,000,0 900.
Large industrial corporations absorbed
144,000. 900 marks or about 338.000,-
900, the largest individual subscrip-
ton being by the Krupp concern
which took about s10.000,000.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
AGGIES TRIM
FARGO COLLEGE
Close Score Features Annual Contest
Between Two Fargo Institutions
Interest Inteuse

Fargo, n. D., May 25.-Nemzek's
drive into centerf1eld in the first Of
the eighth with one down, scoring
Catlin from second. and RockwelTs
error in dropping the ball at home
plate when Eemzek attempted to
steal from third. gave the North Da-
kota "Aggies" two runs and the game
over Fargo college in the .first clash
Of the season between the two teams
at Dacotah field yesterday afternoon
by q score Of 8 to /. Errors were
directly responsible for the loss of
the game for the hill men despite
the remarkable showing made by
Overby who struck out nine and
twice pulled his team out Of ruts
when errors were costly.
As usual the Fargo college team
sprung a surprise. The hitting ma
chine of the "Aggies" got OVERLY for
only six hits, one being scratch.
The hill twirler gave his prettiest ex-
hibition Of the year and kept the
hits scattered. In the first Of the
third, Crawford took a three-bas-
ger of the twirler after two we're
down. OVERLY then held Smith, the
next man up, to slow grounder to
third
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
VIRGINIA PROTESTS
TO NATIONAL BODY
Zoe KEENAN, is Claimed by Two Clubs
-VlrKidA Baseball Law ON
Their Side.

Fargo, N. D., May 25.-An invesh-
gAhou to definitely determine the
baseball status Of Joe Herman, second
baaeman on the Fargo-Moorhead
c1ub-whether he belongs to virginia
or the Fargo-Moorhead club-will be
made by Secretary Farrell Of the ma
ttonal baseball commission through
complaints lodged with the secre-
tary by the Virginia club.
H1bbard Gets Word From FhFrea.
n. L. Hibbard, manager Of the To-
cal club, received word to this effect
yesterday which stated that Virginia
had made protests to the commission
man. What the investigation Will dis
close ts matter Of conjecture right
now. It was stated last night, how
ever, that It is thought very probable
here that the Fargo club
VIII be able to keep it's option on the
player.
The trouble started early in the sea-
son when the Virginia management
wrote to Denny Sullivan. manager of
the st. Joe:.eNfos club in the Western
league. for the services Of herman. It
seems that Fargo-Noorhead was also
negotiating with Sullivan for Joe Ker-
nan. L happened that there were
two kernans at st. Joe. AS Virginia
didn't specify the Herman wanted Sui
.liran released Joe's brother and Joe
came to Fargo.
Not Much Of a Player.
But Joe's brother is not the player
that Joe Is. That's where the trouble
is. Virginia has seen that the Fargo
Moorhead club has sensation and
while It is partly through her action.
that Joe was not sent to that club.
she has made vigorous protests TO the
commission
In case the commission should
rward Joe Herman to Virginia, II will
be up to Joe to decide for himself
az the local club has only an option
on him.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
LIVE SPORT GOSSIP
Looks Ilke Real Money.

Manager Brautigan Of the Superior
Red sox may have valuable find in
Charley Quarders Of Ashland, who
has just signed with the Hislop park
crew. Three years ago while pitch
Ing for Tommy Upthegrove's team in
the Chequamegon Bay metropolis,
Quarders, who 10 a sidewheeler. was
signed up by the Chicago White sox,
Ed Walsh being sent there to close
the deal. ouarders Joined Chicago
on the spring training trip and look
ed like a conner. Just before the sea-
son opened he showed streak Of
wildness ana began slarnming the
ball against the dones and ribs Of
opposing batsnaen. Several Of the
said batsmen were quite seriously in
jured. coniskey thought the boy
could stand more seasoning 80 he
shipped him south where he remain
ed q short time and then found q
berth in the Three-1 league. Contin-
ued wildness caused his dismissal.
Quarders is big. strong young fell
low with plenty of bone. has fine
speed and nice breaks. He has a
homemade ball. with a nice hop. that
has fooled many good stickers. If this
lad can get going right this year
he should be ready to go up next
August when the big league scouts
pay their annual visit to ths North
ern show.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
WHY vERDUN WAS HELD.
Frank H. Swank in Review of
ReVieWeA

When the German attack before
'verdun developed to it's true proper
ton, General Joffre and the French
high command practically as unit
advocated abandoning Verdun. Not
only did they advocate this, but pre-
cisely as Field Marshal French issued
the orders for the withdrawal from
Ypres in the hrst battle Of Flanders,
Joffre 10 believed to have ordered the
retreat from Verdun, and to his or
ders is attributed the loss Of Douau-
mont, which naturally-but it turned
out, erroneously-convinc the Ger
mans that verdun was about to tall
into their hands ~. Sr~. - A
Joffre's reasons were perfectly
plain. TO retreat for q few miles,
to straighten the line and abolish the
salient. was to surrender q city that
had no present military value, to give
over q point which was dthicult to
hold-which was. in fact, an invitation
to attack and to attack under the
most favorable circumstances for the
assailant. To give up verdun, now
under the terrific IRE Of the most ex.
tensiye artillery concentration the
world ever had seen, was to give over
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
local SCHOOL
MEET FRIDAY
Belmont and Winship Pick
ed Representatives for
Local Meet.

Prelirninaries to select representa-
tives for the district grade school field
and track meet, have been set for to-
morrow afternoon when two athletes
in each event from each Of the flve
grade schools will compete for places
Except for Washington every school
has picked its entries. That school will
The following is the team from Win
Belmont has selected the follow
ing:
Class A.
so yard dash-R. Forseth and
Myers.
100 yard dash-McIaushlin and
Bach.
22o yard dash-Bnven and R. For
44o yard run-McLaughlin and
Bach.
Running high jump-D. Forseth
and Mclaughlin.
Standing broad jump-walker and
Bach.
Running broad jump-D. Forseth
Relay team-McLaughlin. Myers,
Kohl and Bach.
Glass b.
so yard dash-Mehlhoff and Camp
100 yard dash-Mehlhof and
Campbell.
$40 yard dash-Honeyford and
Campbell.
44o yard run--Mehlhoft and Honey
ford.
Half mile-Boyd and Cameron.
Shot put-stearns and Thompson.
High jump-Larson and Boyd.
Running broad jump-Herdon and
Thompson.
Three jump event-Herdon and
Hop-step-and-jump - Herdon and
Pole vault-Herdon and Mehlhoff.
Relay team-Campbell. Pearson,
Honeyford and Mehlhoff.
Glass A.
SO yard dash-White and Paddock
100 yard dash-White and Paddock.
220 yard dash-Jacobi and Flynn.
44o yard run-White and woutat.
Running high jump-Paddock and
christianson.
Standing broad jump-Paddock and
Flynn.
Running broad jump-Paddock and
Flynn.
Relay team - Paddock. White,
Flynn and jacob.
Glass b.
SO yard dash-Gorman and Mayer.
100 yard dash-Gorman and Mayer.
2z0 yard dash-Gorman and Boe.
440 yard dash-Hainrtch and Grif-
nth.
Shot put-Mayer and Lameter.
High tump-Mayer and German.
Running broad jump-Mayer and
Boe.
Three Jump event--Adayer and
German.
Jump - Mayer and
LAmeter.
Pole vault-Gorman and Bangs.
Relay team--Gorman, Mayer, Hahn
rick and Boe
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees Win, Baker Rests.

New York, May 25.-New York
easily defeated st. Louis here yester-
day in the second game Of the series
by score Of 10 to /. The Yankees
drove Weilmann out of the box in
five innings and also hit Parks and
McCabe hard. Shawkey held the
visitors to five scattered hits. Man
ager Donovan announced yesterday
that third baseman Frank Baker had
been ordered to rest for a week ow-
ing to a strained tendon in his left
leg. Captain Roger Peckinpaugh
also will lay off from ten days to
two weeks to rest strained back.
Score:
R. H. e.
New York ....... 10 10 1
St. Lotus ........... L IS i
Weilman. Parks, Fincher, McCabe
and Severid; Shawkey and Walters.
Umpires. Connolly and Owens.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
RYAN LEADS VARSITY
PLAYERS At THE BAT

Ryan, shortstop, leads the Universi-
ty ball tossers at the bat In a stand
Ing of players completed BY Coach
Andy Gill last evening Ryan has a per
centage Of 52s. Clark. pitcher and
utility man. is second with 627.
The standings follow: Ryan, 52S;
Clark. 527: Campbell, 500; Burton,
40; Green, 38a; Mckay, 500; Holt.
500; F1ngerson, ESQ; Ellingson. $50;
Talcott, 250; Schultz, 200; Pfeiflle.
$50; Moore, 1870: LAWN, 100: Scheis,
090.
The university team will leave
Grand Forks tomorrow morning to
meet the North Dakota Aggies at
Fargo. They will go into the game
with q firm intention Of redeemins
themselves for their defeat Of last
Saturday to In a twelve inning
game.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
ROWLAND TO KEEP Ills
JOB WITH WHITE SOX
by Comiskey Without Founda.
tion-Sox Goiiik Had.

Chicago, May 2S.--clarence Row
land will continue to be manager Of
the Chicago White Sox, was the dec
laration OF President Charles A. CO.
MED the rumor that Rowland had
seen his last days as leader Of the
pale hose.
Rowland is doing all a man can
do for team" said Comiskey. mo
man wishes more for pennant than
he. He will stay. The poor showing Of
the team can be attributed directly
to the batting slump Of some of the
stars. 1t has put the whole team in a
ruckn
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
Millers Land First Place.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 25.-with
the bases full in the ninth and the
score tied. Comstock walked Burk,
forcing in Jennings. and Minneapolis
won an exciting game from the Brew
ers 6 to s. Slapnick was derricked
In the first after issuing four bases
on balls, which with hit gave the
locals 2 runs. The home team went
into first place a. a result Of yes.
terday's victory. Score:
R. H. e.
minneapolis ............ 80. 8
milwaukee, 3
Burk and Owens; Slapnicka, Young,
Schakleford, comstock and Mayer.
r. H.. T..
st. Paul ................. 0 3 2
Kansas City .............., S II o
Finneran, Grinef and Glenn; Rea-
gan and Bering.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
a few miles of French territory-tha
and nothing more

and nothing more.
To keep Verdun meant. to spend
many thousand lives. to lose it meant
from the military standpoin. just
nothing, since the hills south of Yer
dun were quite as suitable for defen-
sive operations. They were beyond
the reach Of the German heavy arttl-
lery as it was then in position, and
behind these hills the French could
concentrate artillery and men in suf-
hcient quantity to meet the German
concentration. which would have to
be moved forward over several miles
to reach the new front. Thus for
many days Paris and London believed
that Verdun would be evacuated, and
Berlin, doubtless knowing the French
point Of view, steadily insisted upon
the approaching, fall Of the town.
But French high command did not
have its way. One hears much in
history Of the evil consequences of
the interference with the soldier for
which the politician is responsible.
Conceivably. the case Of Verdun may
prive one example Of the wisdom OF
mont Of the soldier. At all events,
the French statesmen. the prime min.
lister. members of the cabinet. men-
bers Of the two branches Of the legis-
lature promptly appreciated the po-
litical as tontrasted with the mill
tary aspects Of Verdun. They recog-
nized what the effect upon the world
would be of shining German sue
cess, OF success that would shine
because. whatever the military fact.
the civil legend concerning verdun
made Of it a Gibraltar.
There was then a sudden crisis, a
real crisis in the political life Of the
republic. The civilian government
said to the military, ...Verdun must be
defended; 1t must be defended be-
cause Of its value, its moral value, Is
tncaluculable." To this opinion the
military mind yielded, mainly. It is
said. because General de Castelnau.
to see the situation 81 1hs politicians
saw 1t. As a result, dc Castelnau
went to verdun. The man who had
saved Nancy undertook at the elev-
enth hour to save Verdun. and he sue
ceeded. With him he took Petain,
who will always be rememhAred in
French history as the actual defender
Of Verdun.
ivers alike told me Of the electrical
men. For several days the crowds
Of inhabitants Of the villages hastily
evacuated as the German advance
was pushed and clogged the roads.
Men said to one another, "C'est la
retraite" means retreat" But
suddenly there was an end Of re-
treat: the lines held. The famous
Twentieth corps, the Iron CORPS Of 90
many great achievements, arrived.
Men, munitions, guns and still more
guns arrived. At the end Of 10 days
the immediate peril was over.
When man speaks Of the civilixa-
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
WISCONSIN LOSES
HARD FOUGHT GAME

Chicago, May Is. University Of
Chicago ball players defeated Univer.
sity Of Wisconsin yesterday, 3 to 2.
The game was hard fought through
out, but poor team work on the part
of the Badgers cost them the contest.
Captain Shull Of the Naroons was
exceptionally wild, giving seven bases
on balls and hitting three batters.
Score: r. H. e.
Chicago ................ "a o
w 1SCOuSlu !
Schulz and Hart; Moon and Kloser.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Ninth Inning Rally

St. Louis. May 25.-With the score
to against the locals in the ninth,
with two out; Wilson singled. Hornsby
tripled. Miller walked and Snider
singled. scoring two runs, and st.
Louis defeated Boston to a. Jaspar
held Boston to four hits in eight in
nings, three Of these coming In the
first and mixed with errors by Will
son and Hornsby gave the visitors
their four runs. Score:
R. II. e.
st. Louis 80. 4
Rudolph and Gowdy; Jasper, Mea-
dows and Snyder.
Umpires. Rfeler and Harrison
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
QNDfR A7HlF FTE
LEAVE FOR HURON


Coach F. 1. Thompson and his
Univef1ity Of North Dakota track
squad consisting Of SIX men, left last
evening for Huron. g. D.. to take part
IN the Minnesota-Dakota intercollegi-
which Will be run OF Saturday. Pre-
liminaries Will be staged tomorrow.
The university has the only track
men entered from the F11ckertail
state.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
ALPHA KAPPA zfTA
LEADS CAMPUS LEAGUE
Faculty is Beaten by High School
Ball Nine-Game Was Close,
Ending s to 3 for Model High.

Model high school defeated the ia
Guilty, 5 to 8 yesterday afternoon in
the university Campus league. Doak
and Gill pitched for the teachers, and
Whaling odiciated behind the bat
Torietfson and Florence were the bat
teriee for the high school,
Standing Of the Campus league to
Ao<o
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
ENTRIES TO CLOSE
TONIGHT FOR RACE
ryS Memorial Road Race win make
Na7uual Holiday Gala Day in
Grand Forks.

Entries IN Pye4 road race, which
t1ds ysar 3 tn fts second trial, will be
closed tonight. TO date ten men have
placed thetr dltnSs with g. Pyes and
arc working out TO make the race.
The event WIN be run after the
heat OF tho day. The roadway over
which tho 6vo miles viii be run will
b outlined within few days and
o6ie4aas for the day at that time will
be announced
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday.
Philadelphia s, Chicago 8.
Brooklyn :, Pittsburgh 2.
Boston I, ct. Louis s.
New York 9, Cincinnati 1.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
AMERICAN ASSN. s
nrady loaeS mt Cams.

A280y IOopI0VI 0BAb. x !. 5
Columbus, o., Nay 26.-Thfes sin
;sles, three passes and ohn's error
came punched In yesterday's fourth
inning for Indianapolis, giving the
visitors q lead that proved safe IN
. game they won, to 1. It was
Brady's first defeat OF the season.
Gerber and Leonard did sensational
r.. H. E.
indianspeli: ...::...::::::. s !
Brady. Blodsett and Pratt; Dawson
and Schang.
Hens Roupd Ont Wins.
Toledo. O., Nay 26.-Heayy htttins
coupled with the visitors errors en-
aolAd Toledo yestsrday to win the
second game Of the series with Louis
Vile TO 2. Noythrop was drivAn
from the mound In the seventh,
Luqus succeedsd him. Triples by
WOOD, Shaw an6A CofSiAen featured
the contest. Shaw was ser1ously In
juysd In sliding home ana WAS cap.
rid from the hsid. scors:
Ts!:se ! s!.:. q. n / 4 ! !! 4. !.
sH,sst ~ -: 9. q: !, &. -.
NerfhssaA issks "a sWiiHsrnc. - e
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
CLUB STANDINGS
NORTHERN LEAGUE.

Ganes Yesterday.
Winnipeg 10, 0; Fargo o, 1.
Duluth, S, 4; Superior o. 5.
Virginia s, Fort William 7.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
Virginia Drops Double Bin.
Culver AlIows Two Hits

SAS0I 6Ax0JW0 AWO xQ4bOs
Superior Wis., May 25.-Supefaor
and Duluth broke even in a double
header here yesterday. Duluth TAX
ing the first game, TO 0 and Superior
winning out in the second s to T.. Aft
er two were out in the last inning.
Culver allowed only two hits of his
delivery in the hrst game. Webb.
'tacular ball in both sessions. Score
by inninrs: =
First Gams-fs r. II. b.
Duluth 100 900 4oo--5 II o
Superior 49,. 600 900 0o0-O . 4
Batteries: snntth and Erickson;
Culver and Ryan,.
u second Came r. HE.
Duluth ..... .o30 30l0 o1o-4s 10 4
Superior ~. 1000 $40 oo1--6 u 2
Batteries: Bailey and Erickson;
Aandschue ana Lane and Ryan.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-25
Bush Allows Winning Fun.

Philadelphia, May IS. - A Wild
pitch by Bush gave Cleveland the
runs which enabled the visitors. to
defeat Philadelphia yesterday to 4.
The victory, with Washington's de-
place. One of Clevelaud's runs was
score when Graney stole home
two resulted from errors ana hits,
and the others were produced on
Turner's single, Speakers double
and Bush's Wild pitch. All Of the
home teams runs resulted from or.
rors. Score:
R. H. e.
Philadelphia s 2
Morton and O'Neii; Bush ana Mey.
ers.
Umpires. Hildebrand and Evans.