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Evening star., 1916-10-31
WOULD WITHDRAW SONS
FROM THE BOY SCOUTS
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
Adopts Resolution Addressed to
Its Members.

BOSTON. October 81. - Woriingmen
Of the country are asked to withdraw
their sons frorn Boy Scout orsaniZa-
tions in resolution adopted by the
state branch American Federation OF
Labor, Sunday night. The action came
after a report that Charles c. jackson.
president of the Greater Boston Coun-
Gil of Boy Scouts. had advised scout
masters to prepare the boys under
them to withstand politically the ag-
yressiveness of labor unions which he
is said to have predicted would be
Savage and bitter" after the war
IF this is to be the attitude Of the
Boy Scout movement" the resolution
said. 'it is time that the wage earners
of the country should take their sons
out of that movement, for the reason
that boys and young men should be
educated on liberal lines and not mar
row ones"
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
BANK BOARD IN
FARGO, SEPT. I.
Dates and Places For First
13 Hearings Are An
nounced.

Washington, Aug. 14.-Dates and
places were announced here last night
for the first thirteen hearings to be
held by the farm loan board for COM
piling Information on which it will
divide the country into twelve farm
loan districts under the new rural
credits law and determine the loca-
tion of a fedral loan bank in ach. The
first will be at Augusta. Maine. a week
from today and the itinary, so far
as worked out. with the dates of
hearings follows:
Augusta, Maine, August 21: Con-
cord. N. H.. Aug. %; Hartford, Conn.,.
Aug. %: Springfield. Mass, Aug. 23;
Utica, n. Y. Aug. "a; Lansing, Mich,
Aug. 25; Madison. Wis. Aug. 26: Des
Moines. Iowa, Aug. %: Sioux Falls.
S. D., Aug. 80: St. Paul. Minn., Aug.
81: Fargo. N. D.. Sept. 1: Helena,
Mont, Sept. 2, and Spokane. Wash,
Sept. 4.
From Spokane the board will go to
Oregon and California and return
across the central part Of the conti-
nent. Later a trip will be taken
through the south.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
BRITISH PURSUE
TURKS NEAR SUEZ

London, Aug. 14.-British forces in
Egypt are still driving back the Turks
who were defeated in the recent battle
east Of the Suez canal. The following
announcement In regard to this cam
paign was given out here:
Our cavalry is still in pursuit of
the Turkish rear guard, and yesterday
evening had driven back the Turks
to a position east of Birs-el-Manca.
Although no materials or stores were
found at Birs-el-Abd. there were large
heaps Of ashes in the vicinity Of the
abandoned Turkish position. Our
troops have been active during the
day, threatening various points Of the
enemy's line.
Reports show the enemy's casual
ties have been heavy. There are a
considerable number Of dead before
our front at Bisel-Abd, and enemy
collecting parties are employed CON-
stantly in removing the bodies Of the
fallen"
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14

Goritzia is only twenty-five miles
from Trieste. the objective
point of the Italian army for more
than a year. Below, General Ca.
dorno, Italian command in Chief.
The taking of Goritza, the "key-
stone" Of the war on the Italian-Aus-
trian front. marks the most import
ant victory Of the Italians since the
inception of the war. Trieste being
the objective point of the Italians for
more than year, and the fight being
centered around this point. and ad-
Jacent territory for SO long time.
shows that the Italians have Joined In
with the allied offensive with great
force.
Military men assert that with Cor
itza now in the hands of the Italians,
the way is open for the conquest of
the entire Austrian peninsula, with
Trieste. Fiume and the great Austrian
naval base at Pola.
The topography Of the country sur
rounding Goritza lent itself to the
long successful defense of the city
proper, as it IS surrounded on all sides
by high mountains Goritza is in the
basin, and on three sides are these
towering natural defenses The italian
advance up these superb natural de-
lenses was tedious and slow, and with
seemingly unsurmountable obstacles
to overcome before the summit was
reached.
The so-called Goritza bridgehead
comprised the territory within the
short angle north Of the town, and its
stronghold was the long. high, rocky
ridge Of Monte Sabotino. northeast
of the city. Directly opposite Goritza
are the Podgora and Oslavia heights,
the scene Of some of the bitterest
fighting Of the italian campaig6.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
ANG[0-bE[G|ANS
GAIN IN AFRICA
Simultaneous Advance in
German Territory Proves
Series of Victories.

London. Aug. 1.-THE advance of
wide encircling movement by the
British and Belgian forces in German
East Africa Is reported in an official
statement issued by the war office.
The text of the statement follows:
The forces under Gen. Smuts be-
gan a simultaneous forward move
ment on Aug. s. A strong mounted
force under Brig. Gen. Enslin, under
took a wide enveloping movement
north and northwest of the Nguru
mountains. After traversing the CEN
ter mountains, Gen. Enslin's troops
emerged on Aug. at Mhonda mis-
sion. between the mountains and the
Kanga hills. overlooking the Mdjonga
valley. completing an arduous march
Of SO miles where wheel transport
was impossible
''At the same time strong infantry
forces moved into the Mdjonsa valley
from the north and to the eastward
Of the Kanga hills. On Aug. stub
born actions developed at Mhonda
and Matamonda in the valley. lasting
until Aug. II, when the enemy's re-
sistance was broken at Matamonda
and pursuit started down the valley
Further west, Leut.-CoL vande-
venter, after occupying Kilinatinde
Dodoma and Kikombo on the central
railway. pushed eastward through
Kwanyangalo on the main road to
Mpwapwa, and at nightfall on Aus
II encountered the enemy In q strone
position in road Siefile at Tschungo
ten miles west of Mpwapwa. The e1fs.
my was defeated and pursued by us.
In all these engagements the enemy'a
Losses were relatively severe.
in the south our columns, after in
nicting severe Losses on the enemy at
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
TREASURER SAID
TO Be BEHIND
Ed. F. Kelly Charged With
Alleged Shortage in
Faribault Company.

st. Paul, Minn., Aug. 14.-The al
legged ehortage OF $11.1SS-42 is charg-
ed to Ed. +. Kelly, as treasurer Of hte
Faribault Fire Relief association. in
. report to Governor Burnquist today
by Deputy Public Examiner J. o.
Cederberge, following an examination
OF the organization.
Treasurer bonds approved by the
association on July II. 1916. were
evidently . forgery" the report charg-
Cederberge added that tho sureties
ON the bond denied having signed it,
and said Kelly furnished personal
bonds from 1910 70 1919 and that
there was no indication oe any bonds
being given during the spooeedins
three years.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
TWO JAMESTOWN
BOYS INJURED
(Herald Special Service,

(Herald Special Service.)
Jamestown, n. D., Aug. 14.-One
lad was seriously injured and another
is lying in the hospital with a leg
broken as the result of series of two
automobile accidents here in "a hours
Harold Ellis, the 7-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mr.. J. Ellis. who live east Of
town. was struck by an auto driven
by the daughter of Mrs. Peter Miller,
Of Buchanan. His right leg was
broken above the knee. -
Cheater Larson, son; of Mr and
Mrs. Henry Larson OF Jamestown,
stepped out Of a car five miles north
Of town last night to light the lamps
when an auto, driven by a farmer,
dashed over the lower portion Of his
body. His condition is serious.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
WILSON ATTEMPTS TO
PREVENT GREAT STRIKE
CITIZENS OF Poland.
Austrian Foreign Office Has Taken
Drastic SteD

London, Aug. 14-The Austrian for
eign Office has issued an order that
all the inhabitants of the part Of Rus
s sarian o troops IDo must bs ps - rerarded as
subjects of the kingdom of Poland.
according to Berlin newspapers. says
a Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam.
All passports Of inhabitants of these
districts are to be marked "citizen Of
Poland" and "Pole." and no longer
Russian subject"
The conservative Kreuz Zeitung
protests against such procedure.
which, 1t says, confronts the German
nation with an accomplished fact in
one Of the most complicated political
questions of the future.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
RUSSIANS IN CA[iijCiiaa
SWEEP TEUT0NS BACK
GERMAN PRINCES KIInED.
Almanach de Gotha Says Allies "Pro-
visionally' Administer Colonies.

Paris, Aug. 14.-The latest edition
of the Almanach de Gotha records
eight German princes killed since the
beginning of the war, namely:
Two princes of Sake -Meiningen,
three of Lippe, one of Hesse, one Of
Reuss, and one Of Waldeck. A prince
Of the Ducal house Of Lichtenstein
died at Warsaw from wounds received
at the front.
The .Almanach notes the morganatic
marriage Of the kaiser's fifth son, Os-
car, with Countess Bassewitz, who
was made Countess Roupine.
in the section devoted to reigning
families. He Is mentioned as "his
Highness Prince Of Albania" The
Almanach also says:
"The German overseas colonies are
said to be under the provisional ad-
ministration of the French and Brit
fSh
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
SAYS THOUSANDS
STARvE IN SYRIA
Neutral Traveller Says co..
600 to $4,000 Persons
Died of Hunger.

London, Aug: 1.-THE Times pub
fishes an article by q neutral corre-
spondent. who was recently In Asia
Minor describing the conditions in
Syria. He says:
"The state Of the people Of Syria
is past all belief and many hangings
have taken place. They are not ex-
actly hanged but are suspended from
a frame with their toes on q stool
which they often kick from UNDER
meath them. ~,
There IL new terrorisation Of
Moslems. It is esti-
mated that from $4,000 to $4,000
have died Of starvation in northern
Syria
country IL being carried out with
great thoroughnees. The unfortunate
people who are deported are made to
give up their holdings and the Turk
ish government then sells their land
have similar allotments granted to
them in the north or In Angora. They
are then transported and sent to sivas
or some similar town, whore they fnd
tho Turkish government has done
with them. This has been the pro-
cedure in thousands Of cases. ana the
depopulation Of Syria y fast proceed
ing. In 1Omo OF the vll0yet0 there 10
mono Of tho Arabic-speaking. Chris
tians left 5
'sThe typhus epidemic everywhere
gains new impetus. and q great hum
6er OF Turkish army doctors have sue
cumbed to It. Many of the civilian
prisoners. mostly British. contracted
the disease, and at least twelve Eng
.lishmen were i'll with 1t. but recover
"a. t.4 $500 ala-e-s'-. a-ase..s
"One Of the good works Of tho
OF ssrbaa Of the epidsuic q far % It
was humanly possible to clear It.
Americans did thu Tor 6erbians, and
the 0erraAns did not help in the
work. Instead thsy, waited until It
was accomplished beEore they made
themselves at homo IN the conquered
country. This has not pleased the
Americans." ~. ,..., /
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
ASSAILANT Of
WOMAN TAKEN
Guy OBrien, Who Shot
Sweetheart, Captured
by Posse ! III .MiiA..

Morris, lila, Aug. .-0ay
O'Brien, who shot and seriously
wounded, Miss Ida Torkehon, hio
sweetheart, while she wAs ridlhe Wtth
her mother, here last Wednseday. ms
captured by q posse headed ~ lfnvQ
Makestead Of Leo, today.
The ctttSens wanted - N1an
O'Brien, 30 the mayor Saxe ct 8
statement Of mistaken iAentity. -
that O'BriAn. Tor Whose cApeneo19 ~.
ward was offered. hAd nj boen -.
pretended.
Then. b hur..sa u - :!
QuietsA down. s
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
TROUBLE, IN
GYPSIES' CAMP
Millionaire Gang in Hands
of crookston Police
! Larceny Charge Made.
(Herald Special servtce. J

SfSoSs<Ss
Crookston. Minn.. Aug. t4.-Efeven
sypsies. members of tho millionaire
tribe, who have gained distinction
throughout the northwest BY travel
ing from city to city In automobile
pTatrie 'schoonerA'' were landed in
tho city bastile here today and will
appear before Judge Gossmsn Of the
municipal court this afternoon to an
eWer to q charge Of larceny.
It IL claimed BY two trAvsling msn
that the gypsy women succeeded In
stealing $40 from them. each losing
q ten. A watch and other articles are
also claimed to have been stolen BY
the dusly travellers. eS
The Sypsiee have bsen around the
city for the past few days, coming
here from 0rand Forks where the
ofIlciais az that city, tired Of their
lengthy vidt, urged them to leave. It
10 expected that an invitation to de-
part also viii be, extended by local Of
licealo before tonight 5,, III,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
HUGHES HAS
A BUSY DAY
Republican Nominee in Spo-
kane-Led Automobile
Parade.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 14.-Charles
E. Hughes today spent one of the
busiest days Of his campaign trip. He
was up early. and led an automobile
parade, arranged so that those who
we're unable to attend the two later
meetings here might see him. Before
noon, Hughes had driven to Couer
d'Alene, Ida. Is miles away, for an
open air address. remaining for lunch
con. After the speech at Spokane
tonight Hughes leaves for Tacoma.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
MEN
AND MANAGERS
ATWh|1EH0US[
Brotherhood Members Firm
in Determination Not
to Arbiuate.
NATIONAL CALAMITY
WOULD BE RESULT
Financial Loss Probably
Would Run into Hun j!
dreds of Millions. !, IA
NATIONAL CALAMITY
WOULD BE RESULT

The feeling that the prospects
for averting the strike had bright
ened up was apparent on an hands.
following the conference with the
85 chiefs of the great brotherhood.
The brotherhood men declared
the Presidents grasp Of the sitnA-
ton and the position OF the men
might result in an understanding
being reached, and others in touch
with the conferences said the rep
resentatives of the men showed q
disposition to cooperate to avoid q
final break.
Washington, Aug. 1A-Railroad
managers and brotherhood leaders,
dead-iOcked in the negotiations
which threatened q nationwide
railroad strike. today laid the case
before President Wilson. First
came the 35 Representatives of the
brOtherhoods, and they were fol-.
lowed by a committee of managers.
The brotherhood men entered
the conference firm in their deter
minatton not to accept arbitration
under the Newiands act, which they
contend always furnished arhitea-
t0es before whom the men had NO
opportunity. The president planned
to appeal to both sides ON the hi8h.
est patrioGic grounds to find set.
tement Of the trouble.
The conference was held In the
Green room of the White House.
On leaving the White House after
two-hOur conference, A. b. Gar
retson of the conductors, the
spokesman for the men, said he
expected to see the president again
later in the day. The railroad man
ayers prepared to meet the presi-
dent later in the day.
One Of the leaders of the four
brotherhoods, leaving the White
House., around which a crowd of
curious people stood all morning,
characterized the conference as
'tmost encouraging" declaring that
the ''outlook for the prevention OF
a general strike is hopeful"
At the conference, Garretson out
lined to the president the demands
for an edght-hour day and for time
that the demands are fair.
After pointing out the disaster
which would follow a strike and
declaring that an agreement must
be reached, the president asked the
specific things ON which The en-
ployee are prepared to insist. Pxeai-
dent Wilson promised to take ND
the demands with the managers in
an effort to find a common ground.
There were some suggestions.
purely informal. emanating from
neither one side nor the other, but
from sources in touch with both.
that the men are regarding the pos
Ability of arbitration with the
president himself as chief arbitra-
f0R
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
TRY TO kIDNAP
WOMEN AND BOY
Men, Said to be I. w. WIS,
Try to Abduct Wife of
Deputy Sheriff.

Kinney, Mimi, Aug. 14.-Four men.
said to be Industrial Workers of the
World, attempted to kidnap Mrs. Ed
ward Emo, wife Of the deputy sheriff,
Mrs. Lucy Clark. and her small son
as they stepped from street car last
night. Mrs. Clark was struck over the
head and injured, and the child was
seized and thrown into an auto, but
later was rescued by two police. Two
of the men were arrested.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
Italians Continue Advance.

Rome, via London, Aug. 14.-Ital-
Ian troops continued yesterday press
ing the, Austrians back to the Carso
plateau, and east of Hill 212 pierced
another strong line of entertainments.
About 500 soldiers were captured by
the Italians, says the official an
nouncernent.
Descriptions .of the. vigorous Itaitaa:a'
offensive in the vicinity of Gorilla,
are coming in hourly. The Austriars
arc resisting obstinately on the San
Gabrielle line and the San Marco
heights, but it is improbable that this
is their real line of defense as they
have a new point of resistance on the
high plains of Bainizza, overlooking
the Gorilla plains, which interferes
with the free movement Of Italian
troops.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
To Inoculate People
in Flood Districts

Huntington. w. Va, Aug. 14.-Stx
thousand and five hundred anti
typhoid serum treatments have been
ordered by state authorities for use
in inoculating persons living in the
Kanawha Valley who have been ex-
posed to disease since the claudburst.
which swept the valley last Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
REBEL BAND
SURROUNDED
Mexican General Expected
to Attack Hernandez
Men.

Chihuahua City, Mex, Aug. IA
Reports today from General Domingo
Arrieta said that one Of his columns
a band Of 100 men under
Nicolas Hernandez, Villas former
chief Of staff. at Las Adargas, Chi
huahua, and will attack Immediately
upon the arrival Of reinforcements.
Hernandez, it is reported, failed in
his mission to locate Villas caches
of ammunition.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
DEMOCRATS TO
CAUCUS AGAIN

London. Aug. 14.-Lloyds an
nounces tho sinking of the Italian
steamship Nereus. the italian sailing
vessel Dina, and the French sailing
vessel Saint 0aetau.
The Nereus sailed from Newport
News July 10, passing Gibraltar Au-
gust Z. She was built in 1901, and
was $40 feet long. of $3.50 tons gross.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
WANTS WHITMAN SUED.
Hudson Falls Man Thinks San Fran.
cisco Fair Fund Wasted,

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 14.-Declar-
ing he believed Governor Whitman
and the members of the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition commission wasted a
large part Of the 100000 appropra-
ton made by the state for the New
York exhibit at San Francisco, Geo.
Nay, a Hudson Falls business man,
has written to Attorney General
Woodbury. demanding that suit be
brought against the governor and the
members Of the commission individu-
ally.
He said today he had received al.
acknowledgment Of the letter, and
the information that when the attor-
ney general returned to Albany 1t
would be brought to his attention.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
Russian Sweep Continues.

Petrograd. via London, Aug. a.
Along the Galician front, the Rus
sian sweep continues unchecked, says
an official announcement today.
further gains have been made on the
upper Sereth. In the region of the
middle Stripa and Koropice. the AUS
'trians are being pursued by the Rus
SLAMS, who reached the northern hank
Of the Dniester before Mariapol.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
DAM BREAKS; NO
GREAT DAMAGE

Anderson. S. c.. Aug. 14.-Water
released when the Toxaway dam
broke last night reached Portman
dam on the Seneca river near here
today. No great damage thus far
has been done.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
FAMOUS PHYSICIAN
rs BUKIED%TODAY

Chicago, Aug. 14.-Funeral services
for the late DR.. John B. Murphy. the
noted surgeon. were held today at st.
James Catholic church.
1t was stated today that Murphy
left no will disposing Of his million
dollar estate
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
French Capture Trenches.

Paris, Aug. 14.-French troops
captured some trenches on the left
of the Fay ay-Danicourt road in the
Somme sector last night, says the Of
flcial announcement today. There
was brisk cannonad ding. In the region
Of Maurepas. German attacks in the
vicinity of Hill 304, and at Fleury In
the Verdun sector, were repulsed.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
ARE SHOWED
BACK RAPIDLY
7OWARDLFMBERG
Both Flanks of General Won
Bothner's Army Hard
Pressed.
ITALIANS MAKING
FURTHER, GAINS
Continue Advance on Carso
Plateau-More Fighting
at Sonrne.

London, Aug. 14.-The Russian
drive in Galicia Is pushing the Aus
German armies backward to-
wards Lemberg rapidly.
Both flanks of General Won
Bothmer's army on the Lemberg
front are under heavy pressure,
and its center. forced from the line
of the Stripa, is accounted by mill
tary observers in the Entente capi.
tails to have a none too secure po.
sition in its rear along the upper
Zlota Mpa, to which it is presumed
to be retreating.
Petrograd announces new gains
for the Russians on the northern
wing of the front In the south,
the Russians continue the thrust up
the Dneister.
The Italians have made further
progress on the Carso plateau t.
the southeast.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
TENSION Is FELT.

New York, Aug. 14.-Tension in
business circles here today showed
the realization of acute danger of
q national calamity resulting from
railroad strike. An aggregate of
financial losses running perhaps into
hundreds of millions, labor idle.
ness and food privation are some of
the possibilities the strike would
present.
II President Wilson fails to per.
suade the railroads and their en-
ployers to settle their differences
and a general strike is called. It
will be directed from headquarters
here. This announcement ves made
today. ae the leaders Of the big four
railroad brotherhoods and railroad
q conference with President Wilson.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
EUCLID LAD BREAKS
LEG WHEN CAR TIPS
(I1erald Special service.l

(Herald Special service.)
Euclid, Minn., Aug. 14.-walter
Tfbbets. son Of rural mail carrier,
received q fractured leg this morning
when the Ford automobile, driven by
hts father. tipped over. According to
reports. the men we're endeavoring to
overtake a jack rabbit, when the ma
chine slowed and toppled over. Young
Tibbet1 leg was broken and his ia
ther received several painful bruises.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
Germans Gain Foothold.

London. Aug. 14.-Attacking the
British positions near Pozieres on the
Somme front, the Germans last night
gained foothold temporarily in
portion Of the trenches taken from
them yesterday, 1t Is officially an
nounced.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14

J - . Q .
, THE WEATHER. .
GeneEally fair tonight and .
probably Tuesday. Co01R n .
; vess portion.
) U1gIyERNTY READnok :
; - n. -, Max. II, Mn. II :
wind, eo11h - miles; Raso-
. oStsSs : Sss . aSe.a :
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14
CALDED BY PRESIDENT

CALDED BY PRESIDENT.
Washington, Aug. 1A.-P President
Wilson called the representatives OF
the brOtherlloods 10 the White
House at 10 O'Clock. arranging to
see the committee Of Manager I'm.
mediately afterWaId,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-14

. - : : : ) s . : ) sGe-s !,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-19
OBITUARY
George w, Harris.

After being in i'll health for some time, George w. Harris died at his home on West Main street Monday evening at o'clock.
 MT. Harris was a native of South ampton, L. l.. where he was born Nov. 2, 1842, but he had resided here since 1862. When a young man MT. Harris mastered the trade of carriage builder and he also worked in Spring field making gun stocks. When the war came to an end he. with 2,500 other employees was laid off and MT Harris returned to Norwich. Later MT. Harris became engaged III busi- ness in Greenport, L. I. For 25 years he was engaged in the wheelwright and blacksmith business on West Main street
 March 16, 1865, MT. Harris was united in marriage with Susan Troland and five children were born to them
 MT. Harris was a steward in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. He was a member of the former Central Me- thodist church, later joining the old East Main street Methodist church and remaining with this church twelve years or until the two churches con- solfdated, be having since been a member of Trinity M. E. church. MT Harris was well known to many Nor wich people because of his successful and long business career.
 His death is just cause for sincere regret on the part of his many ac- quaintances.