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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
NATION N-WIDE
COOPERATIVE
BUYING PLANNED
Representatives of Farmers
Organizations in Country
Meet in St. Paul.
Gathering is result of Equity
Scherne-Many Pronni-
nent Men Attend.

St. Paul, July 9.-Representative
of farmers organizations and cooper
ative societies throughout the country.
with total memberships aggregating
100000, met in this city today for
the purpose of organizing a nation
wide cooperative buying and selling
society for the benefit of their men,
bers.
The first step to organize the new
society was taken last December,
when the National Society of Equity
appointed a committee to interest
other cooperative bodies. While the
National Society of Equity is leading
In. the movement. it is explained that
the purposed society will be separate
organization and will include in its
membership laborers. mechanics and
! other workers as we'll, as farmers.
The trades uniens ofsti1e country, n Is
said, will be asked to lend their. as
sistance.
The plan to be devised is expected
to follow closely along the lines Of the
Richdale society in England, which is
said to do an annual business Of $500,
100000. .&
The sessions will last several days
In addition to the national officers OF
the Society of Euqity. those attending
the meeting include representatives OF
the Federation Of Producers and Con-
sumers, the Illinois Cooperative
Stores, the Cooperative Lumber Mills
Of the Pacific coast and others inter-
ested in the cooperative movement.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
EDITORS MEET
TO DISCUSS
WAR PROBLEMS
National Association Opens
Important Meeting in
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, July 9.-The Thirty
second Annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Editorial association opened
here today with delegates present
from all parts of the United States.
A score Of problems, many arising di-
rectiy from the war, will be threshed
out from all angles during the four
day meeting.
The work already done by the press
of the country in stimulating enlist
ment and aiding in the Liberty Loan
and Red Cross fund was urged by
Governor J. A. Burnquist and other
speakers at the opening session and
pleas were made for still closer coop
GRAFTON with the government in all
matters pertaining to the prosecution
of the war.
H. c. Hotaling, first vice president,
compared the newspaper of today
with that of half a century ago and
pointed to the facilities which have
been developed.
"Yet many of the editors Of fifty
years ago were as modern in their
ideas as we are today" he said. For
instance, right here in Minnesota
John c. Wise, founder of The Man
kato Review, on receiving from a
courier on horse back the news OF
Lincoln's assassination, set up the
story by candle light, ran it off on a
single sheet on a job press and distrib-
uted the sheets from a market basket
to his subscribers the day after the
tragedy.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
U. S. AVlATORS
MAKE LONGEST
SQUADRON TRIP
% Machines Fly from Ash.
burn to Rantoul, Ill
Abandon Former Field.
conference on Satu

Chicago. July 9.-What is believed
to have been the longest squadron
fight of army airplanes so far was
quietly. accomplished today.
Twenty three airplanes, under Cap
tain Roy 8. Brown, of the signal
corps, took the air this morning from
the aviation field at Ashburn, a sub
urb, and flew in one hour and thirty
five minutes, practically mile a
minute, to Rantoul near Champagne
ILL., - -7.'..s-.---'''
One plane landed twelve miles from,
Rantoul for gasoline. but arose with
little delay.
The departure of the fliers marked
the abandonment of Ashburn as g
training camp for aviators, as the
government was unable to obtain ad
ditional land needed there without
paying what it considered too high 6
price
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
CANNOT CARRY
LIQUOR ON HIP
U.S.. COURT
Judge Arnidon Rules Liquor
Cannot be Brought into
State at All.

Fargo, July 9.--Carrying liquor by
person into prohibition territory not
Intended for sale but for personal con-
sumption Is held to be interstate COM
merce and a violation of the federal
bone-dry law in an opinion handeed
down in the pioneer case affecting
twenty-three states by Judge Charles
F. Amidon in federal court this morn
ing.
The court rules that the simple act
of bringing intoxicating liquors from
one state to another is interstate COM
merce. He said to hold otherwise
would make possible the worst form
Of traffic and open the channels to
bootlegging, and, to hold that the
carrying Of a quart of intoxicating
liquors across a state line in the poe
ket was not violation Of the law,
would result in the next defendant
bringing in a suitcase full In his
hands, the next one in proceeding to
use a wagon. and the worst possible
Introduction Of intoxicating liquors
would thus be sanctioned. The court
ruled that the quantity Is immaterial,
that the bringing in of bottle of
liquor In the pocket across the state
line is a violation of the the law the
same ais shipping in carload over a
common carrier. Both constitute In
terstate commerce, the court held, and
the statute Is violated. The decision
holds that It is immaterial that the
liquor is not transported for purposes
of sale. The law says nothing about
the purposes Of the persons who
cause liquor to be transported Into
prohibition territory, and the courts
cannot make such purpose the basis
Of sound distinction.
The defendants were two laborers
Andrew Hagen and John Tjorn, from
the lumber woods in Minnesota. They
: had purchased liquor In Moohead and
carried 1t upon their persons across
the state line to Fargo,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
PEACE TERMS
= - = 80 : - - sisS
AS SEEN BY
SOCIALISTS
German Minority Party Out
lines Demand for Inn
mediate Agreement.
General Disarmament Desir-
ed-Equal Rights Asked
For all Peoples.

Stockholm, July 9.-Immediate con.
clusion of peace conditions, which
shall include the establishment Of an
international convention to bring
about general disarmament, is the de-
mand of the International Proletariat,
according to German minority social
lists, who have just issued o lengthy
memorandum. Economic isolation OF
states Is condemned, the memoran-
dunn continues, and obligatory inter-
national arbitration should be institute
ed. Equal rights Of all inhabitants
ality, race or religion, is an impera-
tive necessity. Other recommends
tions are:
Secret treaties must be abolished.
Notifications of frontiers must de-
pend on the consent of the popula-
tions concerned and must not be eff
fected by violence.
Annexations and indemnities shall
be fixed on the basis Of the rights Of
nations to decide their own destinies.
Re-establishment of Serbia as an in
dependent autonomous state is neces-
sary.
The aspirations of the Polish people
toward national unity isS understood
but to concede right to autonomy to
Russian Poland and refuse it to Prus-
sian and Austrian Poland is irrecon-
cilable with the right of nations to
decide their own destinies.
Continuation of the war to establish
this right as we'll as to solve the ques-
ton of Alsace-Lorraine Is condemned.
An opportunity ought to be given AL
; scae-Lorraine to decide by referendum
to which country it wishes to belong.
1t is impossible to refuse Belgium
| complete political independence and
complete economical autonomy. The
Belgian people should receive repara-
tion and damages during the war, par
ticularly the restitution Of economic
losses, this having nothing in common
with indemnities which are con-
demned
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
Government Severely Crit
cized Because of Lack of
Proper Defense.
RESIGNATION OF
y. SOME DEMANDED
Police Still Search Ruins for
Missing-Many of In
jured Recovering.

: london. July e-The morning news
papers subordinate everything to
Saturdays air raid. The comments
thereon reflect the popular indigna-
ton, while some indulge in spirited
condemnation Of the government.
The country, it is declared has been
Inundated and disgraced in man
ner never experienced since the Dutch
fleet burned Chatham more than ESQ
years ago. The incident is described
by the most angry commentators as
disgraceful alike to the war office and
the admiralty air service and the re-
'moval of those responsible for the
"miserable display Of incompetence"
Is demanded.
Devastation OF London
1t is remarked also that the aerial
attack rises to a practical level the
question of a possible absolute de-
vastation Of London by aircraft and
the ;infiction of such losses as would
amount to- Serious military defeat. If
q score. of. enemy machines are able to
Cooperate with calm impunity, 1t Is
asked what will happen if 200 come,
or, as the Koelnische Zeitung recently
urged, thousand.
Some editorials refer to the hope
with which the advent of the Amer
team air forces is waited, anticipating
important results the 'efrom.
Air Defense Criticised
In politt sal circles, there is good
deal OF criticism on the failure on the
Fart of England's air defense to ward
eff the German raiders. Free lances
in the House of Commons are planning
to lombard the government with de-
maids for an over-hauling CT the
In reprisal also are active and min
listers will be asked to state specific
ally the reasons why no reply is
made in kind to the German raids on
England In this the, advocates of
fesprisals are being backed by masses
Of the .people IN the quarters affected
by recent raids. ls
Injured Progressing !.
Althoughvsofne Of those injured on
Saturday are in serious condition, in
most cases they are progressing fay-
orably and no further deaths have
occurred in the two hospitals which
received, the largest number of pa
tients. Some of the streets In which
bombs were dropped were still closed
to traffic this morning.
Search Ruins
/. The police were still searching the
ruins Of East End tenements this
are missing. In several instances
, nothing remains Of dwellings except
smouldering ruins, around which
gathered women and children search
ing for some memento Of their home
Indifferent to the steady downpour
Of rain which lasted the whole day
many thousands visited the area
where bombs fell. A close inspection
of the damaged buildings showed that
the zone affected by each bomb was
marvelously circumscribed in nearly
f. every case.
Material Damage Insignificant
The damage consisted mainly Of
broken glass and window framing
The actual material damage effected
was comparatively insignificant which
tends to prove that the bombs car.
ried by the airplanes were far less
destructive than those dropped previ.
ously in the Zeppelin raids, satur.
days aerial attack more than evel
proved the wisdom of seeking shelter
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
The Austro-G German Attacks
Near Brzezany and Koniu-
chy Fail to Shake Them.
FRENCH ARE KEPT
BUSY BY GERMANS
Muscovites Deal Powerful
Blows in Gahcia-Gate-
way to Lemberg Doomed
(By Associated Press.) J

North of the Stanislau area, Cen
eral Brussiloff is holding fast to his
newly won positions near Brzezany
and Koniuchy, where his troops are
we'll placed for a, continuation of the
drive upon Lemberg along converging
railway lines. Austro German attacks
here have failed to shake the Russian
possession of this valuable terrain.
There Is little but local fighting
along the British front in northern
France, but further down the line the
Germans are giving the French little
rest. Attack after attack Is being
launched by the crown prince in des-
perate attempts to shake the French
from their positions along the Chem
in-des-Dames. There was another
such drive last night at Pampheon
but like others that preceded it the
effort was unsuccessful.
Meanwhile such trenches as the
Germans were able to retake after
their repulse in the attack of Satur.
day night in the Aisne region were
wrested from them In greater part by
a brilliant offensive started
by the French.
New Russian Blows.
New and powerful blows are being
struck by the Russians in Galicia
Apparently they have broken the Aus
tro-German line west of Stanislat
south of Ialicz, as today's official re-
port from Petrograd not only report
important gains for the Russians ir
the Stanislau area, but declares the
Russian cavalry is pursuing the re
treating enemy. This pursuit alread!
has reached the Lukva river.
Gateway to Lemberg Doomed.
| Halicz. the gateway to Lembert
from the south seems doomed to fal
unless the Russian onslaught is quick
ly stopped. A Russian push north
west from Stanislau would result il
Halicz being hemmed in on ,thre
sides.
The renewed Russian onslaught Il
this sector brought with it not onl
additional territory, but 1000 prison
ersi and 48 guns, including dozei
large caliber pieces. The total Russi
an captures Of men in the presentare
markable offensive is mounting rapid
ly and now is In excess Of $4,000.
A withdrawal of Russian forces o.
the front near the border betweel
Persia and Mesopotamia is announce
by the war office.
| Under pressure from the Turks. tn
Russians evacuated Panjwtn, khani
kim and Kasr- I-Shirin.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
FOOD CONTROL
Bill AGAIN TO
!. FRONT TO-DAY
With Prohibition Disposed
of, Senate Plunges into
Other Features.

Washington, July 9.-With the pro-
hibition issue disposed Of, temporarily
at least, the senate today again took
up the food control bill in the ex-
pectation that final action on the
measure as a whole will be reached
during the week. First to be consid-
cred was the section which would au-
thorize the, president to commander
factories, packing houses, mines and
other plants and to operate them and
fix employees wages. There is con-
siderable opposition to these pro-
posals.
Pending final decision by congress
on the little question, revenue and
other related problems cannot be
worked out. The senate voted Satur-
day to prohibit manufacture and i'm
portation Of distilled beverages only
and the house stands recorded for
prohibiting manufacture of all intoxi-
cantS,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
LESS WASTE SEEN
in CLEVELAND AND
BUFFALO BECAUSE
OF WOMEN'S WORK

Washington, July 9.-The first con-
crete evidence Of the success Of the
American housewives campaign
against waste is seen today in reports
from Cleveland and Buffalo, showing
that in the past sixty days the amount
of fats obtained from garbage at
city reduction plants has decreased
40 per cent. Subsequent figures will
show a corresponding saving in other
Cities it is believed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
LOST in BRUSH
NEAR CHISHOLM

Chisholm. Mimi, July 9.-Olga,
eight-year-old daughter of John Pa
kiz, Chisholm, has been lost in the
woods since Friday. Two hundred
volunteer searchers. men and women,
are out today.
Accompanied by a number OF chill
dren of her own age, Olga went to
pick berries. Later, all the children
arrived home with the exception of
Olga.
The territory in which the girl is
lost is a great brush country and is
punctured with many mine testing pits
filled with water
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
FIVE KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
AT.NAVY YARD
Mare Island Scene Of Terrif.
ic Detonatiorl-31 are
Injured.
Washington, D. c., July s.-Five
men were killed and 81 injured in the
Mare Island navy yard explosion, Of
ficial reports say.

Vallejo. Cal, July "a report that
eight men had been killed in the
black powder store house explosion
at Mare Island navy yard, was re-
ceiyed In Vallejo this morning. Naval
officials admitted that great num-
bers" Of men had been injured.
|. Orders that no person be allowed
to leave Mare Island were issued by
Captain Harry George, commandant
of the navy yard. No official an
'nouncement as to the number Of cas-
ualties have been made,
The injured were three men on a
ferryboat, about two miles from the
scene of the explosion. It was dam
aged considerably, all the windows
and door Of the boat being blown out
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
KAISER INVITED,
NEUTRAL MINISTER'S
TO A CONFERENCE

London, July 9.-Accord-
ing to reports reaching Rot
terdam from Berlin and for
warded by the Exchange
Telegraph, Emperor Will
lam invited the neutral am
bassadors and ministers to a
conference on Saturday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
new CHANCELLOR
FOR GERMANY IS
RUMORED TO-DAY.
Reports say Bethmann- -Holl-
veg May Have to Re
linquish Office.
GERMANY FACES
POLITICAL CRISIS
Seems on Verge of Greatest
Parliamentary Upheaval
in History. ;

Amsterdam, July 9.-The Tage-
blatt of Berlin says it it rumored thar
a change in the German chancellor
ship may be expected. Among those
mentioned as the possible successor
of Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
it names Prince Won Buelow, former
chancellor; Count Won Hertling. Ba-
varian prime minister and Count Won
Roedern, secretary of the imperial
treasury.
Count Won Herlting has had several
conferences recently with Austro-
Hungarian officials, presumably in re-
gard to peace question. He is said to
favor paece without cash indemnity.
Berlin, July 7. via London.-(De-
layed.) This has been day Of ''Ex-
cursions and alarums." Following
comment based on the hair trigger
tension in the relations between the
Reichstag and the government, comes
the official news that Field Marshal
Won Hindenberg and General Won
Ludendorff have arrived in Berlin for
a conference with the Emperor.
Erzberger Stared Upheaval.
The identity of the member of the
Reichstag who launched forth in a
candid exposition Of the situation at
home and abroad now has been estab-
lished definitely.
! The Tageblatt names Matthias Erz-
berger, leader of the clerical CEN
tre, as the man who paved the way
for the discussion which resulted in
common meeting ground for all but
| the Pan German faction in Fridays
session Of the main committee.
Social Democrats Helped.
Herr Erzberger's discussion of the
internal situation is said to have been
remarkable for its lucidity and can
dor. It was augmented effectively by
the utterances Of social democrats
who related the impressions they had
gathered at the recent Stockholm
conference and in neutral countries
| Their deduction was that affairs In
Germany must be subjected forthwith
to thorough overhauling. The ma
jority faction Of the social democrats
also is convinced that the government
must make positive declaration that
it is opposed to all policies Of annexa-
ton either in the East or West.
Demands are Right.
The Tageblatt observes. that the
progress of developments is irresist-
ible because right, reason and neces-
sity demand these things and tho
4 strong man whom the conservatives
are calling for would have little luck
himself and would bring less to the
empire"
Facing Big Crisis.
Copenhagen, July Berlin is un-
doubtedly passing through crisis on
the question of internal reform, the
conduct Of the submarine war and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
Government Control of
All Exports to Begin
July Is; Firm Hand to
Be Kept on Shipping
REGISTRANTS ARE
ORDERED TO HOLD
SELVES READY TO
GO BEFORE BOARDS

Washington, July 9-Reg-
istrants subject to draft for
the new national army were
today notified to hold them
selves in readiness to appear
before boards which will
conduct examinations and
consider exemption claims.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09

GENERALs RETURN no FRON,

Berlin. via London, July 9. ohiciaI
announcement is made that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg and General;
Won Ludendorff who came to Berlin
porer William on the military aitua-
ton have returned to headquarters
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09

UNIVERSITY READING.
Bar. 1920; Their. 81; Max.
76; Min. 81; wind, north,
miles per hour.
Il 4 4 d o 4 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
THE WEATHER.

Probably thunder showers
tonight and Tuesday. Warmer
east portion tonight. Tuesday
partly cloudy and cooler.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
Facing Big Crisis.

Copenhagen. July 9.-Berlin is un-
doubtedly passing through crisis on
the question of internal reform, the
conduct OF the submarine war and
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!. (continued on page ID
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20
TRAVELETTE
WalaunO.
BY NIKSAH.

Walamo.
Walamo, say returning travellers, is
the only quiet spot in Russia 1t has
long been a haven of calm and peace
in troubled land-thru the tyranny
of the czars. the storm of war, and the
cyclone of revolution. Although only
few miles from Petrograd, it is ten
thousand miles removed in spirit from
the disturbances that harry the I'M
fortunate capital. Walamo is a COM
munity of monks, who hold the whole
of the island of Walamo, in Lake La
doga-
The devout spirit of the Russians
has assured Walamo against disturb
ance thru the disorders. Some of the
radicals of the revolution are strongly
anti-clerical, but there is nothing in
the simple regime of Walamo, the
stern self-denial, the poverty, the self
sustaining life of the community. to
serve as justification for the criticisms
of the Bolsheviki. that the Russian
church is in league with the bour-
geouis interests, that it's clerics are
nonproductive.
An irregular steamer service runs
to Walamo. Male visitors are per-
mitted to land, though they are hardly
encouraged. No woman NAV set foot
on the island--in fact it is said of the
dairy herd of the monks that, when
certain cows were sold to the main
land, they stampeded on seeing a
woman for the first time
The visitor must adapt himself to
the regime of the brothers He will
drink weak tea and eat coarse bread
so long as he remains. He will be
reused at two in the morning for
prayer. He will live in a stone CELL
simply furnished, and he will be sup
piled with lamp oil just enough to
light his dressing and undressing, with
no surplus for reading or evening talk
The monks are for the most part
big, virile men, not noticeably ascetic
in appearance. cheerful and friendly
The rules of the establishment leave
room for little save sleep and food
work and prayer. The monks raise al
most everything they need for food,
and manufacture in their workshops
zmost of their own implements and
furniture. Walamo maintains a favor
able balance of trade with the rest of
Russia. The monastery has reduced
life to its lowest denomination. The
content of the brethren seems to argue
that the happiness of living lies in the
fundamental fact of life itself. and not
in the fripperies of which they have
stripped it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20

Following the entry of the United
States into the war congress set a lot
of war machinery in motion and voted
imrnense sums to keep it moving. Now
this. same body is busily engaged in
finding out how the machinery works
andi how the money is being spent.
Much of the work of preparing for
and carrying on the war has been
done hurriedly and with inexperienced
help. Both of these plans always are
expensive. The people do not much
mind the expense if only they see re-
suits. But they like to know that they
are getting what they pay for. The
various congressional investigations in
progress may not succeed in fixing
the Blame for any shortcomings where
it Belongs, but they are likely to be
productive of good by showing per-
sons in high places that somebody is
watehing. After being in the war
more than three years England is
finding it necessary frequently to in
sert the probe into the conduct of her
military and naval operations. Her
people as we'll as our own demand eff
ficisncy and are not disposed to ac-
cept excuses from those entrusted with
the work of licking the kaiser