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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
COTTON BALED
BY associated Press

ginned prior to November / amounted
to 7,15O,254 bales, counting round as
half bales. and including 1870 round
bales and 57.3s1 bales of Sea Island,
the Census Bureau to-day announced
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08

London SThe
semical
Agencya announce
Premier Kerenkv has been dposed
Maxine by
Leon the Petad Council of
sandW
Hmin parlam
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
WOULD INCREAsE RATES

to increase interchangeable mileage
book rates from to "a cents. n mile
was asked of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day by Southeastern
railroads.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08

New York, Nov. S. - The American
steamship Rochester piled between
Baltimore and British ports She was
in command of Captain Erik Kekeritz
FIVE men.
The Rochester was formerly the
teamship Yaguer. She registered
1850 gross and was 247 feet long.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
Four Sailors Lost When
Rochester Is TOrpedOed
BY Associafcd Prcss

London, Nov. 8. - The American
steamship Rochester was torpedoed
and sunk at dusk on November 2.
Four sailors are known to have
lost their lives in the sinking of the
Rochester. One boat with the sec
ond mate and thirteen men is miss
ing.
The captain and twenty-five men
have been landed at Buncrana. One
lifeboat with nine survivors reached
Ross Point in the county of Mayo.
yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
HEWEATHER

For Harrisburg and Nicinityi fE
to-nIrht and Friday; not much
change in temperature, lowest
Tonight about freezing.
For Eastern Pcnnsylvnnia' tnir
tonight and Friday, little
change In temperatures gentle
TO moderate north Winds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
SEIZE
PETROGRAD AFTER
BLOODLESS REVOLT

Great Hies; Taken
Radicals Who Dismiss Officers the Provisional Government and Arrest
Os Works Counts Undon Army Called Upon
to GiUeO of What 1t Wants Done
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08


For Eastern Pennsylvania; Fair
tO-nIght and Friday, little
change In temperatures gentle
10 moderate north winds.
General Conditions
with the exception of the dtsnp-
Denrnnce of the depression that
was central over ctnh, "en-
nesdny morning, which has np-
norcutIy merged with the dis
furbnncc over Western Canada
and some decrease in pressure
over Northern New England as
n result of the activity of
disturbance over the Canadian
maritime provinces, there hns
hecu little change in the pres
sure conditions over the cOun-
try during the last twenty-fOur
hOurs.
There has been n general fall of
. to I8 degrees in temperature
over nearly all the territory
eist of the Great Lakes ana the
Ohio river and marked faiI OF
10 to 20 degrees In Utah.
River
The Susauehanna river and nll it's
tributaries will continue to fall
slowly. A stage of about 5.l
feet IL Indicated for Harrisburg
Friday morning.
Temperature; 3 n. M, 80.
Sunt Rises, 0;45 n. m; sets, 1853
ID. m.
MOOni New moon, November ii.
River Stages 5.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 4S.
Lowest temperature, 3S.
Mean temperature, AZ.
Normal temperature, As.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Mear W Smith, E.
H. Payne SteetOn,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
OHIO FOR PROHIBITION

Cincinnati, Nov. Son tbe unofficial but complete
returns from every one ofthe 57s5 precincts in Ohio, pro
hbition has carried by a majority Of 2952 The vote
For prohibition, 5l9,17li against prohibition, 5152l9
KEIsTER GETS TWO Votes HovERTER ONE
HarHs5urg-Retausf from Camp Meade to-day included
two votes Of Hauisburgars for Daniel L. Keister for
Mayor and one for Alderman Hovear This gives Kejs-
ter lead Of nine votes over Hoverer Official count Of
the First Second and Third wards, made in court to-day
show no chang in the vote fer Mayor as recorded uno
caly by the Telegraph yesterday. The figures are the
same in both This count embraces 70 voting precincts
all that have been officially counted up to this time
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River
CrnernI Conditions

Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 4S.
Lowest temperature, 3S.
Mean temperature, AZ.
Normal temperature, 45.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
GREATEST IN. ALL HlSTO RY

We have become so a%ssustomea during this war to
seeing things done on/a greater scale than ever before
that discussion of things the greatest in history be-
comes somewhat stale. For nearly three years we have
been breaking records. reaching new attitudes, sounding
greater depths. We have seen more men brought under
arms, more men engaged in battle in one place, more
ammunition expended, more waste and destruction,
greater economy and self-sacrifice. more money spent.
and works of charity carried on on a greater scale than
ever before since men inhabited this planet.
And still the work goes on. and new superlatives
are created. Less than three years ago the people of
the United States had no more notion Of going to war
than they had of doing any other impossible thing. And
yet within the past few days the two houses Of the Amer
lean congress have passed. with only brief debate, and
without a dissenting vote. the greatest war loan measure
ever authorized at one time by any nation. Seven billion
dollars have been appropriated for this purpose with less
formal consideration than is usually given to an appro-
priation of a few hundred or a few thousand dollars.
The unanimity with which this measure was passed
demonstrates one thing above all others. namely, that in
spite of differences of opinion as to the actual entrance
Of the United States into tho war, differences, in most
cases more apparent than real. now that we have enter
ed, there is absolute unanimity in the government as to
the thoroughness with which our duty must be perform-
cd. We have gone into tho war for tho accomplishment
Of q purpose and the establishment Of a principle. and
we arc prepared to see 1t through with the unreserved
and undivided strength Of the entire nation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
PARLIAMENT PROLONGED

By a vote of 2S6 to So the British house OF commons
decided tho other day that the existence Of the present
parliament should be prolonged until November in order
ed from the conduct Of the war by a general election.
The bill will be passed by the upper house and win tnen
become a law upon receiving the signature of the king.
which is q mere formally.
Such an arrangement would be impossible under
JOUR- form OF government unless military rule had been
civil laws bad been suspended. Under the British sys-
tern the ACT Is quite regular.
The British parliament or tho lower branch of it, OK
pares by limitation at the end Of a nxed period. 1t may
30 dissolved At any time by the proclamation of the king
acting under the advice Of his ministers. In the present
within q few weeks. But the British constitution Is a
very flexible thing. 1t consists solely in the acts Of par
lament and the two houses Of parliament can at any
time repeal any law and enact any other in Its stead.
Our congress expires by Limitation on March 4 in
the odd numbered years. And congress has no power
United States, acting for themselves, have enacted certain
laws which are superior to any that can be enacted BY
congress The document embodying those laws we call
our constitution. Congress can act within the limits OF
that constitution, and in no other way.
Under the British system the people have vested
all power In parliament, hence any act Of parliament
passed today takes precedence over any former act, no
matter on what subject The present parliament may,
quite legally, prolong its existence indefinitely.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
WELCOME BACK AGAIN

A telegram from Fargo yesterday brought the news
that the Fargo Forum had been sold by ]. p. Dotson to
N. b. Black and a number Of associates, and that Mr..
Black would assume charge Of the paper in about ten
days.
This announcement will bring keen satisfaction to
the newspaper men of the state. for Mr.. Black has for
years been one of the best known and most popular men
In newspaper circles in North Dakota. 1t will bring sat-
tafacuon. also, to hundreds Of others who have learned
to know Mr.. Black well, to admire his fine qualities,
and to enjoy. his society. This new arrangement will
make 1t certain that Mr.. Black Is to remain q resident
OF the state. and to contribute to it's development and to
the solution of its problems his own sound judgment and
the force Of his strong personality.
future plans. His handling Of tho Forum has demon
strated his possession Of business capacity of a high order.
When he bought the paper it had just passed through a
series of lean years, and was hetvily encumbered. He
reorganized 1t and put it on a paying basis. and The
Herald has been informed that it has been making
handsome profits for him.
The Fargo Forum will always BIO associated with the
name Of Major Edwards. The paper was established by
him and was merged with the old Republican. For many
years the combination of Major Edwards and his Forum
was an institution ais conspicuous in North Dakota as
was the combination of Horace Greedy and his New
York Tribune in the affairs of the nation at an earlier
period. The major had able assistance, but 1t was his
own originality that gave it its distinctive character and
laid the foundations for its success.
Mr.. Black will be heartily welcomed back into act
i've newspaper work, and will have the good wishes of
all who know him.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
TELEPHONE SERVICE

There Is food for thought In the recommendation
made In the mayors annual message that steps be taken
to arrange for physical connection between the two tel
ephone companies doing business in Grand Forks.
The telephone business differs from all other lines Of
service. in that each individual has a direct interest in
the manner in which all other individuals are served.
When one buys groceries, or dry goods, or shoes, or any
many or how few other customers the merchant has
provided that he can obtain the goods that he desires
at a satisfactory price. For all he cares, he may be the
only customer whom the merchant has. If he goes on
a journey he does not care how many other people take
the same train. II he hires q man to perform labor for
him he Is not Interested in the number of other persons
who use his employees services in the same way.
But In the telephone business every subscriber is d.
restly interested in the total number Of subscribers who
do business with the company which he patronizes. A
telephone installed in ones house is useless unless there
installed In other houses. Telephone service is valuable in
proportion to the number of persons with whom it places
the subscriber in contact. Hence q double telephone
system in a city, with no opportunity for transference OF
messages, Is either divided in its usefulness or increased
in its cost
Every person in Grand Forks who uses the telephone
is familiar with tho annoyance caused by finding that the
person with whom no wishes TO talk has the other
phone" That condition means, in most residences. the
boris, where the "other phone" is known to be. In most
business houses it means the expense of maintaining two
telephones where one would serve the purpose perfectly
If all subscribers were connected with 1t.
The Herald is not familiar with the legal phases of
this subject in Grand Forks, or with what steps may be
necessary to bring about tho transferenoe of messages
from ono system to the other, which Ii entirely possible
from a mechanical standpoint. but If this agreement can
be brought about the city will be immensely benefited.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
THE NATION DREAD
(By Rabindranath TaRore.)


Have you not seen, since the COM
mencement Of the existence of the
nation, that the dread of it has been
the one goblin-dread with which the
whole world has been trembling?
Wherever there Is a dark corner,
there Is the suspicion Of its secret
malevolence; and people live in a per-
petual distrust Of its back where it
step. every rustic Of movement in the
neishborhod, sends a thrill Of terror
all around. And this terror is the par
emit OF all that is base in mans ma
ture. It makes one almost openly un-
ashamed Of inhutnanity. Clever lies
become matters Of self-congratulation.
Solemn pledges become a farce
1aughable for their very solemnity.
The nation, with all it's paraphernalta
Of power and prosperity. Its flags and
pious hymns, its blasphemous prayers
in the churches. and the literary mock
thunders Of its patriotic Dragging,
cannot hide the fact that the nation
II the greatest evil for the nation, that
all fts precautions are against 1t, and
any new birth Of its fellow in the
world 10 always followed in its mind
by the dread Of q new peril. It's one
wish IL to trade on the feebleness Of
the rest Of the world, like some in
sects that are bred in the pardlyzed
fesh Of victims kept Just enough
alive to make them toothsome and
nutritious. Therefore 1t is ready 30
send its poisonous fuid into the vitals
Of the other living peoples. who, not
being nations, are harmless.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
MINI. PASSES
CONTROL BILL
Will Aid in Preventing Over
flowing of Rivers and Dam
age to Crops.

St. Paul, Mimi. April 1s.-The
state senate last night passed the Tri-
State food control bill. and it will
now go to the governor. 1t vas pass
ed as it came from the house.
The lower Minnesota valley is ex-
cluded from the provisions of the bill.
On demand Of the residents Of that
section, a provision was inserted in
the bill that the flood control terri
tory should O extend more than
fifty miles from the source of the
Minnesota.
Elsewhere in the state, the people
may organize flood control districts,
forming municipal corporations with
power to issue bonds, for the purpose
of building reservoirs and dams and
establishing water powers and dis
tricts in North and South Dakota.
AS the bill was passed, it will not be
necessary for congress to pass an
abling act to enable the three states
to cooperate, as was first intended,
but permission to control the inter-
state waters may be obtained from
the war department, and this permis-
sion q been promised.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
GERMANS HAD
URGED ATTACK
UPON AMERICA
Plan Was to Collect Price
of War Here, Says
Gerard.

Boston, April 1910 show tho
deep hatred which he asserted Ger,
many has held against the unitea
States. former Ambassador James W.
Gerard last night disclosed facts Wnlch
he said had been kept from the Am.
erican people during the past " ana
Ia half years. He was the prlnclpal
speaker at a national defense dinner
given by the Pilgrim Publicity assoc
citation.
Mr.. Gerard said that Admiral o
Tirpitz, in thihly yelled statements.
and the German reichstag and Prus.
sian parliament in open discussions
proposed the institution of unrestrict-
ed submarine warfare against Eng
land with the Intention, when Eng
land should have beer subdued by
hunger to come over to the United
States and collect the price of the war
from U.S."
IT want to tell you," Mr.. Gerard
added. that II we had not gone into
this war, Germany would have fulfill
ed its intention to come over here at
forwards and attack US, and would
have done so almost with the APP
plause Of the rest of the world. I can
tell you also that everything consist
ent with honor was done to keep us
out Of the war"
Mr.. Gerard's statement that the
war would be a hard one was echoed
by Major General Wood. mo one
can tell how the war is going to go so
far as we are concerned" he said.
I'VE have got to end a lot Of men
across the sea, and we must bring
back a lot of men who die on the
other side. It will not be a paper
a It will be a war of living men,
and important as food, none and
munitions may be, men will be the
big factor"
General Wood said that ''Those who
are opposing President Wilson's policy
Of universal obligatory military SER
vice will be responsible for thousands
Of lives II their arguments prevail.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
TO THE LIVING FLAG

Can it be that thou insensate art oh flag, SO loved and cherished
That armies countless thousands strong have fought for thee and persisted?
That armies countless thousands strong by thy dumb call elated,
Again would spring o arns for thee. though knowing death awaited?
Nay, quivers life through every fold. each wav and unduadon
Aye, in thy folds, a century old, q century's life is suretne
And owe all waves a clarion call o blood tina needs no urdmr
Lite thrills thy red, In courage bred; the purity Of thy witness:
Thy field II blue, lin truths own hue; h stars II dazzling ri9htness:-
And courage. truth and purity, thus in thy colors blended.
Have fired thu hearts n dnerved the arm which have n LII defended.
So, children O. he men If old who first unfurled to elory
n beauty o 4 thy stars n stripes, o famed in song and story,
We pledge life blood and sons. n solemn conservation.
Mrs. Chas. M. Harl
Grand Hotel,
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
PREPARING NEW LAND
TO THE LIVING FLAG
(By j. G. HaIey. Ag. Exten. Dept,
Int, Harvester Coz

Int. Harvester Coz
Making gardens OF new land, that
is. land which has not been plowed for
some time, and has become sodded
over, is considerably more difficult
than making it On clean land that has
been farmed for some time.
However, if the p~recaution is taken
to work the ground down to a good
seed bed. the results may be. Just as
good on new land as on old
The proper procedure would be to
first have the land plowed, and at
mot too great a depth, say 4 to s inch
zes, and then disced and narrowed al
ternately, until it IL worked down to
dne seed bed Any trash or rough
mAtertal that was on the land should
removed before blowing. The ear
Tier such land II piowed before seed
ing, the better. II II had been plowed
last fall, and allowed to freeze and
athaw during the winter and spring.
At would be In much better shape and
much more easily worked down than
~ g Immediately after blowing.
sTheTe 10 no tool that canr1be used
sod land to put 1t in shape that
quite equal to the disk harrow. This
Win chop the sod mp In such a way
that Il - easily worked into share.
q ysn after discing and narrowing
sahers viii be considerable work left
~ ~ done with the hand rake in or
1e4 Z get # In shape for the finer
$3.50 but this work will doubtless be
sxgpa1d by the sxtra quality Of the
that will be grown on this
e1nAsSsSvsn - compared with older
Aa40etha4may b f. better shape.
UoA1peaGybe AnS and tonnatoes,
crops - gsow shove 9roupd,
De06ab1y Dc better on the new
~ D0TpQtQ40eo. CARROT. .narsnfna
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
GERMANY'S WEAK
DEFENSE PLEA
(Charles Seymour in the Yale Re.
viewl

NA0~sy
When we come to the documentary
evidence adduced by the German his
torians to prove the existence of an
entente conspiracy with the d~estruc-
ton of Germany al its aim. the weak
ness of their thesis is apparent. For
here we are dealing with definite his
tor1cal material and not with mere
interpretations of events. The Anglo
French and Anglo-Belgian military
conversations are claimed by the Ger
mans as i~rrefutable proofs hat
France and Great Britain were ydefn-
1tely preparing to crush Germany,
and tina Belgium was their accom-
plice. But an analysis of these con-
versations leads to a quite different
conclusion. They certainly show that
the two great western nations were
considering the possibility Of war with
Germany; but 1t Is always q defensive
wal which is under discussion. It was
the building of German strategic rail
ways on h Belgian frontier that first
inspired h conversations; and their
primary topic was the possibility Of
defending Belgium and northeastern
France from the much-dreaded Ger
man invasion. In the Anglo-Belgian
documents it Is distinctly recorded
that no British force should be sent
to Belgium unless German troops had
already entered. and the sole purpose
OF such a force was to help her pro-
tect her neutrality from Germany. The
documents prove only that France.
and England feared lest Germany
were meditating an aggressive war.
There is no trace Of a plan on their
part to attack Germany. Had there
been such a plan, is 1t not reasonable
to suppose that there would have been
some sort Of coordination in the pol
tcies of the entente powers? And vet
1t Is the lack Of coordination which
is the striking characteristic. The
Germans lay stress upon the inter-
view at Reval in June, 1908, between
Edward the Seventh and Nicholas the
Second, and contend that England and
Russia then agreed upon the division
of the near east. This is mere spec
ulation. What we know is that when
1t came to the annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, at the moment
when Russia, ~ill-prepared. was stand
ing behind Serbia. France and Eng
land gave no effective assistance to
their alleged partner in the supposed
anti German plot.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
WHAT THE ALLIES
ARE FIGHTING FOR
Lord RoeebeRy, speaking In Edtn-
bnrgh Scotland, Nov. I, 1916,

NC
We are fighting not only for the In
dependence and liberties and welfare
Of ourselves and our Allies: we are
fighting for every small nation in the
world; for the Independence Of every
nation however guaranteed BY treaty.
Look at 2Weden. Look at Norway.
Look at Denmark. Look at Holland.
Loo at Belgium. Five small king
doms every one OF them outraged by
German power, whose fate. II Ger
many should succeed in this war,
would not be difficult t forsee.
We are fighting for them. For
Norway. greatly outraged at this mo-
ment when the massacre Of her mer-.
chant seamen Is unrelenhngty pur-
sued on the high IA
We are fighting for Sweden, who at
any momen may find herself in the
same position. We are fighting for
every neutral nation.
We are fighting for ono that II not
weak. the United states, for Il we
wsre ~yanquIshed In the war which
Heaven forbid-the United afates
would be the next to suffer nom the
abrasive and unscrupulous power Of
|Prussia.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19

precauton is taken to hill them up
quite considerably as they grow, good
if the season is very favorable.
The chances of a good garden on
new land will depend. as stated, upon
the Of work that is put on
III preparation of the soil before
Planting. However, we hope that
those who have only new land will
not be discouraged because Of the fact
that they do not have easily worked
soil, for a good garden IAN be raised
on any land in Grand Forks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
DAKOTA MAN
RANKS SECOND In
WEST POINT CLASS

West Point, N. T., April 10
The names of Francis L. Palmer,
North Dakota, and William e.
Teale, Michigan, appear second
and eighth respectively in the list
OF the first ten men selected for
general merit from the 1917
class to be graduated from the
military academy Friday.
The names were announced
tonight Harris Jones Of New
York heads the list,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19

Even China 10 extraordinarily buby
on work created by the war condi-
tons, especially In ship-building, al
though q scarcity Of materials IL re-
ported. Norwegian owners are hay-
ing considerable number Of ships
bui1t there. and other countries are
having similar work done 20 far a.
the supply Of materials perImitA