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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
France l! Inspired
Through Sacrifice And
Cannot Be Defeated

Paris. Oct. 1e.-Medill Mccormick
was a guest Of honor as the represen-
tatfHe of the American congress at a
luncheon given by French senators
and deputies. Responding to a toast,
said he had come to Europe fearful
or the strength Of France.
Il was depressed" he declared, "by
thought thai I would find France ex-
hausted. but I have been fortified a
hundred fold by her vigor. AS 1
travelled past the little forests and
those farms which to all the rest of
the world had been gardens, I saw
France busy, toiling, resolute."
He dewitt upon the sacred union be-
tween the women and children, the
old men and the young, which bound
the hearts of the population to the
armies at the front. After sketching
Americas relations to the wal and
her vast preparations, Mr. Mccormick
concluded:
I'VE know. as surely as we know
that France lives, that her sons have
not died in vain. We Americans
know that France, sweet, gay and ten
der as she was and as she will be
again, on the field of battle is the ter
rible and unsuitable mother Of in
domitable armies. Over the bodies
Of her fallen, owe her devastated
fields. over the broken ruins of
Rheims. she sees through the bloody
mists the star of victory-France,
which has endured so much and
which still endures. Glorious, VIC
torious France
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
WILL BE LNTERNED
FOR HIS REFUSAL TO
BUY LIBERTY BOND

st. Paul, Oct. 1s.-Cafl wuest, sos
East Fourteenth street, packer for a
st. Paul wholesale firm, was taken to
the Office Of T. e. Campbell, special
agent of the department Of justice and
from there sent to the Ramsey coun-
ty Jail, where he may be interned for
the remainder of the war.
When he vas asked to buy a Lib
erty bond Wuest said hat he would
not help the United States either
physically or financially to defeat his
kinsmen in Germany.
He said he had five nephews fight
ing in the German army. Wuest was
born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and
came to America in 1896. He was
without funds at that time. Now he
has $1,000 and a farm.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Don't Mind Bullets,
But Want No Wrigglers,
Say Volivia Zionists

Chicago, Oct. 19.-When Zion City's
quota Of nine men went to the army
cantonment at Rockford they discov-
cred tina vaccination against small
poX and typhoid was prescribed, a
practice not c~ountenanced by their
religion. They appealed to Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voliva and he in turn
entered a protest with President Will
son..
No word has been received from
Washington and so, says Overseer
Voliva, the nine Zionist soldiers will
not be i%noculated even if they have
to go to prison or be shot -
They have Joined the army and
are willing to work for the goverT-
ment," he declared. They're willing
to give up their lives for the coun-
try. But to force them to have a lot
of germs shot into their bodies, never.
Such a practice is against our prin-
ciples and we're going to fight it,"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
SOLDIERS AND ARMY
%ClVILIANS-BUY OVER
81 MILLION In NEW
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

washington, Oct. 1s.-American
soldiers and the army civilian en-
ployes have purchased than
$4,000, 900 of Loberty bonds. 80
OF this amount, men in the 16 ma
tional army camps have subscribed
$40, 600, 900, and those in the Is ma
tional guard camps $4,000, 000. The
National army soldiers have averaged
s24.52 each, while the record of the
national guardsmen is 1886 per cap
ita, and the average for the entire 81
camps is $29.97. =
Three camps have received sub
scriptions at latest reports in excess
of one million dollars. The national
guard camp at Camp Sheridan, at
Montgomery, Alabama, leads with
subscriptions Of s1,229,95Q for it's 3d.
500 men. The only national army
camp which has broken into the mill
lion dollar class to date is Camp Grant
at Rockford, ILL.,, containing $4,000
men, whose Liberty Bond subscriptions
stand at 81, 096.S 500,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
SHORTAGE OF CHEMICALS SHOWS r
WHAT WAR DOES TO INDUSTRY

Ammonium salts and nitrates-
used as fertilizers and as base for
many other chemicals-by-products
of gas manufacture and by-product
coke ovens.
Anhydrous ammonia - absolutely
necessary for operating all ice making
machinery and ~refrigerating plants
very scarce now.
Arsenate of lead and %arsenate OF
soda-used to kill insects on crops.
All >arsenic products are very scarce.
Castor oil-used to lubricate air.
plane 'machinery-made from castor
beans cultivated principally in East
Asia, but o being grown in United
States in increasing quantities.
Phenol-carbolic acid-almost as
important as sulphuric acid-base of
dyes and all the picric acid explosives
made from d~istillation of coal in
.|by-product coke ovens and special
plants.
Cyanide of potassium and cyanide
of sodium-used in extracting metals
from ores and refuse.
Mercury salts-used as medicines,
such as calomel. and anti-septics such
as bichloride of mercury, also greedily
demanded by war as the base of shell
fuses, cartridges caps and all kinds
of firing primers.
Sodium nitrate and nitric acid
enters into most chemical manufac-
turing operations-nitric acid is re-
CURED for nearly all explosives.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Why WILSON GUARDS COTTON,
KING in WAR JUST AS IN PEACE

, The average mill consumption for
Switzerland was 106,400 bales. ohe
imported practically no cotton iro,n
us directly before the war, but IN 1919
she took 1880 bales. ;.
The average mill consumption IN
Spain was $4,000 bales and her aver
age pre-war importation from us was
270,754 bales. In 1915 she ook 1884,
5O4.
Figures for Holland and Sweden
showed the most astounding demands
and it is these countries hat are UNI
der suspicion as German supply
agents.
Holland is not ordinarily a large
CONSUMER Of cotton. Her average mill
consumption is only $4,000 bales and
| she only took from us, before the war
an average Of 2S.371 bales. But In
1915 she bought 524,035 bales. or just
about six and one-half times her mill
capacity.
Sweden's mill consumption aver
ages only $4,000 bales and she used
to take 3O,824 bales. But in 1915 she
bought 758,307 bales.
She and Holland together in that
year took o~ne-seventh of all our cot
Eton exports.
England was quick to- see what
these figures meant. AS a result, Eng
land finally declared cotton absolute
contraband Of war.
President Wilson's proclamation
will finish the job, Is a cogent reason
will have to be given before a bale
of cotton will be licensed for export.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
NO STRIKES OR LOCKOUTS

DR.. Garfield. WHO is in charge of the fuel admins
tration, has set forth very clearly the attitude of the gov
ernment with reference to the interruption of the fuel
supply by disputes between employers and employees.
Summed up the position of the government is that if the
mine owners and their employees cannot or will not pro-
granted that the announcement was not made without
full realization of what it meant, and without full intent
to make use of all the means at hand to carry out the
expressed intent.
In this expressed determination the government may
rely on the full support of the country. The production
of every pound of coal possible is a military necessity at
a time when the nation is waging war. 1t is an economic
necessity OF vital importance even without the direct de-
mand created by the war. The need is here; it is impera-
tive; and it must be met.
In the present Situation no issue of government own
ership OF government operation is involved. There exists
an emergency which must be met. If, in order to meet
1t, 1t is necessary for the government to take charge of
the mines, then that must be done. If in order to OBJ
tain a supply of labor for the work of mining it is neces-
sary to draft miners into military service and work them
under military regulations, that must be done. The prob
lem that must be solved, and solved on the instant, is how
to insure the continuous production of the largest pos
sible quantity of coal, and its distribution in the most eff
cient manner. If the men. owners and employees. who are
now engaged in the business can and will carry on this
work as it should be Carried on, we'll and good. If not the
control Of it must be taken out Of their hands and other
means must be adopted. If there are differences over
wages or prices or anything else, those must be adjusted
while the work goes on. But the work must not be per-
nitted to stop.
After the emergency has passed, we can take up the
question OF establishing a basis on which the mines shall
TONS between employers and employees. But for the pres
ent we are neither solving problems of public ownership
or of lIbor relations. We are carrying on a war. and
everything else must stand aside for that.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
PRESIDENT MAY
COME TO ST. PAUL
in NOVEMBER

Washington, Oct. 1s.-President
Wilson may attend the big patriotic
demonstration meeting to be staged in
st. Paul home time in November.
Should the president decide to go
to st. Paul it will be a departure from
the plan which he has adopted since
the war started. There have been
tremendously strong demands for
him to appear in public, but he has
consistently refused to leave Washing
ton, fearing that his duty was here.
But the appeal of the northwest is
bound to be strong upon him. 1t is
well known that the president has
long desired to appear in the north
west. He feels there is the possibility
of a lack of understanding Of the
great purpose of this war in some
quarters of the northwest, due to mis-
representations of the attitude of the
government. He is also understood to
feel deeply the Importance Of the
northwest, the great food producing
section of the northwest in the
economy of the nations mobilization,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
WESTERN ROADS
EARNED MORE
THANLASTYEAR
July Figures Show Increase
of Million Over Same
Month in 1916.

turns covering railroad operatlons
throughout the country, made puDilc
today by the. interstate commerce
comro;ssion show little variation from
preliminary statements except Is 70
western roads. These are shown 70
have ca, ned net approximately 81
OOO, 900 more in July last than IN Juiy
1916, instead of 100000 less tnis
yea. than last indicated in previous
reports. 49,
Total volume of business of all the
roads last July in the country exceedo
ed that of July, 1915, by ~$45,ooo,oov
reaching the high water mark O.
s348,437,3 06. Expenses Increased
$42, 0OO, 900 leaving net revenu from
railway operations 100000 0
than a year ago. I
This gain was reduced to a loss OF
approximately $4O0, 900 compared
with July, 1916, by an increase OF So
400, 900, in taxes charged up against
the railroads for the month.
Roads in the eastern district show q
falling off in net operating income OF
more than $2,8OO,000 for the month,
while southern roads registered an in
crease of approximately $1,450,OO0.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
THE. STRAIN OF UNCERTAINTY

One can we'll believe that the strain on the men Of
the German navy, caused by the uncertainty of the fate of
those drawn for submarine Service, must be such as to
render those men reluctant to engage in that service. For
the second time within a few weeks we read of the mu-
tiny of German seamen as a protest against being drawn
for submarine service.
When violent outbreaks Of this sort have actually
occurred within such a short time, and in a service so
thoroughly disciplined as that OF Germany, the state of
mind that prevails throughout the navy with reference to
undersea service must be very strong and very general.
The press dispatches have told from time to time
of the plan followed by the British authorities with ref
erence to the fate of German U-boats and their crews. So
far as is possible, all the facts-relating to what becomes
of a particular boat and its crew are withheld. Natural
ly the facts become known through other means occa-
them.
A German submarine departs from her port. If she
is lucky she returns at the appointed time. If she is over
due that fact may be because Of some trifling mishap
which has caused delay, or it may be because the boat
has been captured or destroyed. The Germans are left
to guess. And many of their boats have put out to sea
never to return, without a word ever being received at
home as to what has become of the boat or crew.
The uncertainty Of the thing is what places the ten
such uty-coanaent has often -oees.- made on this fact.
and it is the universal testimony that the doubt and I'M
certainty as to the fate of those who do no return is far
more trying than would be the definite report of their
death. In the adoption Of this policy Of silence the Brit
ih authorities have shown themselves to be psychologists
of no mean order.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
CIVILIANS
FLOCKlNG TO STAFF
POSITIONS IN ARMY

Washington, Oct. 1e.-General
Bliss, chief of staff, has abruptly end
ed the practice of commissioning Of
ficers from civil life to the staff corps
of various branches of the army and
calling them into active service before
actual need for their services exists.
Indications that the. practice has
grown out of all bounds, particularly
in the medical. signal and quarter
master corps, led the chief of staff to
take this action.
The effect of the order will be to
hold up temporarily a number of
commissions, including those of MANY
men of the flying corps.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
ENGLAND HAS
NOT TALKED
PEACE TERMS
Lord Cecil Denies That
Negotiations Have Been
Opened With Pope.

London, Oct. 19.-Replying to a
question in the house Of commons to-
day, Lord Robert Cecil, minister of
blockade, denied that negotiations for
terms OF peace had taken place with
the Vatican or any Of It's agents or
with any other religious organization.
Just previous to this Lord Robert
had been asked whether. the British
government intended to send any reply
to Pope Benedict's peace note. His
response was a request that notice be
given of the question.
1t had not been officially announced
ne added that Great Britain had
adopted as its own reply the reply sent
by the United States.
The clear and powerful reply of
President Wilson's, explained Lord
Robert, was not the. result Of any
consultation of the allies and I do not
propose to comment on it in reply to
the question:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
u. S. GRAIN STANDARDS
MAY BE REVISED, IS
MINNESOTA REPORT

st. Paul. Oct. 19.-Prospects of a
revision Of federal grain standards,
now claimed to be operated toward
losses for northwest farmers. was be-
lieved to be indicated today in a tele-
gram : :. B. Jacobson state
railroad and warehouse commission
er, who is in Washington. Mr.. ia
cobson asked that representatives of
the state grain inspection depart
ment meet him Saturday in New York
for a conference in the office of Julius
Barnes, president of the United States
Grain c0rnnrafi0n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
PASTOR TO
SPEAK AT BIG
MEET in DULUTH

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 1a-The annu-
al conference for the eastern district
of the Lutheran Brethren of America
will be held here tomorrow, Saturday
and Sunday. A number of delegates
will be in the city from Minnesota,
Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Rev. H.
Hundersk, of Minneapolis, will pre-
side. Among the speakers, will be
Rev. E. H. Gunhus of Grand Forks,
president of. the Luther Brethren
Church Of America.
Three sessions will be held each
day. The meetings will be devotion
al and evangelistic, except for a small
amount of business.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
PACIFIC COAST
FISHERS ARE TO
BE SPEEDED UP

Ottawa, Oct. 19.-As to the out
come of conferences between repre-
sentatives of the food controller for
Canada and the United States food
administration, steps are being taken
to speed up the Pacific coast fisheries
Of both countries, it was learned to-
night. J. Maddoc of Tacoma, United
States Pacific coast food representa-
tive, is in Ottawa discussing with the
Canadian fish commission plans for
joint action. An increased supply of
fish at reasonable price, it is hoped,
will be the result,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
RECOUNT ORDERED
I'm IOWA ELECTION
ON PROHIBITION

Des Moines. Ia. Oct. 1s.-Attornev
General H. N: Havner today ordered
a recount of the ballots cast on Nom
os ss speciai election on the question
1lcial returns give the VETS, an adj
vantage Of approximately 1000. with
a total vote OF 100000. Leaders ~
the dry" faction reiterated today
that an official canvass would Ia
made Of the small margin
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
CHEMISTS IN ARMY
GET SPECIAL DUTY

washington, Oct. 19.-Several hun
dred chemists drafted into the ma
tional army have been assigned to
special work under government de-
partments and others are being with
drawn from cantonments daily it
was announced today. Army authori-
ties were able to pick out these men
with the aid of a census Of all chem
lists within the draft age limits, ar
ranged by the bureau Of mines. A
similar~census has been made of min
ing engineers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
DAKOTA BOY
TAKE HONORS in A
FIELD MEET AT CAMP

Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia, Oct.
I19.-With a major general, two
brigadier generals. a half dozen col-
onels and a hundred or more captains
and ~lieutenants, not to mention sew
eral thousand soldiers, watching from
the side lines, the 352d infantry
(Northern Minnesota and Eastern
North DakotaJ staged one of the
most successful regimental field meets
the camp has witnessed since the new
army was organized. here.
The boxing exhibitions were among
the chief events. In the preliminaries
Private Read of B company knocked
out Private kid" Veins Of D. COM
pany in the second round. Veins not
only went down for the count, but
had to be carried from the ring.
In the semi-final bout Private Huff
of 1 company and Private Mel of K
bout Private L0fgTen Of company
was given a decision over Private
Christensen of B company.
The 50-yard relay with "a men IN
each company team, was won by d
The headquarters and sup
ply companies were second and G
company third. E company won the
obstacle race, with A company Sec
ond and headquarters and supply
companies third.
The third battalion. made up of
I, K, L and M, from North
Dakota, won the tug-of-war. B COM
pany won the blindfold race. with E
company second and headquarters
and supply companies third.
In the three-legged race G company
carried off the honors, with the head
quarters and supply companies sec
ond and L company third. B com
pany won the rescue race, with D
company second and I company third.
In this race one man in each team
of three ran 100 yards and then laid
prone on the ground while the other
two men of each team ran and picked
up the third man, carrying him back
to the starting point.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Letters From
Our Readers
An Open Letter to My Fellow
Citizens.
N1itnSr nf VNh4 IYor

.aE p. 'e SlLLCIlSs
Editor of The Herald:
Allow me to express my sentiments
n regards to the Liberty bonds. I do
not know much, and neve will in
:2act;, lots of men have forgotten more
xnan / ever knew. But one thing 1 do
snow, and that is 1 live in a good and
prosperous country, a country whose
government will protect us wherever
we go. We can travel in any country
on the globe, we will never get be-
yond the reach of Uncle Sans help
ing arm and he will always help his
citizens in trouble. I know from my
own experience in the past.
sI've been working honestly today
for the cause but so far I have been
pulling against the stream; better
sailing tomorrow.
It seems to me it should be a great
pleasure to respond to our country's
call.
Let us take an inventory Of what
we have got. All has been accumulat-
ed here, nothing was brought with us
from over the pond. I landed in Cali
fornia 40 years ago with next to moth
ing except the will to work. In 1880
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
MAY
BECOME CITIZENS

Butte, Ont, Oct. 19.-United States
District Judge Geo. NJ. Bourquin, to-
day, ruled that Austrians may become
citizens of the United States. The
decision was on the application Of
Asim R%esulovich. The court based
United States and Austria are not
actually at war, although Austria is
an ally OF Germany. Resulovich was
granted his papers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
U SOLDIER DEAD

On Saturday afternoon, at the Brenna church will
be held the funeral of Theofeld Ellison, who died at
Camp Dodge as the result Of an attack Of appendicitis.
MS IS the first death to occur among the soldiers who
nave gone from this vicinity to any Of the training camps.
The young man had been a student at the Model
High School at the university. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Peter Ellison, are old residents of the county, and are
well and favorably known. Under any circumstances
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

and fellow citizens, let us dig down
deep for a good liberal amount to
keep our boys at the front, the boys
that are fighting for you and for me.
What are w doing for the boys
I who are willing to offer their blood
on the battle field, who stand up for
their country and humanity
Charles O.. Olsen.
Cottonwood Farm, Mekinock, N. D.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
POSTMASTER KILLED.

Bratnerd, Mimi, Oct. 1s.-John:
8 postmaster Of Flynnsburg,
Bergstrom rushed to the train
with q bag Of mail and topped direct .
~ into the path Of the engine. Both
Of MS legs were cut off and he died
later In the hospital at Little Fails.
l5ergstrom was 43 years old and is
by a wife and three chiIIrnn
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
SOCIALIST GIVEN
YEAR in JAIL FOR
OBSTRUCTING DRAFT

Minneapolis, Oct. 1s.-J. Q. Bentall
socialist candidate for governor last
year was sentenced to one year in the
Crow Wing county Jail by Judge w.
F. Booth in district court late yes
terday, following his conviction on
charges Of ~obstructing the selectiye
draft law, by advising an employe
not to register. The sentence is the
maximum under the law. A stay Of
month was granted.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
HONEY HUNTER HANGED.

Turin. Iowa, Oct. 1s.-william
smith. Al years old, a wealthy farmer.
was hanged while hunting honey in 4
tan tree near here. He slipped on q.
Sprancn and is neck was caught in 8
aorM 81 the tree. 30 feet above
with him, was unable to brinr Aid ~
for Smith had strangled to death.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
DIED TO SAVE s. son.

Alliance. Ohio. Oct. 1s.-seeinx her
o-year-old son andsa 7-year-old play
mate wvrithtng IN the grasp Of 8 iive
Wlre, Mrs. q: George Bloom today
l.nrsW nerseif headlong at the wire.
but paid the penalty With her 49,
rhs~etAae-ehaA -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

o folds of white and scarlet! Q blue with your silver
stars; May fond eyes welcome you, . wiling rect follow YOU.
blessing! Ours by inheritance, ours by allegiance. ours by
anection-long may you float on the free winds Of heaven.
the emblem of liberty, the hope of the world.