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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
NEW ARMY DISEASE,
SHELLSHOCK
CDR. Kellogg Speed in Leslie's.) :.

fDr. Kellogg Speed in Leslie's.)
Lat me quote from q recent edition
If the London Post: The casualty
lists last issued by the a ONCE &C
count for 4.2ss non.commtssioned Of
soars and men. Of whom 666 are dead.
. s75 wounded, and 94s missing.
among the wounded being ia cases
OF shell-shock."
western front waged In ditches 3 feet
deep, has developed Its OWL military
uecpi,a rites To the medical profess
lion it has brought . new disease.
known as shell-shock or shock
shali, as the British war office official
!" 10 understand its cause and action
mo must take our place in the trench.
"a with a company on the first line.
An attack is simmering n The con-
slant preliminary bombardment OF
heavy and light artillery Is on.
Shells, shrapnel, high explosives,
are rained on them and on the trench
with its narrow communication to the
supports in the rear. until there ts a
constant din Of tremendous explosions
and the air is filled with noxious gas.
Tin,e has come to seek cover and the
soldier ducks his steel-helmeted heod
into his underground dugout. CROWDS
down with his mates and waits for
the storm to blow over. Hours pass.
DAYS pass, some preliminary lombard
ments lasting four or five days, n
food. water, patience. and nerves +
exhausted by the awful din, the Mol-
some air. and the crowded quarters
with the sickening sights ct nearby
men disemboweled or otherwise
wounded unto death.
Then 1t is that minds GO awry. Shell
shock attacks the veterans as we'll as
the recruits. The poor la with neu-
rasthenic tendencies, with poor ner-
vous reserve or with histories OF sap.
ming excuses and habits, begin to OK
perience an e~ver-growing a Thci"
limbs start to tremble, their hearing
becomes affected, they cannot talk or
see. and when they can be rescued
in a lnll. they have become literally
scared to death.
Scientifically, the disease may be
divided into two classes. One is the
pseudo shell-shock following the
course outlined in men Of unstable
nervous equilibrium. deprived of food
and made to fear for their lives: and
the second class is tru shell-shock
occurring in men who really sustain
blows Of falling sand bags. and
planks, or are buried IN the lpheaval
Unfortunately the false division com
prises over R5 per cent OF the total
rurnber reported and they offer the
poorest hope Of recovery Of the prop
err martial spirit which the soldier
should have. The RI cases general
~ recover within a fortnight. They
may, however, slip on them into The
pseudo class and become unfit for &C
tive military duty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
A YELP OF HATE.
Los Angeles Times.

Does your paper sometimes read
rather undressing in spots? That is
not the fault Of the editor; far be it
from such: it is the fault of the copy
reader.
A copy reader is a pale person. with
a high brow and an inhuman dispose
ton. Like certain noxious plants, he
comes forth only at night: and like
predatory beasts. he lives only to tor
ture. A copy reader stands between
the reckless reporter and the punctil-
ious proofreader; one regards him
with %virulent hatred. the other with
shuddering horror. 1t is his function
to take a story with a sob In every
line, and a libel suit in every para
graph, and by a sort Of literary ~
can operation remove the libel and
leave the sohs: sometimes he removes
the sohs. and then there Is a wall
from h writer; sometimes he leaves
the libel, and then there is a new copy
reader.
A copy reader has few friends; he
Is A sort Of human mustard plaster,
unpleasant in the application. vicious
In action and extremely difficult to
lose. The hest thing hat Is ever said
Of him around the office is a mild hope
that he chokes before morning. and
the average reporters idea OF a pleas
ant afternoon is a ride out to the
cemetery with a copy reader, and then
a ride back alone.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
AMERICA AT WAR

the By ma5orities so large that the vote may be oonsid-
Aprered practically unanimous. the United States senate and
mouse OF representatives have declared that q state Of
pariwaf exists between the United States and the German
and have authorized and directed the president to
q Muse the entire land and sea forces Of the nation against
cnnnniefrnany. IN order that the war may be brought to a
.Eepssdy and victorious conclusion. The congress also
to the administration all the resources of the
SlnttcountEy for the prosecution of the war.
ioN The step Is a momentous one. It means of necessity
orIths active participation of the United States with the en-
edtsnte powers in the struggle against German autocracy.
= %ssyyThs war thaoh has been declared has not been Of our seek
going. It may be that the basic issues involved in the
European conflict would have rendered the participation
-eof the United States inevitable even without the series Of
injuries and onenses committed against this nation by the
German government. Stripped Of all non-essentials the
grsa& war has been from its beginning a conflict between
two opposite and irreconcilable ideals, the ideal Of auto
;craay and the ideal Of democracy. America could not
Shavs stood by and seen the cause Of democratic govern
hmsnt destroyed.
But aside from this, We have been forced into the
~waR by having war made upon us. 1t is idle to say that
rthsse was no hostility toward the United States ana that
the onenses committed against this country were merely
tnctdenta1 to Germanys prosecution Of her war aninst
othsEA Tho fact Is that the onenses were Committed:
they were committed with care and deliberations. they
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

were repeated over and over again: and Germany de-
clared her intent to continue them 50 long as she be-
lieved her interests warranted her in doing 50. 1t was
necessary that We should stand our ground or admit that
this nation is not an equal partner with the other nations
of the world In the rights and liberties which nations are
supposed to possess, but that we were a subordinate
state, subject to tho orders Of another power in the con-
duct Of our own affairs. To that detestable doctrine no
American with red blood in his veins can ever subscribe.
The nation 10 at war. War is q grim and desperate
thing under any circumstances, and this war Is a war to
the death, If not for nations, for dynasties and principles
of government. We have declared no partial war. There
are no reservations. 1t is a war which must be fought to
a finish, a war which must be won even II America be
called on to pour forth her millions Of mon and her mir
lions OF money. as Europe has already done. 1t is a war
in which every man and woman may be called into ser
vice, to the prosecution OF which every income and every
dollars worth of property in the land may be appro-
priated.
In all probability it will not call for such supreme
sacrifices. But whatever the sacrifice; 1t must be made.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
HOUR OF RECKONING
IS NEAR

The plain truth is-and it might as
we'll be spoken-that the present war
is one between the so-called common
people everywhere and the Hohenzol-
lern and Hapsburg families. The
Louisville Courier-Journal has not al
ways been parliam entary in its discus
sion of the war and the problems
growing out OF it. but 1t has come
nearer the truth than those towards
who have tried to carry water on
both shoulders. We wholly indorse
the following. written Of the kaiser.
in connection with the recent rather
bringing speech Of the German chan
cellor:
Is 1t not that he at last sees the
handwriting on the wall-that he.
too, as his chancellor puts it. recog-
nizes the signs Of the tirnesc Is it
not that this man-who has posed so
long as supern1an, who by the asser-
ton Of his imperial absolutism has
plunged the world into the direst
cataclysm Of destruction and slauKh-
ter since time began: who. whether
exploited by inordinate miiitarism or
1t, has wrecked the great
German empire, lost every rood Of its
colonies. annihiiated all its splendid
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
IMMIGRANTS FIRST
IMPRESSIONS
IN. e. Savage in Harper's.,

'th ~. 0oVdSO AL I1dlI0I 6J
shall never forget how depressed
my heart became as I trudged through
those Uttered streets. with the rows
Of push carts lining the sidewalks and
the centers Of the thorouRhfares. the
i'll smelling merchandise and the
deafening noise. My pretty little cou-
sin. elegant in her American tailored
suit. was stepping along beside me
apparently oblivious to the horrible
nigh unto fainting. So this was
America, I kept thinking. This was
the boosted American freedom and
opportunity-the freedom for respect
able citizens to sell cabbages from
hideous carts, the opportunity to live
In those monstrouA dirty caves that
shut out the suhshfhN.,.iAnd. when WE
got beyond Grand street and entered
the Rumanian section my cousin
pointed out to me several Of my for
mer fellow townspeople-men Of
worth and standing they had been in
Notwithstanding vociferously at
one kind Of stand or another, clad in
an absurd medley Of Rumanian sheep
pelts and American. red sweaters. Here
was Jonah Gershon, who had beer
the chairman Of the hospital commit .
tee IN vaslui n a prominent grain
merchant. He was dispensing soda
water and selling lollypops on tho
corner Of Essex street This was
|shloma Lobel. a descendant Of rahbis
ana himself o learned scholar. In
America he had attained to a basket
OF shoestrings and matches and San
dies. I myself recognized young Lay.
Wis. whose father kept the great drug
store in Vaslui. and who. after two
years OF training in medicine at tho
University Of Bucharest. was enjoy
ing the blessings Of American liberty
by selling newspapers on the streets.
Here and there were women, too,
once neighbors Of ours. mothers Of
ons and mistresses Of Respectable
households. And what were they do
Ing here In this diabolical country?
Well, here was one selling pickles
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
a double ROW of huckets placed

from a double row of buckets placed
on a square cart, yelling herself
jargon Of Yiddish and English" and
warming her hands by snatches over
an outlandish c%ontraptton filled with
glowing Goals. Farther on / came
upon another. laboriously pushing a
metal box on wheels and offering
baked potatoes and hot FINISHES to the
hungry, cold bitten passersby. And
all the while there vas the dainty
little figure Of Cousin Betty walking
airly beside me. unaware of the huge
tragedy of 1t all. She had herself
arrived no more than a year before,
but how callous America had already
made her? I asked myself whether
I. too, would harden and forget the
better days l had known. and 1 fer
vently hoped not.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
FLASHES FROM GREAT MEN.

Thackeray-Hunor is wit and love.
Emerson-Naturs cannot be surprised in undress.
Beauty breaks in everywhere.
Kossuth-1 am a man Of peace. God knows how
1 love peace. But I hope I shall never be such a coward
as to mistake oppression for peace.
Landor-There 10 a gloom in deep love, as in deep
water; there is a silence in 1t that suspends the foot;
and the folded arms and the detected head are the i'm
ages it reflects.
Bruyere-A genius and great abilities are often
wanting, sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve
praise for what they have done, and others for what they
would have done.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
RUesIA's "OLD REGnE"
New Ropublic.

New Republic.
No doubt before the account 10 settled = very heavy
price will have to be paid for the extirpation of such a
growth. Tho Old Regime in Russia. like the
od Regime In France, may require for its eradication a
Of revolutionary unrest. Lake the Old Regime
IN france. 1T may infect with its poisonous virus the in
and the men by which IL is supplanted. But
"ns'ever these consequences are, they should be ac-
copied without ninchins. The Russian bureaucracy was
. sordid conspiracy against the welfare Of the Russian
people and the progress Of the world. The price which
mas TO be paid for it, anal extinction can be paid with
. wholshearted sense Of value received,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

"A school teacher was recently COM
plimented on the success attending
the examination Of her pupils. When
a question was put every hand in the
class was raised. Although more than
score OF questions were asked. in
no instance was an incorrect answer
given.
One Of the teachers whose pupils
did lot acquit themselves very cred
itab1y made an investigation and sue
eeded in gaining the confidence of
a scholar under the care of her sue
cessful colleague.
Now" she said. chow is that all
OF you are able to reply to questions?"
But we're not"
AT all vents 40 put up your
hands as if you were"
Yes. we all put up our hands. But
o who don't know the answer nut
up their left hands, and those who do
put up their right hands. The right
hand boys reply; the others don't"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
ADJUSTMENTS
The Grind.

TIL Grand.
three hne vaudeville acts and an
sxeepQonally good motion picture.
Inc Dummy" featuring Jack Pick
toro. comprise the current bill at tho
1sano. n Famous Players have
Meae q most excellent Aim version OF
NY clever detective drama, which had
8Hite = vogue on the stage. Jack
rsek1ord. Of course. 10 one Of the rsa.
sTns way u e 90 good. He rapidly 10
rsnning merited fame for his char.
e~s.orssat'ons In his role Of the dis
.detss MESSENGER boy. who turns
oe.eotive.' he IL great. His hunnor
n., .rely Whimsical and his acting 10
MIN his opportunity to display his
varied talents. Frank Losee. az De-
seetive Habbings and Edwin stanley
And Helen Green as the parents OF
inc kidnapped child gave excellent in.
erpretations while not a little credit
1s y to little Ethelmary Oakland as
Bery!k. the child.
Dummy" presenta q thrilling
u Us. story. with . oleverly hand-
the In . .dstsc, Of the child performed by
Bollinger and Reynolds present a
= number In Fun on the Wire"
h!ass ana Wniman, ..svnconated
Mus!ksrs." play music the audience
MsmS = play It we'll, while mas
y presenting In IA nav n
Sp ~. : camp" contribute an exoep.
uo"a''y rood athletic uumbsr.
Wheat !: up around two del,a..a
oo@oIno!. q Argentina has pissSi An
s11S.sse % ths axDeftaNsa5er1hea
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
START OF THE WAR,
New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun,
the entente allies started the war. Germany says.
Their plan was, We presume. for servia to conquer
Austria-Hungary while Belgium devastated Germany.
England especially showed her hand when she hurled
an enormous army Of 100, 900 mon against only tvo or
tnree millions OF Germans . . . and these Germans.
taken completely by surprise. staggered forward into
France. They got nearly a. far a. Paris, We believe. be-
fore they recovered from their astonishment.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
NO FINER ToRae a. GOVERNMENT.
Vic. Presidsnt M.r.h.u IN ,..u.,,

vcs President Marshall in leslie,s.
1"bs!isvs there 10 no hnsr form Of government than
the one under which We live and that I ought to b. will
ing to live OF, die, as God DEGREES. that 1t may not perish
from on tho earth throush. treachery within or throukh
assault from without; and I believe that, though nv nrst
right 10 to be q partisan. my nrst duty, when the only
principles on which free government can rest are bs,ne
strained. is to bs q patriot and to follow In a wilderness
Of words that clear call which bids mo guard and des.nd
the ark Of our national covenant.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
CONVICTIONS

by ia Senator LaFollette complains because he has been
tee yua;riticized for voting according to his convictions. Since
sidereMr. LaFollette is one Of the handful Of men who. a month
entrenched themselves behind a technically and
place prevented the seventy-ax other senators then in the
sartHas,;hamber from voting according to their convictions. a
talk complaint of that kind comes with poor grace from his
city. fps.
Mr.. LaFollette complains bitterly Of the manner
" pm which he has been assailed on the platform and in the
have press. He resents the attacks which have been made
actiohpon him. Again Mr.. LaFollette has no right to COM
~ = plain. He has made his bed; let him lie in it. No other
sdvssnan in public life in the United States has been so BIT
proster, so .ungenerous, SO utterly uncharitable in his de-
weoknunciation of the men who did not agree with him. He
~ has malgned them in the press and denounced them
motsfrom the platform. He has imputed to them every sort
foursof improper motive. And yet he is the man to whine
reopwhen others put some vigor into the criticisms which
- = They believe he has deserved.
Ar Mr. LaFoNette should vote according to his convtc-
IA 3dons. But 1t is unfortunate that he has the sort of con-
AvAvictions that he has. They are not honorable, and not
10 his credit.
1T is possible for a man-and MI. LaFollette is an
ILLUSTRATION OF ito be quite sincere in some abominable
~ convictions. 1t is possible for a man so to cultivate the
-.,.,s spirit of narrow egotism and so to give rein to his am
Wubitions that he loses all sense Of proportion and actually
comes to believe SO completely in his own greatness as to
lose sight of everything else. That seems to be the trouble
with Senator LaFollette.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

commerce, desolated the land in ruin.
crushed its people in poverty and
famine. filled the muck Of the trench
es. the reek of the prisons, the maws
Of the buzZards with the millions of
it's best manhood and made imperial
Germany abhorred and despised Of all
mankind-is it not that he sees that
the hour of reckoning is near: that
the people whom he can deceive no
longer will turn from his victims to
his Judges: that unless he now prom
ises to concede them at least part Of
their rights. SO long denied them,
they will take all their rights? Is it
not, indeed, that this se~lf-elected part
ner of the people. whom he has tram
pied as mire under his feet, in the
hope that by thus surrendering his
claims to infallibility and omnipo-
tence he may save his throne to HIM
self and his long-necked. %receding-
chinned progeny?
The point for US to remember is
that we are at war, o with a few
submarine commanders who are will
ing to commit murder under orders.
but with a system that must be de-
stroyed. We and the Entente Allies
have a common enemy. and We should
act together against him. There
would he 40 submarine murders were
there no Hohenzollern government.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
TRAVEL ON ARMED SHIPS

NOW Comment has been made in both the house and the
. Mi4ed to travel between Great Britain and her coion,es
nents substantially to this effect exist. 1t has been main
sHf Tfained that this furnished n unansWerable argument in
-, avor Of the imposition of like restrictions on the travel
- 4HG1 American citizens. Those who attempt such a line
Cl,,Hf reasoning are either remarkably dense or their minds
d lave become SO warped by their German partisanship
hat they cannot see straight.
- 1-,. These advocates of submission to German orders
narior tveflook the highly important fact that Great Britain
9anizeNas at war with Germany, and the United States was
last nIet
SaEue Great Britain did not acquiesce in the killing of
omen fomen and children. She did not follow the practice
Moorhlerself. nor did she concede that any other nation had
Minimize right to do 30. She was at war with a nation which
liz ~ am,.1ad demonstrated the worthlessness of its pledges as 1t
-fusal Aad shown its contempt for considerations of humanity.
courashe continued to be at war. She patrlled the sea with
ing tnlsr ships to seek out and destroy the enemy. She mar
: ror -" TS1haled her men by the million. She dyed the soil of
Of therance with her blood. And. while she was doing this,
Moorhhe sought, as best she could. to protect the helpless from
the Sered lights out At night, because the destroyer was IN
holderhe air as we'll as under water. But we have not seen
one othat any British public mar maintained that while such
H. 1p5rovtsons were necessary she was at peace with Ger
party many.
the CT Senator Works. Senator Clapp, Representative
Cooper. and perhaps some others. would have had the
.rad. United States take the same steps for the protection Of
North1er people against the aggressions of a power with which
zationWe were at peace a Great Britain found it necessary to
~ FAKE against a power with which she was at war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

April showers bring May flowers. and May apple.
WI soon % ready Tor the harvest. The ultimate consum.
or should cheer up.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

Presume the Allies are wondering il there i. a hoo,
on the Hindenburg line.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06

The cure coscissness Of this cable n n. .r
American Fund for french ewounded carries . c.r&.,,
~convsstson that the MON stequsnt news dispatch sft.r
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-04
Effect of Wind Upon Sound.

One of the government scientists
gives an interesting explanation Of the
action of the wind in preventing the
spread of sound.
1t is. he claims, not the wind as such
that prevents sound from travelling
against it, but differences in the
strength of the wind If. for instance.
the wind is stronger above than below
or stronger at one side its effect will
be to tilt the sound waves in one direc-
ton or another. Differences OF temper
allure in the air also cause detection OF
the waves OF sound. Other atmos-
pheric causes exist which defect sound
from a straight course. Some OF the
sirens In this country. says this scien-
fist. produce sounds which ought theo-
retically TO be audible Mt Il distance OF
1900 miles; but, in fact, the autholi-
ties are satisfied if they are heard only
two miles away The reason for the
Discrepancy between calculation and
experiment was probably atmospheric
detection of the sound
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-04

Timd. BRINGING, ia,iug or bis hat
respectfully 90 every white man he
meets, the Indian Of The west coast Of
South America is a pitiablc object.
In the cities 30 shares with the burro
the honor Of being eycrybody's burden
bearer no one but an Indian VIII be
seen with even the smallest package
and YOU can engage detachment of
the "childrcn of the sun to carry homo
anything from hair q pound Of tea 70 Il
200 pound trunk. You pay him what
you wlll he dGros net CHATTER about
price with n white man.
On the great plantations and in the
mines the Indian is virtual slave.
There is no free agricultural lahcr on
the west coast. -Four DAYS Il week the
pcon must work for the great land
holders at the munifcent wage Of 10
cents day The rest OF the time he
may devote to his own acre or two,
which must feed and clothe his family.
World outlook.