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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
81 Didn't Raise MY Boy"

1s it you who are keeping him
back?
Shame on you. Mother! You are no
true, proud mother.
1t isn't only the men who have got
to be brave, these days. It's the wo-
men, too. We all have much to risk
when there's q wicked war in the
world.
Don't you know, this is q wal to
destroy wicked war?
Don't you want your son to help
make the world over?
This is a val to saw our liberty,
our manhood, our womanhood; the
best life has to give.
Mother. what did you raise your
boy for ? Wasn't it to be a mar and
do a mans work?
Could he find a greater Cause than
this to live for?
You should be proud il he can be
a Soldier.
You must send him out with a
smile. p.
Courage! You must help him to be
brave.
We must all help one another to be
brave and unselhsh.
For America!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
UNION LABOR AND THE WAR

Organized labor throughout the country has entered
heartily into the war work Of the nation, ana there are
many evidences Of its hearty sympathy in the efforts be-
Ing put forth for the perpetuation of democracy through
out the world. The Federation Of Labor. in which most
Of the labor unions of the country are members, has
placed itself on record an in favor Of the most thorough
cooperation with the government of the nation in the
great work which has been undertaken. Among other
things. the Federation has proposed 4 plan for the pre-
ii this plan is adopted, as it is likely to be in its essen
tials. all grievances which arise between employees belong
ing to the federated unions and their employers will be
submitted to a proper board Of conciliation or arbitra-
ton, and the work will proceed without Interruption.
The International typographical Union has taken
advanced ground along this line. and many members Of
the organization are now fighting in the cause OF democ-
racy at the front. Thirty-eight members OF the Interna-
tional Typographical Union. who were members Of the
Canadian expeditionary force, have been killed in the
war. About 500 members Of the Canadian Typograph-
ical Unions are now in active service with the allied
forces in France. and moro than 800 have thus far enlist
ed in the forces Of the United States.
The interest of the members Of the Typographical
Union has been shown not alone in the matter Of per-
sonal enlistment, but in the subscription of large sums to
the Liberty Loan. The International Union, through its
executive council, has purchased $4,000 Of these bonds.
and many thousands Of dollars have been subscribed by
separate unions. This, Of course, 10 in addition to the
large aggregate subscriptions in varying amounts by in
dividual members Of the union.
The protest of Grand Forks members Of the local
typographical union against the unpatriotic utterances Of
Townley and his associates was not q spasmodic utterance
Of a few individuals who were out Of sympathy with their
fellows, but was in line with the general spirit of union
labor which has found effective expression in many ways.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
THE SNAKE In MAIL
tBy Helen Gray Cone of the

tBy Helen Gray Cone Of the
Vigilantea.)
tPoet, Editor and Author Soldiers
Of the Light" etc.
The Snake flowed out of it's cave
Suddenly into the light,
Winding, wallowing, wave on wave,
scaly and steely- bright.
Cold were the eyes Of it,
Dull in its crested head,
AS the thick ice Of the central Dit,
And the stare of them struck men
(The Snake, the Snake, the Snake!
Let not the Snake prevail!
For Mans sake, for Gods sake.
Strike at the Snake in MailD
Grim and great was the Snake,
Swift and subtle to plan;
And the horror a it spake,
1t spake with the voice Of a man:
II am the Will Of Power,
Wielder Of death and Of dearth.
I am the Lord of the hour,
Fierce with the lust Of the earthi'
With the spell Of its icy y Q
It made q People its own;
1t 'numbed the brains Of the wise
And 1t turned good hearts to stone,
Through the earth and the air and
the brine
They have followed it unafraid:
1t has spared neither ship nor shrine,
It has spared neither babe nor
maid.
(The Snake, the Snake, the Snake!
Let not the Snake prevail!
Yea. for the sake Of the Folk that
followed,
Strike at the Snake in Mail!)
We said, It's a Shape Of the night
At the dawn the dream will break /,
But We could no blind our souls 70
its blight
And the lreQ wrack in its wake.
We shuddered and said, Let bel"
Let US put the thought Of Il by.n
But the Thing can swim underneath
the sea
The Thing can swoop from the sky,
We said, III We frosted 1t quare.
= rs .athered our strength to
With tbs spsil OF tits icy glare
It would freese ~ into its lIke..'
But what the dark event
e the Snake Wlthia ssteel-sray r1rth
CHRISTIANS theehope o. Man - Il }ver,f.
BSltsd b founds Of the sarth7
Isss 1n.ks ~ SNAKE, DO snaxs,,
1919 notstAe saaaAke PREVAIL!
. - q IL thousand
ArN1ban64 Years
Atzeke Z IthesGaaks1 81 NaiJ!y H
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
SACRED CONVERSA-
TON
By Lee Wilson Dodd
of the Vie1lantes.

: " oAC vA4A0AAOS0s
playwright and Author Of "rhe Re-
Beam 1.-THE Middle Miles," etc.,
Said Hindenberg to Kaiser Bill
Most Exalted, here am I
To tell you plainly we must kill
All mon saw Germans. or we die.
LET US be thorough. The High God
Has destined US to rule the world;
And he would think it rather odd
If you were from your Empire hurled.
ut might upset his mighty plans
For generations, did we yield s'
To these insane republicans
Who dare to brave us on the field.
But they arc stubborn, Sire; they
As If they really meant to win,
Drag down this sainted Realm Of
Light
And damn themselves with mortal
They night for freedom! That's
To prove their wtckedness! So We
Must do Gods will and simply snuR
Them out, and with them-Liberty!!"
well barked" yelped kaiser Bill to
Hindenbers. "Go. to it! Stay
them all!
God loses II I do not win,
And II ] falter Heaven may fall!
Sink every ship upon the sea,
Burn every city on the land
Except Of course in Germany,
That I might II on Gods right hand!
-aLI-fE As. E-ltSgrgH 1900 EH.LEESf. lHH.E
.And - for you. my faithful HIM.
HeIu DIace you on hts LETT, no dou6t
IN aTnoT shining Hlks the sun;
w AL the hoss u Haavsn wtu
t a1hOut- BkG F
..'Hal Hindsalasx, Wa saved M III
In HA1ens ltvfaS AntDaAcy&
b hostang down aGA1not aGfwa1i
- hsolsLb3Uy
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
HOW WAR WILL END
Way to Force Germany to Seek
Peace is to Defeat Her
in Europe.
in Europe.
tFrom the New York Commercial.

(From the New York Commercially
Men Of affairs and newspapers that
said this war would not last q year
are again tempting the fate that ov-
ertakes most prophets by predicting
that war will end this year because
the United States has been added to
the long list of Germany's foes and
Germany cannot afford to fight US.
The answer is that Germany has re-
with US ever since M Of her sub
marines sank the Lusitania, and she
deliberately forced us into var near
" W. years later. after she had
vatnly waited for us to accept n Of
the dozen challenges she flung in our
face from time to time. When she
ordered Americans and American
ships off the high seas she prepared
to fight us at home, as h publica-
ton of the Zimmerman note disclos-
ed.
One of these prophets whom fail
ure does not discourage says Ger
many will sue for peace within a
year because If Germany had all Of
Europe beaten, hopelessly beaten a
year from now, Germany's position
would be worse than 1t is today; for
OsVVV 4AllACS away oA0 "VuAA IAlCN ldC0
an enemy with unlimited money and
other resources, that would be ready
with fleets, with submarines and with
1000. 900 men," 1t Is not that this
IL untrue, but that Germany has shut
her eyes to the truth, which makes
such predictions vain. Germany is
running amuck and she would fight
US for the sake Of the indemnities her
government has told the people will
be exacted from beaten foes to pay
the cost of war. We would be the
only country capable Of paying. and
with "all Of Europe beaten" she
would try to come here to collect.
If we are so secure from attack by
a victorious Germany, what have we
to fear from Japan? The prophet
who treasures US about Germany has
been telling ID for two years that
Japan will eat us up one of these
days. One prediction contradicts the
other. The way to force Germany to
sue for peace is to defeat her In Eu-
rope. Germany has appealed to the
arbitration of the sword, and the YER
dict Of that court is the one which
will settle the time and the terms of
peace.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
REs6AINED sEATEn

Ct. Louis Republic: At a church
adjacent to a big military camp a
service wa recently held for soldiers
Let all you brave fellows who have
preacher.
Instantly every man ross except
"Ah!. exclaimed the preacher.
peering at this lone individual. "You
are one in . thousand"
It amt that" piped back the on.
y man who had remained seated. Is
the rest OF his comrades gaxed sus-
pictously It him. 'somebodys but
Zone copnier's wax on tho ssat and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
NTI-CONSCRlPTONIS
By Theodoaa Garrison
OF the Vie1lAntee.


Surely, they shall not shame US over
long :
These feeble winners in the market
place
Striving with a~ll-pervertsd will to
wrong
The land that gives them housing
OF its grace.
These be the raging waves christ's
Breaking in foam against a rock most
strong
These would be wreckers Of . right
surely. they shall not shame US over
3Whst nssd for answ.r! Near and far
Youth, Courage. Honor to thsir eolors
And thoss Sdisloyal Who would bar tho
Thank CO. th.t vith III eonaasnos
-sus:!y,.thsyA.n not ah1a.s g
0lsaseApwsGamAn Asffv1I ~ mona
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
A VERSATILE MAN

One Of the speakers on the program OF the North Da.
kota Purity federation In session at Fargo 10 John M
Basr. A. G. Townleys nominee for congress and some.
time illustrator Of Jim Jam Jema
Mr.. Baer is a versatile man.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20

I want this to be Americas war.
The eason is simple. This terrible
conflict should not merely be a strug-
gle for victory. It ought to be the
lasting triumph over that most dread
ed Of all human recollections-the
c~entury-old inheritance Of Europe's
political crimes.
Let me try and show o the back
ground against which I see this war.
I was born and educated in one Of
the small neutral countries Of the old
continent. From earliest childhood I
was surrounded by ghastly recollec-
tons Of the past. Not mere vague
rumors Of years Of starvation follow
ed by the plenty Of conquest. But
grave realities which had meant ruin
and death to many Of my immediate
ancestors. In 4 little cupboard were
the buttons worn by my maternal
to Moscow by the hungry pride Of
Napoleon. In the room Of my parents
there hung the picture of my paternal
great-Erandfather, whose small for
tune was swept away whom the for
eign despot who destroyed our ma
tional independence c~on1scated every
penny we possessed. At school I
continent Of Asia and Africa and
America 1t was the same dreary story
of a large empire grown rich at the
cost Of its weak neighbor. When I
was sixteen the war for the independ-
enoe Of the Transvaal began. We. boys
in Holland, saw the backwash Of this
Uneven conflict. The noble figure Of
President Steyn Of the free state, a
ma like a full-grown tree but bent
down and broken from harshtp and
suffering pushed along in 4 little car
rtage like a helpless child, told US
what 1t meant when the weak dared
to offend the mighty.
So the story continued. Our futile
anger at the %conqueror was Offset by
the indignation We felt against the
potentate who protested his love for
the struggling Beers while he provtd-
ed their enemies with elaborate plans
of campaign and valuable military
advice.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20

("Dear vigilantes:-Here 10 =
Hollander's view Of your war. I
wish 1t were Hollands war, also,
but It isn't and for the present
It can't be. I should be glad IL
you would give this little appeal
Of mine wide circulation. It
might help Americans to .
somewhat more clearly than they
do now the great issues for which
they are fighting. For obvious
reasons I must ask you to with
hold my name."-A Noted Dutch
publiciat.l d.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
Building Funds Apportioned.

The State Building Commission in
session here authorized the expendi-
ture of practically 100000 of bond is
sue funds for permanent improve
ment in state institutions. Only three
members of the commission we're in
session here. They were Mr.. r. F..
Dalton of Greensboro chairman, Mr.. j.
H. Bridgers of Henderson secretary,
and Mr.. D. w. Patrick of Snow Hill.
The commission determined that all
institutions receiving funds from the
proceeds of thesbond issues should file
with the commission preliminary state
ments of what they propose to build,
the purpose Of the building, the gem
eral description, materials to be used.
It was decided that all plans and
sketches submitted by the architects,
engineers and contractors for the vari-
Gus boards and institutions whose
buildings, improvements and additions
come under the supervision of the
building commission, shall be submit
ted to the building commission with
recommendations Of the superintend-
ents and board. The commission adj
journed to meet against May 81 at
1920.
One or the largest single approprfa-
tions authorized was that Of $4,000 to
be spent with the approval of the In
surance Commissioner for insta11a-
ton of fire protection apparatus at the
various state institutions.
Other appropriations were:
State Santatorium for Tuberculosis,
$4,000 for biler and deep we'll hereto
fore contracted and $4,000 for water
works system, fire protection, sewer
and sewage disposal plant.
Eastern State Hospital, 1884 for
steel water tank, coal trestle, addition
to kitchen, and canning plant
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
&6L3OYH
SCOUT S
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America)
SCOUTS TO AID RED CROSS

DIR. Ernest P. Bicknell, director gen.
eral OF the American Red Cross, and q
member of the executive board Of the
Boy Scouts of America, has been in
conference with other officials at the
Boy Scout headquarters, working out
definitely the plans proposed for the
cooperation of the 258,OOO scouts and
scout officials with the Red Cross in
it's war work.
Doctor Bicknell is enthusiastic about
the prospect of efficient aid by the Boy
Scouts of America in various branches
of Red Cross work. In the first place
every boy scout receives, in his regu-
lar scout training, instruction and pracS
tice in first aid and life-saving, and
many scouts have gained such high pro-
ficiency in first aid that they have OBJ
tanned the Merit Badge, which the
scout movement offers.
The second factor making for eff
Gent cooperation with a great relief
organization like the Red Cross, is that
the boy scouts, wherever located, in
big cities or in hamlets, are organized
in definite groups and are under re-
SpOnsible adult leadership. This lead
ership can be reached quickly with the
information as to ways to help, togeth-
er with instructions, from the national
headquarters of the movement. Thus
it is that more than a quarter of mil
lion men and boys with special train
ing become partners of the National
Red Cross in the work it has to do to
meet its tremendous and steadily in
creasing responsibilities in war time.
Service. of local groups of this kind
can be given more effectively in coop
GRAFTON with the local chapters of the
American Red Cross. And local scout
leaders everywhere have been advised
to Immediately acquaint themselves
with the local Red Cross need.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
REGULATION
OF THE COAL INDUSTRY

Proposed to Congress BY Federal
Trade Commission.
Neutrality-suspicious. regulation
of the coal industry, including the fix
ing of prices, was proposed by the
Federal Trade Commission in a report
to Congress charging producers and
brokers with exacting exorbitant prof
it's, and blaming the present coal
shortage at consumption points on in
adequate transportation facilities.
"The price of bituminous coal,
which is a necessity, should be fxed,"
said the report, accordingeto the same
general principle which has been es-
tab1ished in the conduct of public util-
tiles. At a time like the present, ex-
cessive profits should not be permitted
to be extorted from the public by pro-
ducers and distributors of any prime
necessity of life"
In line with the Trade COMMISSIONS
statements concerning transportation,
the supreme court handed down de-
cision upholding the power of the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
compel railroads to furnish reason
ably adequate supply of coal cars
to handle normal and seasonable de-
mands for interstate commerce orfgi-
mating at mines along their lines, and
to award reparation to shippers for
failure to supply cars.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
ONE BOYS "wINTER GARDEN"

Boy Scouts are planning to make
their gardens 100 per cent efficient,
by not allowing a single pea or potato
to go to waste. Mr.. Benson of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, strongly urges all amateur gar
deners to do the same.
"a little boy, who learned canning
from our department, wrote me that
he had raised four gardens from one
little piece of ground" he says. Ellis
spring crop, he said, was one garden,
his summer crop a second, and his
fall crop third. His fourth was a
winter garden He said the latter had
q rows, and 18 hills to a row. Each
hill, he added, was a One-quart jar
filed with preserved vegetables which
his other three gardens had produced.
In his winter garden he had 'one
row Of corn on the cob, two rows Of
corn off the cob and one row each OF
carrots, spinach, caulifower, cabbage
and other vegetables.
Canning will be just as important
a part Of the Boy Scouts work as rails
ing vegetables"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
THOUSANDS ARE MADE HOME.
LESS WHEN FLAMES SWEEP
RESIDENTIAL SECTION.
SEVENTY FIVE BLOCKS BURN
Estimates on Loss Vary Between Two
and Three Million DoIIars.-SoIdiers
Guard Stricken Section.-Dynamite
Won Fight.

Atlanta, Ga. Fire that swept
through a large section of Atlanta
from Decatur street north and north.
| east, cutting a clean swath of vary,
ing widths, finally was brought under
control just before it reached the At
1amta baseball park.
The city is virtually under martial
law administered by hundreds of sol
diers who have been training at Fort
Mcpherson Or National Guardsmen in
camp here acting under the direction
of Col. Charles r. Moves, u. S. A, who
officially is under the guidance of the
Chief of Police.
Thousands of homeless persons
Auditorium Armory, the Negro Odd
Fellows hall and in hundreds of pri-
waite homes. The most of them saved
only what they could carry, as house
hold goods piled in the streets in ad-
vance of the flames were devoured in
the rush Of the conf1agration.
For six hours dynamite was resort
ed to and it finally won the fight. Fire
fighting apparatus sent from other
more as acre after acre of smoldering
ruins await water to make them safe.
Only one death has been reported.
Mrs. Hodges died of shock after her
home burned. Sixty injured persons
were taken to hospitals, but it was re-
ported none was seriously hurt.
Approximately rs blocks were de-
vastated, but the area cannot be cor
rectly estimated by blocks as after the
fight at Ponce de Leon avenue the
flames skirted that thoroughfare on
the south side of the street for some
distance.
Officials would not hazard a guess
at the monetary loss. The destroyed
buildings ranged all the way from
shacks occupied by negroes to homes
up to $4,000 or $4,000. Some estimates
we're between 100000 or 100000,
but they were neither from authori-
tive sources nor based on calculations
to give them weight.
The blaze started in the Skinner
Storage and Warehouse Plant near
Decatur street, just east of Fort street,
from a cause not determined. 1t
quickly spread to the small houses
nearby which we're dry from lack of
rain and driven by high wind, start
ed to rapidly eat it's way north and
north
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
Test Farm Crops Are Fine.

Commissioner w. A. Graham, OF the
department of agriculture, returned
from a visit to the state test farm in
the black lands of Hyde county, ana
says that he found crop conditions In
that section the finest he ever saw
anywhere. He saw two huge fields OF
Irish potatoes of $50 acres EACH
nearly ready to dig. The potato crop
all through that section is fine. The
cultivation of these black drained
lands, he says, is marvellous in many
respects. He found men who had
paid $40 per acre for these lands
cleaned them out and put them in Gull
tivation by planting corn with sticks
in unbroken lands and raised a crop
that paid for the land the first year
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-24
Emsroency Is Not Yet Mef.

Emsruehcy 10 Not Vet Met.
notwithstanding the fact thor ~.
campaign for an increased acraaga :,
ana production OF food and feods+,,+p -
uas Deen pushed in every section oe
Nort9 Carolina there is a distinct faar
yet that the emergency has NOT 49,,
met and that many people in this sto+a
ale eolng TO find themselves in a yerv
~no1poItaole position during the
coming fall and winter.
we know that the rorces works,,o
Ia this campaign have gotten eYca1.
lent results in practically every sac.
zion OF the state declared Holm po,,,
Lucas, executive secretary of tho
North Carolina Food Consar-zo4;~,,,
commission, "but we are NOT foo1,,,e-
ourselves. We know that an increas-
Gu acreage has been planted in food
ana Ieed crops already and that the
prantlng season is not vet mast R,,t
we also know that it ia hard for on,
pe"ple 10 appreciate just how much
more we must produce than we ordi.
nar1iy do to make up for what we
nave been importing each year We
KNOW that we have not yet in sight.
e1ther already seeded or under prena-
ration for planting, sufficierN addi-
Clonal acreage to anything like make
up the deficit that will be caused nv
tne withdrawal for military purposes
or the huge amount of food and feed
supplies we have been importing from
the West and other sections
Il believe that our farmers. as a
general thing, are going to do their
utmost to meet the situation. We
nave many opportunities of observing
this. They are rallying nobly From
almost every county we have reports
OF farmers who realize that in this
fight to the death the farmer occupies
strategic position and are acting &C.
cord1ngly. One farmer in Moore coun.
ty had 100 acres of land prepared for
cotton. Ninety acres of that land was
planted in corn instead. An Edge
"ombe county farmer seized IL acres
Of land of one of his tenants had pre-
Dared for cotton and planted it for his
tenant in corn. We have urged
reasonable reduction in the tobacco
and cotton acreage and have secured
some reduction, but we must look
mostly to the extra acres that will be
cultivated and to the increased produc-
tSon per acre as a result of good TIL
age methods and heavier fertilization
tor the greatest results"