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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14

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business, which combinations are not now permitted
under the federal laws.
A good many, people have come to realize. AZ Mr.,
Reed has not, that when an American merchant or
manufacturer does business in a foreign county, he is
not doing businesss there under the laws OF theeUnited
States. He Is in a world market, and is subject to the
conditions OF that market II the lawss sof his own
country prohibit certain customs he is debarred from
the use of those methods at home in his own donley-
tic trade. But that may not hamper him seriously, Tor
all his competitors are subjected to the. same restncy.
lions. He goes into the Argentine market. for instahck.
There he meets rivals from England, fronnaFrance, from
Holland f-om the Scandinavian countries, from Ger.
many Cor he will after the war;, andsfrom, other 5coun;
tries. The conditions under (which his goods are pro-
rduced do not govern the German or the English, or the
Dutch producer. Each producer Is governed in his ac-
tvnies by the laws of his own land, and II those laws
are such as to place hia at a disadvantage in the COM
petition which he must meet, he may say goodbye to
the prospect of extending his trade.
- The purpose hof the pending bill is to permit ar.
rangements which, SO far as foreign; trade is concerned.
will tend to correct these inequalities. The question is
often asked why. IL the removal of some of the existing
restrictions will make for production at lower costs,
similar arrangements should not be made with refer
ence to domestic trade in order that the home con-
sumner may beneht. That is "a question that will bear
9 lot of discussion. But, regardless Of the decision on
American. business abroad should be- compelled to carry
a load which hampers 1t IN its competition with. the
business of other countries.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
RIVAL TELEPHONE,
co. IGNORES BOARD

sykeston, N. ID. Dec. 13.-D. E.
O'BriAn. proprietor of the Home Tel
'ephone exchange, has complained to
the state board of railway commits
sioners that the New Home Telephone
company is planning to build local
and toll lines paralleling his. He
states that there. is not enough bust
ness at Sykeston for two companies,
and further, that while he has receiv-
ed authority from the railway com
mission to operate his lines. the rival
concern has ignored the commission
entirely. 1t Is understood that Secre-
tary Calderhead Of the rail board has
written the new company that II it at
tempts to construct wire lines and
;operate without first fling a petition
with and obtaining permission from
the board that they will be prose
cuted for the violation of a state law,
(which isgverys explicit on this subject
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
WATER SUPPLY
BIG THING in
GREAT DRIVE
Next to Amrnunitions, j
Mea1h Much to the
3 Soldier.

French Front, Dec. 14.-Next aft
or q plentiful supply of munitions h
provision OF. water for the troops in
the trenches is the most important
task facing the staff of an army in
the field When the correspondent of
The Associated Press, following close
on the heels of an attacking force,
arrives imsthe front lines, where the
troops aressengageds In. demonstrating
their newly Conquered positions. he is
most welcGAne When,,he has with him
~ whllAfllsd water bottle,.tti
The soldiers during abe advance
have generally exhausted their sup
ply, have lost their water bottles on
he archa over the ground torn up by
shells. or perhaps have seen h wa
ter spprt out as a bullet passed
through the tin gourd. Despite their
physician exhaustion and nervous ten
sion. the troops must continue to fight
and sometimes for days after an at
tack it is impossible to bring water
or food up to them even during the
night without the sacrifice of many
Of the. lives%of the men Of the supply
columns. n .y .7
Even behind the front lines, in the
cantonments and villages where the
troops In reserve or at rest are quar-
tered, the SUPPLY of water for both
men and horses is surrounded with
many, DIFFICULTIES, since large quanti-
ties are needed for both drinking and
washing, and these are not available
in country communities. Also the
numerous small locomotives Of the
network of narrow-guage railroads
consume immense amounts.
The closest study has been given to
this question by, army engineers, and.
with the progress OF the war they
have developed IN excellent system
of supplying the needs Of the army in
officers and. men have been organized
into what is called the Army Water
Service. Each army composed 81 sew
eral army corps now is provided with
a superior officer in command of sew
cral other officers and a company Of
expert ,well-sinkers. borers. plumbers,
and pump4erectors. fto whom are at
.tached, according to the Importance
of the work to be undertaken, labor
channels the laying of heavy piping
and the loading and unloading of ma
terials. No fewer than seventY-fve
officers and $500 experts are employ
ed or the French front in France in
this highly important work, while the,
number Of labor" units they can call
upon to aid them is almost unlimited.
These men have cleaned $500 wells
contaminated by the Germans in their
retreat and have laid over two hun
dred miles of water pipes.
From the yVAAter supply centres mo-,
tor trucks. Eeaeh7 carrping three bar
rels containing 500 quarts apiece,
make several trips. daily to points as
near the front lines as possible, where
they discharge the contents into cis-
terms. To those cisterns the mules
and donkeyss attached to the. battali-
n occupying the lines are led1each
night and are loaded with small barr
rels of water. one on each side Of the
saddle. with which they make their
way through the communication
trenches to the thirsty troopers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14

work. Women should not be called
into service. she declared, however,
until it. became absolutely necessary,
as their paramount duty was to Inain-
tain existing moral and educational
standards
Other speakers: were F. W. Taus-
sig, chairman Of the United States
commission. Fuel Admiilstra-
tor Garfield. NJ. L.. Requaaof the food
administration F. n, Hurley, chair
! ofsthe shipping boArd; L. II.
Horning. chairman a~utofhobile prod
ucts section of the Council Of Nation
al Defense. Senators Pomerene and
Newlands, A. w. u Shaw chairman
commercial economy board OF ths
Council of National Defense. and C.
a.: Richards. of the war trade hoard,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
NAVY INQUIRY
TO BE MADE.

Washington, Dec. IA house sub
committee to thoroughly investigate
the conduct, of the war by the navy
was created by the naval COMMITTEES
today in executive session. Hearings
will be arranged soon. Secretarv4Dan-
iels, bureau chiefs and officers who
have been on duty will be called
The. plans for investigation, were
unanimously agreed upon.
Members of the committee say that
as at the last session $1,000, 100000
was appropriated for naval %.expendi-
lures and that this year anothsr bill.
lion is proposed, the system of ex-
pending such vast>sums should be 5ex-
amined. -. 81
Representative Britten, one- Of The
sponsors of the inquiry. said there
was a surplus OF. big gunssin thu navy.
whose -rpnstruction might, be :stbpped
to use.,the machinery to produce for
the army. Other. suggestions Of that
sort will be looked into. he SAID
Representative Britten also said he
proposed to urge creation of q SUI
preme council Of defense comprising
not exceeding three men and prefer
ably one man to handle the; war IN
America and have arbitrary, power to
determine every question $50 as to
avoid issues. y. .ays4, C., i1a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
Dunn County Pioneer
~ Postmaster Is Dead

: Killdeer, MI Dec. 14.-John ].
Northrnp, Dunn. county pioneer, old
time plainsman and for years post
master at Northrup, is dead at the age
of 70. The deceased was bonn in
Camden, IN. T., i'm 1889; moved to
Sterling. ILL.,, in 1858, and proceeded
thence by prairie schooner in 1859 to
Pixies Peak and Shasta Butte, Cal,
fighting off Indians and d~esperadoes
en- route. After eight years gold
mining in California, .sranching in
Montana and fruit farming in Ore
gon, the deceased twelve years ako
settled on a Dunn county homes
stead, where he spent his declining
years.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
SPEAKING OF LIBEES

There has been more or less talk of libel suits IN
connection. with Mr.. Townleysand things that have been.
said about him. AT one time he was about to bring libel
suits against a number of newspapers for statements
which they had made in criticism of him. Then the other
day the state Council of Defense adopted resolutions
denouncing as libelous certain statements made by an
eastern man in connection withSTownleys remarks, and
the board seemed to think that the state. had been
lbeled. Mr.. Townley made a speech in Buffalo the
other day, and in the course Of that address, according
10 the Nonpartisan Leader, he spoke as follows.
1 want to tell you that in tire state Of North
Dakota because of two bad crops in succession
it is going to take us up there ten years to make.
up what we have lost in the last two years.
Onr mortgages are constantly increasing. the
nurpber of farms that are farmed by tenants
are constantly increasing. I can take YOU to
vast stretches of territory, III the northwest and
in the southwest where the farmers are SO thor
oughly bankrupt that it is a physical impossi-
bility for them to pay an eight dollar mem
bership fee a year. There are whole groups Of
counties where they cannot pay a member
ship because they never see any money.
That is a fine line Of talk. But>how about libel?
Many people in the east will believe that sort of stuff.
just as many people will believe that a man like Town
1y represents the people of a. state when he talks sedi-
ton and disloyalty to them. They are not informed,
and have no means of knowing better. And the impress
sion left in the minds of those who hear him by such
statements as those quoted must be that the people of
thiss entire state are wallowing In the depths of desola-
ton A- ~ Sc ISL ~
The people who are right here on the ground know
what the facts are. They know that all such statements
are false. They know tina. the farmers Of the state are
prosperous, and that because Of the fact that they are
prospering, land prices have advanced year by year, a
direct reflection of that prosperity. They know that if
there were any truth in the 'Towi.iey statements North
Dakota land that was a drug on the market twenty
years ago at eight or ten dollars an acre would not now
be in demand at anywhere from $40 or $50 to $1G0 an
acre or more. The hard headed capitalists Of the east,
the bloated monopolists, the money changers who are
not risking a dollar of their funds, are willing to make
loans on North Dakota farms on the basis of those prices
Why? Simply because they know from the demonstra-
lions that have been given that the land is worth that
much to use. In other words. the man who uses it can
prosper with that investment in his land.
Such wild statements as those made by Townley
are libels on the material possibilities of the state just
as his unpatriotic expressions are libels on its loyalty
The man s absolutely reckless and Irresponsible, and
the. damage which he has done to North Dakota car
never be estimated. '
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
SALVATION ARMY
TO HELP THE POOR

On next Saturday morning the Sal
walton Army of this city will begin
the collection Of money to help Ieobie
Of this city who are insssdire straits
The Salvation Army will put; out pots
and will ask that the public put In any
amount of money they wfsh4to. The
money thus collected will b used Ato
make the Christmas season an
joyab1e for those who otherwise, could
not afford some of the things that
come with the Christmas season. The
salvation Army plans to help onls
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
EDITORS T0LD0F
WAR time TAXES
Revenue Commissioned Rop-
er Describes Governments
Needs to Prosecute War.

Washington, Dec. 14-Many phases
of the government wartime activities
were explained by officials yesterday
to an editorial conference of tie AS.
ISOLATED Business Newspapers, repre-
senttng NOR than $50 trade and
technical journals. +
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper told how liberal construction
has been5placed on certain prov .sions
Of the excess profits law to make the
tax, burden as light as possible. For
partnerships and individuals. he said.
reasonable salaries will be allowed as
deductions from profits before deter
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
EXECUTIVE
SESSION IN
War INQUIRY
- -------
Confidential Statements Re-
garding Deliveryof Rifles
Given.
INVESTIGATION Of
THE NAVAL WORK
House Committee Takes
Steps Today to Inquire
Into Activities.

Washington, Dec. 14.-stateme1ts
regarding the prospective delivery Of
rifles, considered confidential by the
var department, and other; matters
the witness declined to discS6s pub
licly, were given today by Major Gem
eral tCrozter, chief of" Ordnance. ut an
executive, session Of the senate mill
delays In supplying the army.
day went further into details If tho
rifle and machine gun situations Sew
eral senators sharply questionedS him
in what were described as Somewhat
heated" exchanges, Some . the
members were to be. inclined Ito at
tribute to General. Crozier himself re-
sponsibility for the reduction OF SO
per CEN in rifle production at private
plants due to the change in type.
Failure to use appropriations for
the purpose intended was deveIoped
from General crozier.s testimony. In
particular. an appropriation Ct S.
O00, 900 made in August, 1Stf for
small arms and intended by congress
for rifles. General Crozier said was
used for pistols some. at high royalties
froim private contractors. n
General Crozier reiterated that rifle
production will increase SO that no
American troops sent abroad will be
without surplus arms. and that soon
there will be ample for training pur-
poses. ss 4 s.. F+ ..ss
After nearly four hours questioning
OF. General Crozier. Chairman Cham
berlain- said: :
Generally the information given
! shows a reasonably satisfactory con
dition, concerning the state of affairs
at. the beginning. of the war;"
General Crozier will resume his ties
timony tomorrow. in another. execu-
tive session to, deal particularly with
heavy artillery.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
BADGER GOVERNOR INsPECTs
SOLDIERS,

Waco, Tex, Dec. 14.-An informal
of the soldiers at Camp
Macarthur here was made yesterday
by Governor p. L. Philip Of Wiscon-
sin.
Governor Philip and party. con-
sisttng Of ~ persons, were rendered
a reception here this afternoon. Tho
oficialH party VIII leave for Austin to-
night.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
HOLDS
WEEKLY SESSION
Ways and Means of Increasing Mem
bership Of Commercial Club Are
Discussed.

A meeting Of the membership com
.mittee Of athe Commercial club was
held yesterday moo in the dining
room of the club. and ways and
means<of charging the membership
were discussed. Approximately 20
members Of the committee were pres
ent. c.. G.. Sherwood chairman.
Weekly meetings will a held every
Thursday at the noon Luncheon here,
after. q ~ ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
EAST SIDE BRIEFS

Mr.. FritzsPetersson OF Kildeer Is In
this city visiting at, the Andrew Peter
son home.
Seymour Peterson OF the ,zeidlhki
block has returned from . trip TO
S ,,as t.ai!s, Mont. where be visited
81 SEsa;S Z ~ sssAst ~
2, AZ; Rsycklsy, who ~ been con-
dnedstos his home for The 5f,ast Few
with an stack i6f;sIAGnppe ~
recovered andsftAkengg up his work At
the slocalspost effice.s. & ~
Ars.D.' NJ. Baird Who ur,dervent..n
operatton for .appendicitis a. q ioSi.
8 e Wednesday Is reported
asIinproving nicely and It Is expected
that shs will BE able 70. feturn home
special communicaktonsor 20
River Lodge Nor 2s2. a. i. ana a. M
tFmlii..ne held this evening Eat 1880
O'CLOCK Tor work In the second d.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14
THE EXPORT TRADE BILL

Senator Reed is not pleased with. the export trade
bill. His objections ara not to the details Of the bill,
but to its main principles. The purpose OF the bill is
to permit business firms from doing an export business
to make certain trade combinations for such export
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14

Judge Hylans y New York VIII
not be- vide open town while hesS
mayor. And Murphy says;asoh. lst
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14

Scientific Ametican calls Russia "a
Kaleidoscope Viewing the way
heads andstails change ends over there
1t looks to us like q cat fight.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-10

late today. They were acquitted however
 on one count charging conspiracy to sink
 the steamer.
 Captain Johann R. Klattenhoff, master
 of the Liebenfels, was the only one of
 the indicted men whose trial was post
 poned He is i'll at Charleston.
 The convicted men are Johann Lubken,
 chief officer; George Sunkel, third of-
 fcer; loans Edward Jansen, chief en- gineer; Heinrich Wattenburg, assistant engineer Johann Wilhelm Buse, second assistant engineer; Moritz von Thulen, third assistant engineer; August Mouse, fourth assistant engineer; Wilhelm Schwarting, machinst.
 All are Germans except Jantzen. who is a Danish subject. Several of the men are German naval reservists.
 Counsel for the defense argued that the men should not be punished, intimating that they were only carrying out orders. The defense offered no testimony, but after conviction made a motion for new trial, which was denied. Sentence will be passed tomorrow.
 The government introduced testimony to show that the seal of the United States government had been broken on the wire- less apparatus, which had been wrecked; that the machinery had been seriously disabled and that the seacocks were open. Maj. Gilbert A. Youngberg, corps of engineers, U. s. A., in charge of this district, said that in his opinion the wreck of the Liebenfels constituted possible menace to navigation of the channel leading to the United States navy yard at Charleston
 The Leibenfels began to sink on the night of January 3l. The plight of the was observed early on Febru- ary l, by the tugs Cecilia and Waban. Their offer of assistance was refused by Chief Officer Lubken, 1t was stated, on the ground that Captain Klattenhoff was not on board. Later in the day the col lector of the port, Fred c. Peters, and a party of United States officials visited the wreck and as nobody was abroad the took charge, leaving deputies on guard. After warrants were sworn out against the nine defendants charging them with sinking the freighter, United States Marshal J. l.. Sims took charge. The Leibenwels is being floated under the supervision of Major Youngberg. It is expected that she will be gwen neces- sary repairs at the Charleston navy yard. after which she will ride at an- chor in the Cooper river. The Liebenfels had been tied up at Charleston since the war began.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-10
B|G VICTORY OVER TURKS REPORTED
 BY THE RUSSIANS London Paper Expresses Opinion That the English Have Already Taken
 City of Bagdad

London, March 9-A dispatch to Reuters from Petrograd says: The legation at Teheran has informed the Russian government that Russian troops have occupied Bijar. Sinnai, Si- madam, Kangaver and Dantlatabab
 The Persian government has been invited to take possession Of these towns, which have been evacuated by the Turks
 London March 9.-The Daily Chron1- cle says today that it is virtually cer- tain that British troops are in Bagdad and confirmation of this may be ex~ pected at any moment The Chronicles military correspondent. upon whose information the assertion apparently is based. writes: One is entitled to as- sume that the city was occupied with out any serious fighting and we prob ably shall learn that our cavalry dashed through 1t and along the IT. gris toward Sagdra.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-10
TEXAS GOVERNOR OWED S17O,OOO
 STATES WITNESS
Tells Investigat- ing Committee How Fer guson Borrowed Huge
 Sums-Was Slow.Pay

Austin, Tex, March 9.-H. c. Poe, for mer president of the Temple State bank, today testified before the house commit tee Investigating charges brought against Gov. James E. Ferguson of Texas that at one time the governors indebtedness Ito the bank reached practically $170,000
 Do you not know that the governor has since paid off his indebtedness ?" asked an attorney representing the gov ,ernor before the committee.
 He may have" replied MT. Poe T can't say"
 MT. Poe's appearance as a witness de- veloped the most interesting period since the investigation began. The hearing room was crowded as he told his story of the governors relations with the bank from the day he resigned the presidency of the institution to become governor, and Poe became his successor, until the time when Poe severed relations with the bank. Poe said the indebtedness finally reached such a point that he notified the governor that he would be compelled to put a stop to it. He declared that he did not consider the governors note ade- quately secured.
 'Is it not a fact that in your bank statement at the end of 1916, you swore that these notes were good and collect ible?'' he was asked.
 Poe admitted that he had, but said he had done so because, at meeting the night before with a bank examiner pres ent, the governor had promised to pay s1O0,O00 in 10 days, and he believed the promise good
 Poe admitted that he did not wish to testify against the governor because of their past relations and objected when the committee requested correspondence that passed between him and Governor Fergu- son. Poe's objection brought the gover- nor to his feet with the announcement that he would produce the correspondence if Poe did not. The witness promised to bring in the letters tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-10
Local Data
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DESCRIBES
 BATTLE IN FRANCE
Continued from Page one>

lery, which raised and dropped method- ically as the footmen advanced. The Ger man artillery meanwhile opened heavy curtain of fire which, however, did not restrict the French advance.
 Gradually the French troops reached the first line German trenches, where the German occupants could be seen here and there rushing out, their hands raised in the air as a token of surrender, after which they were passed through the ad- vancing French ranks and hurried to the rear At some points, however, the Ger mans had made their positions regular fortresses, and here there were sharp grenade and rifle fighting. But the posi- tions succumbed one after another to the French attack Waves of infantry could then be seen making their way slowly up the slopes until they attained their fixed objective. While the fight was in progress French airplanes cfrcled over head and watched the movements of the Germans behind the point attacked. No German airplanes made their appearance during the fight but an occasional sharp rattle of machine guns behind the thick snow clouds gave evidence of their pres ence.
 After the fight was over group after group of prisoners was passed along the roads toward the rear. The total of these men is not yet known. Most of them seemingly were very young.