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The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-27
Ps@oclaiss1s Operation and Possession OF fhe
 Natf0Ea7S RaEEroads

year in the neighborhood of S100,0OO,- 900, which can be raised in large part by increased freights if the Interstate Commerce Commission grants the roads application for the Is per cent rate increase now pending. Other wise it will be paid largely out of the general government funds.
 The Interstate Commerce Commits sion and other government agencies which have to do with the railroads, will continue to perform their func- tiOns as heretofore, except that they will be subject to orders of the direc- tor of railroads.
 The president makes it clear that his decision was not made because of any failure on the part of the rail roads to perform their whole duty in- solar as they could while hampered as they were by legal restrictions.
 The plan of control as outlined in the proclamation and statement leaves much unsaid as to details, but the general scheme appears to follow closely the British system. In Eng land, however, the government freight is carried free and the guaranteed earnings require an enormous amount of money from government funds while in the United States the gov ernment will pay for it's freight as ir the past and will stand its part of in- creased freight tariffs if they are found to be necessary.
 Aside from the presidents state ment there was no comment in the capital tonight on the governments move. Secretary McAdoo declined tc be quoted and members of the Rail road War Board said they would have no statement to make until tomorrow
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RICE CROP ESTI-
 MATED 4.667.900 BUSHELS

Little Rock, Dec. 27-The Southern Rice Growers Association has made the following estimate of the rice crop of 1917:
 Louisians, 4,19S,17O bags.
 Texas. ,592 ,442 bags.
 Arkansas, 1 ,45S,716 bags.
 Total for United States, S,63S,71O bags.
 A bag is 189 pounds, and the Arkan- sas crop is therefore approximately 4,667, 900 bushels.
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MEETING OF
 ARKANSAS PRESS ASSN

Little Rock, Dec. 27.-The mid-win- ter meeting of the Arkansas Press As sociaton will be held at the Hotel Marion in Little Rock Jan 23 It will be a most important meeting as plans will be considered for the meeting of the National Editorial Association in Little Rock and Hot Springs next June. Following the mid-winter meet ing the newspaper men will go to Memphis to attend the first meeting of the Tri-State Press Association.
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WE STAND ON THE SIDE OF
 RIGHT IN THIS CONFMCT'

St. Louis, Dec. 27.-"There is no question that we stand on the side of right in this conflict"
 This was the declaration of Dean Carroll M Davis, who served for six months as chaplain of Base Hospital Unit No. i at Rouen, France.
 Tt is a war of two civilizations" he continued "It is a question whether We believe God is the God of all ua- tions or whether the great body of the people ought to be ruled bv d super race. If we believe in the develop ment of the highest possibility of man we must see to it that conditions in the world ma'a that development pos sible."
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United States Railways to Be Run Single System-Direc Management Stays in Hands of Old Ofcas-Acon a prseCongress to Guarantee Earnings of Pre-War and Back Securities-McAdoo Remains in Cabinet

Washington, Dec 26Govenmen possession operation the nations railroads for the proclaimed by President Wilson tonight become effective Friday Dece- ber 18th.
 William c. McAdoo retaining his place the cabinet reary of the treasury placed in charge director general of railroads.
 Every railroad engaged general transportation with it's purtenances including steamship lines is taken and all will be operated under the director general
 In statement his proclamation the president announced that Congress reassembes he will mend legislation guaranteeing earnings and maintenance of railroad properties in good repair.
 Government backing will be given issues railroad securities that ready market may be found.
 The presidents although forecast for weeks this time great surprise nearly everybody in Washington including railroad officials It had been generally believed he would await the reasembng of Congress before taking ep acted through Secretary War Baker under authority ferred in the army appropriation act
 Direct of the roads will remain in the hands of railroad officials and the Railroads War Board comprised of five railroad heads will continue direct actual operation under Secretary McAdoos general supervision.
 The chief practical effect of operation will be permit complete unicaon of all rail systems impossible under private operation of prohibiting pooling of they this direction it became known only today that they had been warned by Attorney General Gregory that violation of anti-pooing laws could not be permitted
 This situation fully realized by President Wilson, who his statement declared the roads had far they could that already systems endngerng their earnings in attempting uniicaton.
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earnings equivalent to the average net operating income of each railroad in the three-year period ending June 30, 1917. Railroad experts estimate that this will cost the government next
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-27
FRENCH BATTER TIE
 TEUTONS PAST YEAR
Retake 322 Villages and Five Large Towns During 1917- l,000,000 Germans Put Out of Action. HOO Cannon Taken.

With the French Armies in Field, Nov. P (By MaiD-From a military point of view, 1917 closes for the French armies a year of notable sue cesses.
 Every single action fought during the past year on the French front has terminated in victory. The famous "Hindenburg line," proclaimed by the Germans at the beginning of 1917 to- day lies cracked and battered. Over the entire front, the commanding posi- tions and heights from which the enemy looked down at the French at the beginning are today in hte hands of the latter.
 Historians writing a complete re- sume of the war will prominently em- phasize the French campaign of 1917, not so much for its actual, immediate achievements as for the strategical position it left on the 1918 Western front chessboard,
 In the meantime, outstanding achievements of 1917 for the French armies have put on record the follow ing:
 Hundreds of square miles of terri tory and 322 villages and five large towns reconquered.
 More than 62,OOO prisoners, over 400 cannon and thousands of machine guns taken from the enemy.
 Short of 1000, 900 Germans put out of action in battle.
 Maintenance of an absolute mas tery of the air
 French possession of commanding positions over the entire front whose value from military and strategical viewpoint are incalculable.
 Entrenching on the "Hindenbure line," carefully selected in advance of the famous Strategic retreat" the Germans in March held a series of positions over the entire front as strong as the typographical character of Northern France, with its hills. val leys and rivers, afforded and as re- doubtable as German military science could make them.
 With such a German stage setting, actual operations began in April with combined Franco-British offensive against the enemy fanks-the British north of Arras and the French south of Soissons, along the Aisne.
 The Germans boasted of an i'm pregnabIe Hndeubmg line" Begin nirg with the offensive in April, known on the French front as the battle of the Aisne. and those which followed during the year, the Ger mans have not only seen their pre- pared in advance positions melt away but are now forced to defend them selves on positions dictated by their onuoDnv+e
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-27

Although the proclamation applies to all electric lines engaged in general transportation, local interurban sys- tems are specifically exempted.
 Congress will be asked to guarantee
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A. P. CORRESPONDENT
GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
TO VISIT THE FLEET

Continued From Page One.)
anchored in the base waters, where
crews are drilled at torpedo defense.
The guns are manned and dummy tor
pedoes and submarines are picked up
by the searchlights and theoretically
destroyed.
The fleet has gained efficiency in
torpedo defense. They tell story in
the ward rooms of an American sub
marine which decided to change it's
anchorage without giving notice. The
fleet is dark after a certain hour at
night. Not light shows. but the watch
is intensely alert.
One of the deck officers saw the sub
marine outline itself and gun quickly
was trained. The submarine was hailed,
but the men on it failed to hear. The
fact that the submersible was running
behind the patrols was the only thing
that saved it. A five-inch gun probably
would have blown it to pieces IL the
maneuver had taken place on the other
side of the net. Now submarines don't
move around like that at night. 1t was
dangerous business.
From the West.
A large majority of the new men in
the fleet their officers said, have come
from farms, especially in the middle
west. On any ship may be found youths
who until the war began. were follow
ing plows.
I'm this fleet" said one of the Of
flcers, more than ninety per cent of
the men are native-born Americans.
There are few foreign-born men here"
Have Spy Scare.
They've got a slight attack Of spy
scare in the navy. Officers said that it
was quite possible there were Germans
on the ships The spy who is caught
is very likely to find himself looking
into the business ends of the rifles of a
firing squad. Every now and then sus-
picions OF the officers and men are
aroused and a quiet investigation is
conducted. Bluejackets are suspicious
of anything unusual. One new recruit
brought suspicion against himself be-
cause he carried aboard ship with him
geometry book.
"A magazine writer enlisted to gain
first hand information about the life of
an enlisted man. He had an agreement
with the navy department through
which he was to get out of the navy in
couple of weeks and enlisted as a
yeoman. His second day on the ship
he started to look around and finally
appeared in the boiler room. The fire.
men chased him out and one Of the
coal passers informed the boatswain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
Made Millions In
Slime Dump Left
BY Mining Firm

Butte, Mont, May 24.-That he
made more than a million dollars
out or the slime dump left by the
Butte & Superior Mining CO., after
work had been abandoned at its
Basin mill, which subsequently was
purchased and worked by the
Minerals Separation process, was
the testimony of Max w. Atwater,
a witness for the Minerals Sepa-
ration Ltd, In it's suit against the
Butte & Superior for alleged in
fringement of the formers patents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
NORTHWEST LOSES
A FRONTIERSMAN'
M
Charles P. Thomas, Friend
of Captain Marsh,
Passes Away

Fort Benton. Mont, May 24.-Charles !.
p. Thomas, who came up the Missouri
from st. Louis in 1862, who drove
freight trains from Fort Benton to
Helena in the early days OF the state
and helped build at Helena its first log
house, which still stands; who saw Vir~r
ginia, City in its palmy days and was
on the wharf at Fort Benton where
Brother Van" landed in 1872, is dead4
at Waller, aged "a. 80
Born in Ohio, in 1912, Thomas be-
came river rat on boats plying the =
Ohio and Mississippi when he was /.
twelve years old. He was on steam
boat in the lower Mississippi when all
aboard were captured by the Union
army, as prisoners of war, but later i
made his escape, baking his nrst voy-
age nm the Missouri with the late 4
Captain Grant Marsh of Bismarck, i
pilot on the famous Far West speed 4
lest of all river boats Of its day.
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adding, "A yeoman has no business In
the boiler room. II he comes dowE there
agafn-the sneaking spy--Pll brain him
with a shovel That ought to save a
firing squad a lot of trouble"
The presidents yacht. Mayfiower. has
just visited the fleet. Aboard 1t were
Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker.
The two secretaries inspected some
of the ships and men and then boarded
the admirals gig, which carried them
to a new recreation field fixed up for
the many thousand men Of the fleet by
the Navy league. Baseball diamonds
cover acres of ground and they are well
patronized; many games were in prog
ress when the secretaries arrived
Secretary Baker got SO interested in
game that he stepped over the foul
line. A husky sailor, not recognizing
the visitor, addressed him by yelling,
Hey" and then followed 1t up with a
demand that he get back in a hurry.
several choice adjectives being added
for the sake of force. The secretary
moved, and right smartly, too.
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FRAZIER PROCLAlMS
LIBERTY LOAN WEEK
Governor Asks Clergymen of State to
Call Especial Attention to Patriotic
Campaign.

Bismarck, N. D., May 24.-The week
beginning Sunday, May q, today was
formally proclaimed by Governor
Frazier Liberty Loan week" for North
Dakota. The governor asks that
clergymen make the opening day of the
week Liberty Loan Sunday" and that
they call especial attention to the
campaign, its purpose and reasons
why North Dakota should get behind
the administration financially as well
as morally. Governor Frazier and his
predecessor, ex-Goy. L. b. Hanna,
chairman of the federal reserve execu-
tive committee handling the loan, have
co-operated successfully in the North
Dakota campaign, which is meeting
with success.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
DICKINSON ATTORNEY TO
DEFEND ALLEGED MURDERER
Wealthy Young Richardton Farmer
Under Arrest, Claims to Have
Letters Threatening His Life.

Dickinson. N. D., May 24.-Adolph.
Lehman, in jail for the alleged muir
der Of Matthias Wetzstein at Richard
ton, has retained for his defense form
er Senator Leslie A. Simpson Of Dick
fnson, who also is representing Mike
Chamal1, charged with the murder OF
j. r. Caldwell and his wife at Rich
ardton three weeks ago.. lehman Is q
wealthy young farmer and q son of
wv. Lehman. a retired rancher now re-
siding In st. Paul. He claims to have
letters from Wetzstein containing
threats on his life.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
Noah, Dean Of
Convicts, Asks
To Be Pardoned

Bismarck, NJ D., May 24.-.D. NJ.
Noah, sentenced to be hanged in
1908, but whose neck was saved by
the abolition of capital punish
ment by the next session of leg
islature, while his appeal was pend
ing in the supreme court, has ask
ed Governor Frazier for a pardon,
advising that good position
awaits him when he is free. Noah
was sentenced for murder from
Ward county.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
WILL TRY CLARK and
CROCKARD AT JUNE TERN
Federal Term at Bismarck Will Be
Brought to Close Probably
This Afternoon. ...

The case of the government against
Sam Clark and c. H. Crockard of Bis
marck. publishers Of Jim Jam Jems,
will be tried at the special term of
federal court to be held at Bismarck
in June.
The term of court now in session is
expected to be brought to a close this
evening. Clark and Crockard were in
dicted at the recent session of the
grand jury in Fargo. 1t is understood
that the publishers will be represented
by Attorney Henry J. Linde, former
attorney general of the state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25

which they evidently believe entities
them to privileges. Only a few mem
bers of the company deserve reprim-
anding. the chief said, but he asked
the aid Of the others in keeping UP
the good name Of the contingent.
Charge Answered. +
One of the militia boys responded
for the Grand Forks, soldiers and de-
clared that the large number. of
depredations that had been charged
to the company members, were com
mitted by outsiders. He also declar-
ed that the soldiers in this city were
striving to keep order and that the
authorities need not fear any law vio-
lations. p
Local officials pointed out the fact
to the company members that be-
cause Of the department of a few
men in uniform, the entire company
was being criticized by residents Of
the city. Captain Oscar Holm Eot
Company M and Captain L. L. Eek
man Of the Machine Gun company
have offered to aid in putting a stor
to any law violations on the part Of
the company members.
No FRANKS charged to the militia
boys have been of a serious nature
but residents, residing in the vicinity
of the armory have complained Of in
cidents that we're not entirely proper
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25

On short flights a pigeon wings
along at from 1900 to 2.400 yards a
minute or rs to IS miles an hour.
The first use Of carrier pigeons in
war probably was during the Cru
sades when the Saracenes used them
to transport messages from n camp
to another.
Crusaders used swift facons to cap
ture them, but since %falconing has
gone out of style as a sport modern
militarists have found no way tc
stop the homers except by an occa'
sional lucky pot shot"
The birds are carried to the front ir
a darkened basket. A metal band
attached to the left leg just above the
foot is made to hold the message, us.
ually written on thin waterproof pa
per.
When released the carrier pigeon
starts a spiral flight upward for sew
eral hundred feet, then starts direct
lily toward its destination.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25
LAND TRANSFERS
ARE BRISK NOW
Many Recorded During the
Past two Weeks, as Shown
by Registers Book.


Realty transfers of Polk county
land in the vicinity of East Grand
Forks has been active during the past
two weeks, as shown by the report Of
the County Register of Deeds. Fol-
lowing are a number of the transfers
recorded recently.
Hagen G. Flaan to John Flaan
and Lawrence Flaan, 100 acres,
consideration, $4,000.
Anna Hovey to Herman Meinert,
100 acres, consideration $1,000.
B. e. Bearson tt Henry and Lena
Presteen, 100 acres east of East
Grand Forks, consideration $4,000.
Edward D. Claycomb to H. D,
Strickler, $50 acres, consideration 81
500.
Andrew j. Rice to Ole Edward
Hanson, 80 acres. consideration 3d..
900. I. ~ s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25
DEWEY FISCHER
PAYS $40 fine
Hit too High Speed While
Joy Riding With Militia
Boys Yesterday.

Dewey v. Fisher, together with a
large number of militia boys, were
apprehended yesterday afternoon by
Alderman j.. d. Turner, for speeding.
Fisher was brought before Poles
MagistratesJ r. Church and fined $40.
Members of the military companies
from this city spent no little time yes
terday participating in various ~frolics.
one Of the most favored being the
packing Of an auto with. soldiers and
parading the streets. While travelling
at 80 miles an hour, On North Third
street.. Alderman Turner put in an APP
pearance and brought the Joy riders
to the city hall.
Boys Are Lectured.
Judge Church lectured the young
men and promised to inflict more Sc
rious punishment If their antics
should continue. Alderman Turner
also spoke to the boys, and Chief OF
Police Lowe asked their cooperation
in keeping order in the city, instead
Of continually creating disturbances
Chief Lowe also charged that there
are a few members Of the company
who r taking advantage of the fac,
that they are wearing q uniform
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East Side
LAST RITES
MAY BE HELD
HERE FRIDAY
Richard Enright. Aged Pho.
neer Farmer of East
Grand Forks, Dies.

Funeral services 9 the remains
Of Richard Enright. aged 50, who
succunbed at the home Of his broth
err, Edward Enright, South Second
street, East Grand Forks. at 1870
O'Clock this morning, Of paralysis,
probably will be held from the Sacred
Heart church on Friday morning at
9 O'Clock. Arrangements. however,
have not been entirely complete, and
the services may be postponed until
later to allow relatives to reach the
city.
Deceased was born in Clayton, Ont,
in 1848, and came to East Grand
Forks in 1877. whore he resided ever
since. In 1850, he married Miss Anna
Foran, who died the following year.
He suffered a slight stroke Of pa
ralysis last May after returning from
California. where he spent the winter.
A short time ago he went to Roches-
ter, Mimi, in the hope that an opera
ton would save his life. He was in
formed by the physicians there, how
ever, that his case was hopeless.
Decedent was one of the oldest
citizens Of Polk county, and was one
Of the best known farmers in the Red
River valley.
Survived by Relatives.
He is survived by seven brothers
and one sister living: Dennis Mason
San Francisco, Calf, John, San Jose
Calf. Jerry, Lethbridge, Alberta
James H., Brooks, Alberta; Edward
Thomas and M. L., East Grand Forks
and Mrs. George Thinker, Youngs
town, Alberta.
Mrs. Tinker and brother Jerry ar,
rived today to attend the funeral
while John and the other relatives ar.
expected to arrive tomorrow and Fri
day.
Deceased was a member of thu
Grand Forks lodge of knights of Co
lumbus, and it is expected that tn,
members Of that order will attend tn,
funeral services in a body.
Interment will be made in Calvar.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25
LOCAL STUDENTS
ENTER CONTEST
County Bread Baking Con
test to be Held Friday
Morning at Crookston.

Four students of the East Grand
Forks schools have qualified to enter
the final Class B bread baking contest
to be held in Crookston on Friday
morning. under the supervision of N.
A.. Thorson, county superintendent OF
schools; !
The student making the best record
in the Anal demonstration will be civ
en- q free trip to the state fair this
fall and will represent Polk county in
the state bread baking contest.
Contestants must have baked at
least six times at home. or school, with
records kept of each trial. Essays
inflow I Learned to Bake Bread"
also must be written by the contest
ants.
Following are the entrants in the
contest:
Lillian Bitser. East Grand Forks.
Permelia Geffrey, Hast Grand
Forks.
Ruby Lealos, East Grand Forks.
Katherine Ashenbrenner, East
Grand Forks.
Grace Coulter, Mallory.
Ruby Drysdale, Mallory.
Barbara Juhn, Euclid.
Martha Rrustad, Fosston.
Georgiana Olson, Erskine.
Orma Nelson, GENTLY.
Efie Lienz, Eldred.
STEELE Walker, Crookston.
ArmaIdine Rah, Crookston.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25
TURK REFUSED FIRST
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
section Hand on Great Northern Must
Walt Until He is 81 to Be-
come Citizen.

Two Turks visited the office of
Clerk Of Court M. w. Spaulding this
morning and n claiming to be 20
years OF age, applied for his first
naturalization papers.
Because he admitted that he had
been refused his papers in Milwau-
kee,. and as he was only 20 years of
age, Clerk of Court Spaulding in
structed him to return after he had
become of age. The companion,
who was older, stated that he did not
wish to become a citizen of the Uni
ted States.