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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Cl1Y'S SUGAR
SUPPLY ABOUT
EXHAUSTED NOW
Martin ]. Cotton criticizes
Hoover For Scoring
Retailers.
SUGAR CENTERS
CANNOT DELIVER
Sales Of Important Commod-
ity is Restricted to Small
Portions.

Martin j. Cotton, Of the Cotton
Wilder company. is of the opinion
that what Food Administrator Hoover
doesn't know about food prices and
sized volume. MI. Cotton said
something to that effect today when
discussing MIR. Hoover's statement
that retailers r ~unreasonably adj
vancing the price of sugar.
There is no sugar to be had" MI.
Cotton said. 1.-The situation is-welk
you can say. it is desperate: that
isn't a bit too strong.
Yesterday we wired an order to
the Reid Murdoch company, Chicaso,
for one hundred bags of sugar. lne
reply came this morning. and here i
is: Telegram received. Very serious
shortage of sugar here. If ten bags
could help you out we will send Them
Price $40 Chicago
Nov. that firm supplies US WITH
thousands of bags every year and
you may get an idea of h serious
ness of the situation when you realize
that they "a spare us only ten bags.
Notice the price to us. And yet. Mr..
Hoover says in his statement as 1t was
published in this mornings Herald.
that sugar should reach the retailer
at from 8 to 8 1-2 cents per pound.
Shortage Elsewhere.
Thinking that Chicago might be
an isolated case, I telephoned this
morning to Duluth trying to find out
if they had any sugar on hand up
there. The reply was that there
wasn't q bit
IT called up. Minneapolis on the
long distance phone, and received the
same reply.
1--WE are refusing to sell g IN
portions larger then SO cents worth
to any single purchaser. W. have to
put an embargo on larger sales And
you will . the reason"
Mr.. Cotton took the inquirer along
with him into the stock room Of the
store and showed him the supply on
hand, that is, about one-third of a
barrel, reduced into pounds. approx
mately thirty-five pounds.
II can understand, to a certain ex-
tent" Mr.. Cotton remarked in con-
| Guiding, why an organization like
the Nonpartisan league can thrive
among US. We r constantly urged
to force prices down while at the
same time Hoover and others make 1t
more and more difficult for us to OBJ
tain even the minimum supplies
which are required. AS the situation
Is now in Grand Forks. there Is prac'
| I1Cdlly III 6uSd4 VII AA0AAAs "AN ho O
can tell when. the situation will re-
lax"
Embargo Above Csc.
II. H. Wilson, of Wilson'S grocery
said this. afternoon that he had hat
no time to study the statement of MI
Hoover, but that he knew without re
ferring to that document that thu
situation was exceedingly strained
and that charges against retailer
who were alleged to have increased
prices unreasonably were based upol
lack Of understanding Of the actua
Mr.. Wilson said that he had yer,
little sugar on hand and that he ha'
felt himself compelled to restrict tn
sale of sugar to rs cents bags to in
diyidual purchasers. Any relief o
the present situation could not be ex
pected for the first two weeks. MI
Wilson said.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
LANCDON TO PLAY
FIRST GAME WITH
CAVALIER SATURDAY

Langdon. N. D., Oct. 19.-The first
game of football to be played by the
LanEdon team this season will be
played tomorrow afternoon at the
school team and the Cavalier high
school team will clash. The local
lineup has been considerably
strengthened by the return of Ram
age and Foy. who at the last moment
came back to school after spending
the latter part of the summer in the
harvest fields across the boundary.
Coach Brigham sees no reason why
Langdon should not take the first
game and stated that the boys are
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

WOOD SERGE E
ES. made in the latest
styles, of the best ma
terial. right up to the
minute. rare value
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

OVERCOATS for Men
Or Young Men, as
sorted styles; sizes
"a to 46; values up
to $40. for Saturday
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
HIGH SCHOOL
GAME PUT OFF
Devils Lake and Grand
Forks Teams viii not
Clash Tomorrow.

The football game. scheduled for
tomorrow, between the Grand Forks
and Devils Lake high school teams,
has been called off because Of the
condition IT the University field, on
which the teams were to have clashed.
Snow several inches deep fell on the
field and with the slightly warmer
weather. has melted, causing mud
holes.
The postponement Of this game is
a sad disappointment to the high
school fans who had their minds all
set Of seeing q fast game.
The men are looking forward to q
match later in the season. although
this has not been definitely decided.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
HANS THOMPSON
: FEELING BETTER

Hans Thompson, the auto driver
for the Bartles Northern Oil company,
who yesterday morning was found in
an exhausted condition after having
walked nine miles through the bliz-
card, today was reported to be feel
ing comparatively good.
His hands are frost-bitten and he
has sustained injuries otherwise, but
is resting easily.
The physician attending the patient
has not been able to- diagnose the
case as one Of pneumonia, but it is
hoped that no symptoms of that
disease will appear.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
LADIES' AID WILL
HOLD XMAS BAZAAR

The Ladies' Aid society Of the First
Lutheran church met yesterday aft.
ernoon and decided to purchase $50
worth Of Liberty Loan bonds
The society also decided to hold
the annual bazaar ON December s for
the purpose IF giving the public an
opportunity to buy Christmas presents
in ample time.
Special bazaar committees are
working put the details Of the pro-
gram.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

competent Of putting up a hard night:
for. the Cavalier men. y
Cavalier high school has always
taken an active part in athletics Of h
state and will, without a doubt, have
a strong team here. p
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

Our production Of copper. aesresat-:
ing $3.50, 900, 900, is ten times larger
than that Of any other nation and So
per cent of the worlds output. !
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
ALWAYS BLOWING.

Yonkers Statesman: Bil-He's al
blowing about what he does. =
Gill-Well, what does he do? =
Bill-Plays a cornet.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

Ierty Loan committee It was reported
this afternoon that the total SUBJ
|scriptions at noon amounted to $751;
900, giving an average Of about $47,-
900 q day since the campaign opened
Monday morning of this week.
The days subscriptions up to noon
aggregated $500 and considerably
more was expected before the end Of
the day-or rather the end Of the re-
ming, for the committee is working
until IL o'clock every night. This aft
ernoon a number of teams were visit.
ing Offices n stores in the business
district for the purpose of signing
up" those subscriptions which have
not yet come in, n tomorrow the
teams will scour the entire city in an
effort to round up everybody and to
get ev%erybody's subscription. If peo-
pie dom come across" III teams
! will know the eason why-and they
| will make proper use OF such knOwl-
edge which will be indicated on blue
cards especially adapted for that pur-
pose.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the days
funds were increased with the
amount Of $500 which had been sent
at the request of Theodore Dercher,
now ar ambulance driver in France,
through his sister. The money rep
, resented practically his entire savings
dCCOulS dIlu SAASCO IAuSAA CAdtAOAA "a
headquarters.
Liberty Day ON Wednesday.
In conformity with the proclama-
ton of President Wilson that October
"a will be set aside as Liberty day,
Governor Frazier intends to issue a
proclamation. according to Bismarck
advices today. The proclamation will
set forth h a all such federal en-
ployes who can conveniently be
spared from their work be excused
for the day so that the sale of Lib
erty Loan bonds nay be stimulated.
The governors proclamation will de-
clare October "a a holiday for all
state employees in the state Of North
Dakota.
Mayor Dinnie said this afternoon
that he lie not contemplate issuing
any proclamation because his orders
could not affect the employees in fed
eral service; it vas ! 8 thought that
the best interests of the Liberty Loan
cause would be served more effec-
lively by keeping stores and Offices
open on every week day Of h present
drive.
Co~orrov Rurko In Sneak
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

Acasta Lodge to Meet-There will
be a special Communication Of Acasia
Lodge No. 4, A. F. 4 A. M, this eve-
ming at 1880 o'clock. Work in F. C.
degree. ,Theo. B. Elton, w. NJ. I. A.
Berg, secretary.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
j. s. MINISTER To
SWITZERLAND SAYS
GERMANY WEAKENS
TRepubIican A. P. Leased wlreJ

AN ATLANTIC PORT. oct. r.
After four years spent in the center OF
Europe's colossal struggle, Pleasant A.
Stovall, United States minister TO
Switzerland, declared on his arrival
here today that the economic situation
in Germany is acute, and that he be-
lieved the backbone of German resist
ance has been broken down. Since the
publication of President Wilson's reply
to Pope Benedict's peace proposals. in
which the president stated that the
United States is warning upon the
German government and not upon the
German people, the revulsion against
the war. Mr.. Stovall said, has been
spreading rapidly through Germany
THE effect of this statement was
for long time not noticeable" he as
serted, "but slowly and surely it is
sinking deeper and deeper into the
German heart. If left to themselves the
German people would make peace to-
morrow. AS it is, forces are at work
in Germany which will eventually-no
man can say how soon-compel the
German government to make peace
with the world.
There is no doubt about the econo-
mic straits in which Germany now
finds itself. The situation is acute
In spite of German, French and
Italian influences, Minister Stovall
said, Swiss neutrality has been pre-
served and a force of 100000 mer
watches the border constantly to pre-.
vent the passage of contraband. He
added that Switzerlands exercise OF
broad sympathies for the wounded
brought in from three fronts was a
notable chapter of history. In Swiss
hospitals there are, he said. about rs,
900 prisoners, mostly French but Eng
lish and German also. The Swiss peo-
pie give entertainments for them and
extend aid wherever 1t is needed.
Mr.. Stovall will go to Washington
to consult with government officials
and later to his home in Savannah.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
AUTO DRAGS GIRL FROM CANAL
DRIVE IuufFIii'iiisSi;;i I'M N; ;'NEATH THF
WATERsOF BIC ARIZONA DITCH

Pinned beneath the car in which she was riding with
c. L. Stockin, Hazel Mcclure, recently come from San
Francisco dragged to horrible death in the water
of the Arizona canal last night The girl who about
% years DID, riding along the canal road about two
and half miles of the Country club what is known
as death Curve Stockin driving the machine
when it left the road and plunged into the big ditch but all
of his frantic efforts drag the girl from beneath the
proved unavaing He terribly lmnerved by the
accident as to be on the verge of breakdown
Stockin stated last night that the turn sharp
that he unable to make and the dashed through
the willows in the waters Of the canal
After spending time to extract the BODY of the
unfortunate woman from under the automobile and find
ing his efforts of avail Sockin to nearby house
where he called to the sheriff office for assistance
Coroner Wheeler was notified and accompanied by
Deputy Sheriffs Warren and Watson, Patroman Cup
of the city police department. and F. NJ. Brown, Globe
stage driver they hurried to the of the accident
When they arrived they found that the girl pinned
under the overturned car. By using rope the
hoised and the body pulled from under the There
feet of water in the part of the canal where the
body was submerged
Both Stockin and Miss Mcclure were employed
at the Bulroughs adding machine salesroom According
to Stocn his companion had been in the employ of the
company for the past years. and had been trans
ferred this office from San Francisco only three weeks
ago. Since arriving in this city she had roomed at the
Y W.CA
It the opinion Of officials the sherffs office that
the accident occurred 10 o'clock last night as it was
exactly at this time that the wrist watch by the girl
had stopped.
When brought to the sheffs office last night Stocl
pable sight Shaking with the ague and shiver
ing from the cold he in broken sentences told Of the
accident
Before | knew it we had run off the bank into the
water located the girl and pulling her out of the
water when the settled her with urch After that
hardly remember what happened finding my efforts
futile in attempting extract her from under the machine,
| ran to the nearest house to telephone for help.
Members called for the coroners jury j. B. Elkn,
Bush Anderson, j. Fl. Hoaglane, H. F. Watson a. II. Me-
Cellan, Ed Warren and Warren Mcclellan The coroners
inquest will be held this afternoon at 430 o'clock. The
body removed to the Moore and Mcclellan undertak-
ing establishment.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
FATE OF P|ERSOL
HANGS UPON ONE
LETTER IN NOTE
Republican A. P. Leased wirel

MARSHFIELD. Mo-, Oct. 12.-Inter-
est in the trial of Claude j. Piersol.
charged with kidnapping Baby Lloyd
Keet, centered today about the forma-
ton of the small letter "S' appearing
in two sets of letters. One set of the
missives was written by the defend
ant to friend; the other was the let
ter for ransom written to the father of
the child.
John M. Trendley. a handwriting eX-
pert, testifying for the defense, swore
that the small IS" as we'll as the let
ter "F'' discussed yesterday by hand
writing experts for the state, was a
feature of the letters written by Pier
sol and that the peculiar formation of
the letters did not appear in the So
called ransom letters.
The wife of Juror James Hurst was
reported critically i'll tonight and after
a conference with the attorneys the
judge permitted the juror to go to his
home under care of a court official
By agreement of the attorneys the
case could go on without Hurst. Pos
sibility of such an arrangement is un-
der consideration.
The stoicism of Piersol during the
trial relaxed tonight and after his re-
turn to jail from the court room he
gave way to his emotions. The de-
fense expects to close it's case tomor
row
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
RAIN MORE
EFFECTIVE
THAN GUNS
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


For the first time since he started
his big series Of attacks against the
German positions in Flanders, Field
Marshal Haig has had to cease an OPP
Grafton before all the objectives were
attained. 1t was not the German guns.
however. that stopped the British. 1t
vas a more than unusually heavy rain
fall which started during the battle
and turned the already swamp region
over which the men We're supposed to
pass into a veritable quagmire from
which they could not untrack them
selves for forward move.
The drive, as has been customary
in Haigs strategy was started in the
early hours of Friday morning and ex-
tended from near the Houtholst wood
10 below the Ypres- -Menn road. At
several points the British troops sue
ceeded in gaining ground over fronts
ranging up to a thousand yards, but
here the rain interfered.
During the forward movement over
the six mile front, the British cap
lured about 500 prisoners,
The struggle was particularly bitter
to the north of Poelcapelle and around
Passchendaele. In the latter region
the Germans apparently have massed
their strongest array of troops, hope
ful IF being able to stay further press
forward by the British toward the Os-
tend-Lilie railroad.
The Germans were expecting the
battle For several hours prior to the
signal for the British to attack they
laid down heavy barrage fire all
along the line, interspersng the rain
of steel and explosive shells with
asphyXiating gas bombs
Considerable artillery activity still
prevails between the French and Ger
mans along the Chemin- -des Danes. in
Champagne, and on the Ypres sector
but no important infantry engage
ments have taken place. Likewise in
the Austro- Italian theater and in Mace
donia the big guns are doing all the
work except for accommodating and
outpost encounters in the latter region.
Along the Pskoff road in the Riga
sector on the Russian from, the Rus
slams again have been forced to give
ground to the Germans under d heavy
artillery fire. Farther south, however,
the Russians in counter attacks have
recaptured trenches which the Ger
mans took from them yesterday.
Unofficial reports from Amsterdam
are to the effect that Vice Admiral Won
Capelle, the German minister of ma
Iine, has resigned. Since his expose
of the mutiny on board German bat
tleships at Wilhelmshaven, Won Capelle
has been violently attacked by the in
Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
RACE R|OTERSAT
ST. LOUIS GUILTY
ON MURDER CHARGE

BELLEVILLE, ILL.,. oct. 12-Herbert
Wood and Leo Keane We're found
guilty this afternoon of the murder of
Scott Clark. a negro who died as the
result OF injuries received in the re-
cent race riots in East st. Louis and
the penalty was fixed at IA years i'm
prisonment. Wood and keane were
the first white men to be tried on
charges growing out of the race riot.
The known number of persons slain
il the East St Louis race riots of July
Y is Al. The grand jury that returned
the indictments. however, reported that
one hundred persons We're slain by the
mobs. 1t was believed by many in
vestigators that scores of bodies were
burned in the flames that destroyed
negro homes.
The riots of the day and night of
July We're the direct result of the
work of the negro mob that on the
night of July ! fired into an automo-
bile load of police officers, killing one
and wounding two The hostility of
the whites to the negroes was due
largely to a feeling that the presence
of large number of negroes in the
city handicapped white workmen in
negotiations with capital.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
LIBERALS BREAK
OFF FROM GREAT
LAUR|ER FACTION


OTTAWA. Oct 12--With the swear
ing in of nine cabinet ministers early
today, the members of the Liberal
party who see in compulsory military
service the only solution for bringing
forth the full strength of the dominion
in the prosecution of the war have
joined hands with Sir Robert Borden
and completed the rupture between
themselves ard Sir Wilfred Laurier
which started with the introduction of
the compulsory military service bill in
the house of commons
The new coalition cabinet will have
equal representation of conscription
liberals and conservatives and while
two of the liberal selections F. B. Car
veil. New Brunswick, slated for minis
ter of marine and fisheries, and George
Murray, premier of Nova Scotia, who
is intended for the labor portfolio,
have not yet consented to join the gov
ernment, it is expected to be only a
question of hours before they do so.
This lines up the leaders of the two
parties for the coming election as
straight supporters of compulsory mil
itary service or straight opponents of
this method of reinforcing Canada s
fighting forces overseas, with Sir Will
fred Laurier chief of the latter and
having as his ieutenants Frank Oliver
and William Pugsley, who were mem
bers of his last cabinet.
There is some doubt as to where the
new arrangement leaves George P.
Graham. minister of railways under tho
Laurier administration. and F. w.
Pardee chief liberal whip both of
whom voted for the military service
bill at its third reading, although de-
claring themselves in favor of con-
scription of wealth as well.
As matters stand at present ii is a
little difficult to predict who will be
found opposing the government and
who will be supporting it when it goes
to the country in the elections.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
CARGO SHIPS
Of 1900 TONS
REQU|STT|ONED
Continued on Page Two)
Republican A.P. Leased Wire,

WASHINGTON, Oct l2.-Announce-
ment of the general method by which
the American merchant marine is to
be requisitioned October Is by the
government was made tonight by
cambridge Colby of the shipping
board in a notice sent to ship owners.
The requisition will include at first
only cargo ships of more than $500
tons dead weight capacity and pass
enger vessels of more than $500 gross
tons register. The limit probably will
he lowered soon to include craft of
more than 1900 tons.
The notification sent to ship owners
roads: "The United States shipping
board hereby gives notice to all owners
Of ships registered and enrolled under
the laws of the United States that the
requisition of all American steamers
described below and of which previous
announcement has been made, will
become operative and effective on Oc-
tober Is, 1917, at noon.
Il. The ships affected by said requi-
sition and included therein are tA) all
cargo ships able to carry not less than
$500 tons total dead weight, including
bunkers, water stores.
"(B) All passenger steamers OF not
less than 1900 tons gross register.
"2 tA) AS to all steamers IN, or
bound to American ports on OCTOBER
TO- 1915 reqnisitioh becomes elleoeis :
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
MEXICAN EMBARGO
DIFFICULTY SAID
TO BE ALL FIXED

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 12.-Mine own
ers and producers of gold and silver
bullion received word from Washing
ton today that an adjustment has been
reached between the American and
Mexican governments of the difficulty
arising from the embargo on the ex
port of gold by the United States and
the Mexican decree requiring re-im-
porta ton of the full gold value on gold
bullion shipped from Mexico and 20
per cent in gold of the value of silver
exported.
The details of the arrangements
were not made known. but it is under
stood that the Mexican decree will be
modified that Mexico will be allowed
TO import sufficient corn for her i'm
mediate needs and the balance due
Mexico on the excess of exports over
imports to the United States will be
allowed to be paid in gold.
Smelters and fefiners are notifying
their clients that they may resume
shipments Liquidation on shipments
have been stopped pending the adjust
ment of this difficulty.