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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22
corn MARKET
MAKES ADVANCE
Scarcity Of Offerings Bring
About Upward
Move.

Chicago. Nov. 22.-Scarcity Of Of
ferings brought about an advance In
the corn market today. after q little
sag at the outset. Initial declines
were ascribed to assurances that west
ern roads would receive more cars
soon to move supplies from the coun-
try. Unwelcome in and mild tenn
sellers cautious. Opening quotations,
which varied from the same as yes
terday's finish to 1-2c lower, were fol-
lowed by a material unturn all
around.
Oats rose to new high price levels
for the season. Scantiness OF arrivals
appeared to make shorts
Liberal receipts of hogs weakened
the provision market. Aggressive
A moderate setback later proved to
be merely transient. a gave
| chief attention to the war news: Prtc-
es closed unsettled. Ia to 3-4c net
higher, with January ,1.20 1-S to l.2o
IA and May LII 7-8. i.
Corn No. 2 yellow nominal; NO. .
yellow nominal; No. 4 yellow 2.O2 IL.
Oats, No. 8 white, So 3-4@70 3-4;
standard 70 1-4@71. Rye No. 2 nom
inal; No. 8 1.77.
Barley 1.10@1.40. 81
Timothy 5.00@7.5e.
Glover 10000 1900. ~,
Pork nominal.
Lard 27.55@27.60.
Ribs $3.50. ~
open High Low Close
Jan. ....1.1sA 1904 1.1sM 1908
May ......1.17A 1.18A 1.16M 1.17B
Dec. ........e7% .ssH 81 Ssh
May 1850. .ss% .ss .e6k .e7K
Pork
Jan. ...... ..... 46.40, 1887 46.40
Lard
Jan. ...... 24.60 24.92 24.60 24.82
Ribs
Jan. ..:... 24.5o 24.s0 $3.50 24.72
May ...... 24.15 24.45 24.15 24.37
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
oEEIclAI PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Marion lnsur-
ance Company of London, England, on the
5lst day Of December. 1916. made to the
Insurance Superintendent Of the State OF
Illinois. pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount Of capital stock paid
up In cash. .................$ 2O0,OO0.00
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement Of the Peoples Ma
tional Fire Insurance Company of
Wilmington. In the state Of Delaware, on
the S1st day of December 1916. made to
the insurance superintendent of the State
OF Illinois. pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount of capital stock paid
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
A Sack of livinu Matter.

AS might be expected, 1t Is among
the inhabitants of the water that we
find the simplest types of life. One
of the polyps, the hydra, illustrates
how simple these structures sometimes
are. This little creature is nothing
more than sack of living matter, the
inside coating attending to the work
of digestion and the outside membrane
doing the breathing. Yet the functions
of the two membranes are so slightly
specialized that the polyp may be
turned inside out and the former stom-
ach begins respiring, and the former
breathing apparatus digests food.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
Charles II. Duffeld, President and

Charles II. Dufiield, President and
Treasurer Thearle.Duffleld Fireworks
Display Company was for many years
Western Manager of the Pains Fire.
works Display Company of America
and was assistant to II. B.
Thearle, President of the Pain
Company, In 1914 the Pain Com
pany suffered a disastrous fire and
explosion at one of its Chicago
warehouses, at which time Presi-
dent Thearle lost his life, and shortly
after the company discontinued bust
ness. II was then that Mr.. Duffield
organized and incorporated the pres
ent Thearle.Dufiield Fireworks Dis.
play Company, This company pur-
chased the spectacle property and
other tangible assets of the Pain Com.
pany, and have since conducted a
most successful business-in High
Class Fireworks Displays and Man,
moth Scenic Fireworks Spectacles-
and they secure large contracts from
the Great Majority of the leading
State Fairs throughout the United
States, etc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
In Dancer.

snow they say women are to wear
trousers"
saba! l thought l noticed my wife
viewing my best pants with a specula-
tive eye"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20

Marx Beer Tunnel and Restaurant,
at the corner of Dearborn and Madi-
son streets, is well worth your patron
age. II is one of the fine old style
restaurants where everything is good
and plenty of it. The cooking could
not be better, Just sample it. The
management, under the guiding hand
of Fred II. Marx, has won encomiums
for this fine eating house in the heart
OF the city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of The Reliance In.
Surancc company OF Philadelphia, IN the
state Of PENNSYLVANIA, on the 3lst day of
December, 1916, made to the Insurance
Superintendent OF the state OF Illinois,
pursuant to law.
CAFITAL.
Amount of capital stock paid
up In cash. ..........,........Si 0O 900 90
INCOME.
Premiums received during the
- year ,..,.,,,., ..,......,,,.,,, sC75, 655,o3
Deposit premiums on perpetual
RISKS ..,,.,,,,.,,i,,i,.;,,,,.i,.,. -l,S96,5e
Interest, rents and dividends. 59,523.92
FRONT on sale or maturity of
rr !S%sG an " siSsr soaiss::: 1899 1893
Total income .,....,,.,,,,..,.S73S ,2i9.O3
DISBURSEMENTS.
Losses paid during the, year g., s376,ll5,79
Expenses of adjustment and set
Element of losses, .,.,.,.,..... 9,5l5.96
Deposit premiums returned. 80. 5,3Sl,Si
holders NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2i,OOO.OO
Commissions or brokerage. ljS,22O,5G
Salaries, fees and all other
charges of officers, clerks,
AGENTS and employees. .,...,.,. 9O,S20,53
Rents ...,.,...,.,...,,,.... 6,23G.II
lonely, postage. etc; -, l5,l2S,7l
lures and maps, ,,.,,s.,,,;,. 4,l3i.S5
partment and salvage corps,
Inspection and surveys........ 9,2GO2G
real estate .,,,.,;,,.,,",,,,,, s,l9S,4i
state, Insurance departments,
taxes and fees .,,,,...,,,,.,., 21,743,7S
Other licenses, fees and taxes. 7,lGi26
III AHe6 other e1ihaSSs Gnsrfsa o a5a
Total disbursements ,,....,,S 5s,aS2,72
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
SONS OF VETERANS ENDORSE ACTION OF
 PRESIDENT WILSON

Resolutions approving the action of President Wilson in the present break with Germany and pledging their sup port to him and the government, have been adopted by Franklin Bartlett camp, No. II. Sons of Veterans of this city. The resolutions declare that the members of the camp "unani- mously endorse the) patriotic position taken by President Wilson in the as- sertion of our country's rights and obligations in the present crisis with Germany and earnestly approve of the patriotic means taken by the President for the enforcement and maintenance of the rights of Ameri- can citizens.'
 As their fathers before them gave moral and physical support to the government now. The committee which has forwarded the resolutions to the President consists of Walter G. Moore, Judge Patrick Kane and F. L. Chapman. The camp will hold Ats annual Lincoln banquet at The Strat- field tomorrow evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
THE GLEAM OF HOPE

C LOWLY, BUT with seeming nevitabeness the country closer to the edge of war. The only happening that will be Germanys withdrawal from her deter animation to sink American ships without putting their crews and passengers in place of safety.
 Germany's determination to her undersea power to the utmost arrived at after long and painful consideration the of rupture with the United States probably have been weighed and probably has been decided that the policy of ruthessness will be productive than the friend ship of America
 there have evidences that the submarine less ef fecve The tonnage destroyed is considerably less the eleventh and twelfth of February than it at earlier period
 Is the submarine defense gaining ground has the intended been partly suspended pending further effort to nego fae with the United States does the merely halt , it's way to maximum effectiveness?
 The German goal is the destruction of 100000 tons month This quantity of shipping thought must be des royed in order to Great Britain Unless the remainder of February productive than the first twelve day less than half of the required tonnage will be destroyed.
 Already something of the British method of protection great lane through the threatened will be patrol led armed vessels Tiny but swift boats will the far and wide ships will be loaded with food and the food vessels will receive powerful convoy.
 Germany will know before long whether her Uboa plans can be realized She should know before many days.
 If the goal she has se the destruction of tonnage equivalent to the starvation of Great Britain cannot be attained then she will be her views of the relative productveness of U-boat warfare and friendship with the United Suites.
 If Germany should to her satisfaction that the Uboat campaign is not sufficiently productive and the discovery should be made before begins with America the situation may be saved, and peace maintained
 There will be in with the United States for Uboa campaign that will not effectively cut off the British food supply.
 The should be full of interest It will be that the world powerless to it's from submarine destruction the contrary that this weapon also is limited in it's peculiar possibilities. Sg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
ss FOOD PRICE LEGISLATION

~ HE LEGISLATION recommended by the foodlcommisson an in Europe but it does set principle ancient principle which much future action will be based
 While, theoretically, all commodities subject to price legislation and have been for centuries especially food this regulation Has almost been applied American soil
 In fact rate regulation in the United States has been mainly confined to commodities supplied by public service monopoes
 The theory with respect food and other commodities has been that competition would regulate the price, This compe ion has failed to do Throughout the world peoples have been fixing penetrating eye upon food production and food distribution with of bringing prices and 7 abundant supply.
 Legislatonto this end abundant and quite unexpectedly little of it takes the form of rate regulation.
 most successful means of cheapenng food while making 1t plentiful has been found in government capital supplied to farmers and in promotion of cooperation among farmers through assistance and supervision Various ernmets have promoted small holdings and to this end have imposed graduated land tax resting lightly small holders and heavily those who keeping large tracts of land out of close settlement.
 Canada fixes maximum prices for certain commodities and makes it felony to deal with food for instance Chi speculator recently dealt with when he millions of dozens into cold storage and boosted the turned him several hundred per cent his investment
 The trend of things is to the prime producer stantal margin his industry then to get the goods to the by the shortest cheapest and most efficient with the maximum elimination of middle
 The attempt of anybody to take speculative profit size from dealings in food will be crime part of the civilized world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
NO POLITICS IN STATE MILITARY
 CENSUS PROJECT
Governor Holcomb Receives Pledges of Support From
 Two Major Parties.

aThere is absolutely no politics in the Connecticut military census which is now under way. Men of all parties are united in gathering this informa- tion concerihg the resources of the state in men and materials, so that Connecticut may be fully prepared for it's own defense if the hour Of need ever comes.
 Gov. Marcus H. Ho1comb, speaking of this absence of politics in the can vass, said:
 T am glad that there is one thing which we can all unite upon, rising above the question of whether we are Democrats, Republicans or Socialists, or to what church we belong, meeting on the same common plane of patriot ism, so that whether we have war or not, and I pray God war may not come, Connecticut may be found ready, as always, to do her part
 The following statement concerning the census was made by J. Henry Roraback, chairman of the Republican State Central Committees:
 "There is a matter in which we all must cooperate, no matter what our political creed may be. The governors s military census plan must be carried through for the sake of the state of Connecticut. It is above. politics. The state, through the committee of as- sistants to the governor, is welcome to use any part of the Republican state organization that it may find needed. I am sure the local Repub- lican organizations, also, will offer to give every possible assistance in this splendid york;
 Chairman David B. Fitzgerald of the Democratic State Central Commit tee made the following statement con- cerning the census:
 "Of course a census of this kind is entirely outside politics. The cens1G. such an important thing for our state and our nation, must be accomplished in the American spirit, without the least thought of partisanshfp. The Democratic State Central Committee can be relied upon to furnish any help that the governors assistants may need or desire. Our party's local com mittees, too, even down to deputy reg istrars, will put at the disposal of the census takers all the information they haVe.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
ST. VALENTINES EVE

In the most critical period in the
 worlds history, with the most terri
 fic war of the centuries raging in
 Europe and casting it's menaclng shadow over the remainder of the
 world, with the fate of the civiliza- ton, liberty and democracy which is the fruit of the travail of ages hang ing in the balance, Cupid, undismay- ed and undaunted, continues his la bors. At least, so one may surmise from the rushing tbusiness carried on
 by the dealers in those sentimental articles which are called valentines" after a certain pious saint whose head
 was Topped off by a Roman execu-
 tioner nearly sixteen and a half cen
 turies ago.
 It is we'll that Cupid is not to be
 bulldozed by the stormy war god Mars, else there would now be no
 war for the lack of humans to fight it! Well, indeed, unless one agrees with that gloomy Teuton, Schopen- hauer, that the extinction of human ity through the suppression of Cupid is the boon most to be desired
 Not even in the trenches of Eu- rope will St. Valentine be forgotten, and it is safe to predict that many a wife and sweet heart will receive from soldier boys crude valentines that will be treasured far beyond the | most elaborate production to be pur- chased from stationer. And many soldier lad, in his underground home, will dream tonight of past eyes of St. Valentine, and the festivities in which some one girl stands out in memory's picture from all the rest. Before the war Germany was the great center of the valentine industry, but the Made in Germany label IS 1 missing from this years offerings to the devotees of the patron saint of | lovers. Valentines of American and British make have taken the place of | the German productions. The offer ings of local dealers show much more artistic effects than those of past years, but the increase in the cost of all the materials that enter into the making of these love missives has resulted in corresponding raise in price.
 St. Valentines Eve and Day have been observed as a festival of love 1 for many centuries. The celebration
 of the feast of the lovers saint is al luded to by the fifteenth century Eng
  and Shakespeare and other writers of | that period.
 "On the eve of St. Valentines Day" l'says Nilsson, writer of the early part l of the eighteenth century, "the young folks in England and Scotland, by a very ancient custom, celebrate little festival. An equal number of maids and bachelors get together; each writes their true or some felgned name upon separate billets, which they roll up, and draw by way of lots, the maids taking the mems bill lets, and the men the maids; so that each of the young men lights upon a girl that he calls his valentine, and each of the girls upon young man whom she calls hers. Fortune having l thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines give balls and treats to their mistresses, wear their billets several days upon their bosoms or sleeves, and this little sport l ofton ends in 1OUe''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
B'NAI BIRTH BANQUET

THE JEWISH people of Bridgeport needed any passport to the respect and affection of their fellow citizens which they did not it abundanty furnished night the Bnai Bith banquet which assembled brilliant group and women honored by the presence high est dignitaries of the state.
 The high note of patriotism and loyalty The spirit of America high The Jewish citizens Bridge port make large contributions to the we'll being their city They prepared respond the largest demands their try make upon them.
 Their performance of civic duty their diligence dusry their charity to ali the guarantee fragile walls of discrimination will fall before their increasing power and responsibility.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
WALLIS

The career of a remarkable naval
 officer came to an end just a quarter
 of a century ago, today, Feb. IS, 1892,
 when Sir Provo William Parry Wal
 lis, admiral of the fleet of England
 died near Chichester, England. Sir Provo had celebrated his Tooth birth
 day in the April previous to his death,
 but even as centenarian he was re- tained on the rolls of the British navy by special order of Queen Victoria He was native of the New. World
 having been born in Halifax, N. S., in t1791. After a brief schooling in
 England, he entered the navy at the age of thirteen, when the Napoleonic
 wars were raging.
 The feat of Wallis which has gain ed a permanent place in American
 history was the part he played in that
 terrible and bloody naval duel be- tween the Shannon and the Chesa- peake fought off Boston sharbor in 1S13 Wallis, then twentyatwo years old, was second lieutenant on board the Shannon, commanded by Capt
 Philip Bowes We're Broke. The Shan non, a frigate of fifty-two guns, was one of the vessels then blockadins
 Boston harbor. Capt. Broke wrote tc Capt. Lawrence, commander of the new American frigate Chesapeake requesting the Chesapeake to meet the Shannon, Ship to snip, to try the
 merits of our respective flags" He assured Lawrence that the Chesapeake could not leave Boston without the risk of being crushed by a superior 1 British force, and proposed that they l should meet in single combat, without ! interference on either side This
 sporting proposition was accepted by 1 Lawrence, and a terrific battle was
 fought, in which the British ship wa: victorious, the Americans losing At i in killed and wounded, while the Bri
 tish loss was eighty-four. Capt. Law
 renee was nlOrtally wounded, an(
 Capt Broke also received a seriou:
 wound and was unable to take active l command. As the first lieutenant o i the Shannon was killed, it fell to tht 1 lot of young Wallis to take charge o i the Shannon and her prize. Walli! took the two vessels into the harbol
 of his native city, Halifax, where ht I was received with wild rejoicing 1 Lawrence died on the day before tht ships reached the Nova Scotia metro
 polls. His remains were treated witl great reverence, and turned over tt
 the United States for funeral honors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
UN1oNrsTs CALLED TO CoLoRs.

London, Feb. 13-A Reuter- dis patch from Berne says that the Ger man authorities suddenly have called to the coIors all officials of trade unions and socialist organizations The officials, who aggregate 10000 i number, previously have been exempt from military service
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

by the nature of the structure oers before the slightest shock Some tiny movement added in rhythm to others equally
 tiny lays the card house The fall of is intrinsic in the strucure It is bound to fall
 Europe had armed armed Some toasted to "The Day. and others had for the day The fight had long been brewing It inevitable and 1t The Serbian sassnation pretext not a cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
NO NEGOTIATION

T@ HE UNITED STATES having demanded the safety of Americans the high seas, and having severed dipo mac relations with the Imperial government will not negotiations, unless that government it's pledge for the protection of American citizens
 is difficult to the situation being what it is, how the president could take any other
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
for your Southern trip
Basement,

Come and see the Painting "The Return from Calvary" exhibition the City of Jerusalem from houseop the Hill of ogotha Several figures in the foreground It impressive picture Everyone is invited it. Free, of Fourth hoor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Gov. Mccall of Massachusetts called on President Wilson and said his state would do anything necessary in the present international emergency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Permission was granted by the home office of the Scandinavian-Am American line to sail the Frederick VIII, with
 Count von Bernstorff, the former Ger
 man ambassador, and his staff, on
 board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Defective wiring caused a small blaze in the room of the Countess von Bernstorff on the third floor or the German embassy at Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
A FAILING CRITIC

HE SUN speaks of that Serbian assassination being 1 actual cause of the
 Not any real builds house of cards which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Ten persons were burned to death at South Bethlehem in a fire which destroyed a double dwelling occupied by Greek store and boarding house.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-13

American grains are being exported
to Britain and to other lands to be
brewed into beer there. There 10 .
striking anomaly and an injustice in
such a proceeding.
Prohibition would not be opposed
for a single instant II it were essential
to the national defense. But Is It?
The British empire evidently does not
think 50, and the threat Of Prus-
sianism Is much closer and more
deadly to the British empire than It is
to the United States. These are facts
which our legislators who would
stampede Congress into prohibition
should bear in mind. Otherwise they
are likely 10 hear from the people
and cast q certain element of
suspicion and mistrust in the sincerity
and character Of those who are in
control of our war preparations.
1t is a safe assumption that Herbert
c. Hoover, who Is to be the American
food controller, does not see any
urgent reasons for Harvesting the ma
ton to prohibition in the present
emergency.