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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
POTATOES IN ENGLAND

The British government has fixed one dollar a BUSH
ell as the price to be paid to producers for potatoes. This
price. the reports inform us, has been fixed on the basis
of the cost Of production plus a reasonable profit for the
producer.
The value Of land is one Of the important things to
be figured in connection with all British agriculture, and
especially agriculture In England, where there's little
waste land save that which is incapable Of producing ex-
cept at a prohibitve cost. With land worth the prices
which 1t commands in England, and labor scarce. of
course, because OF war conditions, a dollar a bushel does
not look like a very high price for wartime potatoes.
one might wonder where the farmers profit would come
IN. But that there is a profit at that price is evident
from the fact that the fixing Of that price has resulted
this year In the planting Of an additional 1000 900 acres
0 I fngl'sn land to potatoes. The English farmer, there
rore' believes that he can make money raising potatoes
at a dollar a bushel. How does he do it.?
The answer is easily found. He raised ZIG bushels
per acre. That does not mean that the bumper crop is
21e bushels. or that that number Of bushels is occasion
ally raised in a single acre or q small plot cultivated un-
der unusually favorable conditions. The English potato
crop. good, bad and Indifferent, over q series Of years,
has been an average Of ZIG bushels. That is easily double
the American average. And because most Of the fixed
charges are the same for a small crop as for a large one.
tho E~nslishman is able to make a good profit 1T what
at this distance, seems to be a rather small prioe for his
product.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
ITALY AND FOOD CONSERVATION

A nation, like an army, fights on it's stomach. Dimin-
ish the food supply of a nation below what is needed
for the proper nutrition of the people and the fighting
power of that nation is diminished, not alone because
tie soldiers are hungry, and are incapable. for physical
reasons, of putting forth their best effort but because
the spirit Of the people is duled, and their attention is
distracted :rom the business of war. .-
The situation on the Italian front is OF intimate
and immediate concern to the United States. By what
ever disbursement is brought to the Italians: by what
ever encouragement is brought to the Teutons; by how
ever much the Italians are driven out of territory which
they must regain to prevent further disaster the war is
lea. The less effective Italy is the more effective must
America be. The Italian reverse already means the send
ing OF more American soldiers to Europe and their &C
tive engagement for a longer period.
italy is in need of food. She needs about 100,-
100000 bushels of wheat. She can obtain none from
Russia, because the Dardanelles are closed. She can get
none that is worth While from Australia because of the
distance, and ships cannot be spared to make the long
voyage. Practically all the wheat that she receives must
come from America, North or South, and a very consid-
cradle part OF it must come from the United States. We
have but a small quantity Of wheat above our normal
consumption. Roughly, on the basis of our usual con-
sumption We would have about 100, o00, 900 bushels to
spare cut of this crop, and several Of our armies are
clamoring for it. BY eliminating waste, and by sub
stituting for about 20 per cent of our ordinary consump-
which we have an abundance, and which our neighbors
cannot we'll use. We could double the hundred million
bushels for export. In other words, by taking a little
pains we can save out enough additional wheat for ex-
port to give Italy all the wheat she needs. And it is
cheaper to sell wheat to Italy at a good price than 1t Is
TO send men enough to Europe and keep them there
lons enough to make UP for Italy's food deficiency.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
Chinese Labor May
Be Imported Into The
Philippine Islands

Manila, Oct. 3l.-Whether Chinese
labor shall be imported to the Philip-
pines to till the thousands of r Of
farm land which now lie idle is the
pected to be fought out in the present
session of the Philippine congress-.
Chinese migration 10 now limited by
exclusion acts Of the United States
and any attempt to import Chinese in
large numbers must have the consent
VI ene administration at Washington
becoming effective.
The annual farmers congress Of the
philippines recently voted to favor
Asiatic migration. This means impor-
tation OF Chinese since they are the
! laborers available. Combating
- tn.s movement on the part of the
farmers. representatives Of oreanized
labor are ~preparing to make a strong
nent In h insu1ar legislature AGAINST
letting down the bars to the Chinese.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
LUTHER QUOTED
TOGERMAlNS TO
CONDEMN U. 5.
M o, Containing
Militant Sayings, is
Launched. Il;

Amsterdam, Oct 31.-On the occa-
sion OF the 400th anniversary of the
Reformation the German Evangelical
league, launched from Wittenberg a
manifesto in which the militant say
ings of Martin Luther r applied to
present day events. Tho manifesto ye-
jecs pacifism and thunders against
the pope's peace PROPOSALS as being
invested with no religious authority.
The manifesto concludes.
I'VE especially var against the
heresy promulgated from America
that Christianity enjoins democratic
institutions and that they are an es-
sential condition for the establishment
OF the Kingdom Of God On earth. As
Luther said, The freedom Of q Chris
tian does not depend on the forms Of
government which are shaped by his
tortcal developments and the accumu-
lated expeftencerof nations.'" @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

by SI&GlcS E0Wa10 USSeu
After all. habit Of mind is a great
thing and accounts for much of the
pessimism about Russia You might
say that with the German propaganda
and the German fund it accounts for
all Of it.
1 mean. If q person has an habitual
feeling OF royalty and an habitual dis
trust of common people he will always
believe the Russian experiment is GER
tain to fail.
We had one day at, the Winter
Palace as guest a rather distinguished
English oma of what is called in
her OWE country the middle Glass;
Perhaps you don't know exactly what
this means. 1t is a person that isn't
anywhere near the nobility but still
has honey and a recognized place in
the social scale.
She looked owe tho gorgeous apart
+ments and fell to signing. At last, it
seemed, she could contain her feelings
no more. so she said: h -
isn't this sad! Isn't it Just too sad.
for words!"
Isn't what sad ?" said one Of US.
why to think Of the vanished
actually lived here and walked in
these rooms. Perhaps they have sat
In these very chairs. And now they
are gone forever"
This took us back a good deal, but
one of us piped up after a moment
and said:
II don't see anything sad about
that. 1t seem to me a grand good
and that's the best thing eve said
about them"
"But think Of the cars poor chill
dren," she walled. "Surely. you
haven't any animosity against the
children. Think how they have been
reared! Always accustomed to ease
and comfort and now what will be-
come Of them?"
Well" said Jim Duncan, IT should
think they would now be blessed with
an opportunity to carr an honest
living. Miss Olga, from all I can
learn, might make q first class type
writer, and as for the boy it Is far
from too late for him to learn the
carpentering trade"
1t was plain she was inexpressibly
shocked. She called herself a demo-
crat and yet she could not possibly
get over the prejudice with which she
was born. Royal blood was still royal
blood even when its possessors had
lost their royal Job.
The hold this absurdity has upon
the human mind IL one Of the most
amazing facts in life. A hundred
years of free institutions haven't ex-
tracted it from some Americans.
From some! Why. 1t actually sur-
wives enough to create one of the Sc
rious difficulties of the situation. be-
cause It is continually cropping out
in American writings about Russia.
We had some manifestations Of It
in Russia itself. some that were odd
and some that wera,sjust comical.
When Mr.. N. Romanoff got out of
the Winter Palace and quit the whole
palace business. which he did with
considerable s~uddenness. you may re.
member. most Of the imperial ,serv-
ants were left behind.
We found them there. still wearing
the palace uniform OF imperial blue
with imposing silver buttons. They
seemed to me a melancholy lot, but
doubtless more sinned against than
SHINING. Who could learn light.
heartedness in a madhouse?'
I cannot pretend that we made
much of a hit with them:- in fact I
fear that to the last they regarded us
with solemn disfavor. They had beer
used always to waiting upon grand
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
UNION OFFICIALS
ASK PROTECTION
FROM VCILANTES

Salt Lake. Oct. sl.-Four oYic,ala
OF h Mine. Mil ana smeiter vcrLs
ers' union. who declare thew s,ara
driven from Bingham BY 4 ern,n ~
vigiiantes, last week. appealed today
u OF county attorney for criminal
complaints against the committee OF
Leaders in the Citizens, Protective
essociation. said to be responsible for
az ossvsas - men from the city, de-
DID not return. They a~sserte6 no
the presence Of the men ia Binrham
was Intended asa forerunner tor Z
general strike among the sopper mino
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
RUSSELL TELLS HOW HABIT
MAKES EVEN DEMOCRATS
SKEPTlCAL ABOUT RUSSIA

dukes and the barons and that sort Of
creature that waited upon czars, and
to see this herd Of common slobs
tramping through those sacred halls
was a little too much. They were
mostly old timers and thoroughly
drilled to the old regime and not keen
for any innovations-least Of all for
American persons in sack suits.
There were two of us that got in
bad the first turn Of the box with
some Of these worthy but stilted
guardians of vanished dignity and we
never got right again so long as we
were there. 1t was like this:
We arrived about three in the after
noon and the baggage anne soon aft
erward and was piled unceremonious-
ly on the first sacred imperial floor.
impressed to carry it up to our rooms.
AS they came down stairs after per-
forming this function they began to
sing. I thought the servants would
burst into tears. They looked at one
another and shook their dear old,
heads in despair. Common soldiers
singing in the temple Of the Roman
offs! This vas indeed beyond endur-
iance.
One Of them could not contain
himself but broke loose with a
vehement protest. He looked so cut
up that we were moved to ask the in
terpreter what allied the old boy. 1t
seems that what he was saying was
this:
There 1t is! There it is! Singing
in the cars palace! And that is what
they call liberty! I say again as I
have said before, this liberty will he
the ruin of Russia!"
But the soldiers. they just laughed
and sang the next stanza and two Of
us laughed with them. and that set
tied us in the minds of the servitors.
We were evidently ourselves Of this
vile hoi polloi.
But they must have become some-
what hardened to it all by this time,
Because a use has been found at last
for the monstrous pile that was &C
long the worlds hugest monument Of
insane extravaganza. The govern
ment has moved into it and turned 1t
into a hive of business. The mag
nif1cent suite once occupied by
Catherine II and her successive lovers
is now filled with desks. The rooms
that waited rs years to be entered by
the rattle Of typewriters. Common,
ordinary clerks hustle over the thick
carpets.
The madhouse has become the
home Of business and the dwelling of
sanity and purpose.
1t is a great change, typical Of the
change that is coming over the world.
All the Winter Palaces and others are
doomed to go the same way. Gather
Inc II thought she was building a
structure that should endure to all
time as n of the worlds wonders
and symbol of autocratc splendor and
power. And all she was building. al
q matter Of fact, was a fairly good Of
nee building for a government of
peasants. carpenters and teamsters
that has arisen over the ashes Of the
throne she founded,
1t is SO with all the rest. Soon or
late they all go the same way. But
the people remain!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
GERMAN SERGEANT
In u. S. ARMY
UNDER ARREST

San Francisco. Cal, Dot. s1.-ser-
geant A. G. Deschram, of the United
Fremont, Palo. Attic, on q federal
warrant and placed in the county Jail
Germany and had taken out his first
citizenship papers. Department Of
justice officials here declined to make
any statement in Deschram's case
further than the warrant came under
h section of the Presidents procla-
nation on referring to enemy activ-
tiles in this country.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
HooKWoRM NFEgTs IsnANna

suva. Fiji Islands. Oct. L.-Hook-
worm prevails to q considerable ex-
EN- IN n FIJI Islands according to- a
recent report by Drs. 8. T. Darling
and N. A. Barber Of the Rockefeller
Foundation Of New York. engaged to
investigate the. presence here Of the
microbe. They found that 100 ner
cent of the Ffjians and Hindoos on
the Rewa river. F1ji's waterway. are
more or less affected. Among eur
peans, only those born in the Fiji
group are affected and then only to a
slight extent.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
F. w. HARTING, MILL
CITY NEWSPAPERMAN.
CLAIMED BY DEATH

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 31.-Fred-
erick Walton Harting, a member Of
Minneapolis Tribune EDITORIAL
stan died suddenly at his home here
asst mighty Mr.. Harting was born in
New York; City in 1872, ana had a
nota6le career in newspaper work,
which began as a reporter for the New
Lork Tribune. Later he became
with the Tacoma Daily
News. Before coming to Minneapolis
ne was connectM with q Vancolver
B.. C. publication.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
WILSON ANXIOUS TO
HAVE PHONE STRIKE
ON COAST SETTLED

San Francisco, Oct. 31.-President
Wilson is vitality interested in a quick
ana satisfactory adjustment" of the
dispute between the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company and employees,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

Mississippi for 16 years, until his re-
tirement in 1901, and one of the pic
turesque figures Of that body in those
days, died Yesterday at his home in
Tupelo. Mississippi.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

Athens. o., Oct. 31.-General Chas.
H. Grosvenor died at his home here
yesterday. aged "a. He represented
Ohio in congress for 20 years, retiring
from politics in 1906,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
FERRETS JOIN ALIIES, RANK

London. Oct 31.-There will soon
be a corps of ferrets'' on the western
front for the purpose Of helping to
clear out the enormous rats now in
Testing the galleries in the chalk hills
left by, the Germans in their retreat.
The ferrets are now being modified
and several hundreds have already
been shipped.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

according to a message received by
Gavin McNab, an attorney from Louis
+. Post, Assistant secretary of labor.
Secretary of Labor w. b. Wilson
also sent a message from Clifton,
Arizona, asking that nc strike action
be takenNpending mediation. #
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

TWO Ex-CoNGREssMEN DIE.
Jackson. Miss, Oct. 31.-"Private'
John Allen, member of congress from
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31

o folds of white and scarlet! o blue with your silver
stars! May fond eyes welcome you, willing feet follow YOU.
warm hearts cherish you, and dying lips give you their
blessing! Ours by Inheritance, ours by allegiance. ours by
nnection-long may you float on the free winds OF heaven,
the emblem of liberty, the hope OF the world.
The evening world., 1917-06-08
THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917.

bots saw the flames coming from
tho Queen home and barns. Hurry
ing 10 the scene friends OF the family
found the bodies Of Queen and his
wife, fully dressed, about 100 feet
from the house. The body OF their
daughter. clad only In a nightgown.
was found near the doorway.
From the position in which the
bodies were found the police figure
that Queen and his wife. who appar-
entity had been reading in their home.
smelled smoke and went out 10 in
vestigate. As they did 20 the murderer
attacked them. Their daughter. who
had retired, was aroused by their
cries. and running to the door, met
the same fate.
The axe has not been found
sheriff John w. Sharp and County
Detective Ham OF Hunterdon Coun-
" reached the scene shortly after the
discovery OF the murders. so far as
known the Queen family mad no enc.
mics.
a Russian farmland. who had beef
employed at the Queen farm for sew
eral weeks, Is said TO be misslng
Word has been received from Doyies
town. Pa, that "a suspect Is unde
arrest there.
DR.. Louis Apgar Queen. who llvet
NJ the Hotel Lucerne in west Seven.
The evening world., 1917-06-08
FAMILY MURDERED
ON JERSEY FARM;
HOME SET ON FIRE
Aged Man, +lis Wife and Their
Daughter Found Slain at
Mount Pleasant.
tspecisi 20 IN. EveninF wSh)

NNIsNlAl 10 ~" AfNAAAA NNNAal
PENNINGTON, N. j., June s.
William II. Queen, sixty-one yoa-s
old, a prosperous farmer. his wife
and twenty two year-old daughter.
Eleanor. the latter a teacher In Rleg-
elsviue Public school, were murdered
At their home in Mount Pleasant.
twelve miles from here. early to-day.
The condition ~ the bodies led the
authorities 20 believe at first that the
victims had been shot and then at
tackled with an axe, but now It Is be-
lleved only an axe was used.
Prior TO killing the family tn, slay-
er get nre 20 the house and OUT
buildings. all of which were de-
stroyed with a,losS Of 5000.
The Nipple murder, one OF tho most
brutal Nn the history OF the state.
has aroused the whole countrywide
and the farmers have abandoned
their regular tasks to Join In the
hunt for tho slayer.
The Queen family was one OF tho
best known in this part of New Jer-
sey. three brothers OF the murdered
man being former Judge Paul A.
Queen Of FiemIngton. former Police
Judge John Wall Queen OF Jersey
lCity and Dr. Louis Apgar Queen OF
lNew York city
Mount Pleasant is settlement o
about 100 persons near the Pcnnsyl.
vanla state line. The first intima.
tion Of the tragedy was when neigh
The evening world., 1917-06-08

ty-nlnth Street. is one OF the best
known physicians IN the city. Former
Police Judge Queen has a law ofiice at
No. IS Exchange Place. Jersey city.
Both brothers left for Mount Pleas
ant early this morning. ..
The evening world., 1917-06-08

HoumRnIa nnd Switzerland seadinE
Diplomatic Missions Here,
WASHINGTON. June S.--Roumania is
sending diplomatic commission here
and switzerland Is reported to have
group on It's way
The evening world., 1917-06-08

DR.. Louis Apgar Queen. who lives
NJ the Hotel Lucerne in west Seven
New Britain herald., 1917-12-13
DEMANDS FAIR UMPIRE.
England Willing to Compete On Busif
ness Lines With America.

London, Dec. 13.-Sir Albert Stan
ley, president of the board of trade
was entertained at dinner last night b,
the officers and directors of the Amer
lean Chamber of Commerce In al
address Sir Albert welcomed thu
American chamber as the latest OF the
foreign institutions of this kind to bt
established in England. His address
dealt largely with conditions after tl12
war.
America would find a stronger and
keener competitor in England ;afte1
the war, the speaker said. He added
This is not challenge. We ard
willing to pit our nine against you'll
me or any other nine if we have
fair umpire but are not willing to plaa
against another team with crooked
UNI iring and with the bleacheH
packed, every man with "a brick in ri
pocket" rs
Sir Albert spoke of the GermAq
policy of peaceful penetration of tn
industries of other countries as
policy under which every agent u
German trade was backed by a ma
chine gun. He expressed the strong1
est conviction that the Allies woult
win, although it might be a long war;
and that the association of AmericaI'
and British soldiers ard citizens must
result in a strong and permanent
friendship between the two nations.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-13
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason
why it is that so many products that
are extensively advertised, all at once
drop out Of sight and are soon for
gotten? The reason is plain-the ar
ticle did not fulfil the promises of the
manufacturer. This applies more
particularly to a medicine. A medi-
cinal preparation that has real cura-
tive value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need
Of it.
A prominent druggist says "Take
for example DR.. kilmers Swamp
Root, a preparation I have sold for
many years and never hesitate to
recommend, for in almost every case
it shows excellent results, as many of
my customers testify. No other kid
ney remedy that I know of has so
large a SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony Of thousands who
have used the preparation, the sue
cess of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
due to the fact that, so many people
claim, it fulfils almost every wish in
overcoming kidney, liver and bladder
ailments, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which
causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention
the New Britain Daily Herald Large
and medium size bottles for sale at
| all drug stores.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-13
ROAD TO VICTORY
in UPPER FRANCE
British TommieS Have New Nick
name for French Roadway

Correspondence of The Associated
Press.)
Behind British Lines in France,
Dec 13.-There is a broad road which
runs like a spinal column across the
north of France, which the British
private has nicknamed the Road to
Victory His fondness for this road
is perhaps due to the fact that it is
broader, better paved, and more direct
than most other roads, being one Of
those highways which Napoleon laid
out many generations ago.
Over this Road to Victory there
moves a never-ending procession of
transport of the most varied char
acter. Standing at a cross roads, one
sees first q group of four wagons;
theirs is a pleasant load. for they
carry rations,-clean wholesome yell
low cheeses, sides of prime bacon,
fresh white bread in sacks, chests Of
tea, sugar, jam, timed butter and
bully-beef, sacks of potatoes and
onions sides of frozen beef and
mutton.
Behind the ration carts follow a
lorries laden with lumber of various
kinds. Each lorry in this group car
rics it's name proudly on it's side, the
names all taken fom Dickens char
acters.-Betsy Prig, Martin Chuzzle-
wit, Micawher, Oliver Twist, Mr.. Bum
BILE, Sairey Camp, and others. Some
are carrying "duckboards'', which are
little sections of skeleton sidewalk for
foot traffic over the mud. Others are
laden with turkey trots.'' little
wooden bridges for shell-holes. Still
others have long bundles of brush
wood "fascines'' for filling in hollow
places in roads. Yet others have
lengths Of beech planking for cor
duroy roads
Next in line behind the lorries is a
battery of field guns painted in
strange motley of green's, browns and
yellows. The horses are in the pink
of condition, their coats agleam, their
drivers tanned brfck-red by exposure.
After the guns come long strings of
pack mules wearing brown canvas
carriers, from the pockets of which
peep the cleaning cases Of eighteen
FOUNDER shells, or the squat yellow
bodies of field howitzer ammunition
The mule is certainly doing his bit in
this war. Flooding and patient he
works his ten or twelve hours a day
back and forth between dump and
gun position, mostly under shellfire,
always through roads muddy and wet
and shell-torn.
So the long column moves onward