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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
(By. Milton Bronnet.J.

washington. Nov. 2o.LMr. Mrs,
Miss, or Master American Citizen, have
you 25 cents? ~
II so, Uncle Sam wants you to lend
it to him to help whip the Huns.
That is the meaning of one Of the
most gigantic financial plans in the
world, which will be launched on De-
.cember 8, and extend over a year.
The government has raised huge
quantities of money in two Liberty
Loans, which appealed to every citi-
zen who had $50 or 500 or more to
spare. 80,
The campaign to sell war savings
900, 900, 900 from people who did not
feel they could afford $50 at a time,
and yet are anxious to prove their
A~mericanism. ll IA .,s
The method Is simple; on and after
December 3. at any postoffice, bank or
trust company, and at many railroad
OFFICES. stores and factories, THRIFT
STAMPS and WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS will be on sale.
Here Is how it works out: Little
Mary Jones. milliner, wants to help
her government win the war. When
she draws her weeks wages she feels
can spare Is cents. She goes to
h p%ostoffice and buys a thrift stamp.
1t the same time they give her q
thrift card, which has spaces for I6
thrift stamps.
She pastes her thrift stamp on the
thrift card, and writes her name and
address in ink. Then, If she loses 1t,
the finder can drop it in any letter box
and n postoffice department will re-
turn 1t to her. AS soon as. Mary has
bought 16 thrift stamps, at rs cents
each, her thrift card. is filled.
war savings stamps sell at differ
ent. prices. During December, 1917,
n January, 1918, they will sell al
$4.l2 each; in February, 1918. al
Sab; in March at $4.14; and so on,
increasing regularly one cent Aach
month. Now II Mary Jones Completes
ner thrift card in March, 1914, she
trades It In to the government, giving
with 1t Il cents, and then becomes the
owner Of a war savings stamp. She
gets with, this q war savings certificate.
which has space for 20 war savings
stamps. II she buys just one stamn
at q end of five, years-JanIlarv
l~S23--instead Of getting back her
D Gr,e1na San III; she gets back from
In other words, her money has paid
her four per cent at compound inter.
est. * XII 49, Ai'
The. moment Mary pastes her wa,
savings stamp on the war savings GER
tincate. h has something that is SAFE
from thieves or fire. She can take n
o&any postoffice and have it register.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
change Of gifts that testify to abiding
affectiop ~

cnange OF gifts n a testify to abiding
affection?
In many households it is the pretty
custom for each member to hoard
spare coins for months before the hol-
idays as an almost holy fund to be ex-
pended in love-gifts when the happy
season dawns. The hoard represents
self-denials innumerable, and long
and severe calculations for the happi-
ness Of others. Is all this to be
wasted?
No! thousand times no! 1t will
soften the hard saying" measurably
and sanctify the offering if it be di-
verted into someone or several Of the
channels indicated by the government,
Of the wives and children of the men
who are fighting for the liberties and
rights of mankind, of the poor we
have always with us, even at our
DEMONSTRATING children and helpless
old age. Why attempt to enumerate
the wants that cry to heaven for aid ?
May I specify as, almost a sin. the
practice Of what I have elsewhere
stigmatized as holiday blackmail?'
We all know it and to our shame be II
said, most of us are guilty of confor.
mean making Christmas gifts to
those from whom. in Scripture a
lance, we expect to receive again"
More of us do not blush to confess tc
ourselves and sometimes to Others
that we give because Such-and-such
-a-one always sends us something al
Christmas and That he or she has q
right to expect reciprocation. If W.
would purge tour lists OF Aprojected
holiday gifts Of the blackmailinE Or.
der we would be surprised and
shamed.
One word for the children a n
Christmas Eve stocking-hanging.-
I could not find it in my grand.
motherly heart to discountenance 70,
one season the immemorial ceremony
and attendant rites. Let the ,darlingt
decorate the real or mock CHIMNEY.
piece" with the pendant hose and SET
to 1t that these are corpulent or
Christmas morning with inexpensive
tokens of our love. But make Il
clear to the children's. minds why thi.
wear costly gifts would be robbery. Of
Gods poor and the brave boys who
are Offering their lives In defense O
our rights, shedding their blood tina
for ages to come there maybe peac,
lon earth goodwill to men4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
II You We're An Editor And a Big
Piece OF News "BrOke'
(From Atlantic Monthly.)


Suppose you were managing edi-
tor, and the biggest story you can
think of broke upon you"-Manning
stopped and searched. What is the
biggest piece Of new you can imag-
inc, DR.. Latimer?" = r
The other man examined the ceiling.
well, say an authenticated case of
the persistence of life after DEATH" he
ventured. -
"Bully!" cried Manning. His eyes
sparkled, the color mounted to his
forehead and his fingers twitched-
was it for the missing pencil and copy
paper? Then he found himself. Sup
pose you were in charge and that flash
came from the Associated Press. What
would you do?"
II should probably develop a violent
headache" said Latimer.
Here's what you'd do, DR.. Latimer.
You'd yell up the tube to the makeup
man to tear open the first page for q
seven column double-ribbon head.
You'd then get the telegraph editor
to write that head: Life Holds Beyond
Grave, Says French Savant.' You'd
then turn loose several men on the
Encyclopedia Brittanica looking up
opinions on immortality by Plato. Sol
ONION, Lucretius, Thomas A.. KempiA
Nine. Blavatsky. Huxley. You'd have
the city room get all the local clergy
men on the wire. You'd telegraph to
President Wilson, Billy Sunday, Hem
ry Ford, Mary Pickford, the Pope, the
Sultan and the Chief Rabbi Of Petro-
grad. You'd have your Wall street
men interview Mr.. Morgan as to the
probable effect Of Immortality on the
stock exchange. You'd ask the presi-
dents of the insurance companies how
immortality would affect their special
business. Next, day there would be
follow-up. stories, with reproductions
of the most famous painting of the
Resurrection. BY the end of the week
your hair would be slightly 'grayer,
and If anybody mentioned immortali-
ty to you; you'd bite him. Next week
something would break loose in Next
CO.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
GENERAL MAUDE,
CAPT0R Of BAGDAD,
DIES FROM DISEASE:

London, Nov. 1s.-Premier Lloyd
commons yesterday, the death Of CO..
eral Maude, commander of the Brit
ish Mesopotamia army. and charac-
terized him as " great leader Of men
and a commander Of the first rank
The premier briefly reviewed Gen.
eral Maude's career and told OF the
he overcame, which result
ed IN the capture Of Bagdad and 9th
er successes in Mesopotamia.
Now, In his hour Of triumph.~>
the premier, che is stricken down
by fell disease. The country urn
loss Of one of It's slfnost valiant
sons go g b = ~ G -SA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

true that there was something resembling panic In one
army, but that 1s not "a cause for surprise. The italians
had been the aggressors. While proceeding slowly, they
were advancing. Then. without warning, came the sud
changed into q retreating one. with the enemy pounding
its flank. For an army to effect a retreat in perfect or
der under such, circumstances would be almost super
human. S& ~ if taNsF@
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

airplans. Howtrue his statement 10,
I DO not know; but IL 1t Is possible,
they will do 1t. .f
Yes, we'dabetter cut out our ex5
travagance now. It is 10 felony II
you don't OF course: but the Ameri-
can who doesn't lacks just that much
of being patriotic.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
THIS YEARS CHRISTMAS DUTY
BY Marion Hariand of The vieilantes.

Dy MARION HAf1anQ OF The ~v1gtlanteS.
We women of America have had
some fearfully hard sayings"-which
l take to mean tough problems, social,
and economic-forced upon
us within the past three years. The
effort to make one dollar do the work
OF three has taken presidents with
the mighty middle class representing
the bone II sinew OF the country.
Closely associated with this, in fact,
~inseparable from it. stands the duty
urged by prudence and the United
the pleasure of hosbitable entertain
ment of those whom it is a delight to
invite often and freely to our homes.
AS a natural sequence we are request
ed to curtail the provision made for
family fare Meatiess days, Awheatless
days and sweetless days n enjoined
as patriotic obligations the wise econ
omlst and patriotic householder may
not shirk.
The rapid approach of the Christ
mas holidays thrusts upon us what
will be to some the most startling
problem of. all hat have been born
of the great tribulation convulsing the
nations.
To put it directly and plainly: How
many of us are willing, in the fear Of
God and in true love for our fellow
u CoLIu CS " WIitc ouCu d. lSII0T A6 LnlS
to each Of those. to whom we had
hoped to send a love-token sat the
blessed Yule-tide?
Dearly Beloved:
Conscience and circumstances
have forced upon me the painful duty
Of denying myself the pleasure Of
making Christmas gifts this year. Will
you accept the card I shall send to
you on Christmas day as a pledge of
| M Sfoo1 70 OF q Horf{0n orH ho1Skoxyo <ho$
with it go sincere wishes for your
health and happiness during the holi-
days and the coming year,"
Regretfully and affectionately yours,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
AS We REMARKED.

The Herald pointed out that the defeat of Mayor
Mitchell of New York, would inevitably be interpreted by
the German press as a demonstration of ant-war senti
ment in the countrys greatest city. Under date of
Washington, Nov. 16. the following special dispatch was
published in the New York Times:
WORD reached Washington today that Ger
man press comments upon the election results
in New York interpret them as a triumph for
the American pacihsts.
1.-The Kreuz 'Zeitung asserts that the defeat
n of Mayor Mitchell for reelection was favorable
to Germany, as Mitchell, it says, was a warm
y friend Of the Entente and was pro-war, while it
maintains that Tammany. Hall is pacidst and its
whole ticket was pacihst. .% 80 = -e .
"Vorwarts and Germania quote from the
Munich Neueste Nachrichten, which holds that
Hylan's election over Mitchell is evidence of a
lack Of war enthusiasm in America and a
moral defeat" for President Wilson and the war
party ~ ..,
That rather looks as if the Germans liked the New
York result. 1t is beside the question to say that the
German papers misinterpret the expression. Many ele-
n1ents entered into the. election. Party politics entered
into it. Class feeling was there. The struggle after pat
ronage was an element. These and many other causes
contributed to the result. But the outstanding fact is
that the mayor who answered the challenge of the
Hearst papers and of other disloyal elements by taking
his stand boldly in support of the war policies of the
government was defeated. That result was eminently
satisfactory to the Germans, and they are expressing
their delight as they were expected to do.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

"A hard saying?" Yes. and SEEM
ingly ungracious to one who does not
know for herself how you have
travelled in heart and soul before you
could bring yourself to "bear" it!
Reproachful memories of the dear
and sacred associations of the season
arise to forbid it. Because nations
are at war through no fault Of ours
are our children to have no Christ
mas tree? Perhaps not to .hang up
their stockings on Christmas eve2
Are their elders to forego the ex-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

It is never safe to get enthusiastic
over a drop in the priceFof eggs until
AFTER you have tried the eggs. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
The Friends OF Wilhelm

By George Sterling of The Vigilantes.
Now the vast Evil. houghed and
brought to bay,
Bellows across the world it's lust
and fear,
" Howling for aid to all its spawn
that hear
Testing its faithful ere the avenging
Day.
Now is the season of the Beasts
America See now thy sons appear
Whose lips shall do thee service
with a sheer
Whose throats shall hiss thee and
whose hearts betray.
Viereck, Hardwick, Stone
n Reed,
Eastman and Bidder, Hillquit-theirs
of the seed
OF treason sown upon a patient
land,
Who nov by stealth, unshamed and
u~npursued,
BY darkness. with the dagger in the
hand,
Seek the great Breast from which
thew draw their food.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

Q folds Of white and scarlet! o blue with your silver
W uaTs M hesyrt fon she sysS welcome aed YOU %x,Ig willing In: feet est follow blow + yoTs.:
blessing! Ours by Inheritance, ours by allegiance. ours by
ahection-long may you float on the free winds Of heaven,
the emblem of liberty. the hope Of the world.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
A PATRIOTIC GIRL.
b Said the pretty girl
To her sweetheart: "Son,
For goodness sake
Don't call me Hun"

New YorkJoffered a new solution of.
the old problem Of 1.-THE Lady or the
Tisers" by Voting for both.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

the moment Mary pastes her war
gyms stamp on the war savings GER
from thieves or fire. She can take e.
toSany p~ostoffice and have it register
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
LENS AND ST. QUENTIN
ON VERGE OF FALL

Approximately oneSnonth ago the British
and French offensive began coincidental
with the German strategic retreat" on the
western front
In that month, including Field Marshal
Haig's capture today. the French British
forces have recovered approximately $50
square miles of French territory from the
invader, extending over a front off more
than seventy-fve miles. Some of it has
been wrenched from the Germans hands
in the most violent fighting of the war.
In some places the British advance has
reached forward twenty-five miles. This
much was registered in the jump from
around Estrees to Fresnoy- Petit north of
st. Quentin.
The line of the Hindenburg retreat was
swung on two pivots-around Lens on the
north and around ST. Quentin on the south.
II is at these two pivotal positions that the
greatest drives of the war are now being
made-Haig and his British forces singly
around Lens which official statements to-
day declare is soon to fall: General Nj
velle's forces cooperating with the British
around st. Quentin and La Fere. St. Quen-
tin cannot hold out much longer. Allied
troops are within less than two miles or the
cathedral, fighting in the suburbs of the
city.
The line on which the fighting in this
entire front was waged all winter ran APP
proximately from Loos to Liedm. to Angres
and a point east of SoucheZ thence to Neu-
Vile st. Vaast, to Ecuries around the east
outskirts Of Arras to near Tloy: thence
down the railroad to Achet-le-Grande and
Pys, Thiepval and Contamination. There
the line swept sharply eastward to around
Hardecourt then south again to Abain-
court and west of Roye and Ribecourt.
In the month just passed this line has
been shifted somewhat as follows as far
as official statements to date have indi-
Gated:
One-mile gain around l.OOS.
Two and one-half miles gain from Souchez
to Yimy. ...--
-Four and one-half miles from Arras to
Fampoux.
Five miles from Mercatel to Wancourt
and Heninel.
Eight miles from courcelles to near
Queant
Fifteen miles from Pys to Havinc""rt.
Fifteen miles from Poisieres to Gozeu-
court.
Eight miles from Mametz to Ronssoy.
Twenty-Five miles from Estrees and Alb
laincourt to Fresnoy-le-Petit
Further south the French have made these
gains:
Approximately twenty-one miles of ad-
vance on a line drawn from Ablaincourt
| south to Roye westward from Gauchy (near
St Quentin), down to Guiscard, Ham, Coucy
| and along the Oise Further south than this
| the French have driven forward into st.
| Gobaip forest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
FIGURE ON INSURANCE
RATES FOR SOLDIERS
Companies Map Out Plan for
Policies, to Be Paid for
by the City


'"'e 'oiip''''e" ""V''s nav "'
working out the problem of rates IN the
blanket insurance proposed by Councils to
t,le care of denendents of everv phiIadel-
nbian a,listi,, for ,yar sorvioe
, a.
ine p'ooie''' was tuii'.u oNsi W @ Wv,
soi'p"n'eS yesterday witnin rev ,iou
, oo',' pi"ncneS vi cou'o''' nau 's
.,ueo 10 zane caie Vi ianliies VI i,iru III
'"e SeiN''e ny n'ea''S vi ihSu'''s ''''i
Actual organization of the joint council
manic committee will be delayed somewhat.
az the roster of Common Council VIII be
gone over thoroughly by President II. b.
treason, peIore ne nithes 'he ui'ee men
~iroih ~ the loWer prahch VINO Nii coist' /, I,
,"'e ms He'e''ioh' ,oe'oi 'i',So' 'a'u
" ne Nou'u ''ane o''ls t''ose Mho Isu 'u''l .
hno"ieuse VI u'a''e' put ne ''uueu tna'
JAMES H. "''S' ''a" 'Fe'' ''''e" '"''' '''''''
one of the members of the committee,
who is an authority on insurance questions,
said today that the real problem, outside
of getting an adequate rate for the men
insured. would be the solving OF the ques-
ton as to JUST what men would come under
this legislation. and to this end he said that
as soon as tie committee organized IN the
carly part of next week he would ask IA
military expert to acGuaint them with the
dIieIell branches Oh service III Whlcn Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
SINGLE TAKERS CLASH
OVER LUKE NORTH
Californian's Methods of Lining
Up Voters Causes Dissension
Among Delegates
ATLANTIC CITY. April IA.

Luke North. the fighting Californian
up 100000 voters there for the single tax
has caused serious rift among Califor-
mans, became bone of contention today
in the National Single Tax Conference at
the Hotel st. Charles
Sharp criticism of the action of the Penn
sylvania Single Tax party, which called the
conference for the express purpose of
spreading the California great adventure"
propaganda throughout the Eastern States.
was contained in letters read today from
prominent leaders in the cause.
Daniel Kiefer. for many years chairman
of the Joseph Fels Foundation, refused to
attend the Philadephia-nitated meeting
for fear that his presence might be con-
strued as an Endorsement of extreme rad-
calism in the movement
The anti-North representatives this
morning charged that North has made him
self the great l am among single takers
in California and made this declaration:
1T is undeniable that a certain inner
circle of the (great adventure)s )sgroup do
not tolerate a democratic method of pro-
cedure The modern method of repre-
sentative convention or a referendum of
action taken is abhorent to them. An
equally grave charge is that they quote
over and over again that this and that
leader among the single takers, the Social
lists and organized labor approves of their
action when in reality such alleged ap-
proval is entirely spurious.
The Pennsylvanians are in full control
of a steam roller which defeated by two
| to-one vote resolution prescribing per-
sonalties by Luke North in his reply to
his critics. The steam roller smashed also
a resolution which proposed to make taxa
ton for war a convention topic.
There was Il brisk battle over a resolu-
ton declaring Thomas Jefferson did more
than any other man to procure free speech,
religious liberty and free press and recon-
mending that April 13, his anniversary be
made a national holiday. Chairman Wal
lace held the resolution was extraneous to
the purpose of the conference and this de-
cision was sustained by a vote of "a to %.
L. B. Swinney, in message to the con,
yention urged a national fund of 100000
for a campaign Of publicity through news
papers and lectures, asserting that 1t Is inn
possible at this time to formulate plan OF
propaganda satisfactory to all single takers
because of the wide variance Of opinion.
Chairman Wallace pleaded for the injec'
tion of human sympathy into the single
| tax movement. George l.. Record, of Jersey
| civ. wired the conference that the cause
| had suffered an irreparable loss in the deatl
| of Senator Osbourne, of New Jersey, whom
| he said would have been candidate fol
| Governor two years hence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
NINE MEN in ORCHESTRA
GET NO NEW CONTRACTS
Three Others Resign-Annual "Shake-
up" Not Considered Important.
Directors Back Stokowski

Nine members of the Philadelphia Or
cbestra failed to receive new contracts for
next season and three resigned of their
own accord. Two OF the nine who were not
rehired, II is understood. went to friends
on the board Of directors OF the organiza-
tion to plead. They obtained no relief
however. as the board is bent upon back
ing Conductor Stokowski
',rhis shake-up or whatever you call 1t,
cannot be looked upon with more than
ordinary interest, because It is an annual
affair and must happen" Manager Judson
said "It is quite natural that among
ninety-six men It would be necessary to
withhold contracts for further service from
some for any one Of a dozen reasons. The
orchestra management made every effort
10 satisfy the men. but In these dozen in
stances we were unsuccessful" ~ 4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
WALL STREET CALM IN FACE
OF BIG ECONOMIC PRORI FMS
Bankers Laud Provision That Government Bonds
BE Convertlble-Sell Taxable Issues Advise
Successive Offerings to Raise Funds
Ry CHARLES r. BROWN
" York Journal OF Commerce

seems to have danr,,.o,, Al. A.,
stocks of mn, ~ M ,Neu ,ne demand for war
,r,ous Vi 'helr attractiveness:
OF purchasing at reasonable prices viii be
o,oiceu ,t., on pehalf of our allies quite as
,,,ro,,s s as IN the instance of our own
co. ,,'a ample funds will be available
ali war oroers' But the orders must be
~ ns'eu a, COST, p'is normal percentage
Srr,,in,,, Sn,' me proceeds of the credits
hora ,Ia, 70, 10 the Allies under the new
n,nI % p'm wiz oe Kept In this country and
VIII WI. oe used solely for the purchase of
b. 80. inaue supplies. Hence will there
on,r .e incentive on the part of ou,
und,a 'oserilineht ,.t to see that there is no
tn,,,. advantage taken of Gu: foreign GUS
r,,
,sran recent contract for torv etloes furn-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14
ARGENTINA ROUSED
AGAINST GERMANY
Popular Clamor Grows.
After Torpedo Sinks
Monte Protegida
MAY BREAK RELATIONS
BY CHARLES 2. STEWART
special Gable Service Of the United Press a
Evening Ledger.

Spcc'df Cdbie Service Of the united Press aud
p,.r>.o, htNmD hed0er.
90, ,L NC al Nf'S' April Twin Brazil
1,,,as e ,else on war with Germany after
taai,,, - rupture ana boiNia olplomat-
,. 1 'e" from berlh Rrgeh'na was
,ha, -, o." l,'-uerihah sentiment 'oua!
hra.,, 'e'''e" "NeV 10 result III uIpiomauc
T,, ,,.,
Of news last night of the sinking by a Ger
man submarine OF the Argentine sailing ves-
o,e ,roteg'ua Inc trst prediction
W e,po"H'pie oIilclais was that Argentina
"'uiu l,ilileuiatelE follow Brazh = example
az nauui"s ms passports TO the herman
.t, uu, tne 'ap'he' uelerreu actio'i
N"''' '"'e 'ou"!'
ONLY PROTEST NOW
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,ina wnrid nratat,, 10, 10 TO- ','' 20, ~ ~ S,,r
thor M tbis lin" tI,n 60 sa,,stc, - shor,
nro,ee, 10 porIi, "
The noint wns r,tsod ,bot ,,hi;o tho
Monte Protegid. u,s ,cch,i,oiIy ragi.,.red
brazilian and Ital.an IJar crsu vas COM
nosed ~ Norwegians
The cerman H,ini.,or hall , hriof ,o,.
feronca ,yith prosida,,, rri,a,.o ,oi,,,. ,nu
emeryod win Tho doo,a.a,ion. =
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,eaco
MANY oior,o,., ,,,or,, ,h ,o,,,t,.o