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COMMISSION BILL
 UP TO GOVERNOR
PROVIDES FOR ELECTION OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS AND
 A "ClTY MANAGER
Takes Away the Effectiveness of the Primary Election Held Last Week And Makes All Candidates Start on Equal Basi

There was passed in the house of representatives yesterday morning a commission form of government mI Tor Hot Springs that annuIs the ef iectlveness of the primary election held during the past week, and which provides for an election 10 be held within +1 days under which five city commissioners are to be elerted
 Under the terms Of the bill. which now ha passed both houses of the legislature and is ready for the sig nature Of Governor Broueh to make it a law, the entire city administra- tioH as now provided for IS set aside. and new form of city government is taken up.
 There are five commissioners who take the place of the present mayor and city council One of the five commissioners is elected a. q chair man of the co nmission. or mayor as he may be called. and he gets ealary of 5000 per annum The other fCur commissioners each get $500 per annum. and they. in sitting with the chairman, enact all the ordinances aud look 10 he whole of the city's business.
 A city manager, who is 10 be hired by the five commissioners and who tay receive a salary as high as }5000 per annum, and wno does not of necessity have 10 be a resident of the city. is provided for. He is tho business manager for the city, and nile he is suberyient at all times tC Ec commissioners. yet he is regarded ,5 the one who shall manage all city affairs in a general way lie is sup posed 10 be a man of high efficiency and because he does not have tn run fer office is supposed 10 enforce the city ordinances in a fair and sincere manner
 Some of the provisions of the new .rlan are unique No man who wants to run for commissioner can spend any money in his candidacy. else it would bo void. He can not solicit votes. else he would be thrown out if this were proved. He can not do an} thing in the elin of csmpaignina for support except answer such questions as may be propounded to him The plan is known as the Dayton Plan and is imposed 10 remove as far as possible the old political methods from the city's administrative affairs.
 The law was practically enacted yesterday Only the signature Of Governor Trough is necessary to com plete the law. Within a short time an election will be called in which the commissioners shall be elected Tben the candidates may enter general primary. after which the two men re ceiymg the highest vote may have d run off and the winner is mayor and the four for commissioners who receive the highest vo'e will be the commissioners.
 Already there is discussion Of plact ing certain leading men of the city as candidates before the people. The idea was 10 get progressive men, who would cooperate at all times in af- fairs looking to the upbuildine of the resort
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MASSAGE TREATMENTS.

MAS. E. T. ROSEN wants you io try the New Life Electric Magnetic Swedish Treatment, for body and face. Call at 420 l-2 Central avenue, Apart ment No. If l-30-lm
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strand where the Pacific rolls and rolls-ah, gents, l could go on for ever, singing the elories Of that gold en land of flowers and wonderful ma jorities--."
 An Sin: You sineee in senate. eX- ecutive sesiOn, sabe.'
 The evening closed wivh the club singing Hello Gridiron. Hello Fris co '"
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NOTICE

Hot Springs Chapter Q E. $. will hold their regular meeting in the Ma sonic Temple Monday evening. at o'clock. Visitors invited 10 attend.
 BLANCHE BAILEY Se.
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Dr. d. F. Merritt, calls answered day or night Office phone Al. 7es ldence 426 No. 370lz Central avenue
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GET SING LAUNDRY.
anZ CerttaI Ave

January 22. Chinese New Year ] harr been in the laundry business here sI years
 GET SING.
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Try our Mercnants Lunch and Home Cooking. PERFECTION CAFE, oppo slte ArIlnuton Hotel. 71-10-tt
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FOR BRICK WORK

1Sll lS45, ram Vine. Reliable .sr mates furnished on any class O, Erie, Work e,a,
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Trunks, Waists. Skirts and tailor made Suits at Halls. He cuts the nrice. 20-imo.
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MURRAY TRANSFER rn,

We have the only nreproof ware house in the city. Warehouse nou 't-ueted @ with separate apartments for
 Telephone B2 or 4k\ M+
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MILLIONS FLED
NORTH ITALY
Exodus Became a Panic and
all Army Transport
Pisorganized.
Timely Arrival of French
and British Served to AL
lay Worst Fears.
(By Philip r. Mackenzie.)

Rome. Dec. est will be a long
time before the world at large-in-
deed. before ven Italy itself-will
realize what the crashing in of the
Italian military line meant when the
Teutons forced their way through
over the. mountains and threatened
the Venetian plain.
1t Was different from the surge in
to Belgium; unlike the burst into
northern France at the beginning Of
the war. The Italian people had
learned, from the examples of Serbia,
Rumania and Belgium, to fear the in.
vaders, for they know what 1t meant
to be ground literally under his heel.
They knew the horrors that foAow in
the wake Of German incursion, and
the mere fact that German troops
were used and advertised was enough
to intensity the horrors Of invasion.
Germans who resent the application
of the term Hun to themselves would
understand why it is applied if they
could realize the horror in which they
are held by The ~peasantry of all .Eu-
ropean countries outside the Prus-
sian league.
The population of the invaded Ital-
ian areas was terror stricken from the
beginning. Some provinces were sim
ply depopulated BY the mad rush of
the people toward the "a In others
all of half the people fled in panic. 1t
was this frightened tumble of civil
ians. old and young, with soldiery.
supplies. broken military units, con-
gested roads. narrow bridges-every-
thing that made UP both a great army
and a great, peaceful population in
addition-it was all this. damned sud
denly into roads and fields, s%cran1bling
toward safety. that made the retreat
for some days look like a riot.
Stampede of Civilians.
In truth it was never SO nearly
riot, militarily. as it was made to APP
pear by reason of the stampede of the
civil population. The withdrawal of
the armies would have been compar-
atively simple out for the submerg-
ence of merely military affairs in the
awful chaos. :
The zone of operations was crowd
ed with refugees from the invaded
regions. disbanded soldiers exhausted
after the hardships of the great re-
treat from the Isonzo and REINFORCE
ments both Italian and Anglo-French
rushed to the front. Traffic was con-
, gested, march discipline lost and a
great deal of confusion was newt
able. In such circumstances it was
natural that the inhabitants of the
towns and cities behind the lines
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assume that invasion wa tsnssI
minent and hasten to seek safety in

AlAS III tHA-- So St.FH
AS it was impossible to make JUS OF
the railways which served exc1lExeiy
for the transportation Of troops the
refugees from the invaded regions 10
whom were added those from the
towns and cities behind the lines rush
ed along all the roads leading to j
west. The stream of people increased
on the way to such an extent that
progress was practically imposstble.@
The panic spread and the utmost con
fusion prevailed.
AS the danger Of invasion reilly
existed and the art treasures Of Venice
were being removed from churches.
valuable manuscripts from public md
private libraries and important docu-
ments from archives and offices. Y
erybody was convinced that h tn-3
vaders were advancing rapidly. It was
impossible to allay the panic ailonE
the common people, as the well. to DO
citizens who had money at their dis
pay eXorbitant prices for carriages
were the first to escape. Even those
in authority who should have re-
niained at their posts fled and not only
villages but towns and cities were de-
serted by all the Inhabitants in the
space of a few hours.
Transport Was Disorganized.
One, can easily realize h enormous
difficulties confronting the military
authorities on account of this exodus.
Transport services were utterly dfsor-i
ganized and neither food supplies nor
ammunition was reaching the firing
line, where the troops, exhausted aft
steadied by the disaster and hopeless.
~ mixed up, had to confront the emf.
my under most unfavorable condi>
tions. Food was lacking both for the
troops and the refugees. All the peas
ants who abandoned their houses
after a couple of days not only oxen
but horses and mules had to be
slaughtered on the road. to feed their
famished owners, who often ate the
flesh raw.
Practically one-half Of the entire
population of six out of the eight
provinces forming the region Of We
META, and including besides Venice,
cities like Vicenza. Verona, Padua and
Rovigo, besides the entire population
of the two provinces of Udine and
Belluno, which were occupied by the
enemy. roughly speaking about two
million souls, either fed or made
amount Of property destroyed or
damaged to prevent it falling into the
hands of the enemy was considerable,
and incalculable damage was caused
to crops, agricultural implements and
machinery, irrigation system, indus
trial plants and stores Of foodstuffs
and other materials accumulated for
the winter.
What stopped the exodus and allay-
ed the panic was first of all the re-
%sistance opposed by the italian troops
on the Piave and the mountain front.
when the enemy's advance was de-
layed immediate steps were taken to
prevent people from leaving their
homes in town and country. Orders
were issued prohibiting all the men.
employed under government % leave
their posts without a special permit,
and assurances given that, invasion
was not imminent and that in Ease
of danger ample warning would be
given to non-combatants and the
means for transportation to safety
! would be timely provided.
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DODGERS AND
'YANKS WILL
STAGE SERIES
First Game Will Be PLAYED
in New Yorks on
April IL.

New York, Dec. 27.-Though a later
start than during the past ten years
has been decreed by the joint meeting
of the major leagues for 1918, metro
politan fans will be able to see
championship baseball next year al
most as early as ever befoIe. The
tnterbourough series between the
Yankees and Dodgers will be played
as usual, it has been announced. ,
Three Game Series.
The series between the respective
borough representatives of the re-
spective major leagues will be con-
fined to three games. opening Friday,
April IL. Contests will be played Sat
urday, April 13, and Monday, April Is.
The two major championships are to
open the following day, Thursday,
April 16.
Just what the local openings will be
is not known-at least for publica-
ton, To the club owners, even, it is
supposed to remain l. mystery until
ule committee. This committee will
convene some time during the week
that the National commission holds
its annual meeting in Cincinnati in
January.
Phils May Open in Gotham.
III the routine draft is followed
Brooklyn, like Yankees. will draw
an opening away from home. What
is left of the Phillies will make their
best bow in New York. Miller Hug
gins team taking care at Shibe Park
of what remains to Connie Mack.
That would send the Dodgers to Bos-
ton. OF course it may develop that
Brooklyn will open in New York.
marlborough relations were dis
by force of circumstances dur
ing the past five years. Brooklyn
was forced to drop it's regular turn
at the Polo grounds n season be-
cause OF q schedule mixup that gave
the Yankees two successive home
openings. This oversight was squared
by booking the Giants at the Polo
grounds h two years following.
Pittsburgh Wants Meeting.
Ban Johnson, always has been the
schedule committee. for the American
league. President Tener. Secretary
Heydler and Barney Dreyfus. as
usual, will act the for the National
league. Barney is anxious to have
the committee visit Pittsburgh this
year Immediately after the annual
meeting Of the National commission.
A movement is afoot OF the part.of
Ban Johnson, however, to have the
schedule draugtsmen journey to the
Dover Hall Club. near Brunswick,
Ga. for the work.
Higgins After Sisler?
Colonel Jacob Rupert, president of
the Yankees, has almost given up
hope. Of anybody in the American
league playing Santa Claus to. him.
Higgins has been in st Louis for
RayAra1 DAVIS atfemntinr m orropoo
a deal for players who might
strengthen the local American league
club. 1t is said a new angle has de-
veloped, in which the phenomenal
first baseman, George Sisler, once
more figures
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County of Grand Forks :
in DISTRICT COURT.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
John A. Thornquist; ~Plaintin,
J. Arthur Bunnell, Defendant,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
under and by virtue Of In Execution duly
issued out Of the said, district court on
the 18th day Of November, A. D. 1917.
upon a Judgment duly entered n Dock
eted therein dated October 26th, 1917.
in favor Of h plaintiff and against the
said defendant for the sum Of One
Hundred Forty-one IN 60-10o Dollars
(S141. eO), and pursuant to the levy OF
said execution by the undersigned sheriff
Of said county upon the real property
all the right title and interest OF the SAID
defendant therein. had or possessed by
him on the Goth day Of July. 1917. at the
front door Of the Court House, the same
6eing the Fourth street entrance thereXf
In the city OF Grand Forks. In the county
Of Grand Forks and state Of North DS.
,kota,i on the. 9Th day Of January, 1918, Ct
10 O'clock a. m.,i at. pubic auction or cash
10 tho highest bidder to satisfy the
amount then due on said Judgment. toA
.gether with interest n costs.
The real property SO to be sold N
shove stated 81 described as follows:
Lots .Forty-two cap and Forty.thres
ldition to the city OF Grand Forks, in
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Lyon Visits the Belgian Army
It's a Real Army, War Correspondent Finds. and is Doing Some
Difficult Fighting, Even Making Trench Raids In Boats.

raids in boats" q Belgian officer
told me. 1--WE mount our ma
chine guns in the prows and
many's h time we've taken the
Boche completely by surprise:
going owe the top" !
The Belgians hate the Germans
with a ferocity that is terrible.
Practically every husband and ia
ther in the army is cut off completely.
from his family and many Of them
know too we'll that their wives and
daughters are undergoing unmention-
able indignities at the hands Of their
German masters.
For this reason. the Belgian, once
at grips with his German foe, fights
like a mailman.
There are no halfway measures.
It's kill or get killed.
One story will suffice.
A few days before I visited a GER
there had been a raid into a German
trench and a middle-aged Belgian,
hand grenade in hand. had caught
seven Germans unaware in concrete
dugout.
: They threw up their hands to sur
render but as they did so there ap-
peared several armed Germans at the
door.
1t looked like certain captnee for
the Belgian. =
There was a terrific explosion and
20 minutes later when the trench was
completely in possession of the Bel.
gians, his fellow soldiers entered the
dugoutAand found him dead in the
midst of seven dead Germans.
And there was a smile of satis-
faction on his face" said the Bel
gian soldier who told me the story.
The dead Belgian, before he was
able to escape from the Germans to.
his own army. had seen his wife die
of fright n his two daughters as
Isaulted by German officers.
This intense hatred of the German
Invaders probably accounts o tbs
fact that in a single days fighting In
the fall of 1914 the then little Belgian
army suffered nearly 10000 casual-
ties.
The world must never forget the
heroic sacrifices Of the Belgian army.
AS a famous French general observed
to me once:
THE Belgians saved Europe In
AUGUST 1914" ~
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IN ~BAfkauProx NO. 1851.

4N A0O31O3 0Vs Soo4s
IN the District Court OF tho United
For the District Of North Datots.
In the Matter of John Robertson and
John r. Hamilton, as co-partners do
ing business under the firm name
and style of the Elgin Automobile
Company. Bankrupts.
ITO the creditors of John Robertson
and John E. Hamilton as co-partners
doing business under the firm name and
style Of the Elgin Automobile Company,
and as individuals, Of Grand Forks, in
the county of Grand Forks, and district
aforesaid. bankrupts.
Notice is hereby given that on the.
Path day Of December 1917. the said
John Robertson and John E.. Hamilton
az c~o-paStners doing business under the
firm. name and style Of the Elgin Auto
mobile Company, and-Tas individuals.
duly adjudicated y:bankrupts syand
that the nrst meeting of their .credi-
tors. will be held in Grand Forks, N. D.,
at the office of %Sveinbjorn johnson, on
Jan. 10th, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. the
county seat Of the county in which the
bankrupt resides. at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their claims,
appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business as may
properly come before such meeting,
Grand Forks. N. D., Dec. rs. 1917. II
SVEINBJORN> JOHNSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
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6UNuIo18,


STATE OF NORTH DAKoTA,l
County of Grand Forks
j IN DISTRICT COURT
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT <.
,Saphristone, Plaintiff.
Alfred Marks Saphristone. Defendant.
The State of North Dakota. to the De-
PENDANT. Greeting:
You are hereby summoned and re-
.quired to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, a copy of which Is on file. in
thhs office Of the clerk of the district
court, and to serve. a copy Of u an
swer upon the subscriber within thirty
days after the service of this summons
upon you, exclusive Of the day of serv-
ice, at his Office in Suite 2, Blakey Block,
Minot. North Dakota: and you are fur
Their notified that if you fail to so APP
pear and answer. judgment will be TAX
en- against o by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint, together
with all costs. disbursements and at
toEpey fees allowed by law.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
18th day Of December. 1917.
JOHN E. BURKE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Postoffice and office,
Suite 2, Blakey Block,s.t !.
gMinot, North Dakota. - sa,F.
(Dec. 21-28.~ Lan.e-4-11-18-c5)
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county Of Grand Forks. and state

the county Of Grand Forks. fnd state
The said real property was heretofore
levied upon and attached by me, as
action. on the Goth day Of July. 1917.
and since such attachment and until
the levy of execution as above stated,
held by me as provided for by law.
Dated at Grand Forks, North Dakota,
this 2Sth day of November. 1917.
A. F. TURNER,
Sheriff of Grand Forks County, North
e. Dakota. .r-nA-f ,+.l -. IS
SEN and JOSEPH coGHLAN
Attorneys for Plaintiff" 7'''' "@f'
~. :. Grand Forks, North Dakota.
(Nov. 80. Dec. Z, IA, FL, %. Jan. ~
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Turks Execute Jews
Before Surrendering
Jerusalem to British

New York. Dec. 27.-Thirtys Jewish
men and women were executed BY the
Turkish army that surrendered Jeru-
salem to General"Al lenby. December
10, according to an announcement
made here today by the provisional
committee for general Zion
lst affairs. Included in the number
were some of the most
residents of the Holv City.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

County of Grand Forks 81,
IN COUNTY COURT
In the Matter of the Estate Of John
7 Dinnie Deceased.
I Notice is hereby given by Ellen Dinnic
Administrative Of the estate of John
Dinnie, deceased. to the creditors OF and
all persons having claims against said
deceased. to present them with the neces-
sery vouchers to the said administrative
at Grand Forks, N. b.. within six
months after the first publication Of
this notice.
Dated this 18th day of December, 1917.
a> ELLEN DINNIE,
G.: &,J&s - 7Sa Administrative, 4
~ First publication December 14,- 1917.
" /, 4. = 9(Dec, 14-21~28, Jan, AZ Is.
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By C, C. Lyon.

With the Belgian Army in Western
Belgium. Dec. 24.-The Belgian army
in Flanders has given me the biggest
surprise 1 nave had in my six months
stay on the western battle front.
Somehow I had got the idea they
were a mere handful, poorly clothed
and fed, possessing inferior guns and
artillery. and not counting for much
from a military standpoint.
For some days l have been visiting
the troops of King Albert. I've seen
the whole show. I've gone from M
end of their battle front to the other.
I can truthfully say that Belgium
now has a magnificent body of troops
in action.
Man for man. the Belgian is the
biggest soldier, physically. now fight
ing in the allied line in the west.
With the possible exception of the
Americans, he is also the best dressed
soldier.
His fighting equipment is of the
same high quality as that of the
French and English and Americans.
The commander-in-chief of the Bel
gian army, in a brief official history Of
the memorable days of the fall of
1914, after all Belgium except a mar
run by the German hordes, states that
at that time the Belgian forces were
reduced to $4,000 men.
Today. Belgium has a vastly larger
army in the field: the exact size, Of
course, being a military secret.
Wonderful" I exclaimed with ad-
miration to a former editor of an
Antwerp newspaper who was plotting
me from place to place.
How is this present larger army
possible, when you are cut of from
the great bulk of your population? 2"
ITO understand that you must know
the Belgian character" he replied.
"Nobody will even know how
many Belgians have been killed
by German bullets while trying to
get through the German lines to
join their own army.
."But in spite Of German watchful-
ness our men have come-tens of
thousands of them. You used to have
underground railroads in America in
your slavery days, yes?"
I saw the point instantly.
ANY a~ble-bodied Belgian who has
not tried to get out of eastern Bel
GUM to join our army will never be
able to hold his head up after our
country has been restored to u.s." he
added.
The Belgians have anything but a
desirable part Of the western battle
line to hold. Flanders mud is his
Itoric. The country is low and
lswampy and mile after mile of the
trenches have been artificialiy con-
structed with bags Of sand and dirt.
A Belgian soldier at night, par
trolling his post, has to keep his eyes
yopen or he is likely to fall from the
paths into one OF the thousands OF
pools that dot the countryside.
N--&- - =
soldier.
In the Belgian sector, for the first
time in Europe. I saw boats being
used for land warfare.
Water separates nearly the entire
Belgian first line trenches from the
%Ioppodng German first line trenches.
we make many OF our night
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SHIP YOUR HIDES AND FuRs 10 rs
II We q highest prices. Write for
" price list: sNThief River Hide & Fur
IL CO., Thief RIVER Falls. MINI.
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HIDES AND FuRs.

WE PAY BIG PRICES FOR YOUR RAW
furs. Buying furs has been our bust.
ness Tor over thirty years. You do not
DO not get our RAW FUR PRICE
LIST. Sent free. Address The Redick
Hide & Fur Company. Grand Forks,
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Moth Dakota 5 Greatest
Classified Section
HEnP-N1ALE.

: - - . . e,o
$500 REWARD. \.
; For you IL you do the requisite
amount of work in a. month.
YOUh SALARY
May not be sufficient to meet
|. the increasing cost of living. II
THIS $3.50, then our proposition
will help you TO add to It. /.
YOUR INCOME
May be doubled If you have
: ability and persistence. Send your
J. references today to Dept. 257.
! The Herald. Grand Forks. N. DN