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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20

mediately after, on May II, Mrs. Nor
gan was appointed by DR.. Anna How
ard Shaw, chairman of the Woman'f
Committee of the Council of Nationa
Defense as chairman of Wisconsin Di
vision of the Woman's Committee.
Thus clothed with power by virtue
Of her national and state appoint
ments, Mrs. Morgan initiated her work
for the women Of Wisconsin in this
war crisis. She appointed her WON
ans Committee on May 4 to assist il
the organization Of the Women's wOrb
in the state. 1t is a representative
body, numbering on it the heads OF
all these Women's organizations which
have five or more local organizations
In the state or a membership of 10C
outside of the city in which the or
ganization has its headquarters.
It's members are:
Mrs. H. H. Morgan, Madison, chair
man.
Mrs. e. L. MaIoney, Fond du Lac
Women's Relief Corps
Mrs. John P. Hume, Milwaukee
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs, VIM. Kittle, Madison, Wiscon-
sin Consumers League.
Mrs. H. NJ. Youmans, Waukesha
Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Associa.
ton
Mrs. John w. Mariner, Milwaukee
National League for Woman's Service
In Wisconsin.
Miss Abby L. Marlatt, Madison
Home Economics Department, Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Mrs. L. D. Harvey, Menomonie
Wisconsin Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Mrs. W. A. Lawson, Milwaukee
Women's Christian TemperanceUnton
Mrs. Joseph A. Schumacher, Mtlwau-
kee, State Conference of Catholic
Women's Clubs.
Mrs. George H. Moves, Milwaukee
Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
Mrs. Mary F. Grimshaw, Elroy, Or.
der Of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Carroll NJ. Towne, Milwaukee
United States Daughters of 1912.
Mrs. Imogene Hatch, Eau Claire,
Ladies of the G. A. R.
Mrs. J. A. Awkward, Madison, at
large
Mrs. Joseph w. Hobbins, Madison,
at large.
Mrs. V. A. c. Henmon, Madison
speakers.
Miss Amy Comstock, Madison, pub
licity.
Mrs. Mary Grimshaw, child welfare
Each Of these women in turn heads
q subcommittee for the organization
of the state to consider and admins
ter some one Of the multitudinous
phases of preparedness which the
Woman's Committee is undertaking
for soldier and civilian alike. The
committees, with the chairmen, will
give some idea of the scope of the
work in hand.
1. Home and Foreign Relief -
Chairman, Mrs. E. L. Maioney. This
committee has looked after the vel
fare of soldiers on guard duty through
out the state
2. Women and Children in Indus
try Chairman, Mrs. William Kittle
To cooperate with Wisconsin Indus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20
A Valuable Health Hint

If the bowels are not working regu-
larly, undigested food in the stomach
may set up a condition Of auto-intoxi-
cation and polute the whole system
with poisons in the blood stream. Foley
Cathartic Tablets keep the bowels op-
en- and regular, the liver active and
the stomach sweet. They cause nc
pain, nausea, nor gripping. They re-
ieve indigestion, sick headache, bill
BUSINESS, sour stomach, bad breath or
other conditions caused by clogged
bowels.
Sold Everywhere
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20
SAFE REMEDY FOR CHILDREN

Every parent is, or should be, care
full in giving medicine to children.
Chas Baker, Brownsville, Texas,
writes: "For some years past I have
used Foley's Honey and Tar and have
found it especially efficient for bad
coughs of my children. l have always
recommended it to my friends as a
safe remedy for children as it contains
no opiates My wife would not think
of using any other kind of cough medi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20

Those who have been hunting so far
this season for the only game that is
permissible to, be shot, ducks, report
very poor hunting. Either the ducks
are not migrating yet, as none can be
found in the usual places along the
Wisconsin river. This being true, the
county clerk reports very few hunt
ing licenses being sold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20
Group.

Head Of Firm-How long do you
want to be away on your wedding trip?
Hawkins (timidly) = what would
what would you say?
Head of Firm-How do I know? I
haven't seen the bride.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-20

cine as it is certain to bring quick
and lasting relief" It checks the
Group.
Sold Everywhere
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
EFFICIENCY GONE o

Some of the pro-German papers which have all along
denied as British ISLANDERS the reports Of German treach-
ery'sin her diplomatic relations have found it necessary to
take other ground since the recent disclosures made by
the state department. The evidence is too conclusive to
admit-6f denial. The facts are there, and they cannot
be disputed. The facts are now being accounted for on
the ground of clumsiness, clumsiness on the part Of
Bernstorf. Luxborg and the other representatives of the
German government, and clumsiness on the part of the
foreign Office in Berlin.
The theory of clumsiness may be admitted. It is
pretty clearly proved. The admission, however, must be
q humihating one to those who all along have held up the
German government as the embodiment of efficiency, and
who have held it to be incapable of making mistakes.
The efficiency myth is exploded.
But the case goes further than to the German foreign
ONCE. That men in charge Of the work there handled
their tasks in the exact spirit that has governed the entire
German government. fheir conception has been the gov
ernment's conception. The spirit has been one of supreme
concet, an assumption of German superiority, and a con-
sequent contempt for all other peoples. The rights, the
sentiments OF the other people in foreign lands were as
little to be considered as were the sentiments of the ladies
who were habitually crowded off the sidewalks by swag-
gerfng German officers, and their rights were of as little
account as were the rights of the poor lame shoemaker
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
IN FITTING COMPANY

The Twin City Reporter is a noissome sheet de-
of the public the putrid things that it finds in the cess
pools Of life. Naturally it is able to find quite a number.
A recent issue contains, among other things, the circum-
stantial story Of sordid and brutal scandal, a little para
graph intended to be favorable to the Nonpartisan league,
q number of filings at religion, and especially at the belief
clusion-of an address delivered in the senate by Mr..
Gronna, unfortunately of North Dakota. We have never
had much use for the Twin City Reporter, but have con-
sidered it a vile publication, corrupt in conception and
rotten in execution. But we must admit that in the selec-
ton of his material its editor exhibits a marked sense of
other like the contents of a rotten egg fit the shell.
Mr.. Gronna is to be congratulated on the company
in which he finds himself and on the fact that his efforts
are appreciated where appreciation was to be expected.
In the section of the speech just published MI. Gronna
introduces and embellishes a few pious platitudes with
scriptural quotations which, because he did not quite
know how to handle them, he dragged in by the ears,
and by an attempt at a quotation from Sir Walter Scott.
The latter consists of two lines, both Of which the senator
gets wrong. The one hundred per cent of error which
the senator achieves in this case is about the average
which he struck during his past year or so in congress.
For a man with Mr.. Gronna's record to quote from
the Bible and from a great patriotic poem might be con-
stdered impudent in some cases, but impudence belongs
to a higher order Of intelligence than his. But at any
rate, a most appropriate medium has been chosen for his
address.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
TOWNLEY PUTS
FORTHANOTHER
GREAT DREAM
Consumers United Stores
Co. to Enter Competition
With the World.

Bismarck, N. D.. Oct. 1s.-Con-
sumers United States CO., a product
of A. G. sTownley's brain, which on
an authorized capital of. $40, 900 pur-
poses to conduct a chain OF whole
sale and retail stores. buying and SELL
ing agencies. in this and foreign
countries and to carry on educational
work or propaganda along all lines
deemed by the board Of directors to
be in the interest Of or beneficial to
the producers and consumers Of this
nation. and to assist farmers organi-
cations for promotion Of economic
education or political welfare of pro-
Queer and consumer; to aid and assist
producers and consumers Of the IA
ton in educating themselves to efici-
'ent cooperative buying and selling,
and assist in making democracy a real
factor in u political. educational and
economic life. It was incorporated
today by Norbert O'Leary Of Fargo,
Charles H. Hick of Wilton and H. L.
Elliott of Minot.
Fargo is to be the home office Of
the enterprise. but it may have
branches anywhere in the state. the
United States, or foreign countries.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
Am D

When is a statue a work Of art, and when is 1t not?
II Judgment is to be passed on mechanical appliance we
ask an engineer about 1t. He has received training in his
profession, and IL recognized as an authority. He inspects
the appliance and passes judgment omit. He approves. or
disapproves, in accordance with certain standards which
have become recognized, and If necessary, he Is able to
state the reasons for his conclusions in terms which will
be understood by the layman Of average intelligence. The
chemist, in a similar case, passed judgment In a similar
manner. In either case the expert, If need be, can DEM
onstrate experimentally the correctness of his views. But
in matters of art there is no such criterion, and that which
is to one a thing of grace and beauty is to another exact
ly the reverse. '-- N.t
A statue of Abraham Lincoln is to be erected in Lon
don, together with the statues of various other notables.
The statue is to be the gift of the American Committee
for the Celebration of a Century of Peace between Great
Britain and America, and it Is proposed that 1t snail pc
a replica Of the Lincoln statue by the sculptor, George
Gray Barnard. which has been erected in Cincinnati.
Around this design is raging a tempest which convulses
the art world.
Robert T. Lincoln, son of the martyred president, has
filed a written protest against the use Of this design, and
he is supported by many eminent men, professional and
lay, who hold that the statue is poorly conceived, and that.
in the words of Robert Lincoln. it is "a monstrous figure,
grotesque as a likeness of President Lincoln, and defama-
tory as an effigy." On the other hand, Mr.. Barnard him.
entitled to respectful attention. MacMonnles, one or our
most famous sculptors, endorses it warmly, and others of
lesser note agree. How shall the uninstructed be guided?
A fair method seems to be to compare the statue OF
Lincoln by st. Gaudens, which adorns Lincoln Park, Chi
cago, with that of Barnard. The former figure conveys
the impression of the simple dignity which we associate
with Lincoln's character of great size, great strength,
great purpose and great sympathy. 1t seems difficult to
understand how any of these Impressions can be convey
ed by the Barnard statue If the photographs convey the
right meaning. From these pictures one gains the i'm
preston of a man both small in stature and insignificant
in character. The hands clasped across the stomach are
said to suggest a fit of collie. At any rate, they give the
figure a most ungainly pose, and the whole attitude is one
of timidity and apology.
Granting that Mr.. Barnard and his supporters may
be right and the rest of the world wrong, it would GER
tainly be unfortunate to have erected in a foreign capital
as Americas conception of one of her greatest sons a stat
&c which is utterly unsatisfactory to so very many of our
people. That would be an unworthy tribute. and it has
been shown to be possible to create a Lincoln in marble or
bronze which will be accepted as a worthy memorial.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
ll6M MEN WERE WERE
ACCEPTED FOR
U. 5. SERVICE
Exemption Board Publishes
List Of % Who Were
Discharged.

OF the 139 men who were examined
for the draft army on October q,
twenty three have been rejected, ac-
cording to announcement made by the
Grand Forks county exemption board.
Following is a list Of those who
were rejected, or who were discharged
because enlisted in the army:
Sigvald A. Konsmo. 1914 Jennie av-
enue, Grand Forks.
Johiah Almer Poppler, No. 8 Dinnie
block, Grand Forks, N. D.
Richard Muri Mekinock. N. D.
Harold Oscar Copperman, $50 Uni
versity' avenue. Grand Forks.
Geo. M. Olson. 1410 Cheyenne ave-
nue., Grand Forks.
G. B. Young. 618 Park avenue
Rockford, Ill.
James Roy Warrimer, 21s Walnut
street, Grand Forks.
Frederick James Ceaser, 732 North
Sixth street, Grand Forks.
Archie Gabriel Keck, Niagara
Olaf Richard Muri, Mekinock.
Hartvig Martinus Stormo, North
wood.
Selmer Sorenson, Reynolds.
Martin Sanders, Mekinock.
Archibald Lewis Zacherel, Is 1-2
North Third street, Grand Forks.
Francis w. Boulden, Kempton.
Ole Edward johnson, Larimore.
Leslie Farnum Whaling, 1902 In
ternati0nal avenue, Grand Forks
Isaack Melvin Isaackson, Northwood.
Bonnie F. Benson, Grand Forks:
Walter Ovind, Northwood.
Elias Meblin, 637 Second avenue,
Grand Forks.
Arnold Montgomery, Orr.
Edward James Raymond, .Arvflla.
Enlisted Soldiers.
Harry Albert Yonaka, Third street
and DeMers avenue, Grand Forks, Co.
M, First Regt ND. N. G..
l.. S.Chidlaw, PIT Euclid avenue,
Grand Forks, Machine Gun Co., First
G. D. Locklin. Jr.. 1910 University
avenue, Grand Forks, Co. NJ, First N.
D. N. G.
Alfred Clement Blocker, Lisbon. N.
D., Ambulance Corps No. Is. U. S.
Army.
Arthur B. Shaft, 1859 Clinton street,
Brooklyn. N. Y, Ensign. U. s. navy.
assistant paymaster.
Mckinley Hobart shirk, r. d. 2.
Grand Forks, Co. M, First N. d. N. G.
Harold James Collins, 11O4 LEWIS
boulevard, Grand Forks, M. B., Paris
Island, U. S. Marine Corps, s.. C.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
WAR SUMMARY
lBy Preml

German operations in and around
the Gulf Of Riga are not likely to I've
extended this fall to the Gulf Of Fin
land. on the route to Reval, CronstaLt
and Petrograd. In the opinion OF Rus
sian naval authorities. The lateness
man effort, the minister Of marine
believes.
The situation created by tile Teu-
tonic move, however. is serious enough
for the Russians. With the great
naval preponderance of the Germans
in the Baltic there seems lits..e to pre-
vent them from making tine Calf Of
Riga virtually q German lake and
sclidifying it into q strong naval base
from which the military operations
could easily be pushed simultaneously
under propitious weather conditions
The military situation on the var
iOus fronts in the western war area
was virtually unchanged ovsr night,
SO far as the official statements q
veal.
The German reports have begun 10
la. stress again upon the violence uf
the artillery fire in Flanders. but
there are indications that the bonn
bardment has yet been worked up to
the point where the British find Them
selves ready for a renewal of their
drive.
Evidently, much depends on the
weather in this region. In the light
of his last weeks experience with The
handicap of the Flanders mud it
seems probable that Field Marshal
Haig will await the settling Of tho
ground into a somewhat more pas
sable state. although the hope Of So
curing even ordinarily good conditions
at this late season of the year seen.s
now to be considered small.
On the French front the activities
are conferred on the Aisne and before
Verdun. Last nights fighting in both
regions was mostly monopolized by
the artillery. The German infantry,
however, came to life on the west
bank Of the Meuse,. attacking north
ct Hill 304. The French found little
difficulty in repulsing this assault.
British casualties continue to de-
cline. The total reported in the last
week was 14,096 as compared with
1905 for the week closing October
9 cEd 81, 179. for the preceding week.
This is despite the fact that the Brit
ish have been heavily engaged in
Flanders during the last three weeks,
scnring some of the most notable
gains In this years fighting within
tins period.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
EVERYBODY COUNTS

When a plea for united action is made, this story is
sometimes told:
Once all the people of the earth were commanded to
assemble in one place and shout all together, in order that
the combined voices of the multitude should pierce the
very skies. The people gathered. BY families and by
tribes and by nations they came, from the four corners
of the earth. They were assembled on a great plain. and
as they stretched out, farther than the eye could see, they
r.valled the sands of the sea in numbers. The hour for
the signal to shout approached. It was to be a wonderful
noise. One man in the crowd was anxious to miss not a
single vibration Of it. He knew that never before had
such a shout been sent up, and never again would there
be one. He knew that one voice would have little effect
in such a vast volume of sound, and in order that he might
miss none of the effect he determined to listen with every
power of his being, and to make no sound at all. Unknown
to him another had arrived at the same conclusion, and
smother, and another. They were all willing that the shout
should be given. They approved of it. They hoped that
it would be a success. But for themselves they decided
to listen, and not to shout. The hour arrived. The signal
was given. And from all that multitude the only sound
that went up was the shrill, cracked voice of a little old
woman who was so deaf that she could not hear even her
cwn voice, and therefore had been under no temptation to
listen.
The United States government at this time needs three
billion dollars. That is an immense sum. Compared to
II the sum that can be subscribed by the ordinary indiXid-
ual is insignificant. But when it is divided among COM
munities the share apportioned to each community on the
basis of its population and wealth is not so large. Grand
Forks must raise 5000, 900. That is a considerable sum.
But when it is placed on an individual basis it bears a
The larger subscriptions will take care of the deficiency
caused by the inability of the few to subscribe, and there
is left a very moderate sum for each family Of moderate
means. But it will not do for anyone to stand and listen
to the others shout. He must shout for himself. And in
this case he must shout in terms of dollars.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
ITALIAN BATTLE
FRONT LINENS UP

Rome. Oct. 16.-Violent artillery
lighting has been resumed on the
Bainsizza plateau over which the Ital-
ians conducted their recent offensive
operations, the wal office reports.
I'm the Trentino there was moder-
ate activity" says the statement.
North of Lenzumo enemy patrols
were driven back in an encounter of
advanced posts.
"On the Carso and Julian fronts,
from Paralba to Rombon, there was
desultory artillery fighting. On the
Bainsizza plateau intense artillery
duels occurred along the front lines
and on the lines Of communication.
On the Carso there was the usual de-
structive and harassing fire"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
DITCH PROJECT
BRINGS PROTEST
Americas Twp. Farmers ask
Court to Restrain Super
visors from Proceeding.

In an effort to restrain Americas
township supervisors from continuing
with grading and drainage projects
now under way in that district farm
ers residing in the eastern section of
that township have started injunction
proceedings to bring a halt to activi-
ties. The case is now being heard be-
fort District Judge c. M. Cooley.
1t is claimed by the plaintiffs in the
action that the bitches now being CON
structed, If completed, will val
flooded and that the drainage, system
nov in use will be made valueless.
The case has been hanging fire for
several months past and efforts are
now being made to have the injunc-
ton made permanent.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
NORTH DAKOTAN
HONORED IN G. A. r

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 1e.-Indian-
apolis has. been designated odictal
headquarters for the Grand Army Of
the Republic by Orlando A. Somers
Of Kokomo, Ind. commander-in-chief.
A number of appointments to his staff
made by the comrnander-in-chief In
.clude: Judge Advocate genral, Smith
Stmmel, Fargo. N. d.; inspector.
General Thomas n. Brown, Sioux
Falls. 8. ..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
PIERS0[ Guilty.:
GETS s. YEARS
Baby Keet kidnapping and
Murder is Partly
Avenged.

Marshfeld. Mo-. Oct. 1e.-claud.
J. Piersol. 20 years Of age, ALLEGED
leader of the band that kidnaned
Baby Lloyd Keet. today was under
sentence Of IS years in the state pen-
itenuary: A verdict was returned in
ms trial late last night after six hours
deliberation by the jury.
case Of the other persons Joint
~ indicted with Piersol probably viii
not pc tried for a month or more,
After Piersol was sentenced: last
new trial, which will be acted IN IN
November. =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
SUFFRAGE TICKETS JAILED.

Washington. Oct. 1s.-The police
courts swung back to the workhouse
sentence policy today in dealing With
miiitants Of the woman's party picket
Ing the White House. Four arrested
yesterday were today given six
months. the heaviest sentence yet inn
posed on.any. The defiant women
told the court there would bs more
fpicketnS soon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16

of Alsace who was kicked by the officer whose Act was
later condoned by his military superiors. The government
whose ideals were represented in acts of that character
was engaged in congenial and appropriate work when 1t
undertook to carry into execution plots for the destruc-
ton OF the lives and property Of nations with which It
was at peace. The fact that such acts would bring upon
it the detestation of the world was something that the
junker consciousness could not fathom. 6A
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
TWO BRITISH
LINERS sunk
Memphian and Bostonian of
international Mercantile
Marine Victims.

New York, Oct. 1e.-A report
reached here today that the British
steamships Memphian, of e.305 tons
gross, and the B%ostonian, formerly
the Cambian, Of $500 tons, both Of
the Leyland line, had been sunk. At
the offices Of the International Mer-
camille Marine 1t was said no definite
Information had been received.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
]. A. Poppler, Manager,
Stone Piano Company

according ply handed AHas.eFs
returning here today.
Reports give Thermometer readings
at northern lakes as low as five de-
grees above zero for the past week.
Roseau, Beltrami and Koochiching
counties make the same report-too
much ice. +,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
EARLY FREEZE KILLS
DUCK HUNTING ON
MINNESOTA LAKES

Duluth, Mtnn.T, 0ct.. f6:-An early
freeze-up of Rice lakes in northern
Minnesota apparently has spoiled
duck shooting this fall. The lakes
have frozen an inch, starting to make
leo from the shore out. The ducks,
literally swarmins in thousands. fill
the open spaces far out from shore.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
INTERNED GERMANS
ESCAPE FROM CAMP
AT FRISCO IN BOAT

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-two Ger
mar officers Of seized German vessels
escaped from the detention camp On
Angel Island in San Francisco Bay
today in q lifeboat. Police Of the bay
cities spread a dragnet to apprehend
the fugittves, whose names were Riv-
en- as Captain C.. Branch and EnE-
neer Lorenzo Lau. They were cap
tured within q few hours after their
disappearance. The men were olicers
OF seized German vessels.