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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

rs By Milton Bronner.
Washington Oct. 9.-One Of the
most terrible. results 81 the alliance
between "ths most Christian emperor
Of Germany and the Moslem sultan
Of Turkey, IL the determination Of
the native Christian population Of all
the Bible lands under the heel Of the
Turk. Thousands upon thousands
have been massacred, other. thousands
have persisted in the desert to which
they were driven, and still other
thousands have died or are dying Of
starvation. Unless American aid
comes all the Armenian and Syrian
Christians will have disappeared from
the earth by the time the war ends.
These : the cold facts given at
a recent New York conference Of re-
turned American consuls from Turk
tsh territory, teachers from American
colleges In Turkey and physicians and
missionaries. Many who attended
have returned in the past few weeks.
The suffering Of the children
throughout the Bible lands has been
especially severe. Tots so small they
should have had the guardianship OF
their elders have drifted over the
Eface of the land and attempted to
care for others still smaller.
In ome places the usual grape crop
failed because the little, hungry chill
dren ate the shoots and young leaves.
The mulberry orchards are planted
With wheat, but in many cases the
children ate the grain which had been
planted in the soil.
Our ambassador to Turkey, Abram
Elkus, tells of a boy so reduced by
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

1--we were Indifferent about the proved
Germanic plots to blow up our factor
les. More-they would say, with ev-
cry sign Of truth, that the people were
not supporting their government;
that the people were pro-peace and
even pro-German.
The failure. or near-failure, of any
Of our Liberty loans would do more
than a dozen victories to ginger up
the waning morale Of the German
armies and people.
weary of the war and hopeless of
success against the allies, the mes
sage would go forth: Hold out yet
a little longer. The Americans ere
not coming into this al with their
full power"
To the people back home, cold and
hungry and praying for peace, the
kaiserists would say: Endure yet a
little while and crushing victory will
be urs. The Americans are not com.
ing"
No American with red blood, no
American who believes in democracy
and freedom car afford to let any
such message go back to Germany.
We are sending our best boys to
France. 1t is up to us to stand back
of them with all we have Of money
and supplies. . They are there to see
the war through to the end. 1t is our
part to see them through to the end.
II we don't, we are betraying them.
The American people have never
been cutters. 1t is unbelievable that
they will be now. On the contrary,
there is every reason to believe they
will make of this SECOND Liberty loan
q tremendous success.
It can only be such a SUCCESS II ev-
cry man., woman and child makes
1t his or her personal business to help.
It can only be such a success If the
loan lis very largely oversubscribed,
and II those proffering their money
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
EXCESS PROFITS AND INCOMES

Some of the enormous war profits which have
been made by American firms are profits on paper only.
Their actual value 10 unknown. They may turn out to
DO very real and substantial or they may prove to be
valueless. At this stage nobody can tell.
For instance. the Saturday Evening Post mentions
tho case Of the Bethlehem Steel company. In 1918 the
profits OF that company were less than nine, million dol
lars. Last year they were over sixty millions. Those
were pEodts on war orders. But in spite of these appar-
ent prohts. the company recently borrowed fifty millions
direct and raised another thirty million by TIE sale Of
the plant made necessary by the war orders which 1t
has accepted. a considerable share Of these being on
account Of our own government.
Presently the war will be over, and 1t 10 easy to IN
derstand that equipment provided for the special work
demanded by the war will be subject to great deprecia-
ton. What that depreciation will DO is unknown, It
Will range all the way from the slight cost Of adapting
buildings and machinery in certain cases to new lines
Of manufacture to the total scrappins Of both buildings
and machinery in other cases where such adaptations
cannot be made economically.
A dispassionate study Of facts like this Is. and there
are multitudes of them. will convince the unprejud,ced
person that the raising of revenue by the taxation of So
called excess profits is something to be undertaken with
great caution. Production In these great plants. Hike
production everywhere else, must be stimulated to the
highest possible point. There must be new buildings ana
new machinery of special patterns, and funds must be
obtained from some source for the erection of buildings
and the manufacture of machinery, with labor and ma
tsrial on .aFsconstantly advancing scale of prices. OBJ
viously, the funds for these purposes ought to come
from the particular class of business for which they are
intended. ..
Profits, actual profits. which are the direct result
OF war activities, ought to be taxed, and taxed heavily.
care must be taken that in taxing what appear to
be profits, and which may not be. we do not destroy,
root and branch. industries upon which we must rely for
the finished material with which to carry on the war.
j. The safe plan appears to be to deal cautiously with
what appear to be excess profits until we know whether
they are actually profits or net, and to tax with a heavy
hand the actual profits which ind their way into the
oanK accounts OF individuals in excess dividends. This,
with proper attention to undivided surplus and perma-
nen. aodiuons to assets in the way Of new buildings and
equipment which have more than a temporary valua
is likely to produce better results than the plan Of grab
bling at everything in sight before we understand what
y II. ls4ls IN this spirit that congress seems at last, in
me main to have framed its gigantic tax bill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
WHAT WAR MEANS TO BIBLE LANDS

that they were to be deported to Bag.
dad. They were actually dumped
into the River Tigris, while the rest
Of military age, were placed In the
army and compelled to dig trenches.
When they became too weak toabe OF
service~they were shot by their task
masters.
bekir had 10000 inhabitants. Now
there are only 1000 inhabitants left.
In the city Of Mardin the missionaries
did what they could for the women
left for dead who, coming to con-
seriousness, crawled to the hospital.
Urfa is a town where a famous
massacre Of Armenians occurred in
1895. This time the Armenian in
habitants resolved to resist deporta-
ton and defend their families. For
10 days they withstood all efforts Of
the soldiery to dislodge them and in
the end would have prevailed, but
German officers trained cannon upon
their stronghold and forced them to
flee.
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These figures do not include
Egypt and southern Mesopotamia

starvation that he became too weak
to swallow. He pitifully asked for
bread. He was reminded that he
could not eat it, but replied: IT
know, but I can have bread under
my pillow where lean feel 1t when
I wake up"
In many instances the women were
sent away to harems. A missionary
Of Marsovan, in northern Asia Minor,
told Of young Christian girls being
sold on the streets Of that city for
from So to 81 each.
At the beginning of the war Marso-
van had 10000 people; $4,000 men
were killed by rifle shots or with the
axe.
Missionaries from Syria reported
the deaths reached 1000 per day, and
that there were at least $4,000 or
phans in Lebanon alone.
DR.. A. N. Andrews told Of similar
terrible conditions in ancient Meso-
potamia. The leading men were i'm
p%risoned, only later to be put on goat
skin RATS with the understanding
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

sumption, Two-thirds OF this 40 winter vheat and the
remainder spring wheat. The Yield Of winter wheat Is
~ per cont less than the I'VE year average. and of
spring wheat 9 per cent iess. The combined wheat crop
= Just a fraction greater than that OF 1915. and about
80 per cont less than the nve year average.
In oats. barley. rye and buckwheat substantial gains
are shown over both last year and the i've year aver
age. The potato crop is estimated at 462,ooo.goo bush
age of s63, 100000 bushels. This information may he
useful to those who are interested in estimating the
price of potatoes, for 1t must be remembered that POI
tatoes can be carried over only a few months, and the
crop is a costly one to store or to ship.
OF these seven crops wheat is the only one to show
a decrease. Es tpx&$E E5sT #sf##4U.lf&
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

Buddha sitting on my desk.
Gquatting IN Z pose s%rotesque,
Win your hngsrs lying laccid
asA1sl1syDur 4eatares aim and placid,
Isn't pssm 70 fret about \
I5e1MstAswar q coming OUT,
Xeas1onst sssIti e know Of care
n4ht goeS. .Oysr Thsrs.r
sM1esAtsa16 dreAm upon
61es1GsHsang callsd s.rsiryanae.
S115ea 4ApN and cannon crask
ind 1mpirss smash,
wpsld grpw 49, 81,
4 lrssosniis ~ chanss rs.
~ spen1 M IL go knew,
t.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

include a huge number Of people Of
modest means.
Such a loan would bear to the Ger
man rulers in unmistakable tones the
news that the American people en-
masse were backing their govern
forever the terrible menace of Prus-
sian crime.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
What IS Going On
In Germany
ANTT-B ORDER
AROUsEs

/ HgELsL ~ .raH EfFLt8
+ would appear from an article in
Is more Than ! little IL .n .n ~. .net r.
Germany:
"Rerulation. vh,ch oarar. ia
spaakine. are orlv tnn m.,, ne1o,,1atnS
Ito add to the difacuitis. ~ hoidir~ ~,
can in NO ~ancss wha tansr =.
.faccepted IN ailence III anni,o. -
the latests ordar u,htch 4. rapAsr,ns
the takinR Of 3 hath. ~ q nr,vsta hn,ass
Ian impossihilitv. -
.sIt a ~nrscisSfu - ~. ....o,
bathing Is act nr %c,s.nId'
ness. but an ittrfhnta ~ the nation,.
health. that IN anthoritias ts saus
that fuel ana" Sas Which ~. harnar
to know IA heinr wn.f,,I,v mo stad a.
other NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ne cfnc;s1 Noe.
are placins an EMBARGO On he n,,hii
health by = rnrohihitinn ~ hs+hsns
which is bound to nrnd,,ce .onner ~
later most lamentabie conditions NJ
disease and infection' -
"Are we to stand in our, tan. al
thousands for. three or four hour,
waiting our turn n,,ts,ds ths.rsv MI
houses stiil Oman, "a va hsvs ~haan
doing before the market staIls3 Ar
women ~carfvinr infants 70 ha h,,.ti.d
or. trampled Is death in : mob ~ so,,
million unHashed Rar1,narr ~
ASkSsPlR190Ms TERM
no EAT BREAD.
The .onlS ysm.r\ q, .-u,
could. get I'm Siiowanss Of hraad wss
! have himself imprisoned and 50 live
u Wa,,. nIena ends.Wate The Hanover
IA Respectfully dreased man an.
peared before the Bsrlin town co,,p,
cillors ana begged asga sneciai favn,
to be imprisoned for n day at ieast
on a bread-and-water diet.
when asked to explain his GRANGE
request, tho applicant aaid: .It's nmifs
simple. I consumed the last allow
ance Of bread represented nv nv
bread card recently. ana I cannot oh.
tain a fresh card until MONDAY. More.
over, I reside in that particular wa.t.
ern suburb which for soma tima no.,
has been supplied by the Chariottan
burg waterworks with IN indennahie
4and evil-smellnR Sliouid instead M
I water. I am. therefore. %actuaIlv ,a,tb
out bread ana without water. Raer !
cannot afford Al the prfce.'s
THE man was advised nv the n.avo,
to commit some misdemeanor 60 thai
he might be. sentenced to imnr,snn.
ment on his favorite diet. He there.
upon left the court and nronnntIy
knocked down a. poltceman s+a n6irr a,
the door.
HE was immediately c.n%,,raa
brought before the fudge and cont r.
prison. moi for one hit ~ IN S.sss
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
N. Y. GUARDSMAN IS
WOUNDED WHEN HE
AIDS In RAID ON
SUSPECTED "PIG'

spartanburg, g. c., Oct s.-Lieut.
Randall M. Mattson, Of the New York
National guard was shot and painfully
lastiF;night in leading a raid
on a house neal Camp Wadsworth in
Which-i was was
~contraband liquor. After being fred
upon the lieutenant shot his assailant
VIM. Lands, proprietor Of the house.
five times. and the man Il not expected
to recover ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
FIRST PARADE OF
DRAFTED SOLDIERS
TO Be IN THE WEST

. Camp Lewis, Tacoma. Wash, oct.
s9.-The first public parade OF. men Of
be witnessed in Tacoma next satur-
day when 5000 Of the 3s3nd regiment
will march from the union depot I'd
the stadium to root 70 rhe ofacers'
football team which VIII play the
State college team. from Pullmhn.
The regimental win lead the proces-
sion. Preceeding the game. picked
troops from the regiment will give q
demonstration Of bayonet drill. Major
General Greene and STAFF and Cover
nor Lister will attend the game
9ecrstary McAdoo, Maj. Gen.
Greene. md Gov. Lister Will address
the entire command IT Camp Lewis
tomorrow. The command viii % on
the drtn aeld In Q hollow square SIR.
rounding the speaksr's stand. The
sonstructdon OF q. II CsA.audftorfum
p ~ built ct ths Camp Lewis ~
h.egun today. Today,s axravlk 81
thefr quota numbered 1,S71.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
WANTED, TEN MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

Ihere should be not less than ten million subscribers
to the second Liberty Loan, the campaign for which ia
now under way. That will be an average of one subscrib-
er to the loan for every man of military age in the coun-
try. 1t will mean ten subscriptions for each man who
will actually be at the front within a few months. It will
mean an average subscription of $500 per subscriber, and
an average available. for the pay and equipment Of each
soldier Of $4,000, provided all the money were used di-
rectay for this purpose. AS a matter Of fact, it makes no
difference in the general result whether any particular
sum Of money iF used directly fer the rnat1tenance of oHr
own troops or is loaned to our allies to be used in the
maintenance of theirs. All are fighting in the same
cause. All are working toward the same end. And it is
as important that the French, the British, the Italian and
the other Allied troops shall be able to give a good &C.
count OF themselves in battle as it is that American
troops shall be equipped for effectiveness.
We have launched out upon an enterprise from
are necessary for the prosecution of>the war, and the
money will be forthcoming. 1t must be forthcoming. If
no other way were possible it would be raised by the seiz-
ure OF every sort of valuable property in the country, for
from the demands of war there are no exemptions save
such as are granted by the government as a matter Of ex-
pediency. s "F
1t is important that this loan be many times over
subscribed, not because this is the only way in which
funds can be raised, but because it is better for all the
raised in this way rather than by such heavy direct taxa
ton as would plunss the country into a panic, and be-
cause of the moral effect which a ready answer to the ap-
peal for funds will have on ourselves, on our allies. and
on our enemies. @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09
GERMANY'S SIN
IN BIBLE LANDS

n the day Of reckoning Gonna.
ior h kaiser and his advisers. not
least OF the sins charged I'm
against then will be the woe they
nave permitted to come to Thousands
eVen millions Of Christian men. wom.i
en- and children in the Bible lands.
1t Will. not do for the Prussians tn
seek TO evade their blood-guilt hv sav-
ing tney are not responsible for what
tne Mo(Iem Turks do. The terrible
recordI jmeared with the blood Of the
nnoct/ cannot be explained away.
beIore the war there were millions az
renian n Syrian Christians
Asia Minor. By%their industrv thasr
thrift, they were the worthiest nor
1aon OF the population. The instar+
turkey was dragooned into the war
py n Prussians, a reign Of he'll IN.
mitigated began. ~ ~
Thousands upon thousa -
Christians were massacred. rha
women and. children were drivar
from their homes and MANY ~ tha
former were sold In the streets for ~
IN n instance the Armenians 1ver.
ably defending themselves whan mer1
man army officers brought in nsnna.
and dislodged the unfortnnate.
Doubtless instances. could be m.ies.
pnea, showing German partcipation.
BUT even aside from this. mmch ~
~ sullt rests upon German shouidar.
because servants Of the 49,
nis N.Y. mac q finger in every Turkish
ish government. uo TURK
This being the case. It Is clea. !, ~.
aermans had wished to sav. ~
Armenians and syrians, thew co,iS
nave done 50. An order. or Il MT =
note mildly, q suggestion FOR them
o. .ne Turks would have been sum.
Germ.N NO suen hint was given. The
Beirians anu Dusliy snEasedI In sivins the
ruthle.sne.s had no obiect;on g
.4eir Moslem friends and aiiie. ~
vent1ng their own peculiar hrsna "
=, ccareckMchkeit for the unfortnnato.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

The experts have figured out just what percentage
OF the shots fired in battle do actual execution, and they
tell us that a very large percentage Of the shots fail to
hit the target. But in subscribing for a Liberty Bond,
every citizen hurls a shot to German autocracy, and in
this practice not a shot misses its mark. ~,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-09

o folds Of white ana scarlet!
o blue with your silver stars! y' 3D.
May ind eyes Welcome you,
willing feet follow you,
Warm hearts cherish you,
And dying lips give you their blessing! 49,
Ours by Inheritance. ours by allegiance. ours by affection
Long may you nat 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, 1917-10-09

Among mankind's Ivor.t .-
are h open-faced snee1sr aemie
pehson VINO. doesn't bury his courhsaS
!. Liberty Losn subscribed "a, =.
s = rns Sest method q .lsysse ~
1nsnln for = natny day." =
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17
HOW GERMANY DISPOSES
OF DEAD SOLDIERS.

A sickening story has just
been made public telling how
German efficiency" is now util-
izing the bodies of the dead,
when they have time to get them
to the rear According TO cir
eumstantial accounts of eye wit
nesses the bodies are gathered
together and handled like so
much cordwood They are tied in
bundles of three or four with
wire so as TO facilitate opera
tions. Then they are loaded on
trains and carried To certain
points In the interior where they
are tanked in much the same
way that our meat packers dis
pose of the carcasses of animals
that are condemned for disease.
The German government is
sad to have authorized a con-
Germ called the German Offal
Utilization Co. The men who do
the work of handling and "ren-
dering' the corpses are dressed
completely in oilskin suits and are
protected by masks, to keep
them from the infection.
They handle the bodies with
long hooked poles. An endless
belt with hooks on it conveys the
bodies through an antiseptic bath
which disinfects them and then
dumps them into a huge caldron.
The material is treated with
steam for six hours, which breaks
1t up and allows the tallow and
oil to rise to the surface and be
drawn off, to be refined by the
aid of carbonate of soda. Such
of the oils as are suitable are
used for making into nitroglyce-
rine and other explosive, and the
residue is made into fertilizer.
When this story was first Civ
tn out nearly everyone refused
TO believe it, but it has been
confirmed as authentic even by
German papers. AS in the case
of other German atrocities, no
body in Germany seems to be a
shamed Of it, but on the con-
trary it is a matter of pride. -
The Pathfinder.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17

Little Miss Christine Watson
entertained a few of her friends
last Saturday, afternoon from 2 go
to 5 with a birthday party. She
was the recipient of many nice
presents. During the games ap-
pies were served and later ice
cream and cake. Those present
were: Beulah May and Marie
Scarce, Helen McMullin, Frances
Rice, Lucille Roper, Nozzle Ham
by and Frances and Margaret
johnson.
II your Courier i marked with
"Your subscription Has Expir-
cd, remember It will be the last
copy you viii receive until you
reGeW.
The primary is now only rs
days off-and the boys are get
ting busy.
FOR SALE: Black locust and
posts. III. j. French,
Rid. 4. sap
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN.
Cincinnati Authority Tells How
To Dry Up A Corn or Callus
30 It Lifts off with Fingers.

You corn-pestered men and wo-
men need suffer no longer. Wear
the shoes that nearly killed you
before, says this Cincinnati auth
ority, because q few drops Of
freesone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus,
stops soreness at once and soon
the corn or hardened callus loos-
ems 90 it can be Lifted out, root
and all, without pain.
A small bottle Of freezone
costs very little at any drug store.
but viii positively take off ev-
cry hard or soft corn or callus.
This should be tried, as it is mex
pensive and is said not to irritate
the surrounding skin.
II your druggist hasn't any
freexone tell him to get a small
bottle for you from his wholesale
drug house. 1t is fine and acts
like . charm every time.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17
DON'T ROCK THE BOAT.

Dahnke-Walker Milling Co, in
Union City, in a circular says /:
do not get panicky. We do
not believe the unied States is
near starvation. We have no SYM
pathy with the absurd and unreas
enable food panic which has be-
set the American people. This is
n time for reason. 1t is a time
for economy, but no one seems to
be reasoning about things"
We are of the opinion that
this is timely, sane advice
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17
SMALL FIRM ASSIGNS.

Mrs. Ode Basham, who ran a
small grocery and general mer-
chandise store just west of the
city limits, has made an assign
ment.
The liabilities are estimated at
$1126; and assets $841, half Of
which is composed of accounts.
Judge w. j. McMurry has been
named as trustee.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17

The House war revenue bill
propoSes to take about all Of the
little the newspaper men have
LEFT after year of the print pa
per trust. 1t doubles postage,
lowers income taxes to catch even
The mlnnows ana puts q war tax
of 50 a hundred ON all advertis-
ing collections.
Mammals p. G. Flour, Pulled
Wheat, Puff Rice, Wheat Hearts,
Cream Of Wheat, Pettijohns Food,
Rolled Oats, Kumbles Grits, Petit
john Beans, Flour, etc.. At Bet
tersworth'a
FOR SALE: 120 gal. oil tank.
stsel safe, 3 show cases, pair Of
counter scales at bargain. On
account of consolidation have NO
use for these items--Chandler 4
Andrews. tic
Henry Clay, great grandson of
Henry Clay, the Great Com
moner, died at Lynchburg, Va.
a few days ago.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-05-17

The true home maker is a hap
Ply combination of the Martha
and the MARY" sort of women,
for while not troubled about
many things she leaves none
Of the essential things undone,
and yet, chooses the better
part" and gives to love the first
best place. Her house is health
fully clean from cellar to attic,
but painfully neat nowhere; she
is orderly and sympathetic G
nough to keep the machinery run
that anyone is afraid of mourning
ming smoothly, and not 50 prim
reproachful looks or words by
a chair; and if books
and papers are now and then left
around one il not told
next morning at the breakfast
table. The meals are well cook
ed and served on time, the beds
thoroughly aired every morning,
and sunshine and fresh air coax
ed into the farthest corner of
every room.