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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17
ANNOUNCEMENT BY FACTORY
EXPERIENCED PIANO TUNER.

To those within the city I wish to
announce I will be here for about a
week at this time, and to hose of 9TH
er localities in need of expert piano
tuning, I wish to nou I will be
on the road this season and will call
on you. when in your locality if you
notify me. Work absolutely guaran-
teed. References If required. Perma-
nent address, Y. M c. A., Grand
Forks. N. d.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17

Rhodes Examination - Examina-
tons for candidates for the Rhodes
scholarship will be given at the Uni
versity of North Dakota on October
2 and g.. All elections of successful
candidates will be postponed for the
present year.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17

Hit BY Auto-While riding a hi
cycle on North Third street Sunday
afternoon, James Morgan, Prospect
avenue, was struck by an automobile
and thrown violently to the pavement.
He sustained minor injuries. The
driver of the machine failed to stop
and his identity could not be learned.
His license number was obtained and
he will be apprehended within the
next few days.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17
MISS HELEN TAYLOR
WITH THE HERALD

Miss Helen Taylor, a well known
local young woman, this morning as
|sumed her duties with the advertising
department Of The Herald. Miss
Taylor has been employed with w. H.
Kelsey for several years and recently
resigned to assume charge Of the sclas-
|sif1ed department.
Two Drunks Up-Two DRINKS were
brought before Police Magistrate j. r.
Church this morning and each was
fined five dollars.
Back From Larimore-N. N. Fuller
OF River Falls. Wis. for many years
a resident Of Larimore, N. D., returned
from that city today, where he has
spent the past few weeks as the guest
of old friends and will remain here
for a short time as the guest OF his
son, ". 81. Fuller, Of the Northern
State bank. Il
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-06
DO WE NEED A TRAGEDY?

AS the paving area increases the
temptation to speed is greater. Those
who run automobiles must observe
more carefully than ever the traffic
regulations. The work of the police
in rounding up "speeders" is COM
mendable and their vigilance should
be redoubled over the entire paved
district.
Automobile traffic will become con-
centrated more and more in the two
paving districts and the reckless driv-
er and early morning joy-rider must
be put out of business now. Surely
it is not going to take an accident to
bring home to the thoughtless drivers
that the speed limit must not be ex-
ceeded.
Is it going to take tragedy to
compel careful and moderate driving?
The Tribune trusts not
uCI . ID lOO AuoJ III"
within the city limits. Before many
streets were paved the condition of
the thoroughfares was such that
speeding was poor diversion. With
several miles of smooth sheet pave
ment the temptation to "cut her loose"
is constant menace to the safety of
the community.
Commissioner Bertsch should not
abate his vigilance in running down
the speed demon who disregards the
law.
Public opinion is behind this crusade
against scorching and offenders should
be shown no mercy or quarter. A
second offense should be sufficient to
deprive one of the right to run a car.
Let the good work go on so that
all can use the streets without en-
dangering life and limb
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-06
FRANCE HAS ARMY OF
THREE MILLION IN
FIELD, SAYS LETTER

Washington, Aug. 6.-France has
an army of nearly 5000, 900 men In the
field against the Germans on the
Western front and will be able to
keep it at that strength for long
time to come, according to a letter
Newton d. Baker, secretary OF war,
has received from Andre Tardieu,
French high commissioner in the
United States. aaes,
In fact France is stronger today in
fighting men and materials than at
any time during the war, despite three
years of terrific combat, Mr. Tardieu's
letter shows.
The letter, which was written to
give Americans some idea of what
France is doing, shows that French
losses are only One-fourth what they
were at the first of the war, that the
French still are. holding more than
twothirds of the Western front, that
in addition to equipping their own
great army Ethe French have reequip-
ped the armies Of Belgium, Serbia and
Greece, and that the French nave
been able to meet all requirements
for heavy artillery and ammunition.
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Why blind the American people
when the Germans see?
A month or more ago Uncle Sam
landed some thousands Of his troops
in France, where they are now under
going training. All of France knows
where they landed and where they
now are, but this information has been
kept from the American public.
Is there the slightest doubt but the
Germans know exactly where these
troops are? Our cablegrams are still
coming under address of "Training
Camp in France What sense is
there in it, when nobody is fooled,
save Americans? 1t is surely good
policy for the Washington administra-
ton to let our people have all the in
formation it can. Keeping Americans
especially ignorant is silly business.
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Not satisfied with flirting with the
camel, many congressman also seem
inclined to- initiate the ostrich.
NOTICE OF DENISE.

Whatever happens from now on lis
no sin. Satan is dead. His bones
have been. found somewhere in West
Virginia. This skeleton shows horns
on the head, the traditional cloven
hoof and the spiked tail. So, OF
course it must be the skeleton of
Satan-if the news reports are to be
believed.
Few characters have been more
written about and talked about than
Satan and about all we've got to say
is that if he has really died, the news
papers missed a mighty good story at
the time the old boy kicked in.
Just to make up for the derelictiOn
of the press at the time Of death we
pen these lines by way of obituary,
passing betimes to remark that if he
is dead we're glad of it--but we don't
believe he's dead, and if he is dead
his bones haven't been found, and if
they have been found he couldn't have
been the kind of devil we always
thought he was. Aside from that all
we've got to say is, we wonder what
Billy Sunday will have to say about
the case. However, in this hot wealth.
er anything can happen-and we wait
further developments.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-06
WITH THE EDITORS
WHY SEND TIE GUARD SOUTH

WHY SEND THE GUARD SOUTH?
(From the Minneapolis JournaD
The war department with inscrut-
able wisdom is about to send the ma
tional guard regiments into southern
camps for intensive training. The
First Minnesota, with summer torrid
ity at its height, is about to entrain
for Deming, NJ M. Other training
camps have been established through
out the SOUTH where the guardsmen
are to be hardened" for service
It would be a fair inference that
they are to be sent to- Mesopotamia or
Palestine when they are ready to
fight. Why else should they be train
ed in the south, unless they are to
serve in the tropics?
The climate Of northern France is
much like that of northern United
States.@:S>E1n winter IT is cold and
snowy and altogether rigorous Who
does not remember the dispatches
from the front last winter, with their
tales of sheepskin clothing, frostbit-
ten fingers and toes, and other in
juries by freezing?
One would suppose that our own
northern fall in winter would be a
better preparation for campaigning
in France than the enervating heat of
the south. But the war department
knows better 1t knows that the
statesmen who rule the committees
of congress are all from the South.
That is an, argument for intensive
training in the southern camps that
outweighs all considerations of eli
mate.
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MUST BE SATISFACTORY.

Within very short time-unless
Jim Reed, Gore and other senators
once more spill floods of words-con-
gress will adopt some sort of food
conservation measure
The sole question is whether in it's
finality it will do the work the presi-
dent has promised the consumer it
will do.
Food conservation and control have
met resistance every step through the
senate. More than in the house, the
gray wolves of special privilege have
Haunted their power
They secured long weeks of delay
absolutely priceless to them and ex-
ceedingly costly to the people They
emasculated sections of the bill
They were battling in the last ditch
for their continued control of wheat,
-four, meat and other foodstuffs which
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of confusion in the room. The people
crowded around him, and | managed,
somehow, to drag you away. 1he
manager helped us. TO tell the TRUTH
he was only too anxious for you TO
get away before the police arrived.
He was so afraid Of anything getting
into the papers. / drove you Dach
here, and as you still seemed stunned
| brought you upstairs. | didn't mean
to stay, but I couldn't get you to say
IA single coherent word. l was AFRAID
to leave you alone"
II suppose I was drunk" ne sald'
in a dull tone. II remember filling my
glass over and over again. There Is
one thing, though" he added, his voice
gaining sudden strength; II was not
drunk when I struck the prince! l
remember those few seconds very dis
tinctly. l saw everything, knew eV-
erything, felt everything. If no one
had interfered, think l should have
killed him!"
"You were not drunk at all" she de
clared, with little shiver, "but you
were in state of terrible excitement.
It was a. long time before could get
you to lie down, and then you wouldn't
close your eyes until I came and sat
by your side. I watched you go to
sleep. l hope you are not angry with
me! I didn't like to 60 and leave
you" =}'
"How could I be angry?" he pro-
tested. "You are far kinder to me
than I deserve. I expect I should
have been In a police cell but for
you'll"
"And now," she begged, coming over
to him and speaking in more mat
ter-of-fact tone, do let us be prac.
teal. / must run away, and you must
20 and have bath and change your
clothes. Don't be afraid Of your repu-
alton. l can get out by the other en-
rance"
Remember" she whispered, "you
nave to go to see Louise!'
He covered his face with his hands.
"What's the use of it?" he groaned.
It's only another turn of the screw"
"Don't be foolish, john" she ad-
nonished briskly. "You don't actual
" know anything yet-nothing at all {;
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It least, you are not sure Of anything.
and besides, you strange, impossible
person." she Went on, patting his
,and, don't you see that you must
Judge her, not by the standards of
,our world, in which she has never
lived, but by the standards of her
world, in which she was born and
ored? That is only fair, ISN'T it?"
He rose listlesslysto his feet. There
vas strange, dulf look in his face.
you are a dear girl, Sophy!' he
said. Don't go just yet. I have never
felt like it before In my life, but just
now don't want to be left alone.
Send q boy for some clothes, and
will order some tea"
She hesitated.
my own reputation" she MUIR
INJURED, us absolutely of no conse-
quence but remember that you live
here, and"
Don't be silly!' he interrupted.
what does that matter? And besides,
according to you and all the rest of
you here, these things don't affect a
mans reputation-4they are expected
of him. See, l have rung the bell for
breakfast. Now I am going to tele-
phone down for a messenger boy to
go for your clothes"
They breakfusted together, little
later and she made him smoke. He
stood before the window, looking down
upon the river, with his pipe in his
mouth and an unfamiliar look upon
his face. 4
do you suppose that Louise knows
anything?" he asked at length.
II should think not" she replied.
ut is for you to tell her. I rang up
the princes house while you were in
the bathroom. They say that he has
q broken rib and some bad cuts, sus-
tanned in motor accident last night,
but that he Is In no danger. There
was nothing about the affair in the
newspapers, and the princes servants
have evidently been instructed to give
this account to inquirers."
A CLEAN of interest shone in Johns
face.
"By the bye" he remarked, "the
prince is Frenchman. He will very
likely expect me ta fight with him."
mo hope of that. My telligerent
friend" Sophy declared. with ali at.
tempt at q smile. ''rs .T:..=, &C .sSiows
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CHAPTER XXI.

Toward nine o'clock on the follow.
Ing morning John rose from a fitful
sleep and looked around him. Even
before he could recall the events of
the preceding night he felt that there
was weight pressing upon his BRAIN
a miserable sense Of emptiness in life
dull feeling of bewilderment. AL.
though he had no clear recollection OF
getting there, he realized that he was
in his own sitting-rOOm, and that he
had been asleep upon the couch. He
saw, too, that it was morning, for q
ray Of sunlight lay across the carpet.
AS he struggled to his feet, he saw
with little shock that he was not
alone. Sophy Gerard was curled up
in his easy chair. still in evening
clothes, her cloak drawn closely
around her, as If she were cold. Her
head had fallen back. She, too, was
asleep. At the sound of his move.
ment, however, she opened her eyes
and looked at him for q moment with
puzzled stare. Then she jumped to
her feet
"Why, we have both been asleep I"
she murmured, little weakly.
=. t-e sound Of her voice it all came
back to him, tangled, hideOus night.
mare. He sat down again upon the
couch and held his head between his
hands.
Il remember everything that hap
pened at the club" he went on slowly.
as the prince dead?'
She shock her head.
"Of course not! He was hurt,
though, and there was q terrible scene
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

Sign me up | do not claim exemp-
ton"
Such was the answer of the first
New York city man to qualify under
the selective draft law.
This is the spirit which will win
the war. Unfortunately, the percent
age of exemptions in the east are too
numerous.
Sign me up" That should be the
answer of every man drafted who is
without dependents and is sound in
body and mind.
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the people need and for which the
prices have mounted sky.high.

prices have mounted sky-high.
That is why the president should
scrutinize the bill with microscope
when it comes to himr-to find out not
whether it has some little technical
flaw, but whether in it's larger pro
visions, it is anything like what is
needed to meet the situation.
The people have looked to Wash
ington for relief to tighten their bur
lens
Food comes closest They know
they are being victimized and they
demand the pillage be stopped. They
are convinced that if the right kind Of
bill is passed, if Herbert c. Hoover
is clothed with authority, results will
be quickly obtained. Results are what
are wanted, not apologies or explana;
TONS
And that is where the president
can and should come in strong. If
the bill as finally laid before him is a
mere shell, if it gives him the mere
color of food control without the real
power, if it is aimed merely to make
a noise without accomplishing definite
results, the chief executive should
promptly veto it.
He should do more.
In plain language, calling a spade a
spade, he should TELL WHY he We
toes it and place the responsibility
directly where it belongs.
He should then insist that congress
20 to work honestly and speedily and
adopt measure that he can sign.
The American people are in no mood
for trifing. They want relief and
THEY WANT 1T NOW.
They will back up their president,
If he will but lead, to the finish.
And they will make their voices
heard in so unmistakable manner
that even the senate marplots will
heed.
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Practical Joker
Turns Wrong Top:
Boy Badly Burned

Dickinson, m D., Aug, Ga practi-
cal Joker employed at the Dickinson
roundhouse of the Northern Pacific
turned on the wrong tap when he
sought to "douse" Fred Foscher, H.
year-old son Of j. B. Fischer of South
Dickinson, and instead of giving the
lad a cold ducking, he drenched him
with boiling hot water which cooked
the flesh on the boys right side and
has placed him in the local hospiatl
in a precariOus condition.
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Governor Frazier honored the pro-
fession by selecting Arthur Van Horn
as a member of the first architects
board 1t is essential that the per-
sonnet of this body be sympathetic
to the aims and objects of the new
organization. Mr.. Van Horn is well
qualified and especially interested in
seeing that the board becomes ef
fective and carries out the objectssfol
which it was called into being
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by Tasker H. E1iss, major general act
ing chief of staff to Adjutant General
Mccain, and which Adjutant General
Fraser now has on file. Major Cen
eral Bliss advises that arms and am
munition and other equipment may
be procured in limited quantities FROM
the government, subject to return on
80 days notice, and providing the
home guard is organized with the
authority of the governor, through
whom application must be made.
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We have it from our able London
Mr.. Ed l.. Keen. that
there's considerable gloom in England
over the discovery that earlier re-
ports as to the size of the first Amer
lean expedition were wildly exagger-
ated" The truth always burns like
that, after a foolish attempt to hide it.
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No political generals or other Off
GERS are to be recognized by the war
department. This is a good start.
The fine young men who are going
manfully to the service of the nation
are entitled to the best officers.
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General Fits has been chosen as
chief head hunter for the provost mar
shall. His specially will be slackers,
and he intimates right at the start
that he will give them fits
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1t would be sorry spectacle to
make North Dakota an |. w. w. para
disc. In spite of official orders it
might be good plan to keep the vags
moving just the same.
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Uncle Sam is going to draft $4,000
doctors without depriving any COM
munity of enough to care for it. 1t
can be done
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Say, over in England they're mob
bling pacifist members of parliament,
on Sunday, too!
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ORGANIZATION OF ,:.
HOME GUARD UNITS

Tho method to be employed in the
organization Of home guard units is
defined in bulletin issued July 90
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Just to show the proper spirit,
China may split up into two democ-
racies. Z" ~ -, -,
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g.
WEATHER REPORT

for "a hours ending at noon Aug. 8.
Tomnerature at 7 a, m. ......53
Temperature at noon ...........l
Highest yesterday ..............I4
Lowest yesterday -................ 40
Lowest last night ................. oo
prooin;tation None
Highest wind velocity ........ l2-NIW
Forecast
for North Dakota: Unsettled with
showers late tonight or Tuesday;
somewhat warmer northwest portion
tonight; cooler Tuesday extreme west
portion.
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SYNOPSIS.

Milf NNNF>NAETM Author Of THE DOUBLE TRAITOR
flIlILlfO OFFkNlll.ilI
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Lowest
Temperatures
OVERWORkING SECRECY.

UHHIo w. HODE %
MeteorogOlist.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-04
LYRIC TODAY

~ have heard Of disastrous
sneezes," said Blanche Sweet, the
Lasky star who will be seen at the
Lyric on Wednesday and Thursday
in the Lasky- Paramount production,
THE Silent Partner, "-"of burglars
concealed under the bed or in a
closet, waiting for someone to retire
or leave the room, being suddenly
seized with a sternutatory desire
and having their plans entirely dis
concerted-and l have been sitting in
theatre, watching with bated
breath a wonderfully dramatic eli
max, only to be brought unceremoni-
ously to earth by violent sneeze
from the tragedy queen-but never
before have heard of an entire COM
pany of players being held up for
whole day because Of sneeze.
I'm on scene of my picture. The
Silent Partner I carefully and eau
tiously open the door-close 1t be-
hind me and advance into the room
just as my employer is about to end
his life. It IL a very tragic moment
and any false move would ruin the
scene. Just as I opened the door in
the final rehearsal sneezed. The
door escaped from my grasp. swung
back against a stand. knocking over
a vase which broke into a hundred
pieces as 1t fell. This was the first
scene taken that morning, but not
the first scene in which the vase had
been used. consequently a delegation
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Friend Of Great Men.

About this time the revolutionary
spirit was running high, and Ann Ram
say became fully imbued with patri-
otto fervor. Her zeal took the form Of
collecting money for the equipment
and use Of the army, and so great
was the confidence placed In her abil-
lty In this regard that she was made
treasurer of all moneys collected for
the purpose in the township Of Alex
andrla.
So successful were her efforts that
she turned over sum exceeding $75,-
600 to the cause. Thomas Jefferson In
his writings accredited her with be-
Ing one of the most patriotic women In
Virginia, and George Washington Of
fered to assist In the education of one
Of her sons.
Mrs. Ramsay reared two sons to
fight for the cause of American indie
pendence. One served as surgeon
In the Continental army; the other as
a colonel In the Virginia line.
When this brave woman died, on
April 1, 1855, Washington attended her
funeral, for his diary contains this en-
try: "Went to Alexandria to attend
the funeral Of Mrs. Ramsay on Fri
day last"
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Patriotic Mary Draper.

There was Mary Draper 70 Massa-
chusetts, who surely did her "bit" for
American independence when she sent
husband and son to the front with all
dispatch; and when the daughter
begged that the boy might be left at
home, she said: "He is needed, and
must 60. You and have also service
to do. Food must be prepared for
the hungry, for before tomorrow night
hundreds will be on their way to Join
the Colonial forces, and We must feed
as many as we can" ..r
Mary Diapers bread and cheese and
cider kept many weary soldier from
exhaustion as he passed on his way
10 the war. Nor did she stop with
this service. Her stock of pewter YES
sells went into the melting pot, and
with a mold for casting bullets, she
transformed her domestic utensils into
balls for the Continental army.
Then there was humble Molly
Pitcher, whose heroism on the field of
battle at Monmouth has been recount
ed upon the pages of American his
tory; and her firing the gun when her
gunner husband was stricken dead by
the enemy has become a familiar
story. This humble wife Of barber
had the heart Of heroine, although
her mission was but to carry water to
those who needed 1t, and she was to
win her reward when the commander
In chief himself commissioned her u
sergeant.