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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31

mate Of what it may cost we must
leave to the future"
Turning to the meat situation the
administrator said pork products were
more vitality needed by the allies than
beef
"In the matter of beef" he said, "thc
allies can support themselves without
any consequential expansion of i'm
ports 'from the United States"
In view Of the European situation
and the shortage in hogs, he pointed
out that there would be high aver
age price for pork products and there
fore it would be the vital advantage
Of every farmer to raise hogs.
eve need a keep a pig" movement
in this country" he said.
BY preventing undue increase in
forage prices, Mr. Hoover promised
that the food administration would
cooperate in measures to stimulate live
stock production. He also said fur
ther production Of sheep both for
meat and particularly for wool. cN-
| tcnsivcly used in uniforms, is needed
"Our American farmers he added
would be wise to realize that for 4
| considerable ncriod after tho war there
will be very poor export market foi
Nmcrcan bread grains, whereas there
| will be a wide demand for animal pro
ducts"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31

CARDS to all the Laurens people ana
tell them | would like very much to
hear from them as mail is welcome
at all times.
l will try and write more at some
other time. My address is like this:
Private Walter p. Whaley,
A IG Il via New York,
Headquarters Co., 26th u. S. Inf.
Love and best regards to all.
"A I.aurens Boy Somewhere in
France
Censored
Y. r. f.. Cornish,
lst LIT. U. S. Army,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31


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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
COMMERCIAL
CLUB NAMES
COMMITTEES
President. w. G. Courtney
Names Members of Vari-
Gus Committees for Year

At q special session of the directors
Of the East Grand Forks Commercial
club, the various committees to serve
during the ensuing year were submit
ted by President W. G.. Courtney. The
committees were accepted and en-
dorsed by the directors. Following
are the members Of the various COM
mittees named last evening.
Public affairs committee-H. Dun
leavy, g. r. Jacob, j. F. Craig, M. A.
Foote.
Good roads committee. A. Sulli-
van, John Vossler, A. N. Briggs, Fred
Fogle.
Railroads committee-N. j. Nelson,
F. C. Massee, j. r. johnson.
Entertainment committee. J.
Kelleher, G. A. Newhouse, w. C.
| Weber.
House committee-G. p. Kirk, ].
W. K%earns. Henry Giese.
Retail committee-Frank Drosky,
e. Arneson, I. Kingman. G. M. Bydal.
Membership committee. G. Sher-
lock, G. =. Jorgenson, B. W. White.
Campaign to be Held.
Plans for a membership campaign
to be conducted by the Commercial
club committee in a short time are
being made at the present time.
Reports received from the various
committees and officers Of the club
were also received at last evenings
session, and were approved and &C
| Cepted.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
East Grand Forks News
RECRUITING
TO Be GIVEN
IMPETUS HERE
Six Enlisted Here and Sent
to Duluth this Morning.
SO Per Day for District.

Recruiting for the United States
army at the East Grand Forks re-
cruiting station, took a ''brace" this
morning. when a total of six men
were sent to Duluth to be given a
final physical examination, after
which they will leave for Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-, for training.
Those who enlisted here last night
and left this morning were Henry
Scott, Grafton, N. D.; John schroeder,
Madoc, Mont; Roy H. Chambers,
Niagara. N. D.; Ben H. Radtke. Cava-
lier, N. D.. and Joseph Mikson of
Piske, N. d.
Is Austrian.
Mikson is a native of Austria, but
has taken out his first papers of
naturalization in the United States
Although his parents and other close
relatives reside in Austria, some of
whom are serving against the United
states In the Austrian army, Mikson
declared this morning that he was
ready to fight for Uncle Sam.
According to information received
here. a special effort is to be made
to complete the Duluth district quota
OF 1850 men by June 80. In April
209 men were obtained, in Msr as
men were enlisted and from June / t.
June II, 1876 mon were obtained
dents order, a total Of 933 men mus
be recruited by June 80, which meant
an average Of SO per day to complete
the Duluth district quota.
The following information was re.
ceived here this morning from Capt
Ned Green, in charge Of the Duluth
district:
District Falls Short.
1.-THE Duluth recruiting district
consists Of 80 counties in northern
Minnesota and nine counties in nor.
thern Wisconsin, having a total popu.
lation Of 785. 1856. On April 6 the
president called for 100000 volun.
teers to fill up the regular and the ma
tional guard. of Z per 1000 of the to.
tai population. The quota Of volun.
teers for the Duluth district would be
5,499 for the regular army and the
national guard. or 1850 for the regu.
lar army alone. These men should
all have volunteered in April. In.
stead. the regular army got only 1877
per cent Of its quota and I think the
national guard got less.
During April the Fort Wayne, Ind.
recruiting station got 1872 per cent OF
Its quota and Portland, Ore, got 7O.a
per eel There are 81 districts in the
United States and for April Duluth
district stood number So"
Must Enlist by June 80.
After the draft is made it will BE-
impossible for men to volunteer fol
service. 1t was explained this morning
by Sergeant M. e. Coomler, in charge
Of the local station. 30 that those de.
string to get into active service. a
once must do so by June 80.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
COST OF ARMY
RATIONS
(From 1ndiananoli. Nova,

(From indianapolis News.)
The United States has always fed its
soldiers we'll in comparison with other
countries. and much better than most
countries. But on the whole the cost
Of feeding them is not greater but
smaller than the cost Of feeding men
similarly employed in civil life. The
army ration is worked out on q scien-
ttfc basis, The men being fed what
10 good for them and enough Of 1t, but
no more. And since the government
buys In large quantities, 1t IL able to
get favorable prices. The cost of Its
army ration 10, however, q fairly ac-
curate index to the cost Of living, and
some statistics recently issued BY the
war department are Of interest in this
connection.
The average cost. Of the army ra-
hon$a man in 1880 Wa 1915. cents.
During the panic In 1921 It rose to
16.0t cents man. and then II
dropped steadily until 1887. when the
cost WASl3sS1 eents:As man, the low
est In thirty years. During the Span.
t1sh.AAneg1r4n4SRaF tho1 Doldaorg were
10 AfsAnaaxpDn1e 0fef1.a1 cents
smAn. Dys11ee the oOstshaA risen to
5ies1e esnts ASman;SS ~ 1885. to 1855;
sthsns t1aerel 49, 4 drop 10 1874 cents
in 1877. md roM TINT time until
noWsstiesfte has sen Stsalr ana
ss1fk1ng. ~ 80 MH1yle&bsines3f,4l
MAt1sssAss14faysL 1el5 - Nsuag
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
ITALIAN CENSORS
PUZZLED OVER FEW
INNOCENT LETTERS

Rome, June 1.-THE Italian cen
sors office has been bafled for two
years in an effort to discover the
meaning of little groups of letters and
dashes, such as "axyz-wtv" and so on.
which appear at the ends of news
items sent out by The Associated
Press in New York and re-mailed
from there to The Associated Press
correspondents from whom the items
zane. These marks are the initials
Of the writer, editor. or manifolder
of the item, but apparently the en-
ployes of the Censors Bureau suspect
ed they conveyed some mystic mean
ing for when received by the corre-
spondent here, they have often been
cut out Of the pages. or carefully OBJ
liberated with ink or, sometimes, the
entire batch Of mail is withheld for
two or three months at a time.
The latter is the favorite method
pursued by the censor's office for pre-
venting information of a harmful ma
ture from being disseminated. It IL
not unusual for new cables or busi-
ness dispatches of a nature seemingly
suspicious to be quietly forwarded a
week or SO after the sender has for
gotten having filed them.
On the whole. however, from an
American point of view. there has
been little complaint regarding either
cables or malls, considering the ac-
tivity of spies in Italy. Most OF the
complaints are made editorially by
italian newspapers which, when news
is dull. print long TRADES declaring
that the censor is s~uppressing inter-
estinr news.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
LOCAL LAD IS
AFTER GERMANS
Van ogren, Aged II, Be.
lieved to be Insane-Will
Be Given Hearing.

Declaring that he was about to en-
list in the United States navy, and had
been ordered by the navy department
to scout" for German enemies on the
outskirts Of East Grand Forks, Van
Ogren. aged II, stepson Of James
Finn. this city, was taken in tow by
local officials at 3 o'clock this morn
ing, and escorted to the city bastile,
where he was relieved Of a "gat' and
a pocketful of ammunition.
Young Ogren has been employed
as cook in a local restaurant, and aft
or he had completed his work last
evening he went to his home. There
he obtained the pistol and ammuni-
ton, and started out to scout" for
the enemies. He declared he was to
have entered the navy this morning.
The young lad is thought to be in
sane by local authorities. He will be
given a hearing before Probate Judge
Rowland and the insanity board In
CrOOkstOn.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12

ness in San Salvador, the capital, and
American capital recently became in
terested in a number Of its enterprises.
The city is known as a great club
center and Is the social hub Of the re.
public.
The country surrounding San SAL
vador has been divided into small
farms for ~impecunious landholders, In
which idea it differs from most Of
the Central American republics.
Cofree-which is produced in Sal
vador is of superior quality to that
of Brazil-and indigo, are the two
principal products.
First record Of an earthquake in
San Salvador was in 1873, when the
entire city was nearly leveled and
fifty persons persisted. Since then,
the city and the country surround
ing 1t have been rocked again and
again, whole cities and towns being
RACED and many persons being killed.
The city. which was founded about
1925, is located about 100 miles SOUTH
east Of the town of Guatemala and is
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
TESTS TO Be
MADE OF GRAIN
Specimens Of Crop May be
Mailed to Agricultural
College at Fargo.

Fargo, N. D., June 12.-Farmers Of
this state may have their fields in
spected for disease free. of cos by
mail. This was recently decided upon
by the state agricultural college here.
acting on the suggestion of the fed
eral government.
Government tags bearing the seal
Of the United States department Of
agriculture recently were circulated
among the farmers with the request
that they use the tags in sending to
the agricultural college specimens Of
their crops which they fear are dis
eased. The college will conduct a
careful analysis and will advise the
farmer as to the remedial measures
he must pursue.
A letter sent to the farmers asserts
hat this new method of plant inspec-
ton is in line with the colleges de-
sire to aid the state in raising al large
a crop this year as possible. 1t de-
sires to guard against a possible out
break of disease of a serious char
acter among all farm crops, especially
potatoes, fax, wheat and other
cereals. It asks that the tags be used
ljherallv
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
Presidents palace at San Salvador,
San Salvador volcano and map
showing where earthquake oc-
GuHT1d

San Salvador, laid in ruins last week
by a destructive earthquake. is one Of
the most beautifully located towns of
Central America with $4,000 inhabi-
tants. 1t lies in the foothills of the
mountains, right under San Salvador
the Pacific ocean. Near it is Lake
Hopango with a thirty-mile shore line
and surrounded by volcanic country.
At the time of another earthquake,
some years g islands in this lake
dropped out of sight and another is
land. 500 feet in diameter, rose to a
heights Of $50 feet.
The streets Of San Salvador are
wide n well paved, while its public
offices compare with those of the
great cities of Europe. It has a
magnificent cathedral. university. the
alter and national institute-to mem
ton some of the larger structures.
There are many fine homes and most
OF them have beautiful gardens.
Street car lines give a ten-minute
service on most Of the principal
Don Manuel Enrique Araujo is the
present executive of the republic and
lives at the capital. He is a physi-
clan by profession and we'll known
as a surgeon. He is a modernist.
San Salvador-the country-has
an area just less than that of Massa-
chusetts and a total population Of
TWO million. It has two ranges Of
mountains which are rich in iron,
copper lead and silver. It's total ex'
ports are $4,000, 900 a year.
1t was before The war the scene of
fierce competition between British and
German merchants who made their
headquarters in the city, now said to
have been leveled.
The completion Of the Panama ca
nal caused a notable boom in BUSH
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
SERVICES AT RESIDENCE.
Remains Of Pioneer Resident of Polk
County VIII Be Laid to Rest
Tomorrow Afternoon,

Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. J.. A. Bryson, aged 65 years,
and a pioneer resident of Polk county.
who succumbed after a lengthy i'll
ness at her home, 1924 University
avenue. Grand Forks, yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, will be held
from the residence tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock and later at the
Grand Marais church, east of this
city. Rev. w. H. Matthews. pastor
of the First Presbyterian church Of
Grand Forks will of1ciate, and in
terment will be made in the Grand
Marais cemetery.
Decedent was born in .Lanark
county, Ontario, Canada, and moved
in 1879 with her family to Hart, WI
mona county. Minnesota, where she re-
sided for a short time before settling
on q farm near this city.
Survived by Children.
She is survived by a husband and
eight children, William H.. Of East
Grand Forks, Delbert r. Of Staples,
Mimi. Lee L. Of Grand Forks. Mrs.
Ella M. White Of Gooding, Idaho. Let
tie Of Grand Forks, Mrs. Rose Martin
Of Tynsid. Polk county, Mimi. Kate
G.. and Lillian Of Buffalo, N. D.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
WILSON TO HAVE
ENTIRE CONTROL

Atlantic City. N. J., June 12.-Con-
troll Of the entire medical profession
of the country will be given to Presi-
dent Wilson by a measure which has
been approved by the ways and
means and the finance committee Of
the house. and will be submitted to
congress for enactment. If physicians
do not enlist up to the total Of 90
900 needed, Major D.. A. Kraker Of
the United States marine corps. told
the New Jersey Medical Society to-
day.
The registration made nine thou
sand physicians eligible to draft, Ma
ior Kraker said, and 1900 more
must volunteer or the proposed meas
ure will be given to congress-.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
Jas. {. Christensen, Deserter From
German Army, in City En- Route to
Niagara, One of Schleswig Danes
Forced to Fight; Tells of Escape

James c. Christensen who for the
time being lives with his brother.
Knud Christensen, on a farm near Nj
agara. n. D., spent a few hours in
Grand Forks last evening and told of
his experiences az a deserter from the
German army which he, as a Prussian
citizen, had been forced to join about
fifteen months ago.
Mr.. Christensen arrived in America
only a little more than a half year
ago having come from Schleswig-Hol-
stein, the former Danish province
which was conquered by Prussia in
1864. He was a farmer in the nor
thern part of the province and was
drafted for military service at the out
break of the war. but vas then unable
to Join the army because of a serious
attack of typhoid fever.
Sent to Russian Front.
After having been in training camp
in Rostock in northern Germany, Mr..
Christensen was sent to the Russian
front n saw some serious hghting;
many times, he says, he thought he
was on the point Of death. the bullets
flying "as thick as raindrops."
THE pity Of it," said Mr.. Christen-
sen. was that we men from Schles-
wig despise the German government
and at heart are with the Alice.
More than $4,000 Danes from Sch1es-
wig have gone to war under the Ger
man colors. inc 1t is said that nearly
$500 have been killed. The generals
expose the men from conquered prov
inces to the fire Of the Allies; we
share the fate with those who came
from Prussian Poland and from AL
sace-Lorraine, and while we realize
that 1t Is our civic duty to respond to
h call to h arms when Geremany
summons us, WI always remember
that we are citizens of the vaterland
against our wishes"
Asked a. to how he succeeded in
%effecting his escape. Mr.. Christensen
said that upon receiving news from
home that his father was dying, he
obtained two weeks furlough and re-
turned to Schleswig; after staying
with his father for about two days.
he dressed in civilian clothes and
made his escape to a point near the
Danish border. It was near midnight
and pitch dark. German sentinels.
however, discovered him and tried to
reach him with their bullets. But by
laying low and by creeping steadily
along a deep ditch he was lucky
enough to scape the bullets aimed at
him. One bullet gave him q slight
scratch on his right arm, but 1t heal
ed very
Mr.. Christensen made his way to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
ARRANGEMENTS :
FOR MONSTER
PICNIC MADE
Third Annual Community
Picnic in July-Executive
Committee Named.

Tentative plans for the third an
Community picnic, which Will ge
held. probably in July in the c..
Ryan grove, two and a half miles east
of East Grand Forks, were MADE iase
evening at a special session Of the di-
rectors of the East Grand Forks COM
mercial club in the Commercial cruz
rooms.
An executive committee, composed
of M. A. Foote, Frank Droskyy g. :.
Kelleher, T. A. Sullivan and E.' Arne-
son. will meet as soon as possible
with similar committees from the va.
rious Farmers clubs throughout
western Polk county, to complete ar
rangements.
Is Big Event.
The annual Community pionic'
since its Inauguration two years ago;
has become one Of the principal
events of the year. and is attended
each year by thousands of farmers
and business men from every section
of the Red river valley.
Sports Of all kinds. ball games, q
monster picnic dinner and entertain
ment of various kinds will feature the
Community picnic this year. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12

friends across the Danish border. but
as a notification Of his desertion soon
raj ant to the German consular au-
thorities in the city where he was
visiting. he thought 1t was safest to
make his escape in a thorough man
ner. Consequently, he went to Copen-
hagen and embarked in a Danish
steamer which took him to New York
whence he proceeded to Albert Lea,
MINI. A little later he travelled to
North Dakota. and will stay at Nj
agara indefinitely unless he, as he in
dicated last night, will be found ac-
ceptable as a soldier in the United
States army.
Conditions Very Bad.
When questioned about conditions
in Germany, Mr.. Christensen said that
they def1ed all descriptions. It was
bad when he went away, and he
thinks that conditions are much more
serious now. He added. however, that
those who get the most plentiful food
supplies are the soldiers. Civilians
they can obtain for love or money.
Mr.. Christensen said that it would
be impossible for him ever to return
punishment that awaits him In this
case, namely. death by execution.
But he felt very optimistic about
the possibility of some time returning
to his native heath in schleswig. He
is one OF many who believe hat one
Of the results of the war will be the
restoration of Schleswig to Denmark.
Statesmen, generally, do not share
this belief. But it is a popular idea
that there IL an agreement between
the Allies and Denmark to the effect
that as long as the latter country re-
mains steadfastly neutral. the reward
will be the restoration Of the lost ter
ritory.
Mr.. Christensen has been asked by
various societies in the northwest to
relate some Of his experiences. But
he takes the view that he is no lee
turer and that he knows less about
the German army than people out
side Of that country. At the time of
his arrival in America he was unable
to speak English, but he now speaKt
1t with remarkable fuency.
Four brothers Of Mr.. Christensen
are at present serving in the German
army. But whether they are dead or
alive, he does not know. Some time
ago he received a letter from home,
smuggled by way of a Danish port
to the effect that his youngest broth
er, hardly 16 years old, had been sent
! to the front.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
OUR FLAG in FRANCE
By Marion Couthouy Smith
~ <h~ vi~alanhea

. "H g. VI k4A0 ..-Hr--
Up with the flag in France. lads. up
with the flag In France!
As the dawn-rays rising oversea, 30 be
its bright ADVANCE;
The dawn-rays flaming on the zee the
morning round the world
Long and dark was the night to us.
while the stars and stripes were
furled!
Out with the sword In France. lads.
out with the sword In, France!
AS the sudden gleam of twilight
star. SO be its flashing glance; Fi,g
A star that brings>A mighty hope to z
people worm and pressed:
Glad were they for tho kindly word,
but the helping hand Is best.
Follow the guns in France. lads, fol-
low the guns in France!
Take with those on the foremost line
the brave mans lighting chance;
There's q people here behind you.
whose dreaming hours are past,
Who will send you forth with q swell
ing heart, and back you to the last.
Fight for the worlds defense, lads, a
your fathers fought before.
For truth and right against ruthless
might, for freedoms cause onos
more!
Though the wy BE long ard the
hasafd strong. for glory or mischanos.
Up with the dAg In Franco lads, up
with the mar In France!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12
II LARGE SHIPS
ARRIVED IN IT, S,
Six of Number Fly Stars and
Stripes-Arrive From
European Ports.

An Atlantic Port June 12.-Eleven
large steamships. aggregating 10000
tons, six of them being under the
American flag. have locked here
within the last two days. it was an
nounced today by the International
Mercantile Marine, owners Of the ves-
sells. Among them was the Minne-
sofa, 20.718 tons, being the largest
merchant ship af1oat under the Stars
and Stripes.
The largest Of the eleven arrivals
was the British ship Jusicia, a new
vessel of 32,284 tons. She is the
largest steamer to come into a port
Of this country. it was stated since
the Olympic left in 1914.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-12

on a small stream which flows into
the Pacific ocean.
The country of Salvador itself con-
sists mainly of a plateau broken by a
large number Of volcanic cones.
In virtually all previous cases when
San Salvador has been damaged by
earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
many other nearby located localities
have suffered. Many of the shocks
have been of the greatest intensity,
and a number of disturbances in re-
cent years have resulted in appeals
to the Red Cross for assistance in car-
ing for the destitute. Some of the
shocks have continued for several
! days at a time, buildings that with.
stood the first tremors going down in
those hat followed.
The country of Salvador contains
about 1925 square miles and has a
coast line of about 100 miles from
the mouth Of the Rio de la Paz to that
of the G"oascoran in the Bay of Fons-
SEGA. It's length is about 140 miles
and its breadth about 60 miles: