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CONFERS TTTLE OF CITIZEN
OF PARIS ON PRESIDENT
TEN OPPORTUNITIES
TO AID ClTYS POOR
Continued From First Page.)


ated Charities must respond-tempor-
airy sickness and improvidence where
there are children who must be fed
against 40 cases of temporary sick
,31'. Or. Buchanan's report shows this
number reuucsd to 40 in 1918. with
~ OF children TO be cared for. and
providence in the previous year. the
rocords for 1918 show only nine cases
Of iinprovidence. y total or eighty one
children affected in the improvident
buchanan i'm 9l7 was reduced to
twenty-nine in the present year.
Commenting upon the annual report
dent OF the Associated Charities said :.
TO do the work has required the ex-
penditure OF funds somewhat in excess
Of sums necessary to merely prevent
suffering from hunger and cold. Owing
TO favorable conditions for two win.
tcrs we have been exempt from de-
;nands for the care of the genus hobo
very nearly all of the cases now ben
cnciaries Of our service are such as
elicit the warmcst sympathy and larg-
est measure OF consideration possible.
creased demand for labor at the high
wages. recently prevailing, and usually
demanded as the price for expediency.
and with the return TO civil life Of the
from overseas. We may expect that the
demand on our funds In the near future
VIII develop tho need for yet larger
relief. iof
IL must be patent to all who are
INFORMED as TO the action of our gov
eminent eminent in providing ailotmen,s allow
aar'; ETC. for dependents OF those
iIIS wIele sol am; and fostSred standard Of
city, and the immediate vicinity. higher
, war oDtaned with them prior to the
elevation above former standards: on
me IN contrary we believe that II Il can
DC sustained II will serve TO exempiifv
L, me renl appreciation OF the true 'hu,
,Eruit!on along this line NAV pos
sioiy reduce the number who will re
Gulre the services of this and kindred
o. % sahizations However. while there
Is a demand for the work of such an
pprsah,zation. and in order that we NAV
pS anie TO serve with high degree of
a r,Eiy II will be necessary that the
y ne educated TO an appreciation
OF the service to be rendered thro,iph
our euorts' and the value TO our COM
tainnent." u az
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when Secretaries Baker Lane and VIII
son will make addresses. Secretary
Daniels will be the principal speaker
on Wednesday,
BuENOS AIRES December 4.-Thc
American offer OF mediation as be-
tween Chile and Peru has caused sat
isfnction In Chile. where. according to
advices from that country. it Is in
tcrprctcd as assurance that the United
States will not interfere unless invited
10 do so by both Chile and Peru. Some
OF tho daily papers of Buenos Aires
show chagrin. for they say tho Argcn-
tine government misintcrprctcd the
orig inal note and went beyond the in
vitation Offering mediation and is not
left alone to act.
HEAVEN KANs.. December
lt.-What officials at the Federal
Pcnitcntiary here believe to have been
we'll planned plot 10 make II whole
sale delivery OF the I. w. w. prison.
ers was discovered Friday night whom
Guards searching locker boxes found
three loaded rcvolvers in box used
by big Bill Haywood. tho T. w. w. sec
rotary. now serving term at tho
prison.
LONDON. December 14.-occupation
of the Rhine bridGehcad at Cologne has
been completed by the British who
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-15

sIsting OF disc OF metal and ce,lu-
R iSad SSs aI ,n the words christmas
number. In the center is red cross
between green holly wreaths The
public Is warned to give no money to
solicitors who cannot Identity thcm-
selves by means OF the Official badge
IOUSE-TO-HOUSE CANVASS
is FEATURE OF DRIVE
In addition to soliciting memberships
at the booths the efforts to enroll
everybody in the city will include u
house-to- house canvass. which will be
vision Of Mrs. g. r w. Kern. 1t is
believed that before the house 10 house
every home in the city will display Il
Red Cross service flag, which can be
conveniently pinned or pasted TO a
window.
An. active canvass will be made
among all stores. offices and factories
Tor the purpose OF enrolling such places
IN IN the e. 100 per cent club. This club
where every employee has become a
1919 member. 1t was announced at
h n M,Iaa sra last night tina, the w
concern in the city entitled to mem
berahip.
Director Boykin will be assisted dur
Ing the drive BY the following cxecu
D., James Il. Pace. DeSoto FitzGerald.
General 10 Lane Stern. Coleman wor-
than. Governor Westmorcland Davis.
Mayor George Ainslie. j. Taylor Ely
son. Bishop Robert a. Gibson DR.. r..
N. Calisch and Bishop d. J. O'Conncll.
Automobolists are urged to apply at
RED Cross headquarters for pastors TO
be placed on the windshield of their
cars. The pastors bear an admonition
TO join during the roll call Christ
mas roll call members become members
Of the Richmond Chapter for the en-
tire year of 1919. and those holding
memberships that will expire early
next year will be asked to waive the
unexpired portion of their memberships
and join this week.
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Premier Clcmenceau. This compa rison
makes the use OF further phrases un-
necessary. 1t is enough to say that
Paris lavished In II all It's fire and
heart"
rhe Journal Des Debats says.
The population OF Paris showed
itself prodigal OF enthusiasm. This is
because tho voyage of President Will
son Is unique event in the history OF
the United States aud has Significance
that Is well understood"
CONFERS TITLE OF CITIZEN
OF PARIS ON PRESIDENT
In unanimously voting. as II did yes
tcrdhy. to confer upon President Will
son tho title OF II citizen of Paris, tho
Municipal Council was reviving q
medieval tradition. declared Councillor
Gent. who moved the resolution. 1t was
formerly the custom TO confer hon
ornry citizenship of the city upon those
who had rendered distinguished serv-
ices, not only TO Paris. but to the en-
tire country. lie pointed out that at
the time OF the French Revolution the
ltle had beer conferred on British.
Italian and American personages. But
what the President will particularly APP
preciatc." said NJ. Gent, lis that one of
those TO whom Paris paid the same
tribute that 1t Is to-day paying him
was the great George Washington"
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buI1StGad' SWOrnSVruD

ITO children an nnCel of mercy" Where
1T NEVER FAILS. One. bottle DESTROYED lac
worms. stood the test for siHtv years. Sold
everywhere or bv mall. 30c n bottle.
Est. @. A. Voorhees,. NJ D.. PbiIadeIphia.
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ASKS 10000 NEW MEMBERS
TO ENROLL IN RED cRnee

From First Page.)
street in charge OF Rev. w. r John
son. chairman OF the colored Red Cross
Each person who joins for 1919 viii
DC given service flag. ten Red Cross
s,eals and membership button. Mem
ners VIII be urged to wear their but
solicitors have been given explicit in
Srucions not to approach those wear
!hs buttons. Men and women are re-
un.sted 10 join once. and. once only
Workers will wear Official BADGES. COR
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Many III I'm New or,e,,,

NEW ORLEANS December l4-One
hundred and hfty-ninc new cases of
Influenza in New Orleans were report
ed to-day as compared with 1872 yes
terday. There were eight deaths
From the state. outside OF New
Orleans, 500 new cases were rcported
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-15

1916. The arrest follows "a tcn.dsy
chase by local officers. 49,
PARIS. Deccmber IA number NJ
members OF the general federation Of
labor met in the Place de tCiichy sthi,
afternoon and paraded through The
CHIEF thoroughfares cheering for Presi.5
dent wilson and the United states.
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AIcnn Dnm in 0ncration

KNOXVILLE, TENN. December IA
The Alcoa dam, forty-seven miles
cast OF this city. second in size to the
great Roosevelt dam in Arizona. was
put In operation yesterday. Two years
were required to complete the project.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
-Four Local Men Are
Home On Furloughs

: A number Of local men who have
been in the service for some time ar
rived in the city Sunday and this
morning to spend %furloughs with
friends. and parents here:
Sergeant. Malcolm B. Lurton. who
has been stationedsa at Camp Dodge in
the ambulance corps. arrived in the
city yesterday; and will spend two
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
IF. e. Lurton.' Sergeant Lurton, when
interviewed today, stated that he, was
rearing to go" but could not give out
anything:definite as to when he would
be sent acroSs. 4
Douglas z. ,Lurton arrived last eve
ming from Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana. He has received an honor
able discharge from the army due to
i'll health. and will remain with his
parents here. z.
Louis Saunders. who has been serv-
ing with tho u. s. navy. reports that
he has lately returned from a trip to
France and has been stationed in Vir-
ginia- He states that he finds the life
very agreeable.
Lieutenant William Hallen return
ed to the city Saturday to visit with
his parents on North Fourth. street
and incidentally 1t Is understood to
Join the 1Benedicts." This DON he
left, for MINI. where on We'd
nesday he Will be united in marriage
to Miss Josie Berg.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
Why The Philippines
Are LOYAL To u. S.

Ann Arbor, Mich, May 3o.-why
the Philippines are loyal to America
was told recently at the University Of
Michigan by Prof. r. dc la Cantera of
the University of the Philippines H.
Illustrating the causes for this loyalty
he said:
1.-THE conquerors marched triumph
antly through the streets. while the
vanquished garrison stood at salute.
I was only ten ear old then, stand
ing with my mother and sister in the
crowd of spectators that lined the
streets.
Suddenly my mother saw my faith
err across the street and, fearing he
had been made captive, and was in
danger from the strange soldiers, she
grasped my sister and me by the
hands and hurried across the street,
directly in the path of the soldiers.
She almost a into the captain of
one company. Young as 1 was 1 realiz-
ed that to interfere with the military,
especially victorious military, in such
a name meant that wrath would de-
scend upon us.
1.-The captain shouted an order I did
not understand. 1 thought he meant to
shoot us; at least throw us into prison.
But the column halted. All along the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
!. JAPs ARE PATRIOTIC.

Honolulu T. H., April 26.-(By
Mail.)-Japanese residents Of the
Island Of Hawaii who were formerly
the Japanese army have organized
for patriotic work for the United
States during the war. The organiza-
itionris known as the American-Japan-
'ese Soldiers Protective union. So
A declaration Of purposes recites
that as both the United States and
Japan are at war with Germany. the
Japanese in Hawaii. especially former
soldiers, realize their duty to help the
United States win the war.
The organization will cooperate
with the military authorities in ad-
vancing' war preparations; will give
aid and encouragement to drafted
men about to leave for the front; will
take care and charge Of the soldiers
families; will encourage the purchase
of War Savings stamps, the produce
ton of foodstuffs and further Red
Cross work. all to the end of %"instill-
ing into the hearts of the population
the real war spirit" .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
Gle. 70 Enter
Third Officers Camp

Attorney Victor Giles. who has been
engaged in business in Winnipeg for
some time, left last evening for Camp
Dodge to enter the Fourth officers
Training camp which Is to be opened
there. Attorney Gies was in the First
Officers camp at Fort Smelling, and
would have received a commission as
second lieutenant had he been able to
come upeto the weight requirement Of
the, army. He was given on years
leaYerto get in proper physical condi-.
ton, Last week he received notice
from Washington. to enter thesFourth
camp which will be opened shortly:
This time he expects to come up to
the weight requirements and will IN
.doubtedly receive his commission as
second lieutenant.
He vas accompanied last evening
as far as Minneapolis by his brother,
Lieut.. Clarence Gies of the dental
who expects a call to active
service within a very short time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
SACREDHEART
SCHOOL T']OIH]|0!|!LD
- - ~
COMMENCEMENT
This Event Marks the Close
Of School Term in This
Institution.

This evening at s O'Clock, in the
Central school auditorium, the stu
dents Of the Sacred Heart school will
bring the years work to m end by
presenting to. the public n of the
most interesting entertainments that
has ever been given in the city. The
pupils have been rehearsing for the
to give the public a fine entertain
ment. The closing event is looked
forward to each year with great ex-
pectancy by the local people. for un-
der the guidance of the B%enedictine
Sisters a good program is always
rendered. This event marks the grad
uating if the pupils from the eighth
grade into the high school, as we'll
as the closing Of the school year.
Most Of the pupils in The school
take part in these performances.
which trains them early in the art
of appearing before an audience, and
which. should they find it impossible
to continue their education. would aid
them in public meetings of any kind.
The program. as arranged is as fol-
lows:
Opening Chorus, The U. S. A. Will
Find a Way Eldridge-School.
Dumb-bell Drilt-Fourth Grade
Boys.
Minims, Indignation Meeting
Third Grade Girls
Song, Soldiers OF the Flag, Boyd
First and Second Grades.
Dialogue. Important Business.
Characters ~ =" 3:f'a
Doctor Morton-Louis Norman.
Patient-Earl Enright. 80 .
Motion Song, Allen-Fourth Grade
Girls. IL, ~ II
Indian Club Drill-seventh and
Eighth Grade Girls
Mother Goose Reception-First and
Second Grade Pupils.
Dialogue, Taking the Census
Characters $50
NJ. Jones' the enumerator-Jack
Gallagher. s.ja
Mrs. Casey. mistress. Of home
Evelyn Ashenbrenner. .e
let Nero. '@
Defenders OF the u. s.: A., Harshey
Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys.
Motion Song: Allen-Fifth and
Patriotic Drama, Somewhere ir
France. ribbals. Cast Of Charac.
Pierre Graudet. a Frenchman-
Raymond Marchildon.
Madame Graudet. his wife-Kath'
crime Murphy.
Jean, their son-Henry: ,King1nan.
Nanpn. their observation-disclosures
Lisefts, another daughter, age six
AnEeMsSullivan. ~ IS 81
MARY. Dale a American Red eros
nurse-Gertride RXan ~
DER. ID. Montaine, surgeon II
French a~rmy---Cyrns Kirk.
Song, Tribute to#the Red eros
Nurse. Eldridgc-Ulmont Sherlock.
Choruses: Calm is, the Sea, Hunt
ers' Song, Observation-Disclosures.
Farewell sAddress-Raymond Mar
childen.. Eye
Presentation Of Diplomas-Rev. "
Klinkhammer.
Farewell Chorus. With Hearts o
Hope-Eighth Grade.
Chorus, Star-spangled Banner
Pupils and Audience.
Class. Motto: For God and Coun
try" A.. !. 4,
Glass Colors: Green and Gold.
1t has been decided to devote tn
proceeds: derived from this entertain
ment to buying War Savings Stamps /
the drive which will begin within
very short time. Every cent give,
tonight to see this entertainment vii
be a blow at Germany and her in
hIIman nk,,lfurp = ri
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
Stolen Cars Have Been
located And Returned
II. Respective Owners

The two cars which were stolen
from the Central school one evening
last week while an entertainment was
in progre@ at the school have been
located through the diliKent efforts Of
the police and. have BEEN returned to
their respective owners. One OF the
returned Is the Central school. the
other car belonging 70 Jeffreya WA
found about two miles ont OF the city
on the Mallory road. Tho police
zero notified. and returned the cars
to the 4ownerA. It'll 8 thought that they
hSd beenFtakSp by some 'joy riders"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
WHALEN RESTS
AT "A COURTlNE
Army Officials Notify Rela-
tives Here Of Final
Interment.

Con whalen, e1o DeMers avenue,
today received a communication from
Major Clarence. C. Pierce, Of the
graves registration service. a branch
of the American expeditionary forces
in France. to the effect that the re-
mains of his son William are resting
in grave No. 4, American cemetery,
La Courtine. France.
William W. Whalen.e who was the
first Grand Forks county soldier to
die while in active American service
in France. succumbed to pneumonia
on January 16. this cal.
Following is the letter sent from
Major Pierce:
referring to a sad letter which
had to be addressed to you some time
ago. l now have to tell you that we
have acquired our own cemetery
space in LaCourtine where it has been
possible to group together. for better
care, the bodies of our honored Amer
lean dead.
"Reinterments have been complet-
ed and 1 am writing to inform you
that the remains Of your son. William
W.. Whalen. are resting in grave num-
bered a. American cemetery, La Cour-
tine, France"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
SPECIAL AND
LIMITED" MEN
ARE WANTED
Three Distinct Calls Are Is
sued at Local War
Office.

The following circulars were re.
ceived at the local war Office Satur-
day from Adjutant General G. A..
Fraser. quoting kilograms from Pro-
vost Marshal Crowder:
The military aeronautic branch is
in need of certain skilled men. Men
qualified for special or limited serv-
Ice only will be accepted under this
call. Men qualified for general mill
tary service are not desired for this
service.
Repeated requests have been re-
oeived at this Office for an opportu-
nifty for, limited service men to enter
the service. These men will be en-
aeroplanes. which is interesting and
healthful work and should appeal
strongly to qualified registrants. The
following types of men are desired:
Locomotive engineers, firemen, rail-
road grade foremen. railroad track
foremen, wooden bridge carpenters.
locomotive repair men, telephone
nnemen. surveyors. ~telegraphers.
tionary engineers for donkey engines,
steam shovel operators, carpenters.
steamfitters. electricians, auto me-
chanics. auto drivers, cooks, clerks,
railroad ~brakemen, railroad conduc-
tors and a large number of laborers."
II a sufficient number Of volunteers
are not secured by June 6, when reg
tstration in this line closes. involun-
tary induction will be used.
Ninety-four to Leave juno -.
The second call was for "a men
from this county who will entrain for
Camp Dodge some time during a five
day period beginning June "a. Only
Wrhftn man ana mon rh1yciDoll ,y r,,clS
fled for general service are to be fur
ntshed under this call. The men
must be filled with Glass 1 but not ex-
ceeded. M
The third call is for nine grammar
school graduates who have had some
experience along mechanical lines and
show an aptitude for mechanical
work. h men are to report to the
commanding officer of the North Da-
kota agricultural college at Fargo on
June is. Only white men and men
physically qualified for general mill
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
tary service are to be furnished under

tary service are to be furnished under
this call. IS
Period Ends june ~
The voluntary enlistment period will
continue until June Z, and Il suf-
icient number have not volunteered
to fill the allotment the local board
will proceed to select in sequence OF
order numbers q sufficient number OF
qualified men from within class n to
fill its allotment, deducting the vol
untary inductions.
The men selected for the service
will receive a. course of training at
the governments expense fitting them
to serve in army positions. recurring
knowledge Of woodworking. black
smithing, auta repairing concrete
work and. wireless operating. incident
to many kinds of military service,
both at the front and behind the lines.
The men taking this course will re-
ceives thorough instructions which
will. be OF great personal value, both
in the army and In civil life. Men
must take clothing with them until
they can be supplied with a. uniform
and otherfclothfng.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
FREED OF GERMAN LAsHES.
East Africans Chant of Liberation
Says Scotch C~hurchman.

Edinburgh. May ,30.-At the annual
general assembly of the Church of
Scotland the moderator, presenting
the report on foreign missions today,
said that great issues hung on the
fate of German East Africa. He ask
ed his audience of clergymen wheth-
err it vas to be German again, and
was answered by loud cries of NO"
"Is it to be internationalized or
British he asked.
Cries of British came from the
whole assembly. .
AS a result of. his correspondence
and contact with those most exper-
|lenced in East African. affairs, the
moderator said he had become con-
WINGED that it would be. A. real calam-
ity II this territory should revert to
Germany. 1t was we'll understood
what the German methods were, and
their. East African colony%was known
as the land OF, twenty-five lashes''
because Of the terrible .punishments
with whips of rhinoceros hide inflict-
ed on the natives for trifling ~offenses
Now. said the moderator, the ma
tives we're singing a new chant
around their village fires, of which
the refrain was The twenty-five lash
les are gone, are gone" 4.
What is gone." the moderator add.
ed amid applause, sis gon forever
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
With Lander& Go

Aaker's Business College was called
up yesterday and asked to supply
Panovitz Furniture Co. with a stem
ographer. A graduate was sem to
help out with. accommodating work.
Miss Wanda Doll has secured a posi-
ton with E. ]. Lander &, Co. adding
another A. B. C. student to the many
employed in the city. Enroll and get
in line for a position worth while.
New term begins or, tenth of June.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
PRICE FIVE CENTS J.

ence. but We are willing to walt until.
the United States Is willing to give eies
to us. This the United States haSs
promised to do and we trust the prom
ises Of the United States because they
have always been kept. s3ss
Every student in our university -
taking military training to help the
United States We are training officers
and have 10000 men under arnls now
training for duty in France.
Our salvation lies in victory for the
United States"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
EAST SIDE BRIEFS

III. '1 II - .#..-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. Scheppers and
daughters Gertrude and katnleen Of
st. Paul. arrived in the city Saturday
and will spend some time visiting
Mrs. Scheppers father, N. McGuirs
east Of the city, and her sister, Mrs.
j. C. Sherlock on North Fourth street
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh iDur.lev, left
Yesterday noon. for st. Paul where
they will. attend the graduating exer-
cises at st. GATHERINGS acadamy. Miss
Marie Dunievy will graduate from
that institution this evening:
Earl Gaustad. Daniel O'Huern and
Hans Gaustad' left for st. Paul 10y
automobile yesterday. Earl Gaustad
and Daniel O'Huern expect to enlist
while in the cities.
N; j. Nelson and DR.. W. c. Wilson
have returned from their weeks fish
ing trip.
Sarah Risgard spent yesterday at
the c. Bydal home in the city, en-
route to Marvel. n. D.. where she will
finish the. school year.
Miss Catherine. Pickett, who has
been spending some time visiting in
Park River, N. d., arrived in the city
yesterday and visited at the H. P.
Gies home. This noon she returned
to her home in St. Paul.
81 Pender. who is employed by the
Great Northern at Devils Lake, spent
the week end with his parents in this
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
DIES in
ST. PAUL TODAY

Word 49, received IN the city today
announcangth he fact that Eunice, the
3-year-oid AAughter OF Mr.. and Mn
Georrea Dalys had dad this morning
insSt-9 Panl. The childswas rent down
to = 81. PAnl OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for
medical treatment. but passed away
before ann aidscuuid % givensi II Fl7.
neral arrAngsments y yet have not