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The Washington herald., 1918-05-12
Howard Theater-srhe House Of
Bondage.'

At the Howard Theater this week
the Quality Amusement Corporation,
Of New York city, presents the stir
ring drama Of New York life, The
House Of Bondage"
1t gives the most vital and moral
lesson ever propounded in expurgated
form. OF the social evil known as
white slave trafiic. A vivid picture
Of the dangers that lurk around each
corner for every girl In q big city Is
shown.
An alI-star cast includes Cleo Des-
mond. Andrew Bishop, Clarence Muse
and fifteen others.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-12
HIT OR MISS.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


tie. Irene Franklin and Burt Green,
Walter c. Kelly. Swor and Alvey,
Mercedes and his enigmatical act,
etc.
The Thirteenth Chair IL to be pro-
duced in Australia, with Margaret
Wycherly in her original role.
The war tax collected at the New
York Hippodrome this season Is in
excess of 100000.
The announcement that the union
scale of wages for the members of
theater orchestras in Washington
will be increased to a minimum of
$S5 per week. effective August 1,
created no excitement in the or
chestra trenches of the Strand and
Garden Theaters. for the reason
that Mr.. Moore has always made it
a point to have in his musical or
ganiZation the best solo talent OBJ
tainable. For months at the Strand
and Garden the musicians have re-
ceived more than the usual scale.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-12

the end he is successful. but the man
ner of his accomplishment forms a
diverting film play.
Both features will he supplemented
by abbreviated film subjects and ac-
corded orchestral accompaniment as
usual.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-12

Hollywood C May IWho is she?" is the question every
tongue Angeles film colony And everyone is busy trying
guess penetrate mystery that Jesse L. Lay brought with
would shortly include
its stars a mysterious me- feminine uminary.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-04

in the good natured remark Of a
morning papers which says that for
one man VINO dies of starvation there
are Il hundred who succumb to indi-
geEtion.". s .g
Generally, however, the press seem
TO adopt a very serious point of view
of the innovation. The French are
r~otoriously the greatest bread eaters
in the world and much doubt is ex-
pressed as to the ration of a little
over a half a pound per day being
sufficient.
France has another "commissary
of agriculture Monsieur LIE Rouzic,
deputy from the department of Nor
bihan, who is sometimes called the
Potato Dictator" He is charged by
the minister Of agriculture with di-
rect supervision of planting with ref
ence more especially to vegetables.
He is trying to increase The roduc-
ton Of beans as we'll as potatoes. and
is respectfully encouraging the planting
of topinabours, or Jerusalem arti-
chokes. The topinambour plant is
about las hardy az a goat; it thrives
in poorly. cultivated and slightly fer
tilted, soil*4nd Is strong enough to
Throttle any weed that tries to en-
croach upon 1t. e.
The season will furnish an interest
ing experiment in this comparatively
new food product as a large acreage
will be, planted for the first time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-04
FRANCE MAKING
GREAT EFFORT
TO SUPPLY FOOD
No Bumper Crop of Corn to
Fall Back onto In
crease Other Yields.

Paris. Jan. 25.-(correspondence
Of the Associated Press)-France,
without a bumper crop of corn to
fall back upon is making a brave eff
fort to increase the 4yieldaSof other
foodstuffs and there are now for the
first time: signs that the effort Is pre<
ducinE results.
Nearly "a million more acres of
: wheat were sown last fall than In
1855 according to recent" completed
statistics. With ordinary good luck
this means nearly 10000, 900 bushels
more Of wheat. Spring seeding this
year may exceed that Of 1917 by
nearly the same extent which will
bring the French wheats@crop this
year up to forty million bushels more
than that of asst year. The bread
card, taking effect January 20. was
intended to save from food consump-
morning paper which says that for
the extended seeding.
M. Comepere-Morel, commissary. of
agriculture. charged with the extern
sion of seeding, has already divided
600, 900 bushels of Manitoba wheat
among farmers. He is confident i'm
portant gains will be made in the
crop Of 1918. {.
The decision Of the French food
minister to issue cards regulating the
distribution OF bread to three
grammes (about II ounces) a day is
causing much comment. Some criti.
CHE; others approve. but the consen.
u Of opinion may be summed VI
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-04
OPERATIONS OF GERMANS ON
WESTERN FRONT ARE CLOSELY
WATCHED BY WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington, March 4.-Continued
preparatory movements on the part of
the Germans along the western front
are noted today" by the war depart
nlent in its review Of the military
situation for the, week ending March
2 The momentum ssof battle isl In
c~reasing," the statement declares, cit
ing three attempts by the enemy to
reach the lines held by American
troops, as ali example Of what is TAX
Ing 4place s"on q larger scale along the.
entire western, front" ~. s Z
The definite. announcement is made.
that Americansforces have taken over
asSsector northwest Of Toul and that
n number of detached units are in.
action in the Champagne.
Operations in the eastern theatre
are expected to affect events iii
France, through O modification of
German plans. the review intimates.
SD Teuton columns are operating in
Russia and to only N Of t~hese-the
column moving towards Vitebsk-is
any opposition noted.
Turkish forces advancing in the
Caucasus are meeting with little re-
ststance and are. m~assacring. AR
menian residents ofxthc districts re-
taken from the Russians.
= The review says:
THE third month Of relative, quiz
escence on the western front has come
to q close. During this period. both
belligerent groups have been massing
their forces.
There is evidence that the enemy
continues to bring up fresh units.
Owing to Transportation difficulties
this has been a slow and laborious
process.
THE allied war council is now in
continuous session. assuring complete
unity and f1exibility OF control.
THE British have extended thei,
front.
"Our OWN forces have taken over a
sector northwest of Toul. In add
ton, a number of our detached units
are III action in Champagne and the
momentum of battle is increasing.
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TRY TO
~DENATIONALIZE
~ SERB NATION

Washington. March 1.-THE cam
paign of the Bulgarians to denationl-
ize occupied parts Of Serbia was de-
tailed by the Serbian minister of for
eign affairs in a communication made
public, here yesterday by v. NJ. Yo-
vanovitch. director Of the Serbian
press bureau.
"The .Bulgars deny in principle the
cistence. of the Serbian nation
throughout the territory they hold"
the statement said. "All Serbians
books and manuscripts not only from
public libraries. but from private col
lections,, are being carried off and
burned. Writing in the Serbian Ian
guage is forbidden. The Serbian
church has perhaps suffered the
most"
Details of the murder Of numerous
Serbian priests and school teachers
are set forth. "a priests at Nish, sud-
denly" disappearing when the Bulgar-
iars occupied the city. never to be
heard from again, and another group
similarly dropping out Of sight a few
days ,4afterward.
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Americans Who Repulsed the
Germans in Fridays Fight Are
a Commended by Frenchf10ra

ton to these losses the GermansAtests
quite a large number Of corpseshA@
tween the lines.
ut was a very fine success, refeats4;
ing great honor on the tenacity otStFls;
American infantry and the accuracy
OF the artillery fire, which have thIa1'
shown they arc capable Of attasHHNsESs
the maximum effect from the FrsafHa
material which they have adoptede.@ ~
After visiting the field hqErttEASS
where he admired the morale }4fS@gffhss gg
wounded, the premier went I'd EhN
front lines to examine the scenesn2
this operation. During hfs, c~onversesssSs
tions with American generals. ofAc6d&9%s
and privates, the premier notsdSBAMMs
every one a feeling of %absolute 0nNES
dence, which if possible has bsts
heightened further by the brilliants TNNfz
suits Of their first serious meeting wiEsS|
the enemy. over whom our allies hal
thus clearly shown their s~uperioritG
THE premier also saw on his W.T.:
some of our own troops at rest. H3
conversed with the officers and mont
warmly congratulating and encouraGs
ing them. Our poilus had but n xes
ply; gSI
"'They shall not paas!'" %SIss
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areqon Hand-Ac-
tually Delivered ~ To
Equip Millions Of Men and
Many More are Being
Turned out Daily, Accord
ing to Correspondent Har-
ry Hunts Investigation.
By r R. HUNT.

Washington, March Ain the pres
ent war, in which every arm of war
fare has been developed intensively on
a scale never heretofore dreamed Of,
the machine gun has moved up from
the rank of auxiliary weapon. useful
in limited numbers principally in de-
Tense against mass. attacks, to an alb
solutely essential weapon for offense
as we'll as defense, for fighting in the
air as we'll as on the ground.
Uncle Sam has today, actually de-
livered. sufficient machine guns to
equip-on the basis Of our standards
of a year and a half ago-an army
of 100000 men. And he has under
contract and entering quantity
production enough additional guns to
complete the equipment-under the
same old 'standard--of AZ army of
90 600. 900 men!
Prior to the European war basing
our program upon the services ma
chine guns had. been found able to
render in the Spanish, Boer, Russ
Japanese and Balkan wars, we were
proceeding leisurely to equip our army
with machine guns at the rate of -four
| per regiment, congress providing up
preparations for about $4,000 an
nually.
In 1916, in view of the greater val
ue of machine guns as developed in
the war in Europe, u program was
increased to $4,000 machine gun for
an army Of 1000. 900, and congress
provided l 100000 to start this pro-
gram. ~
Today program calls for hun
dreds of thousands instead of tens OF
under direct contract being 234,675,
OF this number approximately AS
900 have been delivered. About %, 000
Of this number have been produced
in American shops. and the remain
ing 1900 in shops in France.
We are getting in the United States
nine types of machine guns. all, how.
ever, firing standard American ammu.
milton.
From France we are getting three
types.
The different machine guns we are
buying and the number of each, art
as follows:
Lewis. aviation type, 1880.
Browning. a%ircooled, $4,000.
Browning. water cooled, 10000.
Browning, aviation type, $1,000.
Marlin, aircraft, $4,000.
,Vickers,H 1925. =:
Colt. for training camps. $500.
%Berthier, light machine rifle. 1000
Chauchat. U. S. standard (fron
France). $4,000.
Chauchat French standard (fron
France) 25.000.. -
Hotchkiss (from France). 1900.
OF this total of 234,675 guns. goa.
175 are being produced in American
shops, $4,000 in France.
Up to date, the full orders for tn,
Lewis 30-caliber gun and the Col
have been delivered. Deliveries ar
under way on all the others. includ
ing both the Browning air-cooled an,
aviation types. which have just bee
put under machine production thi
month. ..r
Deliveries Of all guns are ahead o
schedule.
The schedule in American shop
calls for $3.50 guns in January. 7.80
in February. S.400 in March. $3.50 il
April, 10000 in May and 1890 il
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June. The falling OF in June is due
to the fact that Vickers guns Will be
completed in May. Deliveries of 5000
additional Vickers guns arc not in
cluded in the schedule. :
When the great plants now getting
under way reach their ca.
pacity-which will be within the next
few months-we will be able to turn
out these weapons at q rate we'll above
300, 900 per year.. Yet our total ma
chine gun capacity when we entered
the war, including that developed here
for the allies, was less than $4,000
guns annually.
Because of a bitter conflict as to
the respective merits of certain types
of uns particularly of the Lewis
gun which had proven most efficient
under British use. the secretary of
war. Immediately following the pass
age by congress of the $~12,000,000
machine gun appropriation, late in
1916, appointed a special board to
consider and make recommendations
as to whether a, single type or more
than one type of machine rifle. using
small-arms ammunition, is needed for
should be procured"
On Oct. "a. 1916. the board submit
ted a preliminary report. 1t recon-
mended that available funds be spent
for 4,6O0 guns and that further tests
should be conducted in May. 1917.
On the basis of this recommended
ton, all the funds at the disposal of
the ordnance department except about
81. 500, 900 were used in placing an
order for Vickers guns. in December,
1916.
Wal was declared on April 6, 1917.
, No further competitive tests Of ma
chine guns had been made by the war
department board: but in the near
time the Lewis gun, chambered for
American ammunition. had been sub
mitted (for the first time thus chams
bered), to the navy department and
found to perform satisfactorily.
Instead Of delaying until the army
board had completed it's tests, orders
for machine guns, upgto the total pro-
ductive capacity OF every machine
gun plant in the country. were placed
as fast as the funds were made avail
able by congress. The balance Of ST..
SOC, 900 available when war was de.
clared was utilized in an order for
Lewis u n made on April 12-siS
days after the declaration of wap.
Steps were Immediately taken, also
to increase our capacity for making
machine guns. New plants and addi.
tons to existing plants were arranged
for. In the s of the Lewis gun, ST..
000, 1000 was spent in extending the
Savage Arms plant. this expenditure
being provided for in the price to be
paid for the guns.
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we have but to note the occur
rences of. the last week in our W
sector to gain an idea Of what is TAX
Ing. .Fplace. Patrols have been very
active. Early in the week the enemy
made two attempts to reach our lines
fire.s On%March / the enemy de-
veloped:a sharply driven attack. After
Il short struggle the hostile detach-
nlents was repulsed.
1.-THE Germans are now using gas
along our front. Our men are be-
Coming accustomed to this weapon.
Our gas masks are efficiently protec-
tive. Our artillery was very s
she, ling enemy dispositions and in
licted considerable damage on gun
and mortar, emplacements.
sImportant troop movements took
place behind the German ines OPP
posite u front. I'll.
I'm spite of the low visibility. hos
tile aircraft continued active and made
frequent incursions over our lines.
I'm the region of the Chemin Des
Danes lively encounters took place.
A French raid against the German
outposts, in which a nunlbe oi
| American volunteers participated, wa
very successfully carried through.
1.-THE new trend of vents in Russia
has no doubt modified German plans
to a certain degree. For the time be-
ing the enemy continues to advance
eastward. Following the highways
and railroads. six columns of invasion
along a 700 mile front are operating
in careful coordination.
'In, the Caucasus, the region from
the Lake of Van to the Black sea. is
again in Turkish hands. In the dis
tricts re-occupied by the Turks 1t is
stated that they are massacring the
Armenians.
'In Palestine the British are in close
contact with the Turks who are re
treating northward through the valley
OF the Jordan. In Mesopotamia the
British are advancing UP the Eu'
pirates and have arrived in the vi
cinity of Hit. which is reported Il
have been evacuated by the Turks
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81 Paris. Sunday. March 3-(By the
Press.)-Premier Glenn
enreau visited the American troops
and reviewed the soldiers who
repulsed the German attack Friday.
The premier left Paris Saturday eve
ming and returned this evening when
the, following semi-oficial note was
issued:
1.-The president of the council desires
personally to congratulate the Ameri-
can troops in the sector where they
nave just repelled brilliantly a strong
enemy attack. The battalion which
took part in this operation was re-
viewed by the premier in whose pres
|ence the general commanding the
army decorated, with the war cross
certain officers and privates whose
bravery had been particularly re-
markable. 5
This check to the enemy attack
was. moreover. far more severe than
first information showed. The Ameri-
| can government had modestly an
| nounced that ome of the enemy had
been killed and some made prisoner.
AS a matter of fact. the latest recon-
naissances have shown that in addi-
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o DIDN'T

THAT Uncle Sam today has:
enough machine guns actually de-
livered to equip an army Of $500
900 on the basis Of u standards;
1S months ago. y
THAT enough are: now under
contract and entering quantity pro-
duction to equip an army OF 2o.-s
900, 900 according, to the same
standard. ~
j THAT ALI. OF the ninS types Of
American-made machine guns, use
standard American ammunition.
Z THAT Uncle. Sam has under di-.
rect contract. 234.675 machine
guns; of which $4,000 have been
THAT of this 7234675, America
herself is producing 2o4.175 and
France 10000. 80 r. =
THAT 100000 was spent to
expand the Savage Arms plant to
turn out Lewis guns. ~
THAT the Browning heavy gun,
in test, fired $4,000 shots before
there was any stoppage and this
stopnare' resulted only from over-
heating.
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AND FORKS, N. D. MONDAY, MARCH a. 1919.
Uncle Sam is Far Ahead on That 1
Multiple Man-Kiler, The Machine Gun

The tests Of The special nnsr shine
sun board did notssfor one s,dSyss dstIYyss
the placing Of orders for%smachtnass
guns after the declaration Of war.SaSs#a,
The selection 'of the BroW,nrg
heavy machine gun and the :BroNping
Gent guns of their types nlereiNsadded
two new weapons on which laters, pro-
duction could. be centered. $l&s&s ~ !.
I, The extent to- .whicha'we have K
banded u machine-gun program is
shown by the recommendation Of war
college experts that the Browning
light a%ir-cooled rifle be furnished to
per company" in addition to each
regimental complement of heavy-type
machine guns. whereas our old pro-
gram called for a total Of only four
per regiment. $E
These light, highly portable ma
chine guns, which may be carried like
an ordinary rife-and fired either from
hip or shoulder. tremendously
strengthen the. attacking power Of in
fantry.s
The ability of the Browning heavy
twater-cooled gun to Withstand severe
and ng-%continued firing is shown by
the fact that under test it showed
such remarkable reliability Of func-
Ito during the firing of over 10000
shots that a further test Of 10000 was
fired by the same gun for endurance,
The only stoppage resulted after 3d.
300 shots. and this was from over
heating.
In addition to machine guns for in
fantry work. many thousands will be
required to equip u fighting air
planes.
II On recommendation Of General
Pershing. at least two heavy ,vickers
guns, will be mounted on each plane,
synchronized so as to fire between the
propeller blades. q
An equal number Of Lewis guns viii,
he carried. mounted to give greatest
fexibility of fire in any direction. Tt
provide adequate reserves. we are
scheduling three Vickers and three
Lewis guns for each plane.
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VIII,

state House. st. Paul. Mimi. March
2.--SAssistant Attorney General john
F.. Palmer will leave for Alexandria.
to. assist in the prosecu-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Void.
publishers, and oYners of the Park
Region Echo. who were arrested re-
on. a charge of alleged dis
statements in their publication.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-04

walcott-Clarence Evingson. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Evingson, died in
a hospital al Boston, Mass. Ewing
son was in training for the govern
ment. Recently he was i'll with diph-
liberia.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-06
COURT HOUSE

The commissioners were in session
Monday and Tuesday of this week
but only routine business was up for
transaction.
Sheriff Lewis Worker went to Dem
yer this week on official business.
A marriage license was Issued
Tuesday to H. A. Craft and Miss
Minnie Woolwine, both of Olney.
Business of the Local Board is be-
ing wound up preparatory to disband-
ing the board. Chief Clerk Homer
Reid will be in the office until about
the first of the year. to close up the
affairs and make reports and file
away the documents, etc.
No license is now required for the
purchase of explosives. 1t has been
necessary heretofore to secure IL
cense at the county clerks Office.
No time is yet set for the holding
of district court which was indefinite
ly postponed on account of the in
fiuenza epidemic ban.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-06
ped running, so came on into WASH
Inn h.r

ped running, so came on into WASH
ington by truck.
Last Saturday 1 spent the day in
Baltimore. 1t is two-hours' ride by
trolley. did some shopping and the
stores looked SO pretty with the
Christmas things on display. 1 found
things more reasonable there than
here, and the clerks far nicer to trade
with. Really the clerks here make
me sick, they are SO important.
Mother sends me the New Era
every week and enjoy it SO much
couldn't get along without 1t.
Last Sunday afternoon l heard the
Paris Symphony orchestra and the
music was wonderful.
There is quartermaster' camp
here in Washington. and before the
flu, the boys started practicing for a
play, Alta Boy" They only intend
ed to play one week here, but 1t was
such a wonderful success that they
had to play another week. stood
in line last Monday afternoon from
2:10 until $3.50 before I reached the
window, but the waiting was surely
worth it. Susie and 1 went Friday
night and l can't tell you how grand
it was. Over a hundred and thirty
five soldiers in 1t, and they had some
with fine talent; some grand singers.
The whole thing was a scream. The
music and jokes were all orfginaE
In one act twelve boys took the part
of girls and the "vamp" was great.
A collection OF $508 was taken for
the United War Campaign.
Susie and I are going Thursday
night to Kieths to see Lillian Russell
in some marine act.
Washington had a grand celebra-
tion last Monday, and we clerks were
given half holiday. At three-thirty
Monday morning we were aroused
from our slumbers by news boys call
ing extras, so we got up and bought
one to see the grand news.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-06
THE UNITED WAR
WORK CAMPAIGN

The campaign for funds to cover
the budgets of seven organizations
doing work for the comfort of our
armies and those of our allies has
about closed in Crowley county, and
the campaign has been highly sue
cessful as we learn from headquar-
ters that our county has done its
share and is now considered "over
the top" In explanation of this we
might state that at the beginning
under Federal advisement, the coun-
try was asked to contribute $780,
100000 TO be distributed amongst
ment commission. When the new
allied drive began to send the Huns
back. an enormous transport expense
was involved as well as the rebuild
ing of huts which were left behind
the lines which, 1t was thought, the
armies would hold until spring. AS
result of this the officials at Wash
ington were interviewed and gave
their sanction to the plan which ask
ed the country to increase their sub
scriptions to fifty percent over quo
tas. This change increased the
amount which we were after from
$500 to $500.
At the last report we had received
about $4,000 in money and pledges.
w. X. Ferguson, the county treasurer
for the fund. sent $1,000 to Denver
this week. We were assured by let
ters from headquarters that Crowley
county had done fine.
We wish to thank all who by labors
and contributions made the campaign
a success.
FRANK w. PIMLOTT,
County Chairman.