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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
HINDU ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF PLOTTING
UPRISING in INDIA

New York. March 1S.-sailendra
Nath Chose, a Hindu. under indict-
Francisco with Franz Bopp, former
German consul, and others on a
charge of plotting a military uprising
in India, was arrested here today
charged with being a fugitive from
justice. together with a young wom-
an named Agnes Smedley.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
Two New Wards In
Camp Dodge Hospital

Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 1S-Two
new wards Of the base hospital here
were opened today. making a total
Of "a completed. There We're 1900
patients in the hospital and supple
mentary confinement places today,
but only a few of the cases are said
to be considered serious. p
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
Styles HALLS FROM G. F
At Least. So He SAYS When Arrested
7g III Bcmidji for Forgery.

Another case. where 4 youth claim
ing Grand Forks as his home and APP
pearing in a uniform passes a
checks and lands in Jail. attracts the
attention of local people.
Men of this type are appearing in
different parts of the country and al
ways in. uniform which gives them
prestage. when they proceed to pull
some similar stunt" According to a
Bemidii. Mimi. paper. that city en-
countered a new kind of get rich
quick" game, when it was discovered
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
sTEpHENsoN's BODY BURIED.

M%arinette, Wis, March 18.-The
burial of Isaac Stephenson, former
United States senator, who died Fri
day, took place at $3.50 p. M. here to-
day.
Governor Philip of Wisconsin and
many other prominent men of the
state were here to attend the funeral.
During the funeral services all bust
ness the the twin cities of Marinette
and. Mcnominee was suspended for five
! minutes. -. ="
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
MANY LOCOMOTIVES
AND FREIGHT CARS
WILL BE PURCHASED
This Will Pc Ono of the First Acts
of Railroad Administration
After Bill is Signed.

Washington. March 1S.-Purchase
of several hundred locomotives and
thousands of freight, cars will be one
of the first acts of the railroad adj
ministration after President Wilson
signs the railroad bill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
COMMITTEE

Washington. March $3.50 many
amendments limiting proposed au-
thority for the president in the Over
man bill to reorganize government
agencies, were offered today in the
senate judiciary committee. that an
adjournment was taken until ton1or-
row
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
NONPARTISAN LEAGUE LEAD
EI2S WILL BE TRIED FRIDAY

Redwing, Mimi. March 1S.-Pleas
Of not guilty with the privilege of
withdrawal and of fling demurrers
were entered today by Joseph Gilbert,
l.. w. Martin and n. S. Randall, Non
partisan league leaders, indicted on
charges of making disloyal ~utterances
in addresses at Kenyon last August.
The three furnished bonds to appear
Friday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
ARSENAL NOW AT
ROCK ISLAND MAY
BE MOVED SOON
Failure to Remove Immoral Condi-
tons at Rock Island May
Cause Change.

Rock Island, ILL.,, March 1S.-That
failure to remove immoral conditions
here 4 cause the transfer of the
Rock Island arsenal to. some ether
part of the country, is. the statement
contained in a letter from Secretary
of Wal Baker to Governor Lowden of
Illinois.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
Farming Greatest LndAst,y
Science and Bushes, Principle, Esseutalo Success
By p. G. HOLDEN

II hb demand for a increased production and conservation Of food prod.
ucts't that America and her allies may win the war; the fixing of food
prices by the food administrator, and the searching inquiry into the
cstof milk production recently made In several Of the arg cities
awe brought the entire nation % q realization of the importance NJ ardcm.
The people understand better than they evr did before that farming is o
me tn 1t Is not only a business but a N exact science They o know,
what they never realized before. that the farmer is as certainly a business
nal is any other producer O manufacturer; that the successful farmer is
IS much of a scientist a those in charge Of the most complete Ind elaborate
laboratory.
No other business man is called UPON to solve ~ treat !. v.ra, =,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
Officials Believe Spy Is
At Work Behind u. S.
Lines; Signal Light Used
CONTINUED from Page ~


More than $40 shells, which made
craters 20 feet deep and 80. feet in
diameter fell in one section Of the
line. In another section batteries
have been shelled heavily. More gas
shells have fallen in both the Toul and
Luneville sectors, but the larger num-
Der in the former.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL.

Washington, March 1S.-The Idaho
law prohibiting the driving of sheep
upon a cattle range was declared con-
stitutional today by the supreme
court. q,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE.
Who was old Mother Hubbard?"
The ~discoverer of the first meat
less day."-(Washington' Star.)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

Devils Lake-According to Brin-
TONS own statement the Consumers
United Stores company has collected
$4,000 from the farmers of this
county for a local store, and yet they
have put in only about a $4,000 stock.
What has become of the. rest of the
money? Educational Propaganda"
yes, that is the answer. Brinton, and
his corps of hot-air artists, along with
the Townley kept press, will get the
balance of it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

Lady Drogheda. accompanied by
the Hon. Mrs. Francis McLarin, will
soon visit America as part of a Brit
ish government mission. They will
bring a number of British airplanes
of the latest types for exhibition in
this country and photographs of air
fighting in all it's forms. The party
will spend three weeks in New York
and then work through every large
city to California.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

Farming Is Americas Biggest sudnsss-ThLs Is Not veal, that n 10 Other lei
q Mammoth Factory but 4 Barn for Storing ANai- Of business - n
"a an Hous'n0L Live steek-A Farm Factory ever called upon to
%% ~ combat.
me farmer has much capital invested in land. buildings, stock and equip
NOS @ them, Ike other business men, have interest to pay Oh Dor.
money o. notes. given IN payment for necessary equipment. In every
event = - emitted TO . fair rate ofintersst upon hs capital invested. L
Responsibility Of Ownership. 4%#
Whether he WINS the lind he farms o il o,y a tenant the farmer has
the same responsibility Of ownership as any ma engaged A BANKING Or mari
camille pursuits And ever hour. from the day he pits his ssed into the
ground until h e converts his crop into cash, be faces mere risks than any
other class Of business men. 49,
During the growing season he Is subjected 70 the whins and Uncertainties
OF weather and climate He runs the risk Of complete loss through hil rsin
and wind, and after the crop is grown and stored, there is sill risk in the
products. H4
1t requires more brains to be a good farmer than to- conduct any other
business The emergency Of war 'hs done much to dive Farming It's proper
Place aa the most important u human activities and has demonstrated that
ths farmer ~ entitled to and should receive q lust ana fur cornpensatunsfo Tor
~ thought ears, labor and reDonahiy " growing " sspp. SMs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

Wilton-W. P. Macomber Of Wilton
has been appointed to the North Da-
kota advisory committee on explosives
by Federal Explosives Inspector w. p.
Porterfield. Mr.. Macomber is secre-
tary for n Of the large Ignite coal
mining concerns Of the state and
represents the largest users of explo-
sives in North Dakota.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

problems or meet 90
many or varied condi-
tons as the farmer; no
other scientist must be
expert in so many diff.
ferent lines Of scien.
tile work.
No problem con-
fronts any other busi.
ness man that the
farmer Is not compelled
to solve, and there are
oth@ conditions which
he has to solve every
year that no other set
Of business men are
ever called upon to
c0mhat
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
GENERALS NOT OFTEN HURT
Some Of the High Command in the
Front Of Battle Never Even
Scratched.

The immunity from wounds in nc
ton of some generals and the Ill for
tune Of Others in becoming billets for
bullets is unique, according 10 London
Tit-Bts.
No commander was ever more for
ward in the fighting line than Sher-
ldan, yet he never got scratch. SkO-
beloff, who many time went In with
his own good sword, and in his white
coat on his white charger headed
every charge with recklessness that
men called madness. had as complete
immunity as If he carried the charmed
life that his soldiers ascribed to him.
and was wounded only In the quiet
trenches by chance bullet fired into
the air mile away.
Wellington was but once hit, the bull
let that carried away his boot heel
scarcely giving him confusion. Grant
was never struck, nor was Napoleon.
OF Sir Neville Chamberlain. again,
one OF the most distinguished officers
In our Indian army, the saying goes
that he never went into action without
receiving wound.
Bazaine was man to whom for
tune was not stingy In the matter OF
wounds. At Berney there came to him
the leaden reminder that he was NOR
tai, though this time It was but a gen.
tie hint. The fragment of shell hit
him on the left shoulder; but II had
been well spent, and, because Of the
protection OF the epaulet. gave him but
a confusion.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
to aud fro.
Az the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte private is entitled to "some-
where In France"
Now and again a shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistllng over the
village to burst In our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted In front Of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside II. Forming
Il hollow square around the opening Of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machine-gun bullets were
Cracking" In the air above us. but
Pete didn't mind. and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
left before the grave was filled In.
| could not bear 10 see the dirt thrown
on the hl0nket-cOvered face Of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no collins. and you are lucky to get a
blanket 70 protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several Of the Sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night. In the light of lonely
candle In the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-lne trench | wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners In the dugout
were laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merrIment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
Be Uncommonly Good.

Here Is a sentence of Coventry Pat
more's, one of the many jottlngs which
were found In manuscript after his
death: 'If you wish TO be good, the
easiest. indeed the only way. Is to he
beroicnlly So" That Is profoundly
tme. We are not going to be common
" good until we are uncommonly de-
voted TO goodness. That Is to say, the
easiest way to Gods will on the or'ii'
nary road Is to bring to each task and
duty life of uttermost conservation
II Is only the really full life that VIII
make little things live. II there is to
he the heroic flavor In our ordinary
feIlowships 1t must be born out OF q
supremely surrendered life TO the fell
lowshIp of God in Christ our Lord. We
are too prone to try to be good on a
perIlously low pressure, and we cannot
ret along. There Is no strength In our
goodness. We are not impressive. II
makes no mark. II cannot burn a trail J
There is not heat enough. II WE had
more heat, II we were baptized with
the Holy Ghost and with fire, the ord.
nary things Of the ordinary day would
pulse with the power Of holy consecra
toni. H. Jowctt. n y
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
MAKING Bread OF Peanut Flour.

A baking company in Gainesville
Fla, working in cooperation with Il.
+. Williamson, n chemist of that city,
has put peanut bread upon the market,
and is securing wide distribution for II
in that locality. The peanut -four used
is made from peanut cake left after
oil extraction II contains satiSiac-
tory percentage of fat and is said to
have almost twice the heterogeneous food
value Of dried heef-44 per cent for
peanut flour against - per cent for
dried beef. One-tlfth peanut flour to
four.hfthS wheat -four produces bal
anced ration, supplying necessary In
gradients furnished 10y bread and meat
in human diet.-Sclenttic American.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

governor" because he was laid w
with cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work In Wool
witch arsenal. II q man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with start as the clammy, cold feet
of rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentrles In the trench.
Just try to sleep with belt full OF
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenchlng tool
handle sticking into the small Of your
back, with a tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp aud cold, with
"cooties" boring for oil In your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils. then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes turn In
the trench for rest.
While In frOnt-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment.
The "cooties" take advantage Of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until !
hit rest blllets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out Of the dugouts. man
the fire step until II gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" Is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" Is or
dered. the command five rounds rap
Id" Is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the duck'). There Il
great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their iapid fire all off
first, because the early bird, In this In.
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawares.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
CHAPTER x.
1.-THE Days Work."

NV Soy WIN
I was fast learning that there Is u
regular routine about the work Of the
trenches. although 1t Is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work In the Gre trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy IL
like a burglar, he works a, night.
Just rs 1t begins to get dark the
word ISLAND to" Is passed from trav-
erse TO traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting Of two men
to a traverse. mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the plstoon OIL.
Ger of any report made by tte sentry
rs to his observations In No Mans
Land. The senuy is not allowed to
relax his watch for second. II he Is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt In front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants Of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayonets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or If lucky, and dugout hap.
pens to be In the near vicinity OF the
xsvcrse. and If the night Is quiet, they
are permitted to so to same and try
and snatch few winks Of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men SIT
around. smoking flags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some Of them,
perhaps with their feet In water, would
write home sympathizing VITA the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

A machine gun oinecr entered the
dugoM and gave me hard look.
sneaked past him. sliding and slipping
and reached my section Of the front
line trench, where l was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you beenf"
I made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shiverlng with the
cold and with the rain beating In my
face. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and I'VE all breathed a
sigh of'relief. We prayed for the morn
Ing and the rum issue.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

was In my first dugout and looked
around curlously. Over the door OF
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One Of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
learned that machine gunners and
bOmbers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mad,
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained In those
three little letters, NJ U d. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep 10
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rlvulets were trlckllng
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip.
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was abont twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and Slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "sho0t the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. II was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut tlmbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung a miscellaneous assert.
ment Of equipment. The lighting ar.
rangements were superb--One candle
In a reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much
While l was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireslde al
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing q letter, looked up and limo
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'confagration'T
looked at him in contempt and an.
swered that did not know.
From the darkness In one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench dltties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles IN your Old XII,
Bag. and Smile. Smile Smile"
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
1t was good illustration Of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
CITY KITCHEN STOPS WASTE
vegetables Received at New York
Pier In Broke. Crates Are
Being Utilized.

New York.--vegetables received on
steamship end railroad piers in broken
crates or imperfect containers here
are being utilized by the new city
canning and drying kitchen as one Of
the many methods adopted By the New
York city food aid committee to pre-
vent waste In food supplies. The
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

kitchen, located In an East side public
school, purchased at bargain prices 10
cases Of cabbage and hundreds of bar
rels of potatoes, beets beans and food
stuffs reaching here last week. which
were wasted because Of imperfect
packing. For the present the kitchen
will be operated eight hours daily. but
later the time will be doubled.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous Indigestion. fermentation Of
food, palpitatlon Of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach August Flower
Is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both In stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen'
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
Give II a trial.-Adv.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26


headaches disappeared. gained in
weigh. and feel fine so car, honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound to any woman who 10
suffering as was. - Mrs. ADELINE B.
LYNCH. 100 Plain St., Providence, R. I.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel.
ops into more serious ailment.
Women In this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
LYDIA E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn, Mass.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
The Same Thing.

Mamma, said five-year-old Paul,
SIS there country Of Lard and what
kind Of a flag has itr "No, there
isn't" said his mother. de thought
a minute and said; Mamma. II wasn't
Lard at all; Il was Greece"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
Used TO EN-.

"Do you suppose we'll ever have gas
attacks In this country?"
"Good heavens, man, aren't we ac-
customed to congress and legislatures
In session.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
Empey goes "over the top" for
the first time and has hand
to-hand fight with giant Prus-
sian. In the next installment he
tells the story Of this thrilling
charge.
CTo BE coNTINugn,

by the Red Cross war council. These
are for tae use of men who may fall
Ill In the training camps, and who are
able to leave the hospital but not yet
able for duty. Amusement and rec
reation will be provided.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
Women In Business World.

More than 1000 firms, partnerships,
and individuals doing business In
Pennsylvania under assumed names
have registered the real names of their
owners. and In many cases II has been
found that women were not only man.
ayers but owners of stores, factories
and other Industries.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

AGNES, my Dack
ached all tho time.
l was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. ! had taken
q number Of medi-
cines which did me
no good. One day
! read about Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what 1t had done for
women, 30 I tried
1t. My nervousness
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

A tiny bottle of freezone costs but a
few cents at any drug store, but Is
sufficient to remove every hard corn.
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and the callouses, without soreness or
irritation.
Freezone Is the sensational discov.
cry of Cincinnati genius. II Is won
derful.--Adv.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26
For conyaIescent soldiers.

washington. = Convalescent homes
for soldiers are being built at Fort
Mcpherson and Fort Oglethorpe. Ca.