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therefore embarking on its stupendOus
plan for ship construction with the handi-
cap of labor shortage and without having
even the ground upon which to begin
building operations.
The feeling of pessimism which was a
dominant note in many quarters at the
very beginning persisted up to the end Of
last year. When Secretary Baker an
nounced at that time that we would have
l,500,OOO troops in France by the end of
1918 provided there was shipping to carry
them across the statement was generally
regarded as hope which would be partly
realized if luck went with us. In the
hearings before the Senate committee last
January experts testified that We could
not hope for 100000 tons of new ship
ping by the end of the year.
As to troops, we now have more than
100000 in France, and by the end
of the year the figure will be more than
2,500,WO-perhaps considerably more.
The 100000 tons mark in ship produc-
ton has already been virtually attained
anG we have four more months during
which time the monthly rate of completed
or delivered tonnage will average well
above 3O0,0 900, while the tonnage launched
will average between the 100000 and the
100000 mark.
The rate at which ship deliveries have
been made so far may be CLEANED from
the following table, but the deliveries to
come are to be on fast accelerating "a
ito: Tons
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more time than the Germans are going to
be given, it is explained. The Germans
must face the issue next year-less than q
year off-and there is no time to develop
the Russian situation, even if it could be
done eventually.
OF course all such questions as naval
assistance against the U-boats, increased
harbor facilities, food control, eonserva-
ton of resources and sustained maximum
effort here are involved in Gen. March's
plan, because all these directly affect the
western front. A relaxation of effort, a
belief that we do not need to do our best
because the enemy is weakening, &C.,
would be factors which might upset all
plans. But Gen. March does not antici-
pate anything like this. He counts on
maximum effort as much as he counts on
ships-an all important factor in the
scheme of victory.
In emphasizing the effect which the
American military programme should
have on the general war situation about
this time next year Gen. March points
out that shipping remains a vital ques-
ton. At the beginning of this nations
war activities the shipbuilding programme
was generally discussed as a goal which
seemed so far from attainment that many
seriously doubted whether a considerable
force of American troops could be sent
and maintained overseas.
Ship Handbags Leomed Large.
Senators, members of Congress and
others stated that the nation did not really
appreciate the magnitude of the task when
reference was made to sending 1000, 600
or 500, 600 men to France. In ship
building, which was linked by all with
troop transportation, it was said that the
handicaps were far greater than we knew.
At the beginning of the war we had
ceased to be a maritime nation. We had a
few scattered shipyards, but merchant
marine construction had all but become a
lost art in America. The call for the sud-
den rush in ship construction came at
time when the navy was under
going the greatest expansion in its his
tory and such established yards as we had
were eagerly seized by the navy for rush
work on battleships, destroyers, sub
marine chasers, submarines, tenders, fuel
ships and other craft.
Skilled labor, so vitality needed for ship
building, had been absorbed by the navy
and by munitions plants. The nation was
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the ceremony, and at the same time for
warded his glove, which at the proper
moment. when the two were made one,
was held by both the bride and the proxy.
The wedding ~ registered at Am
sterdam and II. rria, where the bride
groom filed an affidavit with the proper
Magistrate.
This curious form of marriage is a
purely Dutch institution, the custom hav-
ing originated, it is said, in the old times
of Dutch-Batavian rule. 1t is. however
a dead letter in the Transvaal since the
English took over that colony.
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BY the London Co
Correspondent of THE


A THRILLING story of fifteen days
\ spent in a German submarine, dur
ing which time the U-boat attacked sew
eral allied vessels and was in turn at
tackled by allied destroyers, which dropped
depth charges threatening her destrue-
ton, was told by the captain Of British
merchant vessel who has just been re-
leased from German prison camp.
His narrative confirms the reports Of
The terror which the depth charges inspire
in the crews of submarines and gives an
idea of the perils 10 which the new meth
DDS of hunting subject the undersea boats.
This captain was taken prisoner when his
second ship was torpedoed. He said:
my second ship was torpedoed with
out warning. The force of the explosion
was so great that the bridge was wrecked,
and when / recovered from the shock |
found the ship was sinking. None of the
crew was injured; we were all able TO
get away in the boats. As We were in
British waters and it was broad daylight,
| did not fear but that we would soon
reach land, but hardly bad we pulled
clear of the sinking ship than the U-boat
emerged.
"The commander summoned us TO his
vessel and ordered me to go on board.
After asking for details of my ship and
cargo he told me to consider myself a
prisoner and sent the boats away. / was
at once taken below and the vessel Owed
From what some English speaking men,
bers of the crew told me, the submarine
had been away from her base for some
days. She was a fairly large craft, Of re-
cent numbering, ,having three torpedo
tubes, two in the bows and one aft, and
carrying ten torpedoes.. She was also
armed with four inch gun, inst for
ward of the coming tower.
Il had arrived just in time for the
midday meal-stew with stringy meat,
which was probably horsehesh, supple
mented by small portions of sausage, with
black bread This bread, as the voyage
progressed, became widowed and uneat-
able, and then some bread Of lighter color,
which had been Kept in Theoretically
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that the dawn of victory is seen clearly
ahead and that the prime factors point alb
solutely toward next fall as the time for
the end of German resistance.
Gen. March stated that an American
fighting force of $500, 900 figured in the
calculations Of decisive victory. He de-
chned to state what the German figures
were upon which he based his calculations,
but he made it very clear that he had re-
liable information. Figures at the War
Department place the number of troops
which Germany has 50 far employed at
10,900,000. The German losses are esti.
mated at 4,76O,00O, leaving a total of
$4,000 effective under German arms.
Valuable data on the calibre of latest
Germans called to the colors are also at
the disposal of Gen. March and may have
influenced his calculations. There are re-
liable reports that Germany has now gone
below Is and above so in combing the
nation for much needed man power.
What Going Through" Means.
1t is of particular importance that Gen.
March says that with eighty divisions of
Americans 1--WE can go through the Ger
man hines" We are now witnessing the
effect which few dents in the German
lines have on the situation as whole. A
bending back of the line, however grad
ual, forces general retreat if the bending
back. occurs at vital points.
When the, allied and American forces
are able, as Gen. March says, ito 60
through the German lines" it is no longer
aquestion of bending back, but question
of smashing right through. Any General
Staff officer here will explain that this
means absolute disaster to the enemy.
The belief that Germany will fight very
hard when the German hordes are pushed
back on German soil does not stand the
test of military judgment if the allied and
American forces are to be in a position to
go through" the enemy line. There is no
resistance possible to such tactics. and dis
aster and absolute collapse of the army
overwhelmed follow as a necessary conse-
guence.
Gen. March considers primarily the
western front in his calculations. The
Russian situation and developments else
where are regarded as secondary. Ger
many might in time be able TO exploit the
Russian situation and even use Russians
for forced service behind the lines, &c.
But any such development would take
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We now have under contract and con-
struction 946 shipbuildng ways, including
wood, steel and concrete, which are twice as
many shipbuilding ways as there are in
all the rest of the shipyards Of the world
combined. .f
Wh..l we entered the war there were
only thirty-seven shipyards in America
and less than $4,000 workers. Now We
have III shipyards, of which seventy-six
are steel, eighty-six wood, seven concrete
and two composite. We have an army Of
49,, 1888 ship workers and 100000 more in
training.
The total shipbuilding programme calls
for the construction of 2,24o passenger
and cargo ships, refrigerators and tank
ers ranging from $500 tons to $4,000
ms, the latter being the chief reliance as
transports.
Calls for l3,2l2,712 Ship Tons.
The aggregate dead weight tonnage Of
the programme is 13,212,712. We have
contracted for forty-two concrete ships,
dead weight tonnage 301 500; 10 wooden
contracted for forty-two concrete ships,
of 1000 horsepower for ocean and har-
Dor service; 100 trawlers and twenty-five
harbor oil barges of dead weight tom
mage Of $4,000.
American shipyards under control of
the United States Shipping Board Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation had launched on
August "a last 535 seagoing vessels with
an aggregate tonnage Of 2,923,973 dead
weight tons. There has already been de-
livered and put in service 231 ships hav-
ing a total tonnage of !, 725, 731.
In addition to the ships delivered the
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corpo-
ration has under its control 402 COM
msndeered ships of dead weight tonnage
CT 2,79O,7 1872 taken over from foreign and
domestic owners.
The shipbuilding programme, by the
progress it has made, has been able to
take care of the shipment OF 100000
American troops to France SO far with the
aid of Communicated ships and with the
aid of the British vessels turned ov'r for
this work. These British ships and these
com. nandeered ships are going to remain
in service as long as they are require, and
the indicated rate of progress of new ship
construction should take care of the pros
pective increase in sending troops over
seas.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
LOCAL BOARD
GIVEN PRAISE
Lieutenant Blankenship OF
Camp Dodge Says Board
Does Fine Work.

THE Grand Forks draft board is
doing. a most excellent work and the
members exhibit u perfect spirit and
understanding of the work before
them. Their loyalty and their devo-
ton to the government and its cause
are simply wonderful. and the work
they are doing here is certainly such
that no one can perform it better.
With these laudatory words, First
Lieutenant I. p. B~lankenship Of
Camp Dodge left the city at 3:15 this
afternoon for Devils Lake where he
goes together with First Lieutenant
Bert ". Lares. Boil officers are
members of the medical reserve corps
and have been spending the day here
in consultation with the local board as
we'll as with members of the medical
advisory board.
At a meeting held in the CONNER
cial club rooms this noon, the details
Of physical examination of drafted
men were thoroughly discussed by the
members of that board and the two
officers.
1t appeared from the remarks made
at the meeting that no criticism Of
North Dakota boards was implied in
the sending out of. inspectors to the
state. The examination conducted Of
all the men sent to Camp Dodge had
been severely rigorous, the officers
satisfied themselves, II if the i'm
abroad that any l%eniency had been
shown in examination. that impression
was decidedly wrong. If anything.
the medical examiners here had been
rather too severe, it was said after the
meeting.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
WOMAN KILLED
BY ACCIDENT
NEARCRAFTO
Lisa Callahan and Vincent
Cayley in Sleigh Hit by
Great Northern Train.

Lisa Callahan. living with her par
ents on Il farm near Grafton. was
fatally injured this morning when the
Great Northern train No. 1871 hit Il
sleigh in which she was riding with
Vincent Cayley, who was very seri-
ously injured. Miss Callahan died on
the way to the Grafton hospital.
The accident took place about II
o'clock this morning. two miles south
engineer of the train was unable to
see any obstruction on the tracks. 1t
appears that Caylcy. who was driving.
thought he might cross the tracks
safely before the train approached
too closely, but evidently made a mis-
calculation.
At the mex moment h fender of
the locomotive struck the sleigh,
dragging it and the occupants for
about fifty feet. The engineer put on
the merg brakes and made the
train stop almost Immediately. Both
of the injured persons were carried
aboard the train which sped toward
Grafton. where they were taken to
the hospital.
At the arrival at the hospital it was
seen that Miss Callahan had died and
that Cayley was badly injured. This
afternoon it was said at the Grafton
hospital tina it would be difficult to
say whether or not any hope of re-
covery could be held'out.
A special tinge of pathos was cast
over the accident by the fact that
Vincent Cayley had recently, come
down from his home in Saskatchewan
for the purpose of celebrating next
Tuesday his wedding to Miss Gala
han
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
GREAT NORTHERN
INSURANCE CO..
ELECT OFFICERS

The annual election Of officers of
the Great Northern Life Insurance
company was held yesterday after
noon. The following are the officers
and directors. who will serve during
the year 1918:
f. f.. J.. Lander, Grand Forks. pres.
dent: Fred J.. Goodman. Grand Forks,
first vice president: John Wild. Milton,
second vice president; ]. A. Dinnic,
Grand Forks. treasurer: Henry
O'Keefe. Grand Forks. medical direc-
tor; S. E. S. seese, Grand Forks, sec
rotary. The board of directors in.
clude the above named M Don Nc
Donald. Grand Forks; O. S Hanson,
Grand Forks: A.. 1. Hunter. Granu
Forks: Dan O'Connor. st. Thomas
w. W. Walker. Cavalier; c. F. Holmes
Inkster: &. II. Opsahl. Grand FORKS
II. IS. Griffith, Grand Forks: 4. \
Westcen, Grand Forks; c.. !. T.. WaG
ner. Rolla; II. f. Pavre.. Gran
Forks; Rasmus- Miller. Tolley; J. il
Eid. Montevideo, Mimi: George +
Shafer. schafer. and Robert McGavin
Fordville.
A dinner was given at the CONNER
cial club in the evening for the direc
tors, stockholders and prominent bus
mess men and farmers Of the state
which was followed by some very in
teresting talks by prominent men.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
R. D. HICKMAN
RESIGNS POSITION

r. D. Hickman has resigned as sec
rotary of the Merchants association of
Grand Forks and East Grand Forks to
accept another position, the nature OF
which has not been announced.
Francis McKernan, who has con-
Quoted the Crookston Credit Bureau
for some time with signal success.
will take over the entire credit bust
ness of the local association and con-
duct it as a business venture of his
own, with the full support and CO.
operation of the association. This. it
is felt, will simplify the work of the
association greatly. and the efforts OF
the organization will be directed
hereafter to the more general phases
of merchandising and to the stimula-
ton of the spirit Of cooperation
among the local merchants.
Regular meetings will be held as in
the past, and it is promised that. the
programs will be both interesting and
beneficial. Mr.. Mckernan will assume
charge of the credit work about Feb
ruary 1. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
Homestead
Conspirator And.
Murderer Is Held

Helena. Mont; Jan. 1s.-Hermar
Olson, who was arrested last week
at Chinook, by Deputy United States
Marshal l.. S. Croft. in connection
with an alleged homestead conspiracy
which it is charged, ended in the
murder Of Jacob Krause, postn aster
At Hydro. Blaine county, who was
shot through the window of his homo
one evening last November, has in
stituted habeas corpus proceedings in
the federal court in an effort to OBJ
tain his liberty.
In an order signed this morning by
Judge G. M. -Bourquin, United States
marshal. Joseph l.. Asbridge and
James Buckley. sheriff of Blaine
county. are cited to appear in tho
court in Helena Monday morning To
show cause why Olson should not he
released from the Blaine county Jail
at Chinook. Olson in his habeas cor-
pus petition says he is unlawfully de-
prived 9TH liberty, having made n,
threats against Jacob Krause nor in
terfered with his rights. Ol.on was
unable to furnish the bail o. $4,000
fixed by A.. j. Leonard. United States
commissioner at Chinook, before
whom the preliminary hearing wa.
held. Olson complains that the bah
is. excessive,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
ENTERTAINMENT IN:
ST. MARKS CHURCH

The Loyalty Glass of the st. Marks
church will entertain at a patriotic So
cial in the church basement this eve
ming at s o'clock. A good program
has been arranged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
Montana Gas Co. Is
Incorporated With
100000 Capital

Helena. Mont. Jan. 1S.-The North
ern Montana Natural Gas company
was incorporated here today by Cor
nelius F. Kelley. vice president and
managing director of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company; John Gillie.
general manager of the anne Attor-
ney l.. o. Evans. chief counsel of the
same; Chas. J.. Kelly, president Of the
DAILY Bank n Trust company of
Butte. and F.. NJ. Kerr. All the in
corporators are of Butte. The CAPT.
tai stock is $500. 900. the shares 800
each. The main office will be al
Butte and the charter empowers the
company to Engage in any kind OF
business. but especially in the de
velopment Of oil and gas lands.
Some months ago these Butte in
terests secured control Of a natural
gas field in the Sweet Grass hills. ir
northern Montana and it was an.
nounced at the time that il develop.
ments showed the field was large
! enough. the gas would be piped t.
Great Falls for use in the smelter.
n reduction works there and fol
lighting the city, and that the lin,
would also be extended through
Helena to Butte and Anaconda 70.
use in those three cities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
SAN CARLO COMPANY
HAS FINE CHORUS:
ALL ARE MUSICIANS

| The important feature or an ado
quate. competent and well-balanced
chorus has yer prove a vexatious
presario in assembling his company.
On broadway. New York. in Paris
and other famous opera centers the
devotce Of light opera or musical
comedy may step in almost any after
noon or evening and enjoy the physi-
cal beauty and symmetry, as we'll as
the light quality and tunefulness Of
IA large. chic and daintily-costumed
bevy of young singers whose attem pts
at rhythm and te~rpsichorean artistry
are quite satisfying. But the qualif-
cations and duties of the average chO-
rus member and the operate choris-
ter are widely divergent.
The grand opera chorister nova
days must have at least fifteen or
twenty operas at tongues end, and
though these singers are customarily
assembled each season in New York
they are in reality recruited from all
over the world. the task of the cho.
rus master of a great opera organiZa-
ton being by no means an easy one.
The San Carlo choral department
this season is made up of singers from
many Of the old world opera centers,
"a St'9 t'i - law Tia atI
the warning countries are represent
ed. Among the number are several
who have appeared in important roles
abroad but those engagements in Eu-
rope have been seriously interfered
with because of the war. Many Of
these young artists are of such excer-
tional attainments that they can safe
ly be called upon at a | oment's no.
tice to assume leading parts. Every
member of the chorus has been So.
lected with his aim in view as we'll
as for the usual vocal INC other ar
tistic requirements which present day
opera audiences demand.
The choruses of Nerdi's great opera,
Aida" are among tho most brilliant
and inspirational ever written, and as
sung by the San Carloans constitute
a feature of the big work. The opera
will he the first of the three an
nounced for the auditorium on Feb.
ruary 4 and 5.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
BRENNAN SAYS
] MAN BEHIND
IS CRIMINAL
Assistant Attorney General
Opens Case Against John
H. McInerney.

That "thc man behind is the real
culprit in a criminal transaction
where others actually commit the Of
Tense at his instigation, was the bur
den of the opening address made this
morning by Assistant Attorney Gem
eral Dan V. Brennan to a jury in the
district cour where the 'bootlegging
case against John II. Mc1ncrney is on
trial.
MIR. Brennan outlined the ransac-
tons involved in the charge by say
ing that Il driver for the cast Grand
Forks Brewing company. PA Iiston.
had gone to Grand Forks for the pur-
pose of soliciting orders for heer from
Joe Scott. and that sue an order was
signed with the result that the beer
was brought into the state Of North
Dakota and delivered at tho residence
of Joe Scott.
This, MIR. Brennan said. constituted
a crime on the part of the defendant
at whose ~instigation the driver had
gone to North Dakota for the avowed
purpose of violating the laws of this
state.
The assistant attorney general
clinched his point by referring to
cases of hired gunner who We're paid
nN someone DACk OF tnem Tor COM
hitting murder. While these gunner
naturally would be found guilty of
murder. Mr.. Brennan said, the man
who ordered them to kill. would be
found equally guilty ever though he
resided in another state n had not
at the time of the committing of the
crime been in the state where the
murder took place.
A similar condition prevailed with
reference to the East Grand Forks
Brewing company and its transactions
in North Dakota. Mr.. Brennan said.
and for that reason he hoped it would
be possible for the prosecution to in
troduce testimony which would make
it clear to the jury that Mr.. Mclner-
ney was guilty as charged. l
Miss NJ. Nyman. federal court re-
porter. of Fargo. who reported the
proceedings in the case against Mr..
Mc1nerney in the United States dis
trict court last November. was called
as the states first witness for the pur-
pose OF identifying records. papers
and books. seized in the raid on the
brewery July 81. 1917. and brought in
to the federal court at the time of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
A BOYCOTT
AFTER WAR TO BE
VOTED on BY CLUB

: The question Of notifying business
men of Germany that the United
states will not re-establish trade re-
i~lations with her unless a government
responsible to the people Is given
/ power will be voted on by Grand
Forks business men through the
}GOmmercial club. The question is
iarousing great interest throughout the
country.
Tits .thesfntention Of the promoters
OF the move that the word can be car
Tried into Germany by some of the
neutral presses in spite Of the rigid
censorship.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
Alliance Hail Assn.
Reflect All Officers

Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 1S.-The
twenty-seventh annual meeting Of the
Alliance Hail association was brought
to a close here today with the cleo
ton Of the officers Of the association
for the ensuing year All of the Off
GERS were reelected and are as fol-
lows: H. NJ. Clark Of New Rockford.
president: Fred Wolfer Of Jamestown.
vice president; Watson E. Boise. Of
jamestown, secretary-treasurer and
Geo. L. Hampstead Of Jamestown. au-
ditor. President Clark and Secretary
Boise have been connected with the
association since the territorial days
when the association was a part of
1.-THE Farmers Alliance.