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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16
SURSUM CORDA

among all the foes that assail us, both
within n without. Faith. and faith
only, will remove this mountain Of
woe. In whatever way your faith is
manifested-with whatever prayer or
song or act-it is your greatest ele-
nnent of strength on the rough road
to victory.
Lift up your hearts and keep them
lifted, and help others to lift theirs.
Every discouraging word. every sign
and shake of the head. is so much
strength taken away from YOU own
soul or another's. No one can vet
ahead of us, a task for which, in this
country, we have been shamefully un-
prepared. But destiny still waits:
and with double effort. we can fight
our way to the goal. Only believe
that a Power ultimately i%nvincible
fights with us for a Just and mighty
cause; and that. since humanity can
no more live without justice, mercy
and truth than without air to
breathe, SO the way to these vital
things will at last be made clear.
We are on this planet; we must play
our part in its destiny, every one Of
us. If we shirk, If we cry and mourn.
if we predict evil, or by any means
encourage it. we postpone by so much
the great day of peace and light.
Every mothers tear. every word of
grief or despair, helps to fling back
some striving spirit. Every soul now
has a sword and a shield in hand; and
the shield is the Shield of faith"
Be strong hen and help others to
be strong. Keep the vision before
your eyes: and when the voices of
God and your highest destiny call to
you-"Lift up your hearts!!" be ready
with the swift and solemn response,
I'VE lift them up unto the Lord"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16
ALL EUROPE NEEDS room

Word m from Washington that
me 1000 situation in the allied oun
!rles OF Europe is graver than at any
.lnae since the war began. Official re-
porss picture extreme food shortages
giving h officials Of u government
deep concern. Compulsory .rationinr
VIII be started in England immadi.
ately. In France. where All q
nave beer requisitioned, the bread
.suon Will be cut to I unces daily
70 al except the very poor ana thor
cong hard manual labor. In Austria
sm . Germany the food situation y Tar
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

The Germans are protecting Italian art in the Ital-
ian territory which they have occupied by taking samples
Of it home for safe keepins. They are protecting a lot
Of hne Chinese scientific instruments in the same way.
They stole the Instruments from Pekin a good many
years ago. and they are sill keeping them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

Take this list to any expert diagnos-
tician-he will tell you that If you
give them the benefit of the best med
ical and surgical skill for the removal
or correction of abnormalities, and
then give them a finishing course Of
the right-living, disciplined existence
Of the camp and you will have a
physically recreated man fit for the
duties Of a soldier or civilian and re-
member that the man from 21 to 40
years OF age will be the fathers of our
next generation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16
"AS USUAL" BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE
(New York Times. }

In condemning the principle or aspiration of bust
ness as usual" it may be that Mr.. vanderlip goes in one
direction, if not as far beyond the golden mean of war
taken too literally, at least to a distance that justihes
some of the disapproval his critics are expressing.
Mr.. Vanderlip's patriotic zeal is unquestionable,' ana
he cannot be suspected Of any hostility to business, BIZ.
or little, in time of. either war or peace. And of course
he is right in demanding Of business its share Of sacri-
fees to the general good-which is the same thing as to
say, winning the war. He properly condemns, too, the
numerous business men whose only thought is for the
continuance of their own profits and who resent every
plea for economy as an attack on, themselves. He
seems somewhat to exaggerate. however, the practica.
bility Of changing one business into another, and some
what to underestimate the consequences to the nation as
a whole is great numbers of employees were suddenly ex-
pected to turn from one trade to another, with idleness
and starvation the penalties of liability to do so.
Labor" in these days, is as unversatile as it is
speciaized-is so just because IBIS specialized-and the
same thing is true, to a less but still considerable degree
Of Capital which. after all, is only the tool used by
men who are usually as unframed for diverse activities
as are statesmen or mechanics. \
The problem seen SO clearly by Mr.. Vanderlip is
indeed a difficult one, and there are perils in both solu.
tons of it-that of business as usual" and that Of the
restriction of business to such as is directly essential ia
the conduct of the war. But he need not fear a failure
or refusal by anything like a majority OF Americans tt
economic. They will BECAUSE they must-because the
purchasing power of the dollars they earn has been
lowered by half, and, that being the case, nonessentia1
business inevitably is going to suffer, no matter. who
tries to make it 90 or. "as usual"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

The great storm is held to be a fine thing for the
crops from the Mississippi eastward Still, there is such
a thing as overriding it. Just a nice bumper crop will
be all, right, and a storm Of suitable proportions for that
would have been all right.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16
THE REJECTED MAN

ton with others Of like mind have
solidifed his opinions; IS. He sea has 4. been zen
"The Great Effort" The combination
of rigid training. simple diet. discip-
line and "massed psychology" has
psychology.
Physical rebirth of our rejects I'M
der cantonment discipline will bring
our more highly imaginatiye Ameri-
cans a similar viewpoint quickly.
Thousands Of men, as will be seen
by reference to the table appended
have been rejected for such, minor
causes as imperfect sight. fla or weak
foot, alcoholism, v%aricose vei7s, vari-
cocele and hemmorhoids. Yet a ma
jor;ty of these a durable within
thirty days.
The classification Of 100000 men
based on the surgeon g~enaIal's report
ending June 3oth. 1916. are as fol-
lows:-5O0, 900 would be accepted and
sent to the cantonments-that would
- -. . nm mn roiActA1 nan Thnea
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

JOHN d. GAVE 'EM BILLS.
John d. gave his employees bills in
stead of gold pieces for Christmas
gifts. However. nobody refused to
take them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

It seems to require about as much sleutbins on the
part of Mr.. Henry to discover that St. Paul bushes. men
put up money to aid in securing a location for the
Armor plant at South st. Paul as it did for ELL LANCER
to discover that the East Grand Forks brewery was
manufacturing beer. ~ .,A
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16
HAIL AND FAREWELL
(By Anna Higginson Spicer of
THO Vigilantcs.)

(By Anna Higsinson Spicer OF
THO Vigilantcs.)
Dogs barking. dust a-whirling,
And drumthrobs in the street.
The braggart pipes are skirlinE
An old tune, wild and sweet.
BY fours the lads come trooping
With heads erect and high.
I watch with heart a dropping
To see the kiltes by.
And n Of them is glancing
Up to this window, this.
His brave blue eyes r. dancing,
He losses me a kiss.
/ send him back another,
I fling my hand out free,
God keep YOU safely. brother,
Who go to die for me-"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-16

There is more than a matter of dol
lars and cen in the plans for con-
serving food. 1t is a matter Of life
and death for brave allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
PRIVATE DANNY'S
WAR BOOK


You're on" Sandy shouted. I'm
with you to the bitter end. We can
get Fat to give a mono1ogue and Ben
ny can do solo on the trombone. ana
have Corp. Wart pull boner-say. we
can give 'em knockout"
And thus the I'd Platoon's show was
born, without the I'd Platoon as
whole knowing anything about IL. or
Then he and Pete talked up their pro-
gram and drafted their talent. In fact.
he and Pete did the whole works, and
for this reason did the house of Splits
& Peters. TheatricalS, go into bank
ruptcy. For little or none did the pair
think. imagine or figure on jealousies
creeping out.
Who were these two stiffs running
this I'd Platoon show. anyway? Why
hadn't they made it a Company H show
so that everybody could have whack
at it? Just let this cheap I'd Platoon
outfit try to put anything over on the
dear old 1st Platoon or the gallant old
toon. Just let 'em try it.
Well. the night of the show come.
with the I'd Platoon furnishing the
cast. The talent came from there. all
right. but oh. what came from Nos.
md , and 4" There was old worn-ou,
mess kitchen, boxing gloves borrowed
from the company's sporting outfit.
magazines and books taken from the
library shelves. and remarks born
straight on the lips of the men from
the LIST, and I'd and Sd platoons.
Three numbers of Sandy and Pete's
great show went, and then all the act
ors struck and the stage hands quit
cold, and Sandy, taking a cabbage out
Of one eye and a tomato out of the
other. swore blindly and with feeling
at Pete. And Pete. splitting out of two
teeth and gently removing his left ear
that had stood in the way of a shoe
heel and carefully placing it in his
pocket, invited Sandy outside to settle
once and for all who was to blame.
War always has been hard on the
show business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
GOVERNORS TO ENDORSE
VICTORIOUS PEACE ONLY
State Executives, Past and Present,
to Give Expression at indie
pendence Hall.

NEW YORK. May s.-For the ayowed
purpose of convincing both Germany
and the entente powers that the Ameri.
can people will accept nothing less
than peace with victory a conference
OF governors and ex-govcrnors will be
held at Independence Hall, PhfIade1-
phia. May II. it was announced here
today in connection with the conven-
ton of the League to Enforce Peace.
Twelve governors and forty three for
mer state executives have accepted in.
vitations to be present.
Indications are that the failure of
the German drive on the western front
will mark the beginning of fresh peace
overtures from the central powers j."
said Charles F.. Hughes in a Statement
explaining the purpose of the CONFER
ence.
Defeated in her supreme effort. Ger
many. without doubt, will offer terms
more advantageous than any the allies
have heretofore received
Il believe that the conference has
been called at most opportune time.
1t is proposed to accomplish the pur-
pose in view by emphasizing what
America and other democratic nations
will lose through an inconclusive peace
and by pointing out that through VIC
tory alone we can attain the Eoal-a
world organized against military ae-
gression and for international Justice
through a league of nations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03

ship, or Navy wireless operator or a
hydroplane fier, or an ordnance officer,
or maybe Ill be steering one of Henry
F'ord's submarine chasers. chasing the
ka1ser's U-boats to shelter in the Kiel
canal, along with the rest of his maj
esty's safety-first navy.
The job OF Cob is to- make it pos
sible for the American Army to get
across the water to win the war. Here
at the naval training camp you can see
US getting on the job with all our feet
Inc sight would do dads eyes good
when he gets those spells of thinking
that the bloody Huns have the war won
already, and that there's nothing for
me rest of the nations to do but to get
off the earth
II dad was here for about fifteen min
utes he wouldn't feel DISCOURAGED about
Americas big job any more. He would
go nome so full of steam that he would
want to buy up the whole of the next
liberty loan.
must chop now. More later. Your
ioFihs son. JOHN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
BY FRAZIER HUNT.
CHAPTER %.

II you was to search over all Of old
U. Sans great Army and offer a prize
of three weeks leave to the two SOL
diers who could qualify as the sorest
doughboys in the world there wouldn't
be any chance but that Private Sandy
Splits and Private Pete Peters of Com
pany H would win, hands down..
Well after Sandy got double-crossed
by that terrible poet and her fatal red
rose of romance" Sandy wasn't himself
again for several days and. in fact, he
didn't get really back into high speed
again until Pete Peters give him the
Great idea. And then he begin work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
WHEN A GUY BECOMES
COB.
Johnny Jenkins Writes to the Home
Folk About Life at a Naval
Training Station.
A Naval Training Camp
Somewhere in America.
Dear Mother
and Dad
and Jennie
and Pud.


Why you haven't heard from me be-
sure of being a Cob. But am a sure
enough Cob now. SO can write.
bet you don't know what Cob is
I didn't either, until met a sailor man
in the big town. I told him was go
ing to enlist somewhere and serve my
country. didn't care where, and he
says:
training station and be a COBB"
Well, I was ready to punch his nose
for talking like that to me, because it
didn't sound respectful. But he explain
ed 1t all satisfactory and saved his nose.
travelled up to this place. and now am
. Cob.
So you can hang out q service nag on
the front porch and tell the neighbors
they ask you what Cob is you can tell
them what I'm going to tell you.
Just now there are 5000 Of us Cobb
here at the naval training camp, and
before the flowers bloom in your gar
den there will be 10000 Of us. They say
there are thousands more up and down
the coast. But haven't told you yet
what o Cob is.
A Cob is . young American like me
that u training to make the Atlantic
TO be called Gobs? You bet we do. Don't
call US Jackies or any other low, musi-
cal-comedy name. Call US Gobs. It is
eur name for ourselves.
Before became a Cob was a Boot.
was three weeks in the probation
camp before they graduated me into the
Cob camp, and all that time I was
Boot, which means a sort of subfresh-
man In the naval reserve. The Gobs
are the freshmen, and what every Cob
dreams of Is to get on to salt water and
be known thereafter as a Salty. I ex-
poet to be q Salty in about six months.
By this time next year I'll be a navi-
cation officer on the road to admiral,
Or at least I'll be q gunner on q battle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
& Seldom So Many Good Things ON One Page

Editorial
A letter. from a woman which
we wish to publish:
CARE WE WOMEN JUST
IA GAIN H U N T E R S,
AFTER ALL?
1--WE like bargains. We like to
paw less than the market
price. But. in our hearts we
know that for the finest
things in life there is no cut
price.
1--WE want peace! We cryfor it,
we pray for it. but. are will
inr to nav for it: to pay the
full market price for last
ing 'neace' that shall be ours
for all time to come.
"The peace that YOU and I
want, that every true woman
in the world wants. can only
be had at certain price in
MEN and DOLLARS-the
more dollars we have the
fewer men will be needed.
"-And that peace is worth any
thing it costs us. because
without it life will not be
worth the living for US or for
Our children. Let us get
down to our real selves and
put into the war. through
this Third Liberty Loan. the
true hearts of women of
America with every dollar we
do not actually need to keep
soul and body together"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
"Greatest Battle On"
Says German Expert

AMSTERDAM, July 20.--A semi
official telegram from Berlin. while ad-
sitting that "the enemy has succeeded
penetrating into and pressing back
outlines at some points," avoids par
''cuivs Of the Allied success. The
se!egrsu cails the Franco-American Of
iehs'Ve IA relief offensive brought
aoou' oy he German offensive on both
sides Of R'vims," and adds:
THE attac, was carried cut by very
strong and seply-echeloned forces
supported by ldv-hying airplanss and
rrmerous tank sq,adrons. Before some
sectors between ths A;sn. 49,. O.I
west of Chateau ThArrv soma ana n;nh n.Jsn, ~
tanks were counted +S tho so'"s sret etgnty t
taci;" 'he Hrst at
Lieutenant General Ba.on ron A.
denne, commenting in the ct. soI no1 ,.,tt,
on the German offensive, say. seA '''''
We clearly are only at til. ho.;n
ring, Of probably the greatest Saitae "a,
in the entire history OF the VII ", Iii
most severe fighting still lies ehsd
1t would be presunptuous and In br,
taste to talk already about the fresl
destruction of enemy fighting forces. :.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Svath Cut by American Soldiers
Marked by Piles of German Dead

Americans who we're to follow their ad-
vancing comrades.
The chauffeurs Of these trucks were
frequently under fire One chauffeur
passed through Missy-aux- Bois, after
supplying the advancing men with
chocolate. just as three German shells
exploded in the wrecked village.
Twenty five minutes after the Franco
American advance began the rattle of
German machine guns could be heard
IN the distance, but il did rot affect
the Americans, who only appeare>.
more eager to progress. The officers
had to caution them not to proceed
beyond the barrage in accordance with
the schedule. The German machine
gun fire continued but short time
and as the Americans could be seen
steadily pressing forward to the east
the rattle dwindled and finally stopped.
Missy uX-bols was deserted BY the
French peasants before the Germans
came, the village having been torn
from end to end by shell fire in pre-
Vlous nehtlng. Not one wall or any
stone buildings are standing.
Three Pigeons Left Behind
The only live thing left in the
village, which is now within the Allied
lines. were three pigeons which roasted
on the fragments of the steeple Of
the village church during the roar of
the battle. They flew around in circles
IN bewilderment, returned to their
roostlng place and then flew around
again
Shortly after the Americans had
passed through the village, going east
ward, the dog mascot of an American
soldier could be seen running through
the ruins and endeavoring to overtake
his master, who had gone ahead.
10 the north and sou h of Missy
aux-Bois are two other deserted vii
lagos, in one of which every building
is in ruins. The fields in this section
are covered with grain ready for the
harvest. Many rusty tools and i'm
plements are standing just where they
were left when the alarm came.
When darkness settled ov&r the bat
tletleld the Americans still maintained
their advance. The guns IN the rear
were pounding away, guarding them
through the night.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Critics Expect Germans
To Strike at New Point

, LONDON, July 20.-What the Ger
mans are going to do on the battle
front from Rheims to the Marne and
TO the Alsne is the question which oc-
cuples most Of the military and edi-
torlal commentators in the morl. ing
newspapers.
While it is conceded that General
Foch's brilliant counterstrokc has de-
prlved the Germans of the initiative
IN the Rheims sector and caused .hem
serious damage, it is not universally
assumed that the positions IN that area
can be stabilized without much further
severe fighting Warning is given to
remember how the British surprise ad-
vance at Cambria afterward was coun-
tered by the Germans.
On the other hand the vtw ,kat the
enemy cannot do much narm between
the Aisne and the Marne has its repre-
sentatives, and these look for the with
drawal of the Germans from south of
the Marne to reorganize their line. A
third speculation refers 10 the proba-
bllity of the enemy striking a fresh
violent blow in some other direction, in
which case, it is assumed generally,
the attack will fall on the British
armies.
1t is recognized everywhere that the
Germans have the power to concen-
trate strength for thrust that will
tax the Allied defence TO the utmost.
Notwithstanding their losses, the Ger
mans are believed to have at their dis
posal at least forty divisions, and un-
til these ar. beaten the situation Of
the Allies must, it is .ontended, be
one of suspense and anxiety, atfording
nc ground for over-elation or excessive
confidence
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Panorama of Ruin Spread
In Wake of Foes Retreat
Waving Wheathelds Uttered With Abandoned Equipment,
With Dead Germans Everywhere, and in the
Distance the Roar Of Guns
By Fred S. Ferguson

(Bv Untted Press StnT CorrespondenD
WITH THE AMERICANS ALONG
THE SOISSONS-PAR1S ROAD, NEAR
MlssY-Aux-BoIs (NighN, July 19.
"A vast plateau covered with waving
wheat, marked by new, \dusty roads,
helmets, guns. battered \equipment,
heaps of dead Germans and scattered
American dead, with rifle butts stand
lnP up above the wheat where bayonets
had been thrust in the ground to mark
where others of our heroes lie-such
is the battle-ground over which the
Americans advanced southwest Of Sois-
sons. (Missy-aux- Bois is six miles
southwest of Soissons.)
| crossed the battlefield this after
noon, upon which the Americans we're
advancing. German shells broke in
Missy-aux-Bois and along the road,
which was jammed with wagons,
horses and men. They were obviously
intended for the road, but always
landed in the wheat field adjoining.
The crash, flash and smoke were hard
ly noticed by the men and horses as
they bent to the grim business Of
making war.
Full Packs on Backs
Meantime ahead Of us the Ameri-
cans were advancing | could see the
second wave or moppers- -up-I was
unable to distinguish which-starting.
They walked along as easily as though
merely answering a call for quarters.
Through my glasses | could see they
carried full packs, ready to dig them
selves into their new positions.
Just behind them was big tank.
but apparently it was not in action.
The zero hour was $3.50. The barrage
started on the minute. The men stimuli
taneously left the holes they had dug
IN the midst of the wheat, marching
steadily toward the Boches.
The shells forming the barrage broke
in steady, straight line ahead. the
smoke cloud slowly advancing. a line
of trees along the Soissons-P Paris road
interfered with my view of the first
wave, but | knew the boys were max
ing new history.
BY 6 o'clock the Boche artillery was
becoming more active, while in slight
depression just behind me long line
of American field guns were pounding
away with an ear-splitting roar, send
ing over the barrage. Further in the rear
our heavies were hurting shells that
tore by with horrible screeches, bound
for the German rear areas
Wires Stretched Quickly
Back at headquarters l knew reports
we're coming in every moment, as the
signal corps stretched wires close be-
hind the advancing infantry.
AS the barrage reached the crest Of
rise the heavies took up the argu-
ment more intcnsively.
To reach the point from which wit
messed the battle it was necessary to
PASS over more than three kilometres
"a mile and three -quarters) of ground
captured by the Americans yesterday.
imagine yourself in an automobile
passing over roads almost as peaceful
as those you know back home. But
az you progress soldiers become more
numerous. Wagons and guns compel
you to slow down constantly and TO
run into the ditch to avoid collision.
Ambulances roll slowly by, smiling
American boys and Frenchmen dang
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Austrians Hurled
From Last Point.
Captured in Jur,t
Italians Take Monte Stab,
and Como di Cavento.
Recover All Los.e.

LONDON, July 2o.-Th. IA.
forces on the northern mountain
have struck suddenly against III. A..
trian positions on the ex+rems 10. !.
the active fighting line. near ~.
Garda, and in heavy fighting h.,.
wrested Monte Stabel and tn. .a;.,-
ing height Of Corno di Cayenso .,.-
the enemy, according to a statemsn, !.
sved by the War Office in Rom. =. J.,
This was one OF the few rem.;,,.
points wrung from the Italians :, >, j..
first shocf of the Austrian osP.,,,,.
In June whiss: had not been recan.n,.s
by the Italians in their counter h,ou.
Along the entirs left Of the lin. -
the Camonica Valles. in the pa,rA;a -
region, on the Asiago Plateau ,na ~
the north edge of the Aontel,, a.. -.
stands midway on the Pia~,. ira. -
been intense artillery duel. nstv..s
the contending forces.