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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-16
TRAVELLING Men
GETTING READY
ORNEXTLOAN
Every Travelling Man. Elk
pected to Become Interest
ed in Next Liberty Loan.

Bismarck. N. D., March 16.-John
Z. George, grand councillor of the
United Commercial Travellers for the
grand jurisdiction Of Minnesota and
North Dakota. has called upon com.
mercial travellers Of his domain to
prepare to enlist their energies in the
Third Liberty Loan campaign. In q
letter sent. out from the Office of, the
grand secretary, ]. M. Dresser, at st.
the committee % military affairs and
trade relations Of the srand council
say:
we are about to engage in the
Third Liberty Loan campaign. Our
government needs the service of
every true patriot. The people Of
America must be made to sense the
responsibilities Of the hour. What an
opportunity there is today for the
travelling salesman. leaders and edu-
Gators, molders Of public thought and
opinion, to render an invalued sery-
ice to u country!
1T Is desired that all U. c. r. coun-
ellis of this grand Jurisdiction perfect
an organization for the presentation
OF war problems at every business
session. Secure the best speakers 0
'stible for this feature, from the mem
bership on otherwise. There must be
an awakening OF the people OF
America-there are legions that are
dead to humanity's call-few know
what sacrifices are in the present war
Our boys should be fully equipped to
carry information and the truth ,tc
the millions of people with, whom
they come in contact.
The services Of the travelling fra.
ternity to act u Four Minute Men. ir
this Liberty Loan drive are argent
and II councils are requested to cal
for volunteers for this work: Hay.
them apply to the local chairman o,
committee on public information
for their commissions. Our profess
sion can rise to the highest prinnacl.
In usefulness in the present crisis.
we have the most convincing evil
dence that food is to be the, determ
lining factor in this war. and our boy.
on the road are in a position NOR,
than all others to note violations o
the edicts and rules promulgated b,
the food administration. Their,
should be concerted action on GU,
parts to stop all such violations
Those who do not at this date abid,
by the food conservation rules shout,
be dealt with summarily. Conserva
ton Of food is a sacred duty,
1. Brethren. follow these instruction
and fail not that the days of wa
NAV be over forever and that RICH
and Justice shall prevail on earth"
The committee o. military affair
and trade relations. which signs thi
appeal. consists Of F. X. Gravel
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WALSH COUNTY
AUDITOR NOT
A CANDIDATE
Several Candidates Are Feel.
ing the Pulse of the
Public.

4, Grafton, N. D.. March 16.--The first
one to announce his candidacy for
county Office is w. j. Lamarre. He Is
out for county auditor. Mr.. Lamarre
is we'll known to the people Of Walsh
county as he has been connected with
the auditors office for the past nine
years. first serving as clerk for a short
time and then advanced to the
deputyship. which position he has
self and satisfaction to all, regardless
OF party. He Is splendidly equipped
for the office and knows every detail
In connection Herewith. Mr.. La
MARIE makes a formidable candidate.
Other candidates are keeping pretty
we'll in the background. 1t is be-
lieved that most of the present incum-
bents will endeavor to succeed them
selves with the exception Of w. c:
Treumann, who is now serving his
second term as auditor, but wishes to
retire from office to devote himself to
his abstract businesss
Judge Shepherd. with the modesty
becoming his exalted Office. maintains
his customary r%eticense and Tam
many refuses to devulge anything or
processes ignorance. Eavesdroppers
and keyhole q%uizzers. however, claim
to have heard Tom Jones tell old Bill
Brown h a the judge was sort o
hankerin'" for another term. Be
this as it may, time will tell. One
thing is sure, and that is the judge has
lost not one whit Of his popularity and
that he possesses Nthe judicial tenn.
permanent" so essential to the dignity
and proper conduct of the Office. nc
one denies. Vast majorities have
elected the judge in the past, and
many a lusty warrior has been laid
low. Will another venture forth tc
certain slaughter.
Opposition to Allen Hoople. register
Of deeds, is announced o. E. LOT.
thus Of Adams, who was defeated BY
only a few votes in the primaries two
years ago is reported to be in the race
again, and prominent leaders are said
to be grooming John F. Anderson, The
present deputy register.
1t is not likely that the. present
treasurer. sheriff, clerk of court. no
the superintendent OF schools. will
have any opposition. Neither has an,
certain or definite opposition to H. e
De Puy, states attorney, been an.
nOunCed.
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Porterneld. Mr.. Macomber 81 secrs-.ss
tary for one Of the large Ignite coal
mining concerns Of the state and
represents the largest users Of explOi
sives in North Dakota.
Fryburg-A number Of farmers OF !
the district met some time&agoAto dis
cuss the local political situation. u
was decided to appoint q COMMITTEES 70
for united efforts in county politics
and A. H. Anderson, r. ]. Gray, II. NJ
Engelhartson and v. A. Smith were
appointed. 1t is intimated that the
object of the organization 10 to
eliminate certain officials and cliques
now in control of things. The COM
mittee has been called for caucus at
the slate of candidates, as endorsed by
the committee, will be announced. IL
Minot-A war savings club has
been organized by the Methodist,
church to push the sale of war saw
ings stamps. F. A. Weatherwax was
elected president and A. Upton, treas,
urer.
Bismarck-The 500 line has pros
tested orders of the state railway
SO1AAa iSoOOu oOlllc 1ll1C 66O 4otl
the installation Of a safety device at,
the iDonnybrook crossing, and a hear
ing on this ancient problem, which,
was willed the present commission by
the retiring board, has been set for
April 2 at Minot. i,
Bismarck-The proposed hearing
on the extension Of Ignite freight.
rates now obtaining in North Dakota
to South Dakota and Minnesota, call-s
ed by the railway commission for,
March 26. will be held in Fargo and
not in Bismarck as originally an-r!
nunced: ~
Bismarck-The petition of the Fed54
eral Fuel 70. of Aberdeen. S. D., a
100000 Ignite briquetting corporii'
alton. for permission to sell stock in
North Dakota was unanimously app.
proved by the North Dakota blue sky"
commission at its meetings this week.
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lone GUARD
~SAAA a.
PASSED UP To-
GOV. FRAZIER
anger and Governor Dis
tgreed as to Appointment
of Defense Secretary.

Bismarck, n. D., March 16.-The
,rking out Of the home guard. prob
II. which is one approached by the
sgue State Council of Defense with
ar and trembling. has been left by
e board of directors in the hands of
,vernor Frazier, who is directed to
nfer with Adjutant General Fraser
to the best methods Of carrying out
e chief executives promises to stall
trt members Of the Legislature who
acted from him a pledge for the
election of the home guard when
ey surrendered to the governors
mands that he be given absolute
animation of the State Council of
.fense. The State Council of De-
nse imposes in this body some au-
GRITTY over the home guard. The
ard Of directors f1irted with. the
lard problem yesterday and finally
'cided to pass the buck to the gov
nor. North Dakota has approxi-
Ately 10000 men in the home guard
no are a%nxiously awaiting the gov
nor's next o His personal atti-
de toward the guard is a matter OF
mmon knowledge.
Resolutions were adopted by the
ard of directors of the Defense
1uncil offering their services to the
Wernment in promoting the third
berty Loan and pledging their sup.
rt to the Red Cross, Y. M. c. A
ork and other war activities. The
lection of an Office for the State
auncil of Defense was left in the
,nds Of ar executive committee con,
sting Of Frazier. LANCER, President
ontgomery of the Farmers, union
id DR.. v. H. Stickney, the governors
edical advisor. It is probable thai
ices utilized by the original Council
Defense in the federal building will
used.
Resolutions were adopted pledginf
.e support of the council to the "Or
a, Victory" drive which has beer
AIMED by Secretary F. O. Hellstron
the On to Victory league, and Mr.
ellstrom was accorded a vote o,
anks in recognition of his service!
the retiring Defense Council. Thu
ldget committee presented an inter
ting report which places a ma
rity of the funds appropriated b!
e special. session for the council a
e disposal of Thomas Allen Box, tn,
tsselton maj who is the league ma
rity's choice for secretary. 1t !
id that all league members Of thu
.uncil were not unanimous in favo'
the appointment of Box to the onl!
laried job which this organization
ters, >and that in particular the Cas-
lton man was opposed by LANCER
no halls from Box's home town. an,
no preferred O'Brien of Fargo 70
e place.
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Dunn Center Man Is
Under Federal Arrest
w. o. johnson Charged With Inter-
fering With Success of U. S.
Artillery Forces.

Fargo. y. d., March 16.-Charged
with violation Of the act Of June is,
1917. in interfering with the opera
ton and success of the military forces
in the United States. following an in
dictment returned at the last session
Of the federal grand jury. w. o.
Johnson. a farmer living near Dunn
Center. was placed under arrest by
Deputy p. H. Trotter Thursday.
Taken to Halliday, n. D., Dunn
county. j. A. Palmer, United States
commissioner of that place, approved
bond which was furnished by Theo-
dore G. Nelson and Julius Berg, two
Dunn county farmers. The amount
of bond had been fixed at $1,000.
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Townley Bankruptcy
Hearing On March 70
Hearing Will BE Held at Bismarck
Before Referee Extraordinarily
Will Not Be Called.

Fargo, N. D.. March lett was
announced today that the next hear
ing in the bankruptcy 9 OF A. G.
Townley. president Of the National
Nonpartisan league, probably will be
held in. Bismarck March, 90, before
Referee O'Harc. Townley will not be
called then as a witness,
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D~ickinson--A $4,000 bond issue
has been voted for the. Dickinson
school district. the vote standing
467 for bonds and nine against. It
will be the purpose Of the board to
erect "a six. or eight room fre-proof
building in the eastern part Of the city
the coming summer.
Larimore-Thett annual nreman's
ball will be given on Monday night,
March Is.
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chairman. Duluth; W. W. Fegan,
Grand Forks; T.; D. Hughes, Fargo;
J. M. Dresser, st. Paul: r. e. Braden.
Paul, and Thomas Rankin. Duluth, J.
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= Park River-From letters received
from Paul Farup and other Company
CO.. men from France it appears that
some of the boys. former members of
Company CO.. Of Grafton. are now
serving in the trenches in France.
The company after it reached France
was broken up and scattered to vari-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-16
Gus other companies and regiments.
and that is why some Of these boys
have seen service in the trenches
sooner than the others.

GUS other companies and regiments.
and that IL why some OF these boys
have seen service In the trenches
DON than the others.
sawyer-Beaver trappers in this
comfortable living this year following
their usual pastime. One mar has
sold $3.50 worth of beaver hides. One
beaver trapped by Ed and Vance
Booth weighed Sc pounds. Reports
from Burlington state q beaver trap
ped in that district weighed %
pounds.
Minot-Robert Elsfnere, night edi-
tor of the Minot Daily News. severed
his relations with that paper this
week and leaves on Sunday for the
east where he will again enter the
ranks of daily newspapermen.
Minot-Miss Weber, one Of the
school in this city was examining the
hands Of the little tots one day this
week to see how clean they were. One
little fellow who had the dirtfest
hands in the school was reprimanded
by the teacher who asked him why
he had come to school in such condi-
ton. Unabashed Che little fellow an
s"~s ~ SSOPiSoS uoSs
Norwich-Fred Sorg. a Norwich
farmer, is one of 20 heirs who have
been left an estate valued at $4,000
by an uncle who, died at Aurora, III.
Mr.. Sorg went to Minot his week and
used part Of the money to pay up in
debtedness on his fine farm.
Minot-Chairman Robe of the
1 hno pN 0F c1S,o<t- @roSn;rrS~~@ -, I~-
announced that no application for
seed will be received after March 90.
Hundreds of farmers are coming to
Minot daily to secure feed and seed
from the elevator handling the feed
and seed purchased by the county.
Mimic - Miss Kiedrowski, Oldest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Kie-
drowski. died Monday at the family
weeks. The funeral was held on
Wednesday from the Sacred Heart
church. The deceased was almost II
years old.
Devils Lake-According to Brin-
toms 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 nswer Brinton, and
his corps of hot-air artists, along with
the Townley kept press. will get the
balance Of it.
Wilton-W. P. Macomber of Wilton
has been appointed to the North Da-
kota advisory committee on explosives
by Federal Explosives Inspector w. P.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-16

Wilton-W. P. Macomber of Wilton
has been appointed to the North Da-
kota advisory committee on explosives
by Federal Explosives Inspector w. P.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-16
FLICKER TALES

county precincts. chosen at the Feb.
22 meetings, gathered in county con-
vention at Bisbee Wednesday. The
meeting vas a most harmonious one.
The principal object of the meeting
the endorsement of candidates
for state senator and representative,
and the selection of delegates to the
state convention. c. p. Peterson was
endorsed for senator, +. j. .Martz and
A. J. McLarty for representatives.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
HERE AND THERE

That 1t has coal enough to last
eight centuries is the claim Of New
castle, England.
Eugene H. Keller Of Greencastle.
Ind. got more than 100 pounds Of
honey from a big bee tree on his
farm, and honey Is selling at 40
cents for a 12-ounce carton.
A Lewiston (Me.) man has figured
that to count one-dollar bills the
s6,000,000,000 Of the fourth Liberty
loan would take one person $50 years.
working at the rate of 10 hours a
day.
Col. John McCrae's poem, I'm
Flanders Fields" has made peoples
so popular for all kinds Of decora-
tions that the market supply Of
poppy designs has been exhausted,
and it is hard new to buy anything
of the kind.
When the tenants of a building
in New York complained to the JAM
itor about having no heat, he set
fire to the place and is now under
arrest for arson. 1t is, from the
janitor standpoint, impossible to
satisfy some people.
Leon Smith Of New Haven, saw a
fish struggling in shoal water In
Highland lake, near Brighton, Me-,
and waded In and caught a five
pound red-spot trout with his hands.
At least that is what Leon said when
he brought the fish home.
Ingenious residents Of West Phila-
delphia, disgruntled at the adoption
Of the trolley skip-stop system, have
found a way to, make the cars stop
where they think they ought. Wait
ing passengers roll big rocks on the
track. and while the car men are
rolling the rocks off the passengers
| get on board the car.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
- 49,
Bringing Home the Blame.

Now that the war is over, and everything, a
restaurant keeper replies to complaining pa
iron that prices are kept up because wholesalers
have not as yet made concessions to the retail
ers. In other words the size of the portion and
the price affixed to it was not regulated by the
orders sent out from Mr. Hoover's headquar-
tiers, but depended on the good. old law OF sup
ply and demand as interpreted by the trades
men who take toll along the route from the
soil to the table. Such an explanation may in
way satisfy the restauranteurs, but it affords
little consolation to the hungry man. The re-
appearance Of the sugar bowl and the cracker
jar may be taken as the rainbow sign that the
worst has passed. but the fellow who is COM
PEELED to eat down town" is more than ever
looking for the coming of the day when he can
get enough in portion to give him satisfac-
ton. He does not expect ever to get back to
the vanished price level, but he does hope soon
to be able to sit down to eat and not get up
hungry -4
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
German Notion of Indemnity Basis.

We are indebted to Herr Matthias Erzberger
for the first mixing Of the German attitude as
to indemnity. This astute and influential Ba-
varian gives it as his opinion that the terms Of
the armistice settle the whole question. Under
that document, Germany will be required to re-
store certain districts in France and Belgium,
make some sort of reparation to the people, do
the same for Serbia, and so settle the bill. If
discussion by the French authorities supported
by suggestions from British and American lead
ers, may be taken as indicating the trend of
thought among the victors Herr Erzberger is
destined to be shocked So far no really good
reason has been brought forward why Germany
should not pay the entire war bill, including
punitive and exemplary damages to devastated
sections 1t is Quite certain that the war was
deliberately brought on by the German leaders,
and it is equally certain that had they won the
world would have been called upon to compen-
safe Germany on terms fixed in Berlin. The
picture of Bismarck at Versailles in 1871 is too
fresh in the minds of men then living to admit
of any other conclusion. Only one thing will
prevent the entire war bill being paid by the
Germans, and that is the limit to their capacity
to produce wealth. The damage they inflicted
was deliberately DONE and payment will be ex-
acted in justice therefor.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
Warming Against Swell Head

There are reasons why Field Marshal Haig's
little talk to the newspaper correspondents in
Cologne was an impressive utterance. AS SOL
diers'' lives depend upon clear orders, army COM
manders use words to express, not to conceal,
thought ...,..
So when General Haig says, do not let us
get sweled heads over our victory the same
as other persons did after 1870" he puts forth
a, thought which will repay bordering The
Germans had been riding for fall ever since
1871. Victory stole away their old-fashioned
Germai, morality and set them daft with wicked
plans for world conquest. No one knows bet
ter than General Haig how near they came to
success, but they failed, and an anguished
Europe is left to bear for years the burden Of
their havoc.
Let Kultur be the grisly skeleton at the feast
Of victorious nations in Versailles. Remember
Germany after 1870! Let none of the. trium-
plant peoples in council get swelled heads
over our victory" That way lie new sorrows
for posterity-New York World.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
The Armenian Tragedy
Bv William Howard Taft.

Now why the need of money for the Armen.
ians? You know their story? Abdul Hamid
was the Sultan of Turkey. He was a sweet
scented individual In 1896 he deliberately d.
rected the killing of 100000 Armenians. Who
are the Armenians? They are one of the oldest
Christian people in the world. They lived in a
province that lies north of Mesopotamia east
Of Asia Minor, west of Persia and south of the
Black sea. 1t is province of mountains and
valleys. There were 100000 Armenians that
lived in that country who cultivated the valleys
and made them blossom as the rose" The
Turks hated them because they were Christians;
hated them because they were industrious and
dustry. Abdul Hamid, as / say, directed the
killing, and succeeded in killing 100000 in 1896.
England, France and Russia interviewed and
stopped the further killing; they made Abdul
Hamid fee away. And so William Hohenzol-
lern concluded that was a good time to secure
additional concession, and he went down to
Constantinople the year after this murder of
l000O0-and he took that sweet-scented muir
derer-the sutan--into his arms and he kissed
him on both cheeks.
Well. even the Turks found that Abdul-Ha
mid smelled too loud, and they got rid Of him;
and the young Turks, who were supposed to be
retormers land they reformed in some re-
spects) came into power But they retained
their feeling toward the Armenians.
When England summoned her Indian troops
to fght-some of them were Mohammedans-
Berlin said Horrible! They are summoning
Mohammedans to fight Christians" although
Germany even then had formed alliance
with the Turks. When these young Turks
found themselves safe in connivance and de-
cisive alliance with Germany they said "Now we
can continue that charitable policy of our pred
ecessor, Abdul-Hamid." And they did Turkey
had invited the German officers into her army
the army was Differed by Germans They d.
rected that army to go into Armenia and de-
port 100000 Armenians, and they did. Six hun
dred thousand escaped. The other 100000
were driven by that army to the deserts OF
Mesopotamia and Syria, and in the drive de-
liberately killed men, women and children by
rifle ball, by bayonet, by knife by driving them
over precipices, by driving them into deep-run-
ming rivers-out Of the 100000 who escaped
nearly 100000 died of starvation
One who was on the border of Persia told
me he went to German officer and said: "For
Gods sake, can't you stop the butchery of these
men, women and children?" The German off
Ger clicked his heels together and said: Stand
back, the time for mercy has passed"
That Is the story of those unfortunate peo-
pie. This Armenian relief has been organized
now for some years; it needs money; it is
spending it well and effectively; it is helping
the poor people where it can find them.
There is to be drive for $30000,000 with
that object and end, the management of which
is by some of the most prominent business men
and the most worthy men in the country; you
| can be sure that the money, whatever is given
will be properly administered for people that
need it sorely.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-31
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE

Wonder how Grand Islands horse
meat market fares these piping
times?
Seward County Tribune happily
phrases the sentiments Of the season
in these words: MAY the sunshine
OF the new year blot from the pages
Of your memory all the shadows of
the past"
Alliance wants to try out the city
manager plan and will ask permits
sion Of the legislature. An airplane
tournament is also projected. A live
burg knows no bounds to the fights
Of progress.
Editor M. A. Brown Of the Kear-
ney Hub is on the sick list at home
and the subs on the job are throw
ing all kinds of levity at the dignity
Of the editorial column. That kind
Of medicine ought to bring the boss
to the shop swinging a stout club.
Up in Burt county where the folks
know each other, little sympathy
Is shown for Tom Kerl, convicted Of
seditious utterances in the federal
court and fined $4,000. 1--WE think
the court let him off too easy" re-
marks the Burt County Herald.
''There would have been few regrets
if he had been ordered interned for
a number of years, or, better still.
had ordered him deported"
Sidney Enterprise hops to the
newspaper footlights, bows to the
baldheaded row and whispers, 81 am
81" The giddy young thing!
Imagine the Fremont Tribune and
the Nebraska City Press patriarchs
of IS and 60, respectively, giving the
youngster the glad hand in memory
Of their nimble days, thinking the
while, Gosh, how the kids do grow"
A speed maniac at Kearney gave
as an excuse for driving big service
car into another car, coming very
near snuff1ng out the life Of a young
woman, that frost on his windshield
prevented seeing what was ahead.
What the law dispenser did in the
case is not stated. but the occasion
was tempting one for a retest of
the shoe leather method of making
the reckless see stars.