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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

patriotism undoubtedly being at the
bottom of it, and becoming violent the
sheriff was notified. Mr.. Haley was
brought here and cared for until
Monday night when he was taken to
Fargo and given into the hands of rel
atives who will care for him. His de-
rangement is thought to be temper
airy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
TO DESTROY WHEAT CROP NEXT
California Sends Out Warming That
Teutons Will Distribute Poison
Gus Pollen

Germany's latest attempts to de-
stroy the wheat crop of California and
other states has taken the form of
shipment to this country Of powerful
poisonous pollen to be distributed by
German agents here in such manner
as to kill the entire wheat output of
California, according to bulletin is
sued last week by the state council of
defense.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
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. GRASSLAND. Q

y y q y y y y y y y y WV
Quite number Of the Grassland
young people spent an enjoyable eve
ming last Friday at the Community
dance in Logan, which was given for
the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Roy Hull has been assisting Mr..
T. f. Ramsey this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Wilson and Mr..
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
CONSUMPTION OF RICE
 :.. BOOSTED BY THE WAR

DALLAS, Tex-The war resulted in increased production and increas- ed consumption of rice in Texas dur in the last year. An extensive cam paign in the South for greater acre age, and for use of rice as a sub- stitute for wheat was largely re- sponsible.
 Big producers in Texas, where 3,O00,000 sacks of rough rice is grown annually, believe that the war has taught housewives the value of rice as food and that the increase in consumption will continue. It is estimated that thirty-eight per cent of the country's annual production of rice is grown on the 30O,OOO acres under cultivation in Texas. The product of the large rice mills in southern Texas, where extensive crops have been put in, is valued at $6,000,000 producers say.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
MANY VICTIMS OF EPIDEMIC IN
 NORTH MEXICO

JUAREZ, Mexico-Graves plowed like furrows in open fields, zerapas used as shrouds and wood wagons for hearses were made necessary by the influenza epidemic which swept over northern Mexico following the appearance of the disease on the American border.
 All efforts to have funeral services were abandoned when the churches were forced to close because of the spread of the disease.
 Medical attention was out of the question for there were only few doctors in the small settlements and many of these were victims of the disease. The supply of drugs was soon exhausted and urgent requests were sent to the border from Chi huahua City, Parral and Durango City for medical supplies. These were permitted to be sent by the United States war trade board in spite of the fact they appeared on the conservation list of prohibited articles for export. One shipment contained 300 pounds of epson salts and large quantities of other drugs
 Medical students were taken from the hospitals in Mexico City to care for the sick and volunteer nurses recruited from the best families in the large cities for service in the small towns under the White Cross. the national relief organization in Mexico, similar to the Red Cross. Nenaua, Where Rails and Rivers n6aef
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
PIGEONS PROVE VALUE

A carrier pigeon was one of the heroes of the most striking episodes of the battle of Verdun. During the siege of the fort of Vaux, Command ant Raynal had no means of com municating with the exterior. Dur ing the fierce fighting around the Thiaumont farm, contradictory re- ports reached the rear as to the oc- cupation of the position. The car rier pigeon was the only means by which officers in command could learn the exact situation.
 While the Germans were making one of their strongest attacks, all the telephone lines were destroyed and the enemy's curtain fire made the use of couriers impossible. Re- Inducements were required to hold position with no means of com municating with the rear until Lieu tenant Colonel Girardin sent several pigeons. back to the headquarters where they arrived in twenty to twenty-five minutes, and the rein forcements were promptly sent up.
 When the Germans made violent effort to take the position of Froid- terre, Captain Dartiges, in command there, was cut off from the rear. At nine o'clock in the morning he sent pigeon back to announce that the enemy was within 800 yards of the works. At ten o'clock he an nounced by the same means that the position was surrounded by the enemy. At eleven he informed the staff that the situation was critical but that the garrison would fight to the last man. Thus kept in touch with the situation, the staff was able to take steps that resulted in the breaking of the line around the posi- tion.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
NEWS IS RECEIVED
 OF BOYS IN ARMY

In a letter to a friend from Des- Moines, Iowa, under date of Nov ember 10, Robert Swe, one of the Nenana draftees, tells of the move ments of the boys and of the life in the city near the camp.
 He was enjoying short fur tough at Des Moines, which is close to Camp Dodge, at the time the letter was written, and from all accounts was having a good time.
 He makes no reference to the in fluenza epidemic and it is believed that the disease has been stamped out in that camp.
 While at DesMoines he met Glen Dickinson, formerly attached to the local Signal Corps. Glen is a ser geant now, and was on furlough when Swe met him. Lester Earhart, who was reported dead some time ago, also happened to be in town at the same time as Swe.
 He says that nine boys from Camp Dodge were transferred to the officers training school at Camp Pike, among whom were Grady Sum- merlin, Kenneth Case. Ralph Darl- ing, William Fury, Jack Miller and Sam Songer, all of whom were of the Nenana bunch. Fury, Miller and Songer being of the regulars from Fort Gibbon, and were doing guard duty here
 Swe says that almost all of them intend hitting the trail for the North just as soon as they are discharged
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
JAP WORKERS AWAKEN

The recent food riots in Japan are dangerous symptoms of wid- ening social cleavage, in the opinion of Toshio Fujiwara, leading busi- ness man of Tokio, and an authority on social questions. He contrasts the conditions under which the working class of Japan live with the enormous profits of great enter prises, and sees in the ostentation of the countless war millionaires a social irritant which is causing the theories of western agitators to work on the minds of the Japanese wage earners.
 MT. Fujiwara thinks that Japan csc skilled workmen have already acquired the ideas of the working people of western countries. He adds: "These ideas, unfortunately mostly in wrong sense, are steadily working upon the minds of our working people, especially those in big cities like Tokio, Osaka, etc." He continues:
 'Leadc~s of the nation are there fore stro -gly urged to adopt some measures for relief of the general discontent so that disaster may be avoided. Should this general dis content Of the working class be left without remeuy, we may have more serious out.ursts and these may
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
WEALTH OF THE BALKANS

"The mineral deposits in the Bal kans are of such extent that the Serbs, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Ru- manians may make the peninsula i'm mensely rich after the war if they quit fighting and settle down to business" said the Rev. Francis Jager, of Minneapolis, who spent eight months with the Allied armies doing American Red Cross work.
 "Why, the principal pastime of a lot of French soldiers there was washing out the gold from the river bottoms. The mountains are rich in coal, zinc, lead, gold, iron and oil. This is particularly true of the terri tory claimed by the Serbs. Last winter the soldiers about Monastir kept themselves warm by digging coal. I saw one group of soldiers dig holes two feet down and strike a six-inch vein of coal, and on dig ging further down they struck a vein which did not give out after depth of eighteen feet.
 "In going about among the poor families O. the country l frequently found them in possession of pieces of almost pure gold. They told me they had picked it up out of the beds of nearby streams.
 Austria and Germany expected to open up the East by their Bagdad railway, and pick up the Balkan wealth as they went along.
 ''The only way to settle the Bal kan question seems to me along racial lines, making the Serbs an independent state. 1 am of Serb origin myself and have studied the question. The Serb state ought to have its boundaries determined by a neutral commission speaking the language and going carefully over the ground. If this is not done, if the boundaries are determined ar bitrarily, there will be more trouble
 "The Serbs have not yet lost their spirit, despite all their war troubles. During the last advance on the Bull gars and Germans the Serb soldiers fought savagely, and when wounded let the surgeons operate on them without flinching, despite the ab- solute lack of ether or chloroform. All the wounded asked was cigar cite during the operations"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
MEN DISCHARGED
 AT ST MICHAEL
 FROM 1HE ARMY

Telegrams received locally by friends of some of the boys who were drafted into the service of the country and who are, at present, with the troops stationed at St. Michael, indicate that several of them have been discharged from the service, and lends color to the be. lief that all of the boys of the last draft quota have been discharged.
 The telegrams stating that they had been discharged from the army and were about to start for Nenana were from Bob Sabanoff, Jack Bat off and Hanback, Tamaeff, the first two are Nenana registrants, and the last Fairbanks registrant, but was called to the colors at Nenana.
 The message from Bob Sabanoff states that he will be leaving for Nenana in three days from date and that seven others are coming in with him. He does not state who the seven are, but it is Nken to mean that they are also discharged sol diers of the Alaska draft contingent.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14

bring about a catastrophe to the em- pire."
 MT. Fujiwara urges that Japanese statesmen learn lesson from American and British statesmen in the handling of national problems, especially food problems. Improve ment of the living conditions of the working classes in Japan, he be- lieved to be urgently imperative, and this reform should be inaugu- rated in the big cities of Tokio and Osaka.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
SOON FOR
 BOYS AT CAMP DODGE

Fowler X Morris received a tele- gram today from Leo Roderique from Camp Dodge, to the effect that the Alaskans there expect to ue dis charged at the end of the year, ahd that they are all planning to come North immediately
 Roderique formerly ran road house in the Hot Springs district and joined the service by voluntary enlistment
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14

According to advices received from the coast, T. J. German, an old-time Alaskan canneryman, died from diabetes at New Orleans, where he had gone some time ago.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Sunday school will be held in the office building opposite the post office, Sunday at 1 p. m.
 The regular service will be held at the same place at 2 p. m., the subject will be: "God, the Preserver of Man."
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-14

Herb Miller, locomotive engineer on engine No. PIP, leaves for Fair banks on Hollands stage on Monday for a vacation
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
CONSUMERS LEAGUE
OPENS CAMPAIGN
Movement to Raise Years Budget
Inaugurated at Luncheon
at Hotel du Pont.

The Consumers League will open .
campaign for procuring funds for its
budget for the coming year, at a luncheon
and meeting held in the rose room of the
Hotel du Pont today. Owen X. Lovejoy,
secretary of the National Child Labor
Committee. and Mrs. Florence Kelly,
secretary of the National Consumers
League, are here for the luncheon and
for the afternoon meetings, one to he
held at the hotel immediately at the
conclusion of the luncheon, when Mr..
Loveiov's subject is to- be Maintaining
Standards" and the other Mt 3 o clock ut
the home OF Mrs. G. II. Miller, when
Mrs. Kelly will SPEAK
Rev. Charles l.. Candee, member OF
the advisory board, presided ut the
luncheon and seated at the speakers
table with him were Mr. LoveIoy
Mrs. Kelly. Mayor John W. Lawson,
George b Miller, president of the Board
of Education and Mrs Miller, Miss Alice
Smythe. and Mrs William Staniar,
president of the league. Those of the
advisory board who were at the luncheon
included Dean Winifred j. Robinson Of
the Womcns College, +. VI. Jones of
Georgetown Frederick Brady Of Middle
town, Caleb T.. Burchcnal J. Edgar
Rhoads and |. b. Finkclstcin.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
SOCIAL AND DANCE.
p. X. X. Shop Clerks Enioy Third Month
~ Function on Thursday Evening.

The shop clerks of the Pennsylvania
r. X. Co held their third monthly social
and dance on Thursday evening IN the
private ballroom Of the Hotel Nobls.
Several contests were arranged and the
winners awarded prizes rs follows: Flag
contest, Richard Elliason; spot dance.
Hagncr and Joseph Clark, ,Jr., twisted
animal contest, II. w. Jones.
After completing the pleasing program,
n buffet lunch was served.
The following were present: Mr.. and
Mrs. w X. Cash, Mr.. and Mrs. w =.
wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs. W. {. Press,
MIR and Mrs H. N. White. Mr.. and Mrs
John r. Burrows, Mrs Eleanor kendell,
Mrs. Myrtle II. Mendenhall, Misses
Elizabeth l.. Miller, Grace A. Foster,
Gail Repp, Esther Butler, Dorothy Repp,
LcVerne Hoddinott, Ethel Hagner, Eliza
beth Hcllngcr, Elizabeth Morton, Sadie
Hates, Anna llallman. Helen Me
elaine. Elizabeth Frazer, Evelyn O'Byrno
Messrs. W. W. Rice, J. w. Jones, Joseph
Clark r. -. Brittingham, X. II. Reed,
T.. l.. Kaufman. n. $, Shtofman, II. T..
Thomas, W w Gross, s. Schorr, ID
Groll, Gus kindcll o. Gordy, William
Sayers, q II Bopart, William Page, John
Quinn. l.. II. Moore, II. Elliason.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
DEATHS.

BARNARD In This city. on March l8
Iois. Harry Barnard
Funcrai and inicrment private March
HOLT In thi, city on March rs. 1919
it0hcrt Naiicau. son of Frank and
t'rac" Eaileau Holt aged 3 months
Relatives and friends arr invited 70 attend
he fuucral services a. the rcs fdencp of his
1903 south Franklin street on Monday
affcrnoon ~ O'Clock intermcnt AZ
silvrrhrook cemetery
MOORE In this city. on March l5. 1919
Arthur "a. eldest son ~ Percy y and
Emma ! Moore aged - years
Relatives and friends arc invited 10 attend
hc funeral SERVICES AZ The residence RI his
parents No IOlS Bennett street on Mon
LAY afternoon March ~ az J o'clock.
InterInrut at Elktnn Nd on TUESDAY
March ~
PIERCE III this city on March 10. 1918.
Iurriia " widow ~ William Pierce IN
her 10th year
Relatives and friends are invited 10 az
tend the funeral seryices ~ the rrsidenre
Of her son. Everett Pierce %O 2SI2 Wash
inRton street, on Tuesday afternoon. March
~. 1913. az O'Clock. interment A. old
krnncft ia
ROBERT n this city. on March IT.. 1915
Walter 4 Roberts aged ~ years
Relatives and friends and St Johns Com
mandery, No Z X II are invited 70 at
end the funeral services az his late resi-
dence. 24Ol jefferson street on Tuesday
afternoon March TO- al O'clock Inter
mont - kivcrview cemetery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
SUMMON DRAFTEES.
Board No. 2 Issues Notice 10 Men to
Appear Monday.

Local Board No. 2, has notified the
following men that they must report
Monday next or be liable 10 classification
as slackers
George Primrose, S0l Locust street.
James Washington, 1926 T.. 10th -.
Howard Henderson, 702 Church street.
Earle r.. Bouchelle, $50 Lombard 81.
These men have failed 10 apply for
physical examination. The Office will be
open Monday evening w well ms through
the day
In the matter of men accused OF being
slackers. who failed TO return question
naircs, Mr. Farren issues a warning TO the
parents and relatives Of all men who have
changed address, especially il they have
joined some branch of the army or navy
and are in active service, that this does
not relieve them from filling out the
questionnaire.
Every man TO whom a questionnaire is
sent must fill it out, and his new address
il nefcssary, and should be communicated
to the board, so that the papers may be
cent 10 him 10 fill out SO long as he ls
recorded as failing ~ fill a QUESTIONABLE,
he IS liable TO be put on the delinquent list,
"a Stacker" IN other words
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
EXECUTORS SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE

VIII be sold at Public sale on Monday.
Narch -. 1918 a. 10 clock. a. m at he
County Court House. a. Wilmington. Della
ware. ne following described real estate
No Il hnoWn as No. lO1 West Eighth
street. Wilmington. Delaware having
frontage ot - feet on { Ne northerly side OF
West Eighth street, and extending that
width porf aerig distance Of 10 feet
30 huown as No. IFS Logan street
% about II feet On Logan street aud *
tending nat width depth Of aDoUt 10
faet
No q Known a. No. 20 logan street
Wilmington. Delaware. having a frontage
Of about IT feet On Logan street ana eg-
feet
30 known as No l22 Logan street
Wilmin-t0u. Dclawarr. having a front age
III abuut 1T fret an logan srrert and t-1-
tending nat width q depth ~ about 10
feet
80 IN unimproved lot Of ground I'll
catesi AZ the southwest corner ~ clayton
and EIffh streets. Wilmington Dciasar
having frontage of q feet SIX inches on
Clayton street. and extending that width
q .eptn oi q feet on Fifth struet
No g.. known lots Nos. - and ~ on
plan of Montrose. located on Marion
avenue. beginning lo5 feet nOrthN esterly
from the nOrthwes berly side Of Eleventh
formerly Tenth street. having 4 frontage
~ ~ i'Tt or Marion avenue and eAtenIinz
that width b depth of 100 feet
Attendance will he given anu terms made
known on 1an Gay Of sale by
E.1ItTABLE TRUST COMPANY
and v lillian T.. HAW nI&S.
EXECUTORS OF JAMES VI. BRYAN
DECEASED
RODNEY. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
ENTERTAIN SAILORS.
Mems Class nj West Church Prove De-
lightful Hosts.

At regular monthly meeting of tho
mems class of the West Presbyterian
Church, last night, large delegation OF
sailors were entertained.
In the business meeting, which pre-
ceded the social meeting, n resolution was
adopted indorSng the National Constr
tutional Prohibition Amendment, as was
also resolution protesting against the
Congressional Amendment To the postal
laws increasing the rates on magazines
and newspapers from 80 to 800 per cent.
Copies of the above resolutions were for
warded To Senators Wolcott and Sauls-
bury and Representative Polk.
The social meeting began with the
singing Of America" by the audience,
followed by a piano duet by the Misses
Viola NlofTett and Anna Staats.
Mrs J. T.. Fuller reclted the Passing
OF the Flag" and much To the delight of
the sailors responded with several Negro
dialect stories The West quartet, COM
posed of Mcssrs. Clymer Jones, Spry and
Nandersloot. rendered several comic Sc
lections and the Cookman quartet also
sang Assistant Pastor W. Nj. Smith re-
cited the poem The Boy " no is in Blue
\ feature was Burns and Denney. who
gave several skits.
The ladies of the church decided that
store cakes were not good enough for their
sailor guests, and under the direction of
Mrs. Smiley several large, fancy cakes
were baked and served, and also for the
sailors to take on shipboard with them.
Dispute ran high as To which of the two
companies present should have the most
cakes but the matter was finally settled
amlcably.
The program closed with the singing OF
The Star Spanglcd Banner.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
HOLL VEG ADMITS
DEMAND ON FRANCE
German Ambassador Was In.
structed TO Ask Forts as
Price Of Neutrality.
a. A>,aaa,cd Ir,>s 10 Every E,en,ng

itt ASSN tRA4 ! AN7Ne Naf ttNtAS t-NN4iti4~
amsterdam. Holland. March II la
an interview published in the \eusic
\arLuchtcu 81 Berlin. pr vun Rcth-
ulaun-Hollwcg admits The truth oi the
statement madc recently hy stephen
pichon French iorIgu minister respect
ng Germany attitude toward France
"a IA, time oi the outbreak OF the war
NJ plchon SAID that on July 81. 1919.
Dr Won Bet hmann- Hollwee. then t,tI-
man chancellor instructed Baron Won
~choen. then t,crlnan ambassador ~
Pans. 10 demand that France ii she
desired 20 REMAIN neutral IN ;hc war
hetvecn RUSSIA and Germany should
hand over to Germany as "a guarantee
of neutrahty the fortrcs>e> of Toui and
crdun. 70 bc occupied until after the war
Dr won Bethmann-fiollwcg says.
THE Russian genera! mobilization
furnished lndisputahle proof hat those
factors which welded power III Russia
over the head of the Emperor desired
war III all circumstances NJ instruct ions
% BarOn von Schpcn on July 81. 1914,
have been brought to light But what
have these instructions la do with Rus
sIan mobilization and the attitude OF
France
NO one could seriously doubt That
We had not only ;o fight against the Rus
sim mobilization. but also to fight France
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
DINE COLLEAGUE.
A. J. Butler Guest Of District Agents OF
Life Insurance Company.

Alexander J. Butler. FOR the past siN-
teen years a member Of the staff of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
WAS rendered luncheon at the Hotter
du Pont at o clock this afternoon lay the
district supcrintcndcnts Of the company
Mr. Butler is well known and especially
for his excellent voice. he being n prom
incnt singer in Catholic circles
The occasion Of the fete was his leaving
to JOIN n forces o. the du Pont
Powder Company At Pompton Lakes,
y J., for which place Mr. Butler will
leave on Monday The ,upcrintcndents
presented him with handsome leather
travelling bag
Those present at the affair were, T. ].
Evans. who acted as toastmastcr, ]. B.
Plack'ston. Harry + Holiday; Joseph
Mention. II r Wilson II g Jcrvis,
Waiter Smith Thomas, Boyle and Vii
lard Narnnll and othcr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
STATE DRIVE" FOR BOYS.
Busy Program Arranged for Next Week.

Federal State Director Jos. NJ. Arm
strong Of the [ = Bows Working Reserve.
announced today. that, IN accordance
with President Wilson's proclamation
making the week beginning March Is
national enrolment week. he has arranged
for series of lectures and meetings
through out the high schools Of the
State. 10 arouse interest IN obtaining
volunteers for the movement
President Wilson. in his proclamation.
allOtS 10 each state the number OF volun-
te r needed lor the movement, Della
wares allotment being but 800 Yer
mont Is the only state whose allotment Is
- low ~ Delaware-.
The first meeting oi the drive" will
be held Sunday night 81 the \ Dung Men
Hebrew Association Director Arm
strong. Daniel O. Hastings, David Smell
Ienburg and RabhIs Samuel 4. Rabino-
witz and ID. B. SYircn will speak
On Monday 81 S45 4. m, Daniel o.
Hastings will speak At the Friends School,
81 q m Director Armstrong and Thos-
+ Bayard viii speak at the Wilmington
High School ~ 10 a. m; J.. Irving Handy
viii speak at the du Pont High School
al 20 q IT.
Director Armstrong and Henry H.
ISa'ttS v iil Spc1h AZ IItIth are 1oIlege,
and at - noon the same speakers will
be 1t Newark High School
Tuesday at 8 a M, Richard s. Rodney
will speak at tie New Castle High School
Wednesday 1T 10 e. m, Mr. Armstrong
and Henry Ridgely will speak before the
Dover High School and at , p. m, Mr.
Armstrong and J. Hall Anderson will
be at the CHsar Rodney Consolidated
High school in Wyoming
The lower part % the state will be
covered the latter part OF the week by
Mr. Armstrong. with the assistance Of
other speakers 10 be announced later
MIR Armstrong states enthusiastically
that with such competent help and the
support Of the high schools throughout
the State, he expects to put over Della
wares quota long before any other
State has reached theirs