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GERMAN WASTAGE.

ne WtdhtI uttNuID VA thV
has given rise to renewed speculations
as to the present strength OF Germany
in men. On this subject the daily sup
plements OF the British Government
are publishing figures which throw an
entirely new light on the problem. The
ingenious estimates of NJ. Andre
Cheradame are doubtless very near the
truth, but figures based on population
and casualty lists have a primary de-
feet, that they have essentially spec
ulative quality. While It may be pos
sible by a philosophical method of in
ference to draw conclusions from the
data of census figures and reports on
killed and wounded and prisoners, the
fact remains that these figures are
wholly on one side Of the account
This appears to be true even II the
balance Is struck by bringing In the
gains Of men in the shape of the an
nual classes OF recruits. whose num-
bers are not known, but are estimated
on a basis Of population. In this way
1t is possible to argue very plausibly
and reach the conclusion that Ger
many must have modified 100000
men and must have lost in net about
5000, 900. But what Of the wastage
from disease and from many causes OF
loss to which armies are liable?
Recently these figures were made
known for the first time to the Ger
mans themselves, and through Brit
ish official sources to the rest Of the
world. The Surgeon-General of the
German army supplied them to the
Main Committee Of the Reichstag
These figures are entirely specific,
representing actual losses; they stand
out as realities, not quantities depend
ing upon the working out OF equa-
lions. The numbers of killed and
wounded are not given, which Is sig
niflcant; but it is stated on what ap-
pears to be the correct figures that
about 100000 wounded and invalided
men have been returned to duty. The
loss to the fighting forces may be
gathered from other figures. Thus
approximately $4,000 men have beer
discharged as permanently unfit
There are many cripples. 1--WE have
now" says the Surgeon General
$4,000 crippled men,"
On the othehr hand, the loss from
tuberculosis has been $4,000, which
must be regarded as a good showing
and wastage from this disease in the
army has been less than in the civil
population. But the most important
figure by FAR is the death rate from
sickness Of all kinds. No authentic
| estimate or statement has been made
| until this forced admission to the
Reichstag that the rate during the
past year was l per cent, a drop OF
| n per cent. from the rate in the early
years Of the war. The Improvement
is said to be due to the fact that
cholera, which was rife in 1915 and
1915, has been largely stamped out
and that the losses from typhus have
| also been diminishing.
1t seems reasonable to suppose that
this improvement has taken place, for
medical science has made great ad-
vances during the war. Yet in spite
| Of this favorable circumstance 1t car
be shown from these figures that the
wastage of men in Germany has been
most serious and seems to justify some
of the more pessimistic accounts
from the German standpoint-pub-
I G-t
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in the manifesto Of the six great leu
tonic steel associations:

touiC steti usSOClutlOuss
IF the production OF pig iron and OF
steel had not been doubled since August,
1914, the continuation OF the war would
be impossible, while II the Lorraine sup
ply had been interfered with the war
would virtually be lost"
French Lorraine. with its deposits
Of s,ooo.ootooo tons of rich ore 81
necessary to German industries, was
an alluring bit Of loot for German
conquest. 1t was the most convenient
prize that Berlin could bangle. for 1t
seemed to supply an economic need
and at the same time to satisfy the
demands of the military party. For
this reason Germany is evidently
stalking heavily upon the retention
Of this territory and will abandon
her claims to 1t either on the field OF
battle or diplomacy with poor grace
and only after hard fight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
LOUIS THE CHEMIST.
He Points to the Peanut as q Source
OF Opium.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Mr..
Collingwood might be interested in the
fact that II opium Is scarce in the trade
the narcotic hides itself in the much
ridiculed peanut. This Is known to
physicians and food experts but the
general public is not aware of it.
For insomnia eat twenty to thirty
before supper, say at p, NJ. II not
relieved. eat two handfuls the next
evening.
At the same time peanuts prove Won
derfully satisfactory as a laxative.
My experience Is testimony for the
peanuts twofold efficacy as a remedial
agent,
l do not charge any fee for this
prescription. LOUIS NJ. EILsHEMius.
All Round Relief Oliver.
NEW YORK, septsJbber 10.
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Senate Committee HcnriMg.

A warning that eventual ruin f'r 80
whole dry goods business of the '"Hl''F
might follow the conclusion OF pca'r H'
less the inventory system was o.''r"l
in the provisions OF the Revenue y. "'S
given TO the Senate Committee O..
nance by s. l.. Swarts Of New N'-
counsel for the National Dry G'o.S Ne
sociation.
The committee was told that 'no '.'--
ent merchandise values were 80 "''
mally high that 900 per cent, above "
pre-war normal was not an 'n'.'Ii' ,
state of affairs In most OF the "A'' 'l
goods carried by the merchants
Tho suggestion advanced 10y ~" ~
tional Dry Goods Association "d' '."'
Section 2O2 of the Revenue h,'i "' ''N
framed should be amended. Tie '''''' 70
reading OF the section Is; lhhi VIC
ever in the opinion of the Comw'-' ..
the use of inventories Is uCccSS ~
order clearly to determine the nv ''. ..
any taxpayer inventories shall De- ''N'
by such taxpayer upon such bass -
Commissioner. with the apfT"NAl OF
Secretary, may approve or irts'T'"" ~
most clearly rejecting the income "' ''
taxpayer" ate
On behalf of the dry goods mon ..
Swarts suggested the following W''".'
ment:
"A reasonable allowance bong pare
for the increased cost of merchand","
inventoried. over the average cost "' ~,
merchandise during the pre-war pe''.'
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Where is the censor7 Is 1t not his
duty to see to It that news indicative
Of American degeneration is kept out
Of the newspapers lest 1t seep through
into Germany? Yet the enervating an
nouncement is boldly printed that the
Hon. HINKY DINK KENNA, once the
most famous dispenser OF Rum in all
Chicago, Is now going to open an ice
cream parlor!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

the circumstance that II was signed
by RoBEHr LANSING and not by
WOODROW WILSON. 1t was Mr.. Will
soN's own. THE President of the
United States" wrote the Secretary
Of State to his Holiness the Pope,
requests me to transmit the follow
Ing reply" And the Secretary of
State accordingly transmitted the
Presidents reply.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
Why Germany Will Fight for the
French Lorraine Iron Dis trict.

General PERsHING, in pushing his
advance northward from the St.
Mihlel region, endangers the German
hold upon the iron district of Brley-
Longwy, which to Berlin and the steel
interests Of the German Empire rep
resented by the Krupps, Rathenaus
and Thyssens, was to be one Of the
richest prizes of conquest.
When her grasp upon this region
was more secure than Mt present Ger
many spoke with arrogant confidence
Of the mines Of Briey and Longwy,
and of the wealth of mineral which
was to come from Belgium and Lux
emburg. After the restoration of
peace" wrote Professor EBERHARD
GorHEIN, Privy Counsellor and one
Of the foremost Of German authorities
on mining, Iron will be our best ar
tlcle Of expectation, enabling us to
gain those foreign markets which we
have lost for the time being" This
assertion was made in the face of the
fact that the mines Of upper Silesia
were rapidly becoming exhausted and
that in other fields there was no new
discovery of iron ore.
The exhaustion of the Silesian de-
post was foreseen years ago by the
German financiers and accounts in n
large measure for the establishment
in western Germany of such i'm
portant establishments as the Krupps
and the development in comparatively
recent years Of the Rhine Valley into
what Germany considers "the great
centre Of the European iron indus
try" The various iron deposits in
this western portion of the empire, In
the Ruhr and the Siegerland districts,
have all been connected with the
Rhine Valley furnaces by railways or
canals. Looking forward to the pos,
session of the Briey-Longwy region
the Imperial Secretary of the Treas.
ury said that products Of the mines
could be transported without great
difficulty or cost of freight. The sit.
uatlon in this regard, he declared
would be still more favorable "after
the Moselle River will have been i'm.
proved, as we ought to have done be
fore, as the lessons Of the war are
teaching U.S."
Another lesson of the war to Ger,
many is the vital Importance to her OF
iron. 1t is, In fact. one Of the acute
economic questions that she must face
She has been importing large
amount of iron from Spain and alsc
a considerable quantity Of purer ORE
from Sweden. MAURICE ALFAssE, II
his recent work upon the mineral re
sources of the French Lorraine dis
| trict, says that up to the war the
steel produced In Germany was 1000,
600 tons a year, but that 1t is now
2S,O00,000 tons, of which 21,0O0,00t
tons comes from the invaded terri
tory Of Lorraine.
| Germany is looking back with re
greet that she let France Off SO easy
in the settlement of 1871. Professor
GoTHEIN says In his statement thai
nobody understood the great impor
lance of the Lorraine low grade ore
when Germany annexed part of the
iron district, otherwise the frontier
would have been fixed differently
NJ. ALFAssE brings out this point II
making his estimates upon the Ger
man productions. He says that tn,
Lorraine ores are mixed, containing
lime and phosphorus, which are of su
preme Importance in modern steel pro
duction. What the ores Of this sec
ton mean to aermaay is summed Vi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

Describing the appearance Of the
Kaiser at the Krupp Works. the Lokal
AnseiQer says:
I'm his eyes shone the defiant CLEAN
Of Prussian king"
Even through the anonymity of the
article can be perceived the incom-
parable enthusiasm of KARL RosNER,
the Kaisers personal correspondent for
the AnseiOer, who has been In literary
seclusion lately.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
New Clinics TO he Opened.

New clinics will he opened AZ = .'''
ket street. 1863 Mott street and 80 -
haitian street. under the direction ~
Maternity Centre Association ana W.
operated In addition to the htie''
natal and maternity clinics con-
by the association. Mrs. John ;, h.A'
president OF the association, r,' i.,'
that the work had grown 10 sucA AN
tent that the new clinics had ''
necessary,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

necessity which for the broadening Of
Varick street must condemn this ia
nous edifice with associations dating
far before tho commercial needs of
Varick street were known.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

Ane blars All sang toBetner
Upon creations morn,
But never came such music
Since earth was newly born
Now bark! again the anthem
Is sounding from the sky;
Again the peals of glory
Are ringing from on high.
The gold stars sing together
Above our grief and tears:
They sing the new creation,
The music OF the spheres.
McLLNppuRoH WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

The War Lords Of Germany. infiu-
enced by unchanging military misfor-
tune. may soon find themselves I'M
consciously agreeing with a famous
American General Of the last century.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
A Liberty Loan ouestIonna ire.

To stimulate subscriptions to the
new Government bond issue 1t has
been proposed that the police carry
into every home Liberty Loan ques-
tionnaire, which, as drawn up and
printed ready for use, suggests the
polished manners, graceful tact and
delicate sympathy Of a Prusslan cor
poral in Jackboots putting Belgian
villagers through the Third Degree
For undlluted cheerful idlocy the re.
cent Stacker raids are not to be men.
toned In the same breath with this
questionable. Some of the questions
the police are to see that the citizen
answers in black and white are:
Did you subscribe TO the FIRST Liberty
Loan?
did you subscribe to the second LID
erty loan?
Ibid you subscribe to the third Lib.
erty loan?
will you subscribe to the fourth Lib
erty loan7
Reasons for not subscribing to any
Of the loans7"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

Surely under your direction New
York. for the time being. can make one
building do the work Of two--Chair-
man BARucH Of the Wdr Industries
Board to Mayor HYLAN.
Oh, the hlarney of BARNEY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

A sad loss OF architectural and his
torical values is entailed in the destruc-
ton Of st. Johns Chapel. 1t Ia a harsh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

Have you ever served in any connec-
ton with a foreign army? II so. in
what capacity?
'Tave you visited any foreign country
since July. 1s14Y II so. what country
Have you any relatives fighting
against our allies?
'Give all your addresses since July,
1914.
Have you any relatives lighting with
our allies?
what kind OF firearms have you?
DO you intend moving to any new
address? II SO. state when and to
where"
To any member Of the Liberty Loan
Committee who would affront the
American people as mass with so
insufferable q botch of blunderbuss
boneheadlsm probably 1t would be a
waste Of breath to give mere friendly
advice. What he would need Is path.
illogical treatment. Nevertheless, II
anybody is seriously thinking of
starting such performance his su.
perior officers would better make sure
that be doesn't get the chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

J. RUFUS WArLINoFoRp must sigh to
think that he did not see Russia first
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17

WILHELM drew the sword for both
empires; KARL may have the honor Of
handing II to FocH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
ForcIble Demonstration.

Knicker-Thc skip stop is in enect.
Boeker--Well. We are showing the Kal
ser where he gAs OF.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Logan County Rancher
Made Brother OF Sioux

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. &c. P.
Burnstad, owner Of the Y. o. brand,
now is a full-biooded brother Of the
Sioux, as we'll as Central North Da-
kota's biggest rancher. A few days
ago Mr.. Burnstad gave, a party for
500 Dakota braves Of the Standing
Rock, reservation on his ranch on the
west bank Of the Missouri, opposite
Pollock. He barbecued several steers,
procured permission from Uncle Sam
for the Indians to give their tribal
dances, and he had F. Holmboe, head
Of the Publicity Film Co., down to
make several hundred feet of motion
pictures. Films were made showing
the Indians in their native sports and
everyday pursuits, and their domes-
tic life was pictured.
In return for their good time, and
him anyway, the Indians before the
close Of the day formally adopted the
Logan county rancher into their tribe,
bestowing upon him the name Of
Charging Forward" Then the event
was celebrated with a feast of baked
puppy, and every nj came away
happy.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Wheat
In Cavalier County

e. D. Stewart Of the s%ub-experi-
ment station, has spent two days Of
the past week inspecting fields of
wheat grown under ordinary farm
from small lots Of seed sold
by him IN former years, says the
Langdon Republican. One variety or
selection of the Kubanka durum, in
which he has been particularly inter
ested seems to be verv free from rust
as it was in 1914. This variety has
perfectly developed heads, which SON
tain six and eight rows Of grain. The
most Of the durums show a develop
ment Of but four rows of grain to the
entire head and while the four row
heads are longer than the variety hay-
ing six and eight. rows the grains are
set farther apart and a count shows
that there are nc moro grains in a
single row than on the six and eight
row heads This special variety was
Stewart, from South Dakota, and is
known as Kubanka number rs. There
are q number OF fields of this wheat
growing in the county and they viii
be watched with interest. s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
MEN WANTED--BIG PAY
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Nine Of Ten Tower City
Marines In Casualties

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2l.-of ten ma
rines who enlisted at Tower City in a
body a wear ago, one still is in the
service, unwounded. F
With the receipt Of news that Ru-
dolph Boehm had been gasse6 and
had Just recovered sufficiently to quit
a hospital in France, it has been es-
tablished that nine of the ten men
were gassed, wounded or killed in the
famous Ballieul wood action in early
June when the American marine
corps made a name for itself in over
seas service.
Corporal Roy Black, with the sup
ply company of the Sixth Marine
Corps regiment, is the only man who
has escaped to date.
At the time the other marines were
reported as having suffered disaster,
it was rumored that Rudolph Boehm
had also been gassed, but the rumor
never was substantiated. During all
the period he vas in the hospital, the
marines had not notified anybody of
his illness, and it wasn't till he was
we'll enough to leave that he did write.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Young Jews Need Not
Register Before Monday

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 24.-Because
today Is the. Jewish Sabbath, the as
ISOLATION of ordained orthodox rabbi
has appealed to President Wilson to
not require members Of their congre
cations to register on this day. and
the grand commander. Of the army
and navy issued instructions to Ad-
jutant General Fraser hat orthodox
Hebrews of North Dakota be permit
ted to register Monday, August 26.
The hours will be from z a. m. to 9
p. M, and the procedure will be sim
liar in every respect to that carried
outout today.
This registration, Of course, has
nothing to do with the proposed gen.
eral registration under the new man
power act extending the draft ages to
IL to As inclusive, which is proposed
for September S, providing congress
takes action in time. Today's reeistra-
ton applies only to youths who have
attained their majority since June s.
this year, when all young men who
had become 81 since the original req
istration is expected to add 10 North
Dakota's available manpower approxi-
mately 1000. probably so per cent of.
whom will be fully qualified as f1ght-
ing men. la B.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
STORM DAMAGE
WAS SERIOUS
District Between Cathryn
and Litchville Was
Heavily Hit.

Fargo. N. D.. Aug. 24.-Details Of
the cloud burst that hit Kathryn, in
the. jamestown district storm in
which two men were killed by the
derailment Of q train in q washout,
received in Fargo today, indicate that
storm was n Of the, worst ever
known in the state.
The Sheyenne river is, at places.
far out Of its banks at the present
time, and at Lisbon. a mill dam has
been seriously endangered.
At Kathryn the rain was SO heavy
that a veritable river was formed in
the town. and q number Of small
buildings were moved or destroyed.
A photograph gallery owned by Ole
Benson of Litchville was carried 200
feet and lodged against another
building. Another building was a
rfed so feet by the flood, while wheat
fields were swept clean Of grain,
bundles being carried into the Shey-
enne river and floated away.
: In one instance a potato field was
washed 50 clean that the potatoes
were found on top of the ground aft
er the water subsidized. I'D
At Litchville the wind was so heavy
that it ripped q roof from. a boxcar,
and other damage was done.
A portion of the Casselton south
western line Of the Northen Pacific
was washed out, and traffic delayed
for several hours. M
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Minneapolis Grain Firm
Gets Judgment For $2l,277

Bismarck, Aug. 2s.-A Judgment
for $~2l,277.33 in favor Of the Van
Dusen Harrington Co. Of Minneapo-
lis and against j: A. Reuter- & Co. Of
Garrison. was returned by a jury in
federal court at noon Thursday.
j.: A. Reuter- & Co. acted as agents
there for the Minneapolis commission
which extended its local
representatives a line of credit rum
ming as high as 100000. The litiga-
ton involved amounts covering al
legged losses in. speculations made dur
ing the summer of 1917, in which,
Reuter- & Co. acted as agents for To-
cal farmers. The Garrison company's
defenses we've that some Of the tran
sactions were purely speculative and
therefore illegal.
The Van Dusen Harrington Co.
proved that Insofar as 1t was con-
cerned 1t had no knowledge of the
speculative nature of the business,
but believed its local agent to be deal
ing in grain with a view to actual
delivery.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Business
Men Went 70 the Aid Of
Farmers Near Edmunds

Jamestown, N. D.. Aug. GA spe-
cial coach was run from the N. p.
station here today, the car being at
tached to q freight leaving at an
early hour this mornin for Egdmunds.
with Jamestown men going out for; q
two day shocking expedition aboard.
They went In. r~esponseto a. call for
help from a committee Of business
men who had thoroughly , canvassed
the situatin and found that there was
crying need for immediate help. The
grain fields have in many ase been
with shocks half under
water. In other fields the grain was
down before the extremely heavy
rains Of the early part of the week.
and it is now found to be sprouting.
II not set up today or tomorrow, 1t
Is feared that much Of it will be UNFIT
for milling.
An emergency call has also been
made for men to go u to various
portions of the county on Sunday.
One hundred are needed e Cour-
tenay. with q less demand at other
contera. .N-9 |f H-