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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13
ALIEN WOMEN
MUST REGISTER

Postmaster w. w. Smith announces
that the registration for German alien
enemy women will begin at the Valley
City, N. D., police headquarters at s
o'clock a. m. on Monday, June 18th,
1918, and continue on each day sue
cessively thereafter, except Sunday,
between the hours Of 6 a. m. and 8
o'clock p. m. up to and including We'd
nesday the 26th Of June, 1918. Both
dates inclusive.
The persons required to register are
described as follows: All natives, cit
liens, denizens, or subjects of the
German empire or of the imperial
German government, being femals of
the age of Il years and upwards, now
within the United States and not ac-
tpally ,naturalized as American Citi-
zens." Female subjects Of the Aus
tro-Hungarian Empire are not re-
quired to register.
It is required that each woman re.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

porting for registration must bring
with her four pictures of herself. The
pictures must be three inches square
must be front view and must be taken
without the hat. Finger prints will
also be taken.
Those failing to register will be
subject to severe penalty. >Americar
girls who have married German alier
enemies, are considered by law as
alien enemies and must register.
Dated June 18th, 1918.
W.. w. SMITH, Postmaster.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13
GETCHELL PRAIRIE

- 80 . . = . . . . . = . . . .
Mrs. Buchanan and Wilma left Fra
day for their home in Wisconsin.
Gussie White and Mrs. Charles re-
turned from Grand Forks Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Levi Getchell is staying with
Mr.. and Mrs.. E.. p. Getchells while she
IS having her eyes treated.
! Mrs. VIM. Harper entertained Mrs.
Harvey Taylor and family, Mrs. Ames,
Mrs. Buchanan and Wilma and the
Two Mrs. Rogers at dinner Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Martin entertained the
society Thursday afternoon.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

GREEN q
e4$$*%>S$$@>$] $50
Our town was we'll represented last
Saturday at Valley City, it being play
day: 2
Hans Hansen will. leave Tuesday
evening for Fargo to enlist in the ma.
rine corps service and all Of the old
friends and neighbors of the Hansen
family met Saturday night at the
Hansen home to bid Hans goodbye
The band met at L. K. Stillings
farm last Sunday afternoon. They
have not been together for practice
for over a year but with a few eve
nings practice could play as well as
ever. Is5
Mr.. and Mrs. lobe Olson. Of Skan-
dia township and Mrs. X. M. Knudt-
son Of Kingsburg, CAL, were visiting
at the Z. K. Stillings home last Sum
day. Mrs. Knudson came least to visit
her daughter, Mrs. lobe Olson Of
Skandia township. - N.
Mr.. Hager is preparing to rebuild
the barn on the Wagle farm that was
destroyed by lightning last week. \,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Olson were at
Minneapolis last week. The hired man
forgot his registration card and Pete
was called to help him out Of his pre-.
dicament. i
Rev. Solheim has bought and NOV
ed ont the sw. X 80, Green township
and started building house and barn:
Harlow Stillings writes that the gas
over in France is the most unpleasant
part of their troubles. Il
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

]. V. johnson was digging post
hole last night manual labor
and about a foot or more below The
ground unearthed an Indian ham
mer made from stone. 1t is perfectly
shaped and probably was made years
ago by some Indians who used to
make the picturesque Sheyenne valley
on which this city now stands, their
abiding place.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

Laird LETTERS lett on No. / Sunday
night for Long Beach, CAL, where he
will spend the holiday months with
his grandmother and other relatives
out there.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

Or. E. :, Wtcks. ocuLIsT
Special attention given to the IT.
ting Of glasses. Wicks Block. Phone
No. 493.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13

Mrs. "A. j. Buchanan, nee Marjorie
Donald, Of Seattle, Wash, with her
daughter, Helen Jean, arrived on No.
4 today to spend the summer at the
home Of her father, Mr.. Hugh McDon-
aid, on Fourth avenue.
u. S. Civil Service examination for
rural carriers for Barnes county will
be held at Valley City, N. D., post
office on July Is, 1918. Applications
for this examination may be secured
from the local secretary at the Val
ley City Office.
Vernon 7. Gale, Sec.
Harry A. jacobson, Acting Sec.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-06-13
GREEN

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The Dolores star., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER XVIII.
Experiences In Holland.

Experiences In Holland.
But was not quite out Of the
woods.
I now knew that I was in Holland,
but just where had no idea. walked
for about thirty minutes and came to
path leading to the right, and I had
proceeded along it but a few hundred
yards when I saw in front of me a
fence exactly like the one had
crossed.
"This is funny" said to myself. 81
didn't know the Dutch had a fence,
too" I advanced to the fence and
examined it closely, and Judge of my
establishment when saw beyond 1t q
nine-foot fence apparently holding
live wires exactly like the one which
had nearly been the death of me!
l had very little time to conjecture
what it all meant, for just then I
heard a guard coming. He was walk
ing SO fast that I was sure 1t was a
Dutch sentry. as the Huns walk much
slower. ~
was SO bewildered, however, that
decided to take no chances, and as
the road was fairly good I wandered
down 1t and away from that mysteri-
Gus fence. About half q mile down ]
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20
copyrisht. 1913. By Pat Aivs o'Brien

wire fence and breathed the free air Of
Holland. 1 had no clear idea just
where was and didn't cnre much,
! was out of the power Of the Germans
and that was enough. had walked
perhaps hundred yards, when 1 re-
membered the lace had thrown over
the barrier. and dangerous as real
lied the undertaking to be, deter
mined to walk back and get II. This
necessitated my going back onto Bel
gian soil again, but IL seemed a shame
to leave the lace there. and by exer-
cising little care I figured / could
get 1t easily enough.
When came to the spot at which
had made my way under the barbed
wire. put my ear to the ground and
listened for the sentry. l heard him
coming and lay prone on the ground
till he had passed. The fact that he
might observe the hole in the ground
or the ladder occurred to me as lay
there, and it seemed like an age be-
fore he finally marched out of ear
shot. Then I went under the barbed
wire again. retrieved the lace and once
again made my way to Dutch terri
tory.
1t does not take long to describe the
events just referred to. but the Incl
dents themselves consumed several
hours in all. To dig the hole must
have taken me more than two hours
and l had to stop frequently to hide
while the sentry passed. Many times.
indeed. thought heard him coming
and stopped my work and then dis
covered that 1t was only my imagina-
ton. I certainly suffered enough that
night to last me lifetime. With a
German guard on one side. death from
electrOcutiOn on the other. and starva-
ton staring me In the face. my plight
was anything but q comfortable one
1t was on the 10Th of November.
1917. when got through the wire.
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20
When a Prisoner Is EXCHANGED.

Ivan Rossiter, captured by the~G Ger
mans and later exchanged. says in the
Farm and Fireside: "Then / lay down,
not to sleep but to think. I thought
Of the day when I enlisted In Canada,
Of leaving home, the trimming camps.
the trip overseas to England. the
training in England, going across the
channel to Flanders, the terrific fight
ing at Ypres. of the many friends who
fell on that bloody battlefield, how I
was wounded and captured. the inhh-
man treatment I received at the hands
of the German surgeons, who had fouf
husky Germans hold me down while
they cut five bones out of my wrist
and amputated my middle finger at the
second joint when was wounded in
the palm of. the hand. the kicks and
the cuffs from prison guards and the
terrible stuff the Germans called food
in the prison camps"
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER xvl-con.inu.d.

From the Kitchen you could walk
directly into the cow-barn, where two
cows were kept. and this. as have
pointed out before. is the usual con-
struction Of the poorer Belgian houses.
could not make out why the caller
seemed to be SO antagonistic to me.
and vet I am sure he was arguing with
the family against me. Perhaps the
fact that I wasn't wearing wooden
shoes--I doubt whether / could have
Obtained pair big enough for me
had convinced him that was not
really a Belgian, because there was
nothing about me otherwise which
could have given him that idea.
At that time. and / suppose It is
true today. about 81 per cent of the
people in Belgium were wearing
wooden shoes. Among the peasants I
don't believe ever saw any other
kind OF footwear and they are more
common there than they are in Hol-
land. The Dutch wear them more on
account OF lack of leather. was
told that during the coming year prac-
ticany all the peasants and poorer
people In Germany. too. will adopt
wooden shoes for farm work, as that
is one direction in which wood can be
substituted for leather without much
loss.
When the young man left, left
shortly afterwards, as was not ut
all comfortable about whit his inten-
lions were regarding me. For all
knew he might have gone to notify
the German authorities that there was
a strange man In the vicinity-more
perhaps to protect his friends from
suspicion Of having aided me than to
injure me.
At any rate. was not going to take
any chances and l got out Of that
neighborhood as rapidly us I could.
Tint night found me right on the
frontier OF Holland. ....
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20

had made my leap from the train on
September 9th. Altogether, therefore,
just seventy-two days had elapsed
since escaped from the Huns. If I
live to be as old as Methusaleh, never
expect to live through another sew
enty-two days so crammed full of in
cident and hazard and lucky escape.
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

Getting Through the Lines.
Waiting until 1t was quite dark, I
made my way carefully through a
field and eventually came to the much
dreaded barrier.
1t was nll that had heard about 1t.
Every foot Of. the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected In
precisely the same manner. 1t is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the Belgians from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies. like
myself. from making their way to free
dom: and third, to prevent assertions
on the part OF Germans themselves.
One look was enough to convince any
one that 1t probably accomplished all
three objects about as well us any con-
trivance could. and one look was all I
got Of 1t that night, for while lay
on my stomach gazing ut the forbid
ding structure I heard the measured
stride of German sentry advancing
towards me and / crawled away as
fast as possibly could. determined
to spend the night somewhere In the
fields and make another and more
careful survey the following night.
The view I had obtained, however,
was sufficient to convince me that the
pole-vault idea was out of the Ques-
tion even If I had pole and was a
proficient pOle-vaulter. The three
fences covered span of at least twelve
feet and to clear the last barbed wire
fence 1t would be necessary to vault
not only at least ten feet high. but at
least fourteen feet wide. with the GER
tain knowledge that to touch the cleo
trically charged fence meant instant
death. There would be no second
chance II you came a cropper the first
time.
The stilt idea was also impractical
BILE because of the lack of suitable
timber and tools with which to con-
struct the stills.
1t seemed to me that the best thing
to do was travel up and down the line
bit in the hope that some spot might
be discovered where conditions were
more favorable, although don't know
just what expected along those
lines.
1t was mighty d;sheartening to real
lie that only a few feet away lay GER
tain liberty and that the only things
preventing me from reaching 1t were
three COMPOUNDED fences. thought of
my machine and wished that some
kind fairy would set it in front of me
for just one minute.
spent the night in clump Of
The Dolores star., 1918-09-20

Enough matches to light all Its con-
tents are attached to a recently In
vented cigarette box
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
BILLY SUNDAY GOING OVER
Evangelist Expresses Desire for VIA
chine Gun To Help ..Wipe
out Dirty Huns

WASlilNGToN. February I7.-Biily
Sunday left Washington tonight for .
day or Speaking in New York city to-
morrow, ending wi;h big mass- meet
!ng to-morrow night in Carnegie Hall.
JuS; before leaving lie announced to
nus big Sunday night tabcrmacie audi
ence that he was going - France to
work among tho soldiers a, The front.
probably in July. Although it is un
derstood that his services AZ the from,
have been sought both by the y. NJ.
G. y and by john u. Rockefeller .Ir..
who wants TO have the cvfngelist made
chaplain III tho army. BilIys intima-
iion to-nieh, was chat his work would
he personally conducted, also that he
would not hc chaplain. for he cv-
pressed tho hope that Gcneral Pershing
would lend a machine gun TO him so
he could help wipe out tina, dirty
bunch Of Huns"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
sEABOARD AIR LINE
MEN GET WAGE BOOST
Advance Affects All Clerks From
Richmond South to
Tampa, Fla.
RAISE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 10
Government Mediation Is RESPONSE
BILE for Improved Working Condi-
tions Which Arc Now Promised
Employees on Company's Lines.
tBy Associated Prcss.l ]

WHSHINGTON, February 1T.-Details
of an arbitration agreement giving all
Seaboard Air Line Railway clerks -
per cent increase in salaries and q
basic ciSht-hour day were made public
l'ere to-day. The agreement was
signed here after negotiations since
last September. when the clerks went
out on strike. They returned to work
after being out three weeks, extending
the negotiations just completed through
intervention OF the Department OF
Labor
The Increase. based on salaries in
effect last August. is made effective
from October 10 last and provides for
prompt payment of the back wages.
The eight hour day agreement also in
cludes provision for compensation for
overtime as well as other concessions
TO improve working conditions
employees in this section OF the
country.
The Scaboard clerks. unorganized
when they went on strike in a demand
Tor higher wages. based largely on
Several thousand clerks of the Sea-
board system from Richmond south to
Tampa-comprisnG virtually all clerks
of the road in the Southcast-are af-
fectcd. 1t is said to be the first eight
hour agreement affecting clerks won by
increased cost of living. at first Sought
so per cent inc' ease, bu; The 20 per
cent oDtaincd was said to 5o catisfac-
tory to all concerned. The railroads
representative sought but faileI, to
have the increase become effective De-
cember 20. coincdent with government
control OF railroads
In the negotiations the government
board of mediation and cancellation
Was represented by Judge Robert NJ
NcWade; the Seaboard Railway by
ce-president W. l.. Seldom Of Nor
folk, and the employees by President
James j. Forester. of the National
brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and j.
Gait Williamson, OF Raleigh y. g.
chairman of the Scaboard Railroad
brotherhood.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
rnN A.socintch prcss.l

" t>IiINEIDN, February 1T.-G:N-
tahIi>bmcrt Of u national labor pro-
gram. which NnS begun with tho re-
organization of the Department Of
Labor, progressed another Import
ant step to-day with the announce
ncnt of the personnel OF the joinf
conference "G employers and union
leaders who viii la! down a basis
of relations between capital rnd la
b0r during tho Ncnr. The first sc~-
sion of the nc,, board will bc held
In the Onirc of Secretary Wiison,
February -. The five members
rhoscn 10 represent each side by the
national industrial conference bonrd
and the American Federation oG La
Eor will choose two other rcprcScn-
tnii,cs Of the public. uaking twelve
uniun confcrccs to sharc i'm the de-
alterations, which will cover all
phase, OF tic situation.
The hvc representatives OF cm-
pioycr, nrc:
Loyal :. Osborne. New York. city,
,icc-prcsidcnt of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Conn
pnny. chnivmnn of the executive
committee of tho national Industrial
conference board.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
AMERICANS BATTLE,
IN THREE SECTORS
Conference Of Capital and Labor
Will Lay Down Basis Of Relations

Charles u. Brookcr. hnsonia,
Conn, president of the American
BRASS Company.
w. II. NnndcrvOort, East Moline,
H., president OF the Root & van-
dcrruOrt Engineering Company.
J.. r.. Lorcc. New York City. pres
idcnt of Delaware and Hudson Conn
pnn!.
Edwin Michael. Ronnokc. Yn.,
president of the Virginia bridge and
Iron Company.
fhc five representatives of thc
workers are:
Frank W. Hayes, Of Indianapolis,
president OF the United Mine Work.
crS.
William l.. Uutchc<on. Indian
np"Iis. president of tho United
brotherhood of Carpenters and Join-
cr> of America.
j. 4. Franklin. Ilunsn$ City, Kans.,
president OF the brotherhood %,
H"iier Makers and Iron and Shin
builders of America.
Victor OInndcr, Chicago. rcprc,cn-
tatirc National Scamcn'S AssocIn-
tion.
II. \. Rickcrt. Chicago, president.
United Garment Workers of Amer
lea.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
GERMANS LEARN SIGNALS
send Up Green Rockets, Giving False
Warming to Prepare
for Cas-
nr NEWTON c. pAnkE.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IL
FRANCE February lT.-Eithcr through
listening in" ON The ,clcgraphic con
Tcrsation. or through some other form
Of espionage. tho Germans recently
discovered our signals for barraCc fro
and gas attacks. given By means OF
colorcd rockets.
Friday night tho enemy u. sent up
rockets from their lines. streakinE the
sky green, indicating prepare for uas =
This caused All our soldiers behind tho
first lines to put on gas masks, await
ing q repetition OF the attack OF the
h!ght before. when the enemy kept un
steady iow Of gas during two hours.
This attack, however. never dcvc!opcd.
but our men lost valuable hours Of re
pose through the false alarm, the
enemy at the same time sending up our
own signals for barrhec nrc. although n
our artillery WAS not deceived by this
because of tho location OF tho rockets.
our battery commandars declined to
waste shells fruItics=ly
since the discovery tina, Fritz was
familiar with our signals. they have
been changed SO tina. tho enemy is no
longer able TO worry our mon win
false alarms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
BAKER AT CAMP WHEELER
secretary of War Says There I, M
Danger of Removal or
tantonmcnt.

MACON Ga, February l7.-Sccretary
"i War Baker to-day inspected Camp
wheeler here. He was accompa MED
by SurGcon-Gencral William c. Gorsas
and Major William NJ Wclch. The sec
retary and his party left tonight for
Augusta, and VIII visit Camp Hancock
tomorrow
Il was favorably impressed, and the
camp far exceeded n.' expectations"
declared Secretary Baker. In response
to an inquiry as 10 whether the in
spcction trip had in view the re.nova!
Of the camp, he replied: '"The removal
Of Camp Whccle. has never been dis
cussed. 1t VIII be hero when other
National Guard camps are gone"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
POSSE PURSUES TRIO
seven Troops Of Cavalry Sent Ont TO
Prevent Them Crossing Mex
lean border.

WIiLCON. ARII.. February 17.~The
two Power brothers and Tom Sisson.
draft cvaders. alleged to have killed
Sheriff Mcbride and two deputies near
Globe. are tonight nearing the Mex
lean line with u posse Of 1000 cowboys
and band Of Apache Indians In close
pursuit
Sisson is reported TO have been
wounded and the Power brothers are
carrying him on strctchcr. They
abandoned their horses, which were
found to-day. Indian scouts rcportcd
having exchanged shots with the
fuEitivcs.
Seven troops of United States cav
airy were sent to prevent the men
from crossing the border into Mexico.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
Northclifc Will
Spread Propaganda
Iny Associated prcsr.l


LONDON. February i1.-Viscount
N"r'h"iihc hns accepted the position
81 dirr"'cr Of EIOpnEnndn In enemy
countries, while continuing his po-
sh:"n on th" American mission.
lord North' lille, in m Interview,
said hr had n.rcrd TO use his infi-
mate knowledge of enemy countries
"a direct the section OF propaganda,
for the dissemination OF full and
accurate reports or important
speeches and statements of ,ynr nims
and othcr matters among the pco-
p'c~ "f the central powers md their
allies. The nature 0f the propn-
Eanda viii he decided by II repre-
sentative committee.
Iuru Nnrthclinc hoped and he
licvcd that this would prove tho
means OF apprcclnbIy shortening the
durntiOn of tic war. He snid he
would ntiI. direct tho activities nj
tho I.oudon hcndTunrtcrs of the
American mission.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
MUST SERVE VICTORY BREAD
Food Administration Issues Order for
All Public EntinE Places. In
cIuding Clubs.
lBy Associated Press.l
<.E.tH1<.

WASHINGTON. February l.--A!I
hotels. restaurants. dining cars. steam
ships. boarding houses and other public
eating places, including clubs, which
use three barrels of -four month
must hereafter serve Victory pies, pas
try, cookies. griddlc cakes. wafles
etc. as we'll as Victory bread. under a
ruling announced by the food admiuis-
tration To become effective at once.
All pies. pastry, cakes. etc, served
by such places must contain a third OF
wheat substitutes 1t all times. and
batter cakes, griddle cakes and waftIcs
must contain three quarters of wheat
substitutes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
MASS OF RUINS
Mhitsctt Institute. In North Carolina.
is Destroyed by Fierce
FIaNncS.
tBy Associated prcss. I

GREENSBORO. y. c.. February IL
Whitsett Institute. located at Whitsett.
y. C.. twelve miles from here. was
totally destroyed by fire shortly after
) o'ciock this morning. The institute.
of which Or. w. r. Whitsctt was pres
'dcnt. was established thirty years ago.
and this year had about 100 students
The loss is placed IT $1,000 TO SO o0O.
i'residen; Whitsett said to-day that
the outlook for con.inuin:, the school
.or the remainder Of the year w,Y
gloomy. but that definite dcci:ion
would not be made until to-incrrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
BOY SCOUTS TO WORK
VIII Ring Every Door Bell in the I,nnd
and Sell Thrift
SlamuS.

WASHINGTON. February 17.-Thc
Boy Scouts OF America were asked by
Secretary McAdoo today to enlist an
army Of "war savers
Accordingly the Scouts will ring
every door bell in the land. make Il
short talk on tho need of saving. and
take orders for 2o cents and 81 thrift
stamps. President Wilson will write
a personal letter OF thanks to tho
Scouts in each State with tho highest
score.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
More Tuscanin Victims Reported.

WASHINGTON, February IA list
Of twcnty-scvcn of the known Tuscania
dcad made public tonight contained
four names not previously reported i'm
the Associated Frcss list of American
soldiers buried OH the Scottish coast.
They wcro Chauncey j. Davidson,
Anaconda, Mont; Thomas y. Llcwcllyn.
Scottdale, Pa; Clifford Norris. New
London. Wis; Leigh a. Wright, Hills
dale. Mich.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
MYSTERIOUS BLAZE
II Drives One Hundred Men. Women
and Chiidrcn out In
Had Stu:m.

BOSTON. February ia mysterious
fire drove over loo women children and
men out into the streets during IA storm
to-day at Dorchester. Two buildings
were destroyed. one used for the manu-
facturc Of gun carriages. the other for
electrical machines