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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
DISCIPLINE ON
GERMAN SHIPS :
AT Low STAGE
Investigation by the British
Shows That Terms Of
Armistice are Violated.

London. Friday, Dec. 27.-(British
Wireless Service. )-Bearing an allied
commission which inspected German
naval bases and airship and seaplane
stations under terms of the armisttce,
the British battleship Hercules has re-
turned to her home port.
A dramatic episode was the passage
OF the Kiel canal on December 1S. Ac-
companied by the British destroyers
Verdun and Viceroy the Hercules gave
Germans along the banks of the canal
their first sight Of the British flag
since 1914. Germans who watched the
ships were for the most part indiffer-
emily curious, out not infrequently
women ana children waved their
hands.
Discipline on board the German
warships is low according to officers
Of the Hercules. They found sailors
loungjng about and the ships in bad
condition as a result of neglect. This
was in direct violation Of the terms
of the armistice and the inspecting
officer notified the Germans that the
If his orders were not obeyed he
would return to the Hercules and re-
port that he was INSTRUCTED in his
work. Fearful Of probable conse-
quences the German Gamer left their
ships at once
Inspection Of airplane and seaplane
stations required considerable land
OF the commission to gain information
as to the condition Of the people in
the Interior of the country. It is re-
ported that every one encountered in
Germany, even in such an industrial
center as Hamburg seemed as we'll
clothed n fed as are the people Of
France and England. Winter crops.
H1pPiy11r IN tho r,oSl@ -A1s4va - 5~s~-
we'll, and the land is we'll cultivated
and fertilizcd.
The commission met interminable
objections, distractions and evasions
by the Germans.
Admiral Goette Of the German navy
seems to he the only senior German
officer still attending to his duties.
Ripper apparently have disappeared
into the same obscurity which hides
General Ludendorff and other former
leaders who have sought safety in
retirement"
Discipline at airship and seaplane
stations was better than on the Ger
mar warships, it is reported. The
Norderney seaplane station is said to
compare most favorably with any sta
ton of its kind in France and Eng
land, while the great Nordholz Yep
PSAAbA NSpok 10 ~ w III llllCSL
in the world. 1t was here that vir-
tually all German raiders bound for
England started. One interesting
sight was the famous Lila" Zeppelin
shed, which was successfully bombed
by airplanes last summer. At that
time two sheds and two Zeppelins
were destroyed.
At Warnemunde experimental sta
ton the Allied commission met with
obstruction. 1t vas only under pro-
test that the members were permitted
to enter, the Germans fearing revela-
ions of what they had accomplished.
The submarine commission under
Lieutenant Commander Bower pushed
its Investigations assiduously at Ham
burg. Bremen and other points, with
the result that scores of U-boats all
near completion and hitherto unde-
clared by the Germans were found
and reported. Admiral Goette pro-
tested giving up these submarines,
but finally consented.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
HOG PRODUCTION INCREASES.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 2S.-Due
to the efforts of the federal food ad-
mi%nistration in Utah, according to J..
II. Manderfield, manager OF the Salt
Lake union s~tockyards, hog produce
ton in Utah has increased from 40 to
SO per cent during the last IL months.
Many sections of the state which
heretofore have paid little attention
to the hog raising industry nave found
it to be a profitable business, Mr..
Manderfield says. Many sections, far
from railroad lines, have marketed
many carloads.
"A year ago the hog run was fairly
heavy" Mr.. Manderield said in a
recent statement. But so per cent
of the run, as far as the Salt Lake
stockyards are<concerned,, was from
Idaho. while this fall. up to date. the
bulk of the hogs came from. Utah
farms. The records show hogs COM
ing from SO to 100 miles from rail-
road points. These are hauled to the
railroads in trucks and shipped to the
yards.
while the open market in Salt
Lake is only a year and a half old.
the educational feature has been one
of the most important items. Good,
fat hogs nov are finding a ready
market, and indications are that the
demand will continue"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

Hundreds Of American young men
who are eager to become commercial
travellers in Russia as soon as the peo-
pie Of hat country get over their orgy
OF Bolshevism are now studying the
Russian language. 1t is not an easy
LANGUAGE to master. Its alphabet con
tains thirty-five letters; nine made the
same as the English, all pronounced
differently; twenty-siX radically diff
ferent in form and pronunciation,
some closely resembling the Greek.
Here is the way the alphabet sounds:
All, beh, veh, gay, day, yeh, jeh,
zeh, ee. ee (twice the same) and again
ee pronounced short). kah. ell, EN-,
en-, aw. peh, err, ess, teh, 90, eff, hah,
tseh, chch, shah. schah (next follows
a hard sound, not pronounced, show
ing that the preceding letter is pro-
nounced hard), then-yeh-h-h-
CHATS the closest possible in Eng
lish; it sounds like a cross between a
gurgle and a grunt, sounded only by
putting the tongue against the root
of the mouth. and the student pro-
ceeds): eh, eh (twice repeatedly, you
yah, eff (same as the previous ETY.,
feetah.
The widespread extension Of the
idea of studying Russian and other
foreign languages is now a national
necessity. Unless Americans become
efficient in this respect they will be
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
PORTLAND ship
YARDS PRODUCED
MANY VESSELS
These Yards Construct more
Ships Than Any Other
Yards on. Pacific Coast.

Portland. Ore. Dec. 2S.-"A check
on the statements and figures of the
production Of the various wood and
steel yards on the Pacific coast reveals
the fact that the Portland district not
only has been the largest producer e
ships on the Pacific coast during the
emergency resulting from the war,
but has eclipsed every other ship
building center in the United States in
the production Of Ships" says a state
ment prepared by the local chamber
of commerce.
"In 1916, with six yards for wooden
ships beginning operations. but four
wood ships were launched; in 1917,
thirty-one wooden ships had slipped
from the ways and the record for
1918. up to and including December
10, was one hundred and thirteen
wooden ships. making the total for
less than three years construction,
one hundred and f~orty-eiEht wooden
vessels.
"1n steel construction. the record Of
production in Portland is remarkable
from the fact that, while Portland Is
the largest lumber manufacturing
city in the world, she Has developed
a large new industry in the construc-
ton of ships Of steel In 1916, three
steel yards were being constructed,
but no launching occurred. In the
following year eight steel vessels were
launched and the number of yards
increased to five. In 1918, thus far,
thirty-seven steel ships have been
launched and several more soon will
be ready to put into the Willamette,
making a total of forty-five steel
ships for less thar two years oper-
%ations."
There are at present $4,000 men
engaged in shipbuilding and allied in
dustries in Portland and the Port
land district. and the monthly payroll
is $4,471,2O0. The contracts for 1918
called for $4,000, 900, the chamber
of commerce reported.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
THE PEACE THEY DIED FOR.

The THEY DIED FOR.
They did not die for a selfish peace,
nor fight for a coin of gold; )
They did not die for a stretch Of land
or things that are bought and
And now that the cannonade is done
and the chains Of the tyrant
break,
The vision they saw on the battlefield
we must write in the peace we
They stood knee deep in the trenches
mire for freedom from brutal
They died for the right of all men to
live and share in life's joyous
They died for justice to great and
low, for laughter and rest at
night.
And these we must carefully guard
today in the terms Of the peace
we write.
Oh, we can't go back to the selfish
days ere yer the wal began;
Our men have died or the battlefield
for the rights of their fellow man.
And il some shall whisper Of narrow
terms OF wrangle for sordid gain,
New tyrants shall shatter the peace
we make and the dead shall have
died in vain.
We are sworn to freedom and pledged
to truth; we have promised our
dead to see
That the children of ages to come
shall live in a world from tyrants
free.
And the vision they saw through the
cannon smoke, as they battled to
death with might,
OF a happier world where justice
reigns, must shine through the
peace we write.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
TO REVISE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Boise. Idaho.:Dec. 2s.-1daho's sys-
tenn for grade and high schools is to
be revised and reconstructed at a
conference of county superintendents
and school principals which will be
held here today and tomorrow. The
special object Of the conference is a
Encouragement Of the public school
curriculum SO that it will meet the
needs on the reconstruction days
which will'folloN the signing Of the
peace conference.
Special plans also will be discussed
for vocational training foc teachers,
which will coincide with the annual
meeting of the State Teachers ASSOC
citation. Recommendations for neces-
sary new school legislation will be
framed for submission to the state
legislature when the bi-annual session
Of that body opens on January 6.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
POVERTY.

II I am poor
1t is that 1 am proud;
If God has made me naked and a
boor,
He did not think it fit his work to
.. shroud.
The poor man m direct from
heaven to earth,
As stars drop down the sky, and
tropic beams;
The rich receives in our gross air his
birth
AS from low suns are slanted
golden CLEANS.
Yon sun is naked, bare Of satellite.
Unless our earth and moon that
Office hold;
Though his perpetual day feareth no
night,
And his perennial summer breads
no cold.
Mankind may delve, but cannot my
wealth spend;
II I no partial wealth appropriate
No armed ships, unto the Indies
send
None robs me Of my Orient estate!
Henry David Thoreau.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
NEW SUGAR BAN.

Los Angeles Dec. 2s.-Sugar bowls
again have vanished from the tables
of a chain of popular restaurants
here. This time it Is by no. edict of
Herbert Hoover. hut by that of the
owners Of the restaurants who found
that Angelenos had gone SO long on a
short sugar ration that when the
bowls wer returned. patrons used the
sweeteninR in their soup
and sprinkled over their meat.
table for q while yet, until people
learn to use 1t temporarily again." re-
marked one attendant to q customer
who commented on the fact that he
forced to ash for sugar in his
coffee. We've caught half a dozen
carting away lump sugar In little pa
per bags and many Of our customers
eat 1t on. everything"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

there seems to be little for the Ebert combination to do
but mark time. OF course the Allies could not conclude
peace terms with that which does duty for a govern
ment at Berlin today, for it has no sanction Of popular
approval, and can give no evidence Of popular support.
That fact, however, will not enbarrass the peace dele
gates. for If the program arranged is followed the Ger
man elections will have been held long before the gath
erings at Versailles gets well into its work. It is quite
possible, however, that a Bolshevik revolution in Ger
many may at any time deprive the country Of response
BILE government of any kind, and leave Germany neither
at war nor at peace because the country can present no
one with whom the Allied powers can deal.
The American senate succeeded, just before the
holidays. in passing the revenue bill, with a number of
amendments, and the bill is now in the hands of a JOINT
conference committee. The bill provides for the raising
of about six billion dollars in 1919 and about four bill
lions in 1920. There has been vigorous opposition to
the 1920 provision. on the ground that it could not be
known now even approximately what the needs for
1920 would be. but when the final vote was taken there
were but a few scattering votes in opposition.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

Timbuctoo, he was teaching war out
OF q book. In fact, he wrote books
himself. Ellis name W. Foch.
Gen. Foch survived and superseded
all the veterans Of the MADAGASCAR
and Timbuctoo sort OF campaign
the supposedly practical men.
When II am to the final scene of the
Wal on the western front, Gen. Foch
simply reassembled his old pupils and
played the game out Of q book. This
Fame was 10 intricate. SO vast, that
people generally could not understand
what It was that the French general
was ID TO, until they rushed around
and translated ibis books. There it
AL was-ths theory. The man was a
thinker.
Through those Ions. humdrum
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
BAGGAGE SMASHING" IN SCOT.
LAND.

This story Of the Scotch method Of
handling luggage has it's bearing on
the practices Of our own baggage
smashers:"
A Highland farmer handed a rath-
er rial-looking box to the porter at a
railway station-in Scotland. "Dae, ye
think this is strong enough to trust in
the van?" he asked. Il loot It's no.,
replied the porter; but we'll see."
He lifted the box high in tho air and
here" he said. "An' it'll get that
giving 1t another bang-"at the juno
ton. An 1t Dundee it'll get that"
The third that" burst the box and
Its contents were scattered over the
platform. The porter shook his head.
"Na," he said, II think 1t Wilma get
past Dundee. II it's goin' farther it's
no strong enough"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

years Of the classroom he had ma
tured his theories and mastered his
methods. We are accustomed to think
OF these men Of sovereign ability as
h~eaven-scnt geniuses. That is mere
ignorant superstition. Mostly, they
are %prodigious "pluggers"-men who
are willing to take such infinite pains
IN the mastery of their subject that it
becomes second nature to them. II Is
a question with them Of ex-
pressing it. q certain way; It is merely
q question Of which way to choose
among many, all equally at their
command.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
THEORISTS WHO
MAKE GOOD

Boston Globe: There was a time,
not 70 very lonE ago, when the hard
est nan,e you could cali = mar was
.s-thcorist." Now We are having To
ct that word. The theorists have
made good.
/. Twenty-odd years 8 there was !
YOUNG military oAaser Ia France lead
ling rather a5drab ana humdrum life
q q professor. While hia classmates
wsrs canpaisnins A. Msdaeascar o.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
LOADED FOR

Odr war department bought 49,
100000 pieces Of soap for shipment
overseas in the last six months. which
sounds u II we are preparing to get
into contact with the Bolshevtki.-In-
dianapolis Star.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
DALMAT1A CELEBRATES Sue
CESS OF ITALY. .
By the Italian-American News Blu
'# - roam. ,stH

reau. -
Rome, Dec. 28.-The newspapers
lay stress on the continued expressions
of sympathy and fraternity which the
ward the italian troops and their COM
manders, and. contrasting them with
the aspirations of the Jugo-Slavs.
They thus express, if such a thing is
needed still, the Italian character Of
the Dalmatians, which for these 1000
years trace their origin direct to
ancient Rome. and their reconstruc-
tion to the republic of Venice.
Across Dalmatia, Venice fought Is
lamism and saved the Adriatic from
the Turks. All the cities and islands
Of Daln1atia, it's civilization. and its
traditions are Italian. Under Italian
influence for centuries. in the Adri-
attic, tDalmatia saved the u of hui
man liberty always fiohting the men
Turks. now against the Maygars. now
against the Austrians.
BY the treaty of Ca~mpof6rmio Ma
poleon ceded Venetia with Dalmatia
to Austria. Forthwith the Hapsburgs,
with calculating and rapacious eye.
discerned the advantage of enslaving
that Italian country. italian in its
heart, and attempted a d~enaturaliza-
ton like that which Germany tried
Alsace and Lorraine after 1870.
Dalmatia. however. like Alsace and
Lorraine resisted the Croat invader
heroically. and periodically. It pre-
served and defended Its ancient tradf-
lions which were wholly Italian. and
Its civilization remains today purely
Italian after all the outrages and the
violence perpetrated by the Hous OF
Hapsburg.
The Czecho-Slovaks fighting beside
the Allies earned their right to liberty
and independence by their discipline.
their sacrifices. their valor. The Jugo-
slavs instead, forming a minority.
which contributed nothing to the
causesof the Allies. have no such
claim to their recognition.
TOOK THE CURE IN NOVEMBER.
The Savannah News is authority for
the statement that "the biggest trou-
BILE with the Republicans Of America
is that they have an aggravated and
an agsravating case Of Jealousy"
Not so. beloved. Whatever Jealousy
we may have was entirely wiped out
when we fully understood the mean
ing OF the results Of the last election.
-Fkt.adelEnla Inquirer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
10 HONOR RETURNED MEN,

Winona, Mimi, Dec. 2s.-Mayor j.
A. ProtI has set aside an honor day
once a month at which time this city
sailors Each returned soldier Will
receive a testimonial Of appreciation
from the city.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

Erick Abelstad, plaintiff and re-
spondent, VS.. Swan A. johnson, de-
fendant and appellant.
Syllabus:
l.. In an action for personal in
Jurles sustained by q pusher in q lig-
mite coal mine. it is the duty of the
master to furnish reasonably safe ap-
pilances and a reasonably safe place
where II employee is instructed to
be and work.
:. z. An employee, in. working be-
mind a coal car loaded with clay as
tne same is being drawn up an in
cline and watching the same pur-
suant to instructions given by the
master, and then in a place of dam
ger, if the cable should break, is, not
necessarily puiltv of contributory neg.
llgence and does not necessarily as
UNI the risk, az a matter of law.
3. Under the evidence held that
the trial court properly submitted
to the jury the questions of defend
ants negligence and of plaintiffs con-
tr1butory negligence and assumption
of risk.
Appeal from the district court of
Mclean county. Nuessle, j..
Action for personal injuries; appeal
from judgment rendered for plaintiff
and from order of trial court denying
motion for judgment non obstante.
Affirmed.
Opinion of the court by Bronson, ].
f. l.. Fraser and j. A. Hyland, at
torneys for appellant and defendants.
Fl. +. O'Hare and T.. T. Burke, attor-
neys for plaintiff n respondent.
From Morton County.
T. G. G.. Kennedy, administrator of
the estate of Luigi Nardella, deceased,
plaintiff and appellant, VS.. Northern
Pacific Railway company. a corpora
ton, defendant and respondent.
Syllabus:
l. An order sustaining exceptions
to, and suppressing, a deposition is
not ap%pealable.
2. Where it clearly appears that
an order is not a%ppealable, the court
will dismiss the appeal on its own
motion, whether the point is raised
by the appellee or not.
Appeal from district court of Nor
ton county. w. c. Crawford, special
Judge.
PLAINTIFF appeals from an order sus-
tanning exceptions to, and suppressing,
a deposition.
Appeal dismissed.
Opinion Of the court by Christian
son, Oh. j.
Jacobson G. Murray, Mott, attorneys
for appellant.
Watson, Young G. Conmy. Fargo,
attorneys for respondent.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

HOW RI AFFECTED GRANT.
Grant went to Europe and received
the honors of q conquering hero.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28

When a man talks about purify
ing politics he wants an Office, =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
Supreme Court Decisions
from Mclean County.

Erick Abelstad, plaintif and re-
spondent, VS.. Swan A. Johnson, de-
fendant and appellant.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
METHODISTS WORKING
THROUGH $4,000 CHURC HES

The National War Council Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church co-operates
with the Federal Council OF the Churches
and the \ VI c 4, in order that there
will be no duplication OF effort Through
its $4,000 churches IN the United States
war work teams have been organized that
stand ready 10 cooperate with the govern
ment in all war service.
The Rev John G Benson. executive
secretary OF the National War Council
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
stated that the fundamental aims of
the council were twofold FIRST, he
said. we interpret Methodsm to the
government; that is, we show the gov
ernment by actual accomplishment
what Methodism does patrlotically
For instance, when the call came for
field glasses this appeal was empha-
sized to our 25000 churches. who re-
sponded BY forwarding field glasses to
the Navy Department. Secondly ne
interpret the government to Method
ism, by explaining the war problems
of the government to our people urg-
ing need for immediate cooperation
and by distributing all information
helpful 10 the government To help WIN
the war The aim OF AIethodlsm is not
to organize new agencies but TO strengthen
those already existing, that they may be
most efficient
In the communities adjacent 10 the
camps and cantonmcnts special women
workers have been placed on duty To
direct the welfare work among the
young women Of the community where
the need is recognized livery Method
ist church VIII hold patriotic rally
some time during the month Of MAY at
which time war problems will be dis
c,Issed and the church service flag will
be unveiled
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
HOW THE LASSIES
CHEER OUR BOYS
Salvation Army's Work in Many
Countries in Movies ar
Queen Meeting

What the Salvation Army lassles sre
doing nj the front TO make our soldiers
moro comfortable will be shown in NOV
ing pictures at the ma ssmeeting AZ 3
O clock AT the Queen Theatre tomorrow
afternoon on the ceichration of 2S years
of service here hy the Salvation Army.
Colonel William penrf of New York
City will explain the pictures which com
PRISE both MOVIES and stereopficon
Colonel Pcarts TOPIC will be, The Trail
of the blood md Fire The Salvation
Army is now engaged IN work III moro
than sixty countries and colonies, and
Colonel Peart will briefly describe the work
in them
In addition n the address there will bc
an attractive musical program hy the
Salvation Army Staff Band the numbers
being both vocal and Instrumental The
band will give concert tonight from 7 20
X clock on Fifth street between Market
snd Shiplcv and At < - in Salvation ARMY
Yel
Tomorrow viii be Salvation Army Day
in the churches Workers will conduct
aervlccs IN fifteen churches md among
the speakers will he many of the most
talented speakers 10 tho Fast now enrolled
IL tho salvation Army The services
announced follow
MgRNTNG.
Colonel Pearf st the Union M f.
toloncl Iiolr NJ the First Presbyterian.
hrf Colonel ~tanYon at Hanover
Prcsbvtcran
MAJOR Crawford Al Ollvet Presbyterian
Major Campbell AZ Eastlake II 4
Adjutant Man At Elsrnere Pre-by-
ter1an
Captain Bates At Trinity ". +.
NIGHT
Colonel Tlolz AZ Scott NJ F.
Mrs. Colonel Stanyon At Epworth
NJ r
Major Crawford At Hanover Presby-
terian
Major Campbell n Nadelev VI 2
Staff Captaln Bates nj Mex abe NJ F.
Adjufant Croft At First Presbyterian.
Captain G Bates az Cookman VI f.
AdIutant Nam at New Castle NJ E