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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
M ADOO SAYS
HE RECEIVED
No PROTESTS !
Makes Letter Public Deny
ing Report that Railroad
Officials Protested.

Washington, April 4.-Director Gem
eral McAdeo today made public a let
ter to A. o. Wharton. president of the
railroad employees department of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
nying reports that railroad officials
had protested against an order of the
director general asking cooperation
between labor and railway manage
ments. 4t
Il have not received" said the di-
rector general. "a single protest from
any railroad official I feel that it is
most important in this new era of
railroading in America that railroad
employees shall not live any longer in
an atmosphere of suspicion and dis
trust. l earnestly desire to see them
brought together upon plane of mu-
tual understanding and helpfulness.
know that it Will promote the efficient
and safe operation of the railroads.
need not tell you how deeplysI I ap-
preciate the assurances of loyalty and
support have been receiving from
RAILROAD employees"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
SENATE OPENS
DISCUSSION OF.
ESPIONAGE BILL
Senator, overnan Declares
Lack of Law Causes Riots ):
in ! Many Sections. 1.

Washington. April 4:i-Gerrnan
spies. propagandists and, persons max &
ing. disloyal utterances were denounc-
ed in the senate today when an effort
was made to rush through a house
bill providing penalties of twenty
years Imprisonment and $4,000, fine
for interference with government
bond sales. acts intending to interfere
with the army draft and disloyal
statements. s s4'
We've got. to do something to
catch these scoundre1s and spies all
over the country" said Senator Over
man of North Carolina. People are
taking the law into their own hands
on the ground that. congress is not
passing necessary laws. We hear re
ports ii, mobs everywhere
Senator 1.odge~of Massachusetts de-
clared the bill would mot catch a
single spy asserting that spies do not
do their work publicly or openly make
disloyal uttera noes.
German propaganda has been mo
toriously conducted" and the bills
purpose is to broaden the espionage
law, Senator Walsh of Montana said
He said some federal courts have
made strained constructions of ex.
listing law and discharged persons
who have denounced the president
and the nation and obstructed the
raft and bond SllhscriDtionS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04

1 Paris. April As the excitement
incident to the first few days of the
German offensive dies down. reports
come in Of the, bravery in face of dam
gerlof various workers In the Ameri-
can Red Gross
Women workers of the Red Gross
who were aiding civilians in recon
struction and relief work at Vile
quter, near the river Somme, left
thetr posts just two hours. before the
Germans arrived in the town. With
their automobiles they aided in re-
moving the civilians and picking up
many wounded alonE the roads. The
women were the last civilians to leAve
the town, lust presiding the French
Chased ny lAyiasoss.
Anothsr Red Gross unit. stationed
In a hospital just back Of the lines
was ordered to eyAcuate In two hours
They left at ~ O'Clock. In the morning
ara were chased for miles byNa Ger
man aviator before feachinE q point
OF sa1ety. The next dayssthe unit went
TO - town near the fghting line and
eStibikihed soup kitchens for the
troops and flrst, AID ations for sick
town was under. continuous shell flre
and the unit ansWered calls OF all
hours 10 Rave first aid to those wound
ed dSby the enemy shells. 4 s,fss \ y
The unit then took over; complete
,tl1ar9es OF tho opera tioR ward a In q
shospitatt the nurses working In twelve
hour shirts In attending to a dozen
wounded soldiers who were Injured
TOO seriously to be carried farther
ID Tte women also acted as
1tfsteher bearers through the hos
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
|. ". WIS CLAIM
PRISON IS IN
BADC0NDITlON
Trial is Held up For Two
Hours While Juror is
Being Found.


Chicago, April 4.-The trial of more
than one hundred leaders of the Tn
.,,,....,., ,,,..,. ~. w.,
uus'f lai "orAe'> ol 'ne "orio' accus-
ed of conspiracy to disrupt the ma
tion's. war program. was halted for
two hours today while federal agents
searched for one of four Jurors tenta-
lively accepted Yesterday by the gov
ernment. <.
Federal Judge Lands ordered that
every means be taken to have the alb
sent juror in court early this after
noon.
Pieces of dark bread and samples
of coffee were carried into court today
by the eighty-eight' prisoners confined
in the county jail and a petition was
presented asking Judge Lands to or
der an investigation Of conditions at
the Jail. The petition protested that
the men could not be expected to re-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04

Such is Prediction of Coun-
selor of French En-
bassy in Speech.

Baltimore. April 4.-Marshal
Joffre s victory at the Marine in 1914
will be duplicated by General Toch.
Count Charles De Chambrun. coun-
selor of the French embassy. predict
ed today in an address delivered on
timore's "over there Liberty loan ex-
hibition.
With the heroisn Of sublime faith
and the determination which brings
victory" he declared. France faces
the most formidable attack that. the
world has seen since the inroad Of
Attilla. What the Roman general did
in defeating the Scourge of God, what
Joffre succeeded in doing in 1914.
General Foch will do tomorrow
In outlining the reasons for
Frances unshakable confidence the
count. DE .Chambrun, conveyed his ma
tons feeling of deep gratitude for
Americas aid.
''Fror just a year now he said,
''F'rance has heard rise from beyond
the seas the voice of support and COM
fort from the greatest democracy Of
the earth. This voice which has stir
during her trial: Liberty and justice
shall not perish from the earth
Now. after, a hundred years of rec:
ognition of the French assistance to
the cause led by your immortal wash
ington, you have given to the world
the greatest example of national
gratitude. And remember this. the
French republic will,never forget She
is grateful for the present as you
were grateful for the. past. She is
grateful for all your contributions, for
your boundless generosity, for the i'm
mediate aid that General Pershing
has so nobly offered. and above all
for the energy with which you are
coming to our support. fs -.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
Russia Will Form
Army Of l,5OO,O 600
Men, Says Official
u. S. TAKES OVER
RUSSIAN SHIPS FOR &
TRANSPORTING GOODS,
Supplies Will be Transported
Between America and Russia
With Vessels. 4,

~ New. York. April 4.--The United
States has requisitioned for use in en-
fente service a number of Russia n
steamships formerly engaged in
transporting supplies between Ameri-
ca and Russia. according to authori-
tative information received in ship
ping circles here today.
tg The vessels are those which were
detained in American ports when the
present Russian government came in
to power. They will continue to fly
the Russian flag. 1t is understood
they will be operated by the Russian
volunteer fleet, which representatives
of the former Russian government in
the United States say is still intact.
Some of the vessels are on the Pa
cific coast and will be brought to the
Atlantic coast. Another of the ships
is one which was recently held at a
South Atlantic port after a nutiny
and the removal of her crew charged
with being supporters of the Bolshe-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
PERSHLNC GIVEN
GRAND CROSS BY
BELGIAN KING
Colonel Boyd is Presented
With Honor Cross at
Same Time.

Washington, April 4.--General
Pershing has been awarded the Bel
gian order, the Grand Cross of Or
der of Leopold, according to a dis
patch to the Belgian legation here to-
day from Havre.
The decoration was presented to
General Pershing by King Albert in
person. At the same time the. king
presented to Colonel Boyd the Ameri-
can military attache, cross Of officer
Of the Order of Leopold. Both Off
GERS were given the Belgian war cross
Colonel Boyd named in the lega-
tion's dispatch, is Colonel. Carl Boyd
aide de camp to General Pershing
He formerly was military attache to
theN American legation at Paris.
The American officers may accept
the decorations but may not wear
them, although a bill is pending in
congress to permit officers to wear or
ders conferred by foreign govern
ments.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
CURB GERMAN
LANGUAGE IS :
PROPOSED PLAN
Governors Urge Drastic Ac-
ton to Stamp Out all
Disloyalty.
Curb Teuton Press, Prevent
Preaching in German,
+. They Demand.

Washington, April 4.-State govern
ors meeting here today with members
of the council of national defense,
urged drastic action to stamp out dis
loyalty and to curb the German lang
uage press. They advocated measures
the teaching of German in elementary
schools.
Secretary Daniels. who presided as
head of the council. in reply. asked
the governors to formulate resolutions
supporting the bill drafted by At
torney General Gregory to reach spies
traitors and disloyal persons. The
resolutions committee OF the, govern
,ors met later at Secretary. Lanes Of
flee. fs sg y SO %st
when full Americanfzation has
been accomplished. Secretary Daniels
said, not only will every American
be modified for war. but 1--WE will
put the fear of God into the hearts
Of those who live among us and fat
ten upon us and are now Americans" !"
Governor Stewart, of Montana. said
the governors found themselves in ac-
cord with the program Of American
ization by education mapped out at
Yesterdays Americanization confer
ence but believed more vigorous mea-
sures were necessary.
1.-The Greatest criticism heard" he
declared. sis against the timorous at
titude of the national government
treason"
Former Senator Lafayette Young
Of Iowa told of the organization in
his state of the German American
Patriotic Society which he said was
doing good work. He declared him
self for elimination of the German
press and of the German language in
schools and churches.
I'VE have more trouble with
preachers who preach in German
than with anybody else" he said.
"They are public enemies whether
they intend it or not"
Federal Judges should be given the
power to intern enemy aliens, Mr..
Young said.
There are 5000 persons in Iowa. -
he added, "who ought to be in the
stockade this very minute. The nest
egg of all treason in the United States
is the German press and the German
| language. I'm in favor of cleaning
America up now so she will stay put.
would suppress the German press.
This is our country"
Governor Frazier of North Dakota
read telegram from his state say
, luS IcTHldu SPSdhiH8 peOpic lAcIc
were asking why the United States
was in the war. The German press.
! he said, had not told them truthfully
the causes of the war. He urged that
the foreign language press be COM
PEELED to carry translated for the in
formation of their readers documents
! showing what forced the country into
war. The German speaking citizens
lhe said, were loyal and reports that
! they were not going to raise bumper
crops were false.
Governor Alexander of Idaho also
| declared that German preachert
were menace.
Governor Mccall of Massachusetts
| urged careful framing of legislation
to meet the situation and insisted that
| the United States should not he
hurried into any action it would re-
gret later.
| Governors Manning of South Caro-
lima and Milliken of Maine warned
that unless drastic steps were taken
soon, mob violence was to be expected
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
FIVE PHYSICIANS
ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH SELLING DRUGS

Minneapolis. Mimi, April alive
local physicians were indicted today
charged with selling habit-formfng
drugs In violation OF the Harrison
antinarcotic law. The indicted men
are DIR. C. ID. Whipple, DR. HI. w.
Darby. DR.. Van II. Wilcox. Dr. r. 8.
"s~o-.-~ "rd DR.. Daniel Gordon. The
indictments were returned after an
~ We usatt on of evidence obtained by
e~asrts ~ the departrnent OF justice in
r-..rh ~ rhvsicians are alleged to
have sold drugs to drafted men Tor
...s pa pose of rendering them
physically unfit for military service.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
Third Week Of BiQ
Driue Starts With
Huns at StQndStiu

meal. left the room accompanied by
insults from the Finnish officers.
NJ. Sario. the White governments
foreign minister, and noted pro-
German. sat at nearby table. the
correspondent says, and made no ef-
fort to protect the men although they
were travelling on a special diplomatic
pass from his own government.
Americans and swedes, who have
recently been in Finland. declare the
incident is typical Of the existing feel
ing among the great majority Of the
Films with whom they came in con-
tact German doctrines are being
spread among the White army forces,
especially by Finnish soldiers who
have returned from Germany and
have been appointed commissioned or
non-commissioned officers in General
Mannerhein' army
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
FORMATION OF WAR
WAR LABOR POLICY
ECOMMENDED TODAY

washington, April 4.-Formulation
of a national war labor policy based
OF, the recent Recommendations OF the
commended to President Wilson today
by secretary Of Labor Wilson.
The conference board, ! comprising
representatives Of capital and labor
and having as members former Presi-
dent Taft and Frank p. Walsh repre-
senting the public drew up program
calling for arbitra tion Of labor dif-
ficulties to prevent strikes during the
tions which &c recommended to sem-
nloyers and employee 35 II sts II Fl
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
WHOLE NATION
WOULD SOON
Be ORGANIZED
Plan is to Have Military
Forces not Inferior to
Germany, = is Report.
OLD OFFICERS MAY
BE PUT IN CHARGE
Thirty German Transports
Land Troops on Southern
Coast of Finland. :.

Moscow. Tuesday. April I'd tBy the
Associated Press) Russia will form
an army of 100000 men. not in;
fer;or in power and equipment % the
assistant secretary of war. declared
today at a conference in Moscow Of
the various military department
heads. This would be the first step in
arming the whole Russian nation. He
said the army organization was inn
possible without the Old officers and
outlined measure to enlist the serv.
ices of all generals and publish their
Names giving to citizens the right to
state objections to anyone.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
EX-CONCRESSMAN OF
WISCONSIN IS DEAD

Oshkosh. Wis, April As. A. Cook,
ex-corgressman and pioneer paper
of Eeenah, Wis. died at
his home at Neenah this morning at
4 o'clock. He was veteran OF the
Civil war and gave to Neenah- -Mena-
sha the Cook memorial armory. He
was born in 1849.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
TUGS BREAKING
ICE in DULUTH
SUPERIOR HARBOR
Immediate Relief Needed tc
Launch Newly Constructed
Boats in Ship Yards. S

\ DVlutl1.f Mum. April 4.--TuEs. Min-
nesota ss and wisconsin,, are u now.
ifeaking ice on the Duluth Superior
lharhor, thess first activity SINGS ths,
ton tof newly constructed vessels 'ein
the slips ofsthe Superior ship Build.
Ing company made immediate relief
necessary. Nssss & 4 s N: j.
Crews OF The W. a. Pollock and W..
Il. Bixby hAve been called and. fitting
out is under way. Calls to crews OF
other steatners VIII sbe sissned rapidly
from now on. All boa to will be ready
;cr first trips by April ~: 4. aS.;.-: sS;t3
4 "a northMeat wind brought back, the
ice field to Duluth. hut the surface OF
the ice Is broken and there are long
water lanes. A south Wild would
push 1t awa9 Tor R6o /. & ssssss ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
Anti.JcWisl, Riots.

Iqlesday }. April 22.-tBy the
Asspe4Rt1 Anti J eysishSS n Ss,tg
ssssFE3ksS 1'urtss 81 IE'>ss~ :
kandl Three hundred ,persolls !, we're
killed. and much property dest stroyed,
Anti-semitic agitation in kievi5%it
adds, is assuming acute form. When
that city was captured by the Ekrair1i-
ans most of the inhabitants they shot
were Jews.
Restore Gcrman Communications.
the Associated Press THE special
commission formed to carry out the
provisions of the Brest Litovsk peace
treaty has drawn up a program Of; tho
restoration Of postal and telegraphlc
relations with Germany. 1t has also
ordered Russian mine sWeepers 70
clear the mines from the Gulf of Fin
land and in the Russian part of the
Raltic .tr-H ~ ~ iti's s,' "a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
RUSSIA PLANS TO
RESTORE TRADE :.
RELATIONS IN u. S.

London. April 4.-The Russian gov-
ernment is sending delegation to the
United States to liquidate> Russia's
war orders with American firms and
arrange future trade relations. ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Moscow today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
Rom,lanof Family .IlI.

Petrograd, Wednesday,, April 81
'(By the Associated press)-Seyeral
members of the former imperial RUS,
sian family, now at Tobolsk. are ~
and the Red Cross has petitioned the
l;olshevik government to allow the
family Of Nicholas Romanoff. the or
dinarys rations instead Of that allotted
TO soldiers. 1t has been decided 70
give the Romanoff family an allow
,ance Of 500 rubles month.
NJ. Tchitcherin,. the Bolshevik tor
eign minister. has refused to recog-
nize M.BLyednitzky who has arrived at
Moscowsas Polish! AMBASSADOR.
The Novaia Zhizhn reports the dis
coyery 4in MOSCOW OF an Organization
to enforce the calling Of a. constituent
assSsnbly. They call themselves Blue
Guards and are. said to number l2,,-
COO
fused to permit the exileds former
Grand dukes to reside in Nologda.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
Ratla Proposes Peace.

Moscow. Tuesday. April icy the
Associated Press. Peace has been
proposed to the Bolsheyik government
by the Ukrainian Rada of ketv' the
non Bolshevik organization. according
to rumor current here.
1t seems that the Rada is willing TO
make concessions and to modlfy us
original demands which included part
of the governments Of kursk and
EoroneZh.
The peace question is complica ted e.,
by the existence OF Bolshevik
l'krainian Rada. which at present Is
at Taganrog, it having fled from kleN.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
ArtiIlery Fire Heau

/ London. April 4.-There was little
activity in the battle area last night
with the exception of hostile artillery
fire at various points, the war ONCE
announced today. A few prisonera
were taken by British parties. The
statement reads: t'ss
During the night a German ma-s
chine gun post in the neighborhooA5
OF Hebuterne was rushed by oues
troops and the machine gun ca aptured.
A few prisoners were brought In ON
other parts Of the battlefront. s
Is Beyond hostile artillery activity ~
different points ON the battle front
and also In the Menin road and PaAs-
further to reppft, z. ;ssi slas q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
German Troops LANDED.

Petrograd. Wednesday, April B
(By the Associated Press Thirty
German transports with troops have
arrived at Hango, on the southern
coast Of Finland southeast of Helsing-
fors.. q
The Bolshevik commissary for Fin
nish affairs reports that NJ. DiEstrees,
the Belgian minister to Russia. has
been wounded by White Guards, or
government troops, while attempting
to pass into the rebel lines. ",
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Minnesota: Fair tonight and
probably Friday; warmer in west
tonight.
and probably unsettled tonight
and Friday; warmer tonight.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMP AIGN TO
!. LAST "A ] | WEEKS ! Eel !! )
Five Per Cent Will be Asked
as Cash Payn1ent-Many
5. Will Pay All.

Washington, April 4. - Tho
third isuc Of Liberty Loan Bonds
will mature In ten ycars-On
September 15,-1028-the treasury
department today announced, and
will bear interest from. May 9, 4
next payable semi-annually Oh
September IS and March is.
Payment in full may he made
with the application on or before
May A. the treasury announced,
but bonds will not be delivered
before May 3 on any subscription
for an amount exceeding $4,000.
Full payment may bic completed
upon subscriptions for any
amount on May . or any subsc.
qucnt installment date.
Payment Of any insta1lment,
including the first installment. OF
five per cent or payment in full,
may be made In treasury .ccrtif-
Gates of Indebtedness except those
maturing April 22 and June Is.
Qualified depOsitary banks and
trust companies may make pay
sment BY credit upon the subscrip-
tions of themselves and their cus-
toners but only to the extent that
they cannot make payment in
treasury certificates OF indebted
hess. a55
Washington. April l.-The thir,
Liberty loan campaign will last 70
four weeks, beginning Saturday an,
ending May 4. the treasury depart
nent announced today. Banks will
be given five days after the cam
paign's close to tabulate. and repor
Inste~d of requiring two per cen
cash payment with the subscription
as in the second loan. five per cen
will be asked for the third loan
Twenty per cent then will be due Ma
2S; IS per cent July 18, and 40 pc
cent August 15.
The treasury expects many sub
scribers to pay in full on purchas
and these early payments may be suf
ficient to redeem the 5000, 900, ,0O0Mo
certificates of indebtedness falling du
before May 2. Otherwise. 1t may b
necessary to refund the certificate
with other short time lots Official
also believe the May % payment &C
tually will be much greater than tn
20 per cent required.
The payment dates have been ar
ra nged so none will come in Jun
when the drain on the country's fin
ancial resources will be great on &C
!" 1T of income and excess profit
taxes due June 49, In the secon
loan l8'per cent was due two week
after the campaign closed. 40 per Ger
a month later and $40 per cent on
month after. t ha T. ~, &, 5e ~, i. q !
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-04
French Take. Prisonsrs

Paris, April 4.-Hsavy artf1lsry
lighting occurred last night on the
front north Of Montdidier, the war Of
flee announces. In raids in Cham
payne and on the verdun front the
French took prisoners and also cap
tured two machine guns. a5
The statement follows:
THE artillery fighting became very
violent during the night in the region
north of Montdidter.
Northwest of Rheims. In the
Champagne and on the left bank Of
the Meuse (verdun front) French
troops penetrated German trenches at
several points, bringing back thirty
prisoners and two machine guns. Ger
man raids east OF Rheims. in Avocourt
wood and north Of St Die were With
out success. 5
There is nothing to report else
where"