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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23

Washington, Sept. ga poster is
sued by the imperial German govern
lnent in an effort to beltttle the Unit
tad States contribution to the war
ond bolster the failing spirits 81 is
Icolle, has been reproduced by The
Liberty loan publicity bureau and
two million copies will be Distributed
In this country during the Fourth
Liberty loan campaign which opens
formally next Saturday. li.l Is
Intended solely for consumption
within Germany. the poster will get
fArsswtder circailat Ion, resulting In the
enemy's publicity guns being turned
on him. Tho poster was forwarded
by nm American IN switzerland. ass
Can Americas entry make a deci-
don IN the VAR" = the posters title.
And with diagrams showing small
American army ana i Q small mer-
chant marine, the pamphlet infer
ent1ally answers no. 4. 2
eSs x 'skausgias1 army Of millions could
not down Germany" :" argues the pos
ter. .Amer1ca threatens to send
traAeperts Of one halt million men
but it c9nnot ship then, = h
These words arc inscribed on .
scroll held by cadavoroOs looking
Uncle sam, alongside q Russian SOL
dter appearing immepse In, cempaei-
son. AT the time the poster vas dis
played throughout Germany last July
more than one million American
|ftghting mon salrea ady we're sin France
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
.SEFM ICES HELD
OVER: BODY OF
RUSSIAN CAR
This is Second Time Funer-
al Services For Romanoff
Have Been Reported.

Amsterdam, Sept. 23.-solemn
ceremonies over the body of Nicholas
Romanoff, former emperor Of Russia
have been held at Yekaterinburg by
troops Of the Peoples Army" accord
ing to Izvestia Of Moscow. The body
has been located through information
provided by persons acquainted with
circumstances Of the execution.
The work Of exhumation was done
in the presence of many representa-
tive of the supreme ecclesiastical au-
thorities of western Siberia as we'll as
delegates of the peoples army"
Czecho- Slovaks. The body was plac-
ed in zinc coffin encased in Siberian
cedar and placed in the cathedral at
Yekaterinberg under guard of hon
or composed of the commanders Of
the peoples party" It will be buried
in a special sarcophagus at Omsk.
This is the second time that funeral
services over the body Of Nicholas
Romanon have been reported. A
telegram from Stockholm, August %,
stated that by order of the Czecho-
Slovak authorities the body of the
former emperor which had been
buried in suicides cemetery, had
been exhumed and solemnly rein
tered on consecrated ground. For a
long time after the execution Of the
former emperor, the disposition made
by the body was a mystery. One re-
port stated that it had been taken to
the deepest pit Of a coal mine at Yek-
Altering and there destroyed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
GERMANCRISIS
PART 0FPEACE
OFFENSIVE, SAY
HIGH OFFICIALS
This is the Eighth "crrisiis;'
Since the War
Started. E

London, Sejt. 23.-Although re-
ports Of a German political crisis
arising from the supposed movement
for parliamentarization Of the gov
ernment are printed at greater or less
length in the papers here, the whole
thing is mostly regarded as merely
an integral part of the German
peace offensive" .a.
The Telegraph discussing the ru-
mors says that this is the eighth po-
litical "crisis" in the course of the
war, and adds: "All Of them have
left things very much as they were
before"
The newspapers generally ignore
reports editorially but the view wide-
ly taken is expressed by the Graphic,
which describes the discussion now
filling German newspapers as ! a
strategy. to lure the Allies into maxi
ing peace by depicting Germany as
a democracy" The Graphic believes
that the emperor is following the ex-
ample of some Of his Hohenzollern
predecessors and is gladly playing his
be restaged with the Centrist major
ity and the Socialists as joint man
agers." The inwardness Of the move,
the newspaper adds, is that Matthias
Erzberger hopes, with the help of
Philip scheidemann, the Socialist
leader, and his followers, to GUST I'M
perial Chancellor Won Hertling and
secure the center of the stage as
peacemaker for Germany.
"Allied democracies are led to be-
lieve it will be quite safe to negotiate
with a German parliamentary gov
ernment," the Graphic says. '"The
whole movement is clearly prepar-
ing the way for a resuscitation of
revised edition in the hope that the
Allies have forgotten how complete
ly that, sham has been eposed."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
DISASTER THREATENS THE ENEMY
IN MACEDONIA AND PALESTINE
LAST SACRAMENTS
ADMINISTERED TO
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND

st. Paul, MIMI, Sept. 2s.-The
last sacraments Of the Catholic
church were administered to
Archbishop John ireland shortly
before noon today. 1t was an
nounced early this afternoon that
the archbishop was conscious only
part of the nme.
Bishop John O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls administered the sacrament
of extreme unction to the dying
archbishop. A number of promi-
nent bishops and priests were in
attendance.
Until today, Archbishop Ire
land has been conscious through.
out his illness. After q sinking
spell this forenoon his mentality
gradually faded. For q short time
he recovered consciousness and
murmufed a few words. Then he
lapsed again.
Archbishop ireland is sinking
rapidly" was the announcement
made to the Associated Press from
the archbishop's home shortly
after 1880 o'clock this afternoon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
SENATE AND HOUSE
COMPROMISE ON
!, TAXING, OF BONDS

/. Washington, Sept. 23-senate and
house conferees on the administra-
tion bill to increase the amount Of
income from Liberty bonds exempt
from surtaxes, broke their deadlock
today by compromising the dispute
over the house clause authorizing the
president to regulate and prohibit
sales OF bonds and other government
securities N =
The house conferees yielded to the
senates objections and the section
vestigation and regulation of security
sales by license or. otherwise, with
specific provision that the authority
given shall not be construed to pro-
hibit sales for cash or for notes dis
countable at federal reserve banks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
DANIELS HAS
]. PLAN T0FI|LL
4. MARINE AND
NAVY CORPS
Navy Will be Given $4,000
Men Monthly and Ma
rines 5000. :

rj> Washington, Sept. 23.-The pro-
gram under which the navy and the
marine corps will secure men here
after needed was announced yesterday
by Secretary Daniels after confer
ences with representatives Of his de-
partment, the marine corps and the
provost marshal generals Office. The
navy Is to have an average of $1,000
men monthly, while the marine corps
will get 5000 monthly for four
months and 1900 each month there
after.
OF the navys, allotment Of $4,000 It
special qualifications for certain navy
work, but the remainder will come
from "the run of the draft" navy off,
cials cutting out skilled men to meet
as far as possible the special needs Of
the service.
Men who now hold or may here
after be given deferred classification
on account Of dependency will be per-
mittcd to enlist in the navy as the
higher pay given is expected to do
away with the possibility of hard
ships to the dependents. Those who
have had previous service in the navy
no case, however, not even from the
draft will the navy accept men who
cannot read, write, and speak the
English language, nor will It accept
men not citizens Of the United States
or conscientious objectors.
Much the same system will be fol-
lowed in enlisting men both In the
navy and marine corps. Naval re-
cruiting stations will be known as
mobilization center1," each having q
definite territory to Serve and they
will be $estA Ablished at central points.
Marine corps recruiting ofhcerA also
will be kept OPEN.
Men desiring TO enter either the
navy or marine corps will be required
toemake application at the; proper re
cruitinE ONCE. When mon are ac-
cepted for the navy, the mobilization
otncers VIII apply for them through
their draft byarai. but in the case OF
msr. quail enter, 4 the lASina
corps tHearetfu lifting oasf6er will sind I
request to the provost marshal gem
eral for their enrolment and the pro-
vost marshal then win order the local
boards having Jurisdiction to enroll y
tl1em. ~ - 7
2 Naval mobilization points. for the
northwest states were announced by
Secretary Daniels as follows:
Chicago for Michigan, Illinois.
iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
Minneapolis for Minnesota, South
Dakota and North Dakota.
Seattle for Idaho, Oregon. Montana
and Washington.
Sit Lake City for Colorado, Wy
doming and Utah. et''f
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
omcial Report From Palestine.

Ohicial Report From Palestine.
London, Sept. 23.-(By the. Associ-
ated Press s.)-Twenty-fiv thousand
Turkish prisoners and ESQ guns had
been counted up to yesterday evening
by General Allenby's forces pushing
northward through Palestine, accord
ing to an official statement issued to-
day by the war ONCE.
The war Office announcement says
that the seventh and eighth Turkish
armies have virtually ceased to exist.
The entire transport of these two
armies was captured by the British.
Seizure by British Of the crossings
Of the Jordan at Jisr-ed-Dameer on
Sunday morning shut the last avenue
of escape to the Turks west of the
Jordan.
Reports from the Palestine front
this afternoon indicate that none Of
the Turkish force Of at least 10000
men trapped by the British through
the seizure of the last Of the passages
of the Jordan can possibly get away.
British Onlcial Report.
London, Sept 23.-British forces
last night attacked the German lines
between st. Quentin and Cambria, op-
posite LIE Catelet, making progress in
the vicinity Of Tombcis farm and cap
turing group Of trenches and strong
points on the ridge northwest Of Ven
huile, Field Marshal Haig an
nounced in his ofncial statement to-
day.
Another enemy strong point near
the Ronssoy Beny road, just to the
south, also was taken by the British.
A successful local attack was carried
out south Of villers- Goislain.
German troops late yesterday
counter attacked in the vicinity Of
Gillemont farm on the front between
Cambria and st. Quentin, to the west
of LIE Catelet. Field Marshal Haig's
statement today announces the repulse
Northwest of St. Quentin the Ger
mans penetrated the British line at
one point at Berthaucourt during an
attack The position was re-estab-
nshed by a counter attack.
On the front between Arras and
Lens there was q continuation Of the
advance movement In the Sneighbor-
hood OF Gavrille. Southeast Of that
village English troops made pro-
grese on Z front Of three-uuarters of 4
mile.
The statement reads:
Successful minor operations were
carried out by our troops yesterday
and @uring tho night ct several points
In thu afternoon British troops cap
tured ., German strong point. In the
[neighborhood Of the Ronssoy- -Bony
all day. taking %. prisoners. Later In
the afternoon . hostile counter attack
from the direction Of GiNemont farm
WAS repulssd with heavy leeDes BY our
rifle and machine gun Ars.
During the night other Dnglish
troops made progress In tho dir0otien
/ Of Temhots farm after sssetNL. hcuEr
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
25.OOO PRISONERS AND
26O GUNS CAPTURED BY
GENERAL ALLENBY'S MEN
British And French Are Progressing Western 'FRONT.' Ven
deuil Captured And Troops Are Drawing Closer
To St. Quentin on All Sides
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
JAPAN'S OBJECT IS
TO HELP RESTORE
ORDER in RUSSIA

Harbin. Thursday, Sept. To-
(By the Associated Press)-A
proclamation has been issued by
the japanese saying that its
friendly feeling for Russia and
not because of q desire to gain,
prompts japan to help to restore
order here. The proclamation
lays emphasis ON the assertion
that any one, regardless OF ma
tionality, causing disorders will
be severely punished.
1t is believed the proclamation
was issued because the people de-
chine to accept notes carried by
japanese troops instead of Rus
sian money.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
FLOAT COPPER FOUND.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Sept. 23.-What
Is believed to be a piece Of float COP
per. weighing AZ pounds, was plowed
up near here today by Nicholas wal
genhach. II the specimen Is genuine
Float" 1t probably Ia the largest If
its kind discovered In Wisconsin
Walgenbach has offered his find to the
state historical society. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
accommodating operations in this Sec.
tor likewise is announced. :.
French Omc,al Report.

Paris, Sept. 2s.-French troops yes
terday and last night made notable
progress in their drive for encircle-
ment of st. Quentin. They pushed
in far on the south and captured the
village and fort and yendeuil, close
to the Oise, nine miles southeast OF
st. Quentin, today's war Office an>
nouncement shows
From vendeuil, the French pushed
on to the river. North of Ly Fon-
taine they penetrated the wood in the
direction of Hinacourt.
The text of the statement follows:
I'm the region of St. Quentin the
French troops continued their adj
vance yesterday evening and last
night. They penetrated the wood
north Of Ly Fontaine, captured the
fort and village Of vendeuil and
pushed onto the Disc.
noS of 3s a.n. sa parties e
the Champagne in the direction Of
the Butte du Mesnile. German raids
north OF Vesle and in the vosges
failed"
New York, Sept. 23.-War Camp
fully organized in 272 communities
near our great training camps, and
touches some 500 communities in all,
has volunteered to place all the re-
sources OF its organizations at the
service Of the Liberty Loan commit
tee for the coming drive. In letter
to its community organizers, II. s.
Braucher. secretary of the War Camp
Community service, writes in part:
you have formed committees OF
all sorts and are in touch with tho
community life In all the cities, towns
and villages in which you are work
Ing These committees deal with our
| ArsA Ga vrap-t-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23
METZ IS VISITED
BY GOVERNOR OF
ALSACE-LORRAlNE

Paris, Sunday. Sept. 22.-The gov
ernor of sAlsace-Lorraine visited Metz
on Thursday last ITO inspect the dam
age caused by the long distance bonn
bardment," says a Havas dispatch
from Basel today. The governor g
purpose was also to visit the injured
In the hospitals. the message stated.
Dispatches from the American
front to The Associated Press Satur-
day night emphasized the fact that
there had been no bombardment OF
Metz, although the forts around it
have been under fire and a shell oc-
,casionally has fallen in the vicinity Of
the city.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-23

successful local attack south Of Viii
rs-Guislain.
East Of Gavrelle, English troops
made progress on a front Of about
three-quarters Of a mile, capturing
sixty prisoners.
early last night the enemy at
tackled Berthacourt under cover Of a
heavy artillery barrage and penetrated
our line at one point. An immediate
counter attack by our troops COM
pletely re-established the positions"
Metz .Atrdromes Bombarded.
London, Sept. 23.-Machines Of the
British independent air force dropped
nearly sixteen tons of bombs on Ger
man airdromes and on blast furnaces
in the Metz region on Saturday night,
it was officially announced today.
The blast furnaces attacked were
those at Hagendingen and Rombach.
Four enemy airdromes were bombed
by the raiders.
London, Sept. 23.-Serbian troops
have cut the main railway line be-
tween Uskub and Saloniki and are on
the western bank of the Vardar river,
according to the Serbian official state
ment Of Sunday.
West Of the vardar- the Serbians
n1xe GU. .he . ralway nhe 70 Frnep
~ en,snan .s .ne ne, ne ~. me ,o y. 1'an
Serbian infantry units now are in
the mountainous regions and advanced
prisoners and the amount of war ma
terials captured increases daily.
The neighboring German and Bull
loss Of their communication lines.
Enemy reinforcements have been fore
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-12
PIG HAS MORE
LIVES THAN CAT

A neighbor of VIM. Wills, who lives
on the Bridgeman farm northwest of
town, tells the Spring Green Home
News that while Mr.. Wills was hay
ing-probably two months after the
big tornado in May, he found a pig,
still alive, and held captive by the
limbs of a tree which had been blown
and fallen across it's hind legs. The
pig was very much emaciated, but
had sustained life by eating the bark
from the limbs as far as it could
reach, and the grass that was obtain
able. The pig had no water during
his Imprisonment, and our informant
says it took some time to satisfy its
intense thirst, but that he is alive
and well and growing into quite
respectable looking hog.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-12

tuck us three miles ahead Nv tn
richly procession, SO Nv co'se we gut
in fust. | picked onto likely lookin
quarter an sot muh stakes, but jist
at night long comes a couple Nv fell
lers in a wagin an they stuck a u S.
flag onto my quarter, an said twuz
tn school section an I'd hev ter va
cate. Well, mex mornin' everything
in sight wuz tuck, so | trades OF
Iawg ter a Teller named Bill Poets
fer his quarter, cuz he didn't keer fer
LAM nohOw, an jist made the IN fer
tn fun Nv it. But | top Poets ter
never ter try ter rope any thin frum
his back, and tie keep his tail bobbed
short. But I guess he thot | wuz
kin'er kiddin' him, fer | seed i'm a
while after an he said he tried ter
rope a maverick of'n OF Hawg, an
tn fust thing he knOWned, he wuz
settin on a stun upon a hill, kiner
restful like, an not havin' any partic'-
lar interest in things in gineral AT
ter he he'd sort NV come too, he gut
the boys together, an they foun' OF
Hawg five miles fruit hum with tn
lariat wound thirteen times roun' his
neck an him in tn creek tryin' ter
drown hisself.
N. G. ABBOTT.
Eureka Springs, Ark.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-12
Another Sacrifice

A report is going the rounds of the
press that Joyce Kilmer, the poet-sol-
dier-sergeant in the Goth New York,
was killed in France last month. Mr.
KiImer was we'll known in BarabOO.
He studied at Rutgers college and Co
lumbia university, graduating with the
degree Of A. B. in 1908, at the age Of
20 years. In this year he married
Aline Murray, daughter Of the late
Henry Mills Alden, for nearly half a
century editor Of Harper's Magazine.
Thus brought closely in touch with lit
erary men, Mr. Kilmer was on the
staff of the New York Times and the
Literary Digest, besides being regu-
lar contributor to magazines here and
abroad. His wife and three children
are now with his parents in New
Brunswick, n. J,
Joyce Kilmer has published three
or four volumes Of his verse, a play,
Some Mischief Still" and THE Cir
Gus and Other Essays" For the past
Eve years he has lectured on literary
and other subjects before educational
institutions and societies in Wiscon-
sin and many other states. Two years
ago he talked before the student body
in the college my daughter was at
tending in Winona, Mimi, and al
though they were used to the best
money could procure, Mr. Kilmer was
the favorite Of them all. She said he
reminded her Of the Durwards at the
Glen: from their lips came words of
uplift and cheer-their very lives
were a living illustrated poem.
The following soldiers Prayer,
taken from Good Housekeeping" is
probably the last lines he penned:
My shoulders ache beneath my pack,
Lie easier, cross upon His back.
l march with feet that burn and
smart,
(Tread, Holy Feet, upon my hear).
| Men shout at me who may not speak,
! (They scourged Thy back and smote
Thy cheek.
I may not lift a hand to clear
My eyes Of salty drops that scar,
(Then shall not tickle soul forget
Thy agony of Bloody Sweat)
My rifle hand is stiff and numb,
(From Thy pierced palm red rivers
Gomez
Lord, Thou didst suffer more for me
Than all the hosts of land and sea.
So let me render back again
This millionth of Thy gift. Amen.
But now Joyce Kilmer's voice is
hushed, his pen is stilled, his arm
that struck to make men free is
numbed, and all America mourns his
passing. Oh, cruel War, how bitter is
thy toll! HUGH KELLEY.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-12
or Hawg

1t was down at Magnetic spring,
and an ex-cowbOy who had made the
run for the Cherokee Strip in Okla
homa in '93 and had recently &C
quired wealth by lucky oil strike,
was engaged in an animated discus
sion of the tobacco habit, with a very
santimonious appearing individual
sporting flowing whiskers. "Whisk-
ers" had sought to clinch his argu-
ment by saying that,-"No decent,
self-respecting young lady would
ever kiss a man with chew of tobac-
co in his mouth" to this the ex-cow
boy esponded,- "Ner no doggone
billy-goat nuther!"
This response silenced "Whiskers"
and gave the ex-cow boy an oppor-
tunity to tell us of his eventful. ride
into the strip.
81 bot a hos frum tn w ranch, -
said he, "jist on purpose ter make
tn run. Sixteen an half hau's
high an a back like a hawg. In fact
or Hawg wuz his name. TIL niger
ranch hau's toll me at or Hawg wuz
a bad actor, an he'd killed five Mexi-
cans, an 'ud killed me tew eff l ever
tried ter rope any thin of'n his, back,
tibet I'd hev ter keep his tail bob
bed short ter keep him frum kickin
hisself ter death, an at he wuz
deathly afraid Nv a gun. They seq
EFF yo's gwine ter ride dat hos ter de
strip, 70 jes wanter head i'm dataway
an when de sta tin gun cracks, he'll
take yo fotten miles sho, den 20
shoote 20 own gun, an he's good fer
foteen mo-" Well sir! When we
roped tibet hos he come right at us
with his mouth wide open, but jist
as soon as we 1oosed tn rope, he laid
his years back on his neck, shet his
eyes an jist swayed an quivered
like while we put on tn bride an
saddle an. cinched it. But when I hit
tn saddle he jist tuck tn bit in his
teeth, laid his nose ter tn grom,
bucked twice, an 'en away he went
hell bent fer Texas. When we lined
up on tn border, thot Nv whut tn
niger ranch hau's he'd said, an so /
header OF Hawg to'rd tn strip, an
sot tight An when the gun cracked
or HaWg lit aout at a gait at soon
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-12
First Airship

On Tuesday, September 3, about 5
p. M, an airship passed over Sank
Prairie, going in a sOutheasterly di-
rection. 1t made a great noise as it
passed through the air at a rapid rate.
Charles Nelson CHANGED to get good
view Of it, The writer also heard it,
and thought someone had joined the
"speeders' club" Several years ago,
when the Germans were at st. Louis
with their big Pomern ballon, as we'll
as others who were engaged in the
great balloon race, there was one
that passed over Sank Prairie il a
northeasterly direction. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Watkins saw their light at
night. E. ID. KING.
Prairie du Sac.