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.J S Gillispie. lots 3. s. ok ; Il;
Ralph E Lane. E - ii of SIs
OF Thurman Tract IL
E f Hunt, lots 20. III, blk /
Nourse's Add Meridian II;
Presbyterian Church lots /,
George Sherer. lot hk ,. Cot
tage Home add - Il
Mrs Ella V REYNOLDS w ala 1t
of lot blk 4. II
Fay d Young LOT / blk / West
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Alfred Rathbun lots l 4 ;. hT ?.
Henry G Hoffman. lots 1. hl
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LLOYD Adams Nj lot l9, all OF
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-08-02

W-B Davidson, W.Howard Dawson
LAW YERs
Yates Building, - 4th Floor
BOISE, IDAHO.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
JAPAN'S POLICY !.
NOT ALTERED
BY CHANGE in
The MINISTRY
Baron Cato Actively Takes
Over Work in Foreign
Office Today.

Tokio, Saturday, April 27.-(Bya the
Associated Press. THE change in
me foreign ministry implies no alter
alton OF Japan,s policy in the war.
said Baron Cato today. The baron has
actively taken over the work OF the
foreign office. He held 2 reception
today for the chiefs OF departments,
and received their conEra atulationa
smilingly. although sbetraying the
strain consequent upon q. recent Pc
reavement coupled with the heavy
demands which have been made upon
him owing to the illness OF sbothS Pre-
mier Terauchi and Vfscount Mpton0,
his predecessor at the foreign office
I'm this day., said the baron, there
should be no need of a.declarafton a py
the secreta ry for foreign affairs Of one
of the nations allied In the common
cause for which. we have taken up
arms and for which we are pledged
to, stand together until victory and
peace have been secured. Nevertheless
I recognize. the importance, special
ly at this time. Of guarding against
instdious pr0pagandists who are par
ticularly busy when there lis oppor-
tunity to plant seeds OF suspicion and
distrust IAhetefore welcomesth this op-
portunity to declare through the As
ISOLATED Press that there is no foun-
dation or truth IN the, suggestion OF q
change OF policy or yof leNentnG OF
LOYALTY to all eng1gements on the part
of this government because OF
change in PERSONNEL which 10 due
solely to the regrettAble Illness Of the
former minister sO6 foreign affairs ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
BAKER WILL PRESENT PLAN ITO
INCREASE ARMY TOIhIEEl THE
DRIVE BEING MADE BY HUNS
Form of Recommendation Not Known But Secretary Will
Not .corhne Himself to Specific Figures--War De-
partrnent Reports Show That 100000 Men Can be
Cared For This Year. ss5$.ss

any necessity for extending the draft
ages. There is every reason to believe
that there are enough men in class
Of the draft ratedNas fighting material
to- fill any demand that possibly can
be made upon thssselective service for
a year or more.tIh addition. extension
of the draft to mon who have reached
the minimum agesof 81. The act as
passed will add another three-quar-
ters ofEA million to the list of avail
able.
None Of the officials present at to-
days meeting of the war council
would say what figures had been dis
cussed. 1t is known. however. that
Chairman Hurley of the. shipping
board. was asked for estimates Of the
minimum shipping that could, be OBJ
tanned from all sources to. accelerate
troop movemerits.sS IS " q ts,s ~ .ss. I: 4s;
In connection With the increase OF
the army. the war department is in
clined to expand existing cantonments
and the pick OF the national guard
camps to accommodate additional
troops. rather than TO the construc.
ton of new cantonments.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
will accompany Mr.. Baker before the
committee and the two will discuss
legislation now pending to change the
draft quota to the basis. of the mum.
ber Of men in class ].
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01

Washington, May secretary
Baker will appear before the house
military committee. tomorrow morn
ing to present the administration pro-.
gram for. increasing the army to meet
the German drive. The exact form Of
his recommendation is not known. but
there are Indications that he will not
confine himself to specific figures
asking for blanket authority to raise
all the troops it is possible to clothe,
equip and ship to France. 1t is known
that war department officials, through
the survey Of shipping and supplies
recently completed have been con-
vinced that 1t will he possible to han
die at least 100000 men this year.
and that this number could be con-
siderably increase by straining re-
sources. 1t is therefore believed that
Mr.. Baker will indicate to the house
committee tomorrow that an addition
al million men will be modified If
authority is granted. =
The bulk of the additional forces
would be organized as fighting units
1t Is assumed, as the forces already
assembled have provided the major
part. of the non-combatant troops
necessary for largely increased
army.
There is nothing to indicate that
the war department sees at this time
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01

C0NSCRlPTlON
IN IRELAND
IS POSTPONED
Wish to Introduce Home
Rule Bill Said to Have
Delayed Proceedings.

London, May An order in coun-
Gil has been issued further postpon-
ing the operation of the national
service act, or conscription. as re-
spects Ireland beyond May l.. to which
It had been postponed previously.
Some Of the morning newspapers say
the postponement is due to the gov
ernments wish to introduce a home
rule bill before proceeding to enforce
CONSUMPTION in Ireland.
Opinion in the lobbies Of parliament
is that a home rule bill will be pre-
,sented in the house Of commons next
week.
Washington. May Though fully
anticipated, the announcement from
London of the postponement Of the
ireland, was received with great re-
lief by officials here. Grave concern
had been felt over, the situation and
there have been Indications that the
Washington administration has let
Premier Lloyd George know that in
its judgment the application Of the
Irish conscription act should follow
and not precedc the passage of the
home rule act.
Interference in the internal affairs
of another state under ordinary con-
IHl8uL Uc UllIcl1y ASoVhSSu OuN
the situation is somewhat different
now because of the extraordinarily
intimate relations existing between
the United States and Great Britain
as they stand associated in war
against the central powers.
The fact that the British premier
said that there were now more Irish
and Irisht Americans in the United
States than there are Irish in ireland
and that the attitude of Ireland
might reasonably be expected to be
influenced by the sentiment of the
Irish elements in America. it is un.
derstood, was referred to by the ad.
ministration here in making its sug
gestion to London. With the homc
rule bill once enacted. giving Ireland
measure of independence fairly
comparable with that enjoyed by
Canada and Australia, officials here
are convinced the Irish in America
mot only will urge their kinsmen IL
Irstand to submit to- conscriptiun al
they thennfzstves haY6 done ii ..t>sner
:ca, but if that suggestion is \ It &C
cepted, will permanently Withdraw
the large measure Of assistance whicl
{, fu, enerations past they nave ex
/, tcr1e to the Irish at home.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
.SHIPBUlL|.DER|S ].
BREAK RECORD
FOR 4 A|VETllNG ] ' { ! i!
Gang of syriaas Drive 1906
Rivets milne Hours {
So. at ForeRiver.

Quincy. Mass, May LA riveting
gang composed of three husky
ssyrians at the Fore. River yard of
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora
tion today claimed to have broken
the worlds record, for riveting. This
was based on the performance Of
Riveter. Charles Mulham, who drove
2S05 three-quarter inch oil-tight
rivets in nine hour stretch last
night. Nl
The previous record, the Fore
River company stated, was 2,720-
three ee-quarter inch Sna p rivets driven
in nine hours at the plant of the Bal
timore Dry Dock and Shipbuild,nR
company. Oil tight riveting is much
harder than snap riveting for the
bulk heads on the shell of the oil
tanker on which the men were work.
ing are put under air pressure test.
The calloused hands of botn the
riveter and his holder-on were badly
burned as the tools became heated
because of the rapid manipulating of
the white hot rivets tossed by their
heater-boy at an average rate OF more
than five a minute.
The gang earned something like
$50 asa result OF the nights work
and General Manager 9. Wake
man added a substantial bonus in
recognition of the feat. About $50
other gangs employed in the yard
have intimated that they would at
tempt to break Mulham's record.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01

loans but 5000 was taken in the
third.
AS further evidence Of the leagues
loyalty. Townley cited resolutions
pledging members support tc the.
government In prosecuting the war.
passed at its conventions. He read
resolutions promising support of the
war for political and industrial de-
mocracy."
do you mean by Industrial democ-
racy what Russia has done 2" Senator
Reed demanded. do you defend the
defiance of pledges, International and
national and the wholesale destruc-
ton which has occurred there?"
mo, we contend that the attempt
to secure industrial democracy in
Russia has been ana utter failure,
Mr.. Townley responded
'IndustriM democracy" which,
Townley said the Nonpartisan leagues
was supporting, he defined as the
modities from the producer to the
consumer without anybody on the
road taking an unjust profit"
Although Townley said he and the
league are supporting the Minnesota
gubernatorial candidacy Of former
Representative Charles "A. Lindbergh.
he repudiated written statements OF
Lindbergh regarding the cause and
aim Of America in the war. Some
Of Lindbergh's statements Townley
admitted. would hinder Americas ef-
forts.
Reports of statements Townley
made in speeches last. summer were
read and the league leader declared
many were untrue .'misrepresenta-
4 tons made by 'tan enemy press"
II never held a meeting ins any
state" said Townley, that I did not
/ advocate sale of Liberty bonds" ;.
.. Senators Reed and Weeks declared
the sole question involved was the
4 charge that leaders--not member
4 ship-of the league haye been dis.
/ loyal. f, s... ~
i Several Indicted, g.
4 Z y y. s. Four ori five" officers and work
1 Iers OF the league. Townlsy sAid wiaeT
II pfsssgsta{f; 'haad been indicted iii Mime.
4 sota for viola tden ssof laws passed stc
4 assist 1.-The conduct OF the war, bu,
A two only had been convicted.
.The convictions were hadsonly or
'fcharges of holding meetings without
A the consent Of the Minnesota safety
4 jcomnission,''' he explained. re
4 Senator Hitchcock read a statement
VI from Governor Burnquist Of Mime
sofa saying Joseph Gilbert, directo,
OF. the. league. had been convicted o.
]; 'disloyal utterances."
j ~s"Thats one of the convictions. bu
the charge was not what the COVER
J., nor says it was" the witness re-
u ,Isponded.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
Tabulati0ns of Treasury ShOw That Practically
I2,OOO, 600 Persons Haze Bought Bonds IN
ss Third Liberty Loan subscriptions
Reach So, 500, ,OOO,Q

bonds he agreed to buy q $50 bond
on the installment plan. in accordance
with the standard suggestion OF the
s'hGy another. solicitors. He said that
he hoped million sor more other
Americans would buy another bond" /"
Loan headquarters Immediately tel-
iegraphed local Organisations to COM
municate word Of the presidents sub
scription; to four, minute men. theater
managers, newspap md loan work,
to follow his example. Subecripu uons
OF any size will be wSlcomed, hut spe-
cial effort will be msde5t to gst persons
OF modegate means 70 buy &5o baby;
honda g 81 # q e Il ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
T0WNLEY GETS CHANCE TO REPLY
TO M'GEE ,iA A IEMENIS BEFORE
SENATE MILITARY COMMIT TEE
Senator Weeks Devclopes that Subscriptions in First
and Second Loan Had Been Taken Out by organiza-
ton and that Only $1,000 Of Leagues 100000 Had
Been Spent in Third

Washington, May 1.--Charges that
leaders and members Of farmers ma
tional Nonpartisan league are disloy-
al were answered today before the
senate military committee by A. c..
Townley Of st. Paul. the leagues
president, who is undey Indictment
for alleged violation of the Mime
sofa laws. "
Townley was given an opportunity
today to reply to sthe statement of
Judge John E. MCGEE of Minneapo-
lis. a member of the Minnesota pub
lie safety commission, in the COM
mittee's consideration of the Cham
berlain courtmartial bill.
Denies Disloyalty.
Reciting support given to the war
in wheat planting states and Liberty
loan subscriptions by farmers in
Minnesota and North Dakota belong
ing to the sleague. Townley categori-
cally denied the organization was dis
dictment and said McGee's charges
were not the first made against him
and the leagues members. ~
We do not want to stand before
the country and the world branded
as traitors" he said.
Senator Reed of Missouri, declar-
ing Townley's hearing IAN unusual
proceeding" said Judge McGee had
stricken from the record statements
referred to by Townley as reflecting
upon loyalty of the leagues mem
bership.
"Our people don't know that the
charge-widely published in our
states-was withdrawn" Townley re-
piled. "Since the charge Is with
drawn I think it is agreed by Judge
MCGEE and everybody else that it il
untrue" IL
"A Serious Charge.
This is a! very serious charge
against a great many people," said
Townley. THE majority of the vot.
ers and their. .Fsympathizers of Sortt
Dakota are members of the league
:. including sHovssAo ana state OH
4 kot1s ssRrt TO be ostracized
ss lg sIls gs~ss.Fen |, q sTsa1 sesss msa;
ss3s aasnlss ss asss ber cent ii Norti 4.
and that about $4,000 farmers eacl
in North Dakota and Minnesota ar.
members In both states, he said
there had been oVersubscriptfons II
Liberty bonds. Senator Weeks o
Massachusetts developed that th'
leagues annual dues are IS. .5f
That would make receipts Of a
least 100000 Il year he observed
How much did the league. as an or
ganization, subscribe to the loans'?'
Townley replied nothing had beef
subscribed to the first and secon'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01

\ This "buy another phase will not
be permitted to interfere with the in
tensive roundup Of men and women
who have yet to subscribe for their
first bond Of this loan and. OF big
business interests whose purchases are
needed to boost the total to the high
over-subscription mark. ts
S The total subscriptions as announc-
ed BY the treasury. were $2.bos. .sl4.-
900. s1,..
OFFICIAL returns ehow that every
state In the Minneapolis district has
IS1ceeded Its quota ana 0noti ticiAlly
district managers claim every county
has made the same record.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
men FROM ALL
ALLIED NATIONS
INCONVENIENCE!
Conference Opened Today
and Will Last Over !.
y ". ss!ss, Z - p or11orrow. /. 6 E

Versailles. May Am important
conference Of; the allied nations opens
here today and will be carried oyer
to tomorrow. The participants COM
prise Premiers Lloyd George, ,Clem-
enceau and Orlando. of Great Britain,
France and italy. respectively, and
representatives of France. Great
Britain, Italy and the United States in
the supreme war council.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
TAKEN
FROM GERMAN POST
FRENCH IMPROVE POSITIONS IN
FLANDERS IN The L0CRE REGION
American Battery Laying Heavy Barage On Enemy Bit
teries- German Artillery Less Active On American
Front-Sammie. Bring Down German Plane
In Exciting Duel

Todays official statements reveal break in
quiet all the recently active fronts Flanders
In local fighting in the former the British repulsed
tack by the Germans near St Julien northeast Of
prisoners from German posts which rushed III ~
Meteren The French in Flanders carried
Grafton which important in that it improved
the valuable holding ground about Locre, which
of Mont Rouge SsS saasaasssS asaa
On the Somme front the continuance of arty attonx
violence reported Vers Bretonneux
along the Avre. S@5&saSg sSa@s 55yyaaSs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
M'Gregor Man Kills
Self Because He Did
Not Pass Examination

Aitkin, Mimi. May 1.-Richard
Blair Waupin Of McGregor, believed
to have been respondent because he
thought he had failed to pass into the
army, this morning committed suicide
by stabbing himself with a jackknife.
He was SO years old and was employ
ed as night telegrapher at the Nc
Gregor station. 1t is said that he went
into an outside building. barred his
breast and plunged the knife into his
heart. The body will be taken to
Kimberley
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
Three North Dakota Men
Will Get Commissions

Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash, May
1.-The following three North Da-
kota men are eligible for commits
sions, having graduated at the third
officers training camp, which closed
April 20: 81
Edwin A. Blenkner. 3e2nd infan-
try. Bowbells.
Douglas G. Mckay. s4sth, Machine
Gun. battalion, Pembina.as @
& Reginald I. Nichols. 362nd infantry,
Stady. i& - *; a&
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
NEW YORK CENTRAL
PAYING OFF NOTES

New York. May THE New York
10000; 900 4 1-2 per cent maturing
notes out of funds to that amount lent
to the road by the United States
treasury. 1t was understood that the
road would pay the government six
per cent in trest on the loan.
h The treasury department. it was
learned. has also made payments on
account of rental Of the New York
Central lines under federal control for
the first quarter of this year, to the
amount of $13,000,000.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
nelr,ans Forced to work.
ELECTRICIAN Is
ELECTROCUTED AT
CARLTON STATION

Carlton, Minn.. May 1.--Wil1iam
Aho. t34,-s employed ut the Great
Northern Power company house near
Bronell. was. electrocuted late yester-
day while working, under feed wires
carrying $500 volts OF electricity. His
body Was, badly burned. Coroner
shampine, Clouuet found that Aho
was throwing dirt under the wires
which are suspended eight Test above
the ground; that the electricity jump
Cd to his shovel. instantly killing him.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
IRELAND OUT OF DANGER.

4 st. Paul. Mimi. May Arch
bishop John Ireland, who has been
seriouslyl ill at his home since his re-
turn from Florida. a few days ago,
spent a restful night and, continues to
improve according to statement
made at his home early today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
Huns at Stantistill.

British Army in Flanders, May l.
(By the Associated Press.)-General
Won Arnim made no further move
along the Flanders battle front last
pected. The heavy defeat which the
Germans suffered Monday forced them
to pause and bring up fresh troops
before continuing their drive for the
hill positions in the KENNEL region.
A few more hours, however. will
suffice for their reorganization and
assault may be expected i'm
m.
The seriousness of the German in
numerous ways. On Monday. for ex-
ample. they pushed at; least one held
gun forward to within seven hundred
.yardsssof. the battle lins.,s and other,
guns were brought close mp. u +. ~ 80.
Z Heavy artillery firing continued at
various parts Of the battle line during
the night and there were the usual
outpost actions The back areas be-
tween Ypres and Hazebrouck were
heavily shelled by the Germans. An
enemy attempt yesterday afternoon to
cut the barbed wire at Wieltje was
dispersed by artillery fire.
Emperor William appears to have
been an interested and active visitc:
in the Flanders region yesterday. Ac-
cording to prisoners, he has been
making his usual fiamboyant speeches
to troops and he stated the other day
that the Germans were trying to sep
arate the French and British armies,
adding Enthusiastically that the
ish back on the English channel
where they belonged"
German Plano Brought Down.
With the American Army in France.
Tuesday, April 30.-(By the Assocf-
ated Press. "A German airplane was
brought down in enemy territory last
night by Captain Norman Hall OF
Colfax Iowa, and Lieutenant Edward
Y. Rickenbacher of Columbus, Ohio,
after duel over the American line on
the Toul sector.
The American birdmen first en-
rared the enemy machine over the
American lines. Lieutenant Ricken-
bac cher, we'll known as an automobile
racer in the United States. swept over
the Boche and opened. fire with his
machine gun, while Captain Hall,
formerly a member Of the Lafayette
escadrille, darted behind the German
and also opened fire.. The German
| made desperate attempts to escape
and returned the fire OF the Amerl-
cans. several bullets piercing captain
Halls aeroplane.
The Americans peppered the enemy
machine with bullets and drove 1t
down until it fell behind the German
trenches.
BelRians Forced to Work.
London, May /. via Ottawa
twenty-five thousand Belgian mer
and boys have been, compelled to
work on military operations under
the whip of German sentries. behind
the German lines in the regions o1
Valenciennes and Maubeuge, accord
| ing to Reuters limited.
The mortality in the camp Of th'
deported Belgians. 1t reports. is terri
! BILE The numbers. sent back as unfi
are replaced by fresh recruits.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01

When woman doeses her invalid
husband with herb tea and he, doesn't
get we'll, he is either contrary or un-
grateful. T E 'tl5
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
Brataah AAvaaca

London, May 1.Brttish !. hodpestA
Mesopotamia crArying on thair ppr-
suit OF the retroating Turkish $0toae,
have advanced ~ Tar - the TAnk
river. It = officially announced this
afternoon. Twelve additional It'd
guns wers captured on AprM -. TIE
total or prisoners has rsaehed 1,eee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
Artiney F1sht Hessl u

Paris, May 1.--Artillssy u q
some intensity occurred IA = 1T { SstfsM
the Somme front nearAv vtIlefs-l 5r3l = Isss
neux and on both stsles sdt thk 4 n
southeast of Amiens.s siys xp SsJ sSS
Office report. Re III II s,S n IN
he<statement reeds:@ s;ss az ss ss sSs sSs
artillery actions Ok epslaq xiq1S - llss
Avre. isgs Il ag IS s;ssI sssSS Nm
I'm Lorraine .eFfSncl IL y lI(lifllj 3
brought in prisoners sssss asa 81
The night was quf4t ni NJ = u
mainder Of the from. VI .,S;ss S.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
French 1napsurve = Posfis = Z 1

London. May 1.-French ffooI
night improved their poGit B
neighborhood Of loere. On m lss 81
ers front. the wax once aEnnun "
The British rushed German = y 4
the Meteren sector and took 81
ers. gsS 'S Is q ss 81, ssS ssssssS2a I sS$2
The statement follows: lsSs
"A local attack mades ~ ~ ~ - II
yesterday upon one of I, 0ns m Il III
the neighborhood ok StsJsliisp d
sector were rushed ~ DnE IN ~ ~
ing the night andSG@ @ ke1fs ~ Sl1 r III r l51l
were secured by MI q, sC{ss I
ss BY q successf IN ~ y
carried out last NTH 7
issepHe~rA ther posi- u fisas y T. /
I An the neiEhbor hood 6s