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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-23
GOVERNMENT NEEDS
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
FOR WAR WORK

Washington, D. c., May 23.-More
and more, as the war program pro-
crosses, is the Government depending
upon women to perform the tremen-
dously increased volume of work in
the civil branches. The force Of civ
ilian employees in Washington, d, c.,
increased from 10000 to approx
nately 10000 during the first year OF
aur participation in the war. OF this
increase of 10000, more than $4,000
are women. Women make up the in
crease in Government offices and es-
Establishments outside of Washington
in less proportion, for the reason that
the greatest expansion in the field has
been in the large manufacturing
plants of the War and Navy Depart
1nents, where thousands of mechanics
and laborers are employed in ship
building and in manufacturing ord
nance and other war material. Wo-
men are not available for employment
in trades positions to any great ex-
tent, but their services are being utll-
ICED in every way that is practicable.
The United States Civil Service
Commission is calling for women for
LOVeTHlllPII WOTk Ol HoI ieoS thoi w
different kinds. The list includes
stenographnrs, typists, bookkeepers.
other clerks of score or more OF
classifcations which require training
in some special or technical line, sta
tisticians, operators of various kinds
of calculating, addressing and dupll-
eating machines, proof readers, law
clerks, welfare executive secretaries,
craftsmen of dozen kinds, telegraph
and telephone operators, trained
nurses, chemists, physicists, library
assistants, inspectors of undergar-
ment, hnger-print classitiers, and
many others.
The Commission urges women to
offer their services to the Government
at this time of great need. AS men
are called to the colors, women must
take their places and keep the ma
chinery behind the armed forces NOV
ing at the maximum of efficiency.
Representatives of TIE Civil Service
Commission at the post Offices in all
Important cities are prepared to fur
nsh definite information and appllca-
tion blanks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-23
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That
and delivered by Francis ]. White and
Libbens White her husband of Mime
apolis. Mimi, mortgagors. to the East
Side State Bank of Minneapolis. Mimi, a
corporation, dated February 20, 1915 and
filed for record in the office of the
Register of Deeds in and for the Coun-
ty Of Ward, State Of North Dakota, on
the 18th day Of April, 1915, and duly re-
corded in Book 234 of Mortgages on
page 3s1. and thereafter assigned by said
mortgage to Louis Andersen, of Mime
apolis, Mimi, which assignment was fill
ed for record in the office Of the said
and duly recorded in Book 235 of Mort
cages on page 124, will be foreclosed by
sale of the premises in such mortgage
described, at the front door Of the Court
House in the City Of Minot, County of
Ward, and State Of North Dakota at
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O'Clock In the afternoon Of that day at
the Court rooms Of this Court in the
ty Of Ward and state of North Dakota
and you and each Of you are hereby
cited to be and appear before this Court
at the said time and place to answer
said petition and show cause, If any
there be, why the prayer Of said petition
should not be granted.
BY the Court,
WILLIAM MURRAY,
County Judge.
Dated this 3rd day of May, A. d. 1918.
Let the service Of the above citation
be made by publication thereof for three
successive weeks, commencing May 8,
a weekly newspaper of general circu-
lation, printed and published at the
City Of Minot in the said Ward County.
WILLIAM MURRAY,
5-S-3t Judge.
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SUMMONS


State Of North Dakota. County Of
Ward. SIS.
In district Court, Eighth Judicial Dis
trict.
Gilbert Gunderson, Ole Gunderson, Frank
Eicher and all persons unknown who
est in and to the property described
Defendants.
The State Of North Dakota sends Greet
ing to the above named Defendants:
SUMMONS
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint of the above named plain
the office Of the Clerk Of the District
Court, Ward County, North Dakota. and
to serve a copy of your answer upon
the subscriber i at his Riz office, suite 9, New
within thirty days after the service
Of this summons upon you, exclusive
of the day of such service; and in case
as above required the plaintiffs will take
judgment against you, by default, for
the relief demanded in the plaintiffs
complaint
Z, 1918.
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
NOTICE OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM
To the above named Defendants:
You will please take notice that the
above entitled action is one for the re-
formation of Final Decree in the estates
of Steiner Gunderson and Esther Cum
derson, deceased, and warranty deed
and for the partition Of the hereinafter
described real estate and that no person
al claim is made by the above named
plaintiffs against any of the above and
| foregoing defendants. Said real estate
| Is described as follows and is the sub
ject Of this action; starting at point
| in the north line Of Harrison Avenue.
where tn east alley line of Block one
| % Of the River Park Addition to the
City of Minot. Ward County. North Da-
kota, produced, will intersect said north
line Of Harrison Avenue (now named
sixth avenue); thence running north on
the said east alley line produced dis
lance Of $50 feet; thence west 244 feet
at right angles; thence south at right
angles a distance of $50 feet to the north
line of Harrison Avenue; thence east
along the said north line of Harrison
Avenue 244 feet to the point of begin
ming, all part of the West one half Of
the Southwest quarter (WA of SWa) of
Section thirteen u3) Township One
Range Eightythree $3.50 West Of the
9Th p. NJ, Ward County, North Dakota.
Dated at Ninot, North Dakota, May
II, 1918.
5-16-tc
CFIAS. D. KELSO,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
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NoTIcE TO CREDITORS

State Of North Dakota. County of
Ward. IS.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Frank
j. Becwar, deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given by c. l.. Steven
son, Administrator of the estate of
Frank ]. Becwar, Deceased, to the cred
itors Of and all persons having claims
against said deceased. to present them:
With the necessary vouchers. to the said
Administrator at Berthold, N. D., within
four months after the first publication
of this notice
Dated this 10th day Of May 1918.
c. L.. STEVENSON,
Administrator of Estate of
Frank j. Becwar, deceased.
5-16-t4
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NOTICE OF SALE, Ho1ECLosu1H or
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE BIZ
AnXERT14En&MT

Notice is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage. made. executed and de-
ton H. Wenner, husband and wife, mort
gagors to Lavilla D. Hines, mortgage.
dated the 18th day Of November A. D.
1915 and filed for record IN the office Of
Ward and state Of North Dakota on the
9th day Of November A. D. 1916 and
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE PORE
CLOSURE SALE

Default having bee.i made n tr terms
of the mortgage described below by the
installments secured thereby when due
and such defaults still existing. and
the mortgage electing to all sums ST.
cured by SAID mortgage are now deciar-
ed cue and payable, and the MORTGAGE
having been compelled to pay overdue in
teres, on a prior mortgage upnn said
premises and overdue lakes IN said
premises. t. protect its int erests under
tie mortgage described below such sums
are included herein.
Not;ct is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage executed and delivered
by George c. Couch, a single man as
poration as mortgage, dated december
10Th, 1912, and filed for record IN the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds in and for
cember 3Ctn, 1912, and there recorded in
Book 119 of mortgages at page PIP
Will be foreclosed by a sale of the
premises in. such mortgage and herein
after described at the front door of the
Of Ward and State of North Dakota
on the 18th day of June 1918, at the
hour Of two o'clock in the afternoon Of
that day to satisfy. the amount, due on
premises described in such mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same
are located in Ward County, North Da-
kota and described as follows: to-wit 3,o
in township one hundred fifty-one north
of range eighty-seven west of the fifth
principal meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage
on the day Of sale the sum of $986.59
besides the costs and disbursements OF
this foreclosure.
Dated at Grand Forks, N. D., this 25th
day Of April, 1918.
E. J. LANDER & CO.,
Hortgagee.
Murphy 4 Toner,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Grand Forks, N. D. 5-2t7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18

Flying low and shooting up the
Germans in their trenches is both
a dangerous and exciting game.
l got my first taste Of this sport
on the Aisne after had succeed
ed in getting transferred to
Chase Escadrille, No. 65, when
the offensive in Flanders was over
in September.
Capt. Lamy, daring and re-
sourceful pilot, was our com
mandant.
Our plane insignia was the Sun
of France eclipsing Germany.
These were busy times on the
Aisne. The French were getting
ready for the October push on the
Chemin des Danes. 1t was most
important that the Germans
should not see what we Were up
to.
Our sector maintained a VERT
able barrage of airplanes to keep
the German airmen from getting
behind our lines.
Up and down over the trenches
in figure "8's" our patrols flew
day after day, keeping guard.
IL was no part Of our regu-
lar duty to shoot up trenches,
but at the end Of monoton-
Gus patrol with an occasional
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18
Miles of
Men Move
In Battle!

BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS
United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES NEAR BAIL
LEUL, April 18.-The fight now progressing is the
most spectacular of the war.
From hill top near Baileul it can be observed in
pantomime as tho from balcony seat
Miles upon miles, from around the Passchendaele
salient which the British are voluntarily with
drawing-to far southwestward of Bailleu is visible
to the naked eye with field glasses infantry be
plainly seen on the move.
Here the wars most dramatic panorama stretches
out with scarcely tree clump obscuring the view.
Across fertile miles of farms, men visible going
into action. Shells burst in pasture lands. Abandon
ed cows grazing and stare in mild establishment
at the strange eruptions.
The sky is filled with black and white cloud puffs
and with low flying airplanes in contact with in
fantry dropping signal rockets to point out targets
to the artillery.
Whole Spectacle Looks Unreal;
Like Some Mighty Celebration
The rattle of machine guns and the bass thunder
of heavy artillery, comminged with the ear-spltting,
voleying bangs of guns is worthy orchestra to the
greatest drama of all times
Flashes from guns and howitZers ceverly conceal
ed frankly out in the open, leaped dazzlingly
times startlngly meanwhile the horizon fckers like
Continued on Page Two
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HAIc HOLDING FIRM IN
BATTLE AROUND YPRES

on the Lys battlefront, from Gil
venchy to eastward of Robson,
continuing until down between
LOGON and Robeqc.
Local attacks in the Merris
sector yesterday evening we're re-
pulsed.
More detailed reports of the
fighting yesterday in Nieppe for
est and on the Wytschaete front
established the severity of the en-
emy's losses
The Germans again are in pos
session Of Wytschaete and Meter
en-, 1t Is admitted in Field Mar
shall Haig's night official report.
French Cooperating.
The British recaptured these
villages in counter attacks yester-
Continued ON Page Five.l
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SPEEDS UP
MOVEMENT

IstubCO "1re.D
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, April 1S.-Secretary
Baker, in letter to the American
expeditionary force, made public
here today, says:
After a thoro inspection of the
American forces, l am returning
to the United States with fresh
enthusiasm to speed up the trans
port of the remainder of the great
army, of which you are the van
guard.
What | have seen here gives
me the comfortable assurance that
plans for the effectiveness of our
fighting forces and welfare of our
men have been broadly made and
vigorously executed.
THE relations of our soldiers
with the British and French are
uniformly cordial. The welcome
OF the civil population of France
Is met by our soldiers with chival.
rous appreciation. In return, we
are building a great army for the
vindication of great cause"
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Shell Foe
Lines for
Sc Miles!
BY HENRY WOOD

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD
April 18-Every inch of the German lines from south
of the Somme to the Oise-a front of 80 kilometers
$3.50 miles, is being pounded by the vastes artil
lery concentration yet attained by the allies.
Even the country for miles in the of the enemy
positions is under bombardment.
Prisoners say the cannonading, in addition to pre-
venting the digging of single TRENCH is infcting the
heaviest losses.
The offensive has reached stage where allied mil
itary officials declare unanimously that the present
battle is absolutely and rrevocably decisive for Ger
many.
With the allies present certainty of checking tho
German offensive, coupled with the known German
losses, the Germans at the battles end will be ex
hausted and incapable of seriously attempting an
other offensive.
Instead, they will have to remain on the defensive
while American arrivals swell the superiority of the
allies
French military officials declare the French army
is capable of waiting another Is months if necessary
to attain crushing superiority But with the Amer
maintaining or increasing their rate of arrivals
the final military victory is possible than that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18
CITY FOOO.
INSPECTOR
is OUSTED

Mrs. Grace y. Johnston,
who has served during May
or Fawcctt's entire alminis-
tration as pure food inspector
for the city health depart
ment, was discharged by Faw-
cett Thursday morning.
The mayor left his office at the
city hall Immediately afterwards,
saying that he was house hunt
ing and gave no explanation.
Mrs. Johnston's discharge took eff.
feet at once and she promptly
turned over her office and records
to Health Officer DR.. Layton.
Political activity on the part OF
Mrs. Johnston during the recent
campaign is attributed at the city
hall as the cause of her removal
The pure food inspector took an
active part in C. NJ. Ridell's cam
paign and made no secret of the
fact that she was opposing Mayor
Fawcett's management of the
health department.
After Clerks Office.
She has also told various can
didates that she was seeking the
Office of city clerk when the new
ly eletced councilmen take their
places, they report.
Mrs. Johnston has been promi-
nent in women's club work in Ia
coma for many years. She was
appointed to the food inspection
work when Fawcett took office in
1914, and has handled all the in
spection of groceries, restaurants
end meat markets since.
Recently Transferred.
When the government health
service recently took an active
part in the inspection of restaur-
ants and other places where food
was handled, the health depart
ment found that Mrs. Johnston S
work was being duplicated, so she
was transferred to contagious dis
ease inspection work. No sue
cessor to her will be appointed un-
til the new administration takes
office, 1t was said Thursday.
Mrs. Johnston is the wife of
Attorney Harry II. Johnston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18

Tacoma today has discovered a
brand new chairman and brand
new speaker from among its cit
liens.
For the first time in the rs
years he has lived in Tacoma
Chester Thorne presided at a
meeting Wednesday night.
1t was a patriotic meeting in the
interest of the Liberty Loan, at
the Commercial club, addressed by
Mai. Gen. e. d. Swinton Of the
British army, and Frank G. Odell
personally representing Sec. Nc
Adoo.
Thorne not only presided,
but he surprised his friends
by actually making a short
address at the opening Of the
meeting, besides introducing
the speakers. And they do
say il was gem of a talk.
The chairman of the board OF
directors of the National Bank OF
Tacoma, during his many years
residence in the city, Thorne has
been known to his friends as a
man who has kept his ears and
eyes wide open, but his mouth
shut, yet at the same time 9
great reader and a man with ar
unusually remarkable store oil
valuable Information at his fin.
ger tips.
The thing that apparently could
not be done was to bring it out
of him in public.
"Thorne always shrank ever
from making a short talk at din
ner or social gathering" said one
of his closest business acquaint.
ances Thursday. It was seldom
he could even be dragged out te
one of these meetings.
Yet this week when Maurice
Langhorne picked him out to pre-
side at last nights patriotic meet
ing, II took Thorne less thar
three minutes to say, ON do it.
And he did.
What's the reason?
The war, is the best guess Of
those who know him best. Thornt
has been doing his full share
since the war began. but he has
been doing II quietly, they say.
The war. and the winning spirit
of America with him, has brought
lout abilities and talents never be
fore exposed 70 the light, Just as
1t has done with countless others
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Omitted Press Leased wire.)

LONDON, April 1S.-"German
infantry. attacking in three waves
southeast Of KENNEL hill, pressed
us back slightly at one point" but
a counter attack restored the sit
uation," Field Marshal Haig re-
ported today.
Shortly after midday the at
tack had been repulsed at all
points"
In the Bailleul sector the en-
envy. attacking three times before
midday was completely repulsed.
Our line yesterday was intact
on the whole front. There was
no change in the British front dur
ing night" Haig said.
Repulsc Local Attacks.
There was hostile artillerying
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18
ASKS Vote on new
NAME FOR BISMARCK

Regarding the remaining OF
that section of the city. known
as Bismarck" glance at
city map will show the inaccu-
racy of calling it East Tacoma. "
A line drawn due south from
the st, Paul mill would pass
thru Mckinley Park and the CEN
ter of Bismarck.
When the name Edison" was
abandoned, a blunder was made
in naming the district South Ia
coma" as it Is exactly sonth-
west of the business center, and
many visiting autoists have pro-
ceeded south as far as Spanaway
without finding any trace of 1t.
The district between Yakima
ave. and Mckinley ave-, OF which
A st. is the center, should really
be entitled to the name of South
Tacoma"
1t is probably too late to cor
rect this error. but we can avoid
blunders of this kind in the
future, so why not adopt an
entirely different name for the
district and that of the station on
the mountain branch of the Mil
waukee at East Gath St?
The old name would die a
natural death as did "Alki," one
mile west, II 1t we're not for the
passenger and freight depot of
the Milwaukee, which of course
must have a name.
Mckinley" has been suggest
ed. and would be appropriate, as
the main street 10 the district
bears that name. Sheridan
also would be appropriate, as one
OF the most modern Of the city
schools recently built on McKin-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-18
TEUT0NS
BRING Up
BIC GUNS
BY VIM. Phillip Simms


United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH AR
MES IN FRANCE, April IS.
Won Quast's freshly arrived
guns were pounding the vii
lagos i'm the areas back of
the British lines today.
Turnout last night the region
along the LaBasses canal was
bombarded with gas shells. North
of the Lys, the British commune
cations are constantly under indi-
rect machine gun fire.
Ypres is being shelled inter-
mittently. The British guns are
keeping up harassing and in
tense counter-fire.
On the north flank of the Lys
battlefield yesterday there was
a ceaseless struggle.
British fire from the cluster of
hills southwest of Ypres raked
seven German assaults in the
evening, besides Won Arnim's at
tempt to advance into the por-
tion of the Ypres salient which
Haig evacuated.
Here British artillery smashed
the troops OF Generals Marshall
and ZudOhna, which were caught
in the old shell-torn battlefield.
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STANDARD
WAR SUITS
THE NEXT
Omitted Press Leased wirc.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April IS.
America may soon wear a
Liberty shoe" and war suits
to be manufactured at low cost
on a large scale and with very
few shapes.
Models and specifications for
the shoe and suits are being con-
sidered by the war industries
board.
, The standard war suits will be
made in few designs Of stand
ardized materials and with a re-
tail price fixed.
Rapidly rising prices on neces-
saries resulting from the tremen-
dous war orders which are usurp-
ing the output of clothing and
shoe factories make necessary
firm action by the government to
protect civilian consumers.
Call Manufacturers.
Officials indicate that only
standardized clothing controlled
by a sweeping price fixing policy
covering every stage of manufac-
ture from raw material to the fin
ished product will save the coun-
try from economic difficulties.
Wool manufacturers have been
notified to appear tomorrow for
conference with Chairman Ba-
ruch.
Leather manufacturers were
here earlier in the week. Cotton
men were assembled in New York,
working on plans for regulation
of their own industry to be sub
mitted to Baruch. Representa-
tives of other industries will be
called in the future.
Raw Materials Lower.
Raw cotton dropped sharply on
the cotton exchange last week, but
in the last two months prices of
finished cotton products have prac-
tically doubled.
The same is true of leather,
hides being as plentiful as ever,
while shoes are soaring in price.
Officials are also keeping an eye
on postwar foreign trade, and
their determination the hold
down prices is explained in part
as a desire to have America at
the end of the war on a price
level which will permit competi-
ton with foreign countries. They
point out that II prices are once
raised unduly. it will be extreme
ly difficult to attempt a reduc-
tion such as would be necessary
when the American manufacture
ers undersell other countries.
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incursiOn into the realms of
the enemy after a lone BOche,
or to shoot up a conspicu.
Ously large formation of Ger.
man soldiers or long trans.
port Of army trucks, we would
kill time the last 10 minutes,
diving like hawks at Fritz i'm
his trenches, and worry the
life out of him.
The RELYING patrol is always
on the job 10 minutes before the
end of the trick of duty of their
but a flyer never cuts
short his full tour of duty.
These 10 minutes give time for
a little fun with the Fritzes.
The weather was bad at this
time. We were operating low
at 1000 meters-just under the
clouds.
From our lofty perch we would
spot out a crowded trench, and
nose-dive down at a 200-mile-an-
hour clip, full motor, on the boche
trenches.
Like Roller Coasters.
We would give them a full belt
of cartridges, and before they
could recover their senses in time
to aim anything at us we would
Continued on Page Five.)
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Chester Thorne Never Did
It Before, But Made a Hit

The war has done i'm
Thorne's case what % years
of normal activities could not
do.
Ladies and gentlemen. al
low us to introduce Chester
ThOrne, presiding officer.
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KAISER FEELS BAD
United Press Leased Wire.)

AMSTERDAM, April Is. =
what haven't I done to preserve
the world from these horrors?"
the kaiser is quoted as saying dur
ing visit to the Armentieres bat
tie front, In a dispatch to the
Lokal Anziger.