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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-07-03

rapid-firing guns. italian designers by
| synchronizing propeller revolutions
with machine gun-fre have placed ma
chine guns on planes that fire coo
shots minute through the propeilers,
which make 1900 revolutions min
ute, the calculation being such that no
shots strike the prppeller-one shot
passing between the blades with every
two turns of the propeller. In addi-
ton to the machine guns multitude
of bomb throwing. position finding and
other devices of great utility in battle
and in bombardments have been per-
fected by Italian genius.
Italy has developed the best type Of
machine for each class of war work
Those for night bombardment are the
Caproni biplane of 450 and COO H. p.
and the Caproni triplane of COO II. p.
These planes have an average speed of
about 100 miles an hour and carry a
large load of bombs. For day bonn
bardment one of their most efficient
machines is the STA type, with one en-
CINE of 700 Ii. p, which develops an
average speed of 1875 miles an hour
and has a capacity for 700 pounds OF
bombs.
Glasses of Fighting Machines.
One Of the best Italian machines for
reconnaissance work is the PomiliO
two scatter Of 800 II. P- with speed
of 125 miles per hour, carrying two
machine guns and large load of
bombs. Similar to this is the 800 III. p.
STA. Besides this, they possess for
rapid work Sva biplane, a single
scatter of $50 Fl. p. and speed of 100
miles. Italy's best fighting planes are
the Pomilio single scatter of go II. p,
with protective armor and carrying
two machine guns, with a speed of 80
miles an hour, and the AnsaldO single
seaters of $50 Ii. p, with O speed of
80 miles.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29

8HEtst.
newspaper reports say that the president has given a
fairly reliable intimation as to whom he has chosen.
Robert Lansing, secretary Of state: Henry White, for
many. years in the ambassadorial service, and Colonel E.
NJ. House. the presidents confidential adviser, have been
chosen, they say.
Mr.. Lansing should head the delegation. He has held
the important post Of secretary Of state during the trying
days Of the war. and he has proved himself a most cap
able, efficient and successful statesman He has written
his name high in the. records Of secretaries Of state. and,
because of this and because of his official position, no
should sit at the peace table.
Mr.. White. it is said, is the presidents choice for the
Republican member. There has been much talk about
the appointment,of Elihu Root, but Thanksgiving day dis
patches from Washington said that the president prac-
tically had decided upon Mr.. White, who, it is said, is in
accord with all Of the presidents peace principles. Mr..
White has an enviable, record as a diplomat. He was
American ambassador to Italy from 1905 to 1907, and be-
tween 1907 and 1909 was ambassador to France. He
represented the United States at the famous Algeciras
conference in 1906 and acted in many other special mis-
sions. ~
Mr.. House, of course, is a favorite with the president
He has personally represented him on several European
missions. the most noteworthy being the Versailles armi-
stice conference.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
A STIFF TEST FOR RELIGION
Returned pri

Returned prisoners are reciting stories in Loncon
that tend in no wise to excite English pity for Starving
Germany" These men were in prison camps or in Teuton
bondage in Prussia. Some Of the stories are about their
personal experiences. others deal with the fate Of fellow
British prisoners. @
In a rain effort to appease their hunger marching
prisoners in some cases ate snails they found along the
way. Many died because of malnutrition and exposure
The food that would have saved their lives was withheld
by their German captors. German doctors are said to
have admitted that a large percentage Of British prisoners
In a camp nine miles from Brussels died Of starvation
While these prisoners wasted away and died German Off.
GERS in Brussels were fed to sickness.
Germans are asking now for food. The hungry one.
may not have been directly responsible for the ill-treat
ment Of British prisoners. but they were at least silen,
partners in the crime. Londoners, for their own sakes
spurn to be Huns. but when they read or hear what thei,
abused countrymen have to say it is very hard for then
to live up to the religion they profess. And who is there
to Judge them harshly Tribune. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
American Editors Declare
M0desty OF Great Britain
COnceals Great War Record

New York. Nov. 29-Either German
propaganda, which many persons in
this country considered crude. was
much more efficacious than suspected,
or else the British deliberately re-
Trained from telling the world what
they accomplished in the war.
h British did not boast.
This sums up. in q general way. the
impressions OF the American newspa
per editors who have just returned
from England and France, where they
nave been guests of the British gov
eminent for several weeks
the EDITORS visited the grand fleet
made 4 o u Of the British munition
districts, and took a trip along the
Wnole pattiefront from the channel to
switzerland; "smelled gunpowder,"
9 sa- as much Of the big war in its
ma stages as they could.
Marvellous Organisation Seen.
A.V Jones, editor and publisher OF
The Minneapolis Journal, said TO-DAY
ne had Witnessed at the front and IN
Crest Britain h most marvellous mil
aeary q industrial organization he
shed ever seen n never during the
whole trip had he heard q word 81
hoasfaulness. The melnbers Of the a
MI trained Newspaper men. were
tExttAd to ask allsquestions they want.
$edssEo where they wished and zoe wia,
They Wished..
II. Jones ssaid he Expressed Z rood
sdeoi Of interest tnsthe Irish question
Hawai- told Immediately the best was
80 study the Irish question was to tall
afo$M0fle Irfshrren VINO were special.
~ on question. Accordinely. thu
sA1n4ffcaH editors tnteYviewed 10 Sfnr
n 1Juara from Dublin and IA Orange,
NenskT0m the Belfast shipyAfdS. Thu
80 principal spokesman Of both stdes
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
NO TYPICAL ENGLISHMAN.-

The New Republic: There is not,
outside fiction. any such thing as the
typical Englishman.- In real life u
loyalties go by towns and counties.
Mr.. Hardy may seem to hate life; but
1t is not less clear that ,he .worships
Dorset. No man has understood
what patriotism means until he has
heard Of a son OF Devon explain the
superiority Of Lorna Doone to any
novel that was ever written. Amer
leans are often struck by the high
prices paid for first editions of Har-
Fison Ainsworth: but that, in sober
truth, is only a determination OF Ian
cashire that he shall not be outbid-
den BY Dickens or Trackeray or Eliot.
Every inhabitant of Birmingham
tends to confuse Mr.. Chamberlain
with the deity; and certainly in Roch-
dale English history began with the
birth of John Bright. It is admitted
ly dangerous to decry Marie Corelli in
the streets Of stratford: and II Lich-'
field now is a little wan and battered,
the statue in the market place re-
minds you where DR.. Johnson's real
affections conferred. English national
character, in sober fact, is but a feeble
generalization from more local types.
The real people are the weayers of
Lancashire, the miners of Durham,
the fishermen Of Cornwall.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
"LEST WE FORGET.

Great preparations are going forward in Washington
for the journey to Paris. The great former German
steamship, the Aganemnon, is being furnished and made
ready for the triumphal voyage. The once regal suite OF
the kaiser will shelter the president and hi. immediate
lemen-in-ordinars, in-waiting. and in-eagerness. are
bustling about. brushing up their evening clothes and
making ready for the pageant. =.
Our persons in high places will loom large in the
peace conference in Versailles. Tremendous projects w:u
be afoot, and there will be need for guidance on the part
OF those VINO have real reason to know whereof they
speak, Our dignitaries of the durbar must guard them
selves against intemperate desire to dominate. We must re-
member that as we march into Paris we are entering the
halls of profound men. We must remember that they,
too, have done something in the war.
AS it has been a war for humanity, our delegates and
their leader must not overlook the point taat our brethe
rem overseas were three years in the fighting before we
entered; that they are seasoned in the knowledge of Eu.
rope. +f - ~..~ea~ 1872
We must not forget that England has suffered $685.
se1 casualties in the conflict. There were e5s. e55 British
killed. Let US. with all pride in our own achievements,
give due credit to a nation that has sacrificed as England.
and seek no excessive advantage in the councils of the
Allies.
Let US not forget that it was the French who threw
tne1r oooles against the Prussian storm Of steel and stop
ped the invasion that might have changed the world in
an entirely different way. Let us not forget the silent
hero'sm OF the Serbs trampled under fo.t in the first rush
OF Prusslanisrns nor the deathless, courage Of the Belsfans,
the bravery Of the Czechs, the Montenegrins, the Creeks,
the Italians, and all the other peoples who suffered untola
violences. = $f.
1t does not seem the time for dictatorship. The coun-
ellis should be Of wise men talking fairly among them
selves and not subject to the determination of anv one OF
thena.-Chtcago Tribune.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29

Cross for his bravery. The queen
heard about him, and on her next vis-
it to the hospital she sat by his bed.
side and asked him to tell her all the
Details
well. your majesty" he began, 1T
was ust like this. We were at
Wipers-" .
"Eep," interrupted the queen.
and got orders to march out
and check the advance of the en-
envy. After we left Wipers-
"Eep,''i said the queen again, and
every time he mentioned the name
Of the old Flemish city she corrected
him with without it having any ef-
feet on the sergeant, who called 1t
"Wipers'.' every time.
Next day the duke Of Connaught
had occasion to call at the hospital
and asked the sergeant what he
thought Of Queen Mary after his long
talk with her.
".The queen is a noble woman, sir"
he replied, but what a pity she hlc-
coughs so.'~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29

sented Numerically opposite views,
except that neither wanted home rule.
North Ireland Satisfied.
=, we want no home rule at ALL" said
Belfast Brennan, according to Mr..
Jones. w are completely satisfied.
we are getting better wages than we
ever had, are more prosperous than
we ever were. The trouble with the
south Of ireland is that, although
their soil Is richer than ours and their
industrial opportunities better, they
sing too much and write too much
poetry"
The Dublin Brennan, as reported by
rule. We want independence, pure and
simple. We are a different race from
the British, and as such we are en-
titled to full independence.
We are living under the worst gov
eminent on the face of the earth, but
n makes no difference to us SO far
as our views are concerned as 10 inde-
ment instead Of the worst wed want
Independence anyhow"
OFdetiinees Marks British Front. {
The British military organization
At h front, and the Industrial or
~ganization Ct home seemed to me per-
fect" said Mr.. Jones. I'VE went
Of which the employees were praeti.
cally all women, and everything was
running with wonderful smoothness.
We went through "a cordite fuse fac
tory ~ Gretna Green, where 5000
girls were employed. The working con-
dittons were excellent and Il cot
where the girls lived were ideal.
neautiful little houses, comfortable
In = war ZONE, everything aiong
Tue Brttieh front WIS IN 4 marvellous
stste ~ soTderltnaRTh ~ connns.,,fcss
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ton system appeared faultless. We
drove along hundredv of miles Of mil
itary roads, with thousands of motor
lorrtes passing back and forth with
out any interruption. We never were
halted. During the trip along the
en- down lorry. I am very sorry to say
the transportation system Of our
armies was not SO we'll organized nor
was the French. Tie horses OF the
British army were as fat as pigs"
Mr.. Jones said u imperfect trans
portation system had caused our
armies a great deal Of Inconvenience
in the battle Of Argonne, hampering
the American advance and being re-
sponsible for a good deal of suffering.
He said the Americans had suffered
increased losses by advancing, not only
too fast. but also through failure to
mop up" the trenches Of the enemy.
This was especially true. he said, in
the battle of Grammont farm, near
Roissel, close to the Hindenburg line,
on Sept. 9. He said an American divi-
SION had been ordered to advance
across the farm and the Americans
had swept past three lines Of trench
es, to find a fourth lin. anead and ma
chine guns popping up out Of the
front. - ~
The Americans had to retire with
considerable loss. and wait until the
next day, when tanks cleared up the
trenches. To the right Of GrAmmont
farm the Americans were accom-
panied by Australians and made and
held their detectives because tho Aug
traiians swept the trenches clean Of
enemy machine guns.
The editors entered Lilo four days
after the Allied occupation. Mr.. Jones
said he talked with = girl OF Is who
had been in jail Is times for the Of
Tense Of raising q curtain in her home
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
ADVERTISEMENT.
. stubborn, Cough
Loose,,s' Right Up

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
HOW SMALL SAVINGS PILE UP.

S. w. Straus in Thrift Magazine: A
great French banker was once asked
the secret of French thrift and he re-
Piled. compound interest" Just as
constant waste, even in little things,
may change ones life from success to
failure. SO the steady saving Of money
Will eventually bring independence, il
OF actual wealth.
Let lis analyze the statements made
by the Frenchman.,
There are very few people who can
not any inconvenience what
ever lay aside 10 cents q day. With
in ten yeaDs ones daily savings of this
Insignificant amount will amount to
1855. in addition to s$SO.36 compound
interest, making q total Of $445.36 to
show for ones saving just 10 cents
a day for ten years.
by saving Is cents a day for ten
years. with interest compounded at
4 per cent. one will have the COM
Portable sum of $66S.18; 20 cents a
day will net sS90.99. Save so cents a
day for ten years and you will have
$2,227.73. A dollar a day will give
you a total Of $4,455.74 for the ten
year period. All of these figures are
based on the savings being put out at
4 per cent compound interest.
Look back over the last ten years
OF your life today. Be honest with
yourself! Look facts squarely in the
race! Could you not have saved SO
n q day, or a quarter a day, or
possibly a dollar a day?
1t might have pinched you now and
then to do so; it might have meant
the surrender Of a Few kood times, a
Few Injuries or. extravagances, But
IL Weuid, have meant a substantial
sum for you-something that would
d tmmeasurably to your poise, peace
OF mind and elf-conndence.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29

what they wanted, but It would have
to be used a. an army and there
would be no moro splitting up Of it
THE French were furious-not on
~ furious at what Pershing. said. but
at the way he said It, which was in
the most outspoken American Ian
guage imaginable. and not, 1t Is said,
been a Frenchman, his friends say,
he probably would have had to light
a duel with Foch. But he had his
way. and subsequent events proved
him right.
Says Pershing Inspired Offensive.
"A little later-in June. to be exact
my information is that Pershing
went to Foch and pluntly said he
thought 1t bad policy t o stick around
waiting for. the boche' and that the
time had come to jump in ana attack.
But he was told, we have not
got thestroops.'
Whats the matter with the
Americans Pershing asked.
They are not trained was the
reply.
"'Try them and see,' said PERISH
Ing. They will go anywhere you send
them, and / will bet my life on it.
"Pershing took the initiative in
urging the offensive upon Foch, he
supplied the troops that gave Foch
his mobile reserve and enabled him to
strike his blow, and those troops de.
ltvered the goods
America Saved the Day.
Now that it is vel, those who
know the facts know that the answer
to the question of what caused the
marvellous difference between March
and october is America They
know that when W came, in the
French and the British, too, were all
In and that candid Acknowledgement
OF these facts does not in any way
detract from the terrible sacrifice and
heroic lghting Of the British and the
French in the three years before we
came in.
Nor does it impair recognition
that the British 1eet saved us as well
as the rest Of the world.
y. S. Marines Given Great Credit.
! All the world knows that it was
two regiments of American marines
which stopped the Hun at Chateau
Thterry when he was on the road to
Paris-aQd the road was wide open,
too. with the French broken and on
the run and the British weakened and
unable to hold. And it was two
American divisions that started him
on his way back.
That was the turning point Of the
a That was where the boche got
his first check. that is where the
psychology of the situation went
against him. and he never got 1t
back; that was where the war was
won.
Great Britain wants a just peace,
all right, but she wants to be the po-
ltceman with the club to enforce this
peace. and she is preparing to cling
to her, position as the dominant sea
life.
Reports Allied misunderstanding.
Actually there is no love lost be-
tween England and France. Forced
together as Allies. they never have
understood and never will understand
each other.
you hear. too. in Paris. what will
be news in America. Of the serious
mutiny in the French army in 1917
and Of the difficulty in suppressing it.
In this direction, too, the advent of
America into the war seemed to have
saved the situation"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
FEARLESS n FREE.

minneapolis Tribune: We've
come" said the chairman Of a poll
teal committee" to ask you to take
this nomination. This city needs a
mar like you-strong, brave, seif-re-
liant, owning no master, fearing no
man."
The great man was visibly touched.
TN not deny" said he. ".that your
kind words have shaken my resolu-
ton: I trust that. il elected, I may
Justify your confidence and prove that
I am indeed strong, brave, self.re-
liant, that I W no master and fear
no man: Suppose you wait till / see
II my wife will let me accept!n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
DERNBERG IN AMERICA.

h addition OF Dr.. Dernberg to the
German government will not
strengthen that government in Amer
lea. People here have a pretty lively
abused the hospitality Of the United
States and how he had to be elected
at the toe Of Uncle Sans boot.-Wa.
terbury American.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
THOUGHT SHE HAD HtCooUGHs,

New York Times: Queen Mary is
very precise in giving the correct pro-
nunciation to the names of towns in
the war zone in France and insists
upon others doing the same No mat
ter whether the queen is listening to
a general at the head Of an army
corps or to a wounded Tommy in the
hospital. she interpolates her correc-
Ions automatically when the name of
town is pronounced Incorrectly.
The following story was brought
to New York by a British staff off,
Ger:
The queen spends much time visit
ing the wounded men in the hospitals
and likes to hear their experiences.
There was a sergeant in a guard reei-
ment who was severely wounded near
Ypres and had received the Victoria
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
NOTED AUTHOR Is III.

Paris, Nov. 2s;-Edmond Rostand
Is i'll Of pneumonia. The condition
of the distinguished author is said to
be alarming. y -
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THE A

There has been much speculation as to the personnel
Of the American delegation to the peace conference and
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-17
A NAlER1 Town
WOMAN WRITES
OF GREAT Fire
Miss Sue Bowen (bIrs. August
Johnson) Tells of Minneso-
q Catastrophe.
ALL ALL LIVING q. 4 LOST IN a TOWN
Incendiarism Believed Resp ponsible|
for The States Greatest
Tragedy.

~ Thnt readers OF this paper may
have q sort Of personal intimacy with
the fire.stricken region In Minnesota
the appended letter is publisfd. I til
Is from Mrs. Johnson, daughter 81 Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bowen. who resides
in Duluth MINI ditor.)
Dearest Folks s5
don Y know whether am equal
to q letter this morning, but am TO-
ing to make q try.
We have surely experienced q terri.
bit thing and can only thank God
that we ARE not homeless ana penny.
less like thousands Of others right
around US. we are surely experiencs
Ing war to the fullest extent and ali
that worries me is that + am afraid
Y a only the begi ginning 81 II. can
imagine that every city and totVn ia
the United States u going To get II
taste os Hun hellishness before we are Ii's
through with III ssss
Fires were started ii every part of
the town here and against the wind.
40 no one witt, 4 Hex * sense could
|say tlae wind had blown it there.
They ttled ~ set tiie ~ and
ill1a4 20 would cut
- !. - n n
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-17

the leaven working in Germany. TT
vas made very clear today that Presi.
dent Wilson's opinion is that 1t mat.
ers little who Is the German chancel-
or SO long as the chancellor and the.
government are ariswerable to the
kaiser. f
Some observers here thing the Ger
mans viii make any sacrifice rather
han go through another winter of war
sat, or within her borders ana the next
move In Berlin may come more quick.
IL than is generally expected.
Military officials here, however, are
almost unitedly OF the opinion that
Germany has not yet been brought to-
the point where she will seek an ar.
nistice on the terms laid down. On;
the contrary, they think the military
elements still in control viii hold ,ip
the presidents communication to the
German people as proof Of their con-
tention that their enemies are deter.
mined to bring about the destruction Of
the nation and do not desire any peace
short Of that. Then they will continue
the retreat Of their armies on the west
arn front in the hope that an early
winter will find them behind shorter
and very much more powerful lines of
defense, close to the German border
but still on her enemies soil.
The supreme war council in Paris
has considered the program to be fol-
lowed when the time does come Tor ces.
satfon OF hostilities. ut also is said fo