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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
This Judge Was Once Boy Himself.

New York, June S.-The inalienable
right of every red-blooded kid to steal
a peek under the flap Of circus tent
is an item of such ancient and honor
able standing that County Judge Nc
Dermott, who presides in Brooklyn,
may rest assured that the upgrowing
generation of Brooklynese, masculine
gender, not to mention few high
spirited so-called tom-boys, is with
him to a man.
Judge McDermott frowned down
from the bench when John Douglas,
a circus hand Of the Barnum & Bailey
forces, was arraigned on charge of
assault. The assault, it was alleged,
humping with broomstick to that
part of the anatomy Of Robert Rus
sell, of the circus age of II, which
the boy did not deem it necessary to
drag inside the big canvas Enclosure
when he was stealing his peek. Doug
las pleaded not guilty and then lis
tened to the pronouncement from the
kid-loving Judge:
81 appreciate the fact that these
ing to their elders, but under no cir
cumstances does that in the least
justify an assault. Moreover, it can
not be proved to me that when the
circus comes to town it is a crime for
d little lad to steal look under the
tent. TO beat boy found doing so
is the act Of a cowardly bully" Say
ing which Judge McDermott held
Douglas for trial
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
The United States
.ar-GardenArr1ny

Is the new legion in which every child can
playa practical part.
A little vegetable gardcn-let US consc-
crate every available inch of soil to
raising food.
You will be amazed at what your child
can do with few feet Of ground and q
few cents worth of seed. Then multiply
what your child thus produces by all that
twenty million other little ones bring
forth and you will appreciate Just what
this juvenile War-Garden Army means to
the total of our country's food supplies.
The term war-gardcn'' is simply The
short for win-thc-war-gartlcn.
Call up the principal Of the nearest school
for the particulars.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
Total Abstinence League Convention
June 21-23.

Total Abstinence League Convention
June 21-23.
Annual convention of the North
Dakota Total Abstinence League at
Minot, North Dakota, Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday. June Git to 23rd.
Sessions in which the Norwegian
language will be used:
Friday Forenoon.
Speech-Rev. ]. Tonne.
Friday Afternoon.
Speech-H. A. Foss.
Speech-Rev. T. F. Gullixson.
Speech-Rev. B. Hofrenning.
Speech-Rev. A. H. Melon.
aSturday Forenoon.
Speech-Rev. T. ]. Lund.
Sessions at which the English Ian
guage will be used:
Friday Evening.
the Farmer John T.. Quambeck.
Address: "The Work of the W. c.
T. U."-Miss Nellie M. Osum.
Address: "Finding the Soul Of Am
erica"-Hon. R. A. Nestos.
Address: "The Future. Wv. J. Ar
mold.
Saturday Evening.
Address-Rev. ]. R. Michaelson.
Address: "The Progress Of Equal
Suffrage"
Hon. O. B. Herigstad.
Sunday Afternoon.
Address P. W. Erickson.
Address Hon. William LANCER.
Address: National Prohibition VS..
Winning the War" Rev. F. L. Wat
kins.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
Normal Graduates Secure Good Pc.

Normal Graduates Secure Good Po-
sitions.
The following members of the 1918
graduating class have already secur-
ed teaching positions as follows at an
average of about $4,000 per month:
Miss Clara Gilbertson, Leeds.
Miss Bessie Carlson, Lansford.
Miss Inez Fisher, Lansford.
Miss Martha Loftesnes, Harrison
District, Minot.
Miss Loretta Mullen, Fortuna.
Miss Lois Ring, Minot.
Miss Ella Schultz, Flaxton.
Miss Bertha Sigurdson, Wilton.
Miss Ethel Sims, Ross.
Miss Helga Sjaastad, Tioga.
Miss Avis Swanson, Granville.
Miss Bessie Thompson, Hansboro.
Miss Anna Winkelman, Norwich.
Miss Mary Mclaughlin, Ivanhoe,
MINI.
Miss Clara Rude, Towner.
Miss Helen Richardson, Lansford.
Miss Merle Walsh, Minot.
Miss Matilda Niedermeyer, Heaton.
Miss Martha Niedermeyer, Heaton.
Mr.. Dwight Perry, Drake.
Miss Martha Austad, Deering.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13

Miss Leone Blackmore, Palermo.
Miss Ella RSuhjell, Charbonneau.
Miss Harriet Cotton, Douglas.
Miss Nora Eidsness, Balfour.
Miss Bessie Paulson, Sherwood.
Miss Ruth Saunders, Charbonneau.
Miss Mabel Specht, Leith.
Miss Genevieve Birkett, Hillsboro
Miss Zoa Castleman, Sherwood.
Mr.. Albany DeForge, (Prin.), Bow
len.
Miss Esther Gilmore, Drake.
Miss Idelia Holden, Devils Lake.
Miss Loretta Kopriva, Heaton.
Miss Clara Nestos, Nekoma.
Miss Theobelle Stiles, Heaton.
Miss Abbie Hrabe, Rolette.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
Let the Children Help!

EFT not us grown folk be selfish
- in our service. Let us give the
children, too, their chance. Let us
mobilize our twenty million willing
little hands in the great cause.
Let US enlist them in the freeing of
the world.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-13
A. Q. 1917.

DR.. Kruse medicated sulphur baths
are the best treatment in the North.
vest for rheumatic toubles. Opers
Turkish Bath.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
ALLIES AHEAD AIR-RAIDING.
British Officer Urges Bombing of
Germany to Win War.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL. March 16.-"The way to
win the war is to keep on bonn bing
Germany until she cries enough
writes a Liverpool army officer from
the front in letter to his home news
paper.
You at home" he adds, do not real
ize how great is the air superiority of
the allies on the west front. The
means of finishing off the campaign is
to create such a feeling in the German
towns that the population will rise and
demand the ending of the war. I know
Germany well, and the bullies are real
towards at home. l believe that most
of the German soldiers are sick of
fighting. and when they flnd out how
much more effectively we are raid
ing than they. then will come the fin
iSh.
Il notice that in raid on London re-
Gently sixteen bombs were dropped.
Do You realize that in our air report
on Tuesday night it was stated that we
had dropped more than 700 bombs
England has been slow in starting. but
she is going to be terribly effective in
the air. and, from what 1 hear, the
Americans are presently going to give
us all wonderful demonstration of
how air-raiding should be done.
Ruthlessness is the only thing a Ger
man appreciates and fears. and the
Americans are planning to show it to
him"
Evening star., 1918-04-14
SIX-CLAss VOTING FRANCHISE.
Is Proposed for Germany in New
Prussian Bill.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMST TERDAM, March 15.--A six-class
voting franchise is proposed for Ger
many in the new Prussian franchise
bill. as amended by the junker party.
Every voter is to have one vote, and
any voter may have additional votes
under five special qualifications. age
combined with number of children,
property, income, established position
as an employer and education.
Under the first qualification every
voter who is more than fifty years old
and has had not less than three legiti-
mate children gets one additional
vote. The second qualification gives
an additional vote to every elector
who pays property tax. Thirdly. an
additional vote is given to every voter
whose income tax exceeds the average
amount of income tax paid by the resi-
dents in the same parish. or who, al
Tentatively, has an income exceeding
$3.50 a year. Fourthly. an additional
vote goes to all employers of labor
and all independent farmers or peasant
farmers. Finally, an additional vote
is given to all electors who have
reached one of the upper classes of a
secondary school.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
FORESTRY BOYS FROM THE D. C..
MAKING SAWS HUM IN FRANCE

A number of Washington boys were
in the forestry regiments that trained
at Camp American University. and many
Of the boys there from other places
became well known to Washington
citizens who entertained them in their
homes.
A vivid picture of what these men
now are doing in France is contained
in a letter just received by c. b. A.
Bryant, Y. NJ. c. A. secretary at Camp
American University. The letter was
written by Private Charles Grodeski,
A portion is as follows:
I'VE remained in a temporary camp
here Gin France) about a month. dur
ing which time it rained almost con-
tinuously. but we kept on logging just
the same. for you will remember that
We We're Quilted at camp there for all
sorts of weather. Since moving to our
a big hum and j dare say we could
show YOU some wonders around here
accomplished during the short time We
have been in France.
I'VE have curt and shipped some hun
dreds OF pine pilings. ranging from forty
to sixty feet. which were used in building
the docks where the majority of the
American troops will land We have
one 10000 capacity mill running night
and day. and 1t has been running for
more than a month, and 1t is very sell
dom that the mill does not overrun
it's stated capacity.
To Make Record for Mill.
''In addition we have four small
French mills running night and day
of small capacity. probably of the size
common around the Potomac. We are
just about ready to start our large mill
of 10000 capacity which will run three
shifts of eight hours each and ! ca i
assure you that rery ones intention
connected with~nh:s mill is 10 make
it the largest producar IN F.-ance. AS
a record is kept AMI postec weekly
there will be no little interest taken
in pushing logs through TO the limit.
Large skidways are built OF either
side above the mill with a flume be-
Evening star., 1918-04-14

was very severe. We had high winds.
severe cold. rain, snow and hail, but we
came through all right and we will be
ready for next winter when it rolls
around.
Il certainly am glad I Joined the
Army when I did Army life has no
terrors for the fellow of good health
and habits who determines in advance
to behave and obey orders. The time |
have already served in the service has
been the most care free time of my life
and, besides. ! know I've done my best
for Uncle Sam, as Teddy Roosevelt
would have me do it, and he is pretty
good judge of things as a rule.
II am in fine health, have gained a
trifie in weight, and unless a German
'whiz bang explodes near my bean /
will be back home about two years
hence after tour of Germany.
Give my regards to all my friends,
and, believe me.
Sincerely yours,
NAT. T. .WORLEY."
Evening star., 1918-04-14
TO CHEAT U-BoATs.
British Architect Says Increase
Would Save Ships From Loss.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 15.-J. w. Isherwood,
naval architect. told a Daily Express
representative recently that 80 per
cent of the merchant ships sunk by
U-boats could have been saved II they
had been built with bulkheads in the
proportion of about one for every forty
feet of their length.
TT is quite an easy matter" he said.
"to build ship which cannot be sunk
by one torpedo and, as a rule, that is
SUFFICIENT to sink the ships of the mer-
camille marine today. I maintain that
IL the Glenart Castle had been fitted
with ten instead of six water-tight
compartments she would have remained
afioat. The same applies to practically
al ships that have gone down as a re-
suit of one torpedo"
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Proof of the Huns disregard of the
Red Cross is contained in letter just
received from a Washington man who
served in the United States Engineers
in conjunction with the British forces
at Cambrai. AS two men wounded in
that engagement were being loaded
into an ambulance. he says. a German
airplane swooped down on the ambu-
lance and filled 1t with machine gun
bullets. One of the wounded men re-
ceived five additional wounds as a re-
suit of the attack on the ambulance.
You can imagine" writes the SOL
dier. a former Washington newspaper
man. how it feels to have a bunch of
buzzing airplanes flying low and pump
ing at you with machine guns. Reminds
one of flock of prehistoric monsters
you read about in the Sunday supple
ments"
The writer speaks in the highest
praise OF the fine spirit of the French
people despite the presence of the Huns
at their doors, and Is enthusiastic over
the care Uncle Sam takes of his fight
ing forces. The pay of our men is SO
iar IN advance of the wages of the
French and English soldiers that the
Samm1es are looked on as sons of
millionaire brewers or toothpick manu-
facturers." he writes
sidelights on Conditions.
The letter containing interesting
sidellghts on the conditions over there
follows.
I'm THE FIELD. France.
March 10, 1918.
You will be surprised to learn that
despite the fact that the 11th Engineers
in or1- o;f,
are quite few Washington boys in
the organization.
First Lieut.. Burnside r. Value, who
IS now in command of Company d, is a
former Washingtonian and played foot
pail at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, when Curley Byrd was coach out
there. He is one of the best and most
popular officers in the 11th and fine
fellow in every way
me capital is represented among the
hon-coms. by Sergt w. Rozanowski.
who served three years In the Regular
Army previous to the present war, be-
ing stationed at Washington barracks,
when he was corporal in Company B,
lst Battalion of Engineers; Corp. Ar
thur Won Essen, formerly of the E. F.
Brooks Company. electrical contractor,
and member of Local No. 26 /. B. E.
W. and by Corp. Harry F. Tear, whose
mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
+. Tear, reside at 201 Claiming street
nv elSdSt- ucSS last lHFee ana myself
are all in Company E, and are doing
our best to uphold the prestige of the
city of plugged hats
AS you already doubtless know. we
received our baptism Of fire at Cam
brai while operating with the British
army. The Germans attacked our sa-
ltent on two f1anks. cutting us off. and
we had to seek shelter in dugouts and
shellholes. One of our lieutenants was
wounded severely in the head and one
of our sergeants was shot twice with
shrapnel and wounded nve additional
times when Hun airplane swooped
down on the ambulance into which he
was being loaded and filled it full of
machine gun bullets. You can imagine
how it feels to have a bunch of buzz
zing airplanes flying low and pumping
at you with machine guns. Reminds one
of flock of prehistoric monsters you
read about in the Sunday supplements.
We lost men in killed, wounded and
captured at Cambria, but the next time
we get that close to the boche we hope
to even up the score.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Airship Joins Fox Hunt,
Points Way to Reynard

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1S.-An MIR
plane recently Joined In n fox
hunt. according to Country Life.
Its correspondent says: "Whiie
running ue sa wan airplane fol-
lowing us overhead about 100 feet
up. The nirmnn waved us the d.
rectiOn in which our fox had
gone. and when we checked we
heard several shouts from aloft
and were put right by our friend
above. the hounds verifying his
information.
- little later he landed in a
field, told the master where he
had seen the fox, then rose and
circled above us. But the fox
beat u.s."
Evening star., 1918-04-14

tween: the logs viii he pushed into the
fume and floated under the mill am,
hoisted onto the carriage oy means OF
an endless chain placed under each end.
After going through the first saw tho
product is shifted to various other
saws and carried on out of the mill on
line of rollers on either side at the
end of the mill where the finished prod-
uct is slid down a smooth skidway di-
rectly on to cars which run along the
edge of the dock. The mill machinery
is what l term underslung. that is.
where the actual saving and manufac-
turing is done about fen feet above the
level Of the skidways.
Life in Camp Very Agreeable.
I'VE have a small railway built from
the French railway. some three miles
distant up to both mills. and also a
railroad built back into the forest some
distance which will be pushed into the
interior, as logging requires. In short.
if what we produce here is going to put
the Sammies across the Rhine and fin
ish up this mess over here you can all
prepare to read soon where they have
crossed over, for we are not going to
let anything interfere with pushing
things to the very limit.
We have been in France now more
thar four months and are eligible for =
seNen-day pass. OF course. the boys
are taking no little interest in that
leave ad planning out what to do and
where to go. Doubtless the majority
will go TO AK de Bains, for. from all
accounts that wiz be little America to
the Sammies on leave who go there.
"The y NJ. c. a. has located in a small
town near camp. 1t is very homelike,
with a pleasant lady and gentleman in
charge. Everything that makes a Y. NJ.
c. A. is there. including the canteen.
and they plan to make things even
more pleasant by obtaining larger
quarters
I'VE have no kicks at all and we are
very furtunate in having SO many
things agreeable that go to make up q
military camp"
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Uses Grated Thumb
in Playing the Piano

Of the Associated Press.
READING, March 1S-DuranS
their visit to Reading this week
King George and Queen wary
while visiting one Of the hospi-
tails, were much Interested IN eae
case Of one Of the soldiers. ne
had lost n thumb and. being an
enthusiastic pianist, felt the AoSs
keenly.
4 young surgeon ampu,.s s
! the third finger of the lei. -
and seafted IL ON In the Place y.
m. rnt..,ne thumb. The man can
now use his s.thumb" quite COM
fortably in playing the piano.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Uncle Sam Takes Care of Boys.

IT don't know anything about con-
ditions in the training camps at home.
but Uncle Sam is certainly taking good
care of the boys who are across the
pond. If we had any more clothes I
do not know how we could move
around We carry our cots around with
us, while the British and French sleep
Evening star., 1918-04-14

In the old days platinum was not
quite so expensive as it is now, and in
the screws of old magnetos and con-
tact coils there was often inserted a
good sized piece of platinum. BY
using file carefully it is possible to
remove the brass and reclaim the
platinum. when it can be soldered upon
the end of a new screw.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

For cutting blocks of ice into small
cubes an inventor has patented an cleo
trical device for heated wires.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
to discuss human rights or think oi
human liberty.
Wv n.+;ope
War Preparations.

1t was an age Of invention ana SCI
entific discovery and industrial n;r.
opment, and he would turn the sehtus ~
Of the inventors. the research OF tne
scientists and the whole development
of industry into preparation tor va,
He would mold his people into naeioi,
so organized for war and so
for peace that no other people WouIu
peace or war.
AS he developed his people IN .he
arts of peace, and drilled them IN tne
arts of war the kaiser instllied .n.o
their minds these thoughts: That Yer
man kultur is superior to the culture
of all other peoples. and, because OF
this. the German people are ehtitleu;
as of right. to rule the world; tnat you
Almighty has recognized this superior
ity and has appointed and anolnteu
these people to prevail over all. tnat
he, the kaiser, and his descendants are
divinely chosen representatives OF the
Most High and hold commission as
overlords of the earth, sealed Win ,ne
great seal of high heaven itself Ana
he taught his people that other people
recognized their inferiority and were
jealous of the superiority of the Ger
man and of the progress the German
nation was making; that there was d
conspiracy among the other peoples Oh
the earth to hamper and limit and de-
stroy German trade and to eliminate
German peoples and German power as
factors in the life of the world
For forty years he has deliberately
educated his people to believe that All
other peoples whose governments
were not in alliance with him are en-
emies of the German people. bent upon
their destruction. This was to make
the German people willing to take up
the sword. to burn and destroy ana
murder as they have burned and de-
stroyed and murdered since this war
be~au
Evening star., 1918-04-14

laration that all free governments are
concerned in putting an end to the sa-
ber rafting and cannon pointing by
which the German emperor has kept
the world in alarm for half a century
and which has led to the shocking dew
astation under which the world covers
and trembles today. Brazil. the great
republic of South America. which dis
carded royal and assumed republican
robes in this generation-Brazil is our
ally.
Grave Array"
1t is indeed a brave array of nations
that we have Joined, and that marches
with US in this contest. Great Britain
and Ireland, France, Portugal. Belgium,
Italy, Russia. Rumania. Serbia. Monte
negro. Japan. Brazil. Canada. Australia,
New Zealand. and South Africa, China
and Siam, all these are with US, as, with
the bands playing The Star Spngled
Banner" the Red, White and Blue float
ing above us. and little Cuba, with the
same colors and a single star marching
beside us. we join in the battle cry OF
freedom, and take our place on the bat
tie line where the forces of freedom
are locked in a death struggle with the
ensanguined hordes of autocracy and
arbitrary power.
In this battle the stake is not the
liberty of one nation, or of group of
nations; the stake is the liberty and
freedom of the whole world.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Estimate of America.

The German government did not be-
lieve that the American people. had
soul: they conceived of us as low and
sordid and as having become cowardly
at heart. They thought that the few
noisy pacifsts were representative of
the American nation. They have found
out their mistake, and, though they
profess to believe that our entry into
the war can have no effect on the
result. the sun has set on their hope
of victory.
The constant successes of the French
and English armies in the past months
are not due alone to their prepon-
derance in artillery. ammunitions and
men The fact that the leviathan of
the west has entered the fight has put
the fear of God into the German SOL
dier in the trenches. as well as into
his master upon the throne
We have already voted billions to
prosecute this war: sums SO vast the
human mind cannot comprehend it
enough gold to build the city described
in Revelations. We have provided, and
we shall provide. money! flood of
gold such as the world has never seen
a very deluge of gold, which shall flow
out of this land to aid in destroying
the drag gon which makes war on man
kind.
Americans can be proud of the fact
that most Of the countries of Central
and South America agree in the dec
Evening star., 1918-04-14
methods of Savagery.'

What could not be accomplished by
sheer force of numbers. by superiority
i'll arms and in armies, was to be &C
complished through methods of sav-
agery. so ruthless that the people
against whom they were directed would
flee affrighted at the very mention, OF
the German power.
He worked magic hypnotism on his
own people. through appeal to their
vanity. their pride. their avarice and
their greed. BY this hypnotic spell he
added to the strength OF a people
every man of whom was drilled SOL
der. and the principal business of
which was war. and he proposed, by
similar processes of psychology, to
weaken the resistance of those whom
he attacked.
He would make them believe, from
awful example. that he who resisted
the kaiser's legions was doomed to
death: not death in any of its ordinary
forms. but death by tortures as ter
rible as those ever inflicted by any saw
age tribe known in history; that tor
ture and death. fire and sword, would
be visited not only upon them. but
upon their women and babes, as we'll
nor age. nor condition, nor sex was
permitted to save the hap1ess victim,
whose only fault was to dwell in a
country which had been selected for
waste and ruin
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Mr.. O'Donneil. a prominent lawyer OF Den
yer and one of the leading democrats OF the
west, wrote the following article for cireuia-
tion in the great campaign OF patriotism
through education which the National Sc
eurity League is conducting throughout the
country arouse the people to realization
of the true meaning of the war and the
menace of defeat.