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The sun., 1918-07-03
AMERICANS WIN
FOES IRON CROSSES
Distribution Is Made Via
German Prisoners.
BY me Associated Press

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. July 2.-The German Emperor
has distributed Iron Crosses galore
among the American forces holding the
new lines westward OF Hill 204. The
distribution OF course was not direct 1t
was via the chests Of soldiers whom
Germany considers among her best
Having an Iron cross in ones possess
sion seems to be fad among the
American forces. for nearly every pris-
oner taken has one and extremely few
retain them. These are probably over
looked during the excitement Of battle
and the subsequent hurry in getting the
prisoners to the rear out OF the zone of
fire.
A few Americans seen to-day had the
medal cherished by the enemy PINNED IN
the centre OF the shlrts-not on the left
side either-while others pulled their
trophies from their pockets, explaining
that they considered them the best sou-
venirs obtainable because they are cas-
lily mailed home.
The sun., 1918-07-03
FRENCH KEEP PACE
WITH AMERICANS
Make Advance on Lines Near
Pershings Positions.

LONDON, July I'm addition to the
brilliant success of the French and
American troops. working together just
west OF Chateau Thierry, the French,
whose sector here is Immediately to the
left of the American positions. pushed
forward on their own front and recap
tured the village OF St Pierre Aigle.
little north of villers Cotterets and
south of scissors. They also carried out
raids between Montdidier and Noyon
and to the east OF Rheims. in which
prisoners were taken
Berlin states that the attack west of
Chateau Thierry was repulsed, which is
contrary to reports from the front. II
also asserts that attacks against the
German lines at other points have also
failed.
Northwest OF Albert. in the Somme
sector, the Germans last night after a
strong bombardment attacked the posi-
tions they had lost on Sunday night and
gained a footing In one Of the British
trenches. German raids near Lens and
on the Flanders front were repulsed.
The Associated Press correspondent
with the British army in France de-
scribing this action says that on the
northern end of the line the Germans
succeeded in retaining a few OF their
old positions, In which they were MAIN
uinlHk at lnt TtpOTtS.
81 all other points the Germans were
repulsed and badly punished,
Three desperate assaults were driven
forward by the graycoats on the Brit
ish right, but each time they ware hurled
back. On the left the enemy made bet
ter progress and In the early stages OF
the battle regained a part Of his for
mer defences.
The British Immediately organized a
counter attack. which was carried out
with such spirit that the Germans were
forced to fall back from a part OF the
recovered position.
Tho puzzling silence OF the enemy Il
continuing along the entire front The
most general conjecture as to the reason
for his prolonged pause Is that he 1.
awaiting the arrival OF guns of a new
type intermediate between the extrem,
long rarfe guns with which he has beer
The sun., 1918-07-03
RIMS Down Wrecknge.

Finally the second officer returned to
the lifeboat and the submarine began
running down the wreckage and any
floating object.
"The submarine" continued Major
Lyon. "a little later made for us. missing
our stern by two feet. | believe the
Germans tried 10 ram u.s. but why they
did not shell us or run us down we could
not understand After our experience
we all agreed that their first intentions
were to sink without trace, but why they
spared us is irexplicable. unless il was
because most of the survivors In our
boat are men OF the sea. and they tell
me there Is "A sort of freemasonry among
them.
1.-THE Llandovcry Castle began settling
rapidly, first listing and then straight
ening herself as the bow began pointing
skyward. We were within forty feet
as she settled. going down so grad
uallv that we did not notice any suction.
My last glimpse of the ship showed the
bow sticking straight up out Of the
The sun., 1918-07-03
FAIR CROPS IN HUNGARY.
Acreage Ia Increased, hut Frost,
Have Damaged Produce.

AMSTERDAM. July Pair and medium,
crops can be expected in Hungary this
year, says an official Hungarian report
embracing the prospects in all districts
up TO June 10. 1t says the cultivated
area is larger than in 1917. but that
frosts In March did great damage to
summer cereals. fruit and garden
produce. 1t is pointed out that the r.
fects of the frost early in June are r.
Guided in the report
Complaints come from all parts oI
Hungary says the report. of the eNto
Tomato demands made by farm hand
and the farmers everywhere are c'amc.-
ing for 'oldiers to help with the WORK n
the fields
The sun., 1918-07-03
DELAY IN PRISONER EXCHANGE
Germany POstpOnes Farley with
America on subject.

WAsHGSGToN, July 1.-The proposed
conference between German and Ameri-
can representatives on the subject OF
war prisoners which was expected to
take place at Berne, Switzerland, on Au-
gust has been postponed at the insti-
cation OF the German Government.
Advices received at the State Depart
ment through Spanish diplomatic chan
nels state that the proposal made by the
United States cannot be carried out as
planned. 1t is presumed here that Ger
many is not yet ready to set a definite
date owing to arrangements for confer
ences with other belligerents on the
same subject. The State Department is
anxious to have the matter settled as
soon as possible
The sun., 1918-07-03
COMFORT SAILING DELAYED.
sinking of LlHndovery Castle
Changes Plans.

WAsHINGToN, July PLANS for the
sailing OF the American hospital ship
Comfort, which 1t was proposed to send
through the submarine zone without con-
voy, have been delayed by the ruthless
destruction OF the Canadian hospital
ship Llandovery Castle. 1t Is not yet
decided whether the original plans will
be changed.
The sun., 1918-07-03
helling Paris and his long range naval

shellng Paris and his long range naval
guns
With guns OF this type. the assump-
ton is the Germans would be capable
of throwing a large number Of heavy
shells into Paris from distance of forty
or Atty miles. A bombardment from
this distance instead OF the seventy or
more miles covered by the guns hereto
fore used in the longefange lombard
ment of Paris has been made possible
by the advance of the enemy lines ef-
fected within the last month.
The sun., 1918-07-03
SOCIALIST AID FOR KERENsKY
New Paris Paper supports Erst.
while Premier's Mission.

PARIS, July 2.-Frdrce Libre, new
Socialist newspaper. made its appear
anco to-day in Paris.
Compere Morel. Socialist leader in the
Chamber OF Deputies. the director of
France Lfbre. after an interview with
alexander Kerensky. the former Rus
stan Premier who IL now in France,
makes an appeal to his readers to sup
port Kerensky in his mission to the al
lied Governments with the object OF
bringing about the regeneration OF
Russia.
The sun., 1918-07-03
LUDENDORFF SHUNS POLITICS.
To speak Only when Final War
Success Ia Affected.

AMSTERDAM, July ar will express
10 the Government my views on ques-
tons relative to home politics only when.
In my opinion. those questions affect
our final succesJ in the war" said Gen.
Ludendorff,
The General made this reply to a
question from a prominent member of
the Reichstag, according to the Roel-
ntsche Volks Zeitung.
The sun., 1918-07-03
WIN IN DAYLIGHT RAIDS
Americans Successful I'm Mont
didier Region.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
July 1.-Two successful raids, one Of
them In broad daylight, have been car
rled out by the American forces in the
Montdidier region. In the daylight raid
corporal and three men entered an
enemy post situated in a wheat field and
took one prisoner and machine gun.
The sun., 1918-07-03
Doubts sincerity Of Queries.

This seemed to surprise the Ger
mans. as they pretended to be sure that
aviators were aboard l have my doubts
about this belief being genuine, my idea
being that the Germans simply used
this as preteXt for the torpedolng OF
the Llandoverv Castle
Major Lyon related how the Germans
pursued them soon after the llfeboat put
away from the submarine and called for
the ships second officer who was taken
to the coming tower and questioned at
length regarding the explosion as the
vessel sank The Germans apparently
had beforehand information, as the conf
mandcr OF the submarine. said Major
Lyon. had asked about eight flying Of
ficers Eight medical officers had in
tended to make the trip, hut one did not
sail at the last minute, because OF i'll
ness
The sun., 1918-07-03
Mount Vernon Bars German.

The Board OF Education of Mount Yer
non voted unanimously last night to
abolish the courses In German and In
German literature In the Mount Vernon
high school.
The sun., 1918-07-03

FOLLOWING up their tactics in the Marine sector
of digging holes in the German front line. the
Americans with the cooperation of the French, made
dash at vaux. just west of Chateau Thierry, cap
tured that village and pushed to the wood to the
northwest known the Bots de la Roche. The Ger
The sun., 1918-07-03
Big GUNS BUILDING
FOR USE IN FRANCE
Vast Ordnance Plant Turning
Out Ten Day on Shores
of Chesapeake.

WASHINGTON. July American built
1866 millimeter howitzers are now NOV
ing to France. supplementing the equip
ment OF Gen. Pershing's troops hereto
fore obtained from French ordnance fac
| tories. One American firm. which had
never touched ordnance work Of any
character prior to Americas entry into
the war. is turning out these guns at
rate of ten a day from a factory the site
Of which was fiourlshing cornfield last
August
These facts were disclosed to-day to
newspaper correspondents from Wash
| ington. who visited the new army prov
ing ground at Aberdeen Nd as the
guests OF Col. w \. Phillips, COM
mandant A long row OF the 1888 tested.
approved and awaiting shipping orders
was one OF the most striking object
lessons of the trip.
The howitzers, which are OF French
design. are OF approximately six inch
bore and are the heavy harrage guns
which support an infantry advance
! against an intrenched position. The
United States soon will be independent
of its cobelligerents for guns OF this
type.
| Great Guns Gin ActtOn.'
The visitors to-day saw just a days
| work in progress on this 5000 acre
tract of land that a year ago heard no
more warlike sound than a duck hunters
gun. To-day several miles of firing
line" barked and rosred with big gun
blasts. and out on the ranges sudden
black smoke clouds marked the burst
OF high explosive shells. From a high
observation tower the party looked down
on the trench warfare section. Begin
| ming with rife grenades all sizes Of
mortars were hammering away.
The three inch mortars stood out II,
the open, but the big fellows. developed
| by a British ordnance officer, In this
, country stood In stockaded shelters. A
| row OF demolished guns which burst in
tests constituted the posts cemetery"
and the battered sides OF some OF the
log walled embrasures showed the ne
cessity OF the stockades.
| Next In line was the mobile artillery
| testing range. on the firing line stood
guns OF all kinds. French 75s, British
is Founders. ~ howitzers and rifles
squat. vicious looking inch and 90
howitsers and long range rifles poking
their muzzles high in the air. All were
flaming and roaring.
Building Airplane Plant.
| Some OF the guns were at work on
muzzle velocity tests and the ordnance
! officers showed with pride the new Aber-
| deem chronograph. the delicate electrical
device for measuring the speed Of a
| shell flight that has been worked out at
Aberdeen and is a long stride ahead in
this part OF the work
Next in line came the hangers from
the airplane squadron They were leap
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

Two pounds Of sugar a month-half
q pound a week-that Is the sugar ra-
ton the U. S. Food Administration
has asked every American to observe
until January i, 1919, in order to make
sure there shall be enough for our
Army and Navy, for the Allied armies
apd for the civilians of those nations.
BY New Years the world sugar sit
uation will be relieved somewhat by
the new crop. Cuban sugar Of this
years crop will be arriving in this
country.
Every available sugar source will be
drawn on by the Food Administration
during the next winter months to main
tain sufficient stocks here to keep up
our national sugar supply. During Oc-
tober the first American beet sugar
will arrive in the markets. BY the
middle of November some of our Lou
isiana cane crop will be available. All
of this sugar and more may be needed
to keep this nation supplied on a re-
duced ration and to safeguard the Al
lied sugar ration from still further
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
FRENCH TAKE WHEAT
Seven Ounces of Bread Daily Linn.
it Except to Hard Workers.
Sacrifice Accepted by French People
OVERWHELMINGLY on Governments
Explanation Of Necessity.

Washington.-Only the very poor,
and men and women doing the hardest
kind Of manual labor, may have more
than eve ounces of war bread a day
in France from now on, the United
States food administration has been
advised by the French government.
The entire French wheat crop has
been requisitioned by the government.
This sacrifice has been accepted by
the French people uncomplainingly on
the governments explanation that only
by such restriction can American re-
endorsements be transported in ships
that otherwise would carry grain for
their bread, and that, in addition, this
grain for French bread can come from
America only by virtue Of the actual
saving Of this grain by reduced con
sumption of bread by the American
people.
"These extremely severe measures
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

said the French statement, especially
the seven ounces a day, have deeply
impressed public opinion"
Men who are very poor or who do
hard manual labor get about 81 n
Of bread a day; women who are very
poor or who are employed on hard
work get about II ounces a day; every
n else gets seven ounces, which is
less than half of q pound loaf, or not
more than four or five slices.
This bread is made of flour compris-
ing all the elements of wheat except
bran, with a heavy adlnixture of flour
from other cereal grains, which is
obligatory.
The price of bread is fixed by vari.
GUS government agencies all along the
line between producer and consumer.
Baking Of pastry or biscuits from
flour that is fit for bread is prohibited.
Confectioneries and other such shops
are closed two days a week. Eating
pastries in public is forbidden.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, "that all the
millions of u people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that in a year Of
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all Of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight Of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
1T is difficult to distinguish between
various sections of our people-the
homes, public eating places, food
trades, urban or agricultural popula-
tions-tn assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one will deny the domi-
nant part Of the American women"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Must Use No More Than Two Pounds
Per Person a Month If the Present
Meagre Allied Sugar Ration
Is Maintained.
Stocks Will Be Short Until Beginning of New
Year-Ration May Be Enlarged Then.

reduction. In Europe the present "a.
ton is already reduced to a minimum.
Our Situation.
The situation which the United
States faces in it's efforts to maintain
q fair distribution Of sugar to the Al
lied world is as follows:
Sugar supplies throughout the coun-
try, in homes, stores, factories and
bakeries are at a low ebb. w must
make increased sugar shipments to the
Allies.
Production Of American beet and
Louisiana cane crops have been disap-
pointing.
Porto Rico crops have been cur
tailed.
Immense sugar stocks In Java a n
not be reached on account Of the ship
ping shortage; ships are needed for
troop movements and munitions.
Army and Navy sugar requirements
have increased as well as those from
the Allies.
Most industries using sugar have had
their allotment reduced by one-half;
some will receive NJ sugar.
Households should make every ef-
fort to preserve the fruit crop without
sugar, or with small amounts Of sugar.
Later, when the sugar supply Is larg-
er, the canned fruit may be sweetened
as it is used.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

Lucy B. Petitioner
Jacob Blinn, Mary e. Vi Maish, John
w. Maish and Alvin z. Doe, County
Treasurer, Steele County, North
SoTiCE AND CITATION. HEAIeiSG OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION
OF ESTATE.
The State OF North Dakota to the Above
Named Respondents:
You, the said Jacob Blinn, Mary f.. Maish
John w. Maish and Alvin p. Doe. County
and each of you, are hereby notified that
the Final Account OF Lucy. b. Major, Admin
%istratrix With the Will Annexed Of the Estate
in the Countyo OF Clinton and State Of Indiana,
deceased. has boon rendered to, this court,
therein showing That the estate OF said de-
ceased is ready for final settlement and dis
tribution. and petitioning that her account
be allowed. the residue OF said estate be dis
tributed to the persons thereunto entitled,
her administration closed and she be dis
A. D. 1918, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF
that day, at the Court Rooms OF this Court, in
the Court House, in the Village ofSherbrOoke
has been duly appointed by this Court for the
settlement thereof, at which time and place
! any person interested in said estate may ap'
pear and file his exceptions. in writing, to
same. And you, the above named respond
ents. and each Of you, Is hereby cited and re-
quired then and there to be and appearbefore
this Court and show cause If any you have,
why said account shall not be allowed, the
residue OF said estate distributed, the admin.
istration of said estate closed n said Ad-
ministratrix be discharged.
Dated the oath day Of July, a. d. 1918.
ADAM s. MooTE
SeaD Judge OF the County Court
Attorney for Petitioner
Hope, N. D. 18-4t7-25
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Climbed Greater Ararat.

James Bryce, former British am
bassador to the United States, climbed
Greater Ararat in September, 1875,
making the ascent alone. The Rus
sian governor had supplied him with
IN escort, but they were still 5000 feet
short of the summit when, overcome
with superstitious fear, they refused
to go on. Mr.. Bryce described the sum-
NIT as a little plain of snow, silent
and desolate, with a bright green sky
above, and the view as stern and mo
nOtOnOus.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Title OF Admiral.

The rank or title Of admiral did not
exist in the United States navy until
1866, when it was created by congress
and conferred on David G. Farragut.
He held it. until his death, in 1870, and
his successors have been: David D.
Porter, 1870 to 1891, and George
Dewey, from 1890 till his death, Janu-
ary 16, 1917. With his death the title
lapsed and has not been revived.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Grandmother in Eighteen Days.

A lady green bug becomes a grand
mother in Is days. One can imagine,
then, notes a naturalist, the multitud-
nous armies Of these insects that may
develop in the course of a S
Their worst foe is a tiny black four
winged fly that deposits an egg in each
bug it comes across, its larva consume
ing the bugs inside works and using
Its shell for q house.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Daddy Broke His Face.

John was always an interested spec
tator when his father shaved. One
morning the razor slipped and the skin
was cut a trifle, and John turned and
said regretfully to his mother, ooh,
see, daddy did break his nice face"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
The Riuht Time.

Aunty-Why are you so naughty,
Johnny? With your mother sick and
your father with a broken arm, yor
might try to be good.
Johnny-That's just the time to bc
bad. No one to lick me.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Her Reason.

Admirer-Star Of my life, the world
was but a desert to me before your
lovely face came before my eyes.
She--I can readily believe it.
Admirer-Why?
She-Because you dance like q
camel.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
The Departure.

II understand you. servant has mott
fed you that she is going to quit
work."
"Not exactly" said Mrs. Crosslots.
"She hasn't been working to speak of
for some weeks. Now she has an.
nounced that she doesn't intend even
to associate with u.s."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
A SIiuht Error.

Kind Lady-How is this? You say
you are deaf and dumb and your sign
says you are blind.
Beggar-Pardon me, madam. Me
valet musta hung de wrong sign on me
this mornin'."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
Good Niuht.

Good Night.
Mistress-So you are leaving to be
married, Nora?
Nora-Yes, ma'am; an I'll be leav.
ing now.
Mistress-Well, I hope you are get.
ting a good husband.
Nora-If he amt any better than the
one you've got I'll be back.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

France must import sugar today,
because the largest portion of French
sugar beet land is in German hands.
AS a result, the French people have
been placed on a sugar ration of about
IS pounds a year for domestic use;
q pound and a half a month. This
photograph :hows how the German
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

State OF North Dakota L.,
County OF Steele es
In County Court, Before Ion Adam S. Moote
Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

A MEXICAN families would have less sugar than the
"A people of war torn France, if we depended entirely
on our homegrown sugar stocks.
Approximately rs per cent. of our sugar is shipped
to our shores. We produce about ], 900, 900 tons of sugar
a year. Our imports from abroad amount to over 3,000,-
900 tons a year in normal times.
The United States Food Administration asks each
family to limit it's use of sugar to two pounds per month
per person for household USE. The military situation de-
Of the Army or Navy. When we save sugar, we save
shipping.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

i, Increase ......... SO,90O,O 900 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime %breadstuffs in the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations were
Wheat 131, 900, 900 bushels and of rye
100000 bushels, a total Of 144,900,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 were:
Wheat 135,10O,O0O bushels and rye
100000 bushels, a total Of 137,4O0,O00
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now in port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
wheat will be therefore, about 141,O00,-
600 bushels, or a total Of 154, 100000
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In ad-
dition to this we have shipped some
10000 900 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and W. have received
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment Of our people
in this matter stands out even more
clearly if we bear in mind that we had
available IN the nscal year l9l6-l1
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
100000 600 bushels of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home Loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. "This last year, however,
owing to the large failure Of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and imports
only just about u normal consump-
ton. Therefore u wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De.
spite the magnificent effort Of our agri.
cultural population in planting a much