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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Female Vote May Decide
Montana Primary Vote

Helena, Mont. Aug. 24.-The alb
sence Of 10000 male voters who are
lighting for Uncle Sam, may bring
about startling surprises at the state
wide primary election on Aug. 81.
The Absent Voters act, under
which soldiers and sailors are al
lowed to vote at general elections. did
not make any provision for the pri-
mary. As a result, the female vote
will probably decide the issue. Vet
eran politicians have frontkly admit
ted they ''are up in the air az to which
way the wind will blow.
A number OF women seek public
offlces. Political leaders are by no
means agreed, that the fair sex will
carry out the old theory that women
invariably favor women at the polls.
CONGRESSIONAL Jeanette Rankin.
OF Miesoula, has been(sconducting a
spirited campaign for United States
senator. While she has received
strong support in some sections, sev-
efal daily. papers have vigorously op-.
posed her, candidacy. Miss Rankin's
name has been quite prominent On
editorial pages Of Montana papers
lI8S8lys NA&sAaHEsG a. .si9A .SL.@l4A9E!.fakN
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Walsh County School
Census Shows Decline

Grafton, N. D., Aug. 24.-There
are 23O less. school children in Walsh
county this year than there were a
year ago. according to the census,
just announced by the county SUPER
tntendent Of schools. There are
6,421 children Of school age. 6 to 81
years old; in the new census, being
1928 boys and 3,148 girls. The
ments.
The census Of several towns fol-
lows: Grafton, 877; Park River, 423:
Mimic, 314; Lankin, 1870; Fairdale,
1853; Pisek, 142; Forest River, 1872;
Hoople, 127; Adams. lis; ,Oakwood,
ITO; Edinburg, 100; Ardoch, 63.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
N. D. HAS25,oOO.
men MEN IN ARMY,
NAVY AND G.
The Adjutantl General Has a
Prepared Interesting
Statistics.

e Bismarck, N. D., Aug 24.---In
round numbers North Dakota now
has in the national guard, the ma
tional array, the regular army. the
marine corps and the United States
$4,000 men, the adjutant gen
The adjutant general has prepared
and forwarded to Provost. Marshal
General Crowder interesting statistics
covering the draft operations in this
state for. 1917 and 1918. This report
shows that the 1917 draft covered
1,343 fighters, 1886 limited service
men, 335 men with physical disqual-
ifications which surgery could remove,
81 men in the emergency fleet cor
portation, 1880 delinquents, 176 not
examined, 13, 981 &inducted and called,
or asgrand total Of 1884 Of the 1917
regstrants who have passed through
the draft mill.
OF those who registered June s.,
1918, s2,458 are fighters, 14S r linn
tied service men.471 are men with
physical disqualifications which surg
gerry will remove, two are in the
emergency fleet corporation, 81 are
delinquent, 81 have not been exam
ined, and SIG have been indicted and
called, making a total Of 3,349, or for
the two registration classes q grand
total of 22,O43.
In Burleigh county under the 1917
registration So were fighters. 10 lin
tied service men, II with temporary
emergency fleet, 81 delinquent. 314
indicted and called, or a total Of 473.
In Cass AZ were fighters, 80 limited
service. men. % with temporary phys
zeal defects. Six in the emergency
feet 81 DELINQUENT, two not examined
1910 indicted and called, a. total of
1921. Grand Forks had e fighters,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
SOLDIERS SUPPLIED
WITH IS CENT MEAL
TICKETS HEREAFTER

Bismarck, N. D.. Aug. 24.-Uncle
Sam takes cognizance of the high cost
Of living as applied to the meals of
prospective Yanks, and Provost Mar
shall General Crowder today advises
Adjutant General Fraser that hence
forth Flickertail fighting men en-
route to camp shall be supplied with
meal tickets calling for IS cents
worth Of eats instead Of 60 as here
tofore. The average full-grown young
appetite has a mighty hard time
these days combining itself within the
limits Of sixty cents, says General
Fraser. He regards six bits little
enough to feed a husky young he
who is really feeding properly. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Fuel Dealers Must 60
Register, Says Baker

Bismarck, N. r., Aug. .24.-1. P.
Baker, federal fuel administrator for
North Dakota, today issued In order
all fuel dealers Of the state
to register with him. No fees are
charged for registration.
ANY retail coal dealer who fails
to register under the regulations will
be subject to the penalties pre-
scribed by the Lever act, and no pro-
Queer will be permitted to sell or
ship any coal or, coke to such retail
coal Dealers" Administrator Baker
says in his order. s 80.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Townley Store to Be
Opened at Cooperstown

Cooperstown, N. D., Aug. 24.-The
United Consumers Stores company,
which collects $fQ0 each from farm
ers in payment for the privilege of
trading at stores it establishes. has
completed arrangements for re-estab-
fishing a store here. with H. o. john
son as local manager. Over 200 GER
tificate holders have paid 500 each
in the Cooperstown project, permit
ting the company to collect over
100000. ,..F
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Strikers or Slackers
Must Work or Fight

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 24.-'Tis
work or fight for fair. General Crowd
er today by wire called upon Adiutant
General Fraser for a detailed state
ment Of the application Of the work
or fight order in this state. The head
Of the %selective service system asks
that a list be furnished his office not
later than September 1 of men engag-
ed in non-essential occupations who
were caused to seek other employ
ment, of men similarly engaged whose
deferred cl~assiflcatiohs were with
drawn for this reason, and. of the &C
ton taken in connection with genuine
strikers, with no form of employment.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Knappen i. President
Insurgent Press Assn.

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 24-H. P. KNAPP
pen, Bismarck. president; Peter Nor
gan, Grand Forks. vice president; M.
F. Blank. Edgeley. secretary-treasur-
er, Of the newly formed Peoples
Press Association, organized in North
Dakota by the Nonpartisan papers, in
a meeting here today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
MONTANA WHEAT TO
DOUBLE 1917 CROP
Sections Report Yields Of 10 to 40
Bushels-Bumper Production
in Valleys.

Minneapolis. Aug. 24.-Montana
wheat fields this year will produce
twice the 100000 bushel crop of
1917, was the report Of P. ]. Leeman,
vice president of the First and Securi-
,ty National bank brought today. after
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24
Northwestern NeUS

a weeks tour through that state, dur
ing which he travelled 500. miles.
The Gallatin valley, said Mr.. Lee
man, has the best crop in It's history,
ranging from 10 to 40 bushels an acre.
There is q good yield in the Yollow-
stone valley and Judith Basin ranch
.es are yielding about 10 bushels.
Crop Fails in Northeast Montana
8 I'm northeastern Montana the crop
is q total failure in places and other
sections will have but a small wheat
RETURN he said, ''but. bumper yields
in the principal valleys hold up the
average"
Mr.. Leeman was not enthusiastic
over the ability OF Montana agricul-
tural districts t6 take q large allot-
ment OF the fourth Liberty Loan.
Butte. Helena and other mining cen
ters will, however, be in q position to
buy. Wages are on a high scale in the
mines. re- -. ~
Draft Hit State Hard.
THE draft is hitting Montana, coun-
try banks hard" he said. 1.-THE first
draft took their assistant cashiers who
We're In many places replaced by
women. Now the age extension threat
ems ITO take their executive. officers.
The communities, are new and are
populated by young men,; In me town
I visited they told me only one man
was over As years Of age"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24

many OF the largest industrial cor
porations in their training classes for
apprentices and employees.
SERVICE TO STUDENTS
A large Department is maintained
by the les. for the sole purpose of
helping students to obtain every pos
sible benefit from their studies.
Many of the largest employers in
the country are interested in the
work of the les, and, at their re
quest, are being informed regularly
concerning the progress Of les.
students among their employees.
Successful efforts are also made to
secure good, positions for deserving
students, and competent employees
for employers.
When everything has been made
easy for you-when; one hour q day
spent with the les. in the quiet of
you a bigger income, more comforts,
.uccess means-can you afford to let
spare time 20 to waste? Make your
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-24

les. textbooks are used for reference and instruction in
colleges and universities, in government schools, institutes of
technology and vocational schools in America, by the U. S.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
KAISER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
BUT IS FRUSTRATED
BY ATTENDANT WHO
RECEIVES A WOUND

Kept up for the reports as given out
by General March show that in De-
oember only about 175,00O men will
De returned to this country and that
from then until April 1st only about
100000 a month will be returned so
that on April over one million men
will remain in France. These men
must be provided with entertainment,
educational facilities, amusement, sun
supplies, moving pictures and every
thing that the soldiers desire in the
way Of amusement. 1t is up to the
army and navy Y. M. c.. A., Y. W.
c. A.. Knights off Columbus, Jewish
Welfare Board War Camp Commur-
ity Service, American Library Asso
citation and the Salvation Army to fur
nish the boys with this entertainment
and amusement and the success of
heir work will depend entirely on the
manner in which the people who
pledged themselves to support these
live up to their obliga-
ions. JOHN NJ. NELSON,
State Publicity Director
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
STEAMER DRAWING % FEET OF
WATER CLEARS JACKSONVILLE J.

Jacksonville, Dec. "a new rec
ord was hung for the port Of Jackson
vile yesterday when the British
| steamer Antillian, Capt. J. r. Car
non, cleared drawing twenty seven
feet of water, the previous high wa
ter mark being twenty-five and half
feet.
The Antillian was piloted safely to
sea by Capt. Joseph j. MickIer, the
youngest pilot operating on the local
bar. Besides being the most youthful
in age, Capt Mickler is one of the
youngest pilots here in point CT SER
vice, as he has only had his license
three years. Capt Mickler has dem
onstrated his efficiency on more than
one occasion since operating on the
bar here.
The Antillian was consigned to the
strachan Shipping Company, agent
for the Leyland line, and was loaded
with general cargo for foreign deliv-
cry, her cargo consisting of pig iron.
steel billets, -four, cotton and lumber,
amounting to 6,035 tons She sailed
direct to foreign ports, being the first
steamer with such cargo to clear di-
rect.
The Strachan Shipping Company,
represented here by w. A. Strachan,
has only been in operation in Jack
sonville a short time, but already has
cleared several steamers and is play
ing most important role in .devel-
cping the ports foreign commerce.
The company will shortly land anoth
er foreign steamer here.
The Antillian was bunkered by the
Logan Coal and Supply Company.
She is a 3,679-ton vessel, $50 feet in
length, so feet breadth of beam, and |
carries a crew of fifty-eight men. Her
engines have indicated horsepower OF
!, 800.
Other officers of the Antillian are
w H. Stanley, chief engineer; A.
Hall, chief officer; F. English, chief
steward.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
AUTOMOBILE THIEVES
ACTIVE AT ORLANDO

Orlando, Dec. 10.-Aut0mobie
thieves have made their appearance in
Orlando and as result two cars were
removed from their garages Saturday
night for parts unknown. The thieves
began to operate early Saturday eve,
ming The first theft to be reported
came from Formosa. A Ford belong
ing to Mr.. j. V. Knowles had been
placed in the yard beneath the bed,
room window. The car was rolled
out OF the yard, then cranked and
sent on its way.
The second car was an expensive
five-passenger wire wheel Haynes be-
longing to Mr.. Richard Watkins
This car was also standing near the
bedroom window, but because of its
weight 1t was not possible for the
robbers to roll it out of hearing dis
tance when it was cranked. The
noise of the self-starter awoke Mr.
Watkins. He rushed to his garage
just in time to see the car make its
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
STATE MAY REACH
$1,000. 600 AS CONTRIBUTING
TO WAR WORK FUND

Jacksonville. Dec. 10. Special
If the reports from the districts Iha'
have not completed their final report
on the United War Work campaign
continue to keep pace with those a.
ready received. it is probable that tn's
state may yet reach the desired goa'
of s1,OOO,OOO. The collections nave ai,
ready begun to reach headquarters
and the number of first payments "
ing received is proving most satisfac-
tory to campaign officials
The districts that have yet to ME
their complete reports have aireauE
indicated to headquarters tnat the'
will give even larger returns than
was at first expected and many o'
these districts are waiting.to make the
collections that were due on Dec :
before submitting their final report
All branches of the work have made
most satisfactory report up 10 ing
date and the industrial division mas
made a remarkable record. The VIC
tory Boys have already reported aDoa'
1000 members and the Victory Girls
about 5000. The colored section eA-
elusive of those belonging in the IN
dustriaI division. have almost COM
pleted their reports and they snow
that the colored population o. 'ne
state contributed about ten per cent
of Florida's quota.
The need for rapid COLLECTION Q,
fpna subscribed to the seven allied
organizations seems to be growing on
the people and they are responding
in good shape. This work must DC
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10

Louisville. KY, Dec 10.-Kentucky
farmers who produce about thirty
per cent of the country's tobacco have
experienced unprecedented prosperity
since 1915 and this autumn were able
to get nearly three times the price
with which they would have been
content at the beginning of the War.
Eighty per cent of the 25O,OOO,OOO
mounds of hurley tobacco used in the
United States comes from Kentucky
In 1914 prices for all qualities of leaf.
Iugs mad trash averaged between ten
and twelve cents pound, while the
price for the heavy dark export type
of tobacco grown in the black patch
of western Kentucky climbed from
six cents to sixteen cents.
When the war began tobacco pro-
duction in European countries was
virtually halted and there was a
tremendous drain on the big stocks OF
American tobacco in European ware
houses: It was the demand made up
on these reserve stocks that sent
prices upward, rather than the over
seas shipments, which were in reality
smaller than those in times of peace,
dealers say. As the big reserve sup
plies decreased, American exporters
began buying in the American market
IN replace the stocks when peace
would bring adequate transportation
facilities.
The amount now held for export,
however. is not sufficient, In the opin-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
AFFECTING SCENES MARK
RETURN OF REPATRIATES
BACK TO FRANCE

Evian, France, Dec THE return
and old men who were sent out OF
that part of France occupied by Ger.
mans for more than four years pre-
sented pitiful spectacles. Many OF
these refugees were little tots whose
fathers and mothers had been taken
away by the cruel Boche to work in
Germany or behind the fighting lines.
Others were orphans.
Twice daily the affecting scenes Of
their return were enacted here when
the trains bringing them through
Switzerland bringing 900 to 700 re-
patriates back to the beloved sail OF
France. With them were Belgians
who came from parts of Belgium then
occupied by the Hun. Much was
done to relieve the sufferings of
these poor people by S. s. Rowland,
representative of the Belgian Relief
Commission stationed here, and by
Mrs Rowland, his wife.
Describing the scene of the return
of trainload of refugees, Mrs. How
land writes:
Slowly, the long line came to-
wards us, the old and the young
about equally divided-alas, but few
of middle age, for the Germans had
use for such and would not let them
go. While few showed traces of ac-
tual destitution, we knew that but a
small number possessed more than
the clothes they wore and what the
hand bags and bundles they carried
contained
They were not emaclated but
their faces were worn, sometimes
anemic. How could they be other
wise after the years OF constant suf-
fering and continued horrors they
had endured, with no hope OF release
before them but victory for the Al
lies, or perchance the good fortune
to be enrolled in one of these little
bands Of repatries.
Nov and again someone would
rush out from the sidewalk to greet
a relative or friend recognized after
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
INDUSTRIAL
MEMBERS Of
CABINET WILL
JOIN WILSON
WILL ACT AS ADVISERS AT THE
PEACE CONFERENCE In MAT
TIERS PERTAINING TO RECON-
STRUCTION OF EUROPE
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Dec. 10. O.--According to O.
wireless from the Transport George
Washington, says the Echo de Paris,
President Wilson has been informed
of efforts to get him to visit Germany. !.
The President is quoted as having
made reply, only by long years Of
repentance can Germany atone for
her crimes and show sincerity. No
true American could think Of visitingI
Germany unless forced to do so by
strictly official obligations. This Is
to say / decline in advance to con-
slider any suggestion of that kind ]" I
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT
GERMANY; SAYS NO TRUE
AMERICAN SHOULD, UNLESS
FORCED TO GO BY DUT|
TUBERCULOSIS SEEMS TO
FLOURISH MOST In COUNTRY

Chicago, Dec. 10.--Doubt that tu-
berculosis is "city disease" was pre-
sented to the American Public Health
Association convention here today by
Dr.. Burton r. Rogers of New York.
He said the secretary Of the Indiana
State Board of Health had written him
that out of total population of $4,000
in Crawford county, Indiana, 1000 had
died of tuberculosis within ten years.
Can such a record be even paral-
leled in the worst lung block in the
worst city in American" asked the
speaker Investigation in other
states might reveal even worse con-
ditions
DR.. Rogers explained that Crawford
county has 3O4 square miles and that
the $4,000 residents are scattered or
1861 farms and in II towns and VII
lagos; the largest urban center colI-
tanning less than 1,200 inhabitants.
He added: y,
1T is doubtful If there is a three
story tenement in the county, and IL
every house is not at least ten feet
from every other house and II every
living and sleeping room has not one
or more outside windows. These are
certainly not city conditions {"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
Order Re-established at Cologne
(By Associated Press

(By Associated Press
Cologne, Dec. 10:-Order has been
re-established here as the result OF
the arrival of the advance guard of
British troups. There had been seV-
eral days of keenest anxiety in the
city caused by extensive riots and pill
Laying on the part of the lower class
and with attendant bloodshed. Ac-
cording to the burgomaster the riot
ing was due to the inability OF the
poor to obtain, food and clothing and
also in part to freshly inculcated
Rolsheviki ideas.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10

ground schools. Princeton, Cornell
and the Texas, Illinois and Californ.
la universities. The length of their
stay depended upon the room avail
able in the flying fields to which they
were sent as soon as possible. Un.
less they could be sent direct to the
advanced flying fields, they we're kept
at Camp Dick to await assignment
Thus the men we're able to keep up
their studies in military atmosphere
curing periods when they could not
be cared for at the schools.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10

way down sandy lane. A Ford truck
was standing near and in this Mr. Z.
Watkins gave chase. AS long as the
Haynes car was on the sand road the
Ford gained on it, but when the brick
was reached it proved too fast and
was soon lost to sight.
A third but unsuccessful attempt
was made to secure the car belonging
to Mr.. G. G. Hammer on North Or
ange avenue. This is also Haynes
automobile. Mr.. Hammer states that
he was awakened by a noise in his
garage. The lights in the garage are
operated from switch in his house.
When they were flashed on the burg
lars were frightened away.
Sheriff Gordon has wired every city
in the State to be on the lookout but
up to the time of going to press moth
ing had been heard of either the Ford
or Haynes. He cautions every per-
son who owns or operates car to be
more than careful to prtect 1t. There
are large number of these automo-
bile thieves in the state and they are
liable to remain for some time, says
the sheriff
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10
More Trains to be Added
To Existing Schedules
In Next Few Weeks
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The restor-
alton of normal passenger service has
now been undertaken by the Railroad
Administration, says McAdoo In a
statement today addressed to the
American people, withdrawing the
will be added to the existing sched-
plea made last January for the cur
tailment of passenger travel for the
war emergency. A number OF trains
ules within the next few weeks
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-10

two years of absence. But thoug,
such instances were rare, they serve|g
to buoy up the hopes Of the rest tina
perhaps farther along they too wouI
be as fortunate.
1.-TWO short rests were made tht
the seemingly countless childre
might be able to keep up. Brave hi
tie tots they were, holding close M
their mothers, IL they had them, or
not to those who had befriended the III
on the way, for many were orphan
or had their parents taken away WI
the Germans to work. Perhaps, hu i
dreds of miles from their homes. 'ii
Inside the great rooms of the ('f
5ino long lines Of tatbles set for su
l'er filled almost the entire space. "''
the repatries filed In, women show
them to their seats, while others
tributed small French flags to you
and old alike--the flag that on
more they might wave freely. t#I
Bowls of soup, slices of gfH n
bread, hot well-cooked meat 0
glasses of red wine still furtl
cheered the hearts of the strange Il
so that when the orchestra In
gallery began to play well-known
cherished French airs--airs that
not been heard before in all til II
long years-tears streamed down II
cheeks of many, and of lookers
as we'll, while hands and voices Hi
claimed their keen delight. E3l
mo man did We see between ri H3I
teen and sixty unless they were lJli
pably Ill or crippled, and comp
lively few women who had not i
since passed their prime. Mot /
had been separated from sons fIH
daughters dragged off by the 81
to work in factories and mines, !,
on Notifications to be used agt
their own kin. IlEk
"The feast was nearing its III
when the Sub-Prefect mounted H.
rostrum and began to speak.
stantly there was silence. He Il
upon frances love for her people
sorrow for their sufferings. II
His words had hardly ceased
the band struck up the MarselI
The old, the young, the halt, the 4
sprang to their feet, trying their
to join in the refrain but freq
prevented by sheer nervous e,
tion. Sobs could be heard and
faces OF most Of the women
many of the men were hidden
handkerchiefs with which they
away their tears Of joy"