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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
NO STABlLIZING.

The western battle line has been restored to approx
tnately the positions from which the Germans started
their offensive last March. Since that time many things
have happened The Germans overran many miles Of
territory. inflicted serious damage upon the Allies, and
suffered incredible losses themselves. BY a series Of
mastery strokes the Allied command has forced them
to yield what they had taken, and, as the summer nears
its close, the Germans are about where they started in
the spring. with fewer men, fewer guns, less material
Of every kind. and a domestic population clamoring for
the peace which has been long promised and oft de-
ferred.
Last March the Germans had the largest, best
sembled under a single leadership. For nearly a year
its lines had been in positions as nearly impregnable as
nature and human ingenuity could make them. The
German strength had been augmented by division after
division of the best troops from the Russian front, and
by the best individual soldiers combed from the divi-
sions left on that front. These troops had had a long
rest. and there had been ample time to bring them to
a high degree Of perfection. The soldiers went into ,ne
fight in Interpretation that the new battle was to be
the beginning Of an uninterrupted march to final vic
tory. and this expectation had its influence on the
morale of the troops and the spirit with which they
went into battle. Today that great army is re,realng,
is gone, and the troops are weary and worn with
months Of hopeless fighting.
The Allied advance has slackened, partly because
of weather conditions, partly because of the strength
of the defenses to be overcome, and partly because
time is needed to consolidate, the territory occupied and
arrange for renewed attacks. There is no reason to be-
lieve that General Foch intends that the enemy shall
be permitted to re-establish himself on the Hindenburg
line, there to rest for the winter, and to employ his
leisure recuperating and re-arranging. On the contrary,
there is every reason to believe that it is intended that
the Germans shall be kept on the jump. The question
which interests the world at large, and which must be
intensely interesting to the Germans, is where the next
blow will fall. We may take it for granted that prep
arations are made for a blow somewhere, and the Allies
have the choice of where it shall be. The one thing GER
tain is that, so far as General Foch is able to work it
out, the blow will be struck when and where the enemy
pared to meet 1t.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
THE SHOT
26y CORPORAL OSBORNE DEMARlLA
~ARI'lIES
whos Fired The FIRST Shot Of the. American Army!

n-r,soners who had refused to work.
4 German officer informed them un.
ioss thew consented to labor they
woMld be shot. All Of the prisoners
with the exception of the corporal anu
ten other prisoners weakened ana
said thew would work. The corporal
and the other men who had cour,
ageously stuck to their guns askea
the boche officer to shoot them anu
nut them out of their misery;
Rut the Hun had quite another pan
for the application Of German kultur.
The arms of the prisoners were twist
ed behind their backs. their Wrists
we're tied with a rope and they Were
led each to a post and backed asains'
it: they were made to stand on Woo9,
en- blocks while their hands were tleo
as high as possible to the post.
Prisoners Suspended by Wrists.
The blocks were then kicked OUT
from under them and they were lei.
suspended by their wrists with tneis
feet off the ground. They renamed
thus suspended for two hours.
The next day the PROCESS was re-
poated and one of the men proke
down and consented to work. Tor,
tOre OF the REMAINDER was
and was followed by beatings with
rifle butts. Then they were subjected
to four more hours of hanging, when
consciousness left all with the excep-
ton of the corporal. Those who sue:
cumbed were carried in a cellar ant
thrown on wet stones.
Altogether the corporal hune
twelve hours on his post. Had he not
possessed an iron constitution he
would have died. Finally the Hun!
saw they could not kill him by tina
method, so they cut him down. HI
was given a shovel, but he threw
away contemptuously. The boche dit
not ask him to work after that.
The corporal informed me tina
leach prisoner. is marked with a mum
Der, indicating the degree of hi
health and strength. No. 1 mean
good for any work; No. 2, good TO
field labor; No. 3, good for light work
and No. 4, incapable Of work. Thes
numbers are tattooed on the RICH
hand, together with the letters "Kr
Gef," which>are authorizations for wa
prisoner.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
TRENCH TALK.
CONTINUED from Yesterday
R1iphtv


The favorite word of the Eng
lish. Tommy, which to him means
England, home and usually a rest
in the hospital. It is also ap-
piled to any wound too serious to
be cured by treatment at the field
dressing station or field hospital,
for. which the soldier must. be
sent to England The "Blighty"
of the French soldier is Paris,
which he affeitconately calls
"Panam."
Boche.
The pane which has long been
applied to the Germans by the
French is an abbreviation Of
"caboche." which means a hob
nail with a hard, rough and
square head. The eimile Is ap-
parent. Among the British SOL
diers the enemy is generally re-
ferred to simply as Fritz"
Bomb.
(Aerial). Long cylinder Of steel
filled with high explosive which
the boches are in the habit of
dropping on hospitals as we'll as
military detectives. One of these
bombs is capable of destroying a
building of considerable size.
Bowlegs.
The American infantryman's
name for a c~avalryman.
Bunkic.
The companion who shares a
soldiers shelter, usually his best
friend for the time being.
Butcher.
The company barber.
CaissOn.
The two-wheeled wagon which
carries the ammunition for a field
gum n
Camouflage.
Artificial scenery made of wire
netting, covered with leaves and
branches, or of cloth painted to
represent scenery, which is used
to conceal guns. roads and other
points Of military Importance.
Cannoneer.
The member of the gun section
who sights the gun on its>object.
Continued Tomorrow.)
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oculated the sergeant with the germs
of a dread disease.
This is the way we use Ameri-
cans" jeered the boche officer as the
sergeant lay bleeding and suffering.
From reliable reports from Ger
many's interior we know the sergeant
survived the terrible torture. but, of
course. he is disfigured for life. We
have learned the identity of the in
human butchers who mutilated him,
and may the devil help them if they
ever fall into the hands of the Ameri-
cans.
While in France I talked with a
Trench corporal who had spent six
months in a German prison camp.
The stories he told me of the bar
barous treatment Of prisoners by the
increased my hatred Of the Hun.
Instances Of German Cruelty.
He was interned-dn "a camp with
French and English prisoners. Upon
one instance, because a Frech prison.
er wished to share his soup with a
fellow c%onntryman, the German SEN
incl reached through the wire en-
closure about the camp and stabbed
the Frenchman in the stomach with
a bayonet. The man later died. Up
on another occasion, without any ap-
parent reason, eight boche, barbarians
in uniform entered the stockade and
beat to death an English prisoner. My
friend, the corporal, protested at the
terrible thing, and he was struck in
the face by the butt end of a rifle. He
carries a seal as evidence Of the
cowardly blow.
The corporal said that he and his
fellow prisoners were often compelled
to work under heavy shellfre behind
the German lines. They were denied
clothing and adequate shelter, and
hundreds Of them died from starva-
ton.
When the corporal first reached the
prison camp he absolutely refused to
engage in any work that would benefit
Germany. He was given a choice to
work or be starved to death, but still
refused to labor. For six days. he
stood at attention from 6 o'clock in
the morning. until noon. At the end
of the sixth day he was locked up in
a wet cell, He remained there for
five days, but his determination was
still Of steel.
The corporal was led out Of the
cellar and stood UP with thirty other
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
CHAPTER XIV.
German Atrocities.

My blood boiled when the story Of
the first American prisoner taken by
the Germans reached the hospital.
Every one> Of US wanted to leave
our cots at once and go Hun-hunting.
The nurses had all they could do to
restrain ne.
The first American prisoner taken
was a sergeant. The censors prohibit
naming him or his unit. He was can.
tured after a plucky fight and remov-
ed to a prison camp in Germany. En-
route there he was fearfully abused
by the boches; officers banged him
with the flat Of their swords, children
threw rocks at him and women spit
upon him. Fine, kind, lady-like per-
sons those German women.
When the sergeant arrived at the
prison camp, the boche officer in
charge said to him:
I'VE are going to give you a bath,
plenty to eat and a change Of clothing
so'.that when you get back to the
United States o can tell your
Yankee friends how we'll the Germans
used you"
The sergeant did get a bath, some
clothes and chow as the officer had
promised.
Then he vas escorted by the officer
to a room where there was a BARRIERS
chair. He was ordered to sit down in
the chair, which he did.
A barber stood near Sharpening a
razor.
Give the American a good shave,'
ordered the officer with a cruel sheer.
Two German soldiers leaped for
ward n strapped the American to
the chair. The barber with quick
strokes cut off the ears Of the poor
chap. Then a Prussian surgeon in
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sanitation itself. place themselves in the position Of de-
Tying the government of the united states and swapping
their fingers at its Judges and other officers Of justice
Moreover. they have placed under suspicion every mem.
Der OF their ninety-odd congregations, and every pastor
In their district. and have rendered incomparably more
difficult the lot of those who. notwithstanding their Ger
man origin. and. nevertheless. loyal citizens Of the United
States.
In pronouncing sentence on Fontana, Judge Ami
don administered to the convicted criminal such a verbal
castisation as is seldom given from the bench. And ev-
cry word of 1t was richly merited. The man had occu-
pied . position Of leadership among the German-speak-
ing members OF his community. He was accepted by tnem
as a guide IN matters Of religion. His position gave him
an influence which cannot be measured. Had he chosen
to instruct his people in the duties Of citizenship: mad
he striven to impress on them their obligation to the ma.
ton under whose flag they had found shelter and the
opportunity to enjoy the exercise Of a freedom limited
only by a regard for the common good, he could have
been a power in the development of a citizenship Of the
highest type.
Instead of this, the man has chosen to undertake,
by his utterances. to create in the minds of his people a
spirit Of hostility to the land in which they live and OF
that his congregation. by a vote Of more than two to one,
has expressed approval Of his course, and has given ev-
idence that it will welcome more seditious sermons, If
anyone can be found to preach them.
Nor Is the attitude Of this one congregation the
most serious phase Of the matter. The governing body
of hts church retains this man in full fellowship, and
sends him to other places as its worthy representative.
BY this action the synod commits itself to the approval
Of the doctrines which Mr.. Fontana has preached.
Is there loyalty enough in the German evangelical
church to purge Of its disloyalty? If there is not, the
whole organization, with all it's members, is underline
ban! p
The twenty-five members of the New Salem con-
gregation are outnunbered in their own little group.
The place for them 's outside Of an organization where
the spirit of disloyalty is so plainly dominant. And, If
there is not enough American sentiment in the men,
bership at large to kick out every pastoAand every Of
ficer who refuses TO take steps at once to repudiate
Fontana and his teachings. then the place for those who
are loyal is also outside Of the church with which they
have been associated.
1t seems that short Of martial law no steps can be
taken by the government which will meet the situation
adequately. But it is at least possible that every man IN
this organization who fails to identify himself with the
United States OF America by prompt and effective action
shall be placed under observation by those real Amer
leans who are near him, and who will then have ample
cause to regard him as, an alien enemy, masquerading,
it may be, under the thin disguise of a paper American
citizenship.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
RESUME REVENUE BILL ms.
CUSTOM 4

Warrington. Sept. 11.-Members
9! p house in resuming debate TO.
aay on the war revenue bill pointed
out what they regarded as elarfns
inequalities in the greafatax measure.
slanougn most OF those who have
announced they would vote Tor 10
.lnal passage. Indications were that
= general debate would close tomorJ
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
DEFYIEC THE GOVERNMENT

By asSvote OF ~ to II the congresation of the Ger
man church at New Salem refused to remove the pastor,
Rev y Fontana, from his position after his conviction
~ i federal jury 81 the crime Of preaching disloyalty.
anda after ne had been sentenced to three years ii me
peqttentiary. Following this. the synod of his church
conferred further honors on the convicted and sentenc-
preacher by selecting him to be the chief speaker 4,
~ dedication Sof = new church building at Hebron.
gsYI 81 the action which they have taken. the ma1or1ty d
thf y salem cpnsregation. and the synod q the or
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
CHAPTER XIII {oontinued.)

Though this great modern struggle
the preservation Of democracy
disturbed not the simple soul of Nick
kornles, he thought much Of the stir
! deeds of the old Greek heroes.
Has parents had raised, him on the
SO ne grew>up with a warrier's heart.
Nick Kornies might have gone on
indennitely asa banana vender and a
dreamer had not he heard a French
soldier IN New York making an ap-
peal Tor recruits to fight the Hun.
From the lips Of this warrior Of mod
ern democracy Kornies heard the
message that brought his soul up to
gate and inspired him, with the am
Dltion> to give his life If necessary
IN the holy cause Of France. The in
va MASON OF That country by the bar
Darous HUNS recalled to his mind that
march of the Persian legions upon
ancient Athens.
He enlisted in the Foreign Legion.
n 1t was at verdup that this ideal
lstlc young soldier proved to the
world that the Spirit Of Ancient
Greece is not dead.
When the order came from the
French commander to take a certain
section OF the German frst-line
trenches Kornies led his comrades
over NO Mans Land in the face of
a terrific storm of shells and bullets
Only about half Of the courageous
oand, including the Greek youth,
reached the German trench. There
they engaged in hand-to-hand combat
with the enemy. Bayonets. trench
knives and grenaaes figured in the
struggle Kornies was everywhere,
encouraging his comrades by his ut
Ter contempt for death. He killed six
Germans and captured several others,
slngle-handed. The enemy was COM
pletely routed. the French taking over
the trench for a distance Of 1900
yards.
Nick Kornics Gets War Cross.
The following day, the former New
York banana vender was decorated
with the Cross of War, and the Mill
tary Medal, n Was-kissed on both
cheeks by an admiring French gem
era1.
The French Republic has recorded
the heroism of Nick Kornies in the
following ~phraseology:
'kornies (Nick), Legionnaire,
Eleventh Company de Marche, For
eisn Legion-elite grenadief goth
august, 1917, won the admiration of
an his comrades by his courage and
his contempt for danger. lea his
comrades to the conquest Of a trench
which was defended with energy and
which was captured along a distance
OF 1880 yards after seveal hours Of
bloody combat; took single-handed
numerous prisoners; already cited
twice in army ORDERS"
That's the kind of stuff our immi-
grants are made of, fellow Ameri-
cans. Let's take of, our hats to them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
THE WOUNDED MAN
SPEAKS

(By; Henry OyeQ of tho Vigilantes)
l !eIt an ear in a dugout
When a shell-hit made us dance:
AND at Belleau Wood where the mix.
ing was good
gave up a mitt for France.
IL lay on a cot a-smoking
And thought 1 was getting we'll:
But the moon was bright on the
bomb-plane's sight
And the Gothas gave us he'll
They certainly spoiled my beauty.
ana my leg is a twisted curve:
Ihey busted me up like q maneled
pup,
But-THEY DID NOT BUST MY
NERVE!
I'll step off ship at Hoboken
And I'll say: "Well, here 7 ha
Straight from Relleau Wood and n.
understood
That nobody grieves for me-"
And no pussy-footing sissy
shan grab at my one good hand
And make me feel drunk with tha
good old bunk,
Just to make himself sound grand
For I'm damned il I'll be a hero
Ana ! amt a helpless slob:
Aieer w ~fa I've stood. what is left is
And all I want is-A ION i
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OF THE GINS

This is the song that our guns keen
singing p
Here where the dark steel shines.
ihls Is the song with their big shells
winging
over the German lines
We ere taking you home by the
shortest way, -,
We are taking o out Of this blood
10 h land you left in an ancient
Where lost lanes wander at twilight
we are bringing you peace
In the Swift release .
From the grind where the "a.
drifts blur:
On a steel shod track
we are taking you back,
W he taxing you back to E1e,"
This is the song that our euns keen
roaring -. "
Out through the night ana rain.
Ihis Is the song with their hir she,l.
soaring 20 N
over the battered plain
we are taking you home by the only
By t ~ only road that viii get you
To the dreams YOU left wh.ra ~.
&. dusk was gray
AND the night wind sang Of a Idnr.
lost track; /.
we are bringing, you rest
From the bitter test.
From the pits where the great
shells whir;
through the bloody loan
we are taking you home,
TT Stars and Stripes. France.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11
HIRING A TOWN CLERK

A recent number of the London Times contained
the following advertisement:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11

NJ. W. Murphy, Fargo attorney, Of
the law firm Of Lawrence & Murphy,
is attached to an American army unit
in the front line in France, according
to word received from him. Mr.. MUIR
the Red Cross, and went into field
service within two weeks Of his ar
rival over there.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-11

American heavy artillery rendered
invaluable aid IN the retakins II sois-
sons by the Allies. The upper photo
shows a battery OF American 1856.
nm. heavy artillery guns occupying
what formerly was enemy territory
Just south Of Scissors. The deadly
accuracy Of the gunners handling
these big fellows zt~errorized the GER
msn forces. German prisoners taken
during the drive-were glad to get out
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Tiefta- Hroaranim.

8as Brogramm fir Die oicsiaDrit
ge 5ieIto, melde bonn 16. Big Fl,
Mpril abgebaIten mirb, lit porlnnfiQ
uie folst f~eitgeitellt:
Montag nadmittag Barnoe oel
aren5faberr.
@outas abenO Siclta-Sete.
Dienstag nahmittog Yaraot
BON 90 5loats, ben .Beilt BON 1918"
repr1ientiereno.
Dienstag abeno Sieita 6ete.
Mittnoh nahnlittag Wilitdr'
parade; beginnt inn 3:45.
Mittipoh abeno-Wuiifuliihe lii
terbaltung oes ySuesoap WiiIica.
Club"
D%onnerstag nad)mittas ainoer
felt I'M Sreien.
D~onnerstag obeno Gutomobil
Ynra0e.
Jreitae abeno Baraoe Der aui
ierten Hationen.
Samstae abeno Maiien Son
cert.
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Soloaten Derfatft 5t babcn, tpnrDef
am 9icnstag Derbnftet.
Sic nelien Yflaiterarbeiten an
Der Soiles nno Grant Mpenue iino
am 9ienstag unter 2eitung ocs
Staot Sngenieurs Sans Sellanl
~begomnen Doroen.
Die Yoli5ei bat ipabrenb Der
lesten 5molf Gage ben bieligen Spis'
bnben geito1lene MrtifeI im Wertc
bon ca. $4,000 nieoer abgetriebe,l.
Die Better Der oritten 2ibertp
9oan : &nmpagne baden ale mott,
gen gorbereitungen ~getroffen uno
boffen, ooB Die nuf Gan Mntonio
falenoe Quote BON So, 100000
iiber5eid)net miro.
Die Better BON 6leoermalls
,Soblen mnb -Siirmen fommen am 90.
.. Mts. in unierer Stabt 5uiamlnen
uno beabiidtigen einc @ereinigun9
81 biIoen. Sic gIaubeN gemeinidnft-
lih ben mertpollen 5leoermaus
@ua1,o porteilbafter auf ben Wartt
bringen uno bobere 8reiie bafiir er-
5ielen 3l fonnen.
Sans Sellano, infer Staot.
,~sngenielir, muroe IN ser an Snms.
tag geIdloifenen 2onpention Der
.geras gmerican Societp Of gipil
engineers" gum 2. Disqualification
Der 8ereinigung getpablt.
Sitern f1llt atf BEN 81. Wdrs.
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teppi6 berab, iie bielt cine &arte
bod enlpor im Der 9nno. bic Deitel
Mermel naren slrriidgeglitten mo
Der polle Mrm erfbien 10 nlarmor-
meiB. ME Der elmer Statle; es lag
elm ldeImifber Mrsornd amf benz
fbonen @eiidte nno ~offenbar bell.-
itigt lab fie nnter ben Iangen 8iin-
perm sn Dem illngen Mdoden binab.
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feinen 81noe entgegenitrefte.
Sic iaben mid nidt, Die beioen,
benin Sierra REF eben Dieoer: o@ib
Sir feline @iibe, Melanie, ih 5eige es
Dir bod niht, lieber nimm Die Hro-
ben BON @erion; feb iie einmal olrb
mno rate mir
vMnmn, 2eita lit oa!- lInterbrah
lett Der feline Snnge Die S5ene mo
supfte erergiih an Dem blonoea
Soar, Sierra fubr raid empor nno
iab mid permunoert on.
SD bite sic, 2ena, mas gibt's"
fraate fie. SIT etrpos poiIiert?" Mud
sic innge Game bate iih erboben
uno Itano neben Ser Gbaiielongue.
mid ebenfaIs eritaunt betrdhtenn.
gle mar IN fnappem Meitfleioe, cine
1hlanfe prahtige Sigur nit eineln
reaelmGBigen bleinen Gelihte, aus
Dem ein Baar fait melandoliitje
brallne Mugen blidten-
(Gor+go,,tno foInt