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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
MANDAN YOUTH
KILLED BY CAR.
Other Members Of Family
Injured When Auto Backs
Over Embarlkrrlent.

MAndan, N. D.. July 8.-John Stab.
i1er. 14.year-old son Of Mr.. ana Mrs.
Thomas Stebner. was instantly killed.
and his parents, 4 younger sister and
an infant child narrowly escaped 4
similar fate when the young man
backed a car which he wal driving
ov . 16-foot ennbankrnent while at
tempting to turn around in the road
near Mandan. The ear turned COM
pletAly over, and young stebner's head
was caught under the front seat,
breaking his neck and causing 'imnae-
date death. His sister. who occupied
the front seat. with him. vas also
pinned under the car. but she escaped
with q broken coliar-pone. Mr. ana
Mrs. Stabner. in the eAr seat, were
uninjured, while the baby. whom Mrs.
Steiner was holding In her arms
when the car began to tip, wal flung
far from the car into the slough It
the bottom Of the hill. where II
alishted in the soft ooze without wen
q scratch.
John stebner graduated from the
ing to enter high school a. a fresh
man this fall. He was a popular
youngster, ana his death 10 generally
regretted. His father. Thomas stsb-
ner. is a veteran employe in the
Northern Pacific shops here. The
family were enjoying an evening
drive. It was about IL o'clock when
the young man. who was driving, ran
| the car into q driveway leading to 1
farm house. and backed into the
road, preparatory to turning around.
He misjudged the width Of the road,
and the car somersaulted over
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
EXHIBIT ROOMS
FILL RAPIDLY
AT CR00KSTON
Number of Cattle Entered
First Forenoon of Fair
Surpasses Records.

Crookston. Mimi, July s.-with the
exhibit stalls rapidly filling and with
the number of cattle entries sur
passing all previous records. at noon
today, the northwest fair. beginning
here today and continuing until Sat
urday, promises to be the best ever
held in the city. Today has been
designated as entry day and none Of
the entertainment features will begin
until Wednesday.
. Some Of the well known cattle rails
ers making entries today are: c. O.
Carlson Of Erskine, the Palmer farm
Of Euclid, T. M. Keith Of Ficken-
binder, Charles E. Kiewel Of Crooks
ton, Charles Brown of Polk county,
and Senator r. T. Buckler and Minor
Helgerson of Crookston.
Hog entries have already been
made by Charles. Brown and Roy
MQorehead. Percheron horse exhibits
have been entered by D.. Capistrom
and Ben Capistrom and F. e. Wolf,
both Of this county.
The G. W. Harrison entertainment
company arrived today and the In
~ternational Flyers from Grand Forks
will leave that city Wednesday morn
ing. arriving here at noon. They will
give their first flying exhibition at 4
p. m. tomorrow. and will fly both
afternoons and evenings during the
remaining days of the fair.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
Appropriation Bill.
For Skully National
Park Passes Congress

Devils Lake. N. D., July Sword
reached this city to the effect that the
only national park within the limits
Of the state. has passed congress and
now awaits the signature Of the presi-
dent.
The park in question Is not far from
this city. A we'll fenced game preserve
containing growing herds Of buffalo,
deer and elk was begun in 1914. but
not until the last two years has pub
lie interest in the park warranted any
great expenditure on the part of the
national government. .
During 1918 it is estimated that S.
900 people Visited the park, and this
fact was the great stimulus in secur-
Ing the appropriation at the hands Of
congress.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
land WAS OHEAp.

Winona,s Mimi, July S.-A fifth Of
the. present site of the city of Winona
was sold to a band Of Indians in the
year 1850 for a shot gun and a silk
shawl, according to FEE. C%rossfnan,
a pioneer of this city.
His father and mother came to this
city from the east in 1850 and settled
on a section of land where now is To-
Gated the City, of winona. They
found that the property would not
meet their needs in raising horses and
returned east AFTER the unique sale,
the Indians becoming the new own
ers through the transaction.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
CAVALIER COUNTY
FARMERS ORGANIZE
tCATTLE COMPANY

Bismarck, N. D.. July s.-Prosper-
Gus farmers and cattlemAn Of Cavalier
county have organized a quarter-rnil-
lion dollar cattle. company which 10
expected to mean much toward the
future development Of that region.
The incorporators are M. L. sullivan
Of Langdon. Joseph D. B~eAuchamp,
Adelard Benoit and Thomas Cregafl Of
Olga and others, including the De-
vAney interests. The company 10
formed to deal in blooded livestock, to
buy, raise and sell cattle ana to do a
general livestock and brokerage bust
ness. It's capital is $500 making
1t n Of the biggest organizations OF
the kind in North Dakota,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
Needy Montana Farmers
May Work On Highway

Plentywood. Mont. July s.-The
mitted a plan to the bureau Of public
roads at Washington. whereby it will
be possible for needy farmers in the
drought stricken portions Of Montana
to secure work on the federal road
projects.
Under the present plan competitive
bidding is necessary. but IL the sue-
commission engineers and the 20
tracts awarded to farmers at those.
figures.
More than 81, 300. 900 worth. OF
trucks. automobiles and other sup
plies have been loanAdSto the state by
the federal government.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
ADYEkrsEAENr
ADVERTISEMENT
BALM
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For every form Of eruption on the
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blenishes, burns, itching feet.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
west 47th St., New York City.
Poslann Soap, ~nnedicated with Pos
lam, brightens, beautihes com.
plexions.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
Donnybrook Woman.
Dies AT Asylum

D~onnybrook. N. D., July s.-Mrs.
Thomas Moffett Of this city. who has
been confined at the state hospital for
the insane at Jamestown for the past
two and a halt, years, died at that in
stitution on Monday and was buried
at the Highland Home cemetery in
Jamestown.
Mrs. Mofrett suffered a physical
breakdown which affected her Trnf1d
and it was hoped that she might re-
cover when taken to the institution,
but she gradually failed. She leaves a
husband and several brothers and
sisters. She was 38 years old:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
Brinton Bill Benefits
Oliver County Lawmaker

Bismarck. N. D., July ST. H.
Walker of Yucca is another league
legislator who will profit from the
newspaper bill for which he voted last
winter. Walker appears as president
OF the Oliver County Farmers Press,
Incorporated for $3.50 to publish a
league newspaper at Center. Associ-
ated with Walker are E. F.. Mutchler
and v. r. Bremen. both of Center.
Joseph Gilbert, nov on trial at Jack
son, Mimi, for alleged conspiracy to
encourage ~disloyalty. handled the or
sanitation details for the Publisher
National Service bureau. with which
he now appears as manager of the
Fargo ONCE.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
St. Thomas Man
Married In MINNEAPOLIS

st. Thomas. N. D.. July s.-Hubert
Travis, afarmer living near hereswas
Miss Merle Van Camp, a young lady
who grew UP. in this city. The cere-
mony was performed at the home Of
the brides parents by Rev. John F.
Van Camp. an uncle of. the bride.
Only Immediately relatives of the
bride and groom were present.
The young people will reside on Mr..
Travis farm near this city.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08

Of road out Of Mohall ana the other
for ten miles leading into Hottineau.
August ! has been set as the date for
the lsttinG Of 4 71-inile project extend
ing east and west from Napoleon. In
Logan county.
not onA Sunday to attend the funeral
Of Mrs. G. j. Fisk. victim Of Minot's
Fourth Of July airplane accident.
Services were held at the Magic City
Monday morning.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08

Berla-Ths fsAsral c~enaynittSA ha1
approved ratification of the peace
treaty. ssSs Il
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
rHRESHTNC sfyHOOn OpENs.

I11I0EX51I41t0 OOI1OOA5 O11 IIH0s- =,
Great Falls, Mont, July S.-rhA
third of a. series Of schools for thresbl
ermen, being held in the state, opened
here yesterday and will continue
through Wednesday. The courses OF
instruction are conducted under the
auspices Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture and the Montana
State College Of Agriculture. Experts
explain the science Of threshing and
endeavor to post farmer pupils on
methods by which all the grain may
be saved. The first and second
schools were held At BoEeman and
Billings, respectively, and were
largely attended.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
~Is.RunDrNG sf!HooT.

Brockway, Mont, July s.-Contrac-
tor W.. H. Birdsall,. accompanied by
Fl. E. Finney. has arrived in this viii
|lage and will soon begin work on the
new modern school to be erected dur
completed will be a credit to the town,
and is intended to care for the attend
ance for years to come.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08
WATER FAMINE PENDING.

Anaconda, Mont. July s.-Hearst
Lake. AnAconda's water reservoir, IL
lower than it has been in at any time
in its history, and water users in the
s1nelter city are reouired>t follow
rigid regulations in the use Of water.
for domestic. business. and sprink1ing
purposes. It has been necessary to
draw water from the Silver Lake
smelter flume-for fire protection.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
The Government Confirms Judge
Gary's Revelations.

The Bureau of Statistics OF the Fed
eral Department of Labor now pub
fishes fact which was recently made
familiar TO the public through the
testimony of Judge GARY and other
witnesses in the investigation of the
steel strike: that the hourly wage
of steel and iron mill workers in 1919
is two and one-fifth times as large
as it was in 1913.
OF the principal eleven industries
of this country the one in which the
workers received the smallest increase
was the millwork industry. where the
increase in the hourly wage was u
per cent. In other lines the hands are
getting from 30 to % per cent. more
than they received six years ago.
OF course the Government has made
no inquiry into the salaries Of the
submerged sixth-the people who
never court investigation, never have
anything to be Investigated. never hire
walking delegates or orators, and
rarely strike. They are the worst suf-
ferers from inflated prices. They have
paid. in discomfort or i'm money out
of their savings. the heaviest penalty
for the economic mistakes of the Ad-
ministration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21

for the purpose they were designed to
serve of the works we owe TO his
genius detract in no way or degree
from their beauty. Their effect on
public understanding. though its ex-
preston In statistics be impossible
has been great. The lessons taught by
the products of good taste and fine
discrimination which have been
brought forth under his direction have
been repeated many times because of
the attention, at first careless and
then interested. they have aroused.
Mr.. T1FFANY's catholicity of mind is
revealed in his stipulation that there
shall be no cast iron method of teach
ing, no school or hidebound conyen-
ton in this undertaking, and that its
immediate beneiciaries shall be ma-
ture artists of serious purpose, well
founded in the elements of their call
ing. To avoid the constructive effects
of rules and regulations which narrow
the horizon in any institution is diff
cult, but Mr.. TIFFANY's broad expert
ence and practical sense should suf-
flee to overcome them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21

stick they would represent thirty or
perhaps forty billions of dollars.
But, aside and apart from any ques
ton of what it would cost to build
railroads in this period of imitation,
the railroads as whole have got
more good dollars in them than their
capitalization covers. An ignorant
politician posing us a profound states
man or blatant agltator who doesn't
know the difference between a rail
road and pile of junk and doesn't
care what the difference is can talk
.gllbly about paying for the American
railroads. with Government bonds.
He can rhetorically amputate FIVE or
six or seven billions Of "watered
stock" so as to make the Govern
ments purchase burden mere trifie.
But If ever the Government goes to
acquire the American railroads on
their real valuation it will find that
the cost will be more than the price
of our war against Germany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
The Author OF the Tank.

Eleven Englishmen contest for the
honor and the cash rewards belonging
10 the inventor of the tank. and the
Secretary of State for War throws up
his hands, declaring that no one man
invented 1t and that 1t was the result
Of experiments with eighteen different
models made from eighteen separate
plans submitted to the War Office.
The Royal Commission on Awards
to Inventors should pass over Mr..
CHURCHILL testimony and at once
bang whatever medal belongs to the
inventor on the breast of Mr.. II. G..
Wells, who, years before the war be-
gan, paused in his literary labors long
enough to invent the tank. Perhaps
it would be fairer to say he invented
the tank as a part of his literary 10
bors, for it is In a story called The
Land Ironclad" that Mr.. WELLs's tank
went over the top,
The story was published in 1915
in volume of contributions by
British authors and artists called
1.-THE Blinded Soldiers and Sailors
Gift Book" but Mr.. WELLS sets up
his claim to priority in this foot
note: This story was written eight
or nine years ago, but it still has a
certain interest"
This takes 1t back to 1907 or 1908,
long before the tanks made their first
appearance in the Somme offensive of
the fall Of 1916. Here comes Mr..
WEISS lronclad:
1T had the effect of large and
clumsy black insect. an insect the
size OF an ironclad cruiser. crawling
obi!quely to the first line OF trenches
ands firing shots out of portfolios in
its back. II might have been
from eighty to hundred feet long
its vertical side was ten feet high
or so. smooth for that height. and
then with complex patterning un-
der the caves OF its fiattish turtle
cover. This patterning was a close
interlacing Of portfolios. rife barrels
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
and telescope tubes---sham and real
indistinguishabIe one from the other"

indistinguishable one from the other"
Mr.. WEISS tank was not only
larger than the tank of 1916 but its
traction system differed THE mon
ster had moved - 1t had
lifted its skirt and displayed along
the length of it-feet! They were
thick stumpy feet between knobs and
buttons in shape-hat, broad things
reminding one Of the feet of elephants
or the legs of caterpillars, and then
as the skirt rose higher the war cor
respondent scrutinizing the thing
through his glasses again saw that
these feet hung, as it were, on the
rims of wheels" "Pedrails," Mr..
WEISS warriors called these rims,
and they carried his monster six miles
an hour, while the best the unimagina-
live tank of England's war time en-
gineers could go was four.
The land ironclads differed too in
shape. They we're ''long, narrow and
very strong steel frameworks, carry
Ing the engine and borne upon eight
pairs of big pedrail wheels, each about
ten feet in diameter, each a driving
wheel and set upon long axles free to
swivel round a common axis"
In two points Mr.. WELLS is singu-
larly accurate prophet. His tanks
were noisy and smelly. "They sounded
like ten thousand carts on n bridge of
tin" and the air was "thlck with the
smell of oil and petrol" Small won
der that thirteen of these unpleasant
monsters routed tankless army in
Mr.. WELIs's dream war.
Here is another quotation:
zone stared and stared as If one
had lost the power of ones limbs.
The monsters approached us slowly.
hobbling, rolling and rocking, but
they approached. Nothing impeded
them Some one in the trenches said
the devil is coming, and the word
was passed along the line like Wild
FIRE"
Mr.. WELLS didn't write this. but
1t could have been mortised into his
story without a joint showing. The
extract is from a German. newspaper
printed just after the Somme.
1t is, however, discouraging, after
deciding to give Mr.. WELLS at least 4
medal for literary invention, to dis
cover that the learned but unnamed
author of DE Re Militari," published
in 1884, not only described a tank
but drew picture Of it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
CAPITALIZING "MOTHER."
A Long Island Clergyman Wants the
Upper Case ON" Used.

To THE EDITOR OF TIVE SUN-Sir: Some
years ago | wrote little letter to THE
Sun in the interest OF honoring such
words as father and mother with capi-
tails when capitals are due. When these
words are used as proper names they
have as good right TO the initial capital
as any other names, yet this distinction
is commonly denied them The ordinary
novelist will write child's nickname
for his dog with capital and the chHd's
name for his mother with a small m,
Look. mamma, look at Wag" That is
nothing less than an iniquity but it is
common I'm the books, magazines and
newspapers OF the day
There are persons incapable OF appre-
ciating the distinction between the ex-
presslons Il said to my father and ~
said to Father" and such persons will
always write father with a small be-
cause It is so printed in the dictionary.
But appeal to THE SUN and to its intel
ligent readers and writer's to regard this
real distinction and to discountenance A
prevalent exhibition of bad manners I'm
writing. Beginning proper names with
capital letters is not a matter OF meticu-
lous nicely but of ordinary decorum.
CHARLES E CRAVEN.
MArTIrUcK. October 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Borers Within.

The avowed "syndicalist anarchist
MARGoLIs, testifying before the Sen
ate committee which is investigating
the steel strike. sheds light on the
mental processes of the interesting
Mr.. WILLIAM ". FOSTER. secretary of
the steel Strikers committee:
FOSTER believed that he could still
retain his integrity as a syndicalist
while going into the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and being 'borer
Within as he put it. I didn't think
he could"
What has been accomplished by
''borers Within" so far as the disinte.
grafton of the authority of organized
labor is concerned, is indicated in the
declaration of MARGoLIs:
"out OF the last seventy strikes in
this country, sixty-two were unau-
thorzed. showing the great disaffec-
ton within the ranks of older labor
unions
The bolshevilli If America, finding
the old unions unwilling to ruin this
country, bore within these unions TO
ruin the unions themselves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
OUR CONSTITUTION.
Its Ambiguity Has Not Rendered It
inefficient in American Affairs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
THE SUN of October 16 / find the head
lines Big Issues peadlocked in Paris
Council; European Diplomats Sorely
Puzzled" sc.
Later on your stan correspondent in
Paris says. The American delegates to
the Peace Conference" are in an en-
barrassing position. Further he writes
Europe is beginning to show surprise
over the situation which is developing. a
situation, it is PORTED out, that could
not occur in any European country. The
fault is attributed 70 the ambiguity of
the American Constitution"
Too bad Why not abolish that OBJ
noxious INSTRUMENT which causes such
embarrassment to the American dele
gates in Paris ana SO much surprise TO
Europe in general? That instrument is
in the way and prevents the speedy
accomplishment of our surrender TO
European desires.
To be sure. that "ambiguous" Ameri-
can Constitution has worked fairly well
with the people of the United States
for a hundred years and more. but we
do not forget that President Wilson de-
clared to the conference that he brought
a mandate from the American people.
That mandate would have abrogated
many provisions of the American Con-
stituton. The delegates accepted the
declaration and accordingly yielded to
his views. Unfortunately the American
people decided otherwise. and a "pigrny
minded Senate" obstructs speedy sur
render to Europe.
The minutes OF the proceedings of the
conference are locked up out of sight
from tho public. Nv Wilson was care
full to have that done when he cabled
to Clemenceau requesting him TO refuse
the process verbal to the French Senate.
- A. w. WEBER.
BROOKLYN. October 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
If the Coal Tieup Comes.

The soft coal miners demand o de-
crease of working time to six hours a
day. five days week--in all thirty
hours a week. They also demand an
increase Of pay by sixty per cent.
IL the miners get their demands
the coal bill of the American public
for every penny of it would be passed
along to the general public-would be
raised by an, estimated billion of dol
lars year. If the miners don't get
their demands they threaten to tie up
the mines next week.
If the soft coal workers do tie up
the mines the country's railways for
the most part can't operate. the coun-
try's Industries for the most part can't
operate. If the country's industries
and railways can't operate the greater
part Of the American people can't
work; they can't keep warm; they
can't eat.
The American public. preyed upon
necessarily and insatiably by this or
ganized fraction, that organized frac-
ton and the other organized frac-
ton of the national community, is
more than sick and tired of undergo
ing the compulsion every day or two
of having its pockets turned inside
out. The American public Is in the
mood to begin to defend its own hard
earned dollars. The American public
is done with the holdup game. The
American public at last is ready to
roll up its sleeves and tackle the job
of self-preservation.
When the soft coal workers tie up
the mines and begin. to freeze and
starve the nation the American peo-
pie are going to get into the compul-
sion business themselves. They are
going to operate the coal mines, oper-
ate the industries operate the rail
roads-operate the country If they
have TO pulverize every selfish and
greedy organization that stands in the
way of all the American people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Not One Debate, but Two.

Nothing could be clearer or fairer
than Governor SMITH's challenge to
Mr.. HEARST TO a debate. He offers to
the publisher half of the seats and
the right to ask questions on any sub
ject, reserving identical rights for
himself.
Not all tie citizens have seen the
Governor in action, and it is some
time since Mr.. HEARST has appeared
on the platform. The party to which
both gentlemen belong should WELCOME
the treat which this clash OF intellects
would undoubtedly produce.
After the Smith-Hearst debate the
hall should be prepared for forensic
match between two other noted Dem
ocrats, Senator WALSH of Massachu-
sets and Senator WILLIAMS of Mis-
sissippi, on the obvious subject,