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Strange. Quiet Now Rests Over
Land Torn by Shot
and Shell.
TRAVELLER AGAIN IS WELCOME
Plain Vegetables and Certain Meats,
Even Choice Wines, Again Are
PIentiful-Friendty Lights
Seen at Night.

Behind the Lines in France.-TMs
land of recent battles is queer land
now. Over the shell-torn villages and
blasted woods. the pitted fields and
ruin OF all that once was is a strange
quiet. The winter sky is lacking in
airplanes and great tlocks of crows
have taken their place.
A few villagers have crept back to
see what remains of their homes and
holdings, but probably the winter will
have passed before reclamation and
reconstruction are undertaken on d
large scale.
Along the roads repaired and re-
German territory long canton trains
move slowly and always southwark.
sThey travel leisurely now, for the need
of hurry is gone. They bring back
the salvage of battlefields, all the
things that go to make war, abandoned
Or captured.
Endless Trophies Of War.
Truck load after truck load of rifles
and shells, of water bottles and haver-
sacks, cartridges, machine guns, bayo-
nets and trench knives and pistols,
mess kits, Overcoats, caps, an endless
catalogue of paraphernalia are brought
in. The battle zone is still full of it
all, In heaps and racks, waiting sal
wage.
Now and then come trains of air.
plane camions burdened with disman-
tied flying machines of every type and
every nation, engine and fuselage and
running gear on the truck and the
great wings on its specially designed
trailer. Some of them are unframed,
but many show bullet holes through
the frail fabric or the ruins of a crash.
A fair proportion of them bear the
Maltese cross that marks them boche
There are trains of captured enemy
artillery. particularly of motor bat
teries, driven and manned by French
men. and these are happy outfits.
Often the guns are decorated with
evergreens and always the French SOL
diers laugh and wave greeting. AS
they creep through the villages the
pOpulace flocks out to view the can
non that for four years sent death and
devastation to their land, and the
children Chamber on the carriages and
out on the grim barrels
But it is the troops on the way back
that are most interesting, returning
to rest areas or to their ports of EN-
barkation for home. French or Amer
lean, their behavior is the same. AL
ways they greet everyone cheerily or
boisterously and always the French
officers salute with smile when they
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cOlors of the Foreign Legion partici,
pated. Twice it was pierced by bull
lets and stained with the blood OF
wounds, Once he who carried it fell.
the American volunteers searched the
field and found their dead comrade,
| took from his body the well-beloved
colorS, and, armed with this emblem,
| they went forward to new exploits.
When the United States took up the in
sultlnS defiance of Germany these
American volunteers, already veter.
ans took their places in their Nation.
al army and presented to France this
flag which so proudly they had borne
through numerous battles, and the
French reverently deposited it ut ths
Invalides.
A few days after the first Ameri.
cans entered the trenches the Germans
desired to test the worth of their new
enemy. They directed an attack
against the sector. Valiantly did the
American soldiers support their bap.
tismal fire.
Did Not Yield an Inch.
They did not yield one inch Of their
positions. The enemy who had pene1
trated for a moment into their trench,
es withdrew, leaving numerous dead.
Three Americans were killed in the
French lines. one pierced by q revolvei
shot, the other two stabbed with pom
iards. They were inferred in a field
halo hn htnho n1,,
the houses of the village of Bet.N'-
mont. 1t was decided that the names
Of these three first victims should be
inscribed on stone, and although the
project could not be given dimensions
in keeping with the Importance of the
historic fact to be commemorated, the
design is artistic and was drawn by
Louis MajOrelle. The cross and the
thistle Of Lorraine are entwined with
the stars of America. The inscription
on one side reads:
LORRAINE TO THE UNITED
STATES"
That on the other side:
Here
In Lorraine territory
repose
the three first
American soldiers
killed by the enemy
on November 3d. 1917
Corporal JAMES B. GRESHAM
(of Evansville)
Private THOMAS F. ENRIGHT
(of Pittsburgh
Private MERLE D. HAY
fof Clidden)
AS worthy sons of their great
and noble Nation they have
fought for Justice, Liberty
and Civilization against
German Imperialism,
the scourge Of the human race.
THEY DIED ON THE BATTLE FIELD
Thus it is that on the face of this
monument is engraved In enduring let.
terS the fact that in Lorraine territory
rcpose the first three .allen American
soldiers.
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September 80, 1900, ended a war that
was not war, was negotiated for the
United States by Oliver Ellsworth,
William Richardson Davie and Will
liam Vans Murray; for the first con-
sulate by the following counselors Of
state: Jerome Bonaparte, Charles
Pierre, Claret Fleurien and Pierre
Louis Roederer The quarrel. on the
French side. was a legacy from the
directory to NapoleoD's first con-
sulate.
The change in the French govern
ment made possible reconciliation
without formal progress into war. By
the convention France recognized the
rights Of neutral vessels and promised
indemnities for her navy's depreda-
tons. Depending on what historian you
read, Americas success in the confer
ence was mainly the work Of Ellsworth
or that Of Murray. John Adams, Fed
eralist. was president at the time. The
vice president was Jefferson.
Two Of President Adams commits
sioners. Ellsworth. who had just re-
signed the Office Of chief Justice, and
Murray, who had been Washington's
minister to the Netherlands, were
strong Federallsts. Davie, English
born, former governor Of North Caro-
lima and a veteran of the Revolution,
seemed to have been a free lance In
early politics. The scene Of the con-
vention was Paris.
Becoming tired Of piracy and black
mail, American squadrons attended to
the Barbary coast, and between 1905
and 1915. when Decatur finally made
the whole thing sure, treaties were
made with the deys and bashaws.
The Peace Of Client.
The peace Of Client was concluded
December "a, 1914. The United States
commission appointed by President
Madison, who was a Jeffersonian
Democratic Republican, included John
Quincy Adams. then our minister to
Russia: James A. Bayard. former
United States senator; Henry Clay,
speaker of the house; Albert Gallatin,
who had been secretary Of the treas
ury from 1891 to 1913, and Jonathan
Russell, our minister to Norway and
Sweden
John Quincy Adams was a former
Federalist from Massachusetts,. a
strong Federalist state. That IL, he
had been originally In opposition to
Madison In politics. Later he had
come into accord with Madison's gov
eminent.
Bayard was another former Federal
list, but he was the man who had
brought about Jefferson's victory over
Aaron Burr when that presidential
election was thrown into the house Of
representatives Clay was con.
cpicuous Madisonian. and so was Gal
latin, the eminent financier. Russell
was a second Massachusetts, commits
sioner of Madisonian partisanship.
Ten years later he was elected to con.
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speed OF 100 miles an hour, straight.
en- out nifty feet above the sea and
discharge torpedo direct AT Tho anS -
my snip. Then they disappear into
the clouds as suddenly as thew an.
peased, and so swiftly that the enemy
cra1t mas no chance Of training its
guns or machine guns on It.
How the difficulty Of discharsing a
torpedo In the air is overcome Is a
naval secret. 1t is known that se--
rious accidents marked the experi-s
mental tests with these wonderful ma.
chimes.
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swatch Kaiser Lovers"
Says Chief of Police

3 Leavenworth, Kan.-JOhn 7.
} Glynn. chief Of police here. had
the following placard hung In his
office during the war:
h Officers, keep sharp lookout
for German spies, Hun agents. I.
w. WIS. and oil other kaiser
lovers In America and give 'em
hell. Signed, John T. Glynn,
Chief of Police"
A group of Germans, many of
them officials, demanded the
chief be removed from Office. He
is still the chief.
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What Il Was About.

What II Was About.
A Canadian soldier and a public
mousse loafer disturbed the peace one
1ey Of the little village inn.
The soldier, his face study in con-
centrated wrathfulness, had the civil
aan BY the scruff Of the neck and was
opparently Just on the point Of giving
MIN thrashing when belated police
man put in an appearance.
.Now, then. what's all this about?"
a<manded >iEe constable.
whats it aboutf" replied the ca
,odisn. giving the wyetched loafer an
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gress as a Democrat, in the present.
day party sense.
For the achievement Of our commits
sion much of the credit has always
| been given to Clay. The best OPINION
nowadays overshadows him with Cal
latin. The late Henry Adams. grand
son Of the American chairman. on the
occasion, and conscientiously just
| New England historian, writes: "Far
more than contemporaries ever sup
| posed or than Is now imagined. the
treaty Of Client was the especial
work and the peculiar triumph OF
Mr.. Gallatin."
The peace with Mexico, concluded
in the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
was a curious specimen of such neSo'
tiations. The lone hand American
commissioner was Nicholas Philip
Trist, chief clerk of the state depart
ment under President Polk, ana. like
Polk, a thoroughgoing Democrat as
Democrats are today. There was
nothing very intricate to negotiate
with Mexico. We had gone to war to
establish the boundary at the Rio
Grande as against the Mexican con-
tention for the Nueces.
The peace that was made not only
satisfied our government as to that
portion of the boundary but also fixed
the remainder Of 1t, giving us New
Mexico and what was then called Up.
per California Trist's Job was to
make those stipulations and conclude
treaty yielding to them. He first met
Santa Annals commissioners In the
summer of 1S47. General Scott had
not beer notified of Triest's mission,
and quarreled violently with him when
he appeared.
Treaty Made Without Authority.
During an armistice in August Trist,
whose instructions as to New Mexico
and California had followed him, failed
to come to an agreement With the
Santa Anna commission, which made
counter proposals and rejected all
the American demands. At the end Of
the armistice fighting was resumed,
and in Difference to Scott T-ist was
recalled by the authorities at Wash
ington. Before the order reached
him, however, he had made friends
with Scott and by SCOTS advice he re-
manned on the ground regardless Of the
order. At Christmas time, 1917. SCOTS
army took the city Of Mexico and
Santa Anna .resigned the Mexican
presidency.
Trist then, without any authority
except Scott's, resumed negotiations,
procured the treaty that was wanted
and took 1t back to Washington. Polk
submitted 1t to the senate on February
q. Senatorial opposition caused modi-
ications to which Mexico acceded, and
ratification came on March 16.
Our treaty Of peace with Spain was
concluded at Paris, December 10, 1898.
The American commissioners were
William r. Dny. late secretary Of state,
chairman: Senators Cushman K. Davis.
william P. Frye and George Gray. and
Whitelaw Reid. All but one of the
men appointed by Mckinley were Of
his own party. Senator Gray was a
Democrat.
Spain relinQuished sovereignty over
Cuba, ceded Porto Rico, the Philip
pines and Guam. and received $50, OOO.-
600.
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Directed Raids by Radio,

Investigation has disclosed that the
German submarine U-56. which ar
rived at Santander. Spain, un-
der it's own power, had been In COM
munication with other U-boats at sea.
Commander Reisser Of the U-boat
was seen repeatedly signaling toward
the sea, while the Spanish government
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intercepted wireless messages from
the U-56 after French steamer was
sunk and its crew killed by a subma-
rine.
It Is quite obvious the U-56 was
sent to Santander to organize the de-
struction Of allied and Spanish
shipping from favorable spot, It is
believed.
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curbs Ambulance Speed.

st. Louis.-By a general order Of
Acting Chief of Police OBriel, all pO-
licemen are instructed to see that no
ambulance driver-public or private
exceeds 20 miles an hour in answering
" returning Sr"n1 calls.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-02-08
Strap Identifies Fox.

Worthington, Mass.-Under the
thick growth Of fur on the neck of
a fox which Walter L.. Tower shot the
other day was leather strap. It was
identified by Charles A. Kilbourn as q
strap which was on young fox which
he once had. The fox escaped from
captivity IL years ago.
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Common Law Wife Wins.

st. Louis.-AIrs. Catherine CLARK,
VINO testified she was the common
law wife Of Walter L. Clark, Frisco
railroad switchman who was knocked
from an engine and killed at the
Cnofeau avenue viaduct April l, 1917,
w by jury in circuit court. She
has just been given a verdict Of SIG.
sued for $4,000.
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Siye OF Indian tribes, TO Wnlcn
the United States as a bel
ligerent was a party reduces
strictly to the following: The Peace
of Paris after the Revolution; the
Peace Of Client with Great Britain
after the War Of 1872; the Peace Of
Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico, 1848,
and the Peace Of Paris after the war
with Spain.
OF some pertinence, however, are
the peace treaties forced on us by the
Barbary pirates, 1794-97, and by us on
them 20 years later; and the Peace
convention with France made in 1900.
Technically in the latter case we had
not been at war, even though our
frigate Constellation had captured the
French frigate Insurgente and had de-
stroyed another, La Vengeance.
Our independence Recognized.
Our peace with Great Britain after
the Revolution was concluded by COM
missioners Of congress under the
Articles Of Confederation, and Of
course before an American president
or constitution existed. Washington
was simply commander in chief. The
provisional treaty was signed at Paris
November 80, 1882, the definitive
treaty September 3, 1888. General
Washington having declared cessation
Of hostilities in January, 1873.
The American commissioners in the
first conference were John Adams,
Franklin, Jay and Henry Laurens; in
the second the same without Laurens.
Richard Osgood negotiated for the
king in the first conference, David
Hartley. NJ. p, in the second. The
four main questions in both were the
boundaries Of the United States, fish
ing rights off Newfoundland. the pay
ment Of private debts Of American cit
liens to British and compensation
by the United States to British loyal
lists (tories) whose property had been
confscated by the colonies during the
war.
The two foryS1r questions had to
be further adj ssted later on. although
presumably conclusive agreements
were then arrived at the United
States getting the territory between
the Alleghanies and the Mississippi,
and getting the right to fish of the
Newfoundland coast, but not to dry
the catches on those shores. There
was to be no lawful impeachment to the
recovery OF debts either way, and
American legislation was to rec
ommend making the loyalists i'm
mune from considerations or prosecu-
lions.
1t is unlikely that there will ever
be an American peace commission
of greater ability than this one. Frank
lin. our representative at Ps.is, had
won for the struggling colonies the
invaluable friendship and aid Of
the French government John Adams
was to be president. Jay to be chief
Justice Of the United States Supreme
court, Laurens was former president
of the council Of safety Of South Caro-
tina and OF the continental congress.
Our convention Of pea commerce
and navigation with France, which on
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awful shake to emphasize his words.
"Why, he called me a conscientious
ejector! Now watch him being eject
ed y'-London Tit-Bits.
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A well-governed mind learns In time
to find pleasure in nothing but the true
and the just-Amiel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-31
BOYS JUDGING
CONTEST WINNERS

Gordon Wilson, Leal; Fred Wilson
Leal; Galen Perry, Nome; represented
Barnes county in Boys Judging Con.
test held at the Interstate Fair at Far.
60 on July oath.
Judging teams from seven counties
comprising the southeastern section
Of the state, competed in this con.
test. The Barnes county team was
chosen in a local contest held during
the Agricultural Fair. The boys com:
peting in this contest and the rank OF
the winners was as follows:
Gordon Wilson, Leal, first; Galer
Perry, Nome, second; Fred Wilson
Leal, third; Thaddeus Daigle, Pills.
bury, fourth; Henry T. Bruins, Oriska
fifth; Wilfred Young, Tower City
sixth.
The other boys competing were;
Louis Edwin Jongewaard, Litchville;
Roy Holcomb, Valley City; Leonard
Boom, Litchville; Thomas Boom
Litchville.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-31
THE PERENNIAL
]. SOW THISTLE.

The perinnial sow thistle is now in
blossom and should be cut, and burn
ed before the seed scatters and in
tests new areas. This plant grows
four to six feet high and has clus-
ters of yellow flowers, which resem-
bic the dandelion.
The perinnal sow thistle is consid-
cred far more serious than quack
grass, in counties, where it has got
ten good foot hold. It is more SER
ious for the reason that it's seeds
blow as do the dandelion seeds, and in
that way large areas can be infested.
This weed propagates itself bu UNDER
ground stems much as the quack
grass. A number of northeastern
counties Of the state have had serious
fight against this weed for a number
of years, but this is the first year that
it has shown up in this county to any
extent, and it will be good plan to
confne it to the areas where it is To-
Gated, at the present time. This can
be done if the seed is prevented from
blowing. If you see patch Of yell
low lowered plants in your field, you
can be reasonably sure that this is
perinnal sow thistle. !,
All kinds of cars in great numbers
passed through the city this morning,
loaded down with folks bound for Far
60 and the state fair.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-31
BOARD OF REGENTS
OUT OF EXISTENCE

Bismarck, July 25.-The state
board of regents held its final meeting
today and went out of existence. Its
work will be taken up tomorrow by
the new board of administration. The
entire day was spent largely in rout-
rine matters. The resignation of Mrs.
Minnie Budlong, secretary Of the IL
brary commission, was accepted, eff
fective September 1. Mrs. Budlong is
retiring on account of ill-health. Prof.
L. B. McMullen,S former vice presi-
dent of the Valley City Normal, and
head Of the science department, also
resigned. He has been on leave Of
absence studying in Columbia uni
versity, New York. Prof. McMulIen
will. go to Greeley, Colo.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-31
THOMPSON YARDS
OFFICE BURCLARIZED

A bold, daring robbery was COM
mitted at the Thompson Yards lum-
Der office in this city Sunday evening
between the hours of $50 and $3.50.
The thief evidently entered from the
rear where window was broken out.
Mr. Wolfe, the manager, had his thrift
and savings stamps in steel filing
cabinet and these were taken by the
thief. The company lost $33 in cash
that was taken from another drawer.
1t is positive that the robbery was
consummated between the hours men
toned because Mr.. Skretting was at
the office at o'clock and everything
was all right at that time and Mr..
Wolfe himself was back at the Office
not later than $3.50. There is almost
conclusive evidence as to the identity
of the thief as certain party sus-
pected of the deed beat it out of town
and was missing at IL o'clock last
night. The police are investigating
and the chances for capturing the
thief are very good.
Mike Keehn was arrested this morn
ing by Chief Swanson on suspicion
of having broken into the Thompson
Yards Office yesterday and robbing
the cash drawer. He is held for ex-
animation.
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North Dakota infantry, being COM
missioned major. The regiment went
to Camp Greene where it was broken
up and the boys scattered into various
units. After this was done Mr.. Mud
gett was appointed adjutant to Gen.
Coulter and was at the headquarters
of that general for month or so and
finally on December IL, 1917; he en-
barked for France. On his arrival
there or soon after he was assigned to
the adjutant generals staff in Gen.
Pershing's headquarters where he had
a most important duty to perform and
he performed that duty SO well that he
was promoted with honor to the rank
of lieutenant colonel. He served on
Gen. Pershing's staff until he. was
ordered home and during this time
had occasion to see much of the great
general who has won such signal hon
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-31
EXPERT
TOHANDLE LABOR

Federal experts in handling har-
vest labor for the middle west, who
have been following the harvest from
the southern border of the wheat belt
in Texas northward, have arrived in
the Fargo territory and are prepar-
ing for their work of handling the
harvest labor situation in North Da-
kota.
A. L. Barkman of St. Louis, as
sistant to the director general of the
United States employment service,
has been in Fargo this week in prep
arationI for the work of directing the
supply of harvest hands to the dis
tricts where they are needed. While
in the city he conferred with j. N.
Hagan, state commissioner of labor,
who was recently appointed federal
director of the employment service
for North Dakota. I. ,l-.,.
In. cooperation with Commissioner
Hagan, Director Barkman will locate
his corps of workers in the Offices of
the service already located in Fargo,
Bismarck, Grand Forks and James
town, and will open a temporary Of
fee in Oakes to handle the men
coming north through that city. Com
missioner Hagan has arranged to have
man in Minneapolis who will direct
men from there to the state as the
need calls for them. Director Bark
man was in Sioux City, Iowa, yester-
day. This city has been his tempor-
ary headquarters. Aberdeen is the
South Dakota headquarters for
handling the harvest hand situation.
Increased numbers of men hunting
work in the harvest fields have begun
to arrive in Fargo. Calls for help in
the wheat fields also are coming to the
local employment services. The most
of the calls before this week were for
the hay and early crop harvest.
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keep quiet-he got the spirit Of SER
vice for his country stirred up in him
and for many days turned over the
problem in his mind whether he should
leave his family and business, when
he did not have to, and go to war.
The final decision. on his part was to
do soldiers part and lend a hand, 50
he offered his services to the COVER
nor, was commissioned major and in
the fall of 1917 left at the head of his
fine battalion of North Dakota SOL
diers to do the bidding of his country
in whatever field he was assigned and
he has done his duty faithfully and
we'll and comes back home to us safe
and we'll and with the "well done" of
his many friends who join with us in
welcoming back to Valley City and
his home.