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PEACE WITHOUT TREATY

In answering one Of the questions asked by Senator
have no authority to declare by proclamation that peace
exists between this country and Germany without the
conclusion of a treaty to that effect, and he adds, in
substance, that he would not take that course if he had
the power.
The question Of legal authority in the matter may
be left to the legal experts. But the conclusion of a
separate peace with Germany, or the declaration, without
treaty that peace exists, would be an act Of bad faith
toward those who have been associated with us in the
war for which there could not be the slightest justifi-
cation, and which would bring upon the United States
the deserved contempt Of the other peoples who have
fought and suffered and sacrificed with US.
Whatever the shape and texture Of the last straw
which made the entry Of the United states into the war
inevitable, our participation in the war was due to a set
Of intolerable conditions and to the existence Of Z world
menace rather than to the sinking Of a particular ship
or the destruction Of a particular cargo. We went to
war because the world civilization. Of which We were
an integral part was at stake and human liberty hung
In the balance. We Joined other nations whose aims
and ideals were similar to our own. however great the
differences in tradition and local interest. We shared
the fortunes Of these our neighbors, and we must share
with them in the work Of establishing an enduring peace.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
8YHOY8IS.

Tony Adrtance. a young millionaire,
meets on a bench in q park a young girl.
evidently in poor circumstances, who
strongly attracts him. He haf>Ans to be
Already entangled. with Lucille Master
son. a married woman. who is planning
70 obtain a divorce from her husband
IN order to marry him. His better ma
eufe revolts from the situation but he
sees no alternative to carrying 1t
A~driance makes a determined effort to
break with Mrs. Masterson. After q
painful Interview with her he enters h
Haetereon nursery by mistake. He hnds
mere the girl who has SO attracted him.
ISne Is Elsie Murray. the nurse OF the
Mastersons' little son.
Tony decides that the only way OF
Eet.ink y OF the intolerable situation
an "nicn he has placed himself Is to get
on. OF town for a year or SO. in which
he meets Elsie again. and learns that
sne Understands the truth concerning
ms break Fith Mrs. Masterson.
Iony asks Elsie to marry him feeling
TIA II fs his best chance of happiness.
AIter some thought she consents. and
the two are married.
Ihe couple take a house in the Pail
sades. and move in. Anthony suddenly
discovers that he loves his wife.
Ihe next morning Andy gets a job
driving a truck in his own fathers fac
tory.
They continue to live happily for sew
eral months.
Then one day when driving his motor
truck down Fifth avenue Anthony again
meets Mrs. Masterson.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22

and Just, has given an immediate interest In this city
As we'll ~ elsewhere to the whole subject OF prices and
profiteering. The committee which Is to make these
investigations in Grand Forks may be expected to report
with due promptness, and its report will speak for itself.
In the meantime it may be well enough to suggest
that SO farias is yet publicly known no cases Of profiteer-
ing have been discovered in the city Of Grand Forks.
1t is quite possible that there may be Individual cases
in which undue and unjust prices have been extorted
from the consuming public. but If there are any such
cases it win be taken for granted at the outset that they
are very few.
Tho mercantile business Of Grand Forks is not a
monopoly, and it Is not conducted by strangers who are
unknown to their customers and who have no interest
in the community. The merchants Of Grand Forks are
citizens. Each Of them is himself a consumer OF goods
distributed by other merchants and each has a vital
interest in the welfare of the community These men
have scquitted themselves as good citizens in the past.
and 1t is not to be expected that in a time Of stress such
as that through which we have passed and are passing
they have been guilty Of practices which. II not criminal
under the statutes, ought to be made so. 1t is only fair
to these, our neighbors and fellow citizens. to assume
in advance Of any detailed investigation that they have
been conducting themselves as honorable men.
Exceptions are always possible. In an orderly and
we'll conducted community there will be found the
drunkard, the thief. the murderer. There are exceptions
to all rules If on due investigation it should be found
tina, there have been such exceptions here in the matter
Of profiteering, the man whose guilt is established ought
to be dealt with as any other offender is. The COM
munity has a right to demand this for its own protection.
just as it is in duty bound to demand that whatever in
ve.tigation is instituted is conducted fairly. dispassion-
ately, and for the sole purpose OF asceraining the facts
and preventing real abuses.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
WHEAT PRICES AND GRADES

The attention of the federal authorities in. charge
OF wheat grading is being turned to certain matters which
are OF vital interest to the farmers of the northwest.
It is asserted that the wheat grades established by the
government and now in operation work injustice to the
producers of some kinds of low grade wheat. The point
appears to be that the official grades are based chiefly
on the weight and appearance of the grain and do not
take sufficiently into account its milling qualities. 1t is
maintained that a good deal of the light wheat produced
this year, wheat which may also be inferior in color, is
capable Of producing flour in excess Of the quantity
which would be indicated by its weight and appearance
alone. The producer Of this wheat therefore receives for
it a lower price than that TO which he is entitled. This
matter has been brought to the attention of Nj. Barnes,
who is in charge OF the governments grain business,
and he admits apparently that there is some defect in
the grading regulations covering this feature. If there
is being threshed and marketed now. 1t is being mar
keted according to the present standards, and if by
reason Of arbitrary regulations made by the government
any farmer receives less for his grain than a just grading
would give him. that farmer is being. defrauded. We
may go a step farther, and point out that if an individual
has suffered injustice in this manner through the act
of the government by selling his early threshed grain
under an improper grading regulation which is later
remedied, it is the business Of the government to see
that he is reimbursed for the loss that he has sustained.
The governments guarantee of a basic price of
s2..e for wheat was made in good faith. There is every
reason to believe that the members of congress who
enacted that law acted in good faith. and It is certain
that the great American public, whether engaged in the
production Of wheat or in any other occupation, approved
Of that guarantee and expected it to be carried out fully
and completely. The price Of 1926 was intended and
understood to apply to good, sound, standard wheat, and
the price Of wheat Of every other grade ought to be
justly proportional to that basic price. It's value lies
not in its weight or color but in the quantity and quality
Of flour that.can be made from it, of which weight and
color may be accepted as some indication. If undue
emphasis has been placed on these two things, and other
equally important features have been overlooked, the
mistake should be remedied Immediately,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
WHY NOT?

Thomas F. Willard, an American expert on oriental
affairs now employed by the Chinese government, be-.
Heves that the entire difficulty over the Shantung settle
the treaty of peace with Germany by which Japan is con.
coded certain rights on the Shantung peninsula.
Mr.. Willard would use the treaties by which Great
Britain and the United States asree to come to the aid
OF France If the latter is attacked by Germany as the
basis for the arrangement which he suggests. He pro-
poses that another treaty be arranged by the terms of
which the United States, Great Britain and France agree
maintained in China, and that these nations agree to de-
fend China against any invasion Of her sovereign rights
by q foreign nation.
1t will at once occur to the reader that such a pledge
by these three nations would be in substance q repetition
CT the pledge contained in Article x Of the-League of
Nations constitution, by which every member Of the
league agrees 70 respect and TO defend as aeatns, external
eree Of eTesg other nenber. That is true. But the same
z-Ezls@- nay be advanced in favor Of such a treaty as
has sssl zsvznee6 in favor Of the British and American
-eazsss E-a Trance. namely, that the arrangement
voHa5 z-e-a lbs oenet.cisfs of the treaty an additional
En8 h ose5=6 safeguard during the leagues formative
period.
S1ea an arrangement, It seems, would give to China
IN sea2d iasa-e he- membership in the league. 1t would
remove the Possibility Of japanese exploitation OF China.
And France. * would seem, could we'll afford to Join in
Ench z guarantee in view OF the pledge Of protection con-
tanned in the British and American treatiesL
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
THE USUAL PROTEST

Accompanied by an appearance OF diligence in pur-
suing the OUTLAW VS. who captured the two American onicers
and held them to ransom, comes the usual protest from
the City Of Mexico against the presence of American
troops on Mexican soil, and the demand that they be
Withdrawn forthwith. In this Carranza is playing the
took steps to suppress Villa. Outrage after outrage had
been committed, both upon American citizens residing
in Mexico, and who were entitled to the protection OF
the Mexican government, and on the American side OF
the line, where murder, robbery and arson characterized
the numerous raids by Villa and his associates. Instead
of welcoming the assistance Of American troops in the
work OF discriminating a gang of bandits who were the
enemies of peace and order in both countries, Carranza
filed protests against the invasion Of his country, at the
same time sending out after the bandits bodies OF troops
Eho, did nothing more than mark time.
carranza's press agents assert that under the benign
rule Of their employer the greater part of Mexico enjoys
stable and orderly government The statement Ia not
true, but assuming it to be true, the fact remains that
the portion Of Mexico which immediately addoins the
United States has no government at all, and Carranza
section is and has been a nest Of thieves and outlaws
who have made life unsafe and property holdings inse-
cure on both sides of the border. and it is time that Gen.
eral carranza were given to Understand that If he cannot
or will not remedy conditions there at once, the United
>statesawill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
AWARDS OF BATTLE CLASPS.

o. ~ se-f --%- So 49, 49, 2 a=E
The following changes have been
made in the regulations governing
awards of battle clasps OF, the War
Service Medal, known as the Victory
Medal:
Battle clasps will be awarded for
each of the major operations and for
occupation of defensive sectors. On
" one defensive-sector clasp will be
awarded to any individuals To be ELI
gible to receive a battle clasp. the
officer or enlisted nan must have been
actually present. under competent Or
ders, with his organization during its
period oi engagement.
Each officer of enlisted man serving
in>the First Army area between Aug.
30 and Nov. II. 1915. pr in the Sec
ond Army area between Oct. ~ and
Nov. IL, 1915. will be entitled to a de-
fensive-sector clasp, irrespective Of
awards for major operations. Each
officer or enlisted man serving in an
area under French. British, Belgian,
or Italian command between April 6,
19K. and Nov. LIZ 1918. will be en-
titledro a defensive sector clasp.
Those present in engagements in
European Russia since. Aug. 1, 1915.
or in Siberia since Aug. IS, 1918. will
be entitled to defensive-sector clasps.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
WOMAN SHERIFF IS
READY FOR ACTION

Littleton, Colo, Aug, 22.-Miss
Marsaret Ennis. C%olorado's first WON
an deputy sheriff. was sworn into
once here the other day.
G~httering badge. long barre1ed six-
shooter. lariat hanging on wall. cow
pony tied to the rail outside-all those
appurtenances to the ONCE Of the
deputy sheriff form the equipment OF
this plucky young woman.
TIL go after horse thieves and auto
thieves just AZ readily as Til do the
swearing In and the other routine
matters In this court building" says
Miss Ennis.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
HOME ESTABLISHED
FOR AGED INDIANS

Port Arthur, Ont, Aug. GA
home for old. destitute and sick In
dams is being established by the Do
minion government on the reserve at
Grand Bay, on the southwest shore OF
Lake Nipigon. The home is the res
ult of recommendations by Indian
Agent p. Brown who has found it a
fuenza- epidemic, on account of the
inability of the Indians to care for
themselves under attacks of tubercul-
osis.
Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
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poet, who is also the editor

ofdhadCc poet, VINO Is also the edltof
of a newspaper" she retorted upon
his two vocations interfere with n
another! Roberta has been engaged
to an army officer these Ave years. He
is stationed in the Philippines. where
she is to Join him and live in some
jungle with him whenever he is sufi-
GENTLY promoted 10 marry Virginia
is a beauty, who has the entire col
lege full Of young men vibrating
around u house; and she declares
she is twenty-five. Clotiida ad Nico-,
letnte are twin babies of eleven years.
They still have plenty of time to do
anything. o see. We were all per-
fectly happy as we were, Sbut it be-
came really necessary for someone to
relieve Daddy. if only by supporting
herself and leaving more for the 9TH
ers. So I began. and went as private
secretary and companion with the old
that practical? OF course, Lees hus-
band supports her. usually.
But the spring that I came away,
Daddy had urged him to resign from
the newspaper and come. home for six
months in order to write poetic
drama which they both were en-
thusiastic. No one expects it to make
much money, hut, as Daddy said. we
have always had enough for dignfied
simplicity. and 1t should be our duty
as we'll as u glory to help Lees hus-
band to fame"
"Elsie's husband means to support
her all the time"
"Oh, 1 told you Elsie was practical.
She married sensib1y."
Should you call it that?" doubt
ingly.
Her husband is quite kind to her.
you know" y
We'll. he is still in love. When
that wears off as she grows tired Of
feeding him. and ill-tempered-""
They laughed at one another across
the hearth. But presently Adriance
became serious.
elsie, 1 think that l should write
to your father. One does not snatch
a mans daughter in this barefaced
fashion, without so much as a word
TO him, in civilized lands. Why
haven't 1 thought of that before?
And I should like to be welcomed in
to your family. or at least tolerated
there. Do you suppose we might visit
them, some day when u finances
permit? Or perhaps some Of my Sis
ters-in-law might come to see US?
George. what a time we could have
given those girls with some Of the
money that I had, and haven't"
His wife leaned toward him. her
gray eyes quite wet with her earnest
ness.
Anthony. there is nothing in the
world that would make me So happy
as for you to write home and tell
them that / belong to you. I have
SO hoped you would think of it,"
"Why didn't you tell me to do SO,
long ago?" he |s<ed reproachfully.l
"Now. how could I tell you a thing
like that?".
why not?" he wondered, densely.
She made an expressive gesture
with her little hands. resigning the
hopeless task of explanation.
Never mind. But l shall be so
glad! Tot see. they do not know
that l am married at all. / have not
dared tell them, because they have
such stately. quaint ideas thai they
would be profoundly offesded if you
did not write yourself. They would
consider it a great slight to me. So
1 have just waited"
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=. Up
E28arA6us1t
CHEER A BROTHER ON HIS WAY.

CHEER A BROTHEH ON HIS WAL,
Cheer a brother on his way.
Have a kindly word to say;
Wish him luck and send him on
Thinkin' Of you when he's gone.
II you like him, tell him so.
1t will help him just to know
That you're with him, through and
through,
In the task he. has to do.
Look him in the eye and say
a manly sort of way
All that's in your heart an mind.
Many a day he'll look behind
An remember all you've said
An he'll bravely march ahead.
He'll fight on with courage grim
KNOWN you have faith in him.
Strength by man is seldom shown
When he has to stand alone;
None so weak, whoe'er he be.
AS the man who cannot see
Friendly faces in the throng
Gladly cheering him along.
He is prey to quick despair
Who has nobody to care.
Cheer a brother on his way,
Have a kindly word to say.
He'll go whistlin' down the road
Needless of the heavy load
That he's bearin' II he knows
You are with him in his lei
He'll fight hard in troubled days
To be worthy of your praise.
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A MANS HEARTH

eyes: her own infinitely wise, SPLEEN
didly happy as his. yet touched VIII
that delicate raillery which caressed
and laughed at him.
ooh, yes!" she ~dissented. yes
Anthony"
Puzzled, he searched her meaning
in her shining gaze.
II could be happier"
"Yes. We could be-"
"But-?"
She came around the table and told
him the answer, putting her hands IN
to his. She did not speak shyly, but
proudly. with frank courage and COM
radeship.
An hour later. when Adriance went
down the long hill to his days work.
he carried himself with a dignity new
as the blended exaltation n dread
that paled his face. Once he stopped
in the Swapping March wind to bare
his head and draw a full. deep breath.
looking up at the bright blue K
where tufts of white cloud sailed. AL
though the season was SO Tar al.
vanced. new-fallen snow overlap ROAD
and hills. SO that Adriance seemed to
himself as standing between " sur
faces of pure, glinting brightness.
His thoughts were only now becoming
%articulate. yet a ems Of final change
AdO> SetlIeu tHTOu6li IllHi. 4AS ~
hood had come to full dignity. Now
he knew what he had done when he
snatched Elsie Murray out Of her
cross-current of life and took her for
himself. He had found o like a
jewel on the road; content had rear
ed a shelter for his fneXperience. Now,
he stood as protector and shelter as
long as he should live for the weaker
mes who were his. And with respon-
sibility. ambition sprang fully grown
to life and challenged him. Was his
wife to rank as a chauffeur's wife.
and nothing more? Was their child
to be reared in that place. and he TO
give the two nothing better? An
thony Adriance passed his glance,
with his fathers cold accuracy of ap-
praisal, over the great factory lying
far down at the foot of the cliffs.
where he himself was awaited to drive
a truck.
Presently he went On, down the
road. But he went differently.
Continued in tomorrow's
Evening Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
FUSION AGAINST SOCIALISM.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.


In four Manhattan assembly dis
tricts the Republicans and Democrats
have fused. making only one nomina-
ton for the lower house Of the New
York legislature. for the purpose of
beating the Socialist candidate. In
the same number of districts in Man
haitian there has been the Same
fusion onlcandidates for the board Of
aldermen. The Socialists have gained
a representation of 10 members in
both houses of the present legislature
of New York, and seven members Of
the board of aldermen, the men elect
ed having been for the most part as
minority candidates running in be
tween Republicans and Democrats. In
this way the Socialists have attained a
stronger representation than that to
which this actual numerical strength
would entitle them. And since it is
evident that good American citizens
really are more for their country. fer
their state and for their city than they
do for party. such coalitions as those
effected in New York are likely to take
place wherever the Socialists are
strong enough to create a danger Of
the election Of their candidate.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22
LOCAL P%ROFlTEERlNG

Ths announcement that committees were to be ap-
pSf1tsd to act under the authority Of the food admin
tsratdon IN investigating the wholesale and retail prices
name the prices which In their judgment would be fair
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: II you don't like me.
Why do you. why do you.
Why do you stay around?
THE GLOWING HEARTH.

She sang the very modern verse to
him with q mockery altogether tan
taltzing; and he upset all the chess.
board in answering her properly. T
Little by little he learned a great
deal about her home; which, he dis
covered, had ono been the vertiable
home Of the punctilious Matt Raoul
Galvez Of surprising memory. He
made acquaintance with her parents
and her sisters, as Elsie brought be-
fore him a living simulacra Of each
one with her magician like arts of de-
scription and mimicry. There were
five sisters, it appeared: Lee. Rob-
erta, virgfnie, .Ciotilda and Nicolette.
Mother named the first three OF lis.
and Daddy the last three" she ex-
planned. Wasn't he right polite 10
wait SO long? Mother is a rebel Com
federate UP to this minute, while
Daddy altogether fndorses the North
and is a professional deliver In roman
tic history"
Elsie is not historical. he OBJ
jected, much diverted.
"Oh. my truly name is Eloise: Il
come before Clotilda and Uicolette.
But my grandfather insisted upon
calling me Elsie as long as ne lived.
so In Difference to him the first inten-
ton was abandoned. Poor Daddy lost
n Of his turns. after all. It hap
pened very well. though! Elsie is
more practical. and I am the most
practical member OF the whole family
"Realiy7J
Why. certainly! Lee married
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22

Fortunate 10 the girl who knows
more than to look pretty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-22

Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-15
Tell the Age of Oceans

Washington.-How old is the ocean?
Standing on the shore and looking out
over the expanse of water, the ocean
seems fixed and eternal fact. but
the seas had beginning and will have
an end. Scientists say that when this
time comes the last drop Of water Will
have been absorbed into the earth's
crust, its surface will be desert and
all life will become extinct.
The age Of the oceans have been
estimated by n leading authority, Pro
fessor Frank Clarke Of the United
States Geological survey, Mt about 9O'-
OOO, 600 years. This, Of course. is only
an approximation. but is based on
carefully studied scientific data.
All the water was once contained
in the vapOr that surrounded the glow
ing, slowly cooling mass which Is now
the earth. After the gases combined
to form water the process of making
the ocean salt began. This was the
work of the rivers Mineral salts were
extracted from the rocks over which