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Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-16

out Of the window as much as posi-
BILE without /. TALLY getting in front
OF It. She heard footsteps coming
rapidly down the street, and looking
out again she saw a soldier coming
hurriedly up the steps leading to the
house in which she was confined.
Her heart leaped for joy for the
instant and she forgot to guard
against being seen from the window.
Surely a soldier wearing the United
States uniform would help her! She
paused to think what she should do,
and the front door slammed loudly
and she heard the old familiar voice
Of Sylvester. calling loudly from the
hallway below for his mother!
Her heart frose within her. Her
body stiffened with fright. She
stood still before the unbroken win
dow with slasped hands and lifted
"Oh, God! Help me quick"
Round the corner and down the
street dashed an automobile and
stopped suddenly in front Of 2217.
Four men got out and went up the
steps. One stayed in the car. A face
vanished from the dark Of the room
in the region OF the front window and
. message flashed over a wire--a wire
that had been set in tho dark Of the
night and never noticed. among all
the other wires the next day.:&FS. e1e'
THAT little devil in the third story
has broken loose. She's standing at
the window now. Better gag her
quick and bind. her wel-curse her!
They're after us! They're at the door
now! I'm going to beat It, and you'd
good. but mind you, bring the girl
with you! I'll warrant you she's at
the bottom of this. and wen take our
time and pay her we'll when we get to
sea! Tell Mrs. Schwarze I'll hold her
responsible for that girl. II she
don't bring her I'll drown her in. the
middle Of Me ocean! So long,! I'll
meet you dewn by the river at the
appointed time"
The telephone was in the cellar,
The man hung up the receiver, pulled
a soap box over it. opened a board
door beside him and stepping through
it drew it shut after him and fasten-
ed It The four men above, grown
tired OF knocking, applied a pass key
and stepped within the house.
Hilda. her hands still folded, her
lips still murmuring prayet, her
eyes wide. stood watching in the win
COW. There were noises below stairs.
Horrted. heavy steps coming up, but
she was not listening to them. she
was watching, holding the three
matches now in her trembling hand.
waiting to make sure who these men
were.
Slowly, stealthily the door of 2l1e
opened crack and face looked ont
The man IN the car was watching his
comrades. one Of whom was Just
within the doorway Of 2217, but Hill
da at the window saw the white OF
that hQllnffn1 fprA Ax,1l r.
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WOULD KEEP ROADS OPEN.

.6eWaru, Alaska, NOV. Ill Mdif.1
Attempts are to be made to keep the
and Anchorage open this winter.
Snowsheds were built along the
line last summer to keep the track
free of snow which last winter slid
down In such great quantities that
operation was halted for several
months. .f5
Trains operate between the two
points regularly during the summer.
Seward and Anchorage:IN about 100
is building between Seward and Fair
banks, the metropolis of the interior
of Alaska
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SUTHERLAND A BARKIs.

Wheeling, W. va, Dec. 1S.-P1ans
to wage q nationwide campaign in
behalf Of Senator Howard Sutherland.
West Virginia. who is doomed here
as q candidate for. president. were
perfected tonight with the organiza.
tion Of the Sutherland for Presi-
dent club. National headquarters
will be in Wheeling. william H.
Bradshaw was named national chair
man.
D. >B. White, publicity manager,
left tonight for a tour Of the middle
west in Initiating the campaign.
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no HOLD 1NfE]EE;I]I,NG;,.

conyocation Of the university 'of Chi.
cago will be held in Leon Mandel as
sembly hall on Tuesday. December %,
at which time degrees will be- con-
ferred and the convocation statement
presented, by President Harry Pratt
Judson. The contocation sermon will
be delivered on December. FL BY Pro-
fessor Theodore Gerald Soares head
OF the department Of practical theolo-
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. FRONI.

PIerTe, 8. D., Dec. 15.--JameS W.
Gerard, Of New York, has signed
minority nominating petition as Ia
candidate for president, of the United
States at the state primaries in March,
1t was announced here today. Tho
petition also was signed by six dele
gates to tho recent state proposal
meeting here. Principles accompany-
Ing the petition are summarized as
being to make and keep the country
safe for democracy"
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SY1oPs1s.

HlIda Lessing. whose father Is dead,
an ana who has been placed by her uncle
Schwartz, discovers that the place is a
nest Of spies. She makes her escape from
the farm with the aid Of 4 young rail-
way engineer by the name OF Stevens
ta.sf and eome5 the to prSsasa es the
lay her Information before the secret
service department.
~, After many adventures she reaches
MHashhtn9ton " safely; and tells her story.
neen placed In an asylum by the same
her. She Is also taken care OF by young
stevens, who also brings her to Wash
the Stevens roof
Hilda and young Stevens begin to
manifest very decided interest in each
other. Stevens has been commissioned
IN the army, and is to leave for France
Young Stevens finally leaves to join
tho American army after making Hilda
promise to be on her guard against at
n .as p'o15ef II ia.
Hilda and her mothe1 disikss the mys..
terious disappearance 'of a4arge sum Of
money which should have come to Mrs
Lsssine 4. her husbands death They
Then con1es the fear that Stevens has
been wounded, Hi]da discovers that she
loves his. and at the same time jumps
to the conclusion that Stevens social
anything to him.
At this point she again falls into the
hands OF the German spies. The captain
who admires her plans TO take her with
him on submarine which Is to leave
While imprisoned Hilda manages to
write a letter telling Of her plight and
throws it out Of the window.
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CHAPTER XXI.

The letter. quite as il 1t under
stood, seemed to halt second in
the air and adjust itself to the breeze,
then it calmly zigZagged itself down
across in front Of the next house and
landed on the pavement face up with
all its stamps glaring brightly. re-
assuringly up at her as she climbed
at the edge Of the curtain, as II to
let her know it meant to do its best
TO get to its destination on time.
For fifteen long minutes she stood
motionless on that chair and watch
ed the letter lying there. her heart
beating wildly at every sound in the
house below. Oh. II the postman
came before anybody had picked 1t
up and put it in the box! She closed
Iy down the street came an old wom-
an carrying a heavy market basket.
Would she ever Eet opposite the
house? And would she notice the let
ter and pick It up II she did? Hilda
was SO excited watching her as she
came nearer that she did not notice
the postman who suddenly appeared
at the diagonal corner. produced his
bunch Of keys. opened the box, took
out single letter and slammed it
shut again. The click of the lock
brought her instant attention and
her heart sank. She longed to cry
out. Would he hear herr, There was
a noise below stairs. Dared she? II
anything called their attention to the
letter now they might get possession
Of It and give her no chance to write
another. Then while she debated
an paused and went up the steps Of
a house three doors away, the poste
man turned. and came ri siraiph4 anroas
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Captain, who sltthered around a cor
ner and was out Of sight. The four
men dashed instantly from the house
and started irf pursuit. Hilda could
not be sure whether or not they heard
what she said. but they looked up as
they ran and seemed to listen. A
second more and they were all gone,
and she was aware of stamping feet
coming up the stairs close by her
door. Her time had come!
Dropping upon her knees beside
the holocaust she had prepared she
took the three matches in her trem-
bling fingers and selecting the most
propitious looking one, looked around
for something to strike it upon. Sup
pose it did not light? Suppose she
broke it before it lighted? Suppose
all three were. water-soaked with ly-
Ing by that cake Of soap! Sylvester
the key and shouting to his mother
that he could not open it. "Oh,
God!" she cried End drew the first
match swiftly across the carpet; %
CHAPTER XXI.
Daniel Stevens had been gassed
and taken prisoner after some daring
feat Of engineering In one Of the big
hghts OF the winter By some
gracious turn Of events he had os-
caped after several months and res
turned, to his company; but his sn-
periors, after examining him care
fully, and hearing his account Of all
he had suffered, sent him home on Il
furlough to recover mis- strength and
grow At. -~
The cable which he supposed he
had sent his mother as soon as he
was back in the lines. by the hand
of one of his comrades. never reach
ed her on account Of some little mis-
take in the address. The .comrade had
written it down wrong. Stevens was
sent to the hospital that night, and
from there to a ship just starting, and
SO he had decided to surprise his peo-
pie by dropping down upon them un-
expectedly. He rested comfortably
in the thought that Of course they
had received the cable that he was
back in the. lines again all safe. So
long as they were not worrying he
would Just surprise them, and then
his mother wouldn't have the
anxiety Of dreaming about possible
submarines.
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-9tvo For Aumentty'8 80ko-
CONES FROM PHOENIX.

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. .11.-when
orthodox Jews celebrate the Feast of
T~abernacles next October it is likely
they all, no matter in what part Of
the country they live, will come into
indirect contact with Phoenix. The
prescribed ceremonies of. the feast in
volve the shaking Of a branch of
myrtle by each member OF the con-
gregation. This year the myrtle will
probably come from Phoenix.
What are said to be the only myrtle
plants in America, outside. of. hot
houses, grow in the Phoenix section.
Many grow on the grounds of the
state capitol. Recently Rabbi s..
Lewis applied to the state authorities
for permission to gather and sell the
trimmings taken from these plants BY
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UNCLE SAM is
ANXIOUS TO PAY

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. IL
Uncle Sam is anxious to pay any de-
pendents Of those who Joined the
army and to whom an allotment was
made, but who have failed to receive
the allotment.
At Washington the army clerks
have been busy with the records Of
three million soldiers and the indi-
vidual soldier who sometimes gets
tangled up with the great detail of
records in his case, has often made
a mistake in address, name or other
portion Of the record, which explains
cases where allotments were supposed
to have been made out to parents or
relatives n no checks ever sent out
by the government.
Do not write to Washington II you
have failed to receive the, allotment,
but send a letter to the demobiliza-
ton camp, Preside Of San Francisco,
San Francisco, Cal, asking for the
form of a letter requesting deferred
allotments. Captain c. G. Burch,
personnel officer Of the camp, said
that more than five hundred allot-
ments have been cleared up in the
past w months by this means.
Officers of the rehabilitation camp
will answer your letter by furnishing
a form, which upon being filed out
by the allottee must be sent to the
adjutant general Of the army as ad-
dressed On the form.
his will get a return check. BY
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PLAN TOUNI|T['E|[
NATIONAL PARKS.
!. AND HIGHWAYS
Tourist. Travel in United
States to Be Made Best
In the World.

Gardiner, Mont, Aug. .11.-Plans to
II the national parks of the west by
= great system OF motor highways
Into a single unit of competition with
Europe for the tourist travel of the
United States and the world were dis
cussed today by representatives of
civic bodies from eleven western
The project, outlined by Secretary
Of the Interior Franklin K. Lane,
would offer. a grand tour" the at
fractions Of which, according to H. w.
Childs,t president Of the Yellowstone
Park Hotel and Transportation COM
pany, would offset the advertising
Europe received in this country as a
result of the war.
No opposition Of the railroads was
foreseen by w. P. Kenney of St Paul,
federal manager of the Great North
ern railroad.
II believe the railroads are public
spirited in this matter" he said.
They are large enough no to fight
it. believe that by next season the
Great Northern. the Northern Pacific
and other railroads will be routing
passengers partly by automobile in
order ito give them a taste of motor
travel between parks. We are al
ready figuring on doing this between
Yellowstone and Glacier to bring this
about"
Mr. Childs said that since the sea-
son ope9ed June 20, Yellowstone park
has had five times the number of
visitors 1T had in 1918.
Americans have to travel at home
this season." he continued, but 1t
will not always be SO. A good system
Of highways is the thing to keep the
tourist coming west.
When John Jones motors from
Galesburg, Illinois, to see Yellowstone
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STRIKERS DID NOT
RESPECT PROPERTY
OF OTHER NATIONS

Florence, italy, July 14.-(Corre-
of the Associated Press)-
the Camera Del Lavoro" as the
management Of the recent Italian
strikes styles itself. is no respecter Of
property of other nations was empha-
sized when the canteen of the Ameri-.
car Young Mems Christian association
serving almost exclusively the enlisted
men of the Italian army, was COM
Wandered and ransacked. The can
teen was under the direction of Harry
H. Holbert Of Tucson. ARK, who told
the Associated Press correspondent:
''I am sure that it was not the SOL
diers who did the work.. The soldiers
were extremely grateful to us for the
work we haye been doing. We had
been providing them with many Of
the things they needed at greatly re-
duced prices. The delegates Of the
Camera Del Lavoro' vainly tried to
influence the soldiers, themselves, to
destroy the place.
Failing 10 influence the soldiers,
the delegates took the matter in their
own hands and drove up one morning
in large motor-truck demanding adj
mission and ordering the loading of
all the supplies in the canton. We
lost more than1$6oo worth of supplies
by the incident"
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tofore have been, thrown away.
While no action has been taken on
the application, it is expected it will
be granted and that, as a result, be-
clippings will be sent from here this
fall.
Give For Humandty's Sake
BETTER SERVICE EXPECTED.
Ntsh, Serbia, July 2.-(By Mail)-
Through railroad service from Paris
to Belgrade, Constantinople and Ath-
ems is expected to be established
about the middle of August The rail-
road from Semendria, on the Danube,
to Nish, which was destroyed by the
Austriarfs n Germans, has been re-
constructed. From Nish to Saloniki
the railway was repaired some weeks
ago.
To complete the through line from
Constantinople to Paris it is now only
necessary to repair the partly Destroy
ed bridge over the Save river at Bel
grade.
Give For Humsnity's sake
! THEY SAID HE DIED. :
Santa Fe, N. M, Aug. Flour
months after returning home, Jose
Perea has been informed, in a letter
toe relative, sent by the office of the
adjutant general in Washington, that
he died with honor in the service of
his country August 10, 1918. while
serving with Company G, Thirtieth
infantry, in France.
: Perea was gassed and wounded
while fighting overseas.
olive For Humanity's 6ake-
MEXICAN PRICES HIGH.
Mexico City, July 22.-(By Mail)-
In the past nine years the cost of liv-
ing in Mexico has shown an average
increase of PIP per cent. according to
figures recently made public by the
department of industry, labor and
~ increased. Lard MAS advanced 525
per cent in price; sugar 233 per cent
and eggs 266 per cent
Wooden fabrics now cost AL per
cent more than in 1910; cotton goods
800 per cen more and shoes 1866 per
cent nor House rents have increased
140 per cent. Trolleysfares Sc per cent
and railroad fares 20 per cent Ma
tives' shoes cost $3.50 pair in 1910.
Today they are $12 a pair.
Give For Humanity's sake-
KATO TO BE APPOINTED.
Toxic. July 7.-(By Mail)-The
japanese government has decided to
appoint Tsunetada Kato, former min
lister to Belgium, as high commission
er to Omsk, seat Of the Kolchak anti
BolsheVik government.
Great Britain and France have high
commissioners at Omsk, but the Unit
ed States has no permanent diplomat
ic representative.
Roland S. Morris, the American
ambassador to Japan, who left to-
night for Omsk on a special mission
of investigation Of political conditions.
is expected to make a report to Wash
ington on the question of the official
recognition OF the Kalchak regime.
olive For Humanity's Bake
POSTAL RELATIONS OPENED. j.
Mexico City, July 21.-(By Mail-
Mexico reopened postal connections
Germany on July 10, coincident with
the resumption of such relations be-
tween the United States and Germany.
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the gardeners. The trimmings here
tofore have been, thrown away. :
While no action has been taken on
the application, it is expected It will
be granted and that, as a result, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 Of these
clippings will be sent from here this
fall.
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Homecoming And Slope
Fair Planned AT Mandan

Mandan, N. D., Aug. 11.-At
Joint meeting OF the. officers OF the
Missouri Slope Fair association and
the officers OF the local post of the
American Legion plans were perfected
for the Morton county Homecoming
celebration to be held on the second
day Of the fair, September 16.
L.. H. Connolly, j. II. Newton and
J. M. Han1ey will have charge Of the
arrangement Of the program for the
Homecoming.
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park he Is not SATISFIED. He Is told
there Is q nne road te Glacier. 30 he
goes north. ,S
..Still he, is not satisfied. He says
to himself, Here I have brought my
this far. We'll see the whole
show and. away he goes to Mt
Rainier, Crater Lake, the Yosemite
and starts east by way Of Rocky
I'm other words, the tourist wants
more. than one thing to come west for.
He wants3a combination of attrac-
tons"
Big motor buses already run OF
regular schedule, between Yellowstone
and Glacier parks, making the two
day trip serni-weekly. and others are
to. be added.
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o4ve Yor Kvmanaty.e no
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-11
CANADIAN FARMERS
ASKED FOR $4,000
MEN TO'MOVE CROPS

Portage, Man., Aug. 11.-Farmers
In western Canada have called for
$4,000 harvest hands this year, the
movement of men from Eastern Can
ada is under way, and by Aug. IL the
workers should be in the fields all
over Manitoba, Saskatchewan and AL
berta. After the harvest will come
threshing work and some of the work.
ers will follow the harvest into the
Peace River country and British
Columbia and will have crossed the
continent when their harvesting
journey is concluded.
The first Harvester excursion on
the Canadian National railway has ar
rived here, bringing several hundred
men, many without previous harvest
ing experience. Teams of farmers
crowed the streets awaiting the arrival
of the train and most of the men were
hired as soon as they stepped out OF
the cars The majority will receive
- a day.
Manitoba has the best wheat crop
of any of the prairie provinces this
year and it has asked the federal la
Dor department for 1880 men," said
John WARDROBE, general agent Of the
Industrial and department
of the Canadian National railway. In
1915, the yea Of Canada's record
crop, $4,000 harvest hands came west
but last e the number was 1000.
Unemployment Is greater in eastern
cities o than in several a and
with the good wages being offered we
expect an unusually heavy movement
Of harvest workers.
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A NAVY MEN.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 11.-Progress
made by Canada in placing veterans
of the world war on farms is indi-
Gated by figures recently given out
by w. J.. Black, chairman of the Sol
der Settlement board. which show
that there nave been 17,1O9 applicants
for qualifications certificates made by
returned soldiers and 1854 of these
applicants have been passed as quail
flied.
The statement shows a total of gov
eminent loans to soldier-farmers of
$14,232,34S. of which $S,710,128 was
for the purchase of land and the dis
charge of encumbrances; $~4,S4S,491
for the purchase of stock and equip
ment and $673,729 for improvements.
The total number of loans granted
was 1892 and the average for the
loans was $3,394. British Columbia,
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
were the provinces in which most Of
the veterans sought farms.
AUTOCRACY TO BE DISCUSSED.
Clovis, N. NJ, Aug. 11.-"Autocratic
Tendencies of the United States" is
the title Of n Of the subjects to be
discussed at the annual meeting of
the New Mexico Bar association to be
held here September / and g.. Ad-
dresses on 1.-The New Mexico Work
mems Compensation Act" and 1.-The
Ethics OF the Bar" by leading New
Mexico lawyers. are also on the pro-
gram
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COUNCIL
CHANGES ATTITUDE
TOWARD RUMANIANS

Paris, Aug. 11.-(By the Associated
Press. 1.-The peace conference, it be-
came known today, is changing n
tirely its attitude toward 1.-The Ru-
manfan army in Budapest. The con-
ference, It'll is learned, is not disposed
to ask the Rumanians to leave the
Hungarian capital Immediately des-
Allied council asked the Rumanians
not to enter Budapest.
dive For. Humanity's SAKE
NEW MEXICAN LAND Law.
Mexico City, July 17.-(By Matl)-
A proposed land law carrying 1t is
said, provisions of vital importance to
large l~andholders and those desiring
to secure small parcels for individual
cultivation, has been submitted by the
department Of development to Pres-
dent Carranza for consideration and
said to comprise regulations for the
acquisition not only Of what are PR.
marily national lands, but those hold
ings which have been c~onfiscated or
held temporarily by the government
since the Madero revolution.
Give For Humsnity's Bake
FOREIGN TRADE VALUED HIGH.
Shanghai, July 5.-(By Mail)-The
value Of the direct foreign trade of
China for last Year was the highest
on record, aggpegating the equivalent
of $1~,311,377,902 in gold. This result
was due to the universal advance in
prices and in the value Of the tael
(Chinese coin) and in spite of extern
sive shrinkage in the merchandise
handled owing to the h~indrances in
trade i'm posed by war conditions.
The total customs collected in 1918
we're the equivalent Of $~45,794.757
gold, as compared to $~3s,335,112 in
1917.