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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-13
NO. BRITISH
BAT]LESH][PS
BEING ) Built
acNa1nara Gives Statistics
of England's
Fleet.

London. Wednesday, March r.
In the house of commons today,
Thomas J. MacNamara. parliamen-
tary secretary to the admiralty, said
that no dreadnaught battleships were
under construction December 81 last.
he added that -four dreadnaught bat
tie cruisers were under construction
on that date but work on three which
were in early stages. had been aban-
doned and the slips upon which they
were being built had been freed for
merchant ship construction.
On the same date. he said, Great
Britain had 33. dreadnaught battle
ships and nine dreadnaught battle
cruisers. all of which were in COM
mission with the exception of one bat.
tleship n one battle cruiser. So far
as he knew no capital ships will be
laid down this year.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-13
Old BRITISH
LINER IS TO
BE DlSMANTl'L[ /,
Brodino, Floating canteen
For -Four Years, Carried
Dainties For Men.

p1ondon, Feb. II. Correspondence
0The Associated Press.)-Crews Of
T. American battleship squadron
Wich formed one Of the powerful
olfits of the grand fleet that ruled
T sea during the war-will learn with
rfret OF the dismantling Of the old
Yer Borodino. the floating canteen
z tour years of the British navy, &C
qd1ng to navy officials. Her war
Yrk done, the Borodino now returns
tthe placid commerce of peacetime.
pw much the Borodino,, administer
3 to the creature comforts Of the
Jet, relieve the strain Of warfare and
q monotony of life in the dreary
fgions of Scapa Flow, the Americans
n testify. And they will recall how
returning from a sea mission the
rev of a United States b%attleship
pok a. special pride in cleaning up
ne borodino, stripping its well-stock-
d counters. of the last bun and the
asst pair of ~suspenders.
The Borodino was the first un-
pfhcial port of call of the warships on
their eturn from the arduous cruises
in the North Sea. The smaller craft
would lay themselves alongside the
(old liner while their crews went
aboard. The larger ships would send
their customers in small boats, or
would send their customers in small
boats, or would receive visits from the
'"drifters'' attached to the Borodino
as delivery vans
1t was an extraordinary variety of
purchases that the canteen ship Of
fered. There were comestible COM
forts of every description, all sorts of
dainty dishes to break the monotony
Of "bully beef" and biscuits; tobacco,
cigarettes. books and candy.
That was only part of the stock.
Visitors to the Borodino learned that
the sailor has delicate tastes of an
other kind. Choice perfumes at 50 a
bottle, face cream and expensive
toilet soaps constituted one of. the
mos, popular departments Of the
store
The Borodino did not go to sea, of
coure, with the grand fleet, but she
had her own adventures. Once on a
trip f.om the Mersey she was hailed
mysteiously by wireless: What
ship i that?"
."Boodino." replied the canteen
ship ~Anocently.
Were are you bound?" was the
next @estion. To everyone afloat ex-
.cept i U-boat commander the Boro-
dino's name was her passport, and
the. Injury put the vessel on the alert
and ne cleared out Of those waters
at III speed. The submarine, seek
ing Ae Bordonio for its prey, was
sunk Some months later an officer
visita the canteen ship and asked
for iscount on the ground that he
was the chap who sank that U-boat."
He pt it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-13
ADVERTISEMENT.
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You can get this at any drug store.
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Simply moisten the hair with water
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bright, fluffy, wavy, and easy to
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out every particle Of dust, dirt and
dandruf.
The sun., 1919-07-13
"Great Modern English Stories -

TINE definite article might well be
l. dropped from the title Of an an
tholOgy compiled by Edward j. O'Brien,
The Great Modern English Stories. Max
ing a collection of short stories is an arbi-
trary job, certain only not to be COM
pletely satisfactory to everybody. Mr..
O'Brien has tried to cover a large field
in a single volume.
Finding good stories by English writers
is a simple task, but to choose twenty
eight stories, by twenty-seven authors,
that shall be representative of the highest
form Of brief story telling is indeed hard.
The safest thing to say about Mr..
O'Brien's collection is that he has chosen
the leading English writer's Of short
stories who have fourished in the past
generation and then has offered, accord
ing to his own favor, one sample Kip
The sun., 1919-07-13

ling is twice represented) Of each author.
The result is curious mixture. Thrown
in with Hardy's powerful Three Strangers,
Stevenson's finely cut Lodging for the
Night and Kipfing's Wee Willie Wake,
we find trife like Roland Pertwee's Red
and Whale, a mere sketch like ID. H. Law
rence's Sick Collier, and Hugh Walpole's
rather artificial Monsieur Felicite.
Quiller-Couch, whose mastery of the
story telling form is not exeelled, except
perhaps by Kipling, is represented only
by Old Aeson; and while that is a pretty
thing, it is not CUTLER Couch at his best;
The Mayor Of Gantiek might have been
better selection. Most of the really fine
stories in the book are familiar TO Ameri-
can readers.
THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH
STORIES. Compiled and edited by Ed
WARD ]. OBRIEN. Boni q Liveright.
The sun., 1919-07-13

his training and describes the various
types of fighting planes and many indi
vidual fights.
That this American airman himself
made q good record there Is abundant
proof. When the armistice is signed he
doubts if be will be able to come home
soon ar he has 125 officers and $50 men
to look after. His first experiences were
with the French Escadrille N. 70; later
he Joined the Lafayette Squadron, then
was made commanding officer Of the
Thirteenth Aero Squadron, and finally
commanded the so-ealled Fourth Pursuit
Group.
Major Biddle's account of his own most
serious disaster makes one realize what a
miracle it is that man should fly and
fight flying and live to tell about it. After
he had been wounded over the German
lines, and his plane was badly crippled
with a dead motor:
81 held my machine off the ground as
long as l could, with the double purpose of
getting as far toward our own lines as
possible and also so as to reduce my speed
TO a minimum before touched the ground
and the crash calne Braced myself in
side my cockpit and tucked in my head
like a blooming turtle m his she'll. Just
at the last moment veered the plane a
little to one side to avoid landing in the
JIo 80 % 10 rho1 ~; W ont N Olamapf and
then the instant my wheels touched the
ground over my machine went on the mid
die of its back with a loud crash. As
soon as it was over | unbuckled my belt
and scrambling out lost no time in rolling
into nearby shell hole"
Whereupon it would seem his troubles
had merely begun, since German shells be-
gan to fall all around him, and we see
him crawling with his badly wounded
knee from shell hole to shell hole and un-
der barbed wire entanglements until
finally some fifty feet away he saw the
grinning faces of some friendly Tommies
and he made final dash lin record time,
he thinks) to safety. After reading this
account a reader can sympathize with
Major Biddle's distaste for Fourth of July
celebrations He says: II shall never
again, think, so much as take the trouble
to walk around the corner to watch fire
works display on the Fourth Of July"
Major Biddle seems to prefer the air
to a trench and the life of fier to that
of an infantryman. But as the darby said
in comparing travel by land and sea-if
anything happens on land, "dar You il"
The sun., 1919-07-13
The Mice Will Play
By THE STAFF

GRANT M. OVERTON, who custom
~ ari!y pilots Books and the Book
IPOrIG, was rushed to hospital some
weeks ago with appendicitis diagnosed.
But when the surgeon glanced through
the table of contents of Mr.. Overton he
discovered that the real cause of trouble
was an essay on Literary Editors. 1t was
removed; the patient made fine recoy-
cry and the essay is now on view in the
current BOokmGn, Mr.. Overton having
prudently left for a vacation the moment
the magazine appeared.
1t is eapitally written, in a jolly, SOU
sou'-easterly-breezy, pipe-aIl-h hands 1.-THE
eapst'n-bars style, with seven cpl
grams, including three paradoxes, and
nine words tipped up heads or tails if
not actually coined. The reader perceives
that Mr.. Overton has dread of the word
Literary" When you call him literary,
smile
That explains much. 1t explains why
he has bribed all his friends to address
him as Bill-a man named Grant having
written two volumes of literary memoirs.
1t explains why, years ago, he suddenly
dropped out of literary work to sail be-
fore the mast around the Horn. He had
never heard of Capt. Marryat, and Con-
rad had not yet risen out of the sea- Grant
NJ. hides a shapefaced private reverence
for COnrad's literary works, but it is the
work of people named Porter-Gene
StrattOn, Eleanor Ii. and HOlworthy H.
that Editor Bill personally reporters at
great length when one of them has writ
ten new work, as one of them usually
has.
The essay is a lively argument in sup
port of the sensible proposition with
which readers of Books and the Book
World are familiar) That the book in
which the most persons will Immediately
be interested is the biggest piece of book
news of the day or week and deserves the
conspicuous place and the ampIest de-
scriptiOn in book section, somewhat as
Mr.. Dempsey's short debate with Mr..
Willard, deserved and received more prom
inenee in another part of the newspapers
than did the current proceedings of the
Ethical Culture Society.
1t is an improving essay and you really
ought to read it. Our purposes in review
ing-beg pardon, reporting-it here at
this length are: first, to infuriate Its
author, who is never as good company as
when he is Infatuated; and second, and
quite seriously, to reassure all the tele-
phone callers who, having heard Of his i'll
ness, inquire about him every day.
The sun., 1919-07-13

whereas if anything happens in the air,
"whar is your Major Biddle's letters
give more complete account of what fly
ing really means than any other one book
we have seen.
THE WAY OF THE EAGLE. BY MAJOR
CHARLES j. BIDDLE- New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons
The sun., 1919-07-13
The Way of a Biddle in the Air

e EVERAL things combine to make Ma
~ jor Charles j. Biddle's account Of
his flying experiences different from other
books Of its kind. Generally these book
of aviators have frontispiece portrait
of very young man, with dates not faT
enough between. This book also has q
frontispiece picture of the author, posed
in front Of German machine he has
brought down, with my posies," which
little French girl has given to him, like
"some June BRIDE" as he says, and "look-
ing as self conscious as felt"
But Major Biddle is still alive, miracu
lousy alive, as we must believe after read
ing his book. Most of his friends were
not so fortunate Thus, on August II,
1917, we read: Julian Biddle arrived
yesterday and has been assigned to this
escadrille." And six days later, on Au-
gust IS, Julian was killed; 80 it was a
very bad week for the Americans here"
A few days later he records the death of
his friend, Oliver Moulton Chadwick, TO
whom his book is dedicated
And so it goes. Guynemer, the French
hero, makes fieeting appearance in Mr..
Biddle's letters, only to disappear with the
many others For it was Major Biddle's
good fortune to he one of two Americans
to be attached to the crack French flying
squadron with Guynemer. He includes
in his book several pictures of Guynemer,
and writes:
"Guynemer came back from his sortie
last night, having sent vne more Boche to
his happy hunting grounds in flames. This
wonderful French pilot seems absolutely
untiring and his skill must be something
uncanny. Approximately fifty Boches Of
fcially means about seventy-five machines
brought down altogether, and as most Of
his victims have been two seaters, this rep
resents, suppose, something like 125 Ger
man pilots and machine gunners, observ-
era, &C., disposed of by one Frenehman.
You can imagine how much nerve, skill
and endurance it takes to accomplish this
feat and live to tell the tale. I was much
surprised when l saw him for the first
time. He is very small and slight
He is % years old and without question
the greatest individual fighter this war has
produced"
Major Biddle says that Guynen.er after
flying for a week would have to go away
for n rest as he was not strong Another
interesting picture in the book is that Of
another French ace, Lieut. Rene Fonek,
standing in front of the machine credited
by the Germans with having shot Guyne-
mer and which Fonck three weeks after
ward brought down in revenge.
Aside from the great fact that he is
alive, Major Biddle's book is distinguished
among other books Of sviators in that it is
more informing and technical and less
personal. He gives a detailed account of
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
WORKERS REFUSE
TO D|SPERSE, 80
SHOTS ARE FIRED
Four Big Mills in Northern
New York Are Closed
by Strike
ORGANIZER SAYS
He IS SATISFIED

BUFFALO. n. Y. Sept 2i United
Press state cOnstabuhry and striking
steel workers clashed here today when
the latter ignored a command 10 dis
perse.
The strikers began congregating on
street corners in large numbers. The
troop commander ordered them 10 move
on. The strikers responded with a vol
ley Of stones. The troopers then charg-
ed welding their clubs Many Of the
strikers sought refuge in saloons but
were followed and chased out.
The principal disturbance last night
began when the plant guards OF the
Lackawanna Steel Company made a
sorlie from a gate preparatory TO let
ting out a few workers The guards
were received by a shower OF stones
and bricks from 5000 men. women and
children. The guards opened flre with
shoiguns. At the same time other plant
policemen stationed on an embankment
inside the fence began firing their shot
guns directly into the crowd Wit
nesses estimated that ht least 20 shots
were fred.
NJ n. Preston. organizer OF the Inter
national Mine. Mill and SHELTERS Work
ers Union said today that the union
chiefs are satisfied with the success OF
the strike in closing the plants Of the
Lackawanna Steel Company. the Buffalo
Stag Company. the Bonner steel Com
pany and the Rogers-Brown Company
Al gatherings Of strikers were dis
persed by the mounted troopers. No
arrests were made.
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
'ANNUNzIO gets
REINFORCEMENTS
Continues to Hold Fiume:
Supplies Are Pour
ing In

ROME, sept. % Delayed, United
Press. despite the blockade which the
Italians have established, provisions for
D'Annunzio's forces in Fiume are pour
ing in continually from committees in
the surrounding districts. the poet an
nounced today in an official communi-
que. In declaring his cause bad the
support Of the people he cited Instances
OF aid they were giving him, both in
materials and men. A train carrying
thirty truckloads Of foodstuffs reached
Fiume yesterday, the poet said, adding
that a constant stream Of volunteers
was arriving from all parts OF Italy. 1t
is declared that three companies Of a
Florence brigade, which was sent TO
help suppress the Fiume adventure,
placed themselves under DAnnunzio's
orders.
Commander Rizzo, whose daring dur
ing the war resulted in the sinking Of
the Austrian dresdnaught Scent Istvan,
also has arrived to aid D'Annunzio. be-
sides the latter's Gabriellan0
DAnnunzio today was reported TO be
suffering slightly from insomnia.
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
GARY ROLLERS co BACK;
WERE AFRAID OF PICKETS

GARY, Ind, Sept. % United Press.l-
strikers in the Calumet steel district
for the first time since they walked out
seemed 10 realize today the seriousness
OF the business at hand. Gary st;eets
no longer gave the appearance OF fes-
tivity
Although streets were crowded there
was little OF hilarity that was so no
f'reable early. The men were not
spending in the free fashion which has
long been a characteristic Of the citys
populatiOn.n They were saving IL for
the long pull which they believed IS
ahead.
The average Gary steel worker is
'well heeled." according to financial IN
stitutons. Bank officials declare that
$500 is the average bank account OF the
steel worker. They say that without
outside aid the average striker should
be able 10 live comfortably until De-
cemberf without working. Union
Headquarters today sent workers TO
homes OF The strikers TO keep up The
morale OF the families and TO urge saw
ing OF funds in every way possible, so
that they would be ready TO meet a
long strike il necessary.
With the exception Of the announce
ment by forty rollers employed at the
American sheet and Tinplate Works
that they would return 10 work with
their crews totalling 500 men the strike
situation was apparently at standstill.
Whether or not the rollers had been
able 10 take back their assistants was
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
THIS IS THE FIRST
DAY OF FALL, 1919
Miss Autumn Steps in and
Drives Away Storm
Clouds
VESTS APPEAR
BENEATH COATS

After a lapse OF a year, Wilmington
last night entertained an old friend who
heralds the era OF cider chestnuts,
crisp air, blue high-vaulted skies, gin
gerbread, football, vests and the last of
vacations. The arrival Of this old
friend marks the time when men can
put zest into their work once more
when college men will don heavy tired
spectacles, carry formidable tones un-
der their arms and talk Of going out for
the Varsity.
She is a pretty and viyacious VISITOR
this Miss Autumn, with her warm
brown hair, cool blue eyes and ruddy
cheeks. Altogether charming. she
came when slatey clouds hung oppres-
slvely, but In obedience TO her WILL
these same clouds prepared for hasty
retreat and today probably Will ind no
vestige Of them.
Mss Autumn arrived at 9.2S o'clock
last night from nowhere. and immedlte-
~ hlnted at romance. she Will stay
in and around Wilmington for three
months preparing her trousseau. which
will consist Of white soft garments,
frllled with marvellous lace Of super
human workmanship. Then, at E2G
December -. she will become the bride
OF Mr.. Old Time Winter, who Is re-
ported to be a harsh, cold person
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
POLICE AND STEEL STRIKERS CLASH AT BUFFALO
Strike Situation

Strike leaders, meeting in Pitts
burah today were 10 take action
seekinq removal of State cOnstabu-
larry from the steel centers. They
take the attitude that the troopers
have exceeded their authority.
shortly before this meeting began,
strikers and State cOnstabulary
clashed i'm Buffalo, y. ", the first
disorder reported today. During
the night one man was killed and
several injured in strike disturb
ances az Buffalo. RiOting also con-
tinued in Farrell. Pa, last night,
one man being killed and SiX
wounded. This brought the total
casualties In that city 10 three killed
and scores injured. Eight men were
beaten by strike sympathiIers In
Indiana IIarbOr, Ind, last night.
Additional State eOnstabulary or
dered out by Governor Smith, were
en- route 10 the Buffalo Lackawan-
ma District today following an ap-
peal from the Mayor OF Lacka-
wanna.
The strike situation in the all inn
portant Pittsburgh district appar-
emily was unchanged today while
both sides claimed gains in the Gary
and Ohio areas.
John Fitzpatrick, strikers repre-
sentative, viii be the first witness
at the opening of the Senate labor
committee strike investigation In
Washington tomorrow. Judge 4. N.
Gary, head of the United states steel
Corporation, who was scheduled as
the first witness. notified the com
mittee he could not come TO Wash
ingtOn for a week.
Evening journal., 1919-09-24

siill in doubt this forenoon.
Steel company officials were jubllant
over the rollers actions. They declared
it was the first break in the ranks of
strikers The rollers are the highest
paid skilled workers in the industry ,
Those in the tin plate plant have been
making from $50 10 $50 a day
These men said they remained away
from work the first two days OF tho
strike through fear OF violence They
said they had been threatened by pick
cts. When city officials promised 10
safeguard them a statement by their
leaders said, they agreed 10 20 back.
Company officials declared that a largo
number OF strikers at other mills ara
out but that they are afraid to go back,
Union leaders scoff at this. They de-
clared rollers. who have salaries of
from $4,000 q year up. are classed with
officials and they did not expect them
to join the strike.
Rollers. even II they go back them.
selves. will not be able 10 take theft
crews back with them" said JameA
Mulholland, secretary Of the Gary un-
ion.
Local police are cooperating with
Federal officials to prevent spreading
OF radical propaganda in connection
with the strike Mike Nellovich was
held under $1,000 bond today. charged
with distributing Bolshevist literature
and advocating overthrow Of the Gov
crnment. lie was held under a STATE
law.
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
GUARD FARRELL 5
MAYOR AFTER HE
IS Threatened
Mob Again Attacks Troop
ers. Death List Now
at Three
SCORES INJURED
IN CLUB ATTACKS

SHARON. Pa. sept 81 United Press)
Reinforced by scores or deputy
sheriffs, the state cOnstabulary and To-
cal police were prepared today for any
emergency IN connection with the. steel
strike in the shenango valley
Casualties from disorders at Farrell
today stood at three killed and ten
wounded bs gun shots. Scores Of per
sons have been injured by clubbing
Rioiing was resumed last night when
a member OF mob fired on slate
troopers. The latter returned six vol-
leys. killing Jahn Badzac, %, and
wounding six others.
The home OF Mayor Moody, OF Par
rcll was being guarded today after he
had received threatening letters and
telephone calls TWO men. one withts
loaded revolver, were arrested in front
OF his home.
Persons passing through the strike
zone were searched for weapons today
by troopers and policemen.
Members OF the state constabulary
were searching hundreds OF men for
weapons. Thirty persons were arrest
ed for carrying concealed weapons.
The shooting early today OF William
Roger. OF Sharon. was not in connec-
ton with the strike.
Evening journal., 1919-09-24
JOHN TURNER HAS
HAPPY DELUSION
Negro Charged With Vag.
rancy Says He Has
$4,000 Income
TO LEAVE $4,000
TO LEVY COURT

Whether John Turner, a Negro, is
laborlng under a delusion that he is
wealthy or whether he was merely
Trying TO "spoof' the court. is not GER
tain, but when he was given a hearing
in Municipal Court this morning, on a
onarge OF vagrancy, ne caused much
mirth by his eXtrayagan5 assertions.
John said that he has relatives in
south Carolina, but that they are all
rich.
"They have millions and millions Of
dollars" he said, and l have an in
come Of $4,000 a year"
Amt that rght?n he asked Clerk
Coleman. bursting into laughter.
When asked II he could not go 10 his
relatives in South Carolina, he said
,that "he couldn't go among those rich
people
John said that he gets half the profits
Of his relatives, and when he dies the
Levy Court is TO get $4,000 OF it.
"Ain't that right?" he again asked
Clerk Coleman, who responded that he
guessed il must be.
What can we do with him?" queried
the court
"aybe we can get him in the aims
house." was Mr.. COleman's answer.
So now John, with his mind full OF
money, Will probably go TO the aims
house, II his admittance can be Sc
cured. The case was continued until
Saturday 10 try 10 get him in the in
stitutiOn.
John was recently paroled in County
Court on a charge Of larceny.