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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
RUSSIANS ARE
DEFEATED ON
POLISH ! FRONT
Soviets Reported Fleeing in
Disorder to Avoid Being.
Surrounded.

Warsaw. Sept. 30.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press)-Defeat Of the Russians
on the Polish northern front seems
virtually complete. The soviet troops
are reported fleeing eastward in dis
order to avoid being surrounded by
the Poles, who are in close pursuit.
The result of the Polish victory is
declared by experts as eliminating any
chance of the Bolsheviki launching
the fall offensive which War Minister
Trotsky was credited with planning to
drive back the Poles from he-.terri-
tory they occupied after failure of the
soviet attempt to capture Warsaw.
Advices report one Russian division
surrendered after having murdered all
the commissaries with 1t who tried to
tried to compel the troops to offer re-
sistance. Tonight's communique de-
clares the Bolsheviki along the north
ern front were whipped numerically.
The commander Of the third Bolshe-
vik army committed suicide, it is as
serted, When he realized his command
Seen smashed. f.
rs he communicate reports Polish
/, Caps, sweeping eastward, took the
! railway junction LOT Baranovitchi,
north Of the Pinsk marshes. the key
to the old German trench line.
oOuLH OIL Lne 3rTlpeL the RUSSIANS
have been pushed back across the
River Slutsch. =
Polish troops. operating in volhy,lia,
has made rapid progress in a south
easterly direction and has occupied
| Novogorod-Volyns about midway
between Lutsk and Kiev.
This afternoon reports show that
the Poles are less than IS miles from
Wilma, the Lithuanian capital, and
their advance is continuing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
.SP Ends SUMMER
WITH POLES in
RED WAR ZONE
North Dakota Rhodes Schol.
ar Has Eventful Time in
e. Stricken Land.

Fargo, N. D.. Oct. Latter a sum
mer spent on the Polish front, John
r. Bacher, Fargo Rhodes scholar at
Oxford. ia returning to England, ac-
cording to word received by Dean
Guy r. Vowles of Fargo college. 1t
lis the first word received from Bach
er during the summer.
"The consul in London extended our
passports for Poland" writes Bacher.
We rushed around and got all our
other visas and our tickets and left
July 10 for Poland. We reached
Warsaw on July "a. On July rs, two
of us left for Kowel. near the front,
where We were to report to Major
Davis for duty We found him at
Chelm at midnight on the 29th. On
August !. l was put in charge Of a
rolling canteen,' consisting of three
freight cars.
:.'All this time the Poles had been
retreating from the Wilno- Minsk-
Kief line which they took up in the
spring. On July %, as we rode q
freight car from Brest-Litovak tc
kowel, we could see the flash of the
Polish artillery Off to the east. Now
word comes that kowel has been
evacuated.
L headed for vladsimierr- Wolynski
south of Kowel. by the back way, but
the Bolsheviks got there first. had
to retreat to Zamosc. and then tc
Lublin. BY this time 1 was out Of
supplies, and had to go to Krakow tc
get them, as all the canteens from
this region had already gone there
Returning to the front I spent 10 day:
there, uneventfully. and then turned
over my canteen to the regional di
rector. and started home. 1 am now
at Warsaw. waiting for my trunl
| which was sent to Danzig when War
| saw was evacuated"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
HIGH FRENCH
HONORS FOR
GEN. PERSHING

Washington, Oct. General Fay
ollie Of the French army was expected
to arrive in Washington today and
while here to confer upon General
Pershing the Medaille Militaire, the
highest decoration of the French gov
ernment. ~ 42ss
The ceremony was to take place
during the day at Fort Myer, Va, and
arrangements had been made for full
military honors with a parade Of the
troops at the post Secretary Baker.
Major General March. chief OF staff.
and Allied military attaches in Wash
ington. planned to be present. #
The Medaille Militaire can be con-S
ferred upon privates for exceptionafs
gallantry and upon general officers
who receive it for the valor OF their
troops. gss 5;
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
DEPORTATION OF vs.
DULUTH MAN Is
ORDERED TODAY

Duluth, Oct. 1.-An order from the
secretary of labor for the deportation
of Aaron Suhonen. 25. was received
today by o. S. Remington, immigra-
ton inspector, and passports to Fin
land are now being arranged
Convicted for failure to register in
the draft and charged with being an
undesirable resident Of the United
States, Suhonen was arrested and
brought before Mr.. Remington for a
hearing August 4. Testimony showed
he was connected with the Industrial
Workers of the World.
About dozen cases of men and
women who have received hearings
this year. last year and as far back
as 1915 are still pending decision BY
the secretary of labor at Washington .
Mr.. ReminEton gAid - ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
ATTEMPT TO BRlBE s..
BASEBALL PLAYERS
in 1908 FAILED

Worcester. Mass, Oct. William
E. Bransfeld. first baseman of the
Philadelphia National league team in
1908. says, in regard to stories told
by Horace Fogel and Charley Doom
about attempts by New York gamb-
lers to get members of the Philadel-
phia club to throw the final series to
New York so the latter team might
win the National league pennant that
Iyear:
ION the Saturday before the Sc
ries, word cane to me that a doctor
from New York wanted to see me
He wanted me to go to New York
that night. but I did not know him
and refused. Later. / found he was
the head of clique of New York
gamblers. Other players on our team,
were approached by him but refused
to have anything to do with him.
When We reached New York on Sun
day. this same man was hanging
around. He hung around all Sunday
and Monday, trying to get some OF
our fellows, but the talk about
throwing the series was 30 great that
we purposely avoided him, As a re-
suit of the talk about the series we
determined to win and we played
better ball than we ever did in our
lives before. setting back the Gfante
and causing them to lose the pen
nant."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
.PANAMACANAL
BUILDER SPEAKS
Goethals Addresses Ninth
Annual Meeting of Port
Authorities.

Chicago, Oct. IAN address by
Major General George w. Goethale,
builder of the Panama canal. was the
chief event today on the program Of
the ninth annual convention Of the
American Association OF Port Au-
thorities.
Particular stress has been placed by
the delegates on waterways from the
Great Lakes to the gulf and through
the st. Lawrence and speakers yester-
day predicted that Great Lakes har-
bors would soon become great world
ports" John M. Glenn, secretary of
the Illinois Manufacturers, said:
Men of vision can see the time
when deef draft ocean liners will cast
their hawsers as a daily matter Of
course ove, the mooring posts at
Great Lakes harbors.
Thousands Of lighter draft YES
Mississippi from New Orleans and
the Gulf of Mexico. from Central and
South America. from the South Sea
and the Antipodes. European carriers
will voyage up psthe ST. Lawrence and
will return with grain from the al
most inexhaustible stores of the Mis-.
sissippi valley"
The estimated cost of developing
the Great Lakes route was placed al
| d IAdAlIlOul VI $ISv,vVV,VOV. LAX
sum would be expended principally fol-
cutting connecting canals.
"One-half at least of the cost OF
transportation and the congestion Of
our present system is due to the fac1
that we have neglected the economic
development of our waterways" Mr.
Glenn asserted. .
Now that the railroad transporta.
tion costs have become excessively
high, and it has become easily appar
ent that the rails cannot accommo
date more than a small percentage o,
the traffic. the only thing left is t
develop the waterways.
Those short t-sighted individual,
who believe that the future transpor
tation needs Of the Mississippi vale.
can be cared for by the railroads alon,
resemble the London burgess VIII.
could not vision the day when th'
greatest city in the world would out
grow the walls that confined th'
English metropolis to the marrow
limits about the tower
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
Harding Delivers One Of the
Most Important Addresses of
Campaign to Big Delegation
Is, 900 FAMILIES
STRIKE SNAC WHEN
THEY TRY TO MOVE

New York, Oct. LACK Of un-
derstanding OF New York's brand
new housing laws, the strike of
hundreds of moving van drivers
and forecasts of rain today gave
the $4,000 families OF the city's
migratory population plenty to
worry about.
SOME of the confusion attend.
ing the annual fall moving day
was alleviated, however, by the
decision of anxious Thousands to
''sit tight as advised by Arthur
j. X. Hully. chairman Of Mayor
Hylan's committee on rent prof.
teering, Health Commissioner
Royal S. Copeland and Charles
Morris. president of the an Own
crs association.
Mr.. Hully issued a statement
assuring anxious tenants that they
cannot be evicted even though
other tenants have signed leases
to occupy their homes. DIR. Cope
hand cautioned the migrants to
make sure their prospective suites
were as desirable, from a sanitary
viewpoint, as those they desired
to vacate. and Mr.. Morris, in his
advice not to move, was aCtuatcd
by the motive of keeping furni-
ture indoors until vans could be
secured to move it. II tenants be.
came frantic, he said, and piled
their effects on the sidewalk. they
faced the likelihood of seeing 1t
~ n H. ~ sA- al
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
FATEOF Jews
!. IN RUSSIA IS
NOT EllVIAbL[,E
Most Of Jews in Kharkov are
Forced Lahorers, Says
Correspondents.

London. Oct. 1.-The fate OF the
Jews IN Russia is anything but an
env1able one, says an article In the
current number of the Zionist Bul-s
letin. q s$ss3
According to the writer. % per
cent of the forced laborers in Khar-s
kov are Jews, who are treated brutal
~. The Gentiles about them are
coming to regard them ~ a coolie
caste. and they are shot at least as
freely as other Russians for counter,
revolutionary activity.
Before the war, the article ex-
plains. about Sc per cent OF the Jews
IN Russia were engaged in commerce.,
: AND most OF the remainder were
the soviet government closed down
private commerce as being tainted:
with capitalism, most of the Jews
lost their livelihood. Most of the
,non-Jewish Russians who were like
wise made destitute turned to farm
labor and have been able to scrape
along, but Russian villagers, stepped
! not tolerate Jewish settlers among
them. q -
4, While the soviet government
barred actual pogroms.; it has not in
sisted on access to the land being
given to the Jewish traders whom it
olslodgeo 1rOn1 their county houses
says the writer, so when forced labor
came in last March, very large
number of Jews were visibly "unpro-
ductiye persons" and ripe for indus
trial conscription, or for death il
they objected.
| Almost all the Jews were entered
as of no occupation, irrespective Of
whether they knew trade or not, .
says the writer in the Bulletin. n
terrible hunt began for the Jewish
masses by Red soldiery, with the
willing help of the antisemites The
Jews were shut up in the courtyards
.of the labor barracks and had to
camp day and night in the open, al
most without food. The compulsory
work consists mainly in the heaviest
kind of labor, such as road building
and the cleansing out Of dirty places
in town and country"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
C0L0RED man
ISSH0T DURING
GAME OF CRAP
Thomas Frye is Victim Fol
lowing Quarrel With
Restaurant Man. /"

Minot, N. D., Oct. l.-Thomas Frye,
colored, 311 Third street southwest,
lies dead at Rowan morgue with four
bullet holes in his body and Thomas
Cottrell. colored, 800 Fourth street
southwest, is a prisoner at the city
Jail facing charge of murder. The
tragedy is the result of a row over
a crap game Wednesday morning,
Chief of Police Lano says. The shoot
1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
the Cottrell restaurant and soft drink
shop; Frye, although apparently shot
through the heart, ran nearly q block
before falling dead.
The police were called to the Cot
trell place Wednesday morning by q
phone message from Mrs. Cottrell.
The two men were engaged in a row
over the crap game and the trouble
was ordered to so home. and the Off
GERS took a pistol from C0ttrell who
was conducted down town to wait un-
til, it was hoped, the trouble would
soon blow over
Cottrell, however, procured another
pistol, fine 32-caliber automatic. It
seems he went back to the Cottrell
place in the afternoon and the guar
rel was renewed. Cottrell finally
uAeW AAs WeapoA' lIe Poi!Ce say dhu
began shooting. One bullet pierced
Frye,s left thigh, another entered the
upper abdomen toward the left side
and came out higher up and further
to the left side at the back. a third
pierced the fleshy part Of the right
forearm and the fourth entered the
back of the left hip, stopping jus1
under the skin about the middle Of
the abdomen. The bullet through the
left side was the one that CAUSED
death. It dropped from the deat
over. At least one other bulle
pierced the right sleeve Of the leather
coat Frye was wearing.
Cotte1l Emptied Gun.
II just kept on shooting until. tn,
gun was empty" said Cottrell.
After the shooting Frye ran on
of the Cottrell place and through tn
block, suddenly dropping dead jus
before reaching the next street. 4
woman. thought to be Mrs. Cottrell
| 1910 o'clock. omcer John Reet
sprang into a Ford car that was near
! by and was hurried to the scene. HI
saw small boys trailing Cottrell wh,
| appeared to be trying to escape. Th
! man was overhauled at Second ave
nue. and Third street, about thre
blocks from the scene Of the shoot
ing still carrying the gun in his hand
! He surrendered without resistanc
and was hurried to the police station
| Both Mem Married.
Both the dead man and Cottfel
have wives. Cottrell conducts q bu 4
ness of Ihis own but Frye had nj
4 known occupation, the police state
! Cottrell is believed to be past 20, bu
F'rye's age is placed At less than 30
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
Imperiial Potentate
To Visit KEN Temple

Imperial Potentate Ellis Lewis Gar
retsoD Of the A. A. O.. N. M. 81 viii
attend the ceremoniat Of KEN Temple
on November IL. according to word
received here by c. N. Barnes re-
corder Of the local temple. Mr.. Car
reteon, whoset home 10 In Tacoma.
Wash, is making tour Of the middle
WeAt to visit number of temples.
Kem Temple will have a big class
at the November ceremonial and the
vtstt OF the imperial potentate will
make II big event. From Grand
Forks Mr.. Garretson goes to Fargo
ana then to the Twin Cities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
CLAY SPUD GROWERS
WANT BETTER PRICE

Moorhead, Minn.. Oct. i.-Growers
are holding their potatoes Tor higher
prices. according to buyers. . condi-
ton which will continue until cold
weather sets in and potatoes are IN
danger of being frosted. g 5sg
Prices to growers were slightly
stronger yesterday than the, previous
day, the price ranging from $1.1e to-
.$1.25 per hundredweight. 81, s
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CENSUS FIGURES.

washington, Oct. ss,tats Of west
Virginia. 1.46s.s1o; increase. 141s4sI.
or 1913 per cent. ssS
1872. or S.5 per cent.
Wheeling. W. Va freyiSeA). 81, ,1sas
increase, 14.5s7. or $50 per cent
previously announced SAs127. ss }sss
Elkina. w. Va (rovigeals e,f89s In.
crease, 1,52B, or - per cent; prexis
DUSTY announced 6. TT. Sd
Mobile, Ala. (rsvissdy G0.777:: lnr
ously announced q, e,1sl. ri a IN 81 szas
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
FLOUR DROPS; IN !.
MINNEAPOLIS TODAY

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. For the
first time since September, 1919, fam
lily patent -four sold under the $12 per
barrel mark at some Of the mills here
today At one principal mill flour
dropped fifty cents to $11.9o barrel.
while at another large Touring con-
Germ reduction from $3.50, to $I2.15
was made.
Bran also declined dollar ton
at one mill, today's quotations being
$34' to $35 q ton.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

New York.-Possibility Of a post
season series OF games between the
New York Giants and the New York
Yankees was eliminated by objections
of Charles A. Stoneham. president Of
the Giants.
Washington.-Cost Rica is the last
Of 13 nations to have applied for
membership in the League Of Nations,
the secretariat told the state depart
ment.
Washigton.-A loan Of $2,460.000 to
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
company was approved by the inter-
state commerce commission.
Washington cutting has
taken hold Of the wholesale trade to
an extent that will bring lower prices
reserve boards monthly business re-
view.
Coblenz.-The American forces in
Germany will have an aviation unit
within the next few weeks. lit was
learned.
Chciago.-Charles Buck" Herzog
Of the Chicago National league team
was SldSneQ WIN q knlIe AS Lne CuOs
! were leaving the baseball park al
Joliet, ILL.,, after an exhibition game
/ Louisville. Ky.-Five} thousand min.
ers on strike in western Kentuck,
we're instructed to return 10 work
Monday.
! Paris.-Cardinal Dubois was ap
/ pointed archbishop of Paris.
Chicago.-Plans for new govern
ing body to replace the national com
mission were outlined by Presiden
John A. Heydler Of the Nationa
league.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
;P0Nzl INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
Charge is That He Used the
Mails in Scheme to
Defraud. .~

Boston. Oct. 1.-The federal grand
jury today indicted Charles Ponzi,
promoter of the scheme by which mil
lions Of dollars were obtained from in
vestors on promises to pay fifty per
cent profits, for using the mails in a
scheme to defraud. The indictments,
Of which there were two of forty
three counts each, were the longest
returned here in years. Ponzi now is
a federal prisoner at the East Cam.
bridge Jail and is under indictment
also by state courts for larceny.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
BABE" RUTH'S
AUTO WRECKED

Meriden, Conn.,. Oct. 1.-"Babe-
Ruth. worlds champion home-run
hitter, ON his way to Springfield toe
day in a new roadster. collided with
IL truck. He landed In . field with
his car wrecked but he and friend
passenger escaped unhurt except for
scratches,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
WARNING AGAINST
REPRISALS GIVEN
OUT IN DUBLIN

Dublin, Sept. 3o.-Warning against
reprisals, no matter what the provoca-
tion, was given the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary today by Sir Harnar Green
wood, chief secretary for ireland, in a
speech at a distribution of medals
the police, with 10 1913 " Of fh'n their nrS,ber S
murdered, and 10 wounded. but de-
clared no reprisals could be coun-
tenanced. He congratulated the men
upon their general maintenance of
discipline.
your duty and mine," he said. sis
to arrest criminals and endeavor to
prevent crime. appeal to all Irish
people to unite in this endeavor..
"Reprisals will ruin discipline. They
cannot be: countenanced by those in
authority. The great provocation
which the. men suffer. in seeing their
eomrades and friends murdered ID
fully recOgntsed, but you are urged
sin spits ofathat provocation to main
tain that seif-control which has char
acterized your forces in the past"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
yLoNDos WINS.

Boise, Ida.,' Oct. Jim Londos
won over, Nick DeCourt in two straight
falls in what is said to be one Of. the
hardest fought matches ever staged in
Boise. last night. The Greek light
heavyweight got the first fall in 58:55
when he worked a double arm scis-
sors and body hold effectively. The
second fall went to Londos in 20:ll
after he. had tripped his opponent
into body scissors and bar lock. %
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
THE WEATHER.

North DakOta-Genernlly fair
tonight and Saturday; warmer to-
night and In east portion Satur-
day.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
MORE DEATHS in
LIMERICK RIOTS
Party of Soldiers Fired Up
on When Searching
House in Belfast.

Limerick. ireland, Sept. 3o.-Two
constables were shot and killed neat
|O'Brien's bridge last night when a
police patrol was fired upon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01

Minnesota-Fair tonight and
Saturday; rising temperature.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01

(. Dublin, Oct. 1.-Eharges that the
reprisals in Ireland were calculated
policy of the government. that the
occasion for them was often afford
ed by the provocation of agents, and
that a plot exists for the assassina-
ton of the Irish republican leaders
were made today by Arthur Griffith,
founder of the Sim Fein organiza-
ton.
Belfast, Sept. 30.---While searching
a house in Liscarroll County Cork
on Tuesday, a party of the military
was fired on by civilians. The SOL
diers returned the fire, killing one of
their aseailants
Belfast. Oct. IA police patrol
was smbusheds yesterday near Tub
bercnTy, County. Elio, by. armed CIV
Hans. District Inspector Brady was
shol Gead, the head constable gravely
wounded and another constable less
seriously wounded.
Reports say several houses have
been burned in reprisal for the at
lack. 81 ~
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(Continued on page 81
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Paris.-Cardinal Dubois was ap
pointed archbishop Of Paris.

Chicago.-Plans for a new govern
ing body to replace the national COM
mission were outlined by President
John A. Heydler OF the National
league.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01

Louisville, Ky.-Fiv4; thousand min.
:ers on strike in western kentucky
were instructed to return TO work
Monday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01

Coblenz.-The American forces in
Germany will have an aviation unit
within the next few weeks, lit was
learned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-21

sage Of dainty colored flowers.
An archway had been formed Of
smilax before one of the windows
in the living room and it was bank
ed with ferns. Candles in silver
holders formed the only light in
the room. The decorations of cut
flowers, chysanthemums predoni-
mating. carried out the bridal col
ors, the rainbow shades. The bride
and her attendant descended the
stairway together and we're met at
the foot by the brides father, who
took her to the altar. Here they
were met by the bridegroom and
his best man.
After q short congratulatory sea-
son. wedding dinner was served
at three tables. the one for the
bridal party occupying the CEN
ter of the room and the others be-
ing placed at either side. A boquet
Of pink roses was used on the cen
ter tables and chrysanthemums and
ferns on the other two. suggesting
the colors Of the rainbow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gundrum left on
wedding trip and will be at home
on q ranch near Plainview after
Nov. /. Miss Henrietta Gundrum
sister of the bridegroom, was an
out Of town guest.
Mrs. Gundrum graduated from
St. Joseph's, school and Browns
Business college. She was employ
ed at the Rock Island arsenal fo7
some time, but until recently she
has been employed as stenographer
at the American Express company
Mr.. Gundrum lived in Davenport
until about five years ago and has
since been with his father on a
Texas ranch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-21

bon p. +. A. yesterday afternoon.
She urged the cooperation Of the
parents with the teachers in en-
couraging the use Of proper Eng
lish. giving some very practical
suggestions. The pupils Of Miss
Marie Whitney's room gave song
and another room a game. Mrs.
C. l.. Silvis explained the coming
Red Cross drive and asked CO.
operation from the association. A
coffee is to be sponsored at the
home of Mrs. E. c. Sheldon Thurs
day afternoon. Nov. 4, for the MEM
bers and friends. Refreshments
were served following the business
session yesterday. ....