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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
COMMISSION

At a gathering OF representative
citizens Of Grand Forks on Monday
night five men were recommended for
the five city commissionerships to be
filled by election on September IS.
The five men thus recommended
arc among the best known residents
Of the city. FOUR Of them are now
members of the city council. Mr..
Dinnie. who has bee suggested for
president of the commission, mas given
III city useful service both as a men,
Der Of the council and as mayor.
Geographically, the ticket is we'll
distributed. One man has been select
ed from the southeastern part Of the
city. n from the southwestern, one
from the north, and the other two
commission plan of government oes
not call for any form Of geographical
representation. Legally all members
might be chosen from n corner Of
the city. There is an advantage in
the plan of representation at large in
NsAN tAAS Was ~ Nv lSSkI 1SlCu VI
their choice, and that all voters parti-
cipate equally in the election of each
commissioner. There is a disadvantage
in h plan in that unless care is 'taken
too many members of the governing
body may be chosen from one locality,
sections are apt to feel hat they have
not been fairly treated. The distribu-
ton of the present ticket seems /,
as good as could be made.
The difficulty in a Ease like his is
not in finding capable men, we'll fit
ted in every way for the service which
will be required of the city commits
%sioners. 1t is rather in selecting from
the abundance Of excellent material
and from among those who are entire
ly suitable in every way to find tn.
who feel that in justice to themselve
and the conduct of their private af-
fairs, they can devote to the affairs
OF the city the time and energy which
the service will require.
The men named on this ticket have
served the city we'll, four of them Of
ficially, and al lof them unofficially.
Should they be elected the city will
make the transition rom one form of
government to the other with the GER
tainty that there will be no lapse in
the effective conduct of it's business.
The board will from the outset be fa-
miliar with the situation as it stands
today, and with the needs which must
be met tomorrow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
ONE

1t is sometimes said that by amend
ing the federal constitution according
TO the prescribed method the Amer
lean people can 10 anything that they
please. For all practical purposes
this is correct. But there is at least
n exception. In Article v of the
constitution. in which the method OF
making amendments is prescribed
there is a proviso that no state, with
out its consent. shall be deprived of
its equal suffrage in the senate. IL
clear. therefore that if a change in
the basis Of representation in the SEN
ate were desired, something more
than the ordinary amendment would
M necessary. Such an amendment
could be made valid only by the unan.
imous consent of the states.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
WHO WON THE A

Toronto, Sept. Isl. Castell Hop
kins, the distinguished Imperialist
and somewhat anti-American author
of the Canada. Annual Review, de-
votes sever g. of the nineteenth
volume to a discussion of who Won
the WARP" AS the Review has come
to be recognized as the semi-of1cial
yearbook of Canadian events, used
universally as a book of reference, it
is interesting to summarize his obser-
vations:
Mr.. Hopkins absolves the most en-
lightened American opinion and. an
important section of the American
press from the charge Of boasting
with regard to the final victory. Blu
there was, nevertheless, an organized
propaganda (which promised, unless
checked. to form a new school of his
tory. a new imitation of patriotism,
which was not desirable as an element
Of international relations" The author
quotes various authorities to show that
Gin the counter offensive of 1918 the
Americans shared, but with a much
smaller proportion of troops actively
engaged than any of the Allies except
Belgium. " Their fighting at
St. Mihiel and advance on Sedan were
no more conspicuous in fighting quail
ties than the British campaign on the
Soissons-Rheims front, the British adj
vance on Cambria, the Canadian at
tack on the Hi%ndenburg line at Dro-
court-Queant, the French advance on
Laon, Lille and Douai-all with troops
war-weary and exhausted. No was
their fighting as ~strategically import
ant as several Of these other Allied
victories. The American troops took
a gallant and memorable part in the
! final struggles of the great a but
they did not win the campaign as q
whole O. ever it's greatest battles.
They contributed their share to an in
evitable end which would have come
a little later without them" /.
In Cold Figures.
Americas share in the war is dealt
with on the basis of prisoners and
guns taken by United States troops,
casualties, percentage of population
modified, and financial contributions.
Out of $4,000 prisoners and 8,724
guns which were captured by the AL
lies from July 18 to November II,
1918, the Americans accounted for
only 43,50O prisoners and 1,450 guns.
The American casualties were 264.0 900
(almost equalled by Canada's), or
only 13 per cent of it's total forces at
the front. while Britain, with approx
mately $500, 900 casualties, had a rec
ord Of over 40 per cent. And the
United States modified only 4 per
cent of it's population, while Great
Britain modified - per cent. AS to
financing, the United States. with an
estimated national wealth # $225,-
1900, 600, spent s32,oSo.0 00,0 00. Of
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JUST FOLKS
OLD SEPTEMBER.


Old September pleases me,
Like the way he tints a tree
Like the way he ome to call ~.
With some trinket for us all,
In the pockets Of his vest.
Bringin things we like the best,
Apples, peaches, pears an plums
Load the table when he comes
for something extra fine,
Grapes are ready on the vine.
Old September doesn't show
Wrinkled face or hair of snow.
He is like some men who hide
Age beneath a glad outside,
Coverin' up his lines o. care
With a smile that's always fair,
Joinin' every song that's sung. y
Just as youthful as the young,
Ready for a round o. fun
Or the task that's to be done.
Old September v grieves
Bout the faIlin' of the leaves,
Never grumbles or complains
Bout his numerous aches m pains
just goes traipsin' round the place
With a bright an smilin' face
Splashin' colors here an there
Till there's beauty everywhere.
Scattertn' happiness an cheer
Till the whole worlds glad he's here
When old age gets hold o. me.
Like September I would he,
Want to keep up with the thfong,
60. marchtn' right along,
Want to putter round the place
With q smile upon my face
Sharfn' in the work an fun
Just az young AZ anyone.
When old age gifts hold o. me,
Like September / would be.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
SYNOPSIS.

The opening of the story finds David
Duke, a Presbyterian minister, and his
wife, Carol, their honeymoon over. set
Ting down in the parsonage of David's
charge. Carols sister Connie has just
begun work as a stenographer. and
writes to Carol concerning her business
experiences.
David is rather struck by a Mrs. Wal
demar, a divorced woman of his church.
his admiration for Mrs. Waldemar
oeveloplng a close friendship with her.
David is SO absorbed in his parish
work that he does not notice his fast
ialilng health. He developes a bad cough,
IS warned by members of his congrega-
tlon TO take it easier. but passed it off
with a laugh.
Daivd's health causes Carol serious
concern and she determines to call a
David is found to have tuberculosis.
and is ordered to so to the southwest
Tor his health. Carol determines to so
with him
Carol and David react, New Mexico,
ana md IT rather startling. Another let
ter from Connie arrives telling them, she
mas moved to Chicago.
The doctors tell Carol that David can
not recover.
A baby girl is born to Carol and David.
She is sent east with her aunt.
a session of ghost story telling is
somewhat too much for the colony of
invalids.
Three years pass; Carol invites Connie
to come and visit them
Connie finally arrives, and brings the
baby. Julia with her.
Connie is caught in a blizzard in her
motor car.
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ing, one more-just one more-one
more-but the foot would not come
up-and I knew 1 was stuck"
Her voice trailed away, and she
bundled against him and closed her
eyes.
Prince gritted his teeth and took
her in his arms. Connie was five feet
seven, Inc very solid. And Prince
himself was nearly exhausted with
the days exertion. Sometimes he
staggered and fell to his knees,
sometimes he hardly knew if he was
dragging Connie or pushing her, or if
they were both blown along by the
wind. Always there was the choke
in his throat, the blur in his eyes, and
muscle. A freight train passed-on-
ly a few rods away. He thought he
could never climb that bank.
lone ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS more
mumbled Connie in his ear.'
He shook himself angrily. OF
course he could make that bank-if
he could only rest a minute-he was
not cold-just a minutes rest to get
his breath again-a moment would
he enough. God, what was he think
ing of? 1t was not WEAKNESS, it was
the chill of the night that demanded
a monsent's rest. He strained Connie
icloser in his arms and struggled up
the bank.
At the top. he dropped her beside
the track. and fell with her. For a
moment the fatal languor possessed
him.
A freight train rounded the curve
land came putting toward them.
Prince. reused by springing hope.
iclambered to his feet. pulling the lit
tie pocket flash from his pocket. He
waved it imploringly at the train, but
it Numbered by them.
Resolutely bestirring himself. he
carried Connie to a sheltered place
where the wind could not strike her,
and wrapped her as best he could IN
: his coat and sweater. Then, lowering
his head against the driving wind, he
plunged down the track in the face
of the storm.
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WASTE IN FUNDS.

London, Aug. 28.-(Mail. y. faitish
papers are printing almost daily ex-
amples Of what they term the waists
of public funds. A report just issued
by the committee Of public accounts
sheds fresh light on the subject
Nearly ss.5oo,ooo was involved, it ap-
pears, in the governments plan to-
finance the Russian General Alexiefc,
just before the Bolshevik r%evolutioni
brought about his collapse. Part oil
the plan was to sets$up a Cossack|
State bank in 'Siberia.E and for that
purpose $2,500,000 was loaned to al
Russian f%inancier. But the bank was
never set u p.and the committee wants
to know what became of the money.
The ministry of munitions paid
$12.250,O0O for a plant begun in 1917
and which, when the war ended, was
only half finished. For this outlay,
the committee points out, the country
received no benefit whatever except
through the "stimulq w. to the steel
Waste of nearly 100000 is charged
by the committee to the admiralty on,
a scheme, for establishing schools to-
train boys in pneumatic riveting. :
Cases are referred|to by the com-
mittee where government officers
holding responsible positions allotted
contracts either to themselves ora TOD
firms in which they were interestedI
Such cases., the committee asserts.
ARE especially liable45t to become AMI
occasion for scandals,Hi Sat I
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CHAPTER Xx1-Con,jnued.

IL men must think of business, and
they say they must, there are TIRES
When 1t is sheer necessity that drives
and not at all desire. Prince Ingram
hated Brush that day with a mortal
hatred. Only W days more of Con-
were taking him away. Well, he had
paid five hundred dollars for Ruby
and he would find out if she was
worth it. He used his SPURS SO
sharply that the ~high-spirited mare
snorted angrily, and plunged away at
her most furious pace. 1t was not
an unpleasant ride. His time had
been so fully occupied with the most
wonderful girl, hal he had not had
one moment to think how really Won
derful she was. This was his chance
and he utilized it fully.
HIS business partner in Brush was
shocked at Princes lack of interest
in a matter of ten thousand dollars.
He wondered if perhaps King Devil
had Tot bounced him up more than
people realized. But Prince was
cepted his partners suggestions with
out dissent. and grew really enthu-
siastic when he said finally:
We'll, l guess that is ALL
Prince. shook hands with him then,
seeming almost on the point of kiss
ing him. and Ruby was whirling
down the road in a chariot of dust
before the bewildered partner had
time to explain that his wife was ex-
pecting Prince home with them for
dinner.
Prince fell from the saddle in front
of the Bijou and looked cxpectantly
at the porch. He was sentimental
enough to think it must be splendid
to have a girl waiting on the porch
when n got home from any place.
Connie was not there. Well, it was a
good thing. he was grimy with dust
and perspiration,, and Connie was SO
a!armingly clean. But Carol called
HIM before he had time to escape
rs it going to Storm" she asked
anxiously.
Prince wheeled toward her sharp
ly. lis Connie out in the car"
Yes" said Carol, staring off down
sight of the naughty little runaway in
the gray. car.
When did she go?" he asked.
About eleven. She, wasn't coming
home until after dinner"
How far was she going?"
"A long way, she said. She went
that direction" Carol pointed out to
the right.
is it going to Storm" asked Da-
vid, coming up.
Yes. it is. But don't you worry,
Mrs. Duke. I'll get her all right. II
1t turns bad, / will take her to GONE
little village or farmhouse where
she can stay till morning. Wen be
all right, and don't you worry
There was something very assurtns
in the hearty voice, something con-
lsoltng in his clear eyes and broad
shoulders. Carol followed him out to
his horse. +
Prince" she said. smiling up at
him, you will get her, won't your"
OF course ! Will. You aren't wor-
Irytng, are you?"
Mo- since you got home,' said
Carol. II know you will get her. ]
like you. Prince
do your He was boyishly pleas
led. 'Does-does David
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CHAPTER XIII.
HARRORAGE.

Less than a mile down the track,
Prince came to the tiny signal house
for which he had been looking. The
door was locked, and SO numb and
clumsy were his fingers that he found
it hard to force it open. Once on the
inside. he felt that the struggle was
nearly over. This was the end. Us
ing the railways private phone, he
astonished the telegraph operator in
Fort Morgan by cutting in on him
and asking him to run across to the
!nearest garage with a call for a serv-
ice car.
For a long moment the operator
of insolence like that? He told
Prince to get off that wire and keep
his hands away from railway proper
ty or he would land in the pen.
Then he went pack to his work. Blu.
FRINGE cut in IN him again. Finally
1.-THE operator referred him to h sta
3tion master and gave him the con-
n%ection.' But the station maste~ re-
fused to NEEDLE with n such IL
regular business. This was against
the law, and station masters are
strong for law and order. But Prince
was persistent. At last. in despair.
they connected hin, with the district
superintendent.
Twho in thunder are you, and
what 90 you want !: aSheu lie SupSs
intendent in NJ gentle voice.
IT want some Of those sap-heads
Of yours in Fort Morgan to take a
message to the garage, and they
won't do it," yelled Prince. :
Say, what do you think he is? A
philanthropic messenger service?'
.iejaculated the superintendent.
II haven't got time to talk" cried
Prince. "I've got to get at a garage
and quickly"
well, we don't run a garage"
'Shut up a minute and listen. will
YOU? There is a woman out here on
the track, half frozen. We are twen-
;ty miles from a house. Will you send
that message or not? The woman
can't live two hours"
"Well, why didn't you tell what
was the matter? l will connect YOU
with the operator at Fort Morgan
and tell him to do whatever you say
You stay on the wire until he repofts
they have a started"
So Prince was flung back to the
operator at Fort Morgan, Inc that
high-souled scion Of the railway was
sent out like a common delivery boy
to take a nYessage. Prince waited in
Ian agony Of suspense for the report
from the garage. 1t was not favor
able. No man in town would go out
on q wild goose chase into the plains
on a night like that. Awfully sorry,
nothing doing.
take a gun and make them
come" said Prince. between set
teeth.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
DOWN TO GRASS TACks,

In his Burlcigh County Farmers
Press, j. w. Brinton. in an omen letter
addressed to a. G. Townley, makes
certain specific ~Gtatelnents. the sub
stance OF which is that at a certain
stated time he~-Brinton--thcn Town.
leNSs private secretary. was sent 10
Florida by Townley. the latter paying
Brlnton expenses. to investigate cer-
tain valuable properties: and that on
Brlnton'S return, when he made his
report. ToWEley invested large sun
of money in the Florida enterprise.
There ara. several counts in tho de-
tailed charge which Brinton makes,
the substance of which is, of course. a
relterat1on of the charge already
made, and specifically denied, that
Townley was the principal owner of
what is known as the Sisal Trust. The
charge was made not long ago bv !.
r.. Waters, late state bank examiner.
and still later manager of the Bank
of North Dakota. Waters has sued
Townley for $1,000 which he saws is
due him as salary for managing Town
ley's interests in the Florida enter
prise. Now Brinton declares tina as
the personal representative of Town
ley he Inspected the property and re-
ported on it, Townley subsequently
making his investment.
The issue is thus Joined suuarely.
Either Waters and Brinton are malic-
ions liar ava cr;o.: = 4
character or Townley is a liar, a per-
jurer and a swindler.
Townley was discharged as a bank
-upt in a United States. court on tho
showing thai he made that he had no
property of any kind. Waters and
-Brinton declare that he had valuable
property. and tell what and where it
ls. IL the statements made by Wa
tiers and Brinton are true, Townley is
guilty of the double offense of at
tempting to defraud his creditors by
concealing valuable assets and of per-
jury in court iii denying under oath
the possession of this or any property.
If Waters n Brinton are lying they
can he prosecuted criminally and sent
to prison for their offense.
This thing has got beyond the
bounds of a political squabble. 1t
has reached a point of interest far
beyond the confines OF the Nonparti-
san league. within which it originated
II is scarcely conceivable that decent
members of the league will be salts
ed with anything short of a full
official Investigation which will bring
all The material facts to light, SO that
1t may be established beyond question
which of their leaders or late leaders
have been playing the part OF scoun
drels. But whether or not members
Of the league insist on a thorough
ventilation and fumigation, the gen
sral public Of the state has q right to
Insist characterization, for their A.
fairs r n the hands Of men allied
With one Of Other 81 the groups into
which, the isaSne l~eadership has been
split, and the people Of North Da-
k0ta are entitled tr know with what
sort Of men they are dealing.
81 LHEtN EE ELHHM
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FLYERS ESCAPE
BY NERVY FEAT

Mt. Clemens, Mich Sept. l5A
Climbing to the extreme edge OF the
wing of an aeroplane, the engtle OF
which had gone dead, -becaust OF -
broken feed pipe. to stabilizs the
ship" as it neared the ground, drop
ping from a height of.S,000 Lieu
tenant Jerry Machle of Selfridge
field and Elmer j. Spencer. a. mer-
chant, narrowly escaped death s. Hol-
land. Mich. IN
The lieutenant, accompanis by
Spencer, a master signat elect Nciant
was returning from Chicago, there
Machle was called on official 6usi-
ness. At the height Of 500 feet,
Machle suddenly discovered thas tho
feed pipe leading from the mai sup
ply tank had broken and waan61rip-
ping gasoline at a rapid rat9 soon
the leak emptied the tank.
Reserve Tank Emptied.
Spencer Immediately brought tho
reserve tank, with which AL, Dc
Haviland planes are equipped, and
distance. While over Holland. tic
reserve supply was exhausted and
the engine. a powerful Libert mo-
tor Of 400 horsepower, went lead.
Strenuous efforts were made t keep
the machine On ar even keel. 'dline
by manipulating the various vers.
Lieutenant Machle,. as a last sort,
climbed to the edge Of the v ,g of
the plane, which was rapidly. ling.
The sudden change of weig. was
Machle told his riends.@ ..
Machle' declared that he b nbed
to the tip of the machine te tump
from the plane just. before y and
ed. Machle was in the cock inn
mediately behind the engine, All real-
izing that the machine wouli nos1
likely dive, moved from behi the
heavy engine.
Il knew 1 would be injure, vhen
the plane finally struck ear
decided to climb to the edge, the
wing and jump as soon Is t. ma
chine reached the ground dn''
like to be kissed by the e ine,'
Machle told his riends.
Fortunately for the two army
men, the machine ~"pancakexA and
landed flat. Machle, throu# ##grea1
fortune, received only a fe# HSacial
scratches, although he was~ .'owr
over 100 feet. and was knock un-
conscious by the impact. ST acer'a
only injury was a bruised eye
After medical attention, IL tive
men proceeded to Mt. Clemes and
reported to Selfridge Field. re DE-
Haviland is a complete wreck a
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EVENING EDITION.

which ss,455.o 900. 900 was in veil
secured loans to the Allies. h 6r1t.
ish empire with a national wSa1tn q
about $3.50. 900, 900, o0o. spent Ky.
522, 200. 900, Of which. the uniteo
Kingdom lent to its Allies $S,6sf,OOO
900, part Of 1t lost in the Russish up
heaval. At the close ct t fne oo va :
year upon the navy which had guard
ed American troops across the sea.
and the mercantile marine whifsn q
transported 48 per cent<of then
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JUST 10 MINUTES A WEEK.

Los Angeles. Sept: 15.-Despite his
ardent %courtship of Helen M4PPolk.
Detroit girl on probation here follow
ing her arrest on the charge of grand
larceny in stealing several watches
from a jewelry store. her mysterious
sutton may see the girl but 10 ~$sinutes
each week. This is the decree { Pro-
baton Officer w. F. Lusk. int whose
keeping the girl was cosnm;' ed by
Superior Judge Craig, who tainted
Miss Polk probation.
The sutton, whose identity sbeing
kept a mystery by the probatt q Off
Ger, pleaded hard against this imita.
ton, but in vain. And, even W IN the
two do meet, it must be in tt pres
ence of one Of the sisters of tn Home
of the Good Shepherd. whe ! Miss
Polk was sent pending the al wal of
her mother from Detroit. WI IN the
mother arrives, the mysterious }suitor
will appeal to her to- he above ITO see
the daughter more frequently nd for,
longer periods. tsE
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I'm not looking for trouble. Your
woman would freeze before they got
there anyhow"
Send the sheriff. begged Prince. e
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald. .
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

It's pages, wrote day and night,
sometimes turning out more than
ZOO words in - hours, and kept
this mp for about three years until
by some freak The Brass Bowl
made Z hit with the public and
more money for me than l had
ever dreamed was in the writing
game, 20 that I could afford the
time, to lay OF and take life more
easily and grow self-conscious
about my writing.
People are always asking me
how write my stories. whether |
prepare synopses. whether use .
pencil. whether l wear dressing
gown or a monocle while writing.
and the time OF day when l write
best? Well! Sometimes
/ prepare synopses. sometimes l
don't.
When I'm hitting on all six l
work practically day and night till
the story is finished. use type