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NEW ATTACK
NEAR YPRES
IS REPULSED
Make new At­
tempts But are Beaten
Back by British.
ARTILLERY DUEL
IS PERSISTENT
Flanders Battlefield is Again
aMass of Mud and Water
Filled Holes.
London Oct. 8.—The Germans
made an attack last evening on Brit
ish positions east of Ypres, where the
British recently made imprtant ad
vances. The war office reports that
the eenmy was repulsed. The state
ment follows:
"An infantry attack developed after
the enemy had put down a barrage
yesterday at dusk on our front be
tween Hollebeke and Broodseinde.
The attack was beaten off.
"We successfully raided the enemy's
lines east of Monchy last night."
Counter Attack Driven Off.
A counter attack last night by the
Germans in force east of Polygon
wood was quickly beaten ofT by artil
lery and machine gun Are. The front
Involved was over a width of about
600 yards. The attack- was preceded
by a heavy artillery barrage along the
greater portion of the new battle line.
The rain yesterday turned the
Flanders battlefield into a mass of
deep mud and filled the shell holes
with waters making most difficult mili
tary operations of all sorts. The sun
was shining this morning, but it will
take several days of fair weather to
repair the damage.
May Force Statement.
External pressure to force the Ger
man government to set forth its war
alms clearly having failed on the sur
face, internal conditions within the
empire threaten to compel the issu
ance of a full statement of Germany's
aims. What the German leaders
want, if they are successful, will be
discussed in the Reichstag this week,
probably today.
The imperial chancellor, Dr. Ml
chaelis, is finding the way as difficult
as it was for his predecessor, von
Bethmann-Hollweg, and he must now
face the critics of the government in
the Reichstag. Whether, as has been
Charged, the bureaucracy and the
•irtny have been furthering che pan
German scheme of annexation and in
demnities is expected to be brought
out in the Reichstag debate.
2 v«i!- to Satisfy.
Dr. HlChMlIa sent Minister of the
Interior ,H«lfferich before the Reichs
tag l&Mrday tq make a statement on
his betuilf. Jtelfferich ftitled to modi
fy th.e :£pltlcal members of the Reichs
tag andthe
today after
spreechhad 1
von gtein, the: War minister ftas Jeer-,
edwhenheattempted to explain the
army's side of the accusation that the
high cbmmand was- using' strong
methods to help the fean'-German agi-.
tation.
Fprmer Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg, some, months, before his
resignation, had a, test of strength
with Admiral von Tlrpitz, the reputed
organizer of ruthless submarine war
fare. and the chancellor won. The
admiral since has been busy and the
new Fatherland party, of which he 1b
a sponsor, according *o recent re
ports, he* been very active, in oppos
ing the Rflchntftp- derlarn
peace withe
tion for peace without annexations or
indemnities.
It has now come to a test between
the followers of von Tirpltz and the
pan-Germans oh one side and the ma
jority of the Reichstag on the other.
Recent reports have shown that the
feeling between the pan-Germans and
the Reichstag majority has been be
coming more Intense, some Socialist
members of the Reichstag having
gone So far as to charge that the agi
tation, of the pan-Germans Is dividing
the German people into two camps on
the question of the extremes of the
war.
Cold Weather Approaching.
Approaching cold weather on the
western front Is forecast In the ap
pearance of anow In the Vosges. In
Flanders the weather has been most
unfavorable the last two days, but of.
flclal reports mention no letup in the
violent artillery duels. The.British
are probably using the new positions
won last week as a base from which
to harrass the Germans In the low
lands,' preparatory for-a new stroke
In this plan to outflank the German
positions In the north.
Unofficial reports from' Stockholm
say strong German naval forces have
been sighted in the Baltic sea off the
Danish and Swedish 'coasts, bound
probably for the Gulf of Finland for a
drive on Helslnfors, Finland, and
Petrograd. The Germans are said to
be concentrating a large force. In
cluding mine sweepers, seaplanes and
transports, and plan .to attack Hel
slngford land and
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AUTO FOUR DIE
Car Driven by Inepperienced
Driver Hit by hte Winni
peg Flyer.
St. Cloud, Minn., Oct. 8.—Four pas
sengers in an automobile were killed
yesterday when their machine was
struck by the "Winnipeg flier" on the
Northern Pacific railroad two miles
south of Rice station/ The car was
driven bf Octavius Longworth, an in
experienced driver, 70 years old. He
Iras killed, as was his sister. Miss
Jennie Longworth, 8 years old. Hiss
Lottie Knickerbocker, and Mrs. Hattle
Davis. Mrs. Davis lived In Clear Lake
andthe rest In Annandale. It Is said
that Mr Longworth did not look ,up
proaching before attempting to cross.
The epr was one of four conveying a
party to little Falls to a dinner.
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Product of Greatest U. S.
Designers, Twelve Plants
and 82 Parts Factories—
Great Secrecy Surrounds
its Building—35,000 to be
Turned Out.
Lima, Ohio, Oct. 8.—The first lib
erty motor truck for the United States
army, product of the greatest motor
truck designers of the country, twelve
motor truck plates and sixty-two
automobile parts factories, was com
pleted htere today at a local manu
facturing plant.
The standardized machine, of which
35,000 copies will be turned out in the
first half of 1918 for the army, Is said
to represent, the perfection of auto
mobile truck development. Its motor
power is derived from the new liberty
motor, recently perfected at Washing
ton by war department experts.
Lima Is preparing for a great pa
triotic demonstration when the new
army truck is given its first road test,
probably late this week. High army
officers, including the quartermaster
SENATE STARTS
PROBE OFTALK
OFLAFOLLETTE
No Public Hearings for the
Present—Inquiry May Last
Only Few Days.
Washington, Oct. 8.—Beginning in
vestigation today of the speech of
Senator La Follette before the Non
partisan League of St. Paul, the sen
ate committee in charge of the in
quiry mapped out preliminary pro
cedure and th'en adjourned until
Thursday to await further informa
tion from La Follette and also from
Former Secretary Bryan.
No public hearings will be held for
the present, Chairman Pomerene an
nounced, and the committee believes,
it possible that the investigation will
be concluded within a few days, poB
slbly without any open testimony.
Senator La Follette today changed
his plan to Issue a public statement
regarding his declaration In the St.
Paul speech that Mr. Bryan told
President Wilson of ammunition
aboard the Lusltanla when the vessel
sailed from New York on her last,
voyage. His statement probably will
be made 40 the committee. No other
ptatemef^s in Senator -. Ija Folletwf*
speech itSftiv.beiixg. investigated
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NORTH DAKOTA'S
First New Liberty Motor
Truck, For Use in the War
Completed at Lima, Ohio
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time', Cnalrman" Pomer^rte safd. Bryah"
has denied the statement
What A $50 Liberty
Loan-Will Purchase
The $50 you loan the govern
ment will buy any of the follow
ing:
Thirteen 18-pounder Shells for
destroying submarines.
Four 5-lnch shells for the same
purpose.
One-hundred pounds of smoke
less powder.
Eighteen gas masks for a like
number of soldiers at the front.
Enough coal to drive a destroyer
120 miles.
Enough gasoline to drive a sub
marine destroyer 150 miles.
A sailor's uniform outfit.
Four months' subsistence for a
soldier.
THE SECOND MBERTY DO
AN:
Amount—(3,000.000,000.
Books open—Monday, Oct. 15.
Books close—Oct. 27.
Interest—4 per cent.
Cash down—2 per cent.
Denominations—$50 upwards.
Exempt—All taxes except In
herltance and surtaxes.
The second Liberty Loan drive is
on!
In every American city, town, vil
lage, hamlet and rural community the
campaign to sell $8,000,000,000 has
started and the Grand Forks county
flying squadron is busy today on the
first drive.
The second Liberty Loan campaign
starts off better than the first, for then
the selling organization had to be
whipped into shape during the sub
scription period. Now the old organ
isation is stepping Into the aecond
campaign.
The subscription books close Octo
ber .27, allowing practically two
weeks, but Grand Forks county pro
poses to have her quota long before
the closing hour.
The bonds officially will be
known as the SECOND LIBER
TY LOAN BONDS. They bear 4
per cent Interest, 1-9 per cent
more Own the first Liberty Loan.
The first bonds were exempted of
all taxation excepting only Ihherltance
taxes.
The second bonds are exempt from
normal federal Income and (In the
case of individuals) excess profits tax-
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The first liberty motor truck was
built In the greatest secrecy to protect
It from enemy eyes. A building
without windows and lighted only by
skylights housed the truck during the
three weeks of Its construction. The
plant was closely guarded by armed
men night and day.
As an added precaution, a second
truck was assembled in an eastern
city. As each part was completed, a
duplicate was dispatched to a north
ern New York town, where mechanics
assembled a second machine. If the
parts were small, they were sent by
registered mail. If too big to ship
that way, trusted mechanics carried
them personally by train.
Similar precautions surrounded
parts manufactured in the sixty odd
factories which contributed to the
machine. As each part was complet
ed it was dispatched to Lima in
charge of an army representative who
kept factory officials informed of his
progress by telegraph.
No one company knows the com
plete design or what other companies
made other parts.
RECORD WIRE
SERVICE FOR
WORLD SERIES
Associated Press Supplied
600 Newspapers Over
20,000 Miles of Wire.
Chicago, Oct. 8.—During the Satur
day and Sunday games of the world's
series the traffic department of the
Associated Press duplicated its feat of
last year in setting up the longest
continuous telegraphic circuit ever
operated for any other than experi
mental purposes.
Approximately 600 daily newspapers
which take the leased wire service,
were connected directly with White
Sox park and "Hap" Felsch's home
run on Saturday was being cheered
and Faber's attempted steal of an
occupied base was being jeered by
millions of "fans" throughout the
country before the former's hit had
landed in the bleachers or the crest
fallen pitcher had realized his mis
take.
Altogether about 28,000 miles con
stituted the circuit which extended
from' Bangor, Me-, to San Diego, Cal.,
and from Galveston, Tex., to Duluth,
Minn. j.
In 'I addltjon^to the newspapers
gpxyisfcftfce Iyiigthy baseball lylre wis
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VOL. 12, NO. 240. GRAND FORKS, N. D., MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1817. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
N.D. OFFICERS
ATCHARLOTTE
ARE ASSIGNED
general and possibly Secretary of War r»l Washington, Oct 8.—Despite an estimated loss of 37,000,000 bushels
Baker, are arranging to attend. Fol- V*OIOnei VVlute in Uiarge Ot during September, the country's cor crop still will be the greatest in its
lowing tests at the factory, the truck
will start on an endurance run to the
east
Munition, Sanitary and
Supply Trains.
Charlotte, N. .C., Oct. 8.—Sereral
assignments of officers in the former
Second North Dakota infantry were
announced today.
Colonel Frank White has been as
signed charge of small munition, sani
tary and supply trains and to the con
trol of the military police of Camp
Greene.
The regiment band has been assign
ed to tlie 116th Engineers, practically
making the divisional headquarters
band. It Is believed Majors Mudget,
Hanley and Geary will be assigned
to machine gun battalions. Captain
H. T. Murphy and the clerical lortse
of Bismarck headquarters will aid
Colonel White in his new office.
Teuton Asserts
Germany Can't
Win Out on Land
Reichstag Member Also Says
America OannotBe Forced
to Mate Peace.
Amsterdam, Oct. 8.—George
Goethein, progressive member of
the reichstag, Is quoted In a Berlin
dispatch as having said at a meet
ing of the central committee of his
party that, although the military
situation was satisfactory, there
was no hope of crushing Ger
many's enemies on land.
As for the submarine campaign,
7,000,000 tons of shipping had been
sunk, he asserted, but no disposi
tion toward peace on the part of
England was discernible. A ra
tioning system for foodstuffs had
not been even introduced, and no
one was able to say when the U
boat would make England more
Inclined for peace.
CAN'T FORCE U. S. TO PEACE.
"America cannot be forced to
make peace," Herr Goethein con
tinued. We cannot force America
to pay a war indemnity. There re
mains only England. But should
we, In order to obtain an Indemnity
pf 10,000,004,000 marks, sacrifice
50,000,000,000 and another half
million men?
Germany's allies, Herr Goethein
continued, were not inclined to
continue the war for pan-German
plans of conquest, but were striv
ing for peace by understanding and
conciliation, while the pan-German
clamor for annexations was finding
a bad reception among them. He
asserted that- the long working
hours and Insufficient feeding at
home increased thp desire for
peace among the workers and that
strikes might bcr%pected if the
war shout) be cosijSnueq foratms
of conquest.
GRAND FORKS COUNTY TODAY FIRES OPENING GUN
IN A SWIFT CAMPAIGN FOR SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
SEND YOUR SHELLS RIGHT INTO THEIR TRENCHES
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Winter wheat
Spring wheat
All wheat
Corn
Oats
Barley
Rye
Buckwheat
White potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Flax
Rice
Tobacco (lbs)
Cotton (bales)
Peaches
Apples (total crop)
Hay (tame) tons
Hay (wild) tons
Sugar beets (tons)
Kafirs
Beans (a)
(a) States
forna.
First Decision Restrained
Hearst from "Pirating" As
sociated Press Articles.
Washington, Oct. 8.—The supreme
court decided today to review federal
decrees which restrained the Interna
tional News Service or Hearst service
"from pirating" news from the As
sociated Press."
Today's action of the court does
n^t stay the operation of the injunc
tions already existing, court officials
said, but merely provides for a re
view to which there was no opposition
by the Associated Press.
Attorneys for the International
News Service last summer asked Jus
tice BrandelS' to temporarily stay the
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1917 Corn Crop Promises
To be America's Greatest,
Is Government Forecast
history.
Latest figures issued by the department of agriculture today show the
crop will be 3,210,795,000 bushels, and also that, despite an estimated loss
of 9,000,000 bushels during the month, the spring wheat crop will exceed
last year's. Other crops approach bumper records.
Comparison of the October 1 forecast with that made from September
1 conditions indicates the effect of weather and other conditions on the
crops during September. The forecasts (in millions of bushels) follow:
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October 1 September 1 1916 1011-15.
Indications. Forecast. Crop. Average.
417.3 417.3 481.7 542.6
242.4 250.3 158.1 264.7
859.8 667.6 649.8 806.3
3,210,785. 3,247.5 2,583.2 2,574.2
1,586.7 1,533.3 1,251.9 1,280.5
201.6 203.8 180.9 197.2
56.0 56.0 47.4 41.4
17.8 20.2 11.8 16.5
452.9 461.9 285.4 363.9
87.2 88.2 71.0 60.3
11.3 11.0 15.5 18.6
33.2 32.2 40.7 25.3
1,243.0 1,221.1 1,150.6 948.7
12.0 12.5 11.4 14.2
42.6 42.6 36.9 49.0
176.6 177.1 202.2 215.6
1 21.1 21.3 25.7 26.4
76.5 76.5 89.9
15.2 15.2 19.7
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7.8 7.9 6.2 5.8
98.6 103. BO.3
15.8 19.9 8.8
ew York, Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico and Cali-
Conditions by States.
Condltton of corn by important states follows: Ohio, 82 Indiana, 82
Illinois, 86 Iowa, 80 Missouri, 94 Nebraska, 77 Kansas, 42.
Condition of the various crops on October 1 was reported as follows:
Corn 75.9 per cent of a normal buckwheat, 74.8 white potatoes, 79.0
sweet potatoes, 83.2 flax, 51.3 rice, 79.7 tobacco, 87.8 sugar bets, 89.7
Kaffirs, 67.6.
HIGH COURT TO
REVIEW "NEWS
PIRATING" CASE
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DRAFT APPEALS
HEARINGDEC. 10
Supreme Court Advances
Case to Permit of an
Early Decision.
"Harrison Drug" Law
Constitutional As Held
Washington, Oct. 8.—To permit an £°r distribution of the bonds will
earlv decision, the supreme court to-
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Washington, Oct. 8.—The supreme
court today refused to review and
thereby put into, effect 'Bexas federal
court decisions holding that the Har
rison "Drug" law is constitutional.
These Did Their Bit
In The First Loan
The oldest purchaser of the first
Issue of Liberty Loan bonds was
Mrs. Louisa K. Tillers, Milwaukee,
Wis., who is 102 years of age and
a real daughter of the revolution,
her father having served in the
Continental army which our
independence.
The youngest subscriber was
Miss Florenc-c Estelle Rogers,
Medford, Mass., whose father pur
chased her a bond when she was
eight hours old.
The purchaser with the longest
name was Gust J. Papatheodorko
umoundurgistomlchalkopoulus, a
Greek-American of Chicago.
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Save your money—It is wiser—
Buy a bond and can the Kaiser.
The Second Liberty Loan bonds are
in denominations of $50, $100, $500
and upwards.
They can be paid for on the
installment plan, 2 per cent with
subscription. 18 per cent Novem
ber 15, 40 per cent a month later
and the remainder about January
15.
The purchaser of a $50 bond
would pav $1 down, $9 November
15, $20 December 14 and 920
January 15.
This gives him 18 weeks to pay the
whole.
It is expected a much larger sub
scription will be made for the second
loan in rural districts than was 6b
tained when the first loan was float
ed.
Secretary McAdoo said he would
not appeal to the people purely on
the ground of patriotism.
"I will make an appeal upon the
merits of the security first," he said,
"and then I will say to them, when
you are getting this superlative In
vestment this most liberal Investment
In the world, you can also render, a
service of patriotism to your country.
"The proceeds of the bond you buy
will go to arm feed and clothe some
gallant son of some brave and cour
ageous mother."
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EDITION®®
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN WILL
BEQNMONDA1
Grand Forks Business Mc
Preparing for Distribu
tion of Subscriptions.
COUNTY AND CITY
WILL BE CANVASSED!
Headquarters Will be Opei
ed Tomorrow in Basement
of First National Bank.
Th Grand Forks county will do itsf^ t?
sh subscribing to the second 111111®
I oeri Loan is evidenced by the
th which the business men of Grand
Fx,. have entered into the monsterf
campaign which will be opened nextl
Monday. Two meetings were held!,
this noon. At the Commercial clubp
rooms, .T. I^ander, chairman of the!
county committee, gathered with hlstj
assistants to outline the campaign fori
the county and at the Frederick hotel?
the executive committee of the Grandf
Forks Ad club took up the local endg
of the task.
Tomorrow morning, the local com-m
mittee will open headquarters in ther
basement of the First National Bankf
building and immediately commence^
preparations for the opening of the
big drive next Monday. The liberty
loan sale will receive no little adver-,
tising throughout the county, and theS
first steps were taken today by the|
advertising men to bring the issue be-j
'fore the residents of this section of!
the state and particularly this city.
Divided Into Teams.
The business men of Grand Fork«.%ff|i|
will be divided up into teams to can«s ^^®i
vass the city. These details are still I
in the embryo stage but before ths
close of the week the entire plan will1
ha\'e been perfected. W. E. Small,"
manager of the St. Hilalre Lumber
company of this city and president of
the Ad club is chairman of the organ-'
ization that is to govern the sales In
this city.
The perfection of the organization
c"'m'nation
of what prom-
"-UU,L ises to be one of the greatest patriotic
day advanced appeals involving con- campaigns ever waged in the north
stitutionalit of the draft and fixed west. Burdened with an apportlon
December 10 for hearing arguments. IP1®"1 promises to be at least
twice as large as the former demand
made upon this county, it is realized
by the committees that nothing must
be left undone if an encouraging re
port is to be made to the government
from this section of the state.
T_„_. T.he distribution of the bonds sub-
By courts Ut 1
exas I scribed for in the first liberty loan
campaign commenced today, from the
local banks. The bonds are 4n four
denominations, ranging from |50»"
$100. $500 and $1,000. Interest ,1s
payable semi-annually, the first pV-*S
mentron^thfi June 15 to Be
madr"wi December 15. Attached to
the bonds are 60 interest coupons,
each dated for payment. The bonds
extend over a period of 30 years, one
coupon to be presented even* six
months. Payments are made on June
15 and December 15.
The bonds now being distributed to
the purchasers carry three and one
half per cent interest and are subject
only to the in-heritance tax. They are
subject to transfer for the new bonds
which carry four per cent interest but
are subject to the inheritance and the
surtax. Local bankers are of the
opinion that those who have incomes
under $5,000 a year would profit by
the transfer but those with larger in
comcs. would not benefit by changing
for the new bonds which are now be
ing sold. The conversion must be
made, however, within six months aft
er the date of the subsequent issue.
The notice received by local bank
ers from the federal reserve banks,
relative to the conversion of three and
one-half per cent bonds for those
[carrying four per cent, follows:
"This issue of 3 l-2s is convertible
into any subsequent issue of bonds
bearing a higher rate of interest is
sued during the war, provided the
holder converts within 6 months from
the date of the new issue. For ex
ample. the holder of the present
3 l-2s can convert into the 4 per cent
bonds provided he does so before May
15. 1918. If he' does not choose to
convert into this issue, he still retains
the right to coivert into any subse
quent issue, provided again, he does
I so within 6 months from the date of
such.
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are exempt from all state and local
taxes excepting inheritance taxes.
The first Liberty Loan bonds may
be exchanged or "converted" into
Second Liberty Loan bonds, which in
turn may be exchanged for any fu
ture bonds bearing a higher interest
rate.
subsequent issue.
If he converts into the present is
sue of 4 per cent bonds, he then be
comes subject to all conditions of
every kind, including the conversion
feature of the 4 per cent issue ex
cept that the bonds issued upon such
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VIOLATION OF
ESPIONAGE LAW
CHARM) TO 8
Anamoose Business Men Ar
rested by Federal Authori
ties—Arraigned at Minot
Fargo, N. D., Oct 8.—Eight busi
ness men of Anamoose, L. J. Al
brecht, former state senator L. L.
Kesler, Fred Ffelfle, Albert Albrecht.
Fred Albrecht. G. A. Ebbert, John H.
Heitman and Sam Strauss have been
arrested charged with violating th*
federal espionage 'laws, federal au
thorities announced this afternoon
The arrests.grew out of repeated re*
ports of disloyal activities in t)te Ana
moose district It is charged the^
conspired to hamper enlistments
giving fslse. reports and statements In
regard to registrants.
They were arraigned before Com
missioner Hopkins at Minot after 'W-.i
ing arrested -by.. Marshal Cameron.
The Anamoose district is heavilr
populated with Germans.
MAIL ORDERS KILLED
.SAME DAY AS
RECEIVED
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