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Second Section-Pages 11 to 14
EVENING EDITION
ROMANCEAND
TRAGEDY WERE
PUT TOGETHER
Men of the Entente Powers
Marry Russian Women
While Raids Go On..
Copenhagen, Nov. 30—(Correspond
ence of the Associated Press)—Ro
mance was intermingled with tragedy
in the trying days when the foreign
colonies were attempting to get per
mission to leave Russia. Arrests,
searches and threats of execution
were relieved by marriages between
men of the Entente powers and Rus
sian women.
The Bolshevik government would
not grant Russian citizens peririits to
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go abroad.' Consequently foreign men
who hoped to leave Russia shortly
could not hope to see their sweet- I
hearts for an indefinite period, pos
sibly never, if they left them in starv
ing, disrupted Russia, where food is
denied to persons not regarded as
"class-conscious workmen" and all
persons not in sympathy with Bol
shevism are, dispossessed.
Many officials of the French and
British colpnjes married in the last
trying days of their stay in Moscow
and Petrograd, but the wedding ot
Captain W. L. Hicks,'military aide to
Bruce Lockhart, the British diplo
matic representative in Moscow, was
accomplished in the face of greater
obstacles, perhaps, than those of oth
er Entente citizens who managed to
marry between jail sentences and
searches.
Captain Hicks was one of the
French and English officials who were
held as prisoners in the American con
sulate general at Moscow. He was
engaged to marry Madame Mellnina,
but dared not leave the American
premises to marry her. Most of his
official associates were in prisons
charged with contra-revolutionary ac
tivity and in danger of execution.
Russian priests refused to perform
the ceremony in the American consul-
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GREATEST
GRAND FORKS, N. D.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.
How Canada Handlest Rail Probl&ns
During the Reconstruction Period
Canadian railway war board. Ijeft to right: H. G. Kelly, president of Grand Trunk railway D. R. Hannah,
president Canadian Northern railway Baron Shaughnessy, chairman board of directors Canadian Pacific
railway A. H. Smith, regional lrector eastern division U. S. railway administration E. W. BeatUe, presi
dent Canadian Pacific, and W. M. Ncal, secretary of board.
Canada ha8 been meeting Its railroad problems similar to those faced
through what is known as the Canadian railway war board instead of
the Dominion were managed during the war and will be handled during
bers of this board, which meets at egular intervals to take nip questions
and troop traffic. /The Canadian road handled thousands of U. S. troops
over 100,000 Chinese from Vancouv er to Atlantic ports. A. H.. Smith,
sion of the U. S. railroads under the U. S. railroad administration, is a
ate, as the orthodox church requires
that marriages be celebrated in a
church.
Major Allen Wardwell, of the
American Red Cross, who was look-,
ing after the interests of foreign pris
oners, interceded with Bolshevik of
ficials, but Peters, She head of the
commission for the suppression of
contra-revotution. fiSS firm in his re
fusal to grant Cabtftin Hicks im
munity if he left the American prop
erty and walked 'into the Russian
church which stood in an adjoining
court. When the I hour for the de
parture of the British officials from
Moscow approachej, the situation be
came desperate.
at the train which was to carry him
out of Russia. A priest was hastily
engaged and the party stopped in an
orthodox church on the way to the
station, where the ceremony was per
formed just half an hour before the
bride and groom started for England.
PIED PIPER MAY RETURN.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 23.—If busi
ness picks up for the original Pied
Piper he may find an experienced aid
in a hotelkeeper in a-southern Min
nesota town.
This particular landlord went to a
certain river town to engage in busi
ness, only to find the hotel and many
other buildings there overrun with
rats, according to W. A. Wlttbecker,
state hotel inspector. No Pied Piper
to lure the rats into the riyer coul'd
be found, so the .hotelman planned
his own strategic campaign. For a
week he served banquets especially
for rats, putting out on silver plat
ters, so to speak, all kinds of deli
cacies to tempt the most epicurean
rodent. On the seventh night he served
the usual banquet but poisoned every
dish with strychnine, a drug that
drives rats to' water, surer than the
__ Pied Piper ever led them there. And
Si the morning after, a*
screened can of
water set outside by the landlord was
piled over with 682 dead rats, by ac
tual count.
Inspector Wittbecker related the
incident today to show that the genial
greeters are versatile men that the
state inspector is often compelled to
go' outside his prescribed duties and
also display versatility. A case in
point is that for a swat the fly cam
paign planned early next spring in
a northern Minnesota town.
.Mi. Wittbercker's inspection last
faTi^'disclosed a superfluity of flies
around a restaurant in the town and
the restauranteur was served with a
notice to cleanup/ 'He prote'Cted that"
as fast as he caughl and kined flies,,
others took their places and. suggested
that a town campaign was needed.
The town mayor agreed that per
haps the restaurant keeper was right,
then insisted tha Mr. Wibecker re
turn at the opening of the 1919 fly
season to direct the big swatting cam
paign. Wittbecker plans to accept the
unusual commission to make.rjhe
town less attractive for flies as a-m»m
mer place.
SUfG NATIONAL SONG.'
Pierre, S. D., Dec. 23.—On" the
same plains and along the same wa
ter courses, wtiei&. arrows wizzed at
white men and bullets whined at red
men not a great many years ago, the
sons of Indian chieftains- are sing
ing The Star Spangled Banner.
Indians on South Dakota reserva
tions sent their share of fighting men
to France. Every community and a
great many private Indian homes
proudly display service flags. The
stories of Indian heroism and native
resourcefulness on the fighting line
have been told. The bucks are com
ing home now and their parents and
families are celebrating.
A few days ago forty full-blooded
Sioux held a celebration at the home
of Iver Eagle Star, on Brule reserva
tion. The victyy over Germany was
the cause for rejoicing. Most of the
diners had sons or relatives, at the
front.
When the dinner was finished, the
guests rose and, standing at attention,
sang the national anthem. Since then
other communities have held similar
gatherings and it seems, quite prob
able that the Sioux song victory and
peace will hereafter be The Star
Spangled Banner.
1,000 SLACKERS.
Calgary, Alta., Dec. 23.—Figures
just made public by the military, in
dicate there were about 1.000 slack
ers in the province of Alberta. The
lists show there were 535 defaulters
who failed to register under the mil
itary service act and there were
slightly less than 500 men who failed
to report after receiving conscription
orders.
Approximately 8,000 men* were or
dered to report for military duty in
this province, under the draft act.
What steps will -be taken here re
garding defaulters is not yet exactly
known. It is the intention, however,
that they should be punished. In the
east very stiff' sentences have been
handed out.
According to recent military or
ders defaulters brought before a gen
eral court martial have been given
terms of ten and twenty years* im
prisonment.
So far there has not been a gen
eral court martial held in Military
District 13 since this court vu estab
lished in August last to deal with
these men. Defaulters here have been
given the opportunity of Joining the
Depot Battalion as soyon as they were
arrested,.
THE HOME GUARD QEOTION.
.Helena, Mont., Dec. 23.—The
status ot the h6me guard in Montana
is arousing.considerable interest in the
ntany cities in .'which the guard wu
organised.
The general movement never was le
yet on
to have
declaration
of 'p^ace shaH disabnd, i» the ques
tion.
Some say the guard should contin
ue Its existence While the state coun
cil and county .councils of defense con
tinue to operate, OF at least, until a
new regiment of militia can be or
ganised or a constabulary is formed.
The conotabuterr plan has a' consid
a in
News that a reg^Mt tfjoCutk*
regulars, wouMUenUr^ lfontta«*to re
place the Utah: (United ,Statts)
wno have been, stationed at Butte ailt
Great Falls, allayed fear that tha
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by the U. S. railroad administration
overnnient control. The railways of
he reconstruction period by the mem
relative to commercial, passenger
or embarkation at Canadian ports and
egional director of the eastern divfc
ember of the board.
state would be left utterly without
military protection.
However, many cities have no real
protection except the home guards,
and it is considered possible that de
spite the fact that they have had no
legal status, these Will continue on
the job for some time.
TRADING AGAIN NORMAL.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 23.—Since
the food administration has with
drawn all restrictions in dealing with
rye futures, trading on the Chamber
of Commerce floor here resembles the
old days when wheat futures were be
ing dealt in. The market is more
lively now than it has been for many
months, grain men say.
As the result of reports that the
food administration will soon be out
of the market for rye, much activity
prevails in rye futures trading. Offi
cials of the food administration, how
ever, believe the government Intends
to continue buying rye, but that the
requirements will not be as heavy as
they have been.
CANADIAN CASUALTIES.
Ottawa, Dec. 23.—In today's Can
adian casualty list, R. Abbot, Superior,
Wis-, appears among the sick.
others
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so, and we will,
Sensible Gifts
This Christmas
Such as Men's, Young Men's and Boys'
Clothing and Furnishings. We have them
in great variety and prices to suit every
purse.
You can't buy an article in this
store that is not useful.
We have the newest things in all depart
ments. When you come you will find every
thing so arranged that you can make your
purchase quickly.
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ILLINOIS GAVE
HOST SUPPLIES
Nearly 25 Per Cent of Quar
termasters' Supplies Wfcre
Shipped Out of Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—A larger amount
of supplies were furnished the army
during the war by Chicago and Il
linois than by any other city and
state, according to the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce which has just
completed a review of estimated fig
ures.
In announcing the figures, which
are said to have been confirmed by
the federal government,- the associa
tion officials say that in two months
ended September 28, last, Chicago,
"the Great Central Market" of
America, supplied nearly 25 per cent
of all quartermaster purchases.
In the same 'period, the resume
flows, Illinois provided 1.9.7 per cent
of all supplies purchased by the
quartermaster, a new high record.
New York state ranked close to the
top with 14.7 per cent of the total of
$233,552,259 purchases in that period,
The total was tabulated by the sta-
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SPECIAL FUR SALE
For Christmas Trade
The Biggest and Largest Selection of
All Kinds of Furs.
S. FRIEDMAN
The Reliable Fur Store
"The battle's clash, the cannon's roar
Are silenced. 'Tis the end of war.
Victory bids the carnage cease,
"And paves the way to lasting peace!"
12 S. Fourth St. Grand Forks, N. D.
IHRISTMAS of 1918 should never pass from
the memories of those who have lived through
the period of the war, for this is the first
Christmas in five years when the message "Peace
on Earth" has not seemed a
mockery, so deep is the sense
of relief in everyone's heart,
that it comes on us almost un
awares. We are all glad and
happy and we want to make
Suggestions:
Bath Robes, Fur Caps, Sweaters, Shirts, Gloves, Mittens, Suspenders,^
Mufflers, Smoking' Jackets, Pajamas, Mackinaws, Suits, Overcoats, Tiev*.i*
Handkerchiefs, Suitcases, Traveling Bags, Umbrellas, Bdts, Collar Bags.
For the convenience of those who are too busy during the day and so thati^
you won't have to rush your purchasing, our store will be open Monday
evening—but closed on Christmas Eve.
PARCEL POST PREPAID
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FIVE CENTS.
tlstlcal division of the director
purchase and storage.
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Kentucky, comprising the east
ern section of the central states, pro-,
vided in the two months 35.4 per cent
of the total.
Figures given out io Cleveland byt ".
James B. McCrea, president of the
American Meat Packers' association,
show that since August, 1914, Amer
ican meat packers supplied American,.
Allied and neutral countries with
more than 8,460,087,310 pounds of
meat products. This included 2,179,-,
709,993 pounds of beef and 6,280,
377,817 pounds of pork.
For the four years preceding the
outbreak of war, the total meat ship
merits to all foreign countries were.
4,943,512,568 pounds. It is said that
during this time forty million hogs
and four million cattle were slaugh
tered.
Despite the war drain, increases of
from 18 to 43 per cent in hog produc
tion in Wisconsin during the war is
announced in reports filed with the
Wisconsin State Food administrator.
Official and unofficial calculation®
show the number of hogs in the stats
in the past year increased to twenty
two and a half per cent, and the
number of pigs between two and slit
months old 43.8 per cent. The num
ber of cattle of all kinds increased 18.
per cent and the number of dairy cat
tie 13.2 per qgnt.
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