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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17

Washington, Dec. 15.-The 1916 re-
publican national convention will be
held in Chicago, June 7, one week be-
fore the democratic convention in st.
Louis.
Earlier in the day the committee had
determined upon the date Of the con-
vention, a much discussed problem
with sentiment for and against meeting
before the democrats pretty evenly di-
vided. The decision was reached with
out a roll call, and some said a record
vote might have brought out differ
ent result.
Advocates Of an early convention ar
gued that now was the time for the re-
publican party to take the offensive
against its political enemies without re-
gard to the ancient custom OF allowing
the party in power to meet first and
announce it's candidates and principles
1t was urged that the party should not
consider a defensive campaign, but
should blaze the trail and give it's story
to the country first, without waiting to
see what the democrats intended to do.
Technical objection raised to an
early date by representatives Of West
Virginia and South Dakota. where pri-
maries to elect convention delegates
are held June 6. were swept away by
adoption of resolution which will per-
init placing the names Of the candi-
dates from these states on the tempo
rary roll Of the convention with the
agreement that certifcation by tele-
graph from the proper state authorities
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
Bulgarians Put Dec. II ~.=
Down as Historical Date

Sofia, Dec. Is, via London.-"Dec. IL
will remain for the Bulgarian army
and nation a day of great historical
importance" says an official commtni-
cation issued from general head
quarters. "On that day the army. oc-
cupied the last three Macedonian
towns still in the hands Of the enemy
Doiran, Gievgeli and Struga.
THE last fights against the British.
French and Serbians took place near
Doiran and the Ochrida lakes. The
enemy everywhere is beaten. Mace
donia is freed. Not single hostile
soldier is to be found on Macedonian
soil. After Mondays defeat Of the
British and French on the right bank
oftthe Vardar river. they retired upon
neutral Greek territory. Our troops
pursued them to the Greek frontier.
The town of Doiran was captured at
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
INJURED FOOT
BRINGS $2,5OO

Grand Forks. Dec. 15.-The jury in
the case Of Elmer Alton OF Bemidji
Mimi, against Garnet Elliott of Dray-
ton, N. D., returned a verdict at
o'clock yesterday awarding $4,000
damages to the plaintiff for injuries
received in a threshing rig accident.
Alton brought suit for $4,000 dam
ages as the result OF his foot being
mangled. and. the case has been on
trial in federal court before Judge
Charles F. Amidon for several days,
going to the jury shortly after noon
yesterday.
Evidence submitted showed that
Alton secured verdict of $1,000 last
spring in an action against Haselton
and Elliott, and that this Judgment
never was paid.
The plaintiff was represented by
Attorneys Bangs and Robbins, while
Attorneys Burtness and Mcintyre ap-
peared for the defendants.
The Grand Forks term Of federal
court came to a close with the COM
pletion of the trial Of this case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
LANGDON MAN
HAS SUSPICION

Minneapolis. Dec. 15.-E. c. Dither
of Langdon. N. D.. came to Minnea-
polls to see whether he could identify
Frederick T. Price. now awaiting trial
on the charge of numbering his wife,
as the man who accompanied Dith-
er s sister on a trip to New York,
where she died. Other said the girl
left three years ago with man
known as Roy Price. He disappear
ed after her deaths.- The body was
brought to MINNEAPOLIS and buried
here, Other said. He told Chief Dep
.uty Sheriff John Wall that he would
send for Mrs. Other. who had seen
Roy Price. Dither said he had never
seen him. 3 -.. ... 70 .s.i ..s 3
For the first time since his arrest
on charge Of staying his third wife,
Price talked freely Of his past, of his
life with Mary Fridiey Price, with
whose murder he is charged, and OF
his hopes regarding the trial. ..,# ~
Price also talked of Charles d.
Etchison. who is to be =. the states
strongest witness. and said he knew
that public sentiment favored Etchi-
son and was against him. -. ~. *,
In. spite. of all that. j will abide
my time and will be reinstated in pub
lie favor when our side of the case
Is told" he said. CAS- boy was
bad, but /, have been Just an ordinary
man I have done things that men
shouldn't do, and things that Mary
FrtdIey Price or my present wife
might justly complain Of, yet on the
whole have been q pretty decent fell
low, a human being and a domesti-
Gated animal, not the gorilla that the
state is going to try to prove me to
be-" E - @. =, ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
French Lorraine Is the
Worlds Greatest Graveyard

Pont "a -Mousson, France, Dec. 15.-
French Lorraine is the greatest
cemetery in the world. Colonies of
dead, marked by lines Of crude wooden
crosses, lie everywhere under newly
formed sod at the edges of woods and
thickets and in ravines-Germans and
French. The shifting of battle scenes
may be traced by following them.
They are thickets there where was
fought the great battle for Nancy that
began with the retreat of the French
from Morhange and reached it's cli-
max during the battle Of the Marine.
The number has been continually
swelled since in the fourteen months
struggle in the Woeuvre and the Vos-
ges.
Saint Genevieve, Essey, the Aman-
ces. the heights Of Cuittes, Velaine,
Gerbevillers of the Grand Couronne
deNancy. Etain, the Eparges, the Bois
Brule, the Bois Apremont. the Bois
Saint Mansuy, and the Bois lie Pretre
in the Woeyre, are so many cemeter-
les, nearly all Of them with crosses
bearing names already illustrious.
Lionel Rieux. the poet. lies at Essey;
Paul Vial. who received a bullet in
his heart. in the Saint Mansuy woods.
Among the French buried at Gerbe-
viller Is Jean Martin. one of the most
promising pupils Of the French art
school at Rome; he fell with the he
roic handful Of chasseurs that held
the Mortagne there against 10000
Germans during the eleven hours.
MARCEL Drouet is among those who
lie at the summit of Samogneux hill.
The dead lie thickest perhaps in the
LoEsy gap. After the Germans had
Captured Nomeny and Ponta- --Mous-
son. they sent q regiment to force this
passage between two heights, held by
a single company of French infantry.
That gap became the tomb of the en-
tire regiment. The cemetery Of st.
Genevieve is not SO dense but far more
extended than that OF the LOUSY gap.
The Germans, forced by the resistance
of the company of infantry at Loisy
to try a flank movement around the
heights of Saint Genevieve. obtained
a success before the heights of Cruit-
tes. where French crosses predominate.
1t was then, thinking he saw the
route opening up for his troops, the
emperor Of Germany issued his famous
order of the day: Tomorrow In
Nancy" Sainte Genevieve was still
between his majesty's troops and the
Lorraine capital; 1t is today the cen-
etery OF most of them. The French,
too. fell in such numbers there as to
disauiet the officers. who called the
attention of Commandant M. to the
losses.
mo matter. replied the command
ant. 1--WE won't give an inch" 1t re-
quired an order from the general TO
induce him to take up stronger po-
sition a little in the rear.
During the attacks upon the plateau
of Amance. captured on the seventh
and retaken by General Dubail on the
eighth, Emperor William is said to
have observed the action from the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17

ness men took lunch at the club dining
rooms and after a little social session
around the tables the work OF the aft-
ernoon was taken up.
This afternoon. Immediately after
lunch, the discussion OF the imnigraS
tlon question was taken up with Hon.
Fred B. Sherman, immigration COM
missioner of Minnesota, and Hon. r. r.
Flint, commissioner of agriculture and
labor Of North Dakota, as leaders of
the discussion. In leading this discus
sion Commissioner Sherman brought
forward the important and valuable
points OF the immigration work In
Minnesota and elsewhere.
Commissioner F1int's ideas are that
the best way to advertise the state Is
to huild up conditions to a point,
where the people Of the state are
perfectly satisfied. He believes that
where this Is doRe the state will adj
vertiSe itself and make a home IN the
state something to be desired by the
people Of other states. ..
He believes that this could best be
accomplished by making the farmers
Of the state satisfied by making their
conditions and advantages better. He
believes that livestock will do this,
and to use his own words on the SUBJ
ject:
Livestock is the cement that binds
the farmer to the soil"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
BANDIT
GANG IS
NABBED

Galveston, Texas. Dec. 15.-Police
and military authorities in Mexico
City have just succeeded in arresting
a band of bandits who have been
masquerading as army officers and
committing many robberies in the
capitat, according to q cabIegram re-
ceived by the Mexican consulate here,
The story is that the bandits had OBJ
tanned money and vafuabIes worth
more than million dollars during the
last few weeks. and that most of it
was recovered following the arrests.
Fer weeks, says the message the
bandits eluded arrest through the
agency OF forged warrants which
showed them to be army officers. Two
policemen were wounded during a
battle which resulted in the arrests
The gang is composed of thirteen men
and five women accomplices.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17

edge OF the Morel woods, behind which
were concealed the 10000 horsenen OF
tne Prussian guard-his escort into
Nancy. Velaine fell and UhIans and
Bavarian infantry surged into the pas.
sage between the two heights of AM
ance. If We can hold out the dsy
1t Will be a miracle" said the French
general In command. The three-incherS
increased their fire to the maximum
speed Just then and moved those Uh-
lanS and Bavarians down before they
Gould deoouch from the defile; they
ne tnere today in serried ranks over
Wnicn Weedy sod has formed. The
IO.Ooo cavalry Of the guard EalIoped
OH toward Metz. and a parliamentarian
with white flag asked, In the name
OF MS majesty" for an armistice OF "a
hours to bury the dead. -.
In "a hours" replied the French
general, when the emperor shall have
given sepulcher to his thousands of
oead' we snail be ready for him again"
Ah estlmated proportion Of three
Germans to one Frenchman buried In
the battlef1elds OF the Grand Couronne
de Nancy, extending in a semi circle
from Gerbevillers to Pont- a Mousson
on the east bank of the Moselle. nat
uFdtIy taxes no account OF the thou
SANDS or Bavarian dead removed ar
night by rail toward Metz, after the
battle OF Sainte Genevieve, which de-
cided the issue of the struggle for
Nancy; nor does it comprise the
heavy death roll Of the French in an
nexed Lorraine, just over the frontier.
In the disaster of Morhange.
The evidence Of those who have yia-
tied all the battlefelds of Lorraine and
those who helped pick up the dead
after the battle of Nancy tends 70 tbe
belief that taking the French dead In
German Lorraine and the German dead
carried from the field of battle. there
is no exaggeration in the estiniate or
three Germans to one Frenchman aa
the proportion OF those killed in the
operations in the attack and defense
OF Nancy.
Pious hands are caring for these
cemeteries, even so close to the battle
front that the German heavy artillery
often rakes up the sod and sends the
crosses flying in splinters. Flowers
are planted on all the French graves
and the tri-color floats over MANY OF
them. The graves of the Germans are
secretly protected but not decorated.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
FargoP ostoffic Employees
All Ready for Xmas Rush

The psshe employees ready fer the Christmas rush Sub
handling
mail Postmaster W. Wilkinson and his Of assistants have
everything readiness handle the situation with quekness and
Dispatch
While by tho local officials expedite
delivery in possible the ooperaon Of the pSse
marked the outside mot to be opened until crmas
mailed will aid the department greatly,
avoiding the closing days. H-
understand that
address
sending the parcel
Inquiries the limit OF wecht for fourth
weight limited
and eighth rates the postage
possible
the little fixed
up 10 AM cents 500.
Parcels should securely insured
mail be had by applying at pstoHce
Insured mail be taken the window after post
" has been paid and affixed where
will be given receipt. .-. .- . r
If used they should be placed the
q a r .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17

New York, Dec. 15.-with the dis
solution overnight OF the banking
syndicate which fioated the $500, ,000. 900
Anglo-French per cent loan, interest
today centered largely around activi-
ties in that security in the stock mar
ket.
The first offering consisted Of twen-
ty-fve bonds at 81 3-4, a decline of
l 1-2 points from the price at which
they were taken by the syndicate and
1-S points under previous low quota
tions at regular sale. The bonds were
readily absorbed and caused no dis
turbance to the general market, which
reflected substantial support.
Before the end Of the first hour. the
bonds made further decline to 81 1-2
for future delivery.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17

noon. The population received our
troops with cheers and decorated them
with flowers. They also cheered King
Ferdinand.
THE. prisoners and dead and wound
ed belong chiefly to the Tenth and
Twenty-second British divisions, COM
posed of the Twenty ninth, Thirtieth,
Thirty first, Sixty-fifth, Sixty sixth
and Sixty seventh infantry brigades,
which were definitely beaten and in
their retreat abandoned guns and
rifles. The whole field was covered
with equipment. Up to the present,
200 British prisoners have been count
ed.
"A column, pursuing the French on
the right bank Of the Vardar, drove
them, after a courageous attack, from
their, positions toward the Greek
frontier"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
Revenue Measure Is
Before the House,
Kitchin Says It WI
Be Passed This " eek

Wahinston
will including $10
majority filed
additional
tmated heaw till 81 1916, would
provide $6so00o0 month. l.. .
liquors and tobacco
$250o0000 fiscal
OF the
$ss76o last thus indicating further anticipated revenue
reduction Of than $11oO0oo0..
The bill favorahIy with
leaders requested all
members anticipation Of lively fight
Majority Leader Khn declares that its enactment by tho
g
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
War Supply Scandal
Aired in the French
Chamber Of Deputies

15-purns debate in the chamber OF deputies
individuals who selling supplies the
whose sole
sad
said this Seandalous,
informed of the
declined guilty aceomPIee
Sinyan paid for
plies He dealings with
which said could found at the min
istry of
attack by snyan upon conducting
this oHense, Another
of
supplies signed
officials have been discussing
action should be taken contractor who owed $780,
600 60 the -
needless Of
him. He demanded
scandal which said would disclose
srea swndlna.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
LABOR IS
READY FOR
DEFENSE

Washington. Dec. 15.-SamueI Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, told President Will
son that organized labor was ready to
give its support to the defense of the
nation and should be allowed a voice
in making preparations. Gompers ask
ed the president to appoint repre-
sentative of labor to the commission
he may name to confer with army, and
navy officials on the mobilization Of
the nations resources. Since the war
started. Gompers said, belligerent ma
tions had included representatives of
labor in every important activity. The
president said he would consider the
suggestion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
COP. TO
MEET IN
CHICAGO
CHICAGO ALREADY
PREPARING FOR MEET,

Chicago, Dec. Is. - Arrange
ments for the republican national
convention which will be held here
beginning June have been start
ed. Local committees, following
the action of the republican ma
tional committee in Washington
yesterday in deciding on Chicago.
Immediately began an organiza-
ton
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
BIG LOAN
BONDSON.
MARKET

New York. Dec. 15.-Sixty per
cent. or $So0,000,O0O of the Anglo
French bonds handled by Ameri- {,
can syndicate have been taken for
investment according to an an
nouncement made by J. P. Morgan
& Co., leaving 20O,000,Oo0 in the
hands Of the underwriters.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
Il. FORD'S
PARTY AT
KIRKWALL

Kirkwall. Orkney Islands, Dec. 15.-
The steamship Oscar II having aboard
the Ford peace party. arrived here. y
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
WILLARD and
FULTON sign UP

Chicago. Ill. Dec. 15.-Articles OF
agreement binding Jess Willard, worlds
heavyweight champion pugilist, to a
match March 4 at New Orleans with
Fred Fulton OF Rochester. Mimi, for
the worlds championship were signed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
Bulgarians and Germans
Have Stopped at Greek Line
DR.. Hellferich Says
Allies Are Responsible
For Further BIoodshed

Berlin Pee t-n the Of hs address before Rsch-
A. "Resporsbiy for the blood which vii" flow
which civilization is exposed falls Germany
military which ono dispute longer.
The responsibility falls
Illusion, Of
Germany and Of
soil of the home
written glowing letters the
the wall Of 5etshazzaTs palace"
RULGARIANs STOP AT BORDER
London
have stopped their pursuit Of Anao French forces
neither German troops will
Greece, about rs accounts tbs
described
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
Crop Of 1916 in u. S.
Worth Over Six Billion
Dollars at Dec. | Price

principal
$6270A6500
ture has !.
6220t2000; $8290000
Z M
of
price IS. 4
acreyi 16.1 price
S,3 rice
pric
Oats, 1,54o,3620oo; yield. 37s;
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The Harrison times., 1915-04-03
CONVEYED ONLY PLAIN TRUTH
Advertisement Of Boston Physician
Merely Stated Facts Exactly as
They Were.

A Boston physician tells Of Doctor
Reed who, in his time, was one of the
prominent medcos Of the Hub, His
large practice included many patients
outside the city limits, and these he
visited IN his buggy
One day Doctor Reed bought new
horse, with which he was much
pleased until he discovered that Ge
animal had an lnsurmountable objGc'
tion to bridges Of all kinds, and could
not be made 10 cross one,
lnasmuch as at that period II was
necessary TO cross certain bridges In
order to roach any one Of the sur
rounding towns, the doctor decided to
sell the horse He did not think It
necessary to mention the animals pc
cullarity, but was much too honest to
msreprcscnt him, and after some
thought, produced the following od'
vertIaomont, which he Inserted IN a
local paper
"For Sale,=A bay horse, warranted
sound and kind The only reason for
selling IL because the owner IL obliged
10 leave Boston"
The Harrison times., 1915-04-03
FARMING WORK
MOVES ONWARD
COMM ISSloNER SAYS PROPERTY
IN STATE DEVOTED TO AGRl.
CULTURE WORTH $4o0, ,o89,3o2.
MORE CORN THAN COTTON
2,153,222 Acres Planted in Textile
Crop and About 2,277,116 Acres
Planted In Cereal Crop.
Little Rock

Little Rock
Arkansas has taken wonderful
strides In various agricultural pur-
suits and progress in recent years, ac-
cording to stastics compiled in the Of
flee Of John II. Page, commissioner OF
agriculture, which will go into his
biennial report. Farm property, ac-
cording to the commissioner, has an
aggregate value Of S4O0OS9,303, an
increase Of more than 12O per cent
since 1900 or this farm lands had n
value OF $246,O21, ,45O showing an in
crease Of 134 per cent, and the re-
mainder Of the aggregate increase was
in building, implements and stock
According to the last estimate,
which is Incorporated in Mr.. Pages
report, farm crops in Arkansas were
valued at S119,419,025.
While cotton is Arkansas chief rev.
enue crop, few people know that there
are more acres Of Arkansas soil plant
ed in corn than in cotton. Statistics
prove 1t. While there are 2,153,222
acres Of land planted in cotton, there
are 2,277116 planted In corn. The es-
innate shows that Arkansas produced
776,S79 bales OF cotton, the year the
estimate was made, and 37609,bil
bushels Of corn yet cotton was the
dominant crop
The value Of dairy products produc.
ed in Arkansas a year is S6,5S7426, ex
elusive Of milk and butter consumed
on the farms, The number OF gallons
Of milk produced was S3,0S1,8 1915, and
the pounds Of butter produced aggre.
gate 29,9O7337 Honey too, forms
no little part Of the products Of Ar.
kansas farms, for in one year 913,5l5
pounds were produced by the busy lit
tie bees and sold by farmers,
The Harrison times., 1915-04-03
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.

White, Clark and Washington are
the banner cattle counties Of the state,
White led in 1914 with the largest
number of cattle Of any county In the
state-l9,2JO, Clark County had 49,,
800, and Washington County 1Sdi5,
Crittenden County ranked lowest with
only SO3 cattle In tho entire county,
In White County the 1920 head Of
cattle had nm assessed value OF S2O7.
2O5, while Crittenden County's 500 cat.
tie were assessed at SS,3l5, Arkansas
County ranked fourth with l6,403 head
valued, assessment value, at $l72,425,
The Harrison times., 1915-04-03
GERMAN CRUISER
MAY ATTEMPT DASH
REPORTS SAY CAPTAIN HAS
ASKED FOR PROTECTION
FROM ALLIED SHIPS.
EXPECT TO BE ATTACKED
The Guns at Fort Monroe Can Only
Protect the EiteI as Far
as the Capes.

Newport News.-While there is alb
solutely no information forthcoming
from official sources, and up to this
time the expected move has not been
taken, general belief is that the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich does not intend to intern
here
It is rumored that the delay OF
Commander Thierichens in leaving
the harbor is not due to unprepared-
ness on the part Of his vessel, but to
the failure Of the United States gov.
ernment to proide warships to protect
the Eitel in territorial waters.
Reports from Washington say that
Captain Trierichens has asked the gov
ernment for protection from the
allied ships within the three mile limit,
and that he has been assured that he
will not be molested within local or
while in three limit outside the capes.
Other than two torpedo boats and
one submarine, the DE-, there are no
warships here that could protect the
Eitel against any hostile move by the
foreign vessels now lying in wait out
side Cape Henry. 1t is also believed
that the arrival Of the battleship Ala.
bama, which has been ordered to
Hampton Roads from Philadelphia,
may be followed by the long expected
dash Of the German cruiser
The guns at Fort Monroe can only
protect the Eitel as far as the Capes,
and the Alabama will be used, It ia
said, In conveying the German ship
outside while she remains in the three
mile limit, Should the cruiser 60 to
New York to intern, as reported there
Is question as to whether she can
find enough water in the three mile
limit.