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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
Plan, Impractical for
Iowa. to Be Tried Out
at North Dakota A. c.
Horizontal Looping Off of Engineering Course Condemned
as "Obsolete and Impractical" by u. s. Bureau of
Education But It Is to Be Tried Here-Maybe.

The horizontal Topping off Of the major work in the engineering
college,
sy plan that the United States
catio has ndemne as "obsolete
scheme outlined by
the plan
North
Agricultural College Experiment
zonta division of engineering work.
addressing the section the representative
Caxton,
Mr.. CIaxton the
similar that which the North Dakota
"horizonta
he said that had been ound impractical for
another
Of
attending bitter
the said a
looks though North is the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
$4,000 Cut For I.
Creditors OF the
WheeIock Concern

There remains about $4,000 to be
distributed among creditors filing ac-
counts to the amount of $291,00O in the
final closing up Of the affairs of the
defunct Wheelock & Wheelock Land
Co, after the receivers accounts were
allowed.
The final hearing in the closing up
OF the affairs of the company was held
this morning in the district court.
Judge Charles A. Pollock allowing the
receivers account and listening to
arguments on the matter of priority
of claims. This matter was taken under
advisement by the court and decision
will probably be handed down tonight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
(By Associated Prees.) }

BERLIN, 26-(BY WIRELESS sAYv1LLE)- GERMANY
AND HER UsTRIA-HUNGARY, BULGARIA AND
KEY-TODAY REPLIED TO PRESIDENT WILSON IN
BELLIGERENT NATIONS STATE
FIGHTING. PROPOSAL
DELEGATES OF ALL THE BELLGERENTs BE HELD IMEODATE
LY IN NEUTRAL CITY. TASK PREVENTING FUTURE
WARS OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYS
AFTER PRESENT STRUGGLE.
Berlin, Dec 26(By wireless to SayveThe text of Germanys
amba
and Turkey, follows 49, --.-.-.----- ~ p
"The hmndd suggestion made the of the United States
has considered by government the friendly
spirit which expressed in the presidents communication
Te that which he has heart and
choice of road
To imperial immediate exchange of views
be the desired result
T therefore the the declaration made December L.
which offered meeting
of delegates of the beligeren states at neutral place
The of the that
preventing further begun after the end the
gle of the nations
81" will this ready with pleasure 10
entirely this exalted task"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26

or tomorrow.
Arguments were advanced for
priority by some of the creditors who
claim certain funds in which their
money was used were misappropriat-
ed. and whether any preference can be
allowed is the question now in the
hands of the court for decision.
The case in court today was that of
Grace Ball Wheelock against Wheelock
& Wheelock and the North Dakota
Land Investment CO., and this and
other cases growing out of the failure
of the Wheelock & Wheelock Co. have
been in the district court here for sew
era. years
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
Activities on War Fronts
(By Associated Press.)

Berlin, Dec 26-(5y wireess)Todays headquarters
regarding the
Western front In sectors of the Ypr both sides
LaBassee activity
creased Advances by strong British patrols repeatedly
pulsed"
"The artillery plateau
porari the official Austrian
'front.'
Five thousand five hundred four been taken by the
Teuton allies Rumana
Of FPeht the arroad Ruzeu and 5raIai
the point Of bayonet ntrenched
both sides of the village, stomd adds
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26

A. G. Divet, prominently known
Wahpeton attorney, and a member Of
the state legislature, will become a
resident of Fargo within a few
months, when he joins the law firm Of
Engerud. Holt & Frame.
Mr.. Divet has been a resident Of
Wahpeton for several years, being a
partner there in the practice Of law
with w. e. Purcell, former United
States senator.
The Wahpeton man has seen ser
vice in the state legislature as repre-
sentative from Richland county for
the past two. sessions, and he also
will be a member of the approaching
assembly.
Mr.. Divet will take UP his work in
Fargo after the close OF the legisla-
ture, and will remove his family to
this city in the spring.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
UItimatu1n to Carranzaa 4
TBy Associated Press.J


Washington
the American Philadelphia,
tiations will end
The Mexican commissioners will meet New York today and
his
chairman of the Mexican desaton will forward Immediately
Secretary Lane, chairman of the American section.
When the at
Philadelphia Alberto
Atlantic
on of General carranza submitted
of
and substitution OF another protocol which had been drafted by
the Mexican commissioners direction
The replied
could
either
Some utimatum the
insstence that would be by 26.
NO WORD CEWED TODAY.
New York Dec 26The Mexican members Of the joint commits
had
communication 15 o'clock this
here by Luis Cabrera
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
NEW SKI RECORD
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-Chris Jellum.
a local amateur skier. jumped 1856
feet at Cary, ILL.,, yesterday. making
what Is claimed today to be a record
for the slope. He beat by one foot the
mark set in 1914 by Regnar Ogtvedt, a
professor. The former amateur record
for the slope was 135 feet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
ARFLEEl
. IN i. 5.
WATERS
(By Associated Press.)

Boston, Dec. 26.-The presence
on this side Of the Atlantic Of a
formidable fleet of allied warships
was indicated defin'teIy today.
The vessels are known officially as
commerce protectors.
!ney arc heavily armed and dis
guised. For obvious reasons, their
exact locations are not revealed,
but the arrival recently in Ameri.
Can waters Of this newest unit Of
the British and French naval
forces was made known from a
source that hardly can be mis-.
taken.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
Snipers Shooting Across
Into American Territory

26-Fing in the vicinity Of the Third Ken
night caused another general
following Sundays skrmish between Mexican
battalion Investigation developed the
that trouble during last night occurred Texas side Of
being held
The Kentucky themselves in the monument which
Chihuahua.
additional dug yesterday in anticipation Of
trouble the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
Holland Asks Germany
to Frame New Reply
(By Associated Press.)

- Associated Press)
Amsterdam, London, Dec 26The Teeraaf
believe Hollands
Regans
Berlin % alter it,
The Dutch last month instructed Berlin
sentative notify Germany that the Belgian deportation
aSpainfuI Impression in Holland. - ~-r.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
PAY THEM,
L[NDE'S
ADVICE

Bismarck, N. DIT is my
opinion that as state auditor you
would be fully protected and as
matter Of law fully justified in
complying with the decision of the
supreme court made up of district
judges and under the authority
thereby conferred to pay the De-
cember salaries to retiring Judges
Fisk, Goss and Burke" Attorney
General Linde advises State Audi
tor Carl Joreenson in response to
latter's request for an opinion as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
WASTE IN
FIRE IS
ENORMOUS
Biggest Portion of Losses in
North Dakota in 1915
Were Preventable
SAYS ACTUARIAL BUREAU
Aggregate of Damage is
Nearly a Million Dollars
in Single Year

OF all fires in North Dakota during
1915, 1872 were wholly preventable, and
41.2 per cent were partly preventable,
origin in unknown causes.
Compared with South Dakota,
which had 2S.6 per cent wholly pre-
ventable fires, and 54.4 per cent par
TALLY preventable fires, and with Min
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
WHEAT PRICES UP
t.sseIeI peluIoossY 6al

('sseLd ps1BIoossv 6a)
Chicago, Dec. Discrimination that
Europeans are buying for future
deliveries led to a rise in wheat prices
today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
STOCK PRICES sTIFFEN
fBy Agsociated Press. )

tBy ASSOciateu PreSs,)
New York, Dec. 26.--Stock prices
gradually hardened today on the publ
cation OF Germany's renewal of peace
overtures.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
ARTHUR HENDERsoNs VIEW.

ssn sddre':s. the national sf q. r..s
sSs': s f. s s:" si
cheers t:. =: e., sss s
n opinion" Mr HsndersS" said ~ Franz: and s@rss:
bondage Nothing
VandervoId.. Belgian Socialist leader. s.'s'
ed Semnon % s%ab s~ bs
reached from that that the most bos
IN his speech Mr. Henderson said.
s. .S e: .1:sS:
Do
Of oss r.. s % % :: .ss dc not
ouc Losses: .serSss: % hssr =
I'd
only fighting negative
s % s. & S1 @ s.' @ % I @ % @ ssn S
sotiations do when 70. repsntant for her
fsss ;~s';i:: .... . - ~ t
and tsw month. :ufsrI.s ard ,..tns
,s: ,s . s tn. ~ free
taris the vndieation Of national right
small, they mus. bo free"
Petrosrsd Dec e. via London Dec 2 tdoIsye-Disousng
" sp ss 5 s rns sfs s. S bring
the to az % end -. IN order s % aims
order to make mpossbe the fumen Of Ger
for suggest these term. 10"
til the allie. have laid the firm foundation for success Of the present
% @ sh
Rhi"s s"g'.nd dsreysa
.orss;' sr.ters there the
tarism'
ITALY STILL vleLANr.
Rome Dec e. VI, Paris Dec Ihs feeling q IN =. ar
s"'sa report l
s tn. while S are sas mi y ss @
peaks Trenno Adrissio Christ
passed IN sssn Watching varied IN hy southern
u ssstd deep.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26

II the forecast at the Moorhead
weather office holds true the temper
ature at this point in the next forty
eight hours will drop between 40 and
so degrees.
The daily bulletin this morning
showed the temperature here to be
26 degrees above while the coIdest
place on the weather map was 26 be-
low zero at Calgary. With a predic-
ton today of snow tonight and We'd
nesday and a cold wave coming it is
the temperature will be close to 20 be-
low here.
The precipitation within the past
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
Premature Peace Greatest
Danger Allies Face Says
Henderson In Paris Todav

Today
rades,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26

COLD SNAP
THIS WEEK
Wave From Calgary May
Drop Temperature to 20
Degrees Below Zero

Bismarck, NJ. D.-Dec. 26.-The
worst storm in twenty years is rag
ina in the Missouri Valley. A num-
Der Of trains have been annuIled
and the city is entirely without
street car and taxi service. Snow
fall has been exceptionally heavy
north wind. Warnings have been
sent out from weather bureau to
livestock shippers.
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Continued on Page Eight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-12-26
THE WEATHER.

Snow tonight and Wednesday Cold
er. with cold wave. Strong shifting
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
HUGHES MUST RUN IN
OREGON, COURT HOLDS
To Serve the Public's Convenience and
Not His Own, Is the
judicial Dictum.

SALEM, Oregon, April 26-'It is plain
that, under the provisions of this act, per
sons for whom voters We're permitted to
express preference had no right to be con
suited upon the question whether or not
they should be voted for, or as to whether
or not their names should go upon the bal
lot says a supreme court opinion handed
down, holding that Justice Hughes's name
should go on the ballot for the Republican
nomination.
The idea OF the people, in enacting the
law, seems to be that the office should seek
the man, rather than the man should seel,
the office by petition, request or accept
ance as provided in the original direct pri-
mary laws. 1t would, of course, be impos-
sible to print upon the ballot the name OF
every person who might possibly be con
spicuous enough to receive one or a few
votes, but the legislature has wisely deter
mined that whenever any person has de
veloped such strength that 1000 voters see
fit to ask that his name be printed upon
the ballot, this fact constitutes a sufficient
showing that the convenience of the pub
lie would be promoted by printing the
name of such a person upon the primary
ballot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26

but l will venture the statement that
expenses have increased proportion
ately.
And how are increased expenses to
be metz Already the banks and rail
roads are taxed at higher rate than
in border states so that following the
line of least resistance the additional
revenue necessary to meet increased
expenses will have to be provided for
by an additional state tax, and with a
majority of the towns in the state al
ready staggering under the load of
local taxes ranging from 1925 to SO
the prospect of being further burden
ed with augmented state taxes forms
rather discouraging future prospect.
The only satisfactory solution of the
problem it seems to me, is through a
reasonable retrenchment, and if nom
mated and elected, I pledge my vote
and influence in an effort to reduce ex
penses along those lines which will not
Interfere with the proper develop
ment and prosperity of the state.
While l do not consider that geo
graphical lines should have much to
do with the choice of public officials.
it is perhaps only fair to state that
with the exception of high bailiff
Newfane has not been represented OF,
the county ticket for 20 years
Yours truly,
FRANK A. DEWITT.
! Newfane, April 25, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
TREATY FORCED ON RUMAN1A
Need Of Market for Products Cause of
Pact With Tautons.

SOFIA, April 26.-The main causes
leading to the negotiation Of recip-
rocal treaty between Rumania and the
Central Powers was purely economic
and arose from commercial necessities,
It was learned from an official source
today. Rumania had three wheat
crops for sale, amounting in all to
nearly half million carloads. 1t also
had a rich petroleum output to dispose
of.
The country felt almost stifed he
cause of its inability to import goods,
I, such as medicines, implements and
wooden and cotton wares. The ma
chinerv of the state was thus impeded
and the agricultural and manufacture
ing industries upon which the coun-
try's prosperity depends were threat
ened.
Steel. iron and other metal wares,
clothing, shoes and medicines reached
exorbitant prices. Shoes sold as high
as $50 pair. men s ordinary suits for
$40 each and quinine for 500 a kilo-
gram (22 pounds. The Entente Pow
ers were too far away or were unable
to export such necessaries to Ruma-
MIA in spite of the efforts made by
joint commissions. Germany and Aus
tria for a time were willing to barter
coal for wheat, but this was not sufii-
cient to meet Rumania s needs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. /
said know nothing will help me but /
will try this / found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time l was able to sit down and
eat hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which had not done for two years
I am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. - Mrs.
JOHN A. KoENIG, SOP Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or, if performed, did no good,
but Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Com
poundwas used and good health followed.
liz you want advice write to
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOntidentiaDs Lynn, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
NeWfane Man AnnOunce His
Intention to Become
Candidate
SAYS ECONOMY is
VERMONTS NEED
State Affairs Run with Little Regard
for Conservative Business Principles
Would Use Influence to Reduce
State Expenses.

Editor of The Reformer:-
Provided l can obtain the required
number of signatures to my petition
shall be a candidate for state sena-
tor at the September primaries, and in
making this announcement l wish to
state that l believe that the most ur-
gent need politically in Vermont is a
more economical and business-Iike ad-
ministration of public affairs. Any
corporation or firm which conducted its
interests with so little regard for con
sentative business principles would
face bankruptcy within a year, and
while it is generally understood that
a state government cannot be run up
on the same basis as private business
enterprise, the state s affairs can,
nevertheless, be conducted upon prin-
ciples of economy and some regard for
the taxpayers money.
Each biennial session adds enormous
ly to the expenses of our state gov
eminent. In round numbers the gen
eral expenses in 1903 amounted to
1867 900. In 1909 expenses increased to
$S42, 900 and in 1913 had reached sew
en- figures, $1,493, 900. l have no da-
ia covering the last biennial period
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
T. ]. BAGLEY HEADS
VERMONT n. E. o. p.
Elected by Grand Lodge in Burlington
27 Lodges with 2,138 Mem
bers in State.

BURLINGTON, April 26.-The grand
lodge of Vermont, New England Order of
Protection, at the annual meeting held
here yesterday, elected the following off
GERS: Thomas J. Bagey of Bellows Falls,
warden: L. A Bullock of Mortified, vice
warden: Henry d. Fillmore of Benning-
ton, junior past warden Z. w. Crannel
of Burlington, secretary: F. G. Rowland
of Barre, treasurer; Mrs. Mary j Rob
erts of Springfield, chaplain; w +. Green
of Bennington, guide: Miss Anna B. Con-
lin Of Rutland, guardian: Leon Mixer of
Brattlehoro, sentinel; r. w Green, T. B.
Ellis of Morrisville and b. J. Stewart Of
Montpelier. trustees: Fl. 4. Young OF
West Danville, chairman of committee on
finance; c. I. 5. Pierce of Nergennes,
chairman of committee on laws; L. G.
Burnham OF Burlington, chairman of com
mittee on appeals: Mrs. Olive A. Brown Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
REINDEER BUYING BY
u. S. PROFITABLE
Native AIaskans Made Self Supporting
and Investment Returns
sos Per Cent.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-If some
body walked up TO you and offered to
invest for you $402, 200 in q business
venture and at the end of twcnty-une
years guaranteed, would pull down a to-
tai profit amounting to Sol, 520,612. or
sos per cent on your investment-at
the rate of approximately 81 per cent
profit per year for the whole time
you would probably either fall on his
neck in gladness or call a policeman
And yet this is just what Uncle
Sam s bureau of education has done
for the natives of Alaska the Eski-
mos, the Aleuts and the Indians, for
whose education it is responsible.
In 1892 the bureau imported into
Alaska from Siberia III reindeer to
furnish an industry to supply food
and clothing to the Eskimos and other
natives who were eking out a precari-
GUS existence upon the rapidly disap-
pearing game animals and fish. I'm
portations continued until 1902, when
total of 1,2S0 deer had been brought
from Siberia. At the same time the
natives of Lapland were brought in to
teach the natives how to herd and care
| for the reindeer.
There were at the end of 1914. ac-
/ cordlng TO the report OF the education
bureau just issued, 57,s72 reindeer in
/ Alaska, distributed in sixty-fve herds.
Of these 37,S2S were owned by natives
and valued at $25 each, representing
/ S945,100 worth of wealth. Missions
! Laplanders and the government owned
| 20,S44 reindeer, valued at 1901 100
| The total income of natives from rein
| deer from 1898 to 1914 amounts to
/ 1887 40. the total income of +be mi &
sions and LaPlanders for the same pc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
BLOCKADE LEGAL
BRITAIN INSISTS
Based on the Principles of Information
al Law, Says the Latest Note
to Washington.

WASHINGTON, April 26-The latest
British note IN answer to American pro-
tests against allied interference with neu-
trail trade, made public last night at the
state department, contends that the prac-
tees complained of are ''juridically sound
and valid" and that the relief which neu-
trails seek is rather to be obtained by the
mitigation of necessary hardships than by
abrupt changes either in the theory or
application of policy based upon admit
ted principles of international law care
fully adjusted to the altered conditions of
modern warfare.
1t discloses that IAN impartial and in
fuential commission has been appointed
to find ways to minimize delays, and
pledges the Allies to make their restraints
on trade as little burdensome to neutrals
as possible The note, in which the
French government concurs, reiterates the
military necessity of regulating commerce
to neutrals contiguous to Germany, and
justifies the effectiveness of the blockade
which was challenged by the last Ameri-
can note. More diplomatic correspondence
over the issue is expected to follow.
The unanimity of sentiment among the
worlds neutrals for the protection of neu-
trial rights is recognized in the British
note, which refers to the subject in terms
embracing not the rights OF trade alone.
: 1t says in conclusion:
| His majestys government have noted
with sincere satisfaction the lntlmatlon
contained in the concluding passages of the
J United States note of the intention of the
United States to undertake the task OF
championing the integrity of neutral
rights.
The first act of this war was the un
provoked invasion by the enemy of neu
trail territory that of Belgium-which. he
was soemnly pledged by treaty to pro
tect. The disregard of neutral rights has
since been extended to naval warfare by
the wanton destruction of neutral mer
chant ships on the high seas, regardless o
the lives of those on board. His majesty
government welcome any combination o
neutral nations, under the lead of the
United States, which would exert an effec
tive influence to prevent the violation
of neutral rights. and they cannot believe
that they or their allies have much to fea
from any combination for the protection
of those rights which takes an impartia
and comprehensive view of the conduct o
this war and judges it by a REASONABLE
Interpretation of the generally accepted
provisions of international law and 10y th
rules of humanity that have hitherto beer
Improved by the civilized world.
At the outset the note suggests that TIN
American complaint is not so much tina
shipments intercepted really were intend
cd for use in the European neutral coun
tries to which they were despatched a
that the despatch of goods to Great Brit
, aims enemy had been frustrated by metb
DDS not hitherto employed by belligerents
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-26
.rshal. The full list of officers is as

marshal. The full list of officers is as
follows:
E. c., Jesse E. Haynes, Gen., w. A.
Subway; G. G., Christie B. Crowen;
is. w, o. F. Benson; j. W., A. V. D.
Piper; prelate, Ferris R. Vaughan;
treas, Glenham Jones; rec, W. c..
Mitchell; standard bearer, w. J. Pent-
land; assistant standard bearer, John
I. Wright; sword bearer, W. L. Hunt
warder, H. S. Merrill; third guard, A.
j. Hildreth; assistant third guard, A.
F. Roberts; second guard, A. L. Bill
ings; assistant second guard, William
Cushman; first guard, c. f. Cain; as
sistant first guard, C. E. Merrill ar
morer, w. B. Vinton; sentinel, H. W.
Simonds; trustee, NJ c. Houghton; or
ganist, w. S. Stearns; representative
in Putney, H. G. Everleth; representa-
tive in Wilmington, F. S. Crafts; trustee
of permanent fund for three years. A.
P. Simonds; corporator of building as
ISOLATION for three years, w A Shum-
way.