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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
SKELETON AT PEACE
CONFERENCE.

One skeleton will be present at any
peace conference with the present
German government.
One consideration must be kept
foremost in the minds Of the Allies, II
they enter upon any peace negotia-
tions. r
What assurance can Germany give
that she will observe any treaty she
may make, one day longer than 1t
suits her convenience or her own in
terests.
Can peace be made with any but a
Germany powerless or Germany
free" as Balfour said.
Germany tossed all treaties to the
wind when she decided the hour had
come for her to strike for world
domination. Is there any reason to
doubt that the same country, domi-
mated by the same rulers, and with
the same ideals and beliefs, would
hesitate to do the same again?
Pope Benedict, according to the re-
port in The Forum last evening, has
sent peace proposals to all the bel
ligerent countries. Not to accept
with open arms any chance for bring
ing peace to the war-ridden world,
seems to be violating all the instincts
of humanity. q
The world longs for peace, but
would it be peace or a truce? The
United States has no selfish inter-
ests to further. She is not fighting
for territory or for power, or for
Identities for herself. She is fight
ing, first of all, a war OF self defense.
She has been forced to transform
herself from a great peaceful, peace
loving nation into a war machine, at
a terrific expense. She can't afford
to turn back now until her objects
are achieved.
Once assurance is given that Ger
many is prepared to become again a
law abiding nation, the United States
won't bubble over peace terms, but
until that assurance is given peace
talk seems futile. That assurance can
come through a change of heart on
the part of Germany herself, with the
adoption of a new form Of govern
ment by which the German people
rule themselves; or it may come by a
complete overthrow of the German
military power and a crushing OF the
German military machine.
Peace, without that object accom-
plished, is but giving the world bully
q breathing spell when he needs Il
most America can afford to offer the
most generous of terms to either a
free or a beaten Germany. 10 can't
AFFORD to make any terms with q
semi victorious and unregenerats
Germany
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15

seed, the expense Of blowing, har-
vesting and threshing. will of course
not be overlooked. But there are 9TH
er, less obvious items, which are
none the less real costs. They in
clude interest on the money invested
in the farm. and depreciation of the
land caused by sowing grain.
And no less a parsonage than
President Wilson himself has called
attention to one of the biggest items
that should be provided for. In defin-
ing a fair" profit for manufacture
ers, President Wilson insisted that
they should be allowed q margin
sufficient to allow for the unusual
expansion of their business called
for by the war.
The farmers are entitled to that
same margin. They have been asked
to expand their business for 1918 so
that they will raise a billion bushels
Of wheat. This has been urged upon
them as a patriotic duty, and they
are already actively planning to do
it. The funds for this expansion. in
North Dakota at least, must come
from this years crop. for the last
years, left nothing. This years crop
is less than an average one for the
state. 1t is big money crop" only
because prices have been so high.
Never did the farmers need big
money crop" more than they do this
year. and never was 1t so vital to the
country's welfare that they have it.
The new board can't afford to for
get these considerations in fixing
the wheat price.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
Viereck
Bv Ellis Parker Butler Of
The Vigilantes.

In my opinion not only the staunch
Americans but the pro- Germans are
taking George Sylvester Viereck too
seriously.
Viereck is the man who published
the bitterly pro-German weekly,
''Fatherland', which he now calls
'cVierecks, The American Weekly"
His publication now carries, at the
top of the front cover, the phrase
America First and America Only.
The publication is now less pro-
German than anti English.
Viereck is, think. an American
citizen. He had a German father
and an American mother. / should
say, from what know of him, that
Viereck would never be very strong
~ American or German or anything
else but poetic, with bias toward
sensuaIity in verse.
In 1907 Viereck published book
of poems, "Nineveh", and the first
poem in the book is entitled The
Suppliant". It begins:
Beyond the sea a land Of heroes lies,
CT fairy leaths and rivers, noun
tains steep.
O'ergrown with vine--her memory
shall keep
Most dear, her heritage most dearly
prize. .-.a
The land is. OF course, Germany. so
that Viereck was already giving fair
warning that he would prize his Ger
man heritage more dearly than any
thing else. He goes on to say, how
ever, that he left that land as lad
and his eyes fell on 'the sea girt
mistress of the deep. He meant
England, and he continues:
20 lyric England. thee call my
own:
With Tyre and lutte and wreath /
come to thee;
The realm is thine Of song and OF
the sea,
And thy mouths speech is heard
from zone to zone:
Turn not in scorn thine ivied brow
from me.
Who am a suppIiant kneeling at thy
throne!
II seems to me that the pro-Ger-
mans are leaning on a weak reed
v hen they put their thrust IN a man.
who calls England his own and
kneels at an English throne as a sup
plant
IT is my opinion, expressed with
due diffidence, that Viereck would
prefer to kneeI at thrones rather
than be a citizen OF republic. There
are men who naturally turn in sup
plication to whatever throne bids
fair TO beStow favors or honors. In
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
Chance of Mortality
Among The Drafted Men

in much more danger. 1t is also said
that the mortality among certain
classes of officers, such as heuten-
ants, seTgeantg and coEporals Is pro-
portionately very much greater than
among privates. It is very interesting
to see how much greater the NOR
tally Is among volunteer corps than
among drafted men.
We believe that the drafted man
who goes as an ordinary soldier,
taking his judgment with him and
leaving his enthusiasm at home, Is
not only most effective. but lie fairly
sure to return in better physical
condition than when he left. OF
course. during the one or more days
a month that 1t is his turn TO charge
he is subject to great danger, but the
rest of the time, with reasonable
precautions, he is, statistically, most
as well of as in the streets of New
York. Most of the drafted men may
see France, which, by the way, will
be beneficial to many OF them. Since,
however, the aeroplane appropria-
ton has passed, there is good chance
that but few of them ever will be
engaged in serious fighting.
We believe that the war will con-
'tinue until we have several hundred
thousand troops and 10000 or more
aeroplanes in France, which should
be some time next spring or sum-
mer. We, however, feel that by the
time these men and aeroplanes are
over there ready to do something
worth while, Germany will have
come to her senses. We see no rea-
son for Germany to stop until we are
actually in Europe with self-sup-
porting bases, prepared to- strike
hard; but we see every reason why
Germany should be anxious to settle
with us at that time, before we do
strike. Our regular army, and per-
haps the militia. may get into action
at any time, but the chances are four
to one that the men who are now
being drafted will see very little ac-
tual fighting in Europe. Even If they
are required to do hard fighting,
statistics are very much in their
favor, and conditions are improving.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
THEY "eoT THEIR MEM.

The explanation of why a mere
handful of mounted police are able
to preserve order in a vast territory
Of hundreds of thousands of square
miles is told in brief dispatch that
came over the press wires the other
day.
II told Of the arrest of two EslSi-
mos by the Canadian Northwest
Mounted Police for the murder of
two Catholic priests. The mounted
police who arrested them were gone
more than two years on the assign
ment, and they travelled more than
5000 miles by canoe and dog sled.
But the point is they got their
men"
That Is the secret Of the success
Of this wonderful organization. They
have established the reputation of
getting their men," If it takes two
days or two years. and if the task
needs two men or geo or 1000. They
have put the fear Of the law into the
inhabitants of this great expanse Of
country. and from Winnipeg to the
Rockies and from the American bor-
der to the Arctic circle the mere
name OF this organization has pre-
served order, although the members
Of it cannot begin to patrol their
vast beat.
The example of the Canadian po-
lice is one that might be taken to
hsart by many an American com
mlnity where respect for the law is
at low ebb. The only way to make
3 law respected is to enforce it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
Lemon Juice
. For FreCkIes
GIrIsI Make beauty lotion at
home for = few cents. Try lei

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces Of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freclSles and blemishes disappear
and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15

Those whose sons and friends have
been called under the recent draft
should get considerable comfort from
a study of the mortality statistics
OF the armies in Europe, says the
weekly bulletin OF a well known
statistician.
OF course 1t is very difficult to
secure reliable figures, but we I'M
derstand that about so men per
thousand are being killed. and about
$50 men out OF each thousand are
wounded, although most Of these
wounded return again to the
trenches. This percentage Of casual
ties 10 not high. OF course 1t can
not be compared with the normal
death rate in peace times, which is
about per thousand for the ages
Of the men at the front. The great
loss of previous wars has been from
disease. This has been very largely
eliminated Some claim that man
at the front today is less liable to
disease than IL at home working in
q city.
The mortality is very much less
today than 1t was at the beginning
of the war. The gas and other hid
eous forms Of attack are being well
LuC pICSShb ~"ASAA
who are sensible and careful can
we'll protect themselves against these
things. Experience, both in the pro-
lection of the soldier and the care OF
the wounded, is constantly reducing
the death rate as the war progresses.
With the exception of wounds OBJ
tanned during charges, which of
course are very dangerous, most
wounds are in the arm and Shout
der which can be easily healed. or In
the skull. The skull wounds are nat
uralIy serious. HAmputation of limbs
is very much less than in previous
wars.
Mortality Varies.
The mortality varies considerably
with the different branches OF ser
vice. A man who is connected with
heavy field artillery is no more like
ly to be killed than if in the employ
of our railroads, but the fellows en-
gagged in certain other branches are
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
LET'S FORGET SAMMY.

II is not surprising that grown men,
and fighting men, object to the nick
name Of Sammy.
Sammy" never fitted the American
soldiers, and yesterday a dispatch
from France, published in The Forum.
stated that they were almost unani-
mously opposed to the name.
II we can't do better than that for
n nickname, better call them just
Americans.
Mechanics, like trench songs, are
not made; they grow. Thousands of
songs have been composed for the
soldiers, but none Of them has caught
on. Hundreds of nicknames have
been suggested for the soldiers, but
Sammy" came the nearest to stick
ing. Now we will have to drop it.
Trench slang will probably supply a
substitute in time. 1t has added
countless words to the vocabulary of
the world, Such terms as "barrage
fire., drive, Huns, Fritz, "camo-
ufiage", drum fire" and "Poilu" were
unknown before the war. Today they
trip easily from the tongue and are
Of the everyday speech of the coun-
try. The life Of the trenches will
evolve a name for the American SOL
oilers. Since they don't like Sammy,
let us forget it and wait for the right
substitute.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
10 Carloads Of
Cattle Unloaded
At "YO" Ranch

Burnstad, N. D., Aug. 15.-
Nineteen carloads of Texas cat
tie were shipped to the "YO"
ranch. In the shipment were $50
Herefords, most of which are
under two years. Ralph ana
Teddy Burnstad, "kings of ranch
men of the west" had charge of
the shipment. They were eight
days on the road with their
Shinrnents
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
FIXING A WHEAT PRICE.

Fixing a price for wheat calls for
more than merely apdesire to be fair
Few persons will question that at
titude on the part Of the board that
will be appointed under the new food
administrator, to decide upon a fair
price for the 1917 crop. In such a
time as this, and with the eyes of
the world upon them, no men would
dare be otherwise than fair.
But a practical knowledge Of the
farmers problems also is necessary.
Many factors enter into the cost OF
producing a bushel Of wheat OF
which the iayman knows nothing.
such obvious costs as the price Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Christian Science Monitor: II
would be difficult TO see how q more
representative aggregation of NAL
contents than that which styles it
self the Peoples Council Of America
could be brought together in the
United States at this time, or a more
pernicious. 1t Is being made a
vehicle for the expression of almost
every form Of antagonism to the
policies an purposes Of the United
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
COMPANY 9 FUND.

Company B seems assured of an
adequate and perhaps even a gener-
Gus company fund, when it leaves
Fargo.
This is a matter in which The
Forum has been deeply interested, and
1t is glad to see the outlook so prom
Using.
The Rotary club took up The Forum
plan of a parade, with a huge flag into
which contributions might be thrown.
The plans for this are going forward,
and it will be held on a date to be set
as soon as the company knows when
It will leave.
The Commercial club has not been
backward. and has started a sepa-
rate fund with a contribution Of 800
This may be added to by private con-
tributions, and The Forum will be
glad to receive and acknowledge these
turning them over to the proper GUS
todian. Those who expect to be out
of the city or unable to be among
those who watch the parade, may
send their contributions to this fund.
They may be sent direct to the Com
mercial club, If II is more convenient.
The Commercial club committee is
also getting behind the parade plans.
and IL promises to be a farewell the
boys will remember.
Be prepared with your quarters,
your half dollars, your dollars to toss
into the flag for the company fund.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-15
HOME GUARD

s. J. Smith Elected President OF
oraar kation at Portland.
Portland, N. D., Aug. 15.-S. J.
Smith has been elected president, G.
A. White, secretary, and A. A. Kop-
pang, captain, of the Portland Home
guard. The call in case of any
emergency will be given by the fire
bell.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17
FELIX DlAz HA sIDo MUERTo

Por uno de los jefes. zapatistas, en-
una disputa acerca de. quien. era ei
jefe supreme, segun despachOs del in.
terror de Mexico, recibidos la semana
pasada en- Ell Paso, Texas. ,cs ...s,s. !.
iEl Paso, Texas, Mayo 11.--Un me.
xicano que lego del Sur de Mexico el
dfa de hoy, dio parte los oficiales
seeretos del gobierno mexicano, que
ell general Felix Dfaz, sobrino del Sr.
General Porfirio Dfaz, presidente de
Mexico, ha sido baleado y muerto por
jel general Calimayor, comandante an
terror de ~zapata, despues de una
sdisputa en- cuanto al mando supreme
de los revolucionarios del Estado de
Oaxaca Este manifesto fu6 hecho
plblico ell dia de hoy, por Andres Gar
cfa, inspector general del consulate
mexicano en- los Estados Unidos.
Sc dijo por ell refugiado mexicano,
que la muerte habfa ocurrido cerca
de Salina Cruz, en- ell Estado de Oaxa-
ca, donde Dfaz y Calimayor tenfan sus
comandos acampados la disputa Sc
siguio un conflicto entire las orde-
mes dadas a las bandas revoluciona-
rias, segun las noticias trafdas a la
frontera lei hecho tuvo lugar por
medic de ,un duelo pistola, en- ell que
resulto herido de muerte Ell general
Dfaz
El inspector general de consulados
Garcia anunci0 tambien oficialmente
la confirmation de la noticia, recibi-
da del servicio secreto de Nueva Or
leans, donde algunos de los amigos
fntimos del general Dfaz recibieron el
aviso de Mexico
Se cree que Ell hecho tuvo lugar q
principles de Abril, aunque no Sc sa-
be definitivamente la fecha en- que
ocurriera nj ell sitio exacto.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17

Sc nos comunica de velarde, NM.
que ell dfa del presente mes di6 a
luz la Sra. Agueda, r. Montoya, espo-
sa de d. Casimiro M. Montoya, un ro-
busto nihito que peso 5 libras, y ell
cual fue llevado a las saludables
aguas del bautismo ell dfa IS del mis-
mo mes Ndayo) en- La iglesia de Qua
dalupe del mismo lugar, siendo los pa
drinos d. Melisandro Martinez su
esposa Ernestina R. Martinez, dando.
sele al infante el nombre de JOSE
BENITO Montoya, y festejandose el
evento EN- la casa de sus padres.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17
LOS SoLDADos EsTAN AcABAN
DO CON Los vENADoS Y
ee PAT TOS. Gs sis

lei Guardian de la GAIA del Estado,
Theodore Rouault, Jr.. ha dirigido una
carta al general Pershing, quejandose
de que los soldados regulares de aos
EE. UU. estan originando grandes da-
nos en- este Estado, a causa de su pa
sion por la caza, y que en- la parte sur
del estado han estado matando dies
ira siniestra. berrendos, venados.
patos, etc., en- fin, TODD 10 que encuen.
tran. Dice el guardian que no es su
intencion traer dificultades con las
autoridades militares, pero que ha
nombrado un gran 41mero de dippta-
dos 10 largo de laffrontera, aos que
tienen. ordenes de arrestar a todo ell
que Sc encuentren violando las leyes
reglamentarias de la caza.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17
Ell sR. READ DECIDE NO AcEP-
TAR LA POSISloN EN- Ell RiTo.

IEl ISr. Benjamin M. Read ha deci.
dido finalmente declinar la posici6n
de Presidente de la Escuela Hispano
Americana Normal en- FL Rito, y ha
notificado los directories de- la ms
tituci6n. AL Sr Read Sc lie di6 ell
privilegio de proponer SUI propio sala
rio, terminus condolences, pero des-
pues de madura consideration de la
proposition, Ell determine no aceptar
la oferta en- vista del hecho, entire
otras razones, de que ell cambio de O.
cupacion y residencia lie obligarfa a
abandonar otros negocios urgentes,
especialmente la revision de la nueva
edici0n de su Historic Ilustrada de
Nuevo Mexico" en- cuyo trabajo esta
ell Sr. Read activamente ocupado.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17
Entire las naelones que han obtenido
ayuda flnanciera do los Estadoo
unidos, sc enouentra HeIglca, que
ha reclbido tambien $45.0o0,000.
FLoTILLA DE DEsTRoYERs
EN- AGuAS lNGLESAS
La fIotilla de destructores americanos
cargo del AlmIrante Sims ha lle.
gado a aguas inglesas, para dedlcar
se Ia persecution de los submarl-
nos aIemanes.

Washington. d. c. Mayo 16.-.El 60
bierno hizo Ell dfa de hoy su primer
emprestito a Russia, de $100.000,000
hacienda que ell total que Sc ina avan
zado va a los aliados sea la enorme
suma de $625.OOO, 900.
El dinero prestado Russia es para
ell fin de que pueda hacer sus compras
de provisiones en- este pals. la SUI
ma prestada Russia, la dada Ultima
mente a la Gran Bretaia, hace la SUI
ma antes mencionada. y con los otros
prestamos EN- pr0specto para Gran
Bretafia, Francia Italia, aparte de
los rs milones prestados Belgica, Sc
cree que la tercera parte de- la suma
habra sido va distribuida.
un prestamo de $45.000.000 Sc hizo
tambien Belgica ell dfa de hoy, paga-
dero en- plazos de seis meses, de $3.50,
1000 cada uno. al extender Ell empires
tito, dijo el Secretario Meade en- una
corta alocuci6n al ministro belga, que
en- nombre de pueblo americana es-
peraba que ell dinero servirfa para ayu
dar al restablecimiento de la indepen-
dencia nacienal de Belgica.
AL hacer ell emprestito de- los 100
millones a Russia, ell gobierno estipulo
que toda esa suma Sc deberfa gastar
en- este pals, y el dinero sera gastado
bajo IA supervision de un representan-
te de los Estados Unidos.
Londres, Mayo 16.-7El almirantaz-
go anunci6 hoy la llegada de destro-
yers a las aguas britanicas.
Sc public6 con este motive ell ST.
guiente boletfn:
"El almirantazgo britanico anuEcia
que una flotilla de destroyers de los
Estados Unidos ha arribado reciente-
mente en- este pals para cooperar con
nuestras fuerzas en- la persecution de
la guerra"
Washington, Mayo 16.--la noticia
del despacho de destroyers america
nos las aguas britanicas ha sido te-
nida bajo ell censorado voluntario a
pedimento del departamento de mari
ma. No Sc haran anuncios de la po-
sici6n exacta de los buques de sus
nombres o ell numero de ellos. La
flotilla d edestroyers es La primera
contribution de America los poderes
militares della alianza en- contra de
Alemania y esta bajo ell mando del
Contra Almirante Sims. La flotilla
de destroyers entera sera enyiada
Europa. Nf aa
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17

Joseph Joffre, mariscal de Francia;
Rene viviani, vice presidente del con-
clio de ministries. y los otros MEM
bros de la comisi6n de guerra france
sa que estan en- este pals, llegaron a
Nueva York despues de un viaje por
Ell medic oeste, y encontraron tai bien
venida, como la ciudad nunca habfa
extendido ningun hombre grupo de
hombres. Ninguna demonstration de
los tiempos presentes, nj a1n la que
Sc tuvo en- honor de Dewey cuando
regreso de sus conquistas orientales
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1917-05-17
MAnRIMoNlo.

Mos comunican de Peha Blanca ell
enlace matrimonial de la Srita. Libra
da l.. Crespin, con Ell joven Jose r,
Gallegos, cuyo natrimoni0 tuvo lu-
gar en- la iglesia cat6lica de aquel lu-
gar ell dfa del presente. Va novia
es maestro de escuela en- ell condado
de Taos, siendo procedente del conda-
do de- Sandoval, y ell noyio es tambien