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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Washingtons birthday will be cele-
brated at the A. c. by an all-college
colonial party, to be held ON Friday
evening, Feb. 20, however. Tableaux
and minuets will be followed by in
formal dancing, the affair to be held
tY fha COLLAGE arnnory
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Wilson and Phyllis Pierce. OF s16 Col
young friends at q valentine party
wednesday evening. Red and white
hearts were used as decorations, and
the valentine idea was also. predoInS-
nant in the games that were the d.
version, and the lunch served later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

The Ladies Aid society of Pontoppi-
dan Lutheran church will meet at the
church parlors Friday afternoon at 3
O'clock. Mrs. c. c. Anderson and Mrs.
Clayson will be the hostesses at this
meeting, to which members and friends
are cordially invited.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Mrs. e. g. Kosho, of Eleventh street
south, was hostess Wednesday after
noon to the members of the First di-
vision of the Woman's union of the
First Congregational church. twenty
six of whom were present. Mrs. H. B.
Struble assisted her in entertaining,
lunch being a concluding feature Of
an afternoon spent in sewing for the
needy of the city who have been re-
ported by Fargo's visiting nurse. Mrs
+. HI. Wilder will be hostess to this
division at its next regular meeting.
on March IA.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Lutheran church will meet with Miss
Minnie Hoff, 814 Third street north,
Friday evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

A large number. including some
from Fargo and Moorhead, attended
the dancing party given by the Yeo-
men at Dilworth. Wednesday evening.
Baernsteirl's orchestra played for a
very pleasing program Of dances,
which continued until / o'clock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

The Kings Heralds of the Broad
way Methodist church held their reg
ular meeting Wednesday afternoon in
the church parlors. The devotional
exercises were followed by drill
from the Blue Book. which was thor
oughly enjoyed by the children. Later
a chapter entitled, Soldiers Of the
Prince. was studied from the regular
text book This society is supporting
a deaf and dumb girl in China, and
plans are under way for raising he's
scholarship money for the coming
year. Lunch was served yesterday by
Mrs. J. F.. Brauer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

A most interesting meeting of the
Writer'S section of the Fine Arts club
was held Wednesday afternoon at the
regular meeting place. the home Of
Mrs. FL. Thompson, on First avenue
south. The leader for the afternoon
was Miss Elizabeth Perley, who gave
a comprehensive review of Israel
Zangwill's play, Plaster Saints, this
being followed by lively general dis
cussion. The members OF this section
are to be guests next Wednesday aft
ernoon at another writer's tea, at
which Mrs. A. F. Colwell and Miss
Bussard will be hostesses, at the for
mers home. 'YE"s -~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

The wheatland Odd Fellows and Re-
that place next Monday evening, for
which Baernstein's orchestra, Of this
city. will play. A very happy affair is
being planned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gilmer. OF TAO Oak
street, entertained at a valentine party
"Wednesday. evening About ten couples
which afforded the diversion, flrst prize
went to Jens Lohn and second to f. D.
Kimball, the latter of Tower City.
carried out was served by the hostess.
The ladies of the party were guests of
Mrs. Gilmer in the afternoon, also,
spending the time in social chat and
sewing. Red and white were the pre-
dominating colors in the pretty decora-
tions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Mrs. Wallace N. Stearns is home from
an extended visit with relatives at Ur4
bana, ILL.,. where she had been at the
home Of sister since before Christmas.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

ty OF the First Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Addison is president of the society.
Ten were present and spent part of the
afternoon planning out the years work,
after which social time and lunch
were enjoyed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

James Dean Gross, of 321 Tent
street north, entertained eight class
in celebration OF his 9Th birthday ami.
versary. It was a valentine party, but
terfies and hearts in pretty profusioI
forming the decorations on the dining
table and throughout the rooms. Rel
and white was the general color scheme
OF the decorations, and all OF the suppel
appointments we're in heart shape. Val
entines were given as favors, ant
awarded as prizes to the winners II
various games The hours OF the parts
were from $3.50 to $3.50 o'clock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

? A number of the Dilworth young peo--
pie are planning to hold dancing par
ty In the hall there next Saturday eve
ming. Baernstein's orchestra, of Fargo,
will play for the dancing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
$4,000 BELGIAN HOUSES GONE
Germans Record Of Destruction Is
Shown by New Gray Book Is
sued by Government

Havre, Oct. S.-The Belgium govern
ment has issued gray book to refute
allegations against Belgium civilians
contained in the German white book
Of May, 1915. in which 1t was said
Belgian civilians savagely attacked
German troops in the early days of the
war and that the measures adopted by
the Germans were necessary In the in
terest Of preservation of the German
army. According to the gray book, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 houses were
destroyed by the Germans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
Made Fortune Out Of Dream.

1t was while Bristol (Eng) me-
chanic slept that the idea came to him
of making the round shot as we know
It. His occupation was that Of cutting
up lead strips for manufacturing shot.
One night he went to bed and dreamed
It was raining and the raindrops
turned to lead, covering the earth with
lead shot. In the morning he melted
some lead, took 1t up to st. Mary's
Redclift tower, and poured 1t down. on
descending, he found the lead had MS
sumed the shaps OF shot, and by ap'
plying similar method in hlA business
he made n fortune of $4,000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18

white paper issued by Great Britain.
The paper is of interest to Americans,
lnasmuch as 1t almost certainly will
form the basis of a similar agreement
between the United States and Ger
many. The conference at which the
agreement was reached was held at
The Hague.
An arrangement was made whereby
the Netherlands government undertook
to care for 10000 British and German
combatant or civilian prisoners of war,
the respective governments OF these
nationals to refund all costs of intern
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18

Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhlte, COM
nander of Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va.
General Cronkhite has been serving in
the Panama Canal zone.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
Oriental Architecture.

Mosques and other buildings are
now erected in reinforced concrete In
Egypt and other countries, but ad-
herring to the national type of archi-
lecture as regards the design of such
structures. Among others is the Sui
tan Hassan mosque at Cairo, in which
reinforced concrete enters largely. An
other very handsome structure of ORR
entail type was recently erected near
this city, the Grand Palace hotel of
Heliopolis. 1t is vast building of
four stories, and presents a pleasing
aspect owing to the excellent archi-
tecturaI design inspired by the prevail
ing STYLES.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
MOST IMPORTANT
MEASURES PASSED

Here are the most important
measures passed by congress at
the special war session:
Declaration Of war against
Germany on April 8.
War bond Issues agareuatlnu
1888, 100000.
War appropriations and con-
tract authorizations totallinp
$t4,3eo,o 900, 900.
War Ioans aagregatlng ST.
900, 900, 900 to the allies.
The selectIVe draft bill, max.
Ing 10000, 900 men liable to mill.
tary service.
The espionage bill, including
the embargo provision.
The $2,235, ,ooo, 900 war reVe-
nue. bill.
The food control bill.
The trading with the enemy
act.
The soldiers and sailors In
suranee bill.
u
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18

ment and to furnish materials neces-
sary for the construction and upkeep
OF the camps, for medical attention,
and for the victualing and clothing Of
the interned.
Among the provisions of the agree
ment is one whereby the British gov
ernment will permit the German medi-
cal personnel originally belonging to
the German garrison at Using tao,
China and now In the United States,
to return to Germany by sea II they
are permitted by the American govern
ment to do so.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
JACKIE KILLS FRIEND; is HELD
Queenstown Magistrate Says Fatal
Blow Constitutes MansIaushter-
To Get Bail.

London, Oct. S.-Machinists Mate
Perente of an American naval vessel
will be liberated on bail on a charge
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of dock yard laborer named
Plummer, who died from the effect Of
a blow on the jaw inflicted by the
sailor on September 8. He was held
by a Queenstown magistrate. Perente
pleaded not guilty and added: ~ did
not mean to injure my friend"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18

permanent aviation stations of the ar
my and navy for school purposes.
Acts enlarging the membership of
the interstate commerce commission
and amending the act to regulate COM
merce by authorizing priority ship
ments by any common carrier, ect.
Act appropriating $11, $4,000 to pro-
vide further for the national security
and defence by stimulating agricul-
ture and facilitating the distribution
Of agricultural products.
Act appropriating $162, 100000 to
provide further for the national secur-
ity and defence by encouraging the
production, conserving the supply and
controlling the distribution of food
products and fuel.
Act to authorize an additional issue
of bonds to meet expenditures for the
national security and defense and, for
the purpose of authorizing in the
| prosecution of the war, to extend ad-
ditional credit to foreign governments,
and for other purposes. This act makes
an additional appropriation of $4,021,-
377, ,S9O.92 to extend credit In the Unit
ed States for foreign governments by
purchase of bonds of our allies and eX-
penses incident to preparation of an
issue of bonds and certificates; ou-
thOrizes an additional issue of $4,000
100000 of bonds to meet loans to for
elgn governments; authorizes an addl-
tlOnal issue of one year certificates of
Indebtedness amounting to S2,000,000,-
600 and an issue of five year war saw
ing certificates amounting to $2,000,-
100000.
New Mark Again Set.
Act appropriating $5,356, ,666, ,O1693
to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the fiscal year 1918 and prior years
on account of war expenses and for
other purposes, and authorizes con-
tract obligations to be met by future
congresses amounting to $2,401 ,45S,-
1880. This is the largest appropria-
tion act passed by this or any other
| country. This act makes further ap-
preparations of $685., 100000 for the
emergency shipping fund and raises
the limit of cost to carry out the pur-
poses Of the shipping act to $1,734,-
100000
Act to define, regulate and punish
trading with the enemy and for other
purposes, and appropriates $45O,0 to
enforce the provisions thereof.
Act to provide revenue to defray war
| expenses. This measure provides ap-
prOximately $2,5OOOOO,OOO of revenue
with which to pay the expenses of the
| government.
Act to provide a military and naval
family allowance, compensation and
insurance fund for the benefit of SOL
diers and sailors and their families,
and makes an appropriation therefor
| of $176,25O,OOO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
MOVE TO AID WAR CAPTIvES
Governments of Great Britain and Ger
many by Agreement VIII Seek to
Amsllorate Conditions.

washington.-Details of an agree
ment between the British and German
governments concerning combatant
and civilian prisoners of war, which If
kept by the Teuton officials delegated
to carry It out will greatly ameliorate
the condition of the wretched captives
held in Germany, are made public In a
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18

4hteIeSl On DOnuS ana CeTIlH-
Gates ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2OOOOO,OO0
Civil establishment OF govern
ment ......................,..... 95S S0C0, 900
All other expenses. 102O0O,000
AS a part of the scheme of meeting
these enormous expenditures congress
passed the $2,535, 100000 war revenue
bill, the largest taxation bill In Amer
ican history, levying directly or in
directly upon every man, women and
child in the United States. Something
more than a billion dollars of this
amount will be taken from war profits.
All incomes more than $1,000 for sin
igle men and more than $1,000 for mar
lried men are made subject to taxation.
Where New Taxes Fall.
Here are some things upon which
the average citizen will pay taxes un-
der the new war tax bill:
Approximately 2 per cent increase
on incomes of $1,000 or less.
Letter postage, except local letters,
Increased to cents and postcards to
2 cents, beginning November 8.
One cent for each 10 cents paid for
admissions to amusements.
Five-cent shows and 10-cent outdoor
amusement parks exempted.
Ten per cent on all club dues of $12
"a year or more.
One cent for each % cents paid for
parcel post.
One cent on each 25 cents express
package charge.
Three per cent of all freight charges.
Eight per cent of passenger fares by
rail or water, except trips of less than
80 miles.
Ten per cent of charges for seats,
berth and staterooms on parlor' cars
or vessels.
Five cents on each telegraph, tele-
phone or radio message costing 15
cents or more.
Three per cent on jewelry.
Eight cents on each 500 of life In.
;surance. The tax on whisky is in.
icreased from $1.10' a gallon to $500
The tax on beer Is increased from 81
a barrel to $2.75.
Increased tax on cigars, cigarettes
and manufactured tobacco and snuff.
Little Dlssension During Session.
Despite pacifist activities, the ses.
sEion was marked with comparatively
little dissensiOn, the fighting centering
about questions mainly affecting poll
acy. The most stubborn contests were
staged over the revenue bill. the draft
bill and the food control bill. In ev-
Iery case, except censorship of the
newspapers and speech, the admins.
Ttratlon has received everything 1t asked
IOf congress for the conduct of the
war.
Congress was In session 18S days
During that time more than 10000
4army, navy and marine corps nomina.
itions sent to the senate were con-
Armed, among them the advancement
4of Major General Pershing, comman-
+der in chief of the armies In France,
land Major General Bliss. chief of staff,
ito the rank of full general, held only
-four times previously in American his
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
IMMENSE LOT
OF WORK Done
BY CONGRESS
Session Remarkable, Of Course,
for Its Action on War
Measures.
lITTLE FRICTION NOTICED
Members, as a General Thing, Were
Observation-Disclosures Sue.
eessful In Most Legislation
II Wanted Adopted.

Washington.-''The most remarkable
session in the parliamentary history
+Of the world" was the way Demo
cratic and Republican leaders charac-
terized the first war session of the
tSixty-1fth congress, which came to
|close at three o'clock in the afternoon
iOf october 6. exactly six months after
the declaration of war against Ger
many.
The record OF legislation enacted
land money appropriated has no paral-
Bel anywhere In the annals of all time
Beginning with the declaration Of
war against Germany In April, con-
tgress has passed bill after bill of the
most revolutionary character, includ-
ang such measures as the draft bill
and the food control bill. Appropria-
ftions and contract authorizations for
the present fiscal year, totalling $21,-
-390,000,000, including $7,OO0,0000OO in
loans to the allies, were voted with
out single dissenting voice, a record
equalled nowhere, not even in the
kaiser-dominated German reichstag.
How Money Is Expended.
The following table shows how the
money is to be spent:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-06-14
WILLIAM E. KING
DIES in PORTLAND

Announcement of the death of in
Portland Sunday of W. E. King, prom
inent local orchardist and for many
years a leader in the movement for
good roads, threw pail over the reg
ular meeting of the Commercial Mon
day evening. Mr.. King was formerly
on the clubs good roads committee and
was one of the organization moving
spirits in securing the first work on the
Columbia River Highway. The Com
mercial club adopted memorial reso-
luton out of respect for Mr.. King.
Mr.. King divided his time, before he
was taken ill last fall, between his
local ranches and his eastern Oregon
mining property. One very warm day
last summer Mr.. King contracted Sc
we're cold while inspecting the damp
shafts of one of his mines. The cold
settled on his lungs.
The Rainbow ranch, where Mr.. and
Mrs. King made their home when in
Hood River, is known as one of the
most artistic places in Oregon.
With Mrs. King the deceased has
just returned from seven months
"Trip III DoulHSTH CdlllOTIlld III Lne nope
of recovering declining health. lie
had been a resident of Oregon for &C
years and discovered and developed
the Rainbow gold mine near Baker,
and organized the Commercial Mining
Company of Oregon, which has oper-
ated the Rainbow mine.
Mr.. King is survived by his window,
sister of Justice Hunter, of British
Columbia.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-06-14
GIVE THE PUBLIC
WHAT IT WANTS

One dav a visitor at the studio where
Herbert Brenon was directing the pro-
duction of ''War Brides" asked, "Do
you believe in giving the public what
it wants, or teaching it to want some
thing better than it knows?"
'It is impossible to give the public
something it doesn't want" Mr.. Bren-
on replied, "much less selling it that
something. But this does not mean
that it is necessary to travel in the old,
deeply worn ruts. In photodramas. as
in all other arts there are certain fun
damental things that appeal to the pub
lie universally. The primal passions
and emotions that are the basis of DO
etry and painting cannot fail to attract
the public, because they are deep root
ed in the human consciousness. The
photodrama is simply the modern form
of expression. Therefore. so long as
the artist deals with truth he is bound
to give the public what it wants, al
wavs has wanted and always will want.
Casually, however, when you speak
of giving the public what it wants, you
refer to the superficial and cheap form
of motion pictures, because that is
what the public has seemed to want.
AS a matter of fact this is not true.
The majority of moving pictures have
been bad. when judged by any stand
ard of the other arts, just as the ma.
jority of the locomotives built so years
ago are bad when judged by the stand
ards of modern mechanics. Each new
art must evolve its own standards and
everyone knows that most of the worst
motion pictures of today are better
than most of the best ones of five years
ago. What am always trying. there
fore, to do is to reach the new stand
ard which does not yet exist, and if
do reach that, then | strike out again
for still higher point. This is, in the
best sense, giving the public what it
wants. There is not enough good pho
tOdrama to fill the demand, and so the
public takes the next best, because it
insists upon seeing pictures just as ii
insists on reading. But the success OF
companies which have made a definite
effort to bring their productions up to
an artistic point shows that the public
has no set ideas of what it wants, or at
least that those ideas cannot be meas
ured by the perpetual success of un-
worthy productions. By remarka-
BILE combination of circumstances and
condolences, the cast which appears in
support of Nazimova in Herbert Bren-
on's production of War Brides" is
composed of players who have been as.
sociated with the great Russian actress
and with each other in numerous other
productions. Almost the entire orig
inal cast of the vaudeville production
of the piece has been reunited in the
film version.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-06-14
0rchardiSts Are Busy

The production of staple food prod
ucts the coming season is going to be
considerably above hundred per cent
over last year, according to T. D.
Calkins, president of the Hood River
County Agricultural Defense Council.
Mr.. Calkins, who during the past sew
eral days has made tours of different
part of the county, says that he finds
orchardists and ranchers doing all they
can Individually to swell the food pro-
duction. The Defense Council presi-
dent says that a good..deal more seed
ing of beans and other staples will be
done.
Except where production could be
increased by cooperative effort, and
| am agitating such cooperation where
| believe it can be made effective" "
says Mr.. Calkins, Hood River county
people..can do no more than they are
at present.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-06-14
VALLEY NEEDS MORE
BEES SAYS DAVIDSON

Indirectly. through the "freeze out
of most of the bees of local apiaries,
the severe cold weather of last winter
will cost the apple growers of the
Hood River valley thousands of dol
lars, according to H. F. Davidson,
owner of large local orchard holdings
and formerly president of the North
Pacific Fruit Distributors. Mr.. David
son, following tour of inspection of
local orchards last week says that a
heavy drop is Occurring in most all
orchards, including cherries and other
fruits as well as apples, because of
lack of polarization.
81 asked growers if they heard any
bees working during blossoming sea-
son" said Mr.. Davidson, 'and most
of them told me that the insects were
scarcely noticeable this year. AS a
result the pollen was not properly
scattered. 1t is true that the drop is
more noticeable among trees that bore
most heavily last season, but believe
that a great deal of the falling of the
young fruit could have been prevented
if we had more bees here.
L ADVISE growers 10 take care Oh
their apiaries. If the bees happen to
freeze out, growers will find it pay
ing investment to restock them at
once. You cannot grow fruit success
fully, | find, without BEES"
The bloom of the local cherry trees
was the heaviest ever seen. A week
ago the drop began, and growers re.
ported prospects for normal yield.
1t now seems that the cherry crop will
be very light here this season.
Mr.. Davidson says that the continued
cold weather has caused the first pick
ing of local Strawberries to be smaller
than in normal years. "But with a
few days of this warm weather." he
says, 'the fruit will develop rapidly.
The berries are of fine quality and will
ship mighty we'll"