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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
POETRY OF THE WAR

Writing in the New York Tribune,
Wilson Dodd has a few verses which
he calls Brothers" which express
appreciation of the fact that but for
the fight made by France and Eng
land, America might, before this,
have felt the heavy hand Of Prussian-
ism. The verses follow:
Three red years have We fought for
us, died for us, . ...
Brothers Of England! Brothers OF
France!
One for Democracy, bravely allied
for us,
While we have slept. 'Tis no patent
of pride for us
That we so tardily arm and ad-
vance.
Three red years, with a place by
your side for US.
(Arm, America, arm and ad-
vanceD
Thinning the lines where you fought
for us, died for us,
He'll and the hate of its legions de-
fed for us. "a
Brothers of England! Brothers Of
France! .#.
Three red years. till the turn of the
tide for us,
Brothers of England! Brothers Of
France!
Brothers of freedom! o, brothers,
abide for us,
Strong in the faith that our slumb-
ers denied for us,
(Arm, America, arm and advaneeD
Arm, America, arm and advance!
Three red years in hell did they
bide for us,
One for democracy, bravely allied
for us,
Brothers Of freedom, who bled for
us, died for us!
Brothers of England! Brothers OF
France!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

yield $50 900, 900. How long since
have tariff taxes figured as levies on
wealth instead of on popular con-
sumption?
These are the principal changes
from the House to the Senate bill
which will be reported today. They
are all changes toward tightening
the load of the poor and increasing
that of wealth. The Senate commit
tee has effected these changes while
increasing the general levy $l35, 000,-
900 year above the House bill to
an estimated total Of $2,006, 100000.
This ought to be enough for the
present stage of the conflict. 1t is
revenue which will pay per cent
on $4,000, 100000 OF war debt, and
that is nearly double all estimated
war borrowings for year to come.
1t is enough beyond to provide a
most liberal sinking fund and then
leave hundreds of millions for cur
rent war expenses. The Senate's bill
is more ample as well as a juster
tax measure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

feet. A small coin can be seen
at the bottom In all parts.
The pool can accommodate
fifty swimmers. There are three
outlets. and the pool can be filled
In ten hours. with the day water
pressure, and. IN fourteen hours
with the night pressure. There
are two apringing boards and
swimming will be taught to all BY
five Instructors. Six shower
baths are for the use OF the
swimmers before entering the
pool, and all Of those about TO
enter the pool must take a good
scrub, using q scrubbing brush,
before entering.
A waiting room, which will &C
conmodate three hundred per-
sons, IL available for the swim
meTs and individual lighthouses,
well supplied with hooks and
well lighted, are at the disposal
Of the public. Boys may remain
in the pool for one half hour,
while the girls have the privilege
OF dtsporting themselves for
foFty-flve minutes. The pool viii
be emitted every night after
which II will be thoroughly
scrubbed and chloride OF lime
will be used literally for d.sin-
fecting purposes. 1t takes the
pool i've hours to empty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
Household suggestions.

Never peel can Of beans with
out plenty of proper precaution.
Sneak up on the can and seize it by
the hip. Plunge the weapon into
1T and rip it open before the can
is able to turn and cash your wrist.
A can Is harmless when left alone,
but once attacked 1t fights viciously.
Never throw away old blotters.
They are very handing for use I'm
trimming a hat or after a cold bath.
Few people seem to know how to
make use of their old toothpicks.
When tied on a ribbon and given
several coats of white paint thew
make very attractive little object
to hang in q bedroom.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
The War For the Week

War news for the week has been
disappointingly unimportant.
The importance of the British
drive in Belgium is so generally
recognized, that every scrap of news
from that district is eagerly
scrutinized, but there has been little
to scrutinize this week. 1t is prob
ably the most promising offensive
yet undertaken by the Allies. and its
possibilities are much greater than
any previous attacks.
The purpose of the drive is un-
doubtedly to outflank the German
troops in the extreme north and force
retirement from the coast. thus
permitting the German submarine
bases to fall into the hands of the
British. A direct attack on the sub
marine bases would have to be made
across land that is absolutely fiat
and so low that water seeps into the
shell holes, and makes the ground a
series of small ponds. 1t is impossi-
BILE to advance with artillery over
such ground. The attack east of
Ypres would achieve the same result
IL successful, as the Germans would
be forced to retire to avoid being
outflanked and caught between the
British armies and the sea.
During the week but little news
has come from this section, al
though the German reports indicate
that the heavy bombardment con-
tinues. The British have been silent,
except to report the capture of some
observation positions by Haig's men.
Evidently the big offensive checked
by the rains has not ended, and more
infantry attacks may be expected
next week. This seems to be the
vital spot on the German lines, and
that the Germans have recognized 1t
is shown by the tremendous efforts
they have made to fortify it, and
the bitterness with which they de-
fend every foot of it. If the allies
could advance to the Dutch border,
they would not only cut off Ger
many from the coast and capture
the submarine bases. but they would
be within easy striking distance of
the great munition plants at Essen,
by airplane, and there would be more
than a possibility that Holland
would join the allies If assured of
| their assistance by a junction Of the
armies.
The Importance Of getting at the
submarine baseE is proven each week
with the list of losses. There was a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York World: Chairman
Kitchen of the House Ways and
Means Committee is still muttering
threatenings and slaughters against
the Senate Fiance Committees re<
vised War Revenue Bill as a meas
ure to load the bulk of the burden
on the poor But how does it COM
pare in this respect with the House
measure?
It proposes to raise $777, 900, 900
from individual excess and corporate
incomes, while his bill provided less
than $500, 000, 900 from these sources.
Against the Senate's $4,000, 900
from excess war profits, his bill
would have raised only 5000, 900, 900.
Is this a tax on poverty? His bill
proposed an increase of tariff taxes
to yield 100000, 900, while the SEN
ate bill lets the tariff alone and
substitutes mild consumption taxes
on sugar. tea, coffee and cocoa to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
GERMAN PLOTS NOT A MYTH

Ambassador Gerard, since his re-
turn from Berlin, has been providing
some of the missing links in the
chain of evidence to prove the ex-
istence of tremendous German plot
to dominate the world
Talk of German plots has become
almost trite to Americans. Many of
them still regard it is newspaper
talk. Others look upon it as largely
based on the imagination of the
hysterical.
But it is no longer possible to
doubt the plain facts in the case
Germany's plans were very real
They were so complete as to be al
most incredible. Mechanically they
were perfect but Germany blunder-
ed in her estimates Of the spiritual
temper of the other peoples of the
world Her biggest mistake was
made in her judgment of England,
and undoubtedly that mistake was
the chief factor that prevented the
carrying out OF the plan.
The Christian Science Monitor, in
most interesting article, sums up
some of the plans Germany had
made as follows:
In Europe the Triple Alliance
of Germany Austria, and Italy
would, it was imagined, form
the center of the great adven-
ture. But already the co-opera-
ton of the Turk had been secuT-
ed, in the hope that the procla-
nation of a Holy War would
shake the eastern possessions of
France and England to their
foundations. Rumania, with its
German King, was supposed to
be in the pocket of Austria.
Greece, with it's German Queen,
equally securely in the pocket of
Prussia. Bulgaria. governed by
another German, with immense
ambitions, had thrown in Its lot
with Middle Europe; and thus
from the Baltic and the North
Sea to the Mediterranean and
the Black Sea, and away East
along the great caravan routes
to Tarsus, to Bagdad, and the
Persian Gulf lay the solid ter
ritories of the Middle European
combination.
And yet this was only the
beginning of the great con-
spiracy. In Persia a man of mar
velous talent, the German con-
sui in Bushire, Herr Wassmuss,
was ready with the aid of the
Persian gendarmerie, headed by
their Swedish officers, to raise
the tribes from the shores Of the
Gulf to the confines of India and
to the plateau of Irun. Beyond
Persia the thread of conspiracy
had been carried through the
Afghan passes, and 1t was no
fault of the German government,
in the critical moment of the
game. that the Muhammadan
ruler of Kabul refused to throw
Afghanistan into their scale.
Further east, again, there were
German agents at work, even
among the Indian troops, as was
seen by the abortive little rising
later of a handful of Sikhs.
The effort OF Herr Won Zin-
mermann simultaneously to draw
Mexico and Japan into the Ger
man camp has had to be ack-
/ nowledged. Then came the news
of the contemplated acquire
ment of the Danish West Indies,
in the very mouth Of the Panama
canal, and now finally comes the
/ final touch, for the present, to
the tremendous comprehensive
ness of these schemes, in the ex-
! posure, by the ex-ambassador OF
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Sliced pineapple Canned or stewed
fresh ptneapplel. crisp lettuce. may
oTlnaise dressing, snappy or American
cheese.
Make NESTS of this lettuce leaves,
one for each person. Place a slice of
pineapple on each, top with mayon-
naise and cover with the cheese
grated.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

the United States. in Berlin, of
the fact that the 100000 Ger
mans in Southern Brazil were
actually subsidized by, grants
from the government in Berlin,
nominally for educational pur-
poses. No wonder that the
Brazilians have broken off dip
lomatic relations with Germany,
and are convinced of the fact
that the entry of the Germans
into Paris was to have been cele-
brated by the proclamation of
these Southern Brazilian provin-
ces as German republics, under
the protection of Berlin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

1--WE bought bar of Cuticura Soap
and box of Cuticura Ointment. After
using a bar of Cuticura Soap and about
two boxes of Ointment baby was
healed (Signed) Mrs, Moses thinner
man, Mineral, Ill.
Prevent further trouble by using cut-
cura Soap for the toilet.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard: 'tcuticura,
Dept. II, Boston," Sold everywhere.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

The kind hearted woman stopped
to reprove the youngster who had
chased cat up tree
"Yotf bad boy! Suppose you were
one chase you in that fashion, %
Gee. wouldn't I though, II I could
climb like thati" said the youngster
grinning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

MENU HINT.
Breakfast.
Stewed Prunes. Graham Muffins.
Butter. Coffee.
Luncheon.
Macaroni au Gratin.
Bread. Butter.
Baked Indian Pudding.
Dinner.
Dreamed salmon. Baked Potatoes
Chocolate Blanc-Mange.
Graham Bread. Butter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

euBt OF HtI IIdII. IHcY
we're large and red, and
soon festered and came
to heads which broke
and scattered to other
parts of her body, and
they spread all over her
head. They caused a lot
of suffering from itching.
1t was pronounced a bad
casa of eczema.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
$4,000 TONS
OF COAL AFIRE
Huge Pile of Great North
e1n Fuel in Minot Yards
May BE Destroyed

Minot, N. D., Aug. I1.-Coal be-
longing to the Great Northern and
amounting to 10000 tons is on fire
In the yards here and it is expected
that much OF it will be lost.
The pile has been smouldering for
the last six weeks, but today the
fire took on big proportions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
Itching Eczema
On Little Girl.
Broke OCT With Pimples on Face.
Spread All Over Head. One Cake
Cutieura Soap and Two Boxes
Ointment Healed. Cost $I.25.

my little girl, when about three
months old, began to break out with
pimples on her face and around the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
THE GOOD OLD CONSTITUTION.

=, Since those halcyon days when we
stood in class and recited 1--WE, the
people Of the United States, in order
to form a more perfect union, es-
e tablish justice" etc. few Of us have
4, had occasion to read the constitution
81 Of the United States.
The constitution is like the diction-
u airy in that there is deal o. good
3 readin' in it,. Every time one re-
n reads 1t, ones respect for those who
Y =. drew it. increases. Mr.. Hannis Tay-
II Tor, who threatens legal proceedings
y to prevent the sending of American
5 troops abroad as unconstitutional,
Y provided the motive for another
d reading of it.
Section of Article 1, contains
4 these provisions which seem to cover
Mr.. Taylor's case:
The Congress shall have power:
r TO declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make rules
regarding captures on land and wa
ter.
z To raise and support armies.
ITO provide and maintain a navy.
ITO make rules for the government
and regulation Of the land and naval
!, forces.
G This same section has another in
' teresting provision. It gives Congress
! power ito define and punish-of-
/ lenses against the law of nations".
Congress might we'll occupy itself
with defining what constitutes Civ
! Ing comfort to the enemy, which
should interest Mr.. Taylor ever more.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Get wise and order Flavo Flour
from the manufacturers. Phone So.
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
Household tiintC..

ing for gravies. 1t will give them q
brownness and flavor that you can
get in no other way, and 1t is simple
to make and this quantity will last
an average family a year.
Banana Pie Filling-Bake crust
fill with the following custard: One
cup sweet milk, half cup sugar, two
tablespoons cornstarch, two ega
yolks. Cook till thick az cream, then
cut in three bananas.
Frosting: Beat whites of the two
eggs stiff. spread on top OF pie and
brown in oven.
Lemon Pie Filling-Two cups sugar
three tablespoons cornstarch, tive
cups water. Cook In double boi1el
till thick. Use whites of eggs FOL
meringue.
Prune Fie-Make one crust. Put III
layer OF prunes that have been steweC
and pitted. Sprinkle over tablespoon
vinegar or lemon juice. Mix yolk Of
one egg with one-half cup sugar, ta-
| blespoon fiour, one-half cup milk Of
water and turn over prunes Shake
dish little, gift little cinnamon OF
top and bake. When done spread WITH
frosting made from white of the egt
and brown.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Flavo flour, CT earny white, delic-
ious flavor, goes further. Phone 80
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Simple Rules 10 Keep Mirrors Clean.
If glass mirrors should become very
dirty, 1t Is advised to wash them with
warm white soapsuds and rinse i'm
mediately with warm ammonia water,
been AIDED. After this go over with
whiting and polish with a hne cham
f,is sltn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Nine. DON BelisaFto PorFls.
Mime. Porris, wife of the Panama
minister at Washington, only recent
" Joined her husband at the national
capital. She has already made many
friends and promises to become one
of the most gracious hostesses IN
social circles at Washington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11

Canning and Preserving.
Homemade Bar LIE Due Jelly-Boil
two cups sugar with three cups water
for ave minutes. Measure the strip.
currant juice and boil until 1t jelies
(test d little on a spoon). When jelly
iE done measure once more ana 70
every pint Of jelly and one pint OF
moved by pricking them open with q
sharp needle. being careful not 20
mash currents. Now bring to the
boil, cook for two minutes, pour into
your incest Jelly tumblers, cover with
isinglass and set in the hot sun; DO
this Tor Ave days. on the last day
cover with melted paraftin, put on
covers and put away
This is just like the expensive bar
le due. in the stores some might
in the end you are well repaid for
your trouble.
The Table. >.
Spanish Spaghetti--one cup spa
ghetti, two cups canned or stewed to-
matoes, one large sweet pepper 3
cents worth of cream cheese. Boil
spaghetti until almost done, pour on
superfluous water and turn into
| warmed casserole. Cut or chop cheese,
pepper and tomatoes into small pieces,
salt and pepper to taste, spread over
spaghetti, sprinkle with bread crumbs
and bake one hour in moderate oven.
This will serve ten people with a de-
licious meat substitute at a total cost
OF az cents.
Tor the Qravy-boat - Take one
/ bound dark brown sugar and add TO
l Il a full cup OF sailed butter. Cover
| this with water and let IL boil and
/ boil and boil. Keep adding water as
| Ii gets too thick 1t will grow darker
and darker till 1t is a rich jetty-
| brown mixture, almost black. II
should be Of the consistency to pour
i az thick cream. Then set in, a cool
i place and, when IL is cold, skim Of
i the fat. The liquid should then be
/ bottled and kept on hand for brown
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
STOP THIS "FRIeHTFULNEss"

Among the horrors of war must be
classed the plan to transform Cong
ress into an itinerant Chautauuua,
during it's fall recess. to carry the
gospel of Americanism to the people
back home.
Before submitting tamely. the
country will demand details. Is the
bepompadoured harbinger of the days
OF non-resistance to comes to us,
dropping his pearls OF oratory? Is
the Silent Footed One from Missouri
to permit us to sit at his feet and
absorb lessons in patriotism as he
sees IL? Is our own misrepresentation
in the Upper House to come back
to us and tell us as he told a Min
nesota audience. that our allies are
saving their soldiers and permitting
us to fight their battles for them?
In that case the country has a right
TO protest to its last breath.
If there is pressing, urgent call
for genuine apostle of Americantsm
20 make the eagle scream until it's
voice is heard from darkest New Ulm
90 the mountains Of Oklahoma, we
would back Theodore the First
against the upper and lower houses
combined. Handicap him with a bad
cold and he is still good bet against
the field.
II there is call for driving home
the message of the war to America,
let us have first a few mastery ex-
positions of the subject. in impec-
cable Wilsonian phrases, TO be fol-
lowed by an appeal to the eraser
emotions from The Colonel. This
double barrelIed onslaught on the in
tellect and the emotions undoubtedly
would bear fruit, and we're for it, but
why introduce frightfulness into Am
erica by turning loose on the de-
fenceless country, a flock of con-
gressmen with their appetItes whet-
ted for an orgy of oratorv2
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
NOW COMES THE PROOF.

d, The proof of the pudding is in the
eating.
- The proof Of the wheat crop is In
al the bank balance.
II Yesterday. z. F. Herland. accord
Ting to local news story in The
n, Forum, marketed the first wheat of
ttthe 1917 crop. 1t brought him $2.S4
pia bushel, grading No. hard. His
average yield was 20 bushels to the
traere, and it gave him gross returns
alof $3.50 an acre.
W During the last few days The
atForum has been telling a remark
tfable story of prosperity for the Red
y River Valley. 1t was a story of the
biggest money crop" ever harvested
In North Dakota.
e And the proof of the story is at
~ hand. The only cause for regret is
IL that all of the state did not share
q in It, There are farmers In a pitiful
= state, almost bordering on destitu-
n ton, with no money to meet their
debts, no fodder for their stock, and
:, not enough grain for seed. That
means that the biggest money
crop" carries with 1t a duty to those
who did not share in it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-11
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

When William Howard Taft left
the Presidential chair. he disarmed
his few enemies They had no longer
any reason for disliking him.
His illness at Clay Center. Kansas,
Is a matter for real concern to the
great majority of the American peo-
pie. The reports Of his condition do
not indicate that it is critical, but
they have had a rather ominous tone
at times.
11r. raft's demeanOr since he left
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-26

to vote for war they did not want. /"
"Now let's make 'em help pay for
the war they have brought upon the
country" is sentiment often heard
expressed about the capital.
The Democrat right here wants to
go on record as being against any
representative or senator who, has
any part in the scheme to throttle the
press regardless of politics. The
newspapers today are doing more
work in the interest Of the govern
ment than any paid agent in the SER
vice in the matter of getting recruits
conserving food supplies and agitat-
ing extension Of the production of
food supplies. 1t is crying shame
and little less than a disgrace that
they should be further handicapped
because a few fellows cannot stand
criticism of their public acts.
However, there has been a dispo-
sition on the part Of politicians for
several years to get rid Of lot Of
which they could not con-
troll and they see INTO think that now
is good time to do it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-26

One Of the most frequent remarks
one hears since the declaration Of
war is that the rich man will not par
ticipate in it; that the poor man will
do the fighting. 1t is probably true
that more poor men will go to fight
than there will rich ones, but that,is
largely for the reason that there are
more poor ones in the country. How
ever, one of the richest young men
in the United States marched up to
the recruiting officer few days ago
and enlisted as a private. 1t was
Marshall Field, the third generation
of the great mercantile house of
Marshall Field & Company, one Of
the largest in the United States. AL
so when troops were being sent to
Mexico few months ago, among the
companies sent was that known as
the Millionaire Company Of Phila-
delphia. 1t was said that every man
in the company represented a family
that was worth million dollars, yet
they were riding on the same train
and sharing the same discomforts as
the other companies made up of men
from all walks of life. 1t may be a
mistaken notion that the rich man is
not patriotic and will not fight. Give
him a chance to prove it.