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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
The Career of Ex-senator Pettigrew
Hindens The No FOR


Conduct OF War No New Role For
Dakotan.
/ so kindly deserted him in 1892, how
ever, and in the financial crash OF
that year and the depression which
followed he lost his wealth, so that
in 1901, when he retired from the
senate, 1t was as a poor man. His
friends accounted for his career as
an obstructionist at Washington by
his loss Of fortune, but whatever the
cause he became sadly changed from
the good fellow" of territorial days.
A washington letter published after
his retirement gives this picture of
him:
HE would be Ill termed a big
noise. Sharp. rasping noise is more
to the paint. Mr.. Pettigrew has q
reputation for being shrewd, sharp.
acerbic. Yet this long, thin, stoop-
ing, whining man was he who made
South Dakota q state. He left the
upper house the most unpopular man
in Washington"
Strangely enough, within a year
after his retirement, Pettigrew again
was a rich man, having made IA
million dollars on stocks through
tips given him by James J. Hill, with
whom he had been associated in the
early days of the upbuilding of the
northwest. Since then he has hgur-
ed little in the public eye. He cham
pioned Bryan's cause in the political
campaign of 1908 and was suggested
for national chairman OF the Demo-
cratic party, but that publicity did
not help to restore him to public
favor.
Now, eighteen years after his as
SAINT praufdanf MnKinloxyss xrfu -
course, he is accused OF repeating"
But it is different situation and no
senatorial toga lends dignity to lhis
attack on the draft; also, no sena-
torial privilege protects him from
the operation OF the law.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
GOPHERS LIKELY
TO PLAY AGGIES

The University OF Minnesota bas-
ketball team probably will play the
North Dakota Agricultural college
Ave in Fargo shortly after Christ
mas. the matter Of a guarantee be-
ing the only drawback. 1t was an
nounced following a meeting of the
athletic board of control at the Agri-
cultural college at noon.
Minnesota athletic authorities have
agreed to play the game. The exact
date has not been set.
If the Minnesota team comes to
Fargo, IL will be the first time that
the team has left its home floor to
play q lesser college.
Minnesota alumni in Fargo plan q
reception for the team should 1t
come to Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
DULUTH GRAIN MARKET.

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 1T.-AFlaxseed
broke a maximum of 70 during the
early trading today with the execu-
ton of selling orders, while buying TO
absorb them was lacking. Crushers
appeared to have covered their needs,
and there was no buying from that
quarter. Bidding developed on the
low spots leading to recoveries, and
the close was steady. December closed
&c off, May 5 ~ off, and July Sc off.
"A good call for barley attributed to
millers appeared and its range was
advanced 2@3c to from $1.25 to $1.55.
Rye closed unchanged at S1.S1 for spot
and the May future unchanged at $3.50
asked. Closing:
SASSY @3.251k: arrive December $3.41;
December $3.3S asked; May $3.23H
July $500 bid. Oats, on track 1914 al
rs u arrive 73h. Rye, on track and
arrive $1.S1; December $3.50 nominal;
May $1.s9 asked. Barley, on track
s1.25@1.55.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17


very truculent ana II is even said
some OF the sacred edifices were
mined.
Later General Won Falkeuhayn
arrived and took control OF defense
measures. The day prior to our IN
try worlnen were still engaged IN
fitting his headquarters with cleo
trio lights.
aThe population OF Jerusalem IL
heart ana soul with us ana tnere
cannot be the slightest doubt OF the
attitude OF the Jews ana Arabs. &C
cordinp To the T@lSish estimates
there are in Palestine nearly $4,000
Arabs and Jews who deserted the
army to evade military service, but
ii is said that the Turks lately have
avoided undue severity as they were
beginning to realize the mistakes Of
their policy"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
WOULD ENLIST CREWS
OF ARMY TRANSPORTS
ouartermastsr General Sharp Says
IL 10 Necessary to Eliminate De-
lays and Friction.
~ Associated Presa. )

Washington, Dec. illumination
of trouble constantly arising in
civilian manned army transports by
the military enlistment OF crews is
recommended by Quartermaster
General Sharp in his annual report
published today.
Delay in sailings caused by inop-
perfume wage demands OF merchant
crews is cited as a leading difficulty
encountered under existing condi-
tions. Added risks in passing the
submarine zone are incurred, il is
pointed out, by shipping crews not
subject to military discipline.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CHILDREN TO See WAR
FILM WITHOUT CHARGE

All school children will be admit
ted free at the matinee showlngs
of the government war pictures al
the Orpheum theater this week, II
was announced today.
The pictures for the first half Of
the week are 1917 Recruits" and
Soldiers of the Sea-, showing the
men in training from the time they
enter camp until ready for service. II
will be the first showing of the pic
lures west OF the Allegheny noun
tains.
Matinees will be at $3.50 o'clock,
and evening performances at 1880
and Q o'clock.
+. o. Hellstrom, Bismarck, secre-
tary of the State Council Of Defense,
will lecture in connection with the
pictures.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
Chicago Robbers
Collected Two
Millions in 1917
(By Associated Press.l

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Thieves and
robbers have profited to the extent
OF more than $2,000,000 by their oper-
atoms in Chicago since the first of
last January, according to police fig-
ures made public today. This Is said
to be the largest harvest ever gath
cred here in a year by criminals.
There have been $4,000 burglaries
robberies and ten bank robberies.
Figures tabulated by the bureau of
records show the following.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CHICAGO Dash NTARKET.

Chicago, Dec 17.-Corn. No. Q yell
low nominal; No. 3 yellow nominal
No. 4 yellow s1.40@1.50. Oats, No.
white 75h @761h; standard 76A m76%
Rye, No. 2, $1.S4. Barley, $1.40@1.62.
Timothy, $5.00@750. Glover, $40. 1000
$500. Pork, nominal. Lard, $24.37.
Ribs, $2S.75 @2A50.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

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tended to deport the remainder but
the British arrival defeated the in
tention.
early in November Enver Pasha
(the Turkish minister OF war; came
to Jerusalem and recommended that
the town be evacuated. Three days
later, however, a change was made
and reinforcements were hurried
down. A proclamation was issued
saying that the Turks would hold
out to the last. The new forces were
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
OFFER FIRST TESTIMONY
In. TON HALL CASE
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Mr.. Hall as an especially unpleasant
duty for him. personally but as a
duty nevertheless which the attor-
ney general was bound to respect. He
detailed money raising efforts which
were brought out in the trial; told
of alleged admissions made to the
attorney general by Thomas Hall in
pleading in the presence of others
that the case be hushed up. He de-
scribed the examination of Halls Of
fice by Examiner Edwards beginning
Oct rs, and told Of Hall beginning
to make desperate efforts to raise
money. Imagine his bitter. need"
said the prosecutor, when we find
him going to a man who had been
his bitterest enemy; of whom Hall
had said everything 1t lis possible for
one man to say Of another, and ask
ing him for help. He suggested to
Edwards that he go hunting; that he
fix 1t with State Examiner Waters
to go hunting. Finally to head this
off, the man directly in charge, goes
hunting, and he takes the key to the
cash drawer with him, and because
no one else had q key the cash could
not be counted until Walla's return.
Then Walla returns, and Hall and
Walla go to Baldwin, where $500 is
raised. Mr.. Hall had raised money
from q banker in Mandan and from
an insurance company which he rep
resented. Now we find money being
put back into the treasury, with cur
rency and personal checks, ranging
from SIS to $126.50, made out to and
endorsed by employees of the secre-
tary of state who never got penny
from them"
Steen Brought Action.
Then State Treasurer John Steen
precipitated action by informing the
attorney general Of an alleged short
age in the secretary of states ottice,
and the arrest and preliminary ex-
animation followed. Hundreds Of
dollars went somewhere, and we in
tend to show where it went. Hun
dreds of dollars were missing when
an audit was made in 1915. and 1t was
covered up by fees from 1917 Ii
cense tags, which the secretary Of
states Office had urged be bought in
advance for the new year.
Judge Coffey before adjourning
court until $3.50 O'clock this morn
ing especially counseled the jurors
against receiving any outside infor-
nation on the case and directed tina
should such information ccTne, they
Immediately bring it to him. e. r..
Edwards Of the state examiners
ONCE, who detected the alleged dis
crepancy, is the first witness the
state viii produce
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
HANNAFORD FARMER
DIES HERE SATURDAY

John Wan, So, well known Hanna
ford, N. D. farmer, died in a Fargo
hospital at 6 o'clock Saturday even
ing after a weeks illness from bowel
trouble. The widow and four chill
dren survive.
The remains were shipped to
Hannaford by =. r. Moore this
morning. Funeral services will be
wednesday afternoon.
Atty. Lee coombs returned to Fargo
this morning after spending saturday
and Sunday at his home in Valley
City. Attorney coombs is leading
prosecuting counsel in the Greisinger
case on trial here.
]. L. Monahan and K Peake, well
known farmers Of Wilkin county,
were visitors In Fargo Sunday from
the GAINESVILLE district.
IL am a mild man." said the Wis.,
itor, taking a frmer hold on the
stick he carried, but unless ] get
some money to soothe my feelings
there'II be troubled"
''Was the boy bitten so very badly
by my dog?" inquired the dogs
Gle was bitten exactly IS worth,
sir" said the man with the stick.
'I hope your boy will soon get
WELL" remarked the dogs owner as
he paid over the money.
"F1e isn't my boy" said the man,
preparing TO depart
'Whats"
Hes the son Of q friend Of mine
who owes me IS. and as he couldn't
pay he turned his sons bite over to
me to see If / could collect that
have done so. II ever you or any OF
your family get bitten by dog, Just
come 10 me, and I'll collect the dam
ages for you on rs per cent commits
sion. Good day"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
Col. AlipO Cana.

BraZirs military commission to
the United States is headed by Col.
Alipo Cana. The photograph was
taken on shipboard when the COM
mission arrived at AN Atlantic
Port"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
OF RUSSO.GERNAN
,ARNISTICE MADE PUBLIC
Manchuria 8 &C d b precarIoua
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Will Not Recognize BoIshevil<i.
Washington. Dec. 17.-Recognition
OF the BoIsheviki government by the
United States still is remote, Il was
indicated today at the state depart
ment. Reports il Europe suggesting
q developing sentiment in favor Of
dealing with the new regime. as q
de facto government have found no
response here.
1t was suggested here that one Of
the direct effects Of the armistice
between the German and Russian
armies might be the financing OF the
Bolehevilxi by Germany with paper
money.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

Atty. Martin J. oBrien, of Crooks
ton, is spending the day here on off,
cial business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

Will Net transfer rooFSs
Petroarad, Saturday. Dec. H.
Leon Trotzxy. the Bolsheviki foreign
minister declared st meeting Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

j. L. Monahan and K Peake, well
known farmers OF Wilkin county,
were visitors In Fargo Sunday from
the GAINESVILLE district.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CORRESPONDENT TELLS
STORY OF SURRENDER

CONTINUED from Page l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
How to Claim Appeals to District
Boards.

Claims Of appeal may be made by a
person within 10 days after the day
when notice has been posted and mailed
hat such person 5 name has been certi-
fed to the district board as one who has
been called for service and not exempt
ed or discharged.
Therefore if YOU desire to appeal
J. Go to the local board and get or
copy Form lJ3 or l54 for filing your
claim of appeal.
>. Get or copy also Form l3l or l52
for notifying the district board of APP
peal.
3. File Your claim of appeal Q53 OF
l54) with the local board
T. Send your notice of appeal (Eorm
IlJ1 or 1922 to the district board.
). Do this within 10 days from the
dav when notice that your name was
certified to the district board was posted
and mailed.
| Remember:
/. You can only appeal the final or
der of the board exempting or discharg
ing or refusing to exempt or discharge
YOU You can not appeal other orders
or action of the local board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
COMMON HUMAN FAILING.
Men Are Very Much Inclined to Dislike
Their Jobs.

certain discomfort with the immc
date job IS one OF the most common Of
human talllngs Ninetynine out of every
hundred OF us are conscious of it at inter-
walls, on more or less continuously There
are times, and with some it Is practically
all the time, wien we would like to do
something else, be something else or be
somewhere else. The grass on the other side
Of the road looks greener; the other fellow :
job looks easier and more desirable
Blessed is the man who has found hs
work and rejoiccs in it, or words to that
effect, as the late Ebert Hubbard or some
body once remarked. From observation
and hearsay sc might conclude that il
is only small percentage OF men whc
have really found their work. According t,
the frequent testimony Of the majority
they are convinced that they are really
better fitted for some other work rhey
feel that if their tue vocations ever spoke
when they were choosing their careers il
must have been in iRaudible whispers, ans
that fate unkindly permitted them to gel
sdetracked
Stranger than this is the apparent con
viction Of a great many persons that they
could perform some other task much bet
ter than the one handed to them by Il,
unreasonable destiny, and practically 4:
well as that other task Is being performe,
by those who have had years Of trainin.
and experience in it. Doubtless in som,
instances they are right There are man,
square pegs in round holes. and vice versa
bat the strange fact remains that thi
/ deluson is cherished by very many per
sons whose achievements in their own linz
prove conclusively that their perform
tance in the field that seems SO allurin
would be fully as inferior in quality.
| OF course the factor of interest il
one S work is Of vital Importance il
the matter of results. A lack Of inter
est is more than likely to produe
poor work. while enthusiasm is condu
Give to excellence And the matter o
natural gifts or inclinations must b
taken into account. But after thes
factors are reckoned with there still
remain certain natural traits that ar
bound to affect the quality of PEI
son s effort in whatever channel it
. directed. There is the matter of crafts
manship. If one s work is sloppy in an
particular trade a certain sloppiness
: bound to appear in his efforts in an
line. Ii neatness, ordefllneSs and pre-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
Adverse Decisions on Claim.

II Your claim is disallowed by the To-
cal board your name will be certified
and sent by the local board to the dis
tgiet board as one who has been called
for military service aud not exempted
OF discharged Within two DAYS there
after. if practicable, list OF those 50
certified TO the district board will be
given to the press with a request for
publication. will be posted in the Of
fees Of the local board accessible to the
public view. and notice viii be mailed
to the address on your registration card.
Therefore, ii Won have filed a claim
for exemption and proof in support
thereof, watch the notices i'll the Office
Of the local board beginning about five
days after YOU have filed your proofs Il
see what disposition was made Of yoni
case and make arrangements for the
prompt receipt of mail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
Physical Examination.

You must report for physical cxami-
nation on the day named III your call.
(aJ If You are found physically dis
qualified the board will give you Ger
tifcate which will explain to You what
your further duties are.
thl If YOU are found physically
qualified and file a claim of exemption
within days after your call YOU will
he given 10 days after filing your claim
OF exemption to tile proof in support Of
voul claim Of exemption. See tNlll be-
low.
tcJ Ii you are found physically quail
flied and file no claim for exemption. or
if Won do not appear for physical exam
iaatinn, your name will he posted to
the district board as one who was called
for military service and vas not ex
empted or discharged On the eight
dav after call or within two days there
after copies of the list of persons SC
posted to the district boards will l.,
given to the press with a request fol
publication, viii be posted in place
at the office OF the local board accessible
to the public view, and notice will b,
mailed To Won at the address on YOU
registration card.
Therefore watch the notices poste,
IN the office OF the board about 10 day
after the day YOU were called and max
arrangements Tor the prompt receipt {
mail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16

and il has made me a well woman and
we have lovely baby girl. We cannot
praise Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound enough, and hope this let
ter will lead other suffering women to
try il. Mrs. BENJAMIN F. BLAKE,
RID. No. s, Box %, Madison, Wis.
There must be more than a hundred
thousand women in this country who,
like Mrs. Blake, have proven what Won
ders Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound can do for weak and ailing
women. Try it and see for yourself.
All women are invited to write for
free and helpful advice to Lydia L.
pinkham Medicine Co. (confdentiaD,
Lynn, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16

a wife or child dependent on You for
support.
9 That you have a widowed mother
dependent on your labor for support.
10. That you have aged or iniirm par
ents dependent upon your labor for sup
port
H. That YOU are the father of a
motherless child under l6 dependent
upon YOU for support.
70. That YOU are a brother OF an or
phan child or children under l6 de
pendent upon your labor for support.
IL. That Won are a member of any
wellreeognized religious sect or organ
ization organized and existent May 49,
1917, and whose then existing creed or
principles forbade its members to par
| ticipate in war in any form and whose
religious convictions are against war OF
participation therein in accordance with
the creed or principles of said religious
Organization.
These are the only grounds for ex
emption or discharge by a local board
Another person can file a claim IL
YOUR behalf, but must use different
forms IN filing the claim.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
Call for Examination.

Is soon as quotas are assigned to
each state and each board each board
will call upon persons whose cards are
in It's jurisdiction instructing them to
present themselves for examination.
This call will be posted at the Office Of
the local board and the papers viii be
requested to print it. \ notice will al
so be mailed to Won, but the posting of
the list at the office Of the board will
hc deemed sufficient notice to charge
Won with the duty of presenting your
self The law therefore makes it Your du
~ to inform yourself when YOU are
called. The mailing is for your corven-
fence. bat it the letter never reaches
Won. vou can not make that an excuse
Watch the lists at the office of yom
board aud see when you are calleC
for examination.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
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Decisions of District Board on Indus
trial Claims.

Within five days after the closing Of
proof in any industrial claim the district
board must decide on claim.
II the decision of the district board
is in favor of the claim the board will
issue a certificate Of discharge. II the
decision is against the claim the dis
trict boards will so notify You.
Remember that you have been called
for military service and that the GER
tiicate OF the district board is only
conditional on your remaining in the
kind Of industrial service on account Of
which YOU were discharged. No such
exemption shall continue when q cause
therefor no longer exists and your Ger
gificatc of discharge may be withdrawn
or modified bv the district board at
any time that the district board shall
determine that the circumstances rr.
quire il.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-16
VII.
Seven Days to File Claims of Exemp-
ton Of Discharge.

Note.
laj No claim Of discharge on &c
count OF the industry in which you are
engaged can he decided by a local
board. lSce Par Nv. below
Oh Whether You file claim of ex-
cmption or not, YOU must present your
self for physical examination on the
day named in the notice.
From the dav notice that YOU are
called is mailed aud posted YOU have
seven days in which you may file
claim of exemption or discharge The
form for filing this claim is simple. 4
YOU wish to file such n claim
la) Go to the board and get Form
10 for exemption or Form l2l for dis
charge. If the board has not the printed
forms ask to consult the form pamphlet
and copy the form shown there.
OBJ Fill out the proper form and
file II with the board.
tc) Do this within seven DAYS Of
the posting and mailing OF notice TO
: YOU TO present yourself.
The following are the only grounds
for exemptions:
!. That YOU are an officer, legisa-
tive, executive, or judicial Of the United
States. a state or territory, or the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
,. That YOU arc a regular or or
tdained minister of religion.
3. That YOU were OH MAY Is, 1917
a student preparing for the ministry in
any recognized theological or divinity
school
T. That You are in the military OF
naval service of the United States.
). That YOU are a subject of Ger
many, whether you have taken out pa
pcrs or not.
q. That Won are a resident alien who
has not taken out first papers.
In addition TO claims for exemption
claims for discharge may be made OF
any of the following grounds for dis
charge by a local board.
l. That you are a county or munc
ipal officer
>. That YOU are customhouse clerk
3. That you are employed by thu
United States in the transmission o
mails.
4. That you are an artifcer or work
man employed in an armory, arsenal o
navy yard of the United States.
:. That you are employed in the ser
vice of the United States (under cer
tain conditions). See paragraph (c) {
section 20, Regulations.
6. That YOU are licensed pilot reg
ularly employed in the pursuit of you
vocation.
I. That YOU are a mariner actual
employed in the sea service Of any eli
lien or merchant within the Unite
States.
5. That you are married man wit