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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture Addresses Two
Audiences in Gate City
FAMINE CALLED
ARCH ENEMY
Says Nation Also Calls for
Volunteers to Fight in
Business World
EXCERPTS FROM ADDRESS
OF CARL VRooMAN AT FAIR.

AS a sisterhood nation we are
face to face with famine right
now. AS people we can always
hope to feed ourselves"
THE business men of the ma
ton in the last three months
have shown a splendid and
thrilling manifestation of the
real American spirit"
IF this war is to be won. we
shall have to put several armies
in the field"
Ten million of the flower of
American manhood have had
their names written on the ma
tion's roll of honor. The nation
calls today for an equal number
of volunteers to fight in the
business world
Every day we hear men re-
gret that they are too old to en-
list. There is no man too old to
enlist in the home guard OF our
national honor"
This war is going to give our
nation a rebirth. All business
and industry is going to be rails
ed to a higher standard"
I'VE may not be starving our
selves, but millions of our fell
lowmen are. This arch-enemy
of all mankind, this dread moth
er of pestilence is our real foe"
THE people have learned
since the war started that 1t is
going to be won, not by the ma
ton with the greatest armies in
the field. or tnc greatest stock
of munitions piled up behind, or,
the greatest financial resources
in reserve, but by the nation or
combination OF nations which is
able to feed itself the longest"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Steel Interests
GiUe More Trouble
han the Germans
So Declares Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Fargo
Address This Morning Only ''Scum of the Earth
Seeks to Gain nlegitimate War Profits

That the steel interests are giving
the United States more trouble than
the Germans, that the income tax
for the support or the war must be
pushed up to the limit, and that this
war against wars" must have the
earnest support of every man,
woman and child in the United
States, were declarations made by
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
agriculture of the United States,
speaking at the Fargo auditorium
this afternoon.
Gov. Lynn j. Frazier of North Da-
kota introduced the speaker, and
about 500 heard the address. John
N. Hagan, commissioner of agricul-
ture and labor of North Dakota;
Judge G. F. Amidon of the federal
court, President Aubrey Lawrence
of the Fargo Commercial club, John
Frame, A. G. Divet, Dean c. b. Wal
dron and DR.. Paul Sorkness,
occupied places on the platform.
Sees Betterment for Nation.
Secretary vrooman said it was a
pleasure for a representative of the
federal department of agriculture to
be introduced by a farmer governor,
a man who understands the needs Of
the farmers not only from associa-
tion with them, bat from actual
experience. The more the farmers
are represented in our government,
he said, the better it will be for our
nation.
Beginning his message on the
necessity for mobilizing all of the
resources OF the nation to win tho
war, Secretary Vrooman said
emphasis was given to the necessity
by the news of the collapse of the
Russian offense that he believed was
only temporary. This failure on the
part of Russia places a heavy
responsibility upon the United
States. That the Russian people
win soon find themselves he did not
doubt. He cited the example Of the
French revolution where one-half
Of the people were kept busy out
ting down treason at home and
cutting off the heads Of the nobility,
while the other half whipped all the
other nations of Europe. The un-
chained energies Of the sovereign
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

900 on account of the present
exorbitant prices for machinery and
materials.
The state it is said win use about
$4,000 tags this year and it has been
almost impossible TO procure them
anywhere. 1t had been suggested
that the state install a plant and
manufacture its own tags, as the
states investment in automobile
license tags up to June was over
$8, 900.
The plan was to manufacture road
and street signs and other sheet
metal work in addition to the auto
license tags which might be
distributed by the state at g hand
some profit.
The plan, Il was asserted, has not
been definitely dropped but IL is inn
probable for some time on. account
Of the limited finances OF the state.
An attempt IL was declared would
be made to install the plant as soon
as the finances Of the state win per-
NIT.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
auto SPEEDERS TAKE
HOLD OF FAIR TODAY
Saturdays Card
Of Motor Speed
AT Interstate Fair

First event-Time trial for a
distance of one mile, flying start.
Best time purse of $3.50; Sec
ond best time purse of $75.
Entries: Henderson, Scrieber,
Rathbun, Bowen, Endicott,
Brainard and Lampkin.
Second event - Trial heat.
Three mile free-for-all, flying
start. Purse, 500, to be divided
as follows: $400 for best time;
5000 for the second, and 800 for
third; also the "Swineheart"
trophy, valued at $400 to the
winner. Entries: Henderson,
Rathbun, Bowen, Endicott and
Lampkin.
Third event-Australian pur-
suit race by miniature cars. Four
starters on four equal points of
track. Purse to winner, $500. En-
tries: Calohan, Buchanan,
Scrieber and Brainard.,
Fourth event-One- mile exhi-
bition race. Flying start between
the two highest powered, fastest
and most expensive racing auto
mobiles, the American 800 horse
power Bitten Benz No. 2, and
the 200 horse power Fiat sub
marine. These two monster
speed creations represent an in
vestment of $4,000. The Benz
holds the world record one-mile
straightaway, % 1-5 seconds,
and the Fiat straightaway mile
in 27 3-5 seconds. Entries: En-
dicOtt and Iamnlxin
Fifth event-Louis Gertson,
worlds supreme aviator in his
air racer, VS.. wild Bill" Endi-
colt. One mile. Flying start.
Sixth event-Louis Gertson in
his flight over the grounds.
Seventh event-Ten-mile free
for-all, 20 laps, flying start.
Purse, 5000. First, $500; second,
5000, and third, 500. Entries:
Bowen, Henderson, Rathbun,
Endicott and Lampkin.
Eighth event--World's famous
and the original auto polo teams.
American team: Captain Paul
Henderson, driver; Ivan Hall,
malletman. English team: Cap
tain Ray Lampkin, driver; Ray
Claypool, malletman.
: Racing cars in the different .
events-Blitzen Benz, Fiat sub
marine, Baby Mine, Deluxe,
Cyclone, Jr.; Duchesneau, Dues j
enburg, Sun Ray and Sweeney /
Special.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
RESOLVE TO
CONTINUE WAR
Allied Powers Conclude
Conference With Resolu-
ton to Fight on
CBy Associated PressO

Paris, July .27g-The allied powers
yesterday concluded their conference
after announcing a decision to con-
tinue the war until the objects for
which they are fighting, are. attain
ed.
Their declaration which was made
unanimous before separating reads !:
THE allied powers, more closely
united than ever for the defense of
the peoples rights, particularly in
the Balkan peninsula, are resolved
not to lay down arms until they
have attained the end which in their
eyes dominates all others--to render
impossible the return Of the criminal
aggression such as that whereof the
central empires bear the responsible
ty."
There was unanimous agreement
on all decisions reached during the
meetings.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

The retirement of Major General
Goethals and William Denman and
the succession OF Rear Admiral w.
L. Capps and Edward N. Hurley to
their places brings close to the
shipping board controversy that has
waged for a period of more than
three months.
Rear Admiral Capps. a naval con-
stEuction expert of international
reputation, who replaces General
Goethals, and Edward n. Hurley,
former chairman of the federal trade
commission, will Immediately en-
deavor to hasteh forward the work
well started by their predecessors
and to bring to speedy accomplish
ment the nations plans to send thou
sands of food-laden ships to the al
lies. .@- @'
The reorganization of the shipping
board will shape it best for uninter-
rupted work on the big tasks before
1t. 1t is assured that every trace Of
personal ambition or animosity will
be removed. cambridge Colby, New
York lawyer, has been named to sue
ceed Capt. John White, of Kansas
City, one of Denman's strongestad ad-
herents, whose resignation has been
accepted, and further similar
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
RED CROSS GETS
U. 5.
STRONGEST MEN
In WAR SERVICE
Senator Curtis, Michigan,
Field Secretary, Dis
closes Plan
NEED EFFICIENCY
TO GAIN RESULTS
Whole Nation to be Organ
lied Thoroughly-Praise
for North Dakota

Team work is what the Red
Cross demands"
This is the pithy way in which
Senator Edwin j. Curtis. Of Michi-
gan, field secretary for the American
National Red Cross, summed UP the
object of the reorganization of the
Red Cross to better fit 1t to meet the
tremendous demands that are being
made upon it by the world war.
Senator Curtis has been sent to
North Dakota by the Red Cross ma
tional headquarters to assist state
Director N. c. Young and Execu-
tive Secretary Harry Curran Wilbur
in putting the new plans in opera
ton. When seen today by a repre-
sentative of The Forum, he was
busy with great stack of records
that have come into the state head
quarters of the Red Cross in Fargo
but he readily consented to dron
work long enough to discuss the
plans of the humanitarian arm OF the
government.
The war council OF the Red Cross
has conscripted the biggest execu-
tive brains in America to take
charge of the work at Washington.
Men are resigning their positions
with some of the biggest financial
concerns in the United States in or
der to devote their full time, with
out compensation, to the Red Cross
field.
Red Gross Watehwords.
Efficiency is the watch-word. We
want the maximum of results in the
minimum period of time. We insist
on a. machinery that is as perfect as
a working organization, as that OF
any manufacturing plant in the
country. We are going tor have II,
too, and until we can get the biggest
men in each locality into the harness
we know we cannot reach our goal.
North Dakota has been detached
from the Mountain division, which
has headquarters at Denver, and at
tached to the Central division, with
headquarters at Chicago. Judge NJ.
g. Young, as state director, is in full
control of the organization work in
North Dakota. National headquar-
ters at Washington and Divisional
headquarters at Chicago will back
him UP absolutely, and he is under
instructions to see that only the best
Continued on page I'VE.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

changes are likely where any ap-
pearance of personal feeling is
found.
Admiral w. L. Capps is highly
trained in shipbuilding. He has held
the position of chief constructor in
the navy since 1910. He has done
work in the construction department
since 1892. He is a graduate of the
U. S. Naval Academy and also the
University of Glasgow, where he
studied naval architecture. Capps
saw service during the Spanish
American war. He was born in
Portsmouth, Va, in 1864. He repre-
sented the United States at the in
ternational marine conference in
London in 1913, and during the last
two years has done extensive work
in naval architecture and marine
engineering.
Edward N. Hurley until recently
was chairman OF the federal trade
commission when he resigned to
take charge of his business interests
in Illinois
cambridge Colby, a Progressive,
is a prominent lawyer and business
man of New York, and was active in
behalf of Wilson's candidacy in the
last election.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
FOUGHT Like Heroes.

Petrograd, July z7-Accounts OF
the battle in Galicia which have
reached here say the cavalry men
Fought like heroes. Cossacks oper-
ating with Russian and British mo-
tor cars defended the Sereth line
as long as the last hope remained ~
Is reported that artillery men on
their knees implored the infantry 20
save their guns, but that the in
fantrv did not heed them.
General Kornilofrs orders 20 snoor
traitors and marauders are being
carried out.
,rbs commander OF a grenadier di-
vision has been removed for re1us.
ing 10 fire on deserters.
The Fifth battalion fougnt brave
Iv n kept off three German regi-
ments with it's machine guns ana
made several bayonet charges aLooI
In one attack the men rode lneir
BICYCLES. Some sections or the pat
TALON lost eighty per cent of tneir
officers.
returned from the Dvinsk nonS
states that after Russian shock Dat
taIlons had captured important Ger
man positions IL was discovered IN
several instances that signalling W
the Germans was going on from the
RsIssian rear. Belgian artillery men
and mechanical experts in retro
0Tad. many Of whom were wounded
on the User or at Ypres are forming
a battalion "of death" 70 give an ex-
ample of military yalor on the Aus--
sian front.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
MAKING
PLAN DROPPED
Secretary Of State Will
Continue Purchase of
Auto Tags Cost High

Bismarck, N. D., July 27. The
plan for the state 10 establish a
plant for manufacturing automobile
license tags, viii be dropped for the
present, according TO the decision Of
the board OF control yesterday. The
action taken yesterday was the re-
suit OF Secretary Of State Halls re-
port to the effect that necessary
machinery to establish the plant
would probably cost more than So
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
WHEAT CROP WILL RUN
40 PER CENT NORMAL
Two Elevator MSn Concur With Rail-
road Secretary After Covering
Third OF North Dakota.

Bismarck, n, d., July I'D. -.
Macmillan of Minneapolis and A. -.
Dickinson Of Wahpeton. representing
the Cargill Elevator Co.. after drive
ing over a third of the state between
Wahpeton and Bismarck. have exc
pressed concurrence in the opinion of
secretary ]. N. Calderhead OF the
railway commission that North Da1
kota's wheat crop win not exceed 40
per cent OF normal.
The elevator men reported an un-
usual acreage of rye and barley. and
saw some fields of wheat that we're
very good, but a great many wheat
fields will yield practically nothing
cutting down the general average.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

people, kept so long in serfdom,
proved utterly resistless. 1 expect
to see ethe democracy of Russia
twice as efficient as autocracy ever
was he said.
impossible to Overstate Crisis.
"The problem that confronts us is
so serious, so vast that it is impossi-
bic to overstate the situation. It is
all important that we put our ma
ton on a war basis. The word from
Russia adds 1000 per cent to the
gravity of the situation.
This must done on a patriotic
basis and on a basis Of efficiency.
We are patriotic according to our
lights and we must raise our patriot
ism to a higher degree. The Fourth
Of July patriotism must be translat-
ed to the boys in the trenches; the
farmer in the furrow; the mother in
the kitchen. Housewives must be
taught to follow the advice of Mr.
Hoover by cutting out all waste and
putting the home on a war basis"
The quotationfrom a letter of
President Wilson brought ringing ap-
plause-"the man who is not up to
the same high standard as the men
in the trenches has no patriotism
at ALL"
Confident OF Women.
Speaking of the work of Great
ing new armies and new navies he
led up to the delay in making ap-
proprtations by congress. When the
authority is extended to Mr.. Hoover,
he said "he will send forth an army
OF women to urge the prevention of
waste inthe home" He had the
greatest confidence in the loyalty
and patriotism of the American
women. Some OF them may be f1ssy
and object to boiling potatoes in the
skins or bringing the uncut loaf of
bread upon the table. The women's
biggest task is to educate the men
and If they have not the nerve to
teach them to cut out waste they are
slackers.
The men of the country have
shouldered the great responsibility
of the war splendidly and the neces-
sity now is to put all business on
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
SECOND CALL OCT. ]
Sen. J. "Hani" Lewis Thinks Second
Group Will Be Summoned Then.
~ Asaociated Press. )

Chicago, July 27.-Tbere will be q
second call for new men for the ma
tional army Oct. 1. In the opinion Of
u. s. Sen. James Hamilton Lewis,
Democratic whip who conferred yes
terday with army officers stationed
at Fort Sheridan on plans 70 keep
the second officers training camp
there.
Il think that On Oct. /. the second
group OF men, the Second army will
be ordered to begin preparations for
a call to service" he said. "Just
how soon after that they will be call
ed 10 the camps IL problematical,
depending probably on the speed
with which the first unit Is train
ed"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
OPEN LIGNITE FIELD
Extensive Operations Under Way In
Beulah Coal District.

BeuIah. n. D.. July 27-Operations
have commenced Ia earnest at the
local mines, which are to be develop
ed by a strong company backed by
Col G.. B. Little, president Of the
First National bank of Bismarck, and
e. A. Hughes. head OF the Hughes
Electric Co, "A new shaft and entry
tracks to the mines. Modern mach
inery is being installed, and the mine
expects 20 ship at least one train load
OF Ignite daily to Mandan and Bis
marck by special freight.
The Beulah Ignite fields are claim
ed to be the largest In the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
GASOLINE CARDS
System May be Adopted Unless Con
sumption is Reducsd.
(By Associated Press. )

Oklahoma City, Okla, July z7
Purchase OF gasoline on the ticker
system unless consumption ia thin
state Is lessened considerably. was
voiced as a possibility today ~
NJ. Aydelotte, chairman OF the state
council Of defense.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Germany Needs Gold.

Amsterdam, July 27.-The daily
recurring public notices printed in
conspicuous type in German news
papers entreating citizens to aid the
Fatherland by giving IL their gold
evidently is insufficient OF productiVe
results. The weser Zeitung OF Bre-
nen saws competent authorities cali
culate that three to four hundred
million gold coins are being boarded
in Germany while the value Of gold
ornaments is estimated at a billion
marks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
stranathsn oovernment.

washington, July 27.--The RUS
sian military reverses have strengtn-
ened the hands OF the government in
Petrograd, according to a dispatch
from Ambassador Francis Of the
state department. They have shown
the impossibility of control OF the
army by soldiers committees, the
ambassador reports and have led to
a universal demand for a stronger
discipline.
The ambassador reported that the
military crisis at the front has caus-
ed the deepest alarm in Petrograd
not only as to a severe military dis-
aster but as to achievement OF the
revolution itself. All parties are
united. he said, in urging the gov
ernment to use any measures neces-
sary to meet the situation.
Dispatches to the Russian embassy
confirm this point Of view and show
that many conservative leaders VINO
have recently gone out Of office are
now again coming to the front.
At the same time arrests among
the Bolsheviki and the Red guard are
continuing. Five more leaders were
taken into custody the day before
Yesterday, the dispatch says, and
many others are under surveillance.
The council of workmen's and sol
d1ers' delegates has issued appeals to
different sections Of the community
citing the danger of the situation and
supporting dictatorial powers to
make the result Of the revolution
safe.
Fears of food riots which originally
precipitated the crisis in Petrograd
leading TO the revolution are dispelled
the dispatches and by reports of
splendid harvest from all over Rus
sia. The Galician military defeat
was explained by one Grenadier di-
vision OF from $4,000 TO 10000 men
which opened up the front TO the
Germans which allowed them TO
drive in a wedge 20 miles deep which
necessitated the retreat of the whole
of General Kornillofs forces OF 3OO,-
900 men.
Heroic defense Of cavalry division
alone held the Germans up few
hours before Tarnopol permitting the
escape of the defending infantry and
destruction of the munitions stores.
Meanwhile the Russian advance in
the Krevo -Smolgon front Is reported
as continuing with three German
regiments brought down from wilma
front annihilated.
Reports that negotiations are un-
der way for sending American troops
to Russia are fatty contradicted here
where il is stated that Russia has
more men than she knows what to
do with. Americas great possibility
in sending supplies TO Russia espec-
tally railroad material.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Conspiracies to Restore
Monarchial Government
Sternly Suppressed
ULTIMATUM SENT
TO KRONSTADT
Russian Generals Order
ed to Recapture City
Of TarnOpol
CBy Associated Press.N

Petrograd. July 27.-The extreme
gravity of the country's position in
in front and rear impels Premier
Kerensky, without waiting for the
constitutional assembly, to convene
July 81 at Moscow, the "extraordin-
ary council.
All members of the duma, prom
inent men from chief centers Of the
empire, representatives of the Zen
stow, municipalities. labor unions,
and universities will participate.
The council will hold two sessions
at which the government will be
asked to make an exhaustive report
on the conditions of tho country,
answer questions and ask opinions
of authoritative sources on how TO
save the Fatherland from ruin.
Explaining the scheme today Pre-
mier Kerensky declared that at
tempts to move the revolution back
ward were impossible. Conspiracies
to restore monarchial government
will be suppressed in the most de-
termined and merciless way"
AS an indication of the new policy
and firm measures to be taken.
Kronstadt received an ultimatum to
hand over three of the chief Boil
sheviki agitators including the no
torious Roschal. In case of a refus-
al the island will be declared block
AIDED. The evening newspapers de-
clare the position on the front Is
somewhat improved. AS the eyacua-
ton of Tarnopol Is considered 70
have been premature Russian geh-
erals have been ordered to recap
ture the town.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Rints In Patronrad.

London, July 27.-Fresh and Vio-
lent fighting occurred in the streets
Of Petrograd the last two days, ac-
cording to a dispatch from retro
grad to The Copenhagen Berlingske
Tidende. transmitted by the Ex-
change Telegraph company yester-
day. The extreme Socialists organ
lied a great revolt, the dispatch
adds, but the government troops i'm
mediately interfered and the riot
was suppressed. No details were re-
ceived. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Rnmaniann Advance.

Petrograd, July 27.-The Russian
Official announcement says the hu-
manians have advanced toward the
upper reaches of the sucnitza rlyer
and are consolidating their gains
THE Rumanians took many prisoners
and captured six guns.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and warmer tonight. Probably
becoming unsettled Saturday. Cooler
by Saturday night.
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-19
RED CROSS NEEDS
MORE WORKERS
Committee Urges All Ladies of
the City to Assist in
Worthy Work.

The large number of loyal women
OF the city interested IN the all-im-
portant Red Cross work are unusual
~ busy at the present time finishing
articles 10 be sent away oct. /, the
time specified for the shipment. In
connection with this work. Mrs. l..
T. McCollum. chairman of the knit
ting committee, asks that every one
having knitted garments completed
10 turn them in 10 the committee at
the headquarters in the city hall
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons, so that the work may be
inspected and passed upon before it
is sent away.
1t is also the desire Of the COM
mittee that more helpers come for
ward. as a great deal of work re-
mains 10 be done before oct. 1. All
guilds, societies and auxiliaries