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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05
No Trouble in Minnesota.

St. Paul. June b.-Thousands Of
Minnesotans reported at registration
booths today and no disorders were
heard of at any points. In some towns
over the state the occasion was made
a holiday. Adj. Fred Wood in charge
of registration in the state said he
expected no trouble and estimated a
quarter of q million men would be
enrolled in Minnesota.
About 1000 persons registered here
in advance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05
wEATHER FoREcAsT.

Cloudy and probably unsettled to-
night and Wednesday. Not much
change in temperature.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05

Vienna, June 1. via London, June
5.-The losses Of the Italians in their
attack on the Isonzo front are placed
at 10000 in today's official announce
ment Increasing activity near jam
iano on the front above Trieste Ia re-
ported.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05
ostend Remharded.

London, June 5.-The German naval
base at Ostend on the Belgian coast
has been bombarded by British war
ships, the admiralty announces. The
British forces were undamaged.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05
No Trouble in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, June 5.-With the OPP
ening of the registration places in
Minneapolis today scores of men stood
in line waiting to offer their services
to the country. Two hours later the
lines had increased in length rather
than diminished and UP to early this
afternoon it was estimated more than
one half of the eligible men had reg
istered. At no precinct was trouble
reported.
men registering asked for exemption
even though they had dependents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-05

Army Of Watchers.
Washington, June 5.-Department
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(contlnued on Page Two.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

eyeglass case a fountain pen. q pencil
q pocket comb, a pair OF gloves, q card
case. a few pool checks and other
miscellany,
Women do not use pockets. but
carry as many convenlences as this
in a handbag, into which they burrow
earnestly for street car fare. And yet
we wonder why all conductors are not
perfect gentlemen.
Pockets enable man. in this In
ventive age, to carry with him every
thing needed for existence. Even FOOD
liz put up in pocket pellets and pocket
beds are made which can be blown up
and made into air mattresses. Pocket
arsenals are popular and some men
become so skillful IN pocket work
that they carry entire wards in them.
Another thing which pockets con-
tain Is hands. Many men wear their
hands IN their pockets hab4tual!y, and
any good job Ia perfectly safe while
passing them Other men habituailF
wear their hands in other mems peck
cts. As a nation our pockets are full
of Other mems hands. The meat kings
hand. the coal baron's hand and the
gas maRnate's hand take up so much
room In the ordinary mans pocket
that there is scarcely room enough for
a dollar to squeeze in e8geways. what
Ia needed in this nation Is pocket
that will suck the dollar in with
loud. kissing noise. Ike vacuum
cleaner. and which is fitted on the IN
side with sharp spikes curving IN
ard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
How the Patriotic State OF Virginia
Ia Doing Its BIT.

(New York Morning Telegraph0
Uncle Sam early last spring called
on the farmers and gardeners of
America to exert themselves In the
matter Of raising staple food fne
example Of pgha- can be dona Is shown
by a line in the market reports of yes
terday. The land owners Of Virginia
last spring responded with patriotic
enthusiasm to the presidents call for
big crops. They plowed land that had
not been used except occasionally for
pasture and planted potatoes. When
they ripened In the early summer the
crops were gathered and sent to mar
ket. There was no boarding OF pota
toes in the Old Dominion. Usually
after the potato crop is gathered the
land rests" until the next season
comes around. Not so the Virginia
potato land. AS soon as the potatoes
were out OF the ground large quaint
ties OF fertilizer were placed on the
fields and 1t waS~plowe ed again and po-
tatoes planted. The fall crop Is n
/ bumper one The new Virginia pota-
toes came into this market last Thurs
day. When they reached here Long
Island potatoes were being sold at
$3.50 a barrel; the Virginia potatoes
were offered at SO a barrel. and the
price ~ this necessity dropped. Viz
ginia farmers are entitled to vote OF
3 thanks from New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

been held back by little group
of water power magnates ana their
friends in congress who have blocked
all legislation which would not give
them these valuable properties Tor
ever and for nothing.
Today, when the nation needs all
it's resources the same men who have
been blocking reasonable water-power
legislation own and are holding MIL
lions OF water horsepower undevel-
oped and out of use while clamoring
for more.
The time has come when such OBJ
struction threatens ths nations safety
and success We need tthe develop
ment of these. powers In war even
more than in peace. At the coming
session of congress sound water
power legislation should be enacted
as a war measure, based upon princi-
pies fair to all sides. These princf-
Piles / believe to be briefly as fol-
lows:
/. The thing TO do with water
power Is to develop 1t. Whatever re-
tards or restricts the development of
public water powers on terms fair TO
the public is against public policy and
hostile to the general welfare.
e.. Water power belongs TO the
should always be held in public
hands. for only so can effective con-
troll in the general interest be secured.
3. Where public development Is not
desired, the right to use water power
sites should be leased for periods LONG
enough to permit sound, attractive
and profitable investment, but never
longer than fifty years. At the end
Of Zach tease all rights should return
to the people who gave them.
4. In order to protect the consumer
against extoreion,- rates and service
should be regulated by federal au'
fail to do SO.
s. Reasonably prompt and com
piets development and continuous OPP
Grafton, subject to market conditions
should be required. Already millions
of water horsepower are held out Of
use to further monopoly by private
corporations.
G. Corporations or individuals who
make money out OF rights granted BY
the people should share their profits
with the PEOPLE.
| 7. The public has right to com
plete information about every business
! based on the use OF public property.
/ These are the principles for which
7
lcontending. Many water power mer
believe them to be fair and sound
! They will. / hope, commend them
selves to you as wise and reasonable
am writing TO ask your support foi
immediate legislation, based upor
them. when congress meets 3
| This Is no time to give away public
assets necessary for the welfare o.
our people. both in the war and after
/ the war. and we should no longer toll
crate the self1shness of private inter
ests which take the dog -in-the-m man
ger position that they must have these
water powers on their own terms oil
no one shall use them at all.
AS the president has said: 'Tht
supreme test of the nation has come
We must all speak. act and serve to-
gether."
Sincerely yours,
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Milford Pa.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
WHAT THE WAR
MEANS TO US

"A Contributed Editorial by Emerson
Hough.)
The victory Of Germany In this
war--end she has won the war and
accomplished her dream OF a German
Mittel Europa II her peace terms be
admitted-rn cans that Germany will
have carried out the program OF war
which she had fully prepared before
She was forced" to begin the war.
II means that war itself Ia to Justify
everything for every nation In the fu-
ture, provided that war OF however
INSCRIPTIONS sort shall prove sue
cessful. II means that might IN to be
right forever. that efficiency, no mat
ter how ruthless. is 10 be the touch
stone of human success hereafter;
that dishoncstx-i4 Ia h. -t4.e,- best pei
Icy.
The success OF Germany means that
hundreds Of thousands and millions
of our boys-mAnv Of whom go
grudged or grudging into this war
now viii be forced 20 go into an
other war yet more bloody. within a
quarter of a century from this date
It means that America, left alone, viii
have at r. future time to fight Ger
many yet more high blown, vet more
arrogant IN military preparedness and
military organization. II means that
America will have to pay the expense
not only OF that war but OF this war
which. 1t IS perfectly open &c
cret. has been the intention OF Ger
many ever since we sided with tho
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
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Pockets is a subject which does not
interest woman in the least. except oc-
casioually very late at night. But
pockets are a part OF every mans
equipment. and without them he is SO
lost and miserable that 1t is doubtful
II men angels. equipped with pocket
less robes. and with nothing TO put
happy and comfortable for the nrst
few million years OF their higher ex-
istence.
mar begins to use pockets whsn
he "a very small boy. At hrst he
only has two pants pockets and one
ir his shirt. In these he Is able 10
carry few necessities. such as a
handkerchief. few marbles. a pock-
etkuife. an apple core. some second
hand gum. dried grasshopper. an old
railroad spike, some gold bearing rock
picked up on the street retired
front TOOTH a small collection OF
beetles. some colored glass. a hook
and line and an old wornout electric
light globe or two,
As the boy grows up he gradually
accumulates pockets until, when he
is man. he has from thirteen TO
seventeen, all in active use. A man
makes lots or run or boy, because
OF the junk he carries in his pockets.
Yes II you turn the average man up
side down. and shake him over
hushel basket you will very likely get
the following results:
A watch. peck of keys on a ring
knife a few manicure tools, an cleo
tric cigar lighter, an automatic cigar
clipper. patent toothpick. cigar
case. a cigarette case, a small bottle
Of nerve restnrer. pocket drinking
cup, a bf1book. a checkbook, a pass
book note book, pocketbook. S4,T5
in change. q few newspaper clippings.
a dozen old letters. two or three let
ters with uuspoiied stamps and ad-
dressed in a feminine hand, handker-
chiefs in various stages of ruin. an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

Churches to the Federal Council of
the Churches OF Christ IN America.
They come on a purely fraternal mis-
sion, the purpose of which is TO show
conditions in France. describe the work
being done by the army and navy
chaplains, and work for a closer CO.
operation between the evanselizing
forces of France and America.
Both of these men have been
through active service at the front.
Chaplain Lauga served first, as field
ambulance attendant in the Eighth d.
vision of infantry and later became
military chaplain in the One Hundred
and Thirtieth division of infantry. on
the Verdun front, He has been twice
wounded and has been awarded the
Croix- de- uerre. He has been IN the
Argonne. at Hauts-de Mouse, Woevre
and Chemindes- Danes, and at three
different times In 1916 was in con-
spicuously active sector OF Verdun
whore he went every day to the first
line that he might bring the men moral
com fort. not hesitating to expose his
own life.
Chaplain Monod was called in Au-
gust, 1914 as hospital attendant in a
surgery ward in Paris. Later he wes
cha plain in the navy, on the hospital
ship "Tschad," where he served until
August, 1915. He saw service in the
pardanelles, at Salonica and in Albania
during the Serbian retreat. Since
June, 1917, he has been chaplain in the
army with division of troops from
North Africa.
After being received by the federal
council in New York. the chaplains
went to Washington, where they. were
presented TO Secretary Lansing and
secretary Baker and to the French am
BE- ssador. NJ Jusserand. They will
make O three months tour OF this
country Chaplain Mepod expects TO
make trip to the Pacific coast, visit
ing Buffalo. Detroit. Chicago. Min
neapolis and Denver.
During the same period. Chaplain
Lauga Will go to Pittsourg Cleveland,
Memphis, Dallas and Fort Worth. join
ing Chaplain Monod at Denver. On
November 20 they will travel to the
coast together, visiting important cities
Of the West and returning to attend
the meetings Of the executive commit
tee OF the federal council, which VIII
be held in Cincinnati on December IL.
Later they Will visit important cities
and universities in New England. -
The chaplains will spend two or
three days In each city, meeting the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
Watch How the Income
Tax Affects YOU

The s4o-a-week man or woman.
married or single. must file a return
under the war revenue bill and psy
Inc government tax unless suit.
cient exemptions are scheduled and
proved to offset the amount demanded
When the married man makes $40 he
has broken into the bloa.ed bondhold-
err class
Forty dollars week Is $1,000 a
year, and the bachelor or maid whose
net income totals this amount must
hand Uncle Sam per cent of s1.ose.
or $21,e0 The married man is~exempt
from taxation on his $4,000. hut mwst
pay 2 per cent on the extra $50, which
is $3.50.
In the foregoing calculations II ID
assumed that the bachelor owns no
property and has no personal debts
and that the married man Is also prop.
ertv-less, debt-free and has no chill
tren. rr1
~ the married man has even one
eminent allows 5000 exemption m
each child. which brings his incom6
below the tax limit. II the bachelo{
owns property on which he pays nod
than H,oso in mortgage. intereA&
taxes. water rents. etc. he win Re
tax free, as would be the married man
whose similar debts exceeded $50 a
year.
Suppose man makes $40 a week
and his wife $40. In this case the
family income Is figured as a basis,
and, IL childless and without property
or debts. the $3.50 will be demanded.
Repairs, IL you own rented property,
and any gift to charity up to is per
cent of your income may also be
scheduled in your claim for exemption,
but In any case. IL your grosa income
is $50. you must make q return to the
collector Of internal revenue Ter thAD
district. 1900
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
THE INELEGANT BUT EXPENSIVE TICK

a nuisance Is a nuisance and must
be dealt with. no matter II It forms
an inelegant subject Of discussion
when nuisance. however ineleeant-
eecounes 50 enormously expensive that
It oosts a community millions If dol
lars annually and retards the develop
sn~nt Of q great industry. II becomes =
matter OF srave~puhlc concern
The cattle tick defended itself from
determination for years BY the simple
process OF keeping quiet and atrenn,
inr to business. Finally the entou1o-
logical sleuths o. the federal depart
uaent Of agriculture traced It TO its
hAunfs, proved II responsible for the
fever whose prevalence in herds Of
Southern cattle wac causing stock
growers endless loss and devised me-
shods for earring out the sentence Of
exermination which was promptly
passed
Every passlnr year since that tins
has seen further limitation upon the
domain ~ this parasite. In 1917, Il
waf drive from ap area Of 7o7E4
square miles neerIy twice the area
Of Virginia
There is no reason Tor the ticks con
tinu;ng its dsmare 70 the cattle -n-
dustry OF the South Cattle can ne
freed---raore Than half The South Al
ready has eradIcated the t.cl< The
4 tick's present existence ln any county
s4ss ply points n LhA fact tat the ueo-
pie there are not = fuzzy wake to ,he
terrihie toll II exacts from every bust
nsss..And. therefore ~ yet have no;
1 6ccone aroused sufficiently 70 put int
\ erect thu simple. inexnenarve measure
nscesxary 40 free their cattle
Ia more than half Of the South the
II So no longer kills cattle with fever
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

or sucks them thin. II no longer bars
he Introduction Of proper breeding
mails 10 build up beef and dairy
orda to consume probably the south's
teedsturfs In the remainder. cattle
st.U are dying by thousands OF tick
fever and large part of every pound
Of forage. grain ard concentrates goes
to feed useless ticks instead OF max
ing meat and milk.
In throwing off It's complete bond
age to cotton the South has made a
great advance by extending gradually
its production of food crops. The
n eatest obstacle 10 the change, how
ey err was finding substitutes for cot
ton which could be marketed readily
and pro6tably Cattle. TO which the
South is adapted by climate and sgri-
culture, furnish sn ideal. readily mar
ketable commodity. Cattle, however.
cannot be raised prontahly as part OF
the farms business unless the tick is
hansahed- The tick. therefore. has
beer a costly obstruction to the evolu-
ZION from one-rrop farming TO proht-
atie liberalization.
/ Increase in meat production at the
y,-esev+ st,r.t-,r. "a -, haat,,ta a.aa,, !
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
p op IS Forum
DEVELOPING WAFER POWER
AS 4 WAR MEASURE

Editor Virginian;
'Sir--The great war in which our
nation is engaged will be won not
alone by food and men. but by me-
chanlcal power as we'll. Without me-
cnanical power We could not make or
move the weapons with which we
fiGnr--Euns, ammunition, ships and
supplies, our national resources of
power, whether from coal, oil or
water power, are national war neces-
stiles. We need them to win the war
In this gigantic struggle our Sc
curity requires us to use all these
great resources. and to use them
wisely and well. The people of the
United states own some City million
undeveloped water horsepower, or
about enough to run every train. troll
ley factory. mill, mine and electric
power plant we have.
For ten years the friends OF con-
servation have urged the develop
ment OF public water powers In the
public interest. But development has
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
IZIoH1sM-THE SOLUTION OF THE JEWISH PROBLEM

The solution Ok the Jewish problem
through 2ionisna or. the realization
q Jewish nationalist aspirations
through the Zionist Platform. in fhe
high, Of modern events is no longer
a hopeless dream zionism-the ere
alton Of polnica, center in Palestine
tor the Jewish people from which all
.sts forces are - radiate---ls today It
hope Inspired by the friendly assnr-
aace CT corporation Tor It's achieve
ment BY Great Britain The Hague, and
possibly. America.
The Jewish problem" does not
necossarfly mean the >naltreatment OF
menber~ o. this race; nor the vim
hosding o: eruaL politiea1. educational
or social privileges The Jewish prob
len" does rot even cease with the.
granting Of fhese rights The Jew
tah problem" exists now ard VIII ex-
sst So long sr tire Jewish nation Is
homelcs. vtthout a political center,
without Palestine
The Jewish people IS today virtual 4
~ a homeless nation, with its OWL
great literature. SIS living Language,
spoken by hundreds of thousands OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

various social. civic AMI religious
bodies, witt deliver occasional sermon
and Illustrated lectures on the war,
and, in general, give information on
the churches and the general situation
in France. They are provided with
documents and figures on the French
churches and the losses they have un-
dergone through the war and the In
vasion.
The chapiains WIFI return to Francs
In January. when their leave Of alb
sence from the army will expire,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

Hebrews all over the face of the earth
its own philosophy, The Jewish na-
tIon has ali the attributes Of nation
with the exception OF a home. The
great contribution of this people to
the literature and language of the
world--the unequaled by any
other nation, alone would make it
worthy OF the nams OF nation
In answer TO an appeal Of more than
ESQ Jewish congregations. oomnuni-
ties. institutions and other orsAniza-
tions throughout the United Kingdom
the British cabinet, through It's score
tary for foreign affairs, Mr.. Balfour
made formal favorable answer for the
reeonstructton Of Palestine AZ ths ma
uonal home of the Jewish people. ~
This action is Of especial siSntfcance
because It came about through the er-
forts OF Baron Rothschnd, who has
hitherto been 8 bitter opponent OF the
Zionist movement unlike the French
branch Of this house It is therefore
rnow thought that the great wealth OF
these two family branches Will unite
TO promote the achievement of the
Zionist program.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
FRENCH CHAPLAINS HERE
DIRECT FROM THE FRONT

Bringing TO the protestant churches
OF America message OF fellowship and
cooperation from the French profess
tant churches. Captain Georges Lauga
and Captain Alfred Ernest Victor Mo-
nod, both military chaplains In the
army. have just,arrived in this
country as official delegates from the
Federation of French Protestant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

Germans informed in America should
receive precisely the rscions which are
prisoners IN that country, Even the
kaiser should he able 10 see the point
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

The wisdom OF the husband of q
Warrington picketsr In paying his
wife's 1ne, when she insisted In going
to fail would furnish material for ar
interesting argument at tho winter ses-
sions of the Cross Roads Debating
society.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS

lauon and railroad wars, when one
bond issue succeeded another In rapid
succession just 80 long as buyers could
be found IN many Instances the is-
sue OF bonds grew TO two. three, four.
even Ave times the actual valve OF
land, construction and rolling stock
Sc long as interest on these excessive
ard untustifed bond issues is counted
aE part OF the axnd expense OF the
railroads, rates will have to be kept
continually increasing. Refunding and
reorganization call for losses on the
part of the bondholders But the
holders OF these securities have al
ready suffered a tremendous loss. Since
the beginning OF the year 1900. the
average market value OF railway bonds
has decreased from about % to rs Ia
This fact alone will make clear the ex
treme difficulty that railroads must
encounter In undertaking to borrow
$4,000 coo, 600 year to meet present
needs Tor extensions and improve.
n.ents.
Mr. Fnnderifr's suggestion needs tc
he thoroughly studied. At thu present
moment there seems to. be an ever
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

There IL nothing fundamentally
wrong with America 30 long as men
ike Henry Ford and other men who
have nothing In the world but strong
hands and willing hearts can say IN
got
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

No one who understands negroes Is
astonished that the colored draftees at
puTalo objected to starting TO camp
on Friday. Novem her-2s."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

Why should New York claim that
German carp is not At to eat--which
everybody knew already--as long as
Norfolk spots are on the market
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

The newest thing in camoufage Is
the name Khaki hloomerettes" given
TO the factory Rarb worn by working
women in Lynn, Mass.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19

Tho difference between a political
prisoner and the other kind appears
To hs in the amount OF no!so she
makes.