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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
LIKELY
TO.PUT CRASWELL
In PRESIDENCY
Convention, Under
Way at Valley City, is
I Largely Attended
ELECTION TAXES
PLACE LATE TODAY
Reade and Sprague Assured
of Return to Secretary
ship and Treasurership

Valley, City, N. D., June 13.-Chief
Craswell, of the Valley City fire de-
partment, is looked upon today as the
leading candidate for the presidency
of the North Dakota Firemen's asso-
citation, in session mere. The election
takes place this afternoon. III. l..
Reade, Bismarck, undoubtedly will be
reelected secretary, and M. H.
Sprague, Grafton treasurer.
Tuesday Session.
The North Dakota Firemen's asso-
citation opened in Valley City on Tues
day morning for the thirty-fourth an
nual convention. The meeting was
opened by Chief w. T. Craswell of
Valley City. followed by the prayer by
Rev. Father Baker. The address of
welcome was given by Mayor L j.
Moe of Valley City, and responses
were made by several prominent fire.
men Of the state. The convention was
duly opened by President Theodore K.
Kahellek of Kenmare. The entertain
ment for the afternoon and evening
was then announced, and adjournment
taken until p. m, the convention
reassembled, and regular committees
were appointed. Those appointed on
committees are:
Committee on credentials III. L.
Reade, secretary, Of Bismarck, chair
man; H. B. Weber of Mohall and
Frank Dick OF Wimbledon.
Committee on resolutions - a. p.
Goldammer, Lakota, chairman; Henry
Bernard, Grafton. and L. D. Smell,
Devils Lake.
COMMITTEES on auditing - John r.
Neville, Bottineau. chairman; w. A..
Ellsworth, New Rockford, and Robert
Campbell, Lisbon.
Following this, President Kahellek
delivered his annual address, after
which was given the report OF Secre-
tary Reade; the report of the statis-
tician, d. r. Taylor. Jrs OF Mandani
the report of the treasurer, M. H.
Sprague. of Grafton; and a supple
mentary report of the board OF trus-
tees by Secretary Reade, in which
mang recommendations were made,
which. on motion, was referred to a.
committee of five to report to the
convention at a later session.
Alexander Karr sof jamestown then
delivered a fine. address on Go -oper-
ation," which was greatly enjoyed and
was very instructive. The convention
then resolved itself into round table
COMMITTEES for the discussion of fire
prevention matters, where a listlo IL
questions was presented on different
subjects. which produced many lively
discussions. The convention then ad-
journed until $3.50 p. m, when mem
oriaI exercises were held in memory
of the departed firemen.
No delegates to the international
meeting will be elected this year 1or
the reason that the convention az
Jacksonville, Fla, has been post
poned. Valley City's new $4,000 nre
truck arrived in time for the conven-
ton and is being exhibited on the
streets, and the new fire apparatus IS
being demonstrated and tried out.
There is q large delegation here OF
firemen from all over the state ana
they are still arriving on every IrsaiIi' sI
The town ia deliberately decorated for
the convention with the national
colOrS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
of Liberty
Loan Is In Sight
(BY Associated Press. J

New York. June 13Lbery Loan subscriptions aggregated
$46 100000 IL o'clock today according the total tabuated
subscriptions recorded in the treasury department. at Washing
announced by the committee today This total
stated included all the federal districts with the exception
of Dallas, Tex. and San Francisco
The First National bank of New York has made application for
subscriptions to the Liberty Loan aggregng $000000 for
itself and customers announced today This the largest
subscription from yet
1t also announced the total subscriptions the New York
federal district had reached $74800O00 said that
the amount the total for the country actual
subscriptions but owing the task of receiving and tabu
ang figures the treasury department than twenfour
hours behind in its work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
Final DnDe for Liberty Bond
mFdrgO and North Dakota On
LIBERTY LOAN
BUYERS INCREASE

There now are IT'S Fargo
men, women and children
purchasers of Liberty Loan
bonds.
The Fargo Clearing House
association, which today pub
fishes the honor list Of pur-
chasers, adds 284 names to the
list previously published,
when 491 Fargo buyers were
listed.
Only two more days remain
after today in which to make
purchases of Liberty Loan
bonds. Fargo should be in line
with the greatest list Of indi-
vidual bond buyers of any
city in the state. It still has
400 to 60 to equal the Grand
Forks record of over LOO
individual bond buyers.
y
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
STIFF SENTENCE
FOR ANARCHIST
Gets Two Years and $4,000
Fine, While Spectators
Applaud
tRy Associated Press.l

New York, June 13.-Louis Kramer.
self confessed anarchist, was today
sentenced to two years in Atlanta
prison and a fine of $4,000 for con-
spiracy to distribute anti -conscription
literature. He received year for fail
ing to register.
Morris Becker, convicted with
Kramer on the conspiracy charge, was
sentenced to one year and month at
Atlanta When sentence was pronoun-
ced there was loud applause from spec
tators in the court room which offs
GERS were unable to suppress.
A penitentiary sentence Of IL months
and 20 days for not registering under
the draft law was imposed by United
States Judge Chatf1eld on Herman p.
Levins school teacher and college
graduate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
RATE HEARINGS CLOSE
Commission Has Eighteen Days 90
Consider Request for Increase.
(Hy Assocfated zsress.l


washington, June 13.-Hearings on
the application of the railroads of the
country for Is per cent horizontal raise
in freight rates, were closed today by
the interstate commerce commission.
The commission has eighteen days be-
fore it in which TO consider the most
momentous case, In point OF railroad
finances, brought before any tribunal
I'm the country.
A is per cent freight rate advance
will mean in round numbers $300,000,-
600 annually, according to the figures
OF the shippers, and would afect var~
tually every big industry in the country.
The carriers have rested their case
on the statement that increased labor
costs, due to the Adamson law and
higher costs of materials, fuel and
supplies, have created an emergency.
Shippers have submitted data design
ed to show that the earnings Of the
roads are on an increase and that the
year 1917 viii be the best In historys
ewcept 1916
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
NO TEARS FOR
GREEK king
Constantine Had Lost ALI Of
His Popularity. in
London

London, June 13.-The abdication of
King Constantine will cause no regret
here. In the days before the war he
frequently visited English resorts and
was a popular figure here but his ac-
tions since the war began which had
been interpreted as pro-Gernan, lost
him almost all his friends. For many
months there has been a strong party
in and outside parliament which de-
manded that vigorous measures be
taken to curb his anti -entente atti-
tude. Constantine is still in Athens
and refuses to leave.
In its comment upon King Constan-
tines abdication The Westminster
Gazette, after referring to Constan-
tines record and his refusal to act on
Serbia's appeal to come to her aid and
fulfill treaty obligations he undertook
after the second Balkan war, says:
''The allies were sincere in expressing
the desire to protect the integrity and
independence of Greece. Prince Alex
andeF will have fair play as a constitu-
tional ruler and his country IL 1t so
chooses, an honest neutrality"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
Must Have Indemnity.
PICK wILLIsToN
North Dakota City Selected az Head.
quarters Syrian Relief Committee.

Williston, N. D., June 13. - Head
quarters Of the Syrian relief commit
tee of the northwest, including the
states OF Minnesota. North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana. Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon, have been opened
here A large fund win be raised
among the Syrian residents in this
part or the state. At recent meeting
OF the northwest relief committee reso-
lutions were adopted urging young
men 06 Syrian nationality TO enlist In
the forces Of the United States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
TUO Liners Sunk:
Heavy Loss of Life
(By Associated Press }

Paris June 13The south Atlantic liner Sequana
board has been topedod and with
100 The Squana sunk in the Atlantic Among
gers a detachment of the Senegel rifles.
The Sequana formerly the City of Corinh
South Atlantic Navigation in Paris Her gross tonnage
5,557. She built in Belfast in 1885,
Boston, June 3The Leyand liner Anglican which left
May 30 for Liverpool has been topedod and SUNK according
cable advices received by agents here today.
The advc stated that the had been saved although
of the Lyand line said they had information regarding
attack where the Angan sunk Ship and cargo
100000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

The First congressional district
should send a Republican to congress,
said Emerson Smith, Fargo, in speak
ing before the Republican county con-
vention of Cass county, at the opening
of that body's deliberations in the Cass
county district court room this after
noon. There will be need he declared,
for the services of broad gagged,
strong, capable Republican congress-
man."
The convention was called to order
shortly after o'clock, Emerson Smith
was elected temporary chairman. and
John D. Wooledge, temporary secre-
tary.
The committee on credentials con-
sists of L. L. Twichell, w. e. Clark,
William Gill. L. A. Syverson and r. B.
Boyd.
las stated in the call. this is Re-
Continued on Page Two.)
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Says England Will
Be Finished in
Next Six Months
tBy Agaoclated Preasl

Copenhagen, via London. June 1s.--
England Is ven less than two more
months Of LIE. according to Herr Won
Heydenbrond. conservative leader ia
the reichstag. In speech he quoted
a German admiral as saying: "We are
certain in two months the condition
Of the English win be such that Great
Britain win be fnishedg
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
uNREsT IN ENGLAND.

London, june 13.-Addressing the
newly appointed commissioners on IA
nor 11nreet M his oflicial residence to-
day. Premier Lloyd George announced
that the government had already start
ed a searching investigation on the
subject Of profit making, ana hopeo
shortly to make proposals directed to
substantially reduce the cost OF some
OF the necessariez og ltkes
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

This is probably the only photo
graph showing a German U-boat
actually holding up liner at sea to
arrive in America.
April 10, while the gray light of
early dawn still lay on the water, the
German submarine U-65 deserted on
its horizon the smoke Of liner and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

was a vessel Of the compania trans
Atlantic Espanola, bound from
Barcelona to Havana, the vessel was
allowed to proceed.
Note the wireless apparatus, the
stationary six-pounders on
deck, which are never dismantled but
covered with a heavy waterproof
casing when submerged, and short
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

one OF the Spanish passengers on
board hurriedly slipped into the shell
ter Of one Of the lifeboats and
snapped" the submarine. The ac-
companying picture is an enlarge
ment Of this hasty snapshot and shows
the captain in the act of parleying
with the submarine commander.
When he had learned that the liner
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
Photographed while holding up Spanish vessel

the CLINT Of its red flag.
The captain was routed out of bed,
and with the ships papers in hand,
was soon rowing to the deck of the
submarine-the gray terror of the
sea, lying just two or three hundred
yards off, grimly waiting. Just as
the captain Of the liner and his
sailors reached the submarines side
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
RIIsaIAMs ARRINE.

washington, June lS.-The Russian
mission to the United States, headed
bv Boris A. Balzhmsteif as special
Ambassador. has landed at a Pacific
port. The party. consisting Of about
fortv members, win stop first at
seattle. Washington, and proceed at
once to washington p. G.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
NATION NEEDS
REPUBLICAN IN
This DISTRICT
Emerson Smith, Speaking at
County Convention, So
Declares Today

The secretary of state today
certified to county auditors in
counties of the First congressional
district, the names of seven candi-
dates for the special election, July
10.
The secretary, on the opinion of
the attorney general, has also ac-
corded H. H. Kaker a place on the
ballot, holding that petitions bear
ing a Fargo, n. D., postmark, of
June IL, were, in reality, mailed in
Fargo, June 10.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
GET ROBINSON
Supreme Court Judge viii Deliver
Flag Day Address 1t Mandan.

Mandan, n. D.. June 1s.-Hon. ]. Z.
supreme court 5urist who
has attracted national fame by his
stand pat" decisions and evening let
ters through the press. has been en-
gagged by the Mandan Elks to deliver
the Flag day address at the local Elks'
hall June IA. A very unique and enter
taining program OF patriotic music and
patriotic addresses has been arranged
for the occasion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
.MTNOT IS PUTTING
FORTH Big EFFORT
.TOINCREASESALES
Bond Purchasers in Magic
City Come Forward in
Goodly Numbers

Minot, N. D., June 1s.-Every bank
in Ward county has taken its
allotted share OF Liberty bonds. ac-
cording to announcement OF r. E.
Barron, chairman of the Ward county
campaign. The county will take $780,
600. Minot banks took twice the
amount they were asked to take. This
city has subscribed $55,00O, and an
EFFORT win be made tomorrow to boost
the total to 100000. The Boy Scouts
campaign is meeting with success,
Scout John Blaisdell being the first
Minot scout to earn the war service
emblem for selling ten $50 bonds.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

arched railings at either end of the
deck for easy reach when mounting
from the interior of the submarine.
The description of the submarine
sunk by the S. s. Silvershell in the
Mediterranean, mentioned in the state
departments announcement OF June
6, fits the submarine shown in the
photograph to the smallest detail.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
Jamestown shows Up Good.

Jamestown, N. D., June 13.-James-
town has already subscribed $4,000
in Liberty loan bonds, oversubscrib-
ing it's allotment by $4,000. In all
Stutsman county has absorbed some-
what better than 100000, $4,000
more than it was estimated would be
garnered for the patriotic cause In
this district
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
.PERSHING IS
WELCOMED BY
ALLIED TROOPS
Arrival at Boulogne Is Oc-
casion For Scenes Of
Enthusiasm
DUE TO ARRIVE
IN PARIS TONIGHT
Steamer Carrying Ameri-
cans Escorted By Destroy
ers and Hydroplanes
(By Associated Press.l J

Paris, June 13- Gen. Pershing
landed at Boulogne this morning and
will arrive in Paris tonight. He was
met by Gen. Pelletier, representing
the the French government and general
headquarters of the French army.
British soldiers and machines along
the way rendered military honors as
the vessels flying. the Stars and Stripes
preceded by destroyers and accom-
panied by hydroplanes, steamed up
the channel. Military bands played
The Star Spangled Banner" and the
"Marseillaise," as Gen. Pelletier and
his party boarded the boat to welcome
the American commission.
Boulogne, June 13. - The channel
steamer Invicta. with Maj. General
Pershing and staff on board, was
welcomed with cheers from French
tsrritorials and French sailors and
soldiers on shore to which British
troops replied Justify.
The American officers reviewed the
French troops and then entered motor
cars for a ride around the city. All
along the route they were followed by
crowds of people who greeted Gen.
Pershing with the greatest enthus-
iasm.
"ouiet" at the Front.
Paris, June 13.-The following Of
fetal statement was made here today:
Artillery fighting occurred near
Moulin de LeFaux, Mont Carnillet,
the Butte du Mesnil, Hill 304 and Des
Paroches. A German surprise attack
near La Haute CheEauhes was re-
pulsed. Everywhere else the night was
quiet"
Must Have indemnity.
Copenhagen, via London, June 13.-
Speaking in the upper chamber, DR.. ].
Ridingbok, finance minister of the
grand duchy Of Baden, said a war in
demnity for Germany was a neces-
sity according to Q telegram from
Karlsruhe, to help Germany out of the
financial expenditures of the war,
which would soon exceed 100000, ,000,-
0fl(l Tnarlxa tss
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Mandan. N. D., June 13.-An effort
Is being made to give Mandan a place
high in the list Of North Dakota cities
purchasing Liberty Loan bonds. The
local campaign, well organized, IS
proceeding with great success so far.
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(continued b Pago Two.l
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tcontinued on Page Two.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13
WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair tonight. Thursday and Friday
Slightly cooler tonight.
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Continued on Page Two.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
Z climate Of From Over Five Hundred to as
High as Two Thousand Lives
Sacrificed.
SCARCELY A WHOLE WINDOW IN TOWN
North End of City, About Two Square Miles,
is Jumbled Mass Of Blackened
Ruins Today.

be identified. Today slowly rising
pail of smoke hung over the de.
vastated suburb of Richmond and
while soldiers and sailors patrol the
wrecked streets, the work OF digging
out the maneled and burned Victims
is going on.
Hundreds OF wounded arc in hos
pitfalls In and near the city, many
hoverino near death. Others, cover
ed with bandages, limpino or being
carried In automobiles, arc going &c
nearby towns and villages.
OF the thousands of homeless, many
still are too dazed to know what to
do. The suddenness of the death
that overwhelmed the city has left
them dumb In their grief and surfer
ing. Every available vehicle mas
been pressed into service and literal
~ wagon loads of bodles are os.no
carried away.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.
HALIFAX. N S., Dec. 7-Esti-
mates Of the dead and injured as
result Of the terrific explosion that
followed the collision between the
munition- ship Mont Blanc and the
steamer limo, continued to grow to-
day.
AS additional bodies were being
recovered from the debris of hun
dreds of wrecked houses and reports
of missing continued to pour In,
Chief of Police Hanrahan estimated
the number missing and unaccounted
for as high as two thousand.
Thousands are homeless and
churches. theatres and schools are
being used as temporary hospitals
and morgues.
Some progress is being made IN
relief work. but estimate of the dead
are vet based solely on fragmentary
reports.
These estimates run from more
than Ave hundred to the two thou
sand the police chief estimates as
dead or missing. Many of the lat.
ter. 1t is realized, may be found
later. when complete order is re-
stored.
The property damage will mount
far into the millions. There Is
scarcely a window left intact in the
CITY. In Richmond, suburb across
the narrow arm of water that is the
Halifax harbor, the loss OF life was
heaviest. Frame and business build
ings collapsed like paper houses
when the force of the explosion
struck them. On one ship in the bay
forty men were killed.
twenty-five wagons loaded with
dead have arrived at one Of the i'm
provised morgues.
Business is absolutely suspended.
Armed sailors and soldiers are
patrolling the city. Not street car
is moving and parts of the city weSe
In darkness all night.
Many private houses have been
thrnrrn omen for the care Of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
FIGHTERS NEEDED
IN FRONT LINE AT ONCE

camps today that the enemy is with.
drawing masses from Italy for the
purpose of slamming them stimuli.
taneously at many points over an ex-
tended portion of the west front
Should the enemy's available effec.
tives seriously outweigh the French
and British, it is wondered here
whether the Americans will continue
their original training schedule or
whether there will be instituted
general speeding up to enlist an army
of Sammies to hurl their weight
against the Boches
The army grapevine telegraph has
been very active during the last few
days. AS result, all camps are un
usually interested in all news regard.
Ing military progress. In particular
the official statements heretofore ac.
corded only perfunctory reading are
now carefully digested. 1t is real.
lied an American declaration of war
would make it possible to send Amer.
leans to Italy.
However wars fortunes may treat
the Americans, they are enthusiastic
and keen-but not suffering from any
delusfon regarding the Boche's weak.
ness. Every man realizes everything
depends on things back home-the
building of ships; the rushing of sup
plies and always men and more men.
Usually the Am erican soldier
doesn't bother his head about "the
situation" He would rather argue
with a machine gun than to tackle
, political matters. But the present
Situation has compelled his atten.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
Period of Training May be
Shortened in Order to Ex-
ert Greater Force.
[By ]. w. Pegler, United Press Staff

[By J. w. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR-
TIERS. France, Dec. THE Ameri-
can army is beginning to wonder
whether it's period of training will
not be shortened so Americas armed
strength may be felt sooner on the
battle line.
News from home today of Amer
ica's impending declaration of war
against Austria-Hungary; the Ger
man blow at Cambria, indicating ap-
parently the start Of winter long
German offensive; knowledge that
Germany can now utilize great num-
bers of reserves withdrawn from the
Russian front-all are combining to
make American fighters realize more
keenly that developm ents Of the next
few weeks may be fraught with the
most important consequences to the
American expeditionary army.
Germany, in the view of the Amer
lean soldiers, is preparing her great
est effort and with the greatest
forces, thanks to the Russian armis-
tice releasing forces on that front
that she has been able to muster in
years.
1t uas openly rumored around the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
FOR AMERICANS
FOR THEIR SPLENDID CONDUCT

day in France, the war department
announced today. They are:
Corporal Walter A. Warren, slight
ly wounded: Mrs. Ida Smith, sister,
3O3 Smith street, Dublin. Ga.
Private Edward F. Ebsen, severely
wounded; George H. Ebsen, father,
Buffalo, Missouri.
Five Deaths In France.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z Five
deaths from natural causes In the
American expeditionary forces were
announced by the war department to-
day. They follow:
Private Aloph Biedzyski, engineers.
Nov. 25, 1863 Monna avenue. East
Chicago. Indiana.
Private Paul A. Lindley, engineers,
Dec. 4, Addy, Washn.
Mechanic Charles G. McNetta. field
artillery, Dec. 4. Casper. Wyoming.
Private William s. Matthews, steve
dore regiment, Dec. 4, Baltimore.
Private Abner l.. Clark, infantry.
Dec. 2, East Hampton, Mass.