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The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
ENFIELD RIFLE TO BE ARM
Can Be Turned Out Quickly and In
Quantities by Factories That Are
Now in Operation.

Manufacturing facilities for the
Springfield rifle are not adequate to
supply the number required for the
larger force which the United States
may decide to send abroad and to re-
place the wastage of such a force.
Fortunately the existing small-arms
factories which have been turning out
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before.
For all these workers the frequent use Of
Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to
be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled In the
1ootbath, increases their efficiency and in
sures needed physical comfort. It takes the
Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet,
and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet.
Women everywhere are constant users Of
Aliens Foot-Ease. Don't get foot sore, get
Aliens Foot-Ease. Sold by dealers every.
where, 26c.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
Pointing Out Her Duty.

Mrs. Knagg-It's perfectly true,
MANS work runs from sun to sun,
while woman's work is never DONE"
Mr.. Knagg-Tve noticed that myself.
Why don't you get busy some time
and do It?
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
Special.

Special.
Tramp-Have you piece Of cake,
lady, to give a poor man who hasn't
had bite for two days?
Lady-Cake? Isn't bread good
enough for you?
Tramp Ordinarily, yes, ma'am; but
this Is my birthday.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
The ElavOFLaS
Something Unusual.

Something Unusual.
"Well, was there anything unusual
at the dinner last night?" asked the
talkative wife.
eyes, dear, spoke" replied the
mere man.
ooh, you did, did you"
eyes, dear. You know don't get
a chance to speak often"
Many man who thinks he is poll
tician Is really joke.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02

quantities Of rifles for the British army
are equipped to manufacture the En-
field rifle in more than sufficient num-
Der. Therefore it has been decided to
adopt the Enfield rifle, but manufac-
tured to use American ammunition.
Our government will continue to
manufacture the Springfield model, the
ammunition for which will be inter
changeable with that of the new En-
field.
The United States Is in very salts
factory position so far as all typs of
ammunition are concerned.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
Mean Brute.

"All women are fond Of animals"
remarked Mrs. Gabb.
maybe that's why they try to make
monkeys Of their husbands" growled
Mr.. Gabb.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
on Decline,

Malaria on Decline.
Malaria is much less widely pre-
valent In the United States now than
formerly.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-02

Divorce has mighty little chance In
the home where common sense reigns.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
DEMONSTRATION
BY WARSHIPS
THREATENED
Sailors From Kronstadt Ar
rive in Petrograd with
Sensational Reports
EXCITEMENT AT +
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Report of Landing by Revo-
lutionists and an Attack
Proves Untrue
(By Associated Press.)

Petrograd, via London. June A.
Sailors from the Kronstadt garrison
which recently declared it's indepen-
dence of the central government ar
rived in Petrograd early today with
the announcement that warships at
Kronstadt would come to Petrograd
Immediately and land men to make a
demonstration.
Later it was stated that sailors had
landed at Petrograd and begun an at
tack. A visit to the Gutuyeff poCt
quarters showed that the story of the
landing and attack was untrue. How
ever It was sufficiently alarming TO
provoke intense excitement in the
city and cause the dispatch to the
spot of a military force.
PetroRrad waited today for the
demonstration by the Kronstadt war
ship and as the time passed with no
such ship the announcement by the
sailors was regarded as merely boast
full talk by extremists acting in de-
fiance. of the orders Of Anatole Lam
anoff, president of the Kronstadt coun-
Gil of workmen's and soldiers depu-
ties.
Purpose of Demonstration.
The Kronstadt sailors said the
demonstrations would be for the pur-
pose of bringing about new elections
of soldiers and workmen and delegates
whose members were denounced as
burgeois. The sailors also demanded
that former Emperor Nicholas be
handed over to them. In street meet
ings they expressed dissatisfaction
with War Minister Kerensky and the
provisional government program for
the abolition of the death penalty
which they characterized as prema-
ture,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
OF IS
TAKE WORK AT
REUNION TODAY
Scottish Rite Gathering
Opens with Fair Atten-
dance-Scott Speaks

The Scottish Rite reunion opened
this morning with a fair attendance
and a class of sixteen members, which
will be increased Tuesday to at least
twenty-five. and perhaps more.
The opening address was by William
"A. Scott, deputy for the state, and was
very timely, taking up some lines OF
patriotism, and showing the broadness
of the view opened by the Scottish
Rite, as well as touching upon the his
tory and philosophy of the order. It
was greatly enjoyed.
The fourth degree was presented IN
full form by Venerable Master +. Ia.
Anders and his team of workers just
before lunch, and this was followed
this afternoon by the fifth in charge
of A. o. Madison, and later in the aIter-
noon the ninth was presented by harry
Lashkowitz and his team OF WORKERS
The other degrees were communicated:
This evening supper VIII De served
at 6 o'clock, and this Will be folloWed
by the fourteenth in full ceremonial
in charge OF Venerable Master Anders.
Tuesday forenoon there will be no
work. but at 2 o'clock the fifteenth and
sixteenth degrees will be communicat-
ed and they will be followed by the
in charge of Wise Master
J. H. Worst, who will present the
eighteenth in the evening.
The reunion is proving a success IN
spite of many difficulties which come
up Just now-like Tuesday being
registration day, and other things
naturally interfere just at this time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
WOULD KEEP RESERVE OF 12SOOOMEN
TO ALLOW FOR CASUALTIES
ANOTHER $4,000 NEEDED TO KEEP THE
TRAINING CAMPS IN OPERATION
(By Associated Press. }

Washington June A plan of the department to draft
from 100000 100000 from the 100000 who it is esi
mated will register tomorrow for service disclosed the
military committee today by Provost Marshal General Crowder
Exemption he said probably will result in reducing the number
900 for immediate service White the department had
originally planned select 100000 General Crowder told the
me the plans had been revised and it is proposed require
10000 fill vacancies the of 100000 and keep
training camps in continuous operation
When the original plans for service made for half mil
lion he said the department had planned sending forces
abroad Casualties in foreign service he sad sickness
make necessary of 900 addition the
duty at training camps
General Crowder told the committee he favored the immediate
drafting of registering instead of posonng it. He regarded
desirable for to know they have few weeks make
personal arrangements before being called the coos
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

German Princes Troops Left Trail
of Terrible Desoldtion Behind Them
CIV Associated Press. !

ated PreEs.)
lof October. 1915. French aviators To-
Gated him there and he left suddenly
in 1915, taking with him all the fur
niture, pictures and plate of the coun-
ty Palny.
Russian prisoners of war were
brought there to dig a deep ground
shelter from aeroplane bombs.
Prince Eitel was seen every morning
during his sojourn spading in the gar
den of the Chateau ----, an exer-
else designed to reduce his corpulence.
French aviators surprised him at this
exercise one morning in July last year.
Their bombs induced Prince Eitel and
his staff to move to other quarters not
yet identified. The second division
went on guard on the Somme in Sep
tember, 1915, and Prince Eitel estab-
lished quarters in the chateau of Tenn
pleux la Fosse, about five miles from
Peronne. After a fortnight's sojourn
there the prince was saluted one day
by about 100 shells so well aimed. that
the evacuation Of the place became ad-
visable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
final WARNING
TO SLACKERS
Attorney General Does Not
Think Force Will Be
Necessary
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June 4.-Final warning
against evasion of the draft registra-
ton tomorrow or attempts to induce
others to evade it, was issued today
by Attorney General Gregory. He said
he expected a few in each community
to refuse to register but anticipated
there would be no need to resort to
force.
at is the duty of this department
to prosecute evaders and it is pro-
posed to do So" said the attorney
general.
1t was announced today that the re-
quirement of the new law that the
registration cards of men absent from
home precincts reach the precinct
registrar by tomorrow would not be
enforced against Americans now
abroad,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

Nothing will be carried on the bal
lot, it is understood, to further identify
Mr.. Baer. There will be nothing said
on the ballot, according to present
indications, to the effect that Baer is
cartoonist for The Nonpartisan Leader
or that he once 'tfarmed."
The petitions for the nomination of
Mr.. Baer will be carried over the dis
tricteby hordes of Nonpartisan organi-
zers and workers, according to present
plans. Fifteen thousand signers," is
the slogan they have adopted-and up
and down the highways and the by
ways Of the district. they will carry
their fight
The convention idea Of nomination
of using Minnesotans and non-resi-
dent voters is suspended SO far as the
petitions OF nomination are concern
Plan Hot Drive.
Nonpartisan league workers met in
Fargo Sunday for the purpose Of PLAN
ming the campaign. They viii make
q determined fight, it is announced. for
success in this campaign means more
to league officers and organizers than
any previous election they have
participated in, inasmuch as Baer's
election would establish a precedent
making possible the candidacy Of oth-
er league officers and organizers in
coming elections.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

Noyon, France, May 1s.-(Corre-
spondence of The Associated Press.)-
The only building remaining intact in
the region of Chaunay after the re-
treat of the Germans was a wooden
pavilion. A rustic fence around the
building bears this legend, "Eitel
Friedrich Schanz," (Eitel Friedrich re-
doubt).
The place was not fortified and the
supposition is it served as a resting
place for the prince between spells Of
gardening prescribed by doctors to
reduce his weight. The veranda COM
mands a scene Of ruin and desolation.
The second division of the Prussian
guard under Prince EitePs orders
operated in the region. The evidence
OF the Inhabitants is that the occu-
pants left no hardship untried on them.
In no place was the country more
devastated.
The first papers of the prince were
found where he occupied the chateau
belonging to Count Palny at the end
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
GERMAN SPY
SYSTEM May
Be DISCLOSED
Treason Charge Likely To
Be Lodged Against Three
Prisoners
WERE CARRYING
MAIL TO MEXICO
"Leak" on News of Destroy
ers' Movements May Be
Traced
CBy Associated Press.)

/. New York, June AFTER an in
vestigation extending over several
days federal authorities today in
timated arrests would be forthcoming
disclosing the existence Of a German
spy system in the United States.
The charge against three men now
under arrest, United States District
Attorney Knox said, is that of COM
peting wit the government by carry
Ing mail in opposition to the govern
ment. Mr. Knox said the charge might
be made treason later.
Two of the men are native Ameri-
cans and the third a Swiss. Examin-
alton of a quantity of mail by the
federal agents indicated the trans
mission of information by steamer to
points in Mexico from whence it was
forwarded.
Apparently the hope is to ascertain
how the Germans knew in advance Of
the approach of American destroyers
to the British coast, so that subma-
rines might be warned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
RAIN ONLY is NEEDED
Former Governor Hanna Tells Minnea
polls Crop Situation is Almost Ideal.
(Bv Associated Press.) )

Minneapolis, June 4.-Former Cover
nor Hanna of North Dakota in Minnea-
polls to attend the meeting of the
Ninth district reserve bank directors,
said as chairman Of the North Dakota
Liberty Loan commission that all that
is needed to put the northwest in ideal
condition for crops and successful
floating of the loan, is good rain.
''North Dakota has not Jared so well
as Minnesota and South Dakota in the
recent rainfall" Mr.. Hanna said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
SUPREME COURT APPROVES
REDUCED TRAIN SERVICE
War Economy Reduction in Passenger
Schedule Approved by Highest
Tribunal.
(By Associated Press.l

Washington, June 4.-Reduction OF
train service as a war economy was
approved today by the supreme court
1t annulled orders of the Mississippi
railroad commission which would
have required the Mobile & Ohio to
restore six passenger trains. The
railroad contended that some of the
trains were in interstate commerce
and that the state commission was
powerless to empower their continu-
ance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
LEHMAN rs HELD
Bound Over for Trial at the District
Court of Stark County.

Dickinson, n. D., June 4.-Petitions
declaring Lehman a dangerous char
acter and a menace to the commun-
ity, and protesting against his release
on BAIL signed by rs fellow citizens
of Richardton, were read at the pre-
liminary hearing Of Adolph Lehman,
charged with numbering Matthias
Wetztein in a quarrel over the lat
ter's wife. Lehman was bound over
to the district court
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
REFUSES COMPLAINT
St. Paul Men Held for Distributing
Seditious Literature Released.
(By AssocIated Press.l )

st. Paul, June I'D. H. Holm and
Frank Holm, arrested here yesterday
for the alleged distribution of anti
conscription literature, today were
released from Jail on the recommen-
dation of r. f. Schroeder, assistant
county attorney, who declined to is-
sue a complaint for the federal au-
thorities.
Special federal agents asked the
complaints be issued, holding that the
propaganda was a violation of the
public safety act passed by the last
legislature. The county attorneys Of
fee held that the evidence given him
did not show a violation OF the act.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
Recapturs Posts.

London. June 4-The British have
recaptured the advanced posts near
cherisy taken by the Germans in Sat-
urday nights attack. The account Of
military operations as given out ON
cially today, also says that hostile
raids were repulsed during the night
southwest Of La Bassee and near
Neuve Chapelle and that the enemy
trenches were entered east OF YER
meIleS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
PROCLAMATION.

To the Citizens of Fargo:
The president Of the United
States having decreed Tuesday,
June 5, 1917, as the day on which
all male citizens Of the United
States being of the ages of 21 to
80 years of age, inclusive, shall
register with the properly desig-
mated officials under the selective
draft bill passed by congress,
Now /, Alex Stern, president Of
the city commission of the city Of
Fargo, N. D., do hereby suggest to
the people Of our city that regis
tration day be made a holiday by
the closing Of the banks and
stores.
Alex Stern. Mayor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
AUTO PLUNGES
DOWN 12-FOOT
EMDANKMENT
Three Members of Ora
hampton Family Suffer
Broken Bones
VICTIMS TAKEN
TO GAINESVILLE
Playful Dog Cause of Sun
day Afternoon Acct
dent

GAINESVILLE, N. D., June 4.-Three
members of the Ora ]. hampton family
of Baker, suffered broken bones and
three others of the family sustained
severe cuts and injuries as the result
of the Hampton automobile going over
a 12-foot embankment near the Charles
Oman farm southwest of Sabin between
the hours of and o'clock Sunday
afternoon. ...a.
Picked up by members of the Oman
family who found the accident victims
in a mass of broken glass, the six
members of the family were hurried to
the municipal hospital here and placed
under the charge or DR.. H. ]. Thorn
by.
According to statement issued by
the physician late this afternoon, Ora
j. hampton suffered a broken leg and
a dislocated shoulder, his wife, a brok-
en- arm and the eldest daughter, IA
years of age, a broken arm. The other
three patients, small children, are bad
ly cut about the face and body from
the broken glass of the windshield.
Playful Dog the Cause.
Speeding toward their home near
Baker after spending portion Of
Sunday on the Michael Lamb farm.
near Sabin, hampton was about to
cross the bridge near the .Cnan farm
WISH d uCtBuDOT y PLAYFUL uOB ran out
from one Of the farm yards and scout
ed a short distance ahead of the ma
chine. In an attempt to steer clear Of
the animal, as the car neared the ap-
proaches of the bridge, hampton
swung to the north, crashed into the
north railing of the bridge and in an
attempt to right himself the car sud-
denly plunged off the south side of the
bridge, dropping a distance of IL feet.
There neighbors found the victims
several minutes after the accident.
The victims of the accident were
hurried to the Oman home and then
taken to this city. Last night fear was
held for the recovery of Mrs. hampton
and the eldest daughter, but toward
morning their condition improved rap
idly. That none Of the occupants OF
the car were killed when 1t catapulted
its victims down the 12-foot embank-
ment is a miracle, according to the
members of the Oman family who lifted
the victims out of the debris The small
children escaped with less serious in
juries than the older members of the
family.
Hard Role for hampton.
hampton is one Of the most prom
fo ~ csrb tel
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
REGISTRATION
DAY PLANS FOR
FARGO COMPLETE
All Men Between 81 and 80
Go to Polls Tuesday and
List Themselves
BIG COMMUNITY
MEETINGS TONIGHT
Prominent Speakers Will
Define Purposes of Ma
ton in Listing Men

Bismarck, N. D., June Adult
ant General Tharalson today
wired to county auditors that q
literal Interpretation must be plac-
ed on Section 40 of registration
regulations, requiring county
boards to register any person Of
known eligibility who, for any rea-
son, fails to register personally to-
morrow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
eermana Taka Trenehea.

Paris June 4.-The Germans have
forced their way into French advanced
positions on the salient near Foidmont
according to an official statement Is
sued by the war ofice this morning.
The Germans attacked the salient last
night
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
Bombing Continued.

London, June Am official state
ment issued by the war Office follows:
The commodore at Dunkirk reports
that bombing attack was carried on
the Bruges docks and canals last night
with good results"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
POSTPONE TRIP. /.
Prince Udine and Sinnor Mareoni Are
III in Washington.

washington, June 4.-The trip OF
the Italian war mission through the
south and middle west has been post
poned because of the illness of Prince
Udine and Signor Marconi
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

London. June 4.-According TO infor-
nation received by the Norwegian Ie-
cation here forty-nine Norwegian
steamships with gross tonnage Of
75.397 were sunk in May. Twenty-Five
lives were lost
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
NO SACRIFICE
TOO GREAT FOR
GERMAN TROOPS
Seem Determined to Hold
Their Lines at All
Costs
ARE CEASELESSLY
COUNTER ATTACKING
Dense Masses of Reserves
Oppose All Attempted
Advances
lRv Associated Press. }

There seems ample evidence that the
Germans are ready to sacrifice any
number of men to hold the situation on
the western front in hard. Along the
French line they are making almost
ceaseless counter attacks. Despite san
culinary repulses Sunday on the Vauc-
lerc and California plateaux they made
a new thrust last night along the
Chemin-des Danes plateau. Paris re-
ports how the crown princes troops
took some advanced French trenches.
The British have not been so recent
ly counter attacked but whenever they
essayed an advance they found dense
masses OF Germans opposing them. The
British official statement does not
mention any further fighting In the
vicinity OF Lens and apparently Gen
eral Haig has not pressed further his
advance made yesterday.
In an Independent operation south
the British last night recaptured posts
taken from them by the Germans Sat-
urday.
The situation in Russia continues
uncertain. While better reports have
come from the army at the front Min
lister Of War Kerensky> declaring 1t
constantly increasing In power, condi-
tions in Petrograd are becoming still
more unsettled.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
AirnIana 20 Fiaht suha.

Paris, June 4.-Santos Dumont, the
pioneer Brazilian aviator, has invented
powerful type OF seaplane for fight
ing submarines, according TO a Turin
dispatch to The Petit Journal The dis
patch says that the machine will be
manufactured in the United States and
supplied to all the allies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
Hard RoIe for Lampton.

hampton Is one OF the most prom
inent farmers of the Sabin- Baker dis
trict and had only a small part of his
crop put in. He will be laid up from
field work. for fully II weeks. He was
getting ready last Saturday to start
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

Frsighter 10 Sunk.
New York. June 1.-The British
freighter Karuma was torDedoed and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04

"John Baer, Nonpartisan. En-
dorsed by Nonpartisan league"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday
Not much change in temperature.