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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

statement, and the dispatch was sent
by an Associated Press correspondent
who probably had been in Russia as
many years as Mr.. Russell had been
weeks. other dispatches frankly
state "rumors that are unconfirmed".
Mr.. Russell simply made the COM
mon error Of failing to distinguish
between news and views. o. To give
another example, The Forum last eve
ming gave a column dispatch from
Spokane, telling the views Of Maj.
Stanley Washburn on the Russian
situation. Maj. Washburn spent
three years with the Russian armies,
and is very highly regarded by Mr..
Russell. But supposing for the
moment, that all Of his views OF the
Russian situation were wrong. that
does not make the dispatch inaccur-
ate, as long as it correctly quoted
Maj. washburn.
Every newspaper is rather jealous
Of it's reputation for accuracy, and
The Forum wishes that Mr.. Russell
had elaborated just a little on this
subject, for it does not believe that
he intended to convey the impression
that rs per cent Of the dispatches
could not be relied Spon. II he had
said that all OF the dispatches re-
garding the war have to be read with
one eye to their source, The Forum
would agree with him heartily, but
probably 80 per cent Of his own
knowledge of the events Of the war
comes from those same newspaper
dispatches. His personal experience
has given him q better opportunity
than other men possess Of judging
the Importance of these dispatches
and co-relating them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
An Acrostic

TWenty-six years ago today-Nov-
ember IL
Heralded The Fargo Forums birth,
as can be seen,
Edward-the major: and the minor
was there l ween,
Fargo was then a hamlet Of curious
shacks.
And people had to stand adverse at
tracks.
Running north to south between the
tracks
Grand was the major as an editorial
lance
Once read his copy. and it made all
dance.
Forward and backward. Plumley at
the front
Ordered the management with a
loyal stunt
Regardless OF fire. The Forum is
alive
Upon a loyal patronage. still does
thrive,
Many thanks to all. who for It's well
fare strive.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
THE RAILROADS PROBLEM.

The problem of the railroads no
longer can be sidestepped or pigeon
holed.
1t is frankly before the nation. The
railroads have laid their cards on the
table. They are trying to do busi-
ness with their expenses on a war
basis and their earnings on a peace
basis. The margin Of safety between
their income and their outgo is de-
creasing rapidly, and in some cases
has been wiped out. Their earnings
are limited, but there is no limit to
their expenses and to the demands
upon them from the country because
OF the war.
The railroads claim that they are
at the end of their resources and I'M
able to raise new capital to finance
extensions and improvements. This
may be believed readily after one
glance at the prices Of standard rail-
road stocks and bonds as quoted on
the New York stock exchange. There
are two reasons for such low prices.
One is that the government is
monopolizing the spare money Of ths
nation, and the other is that railroad
stocks no longer are looked upon as
first class investments because Of the
limit placed upon their earnings in
the face OF rising costs.
The railroads problem. as their at
torney told the Interstate Commerce
commission, no longer is merely an
economic problem. 1t is a problem
OF national defense. for the govern
ment's great war program rests upon
the foundation of transportation.
Transportation facilities not only
must be kept up to their present
standard, but extended greatly. There
are but three courses open, If this is
to be done. One is the granting of
the petition for higher rates, permit
ting the roads to increase their earn
ings and find a market for their
securities; the second is the loaning
Of money to the roads by the govern
ment, as has been done in Canada;
the third is direct national aid. There
is still another alternative-the TAX
ing over Of the roads by the govern
ment, but Uncle Sam has his hands
full now without getting into the
railroad business If he can avoid it.
The time has come to quit punish
ing the railroads. 1t is time for the
public to bury the Ratchet, and for
the government to find some solution
that will permit the roads to spend
adequate sums for maintenance and
improvements.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
ON THE ACCURACY OF NEWS.

One statement made by Mr.. Russell
in his talk at the Auditorium last
evening, may have left with some an
impression which The Forum does not
believe Mr.. Russell intended to leave.
Mr.. Russell said that rs per cent Of
the news about Russia read In the
newspapers was not true. or came
from polluted sources. Yet the next
moment he was discussing events
that had happened long after he left
Russia, and regarding which he could
have no knowledge except through
the newspapers.
II provides a good opportunity for
calling attention to the fact, that no
reputable newspaper presents its
news for anything. other than what
It Is. For example a dispatch from
Stockholm may read: "A traveller
reaching here from Petrograd says.
The dispatch does not vouch for the
truth OF the travellers statement. but
gives the report for what it is worth
and in these days, when the Russian
telegraph offices are the center Of the
conflict, almost any source of news is
welcomed.
Another dispatch IN The Forum
last evening, for example, quoted the
Petrograd papers as saying that Ger
many had refused 70 treat for peace
with the BoIsheviki. All the dispatch
vouched for was the statement that
the Petrograd papers contained that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
BAD BREATH
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All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
GOOD HUNTING.

Five submarines were ported by
the British on Saturday, according to
the statement OF Lloyd George.
Good huntingI
The premier didn't give any de-
tails. Some destroyers may have
come upon feet of them, or it may
have been just q little better run of
general luck than usual.
Even Pan-Germans won't claim
that Germany can build submarines
that fast. Nobody knows how fast
Germany can turn out submarines
under war pressure. but that is one
ninth OF the total number she had
when the war began.
Il will take q big victory in Italy
70 offset the work OF a few days like
that.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
Mr.. RUssELL's SPEECH.

No speech yet heard In Fargo
perhaps not even any event that has
transpired since the war began-has
brought home to the residents of this
city the vital Importance Of the war.
as did the speech OF Charles Edward
Russell at the Auditorium last even
ing.
It was the tremendously stirring
appeal Of a man who has seen and
who knows; who feels in every fibre
OF his being that this Is a war for the
very life Of the republic, and for the
existence Of democracy.
Mr.. Russell is not an orator Of the
finished type. He is awkward in his
gestures. He has queer little man
nerisms Of speech and action. But he
is a man with a great message that
comes tumbling out when he speaks.
He has no time for thought as TO the
impression he is making. He is too
busy with what he Is trying to con-
vey to the American people to worry
about the language he uses. He is
determined to get that message to
them in a striking way, and he does.
For nearly two hours he hammered
the message into the heads and the
hearts Of his audience last evening.
What was the message? In brief,
Mr.. Russell sees this war as the
great, decisive struggle between two
systems OF government-on the one
hand the Divine Right Of Kings and
on the other. government Of the peo-
pie by the people, and for the people.
One OF them must go under. Both
cannot live. The world no longer can
exist half democratic and half auto
cratic. And there is grave danger
that the forces Of democracy will not
be victorious. II peace were declared
today Il would be decisive German
victory, and the battles fought for
thousand years by the forces of
democracy in the world, would go for
naught, for autocracy alone would
survive. For that reason, 1t is not
rich mans war, but rather a poor
mans war. for the poor man has the
most at stake.
That in brief was the message
brought by Mr.. Russell. It is not a
new one. It has been preached by
thousands of statesmen, editors,
orators, and private citizens. But
Mr.. Russell's words get under the
skin. They carry conviction. They
grip.
The Auditorium was filled, but It
is 70 be regretted he couldn't have a
dozen such meetings in Fargo. Every
man, woman and child in America
should hear the Russell brand of Am
er1canism and profit by it. It is not
just fiamboyant patriotism 1t is the
truth spoken by a man who sees at
stake everything for which he has
spent his life fighting; who sees no
hope Of further progress toward
freedom until the present menace is
removed, and the liberties acquired
BY centuries of struggle, made secure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
Easy TO Make This !
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Pine cough syrups are combinations Of
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To make the best pine cough remedy
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You can feel this take hold of cough
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
Shaw On Wilson
Famous English Writer Is Great
Admirer OF President.

The following letter received by
Harry w. Palmer, a Jersey CITY
newspaper man, from George Ber-
nard, Shaw, reveals the syeat Eng
lish dramatist, whose caustic nan
knows neither friend nor foe. az an
admirer Of President Wilson and
what America stands for in the war.
Il do not think that America came
into the war too late. Mr.. Wilson
played a difficult hand extremely
well; he did not make single mis-
take In an emergency in which
European statesmen were laundering
and clustering pitiably all over the
place. 1t is a good thing for the
world, which includes Germany, that
he secured voice for America in
the settlement; and his reply to the
Pope, which is really q warning 20
Germany that Mnless she brings her
political constitution into line with
western democracy America will
smash what Germany herself has too
long spared, shows that he alone
really holds the purpose which the
rest OF the allies except perhaps
France and revolutionary Russia
only profess. He has not cast in the
lot Of the United States with Great
Britain or the allies. but with The
new political order which was lnaug-
urated BY the American Declaration
Of Independence; and his action "a
the best guarantee yet offered that
the powerful parties in the allied
countries which would. IL they dar-
ed make an allied victory 8 defeat
OF that order, will be kept Ii due
order By the great republic Of the
west"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
BEWARE THE "sTRAIGHT
Left.

When II is all over and the boys
come home. beware of picking e
quarrel with one of them.
Don't start anything you can't
fnish".
He may work the Gibbons shift
on you. or slip across a Benny
Leonard hook, or give you a sam
pie Of the James J. Corbett straight
LETT.
The best pugilists In the country
are engaged as instructors in the
training camps. and the men are get
ting generous share Of their daily
exercise In the form Of boxing les
sons. Provided they escape the
dangers OF life in the trenches-both
the dangers Of the enemy's weapons
and the more insidious dangers the
7. M. c. A. Is trying to guard them
against They should come home
clear eyed, nj. sound and wen train
ed
Boxing should be taught ITO every
boy In America before he reaches
the age of soldiers. There is no bet
ter training for the body. II COM
bines q mental training with physical
training. It makes for strength
aEiliky, quicknesa 81 eye, alertnesa
cneI- headeaness. restraint and cour-
nna. III Is a clean. red -biooded Sport
Tor red-blooded boys and men, when
engaged in as an amateur sport. Un-
fortunately It has been forced to
stand upon its reputation as an en-
tsz1asnment staged By professionals,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task Of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Harvey Journal, in advocat-
ing the necessity OF educating the
foreign born. has the following to
say:
1t is estimated that about one
seventh of the population of the
United States is foreign born,
with a large proportion ignorant
Of American ideals and institu-
tions, and, to that extent, loyal
to the country Of their birth.
Likewise. a large proportion of
the children of such parents
have been brought up to follow
in their footsteps.
A knowledge of the American
system Of government and what
1t stands for can be gained by
these aliens only through educa-
ton; but, once understood. loyal
allegiance to the country OF their
adoption inevitably follows. It
means welding the heterogene-
Gus masses into one patriotic
body.
Last year the public school
authorities of this country,
working in conjunction with the
Bureau Of Naturalization of athe
Department OF Labor, main
tanned night school classes for
aliens in approximately 100
cities, towns and rural commun-
tiles, located in every state of
the union.
A vast number Of our alien
born people have not learned,
and therefore do not compre-
bend the difference between the
Prussian militarism of Germany
and the popular government OF
the United States.
The Golden Valley American com
ments on the sitting of an ok
pacifist wall as follows:
Pacifsts who were bowling
that ammunition makers and
newspapers brought about this
war" some time ago, are now
seeing their error, and are at
last dropping that subject Be-
fore many moons they will also
see other false impressions un-
der which they have been labor
ing.
The williston Graphic has the fol
lowing comment on potato condi
lions IN North Dakota.
According 20 word sent 70
the North Dakota Development
league, there are q large number
Of potatoes IN North Dakota that
are seriously endangered by the
frost because Of the car short
age. Thousands Of farmers have
their potato crop dug and ia
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

shallow pits, deep enough to pro-
tect them during light frosts, but
IL cars cannot be obtained, they
will be nipped by frosts later on.
In Minnesota thousands Of
bushels of potatoes have already
been frozen. Prof. E. F. Ladd,
North Dakota food dictator,
stated that complaints had come
to him regarding refrigerator car
shortage from Grand Forks
county and the complaints stat
ed that there are thousands OF
bushels all ready to be shipped
but that such cars cannot be
obtained, although large num-
bers are now standing unused on
sidings in the state. North Da-
kotas potato crop this year was
not large andG consequently ey-
cry bushel must be saved.
The Minot Messenger pays Il.
aspects to one OF TownIey's faith.
.ul henchmen, as follows:
Editor Bloom in his Townley-
lzed paper grasps at the report
from Washington that 'the one
bright spot on the map was the
northwest" and then calls Jerry
Bacon and Tracy Bangs a few
names for saying it was the "one
black spot" After Blooms effort
to land the postoffice Job we adj
NIT he's some juggler, and now
he rivals Townley himself
Bloom knows full well that IL
was the work Of The Grand
Forks Herald, The Fargo
Forum, The Bismarck Tribune
The Dickinson Press, The Pierce
County Tribune, The Bottineau
News, The Kenmare News, The
Fairmount News and a few 9TH
err publications, including The
Messenger, that swung North
Dakota into the patriotic col
umn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
WATKINS TAKES HAND.

Enforcement Lacquer 20 Forks ON
brewery Case.
#. T. Watkins, Bismarck, superin-
tendent Of the North Dakota Enforce
ment league. was q Fargo visitor
Monday evening en- route to Grand
Forks, where he VIII hear the case OF
the government against owners OF
the East Grand Forks brewery in fed
eral court
Mr.. Watkins helped 10 collect the
evidence that resulted In the arrest OF
the brewery owners.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

John C. Saunders, of Fargo. a
member Of Company E, Seventh En-
g1neerss wrote his parents, Rev and
Mrs. Z. e. Saunders Of this city from
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. I'VE start
ed our 'pliTns" on the rance yester-
day and win shoot record Friday. on
one range / made AZ out OF so. 1
must make 202 out of 500 counts of
possible 5000 shots in all
i signed an application for $40. 900
insurance to take effect Feb. IL, 1918.
or on the date of sailing, in case we
should sail prior to that date. We
are all automatically insured for "a
500 until Feb. IL, 1918.
In regard to the army Y. M. G. A.
work, think 1t is doing a good deal
more for us fellows than any other
organization working with the war
department. / know that at both
JEFFERSON barracks and here, the ''Y"
is filled to capacity as soon as the
daily routine is over. At Jefferson
barracks the "Y" was by far the most
talked about and most appreciated
place on the grounds; they had pic
ture shows. The X. @. hall was also
well patronized but the ~" was the
place to go for good evening. There
was always wrestling and boxing
"@%~~N~@@&9 N~AAG AAAAGAIs SAUQuL LWlGG a
week they had concerts or lectures,
lots OF good reading matter and /
think 80 per cent of all letters are
written on ~" stationery. They had
all kinds Of athletic equipment loan
ed out to the boys. The best thing
of all Is the spirit" OF the ~" in a
camp. When a bunch of fellows get
together at the "Y'' you may be sure
that the secretary or assistants are
always trying to show them a good
time. There are no class distinctions
there, no matter what church YOU
may belong to. or If you never saw a
church, you are treated in the same
good fellow" sort OF a way.
Here we have a better euuIpped
" than one would flnd at the aver
age camp. The advantages are many.
besides the amusements, they have
regular classes in French, mechanical
drawing, engineering and many 9TH
er branches.
'Ts sum it all up, I think If the
| army ~" were taken out of the
camps there would be a pretty sorry
lot of soldiers and a lot more in the
guard house, for the fellows must
have something TO take IN their
spare time and Ii they can't get ii in
camp they are going to get it else
where.
They have church services here
twice each Sunday and have some
fine lectures.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
noosT FoR MISSIONS.
100000 More Given This year Thal

WNN19F993tE 1IN@ENH N1NNWN NN9EN 2 VT NIENM
Last Year.
Collections for the board Of home
missions Of the Methodist Episcopal
church we're 100000 more for this
year than last year. accordingsto word
from Rev. James Anderson, superln-
tendent or the Fargo district, who iii
attending the annual meeting OF the
board at Philadelphia.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson expects to re-
turn to Fargo Thursday
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20
Fine FOR RHEUMATISM
Musterole Loosens Up Those
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You'll know why thousands use
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Musterole is recommended by many
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

Get wise and order Elavo -Four
from the manufacturers Phone SO.
--Advt.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-03-02

appear also to be "A Question of Com
munity Pride"
with the failure of friends to re-
deem their pledges, and with the ex-
pense sustained on account of the Cap
itOl boulevard. and the Y. NJ. c. A.
paying interest on building indebt-
edness of S16S,00O, 1t has been impos-
sible to prevent the accumulation If
a current Indebtedness. This is the
"Why the Y. NJ. c. A. Needs Money"
as well us "A Question of Community
Pride Add to this the purpose for
which the Y. NJ. C. A. was organized.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-03-02

have been several campaigns, but ihe
Nashville Y. M. C. A. has not received
anything like as much money az some
people seem to think. There has been
much more money subscribed than the
Y. M. c. A. has received. HAD ALL
THE MONEY PROMISED TO THE
NASHVILLE Y. NJ. C. A. BEEN PAID,
1T WOULD NOT NOW BE NECES-
sARY TO ASK THE PUBLIC FOR A
DOLLAR, unless 1t he for extending
the associations service and help.