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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
How One Woman Feels
About The War

The prize winner OF the contest
What the Wah. Has Done to Ne Al
ready" conducted BY The American
Magazine, says in the December is.
sue:
Already the war has done to me
the worst it can do--and the best.
The boy that loved more than all
others has been taken from me. He
fell at Verdun, desperately wounded;
but because he valued the life OF a
comrade who had been struck by
the same shell more than his own
safety he would not be attended to
until his friend had been cared for.
When his turn came-it was too
late.
For days / was bitterly rehellious.
He was only twenty zone; and he had
so much to give to the world. Why,
why, OF all the millions there, must
he have been SACRIFICED?
Then there came letters, wonder
ful letters. which he had written in
his last days. II you could know
be said, how happy am in the
midst OF all this horrer Every
time know that / have made ii q
little easier for one of my blesses,
every time one smiles at me grate-
fully, or murmurs "Merci, monsieur,
1T thrills me as nothing else ever
has. I'm helping; I'm doing france
a service: in caring for her brave
wounded, am contributing my mite
to this great defense of the weak.
II don't come through alive-weil,
it's all right. Nothing that could
ever live to do seems to me COM
parable to giving myself for France
and Humanity. You mustn't grieve,
for I shall have served in q great
cause gladly"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
THE SUICIDE CLUB.

No money is going to be made dur
ing this war by the self-respecting
business man.
Gradually they are beginning to
see that. War taxes. high prices,
high wages, and contributions to war
funds, are going to eat up profits,
and the business man who ends his
fiscal year with a balance on the
right side Of the ledger, however
small, will be fortunate.
Most far-seeing men already have
realized that this remuneration of
profit will be necessary, and they are
becoming reconciIed to it. This
week the president of the Investment
Bankers association urged the asso-
citation to subordinate all business to
war financing, and to oppose the is
suance of all unnecessary securities.
He invited them all 10 join the
Suicide club" for he promised them
it would be business suicide to do it.
But there are 100000 men who
have joined the Suicide club for us"
he told them. They Joined with
their blood. We can join with our
money.
The Suicide club" already has
some distinguished members in adj
dition to the 100000 in khaki
Henry Ford has joined the 81 a year
saIaried employees OF the United
States, and turned over his factory
for the manufacture Of airplane en-
gines and ship engine parts. Auto
mobiles are still being made, but they
are rot allowed to interfere with gov
eminent work. The Suicide club is
growing every day. It's membership
lists are open 70 all-laborers, me-
chanies, farmers, bankers. business
men. manufacturers. citizens of the
United States Of America.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
"Since Bill Went To
France

sTm only a adjust entering high
school. Maybe the war isn't sup
posed to affect US kids to any great
extent. But somehow I'm not the
same since my brother Bill left for
France.
How / wanted to go with him!
Mother tried to smile bravely when
she babe him goodbye for the last
time, and Dad smoked fHriously
while he was waiting for Mother and
Bill to finish their last hug; then he
paced up and down little with
clenched hands, and / noticed he
blinked pretty rapidly as he thump-
ed Bill on the back and said, God
bless you, my boy. You're panning
out true to form And Bill reached
down and hoisted my little sister
Jewel to his shoulder, and she pull
ed his hair until he promised to send
her a French doll. Then Bill grab
bed his hat.
THE other night caught Dad and
Mother sitting alone in the library
before the fireplace. Dad was look
ing hard into the fire, and Mother
had a faraway look in her wet eyes.
I'm pretty old to do what / did then,
and am sort ashamed of ii. But
couldn't help Ii; / crawled right up
on Mothers chair and put my head
on her shoulder. He's fighting for
you, dear said Mother, kissing me
after a minutes silence, for you and
Jewel.
"Bnl lighting for Jewel and my
self? / think I'm beginning to un-
derstand.'t - December American
Magazine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

the causes of its existence from {
sociological standpoint.
He sums up the origin and tht
future of the /. w. w. movement a!
follows:
The history of the migratory
workers shows that, starting
with the long hours and dreary
winters Of the farms they ran
away from, or the sour-smelling
hunk-house in a coal village,
through their chara cter- debas-
ing experience with the drifting
hire and fire. life in the indus
tries, on to the vicious social and
economic life Of the winter un- -.
employed, their training pre-
determined but one outcome, and
the environment produced its
type.
The I. w. w. has importance
only as an illustration Of a stable
American economic process. Its
pitiful syndicalism, its street.
corner opposition to the war. are
the ineonsequentiai trimmings.
Its strike alone faithful as 1t is
to the American type, is an i'll
Eliminating thing. The /. w. w.
like the Changers, the knights of
Labor, the Farmers Alliance,
the Progressive party, is but a
phenomenon of revolt. The cure
lies in taking care of it's psychic
antecedents; the stability of our
Republic depends on the degree
OF courage and wisdom with
which we move to the task.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
Where Kissing Is Enjoyed Openly.
Sight Youns Man Tcuns Embens Each Other The
r Sunday

The couples don't wander around
looking for some coy corner out Of
sight and hearing Of all passersby.
They don't try to get behind some
deserted building and sit In the
shadow. They just sit down wher-
ever they happen to be- whether 1t
is alongside the road, on the parade
ground, near the street car tracks,
on the side Of the big hill facing the
camp, or wherever else they may
happen to be.
They are happy and glad to see
each other, they are loath to part
again, maybe for short time and
maybe for ever! II all lies in the
hands OF Fate: so they enjoy them
selves while they can. II doesn't
make any difference whether 1t IL
mother and son, wife and husband,
brother and sister, or a soldier and
his sweetheart, IL ts all the same. No
one seems to mind It, no one makes
any sarcastic or caustic remarks
about II. no one stops and stares at
them, and no one jeers at them. IL
is the proper thing TO do, and the
only feeling entertained by those
persons who haven't anyone to spoon
with them is a feeling OF envy and
many times a wave OF inconsistencies
passes over them. leaving them feel
ing like a garden OF violets In the
early spring when a cold, bitter,
chilling wind comes along unexpect-
eddy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

, ment, or It might mean merely tha'
the Italians were providing againsi
the possibility Of being forced to re.
treat. The opening Of the foodgatel
on the Piave has greatly increased
the difficulties Of the invaders. and
removes for the time. the danger OF q
direct attack here. II the Piave line
IL forced. 1t probably will be because
1t has been outfanked in the Tren.
tino. The next few days will be the
crucial period. II the Italians car
hold the line for another week, when
British and French reinforcement
should have arrived, the necessity OF
further retreat may be averted, and
Venice may be saved.
British In Palestine.
British operations in Palestine are
developing rapidly and beginning to
assume a most interesting phase.
The British army has advanced along
the coast to a point just three miles
south Of jana. This brings them
north of Jerusalem, and If the move
ment is pushed farther It will force
the Turkish forces to evacuate the
Holy City. The British apparently
are avoiding a direct attack on the
city, either from military or senti-
mental reasons. but are conducting
an encircling movement, and the an
nouncement Of its occupation at any
time now would not be surprising.
From GAIA to Jana is about ffty
miles, and an advance of this distance
in a week shows the disorganization
OF the Turkish armies. Jerusalem is
about forty miles from the coast, and
about ten miles south OF jana.
Object Is Uncertain.
The direct aim of the British is not
yet definitely outlined. 1T may be an
attempt to overwhelm the Turkish
army in Asia and eliminate it from
the war, or 1t may be an effort to
make a union with the British forces
operating near Telrit which also
have been advancing rapidly. There
is still tremendous gap Of more
than 400 miles separating these two
forces, but, their advances are along
converging lines and every mile each
army advances brings them closer
together and puts behind them so
much rich and productive territory
territory which was included in Ger
many's dream Of a Central empire
from the North Sea to the Persian
gulf. s-
Quiet In Flanders.
The British have been inactive in
Flanders, doubtless due TO the
weather, but their conquest Of Pass
chendaele ridge IL now complete, and
it has been held against all counter
attacks. If the capture Of this ridge
had been erected In one brilliant
operation, 1t would have been herald.
ed as a. tremendous allied victory. It
is none the, less a victory because 1t
took many weeks to accomplish.
The submarine figures are the
rosiest spot in the Allied sky at
present. Only the fear that the old
spirit OF carelessness and self-con-
fidence will return. prevents the Brit
ish government from rejoicing more
openly in these figures. 1t iE too
much to hope that they will remain
at such a low mark. There undoubt-
eddy will be fluctustions, but the.
great important factor is that the
rate Of destruction is now definitely
below the rate of production. and II
it can be kept there the submarines
teeth have been drawn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
Dies Irae


(By Robert Adger Bowen Of The
Nisilantss.)
Where now the boast Of absolute
control
BY arrogance assumed as right
divine!
The stubborn springs Of manhood
undermine
The tyrant's grasp upon q peoples
soul.
In mutinys dread voice there swells
the roll
OF. discomfort, and on the embat-
tied line
The legioned hosts with win no
more supine,
Shrink at the horror of the insatiate
toll.
Betrayed, a nation stirs ia Its false
sleep
Haunted by dreams Of blood, and
that vast hate
In which b world outraged holds
Il III ban.
BY. air and land and ID the unfath-
omed deep
The echoes az It's deeds reveFberate;
The fouiest deeds Rainst God since
man was man.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
The War For the Week

With the exception OF the British
campaign in Palestine, the week has
been one Of waiting and expectancy
on all fronts. and IL has been marked
by great scarcity Of dispatches Of
reliable nature.
In Russia a strike Of telegraph
operators has added 10 the difficulties
of correspondents in getting their
dispatches out. When the Bolsheviki
seized the telegraph Offices, their
leaders permitted nothing to go out
that did not meet their approval.
Then the Kerensky forces were re-
ported to have regained possession
for a time but for the last few days
even the rivulet Of tainted news has
dried up. and there has been virtually
no reliable information since week
ago today.
AS nearly as can be learned from
the brief messages received, the
Bolsheviki nominaIly control Petro-
grad, but there has been bloody
fighting in the streets, between
Bolsheviki troops and supporters Of
the Kerensky government. Korniloff
forces hold the Kremlin at Moscow,
and the same nominal control of that
city that the BoIshevIki possess at
Petrograd. 1t looks like a very
promising beginning for a civil war.
No Reports From Army.
Meanwhile there are no reports
from the Russian army at the front.
One German dispatch said that at
tacks made by the Russians near
Riga had been repulsed. The at
tacks probably were nothing more
than local raids. There can be little
activity on the Russian front. The
Russian winter is at hand. The Ger
mans have stripped the line for the
Western operations, and will not be-
gin an offensive, while the Russians
lack the initiative, the driving power
of leadership, and the munitions.
Information that the BoIshevikI
government had made oYertures for
an armistice, came in a roundabout
way, through the report OF the de-
mands Of the German Socialists that
the reichstag be convened immediate
ly to discuss the offer. Whether this
offer TO Germany was a direct formal
offer. or simply the general offer
contained in the BoIshevik platform,
is unknown None Of the Allied gov
ernments has had any direct infor-
nation on this subject, and none of
them is in position to receive such
direct information, since all the Rus
sian diplomats abroad refuse to
recognize the new rulers.
Italians Holding.
For one week the Italians have held
back the Austro- German invaders on
the line of the Piave. Every day is
valuable, for 1t brings English and
French assistance nearer, and per-
mits the Italians to complete their
Even in the Tren-
tino the advance is reported to have
been checked. and Venice may yet be
saved.
The Paris Matin announced early
in the week that the new allied board
Of strategy had decided to abandon
the Piave line and retire about sixty
miles further to the Adige river, a
broader stream which offered a much
better defense. This would involve
the loss of Venice and Padua The
manner in which Venice has been
stripped Of it's art treasures and
vaIuables, might bear out this state
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

-
the date named published a proc
lamation in which he stated that
the people, the army and the navy
had decreed the deposition Of the
imperial dynasty and the extinction
Of the monarchical system. He as
sured the people that the provisional
government guaranteed all inhabit-
ants OF Brazil security for life and
property, and respect for Individual
and political rights; that ii recog-
nized and respected all national en-
gagements contracted during the
monarchy; and that IL would adhere
to existing treaties with foreign
countries, acknowledge the domestic
and foreign debt. and assume all
other legally constituted obliga-
tions.
This was very simple and very
plain document and was signed by
Marshal Fonseca as chief OF the
provisional government and the
members Of the cabinet that had
been selected. That was all there
was to it. A very polite and court
eous letters to Dom Pedro ri inform
ed him that the presence OF the inn
perial family in this country, in
face Of the new situation created by
the irrevocabla revolution OF the
18th inst, would be absurd and inn
possible, and provocative OF trou-
bles which the safety OF the public
impresses upon us the necessity 10
avoid" "a time was fixed for the
embarkation Of the royal family. ard
the former emperor was assured
that your comfort and health DUR
ing the passage win be looked after
with the greatest Of care, and the
government win continue to pay
YOU the sum assured BY law until
this point has been settled by the
approaching constituent assembly"
And SO it was ali settled In the
incest manner possible. Dom Pedro
it, erstwhile emperor OF Brazil, sail
ed for Portugal, and the republic OF
Brazil started on IFS prosperous
career.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

two principal national holidays Of
the country, II is fitting, since the
latter was celebrated Thursday,
that the American people should
recognize il and its significance.
The former is the Brazilian Inde-
pendence day, for on that day in
1922 the then viAe-regent of Brazil,
the vast colonial possession OF
Portugal, who was Dom Pedro, son
of King John VI. declared the tnde-
pendence of Brazil from the Nmother
country. The Portuguese military
garrisons in Rio de Janeiro and
other Brazilian cities were easily
overcome with little or no bloodshed
and were transported back to
Portugal, and on October ~ Dom
Pedro / was solemnly declared the
constitutional emperor and perpetual
defender of Brazil, and thus was
established the empire Of Brazil.
For 81 years Brazil remained the
only independent country in the
western world with a nnonarchical
form OF government. BY the end OF
that time. however, the ideas Of
democracy and government had
gained such ascendancy that the
people OF Brazil decided to trans
form their monarchy into a republic.
and for the second time there was
a complete change in government
through. another bloodless revolu-
ton. The people OF Brazil had no
great quarrel with their easy going
monarch, nor had they any desire to
harm him or the members of his
family. All respected Dom Pedro IT,
and many loved him for his fine
personal qualities, but Il was the
monarchicaI system Of government
in its entirety they. wanted 10 get
rid Of, and SO it became necessary
for them to depose him. This they
did on November 15. 1889 Marshal
Manoel Deodoro Fonseca, one Of the
ableat and most popular generals OF
the Brazilian army, placed himself
ct the head Of the revolution and on
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
DESERVING The. League
Post Dated Checks Give Farmers
-.-... =. Opportunity.

FSAh~N@N@0 SHgSN& StNe F@FNnGF&
-s-.. Opportunity.
The Commercial West: Reports
from various points in the northwest
indicate that many farmers are
deserving the Nonpartisan league.
The practice Of league organizers in
accepting post-dated checks on To-
cal banks for membership dues and
dating these checks one, six or even
twelve months ahead. provided the
farmers an opportunity to change
their minds and remain outside the
league organization by stopping
payment OF such checks.
That such action has alarmed the
leaders OF the league is evidenced by
the circular letter recently, sent out
by J. r, Waters, superintendent OF
banks OF North Dakota. It looks
very much as though the league is
endeavoring 70 use the banking de-
partmenf OF North Dakota in a des-
perate attempt to stem the tide OF.
desertion from its ranks. 1t is doubt
full, however, If this circular letter
from the banking superintendent
will have that effect. 1t will more
likely irritate the state bankers of
North Dakota, as II clearly en-
deavors to place them in a false
position.
This circular letter accuses the
bankers OF refusing payment on
these checks when due, even when
the farmer has money in the bank.
This may be true in some cases
where the farmer had no checking
account, but only a certificate of
deposit or a savings bank book. In
either case. OF course, the banker
could not legally honor such a check.
7 It is quite unthinkable that any
banker would refuse payment on
these checks for the reasons stated
by the superintendent Of banks in
North Dakota, which was to the eff
feet that payment was stopped
without orders from the farmers,
that payment was not made when
the maker OF the check had thou
sands in the bank, and for q third
reason that the order was obtained
through misrepresentation. Bankers
certainly know when to honor
checks and when not.
IL this movement among farmers
becomes general, Of stopping pay
ment on these post dated checks.
league managers and many farm
ers may And themselves in a finan-
ciaI tangle, as 1t Is naported from
North Dakota that groups OF farm
ers have given notes for consider.
able amounts based on theae post
dated checks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

From The Kansas City Star: II it
was considered crime for boy and
a girl or a man and a woman to hold
hands in public, kiss each other, and
walk about with their arms encir-
cling each others waists, then several
thousand crimes would be committed
at Camp Funston every Saturday
afternoon and Sunday.
Somehow, out here where the boys
are preparing themselves to kill or
be killed, a great many OF the shams
of life seem to fade away. Some Of
the things that are looked upon with
horror by many OF the folks back
home become inconsequential and
commonplace. No one pays any at
tention to them here, for everybody
does it, and they are only too glad
of the opportunity.
Back in Kansas City IL you saw a
young man and woman sitting on
the curbstone on Main street hold
ing each others hand. and occas-
ionaIly putting their arms around
each others neck for hug and a
squeeze and a kiss, you would run
for the nearest telephone and call
the police. Women passing by would
hold up their hands in horror and
cross over to the other side of the
street while the men would wonder
what sanitarium opened its gates.
But out here it's different. The
women realize it and SO do the men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17

I Washington, Nov. 17.-lSpecial.l- -
That physicians of the Jail where
Miss Alice Paul, head Of the mill
tant suffrage party, is serving a
seven months sentence for picketing
the White House, are testing Miss
Paul's sanity is the firm belief OF her
friends here. Miss Helen Paul. the
prisoners sister, says that she talk
ed through a Jail window with the
leader, who informed her
that she was under close observation
in the psychopathic ward.
Miss Paul has been on a hunger
strike for some time. She says she
has been forcibly fed, but DR.. J. A.
Cannon, the prison physician, de-
clares that she has taken her nour-
,ishment without much resistance.
He admits, however. that she went
seventy-two hours without food
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
AS LORD NoRTHcLIFFE
SEES US.

ord NorthcIiffe. on his return to
land. IN letter to Premier
Lloyd George refusing the portfolio
81 air minister. told the English peo-
PIE that the United States ana Cam
ada "are proceeding with their war
preparations with a fervor and en-
thusiasm little understood on this
ids OF the Atlantic.
Thank Heaven there il more truth
nd less nattery In that statement
than there would have been
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
A SCIENTIFIC VIEW or THE
I. w. w.

Carleton II. Parker, who is dean
of.the school OF business administra-
ton at the University Of Washing
ton, and acting mediator in labor
troubles on the Pacific coast. has
written. for the current Atlantic, a
frank discussion Of the l. w. W
problem.
Mr.. Parker admits virtually all al
the charges that have been made
against the I. WI. wv. and does not at
tempt to pailiate the Organizations
offenses. but he attempts to get at