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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
ABANDON PROJECT OF
RAILROAD EXTENSION
Construction Material For New
Rockford -Watford City Line Being
Returned to ST. Paul.

schafer, N. D., July 25.-E.. o.
Mundy Aas begun the task of hauling
the large quantity Of construction
material used in building the grade
for the Great Northern between here
and New Rockford, on the Little
Missouri river, 20 miles southeast OF
here, to the end of the line at Wat
ford City, whence 1t will be shipped
to st. Paul.
Included in the lot are 100 tons Of
steel rails, and IS to 100 dump cars.
From the latter the woodwork will
be burned, and the iron will be scrap
ped for old metal.
The fact that this material, hauled
into the Bad Lands at heavy ex-
pense, is now being removed, is re-
garded as indicating that the long
looked for extension of the Great
Northern from Watford City to
New Rockford is not to materialize
for some years to come.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
BOWMAN CHARGES
GET GRAND JURY
ATTENTION; U. 5.
DIRECTS INQUIRY
Senator Met cCumber's Com
plant Brings Speedy
Developments
MINNESOTA ALSO
ENTERS THE FIELD
District Attorney There
Details Special Agent
To Investigate

| Investigation by the federal grand
| jury, now in session in Fargo, OF
charges made in the United States
senate this week by United States
Senator Porter j. McCumber, affect
ing the loyalty to the United States
government of the postmistress al
Bowman, N. D., Mrs. Lillian Totten
wife of E. P. Totten, is under way
! it was announced late Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Likewise, investigation of the
charges made by Senator McCumber
has been directed by Postmaster
General Hugh L. Burleson, and the
United States district attorney of
Minnesota, Alfred Jaques, has de-
tailed T. r. Campbell Minneapolis
special agent of the department of
justice, to conduct an inquiry into
the situation, the Minnesota federal
officials acting at the complaint of
the navy recruiting officers of this
district.
Socialists Talk Foundation.
The foundation for Senator Nc
Cumber's charges before the United
States senate, and Investigations
that are being conducted by the fed
eral grand jury in session here, and
the United States postal department
and department of justice, is an
alleged seditious address made at
Bowman several evenings ago by
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, radical
socialist, and formerly an editor Of
The Rip Saw, a violently anti-gov-
ernment publication.
That the speaker referred to Unit
ed States volunteers as "only fit for
volunteers, and that she declared
American women who didn't resist
the taking Of ssons n the arn7Et
were no better tAan the American
brood sows', are statements laid be-
fore federal officers as having been
made by Kate, O'Hare.
Entertained by Tottene.
The charge is then made that Mrs.
O'Hare, the day Following her adj
dress, was entertained by the post
mistress and her husband, at their
home.
Senator McCumber. in his address
before the senate. charged that IL
was well known in Bowman that
both Mrs. Totten and her husband
were spreading anti-draft propa-
ganda and that neither was German
born or of German descent. .-s-,
Brought Up Previously.
That the Bowman situation had
been called to the attention of Unit
ed States District Attorney M. A.
Hildreth of North Dakota some time
ago, was also brought out today in
correspondence relative to the ques-
tion. The first public announcement,
however, of investigation, comes
from Washington, by Postmaster
General Burleson, who took steps
Immediately the matter was raised
in the senate.
Mrs. Totten is the wife of an at
torney, formerly resident of May
yille, N. D. Mr. Totten is a brother
of George Totten. appointed by Gov
ernor Frazier to the board of regents
last winter, and whose appointment
ten is now engaged in newspaper
organization work for the Nom
partisan league.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
MYSTERY MAN" TRIES
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
crookston Resident, Who Terrorized
Milton People, SIasnes Throat
With Knife at Forks.

Milton, N. d. July 25.-Milton's
famous mystery man. captured by
Sheriff Thompson and by checks to
the amount of $500 found on his per-
son identifed as w. L. Tedd, who has
family residing at Crookston,
Mimi, where he formerly was in the
employ of the Robertson Lumber Co,
while in custody at Grand Forks,
awaiting the arrival of authorities
from Minnesota, attempted TO COM
NIT suicide by slashing himself with
knife.
Tedd for weeks terrorized the peo-
pie of Milton by hiding in a coulee
from which he made frequent sorties
to neighboring farm houses. For a
long time he eluded capture, although
the couIee where he had his lair was
ralxed over time and again. He was
taken when he ventured forth from
his hiding place TO purchase food.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
CAPT. coLLEY MASTERING
IN VALLEY CITY FORCE.
10 RAISE MONUMENT
TO FRENCH EXPLORER

sanish, N. D., July 25.-Mount Hi
Crow, a lofty eminence on the east
banks of the Missouri from which
Verendyre, the French explorer, and
his son spied out the land prior to
crossing the Big Muddy en- route from
the head Of Lake Superior to the
Rockies, so years before Lewis and
Clark made the same expedition, has
been designated by President Wilson
ais the site Of the Verendrye national
monument. The Frenchman explored
this territory about l740. using an
ancient bun boat, of the Welch
coracle type, which he found In use
here among the natives, as a means
Of navigation.
The monument is to be in charge
of the national park service. and
there win be included In the reser-
walton $50 acres surrounding Mount
Hi Crow. which is second in altitude
in North Dakota only to Sentinel
Butte, far to the south in the Bad
Lands.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
Army Can Claim Man as
Soon AS He is Posted
AS Accepted
rs THEREAFTER
SUBJECT TO ORDERS
Believed That About One
Quarter VIII Fail in
Physical Test
(By Associated Press.J

Washington, July 25.-
The race between states
for honor of being first to
fill their quotas under the
selective draft was on to-
day in earnest.
Calling up men for physi-
Ical examination began to-
day in several regions.
Meanwhile details of the
machinery for actually call
ing the accepted men into
service and sending them to
their mobilization camps
are being worked out.
Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder has al
ready ruled that the
claim of the army at
taches to any registered
man as soon as the local Sc
lection board has posted
him as accepted, and from
that time on unless exempt
ed, he will be subject to
military law and the arti-
cles of war. Failure to APP
pear when called will bring
the military forces of the
marshal general in
search of the missing man.
He will be tried for any vio-
lation of regulations before
a court martial. This rll-
ing was necessary in order
to enforce the prompt COM
pliance of all accepted men
with army orders.
1t appears probable that the ac-
cepted men when the mobilization
order for the new army is given,
will be first assembled in their Sc
lective board headquarters. Their
among the sixteen can
Gen. Crowder said today,
would be governed by two rules
first the section of the law reQuir-
Ing that they be assigned as far az
possible to duty with troops from
their own state, and secondly, the
location of the nearest cantonmcnf
TO reduce the transportation prob
lem as much as possible.
No information has reached Cen
eral Crowder indicating that there
will be any need to summon a sac
ond draft in addition to the 6S7.G00
men now called for during the pres
snt year. Gen. Crowder said ttday
he had understood that the draft
machinery would not need to be sTn~
Dloyed again during the present year
although IL will be kept intact. Es-
.imates to cover the expenses of The
second increment have been sub
nitted, il was pointed out, because
Ill these expenditures must be ac-
.ually on hand when the call is
made.
With physical examination actual
v in progress, the record of the Iraft
turing the Civil war becomes inter
,sting. At that time 25.75 per cent
II the men called upon were reject
a for physical defects. There Is no
'eason, IL is said. to expect ana ms
erial increase in that factor. Fx-
,mptions for Industrial or similar
easons as well as exemption
,ecause Of dependent relatives. en-
er an unexplored field. Until ratio
or this is worked out in practice In
everal typical communities and
worked up into an average figure, 70
Iefinite forecast of the probable
lumber of men who will pass
through the draft machinery TO OBJ
ain the 6S7 900 can be given.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25

This is old settlers day
at the Interstate fair and at
o'clock the register show
er IS names. More than one
hundred automobiles lined
the north side of the fair
grounds in the vicinity of
the old settlers tent. The
concert was given by Prof
essor's Rudd's band.
The crowd for the third
day of the big exposition
will not equal that Of Ties
day, although some fast
horses are entered in the
two speed events for the
afternoon the 2:2O trat
and the 2:2o pace. Wealth
er conditions were threat
ening.
Expect Crowd Thursday.
Officials of the state fair
early this afternoon stated
that they expect the second
largest attendance of the
week to be reached Thurs
day, Fargo-Moorhead day,
when many of the business
houses of the city will close
their doors at 1 o'clock in
order to permit their en-
ployes to visit the fair. The
biggest attendance is ex-
pected Saturday.
A special program OF races has
been provided for the afternoon,
which will consist Of three pacing
events, each calling for purse Of
$500. The thrilling game of auto
polo will be played following the
races, and Louis Gertson, the head
liner aItract1Qns or the 1alr, Will make
his usual afternoon fight about
o'clock. ..-,
Fireworks Reach City.
After considerable delay and con-
fusion the consignment of fireworks
reached Fargo Tuesday night too
late for last nights attraction offer
ings. Secretary McRoberts an
nounced at noon that the men in
charge of placing the set-pieces had
completed their work and that this
feature Of the fair would be shown
for the first time this evening.
There are eight special set fea-
lures, one being a reproduction Of
the bombardment along the
Dardanelles and of Constantinople
by American battleship and SUBJ
marine. Other sets will be OF the
American flag and of bursting shells,
rockets and bombs.
Fargo Man Oldest Settler.
L. Beaton of Fargo, was the old
est settler registered on the grounds
at 2 o'clock. He dates his pioneer
days to the year 1870. or 40 years
ago John Erickson of Moorhead,
wrote his name on the register book
and after itaplaced the year 1871.
Catherine Rea of Fargo, came to the
state the same year as also did John
S. Nelson Of Horace; III. A. Erickson
~ - grs~~x-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
CENSOR PERMITS PUBLICATION OF -~---------
-.-. PHOTO SHOWING TROOPS IN MD-OCEAN

The navy censor held up this pic
ture for several weeks and even now
will not permit much to be said about
IL. Photo was taken in mid-ocean
and shows American vessels laden
with troops and supplies and guard
Jed by destroyers headed for France.
The photo is interesting, as IL shows
how hundreds of thousands of Amer
ican boys will be transported to
Europe during the remainder of this
year and the first of the next.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
BRENT ALSO QUITS
Supporter of Denman On Shipping
Board Tenders designation.
(Bv AeeoeIated PTess. }

Washington, July 25.-Announce-
ment was made today al the White
House that Theodore Brent, vice
chairman Of the shipping board, had
rendered hts resignation but that II
had not been acted on by President
Wilson.
IN his letter, Mr. Brent said ne
agreed with Mr.. Denman, the resign
ed chairman OF the board in his con-
troversy with Major Gen. Goethals,
who until yesterday was the man-
ager Of the Emergency Fleet corpor-
alton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
PROGRAM AT THE INTERSTATE FAIR, THURSDAY JULY 2s.
(FARGo- -MooRHEAD DAYO

(FAReo-MooRHEAD DAY0 --." =
This day aside Of the business of
one Of the biggest days of the fair
public open inspection
SSo-gana concert downtown street car to fair grounds
Bs wortham shows @ on al the MG%ay
lake the
Don't fail to see the exhibits of livestock of the best
twenty acres Of farm machinery in operation
AFTERNOON
United states flag by detachment of Company
Seven furlong dash. ......................1 $50
THURSDAY, JULY 2s FARGO -MooRHEAD DAY.
s Ss Paehe afs nssesRS @
Entries ss wizard L richardson Bow
Point w. H of Fargo: william MaFIoney
Martin Of Paul. + Riley n
Soorche G T Trost @ Of Durand Wis; Sum: Little Wonder Ernest
TOWNS nnson n porar B. RaSS ST n Af~aa P Sa
5 White Burt Morrison Of H GenGSe ~ Mimi T
W. Smith Fargo Glen Rose John Blackman Valley cityi
Minneapolis: catura Durand wis.,
alo Major ong R waters Bismarck; Nazo Boy
and king Dtlard Of coopeFstoTn n
Dun ana h sds n s 5 h b 1 d
night Bic e Lieut. Wostss% sRd saw a%s oa ss % aSi S9s R
concert % 1y.s By nsa s, 100 a s
including
pecially set pieces.
Big c. A workman shows the Midway.
WATCH SPACE FAIR INFORMATION DAILY.
Gertson army aviator
bet and Q
Reserved tickets for the grandsand each morning
Portsrhsd O'Clock that
the board taken to the fair grounds and in charge Of Ganey
Of OF H.
A.. a.
Of
Wfkn Minnesota this
1881 admitted free the
agriculture
address the Interstate
Agricultural building
leading into the grounds.
evening Is the
features OF the
Tomorrow N
Wheeler viii making gowns
triangle and abdominal
tent to the north Of the Miss Dorthea
Young win have charge the bandage rolling deonstrtions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
TOSSED BY BULL.

p Mandan. N. D.. July s6ss-phllsis
Lohstretter. dairyman living near
the city, narrowly escaped death
Sunday morning when attacked by a
Holstein bull. He was hurled into
a barbed wire fence and horribly
cut and bruised. and was saved from
being gored to death by two BROTH
ers who rushed to his aid with
pitchforks and drove off the animal.
He will recover.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
Long List of Men Awaiting
Mastering in Process
Fixed for Friday
HOPE TO COMPLETE !.
QUOTA BY THAT TIME
Former Captain Goes to Ft
Leavenworth-Thune
to Smashing Second" T.
COMPANY 3, N, %, N, q.

Millidge B. Roscoe, -Dickey.
Clarence w. Twight, Fargo.
Joseph D. Hunter, Galesburg,
Ill. ....- l.... .s.....-
Edwin L. Hanson, Nome.
Arthur e. Nelson, Cambridge,
Ill. ..t s. ..r
Arthur T. Walters, LaMoure.
Norman B. Flagg, Mapleton.
John III. Wagner, Arthur.
Adolph Berg, Peever, S. d.
Bernard s. Brcdell, Fargo.
Jack c. Hurley. Fargo.
Carl Madison, Arthur.
Charles M. Lowman, Hunter.
Melvin T. johnson, Fargo.
Axel Swanson, Horace.
Alfred e. Roscoe, Dickey.
Albert e. Roscoe, Dickey.
Carl e. Carlson, LaMoure.
Roy A. Ravine, Ulen, MINI.
Carl Christianson, Fargo.
Follett G. Hanson, Casselton.
William s. Pearson, Fargo.
John Trutte, Italy. .....-
Elmer H. Vosberg, Fargo.
Oscar Dygoe, Fargo. ~a
Irl Good, LaMoure.
Edwin Klauber, LaMoure.
Chas. A. Collier, Cogswell.
Bartholomew e. McGraw,
Cogswell. ss,:.rsa,-. -. .--.
John Moe, Fargo.
Ind.
Frank ]. Greenwoldt, Bertha,
MINI.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
LENINE MAY Be TRIED
AS A GERMAN SPY
Conviction Would Mean Death--if
Acquitted He Will Be lnterned
During the War.
(By Associated Press. i

New York, July 25.-Information
that the Russian provisional govern
ment has decided 10 terminals the
apparent pro- -GerfuFn activities of
Nikolai Lenine, the radical socialist
leader, by arresting him and many
Of his followers. has reached the Ana-
sian information bureau here. These
advices indicate LenIne probably win
be shot IL he q convicted as spy
working IN the interests uE Germany.
hut II not convicted be VIII De lscl4H
ed during the war. This last meaa-
ure, IT Is explained here es0uid
adopted as q precaution against tno
presence 0f "a crazy man 1n poll
tics in this crisis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
STEAMER MAKES FIRST
TRIP SOUTH SINCE 1883
Washburn En- Route Down Missouri
River From Bismarck With
Cargo of Scrap Iron.

Washburn, N. D.. July 25.-The
steamer Washburn, the first boat
since 1888 to depart from upper Mis-
souri, points for a continuous journey
to the mouth of that stream, is now
on its way to st. Louis, 1900 miles
distant, under command of Captain
Joseph Leach. The Washburn car
ries cargo of scrap iron from Wash
burn and Bismarck docks.
Upon its arrival in st. Louis the
steamer will be turned over to its
new owners. who intend to use the
boat in Mississippi river commerce.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
Saturday Will Probably
Set Record For Week
in Attendance
FIREWORKS READY
FOR THIS EVENING
Judging Nearly Finished
Auto-Airplane Race Not
Yet Scheduled
PROGRAM TONIGHT.

7:00-Band concerts by nearly
100 musicians.
7:45-Lowering of the United
States flag.
8:00-First performance Of the
big shows.
s:45-FIight by Louis Gertson.
9:15-Pyrotechnics.
Biu Wortham shows. =
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
LODGE SECRETARY
|. o. o. r. Hall at Shields Wrecked
by Gasoline Lamp.

Shields. N. D.. July 25.-H. e.
Roberts, secretary of the /. o. o. f.
lodge, is in a critical condition from
burns received when a gasoline lamp
exploded. He had remained in the
lodge hall to do some work on his
books and the explosion raised the
roof of the building and shattered
all the windows.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
FORUM WILL PUBLISH
EARLY.

The Forum will publish at
noon Thursday, so that all en-
ployes of The Forum Publish
ing company may visit the In
terstate fair on Fargo Moorhead
day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
Report Six Subs sunk.

Halifax. Nova Scotia. July 25. -
British sailors arriving here today,
who claim to have been among
crews OF vessels in the vicinity OF
the transports which conveyed the
first American troops 70 France, say
that they were creditably informed
German submarines made q. concert
the loss Of six U-boats, only one
escaping.
The sailors said they were within
three miles Of the transport and
witnessed heavy and continuous
hre.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
Eighty Worknaen
Killed in Mine
(By Associated Press. J

Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 25.-Eighty workmen
were killed today in explosion at Number Six mine of
the Dominion Coal company at New Waterford, British
Columbia according to advces received here from Sid
ney. Twelve bodies had been recovered at noon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
WORK ON GRANT

County Building at Carson Will
Cost $4,000.
Carson, N. D., July 25.--Work was
started Tuesday morning on the
construction of Grant county's court
house. ]. c. Bellman of New Leip-
zig has the contract for the building
which will cost $4,000. Grant coun-
ty was created by a division cleo
tion about year ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25

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But "a enlisted men are needed to
bring Company B, n. D. N. G., to full
war strength, $50 men, it was an
nounced today.
Thirty-two men have enlisted and
been accepted since noon Saturday,
bringing the total of enlisted men to
1875.
The new members will be muster
ed into federal service next Friday
morning, July ~.
Officers of the company are hope
full that the full quota needed for
war strength will have been received
before Friday at the present rate Of
1 enlistment.
| NINETY.EleHT husTERED
INTO SERVICE ON MONDAY.
Ninety eight enlisted men ana
three rofIicers were mustered into
federal service last Monday, incIud-
| ing four enlisted men who have
since been discharged because OF
physical disability. The men muster
ed in included enlistments up to and
including July 20.
NO INFORMATION AS TO
WHEN GUARD WILL LEAVE.
Officers Of the company have re-
ceived no information as to when
the company will be called upon to
leave Fargo, reporting either to
Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck or to
some other point, but expect that
orders will be received as soon as
war strength has been attained, and
all mustered into federal service.
GET CHICKEN AT MEALS.
PUT IN FORM OF EGGS.
Members of the company are TAX
ing kindly to the mess" being serv-
ed at the armory, declaring that the
food is plentiful and well cooked.
I'VE had young chicken for break
fast this morning." one of the priv
ates said today in telling of the good
grub, "only it was in the form of
eggs"
COMPANY BIDS GOODBYE
TO ITS FORMER CAPTAIN.
The company bade goodbye and
godspeed to Lieut.. @. A. M. Ander-
son, former captain Of the company
who recently passed examinations
for a commission in the regular
army, who left Fargo Tuesday aft
ernoon for Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
where he will join the Fourteenth
regiment Oh Regular o.
Lieut.. Anderson, whose home is
at Fergus Falls, Mimi, was captain
of the company four years, and Of
ficer in charge during service on the
Mexican border.
THUNE MADE LIEUTENANT
IN THE "sMASHlNG SECOND"
Z. w. Thune, corporal of the COM
pany, has been commissioned lieut.
enant in the Smashing Second"
and has been assigned to Devils
Lake. He will leave for his new as
signment this week.
Lieut.. Thune has been a leader in
circles of the First regiment for sew
eraI years, and is recognized as
finished soldier.
CAPT, coLLEY MASTERING
IN VALLEY CITY FORCE.
Captain Reginald F. e. Colley is
at Valley City today, assisting in
mastering into federal service Com
pany @, of the First regiment. As
sistant Company Clerk Frank ].
Bassett is at Hillsboro on the same
mission for Company l.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-25
New Russian Line.

Petrograd, July 25.-The present
line OF the southwestern front is ap-
proximately occupied after General
Brussilofrs drive last summer. ex-
cept before Tarnopol, where the
enemy succeeded in pushing further
into Russian territory. The fate Of
the latter town was virtually decid-
ed with the Germans holding the
suburbs just across the Sereth river
within easy gun range.
The Germans chose the junction
point of the Seventh and Eleventh
armies for beginning their offensive,
the first blow being struck between
Zboron and Pebako on a 20 mile
front Without great effort as is
admitted in the Russian Official
communication, they pursued their
advance to the line Of the Sereth.
This uncovering Of the Russian posi-
tions south of Tarnopol forced a
retirement all along the diagonal
line southwestward cutting the
Stripa and Zlota Lipa to Halicz and
the latter river and Halicz is seri-
ously threatened with a prospect OF
further retirement to the original
Russian positions east Of Stanislau,
occupied before General Brussiloffs 5