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PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

Italians continued their advance in
the fourth day of the battle on the
Carso, reaching Mediazza and
castasnavizza and taking eleven
guns and more than 1900 prisoners.
In a stirring address to the army the
Russian Minister of War said the
will Of the people must rid the world
!, Of usurpers.
Prussian attacks on the three most
important points of the crest of the
chemIn des Danes failed to dis
lodge the French.
The first sanitary squadron of the
American expeditionary corps arrlv-
cd in Paris.
Fierce fighting occurred north Of the
chemn dss Danes, where the Ger
mans entered first the French tren-
ches, but lost them In counter at
tack, their casualties being heavy.
General Russky, back In Petrograd
from the Riga front, said there was
no fraternlzing with the Germans
now and no lack Of sheIlsj he
thought Germany could be defeated
by the autumn.
Italians continued their advance on
both sides of Januano gaining
ground in front Of the hill positions
recently captured and have taken
1o,245 prisoners
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WAR REVENUE BILL VOTED
PASSES HOUSE SUBSTANTIALLY
AS 1T WAS INTRODUCED.
Amendments Made Will Probably
Alter the Amount of Revenue
Expected.

Washington.-By a vote of 329 to
70 the House finally passed the War
Tax bill. The bill as passed was sub
stantially as introduced, although sew
eral minor changes were made. The
various titles were permitted to stand.
but the amendments made will prob
ably alter the amount of revenue
which the Government can expect. The
income tax was increased, a part of
the free list of the tariff was restored,
and the increases in postal rates were
altered.
All the opposing votes were cast by
Republicans, although there are many
members of the Democratic side
strongly opposed to certain section of
the measure. Virtual redrafting of the
bill in the Senate is regarded as GER
tain. Material changes are already
contemplated by the Senate Finance
Committee as a result of public hear
ings held during the long debate in
the House. Final passage of the bill
probably can not be accomplished in
less than a month.
Attacks on the bill in the Senate
will center around the excess profits.
income and manufacturers taxes and
the second class mail rate increase
sections. Business men generally are
protesting vigorously against the tax.
es and virtually every publisher in
the country is opposing the drasti.
cally increased mail rate.
This section would increase on
March / the present fat rate of one
cent pound to a graduated scale
ranging from one and one-half cents
pound in the first zone to six cents
a pound in the eighth. Two other
graduated scales with further in.
creases in rates would go into effect
on next July l, and November /,
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NO PASSPORTS FOR SOCIALISTS
y. 5. Condemns Stockholm Confer.

y. 5. Condemns Stockholm Confer.
ence as German Propaganda.
MISUNDERSTANDING disapproval
OF the peace propaganda of Euro
pean Socialists was expressed by the
American Government. which denied
passports to American delegates to
the Stockholm conference and issued
a warning that any American taking
part in the negotiations would be
liable to heavy punishment.
Officials explained that the Govern
ment's course would have the two
fold effect of discrediting generally
any peace moves by unauthorized per.
sons and of cordemning in particular
the present Socialist agitation regard.
ed since its inception as inspired bv
Germany
Secretary Lansing cited the Logan
act of 1893 as defining the punish.
ment which might be expected by anv
American now in Stockholm or who
might go there without a passport
and participate in the peace discus.
sions. Under this law unauthorized
persons who directly or Indirectly
treat with foreign agents regarding
controversies of the United States
may be imprisoned for three wears
and fined $4,000.
The American delegates to the con-
ference are Victor L. Berger of Mil
waukee and Morris Hillquit and AL
gernon Lee of New York. They were
selected by the party's executive
committee after a notable group of
Socialists, headed by Charles Edward
Russell and William English Walrng
had condemned the movement in
joint statement as "the most danger.
Gus of all the Kaiser's plots"
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First Americans at Front.

Grand Headquarters of the French
Army in France.-The first American
combatant corps went to the front
under Capt. E. l. Tinkham and Lieut..
Sculy OF Princeton. Capt. Tinkham
won the War Cross at Verdun.
1t was a proud moment when the
first detachment of the American
Field Service, consisting mainly of
Cornell undergraduates departed for
the Aisne battlefield. They were
armed with carbines, attired in khaki
uniforms and drove American five
ton motor cars. The Stars and Stripes
floating over the cantonment in an
historic French fort, spread out in the
breeze as they left, and other con-
tingents cheered them on their way.
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shortage which can be accomplished
out with great deal of effort. More
attention must be paid to the raising of
calves that will make good beef Leg
islation has been agitated to prevent
the sale of calves for veal. This is not
| good policy, as there are great num-
| Der of calves that will not make good
| beef. 1t is up to the farmer 10 decide
| this question for himself. DR.. Buckley
also places emphasis on the fact that
more sheep must be raised, especially
in this county. He also pointed out
| that the dogs in most sections Of Mary
land have more privileges than does
man. Dogs go unmolested, and tres
pass on property when ever they feel
like it. They kill game out of season
and nothing is said about it, but man is
| liable to fine and Imprisonment for
either. Are we gong to allow such
conditions to continue to exist? The
dog question is very serious one and
under present conditions, if dog does
| any damage, he doesn't have an owner.
On the other hand if any one kills a
dog, even though the dog wasn't worth
80 cents before death, he is worth 500
afterwards. One way to solve the dog
| question is for more farmers to keep
sheep, then there will be more farmers
interested in the protection of sheep,
and good dog laws will result.
Prof. Bomberger spoke on community
CO. operation and organization. The
farmers today constitute the only in
dustry in the country that is not or
gained. Bankers. lawyers, doctors,
merchants, mechanics, labor, etc, are
organized for their own benefit. How
can the farmers expect to compete
single handed against an organized
world? Farmers do you realize that
with all this increase in prices, your
margin of profit in good many lines of
your work is no greater today than it
was several years ago? Community
Clubs are advocated. At the meetings
of these clubs you can get together and
ask questions, pool your knowledge,
help in buying and selling, agree on
similar products to be grown, and thus
make the best still better. Then when
it comes to wanting legislation for your
community, better roads. better schools,
in fact, anything that is for the good of
all, you can come pretty near getting
what you want The old saying that,
"In Union there is Strength" holds
just as good for the farmer as for any
army or government.
At the close of each meeting, those
present selected committee of three
to represent their community at a
county meeting to be held at Accident
in the near future for the purpose of
organizing a County Sheep Growers
Association. At this meeting the ques-
ton of a Dog Law will also be taken up
and the matter decided as to whether
or not we want one. Gov Harrington
has made the statement that there
should be State Dog Law, and that
he will recommend one at the special
session of the legislature.
A. G. MIDDLETON,
County Agent.
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eternity, with its bitterness for the
cup of misery, which you may have to
drink. If young men are responsible
for their influence others must be ais
for that which they exert upon a..
There Is probably no time of the year
when we look with more pleasure on
nature than in the first full burstngs of
spring. Frost has not withered leaf;
the machine has not yet touched the
waving grain, but all is fresh and full
of vigor. Earth seems to blossom as
Eden.
Such is youth, the sprlngtime Of life.
1t is the bright and hopeful period of
life. We look back to that time and
ask ourselves was | ever boy?
When we reached the period Of boots,
We looked with something like pity on
the things below US. We scarcely need
ed to look higher, but when the silky
down had hardened into the first
mustache, we needed not the sugges-
tions of any, and if they ventured to
instruct US, it was spurned as an act of
objectionable egotism on their part.
When we saw our little Benjamin
brothers half smothered with caresses,
we wondered If we had not reached
manhood without coming through that
experience; without having to toddle
over the floor, when we ruled the house
with a stick horse and hammer. Yet
the domestic circle was our first scene
of Action. There is where our in
fluence on the world began and this is
the first thought | would emphasize.
We consciously or unconsciously exert
an influence in the home.
That child charging through the house
is the man in embryo, AS they are
farther advanced, we find their influence
more marked. 1t seems to be natural
that the parents influence shall fall
upon the child, yet it is none the less
true that the influence of the child
rests upon the parent. If like Ellis
sons, of old, they are obstinate and re-
bellious, they may overawe the parents
and rule where they ought to obey, but
the divine law so carefully guards the
rights of parents, that characterization
is injurious to the best interests of the
child, while he who is kind and tender
to parents lightens the cares and
burdens of life and makes the declining
days bright with the sunshine of tender
ness and affection. Gods law is honor
thy father and mother, and the promise
attached is long life. Paul's Injunction,
Children obey your parents, seems
to be changed into parents obey YOU
children.
The social influence is secret, yet
powerful. The divine declaration that
the elder shall serve the younger is
true in more ways than one, and es-
pecially in that of influence on the
rest The younger look to the eldest
and if his action toward the other men,
bers of the household is overbearing it
soon tells on the whole circle, If 1T be
true that the constitution of the social
circle is such that influence is reci-
procal then 1T follows that the young
men can not escape that of sisters
while the reverse of this is equally true.
JoANNES.
To be continued
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Young Mems Responsibility For
Their Influence.

If there is ore class of mankind fol
whom have more sympathy and II
whom | feel a deeper interest thar
another, it is young men. We naturally
feel most interest in what we know
most of and perhaps fellow feeling
for ones own tends to deepen this inter
est. The difficulties and trials, temp
tations and allurements TO which young
men are subjected are too fresh in my
mind to allow any tagging of interest
in their welfare l know something OF
what they have to contend and the pos.
sibilities that are before them.
think something Of the duties rest
ing upon them as well as the discourage
ments with which they have to contend,
is the Withholding that which is due
them from older and more experienced
persons. Paul says None of US iveth
unto himself and no man dIeth to him.
self" This enforces most useful and
practical lesson. One which we would
do well to heed, yet one that is generally
lost sight of or disregarded by most
people. presume the chief reason for
this is because it is contrary to the
spirit of the world or age in which we
live. The restless, craving, ambitious
spirit prescrbes as the rule of action
special regard for self, no matter what
becomes of the rest.
Pay no regard to the rights or feelings
OF your fellow men, just so you accom-
plish your own ends and reach the goal
fixed by ambition.
To live for self is to follow our own
judgment, in accordance with our own
will and for our own pleasure. This
however is contrary to the injunction of
Paul, who tells US we are to live for
God He has made US for His own
glory, therefore we are bound to glorify
Him, and though we refuse to do this,
our obligations are in no wise diminish
ed, but the rather increased as we shall
see. The truth herein enforced is that
We are under great responsibility for
our influence both living and dying.
Our words and acts in life leave their
impress and our dying hour leaves per
haps the deepest impression on all.
If we consider this fact carefully we
can see the effect it ought to have upon
people generally and on young men in
particular If this principle could but
be carried out in society; if we would
but bear in mind that we exert an in
fluence upon all about US, so as to make
that a proper one, it would be infinitely
better for the world at large and our
selves in particular. Not unfrequently
young people act as if they exerted no
influence at all, and so their actions are
regardless of results. But there lives
not person who does not exert an in
fluence either for good or evil.
If it is for good 1t will go on through
eternity it will add that much more to
the cup of your happiness hereafter;
if it be evil, it too will go on widening
until it breaks upon the shores of
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German Spies in U. S. Navy.

Washington.-The German spy sys-
TEN is in operation within the United
States army and fleet. Not only are
spies obtaining the information they
want in this country, but they are able
to get it to Berlin in time for German
submarines to menace American war
ships and soldiers on the seas.
This was admitted by the Navy De-
partment Secretary Daniels announ-
ced that word of the sailing of an
American destroyer fotilla for Europe
had been wired ahead to Germany
and that German submarines had sue
ceeded in scattering mines at the en-
trance of the harbor, for which the
American warships were bound.
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RUIN AUSTRIAN ROLLING STOCK
Railroads Inefficient After Two Years
of Neglect.

UT TNCYItCt.
New York.-A correspondent lust
back from Vienna, says Central
Europe's food problems have been adj
versely influenced by the fact that
the railroads are gradually losing their
efficiency and are no longer able to do
their share in the distribution of prod.
ucts. The war has made heavy de-
mands upon the roads, and it has been
impossible to give trackage and roll.
ing stock the care they require.
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SOCIALIST
PROGRAM
DENOUNCED

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British Reply to German
Reasons for j. Boat War

adoption Of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
'He said that as soon as he himself,
in agreement with the supreme army
command reached the conviction that
ruthless U-boat warfare would bring
Germany nearer to a victorious peace.
then the U-boat warfare would be
started.
HE continued: This moment now
has arrived. Last autumn the time
was not ripe. but today the moment
has come when. with the greatest
prospect of success we can undertake
this enterprise. We must not wait
longer. Where has there been a
change? In the first place, the most
important fact Of all is that the num-
Der of our submarines has. been veCy
considerably increased as compared
with last spring and thereby a firm
basis has been created for success
Does not this prove conclusively
that it was not any scruple or any
respect for international law or neu-
trail rights that prevented unrestrict-
ed warfare from being adopted earlier,
but merely a lack of means to carry
IL out?
81 think it may be useful once again
to point out, that the Illegal and in
human attack on shipping by the Ger
mans cannot be justified as a reprisal
for the action of Great Britain in at
tempting to cut off from Germany all
imports"
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Dickinson Pleads For
Support Of the President
(By Associated Press.)

outrage that will certainly come from
foreign militarism If we proclaim the
shameful doctrine of resistance.
This threat is a DOGGY to frighten
those ignortant of our history.
Some urge that we are wholly I'M
prepared and should take no hostile
action until we are adequately pre-
pared. Such a course is abJect sub
mission, or a war with Germany after
this war is over.
II we fight we must act with those
who are now fighting Germany. The
result will be quicker and surer. the
outlay and hazard less. we will be at
the council board when the terms OF
peace are adjusted and will have
friends and not stand isolated when
the war is over. II we have unset
tied issues with Germany and have no
part in the treaty Of peace. then God
help the United States.
IF we urge war with Germany we
should make it plain to the German
people at large that we do not regard
them as responsible for our differ
ences, that we believe that 1t is a
condition brought about by their mil
itary rulers. that we bear them no
malice, that we would gladly welcome
them to the sisterhood Of republics,
and that II they shall achieve con-
troll of their own affairs our contest
with them will soon be ended.
For our unpreparedness our whole
people are responsible. That we can
almost Immediately evolve tremendous
forces that will potentially affect the
result of the present war is manifest.
Through our finances our factories,
our shipping, our light sea crafts,
aeroplanes and navy, we can soon be-
come a powerful factor. The question
of putting troops in the field is more
remote, but IL the war shall last a
year we commence to accomplish
much in that direction.
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KNIGHT EIGHT
CYLINDER HERE

The famous Knight eight cylinder
car, equipped with the more famous
sleeve valve motor was today placed
on display by the Overland-Doyle Co.
at their show room on N. p. avenue.
Mr.. Doyle classes the Knight eight
as the king of the great line which he
distributes. Already much interest
has been aroused, the model being a
center of attraction.
Mr.. Doyle expects 1t to prove as
popular in this territory as elsewhere
in the country. After a trip to the
factory at Toledo he is more enthus-
iastic than ever over the line, and the
general outlook at this time.
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Chicago, April "A plea for uni.
versal military service and a demand
that the people Of the United States
give their undivided and enthusiastic
support to President Wilson in the
present crisis of the nation was made
by former Secretary Of War jacob
M. Dickinson, who presided at a pa
triotic mass meeting held here Satur-
day night. He also suggested that the
United States will welcome Germany
to the sisterhood Of the worlds repub-
lies when the people Of that country
gain control of their own affairs.
Mr.. Dickinson said In part:
Our ships have been sunk and our
citizens have been ruthlessly put to
death by the German government on
the high seas, where they were within
their rights under recognized princi-
pies of international law. American
citizenship is in danger of becoming
a term of world wide contempt.
1.-The United States must vindicate
its right to be nation by protecting
the property and lives of it's citizens
against unjust aggression. II the out
RACES already inflicted are not suf-
ficient to arouse the spirit of the peo-
pie, then we are cravens impervtous
to insult and will inevitably sink into
Chinese paSsiveism and inconse-
Quence as a nation, that will certainly
invite despoilment of our country, the
dissertation of our national monu-
ments, the violation of our women and
the deportation Of our children into
captivity.
"The crime of war lust cannot just
ly be charged upon us. No other ma
ton has done more to promote the
spirit Of peace among nations and the
establishment of tribunals for the set
Element of International differences
without appeal to arms. We are the
only nation that ever went to war
solely in behalf Of the rights and lib
critics of another people. After estab-
fishing Cuba in her independence at
our own cost. we promptly withdrew
our armies.
"We have so long and SO constantly
up in the midst a noxious parasite,
not from American soil, but attaching
itself to the body polite from which
it draws its existence and whose pro-
lection 1t enjoys. mean those So
called pacifists who exalt even in q
crisis like this, when our citizens are
being murdered on the high seas, q
general theory OF humanitarian above
the country that shelters them, and
who would denationalize us. deny
every people OF patriotism, scott at
the monuments Of our national heroes
and turn to the wall the pictures of
Washington. Jackson. Lincoln and
Grant who through war. and the di-
rect results of war; achieved their
country's love and peace among
those immortal few who were not born
TO die.
"Such pacifists try to terrify us with
a cry of 'militarism' If there be such
q risk. / would take the chance and
trust to the sense and strength Of ogE
people to deal with our own military
rather than suffer the depreciation and
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1.-THE only safe way to impose the
burden of national defense is by uni
versal training, and when necessity
shall arise, by universal service.
1t is not democratic to leave the sac
rifices to be borne alone by volunteers.
We should here and now let congress
know where we stand on this question.
If we go in it must be with all our
might. We should have no war or
we should wage war to the limit of our
power
1T is said that President Wilson will
merely present the facts to congress
and make no recommendation. / do
not believe it. The American people
look for leadership. believe that our
president will lead courageously in
way that Americans who are lovers
of their country can proudly follow"
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ON DUTY
IN. FARGO

A detachment Of twenty-four men
from Company H. N. D. N. G.. James-
town. commanded by Lieut.. Alex
Steinbach. arrived in Fargo late yes
terday afternoon. and a half hour later
sentries were posted on the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
road bridges here to guard against
possible attack from pro-German
sympathizers, or German spies in event
of war being declared with Germany.
The guard will be maintained until
further orders. members of the de-
tachment working by detail.
The detachment is chartered in the
Company armory. and until mesy
quarters have been arranged will take
meals at local hotels and restaur-
ants.
The personnel of the detachment
follows:
Lieutenant-AlexS teinbach. =
Sergeants-Vernon B. Zacher and
Herbert Seibold.
Corporals-Willard Johnston. Walter
F. Willard and Sumner Brown.
Cook-Jacob Won Geyton. r. I.
Privates-Jonathan +. BalIinger,
Earl Bensch. Will E. Farley. Arnold j.
Johnston. Oscar L. Kellogg, Arthur
Mccain. Vernon Muir. Lacy p. OdeI,
Andrew Olson. Harvey H. Peterson,
Lyle Roberts Fred NJ. Romer, Nick
Romer Chas. w. Schaller. John c.
Wagner. Ambrose Walsh. jr.. and John
A. Washburn.
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