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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
The War For the Week

"All OF our detectives were at
tanned.
The attack was completely sue
cessful."
Such sentences are appearing with
great regularity in the French and
British reports Of the fighting on the
western front.
Before the average reader became
accustomed to the phraseology Of
the war. such sentences would have
conjured up picture of Allied troops
pouring through an opening in the
German line. or of the German
armies in disorderly retreat.
But the war on the western front
has become an affair OF maps and
blueprints. Long before the attack
is begun, the lines of the enemy are
photographed, and their trenches
mapped in great detail. Certain
definite detectives are decided upon.
These detectives may be line of
trenches, or a ridge of high ground,
or a village, or a wood. Each COM
pany is assigned it's particular duty.
The men are rehearsed in the part
they are to play.
The orders are strict and must not
be exceeded. When any company
has achieved the objects it set forth
to achieve. it is not permitted to ad-
vance farther. Such a move might
place it in great peril, with its TANKS
exposed, and might even jeopardize
the success of the movement as a
whole.
When, therefore, General Haig re-
ports that "all of our detectives were
attained. it is a cold. business-like
statement of what has been accom-
plished. not an attempt to gloss over
a defeat or a partial cheek with a
generalization.
General Haig's blows in Flanders
seem to be increasing in vigor. The
latest attack, delivered early in the
week, netted a gain of from half a
mile to two thirds of a mile along a
six mile front. "All the detectives
were attained" the report read, and
all counter attacks were beaten back
without loss of any of the ground
won.
Aiming at lille.
The reports indicate that General
Haig's objective is the city Of Lille,
and the line of communications with
Ostend. The capture of Lille would
force the retirement of the German
line from that city to the coast. and
the abandonment of the bases at
Ostend and Zeebrugge. Such VIC
tory would accomplish more than
direct drive at these bases. One by
one the commanding positions are
falling into British hands. 1t is a
slow and deadly plan of campaign. 1t
is attrition on a huge scale, but it is
probably less costly to the British
than it is to the Germans, even
though the British are on the Of
fensive. Their superiority in artiI-
lery is now acknowledged. Their at
tacks are preceded by a devastating
barrage. and the counter attacks of
the Germans are met with a terrific
hail Of artillery and machine guns.
1t calls for the one quality in which
the British excel. patience and bull
dog tenacity.
ItaIy's Claims.
Writers on war topics are dis
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

NIgIIantes.l
Professional pacifists, I. w. w.
and others-including some of our
senators-of the virtual agents of
the Kaiser among US, shout in sedi-
tious speech that this war for world
freedom is not our war, that we are
but fighting the battles of others,
that Germany had no thought to
modest us, that we are outside the
ambitions of Prussian militarism or
ENHANCEMENT with the Pan-Ger-
manic vision.
Not many months ago ! returned
from a year of relief work for the
G. r. B. behind the German lines in
Belgium, northern France and
Poland. and throughout that never
to- be- forgotten experience | heard
and saw more than enough to indi-
cate the potential Pan-Germanic
program of a triumphant Prussia.
America will pay for this war;
such in a word was the substance of
what heard with my own ears from
the Germans with whom one time and
another | came into contact. Officers
on the front threatened it when an
ESPECIALLY amiable % humor after
some debate of the much belabored
American ammunition question put
them off guard; merchants in Ger
many limited 1t; professional men in
and out of Germany prophesied it
not always in the reckless heat Of
argument or in anger, but as the de-
liberate statement of accepted faith
and rooted conviction.
The millions upon millions of
marks which this, to Germany, unex-
pectedly long war has cost - Ger
many plans to exact from us when
the victory is secured which her
rulers profess to believe certain, and
which the German people, obediently
trustful, do believe to be assured.
Can Make War Pay.
Bismarck told Germany that they
could make war pay larger divi-
dends than business'-and war and
the ceaseless and consummate prep
aration for it's became forthwith a
national industry. Realizing coal
and iron. of which she had COM
paratively little, to be, through ships
and guns and plate, prime factors
in her proposed adventure and the
essence Of manufacturing life, Of
which she had almost none-Ger-
many set out to obtain the required
materials on the approved Bismarck
ian plan.
In 1864 she stole Schleswig- Hol-
stein from little Denmark. seized a
coking coal province from distracted
Austria two years later; and in 1870
despoiled France of Alsace-Lorraine
containing the then biggest iron de-
posts in Europe. &
In 1911 the world heard of the dis
covery of immense deposits of iron
in Morocco-and within a month
German warships anchored off that
coast. Later a few years came an
other notable discovery If iron in
the extensive basin os tie Brie in
northeastern France crossing into
Belgium; and in 1914 when the Hun
hosts poured over the Belgium from
tier they headed straight for Liege
and the Verdun supported Brie.
To possess in It's entirety this vast
deposit is one, and perhaps the most
tenabIe, explanation of the sacrifice
OF thousands upon thousands of SOL
diers in the repeated and terribly ex-
pensive German endeavors to silence
Nerdun.
Now we are seeing another des-
perate, costly effort by the Germans
to retain Belgium's big coal field
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
Is This Our War?


Lens from which the British are
slowly but surely driving them,
Thus always the struggle for the
raw materials of ships and guns and
plate with which, won by conquest
of arms, Germany seeks to further
obey Bismarck's behest TO make war
pay larger dividends than business
Attitude Toward Belgium.
i recall the rising rage with which
/ was wont to hear the autocrat Of
ficer striding his room and raising
his voice with every stride. declaiTn,
the BelGians should not have the
sympathy of America. WE would
not have harmed them if they had
Let Us Pass through. We offered to
Pay Them Well to let us pass. But
the stupid swine REFUSED. How
DARED they Oppose the SOLDIERS
OF THE KAISER!
We have learned in these three
terrible years the German purpose
and the German means. 1t is to help
set the world free of such domino
ton that we have come into this
war; and upon the outcome of the
struggle hangs all that makes AM,
erica the land Of the free.
We fight Germany because she
strikes at the thing which makes us
america at the llIe OF Tree people,
at our very existence. We fight not
only that Belgium and Serbia shall
be restored and France Unidentified
but to defeat the attempt of Ger
many, working, however indirectly
through the Lochner-Jordan type of
pacifists, the La Toilette Stone
Gronna- Hardwick- Vardamann Reed
kind of legislators, the Viereck- Rid
der Hearst editors and all of the
pro- Kaiser propagandists left un-
muzzled by our strangely quiescent
government, to destroy us through
dissension, perfidy, treason.
But above all else she must be
beaten because victory for Germany
would mean the triumph of brutal
barbarism over civilization, and
abandonment of the principles vital
to the life of America-'.government
of the people, by the people, and for
the people,"
Is 1t not then the war of every
American, the war of every man
wherever he may be found with the
wish for free pursuit Of life and
happiness?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
Catarrh and Bronchitis

Mrs. Rosa A. Kiss, 31s Clinton
Place.. Kansas City, Missouri, writes:
Il was very sick with catarrh
and Bronchitis. ! also had a cold
In the head. / used Peruna and am
well pleased with the results. It
has done me q great deal Of good.
/ do not need any other medicine. !
can cheerfully recommend It to any
one who Is troubled with catching
cold frequently or any one who has
a chronic cough or chronic catarrh.
Thone wishing further particulars
concerning my case may write me.
BE sure to enclose stamp and !
viii answer"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
Johnny Who's Going Away

There's a lump my throat catch in my voice.
And spirits
And deep n ache abdes
For Johnny Who's Going Away
T
Oh, the fates will be kind and he'll return
And we'll smile in the old way,
But it's not smiles that clamor just
FOr-Johnny- Who's Going-Away
The keep shining although he is
And the old moonbeams play.
But what the and the to
Without Johnny Who's Going Away?
There's a place in his where myself just FITS.
And snuggle gries to bay,
And a CLEAN in the in the lips
OF Johnny Who Going Away
Yet though there1I be to cheer and to kiss
And cold the distances
Sure, it's not with sigh and sob that I'll
From Johnny Who's Going Away.
With head held high and wish in
I'll smile him good bye today,
For love is a beacon and we have love,
Oh, Johnny Who's Going Away.
-Paulina Nchthauser YorkH Herald
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
IN "Rre LEAGUE COMPANY.


Beginning Monday morning, The
Forum office will be at one end of a
direct leased telegraph wire from
Chicago to Fargo.
The full leased wire service Of The
Associated Press will be given Forum
subscribers in future. and 1t will
come direct from The Associated
Press central headquarters at Chi
cago.
Hitherto The Forum has had The
Associated Press service. but 1t was
relayed in condensed form over the
long distance telephone wires from
the st. Paul office of The Associated
Press.
The new service is much more
costly than the old. but it will give
The Forum all that The Associated
Press, the greatest news gathering
organization in the world, has to Of
fer. The Forum Geographic report
will be identical with that received
by Duluth. st. Paul and Minneapolis
papers. The same dispatches that
are published in The Forum each
evening will reach Fargo from six
teen to twenty hours later in the
Duluth and Twin City papers.
An idea Of the efficiency Of the new
service may be gained from the re-
ports promised of the worlds series
baseball games. The Forum wire
will be connected with a loop TO the
baseball field in Chicago. Each play
will come direct from the field to
The Forum office without a break.
II a player makes a single. that fact
will be recorded in The Forum Of
ice before the next player reaches
the plate.
The Forum will be only a few
seconds behind The Chicago papers
on all war news. While the tele-
graph editors of The Chicago even
ing papers are reading their copies
of the report from New York. an
operator will be sending another copy
to Fargo. Duluth. st. Paul and Min
neapolis.
The change will make Fargo an
important point for The Associated
Press. inasmuch as it will become a
pony station. An Associated
Press employee will have office room
in The Forum and will condense the
report received by The Forum for
the use of the smaller daily papers
throughout the state. which buy
what is known as the pony SER
vice.. He will also act as Fargo
correspondent for The Associated
Press, and have access to The For
um's proofs for local news.
The service will be virtually con-
tinuous, for The Forum operator
will go on duty at 1880 o'clock a. m,
and his sole task until 8 o'clock D.
m. will be TO take the report as it
comes over the wire. At 3 O'Clock D.
m, the night man will go on duty.
and The Forum will have a full COPY
Of his report for use the following
day.
The improvement is one that has
been contemplated by The Forum
for several months. A newspapers
business is to buy and sell news. and
The Forum is now buying the best
the market has to offer. It is another
and big, step in the efforts that are
being made to make The Forum the
equal in every way Of the biggest
metropolitan dailies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

the automobile feast. It was a dis
tributing point only. But what is to
prevent Fargo from getting her
share, at least, of the airplane in
dustry? The Dakota prairies offer
an ideal aviation field. The special
wood from the west and the steel
from the east could be economically
assembled here.
Five years from now will Fargo be
manufacturing the airplanes for
the Northwest. or just distribut-
ing the products of more ag-
gressive cities? 1t may not be
looking so far into the future as it
seems, to consider the question.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
sHIRTsLEEvE DIPLOMACY.

Il then told him that instead
of allowing three days that re-
manned for an answer. ! would
order Dewey to sail in forty
eight hours. He told me IL would
be an awful thing for this coun-
try. Yes, but 1t will be more
awful for your country / re-
piled"
From Roosevelt's story of
the Venezuelan affair.
Mr.. Roosevelt was never more re-
freshing than in his revelations Of
the secret conferences he held with
the German ambassador over the
Venezuelan affair in 1902.
The Colonel told the story Thurs
day, at a luncheon in Chicago, given
in his honor. and it outclasses any
incident in American shirtsleeve
diplomacy.
Secretary Hay and the German
government had been exchanging
polite. diplomatic notes over the
presence Of a German squadron in
Venezuelan waters.
This Peter Pan of American poll
tics decided that Mr.. Hay had vast
ed enough ink and paper on the ques-
ton. so he took command and sent
for the German ambassador.
This Venezuelan business has been
going on long enough" was his way
Of approaching the subject. It was
direct and to the point. It is easy to
picture the suave ambassador smil-
ing in a tolerant manner at this
'brusk violation of the ethics of
diplomacy.
What a bully plot 1t would make
for the movies. The President. a
square jawed. honest. direct Ameri-
can. The foreign diplomat. a tall.
cool devil. smiling with cleaning
teeth behind a VanDyke beard. Cut
ms of Admiral Dewey heading south
with his feet of battleships. What
frills a good director could add to
such a scenario!
But while the picture Of the Great
Agitator bluffing through a critical
situation appeals to the sense Of the
dramatic. Mr.. Roosevelt has a far
stronger claim than this to the re-
spect and esteem Of every good Am
erican. Bitterly as he dislikes Presl-
dent Wilson. he has not allowed 1t
to sour him against his country. He
has not sulked in his tent. but has
set an example in patriotism that
has silenced even his bitterest critics.
Whether he will ever again be a
Presidential factor is doubtful, but
many a man to whom Roosevelt's
name was anathema, is compelled to-
day to acknowledge him as one of
our most valuable private citizens.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
TN GRAND FORKS JAIL.

Paul williams and Eugene Coulter,
Grand Forks boys, charged with
violating the Mann white slave act
and for conspiracy to violate the law
through charges brought by Miss
Adelaide Chapman, LaTimore, N. D.,
are being held in 1.-THE Grand Forks
county jail in default of $4,000 bail.
The men were arraigned before
Federal Judge c. F. Amidon here
Wednesday, and entered pleas Of not
guilty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
Experiences the Best Teacher.

1t is generally admitted that ex-
perience is the best teacher, but
should we not make use of the ex-
perience OF others as well as our
own? The experience of a thousand
persons is more to be depended upon
than that of one individual. Many
thousands OF persons have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for
coughs and colds with the best re-
suits, which shows IL to be a thor
oughly reliable preparation for those
diseases. Try IL. II is prompt and
effectuaI and pleasant to take -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
New Airplane
Ambulance is
Given a Trial
lBY Associated Press. }

Paris, Sept. 29.-The airplane ambu-
lance that has been tried out success
fully in recent tests lis the invention
of DIR. Chaissaing, of the French milf
ed a wounded passenger during the
initial trials occupying one of the two
stretchers that are place in the tail
box of the machine behind the pilot.
A successful test of the machine at
one of the French airdromes was wit
messed by Justin GODDARD, under-secre-
tary of war.
IL is proposed to paint the red
cross conspicuously on the side of the
machine and adopt the rule of flying
no higher than 200 yards, so that the
enemy will be able easily to perceive
the red cross.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
PLAN TO REGISTER THE
NATIONS WOMAN POWER
Action VIII BE Voluntary and Only
Those Seeking Service VIII
Assume Obligation.
NV Associated Press.)

10y ASSOCldI6u EEGSSsJ
Washington. Sept. 20. - Definite
plans for registration of the nations
woman power were approved Thurs
day by the woman's committee of the
council. of national defense. Dates
for registration already have been
set in sixteen states.
1t was made clear Thursday that
while listing of all women is desired,
registration is purely voluntary and
only women who seek government
service will assume any obligation.
Ages will not be required, though 1t is
suggested that they should be stated
in a general way, SUCH as under 40
or "over go.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
No Peace With
Unrepentant
German Rulers
CBy Associated Press.)

London, Sept. 29.-Viscount Miner,
minister without portfolio in the
British war council speaking today
at the American Luncheon club,
declared against any peace with the
unrepentant German rulers. Touch
ing on the entry of the United States
into the war and the moral signi-
ficance of it, Lord Miner. evoked a
tremendous outburst from those at
the luncheon when he said:
Il feel that your country and mine
are now united by something far
stronger than any written pact or
alliance. namely by an absolute unity
Of motive and aim" ~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
WRITER pENIEs cHARGR.
Says Signature to Receipt for $4,000
From German Embassy Is Forgery.
NV aRHnpFa faN Press

(Bv Associated t'ress.l
New York, Sept 29-James #. j..
Archibald, a writer, made public
Thursday a letter he had written to
George Creel, chairman of the com
mittee on public information at
Washington, charging that his sigma
knowledging $4,000 from the German
embassy in payment for propaganda
work. copy of the receipt was
made public last week by the COM
mittee on publiaeinformation in con-
nection with other revelations dealing
with German intrigue in America.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

cussing the advisabiIity OF throwing
the strength of America into the
Italian field. instead of the western
front. seeing a chance of winning the
war more quickly. War has not been
declared between Austria and AM
erica. but this fact seems to be gloss
ed over.
1t is pointed out that Italy is
deferred only by the shortage of
guns and ammunition from following
up her sensational victories on the
Isonzo. Italy, without iron and steel
Of her own is handicapped in this
war Of artillery, but the progress of
the last few months has placed the
armies OF General Cardona in a posi-
ton where, 1t is claimed, they are
ready for a far-reaching invasion of
Austria, even striking at Vienna it
self. Italy has the troops to spare.
but lacks only the guns. England
has sent some artillery units, and
British tanks were fighting on the
Isonzo. Doubtless the Allies have
sent all the artillery they could
spare.
Without discussing the much de-
bated question as to whether Ameri-
ca should declare war on Austria al
so, 1t is probable that the reinforcing
of the western line by American
troops and American artillery, will
release reinforcements for the Italian
offensive. Italy has won the right to
recognition for her claims, by what
she has already accomplished on this
front, and if there is any hope of
cutting Germany off from her allies,
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, and
fighting them separately, it will not
be overlooked by the Allied board of
strategy.
Little Hope From Russia.
Affairs in Russia hold out little
hope for the Allied cause this year.
The reports that come from Petro-
grad indicate a state bordering on
anarchy. They indicate a possible
Reign of Terror for the new republic.
Soldiers, fleeing from the front, are
Selling trains to transport them
selves to the interior, and are loot
ing and killing as they go. Officers
are being murdered by their own
men to such a degree that it is diff
cult to find men brave and patriotic
enough to assume command. Russia
would be completely at the mercy of
her foes if they could spare the
troops for an advance. The best that
the Allies can hope from Russia un-
til next spring at least, is that the
Russian armies will occupy the at
tention of the German and Austrian
troops, now guarding the long line
from Riga to Rumania.
Meanwhile winter is rapidly ap-
preaching, and there seems little hope
of any decisive military result before
spring. 1t is becoming a battle Of
morale. and the winter will make
this factor increasingly important.
1t is less a question of the morale
of the armies, than of the people at
home. Germany is battling to make
the price the Allies will pay for VIC
tory, higher than the people of Eng
land, France, Italy and the United
States will be willing to pay. The
winter may tell whether she will
succeed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29
Has a High Opinion of Chamber
IrIn's Tablets,

Il have a high opinion of Cham
berlains Tablets for biliousness and
as a laxative" writes MRS. c. A.
Barnes, Charleston, Ill. Il have never
found anything so mild and pleasant
to use. My brother has also used
these tablets with satisfactory re-
sllts "-AdVt
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GOODBYE. GOOD LUCK.

Goodbye boys, good luck to
you.
That's about all Fargo can
say to you tonight. 1t sounds
perfunctory, perhaps. 1t ism t.
1t comes from the heart.
Yours is the real sacrifice, and
you are making it in the spirit
we knew you would show.
If we can't "stand the gaff'
a little here at home, make any
sacrifices that are necessary,
and stand back of you to the
finish, we are towards, and yell
low cutters.
Goodbye. Good Luck. God
Bless You.
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The Editor S Mail Bag

Column Devoted To The
Family 81 aasa .aa4z B
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

no greater stimulus to gallant ac-
ton than the recollection of the
deeds of those with whom we now
stand allied.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

Once In a great while a man may
be able to attribute his poverty to
his honesty.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Better a cheerful failure than a
morbid success.
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The under dog Is entitled to little
sympathy IL he starts to fight.
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BY Casper Whitney of The