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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
BIG SPY DRIVE ON
Wholesale Arrests in all Parts of Q. S.
to Follow Congress Act.

Washington, April 5.-Wholesale
arrest of German spies in all parts of
the country will be made by agents of
the department of justice and secret
service forces almost simultaneously
with the adoption of the war resolu-
ton by congress, it was learned to-
day.
In addition to the arrest or inter-
ment of scores of spies and overzeal-
Gus German sympathizers will come
the summary dismissal of numerous
employees in the government service
whose pro-German activities and sus-
picious acts are known to the author
tiles.
Scores i'm Chicago.
Chicago, April 5.-Government
agents today were waiting for the fl
nal action of the house in declaring
war before throwing out a dragnet
that will place scores, of German spies,
known TO be in Chicago, in custody,
a thoro investigation, which has been
conducted for months, has revealed
that Chicago is a veritable hotbed of
spies and emissaries of the central
powers Headquarters are known.
Officials also state today that singly
and in twos and threes, thousands of
German reservists have been moving
out of Chicago and the middle west
ern states toward the Mexican border
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
PATRIOTISM ABOUNDS

Pittsburg, Pa, April 5.-PoIish Fall
cons today wound up their convention
here by dispatching to President Will
son a telegram offer to raise a Polish
army of 100000 to fight Germany.
Their only request was that the.
force be known as "Kosciusko' )
army" Leaders declared that if the
president accepted and word of his
action was cabled to Russia, the
cause of freedom would be advanced.
A great many CT the Falcons have
had foreign war experience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
REACH VOTE LATE
House May Not Act ON War Resolution
Until Late Tonight.

Washington, April 5.-Chairman
Flood of the house foreign committee
announced that it would be 10 or IL
O'Clock tonight before a vote would be
taken on the war resolution.
Majority Leader Kitchin will vote
against the war resolution.
He announced this afternoon that
he had reached this decision and also
that he would speak against the meas
ure.
Il will vote against the resolution,
he said. II hate to do it. but
and he waved his hand and walked
away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05


- There seems to be no limit to the
advances in the price of foodstuffs
Many explanations of the continued
rise in values are offered. Among
,sthese are the war, shortage in crops.
abundance of money, inadequate
transportation facilities, underproduc-
ZION, over consumption, waste, the
nliddleman and trusts. Probably all
of these are responsible in some de-
gree. Admitting this to be true what
are we going to do about it? Citi-
zens of Topeka who have been paying
SO a bushel for potatoes, remember
perhaps that they could have bought.
last summer at less than a dollar
when hundreds of carloads were be-
ing shipped out of the Kaw valley.
The purchasers of fresh fruits and
vegetables must pay four or five prof
its: to the producer who lives in an
other state. to the shipping agency. to
the railroads, to the commission man
here and to the retailer Is it any
matter for wonder that the prices are
high. Apples. which are bought in
our home orchards at 81 a bushel or
less are sold in the local market at
90 cents to 81 a peck. Not so many
profits there. but the consumer is no
better off. What is to be done about
it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Michigan's Bit-s5.oOO.OOO.

Lansing, Mich, April 5-The S.
000,o90 war loan bill asked by Cover
nor Sleeper to enable Michigan to do
its bit" in the war is --ypected to be-
come a law Monday. The bill went
thru the preliminary stages in both
branches of the legislature late yester-
day. Under the rules, it cannot be
voted on finally before next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
DENIES PLOT STORY
Lansing Says Zimmerman Letter
Didn't Contain Millers Quotation.

Washington, April 5.-Secretary of
State Lansing this afternoon denied
Representative Millers declaration in
the house that the Zimmerman plot
note contained information to the eff
feet that Germany had arranged for
submarine and naval bases on the
Mexican coasts and that arrangements
had been made for German reservists
to attack the United States all along
the border.
Lansing declared that Millers state
ment was without foundation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

New York. April 5-MONEY-Mercantile
paper 4@4A sterling 60 day. bills, III ::
commercial GO day bills on banks. All I;
commercial 60 day bills, 4.7OA demand
4.75sS; cables, 4.76 ZIG. Francs, demand,
5.69: cables. 5.Gs. Marks. unquoted
Kronen. unquoted. GT.ilders, demand. 40
9-16; cables. 405s. Lires, demand, 7.32 :
cables, 7.25. ubles, demand. $50; cables
p. So Bar silver, 73A Mexican dollars
56% government bonds steady, railroad
bonds Irregular Time loans firm, GO days
35AG3A 90 days and six months. 334 al.
Call money steady. high, 2R low, "a /;
ruling rate, pa last loan, 21s closing bid
pa offered at 2h.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

Sing Sing. April 5.-To free his wife
from the Jewish law that would pre-
vent her remarriage after his death
Alexander Schuster, sentenced to exc
cution April 10 for murder has OBJ
tanned permission to go thru the cere-
monies of an orthodox Jewish divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Navy Reserves Go East.

Quincy. ILL.,, April Son orders
from the navy department the Quincy
naval reserves. comprising sixty men
under command of Lieut.. w A.
Thompson will depart tonight for an
eastern point. Where they are as
signed to duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Years Credit to Enlist.

Norman. Okla, April 5.-A full
years credit to students who enlist in
the army now has been offered by the
faculty of Oklahoma university to the
1900 young men enrolled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

Wall St, New York. April 5.-STOCEs
Numerous accessions to recent low Drices
were registered today on increase of
professional pressure and outside linuida-
shares.
Selling was resumed in the last hour.
steel and other leading stocks making new
minimums- The closingwas heavy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

Monroe, Wis, voted 954 to 95 against
war. La Toilette clearly thinks more
OF the vote back home than he does
OF his country's honor and welfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

Stockholm. April Count Johann
Won Bernstorff. formerly ambassador
to the United States. will be Germany's
diplomatic representative to Sweden.
according to the newspaper Dagen-
snyheter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
HOGS AND WHEAT UP
POrlers Go to $3.50 and Wheat Rings
Up $2.O3 on Chicago Market

Chicago, April 5.-Hogs advanced
further on late trading and choice
heavy closed at $3.50. May wheat
sold up to $2.03.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

New York. April 5.-Johnny Jones,
S-year-old chestnut gelding. today be-
came the property of Col. Paul Brown
of Missouri, who paid $20.0 for the
famous show horse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

East ST. Louis, ILL.,, April 5-With a
twenty and thirty cent boost on the
hog market here today hogs reached
S15.75. The highest price ever paid
in this market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

New Orleans, April 5.-COTTTON-Spo
cotton steady, % points up; middling.
/
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

[Closing prices for the leading stocks on
the New York Stock Exchange as re-
ported by Empire Commission Co, 3O1
New England Bldg.l
New York, April s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

EDNA BROWN, age 20. died this
morning at her home, at 319 Roose-
welt avenue. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Horse sells for So. 600.

copyrighted, 1917, by The Wheeler Syn
cate, Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

New York. April 5.-COTTO. Spot cot
ton steady; middling, $20-55.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. S27.-
Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13

For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
CASS BRANCHES
; COOPERATE IN
Big XMASDRIVE

Every branch OF the Cass county
chapter of the American Red Cross
Is cooperating in the big Christmas
drive for members. 1t was announced
today. The drive closes Dec. 20.
Harry r. Rowland, Fargo, chair
man of the membership committee
OF the chapter, has mailed instructions,
together with Autographs, membership
cards. enrolment blanks for workers,
and Red Cross buttons, for the con-
duct of the campaign TO chairmen Of
every branch in the county.
Subscriptions for Red Cross work
are also being taken.
Will Render All Aid.
Officers Of the county chapter will
render branches all possible aid in
the campaign in the way of furnish
ing speakers, enrolment booths and
suggestions, according to the instruc-
cass Has 2,O33 Members.
Cass has 2,033 members, and q
population of 10000. While the ma
tional campaign is for a 10 per cent
OF population membership, the only
goal set for Cass county branches is
that the county shall lead all other
counties in the state in Red CFoSs
membership. That means 5000 or
more members.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13

the rain shall no longer come down
on the old grandmother's bed, and the
woman who has been sleeping on a
table turned upside down feels her
self in a palace with a real bed all TO
herself.
Rebuilding Ruins.
I'VE are to have a real party at St.
Paul au Bots this week. Three Of our
families are moving into movable
houses that have been secured from
the government and we have been
promised a first meal with them. They
are a wonderful people over here, and
are only longing to have this shelter
to work and try and build up their
own ruins and so face life again.
Meanwhile some of them have been
walking over from neighboring vii
lagos every day a matter of Ave or
six miles-to work in their own gar
dens, and dig around the trunks of
their old fruit trees so wantonly de-
stroyed. You can think what 1t means
to them to have the tools we are able
to give them and what they think of
America, which stands behind all this.
ut is all in days work, but ones
heart is torn as one realizes how long
the path ahead must be. It is only by
living In daily intercourse with the
people that we learn to realize that 1t
is not only on the material side that
their need Is so great. The strain has
been so long and so terrific that their
power of resistance has weakened and
they need more to be built up moral
ly than physically. They all want, in
turn, to go over the story OF this past
terrible three years"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
ONCE A SALT, ALWAYS
A SALT, SAYS BENSON;
RE.ENLIsTs ~ NAVY.

Once a salt. always a salt. The
flavor lasts.
That is the way Roy Benson, 70s
Eighth street north. feels about the
navy.
Roy spent three years on the Unit
ed States cruiser West Virginia, re-
ceiving an honorable discharge a
year ago. but Wednesday the call Of
the sea became so strong that he re-
enlisted, nd tonight leaves for Nor
folk, Va, for assignment.
He had captured a prisoner, and
while they waited for the escort to
come up he said: Have you a
wife?"
"Nein," answered the German.
Miner" gasped the Tommy.
'Lumme! where's yer Iron Cross?"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13

New York, Dec. 1o.-Miss Anne
Morgan, who left New York early in
the summer for France, has been en-
gagged in reconstruction work, and
doing everything, including washing
dishes and bedmaking, to make the
people among whom she lives COM
Portable. In q letter which has just
been received by the Vacation asso-
citation, Of which she Is the treasurer,
il being done. The letter was writ
ten in Blerancourt.
Lighters Burdens.
"Try as much as we WILL" she
writes, much OF the suffering must
continue to the end. but there is an
indefinite amount that can be done to
ease the burden and tighten the load.
When we find three old people, over
80, sleeping on the floor Of a howell
without blankets and without a stove,
you can imagine what ii means to the
brave woman who is looking after
them to know that we are there at
her door to bring her from far away
America warm clothes, good, nourish-
ing foodstuffs for her old people,
shoes and stockings for her children
and for herself tools to work In her
garden so that they may have Vegeta-
blss all winter long.
This week our cows are arriving
and we are able to give the children
and the very old, who have been un-
dernourished so long, the milk that
they need Yesterday we went over
to see one of our families OF eleven
and a happier crowd you never saw.
They are all being moved into new
quarters, while their own two rooms
are being mended and cleaned so that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
An1uSen1entS

Max F1gman has more comedy
roles to his credit than any artist
on tour this season. Some have been
fortunate enough to see him in each
OF the characters, while a number
Of our theatergoers have seen him in
only one or two. All will readily
recall his JUNCTION and ready wit. He
comes to Fargo Saturday at the
Orpheum in Nothing But The Truth.
It is claimed by his managers that
in the role he enacts in the comedy
success, Nothing But The Truth the
greatest latitude is given him for his
many and varied accomplishments
as an entertainer. Many remember
him in each Of the following
comedies, If they all were comedies
for Mary James Pa, came pretty near
being a. comedy drama, though
advertised as "a comedy Old
Curiosity Shop had a tear hidden be-
tween the laughs, for many Of us,
and there was an under current in
the character he played in Fine
Feathers, that was so real and
human, it made one think of some
one known intimately" The Man on
the Box and The Substitute. and one
or two others make up a repertoire
that Is both varied and unusual The
auLnOr OF MT. 'f1SInanb pTeS6IAbs sue
cess, James Montgomery, now has
another play under construction that
he thinks will Just fit" this well
known comedian, and he promises a
hidden touch of pathos so unusual in
comedies. Nothing But The Truth
is a comedy of the purest type, no
tears, no horse play, and no slap
stick being resorted to to provoke a
laugh. The complications are what
are termed egitimate-that is-the
sequence of scenes grow out Of the
scenes preceding and bring surpris-
ing twists" so naturally, the auditor
is kept in a constant state Of expect
ancy,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
TO REMEMBER BROTHERS.

Fargo Camp of Modern Woodmsn to
Send Gifts to Brothers in Service.
At the regular meeting and election
OF officers OF Fargo camp. Modern
WOodmen, arrangements were made
whereby all it's members having left
the city and now in the service of
Uncle Sam, will be suitably remem-
bered at Christmas.
At the election OF officers the fol-
lowing were duly elected to serve for
the coming year:
Consul, T. Sanderson; adviser, p.
d. Bart; clerk. g. H. Chapman; bank
er, L. Thorsell; escort, Jesse Bishop;
Waterman, w. Gavin; sentry A. L.
Farr, and trustee for three years, K.
NJ. Hagen.
AS the next regular meeting comes
on Christmas day, it was decided to
dispense with the last meeting for
this month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13

peace or safety, or who violates or
attempts to violate or OF whom there
is reasonable ground to believe that
he is about to violate any regulation
duly promulgated by the President,
or any criminal law Of the United
States or OF the states or territories
thereof, will be subject to summary
arrest by the United States marshal
or his deputy, or such other officers
as the President shall designate, and
to confinement in such penitentiary'
prison, Jail, military camp, or other
place of detention as may be directed
by the President.
This proclamation and the regu-
lations herein contained shall extend
and apply to all land and water con-
tinental or insular, in any way with
in the jurisdiction OF the United
States"
Employers Anxious.
Since congress adopted the war
the department of justice
and other government departments
have been besieged with anxious
queries from big manufacturers and
coal operators employing many
AustroI Hungarian laborers. Fear was
expressed that with labor already
inadequate for the war industries,
any drastic action against Austrian
subjects would seriously hamper war
production. These industrial leaders
were told at first that the department
planned only to compel Austrians to
register.
Within the last few days a num-
Der of Austrian subjects have been
arrested in the United States and
held for investigation to determine
whether they should be informed dur
ing the war. The identity of these
men and the extent OF the roundup
has not been made public by the de-
partment OF justice.
John Lord O'Brien, special assist
ant to the attorney general in charge
OF alien enemies, indicated yesterday
that the regulations for registration
OF Germans would be issued later
this week. Demands for a multitude
OF administrative changes in the
original plan have caused the delay.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
TO ISSUE BULLETIN.

Vocational Education in State Public
Schools TO Be Subject Matter.
Vocational education in the public
schools OF the. state viii be the SUBJ
ject matter Of the bulletin of infor-
nation to be issued by the state
board Of education next month. The
object of the bulletin Is to instruct
school communities on vocational
training and its significance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
RUSSIA DOES NOT
LOOK INVITING
Dilworth Man In Railway
Corps Writes Brother
In Fargo

III things are as bad in Russia as
three men that we saw here told us
they were, / can't say that the pros
pect OF going there Is very inviting.
We leave here tomorrow, Nov. 2S,
and expect to land In VIadivostok
about Dec. l5". writes G. G.. Anders.
Dilworth, who Is q member of the
American Railway corps to Russia,
from Honolulu, II. l.. TO his brother,
Frank L. Anders, Fargo city engi-
neer.
The letter was mailed in Honolulu,
Nov. 81, reaching Fargo Wednesday
morning. That far there had been
nothing out of the ordinary on the
trip, and all the boys" were In good
health, the letter stated.
Mr.. Anders, before joining the
railway corps, was an employe of
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany at Dilworth. 1t viii be remem-
bered that two weeks ago stranger
attempted to collect SIC from Mrs.
Anders at Dilworth on a message
which, he declared, had "just come
from your husband in Russia.
Get wise and order FIavo Four
from the manufacturers. Phone SO,
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
OFFICERS EXAMINATIONS.

Out Of Ten Examined for Third Off,
GERS Camp, Nine Accepted.
Out Of ten candidates examined for
entrance into the third officers train
ing camp, nine were accepted by
Major M. f. Steele at the Agricultur-
al college Wednesday. The third Of
ficers' camp will open on Jan. 5, and
continue for a period of three
r'onths. The Fargo quota is %, with
20 alternates.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
GLOOM AT COURTHOUSE.

Fay Matters Joins the Navy--EnIIsts
in Engineering Department.
There is touch OF gloom on the
faces OF the officials at the Cass
county courthouse today. for Fay
Matters, janitor, has Joined the Unit
ed States navy, enlisting wednesday
in the engineering department. Mr..
Matters is the son Of Mr.. ana Mrs.
Joseph Matters. He has been jani-
tor at the courthouse for the past
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
TO DISTRICT COURT.
City Taxi Ordinance toBs Given Test
--koner and Doyle Arrested.

NSH@sN @hS @SyAS FNF@9sS3s
A suit to test the legality OF the
city taxi ordinance has found its way
to the Cass county district court
from Judge Roberts court, in the arr
rest of Stewart Doyle and Nick Ko-
taxi line.
Both men were arrested on the
charge of operating their machines
without a license. They claim the
license fee is exorbitant and that
they are not subject to a license as
taxi-cab men because they accept
only calls at their offices in person
or by telephone.
The city taxi-cab ordinance pro-
vides a license fee OF $50 a year.
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Counsel for Both Sides Asks for Ad-
difional Tina IN Case.

NtAIWttMI IEFEa W WN89s
The hearing in the case or the state
against Theodore Olson Of Fargo,
manager OF the Sperry- Hutchinson
branch ONCE here, charged with vio-
stamp act. enacted at the last session
Of the legislature, has been postponed
by the supreme court at the request
OF counsel for both sides. Arguments
in the action were to have been held
at Bismarck wednesday. The action
was brought by Attorney General
William LANCER TO test the constftu.
tionality OF the state law.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13

In q child that Is subject to at
tacks OF Group. the first indication
OF the disease is hoarseness. Give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as
soon as the child becomes hoarse and
the attack may be warded off and all
danger and anxiety avoided.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-13
Land Transfers

"WEFWWNN WNEWMs
Theophile Rheault and wife TO Zoe
Rheault, 8 of NV S-137-49; $4,000.
Buffalo Cemetery Assoc. to Clayton
d. Smith, lot blk Buffalo Gem; SIS.
Same to Mrs. III. Eckert, lot blk
Ruffaln Gem. gT6
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.FARao DEBA TIERS LOSE

Fargo, N. D, Jan. u. Montana
State college Of Bozenan defeated the
North Dakota Ag ltural college Of
this city in ! debate here tonight, mp
holding 70 ! judges decision sof two
TO one, the Ia, = On tie queftion
Of PROPOSED adoption by thk United
States of the Swiss ilitary system.
The visiting team was composed Of
Don Langohr, and Z. a. Lnce: Miss
Eleanor Kindred and Theodore Thor
!finnson represented the local institul;-
don.
Judges Of the dahate were Dean
Sharp, both d Moorhead, MINI.
The Montana speakers emphasized
the argument that the present mill
tary system at the United Stateseis, in
adequate a. ean best be remedied by
tie installasiln 81 ! citizen soldiery
Fby training man comps pulsorily when
they: are at a age of least econoni:
Importance M The comtry.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-01-18
MORE MONEY THIS TIME.

MORE MONEY THIS TIME
John ]. Keegan Of Indianapolis, who
has just been made one Of the board
named by President Wilson TO Sdminn-
lister the federal employers liability
law, has been nominated for federal
Office before. He was appointed 4 col
lector Of customs at Porto Rican
port and demanded that the govern
Iment pay his expenses to his post.
Just as he was about to sail his ap:
pointment was cancelled. His new
job will pay him s, 900 per yeat and
Tit is assumed the allowance for ex.
penses is liberal enough to suit him.