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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
EIGHT HOUR DAY
ON war WORK
(Rv Associated Press. }

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. Questions
Involving the extent of the appHca-
ton Of the eight hour day to con-
tracts on government work connected
with the war were expected to come
before the delegates at the thirty
seventh annual convention of the
American Federation Of Labor here
this week.
Federation leaders were hopeful
that no action would be taken that
would hamper the spirit OF co-op-
their negotiations with President
Wilson. 'If," said President Com
pers, today, discussing general in-
dustrial conditions in relation to
wartime strikes, employers in mu-
nitions plans and shipyards make
unjust demands on the workers
nothing can be done by the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor TO settle
strikes.
II cannot set an arbitrary rule Of
settlement for such strikes. And liz
I did I could not enforce 1t. Com
ditlons causing the strike must be
considered and the settlement must
hinge on cooperation Of all the In
terested parties.
I'VE will do all we can TO coop
crate with the government.
- HE opening OF the session today
s ~ Morrison read telegram
iron he Arizona federation OF la
Dor epnoaing q resolution submitted
u convention requiring That no
of foreign birth shall be
e. membership in the fed-
until he has become citizen
declared his intention 70 do
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
WILL TAKE PART
IN WAR COUNCIL
President Orders Col.
House and Gen. Bliss
To Attend Meeting
IRv Associated Press }

London Nov. 19.-Colonel u. M.
house, head Of the American mis-
sion, has received cablegram from
President Wilson stating emphati-
cally that the United States gov
ernment considers that unity OF plan
and control between all the allies
and the United States is essential in
order to achieve a just and perman-
ent peace.
President Wilson emphasizes the
fact that this unity must be accom-
plished IL the great resources OF the
United States are to be used to the
best advantage, and he requests
Colonel House to confer with the
heads of the allied governments with
a view to achieving the closest pos
sible cooperation.
President Wilson has asked Coll
onel House to attend the first meet
ing OF the supreme war council, with
General Tasker H. Bliss, as military
adviser.
It Is hoped that the meeting will
take place in Paris before the end OF
the month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
GIRL PLUNGES TO
IN SHAFT
AT STONE PIANO
COMPANY STORE
Mrs. Margaret Tullis Vic
tim of Tragedy This
Forenoon

Mrs. Margaret Tullis, wife of
Charles TulIis. was killed about IL
o'clock this morning when she fell
down the elevator shaft In the
Stone Plano company building, First
avenue north.
Mrs. Tullis, stenographer employ
ed by the company, was aboard the
elevator. operating the carrier her
self.
AS she reached the second floor.
she raised the gates, without stop
ping the elevator and stepped onto
the landing.
The elevator continued up, and as
It passed her. she toppled back into
the basement, a drop o. s. feet.
The girls scream brought other
employees to her side in d moment.
Death however, had been instan-
taneons according to the physician
who was summoned Immediately.
Mrs. Tullis had left her desk to so
to the third floor. OF the building,
and evidently thought she had
reached that level, where the eleva-
tor automatically stops, when she
stepped to the landing at the second
floor. AS she stood on the landing,
a ledge OF only few inches in
width, she was confronted by a
closed door. The girl no doubt be-
came excited, lost her hold and
thus plunged to death.
Mrs. Tullis was formerly Miss
Margaret Foss, employed by the
Stone Piano company several years.
Her mother resides at Casselton.
Mrs. Tullis was 81 years OF age, had
resided in Fargo four years, coming
from Casselton. Her parents have
been dead several years. A brother,
Richard F'oss. Casseltons and a sister,
Helen Foss. Casselton, survive.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
No Longer Merely an Eco
nomic Question Says
Roads Representative
NATIONAL DEFENSE
rs NOW INVOLVED
Says Sweeping Readjust-
ments of Rates Are Nee
essary for Companies
(Ry AssocIated Preaa.l }

Washington, Nov. 19.-Inadequacy
Of war time revenues of the ma
tion's railroads is no longer a purely
economic problem, but vital ques-
ton Of national defense, George
Stuart Patterson, counsel for the
eastern roads, today told the inter-
state commerce commission, in his
closing argument for the carriers in
the fifteen per cent rate advance
case.
He asked for a sweeping readjust-
ment of prevailing rates to allow
the roads to meet soaring operating
costs and serve more efficiently the
transportation needs Of the nation
in the present emergency.
An increase of $97,000.000 produced
by rate increases granted by the
commission earlier in the year. taken
in conjunction with the supplemental
advance now asked. Mr.. Patterson
said, would give a total Of S155.000.-
600, or a little more than half the ad-
vance Of $278, 900, 900 in operating ex-
penses. AS a hearing must be had
for further increases he gave notice
that application will be made by
eastern carriers for permission to file
tariffs making such additional in
creases.
Roads Difficulties.
d. Dominant difficulties Of the car~
riers. outlined by Mr.. Patterson
were:
Continuous decline in net operas-
ing Income, 4 9scnmpRl1iad by steadily
mounting operating costs; marked
shortage in the labor supply avail
able for railroad work: existence OF
deferred maintenance when heavy
war time traffic requires the highest
standard possible, and inability to
raise new capital by issuance OF
stock with a resultant impairment
OF the carriers credit.
CAS- the carriers are called upon"
said Mr.. Patterson, ito meet compe-
tition Of labor with industries whose
prices are regulated or unregulated,
or to meet competition of labor with
the government itself, the available
supply OF labor will decrease and its
price will, rise. And unless the gov
ernment is prepared not only to
conscript labor for the railroads but
also to limit its wage we must as
sume that the present cost of labor,
by wage and efficiency,
will not decrease"
Coal bills of the eastern railroads,
he said, had been increased by mil
lions and many roads were buying 1t
for less than the price fixed by the
This and the exception1.
al rise in the cost OF materials were
making 1t increasingly difficHlt for
the railroads to provide maintenance
and upkeep.
He estimated that in 1917 the
eastern roads will show a loss Of
Ss1 ,00O, 900 in net operating income
despite an increase of $161, 600, 900 in
total operating revenues. This, he.
stated, would represent q return OF
So on investments, which Is less. he
said, than the amount the commits
sion in 1914 found to be too small
sor public interest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
DEDICATION OF
new CHURCH IN
FARGO SUNDAY IS
IMPORTANT EVENT
st. Anthony Of Padua
Church on South Side of
City Formally Opened
BISHOP O'REILLY
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Mgr. LeMieux Celebrates
Solemn High Mass In
Opening Editice

Prominent Clergy OF Fargo, Moor
head and Grand Forks offlciated at
the dedication Of the st. Anthony of
Padua, Catholic church, Eighth
avenue and Tenth street south, Sun
day morning.
The. dedicatory address was de-
livered by Bishop OReilIy OF Fargo.
solemn mass, which followed the
rite Of dedication, was celebrated by
Mgr. ]. A. Lemieux Of st. Michael's
pro-cathedral at Grand Forks, as
Joseph's parish of Moorhead, Father
Ramsbottpm OF Sacred Heart
academy, and Father Ryan, chan
cellor Of the Fargo diocese, was
master OF the ceremonies.
The Right Rsverend Bishop
O'Reilly. in delivering his sermon,
stated that nearly Z, 900 years ago
man lived in Palestine, and died
young. and that aVerything about
His death would danote that His life
was a failure and that His work was
doomed to perish.
He was pursued in His sufferings
and in His tomb by undying hatred
and this man, demanding apostles
and martyrs from all posterity, finds
apostles and martyrs in all genera
tions," said Bishop O'Reilly. This
man, Jesus Christ, has been sur
rounded by a love that 1000 years
could not chill His work proclaims
His greatness with this added that
He alone among great men has been
loved. How do we account for it?
There is only one way. He was the
Son OF God.
Bishop O'Reilly said that unbe-
levers write In their books that men
kaIf Ev4 &va~s ~
cause they have been taught, and
that aspirations toward the super
natural are the result Of tradition
or OF education.
I'm this we agree with them and
maintain they are right, but we do
not stop where they STOP" said
Bishop O'Reilly, I'VE go q little
further and ask who were the teach
ers. Priests and crafty statesmen
confidently assert the sages of the
Voltarian school.
This seems TO US to be q shallow
assertion. CLafty statesmen may
use and abuse existing beliefs for
their own purpuse, but It Is simply
absurd to tell us that they invented
these beliefs ana spread them over
every age and every cline for the
purpose Of abusing them.
Imagination another class 0E
unbelievers tell us, Invented God
and heaven. We answer: Imagina-
ton can only operate upon the real,
and the widest and most beautiful
fancies of the poet are nothing more
than combinations Of realities that
are known. This is the answer we
make to these clever men who de-
vote their talents TO the congenial
work OF robbing mankind OF hope
and we think that answer has noth-
Ing TO fear"
Adopt Innovation.
In speaking to the congregation
Of the new church, Bishop O'RelIIy
stated that while Il Is called a
chapel, it is. IN reality. a separate
church, and VIII be established as
separate conditions
demand surs No separate
parish, nc ated at this
time. Nsl announced
as the hour Of mass.
An innovation was the adoption OF
congregational singing. Congrega-
tional singing has often been urged
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
Dakota Troops
At Camp Mills;
ArriUed Sunday

Z. The 164th u. s.. Infantry. has
arrived at Camp Mills, Mineola,
Long Island, according to pri-
vate dispatches received in Fargo
today from members Of Co. b.
The regiment left Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. c., last Friday.
North Dakota troopers arrived
in Camp Mills Sunday.
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| Petrograd, Nov. I9.-Reports OF a
new army composed OF various eie-
ments from the front, the vanguard
OF which is said to be close 20 Catch
ina. have sent q new thrill through
the city. IL reports are TO be credit
ed. the aim Of the new force is to
release the city from the control OF
the BOlshevilSi. IL Ia commanded BY
Stan Captain Pavlofr OF the Social
Democratic Workmen's party, and
already has had brushes with the de-
Tending outpOsts Of the Bolshevlki
army.
According to some versions. NJ.
kerensky is returning with the army.
train approaching from the direction
OF Moscow pulling up the rails as
| 1t proceeds. All reports are impos-
sible Of confirmation.
A report Of the interfrontal con-
gress for the supply OF the armies
was published yesterday. II declares
the inability OF the congress further
to carry on the burden laid upon ii
by the general army committee. and
that. therefore. unless the present
situation is clarified. IL will give up
the task and not be responsible Tor
consequences. The committee for the
aeAAkdLAgA uL AAlE AGhOAuLAUA mas UEU%
tested against the order OF arrest Of
Premier Kerenslxy and for taking
into custody Of other members Of the
provisional government on the
ground that they are answerable only
TO the constituent assembly. The
town duma is at loggerheads with
the revolutionary committee over
the attempts OF the latter TO assume
the management of the telephones.
Conditions in PetroaFad.
Stockholm. Nov. IS.-Petrograd
was quiet up to Wednesday evening,
according to advices from what are
regarded here as reliable sources.
Tho railway employees were refusing
TO transport troops for either faction
and the food situation in the capital
was becoming serious.
There Is little definite news from
the provinces, but an apparently re-
liable report said that General KaIe-
dimes was assembling q considerable
force Of Cossacks.
The correspondent talked with an
American business man. the MANAGER
of a concern in Petrograd employing
a large staff. who has reached here
after having left Petrograd on Wed
nesday morning. He reports that no
foreigners in the city had been mos
tEhLeQs ana AElsLA ENAAOlal tLGuAf14 MAAu
TO a delegation Of foreign diplomats
who called on him at the Smolny In
stitute:
Foreigners Are Safe.
instructions have been given to
treat foreigners with all considera-
ton. They are guests Of the repub-
lich
The American traveller Character
lied Lenine as q man desiring peace
but said that Leon Trotzly was ue-
ing violent language and threatening
all his opponents with death. He
reported the city quiet except for The
occasional killing Of some military
cadet or other youth whom the mad
dened revolutionary forces mietook
for cadet Comparatively little
looting was reported. Some of the
Krsnrfinllea an rara
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
Labor Suspicious of ANY
Proposition Emdndting From
Or Sponsored By ToDnley

emanating from or sponsored by A.
c. Towniey, looking TO any co-opera-
tion Of the American Federation OF
Labor with the Nonpartlsan league,
as published In news dispatches, while
America Ii engaged in war. and re-
quests and inquiries for Interior mo-
tives"s the telegram says. IL carried
through Il might mar the splendid
loyalty record OF the federation.
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sc. Paul, Nov. a. Efforts OF the
Eonpartisan league to bring about
affiliatiDn with the American Fedora
tion Of Lab0r are viewed with ma
tural suspicion, says a telegram
sent By Labor's Loyal Legion in Min
neapoIis to Samuel Gompera, presi-
dent Of the federation.
''Iabor's Loyal Legion views with
natural suspicion, any proposition
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
Five U-Boats
Were Destroyed
Last Saturday
tBy Associated Press.)

NIW EA89VgENNWW ATW89sI
Bulletin: London, Nov.
19.-Five German sub
marines were destroyed on
Saturday. Premier Lloyd
George made thisannounce-
ment today in the house Of
commons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19

pta--GeneraIiy fair tonight
and Tuesday; warmer in east and
south portions tonight and In south
east portion Tuesday.
North Dakotai--Hair tonight and
Tuesday; warmer in west portion to-
night.
Montana-Fair tonight and Tues
day; warmer tonight and in southwest
and extreme northwest portions
Tuesday.
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New Forces Reported On
Way To Free Petro-
grad From Bolsheviki
KERENSKY LOSES
FAVOR WITH ALL
Well Dressed Persons
Stripped ef Clothing In
Streets Of Petrograd
CBy Associated Press.l

PetrOgrad. Sunday, Nov. 1s.-Ger-
many has refused To treat for peace
with the new soldiers and work
mems government in response 90 a
recent proposal. according 20 the
newspapers here, which publish this
news as coming from a well authen-
tiCated source.
II is stated that Emperor William
announced in his reply that he would
treat only with the legal successor
TO the imperial government, or with
the constituent assembly.
In this connection The VOLTA Noroda
says il has information that the sol
diers' and workmen's government, in
the event of its failure TO receive
replies from the belligerents by Nov.
% reserves the right TO make peace
on its own account, after which, IL
the war continues, Russia will oc-
cupy a neutral position.
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o'coNNoR AT MINoT.

Grand Forks Attorney Delivered
Patriotic Address Sunday.
Minot, N. D., Nov. 19.-J. +. T.
O'Connor of Grand Forks, deliver
ed a patriotic address before sew
eral hundred people at the Grand
theatre Sunday evening. The meet
ing was open to the public and held
under the auspices Of the Minot
Chamber OF Commerce. Attorney j..
r. T. O'Connor delivered the Fourth
OF July address here two years ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
Americans Safe.

London, Nov. Is.-Robert p. Skin
ner, the American consul general,
has received a telegram dated Satur-
day from the American consul at
Moscow saying that he and other
Americans in Moscow are all safe.
there had been much fighting. fha
message said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19
Ne Army Report.

London, Nov. IA wireless dis
patch from Petrograd today makes
the customary announcement that
there has been no communique re-
ceived from army headquarters.
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fantry, died Nov. 10. OF broncho-
pneumonia, mother, Beakiand, Ne.
Private Howard E. Rawlings.
headquarters company. died Nov. 14.
OF broncho-pneumonia; Warner, N.
Y.
Escape u-bcat BY Ruue.
An Atlantic Port, Nov. l9.-FIres
kindled on the matches of an Amer
ican freighter saved IL from sub
marine attack recently, according TO
officers Of the steamer, which ar
rived here yesterday. Shortly after
leaving a European port, a U-boat
was observed approaching. The cap
tain ordered small blazes made on
the matches, using material almost
noncombustible but which produced
heavy smoke.
When the submarine came close
the steamer was stopped. The cap
tain told the U-boat commander he
carried explosives and that on ac-
count OF the fire he was about to
abandon the ship. The submarine
Immediately departed. its commander
evidently believing an explosion was
imminent.
French offieiaI.
Paris, Nov. 1s.-The following Of
fetal report was issued today:
'on the right hank Of the Meuse
the artillery fighting continued ac-
ttvely during the night, especially on
the front Of the Chaume wood, An
enemy raid against one Of our works
northeast OF Hill 344 was without
success. Another effort against small
posts southeast OF Malancourt on the
left bank OF the river also was re-
nuIRad by MIR dre
The night was comparatively
calm elsewhere"
British Official.
London. Nov. 1s.-'In the battle
area during the night the enemy's
artillery was more active" says to-
days official statement. Warwick
shire and Scottish troops carried out
successful raids last night on Green
land hill north of Roeux and in the
neighborhood Of Monchy-le-Preux."
Jaffa 10 Captured.
London, Nov. 1s.-The city Of
Jana on the Mediterranean coast,
was taken possession OF by the Brit
ish army in Palestine Saturday. The
Turks, who apparently are contin-
uing their withdrawal northward.
Offering no opposition. The text Of
the official statement making the
announcement reads:
yesterday Jaffa was occupied by
Australian and New Zealand mount
ed troops without opposition. The
enemy appears to be continuing his
retirement 10 the north"
American Casualties.
Washington, Nov. 1s.-GeneTal
Pershing has reported to the war de-
partment that two men were killed
in action on Nov. H. Three were
severely wounded and four slightly
wounded.
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General Mauds piss.

London, Nov. 1s.-GeneraI Maude,
British commander in Mesopotamia,
died yesterday.
Major General Frederick Stanley
Maude, the captor of Bagdad, was
rated as one OF the most brilliant
commanders of the war. After a
series of British defeats in Mesopo-
tamia General Maude was placed In
command last year, and won an un-
broken series of successes. Advanc-
ing from the Babylonian plains he
captured Kut- FL -Amara, where Gen
eral Townshend's army had been
compelled to surrender. He con-
tinued his drive up the Tigris, ad-
vancing 80 miles in two weeks, and
last March captured Bagdad. With
the opening Of the new campaign this
fall he pushed up the Tigris more
than 100 miles beyond Bagdad, his
operations being designed primarily
to defeat the expected attempt Of the
Germans and Turks to recapture the
city.
General Maude was So years old.
He had a distinguished military rec
ord before the war. He took part in
the Sudan campaign in 1885 and re-
ceived the Medal with Clasp and the
Khedives Star. He served with dis
tinction in the South African war,
where he won the Distinguished Ser
vice Order and the Queens Medal
with six Clasps.
Prior to taking command in Mes
opotamia General Maude saw service
in France, where he was wounded.
He was mentioned FIVE times in the
dispatches and made a Commander
of the Bath.
From 1901 to 1904 he was military
secretary to the governor general of
Canada and later private secretary
to the secretary Of state for war.
German Ships Escape.
London, Nov. 19.-German light
cruisers, which fed through Helgo-
land blight Saturday before British
warships Of similar type, were pur-
sued to within 80 miles Of Helgo-
land where they came under the pro-
and mine fields, the admiralty an
nounced today.
One of the German light cruisers
was observed to be in flames and
the machinery Of another seemed to
be damaged. One German mine
sweeper was sunk.
The British light forces returned
without losses with but little dam
age TO the ships and slight casualties
among the personnel.
vsass1la.za4h.----- faaEr~es. sr.-
Casualty LisE.
Washington, Nov. ia casualty
list cabled by General Pershing to
the war department, today shows
one ~man killed by accident and two
dead from natural causes. 1t follows:
Sergeant Carl G. Shew, coast ar
tillery, died Nov. Is, struck by train;
mother, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Private Marcellus 8. Cobb, in
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tcontsnued on page 80
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tContinued On page 81
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(Contlnued On page SD
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Brief Dispatches From
Various War TheQterS

fantry, died Nov. 10. OF broncho-
mother, Beakland, Ne.
Private Howard E. Rawlings,
headquarters company, died Nov. 14.
OF broncho- pneumonia; Warner. N.
V
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lcontInued 81 page 5.l
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Jafa il CAPTURED.
American cssuslsIss.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-General
Pershing has reported to the war de-
partment that two men were killed
in action on Nov. II. Three were
severely wounded and four slightly
wounded.
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as the hour O mass.
An innovation was the adoption OF
congregational singing. Congrega-
tional singing has often been urged
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19

In speaking to the congregation
Of the new church, Bishop o'RellIy
stated that while it Is called a
chapel, it is. In reality. a separate
church, and VIII be established as
q separate conditions
demand sucs No separate
parish, nc ated at this
TINA nwm0mwmeN
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-20

Mrs. F. ]. Hagood has returned
home from Fort Valley, Ga, where
with her niece, Miss Sue Moore of
Ocala, she has been visiting relatives
and friends for some time. They were
delightfully."- entertained during their
visit.-Times-U Union.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-20

then accompanied by Mrs. John
Knight and children, went to Crystal
River, where they enjoyed couple of
days fishing before they returned
home.