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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
President Sees Camoufdge Exhibit
,u of "soIid Roe thin Five Feet Of Him. and Hidden
Gun Makes Him Jump

is older than we think. Remember
the great wooden horse filled with
Greeks that was responsible for the
fall of Troy, and remember the
camouflage that was practiced IN
Macbeth when the woods of Burn
ham were made seemingly to move
as every soldier carried boughs upon
his shoulders.
Used in Civil War.
THE Confederate uniform was
chosen for its camoufiage. The blue
ish gray is peculiar to the atmos-
pheric coloring of the south, and
when men marched in phalanx, as
they did then, the uniform was ex-
ceIlent camoufiage.
"In 1914 / camoufiaged two forts
at Panama. The commandant had
painted the forts green in the be-
lief that it made them invisible be-
cause of surrounding grass. But
took him to high point and showed
him that the green made the forts
stand out brightly. The reason was
because when you look at a blade of
grass horizontally II is green, but
when you looked at it from above
an airman's viewpoint, for instance
the surrounding brown and gray of
the earth gives the grass an olive
hue. The forts were accordingly
painted olive, and you'd never know
they were there,
THE English have been slow with
camoufiage, the French and Italians
remarkable and we must not under
estimate the enemy.
Theirs was the first use Of the
dead horse camoutiage. "A plaster
cast OF dead horse, properly paint
ed OF course, was made the hiding
place of sniper who did deadly
execution for days. He used smoke
less powder and did his sniping by
daylight. But there came along a
scientist who knew the spectrum Of
smokeIess powder. He adjusted to
his eyes orange colored glasses and
in a few minutes had discovered the
sniper in the plaster horse"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

aviator, recently made a nonstop
flight Of s75 miles, carrying in his
machine three other men and several
hundred pounds Of explosives. An
other flight of 92O miles without a
stop was recently made in Italy in
1914 hours. Fights of several humid
red miles are a common occurrence
in America.
In Italy a new type Of the Caproni
machine is being built, to be driven
by three Of the famous F. l. A. T.
engines with a total Of 1900 horse
power. 1t will carry as much as five
tons of explosives.
Fame awaits the first man to cross
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

the Atlantic. The fight via New
foundland, the Azores and Spain
could be made with but slightly long
er nonstop flights than have been
made already. If it were not for the
uncertainties of the weather in the
North Atlantic in winter, the attempt
might be expected before the end of
the year or before spring at the lat
est. ..--. .
But in nine months it is not incon-
ceivable that some of the new ma
chimes being constructed in this
country will be making the trip
across by their own power to save
vessel tonnage. $500.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
LIsERrY BOND QUOTATIONS..

we can't quite understand either
be financial judgment or the moral
Iewpoint Of the man who will sell
United States bond for one penny
than its par value these days,
n1sss absolute necessity calls for IL.
ut II IL interesting to study the
live quotations OF the Liberty
oufs and the 31z's.
or The last two weeks the Liberty
oufa naVe been consistently trailing
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
Cursed The Newspapers
But He Got All His information
From The Unreliable" Press"

Columbus, o.. Dispatch: He said
he couldn't believe the newspapers,
and didn't pay any attention to
them. He wondered why it was that
they were so unreliable. He said
some people were so foolish as 10
form their opinions after reading
the papers. but he was too wise for
that; he paid no attention to what
he read in the papers, he said
Then he made a jesting remark
about Carranza, and even mention
ed his whiskers. My friend asked
him IL he had ever met Carranza
He said he had not. He had never
even met any one VINO had met
Carranza. He had never been IN
Mexico. and knew nothing about the
country personally.
Then my friend asked him how
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
The Editors Mail Bag
of
Family Readers

ply OF meats which will keep, like
bacon and timed stuff, and of sugar
is very limited. You decide to go on
rations, and eat the potatoes and
vegetables first, saving the meats
and sugar. Your attitude is that of
the person who would object to such
a plan. and by stealth or force Sc
cure what you wanted of the sugar
and meats because you preferred
them.
This country has a plentiful sup
ply Of certain foods. 1t, and all the
world, are short of other kinds. The
object is to conserve the foods that
are scarce and make them go as far
as they will, supplying those to whom
the more bulky and the more perish
able foods cannot be shipped. Wheth-
err money is saved by the process is
important to the majority but it is
far from being the most important
consideration. II your grocery bills
are no higher, you have the satisfac-
ton Of doing your share toward the
common good. They ought to be low
er, but even If they were higher, food
conservation should be practiced.
To the Editor of The Forum.
Sir:
One thing I have noticed about this
food conservation is that we don't
save anything by substituting. The
substitutes cost just as much as the
foods we are asked to economic on.
What is the use Of trying to save
food If the grocery bills are just as
high?
-- FARGO HOUSEWIFE.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

marked:
It seems to me you must be d
pretty constant reader and that You
have no knowledge whatever al
frst hand. believe IL / were you
4 would not make any remarks
about not being able to believe the
papers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
To the Editor Of The Forum

oITf
What provision has the state fuel
administrator made for the farmer
under the new ruling limiting each
purchaser to 1000 pounds of coal?
have lived in North Dakota many
years, and have seen the time when
farmers were showed in for weeks
at a time during the winter. The
man with 1000 pounds Of coal. or
less, would be in sorry shape. This
is aside from the greatly increased
cost and trouble of delivery. The
man who lives fifteen miles out in
the country does not want to come
in for 1000 pounds OF coal.
A FARMER.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
Mrs. p. o. stuehsIl Tells How she
Cured Her Son or : Cold

WFF~a - NIWEW.TT T-TT" HOW Md
Cured Her Son Of q Cold.
When my son Ellis Was sick with
q sold last winter / gave him Cham
bersain's Cough Remedy. 1t helped
him az once and quickly broke up
his cold, writes Mrs. p. o. Stucheli.
Homer City, Pa. This remedy hes
been I'm use for many years. III
good qualities have been fully proven
by many thousands Of people. If rs
pleasant and safe TO take.-Advt.
For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
American NouU Premier Ace
OF AUfdtOrS

Lufbsy Fyne 20 Avsngs chua
Hands o. Germans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

The Forum does not want to APP
pear captiOus in it's attitude toward
the fuel administrator. 1t expressed
the view that the order might be
modified to reduce delivery costs and
permit the delivery of at least ton
at q time. IL the. situation is so
critical that this is not possible, the
consumer in the town or the city
can bear it temporarily, but some
provision should be made to meet
the situation pointed out in the fore
going letter. With winter storms
about due, no man who is at the
mercy of the roads should be left
with less than a months supply of
fuel on hand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24
To the Editor of The Forum:
Sir.

10 the EDITOR OF Inc Drum.
Sir:
1t is not with any. intention of
criticising, but merely for informa-
tion that write to ask you the pur-
pose for which the Winnipeg Juvenile
Vaudeville Entertainers are raising
funds. This is no time for useless
benefits, if they are useless, but every
war fund that is presented to us
should undergo a searching inquiry.
FARGO CITIZEN.
The Forum agrees heartily with
the writer Of the foregoing. New
York is now investigating an Allied
Bazaar. the receipts of which were
kabout $4,000, of which less than
| 81, 900 reached the fund for which it
was intended. Fortunately the VIM
nipeg children do not need fear an
investigation. Despite the draft in
both countries, both the United
States and Canada are carrying on
an active recruiting campaign for
men outside the draft ages. Both
! governments are so swamped with
routine and so short of help, that 1t
takes weeks for a requisition to get
| through.
Major Green, in charge cf recruit
| ing for this district, estimates that
lit costs about $40 a man to recruit.
| The government, of course, pays
most of this but one incident viii
/ show how ready money helps. When
| his office was opened in Duluth he
| did not have even flag to hang out
as a sign. He had to personally solicit
| tlfe money TO buy one. in order that
he might have II promptly. Every
day there are a dozen such minor
calls from recruiting offices, for tele-
| phones, stationery, flags, carfare, in
cidentals Of many kinds. There should
be a government fund readily avail
able, OF course, but there isn't. It's
a condition, not theory. It's money
well spent, and those who saw the
/ entertainment will agree that every
one got his moneys worth.
we didn't think there were any
such left after all that has been writ
ten and said on the subject Of food
4 conservation.
But heIe goes:
MADAME, suppose you we're on q
raft in midocean, and your supply
/ 80 food WA q lfroffaH Xnu have q Fafplx
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

we didn't think there were any
such left after all that has been writ
ten and said on the subject Of food
conservation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-24

Madame, suppose you we're on a
raft in midocean, and your supply
Of food was limited. You have a fairly
good supply OF potatoes. and Vege-
tables which won't keep. Your sup
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24
GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH,
POLICE HOLD \ SOLDIER

IT. ALBANS, Vt, Aug. 22.-The
body of Jennie Hemingway, fourteen
years old, was found on the edge of q
corn field near here today and the
police say she was Strangled to death.
Robert Warm Of Pottstown. Pa, =
Private in the Eighteenth United
States Cavalry, who was with heI
early last night, was held pending an
Investigation.
Search had been made for the girl.
whose absence from home caused
Sc me alarm, and Warm was with Jo-
seph Wiley, her uncle, when her body
was found. Warm went to the police
station today and asked that an Off
Ger be detailed to assist him in seek
ing the girl He said he was walking
with her last night and that they sep
aratcd after hC learned that num-
her Of soldiers were following him.
Some of the soldiers. he told the no
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24
NEWSY NOTES ABOUT
PEOPLE OF UMATILLA
tEast oregonian spec al

UMATILLA, Aug. 24.-Mrs. FL.
more Mckenzie left Sunday to spend
IA month with relatives in Minneap-
oils.
Mrs Elmer ChappelIe returned
from Yakima the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Il. Spinning and
son returned from two weeks out
ns by auto At Lake Kerchclrs and a
trip to Seattle
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Shaw returned
from Pendletou today
Mr. md Mrs. ROY Merton have mov-
ed to Vancouver. Wash
Mrs. u F. Ferrell of Sunryside.
W4Sh is the guest of her ra,her. 7.
II Switzler. this week.
Two young men of Hermiston had
a narrow escape from drown snE on
Sunday.
5. \. Say'or returned from Portlsn
Monday
Charlie Powell left for Portland
the first OF the week TO enlist.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24
Mild weather aid treatment.

Don't be misled into thinking that
your Catarrh is gone. The first touch
OF winter weather will bring it back
with all its diScomforts.
But this is an excellent time TO
thoroughly cleanse the blood of the
germs OF Catarrh, and be forever
rid OF the troublesome sprays and
douches that can never cure you.
y. ). s the great blood purifier.
searches out the germs OF Catarrh
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24
Now Is a Good Time
To Treat Your Catarrh

which infest your blood. and chases
them entirely out Of YOUR system IL
IS by far the most satisfactorv treat
ment Tor the disease, because Il
reaches down to its very roots and
gets at the cause. Write to-day for
full information. and expert medical
advice regarding the treatment of
your own case. Take advantage Of
this cha=ce to-day. Address Swift
Specific Co. Dept q Atlanta,
Ga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24

men of the British mercantile exclu-
sive of those in the pay Of the ad-
miralty have lost their lives, nncord-
ing to a statement in the commons
this afternoon by Sir Albert Stanley,
president Of the board of trade
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24

Certain advantages again are
clearly apparent IN s.tctsng 20 the
governors chair man OF clelr brain
and constructive ability
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24
RR1TTsH SAILORS PAY TOLL
DEATHS In Merchant Marine 662:
SinCe War Started.

LONDON. Aug. 23.-Since the out.
break of the war 6627 officers and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-24

Nobody is seriously alarmed nj the
continued flow of gold To- japan 50
lonr as Japan is sending real vc1lth
in exchange for il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
lI1TILESFoR!Es
%BEGDTInTE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESA
Copyright. 1917 by T. W. BurGesA)
Grandfather Frogs Eyes.

When Peter Rabbit left Spotty the
Turtle he went back where the lily
pads are to see If Grandfather Frog had
appeared. Sure enough he was there
sitting on hrs big green lly-pad and
looking as wise as ever. Peter was so
full Of what he had learned about the
babies of Spotty the Turtle that he
just had to tell some one. and so he
started in to tell Grandfather Frog.
Grandfather Frog listened awhile and
then interrupted. Peter" said he,
i've known all this since before you
were born. I'm surprised at you. Yes,
sir. I'm surprised at you. I'm surprised
that any one could have known another
as long as you have known Spotty and
still know so little about him. 1t is a
funny thing to me how people can go
along day after day and not see things
right under their very noses
Peter looked a little put out, and
Grandfather Frog grinned.
Don't feel badly about it. Peter" he
added. You are not the only one My
goodness. no. You are not the
only one! What is more, I suspect
that It is a good thing for some of US
that 1t Is so. If everybody knew every
thing about everybody else life would be
harder for some Of us than it is. Yes,
sir. a great deal harder"
Grandfather Frog rolled his great
goggly eyes up at Peter in such a
droll way that Peter laughed right out.
Just then Peter, who was up on the
bank and could see across the Green
Meadows while Grandfather Frog down
below couldn't. saw Whitehall the
Marsh Hawk headed that way
Here comes old Whitetail.' cried
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28

turn of Grandfather Frog to his big
green lily pad Peter was brimming
over with curiosity about those big
goggly eyes of Grandfather Frog. You
see. he had discovered that when Grand
father Frog was swimming under water
those eyes no longer seemed big and
goggly. He couldn't understand it and
he wanted to.
So Peter impatiently waited for
Grandfather Frog to reappear. After
what seemed to Peter very long time
he saw the mud at the bottom of tho
Smiling Pool ut the spot where Grand
father Frog had disappeared begin to
stir. Then he saw Grandfather Frog
himself swimming up toward the sur
face. Peter looked very hard and as
before II seemed to him that Grand
father Frogs eyes were no longer Cog
gly. They seemed to him to be quite
level with the top OF his head. But the
instant Grandfather Frog reached the
surface and stopped swimming his eyes
stood out from his head as goggly as
ever.
The instant Grandfather Frog got his
head above the water he rolled his eyes
this way and that way. "Chug-
said he. Has that robber gomez" OF
course he meant Whitehall the Marsh
Hawk.
Yes" replied Peter. He is way
over on the farther side of the Green
Meadows looking for Danny Meadow
Mouse"
Grandfather Frog at once swan over
to his favorite big green lily pad and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
DEMAND STRONG FOR
SMALL RESIDENCES
Moderate Priced Homes Find Ready
Sale, Operators Report-New-
corners Buy Property.

Real estate operators report the de-
nand for small. moderate priced homes
advantageously located to be strong
and continued. with such properties
being snapped up in numbers by men
who have removed with their families
to the National Capital in connection
with some phase or other of the various
war activities.
The addition of several hundred
skilled and highly paid mechanics to
the force at the Washington navy yard,
an operator stated this week, has slim
Clated the demand for six and seven
room houses in the southeast section to
an unprecedented degree Similar
homes in the northeast. the same
operator stated. are also in strong de-
mand.
Homes selling at from s3,775 to s4,75O
are most keenly sought after The
ONCE of Randall II. Hagner reports the
sale of nine such properties in the last
five weeks. six being located in the
northeast and the remaining three in
the southeast. Through this Office the
following sales of moderate priced
small homes are reported
j. ID. Larinka has bought the new
house at 4I2 18th street northeast
Preston E. Howe. 408 18th street north.
east: r. X. Hit, 40 18th street north
east: ]. Ii. Gregan. 222 14h street
northeast: Arthur fudge. 1874 D stree
northeast. +. E. Feidt 1437 A stree
southeast: Harry Z. Daggert, al:
Massachusetts avenue southeast; vii
liam A Edwards. IIS 18th street south.
east.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
SALES ARE REPORTED
OF HANDSOME HOMES
DR.. Moore Buys Tucker Sands Res
idence in Tracy Place-Connecti-
cut Avenue Property Sold.

Among the sales of residence prop
critics reported during the week is that
Of the handsome home built about a
year ago by Tucker K. Sands of the
Commercial National Bank and located
at 2319 Tracy place northwest. The
of the Rochambcau apartments, who is
to occupy II as his home.
The residence. of the italian style.
Brown. The exterior is of white stucco
a lot with 4 frontage of sixty feet. con-
tains fourteen rooms and several baths,
has A stucco garage in the rear, and
altogether is one of the handsomest
residences in the recent development in
the kalorama section. The consider
alton Is given as about $4,000.
The semi-detached residence at 2645
Connecticut avenue has been sold for
the owner. Mrs. Katharine Holhrook,
to An unnamed purchaser, the consid-
Grafton being about $4,000. The house
contains fourteen rooms, bath, has a
garage on the paved alley in the rear
and is thoroughly modern.
These sales were made through the
Office of Randall II. Hagner. The same
ONCE reports the sale of a lot with
seventy-seven feet frontage on the
south side of Q street between 22d and
23d streets northwest for Charles c.
Glover. The purchaser Is Mrs. Stephen
Bonsal, who is to erect handsome
| residence on the lot in the Immediate
| future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
MANY MILLIONS Of MEN
NOW IN BRITISH ARMY
Lloyd George, Reviewing War Stu
alton, Pays Tribute to q. S. in
Battling Submarines.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS. July 2s.-David Lloyd George,
the British premier. gave a breakfast
to a number of editors of important
French newspapers, during which he
conversed fully with them the military
situation and replied to questions. The
Temps gives a summary of his talk.
Mr.. Lloyd George said that Great
Britain now had between 5000, 900 and
100000 soldiers enrolled, without
counting between 100000 to 500, 900 be-
longing to the navy or nearly million
men from the dominions and colonies.
Great Britain had placed at the dis
position of her allie, lie added, from
l.500, 900 to 100000 tons of merchant
ships. Next years building program
for merchant ships. which already has
begun. amounts to 100000 tons or
twice as much as in good year dur
ing peace time. Abiding to the cam
paign against submarines, Mr. Lloyd
George said
THE dminution in shipping losses is
incontestible. 1t is impossible to aban-
don the subject without paying homage
to the aid given by the American navy.
both regarding the organization of
conveys and by torpedo boat DESTROY
ers. which have rendered an invaluable
service"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28

Peter, and made ready to run for safe
ty. ii need be.
Grandfather Frog waited to hear no
more. His long hind legs Strengthened
out and with long dive. smooth
dive. he disappeared in the water. Per-
hapS j shouldn't say he disappeared
for he didn't until he reached the mud
at the bottom of the Smiling Pool
Peter could see him all the way from
the surface of the water way down to
the bottom. He could see with what
powerful kicks of those long hind legs
and big feet Grandfather Frog drove
himself through the water. He could
see that when Grandfather Frog drew
those long legs up for a kick the toes
of his big webbed feet drew together
slipped through the water easily. but
that when he kicked back the toes
were widely spread and the web be-
tween them made his feet very big and
broad OF course. these pushed against
the water and drove Grandfather Frog
ahead at a great rate.
And then Peter noticed something
that quite startled him. Yes sir. he did.
MY land" exclaimed Peter, what
ever has happened to Grandfather
Frogs eves?'
Grandfather Frogs eyes always had
interested Peter. You know they are
right up from his head. Peter never
had seen any other eyes at all like
them save those of Old Mr.. Toad. and
these are not nearly so goggly as
Grandfather Frogs. But now as
Grandfather Frog swan those eyes no
longer stood up from the top of his
head. At least it didn't seem so to
Peter. 1t looked to him very much as
II they were fiat down. level with
Grandfather Frogs head. Right away
Peter felt that he had discovered
something. He fairly itched with Curl
osity Then just in time he remembered
old Whitehall and scampered to a GER
tain hole between the roots of the Big
Hickory Tree on the bank of the Smii-
to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
DENMARK MAY GUST SPIES.
Men Reported Ship Movements to
German Submarines.

COPENHAGEN, July 2S.-A local
Newspaper says that the men recently
arrested here for espionage. their
leader being Walter Westedt. also
known as wilhelm, who used his osten-
sible position as correspondent of the
Hamburg Fremdenblatt to report ship
movements to German submarines
probably will be expelled from Dem
mark Such procedure has been fire.
quently employed in similar cases.
Among those who probably will be re-
leased is a German american sailor, AL
exander Walter kircheim, who, when
arrested, had a passport made out in
the name of Stuart. issued in New York
Kircheimer was arrested when calling
at Westedt's Office to report to Wes-
tedt's superior. a German naval officer
he expected to find there. Kircheim
came here from Holland by way of Ger
many, visiting Helgoland on the voy-
age. He is considered to be highly in
telligent and claims to have been nat
uralized in San Francisco in 1914.