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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

the world. we have in this war
exhibited ourselves a miracle OF
inefficiency, and we shall always be
inefficient during the first vital
months Of any war until we learn to
prepare in advance.
''It is utter unpreparedness which
should convey the real lesson to US
OF this war. And remember that as
yet we as a people, acting through
our governmental authorities, have
not taken one step to avert disaster
in the future by introducing a
permanent policy of preparedness.
The measures under which we are
now acting are temporary make
shifts, announced to be such. We
have been caught utterly unprepared
in a terrible emergency because we
did nothing until the emergency
actually arose and now. our govern
nient announces that what we are
doing is purely temporary; that we
shall stop doing 1t as soon as the
is over, and will then re-
main equally unprspared for the
next emergency.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

trict.
The instructions that go with the
sheets require the county boards TO
draw a pencil mark through the
numbers that do not apply to their
district, and in that manner they
will determine the order Of liability
for the men under their Jurisdiction.
MAY BEGIN EXAMS
LATE NEXT WEEK.
II the draft numbers are received
by the auditor Monday, or prior to
that time, the first physical examin-
ations of candidates may be made
Friday or Saturday of next week,
although II Is more likely that the
work would not be commenced till
Monday Aug. s.
That would give the county board
ample time in which to thoroughly
check the list and get the notices
out. ..
DR.. p. H. Burton, county ply
sician, charged with the task Of
making the physical examinations of
the S44 men who will be called in
the first list, has called upon the
physicians OF the county to volun-
teer their aid. The task is OF tre-
mendous proportions and will re.
quire some hard work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

staunch Democrat, carried his rife
in the front of battle and gave the
fullest measure of support to the
plans Of President Lincoln for car
rying on the war between the North
and South to final success.
His brother sacrificed hisslife for
his-country as a soldier in the Span
ish- American war.
John M. Baer himself has been as
long as ! have known him, a loyal
and intensely patriotic young Amer
ican. His election was not won, as
has been suggested, on any pacifist
platform. His election was not won
on any platform in opposition to the
present war. He advocated In his
campaign as far as know, nothing
un-American and nothing disloyal or
unpatriotic., In his campaign, Mr..
Baer announced time and again that
he was in favor of conscription of
men and the carrying on OF this war
to an early success but that he was
equally in favor of the conscription
of property to meet the needed ex-
penses of this war;"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
UNITED STATES
is MIRACLE OF
INEFFICIENCY
Theodore Roosevelt In Ad-
dress Advocates Uni
versal Training
PRESENT MEASURES
ARE BUT TEMPoRORY
Have Not Enough Rifles
and Are Short in Equip .
n1ent, He Says (
(By Associated Press.l

Pittsburgh. Pa, July 27.--Prepare
Tor the next national emergency by
introducing the principle of obliga.
tory, universal military training for
young men in time of peace and
universal service in time Of war fol-
every man and woman in the coun-
try, was the admonition delivered by
Theodore Roosevelt in an address
here last night before the convention
of the Loyal Order of Moose.
AS compared to the other great
Americans had in this war exhibited
themselves a miracle Of inefiiciency.
Asserting that the United States
government announces that the
measures of preparedness now In
progress are temporary and will be
stopped as soon as the emergency
Is over, Colonel Roosevelt charac-
terized this as criminal refusal
to provide for the future.
Had No Airplanes.
He summed UP what America had
accomplished since the declaration OF
a state OF war with Germany by
saying that the United States did
not have a single airplane At to send
across the German lines and that
months must pass before one could
be manufactured: that America had
no heavy artillery to put in the bat
tie line and that Major General
Perehing and his soldiers would have
to trust to French and English guns.
American submarine chasers operat-
ing with the British feet constituted,
he said, only a tiny fraction of the
English forces. 1t would be a year
after the declaration Of war before
America would have fair number
OF big cargo ships. a
Not Enough Rifles.
I'VE have not enough rifles for our
men,, said Colonel Roosevelt. I'VE
are painfully short in equipment, We
have not yet begun to assemble the
draft army, the first elementary ofn-
GERS training camps have not been
finished, the national guard has only
just begun TO mobilize, Z
I'VE have put a fragment Of our
fine little army into France and, as 1t
is composed exclusively Of infantry
without artillery, 1t would be help
less against any we'll equipped enemy
were 1t not aided by our allies.
This is the sum total of the
activities of nation of 100,00o,00o
people, and in possession OF
incalculable wealth and boundless
resources, during the six months
following its entry (after two and
one half years warningJ into the
greatest war in history,
1.-THE simple truth Is that rela+
lively to the other great nations OF
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
WILD BILL"
wins FIRST
AUTO RACE

wild Bilp Endicott. driving a
Sweeney Special. won the one mile,
flying start, time trials race, the
first event at the Interstate fair this
afternoon, going the route in 1:l4
The prize for this event was $3.50,
and the union-All trophy. worth
$500.
The track was I'VE seconds slow
because of the high wind. Endicott
said after the race.
.Lampkin was second in the event: /:
Rthbun. third; Brainerd, fourth;
Bowen, fifth: and Henderson, sixth.
In the three mile free-for-all, fiy-
ing start, the first heat of the Sec
ond event. Endicott was hrst, COW
ering the distance in $3.50 as. Rath-
bun was second; Bowen, third; and
Henderson, fourth.
The second heat will be run Satur-
day afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
ANNOUNCE BABY CONTEST
WINNERS ON SATURDAY
Contest at Interstate Fair One Of
Most Successful Yet
Vt Conducted.

Judging in the Babies Better
Health contest, which has been con-
Quoted in the Merchants pavilion
during the week. has been completed
and the list of the winners will be
announced Saturday. The prizes to
be awaIBled to the winners are now
on display at the Hagen-Newton
booth in the pavilion.
The contest is in charge Of DR.. G.
A. Scherer, and has becn one Of the
most sucGpssful ever conducted. A
specialist -from the pediatrics de-
partment of the University of Min
nesota scored the babies, according
to the standard set by the American
Medical association. Several of the
professional nurses OF the city as
sisted in the work. A group Of the
LEGAL women assisted at the booth
during the week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
JERSEY CALF BRINGS
$50 FOR RED CROSS
Sam Crabbe Donation to Fargo Chap
ter AuctiOned at Interstate
Fair This Afternoon.

The thoroughbred Jersey calf, do+
noted by Sam Crabbe, of the Crabbe
Dairy farm, to Fargo chapter of the
American Red Cross, was auctioned
from in front of the grandstand at
the Interstate fair grounds this after
noon, bringing $50. '@
Thep rize jar of dairy butter, made
by Miss Julia Nedrebo, Gardner, N. D.,
which won. another Jersey calf given
by Mr.. Crabbe, has also been given to
the Fargo chapter. and will be dis
posed of in a similar manner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
DECLARES HIS Wife
REGISTERED FOR HIN
New Rockford Farmland Has no
Registration Gard When Arrest
ed District Atty. investigates.

Harry Wilkinson, ~, employed as
a farmland near New Rockford, did
not have a registration card when
Fargo police arrested him as a sus-
pect Thursday afternoon, telling the
officers that his wife at Kalispell,
Mont, had registered for him, and had
his registration card. -.
M. A. Hildreth, United States at
torney, who was notified of the cir
cumstances, wired the exemption
board at Kalispell for verification, but
at a late hour this afternoon had re-
ceived no reply.
Wilkinson's case will be brought
before the federal grand jury IL II de-
velopes that his story is untrue. He
is being held by the police pending the
reply.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
aunt OF FARGO WOMAN
DIES IN San DIEGO

Word was received over the wire
yesterday by Mrs. j. w. Riley of the
death of her aunt, Mrs. s. A. Staples
of San Diego. Cal. Five daughters,
all living near the aged mother, sur
viye.
The late William Staples, Of Third
avenue south, was her only son. The
family were for many years resi-
dents Of Cass county. Mrs. Staples
had reached the ripe old age of "a
years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
FIRE RAVAGES The FAIR
GROUNDS AT REGINA. CAN.
M. Taxier, Owner Of the Riding De.
vices Of Workman Shows, Gets
Telegram Telling of Fire.

The Regina exposition grounds
were totally destroyed by fire Thurs
day. M. Taxier, in charge OF the rid
ing devices Of the Wortham shows,
getting a telegram to this effect last
evening.
When seen this morning Mr.. Tax
Ter stated that he had received no
further word as to the loss or how
the blaze started. but that the build-
ings and concessions at the fair were
all destroyed. He suffers no loss
from the fire.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
.AEROPLANE.AUTO RACE
POSTPONED TO SATURDAY
Hiah Wind This Afternoon Makes It
impossible 10 Stage Contest Be-
~ tween Gertsen and Endioott.

The aeroplane- e-automobile race be-
tween Lieutenant Gertson, United
States army aviator, and wild Bill
Endicott, driving a 300-horse power
racing automobile. scheduled for the
Interstate fair this afternoon, had to
be postponed because Of the high
wind.
The contest will be staged satur-
day afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
ANOTHER DAY OF HEAT
CLIMAX OF HOT WEEK

Intense heat today capped the cli-
max of q week of hot weather, temp
orarily relieved Thursday morning
by showers.
The heat has been responsible for
maturing barley and oats in the Red
river valley district with remarkable
speed. and much barley is already
being harvested.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

Mr.. Baer himself, who soon takes his
place in this body.
Il had hoped that Mr.. Baer would
be here this week to speak for him
self, but I am advised that certain
important engagements will prevent
him from reaching Washington for
several days and since he is not go
ing to be here for some time, can
not longer pass without notice the
unfair comments and references that
have been made, as to the reasons
for his election.
ls Splendid Type.
IL have known Mr.. Baer person
ally for about ten years. He is a
splendid type of young American
manhood. who is in every way
worthy Of a seat in this body. His
loyalty and patriotism needs no de-
Tense from any one. To those who
know him it speaks for itself. He
comes from q long line of fighting
rather. than talking patriotic Amer
leans. His father. was one of those
brave men who assisted in saving the
union. His father, although a
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
DEFENDS BAER
ANDLOYALTY OF
NORTH DAKOTA
Representative Norton Re-
plies to Attack By Des
Moines Paper
BAER NOT THERE YET
TO DEFEND HIMSELF
No More Patriotic Citizens
to be Found Than the
Farmers

Washington, July 27.-Loyalty of
the people OF North Dakota and John
M. Baer, representative elect from
the First North Dakota district, were
defended in the house yesterday by
Representative Norton. of North Da-
kota. His speech was in reply to
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
LAST HORSE CAR
New York Finally Gets Rid OF Old
Fashioned TRANSPORTATION System.

F@~"i@H0U Transportation &y9xeH1s
(By Associated Press.)
New York. July 27.-Positiveiy the
last horse car has disappeared from
the streets OF New York. Announce
ments to this effect have been made
before from time TO time during the
last ten years, but always II would
De discovered thereafter that one or
more Of these ancient vehicles was
stiH Jangling and humping It's way
through some cross town thorough
rare TO keep a street railway fran
chise from becoming defunct Yes
terday q single horseear operating
on the Bleecker street line made its
last journey in pursuance 70 a 1eci-
sion OF the directors Of the New
York Railways Co. to abandon the
line, it was offlcially announced,
with the statement that no other
horse car in all the city now sur
wives.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
LAND TRANSFERS
warranty DeeGla,

Warranty Deeds.
Smedley Floral Co. to 7. d. Smed-
ley, lots ] to 81 blk 81 lots ! to 10 and
i2 to 1s and 2l to 33 blk 20 Tyler's
ad; S3,563.
silas Craig to Nels c. Thomson, 1-2i
int. lot IL blk Chds Bdy ad; 81.
z. G. Eddy and wife to A. L. Moody,
sp wd lot 3s (begin so It w Of Sc cor
n 10 II " so II 40 # . 30 II 70 bsgin)
e q r o ad: $45.
Stella Dosen and husband to Lottie
@. Anderson. lot blk Lindsay's ad;
$3,025.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
FouRTEEN sENTENcEp.

Duluth. MINI, July 27.-With a.
stern warning that the laws and
honor of America must be upheld at
any cost, Federal Judge Page Nor
risi yesterday sentenced fourteen men
convicted OF failure TO register June
to terms varying from four months
to a year in the Hennepin and
Ramsey county iails.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

The trail OF a gypsy ksdnaper, with
a 5-year-old Jacksonville, Fla, boy as
the victinl led through Fargo today,
when Green Mitchell, an uncle OF the
stolen boy. and companion, arrived
10 make search for a suspect party.
They have information that may
lead TO the location of the kidnapers
IN northern Minnesota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Master List" of
Draft Numbers Is
ReceiUed By Forum

The master lists" of draft num-
bers, as drawn in the great lottery
at Washington last week, were re-
eeived in Fargo today, the first
copies coming To The Forum from
The Associated Press, transmitted by
mail from Washington.
County Auditor w. r. Tucker was
still without the official draft list,
as the lists for the county selection
board must first go to the adjutant
general Of the state, and he must in
turn mail them to the local boards.
1t is not likely that the local
boards in North Dakota will receive
their numbers till Monday.
REQUIRES ELEVEN
FULL PAGES.
To print the 10,500 numbers that
were drawn in Washington, requires
eleven full sheets OF closely printed
figures.
Each serial number" is listed in
the order in which II was drawn.
Each county selection board will
receive a complete list of all the
numbers. and 1t will be the duty of
the board to revise ii for the needs
of the particular county, by elimin-
ating all numbers exceeding the
highest serial number within the dis
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27
Trail of GYPSY
KidndbberS Taken
Ub in Fargo Today

The boy, Johnson Mitchell, son OF 4
deceased brother of Green Mitchell,
was kidnapped eight weeks ago, and
since then q nation-wide search has
been prosecuted by relatives but
without newspaper publicity.
The child was stolen froFG his home
late In the evening, while members Of
the family were at church.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-27

!, ,00o-watt Lalley plant is an
ideal size for the farm. En-
bodies engine, dynamo. Float
chamber and needle valve
cast In the baee; fuel tank,
Switchboard wired ready for
light wires; water tank.
willard Storage Batteries
tl6 ceiisl charged.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-29
Constitutional Convention Procedure.

II seems to be practically agreed that con-
stitutiona convention will be called to revise Ne
braska's fundamental law. although the same OBJ
ject could be achieved more speedily and with
less expense by direct submission OF amendments.
While the considerations that favor the conven-
tion plan are generally taken to outweigh the dis
advantages, the people should, nonetheless I'M
derstand the procedure SO as not to raise up ex-
pectations that cannot be met
In the first place. all the present legislature
do is to submit to a vote Of the people the ques-
tion whether convention to revise the constitu-
ton shall be called After such action the pro-
posal goes on the ballot to be voted at the next
election of members of the legislature, which, in
this instance. means the election OF 1918 II a
majority of the votes cast yes" then the next
following Legislature, the session of 1919, must
pass a law providing for the calling OF the con-
vention. Here the only limitations fixed by the
present constitution is that the convention shall
consist Of as many members as the house OF rep
resentatives and shall be chosen in the same man
ncr and shall meet within three months after.
the election. This means that the convention will
be composed OF 100 members, of which twelve
will be allotted to Omaha and Douglas county.
the legislature, members of the convention will be
chosen at large throughout the county and pre-
sumably stand first in party primaries and go on
the ballot as party nominees
The present constitution also provides that no
amendment agreed upon by the convention shall
be effective until submitted to the voters and
ratified by majority vote on the proposition.
There is nothing to prevent this vote being taken
at special election if so ordered and, therefore,
assuming that the convention proceeds with ut
most expedition the proposed new constitution
might be ready for submission by the fall Of 1919
and, when approved, become operative with the
beginning of the year 1920.
In other words Nebraska can start the next
census decade with newly revised state constitu-
ton, II 1t wants to, but there is no need of be-
coming unduly excited about it at this early stage
OF the game. ,r
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-29
Message Of a Cartoon.

One Of the advantages enjoyed BY good car
toonist is that he can put more into few lines
in his drawing than writer can explain in a
column. Such cartoon is the one by Hal Cof-
man, published in The Bee on Saturday. 1t car
ries message to young men. sermon whose
application is easy to the thinking, earnest youth.
Luck and pluck valuable assets in the battle
OF life, but the greater factor is you. II you are
plucky and determined luck" will follow. In
dustry and thrift are the means through which
success is conquered and these are personal
attributes. The world is full of opportunities for
the young man; il needs his enthusiasm and his
courage, his fresh vigorous energy, and the best
it holds is his i he but make the proper effort.
Honor and power do not come by chance to any,
nor does the world search out the slothfu or
careless to reward them. The road to success is
steep one, and only the plucky climbers can
make their way up This brings it home to you.
II you have the courage to tackle the uphill route
you needn't worry about the luck; it will come
along, but you will not be aware OF it
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-29
Capstalazing the Sky

Common sense as we'll as sound law is found
lie decision of the United States supreme court
| the so-called 'blue-sky laws" OF Ohio, Mich.
and South Dakota. similar in character to
'rnamed laws in twenty-six other states, are
|stitutional. These 'blue-sky' laws, as they
called picturesquely. are aimed at the iniauit-
"get-rich-quick' schemes OF mining, land,
.cultural. industrial and other promotion and
k-sclling jobs, which are of such thin and
.>hanous character as to facts. or the absence
hem, as to suggest that the promoters are real
pitalizng the void Of the sky itself and nothing
The laws require that the actual facts bacl,
Eany financial schemes shall be set out, and
Pre- TO do this is made "a niisdemeauor.
laws are quite within the police power oi
state, as the supreme court has indeed, de.
/ d; and no one familiar with the criminal rcck.
|ncss Of the fraudulent and spurious circulars
lured the credulous investor into Swami
rubber jungles and arid lands and sailed
ting holes can fail to admit that every state
! he union needs such laws to give II some
krol over the sale of securities
Only the federal officials dealing with the mis-.
/ of the mails know how extensive are these
idling operations, from many Of which there
10 legal redress or recovery. And as the de.
'bn of the court well says while the statutes
y burden honest business, they burden il
that under its forms dishonest business NAV
be done This is corporation policy thai
! y state must rally to If people are to be pro.
sa from the sharks OF finance, many of whose
Emcs have not even the consistency OF the
itself
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-29

"Pingree Patches" Next Summer.

One Of the ways for lowering the high cost
of living is to produce some Of the expensive
neeessaries for yourself This is not new sug-
geston, but is now renewed because it is as
serviceabe at this time as ever it was. II the
home owners will cultivate the backyard plots
they will be able to produce all the vegetables
they will need for summer table consumption and
have some left over to be preserved for winter
II the vacant lots that usually grow only noxious
weeds are put to use, more potatoes, for example
can be raised than Omaha will use in winter sea-
son. This will require little effort however for
a garden patch will not take care Of itself, how
ever we'll it may be planted. Gardening, even, of
limited SCALE is an interesting pursuit and should
be a source OF pleasure as well as Of profit. If
you do not feel like putting forth the effort in the
spring and summer you have little right to COM
plain il the man who does asks you his own price
for the surplus he has produced and for which
you have need One Of the best ways Of meeting
the high cost Of living is to help yourself by
raising some Of the things you eat.