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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
DEPLORES REPORTS OF
WEAKNESS IN GERMANY
Lord Northcliffe Tells Editors Ger
man Strength Should Not Be
Minimized.
(By Associated Press.)

Kansas City, oct. 26.-Tabooing
recent reports of internal disruption
in Germany as signs of weakening
of that nation in the war. Lord
Northcliffe, distinguished British
editor and publisher and head of
the British war mission yesterday
told 200 editors of seven of the mid
die western states at a luncheon CIV
en- here in his honor that the war
had just begun.
1T is impossible that this should
be a short war" he declared. There
are no facts which will form the
basis for such an opinion. While it
is possibly true that one-third of the
German population has become sick
ened of the war. the ruling two
thirds are firm in their conviction
that the war is being prosecuted sue
cessfully to a victorious elimination
for their government"
Lord NOrthcliffe asserted that
American newspapers are present
ing the news of the war in an err
roneous manner. He said that the
fact that something was wrong with
Germany was being featured when,
as a matter of fact the only thing
wrong with the nation was the
kaiser. He told of the policy of his
publications in England, which gave
the same treatment to British losses
and British and allied gains.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26

EQUAL NEVER
SEEN IN ring
So Says Chicago Boxing In
structor of Dead For
mer Champion

Chicago, Oct. ga greater fighter
than Bob Fitzsimmons never stepped
under or over the ropes. An admira-
BILE character, interesting and one of
the best friends a man could have"
This is what George Dawson, box
ing instructor of the Chicago Athletic
association, thought of the late for
mer heavyweight champion of the
world. Fitzsimmons probably never
son, who passed many years of his life
with Bob, boxed with him, trained
with him and was intimately &C
quainted with his personal life.
A Noted Instructor.
Dawson is an Australian, and in his
day was considered a boxer of unus-
ual skin and endurance. He never rose
to the fame Fitzsimmons did, but
fought many great battles and en-
Eraved his name in the pugilistic
position at the c. A. A. for many years
until last May, when he was COM
PEELED to rest owing to eye trouble.
Bob went into all his fights in the
very best condition. He never loafed
in his training because he loved to
work and he loved, to fight 1t was
natural for him to WELD the gloves
against an opponent, but nature was
not good to him when 1t came to
making his hands. Had he possessed
the worlds championship to Jeffries.
After Bob's fight with Rubin in
New York his hands were in bad
shape and / had to work hard to get
them ready for his bout with Shar-
key. After that they were worse and
1t took weeks for them to heal. In
both his contests with Jeffries he cut
Jim into ribbons and would have won
had his hands not given out.
Broke Both in Fight.
"In their first meeting one hand was
broken, and in the second both broke
as early as the fifth round. There is
no question in my mind that had this
not happened to him he never would
have lost to Jeffries. There was no
comparison between the men in skill
and speed.
1--WE drifted apart after his second
wife, Rose Julian, died. Rose Julian
was a brilliant woman. She and Bob
were chums; Rose took care of him
and saw that he did not dissipate. She
was his boss. He always listened to
her After she died Bob's life was not
the same"
There seems to be a little dispute
concerning Fitzsimmons' age. Some
old-time fight fans are inclined to be-
lieve Bob was more than 65, although
the records give that as his age.
Il think Bob was over So SAID
Dawson. II am not in position to
say just how old he was, but as re-
member him he was 40 or more when
he fought Jim Corbett in 1897. That
would make him 60"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARE NOT SOLICITED

The feature of the Liberty Loan
drive in Clay county is the large
number of unsolicited subscriptions
that have been received by the
banks. Loyalty of the Germans is
frequently attested by generous sub
scriptiOns to the loan.
County Chairman A. II. Costain
said this morning there would be no
question that the county's quota will
be exceeded If the subscriptions in
the eastern townships keep mace
with those of the west side Of the
county.
One schol district in Oakport
township reported $1.400 in sub
sCTiptions this morning.
This evening the Bankers associa-
ton will meet at the library build
ing to make a check-up of the sub
scriptiOns for the county.
All of the Moorhead banks will
keep open from to 3 o'clock Sat
urday evening to give subscribers
an opportunity to make the first
payment on their bonds.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26

She was the first freshman coed to
win numeral and she started in
breaking records left and right be-
fore entering her second year.
Recently Miss Macdonald donned
her track toys and while the track
coach held-the watch she stepped over
100 yards in II seconds fiat and then
did the 5O-yard hurdles in IL.
She can put the eight-pound shot 81
feet and throw the javelin SIS yards.
She can dash down the ice at hockey
in a way that would outclass the
average male player and she stars on
her basketball team. She can swim,
dive, hunt and fish. She also plays
football and can boot the pigskin
for a perfect spiral.
II began to play baseball and the
rest Of the things" explains Miss
Macdonald, when / was old enough
to walk. / took part in every kind Of
athletics with the youngsters on the
back lots and they came so natural
with me just kept right on. Liked
nothing better than a game OF ball, a
race or any kind Of a match, when L
was syoungsters and do not know
but thai / have the same opinion OF
sports now"
Miss Macdonald lis an excellent ex-
ample of what athletics viii do for
girl She has never been either abb
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
Want to Help You Reach
$500 This Week, Writes
CT Werner; Sends 5000

more here, but see that you want to
reach the $500 mark this week, SO
will send in now and help you along"
writes G. +. Werner, manager of the
Farmers Cooperative Mercantile
Co, Walum, N. D.. as he sends in
$3.50, representing contributions for
Al Walum residents, including him
self, for The Fargo Forums tobacco
fund for American soldiers in
France.
Good luck to your paper" he
adds, and hope that you will reach
the towns in the state ought to be
along on this, and also on the Liber-
ty Loan
Mr.. Werner expresses the right
idea. There isn't town in the state
that shouldn't be in on the tobacco
fund for American boys in that war
torn republic across the sea. who
are fighting to make the world safe
for democracy, and face the prospect
of rN'ng without their smokes while
they are going it.
Ordinary thanks are far too tame
to extend to Mr.. Werner, and 9TH
ers who have done more than their
"bit" to make the lot Of our boys in
war just a little easier. Action, such
as theirs, spells Americanism in
great. big capital letters.
]. C. Ashley. Kensal. N. D., sent in
81. bringing the total for today to
$3.50.
The fund now totals $4s8.46, and
with any kind Of a break will hit
the $500 mark by Saturday night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
RECITES BOOTS"
WHILE WOUNDED
MEN BEAT TIME

Reading Kipling's Boots" while
the "Tommies' in a London hospital
beat time. was one of the experiences
related by Miss Maude Hayes in her
talk at the meeting of the Mems
seminar of the Congregational
church. Moorhead. last evening.
Miss Hayes gave a graphic de-
scription of the Zeppelin raids over
London and told of the feelings of
the people and the methodical way
in which they took cover. The an
guish. the humor, the deep changes
of war, the serious problems which
are being Courageously faced by our
allies all passed in review. It gave a
glimpse into the space behind the
scenes to see a little Of what war
is meaning to England, and what it
may mean to us.
These are lights in the increased
tendency to human feelings and dem
Ocratic fellowship between titled and
common people, said Miss Hayes,
and in the stirred feelings of the
time all that is evil in men comes
10 the surface too, and serious prob
llenas remain to be faced.
The program included the singing
of the Star Spangled Banner and
Good Night by the Imperial quar-
tet: s. H. KantOr. DR.. Z. NJ. Lier,
Howard Moody and T. ]. Lewis.
At the close of the meeting Ameri-
ca was sung by the assembly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26

This feature was the climax Of the
patriotic meeting of the teachers and
aroused the enthusiasm that was
evident by the hearty applause which
followed the talks by the boys. The
two young speakers, and two other
Scouts. Robert Loudon and Hold.
Eklund. then made the canvass that
resulted in the sale of $l,45O worth
of the bonds.
President +. A. Weld Of the normal
school, continued his talk on patrl-
Otisin at the afternoon session of the
institute paying particular atteh-
ton to investing in the Liberty Loan.
DIR. Weld insisted that everyone can
b1lv at least one bond If he or she
will only take the notion.
Following DIR. Yields talk the
meeting was turned over to the BOY
Scouts, and after they had finished.
a count showed that 40 OF the lVO
teachers present had already pur-
chased bonds. AS q had bought be-
fore the meeting and 70 bonds were
sold by the boys 10 of the teachers
increased their investments as re-
suit of the drive.
Miss Conant presided in place Of
Miss Shetland who was unable 10
attend and explained the plan of the
proposed organization. 1t was de-
Cided to form the Clay County
Teachers Patriotic league, and the
following officers were elected:
President-Miss Amanda johnson.
Moorhead.
simmons.
Georgetown.
Treasurer-Afiss Amy Gunderson,
GlyndOn.
Miss Izella NJ. Dart spoke Of the
camp libraries for soldiers and sail
Ors and explained how the scope of
the work has been extended. she toid
how the plan now includes the erec-
ton Of buildings to house the libra
ries at the camps.
At the close of the meeting As of
the teachers remained to receive IN
structions in knitting from members
of Moorhead chapter Of the Red
Cross.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26

sent or tardy from school for ffteel
years.
While the girl is best known in
Seattle, she has won friends all over
the northwest by her tennis prowess.
Miss Macdonald fought her way TO
the championship OF the Inland EN-
pire the year before last. and in 1915
she duplicated the feat and retained
the championship.
She won the women's singles event
of the Oregon tournament at Portland
last year, although losing in the chal-
lenge round to Sarah Livingston the
title holder. She has advanced rapid
iy at the net game, only playing tour
nament tennis for three years, and
her friends predict a brilliant future
for the university champion.
But Miss Macdonald wants IL un-
derstood that athletics have not taken
up all her time.
II like 70 play tennis and baseball
and hockey" she declared But I
like to cook and wash dishes just as
well. They say I can bake as good q
cake as any Of my sisters and + do
not want 0ny one to get the idea that
] am a. Stacker when IL comes to dor
ing the housework."
All Of which makes Miss WacDQn-
aids athletic accomplishments all the
more remarkable
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
WINDY CITY TO HAVE
BETLESS ''HOSS RACIN'


Chicago, Oct. 26.-"There will be a
running race meeting at Austin, a
western section of the city, starting
Saturday, no matter what the author
tiles do.
THE Chicago Riding and Driving
club has a permit to race horses on. its
tracks; the United States Jockey club
is working with that club, and as long
as we obey the law-which we intend
to do-nobody can prevent racing"
This was Louis Peters answer to
the city, state and county officials
when called to explain the details of
the Fifteen-day race meeting. There
are $50 horses stabbed at the track
now, and at least 100 more are on the
way here from Laurel and Latonia,
Peters denies any connection with the
gambling interests, says he Is hiring
fifty special policemen to work with
the sheriff in preventing betting, and
counts on the racing fans OF Chicago
to support the meeting, though they
can't make the usual routine wager
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
MOOrheQd NeDS
TEACHERS TAKE
PLEDGETODAY TO
AID RED CROSS

All Of the teachers at the Clay
county institute stood and took the
Red Cross pledge given by Mrs. c.
A. Nye at the close OF an address
given on the work of the society.
Mrs. Nye began her talk with ref
erence to the value of symbols, and
told how the emblem of the Red
Cross society is the reverse of the
flag Of Switzerland and was adopted
at the Geneva conference. She said
the Red Cross symbolizes three
suffering. sorrow and serv-
ice, and told how readily women
adapt themselves to the work.
Red Cross work." said Mrs. Nye,
deem themselves from the pettiness
into which they have fallen"
The deplorable fact that in the
invaded countries the children have
to bear the brunt of the horrors of
war was cited, and a very touching
verse of an old Irish prayer was read
to emphasize this fact.
Speaking Of the work of the Junior
leagues, Mrs. Nye said they were of
especial interest to teachers, and
named three ways in which they may
do valuable matchmaking comfort
pillows and scrap books, and filling
mite boxes.
At the early session Miss Kelly
demonstrated Eighth grade reading
Miss Ethel McCubrey librarian of
the MoOrhead public library. told the
teachers Of the use 1t is possible for
the rural schools to make of the
books. The county board made an
appropriation to aid in the support
of the library, and the rural schools
may have branch Libraries under
conditions explained by Miss Nc
Cubrcy.
At the chapel exercises this morn
ing Mrs. II. l.. Bolley, Fargo, gave an
interesting talk on the business of
being a woman. Mrs. Bolley's talk
was mainly along the lines of CO.
education.
Committee on patriotic activities
Misses Alma Sirjord, Mayme Her
berg. Alvilda Solvold.
Loyal iZenship-Samuel ]. Loud
en-. Miss Bertha Hunter and Miss
Mary Malchow
Health-Misses Ruth Simmison,
Blanche Mcdonald and Edith Waite.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26

Seattle. wash, Oct. 26. Miss
Mayme Macdonald. fair coed at
the University of Washington. Is
mentioned as the champion girl ath-
lete Of the country. Miss Macdonald
Is too modest to claim the title for
herself, but her list OF records shows
that she merits some such an honor.
III any other young ladies are prepar-
ed to compete with her they had bet
ter step forward
Miss Macdonald weighs only lis
pounds and yet she has made records
i'm many sports that are beyond the
reach or the average college athlete,
She has played baseball and other
boys games as long as she can re-
member and she can throw a baseball
100 feet, which would be a creditable
performance for the average semi
pro. Outhelder. She can catch foul
tips behind the bat and get the ball
down 10 second as snappily as any
man. She explains that she has al
ways had a liking for any sort OF
outdoor sport and she has shown a
natural skill I'm every one she has
tried TO date.
Miss Macdonald holds a record IN
almost every sport AT the University
Of Washintou. She has been winning
"Ws7 ever since her freshman year
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
LAST MAN EXAMINED
FIRST REPORTED BACK
Duluth District Board Acts Quickly
in Case of One Out of Seventy
five Certified to II.

The district draft board evidently
believes that the last shall be first,
for the only Clay county man, of the
last rs, certified for service was the
last one examined by the local
board.
The man certified is Anders
Wilhelm, r. F. D. No. ,, Hawley. The
notice sent to Mr.. Wilhelm was re-
turned by the Hawley postmaster
with the notation that he could not
be found. Sec. A. o. Houglum of the
board then referred to the registra-
ton cards and found the address to
be in care of John Johnson. A notice
mailed to that address brought Viii
helm before the board about two
weeks after the other men had been
examined. This morning notice of
his certification for service was re-
ceived, but no word of those who had
gone before.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
SHIPS FOR ITALY
Shipping Board Will Relieve Her
Shortage in Needed Supplies.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Oct. 26.-The ship
ping board agreed today 70 charter
to the Italian government approx
mately twenty-five American COM
Wandered steel ships of an aggre-
gate of 100000 dead weight tons to
relieve Italy's shortage of shipping
to transport vitality needed supplies.
This action was announced by
Chairman Hurley of the board. Great
Britain has been supplying France
and Italy with shipping to meet
emergency needs, but cannot con-
tinue to do so in the view of In
creasing British shipping require
ments. =
Italy has strongly represented its
great need and she gets five more
ships than were allotted TO the
French government a few days ago.
A part of the ships chartered Will
be old and part new and some may
be taken from those on the way from
the Great Lakes to the ocean. They
will be used between the United
States and Italian ports.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
FARGO HIGH READY
FOR GRAND FORKS
Old Rivals to Battle in Fargo College
Stadium at 3 O'Clock Satur-
day Afternoon.

With the last heavy workout
Thursday afternoon, the Fargo high
school football team is ready for its
annual meeting with it's old rival.
Grand Forks high, in the Fargo col
lege stadium at 3 o'clock saturday
afternoon. Light signal practice will
be the order this afternoon.
The Grand Forks team. is expected
to reach Fargo Saturday morning and,
according to reports reaching Fargo,
is coming down confident of winning.
Fargo high lost to Grand Forks at
Grand Forks last fall, and members
of the team are anxious to avenge the
defeat. Coach L. E. Heinz said today
that he would send the strongest pos
sible lineup against the upstaters. -
HiIltOppeFs to jamestown.
The Fargo college eleven goes to
jamestown Saturday morning, meet
ing jamestown. college in the after
noon. The game will be the postponed
session from Oct. IS.
Moorhead high is scheduled to play
the alumni, while Concordia college
will clash with the Wahpeton Science
school eleven on COncordia field. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
MANY games ON
SATURDAY'SBIL
Gridiron Contests To Be
General Over West And
In The East

More games are scheduled on Sat-
urday's football bill than any Satur-
day since the season opened, and con-
tests. will be general. over the west
A partial schedule of games fol-
lows:
At Fargo-Grand Forks high VS..
Fargo high.
jamestown college.
At MoorheadEM high VS..
Alumni.
At Moorhead - wahpeton Science
school VS.. Concordia.
At Chicago-Northwestern VS.. Chi
Fcago.
At Madison-Iowa VS.. Wisconsin.
At Urbana-Purdue VS.. Illinois.
At Ann Arbor-Nebraska VS.. Michi-
At Columbus - Denison VS.. Ohio
State.
At Columbia-Drake VS.. Missouri.
At Lawrence-Ames VS.. Kansas
At Notre Dame-South Dakota State
At East Lansing-Detroit VS.. Michi-
gan Aggies.
At Hillsdale-Kalamazoo VS.. Hills
dale.
At Crawfordsville-T VS..
At -MaryvilIe VS.. Centre.
At Grand Forks-South Dakota Ag-
gfes VS.. North Dakota. r.--
At Lake Forest-Knox VS.. Lake
At Cleveland-oberlin VS.. Case.
At Alliance-Western Reserve VS..
At Normal-Illinois college VS.. I1li-
At Beaumont-Louisiana VS.. Texas
A. & NJ.
At Grinnell-Coe VS.. Grinnell
At Baldwin-Washburn VS.. Baker.
At Stillwater-Warrenburg normal
At Fayetteville-Henry Kendall VS..
Arkansas
At Emporia-southwest VS.. En-
poria normal.
At Lindsborg-Haskell Indiana VS..
At st. Louis-De Paw VS.. st. Louis
university.
At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VS..
At clneinnatt-ohio university VS..
At st. Louis-ROse Poly VS.. Wash
At Observation-Disclosures VS.. Mari
At oxford - Ohio Wesleyan VS..
At Hiram-Muskingum VS.. Hiram.
Eastern Contests.
At Philadelphia - Pittsburgh VS..
Pennsylvania.
At ithaca-Cornen VS.. BuckneIl.
At Annapolis-Haverford VS.. Navy.
At West Point-Villanova VS.. Army.
At Providence-Co1gate VS.. Brown.
At Observation-Disclosures Poly VS..
Georgetown.
At State College, Pa.-west vir-
ginia Wesleyan VS.. Penn State.
At Syracuse-Tufts VS.. Syracuse.
At INSTRUMENTATION VS.. Bates.
At New York-Williams VS.. Column
bia.
At New. York-Rutgers VS.. Ford
ham.
At Beaver Falls-Geneva VS.. Wash
ington & Jefferson.
At CIinton-Rochester VS.. Hamilton.
At Albany-Hobart VS.. N. Y. State
teachers.
At Worcester-Rhode Island State
VS.. Holy Cross. 49,.
At Baltimore-CarlisIe Indians. VS..
Johns Hopkins. ..-..-
At Easton : Huhlenberg VS.. La
fayette.
ley VS.. Lehigh.
At NATURALIZATION Fresh VS..
Andover academy. e..
At Swarthmore-Franki & Mar
shall VS., Swarthmcre.
At Burlington-Clarkson VS.. Yer
mont.
At Collegsville-Albright VS.. Ur-
At Morgantown - Gettysburg VS..
West Virginia university.
At Cambridge-Worcest academy
VS.. Harvard Fresh.
At Hoboken-Middlebur VS.. Stew
:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
Sport S. Snap t2Ip Shots

while Hornsby registered an average
of but 1922. Earl Smith and Gerber
were the best hitters for the Browns,
barring Jacobson, who went to bat
but seven times, being used chiefly as
a pinch hitter. Long and Miller did
the hitting for the Cardinals. The
Browns batted for an average as a
team of but .225, while, the Cardinals
MT for .25S against American league
pitching. But the. great weakness of
the Browns was in their fielding, in
which they made miserable showing.
Sam Crawford has finished hts ma
1or league career with the Detroit
Tigers. 1t has been generally under
stood that "Wahoo Sam" was resigned
to quitting the big leagues and play
ing for time with some club iaT the
Pacific Coast league. AS the time to
say farewell approached Sam began
to feel differently about leaving the
big show. He believes that If he could
be played regularly he would hit
much better than he has done during
the latter part of his sojourn at De-
troit when used as a substitute. Craw-
ford always has kept himself in the
best physical condition, and he says
his eye is as keen as ever. He has
been highly successful in his profess
sion, and he hates to get away from
the big leagues. 1t is possible that
some club will pick up the veteran.
Football, even on a reduced scale,
should be revived by Harvard and
Yale this fall. There is no good rea-
son why they should not meet on the
gridiron in a struggle for. fifforhaI"
honors and for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Other leading football institu-
tions have taken the field in spite of
weakened elevens. Many star players
are in the army and, navy, so that Ii
is possible to arrange some highly in
teresting battles before the snow be-
gins to fly. Football is a mans game.
1t makes good soldiers. For that ex-.
cellent reason IT should be played all
over the country, by the colleges and
the cantonments Games for war
charities would attract large crowds
and also would help to. maintain the
usual standard of play.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-26
PART or PLANT WRECKED.

Tremendous Explosions in Munitions
Factory at Montreal-No Lives Lost.
(By Associated Press.)
Montreal, Que, Oct. 26.-Tre-
mendous explosions today destroyed
part of the plant of the Canada Ex-
plosives company at Vaudreuil Al
special train carrying fire fighting
apparatus has been sent from Mon
treal. Early reports indicated there
had been no loss of life.
The detonations continued for an
hour. The sky was lighted as though
by rainbows with the flames Of
burning acids.
The explosions are believed to have
shell filling building. A heavy wind
blew the flames straight across the
plant
The company employs about 1900
men.