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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

What is that mysterious something
that some boxers have and thereby
become champions. while others. lack
ing this. remain near champions?
Take our present titleholder for in
stance. There's willard. with his bulk.
but bulk alone doesn't make a cham
pion, else Ed Dunkhorst and Herr
Placke, both bigger men than Jess.
would have ruled in bygone days.
Then there's Mike Gibbons. fast and
scientific. But Young Ahearn, even
faster. and almost as scientific. had
two disastrous whirls at Gibbons and
now has faded away.
And so it goes down the line. In
every class there are men who seem
to have all the assets that the cham
pion of that division owns, but yet
there's something lacking and they
never get out of the challenger list.
OF course there have been. cases OF
near champions like Packey McFar-
land who was never crowned simply
because the titleholders, one after the
other. refused to meet him. That.
however is an exceptional, instance
and ring history is simply running
over with stories of classy fighters,
men who could hit and who could box,
but who never acquired any crowns.
They seemed wonders when pitted
against the best men of their division,
but somehow or other faded away
when given their chance against the
champion. ,.-.,.-..
There's Monte AttelI who went
along for years knocking out and out
pointing all the best lighters of his
day. He was favorite when he finally
got his title chance against frankie
Conley, then recognized by many as
best of the bantams. But Frankie won
in the forty-second round. So
Then remember Harry Forbes,
knocked out by Champion Terry Nc
Govern. in the second round in 1899.
Two years later Forbes was still good
enough to win a fifteen-round deei-
sion over that master boxer, Abe At
tell
And don't forget Charlie White, who
should have defeated Champion Fred
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
BARROW MENTIONED
TO SUCCEED JOHNSON
President of American League Says
He VIII BE In Trenches In
France In Jigttme.
tBy Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 1.-THE name. of
Edward G. Barrow, president of the
International. league, was passed to
the forefront in baseball gossip here
Tuesday night as the man who viii
succeed Ban Johnson as president OF
the American league when Mr.. john
son retires to enter the nations mill
tary service, which he announced ne
would do in a few days.
81 will be in the trenches OF. Franass
within six weeks" said Johnson.
4 am through with baseball until
the end of the war. I'm going over to
Join Captain Huston. I'll bet you
new hat / beat him into the trenches.
The American league is. well fortined
against the future. Its business men
can carry IL safely through whatever
business depression the war may in
yolve. / am for the bigger game-for
America for democracy, for France
for Belgium"
WINS WESTERN SHOOT.
(Bv Associated Press,l
st. Joseph, Mo.S Oct. 17.--John I'm
derwood, of ST. Joseph, won the 100
target event Tuesday in the western
open shoot, being held here on the
grounds of the st. Joseph Gun CLUB,
with 139 hits. 4 high wind was blow
ing.
Chill Miller, of St. Louis, and d. d.
Gross, of Kansas City, both PROBES
SIGNALS, tel Underwood.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
MEAT TO ARMY IN ENGLAND.
Surplus Stock Only is Sold on Behalf
of Government.
(By Associated Press)


London, Oct. l7.-England has the
third highest average meat consump-
! ton in proportion TO her population
of any country in the world. Aus
tralia ranks first, the United States
second. England's average consump-
ton per head, including men. wom-
en- and children, is in normal times
126 pounds per year. OF the total
meat supply. so per cent Is home
grown and 40 per cent imported, so
that the average total of frozen meat
brought into this country every year
is 533. 900 tons.
How large a proportion this is Of
the worlds supply is shown by the
fact that the total output of chilled
and frozen meat for the whole world
is estimated at $4,000 tons year
ly.
OF the $4,000 tons of imported
meat here, very large share now
goes to the army. in fact. every pound
OF meat imported from Australia and
New Zealand during the last two and
half years has been government
property, bought before it was ship
ped and brought to this country
under government control. 1t is only
when all military needs have been
satisfied that any surplus stock of
frozen meat is turned over by the
government to the large wholesale
/ merchants to be sold on behalf of
the government at government
prices.
South America being still largely
neutral, the requirement of meat sup
plies grown there is a matter of
negotiation, and there is no compul-
sorry government control. However,
meat is needed in quantities as large
as possible, and the government does
all in it's power to encourage the
production and expectation to Eng
land of the largest possible amount
Of meat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Wo-
man, is the bill at the Strand, begin
ming today and continuing through
the balance Of the week. OF this
work. a st. Cloud, Mimi, critic
writes:
Wonderfully simple. tragicaIly
pathetic and inspiringly pure is the
story of Joan the Woman, taken
from that lovable character in his
tory, Joan dare, the photopIay YER
sion of which was shown at the
Nemec last night for the first of a
two-night engagement.
Geraldine Farrar, the we'll known
artist, also a favorite, enacted the
gave the humane side, the woman
side, of this French peasant girl,
whose name was burned into the
pages of history and has stood out
for more than four centuries.
But joan is moderniZed to fit
the conditions of modern warfare.
The story opens with a scene OF a
trench in modern Europe. The sword
OF Joan is found by a young French
soldier. While he holds it in rever-
ence he is called before his superior
officers with other young men. They
are told that they are looking for a
volunteer to go over the top with a
bomb and blow up a trench Of the
enemy
THE one who does it will not
come back the officer says solemnly.
This sets the young man to thinking
and his reverie takes him back to
Joan dare, who had saved the
French nation from complete oblit-
Grafton at time when, owing to a
weak king, she was threatened with
becoming a part of the English en-
pire.
This leads him through the active
life of Joan, from the time that she
was a poor peasant girl, working in
the fields or at the hearth, until she
had turned the tide of ignoble defeat
into brilliant victory for the French
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
cRooKsroN MAJ 10 russia.
Great Northern Detachment Goes TO
Trans Siberian Railroad.

Crookston. Mimi, Oct. 17.-About
twenty-five members of the Crook
stOn Home guard turned out Monday
and escorted George w. Pietsch to
the Great Northern depot where he
took the train to ST. Paul and from
there will go TO Russia. Pietsch is
one of the eight train dispatchers
who. with three superintendent, will
be sent to Russia where they will
have charge of the Siberian
railroad. These men will be recog-
nized as officers of the Russian army
and 1t is claimed they will be paid
the regular United States officers
salaries by the Great Northern COM
pany as a compliment to the gov
eminent
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
MOOrhedd NeDS
.FRAZEE GETS CANNING
FACTORY NEXT SEASON
Plans Are Already Being Considered
for the Establishment of the
Industry.

"Frazee is to have a pea canning
factory next year" said Sen. J. II.
Baldwin of Frazee in Moorhead Tues
day. we have had the soil within
a siX-mile radius tested and the re-
port is that it is especially adapted
for growing peas. Plans are now
being made for the organization of
the company that will operate the
cannery. and contracts will be made
with growers who will furnish the
peas. II Is a part of the plan to
later extend the scope and make this
a packing plant for a large number
of vegetable products"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

The White Sox were the first to win
pennant in Ban Johnson's organiza-
tion. In 1890. the first year of the
American league, they captured the
flag. Charles A. Comiskey was then
both president and manager Of the
club. The leading pitchers were Roger
Denzer and Roy Patterson. Joe sug-
den was catching and Frank lsbell
played first base. In 1901, when the
White Sox won again, Clark Grtmth
was manager, and won the majority
of the thiFty-fiVe games he pitched.
Jimmy Callahan and Wiley Ptatt were
other additions to the hurting stan.
Mcfarland played on that team. The
Sox won their last flag in 1905, under
the leadership of Fielder Jones. That
was the team that earned the name 81
the "Hitless Wonders. Frank lsbell
was the hardest hitting regular on
the club. and he batted .279. There
was little need for hard hitting with
such pitchers on the stan as DOC
White. Ed. Walsh, Nick A Az 9l,;
Patterson. Billy Sullivan was behind
the bat and Dona hue was demonstrat-
ing how first should be played
Before the baseball season opened a
concern In Providence offered suit
OF clothes as a premium TO the mem
Der of Jack Fgan's Providence Grays
who would steal the greatest number
Of bases during the championship
season. Fred Brainard. who was tried
ont by the Giants early last year ana
later released to Providence, led the
club IN stolen bases When the time
arrived for the presentation Of the
clothes BrainaFd was in the army 50
the concern sent him an order Tor
suit He returned IT with the an
nouncement that he had no use at this
time for civilian clothes. but added
that a suit OF khaki would prove very
acceptable. This was satisfactory 20
the concern, and Bratnard Will get
soldiers uniform.
According Is the unofcial averages
OF major league PLAYERS Ray CHAP
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
OLD BILL SHAKE KNEW
BROADWAY,

Look on beauty
And you shall see tits purchased by
the weight
Which, therein works a miracle in
nature,
Making them lightest which wear
most of it;
So that these crisped, snaky golden
locks,
Which make such wanton gambols
with the wind
Upon supposed fairness. often
To be the dowry Of a second head,
The skull that bred them, in the
sepulcher.
Thus ornament is but the gilded
shore
To a most dangerous sea; the
beauteous scarf
Yelling an Indian beauty; in a
word,
The seeming truth which cunning
times put on
To entrap the wisest.
How many towards
Whose hearts are all as false
AS stairs of sand, wear yet upon
their chins
The boards of Hercules and frown-
ing Mars:
Who, inward searched, have l!vers
white as milk?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

ment of the Mitteleuropa idea, the
close association of Germany, AUS
tria- Hungary. the Balkan area and
Poland all under the Arm leadership
Of Prussia.
The group supporting the African
empire project in addition to the
Mitteleuropa scheme has in mind the
creation of German colonial empire
stretching entirely across the contf-
nent, from the Indian ocean to the
Atlantic. to be traversed some day
by German railroad system, de-
veloped by German enterprise and
built into a great African India Of
the future from which Germany may
draw wealth and resources. In es-
tablishing such an African empire OF
course an important consideration is
that IL would cut off Great Britain's
holdings in the north from the South
African unions and make British
domination OF the continent based
on the Cape TO Cairo railroad pos
sible.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

arms, by driving the English from
the stronghold of Orleans.
He sees her burned at the stake by
the English. after she had been TAX
en- prisoner while on her way 20
Compiegne.- But the French remem-
Der the inspiration of this simple
peasant girl and her work has not
been in vain.
When this story of Christian for
titude and trust in Providence is un-
folded before the eyes of the young
private he appears before his su-
perior, informs him he is ready to
go over the top to his certain death.
II shows the searchlight passing
over him and shows him falling fiat
to prevent detection.
1T shows him making his way
painstakingly to the barbed wire en-
tanglements protecting the enemy
trench and just as he reaches this
there is a shot and he falls over,
just as he has hurled the bomb into
the enemy trench. And as he COM
pletes his work and is drawing his
last gasp the picture is shifted to
the officers room in the French
trench. They hear a loud explosion
and then someone remarks: "a.
Report the destruction of Enemy
Trench No. g.
mot only the story itself but the
wonderful photography of this pic
ture stands out. There are more
shades, more light effects. more col
ors and more very effective fading
shadows in this than any other pic
ture ever seen here. 1t goes from a
semi darkened room, to a subdued
color of a turned down wick, then
to the pale moonlight and later to
many other beautiful light schemes.
all of which are colorful and pleas
ing to the eye.
THE story itself is gripping-just
as gripping now as it was 400 years
ago when a simple young maiden
stepped into a place which had been
yet untitled by man in all France
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

/ published by Reuters.
The proportion of casualties on
the western front is actually higher
among the troops from the United
Kingdom than among those OF the
dominions", says the statement
Figures showing the property OF d.
visions from the dominions and from
the United Kingdom employed in the
battles on the Somme, around Arras,
and Ypres and at Messines, are Civ
en- to show that troops from the
"Motherland" exceeded those from
the colonies in the ratio of from two
to one to five to one.
The casualties also are compared
showing, according to the statement,
that those of the United Kingdom
troops have been higher than those
Of the troops from the dominions.,
Clearly there can be no question
that the 'motherland' troops have
been spared at the expense Of the
colonials", adds the statement ION
the contrary, the evidence points to
the fighting having been shared very
equally between the available troops
irrespective of the part Of the Brit
ish empire from which they came.
Assertions that large numbers of
trained soldiers fit for service are re-
ASAAACd HI lulCHG6S III lHG OnlLGu
Kingdom also are denied. -
The Hague, Sept. 25.-At the re-
cent conference held here by British
and German delegates to discuss the
question of treatment and exchange
Of prisoners, the Germans entered the
conference room from a door on one
side of the room and the British from
a door on the opposite side. The
Dutch delegates were always already
seated at the table in the midst of
the room. No conversation took
place except upon the business of
the conference.
Before the conference ended. the
chief of the German delegation rose
and insisted upon thanking the Brit
ish warmly for the way in which
their prisoners had been treated. He
said no other country had behaved
SO we'll The English commissioners
bowed their thanks, but did not re-
turn the compliment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Bishop Morrison of the Diocese OF
Duluth Observed Anniversary.

Duluth. Mimi. Oct. 17.-Rt Rev.
J. D. Morrison. bishop of the Episco-
pal diocese of Duluth. observed his
seventy-third birthday yesterday and
received the fluctuations of his
friends. No general observance of
the event was held, Bishop Morrison
remaining quietly at home.
Bishop Morrison was born Oct. 16.
1874. at Waddington, n. Y. He was
ordained to the priesthood of the
Episcopal church in 1870 and was
Consecrated bishop Of the newly
organized diocese Of Duluth Feb. 2,
1897, in Ogdensburg, n. Y, coming
directly to Duluth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

man. OF the Cleveland Indians. was
the best base runner I'm the 1917 cam
paign. He was in the lead among
American leaguers for a great part OF
Ty Cobb in the closing weeks Of the
race Chapman also cut loose with q
burst of speed which Kept him ahead
of Ty. Only i've players in the major
league stole hfty or more bases dur
fifty-six. while Cobb had ffty-three
steals, and Max Carey finished up
with fifty-two thefts. Carey won the
honors in the National league 49,
plenty to spare. but in the American
to the finish. Bobby Roth finished
with fifty-one thefts and Eddie Col
Inns with fifty These are unomcial
figures, and IL Is possible that the on
change the relative ratings OF the
leaders
Cronies Of James W. Gomroth have
been, amused at the way he has been
getting publicity IN the east for his
B. Smith, OF The San Francisco Chr0n-
icle. The once premier pFomotea'
DOUBTLESS realised he would 4 tough
time breaking into print BY discussing
the sport or kings, but when he open
ed up on flights columns we're devot-
ed to him In this way the Tia Juana
races were mentioned. but Jim pulled
q lot Of stun that he hardly has any
intention Of going through with. He
was declared time and again that he
Is out OF the boxing game for all time.
Handling his races takes up all his
time, and. furthermore As more profit
able. He would not think of Offering
big Jess willard 100000 or any
amount thereof. but he has been quot
ed an length as trying To get thu
match. The managers Of some Of the'
boxers doubtless are responsible III a
measure for they realize what n
boost tt Is to have Coffrnth supposed
Of the hoxing game. however and the
east is falling for sol urn press
agent stuf
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
MISS SANFORD SPEAKS TODAY.
Addressed the Moorhead Normal
School at Chapel,

A splendid address was given at
the Moorhead normal school this
morning by Miss Maria l.. Sanford
for many years professor OF litera-
ture at the University of Minnesota.
Miss Sanford spoke Of the Influence
OF Good Art and Good Literature Up
on Character, and gave a wonderfully
inspiring talk.
Last evening Miss Sanford spoke
on Our Country at the Moorhead high
school, and gave a much appreciated
loyalty address.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
OLD BALTIMORE ORIOLES
ARE STILL IN THE GAME.

The Baltimore orioles of twenty
years ago have more members still
in the major leagues than any other
of the same age ever had. McGraw'
manager of the Giants; Robinson,
manager of the Dodgers; Kelley, scout
of the Yankees, and Coach Gleason, of
the White Sox, are all Oriole veterans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
ENDERLIN WINS
Take second Game OF season, Defeat
ing Lisbon, ~ to o.

Enderlin, N. D.. Oct. 1.-THE En-
derlin high school football team won
its second game of the season, defeat
ing Lisbon high in a hard fought
game here, 81 to 0. Enderlin defeat
ed Casselton high a week ago.
- Four games are still on the scheo-
ule, as follows: g.
Oct, 2O-Lfsbon high at Lisbon.
/ oct. 27-Hankinson high at Han
kinson.
Nov. s-Casselton high at Enderlin.
Nov. 1O-VaIley City high at Ender-
lin (tentative).
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

die Welsh, but didn't.
Occasionally there appears a. boy
who reaches his best form QUICKLY
holds it short time, and then passes
on without getting a crack at the
title. Such a fighter was Joe Mandot.
On the other hand there is the case
of the veteran, frankie Burns, who
could probably whip either johnny
ErtIe or Pete Herman today. only
tough luck in the shape of bad de-
cision kept Burns from being bantam
champion years ago. He clearly beat
Johnny Coulon, but the referee named3
the baIdheaded Chicagoan as the vim
ner. Before Burns could get another
crack at Coulon in a decision so
Johnny lost to Kid Williams.
The color line, too, has played It's
part in depriving men of champion
shin. Sam Langford certainly would
have been middleweight titleholder az
one stage of his career, except Tor
that color line.
These are the exceptional cases,
cases that are explainable. But VINO
is there to tell why 1t is none Of these
men ever won any titles: Johnny
Dundee, Young Ahearn, Eddie Campi,
oscar Gardner, Young Erne, Jimmie
Dunn, Tommy Murphy Australian
Billy Murphy, Peter Maher, Peter
jackson, Elbows McFadden, Young
otto Aurelio Herrera, Jose Rivers
Tom Sharkey, Bob Moha, Ray Temple
Maurice Thompson and a host of 9TH
ers, past and present?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
PROTEST ACTION
Worlds Series Players Want $1,000
Held by the Commission.
AN Associated Press. }

New York, Oct. II. > PROTESTING
against the action of the national
baseball commission in Withholding
81, 600 of the individual shares of pruse
money of each worlds series player
until Dec. /, as a guarantee that they
will not participate in exhibition
games, members of the Chicago Amer
lean and New York National league
teams addressed a petition to the COM
mission Tuesday. .H
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
LOWERS swIMMING RECORD.

tBN ASsOCIateN y IGssT
Indianapolis, Oct lT.-Thelma OAR
by, 14-year-old Indianapolis swimmer
defeated Claire Galligan, of New YORK
in a 5OO-yard match race, free, style
in a local tank Tuesday night. The
time was minutes and 81 seconds,
two-fifths of a second faster than the
American record for the distance,
which was made by Miss. Galligan at
San Francisco recently
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
SHOW EN- AGAIN
white Sox Trim Giants In Exhibition
for soldiers.
CRv Associated Press.l

Garden City, N. ", Oct. 47.-The
Chicago White Sox, winners of the
1917 worlds series, defeated the New
York Giants in an exhibition game
here Tuesday, S to 4, before 5000 SOL
diers from Camp Mills at Mineola. The
soldiers were members of the One
Hundred and Sixty-hfth United States
infantry, most OF them New Workers,
and OF the One Hundred Forty-ninth
artillery, composed of men from Illi-
nois. Score:
Ri. E.
Chicago ....... III COS OO0-6 12 /
New York .. 900 010 1922 13 9
Batteries-Benz, Williams, Russell,
Danforth and Schalk, Lynn, Jenkins;
Demaree, G. Smith and Gibson, On
slow,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
MOTHER is DEAD.

Miss Natalie Thornton, dean OF
women at the MOorhead normal
school. received a message this morn
ing bringing news of the death of
her mother at her home New Bed
ford, Mass. Miss Thornton left on
the afternoon train for the east to
attend the funeral.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
GOTCH LEAVES HOSPITAL.

Iby AbbUGldNUW = ANeo'I
Chicago, Oct. 1T.-Frank Gotch, for
mer champion wrestler who has beeh
in "A. Chicago, hospital for some time
with an injury to his back, Will leave
the institution today. This announce
ment was made Tuesday night. Gotch
was hurt in moving logs on his Iowa
farm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
NEW Books

The following are among the new
books found in the general library
of the Moorhead normal school;
From the Deep Woods to Civilization
by Eastman, A Deep Study Of Fairy
Tales by Kready, Letters Of Travel
by Brooks, Round the Year in Myth
and Song by HolbrooS, The Pig Broth
Ely by Richards. Animal Fables byEtaf-
ford. The Patrician by Galesworthy
Handbook Of School Gymnastics by
Posse Measurements ofE0ne Achieve
ments IN Arithmetic BY Woody. Book
- Wheat by DondlinEers
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
TWO BOXERS SUSPENDED,

ICY lAaN0NIs-IVV NN..T = -
Milwaukee, Oct. 17.-The Wisconsin
boxing commission has suspended
Jack Britton, his manager, Dan Nor
gan. and the latter's staff of boxers,
because of Morgan's failure to post
forfeit for Britton's bout at Superior.
Wis., recently. it was announced noun 9
hearing Oct. 29.
TTharIie Metric, local boxer, was
given a thirty-day suspension for us
Ing rough tactics in his recent bout
with Ever Hammer.