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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
u. S. ENGINEERS
DROP TOOLS and
GRAB RIFLES TO
ASSIST BRITISH
Americans Get Touch of
Real Fighting Near
Gouzeaucourt
FIVE LIE IN SHELL
HOLE FOR HOURS
Germans Sweep Over Hid
ing Place, But Are Lat
er Driven Out

With the British Army in France.
Saturday, Dec. Is--(By The Associat-
ed Press. )-American army engineers
working in the region OF Gouzeau-
court Joined the fighting ranks Of
their British allies yesterday and
helped them stem the onslaught
which resulted in GouZeaucourt be-
ing enveloped for q time.
Many of the Americans were
caught in the German turning move
ment and only escaped death or cap
ture by lying concealed for hours in
shell holes until the British had sue
ceeded in pushing the invaders back.
Hundreds OF other men from over
seas were subjected to tremendous
shell fire from enemy artillery and
great quantities of gas shells were
thrown in the territory where they
were working.
The German attack was made with
greatly superior numbers and every
available man was needed on the
British side to arrest its onward
sweep. The Americans gave every
ounce Of their strength to this task,
both as fighting men and as work
ers. and the important part which
they played has drawn the highest
praise from the British authorities.
Seize Rifles.
Many OF the engineers seized rifles
and fought side by side with the
Tommies throughout the bitter day
and many scores OF Americans last
night were armed and sent forward
as volunteers to do patrol duty In
the inhospitable zone before which a
large army OF Germans were en-
IL II. Il.
versation with the correspondent to-
night spoke In the most glowing
terms Of the individual services
rendered by the engineers.
zone cannot bestow any praise
that is higher" he remarked
emphatically.
Several trains operated by Am
ericans were in the GouZeaucourt
section and hundreds Of other ATneri-
cans were in this territory when the
Germans without warning, swept
forward in masses toward the town.
Many Americans working in the rear
selves with rifles and Joined the
hard pressed British or turned their
hands TO other important work.
The experiences OF these men and
OF those vino were caught behind the
German advance. probably surpassed
anything which the expeditlonary
force of the Americans yet has en-
countered In the way OF actual fight
ing
One Of the trains run by an AM
erican crew was west OF Villers-
Guislain which was the first place
through which the Germans charged
or the southern flank OF the offen-
siYe. Shells suddenly began to fall
about. the engineers and almost inn
mediately they saw VI horde OF grey
coats charging toward them. The
driver Of the engine saw there was
no time to linger and ran for q near
by shell hole. His four helpers
sought similar shelter and they
reached cover before they were seen
by the Germans, although one OF the
crew was wounded slightly BY a
shell splinter. The fiYe Americans
lay in the shell hole for hours with
the Germans all about and only es-
capped after the British had counter
attacked and driven the enemy
back.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
ELKS MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUNDAY
is IMPRESSIVE

Memorial services for departed
members Of the order were conducted
Sunday afternoon by the Fargo lodge
Of Elks. at the Elks temple, First
avenue north.
Judge H. f. Miller delivered the
memorial address. The ritual of the
annual lodge OF sorrow was carried
out by the officer. including the
solemn and impressive snuffing Of
the candles ceremony.
Special features included the read
ing OF Grandfather in the Morning
Glow, by Miss Eleanor Farr, and
songs by n. b. Black.
Christ Or The Devil.
After giving parallelisms Of what
the United States and Germany stood
for, Judge H. +. Miller stated that
the question now Is whether IL Is
Christ or the devil.
America in the world war, he said,
represented love, liberty, brother
hood, justice and human service. all
OF which principles are personified in
Christ.
Germany. he said, stood for force,
fraud, cruelty, forgery and treachery,
all OF which principles are personi-
fed in the historic devil.
Judge II. +. Miller opened his re-
marks paying a beautiful tribute to
the departed brothers, saying "Our
love for them is like a golden loom
that spun for US a web. of dreams to
cover the cold, bare room where
memory sits and weaves," and that
there is no way in which to honor
the departed brothers excepts in re-
newed service TO humanity. He said
that the purpose OF the order was to
bring goodness and joy into life and
called attention TO the unprecedented
opportunity to that at this time, ow-
ing to the world crisis.
Thought Has Changed.
"A generation ago We were strain
ing our eye to catch a glimpse OF the
fast receding splendors of a golden
age, supposed to have existed in the
far distant past and were worship
ty,'' said the speaker. Thought has
changed. We now face the future and
look for the golden age ahead instead
OF behind US, and are filled with the
conJufe forth for the happiness now
and eternal Of humanity. and instead
OF remaining an idol worshtpimg race
we are fast becoming an ideal achiev-
ing people. And in this Very becom-
ing lies the glory and the only hope
goal ever ahead and ever changing
for the better.
1--WE have use for just so much OF
the past as Will aid US in guiding our
footsteps Alright ana avoiding the pit
falls into which others have stumbled
and fallen. We pay little attention TO
the belief Of any man regarding that
as a personal matter OF his own, ex-
cept the belief OF the man who be-
lieves that the truth may be had.
ssWa believe In that creedieEs love
that knows no cians no caste. no class,
no cult but man--amd that all the
years since time began work the eter-
nal rise OF man.
president Elliott calls truth the
new virtue In a broad sense it en-
braces and includes all the virtues--
faith. hope, love and charity. With
out absolute veracity in thought and
speech, these primal virtues become
mere words instead Of glorious facts.
and no solid rock ig left on which the
progress OF the race may rest"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Frazier Std1dsby Slogan and
Remembers Casey; Fargo
Man On Board of Control

In the 1915 campaign, the Nom
partisan slogan with reference to
Mr., Casey's campaign was, ''Remem-
ber Casey"
Mr.. Casey's name was in the
Democratic column an the ballot.
while all other Nonpartisan endorsed
candidates were in the Republican
column
And now Mr.. Casey seems to have
been remembered.
Mr. Lewis retired from the board
of control Saturday. Governor Fra
zier's appointment Of a member to
succeed him had not been announced
today, but the appointment Is ex~
pected late today. and Mr.. Casey Is
In line.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Minnesota--Fair tonight; colder IN
east portion: Tuesday unsettled.
North Dakota Generally fair to-
night and Tuesdays colder in west
portion tonight.
gcuth DakOta.-Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday; colder In extreme
west portion tonight.
Montana - Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday colder in east portion
tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Fierce Fiuhtinu on Italian Front.

Italian Army Headquarters In
Northern Italy, Dec. I'm the noun
talns to the north the Italians are
along the southerly slopes and the
enemy on the slopes with the divid-
ing SUBMITS held alternately by one
side or the other as the action
develops. This brought on a fierce
struggle today around Monte Pertica
for possessions of one OF It's chief
elevations, called Hill 1549, held By
the enemy. Italian forces executed
q surprise movement early. and drove
the enemy from this position but It
was exposed Immediately to a heavy
concentration Of the entire artillery
FIRE from the surrounding elevations.
The Italians feTl back before this
fire, then rallied and took the hill
again but once more were forced
back before the murderous concen-
tration of batteries. The struggle
went on continuously up and down
the slopes and the hill changed hands
five times before the enemy re-es-
tablished the position whence he was
driven early in the day. At Meletta
the situation was reversed. Enemy
forces which attempted TO take the
Italian position were driven back.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
HORSES ARE BURNED.

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Fond du Lac. Wis, Dec. 3.-Ten
horses were burned to death today
when a stable. owned by Sol Cold
smith, who has been buying horses
for the government, was destroyed
by fire. The origin Of the fire is not
known.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
WEALTHY MAN a SUICIDE

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 3.-Frank =
Croker, OF Minneapolis. who ill-
herited q large estate from his faith
er, a Boston banker. committed
suicide ia q hotel here Sunday.
Mrs. Croker said her husband had
been q victim Of melaneholia for
some time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
HOMEsTEADER KILLS HIMsELF.

Bismarck n. d. Dec. 3.--The body
Of q. w. Anderson, homesteader, who
"bached" Ii northeast OF Baldwin, was
found lying on the prairie with a bull
let hole through the head by two
boys early today. 1t Is believed he
committed suicide. Anderson was last
seen alive Saturday evening, and he
IS presumed to have shot himself
some time during Saturday night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
ACTS FOR MANN
Representative Gillette Of Massa-
chusstts Acting Republican Leader.
(By Assoclated Press. }

washington, Dec. 3.--Representa-
tive Gillette, OF Massachusetts,, will
act as Republican leader Of the house
while Republican Leader Mann is at
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore,
being treated for neuritis. Mr.. Mann
is expected to resume his work in
the house after the Christmas holi-
days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Attank GanaraI staff.

London, Dec. 3.-The reserves OF
several guard regiments and ma
chine gun detachments comprise the
forces sent against general staff
headquarters, which has refused to
recognize the authority OF the Boil
sheviki, according to a Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd.
The Council of Commissaries has
instructed the commissary of the
state bank, 1t is added, to hand over
to their nominees sums of money not
exceeding a total of 25,000,000 rubles.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
On Italian Front.

Italian Army Headquarters In North
ern Italy. Sunday. Dec. 2.-(By The
Associated Press. Heavy firing has
occurred on the northern line in the
last twenty-four hours, in the diff
ferent sectors around Monte Pertica,
between the Brenta and Piave rivers
and on meletta range, running west
OF the Brenta. Each of the opposing
forces holds part Of these positions.
The general condition along the
entire Italian front has improved
distinctly in the last week. The de-
fensive positions on the northern
line are now considered as secure as
those along the Piave. This with
the gathering strength OF the Italian
and allied forces, has relieved the
gravity OF the situation. Northeast
ern Italy Is now enclosed within .
powerful barrier on the north and
east which is considered sufficient to
hold the enemy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
In Manifesto It Declares
Itself Only Legal Au-
thority in Russia
NEWSPAPERS WHICH
PRINT TT, SUSPENDED
General Staff Headquarters
Refuses to Recognize
Bolsheviki Rule
fBy Assoclated Press.,

London, Dec. S.-The Russian pro-
yisional government, thrown out OF
power last month by the Bolshevtkt,
reappeared on the scene Friday, ac-
cording to special dispatches from
Petrograd, and issued a manifesto
claiming to be the only legal author
ity in Russia and urging the people
not to obey the DEGREES Of the
Bolsheviki.
All the measures taken by the pro-
visional government, the manifesto
says, were with the view Of as
sembling the constituent assembly
and to tide over the crisis until the
constituent assembly would be able
TO declare the will Of the people, but
this hope was swept away by the
revolt OF the extremists. which dis
located the electoral machinery.
Nevertheless Il advises that the as
sembly as elected during the last
few days be convened, although Ii Is
necessarily incomplete. The belief is
protested that the assembly will
sufficiently express Russia's will.
The Petrograd correspondent OF
The Daily Mail points out that since
the extremist upheaval, the provis-
ional government has received the
designations Of Premier Kerensky
and General Verkhovski and Admiral
Verderevski, ministers OF war and
marine, respectively.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

London, Dec. 3.-"HostiIe attacks
delivered yesterday evening against
our positions in 'the neighbOrhood OF
MoeuVres (Cambrai seotorl were re-
pulsed after sharp fighting" says to-
days official report.
Successful minor encounters dur
ing the night in the neighborhood Of
Bourbon resulted in the capture by
london troops OF twelve German
machine guns and a number of
prisoners.
Beyond considerable artillery
activity by both sides on the south
ern battle front there is nothing
further to report"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Washington, Dec. 3.-America'a
pledge 10 support and use fits efforts
to maintain Rumanian integrity has
been given to that government By
President Wilson in a message sent
to the king. Assurances that the
renewed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Nawapapera suapended.

Petrograd, Sunday, Dec. 2.--An the
newspapers which printed the mani
festo OF the provisional government
have been suspended. Their print
ing facilities have been placed at the
disposal of the Maximalists and
peasants.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Three Unsuccessful At
tempts Were Made To
Take Village Sunday
BRITISH RECAPTURE
TRENCH LOST FRIDAY
Berlin Claims to Have TAX
en- 5000 Prisoners in
Last Three Days
(By Associated Press.)

British Army Headquarters in
France. Dec. 3.-The Germans at
tackled the British positions at La
Vacquerie, southwest Of Cambrai, at
s:45 o'clock this morning and an
hour later IL was reported that they
had been successfully beaten off. To-
days attacks followed three futile
attempts made by the enemy 10 take
this village yesterday afternoon.
British troops last night reoc-
cupied a section Of a trench on the
high ground southwest of Bourbon
village on the Cambria front. whica
was lost on Friday. The town OF
Masnieres, which was evacuated BY
the British, was shelled last night by
British artillery.
Claim 5000 Prisoners.
Berlin, via London, Dec. 3.-Sincs
Friday, the Germans have captured
5000 British prisoners in the Cam
brai region, the German general stan
announced today. The guns taken
numbered 100.
General Byng's troops last night
pressed near to the village Of VII
hers-Guislain and along the ridge
southwest Of that place and their
line now is fairly near the town.
1t is estimated that the Germans
had about twenty divisions for their
assault on Friday, which, except Tor
the first Ypres battle, is regarded as
having been their heaviest attack on
the British.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
RuIuaria AIso Neqotlatss.

Amsterdam, Dec. Bulgaria has
decided to open negotiations with
Russia, I'm accordance with her allies
and has sent a reply to this effect
to the Russian government, a Sofia
dispatch says. This announcement
was made in the Bulgarian parlia-
ment by Premier Radisloyoff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Claim e,oOo Prisonera.
Russians Seek Armistlce.

ton. the official statement says. has
arrived at the command OF Prince
Leopold. of Bavaria, with the object
OF arranging a general armistice.
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Full Associated Press
Leased Wire Service
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
DRAMATIST GIVES SOME GOOD
ADVICE TO HIS SOLDIER SON

can't be fully done without a deep
breath first, and then the 'let CO."
One can't relax from "half tension" as
1t were. Often we think we are re-
laxed only to find, after hours Of wait
ing when utter exhaustion slumps us,
that we have been in some respect
holding ourselves away from the bed.
"A rehearsal in the theater is a dire
thing for Tightening one up who is di-
recting it and unconsciously lifting
each character. After many years I've
come to recognize the condition in
time, and often in the dark auditorium,
when the actors or scrub women can't
see me, lie supine on the carpet in
an aisle or the foyer, and with arms
Outstretched for a minute relax all
over. 1t isn't so simple as it sounds.
Even after the deep breath one has to
toes, and by mental command dismiss
the accumulated tension. Then last
of all, the muscles of the face-to let
them fall with half-closed eyelids and
the lips slipping away from the teeth
as they do on dead men. It's quite as
tonishing what refreshing indulgence
even half minute Of such relaxing is.
AS I've said, it's an art to do it, and
very useful when you get it.
Practfced by Japs.
The Japs are past masters at it.
They were taught it and Dracticed it
conscientiously in the Japo-Russian
war. After lying supine for a minute,
each Jap soldier would be taken by
the head by a comrade, and firmly
pulled until the packed vertebrae Of
his spine were drawn apart and re-
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
Men Appointed to High Com
mand Have Proven Ability
in Service.
PICKED FOR Their RECORDS
Most of the 200 Major Generals and
Brigadier Generals Recently Ap-
pointed Were Cadets Together
at West Point.
Bv EDWARD 3: CLARK.

Washington.-f there should be
mobilization of the 200 major generals
and brigadier generals appointed to
commands in the new selective service
army, the affair would be reunion
of men most of whom we're cadets to-
gether at the West Point Military
academy.
This means that there is hardly
new major general in the list who does
not know the methods and the manners
Of service of every brigadier general
who will serve under him and 1t may
be said also that there is barely a
brigadier general who does not know
all about the record, the penalty and
the idiosyncrasies of the major general
who, as a division commander, will
give him orders.
Some of these men who have been
appointed to high rank in the new
army are within one, two or three
years of the retirement age. 1t may be
that out of their ranks will come
Joffre, Haig, or Petain, but as many
in Washington look at it, it seems like
ly perhaps that the greatest American
soldiers of this war are more likely to
be produced from the ranks of the
younger men, although military ex-
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
SMASHED ALL SPEED LIMITS
AS Cal Sized Up the Situation, That
"Cyah" Certainly Must Have
Been Travelling Some.

81. G. Frick said in Birmingham,
where he had come to attend Liberty
loan meeting:
"The crack troops of the kaiser
some call them cracked troops now
are hiding in caverns forty feet under
ground. The man who now thinks
German militarism a wonderful thing
is as badly doped as Cal Clay of Nola
Chucky.
"Cal was escorting some ladies from
Nola Chucky to Paint Rock, and as
they passed planters the planter was
playing with a powerful searchlight
he had just put on his water tower,
and he happened to turn it down the
road, where it streamed into the eyes
Of Cal and his two girls.
"Here comes one O. dem powerful
racin' cyahs, to jedge by dat ere head
light said Cal. We'll just hustle to
de side O. de road fo' safety till she's
parst, ladies'
$50 they hustled up against the
hedge, and the planter, after playing
the light along the road for about a
minute, suddenly turned it off.
"Cal gave grunt of astonishment.
'Jee-rusalem = he said. How fast
dat cyah muster been a-goin'! Here
she's done parst us by, an we didn't
even see hern
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or caIIus so it lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and wome9
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops Of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus lopsens so it can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle Of freezone costs very
little at any drug store but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as it
is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house-adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08

leased from the days pressure on
them. Recalling your physiology lee
lures, you will remember that each
spine bone has it's two wings or
flanges, each pierced by a small hole
about the diameter of a lead pencil.
Through those holes the great trunk
nerves travel with the smaller nerves
branching from them. A few hours
march, even without gun or pack,
says these vertebrae together as tight
as their cartilege cushions will permit.
Lying down helps greatly to remove
this pressure, but the Japanese slow
pull on the head does it at once. A
by lifting his shoulders as he lies on
his back and launching" them along
as If trying to get them as far as pos
sible from his belt. When I'm on my
back for my two minutes rest cure,
l take two or three such lunches at
intervals, trying to hold my gain each
time by an anchorage of the shoulder
blades against the carpet. Generally
I can hear the vertebrae as they slip
from their packed contact to an easier
adjustment especially if in my hunch-
ing have lifted my head so that some
pull is put on the spinal column. Six
ty seconds of such rest is worth an
hour in a chair. Richard Harding
Davis told me, or maybe it was Irwin
Cobb, II heard tell Of the German SOL
diers utilizing even a few minutes
halt to throw themselves on the
ground fiat and extended"
wish you'd try it, especially over
there when they send you and 1 fancy
it will help if you really believe and
know, as you yield yourself to the
ground, that it is somewhat more than
rest-know that into your submissive
body the divine and wonderful cur
rents are flowing, curative, restorative
and replenishing.
It's really the big Medicine"
Affectionately,
FATHER.
The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
SOLD TWO FOR FIVE CENTS
Salesman Quick to Turn Action Of
IrrascibIe to His Advantage,
and Won Out.

The quick wit of travelling sales
man who has since become a we'll
known proprietor, was severely tested
one day. He sent his card by the
Office boy to the manager Of large
concern, whose inner office was sep
arated from the waiting-room by a
ground glass partition. When the boy
handed his card to the manager the
salesman saw him impatiently tear 1t
in half and throw it in the waste bas-
ket; the boy came out and told the
caller that he could not see the chief.
The salesman told the boy to 60 back
and get him his card the boy brought
out 5 cents, with the message that his
card was torn up. Then the salesman
took out another card and sent the
boy back, saying: ''Tell your boss
sell two cards for 5 cents"
He got his interview and sold a
large bill of goods.