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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28

the country through the federal
reserve banks. The second offering. IL
was said. probably would be the same
size as the first. $3.50. 600. 900 and might
De offered within ten days. Should
the government decide to finance the
allies to the extent OF $500, 1000, 900 a
month. approximately $1,000. 900, 0oe
would De needed to meet requirements
prior TO June 80. the date upon which
the first proceeds OF the bond issue
probably viii be available.
Raising 81. 200. 000. 900 before the first
proceeds OF the bond issue are avail
able could only be accomplished by
the issue OF further lots of certificates
OF Indebtedness. Should the govern
ment decide to raise this sum 1t could
De done by Offering three more blocks
Of certificates. $25.000.00 to each Offer
ing about three weeks apart Secre-
tary McAdoo is favorably inclined to
the liberal use Of the certificates OF
Indebtedness as q means for easing
the strain upon the country's finances
In connection with the bond issue.
Under the terms of the war finance
law. he is not limited to a total issue
OF 2,0OO,000.000 but is limited to an
outstanding Indebtedness. OF $4,000
100000 represented by this form of
security. tt would be possible, there-
FORE. for him to issue far more than
$4,000. 100000 altogether. retiring the
certificates with bonds in such a man.
ner as to bring the total due on certifi-
Gates at any one time well within the
$4,000. 600. 900 limit.
Withdrawing money from the mar
kets at the rate OF $4,000. 900 every
two or three weeks. by the issue of
blocks OF certificates. would be
preferable to a sudden call for pro-
ceeds Of a two billion bond issue.
Thus. should $1,000. 5000 in certifi-
Gates be issued prior to June 80, half
OF $4,000. 200, 900 bond issue would
virtually have been withdrawn from
the money markets prior to its issue.
as the certificates carry the conversion
privilege and doubtless would be ex-
changed for bonds.
In this manner. IL is thought, the
banks will be in strong position to
meet the strain OF war financing and
minimum disturbances of financial
conditions would result.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28

In the matter of the Estate OF John
A. Forth, Deceased:
Notice Is hereby given by the under
signed, Hanna Forth. administrative of
the estate OF John A. Forth, late OF the
city OF Fargo, in the County OF Cass
and State OF North Dakota, deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons hav-
ing claims against, said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers. within four months, after the
first publication Of this notice, to said
administrators at ONCE of Lawrence ~
Murphy. Fargo National Bank Build
ing, In the city Of Fargo, in said Cass
County.
HANNA FORTIN,
Administrators.
First publication on the 2eth day Of
APRIL A u. 1917.
iAprii 2s, May 5-12~1s. 1917.s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
ATHLETIC MEETS May
Be CALLED OFF SOON


Because Of the war with Germany,
the lack OF interest in college and high
school athletics and the desire TO keep
down expenses, the agricultural COLI
scheduled for May rs, may not be
held this spring, it was announced to-
day.
A decision will be reached by the
athletic board and an announcement
made within the next few days.
Reports from the Valley City normal
indicate that the same conditions pre-
vail there, meaning that athletic auth
critics at the institution are consider
ing calling off the regular spring meet.
Many high school boys throughout
the state are responding to the call
for men, and that fact is seriously
Gripping many of the schools.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
BARE LAND WORTH $s1
Agricultural Department Puts Value
on Unimproved N. q. Lands.

Bismarck, N. D., April 2S.-The av-
erage value of an acre Of North Da-
kota soil without improvements is
estimated by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture to be $31 to-
day, whereas i've years ago the same
land could have been bought for $24.
Improved land is worth sac the acre,
as compared with $50 in 1912, and the
average price for all land is $33 the
acre in 1917, as against $50 in 1916.
The average price Of Montana's unim-
proved farm lands is $25. and it's inn
proved lands are worth $35.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
PROTEST RATE RAISE
Crazy People Object to Increased Tele-
phone Rates Without Hearing.

Bismarck, N. D., April 2s.-Protests
have been received from Crary against
the raising Of telephone rates without
hearing before the state rail board
and authority from that body. Rates
were boosted from $1.25 to $3.50. The
manager Of the exchange, questioned
about it, advises the board that she
regarded $3.50 the month as a stand
ard for local phone rates and believ-
ed no hearing on an increase to this
standard necessary. The board prob
ably will conclude differently, as the
laws are explicit on this subject.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
GABRIEL KAUFMAN, 81,
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Father Of Mrs. Alex Stern, Mrs. Max
Stern and Maurice Kaufman
Died This Morninu.

Gabriel Kaufman. 81. Fargo resident
for twenty-five years. died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Alex Stern.
206 Ninth street north. at 8 o'clock
this morning following a general
breakdown. He had been in good
health and active UP to few days
ago. ~
from the Stern home Monday after
noon. Interment will be in Riverside.
Two daughters, Mrs. Alex Stern and
Mrs. Max Stern, 210 Ninth street north,
and one son, Maurice Kaufman, 124
Eighth street north. survive.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
EAST FORKS MAN DEAD
Charles Doll, Former Business Man,
Dies of Cancer.

East Grand Forks. Mimi, April %.
Charles Doll, aged 81. 319 North
First street, died Of cancer at 2 o'clock
this morning.
He had been a resident Of East
Grand Forks since 1894. having for
merly been in business.
Besides his widow he is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Jensen,
Spokane, Wash, and three sons, JOS
eph Doll, Minneapolis; William Doll
Spokane, and Elmer DOLL East Grand
Forks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
CHRISTINE WOMAN DIES.
Death Occurs in Moorhead Hospital
Ship Remains to Nebraska.

Florence I. Franklin, 40, wife of
Daniel Franklin OF Christine, N. D.,
died in Moorhead hospital yesterday
morning of goitre. The remains win
day for interment. A. ]. Wright & Sons
are in charge
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28
lin To The Smiths.

Kansas city Star: The first shot of
the war has been fired by Germany,
and it was at the United States de-
stroyer Smith. Are the Smiths going
to stand for that. or will they now en-
list in a body and win the war by
weight OF numbers?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28

Mexican Department Orders Plants to
Operate by May 28.

have been instructed by the depart
ment of Fomento to resume opera
tions before May % as conditions, it
is asserted, now are such that the raw
materials from the mines are avail
able
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28

'T have used Chamberlain's Lini-
ment for pains In the chest and lame
ness Of the shoulders due TO rheuma-
tism and am pleased to say that 1t
has never failed to give me prompt
relief" writes Mrs. s. N. Finch, Ba-
tavia, N. Y.-adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-28

Khan Yunus is q mere shadow Of it's
former self. IL has a mean bazaar, and
there are ruins OF once sumptuous
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
STORMS HIT BRITISH CROPS
Grain Beaten Into Ground by Heaviest
Rains in Recent Years-Whole
Country Suffers.

London, Aug. 30-The London morn
fng papers feature as matter of Sc
rious nature the disastrous effect of
the August weather on British crops.
The month began with heavy rains
which beat down the cereal crops to
an extent compelling reaping to be
done with the scythe and sickle in
stead of by machine. The downpours
have been frequent and heavy through
out the whole month, while the I'M
favorable harvesting weather now has
eliminated in a savage gale of a We
locity at times Of hundred miles an
hour and accompanied by sweeping
deluges of rain.
The damage caused by the storms
extends virtually through the whole
country, though the havoc is greatest
in the western countries where the
crops are heaviest and where the grain
fields in many Instances now are little
better than tangled masses of discol-
ored straw and sprouting ears.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Answer. for All Allies.

Washington, Aug. 29.-President
Wilson's rejection of the pope's peace
proposals is regarded here as the high
water mark of the war. Furthermore,
it is indicative of the virtual selection
of the President by the Allies as their
spokesman before the world.
The note comes as climax to the
remarkable series of state documents
in which President Wilson has argued
the cause of world democracy against
autocracy in the high court of public
opinion and accepted more and more
by the people of all the allied coun-
tries as.expressing their ideals
There appears to be no doubt that
the United States was selected 10
make answer before the world, IN ad-
vance of all the others. Whether the
Entente nations vii send extensive re-
plies is not known here. 1t is regard
ed as probable that they will in large
measure adopt the Presidents reason
ing for their own and send notes o.
Endorsement
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
RAIL CRISIS IN RUSSIA NOW
Country Will Be Without Trains by
November Unless There Is
Radical Change

Moscow, Aug. 30.-At the third gen.
sral sitting of the national conference,
railway representatives including M
Froloff of the Engineers Alliance, re-
ported that there existed state of
utter disorganization of transportation
which unless improved would cease
entirely by November. The represen-
tatives gave warning that the conse-
quences would be terrible both at
home and on the front, and that the
army might turn on the country and
commit unexampled excuses.
The extreme demands of the rail-
way workers, the speakers said, play
ed an important part in this disorgani-
cation. They called on workers in the
transportation services to sacrifice
personal interests for those of the
country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Foreign Diplomats Surprised by
Presidents Quick Reply to
Pope's Peace Note.
HAD EXPECTED MORE DELAY
Believe Prompt Move Was Made to
Impress the Russian, Confer
ence in Moscow.

Washington, Aug 30.-Discussion of
President Wilson's rejection of the
pope's peace proposals in diplomatic
circles today revealed that even some
OF the entente governments were un-
prepared for the prompt fashion in
which the President disposed of mat
ter of such tremendous Importance.
There had been no doubt at any time
as to the general nature of the reply
and the understanding is that the
United States was generally looked
upon as the nation to speak first, but
some of the allied foreign officers, ac-
customed to long deliberated moves in
diplomacy, regarded the exchanges
that had been going on between them
and their own capitals as barely com
pleted. They had rather expected fur
Their discussion of the time for dis
patching replies.
Why Wilson Acted.
1t was realized, however, by the en-
tente representatives in Washington
that President Wilson must have had
some good and sufficient reason for
acting so quickly. Speculation ascribes
the motive to a desire to impress ia
vorab1y the great Russian convention
at Moscow while that body still is in
a plastic and reciprocative state. 1t
was also suggested that the President
might have wished to anticipate by
his remarkable state paper obstructive
action by the pacific elements in and
out of congress in the United States.
No Immediate Reply Expected.
No rejoinder from the Vatican is ex-
pected here in the Immediate futu
Comment from the press of Europe,
including Germany and Austria, is
awaited with interest. Bitter attacks
upon the American note by the Ger
man press and possibly condemnatory
speeches by German officials are fully
expected when the Presidents reply is
finally allowed to leak through the
censors to the German public. But
for the present, at least, no further at
tempts at peace negotiations on the
old basis, involving a continuance in
power of the present autocratic Ger
man regime, is anticipated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Usage MINES HAVE CLOSED
Coal Operators Declare They Cannot
Sell Product at Price Fixed
by Government.

The Usage district coal mines have
been closed and no more coal will be
mined except by the cooperative COM
panles until there is a change in the
price allowed for coal or until the gov
eminent takes over the operation of
the mines The Usage district paws
higher wages than any other mine in
the state The operators there now
pay $1-71 ton for mining, while in
Southeastern Kansas the rate is nine
ty-one cents a ton. This is on account
of the thin vein and shale in the dis
trict.
Orders from Topeka dealers for
Usage and Burlingame coal were re-
fused by the operators. Local dealers
who gave orders for Usage coal some
time ago were notified that the cars
already loaded would be shipped, but
that other cars would not be furnish
cd The cooperative mines assert
they cannot get out the coal at $3.50
ton and the privately owned plants
say the government price is too low
Tor the Usage district on account of
the high wages paid miners there.
Governor Capper will present the
problem of the Usage district to Harry
A. Garfield, the fuel administrator,
and 1T may be that a higher price will
be fixed for the Usage district. The
cooperative companies will continue
to mine coal for local use, but they do
not expect to get out any consider
able quantity for sale outside the dis
trict
The miners employed by the CO.
operative mines are on strike They
want an increase of fifty cents a ton.
which would make the labor cost of
digging the coal alone 1921 a ton. An
effort to settle the strike by mediation
of the governor failed
The Usage district is only thirty
miles from Topeka and thousands of
tons of Usage coal are burned there
yearly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Eire. KIN 1900 Annually.

The National Fire Protective asso-
citation estimates about 5000 persons
are killed every year in the United
States by fire; as result of conflagra-
tions or burns otherwise inflicted.
The property loss runs into the mil
lions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

Four-year-old Walter had permission
from his mother to make short call
on new neighbors. This is what he
reported on his return home: mann
ma, they have one child and baby
that isn't q child yet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
MONEY IN KANSAS DIARIES
Chicago Expert Points Out Fine OPP
portunity for Farmers in South
eastern Part of State.

Southeastern Kansas has the oppor-
tunity before it of becoming relative
ly as important to the national dairy
industry as has Wisconsin, H. S. Hub
bard, dairy expert of Chicago, ILL.,,
told $50 dairy farmers and bankers
at the largest dairy meeting ever held
in Labette county at Parsons recently.
\ Condensaries,. creameries and milk
distributing concerns are turning
their eyes toward this part of Kansas
with it's unsurpassed and still cheap
pasture lands and herds of dairy cat
tie, Hubbard said, and it rests with
the farmers whether they will profit,
as have the farmers of Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and Illinois. Because of the big
difference in the price of land, Kan
sas today can produce milk much
cheaper than the states where the
dairy industry has been highly de-
veloped, he said.
At the meeting were George Marble
of Fort Scott and several Fort Scott
Chamber of Commerce members, who
also attended meetings at lola and
Chanute, to make plans for dairy
train from Southeastern Kansas to
tour the chief dairy regions of the
Middle West early in October. Mr.
was to acquaint Kansas farmers with
the successful methods employed by
the dairymen in Iowa, Illinois and
Wisconsin, and to show the farmers
that Kansas today offers them ex-
ceptiona1 advantages for establishing
new dairy farms.
In the last eight months two hum
dred pure bred dairy cattle have been
brought into Labette county. Calf
clubs have been organized and new
impetus has been given to the dairy
business.
Catholic Teacher Dead.-The Rev
Joseph F. Hill, S. J., for years teacher
of English literature and civics at ST.
Mary's college is dead. Father Hill
was 81 years old and was born at
Lebanon, KY. He also had taught at
schools in Chicago. Detroit and Omaha.
x x
Kansas City Physician Dead.-Dr
John E. Brock, Sc years old, leading
Arkansas City physician, is dead at
Arkansas City. He leaves a wife and
three daughters, Mrs. George Probsr
of Hardtner, and Katherine and Ruth
Brock of Arkansas City.
High School at NormaI.-A junior
high school, consisting of the seventh
and eighth grades of the elementary
training school and the ninth grade or
the normal training high school, Will
be instituted at the normal school this
fall.
x X y
Sanitary Zone for Fort HIiey--The-
government will establish at once a
five-mile civil sanitary zone around
Manhattan, ogden and the Fort Riley
reservation, it was announced by DIR.
PauI Preble. of the federal health de-
partment.
Built Postoffive In Niqht.-On
rush orders the Fuller Construction
Company, the other night, erected
postoffice building, 40 by $50 feet, at
Camp Funston. Work was begun af-
ter 6 O'Clock by a large force of mem
and by morning the building was in
readiness.
y 4
w. S. Cady Newspaper Owner
William s. Cady, who has been adver--
Using manager on the Lawrence Jour-
nal-World. has purchased half In
terest in the Fredonia Daily Herald
which he VIII manage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
FAVOR the Risk Bill.

Washington, Aug 30.-The admins
tration Soldiers and Sailors Insur-
ance Bill, designed as substitute in
the future for the present pension sys-
tenn, was favorably reported today by
a House committee.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Simple Cure for Hiceouahs.

Dr. P B. Aquinto Of Buenos Aires
reports in the Semana Medica a case
or severe hiccoughs that resisted all
treatment for "A hours, but that yield
ed at once when the mans eyeballs
were pressed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Berlin torpedo Works Burn.

Copenhagen, Aug. 30.-The foundry
of the Schwartzkopf torpedo works in
Berlin was destroyed by fire Sunday
There are rumors that considerable
loss of life attended the conflagra
tion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Watching Lobsters Tails.

To find out if they have been cooked
alive, Holsters should be examined
very carefully. If their tails are tight
ly curled to their bodies it is reason
ably certain that they were properly
cooked
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

The battle between the Italians and
the Austrians still RACES, with the Aus
trians stubbornly retreating at many
points, including the lower Carso.
Numerous messages from the front re-
ceived by ministers indicate that the
Italians are making swift strides to-
ward victory.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

Hill 304, the last remaining import
ant stronghold of the Germans front
ing Verdun, has fallen into French
hands. The French infantry, who had
almost encircled the hill in previous
attacks, charged the German positions
in a brilliant dash and carried them
by storm, capturing the remainder of
the Germans intrenched there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

In Rumania a notable stiffening in
the Russo-Rumanian front is observed
in the failure of the Austro-G ermans
to make further gains. Attacks deliv-
cred at several points have been
checked by the Russo-Rumanians.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

President wilson's promise that
America would aid new Russia with
all moral and material power was
greeted with thunderous cheers at the
conference in Moscow. His entire
statement produced deep impression,
coming as it did after speeches by cab
met officials had barred Russia's grave
need of financial, industrial and moral
aid
X X X
The British, French, Italians and
Russians have captured 16z,7S0 war
prisoners since April 3. when the 1917
campaign opened,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

Privates Nelson and James Kelley
of Battery A, Second Missouri Field
Artillery, were killed and four others
injured when a shrapnel she'll ex.
ploded on the cantonment range at
Fort Sill. The mess hall in which the
battery was preparing its first meal
after arriving at the Oklahoma post
was wrecked.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Washington.

In a note dispatched to the Vatican
recently President Wilson rejected the
pope's peace proposals, declaring that
acceptance now would mean victory
for the Germans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Domestic

The medical advisory committee of
the Red Cross war council has decided
to equip five laboratory railroad cars
which will be prepared for emergency
work against possible outbreaks OF
epidemios in cantonment camps in
this country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

Nine. Sarah Bernhard opened her
tenth American tour recently with two
performances at the new Nixon thea
ter in Atlantic City. The tour is to
continue eighteen months and extend
from coast to coast and into South
America.
r r r
One hundred and fifty-two cadets of
the class of 1918 was graduated at the
military academy at. West Point re-
Gently. This is the second time with
in five months that West Point has
sent out a class. The class of 1917
was graduated last April
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

President Wilson has frightened the
governments. control of exports by is
suing an order forbidding the ship
ment of any goods to European neu-
trail countries except under license,
and by extending the lists for which
license is required in shipments to the
Allies and neutralS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

school in Yancy, Va. thanking the
chapter for its yearly donation of s25.
The regent. Mrs. Alfred E. T. Hans
mann. asked each member for month
ly report regarding the work done for
the soldiers and sailors and the Red
Cross. Mrs. Kroop Of the committee on
metals told of the generous response
to the call for donations to the melting
pot The day for collecting these dona-
tons has been extended to January Is.
The Boy Knights Of the Round Table
Club met recently at the home of Mrs.
Nierbuchen. Kearney street, woodbridge.
The members voted unanimously to in
vest their dues in war saving certifi-
Gates, and have made. their first pur-
chase. After games were played. re-
freshments were served. Among those
present were Masters Carl Vierbuchen.
Rudolph Vierbuchen. J. Marion Castell.
jr., Donald NeyiCs, Edwin Doane, Wal
ter Doane, Glenn Strong. Jack Nier.
porn and Sylvester Mallon.
The Capital History Club met WedDes-
day with Mrs. ]. C. Weldon. So T street.
with fourteen members present The
housing problem was discussed. Mrs.
Stoddard gave her report of the work.
conservation of clothing. Mrs. Kirk
gave a paper on How we elect our
President. The members will meet
Thursday, with Mrs. Mattox. 1911 14th
street, to sew from . 10 until O'Clock
for Friendship House. Roll call. Christ
mas thoughts. The club will meet Jam
uary 9. with Mrs. Mccoy, 1863 Bilt-
more street Refreshments were served