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WALSH GETS PROMOTION.

washington, Nov. 10. - John
Walsh, acting chief counsel Of the
federal trade commission, was today
appointed chief counsel Mr.. Walsh
has been with the commission two
years, having been appointed spec
ial counsel in 1915thsie III.
ial counsel in 1915. He is the first
chief counsel OF the commission, the
position having been vacant until to-
day.
Mr.. Walsh came here from WASH
burn, Wis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10
Little Mac" Is
Dead; Publisher
Long In State

Bismarck, NJ. o. Nov. TO-
]. X. Mcleod, pioneer publisher
Of North Dakota, died Friday
afternoon at Shakopee, Mimi,
after two months illness. The
deceased published one Of the
first newspapers IN penabina
county, and was prominent 90
newspaper work In other coun-
ties. For several years past he
had published The Flasher
Huwkler, and was known In the
state as ILittle Mack. The ro.
mains will be brought here Sun.
dav and the funeral will Be held
here Monday afternoon
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10

The Fargo lodge Of Elks viii open
the seasons series of dances next
Wednesday evening. It will be an
informal affair, and visiting Elks are
welcome.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10
Battle Forward Distance Of
800 Yards On Passchen-
daele Ridge
GERMANS BOMB
FRENCH HOSPITALS
Night Marked By Series of
Trench Raids Along
French Front
HELslNeFoRs cAPrUREp.

Stockholm, Nov. fO.-HelsinpfoFu
capital of Finland, has been entered
by the Germans, according to . Press
dispatch from Haparanda.
London. Nov. 10. - The British
made an attack this morning on the
Flanders front near PasschendaeIe.
The war office announces that early
reports indicate good progress.
The announcement follows:
AT sunrise this morning our
troops attacked German positions
northwest and north of Passchsn-
good progress was made. The wealth
er is stormy with heavy rain and
high wind"
TOday's operations were carried
out on a $500 yard front for limited
detectives. which had been virtually
all gained by 10 o'clock.
Germans RspuIsed.
Paris. Nov. 10.-German troops
undertook a series of advances last
night against French positions north
west OF Rheims. says today's official
report. They were repulsed by the
French.
Advance 300 Yards.
British Front in Belgium, Nov. 10.
The British troops, which attacked
this morning in the Passchendaele
area, were reported at an early hour
to have battled their way forward as
much as 500 yards at some points.
The British PISSED many strongly
fortified farms north and northwest
OF Goeberg. at which point they were
fighting nearly half a mile from their
jumping off place. The line was
pushed northward along the Pass
chendaele ridge almost to the point
at which the highest crest starts
slOping downward.
Germans Bomb Hospitals.
Paris, Nov. 1O.-German aviators
last night dropped bombs on a
French hospital at Zuydooota and
DunlSirk. The following official an
nouncement was made:
Enemy aviatOrs threw down nifty
bombs in the region of Dunkirk.
Three persons were killed and three
wounded.
THE hospital at zuydcoots, de-
partment of the Nord, also was at
tackeu by German aViators, VINO
threw down incendiary bombs. Seven
persons belonging TO the hospital
staff were killed and nine were
wounded"
The announcement follows:
Northwest of Rheims, the night
was marked by a series OF efforts
directed by the enemy against our
trenches and small posts, especially
in the sectors of Loivre Courcy and
Du Godat. We repulsed the enemy by
our fire and he was not able 10 ap-
proach our lines at any point.
East Of Neuville we penetrated a
German trench and destroyed shelf
ers.
"On the right bank Of the MeuES
Werdun 'front.' the artillery fighting
continues spiritedly, near Chaume
wood where in patrol engagements
we took prisoners.
In the VosKes and in Alsace we
inflicted considerable losses in raid
ing enemy lines northwest Of Senon-
mes and east Of Seppois. There is
to report elsewhere"
British Advance in PaIestins.
London, Nov. l0.-The BrftiFF
army in Palestine, pursuing the de-
feated Turks, has made further ex-
gains, the war ONCE an
nounces. Askalon has been occupied.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10
Boys Are Organized.

Six hundred and seventy-nve
North Dakota grade and high school
boys Will earn $40 each for the fund
between now and next April. ac-,
cordlng TO 9. w. Gustafson, Fargo,
who returned Friday after an organ
fzation tour of the state, IN which
he visited practically every large
city. and named local chairnen.
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tcontinued on pare 81
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10

Stockholm, Nov. 10.-HelsIngfors,
capital Of Finland, has been entered
by the Germans, according to . Presa
dispatch from Haparanda.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
AMERICANS ALL
ENJOY INITIAL
WAR EXPERIENCE
Many United States Infantrymen
g. s'+'. ,rj .,Al
L. r~, Pick Off German lo~a
~ Shippers
IMPATIENT TO DO
MORE FIGHTING

With the American Army in France,
Nov 2.-Some of the American SOL
diers who have just been relieved aft
er service in the trenches, had some
thrilling stories to tell on returning
to the billets. On clear days, espe.
cially. German snipers became active.
Bullets went singing overhead. Amer
ican infantrymen were told to attend
to any sniper who became active, and
more than one of them will snipe
Americans no more This game of
sniping the sniper is highly popular
The only complaint heard today was
that there was not nearly enough
rifle shooting to satisfy the infantry
men.
Several of the soldiers said they
went out to fight, but did not get
enough. There is no scarcity of ex
pert riflemen, when sniper starts in
A colonel had an exciting expert
ence when the Germans nearly got
the range of an observation post In
which he and his aide were.
They lost no time in taking tenn
pOrary cover.
The artillery on both sides was rath
er more active during the past days
in which the first contingent of Amer
leans was in the trenches. The Ger
mans shelled the back areas and ap
proaches, putting shrapnel and high
explosive shells in the direction OF
the trenches and battery positions
Aside from livening up things for a
while, nothing was accomplished by
the enemy.
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10y Associate Press.)

PetrOgrad, Thursday, Nov LIN
view OF reports reaching Petrograd
that the impression was spreading
abroad that Russia was virtually out
of the war, Premier Kerensky dis
cussed the present condition of the
country frankly today with the Asso-
ciated Press. He said Russia was
worn out by the long strain, but that
it was riliculous to say the country
was out Of the war. %ss
The premier referred to the year in
which Russia had fought her own
campaigns alone, with no such assist.
ance as has been extended to France
by Great Britain and now by America
He said he felt help was needed urg-
emily and that Hussia asked it as her
right. He urged that the United
States give aid, in the form Of money
and supplies, and appealed to the
world, not to lose faith in the Rus
sian revolution.
Russia. NJ. Kerensky added, was
taking an enormous part in the strug'
gle.e and those who said she was out
must have short meMSgies..
Il. ss..4 s4..@t ttssss soagtt Atone. 1'''s'
Russia. the premier declared, has
been fighting 18 months longer than
England, and Russia has fought her
battles alone and is fighting alone to.
day.
The world must not lose faith in
the Russian revolution because It is
an economic one, the premier added,
and no, one has the right to feel dis
illusioned about it, as it takes years
to develop a stable government.
Americas most useful way Of help.
ing Russia is in sending boots, leath.
er. iron and money. Premier Keren'
sky said it would be impossible for
the United States to send troops be-
cause the difficulties of transportation
would be too great.
Russia has fought consistently
since the beginning. She saved France
and England from disaster early in
the war. She is now worn out by the
strain, and claims as her right that
the allies now shoulder the burden
CONTINUED on page fve)
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an attempt to repeat the Dunajec
drive of 1915. which blasted Russia
out of Galicia and Poland, and the Ser
bian drive of the same year, which
blew open the road to Constantonople.
General Mackensen, the commando:
who carried out the big smashes OF
1915 and who is again heading the
Germans, is the pinch hitter" of the
Prussian war machine.
The German believe the Italians are
caught in the same relative position
as the Russians and Serbs in 1915.
The Russians had run out of NUM-
tions The Serbs had little artillery.
In both campaigns Mackensen literal
| ly blasted his way by drum fire.
Italy has plenty Of guns, and her
\
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DISSATISFACTION GENERAL.

Washington, Nov. 2 Official cable
grams received here today describe
a remarkable scene in the Austr'"'r
Reichsratch October 27 showing the
dissatisfaction of the numerous Czech
elements, which has given the Aus
TRAN government grea, cunc...,. Ane
president of the chamber, made for
NAL announcement of the great Aus
tro-German victory over the Italians
on the Bainsizza plateau, and called
for cheers from the Austrian army.
Not a single Czech responded and
members of that party sat in colemn
silence to the great dismay Of the
Germanic element.
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The heavy black line shows the
ltalian-Teuton front with the Austro-
German wedge driven through to
Cividale. The immediate objective un-
doubtedly is Undine, which If taken,
would place the enemy within 80 miles
of Venice. The small arrow points
to the German advance, from Tolmein
to Cividale; the long arrow points to
the city of gondolas and water-filled
streets-Venice, the historic spot of
Italy. The territory between the dot
ted lines in above map is Italian Aus
tria, stolen from Italy to give Aus
tria an Adriatic seaport, Trieste.
Washington, d. c., Nov. Ger.
manys offensive against Italy, reduced
to military essentials and stripped OF
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THEFT Of FOOD
FROM NAVAL
CAMP CHARGED

Chicago, Nov. 1.-Three petty Off
GERS and seven civilians are under ar
rest today in connection with charges
of the theft of more than $4,000
worth of foodstuffs from the Great
Lakes naval training station. The al
legged conspiracy is said to have been
disclosed by the manager at kenosha
for a packing house, who said he was
told by customers that his products
could be obtained at prices below
those charged by him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
War Loans are Teaching
American People to Invest
And Economize Says Banker
World is Being Amazed by Revel.
ations Of Americas Invest
ment Capacity
NO FEAR OF BUSINESS
sTAGNATIoN IN NATION
Government is Engaged in one Of
Greatest Buying Campaigns
in History

The United States is becoming
a nation Of Landowners. The
floating Of two Liberty Loans,
which have made everybody "a.
miliar with bonds and what they
stand for, 10 certain to be followed
by much buying Of tonds on the
part Of our plain American peo.
pie, who formerly left these issues
to be taken up by banks and cap.
itaiists.
"A bond ia every home" is not
impossible development Of the
American future.
No American is a better auth.
ority on this subject than Frank
A. vanderi;p, president Of the
National City Bank, New York.
the biggest bank in America, and
ono Of the five biggest in. the
world.
vanderIip 10 now a volunteer
worker in the United States treas
ury department at Washington.
His patriotic job is to sell two
billion dollars worth Of war saw.
ings certificates, which will be
ready perhaps in December.
The Tribune sent Milton eron-
ner Of its Washington bureau to j.
interview vanderlip. Here is
Bronner's article:
SAYS FRAMt<tA. VANDERBILT,
In an Interview with Milton eron
ner r:of epE Washington Bureau:
The great, success OF the 80 sonG OF
[ering OF the Liberty loan bonds has
in 1t a deep Significance in regard t.
the future Of investment business II
The United States.
The .adncation which these Libert,
oan campaigns are giving the people
of this country in regard to invest
ment securities and the exparienc:
which the people are gaining will, I
1elieve, have q profound effect in tht
future upon the market for securities
)ther than government offerings.
When the first Liberty loan cam
paign was being organized some fig
Tres were collected from the great
)Ond selling houses, with a view O
how many people in tht
United States were In the habit of in
,esting in securities. The conclusion
vas reached that all the names on the
books Of all the important bond hous
IS did not aggregate much if any more
han 100000 persons. Subscribers r.
he first Liberty loan numbered 1000,
700. A vast number of additional sub
scribers to the second loan will learr
,or the first time what bond looks
ike, and will get their first lessor
n the acquisition of a sound invest
nent l believe the result of this Il
going to be Of fundamental import
ance to our future. 1t means growing
Continued on Page Seven)
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CASES AGAINST
SEN. ALBRIGHT
ARE DISMISSED
Anamoose Citizens Charged With
sedition are not Held by U. S.
Commissioner
SOUTH DAKOTA SOCIALISTS
STIFF SENTENCES

Fargo, Nov. 2.--The alleged espi0n-
age cases of the government against
eight prominent men OF Anamoose,
one of them former Senator Alorecht,
were dismissed by United States
Commissioner Hopkins, Of Anamoose,
late yesterday, it became known here
today The men were arrested Octo-
Der / on a commissioners warrant
charginb them with conspiracy in ham
pering the government work IN the
selective draft. After hearing wit
nesses giving testimony on behalf OF
the government on cross examination
that the men took a prominent part
in patriotic affairs and had made
large contributions in behalf OF the
lied Cross counsel for them asked
that the case be dismissed. No wit
nesses were introduced ly the de-
fense
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 2.-PrisOn
centences ranging from one year and
day to two years were imposed on
&c German socialists, convicted here
last week for conspiring to obstruct
the selective draft, in federal court
here today, and fines ranging from
$500 to $1,000 also were assessed
against them. August Friedrich, al
legged leader of the conspiracy, was
fined $1,000 and sentenced to five
years in prison. Motions for new
trial were denied. The men will be
sent to the federal prison at Ft. Leav,
enworth. The socialists, most OF
whom are farmers near Tripp, S. D.,
last August addressed several intim-
idating petitions to county and state
officers who were administering the
draft. One of the petitions was sent
to Governor Nordbeck. Their con
victior was secured under the espion-
age act. Twenty-six men in all were
indicted. The remaining defendant
who is ill will be tried later.
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PLOT UNEARTA[D
TO K|ONAP son
Of EOSAL FORD

Detroit, Mich. Nov. 2.-1t became
known today that federal agents IN
Detroit are investigating an alleged
plot to atduct or kill Henry Ford H.
infant son of Edsal Ford, and grand
son of the multi-millionaire manutac-
turer. A letter demanding $4,000
from Edsal Ford as a price for the
Ibaby's safety, was turned over TO
postoffice inspectors several days ago.
It is understood that one man mas
been detained and that several arrests
are pending.
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BRING DOWN AEROPLANES.

Paris, Nov. 2.-Ten German aero
planes were brought down yesterday
by the French or compelled to land In
a damaged condition the war office
announces. The artillery battle con-
tinues on the Aisne front. German
attacks at several points were re-
pulsed. Seventeen French airplanes
dropped $500 pounds of prcjectiles on
Offonburg, in the Grand Ducby of BAD.
en-, in reprisal for the Commandment of
Dunhirl
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BACHELOR C0BBLER
FRAMES DRAFT THAT
REPRESENTS RICHES

Plentywood, Mont, Nov. r.
Bob Medved, bachelor coohler,
who has just received a draft tor
$4,000 as his share OF an estate
LEFT by his grandfather, who re-
Gently died at Watertown. s. D,
has had the draft framed and
huna on the wall Of his cobo'er's
shop, where he says il will be nice
TO look At rs he pegs away at his
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MUTiNY At KEEL,

London, Nov. 2.-Three officers and
number of sailors of the German
navy were killed "in an another" mu-
tiny at Kiel early ir September, &C.
cording to dispatch from Amster
dam to the Daily Express, which
claims to have authentic details. The
outbreak occurred aboard the battle.
ships Kronprinz and Schleswig:H :Hol.
stein, and started when the men re.
volted against being drafted into the
submarine service.
Throw Admiral Overheard.
The sailors on the kronprinz threw
Admiral Schmidt overheard and sta1.
bed and threw overheard Lieutenant
Raul, the admiral's aide. and another
officer A battle on the ships deck
between the officers and sailors fol-
lowed. Three officers and a mum Der
of men were killed. Similar scenes
occurred on the Schleswig- -Holstein.
Admiral Schmidt was rescued, but
1t was necessary for him to leave
Kiel. All the surviving mutincers
were arrested.
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SEND 1000 NURSES,

Washington, Nov. about 2.ooo
Red Cross nurses already have been
sent to Europe, the Red Cross head
quarters announced today. and 10000
have been enrolled, number estimat-
ed as sufficient for an army OF 1.500.-
900 men. Approximately 1000 nurses
are being added every month. a'-.e'
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SINKS BRITISH LINER.

An Atlantic Port, Nov. "A Ger
man submarine torpedoed and sank
the British steamship East Wales, of
1921 tons gross, off Queenstown, on
October IA. according to survivor
who arrived here today. One of two
U-5oats which took part in the attack
shelled the open life boats. Four OF
the crew perished, and five others
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EIGHT DEAD;
TRANSPORT SUNK

Washington, Nov. 2. Eight
arc dead and one missing as a
result of the recent torpedoing Of
the homcward bound transport
Finland. Two of dead and missing
men are members of the naval
armed guard, two were army men,
and the rest was the crew.
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KAISER CONGRATUlATES.

Amsterdam, Nov. "A Berlin dis
patch says Emperor William has tele-
graphed to General Won Buelow, com
manding the troops on the Italian
front. congratulations for his sue
ccsses against Italy, saying:
Our faithless former ally has OK.
perienced what German strength and
German wrath can accomplish. With
me, the fatherland thanks it's incom'
parable sons. Forward with God"
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!
] On this new organization-the Lib
erty Bands which seems to have
constituted itself an extra-legal con-
! stabulary for the purpose OF keeping
pacifism within bonds, official Wash
! ingtOn has no opinion.
7 But without approving the Liberty
Band, official Washington is forced
i to recognize their existence, and to
face the possibility that their meth
DDS will spread fsrv 4canuA
!, These citizens posses. it lis point
/. ed out, have sprung up during every
national crisis, ard governmental pro-
cess has never sufficed to control
them. utrv,1,nF ,"'
The first American Vigilance Com
,,mittees, parents Of the long line OF
similar organizations, were creatures
of the revolutionary period. They
were formed in many communities to
enforce incorporation agreements
and to ferret out Tories.
Most notable were the Vigilantes, in
California in 1S48 and 1S49. when le-
gal government did not keep pace
with the influx of thousands of gold
seekers. Vigilantes were common in
many frontier communities until Of
fiicials were stable enough to keep
order.
In the southern states prior to the
Civil war, vigilance committees some
times enforced the will of the COM
munity against abolitiOnists, or others
suspected of disloyalty to the south,
and to prevent the circulation of abOl,
ition literature.
| After the Civil war the Ku-Klux'
Klan terrorized almost the entire
south from 1866 to 1879, visiting its
wrath on aspiring negroes and carpet
Dag" politicians from tho north. 1t
was the souths weapon to nullify the
enfranchisement of the negro, and
keep the political control in the hands
OF the whites It's warnings, couched
in awesome phrases and marked by
strange hieroglyphics, struck terror
to negro politicians and to northern
organizers.
Among the sectional organizations
of viligantes one of the most unique
was that of the MOllie Maguires,
which fomentcd strife in Pennsylvania
in the seventies and eighties Of the
last century. The Mollie Maguires
we're composed of miners and others
whom they admitted as sympathizers.
Originally confining their activities to
haxing and cowing strikebreakers and
others who disrupted the mining con-
ditions the employees were working
for, the society finally degenerated
into band for paying off private
grudges with thuggery and murder,
and was broken up by the United
States government.
The Kentucky night riders who ev-
en- within the past decade have gal.
loped over the hills and valleys
through which Bigelow was spirited
| by his motor caravan escort, were the
latest outbreak of vigilante Justice
prior to the Liberty Lands. They
were bands of tobacco growers, dis
satisfied with the purchasers pooling
arrangements, which, they felt, deprfv-
ed them of a fair return for their
crops They patrolled the countryside,
burning crops, destroying barns and
warehouses. frightening and Furnishing
those who did not join in their pro.
gram.
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SEVENTH LOAN,

Amsterdam, Nov. Issuance of
the seventh Austrian war loan has
been officially announced, according to
Vienna dispatch today. The loan
comprises 511a per cent redeemable
state loan and 51a per cent excheq.
uer bonds, repayment August, 1926,
hoth free of taxation, '9s%e
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Herbert Bigelow one Of First
Victims of a Southern Or
ganization
POSSES RECALLS ACTS
OF OLD KU KLUX KLAN
Whipping of Preacher Recalls Elk.
ploits of Famous Kentucky
Night Riders
SPECIAL Dispatch from Our Washing.
ton Bureau. -

Washington, Nov. 2.-Now the Lib
erty Bands have taken their place on
the American war stage. Out of tho
west has come the memory of the old
Vigilantes, and from the south tho
spirit OF the Ku-KluX Klan, to join in
Kentucky in inspiring the first of a
new organization of night riders to
apply the American system of emer-
gency justice to emergencies Of the
war. tA
The first Liberty Band outbreak
was the capture and chastisement of
Herbert Bigelow, we'll known Ohio pa
cifist, by Kentucky motor crew
following night rider methods on six
cylinder basis. No one here is will
ing to stake his reputation as pro.
phet on the assertion that it will be
the last Liberty Eand outbreak.
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.RUSS|A NEEDS
UNITED M | | | STATES
SAYS E|[R[NSKY
People Worn out After Years Of
Struggle Want Money and
Supple, ct Once
sLAvs HAVE FOUGHT LONG
WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE
Premier Cites Aid Which Britain
and America showered
Upon France

Washington, %. c., Nov. 2.-The
governments apparent faith in
Russia was eil1fated today in the
authorization Tor a loan Of $751;
100000 out Of credits previously
arranged for, which was to be
placed to the credit Of the Rus
sian government at the Federal
Reserve bank Of New York during
the day.