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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
SPECIAL COURT TERN
OPENED THIS MORNING

"A special term Of district court was
begun at the courthouse, Moorhead,
this morning with Judge William II.
Parsons, Fergus Falls. presiding.
After disposing OF a few motions the
trial OF the case OF Thura l.. La
Valley against Andrew I'll. Vile was
taken up Settlement or disputed
matters In the accounting Of the
real estate firm, wife q La Valley
are sought. The firm did an extern
sive business in GriRgs and Barnes
counties. North Dakota. as well as la
Clay county Chas 8. Marden repre-
scented the plaintiff and q. III. Peter
son the defendants
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
Land Transfers

Gustave r. Geske and wife to city
of Fargo for schools, lot IS blk Case
Peake & Halls ad; $2,700.
Patrick c. Gallagher and wife to
Geo. @. GratiaB. lot in blk 4 Hunt
ington's subd Of Chapin's ad; 81.
Christian c. Furnburg to Eddie D.
Christianson, Sc 36-13s-60; $1,000.
Henry Amerland and wife to e. g..
Guthrie, lots "a and 9 IL 20 in blk 10
Huntington's ad; $3.50.
N. P. Dodge and wife of r. J. Win
ger, lots 17s and $50 Belmont Park
ad; S32s.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
-four NOOUHEAD YOUNG
MEN ENTER SERVICE
Given Send-oF Bv Friends At
Northern Pacific Station
LAST Niuht.

Four we'll known Moorhead young
men who have enlisted IN different
lNanches Of their Country's service
lt-t for ST. Paul last night to re-
port for duty. 4 large number Of
friends gathered at the Northern
Pacific station TO see them start.
Albert Nemzek and Joseph Strub
have enlisted in the navy. Gilbert
F1aten will enter the signal corps
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
STREET CASE DISMISSED.
Must Get Vacation BY Condemnation,
Cole Rules.

James German, lis Twelfth street
north, and 90 others seeking the
opening OF Twelfth street north
across the Milwaukee tracks must
secure the vacation OF that portion
Of the street by condemnation pro-
ceedings. District Judge A. \. cole
ruled In quashing the writ Of man
damus. Judge Cole ruled that man
damus proceedings were not the
proper remedy in view OF the title
held by the railway company.
Further action by the plaintiffs
mas not been announced.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
CLAY COUNTY is
OVER SUBSCRIBED
Purchases of Liberty Bonds
Exceed Quota, 1t Is
Announced Today

Clay county's quota of the Second
Liberty Loan. 100000. was over
subscribed according to the figures
received by Chairman A. II. Costain
Of the county committee. The sub
scriptions will be checked over to
show the amount for each political
subdivision of the county.
Following are the totals for each
point where a bank is located and
the subscriptions include both those
Of individuals and Of the banks:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
FARGO MEDIcs TO BE GUESTS.
Annual Meeting Of Clay Becker
Medical Annexation This Evening.

The speaker at the annual meet
ing of the Clay Becker Medical as
ISOLATION. to be held at the Comstock
hotel this evening. will be DR.. Fl. n.
Gifin Of the Mayo clinic. The sub
ject Of the address will be Diseases
Of the Blood and Spleen. Members
of the Cass County Medical associa-
ton will be guests OF the Clay
Becker association this evening.
The dinner will be served az 8
O'Clock in the large dining room OF
the ComstOck.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
NE 5S.I LOAN DAN. 70 1., ALLIES.

Washington, Oct. 2g.-Another adj
vance Of $25.000,000 was made today
0y the government to Great Britain,
bringing the total loaned that coun-
try thus far up 10 s1.400. 600 600 ana
the total 70 All the allies S2,sBl. 400. :
0oo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
mo FIGURES YET
ON TOTAL SALES
OFLIBERTY BONDS


Washington, Oct. 29.-Returns
from the second Liberty Loan cam
paign reaching the treasury depart
ment early today gave no definite
indication as to the total amount
subscribed.
Treasury officials. on the basis of
returns at hand, were unable to say
whether subscriptions to the loan
had passed the $4,000, 900, 900 mark,
although they were agreed the
chances are that the figures approx
mate this amount.
Reserve bank officials and local
loan committees have until Thursday
to make Anal reports.
Chicago, Get. 2s.-Tabulators re-
sumed their task today of reckoning
the subscriptions to the second
Liberty Loan in the seventh federal
reserve district. Estimates today are
that the district will fall a trifie
short of the maximum allotment of
500, 900, 900, a conservative figure for
purchases being $751;. 900, 900. Chicago
exceeded its maximum quota Of $780,
0O0. 900.
Figures for the entire district
show 647,045 subscriptions for a to-
tai of $356, 243.600. Wisconsin shows
107,045 subscriptions thus far for
So, 49S, 800.
Further figures showing Liberty
Loan subscription totals, the treas
ury department announced today
will not be made public here until
Nov. /. This decision was reached
when it became apparent that the
federal reserve banks would be I'M
able to make more than approximate
returns before that time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29

and Aloysius F. Lsvitre will take
the examination for mechanic in the
Evening star., 1917-09-15
GRAIN SHORTAGE BETTER.
Minnesota Farmers, Expecting 81 fol
Wheat. Will Plant Record Crop.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. September Is.
Improvement is reported in the grain
shortage situation which for time
threatened to force the closing of many
-four mills here.
Members of the Minneapolis Chamber
1 of Commerce said that farmers of the
northwest. expecting price of at least
So a bushel for next years crop, are
making preparations for planting one
of the largest crops in history. Har-
vesting and fall plowing have delayed
marketing of the crops and the delay
has led to reports that farmers were
holding back their wheat because of
dissa tisfaction with the government
price, according to grain men.
Denial that the government contem-
plates requisitioning wheat on farms
to keep flour mills going is made by
Herbert C. Hoover. food administrator.
Mills generally are running on fun
time, Mr.. Hoover said. Some are handi-
capped by shortage of grain. But food
administration officials expect wheat to
move freely in a short time.
Only in few districts where anti
war or German propaganda has been
active has there been concerted effort
to withhold wheat from the markets.
Such action will have no effect on
prices the government will pay in its
purchases.
Wheat stocks ran shorter this year
than in any period before. At the time
the new crop began to come on the
market there was scarcely any wheat
in the country. If shipments to the
European neutra1s had not been stop
ped, it is said, the shortage would have
forced some mills to close.
Reports to the food administration
winter wheat this fall Farmers are so
busy planting in some regions they
have not had time, 1t is declared, to
take their wheat to market.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
REACnONARY TREND IN
THE MARKET TODAY

NEW YORK, September 15.-Reac-
ttonary tendencies were uppermost IN
the stock market today.
The trend was attributable to a va
riety of unfavorable influences. includ-
ing the less satisfactory Russian news.
the rumored presence OF hostile SUD
marines in the western Atlantic and
reports that industrial taxation would
be increased largely. In the face OF
these factors possibilities of the bear
side became more promising Tor the
moment, and special issues were SOLD
very freely. The coppers were the main
points of weakness. Inspiration lost
more than 3 points.
Toward the close the list stiffened on
demand for coa!ers and motors. but
subsequently yielded again on in
creased weakness of steels and cop
pers. The closing was heavy. Total
sales approXimated 1S5. 900 shares.
Bonds We're irregular. Liberty bonds
sold at 1886 to 100.
Trading was in reduced volume a. the
opening of the market and no efforts
were made to follow up yesterdays ad-
vantage. on the first transH ttionS
movements We're small and irregular.
hut as it bee 2-.arent thai sup
port was lacking the market eased off.
Traders found buying of the coppers
of poor quality and hammered these
shares energetically. Utah. Inspiration
and Anaconda lost to 2 points and the
steels. motors and war shares large
fractions.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
SUSPENSE DURING WEEK
ON SECURITIES MARKET
Troubles in Russia and Uncertainties
as to Price Fixing in Con-
gross Had Effect

NEW YORK, September 15.-Judg-
ment as othe outlook for the securi-
ties market was held in suspense this
week pending the clearing up of va
rious questions with direct bearing on
financial conditions and the irregular
movements on the stock exchange were
in accord with the confused state OF
speculative sentiment. During the ear
lier part of the week the feeling was
distinctly bearish. and although the de-
cline in prices was followed by a wig
orous recovery there was no indication
that genuinely constructive move
ment was under way or that the finan-
cial community had arrived at any con-
clusions respecting the main questions
al issue.
The internal troubles in Russia weigh
ed heavily against the market, as did
the uncertainties as to government fix
ing prices and the course of financial
legislation by Congress Firmness OF
money rates. Notwithstanding the i'm
proved position of the banks. tended to
check operations on the long side.
Liquidation of standard investment
shares was continued and many new
low priceS-in some instances the low
est in many years-were reached. Spec
ulators for the decline raided the mar
ket with a good deal of success and IA
vorite mediums for such trading were
depressed extensively.
The recovery which came late in the
week apparently was assisted by over
extension of short selling, which proved
an evident scarcity of stocks, in which
bearish operations had been largest
Liquidation ceased and outside buying
gave evidence of increased confidence in
the position of the market. A con-
tributory factor was the news from
Russia that the provisional govern
ment had suppressed the insurrection-
airy movement
Russian rubles. which had declined
rapidly to the unprecedented price of
11la cents, as compared with normal
quotations around SO, effected a quick
and substantial recovery.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. September 15.-Cotton
futures opened steady, October, 20.30;
December. 2o10: January. 20.02; March,
20.20; May, 20.30.
The market showed continued ner-
vousness this morning. 1t looked as
though all the selling orders around
the ring had not been executed on the
sharp breark of late yesterday report
shipping had been attacked by sub
marine east of Nantucket probably
caused some selling. while the decline
was promoted also by favorable week
end crop reviews and rather bearish
week end figures. The market soon
rallied. however, on reports of another
tropical disturbance in the Caribbean
and the south Atlantic coast storm,
suggesting rainy weather In the east
ern belt over Sunday. October ad-
vanced from 20.20 to 20.42 and Jan
uary from 1898 to 20.15 during the
early trading, with active months SELL
ing about . to points net higher.
NEW ORLEANS. September 15-Cot-
ton opened barely steady. Opening bids
October. 1876: December, 1916: jan
uary. 1880; March, 1863; May. 1882.
Irregularity prevailed In the early
trading in cotton here today. December
made a net gain of points on the
opening call, but other months were
down and soon there was a net decline
of IA to % points. Storm warnings
made for steady tone.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
FROST SCARES DOMINATE
THE MARKET FOR CORN
Predictions for Bumper Crop Over
shadowed by Unfavorable
Weather Reports.

CHICAGO. September Is. - Frost
scares have largely dominated the corn
trade during the last week. AS a re-
suit prices this morning showed gains
of S1s cents to SIS. compared with a
week ago. Oats were up . to 214
net.
Provisions finished at a range all the
way from 95 down to rise of 65.
Buying of corn broadened out at
times in wonderful fashion when dan
ger appeared imminent that crop ma
turity had been too long delayed to
escape killing frost. Unreasonable low
temperatures apparently caused for
getfulness that the latest government
estimates pointed to the largest crop
on record. Moderate bearish reactions
on Tuesday and Wednesday were
ascribed respectively to doubt whether
any serious frost damage had taken
place and to sympathy with break in
the New York stock market associated
more or less with revolutionary trou-
bles in Russia. Thursday and Friday
witnessed renewal of alarm about
nullified in a measure by reports that
German peace terms said to have been
given to the Pope included assent to
absolute Independence for Belgium.
Active demand from the seaboard did
much to give strength to the oats
market. Besides. many farmers were
said to be holding back on sales of
oats until better assured of the safety
of corn. There was also considerable
fear of wet weather delays to thresh-
ing. Arrivals of wheat. although finally
showing some enlargement. proved al
together too meager to satisfy an ur
gent demand from mills Flour stocks
were represented as very light, and
bulIish estimates became current as to
the seasons yield of wheat in the three
chief spring crop states. On the other
hand, rapid progress was reported in
plowing for the winter crop.
Provisions averaged higher with corn.
Profit taking on the part of holders,
however, counted in some cases as
much more than an offset.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
LOCAL BANK DEPOSITS
LARGEST ON RECORD
BY I. A. FLEMING.

The long delayed call from the con-
troller of the currency was made this
morning. asking for a report OF the con-
dition of the national banks OF the coun-
try at the close OF business September IL
While only the preliminary reports are
available for comparison it is apparent
that the total deposits Of the District
of Columbia at the date mentioned were
the largest in the record of the local
banks.
This is accounted for by the fact that
millions of dollars of warrants for the
payment of merchandise, shipping, war
material and other contracts have been
returned through the banks for collection.
and while but a small percentage of these
funds remains here, one batch of war
rants are no more than cleared when an
other arrives, so that it is more or less
a continuous transfer of funds with a
large block of paper remaining in the
banks steadily.
Then again there has been practically
no investment demand in the local Sc
curity market for months. and while
dividends being paid and interest
charges met with regularity. the funds
simply accumulate in the banks 10 the
credit of the depositors.
Bank deposits are large, we'll as
individuals. and here. too. the govern
ment payments cut much figure. for banks
all over the country are sending war
rants, although the larger part of the
warrants come from the big cities OF
the east.
Between June 90 and September II
gains were made. as follows: The
Union Trust Company. gained 1890. 600:
Riggs National. Si.S2o. 900: the Com
merciaI National. $5.546.0I7: the Dis
trict National. Sl.196,733; the National
Savings and Trust. S421.0 the Amer
lean National $4,000: the National
Metropolitan, S352.0U0. and the Lincoln
National gained $4,000.
During the interim between the call
of June 30 and September II consider
able tax money has been returned and
bonds.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

EGGs-steady; nearby. 45a4s; south
ern, 43.
CHEESE-New York state factory, new.
26a27.
BuTTER-Elgin print. 4shs Elgin tub.
Asa process, AZ; store packed. "a.
PoULTRY-Live hens, per h.. %:
ROSTERS, per lb-. II; turkeys. per h..
%; spring chickens. per h.. 26a27; ducks.
per h., 13a2O; geese, per lb., 1Oa13
keats, young. each. 40a50.
DRESSED PoULTRY--Hens choice.
Per h., 2saSo; spring chickens. 80 per
lb.. 1sa20; geese. per h.. 13a15.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. new. per bbl,
1.50a450; per box, 50a1.50; California
oranges. 2.o0a5.oo; lemons. 6.OOa7 90 ;
peaches. 2.25a3-o0 crate; watermelons.
25a50 EACH cantaloupes, Colorado stand
ard. 2.ooa3.00; fats. 1.oOa1.20 crate
southern and nearby, 5Oa20O; grapes,
Concords. crate, 1.25a2.00; Niagaras
crate. 1.25a2.o0; Delaware, crate. lisa
2.2o; pears. basket. 5Oa250: damsons,
basket, 40a1.25.
vEGETABLES-Po new 3.ooa
ATS per bbl.: No. 2 potatoes, l50a2 90
sweet potatoes. 4.00a5.00 per bbl; No.
2, 2.00a2.50 bbl.: string beans. per bbl
okra, per crate. 75a1.Oo: radishes per
100. 1.50a2.00; cucumbers. basket, 150a
2.25: eggplant. 125a1.50 crate: new cab
bage, per bbl. 1.25aI.75; beets, per
Dunch, oao; lettuce .oaZo0 per basket:
celery. per doz. 30a75; celery. crate, 2 so
a5.00; romaine lettuce, 1.00a1.50; squash,
1.00a1.25 per crate: tomatoes 10Oa175:
spring onions. 1.50a2 90 per 100 punches
onions. per SEX. 3.6oa3.75; spinach, 250a
300 per bbl.; kale. 50a1. 90 per bbl: corn.
per doz.. 20a30; lima beans. per qt. 1sa
LIvT STOCK-Sheep. per lb, 7as;
lambs, spring, 1914 calves. per lb, Is;
medium. Is per lb.; common. per lb.,
16a16.
WOoL-Free of burrs. s4: bury. 6sa
so.
SEEDSLRed clover, 13.00a135o pei
bu.; alsike clover. 13.00a12.50 per bu
crimson clover, 11.00a1l.50 per bu
timothy. 400 per bu.; red top. i 800
a14.00 per 100 lbs: bluegrass. 2.90a30e
GRAIN-Wheat. milling. per bu.. 2.10a
3.20; corn, per bu.. 2.1oa2.20; oats, white
eea70: mixed oats. 67a6S.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
COOPERATION OF ALLIED
LEGISLATORS DEBATED

Cooperation of the legislative bodies
of the allies and the United States was
discussed today by the Senate foreign
relations committee. Henry Franklin
Bouillon. vice president of the French
chamber of deputies, who recently ad-
dressed the House of Representatives.
presented to the committee his plan for
appointment of A congressional COM
mission of twenty-five to an interpar-
liamentary council to hold quarterly
meetings.
The plan was said to have been favor
ably received by the committee. with
out formal action. Capitol leaders
probably will discuss the question
later.
The committee also directed Senator
Swanson of Virginia to draft a reply to
British parliament leaders thanking 6
them for the invitation recently re-
ceived to have delegation from Con
gress visit England and the British
front.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
FIRST AID BY POLICEMAN
MAY SAVE BOYS LIFE
Herbert Scott, Serious Gunshot
Wound in Stomach, Taken to
Georgetown Hospital.

If the life of Herbert Scott. eleven
years DID, of 1875 10Th street. who was
shot yesterday while cunning on An
alostan Island, is spared, it will be due
in a large measure to the first-aid
measures applied by Policeman Hugh
McDermott of the seventh precinct.
When the wounded boy was taken to
Georgetown in a boat from the island
Policeman McDermott responded in the
auto patrol for call to take the boy
to Georgetown University Hospital.
The gunshot had torn a wound as
large as a mans fist in the side of the
boys stomach.
Policeman McDermott, who has made a
thorough study of the first aid lessons
given to the local police, Immediately
opened the first aid kit carried in the
patrol wagon and securing a large wad OF
bandages pushed them into the open
wound and stopped the flow of blood.
This operation was performed while the
boy was being hurried to the hospital
The officer held the packing in the wound.
Arthur Torryson, seventeen years old,
of 2105 Pennsylvania avenue, who told
the police a gun he was loading was
accidentally discharged and shot Scott,
was released from custody last night
on bail pending the outcome of the
boys injuries.
1t was stated at the hospital today
the boys condition is improved.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
QUITS BUSINESS FOR WAR.
G.. H. Markward to Do Y. M. c. A
Secretarial Work in France.

G. H. Markward. a Washington busi-
ness man. living at 1921 Monroe street,
has transferred his business interests
and sailed Thursday for France as one
of a party of Y. NJ. c. A. workers. This
expedition included forty secretaries to
work among the American expedition
ary troops and for similar work in the
French army.
This raises the number of American
association secretaries who have gone
overseas for work in France to about
$50. Among the group were some
prominent educators: DR.. Guy Potter
Benton, president of the University of
Vermont: Prof. Edward. P. Ballot, head
of the department of romance Ian
guages of Northwestern University;
Prof. John Granbery of Southwestern
University. Georgetown, Tex. who was
accompanied by his wife. the latter go
ing for work in the canteens: Robert r.
Newton. instructor in Phillips Exeter
Academy.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, September IS. - Better
weather than expected gave an advan-
tage today to the bears in the corn
market. over the southwest especially
conditions for maturing the crop were
excellent. Reports of German sub
marine operating off the New England
coast tended further to handicap the
bulls. Opening prices. which ranged
from 4 to Il lower, with December at
1.1SA to 1.1S1a and May at lis Il to
1.l6. We're followed by moderate ad-
ditional decline.
oats weakened with corn. Assertions
that yesterdays sales to exporters
totaled 100000 bushels were virtually
ignored.
Slightly increased receipts of wheat
here We're noted. In the northwest,
however, arrivals fell off somewhat.
Large purchases for Belgium put
firmness into the provision market. Of
ferings We're scarce.
NEW YORK, September 15.-Lard.
quiet; middle west, 24.00a2410. Other
articles unchanged.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
Is Braced by Faith.

a newly blinded man is braced by the
faith friends show in him while he is
learning over again the ways of living
and working in the dark she said. He
adapts himself more readily to his new
environment if real friend-bne whose
name he knows-s near. How much
more do the poor men who are manned as
well as blind need others faith and en-
couragement. Their damage is irrepar-
able. They are doomed to live the re-
mainder of their days with the pleasure
of living utterly gone out of them. Their
lot is SO horrible that any effort to break
through their isolation and cheer them
must be precious beyond our powers of
comprehension.
Il am agonized by the suffering of
the young men of all countries who
lose their sight on battleffelds and
on the seas My blindness is realized
anew in theirs. We are bound to-
gether by our common taffliction.
wonder il a seeing person can under
stand how a man in the vigor of youth
feels when he knows that he will never
again see the light of day. Try to
imagine the experience of having the
dear familiar world that you have
looked upon for twenty odd years fade
suddenly out Of your sight like phan-
tom world! II you can imagine such an
experience, you will realize what is
happening to thousands of young men
and boys in this most frightful of wars.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
HOW TO AID SOLDIERS
BLINDED IN BATTLE
Helen Keller Says Faith of Friends
in Their Work Should
Be Shown.

Soldiers blinded in battle who are try
ing to learn to live in the darkness can
make more progress if they know that
their friends have faith in them, said
Helen Keller, the noted blind girl. in a
letter to the Observation-Disclosures French
Belgian permanent blind relief war fund.
The letter was accompanied by a dona-
ton of $500 left to Miss Keller to be
used to aid the sightless in the way the
blind poet and author judged best. She
stipulated that this amount shall be de-
voted to one blinded and manned soldier.
The plans to help the blinded soldiers
should meet with liberal response. said
Miss Keller in her letter.
Evening star., 1917-09-15
German Arrested in China.

Herr Cordes the German manager at
Picking of the Deutsche Asiatische
Bank. has been arrested by the Chinese
on the charge of obstructing the gov
ernment by destroying the records of
the bank.
Dr. A. Won Rosthorn, the Austro-H
garian minister to China, the members
of the legation staff and the Austrian
consuls have been granted safe con-
ducts. The party will leave Shanghai
for Holland by way of San Francisco
on September Is.