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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21

Greeneville, Thursday. and was at- tended by many Plainfield people.
 Attended Fair.
 Many local people attended the Windham county fair Thursday.
 Woman's Club Meets.
 The Woman's club of Plainfield held it's semi-annuaI meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. Alfred Ashley. Four teen members were present. Miss Caroline Sanford presided. The pro- gramme arranged for the day was on The German Improvements of War, but was postponed until tue next meet ing, due to the meeting starting late on account of all the members wit messing the send-off for the local boys. Refreshments were served. by the hostess.
 The attendance at the local schools was slim Thursday afternoon, as many students availed themselves of the opportunity to witness the send off of the draft quota.
 Lathrcp-Maddock.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Lathrop have returned home after their marriage in Massachusetts. The bride was Miss Ruth Maddock, assistant principal at the local grammar schools.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
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 Friday is the last day of the Prov idence County Fair, at North Scituate, Rhode Island. There will be special attractions and features and grand prize parade at 3 o'clock. Take the Providence and Danielson cars.-adv. Weekly Drill.
 The regular weekly drill for draft ed men will be held at the Armory on Friday evening at seven-thirty.
 Infantry Unit.
 An official communication has just been received from the War depart ment by President W. H. D. Faunce designating Brown University as an Infantry unit of the Senior Division, Reserve Officers Training corps.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21

attention of many. J.. Carl Witter continued to act as starter.
 Members of the fair management expressed themselves Thursday af- ternoon as delighted with tine suc- cess of the sair. The society had been favored with splendid weather and the crowds were large. Much praise of the successful arrangement and mana gemept of the show was heard about the grounds. so even in a war year the association had the satisfac- ton of achieving oi1e of it's very fin- est successes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
BROOKLYN FAIR
Good Attendance and Good Attrae.
 tious on Closing Day.

The attendance at Brooklyn fair was much smaller Thursday than was the case Wednesday, but many came to enjoy the show and did so with more comfort than was possible dur ing the crush of Wednesday,
 Showing of family horses, brood mares and colts and other horse classes furnished interest for those who gathered on the race track dur ing the smorning hours.
 The races of the afternoon held the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
OBITUARY
James RsiIiey.

News of the death of James ReiIley, a former resident of this village, was received here Wednesday.
 MT. Reilley died Tuesday in New Jersey. The news of his death was a surprise to his many friends.
 Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
PLAINF'IELD

Towns Draft Quota Goes Out, as the Band Plays and Hundreds Cheer WiiIimantic Selected Men at Station Special Dinner for Over Sixty EuX
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
MYSTIC

Enthusiasm During Parade Tn Honor of Drafted Men, Who Left Thursday Shower for Miss Bradley-Edgar A. Rathbun Loses Three Fingers Social Evening at Country Club.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21

tsHEN YOU WANT tc put your bus fness befoEe the pripiir4 lnere is medium better than through the ad-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

Des Moines Evening Tribune:
Iowa has got into the habit of look
ing to other states for leadership in
development of good roads.
A few years ago, amid great diff
ficulties, it started a movement Of
its own looking to consolidating
rural schools so that the children of
the farmers might have educational
ADVANTAGES equal to those of the
children of the cities. This pro-
gressive movement has been given
impetus at times. and at others seri-
Gus setbacks, but the trend has been
steadily forward.
North Dakota, however - and
think of Iowa looking to North Da-
kota. for leadership-has gone about
the consolidation of schools for the
benefit of the children in the country
districts, in a way to achieve much
in a little time. Six years ago the
legislature Of that state reluctantly
appropriated $4,000 for hauling chill
dren to and from the schools. Last
year it appropriated $4,000 with
out murmur.
The result has been in increase IN
attendance at high schools from 3
to ~ per cent. N. g. Macdonald,
the superintendent Of schools Of
North Dakota, summarizes some OF
the other advantages Of the console
dated school. He says:
"The consolidated school in North
Dakota is a success from every point
OF view some of these BENEFITS are
better attendance better teachers,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15

has become, and secondly 1t called
attention to the fact that Mexico
again has an established government,
for government soldiers" was not a
misnomer.
The election of Carranza has been
acknowledged formally by the United
States, and Mexico is again recogniz-
ed as a nation with an organized
government. The revolution is off,
cialIy over, even if it breaks out in
minor acts Of vandalism.
The imagination of the country no
to the raids of a few
dozen bandits. and the item which
would have called forth black head
lines, editorials and government no.
tiee; a year ago. is ignored.
Slowly America is coming to be-
lieve that President Carranza can do
something beside raise a luxuriant
crop Of whiskers. He may prove yet
to be a very much underrated execu-
tive. He is showing amazing
patience and persistence. In the face
of what looked like insurmountable
difficulties, he has persevered and
has established q semblance of
order in Mexico. American capital
undoubtedly will shy at Mexican in
vestments for some time to come, but
capital can always be found for
hazardous ventures which promise
big returns. and Mexico is an Eldora-
do that has ever aroused dreams OF
sudden wealth since the days of
Cortez. Oil will be the magic word
to attract Mexican investments in the
months and years to come. But the
new government Of Mexico has de-
cided wisely that the oil fields are
the property of the nation, and the
government will draw royalties from
any new properties developed.
Carranza appears to be in a fair
way to re-establish political order
and law enforcement in Mexico, and
restore that revolution-torn country
to the family of nations. Oil may be
the factor in re-establishing. the ma
ton financially, for lighting bandits
has left the government with a deficit
that increases daily.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15

the assurance that they will be pro-
tected in their choice.
Belgium is not wanted as Allied
territory. What is wanted is the
right of Belgium to re-establish her
own government, and the guaranty
of security for that government.
The Allies don't want a slice of
Poland. They want Poland free and
secure
Serbia is not coveted as a terri
tory. But Serbia must be assured
that she will not again be invad-
ed.
None Of the Allies wants Armenia
as colony, but civilization will stand
no more massacres by the Turk and
no more oppression.
Even German colonies are not
wanted. The British have already
announced that the disposition of
these will be left to a commits
sion.
Nor do the Allies want parts of
Germany for themselves. What they
do demand is that Germany shall
obey the laws Of civilization and live
in peace with her neighbors. Nor
will the mere promise of the present
government be enough assurance.
Something more than that is need
ed.
But even a German diplomat can
not be blind enough not to know
these aims. They have been stated
and restated.
Germany is engaged in a frantic
effort to win peace by dividing the
Allies. Tempting bats are held out
to one after another, in the hope that
the peace parties in the various
countries will be strengthened. Each
offer will probably be a little more
tempting than the last. Perhaps the
offer to restore Alsace- Lorraine
would so strengthen the peace party
in France, that France would be
compelled to enter negotiations.
Perhaps Italy could be bought off
with the promise Of the lost
provinces. Perhaps promises of the
restoration of Belgium and the
cessation of the submarine campaign
would take the fighting spirit out of
America, and cripple her war
preparations.
But the world wants peace, not an
armistice for five years. There are
just two ways to assure peace-the
complete wrecking of the German
military machine, or the overthrow
Of the present German government
and the substitution of democracy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
THE GERMAN VIEWPOINT.

DIR. Won Kueh1man, the German
foreign secretary, thinks there is
now no bar to peace but the set
tlement Of the question of Alsace-
Lorraine.
His statement left it to be inferred
that Germany was ready to get out
Of Belgium and not demand indemni-
ties, and that therefore Alsace must
be the only problem left for the peace
conferees to settle.
What an amusing cuss" this pre-
cious diplomat CD is.
Won Kuehlman apparently is un-
able, even yet. to rid himself Of the
idea. that this is a war for territory
or conquests. He hasn't grasped yet
that material advantages are not the
issue, but that the war is being
fought for q. principle. To the mind
of the German militarist this idea
may be incomprehensible. He still
is living in the days Of Bismarck
when war was a business engaged in
for a profit. All he sees, or processes
to see. is that Germany is unable to
push her dream Of conquest; that
peace is desirable and desired by the
people Of Germany; and that some
concession must be made to brins
about peace.
What rude awakening awaits the
German war lords! Alsace IL but
an item in the peace terms. This
German blunderer thinks he can buy
of the Allies with the sop Of A1sace
The very offer shows that the pres
ent German government views the
war as one for territory only.
Alsace is not wanted. What tina
Allies want Il the right of the people
Of Alsace to choose their rulers. and
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
CANADIAN POLITICS.

Premier Borden's new coalition
cabinet promises to be the factor
that will return the Conservative
government to power at the ap-
preaching elections in Canada.
The first election since the war, for
Americas neighbor to the north, will
be a most interesting and important
event. Canada has had her internal
troubles with a very large German
Canadian population, and with q
French Canadian population that
was lukewarm toward the war.
Whatever the reason may have
been, there is no escaping the fact
that the enlistments from Quebec
have been much smaller proportion
ately than in the other provinces.
The new issue Of conscription
threatened for a time, to split the
Borden government into warning fac
tions, and possibly bring about its
downfall by combining all the ele-
rnents hostile to both it and to the
war.
But the conscription law has had
the contrary effect. 1t has united all
Canadians who are determined to
''see the war through" and the oppo-
sition to the Borden government has
been split into warning camps. The
new coalition cabinet will have the
support of the great majority of
Conservatives, and a very large per-
centage of the Liberals.
Ontario is the New York state Of
Canada. Since 1900 it has been the
stronghold of the Conservative party,
and in 1911 the Borden government
carried Ontario so overwhelmingly
that 1t was almost unanimous. With
the Liberal party split into three
groups,-the anti-conscription Liber-
ais; Liberals who favor conscription
but accept the leadership Of Sir
Wilfrid Laurier who has changed
his mind and decided to remain as
leader Of the party; and Liberals
who favor conscription but seek a
new leader-there does not seem to
be any hope for the Liberals in On
tafio. If the coalition cabinet car
ries Ontario as the Conservatives did
in 1911, there is possibility but a
very slim probability that the Liber-
ais will be able to Offset It. The
chances, indeed, would seem to favor
that majority being increased rather
than diminished, in the other prov
incas
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are aHarmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets--the sub.
stitute for calomel- ARE mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver IS
almost instantaneous. They are the re-
suit Of DR.. Edwards's determination not
totreat liver and bowel complaints with
caIomel. His efforts 10 Danish IL brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
The pleasant little tablets dothe good
that calomel does but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teethlike
strong liquids OF calomel. They take
holdof the trouble and quickly correct il
Why cure the liver at the expense Of the
teeth9 Calomel sometimes plays havoc
with the gums. Sod0atrong liquids. It,
isbest not to take calomel but to let Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets take It's place.
eMost headaches, Sduliness and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "loggy and
heavy Note how they clear 'clouded
brain and how they 'perixup" the spirits.
10c and sc 9 box. AZ druaata
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
CONSTITUTIONAL
PROHIBITION TO
CARRY In IOWA
Judge Charles A. Pollock
Returns From Speech
making Tour

Constitutional prohibition will
carry in Iowa at the special election
being held today, by an over
whelming vote If not defeated
by the stay-at-home vote, according
to Judge G. A. Pollock. formerly OF
the Third judicial district, who has
returned to Fargo after delivering a
number of lectures and addresses in
Iowa in behalf of the allied temper
ance forces of that state and the
general temperance board OF the
Methodist church.
Judge Pollock left Fargo, Sept. Is,
and for two consecutive weeks. spoke
daily and sometimes twice daily, in
defending the cause Of prohibition.
He was invited to speak at the
Methodist conferences held at Des
Moines, Indianola and Algona by
Charles True Wilson, general head OF
the prohibition forces of the Metho-
dist church.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
CAUSE FOR ANXIETY.

There is no discounting the
fact that the government is
anxious regarding the result OF
the Liberty Bond sale.
It has reason to be. The re-
Spouse has been far below the
rate that must be maintained to
make it a success. Of course
there is the probability that the
majority of buyers are holding
back for the finish, but it won t
do to count on the eleventh hour
rush. 1t may come; it probably
will come and sweep the total
far beyond the mark desired,
but it won't do to sit back com
placently and wait for it.
The time for talking and post
poning has passed. 1t is the
time to buy-nOt a bond, but
bonds. Every man, woman and
child in Fargo should have at
least a $50 bond. In one COM
pany of soldiers, 105 out of 11O
soldiers, bought bonds on their
slender wages of $50 a month.
Fargo can't do less-mustn't do
less. If every resident of Fargo
had one bond, it would mean
$1,250,OO0 in Fargo alone. Those
who can afford to buy fifty, or
100 or 1000 of the bonds must
do it, but it is just as much up
to the man who can buy one $50
bond to do his share. And there
isn't a man or a boy in Fargo
who can't afford to do that. 1t
means putting 81 a week into a
savings bank-not for the gov
ernment but for himself.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15

1 Most certainly not. A definite and
simple criterion for these adjust
ments is at hand-the now familiar
Index numbers" of prices. This is
the tell-tale by which to measure
and by which to correct the de-
probation Cor the contrary of the
dollar. The bureau computing this
index number would be required to
publish 1t monthly, expressed as a
percentage of the original price
level as a par.
Adjusting the Dollar by the
Index Number.
The figures, as published, would
afford the needed official sanction
to the mint Office to change the rat
ing of the gold dollar. If, at any
/, time, the index number were say,
one per cent above the legal par, the
weight of the gold dollar would
forthwith be increased by one per
cent. If for any reason this added
weight were not enough to restore
/ the one per cent loss of purchasing
power lie. to restore the price level
to parl the next monthly index
number would tell the tale. If this
were, say, still one per cent above
par the dollar would receive anoth-
er l per cent counterpoise. This
process of counterpoising would
continue every month until it prov
ed sufficient. If, reversely, the index
number were found to be one per
cent below par a one percent de-
crease in the dollar weight would
follow and if the index numbec
showed it to be necessary the dollar
would be unloaded each month of
ballast until righted again, that is
until the index number of prices got
up to par.
No Shock.
The introduction cf this system
would not produce any more shock
than did the introduction of the
system of standard railroad time or
the recent modification of it Cor
daylight saving Just as the time
engagements of the whole world
have been shifted by the simple
shift from local to standard time
so the contracts of commerce would
| all be put on a truer standard by
the simple shift Of the weight Of the
dollar.
Plan Endorsed.
may add that hundreds of eco
nomists, bankers and business men
to whom the plan has been submit
ted, have given their endorsement
and find that it had occurred to
many others Independently. But
unfortunately, Just as it took time
to convince the world Of the advan-
tages Of standard time. so it takes
time to convince it of the advantages
OF a standard dollar. After this
war, the whole question Of monetary
standards will come up.
A Half Way Measure.
In the meantime, it would be a
partial relief If, without affecting
the dollar, money wages were ad-
| justed by an index number of
prices. This has been already start
ed, at my suggestion by several con-
Germs. 1t ought to, be done by the
government for it's salaried en-
ployees. Otherwise, they especially
will suffer from the mounting cost
of living destined, fear, to continue
throughout the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
OIL AND cARRANzA.

OH and Carranza may save Mexieo
from financial and political chaos.
Last week, news item OF a few
lines carried the information that
two American soldiers hunting on
this side Of the border. had been
captured by some Mexicans, locked
Is building on the Mexican side.
and had later escaped.
The correspondent had not taken
the trouble to learn whether the
eaptors were government soldiers or
villa bandits.
The item was interesting from two
sgandpoints First 1t disclosed how
pnimportant the Mexican problem
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
nETs lInHT SENTENCE.

Minot, N. D., Oct. Edward
Edmundson, charged with failure to
register for the selective draft, was
sentenced to 80 days imprisonment
after pleading guilty before Judge
g. II Amidon in federal court here.
His sentence was made light because
OF the fact that he could not read
English, and his declaration that be
did not want to evads service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
Rid Of the Torment
of Rheumatism

"send me Foley Kidney Pills. am
badly done up with rheumatism and
they are the only thing that help
me-" A. J. Walsh, Sneffels, Colo.
Rheumatism is stubborn az a mule
--it hangs on like a leech--wears out
your strength-worries you with pain
--drags on your vitality-depresse
your mind-agfects your health!
Don't let It hang on you! Don't give
up to &c! Don't overlook Foley Kid
ney PiIlsl For they work directly on
the kidneys-tone up and strengthen
them to the perfect action that keeps
uric acid out OF the blood, and clears
away the cause OF rheumatism, lum-
bago and stiff, swollen. aching Joints.
Begin now. today, and soon you Will
again be active and free from pain
Mr.. Walsh winds up his letter to uB
by saying: 'T consider Foley Kidney
Pills the best I have ever used, ana
have tried several different Fem-
edies." Your druggist sells them. -
EOUT q PORTERFIleLD.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
ORDERED TO FRONT.
Lieutenant Markley Assigned to 11eth
Engineers at Camp Greene.

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 15.-Leut. III.
G. Markley, chaplain of the former
Second North Dakota, who has
been assigned at Camp Greene to the
116th Engineers, left last evening
for Charlotte, N. c., in response to a
wire from Colonel Frank White urg-
ing him to report at his earliest con-
venience.
At Dickinson on Wednesday even
ing, Lieut.. Markley received his
second ordination in the Methodist
Episcopal church at the hands OF
Bishop Cooke of Montana, who has
two sons serving in the present
struggle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
IoINs .sALEs FoRcE,

G. F. Ash of Minot, has taken a
position with the Luger Furniture
Co. Of this city, as one of its staff
of statesmen. Mr.. and Mrs. Ash have
moved to Fargo and are located at
1918 First avenue north. Mr.. Ash has
had years of acquaintance in all de-
partments of the furniture business
and has hoped for some time to be
able to locate in Fargo, and make
this city his home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-15
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Larimore Pioneer would like
an answer to this question!
whats become of the old
fashioned farmer who said there
was money for him in 81 wheat?"
The Kenmare News wants recog.
milton for it's home guard company
but fears it won't get it from the
governor. Fargo is in a much similar
condition. Here is the way The News
views it:
There was a home guard or
ganized in this city some time
ago and the boys have been
drilling regularly once each week,
but up to the present time they
have not been recognized either
by Governor Frazier or the
adjutant general. If the COVER
nor would sanction the home
guard, the impression is that
the federal government would
equip it. However, 1T is doubtful
If the governor will sanction an
organization Of any body of men,
whose viewpoint on home and
national affairs is so much at
variance with his own.
The Walsh County Record thinks
there is now none $50 low as to dC
homage" to La Toilette. 1t says:
1t appears that Senator La !
Toilette mistook the producers
and consumers convention at st.
Paul recently for the United
States senate and in his speech
availed himself Of his right of SEN
atoriaI courtesy 90 or whatever
you call IL, to say anything he
pleased about the government
and the war. He went so far that
there is now a possibility that
he may be called to account for
his utterances. President Town
ley Of the Eonpartisan league re-
pudiates the senator and his
statements and says he warned
La Toilette before his speech not
to say anything of seditious or
trattorous nature. 1t rather looks
as If the senator from Wisconsin
had now fallen in public esteem
to a, level where there are none
so low as to do him homage.
The Hayana Union thinks the pro.
posed leper colony valuable asylum
for undesirables Of all kinds. i
says:
1t has been suggested that, as
the u. s. maintains a leper COL
ony in the Philippines, it would
be good idea to provide a
place there for those afflicted
with that new social leprosy. We
might name it American
senatorial-I. w. w. -socialistic-
peace council pro- -Germanism
leprosy. The length Of name is
no worse than the disease.
The Dickinson Press has a littl.
editorial paragraph that hits home
in the following:
1t happened last Monday on
the station platform in Dickin-
son. Our Boys" were going
away to war. An old, white hair
ed man stepped up to a tall
strapping soldier boy, put out
his sinewy hand-bucxed up
his shoulders just a trifie-look-
ed his soldier son straight in
the eyes, long and hard. Good
bye, Jim, take keer of yourself"
That's all that was said. The
train pulled out midst the cheers
Of the crowd. Gradually the
throng left the platform
gay, some sad-alI with heavy
hearts. GOOD BYE, JIM. TAKE
KEER OF YOURSE'F