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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
LIVING UP TO THE PRESIDENT.

During the last two weeks Mr.. Will
son has had two occasions to give ex-
preston to Americas war aims.
One was the communication to the
Russian government, and the other
was the Flag Day speech at Washing
ton which was reported In The Forum
on Thursday
Mr.. Wilson's impeccable English is
always interesting; generally inspir-
ing. He appeals to the intellect, where
Mr.. Roosevelt appeals to the emotions
The Flag Day speech was an elabor-
alton Of the communication to Russia,
with little fling at German schemes
OF world dominion interpolated. The
average American is just little over
awed' by his president. He thinks too
perfectly, too logically, and expresses
himself too Immediately. His state
papers are models Of wonderfully ex-
pressed thought. But the Flag Day
speech coming on top of the Russian
communication has left us just a. trifle
fed UP" on world democracy. BY Mon
day we will have had time to digest 1t
mentally, but just as Saturday night
relief we would like to give way to
eraser emotions and express the be-
lief that we are also fighting to lick
the everlasting surfing out of Kaiser
Bill. Now bring on your New Freedom
again, we feel better. It's our short
coming, Of course, not Mr.. Wilson's.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
BOOKS OF THE MONTH.
Authors Devote Attention to War.
Some of the Best Sellers.

The Forum has a distinguished staff
these days. Thanks to The Vigilantes,
it is able to offer the thoughts of such
writer's as Porter Emerson Browne,
Julian Street, Charles Hanson Towne,
Gertrude Atherton, Mary Roberts
Rinehart, Irwin Cobb and a score of
others almost as we'll known.
These men and women are devoting
much of their time to the work of adj
vertising Liberty bonds, the Red Cross
and other enterprises connected with
the war. They are, in short national
press agents. Some excellent work is
being done, and many of the little
poems and prose sketches, which The
Forum publishes from time to time,
are little gems.
Mr.. Drifting Sees It Through. by
III. q. Wells, is still one Of the best
sellers, and probably the most popular
book Of the war Mr. Wells has risen
to the war as none Of the other modern
English authors have. Mr.. Kipling has
been mulline over stale thoughts by
his flreside like any English country
squire, and has produced nothing of
note His attempts at description have
been pitifully lacking ia all that en-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
OUR ANSWER TO GERMANY.

The Forum last evening, contained
the news that the Liberty Loan had
been tremendously oversubscribed.
The exact figures are not yet known.
The last hour response was so tre-
mendous that it swamped the machin-
cry provided for handling the subscrip-
tons. and 1t may be several days be-
fore the Official total is announced.
The biggest loan in the history of
the world has been fioated in about
thirty days. without coercion of any
kind. It means $50 for every man. wo-
man and child in the United States.
That is Americas answer to the Ger
war" The United" States might have
adopted other methods to raise the
money. II chose to ask for voluntary
loans from it's citizens. German news
papers proclaimed that Americas
heart was not in the war; that 1t was
forced to raise an army by conscrip-
ton; but that the voluntary loan
would be a failure.
But rich and poor alike bought the
bonds. The United States Steel cor
poration took $5O,ooO.0O0 worth Of
them. J. p. Morgan and company took
the same amount. These were the two
largest subscriptions. Nearly every
big corporation subscribed as a cor
poration and to finance the small pur-
chases Of its employees. Mr.. Morgan is
probably entitled to no more credit for
his $4,000, 900 subscription than the
average citizen who planned and
schenied to buy $50 or a 800 bond,
but the subscription should at least
absolve him from being called a
Stacker. This is not a rich mans war
o. a poor mans war. Real patriotism
consists of doing all that you can; Civ
ing all that you can of time, money
and service, eagerly and cheerfully.
i The money was raised before a single
American regiment had gone to France.
Americans knew that a large part of
il was to be turned over Immediately
to the Allies for their pressing needs.
When our own men are fighting side
by size with the French and English,
our interest In the war will be multi
Piled. We are in the war with every
ounce Of our strength. Potentially the
most powerful nation in the world,
America is rapidly realizing its mill
tary effectiveness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
CURRENT MAGAZINES.
Some Saturday Night Thoughts
From Well Known Publications

Frederick Palmer, the correspondent,
discusses what will happen when
Pershing Gets to France, in an inter-
esting article in this weeks Golfers.
He rejoices that the regulars will
be sent instead of a volunteer army.
FRumania coming in heartened the
Allies" he says, but when her unpre-
pared hosts were beaten back, it was
the Germans who were heartened."
I'VE shall be the greatest novelty
that the battle zone has known since
the first appearance of the tanks. And
how the port people and the country
people will talk about our uniform.
TO us it is the obvious, normal garb OF
soldier; to Europe utterly strange.
We imagine a soldier In a loose khaki
blouse which allows free swing to his
supple shoulders. We are belt wear
ing people. The millions of soldiers on
the continent wear caps when they
don't wear steel helmets, and they all
wear blouses with suspenders. And our
leggings? None like them in France.
And the bulldog toed' Shoes"
Mr.. Palmer tells how the men will
first be trained in model trenches; how
officers and nom commissioned officers
and later how small deta chments of
men will mix in with the English and
French soldiers. He figures that three
weeks after they arrive in France, the
regulars and marines will be capable
Of taking over a small strip Of trench
to defend. America, he says, will not
know when the Americans are in the
trenches until the general staff knows
that the Germans know they are there,
but he intimates that this may not be
long. They are likely to be greeted the
first day with shouts of Hello Wood
row, how did you escape our U-boats?
He tells how the Germans made great
efforts to conceal the transfer of a GER
tain division from the east front to the
west, but when the men reached the
front trenches the English welcomed
them with: We've been expecting you
back from Russia for a week. How did
you like the trip?"
The Americans, he thinks. will have
some trouble becoming acclimated to
the winter cold and dampness, as he
explains zero temperatures here are
less penetrating than 80 above in
France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
The Thrift of the Franklin Car
Our Response to the National Call

with flexible construction doubles
the tire mileage of the Franklin car.
Study the Used Car pricesl
They tell the same facts in terms
of depreciation, emphasizing the
security of the Franklin owner in
the inVestment V0lue of his car.
Under all circumstances of
road. climate, and the cost of gas
oline and tires, the man with a
Franklin owns and runs his car
on the most favorable terms.
These factors make the Frank
lin peculiarly the car of free-use.
of staunch service. Of small up
keep. of low depreciation.
Twenty thousand Franklin
owners saw these things before
there was any call to National
Thrift.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
OTHER MEMS VIEWS.
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Christian Science Monitor: The
latest note ofsthe president of the
United States, the note to the new
Russian republic, has, surely, given a
name to the great war. 1t is a war of
liberation not merely for the peoples
OF the world, in a narrow political
sense, but a war to liberate the human
consciousness from the powers of
darkness which have fettered it with
fears. drugged it with suggestion, and
inspired it with hate. That is why it
is the Liberty War. It's origin lay in
the fermentation resulting from the
permeation of the human mind by the
disciplined forces of good. The chem
icalization so produced at first startled
the legions of evil, then reused them
into fury, and finally drew them into
a rout of decentralization, determined
on destruction if they could not con-
quer. The avalanche of evil so let loose
is composed of the unrestrained ma
terialism of human nature to which
the individual falls victim when he
surrenders to sensualism, selfishness,
or mad ambition. A handful of men in
Europe, mastered by such passions,
started the present war; but they could
not have done so had not the people
consented to yield themselves servants
to that they would obey.
1HlS mas peen uenleu, out the Qenlal
is dangerous because the documentary
proof of the facts is in existence, and
the time may come when it shall be
given to the world. Much, though not
all, of this evidence is in the possess
sion of the president of the United
States. and if it were wise, a thing
which cannot be determined without
a full knowledge of the labyrinth of
facts, such as a government alone nee
essarily possesses. an appeal might be
made to the government to publish
them forthwith. Some day they are go
ing to be published to the consterna-
ton and undoing of certain loud
voiced advocates, whose mental stock
in trade is chiefly composed of an in
ventive faculty plus suggestion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16

Of last week appears to have spent
itself. The Austrians, by means Of
reserves brought from the Russian
front, checked the italian advance and
began a counter offensive which was
in turn checked. The deadlock has
been resumed.
The French have also confined
themselves to artillery engagements.
The Air Raids.
The air raid on London was but an
other sample of the cold blooded
brutality of the Germans. 1t served
no military purpose whatever, and
resulted in the murder of scores of
women and children and the wounding
of nearly 500 noncombatants. 1t is
reported that the bombs dropped con-
tanned acids that left the victims
writhing in agony from their wounds.
One of the bombs narrowly missed a
schoolhouse with 1000 children in it.
Fiendishness apparently, can go no
further. Even from tactical stand
point it is hard to see the value of
the raids. They simply arouse to
greater fury the victims of them, and
steel their determination to push the
war to its bitter end. Apparently the
sheer lust of killing is the only reason
for their continuance. d.
The American mission headed by
Elihu Root is in Petrograd, and the
American railroad engineers have been
there for more than a week. Russia,
even now, is far from being useless
to the Allies. Despite the withdraw
al Of troops to be used in the west.
Russia is still holding a force that is
nearly two thirds as large as that on
the western front. The disappoint-
ment comes in thinking of what might
have happened had Russia begun a
joint offensive as planned, instead of
weakening at the crucial moment.
Meanwhile Gen. Pershing has landed
in France and the United States is
faced with the task of replacing Rus
STA as an ally. If Russia can be re-
tanned through the efforts of the
American commission and through the
influence of it's own leaders of the
better class, the end will come all the
sooner, but America is preparing for
long war, perhaps three years. The
best informed writer's say that if the
United States PREPARES for three year
war it can be ended in one, but if it
prepares for a war Of few months. 1t
will take three years to end it.
Germany is still capable of strik
ing heavy blows, but her chance for
a decision on land is ended. The. task
Of the Allies is to literally blast the
German armies out of France and Bel
GUM before winter if possible-and if
not, next year. The word blasting
alone describes it. In ten days on the
Arras front, the British are said to
have used 100000 shells, some of
them weighing more than a ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
The War For the Week

The British attacks on the Belgian
front and the abdication Of the Greek
king. were the outstanding features OF
the weeks war news.
Dispatches Indicate that the Ger
mans have withdrawn their big guns
until the present lines Of the Allies
are the extreme range for them. This
may indicate another retreat on a big
scale. In their advance the British
have taken possession of the Messines
ridge. In the low lying, perfectly
level country around Ypres. this ridge
commands a wide stretch Of territory.
From 1t the British guns have the
Germans at their mercy, and APP
parently the Germans have wearied of
the pounding and are preparing to re-
tire out of range OF the, lost ridge.
Gen. Haig has said that some very
important developments might be ex-
pected from the fighting in Belgium,
and he has a reputation for more than
making good his rarely made promises.
The most important result that could
come from the Belgian fighting would
be a retirement beyond Ostend and
later Zeebrugge. It is reported that
the German shipping has already been
withdrawn from Ostend. Ostend is
but a few miles from the present Brit
ish lines. and Zeebrugge a short dis
lance further along the coast. The
latter is probably the chief base of
German submarine operations. a.
The Greek Situation.
The enforced abdication of King
Constantine was a notable diplomatic
success for the Allies. There is no
question but that the Greek ruler was
simply ordered from the throne and
from Athens. His German sympathies,
and the pronounced activity of his
German wife, have long been a thorn
in the side of the Allied forces. The
army in Macedonia was held helpless,
fearing a thrust in the back if 1t ad-
vanced. 1t is not necessary for Greece
to enter the war on the side of the
Allies. Assurance of a friendly neu-
trality is all that is necessary, and
with a king of their own choosing on
the throne and a premier who is in
their confidence, this should be as
sured to the Allies.
Reports on submarine losses were
far less favorable this week. They
again mounted close to the high water
mark of four or five weeks ago.
There is no discounting the serious
nature Of the submarine problem,
especially in view Of the fact that the
American army must be transported
and then munitioned and provisioned.
In one respect. it is acting as a
boomerang to the Germans. Neutral
countries which have been providing
Germany with some supplies, have
shut down on these exports. realizing
the world shortage of provisions,
Along the Italian front the big battle
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
SERIES OF MEETINGS
FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY
T. r. Crane OF ST. Paul, and Miss Ida
Ratzlaff of Agricultural College
to Give Addresses.

Williston. N. D., June Is. - F. r
Crane of st. Paul and Miss Ida Ratz-
Ian of the agricultural college, viii
be the speakers at series of agri-
cultural and demonstration meetings
to be held on farms in Williams
county during the week of June %.
The schedule of the meetings is as
follows: Willow Creek and Good Far
mers' clubs on farm near Gladys,
noon, June %; Andrew Olson farm,
Fran Farmers club. 400 o'clock,
June rs; E. III. Lee farm, Squires
Farmers club, noon, June 26; ]. ].
Larson farm, Mont township, 400
o'clock, June 20; p. H. Gerrity farm,
north of Wheelock, noon, June 81:
Carl Erickson farm, Spring brook,
400 O'Clock. June 81; S. o. Bibler
farm, south of Alama, noon, June Is;
Frank D. Hankey farm, south OF
Hamlet, 400 o'clock, June %; and on
the James A. Simpson farm, north
west of Ray, onS the afternoon of
June 90
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
FAReo's SHARE IN IT.

lust one week ago the men who han
died the sale in Fargo of Liberty bonds
Held a conference for stock taking. 1t
was rather a sombre session. They had
combed the city and county; talked
themselves hoarse; pleaded. begged and
caioled their friends to buy bonds. The
list showed about $50 names Of pur-
chasers. Less than a third of the city's
apportionment had been sold.
The committee was plainly discour-
aged. They considered plans for a
house to house canvass. They talked Of
reaching the buyers through lodges and
societies. Then came the suggestion to
publish the names of the buyers as an
honor roll. 1t was adopted for lack Of a
better plan. and the committee agreed
to redouble its efforts.
Just seven days later the honor roll
closed with nearly 1000 names. The
committee had felt rather confident of
getting 1000, and hoped for 1900.
Other cities have much greater sub
acriptions in proportion to population
than Fargo; other cities have rolled up
amazing totals in dollars, but The
Forum believes that Fargo will rank
close to the top in the number of buy
ers in proportion to the population. At
least 8 per cent of our citizens will be
owners of Liberty bonds.
s Fargo is not the headquarters of any
big corporations which can apportion
q million dollars like the steel corpor-
alton did for its Duluth subsidiaries.
We have no big industries to take for
themselves 100000 blocks of bonds
that help make an imposing total. We
have no men of great wealth to take
blocks of $4,000 and $4,000 and $780,
900. But If you estimate four to fam
lily, we have a Liberty bond in every
third family in Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
ALUMNI HOME COMING
To Celebrate 25th Anniversary of
Pres. Mcfarland as President.

Valley City, N. D., June 16.-Tues-
day, June 49,. has been fixed as the
date for the Valley City normal
cial feature will be the celebration of
the 25th anniversary Of President
Mcfarland as head of this institution.
Hundreds of alumni from all parts of
the northwest are expected to attend.
Graduates residing in the twin cities
advise they will be here at least 40.
strong
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16

dears Kipling to his millions of adj
mirers. .
Irving Bachelor has a new novel
out, that is ranked as a best seller. 1t
is The Light In The Clearing. Some of
the other novels that top the list of
sales for the month of May, follow:
The Lifted Veil, by Basil King; The
ter; Possession, by Olive Wadsley;
Louisburg Square, by Robert Cutler;
The Chosen People, by Sidney Ny
burg; Cinderella Jane, by, Marjorie
Benton Cooke and The Adventures
Of Jimmie Dale, by F. L. Packard.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16

ten, twelve or fourteen hours a day
during the summer. probably could
arouse no enthusiasm over such a pro-
gram. Let him eat what he can AFFORD
to pay for these days. But for the Of
flee man or the professional man, The
Forum would advocate membership in
the Bread and Milk" club. You may
again be able to tell by observation
what your own feet look like. IL you
join for the summer months. Anyone
who wants a membership is welcome
to IT,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
WILLIAMS COUNTY PICNIC.

Thousand Farmers Witness "WiId
West" Life South of Eppin. NJ. D.
Williston, N. D., June 16.-The first
big 1917 gathering of Williams county
farmers was held this afternoon at the
Gemberling farm, south of Eppin.
Broncho busting, steer riding and ath-
-Ietic contests featured the celebration.
About 1000 farmers were in attendance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
Dog Population
Is One third Of
Legal Voters

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, June 16.-
Chief of Police Henry Baxter has
completed a census of the dog
population in GAINESVILLE = which
reveals that 1t is one-third of the
voting population of GAINESVILLE.
Travelling men visiting this city
have always commented on the
number of dogs about the streets
of the city. The chief says the
ranks will be sadly thinned when
them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
EDITORS MAIL BAG

To the Editor Of The Forum:
Sir-I noted on your editorial page
Of June 10 that the city OF Baltimore
had offered $1,000 for an American
creed. 1t was a good idea. / submitted
one practically identical with the en-
closed.
Not with the expectation of your
accepting or printing 1t I submit the
Republican Creed-though / anticipate
1t would be against your policy to pub
lish the same.
1t is yet to be proven that Lincoln
was thinking OF the American people
when he said: You cannot fool all of
the people all of the time"
Very truly yours,
Enderlin, N. D.. June IA.
The creed follows:
We believe God created man. (Ac-
quired characteristics cannot be trans
mitted, children must learn to walk
and talk-maimed parents beget nor
NAL progeny, therefore-God created
specie.)
We believe man to be the supreme
good after God. (Vide Aristotle.)
We believe man created state. (The
created cannot be greater than tn"
creator.)
We believe in government by
right, not by force.
We believe right should constitute
might.
We believe in human freedom-free-.
dom from oppressions-not freedom to
Cypress.
We believe in the republican form
of governmept-that is government
through the consent of the governed
with the governed free to dissent.
We believe one that cannot dissent
from the acts of the government is a
slave.
We believe in the rule of the ma
jority; but with justice for the min
GRITTY.
We believe in free justice as it viii
We believe in the sanctity of vested
rights, not only those of capital, but
also of labor. -
We believe in citizen army-that is
an army with the rights and priEi-
leges of citizens-not an army the
status of which is overseers and
slaves.
We believe in universal training
during school days-but not in a stand
ing army.
We believe all of the world should
be populated by free men.
We believe in the sacredness of
family, and as a nation is but a large
family, we believe in the sacredness Of
nations. .-...A Ia.
We believe in abstract Justice.
We believe in. equal rights for all
and special privileges for none.
We believe. we should be governed
by the spirit of the constitution. not
by the whims Of department chiefs.
We believe the American flag should
wave over a free land and free peo-
pie 81
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That God is good and truth is strong,
And right shall triumph over wrong.
No heavenly plan has gone astray
Because the poisoning trees of May
Are bruised and torn. and men who
give
Their lives that other men may live
Are most like Him who died to save,
And, stronger far than death or grave,
Out of the earth came in the Spring.
Therefore, l sing! Therefore / sing!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16

Norman County Secretary Says Farm.
ers Enthusiastic For Exposition. y

Ada, Mimi, June 16.-Despite war
conditions in this country, Secretary
Ben Aschbach of the Norman County
Fair association, finds that farmers
throughout Norman county are en-
thusiastic for a county fair. He has
learned after a recent trip to different
points in the county that the stock
exhibit will be larger than ever.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
HURLED THRU WINDSHIELD,
AUTOPLUNGES DOWN GRADE.
W.. w. Tibbetts of Linton Picked Up
in Unconscious Condition BY
Members of Passing Car.

Linton, N. D.. June 16. - Hurled
through the windshield when his auto
cramped short and ran over an en-
bankment, w. w. Tibbetts was
picked up from the highway by mem
bers of passing car, his face badly
cut and bruised and himself I'M
conscious. The front Of the car was
denooliahad