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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
Car Shortane Relief.

MinneapoIis-M Minneapolis is about
to obtain relief from the car conges-
ton which has shut down several of
the mills and elevators for several
days. The interstate commerce COM
mission has arranged through it's car
committee with the big eastern rail-
roads whereby the eastern roads will
furnish empties to Chicago and west
ern roads will take loaded trains Of
wheat, -four and feed to Chicago and
there the loaded trains will be ex-
changed for the empties. They agree
to move eight trainloads of flour per
week, each train containing fifty cars
and seven trainloads Of grain and feed
for eastern points, more especially
New England. The big western roads
will be expected to provide 1000 cars
each for the initial handling Of this
output. The western roads have been
unwilling to permit their cars to leave
their own lines, but now that they will
receive empties for each loaded car
the situation will be greatly improved.
Much business in grain, -four and feed
at Minneapolis has been refused for
the past few weeks owing to the in
ability of producers to ship the pro-
duct out, but with this improvement
in car service there will be a notice.
able Improvement in new business
booked.
C.. r. l. & Co
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
Herald.

49,, Herald.
Chicago-With a falling off in the
speculative trade because Of the
wild fluctuations of late due to the
political uncertainty and the longest
ed shipping conditions, the grain trade
has became rather bearish. Every
market in the country Is tied up and
business is at a standstill. 1t Is un-
derstood that the Belgian Relief as
ISOLATION which some time ago ordered
its holdings OF 100000 pounds of
lard and 100000 pounds of meats
held up because of shipping uncer-
tainties has ordered them shipped as
soon as possible. Traders assume
that the shipping situation must be
about to improve. All members of
the middle west and northwest ex-
changes are invited to the preliminary
hearings on the federal standards for
grading what under the auspices Of
the department of agriculture at Min
neapoIis Feb. 81, and %, Chicago Feb.
% and "a and Kansas City Feb. 25 and
20 and final hearing in Washington on
March z.
Herald,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
Grain Opinions,

Ware Leland: Market evinceS a ten
dency to decline and we believe some
what lower prices will be witnessed.
Lamson Bros: Wheat within reach
of millers or exporters is in very good
demand.
Logan & Bryan: Purchases on breaks
offer the best opportunity.
OBrien: Everything Is bullish but
the transportation situation, and
think that will be much better in a few
days. The March reserves of grain
will show a sensationally small amount
held which will cause higher prices lat
err. But for the present would go slow
and only buy on breaks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

No. hard, l:s7N @1ssN; No. i
arrive. 1:77H SI7sN; choice. 1.S5 z:
III. Mont, 1.77N OLSON; No. i durum,
1.s7; arrive. 1.83; No. Q durum, 1890
1.9o; No: yellow corn, .ssh QL00h;
.97h; others. .9s q. sS; No. white oats,
.56A a :56A; No. 4 white oats. .53% a
.54Ni barley, .91@114; barley, choice,
1l4@1.20; flax, 2.77& @2.sO%; rye. lao
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

and France are making urgent efforts
to replace ships sunk by submarines
or lost, to commerce temporarily by
admiralty requirement. Negotiations
are under way for the purchase OF
vessels under construction, in Amer
lean yards. The automobile tire bus
mess this year Is expected to devel-
op a greater degree of competition
than ever before. The companies are
exerting every effort to keep costs down.
1t is considered probable that trans
portation charges on raw material
from South America and the far east
will be higher this year than last and
they were too high for comfort in 1915.
. Herald.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chas. T.. Lewis a Co., Grain and stock
Brokers. Morton Block, Fargo.
May Wheat
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
Duluth Cash Close.

No. hard. 1873; No. / northern,
No. northern. 1.70H @1.76ss; oats,
cash, .54A @.55A; rye, 139@1.40; bar
ley. .S0@1.20; No. / durum, 1877; No. 2
durun, 1.S2@1.S4; May durum, 1.S7B;
July durunn, 1854; flax. cash, 2.7S%.
Duluth Flax.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15
Weather Map.

Canadian northwest. mostly clear. Is
to 36 above.
Northwest, 16 to "a, mostly cloudy.
West, % to % above, part cloudy.
Southwest, % to "a above. cloudy.
Ohio valley. 26 to SO above, mostly
cloudy
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Chicago Pork,
Winnipeg Close.

No. northern, 1.7O1k; No. 2 north
ern. 1:67h; No. 3 northern, 1.62A; oats
cash, No. c. W., .54A; May oats, .59A;
July oats, .6SAB; flax, cash, No. N. w.
C., 2.51h; May flax, 257H.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Herald.
New York-Reports from steel
trade sources indicate that England
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-15

Illinois-Part cloudy, not much
change in temperature.
Missouri-Fair.
Wisconsin, Minnesota. .Iowa-Unset-
tied, colder.
Dakotas. Nebraska, Kansas-Fair,
somewhat colder.
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Z Continued From Page one.)
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HARDWARE MEN

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Argentine shipments.

Argentine shipments this week esti-
mated at: Wheat 100000; corn 1900
900; oats 100000.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
WAR MATERIAL FIRST

At a conference of lumber dealers
with the shipping board, it appeared
that the lumber men are slow in max
ing deliveries of their product One
reason given was that private con-
tracts pay better than government
work. So while the country is plead
ing for ships, some of the lumber men
are getting rich on private work
Probably some of these same men
blame the government for lack Of
military preparation.
If this spirit should prevail general
ly, our fighting would be one grand
botch. Supplies could not go forward
until producers got good and ready.
The war would be delayed while debts
pile up and orr Losses of men multiply
All this would mean an added bur-
den for all Industries. The longer the
war is delayed, the greater the load
of taxes that all our enterprises will
have to carry. Our country can never
get started on a normal basis again
until this war is brought to a success
full issue. 1t can not be brought to
that issue until we secure steady
and ample supply of all kinds of nlu-
nitions.
So while the country is bowling for
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
ALLIES TO SEEK
UNIFORM LAWS
French Deputy on Way to
Ask u. S. to Join in
Move to That End.


Washington Aug. S-The Allies
are sending a Representative from
France to invite Congress to Join in
the coordination of all war legisla-.
ton by the countries at war with
Germany Speaker Clark was so adj
vised yesterday, when a cable mes
sage from Henry Franklin, a French
deputy, and vice president OF the
Inter-Allied Parliament, was trans
mitted to him by, Ambassador Jusser-
and.
The Parliament was first suggested
by Lord Bryce, who wrote to Vice
President Marshall and Speaker
Clark, asking them to appoint conf
mittees Of eight Senators and eight
Representatives to be appointed from.
the British Parliament and from the
French and Italian assemblies. Moth
ing has been done in the matter of
naming the committees here, how
ever, for both Vice President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark decided that
it would be Impossible to take eight
men out of each house while the i'm
sportant work Of Congress is uncom-i
pieted.
In his cabiegram to the Speaker.
M. Franklin stated that his departure
had been delayed Dy session OF the
French Parliament, but that he in
tends to leave next week to bring to
America the invitation, of the British,
italian and French Sections to- join
the inter-allied parliament. He ex-
pressed the hope that action may be
taken ''to bind closer the parlia-
ments of our countries" x
The message from M. Franklin also
stated that he had learned that Rep
Tesentative Meddll Mccormick, of
Illinois. planned to sail for Europe,
and NJ. FranRlin expressed the wish
that Mr. Mccormick might delay his
trip, the reason. for this being that
Mr.. Mccormick is one of the few
members of Congress who speaks and
reads; French fuently. The message
came too late. however, for Mr.. Nc
Cornnick sailed from an Atlantic port
yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

ships and more ships, it witnesses the
'unpatriotic spectacle of lumber men
comfortably making money while the
government waits. Fortunately as the
result of the Washington conference.
the lumber men have promised to do
better and forward their shipments. 1t
was time they did.
Every man who is helping in even
the most humble capacity in produc-
ing war material ought to look at
himself as one of Uncle Sans soldiers.
This is a war of material even more
than of men. Every producer should
be thrilled by the call of his country
in this golden cause. He should re,e-
der the most prompt service possible.
Germany has become the foremost
military power by a general spirit OF
self surrender. America can hold it's
place in this Armageddon only by
universal manifestation of a like spir-
it.
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machines waste as long time as pos
sible testing the engines, and finally
leave the, ground. until at last the
Flight Commander and the few pupils
who have not yet aspired to the dig
mites of solo flying are the only ones
left
'Right-o! I'll take you up now"
says the expert to one of them. "Y on
just want few more landings and
then think you can go up solo,
Eyes, SIR" says the pupil, Mortified
at the very suggestion!
AIS they walk over to the machine
words of wisdom drop from the mouth
of. the one and are eagerly snapped up.
Eventually the pair are safely tuck
ed and strapped in, the. engine is run
up, and the machine jo1ts out.
II want you to take her off, fly
her round and land" comes a shout
from the pilots seat. I'm not going
to touch the stick at alE'
Very good,'' shrieks back the pupil,
and opens the throttle.
Points of View
There are two very distinct points of
view entailed in this sort of trip-that
of the instructor as he sits behind and
the pupil performing in the front seat.
Let us first consider the former.
The Instructor: Now, we'll see what
he can do Should be all right by now
:. that's right, open your throttle
gently. Oh. get the tail up! And keep
her straight -. Clicks the rudder
sharply and just save the situation
and the nder-carriage) -. gently
off the ground; now keep her straight;
you're letting her swing like
Jolly calm today, I wish I could
my hat! Put on a bit of bank" when
you turn-have US in a spin in no
time! (Forces over the control lever
himself in nick Of time.) Still, think
this chaps all right -. get him off
solo If he does a couple Of decent land
ings.
All, coming down, is he? Now, a
steady glide z. and keep her
straight!t Oh, yes, Of course, this is
the bright lad that flies into the
ground each time. Wonder if
no, he's flattened out this time! Mar
vellous. Now, hold her off the ground
=. !. a little longer. -.
Oh, Lord, what a bump! (aloud)
Not bad-have another shot!"'
The pupils thoughts during this
flight have been somewhat different.
The Pupil: Now. I'll show him what
I can do! Throttle open-stea Oily. !.
T. Yes, I was going to get the tail
up-wish he wouldn't interfere. -.
love, these things do swing-what
a. hasty, vicious kick he gave the rud-
der then!
Forty five fifty miles an
hour !. just of fthe ground =.
dash it, Don't keep kicking the rud-
der +. I'd have got her straight in
a minute!
Now a nice gentle turn j.. just a
little bank" >. (control-lever j is
suddenly jerked out of his hand and
the machine assumes its correct an
gle). Oh, well, If you want to fly the
thing. -. -! Why can't he leave it
alone?
Now, throttle down {. steady glide
now keep her sixty-five.
Getting near the ground :. drift
ing a bit, aren't we? That's better
now flatten out i. hold her
off
Anyway, we haven't smashed it!
Not so bad, he says? Excellent.
Twenty minutes later the machine
taxis slowly home and the occupants
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
AVIATOR INSTRUCTORS DUTIES
ARE TEDIOUS ONES, FILLED TO
BRlM WITH RESPONSIBILITY
How It Feels Be In Machine With Tyro About to Make
His First Landing Explained In Graphic Detail
By British Army Flight Commander

publishing. A
Gilbert has reminded us in song how
dreary is the lot of the man in blue;
an additional verse. might we'll be add
ed in the same vein, only taking for
it's principal the subject Of these ramb-
lings. A w
Many people imagine that an in
structor's life is one of concentrated
ease This is fallacy.
Pray don't misconstrue my attitude
in the matter. I am not writing these
tributes to our friends, philosophers.
and guides with any base motives, say,
the gaining thereby of much leave; no,
rather because my heart has SO often
been lacerated seeing these Jealous fell
lows tottering along under the burden
of their responsibilities.
Let US inquire more closely into the
daily routine of such a man.
His day starts, as for many others.
in oblivion broken only by dreams of
happier days when his wardrobe was
not confined. solely to khaki and his
great problem in life was not deciding
whether cit was too 'bumpy' for So
and-so to go up.
Slumber is rudely dispelled by a
horny handed son of toN in the shape
of the Corporal of the Guard, who re-
marks unfeelingly as his victim blinks
at him. It's just on four o'clock,
sir!'
'tIs II? ?" queries the enthusiastic ari-
man. waking up reluctantly. What
sort of a day is ft?'' This, with wild
hope psrtnging up in his breast!
Very calm and clear" comes the
answer. -
"Al1 right" he says resignedly; "see
that the pupils are called in time.''
A little later he braves the morn
ing chill and wanders down to his
shed, where bleary-eyed mechanics
are wheeling the machines into the
open. and clanking petrol cans in a
hideous manner. He is Joined by sew
era1 other muff1ed-up figures, each
vying with the other in an attempt to
describe in a satisfactory manner life
in general!
you're coming dual with me, ]
think? 2" says the Flight Commander tc
one of them.
Yes, SIR answers the gentleman
addressed politely. 1t is a. wise policy
to be scrupulously polite to your in.
istructor just before going aloft. with
himi
Lets see, you're taking photos" he
continues, turning to another. "You've
got to put in two hours; and you two
hours" and so on until he has worked
his relentless way through the entire
group.
| "Get off as soon as you cam" he
| bids them, and vanishes into his of.
flee.
' One by one they climb into theil
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

climb out.
You're quite all right says the pi-
lot encoura gingly. st think you might
take up that other machine solo-just
do circuit and a landing and see how
you like it,
"All right, sir murmurs the pros
pective soloist, nearly paralyzed with
fight at the idea.
But we will not prolong the agony;
the usual funny jokes are made, and
he is very soon in his seat, perhaps
a little tremulous, but determined to
see it through.
He is watched as he steers his ma
chine away from. the shed, and amidst
dead silence he is seen to get up speed
and leave the ground. Then the peo-
pie who rather fancy themselves ex-
plain airily what really should have
been done!
Eventually the machine is seen to
complete the circuit and then to glide
gently down -. another hush as he
nears the granddaughter only by the
Flight Commanders Jolly good land
ing!" %
The Complete Flyer
The machine taxis triumphantly up
and the pupil jumps out, very pleased
with himself and feeling a complete
aviator.
His instructor looks rather relieved
now the trip is over as he is always
more or less responsible for a mans
first solo,
The budding pilot leaves the scenes
rapidly-to have breakfast and to send
a postcard home; but not so his men
tor-he carries on with the next pupil.
The greater part of the day is spent
in hunting up reluctant solo pupils
who have decided it is too windy for
them and coerctng them into taking
Ithe air
What spare time he has now is abb
sorbed in the internal affairs of his
flight soothing his commanding Off
Ger and playing billiards with his fell
lows.
Do not. oh thoughtless youth, ac-
cept such an onerous post without due
consideration, thinking that. at last you
have found true rest cure" It is
not so, assure you. You don't be-
lieve me? Well, try it. :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
Copyright, 1917, by the international
News Bureau.
Written by
FLIGHT COMMANDER HUcKs
OF the British Aerial Service

FLIGHT COMMANDER HUCKs
OF the British Aerial Service
There is always somebody lowering
around who will break the bad news
gently.
I suppose you know, SIR he will
say. as his Flight Commander strolls
up at peace with the world after an
excellent breakfast, st suppose they've
told you that No. 304's come down
about three miles AWAY"
ooh, Lord" groans the poor man,
his happy feeling dispersed violently.
Whats happened?" he asks present
ly with resigned air.
Well" continues his informant
with .unholy glee, Jones has telephon-
ed up to say that his engine cut out;
and I think he hit a tree when he
landed"
.tOf course he would murmurs the
age does he say?"
Left planes pretty well done in,
and the under carriage he is inform
ed
The pilots unhurt though" some
body remarks cheerfully.
His senior officer gazes at him sor-
rOWIulIy IOT q moment anu lnel LUZ lis
on his heel and disappears into his Of
flee. The last piece of news has not
had the invigorating effect intended.
It is such sad news, occurring time
after time, that has turned. many Of
our teachers into soured and disap-
pointed men. Such mans Job is to
keep the ball a-rolling; and the praise
worthy efforts Of hist subordinates
which result in his beloved machines
being hors de combat temporarily fill
his soul with the dull gloom of des.
pair!
To him, as he sits meditating on his
unhappy lot, comes the worthy Jones
himself, just back from the scene OF
his downfall.
He expects q little sympathy, think
ing himself rather an fl1-used fellow
Does he get it?
With the aid Of a ruler, an ink.
stand. and few weN-chosen sentences
| his senior explains concisely to him
how, by means of half-a-dozen verti-
cal banks" when about twenty-feet
off the ground, he could have landed
in a field less. besprinkled with trees
And why didn't he-etc.. ETC.,
The wretched Jones, who, up to this
last trip, had only passed twenty-five
minutes Of his young life clone in ar
laeroplane, listens with unfeigned as.
constituent to these remarks; once
outside the sanctum he breaks into ex.
pressions of disgust which no self-re-
speeding periodical would think Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
BEL GlANS Are
BE BEING | [; XXI lei
BY STARVATION
German "Subs "Are Com
plotting the Worst Crime
in Worlds History
(By Z. Harper Leech)

washington. July so.-Belgium is
actually starving to death-starving
stubbornly and CALAMITY, even defi-
antly. but dying.
Last reports Received by the Bel.
gian relief commission picture MAJ.
ton dying in prison. The greatest
crime in history-the murder of "a
nation by hunger--is now in progress.
The plight OF the children of Israel
under the BLACKLIST of the Pharaohs
who ruled in the Nile valley was
the slow torture of 100000 of hui
man beings.
Due to German submarine attacks
on the relief ships the ration now
dispensed by the relief commission
amounts to one-half the amount Of
food necessary to keep an idle man
barely alive. ~ fiza
Over 100000 Belgians receive
practically no other food.
& Prices of native food are out Of
reach. Eggs are SO cents apiece and
other things in proportion. The av-
erage working man with a family is
now earning Jess than 81 per day.
His purchasing power Is trifling AS
result the midday meal of men in
the mines, fields and factories con-
@tSLS Oh SMceQ caLIi6 DeeIS. 49,
II In one Belgian Industrial plant the
death rate among the workers for
the first three months of 1917 was
three and one-half times the average
for the same three months of pre-
ceding years. The resistance to sick
ness has been cut to one-third normal
Ninety five per cent. of the workers
showed loss of weight, and 35 per
cent. lost from 20 to 40 pounds each.
The men die from the simplest
naalady. "A severe cold or grippe
means certain death
On April. there was a general
strike in one Belgian province. The
men made no demands and had no
grievance against their employers.
They simply quit because they were
too veal, to work
da Int f e sSs kitchens, tss asts en-
creased from co., to 400, 900 from
February L. 1917, to March 81.
tuberculosis is spreading rapidly.
In one town OF $4,000 the deaths for
the first three months of 1917 were
double the number in the same per-
iod OF 1916. III VII J.
Great Britain, her colonies and the
allies are still contributing enough
money TO keep the people from starry
i e sba f iSsa made
Germany is the only nation In 400
years which has refused to be respon-
sible for the feeding and lives Of peo-
pie in conquered territory Instead,
she began by piundering the Belgians
Of most OF their grain and live stock
and still keeps up system of fines
and extortion
Intelligent Belgians place the re-
sponsibility squarely on Germany's
submarines. but some of the starving
people are beginning to think they
have been deserted by the allies.
Germany endeavors to encourage
this belief by propa ganda-
Nevertheless, Belgium still defies
her tyrants Their morale" is I'M
impaired. Since the German "depor-
tations" began last October not one
Belgian town has given up to the
German slave drivers it's list of men
OF working age. Thousands of the
slaves herded into cattle cars by the
German soldiers have laid down their
lives or starved in prison camps rath-
err than work for, their enemy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

Twenty-Five additional cases of diph-
iberia were discovered at Newport, R
I. The naval reserve camp was quar-
antined
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

Secretary Daniels confirmed reports
that the navy would abandon con-
struction of submarine chasers In IA
vor of destroyers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

The Federal Reserve Board reports
the imports of gold to the United
States from JAN. / to July l. total
$518,569, 900. i
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

OF SO interned deserters, mostly
Germans and Russians, who. escaped
from Bergen. Norway, camp. all bur
four were captured.
President Wilson summoned the
War Purchase Board of the National
Defence Council. to outline his policy
of war buying.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08
BRIEF NlaNS NOTES

/ Maurice Kaufman, a prominent
Pittsburgh merchant, died suddenly
| at a hotel at Lancaster, Pa. OF heart
failure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-08

According tc q report by DR.. c. B.
Abegglen. of CoIfax,, Wash, only IL
per cent of thu school children of
the United States have Perfect eye
sight