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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
NO FLAGS FOR WILHELM.

One OF the most poignant common
taries on the German war that has
ever appeared in print is found In a
little news item that came from
Amsterdam the other day. II tells
OF a recent visit Of the Kaiser TO
Brussels, on his way to the Flanders
battle front. Before wilhelm's ar
rival, the German military authori-
ties asked the people Of the city to
display flags In honor Of the emper-
or's visit.
Instead, they remained indoors.
and drew the window blinds, on
which they inscribed: Closed for
national mourning. The streets
were deserted except for the soldiers
and police.
What an appropriate welcome for
the Prussian Kaiser! An empty city,
CLOSED for mourning, with Grape
instead Of flags. 1t was a perfect
response to the treatment that Ger
many has accorded Belgium. 1t is
bhSh q "CiIOAAD aS LLAS llhpSlldl duIO=
Graf might fittingly receive in any
city Of Europe outside his own
inside them, too,
when the German people wake up.
It. typihes the whole worlds opinion
OF Wilhelm and Of his military satel-
lites, and the sort Of warfare they
wage. and the national ideals they
represent.
1t Is an eloquent testimonial to the
appalling moral isolation Of Germany
today. The ruler who boasts himself
as the viceregent of God, the special
representative Of the Almighty on
earth, has become to the majority of
mankind an object of horror and
loathing, in which his people share
as long as they tolerate his author
ity and do his will.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
Why We Are At War
BY Henry Dwight ssdawiok Of The viaiIantss.

/ men and children. the intrigues and
plots in this country, the INSULTING
order that American ships should
keep off a great part of the high seas
and finally the plan to involve US in
war with Japan and Mexico.
Even these insults and injuries did
not push us directly into war, but
they opened our eyes. and we learned
lesson. That lesson was that a
Prussian. feudal military govern
ment, with a Kaiser by divine right
at its head, will act in accordance
| with its nature; that. In order to full
| fill its ambition, ii will burn and pill
lage cities, devastate fields and or
ckards, that it will order priests shot
women raped, laborers deported, that
1t will tear up treaties, sink innocent
travellers by sea. and seek to COW "a
tions into submission by terror. With
such an imperial government, sup
ported by the mightiest army that
has ever existed, no democracy in
the world is safe.
Face Alternative.
Slowly, reluctantly, we faced this
ALTERNATIVES: either we must submit
to the divine rights of an Emperor
or we must fight for our own right to
decided to fight.
II we cannot overthrow the Prus-
sian military aristocracy and its
Emperor now, not only England.
France, Italy and Russia, but the
United States also must keep armed
to the teeth; and with national mill
tary preparedness moulding our ma
tional life, reshaping our honored in
situations, breaking down our old
ideas, our democracy, as we hoped to
see 1t, will be impossible. A military
nation cannot be run by the methods
OF a town meeting. it must be run by
despotic methods. We shall be OBJ
liged to economic and scrimp on
schools, hospitals, asylums, play
grounds, institutions Of research, to
refrain from all activities which,
sprung from a sense Of human broth
erhood, make the lives of the mass
of men more worth while to them
selves and to others. Armories and
arsenals will be the school houses for
young men: ammunition plants will
be their laboratories; rife and bay
onet drill will take the place Of ball
and boating.
For the sake of our children we
must stop all that wickedness and
folly now. We must fight till the
German government has passed out
of the hands of the feudal aristroc-
racy and their supporters. into the
hands Of the German people.
It was a clear understanding Of the
matters at issue and of the immense
consequences to our future and to
the future of the world. that has
ranged us at last side by side with
England, France, Russia, Italy. Bel
gium and Serbia. May God defend
the right.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
ON VACATIONS.

8For more reasons than one, every
man needs a yearly vacation.
"A bow that is always bent, soon
loses its value as a weapon, and
the man who never relaxes will find
his powers of concentration weaken
ing.
Vacations are also a good remedy
for an exalted ego. The work to
which a man believes himself in
dlspensable has a way of getting it
salt done as we'll or better. Even
President Wilson finds it possible to
get away for few days at a time
Without completely disrupting the
machinery of government. The aver
age man who chains himself to his
desk year after year, feeling that
81 is impossible for him to leave
Without bringing his business tum-
Hing about his ears, needs a vaca-
ION If only to prove what a small
ripple the shock Of his departure
VIII make.
by all means relax once a year.
e only for a week or two.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28

Italians.
Austrian prisoners.
Dangerous three cross pass forced
by the Italians.
Sentry duty at an altitude Of 10000
feet
Perilous advance against an en-
emy's stronghold.
Carrying shells on the mountains.
A cold morning toilet.
Resting on the snow.
Night time in a trench.
Telegraph signals.
Alpine troops in action.
Hauling field guns on the mountain
tops.
Heroes resting place.
Under the enemy's fire.
Hauling down the wounded.
Dead piled up on an enemy's trench
captured after bloody fight.
Naval action in the Adriatic.
Naval artillery in action.
Manning the small and large guns
Discharging a torpedo.
Italian blockade on the Adriatic.
King Of Italy and his staff.
| Amba ssadors OF j all the Allies
countries at a meeting in Rome
regarding the Russian revolution.
The above are only few scenes
of the wonder picture, On the Italian
Battle Front. ~
1t will be shown at The Orpheum
| in. Fargo on Monday afternoon, Oct
1, and on Tuesday afternoon and
| evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
FAREWELL TO COMPANY 3.

Fargo's long postponed farewell to
the members Of Company B will be
said tomorrow afternoon.
For weeks the order to move has
been expected daily. The farewell
has been planned and prepared. The
members Of the Fargo Rotary club
took up The Forums suggestion Of
providing a company fund for the
boys, and they have been ready to do
their share the minute the exact time
of departure was announced.
The farewell demonstration will
lose none of it's warmth by the de-
lay. 1t will take place tomorrow
afternoon. and every friend Of the
company will be on hand with a lit
tle loose change to throw into the
company pot. Ask any soldier what
a company fund means. Company B
should have a generous sum in its
treasury.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28

something big in words, and he was
only twenty-one.
And then it came.
Say. YOU fellows" he said, stam-
mering a little, "you-you know you
gotta take care of the other kind
that Thompson bunch-while we're
away."-And that was his good
bye.
ing it? Are we taking care of the
other kind?" Are we fighting the
enemy at home. while the kid is
away?
Emphatically-we are NOT!
Mayor Thompson Of Chicago is
only a symptom. He could not exist
an hour without his supporting horde
of anti-American pro-Germans. He
knows it. Big Bill is a stupid man,
but he knows. He and his bosses
are in direct contact with the class
they cater to. And they know that
the traitorous anti-American element
is so strong in Chicago alone that 1T
is good politics to cater openly to
them.
Think of it! In our second city
the enemy is strong enough to in
spire a stupid mayor to open traitor
ism. It is strong enough to kill the
kid by thousands. Not openly, no.
But by it's swapping and snarling it
can prolong the war. To German
eyes we are made to appear a ma
ton rotten at the roots; to Russia's
eyes we are made to appear a divid-
ed people. And the German army in
the field continues to fight with con-
fidence because Of the aid which the
unenlisted German army in our
midst lends to 1t.
The kid has gone to war.
If we are fit to be called Ameri-
cans we will fight the good fight at
home also.
We will take care of the other
kind-the Thompson bunch"-while
he's away.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
(By Henry Oyen Of the
Vigilantes.)


He was twenty one and he was
having the time Of his young life. He
was going to war.
It was the 9Th day Of September in
Chicago. The city's mayor was in
hiding. He had outraged the city and
the nation by inviting the traitorous
Peoples Council to meet in his city.
So he was hiding at the home of his
pro German boss, while the first con-
tingent of drafted men from Chicago
were waiting in the grimy old Union
station for their train to pull out for
Camp Grant.
The kid was one of the contingent
He was in his glory. The train plat
form had been cleared, a pair Of
Italian barbera-of the contingent
were stunning their guitars, and
the kid was tangoing gleefully and
Unfortunately with every pretty
girl within reach. And they were all
pretty to him then and he to them.
He was a good dancer. He was q
good tennis player. He was a we'll
dressed, happy kid
Then the train moved. He dropped
his partner and leaped aboard. A few
seconds later he stuck his head out
of q car window, and in those few
seconds he had changed. He was
serious. AS he looked at the crowd
a big thought had smitten him, and
that's hard on happy kid OF TWEEN
ty-one.
He looked at a group of us who
weren't going. He was trying TO put
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
THE ORPHEUM

potash and Perlmutter in Society"
"Abe" Potash and "Mawruss"
Perlmutter are going right ahead.
Convinced that the dramatic posi-
bilities OF the famous partners in the
cloak and suit business were not
exhausted with the first play of Pot
ash and Perlmutter, so successfully
shown locally last season, Mgr. A. ii.
Woods caused a second installment
to be written as q sequel to their
further adventures, and this city will
see it on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the
Orpheum theatre, with an excellent
cast, including Jules Jordon and
Charles Ripson and Pearl Sindelar.
Potash and Perlmutter in Society
is the title of the new play. 1t is
the work of Montague Glass, author
of the original Saturday Evening
Post stories, and Rot Cooper Megrue,
who is responsible for 1t Pays to
Advertise, Under Cover and New
York's reigning hit, Seven Chances.
It is described as "a comedy in three
acts and four scenes, with a happy
ending. The action of the new play
takes place in the home of Perlmut-
ter, the home Of Potash, theN offices
of the Cloak & Suit Company of
North America, and the cloak and
sui GbLdbAAOAlAAS4AN Va ONeA1AA anu
Perlmutter IN East Broadway.
Poliyanna, a comedy of good cheer
bv Catherine Chisholm Cushing,
based upon Mrs. Eleanor III. Porter's
tremendously popular stories of the
glad girl, win be brought to the
Orpheum for the first time in Fargo
on Thursday evening, Oct. 4, by Klaw
and Erlander and George G.. Tyler.
Grown ups who know life and how
hard IL is for some folks to find joy
In 1t. are the most loyal admirers of
the orphan optimist, one of the most
fascinating characters between book
covers or upon the, stage. How she
sweetens up soured natures and puts
trouble to flight by sheer force Of
magnetic example, is all good
comedy, with some touches Of senti-
ment and romance, for Pollyanna is
not only seen in short skirted check
ed bingham but later in the fluffy
f1nery of sweet seventeen, in the
fiutterinE enjoyment of her first love.
Miss Helen Hayes, the youngest
leading lady on the American stage.
plays the leading part, that of Polly
anna Whittier, George Alison, John
Webster, Fanchon Campbell, Agnes
Gildea, Adrian Morgan. Master Dom
aid McLeIland, and others, are
prominent in her support,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28

We are a peaceable people. After
the Civil war there was a universal
hope that we should never go to war
again: but Cuba lay at our doors,
exploited, ill-treated, making her
pathetic appeal to American chivalry
and American justice. and we re-
garded war as a lesser evil than a
heart hardened to the suffering of
others. Against that war neither
made objection; they had no Span
ish sympathies.
The Spanish war was soon ended,
and once more we hoped that Am
erica would never so to war again.
But our hopes were too sanguine. A
great country in the centre Of Europ3
had waxed wonderfully strong dur
ing forty years Of peace. In 1870
Germany and France were equal in
population and riches. In 1914, the
German population was 10 millions.
the French 3S millions; German COM
merce amounted to five billions of
dollars, French commerce to three;
the German merchant marine was
double that of France; German agri-
cultural produce, wheat, rye, pota-
toes, in spite of an inferior soil, was
25 per cent to so per cent greater
Germany was rapidly acquiring a
very great, even a guiding. influence
in the worlds affairs. The German
government, however, remained a
government of the warrior caste, bred
upon the Prussian tradition that
might makes right; at it's head was
an Emperor, who declared that he
ruled by divine right. and that his
army was the rock on which his en-
pire was built. This great nation,
and especially its intellectual lead
ers, became drunk with success and
self-love: boastful and truculent, 1t
pressed upon it's neighbors, until the
peace of Europe gave way at it's
weakest point. Germany thought
she saw her way clear to dominate
Europe and, dragging Austria with
her, dashed over Belgium, in order
TO deal knock out blows first to
France and then to Russia.
America Astounded.
We were astounded. We admired
Germany, her music, her science, her
scholarship, her universities and
schools, her municipalities. her in
dustry, skill and success. We could
not believe that Germany was so
utterly in the wrong as her enemies
said. But little by little we were
forced to believe it. First the Allies
published the story Of their diplo-
matte efforts to prevent the war, but
Germany never published her cor
respondence with Austria; then came
report after report Of murders, dew
astation and pillage in Belgium and
France; then followed, one after the
other. lawless sinkings Of American
vessels the torDedOinR of the TdIsi-
tania, the drowning Of American wo-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
NO FRIENDS LEFT.

Almost the entire New World is
now arrayed against Germany.
tCanada, Newfoundland and the
United States are actively at war.
HfaziI is in a state Of war with Ger
many and is lending aid to the
Allies. Argentine. Peru. Uruguay
and Paraguay have broken off
Diplomatic relations. Mexico is con-
sidering a similar step. and Ger
ulany, already without friends among
the nations in the Americas. may
soon be without a speaking acquaint-
ance.
Herman diplomats no longer scoff
ct the growing list of enemies among
the small nations of the world. They
are making frantic efforts to retain
friendly relations with the few re-
uaaining neutrals. ..
FROM a purely military standpoint,
g may make little difference
whether such countries as Peru and
Uruguay and even Argentine are
trends or enemies. But from an
economic standpoint the growing list
81 enemy countries must be alarming
a Germans.
Al economic war after the war
VITA not be countenanced by Ameri-
c. President Wilson has announced,
hHt II begins to look as il 1t would
b Unnecessary. Germany is tearing
d6Wn the commercial structure she
has spent years and generations in
bnilding. At home her industry is
rting through neglect while war
csumes all her energies, but abroad
bungling hands Of her diplomats
tearing It down. South Ameri-
G has been looked upon by Germany
q her special field for exploitation.
man bankers and German agents,
y years Of close study Of conditions.
\ built up a rich market for the
herland This work viii have to
done over again after the war
it will have to face the added
dicap Of bitter racial hostility,
"a hatred Of anything that is Ger
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task OF
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

We have a few who will take care
Of Kaiser Bill, says The New Rock
ford State Center in answer to
Chancellor Michaelis' question, as
follows:
WHO will dare touch the
kaisers military authority?
asks Chancellor Michaelis in one
OF his written articles for Ger
man consumption. Well, there
are Pershing. Haig, Petain,
Cadorna, Korniloff and a few
other boys who might undertake
It.
No wonder Russian army officers
revolt, comments The Bismarck Tri-
bune. 1t says:
The pay Of a first class United
States private in France is said
to be SAL a year more than that
OF a Russian colonel. No wonder
Russian army officers start re-
volts once in a while.
The Walsh County Record, pub
lished at Grafton, has the following
to say about free speech:
Those who prate about the in
alienable right of free speech"
and insist on criticizing any and
every act of the government in
the conduct of the war should
read and profit by what Williams
Jennings Bryan has to say on
the subject.
Mr Bryon, who prior to the
declaration Of war was a pacifist
of the most pronounced type,
says: The citizen who insists
on exercising the right of free
speech in criticizing the govern
msnt, is not a law abiding AM
erican, but a promoter Of anar-
chy. Criticism Of the govern
ment is not In place. 1t is not
the best way to express thought,
it creates a wrong impression
abroad among our enemies, and
finally after this government has
acted, discussion has closed and
is no longer patriotic or Ameri-
can. After congress has acted in
declaring war 1t Is matter OF
law, and the man who criticises
this is not law abiding. He is
resorting to anarchy,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
WELCOME THE REV. BoUck
WHITE, PATRIOT.

1.-THE Rev. Bouck White, one Of the
gz.eat among the disconnected OF the
United States, who not long ago
hnrned a national flag, and was say
1ng in public many things which
cen a democracy finds it hard to
bear, is out for loyalty. says the
Christian Science Monitor. ct am
making a plea to the radicals Of
America, he says. to periodically
support the conduct Of the war, be-
Cause the war was voted legally.
while the enemy is battering at the
Gates, he adds, 'sedition is inexcus-
apie'. It would hardly surprise one,
nov, to hear Senator La Toilette,
senator Reed. or Senator Stone cry
Ing Hear, hear!~to this.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
NORMAL YIELD.
Crop of British Isles Will Be Aver
age Says Official Bulletin.
TI,v assocIated preRRD


London, Sept. %. - An official
statement from the food production
department gives a reassuring view
Of the harvest prospects in the Brit
ish Isles. and by way Of contrast, a
summary of the gloomy situation in
enemy countries.
In England, 1t is stated, recent re-
ports of damage from rain and storm
were heavily exaggerated. While the
recent storms damaged crops in some
areas, there is, speaking generally,
not the slightest ground for public
anxiety or alarm, says the state
ment.
In Germany, on the other hand, the
information received by the British
agricultural authorities is that "the
crops are not only exceedingly bad In
the best areas of the German Empire,
but the whole harvest Of the central
powers viii in all probability prove
disastrous in consequence Of the
violent weather which has prevailed
over western Europe"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28

Boys will be boys" is the old and
all too true saying. But not all boys
stay boys. 1t is this that Owen
Johnson, author of the original story
of The Varmint and other Lawrence
vile school tales, has done. He
writes of young America-and es-
peciaIly masculine young American as
only one who has lived the part
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
On tho spur;
aMeN1OIlont
ZxkAOaafS 4TLLER
NAMING HIM.

NAMING HIM.
| I'm a patriot, but damme
II ever call him Sammy,
If l ever call him Freddy,
Petey, George, Billy, Eddie,
Or give him a handle silly
That will make him out a gillie.
He is full of pep and scrappy'
And is not q spineless chappie,
| Nor a simpering lounge lizard
With much yellow in his 2tzzard.
He's a soldier and a fighter,
Not a bally. blooming Brighter,
Nor a sissy who does hover
| Meath a ribboned corset cover;
Not a male impersonator,
Nor a Broadway tea-room waiter,
But a regulation heller,
Yes, a rough and-ready Teller
With his finger on the trigger
And some muscle in his f1gger.
In a mix-up he's a devil;
He's q scrapper on the level.
And he doesn't use face-powder,
But a kind that speaks much louder.
He does not care to be petted.
He does not care to be fretted
BY a name like Gussie, Benny,
Able, Hyacinth or Jenny.
Not a single pet-name, thankee.
He's no Sammy. He's a Yankee.
A New York paper says that
''Bustles were shown at the Ritz
Carlton fashion show"
But il always used to be consider
ed better taste to keep them covered
up.
r. K. NJ: 1t may interest you to
know that Mr.. Rideout runs a livery
stable at Evanston, wow. l.. II.
R. X. M: Listen! DR., Carver Is
one of the leading surgeons at
sedalia. Mo. ....
An open confession is good for the
soul.
Personally, we are at the end Of a
perfect fiscal year.
During the fiscal year we have
written:
The great American novel.
The great American musical
comedy.
The great American motion pict-
ure scenario.
The great American drama.
The great American war song.
None of them has been published,
filmed, acted or sung.
During the next fiscal year we will
stick to colyumning and let others
do the great American" stun. There
isn't any money in 1.-THE way we
do It. They don't seem to want the
good stun any more. Ho-hum.
we have always wanted to have
lunch with Irv Cobb because we
know where Irv Is, there shall some
lunch be also. We often wonder Il
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28
FISHERMEN FACE Ruin.
Scandinavians Find Trade Impossis
BILE, Due to u-boats and Mines.
(By Associated Press.)

Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. %. -
Scandinavian coast. fishermen are
faced with absolute ruin, on account
Of the impossibility of plying their
trade this year in the face Of mines
and U-boats. This is the more to be
regretted as fish are more plentiful
In the North sea than ever before In
the history Of the fishing industry.
Meanwhile the German trawIers,
under government protection, are
marking great preparations for the
season. A large new fishing port at
the mouth of the Elbe river Is In
course Of construction.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-28

triumph of twenty years ago fills
theaters nightly with wildly en-
thusiastic audiences which greet the
thrilling scenes and stirring incidents
Of this human, wholesome, always
entertaining play with ringing cheers
and tumultuous applause. The pro-
duction, excelling in scenic splendor,
bewildering spectacular effects and
splendid cast, any previous revival
of an American play, is commended
with unstinted praise by every critic
wherever presented. In Old Kentucky
is without question the most endur-
ing and popular drama Of this or
any other generation and will be seen
at the Orpheum theater on Monday
and Tuesday, Oct. s and 8.
A woman seldom attempts to hide
n hsVahnI