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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
TOWNLEY TELLS
Why RAILROADS
WERE TAKEN OVER.

st. Paul, Dec. ga. c. Townley,
president Of the Nonpartisan league,
in an interview here last night gave
two reasons, in his opinion why
President Wilson took the action he
did regarding the railroad situation.
First-The object lesson of other
nations.
Second-The breakdown Of the
American railroads.
II hope that the Presidents action
means ultimate ownership Of the
railroads by the people, he said. Il
think ii does mean that. / do not
see how IL can mean anything else"
Other nations have seen that a
nation is best served when IL con-
trolls its transportation facilities.
Other nations have gone further.
other nations in this war are con-
trolling the manufacture and dis
tribution of the things necessary to
the nations welfare. A nations well
fare is the peoples welfare. A ma
ton is well of in the same proper
ton that the mass of its people is
well off. All of us do not seem to
realize that yet. think we will be-
fore long.
Roads Breaking Down.
Our railroads have been breaking
down for n long time. The break
down Is due to over capitalization.
The purpose of our railroads has
been to pay dividends, not to give
service. The operators of our rail-
roads are good and efficient men. /
do not suppose there are any better
in the world. But they have been
under the direction Of men who
wanted dividends above all things.
Rolling stock, road bed. everything
else has been sacrificed to dividends
Ito dividends on unnatural capital
ization. of course the railroads
broke down. The President could do
nothing but take them IL we are to
have efficient transportation.
I'VE are still, / see, to pay dividends
TO the railroads owners based on
their watered stock. We are to
guarantee net incomes earned before
June, 1914. wish it were otherwise,
/ wish we were to pay these railroad
owners only what their physical
property is worth and take the rail-
roads into public hands for good and
all. / suppose that the President
didn't think it we'll to undertake such
action at this time. I suppose he
thought it impossible to attempt
physical valuation in the stress OF
these times. All right. Apparently
this plan is a temporary plan. The
big thing is that a great step in the
right direction has been taken. AS
the stress of war eases off, we can
take a further proper step of abso-
lutte ownership by the government of
our transportation facilities. / hope
this will happen.
ut is a sure thing that If govern
ment ownership and operation Of the
railroads is good for us all in time
of war, it will be good for us all in
time of peace. / hope our railroads
will never go back to the kind Of
private ownership that they have
had. Because private ownership will
always mean dividends before ser
vice. The purpose of railroads
should be service before dividends.
II hope this action Of the President
means ultimate public ownership be-
cause that means service first. do
not see how the people can permit
anything else to happen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28

You, mothers and fathers, who feel
yourselves growing old and becoming
reconciled to your fate, will have n
chance to renew your youth, for the
"Katzenjammer Kids are coming to
town. It's q brand new musical COM
edy, made from the funny cartoons
in the colored supplements and in its
transition to the stage 1t gains add
ed humor and furnishes one of the
most pleasing evenings in the theater
imaginable. This piece is produced
by Gazzolo, Cats and Clifford, and
they have spared no expense to make
their Offering a notable one. The
three acts are pictorial gems, while
the electrical effects are novel and
original. The chorus is n feature
which the management pfides itself
on. The girls are the prettiest and
most graceful seen in a musical COM
edy in many moons. The entire pro-
duction is enhanced by their beauty
and vivacity, and all in all, the Kat
zenjammer Kids" is said to be the
best entertainment of the season. Its
engagement at the Orpheum theater
for three performances, commencing
New Years eve, Dec. 81, promises to
be one of the features of the present
theatrical season in this city. Spec
ial New Years matinee at o'clock.
Anna Held is coming to the Orph-
cum on January 2, in her latest, and
what is said to be her greatest mus
ical comedy success, Follow Me"
Miss Held's career in America has
been exceptionally brilliant. She has
appeared at the head of many OF the
most gorge0usly mounted and most
brilliantly executed musical comedies
Of the period Among these may be
chronicled Miss Innocence" THE
"Parisienne Model" The Little
Duchess" and "Papa's Wife. There
is great fascination to this shoulder
struggling, eye-rolling Parisienne,
whose wonderful gowns and naughttly
plaintive singing have placed her be-
yond the possibility of imitation and
given her a position uniquely her own
in her art. Miss Held comes to the
Orpheum as a sole owner of Follow
Me" in which she is said to have ach-
ieved last season at the Casino, New
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
A War Prayer
BY James Waterman Wise Of Tn,
Niaiianfes.


BY James Waterman Wise Of TIL
Viailantes.
Father, we beseech Thee
Guard our boys tonight.
Keep. we pray their footsteps
On the paths Of right.
We have sent them gladly,
For the fight is just.
Yea, their cause liz holy
Glorious their trust.
Hold their fates, @ Father,
In Thy wondrous hand,
Bring them back. il may be,
Back to grace our land.
For we loved them dearly
But our path was clear
Honor bade us send them,
Father, be Thou nearl
But IL they must leave us
IL IL be Thy win.
Father. we implore Thee,
Guide and guard them still.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
In the Theatres

York. the greatest success of her
career.
The piece has an interesting story
of love intrigue, and a cast of lead
ing Broadway favorites, q chorus Of
exceptionally beautiful girls, scenic
equipment embracing three scenes
that give Follow Me" the name of
the most gorgeous musical production
ever seen in New York, and admit
tedly the most wonderful gowns ever
worn in any production, some that
grace the forms Of chorus beauties
alone costing as much as 81 900, while
Miss Held has the most remarkable
sartorial display she has ever shown
.-Parisienne finery that cost $4,000
70 make.
Follow Me" comes in its entirety
just as it scored a sensational sue
cess in New York,
A musical attraction of exceptional
merit and one that has already made
a metropolitan reputation in the
leading theaters OF the country, is
Irving Berlin's international synco-
pated success, Watch Your Step,
which may be seen at the Orpheum
on Jan. for a one-day engagement,
with the entire original production as
witnessed for six months in New
York, three months in Chicago, three
months in Boston, three months in
Philadelphia, with engagements OF
several weeks i'm Baltimore, Washing
ton and st. Louis.
1t is seldom that an attraction of
this magnitude is presented outside
OF the very largest cities, but after
persistent efforts our local manage
meEt has secured Watch Your Step
for a presentation in this city.
No musical play produced for many
seasons past has been so widely
talked about and TO music has been
more widely sung or is more familiar
TO everyone in this country than
those delightful sync0pated melodies
of Watch Your Step.
1t reflects much but copies nothing
except as a kindly burlesque or can
didly given "reminiscences. 1t is kindled
with the spirit of harmless clean
frolic and has a story which serves
only to connect the twenty odd de-
lightful ragtime melodies. Such a
novelty is Watch Your Step that it
expresses a departure from the usual
musical comedy with wit, sharp, mod
ern, new and agreeable, adjoining the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
TOp-BOche plane abIaze Ii midair.
Wreck Of q German raider.

This wonderful picture Of a Ger
man plane blazing i'm midair as It
hurtled downward is one Of the most
remarkable photographs taken in the
war
The hattleplane was figing above
the lines somewhere In France
when a French flyer passed on a
higher level, dropping a bomb which
struck the Boche plane directly in
tn center. On the wings of the
flaming ship the iron cross insignia
Is plainly visible.
When a plane wrecked in air
reaches the ground there Is little Of
ii that can be salvaged. The lower
photo shows the wreckage OF q
raider brought down by a French
man after an air duel when a group
OF German battle planes made q raid
on the port OF Dunkirk
The wrecks Of German planes
when they aIight behind the French
lines are often taken into the cities
and piled at street corners or in
plazas. placarded to credit the
Frenchmen who brought them down.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
Dads Iron Bed Is Much Easier to Read in Since
the Powerful Kdtrinkd Remodeled 1t
by he eeers yndca nc

Copyright 1917. by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
Want GRADING
BUSTED FOR War
tBy Assoclated Press.l


Washington, Dec. 2S.-Suspension
OF the brain grading law during the
war was urged at the hearing on
modification OF the regulations which
began here Thursday.
Under present conditions there is
no competition" said Mr.. Steiner
son. "and the consequence is that the
farmers are compelled to sell their
wheat at reduced price. When
was in Croolston recently there was
general complaint that the amount
of dockage as fixed in the regulations
resulted in a lowering of the grade
OF wheat Under competitive condi-
tions this dockage would be taken
care of. and the wheat growers would
be able to get a fair price for their
Rep. p. D. Morton of North Da-
kota suggested premium grade. He
said contract wheat was graded No.
dark northern, but that this year
the crop was especially good and
much of it graded No. / without any
benefit to the farmers.
Representatives of North Dakota
farmers urged the amount of other
wheat permitted in the higher grades
be increased from to 10 per cent
and that the weights of Nos. 1, and
pounds respectively. Wheat having
more than 10 per cent of other
wheats. should be graded as sample"
wheat.
Those who attended the hearing
included Representatives Anderson,
Stevenson, Volstead and Knutson Of
Minnesota. Norton, Young and Baer
az North Dakota, and Senator Ster-
ling of South Dakota.
briefest scene or song. and the music
is so tuneful and simple, so fetching
and jaunty that every tune of IL crops
out at viii almost complete as
whistley memory.
The play is in three acts and five
scenes, the scenery all new and built
on the Urban idea, and 1T is only rea-
sonable TO presume that as watch
Your Step has been the talk of the
theater-going public Of this city, Tor
some time that the theater Will be
crowded when it receives it's FIRST
production in this city.
A novelty for screen patrons is
promised by the management of the
Isis theater today, when William
FOx's newest production. All for a
Husband" opens a two days run
there. The picture has in it some
thing new and distinct.
role in this new drama. which COM
bines so much of the comedy element
that the spectators are guaranteed a
laugh from the fitting TO the cOnc.u-
sion of the picture.
Complications ensue in such RAPID
order that one doesn't know what 10
expect next. And then comes the
biggest surprise ending that has ever
been attached to a motion picture.
"All for Husband is roar from
one end to the other. Dentists could
use it on their patients instead OF
laughing gas.
A big week end attraction is that
at the Strand, where Mary Miles
Minter is appearing i'm Her Country
Call. Advance notices received in
Fargo from points where this clio,
has been displayed, indicate 1t is one
of the best offerings of the holiday
week. Mary Winter is said 10 be at
her best, and the Strand anticipates
a big run.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
FEUDAL S0VERElGNTY'S -
DOWNFALL IS FORECAST
Berlin Newspaper Declares sIav Revo.
tuition Has Ended Possibility Of
Absolutist Methods In Europe.

Amsterdam, via London, May g.
The Berlin Vorwaerts, discussing tho
socialist conference at Stockholm, OK.
poets the way may have been paved
for an end Of the war.
Declaring that the Russian revolu-
tion has ended the possibility of abso-
lutist methods in European country
the paper continues:
whether the remnant of feudal
sovereignty will hold its own for q
few months or years, its hours are told
and we shall live to see and celebrate
It's downfall. If it does not yield now
the more sudden will be it's downfall.
The people, who have been convinced
by three years of war that they alone
are the pillar of state, will accomplish
IT,"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
EIGHT U. S. GuNNERS ON
TANKER VACUUM SAVED
Second Boatload Of Survivors Arrives
In Port-captain Of Steamer
Thought Loot 10 Safe.

London, May 3,-The second boat.
load of survivors Of the American
armed steamer Vacuum, sunk by 4
German submarine, have been officially
reported saved. Tho additional sur
vivors include Captain S. S. Harris,
Third Mate Ed Hustled, the boatswain
and five American bluejackets, gunners
on the vessel. H.
The gunners saved were: James f..
Williams, John Williams, George Par
ker, Oswald H. Lucke, Henry J. MusS~
horn, Jr.
The safe arrival at Liverpool of three
other gunners from the Vacuum
Frank NJ. Lasher, John Nichola and
George T. Wilson, has also been re-
ported.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
OIL WORKERS At TAMPlC0
ARE CALLED OUT ON STRIKE
msxIcans, melted by Germans, oull
II Large Numbers and Allies OH
Supply 10 Jeopardlzed.

Galveston, Tex, May ga general
strike has been called among the. oil
workers at, Tanpico, according to
word brought TO an: American, port BY
men aboard . tank steamer. Mexican
Daborers, melted by German propagan.
dists, have walked out. Eleven load.
ing plants are said to have closed
down.
AS a result Of tho strike dozens Of
tank steamers are awaiting cargoes
there. Last reports, just before the
vessel set sail from Tampfco were that
Germans are attempting, to cripple pro-
duction In the oil fields by carrying
the strikes to include the entire dis
trict. This would result in cutting of
naval and commercial oil supplies IT
the Allied nations.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
TEST SEED WITH CARE

D. F. Houston, secretary Of the Unit
ed States department Of agriculture,
Washington, D. c., states that "every
farmer should test all seeds for purity
and termination before planting.''
seed or seed which is badly mixed
with noxious weeds. Much of the seed
is already in the ground, but it is not
too late to test corn, barley, beans,
buckwheat, millet, flax, alfalfa, soy
beans, and all root crops, which prob
ably have not yet been planted.-W. L..
Oswald, head Of Seed Laboratory, Uni
versity farm, st. Paul.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
CHICAGO MAYOR UNPOPULAR

Thompson May Be Expelled BY Elks
and Rotary Club.
Chicago, May 3.-Absolute silence
on the part Of Mayor Thompson,
against whom 4 wave Of criticism has
been directed because Of alleged un-
patriotic statements. has not cooled
public resentment.
The question Of expelling the mayor
from the Rotary club is before the
board of directors.
Five thousand Chicago Elks hooted
and sang, We'll hang Mayor Thomp-
son to the sour apple tree" for half an
hour at the big Elk's charity carnival.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
y. S. SHIP is T0RPEDoED;
13 MEN Of CREW MISSING
Steamer Rockingham Destroyed BY
Submarine, Survivors Deciare-Pa.
troll Vessel Picks Up 80.

London, May 3.-Thirteen men Of
the crew Of the American steamer
Rockingham, torpedoed and sunk by a
German submarine, were missing
when q: patrol vessel breught in word
81 the tragedy through testimony Of
CO. survivors. The* 81 were picked
up May /.
They were in two boatloads. One
boat, with the 10 men still unaccount-
I'd for, is missing. Survivors said q
German submarine sank the Rocking.
ham.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
WAR NOT HURTING BUSINESS

Conditions Are Not Adversely Affect
ed, Says Reserve Board Report.
Washington, May 3.-General bust.
ness conditions throughout the coun-
try, the Federal Reserve Board an
nounces in it's monthly review, have
not been materially affected by the
entrance of the United States into
the war, although in every district
there is going on process Of read
justment which is reflected in many
tines.
/. In no section Of the country, tho
board finds, has there been industri-
al, financial or commercial distress
because Of the changes incidental to
placing the country on a war footing.
The report from Minneapolis reads:
There are no visible signs in this
district Of any adverse effect of tho
declaration Of war;"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
MeADoo ANNOUNCES suescRlR
TIoNs TO FIRST ISSUE OF y. 3.
WAR BONDS WILL Dc RI
cElVED TO JUNE 70,
DELIVERY IS PROMISED
NOT LATER THAN JULY !
FOdoSal R0oorvo Banks % Act - Cen
tsai Agencies Though Many Or
oanlxa1lons wit d. Utilized 80
In Floating Dondo-Women
viii Help.

Washington. May 3.-secretary No
Adoo has announced that the first Of
fsr1ng Of bonds authorized under thu
war finance law would b q $4,000, 900,
600 liberty loan" issue. open to popu
lar subscription ct par and that sub
scriptions would be received till June
Is next. The bonds will be dated July
and will be ready for delivery then
Reserve Banks TO % Agencies.
Although. many, organizations, in I'd
dition to the banks OF. the country,
Will be utilised in floating tho bonds
the II Federal Reserve banks will be
designated central agencies in theil
respective districts. receiving subscrtp
tons. delivering bonds and caring fol-
other details. The proceeds Of the 10
sue will be deposited in as many banks
throughout the country as practicable
and Will be withdrawn gradually.
Interest on the bonds will be pay
able semi-annually January and, July
1. Details as to their denomination
have not yet been prescribed, but the
lowest denomination, it was an,
nounced, will be SO small AZ to place
the bonds within the reach Of every
investor.
Women to Help.
Among the agencies which will b
authorized to accept subscriptions, Mr.
McAdoo designated banks, trust com
panies, private bankers, bond houses,
postoffices, express companies, depart.
ment stores, newspapers and other
volunteers who have come forward.
Many offers of assistance have been
received from women's organizations
and as soon as possible the secretary
will organize a woman's committee to
assist in obtaining subscriptions and
distributing the issue.
A large oversubscription, Mr.. Mo.
Adoo announced, appears Mkely.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
German Reserve About Used Up,

German Reserve About Used Up.
Ottawa, Ont, May ga London dis
patch received at the agency here Of
the Reuter- Telegram company says
that the principal gain Of the Anglo
French offensive is in forcing Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg to engage re-
serves which had been assembled for
quite another purpose and wasting
them irreparably. The Germans had
q strategic reserve Of A divisions IN
the West; Thirty-three of these were
sent to the front line and it Is esti,
mated that over half Of these Wogq
E1khdraWn tor reconstructiol Z
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
LEGISLATORS BITTER IN DENuN.
CATION OF SPECTATORS
WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF WAR.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL l.
IS SUGGESTION MADE
1onatoro' Debate on Question Develops
jato Denunoiation Of 6peoulatoro
and Hanging or Putting Thorn
Behind Prison Bars 9uo.
aooted for Them.

Washington, May 3.-The rising sen
timent in Congress for legislation I'd
meet the nations food problems broke
out in the Senate in debate that
started over the high price Of seeds
but developed into denunciations Of
food spectators, with predictions
that the best way to deal with them
was to string them to lamp posts so1
put them behind prison bars.
Senators from farming states Dc
MED that there is any real shortage Of
staple foods in tho United States. Sen
ator John Sharp Williams declared
there had been hysteria throughout
the country and that the cause of high
prices was largely Psychological. He
said he believed tho German corrup
ton fund recently unearthed in a fed
eral court in New York may have bee1
responsible for the hysteria.
No Food Shortage.
Word should go straight out from
the Senate, Senator Williams said
that there is no shortage of food. Sen
ators Nelson and McCumber agreed
that there is no reason to fear 4
shortage.
The attack on the spectators wal
led by Senators Thomas and Borah
The Colorado senator declared they
we're the real enemies of the nation
expressed the hope Congress would
not adjourn without legislation that
would remedy the evil and said the
lamp post was the thing to cure such
speculation. Before the debate turn.
ed to other things Senator Thomas
Introduced an amendment to the es.
pionage bill empowering the Presi.
dent by proclamation to suspend dur.
ing the war the operation Of Boards
Of Trade and Chambers Of Commerce
which deal in futures. He had It sent
70 the table for lated consideration.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04

TO all dealers in intoxicating liquor,
City of Little Falls, Minnesota:
Gentlemen:
In conformity with military regula-
tons throughout the country and for
the purpose of preserving public or.
der in our city, you are hereby prohib.
lted from selling intoxicating liquor
to any person in the uniform of a sol.
der OF the United States army, navy,
marine corps, state militia or nation.
al guard.
This order will remain in force IN.
til revoked.
Dated this End day of May, 1917.
N. N. BERGHELM.
Mayor,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04
U. 8. May Insure seamen.

.. s. Way insure Seamen.
Washington, May 3.-Secretary Mo.
Adoo has recommended to Congress
that the powers Of the government
war risk insurance bureau be enlarged
20 a. to permit the insuring Of lives
Of officers and men on merchant ships.
Liability for loss Of life would be
placed between $1,000 and $4,000 with
proportionate indemnity for injuries.
Owners Of all vessels insured by the
government would be required to take
put insurance upon the lives OF officers
and crew, according g the plans q
Qaarataxx HaAdaA -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-04

Albin Gierok, who is stationed with
the detachment of guards at Winona,
In letter to his parents here, states
that the guardsmen are receiving
splendid treatment at the hands of
the Winona citizens. The people of
that city recently made up purse of
1000 and presented it to them and
they have also received articles OF
clothing, etc. Bert Jones of this city
is also with the guardsmen at Wi
mona. The local boys at St. Cloud
state that they also get fine treat.
ment there and that they have free
access to the Elks' club rooms, the
theaters and other entertainments.