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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12

With $4,96S.21 in cash banked,
and telephone pledges for more than
800 awaiting collection, women in
the Fargo drive for $1,000 for the
Fargo Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION. and the national associa-
tons war work are on the last day
Of the work today.
It was a smiling, confident group
of workers that left drive headquar-
tiers in the association building on
Broadway this morning. Drive
directors said the workers would be
"over the top" before the last booster
dinner at 6 o'clock this evening.
Tuesdays total in the drive was
$2.262.75, bringing the total for the
two days to $4,96S.21, or just q little
over 81, 900 short of the goal, includ-
ing outstanding pledges.
A slight change was announced in
the figures for Monday, in which
total several uncollected pledges had
been added, making the total for the
day $2,715.46 instead OF $2,7Se.55.
Business Girls Go Strong.
The business girls division
organized from among girls making
their homes at the association build
ing, again scored Tuesday, team No
reporting $2O2.50, and team No. 2
$252.75, making a total of $776.90 for
the two days. The girls originally
pledged themselves to get $500.
Team 14A. Mrs. III. p. Beckwtth
captain, was again high for Tuesday
work, reporting 1881 at the booster
dinner in the evening.
Gearey and Ford Speak.
II. w. Gearey, state chairman Of
the Y. NJ c. A. war work council
and Rev. T.. c. Ford, publicity man
ager in the drive, were speakers al
the booster dinner Tuesday evening
III. p. Beckwith presided.
Every man, woman and child In
this country is as truly conscripted
for service for the common cause as
are any OF the soldiers now in train
ing, and each Is expected to do his
part, said Mr.. Gearey.
THE Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION has outlined a wonderfully
efficient program for service, and is
deserving OF the wholehearted sup
port of the community.
Rev. Mr.. Ford warned against over
optimism in the face OF the results
already obtained in the drive.
Don't let up in your efforts until
the last minute. he said. Every
one wants this drive to go over the
top with a good oversubscription".
The speakers for the booster din
ner this evening had not been
determined upon at noon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
Policy In Handling Bound
Magazines Best For All

Library hourA O'Clock u u.
TO . o'cloek D. m. The chIidren'a
room Is open every afternoon
from $3.50 to $3.50 O'Clock. and
every Saturday afternoon from
1850 to $3.50 O'Clock. The story
hours are held after school On
Wednesday and Thursday after-
moons.
The world il so fun Of . number
Of things" that we may have been
talking about the unimpCrtant ones
after all So. the lesson today viii
be on the bound magazines, why they
are sterniy kept in the library, and
never, never allowed TO circulate.
There has been some complaint late
" about this system. We do not
circulate the dictionary or the ency-
clopedias, uO because the citizens OF
Fargo, about rs. 900 OF them. may try
to use them every day. CD because
ii is necessary to have them in one
place in order TO efficiently serve so
many people, CD because they are
valuable and not easily replaced when
lost, defaced or stolen, all Of which
circulating books. These are also
the identical reasons for not circulat-
ing the bound magazines.
The magazines are our chief and
often our sole tools for reference
work. They are indexed In q very
valuable and expensive index which
Is received every month. To i'm
partially serve q city fun OF people
ii is essential to have some carefully
thought-out system, some tried plan,
some rules that must be absolutely
carried out. Absolutely.
To be concrete. Suppose you, a
busy citizen Of Fargo. have 80 min
utes some evening in which to hunt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12

up an article @ municipal MEhtfnE.
or votes for women. how 60 keep
bees. or the fox-rr0s. any q whica
appeared In the magazines Of I've
years aEo. After running down the
magazine ContafntnE your article 1y
using that expensive index. Yea are
blandly told that the volume Is out.
and you are q busy person. and have
not time to come in again. and have
positively no reason 10 think that
volume viii ever he in when YOU wanG
it-would not your raEa and fairy Be
an awful EiEhtg
Are You not glad that there In one
place in this town where you can be
sure that your wants are not shelved
in favor q some one elseg Where
you can expect % find an answer %
reasonable questions. any time be-
tween O'Clock in the morning and
2 O'Clock at night. six days in every
week in the year?
You now. the man who wants an
article On fancy skating wants liz sx-
actly as badly as ne who wants one
on the government bond issue. and.
according 60 our democratic ideals
and American institutions. he has
just as much right 90 have It. When
both these articles are in the same
volume, common sense DEGREES that
the volume should be kept In one
place where both men can consult IL
at will.
After giving this matter some
thought, we hope YOU viii concede
that the manner OF regulating the
bound magazines In impartial and ef-
ficient, and 70 prove your respect for
this institution, you viii bring your
reference problems here. Our slogan
is, The library Is yours. Why not
use it,"
Winnie Bucklin, Librarian.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
Oh, MIR. Hoover,
See What "Our
Boys" Are Doing

oh, Mr.. Hoover, just see what
Fargo council OF United CONNER
cial Travellers are doing.
In order to obey your mandate
to economic. the council has de-
Cided to dispense with the pro-
posed banquet in honor OF Past
Grand Counselor. w. L. Grasse.
who viii leave Fargo the first OF
the year for Aberdeen. s. D., to
make that city his headquarters.
II is understood that some other
form Of entertainment win be
provided"
Saturday night, the travellers
are going to dance again. The
event viii be held in Moose hall.
and will be exclusively for the
members OF the council and their
friends.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
NIDDLEhAN BANlSHED
IN WAR HORSE MARKET

Bowman, N. D., Dec. 12.-Bowman
county farmers who have sacrificed
war horses to the government buyers
at a. loss OF $40 to $50 at the last
three horse inspections held In Bow
man, can now avail themselves Of
the opportunity Of selling direct to
the government. Sec. II. c. Young
of the commercial club. Is arranging
for the delivery OF q carload OF
horses, at which the government will
have an inspector.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
Ohio's Governor
Asks Right To
Commander Coal

Columbus. o. Dec. 12.-FaIIing 60
hear from a similar request made TO
Or. Harry Garfield. federal fuel ad-
tsriay. Governor Cox Of Ohio. yes
tersay afternoon appealed directly 20
President Wilson for authority for
the Ohio feel administration to COM
mAndeer coal in transit through Ohio
for domestic use
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP
TORPEDOED and sunk
Most OF The Crew OF a. Men Saved,
Is The ofheial Report From
Vienna.
(By Associated Press.)

London. Dec. 1.-THE Austrian bat
tleship Wien was torpedoed and
sunk Sunday night, according to a
Vienna official statement received in
Amsterdam and forwarded by the
Central News. Most OF the crew were
saved.
The battleship Wien displaced s.
.b12 tons and she was laid down in
1898. She had q complement OF AL
menf
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS
USES WAR TINE RECIPES

New Rockford. n. D.. Dee. IA
constant war program IL being work.
ed out In the domestic science depart
ment Of the high school Every FRI
day. the girls bring in as many war
recipes as they can ind. Later In the
year the students viii Organise war
menus for a week or q month. recog-
mixing wheatiesH and meatlesa days
and arranging the other meals az
economically as possible.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
WOUNDED DAKOTAN LAY
IS HOURS WITHOUT AID

Hannah, N. D., Dec. 12.-Arthur,
SON of John Arid, former Hannah
boy, is back from the trenches at
Antelope, Sask., having been dis
charged from the army. Early last
June he was wounded by machine
gun bullet, lying without aid. for 16
hours. Since then he has been a
patient at London hospital until
just recently. He Is lame but in good
health
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
WANTS INQUIRY
London Times Says British BIunder.
ed In Recent Cambria Battle.

London, Dec. 1.-THE Times, this
morning, prints conspicuously an
editorial demanding a prompt and
searching inquiry into the battle on
the southern end Of the Cambria
salient on Nov. 80 and on the fol-
lowing day, owing, il says. to dis
quieting first-hand amplifcations OF
censored accounts. These are said
to include charges Of laundering and
assertions that the British were
caught unready.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
ENGINEER KILLED.

10y AsbOCIatsu ttees.y
Denver. Col. Dec. lie. N. Lewis,
an engineer. was killed and four men
were severely scalded when a snow
slide derailed a snow pillow and engine
on the Denver q Salt Lake railroad
on Mount Corona.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
FINISHES SEEDING
RYE IN DECEMBER.

Bowman, N. D.. Dec. 12.-Former
County Auditor Fairbanks. who has
been in an officers training camp re-
turned to Bowman about q week ago
and has just finished seeding rye on
his farm southwest OF here.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12

For Quick Results Use The Forum
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
COMFY ROCKERS

Great big. comfortable Rockers. with sturdy
frames Of Selected Oak. fumed or golden finish.
Seats and backs covered with genuine leather Fun
spring seats. These are real gift Rockers and one
that will please the man OF the house. Come in
and see the big assortment 60
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12

good. practical desk for the small boy or girl,
school desk style. fumed oak finish. plenty OF room
for books. "a 90
Special at Observation-Disclosures 8@nOO
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
SMOKERS STANDS

Fumed Oak Smokers stand-metal ash tray. Three
cigar holders and match holder. Pipe rack below;
ash tray that win hold three pipes. co.
Smokers stand made OF Solid Oak I'm a rich fum-
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high. has shelf beneath with pipe rack that holds
four pipes. Cd AZ
Special ....ss.ss.sssssssss.ssss.a.$ - - ~
Smokers Stand, Mahogany finish. 20 inches high
glass ash tray. match holder and places to hold
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
HIGH CHAIRS

new high chair is a desirable gift for baby, and
a practical gift well. We have them i'm all
styles and finishes Here is dyer, bone back. four
spindle, golden finish. M
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12

Fine Library Table. top 2sx42, two magazin
shelves at either end: has drawer and a shelf be
meath: comes in a rich TUNED or ca 7E
golden fnish. Holiday special 94Ss1S
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-12
MODELIT

Sxudder Car-propelIed from a standing position
by shifting the weight from one foot to the other.
Reversible and no dead center; all steel frame
and the wheels rubber tired. A great speed
for the boys and girls. &G or
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
TRAINING MEN TO Do UNCLE
SANS NAVAL FIGHTING

swept harbor of Lake Michigan. below
the wooded bluffs OF the reservation
are United States navy warshlps.
aboard which the men get some of
their training. For the leisure hours
the dimpling waters of the lake IN
svites the more hardy TO battle.
Then there are organized athletics,
under the supervision of naval OH
Ger. Regular track meets. boxing
bouts and baseball games are held.
Also there is a gymnasium and fully
equipped library to occupy the time.
Earn Money on Side.
Iany of the men earn money other
t.Ian their pay by doing odd jobs for
their fellows. There is letter writer
who for a small sum will write a
descriptive letter to a parent or
burning love letter to a young woman
for a mate who finds 1t less easy 10
express himself. Over In Camp Paul
Jones Is tented barber shop in which
several BARRIERS are kept busy scraplng
the faces of their comrades. Along
side is a shoe-shining 'parior" and
nearby is a cleaning and pressing es-
adjustment; all of them do good bust
ness for among the first things re-
crult is taught are neataess and per-
sonaI cleanliness.
Nor do the men want for woman's
interest. Mrs. MOffett, wife of the
commandment. herself the mother of
three small sons, tries to take a moth
erly interest In every man In the sta
ton. AS president of the Great Lakes
auxiliary of the Navy Relief society,
she has direction of the caring for the
needy families in the middle West of
officers and enlisted men of the navy
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
Story From Holland Says UhIans
Were Sent to Shoot Them
Down.
Beg FOOD At DUTCH BORDER
Weary Of War and Depressed by Hun
ger They No Longer Believe in
German Victory, but Are
Eager for Peace.
BY w. ]. [. KEEL.
SY W. - - fNiGE1Es
Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago
Daily News)

especial Correspondence or the chicago
Daily News.)
The Hague, Holland.-On the south
ern border of Holland assertions from
the German army occur on a large
scale nowadays At first it was only a
single soldier here and there, then they
came by threes and fives, later in
groups of ten and twenty, but now as
many as seventy and eighty come In at
a time. A few days ago little army
tried to desert-some 500 to 600 men.
mostly fusileers, marines and land
Sturmers.
The Dutch report says that they at
tempted to cross near Cadsand. but the
German military authorities got wind
of 1t, and 200 Uhlans with two machine
guns were dispatched from Bruges to
head them back. A formal battle ragged
between the two forces; it was viewed
from Holland. The machine guns got
in their deadly work, and almost all
the would-be deserters were either
killed or captured only eight wounded
men succeeded In reaching Dutch soil
and safety.
Every fresh arrival, deserter or es-
capped prisoner, tells the same story of
famine conditions in Belgium and Ger
many, and depression among the SOL
dIers, who dread being sent to the
front. They no longer believe In Ger
man victory, but are eager for peace.
Only one escaped prisoner had diff
ferent story to tell. and that man was
a Russian general, who arrived In
Maastricht accompanied by two Ger
man flight lieutenants" who had es-
capped with him.
This general believed the Germans
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
U. S. BUSY IN ROBERTS CASE
Mann Act Agents Sift Charges Against
Doctor and Wife's Slayer at
Waukesha, Wis.


Waukesha, Wis, June 2S.-COnfrma-
ton of reports that federal agents in
trusted with the duty of enforcing the
Mann act have been investigating the
relations of DR.. David Roberts ana
Miss Grace Lusk, who killed Doctor
Roberts wife last week, was obtained
here just before the inquest over MIS-
BOberts began.
A witness has been found who toio
District Attorney NJ. S. Tullar ana d
federal representative that she rohe
on a parlor car of the Chicago & North
western railroad in which Doctor ROD
erts and Miss Lusk were passengers
also Miss Lusk is known TO have mace
q fun confession of her relations Win
Doctor Roberts and IN addition federal
authorities are said to have the rear
from a Chicago hotel register bearing
the names Robert Davis and WIRE
Milwaukee" 1t was said also that MISS
Margaret Frye of Santa Barbara, CAL
Miss Lusk's closest friend, will TESTIFY
for the government If required.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
Lonas for Mothers Pies.

Cleveland. Ohio.-Cooking in the
Marine corps isn't like the stuff that
mother used to bake. Art Lippert, a
Cleveland youth, who Joined the fight
ing branch of the service. writes home
to mother:
The food is good here, but your
pies would retail at about $50 or S25,
and would taste like million dollars
to me-"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
Fused Tn Her Hair

Elyria, O.-Katie Fuss. in her DE-
vorce petition, says Steve Fuss fused
up her hair and exhibited bupch Of
if 20 friends to prove he was victor
la tine broll.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

and marine corps. Gifts. received al
the stauon, she distributes personally.
frequently offering bits Of kindly adj
vice simultaneously.
And when, finally the men are ready
to take their places In the American
battle fleet, each seems obsessed with
the idea that he. personally. must make
good.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

Up there. on the '1ong, long trail
a-winding back to the land of my
Dreams" a song had spontaneously
sprung to my lips. 1t was Sunday, and
that was my evening hymn, high up
on the mountainside. under the stars.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
Poor Hubby.

Hub lin an outburst of enthusiasm)
You know, Mary, I'm ambitious and
want to be something great. AS the
expression goes, want to do things
the worst way.
Wife (Quietly)-You generally do
Albert.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
GERMANS DESERT ARMY IN DROvEs

can never be reduced by hunger. They
will eat grass or the dust from the
street rather than surrender on the
allies terms" he said. He told how
bad the treatment and the food was in
the German prison camps; he had been
In seven. SO he could judge. After ev-
cry attempt to escape he had been
transferred to different camp, but
everywhere the prisoners were treated
brutality. the officers as well as the
men. How he had at last succeeded
In getting away with his two conpan-
ions he preferred not TO say-because
he feared that would make escape
more difficult for his comrades still in
captivity. He did, however, say that
what made escape very difficult was
that 1t caused great surprise to people
in German towns and villages to see
three able-bOdied men walking about,
and he and his companions had been
obliged to invent all sorts of tales
about having been wounded and being
now on leave TO account for their alb
sence from 'the front"
German soldiers frankly beg for food
on the Dutch border. The officers don't
go quite as far as that. There is a sort
Of neutral zone along the frontier
where Germans and Hollanders can
meet. There the German officers often
congregate and make OvertureS of COM
radeship to their colleagues on the
other side. Friendly relations exist,
and when the luncheon hour comes.
and the Netherlanders see what poor
provisions the Germans have. they in
vite the Germans to lunch. A picnic
is held and the Germans consume in
credible quantities of rolls, sausages
or ham sandwiches, and loudly praise
the coffee the Orderlies of their Dutch
comrades serve. They say they never
get good coffee any more.
Although the Dutch officer often
meets his German colleagues. It must
not be supposed he always agrees with
their methods Of discipline toward
their own men. Both officers and sol
diers In Holland. by. far the greater
number of them at least, strongly dis
approve of the brutal and heartless
way in which most German officers
treat their men. The younger officers
show this by chatting the Germans
about it.
Merchant Ranks Over Noble.
How the spirit of caste still rules in
the German ranks is instanced by q
little anecdote told me by Dutch
officer He had come on friendly "cof-
fee" terms with a German officer, Won
s., the personification, to the very
monocle, of those "schneidige lleuten-
ants" often lampOoned in Germany
One day Won S. came TO lunch bubbIing
over with indignation, for a simple
bourgeois" former Berlin merchant,
had been given the post of captain in
his regiment, and he himself was first
lieutenant.
"Denken sic SIGH. ileber Kamerad /"
he exclaimed. "Tch! Won s. Inter
einem Kaufman aus Berlin :" He felt
disgraced But officers are beginning
to get scarce in Germany. so the re-
serve officers who have acquitted them
selves creditably have TO be promoted
to positions they would never have at
tanned in peace times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

U. S. Minister Guest of the King.
Stockholm, Sweden, June 2s--Ins
American minister Ira Nelson MOTIFS,
and Mrs. Morris were dinner guests o
King GuStaf at the palace
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
JAPANESE RED CROSS
 ENTERTAINS AMERICANS
(ASsociated PreSs)

TOXIC, Aug. 2S.-Cordiality and sympathy markei the luncheon given by the Japan Red Cross Society to the American Red Cross Mission which was on it's way to Russia.
 The American Mission of which Dr. Frank Billings is chairman, was met on it's arrival in Japan by large dele gation of Japanese workers including Baron Ishiguro, the president of the Society and other officers.
 Baron Ishiguro made an interesting address at the luncheon. He voiced Japanese appreciation of the warmth of the reception accorded in the United States to Japanese Red Cross missions on their way to Europe and added: "The emblem of the Red Cross has wiped out all the boundaries of state as well as the distinction Of races. Cooperation in this humane work, as a matter of nature, cannot be otherwise than in deep sympathy with each other I feel, therefore, as if I meet old friends here today"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
GEN. KORNzLOFF
 HEROOF CAPITAL
Russian Infantry Left Trenches Before Enemy Began Attack and Preceded to Retire Eastward
 Says The Report

PETROGRAD, Aug. 2S.-A report reached here today that the Russian infantry left the trenches yesterday before the enemy had started the at- tack in the Riga region and is retir- ing eastward The report lacks con- firmation.
 General Korniloff told the conferees that the condition of the railroad was so bad that unless remedied, the arm- ies would not be able to receive any supplies after November first. He quoted from telegrams from the con- mander in chief on the southwestern front, in which it said that the short age Of bread and biscuit amounted to almost a famine. He says that the production of war materials has de- creased sixty per cent for guns and shells and eighty per cent for air planes, compared with the period from last October to January, 1917.
 General Kerensky read President Wilson's message to the cenferees to- day. The message electrified the en- tire assemblage.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
Associated PreSS)

MOSCOW, Aug. 2S.-General Korn- iloff created a sensation yesterday when he addressed the conference. The general explained in detail the condition of the armies and pointed out that the Reorganization and ina subordination existing in the atniy was due to the lack of discipline. Before the present movement which is de- termination to bring discipline in the ranks, soldiers, he said had killed four regimental commanders and other of ficers, and ceased such outrages only after they had been threatened to be shot in retaliation. Recently, the gen. eral continued. regimen, of Siberian riflsmen. which fought aplendidly at the beginning of the war, abandoned their position on the Riga front, but later returned. not until exterminat- ion had been threatened The con ferees are lionizing General Korniloff who seems to hold the confidence of every member.