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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
ON looming THROUGH"

Fargo, while reserving the great
American privilege Of Kicking" al
ways comes through"
The process OF extracting money
from the pockets of any community is
always attended with more or less un-
pleasantness. Sometimes 1t is neces-
sary to administer ether to the patient
so that he may survive the shock. In
some cases a club may be resorted to.
Again, a little coaxing is all that is
needed. Some communities wouldn't
! subscribe 800 to have the capital of
the United States moved in. Others
will quite cheerfully dig" for anything
from lighting two miles of an automo-
bile highway on each side Of the town
to building a hospital for homeless
cats.
Fargo isn't "easy." but when IL is
convinced Of the worth of a project it
gives up" generously, and without
more than reasonable amount of
grumbling.
The calls have been many during
the last year Fargo raised $65,O00 for
a hospital; $4,000 for Y. M. C. A.
building fund: put through a COM
mercial club membership campaign
with whoop; provided 100 members
for the Red Cross (not enough; or
ganized a patriotic bureau with about
300 members at $40 apiece; raised the
annual budget for the commercial club:
summarized "a ahon
country club; raised a war fund for
the Y. M. c. A; and last, but not
least, assumed S45O,O0O of the Liberty
loan issue. These are but few of the
calls made on the public spirited citi-
zens. In addition are the countless
club dues, church assessments, and de-
mands of charity, all of which must
be met.
The list isn't going to grow any
shorter with America in the war. The
man who stays at home will have to
learn to grin and dig" with the best
isn't going to grow any less compli-
Gated for the average man. High prices,
high taxes, the increasing demand for
contributions, and the salary that
crawls up or remains stationary, are
going to spell some real hardship if the
war continues long. Grumbling won't
help. Finding fault with the project, if
it is a worthy one, won't help. The eff
fcient way. the patriotic way, the SEN
sible way for the average man is to
set aside a certain percentage of his
income for such calls, and divide the
sum up as his best judgment tells him
it should be divided. Every citizen
should have such a budget. even if it
is only 81 month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26

Alan Seeger, a young Harvard stu
dent was studying in Paris at the
beginning of the war. He Joined the
reckless band of outcasts, students,
adventures, geniuses, soldiers Of for
tune known as the Foreign Legion.
He stopped one" and the world PROD
ably lost one Of its real poets.
Before he went out" he wrote
Have a Rendezvous With Death.
Here it is:
/ have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes round with rust"
ling shade
And apple blossoms fill the air.
/ have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days
and fair.
1t may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into this dark land
And close my eyes and quench my
breath:
1t may be / shall pass him, still,
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some SCARED slope OF battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this
year
God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to
breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear,
But I'VE a rendezvous with Death
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26

majesty's government are prepared to
propose q bill in parliament which
shall transfer the island of Helgoland
to Germany. 1t was probably netalned
by this country in 1914 because OF it's
proximity to Hanover, the crown OF
land. 1t has, however, never been
treated by the British government as
having any defensive or military value,
nor has any attempt or proposal been
made to arm 1t as fortress. Her mai
esty's government is OF the opinion
that 1t would constitute a heavy addi-
tion to the responsibilities of the en-
pire In time of war, without contribut-
Ing to it's security. There is no reason,
territorial arrangement If the motives
for doing so are adequate"
That the solution was considered a
happy one at the time is removed from
the field of doubt by The Times head
line. evidently inspired. But then there
was no anticipation of a naval clash
with Germany, whose fleet was still
negligible from the British point OF
view. Now, however, that Germany has
become formidable naval power, it is
revealed to the British vision that a
the North sea was unwittingly surren-
dered.
The fact was discovered soon after
tho beginning of the present war, when
the British essayed entrance into the
Blight of Helgoland to control the
mouths of the EIbe and Weser. They
found the heights OF Helgoland brist--
ling with armored turrets. with guns
of heavy caliber, against whose plung-
ing range 1t would not be safe to risk
their capital ships. One attempt was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26

/ New RocNford-The newly organized
boys band is proving a worthy insti-
tuition.
wimbledon-Leonard Sisk suffered a
broken collarbone when run down by
a team of horses.
Minot-Clerks and operators on the
Minot Great Northern division get
about $4,000 more month by the in
creased wages.
Minot-Five million brick are being
manufactured by the McMilland In
vestment Co., Burlington, this season.
daily.
Bismarck-H. L. Reade, fire marshal,
certified over $4,000 to volunteer fire
departments as their share of the fire
insurance tax. 1t is the biggest they
have received
name two women members to the board
of education.
Mandan-The C. G. Conyne jewelry
store was robbed of $3.50 by safe
wreckers. $500 reward is offered.
Bismarck = Dean E. j.. Babcock,
Grand Forks, has been added to the
state defense council membership.
Bismarck-The First Guaranty bank,
Bismarck, has been authorized to COM
mence business.
Grand Forks-Earl Hanson, Grand
Forks, has been commissioned second
lieutenant of Co. NJ.
Stanley-Dr F. o. Brigham, Stanley,
has passed the examination for admis-
sion to the medical reserve corps.
Stanley-Ten horses on the Solomon
Hedge farm were cremated.
Bismarck - The case against the
Hughes Electric Co., by the tax COM
mission. demanding an opportunity to
inspect the books for taxation purpos-
es, will come up next week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
The War For the Week

checked entirely. as previous ones
have been, but it at least furnishes a
rosy hope.
The separate peace" spectre no
longer looms large in the discussion
Of the Russian situation, but comment
centers on the complete demoraliza-
ton of the Russian army. News of
conditions of almost complete anarchy
existing in the interior towns, is omi-
nous and shows to what extent the
Russian government has been weaken
ed by the agitation of the extreme
radicals. This decentralization is re-
fiected in the absence Of news from
Mesopotamia, which probably indi-
Gates that the British advance has
been halted there, because of the lack
of cooperation from Russia. A brief
dispatch quoting Minister of War Ke-
rensky as stating that there was dan
ger of losing not only Armenia but
part of the Caucasus, bears out this
belief.
Minister of War Kerensly appears
pG udIlSu do IlS oIAOAAS4 mon Va
Russia in. the present crisis. He is do
ing everything in his power to reor-
ganize the Russian army and make it
again a factor. He is being given
yeoman aid by the American ambas-
sador, David r. Francis. who is per-
sonally addressing meeting after meet
ing of the soldiers and urging them to
strike, with America, great blow for
democracy. The American mission to
Russia will probably soon be on the
ground to lend its aid. The best that
can be said of the Russian situation is
that there is hope that the army can
be restored to effectiveness.
The news that comes from Austria
Hungary offsets, in part, the unfavor-
able conditions in Russia. There are
signs that the dual empire is in a very
critical condition, with the nation ex-
hausted, the people on the verge Of
starvation, the railroads worn out. the
anti-war party so strong that 1t has
forced the converting of parliament for
the first time since the war began,
and the young emperor and his wife
with strong leanings toward peace
and a complete lack of sympathy for
the Prussian junkers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
WHEN CULTURES" ARE SAFE.

You can buy Liberty bonds with the
money you haven't yet saved.
Try 1t.
Go to your banker and tell hirA
you want a Liberty bond. If you can
save 81 a week, he will set aside $50
bond for you, pay you per cent on
your savings. and turn over the bond
to you when 1t Is paid for. II you can
save 50 a week, you can buy 500
bond.
You probably won't miss the 81 a
week; you'll learn a lesson in thrift;
and about the first Of June. 1918, your
banker will hand you a nice, new gov
eminent bond, exempt from taxation,
and paying you 315 per cent interest
annually. And don't forget that II the
total American bond issues are any
thing under ten billions, that bond is
very likely to be worth anywhere from
10 per cent to 90 per cent more than
you paid for 1t. Buy it and keep 1t.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
KHAKI AND MUTT.

! As they saunter or swagger down
! the streets, these lads in their trim
Knockers, their leggings. and their
! careless service hats. the civilian in
stinctively stands erect; feels twinge
of inferiority over his loosely fitting
.; clothes: does q quick mental stock
taking.
For them the die is cast. Like the
monk who takes the cowl there is no
more uncertainty. They have turned
their lives over to the government for
the duration Of the war. They have
consecrated themselves to the service
of Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam must feed
them and clothe them. They will get
their orders when to go and where to
go. The complexities of ordinary lie
are sponged off the slate. Theirs the
Great Adventure. Theirs the Long Road
to the End Of The World. At its end.
perhaps, is death in a trench; per-
haps wounds and long siege In
hospital: perhaps courageous deeds,
glory and promotion.
For them 1t is written that they are
to be a part of 1t all. They are MAX
ing history They are, though playing
perhaps a most insignificant part,
members Of the great company on the
worlds stage. They are on the long
trail, the out trail, the trail that is
ever new"
For us 1t is prescribed that we must
be the onlookers. We are the specta-
tors of the worlds drama, and the
thought that we perhaps are paying
well for our seats, is little solace.
- The old, established standards Of
Judging men no longer count. Wealth
is no longer the golden goal; it is
service. knowledge must be jostled
aside unless 1t produces achievement
John D. Rockefeller is just an old man
puttering with his golf clubs. not the
alI-powerful smulti-millionaire. Her
, bert C. Hoover is the type Of citizen the
] world looks up to-the man who
wouldn't accept pay for his work.
Haig, Petain, Joffre, Sims Balfour,
Wilson, Marconi-those are the new
names to conjure with, the men who
are doing things. Not all of them are
in khaki, but they are all Of the khaki.
No matter how important the daily
task is, it is hard to view the multi
as anything but drao in color, these
days. There comes back a half for
! gotten quotation, that we can't trace
or complete-"Go end 1t ALIVE
fought at-and you were not there"
Perhaps it is some such feeling that
actuates men like H. P. Dawson when
they toss the work Of lifetime into
the discard. turn their backs on it
and tackle a new job. The old task no
longer seems worth while. The new
one appeals to the hunger for accom-
plishment that drives every man who,
becomes a leader of men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
STILL AS
BRUTAL IN war
AS IN 1900 A. D.
Theft, Assault and Arson
Are Commonplace in
Their Makeup

Stockholm, Sweden. May 26.-The
psychology of the Turkish soldier IS
battling.
He seems to be mass Of inconsist-
encies until you find the key to his
character.
OF Extreme Types.
The Turk at his best is the Turk or
Kut and the battlefelds OF the Tigris,
of whose chivalry and sportsmanshlp
Louis Edgar Brownies dispatches have
told; the Turk of the Dardanelles, with
whom the "Anzacs" say they want TO
pass conviviaI evening in Stamboul
on the way back to Australia after the
war.
The Turk at his worst is the MUIR
dering scoundrel of the Erzerum
evacuation and the massacre OF the
little Armenian children of Treblzond,
the Turk of last winters operations In
Galicia.
/ have seen some reports of Red
Cross workers on the Carpathian front
Of southern Galicia, concerning the
Turk.
As Bad as in 1900.
They leave no doubt in ones MIND
that the unfortunate Galician civil
ians in the neighborhood of Turkish
detachments are having almost as bad
time as when the Turkish hordes
overran their land four centuries ago.
The only apparent difference is that
these faithful allies now stop short
of actual murder-unless it can be
neatly concealed.
Theft assault, arson and desecra-
ton of Christian churches are COM
monplaces.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26

made soon after the beginning of hos
tilities to gain command of the Blight
Of Helgoland, but although considera-
Bile damage was done, the results were
not such as to warrant a repetition.
Battle OF the Blight.
The action, which has been called the
Battle or the Blight, occurred on Aug
%, 1914. Submarines and destrovers
were first sent in as feeiers. and. when
vigorously attacked, were supported by
division of the battle cruiser fleet un-
der the command of Vice Admiral
Beatty. The German cruiser Mainz a
larger unidentified cruiser and several
destroyers were sunk. None of the
larger British ships was sunk. but
the cruiser Arethusa, which bore the
brunt OF the action, was badly damag--
ed, and had to be towed back to port.
one OF the submarines had a re-
markable experience which revealed
the thorough methods the Germans had
employed to defend the blight 1T he
came entangled while submerged in
the chain which anchored a mine.
However, 1t was able to come to the
surface bringing both mine and an
chor. The horns of the mine were
turned away from the boat which was
disengaged after strenuous and peril
Gus work. The experiment was In
structive in revealing that the waters
OF the blight were unsafe for British
ships.
In view of the recent suggestion of
more vigorous naval action, including
penetration Of the submarine nets. ii
remains to be seen IL the British ana
French fleets, reinforced by the.Amer-
lean, will be able to reduce this strong
hold.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
Poetry Of the War

At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this
year,
And l to my pledged word am true,
shall not fail that rendezvous.
He didn't fail that rendezvous but
kept it like member of the legion.
Last week in this column one Of
Rupert Brooke's poem was reprinted.
Here is another "The Soldier:
If / should die, think only this Of me:
That there's some corner of foreign
field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth richer dust con-
cealed:
A dust whom England bore, shaped,
made aware.
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her
ways to roam.
A body of England's, breathing Eng
lish air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by
suns Of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed
away.
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts
by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy
as her day;
And laughter, learned of friends;
and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English
heaven.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
SCRAPS OF CONVERSATION.

Scraps of conversation heard in
restaurants, on the streets, or in street
cars give a clue to what interests any
community.
Playing eavesdropper is not neces-
sary to collect these fragments. They
are waited to anybody from passers-
by; from the men at the next table.
The idea of collecting some in Fargo
was suggested to The Forum by a
writer in The New Republic, and here
is it's bag for three days of this week,
given just as they came, without any
attempt to edit them or classify them:
"$2.25 a busheI. Holy smoke, but
that's little strong, isn't it."
THE Italians seem to have walked
up"
And we didn't have chains on. and
didn't get in until"
But they were bass and he had to
throw them back"
'Tll give 'em until the Fourth of
July"
THE darned thing'n start an cpl
demic soon'
It's just one thing after another. A
fellow can't give to everything"
That kid in our squad put us all
on the bum
well. | suppose I'll have to go,
that's ALL"
Gee. they haven't got this regiment
full yet"
"Wen, can live on potatoes next
winter. anyway"
"But you can't count on those
d--d Russians"
Il guess were in for it right"
you'll see. The rich fellow win grab
'em all If this war
''Sure. Three and half per cent
and no tax looks pretty good to me"
Il can remember selling wheat for
8orty cents"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS In BRIEF

Casselton-While going to Valley
City in au auto, M. G. Straus was TAX
en- seriously ILL., suffering lung hemor-
rhages. He is now in Buffalo.
Grand Forks-John H. Moore, son of
DR.. J. G. Moore, Bismarck, has been
appointed inferno in the Cook county
hospital Chicago.
McCanna-A farmers elevator COM
pany is being organized here.
Jamestown-The Stutsman district
court will convene June Is. There is a
heavy calendar.
Grafton-A farmers picnic will be
held June 4, Percy Donnelly being In
charge. Agricultural topics will fea-
ture the program.
Grafton James McConville, 81,
brother of A. McConville, Grafton, was
killed by horse at Caledonia, Mimi,
being kicked in the face.
Jud-This place will establish an
electric light system.
LaMoure-W D. Lynch will give the
Memorial day address here.
Ray-when his car turned turtle, DR..
G. e. Stewart was badly bruised. The
machine rolled over three times.
b Williston-This is play day for Will
liams county children, the event being
staged here. patriotic program fea-
lures.
Langdon-The county commissioners
will establish secondary automobile
highway east and west, hitting Cava-
lier, Clyde and thence to Rolla
Churchs Ferry-Fifteen hundred and
forty-seVen bushels of last year s
wheat netted John Ritteman $3,573.25
at a local elevator.
Anamoose-Julius Bloomhagen, farm
er, has sold $4,000 worth of wheat to
local elevators.
Bantry-Potatoes, lying in the field
all winter. were good when John Nor
ris plowed them up this spring.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
FERTILE PLAIN
LAID IN WASTE
BY The BULGARS
Wonderful Crops Gone To
Seed For Want of
Harvesting

Allied Headquarters in Macedonia,
May 26.-The Series plain was the
richest agricultural district in Mace
donna.
5. A hundred villages between Rupel
pass and Lake Tachynos grew rich
and fat from three crops a year.
Today Plains Deserted.
The soil is so fertile that in the old
days, under the Turks, after lining the
pockets of the tax collector, the
gendarmes and a hundred and one
other parasites, there was a bit left
even for the peasant.
Today the plain is deserted. Acres
of wonderful crops have gone to seed
for the want of harvesting.
The inhabitants departed two jumps
ahead Of falling shells.
A few remained behind. They were
sent away to save their necks despite
themselves.
Fled Toward SaIoniki.
Before the Bulgars came through
the Rupel pass the peasants were
warned that war would probably
sweep over their lands. They were adj
vised to cut their losses by saving as
much of their property and their crops
as possible.
When the Bulgars came thousands
of refugees packed their beds and old
clocks on the. family donkey and fed
toward Saloniki.
Then they appealed to the British
commissariat to save them from
starvation. Many remained during
the Bulgar occupation.
The Bulgars reiterated, took every
thing that was movable and left the
villagers destitute.
The inhabitants of the lower Struma
valley have led a dogs life since
hungry armies began to cross their
beloved plain in 1912.
Not since the first Balkan war have
they enjoyed one solid year Of unin-
terrupted peace.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26

Three aspects Of the war stand out
in bold relief in this weeks news. One
of these is the arrival at the front of
the first American fighting corps, made
up largely of Cornell university stu
dents; another is the continued drive
OF the Italians toward Trieste with the
possibility of the capture of that great
the third is the Russian situation.
If the American public has not lost
its capacity for being thrilled, it
should make the blood tingIe to think
Of these Cornell students going into
action. To them is the honor of being
the first American combatant corps
actually at the front. Closely follow
ing them will be detachments of An
dover, Dartmouth, Harvard, Prince
ton and Johns Hopkins men, all part
of the American field service. Did
they leave for the trenches with a
final Cornell. L. yell; yell, yell, Cor
nell'? We are willing to wager they
did. and we are willing to wager that
back came the nine long "rahs" of
Harvard. and the old Princeton Tiger.
The American college yells will be
new sensation for the astonished
Tommies and Poilus. It's long way
from the American football field to the
trenches Of the Aisne, but not long
enough to make group of men from
the same alma mater drop the old col
lege spirit on the way.
Italy's drive is one of the most
hopeful aspects of the war news Of
the last few weeks, or even months.
The Italian guns are now roaring
within ten miles of Trieste. True that
last ten miles is over the toughest of
terrain, but the goal is worth a strug-
gle. It is the chief Austrian naval base,
and the only one of importance that
the central powers have on the Medit-
terranean. Its capture may mean the
capture or destruction of the Austrian
fleet, and the end of the submarine
warfare in the Mediterranean. The
Austrian defense will undoubtedly
stiffen during the coming week. They
cannot afford to let such a prize as
Trieste slip away, and the advance
will undoubtedly be slow. 1t may be
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
OTHER MEMS VIEWS.
An Editorial That May or Nav Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

Kansas City Star: The country is
not at all concerned with any shock
to the senate's feelings occasioned by
any act Of the president taken in the
direction of getting something done.
The country looks to the president as
it's leader, not to the senate, which ap-
pears to be incapable even of leading
itself.
1t took the senate FIVE hours yester-
day to work off it's indignation be-
cause the president had done. some-
thing which the senate had not had an
opportunity to talk to death. The SEN
ate places its dignity and prerogatives
so far ahead of the country's business,
even in the crisis of war. that it took
this time from consideration of the
most pressing war legislation to view
itself In its own fiattering mirror.
Exhibitions like this will only serve
to strengthen the country's confidence
in the leadership of the president. The
crisis of war has tried the senate and
found it wanting. Unable TO lead and
too pettish to follow it can do nothing
but strut and pout. So be IL. The
country is following the president.