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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-23
Mrs. w. McClz9teN
Taken by Death

Mrs. Margaret AIcCarten, 79, moth
er OF the late DR. Edward McCarten,
Fargo dentist who died two years
ago, died at her home at 823 Tenth
avenue north at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
morning from old age. Surviving
are eight children, Richard and
James McCarten and Mrs. McGraw,
Great Falls Mont; and the Misses
Margaret, Tene and Catherine Nc
Carten, residing at home.
Funeral services viii be held from
St Mary's cathedral at 8 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Burial will be in
st. Mary's cemetery, J.. e. Dougherty
Of the Luger parlors in charge.
Mrs. McGarten, a widow, removed
to Fargo from Cogswell ten years
ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-23
- 80 = REslaMs.

DR.. Maurice Il. Dolt, professor lIl
organic and physical chemistry az
the North Dakota Agricultural col
lege, has resigned and leaves TINS
week for Chicago to accept q position
as research chemist for the Amer 4,
can Cotton Oil company He VIII
take with him as his assistant, lar
old Rasmussen, graduate of the class
of 1918, and for the past two years
assistant in the organic chemistry
laboratory.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-23

Eddy county had 1,079 members
Friday night. r. G. Kellington. New
Rockford, county manager. reported
today
the railway are reporting fun mem
berships, according to George NJ.
Burgess. Medora. county manager.
Mr.. Burgess had received no county
reports Sunday.
Final reports must be In by mid
night tonight. Mr.. Wilbur said. as
the total for the state will be wired
TO Washington at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The total for the nation
will be cabled to France for an
nouncement to the soldiers Christ
mas day.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03

No man could leave Power county
who viii be more missed than u. w.
isayia lfe has been a factor In the de-
yelopment Of the county, and has made
y possible FOR a large part Of the de-
yeiopment 70 have taken place. His
business lie has been spent In agrl-
cultural communities. and he was
equipped ~ experience for the work
he has done here. before coming No
bigger work has ever been done IN
Idaho than the financing of the de-
velopmcnf ~ Power county. The first
four or five years OF the development
was financed without outside help.
the farmers did not have title 10 their
lands. and money could not be secured
through ordinary channels. Neither
vas dry farming a proven success,
and bankers we're reluctant 10 lend
any money for dry farm development
II Is said that the first dry farm loan
Ia Idaho was made by MIR. Davis. Pos
aihiy this n not true but II n true
that the first loan HIS bank made was
a dry farm loan. and from then on for
several years he was the main money
source for dry farm development IN
this locality business meu generally
aided 10 the extent 81 their ability.
and the banks and business mon To-
gether made II possible for much OF
the development 10 take place. Mr..
Davis viii be missed, but he IL not so
essential "a the welfare % tho county
~ be was IN the early days. His In
forests atiil remain here. and his use
fuineps from a local viewpoint. has
not ended The best wishes OF large
numbers Of people so with him 10 hla
~eniargcd field OF usefulness. and all
hope that be Will enjoy hln new labora
and ~ into them as we'll as no ana
into his place here.
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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
ALIAS SUMMONS.
In the District Court OF the Fifth in.
dlelaI District OF the State of Idaho.
IN and for the County of Power.

Fred Creasey, plaintiff. VS.. glenn
Creasey. defendant.
Inc State of Idaho sends greeting
70 Glenn Creasey, the above named
defendant.
o are hereby notified that a COM
plalnt has been filed against you in
the district court of the Fifth Judi
clal District Of the State of Idaho. in
and for the county Of Power. and that
you are hereby directed to appear and
answer said complaint within thirty
lays OF the service of this IL
served within said judicial district and
WITHIN forty days is served elsewhere
ana you are further notified that this
action is brought to dissolve the bonds
OF matrimony existing between the
said palintiff and defendant and that
the property described in said COM
plant be declared to be the sole and
separate property of the said plain
TIN, and that title thereof be omitted
in the said plaintiff, and you are fur
ther notified that unless you so ap-
pear and answer said complaint with
] the time specified the plaintiff will
take Judgment against you as prayed
for in said complaint.
witness my hand and the seal of
the said District Court, this 9th dav OF
october, A. D., 1918.
(Seal.) PAUL BULFINCH.
Clerk Of the District Court.
Bv l.. B. H~auschildt, Deputy.
o. R. Baum, Attorney for Plaintiff. re.
siding at American Falls. Idaho.
1O-29-11-5-12-19-26-12-3
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03


Boise, Idaho. Nov. rs. 1915.
Editor Press. American Falls. Idaho.
Ny Dear Sir.-Tho United War
Work Campaign in Idaho has been a
plendid success. The state once
Orc bias done IDS duty and proved its
love and loyalty TO America and
Americas defenders on the battle
field. 80 greater task has been put
nron the people responsible for rails
meg ldaho's quota in this war drive.
This has been the only Embarrassing
campaign put over during the war
THAT depended entirely upon the pub
licity department TO get the message
20 the people. We have had no meet
ings. we have heen unable to use any
speakers, we have had to depend sole
ly upon the press and similar advertis-
ing. In addition 10 this. rhe period
of preparation came at a time when
the minds of the people were distract
ed by a strenuous political campaign.
Added to these. was the greater dis
traction Of the announcement of the
signing of the armistice, at the mo-
ment the drive started.
Only through the splendid support
OF the newspapers of the state has il
been possible to make the United War
Work Campaign in Idaho a success.
Almost unanimously. the editors and
publishers of the state freely and
gladly gave their space. amounting in
the aggregate to thousands of columns
To make II possible for us to get the
message to the people. 1t was your
cooperation that made the drive a
success. 1t is because you did all you
could that Idaho has sent half a mil
lion dollars to bring comfort and good
cheer to her sons and sons comrades
overseas and at home in the army
environments.
| congratulate you. You have been
loyal and generous. On behalf Of he
United War Work Campaign. and per
sonally, l send to you expressions of
sincere gratitude.
Very sincerely yours.
Earl Wayland Bowman.
Director Of Publicity.
LIVES
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
WSSl

Rev. J. B. Funston, Bishop for Idaho
Of the Episcopal church. was stricken
with heart failure early Monday NOR
nlng n died before medical assis-
lance could be summoned. He had
neen IN the best of health and there
We're no indications of trouble.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
CHAPTER XVII.

'NN 1eet1fUfN 0Hbatfof IN 1rFmAnYs
ny the spring OF 1916. butter and
meat had become extremely scarce Ia
Berlin. My wife had remained In
America. where she had accompanied
me IN the summer Of 1915. and during
her absence ! dined at hotels and res.
t%nurantA where the food was still
rather good. In June. 1916. l left for
America again and Just M I was leay-
Ing meat cards we're issued for the
FIRST time.
l returned TO Berlin with my family
In October. 1915. Conditions had
changed considerably for the worse
during the summer. l found that
every n who had the money had
bought up every available pound Of
food and soap which had not already
been Communicated by the govern
ment. Butter, potatoes. eggs. milk,
-four. sugar. soap, bread and meat and
dry groceries were all rationed and II
was now no longer necessary for wOm-
en- 20 stand In line IA front OF the
shops. sometimes all night, to await
the morning opening.
Shopping by the card system was
very complicated aud the quantities
permitted by the ration cards 30 small
that Il weli.balanced meal was an Inn
possibility. To dine In a restaurant II
was necessary TO take a whole pocket
ful OF cards and make a careful analy-
sis OF them before ordering the mea-
ger meal which the law allowed.
Empty boxes were used 10 decorate
the depleted show windows OF the
shops. The fact that they were empty
was not known TO the public and very
often the windows would be broken by
hungry mobs who couldn't resist the
sight OF what appeared to be so much
food. This led the government 20 or
der the shopkeepers 10 label the boxes:
Empty Boxes" IN order 20 avert such
disturbances and riots.
There was simply nothing TO buy in
the food llnc except substitutes, and OF
these there We're hundreds. each worse
than the last. The remark III things
get much worse, We shall soOn be eat
lng rats as the pnrislaus dld IA 1870"
brought the |rcioinder. "Well that
wouldn't Dee $50 hnd; what rm dreuding
e~ont.,t ,,lfh ts-rhsttrrtnm
When $50 hullly lad cards for cof-
fae sHhsf.tale [ gave mp interest In
substitutes and commenced % patron.
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ceAl tho extent of their gains and eS-
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piss earnings In works Of art and other
expensive luNuries. As the tax assess
ments were based principally upon the
individuals bank deposits and the tax
collecting machinery was very much
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had stored away.
The worst deprivation was In the
lack Of fats. The people showed II
very plainly. One seldom saw a fat
man or a fat woman. although before
the war fitness was almost character
istic Of the German physique. Indeed,
! saw a rather stout woman being fol
lowed by at least twenty boys who
we're Jeering at her and making sIur-
ring remarks ibout the manner in
which she had retained her ayoIrdu-
pois. A fat person In Germany today
is regarded with suspicion.
Naturally the weakened condition of
the people makes them ali easily sss-
ceptible to disease. Epidemlcs spread
rapidly and ! am inclined TO believe
that little care was taken by the au-
thoritles to protect the older people
from Infection. I know that my sec
retary's mother fell and broke both
her legs last summer (1017) and was
taken 10 the accident ward Of a hos
pital where her fellow-patlents were
all crippled. Ten Of the inmates Of
that ward died IN a single day from
dysentery, and the following day the
death list was Increased by twelve.
the old lady with the broken legs be-
ing n OF them. Twenty-Five more
bread cards saved at the expense OF
twenty-five useless women In one hos
pital alone--n fair record for two
daysl l have no proof that these I'M
fortunate victims Of disease were de-
hberately Infected by the hospital au-
thOrltles. but the mere fact that TWEEN
p-two patients In an accident ward
died from ~dysentery I'm two days Is
certainly evidence Of gross careless
ness II nothing worse.
To buy new clothes II Is necessary
to secure a certificate from the gsy-
eminent 10 the effect that you are abb
solutely In need Of clothing. and, even
then. you are compelled to give up the
suit You are dlscardlng.
Branch offices for investigating the
necessity Of replenlshing ones ward
robe have been established all over
the cities and they are always crowd
fAf WtA'A'H Aif III AiiniEt unu THEY
seemed thoroughly to enjoy their au-
thority and their power to deny an
application for new clothing.
When / left Berlin the law permit
ted a man just two shirts, two collars,
two pairs of socks. etc, a year. Since
soap had disappeared from the mar
ket so many inadequate substitutes
had been tried that ones laundry In
variably came home full Of holes.
In November, 1917, l paid 500 for a
suit of clothes which II II had been
made out OF cloth OF good quality
would have been worth about $35. AS
IL was, the tailor frankly admitted
that the goods was made OF re-worked
yarn, and because OF the lack OF cotton
the seams were worked with a
material which looked like paper
This paper string was In general use
at that time, the department stores all
displaying notices warning customers
to carry their parcels by the string.
Many purchases were no longer
wrapped, to save paper. and no pur-
chase amounting to less than 50 was
delivered.
Before | left Berlin, artificial silk
was the principal fabric obtainable for
wearing apparel. Almost every
woman in the land. princess or maid.
wus nttircd ga art tanetn. Il sold for
$40 a yarl. lu normal times q would
have been worth from rs cents tD 81.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
-lWSSl

London and Paris dispatches state
at a coup had been planned to re
ore the kaiser TO power in Germany.
: by M~ackensen and other militar-
lists.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
Great Fat Shortage.

The o distinct reversal of policy
VIII come with pork and dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, sugar and coffee.
Utmost economy will be required in
the use of fats and oils, In which there
Is a world shortage of about 100000
600 pounds. There are sufficient SIM
plies for us TO return to our normal
sugar consumption If ether nations
20 ltinuc their present short rations
or even II their rations are slightly in
creased. II the European countries.
however, are to resume their norma
sugar consumption 1t will be through
nur continued conservation In order
To share with them. There is a sur
plus OF coffee.
OF the world total required To PRO
duce these results North America win
furnish more than go per cent. The
United States. including the West In
dies, viii be i'm a position 10 furnish
a total of about 2OOO0O0O tons-
against our pre-var exports of about
6o0O.o0O tons.
Tile hre0s grains situation allows
the world to abandon the use off sinh
siitutes in wheat bread. Large SUD,
plies have accumulated i'm the Argen
tine, Australia and other hitherto I'm
accessible markets. A continued hir0
milling percentage. economy of con.
sumption and elimination of vast,
make it possible for the world to re-
turn 10 a white wheat loaf.
OF all Ii export possibilities in
fats, the largest and most important
item is pork. While we cannot supplv
the world deficiency, we viii be able
70 help 1t enormously because of the
past policies of stimulating production
and restraining consumption. The
governments policy with regard 10
stimulating the production Of wheat
and Of pork, the readiest source Of
fats, is thus amply justified by the sit.
uation upon the return OF peace.
Famine specter Still Stalks.
The people OF the United States
must continue rare and wise economy
In the use of food In order to complete
the work Of i%lberating the world. But
even with the utmost conservation and
production In this country there will
be In Europe for the next year or more
starvation beyond all human power IN
ailay. In North Russia there are 10
W0.OOO people TO whom food cannot
be made accessible this winter. Their
transportation is demoralized In com
plete anarchy. And even If internal
transport can be assured their ports of
entry would soon be frozen. Millions
more who have felt keenly the oppres-
sion of war Will be beyond reach of as.
s~istance.
We must realize that upon our
shoulders rests a greater responsible
ty than we have ever before been
asked to assume. We must realize that
millions of lives depend absolutely
upon the continued service and sacri.
hce of the American people.
We must realize that the specter OF
famine abroad nov haunts the album
iance of our table AT home.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-03
PEACE ADDS TO
u. S. FOOD TASK
Europe Needs Nearly Double
Last Years Supplies From
America.
ECONOMY MUST CONTINUE.
World Survey Shows Sufficient Wheat,
But Shortage Of Fats-Govern-
ment's Stimulative Pro-
gram Justified.

With the return of peace America Is
confronted by a food problem even
harder Of solution than that with
which WI COPIED in time Of war. We
have an entirely new world situation
In food. It will mean essential changes
In our domestic program. But more
Important than this. L must of neces-
sity require increased export.
Last year we shipped II ,S20O00 tons
OF foOdsturs to the European Allies.
Had the war continued we would have
Increased this enormous figure TO IT,
$4,000 tons In the present year. Now,
with the responsibility of feeding mil
ions of people liberated from the Ger
man yoke, our exports must be brought
up to at least 2O,OOO.OOO tons-prac-
tically the limit Of loading capacity at
our ports.
World Food Demand Increased.
The end Of the war will create an
enormously increased demand for food.
Humanity demands that the starving
millions freed from Prussian oppres-
sion shall have sufficient supplies to
assure their return to health and pros
perity. II these liberated nations are
faced with starvation they cannot es-
tablish orderly governments. Hunger
breeds anarchy In a people. The war
to free the world for democracy will
be lost after 1t has been won. Amer
lea must continue its work to llbera-
ton and by sharing its food make de-
mocracy safe In the world.
In order to meet this new situation
The Food Administration has made a
careful survey Of the food of
the whole world In relation to the to-
tai demands. Computing supplies on
the basis Of the avoidance Of waste
and war consumption, 1t is found that
wheat and rye may be obtained In suf-
ncient quantities to meet economical
world consumption high protein feed
Tor dairy animals will show a shortage
of about 100000 tons, while there
VIII be sufficient supplies OF other
feeds to allow economical consump-
tion beans, peas and rice will also be
found In sufficient quantities to main
tain economy in consumption there
are sufficient supplies of beef to keep
pace with the capacity of refrlgerating
space.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16
5000 MENBACK
ON LEVIATHAN
Heroes in Blue and Khaki
Enthusiastically Wei
coined Home
BARNETT'S HIGH PRAISE
Commander of Marines Proud
of Record Made by His
Fighters
By the Associated Press


Her decks swarming with nearly 1000
blue and khaki-clad veterans of Amer
iCa's overseas service, the liner
Leviathan. which foiled five submarine
attacks while transporting troops TO
France, docked today.
The vessels speed saved her from
torpedoes. according to officers who told
for the first time of the former Water
lands encounters with U-boats. None OF
the projectiles came dangerously near,
they said and the big ship was at close
quarters with the foe only once.
The former German liner came up
tho bay amid a din. surprising in
volume any previous welcome to re-
turning troopship. OF her sick and
wounded-fourteen officers and 1921
men--the majority were oh deck, some
with crutches and canes, while her
rails were lined with almost 5000 naval
officers and men, veterans of the sub
marines defense patrol off the French
and British coasts, and $500 soldiers,
with some of their commanders, heroes
Of the bitter fighting in the final weeks
of the war.
The naval contingent, largest OF any
which has returned home since the sign
ing of the armistice, included men both
from fleet and aviation units which hao
fought U-boats and conveyed merchant
ships in and out of Allied ports.
Major General Barnett, head of the
marine corps returned from two and a
half months spent in Paris and at the
front enthusiastic over the record of his
fighters from Chateau -Therry to the
end of the war. He said the marinet
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were wonderful and the only COM
plants were those OF the wounded de-
MED a chance to get back to the front
It's like this, said the general. "If
a man loses an arm he says, 1t might
nave been leg and II he loses a leg
ne philosophizes. 1t might have been
Doth, and IL he loses an eye he reasons
" might have been my head Most
OF them, I find. are worrying for fear
they will be of no further use to their
country and I am going to put forth
every. effort to find places for these
wounded marines In the service II they
desire"
The steamship Stockholm of the Swed-
sh-American line which was forced to
ANCHOR of the Statue OF Liberty last
night on account OF the fog. brought
home number of American refugees
who were badly treated by the Bolshe-
Wiki In Petrograd.
Among the army men aboard were
4S6 officers and men and a number Of
wounded from the second antiaircraft
battalion. which was in action on the
Toul front when hostilities ceased. They
are from California, in command Of
Major Jemes W. Riley. other aerial
units were taken on at Liverpool.
Many Wear Decorations
Many of the returned Americans
wore decorations for bravery. Among
them were Lieutenant c. Valing. of Dun
kirk. ~ Y, and Lieutenant Leslie I.
F'aber, OF indianapolis, each OF whom
he'd brought down thirteen enemy air
planes, for which they were awarded the
insignia of the French Legion Of Honor.
Another soldier who had been honored
was Sergeant Carter NJ. Smith, of De-
troit. Mich, a member of the 131st In
fantry of the Thirty-third Division, who
wore the ribbons of Belgian and French
orders.
Sergeant Smith went into the Somme
fighting on August 8, he said. The mex,
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day q German high explosive shell took
on his left leg.
Homer Weeks, Of Epworth, Ca, nth
Infantry, came home with a wound re-
ceived in the attack Of the Thirtieth
Division on the Hindenburg line near
st. Quentin. j.
"showed Boche Something New"
"There never was, bupch Of men
who could fight like the Thirtieth," he
said. 'The only kick we had was our
Officers would not let us go ahead as
fast as we wanted to. The boche Is
come scrapper, but we showed him some
thing new in that game. Home by.
Christmas Is all we are asking for now"
John L. Jackson, of Bridgeport, Ala,
of the same regiment, had his leg still
in splints from a shrapnel in the Somme
battle. well. It was some fight, and
We all sure did go after them" he said.
This little old wound OF mine is nothing
to what some of the boys got, and the
only thing ] feel sorry about was that
my wound stopped me just when the go
ing was getting good"
Sergeant Wilbur Slmcoe, 10sth In
fantry. of ElmIra, N. Y, said that after
his company of ESQ men had engaged
In the fighting on September 20 there
were only ten left alive and unwounded.
Private Robert M. Taylor, of Fir. Wash,
Thirty-eighth Infantry, wounded at
Chateau-T -Thierry, arrived with his right
leg in q bandage.
Among others Of the Twenty-seventh
and Thirtieth Divisions who came home
bearing wounds of honor were Lieuten-
ant r. w. Pinto, of Racine, Wis, and
Private Adolph II. Leissner, also of Ra-
cine.
Many of the troops brought trophies
Of battle, and one soldier, Private James
w. Mcdaniel, of Alabama, who served