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Evening star., 1918-06-30

Six rides. thirteen revolvers, ten pis-
tolls. and four cutlasses made I'D the
small-arm equipment Of the party.
The only gun Mafiitt felt he could
spare was q small boat howitzer, q
weapon not much larger than the tiny
brass cannon which modern yachts
carry ADr saluting purposes. To make
- for tiiis deficiency in guns the en-
terprising Read borrowed some spars
bars from the Florida and out of
these fashioned half a dozen Quaker
guns cannon. which
he mounted about the deck. and which
gave his little brig the appearance Of
being heavily armed.
Read. with his scanty crew and his
single gun. having been transferred
to the brig. the Confederate flag was
hoisted at her gan. but as powder
was too precious to waste in salutes
that formality was foregone. The
Florida, to which the former crew
Of the brig had been transferred, sig
nailed Good luck!' and stood on the
southwark. the brig at the same time
sheeting home her sails and setting
her course to the north.
All the seaports of the Confederacy
were then closely blockaded by the
tton to make raid upon the unsus-
pecting shipping which had been ply
ing in safety outside that iron Gordon.
Over the smooth waters Of the Ca
ribbean the brig glided. her lookouts
on the topsailyard alert for any sail
bat none was sighted until the Wind
ward Passage was reached. There,
Evening star., 1918-06-30

gers, was cried halt OF Sandy Hook
burned her, but was prevented by his
scrupulous regard for the safety OF
her passengers. Having no way OF
Opposing of them. he was reluctantly
compelled to let the vessel go, In bond
for $4,000.
packet the prisoners who were in
cumbering his own ship. the crews Of
half a dozen prizes. No Confederate
raider ever vioated the Law that for
bids endangering the lives Of sailors
or passengers on a captured mer-
chairman.
In its issue of June %, 1858. the
New York Herald briefly noted the
arrival of the Isaac Webb in port.
editoriaily commented on the fact
that the vessel had been captured
snd sy urged s that % the Navy % pepartmen; se~
should furnish protection to the city.
A news dispatch Of the following
day, dated from Chatham, Mass,
furnished material for another ed
itorial demand for action against the
rover:
Capt. Mallows. arrived here this afternoon. She
Gloucester this morning. She hsd On board
which took the Florence yestes1ky. bonded her
and ordered her to New Yosk with the pris-
oners. The Tacony took and burned sig
schooners yesterday hs4onging to Gloucester,
and three ships-the Saratoga, the Paraguay
and one other. naSe unknown.
A Newport dispatch of the follow
ing day told of the arrival there of
the schooner Sarah e. Snow. with
news that the Tacony had fallen in
with a feet of ten schooners of
Hyannis. and had captured and
burned them all. OF the ten, the cap
tain of the Snow could Identify only
the Wanderer. the Ripple, the Rufus
Choate, the Elizabeth, the Ann and
the Marengo. On the same day
Welineet schooner reported the burn
Evening star., 1918-06-30

Ihr oG ,..I 4 J+s siGt
st. IL tr.Ip.- a.tts'tisI
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

Japan Is short Of steel.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

by Lansing. After looking at the
passport, he Informed me that he was
sorry but could not enlist me, as it
would be a breach of neutrality. I
insisted that I was not neutral, be-
cause to me it seemed that a real
American could not be neutral when
big things were in progress, but the
captain would not enlist me.
With disgust in my heart went out
in the street. I had gone about
block when a recruiting sergeant who
had followed me out Of the office
tapped me on the shoulder with his
swagger stick and said: "S'y, I can
get you in the army. We have lief
tenant down at the other Office who
can do anything. He has just come
out Of the o. T. G. (Officers' Training
trality isl I decided to take a chance,
and accepted his invitation for an in
PRODUCTION to the lieutenant. I entered
the Office and went up to him, opened
up my passport and said:
"Before going further wish to state
to fight, and want to join your army"
He looked at me in a nonchalant
manner, and answered, "That's all
right; we take anything over here.""
I looked at him kind of hard and re-
piled, $50 notice." but it went over
his head.
He got out an enlistment blank, and
placing his finger on blank line said,
"Sign here"
I answered, "Not on your tintype."
"I beg your pardon"
Then explained to him that would
not sign it without first reading it. I
read it over and signed for duration of
war. Some Of the recruits were lucky.
They signed for seven years only!
Then he asked me my birthplace. I
answered, "Ogden, Utah."
He said "Oh. yes. just outside Of
New York;
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING IN FRANCE
| @Ia7 BY |
IARTHuR GUY EhNYI

With wink he replied:
'There was no damage; we missed
them again."
After several fruitless inquiries Of
the passersby, decided to go on my
own in search of ruined buildings and
scenes Of destruction. boarded bus
which carried me through Tottenham
Court road, Recruiting posters were
everywhere. The one that impressed
me most was a life-size picture of
Lord Kitchener with his finger point
ing directly at me, under the caption
Of "Your King and Country Need You"
No matter which way turned, the
accusing finger followed me. I was
an American, in mufti, and had little
American flag in the lapel of my coat.
I had no king, and my country had
seen fit not to need me, but still that
pointing finger made me feel small and
i'll at ease. I got off the bus to try
to dissipate this feeling by mixing
with the throng of the sidewalks.
Presently came to recruiting Of
flee. Inside, sitting at desk was a
lonely Tommy Atkins. I decided to in
terview him in regard to joining the
British army. I opened the door. He
looked up and greeted me with II s'y,
myte, want to tyke on?"
I looked at him and answered, swell,
whatever that is, I'll take chance
at it."
Without the aid of an interpreter I
found out that Tommy wanted to know
if I cared to join the British army. He
asked me: did you ever hear of the
Royal Fusiliers?" Well, in London,
you know, Yanks are supposed to know
everything, SO I was not going to ap-
pear ignorant and answered, "Sure."
After listening for one half-hour to
Tommy's tale of their exploits on the
firing line, decided to join. Tommy
took me to the recruiting headquarters.
where I met a typical English captain.
He asked my nationality. I immedi-
ately pulled out my American passport
and showed it to him. It was signed
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

azaleas, rhododendrons, lilacs and 9TH
er blossoms, which are brought to the
zenith of their glory at Eastertide.
After series of tests made by the
department of agriculture in various
states it has been found that tulips,
narcissi and hyacinths can best be
produced in this country in certain
parts of the Pacific coast, these being
northwest Washington and northwest
California, and that there are areas in
those states extensive enough to sup
ply all the bulbs this country needs,
with soil and climatic conditions even
more favorable for the culture Of
Dutch bulbs" than the HARLEM bulb
district Of Holland.
Said one of the scientists of the de-
partment Of agriculture in a recent
talk on the subject Of bulb culture in
America for the home trade: "One Of
the main deterrent factors with those
who contemplate entering the business
in this country where it seems prob
able they can produce q better article
than the imported, is that of the ex-
tensive hand labor as yet necessitated
In bulb culture. The biggest Job in
this connection is digging. AS the
business expands, however, it Is more
than likely that the American farm
implement manufacturer will provide
machinery to overcome this need, as
he has in the past overcome every 9TH
er obstacle in farm operation. Of late
it is reported that machinery is COM
ing into use even in Holland to linn
tied extent in bulb culture on account
Of the scarcity of labor due to war
conditions"
Whether due to the war, or to a
knowledge Of the tendency on the part
of the United States to keep it's bulb
trade at home, number of Holland
and Belgium bulb and decorative plant
growers have emigrated to the Pacific
coast and have entered the business
With a view to assisting in the Ameri-
can supply Of Easter flowers. One
grower Of azaleas and araucarias who
came from Client in Belgium is en-
deavoring to establish this business in
California. He made the statement
to the effect that he found con-
ditions here superior to those in
Belgium. One great advantage, he
finds, is that plants bud here fully
several weeks before they finish bud
ding in Client, enabling them to be
forced for the early American market
He states that America imports an
nually between two and three millions
Of decorative plants, including rhodo-
dendrOns, azaleas, hollies, boxwoods
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
In training quarters, "some-
where in France" Empey hears
the big guns booming and makes
the acquaintance of the "coo-
ties" Read about his expert
ences in the next instaIlment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
"NeWport News"

In Virginia's early days communica-
ton with the mother country was, OF
course, wholly by ships, and when one
was expected the colonists were all
eagerness for the news from home.
On the occasion Of one, it may have
been the first, Of a certain Captain
Newport's expected return from Eng
land, at or near the place uow bearing
his name, a large NUMBER of persons
collected to receive "Newport's news"
Hence the name, now shortened to its
present form.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

chosen to symbolic the resurrection
as it is celebrated at Easter.
Some years ago the United States
department of agriculture took note
of this annual exodus Of American
funds, growing larger year by year.
and since then it has been taking eff
fectual measures to keep those mil
lions at home. In the case of the Eas-
ter lily, the narcissus, the hyacinth
and the tulip, with other spring blos-
SONS used at Easter In immense
quantities, the governments expert
ments have proved that all can be
grown in this country, not only as
well as abroad, but better, and the de-
partment scientists are new working
out the problems Of how and in ex-
actly what sections Of the country
Easter lilies and other dubious plants
and delicate Towering shrubs may be
grown to best advantage.
Of late years the Bermuda lily bulbs
have given the United States florists
trouble by reason of disease, which
has caused great uncertainty as to re-
suit and general deterioration in the
stock, a condition attributable, it is be-
lieved, to continuous planting In the
same spot. On account of this difficult
ty with the lily from Bermuda this
country's trade has been transferred
in large part to Japan, some of whose
islands now supply the larger part of
the American trade in Easter lilies.
Easter lilies are shipped into the
larger cities Of the East, such as New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, during
the months Of July and August. Each
Of these cities receive hundreds Of
thousands Of bulbs annually and dis
tribute them to the trade the larger
florists taking from ten thousand to
fifteen thousand bulbs season. The
price of the bulbs is in the neighbor-
hood of a hundred dollars a thousand
The florist loses no time in planting
his precious freight in a temperature
where only the root will start.
To obtain perfectly healthy American
stock from which to make it's expert
ments in bulb culture in this country
the department Of agriculture some
years ago planted the seed Of the
lilium longifOrum, which is the botani-
cal name of our familiar Easter lily
From this planting there resulted sew
eral pounds Of seed, with which ex-
periments were made in sections of
Florida, Mississippi, the state Of Wash
ington, Texas and California. The re-
suit has been the production of strong
err, healthier and handsomer Easter
lilies than can be grown from import
ed bulbs. Federal experimentation
proves that climatic and soil condi-
tions in southern California are such
as to favor the production of the fin
est Easter lilies in the world.
The department of agriculture is al
so expending it's efforts upon other
plants, whose bulbs and roots are i'm
ported each year at a cost Of nearly
three million dollars to supply the
Easter trade. These include hyacinths
tulips and narcissi, with the decorative
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

gain currency or which is more credi-
bic than that which it seeks to sup
plant. The belief in the resurrection
which so suddenly and effectively pos
sessed the first disciples remains unex-
planned by any other supposition than
the simple one that the Lord did rise
again.-Moule
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
He Did Rise!

The disciples believed in the resur-
rection of Christ because it had actu-
ally taken place No other account of
their belief has ever been given which
commends itself to the common I'M
derstanding that accepts what appeals
to it. No account of the belief has
been given which is at all likely to
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
Lily Dedicated to the Virqin.

The white lily has in the symbolism
Of the Church been dedicated to the
Virgin because of its purity. The lily
was used by the Angel Of the Annunci-
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

}. said Shakespeare of the
floral emblem of purity, Of
loveliness and especially Of
the renewing of life. It's
fairness and fragrance
sung by the poet, its per-
fection of grace painted by
the artist, the lily is the
queen of spMng blossoms
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
FOREWORD

cover the Top" is a true
story of trench warfare on
the French front, written by
an American soldier who
got into the great war two
years ahead of his country.
Sergeant Empey tells what
the fighting men have done
and how they have done it.
He knows because he was
one of them. His expert
ences are grim, but they are
thrilling, and they are light
ened by a delightful touch of
flum0r.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

and araucarias, all of which can be
produced here in commercial Quanti-
ties at a cost which will defy cOmpeti-
ton, provided the transcontinental
railways will encourage the develop-y
ment Of right rates, which will enable
dealers to use the homegrown prod
uctS.
There is one widely used Easter
flower, formerly imported from Hol-
land, which has been thoroughly estab-
lished in this country, having been
brought to bloom in sufficient quantity
to supply the entire demand. This Is
the freesia, priced by florists and peo-
pie alike as a beautiful and fragrant
Easter blossom. A talk with one or
the horticultural experts Of the depart
ment of agriculture resulted In some
interesting facts concerning the feesia.
"The plant is a native Of South
Africa" he said, "but had been COM
mercially grown in Holland up to
about fifteen years ago, when 1t was
found that it could be produced here
more satisfactorily than it could be
imported. We have produced strains
larger and finer and very much better
fitted for our use than the original
flower. 1t has been developed in Flor
ida, to some extent in Georgia, but to
the greatest extent in California;
where it Is cultivated in great, sweet
scented fields in Santa Ana, Santa
Barbara. Pasadena and San Gabriel.
These towns are the center of our
homegrown freeSia, now thoroughly
Americanized and supplying our entire
trade.
"The original colors of the freesia
were white, known as Purity and
rather lurid yellow, but about fifteen
years ago few plants Of pale pink
tinted species, known as 'Freesia arm
strongii,' were found In Natal, South
Africa. 1t was a small, lilac pink
flower, but scentless. This species
seems to be extremely rare in nature
and it was eagerly seized upon by
propagators in different parts of the
world.
'Italy, France, Holland, England and
this country all procured specimens,
and by hybridizing and intercrossing
the seedlings a great range of beauti7
full colors have been produced. The9n
run from cream to golden yellow on
one hand, and to pale pink and light
crimson on the other, and even q blue
has been developed. These varieties
are still scarce, but they are known
to the trade, which has termed them
rainbow freesas.' They exhale deli
cate apricot-like fragrance.
ation There is a legend that when the
Blessed Virgin was walking in the gar
den of Zacharias, whittier she used to
go to mediate on the message of the
The Benson signal., 1918-03-23

alton. There is legend that when the
Blessed Virgin was walking in the gar
den of Zacharias, whittier she used to
go to mediate on the message of the
angel she touched a flower that hither-
to had no fragrance. Thereafter, It
gave forth a sweet perfume 1t was
these Madonna lilies" that burst into
bloom at Easter dawn. After her as
sumption her tomb, according to pious
legend, was filled with lilies and roses
to allay the doubts Of st. Thomas.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-12
Audience Pleased
With Girls Work

Nearly 500 persons attended the
naFEical training exhibition given at
the Horace Mann school Thursday
evening BY the girls Of that school,
assisted By the pupils Of the RDose-
welt and LunEfeli0w schools. under
the direction OF Miss Claire Henuing.
Drills and folk dances were fea-
fursd In the program Of last evening
and an the children were perfectly at
home ia executing the different num-
berE. Perhaps the number deserving
special mention was the Dutch
Dance presented By the pupils Of the
nfth grade Of the L0nEfellOw school.
This was a costume dance and all the
details were carried out even 10 the
wooden shoes.
The driu work OF the high school
girls was also worthy OF special mem
ton. Music was provided for the oc-
eaEiOn By the grade orchestra under
the direction of Mr. HndEon, which
made its appearance for the first time
at the school
AT Z O'Clock this evening the boys
uf the north side schools who have
been taking this work under the
direction OF E. I'll Robbins. viii give
an exhibition in the Horace Mann
schools. Drills and gymnastics viii
feature their work which iE to be OF
an entirely different character than
that pursued b. the girls. but no less
Interesting Special EFFORT has been
put up0r the training Of the boys for
The elaborate military arill. which iE
tu close the program This last NUM-
Der should appeal 20 the patriotic
people ct Fargo and e large attend
amne iE looked fnr. The grade urchsa-
ira w8N appear again tonight with
musical numbers suited 70 THE pre-
gram
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-12
Red Cross
Au1iIidEieS

The weekly shfp-szs q ths Cas-
county Red Cross 90 t. dETfzz.-
EeadauarteEB I'm Minneapolis e11zza1-
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fo draw saset8s is p5now ezses- n
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dish towels and Sc glass ruwzEz
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hospital se1shirtss Is hzth r1Eez. .
bad socks
Surgical dresEnEE- EEEn Ezuws
compress Exks e. game rolls : ard.
BY 4 inches. AIa zhzaxhe-r uzaE
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irrigation pads 1sxz4: rs Erzzzrs1-
pads 1zx1ss e pzpsr bzrEsH rzEs.
IS T-hzndaEess 50 sb61zfnal EarE-
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HcuItstuss 75 split frrfEzrEon. raas-
400 game Wfpss 4xE and z.EEg game
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knitted articles 50 psra G.
socks - pairs az wrsaslsEE- two
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-12
Orchestra Is
In Front Rank

The Minneapolis Symphony orcres-
ira, which Will appear at the Orpheun
theatre at 6:15 o'clock this evening
occupies a position in the foreGron
Of the great orchestras of this coun-
try, many of the leading critics Of
New York and other cities placing II
next TO the Boston Symphony orches-
ira. Its conductor, Emil Oberho1er
Is recognized as one of the greatest
living orchestra conductors. and has
built up the orchestra from the be-
ginning. The membership Of the or
OheBtra Is not made up OF Minneapo-
lis musicians, the players being re-
cruited from the leading symphony
orchesLras and musical eenters OF the
world, brought to Minneapolis under
long contract. This iB the fourteenth
annual tour of this orchestra The
program for this evenings concert
followss
Soloists-Idelle Patterson, soprano .
Royal Dasdmun. baritone; Cornelius
Van Yiiet, cello.
The Star spangled Banner"
Ovsrture-''CarnevaI", Oh. 80 Dvorak
Symphony No. l. in minor
..-s-....... -. kalinntkoW
T. Allegro moderate.
II Andante commandments.
III ScherEo: Allegro non trpppoa
w. Finale, Allegro moderate.
'TVulcan's Song" from philemon
and Bancis' -..---........ Gounod
Royal Dadmun.
Part III.
Concerto for Violoncello and Or
chestra, in A minor 49,. van Goens
Allegro non troppO-Larghetto--
Allegro non troppo.
fPiayed without pause.l
Cornelius Van Vliet
from "MiEnon" -. Thomas
Aria: Caro- nome" from "Rigoletto'
Tdelie Patterson.
Spanish Caprice Rimsky-korsakoW
AIbora.ia-VariRtion
Gypsy Scene and Song-Fandang
Of the Asturtas.
The matineeaDn Saturday afternoon
has been made up with a view 20
please the music taste Of the chill
dren and young people Of Fargo, and
ii Is hoped by the management that a
special effort win be made by the
teachers and parents TO have the
children attend this concert. The flute
concerto played by Mr.. Williams and
Mr.. De Lorenzo are especially fine as
are the excerpts from Faust" and
the aria from La Traviata" by Idelle
Patterson.
Seat reservations from number Of
the neighboring towns have been
made for the series OF concerts that
the orchestra viii play here tonight
and Saturday.
Among the visitors here for this
purpose win be delegations from
Arthur, GIyndon. Kindred, BlabOn,
MoOrhead, Wheaton,
Christine. Valley City. Lisbon. Page.
Hitterdal and DilwOrth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-12
SOCIAL NOTES

Members OF the Degree OF Honor
and A. o. u. W. viii enjoy a track
meet at the A o. u. w. hall on Mon
day evening. Immediately after the
business meeting OF the Degree OF
Honor. A committee from both the
organizations is working on the pro-
gram All members Of the orders
are requested to attend.
The Social Economics club viii
hold an open meeting at the Gard
ner hotel al 4 o'clock Monday after
noon, to which any one interested in
the club work. is invited. The speak
er for the afternoon VIII be Supt.
Arthur Deamer Of the Fargo schools
and his subject win be The Great
Conspiracy the history Of the Ger
man intrigue.
The Fargo Homestead or Ameri-
can Yeomen win give an informal
dancing party this evening in the
Knights of Columbus han. in compli-
ment to the young men OF the army
and navy. who are home on fUh-
loughs. Dancing. viii be begun at
3 o'clock and the program for the
evening VIII be played by Baern-
STEMS orchestra.
Mr. and Mrs. b s.. Reynolds and
daughter, Gladys: Mrs. j. Alexander
and Mrs. y. w. Resley made MP a
party that motored 70 Abercrombie
This morning 10 spend the day with
friends. The trip is being made in
the Reynolds car
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Beisecker
and their Eon-in-law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Netcher and
baby son. Thomas. OF Feasenden.
have gone 20 Berkeley. Cal. 70 spend
q few weeks with Charles Beisecker,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. BeIsecker. who Is
attending the training school for
aviatora there.
Miss Minnie Traynor and Miss
Mary Roller. Red Cross nurses of
Grand Forks, who are serving at the
Camp Dodge hospital. have lost all
their clothing and personal effects IN
s. FIRE which occurred at the hospital
on Saturday. Miss TFaynor is a sis
ter 81 Miss Jean TrayuoF 81 the agri-
cultural college and Miss Roller IS