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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-26
WILL KEEP TAB
ON ALL GRAINS
Every ThTesher in County Must Report
10 Uncle Sam

" bnNlt 9aH
The United States Food Administra-
ton through the Department Of Bur
eau Of Markets will get an accurate ac-
count OF all the grain grown this year
in every section Of country where any
grain az all Is raised This will be done
by enlisting the cooperation Of the
thre,hers. Ohicial record books will be
sent by the Government TO every man
owning a threshing machine, and he
shall keep records Of the number Of bu-
shells OF grain threshed and the farmer
for whom threshed, AZ the end Of each
month the thresher viii mail report
under ranked envelope Of the number
OF bushels OF wheat he has threshed
during that period to the County Farm
Bureau Office Reports for the whole
county will be totalled, totals sent 10
Washington, also published in all local
papers Monthly reports will be re-
CURED for wheat only, for oats and bar
! ley a report will be required at the end
Of the season 1t is very evident from
this scheme outlined that Uncle Sam
intends to know just who has been
growing grain and how much,
AT the suggestion OF County Food
Administrator, ], A. Fletcher of Middle
bury, the local food administrator OF
each town has been requested 10 Sc
cure the names Of men operating
threshing machines II is urged
that the local threshers send their
names to their town food administra-
tor at once as il is necessary that list
Of these men be in the hands of the De
partment at Washington within a few
days
County Agent Bartlett states that
nationwide movement is on foot, urg-
ing threshers to eliminate all waste
threshing time by seeing to it that ma
chimes are in good running condition at
the beginning of the season, and by us
ing care in adjustment of machine when
in operation so that it will separate and
clean all the grain, Mr. Bartlett has
copies Of circulars prepared by the gov
eminent to aid men in taking care of
their threshing machines He will be
glad to furnish these bulletins to any
one who owns a machine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-26
Soldiers Cough is Cured

Private Harold Hamel, Goth Regi.
ment Ft Adams, R. l., writes: 81 was
troubled with a bad cough for three
months. l tried a sample of Foley's
Honey and Tar and felt greatly re-
lieved, l have since used two SOC bot.
ties and | recommend Foley's Honey
and Tar and will always keep it or
hand" Foley's Honey and Tar covers
inflamed, irritated surfaces with q
soothing, healing coating and relieves
coughs, colds, Group and bronchial al
fections,
Frost's Pharmacy, Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-26

"For Sale" Signs-Large Black let
tiers FOR SALE" on Heavy yellow
card size 1917 by : inches. Price 10
cents each, $500 dozen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
COOL BYE jim.

James E. Rockwell, editor of The Forum,
leaves tonight for Camp Taylor. Kentucky
where he will begin voluntary military ser"
vice for his country.
We who are charged with the daily duty
Of isguing The Fargo Forum are going to
ind t. very difficult to get along without
jim, bat we feel certain that the many
thousands of Forum readers will miss him
even more than we WILL
This editorial page is not going to be az
forceful and interesting during his absence.
but we will endeavor to steer it consistently
for the same kind Of service at home that
he and his fellow Forum workers are giving
in their more intensified service at the bat
tie front. We feel sure that II given the
opportunity. Jim will WELD the sword just as
nightly and effectively as he has the pen,
ana we will welcome the day when the
necessity for the sword has passed and he
again takes UP the pen in the service Of his
country.
"Sood bye Jim: and take care O. yerself"
n. B. BLACK,
Publisher Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01

War Savings Stamp campaign, crossed the
continent in special train preaching
thrift, he aroused storm Of criticism. The
Forum was one Of many newspapers TO ex-
press its disapproyal Of such waste.
When the coal consumers of the North
west are wondering where the motive pow
err and cars to move their coal win come
from, why should one man and his retinue
be permitted to monopolize an engine and
an entire train for trip Of 800 miles or
more9 A private car attached to the regu+
lar train would give them all the privacy
and safety needed Even that would be o
luxury.
Special trains on government railroads
are not helping to meet the running ex-
penses; nor making the world any safer FOR
democracy; nor helping solve the car con.
gestion; nor teaching any lessons in thrift
when such lessons are sadly needed. The
engine that drew Mr.. McAdoo and his
party to Duluth, might have enabled sew
eral thousand North Dakotans to fill their
coal bins before the first snow falls.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
ANSWERING MR.. COLE.

The Forum is glad to give Mr.. E. z. Cole
his day in court, and calls attention to his
letter published in another column on this
page this evening.
But it cannot permit Mr. Coles com.
ment on '"the light question is not an is.
sue" to go unchallenged. Mr.. Cole and the
other readers Of The Forum know perfect
ly what was meant by those words when
they are read in their proper context.
They meant that the light question is not
an issue between the two sets Of legislative
candidates and they said so very plainly.
1t is probably the most important local
question Fargo legislators will have before
them, but The Forum feels that Fargo
case is as safe in the hands Of the regular
Republican nominees as it is in the hands
of the so-ealled independents. Z"
With that being the fact, why should
Fargo firt with candidates who are even
under suspicion Of having the backing Of
the Socialists
The Forum is glad to note that Mr..
Blakemore and Mr.. Cole are not dominated
by the league leaders, but the fact remains
that the league leaders and press are sup.
porting them vigorously. Moreover the
immediate remedy for our high rates is in
the hands of these same league leaders. II
they refuse Fargo prompt and temporary
relief, as Mr.. LANCER has persisted in do.
ing, why should we expect permanent re.
lief from their candidates?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
TO MINNESOTA READERS.

Neither The Forum nor any other news
paper can tell the people Of Moorhead and
Of Clay county much about the compare
tive merits Of wet and dry regime.
They have lived through the days Of
the saloon, and they have experienced the
benefits of prohibition-moral, social, and
financial benefits.
Actual experience Of prohibition has
strengthened rather than weakened the
prohibition sentiment in Clay county.
Next Tuesday the voters of Minnesota
will pass upon the constitutional amend
IInent which will make Minnesota dry if it
lis adopted. It should win even a more
generous measure of support in dry ter
Eritory than a local option law. Why should
the taxpayers of dry territory pay the
added cost of maintaining asylums and
prisons for the victims Of the unfortunates
sent from wet territory? There can be no
disputing the great decrease in crime and
insanity in dry territory. The statistics
prove, it beyond question. Why then
should voters in dry territory not vote to
relieve themselves Of the burden imposed
upon them by the wet districts?
If the amendment is lost in Minnesota, it
will be lost through negligence Those who
fail to cast vote on the amendment, in
effect vote against it. It is, therefore,
case Of exhortation more than argument.
If those who are convinced on the prohibi-
tion question vote for it, it will carry.
That is why The Forum is glad to send this
reminder to its Minnesota readers: "vote
yes on the pink ballot .-..,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
The Editors Mail Bag
To The Editor Of The Forum:

To The Editor Of The Forum:
The Forum challenges my candidacy for the
legislature because I voted for House Bill a.
The league had about three fourthS OF the mem
hers OF the lower house. of which I was a mem
bers and 1t was UP to to get in with the ma
jority to be nseful to my constituents and to ac-
complish something for the city of Fargo.
House Bill A was proposed constitution to
be submitted to the voters Of the state for their
approval or rejection at the polls. I did not
think it was my duty to keep this measure from
a vote of the people. had and have full con-
idence in the intelligence Of the citizens OF this
state and felt and still feel that they are per-
fectly competent to decide for themselves what
is to their best interests.
The Forum states that have never repudiated
the leauge platform. There has been no occasion
for me either to repudiate or adopt the league
platform. BY treating the league fairly I have
won the confidence Of it's members and should be
in position to accomplish something for this
cttys needs.
If sent to the legislature it will be my
duty to repudiate what believe unfair ana UNI
just and to support what is fair and just re
may be permissible on some occasions in the
workings of the Legislature to cover up or camou-
hage, but promise never to attempt to impose
upon the Intelligence of the members OF the
legislature as you are doing to citizens when
you state that 'the light question is not an is
sue"
Either light, fuel, gas, heat or power enter into
the life OF every member OF this community ana
should be the first question to solve.
never read chapter OF a Socialist book that
know OF in my whole life and never read the
platform or any pamphlets OF the Nonpartsan
league but have read some of Thomas Jeffer-
son and lots Of Abraham Lincoln and they are
good enough for me.
(Signed) q. r. COLE
Fargo, Oct, 81.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01

ment or the German people, and while it
will hasten the end Of the war, and per-
haps bring complete and final victory this
year, Germany still has the strength to
make a desperate fight Everywhere, ex-
cept for tiny strip in Algace, che is fight
ing on foreign soil, and her boundaries are
untouched. Her first step, and it is al
ready under way, viii be the foundation Of
separate state of Ger1nan-Austria. The
Austrians of German birth and sympathies
viii be organized into buffer state on the
south Of the German empire. If the Pan.
Germans still are strong enough at home
to prevent complete surrender, Germany
will try to rally her people and those Of
German-Austria for war for the defense
of the Fatherland.
But it is now only question of time I'M
til total surrender must come. The doors
into Russia both through the Balkans
and the Black Sea, are now wide open.
Men, supplies and ammunition can be sent
to the Czecho- Slovaks and the Allied forces
directly instead Of around the world The
Russian front can be re4estabished and
German influence in Russia ended. The
new state Of the Czecho.S1ovaks can be
made the starting point for an invasion Of
Germany by the allied forces in the Balk
ans, if such an enterprise is necessary.
Everywhere, allied men and supplies will
be released for the crucial battle against
Germany. The end Of the war is plainly
in sight. The outcome is certain. Nothing
but negotiated peace can prevent com
plete victory for the Allies and a peace
dictated on their terms. The most Ger
many can hope to do is to prolong the war
through the winter months.
To all the civilians in the allied nations,
yesterdays news should carry the mes.
sage to summon all their strength for the
final knockout blow. It is no time for
sympathy, for Getting up" or for talking
any peace but one of unconditional sur.
render.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01

OF $5,375, 900 Mr.. Hughes declared. It's
fixed profit, the report said, is more
than 5000 an engine, which 1t can
addition OF more than. $400 per en-"
CINE as the plants share Of the
DOGGY" This DOGGY is set at $4,000
for the Ford plant. The company'~
investment is said to be not more
than $11,8o0,0o0
The Fisher Body Corporation, with
contracts for 1000 DeHaviland ma
chimes, should make profits OF $780,
900, with 100000 additional on other
orders, said the report. The COM
,pany's investment on plant engaged
in airplane production is calculated
at $S60,o00. 1t has been loaned ST.
100000 by the government.
The packard company's profits on
5000 Liberty motors to be completed
by next January, probably will be
months, said the report. Other prof.
its on minor orders may be $4,000
900 1t was said.
The investment represented is cal
culated at $11, 80s, 900.
The Lincoln Motor coHnpany's prof
Its on 5000 motors is calculated at
Sc, 450,000, with additional profits on
other contracts OF $1,000, 900, accord
ing to the report. Investment is re-
ported at S7,l50,000, OF which $S,460,-
900 represents items on which the
government pays forty per cent de-
probation. Paid-in capital is $780,
600.
Gresory's Comment.
Attorney General Gregory's COM
ment on these shoWings was &C fol-
lows:
1T has been charged that the exc
orbitant profits To contractors have
been allowed. On their face they app
pear to be unusually liberal but
when 10 Is remembered that sixty per
cent or more OF them must be paid
10 the government as Income and ex-
cess profits taxes, and that rnostl
Of the net profits are invested in
buildings and facilities which may
or may not be CAPABLE of profitable
use for an indefinite period after
the termination OF the contract, my
conclusion lis that no such profits
have been allowed as to Justify a
charge of bad faith"
One OF the most regrettable inciv
dents OF the delay IN production,
says the report, lis that on account
OF the scarcity OF training planes,
hundreds of cadets were held at con-
centration camps abroad Tor several
months, without suitable training"
The report Is supplemented by IT,
900 pages Of testimony taken frolm
$50 ssleY8es 1898
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01

Wright AirpIane Company, and in
conveying information to Mr.. Tai
bott in an improper manner, with
respect to the transaction of busl-
ness between that company and the
division OF the signal corps of which
Colonel Deeds was the head; and
CD in giving to the representatives
Of the committee on public informa-
ton a false and misleading statement
with regard to the progress OF air.
craft production for the purpose OF
publication with the authority of
the secretry of war.
"The absence Of proper appreeia-
ton Of the obvious improperly OF
transactions by government officials
and agents with firms or corpora
lions in which they are interested,
compels the conclusion that public
policy demands that the statutory
provisions bearing upon this conduct
should be strictly enforced. It is
therefore recommended the officers
found to have had transactions on
behalf of the government with COR
porations in the pecuniary profits of
which they had an interest, should
be prosecuted under section IL of the
criminal code.
THE federal trade commission
SAIbhu DG 4SlaGbbEu 10 ESpUTL upon
the proper cost OF mahogany for air.
plane propellors. to the end that up.
on the coming in OF it's report the
question Of the propriety Of further
action with respect to the transac.
tons Of the mahogany manufactur-
ers and importers association may
be determined.
1T is recommended the represent
atives of the department of justice
should keep in touch with the prog
ress or the resaudit Of accounts so
that it may be adviEd OF the COM
plete enforcement OF the rights of the
government in final settlement OF
accounts, and that the government
has been fully protected against I'M
necessary loss through waste and
the absence OF suitable factory su-
pervision.
Permit me also to suggest that a
special division, or subdivision of
the present bureau OF investigation
in the department of Justice, should
be assigned TO the consideration of
suggested delinuuencies in connec-
ton with aircraft production so that
the work already done may be ap-
propriately followed up. In particu-
lar it is recommended that the activ-
tiles in relation to spruce production,
which being largely entered on the
Pacific coast. 1t WAS inIprac ticable
TO embrace in the present inquiry,
should be carefully scrutin1Zed.m
The report showed that up to last
June 30. more than a year after ti1e
nation entered tho war, Gill finished
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
GERMANY AT BAY.

6 At last we have Germany at bay, with
her back to the wall, fighting like corn
cred wolf.
Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria Hungary
are out Of the war, definitely and finally, al
though the full details of the Austrian
surrender are yet to be arranged. It is
simply case Of "mopping up with her.
This is a good time to take stock and try
TO get sane and sober view Of the situa-
ton and the probabilities Of the immediate
future.
Turkeys fall was assured when General
lAllenby annihilated the Palestine army
and pushed north to Damascus and then to
! Aleppo. He cut off the Mesopotamian army
and forced it to surrender, which it did
Yesterday That left Turkey absolutely
at Great Britain's mercy. The surrender
of Bulgaria further assured the downfall
Of Turkey, for it cut her off from any aid
from her allies. The surrender would
have come before this, if it had not been
for the menace of the German feet-cap-
tured from Russia, In the Black Sea and
which threatened to shell Constantinople
if the Turks weakened.
Austria s fate was also sealed by the
Bulgarian break. The Allied armies swept
north through Serbia, Bulgaria and AL
bania to the Danube, and they gathered
strength and momentum as they advanced,
for the inhabitants rose to their support.
Hungary would have been invaded within
a week. and meanwhile the blow on the
Italian front fell, and Austria was menaced
from the west. Total disorganization at
home, completed her downfall.
I What will be the effect of the tremend-
GUS events announced to the world yester-
Fday9
Undoubtedly they will bring the end Of
the war many steps nearer, but it would
be mistake to believe that it is all over
yet. The detection of both Austria Hun.
gary and Turkey has long been expected
in Germany and has been discounted. It
lis no surprise to either the German govern
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01

airpIanes had been actually delivered
by manufacturers including 4,572
elementary training planes, 1,046 ad.
vanced training planes, and 558 COM
bat and bombing planes. OF the fight
ing machines, 529 were DeHaviland's
and "a were Of the abandoned Bristol
design.
Airplane engines delivered UP to
that time amounted 1883, OF which
1880 were liberty motors for COM
bat and bombing planes, 1852 were
for elementary. training machines,
and 2.57s for advanced training
planes.
The original program for Liberty
motors alone had called for about
1900 Of these by June.
Profits OF Contractors.
Turning to the question Of profits
by contractors for airplanes and mot
ors, Mr.. Hughes cites figures showing
that manufacturers were enabled to
make as much as $1,000 on each LIB
on each finished plane. Profits In
some cases were several hundred
per cent of the investment, the re-
port said,
Attorney, General Gregory in hiss
letter pointed out that sixty per cent
or more of the profits were taken
by the government in taxes and con-
Guided that no such profits have
been allowed as to justify a charge
OF bad faith
Mr.. Hughes explained the priliI-
cipal orders were placsi on the basts
Of cost plus a fixed; not q percen~
tage profit, and a bonus OF 26 per
cant Of any economies under an es-
timated cost or DOGGY"
THE DOGGY cost" said Mr.. Hughes,
were in all cases placed so high
that the contractors had every rea-
son to expect that the actual cost
would be much less and that through
is share in this saving, the contracr
tor would be able to derive an in.
creased profit from economical man
agement. It Is apparent, however,
that with a large fixed profit guarar-
teed. the incentive to economy is not
SO strong as when the entire vens
ture is at the contractors risk"
The fixed profit per plane varied
with different concerns. The Day
tone Wright company contracts FOR
1000 DeHayiland planes, to be com :
pieted before next March, the report
said, should make profits OF $4,000,
900 and s250,000 additional under
minor contracts.
Ford Gets Share,
The Ford Motor company with
contracts for 5000 Liberty motors
which Isl expects to complete by the
end oe January ahoula riags proeaE
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
HUGHES REPORT ON
AIRCRAFT MADE PUBLIC
CONTINUED from Page one)

tial war department information on
the aircraft situation to former BUSH
ness associates in Dayton, Ohio,
and for being sponsor last Febru-
AIRY for grossly misleading state
xaent" to the effect that "the first
american built battleplanes are to-
day enroute to the front in France"
Criminal prosecutions OF three ar
" officers are recommended on the
ground that they transacted bust
ness with corporations in which they
were financially interested. These
officers are Lieut.. Col. J. G. Vim
cent, former vice president Packard
Motor Car Co.. now in charge of the
airplane engineering division OF the
aircraft production bureau; Lieut..
Col. Geo. w. Mixter, q stakeholder
Ia the CuFtiss Airplane and Motor
Corporation, production manager of
the aircraft bureau; and Second
Lieut. Samuel B. VrooNaRIl, Jr., in
spector of propeller lumber and
stakeholder D. S. B. Yroonlan CO.,
Or Philadelphia. which sold mahog-
any to the government for airplanes.
IA Mr.. Hughes concluded his report
With the statement that st is not
within the province OF this report to
make recommendation with respect
M dA4AlGt4ol4FE pS41SSB jul IL 9AAINASA
be said that under the direction OF
MR.. Ryan and Mr.. Potter there has
been improvement in organization
and progress has been made In graft
tying measures.
William g. Potter. to whom Mr..
Hughes referred. is assistant direct
ar Of aircraft production,
General Conclusions
The general conclusion and rec
lamentations by Mr.. Hughes fol-
lew:
"The evidence discloses conduct
which although Of a reprehensible
character. cannot be regarded as af-
fDrding a sufficient basis for charges
under existing statutes, but there
are certain acts shown. not only
highly improper in themselves. but
0f special significance which should
lead to disciplinary measures. The
evidence with respect to Col Ed
ward A. Deeds should be presented
th the secretary Of war 70 the end
that Colonel Deeds may be tried by
court martial under articles 50 and
ag of the articles OF war for his COM
Hafet al in acting as confidential ads
User Of his former business ASSOC
ete. III. E Talbot of the Dayton
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
Flying In Ai1.
NOu, Stabilized
fpv Annoclatad prAan. !

An American Aerodro1us In France,
Oct. 1O.--An experiment recently COM
Quoted by an air. pilot revealed how
thoroughly mere flight has been sta
bili2ed. In rlidsair the pilot released
Ilis hand and foot controls entirely
and touched nothing for twenty
miles leaving his machine to fly it,
self until just before landing.
"You couldn't do that with an al,-
torlaobi1e," he laughed, after descrtb-
ing the performance TO fellow flyers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-01
WHY THE SPECIAL TRAIN?

WHY THE SPECIAL TRAIN?
It required special train to transport
the director general Of the railroads and
the secretary of the treasury, Mr.. William
G. McAdoo, from Chicago to Duluth.
Why?
When Frank A. vanderlip, head Of the