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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
Daily Report From Head
quarters Will Replace
Weekly Bulletin
ADOPT SYSTEM OF
THE OTHER ALLIES
Hailed By French AS New
Manifestation Of Unity
OF Leadership
(By Associated Press.)

With the American Army in
France. Wednesday. May 15.-The
first American official communique
issued since the American troops en-
tered the fighting line on perma-
nent basis. was issued tonight. 1t
reports increased artillery activity
northwest of Toul and in Lorraine
as well as the destruction Of three
German machines by two American
aviators. The statement reads
six p. M, Headquarters American
Evolutionary Forces-NorthWest Of
Toul and in Lorraine there was a
marked increase in artillery activity
on both sides.
To-day our aviators brought down
three German machines. There is
nothing else of Importance to re-
port"
An earlier dispatch Wednesday
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COMMENCEMENT AT WAHPE.

Wahpeton, NJ D., May 6.-The
annual commencement exercises oe
the Wahpeton high school viii ba
held this evening. and % young Pee.
pie will be awarded diplomas. Tracy
r. Bangs of Grand Forks will Be the
speaker and diplomas will be pre-
sented by J. G. Forbes.
Members Of the graduating class
are sykea Assad. Ariel Bassett. Ia~
eel Broderick. Cora Burton. Elaare,fs
Ellis, Lola Fischer. Anna FiorraaT9.
Viola Herdina. Friedh Kent. Pailf
Knight, Anna Laibly, Rae Iauder
Gladys Lohr. Francis McCartv. Ng@
rion Muir, Bernice Patterson, Ceeiia
Powrie. Carl Simonitsch. Eaflt
Smith, Myran Wells and Riehade
Wolfe.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
Frost Damage In
State Is Light

Bismarck, N. D., May 16.-Nogth
Dakota's crop prospects at the prea-
ent time are very good, despite the
heavy frost Of Sunday morning
which probably damaged to soma exc
tent the states barley crop.
That is the opinion of John NJ.
Hagan, state commissioner of agrf-
culture and labor, who has obtained
reports from every section of the
state. ,..
THE harm done by frost is spotty.
and I cannot find that any general
damage has been done" says Mr..
Hagan. so far as the wheat is con-
cerned. the frost may benefit rather
than harm, for it holds back the
plant and encourages stooling, in
suring an abundance of strong.
healthy roots to supply the plant
later on when nourishment lie needv
ed"
Very little seeding, outside of corn
and flax remains to be done In the
state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
BRAVEST WOMAN
IN FARGO IS mrs.
CHANDLER, WHOSE
BOY IS KILLED

Mrs. A. P. Chandler. 1902 Fifth
street north, is today the bravest lit
tie mother in all Fargo.
With the fortitude Of a Spartan
mother she bears heroically the
greatest burden Of the war. Her
son, Edgar Roy Chandler. %, was
Officially. reported as killed in &C
his death at $50, o'clock Wednesday
afternoon by Adjutant General Nc
Cain of Washington, D. c.,
And Mrs. Margaret Chandler, his
grandmother. known to the children
and the adults of that neighborhood,
as Grandma" is equally as brave.
Grandma Chandler laid her husband,
Aaron Chandler. to rest just seven
years ago. He was a veteran Of the
Civil war and died at the age Of 80.
The burial was in Riverside ceme-
terry. Grandma's stout heart has
been through the great days of the
civil war. so she knows something Of
Its ways and knows the role that
mothers must play.
,. 4 Mother Proud oftHim.
s'I am proud OF Roy" said Mrs. A.
P. Chandler, when seen by repre-
sentative Of The Forum at the
Chandler residence this morning. II
was anxious for him to do his part in
the war and 1 never, discouraged him
in the least when he spoke of enlist
ing in Company B of the North Da-
kota national guard.
1T is true. don't exactly realize
that he has gone. / only hope that
some Of the boys that he knew were
near the spot where my son fell, so
they can bring home to his mother
the details of his sacrifice and what
1. liz, \ - 49,
Roy home and lay him beside his
war" 49,
A Letter Among Letters.
Just last Saturday, Mrs. Chandler
wrote her son. That letter is now on
its way to France.
Il had just returned from Bemidji,
Minn.,' said Mrs. Chandler, and /
told Roy that If had been his dear
old father and Uncle Sam would
have taken me, 1 would have gone
with him"
Alice Chandler, 16 years old. and
a student at the Horace Mann school,
wrote her favorite brother just last
Tuesday. That letter. like the one
from the mother, viii never. reach
him.
Things Getting Lively.
h ALI can Tell you is EhaC things
are getting lively over here now"
wrote Private Chandler. "On Duty
With American Expeditiouary
Forces" to dearest mother" on
April 10 last. That was the last let
ter Mrs. Chandler received from her
fallen son. There may be one, and
there may be more than one, on the
way to America now.
"You may tell all my friends for
me" said Private Chandler in that
letter, that have been in action
against the Boche was out in
No Mans Land once and / know
how to keep my head low when the
shells start to fly (and they surely
do fiy). We made a record the other
day with our pack hear it was the
record of my troops in France and
it beat the French and English rec
ords also. Only "a miles in one day.
Feel fine. though"
A Platoon sniper.
In that letter, Private Chandler
CONTINUED on page e.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
CASS GETS SGT.
". BOYLE FOR
SPEAKING TOUR

Sergt. w. Boyle, OF the Canadian
Expeditionary forces, veteran Of the
fighting in France, who has been
speaking in North Dakota in the pre-
liminary campaign in the second Red
Cross war fund drive for $400, 900
May 20 to 27, will spend five days in
Cass county during the county drive
next week, according to an itinerary
announced from county drive head
quarters today.
Sergeant Boyle will open at Card
ner Wednesday evening, May %, and
will speak at Hunter Thursday after
noony May. 2S. Thursday evening he
will speak at Page, and Friday after
noon, May a, at Alice. Friday even
ing he will be at Tower City, and
Saturday afternoon, May 25, at Kin
dred. Saturday evening he speaks at
Casselton.
Sergeant Boyle will close his trip
in Fargo Sunday evening, May 26,. at
a monster rally which is being
drive.
Distribute Engagements.
Sergeant Boyle's itinerary has heen
arranged to cover all sections Of the
county in the short time allotted to
him, and branch chairmen in towns
included on his trip have been asked
to give the widest publicity.
CT the returned English and Ca
madam soldiers who are assisting in
the preliminary campaign in North
Dakota, none have received more IA
vorable notices than has Sergeant
Boyle, and instances are reported
where residents of towns where he
had spoken had taken their automo-
biles. and driven to the next town to
hear him the second time.
Apportionments Are Out.
Appointments of Cass branches
in the county drive for $4,000 have
been forwarded to branch chairmen
by r. S. Lewis, Fargo, county drive
and, according to reports
reaching headquarters, are considered
as being equitable and fair.
Wilbur in Dickey County.
Harry Curran Wilbur, Fargo, ex-
ecutive state secretary, opened a two
day speaking trip in Dickey county
this morning. He returns Saturday.
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sGovernor, as Council of
Defense Head, Sup. .
poenaes Officers TX .
NEW STATEMENT.
49,. rs GIVEN HIM
Fargo Body Transmits Ger
titled Copy Of Complaint
Against Horst

Governor Lynn J. Frazier, as pres
Sdent of the North Dakota council of
defense, today served notice upon Of
ffcers Of the Fargo War Organization,
asking that they appear before the
council of defense at Bismarck on
May 20 to produce evidence, If any
they have, to support charges that
Leo Horst, the Nonpartisan speaker
charged by the federal government
with violation Of, the espionage act,
is, in fact, engaged in activities that
may be characterized as 'disloyal or
seditious in their nature"
The Fargo War Organization, in
resolutions adopted a week ago, ask
ed Governor Frazier and the state
council of defense to take steps to
have Horst's speaking engagements
cancelled at least until such time as
charges of espionage made against
him in the United States district
court, We're proved groundless.
Responding to the resolution and
order OF the North Dakota council Of
defense" as the notice served upon
! the officers by registered mail heads
the statement of the defense body,
! the executive committee of the Fargo
f7War Organization today addressed a
new communication to the executive,
kthe charge made against Horst by the
federal government. ,.
':It is the well considered opin-
ion OF our body that no man
charged with disloyalty under
proceedings instituted by the gov
ernment OF the United States
ought to be making addresses
upon the public rostrum until
those charges have been met in
court and proven groundless,"
says the new communication Of "
the Fargo War Organization, If
the state council OF defense
draws a. different conclusion from
the admitted facts as established
by the records, it would follow
that no action would be taken by
your body in response to our COM
1aunication" --'~. E =,
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HEARING DATES NAMED.

Bismarck, N. D.. May 16.-The
state railway commission has set
July 8 and 8 as the dates for the
hearing at jamestown Of complaints
against service rendered by the
Western Electric Co. July 10 and II
a similar hearing will be held at
Grand Forks, where public. utility
rates are under investigation, and
July 10 and 13 a hearing Of like ma
ture will be held by the board az
Devils Lake.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
K. P'S. Install
Three Officers

W. B. Stevenson was installed as
keeper Of records and seals; Harry
r. Hill, inner guard, and A. III.
Wise. outer guard, and B. w. Ashley
was elected master Of the exchequer
at a meeting OF Fargo lodge, knights
OF Pythias, held in the lodge rooms.
Mr.. Ashley will be installed at the
next meeting.
Other officers hold over until next
year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
100000 u. S.
Fighting Men In
France This Year

Paris, May 16.-The United States
has promised to have 100000 fight
ing me min France by the end of 1918,
says L'Homme Libre, Premier Glenn
ehceau's newspaper. These troops,
1t adds, must have their own organ
ization and services, which will mean
at least 1000. 900 specialists, workers.
men in the quartermaster's depart
ment and others.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
FORMCAsT.

Minnesota, Unsettled tonight and
Friday, probably showers; warmer in
northeast and cooler in extreme west
portion tonight; cooler Friday.
North DaKota,-Probabl showers
tonight and Friday; cooler.
South Dakota--IJnsettled and cooler
tonight and Friday, probably showers.
Montana--Unsett weather tonight
and Friday, probably showers; cooler
in east portion tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-16
Six Huns TO Each
Yard of Front

Paris, May 16.-There are six Ger
mans to the yard on the greater part
of the Franco Belgian front, from
the North sea to the Disc, according
to The Gaulois, which bases the
statement on the information it re-
ports having reached the general
stag that $50 German divisions are
situated nthis area
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RAISE FOR TRACTION MEN.
- Aaannin4na p.asn

\ -F.- (Ey- ASsUGldL6U +IIGSs.J
Minneapolis, May 16.-Emp1oyes Of
the Twin City Rapid Transit Co. will
be granted wage increases ranging
/, IL was announced here today. }
Approximately 1900 operatives in
st. Paul and Minneapolis are affected.
Trsaetion officials said the wage in
cretSe would cost the company $780,
900 annually.
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Bismarck, N. D., May 16.-George
N. Keniston, secretary Of the Bis
narck Commercial club, is very
much in demand, as a speaker for
patriotic and loyalty meetings. Next
Saturday Mr.. Remission will speak at
a. Red Cross rally at Garrison; Sat
urday, May 25, at a rally at Beulah;
and Thursday, May 80, at Memorial
day services at Zap. This week Mr..
Keniston spoke at a big patriotic
rally at Kuhn, and at a meeting of
the Tappen Patriotic society at Tap
pen,
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Battleship of 10000 Ton
Class Is Successfully
Attacked
GERMAN FLEET
Is ASSEMBLED
Vessels Recalled From Bal
tic and Concentrated
At Kiel
CBy Associated Press.)

Rome, May 16,-An Austrian bat@
tleship was torpedoed by Italian
naval forces in Pola harbor early
Tuesday morning, 1t was officially
announced today. .
The battleship was of the viribua
Units type 100000 ton vegse1s.)
The Italian force worked it's way
into the Austrian naval base by
lodging the patrol boats and search
lights Of the defenders.
While the naval operation was
progressing an Italian seaplane force
engaged Austrian battle planes
above PoIa. Two of the Austriana
were brought down and several 9TH
ers were compelled to descend out
OF control. The Italian machines all
returned safely.
The official announcement reads:
Italian naval units, avoiding
patrol boats and searchlights sue
ceeded in entering PoIa harbor early
on Tuesday and in torpedoing an
Austrian battleship of the Viribus
Units type.
simultaneously Italian seapIane
squadrons attacked Austrian battle
planes over Pola, brought Iown two
and forced several others down out
Of control. The Italian machines all
returned safely.
There are four Austrian battle
ships Of the Viribus Units class
which comprised the largest and
most modern fighting vessels COM
pleted for the Austrian navy up tu
the time the European war broke
out. The other ships Of the class are
the Tegetthof. the Prinz Eugen and
the Scent Istvan.
Each hattleship Of the class dis
placed 10000 tons, is 525 feet long
over all, SO feet beam and % feet
draught. Their armament comprises
twelve 12-inch and twelve 39 inch
guns II the main battery, with eigh-
teen eleven Founders and various
smaller guns, and from two to six
torpedo tubes. The complement OF
the battleships ranges from 962 to
and are claSsed as dreadnaughts. The
Viribus Units developed a speed OF
20.9 knots on her trial trip.
German Fleet Assembled.
London, May 1.-THE entire Ger~
man Baltic fleet, except few light
cruisers. was recalled last week to
Kiel where important naval forces
are now being concentrated, says a
dispatch from Hamburg received in
Geneva and transmitted by the corr
respondent Of The Daily Express.
Austrians Anxious.
Zurich, May LIBERALIZATION Of the
contents Of the military agreement
at by the German and AUS
trian emperors at their conference
is awaited with intense anxiety in
Vienna, according to dispatch to
The Frankfurter zeitung, from the
Austrian capital. The most inl-
poTtant question is whether the
agreement is so complete that the
army will be
perm eated with the ,Prussian spirit
as were the armies of the south Ger
man states after 1868.
In this event, 1t is added, the all
lance would be deepened and COM
pIeted in such manner that the
of other political and
questions would recede in
to the background.
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German Fleet Assembled.

London, May 16.-The entire Ger
man Baltic fleet, except a few light
cruisers. was. recalled last week to
Kiel, where important naval forces
are now being concentrated, says a
dispatch from Hamburg received In
Geneva and transmitted by the corr
respondent OF The Daily Express.
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CONTINUED on page 50
The sun., 1918-10-20
News of Hotels and Restaurants

thing Is in readiness for a cordial well
come to this latest Reisenweber attrac-
ton. A dress rehearsal will be held on
the evening Immediately preceding its
premier presentation, and everything
at the present time Is all aglow with
the prospects Of a continuous run that
will in turn rival some Of its preceding
successes. Here and There" Is the
title Of the new entertainment. and
throughout reflects the masterful
touches OF Louis Silvers. its producer.
who is also responsible for the music.
Bud de Sylvia and Gus Kahn are re-
sponsible for the lyrics. while special
dances were staged by Earl Lindsey.
The featured star in the new produc-
ton is Ruby Norton. who has earned
an overwhelming amount Of success in
recent Broadway productions. Since
her partners departure for camp she
has returned to the scene of her former
triumphs and again rejoins the Reisen-
weber cast Associated with her in the
new diversion are Midgie Miller, the
Eastman Sisters. Margaret SEVERN,
Marie Salisbury, Stuart Jackson and a
beauty chorus of a dozen girls. Here
and There" will be presented twice
each evening-at 1880 and 11:30-in
Reisenweber's main restaurant.
The sun., 1918-10-20
WASHINGTON Society las Busiest of Weeks

tary honors. And the same afternoon
they buried young Lawrence Towns
end, Lieut.. Townsend, U. s. N, the
Navy Department conducting the fu-
neral.
Another mother. Mrs. Clarence Ed
wards. has listened to taps this week
over the grave Of her only child. for
Bessie Edwards. in her twenty-second
year, was buried at Arlington, with
full military honors twentyfour hours
earlier than Capt. Macintosh and
Lieut.. Townsend. And her father,
Major Gen. Edwards, fighting in
France. at the head of the Twenty
sixth Division.
Somehow her death seems to have
hit people harder than any other. She
was only 81. and when the influenza
hit Camp Meade she insisted on going
down there and doing her bit as a
volunteer nurse. She contracted the
disease and died. And at the request
OF her comrades in uniform. the boys
for whom she had given her life, the
War Department ordered that she be
buried with full military honors.
She had an honor guard of the 472d
Engineers. a firing squad from Fort
Myer fired the single volley that tells
the world that soldier has fallen, and
the buglers played taps-the soldiers
goodnight and good-by - as her
mother turned away on the arm of
former President Taft. followed by
the respectful sympathy of the Secre-
tary Of War and Mrs. Baker. OF Bishop
Harding. who had read the solemn
words Of the Episcopal service over
the grave, and of a gathering Of old
friends who had watched Miss Ed
wards grow UP.
One notes that the War Department,
which I believe has not yet seen its
way to granting military rank to
nurses while they are living and work.
Ing. seems able to grant them burial
with full military honors when they
die. Bessie Edwards is not the only
one, nor the first About week ear
lier a nurse died at Walter Reed Hos
pital. having succumbed to the cpl
demic after helping many others
through. She was not known in Wash
ington. SO the incident received only
passing notice. and do not recall the
name.
The sun., 1918-10-20

hear the familiar voice. and the per-
functory How are your" with which
one usually greets a friend one meets
on the street ceased to be perfunctory.
One seems to hear a fresh tragedy
at every turn. Little Mrs. Wellington
Koo's death was a great shock to
every one. Less than a week before
she had given a dinner in honor Of
Mr.. Hioki. the new Japanese Minis
ter to Sweden, who was visiting in
Washington en- route to his new post.
and she had been entertaining for a
distinguished Chinese official who was
here for a few days. And 1t seemed
peculiarly pathetic that she should
die so young-she was only 22-and
so far from home and leave those two
fascinating babies. the little boy about
IN years old and the little girl about
a year old, motherless, and her clever,
scholarly young husband to work out
his promising diplomatic career alone.
On top Of that came Capt. Angus
Mackintosh's death-"The Mackin-
tosh," understand he was-who
was just back from a trip to Canada
to visit his wife and his brand new
little daughter. He and Lady Maude
Cavendish. daughter Of the Duke OF
Devonshire-the former Governor
General OF Canada-were married only
last January. Sir Cecil and Lady
Spring Rice and several others Of thu
British Embassy went up to Ottawa
for the wedding.
After a rather extended wedding
trip the young couple had come to
Washington and settled In the Harold
Walkers Chevy Chase house. Capt
Mackintosh was made an honorary
attache at the embassy, and he and
his tIide. who was already we'll known
In Washington. having visited here
several times. promptly made hosts OF
| friends. He was only Ill a few days
ard died at Walter Reed Hospital
last Sunday. They say that he wouldn't
have died but for his splendid wal
service. He had been shot full Of
holes, and gassed. and his lungs were
in very bad shape for any sort OF
strain" is the way one of his asso-
ciates put It to me.
| They buried him at Arlington, with
our own soldier dead, with full mill.
The sun., 1918-10-20
Continued from Sirth Page.

grief, giving her time to recover her
self.
Fortunately Mrs. McAdoo was here.
She is the national head Of the wom-
ans Liberty Loan work. and she flung
herself into the breach most effec-
lively. On Wednesday afternoon she
undersook to sell bonds herself at the
downtown headquarters of the commit
tee between and o'clock. And she
sold them! The record of that after
noon Just from people enticed in from
the passing crowd on the street was
$1.135, 900 worth Of bonds. 1t helped
a whole lot. One wondered what would
have happened had they been able to
press Mrs. Wilson into the service.
Mrs. McAdoo met all Corners person.
ally and asked them please to buy a
bond. And when Mrs. McAdoo looks
at you with those Irish blue eyes Of
hers and smiles at you with her dim
Piles and pretty teeth and lovely color
all in good working order-well. the
chances are you'll surrender. She
signed the little paper honor posters
that are delivered with the bonds for
as many as asked her. and when any
body tried to plead poverty she Just
laughed and said:
Let me tell you what happened to
me: I bought bond from some one
who asked me. just to set a good ex-
ample and keep the ball rolling. And
when looked up my bank account to
gee how I was going to pay for 1t. 10
and behold! had a balance Of ex-
actly So! So I don't believe you're any
harder up than was just then. Won't
you buy one?"
And of course you did. Oh yes.
didi
Through the whole week of course
the grim battle with the influenza has
been waged. Theatres and schools
and churches were closed. all gather
ings in private houses were banned ;
finally all outdoor meetings. And yet
the death rate mounted. From a nor
NAL death rate of perhaps twenty a
day 1t ran up to over 100. the influenza
toll to about ninety. 1t reached stage
where IL one called friend on the
telephone It was q genuine relief to