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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07

German commission is meeting
with the great allied commander 10
know the fate In store for the Teuton
war lord and his misguided people.
We do not know the message Marshal
F'och will give that commission, but
1t certainly Will not be less in direct
ness nor short OF the requirements of
IAN arnaistice that will completely
guarantee the fulfillment by Germany
Of its terms.
Accepted, the war Is over. Refus-
ed, and the allied troops will not stop
short of complete conquest and
triumphal march through the streets
Of Berlin, as Bismarck marched his
Prussian hordes through the streets
of Paris 46 years ago.
The German armies are leaving
France in almost rout. The lines OF
defense, upon which so much was
counted, have proved but barriers of
straw against the wonderful fighting
men of America, Great Britain,
France and Belgium. Backward the
German hosts are going, just as the
BuIgarians, Turks and Austrian
armies withered before the men who
sing when they fight. Resist the Ger
mans may in the hope of getting bet
ter terms, but final and utter defeat
Is bound to be their portion, and the
more they kill and the more prop
erty they destroy the greater the
punishment will be, for the word has
been spoken, and the end will be the
recommendations surrender.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
COnUOy System
Reduces Losses
(By Agsociated Press. )


London. Nov. 7.--CBritish Wireless
service.)--slnce the convoy system
was successfully adopted, some 49,
100000 tons of food and $4,000. 900
TONS or ammunitions have been
drought in convoy to this country
ana the food ships lost have been re-
duced from nearly 10 to one per cent.
This summer 307 ships Of a tonnage
or l,466,000 came with the Argentine
wheat crop for Great Britain, France,
Italy and only one ship was lost. This
may be compared with the worst
period for sinktngs-the week ended
April 20, 1917, when 119 ships were
lost. 81
Conveys between July rs, 1917, and
Oct. 10, 1918, were 1927 in number,
containing 1865 ships of which only
ll8 We're lost. The gross tonnage
was 77,057,2 The tonnage lost was
G54,2sS. One convoy of United States
troops on British ships brought 3d.
The grand total Of merchant ships
conveyed was s5,772 and the losses
were only 433.
The volume Of traffic to and from
the United States in less than three
quarters OF this year increased by
one-third, while the risk of loss is
one-ha OF what 1t was.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
MISS NELSON

In the election of Miss Minnie J..
Nelson to the state superintend-
ency OF schools the voters seem to
have deviated somewhat in the line
81 reasoning which apparently gov
arned their action in selecting
other officials. While the socialistic
tendencies OF others of the present
state officers and their sponsors has
bsen condoned. the line was drawn
against iEnoculating the public
achool system with that virus.
Other elements undoubtedly as
sisted in the downfall OF Mr. Mac
donald, probably the women of the
state contributing the deciding vote.
but more likely the hostility Of the
greet mass OF the teaching element
and the almost universal opposi-
tipn oT the county SUPERINTENDENT
60 Inc ngasaaS incumbent also
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went far in convincing the voters a
change was desirable.
The election of Miss Nelson is q
complete refutation OF all the unfair
and unworthy attacks, not only on
her ability as an educator, but on
her qualifications for this office
While the Office OF state superin-
tendent necessarily needs a quail
fed educator, IL would be foolish to
place in it one with only the ability
TO teach. It Is essentially an cxecu-
tive Office more than anything else,
and even though the incumbent
were covered with diplomas and yet
was without ability as an admins
traitor. ana unpossessed of hard COM
mon sense and business force he
would spell failure.
The superintendency Ia part of
many important administrative
boards controlling state affairs, chief
Of which is the membership on, and
secretagyship of. the Board OF Uni
verstty and School Lands. that
body which handles the great school
endowment of the state. and upon
whose wisdom the future prosperity
OF the schools depends. Millions Of
dollars are handled annually by
this board. and the manner and
character OF the investments made
are of the greatest moment to the
taxpayers, for every dollar lost from
the permanent school fund must be
made good by direct taxation.
For the past twelve years Jflss
Nelson has been in direct contact
with the country schools as county
superintendent and will bring to the
higher office fund Of information,
gained first hand. on the needs Of
rural and consolidated schools. She
has been identified, also, with the
higher educational elements Of the
state, and her good sense will d.
rect her in paths of reasonable and
really profitable methods leading to
better education for ali classes and
for all conditions in life. Raised in
the country herself, and with a wide
and happy acquaintance with the
farming community, she will be
found in full sympathy with all
movements looking to the better
ment of country schools, and while
in this work will not forget the
needs of higher education.
The selection of Miss Nelson is
most fortunate for the future of
North Dakota schools.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
The IDEAL SOLDIER

The events at Chateau Thierry
may or may not have meant all that
Americans delight to picture, but 1t
is a certainty that. it was the real
starting point Of our army's offensive
and that from that great victory has
followed the continued forward
progress of the allies to the German
border In all fields where the
American troops have been operat-
ing victory after victory has perch
ed upon our banners. though at
every point of American attack the
Germans have concentrated their
best troops and seemed determined
the Yanks. more than any other
enemy, shall not pass.
But all these massive efforts have
proved vain. In Flanders field. in
The deadly center of the line. and
IN the Argonne, the singing, shouting
american boys have gone through"
10 victory in the most desperate
lighting the world has ever seen.
Inside Of 1S months the United
States has put men in the field who
are making a record as fighters I'M
saualled in war annals. and broken
The old theory that an efficient
lighting force could not be equipped,
drilled and put in the line under
Twelve months. and even then it
would be an experimental. rather
than a practical offensive force. 1t
was also said that even If an Amer
ican army of one or two million men
was put in the field it would be
failure because there would be few
trained officers to command it. But
his prediction Of the Germans. like
many others, has proved false, the
record showing the commanders Of
our companies. battalions and
armies to be the equal in resource
fnlness, ability and dash of any in
the field.
No army has ever gone into battle
with the high morale Of the Ameri-
can force. Primarily the individual
Yankee soldier is of the highest type
BE physical and mental manhood.
.aught from childhood to stand on
mis- own legs" but above all he has
gone to war with the full conviction
that If he did the fighting the folks
ut home would not only provide him
with the means to win. but would
take care of him and his family as
no other nation has ever done for
its soldiery. Added to this has been
the individual appreciation of the
high principle for which he Is fight
ng-the greatest incentive moving
mankind to action and an impulse
that has ever carried to triumph
armies with right stamped upon
their banners.
Events have shown the Americans
10 have been the deciding factor in
the war, and a thankful world will
bless, in the years to come, a people
who have poured out their wealth
and suffered the loss of thousands OF
their sons in order that liberty may
not only remain in the western hem :
sphere, but spread it's protecting
wings over all peoples.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS

Madrid. Nov. AFTER a long ses-
sion in the chamber today Antonio
Maura. the premier went to King AL
fonso to submit the resignation OF
his entire cabinet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
cAnAnA suascRlREs 49,

Toronto. Nov. with half of the
three weeks campaign of the Do
Yninion of Canada's second Victory
lean passed, S222, 771,700 of the $780,
600 900 objective has already been
subscribed. This does not include
Wednesdays subscriptions outside
the province Of Quebec.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
TONNAGE is GREATER.

(By Associated PressN
London, Nov. 1.-THE admiralty an
nounces that the output Of world
tonnage in the last year exceeded the
losses from all causes by nearly half
g. million gross tons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
NORWAY SHIPPING LOSSES,
(Ry Associated Press ,

London, Nov. THE Norwegian
legation here announces that during
October Norway lost six vessels and
"a sailors through causes due to the
war. The ships aggregated 1897
tons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07
COSTA RIcANs FREED

San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. T.
Full amnesty has been granted to all
citizens of Costa Rica that have
voluntarily left the country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-07

Suffrage has been considerable of
I football in Michigan, but the
ladies came up smiling, as usual in
I'll contests in which they take an
active part, and have finally carried
the day for suffrage by a goodly
vote. South Dakota has also
Ioined the suffrage column.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
DOLLAR DAY.
Big Preparation for It, Obser anCe by
Wilmington Merchants on March 6.

The Mercantile section ~ the hamber
81 Coumcrc, ha~ designated Wednesday,
Mareh a~ sprung Dollar DAY, The
Merchants ID the CTS ere planning 10
make this tho ,lEhth event oi its kind,
,urplss sll prr,lou> dollar days and
alr,ady there IS cvcrN indication chat il
viii far out lu~. it> predecessors a> a sue
so.~ful purchase and sales daN from tho
viewpoint d both purchasers and sales
m,n u Planned IA the merchants
interested b take every step possible
a. srclr, this result and every effort IS
t,eing u4lat. 10 Sccuro the best bargains
ami 'a Z pare adequately for the day
Buy, have been securing the whole
sale markets TOR some time past, making
purchases that will appeal ~ the pur-
chasing public. and il is predicted conf
IDENTIFY hat the results ~ their search
vii l. shown n a surprising array Of really
remarkable bargains At all the stores
Interested. preparations are hcng made
iar the expeditions aud courteou, hand
ling 81 ihc crowds that past experience
has shown win flock 10 the stores
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
CLUB LUNCHEON.
First Annual Aft air of Gordon Heights
Women's Club.

The Gordon Heights Nomcn's Club
gave its first annual luncheon yester-
day at the home of Mrs Norris Smith,
the club president, Lore avenue, Cor
don Heights The dining room was
attractivclv decorated with daffodils,
the general color scheme being yellow
and white.
The guests Of honor were Mrs Walter
Powell Of Dover, State president of the
Delaware Federation Of Womcn's Clubs:
Mrs Allan Colby. representing Mrs.
g. H. Berlin, president Of the Wilmington
New Century Club; Mrs. George Powick
president of tho Bcllcfontc Civics Club,
and Mrs W. @. la Motto, representing
Mrs +. H. Mcgaw, president Of the Wash
ington Heights Century Club. Speeches
were made by the visitors, and by mem
berS Of the Gordon Heights Club. Mrs.
Clarence A. Young was chairman Of the
committee in charge OF the luncheon,
Following the luncheon, came an after
noon OF music and recitation songs by
Mis-. Jenkins, musical numbers by Mrs.
Claude Brown, and recitations by Miss
Leona Tammany.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
Trv Making Your OsD,a
Cough Remedy
Y~u csn save aboue -, and have
. better remedy than the r"sdS"
made Kind. Easily doae.
717RHS57Ssls7Es757E5

III YOU combined the curative proper
ties OF every known ready made" cough
remedy. YOU would hardly have in them
all the curative power that lies In tnlA
simple ''home- made" cough syrup which
takes only few minutes to prepare. :,
Get from any druggist 21a ounces OF
pinex (60 cents worthl, pour 1T INTO q
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
rranulated sugar syrup. The total COST
is about Go cents and gives you Il iull
pint of really better cough syrup than
YOU could buy ready made for SZ.oo'
Tastes pleasant and never spoilS
This Pinex and sugar syrup prepare
tion gets right at the cause OF a cough
and gives almost immediate relief. IL
loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, irri-
tated membranes that line the throat,
chest and bronchial tubes, SO gently
and easily that it is really astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis.
Group, whooping cough and bronchial
ast Nina, there is nothing better.
linex is a most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract. and has been used for generations
to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be cure to
ask YOUR druggist for "2la ounces of
Pinex" with full directions, and don't
accept anything else. A guarantee of
absolute satisfaction or money prompts
" refunded, goes with this preparation.
ThcsPinex Co, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
COURT CONyENES TOMORROW
Two Cases TO be Tried Before Common
Pleas Judges.

The Court OF Common Pleas Will con-
vene this and tomorrow afternoons,
with Judge Rice presiding
Two casesWIlham Freebooter rs Edward
4. Van Trump and William Freebooter vs..
the Tourist Garage. Will hc heard this
afternoon. The plaintiff asks for $3.50
damages in each case. He alleges that an
automobile owned by MIR Van Trump and
driven by a Tourist Garage chauffeur,
who was taking Mr. Van Trump chat
fucr home, struck Freebooter bread dc
livery wagon and injured a horse 50 badly
that il had to be killed
The case Of Willis Groome rs. Anthony
Corleto viii be heard tomorrow afternoon
Mr., Groome asks for minordamages alleged
to have been sustained by his automobile
while in collision with MIR Corleto's car.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
CHEROKEE WRECK
BLAMED ON NAVY
Old. Unfit Hulk Unlikely to
Weather Gale, Officer
Told Wife.

phladelphla, Feb. 2S.-1wenty-nine
officers and enlisted men of the naval
mg Cherokee, including Junior Lieu
tenan, Edward y Newell of this city,
he commander, who were lost when the
little vessel ioundercd IN n 50-mile gale
dose 10 the MARYLAND coast ON Tuesday
morning, are said to have been sacrificed
hy the error of somebody IN the Navy
Departmcnt Ten survivors of the tug,
one Of whom WAS Alired A. Martin, ollcr,
II AS5 Carpenter street, this city, were
brought to League Island yesterday by
the British tank steamship Admiral that
mcked them up after hours of difficult
work IN terrific sea -Four bodies OF
scamen were also brought in
Relatives Of Newell said that he told
them the Cherokee was unscaworthX
when she started on her last trip from
New York to the Norfolk Navy Yard
II undergo repair~
Her steering gear broke and she labored
crnSSw lsc with mountainous waves until
she Was hammered 10 pieces Her w1rc-
less operator talked through the tumult
rs the radio station at the United States
naval reserve a. Capc NaN and told Tor
lornlv 81 the hcrokr, troubles till
The waters closed over hin
"NIS husband told my "a week ago that
The Z nerokec was ma old hulk unfit for
llsc. and that he had made several COM
plants 10 the department about the
ship, WrctchCd condition. SAID Young
Mrs \CWell Witr = the Ccrokccs com
mandtr. when news ~ the loss reached
her Yesterday ut her home, 49, Walnut
street Mrs \cV,lll~ 20. Her husband was
% aud an experienced seaman
Officers of tho Ndmral which brought
IN tho 10 SURVIVORS. sand the steering gear
al ihc th,rok,c had collapsed under the
stress of the gale leaving thc vessel help
l,~, rhrf, uluc officers and men were
aboard the tng lWciNc we're found on a
ME iait when thr Admiral answered the
: q : sud located the foundcrcd YES
81 shertl1 after cloch On Tuesday
morning vh1 tho storm was ~tiIl rage
nc T,s 81 these wore dead when
they urrc takcn aboard the tanker
\notlcr Rru-h tauk-hip The \unghan,
l,rupht ir tNa aothcr bodies picked mp later
The SURVIVORS were brought directly
IA Icagur Island ana placed IN the yard
hn~pftal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
LINK TAGORE'S NAME
WITH GERMAN PLOTS
India1 Poet Figures In Embassy
Co< espondence at Trial Of
Hindus in San Francisco.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 2S.--The
United States government made public
here yesterday intercepted German dIplo-
matte correspondence Intended to show
how German Vaccinations carried
band of so-called Hindu plotters into the
private audiences of ministers and states
men, and financed lavishly their aims
toward revolution in British India.
Secret papers introduced by the gov
ernment purported to show that Sir
Rabindranath Tagore, British knight
and winner of the Nobel prize for poetry,
had enlisted the interest of Counts
Okuma and Terauchi, former Japanese
premier and premier, respectively, In
the movement to establish an independ-
ent ~ovcrnment in India The int er-
cept d crorcyp nd ne, however, was
indc n tie as to the conn ectio rs between
the Japanese statesmen and the alleged
consplrators. The name of WI Ting
Fang. former Chinese mini ster to the
! United States. also was ment Toned IN the
documents as one of the persons with
whom Tagore had obtained friendly
snterview.
The papers were all introduced by the
government in closing its case against
the 50 defendants charged with foment-
ing Il revolution against friendly power
The correspondence, sent on from
Washington, was dated for the most
part at Rye n y, at one time the sum
mcr headquarters of the German en-
bassy II recountcd alleged favorable
interviews that Tagore had with Okuma
and Terauchi; the difficulties WI Ting
Fang found IN acting favorably because
Of the influence of DIR. Sun Vat Sen. for
/, mcr President of China, and revealed the
I L. L. a e f.t., Ia
! MOST or MEssACE CRYPTIC.
| Most of the messages were IN cryptic
| phrases Mystery surrounds the identity
/ Of the authors, as only one of them WAS
signed that ono hy Count Won Bernstorff
Z former German ambassador to the United
| States, and WAS addressed to Alfred IIm-
norman, former German Secretary OF
State for Foreign Affairs. IL is known
that this message, as we'll as Others alleged
to have passed between Won Bernstorff
and Zimmerman, went through the hands
/ of Count Won Luxburg. former German
I ambassador 10 Argentine The identity
| of the addresses is not disclosed. Most of
! the messages were addressed to III Eisen
Z, huth. Copenhagen; r. Sachse, Rotter-
dam, and z. n G. Differs at Amsterdam.
| The names Of these persons have never
appeared in previous published reports
| Of diplomatic messages.
The documents were dccoded by means
OF a special diplomatic code prepared by
J the German Foreign Office, the key TO
| which was given to the State Depart
!! ment by the German embassy before
! Americas declaration Of war. The de-
, fence stipulated that the translation
, Of the documents was correct.
In addition to bringing into the CON
spiracy the names of worIdrenowned
men, the documents showed, the prose
, cution contcnded, that the conspiracy
had reached 70 all portions Of the world,
into India, Japan, China Mexico, Brit
sh Guinea, the West Indies, Africa,
Sumatra, Canada, South America, Burma
and other places.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
CHESTERTOWN. MD.

spe.iaI Corrcs pondence Of Every Evening
ChcS,ertawn Md teh 2S-Thc
Nar1 land. Dclawar, and Virginia Co
steamer reached hcr wharf hcr Tuesday
evening AZ 6 clpch lor the flr~t time iii
TWO months Ih- IS tie longest period
n winch navigation has been closed for
20 wear, no boat having reached here
snc, December y 1917.
Frank Passwater- manager of the
Penn, vlvauA depot here ieif Yesterday
for 4 hariottc~yIIle. Va where hc la
enlisted Ia tic ! nIvcrsItN Hospital unit
Tie vii leave there In ii lev day- for /.
ANN IN North Carolina Galcn Nansaut.
son Of Nlr and Mrs William Nausant
81 thi, town. also has enlisted IN the
same rurp-
Jumt, Everett local trappcr. has
r4ught more than 6OD mu-krats thus
FAR during the season and has received
something over : apiece for them
The seventh annlai Farmers Insti-
tute for colored farmers Is being held
IN ChestertoWn im, week
X liNnson Rogers q lawyer. residing
on the water front here was awakened
the other morning 10y great commotion
outside h.- bedroom window | DOn look
ing out he saw hvc large Wild geese .light-
ing in las ward Wild geese never were so
plentiful IN the fields and rivers here
a. they have been TINS winter
Or Edward J Clarke superintendent
Of county schools, and Professor Mark
Greasy. principal ot the high school are
attending the National Educational As
sociatIon meeting IN Atlantic City, this
week
Mr. Melvna ~ Bramblc widow OF
! 2 homa, Rrunhle died at her home
near Locust Grove saturday morning.
aged = wear
Charles G.. Hines VINO IS enlisted with
the Signal CorI- ia Washlngton and
Private lhur~ton Eranham Of Annapolis,
were guests ~ relatives and friend, here
over SUNDAY
Nir. Suse hlel1ugtr ii Wilmington
Iois visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
= Edward Armstrong
John Speichor Ford ear was badly v
wrecked the other night near Whining
ton while ho Wa returning 10 his home
bore A I'm Truck travelling towards
Wilmington ran INFO Alr Npcichcr car
Clarence New comb and Miss Bertha
Y Hackett daughter of Alr and Mrs.
Andrew j Hachctt, 81 still Pond were
married n flktou, Yesterday
Mr. \ctne stafford and son of Cations
vtlie AZ, guest, oi Mrs J. Webster Nc
lutvfC
lrgus Robinson oi Wilmington spent
'h, wees -cld here wlth tins parents,
NJ and Mr. : Robinson
Nh and NI- Neal Truslow of VII
mngtuu have been visiting her parents,
VI and Mrs John ID [ RI
Miss Carrie Bolton 81 Wilmington has
bcen guest 81 Clerk of the Court and
Mr. A Parte R,-.n during the week
Mr. Oycrholz of Texas has purchased
the Coleman property ID Rock Hall,
foT ) y 4j0. and Will move There
Mis- Matte Whitaker nf Wilmington
visited her mother Mr. Ella Whitaker,
ia G,lcna tins week
Nh. Earnest Bncc Who had been
spending some time with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Il Lewis, IN Bettcrton, has
returned 10 her home IN Wilmington
Editor Polk J. Bramblc Of the Chcs-
tertown Transcript has 4 flock Of 26O
Barred kock and Whine Lcghon hens
from which ho Is getting from l2j To-
10 eggs daE III ], shipping to city
markets and clearing . rents dozen
for them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
MICHIGAN c ATTLE TO BE
BROUGHT To DELAWARE

Farmers of New Castle county are
interested in the dairymens meeting, at
> o'clock Saturday, March >, in the
Bureau Of Labor, King and Sixth streets.
The purpose Of this meetlngsis is to lay
final plans for bringing car load of pure
bred cattle from Michigan.
The Farmers Trust Co of Newark has
consented to buy the cattle and put them
out 10 the farmers at cost. Any farmer
Of the county who is interested in these
cattle should be present at this meeting.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
Old BrOOnas SlUeep Clean

if originally bought here That's something thnk
about in buying brooms
IF you like expend your time and strength briskly
sweeping floor, and then your head and be-
hind you trail Of snippy little broorcorns that you
go back and bend double pick up. DC very
full to buy broom at Wanaulakcrs We've Known
of broons give good service after years Of
Everybody knows that the farmers this past Sum-
had something else do with their land than
broom it, and this makes brooms scarce and
high just
Nevertheless offer TINS sale hundreds of
brooms. At popular price,