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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
Commencement
At COnCOrdiQ

Academic class day exercises are
held at ConcOrdia college today. II
the weather is favorable the steel
Flagstaff, the gift Of the seniors to
the college, will be raised on the cam
pus tomorrow afternoon. The pole Is
o6 feet long and will be erected pc
tween the gymnasium and the parade
grounds. &c
E. G. Bagley, a 1917 graduate of
the college department. who en4lsted
in the coast artillery, Is a college
visitor. He has been at his home
Soroco, N. D., on a two months fur
Tough to help with farm work and is
on his way to the Preside at San
Francisco, Cal. 49,
George Brekke, a membed Of this
years senior class, has been called TO
the colOrs and will leave for Camp
Lewis with the Williams county men
early next week.
DR.. oscar L. Olson, of Luther col
lege, DEBORAH, Ia, who will deliver
the commencement address next
Tuesday morning. will speak at seV-
eral meetings on Sunday and Monqqay'
His address on 'Why America Eli
tered the War" will be given at Com
stock at ii o'clock Sunday morning;
AT 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon he Will
speak at a patriotic meeting at
GAINESVILLE, and in the, evening al
Ulen. On Monday evening DIR: olson
will speak at a patriotic meeting at
WolVerton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
GoD. Burnquist
Detroit Stamp
F.. Drive Speaker

Minnesota win observe Sunday,
June 3. as war Savings Stamp
Drive Day" when monster meetings
will be held in nearly every county
throughout the state as q forerunner
OF Pledge week which opens on
Thursday, June 6. Plans for the CON-
ing loyalty meetings are now being
made by the Minnesota War Saw
ings committee, with the co-o opera
ton OF county organizations.
Citizens will not be asked to pur-
chase their quota Of stamps during
the drive but to pledge definite
amount to be taken in installments
or after harvest this fail.
Loyalty speakers are being en-
listed for the meetings to be held on
June 2. Governor Burnquist will be
the principal speaker at Detroit,
where automobile tours from various
towns in the western part Of the
state will concentrate. This meeting
will take place in the pavilion on
the shores OF Detroit Lake and 1t is
expected that fully 10000 persons
Will attend.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
DID NOT INTEND
TO SHOOT RIVAL
SAYS WAUKESHA
SCHOOL TEACHER
Grace Lusk Says She Can
not Remember Details
Of the killing
NEAR COLLAPSE
ON WITNESS STAND
Court Orders Recess to
Permit He'd to Regain
,.A Composure
CBy Associated Press.1

Waukesha, Wis. May 24-"I can
not remember" Grace Lusk told the
jury which will decide her fate on
a charge Of Staying Mrs Mary New
man Roberts. when asked regarding
the shooting on the witness stand
today.
Did you intend to shoot Mrs Rob-
1erts?" she was asked.
Never, never, never" she cried.
Did you intend to take Mrs. Rob-
rerts' life?"
."Never! Why should u"
In telling Of meeting Or. Roberts
on the eve Of the tragedy, Miss
Lusk said that she told him that If
he did not care for her it would end
all. The witness said that he replied
that he still did care. and she then
told him that he must tell Mrs. Rob-
erts and ask her for his freedom.
He promised to do SO that night, she
testified.
The next afternoon. after having
failed to keep an appointment she
had made for the morning, Mrs. Rob
erts came to her home. Miss LusK
said, and declared her husband had
told her that Miss Lusk was the
biggest fool he had ever known and
that she had chased him until he
never had a moments peace
Miss Lusk said that she went up
stairs to get some Of the doctors
letters to prove to Mrs. Roberts that
this was not true. and, seeing the
pistol, she brought that down, also
intending to take her own life.
When Mrs. Roberts saw the let
tiers. the witness declared, she said
abusive things.
At this point the court ordered re-
cess to enable Miss Lusk. who seem
ed about to faint to regain her COM
posure.
After the recess. Miss Lusk was
asked what Mrs. Roberts had said.
Mrs. Roberts asked me If | did
not know that DR.. Roberts did not
care for me. that he was just max
ing a sport Of me, as he had many
other women. She told me Of a girl
who had died in a second-rate Wau-
kesha boarding house as the result
of an operation. She said that l
would die that way. but not in Wau-
kesha, as she would drive me out Of
town"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
WOMEN IN COAL MINES.
Are Engaged In Less Arduous TasE
NAInnn [ lrnifnrrna-

Are Engaged In Less Arduous Tasks,
And Wear Uniforms.
So hard pressed for labor has the
anthracite industry become that 1t is
announced that women will be en-
ployed wherever possible. The Lee
high Coal & Navigation company has
Just introduced female help at Its
Colliery at Nesquehoning, Penn. The
girls are engaged in various capaci-
ties, from clerks and timekeepers to
the more arduous tasks Of weigh
scale and switch-tenders. They wear
uniforms furnished by the company.
The Engineering and Mining jour
nal considers that with the danger
that the gain Of 3,O98 mine workers
since September may be depleted in
a day, and more expert miners, ma
chinists and miners laborers be TAX
en- over by the government and sent
to France, the employment of aGdi-
tional female help may become nee
oSSaTV.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
Great Meeting At
Fargo Auditorium
Sunday EUenmg

Sergeant Boyle, the returned Can
adian soldier. who 10 speaking in
Cass county and who comes TO Fargo
on Sunday evening. speaking at the
Fargo auditorium In connection with
the Red Cross campaign, is declared
by Harry Curran Wilbur, executive
secretary Of the Red Cross, to be one
of the most foreefuI men on the Red
Cross platform today.
II was Sergeant Boyle who made
such a tremendous hit at HiIIsboro
recently, and who has been drawing
great crowds all over the state,
wherever he has appeared.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
White Guilty
of Mdnsldughter

Bismarck, N. D.. May 24.-CIarence
White, charged with the murder Of
Charles D. Sloan, wealthy Emmons
county farmer, at Hazelton March 4,
was found guilty Of manslauBhter in
{oe rs dGgreS ana vas
the close OF the trial here Thursday
afternoon. The jury was out three
hours.
White claimed that he shot in self
defense, and was the only witness in
his own behalf, recit;ns Incidents
concerning his alleged intimacy with
an EmmOns county woman which led
up to the shooting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24

Sergeant Boyle was in the thick
of the fighting for a long time. He
has an intensely interesting story Of
che life of the soldier, and he brings
a wonderful picture Of the Red Cross
work.
The Sunday evening meeting at
the Fargo auditorium bids fair to bo
one of the greatest of the war series
held in Fargo, and every man, won-
an and child who can possibly do
so. should be on hand at 8 O'Clock.
Several of the Fargo churches will
abandon their regular services Sum
day evening. to join in the Red Cross
meeting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
CATTLE DID NOT STRAY.

Three COWS, a bull and q heifer
were found in the Great Northern
stock yards, Moorhead yesterday by
John Sorby, Kragnes township farm
er, the owner. How the cattle reach
ed the stock yard and were fastened
in is Q. mystery. A watch was kept
last night but no one appeared to
remove them so Mr.. Sorby drove
them to his farm, eight miles north
OF Moorhead, this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
SWINE DEATH RATE LOW.
Figure of 42.1 per 1000 Lowest in 35
Year Period.

Washington, D. c.. May 25.-The
death rate in swine from all diseases
for the year ending March, 1918, an
p partner % Of s agriculture as 1T III per
1000, is the lowest in 35 years, ac-
cording to the records kept during
that period.
This unprecedentedly low rate OF
mortality presents great contrast
with those of earlier periods, par
ttcularly with the losses Of 1888 per
1000 in 1887, la per 1000 in 1897,
and 1859 per 1000 in 1914, years
marked by severe outbreaks Of hog
cholera. This is even a remarkable
reduction from the normal low rate
Of losses which has remained slight
ly above so per 1000 when the dis
ease was least prevalent.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
Rat Kill off
Until November

The rat killing campaign, sponsor
ed through the winter and spring by
Mrs. F. E. Kindred, city food tnspec-
tor. in the interest Of food conser-
walton, is off until November.
The announcement was made to-
day by Mrs. Kindred, who added that
funds for the payment Of bount1es'
which had been privately subscribed
had been exhausted.
Fargo boys turned in approximate
ly 500 rats for the bounty in the
Campaign. A 25-cent Thrift stamp
was given as a special pr1ze for each
35 rats turned in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
SENIORS ENTERTAINED.
The COncOrdia Upper Classmen Wert
GrnnEhs. n2 -Illza5nL... ut LllnEaaE

Members Of Concordla college Jun
Tor class entertained the academic
seniors at dinner in the college gym
nasium on Thursday evening.
Those who responded to toasts
were Julius Rafshol, senior class
president; Miss Jeanette Hagen, SEN
Tor class counsellor; Miss Edith Quist,
junior class counsellor; Olaf Ftelde,
morsgaard, Olaf Olson, Gustav Neste-
gard, KIara Void and Cora Leonard.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs TO MEET.
An important meeting Of the MEM
bers Of Mystic Lodge, Knights Of
Pythias, will be held in the office
of Edgar e. Sharp at o'clock
this evening. All members Of the
lodge are urged to attend.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
" White Russian
Republic Formed
LBY Associated Press J

London. May 24-The white Rus
sian republic has been proclaimed
with Germany's consent. the Elk
change Telegraph correspondent at
Moscow reports. A coalition govern
ment has been formed. the dispatch
states, and negotiations are proceed
ing regarding the unity Of Lithuania
and White Russia. with the idea Of
forming a separate state under a
German military prOteCtOrate.
White Russia roughly takes in the
region north Of the Ukraine with, Po-
land and the Baltic provinces on the
west and great Russia on the north
and east 1t includes Lithuania.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24

! No matter what effects are accept
! ed as definite style notes there are
always some garments which break
entirely away from the evident die
| tates of fashion and become even
more stylish by doing so. In the face
of Dame Fashion who has said, mo
suit without a vest" his dressy suit
bursts forth without even a hint Of a
vest. And what is more, 1t would be
impossible to wear a vest with 1t.
1t Is fashioned Of beige Poiret twill
and a striking touch is added by the
bow tie and sash belt Of navy blue
satin. The coat Is barely more than
hip length with a three-tiered pep
lum. The side fastening SO oddly cut
makes one forget that the vest Of the
hour Is missing. Note also the cuff
on, the bottom of the skirt which
It is also to be, remembered that no
ton this year unless 1t conserves
The hat worn with the suit is a
black hemp heavily yelled, or rather
swathed, in black tulle. The actual
shape Of the hat is a turned up brim
on the chin-chin order but the tulle
gives 1t the effect Of a large turban.
Black paradise placed at the side
front gives height to the hat. The
parasol is a dainty and very frail
thing OF black chiffon.
Greatest Rose offer in state-hand-
some Hothouse Roses. Pink. White
and Red. on Sale at Blacks, Satur-
day, 35 cents a dozen; 3 dozen, ST..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
REMOVE TO MINNEAPOLIS.

Mrs. G. Granskov and daughter,
Elese, of $40 Sixth street south
Moorhead, returned from Los Angeles
Cali, yesterday. whore they have
spent the past winter. They will
leave for Minneapolis Saturday morn
ing to join Mr.. Granskov, who re-
turned from Los Angeles in April, and
will make Minneapolis their future
home. The family resided in Moor
head for the past II years
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
EAST SIDE NOTES

Syver O. solum, cashier of the
First National bank OF GAINESVILLE,
is a Moorhead visitor today
Directors OF the Clay county Farm
bureau will meet this evening to act
upon the report of the committee in
charge of the arrangements for the
community picnic to be held at the
Wells farm, Stockwood, on July 4.
Gunder o. Lee, old settler Of the
Buffalo river county, was a county
seat visitor this morning.
Frank Whittier, representing the
state board Of control, was Ia the
city Thursday,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
Wheat and Sugar
Use Cut One Half

st. Paul, Mimi, May 94.--Minnesota
has cut her wheat consumption to SO
per cent below. normal times. and
sugar to about 66 2-8 per cent OF nor
state food administrator.
Mr.. Wilson based his figures on re-
ports of -four sales from various
sources. and survey Of the. sugar
jobbers Of the twin cities for the first
three months OF this year as against
the same period last year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
LAM1T HMADs BJCBTRRs,

An Antl-SoW-LhlStIe Circle Was OF
ganized at the meeting of the Cotton
wood Street Farmers club held at the
Carl Heldt farm on Thursday evening.
David Lamm was chosen leader of the
circle.
Short addresses were made by 4. ],
Wright, OF the county board; Sen.
T. H. Peterson; William Russell; A.
H. Larson, county weed inspector,
and Co. Agt A c. O'Ranion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
DRIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET

A meeting Of the city executive
committee for the second Red Cross
war fund drive will be held at the
Moorhead National bank this even
ing. Reports of the committees for
the business district and the four
wards will be received and the re-
sults tabulated
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24

GAINESVILLE "oVER THE TOP"
GAINESVILLE, MINI. May 24.--The
GAINESVILLE district Of the Red Cross
has gone over the top" in the sec
ond war fund drive exceeding the
quota by $4,000. Thos. Guinness,
campaign manager, says this amount
may be exceeded when the final re-
ports are received.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
SPRING FLIES ARE NEW.
Adult Household Pest do Not Live
Through Winter.

through WlnTer'
Washington, d. C.-Thc house flies
that you see in early spring are not
the flies Of the preceding autumn
They are the offspring, not the sur
vivors Of those that sought a warm
refuge in the fall. The flies that
appear in the spring quickly become
reproductive and by early SUNNI 81
the baby fly Of few weeks past will
have become a. patriarch with mil
lions of great great grandchildren
Therefore, swat early.
These facts are presented by a
United States depar tment Of agri-
culture scientist. His findings, based
on long experiments, support the
popular belief that a, swat" in the
spring saves a lot Of them later on
A fly thoroughly swatted when he is
young and comparatively innocent
not only will be unable to carry
disease, but will not have very many
children
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
DEDICATED SERVICE FLAG,

A 23-star service flag was dedicat-
ed at the Norwegian Lutheran
church, GAINESVILLE on Thursday
evening. One gold star on the flag is
in honor Of Albert Tweeton who died
at one of the camp hospitals. The
dedication address was given by DR..
J. A. Aasgaard Of Moorhead.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
FAVoRs ARMY EXPANSION.

Washington, May 24.-The senate
ously went on record in favor of
large expansion Of the American
army. 1t ordered a favorable report
on a resolution by Senator Reed, Of
Missouri, declaring for an increase
Of 5000. 900 men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24
BAD AS HUN BULLETS
Red Cross Sanitary Corps Has De
cIared War on Malaria Mosquitoes

Red Cross Sanitary Corps Has De.
cIared War on Malaria Mosquitoes
AS malaria carrying mosquitoes can
put soldiers out Of the fighting al
most as effectively as German bullets
the Sanitary corps Of the American
Red Cross has declared war on ano-
pheles around the Southern canton
ments. In cooperation with the Red
Cross various agencies are paying
especial attention to all swamps and
mosquito breeding pools and water
holding barrels, not merely in the
camp zones but in and around near
by towns which soldiers visit. This
protective work Of draining and OIL
ing not only will protect the troops
but will do much to ensure that ma
laria does not attack the large visit
ing populations around the camps.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24

Cardinal Lucon, the aged archbish-
OPP OF Rheims, is now occupying a
benedictine cell in Paris, having
been compelled by the military au-
thorities to depart from Rheims with
the last remaining civilian popuIa-
ton. He was recently interviewed
in his cell. He mourned the condi-
ton of the Rheims cathedral, but
stated his belief that it would some
day be repaired. There are models
Of the statues and wonderful win
dows and from these the new can be
made.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-24

Beautiful fresh cut Hothouse
Roses-all colors-35c dozen; doz-
en- for 81. at Blacks Busy Store. Sat-
urday.-Advt. 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-03
WOMEN DO WAR WORK
In England They Are Very Important
in All Home Industries.

Hot Springs, Ark, May 3.v"Women
of England now can build complete
airplanes, and this year Britain hopes
to make four times as many as last
year. This will all depend upon the
women" Miss Helen Fraser of Lon
don, England, told delegates to the
General Federation of Women's clubs
here today. Miss Fraser has been &C.
beginning of hostilities.
between 5000. 900 and 100000 Brit
ish women are on some war occupa-
ton or another and that 100000
women are now working for wages
who never worked for money before.
Great Britain, she said, has spent
$1,000, 100000 on housing alone to
provide for its munition workers.
1.-The smaller shells are made en-
tirely by the women, she continued,
land they now make in one fortnight
more shells than were made during
the entire year from August 1914 to
August 1915.
Farming is a work among the most
patriotic undertaken by the women,
because it lacks the excitement and
stimulation furnished in the munition
factories. 1t also was difficult to con-
vert the farmer to the idea that
women could be of any use on the
land.
I'VE are conscious of our defeats"
she concluded, 'but we know that we
fight on the side of right and human
ity, and we are going to the flnish,
and to victory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-03
WHY ARMY SINGS
Music Is a Virile Fighting
Force, Says Leader.
1t Makes Men Cheerful in
Worst of Circumstances.

Hot Springs, Ark, May 3.-That
music is virile fighting force-a
builder of morale and that CON
tented army is a fighting army"-is
the theory which actuated the military
leaders of the nation to adopt mob
singing" in the training camps, direct
ed by about fifty song leaders, Ken
meth S. Clark, division song leader at
Camp Meade, Nd. told the delegates
at the biennial convention of General
Federation of Women's clubs here to-
Gay.
THE main purposes of camp sing
ing are two" Mr.. Clark declared.
First, the purely practical purpose of
increasing the vitality of the men on
the march; making them forget that
their feet are weary when they reach
the last long mile as one of the songs
phrases it, and second, the more
esthetic, but still practical purpose of
keeping the soldiers cheered up wher-
ever they are; thus keeping them
mentally and physically fit to get the
kaiser
"A regimental commander best ex-
pressed the latter value of singing
when he told his men: Over there
you will have two enemies. one, the
Germans; the other. fatigue and the
long, weary waits. You will conquer
weapons; the other, only by cheerful
ness and the great antidote for de-
preston is singing"
A Chorus of $4,000.
The speaker then told of a chorus
at Camp Meade of $4,000 soldiers, ac-
companied by seven bands. which was
used in one of the liberty loan rallies.
My greatest JOY" he continued, lis
II. leading the Llen of our two colored
regiments, who sing most naturally
and s. ontaneously."
The musical director concluded his
address by an appeal to the people
back home to Keep the Home Fires
Burning" with the melodies sung by
the soldiers and compared them to the
cheers at football game in their
psychological efficacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-03
PROSPECTSARE BRIGHT
Catholic Colonization Society Reports
Crop onditions in United States.

I The National Catholic Colonization
sc ciety With headquarters at Chicago
has received Information thru its spe-
ciaI investigators and from its projects
scattered turnout the country that
prospects for abundant crops and
especially for wheat are good. In
Montana winter wheat is coming on
i'm fine shape. while much of the
spring seeding has already been DONE
In the Dakotas, recent soaking rains
have greatly improved crop condi-
tions. Much seeding has already been
done and the ground is in excellent
condition. In Colorado, Minnesota.
Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois
and in most of the southern states
the ground is in good condition and
spring seeding and planting is pro-
crossing rapidly.
The farmers are out in the fields
and the tractor is abroad in the
la nd" Broadly speaking prospects
for bountiful crops are excellent and
the outlook for great movement
back to the land this season is I'M
usually bright.
This organization. which is under
the direction of Archbishop Messmer,
reports : great number of applicants
for farm homes. These applicants
come from all classes and conditions
and all seem to be imbued with the
idea of the necessity for increased
food production and with desire for
al. independent and healthful farm
home life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-03
TO BUY WAR BOOKS
Camp Funston Librarian Goes to Sec
About Practical Treatises.

~ Camp Funston, Kan. May Camp
Librarian w. H. Kerr has gone to
Washington to confer with war de-
partment officials and librarians of
other environments on the plans for
including in the camp libraries a gen.
erous showing of books treating on
the sciences of war. This is to be one
of the main objectives in the library
drive" that is now under way.
Z The plan has been successful to the
extent of obtaining the approval of the
war department, 1t is said. and the
books will be purchased outrighs. from
publishers, rather than to depend on
promiscuous contributions on which
the fiction division of the library is
depending largely. Mr.. Kerr also will
confer with war department officials
about the building of the new camp
library here, the plans for which have
not yet been perfected further than
the decision that such building is
soon to be erected in the vicinity of
the camp hospital.