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The Washington times., 1918-03-13
BLOWS OWN HEAD OFF.

AKELY, MINI, March 13.-William
Peregrin, a Socialist leader here,
placed a stick of dynamite in his
mouth, set off the fuse. and blew off
his head. The dead mans wife stated
today that Peregrin had told her that
the Department of Justice would get
him sooner or later for opposing the
operation of the draft law.
The Washington times., 1918-03-13

awarded at the close OF the campaign.
One will go to the team getting the
largest subscription, another to the
team landing the largest number
Of subscribers, another to the worker
collecting the greatest amount. and
the fourth to the worker getting the
most Individual subscriptions
The Washington times., 1918-03-13
WOMAN FARMER SEEKS
KULTUR FOR HER HOGS
Oh. kausaRaSl

oh. sausagesi
Kultur for Logs was suggested by a
petticoat farmer Of Berkeley, Va, to-
day. In a letter to tho State en-
ployment service she asked for a nice.
docile interned German "who Is will
ing or able to care for hogs"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
DANIELS TALKS
TO GRADUATES
Tells New Naval Officers Of
Amazing Growth of
the TT. S. Navy
CBy Associated s-ress.1

Annapolis, Nd, Feb. 1.-The Uni
ted States naval reserve force, now
embracing $4,000 men and $500 ON
GERS, sis larger than the regular
navy when war was declared and
three times as large as in the
Spanish American war" Secretary
Daniels declared today in addressing
the special graduation class of 800
reserve officers at the naval academy.
This is a wonderful record for a
service authorized eighteen months
ago" the secretary continued, and
its creation has made possible many
phases Of the diversified work the
navy has been called upon TO do"
Mr.. Daniels told the young ON
GERS, who have successfully COM
pleted the prescribed fourteen weeks
course that when they left Annapolis
today they would ind important as
signments awaiting them and their
achievements would depend upon
themselves.
IF you wish to find the difference
in Americas method OF warfare and
in Germany's it is embodied in
instructions to John Paul
Jones'" Mr. Daniels said, for the
American regards war as tragedy"
Much OF the secretary.s address
was taken up with recital OF the
brilliant achievements of the Am
erican destroyer fiotilla in the war
and the bravery of American gun
crews aboard merchantmen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Think
war WON With
YANKS' COMING
Will Make Germans Wish
They Never Started War,
Writes Sergeant Ryan

THE people here think that the
war Is now won because the Yanks
are coming, writes Sergeant Maur-
ice l.. Ryan, Wahpeton Company J.,
l64th u. 8. infantry, who was the
only member Of his company select
ed. for detached service in France,
being sent in advance to get LAY
Of the land" to his mother. Mrs. r.
Il. Murphy, IS Jackson apartments,
Fargo. .-.... -.-..- ....-
we will make the Dutch wish
they had never started this war.
THE people in America don't
know there is aewar, but 1 think
they will begin to feel the effects
soon. / am in the best of health, but
can't get used to tea for breakfast
have seen some German prisoners.
saw a ship that was sunk by
SUBJ
II made the trip TO England with
out getting seasick, but was not so
lucky on my last trip. 1 never knew
the waves could get so big.
England is q very pretty coun-
try, but is awful damp. I haven't
seen much of France yet. 1 am quar-
tered with some British troops, and
have lots of fun listening to their
yarns about the war"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Constant Changes in Plans
and Labor and Material
Delays, Cause
Is NOW MOVING
ALONG SMOOTHLY
Four Types of Machines
Are Now Being Manu-
A featured Here
(By Associated Press.l

Washington, Feb. ]. Constant
altering OF plans to meet rapid
changes in air lighting tactics in
Europe, combined with delays in get
ting material and scarcity OF skilled
labor has put Americas great air
craft program two months behind
schedule, although Il is now moving
forward smoothly. In disclosing this
yesterday TO the senate military com
mtttees Colonel Deeds, assistant to
Major General Squier, chief signal
ofticer OF the army, said that not a
single machine OF the exact type
planned when congress appropriated
&6Ao, 600, 900 for an air fleet, will see
service in France.
Colonel Deeds told the committee
that the tendency was toward ma
chimes OF greater power and that
valuable lessons in this respect had
been learned at the last battles about
( Nerdun. He believed that the ma
chine now being manufactured and
sent TO France not only would meet
present requirements, but would
excel anything the enemy may pro-
tducs for some time TO come.
Testimony on how many machines
have been sent over. the equipment
going with them, the number Of
aviatOrs In France. or expected Ia go,
was left 10 an executive session OF
the committee and will be continued
today. but Colonel Deeds said at the
public hearing that IL looks as
though we viii keep the program Of
moving men and equipment TO |
France well balanced. He promised !
10 give to the committee in
confidence full information on types
of bombs decided upon, and progress |
of production.
Four Types Made.
Colonel Deeds said four types OF |
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Three Kinds of Bombs Used BIZ
German AUidtorS Who Conducted
Recent Raid on French Capital

injured, but his companion, Sachem
was scarcely hurt. As soon as the
machine landed American nurses
were on the spot offering their serv-
ices.
President Polncare. Premier Glenn
enceau and General Dubail, military
governor of Paris, joined the great
crowds OF other Parisians in visiting
the localities where the bombs had
fallen. The President visited per-
sonaly a large number Of the in
iured.
In the street crowds the CONVEX
sation turned chiefly upon the
amazing midnight battles in the air
Of which not much was seen, except
the sparkling signal lights and re-
mote flashes of the machine guns. It
appears that thousands OF persons
mounted to the roofs and watched
the scene throughout.
Representatives OF The Associated
Press heard various street discus
sions as to the psychology Of the
German attacks. The common opin-
ion was that they would be a tonic
to the fighting spirit OF the French
men rather than depressing in their
effect. A predominant feeling SEEM
ed TO be that there should be such
reprisals by the French as would
convince the Germans that IL was
not worth while.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
new and ACUTE
COAL SHORTAGE
Is THREATENED
Only Immediate Improve
ment in Weather Will
Avert Famine
~ Assoelated Press.l

Washington, Feb. IA new coal
shortage as acute as that which
two weeks ago brought a govern
ment order closing down industry,
was regarded as inevitable by the
fuel administration officials last
night unless there is an immediate
improvement in weather conditions.
Coal production this month fell off
100000 tons-about one third of
the normal monthly output-accord-
ing to reports to the National Coal
association, and snow and ice have
so restricted railroad movement
that the entire east, officials admit,
faces a critical situation.
Under preferential orders issued
at the time the closing decree was
put into force, coal is moving first
to ships, households, public institu-
industries. Other industries, it is
will suffer severely unless
there is an immediate change in
weather conditions. Fuel administra-
ton officials are determined that
on the preferential list
shall be supplied at all events. I'm
der present conditions they see little
chance to supply the less essential
Industries,
The 100000 loss in production
In January was due, it is said, en-
tireIy to coal shortage. The output
has been cuTtailed, 1t is declared, to
an extent unequaled in years.
Besides delaying the return Of
empty cars to the mines and thus
production. the weather
has slowed up the delivery OF loaded
cars and many cities in the east are
almost entirely without supplies.
Fuel Administrator Garfield yes
.erday took steps to put q stop 70
he issuing Of widely different rul-
ngs by state and local fuel ofncials
n connection with the enforcement
nent OF the Monday closing order.
Hereafter before making general in
the local officials must
consult with the national admin
Itration and obtain permission. Diff
.erent interpretations Of the order in
yarious states, IL was said yesterday,
las caused endless confusion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Limited SerUtce For Those
Registrars Who Are Not Quite
Up To Requirements of the Army

not exceptionally well proportioned
their cases must be referred to the
medical board. Registrars above rs
inches when not exceptionally well
proportioned also are to be referred
TO the medical advisory board for
classification.
The minimum weight established
by the regulations is 100 pounds, I'M
less the underweight is plainly due
to some recent illness and otherwise
the registrants have no disuualifying
defect" but the cases Of registrants
weighing between 100 pounds and
ia pounds are to be referred to the
medical board.
Registrars under weight in pro-
portion to their height, unless it is
plainly due to some temporary
cause, also go to the medical board.
Tho provost marshal general an
nounced that specific regulations
and Information soon are to be Civ
en- TO the medical advisory boards
special and limited mill
tary service for registrants untitled
for general services
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
FLATLY DENY REPORT
OF SAFETY COMMITTEE
CRy Associated Press.l

Deming, ". NJ, Feb. Assertions
in the report OF the Minnesota state
safety committee that only rs per
cent Of the men in the National
guard camp at Camp Cody are equip
ped with rifles. were denied in a
statement issued at division head
quarters yesterday. The statement
said the soldiers here are 100 per
cent equipped and were at the time
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist and
other members Of the Minnesota
commission were here.
There are rifles on hand for every
soldier in Camp Cody, who Is re-
quired to bear arms and for what
ever troops that may be sent here to
bring the division to full war
strength, the statement said. AS to
the health OF the troops, Major r.. p
Pagan, assistant division surgeon
said yesterday that the latest report
on all the troops in the United States
show AIS men in each one thousand
non effective. The average for Ma
lonal guard camps is 491; National
army 81; Camp Cody 43.6, he said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Two Killed When
G. N. Train Crashes
Into School Bus
. Assoclated Press.l


Nelson, MINI. Feb. 1.-Two school
children were killed and is Others
injured. three seriously, late yesteF-
day when Great Northern passenger
train No. ]. known as the Oriental
Limited, crashed into a school bus
at q railroad crossing here. The train
was stopped. the injured placed In a
coach and taken TO a hospital ct
Alexandria seven EzasleS west Of
here where they are being cared for.
~~~~~~-~s~~~-~~-I~-~~~~
machines were being manufactured.
elementary training, advance train
ing, combat and bombing. Contracts
have been let for $3.50 OF the elemen-
tRry type, first used by the students,
Ass have been completed, and con-
tracts have been awarded for 400
OF the advanced training. InfoTma-
ton about the combat and bombing
craft. was withheld.
Contracts for the aviation service,
however. exceeded In the aggregate
the $64O, 900 600 provided by congress
and are distributed as follows: $194,-
OO0, 900 on fixed prices contracts
S2S5. 900. 900 for those on contract plus
percentage bases and S255, 100000 in
foreign contracts with France and
Italy.
The foreign contracts, Colonel
Deeds said, were arranged as be-
tween governments through an allied
thereby escaping pay
ments OF large royalties demanded by
some patenteeS. 1t had been found
that the training machines could be
built for IS per cent less than at
first planned. but those Of greater
for active service cost
more than planned.
The committee was told that con-
tracts had been awarded to IS firms
and that 400 SUB -contractOTs were
working.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
EXAMINE TRANSFERRED
REGISTRANTS TODAY

The first scheduled examination Of
registrants, transferred to the Cass
county medical advisory board from
other states and counties, is being
held in the Office Of DR.. Paul Sork-
ness in the Edwards building this
afternoon. About rs are to be ex-
amined. There are about forty trans
fers on the list at the auditors office
and a date will be set soon for the
examination Of the remaining num-
Der.
Registered men dissatisfied with
their medical board examination,
given by the draft board, may ask
for a REORGANIZATION by the advisory
board, created in connection with
the classification system now used
by the war department.
The Cass county. physical examina-
ton board will hold its first exami-
nation of class one registrants, be-
ginning Feb. A., It is planned to ex~i
anime 100 a day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01

Paris, Feb. fragments OF. pro-
Jectiles dropped by the Germans and
examined at the municipal labora-
tory show that bombs Of three kinds
were used by the invaders, accord
ing 20 rIntransigeant.
They were winged torpedoea,
Weighing from $50 to 200 pounds,
explosive bombs and incendiary
bombs, the latter two bursting a
minute after falling. No traces Of
asphyNiating gas bombs were found.
The total number Of bombs drop
ped is estimated at 10.
American Red Cross ambulance
workers assisted in removing air
raid victims to hospitals. The entire
ambulance personnel was modified
and had their machines waiting for
calls within 40 minutes after the
commencement OF the raid. \
So far as Is known. no Americans
are among the victims.
The French machine which was
forced to land on account of motor
trouble descended in the Place De
La Concorde, just to the right Of the
pillar surmounted by the stone
horse from the Marty Palace. which
marks the entrance to the Champs
d Elysees.
The aviator. LeJuge. was seriously
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Laid Bulletin on Wheat
Substitutes Use BY North
Dakota Flour Consumers
Flour and Sugar Regulations.

F&&t eAhAA &AENA Nv @ANs@A@AA%e
President Wilson's proclamation
and Mr.. HooVer's announcement of
regulations for the sale of wheat
-four for home use, call for the sale
of an equal quantity of cereal with
every lot or parcel Of wheat -four
sold. With every 49-pound sack of
wheat -four there must be sold,
under these regulations, 40 pounds OF
other cereal substitutes for flour.
Wheat Flour Substitutes: Hominy,
corn grits, cornmeal, corn -four.
edible corn starch. barley flour, rolled
oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buck
wheat -four, potato -four, sweet
potato flour. soya bean flour, and
feterita flour and meals.
North Dakota Regulations.
Owing to the shortage Of -four
substitutes in the state, lack Of
transportation, excessive prices
charged for the small packages of
cereal substitutes, and the abundance
Of wheat in the state, from and after
Monday, Feb. 4, until further notice,
the following regulations will be put
in force:
/. The amount OF -four substitutes
to be sold with wheat -four (not to
apply to whole wheat -FOUR, shall be
that for every z pounds of wheat
flour there shall be sold and delivered
3 pounds Of other substitutes as
above enumerated.
2. (a) The amount OF -four to
be sold to families in town, at one
time, shall be limited to "a IL to 40
pounds, depending upon the size OF
the family.
Cb) Farmers living in the country
may receive from 10 to SO pounds OF
-four at one time.
(c) Ranchmen coming from a
long distance, with large families or
a larger number of men boarders,
not more than enough for one
months supply.
Bakers Bread /. All bread
baked and offered for sale must con-
tain not less than 5 per cent OF -four
this amount to be
increased so that by Feb.
"a the amount shall be not less than
twenty 600 per cent.
2. ANY baker baking or selling
bread not conforming with the above
will forfeit his license.
3. All wheat bread to be sold must
weigh i pound. "a ounces, 2 pounds,
Or pounds; and any short weight
will render the baker liable to
forfeiture of his license.
Sugar SaIess l. The amount OF
sugar to be sold for home consump-
ion is limited to approximately three
C3) pounds per person per month.
2. Retailers may sell to families in
own from 5 to 10 pounds at one
lime, in accordance with the size of
he family.
s. Farmers and people. living at
l distance from town may receive,
It one time. not more than Is pounds
II sugar.
4. Ranchmen coming long dis
ances, with large families or with /
men to board, may receive from so to
90 pounds, according to their needs.
The foregoing regulations are here
" promulgated and in force in
North Dakota from and after Mon
lay, Feb. 4. until modified by further
riders from this department.
=. f. Ladd,
Federal Food Administrator.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
WILL DRAW CONTRACT
FOR STREET LIGHTING
Commissioner of Streets and Lights
and City Engineer Named as
Contract Committee.

The Fargo city commission. at an
adjourned session this morning,
named o. M. Strate, commissioner of
streets and lights, and +. L. Anders,
city engineer, a committee to draft
a new contract to submit to the
Union Light. Heat & Power COM
pany covering light furnished for
streets and city buildings.
The company is now furnishing
light to the city under a contract
which expired several months ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
CANCELS LEAGUE MEETING.
CBy Associated Press.l

Mortified, Mimi, Feb. Follow
ing the refusal of the use of a hall
which had already been leased and
the passage of resolutions by the city
council prohibiting the meeting, n.
s. Randall. Nonpartisan league or
ganizer, today cancelled a scheduled
gathering of the league here. League
officials maintained that they would
hold their meeting, but as no hall
could be secured and the farmers Of
the district took comparatively small
interest in the league, Randall called
off the gathering at the last minute.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
JOHN MARTIN ELECTED
BY NORTHERN SAVINGS
Made Member of Board of Directors
BY Increase of it's Personnel
To Seven.

The Northern Savings bank of
Fargo has increased the number Of
its board Of directors to seven and
has elected John Martin Of Fargo as
the new director. Mr.. Martin is one
of the leading business men Of this
section Of the state. He is the pres
emit treasurer of Cass county and is
president of the Cass County Ma
tional bank Of Casselton and also
president of the Farmers Security
bank Of Chaffee.
The officers Of the bank state that
this is another step. in the direction
of strengthening their institution.
The bank has recently become a
member of the federal reserve sys-
tenn and is the oldest and largest
savings bank in North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
POLICE FIND NO TRACE
OF MISSING 15.YEAR-OL

Chief of Police Louis DahlgFen re-
ported this morning that the police
have failed to locate Robert Snyder,
missing 15-year-old Grand Forks
boy, who ran away from his home
this week and was thought to have
come to Fargo. When last seen in
Grand Forks he wore a green
mackinaw and striped overaIls.
John AuXier, escaped inmate OF the
state asylum at Jamestown. arrested
by the police the first Of the week,
armed with weapons and later turn
ed over to the sheriffs department,
was returned to jamestown Thurs
day morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
FUEL scARcE ~ WlNoNA.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. Following
a steady drop through the early
morning, the mercury had reached
SO degrees below zero at 9 o'clock a.
m, today and was still going down.
There is much suffering among the
poor Of the city A large force of
men are cutting wood on islands in
the Mississippi river to relieve the
serious fuel situation. Trains on all
roads are delayed by the cold.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
COMPANY GIVES $4,000
FOR WAR ADVERTISING

The Firestone Tire & Rubber
company has appropriated $500 to
be expended in patriotic advertising,
and for boosting the sale OF Liberty
Loan bonds, War Savings stamps
and Thrift stamps, A. T. Sewers,
manager of the Fargo branch, was
notified today.
e. s. Babcock, advertising man
ager Of the company, is a member
of the government advertising divi-
sion.
The Great SIS Sale OF Coats and
Dresses Cva1ues to S45) at Blacks on
Saturday, follow the crowds.-Adyt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
COLD AT LA CROSSE.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 1.-The gov
eminent thermometer registered %
degrees below zero here this morn
ing, the coolest of the winter, and
traffic is practically at a standstiT
The fuel situation in the city is SER
iOus and 1T is said that there will be
no more hard coal shipped into La
Crosse this winter. Fuel Admins
traitor MacWillie, following a con-
ference with State Administrator
Fitzgerald yesterday, announced
that La Crosse would be obliged to
exercise extreme care with regard to
fuel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
coNaREssMEN MUST PAY TAX.

Washington, Feb. members OF
congress, although exempted by law
from the so-called occupational tax,
which operates on incomes OF more
than IS 900 in addition to the regular
income tax, will have to pay It
nevertheless, by a ruling made today
by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper.
TherIaw exempted officers and en-
ployes Of the government. The
Internal revenue commissioners ruled
that congressman are neither.
So much criticism was made at the
exemption Of congressman that a bill
20 remove it already has passed the
house and now is pending in the SEN
ate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
RoTHscHlLD DIES.
Nv Associated Press.l

Wy 1AE4WNNelNNN /
London, Feb. ALFRED Charles
De ROthschild, of the banking family
of that name. died last night.
Born in 1912, Alfred Charles De
Rothschild was the second son of
Baron Lionel De Rothchild. He was
educated in Trinity college and was
a partner in the banking firm Of N.
NJ. Rothschild a. Sons. At one time
he was a director of the Bank Of
England.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Ignite Miners JOIN
ORGANIZED LABOR RANKS

Bismarck, n. D. Feb. Stephen
Ely, president Of District q, United
Mine Workers Of America, Billings,
Mont, stated here yesterday that 500
miners have Joined the ranks Of
organized labor in North Dakota
during the last three weeks.
President Ely was in conference
with William English, secretary
treasurer OF the North Dakota
Federation Of Labor, during his stay
in Bismarck.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-01
Czernin Has Sent
Repeated Messages
To The President
(By Associated Presg.l

London, Feb. lit is known
positively, according to a dispatch
from Berne to The Daily Mail, that
Count Czernin, the Austro- Hun
garian foreign minister, through
private intermediates, has sent
message after message to President
Wilson, assuring him of the sincerity
and guilelessness OF Austrian
diplomacy. ...
~~~~~-~-~~~-~~S~-~~~~S~
in their efforts TO provide a practical
method for taxing freight line com
panies, . .r &c.
. Now, therefore. be it resolved by
the senate that A. p. Bowen Is hereby
censured for his action in defeating
senate bill No. 225 by making a false
report to the senate"