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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
Amusement

Laugh when you want to laugh
and laugh when you want to cry" is
the photoplay of Tony Camaradonio.
portrayed by Otis Skinner in his
latest comedy success Mister AN
tonio. coming 70 the orpheum to-
night.
This play Is by Booth Tarxing-
ton, the well known novelist and
dranatist. Tony is an Italian hurdy-
gurdy man, a knight Of the road, who
believes there is some good in every
one and puts his belief to practical
use by acting tine Samaritan and
helping out man who is in trouble.
In the hands of an artist like Mr..
Skinner, Tony is a. most Ioyable sort
OF a fellow and is both picturesque
and interesting. In the play comedy
predon.inates, but there are also sew
eral strong dramatic c1imaxes. Mr..
Skinner is under the Charles Froll-
nan Encouragement and Is supported by
an excellent company including Ruth
Rose, Joseph Brennan, Robert F1arri-
son, Walter a. Scott, Ernest Elton,
John McCabe, Frances L.andy, Alice
Gale and others
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
FARGO PASTOR
IN new ROLE
Rev. Norman Brighton
Heads Officers "Y" At
Camp Beauregard

Raw Norman Brighten, pastor OF
the Christian church &C Fargo, on
leave Of absence for "Y" war work,
has heeR selected to lead an abso-
luteiy new departure in Army z. n
G, A. work, as building secretary for
the Officers " at Camp Reaure-
gard, near New Orleans. AS Is gem
orally known, the officers and men
do not mipgle much socially. Social
intercourse Is discouraged by the
higher authorities. The regular z.
M. G. A. huts have been, Of course,
given over to the enlisted men. The
new enterprise of which Rev. Mr..
Brighton is leader is a 7. M, C, A.
for oficers exclusively.
The New Orleans Times Picayune
for April % gives an extended &C
count OF the opening and dedication
of this building, which is described
as being the finest and ;best equipped
of any in any of the camps. 1t Is
stated that this is an experiment,
and If it should prove successful,
others wall be opened in other
CAMPS,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

Washington.--With the appointment
Of Mrs. lisa Maud Ilsen as hospital
song leader the soldier boys of the
United States will be furnished with
another form of entertainment, Mrs
1lsen was formerly superintendent of
the military infrmary at Hamilton,
Ontario. The duties entailed In her
new position will be to supply music
in the hospitals where American SOL
diers are treated who have returned
from France suffering from she'll
shock.
The appointment was made by Ray
commission on training camp activi-
ties of the war and navy departments.
According to Mr.. Fosdick an expert
ment to determine the value Of music
n hospitals Is being conducted at Fort
Md, ami If 1t proves successful it will
be extended to include other military
hospitals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
Big Failing Off
In Arrests Here

Eighteen per cent less arrests were
made by the police department. from
the period Of May l. 1917, to May /,
1918, than for the corresponding
period a year ago, according to the
annual statement of arrests recently
completed, The total number of ar
rests during the year which closed
Wednesday was 9S3,
Three hundred and Gorty-feur ar
ests for drunkenness; ia Cor assault
and battery; 1873 for exceeding the
speed limit; 100 on charges of
vagrancy; one for maintaining a
common nuisanceI one for attempted
rape and two for adultery are among
the cases with which the police
dealt,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

: ii 4 & 4 & I
who today gave cut the ofElciaI
figures in which it was revealed that
this district oversubscrtbed It's al
letment considerably over 100000.
Every town In Marion county also
oyersubs its allotment by a
very good margin, according to w.
III. Ordway, acting county chairman
Official figures follow:
District Figures.
The following figures have been
given by Mr.. Newton and it ia ex-
peeted that these will be somewhat
increased, The counties allotment
and their subscriptions are as fol-
lowe:
subscrip-
County Quota. ton.
Mercer .....t..s 10000 s $4,000
Oliver ........ 10000 $4,000
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

Or deaths from unknown causes,
there were 90 last and AZ this year.
The greatest number of deaths dur
ing this period were children under
one year. Two hundred and fourteen
children died at less than q year old.
The death rate then decreased until
the tenth year. There was a notice
able increase during the years ten
to twenty, there being 104 deaths Of
people these ages, The next large
number of deaths was noted between
the sixtieth and SEVENTEEN years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

quarterly bulletin issued for the
state.
He declares that during CHS COM
ing year North Dakota should save
775 children. the campaign for the
betterment Of baby conditions over
the state being in charge OF Mrs. R.
III. Devine of Wahpeton, chairman
Of the child welfare department of
the state council of defense
ut has been found THAI Baby
Week is insufficient" says DIR. Nc
Gurren. 1.-The agitation for health
Ter children should be carried on
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
Should SdUe IT'S
Babies In Year

Devils Lake, N. D.. May e.-'-The
safeguarding and protection of
children is looked upon as q patri-
otto duty In view Of the unavoidable
wastage of human life during the
war" says DR.. g. =. McGurren, sec
rotary OF the health board, in the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
SEVEN M'LEAN COUNTY
TOWNS DOUBLE QUOTA.

washburn, N. D., May Clowns
entitled to stars in Mclean county
for doubling their quota to the Third
Liberty loan, as announced by Karl
Klein, chairman. are RosegIen, 40
per cent over it's allotment: CARR
son, 245 per cent; Elbowoods, 1877
per cent; Washburn, 156 per cent;
.Ruso, $50 per cent; Benedict, las
per cent and Wilton, 100 per cent.
Mclean county oversubscribed it's
quota of $4,000 122 per cent.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
eET iIp gTRAM

Everybody needs full steam
ahead Fire up your body en-
CINE with potatoes They sup
ply the kind OF fuel You need for
lizard work. Eat them three times
d day and keep at.
al six ounce potato medium
too small IA any part of the
country and alYnost microscopic
IN the west provides as much
fuel as one and one hall ounces
of breed, OF b great big slice
Write the United States de-
Pc Fnent Of agriculture for ne
potato recipes,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
Death Rate In
State Increasing

The death rate In the state of
North Dakota is increasing, figures
made public by DIR. c. J. McGurren,
secretary Of the state board of
health. showing that there was an
increase Of 1I6 deaths during the
months Of January, February and
March in 1918. compared with the
same quarter in 1917: The diseases
which claimed a greater toll in the
state this year than during the first
quarter OF 1917 were:
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tails :. /. 1905, 900
GnlIn&,rln EinnnAe

Acting Chairman w. H. ordway,
for Morton county in the third Lib
beFty Loan. has received official re-
ports from most of the towns in his
county and the statistics are as fol-
lows:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
18th DISTRICT
MAKES SHOWING
Every County Reported To
Have Oversubscribed
In Loan Drive

Every county in the Twelfth dl1-
dieial district oversunscribed to
the third Liberty loan, according to-
j. I'll. Newton, district chairman,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

Almont, SIT. Anthony, Flasher and
Glen Ullin, as well as Judson, have
not reported.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

The Countess of Maeelesfield, a not
ed beauty of the British peerage,
ranks high among the titled ladies
who are deyeting all their time to war
work. She is the wife OF the seventh
earl OF MaccIesheld Before her mar
riage in 1909 she was lillian Joanna
We're Boyle, daughter Of MAI. Charias
Boyle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
NECK BROKEN BY KICK.
John Cater, Warsaw Farmer, Dies
Soon After Accident

= Soon After Accident.
Grand Forks, N, D., May ellis
neck broken when kicked by a horse
he was watering, John Cater, a
farmer living near Warsaw, died
soon afterwards. He was 32 years
old. A widow and four children
survive. r. -.=sa-z .r--<... +. 1-s .o.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06
THE SOL DER MOTHERS
REVERE.

This beautiful sentimental waltz
song ought to be in every home.
Gladys Sheridan. the composer, has
struck a note which will appeal 60
everyone. The song is dedicated to
the mothers OF our American boys
lighting in France. Price, 25c, at the
Fargo Music Co.. 516 First Ave. No,
ADV,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-06

over a greater extent OF time. Public
meetings and house toulouse Visits
are the means for the promotion oE
this work"
Twenty Ave per cent OF the deaths
occurring in the state are of Children
under five years, according To sta
tistics. Ninety per cent of ali ill-
FAINT deaths are preventable. The
fundamental causes OF infantile
mortality are chiefly poverty, ignor
ance and neglect.
Tor quick results use Tho Farso
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FOR state news. read The Forum.
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Evening star., 1918-02-10

branches Of the legislature meet, thinking
that public building would be thor
oughly heated. he would be disappointed
Finally. after a cold dinner at tho
hotel, which. along with the restau-
rants. cannot serve hot food after .
o'clock. he would probably go home
and to bed. thinking that there. at
least, he could keep warm until morning
Certain Of the winter hotels the
resort hotels high in the Alps. are per-
mftted little extra heat. Because Of
these special heat concessions they
form kind of sanctuary for well-to-
90 people who are given no concess
sions In their own homes. Hospitals,
or course, are also an exception to the
general temperature regulations"
In answer to the query as to whether
there were not a good many Violations
to these prescribed temperatures, Mr..
Sulzer asserted that there are several
factors which make for the enforce-
ment of coal conservation measures
automatically Coal dealers may sell to
their customers only a certain per.
centage OF former sales, this per-
centage varying according to sixe and
ktnd or building. The high price OF
coal is also a deterrent on waste OF
Iuel Germany is the only country
from which coal may be obtained. az
cept for a small quota furnished bv
france to run certain factories makfnx
war necessities. and the supply from
Germany Is contingent upon subscrip-
tons to the German loan. The aver.
age cost of ton of coal Is 1870 francs.
or $500.
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the rest Of us will be willing to work
in the munition factories and spend all
our time and money to end a war where
American cathedrals is being blown up.
eiry-oplanes is bombing New York and
babies is suffering for want Of milk.
Abe
You mean that Prof. Jinks is will
ing to have us believe that Mr.. Gar
field is shutting off the coal not be-
cause It's necessary. but because it's
the equivalence of us bombing our own
cities and making ourselves feel sore?"
Abe asked.
Ordinary people which amt pro-
fessors and ex-Presidents might figure
that way" Morris continued. but 1t
seems that the theory is we are going
to feel sore at Germany. Abe"
We'll" Abe commented. IT am per.
fectly willing to feel sore at Germany
for the things she has done in this
war. Mawruss. and I am SO sore at
Germany anyway that I am also will
ing to feel sore at her for the things
which she amt done also. Mawruss,
but so far as Mr.. Garfield is concerned.
y'understand. I prefer to think that
he's a hard-working feller which could
once in a while make a mistake. un-
derstand me. and that If he cuts off
the coal, it's on account he thinks it's
necessary to save the coal. Because
If thought the way Prof. Jinks thinks.
Mawruss. and 1 should meet Mr.. Gar
aeld face to face somewheres. y'under-
stand me. the least they could send me
up for would be using rotten language
understand"
"sure I know. Abe" Morris agreed.
but the chances is that Mr.. Taft and
Prof Jinks may have a private idee
that when Mr.. Garfield shut down on
the coal. he could Of saved coal in some
other way. and SO in order that he
afterwards. y'understand. they are TAX
ing this way Of giving him what they
think is, good pointer in that line.
understand me. because II you read the
papers this morning. Abe. there must
be thousands of prominent sitsons
which claims to be patriotic. y'undey-
stand, and from what them fellers said
about Mr.. Garfield. Abe. it was plain
to me that the stun they was holding
back from saying about him was pretty
near giving them apop1exy. y'under-
stand"
well. when it comes to cussing out
the fuel administrator. Mawruss." Abe
said, them prominent sitsons wouldn't
have nothing on the unprominent sit
sons which is going to lose fve days
pay now. and one days pay week for
Evening star., 1918-02-10
War Improvements.

1ERENCH COMMISSIONER TARDIEU
said at dinner in New York:
L was astonished. on getting back
TO the front last month, to see the won.
derful improvements that have been
made in aeroplanes. in tanks, in camou-
mage and in a dozen other means OF
warfare.
Some Of these improvements
mustn't describe them-are really 20
incredible that they remind mo of
Marfus, the poilu from Marseilles,
"Marius was strolling the Cannebiers
with Jules during his furlough.
"'You still send dispatches by car.
rier pigeon. supposeT said Jules.
oh, yes said Marius.
You use the same breed of carrier
pigeons as We do here. 1 supposeY
oh. no, my friendr And Marfus
gave a pitying kind of laugh. We've
gone much further than you, Juies.
We've crossed our carrier pigeons with
parrots. and the messages are verbal"
Evening star., 1918-02-10
A Royal Compliment.

G OLOMON ]. SOLOMON. the London
~ artist, has announced his intention
OF living in Palestine. now that Eng
land has won the country from the
Turks.
Mr.. Solomon is rich and famous now,
but he was poor a few years ago. and
admission to the Royal Academy had
not yet given him the right to add
the coveted "R. A" to his name.
At an academy exhibition in those
days Mr.. Solomon's picture was 90 sx-
cellent that 1t cast all those about Il
in the shade.
It is said that the king, pausing be-
fore the masterpiece, declared:
'ExQuisitei And yet Solomon. N N
his glsry. IL not Rad like one Of
the1e." - s
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Abe and Morris Discuss

and fall and winter seasons of 1913
1919. and this here people-ain't-begun-
to-realize talk was already back num-
Der line Of conversation in June. 1917.
But what them felIers is driving
into. Abe" Morris observed. "is that
it's going to help the war along If the
suffer along with the people of France
and England. They figure that it amt
going to do US Americans a bit of harm
Evening star., 1918-02-10

"She was the flagship of her time"
said Noah. s"Of course, she didn't have
diamond-studded lee scuppers like
those remarkable gravy-boats Queen
Ferdinand and Isabella embroidered for
YOU Columbus, SO that you might col
lide with the idle rich at Palm Beach
IL you had luck: nor was she as COM
pletely furnished as the Mayfiower.
hundred and eighty-nine four-postei
bedsteads and eight thousand seven
hundred and ninety-two mahogany side
boards for every member OF her crew
modore Barebones himself. but for her
time, believe me, she was some navy"
Well" said Nelson. with a sour
laugh. I'm glad somebody thinks her
model was something to be proud OF.
But tell me, Noah, what was the loea
Of two sterns?"
Piled Noah. "for it was little notion
Of my own to avoid head-on collisions.
/ figured it out that without a bow we
could not collide head-on with any
thing. just asiif you cut on goats
head he can't butt ye."
"a remarkable advantage" said Nell
son. -
"Righto. old top" said Noah. "And
then there Was another reason for hav-
ing two sterns. 1t baffied the subma-
rines. They couldn't for the life Of
'em tell which way we were going"
"Submarines?" cried Paul Jones. in
credulously. What do you know about
submarines?"
Il knew too much about EN-" said
Noah. gravely. "The dodgasted things
bothered me perpetual-didn't they.
Japhet?"
They sure did. pop" said Japhet.
wiping tho perspiration from his brow.
'One Of US had to. stay on deck all
the time to keep the dern things from
jumpin' aboard"
Ananias tapped his foot impatiently
on the floor and glanced anxiously
Evening star., 1918-02-10

tion," laughed Kidd, who didn't care
very much one way or the other which
way the thing went.
We'll, If you want to know what 1
think" said Columbus. banging the arm
of his chair with his doubled right fist.
'T think he ought to be called down.
The frst thing we know II every man
who ever got into boat is entitled to
camouflage himself up as a real ad-
miraI, and doll up his kids in the duds
Of vice admirals. old Charon himself
will be putting on airs and setting him
self up as the head of the Stygian
navy"
"Avast there, you land-lubbers!" cried
Noah, turning with a grin upon his
Evening star., 1918-02-10

torted, ARE we living in Germany or
American An idee! On twenty-four
hours notice the government shuts of
the coal supply Of the country. and you
expect that all that the people would
say is Amen! Selah:"
We'll, that's the way a government
does business-on short notice. Abe
which If Mr.. GARFIELD would be one Of
them on-the-other-hand fellers
who considers the matter from every
angle before he decides, y'understand.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
uss "The New National Holidays - Montague Gs::

OF i've Thousand dollars and ono year
Imprisonment. understand" Abe said.
I'm fact. Mawruss. II the average
manufacturer is going to try to under.
stand that order before he does any
thing about 1t. he'll have to shut down
puzzle 1t out. and then he will keep
his place closed down for five days
longer while he is resting up from
brain fag. understand me. Take. for
instance. a department store which
sells liquors and groceries. has a doc
tor in charge Of the rest room and runs
a public lunchroom in the basement.
y'understand. and IL the proprietor de-
cided to make test case of 1t by hiring
John B. Stanchfield and keeping open
on Monday. Mawruss. once Mr.. Garfield
got on the witness stand and started
to explain just what the exemptions
exempted. y'understand. It would be
years and years before he ever had .
chance to see the old college again"
But 8Ir. Garfield wrote that order
to save coal, not arguments, Abe" Nor
ris said. He expected that the busi-
ness men of the country would do the
sensible thing next Monday by staying
home and playing pinochle or poker.
and those fellers which don't know
enough about cards to even kibbits tho
game. y'understand. could go into an
other room and start in on their income
tax blanks. which. when 1t comes to
figuring out what is capital and what
is income in the excess profits returns.
Abe, there is many a business man
which would not only put in all his
Mondays between now and the 1st OF
March trying to straighten It out. yum.
derstand. but would also be asking Tor
further extensions OF time to finish It
up along about the 18th of April"
And that's the way it goes. Maw-
russ" Abe commented with sigh. 1T
use to was in the old days that an .
feller had to know to go into the
clothing business was clothing. yHun-
derstand, but nowadays a manufacturer
Of clothing or any other merchandise
must also got to be . certified public
accountant, an expert OF hfgh-grade
words from the English language. .
liar. a detective and should also be
able to take the stand on his own be.
half in such a level head way that tho
assistant district attorney couldn't get
him ratified on cross-examination."
Well. my advice to these test case
fe1lers. Abe" Morris concluded. "is This:
Be patriotic now. Don't wait till you're
indicted
Evening star., 1918-02-10

eeH::: SD 1:ss:'' :;s:: ~: e.; ss:,:'s s;t::s ::s
IL announced the fve-day
shutdown. zone of the hardest things
that a patriotic sitson is called on to do
nowadays is to have faith in those fell
lers which is running the fuel commits
sion, the food commission and all the
other commissions that they amt such
big fools as you would think for"
well, you don't think this here Gar
field would close up the country for
five days unless it would be necessary.
amt it?" Morris Perlmutter retorted.
Certainly don't" Abe agreed. ''but
what is troubling me is that he amt
said yet for why it is necessary. Nav
russ"
Maybe he amt figured it out yet"
Morris suggested. And even If he
didn't, Abe. 1t stands to reason that il
the country don't burn no coal for five
days, at the end of-five days they would
still got the coal they didn't burn. pro-
vided they had got any coal at all to
start with"
But as I understand it. Mawruss."
Abe said. mot burning coal amt got
nothing at all to do NIT Mr.. Garfeld's
order that we shouldn't burn no coal.
1t seems from what ex-President Taft
says and also from what a professor by
the name of Jinks oder jerks says.
Mawruss, Mr.. Garfield done it because
the people amt begun to realize that
we are at war. Mawrussr
You mean to say that again the peo-
pie don't begin to realize we are at
war?" Morris exclaimed. TT couldn't
be possible. Abe. Here we have had
two liberty loan campaigns. 4 military
draft which took in every little cross
road village in the country. war tax
bill that, hits everybody and everything
and people like Mr.. Taft and Prof.
Jfnks saying day in and day out that
the people amt begun to realize We are
at war. understand. and yet you try
to tell me that the people mas silppeo
right back into not beginning to real
ize we are at war. Abe?''
"I don't try to tell you nothing" Abe
said. "For my part I think it's time
that somebody put them wise. Maw-
russ"
What do you mean-put them wise?"
Norris demanded. THE people knows
that
who is saying anything about the
peopIe?" Abe interrupted. II am talk
ing about Mr. Taft and this here Prof.
links, Mawruss. Them feIlers has got
ideas from spring and summer designs
Of 1917. What we are looking for to-
day from the big men of the country is
new ideas for the late summer Of 1918
Evening star., 1918-02-10

for. Mawruss. he is beating around the
wrong bushes"
And he amt the only one neither.
Abe" Morris said, From the way other
people is talking. Abe, you would think
that in order to get into this war
right, understand, we should ought to
go to work and blow up a few dozen
American cathedrals. send up airy
oplanes over New York and drop a cou-
pie gross bombs on the business sec
ton of the town, poison the water sup
Evening star., 1918-02-10

ten weeks later. Yes. Mawruss. what
them poor people is going to call Mr..
Garfield during them ave days they
will lay off is going to pretty near
warm up their cold homes. even IL It
amt going to provide food for their
families. Mawruss. Furthermore. Nav
russ. five continuous days is going to
give them an opportunity to do lot
more real. hard thinking than they
could do If they would have-we would
say. for example-on1y one hour day
Evening star., 1918-02-10

"And yet, Abe, admitting all you say
is true, y'understand, what reason do
you got for supposing that before Nj.
Garfield shut of the coal. he didn't also
even occurred to a feller like you"
Morris asked.
What do you mean-a feller like
me?" Abe demanded. Thousands of
people the country over is saying the
self same thing"
IT know they are" Morris said, "and