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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

Are JUBILANT
See Victory In Removal of
Ernperor's Private
Secretary

London, Jan. 21.--The Pan-Ger-
man newspapers of Germany are
hailing the removal of the emperor's
secretary, Rudolf, Won Volentini as a
triumph for their cause and the dis
appearance Of the last remnant Of
the Hollweg system. Herr
Won Volentini was one OF the best
hated men in the eyes Of Pan-Ger-
mans. His successor, Herr Won Berg,
former governor Of East Prussia,
enjoys the complete confidence of the
conservatives.
The Taglische Rundschau recalls
a remark of Won VOlentini after the
battle of the Skagerrak, regretting
that event because we had been just
on the point of an understanding
with Great Britain"
While it seems undoubted that the
pam Germans thus again at least Tor
a time. are firmly in the saddle, the
Frankfurter Zeitung sounds note
of disquietude regarding events in
Austria and their effect on the situa-
ton. The Frankfurter Zeitung's
Vienna correspondent interprets the
serious strikes and outspoken press
utterances as rejecting the strong
movement against delaying peace
through pan German and anneXa-
zionist aspirations. He declared that
it is becoming even clearer that, with
the semi-connivance of the govern
ment, the Austrian peoples, includ-
ing Germans, will only wage war
until the entente is ready for peace
by understanding.
Nothing has had such a bad effect
upon the relations between Austria
and Germany, as the aboli-
ton of the fatherland party, ac-
cording to this correspondent, and he
adds:
1T is true that the strike arose
the reduction Of the flour
ration, but now has assumed poll
ticaI character II demands an early
peace with Russia"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
A CHILD DOESN'T
LAUGH and PLAY
If CONSTIPATED
IF Peevish, Feverish And
Sick, Give California
Syrup of Figs"

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated; this is a sure sign it's little
stomach, liver and bowels need
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale, feverish, full Of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has
stomach ache, diarrhoea, remember
a gentle liver and bowel cleansing
should always be the first treatment
given.
Nothing equals California Syrup
of Figs" for children's ills; give a
teaspoonful, and in a few hours all
the foul waste, sour bile and fer
menting food which is clogged in the
bowels passes out Of the system, and
you have we'll and playful cl1ild
again. All children love this harm
less, delicious f'fruit laxative" and ii
never fails to effect a good INSIDE
cleansing. Directions for babies,
children OF all ages and grown-ups
are plainly on the bottle.
Keep it handy in your home Al
little given today saves a sick child
tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a bottle Of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" then look and
see that 1t Is made by the "Califor-
MIA Zig Syrup Company. "-Advt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

London, Jan. 4.--CCorrespondence
Of The Associated Press.)-Persist-
ence in normal habits and customs
in war time, is the greatest danger
to which England and the allied
-democracies are now exposed to. This
prOnouncement has just been made
in The OfficiaI Journal of the Ma
tional War Savings committee.
while we are damning Germany
with our mouths, we are damning
England by our actions and there
can be no two opinions as to which
has the greater effect" says the
journal in an appeal for the people
of Britain to cease being bond
slaves OF habit"
After a reminder that there are
some who have the double burden Of
the civilian effort and the loss of
relatives in the war, the journal
makes it clear that the appeal is
directed to those who are free from
the greater sacrifices and who must
be poor spirited, indeed, il they re-
fuse the lesser help it is in their
power to render"
The task which we have to
accomplish is to break and,
change the habits Of the ma
jority OF the people Of this country,
it declares. "The battleship Britain
is in the thick Of a hot fight and yet
people insist on being carried as
passengers and on being clothed and
treated generally as well as, or bet
ter than, in times of peace. The
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

have had occasion to be amused OF
to wax indignant over the lofty and
superior attitude to the war assum-
ed by gentlemen who freely admit
without too much coyness, that they
are far. more intelligent than the
rest of mankind. England has her
MacdOnalds, SnoWdens and PonsOn-
bys; and here in Canada the tribe is
by no means unknown. We have
them here in Winnipeg, though, for
reasons that are not far to seek, they
are not as vocal as formerly. They
are rather numerous in the United
States; and there they disport them
selves in certain favored publica-
tiOns. One of the journals in which
there is continuous parade in their
wisdom is The New Republic. Re-
Gently a reader Of this weekly, NOV
ed to wrath, sat down and wrote this
definition OF the 'intellectuals" of
this type, which was published in it's
columns:
AN American intellectual is any
writer for publication, whether a
citizen of the United States or alien
resident thereof, who believes our
country is a financial oligarchy
camoufaged as a democracy. To be
worthy Of the title he must, in addi-
tion, be a conscientious objector-
not only to war. but to pretty much
everything in the way Of a national
obligation. He must be doing all he
can, within or without the law. to
interfere with our successful prose-
cution of the present war. He must
denOunce the draft and any curtail-
ment Of his personal privileges,
which he must always refer to as his
rights. He must sneer at any symp-
tom of awakening patriotism as
atavistic outbreaks of british herd
psychology. He will make his pos
session Of the title more secure ifI
he is a revolutionary socialist: in
alienable if he is a proletarian an
archist. It should be counted to him
for an added grace if he is an un-
holder Of sim fein or a German
sympathizer."
The description is extraordinarily
pat. These poseurs have been given
a degree of consideration far beyond
their deserts: but their power for
doing mischief has steadily Isssened
as the people have awakened to the
realities OF this war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
Not Co.onerative Plan.

The unbelievable part of the
whole enterprise is the manner
in which the men who are really
putting up the money have sur
rendered all voice in how it is
spent.
1t is not a cooperative plan.
The farmer who puts up his
800 gets nothing but a certifi-
cate that gives him the right to
spend his money at the store. He
gets no stock and not even the
credit the merchant gives him
now. He can be kicked out at
any time, and if the store quits
business he gets back but a
small part of his money, not to
exceed one-third.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
BAD BREATH
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove 1t

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel. act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work:
People afflicted with bad breath md
quick relief through DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
ali who know them.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver
stimulating them to natural action
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits Of nasty, sicSening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
DE-. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, pain or any disagreeable effects.
DR.. II. nj. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years Of prRc-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure
ay q vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
night for a week and note the effect.
10c and CSC per box All druggista.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
KAISER SUPREME
In MAKING PEACE
German House of Lords
Wants Rights of En-
perOr Safeguarded
(Rv Associated Press.N

Washington, Jan. 21.-The right of
the German emperor to the exclusive
making of war or peace has been re-
affirmed in the Prussian chamber of
| lords in the adoption of a resolution
presented by Berlin representatives,
said dispatch from Berne. AS quot
ed in the dispatch the resolution said:
THE chamber of lords firmly hopes
that when peace is concluded the
government will see that the rights
of the emperor of Germany are safe
guarded. These rights are conceded
to him by the constitution and peace
should be commensurate with the
sacrifices which have been made for
the-political and economic interests
of the country.
Accompanying the resolution was
this commentary:
"The president of the United States
has asked If the German negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk are in the name of
the majority of the reichstag, or in
the name of the military party. For
our part we affirm that it is the Ger
man emperor who in the terms of
the constitution has the exclusive
right to make war and peace"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
German Editors
Are Under Arrest
In Aberdeen, S. D.
nv Associated Press.l

Aberdeen, Jan. 81. - ]. F. Paul
Gross. associate editor Of The F'reie
Presse and Neue Deutsche Presse
German weekly papers published
here, was arrested today and Is be.
ing held in connection with alleged
violation of the espionage act and on
a charge of seditious publication. his
arrest is coupled with that OF +. w
HaIlett. editor and proprietor Of the
publications, which took place yes
terday.
Gross arrest was made on orders
NJ n. d Deacon, United States postal
inspector who has been investigating
the notifications for some time.
No, denial of mailing privileges to
the paper has been made, said Dea-
con last night. No steps will be taken
until after the hearing Of the two
men. il was said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
Can It Succeed?
il be put over Z

Can it be put over?
The Forum doesn't think so.
Surely there is enough good
sense left in North Dakota to
check it.
Hitherto the average citizen
has looked upon the activities of
the league leaders as merely a
political fight, in which he had
little direct interest.
But this is bread, and butter
fight in which every merchant,
every banker, every newspaper
owner, every implement dealer,
every commercial traveller, every
insurance agent, every hotel
keeper, every wholesaler, every
working man, and every farmer
lis vitally interested.
And justice and right are on
their side. The plan of the
league leaders is not a step for
ward toward better merchandise
ing, nor even toward cO-Opera-
tion. 1t is a step backward. 1t
is turning the state over to a
little ring of few men who
don t even live in North Dakota.
lie the farmers themselves con-
trolled the new enterprise, it
would be a fair fight between
the farmers and the business
men of the towns and cities. They
have as much right to go into
business for themselves, as the
merchant has to buy farm. But
this is another matter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
SEED REPORTS SLOW
TO REACH COMMISSION
One Company Advises Railway Com
II mission IL Has No Seed Grain
in -Four Elevators.

Bismarck, N D., Jan. 21-Reports
on the seed grain question are slowly
reaching the railway commission in
response to questionnaires mailed
more than 1000 elevators and ware
houses. The Osborne-NGcMillan Ele-
vator Co., one of the first to report,
advises that ii has no seed wheat or
other seed grains in its elevators at
Rogers, with the exception OF 1900
bushels of seed oats. ..
I'VE are literally being reported to
DEATH" writes one big line elevator
company, which advises IL cannot
comply with the commissions request
earlier than Jan. rs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
AWAIT SPECIAL SESSION.

Many Corporations i'm State VIII Get
New Charters In Bill.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 21.-Many di-
latory corporations whose charters
have been invalidated during the last
two years, and which did not receive
from the fifteenth assembly, in regu-
lar session, the relief asked in the
form of the usual enactment validat-
ing their lapsed charters upon the
payment of the annual filing fee and
a nominal penalty, are looking to the
special session, which opens next
Wednesday, for this salvation. Until
the legislature takes some action re-
instating their charters, these corpor-
ations, whose number is rather large,
have no legal right to continue busi-
ness in Nofth Dakota.
"A bill, giving them a chance TO
come back and be good, ia being pre-
pared and will be introduced early in
the session.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

ness by fair competition in
price, quality and service. He
has to face an actual boycott
from hundreds of his neighbors
and former customers, who have
been tricked into believing this
little country merchant is their
cnemY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
RECENT INFORMATION
ON BANKERS LACKING
Has Developed That Company Was
Never Authorized to Operate
In Any State.

Bismarck. n. D., Jan. 21-The state
insurance department reports that it
has been unable to obtain any recent
information as to the status of the
Bankers Insurance CO., of Montana,
against whom drouth claims aggre-
eating near 100000 are held by
North Dakota farmers. Irregularities
have developed which indicate that
the company never was actually
authorized to operate in any state,
although it wrote more than $2,S5O, 900
worth Of business in North Dakota.
The last report to the state insur-
attorney general of Montana intended
to ask a receiver for the Bankers
company. Policyholders at that time
were urged to settle their claims by
accepting the amount paid in pre-
miums to the company and surrender
ing their policies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
CHANGE THEIR NAMES.
Three Insurance Companies Notify
North Dakota Commissioners.


North Dakota Commissioner
Bismarck. N. D., Jan. '21. - The
German Alliance Insurance Co, with
American officers in New York, has
notified State Insurance Commission
er OIsness of the change Of its name
to the American-Allianc Insurance
Co. and the German American In
surance Co, also with American
offices in New York, has changed
its name to the Great American, and
the German Life of New York to
the Guardian Life Insurance co.
The Hamburg Bremen Fire lnsur-
ance 20. has been ordered to liqui-
date it's American business, while the
North -Deutch. another German =
Insurance company. has reinsured
ali of its North Dakota business in
the Automobile Insurance Co. OF
Hartford, Conn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

The palm for brevity in speech
should be awarded to a naval man
who testified about the explosion or
a gun on a battleship of the Atlantic
coast-an explosion which had sent
him TO the hospital for some months:
Tell us all about it!' he was asked
at the inquiry in Washington.
Well" he said, Il was standing
beside the gun; there was an awful
racket, and then the nurse said, sit
up and take this"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
Middleman Not Eliminated.

! Of course it is supposed to
eliminate the 'middleman'' and
of course it doesn't do any such
thing. 1t simply substitutes Mr..
.Townley and his men for the
present middlemen, with the diff
ference that the hundreds of lit
title middlemen now are indie
Fpendent and in business for
themselves, while under the new
plan they will all be hired men,
Eand all Socialists-don't make
amy mistake about that.
1t is the same situation that
would be created if some huge
Incorporation bought up all the
farms and put in managers on a
salary to run them. The farm
ers would not be eliminated.
They would be placed on a sal
sary. 1t is just as impossible to
eliminate the "middlemen" as
ut is to eliminate the producer.
When the farmer is able to take
his pound of butter and go to a
factory himself and exchange it
for a pair of mittens, the middle
man will be eliminated.
Of course he could do it, but
1T would cost him many times
what both the butter and the
mittens were worth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
WANT WYOMING COAL.

state Railway Commission Bonn
barded With Requests For Action.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. II. The
Western Fuel Co, Mandan, is bonn
harding the state railway commits
sion with petitions from people re-
siding on the Soo north and south
of Bismarck, requesting favorable
action on the company's petition for
permission to distribute Wyoming
coal from Mandan under the favor
able North Dakota Ignite rates.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
MlLL RAIsE APPRoPRIArIoNs.

Bismarck, m. D., Jan. 21.-stuts-
man, Pierce and Ramsey county
commissioners have advised the state
highway commission that their ap~
preparations for county road work
will be increased to meet larger
amounts now available In federal
and state aid for trunk-line road
work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task Of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Minot Messenger says it i
Herr Gronna" at last, commenting
as follows on the attention Nortl
Dakota's senator has attracted il
Germany:
Under the heading Wilson'S
Fight Against the American PeO-
pie" The Berlin Tageblatt gives
Senator Gronna honorable men
ton.
No one is surprised that the
kaisers press eulogizes the man
who so grossly misrepresented
the spirit Of North Dakota.
Here is the German eulogy of
North Dakota's junior sena-
tor;
Besides the Socialists and the
/. w. w, many organizations
representing the farmers and
labOring classes that are opposed
to Wilson's war policy have
come into existence since the
outbreak of the war. 1t is
the ever growing anti-war feel
ling throughout the United
States that forces men such as
Senator Stone, Hardwick, and
Gronna into the line with men
like Hearst and La Toilette"
There is no middle ground in the
war, is the contention Of The Griggs
County Sentinel Courier which
says:
Government agents are busy in
all states, rounding up the slack
ers, draft-evaders, and traitors,
and they are being made to feel
the heavy hand of the law. There
Is no middle ground in this war
its a proposition of being either
for or against Uncle Sam. Those
who are trying to keep a-strad-
die the fence, and those who still
shout the glories OF the fodder
land" will find their position
more difficult and dangerous
each day.
Richland county is not worrying
about coal as much as it is about
seed corn, according to the following
comment in The Wahpeton Times
Richland county farmers are
we'll supplied with coal to tide
them over for the balance of the
winter, in the opinion of VIM.
Burney Of the MOoreton country,
who was in the city last Satur-
day. Discussing seed grain, Mr..
BuTney stated that he believed
every farmer in the Red river
valley has a good supply but
that there might be a shortage
of seed corn, although he was
one of the fortunate ones in the
county to have his corn mature
before the frost arrived and that
he had good supply.
The Bisbee Gazette has the fol-
lowing mysterious reference to
in North Dakota:
The BolshevilSi are reported to
be ready to repudiate Russia's
national debt-By the way,
there appear to be some of that
kind Of fellows right here in
North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
WANT SPUR TO REMAIN.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. p. The
Great Northern's petition to the
state railway board for permission
to abandon a spur track at Tioga'
williams county, is opposed by a
petition signed by a large number
of Tioga citizens
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
WILTON COUPLE LEAVE
STATE FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE ARRIVAL lN 1879.

Bismarck, N. d., Jan. &c. ".
Danielson, substantial Wilton farm
err. has left with Mrs. Danielson and
their two small sons for Prosser.
Wash, and other Pacific coast points.
deserting North Dakota for the win
ter for the first time since they came
to Burleigh county in 1879.
Mr.. Danielson expects to return
in the spring I'm time to plant a big
crop OF grain for Uncle Sam.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
BOND BUSINESS GOOD.
State Has Issued 1877 Bonds Through
Its Insurance Department,

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 21.-North
Dakota is now bonding through its
insurance department one or more
officers in one-third Of the coun-
ties Of the state. Altogether. 1877
state bonds have been insured coun-
ty officials, the surety ranging from
$500 to $4,000 in the case of the
common run OF county officers to
$4,000 for county treasurers in all
except the very small and new coun-
ties.
Township and school officer bonds
will not be issued to any extent, it
Is anticipated, until after the March
elections. Personal surety bonds,
where approved as offering sufficient
protection, are still acceptable under
the state bonding act, enacted in
1915, but only recently made effective
when the supreme court of the Unit
ed States ruled that IL had no
Jurisdiction over an appeal by a
North Dakota bonding company
from a decision Of the state supreme
court uphoIding the act.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

II is impossible to imagine the dis
gust OF the professional at historic
Sd. Andrews when he observed
player taking yard after yard Of fin-
est turf In divot form on his first visit
10 the course. The straw that broke
the canals back came, however when
the visitor took about sixteen sWipes
10 get out of q sand trap.
My goodness, man, where did you
learn your golf finally exclaimed
the professional.
why, I learned to play i'm Austria
liza" Whee1ed the perspiring duner
as he took another slam at the balh
well If you keep on digging
youll soon be home" replied the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

The war-working wife@Sf the Tom
nv at the front was very terse with
the "nosey' lady representing some
committee or other.
"Oh, you needn't worry yourself
she said; we're both doing our bit
He's bearing arms, and I'm barring
mine"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
Idle Crowds Will
Have Theaters To
Attend On Mondays
tBy Associated Press.l }

Washington, Jan. 21.-Theaters and
other places of public amusement won
their fight for an amendment to the
fuel administrators Monday closing
order, and got permission to close on
Tuesday instead. -..
All places of amusement are covered
in the exception including theaters,
moving picture houses, bowling al
leys, billiard rooms, and private and
public dance halls.
Places having cabaret shows occu-
py a peculiar position under the best
Interpretation of the regulation that
could be had. AS places of amusement
they can operate on Mondays but un-
der a section of the order governing
hotels and restaurants they will not
be permitted to have heat IL liquor is
sold. On Tuesdays they can operate
as restaurants and sell liquor, but IL
they furnish amusement, they cannot
have heat
The change in ruling regarding
amusement places, according to a
statement given out by the fuel ad-
ministration, was to accommodate
holiday crowds who will be idle be-
cause of the Monday general closing
order.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

Get wise and order EIavo Four
from the manufacturers. Phone So.
.-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
MAIL pAIRY Me- BIDS.

Bismarck, n. D., Jan. 21.-State
Dairy Commissioner Osterhaus is
mailing to Minnesota dairymen in
the Red river valley and adjacent
territory invitations to attend the
annual sessions of the North Dakota
Dairymen's association in Fargo on
Jan. % and 80.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21

A somewhat impecunious young
fellow Tashly engaged himself to a
charming young thing who, shortly
after the excitement had subsided, be-
gan to evince doubts. Said she:
How long, dearie, do you think we
shall have to be engaged?"
"Well, sweetheart" said the young
man cheerily, "I have enough money
to last for six months, I think"
Headline: Colonel House Is Back
From Europe"
Again or yet?
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-21
The Bisbee Gazette has the fol-

The Manitoba Free Press; We an