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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
The Sunday School Picnic.

The Sunday School picnic was July 13. 1918. The truck was to leave the church at 1 o'clock D.. sm., but was delayed by the rain and left at 2 o'clock. There were so many people that it made two trips. The picnic was at MT. Bartlets. I won the prize in my class. There was plenty of lemonade, sandwiches, cake and ice
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
My Twin Sisters.

One cold evening in January l had a great surprise. Some. twins had been born at my house. After much discussion they were named at last Their names were Barbara and Bea- trice. At first they looked so much alike that we had to have rings to tell them from each other. But as they grew older they changed. One had brown eyes and the other had blue eyes.
 One day my mother laid them on a quilt which she laid on the floor. She was going to see if they would creep. But instead of creeping they threw themselves on their back. They don't walk yet I like to hear them lay and coo: but don't like to hear them cry. They will be six months old July 30, 1918. ;.
 MADGE SWAIN, Age 10.
 North Stonin gton.
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acts.

Today we had a tea party My Cousin Belle and me With all our dolls-we had a cake Nurse gave us for the tea. And Belle and me. we ate the cake Ourselves. because you see The dollys really never eat When they go out to teal
 -Milw aukee Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
The Biq Dog.

One day I met a dog, was too scared to run, ! handed him a cake-you see I'd bought the cakes and buns for tea But I was afraid he'd eat me Unless I gave him one.
 -Minnea polls Tribune.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
A Fine Garden.

H T ITIC OdI USII' Dear Uncle Jed: I have a fine gar den. It contains cabbage, .beets, radlsn' My beans have come up fine. am the youngest In the family. They all fool me and I fight them Now they call me Kaiser Bill. l don't like that name. I am no German. stand for America,
 ALLEN BENJAMIN, Age II. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25

~ When you go to California by sea you sail on the Pacific ocean. A great many turtles live there in the ocean.
 Perhaps you have seen turtles i'll the country They are small and could swim ina pudding dish. But the ocean turtles are, very large. *Ohe of them can carry three or four children upon his back.
 One day aUne3e Will4was standing upon steamers deck watching the turtles. The ship had just run over enc. You ought to have seen him He was asleep you know when the ship hit him. He awoke very suddenly you may be sure. He acted as fright ened as. if he had been @aa bad boy caught. stealing cookies. He tumbled over and over, and Tapped his iilppers very funnily. He looked as if it would be relief to him to be boiled in a soup. -'S
 While Uncle Will was laughing at him he saw another comic sight. A tile way off another turtle was sound asleep On the turtles back crane upon one leg. He was as still as II he were asleep too, He was, captain and cook and crew of his living ship. He. looked very happy Now, if you could stand on one leg and go to sleep on a turtle would it not be nice?
 You see if you got shipWrecked on Robinson Crusoe's island you could eat your ship.
 Only if your ship dived beneath the water, and you could not fly like a crane, what would become. of you? [ guess I would rather play going. to sea in the rocking chair, Wouldn., you?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
spent the week end at Valley Farm.
 Canning Demonstration.

Miss Charlotte Embleton ,, gave 8 canning demonstration at the chapel last Wednesday, afternoon. About 25 were present.
 Mr and Mrs. T. D. Faulkner and two children of Hartford, Mrs. George Spies, and son, Lincoln, of Nal lepan, Mass. were guests of Mr. and Mrs E. E. May, Monday. Miss Flor ence Bunce accompanied them to South Manchester.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clifford opened their house here Saturday. They have been in Webster since last fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
EAST WOODSTOCK

July Guests-canning Demonstration By Miss mbIeton-Gifford Home Opened.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25

cream. All had good time. arrived home about o'clock.
 HAROLD NELL Age 12. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
boat came back. Then we got in and

boat came back. Then we got in and went across to France.
 When I got there I went to the bat tlefield and all the fighting there was with a lot of paper balls they were throwng at each other; also a lot of fire crackers. I picked up a large giant cracker, lit it and threw it at the kaiser. It hit him in the stomach. It exploded and blew a big, hole ill him.. Then I woke up and was in my own bed sbut I wished I had put a hole in old Bill i-
 ROGER B. MINER
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
Original Big Bill.

William the Last has reigned SC years at an average cost to humanity of & 900 00U. 900 a year. It is. no joke to call him Bill.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
THE WINNERS os PRIZE BOOKS

l-ssoTIa easia-of Jswett city-bit-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
A Turtle Ship.

North Franklin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Fears Supremacy of Boil
shevism If People Are
Left to Starve
HAS FAMILY AND
FEW FRIENDS LEFT
Lives in Ancient Castle Un.
der Guard-Feels Heart
sick Over Events
(By Associated Press. }

Vienna, Sunday, Nov. 24.-Declar-
ing that there is pressing need in
Austria for assistance from America
and the allies, former Emperor
Charles of Austria Hungary insisted
today that the danger OF Bolshevism
is very great in his country. 1t was
in conversation with a correspondent
of the Associated Press that the
former sovereign told of the. peril
which Is impending.
Only Family and Friends With Him.
The former emperor. his wife and
i've children, Otto. Robert, Felix,
Carl and Adelheid, are at Eckertsau
castle. With them are few faith
full men and women including Count
Alexander Esterhazy, former chief OF
court to the emperor, and naval
Captain Seedank An interview with
the. former emperor was granted
after the request had been trans
mitted through the president OF the
council of the German Austrian re-
public. The correspondent was then
permitted to motor some rs miles to
the castle, which Is located in the
center OF a vast plain devoted to
farming. This plain is dotted here
and there with clusters of villages
made up of low, one-story houses
not unlike the settlements In
dutch" Pennsylvania. Men and
women were busy in the fenceless
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Boom PerShimg
For President

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 25-A cam
paign for the election of Gen John
J. Pershing, commander-in- chief of
the American expeditionary forces in
France, to the presidency in 1920,
was formally launched in Ohio to-
day by an application to the secre-
tary of state for the incorporation of
the "Pershing Republican league"
Former United States Senator Dick
of Akron and fourteen other pronf-
nent Republicans Of Akron and Sum-
NIT county are sponsors for the
movement. Mr.. Dicks name heads
the list Of the fifteen men who sign
ed the articles of incorporation.
The Pershing league will be for
mally organized tonight in Akron. It
is said, that Mr.. Dick will probably
be made president. 80
AS set forth in the articles Of in
corporation, the purpose of the league
is to "crystallize the already exist
ing sentiment for General John Per-
shing for president of the United
States in 1920 and to work for his
nomination and election"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Waists Cost 800; Suits
$3.50, Socks SIS, In Vienna

ing paper into material for the
manufacture Of mems and womena
clothing having virtually collapsed
This material, which once sold for
SIS a yard As now being dumped on
the market at any price.
Coal Needed.
Vienna IS making desperate cf-
forts to get food aSad coal, which the
Czecho-Sl ere said 10 have Of
fered, provided they are granted the
western strip of old Bohemia ad-
joining old Bavaria. 1t is also stated
that propositions have hesn made by
American packing companies, but
cable communication is slow and
uncertain. There is need for the
business people here to open up their
former vocations but this is at pres
ent impossible.
Appeal TO Wilson.
1t Is proposed to ask President
Wilson for help in carrying out the
work Of adjusting the country to it's
new life. The correspondent over
heard dispute between an Austrian
railroad conductor and some Itaiiang.
The latter asked: who was 1T who
licked Austrian" The conductor re-
piled Wilson did it and he viii now
help u.s."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
MOTHER OF FIVE
DIES FROM BURNS
SUFFERED WHEN
STOVE EXPhODES
Mrs. William Iverson, 1924
Fifth Street North,
is Victim
HOME TAKES FIRE
FROM CT
Unrnindful of Own Predic-
ament, She Awakens
Sleeping Babes
HOME TAKES FIRE
FROM CLOTHING

Mrs. Selma Iverson, 81, wife of
William Iverson, 1924 Fifth street
north, salesman for the Equity Co
operative Packing company, died in
a. Fargo hospital at 2 o'clock this
morning from burns suffered when
coal oil with which she was starting
a fire in the kitchen stove at 1925
o'clock Sunday morning took fire,
fared up and ignited her clothing.
Her body wip5 fearfully burned.
Unmindful of her own predica-
ment, Mrs. Iverson ran upstairs and
awakened her five children, her
flaming clothing setting fire to rugs
in the living room as she ascended
the stairs. She then went TO the
basement, extinguished the fire on
her clothing by irnmersing herself in
a laundry tub full of water and went
to the III. L. Sherwood residence. two
doors north. for aid. A physician
was called, and she was taken to the
hospital.
The fire department extinguished
flames in the living room before any
great damage was done.
Mr.. Iverson, who had been out on
the road, arrived in Fargo at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
In Fargo Two Years
Mrs. Iverson. the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew O. Ringrud, Hat
ton, Trail county, came to Fargo
from Hatton With her husband two
years ago. She is survived by her
husband five small children and
her parents.
e. F. Moore will ship the body to
Hatton Wednesday, morning. Fun
eral services will be held there at
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
fRy Annotated Press J

(By Associated Press.1
Vienna, Wednesday, Nov. 20.-Dif-
ficulties attending the process Of re-
turning to a pcace footing after a
great war are illustrated here. NUM-
ton factories have been shut down.
throwing out of work hundreds of
thousands of men and women who
have little prospect of obtaining en-
ployment because OF the lack OF coal.
Cold weather has ALREADY begun and
snow has fallen in Vienna.
Misery In vienpa.
While the streets of the city are
bright and the theaters and opera
are open. well dressed people are
walking or using street cars, as cab
men demand from two to three dol
lars ride. This is all on the sur,
face. There is untold misery in the
poorer quarters with a constant cry
for bread of which there is pro-
vided half loaf week for each
person.
Prices Soar.
Prices here are probably the high
est to be found in Europe and seem
fantastic. The price of a shirt waist
is $780, Stockings cost SIS and n
suit of clothes $3.50. The profiteers
are also hit the industry OF weav-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
mo TRIUMPH OF
EN- MPEROR WILL
|EQU AL VATION
ITO THE PRESIDENT
CBy Associated Press.)

A London, Sunday, Nov. "a Presi-
dent Wilson will receive the greatest
reception we ever gave any guest
No progress any emperor made VIII
equal his" says The Observer, in an
article disclosing the coming visit.
1t adds: I'VE rejoice that an event
we have so urgently advocated IS
now assured"
Nix on Freedom of Seas.
This newspaper, discussing the
question Of the freedom Of the seas,
says: There is a profound contrast
between America, which is a solid
continental unit and the British enl-
pire, which is essentially maritime
systen.''
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
HOPE Siberidns
Can Settle Rou

Washington, Nov. 25-In the As
sociated Press dispatch from Vladi-
vostok reporting General Semenoff,
anti Bolshevik commander-in in chief
in the trans BaikaI region at odds
with the Omsk all Russian govern
ment, the state department received
the first unfavorable news that has
come from Siberia in a week. OFF,
cials are puzzled by tho development
because General Semneofn has been
one of the most consistent workers
for the elimination OF Bo1sheyikism
and the establishment OF a stable
government in Russia sincethe over
throw of the car.
First TO Oppose Bolsheviki
Semenof1 was the first high official
in the east to take up arms against
the Bolsheyiki.
1t is regarded as probable here
that Admiral Kolchak in assuming
authority OF the Omsk government
has declared himself head of the
armed forces Of the government, as
would be natural, and that has of
Tended General Semenoff. Hope is
felt, however, that Semenoffs friend
ship for General Horvath will over
come his antipatfy for Kolchak.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
BOARD APPROVED
ALLOWANCE TO
M'FARLAND, SAYS
REGENT TOTTEN

"The state board of regents
has authorized the payment to
Mr.. Mcfarland his regular sal.
ary for a period of, one year.
in lieu of a vacation, and
presume that Mr.. Kositzky. in at
tempting to held up the payment of
the money, is simply seeking to act
as watchdog of the treasury which
position. he seems to think he holds. u
said George A. Totten, Sr., member
OF the state board of regents. when
asked today about the action of
Auditor Kositzky in attempting to
mold an official OF the Valley City
payment of $3.50 to Mr.. Mcfarland
the former normal president.
Mr., Totten explained that when
the state board OF regents elected a
new president for the normal school
agreement was made that Mr.. Nc
Farland should receive his salary for
a year in lieu OF a years vacation,
to- which the board felt the retiring
president was justly entitled.
The board of regents is in session
at the Gardner hotel today, Mr.. Tot
ten stating that routine matters
only have occupied the attention OF
the board up to this afternoon. The
session may continue Tuesday.
~S MIR. Kositziy's cornplaint. z
The matter Of paying the salary
TO Mr. Mcfarland was raised by
Mr. KositZky in the following letter:
Bismarck, Nov. %, 1918.
Mr. H. p. Taylor,
Secretary Valley City Normal.
Valley City, N. D.
Dear Mr.. Taylor:
I notice on your October abstract
of expenses for salaries, which Is
filed in this office, an item Of $3.50. 90
paid to George A. Mcfarland for
services rendered during the month
of October. Inasmuch as Mr., Nc
Farland has severed his connections
With the institution and / have been
notified to that effect, he is therefore
not entitled to any compensation and
this is to notify you that I shall hold
you personally responsible for this
payment and any other payments
made hereafter out of the public
funds to Mr.. Mcfarland or any other
person who is not rendering any SER
vices and shall proceed to collect
from your bondsmen" all such sums
which have been paid and also which
are paid hereafter.
Very truly yours,
CARL r. KOSITZKY,
State Auditor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
VICTORY SUP PER.
Will BE FEATURE.
OF K. c. INITIATION.
ON THANKSGIVING.
Fargo Council Has Glass of
SO for Big, Annual
Ceremonial

The Rt. Rev. James, O'Reilly. D. d.
bishop of Fargo; and George M. Nc
Kenna, Napoleon, N. D., North Da-
kota deputy or the knights of Co
lumbus, viii be speakers at the VIC
tory supper which win close the an
nual Thanksgiving initiation of Far
go council No. 1882 to be held in the
Knights of Columbus hall in Far
go Thursday. Nov. 2s. Indications
are for a class of SO candidates.
The program will commence at s
o'clock in the morning when mem
bers, candidates and their families
will attend Thanksgiving mass al
st. Mary's cathedral. The candi
dates will be assembled in the hall
at 10 o'clock and will be given the
first degree at 10:45 o'clock by John
G. Pfeffers past grand knight of Far
go council.
The second degree will be commu-
nicated at 1870 o'clock in the after
noon by p. w. Clemens, Fargo
state secretary; and the third de-
gree at 8 o'clock by George M. Nc
Kenna state deputy. The Victory
supper will be held in the Fargo au-
ulIOTlum at O'CLOCK IN the evening.
Visiting ladies will meet in the
Gardner hotel parlors at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, and will be entertained
by committee of women while the
initiatory ceremonies are in prog
resS.
Get Acquainted Meeting
Fargo council will hold a get-ac-
quainted meeting in the knights of
(NnIYTVaN1 hn1 n& ~
day evening, Nov. 81, for ali men,
bers, candidates and their families
There will bemusic by MaIehow's or
chestra. and refreshu1ents
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
cet Aeauainted Meetina
Allied Ships
In Black Sea

Paris, Nov. 25.--Allied warships
the Bosphorus having been cleared
OF mines, have returned the Black
sea and visited various ports from
Varna around the southern coast to
Novorossysk.
Dredging operations in the Bos-
phorus were completed Nov. 90.
French and other allied warships
were detached from the naval forces
stationed at Constantinople and vis-
tied the Black sea ports of Varna,
Calata, Samsun, Sinope, Trebizond.
Batum, Poti and NovorossyslS.
General Francflet IrEsperey, com
mander of the victorious allied forces
in Macedonia, arrived in Constantine
op1e Sunday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Farm Loan Banks
Boon to Farmers

Washington, Nov. 25.Farmers
have borrowed $139, ,378,00 from the
twelve federal farm loan banks since
their Organization in March, 1917
IN reporting this today the farm
loan board announced that capital
stock of the banks has increased
from 5000, 900 to $15.975, 900 through
subscriptions and bonds amounting
to S1A0,122, 600 have been issued. The
report shows only 5000 in loans
overdue and delinquency occurred
almost entirely in sections where
there had been crop failures.
Three banks, Wichita, Spokane and
Houston, have an actual surplus and
the Spokane and st. Paul banks will
begin shortly to repay the govern
ment for the stock originally SUBJ
scribed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Captain Murphy
Co A, Is Dead
(By Associated Press. }

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 25.-Capt.
John w. Murphy, one of North Da-
kota's best known military men,
died here early this morning. Cap
tain Murphy had been i'll from Span
ish influenza for some time and
Bright's disease from which he had
been suffering for number OF
years tended to complicate the case.
Captain Murphy went TO France
in command of Co. A, First North
Dakota. and was invalided hame in
June, this year.
Captain Murphy's father is Mike
Murphy, prominent resident of
Sanborn, N. D.. and pioneer North
Dakotan. He was for some time
bookkeeped at the state prison in
Bismarck.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Frisco Labor
Body Vetos Strike

San Francisco, Nov. 25.-Action, by
the San Francisco iron Trades
council in opposition to a strike in
behalf of Thomas j. Mooney and a
grand jury investigation into pub
lished report bearing the signature
OF John b. Densmore, federal di-
rector general OF employment. that
MONEYS conviction was irregular,
were promised developments for to-
day in the agitation surrounding
MONEYS case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Greeks Burned
AliUe by BuLgarS
(Rv Associated Pre,ss

|. NJ (By AsBOclated FFSos.y
Saloniki. Saturday, Nov. 23:-The
Bulgarians during the occupatloonn ood OF
Greek residents, according to official
BULGARIAN documents in the posses
sion of M. DjavopouIis, stb-prefect OF
sDemirhissar. The sub-prefect was
denorted by the BuIgarians and was
cnmpelled to work in the central bu-
reau of deported persons at Choumla
and he obtained the official documents
there.
A large number of those ueported,
he saws succumbed to famine, torture
and enforced labor. At Kitchevof
number of Creeks were burned alive
under the pretext that they had ty--
phus.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Dutch Fail To
Explain Action

Paris, Nov. 25.-The note issued by
the Dutch legation explaining that
German troops were permitted 70
cross the Dutch province of Limburg
i'm the interest of the Belgian populaS-
tion after agreement with allied rep
regentatives. the semi-ofticial Hayaz
agency says, is inaccurate. The allied
representatives were asked TO inform
their respective governments of the
conditions OF the authorization for
the Germans to pass through Linz
burg. They expressed no opinion, the
Havas agency adds, inasmuch as they
were told of the violation of neutral
ity only after the Germans had en-
tered Isiuburg
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Strdsburg Happy
On French Entry
AN Aesociated Press.l

Strassburg, Sunday, Nov. 24.--Gen-
erai Gourand entered this city tU1ay
at the head of the Fourth French
a.rr1y amid the tremendous enthusi-
a.sni of S00, 900 people. Never did an
army have such triumphal greeting.
stSuch a spectacle pays for all our
sufferings," said General Gouraud,
who issued a proclamation to the CITY,
hepinning with the words of the
sMarseIIaise', "The day Of glory has
come.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
GETS a pREApNAueHT.
(By Associated Press.)

washington, Nov. 25. Captain w.
A. Moffett. in charge Of the Great
Lakes Naval training station, has
been assigned to command. the new
superdreadnaugflt Mississippi He
will be succeeded at the training
station by Captain Archibald I'll.
Scales, formerly in command at the
Norfolk, Va, station.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
ILLINoIs. MICHIGAN eAME
plan Under Way to Match unheaten
EIevena for Saturday

Chicago, Nov. pa post season
football game between the Univer-
sity of Illinois and the University OF
Michigan, the only elevens unbeaten
by any Western conference rivals
may be played next Saturday. il a
number Of obstacles can be over
come. Illinois alumni of Chicago
started a movement today to bring
about such a contract.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
MEm 80 RlLi. ALMosT poNE.

washington. Nov. 25.The senate
finance committee today continued
downward revision Of the war rev
enue bail TO make its total yield next
year six billion dolIars. The bill as
IT will be reported to the senate,
probably next week, now Is virtual
iy complete except for reduction ct
the excess profits rates for 1918 and
the fixing of taxes In 1920, a pF0-
posal which the Republican members
plan TO vigorously oppose
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
Dutch People
Loue he Queen
(Rv Associatad Press. D

New YORK. Nov. 25.-Jacob Theodore
Cremer, newly appointed minister
from the Netherlands to the United
States, today, before his departure
for Washington, declared that mil
lions of the people OF Holland nad a.
wayg been strongly pro-ally. He add
ed that Holland would never become
republic during the present genera
tion because of the love of the Dutch
people for Queen Wilhelmina and the
historic house of Orange.
Mr.. Cremer made light OF reports
of threatened revolution in Holland
and the stories of the possible abdt-
cation of Queen Wilhelmfna.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-25
pEgs APPEAL spEEpED.

Washington, Nov. 25.-The departs
ment of Justice requests for expedi-
ton of hearing OF the appeals of
Eugene W. Debs OF Ohio, Socialist
leader: James Al. Peterson OF Min-
nesota, and Jacob Frohwerk,. OF Mis-
souri,, from convictions Of violating
the espionage law were granted to-
day by the supreme court. The
hearings were set for Jan. s, 1919.