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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08

We could have eaten one raw. Al
ten that night, without food, we lay
down in a pouring rain to sleep
Troops of all kinds passed us in the
night-a shadowy stream, over halt
million men. Some French officers
told us that they had never seen
such concentration since Verdun, II
then.
The next day, the 18th of July
we marched ahead through a jam OF
troops, trucks, etc.. and came at last
to a ration dump where we fell to
and ate our heads off for the first
time in nearly two days. When we
/ left there, the men had bread stuck
on their bayonets. l lugged ham
All were loaded down.
Here / passed one Of Wass'
lieutenants with his hand wounded
He was pleased as punch and told
us the drive was on, the first we
knew Of it, then passed few men
of Hunts company bringing prison
| ers to the roarsss They had a colonel
and his STAFF. They were well dress
ed, clean and polished, but mighty
glum looking.
1--WE finally stopped at the far end
of the forest near a dressing station,
where Holcomb (Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas Holcomb, Of Washington
again took command. =. This station
had been a big, fine stone farm but
was now a complete ruit-wounded
and dead lay all about. The lines
! had gone on ahead. Had fine aero
battle right over us. Late in the
afternoon we advanced again. Our
route lay over an open field covered
with dead.
1--WE lay down on a hillside for the
night near some captured German
guns, and until dark watched the
cavalry-some four thousand, come
up and take positions.
Attack In Morning..
"At $3.50 the next morning
] Captain Walter H. Sitz, of Daven-
port, Ia.) woke me up and said we
were to attack. The regiment was
soon under way and we picked QUE
way under cover of gas infested
valley to town where we got our
final instructions and left our packs
wished Sumner Captain Allen M
Sumner. of Washington good luck
land painted.
1--WE formed up in sunken road
on two sides Of a valley that was
perpendicular to the enemy's front
sI1AuShSSb OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JONI
A. Hughes, of Phila.) right, Holcomh
left. Sibley, (Lieutenant- Colonel
Burton w. Sibley of Essex Junction
Vt) support. We now began to get
a few wounded; one man with ashen
face came charging to the rear with
shell shock. He shook all over
foamed 1T TIE mouth. ccrid not
speak. put hin updsr taat and
he acted as f he ha Il IT..
Eat $3.50 we Jumped off with a, line
OF tanks in the lead. Fo- two "kilos'
the four lines OF Marines were as
sta isht AZ IL lie, ana tllc..' advance
over, the open Lain III the bright
sunlight was picture I shall never
forget. The fire got hotter and hor-
ter, men fell, bullets sung, shells
whized banged and the dust of bat
tie got thick. Overton (Lieutenant
John w. Overton, of Nashville) as
hit by a big piece of shell and fell
/ heard he was hit in the heart, so
/ his death was without pain. He was
buried that night.
"A man near me was gut in two
Others when hit would stand, ii
seemed, an hour. then fall in heap
III yelled to Wilmar Captain Pere
i Wiln1ar of Cantervi1le, Md that
each gun in the barrage worked from
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
MARINES PLAY A
Big PART IN HUN
DISINTEG RATION
ON MARINE RIVER
Graphic Picture Of Terrific
Battle Is Penned By
Major Denig
(By Associated flsresg.l

Washington. Nov. ITO. advance
seven miles against a hurricane OF
German fire, machine gun bullets
and big shells, is not all glory and
exhiliaration even for a United
States marine. This is disclosed in
series OF vivid pen pictures of the
tremendous fighting in which those
American boys participated on the
Marine salient written by Mai. Rob
ert L. Denig, of the marines, to his
wife in Philadelphia.
Major Denig and his battalion took
part in the great Allied counter
attack on the Marine salient. July is
that started the Hun backward tow
ward Germany, and began the dis
integration of the German western
front. In that fight the Marines COW
cred themselves with glory, but at a
terrible cost in killed and wounded.
The majors letter affords an oppor-
tunity to see the fight through the
eyes of a man who took part in it,
To picture a fight" he writes,
mix UP lot of hungry, dirty, tired
and bloody men with dust, noise and
smoke. Forget the clean swords,
prancing horses and Tapping flags
At night, gas filed woods, falling
trees and bright, binding flashes
you can't see your neighbor-that is
war. In the rear it is all confusion.
The general told me Hurry to such
place, all goes well, we are ad-
vancing!" His staff miles away, all
c!ean-one was shaving, another eat
ing hot cakes-we had not had a
hot bite for two days. AS 1 reach
ed my jumping-off place wounded
men, killed men, horses torn to bits
the contra ST. I" gas" 81 & l.t
After describing the beginning of
the advance of the Marines to the
fighting line, Major Denig continues:
Lie Down In Rain
1--WE were finally, after ~ hours
ride, dumped in big field and after
a few hours rest, started our march.
1t was hot as hades and we had had
nothing to eat since the day before.
We at last entered forest; troops
seemed to converges on it from all
points. We marched some six miles
in the forest, finer one have never
seen. Deer would scamper ahead.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
SUFFERING

4
The spasmodic repetition Of the
initial sound OF the word or syllable,
or the spasmodic arrest of utterance
is often called stammering or slut
| tering II is often associated with,
| if not caused by a neurotic tempera-
| ment. Along with other speech de-
fects. it is more common with boys
than girls.
A number of influences predispose
| to suffering. Amog these are de-
pressing illnesses. Frequently defect
| in the speech follows an infec-
tious disease Of childhood, Shock, or
some form of physical irritation,
may give rise to the trouble. Fright
or accident may irritate the disorder.
Some cases apparently originate
through imitation. A school term
that starts with one sufferer in a
class will sometimes end with sever
al Heredity also plays a part.
The trouble is aggravated by rap
id fire questioning on the part OF the
teacher or impatience or reproof on
the parts of the parents. The child
shutters because he is certain that
he will stutter. The very thought
of having to attempt difficult
sounds may throw the whole vocal
mechanism into a panic.
Nagging, scolding and fault find
ing may produce great injury to the
child who is affected with speech de-
fects. 1t is brutal to publicly call
attention to his affliction.
Probably nine cases out OF ten or.
suffering are durable. Treatment
lis now generally considered more
OF a problem for the teacher and
parent than for the physician. How
ever. the sufferer should be kept
under close medical supervision for
the correction Of specific physical
defects and for the upbuilding of
the health.
Usually correct habits Of breath
ing have to be learned. Adenoids,
enlarged tonsils and defective teeth
must be attended to. If they have
anything to do with the trouble.
Self confidence must be encouraged
Simple exercises in singing. as we
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
bogus RELATIVES
GET GOVERNMENT
AID while REAL
RELATIVESSUFFER
(Rx Associated Press,

lBy Associated RfeBe,1
Washington, Nov. S.-Thousands
OF cases OF fraudulent acceptances
of government allowances intended
for soldiers or sailors dependents
have been discovered by special in
vestigation of the bureau of war risk
insurance and a campaign OF re-
covery Aas been instituted. 1t was
announced today that about one
third OF the, four hundred claiming
dependency WHO now are receiving
checks will be dropped from the
rolls when 1t Is shown they were not
dependent on a soldier before he
entered the service.
Real Wives Without Aid
There are hundreds of cases In
which women, not the wives of SOL
diers or sailors, are receiving allot-
ments and allowance checks, hav-
ing been named by the men as their
legal wives, while the real wives
go without government aid. Scores
of attorneys are understood to be
unSar investigation. All persons
who receive and cash checks to
which they are not strictly entitled
by law are to be cut off from their
remittances, forced to repay the
sums they received fraudulently and
prosecuted III criminal intent ID
shown.
information Desired
Information relating to improper
receipt or use of government allot-
ment and allowance remittances Is
welcomed, 1t was said, and should
be addressed to general counsel,
bureau OF war risk insurance,
Washington.
All Cases 60 be Investigated
Twenty-Five thousand cases in
which the relatives, less closely con-
nected than wives or children, are
receiving checks on account OF SOL
diers in service on whom they were
not dependent before the war, are
under inquiry and 5000 OF these are
to be compelled to make refunds
to the government.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08

tier will show graphically what
these forces have done to wreck the
German hope Of dominion in the
Near East We hear little or Moth
ing about it now because from May
to October the heat makes extensive
operations impossible.
1.-THE work done by these forces is
mot only military, but reconstruc-
tive. They have reclaimed LOO
square miles of land, have irrigated
it and put 1t under cultivation, and
are now producing food in such vol
ume as to save 100000 tons Of
shipping annually for the allies.
The Sha'aibah bund, or river wall,
near Basra, is forty feet thick at the
bottom, seven feet high, and eleven
miles long; but that piece of en-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
BAVARIA URGES ACCEPTANCE
Says Otherwise She Will Have to
Withdraw Troops From Front

Paris, Nov S.-There is reason to
believe. according to a Berne dis
patch to the Temps, that the pre-
mier of Bavaria has sent an urgent
note to the German government to
the effect that if an arnistice is not
concluded, without delay, he will be
obliged officially to order the Ba-
varian troops to return from the
front.
This action, it is added, would be
taken owing to the fact that Ba-
varia is menaced on her southern
frontier by allied forces, and that
the internal situation in Bavaria is
unsatisfactory.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08

draught for the Tigris river alone--
1000 boats under government con-
troll, aside from the native craft.
The common impression that the
Palestine and Mesopotamian cam
paigns are halves of a whole is a
mistake. They do affect one another
but they, have different detectives,
and there seems no intention now of
linking them. The forces under
General Marshall are advancing due
north. If they were to follow the
Euphrates river northwest as far
IS Aleppo, it is possible that the
forces under General Ailenby, push
ing forward from Damascus, might
join them there; but at present
there seems no indication that such
is the intention"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08

Deacon Jones had been a member OF
the village church for 20 years, and
in ali that time he had never convert
ed anyone. At length a revival was
decided to get busy.
He was driving home one night
from meeting when he was stopped by
man who asked him for a ride.
The deacon had taken his double
barreled shotgun to town to be re-
paired. The gun reposed by his side.
Once inside the buggy the deacon
decided that here was chance to do
little personal work.
Placing his hand on the shotgun, he
turned toward the man and said:
Are you prepared to die?"
Not by a long shot," the man re-
piled as he jumped from the buggy
and made for the woods at top speed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08

cheering covers but pins head in
that vast and fertile country.
"It is a country without wood or
stone. The British forces have had
to import, even their firewood.
Under the dominion of the Turk
what was once the garden spot of
the world has become a. wasted ruin,
and it is necessary to irrigate the
land before 1t can be made pr'Sduc-
tive. With irrigation nearly any
thing can be grown there. The
work being done Is so extensive, and
the number Of men required so
great, that there are generals in
Mesopotamia who have never heard
the sound of a gun there. The
transport problem is tremendous. Tt
involves 1900 boats of shallow
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
BOYS ARMS BLOWN OFF.

(By Associated Press.)
Brainerd, Mimi, Nov. 8.-During a
wildly enthusiastic celebration here
yesterday, after the incorrect armis-
tice report was received, cannon
inson, IT yeas ola. and Claude Lind
sey were seriously injured. Both of
Rohlnson's arm were blown of.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
FLU STRIKES ALASKA.

Nome, Alaska, Nov. s.-Eome has
been stricken with influenza. About
800 white residents yesterday were
reported suffering and Eskimos In
nearby villages were said to be dying
by scores. The weather has been be-
low zero for several days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
CHAOs IN AUsTRTA.

(By Associated Press.)
Berne, Switzerland, Nov S.--Com-
plete chaos prevails in Austria, &C
cording to travellers returning here
from that country. All the railroad
villages in the Tyrol are flooded with
the returning armies in full disorder.
In the villages the demoraized troops
sitfoning supplies,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
VATICAN SENDS ENNoY

Rome. Nov 8-Monsignor Bona
ventura Cerretti, PapaI under secre-
tary of state and former Apostolic
delegate to Austria. will leave next
Wednesday or Thursday for the
United States as special envoy of
the Vatican.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
Briefly Told
Hubbeu's Coffee.-Advt.

Hubbeu's Coffee.-Advt.
Shop at Ricker's.-Advt.
Herbst's for hosiery. --Advt.
Call Liberty Taxi Line-581.-Adyt.
Have knight Prtg. Co. print it.-Ady.
HendricksCn's SHOES for style. -
AdYt
Cali the Yellow Taxi. Phone Sill
Nick Konen Taxi. Phone 4s2. -
Advt.
A ax,R
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
ALLIED FLEET IN. BosPHORUs.

(By AssocIated Press.)
London, Nov. s, via Montreal.-The
allied fleets will anchor off st. Sophia,
Constantinople, on Saturday, accord
ing to information received in London
last night. ..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
Special

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-08
Your Health And It's Care
RY DR.. r. Z. BISHOP JR.
BY DR.. r. H. BISHOP, JR.

as exercises in repeating easy sem
fences are helpful in this. The
child's attention should be called 10
even the slightest sign OF improve
rnent. The sufferer must also
learn how to relax.
In a nlmber Of the larger Europ-
can cities. schools for the benefit OF
Sufferers have been conducted for
a number of years. Teachers are
trained in the art OF curing speech
defects. In this country treatment
has been pretty generally monopo-
lized by private schools. but in the
larger cities arrangements have been
made to establish classes in the
public schools.
May Be Dyspepsia
F. I. r.: 1t is extremely difficult
to advise you since the symptoms
OF which you complain may be due
to a variety of conditions. One of
these is a hyperacidity, another an
ulcer of the stomach. Simple dys-
pepsia and nervous dyspepsia are
still other causes for symptoms sim
liar to those Of which you complain.
The last of these is perhaps the most
likely In your case. In nervaus dys-
pepsia the secretion of the stomach
40 A4hSiy 10 DG GiLAlGiN IN
spite Of the symptoms present. or
there may be either deficiency of
acid or increase. If care in avoiding
too rich and too irritating foods
and a continuation Of your attention
to general hygiene does not improve
the condition soon it would be adj
visable to have an examination Of
the stomach contents after a test
meal.
Copyright 1918. by r. HBishop, Jr.)
CThis column is conducted for the
benefit Of Your Health. Questions
are invited and will be answered by
DR.. Bishop. Questions not suitable
for reply in this column will be an
swered by mail if stamped, addressed
envelope is Enclosed. Address letters
to DIR HighoYa In care Of tfja g4evya
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
HUNS SPURN PEACE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
a radical change in the German con-
stitution.
Ofiicials last night seem satisfied
with the attitude of Lloyd George on
this subject when he declared that,
without presuming to dictate to the
German people. a reform OF the Ger
constitution would be accepted as the
best guarantee that Germany could
be trusted In the negotiations which
some day must be opened.
At Mount Vernon yesterday Secre-
tary of State Lansing told the MEM
bers Of the Serbian Missicn that
Serbia and the United States are
fighting the same fight for liberty.
So far as such informal declaration
can go the speech was interpreted
as pledging the United States to see
the same measure of justice effected
in the Balkans as Lloyd George in
dicated.
The British premier Is also con-
sidered to have cleared UP President
Wilson's statements as to Austria
The President has declared for the
integrity of small nations and at the
same time for the non-dismember-
ment of empires. Lloyd George tells
in detail how this would be carried
out through the erection of a more
solid Austria and the freeing of the
nationalities now dependent upon her.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
Rev. Tapp, Of X. C., Says
Rev. Sunday Has Been
Stealing His Thunder

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 6.-wiIl-
lam A. Sunday. evangelist, is made
defendant in a 100000 damage ac-
tion aled in Federal Court by Rev.
Sydney C. Tapp, head of the Inter-
national Bible Society OF Kansas
City. Mr.. Tapp alleges in his COM
plant that Mr.. Sunday is selling
copyrighted sermon pamphlets and
booklets of his sermons. while many
passages from the sermons are
Identical with passages in various
books Mr.. Tapp has written him
self.
Charges OF plagiarism and in
fringement of copyright are made
against Mr.. Sunday. Mr.. Tapp
complains that Mr.. Sunday used
identical words without quotations
or crediting the same to him. He
declares that the same thoughts,
ideas and in many cases the same
words which were in his books are
being sold by Mr.. Sunday as oriGf-
nal material, and parts lof sermons
which the famous baseball evan
Eelist has been using during va
rious campaigns in the larger cities
OF the country.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
ship DELAY HALTS
navy Yard RALLY

The big navy yard patriotic rally,
planned for Thursday, has been post
poned. due to shipping delay in get
ting parts OF the submarine chaser,
which it is planned to assemble on the
stage of the navy yard sail loft. 1t is
expected that a new date, presumably
in the coming week, will be decided
upon today.
After the submarine chaser Is as
sembled it will be christened by g.
year-old Ellen McAdoo, daughter of
the Secretary of the Treasury. Then
a salute of twenty-one guns will be
fired in honor of the President, who is
expected to be present.
A majority of Cabinet members have
accepted invitations, as have members
of Congress. Representative Baer, of
North Dakota. has consented to draw
cartoons of the nayy's work. Invita-
tons have also been sent to members
of the Naval Affairs Committee and
Samuel Gompers, president of the
Labor Federation.
Mrs. Baker, wife of the Secretary
of War, will sing. Various patriotic
songs will be sung by a chorus Of
sailors. marines and yeowomen.
A series of tableaux. depicting the
departure of sailors and marines and
terminating in the building OF the sub
marine chaser, will constitute the pro-
efdin- sss-- - -
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
Billy Refuses to Help
"Make Circus of Religion

Billy Sunday told about 5000 per-
sons who attended his afternoon
meeting in the Tabernacle how the
movie" people had offered him q
cold t1,o00.0o0 to pose for q aim
serieF. And he told them how he
had replied to- their ofer In this
fashion:
you can't commercialize my mug
for s1o,ooo.ooo; you're not going to
get any help from me TO make q
circus of Gods religion Not on
your tintype,"
The movie" reference was inject
ed into Billy's remarks through the
presence of several movie" cam
eramen at the Tabernacle just be
fore he came into the building. Tsey
tried hard to "slip one over" on
Billy and catch him as he got out
of his limousine and started for the
Tabernacle door. ma" Sunday, who
was with Billy. protected the evan
geiist from the pointed cameras and
pushed him inside the big building.
sBiE Hsnds for BILLY.
The crowd cheered Billy TO the
echo. On the platform was Mrs.
Marshall Field. widow Of the noted
Chicago merchant. with a party of
friends from the Windy City. They.
too. cheered Bpiy's references TO the
movie men,"
Billy's afternoon sermon was
chuck full of patriotic references
and Of slambang punches at "old
Kaiser Bill" And Just before he
finished IL. he asked all those in the
big audience who would pledge
themselves to give undivided sup
port to the national government in
Its hour Of need" to stand up. And
the entire audience arose. Then he
asked for q "Chautsuqua salute" /"
and thousands OF handkerchiefs
waved over the great auditorium.
Billy took q hard slam at the
''knocker." who. he said. SIS always
going up and down the land. shout
ing that we are not prepared and
that we should have done 80 and 90
long ago"
You folks ought to remember" /"
shouted Billy. that we have q whsle
of job on our hands. But we've
got whale OF q country and we're
going to put II over. And we don't
propose to unsheath the sword un-
til we have that gang on its knees
pleading with Uncle Sam TO call OF
the war"