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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
HOW GERMANY MIGHT PAY FOR
WAR

How Germany can be made to pay for the
war is problem that has puzzled finan-
ciers, but the editor of The Manufacturers
Record Of Baltimore has evolved a plan
which seems possible at least.
AS is generally known, German taxes now
are not sufficient to pay the interest on
the bonded indebtedness That means ma
tlonal bankruptcy unless indemnities can
be exacted by a victorious Germany and
the possibility of indemnities for Germany
has evaporated.
The Allies have renounced any punitive
indemnities, but they will insist on some
ndemnlties for the restoration of con-
quered countries. Germany must be
forced to disgorge at least what she has
wrung from the people of Belgium in taxes
since that little country was occupied, and
pay for the restoration of the havoc
wrought by her invading armies.
The Baltimore editor suggests that Ger.
many be forced to repudiate all bonds to
her own people, clearing her books of pres
ent Indebtedness in large part, for outside
Of the bonds floated in this country before
we entered the war, German loans have
been tloated almost exclusively in Ger
many.
With these bonds out of the way, Ger
many could float forced loan for the
restoration of Belgium, and the German
people would suffer the loss of the money
they had paid for bonds
The German people bought German
bonds on the promise Of victories to be won
and the prospects of huge indemnities from
conquered nations to pay for the war. They
were parties to the great project of looting
the world-partners with the army. To
permit them to realize on their bonds while
little Belgium was left to restore her own
ruined country, would be like permitting
the burglar to get away with the plumber.
The plan Of the Baltimore editor has at
tractive possibilities, but meanwhile there
is the pressing task of winning the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
AA11ASen1entS
The Great Lope Is
Hit At The GagYjck

Presenting what may be termed
perhaps, his most ambitious screen
offering. David Wark Griffith dis
played his splendid photoplay, THE
Great Love-" which deals specifically
with the great awakening of the
wealthy and exclusive classes OF
England to the tremendous needs
of the war, with great success at
the Garrick Monday. H.
For the first time in the history
Of motion pictures, Mr.. Griffith por-
trays, in this photoplay, the activi-
ties Of the leisure classes of Great
Britain, during the world war; their
splendid and unselfish labor in car
ing for convalescent soldiers and
their innumerable sacrifices. 1t
shows not merely actors made up to
represent these people, but the peo-
pie themselves, the very flower of
England's finest womanhood engaged
in the noble task of sucoring the
brave sons Of Britain, France and
the allies of all the loyal nations,
in their time Of great suffering and
sacrifice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
Other Mems Views

The Manitoba Free Press
Perhaps the word, Democracy" is the hardest
worked in the English vocabulary TODAY A few
years ago, it was Empire" or Imperial Fedora
tlon term so overweight that it stood for
various vast schemes or nebulous notions in the
NINA OF the plain man. One widely ramified and
useful Canadian organization was so enamored
or word and idea that it chose the somewhat
roundabout name. Imperial Order Daughters Of
the Empire. Now, the word in eVeryone's
mouth and on every page is Democracy" it's
significance varying with the application and the
user.
Writing recently in The New York Independ-
ent, Mrs. Cora Harris quoted a clear thinking
OLD man of her acquaintance who had the true
pfophetlc conception Of what the word must now
forever mean (Without cant or ignorance or non
sense) in its relation to the and to the whole
world OF men. Democracy" he said, is an ideal
1t means the sharing of the rights of men with
mankind We are fighting for this ideal, not as
we fought in 1875 for our own rights bnt for the
rights and liberties of all men" Even for the
ultimate rights and liberties Of the German peo-
pie. 1t is significant illustration. The old re-
freedom And his faith was great in a new
heaven and a new earth once again to follow
the passing away Of old and outworn things in
GUIDING creeds and institutions-even the Mon
roe Doctrine, which for century had "held and
shepherded' his nation.
He had a spiritual intelligence of scripturaI
prophecy, something which theologians them
selves may lack, those who as Professor Mac
Naughton says: Hold on like grim death to the
soapy water and throw out the baby. For, this
single eyed reader Of the Bible and watcher Of
tne times saw both past prophecy and present
Syel's IN peISPSGtlVe' ne compared one age
with another. Homer folded world away in
his great epic So will the present European
age be folded away he said The world has
come to an end again. The world comes to an
end every hundred years or so. People don't un-
derstand that.
Though the stars do not fall and fires do not
consume the elements old things pass like
smoke, and we begin afresh with new institu-
tons, new laws and creeds nearer to the mind
Of God. They evolve from what is indestructible
in the civilization of the past The time of ter
rble shaking comes at the end of an age and
those things remain which cannot be shaken be-
cause they are imperishable And this that we
name democracy eXpaTls and grows embracing
in its purpose every ma ion and every man Like
all ideals Of good, it beckons towards the high,
unreachahle goal, the ever extending margin be-
is democracy can no more reach perfection than
can human saints. Perfection is to stand still
and stagnate. Democracy can never stand still
And the old man gave us happy phrase with
dynamic touch when he said simply, Democracy
is deal'.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
THE 1919 WHEAT PRICE,

The announcement of a fixed price for
the 1919 wheat crop comes in plenty of
time to permit the farmers to take every
advantage of it in their fall blowing and
seeding.
If the farmers do not take advantage Of
this fixed price and SOW the greatest wheat
acreage the country has ever known, they
will show degree Of short-sightedness be-
yond belief.
1t was hardly necessary for President
Wilson to call attention to the market con-
ditions that will ensue when the war ends,
or possibly before the ending of the war
provided the tonnage Of the Allies con-
times to gain on the submarine. India,
Australia, and the Argentine have immense
stores Of wheat which cannot be marketed
because Of lack Of tonnage. One ship can
carry three times the amount of wheat to
Europe from America that the same ship
could carry from Australia Therefore the
Australian wheat is left in the elevators.
AS tonnage gains on the submarine, this
wheat will gradually come into the market
Without minimum price for wheat, the
market would be expected to decline. In
4rhCb VOL 4A4ASAA4SA GACSAA NSoAOAo say G1lcLO
the price would be on the down grade now
if it were not for the government fixed fig
ure.
Wheat therefore offers a certain profit
for next year, and big one if an average
crop can be grown. There is the further
promise of price fixing committee to re-
wise the price upward, but not downward,
if conditions warrant it. The farmer is the
one business man who has a guaranteed
price for his commodity.
The Forum is glad Of the opportunity Of
fered the wheat growers of the Northwest;
it opens the way for many farmer who
has been struggling on the verge of bank
ruptcy for years, to re-establish himself.
But how much sympathy should be given
paid agitators of the Townley type, who
are preaching to the farmer the doctrine
that he belongs to a downtrodden class
Any fair minded farmer should and will
realize that, far from being Disseminated
against, he is being given just, even gen
erous, treatment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
Notice Of sale of Real Property.


Notice is hereby given that under
authority of an Order of Sale. granted
by the Hon. A. G. Hanson, Judge Of
the County Court OF the County of
ed the 18th day of August, A. D. 1918,
the undersigned, as Executor and
Executrtx, respectively, of the Estate
of Lewis Conrad, late of the City Of
Luyerne' In the County of Rock and
State OF Minnesota. deceased, will. sell
at private sale to the highest bidder,
subject to the confirmation of the
Judge of said County Court, the fol-
2wng real Of cs9 s stgated d R the
Dakota, and particularly described as
follows, to-wit: The Northeast quar-
ter lNEA) of Section Seventeen 7(1D,
in Township One hundred forty--two
(53) West; that said property will be
sold for cash, or for one-third cash
and the balance on credit not ex-
ceeding two years, with interest at
not less than the rate of six per cent
per annum; that said sale will be held
on and after the 14tha day of Sep
Ali bids must be in writing and may
be left at the Office of Pierce, Tenne-
son & Cupler, attorneys for said ex-
ecutor and Executrix, at Fargo, North
Dakota, or filed with the Judge of the
County Court of Cass County, North
Dakota, or forwarded to the under
Office address at Erie, North Dakota,
or to A. w. Cupler, the resident agent
Of the undersigned Executrfx, at Far
go, Cass County, North Dakota.
. JOHN j. CONRAD,
.Ans LIZZIE CONRAD,
AS Executor and Executrix, re-
spectively, of the estate of Lewis
Conrad, Deceased!
Pierce, Tenneson & Cupler, Attor-
neys for Executor and Executrix,
a. 81 it1ug. 2O-27, sept 5. 1888
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
rs NOT THE WILSON CANDIDATE.

Keep one fact very clearly in mind.
David H. Evans has not been given the
administration support for the office of
governor of Minnesota, and won't be given
it if President Wilson has one-tenth Of the
common sense and justice that The Forum
credits him with having.
The Townley organs by deliberate dis
tortion of unimportant incidents, have
tried to make it appear that the admins.
tration is wavering and on the verge OF
throwing its support to Mr.. Evans.
The administration is not tying itself up
to a beer wagon in these days. It's political
directors have more acuteness than that,
even if President Wilson himself were not
capable Of seeing the great injustice he
would do in opposing the reelection Of a
man like Governor Burnquist, who has
been a rock about which all the loyalty
forces of Minnesota have centered.
If the administration does throw it's sup
port to Mr.. Evans, which it hasn't and
won t, it will convict itself Of playing poll
tics in the nations crisis in a most bare
faced way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
A BATTLE LINE WHICH GROWS.

One striking difference between the
German and Allied offensives is evident to
anyone who follows the attacks closely.
The German attacks were begun on a
wide front, of from 80 to so miles, and
with large concentrations of troops in mass
formation. The front gradually narrowed
to point, as the Allies fell back in the
center and strengthened the wings The
attack came to a stop because it was sui
cidal to push forward farther in the cen
ter until the wings could be widened.
The Allied attacks on the contrary, be-
gan on comparatively narrow front, and
the battle line has been steadily widening,
until now virtually the whole front from
Ypres to Rheims is aflame Local thrusts
have been co-ordinated to make wide bat
tlefront.
The German attacks burned themselves
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03

smooth face hair neither light nor dark and
worn with long cut, rather than close His
habit of dress is the unusual attire of the bust.
ness man who is too occupied with affairs to in
dulge in any preference.
The chairman Of the appropriations committee
is called the Watchdog of the treasury. Now,
one can readily see the fitness of that applied
TO Fitzgerald, the former chairman. He was ar
gumentative, witty, sarcastic, with a tongue that
was sharp, IL not brutal He was addicted to
fancy waistcoats, had thin hair a crisp, close
nuatabhe, and wore eyeglasses, from which a
chain depended. When he and that master par
humanitarian, James r, Manu. began to growl at
each other it was beautiful scrap
Now( although Sherley succeeds to the place
of watchdog with distinction and efficiency one
the nations purse. He is sure to hang on to the
strings firmly, with a grip that cannot be co.
ioled or lightly relaxed but that is at the same
time perfeotlY polite.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
One Kind Word SaUeS
Happiness of Many :

One kind word spoken by Jack to
little primrose, when everybody else
had turned against her and she was
about to steal away to her uncie's
home in the south, stayed her flight,
saved Jack from the vampire and
finally won him Primrose's love.
This is one of the many Fascinating
situations in "Wild Primrose the,
Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature, at
the Isis today Primrose comes to
her fathers aristocratic home in the
guise Of a little savage, in revenge
because he had deserted her mother,
but she stays to win the love OF all.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
Information Is
Sent Via Sze,eden
By German Spies
sBx Aseocrated Presg. j

New York, Sept. 8. information is
being transmitted to the enemy in
apparently harmless letters Of a social
and personal character sent by Ger
man owned concerns in this country
to home offices in Germany, accord
ing to q statement last night by Al
fred H. Becker, deputy state attorney
general.
Whine asserting that "at the pres
emit time ii would not be consistent
with the interests Of justice to make
public most OF the communications
under investigation" by his depart
ment, Mr. Becker cited one example
OF a style which he said was in vogue.
discovered by comparison OF scores Of
other letters.
The example made public was that
a letter from the Pennsylvania car
company OF Pittsburgh to Ornstein 81
Koppel, OF Berlin, oG which, according
TO Mr.. Becker, the American company
is a branch. This communication
takes the form OF a purely personal
letter from Erich Rothenburg," and
Isl addressed care "a. Bruce, Stock
holm" most messages being sent
through Scandinavian customs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
What a Father Said to
Edward Markham

Here's poem you should read, ask your wife
to read learn it and teach it to the children.
1t was written by Bishop James d. Hughes OF
the Methodist church, Pasadena, California.
Greater significance Is given to his lines because
of the fact that DIR. Hughes son was killed in
action and lies buried somewhere in France.
Markhan's Question.
20 mothers, will you longer give your sons
TO feed the awful hunger of the guns?
What is the worth of all these battle drums
II from the field the loved one never comes?
What all these loud hosannas to the brave
II all your share is some forgotten grave?" #
The Bishops poem is as follows:
The UnssIfish Mothers Answer.
God gave my son in trust to me:
Christ died for him, and he should be
man for Christ He is his own
And Gods and mans; not mine alone.
He was not mine to give He gave
Himself that he might help save
All that a Christian should revere,
All that enlightened men hold dear.
To feed the guns? o, torpid soul!
Awake and life as a whole.
When freedom honor, justice, right,
Were threatened by the despot's might,
With heart aflame and soul alight,
He bravely went for God to fight
Against base savages whose pride
The laws Of God and man defied;
Who maidens pure and sweet defiled;
He did not go to feed the guns
He went to save from ruthless Huns
His home and country, and to be
guardian Of democracy
What if he does not come? you say;
All, well! My sky would be more gray,
But through the clouds the sun would shine,
And vital memories be mine
Gods test of manhood u.s. know,
Not will he come? but did he go?
Ny son well knew that he might die
And yet he went, with purpose high,
To fight for peace and overthrow
The plans of Christs relentless foe,
He dreaded not the battlefield;
He went to make fierce Vandals yield.
If he comes not again to
shall be sad; but not that he
Went like mana hero true
His part unsefishly to do.
My heart will feel exultant pride
That for humanity he died.
Forgotten gravel this selfish plea
Awakes deep response in me-
For, though his grave I may not see,
My boy will neer forgotten be.
My real son can never die;
'Ts but his body that will lie
In foreign land, and I shall keep
Remembrance fond forever deep
Within my heart Of my true son,
Because of triumphs that he won.
1t matters not where anyone
May lay and sleep when work Is done.
1t matters not where men live;
If my dear his life must give,
Hosannas 1 will sing for him,
Fen though my eyes with tears be dim
And when the war Is over, when
His gallant comrades come again.
I'll cheer them they're marching by,
Rejoicing that they did not die.
And when his vacant place see,
My heart will bound with joy that he
Was mine long-my fair young SON
And cheer for him whose work is done.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03

~
reached his 47th birthday, but
with Is years continuous
service in the house TO his
credit. His name, Swagar
is more often rendered Swag-
ger, however, even after so
long a time for the general
public to learn that it is pro-
nounced Sway gar.
If it had happened to please
his family line to call it
Swag gar, nothing could have
been Tess fitting to the con-
gresham from the Tenth dis
trict of Kentucky.
He is one of the most mod
est members of the house, one
Of the most moderate in
manner and speech. He looks
even younger than he is, and
when addressing the house
gives the impression of de-
hberate carelessness, in
which there is a. quality of
kindness.
-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
BRIEF SUMMARY OF
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES

Al British Port.-The American
steamsip Omega, has been torpedoed
Twenty-six passengers are missing
Chicago.-Frank K. Nebeker, who
prosecuted the !. w. w. cases. has
been asked to take charge of sirnis
lar cases in other cities.
GIoucesterg Mass CAPTAIN Manuel
Quadros, whose fishing schooner was
sunk by submarine, told of his ex-
periences aboard the submarine
craft and his talk with the CONS
mander.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
Summons.

State of North Dakota, County of
Cass. In District Court, Third Judi
Edith nj. Brandhagen, Plaintiff, VS..
Albert H. Brandhagen, Defendant
The State of North Dakota to the
above named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the Complaint of the above en-
titled action, which has been filed in
the oftice of the Clerk of the District
Court of the Third Judicial District
in and for the County of Cass and
State of North Dakota, and to serve
copy of your answer to the said Com
plaint on the subscribers at their
office in the City of Fargo, in said
County and State, within thirty days
after the service Of this summons
service; and in case of your failure to
taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated July 10, 1918.
FOWLER & GREEN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, ONCE and
Postotfice Address, No. 16 Broadway,
Fargo, North Dakota.
(Aug. 20-27. Sept. 3-1o-17-24. 1879
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
LEGAL NOTICES
shcrin,s sale.


state of North Dakota, County of
Robt. M. Pollock, Plaintiff, VS.. Louis
Mehnenga and Carl Mennenga. De-
PENDANTS.
Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an execution to me directed and
delivered, and now in my hands, is
sued out of the Clerks Office of the
Third Judicial District Court, State OF
North Dakota, in and for the County
of Cass, upon a Judgment rendered IN
Justice Court in favor of Ropt. M.
Pollock, Plaintiff, and against Louis
Mennenga ana Carl Mennenga, De-
PENDANTS, / have levied upon the fol-
lowing described real property Of one
Of said Defendants, Go-Wit: All right,
title and interest of Carl Mennenga,
one of the above named defendants in
and to Lots numbered one (ll to
(15) Of Tyler's Addition to the City
of Fargo, in the County Of Cass and
State of, North Dakota; and that !
shall, on SATURDAY, the 18th day OF
Q o'clock p m, of said day, at the
front door of the Court House in the
City of Fargo, in said County and
State, proceed to sell the right, title
and interest of the above named Carl
Mennenga, in and to the above de-
scribed property, to satisfy said judg-
ment and costs, amounting to One
hundred twenty-one Dollars and thir:-3
aecruing costs sT 81 SAFE s and interest on
the same from the 7th day OF. June,
1918, at the rate of six per cent per
annurn, and $3.50 accrued costs, at
Public Auction, to the highest bidder
for cash.
Sheriff, Cass CO., N. D.
Pollock 8 Pollock, Plaintiffs Attor-
Dated Fargo. N. D.. August 18th,
ARlS. /
aug. 13-20-27. Sept. $40, 1888
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
SUMMONS.
STATE, OF NORTH DAKOTA.
County Of Cass.-ss. In District
Court, Third Judicial District.
LILLIAN e. STEVENS, Plaintiff,

WILLIAM ]. STEVENS, Defendant
The State of North Dakota to the
above named defendant:
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in this action,
which has been filed in the office
of the Clerk Of the District Court
at Fargo, in the County of Cass, in
the Third Judicial District of the
State of North Dakota. and to serve
a copy of your answer upon the sub
scribers within thirty days after the
service Of the Summons, upon you,
exclusive of the day Of such service;
and in case of your failure to APP
pear or answer, Judgment will be
taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 9Th day of August,
1918.
PIERCE, TENNEsoN & CUPLER
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office, and
Postoffice Address: Fargo North
Dakota.
tAug. 6-1S-2O-27. Sept. $40. 1879
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
Geraldine FQ9Tar In
Play of Her Choosing

Geraldine Farrar is making her
first appearance in Goldwyn Pic
lures, the play chosen for her being
THE Turn of The Wheel" by Tex
Charwate at the Liberty today and
Wednesday,. 1.-THE Turn of The
Wheel is play of today, the star
to appear only in modern roles.
The story is a highly dramatic
one, beginning at Monte Carlo, where
Resale Dean, an American girls, is
so-journing with her aunt. At the
Casino she sees stranger, also an
American, playing recklessly and he
loses. Feeling powerful attrac-
ton, Rosalie follows him and stops
Maxfield Grey when he is on the
verge Of suicide.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-03
In The Open Forum

The Mandan Pioneer joins the chorus OF ques.
tons as to where was Gronna?n as follows
North Dakota was represented By only
one senator the ether day when the vote was
taken the new manpower bill, Senator
Porter ]. McCumber. Our Ole. war thWarting
friend-Senator Gronna--Was absent and not
voting
And remember this rnanpoweT legislation
Is one Of the most important matters that
has come before congress in some months.