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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12
sEARcH ne STOPPED.

Chicago. Feb. 12.--Judge Francis
O.. Baker, OF the United States cir
Duit court of appeals today granted
D writ OF error and supersedeas to
Henry VeedeFs general counsel for
swift and Co, which win prevent the
government from making further
search OF Veeder's files until after
March 1, for evidence alleged to have
been used ia the commission Of
9eionisu.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12
q Aesoolatad -

Washington, Feb. 12.-Trading ia
live or freshly killed hens and pullets
anywhere In the United States is for
hidden IN an order announced yes
terday by the United States food ad-
ministration. Feb. 20 ia fixed as the
date when fresh stock must be dia-
posed Of and the order addn that ad
ditional stocks may not be purchaa-
ca.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12
BRITISH SUBJECTS HERE TO
BESUBJECTTO HONEDRAFT
~ Asaoclated Presa.l

New York, Feb. I2.-The convens
tion between the British recruiting
mission and the United States draft
authorities under which IL is expect
ed 100000 British subjects in this
country will be subject TO service in
the British army, has been agreed
upon, II was announced today hy
Major Mitchell Innes, legal adviser
TO the British recruiting mission.
The agreement only awaits ratifica-
ton by the senate and the sigma
lures OF President Wilson and King
George to become effective All sub
jecta between the ages Of twenty
and forty-ons are liable to call.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12

Minnegota-Phrtty cloudy tonight
and Wednesday. probably becoming
unsettled; somewhat colder Wednes-
day in west portion.
North Dakota and South Dakota
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day colder Wednesday.
Montana-ungettied tonight: prob
ably light snow or rain; colder in
north central portion; wednesday
probably fair and colder.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12
No Hens May Be
Sold AferFeb %

BY restricting the killing of chiek@s
ems which should Be heavy layers
the food administration hopes to im--
crease the production oG eggs and
allow them to be put in storage at 81
reasonable price.
The new order was issued several
days ago and had been given public
city by ipcal food administEators be-
fore the administration announced
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12

London, Feb. 12.-~The British
torpedo boat destroyer Boxer. was
sunk on the night OF Feb. in the
English channel as the result Of a
collision, the British admiralty an
nounced today. One boy is missing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12

Berne, Feb. l2.-The supreme ne-
tional council Of Lithuania i'm Swftz-
erland, which is Safeguarding tire
foreign interests Of Lithuania. has
sent TO all belligerent and neutral
nations having diplomatic represen-
tatives in Switzerland the text OF a
resolution adopted by the Wilma state
council, proclaiminR the re-estab-
lishment Of the independent status
or Lthuania with Wilma as the capt.
tai.
All the diplomatic representatives
received a delegation from the coun-
Gil. The German minister promised
to forward the communication to
Berlin.
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Independent State of Lith-
uania With Wilma As
Capital, Proclaimed
FRENCH VIEW OF
UKRAINE PEACE
Is Regarded AS Very In
structive of What Ger
man Peace May Mean
(Bv Associated Press.l

London, Feb. denomination Of
the German report that Russia has
withdrawn from the war Is contained
in an official Russian statement, re-
ceived here today.
The statement says Russia de-
clares the war with Germany, Aug
tria- Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria
to have ended, Russian troops stimuli
taneously receiving an order for
complete disqualification on all fronts.
For the defense Of the frontier some
detachments Of younger soldiers will
be left.
The negotiations of peace with the
central powers have been ended, the
statement says. The Russian dele
cation refused to sign a treaty pro-
viding for annexations by Germany.
Nevertheless, Russia will not con-
tinue the war with the Germans and
Austrians. ''worlSmen and peasants,
like ourselves.
Although this announcement was
made yesterday in several dispatches
from German sources, this Is the
first word from Russia regarding her
from the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-12
VIII EXCHANGE Unfit.

Amsterdam, Feb. 12.-German and
Russian delegates at Petrograd. ac-
cording to a dispatch from Berlin.
have signed an agreement calling for
the earliest possible repatriation cf
prisoners of war unfit for military
service. Owing to trauEporfotfu1
difficulties in Russia, considerable
delays are expected.
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THE WEATHER

CONTINUED on page 81
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owing Judge Amidon's sd-
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
P0STOFFICE AS NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER
Park View Has First Such Innova-
2 ton in United States.

The frst Community Center post
once in the United States was opened
yesterday in the Park View School.
Newton and warder streets north
west with John McGrath. commu-
nifty secretary, acting as postmaster.
The experiment. which IL success
full Is expected to revolutfonize
washington's system Of branch post
ofiices, In especially convenient in
wartime. By means Of Il food may be
brought from the farmer to the con-
sumer by the parcel post. No drug
store has room or facilities to handle
q great volume of such business. IN
fact the Park View postofics was
established because the local drug
store had to give up the branch.
Mr.. McGrath, former president of
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
TangedLfe to Be DiscIosed at Pullman Slayer Trial

kansas City, June 0.-rhere's .
|tansls Of bisamy. jealousy. and mari-
tai unfaithfuiness to be untansIsd
here at the trial Of Irving Morgan.
alias John r. jackson. for the murder
Of his wife.
Police say he has admitted hurting
her from the window OF q railroad
train near Shelbina, Mo.
Jackson. employed by q Kansas City
film exchange. and his wife, clerk In
the Railway Exchange Building cigar
stand, started together for Chicago.
He returned next day. telling the
housekeeper and his 2-year-oid son,
"Buzzie." that mother would be pack
in q few days He seemed very
cheerful.
In the meantime the body Of q vons-
an. clad only in silk stockings and .
silk waist. was found beside the rail-
way tracks. For two days It was
Patrons Of the cigar stand where
Mrs. jackson worked missed her and
asked police II they thought the wom-
an might be She Identification fol-
lowed.
jackson, after a grillIng by detec-
tives, Il said to have written his own
confession.
He said she had admitted on the
train her love and relations with q
sailor at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. north OF Chicago.
and added she wanted to go to Chi-
cago merely to see the sailor. He also
claimed she taunted him about her
relations with other men. Thoughts
OF this and his little "Buzzie'' dioye
him mad. and as she leaned out of
the Pullman window to get air he
hurled her to the ground.
Mrs. Ellen Hall, mother-in-law Of
Morgan. told the police stories Of her
daughters bigamous marriage to
Morgan and disclosing the fact that
for the two years he lived In Kansas
City as q respected citizen he was a
fugitive from justice, having jumped
his bond in Birmingham, Ala, where
he was held for the embezzlement of
81. 200 from the Tutweiler Hotel where
he was cashier.
She told simply but dramatically of
the elopement of her daughter at the
age Of Is with a. young dentist. II
was not until after her marriage to
Morgan that a divorce was granted
from her first husband. she stated
Morgan says: Il loved her so much
1 killed her"
Friends ask: "was he caused by
mental strain and jealousy through
his wires story, to hurl her from the
train or did he know before this land
friends think he did of his wife's love
for the sailor and her relations with
other men. deliberately plan the
proposed trip to Chicago?'
In the meantime little Buzzie,. now
in charge of the housekeeper, Mrs.
Connolly, cries for his mother and
father. not knowing the fate of his
mother nor the seriousness Of the
charge against his father.
Before being taken from the jail at
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
MCGOWAN BEGINS NEW
TERM AS PAYMASTER

Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN
yesterday began his second term Of
four years as paymaster general of
the Navy and Chief of the Bureau
OF Supplies and Accounts.
All the heads of divisions of the
bureau were present. as were also
Mrs. George Dewey, widow of Ad-
moral Dewey; Daniel c. Roper, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. and
James II. Baker, secretary of the
Senate. Rear Admiral c. ]. Peo-
pies, assistant chief of the bureau.
presided at the ceremonies. Brief
addresses of congratulation were
made by Mr.. Roper and Mr.. Baker.
who were sehoolmates Of Admiral
MCGOWAN at Woford College, s. C.,
and were present four years ago
when he was inducted into ONCE.
Real Admiral Cowie, former Pay
master General. H. p. AnewaIt. a
leading railroad Official who is now
in charge Of navy transportation in
terests; Clyde Reid. representing the
civilian employees Of the Bureau.
and others connected with the Navy
Department also spoke.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
ROSS, WHO LOST AN ARM,
HAS TELEGRAM FROM TEDDY"
Pershing Man Lauds Captain, Son of Col
Theodore Roosevelt, as Brave
y.sN Soldier. &

II am not out Of the game over
there for good. !" declared young Frank
Ross In an interview yesterday. .It
win take more than the loss Of Just
an arm to keep me on this side Of the
water while they are needing men so
badly to lick the Hum
Ross. recently soldier in Capt.
Archie Rooseveit's company, now at
Walter Reed Hospital with his right
arm gone, received a telegram from
Col. Roosevelt Sunday promising him
q Job as soon as he was out Of the
hospital. and assuring him that his
captains father was ready and glad
TO do everything in his power TO help
him.
The Colonel Was 4swhite.e
1T was white of the CoIonel, y
said Ross. But 1t Is just what you
would expect the father of Capt.
Roosevelt to do,
Believe me-" and the young SOL
dier's eyes shone. "he's some fighter.
our captain. II his father is any
thing like him. he must be a bear"
Ross has been in the service. since
1913. and was on the, Mexican bor-
der for several years. He says he
prefers chasing Huns to soaring a
few bandits. It's more like fighting.
He has been in France since last
June and on the battlefront since
October. He was In the first Ameri-
can patrol, one of the six to serve
with French company In this dan
gerous service.
Among the wires.
ut was dark and wet, and we Law
among the wires for ten hours" he
said. "All the while the bullets sang
a tune soyer our. heads. I told our
officer that they sounded az though
they were trying to sing Yankee
Doodle and II was music to me-"
Shortly after this Ross was made
sergeant and cited for gallantry
ins the war news. During a night
attack by the enemy planes, he
stuck to his post until gassed. And
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02

the copnmander, Major Lyon was or
dered sbaek into the life boat =
Then the submarine circled the
wreckage Of the big ship at full
speed, shaved the life boat. stopped
1t again and took on the second and
fourth officers.
When the U-boat commander tried
to give a new excuse by charging that
the hospital vessel carried munitions
the second officer explained that the
crash I'm the ships after section was
caused by the boiler explosion. Evi-
IDENTIFY the German officer desired to
get rid Of one who offered this IRE
futable explanation for he allowed
him to return to the hfeboat.
= 80 More shots Fires.
IA little later the submarine ropened
fire on some unseen target. Tweive
shells were fred. It is believed possi-
bic that the target or targets were
other Iifeboats OF s.the Llandovery
Castle: ! ~ - I'D Srss-.s
! The T-boat towei the captains life
boat some distance. There was no
trace of the other boat, After putting
alone in the darkness for some sew
enty miles the; captains boat was
picked up by, the British destroyer
Lysander, aiad was brought to
Queenstown. !r y; -"
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yet he says he can not see why
they made him sergeant
They must, have been hard up for
non-coms at the time.s he says.
The women Of France.
srhe thing I like best in France -
he said. ..is the way the women are
going into the war game. Believe
me, my hat Is on to the women of
France. Every one of them is doing
something. from the tiny babies to
the old women of seventy and
eighty. and they are doing Il well,
too. Why. I have seen old ladies
of seventy or eighty wheeling carts
and digging in the fields. They know
what the war means, but they never
complain They are all righy, tho ne
women I'm France"
Would Die ON broadway.
Ross was born in Brooklyn, New
York, twenty-three years ago. and he
thinks New York the best and only
place to really live.
Il want to die alongside of Broad
way" he declared. but not until
this war Is over. I feel sure there
is something more can do to help.
Perhaps that Is why the Fritzies put
me Gut Of the game SO early. But
am going to fool them. and when that
little old parade Is pulled on down
the main street of Berlin. i am GO
ing TO be there"
To Speak fer Red Cross.
They have a funny way Of looking
ut Americans over there In the
Fritzies' land. They think the stars
on the nag are dollar marks, but be-
fore this is over. they will think less
about those stars and more Of the
stripes"
Ross's wound was received In q bat.
tie near Tout Since returning to this |
country he has been in the military
hospital Of Newport News and Walter
Reed. but expects to be put on a
furiough by July Fourth, when he
intends going on a speaking tour for
the Red Cross.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
FENWICK, HURT,
WOULD HIT HUNS AGAIN

Edwin Fenwick. a Washington boy.
writes from "blighty," somewhere in
AIsace-Lorraine. that he has been
wounded by the Germans, but Is
anxious to be up and at them again.
He Is the son Of Edward T. Fenwick,
a washington patent attorney.
He was born in Washington, IL 20
years old, attended Western High
school, and went overseas with the
ambulance corps from the University
OF virginia. where he was student,
nifty.
His brother. Charles r. Fenvick
was q football player OF note at the
university last term.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02

the Park View Citizens Association,
has obtained three months leave Of
absence without pay from the Treas
ury Department in order to take
charge Of the innovation.
Mr.. McGrath's assistant viii be
Mrs. Helen Boswell. of Park View.
Miss Margaret Wilson. who is re-
sponsible for the development of COM
munity centers In Washington. Is
mueh interested I'm the experiment,
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
COLONEL SHOOTS HIMSELF.
James W. Clinton Takes Own Life
y In San Francisco.

San Francisco, Cal, July L-Col.
James W. Clinton. U. S. A.. who was
to have reported for duty at Camp
Fremont tomorrow. shot himself
through the heart In the apartments
Of DR.. R. R. Murphy. a dentist. with
whom he was visiting. today.
He was dead when found by tele-
phone company collector.
At army headquarters it was stated
they knew nothing regarding any mo-
tive for the tragedy.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
234 LOSE LIVES AS HUNS
SINK ALLIED HOSPITAL. SHIP


tain. failing to get an answer from
ship" The number killed by the ex-
plosion is undetermined. The captain
was the last to leave the ship. The
lifeboat I'm which he and twenty-three
others got away is the only one ot
which any trace has been reported SO
far. -: !
Made Threatening Remarks.
While picking up eleven drowning
men the captains boat was hailed 1by
the subsea monsters master. who ofc
dered the lifeboat's occupants to de-
sist from their rescue work and '.pAy
attention." adding some threatening
remarks about the submarines big
gun. The U-hoat, by the way, bore
no number or other marks Of distinc-
tion. -.
When the Llandovery Castles cap
tain said his vessel had been carrying
Canadian medical corps men the
.U-boat commander promptly asked II
any of these were in the captains
boat Upon the captains affirmative
answer the-war crafts master ordered
him to board the U-boat. !! . f:g.'
Worries Over Life Boats. =
While the submarine COMMANDER
was engaged in his cross-examination
accusations and excuses the Llando-
very Castle captain was worrying
about the fate of his ships human
cargo. -
where are our other boatsr'. he
shouted, his voice vibrating with i'm
potent scorn.
The II-boat eon,mande- i1pored fine
question. keeping keen eve on the
Canadian medical officer, Major. 7.
Lyon. who was then boarding the sub
marine. A couple Of buriy German
sailors stood ready to. receive him
and seemed bent on punishins him
for being alive. They showed him
about roughly. causing him to break
a foot, After ,cross-examination by
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
CECIL EAv0RS SOVIET.
Says Its Request Would Receive
! - Consideration -

London, July LII the Russian
Soviet should ask the allies to aid
It In the repulse OF the German ag-
gression. the request would receive
sympathetic consideration, Lord Rob-
ert Cecil. minister Of war trade.
stated in the house Of commons late
today.
Chancellor OF the Exchequer Bonar
Law declared that q large part OF
the Russian Black Sea feet is now in
the hands Of Germany.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
CAPITAL POLICE
MAKE UNUSUAL
RECORDIN
Clean Up n Murder Gases
and Are Com
mended.

Sunday night at i2 O'Clock the
Metropolitan Police closed the most
successful year in the history OF Grim
inaI Investigation in the District OF
/, Columbia. and made what Il perhaps
the most creditable and unique record
OF any large police department In Ihe
United States, having finished the
year with every single murder oc-
curing during the year cleared up
and the guilty parties arrested
Washington last year had twenty
seven murders, the second highest
number in the history Of the city, and
in every instance the police succeeded
in clearing up the crime. Arrests OF
the guilty parties were made in twen-
ty-sfx Of the cases. and following one
Of the homicides the murderer killed
himself. OF the twenty-seven, mHr-
ders. five were committed by white
men. twenty-five by negro men. and
In one case q negro woman Is charged
Jointly with negro man In a murder
OF another man Of their same race.
Out of seventy-five homicides in
the last three years. only two muir
derers have escaped. and in neither
case Is the name of the guilty party
known.
Men Lauded.
The men were congratulated yes
terday in an ofiicial order by Mai.
Raymond W. Pullman. superinten-
dent Of police. The head of the de-
partment. and the various command
ing officers Of the Metropolitan Po-
lice. give fun credit to the men for
achieving such q fine record dur
ing a yer. when the police force
has given a large number Of men
to military service. and at the some
time has had to meet scores of new
problems and demands for increas-
ed service made necessary by war
conditions.
Louis Brownlow. president of the
Board of District Commissioners,
when informed of the work of the
police during the past year, said:
Il congratulate the officers. and
men of the police department on
their record for the year. The fact
that in every case Of homicide the
slayer was epprehended, is a most
unusual testimony to the efficiency
of the police. constituting a record
perhaps unprecedented in any large
American city"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE,

Ppa A<ADn UNA
der and the captain of his victim.
ecording to the official figures late
yesterday only twenty-four of the
25S persons abroad are accounted
for. The 2S4 missing include four
teen woman nurses.
1t was the U-boat commander who
played the role of accuser in the
dialogue quoted. accuser not before,
but after the act. The Llandovery
Castles master. with the twenty
three other survivors landed so far.
was in an open boat that danced
precariously from crest to crest of
furious waves thrown up by the
grey sea serpent circling the wreck
age of its victim.
1T is to be noted" says an ad-
miralty announcement. that the
submarine had the right to stop and
search the vessel under the Hague
convention. The U-boat commander
preferred to torpedo the hospital
ship without investigation"
World Stands Axhast.
Once more Great Britain-and the
worid-stands aghast tonight before
an act Of ruthlessness. the very bar
barity of which mocks description.
There were no wounded or sick aboard
the Landovery Castle. The vessel
was homeward bound from Canada
Not the slightest warning was given.
No one saw the wake of the torpedo.
The first tntimation Of the disaster
was a terrific jar from an explosion
in No. hold. The after section of
the ship was blown in and the vessel
was unable to remain afloat.
The Llandovery Castle was going at
a rate Of fourteen knots when the
crash came. All lights went out i'm
mediately and desperate cropping in
the dark ensued during which many
senkt."
Right after the explosion the cap
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Special Lots

Ample quantities of many,
few of others. See contents of
the Bargain Tables featured for
Today's Sale.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
4th Of July Sale Of About
It's Tub Dresses,
$1.88
SplendidIy Made. Sizes 36 to "A.

Suitable for porch, street or
garden wear, of very good
quality tissue lawn, in white
with narrow pin stripes OF
black, blue and lavender;
straight-line style with all
around belt and roll collar of
white organdy, daintily en-
broidered.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
0utsile Hose. 39c

Women requiring eNtra-size
hose will appreciate this special
lot-of fine isle, in white and
black only. Special at Ssc.
Bargain Basement
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Skirts for the Fourth

The cotton materials used in making these skirts ha,
vanced amazingly in price. Every skirt bought here
will afford saving that would be well nigh impossible
early purchases made advantageously.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Parasols Reduced
S2.9S and S3.9S
Values to IS and More

With our regular stock and the
makers no-longer-needed sam
pies an immense variety is as
sured-at prices creating the
seasons best values.
ChfIdren's Perasols-Many of
Them covered with clippings Of
good quality silks used in
women's high-cost parasols-see
those at s1.4s. Others at 4ee
and re.
Varnnla RasemeAt,
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02

At s1.2e-Are Skirts of fancy stripe repp ana
honeycombs: finished with two fancy pockets.
gathered back and wide belts wsistbsnds ~
At s1.es-Tour choice Of skirts worth 70
$500 each. of honeycombs. whtpcords and
gabardfnes, In a large assortment OF the newest
models with pockets. buttons, wide belts. Sizes
! q 70 80 Wristbands.
At S2sS-Splendid quality skirts made Of
lyabardlne. Shown in pure white or oyster
white Many new and novel pocket effects
evident. Special at S2ss.
At s22e-Hgh- grade skirts OF nne ouaiity
Npique. gabardtne. Russian cords and Whipcords:
trimmed with large buttons and fancy Flap
pockets: gathered backs and wide belts.
lOn Sale Teday-P.I.Is Royal Bsrs.i. Ba.e.e.t.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Bed Spreads. Sl.59

Only 60 to distribute at this
special price. Good/veight. good
pattern, good size-A72xsS inches.
Bargain Basement.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Handkerchief, ; for 2Se

Sheer. better than usual at Toe
each. All white and with color
ed borders. For women and
children
The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Assortment Again Complete.
Women's Silk
Hose, 47c and 69c

These mill mends" are seldom
in quantity and variety 70 long
equal the demand. Plenty for
today-47e for 7Sc grade Fiber
Silk in colors. eee for SI.oo
grade. in white, black and colors.
bargain Basement.