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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

With the soldiers IN our war with
Spain, as IL 10 true with our brave
boys to-day who have enlisted under
the colorE, and are either in the camps
here or At the front in France.
Prom the very inception Of the
present war England has realized
that % keep her soldiers 1T they must
be given opportunity 20 indulge IN
their fsvorlte sports. and, by govern
mEnt appropriation. that country has
used a large sum Of money for the
purchase OF athletic paraphernalia for
use Of the athletes OF her army. Pres
Bdent Wilson has given every encour-
sEement To- and i'm fact has urged, the
Continuance OF outdoor sports turing
the war.
Players Called late Service.
Under the Eslsctivs draft or con
scEptton act. professional base ball
players are called 20 the service OF
their country precisely the same as
those in any other profession. roca-
tton or walk in life, and have an
EwHrsn, and are just as ready to an
Ewer the call either by enlistment or
draft 80 other patriotic citizens: but
until that call comes. they must, as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

Fred Toney,- who was the star
pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds last
season, will not be a member Of the
team this year. Manager Mathewson
Montgomery, Ala recently. Toney
was arrested last December charged
with attempting to evade the select
i've draft law. He may be tried In
the federal courts next month. and If
ne Is found guilty he viii make an
appeal. Toney Is In a tight fix, from
all accounts, and Matty evidently be-
neveB il is best to pass him UP for an
indefinite period.
Although Fred Fulton was made to
look cheap in his recent bout with
Tom Cowler, In which the latter all
but put him to sleep, Wtllard's chaI-
lengeF has called off his return match
with CowleT and has announced that
he will do no more fighting until he
faces Jess Willard in the ring on July
Z. II Is more than probable that Full
ton Is acting on a hint from the
champion, who evidently fears that
Fulton will do gomething foolish that
viii spoil the attractiYeness Of the
match.
Dan HOwIey, who will help
train the Red Sex pitchers and
eutehers this year, is = sayoFtfs
with Pacific coast fans. havfnn
once caught for Portland.
Hughey Jennings pins q lot OF faith
in DreEsins the young player who Is
slated 70 cover irst for the Tigers
this season. Dregstn is fast on the
bases and a good run scorer.
out IN Detroit they call Eric Erick-
son. once with the Giants. 'Wafles".
Three gueEses-Whv1
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
HEADS SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Bismarck, N. D., April 13.-Nelson
A. Mason, secretary to Governor Fra
zier, has been named president Of the
Burleigh County Sunday School assoc
citation, succeeding L. r.. Call, re-
signed. Miss Glenn Bruce has become
secretary, succeeding Mrs.
J. Maurice Martin. also resigned.
Plans are being made for the ap-
district and state conven-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
GRAyvTTLE FARMERS BUSY.

GranvllIe, N. d, April I8.-EVery
farmer in the Granville district is
busy these days in his fields, taking
advantage of the excellent weather
conditions for seeding. A large acre
age has been planted in this section
to wheat, which has been given a
good start by the fall of rain last
Friday and Saturday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BOUT MAY 5.

10y AHEUNEatEU = 7 NE7R7sI
ST. Paul, April ISs-Jack Demp-
aey, the Pacific coast heavy
weight, and Billy Miske, st. Paul.
will meet fn a ten-r0und contest
here ON May instead Of April 20
the original date. The change was
mmde Al the request Of Dempsey.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

thE AhSOCl6Leu EEeh&J
Columbus. o., April 13.-Harold
PnEue, a former noted quarterback
Al the University Of Illinois, is in Co
Iumbus attending the army balloon
school located on the campus OF Ohio
state university. He will undergo a
course OF training before sailing for
France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

Deering, N D., April IA j.
spacht, who has been in charge Of the
schools at Norwich for the past few
years, has been chosen principal OF
the schools here. Mrs. Spacht will
also become a member OF the faculty
here as will Miss Hazel Gibson Of
Norwich
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
ENGINEERS sTII.L IN JAPAN,

Grand Forks, n. d., April 13-Ths
railroad engineers company which
left the United States for Russia. be-
fore the trouble broke out in thar
land. are Btill IN Japan. according to
word received here from Lieut. Porter
Turner. OF Reynolds. former dispatch-
er for the Great Northern in this city
Lieutenant Turner writes that ne re-
Gently met Lieut. a. O. Wineman. son
Of Mr. and Mrs. ,. 81 Wineman. OF
this city, and that the young man is
en- route home for q short visit before
embarklnR for Europe Lieutenant
Wfnemmm was for D time stationed ia
the Philippines.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
"pcnnSyIyania Dutch"
(DntrOit Free Press l


 "Pennsylvania Dutch," that curious combination of German, English and Yankee, which since Revolutionary times has developed in parts of Penn- sNlVania and Ohio, is going into the discard. For more than a century it has been growing, just as langua ges always grow. with use. It has cor rupted words. made words. created forms, one might say a grammar of it's oWh. It has not, it is true, pro- duced a literature. But it has been the speech of a considerable number of persons in their homes. It long since ceased to be recognizable as German, and English it never was, In it, students tell us. ar n>&ngled German, English, Welsh, ~. ench and even Gaelic words.
 "Pennsylvania Dutch" has been the dialect of those German disciples of Peter Memo who came to America, some of them in pre-RevolutiOnary days, seeking religious liberty and po- litical freedom. Some of these went into Ohio during Revolutionary days, others into Canada, some as late Gs Civil war days Their religious be- Iiefs contributed to isolation. And they were largely an agricultural peo- pie.
 Now the word has gone forth among the Mennonites that it is no longer patriotic to speak "Pennsylvanla Dutch" and as fast and as thoroughly as possible theso unbefevers in war are dtscarding the speech of their childhood and home associations. The task is not an impossible one for them. since all or nearly all Of them have had some experience in the com mon schools. From among them 5000 young men have gone overseas to
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
Draft and LahOr.
(NoM York Trihune.0

(NeW York Tribune.) The Senate military affairs commit tee stands firm on the proposition that the "work or fight rule shall apply equally to all draft registrants. Why shouldn't it? Mr., Samuel Gompers has protested against the application of the rule to members of labor unions N ho receive deferred classification be- cause they are doing essential work.
 MT. CtOmpars is asking special priv ileges for the labor unions. Secretary Baker has hitherto encouraged him in doing that But special privileges are out of line with the principle of uni versaI military service.
 Senator Thomas made a complete and crushing answer to MT. Gompers' protest when he wrote;
 "Favor and privilege should be un- known, as far as possible in this war. We are not by CXompting certain classes extending favors to them. We are merely utilizing their peculiar abilities in essentially necessary direc- tions As long as they are used their exemption should continue. When they are not used I think it should cease"
 In his report on the new draft bill Senator Chamberlain has also met this plea for exceptional consideration with perfect logic and candor. He says:
 'The provision does not pretend to interfere with the right of any man Co cease labor whenever it plcases him 10 do so, but simply says to him that if he does cease he shall. under such regulations as the president may pr<a- crbe, subject himself to the draft :os though he had not been exempted in the first instance. The justice of this provision. the committee believes, will appeal to the good sense and patriot ism of the whole country"
 There can be no deferred rIassiica~ ton workers who are at the sano time workers. MT. GOmpcrs was misled as to the meaning of the "work or fight injunction. He now has been set right And his own sense of fair ness should make him admit that he has seen a new light.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

dress before the Berlin Chamber of Commerce in May Herr von Kuehl- mann devoted one paragraph to ac- cess to free seas" by the Rhine and Elbe, and a score to ROumania, the Danube, and the Black Sea as Ger man acquisitions. In message to the Prussian lower house in March the Kaiser declared: 'Our victory in the east is one of the gretest successes in the worlds history, the full signifi- canoe of which only our grandChil- dren will rightly appreciate" He was thinking of GermaniZatiOn of the Russian Baltic provinces but also of Asiatic empire. Dr. Jannasch, in an article published the same month, WrOte
 ''The Russian banks and railways can be put into working order again under German supervision, and no tme must be lost in so doing if the Entente Powers are to be forestalled. Germany has never had such an op- portunlty presented to her of expand ing toward the East"
 In the New Europe of July Il Lotus kIetz, Russian subject writ ing about the "Drang mach Osten' by way of the Caucasus and Persia. said:
 'This initiated, Germany could af- ford to vacate France, restore Bel gium and Serbia, sacrifice her colonies, and still win the war; It means even moro than that. A des- pOndent and helpless Russian nation raVaged from within and threatened from without, deserted by those who alone could help her, may, under the influence of German gold and pro- paeanda, slide body and soul into Germany's arms"
 Germany today would gladly quit the field and ratify terms of peace permitting her to work her will in the east, and it is still her belief that she can hold the allied armies in France until they weary of the con- t1ict and their Governments agree to give Germany a free hand in Russia. The official mind may be depressed by the reverses in France, but it dwells longingly, hopefully on the consolation yielded by the dream of ASiatiC empire. Furthermore the German official mind is arrogant enough to believe that the Allies will never be able to shatter that dream, that the war will yet be won by Ger man intrigue, if not by German arms.
 Therefore, to win the war the West ern Allies must defeat Germany in the east as well as in France. Not until then will Germany be beaten and brought to heel. The allied economic, reinforcing, and rallYing expedition to Russia to aid her people to throw off the yoke of Ger many and frustrate German designs is one of the most momentous enter prises of the war. Upon it's success will depend complete victory and en- during peace.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
The German Casualties.
(NeW York Sum-

The war has been on 147S days and the German casualties in the four years have been, according to the es- innate of Marcel Hutin, 6,000,000. This is at the rate of about 4,0O0 casualties a day. Even if none of the wounded returned to the front, the figure would not be satisfactory. Be- fore the war the average annual ln- crease in population in Germany Was 1.41 per cent, or about 2,500 day Even net loss of ,50O men day to the German ranks would not eat a hole in the army fast enough.
 Luckily, however, Huntin's figures cover the whole period of the war. 1t is far more encouraging to note that in the last two months FOch has been killing Germans at the rate of at least 2,00O a day-nOt mere casual tics, but killings. Between Germans dead and Germans made prisoner, he has put at least 5000 Germans day out of the war forever. The German wounded must have numbered at least 1000 day in the last eight weeks.
 This is getting somewhere. When the American army abroad is of the right size the allies will be able to make the daily losses of the Germans so great that even the HOhenznllerns, who want some Germans left to work for them after the war will be ap- palIed. Hitherto they have shown no concern over stricken Germans. the Hohenzollen family being quite safe from injury.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
NapOIcOn's Fame.

(IOrOntO IeleSfan.)
 Debate on the question as to Wheth- CT FCch or Napoleon was the greater soldier should not last five minutes
 The fame of NapOleOn was made ir combat with a rabbie of peasants led by incompetent Austrian aristOcrats.
 There is nothing in the career of Napoleon to indicate that the Napo- leOnic genius would have ever proved equal to the burden that was carried on the broad shoulders of JOffre in 1914.
 FoCh has written his name on the muster roll of mighty soldiers. There is no name on that muster roll greater than the name of JOffre, who had to work out the salvation of the rescue of France in 1914-15 with the help sup piled by Belgium and the British army led by General French. The triumps of NaDOleOn's genius never surpassed the triumph wrought by JOffre and FOch when an invading army of B. 5O0,000 Germans was beaten back from the Marnc by a defensive force of 1,200 900 French soldiers, with their British and Belgian allies.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
WANTED-A, EACFENTAKER.

The attention of merchants in other tities of the commonwealth has al- +eady been drawn in large degree to
 he feud which threatens to split the
 ocal Chamber of Commerce wide bpen. The publicity given the cham Der by the present factional row is bot the kind of publicity New Britain Is in the habit of receiving, and it is hot calculated to add to the prestige bf the local organization.
 To the observer, it appears that the
 fuss began when members of the mercantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce convened to discuss the Auestion of closing stores and shops Monday evenings, in accordance with
 he expressed wish of the State Fuel Administrator, who announced that Bny saving of light or fuel brought About by Monday closings would be welcomed. The story goes that the (ote in the sub committee was close, hnd that the chairman cast the decid- ng vote in favor of retaining the cus- tom of keeping open Monday eve hlngs.
 As a result, we now see one faction hrrayed against the other, with those In favor of closing alleging that the others are unpatriotic in refusing Their cooperation to save fuel, while those in favor of keeping open deny Indignantly that they are unpatriotic hnd affirm their respect for their and for the Chamber of Commerce.
 It would seem that if proper execu- live control were exercised by the Chamber of Commerce, this unfor- tunate division amongst it's members might be eliminated. If it is the sim cere desire of the chamber to assist
 the public, it should find some way to restore harmony, so that the great body of purchasers would not be confused by finding this or that store lopen one Monday evening, and closed the next. What the Chamber of Com Imerce needs is a peacemaker,- |who has the respect of the major Icy of members constituting the two |Eactions,-and who could bring about |a settlement of the issue involved with Adignity and honor for both sides. We ghope the matter will be amicably set |tled before our business men begin |calling one another names. Would it |not be advisable to call a meeting of |all the members of the Chamber of ICommerce and put the question to a vote of the body at large, and thus decide the matter one way or another, |according to the wishes of the major
 ity of those voting2
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
Naval NiCIxnamcS.
Chicago News. }

Curious nicknamos are applied to vessels of the British navy The Ariadne is known as the Hairy An- nie" or "Haggy Agony" the Narcfs-. sus as Nasty Sister," the Cressy as the "Greaser," the Inconstant as the Ink stand" the Iphigenia as the Silly Jane," the Lucifer as the "Matcn Box the Hecate as the He Cat" or The Tom and the Neptune as the Jews Harp"
 In the American navy similar nick names have been used to some extent. The Sassacus was known as the Sassy Cuss,' the Miantonomoh as My Aunt Don't Know You" the Wissahickon as the "Widow Higgins" the Winnebago or perhaps the Wyailusing as we Know She Goes Slow"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
AFTER FOUR YEARS.
Germ nv 1Q1 1SN

(Germany, 1918) God Is not mocked. Thy day draws nigh, When all the world shall pass thee by Remembering thy deeds of dread What blood on Belgium's soil was shed, Serbia's intolerabIe pain, And all the consecrated dead
 Their loved shall never see again. The ruined home and ravished maid, The children whom the cruel blade Pierced to the heart, the women
 thrown Like slaughtered beasts to die alone All the unnumbered agonies And all the infames unknown Shall bring thy porjured soul to Thy sons shall see thee stripped and
 bare Ashes for laurel in thy hair, thing of shame for time to scorn- Yes, they shall wish themselves un-
 born,
 Seeing how 1oathsome is thy face, And how thy foul heart hath for
 sworn
 Or pledge of peace or hope of
 grace. Never in all the years to be Shall thy wronged sisters pardon
 thee Thou still shalt stand disgraced,
 apart, The Iehmael of every heart. / A sign to all men of their hate For such a creature as thou art EXiled, cast out, disconsolate. So memory, a shrieking ghost, Shall bring the pang that rends thee
 most The unacceptable regret. The swift desire that burns thee yet Though thou shalt reach it never
 more Thou owedst the world a heavy
 debt
 And destiny has kept the score! Edward Fuller in New York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
The Greeks in This Country
(Detroit Free PressO


 It is said that in Detroit there are several thousands of the subjects of Greece, which is allied with the en- tente nations. Between their nation and the United States reciprocal draft regulations do not exist. They are not American citizens and hence not amenable to American draft laws Many of them are physically fit for military use. They are in some cases filling jobs once filled by Americans now overseas on the battle line They are not compelled to become citizens. Yet they reap more benefits at less cost than any citizen.
 The injustice of the condition is ap- parent. It illustrates anew the nation al folly of Americans in not requiring aliens to become citizens after a rea- sonable residence period. With sucn a legar requirement nc such situation could arise.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
How About NfainCn

(BostOn Evening Transcript
 For a state which has proudly borne the title of political barometer and btennjalIy has basked all alone in fne political sunshine Of midsummer Maine is making strikincly little noise about the state election which it will hold on Scptem Der g. Perhaps it's people have not the interest in politics they used to have: perhaps the coun- try at large doesn't consider that the down east result will have it's usual significance as an omen for good or evil; perhaps there are those among us who have really adjourned politics, not because someone else told them to do 1t, but because they have something much more important to think about. In any event, all that seems to be gen. erally known of the case of Maine is that a United States senator a gov ernOr, four congressman and various state legislators will be elected, and that, as usual, the democrats and the republicans WhaVe full tickets in the field.
 And yet, there is coming from Maine as there has come from time to time from other partc of the Union, the strange political doctrine which pro- claims that because we happen to be at war and because we happen to have a democratic president, any democrat ic candidate for office, be he ever so humble or unknown, ought to be ch0s- on over any republican be he ever so capable. Show Germany that we in dOrse this War-this same doctrine runs on~--by electing not only sen atOTs and congressman but also state officers of the same political faith as the head Of the nation. It is a doc urine that is as pernicious as it is silly, and it ignores the salient fact that some of the very best support which
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
Compulsory Voting.
Boston Evening Transcript )

TIl J
 The vote in the constitutional con- VentiOn looking toward compulsory voting is, as we write, subject to a possible reconsideration, but the voto of yesterday indicated strong favor of the principle. Let t be noted that this provision does not compel, but merely empowers the legislature to pass a measure to constrain the cleo tor to exercise his privilege or to per form his duty. as it may be regarded. It was well to pass the amendment in this form, Public sentiment is setting, strongly in favor of some form of supervision. on the part of the state. or of the nation, Of this matter. and the legislature should he free to reEu- late it.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20
What Young Persons Can do for AmerlCanIZatlOn

1, Learn the names and know something Of the heroes end great men of immigrant races.
 7, Treat yQur immigrant playmate with the same Ameri- can courtesy that you accord others and avoid racial nick names.
 5. Invite them to your parties With the same freedom that vOu invite others. Have some of them at your home on the great American holidays that thev may understand what they mean.
 Whenever you can, help them with the language and see that they get the right pro- nunciatiOn. Do not laugh at their mistakes
 5. Get them to teach you things about their country and customs; listen to their fairy tales, learn their folk dances with them.
 6. Read the best books by Polish, Italian, Yiddish and other immigrant writers that you may be familiar with the life and old world background of our new Americans.
 '. Arrange school dehates on Amcricaniz2tion topics, such as "Should Language be a Com pulsory Requirement for I'm migrants ?" 'ShOuld the Nat uralization of Foreign-b born Wives be Dependent on the Status of Their Husbands ?"
 8. Make your newly arrived immigrant neighbor enthusi- astic about America and have him learn what it stands for, from a native-bOrn boy or girl rather than from old-WorId friends who have been here a little longer than himself.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

Captain Evans, of the British steamer Penistone, who was taken aboard a submarine which had sunk his vessel and kept prisoner for eight days, was turned adrift and landed at about his experiences he simply ex- claimed "'eavens!"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

In withdrawing from the Senatorial race. Governor Mccall of Massachu- setts said: "The hearts of our people are beyond the seas. Poor time it is to drag out personal claims into the day and shriek out ones virtues to the passerby" A very sage remark which other candidates for public office would do we'll to observe.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

A Swiss traveller, just returned an capital, farmers who have reaped enormous fortunes by selling their crops at fabulous prices, may be seen I've don't come tew town very ofting, but when we do-By Heck"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

The office boy says that if the Gov ernment should tax him on the salary lot of money into the Treasury, but fortunately MT. McAdoo is only con- cerned about the salary a person RE- GENES.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

We had to smile when we read that Spain was reported to have sent an 'ultimatum" to Germany. Don't worry, the Germans will not lose any sleep over the kind of protests sent by the Madrid Foreign Office.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

A Bay State fisherman caught a shark recently with 400 Holsters in side. New York policeman caught bucket-shop shark the other day Der of Holsters.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

September 16 will be General Pershings 58th birthday. Why cant we in New Britain have a program of date and thus do honor to the com- mander-in-ch chief of the American Ex- peditionary Force?
New Britain herald., 1918-08-20

fight the oppressors of their ancestors and the barbarians who threaten their own liberties.
 The banning of Pennsylvania Dutch" is an impressive object lesson to all Americans. Let's all resolve to speak English.