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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
Acts of Heroism Recognized.

venty-four acts of heroism were
recognized by the Carnegie hero fund
commission in it's fourteenth annual
meeting. In seven cases silver medals
were awarded, in IL cases, bronze
medals. Ten of the heroes lost their
lives, and to the dependents of nine
of these pensions aggregating $4,000
a year were granted. In addition to
these money grants, in two cases, 81
1OC was appropriated fer educational
purposes, payments to be made as
needed and approved, and in IL cases
awards aggregating $4,000 were made
for other worthy purposes. Pay
ments in these cases will not be made
until the awards have been approved
by the commission.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03

Fritz became worse nuisance than
ever He was getting fresher and more
careless every day, took all kinds of
liberties with us-thought he was in
vincible.
Then one of our crew got brilliant
idea and we were all enthusiastic to
put it to the test.
Here was his scheme:
When firing my gun, 1 was to play
my tune, and Fritz, no doubt, would
fall for it, try to initiate me as an
added insult. This gunner and two
others would try, by the sound, to To-
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns in trees, in a little
clump of woods to the left of our Gene
terry, and while Fritz was in the middle
of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. By our calculations, it would
take at least a week to pull off the
stunt
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait,
it would be impossible to locate his
special gun, and that's the one we were
after, because they all sound alike, a
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige was hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en-
dure all kinds of insults and fresh re-
marks as to our ability in silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion that Ger
man gun was a sore spot.
Next day, Fritz opened up as usual.
let him fire away for a while and
then butted in with my 'pup-pup-pup-
pup-pup-pup." I kept this up quite a
while, used two belts of ammunition.
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then
he started in; sure enough, he had
fallen for our game, his gun was trying
to initiate mine, but, at first he made a
horrible mess of that tune. Again l
butted in with few bars and stopped.
Then he tried to copy what I had
played. He was good sport all right,
because his bullets were going away
over our heads, must have been firing
into the air. / commenced to feel
friendly toward him.
This duet went on for five days.
Fritz was a good pupil and learned
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
cnrnmeal in Honduras.

Because of the marked success OF
recent governmental and private eff
forts to promote the production OF
more cereals during the period of the
war. writes Consul Walter f. Boyle,
Puerto Cortes, an American company
has imported and erected the first mill
for the milling of cornmeal. This was
purchased in the United States and
has been erected at San Pedro, Sula,
Honduras. 1t is small equipment,
but marks the beginning Of new In
dustry.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
Showing How Fritz Is Fooled.

rapidly, in fact, got better than his
teacher. I commenced to feel jealous.
When he had completely mastered the
tune, he started sweeping the road
again and we clicked it worse than
ever. But he signed his death warrant
by doing so, because my friendship
turned to hate. Every time he fired he
played that tune and we danced.
The boys in the battalion gave US
the "Ha! Haw They weren't in on
our little frameup.
The originator of the ruse and the
other two gunners had Fritz's location
tapped to the minute; they mounted
their two guns, and also gave me the
range. The next afternoon was set for
the grand finale.
Our three guns, with different eleva-
tons, had their fire so arranged, that,
opening up together, their bullets
would suddenly drop on Fritz like a
hailstorm.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed "pup-pupping" that tune. I blew a
sharp blast on whistle, it was the sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose and
Fritz's gun suddenly stopped in the
middle of a bar. We had cooked his
goose, and our ruse had worked. After
firing two belts each, to make sure of
our job, we hurriedly dismounted our
guns and took cover in the dugout. We
knew what to expect soon. We didn't
have to wait long, three salvos of
"whiZZ-bangs" came over from Fritz's
artillery, a further confirmation that
we had sent that musical machine-gun-
ner on his Westward-bound journey.
That gun never bothered US again.
We were the heroes of the battalion,
our captain congratulated us. said it
was neat piece of work, and, conse-
quently, we were all pulled up over the
stunt.
There are several ways Tommy uses
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
macy AMI HIS COMRADES MAKE THEIR MACHINE
~ GINS PERFORM SOME MARVELLOUS TRICKS.

sropsisFired the sinking of the Lutana WIN Inc, st
American living IN Jersey City,
ENGLAND and private in the BRUSH army. Alter
officer in London ne is sent TO
snort in france where the sound of big guns ana
W M naintane Coolies" After brief period OF training
nanv is sent the fronine trenches where ne taxes
rn on the while the bullets whz overhead mpey
corade falls death turks always In the trencnes.
detngishes rescuing wounded men under not
has experience as trench digger
~ NJ Mans Land Exciting experience on listening post detail Tx
III W duty. Back in rest bilets Empey
% and stages play Once more in the front trenches
ne goes the top in successful Dat cosby aacA Oh e
German lines
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03

Real economy knows no politics.
This was shown when Senator Thomas
was conducting his lonesome fgnt
against the new pension bill. THE
situation" according to Senator Thorn
as, presents one bill from the house,
championed by Democrat and an
other in the senate, championed by
Republican, and seemingly involves the
problem as to which Of the two parties
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
Perverslty.

.Wby does Bliggins insist on talk
;no7 He knows his remarks make
peorle angry"
eyes. But that's the part Oh Il tiia'
he seems to enjoy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03

Empey is assigned to the
intelligence department, but
finds it is not the "soft" snap
that he anticipated. The next
instaiIment tells of some Of his
experiences in his new job as a
spy-catcher.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
Gas a Fiendish Weapon

No more fiendish weapon of warfare has ever
been devised, than the gas first used IN tne
approaches 1t in the horrible suffering 1t causes
the victims except the LIQUID fire, also intro
duced by the Germans. The bomb, the bullet
and the shell are merciful beside them, .
The Germans began the use of poisonous gas
in warfare April %, 1915, Notwithstanding their
signature to the following clause in the deelara-
ton of The Hague:
The contracting parties agree not to use
WReh have we f9e ths sog a 10
The ink hardly dry on the paper when
German chemists received Instructions secret
but precise, from the imperial government, while
all other peoples, civilized or even half barbar-
Gus, held themselves bound by their word,
The lung destroying war weapon was first put
in use against the French in Belgium. yellow
smoke, coming from the German trenches and
driven by the north wind, swept down on the
line. Hundreds of men fell asphyxiated writhing
in frightful pain. A similar attack followed
against the British.
Field Marshal French's report said
The effect of the poisonous vapors was so
violent that all action was made impossible over
sions"
Hundreds of men fell asphyxiated writhng in
frghtful pain. Others stupefied and staggering,
coughing streams Of blood, fell back in all haste
out Of the zone of the gas. The horrors of those
Of the gas in their fruitless effort to break
through to Calais never have been forgotten.
Pereival Landon writing in the London Times,
"A breath Of the gas was like a wolf at the
throat like hot ashes. in, the Windppe, Dazed
and maddened with pain, the coughing and
gasping crushed their life preserving pads
over mouth and nose. But the first gulp has
penetrated their unprotected lungs"
It is estimated that almost 20 per cent of the
men in a gassed trench die of the effects and
80 per cent Of the men who live through the
attack will be permanently disabled by it, Their
lungs and bronchial passages have been cut to
pieces. More horrible than death permanent
injury lis the horrible suffering inflicted. Men
gassed often die after days Of coughing-days
which
which they cough until their lungs are flooded
by the water produced by the irritation, SO that
they drown slowly
There are at least three different gases used
by the Germans The new gas is delivered
either from hose, in the old fashion, from
bursting shells.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
FARGO FAR FROM ASLEEP.

You fellows out through the state who
have your coats off already, working for
John Steen for governor and for the Minot
tiek% and platform, don't get the idea
that Fargo~is asleep on the question.
! Before another week is over, Fargo will
have Republican club organized, active,
and thoroughly alive, and it won't take
anybody's dust.
s. There are several hundred voters in
Fargo just waiting for such an organiza-
ton, and ready to get into the thick of the
fight. Anyone who thinks Fargo is luke
warm or Indifferent, will be permitted to
make one more guess. Fargo voters have
their '"backs up'' and their minds set on
a. house cleaning and it looks like stormy
weather ahead for carpet baggers, Social
lists, I. W. w, and jail birds.
! = Fargo voters, leaguers and non-leaguers,
Republicans and Democrats, are going to
vote as they shoot this year. They want
TO make it unnecessary in June to combine
ON s.. j. Doyle in November. They want to
eliminate the loyalty issue now.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
GOOD WORKI

h The state council Of defense sends word
to The Forum that more than 100 appli.
cations have been received for permission
to seed idle land with fax.
= These applications cover tracts of land
ranging from forty acres to a section. I'm.
der the terms, 10 per cent Of the gross
revenue goes to the owner the first year,
and the man who breaks the land has the
right to SOW it to wheat next year and
retarn rs per cent to the owner.
&c is fair deal for both owner and
tenant, and it may result in from 10000
to 10000 acres of land that would other
wise be idle, being seeded with fax, which
the government sorely needs.
It's good work. Keep it up for ten
days more.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31

Corporal Earl ], Douglass, clins
Privates Dave Anderson, PIaques
mine, La; Clay Berlin, New York
city; Andrew III. CoWan, Belmont,
Mich; Wesley j. Evans, Dallas
Texas; Robert Havey, Rustburg,
va; Victor Earl johnson, Weyers
hausAr, Wis; Richard Murray,
Round, S. c.; Lester m. Nelson, l0l2
w. Seventh ST., Mankato, MINI;
william Threnaer, Eagle Mills. Ark
Died OF Wounds.
Private Charlie Better, Alexandria
Severely Wounded.
Rrivates Henry ellison, Phtladei-
nflia, Pa; VIM, Guest, scottdalet Pa;
Geo, r.. Hally, Rexbury Mass;
Abraham Kniberg, Raxbury, Mass;
Harry F. MeGann, Dover, n. H.;
Edw, Q. Maggie, Cambridge, Mays;
VIM. III. Nelson, Oxford, WIS., Geo.
F. Richardson, Jr., Manchester, ~,
H; Byron w. Vanness, Minneapolis,
Nina; Abraham Kniberg, Rezpary,
Mass,
Privates Roe a, Ralo, Columbus
Ohio; Earl L. Lewis, Tryenvtlle, Pa;
Missins in Action.
Lieutenant EdW. A. Keenre, HeehT
CORPORAL Geo. N, williams. Hep-
dersen, KY; Private JOS. III. Brown,
West Newbrtghten, S. T., N. z,
Prisoner previously reported MISS
ingl: Lieut., Jas, A. Crawford, War
saw, N. Y.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
CHOSE THE WRONG TARGET.

Had the mentally diseased Waukesha
school teacher confined her shooting activ-
tiles to the man in the case, she would have
stood much better chance Of lenient
treatment at the hands of the jury.
But in this instance she departed from
the usual course in such affairs and shot
the other woman, whose only offense was
that she happened Ito be the lawful wife
of the man.
sentimentality might have gone far
enough to justify an acquittal if she had
turned her weapon ON the man in the case,
but even an American jury refused to shut
it's eyes to deliberate murder of another
woman. The curious spectators who
crowded the court room and wept tears of
sympathy for the prisoner, might drop a.
few for the murdered wife.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
The Day

BY Juliet WiIhor TompESlna OF THE VigiIaRtes,
It will come some day-do you realize it? On
some one glorious day the enemy will cry Kan
arad!" in good earnest, and there will be peace.
Picture that day. The crowds in the streets
are going about their business, the Red Cross
rooms are humTning with work the thousand
activities are grinding at full speed, every
mother and father is facing the morning with a
heart braved for loss, every loyal citizen Is a.
his post of service; and suddenly-the news!
The crowded avenues turn white; all up and
down their length they have blossemed white
with the open newspapers that have magically
sprung into everyones outstretehed hands. EV-
erybody in the long, stopped stream Of hui
mantty holds newspaper or reads his neigh.
everybody strange hands clasp, strange eyes,
meeting, overflow; and there is just first
taqgsh not triumph ooa nor NovSeg 9
home!" And the second thought will be, We've
done 1t! We've put 1t through"
And then, standing there. they begin to sing,
the men with barred heads they send up such
a song as the skies have never heard since time
was-"Glory, glory, ujah!"-Praise God,
from whom all blessings fowl" The melting pot
is slow process-that song will melt all into
blood brothers at the first chord. Oh, how they
will sing, those standing men and women! And
churches. into the cathedrals-for when man has
been granted the supreme boon, he must fall
on his knees, whether he, knows God or not. And
who rises up from that silence will ever
lose it's mighty vibration
That day Is not q vision; 1t is coming as
surely as tomorrow? Or will you put it Off for
Every effort, every dollar, you give to service,
shortens the waiting. If all gave all they could
the day could not hold back another hour, When
you buy the thing you most want you are not
conscious Of sacrifice in paying the sum de-
manded. Fix your eyes on the day--the day
when the avenues will suddenly blossom white
with so burning an urgency that you viii come
running with its price,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
HARMONY IS RESTORED.

When our only two living ex-presidents
met in the dining room of Chicago hotel
the other day, shook hands, and sat down
for friendly chat, it marked the termin-
alton of an estrangement Of six years
standing. ~ - .
Their quarrel severed one Of the warm
est Friendships that ever existed between
two men Of great prominence in America.
Ut was based on genuine personal afec-
ton, and it didn It seem to be a psyeholog-
zeal possibility for the quarrel to continue
indefinitely. Mr.. Taft, with his kindly good
nature, his keen and humorous sanity, and
Mn. Roosevelt, impetuous and emotional,
afa not Of. the type to hold grudges.
09 course the first thought in the minds
of millions who read the report, was that
GIG breach in the Republican party was
healed. That may be an important de-
slepraent Of the future, but the interest
ae angle Of the incident now, is the hui
man part Of it. Both men have been de-
voting az their energies to the winning of
tae va Some may object that Mr..
RoQssvelt's efforts have brought dues.
ZOO Bla results, but BIT least nobody has
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
Death KneIl OF sIapstick Humor
sidney Drew h Film F1,n.


We can't escape the fact that we're all human,
and it is the humanity Of us, rather than the
Nmonkeyshines, that makes the most lasting ap-
peal The best hurnor like the best art in all
other FORMS gives the keenest pleasure. Film
hu1aor means life in its duainter aspects trans
lated in terms on the screen. Hunors we are
told. is distinguished from wit by greater SYM
pathy. geniality and pleasantly. Therefore, we
must laugh together. not at each other, to obtain
the hunnor that is balm to the heart and not a
hurt.
Not only is film hurnor mors than making
faces: from my point OF view IL does not cons
sist at all n making faces. Hunor, like other
forms OF art, consists In holding the mirror
Up to nature, the only difference being that we
do not always allow nature to dress for dinners
we sometimes catch her with krnono on and hair
An, curl papers, when she expects to see no one
more important than the icenan On the other
hand some people ere just as funny IA evening
clothes as others are before breakfast The prirl.
cipal thing, after all about film huoE is to rec
ognize 1t when you see 1t. You must have a
sense OF hurnor before you carr have q sense Of
film hunnor. The producer must recognize d
humorous idea In manuscript or in real life,
must know how to develop lit after having
seen II, and must be capable Of registering that
humor on the screen. And sometimes he also
needs g. sense Of humor when he watches his
finished product On the screen, There are many
humorous angles 10 film hurnor, and llo one
needs sense az hpn1or to- appreciate oil these
angles more than u film hnnorist himself
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
In Russia Conscience Is Dead
soIaheviki Motto "PiIIaea Whatever There lie {

BoIsheViki Motto "Pase Whatever There Is 70
PiIIaee," Says Gorky.
Maxim Gorky in The Petrograd Zhizn.
In Russia conscience is dead, The Russian
people, in fact, have lost all sense of right and
wrong. "Filage whatever there is to pillage'
Such is the motto Of the two groups Of Bolshev-
Xxi The Red Guards, constituted to attack the
counter revoutionaries, shoot without trial any
one whom they suspect. Pillage in all it's forms
Ia the only thing which is organized In Pet
rograd every Belshevist citizen may share In the
spoil The churches, museums. shops and stores
are robbed.
IN the provinces stiu more tragic events are
taking place. Almost incredible demands are
made upon the population at a few hours notice.
The Crimea is undoubtedly the province which
has suffered most The sailors Of the Black Sea
fleet brutally murdered several hundreds Of their
officers and repeated these barbarous outrages
in several towns where they also murdered
political prisoners The scenes were such as to
cause several cases of insanity among the terror
lied population. The slaughter continues and
shooting is rife in the towns.
Amid the chaos the Social Revolutionaries are
rising against the Bolsheyiki. Everything is at
skies and sevens. One asks, what will be the
final outcome of this convulston? Lenine alone
appears to be unnnoved. He still counts on the
help which he expects to obtain from the social
revolution which he declares will very soon break
out in Berlin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

To the young men graduating from high
school this summer and eager to enlist in
the military service, the government has a
message.
1t says to these youths: "You can serve
your country by going to college as well
as by enlisting Immediately. Going to
college does not take from you the oppor
tunity to serve in a military capacity, for
you will be permitted and urged to join
the u. S. army college training units which
will be formed. You are liable to service
at a moments notice, but you will be ex-
peeted to remain in college until called"
The young man who is contemplating a
college course therefore should not change
his plans. He must register for the draft
as he comes of age, and if he enrolls in the
new college training course he is serving
his government in the way the government,
wants to be served.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
Our First Fighting Family

More than 100000 persons named Smith are in
the government list Of soldiers. sailors and ma
rtnes and their beneficiartes
oliths
Can they match the army Of the Smiths, Smiths,
There's Atty Smith from Alabam'
And Billy Smith from Butte.
And Clarry Smith from Cofferdarn,
AS scrappy at Ute,
And Danny Smith, who says II am
One onery galoot" s. -.
There's Eddie Smith Of SGississtp,
And frankie Smith Of Mass, e
And George Smith, whose dexter grip
No German can surpass, ~
And big Hank Smith who loves to dip
His nose in poison gas!
There's lazy Smith from old Manhat',
And John j. Smith Of Maine, ga...
And Kansas Smith from off fIat
And thirsty Western plain, a
And Larry Smith, whose habitat
Was mid the sugar camel
See Smiths named Moses, Matt and Mike.
Napoleon, Nat and NedI
orestes Smith is on the hike,
With Patrick Smith ahead,
And Qutntius snnith, o chap like,
BY Rollo Smith y led!
Bold sammy Smith Of skag-u-ay
Ranks Tommy Smith OF Troy;
Ulysses Smith Of Put-In Bay
Greets Victor Smith with joy,
And While Smiths intense "Hoorayl@
shows he's no momner's hoyl
Here's XeFxea snaith, who, by his name.
A eouqueEeP must be,
And YankeI Smith, who left his dame
East OF the BeweTy,
And hot Zach Smith 10 IN the game .t.ss
For ~, s., you ana mel
Foolish 1oemenl think you freedoms sons ere
Look upon the legion oe the Smiths szaiths.
En6iths
Johu o'Igeefe ii TAe rev YORK world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-31
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
Ing Up With North Dakota Editors

The New York Times:
Times alter tunes. When England began to
talk OF bombing open German towns in reprisal
for London air raids a pharisaic outburst in this
country denounced the bare brutal thought the
wekn rang with the righteous protests Of the
safe and superior. But we are not three theus-
and miles away from the war today; rumor per-
sists that American prisoners are being cruelty
treated in German camps, and the cry for
prsals bids fair to be as loud as was the pro-
test against them, the elamorers now insisting
though some new discovery, that
prisal in this sense is not actuated by feelings
Of anger or revenge, but by justifiable desire
to protect our own men. This is precisely what
reprisal has always been. Retaliation" reads
our own Instructions for the Armies of the
United States, will never be resorted to
measure Of mere revenge, but only as q means
of protective retributton." England has but
Gently notified the German government of her
intention to put measures of reprisal into opera
ton in protest against the inhuman treatment
which English prisoners have been receiving
in German camps, but the motive is nothing so
puerte as spite, The only possible argument
against reprtsals is that they do not accomplish
their purposes II the employing of German pris-
oners on work within the 19-mile zone behind
the firing line does not force the German gov
eminent to adhere to its agreement of April,
1917, in regard to British prisoners, then this
particular act Of reprisaI will have proved
useless, but no amount Of moral specializing can
decide the matter.