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The evening world., 1918-03-20

The Rev. Father Louis J. Kustcrs OF
KocKsway y, j. died IN the Dover. n.
J., GencrAlIliospttsl yesterday after an
Hines. of a few hours. Father kusters
was born A. ROCrmonl. Holland and
studied tRcoogy At Louyain. RelglIm-
where he Was a classWnfe Of R.shop
O'Connor OF the Diocese ~ Newark nj.
spoke read aai wrote Nurutly nine mod 10
'rn Languages. Mrs Henry Leroy ot
hrooklyn, sister ana another sister In
Holland, survive him,
The evening world., 1918-03-20
Russian warahips Rt Odessa Escape
From GermRns.

WASHINGTON. March 2O.-Rus-
sian warships at Odessa escaped 10
Sebastopol when the Germans took
Odessa, according to a despatch TO
tho State Department to-day from
American Consul Summers at Moscow,
Recent press dispatches quoted Ber-
lin authorities as declaring that fif-
teen ships were taken when the city
was oCcunied.
The evening world., 1918-03-20
TWO BRITISH FLYERS KILLED.
Meet Death in Texas I'm Spinning
Nose Dive.

FORT WORTH, Tex March 90
Lieut., r., j. Burley of Toronto, Ont,
h, +, G., and w. Miles, mechanic, Of
London England, were killed here
when an airplano fell 500 feet in .
spinning nose dive.
The machine was plloted by Lieut.
Burley.
The evening world., 1918-03-20
coNvIcTS ASKED FOR FARMS.

JACKSON. Mich. March 20
Warden Frensdorf asked Gov. Sleeper
to-day to parole seventy conyicts
from the penitentlary here to work
on farms. Farmers have applied to
hin 10 convict labor. he said.
The evening world., 1918-03-20
PRESIDENT PRAISES
DAVIES'S PATRIOTISM;
HOPES FOR SUCCESS
Letter 10 Democratic Candidate in
Wisconsin Says Acid Test
Proved His Loyalty.

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Joseph
Davies, successful candidate in the
Wisconsin primaries for the Demo-
cratic Senatorship nomination, has
resigned as a member OF the Federal
Trade Commission. President Wilson.
in accepting the resignation, wrote a
letter expressing his hope for Dayscs's
success at the polls on April 2. The
letter follows:
MY Dear Mr.. Davies: This ac-'
knowledges your letter of March IL.
II is with sincere regret that | ac-
cept your resignation as a member Of
the Federal Trade Commission, but |
must commend tho patriotic impulse
which urges this action on your part.
May / not express to you my warm
appreciation Of your sympathetic CO.
operation during the early part of this
administration in bringing about the
adoption Of all those measures of re-
form which We had promised the peo-
pie and which ! have an abiding con-
idence will ultimately rebound to
their lasting benefit?
May l also add word OF thanks
to you for your steadfast loyalty and
patriotism during that trying period
before we were thrust into the war.
while TO avoid becoming involved
therein every effort was being made
aggressively to assert and fearlessly
TO maintain American rights?
THE McLemorc resolution, the en-
barge issue, and the armed neutral
ity measure presented the first oppor-
tunities to apply the acid test in our
country TO disclose true loyalty and
genuine Amcrlcanism. It should al
ways be a source Of much satisfaction
to you that on these crucial PROPOSE
tions you proved true.
Assuring YOU OF my high regard,
and with hearty good wishes for your
success in whatever you may under
take. / am
The evening world., 1918-03-20
Cordially yours.
WOODROW WILSON.

Democratic headquarters here to-
day announced a long list Of speak
ers who will campaign In Wisconsin
In behalf OF Davies. It includes Vice
President Marshall. Assistant Secre-
tary OF Agriculture Carl S. Vrooman.
Gov. Cox OF Ohio, Henry Morgenthau.
former Ambassador to Turkey. and
Bainbridge Colby Of New York.
The evening world., 1918-03-20
TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING.

"I bought tube of disappearing
cream fol toilet purposes aud left i,
right here on my dressing table"
'vWcll?'
81 guess the maid approved OF 1t, /,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
The Murder Of The Mayor
Of Aershot

The Red Cross Magazine for May contains
q graphic account OF the murder of the mayor
Of the little Belgian town of Aerschot. Helen
Barrett Rublee, the author, tells how, after the
city was sacked and the women driven out, the
mayor, with his wounded 16-year-old son and
some 40 prominent citizens were led away TO
be executed. ....--
ward the group. The burgomaster. in last i'm
pulse OF love and pity for his son., in, final
effort to save him. said to the officer, in q voice
very calm and Low, If We are condemned, spare
at least this child, my son. that he may take
care of his mother, my wife," These were his
last words. THE last words" says the account,
of O man whose entire career was that of a
loyal citizen, conscientious In his duties and the
accomplishment of his difficult functions, a
model father both to his children and to his
fellow citizens. Tho officers replied briefly that
his request was impossible and gave the order
to march The prisoners were taken several
hundred yards away to the foot Of q, little hill
There the group stopped. The condemned ones,
still CAIN kneIt on the ground and waited
braVely for death. The soldiers formed in O.
half circle around them, an under officer, sword
in hand waited impatiently the final order. A
brief word Of command, sword raised, the
quick, sharp report from several guns. and the
three victims fell forward on the earth, one on
top Of the other. The under officer advanced
toward the confused mass to separate the bodies,
and to see il O. spark OF life still remained in
any Of them. The young boy moved slightly.
A pistol shot finished the work. and that was
ALL"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
PLEASANT READING.

Bohemian troops are deserving
from Austria and joining the Ital,
ians.''
Prisoners of Rumanian blood
taken by the Italians from the Aus
trian army, are asking permission to
fight against Austria
"Austria is seething with revolt,
and the revolution may be expected
as soon as the German offensive is
definitely checked"
Such dispatches make pleasant reading
Of course, and probably they are based on
facts, although the third statement is
nothing more than correspondent q
opinion.
AS long as America doesn't let such re-
ports lull her into false sense Of seeur-
ity, they will do no harm, and they sound
good, They should be viewed merely as
evidence that Germany can be beaten and
beaten this year, if America makes big
enough effort. ......
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
Other Men Is Views
An Editorial That May or May Not Square
With The Views Of The Forum

The Minneapolis journal: The armies in
FLANDERS and France lie intricatey coiled like
strict each other. After each tremendous effort,
the opponents fall again into deadlock, as they
did successfully following the MaFns. the tive
Loos and Lens, Of the Champagne, Of Verdun. of
the somme, OF AEras and Messines, OF the
Chemin des Danes, of Paschendaeie, OF Cam
brai 1t would seem to be abundantly demon
Btrated that real decision cannot be reached
through infantry and artillery battles, whether
of the trench variety or, in the open field.
But new factor is observed. General Foch
ascribes to the intervention Of the airrnen the,
saving of the battle for Amlens. These fiers
actually fought, sweeping low abNye German
columns and using their machine guns also
camps and occupied towns They hindSred the
German advance and killed or wounded many
Huns. ,,..,.E.. .+,st-
The new use of airplanes was made possible
by an Anglo French victory in the air. which
actually cleared the skies above the combat q
all Boche hiers. The Apglo-F French cavalry Of
the air became an offensive power, not merely q
gatherer Of intelligence. While the German
army may be able to match artillery with artil-
lery and infantry with infantry, he cannot COM
pete successfully in the air. And the air. mas
terry of it, use of it, spells victory for US and de-
Furthermore on the Ficardy battlefield the
most devastating weapon of the war was discoy-
cred to be the bomb dropped from the airplane..
This offensive power of the airplane has deyel-
oped until the side that masters the air has the
chance to achieve victory and to end the war
The German has not been able to challenge
the Allies' command of the seas. He has only
been able TO maintain a. deadlock upon the lanu
la the West. But he has lost is losing, or will
lose the command Of the air. In the air the
Allies win perform the naa9euyers Of victory.
depots dumps supplies rails factoriesl Bomb
Essen and the Kruppsi Bomb German general
headquarters! Bomb Cologne, coblentz. Dussel-
dorf the cities on the Ruhr Bomb Hanover,
Stuttgart, Frankfort, Munich! Bomb Hamburg,
Magdeburg, Leipzig Dresden! Bomb Berlin
Make Germany a land OF cratersl Make living
inside Germany worse than Germans have made
living inside Belgium, Serbia, Poland, Alsace,
northern FFAncel
Fight the Devil with his own weapons Make
the skies OF God armament be wrath for the
Hun for his cattle and his hoeks. for his man
servant and his maid servant, for his OK and his
ass for himself and all his kiEldf
Carry the war honle by airplane to those who
made the Warl THUS the suffering world viii
get psaca
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
THE CRIMES OF BoYHooD.

Almost any normal man, looking back
upon his boyhood, trembles at times over
the narrow escapes he has had from be-
coming a criminal, not because Of any
criminal intent, but from sheer thought
lessness and responsibility.
The derailment of the Northern Pacific
passenger train, near Casselton, by two
small boys who wanted to see real train
wreck, is a shocking reminder Of how
close the average boy may be at times to
committing some thoughtless, needless act
that endangers human lives or property.
These two lads were not moral perverts,
and probably not much different from
other boys Of their age, but they escaped,
only by miracle, being the murderers Of
scores of men and women.
The Casselton incident should jolt many
q father into realizing anew the import
anco of studying what is in his boys
mind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
SANITY IN CENSORSHIP.

Some signs of returning sanity in the
methods of handling casualty lists, are
evidenced by the government, probably
due to the intervention of President Will
son himself. It is announced that ad-
dresses will again be published.
Without the addresses Of the soldiers,
the casualty lists were not only useless
but a positive cruelty to hundreds of
thousands of American fathers and moth
ers. civilian Smith" is reported
wounded, killed or missing. There are
probably a thousand William Smiths"
in the army, and the anxiety is multiplied
a thousand times
The units have been so broken up that
publication of addresses could give enemy
spies here little information as to the
troops engaged, and if further safeguards
are needed the lists might be held back
for week or ten days. ..
But casualty lists without addresses are
worse than no casualty lists at all.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
TO THE LAST FARMER.

Unlike the virtue of Caesars wife, the
patriotism Of Mr.. A. G. Townley seems
destined to be repeatedly questioned.
Within the classic walls which have
echoed back the oratofy Of the silver
tongued Clay, and resounded with the bril-
liant phrases Of Webster, the peerless
prince of the $16 head hunters, tossed back
his raven locks and faced his accusers
Wednesday.
His loyalty had been questioned.
He proved that the farmers Of North
Dakota were loyal
The patriotism of his henchmen had been
doubted.
He proved beyond the seintilla OF doubt,
that the farmers Of Minnesota were loyal.
1T had been charged that he and his paid
workers had been arrested for disloyalty,
sedition, and obstrueting the draft.
He proved that only two Of them had
been convicted as yet, and that the farmers
Of South Dakota were loyal
He was accused Of supporting MIR. Lind
l1ergh who wrote very silly and very In
discreet book about the war.
He proved that the farmers Of Montana
were loyal
After all the charges had been exhausted,
Mr.. Townley still had the farmers Of Yukon
Territory and the District Of Columbia to
fall back upon.
He showed his determination to defend
his honor and his patriotism to the last
farmer. It was superb. 1t was Homer1c.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
TIE MINOT TICKET.

That ticket picked at Minot Wednes-
day, can be nominated without a break,
just as it stands, if the people Of North
Dakota who are sick of Townleyism put
one-haH the energy into the fight that Mr..
T0wnley and his paid workers do. The
Townley employees ara working for their
bread and butter, Of course, but the rest Of
tua have o prinGiple and a government to
work for, which may. be as great an in
ycentiva as even bread and butter.
Study tha& tickets
/ John gtaen, 'tths man who beat Casey, ="
/ Is farmer, clean, honest, capable and
loyal. His farm was selected as the model
for the Norwegian centennial.
"A. T. Kraabel, candidate for lieutenant~
governor, is q banker and farmer at Cliff
| ford and has served term in the senate.
George Homnes is an attorney who has
made record On the Judiciary committee
OF the house. H.. y.
j. M. Still is q farmer and president Of
the cooperative elevator company at
Beach. He is the man who interrupted
.TOwnley in the midst OF an insult to the
American flag and told him he would
neyer speak in that building again.
John N. George is grand councillor Of
the u. c. 4. for the state.
d. r. Ely is president of Labor's Loyal
Legion for the state and railroad en-
gineer.
Adolph Wacker is real estate dealer
at Washburn.
o. j. Fisk was formerly district
iudge, and later . Judge Of the state su-
preme court.
Alexander Mcdonald ID farmer and
former land commissioner.
De r. johnson, present railroad COM
missioner and candidate for reelection,
Was formerly president Of the state society
of equity.
Minnie j. Nelson is county superin-
tendent Of schools for Barnes county, and
formerly president of the North Dakota
federation of women's clubs.
Judge Wick is probate judge Of Penn
bina county.
SO the ticket goes. There isn't man
oa the ticket even remotely connected
with big business
There isn't professional Office seeker.
There isn't one who isn't a 100 per cent
American There ism one the Townley
press dare attack openly
ticket tksat cen win and will win.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
ing Up With North Dakota Editors

The Kildeer Tribune isn't going to accep
ready made opinions about the new Lincoln Re.
publican league, and says so. as follows:
We received q letter this week from the
National Nonpartisan league at St. Paul.
telling US the weak points OF the newly or
ganized Lincoln Republican league OF North
Dakota, We have read a lengthy editorial
taken from The Bismarck Palladium, with
much interest, but not much concerning the
new league The editorial was merely
knocking the executive committee and as
league In mention, we are unable to state
our opinion of it, However. IL 1t is organ
ICED for the betterment OF the people in
general we would like TO see 1t succeed. 1t
won't have to travel very fast to double dis
count the Nonpartisan League leaders on
patriotic standpoint and that lis the one
real measure in this coming campaign--the
other things viii take care OF themselves
The Valley city Times Record has this dis.
cussion Of the Irish question:
Home rule and conscriptton for Ireland
The friends OF Great Britain are not en-
joying the long delay in granting the justice
of home rule, through recognizing the good
will OF the present British government and
realizing that Ulster rather than England
Is the greatest obstacle
On the. other hand friends OF ireland
seem to take such an attitude that the au-
thorities have not dared to extend conscrip-
ton there. for fear OF a rebellion leaving Ire
land the only place under parliamentary
thousands upon thousands of Irishnien have
volunteered and none have fought more
bravely.
This is not England's fight alone II it
ever was, it is that no longer. III is Great
BTitain's fight, 1t lis Ireland'a light &c tn
Americas hght---it lis the fight of every land
and people that loves liberty and does not
wish to see II perish from the face bf the
earth.
Il Lloyd George has home rule plan.
based on the work OF the Irish convention,
that will settle this question for all time and
bring ireland into the struggle for world lib
I ii
& glad day for areland, Gor Britain and Tor
the world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03

been in the trenches in the sector
held by the men of Uncle Sam are
absorbed and passed around. True,
they sometimes grow in the telling
and perhaps some of them are
exaggerated by the chap from the
front. But in the telling one is
struck by several things,
, First: The men back from the
trenches seem changed. Seems that
q more serious something has inn
printed itself aon faces. Second;
there is little or no bravado. The
fellow who comes back for a visit
with his old comrades knows the
boys are Interested in what he has
been lucky enough to be in or out
Of, and the front life has become a
matter OF fact to him. Third; there
is a determined expression about the
eyes and the mouth that seems to
snap together a bit tighter and the
jaws seems a little more pronounced.
1t Is q psychological change that has
been effected in an inexpIicabie man
ner. a, .f,-.s .s..7
Here is the thought which seems
to be pre-eminent,
"When 1t IL Over"
We are glad that we are over
here, for we should not want to miss
any Of the experiences, thrilling,
grinding, funny, saddening, or what
ever manner they be. And there is
one thought which seems to stand
out above all others-when this war
is over and peace shall again pre-
vail over the earth we shall have SO
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03

much more to be thankful for, so
much more to live for, and, placing
all Of the hardships. and there have
been enough OF them, on the shelves
Of memory to be taken therefrom
busted and shown only at rare in
tervals, when the blot OF German
Kultur has been eventually effaced
from this earth and our martial la
bors shall have ended, we shall truly
know how to appreciate the bounti-
full goodnesses that are allotted the
majority OF mortal men in this ex-
istence. Then, all OF the petty little
nothings which once doomed so iT.-
pregnable in the pathway OF our dee
sires and happiness, but which in
retrospectiorl now seem to be so In
finitesnnil, shall be but things to
go around with smile; to ignore
as training shall have taught us, that
the average pereson knows naught
whatsoever OF real trouble. tits a.
truth indeed that when we shall re-
turn home it will be with hun
dred thousand, new ideas on how to
live.
Don't imagine by that that the
boys care hang about the troubles.
They eat 'em up and look for the
next batch and plan retaliation on
the Germans when they finally get
their turn at the front.
I told you in the above something.
of the ideas the boys over here have
the war and the happen
ings OF each day The morale of the
American soldier perhaps is
by the fact that disci-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03

I'd q + 3 = u Il
Fifteen new seaplanes arriving ait u. y
s. aviation station (abOve) and
boyle load of fourteen.inch shells
piling up in an American muni-
tions factory.
for -3,260,O0o,OOo rounds. Last month
production reached 270, 100000 rounds.
8. Machine gun production will not
reach the designated production until
July. To the troops $4,000 machine
guns have already been delivered.
machine guns of various types DIM
culttes arose in creating plant capa-
city for this production, but by July
&. 600 machine guns will be produced
Colonel nIcRoberts has said that,
the total contracts in the ordnance
department last year ran little over
not only are the attacks made upon
General Crozier, the ordnance chief,
wholly unjust. but that General CrJ-
zier has made larger single contri--
button 70 the material side OF the war
than any other man.
The 100000 American airplanes' SO
eagerly awaited In France, are build
ing with as gratifying q rapidly, ae-
cordiflg to those in closest touch with
the situation here and planes Of every
type are already on the way. Al feet
of the seaplaneB that are found to be
an efGectiya weapon against the cub
best cards.
The swarm OF American planes that
Is soon to be fighting IN france Will
not be used for air raids over the
civilian population OF the foe, but
their activity will be almost entirely
confined TO tlle lighting front. The
need of American planes at the front
and the use that VIII be made OF them
ia well understood by those who are
iairecting the growth OF America
great air fleet and every Yankee
flyer viii be engaged not IN terrpria-
Ing civilians, bit IN nasfentnE the,
Victorious end Of the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03

! I ! Z J y q
WaBhington.--The recent statements
of government officials regarding the
speed with which munitions. planes
and guns are being produced for the
American troops til France should
crafty the most critical.
Colonel McRoberts, chief Of the
procurement division of the ordnance
bureau, recently revealed these facts;
j. The production 0f Springfield
rifles has reached 1885 DAY. To
date I,050,000 rifles have been deiiv-
cred on contracts for 100000 rifles Of
the modified Enfield pattern. There.
are 100000 Springfield rides now on
hand This volume of rifle manufac-
ture Id the Ereateat that has ever been
carried on In the world, and has re-
suited in an excess over Immediate
needs. so that rifle factories are now
being diverted to machine guns
n, Contracts have been let for &T0,-!
100000 worth or shells OF all calibers,s
For the artillery 10000 pieces OF mo-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03

SLI0uB ANdn nu llSSt 1ShkOAAS
from Berlin, at last decided to
change his course, we answered
the Russian mobilization--af-
ter Russia had for q whole
week negotiated and waited In
vain-Witil our ultimatum and
declaration of war.
"Sir Edward Grey still looked
for new ways of escape. In the
morning of August !, Sir w.
Tyrrell came to me to say that
HIS chief still hoped to flnd a
way out. Should we remain
neutral If France did the sane2
| understood him to mean that
we should then be ready t.
spare France, but his meaning
was that we should remain abb
soluteIy neutral-peptral there
fore even toward Russia. That
1ra O the mall knnruta rnisnndar.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
NEWS AND COMMENT.

'Buy another bond and match the
President. Sure, but we thought we
had all there were"
Mr.. Darling's cartoon in last evenings
Forum, might puzzle some of our Allies,
unfamiliar with American slang phrases.
They had hard time interpreting lean
the Kaiser,'' but to almost anyone it
should be evident that it will be quite
some spell before "Hen freezes over"
Therein case anybody did miss the
point, it is out.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
The Amazing Memorandum of
Prince LiehnoWsky
lEIaHTH INsTALLENMT.l

Grey StIII Sought Feaee.
"After that events moved rapidly
Count Berchtold, who hitherto had played
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-07
LINCOLN COUNTY TIMES

Lester Hice returned from a bust
ness trip to Gooding the first of the
week.