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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29

London. March 2s.-On the somme
the British have maintained their
positions and gained ground in places
by successful counter attacks. the
war office announces.
After holding their line all day in
the face Of repeated assaults by
numerically superior enemy forces,
the British retired a short distance
from their advanced positions at
some points.
The Germans again suffered eI-
ceedinEly heavy losses. The British
took prisoners
The statement follows:
further strong attacks were made
by the enemy yesterday afternoon
and evening at several points along
the battle front. North Of the Somme
our troops have maintained their
positions and have gained ground In
places by successful counter attacks.
A number Of prisoners and machine
guns were captured by us IN this
hghting.
THE enemy again suffered exceed
ingly heavy casualties. His frequent
attacks which were pressed with
great determination throughout the
day. gained only our outpost lines.
after several hours OF severe hand
to-hamd lighting. His reserves were
then sent forward against our battle
positions and we're everywhere
thrown back with great loss. Our
machine gun, artillery and rife fre
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
FAIL TO VOTE ON
BAER MEASURE
~ AgaoeIated Press.l

Washington. March 2s.-The house
again failed to reach a vote last night
on the Baer bill to appropriate $1O.-
100000 to assist farmers to purchase
seed grains and to foster mobilization
Of labor in the grain states.
Sitting in committee of the whole.
the house voted to add corn and rye
to the wheat. oats and barley named
in the measure. and also to require
that the government take a first lien
on theacrop as security for the money
advanced.
Chairman Lever of the agricultural
committee in charge of the bill warn
ed the house that failure to enact
the measure would be a blow at the
American soldiers in France and
might involve bread lines In the cities
next year.
Representative Moore Of Pennsyl-
vania opposed the bill as a Nom
partisan league measure, sponsored
by Al. G.. Townley. president Of the
league upon whose platform he
claimed Representative Baer was
elected.
A fnal vote is expected today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
Great Struggle
Has United The
British PEOPLE
(By Associated PTess.l

London, Thursday, March %.
The battle for which no one
attempts to give a name because
it is on a scale too great for any
geographical designation began
one week ago this morning. To
say that it has been a week Of
the greatest strain and stress
that the British people have ever
known, would be to make a fu-
tile under-statement. The fate
of England, indeed Of the whole
British empire, has been commit
ted to the test Of one clash Of
arms. Everyone has realized
this.
The most impressive effect of
the crisis has been the sweeping
aside of all political factional
disputes. Today there is only
the united nation whose hearts
are with the soldiers in France.
Today the pacifist journals have
fallen into line with the others.
They have dropped their criti-
cism of the management Of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
EAGLES TO FLY
FOR UNCLE SAN
IN THIRD GREAT
PUSH FOR LOANS
Symbolical Spirit of Eagle
. Expected TO Win An
other Victory

The spirit for which the American
eagle has always been symbolical is
expected to carry another victory for
North Dakota and Cass county in
the third Liberty Loan push to cover
a three-day period, commencing
April is.
Six million, fve hundred thousand
North Dakota American eagles are
wanted by Uncle Sam to enable the
United States to more successfully
prosecute and carry on the war, OF
this amount, Uncle Sam wants ST.
600, 900 from Cass county.
"Go TO H." ls Word.
When the great advertising cam
paign in connection with the drive
starts April 9, every precinct ard
district committeeman will "go to
1t" with all the patriotic zeal in him.
A quick, hard drive is planned, not
only throughout the state OF North
Dakota, but throughout the Ninth
district
Apportionments for the Cass coun-
ty districts have not been completed,
pending the receipt of certain in-
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
CAUCASUS MAKES
With TURK
. (By Assoesated Press.l

London, March 29-The Caucasus
diet, after proclaiming the indepen-
dence OF the country, has approved
the basis of a separate peace agree
ment with Turkey, Reuters Petro-
grad correspondent reports. The
agreement is said to provide auton-
omy for Armenia and re-establish-
ment OF the frontiers as they were
before the war.
Germans Defeated.
Moscow, wednesday, March 27.-
More than 800 Germans occupying
Kherson were defeated, many were
killed and captured and the rest
fed, leaving two armored cars VIXEN
the city was recapturad BY the Boil
shevik forces.
The Petrograd council Of ccu1rnIs-
Eionaries has protested IA the ESutTsl
powers over The sekeution eg ~
Kaneneff, BolESevik Hfahassaa0r 60
France, by government forces In
Finland. M. Kameneff has not been
permitted to telegraph to his govern
ment.
All Russian troops have been re-
moved from Persia, according 20
report from the military revolution
AIRY committee on the Persian front
to the department Of foreign affairs.
All supplies there are being removed
to Baku.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
PRESIDENT ASKS
REVOCATION OF
SENTENCE
AGAINST MOONEY
Wilson Telegraphs Cover
nor Stephens Calling For
Executive Clemency
CBy Asaoclated Press.l }

Sacramento. Calf, March 2s.--
President Wilson has telsgraphed
Governor William d. Stephens, Of
California, asking executive elem
ency for Thomas J. Mooney, now un-
der death sentence, 1T became known
here today. Mooney was convicted
in connection with a bomb explosion
in San Francisco in preparedness
parade July %, 1916, which caused
the death OF ten persons and injured
forty others.
Executive clenency was Moneys
only hope, the state supreme court,
which is confined to questions of law,
in reviewing murder cases, having
rejected recently his appeal for a
new trial.
Governor Stephens was absent to-
day on a trip to Camp Kearney, San
Diego.
Washington, March 29-The only
comment Of White House officials to-
dag on President Wilson's telegram
to Governor Stephens asking him to
extend executive clemency in the
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
N'FARLANn ASKED
TO RETIRE FROM
NORMAL POST BY
REGEN is BOARD
President of Institution for
26 Years Slated for
Retirement
STEP BEARS OUT
FORUM PREDICTION
Mcfarland Not Disposed
to Accede to the
Request

The North Dakota board Of regents
has made q demand on President
George Mcfarland, Of the Valley
City normal school, that he resign.
The board would relieve him Of his
duties at the close OF the present
school year.
UnIssa President Mcfarland ex-
psrienoes q change Of attitude, he
will not sisn the resignation that has
been mailed to him by the board Of
reasntH.
President Mcfarland is now ssrV-
ing his twenty sixth year s-head Of
the normal.
Several months ago, while the con-
hest far oontrcI Of the board Of
regents was pending, The Forum
published > story to the effect that
the removal Of President Mcfarland
would bo Ons Of che first steps taken
by the regents In the event that con-
lroI passed to the NOnpsrtisans.
Decision Long Anticipated.
The step to oust President MeFar-
land has been anticipated for some
time and ii reputed TO have the
unanimous support of the board that
includes three Frazier appointees
and two holdover members.
An influence generally credited
with seeking Mr.. McFarland's re-
noval Is NJ. q. Macdonald, state
superintendent Of public instruction,
who is largely responsible for the
administration policies as related to
educational affairs.
Climax Due April 10.
The result of the demand on Presi-
dent Mcfarland to resign viii be
seen when the board OF regents meets
at Grand Forks on April is.
President Mcfarland, when called
by The Forum on long distance this
afternoon. refused to discuss the
question.
Valley City gossip today carries the
name Of c. E. Vermilya. Valley CityI
regent board member, as McFarland's
possible successor.
Vociferous Denial.
When The Forum published several
months ago a story to the effect that
President Mcfarland was slated for
retirement in the event the board
Of regents control passed to the Nom
partisans, twas strenuously denied az
the time. and The Forum was charg-
ed with attempting to inject politics
into the regent situation.
Since The Forums article was pub
lished. four OF the men listed as due
10 retire have either resigned or been
asked to quit. They are Thomas
Cooper, former director Of the expert
ment station: Charles Brewer, former
secretary of the board OF regents;
Addison Leach. secretary Of the agri-
cultural college. who quits soon,. and
President Mcfarland.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
20 aPEAK ~ EINLEY.

Judge a. r. Cole Of the Cass coun~
ty district court viii leave for Fin-
lev. NJ. ID, SATURDAY. morning 70 take
part In big Red Cross rally at
which he viii be the principal speak
Cross rallies on an average Of about
three a week and in each instance
takes to the farmers and the mer-
chants the great lesson in American
ism.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29

Paris. March 2s.-violent fghhnR
continued last evening and last night
IN the region of Montdldier. the war
Office announced today In spite Of
German counter attacks the EEench
held on TO the villages which they
took yesterday in this region.
Moncel was taken BY French
troops.
North Of Montdidiers French and
British troops held up the German
thrust. The German losses have been
extremely heavy.
The statement follows:
The battle was continued violently
yesterday evening and part of the
night I'm the region OF Montdtdiar.
Notwithstanding repeated counter atv
tacSs. the enemy was not able to eiecs
the French from the villages which
they captured yesterday. The French
troops following up their success
(C,ontfmuad on mage ea
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
Austria Denies
That Odessa Has
Been Recdbtured
q AssocIated Press.l

Amsterdam. March 29.-Deniai that
the Bolshevtki have retaken the Black
sea port OF Odessa Is made officially
in Vienna. 1t Is said the city is still
occupied by the Austro- Germans.
OniciaI announcement was made by
the Russian government Wednesday
that Odessa had been recaptured by
the Bolsheviki after a desperate bat
tle for three days Odessa Is the
most important Russian port on the
Black sea.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
Plan New Blow,

Amsterdam, March 29-The German supreme
command is about to deliver new and mighty blow on
another part of the front which will 'tear new hole IN
the already pierced enemy ring'', The Yossische
Zeitung, of Berlin declares.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29

did great execution upon his ranks.
South OF the Somme also heavy
and continuous fighting took placa
until late In the evening. Our troops,
after maintaining their line all day ia
the face OF repeated assaults BY SUI
perior enemy forces. have withdrawn
a short distance from their advanced
positions at some points"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
AMERICANS ARE EAGER TO GET INTO
THE FRAY TO THE FULL EXTENT
OF THEIR FORCES IN FRANCE
BRITISH AND FRENCH STATEMENTS SHOW
ALLIES ARE DOGGEDLY FIGHTING
BACK FURIOUS ONsLAUGHTs
BATTLE RACES ON FRONT OF SEVENTY
MILEs-NEw PLAN OF ATTACK EN-
PLoYED BY THE GERMANS
(Bv The Associated Press J

Paris, March 29.-General Pershing called on Gen
eral Foch at headquarters yesterday, according In
formation and placed at his disposal the whole
sources Of the American army for employment in the
battle now in progress
II come i Information quotes General Pershing
as saying, 'tO say to you that the American people
would hold it great honor for troops they
gagged in the present battle. ask it of you i'm my
and in that of the American people
"There is at this moment no other question than
that of fighting Infantry, artillery aviationa that
we have yours to dispose of them you will 9th
ers coming which numerous will be neces-
sary have to say to you that the American peo
pie would be proud to be engaged in greatest battle
in history"
General Foch placed General Pershing's offer be-
fore the council at the 'front.' Information says This
council includes Premier Clemenceau, COMMANDMENTS
chief Petain and Louis Loucheur, minister of mun-
tions. n
There have been several reports recently that
General Foch, of the most brilliant strategists Of
the day, who was largely responsible for the French
victory in the battle of the Marne would be placed In
supreme command on the western front. The Daily
Chronicle of London, yesterday said announcement
bearing on the coordination Of British and French
military exertions might be expected almost immed-
lately and that influential role might be assigned to-
General Foch.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29
Paris Is Again
Bon1bdrded By
Long RangeG Gun

(By Associated Press)
Paris, March 29.-The long range
bombardment OF Paris resumed short
ly after O'Clock this afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-29

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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
HOLD SWORD SACRED THING
German Officer Said to Lose Commits
sion If He Should Be Parted From
Weapon by Force.

Officers in Germany are supposed to
have a feeling almost of sacredness
about their swords, and I think, in
point of fact, officers in most countries
have. I have been told that if any
officer loses his sword by force he
loses his commission as an officer. ]
do not vOuch for this statement.
/ was told about the penalty for
losing a sword many years before the
war, in Dresden, to excuse an officer
whom l saw behave in the most bru-
tai manner. He was on the back plat
form of an Old-fashiOned street car
which was going very fast. Some man
in the street ran and tried to jump on
the car, and in taking hold of the rail
got hold Of the handle of the officers
sword. Without the slightest feeling
as to whether the man would be seri-
Ously hurt or not, the officer beat and
pounded this mans hands until he was
forced to let go and drop into the
street. But what German officer does
is always considered right, anyway
and no one dares to complain.-Neville
Taylor Gherardi (wife of former Unit
ed States naval attache at Berlin) in
Saturday Evening Post.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
HAWK DESTRUCTIVE TO TREES
Birds Unvarying Diet of Fish Sooner
or Later Causes Death Through
Accommodations Of Grease.

Random bits of curious knowledg,
often come the way of persons WHIT
live in the summer time close by tn,
oceans edge. One gets to know, fol
instance, such things as why hawl
nests so often are seen in dead trees
1t is not that the hawk in seekins
a home site, by choice picks deaC
tree in which to build its lest of lwigs
and things; on the contrary, it inva
riably selects a live one. The dead
tree is the effect, not the cause of the
hawks preference.
Hawks of the kind considered here
live exclusively on fish. Fish are
oily, and so it follows that after g
few thousand have been dissected anG
eaten in nest the tree inhabited by
hawk family becomes discouraged
and abandons the struggle.
After hawks have used lofty
bough as a dining room for two OF
three years a tree becomes so greasy
that leaves find it impossible to hold
on. The oil slowly makes its way to
the roots, covering them and making
the absorbing of water from the earth
out of the question. Deprived of oXy-
gen, having no leaves through which
to breathe it in, and of water, because
its roots are creased like Labor day
pig. the tree gets discouraged and
gives up the fight.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
New Yorker Has Famous Relic

EnOn-SherOuan the Just, sultan OF
Persia in the days when Omar Khay.
yam was making vain attempts to sell
his verses to the magazines, one day
bought an indestructible vase, wonder
fully fashioned by a potter of magic
powers, for his royal palace at Rhagas.
Along came the Tartars. acting like
Prussians, and destroyed Rhagas, max
ing the royal palace look like the Cloth
Hall at Ypres. That was in 1921.
The jar of Enon-Sherouan the Just
has just been added to the collection
Of Macdermid Parish Watson, New
York art collector, after existing only
in legend and tradition for nearly
seven centuries. Two pieces of it Were
found on the site of the royal palace
Of Rhagas in 1910, and since then other
fragments have been uncovered from
time to time, and the last piece was
picked up in 1914. The vase is said to
have a value of $4,000 to 100000.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
Ship's Coins.

A superstition among seafaring men
IS that coin should be placed be-
meath he,mainmast of a newly built
ship. The coin should be of gold,
though in pinch silver win do. The
coin should bear the date Of the year
the ship is built and before being placed
beneath the mast it is carefully wrap
per in cotton. Its resting place Is the
stepping of the mainmast.
Dealers in coins are aware Of this
long-continued practice, and the re.
suit is that when an old ship Is bro
ken up, especially abroad, there is al
ways on hand company Of coin deal
ers DESTROYS OF obtaining the coin. II
is said that in this way one collector
obtained specimen Of the rare Ameri-
can dollar of the mintage Of 1904,
which has commanded a high premium
for many years.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
Immense Indian Food Dishes

The largest food dishes in the world
were recently bought of the Indians
Of Vancouver Island, British Column
bia, for the museum of the American
Indian, New York city. These dishes
were purchased from a tribe named
Kwakiutls, which in English means
''Smoke of the World" They are used
for special festivals when great num-
bers Of Indians gather to celebrate
some religious or ritual festival. The
dishes are carved out Of wood and
soups are brought to a boiling point
by dropping hot stones into the food.
The carvings represent the clan to
which the dish belongs, which in one
instance is the "Wolf' and in another
the Eagle" clan.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
Qualifications Required for
Male Citizens to Vote at
at All Future Munich
pal Elections.
Mayor and Five Councilmen To
Be Elected Jan. 6-Voters
Must Register Before
Dec. Z, 1918.

NV. !, AC4C.
By request, Mr.. Walter T. Gil
more, attorney, has submitted
the following statement con-
corning status of prospective
voters in the coming municipal
election, January 6, 1919:
The charter and ordinance of
the Town of Morgan City pro-
vides that an election for a
mayor and five councilmen shall
be held on, the first Monday of
every fourth municipal year, by
the mayor and two councilmen.
Under the above provisions
the municipal election in Morgan
City will be held on Monday,
January 6, 1919.
Every male citizen Of this
city, native born or naturalized,
not less than Fl years of age,
and possessing the following
qualifications shall be an elector,
and shall be entitled to vote at
the municipal election, Monday,
January 6, 1919:
He shall have been an actual
bona fide resident of this State
for TWO YEARS, of the parish
ONE YEAR, and of this city
when he offers to vote SIX
MONTHS next preceding the
election.
He shall have been at the time
he offers to vote legally enrolled
as a registered voter. Electors
shall not be registered within 80
days next preceding any election
at which they may offer to vote,
but no person who, in respect to
age and residence, would become
entitled to vote within the said
80 days, shall be excluded from
registration on account OF his
want of qualifications at the
time of his application for regis
tration. Therefore, in order to
register in order to be qualified
to vote at the municipal election
on Monday, January 6, 1919, a
citizen must be registered not
later than December 6, 1918.
He shall have paid on or be-
fore the 31st day of December
for the years 1917 and 1913 a
poll tax, for each year, if he IS
less than 60 years of age, and If
he is less than % years of age
he shall have paid all poll taxes
assessed against him. A citizen
over 60 years Of age does not
need any poll tax, but he must
be registered.
For the purpose of voting. no
person shall be deemed to have
gained a residence by reason OF
his presence. or to have lost 1t
bv reason of his absence, while
employed in the service. either
civil or military. of this State or
Of tho United States; or while
engaged in the navigation OF the
waters of the State or of the
United States; or of the high
seas; or while a student OF any
institution of learning.
No person shall be eligible to
the office of mayor or council
man who is not a citizen of this
State and a duly qualified elector
Of this municipality.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
CITY TAX SALE OF MOVABLE AND I'M
MOVABLE PROPERTY MORGAN
CITY, LOUISIANA.
City of Morgan City
Delinquent Tax Debtors.

By virtue vested in me by the Charter o<
the City of Morgan City. and the constitution
and laws of the State Of Louisiana. and e.
pecially Act No. ITO Of the General Assembly
Of 1898
I viii sell 1t the principal from tdcor oe
the Court House in the City Of Morgan City
Parish of 8. Mary. LouiaAnA within -
lersl houn Il judicial sals, bsginning Ut II
O'Clock Q. y. On
Saturday, he l4th dry Il Dsss.bx. A. .
1olA.
and eensiauing each succeeding day untn
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19

Small splinters Of the wood Of old
Cremona violins, when vibrated with
q bow, have been found to give inva-
riably the same note; and that note
IL always a tone higher when the wood
II taken from the belly Of the instru-
ment than when It comes from the
back.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19

When the chest feels on fire and the
threat burns. YOU have Indigestion, and
Won need HERBINE to get rid of the
disagreeable feeling. 1t drives out bad
ly digested food, strengthens the stom'
ah and purifes the bowels. Sold nv
Belanger Drug Company.