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Evening journal., 1918-07-12
Store closes tomorrow at 1890 p. m.
KENNARD g co.

Announce important sale of garments rejecting
style and quality Prices represent such pronounced
reductions that it should insure for busy Satur-
day morning and for you the opportunity of securing
a Coat, Suit, Dress or Skirt less than original cost
of materials. We have grouped number of the
offerings follows:
10 handsome Evening Dresses at $3.50 each, for
mer prices $500 to $500.
all-wooI French Serge Dresses $3.50 from $3.50.
Ia distinctive Dress models in fine Serge, Silk Jer
sey, Wool Jersey, Georgette Charmeuse and Satin, at
$3.50 each, former prices up to $3.50.
a Wool Scrirn Dresses $780, from s45Oo.
Taffeta and Crepe de Chine Dresses, $3.50, from
$25.OO
sand color Charnneuse Dress, $3.50, from $4500.
dotted Georgette Crepe Dress, $500, from $500.
10 Ginghan, and Check Organdy Dresses, ss75
each, from $780,
Linen Dresses, $1,000, from $500.
4 Taffeta Silk Dress Skirts, $3.50 EACH
al-wool Serge Skirts, $500 each.
novelty wool Dress Skirts, $3.50 each, from $500.
novelty striped wool Skirt, $3.50, from $500.
Pussy Willow Taffeta Skirts, $3.50, from $1,000.
novelty wool Skirts, $1,000 each, from $780,
4wool Jersey Skirts, $3.50, from $500.
10 handsome two-piece Suits, consisting of Tafeta,
Trcotine, GolAex and mems Serge $3.50 each,
former prices $500 to $4,000 each.
few large size Suits SIS from $4,000.
a-yvool Serge Top Coats, $1,000 each, from $500.
short al-woo plaid Coats SO. 90 each, from $500.
handsome Top Coats, $500 each, former prices
$500 to $65.0O
621-e23 Market Street
Evening journal., 1918-07-12

A couple hundred miles Of streets in
Tokyo and few streets in the other
large cities in Japan, have been widen
ed. Outside OF that japanese streets
are narrow alleys, from 10 to 20 feet
wide, with no sidewalks.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12

Written Exclusively for THE EVENING
JOURNAL,
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
BY BURTON KNIsELY
(Copyright 1918, Newspaper Enterprise
Assoclation.)

Japanese progress-A steam train or
yan electric car will jerk you the 20
miles from Yokohama to Tokyo in half
an hour to as minutes-every 10 minutes
from dawn TO midnight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
OTTR PEACE TERMS.

Search through the peace terms which
Senator Lodge insisted should be forced
upon Germany, and find one that means
profit to America, if you can.
The terms include the restoration and
return to France of Alsace and Lorraine
and the restoration and freedom Of Bel
GUM. We get nothing from that but the
feeling of having done just deed.
They include the restoration and return
of Italy Irredenta, the freedom of Serbia,
. Greece and Rumania, and the parts Of
Russia grabbed by the Germans. We get
nothing from that but the feeling Of having
done just deed.
They include the release Of Palestine and
Armenia from the Turks and the making
of Constantinople a free port. We profit
nothing from that.
And they include the absolute assurance
that Germany will be made impotent to
plunge the world into war again.
That is the one thing we seek for our
selves-the guaranty that we will not be
forced into war again. No negotiated
peace with Germany can give us that as
surance, SO there can be no compromise with
Germany. Russias plight is proof positive
of that, even if the Belgian scrap OF pa
per" incident left the point in doubt. It
! is war to the bitter end but to the bit
/. Ter end of the German military idea only.
And the 'bitter end" is in sight now, even
though it BNsy not come for another year
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
THE COUNTY's OPPORTUNITY,

Cass county has the opportunity to get
one of the eight home demonstration
agents allotted to North Dakota by the
federal government.
There are three departments of the ex-
tension work conducted by the govern
ment through the agricultural college,
One department includes the county
agricultural agents for the men.
The second includes the home demonstra-
ton agents for the women.
The third includes the boys and girls
club leaders for the children.
Virtually every county in North Dakota
now has county agricultural agent.
The government will pay the salaries
of eight home demonstration agents, if the
eight counties employing them will pay
the Incidental expenses, which will run
from $500 to $1,000 a year. Burleigh
county is the only one in North Dakota
which has acted on this offer.
The work Of the agent includes stimulat-
ing the production of foods in gardens,
diaries and poultry, yards; the preservation
Of foods by canning and drying; instruc-
ton in the use of food substitutes; infant
welfare; clothing and fuel conservation; in
struction in sanitation and household man
agement.
Any wide-awake demonstration agent
should be able to save her salary and ex-
penses many times over in the course Of a
year. The county agricultural agents have
proved their wortp beyond question. Per
haps the home demonstration agents could
do as well if given the opportunity.
Even with wartime expenses to meet the
county would do well at least to investi-
gate the value Of the home demonstration
agents work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
THE COST OF GAS.

AS far as gas at least, is concerned,
the Union Light, Heat & Power company
has it's cards on the table, and the consunl-
ers know what figures must be met in the
hearing to be held by the state railroad
commission.
The company claims that the present
cost Of gas is $1.46 per thousand cubic feet
this figure being exclusive Of depreciation
on the plant and interest on the invest
ment. The remaining 81 cents, it claims,
nets but S per cent on the Hagenah and
Erickson valuation of the plant brought
down to date from July, 1917, after allow
ing 3.75 per cent for depreciation.
Those are definite figures which can be
either confirm or disproved by any good
accountant. The items which make up the
$1.46 are concrete items, like coal, railroad
rates and labor and they can be ascertained
definitely.
incidentally the hearing should bring to
light some information regarding the diff
ference between a mandatory franchise and
a permissive franchise. The company
claims to enjoy the latter kind Of franchise
in Moorhead, and to have the right to fur
nish gas at not to exceed $1.45 per thous-
and feet. But it holds it is not compelled
to furnish the gas at that figure for any
stated time, and may cease doing so on
pain Of having its franchise declared void.
But, in this case, it is claimed that the war
has brought about such unusual conditions
that the city is estopped from revoking its
franchise for exceeding the figure set, and
that it may continue to furnish gas to con-
sumers who contract for it at the higher
figure.
~ The Forums only interest in the coming
hearing is to see the company compelled to
furnish gas, heat and electricity at the low
est possible figure which will permit it to
earn profit modest enough to be in con-
formance with wartime conditions. The
one way to do that is to pick those figures
to pieces and ascertain whether or not they
are based on the facts in the case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
MISS IRENE LETMBACHER.

No death that has occurred in many
months has brought more genuine and
more widespread grief than the death of
Miss Irene Leimbacher.
1t was the more distressing because it
seemed almost like a cruel prank Of fate
: Miss Leimbacher, as Fargo college cor
respondent, was member Of The Forum
staff for two years, and later, on gradu-
alton, was employed by The Courier-News
With her rare gift for making and holding
friendships, she never lost touch with her
former associates. Hers was a spirit Of in
domitable cheerfuIness, and her last act
proved it was one of rare courage. She
met the death of heroine giving her life
to save another, and if anything can light
en- the grief of her parents and close
friends in Fargo, it should be this thought.
She died as any man or woman should be
proud to die.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
THAT CLEANING PLAN.

This idea of cleaning the wheat fields
Tor the Red Cross appears to have resolved
itself largely into q question OF getting
rakes and suitable equipment
One Fargo resident with considerable
farming experience, has estimated that it
should be possible to gather from ~ to 7O
bushels of wheat from 100 acres. At pres
ent prices that means $50 to 800.
And the best feature Of it is that 1t is
all clear saving. The wheat would other
wise be wholly wasted.
The Red Cross salvage department, to
which The Forum suggested the money
should be paid, has given its approval to
The plan, and has offered to act as clear
ing house. It will keep list OF farmers
who are willing to allow their fields to be
cleaned, and it will keep list Of citizens
who are willing to go into the fields and
rake up the wheat that is left by the shock
ers.
z The next step is to get the proper equip
ament. Wide wooden rakes are needed, the
wider the better. With such a rake and a
sack. it should not be difficult matter for
any Fargo resident to gather several
bushels Of wheat in an afternoon and even
ing and every bushel means So to the Red
Cross.
+ The plain certainly merits enthusiastic
attention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
ON NSPITTING FEES.

gNat fee splitting" is not more common
I Id the medical profession than it is, is a
tribute to the high standards Of profess
gional ethics that actuate the individual
physician or surgeon.
In another column Of The Forum this
evening, a Fargo physician tells Of the eff.
forts being made to stamp out any in
stances there may be here. The American
Medical association and the American Col.
fege of Surgeons have taken most vigorous
steps to stamp it out and anything that can
be done to eliminate the custom should
have whole souIed support,
Fee splitting, at first glance, might seem
ia be matter entirely between the physi-
cian and the specialist, but unfortunately
does not work out that way, It results
h unnecessary operations, IN Overcharging
Sc the patient by the surgeon or specialist
10 meet the commission paid the doctor,
and Ia plain graft .....
i'll the relations Of physician and patient
we're merely business relations, fee-split-
ffrla would be more excusabIA. But the pa
aE places his health and perhaps his life
IN the physicians hands. The general
etffttfCrler who sends a patient 10 3 ape-
faIigs for an operation and collects COM
mission, may be acting in perfect honesty,
ana Be doing the best possible thing for
a hTgs % q z TT cqgsa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
The Editors Mail Bag

TO the Editor of The Forum: t~,
Division of fees is an evil found among certain
ones of the medical profession It has come about
in the following manner: A specialist in any of
the numerous branches of the healing science,
makes an agreement with general practitioners
to paw them in some manner, for all patients
brought sent to him. 1T follows then, that the
family physician does not always send his pa
tients where they can get the best service, but
to where he will get a fee for referring them.
There is no doubt but that the practice is still
all too common, although most Of the best men
Of the profession are taking definite stand
against it. s@t.
one can find excuses in many instances, for
the practice; as for example: A physician s
working at his profession in village far remote
from the advantages of city life He works day
or night; long, cold drives In the dead of winter
are his common toll. And then some night at !
a. M, he is called to case, which perhaps, is
one OF acute appendicitis. Shall he tell the pa
tient to go at once to the Well-knoWn surgeon,
DIR. -? If he does. the only fee in this inn
portant case that he will get will be for his visit
and diagnosis. Or shall he }send the patient to
less competent surgeon and get a good slice OF
the fee for the operation? 1t Is not hard to real
ize that it is sometimes dlfflcuIt Tor the Worthy
family doctor to choose
Fee-splitting is practically, the buying and
selling of people who are ill. The consequences
are. FIRST inconsistent medical and surgical
service. Second, unnecessary surgical opera
tons And third the deadening of scientific in
centive in the profession, and the lowering Of the
whole profession OF medicine into dishonesty.
The fact is unchallenged that no intelligent
community would tolerate this practice in its
midst, IL the community were aware OF the prac5
IA And our own hospital ST Johns is now asking
that all physicians who have the privilege OF the
pledge themselves to enter into no division Of
The institution is confident that the better
physicians viii heartily agree with what IS best
for all concerned, and that the people Of tbs
community viii commend the stand they take
Fargo Physician
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

science every time he does it. The tins Is
bound to come, sooner or later, when his
judgment will be swayed by the thought
of the commission he will get, and when
that time comes he is no longer worthy of
the trust reposed in him, and no longer
fit to be a member Of the medical profess
sion.
The Forum has no knowledge Of fee
splitting in Fargo. From the calibre Of
the men in the medical profession here, it
doesn't believe there can be much Of it
done. But even if remedial measures are
not necessary, precautionary measures are
important.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

certainties which should dispel the painfully
paralyzing feeling Of standing bound and
blinded before world of perils.
Never has Hungary since the press be-
came an Indispensable necessity Of the life Of
nations. experienced worse days than this
time without newspapers. Fantastic rumors
arise from every nook and corner without
any possibility OF testing their genuineness;
passing from mouth to mouth a stream Of
unvertfiable reports grows ever higher; in
credible things are distorted into grotesque
nonsense, uncomfortable things are repeated
as incontrovertible facts, and in this stupefy-
ing confusion there are no newspapers which
might have given glimpse into realities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
The Little Towns Of France

o little towns Of devastated France
Proyart. Lihons Chilly and Mericourt.
LEchelle, Roye, Rozieres, chaulnes and DAN
court
Mere names you are to U.s. miscalled, perchance,
AS Ger the evening paper swift we glance
no note where sways DER river plain or moor
The battle line from Bray to Rfbecourt
Where now victorious hosts Allied advanced
O quiet towns Though many year the same
Peaceful and uneyentful lives you led
Then sudden Ger you swept the warwave red.
And now your names are trumpeted by Fame
And given q place in HistOrys page secure
As that of Crecy famed Agiueohrt!
H. q, sudduth ia The New Xogk WQgiaa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

composed OF new Y OTKSrS IN
Quoted into the army under
the selective draft, and
trained at Camp Upton. It
was the first national army
unit to sail for France.
Major General Duncan, re-
Gently promoted from the
grade Of brigadier general for
efficient work in France, was
the first American officer TO
be decorated with the CroiX
de Guerre. He received it I'm
recognition OF his observation
work in forward artillery
posts in the Verdun offensive.
Despite the fact that his
steel helmet was struck with
shrapnel, he stuck to his post
and assisted the French
forces in a violent lombard
ment.
Saw Philippine Service.
A native of Kentucky,
} General Duncan was born in
1851, just after the start OF
the Civil war. In 1882 he
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

and In 1886 was assigned to the Ninth Infantry
as second lieutenant. He was promoted to first
lieutenant in 1888, on being transferred to the
Fourth infantry.
He served IN the Philippines as senior major OF
scouts and was on duty at division headquarters
in charge OF all scout matters He was called
the father Of scouts by the sturdy brown sol
diers who wore Uncle Sans khaki
In 1909 General Duncan became major OF the
Second infantry and then was transferred back
to his old regiment, the Ninth. Later he was.
tEpa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
Who's Who In The Days News

"a fighting general for a fighting unit Is the
most fitting way of describing Major General
George B. Duncan and his command, the Seventy
seventh division, at the front. This division Is
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24
In The Open Forum
a Column Devoted TO The Task OF Keep
ing UP With North Dakota Editors

The Portal international has the fpllowing
"gloat":
by gum, Townley is blocked-Uncle Sam
won't let him, anybody else, start a daily
newspaper until after the Huns are licked.
The big boss must spread his hot air from
the platform.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

The Washburn Leader sounds the following
call to duty:
From the battle fields in France there
comes unspoken call that should find an
answer in every Americans heart The re-
cent great events in Europe, the successes OF
American arms on the fields Of France
should spur every American to greater eff
fort.
"Our people at home should not rest on
the laurels of, our soldiers in France. Every
death on the field of honor in the line of duty
and for our countrys cause should be call .
to US for every sacrifice and every exertion
to aid the cause for which soldiers have
died.
Increase production decrease .consump-
ton, save, and lend to the government. Every
cent lent to the United States is used to sup
port, strengthen and aid our soldiers in
France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

The Valley City Times-Reoord pays the fol
lowing tribute to city farmers.
Nov that the harvest Is about completed
and the grain mostly in the shock it would
not be amiss to say that the people Of the
cities and villages all over the state have done
a large part in saving the victory crop by
going out and, assisting the farmers in the
fields, thus relieving a shortage Of help situa-
ton. The women Of the state are equally to 20
be congratulated on the work done for hun
heat and burden of the day and accomplished
a mans part in shocking grain. That the
farmers of the country appreciate this help
goes without saying. Those farmers who
have had the services of these men and wom-
en- are more than delighted at the labor per-
formed and this work has been so well done
that in many cases the laborers have been
paid more than the regular going wages. The
fact that these high prices were paid is not
so much as to whether the labor performed
was more than would have been rendered by
others, but it was done before the farmers.
of the country appreciated the motive which
led to these men and women going out from
their homes and businesses to do this work
a desire to aid the government in securing
this cropsand to help the farmer whose hands
other hand every farmer is interested in
helping win the war and wants his grain
saved for this purpose as we'll as for what
financial benefit he might derive from the
grain raised. Last but not least in this
operation can be drawn the lesson that both
the country and the town people need each
other and, that community spirit is fostered
and ripened by these acts of neighborly CO.
operation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-24

Scarcely less important than the positive work
of conveying news in wartime is the negative
service the newspapers do in sitting out the
countless wild rumors that pass from mouth to
mouth growing as they progress.
What it means to be without newspapers in
wartime is told in Budapest paper, in an article
describing q recent strike in Hungary, when
there were no newspapers for five days. 1t came
during the Italian offensives and the quotation
was sent to The London Times by its Hague
correspondent. Here it is:
"The Hungarian public win never forget
the preceding five days during which they
remained wholly without neWs-five sultry
anxious days, throughout which millions OF
the nation struggling against an enemy SUI
perior i'm numbers were deprived OF news
concerning events 50 closely affecting their
destiny. They were days OF helpless uncer-
tainty, impotent craving for enlightenment
concerning world occurrences. Remembrance
of these deaf and dumb days will long re-
them Like a bad dream whose suspense and
emotions continue after awaking.
"Just when the offensive against Italy
began, when parliament was about to dis
cuss electoral reform, and when the first
prsmonitory symptoms of the mass strike
showed themselves In the capitaEaIntdst
this combination Of circumstances, which
subjected the power OF endurance to the
strongest test the whole country was de-
prived Of news papers. One day followed an
other, each bringing torturing hours Of vain
search for calming news OF humble waft-
asa l7EEl n0nqEsta
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+ THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Dora Shorter, the poet, died in Lon
don.
General Pershing reported to Wash
lngton the death of Capt. William E.
Hard of pneumonia. He lived at 1900
Western avenue, Joliet, Ill.
Constitutionality of the Arizona
"blue-sky" law was upheld in an opin-
ion handed down in the United States
/ circuit court at Los Angeles, Cal.
The thirty-eighth> annual meeting of
the farmers national congress will be
| held in Jacksonville, Fla. next Deem
Der 3, 4, and 5.
British patrols have again crossed
the Pave river, the Rome war office
| announces. They forced passage at
various points, causing an alarm in the
enemy lines.
Director General Of Railroads Nc
! Adoo at Washington has designated
next week as national freight clear
ance week, in an effort to clean up
congestion on the railroads.
British aviators have dropped large
quantities Of bombs on the Ramegnies-
Chin airdrome in Belgium and in the
vicinity of Metz, Lorraine, according
to the official statement issued at Lon
don.
In December % Norwegian ships,
with a total gross tonnage of 32,755,
were lost in consequence of war meas
ures, the Norwegian legation at Lon
don announced. Seventy-fve lives
were lost.
Emperor Charles has issued a de-
cree at Vienna abolishing duelling in
the Austro-Hungarian army. Before
the war the settlement of quarrels be-
tween officers on "the field of honor
was encouraged.
A. G. Miller, inventor of the auto
matte train control device which bears
his name, and promoter of the New
York-Chicago airline which failed of
realization, died suddenly at Aurora,
ILL.,, aged sixty-six years.
1t was announced at Washington
that the money in circulation in the
United States January 1 amounted to
$5,12O, $4,000, or $48.76 per capita,
as compared with $5,OS5, 37O,OOO one
month ago. Circulation has increased
$68O,OOO,OOO.
Deaths Of Lieut.. William S. Ely and
Sergt. George e. Houdek in airplane
accidents in France were reported to
Washington by General Pershing. Ely
lived at sol East avenue, Rochester,
N. Y, and Houdek at 1118 Monticello
avenue, Chicago.