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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

knew that American troops were be-
Ing rushed into the trenches far fast
err than he had expected, or at least
far faster than he had permitted the
people at home to suspect. He knew
they would reinforce the Allies to the
north. Were they raw recruits? Did
they have the morale Of the seasoned
French and British who. man for
man, are more than q match for the
pick OF the German army? Or were
they undisciplined, poorly equipped,
and poorly led?
Mr.. Hindenburg doubtless knows
by this time. In the last raid, 500 of
his shock troops failed to reach the
American lines at all. And the Am
orleans didn't even walt for those
who got through the barrage fire, but
went out to meet them.
As a rule the German dispatches
have been fairly accurate as far as
they went. When they report Ger
man victories. they can be relied up
on in the main, but when reversss
come they simply dry up. Therefore
the dispatch, telling OF the rolling
up" OF . sector Of the American line,
which fatty eontradicted The Assoc
ciated Press dispatch telling of q
complete American victory, was sur
prising. The only explanation is that
the German commanders are
determined TO keep the truth Of the
American strength from their people
and their soldiers as long as possi-
bic. They have persistently given out
the report that America had only one
division OF troops in France, and that
they were cowardly and insxperi-
encsd and had no stomach for the
fight During the present crisis. the
German troops need all the morale
they can summon. When the big
battle is over, they either won't have
any morale or won't need il If the
lighting continues as vicious as IT
has been for the last two weeks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
WHEN MERE MAN IS
SPECIFIES.

Tuesday night, 1t the Red Cross
work rooms 81 young women worked
for two hours on surgical dressings.
In another room II more were
engaged on other work.
The rooms held 101 workers in all
most Of them young women who are
employed during the day.
That Is enc class - perhaps the
largest one, but Just one Of many.
There are different sets OF workers
busy morning, afternoon and even
ing, six days a week, at the rooms,
in addition 20 the countless circles
that meet elsewhere for. RED Cross
work. Then over at the salvage de-
partment are more workers.
Not many men in Fargo have any
conception Of the amount OF work
turned out by Fargo women. It Is
astounding. A visit to the Red Cross
rooms leaves any mere man speech
less. and Just q little bit ashamed Of
himself
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
american AUidtOr SbrintS
Across No Man S Land With
Germans In Close Pursuit

Paris, April 1s.-Frank l. Baylies
of New Bedford, Mass, a. La Fayette
flyer and now member Of the
''Stork'' escadrille to which the IA
nous Captain Guynemer belonged,
made a thrilling escape from Ger
mans who were pursuing him across
No Mans Land, where he was obliged
to come down after an aerial COM
bat
Baylies' machine landed about 500
yards from the enemy's trenches.
The Germans began peppering his
machine with bullets. Baylies leap
ed from his plane and made all speed
for the French lines. The Germans
left their trenches in pursuit, keep
ing up hot fire with rifles and ma
chine guns.
ChasReurs from the French lines,
witnessing the race, opened fire on
the Germans, killing one and driving
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

the rest back to their trenches Bay
lies, who has some record as an ath-
lete, sprinted on. Later he declared
that never before had he covered the
ground so fast as in the last sixty
yards of that run home.
The French general commanding
the sector personally congratulated
the American soon after his arrival
Baylies, according to the official rec
ords, has brought down four German
planes, and in addition, one not ON
cially reported. He wears the French
war cross with four palms and the
military medal.
When Baylies offered himself in
the United States air service he was
rejected because of defective vision
He says he hopes he has sufficiently
proved that he can see across No
Mans Land and does not overlook
the Germans in the air.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
FORMER RESIDENT OF
KENNARE MURDERED

ksnmara. N. d April 1G-Emsz
MeMunaEles who established q hard
ware store here In 1en2 and leEE for
the west about two ye@ra RKn. vas
murdered in cold blood on q rmneh
near SpokAne, Wexh., IN the prasanca
OF his wife and 12-yeaF-old son. ae-
cording 20 word received here frcm
]. y. FOX. The man, who. "a i al
legged committed the crime. has bnen
charged with murder in the first DE-
gree and iS now in the custody Of thR
Eherl1 az SPOKANE.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

Of just $4,000 and / don't see hoy
anybody only a * wit could inves
" Of their Baveings i'm a gag Tx
that and IL man really did inven
q maggot that would draw u boats
up on top Of the water they coulC
sell IT to President Wilson and
| Frank Daniels for a trillion dollars
/ cash money and they wouldn't have
/ 10 hot foot from house TO house like
they was trying to pedal a ball bear
ing potato peeler or something.
But listen Al IL was YOU
wouldn't 90 hireing no atty. and try
10 get your money back because that
would be just like throwing good
money after bad money rs they say
because by this time the guy is
probably hideing in Russia some
where's and has Rrowed a beard so
as he viii look like everybody else
and even II you was to go over there
and see him YOU wouldn't know for
sure IL IL was him or Kerensky or
this here Don Cossacl1.
But instead Of that Al I would
1ust forget IL and IL you want to
keep the U boat elevator stock or
whatever you call it for a souvenir
why G. X. but you had better do
something with that other $4,000 be-
fore somebody else comes along and
sells you season ticket to the post
office and if was you Al 1 would
do what ] told you to do last fall
and that is buy one of these liberty
bonds with the $4,000 and If YOU
had of took my advice YOU would
have sank the whole $4,000 in them
last fall and you wouldn't be cry
Ing over sour milk as they say. but
WHFF t4gw L
that you don't only have to think
about it twice per annum and that's
when you go TO the bank and col
lect the int. money and the int
money is money you can spend on
something you got to have, because
II comes like a kind of bonus from
the govt. for helping them out when
they needed 1t.
Buying a liberty bond AL is some
thing like buying a ticket To the
ball game only they's a whole lot of
dBmerence. When a man buvs a
ticket to the ball game he is helping
70 pay the ball players their salary
put he don't get no pleasure out of
thinking about that but all the
pleasure he gets is setting up there
and watching the game and IL his
team has bad day and he "a dis
SNStSu Win IHem ne can't go down |
TO the box Office and get his money
back and IL he even asked for it he |
would be lucky If they didn't bust /
him in the jaw. And Of course il its
a good game and he enjoys it he |
cont want his MONEY back and |
wouldn't get 1t If he did.
But when you buy a liberty bond
Al you feel good because YOU know |
you are helping to keep Uncle SANS |
players from starving to death and /
you also know they will be up on /
their toes all the while and doing |
their best and you know your team
IS going to win, and then after the
game is over no matter how much /
you enjoyed watching your team win 1
Uncle Sam refunds your money
besides giveing you int. on il ali the
lime he has got 1t. Can Won beatl
hat Al? I'll say you can't.
so don't be a sucker All but take
ny advice this time and get A hold
II one or these bonds before the wise
llecks hogs them all and don't throw
lway that other 5000 on a nafent
electric fee chaser or something.
Your pal, Jack.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
WHEN GIVING TAKES NERVE.

After this when we meet . mar
from Beach, N. D., we are going II
mentally classify him at once as &
good sport.
Beach, you win recafl, was In tht
worst drouth stricken part Of NORTH
Dakota. They didn't get their seed
back there last year. They aren't
exactly broke" out in Beach yet. but
after the crop was harvsEted last
year, and the bills paid or STAYED of,
there was nothing to be particularly
cheerful about.
Then came the Red Cross drive
and Golden Valley county took the
state banner.
This spring came the Liberty Loan
drive and Beach was among the first
towns 10 exceed its quota.
It's easy enough to give when you
are ''hush", and when the money is
coming in freely, but when you feel
you are Just a couple Of Jumps ahead
OF the sheriff and losing your lead,
IL takes nerve ana some 100 per cent
patriotism to ~dig" for Uncle Sam.
There may be some other COM
nunitfes in the state with as good
a record as Beach has, all things
considered. but If there are they are
entitled to feel proud Of themselves.
Here's hoping II runs 2S bushels TO
the acre this year, out around Beach.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
WRITER OF BEST AMERICANS CREED"
rs DESCENDENT OF PRESIDENT TYLER

ssThe Americans Creed.-I be-
Iieve m the United States Of
America as 9 government of the
people, by the people, for the pDo-
pie; whose just powers are de-
rived from the consent of the
governed; q democracy in a re-
public; a sovereign nation of
many sovereign states; 3 perfect
union, one and iRseparable; estab-
lished upon those principles Of
freedom, equality, justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and
fortunes. ], therefore believe Il
Is my duty to my country to love
il, to support it's constitution, TO
obey ita laws, to respect its flag
and 20 defend il against al
enemies"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
THE PURPOSE OF THE RAIDS

What was the purpose Of the raids
on the American trenches during the
last two weeks?
Didn't Won Hlndenburg have his
hands full in Picardy and Flanders
Did he have shock troops" to throw
away on other parts OF the line?
These are questions which may
have puzzled students Of the war dis
patches. All other sectors OF the
front were quiet. with no sign 81
activity any place but IN the two
main battleields
The most plausible explanation q
that the German commander wanted
% "trg oute the Americans He
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
THREATENED WITH PoPUL.
ARITY.

Governor Burnquist OF Minnesota
bids fair to become as popular as
shs much beloved John A. Johnson.
When he was elected governor he
was more or less OF an unknown
quantity. and few suspected the cali
hrs Of the man. He was chosen
chiefly because he was q Republican
Scandinavian. and because no man
81 prominence was Ia the neld
against him.
But since the war came, he has
displayed frst Of all q backbone" Of
most surprising rigiditys and he IS
proving that among the other auali-
fac hs possesses are tact and good
ARA gave absolutely
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

Dickinson. NJ n. April IA. v.
lessen assumed the once OF mayer 90
Dickinson yesterday. succeeding Al
two years Mr.. lessen was the cttt-
EenE' candidate az the election recent
w held. The appointments win tn
ctudn enc or two Of the present on
ton Of the mayor. who was asked BY
the electors 70 manage his campaign.
20 make his own appointed thus
leaving him without any strings ana
memG.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

Bismarck, N D.. April 18--Ad5utant
General Fraser today received advice
from Camp Dodge. Ia. that Pvt. Hmr-
~ Ellsworth Maher. a select service
man who went from Ramsey county.
engineers TO accept a commission a.
second lieutenant Lieutenant Mnhar
won his promotion through his own
efforts. and General Fraser 6 much
gratifled to learn or his success
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
DEsERrE7 APpRWHRvDrn

Jamestown, NJ D., April lB.-Word
was received by the Stutsman county
local board that Herbert Chadwick.
s coluFed minstrel who registered
here, had been apprehended in New
York city Chadwick disappeared
after he registered and Jailed to re-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
You Poor Fish, Al

BY Ring w. Lardnerg renowned hui
mOrist whose you know me Az
stories are quoted In many c0un-
tries.
In Camp. Feb. is.
Friend Al:
Well, Al. ] am softly to hear about
YOU getting MIXED out on that
money but stiil and All you should
ought To be thankful they didn't
get you Tor the whole $4,000 instead
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
AGAIN IN TIVE TRFWCHE9.

Bismarck, n. n. April IS.-Accord-
Ing 70 letter received from Arthur
Hartley. company clerk OF Co. A. 18th
Inf. formerly OF CO. OF the First
North Dakota, the company has made
it's second trip to the front lim@
story OF experiences under aheU nra.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
KENMARF SOLDIER DEAD.

Kenmare, N. D., April 1S.-John
Henry Wilson, son OF Mr.. and MIS-.
Harry Wilson, residing southwest OF
this city, died at Fort Logan, Col,
serving in the military branch OF the
government Wilson enlisted In the
coast artillery and was not well at the
time, the change of climate being too
much for his weakened condition,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

The Schafer Record has the fol
lowing comment on the proposes
amendments to the constitution:
League leaders seem TO be hav-
ing some difficulty in getting the
required number Of signatures to
petitions for getting the propos-
ed constitutional amendments on
the ballot. Only about half the
signatures required have been
secured and the remainder must
be secured before April %.
The real object of these con-
stitutional amendments Is to
make 1t lawful for the state or
any county or city to engage in
any industry. enterprise or
business" That means that
should the constitution ultimate
~ be amended as proposed by
the league leaders, the state or
any county or city could own and
operate a store, bank. newspaper,
etc.
While we are not opposed to
undertaking Developments OF our
natural resources to prevent them
from being monopolized by pri-
yate interests for an unfair pri-
waite gain, nor the undertaking Of
the operation Of public service
utilities and industries. we be-
lieve that undertakings along
these lines should not be on a
wholesale scale until successful
methods have been worked out
In few instances as a begin
ming. We believe in the general
revision of the state constitution
as a whole for the reason that
amendments now being proposed
by initiative petition are only
patch revision OF only small
part Of that important document.
We believe that the constitution
should be drawn by delegates
elected to assemble in constitu-
tional convention and the new
constitution produced by that
body be submitted to the voters
for ratification or rejection
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
800 ~ WTTTTErnN.

WHliiEton, M. D.. April IA special
election Ia being held here today for
the purpose Of getting the sentiment
Of the lEeal voters Of the city on the
question OF bonding the city for
enough money 60 finish naylmE for the
aFmory'-audituriUm Al the present
time the city In not In charre 81 the
Rrmory. but III a purchase or the prop
erty was made, that ts, 81 the election
carried. ID would become the property
OF the city, and g swimming peel and
gymnasium would be Installed
For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
GERMAN GRAAMARs DESTROYED

LAtchV1lIes N. ID, Apfll 1e.--A VIEWS
German grammars were taken from
the schonlhouse and destroyed, caus--
ing the discontinuance of the German
classes. The one big question among
the students now is how they are go
ing 10 get credit for the six months
time they have devoted 20 the study
on the German language.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

Dickinson. n. D.. April IA pre-
German smploye Of a local EaraEa
told q Liberty bond salesman Ne
would not buy a bond. and tf any
Germany and shoot from there. He
was arrested
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
FARMERS TAKE OVER ELEVATOR

Fessenden, N. d.. April IB.-FoIlow-
ing organisation of a local unit of the
Equity exchange Of st. Paul, a major
ity Of farmers OF this vicinity formally
took over the Regain q Lgness ele-
water at this point which they bought
some weeks ago. l. Tallmam was
chosen as buyer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
COUNCIL &c MoRToN.


Bismarck. N, d April IE.-Thu
North Dakota council OF deFensa t.
day announced that il has procured
Lieut.. ]. r. Morton. OF the Eirhth
Canadian battalion. as the prfuciral
speaker for Bismarck's Iexinwton
day meeting, to be held Friday az
ternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

KensaI has been indulging in
Kaiser's Goat campaign on thrift
stamps, and The Progress Of tina
city tells of IL as follows;
CONSERVATION reigned at the
close of last week when the Kali
ssr's Goat disappeared. A casual
search Of the community was I'M
fruitful. However on Monday,
VIM. Bingham. in the role of a
Pinkerton, went in quest OF
Uncle Sans war-saving- stamp
getter. After an hours persist
ent inquiry. Mr.. Bingham ascer-
tanned that the goat had been
surreptitiously purloined by Louis
Burleson, of Juanita, who took
1t over to that live burg where
after being fed UP by a bunch Of
live wires and treated to a royal
lunch at The Boss Place, ii was
sent up to Grace City with strict
injunctions to return Ii as it had
been given them, to the place
whence IL came. So we
are expecting loyal Grace City
and Juanita patriots to return
the Kaiser's Goat to KensaI
some day soon, so that we in
turn, may pass the word up to
the q. M. I'll. McBiff at Fargo,
and he to the u. S. treasury
department Of Washington for
final record Of our patriotic eff
forts to make the world safe to
live in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

Clark and other prominent Americans.
Not only its brevity recommended it,
IL contains Just 100 words-hut IL was
found to express the very best OF
American ideals and traditions ana
the sentiments OF Americas greatest
statesmen and writers.
Mr.. Page was born In Frederick
Heights, Md, the birthplace tof Fran
els Scott Key. and received his educa,-
tion in the public schools at Ralti-
more. He lives at Friendship Heights
Md
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task
of Keeping Up With North
Dakota Editors.

The Valley City Times Record
records this little Liberty Loan
incident:
A resident of Valley City of
German ancestry called at local
bank in January last and
deposited a certain amount for
the purchase OF Liberty bonds
when issued, regardless Of rate
or terms. Today the solicitors
called on him at his residence
and he gave them another
subscription for the same
amount. Later he called at his
bank and gave another subscrip-
ton for ten times the total of the
two previous ones. At his re-
quest his name Is withheld from
publication, also the amount.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-18

CONTINUED from pare ID
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Men and Jobs

With all the worry of handling tho work of the government employment office. it is refreshing to sometimes know that sometimes those for whorn you get jobs are appreciative." said B. E. Samuels, examiner at the local office of the United States employ ment service. T recently placed a night watchman, a man who had the misfortune to lose a leg, and he called by the office today to express his thanks and appreciation for the favor done him, for this office makes no charge for it's services.
 The importance of the government employment service and the part it is playing in the winning of the war is little appreciated by the public gener- ally It is the purpose of this service to firing mon and jobs together to tho end that there will be no likeness While this work entails enormous ex- pense to the government. not cent is charged either for men Joking for | Jobs or jobs looking for men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Music Study Club Membership Campaign

THE committee in charge of the
 4 Music Study club membership campaign reports satisfactory prog ress, and the belief is expressed that the uuota--one thousand-will be en- rolled before the end of the month.
 The club is one of Birmingham's most popular institutions. It has been a potent factor in promoting musical art in this community; and in this wartime it has enlarged the scope of it's activities by organizing chorus for service on various patriotic occa- sions and entertaining the soldiers at Camp Mcclellan with concert music at stated intervals.
 This patriotic feature should quick en the appeal for both active and con- tributing members and heighten rhe esteem in which the Music Study club lis already held. If the membership limit were increased to 1900 there would be no lack of applicants. As lit is there will probably be a scramble as the campaign draws to close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Save Every Scrap
 of Paper You Can

MUR patriotic duties are many in " these times of stress and self sacrifice. Let us not overlook one which has not yet beer sufficiently emphasized. We must save paper.
 There is probably no other commod- ity in more general use. This very fact has led us to regard it as some thing of little value and to waste it accordingly. The war industries board has appealed to the newspapers of America to aid in nationwide cam paign for conservation. These sug- gestions are made:
 First of all, we should curtail our use of paper as much as possible. This advice applies more to corpora tions than to individuals, yet all can and must help.
 By using cheaper grades and mak- ing reduction iH the use of colors, the amount of chemicals and coal used in the paper industry will be considerably less.
 The third suggestion is one that ev- cry man, woman and child in the country can follow. Save old papers of all kinds. They can be used over again. Don't throw away a single newspaper, magazine or sheet of wrapping paper. To make bonfire of waste paper is little short of crim- inal. Shells are now being wrapped chiefly in paper made from old papers.
 The war industries board declares that paper is "a commodity just as necessary to win the war as flour and sugar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
4srRoNG DRINK IS RAGING"

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Third rail booze evidently was too much for the sailors of France to carry, for the privilege of resting their foot on the brass rail in our wet rinks, prelimin- ary to a request for "wheesky Ameri- cain,' has been taken away from them Barkeeps and proprietors were notified yesterday that they must not serve any man wearing the uniform of the French navy and they were<given to understand that any violations will put them in the black books and perhaps close up their place. Clarets of a mild strength are part of the daily rations of the French soldier and sailor and he thrives upon it. But over here in New York, where he has been permitted to purchase with out restriction, he has shown prefer ence for the stronger waters, with the result that many began to forget that there was any limit to shore leave and any end to their liquid carrying capaci- ties. Therefore it has been thought best to force him to do his drinking aboard ship amid surroundings which made 1t impossible to daily with third rail and other popular brands.