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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27

The annual biennial convention
Ct the Gens-Rl Federation ct Wcm-
ems clubs. convenlnK at Hot Springs,
Ark. sunday wiu BE q war service
conferences In every respect All sub
3acts considered win - presented Is
related Go efficiency In the present
national crisis.
All the speakers are those who are
interested IN various lines o. war
work and who are authorities On
the subjects they are 20 present TO
the conference. AEonE the speak
nra are Hon. Jeanette Rankin. con-
ErasswumRn from Montana. MIS-
Julia Lsathrop. head or the chiiarenss
bureau ~ Washington. and Richard
Dana
Inexpensive war menus are - Be
served at the dinners and hanuueta
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27

The weekly meeting OF Bible Class
No. So was held Thursday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. Frank Clancy,
Eighth street south. The next meet
ing is at the home OF Mrs. Arthur
Kiorlie. Sixth street south.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27

to do the big things in this line q
work. The conservation measures
now being practiced are step in tht
right direction, but they do not 50
far enough. Women IN general mus
take up the study Of the cost Of
production, manufacture and cons
sumption or foodstuffg and when thii
f. understood thoroughly, must sci
about TO remedy the conditions sure
rounding them. Congresswoman
Rankin believes that this matter Of
educating the women along these
lines win be one OF the next steps Il
he taken by the food adminietratf ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27

4
nee. Miss Edna Rankin is a years
were miniature lanterns for the boys
and small dolls for the girls.
-
The weekly meeting OF Bible Class
No. 50 was held Thursday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. Frank Clancy,
Eighth street south. The next meet
ing is at the home OF Mrs. Arthur
Kjorlie. Sixth street south.
A farewell reception for Mrs. N. z.
Schnell, who is to soon leave Far
20. was given at the meeting OF the
Ladies' Aid society OF tbs Plymouth
CONGREGATIONAL church at the home
OF Mrs. @. #. Atwood. Seventh street
north. Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Schnell was presented with q SOU
venir spoon. Musical numbers were
given by Mrs Al. J. Maxon. Mrs.
Esther Methner and Mrs. M. +. Hay
ford.
Miss Jenette MacGovney OF Sioux
Fails, IS. D., has accepted position
in the cloak and suit department of
Blacks store. Miss MacGovney was
formerly connected with the cloak
and suit department Of Fantel Broth
ers' store at Sioux Falls.
Miss Philomena Boisvert who has
been with the deI1endrecie store for
the past ten years. has accepted a
position with the Black store and
will have charge of the ribbon. neck
wear. veilings and leather goods de-
partments.
Mrs. l. Magnussen. 154 First ave.
nue. north. Moorhead. entertained the
Circle Staff Of the Red Cross aux
Hilary to the Degree OF Honor at her
home. Friday evening. Thirty mem
bers we're in attendance and the
hours were spent in Red Cross work.
a social time was also enjoyed and
the hostess served refreshments.
Music for the services at the First
Methodist church for Sunday fol-
lows: Morning a Anthem. Chorus
OF the Sons OF Jophet'. Ruhinstein.
Solo. selected Mr.. Walker. Evening
Anthem. Lord. We Implore Thee"
Franck. The Pilgrims OF the
Night. Westbrook. Ladies' double
trio, Mesdames Wright. Rue Woost
McKinnon and Misses Ashton and
Mark
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27

MISS ENetJh FatseFeQuH
sist Miss Patterson. These recitals
are open to the public. The program
for Thursday evening follows:
Fantasy in e Minor .....s...... Bach
Romance 0p. 28, No. -. Schumann
Hari6! Harkl the Lark. Schubert-LsisEt
Miss Evelyn Patterson.
The Soldier OF Fortune" ........s.
a......r...... Robert w. Service
Miss Alice Hare.
Etude Cn. 26. No. ......... Chopin
Vaise Op. 81, No. / ..... Moskowsizi
Miss Evelyn Patterson
How We Hunted a Mouse" ........
..4.s..s......... Joshua Jenkins
Miss Alice Hare.
Hungarian Fantasy ........ LlsEt
Orchestral part arranged FOR sec
ond ptano)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27
Graduate Piano
Recital Thursday

Miss Evelyn Patterson, pianist.
q graduate OF Dakota conservatory,
viii be presented in recital at Stones
Auditorium. Thursday evening. May
2 Miss Alice Hare. reader. win as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
OUR HERITAGE

(From an address by G. B. Stadden
before the Association of Life
Insurance Presidents.)
This generation has been rudely,
but let us hope effectually, awak-
ened to it's responsibility in pre-
serving and promoting the welfare
of the country by re-establishing
among all the people genuine per-
manent habits of thrift so that
the comfort and enjoyment of the
present may be greater, and that
the heritage of the future may be
augmented.
True as this may be regarding
material things, it becomes even
more emphatic with respect to the
inherent rights of q people-fore-
most among which is the inalien-
able rights of personal liberty.
Having by their thrift paved the
way for the further development
of this vast region, and by means
of that same thrift having firmly
established here that which 'in
one form or another is the great
object of life" - the homes of a
people - those dauntIess pioneers
unhesitatingly shouldered their
trusty muskets and stood defantly
for the protection of that which
they had builded and which,
through countless generations,
should be their children's forever
ito have and to hold"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
A MUNICIPAL BUILDING

n n another page of the Telegraph
to-day is a reference to the
the next important step in the
development of Harrisburg-a COM
bined city and county building.
We have talked about such a struc-
ture for so many years that any fur
ther discussion would seem to be un-
necessary. 1t is obvious that the con-
centration of the city and county Of
fees in one building is desirable from
every standpoint. The wonder is that
the people of Dauphin county and
the city of Harrisburg have so long
endured the inc gavenience of the
present big-village arrangement.
OF course, it will be said that this
obstacle and that stand in the way
of such a project, but so long as the
people will stand for arguments of
this kind they will be forced to lose
their time and patience and religion
in seeking out the municipal and
county officials scattered far and
wide in rented quarters.
We have talked enough about this
matter; now is the time to act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
Things That Had GrODn Little

The splendor of the little things is
back once more,
The wonder of your laughing, or
knocking at my door,
The marvel of your glancing, or be-
ing in the place,
Or speaking of the morning or of
my face.
The things that had grown little by
being often done,
They are all made large for us at
last, each one. -.
Pain and grief for measuring rod,
how again
Can l underrate them as we both
did then?
The months I lay alone at night in
my fear
Made me know a single words
worth was dear.
With wars hand upon you and
deaths near by,
Have time and distance made you
wise as /?
The splendor of the little things
now shines bright
OF your laughter in the morning,
and your touch at night,
But when kindly danger ceases
pushing you and me
To kiss. shall we grow careless, as
we used to be?
Mary Carolyn Davies, Braith-
waite's Anthology, Boston Trans
script.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. Henry w. Shoemaker, the
author and publisher, is engaged in
government work at Washington.
George s. Dawson, one of the
new receivers of the Pittsburgh
Railways, was builder of a number
of electric lines.
Senator Boies Penrose plans to
spend some time in Philadelphia
this week to discuss legislation.
-EX-S Speaker George h. Alter,
president of the Allegheny Bar AS
sociation, presided at the opening
of the new quarters of the Bar AS
sociation in the city-county building
in Pittsburgh.
Robert S. Spangler, of York,
much mentioned for speaker, is q
lawyer and tennis is his favorite
pastime.
Garter Glass, the new secretary
of the treasury is newspaperman
and comes from Lynchburg. lie has
frequently spoken in this state.
General Goethals says that the
reason Philadelphia does not get
more as port for government
shipments is because of the high
cost of handling supplies.
Captain John ID. Hitchman,
well-known Westmoreland countian,
is on his way home from the war
zone. He was head of the supply
company of the 10th.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
THE DRAFT BOARDS

" HE local draft boards close their
reports and seal their records
to-day, preparatory to filing
them with the Adjutant General at
Washington and going out of busi-
ness. Nobody ignorant of the vast
machinery necessary to engineer the
draft has any true conception of the
magnitude of the task or of the
difficulties attendant upon the in
auguration and operation of the con.
scription law.
Conscientious draft board men,
bers, for nearly two years, have given
freely of their time and effort that
the draft be honestly administered,
without delay and with the least
possible hardship TO those affected.
Early and late they have labored,
neglectful of their own affairs and
with little public recognition or
commentator. They are the silent
patriots. by their fruits We shall
know them," and the local draft
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
"The Great Army That Died"

they knew are the sons of mothers
whose ideals they carried forward
with the banners of just and holy
cause. They drew from the blood
that bore them the strength of VIII,
the firmness of purpose, the fear
lessness of death which we cele-
brate in this tremendous hour. They
fought and fell as the protagonists
of American motherhood, which
their signal devotion now has vim
dicated and enshrined. Their souls
were stepped in patriot cradles and
nurtured in homes where virtue and
honor and faith were more than all.
Forever living, incapable of death,
are the noble boys who lie where
freedom for the world was won.
And joyful with a sacred joy are the
mothers of sons who return not. The
God of battles is also the God of
compassion. They need not the pity
of men and women. lie has raised
them up to greater heights by sac
rifice made perfect"
The American Army assumes it a
duty to bring back to their native
soil the bodies of those who have
fallen. But Colonel Roosevelt and
his wife feel differently, and the for
mer has written to General March,
of the War Department, this letter,
which the press reproduces:
Mrs. Roosevelt and l wish to en-
ter a most respectful but most en-
phatic protest against the proposed
course, so far as our son Quentin is
concerned. We have always be-
lieved that Where the tree falls,
there let it lie We know that many
good persons feel entirely different,
but to us it is painful and harrow
ing, long after death. to move the
poor body from which the soul has
fled. We greatly prefer that Quen-
tin shall continue to lie on the spot
where he fell in battle and where
the foemen buried him.
After the war is over, Mrs.
Roosevelt and / intend to visit the
grave and then to have q small stone
put up saying it is put up by us, but
not disturbing what has already
been erected to his memory by his
friends and American comrades in
arms
with apologies for troubling
you,
Very faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The request, to which assent has
been given, may be pondered and
approved by many others who have
precious dead over there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
The British NdUy
IFrom the Kansas City star.l

From the Kansas City Star.
Two speeches yesterday by British
statesmen, one by Winston Spencer
Churchill and one by Sir Eric Ged-
des. indicate the sentiment in Great
Britain regarding the question of
limitation of the British navy.
We do not intend" says Winson
Churchill, minister of munitions, mo
matter what argument or appeals
are addressed to us, to lend our
selves in any way to any lettering
restrictions which will prevent the
British navy maintaining its well
tried and well deserved supremacy"
Sir Eric Geddes, in his utterance,
declared that the British navy was
the pivot upon which the fate of the
world turned. The sea power of
the British navy" he said from
the very outbreak of the war, held
all the fleets of the world in a silent
grip. crushed the life out of the en-
emy countries and assured the free
dom of the world by it's efforts."'
These two utterances may be
taken as the answer of Great Brit
aims answer as to the meaning of
the term, the freedom of the seas"
In the United States there has
been a class of statemen who have
spilled much eloquence in Congress
at times, touching the subject of the
British navy. Particularly have
waXed. wordy on the subject at such
times as they desired to justify their
votes against the building of our
own navy, and they pointed to Eng
lands supremacy on the seas as
a menace to the worlds liberty"
But even these pacifist statesmen
lived to thank God for the British
navy. In the darkest hours of the
past four years the British fleet,
the bulldog of the seas, was the
hope of the world. THE silent
grip" which was crushing the life
out of the enemy, was the one hold
which was not weakened, the one
hope which did not fail.
The whole world will agree with
Sir Eric Geddes in his conclusion
that the British navy was the pivot
upon which the fate of the world
turned, and will give thanks, so
long as the memory of the war lives,
that the pivot held firm and stead
fast. 1t was the power which gave
to civilization the freedom of the
seas at a time when that expression
meant something more than rhe-
torical phrase.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
WE MUST FIND A WAY

TT is unthinkable that families
of soldiers should be permitted
- to suffer during the absence of
their bread-winners in the service
of the nation. The complaints of
soldier pay being withheld, as recit-
ed to the Harrisburg Red Cross,
should be investigated at once.
There is no good excuse for such
gross carelessness at Washington, To
be sure, the task of keeping up with
the army payroll is great, but it all
resolves itself into a question of
hiring adequate clerical forces, and
heaven knows nobody in the federal
service has been bashful on that
score. If want exists here and Wash
ington continues slow we must find
some way of meeting the situation
locally. 1t would be an outrage and
a disgrace to the community to per-
nit the family of a single soldier to
lack the means of livelihood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
WHAT THE FIGURES MEAN

TN HE amazing majorities accord
ed Senators Sproul and Beidle-
man at the November election
indicate the confidence the voters
of Pennsylvania have in the new
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.
But the figures also illustrate the
dissatisfaction of the electorate OF
the State with the national admin
istration and everything connected
Herewith. The McCormick-Palmer
outfit cannot escape responsibility
by the assertion that it had repudi-
ated Bonniwell the head of the
Democratic ticket, for it gave its
full and unstinted support to Logue
for second place, and Senator Bel
dleman defeated him even more
decisively than Senator Sproul beat
Bonniwen. The Mccormick Palmer
crowd lost every fight it made by
majorities that were overwhelming.
With the prestige of the administra-
ton and the whole of the Federal
patronage and party machinery
back of them, and unlimited millions
at their command, they were de-
feated to the point of reputation.
II a Demoratic party reorganization
is not affected soon, there will be
nothing left to reorganize.
Studying the figures one is i'm
pressed with the utter inability of
the liquor interests" to deliver any
thing to anybody in State politics
in Pennsylvania. Senator Sproul
was openly dry" Judge Bonni-
we'll based his whole candidacy on
the wet" plank in his platform.
The liquor crowd threatened Sena-
tor Sproul with their power at the
polls if he did not recede. He stood
firm. The ''wets" lined up behind
Bonniwell-and Senator Sproul was
elected by the largest majority ever
given a gubernatorial candidate in
Pennsylvania. Never again will old
John Barleycorn stand as a terrify-
ing bugaboo in the pathway OF a
political candidate in this State. He
is as harmless as last years
scarecrow.
Republicans are naturally jubilant
over the outcome, but their rejoic- |
ings should be tempered by a sense
of the responsibilities placed upon
the party and its chosen represent
atives in this period of transition
from war to peace. The whole !
weight of the Government of the |
rests upon their /
shoulders. They must see to it that |
they acquit themselves as triumph
antly as they were elected, and the
past performances of the men in !
question are ample guarantee of
that.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10

DREMIER CLEMENCEAU stir
= red the great heart of France
to it's depths when he
added a few simple words to
his communication of the armis-
tiCe terms in the Chamber of Depu-
ties, says the Literary Digest Let
us honor the great army that died.
France in older times had soldiers
of God; to-day it has soldiers of hu-
manity and always soldiers of
ideals" They were noble words,
says the New York World. I'm that
moving phrase he spoke the inmost
feelings not only of millions of
French men and women, but of the
peoples of all the Allied nations that
shared in the winning of the war"
1t continues.
ut is a time for universal rejoic-
ing that the shedding of blood on
the battlefields of Europe has ceased.
1t is also a time for reverent tribute
to the men who gave their lives that
the right should prevail. They have
made the supreme sacrifice. To them
has been denied the reward of join
ing in the final triumph and eXulta-
tion over victory. They have passed
beyond reach of the clamor of shout
ing multitudes, of pealing peace
bells, of the voices of loving friends
and kindred and the touch of hands
they held dear.
But they, too, wear the victor's
crown, though they failed to see the
hour of ultimate victory. They have
bequeathed to those left behind the
glory and the honors
I'm the men who return from the
war we shall show our pride, but
with Premier Clemenceau, may we
never forget to honor the great army
that died"
From another angle the Newark
News speaks of that unreturning
army and the pity that would Shield
the mothers of the sons who brought
precious victory with their DEATH
I'm the grand silence of the peace
so dearly won they sleep the war
rior's sleep. They will not again sit
about the hearth. Those of us who
are to clasp beloved hands once
more shrink at the thought of the
loneliness of the mothers whose sons
return not.
TT is a kind and tender impulse,
but we are wrong. If in those
mother hearts there yearns the sor-
row of loss. there triumphs the
glory of sacrifice. The sons whose
lives were spent for the highest that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
Holland MiSunderStdndS
(From the New York Tribune.)

(From the New York Tribune.)
1t is reported from Amsterdam
that the Netherlands government
will offer to intern the eX-Kaiser
for life on some Dutch East Indian
or West Indian island. If this re-
port is true, Holland entirely mis-
understands the attitude of the AL
lies toward the fugitive she is now
sheltering.
The precedent of Napoleon's exile
to Elba and then to st. Helena
does not interest the Allies. They
do not regard William ii as a dan
gerous political prisoner. Ma
poleon was a poor statesman, but
he was a military genius. William
ii has no talents either as a states
man or a military leader. He can
do the world no harm. He has been
completely exposed as pitiable in
competent.
The Allied powers do not want to
see him immured as a matter of
military precaution. They have no
dread of a Hohenzollern restoraH Hon
in Germany. They want to see him
receive his deserts as a criminal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
The Disappointed
[From the New York sun.1

lFrom the New y Iork sun.
There are million and half
men, more or, less, in the United
States, who were ready to so to the
front and could not. Hundreds of
thousands of them endured the re-
atlantis of military lie cheerfully,
their spirits upheld by the thought
that eventually they would enter the
trenches. They underwent rigor-
Gus drills, prepared themselves for
the final test, and then were unable
to fulfill their ambitions because the
war had ended.
In Great Britain and in France
there are other thousands of Ameri-
cans whJ have not reached the fight
ing line. Many of them will r. re-
turned to this country without hav-
ing been outside their training areas
except on leave. The prize of per-
sonal participation in the struggle
with the Germans was denied to
some of them only by days.
Here and abroad thousands of en-
listed men and officers who since the
beginning of the war have served at
posts which deprived them of any
immediate chance of fighting have
kept up their hope for active service.
They have believed that somehow
and somewhere they would be able
to get to the field and on it give
proof of their faith and valor.
All of these men are bitterly dis
appointed. They are not sorry that
an armistice has been signed, that
peace is to be made, but they deeply
regret that their own contribution
to victory was made in manner
that did not meet their highest aspi-
rations. They wanted to have a
hand in smashing the Germans in
the way the veterans of General
Pershing's combat troops did, and
all their lives they will mourn the
fact that opportunity was not given
to them.
What these men did was essen
tial. The fight could not have been
won without them. Their labors,
their readiness, made victory possi-
BILE, and he is a narrow-visioned
American who does not recognize
the debt the nation owes them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10

sia from the Czar. they turned out
the prosperous and in their places
they placed the poor and the un-
trained. Prosperity has no place In
Bolsheviki doctrine. To be virtuous
and worthy man must be in pow
erty. Such a government is as bad
or worse, than autocracy. The only
government that can succeed is one
in which all classes and all individ-
uals have their part and their voice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
LOAN THEM OUR GOLD

m HERE are good and sufficient
business reasons-aside from the
humanitarian-why the United
States government should accede to
the request of Secretary McAdoo for
a continuation of loans to our Allies.
In the first place. the devastated sec
tions of France, Belgium and other
invaded countries must be rebuilt
before we can hope to resume nor
mai trade relations with them. Sec
ondly. our gold reserve is such now
that we can afford to let some of it
go back to Europe, whence it came.
To attempt to add to it now would
be to engender bitterness among
people who are our friends. 1t were
far better to follow Mr.. McAdoo's
advice. place our loans where they
are most needed and at one and the
same time rehabilitate shattered
Europe and get the reconstruction
work at once under way. We have
the opportunity here of doing
generous thing and making it yield
dividends.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-10
Commerce Commission

[From the New York Worldl
After long and patient trial of
the administrative methods of the
Interstate Commerce Commission 1t
has been generally voted a failure.
It's membership changes from time
to time, the regulations and decis-
ions that it issues periodically un-
dergo notifications, but after all
these years its character and its
theory of operations remain the
same. 1t has made of itself re-
dictionary body; 1t has proved a dead
weight in the development of the
railroads of the country, and 1t has
failed to justify itself as an agency
that works for the public good with
the intelligent end of getting the
best results.