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New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
F. p. Dunno to Direct
War Saving Publicity
Creator of Famous "Mr. Doo-
ley" Becomes Chairman of
Local Committee

Finley Peter Dunno, "Mr Dooleys"
confidant. succeeds James Il. Mcbride
as chairman of the publicity commit
tee of the War Savings Committee
of New York City. Mr.. Mcbride re-
signed because of his appointment as
president of the Municipal Service
Commission.
College instructors and students have
volunteered to aid in the missionary
work which is to teach New York the
value of thrift and the opportunity Of
fered by the war savings plan. They
also will urge a system of authorized
thrift and war savings stamps selling
agenciessSto cover the entire city
Representatives of ten educational
institutions met yesterday at 81 Cham
bers Street to discuss methods by
which they could aid in the campaign
They wore from Adelphi College, the
College of the City of New York, Co
lumba University, Cooper Union In
sttu.e, Fordham University, Hunte,
College, Manhattan College, New York
University Pratt Institute and the
/ Training School for Teachers
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Japan Relies on Lshiii to
Settle Problem With u. s.

qulrements of foreign steel chiefly
from England, but the war necessarily
cut Off that source OF supply, as Eng
land could not produce enough for her
own needs and had to come to the
united States for large quantities Of
steel. The demand for shipping caused
II great boom in shipbulding in Japan,
as we'll as the United States, they
be'ng practicall Y the only two nations
IN the worl d where shipbuiding could
expand during the first three years OF
the war. Owing to feeing'that Japan
was not doing her full share as an
ally and also due to fear that the
United States would need all OF its
snipbullding steel for its own colossal
shpbuilding programme Japan was
suddenly cut off from its American
supplies of steel. In consequence, work
has been abandoned on partly COM
rleted vessels, and it has been impos-
slble to begin work on some hundreds
of vessels under contract. The result
is that one of the Allied nations, with
many thousands of skilled shipbuilders
and with n capacity of 100000 tons
year, is practically stopped from
building ships when ships are tho sine
qua non of victory for the Allies. Most
of the ships undertaken by the Jap
anese yards are for Britain ane
France, and practically all Of then
! would contribute directly or indrcctl,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

The first Japanese suggestion was
that the United States raise the en-
barge to the extent Of letting Japan
have 100000 tons of steel on the condl-
tior that the major part Of the 1900
600 tons Japan then proposed to build
should be placed at the disposal Of the
Allies. This programme, however,
contemplated too long q time, and the
United States sought actual govern.
ment ownership of all vessels obtained
from Japan. The island empire then
proposed that if the United States
10000 in 1917 and 100000 in 191S-it
would in return supply the United
States with ships Of tonnage of $780,
600 between January. 1918, and Sep
tcmbcr, 1919 During that period Japan
expected to build with American ma
tcral not less than 100000 tons, re-
tanning 100000 tons for her own pur-
poses and for the other allies.
Did Not Please America
This proposition did not please the
United States, which made counte,
suggestion that beginning with last
November japan should deliver to the
United States 100000 tons Of shipping
{. lilOiltH lux Vc'l IuottllS, lHc oiilPPiE
Board to pay for the same at the rate
Of $40 ton and Japan to be allowed
to receive the 100000 tons of steel j
had contracted fer. The Japanese dit
not like this proposal, because it mean
that most Of The million tons they wer'
to sell the United States would have tt
como out Of shipping already ahoat
as by September, 1913, they could no
i build more than 100000 or 100000 ton
cut of the American material. More
ever, S170 ton from the United State
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Japan Bars Sale or Charter
OF Her Ships to Foreigners
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Baron Den,
Japanese Minister of Communications,
has officially notified the Entente
Powers, according to adviccs from
Toxic to-day, that for the time being
the Japanese government has decided
to prohibit the sale or charter of Jap
anese vessels to foreigners. The rea-
son was said to be the fact that Jap
ane;e vessels on the coastwise trade
and Sorcign routes are fast diminish
ing, We to the charter of vessels to
foreigners.
Consequently the export trade of
Japan, it was said, is being seriously
handicapped. Since the enforcement
of the wartime shipping control act,
forty or fifty Japanese vessels have
been either sold to or chartered by for
eigners, who were given special IL
censes by the Japanese authorities. A
number of vessels, now building in Jap
anese yards and soon to be ready for
sea service, may be excepted from the
rev regulations.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
should Obtain Enough Men
u Meet Every Emergency,
Says Steel Chairman
Warns Business Men
g Far Fruits of Victory Are
With the Germans,
He Declares

CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-The immediate
.~uortstion of Chinese and Japanese
shorcrs n to fill Americas war need of
s,ore men was urged by Elbert II.
c.r in a speech to-day before the
commercial Club, Of Chicago.
Frankly telling of Germany's pres
~. strength and emphasizing the
..riousness of this country's situation.
Judse Gary declared that the United
States must have more labor in order
n hit a warwinning pace.
germany to-day is more virile,
-ore efficient, more determined and
,ccressve than she was at the begin
rrc Of the war; said Mr.. Gary. Cup
~ date the armies of the enemy have
~. only been victorious, but they be-
reva themselves to be invinciblc, and
mis- adds to their strength and eff
cheney.
.This picture of war conditions is
,ot pleasant to look upon, but it is not
exaggerated, and it stares us in the
ace. We do not yet realize the full
.vtsnt of the dangers which threaten
rs.
Against our desire we we're finally
forced to become a party to this war
and now we shall be compelled te
rarrv a very large part Of the wal
burden. Now. in order to render the
which seems imperative, we must have
more and more men.
Shortage of Labor
There is q shortage of labor in thi,
tountrv at the present time on tht
arms. the railroads, the ships, in the
shops, the factories, the mines, tht
shces. Production even up to The
present capacity cannot be secured
unless more workmen are employed
And for increased productive capaclt.
more men must be procured.
"The United States should immedi
stelv. under proper conditions ant
reasonable restrictions, draw from tn
Islands Of the sea and from Orienta
countries enough men, including sol
d,ers and sailors, to meet every emer
gencv. There would be no difficulty il
obtaining within short time larg
numbers Of strong, intelligent men 70
civil or even military duty, and tn
number could be increased from tim
10 time as required. If legislation
requisite Congress should act withou
delay.
"Thc mothers and fathers of thi
country have given their sons. Thes
men are entitled to every practicabl
effort on our part to assist them, witt
out one moment Of unnecessary della.
"Thc weakest spot in our situatio
is lack of sufficient production Of Il,
things vital to the life and strength {
our armies, which might be obtaine
except for the scarcity of labor.
would be objectionable If this shortae
shall not promptly be overcome"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
By Theodore M. knappen

Failure OF Baron Sato. the Japanese
Ambassador at Washington, to con-
cIude trade Of Japanese ships for
American steel doubtless has resulted
in his recall. He will be replaced ac-
cording to we'll informed Japanese,
with Viscount lshi, who, in view of
his success in negotiating an under
standing between the two countries in
regard to China, the Japanese think. is
likely to succeed where Sato failed.
That after months of NEGOTIATIONS
nothing has come Of the Japanese cf-
Tort to raise the embargo on American
IRON and steel contracted for by Japan
is really disaster for both nations. as
we'll as for the Allied cause. 1t means
that the United States will have some
hundreds of thousands less new ton
mage in 1913, and it means the pa
ralysis of the shipbuilding industry of
Japan, and probably n concurrent de-
pressing effect on all her iron and steel
industries.
British Supply Cut
Formerly Japan imported her re.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Cost of Living Is
One Per Cent Lower
Bureau of Labor Finds Twelve
Standard Articles Re-
duced in Price

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Thc high
cost of living is on the downward
trend, according to statement to-day
Of the Bureau OF Labor Statistics,
which says that the retail price Of
food as d whole for November was 1
per cent less than in October. OF
standard articles twelve showed de-
creases, four remained stationary in
price and eleven increased.
The question of whether a continu-
ance Of the decline may be expected
vas not touched by the bureau. 1t
would take many months like Novem-
Der, however, to put prices back to
pre-war levels, as the bureau calcu-
lated that prices were 23 per cent
higher than in November, 1916, 46 per
cent, higher than in the same month
Of 1914 and As per cent higher than in
1913. Cornmeal has increased 127 per
cent in the four-year period, flour 109
per cent, lard 104 per cent, bacon n
per cent, sugar rs per cent and pota-
toes Y per cent.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Newark Shipyard
Idle Since Formal
Opening, Dec. 20
Railroad Crisis Holds Up Steel
for Construction, Says
General Manager

NEWARK, Jan. 5.--Since the formal
exercises of driving the first rivet in
the keel laid at the plant of the Sub
marine Boat Corporation, Port Newark
December 20, practically no construc-
tion work has been done OF. vessels.
While this was admitted to-day by
Is. l.. Worden, general manager Of the
corporation, he declared that work on
the fabrication OF ships would be re-
sumed Monday morning. The general
manager lays the blame for the delay
on the railroad situation. Hundreds of
cars, containing material for the plant,
arc held up throughout the country.
Fcrty-six steel mills in digerent parts
of the country are manufacturing parts
for the ships.
"Thc people do not appreciate how
fearfully. involved the railroad situa-
tion was" declared Mr.. Worden. "Traf-
fic was tied up everywhere. but it is
my information from Washington and
from railroad officials that there will
be no further difficulty after the cold
spell"
The placing OF coal on the preferen
tial list after government took over the
railroads. Mr. Wordcn added, resulted
in holding up cars with material fov
the ships. ave are not criticising this
action. for we feel that both food ane
coal should be given the preference a
this tina
MIR. Wordcn added that the ship
builders were being continued in EN-
ployment, doing small jobs about tn
yards, and that no time will be lost il
keeping up to schedule. He declare
the plant is now ahead of schedule.
The general manager has been i
conference with members of the Unite
States Shipping Board and says tn
difficulties are appreciated by the off
cals. Neither the cold wave nor tn
lack of coal has anything to do wit
the delay, he added. Since the col
snap the company has distributed 20
tons of coal in small lots among it
employes.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Upstate Woman Hale at los

GENEVA, N. Y, Jan. 5.--Mrs. Saman-
tha Stanton Nells, of Naples, N. Y, is
to- day celebrating tne I08th anniver-
sary of her birth. She is hale and
hearty ard retains all her faculties.
Mrs. Ne!lis was born in Herkimer
County.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

for which Brtish shipping men were
willing to pay as much as $400 ton
did not look very attractive.
japan then proposed that she would
turn over 100000 tons Of existing ships
to the United States and between now
and August 100000 tons built from
American material, Japan to receive
from America only 175,000 tons OF
steel, from which total of $4,000
tons of ships could be built. This
proposition was accepted by the United
States, subject to the condition that
none of the ships be less than seven
years old. $170 a ton to be paid for
existing ships and 5000 for new ships.
Japan rejected this proposition and
dropped negotiations. At least, Baron
Sato did.
Now Viscount Ishi is to have a
chance.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Hjalmar Branting, Sweden's
Socialist Minister. Resign,

STOCKHOLM. Jan. 5. - Hjalmar
Branting, the Socialist Minister of
Finance. has resigned for "reasons of
health" His resignation has been ac-
cepted.
Fredrik Wilhelm Thorsson, repre-
who is also Socialist deputy, has been
appointed Minister of Finance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
I Am PrO-Gerr1dn.
League Organizer
Told His Audience.
SCI Intend to Make Pro German Speech Said Non
partisan League Speaker at GoOdhue.
Is On Trial at Red Wing for Obstructing Enlistments
In the United States Army.

Red Wing, Mimi, April six of the eight wit
for the state IN the trial of l. w. Martin nation
al NOnparsan league organizer trial here charged
with Obstructng enlistment In the army and navy testi-
fed today that Martin talk made before farmers
meeting at GOOdhue last fall declared Il prO-er-
man and intend to make pro German speech"
The defense In crOss-examining the witnesses
sought to show that Martins statement was made In
to certain published statement that his utter
ances at previous meeting were prO-Geman and that
his statement merely quotation from the news
papers statement
Each witness testified that Martin declared the war
was rich mans war and said ''we should be careful
not to buy Liberty Loan bonds but should let the rich
buy them. The people should not weigh down their old
gray shoulders with Liberty Bonds ~
Attorneys for the defense asked each witness if
he did not recall Martins statement Il am subject to
draft and viii 20 when called. would 90 now but
have an aged mother to support.
Four of the witnesses declared they recalled the
that he subject to draft but did not re
call his statement regarding enlistment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
BILL AIMED AT
GERMAN SPIES

Washington, April A. German
spies, propagandists and persons
making disloyal utterances were de-
nounced in the senate today when an
effort was made to rush through a
n1ouse bin providing penalties Of
twenty years Imprisonment and
$4,000 ne for interference with gov
ernment bond sales, acts intending to
interfere with the army draft and
disloyal statements.
We've got to do something to
catch these scoundrels and spies all
over the country" said Senator
Overman. Of North Carolina "Peo-
pie are taking the law into their own
hands on the ground that congress
Is not passing necessary laws. We
hear reports of mobs everywhere"
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
declared the bill would mot catch
a single spy" asserting that spies do
not do their work publicly or openly
make disloyal utterances.
German propaganda has been
'snotoriously conducted" and the
bills purpose is to broaden the
espionage law, Senstor Walsh. Of
Montana. said. He said some federal
courts have made strained con-
struetions" of existing law and dis
charged persons who have denoun-
ced the President and the nation
and obstructed the draft and bond
subscriptions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
POLICE SEEK
RAILROAD NAN

Although fae affair vas kept Sc
crsE BY the police fn hope OF making
an arrest. the information was given
cut this afternoon that after an all
niEht-s search. officers had failed to
fucata Joan nj. Winters. n eonduc-
tor on tire Northern Pacific. who. 10
il alleged. brutaIly assaulted his wife
az his home. 1I0s Fifth street north.
NJ Wednesday noon. and for whom a
warrant has been issued
Tha candttfon OF Mrs Winters was
considered serious for q time Chiai
DahIgreu and Sergeant Morton sgd
ness said this afternoon that Winters
had DROPPED cut or sight
Mrs. Winters ts the mother OF
seven children. the eldest being L.
years Old
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
SAYS EOCH WILL
The
GREAT VICTORY
OF GEN. JOFFRE
Counselor of French En-
bassy Here, Predicts An
other Battle of Marine

Baltimore. April q Marshal
Joffre's victory at the Marne in 1915
will be duplicated by General Foch,
Count Charles de ChambFun. cOun-
selor Of the French embassy, predict
ed today in an address delivered On
the occasion Of French day" at
Baltimore's ''over there" Liberty
Loan exhibition.
with the heroism Of sublime
faith and the determination which
brings victory. ne declared. France
faces the most formidable attack that
the world has seen since the inroad
Of Attilla- What the Roman general
did in defeating the scouFEe OF God.
what Joffre succeeded in doing in
1914. General Foch win do tomor-
row."
In outlining the reasons for
Frances unshaEable confdence the
Count de Chambrun conveyed his na-
tion's feeling Of deep gratitude for
Americas aid.
''F'or just q year now" he said.
France has heard rise from beyond
the seas the voice or support and
from the greatest democracy
Of the earth. This voice which has
stirred her 20 the depths has cried 70
her during her trial: Liberty and
Justice shall not perish from the
earth
Now. after a hundred years OF
recognition Of the French assistance
to the cause led BY your immortal
Washington, you have given 70 the
world the greatest example Of ma
tional gratitude. And remember this.
the French reuuhlie VIII never for
Eet. She is grateful FOR the present
as you were grateful for the past.
She is grateful for an your confribu-
ttons. f0r your boundless generosity,
for the immediate aid that General
PershtnE has no nohlE offered ans
above all for the energy with which
you are coming to our support
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
Council of National De-
fense Would Curb the
German Press
GERMAN PREACHERS
ALSO UNDER BAN
Two Governors Warn That
Mob Violence May Be
Expected, Otherwise
~ AssoeIated Prens.l

Washington, April A.-State gov
ernors meeting here today with
members OF the council OF national
defense, urged drastic action to
stamp out disloyalty and TO curb the
German language press. They ad-
vocated measures to prevent preach :
ing in German and the teaching Of
German In elementary schools.
Secretary Daniels, who presided as
head OF the council, in reply asked
the governors to formulate resolu-
tions supporting the bill drafted by
Attorney General Gregory to reach
spies. traitors and disloyal persons
The resolutions committee OF the
governors met later az Secretary
Lanes Office.
When full Americanization has
been accomplished, Secretary DAN
iels said, not only will every Ameri-
can be mobilized for war, but I'VE
viii put the fear Of God into the
hearts OF those who live among as
and fatten upon Us and are not
Americans"
More Vigorous Steps Needed.
Governor Stewart, OF Montana,
said the governors found themselves
in accord with the program Of
by education map
ped out at yesterdays Americaniza-
ton conference but believed more
vigorous measures were necessary.
THE greatest criticism heard" he
declared, 'tis against the timorous
attitude OF the national government
toward treason"
Former Senator La Fayetta Young,
OF Iowa, told Of the organization in
his state of the German American /
patriotic society which, he said. was
doing good work. He declared him I
self for elimination OF the German I
press and or the German language in
schools and churches.
I'VE have mere trouble with /
preachers who preach in German /
than with anybody else. he said I
They are public enemies whether /
they intend it or not"
Federal judges should be given 4
The power to intern enemy aliens.
Mr.. Young said.
Suppress German Press.
There are 5000 persons in Iowa. p
he added 'Who ought TO be in the 4
frnnffuuea an nara a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
ASSOCIATED PRESS
summary OF WAR

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
.Ukrainian Rada Proposes
Peace With the BOlshe-
VlSt Government
TROOPS
LAND IN FINLAND
i-IewiSh Riots Are Re
pOrtedn klev and Parts
Of IurkeStan

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a Ea1SGra 10 RzEfSz the services C
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-04
Factory Heads
GiUe Aid To
SdlUdge Work

Members of the Fargo Manufac-
turers' association, at their regular
meeting today, adopted resolutions
pledging their individual and collec-
tive support to the salvage depart
ment OF the Fargo branch Of the
American Red Cross, and contribut-
ed 500 for the administration Of the
department.
r. ]. Cone, manager OF the Man
chester Biscuit Co., A. d. Brophy,
manager of the Fargo Mil Co.. and
F. o. Knerr, manager Of the F. Q.
Knerr Creamery Co, each donated
sacks for the use OF the department.