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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

ard OF the state tax commission, ara
guests at the Gardner today both ar
irving this morning.
Harry Hart and Melvin Hart, Of the
firm Of Hart Bros. of Fergus Falls,
cigar men, are spending the day In
Fargo on business.
RsInhoId, John A. and Edward
Dittmer, all OF the Casselton district,
were among the convention visitors
in Fargo Friday afternoon.
DE-. Frank Peterson, OF Minneapolis,
will preach in the First Baptist
church Sunday, occupying the pulpit
both morning and evening.
Hjalmer Ness. one Of the farmers
of the Wolverton district, Wilkin
county, was a business and conyen-
ton visitor in Fargo this week.
Miss Hazel e. Matteson, OF Tower
City, arrived in Fargo Friday eve.
ming and is spending the day visiting
friends and making purchases.
Sen. Thomas Pendray, of stutsman
county, was a visitor in Fargo FRI
day and attended the meeting Of the
Equity held in the auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Hoy and son. OF
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

legion, are being made in that city.
The event will take place on Thurs
day, Jan. 81.
Edward r. Baghun. one OF the rail-
way mail clerks at Jamestown, ar
rived in Fargo Friday and took the
regular semi-annual examination at
the Office of the chief clerk OF the
railway mail service.
Peter Luger, of the LaiEer Furniture
CO., has left for eastern points to
visit the furniture manufacturing
establishments for the purpose OF
placing orders forka new line of fur
niture for the store.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that
Judge A. M. Christianson, of the sur
preme court, who has been a patient
in the Bismarck hospital for the last
few weeks, has recovered sufficiently
to be able to return to his home
Al service flag with fifteen stars has
been placed in the window oH the
Standard Oil Co.'s Office on Tenth
street north. Several former employees
of the company are in France with
Co. b of the One Hundred and Sixty
fourth infantry, formerly the First
North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

Italians who have relations IN
Austrian prison camps who are
starved and illtreated note with i'm
patience the liberty given in Italy
to prisoners of war, despite a gen
The problem of caring for prison
ers of war is a big one for the allies
who still believe in humane treat
ment They will not do as the kais-
er does-drive their captives to work
at the slavery tasks until they are
worked to death-and they dare not
give too much liberty to the prison
ers for fear of intrigue and plots
The crews from informed vessels in
the United States are given great
freedom at their places of intern
ment and spend the time carving out
miniature merchantmen.
AT Rome war prisoners, whether
Austrians, Hungarians or the rarer
Germans, are the subjects of many
bitter complaints and of appeals to
the government fer stricter treat
ment. One of the least Of their
drawbacks is that they do very lit
tie work on the farms and roads
eral press campaign some time ago.
However Austrian and Hungarian
officers are no longer taken to places
of amusement. The trouble now is
with the rank and file.
Refuse to Let Them Work,
The press of northern Italy, head
ed by The Milan Corriere della Sera,
is ably seconded by the population
Of those districts nearest to the zone
Of operations who have refused to
have any more war prisoners on
their land and now employ refugees
from the recently invaded provinces.
In many farm and country districts
the prisoners are actually doing anti
war propaganda, working harder at
it than with pick, shovel or plough.
Many of them knew some Italian
when they arrived: nearly all have
picked up enough to talk to the peas
ants; and talk they do.
Since the Italians recent reverses
they have talked louder than ever.
They read the Italian papers, which
many italian peasants cannot do,
then expound their supposed contents
to the villages, noting how bad it is
10 make war against Germany and
foretelltng that the Austrians will
very soon invade their village if the
war goes on. The Corriere della
these reports, stating names of viii
porary employers.
Treated as Princes Here.
England and France have had. sim
liar trouble with German prisoners
and in this country there has been
loud cutlery against the princelv
treatment accorded them. There are
only a few in the United States.
comparatively speaking, our prison.
er population being limited to the
crews of interned German ships
At Fort Mcpherson, Ca. where a
NUMBER or the crew Of the EiteI
Friedrich are interned, the sailors
spend most Of their time at plav.
Four of them have constructed a
miniature replica of United States
merchantmen, carving it for the
most part out of wood. In the photo
one OF the Germans may be noted
attaching the American flag to the
stern Of the vessel.
The old sailor on the right in the
photo has carved a fuIl-ripged
schooner from a block of wood.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

Afinot. we're among the many ward
county people who attended the Tri-
State Grain Growers convention.
Both the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific stations were crowd
ed last night and this morning by the
convention visitors returning to their
homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dittmer, OF Cas-
seIton, prominent farmers, left Thurs
day for points in the west and thence
to San Francisco, to spend the winter
months.
Anthony Walton, OF Minot, one of
the prominent members of the last
session of the state legislature, spent
the latter part of the week in Fargo
attending the convention.
George Benson, Of the editorial
staff of The Grand Forks Herald, re-
turned to Grand Forks Friday eve
ming, after spending the day covering
the Tri-State convention for The
Herald.
Arrangements for a loyalty dance
to be given under the auspices of the
Grand Forks council Of Labor's Loyal
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
MASONIC COUNCIL
DEFENSE FORMED
ATCONFERENCEOF
LEADERSINFARGO
Twenty-Five Representa-
tiVes of Various Bodies
In Attendance
STOCKWEIL Is
MADE CHAIRMAN
-Four Important Commit
tees Named to Carry
Out Plans of Work
SToCKWELL IS
MADE CHAIRMAN

{ A Masonic council Of defense. con-
sisting Of nine members. was form
ed at q conference held in Fargo all
day BEiday by the principal officers
and committees of the grand lodge
IA. +. g. A. NJ, the principal officers
of the grand chapter r. A M, grand
council r. & s. NJ, grand command
I cry knights Templar, grand chapter
10. q. S., the inspector general of the
tScottish Rite bodies of North Da-
Ekota, and potentates Of FL Zagal and
KEN temples.
The formation OF the council Of
defense is subject to the approval Of
the various bodies Interested. The
members at present are w. J. Ray
nolds OF Westhope, grand master;
wv. L. EtockweIl of Fargo, grand sec
rotary. who are ex-officio chairman
and secretary Of the council; Judge
III. @. Viclx Of Cavalier, representing
the grand lodge of North Dakota A.
F. g. A. M; Rev. l. @. Moultrie Of
Valley City. representing the grand
chapter r. A. NJ: Judge A. G. Burr
of Rugby, representing the grand
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
J. H. DUNCAN MONDAY
Fargo Pioneer Dies In Hospital Fri
day EVening-FormerIy Sheriff
of Cass County.

Funeral services for J. H. Duncan.
81, Fargo resident IS years, sheriff
of Cass county Is years ago. who
died i'm a Fargo hospital at o'clock
Friday evening following an opera
ton for rupture, will be held from
the =. F. Moore chapel, lis Roberts
street, at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon, DR.. Fl. Fl. Frost officiating
Interment will be in Riverside Gene
terry. Six members of the Fargo
lodge of Woodmen, not yet named,
will be pail bearers.
Mr.. Duncan resided at 734 Thir-
teenth street north ...a
Mr.. Duncan was born in the state
of Maryland in 851, coming west
when a young man. He is survived
by the widow, one daughter, Miss
Hazel Duncan, Minot, and three. sons,
Frank G.. Duncan, Camp Meade,
Wash, c. F. Duncan, Havre, Mont,
and II. r, Duncan, Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
coWPER Is HoNoRED.

Michigan City N. D., Jan. 4S.-A
farewell reception was rendered
Lieut.. w. L. Cowper at the opera
house Thursday evening. He left
for Fort Riley, Kansas, to join the
medical reserve corps of the nation
al army. A purse of 800 was pre-
scented. ....
]. P. Lamb presided and the Rev.
J. ]. Mcdonald delivered an address.
A banquet followed. Music was fur
nished by the Michigan Juvenile
band. .e'.-
DR.. Cowper volunteered his serv-
ices in the medical corps last July.
He has practiced medicine in Michi-
gan City for the past twenty years,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

BRIEFLY TOLD
HubbelIs Food.-Advt.
- - nRml-u, NvSa

Hubbelrs Food.-Advt.
Shop at RicKers.-Advt.
Herbst's for hosYery.-Advt.
Have Knight Prtg. Co. print it.--Ad.
Konen-Doyle Taxi. Phone 4S2.---
Advt.
Klever Klothes Kleaners. Phone
65s. The Pantorium.-Advt.
w c. Fisk, of Hunter, was an ar
rival in Fargo Friday.
A. E. Scott, of Winnipeg, is q busi-
ness visitor in Fargo this afternoon.
A. r. Bailey, of Inkster, Is visitor
in Fargo.
William Watt, of Leonard, and NJ.
o. Kencke, of Fingal, attended the
Tri-State Grain Growers convention
this week.
Herbert Drake, Arne Aselson, Ar
mold ReIten and V. Bennett, all of
Petersburg, N. D., were arrivals in
Fargo Friday night.
George e. Wallace and F. E. Pack
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
BROWN is SPEAKER.

Rev. A. w. Brown, pastor of the
Broadway Methodist church, viii he
the speaker before the mems mass
meeting in the Y, M. G. A. auditor
ium at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
HIS subject will be A Fair Fight.
musical numbers will be given by
Julla Oyermoe, soprano, and Hewi-
son Pollock tenor, of the Fargo
Conservatory of Music.
All men are welcome.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
Mohs PIunder RaiIroads.

Petrograd, Jan. 19.--via London
British admiralty per wireless press
"A Russian official communication
issued today announces that the
commissioners for food and COM
munications have urged the work.
mems councils to stop at nothing
to establish order on the railways
by organizing. special attachments
of the Red Guard aand other con-
tingents.
The communication says the rail-
ways now are in the power Of a
plundering mob, and that the trans
port service is entirely disorganized,
a fact which is causing the worst
possible effect upon the starving
regions and the army.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
Ferdinand May Have Escaped.
UItimatum 70 Rumania.

Petrograd, Jan. ia dangerous
stage has arisen in the relations be-
tween Rumania and the BolsheviISi.
Two hours Bltimatum has been sent
to the Rumanian military author
titles by the revolutionary committee
Of the Ninth Russian army demand
ing free passage Of Russian troops
through Jassy, temporary capital OF
Rumania
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
Choose New Deleaates.

Petrograd, Thursday, Jan. IRE
spending to the plea of the Smolny
institute government, the new
Blrainian rada, composed OF Boil
shevik and which was organized at
xharkoV In OPPOSITION 10 the Kiev
Fadas has determined TO send q new
set OF peace delegates to Brest-
Lit0vsk The Russian delegation as
serted that the UIgrainians had been
holding secret and traitorous nego-
tiations with the Austro- Hungarians
repardtna Boundaries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

DR.. Paul c. verne's number is not in
the telephone directory. It Is 2420-W.
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

FIavo flour, creamery white. delic-
ious flavor. goes further. Phone 80.
--Advt- "a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
MEETS In PETROGRAD
CONTINUED from page ID

kContlnued from page ID
The request not only was categori-
cally refused, but was the immedi-
ate cause of a decision to try the
former imperial personages.
Ferdinand May, Have Escaped.
London. Jan. liking Ferdinand
of Rumania, whose arrest had been
ordered by the Bolshevik govern
ment, is now under the protection of
the allies, according to a Petrograd
dispatch to The Daily Express.
It is probable that the king has
sought refuge in one of the allied
embassies at Jassy, or that he has
been taken under the protection of
the French military mission attached
to the Rumanian army Jassy is
$50 miles from the British lines in
Macedonia and it may be that the
king has been taken to Salonii by
afrplane
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-22
". ARMSTRONG
A Nd EARL ].
GLADE TOLEC1URE

Two lectures of more than passing
Importance to be given as part of
the special lecture course of the
School OF Commerce and Business
Administration of the Utah Agricul-
tural College are those to be given
at the institution during the Round
Up Week by w. w. Armstrong.
State Food Administrator, and Earl
j. Glade. Advertising Expert Of Salt
Lake City. according to Professor G.
B. Hendricks.
Mr.. Armstrong will lecture Mon
day morning on Banking Under The
Federal Reserve Act. The principles
of the Act will be explained and a
discussion given of the actual work
ing merits of the legislation.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mr.. Glade
will discuss Advertising The Pro-
ducts or The Farm And Business, a
lecture calculated to make a vital
appeal to the farmers attending the
Roundup.
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, country. A few days later. after a
change in the cabinet, the new gov
eminent gave new promises of 10y
atty to the Allies, declaring itself
opposed to separate peace but in
favor of general peace without
annexations, or indemnities." This
proposal was eagerly welcomed by
Germany, which evidently did not in
tend to accept Russian understand
ing of it but was glad to use it as
a wedge to split the Allies. The
credulous Russian populace seems to
have believed all Germany's fine
words about accepting peace with
out annexations or indemnities." The
government, however, on June 10
announced that faithful to its SOLEMN
promises to its Allies, it had rejected
offers OF separate peace, made by
Austria. At that time the Russian
government still had some SEM
blance of legality.
For several months various revolt
utions occupied attention at Petro-
grad, the Bolsheviki or Extreme Rad
icals always gaining power and more
and more inclined to make separate
peace In this the Bolsheviki were
treacherously leaving Russia's allies
in the lurch. France had been at
Continued on Page 81
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agree to vacate the territory they
had invaded in France, Russia, Ru-
mania, Belgium, Siberia and else
where, and give compensation to
Belgium, Siberia, and Montenegro !;
Europe to be recognized on the basis
of nationalities, each nationality to
control its own territory; enslaved
Italians, Slavs, Rumanians, Czechs
and Slovaks. to be set free; Turkey
to be expelled from Europe. In send
ing copy of this reply to President
Wilson, Mr.. Balfour, the British
statesman, gave reasons why last
ing peace can be based only on the
success of the Entente Allies.
Jan. 20, President Wilson, in a
speech to Congrtss, favored peace
without victory for either side.
After relations were broken off in
February, and war declared in April,
the United States made no further
efforts for peace Except peace by
victory.
The subject of peace was next
brought up by the Bolsheviki, or Ex-
tremists, who had come into power
in Russia as a result of the revolt
ution as related elsewhere. On May
II the Bolsheviki demanded peace
conference, to meet in some neutral
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to Germany in spite of great pre-
cautions.
In September, $4,000 recruits as.
sembled for training, at the variou.
training camps.
A council of war was held in Pari.
early in December. All but two Of
the 10 nations at war with Germany
were represented. Russia was one
Of the exceptions. The American del
igates were under the chairmanship
of Col. +. M. House. Plans were ad-
opted for steam work" among the
Allies, who realized that their cause
had been weakened by the absence
of one general plan which all Allies
should follow. What these plans are
is not yet known, but they were mill
tary, naval, political and financial.
Growth Of Our Navy.
In March the U. S. Navy Depart
ment awarded to private builders
contracts for four new battle cruisers
and six scout cruisers, to cost $ll2,-
100000 Ninety German vessels.
worth $l2s,OOO,O0O, were taken over
and later Austrian vessels valued at
100000.
According to the annual report OF
the Secretary of the Navy, made in
December, the United States now has
more than 1000 warships in COM
mission and 424 in course of con-
|struction.
All American passenger and cargo
vessels over $500 tons were "com-
Wandered" by the government.
More than a billion dollars was
appropriated by Congress for build
ing great feet of merchant ships.
The plans call for 100000 tons,
nearly doAble the tonnage sunk by
the German U-boats in on year.
In less than a month after the Dec
laration of War the American des-
troyer feet under Admiral Sims
reached the war zone. prepared to
cooperate with the British and
French navies in hunting German u
boats.
How to Feed Our Allies
The problem of food is one of the
most vital of the many problems
raised by the war. Our winter wheat
crop, which should have been the lar
gcst ever, proved to be the smallest
in IS years--only 260000000 bushels.
Because wheat furnishes the staple
food for armies there was heavy
demand for it from our allies. They
raised hardly any wheat of their
own, their men being engaged in war
and much of their land being overrun
with armies. German U-boats, too,
had sunk millions of bushels in the
Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean.
AS with wheat, so with sugar and
many other articles of food. Millions
Of Americans, the richest as we'll as
the poorest, have denied themselves
in order that there might be more
wheat, more sugar, more beef, pork,
and other foodstuffs to export to our
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-22

The offerings OF the Allendale Land
Company. near Drummond. Montana.
are rare opportunities for the young
man who would launch out In the
cattle business. or who has a desire
to get some choice land. with an
abundance of water. for the raising
Of beets. wheat. oats and hay.
This tract 10 reputed to be the
finest tract Of high grade. irrigated.
alfalfa grain and sugar beet land to
be had In Montana. 1t comprises over
3400 acres under what Is known az
the Allendale ditch, or irrigation ca
nal. between the stations of New
Chicago. on the Phillipsburg Branch
Of the Northern Pacific and Drum
mond on the main line Of the North
ern Pacific and Milwaukee railroads.
1t has been operated, farmed and
ranched, for number of years much
the same way that the famous Pro-
montory Curlew Land Company tract
was operated. that is handled by q
single ownership and operated from
one headquarters.
1t is the intention Of the present
ownership to sell the tract In farms
and ranches Of from 100 to 800 acres
each. Already number Of Cache
County boys have purchased land in
this vicinity. and without an excep-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-22

, ton they pronounce the land first
class. physical conditions good. ana
opportunities unbounded.
Hon. Joseph Howell 10 President
Of the company. and the success he
and his associates have achieved In
the handling Of the mammoth Pro-
montory-Curlew tract 10 evidence
that the management of this tract
knows what they are doing and that
this company 10 capable Of carrying
out any contract which II may make.
Land purchasers are perfectly Sc
cure In dealing with this company. 1t
is thoroughly reliable. and its word
may be looked upon as good az IT,
bond. :,
Herschel Bullen. present manager
Of the -Curlew Land
Company 10 vice-President: William
M. Howell. Is Secretary, and H. n.
Hatch. President of Thatcher Bros.
Banking Company, IL Treasurer.
These gentlemen with John H. Bank
head. Louis T. Cannon. and Luther
M. Howell. constitute the Board Of
Directors.
The land Is offered at reasonable
prices and on easy terms. Write tbs
Allendale Land Company. Logan.
Utah. for detailed information.
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Allies and to our own boys in France.
1t is not a question of money at all.
Our people in all walks of life are
schooling themselves not to buy and
consume what they can do without.
By such self-denial they release lab
or and material from industries that
are not needed. and make them avail
able for the winning of the war.
Experts of the Department of Agri-
culture estimated the value Of Am
erican farm crops for 1917 at the I'M
imaginable sum Of Fl billion dollars.
This is an increase OF eight billions
over 1916, which was record break
ing year.
Progress Of the War.
On the Western Front--that is, in
northern France-the years fighting
has been constant and of the fiercest
description. but it has not yielded
any very marked results. The Ger
mans have never since been so near
Paris as they were forty months ago.
They have been pushed back. foot by
foot. though sometimes they recov-
cred part of the lost ground. Their
only great successes Of the year on
land were in Russia. and, latt in
autumn, in northern Italy. In the
latter country the Austrians, aided
by some Germans. reinforced by ar
mics withdrawn from Russia. were
able to sweep the Italian armies out
of Austria and back to the Pave
river, within two days march of We
nice. At the Pave the Huns" were
halted and the Italians, with help
from the British and French, at the
close of the year seemed able to hold
them.
Outside of Europe, the Allies have
been successful at every point. Ger
many's last colony, German East
Africa, has been taken. The British
have made steady advances up the
valley of the Tigris. in Mesopotania,
and have conquered the southern part
of Palestine, including Jerusalem and
other places famous in Bible history.
Eighteen nations are now at war
with Germany, but most Of them are
small or remote and are doing little.
Some are too far gone to be of any
help. The United States is not yet
ready. At present almost the entire
burden of fighting Germany, Austria
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey rests
upon France. Great Britain and Italy.
Fall Of Gar Nicholas.
The downfall, arrest and exile OF
the Gar Of Russia came very sud-
denly in March. What purported to
be a republic was set up, and was
promptly recognized by the United
States. This government was short
lived. An unofficial organization call
ing itself the council of Workmen's
and Soldiers Delegates" began by die
tating to the new government, de-
that measures be submitted
to it for approval, and finally over
threw the government altogether,
putting the chief officials in prison
Since that time confusion and an
archy have reigned, with the nation
in the hands of its most
ignorant elements, SO far as there is
any government at all. The ex-Czar, /
with his family, was removed to ST.
IBERIA, prisoner.
Some Talk of Peace
At the beginning of the year Ger
many, then at peace with the United |
States, had asked this country to |
sound the Allies with a view to a |
peace conference. January II the
Allies replied to President Wilson'S
note, saying in effect that they were
prepared to talk peace provided the
German-Austrian allies would first