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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
GERMANS Use
THOROUGH PLAN

French Front March 2o.-tcor-
respondsnce of The Associated
Press. )-How the Germans prepare
to resist an assault by the allied
troops, who continually harry them
along the entire front, Is disclosed In
a document which has just fallen
into the hands Of the French. This
paper points out that IL Is necessary
to be prepared for every eventuality
and to establish in advance ample
dumps OF ammunition for several
days fighting for the field and POSI-
ton guns as well as for the trench
mortars. since IL must be expected
that the allies will. In case the OPP
GRAFTON should be on a big scale em-
pioy poison gas in large Quantities
and at the same time put up a bar-
rage fire between the German front
lines and their communications with
the rear.
The essential reserve Of am
munition for the trench mortars Is
laid down at $50 projectiles for each
light mortar: so projectiles for each
trench mortar Of middltng calibre
and 40 projectiles for each heavy
mortar. The mortar emplacements
should be surrounded by barbed wire
entanglements and the gunners
should be provided with a plentiful
supply Of hand-grenades for use in
case the allied troops should storm
the positions.
AS to the field and position artdl-
lery. each battery should have on
hand sufficient ordinary ammunition
to last three days and a half and al
so have ready for use a supply OF
poison gas shells.
Great stress is laid on the value Of
maintaining communications be-
tween the infantry engaged and the
STAFF in the rear. Each regiment 10
ordered to appoint an officer respon-
sibls for this service, whose duty
shall be to reconnoitre the line oc-
cupied by his regiment and send
frequent reports as TO the situation
even when no change has occurred.
The document recalls that the
FrencBFairplaneS accompanying the as
sauItng infantry during the last bat
ties around Verdun caused great dis
turbance to the Germans. IL asserts
that the effective results obtained
by these aviators we're very limited,
but that the morale OF the German
troops was considerably upset by
them. II recommends the placing OF
special machine-guns groups in the
rear OF the front lines to deal with
such attacks by enemy airplanes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06

ed, for it was a certainty that if
it could be made successful it
would again disorganize the
whole British defensive line. At
any rate, in this first dash,
which may or may not prove the
only effort made there, the Ger
man blow failed. Tt was de-
livered with very strong forces ;
more than an eighth of all the
German army were employed
here, although the front covered
only seven miles. 1t broke down
against the slope of Why
Bridge, north of the Scarpe, and
about three miles from the town
of Arras to the south.
French Strike Hard
on Enemy Flank.
Upon the flank where for the
present the enemy is centering
his chief an1iety-that it upon
the long bit of open country be-
tween the sharp corner near
Montdidier and the river Disc
near Noyon, a little over twenty
miles In length-the end of last
week was taken up with a fur
ious struggle between the con-
tinually arriving French re-
serve units and the forces which
the Germans were compelled to
send down here upon their left
flank, diverting them from what
should have been the principal
attack further north.
To this struggle the German
dispatches gave very little
space. In fact, they purposely
withhold information about it.
From the French dispatches we
learn more, and from both to-
gether, we discover that the
front along this twenty-Odd
miles was, for the moment at
least, brought to a standstill
about Saturday night. The
proof Of this is the perpetual
passing from hand to hand-the
capture and recapture by
French and Germans Of the vii
lagos mentioned in the com
muniques.
L'Eveque, just south Of
Noyon on the Disc, lost by the
French three days before, was
retaken on Saturday. Plessis,
just outside Lassigny, was simil-
arly lost and retaken. Onvill-
ers, about halfway between
Lassigny and Montdidier,
changed hands twice in the
course Of Saturday. The strug-
gle was marked by exactly the
same features all the way along
this critical front, from the hill
by Mesnil st. Georges
a couple of miles west Of Mont
didier, and overlooking that
town, and clear away to the Disc
south Of Noyon. lit was the
same story at Biermont, half
way between QnXilleEs and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06

Plessis, and through all the open
fields, which are quite bare of
woods, between Onvillers and
MeSnil, where the line turns
northward. It is here more than
on any other part of the vast
field (for the whole front is en-
gagged in bitter fighting from
Vimy to Noyon, and amounts to
something like eighty miles)
that the issue depends upon the
power Of the opposing armies to
throw In reserves.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
REFUND PLAN APPROVED.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, April 6.-The
proposal to refund 100000 of the
city water works bonds was carried
by an 8 to / vote in the city election
tins %sek 5oio 2S,ii are me new nsW
Tuesday:
Maxor-G. w. Frankberg.
Treasurer-H g. Dahl
AIdermen-E. M. Olson. S. s. Oksnes,
John Lauritzen, "A. III. Denniston.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
Arras. Yietory would Be DC.

III
Not the mere reaching of
that chief railway line which
runs through Amiens, still less
the German occupation of the
city of Amiens, would decide
the war. But the destruction of
the force opposing the German
armies would do so, and this
destruction could only be &C
complished, on the one hand by
warding off the peril from the
French which had unexpectedly
developed upon his left flank,
and on the other hand by break
ing through on the main front
still opposed to him.
Main Factors In
Great Contest.
At the moment Of writing
the great issue hangs fire, and
the factors are as follows:
Upon the main front, that is
between Montdidier and Arras,
the French carry the line up
along the valley of the Avre,
and its little tributary, the
Doms, to the ruined village of
Demuin, upon a little stream,
the Luce. just to the west Of
this village the British take up
the line and they hold the front
from north of it throughout the
sector which has been attacked.
The enemy, in the course Of
thirty-six hours hard fighting
north of the little Luce pushed
forward a thousand to fifteen
hundred yards, but then appar-
emily was held, as he was every
where to the north. The heights
to the west of Albert, the last
dispatches show, as being still
firmly held.
The enemy is not more than
eleven miles from Amiens, but
Amiens, though the objective Of
his present drive, is not q de-
cisive point. The rupture of the
British lines is the matter that
the German army has on hand.
1t was with the object of &C
compishing this that the Ger
mans, in the middle of last
week, pushed with all their
strength just south Of the
Somme, along the main road
originally built by the Romans,
which runs from st. Quentin to
Amiens. They reached by
Saturday night the points Of
Marcelcave and Dem
uin.
And it was with this same OBJ
iect that at the same time they
a very violent blow, |
which happily failed, against
Arras, the hinge upon which
pivots the whole British retiring
1t was limited by
at the front that
this blow against the hinge or
pivot ct Arras might be remoY=
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
TICKET PLAN SUCCESS.


IN NWWE1 way
Center, N. D., April 6.-Ths plan In
augurated by the oliver county Red
Cross as a means of raising funds has
met with q cordial reception through
out the county. The sale of tickets,
with prizes, at Center amounted to
more than $500 on the firat day, ana
the total receipts at Center will az
gregate $3.50. The plan covers the
entire county, and auctions of dOna-
tions to the Red Cross are being held
IN each Of the IL branches of the Red
Cross in Mercer. Sales from each OF
these places are averaging $3.50.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
ReSeyUe Pozge Opposing Armies VIII SEEING Battle Result Says
BeLoc English Critic Declare German Man Expenditure Excessive
Nezg attacks Are Made
Necessary Before Guns
Haze Been Brought Up
~ HILLAIRg RELLoel

BE1s distinguished
military crida
cgssAt ls1sGhs Association CThs Trbunsl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10

New York.-A man who likes sta
tfStics has given out a statement that
more spOols of thread have been sold
since America went into var than
ever before in its history.
This is taken to indicate that there
Is an important revival of home dress
making. 1t is difficult to prove this
condition of affairs, a prominent fash
ion correspondent writes. but the
spOols Of thread are good enough evil
dence that the women on this con-
tinent are employing seamstresses to
make e gowns for them or to alter
old ones. And they are also doing
their own sewing.
On the other hand, the shops insist
that the sale of ready-to-wear gar
ments has been immensely stimulated
by the war. Women who are giving
their time to war relief work are will
Ing and anxious to get costumes with
the least possible expenditure of vital
ity to themselves, and this can be
achieved through the ready-to-wear
departments.
Those who keep shops also claim
that women of small means are buy
Ing better materials and paying more
for their clothes than they have ever
done in the history of American COM
merce in apparel.
Those who think out the situation
say that this is cue to the employment
of thousands of women in new ways.
Instead of these women purchasing
cheap, tawdry things, they add $40 or
SIS to the price of a costume and
buy a gown that gives steady service.
America Has Done Her Part.
The one outstanding episode in the
interesting and important movement
of spring clothes, is the immense
stride in designing that America has
taken.
All that has gone before was ex-
perimental, but this spring the clothes
are good. They make no pretention
of changing the silhouette as laid
down by the Paris designers; the only
drastic revolution in silhouette which
has been attempted by this country,
took place last summer, when the mar
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Bias tunic is a chosen drapery. It is
shown in this gown by Premet of Paris,
in bis~cuit-coIored eaberdine with deep
collar Of brown faille. 1t is soutached
with brown braid.
bizarre splash of something that
changes the mannish severity of the
American national costume into ONE
thing with COquetry that melts into the
personality of the French
Seeing their opportunity and grasp
ing it as they have never done before,
the American tailoring establishments
have worked wonders. They have kept
to the governments request for the
elimination of wool as far as possible,
and they have achieved costumes that
are eminently fitting and distinguished
on the American figure, and for the
personality of the American woman.
More power to them
The New French Draperies.
The severity that America lays down
for us in the morning is easily changed
into a floating gracefulness as laid
down by France for the late afternoon
and evening.
1t is yet to be seen whether America
will go in extensively for afternoon
gowns, according to the French GUS
tom, but there is n thing of which
we are quite certain; if the American
woman likes an afternoon gown, she
will wear it through the evening, un-
less some Formally of entertainment
demands a more ornamental frOck.
France has cut her silhouette as
slim as the American designer has cut
it for tailored costumes, but France
gives a note of the First Empire in the
seductive way in which she dPapes this
narrow foundation with floating, trans
parent material.
The trick is not confined to house
costumes it plays a good role in street
gowns also, in q modified and demure
manner. A tunic of GeOrgette crepe,
for example, will be dropped over a
slim underslip of silk or satin, and the
sleeves will float away from the arms
and come back suddenly to the wrists,
where they are tightly caught in. But
this gown will not be accepted by the
American woman for the street.
There is a strong note of economy
struck In these new French clothes,
which is heard by the woman who is
hiring a seamstreSS to build up her
spring wardrobe at home. II shows
the way to alter old gowns into new
ones. The majority Of women own
evening froGks that have good founda-
lions, the skirts n trife too full, 1t Is
true. but otherwise ready to serve as
the beginning Of a new frock. The al.
tcratiOn in the skirt is a simple one. II
consists of Strengthening out all the
seams, so that there is no flare from
the hips down.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspr
per Syndicate)
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cupful of boiling water to a pound of
the rhubarb; cook until tender. Soft
en- n ounce of graduated gelatin in
a third of q cupful of cold water.
Strain the cooked rhubarb, pressing
out all the juice and add enough boil
ing water to make three cupfuls. Mix
three-fourths of a cupful of sugar with
a half a t~easpOonful of ginger, stir In
the juice and gelatin, when the gel
attn is dissolved add the grated rind
and juice of a lemon and set the mix
ture to chill. When 1t begins to thick
en- fold in the beaten whites Of three
eggs. Mold. Serve with sweetened
whipped cream
Head Cheese.-Boil three hooks of
a pig until the meat falls from the
bones, season as desired and drain and
cool. Chop coarsely, add a chopped
onion, pepper, salt and nutmeg, with
the liquor, in which the hooks were
cooked. Mold and when cold serve
in slices.
Belgian Hash.-Soak a half 'cupful
of prunes and a half cupful of currants
over night, add two finely chopped hooks
of a pig cooked until the meat drops
from the bones, add a half cupful of
sugar, three-fourths of a cupful of win
egar and a fourth of a cupful of water,
in which the fruit was soaked, half a
| grated nutmeg, and a dash of salt. Put
into the oven and cook slowly until
all Of the moisture is absorbed. More
sugar is liked by some, but for the I'M
initiated this will be sufficient, as sugar
with meat is an innovation for the
American palate.
Cheese BaIls.-Season cottage cheese
with butter, red pepper and salt, make
into small balls, roll them in chopped
nuts and set aside to become firm.
Serve with crackers and a plain let
tuce salad.
Nuts in cottage cheese with onion
Juice and cream to soften. with pa
prika and salt to season, makes a most
dainty salad.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up in the morning to start the days
work. oh! how my back aches.' GOLD
d HARLEM Oil Capsules taken to-
day eases the backache Of tomorrow
taken every day ends the backache for
all time. Don't delay. What's the use
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules today and
be relieved tomorrow. Take three or four
every day and be permanently free from
Wrenching, distressing back pain. But be
sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Since 1896
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil has been the
National Remedy of Holland, the Govern
ment of the Netherlands having granted
a special charter authorizing its prepa-
ration and sale. The housewife of Hol-
land would almost as soon be without
bread as she would without her 'Real
Dutch Drops" as she quantity calls GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules. This is
the one reason why you will Ind the
women and children Of Holland so sturdy
and robust.
GOLD MEDAL are the pure, original
HARLEM OIL Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories IN HARLEM, HoE
land. But be sure to get GOLD MEDAL.
Look for the name on every box. Sold
by reliable druggists in sealed packages,
three sizes. Money refunded If they do
not help you, Accept only the GOLD
MEDAL. All others are limitations. Adv.
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soup always use the leaves to stew
favor in them. Dried and pulverized,
they make excellent seasoning for
soups or meats.
Creole Rice.--ChOp one large onion
and a small slice of ham, very fine, put
into q saucepan with one tablespoonful
of butter and a cupful of cooked rice,
a can of tomatoes, salt and pepper to
taste. Mix well and put into n but
tered baking dish to bake Is minutes.
Cover the top with buttered crumbs
before putting into the oven.
Raisin Pie de Luxe.-Stew together
n cupful of ~raisins, q quarter of a cup
full of currants (dried), In q pint of
apricot Juice. Add three tablespoon
fuls of butter, two egg yolks, n table
spoonful of lemon juice, and sugar to
taste; cook until well blended. Put
into a shell previously baked and cover
with the whites of two eggs beaten
stiff with three tablespoonfuls Of sugar.
A tablespoonful or two of oil pickles
chopped fine and used as a sandwich
filling will be found most appetizing.
Emergency Soup.-Take a can of
salmon, drain off the oil and rub the
fish through a sieve. Add ~ tea
spoonfuIs of salt to a quart of milk,
stir in the fish and four tablespoonfuls
of flour that has been blended with
two tablespoonful Of oil from the can
cook until smooth and serve with a
dash of red pepper and n sprinkling Of
minced parsley on the top of each
cup. Serve with toasted crackers.
Add a small green pepper finely
chopped to any salad dressing; 1t i'm
proves the flavor.
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NA.4 MLafueeQ
Steel Plates.

John" said Mrs. jenkins, looking
Up from the evening paper, you know
how many dishes Kate has broken
lately" "Yes," said John, what of itY'
well" continued the lady, there is
something in the paper about the gov
eminent and steel plates. l don't know
just what they are, but | should think
they might be lndestructible."
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500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally. and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health INC assists nature in
doing it's work. $4,000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10
Are EcOnomizing
On Dressmaking

street. The American tailoring is the
best in the world, and the American
designer contrives to get the best ef-
feet out of tailored material, whether
he is making a frock or q coat suit.
France does not care for such
clothes, her women wear them only
under protest, and there is always a
sash, or a piece of embroidery, OIL an
unusual addition of lingerie. or a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10
The KITUEN


Don't you ever stop to realize that
no one is wholly indispensable in this
world? Someone can take our places
If We drop out. Why not accept all
that is offered to us and get the most
out of life we can?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10

DoeuiIIet of Paris builds a black
satin evening gown into something en-
traordinary by using tinkling strings
of Jet from shoulder to knees. The
Egyptian girdIe is Of velvet.
row skirt which pulled upward from
the knees to the back and finished with
a hustle effect at the end of the spine,
was thrown into the Arena of clothes.
1t not only won out, although it was
the work of n designer, but it coin
cides entirely with the clothes that
ISris sent over last month.
This season the two countries go
hand in hand. The silhouette is the
same-narrow, with floating draperies.
Take that n condition as the founda-
ton stone and then build as you
please is the slogen given to every
woman.
American Designs Preferred.
One is immensely proud of Ameri-
can clothes this spring. Our designers
have had the courage to show them in
connection with the French gowns, and
1t is easily proved that in several i'm
portant houses the American woman
chooses her entire spring wardrobe
from American designs, rather than
French ones.
One of the reasons for this Is that
Paris has not laid unusual stress upon
the tailored costume. and the Ameri-
can woman had reverted to IT. She
wants to appear In n simple but dis
tinguished costume when she is in the
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Indignant Denial.

Those are pretty looking trees over
there. Are they deciduousT"
Indeed, they're not. They're the
healthiest sort we've got on the place"
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Learned by Examinations.

IF LOO men, women and children
recently subjected to physical exam
nations in birmingham, Mass, 50 per-
cent were found to be suffering from
some form of disease.
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one cupful Of cooked oat-
meal and cook until the
onion Is tender. Add a
scant pint of milk, and
salt and pepper to taste.
Strain, bring to the boil
ing point and serve hot
with crackers.
N7E- -.l.- Ia...
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in various ways.
Rhubarb Sponge
Clean and cut in half
inch pieces without peel
ing young, tender rhu-
barb, that which has a
pink or rose skin pre-
ferred. Stew until ten
der. adding one-fourth
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10

And the plowman settles his share
More deep in the grudging clod:
For he saith, "rhe wheat is my care,
And the rest is the will of Sod"
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The Eternal Feminine.

Tramp-Yes'm, | wuz nominated fer
president once on de Socialist ticket.
Suffragette-And was you elected?
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Mean ~Insinuation.

What taking ways the pretty widow
has" Eyes, l heard she was some
thing of a kleptomaniac."
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No Other.

What is the mean temperature of
this placer
About as mean as it can be, sir"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10
Broke.

Money makes the mare go"
I'm that case, mister, ! couldn't even
drive a pony cart"
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A bucket of whiteWash usually goes
with each political investigation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10

AS early as the sixteenth century
Brazil was producing sugar CONNER
cially.
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Smart military frocks are very much
IN evidence for children.
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SEASoNARLE GOOD THINGS.

The fresh rhubarb is an always well
come spring fruit which may be served
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Drapery seems to be the order of the
latest spring fashions.
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FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.

Slice a large onion into one teaspoon
full of butter and let it simmer. Add
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-10

Bias tunic is a chosen drapery. It is
shown in this gown by Premet of Paris,
in biscuit-coIored qaberdine with deep
collar Of brown faiIle. 1t is soutached
with brown braid.