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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
new KIND OF GAS
and TANKS Will
BE RELIED upon
SAY PRISONERS
Plans of German High
Command Are Complete
After Many Weeks =
ATTACK is DUE
AT ANY MOMENT
German Troops Not Look
ing Forward to Task
With Any Enthusiasm
ALLIES READY FOR
THE SUPREME TEST
Believe Coming Battle Will
Mark the Beginning
of the End
ALLIES READY FOR
THE SUPREME TEST

British Army Headquarters in
France. Feb. 1S,-(By The Associated
Press )-The great German offensive
on the western front may be expect
ed to begin at any moment now and
as far as the British front is concern
ca the main thrust will be made on
the sector between Arras and e
ranks and ra new mysterious
gas" win be employed by the enemy
in the attempt to break through the
allies line. Other attacks will be
delivered further south. These facts
have become known through captur-
ed German prisoners and from
information cleaned in other ways.
The plans OF the German higher
command are complete and after
many weeks OF intensive training of
assauiting troops they are ready to
make the supreme and Anal effort
which has been advertised SO widely
in the past weeks.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
General Won Ludendorff appear to
have realized that the old methods Of
attack In which a long bombardment
is employed, are too we'll known to
produce the results desired. Ac-
cordingly the German troops are be-
ing told that the surprise attacks,
such as were used in Galicia last
summer, at Riga and again on the
Isonzo, are to be tried against the
allies on the western front.
Tanks and New Gas.
Much stress has been laid on the
fact that tanks and new gas are to
be used, leaving the infantry little
to do but to walk through the gaps
and consolidate the positions eaptur-
ed. German troops have been train
ed to make long approach marches
and then to storm enemy positions
after a short gas shell bombardment.
Those obstacles which the German
artillery fire has not obliterat9d win
be rushed by the troops or ignored.
The German infantry will rely on
weight Of numbers. masses OF ma
chine guns and mobile batteries to
finish the work begun by the tanks
and the gas.
Word k been passed out by the
German high command that few or
the allied troops will survive the ef-
Hacts Of the tanks, the gas ana the
bombardment and that fresh Ger
man infantry will overcome speedily
any resistance offered in captured
positions.
Despite these assurances of the in
tensiVe draining to which they have
been put, the German troops are
frankly skeptical and are under
taking their task with no enthusiasm,
according to prisoners. They feer
they are going to be thrown into bat
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19

ATTEMPT TO MURDER
NAYORALTY CANDIDATE
Seattle Man Who Was outspOken
Against Enemies Of Country 10
Shot On Eve Of Election.
90 AssoeIated Press.l

Seattle, Wash., Feb. IY.-HaIph =
Horr, prominent Red Cross worker
and candidate for the mayoralty
nomination at the municipal
primaries here tomorrow, was shot
late last night by an unknown mar
who concealed himself in Horr's Of
nee. The man who fired the shot
as well as another man who accom-
panied him, escaped.
Horr was able to drag himself to
his desk telephone and summon the
police. At the city hospital doctors
said he would live.
No reason for the shooting could
be given by Horr. He said, however,
that he had received several written
threats which were to the effect that
4f he did not cease his denunciation&
Of anti-patriots he would be killed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Agree
To Separate Peace
On German Terms
(By Associated Press.l

London Feb. 19.-Russia is forced to sign
peace upon the conditions proposed by Germany says
official Russian statement received here today.
The official statement signed by Premier Lenine
and Leon TrOtzky, the foreign minister 1t protests
against the German resumption of the and says the
council of peoples commissioners is forced to de-
clare its readiness to sign peace dictated by the del
egatons of the quadruple alliance at BrestLtovsk 1t
promises to give detailed reply without delay to the
German peace conditions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Rumor Mongers
Spreading Lies
About The Camps
~ Asaoclated Presg.l

Washington, Feb. 10. Surgeon
General Gorgas today started an ac-
tive campaign against runOr mong-
ers by inviting the assistance Of
every citizen IN the effort TO trace
every sensational story regarding the
health or condition Of living Of sol
dlers. "A report that sixteen sol-
dlers had frozen to death at Camp
Mcclellan, Admission. Ala. is the
latest to come to the attention Of the
surgeon general This story has
since been traced to three soldiers
who have been on leave from Camp
Mcclellan.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
TWO KILLED ON EXPLOSION.
IRY Aaanciated Preas.l

Hammond, Indiana. Feb. 19.-IWo
men were killed, one is missing and
twenty were injured by an explosion
last night at the Republic Iron ana
Steel Co.'s plant at EaBt Orange, four
miles from here. The explosion took
place In the tubular boilers and bait
9eries In the structural iron mill and
she plant was wrecked
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
BOLSHEVIK RULERS REPORTED TO BE OVERTHROW
LENLNE and TR0TZKY SAID TO HAVE
ESCAPED FROM PETROGRAD TO riga
BriefDisbatcheS
British Make Raid,

London, Feb. 19-An extensive
raid was carried out by British
troops last night on the Flanders
front. in the southern section Of
HOutholst wood the war office an
nounced today. There were two 9TH
er successful raids, one in the region
south Of Lens and the other on the
old Arras front, in the neighborhood
of Epehy. Prisoners were taken in
all these raids. The Flanders raid
was a particularly important affair,
resulting in heavy casualties to the
Germans,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
NinIant Artillery Duel.

Paris, Feb. 19.-"Violent artillery
actions occurred during the night in
the region south Of the forest of st.
Gobain, in the sector of Chavignon
and northwest Of Bezonvaux," says
today's official report. There Is
nothing to report from the remainder
Of the front"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Rr;+i.b Airroap Active.

London, Feb. l9.-Ten German air
planes were brought down and six
more were disabled by British air
men Sunday, according to an official
statement on aerial activities, issued
last night. Hundreds of bombs have
been dropped on various targets and
Monday British aviators raided
Treves and ThionVille.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
GERMAN DRIVE AGAINST THE
BRITISH TO Be BETWEEN
ARRAS and ST. QUENTIN
.NdUdI Sedblane
Is Shot DOUn and
Pilot Is Missing
(Rv Associated Press.l

Washington, Feb. ia naval
seaplane on scout duty in European
waters has been shot down and its
pilot, Ensign Albert Dallon Sturte-
want Of Washington, d. c., is miss
ing, the navy department was ad-
vised yesterday by cablegram from
England. No details were given in
the dispatch, but the Department. s
ensign had been lost.
Ensign Sturtevant enlisted in the
naval reserves shortly before. war
was declared last April and was sent
to England.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
esrmana oeeunv Iutsk.

Vienna, Feb. IS, via London.-The
German army group under command
OF General Alexander Won Binsingen,
according to an official statement is
sued by the Austrian war office has
occupied the Russian town Of Lutsk,
in Volhynia, without fighting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19

Berlin, Feb. 10, via LOndon.-Ger-
man forces have entered Dvinsk, 1t
was officially announced today by the
German war office. The Russians
unsuccessfuIly attempted TO blow up
the bridge across the Dvina river.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Raid Is Failure.

London, Feb. 19.-The attempted
raid of German aviators last night
was a failure,
There were no casualties or dam
age in last nights air raid, says an
official announcement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Miss Rose Clark Says She
Feels Suffering France
Has Endured
NOW LOCATED ON
SWISS BORDER
German Prisoners Say
They Do Not Do Half
What They Are Told

81 would like to talk to some of
those darn old pro-Germans at home
for about ten minutes writes Miss
Rose Clark, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. e. Clark, sos Ninth street north,
Moorhead, who is Red Cross nurse,
and who left the latter part of
December for service abroad with
two other nurses, Miss Leila HalYor-
son of Grand Forks, and Miss Emma
Sedahl OF Sheyenne, N. ID.
Miss Clark writes under date Of
Jan. % that one "can just feel the
suffering which France has endured, +"
by looking at her people. She says
that nearly every woman Is in
mourning and that there are no
young men. She tells OF riding in a
car with a soldier who was in the
war for three years, and whose
mother and father are in the hands
of the Germans, and from whom he
has not heard Miss Clark says that
those who DO not give to the Ameri-
can Red Cross should be counted not
less than traitors.
On Swiss Border.
1--WE are on the border Of Switzer-
land" says Miss Clark. "Get map
OF France and look for Evian on the
Lake OF Geneva. Miss Halvorson
and another nurse OF the party of
eight that sailed are with me. Miss
Eedahl is going to Lyons and she
feels badly because she is leaving
us, but we may all meet again. /
have met both Miss Martha Russell
and Major Perkins, who are in charge
or Red Cross work in France. We.
expect to leave within few days for
active work and win then write
more.
Gee, But It's Great to Meet
eve went to a dance that the Am
erican soldiers had last night (Jan.
22), and Miss Sedahl met a soldier
boy whom she knew we'll at home.
He was sitting in the chair next to
the one in which she was sitting, and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
Froptisr Is Closed.

Berne. Feb. 19.-The Swiss-Aus-
trian frontier has again been COM
pIetely closed by the austrian
authorities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
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Full Associated Press
Leased Wire Service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-19
KaIsdines Ends Life.

AS leader of the Don Cossacas
General Kaledines was opposed to
the Bolsheviki and he was the leader
of the counter revolt against the
Bolsheviki early last December. On
January / the republic Of the Don
was declared with General Kaledines
as president and prime minister. II
probably was the resignation OF this
government that led 10 his suicide,
He was elected leader Of the Don
Cossacka in july. 1917.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

We have n new helper who lives In
Saranac Lake, n. Y, and who modest
ly signs his name ]. Just that, nothing
more. And ]. tells this story:
An English baronet has been touring
this country making speeches. eve
remember him. And certain small
boy was reading about him from the
part of the Sunday paper the family
let him have when they divided up the
rest. The lad read about "Slr Jlngles-
by jerks, Bart" and asked:
'What does Bart stand for?'
BARTENDER" answered his father
not looking up from the financial page.
And the boys mother got sore.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is most valuable
remedy for Indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble bringing on
headache. coming up of food. palplta-
ton of heart and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you 1t is n
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold in all civilized countries.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Trades headed In shipbuiIdIng.
The department Of labor has provid-
ed the following list showing the kind
of trades most needed II. shipbuilding.
and a special appeal Is addressed to
men in those occupations to enroll In
the United States Shipyard volun-
teers:
Acetylene and electrical welders. as
bestos workers. b.acksmiths, angle
smiths. drop-forge men. flange turner's.
furnace men. boilermakers. riveters.
renmers, carpenters, ship carpenters.
dock builders, clippers and calkers.
electrical workers. electricians. wire
men. crane operators. foundry work
ers. laborers (all kinds). loftsmen,
template makers. machinists and
machine hands Gall sorts), help
ers. painters. plumbers and pipe
filters, sheet metal workers, copper
smiths, shiphtters. structural iron
workers, erectors. boilers up, cement
ers and crane men.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

1t is interesting to read in the Jour
nal of Heredlty: "The remarkable
grasping power of newborn infant
Is cited as the survival of n trait that
possessed life-and-death Importance in
the treetops. Finally with reference
to the much-talked-about upright posi-
ton the author remarks succinctly
that the human child sits up before 1t
stands; the human stock sat up before
it stood"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01
CALL FOR 100000
SR|PYARD HELPERS
Each State Asked to Contribute
Volunteers to Speed Mer-
chant Fleet.
FORM RESERVE ORGANIZATION
Workmen to Stand Ready When Called
Standard Scale Of Wages and
Good Housing Conditions
Assured.

Two hundred and fifty thousand
workmen are to be enrolled in a re-
serve organization of American me
chanics, skilled workers in many lines,
to bring to completion the gigantic
shipbuilding program to win the war.
The organization is known as the Unit
ed States Shipyard Volunteers of the
Public Reserve. Those who enroll will
stand ready to respond when they are
called to report at the shipyards for
duty.
An appeal for volunteers has been
made by the department of labor,
I the council of national defense. the
shipping board, the 10000 four-minute
men. governors OF the various states.
organized labor and business men. The
aim is to fill all the present and future
needs of the governments shipyards.
Pay of volunteers will be in accord
ance with the prevailing wage In the
shipyards at the time they are called.
Construction of houses for the workers
is being pushed with energy, and the
necessary homes will be ready when
the men are called.
Cards are Issued to all applicants,
bearing statements of the purpose of
the shipyard volunteers, classifying
them according to trades and asking
signers to respond when called. But
tons will be given to volunteers bear
ing the inscription. ~. S. Shipyard
Volunteers" In addition, the work
err will receive certificate signed
by Chairman Hurley, which reads:
t.
unteer) Of Getty. state). has
enrolled In the United States
Shipyard Volunteers of Pub
lie Service Reserve to aid the
nation in Its imperative needs
for merchant ships with which to
overcome tho submarine menace
and maintain our forces at the
front"
q shipyards to Win or Lose.
"The world war will be won or lost
in the American shipyards. Every
rivet driven is blow at the kaiser.
Every ship turned out brings America
nearer to victory"
"Those who give their strength and
influence to the speedy construction of
ships render service that is patriotic
and highly essential to the successful
termination of the war"
Plans for the organization of the
Shipyard Volunteers were laid with
the view to interfere as little as posi-
Bile with the private Industrial con-
Germs and to cause the minimum of
inconvenience to the workers them
selves.
Under this system, when nm acety-
lene or electrical welder. blacksmith.
boiler maker, carpenter or any other
of the skilled workers or laborers is en-
rolled, he need not fear that he will be
called upon to quit his present posi-
ton without notice and go Immediate
ly to shipyard. The government does
not contemplate Issuing calls to the
volunteers until the yards are ready to
receive them.
When a man is enrolled he may
make his personal plans in accordance
with the governments wishes and be
ready when the call comes. He will
then have awaiting him n definite job
at definite place, at definite, gen.
erous rate of pay.
Quota OF Each State.
Each state has been assigned a
quota. based upon the population and
Industries. The quota is as follows:
atn no
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01
mo- older rhan Your Face.

Is true in most cases. Then keep your
face fair and young with Cuticura
Soap and touches of Cuticura ONT
ment as needed. For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston,"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
25. Ointment % and 5O.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

BIll--And he asked you for loan of
ten dollars?
Jill-That's what he did.
why, I didn't think you knew him
very well ~
KNEW him? Well, say, knew him
well enough to say nor
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

He who steals my purse steals
trash" quoted the poetical citizen.
"That's right" replied the unprincl-
pied person. IF you want to relieve
man of real valuables go direct for
his coal pile"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Makes the laundress happy-that's RED
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, cleal
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

DIR. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver.
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Honesty is the best policy in pub
fishing war news as In other things.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

81 have been working on a mid
ocean story"
Ibid you land it?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Jack declares he'll go crazy If
don't marry him." "Ahl Then there's
no hope for him either way"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

A full purse is the best pocket com
panion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Lots of good people would go wrong
If they did not fear punishment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01
important to Mothera

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-01

Only One "BROMO OUININE"
10 get tho genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE
BROMO QJININH. Look for signature of n. w.
GROvH. Cures Cold in One Day. s0c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-30
PENN FRESH IN
INAUGURAL MEET
Quaker Yearlings Oppose
Combined High Schools at
Franklin Field Today
QUARTER MILE FEATURE

The combined strength of the phila-
delphia public high schools will be
thrown against the University of Penn
sylvania freshmen at Franklin Field
this afternoon in the opening track meet
Of the season for the Red and Blue
yearlings.
In years gone by the Quaker first
year students have found the high school
lads easy, but this season there is some
doubt as 10 the victor The Lawson
Robertson combination cannot be COM
pared with the select aggregation which
represented the freshman class last sea-
son, but still he has some excellent ath-
letes and exciting races and fairly fast
times are sure to be staged.
The feature Of the meet. according to
the past records Of the competitors will
be tho quarter mile. In which Dewey
Rogers former Northeast captain. and
at present the best 440-yard man IN the
freshman class; captain Gronquisr, the
leader Of the Northeast combination;
McMullin. Of Central High. and Johnny
Bartels. OF Penn, will compete. Rogers
looks like the best one Of the field but
his confidence may defeat him.
Johnny Bartels. the pentathlon cham
pion. probably wiz be in the shot-put,
one Of the hurdles and the quarter mile.
Bsrtels ran the quarter in under fifty
two seconds twice last week, once in the
trials for the freshman relay team and
again in the relay carnival, II he does
under flfty-two he will give Rogers a
hard battle for the honors.
The schedule Of the track meet forced
the cancellation Of the baseball game
with Villanova which was dated for this
afternoon. The contest originally was
slated for tomorrow afternoon, but was
moved up by Manager Sam Hsrrell on
account of the military training. II is
probable that the Main Liners will be
scheduled for a game in May.
Ensign John Titzel who while at Penn
| last year was one of the best pitchers
! in collegiate ranks, was out at Franklin
/ Field yesterday and worked out with the
ball team. He won his commission al
/ Cape May and recently was transferred
70 the League Island Navy Yard. He
has been in the service almost year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-30
EBBETS GRANTS SALARY
INCREASE TO WHEAT
Holdout Outfelding Star Ordered TO
Report to Brooklyn Club
Immediately

New York, April 3O.---Zack Wheat,
holdOut uutfieldinR star Of the Brooklyn
National League club, today was grant
ed salary demands that he has insisted
upon and orders were sent TO him to re-
port Immediately to Manager Wilbert
Robinson, He is expected to join the
club Thursday.
In announcing that he had receded
from his intention of granting no i'll
CTeases in salary, President Charles II.
Ebbets, Of the Brooklyn club, declared
matters have reached such r state In
baseball that, from now on, II is going
to be very hard for the Brooklyn club
to Keep enough players to make a de-
Cided stand against the opposition.
The scarcity OF players and the i'm
pending loss Of other players caused his
Capitulatiou TO Wheat.
The move was decided upon yesterday
at a conference between Robinson and
Ebbets. at which Robinson insisted that
Wheat be brought back. He declared
the Dodgers soon would be I'm very
bad shape unless Wheat's hitting and
general usefulness were added to the
club,
81 would like 10 buy some players. "
President Ebbets declared. But there
are no players. Other magnateS evil
IDENTIFY do not realize that some clubs
will he in bad shape unless some one
steps in 10 rescue them through the sale
of players II you can tell me " any
players for sale--men who would help
the Brooklyn club will buy them