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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
NORTH DAKOTA'S ROLL
OF HONOR

(Note-The Forum is DESTROYS Of compil-
ing a complete list Of the North Dakota men
killed in action or dying in the service at
home or. abroad and relatives of those who
make the Supreme Sacrifice are requested to
notify The Forum Immediately. The infor-
nation thus compiled, will be classified and
at the end Of the war turned over to the
state for its historical records. If any names
have been omitted from the accompanying
list, The Forum requests that the oversight
be called to it's attention at once.)
Pie. Gordon B. McGregor, Halliday, N. D.,
died Of heart disease in France, Nov.
Pie. Lyle B. Rich. Willow City, died Novem-
Der, 1917.
rnohia, Dec. 81
Pie. Arthur Johnson. Leonard, killed in
ton, Nov; 3. 1917;
Jan. Is.
Pie. Jas. ]. Regnery, Halliday, killed in &C
Pie. II. b. salznaan, Beach, died Feb. 20.
Pie. Clarence Evingson, Kindred, died of
diphtheria, Camp Devens. Mass, Feb. "a
Pie. Lloyd w. spetz, Bismarck. killed in &C
Pie. Matthew Brew. Fayette. killed in action
Pie. Frank IN Midak. Minot. killed in action
Pie. Fred Fred Gard. Crosby. killed in action
March 3.
Pie. Claude keller. Glenburn, killed in ac-
Pie. Lee Lewis ousIey. Wilton. killed in action
Feb 2.
Pie. Frank Proisl, New Rockford, died Of
wounds March 49,
Pie Ernest Bryan Fulkerson, Southam N.
d. killed by German shell, March g.
pie Richard Anderson, Wilton. died., Camp
Dodge April II.
Pie. Clarence A. Larson, Rugby. died Of
wounds March 20.
Pie A. G. Hilbert Of st. John. drowned,
Pie. George Ward of Baldwin. drowned,
pie Cha Charles W. Lohr, Crystal Springs, died
OF pneumonia, Camp Dodge April 13.
Pie. Arthur Stevens, Epping, died OF scarlet
fever, in France May 4.
Pie. Melvin johnson, of Hawley, Mimi, mem
Der Of Company B, Fargo. killed in ac-
ton, May l.
pie. .Rolly w. Darling, Berthold. N. D., died
OF wounds, May IL.
Pie Glen Bailey, AryiIla. killed in action,
Pie. Edgar r. Chandler. Fargo. killed in ac-
tion.. May 15.
at Fort Riley, Kan. Dec. g. 1917.
pie Christian a. Brekke. Granville, NJ D.,
died at Camp Pike. Ark, Feb. 3. 1918.
Pie Samuel Mich, Sawyer, M. d. died OF
wounds May is.
Ete Carl Arneson. of CouIee, N. d., died at
Camp Dodge of pneumonia May 8.
Pie Peter KurslSo, Dickinson, killed in action
May 49,.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED.

Has the Sim Fein bubble burst7
Since the arrest of the Sim Fem lead
ers, Ireland has been as peaceful as Sun
day school.
Instead Of the disturbances that were
expected, Ireland has been calmer than at
any time in the last two years.
John Bull has never been able to fathom
the Irish. Nothing delights an Irishman
more than to arouse the English to fever
of excitement and then watch John Bull
perspiringly try to muddle through to a
solution of the Irish problem.
The Irish delight in the unexpected.
John Bull finally nerved himself to the
sticking point, and Lord French was ap-
pointed lord lieutenant of Ireland.
He was charged with the difficult duty
of putting down the Irish disturbances
with stern hand. He didn't shirk the
task, and did most thorough job Of it.
He acted promptly, sternly and efficiently
and over night some 500 leaders Of the
Sim Fem were locked up.
The English then steeled themselves for
the afterclap.
None came.
There was talk Of the 'ominous calm.
The calm continues, but it grows less
ominous daily.
1t would be quite typically Irish at this
stage to decide that it is Ireland s priv
ilege to fight the English at any and all
times, but that no Germans can butt in on
the quarrel; and that now that she has
found out she can have home rule, and has
shown she won't be conscripted, she will
let the home rule problem be settled at
the peace table, and consent to conscrip-
ton or get behind the new volunteer plan
to such an extent that CONSUMPTION will be
a dead issue.
That would be most fortunate outcome,
and it is quite within the bounds of pos
sibility
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ton last year; now he sees the aftermath head
ache which came when the German people
failed to revolt in support Of the democratic
appeals Of Trotsky.
Hits ImperiaIisto Peace.
THE most terrible possibility must be con-
sibty of inperialist peace. If such peace
is proposed, and it has been very plainly limited
it will be the duty Of pacifists and democrats
to oppose it with all their power. The Peoples
Council and the other organizations that were
formed year ago to oppose the war should
gather their forces to prevent peace-a prema-
ture peace"
Mr.. Steffens drew forth clipping a cable
gram from London, telling Of the inclination Of
some high officials Of the British government
to accept Germany's suggestion Of a rectifica-
ton of western frontier. with Russia left at
Germany's mercy. The clipping spoke Of Lloyd
Georges speech in January, which said Russia
would have to itself without the help
Of Europe.
Real War For Democracy.
This war, which began as a clash of mpe-
rialsts, has developed into a real for de-
,mocracy. The German route to the east was
always the great issue and now that Germany
is in Russia it sees its way clear to expand to
Mesopotamia and Persia. Success would be a
catastrophe.
'"There are imperialists in the allied countries
and in country, who would welcome
such a peace, a German peace; because they
fear that continuation Of the may mean
revolutionary changes in the direction of democ-
racy. Opposed to them are the peoples-not
necessarily the Socialists and radicals, but the
peopIes-of Italy, France and England-and
Russia.
cepted by the other European imperialist gov
ernments would leave America, alone in it's stand
for public diplomacy, self determination and real
democracy We cannot allow such a peace"
It is understood Steffens is speaking with the
full approval Of President Wilson, who has con-
suited him the Russian situation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
American Workers Lack
ordway Tead in the April Yale Review

Ordway Tead In the April Yale Review
The war has brought our. workers certain sub
stantiaI gains, to be measured less perhaps in
momentary material advantages than in a
moral and political Strengthening; and these
gains will leave organized labor after the war
more firmly entrenched in American life than
it has ever been before. There will be a larger
union membership more collective agreements,
wage increases granted voluntarily in relation
to rises in the cost of living, wider accept
ance Of the eght-hour principle with pena!z-
ing of over-t time and Sunday work. Yet with
all this there will be widespread slkepticism as
to the reality Of labor's progress and as to the
brightness Of its prospects. This uncertainty
can, believe, be definitely attributed to the
lack Of far-reaching and forward looking pro-
gram within the American working class move
ment
The American workers must have a recon-
struction program IL the uncertainty and dis
organization which will inevitably accompany
the whole rehabilitation process are to be safely
weathered. Reconstruction in the United States
can contribute to labor's entrance into the prom
Used land-or into the wilderness That labor
shall go forward is proper matter of concern
not only to the rank and file of workers but to
all who grasp the fundamental truth that our
democracy cannot endure with four ffths In
dustrially disfranchised and a scant fifth in
control and comfort. America must have its
own reconstruction agitation, proceeding out of
our own conditions, ministertng to our own
needs Great Britain's progress can enhearten
and enlighten, but the way forward for insti-
tutions which are to assure life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness for hundred million peo-
pie from all the lands of the earth Is not easily
marked out This nevertheless, is our. task,
What has the war. shown us Of strength or
weakness. of our industrial and political machin-
cry? To the end of fostering influences which
win admit the manual worker oil our country
not only to material security but to a sense of
freedom and self-drection and to a generous
expansion on iife's horizon, what must we seek
| what purposes must We set Tor ourselyssg
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25

common "cow boy" in round up and other work
and endured the common hardships of that occupa-
ton, said Sylvan Ferris his friend and associate.
Mr.. Roosevelt also served as deputy sheriff
der Alexander Mckenzie of Bismarck.
NJ F. STEELE, some years before 1881, when
the town and county named in his honor were
organized by the territorial legislature. Col
Steele was known optimistic booster for
Dakota. He secured considerable land, planted
trees, raised wheat and established large dairy
and poultry ranch and shipped eggs to st. Paul
Can article published in the Forum Feb. 3, 1917
gives interesting information regarding his early
experiences at Steele)
MARQUES Dc NDORES, 1884 from France to
Billings County. Built residence and erected
abattoir, the first packing plant in Dakota,
at Medora. Invested 1000 expecting to in
wade Helena, Montana, and New York city in
operations.
JAMES w. FOLEY, SR., 1884, to Medora, as
manager Of the "abattor" for Marques DeMores
and OF the toWnsite since it's closest years ago.
until his death recently. The writer visited Mr.
Foley in 1891 on the occasion of the last illness
and funeral Of the mother Of North Dakota's
poet laureate. Mrs. Foley had for some time
maintained a Sunday school in the little school
house. Mr.. Foley explained to the writer the
cause Of closing the packing plant" follows:
1T came about that beef cattle could be bought
and shipped to Chicago from here and fresh
beef returned at local express rates and sold for
a less price than the cattle could be bought and
marketed here " 1T will be remembered that
the cost of raising beef cattle on those free
lands" was merely nominal. North Dakota's
population was but 10000 and had but one
transcontinental line OF railroad. The west Mis-
souri, country had but two meat markets."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
EXCITEs REVERENCE, NOT MERE
ROASTING.

The great ground swell Of patriotism has
risen to greater heights than even the most
hopeful suspected.
The record made by Fargo citizens in the
Red Cross drive is nothing short Of amaz-
ing.
Before the drive is over, Fargo will have
contributed something like $4,000 and
have at least ], 200 contributors. This re-
suit was achieved without personal sollcl-
tation, and with nothing in the way OF
follow-up campaign for the newspaper ad-
vertising. It was purely a voluntary con-
tribution, and the hat was not even passed.
The contributors had to go and find the hat.
The result proves beyond question the
tremendous awakening there has been IN
the last few months. Apathy has been re-
placed by spirit that is Incompatible.
One year ago, any man who attempted to
raise in Fargo for any purpose from $l5,OOO
to $4,000 in small subscriptions, after the
larger subscriptions had been secured, and
do it without personal solicitation and by
newspaper advertising alone in three days,
would have been thought crazy. He would
have been lucky to get $780, no matter how
worthy the cause. And if it had been known
that the wealthy men of Fargo had already
contributed the city's share, he wouldn t
have secured $50.
The Forum, for one, feels disinclined to
boast about the local result. It views the
outcome in spirit more approaching rev.
erence for the attitude of Fargo people
toward the Red Cross.
And Fargo probably will not even head
the state list, when viewed from a percen-
tage standpoint.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
AFTER THE WAR. WHAT?


"Our worst troubles are those which
never happen" some wise philosopher has
said.
When the European war broke out the
fearful ones predicted economic ruin for
America This country had been expert
encing an era of economic depression, and
the nervous ones could see nothing but
black clouds on the business horizon.
Everyone remembers what happened.
The business men of America were caught
totally unprepared for the greatest boom
in business ever known
Now the fearful are busily engaged in
specializing on the business, financial and
political disasters after the war. Every
thing from wholesale unemployment, star
walton and poverty, to revolution and an
archy is predicted.
In pleasing contrast to this view is
the prediction of John Wanamaker, the
Philadelphia merchant, who believes that
the four years following the war will see
the greatest prosperity the country has
ever known.
Unless civilization is too exhausted to
undertake reconstruction, it does not seem
possible that unemployment will be one Of
the results Of peace. There will be work
for all for years to come. Russia alone
should supply market for all surplus
American manufactures for a decade.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
WHY MEN FIGHT

az am not going to let those guys come
back and tell me what happened" was the
terse reason given by one Fargo man for
asking to have his draft number advanced
to the top of the list.
Perhaps if there were any way to COM
pile accurate statistics on the reasons for
young Americans going to war; that would
be close to the head of the list of answers.
The idea that the biggest war in the
world s history is taking place in Europe,
and that he is missing something' is suf-
ficient reason to impel any red-blooded
American to get into it, if he can arrange
it.
On the subject Of patriotism the aver
age American soldier has very definite
ideas, even though he may not be articu-
late on them. The idea of 'fighting for
democracy may not have very compel
ling appeal to him, but he has firm con-
viction that America s cause is right, and
that it is his duty to whip the kaiser, pre-
ferably to do it himself if possible. But
above all things he has very keen reali-
zation Of the fact that there is scrap go
ing on in Europe, in which his country
Is vitally concerned, and he doesn't pro-
pose to be left on the sidelines. He wants
to be in the center of the heap, some place,
not waiting here at home for the others
TO come back and tell him about it.
After he gets across, he may acquire a
very keen hatred of the Hun; learn that
his methods are not those of fair and de-
cent fighters; decide that his own partic-
ular company is about the best in the
American army; and become very impa-
dent for chance to show what he can do
ID the line of licking Germans
But those are European accretions. His
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
Steffens Against Peace

From the Detroit News:
Lincoln ]. steffens. noted writer, pacifist and
defender of the Bolshevili. is going about the
country 1ecturing with all the emphasis he can
muster on THE Dangers OF Peace" Mr. stef-
fens did not approve the war at its outbreak.
His present view, he says is because the char
acter of the war has changed completely since
the Russian revolution and the entrance Of the
United states on clearly democratic terms. His
speech here Ia January told Of the intoxication
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
In The Open Forum
4 Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
ing Up With North Dakota Editors

The Valley City Times-Record has this com
ment on some changes in ownership in Nortl
Dakota papers:
c. E. Boyden, who has been the efficient
pilot of The Lisbon Free Press for the past
fifteen years last week sold out to ]. H.
Maltby, Of Forman, who has now assumed
control of The Free Press. The newspaper
boys will regret to see the poet laureate Of
the association out of business, but sincerely
hope that he will again take up his pen
after a rest. He is one of the standbys Of
the press gang, is one Of the many old
timers whom it is a pleasure to meet at the
press gatherings, and The Times Record edl-
for certainly will miss his friendly smile
and cheering words. He has done good
work for Ransom county and has tried faith
fully and we'll to give the people of Lisbon
a good paper-and he has succeeded. 10
his successor we wish the best luck 1t Is
possible to attain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25


and the Magyars, and the rest of them are
wholly out of sympathy with Austrian and
German rule. Picture America trying to
wage war with more than half the people
not just passive but actively disloyal, and
with all of them on the verge of starvation.
Miss Beulah Amidon got bit of verse
published in the May Liberator. Just what
the Liberator is CELEBRATING" we do not
know, but the verse was republished in
The Washington Times on the day the
death of Major Raoul Lufbery was an
nounced. It is entitled "To An Aviator''
and here it is:
If they should tell that you were dead
I would know only that one starry dawn
You climbed beyond the shadows, faced the
red
Sweet flush before the morning and were
gone.
One swift and shining moment high above
The little peoples and the smoke of wars
Winged and triumphant, hot with youth
and love,
You played along the pathways of the stars.
You reached great, empty mysteries of
Where the forgotten worlds hang stark and
gray,
And even dreams grow cold and far away:
Only the moaning winds live in that place.
And so, too eager, weary winged you fell
Back to the dusty earth you loved so we'll
So complete has been the breakdown of
the moral stamina of the German and Rus
sian people since the war began, that any
thing seems possible and one reads with
scarcely shock to the moral sensibilities
the outrageous custom that has sprung up
in the government at Saratov in Russia.
Anarchistic revolutionists have declared
marriage illegal. The man who claims his
wife as his own is guilty of sabotage" and
is sent to jail. Children are made the
property Of the state, and no woman is ex-
empt from bearing children until she is the
mother of five.
The arguments advanced for this latest
child Of a diseased brain, are unique and in
teresting. Under the old system the "rot-
ten rich . of Russia had the most beautiful
women for their wives. But when the Rus
sian ]. W. w. took control, they took the
property Of the rich. The women, Of course,
were just property.
This is getting back to first principles
with vengeance. The men of the stone
age acquired wives by the simple process
of knocking their rivals over the head with
a club and taking what they wanted. But
even they claimed the right of individual
possession and fought for it.
There is a familiar ring to the argument,
even in American ears, although in this
country they haven't dared class women
as property yet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25


ney Butte" or Maltese
Cross" ranch, seven miles
from Medora on which
stood the log cabin" now
on the campus of the state
capitol at Bismarck and
later bought the Elk Horn
ranch, 35 miles north of
Medora and his friends from
Maine, Sewell and Dow
built the house in which the
future president Of the
United States lived until
he left the country in 1885.
This house was long ago
torn down. Mr.. Roosevelt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
Neg0s and Comment

Doubtless many Fargo citizen can re.
call his mother telling him that she was the
first girl in her county to be permitted to
go to high school, or that she was the first
in her village to study Latin.
This week Miss Katherine Stinson essay
ed a flight from Chicago to New York and
almost made it, and it made hardly ripple
in the news currents.
And speaking of airplanes, the armored
cruiser of the air is the newest develop
ment 1t was in combat with such a. craft
that Major Lufbery met his death, and they
are now being manufactured in an Ameri-
can factory. Down at Dayton they are
turning out armored planes which will be
impervious to machine gun fire. They will
fly low over the battle lines, so close to the
ground the anti-aircraft guns will be use
less, and sweep the enemy infantry.
Many Fargo citizens can recall hearing
their fathers tell Of the first iron ship. They
didn't think iron ships would float on the
water. Now they are floating in the air.
The recent message Of General Foch to
Premier Lloyd George "Ten him from me,
| still prefer my own cards, recalls an in
cident of the early days of the German
offensive.
During an interview with the Allied com
mander, the British premier said: CHOW
General, suppose you were playing game
of cards with Won LudendorfP, whose cards
would you prefer9"
"Mine, - was the answer Of the general
Since then the Allies have drawn to their
royal flush and "filled," the missing fifth
card being the American force.
In an exchange this week there was a
table Of figures which explains the internal
disorders in Austria about as well as any
thing could. It gave the population of Aus
tria-Hungary by races. Here it is:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25

motive for going is good healthy patrio-
tism and very active Discrimination to
"miss anything"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25

The Walcott Reporter pays its respects t
Albert L. Blair, the Nonpartisan league speaker
as follows:
Despite the poor condition of the roads
after the recent rains, Mr.. Blair, the Non
partisan league speaker, was greeted by a
good sized crowd when he spoke in the
Opera House here Monday evening. Mr..
Blair is a very fluent speaker but disap-
pointed many Of his listeners by not going
deeper into the proposed program of the
league for relieving the present condition
Of the farmer. That undesirable conditions
do exist and have existed for generations,
no fair minded person disputes, but what we
want is someone to explain to us the remedy
and not simply repeat the facts which We
already know, that is, that these certain
evils exist. What want is someone to
lead us into the light and if the leading
medium be the Nonpartisan league or any
other anti-non league, by all means
let's have 1t. After hearing Mr.. Blair, how
ever, we are convinced that he is not the
man. Although excellent talker, Mr..
Blair disguised his audience a number Of
times with his profanity. The most callous
individual ordinarily has respect for ladies
who may be present and when extended a
special invitation, we believe they are
titled to much more consideration than they
were given Monday evening.
We have no fight with the Nonpartisan
league and are perfectly willing to give it
every possible opportunity to better the con-
dtion of North Dakota people, but we be-
leve speakers such as Mr.. Blair do not make
for the good Of the cause. A speaker of
the right caliber, we feel certain, could do
much good for the farmers cause in this
section
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
The Grand Forks Herald calls attention

follows to curious oversight:
Why do the Nonpartisan papers fail to
keep their readers posted on the develop
ments in the trial of the L W. w. men in
Chicago? They have have the information
Why not give it out? 1t might interest some
of the readers.
These l. w w members and leaders are
on trial on the grave charge Of attempt"
ing to interfere with the successful prosecu-
ton of the war by the American govern
ment Correspondence has been introduced
showing that there were being made in
various places energetic efforts to cripple
American industries, to discourage registra-
ton for military purposes, to impede en-
Hstment and to foment discord all over the
country, and other correspondence has been
introduced showing that the effort was
made to accomplish some Of these ends by
violence.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-25
North Dakota s Builders

BY Rev. Eben E. Saunders, Fargo, N. D.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1883, to Billing