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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12
German Mark
Worth Little
'rpritisb Wireless Service)

CBritish Wireless SerYlceJ
London, Dec. 12.-The value OF the
Gemarn mark has fallen below az TO
the British pound. Before the war
the mark was worth about one snll-
ling, or 20 marks to the pound.
At Copenhagen on Dec. I, 4S.Eo
marks could be obtained for one
pound: at Christiana 42.0S marks for
a pounl: Stockholm, Ais. and at
board of control is checking up the
has fallen to 1920 to the pound ster-
ling
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12
soclALIsT NOT ALoNE

Darmstadt, Hesse. Tuesday, Dec.
10.-The Hessian workmens, peas
ants and soldiers council has been
dissolved and will be replaced by the
Peoples Council for the Republic of
Hesse." This council will include
representatives of all classes of the
people and not Socialists alone,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12
WhiskeyShibment
Seized At Forks
Especial to The Forum.)

Grasd Forks, n. D., Dec. "a
Grand Forks officials are seeking the
owners of four trunks of whiskey,
confiscated several days ago, the
trunks containing 1913 bottles Of
spirits.
For some time officials have be-
neved there was an abundance of
wfliskey in the city, and a patrolman
who was investigating, located four
trunks in a local depot as contain
ing the imported contraband.
The officials quietly seized the
liquor and waited for the owner to
call, but evidently the consignee
had been tipped off, and has made
no demand for his property.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12
Canobic Lands
Troops at Boston
fBy Assoclated Press. }

Boston. Dec. 12.-The White Star
liner canopic, escorted by reception
boats containing military and naval
authorities and state and city on
ellis. steamed up the harbor early to-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12
Turks Held
Him Prisoner
(By Associated Press.l

Constantinople, Tuesday, Dec. H.
Prince Salar Ed Daouleh, brother of
the former shah of Persia, and uncle
of the present shah. has left Con-
stantinople for his native country.
He has been virtually imprisoned at
Brusa, in the interior Of Asia Minor
for the past two years. Miss Annie
Allen, a. missionary from the United
States, has been the only person
uernitted to visit him. She nursed
has child through serious illness.
Had Designs on Throne
Prince Salar was detained by Ger
mans while crossing Turkey en- route
10 Switzerland in 1915. They beliey-
ed him unfavorable to their designs
i'll Persia following German abandon
1aent of thes Bagdad project after
tIae British success in Mesopotamia.
The prince has made numerous at
tempts to gain the Persian throne
and ifs now believed to be engaged in
another similar undertaking. Before
leaving he appealed through The
Associated Press for Anglo Ameri-
can assistance to Persia on lines es
tablished by the former treasurer,
General Morgan Shuster.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

these facilities to place the meat
packing industry under q system of
direct federal license
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

day and discharged nearly !, 500 SOL
diers from overseas The soldiers
entrained Immediately for Camp
Devens where they will be, demobil-
lied. For the most part they are
from western states and include
aviation units which have been
training in England.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

II you wish to get a Bargain" on
a Coat, Suit or Dress see the won
derful values now found at Blacks
Big Ready-to-Wea Sale.-ady.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

washing ton-Rear Admiral Coontz,
acting chief of operations, told the
nate naval committee plans for 1920
include personnel of 100000 men for
operating naval vessels and 10000
Ter the merchant fleet which will
lumber T29 ships by July. i next.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

Good pianos for sale or relt. ST the
arEo Muaie C0.s ZIG lat Ave. Nse=Advs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

Washington President Wilson has
arected that the war industries
boards conservation division become
permanent part of the department
on commerce.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-12

Boston-The worlds Christian En-
6eavor union endorsed league OF
free nations.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06
II the War Were to Stop To-day

I TIA" war were to stop TO day
the uorkinrmrn Of this country
would quickly lind themselves
working under the same condI
,'ons that they did IN the days y!
Cleveland
Through the gates opened 10y
President Wilson, European.
male roois w0uld flow "a this
country,
The lros >eri,y that the Amer
lcan " kinEmap now enjoys
would be shifted TO the other
side II the Atlantic.
The soaphouses iha. were
closed at tie beginning Of the
war would De reopened.
Thousands of wage cAruers in
Trenton. now protitahly employ,
ed, would be forced back into
iilcncSs.
TAe Democratic party boldly
demands iha, the people give i,
credit fer the prosperity they
are enjoying Il, the present time,
They say II IS due 10 Democratic
rule under Woodrow Wilson.
but the Democrats party
doesn't undertake. to snow where.
during the pas, four years, !,
has opened a markc, for Amcri.
can products
1t doesn't undertake to prove
by either facts or figures that
the present prosperity of the
Au crioan people is due to tho
Democratic Free Trade policy.
1t dosen't point 81 a single
Legislative act enacted during
the four years of Mr. Wilson =
administration that IL rcsponsi
bio In the slightest degree Tor
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06

II grows funnier 81. the time,
this Democratic bunk aboGt DO
politics daring the war Recent
lv III. t,luh" Democrat la1i
down the law 10 Republicans
that party politics must stand
second 90 loyalty - 'hr country
Na.urrly. that vas u matter o'
course. hut cur Democratic cx
changes enc and all ylpHcd over
.ha, article and many ot them
reproduced it They took !; A.
meaning that loyalty 20 the coun
try and loyalty to the Wilson All
ADMINISTRATION Was tie same. Then
when day or TO later the CD.
cane along with another article
in which il said some plain words
t. the Democrats as 10 the mean
ing of non partisan Loyalty, not
one Of our Democratic exchanges
took any notice .! II Tia. WAS
different. The truth Of the ma,
tor j.. our Democratic friends
intend 20 be just rs partisan Al
this moment, while we are n,
war with u foreign power. as
they ever ware; and they are
are merely camouilaging thcii
purpose 10 scducc the Repub',
cans into laying down and IL,
the Democrats walk of with the
offices with this no politics dur
ing the. war talk.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06

cause Of his voluntary fftire
,nent. our Democratic tricLds
have, so far as we can see, no
man 10 oHer against
Mr.. Rhodes, whom IN all proba'
biii,y the Republicans will nom
mate. BY putting up An un"x-
pcricnced man for Congress she
Democrats will be dlscrcditing
their own argument that the
President needs such men TO
support him during the war
Mr.. Rhodes would undoubtedly
awe the war al! the support that
could command OF a pa
.ri,,tit American. The congrcs.
sional contest in this district
affords the Democrats nice op'
portunity to i've up to their pro
fessjun that there should be no
PARTISAN politics daring the war.
If they are sincere in this con,
y:ctlon 40 well as in the ons that
the President should only hay.
exnericnced and able and patrl'
otto men in Congress behind
him, the leas, they can do is to
endorse the candidacy Of Mr..
nhodes, or confess that they nIc
partlsAns before being patriots
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06
No Need for Attorneys TO
Collect Soldiers Insurance

The Secretary otthr Treasury
has announced That neither the
soldiers, sailors. nor their Deepen
dents or any hrnr'iclaijes under
the soldier and sailor insurance
law need employ attorneys Oh
claim agents Ia collect the III.
surancr. that the employment ot
such Intermediates is unurccs'
sary and inadvlsub!c and a need
less expense.
The procedure for the preset
taiion and collection OF insurance
claims is very simple and the
proper blanks can be secured
from the Bureau Of War Risk
Insurance in Washington The
nanc o!the person in the service
who WAS killed or injured anu the
relationship which he bore TO
the person making claim should
be given. If further iuforma,l, n
or assistance is required Ny tic
claimant the !'urcau ot War kisk
Insurance vii! gladly furnish IT,
Circulars have been sen, out
by claim agents and attorneys
ohcring ,o assist persons entitled
to the benefits OF this insurance
in collecting their claims, The
pension sharks" who once
thriyed and fai,enci under our
pension laws. are s,ll rank
memory in this country
/ was hoped that when they
were lcg,sla,cd out Of existence
We would never see their like
again. Hut their successors
seem " survive. and tho Aeuoa vi
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06
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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06

is argued that the people
should send none but eXpericnc.
men IA Congress this year, in
.ha, case. what's the matter
with clcc,ing llon, NJ. T., Rhodcs
e potusi; lie Is a candidate for
tho Republican nomination for
Congrcsa. and hc is no, only ex
perienccd in that Office, but Ia
also one OF the ablcst men In the
district for the position. Hon.
W. L. ileuslcy. tho present mem
her. being out ot tho race be
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06
While there is much talk o

While there is much talk OF
peace by prime ministers Of tie
European nations at war and by
our president here al home tie
end Of the conflict nevertheless
still seems very remote. Neltha
cr side seems willing 10 cOncoue
anythin. to the other. bu, makes
it's own terms the basis upon
which peace might toe discuss, d
with view - bringing 1t nbuut,
The war j., therefore, clearly q
war oi conquest, wherein the dc
lratcd hclilgercnt must accept
the conditions imposed by 'he
y.ctor Therefore the war VII
40 on
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-03-06
OUR FLAG.

We are now beginning to feel
here what war means, the cast
atty lists are interesting US more
and more each day.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
Allied Governments Purchases
In the United States

Arrangements entered shortly the BEGINNING Of the
the secretary of the treasury with the approval of the president
of Great Britain France Russia italy BELGIUM and
c whereby Bernard NJ Bauch Robert Lovett and Robert
bookings the industries board designated
~ with whose approval purchases in the
% States of materials and supplies by behalf Of these govern
pnts shall be made.
Under this these governments communicate their re-
~ for materials and supplies to this commission through their
DESIGNATED purchasing agents in this country and commission then
efforts to obtain offers Of the materials and supplies
best obanabe prices and TERMS Of delivery otherwise and
% the purchasing agent concerned it being part
40 duty prepare and sign contracts supervise
@ or determine technical details carry inspection
Materials Of which matters cared for by the governments
erned
The foreign have agreed not to make purchases the
Tinted States otherwise than through with the of the
m The arrangements provide that nothing implied
nr omitted by the commission, shall obligation
liability upon United States whether to advance to
M credits otherwise The purchasing commission out
mo terms this agreement Commerce Reports endeavorng to
a that the Of the associated with the United States
the war are supplied promptly possible and without interfering
With the of government This necessarily involves
M finding supply from which articles needed by the allies
m no obtained without prejudice to contracts placed with the United
~ articles of the kind and in cases has
Noon found necessary develop Of suppythat it, to induce
~ one who been previously making the articles needed
du@ them
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
TRIAL TRIP BY MOONLIGHT
Engineer Wanted Secrets Of loeomo-
tive Kept, and He Didn't Know
How to Run IL.

An interesting incident of the first
Canadian railway, which ran from La
prairie on the st. Lawrence river to st.
Johns on the Hichelieu, under the name
of the Champaign & st. Lawrence rail-
way, is related in PrOut's Railways of
Canada.
The first locomotive used on the line
came from Europe. accompanied by an
engineer who, for some unexplained
reason had 1t Gagged and Secreted from
public view. The trial trip was made
by moonlight in the presence of few
interested persons, and it is not de-
scribed as success. Later, the i'm
ported engineer made several attempts
to set the kitten-for such was the
nickname applied TO this pioneer loco
mOtive-in motion toward st. Johns,
but in vain; the engine proved refrac-
| tory, and horses were temporarily sub
| stituted for it.
Meanwhile the railway officials call
ed in Il practical engineer from the
| United States, who announced that the
engine, which was thought to be hope
lessly unmanageable, was in good or
der and required only plenty of Woo
and water. His opinion proved cor
rect, for after little practice the en-
CINE attained the extraordinary specs
of 20 miles an hOur.-YOuth's Com
paniOn
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15

had been almost completely denuded OF
it's forests. 1t was not until 1866, two
years after Denmark had been forced
to relinquish Schleswig- Holstein to |
Prussia and Austria, that the Danish
people began an appraisal Of the lat
ent agricultural possibilities Of their
domain to see If by cultiva-
ton they could compensate for their
territorial losses. Col. E. Dalgas, an
engineer officer Of the Danish army,
was the leading spirit in the Organiza-
which began to plant trees throughout
the peninsula, a movement which Is
still going forward and which has
proved to be the salvation Of the land.
Mountain frs were first planted and
| these were succeeded by red spruce
from America. These trees serve as a
living barrier against the fierce sand
driving gales from the North sea.
The interior of the peninsula Is fast
losing it's barren aspect, more than 2
500 square miles of heath having been
redeemed by afforestation. Oats, bar
ley, beetroots and rye are now grown
profitably, cattle and sheep find good
pasturage, and the forests TEEN with
deer and wood pigeons. Typical Of the
growth of towns in this rejuvenated
area is Herring, a settlement Of &c
souls in 1866 and now a thriving com
munity with population Of 5000.
tJutland has a familiar ring in the
ear of every schoolbOy for he remem
. bers that the Angles and the Jutes wer'
, among the first Germanic peoples t.
emigrate from the shores Of the Balti
+ and settle in Britain.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
Timber Sales on National
Forests Doubled in Year

Sales of national forest timber IN
the fiscal year 1917 were more than
double those of 1916, according to the
annual report of the government for
ester. The total amount sold exceed
ed 2OOO,OOO,OOO feet and is valued at
more than $3,715,O0O. During the
same period about 727,O0O,O0O feet
were cut and removed, for which the
purchasers paid $1,5O7,3O3 into the
federal treasury. The largest sales
were made in Oregon, where about
6SS,OOO,OOO board feet were disposed
of.
In addition to the timber sold, ap-
proximately 100000 board feet,
valued at almost $150,OOO, was cut un-
der free use permit by more than H.
600 settlers living near the national
forests and depending on the forests
for firewood and building material tc
improve their homesteads.
The timber business on the eastern
purchase areas, while still small a
compared with the western forests
showed a decided increase. More thar
three times as much timber was solt
and more than twice as much cut a.
! in 1916. The material disposed of
largely of poor quality and its remov
al will improve the forest growth.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
Liqnite Goals May Provide
Many important Supplies

Secretary Lane has recommended to
congress an appropriation OF $1oo'ooo
to investigate the commercial and eco
nomic practicability of utilizing the
Ignite Goals of the United States FOR
producing fuel oil, gasoline substitutes
ammonia, coal tar and gas for power
There are immense quantities of Ignite
deposits in the public lands OF the
United States lying near the surface OF
the earth and cheaply mined, but the
coal is of such character that it does
not stand transportation in its natural
state and is of small value for fuel ex-
cept in the immediate vicinity or the
mines. If satisfactory method OF e2-
tracing fuel oil and other substances
is secured it would be OF enormous
value and add immensely to the re-
sources of the United States. 1t IS pro"
posed to have the Investigations CON
Quoted through the bureau OF mlnes'
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15

annihilated the Romans under MarluS
Junius Silanus on the field Arauslo'
where $4,000 troops were slain.
This terrible reverse sent tremor
of terror through the lawmakers on the
Capitoline HILL and the constitution
was set aside in order that Marlus,
fresh from his triumphs on African
hattlefields, might be invested with
consular powers for five years. he was
deemed the man of the hour ana the
only general who could turn back the
tide of barbarians that had debouched
from Cimbri Chersonese, the name
given to Jutland. While this tribe
noured over the Alps, driving the forces
of Catullus before it across the Adlge
and the Pc, Marius administered
crushing defeat at Aquae Sextlae IN
Gaul to the Cimbris' companions In
arms, the Teutones. The consul then
rushed back across the Alps and al
Campi Raudii, near Vercelli, where q
century earlier Hannibal had won his
first victory ON Italian soil, the IN,
vaders were utterly annihilated, all the
men being killed or captured while TIM
women slew themselves and their chill
dren in preference to being borne tt
Rome in slavery.
It's Agricultural Regeneration.
Jutland's agricultural poverty date
| from the beginning of the sixteenth
century, BY which time the peninsul
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
Movies Showing Methods
of Increasing Country's Pork
SuppIy-Boys' Pig Clubs

AS means Of helping to increase
the pork supply, the United States de-
partment Of agriculture has released
to the motion picture theaters, through
one of the large motion picture COM
panies, film showing the work of the
boys pig clubs which the department
is organizing in all parts Of the country
in cooperation with the extension
divisions of the state agricultural col
leges. The film shows methods of in
structing farm boys, and in some in
stances girls, who have Joined the agri-
cultural clubs. how to raise better pigs
and the methods used by club members
in carrying out instructions. The first
lesson taught in the film story is that it
costs no more to feed and care for the
pig of carefully selected stock than the
scrub, while the results in meat pro-
| duced is greatly in favor of the we'll
bred animal. The picture shows fur
| Their how to feed and care for the pigs,
how to protect them from disease and
how to shelter them from the inclem
ency of winter and the heat of sum
mer. The results of wise selection and
intelligent care are shown in the we'll
groomed, fat, healthy pOrkers wearing
the prize ribbons they have won.
The first pig club was organized II
Louisiana in 1910. Now approximate!
$4,000 members are enrolled in tn
pig clubs throughout the country.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
Payment of Funds To- Credit
OF Enemy or Ally Authorized
by u. S. War Trade Board

The war trade board has authorized
the payment of drafts that have been
accepted, drawn on funds to the credit
of person who is an enemy" or 'afly
OF enemy" or acting for or on behalf
of an ''enemy" Or tally Of enemy" or
on which such pers on appears as
drawer or indorser, when such drafts
are presented for payment in the
United States: Provided, however, that
when such drafts are collected for or
on behalf of any person who is an
enemy" or "ally Of enemy" or person
acting for Or on behalf of an "enemy"
or tally of enemy" the proceeds of col
lection shall be at once reported by the
person making such collection to and
be held subject to the disposition of
the alien property custodian.
No drafts can now be accepted or
transferred or dealt in before accept
ance which are drawn On funds to the
credit of any person who is an "ene-
my" or "ally of enemy" or acting for
or on behalf of an ",nemy" or 'ally of
enemy" or drawn by or to the order
OF such person, or on which such per
son appears as indOrser, unless a IL
cense is first obtained from the bureau
Of enemy trade, Bond Building, Wash
ington.
The war trade board has also au
thorized the payment Of travellers
checks, not exceeding 500 in amount
on which there appears the indorse
ment Of person who Is an "enemy'
or tally Of enemy" or acting for O
on behalf of an ''enemy" or tally o
enemy" without obtaining licens
therefor.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15

UTLAND, the lOW-Iy1ng, SANDY
peninsula whose name histori--
4 ans probably will employ to des-
ignate the great naval battle
fought off it's shores by the British and
Germans, is the continental portion of
Denmark and comprises nearly two
thirds the area Of the kingdom (exclu- /
sive of colonial possessions), but with
considerably less than half the total
population. It compares with Vermont
In size, but has density of population
three times as great, says bulletin OF
the National Geographic society. Its
most striking physical characteristics
are the fjords which cut into the sandy
seaboard, particularly on the west
coast. OF these the largest, Linfjord,
is today a misnomer for since 1922 1t
has been a sound, joining the waters of
the North sea with the Kattegat and
making an island of the extreme north
ern portion Of the peninsula which ter
inmates in cape called the Skaw.
Owing to the character of the soil on
both banks, the rapidity of the current
and the violent impact Of the floating
ice in the spring, only pontoon bridge
spanned this sound at Aalborg until
recently.
The highest point of land in Jutland,
which is also the highest in the king
dom. is 564-foot commence" in line
of low hills near the center of the pen
inSula.
Ancient Home Of the Cimbri.
Jutland was the ancient home Of the
warlike Cimbri, tribe which for l.
years kept Rome in state of panic
and which was the first Germanic hos
to make it's way across the barrier Of
the Alps into northern Italy, antici
patlng the descent of the Visigoths b!
five centuries. The Cimbri came with
III the purvlew Of recorded history il
113 B. c.. when, after having beer
driven from their northern home, sup
posedly by North sea foundations, AM
having made their way SOUTHWARK
through the German forests, they In
flicted signal defeat upon Roma
army under Consul Pspfrius Carlo
= Noreia. Instead of following up thei
success into Italy, the victors pushe
}. westward into the Rhine valley. Fou
years later, however, they PRACTICAL
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-15
The Glory Of Science.

The University of California scien-
lists are said TO be making important
strides in the invention OF machinery
and the compromising of chemicals be-
tween 20 and 80 men being constantly
engaged on intricate problems of this
nature. The beauty of this work is
that the results of these efforts will he
Of value to America. Every invention
wrought and every scientific fact dis
covered can he turned to utilitarian add
vantage.