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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18

italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Thursday, Jan. 17.-Italian
troops have succeeded in breaking
the pressure which the enemy has
been exerting on the lower Piave in
the sector nearest Venice. This is a
triangular sector originally cleared
Of the enemy when the whole region
was inundated by opening the
canals. But recently low water has
permitted the enemy to renew his
tncursions almost to Capo Sile and
the Venetian lagoons.
Enemy patrols had established
dugouts and posts in the lagoons at
Agenzia zuliana, just across the
river from Capo Sile During the
early days Of the week the Italian
navy had bombarded the dugouts
and destroyed the bridge on which
the enemy was attempting to cross
at Agenzia Trezza.
Stung by the repeated checks the
enemy brought his full force to bear
yesterday morning. They were met
by chosen Italian troops from the
Grenadier and Bersaglieri brigades.
The Italian defense was led by the
Bersaglieri who had asked that
privilege in order to answer sour
rilous pamphlets which had been
thrown into the italian lines.
The Bersaglieri hewed their way
to the enemy's support line. The fight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
The People Must Go On or
Go Under" Is Message Of
British Premier To Labor

President Wilson's war aims had
been acclaimed throughout the en-
tente allied countries. There had
been hardly a voice OF criticism save
from a few who wished he had made
more extreme demands. The So
cialists of France, Italy, and Great
Britain, he said, had accepted them
as very fair general demands.
The Premier said that Germany
had answered never" to his, demand
for a reconsideration of the wrong
of Alsace- Lorraine, and had de-
CIared that Germany would go on
until Mesopotamia and Palestine
were restored to the tyranny of
Turks. No single war aims condition
made by the British trade un-
ionists had been answered by any
German auxiliary, he added.
Mr.. Lloyd George said there had
been no answer from Germany to
the recent statements Of the entente
powers on war aims.
''Why?" asked the Premier. BE
cause the Prussian military power
is dominant. The answer to be Civ
en- will be given from the cannon's
mouth"
IF any man here can. find an hon.
orable and equitable way out of this
conflict without fighting it through"
the Premier continued, "let him tell
it. My conviction is this-the people
must either go on or go under"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
TO VOTE
FEBRUARY 6 ON.
ISSUE TO.
BUILD SCHOOL.
Board of Eduation Issues
Call for Special Elec-
ton Next Month
$4,000 ISSUE
rs PROPOSED
Interest Rate Fixed at
Five and a Half Per Cent
by Board Order

The Fargo board of education, in
special session Thursday evening,
unanimously adopted a resolution
placing the members on record ih
favor of issuing $4,000 in bonds in
denominations of $1,000 each, with
interest at the rate of five and one
half DER cent, for the erection Of the
proposed new combination grade ana
high school, to cost approximately
1915, 900. The proposition will go 70
vote of the people at a special cleo
ton, set for Wednesday, Feb. 6.
The bonds are payable in 25 years.
the members of the board making
the option of prepayment in ten
wears so that If the interest rates go
down, the board can rebond the dis
trict at a lower rate Of interest. With
the exception of J. w. McHose, every
member of the board was present.
Discussion Over Interest Rate.
A long discussion was held as to
whether the rate Of interest should
be placed at 5h per cent or 51a per
cent. 1t was stated that the board
might face a difficult problem Of dis
posing Of the bonds, If the interest
rate was placed at 5A per cent, as
other cities and communities in the
state have been placing their bonds
on the market at ~ per cent. IL put
at 5k per cent, Ii was figured that
any difference between that rate Of
interest and 81 would be covered in
a premium bid for the bonds, as
educational bonds are ordinarily
popular.
A special meeting of the board
has been called for Tuesday evening.
All phases Of the school situation,
the financial market and the build
ing market were taken into cOnstd-
Grafton by the board and have been
studied at a number Of meetings,
prior TO the adoption Of the resolu-
tiOn. The matter OF delaying the
project was also given minute atten-
ton, the members of the board fig-
uring that if delayed a delay Of
two years would not improve mat
ters as far as costs are concerned,
because the price OF labor and build
ing material is not going down and
the interest rates on money are not
going 10 be reduced. IL was figured
that should the war end this sum-
mer, the United States which is now
the financial market Of the world
would be called upon to make fur
ther leans to the nations and that
this would hold the present rate of
interest on money and might pos
sibIy even increase the rates In the
financial world. Leading contractors
OF Fargo and over the country had
advised that in their opinion prices
would not tumble on building and
construction material II the war
should be brought to q sudden ter
mination.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
fBx Associated Press.l

London, Jan. 18.-Premier Lloyd
George, addressing the labor dele
gates today, said no man standing
on the watch tower. could deny the
urgency of the need for raising more
men.
The prime minister said no de-
nocracy has ever long survived the
failure of it's adherents to be ready
to die for it.
Mr.. Lloyd George said that he and
President Wilson without previous
consultation-there was no oppor-
tunity-had laid down substantially
the same program Of demands for
the termination of the war.
There was no man willing to
make peace without complete restor-
alton of Belgium and reparation, the
Premier said. From Germany there
had been but one answer, land it
came from Won Tirpitz's soul
never"
Close To Line.
Continuing, the Premier said:
"Our channel ports are not far
from the fighting line and unless we
are prepared to stand up to the
people who are dominating Ger
many, Britain, British democracy,
French democracy and the democ-
racy Of Europe will be at the mercy
of the must cruel autocracy the
world has ever seem"
Mr.. Lloyd George said that his and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
DISCONTENT IN
ENGLAND BEING
CENTERED UPON
FOOD SITUATION
Manchester Workers To
N u m b er of 100000.
Threaten One Day Strike
fRv Associated Press.l

London, Jan. 1S.-Popular dissat-
isfaction with the food distribution,
which is particularly strong in the
industrial districts, will be forcbIy
expressed at Manchester, and in
that neighborhood Jan. 26, when, ac-
cording to a decision just received,
O. hundred thousand workeEs in the
Manchester engineering shops will
cease work for a day with the pur-
pose of protesting against the un-
equal distribution of food and de-
manding a general rationing order.
Increasing attention is being Civ
en- by the newspapers to food trou-
bles and popular impatience with
what lis regarded widely as avoidable
privations. The Times today promtn-
emily calls attention to the persist
ence of the unequal distribution Of
food and it's offspring, the queue
system, which it says, is beginning
to tell on the tempers of numbers
of persons.
Numerous paragraphs appear in
the newspapers recording demon
strations, unsatisfactory distribution,
queues sufferings, shortages, prose-
cutions for boarding and allegations
of profiteering.
The labor correspondent of The
Times says the workers are con-
vinced that an artificial scarcity has
been created by the farmers, deal
ers, and spectators. The unrest, he
continues, will be allayed only when
the food controller convinces the av-
erage workingman that curtailment
is unavoidable.
In view of the growing irritation,
the speech which Lord Rhondda, the
food controller, is expected to make
in London today is awaited with the
greatest interest. 1t is understood
the speech will cover the general
food situation and that important
statements will be made by the con-
trOller. go.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Italian Troops Break
Grip of the hUdderS Of
The LoWer PidOe Front

was stubborn for the first two hours.
but the enemy gradually gave ground
as fresh ranks of Bersaglieri cheer
ing and sing patriotic songs,
threw themselves into the struggle,
The enemy was finally pushed back
from the positions he had gained.
Heavy losses were sustained by
the enemy and the Italians captured
$50 prisoners. The battle ground
was covered with Austrian dead, and
burial parties were busy throughout
the night.
Many individual instances of brav-
cry stand out. In one case an Italian
officer and five men leaped into an
Austrian trench, took two machine
guns, killed all the Austrian gunners
and brought back the guns.
The gItalian-=sGeceSs gives q seri-
Gus check to the enemy effort to inn
prove his position near Venice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
GEO. WILKINSON
REMOVED FROM
OFFICE AFTER A
LENGTHY PROBE
Fargo Postmaster Ordered
to Surrender Office to
His Assistant
INCOMPETENCE
CHARGE CITED
Also Held Temperamental- l.
ly Unfit for Handling
the Work

George Wilkinson. postmaster OF
Fargo, has been removed from office,
and c. F. Alfred, assistant post
master, has been appointed by the
National Surety company to take
charge pending the appointment of
a new postmaster.
Charges of incompetent admins
tration of the postOfice. together
with information holding that the
outgoing postmaster was tempera-
mentally unfit TO deal either with the
employees or with the public. form
the basis for the removal.
Mr.. Alfred received notice at $50
o'clock Thursday afternoon of his
appointment to take charge Of the
office, ana Mr.. Wilkinson was nott-
fed at 10 o'clock this morning by j.
c. Koons, first assistant postmaster
general, to surrender the Office to
whomsoever the surety company
designated.
The formal transfer will take place
Immediately. and II is likely that a
postofflce inspector will supervise
the shift in administration.
Pending Several Weeks.
Thursday evenings order has hasn
pending for several weeks, or ever
since an investigation was made OF
the Fargo postofiice, ending Nov. 21,
last. Four inspectors made a. check
up Of the affairs in the office, OBJ
tanned over a score of affidavits from
postal employees, and upon the
information thus furnished, and up
on the check up of the office itself,
the inspectors recommended the dis
missal of Mr.. Wilkinson.
The investigation by the inspectors
was conducted by r. M. Hugdal, j.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
MIL lions IDLE today AS Result OF CLOSING ORDER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

An apparent deadlock in the peace
neuotiations with the central powers.
threatened war with Rumania and
the hostility of the Ukraine are the
difficulties faced by the BolshevlS
government, to which has been add
ed the assembling in Petrograd OF
the delegates to the constituent as
sembIy. There is also a report from
a Swedish newspaper that the reia-
tions between Premier Lenine and
Foreign Minister Trotzky daily be-
come more strained.
Germany has refused to accept
Russia's attitude concerning the
right of the occupied territories OF
Poland, Courland, Lithuania and
Esthonia to self determination along
lines advocated by the BoIshevi<i.
Until a general peace is reached the
Germans say they cannot eVaeuats
the territories. The Bolshevik stand
is declared by the Germans to be
onesided and the Russian delegates
are asked to agree to the German
view.
Ukrainian and BoIshevik troops
have fought bloody battles in Odessa
and near PoltaVa and the Bolsheviki
are said to be destroying railroads
and bridges TO hamper the advance
Of ukrainian soldiers northward. The
BoIsheViki announce the capture by
their troops of Irkutsk, Siberia, and
orenburg.
The constituent assembly, con-
trolIed by parties opposed to the
BolsheViki, is to meet today unless
the Lenine government again inter
Venes,
On the lower Piave near Venice
the Italians have checked an Aus
trian attempt to dislodge them from
their recently won positions and
threaten the defenses of the vens-
tian lauoons. In a hand to- hand
conflict which lasted four hours the
Italians inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy and captured $50 prisoners
and some guns and war material.
There has been no activity on the
western front except the usual ar
tillery fire.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Feu Factories Are
. .OberdhOnToddy
Purpose Is to Relieve Congestion Of
Railroad Terminals As Much
As to End Fuel SHORTAGE
Despite Widespread Belief That Or
der Is Too Drastic, Business
Men Plan to Obey 1t
AZ Aasociated Presa.l }


WASHINGTON, Jan Ameroa felt the pinch perhaps
issued relieve the coal sortage and release fuel for ships load
In of
Of
of
to the confusion
of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
TO ADMIT WOMEN FREE.

Women are being admitted
without charge to the annual
show of the North Dakota Poul-
try association in the Fargo
auditorium today, 1t was an
nounced this morning. The show
viii close at 10 o'clock tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
STATIONS
FORECAST.

Minnesota--Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday; not so cold In SOUTH
cast portion.
North Dakota, South Dakota -
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday,
probably light snow In west portion;
somewhat warmer in extreme west
portion tonight.
Montana - Unsettled weather to-
night and Saturday. probably light
snow: colder in west and central
portions tonight and in east portion
Saturday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Expect Declaration,

Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. IA
eclaration-either through the
chanceIIOr's coming speech or i'm the
form OF a special proclamation--is
expected this week regarding Ger
many's attitude towards Polish,
Lithuanian and Lettish territories,
according to a Berlin dispatch to a
kCopenhagen newspaper. Concerning
Poland, the declaration is expected
to state that Germany is both poll
tticaIIy and economically disinter-
ested," and with regard to Lithu-
ania and Courland, they are "to re-
main politically independent, but
closely Joined with Germany in an
economic alliance"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Socialist Papers Barred.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Orders for
bidding all Socialist propaganda in
the German army have been issued
by the German military authorities,
according to a dispatch today from
Switzerland. Socialist newspapers
are forbidden to be sent to the SOL
@iers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Irkutak Seized.

PetrogTad, Tuesday, Jan. 15-The
Bolshevik forces have seized Ir-
lkutsiE, eastern Siberia, after a ten
days battle. All the Cossaclzs and
military cadets were disarmed and
the authority of the Workmen's and
Soldiers government proclaimed.
Orenburg, capital of the Siberian
province Of that name, also has been
OCCUPIED by the BolsheviId.
The edict Of the Siberian republic
OF Omsk, prohibiting the export OF
food TO Russia until the constituent
assembly is called to order, became
effective Dec. 80.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Fsrment In Petrograd.

London. Jan. 18.--News from Rus
Eia in the morning newspapers adds
nothing TO yesterdays report OF the
lI2nsso- -Rumanian relations and the
! former emperor's escape, nor does il
make clear whether the constituent
assembly viii meet today.
DISPATCHES from Petrograd in
dictate that ferment in the city Is
likely IL the assembly meets. Large
demonstrations are being prepared
nv the alliance for the defense of
the constituent assembly, which is
issuing appeals to the people in the
streets and Is carrying on agita-
tion in the military barracks and
among the crews of the warshtps in
the Nsva-
The correspondent of The Daily
News says trouble of some kind is
almost certain. The feeling among
] the soldiers of the Petrograd gar
rison, a Petrograd dispatch to The
Daily Mail says, is becoming more
divided and the government can
mot place fun reliance on them as
Nit could q month ago.
Conditions of life in Petrograd as
described by various correspondents
ksuggest that the people are likely to
seize any opportunity to express
their discomfort. Food is some
ttimes impossible, and always diff
cult to procure, says The Daily News
correspondent, who adds that Petro-
grad has forgotten the taste of
milk, though it is possible now and
then to obtain an inferior grade of
Nbutter ut ten rubles a pound.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Resume Peace Discussion.

Berlin, via London. Jan. 17.--After
an address 70 the peace delegates at
-Litovsk on Wednesday by
Leon Trotzly, Bolshevik foreign
minister, the Russians agreed to a
continuation OF the discussions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
FRICTION GROWS
DAILY BET WEEN
LENINE and HIS
CHIEF MINISTER
Premier Reported Dis
pleased With Trotzky's
Prominence and Policy
KERENSKY SAID
TO BE In SWEDEN
Trouble Expected In Pet
rograd If Constituent
Assembly Meets Today
GREAT SCARCITY OF
FOOD REPORTED
Germans Bar All Socialist
Newspapers From The
Front Lines
GREAT SCARCITY OF
FOOD REPORTED
CBy Associated Press.)

Stockholm, Jan. 17.-Relations be-
tween Premier Lenine and Foreign
Minister Trotzky are growing more
strained daily, the Petrograd cor
respondent of the Helsingfors Pu-
vudstadebladets reports. Lenine is
said to be displeased both at the
wav Trotzky continually occupies
the public eye and at his foreign
policy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-18
Kerensl<y In Sweden.

Petrograd. Tuesday, Jan. 15.-The
veehernia Vremya says Alexander
P. Kerenslzy now is in Sweden. The
newspaper asserts that kerensky,
lied to NovO Tcherkask' Genera
xaIedines' capital in the Don Co.'S
eaeIr region. after the defeat of the
RerenelSy forces at Catchina, ar
riying there early in December.
Kerensky, according to the
vechernia Vremya, sought an In
4eryfew with Kaledines, but the het-
man OF the Don Cossacks declined to
meat him
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CONTINUED on page 10.)
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Continued on page 90
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Where You See This
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CONTINUED on page Sd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-14
CAPTAIN SHERMAN'S 5
GRAVE IN SCOTLAND
Early Report of Vermont Off.
GERS Death on the Tuscania
Is Verified.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The home ad-
dress Of New York State and Vermont
soldiers buried on the Scottish coast, taken
from the Associated Press list of those
unaccounted for as checked up with the
Tuscania's passenger list, follows:
Zimmerman. George ", New Rochelle.
N. Y; Speidel Henry S.. New York city;
Bruno, Frank, New York city; Rupp Her.
man, New York city; Lightall. Captain
Philip Kilburn, Syracuse. N. Y; Captain
Philip Vincent Sherman. Mortified. VT;
Maystrick, Joseph G., Astoria. N. Y.
The above despatch confirms the report
that Capt. Philip Vincent Sherman Of
Northfleld was one of the victims of the
torpedoed Tuscania as published in the
Free Press Monday morning. So far
as known he is the only Vermonter
who perished in the disaster. Captain
Sherman, the adopted son Of Mrs. Man
well Kingsland of Burlington, was a
graduate Of the high school here and
obtained an engineers degree at Nor
wich University. He was appointed cap~
tain of the engineering corps last spring.
being first stationed at Kansas. Mo. In
the list Of United States officers on the
Tuscania as unaccounted for he was clas-
sihed as a casual" Mrs. Sherman and
her three children are now living in
Northfeld.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-14
TUSCAN|A'S DEATH
LIST ABOUT no
More Survivors Are Reported
Many Names Garbled in
Transmission.

Washington, Feb. 13.-War department
advices indicate that verw few American
soldiers lost their lives in the destruction
of the liner Tuscania in addition to the
164 reported to-day as buried on the Scot
tish coast. The latest reports place the
American loss at not more than ITO of the
2179 who were on board the ship. although
the list of rescued still is far from COM
plete.
Seven additional survivors were officially
reported tonight. reducing the depart
ment's list of those not recorded as saved
to about 26O. The Associated Press list
Of the unreported. made up by checking
both official and unofficial advices against
the Tuscania's passenger list. was reduced
to III.
The war department is exchanging daily
long kilograms with the embassy at Lon
don In an effort to complete the survivors
roll and untangle names garbled In trans
mission. In spite Of the fact that only
some 26O of those on the passenger list are
officially unaccounted for. the department
has more than 30 names Of survivors
which 1t has been unable to decipher.
About 40 Of these are supposed to be du-
plications and as many more are names
Of men of whom there is no record.