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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
Regarding The Truth

Julian Street in The Saturday
Evening Post: have heard
many able men talk about the
war but have yet to find
one who is cocksure. The men who
are cocksure are not the big men.
Big men seek facts, face them, and
reach conclusions not through their
temperament but with their brains.
And the facts as to American war
preparation in its present stage are
not such as to warrant optimism.
Indeed, looking at life in its larger
aspect few things do warrant tor
pessimism either. The pendulum
swings. Your end Of the seesaw goes
up and down-up and down. When
half the world is dark the other half
Is light. In the blacklist hour of
night We have faith that dawn will
ultimately come. The weaker we are
the more readily the tides of life can
lift us to extreme citation or drag us
to extreme despair.
If Hamlet is unbalanced so also is
Pollyanna. And war hath her Pol
lyannas and her Hamlets no less
than peace. The eagle, soaring over
No Mans Land and seeing much is
silent, but the caged-Or Cabineted-
canary twitters cheerfully-until the
poisoned gases come.
We do not see things as they are
through blue glasses or yet through
glasses that are rose coIored. There
should be no color in the lens through
which we look at truth. And truth
is the thing above all others upon
which we must now fix our gaze. For
it was never truer than it is TODAY
that The truth shall make you
free"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
TOO HOT TO HANDLE"

TOO hot to handle" probably was
the reason for the Townley organs
refusing to publish the story which
VIII appear in The Forum Saturday
night.
The member Of the Farmers
Union under whose nose Mr..
TownIey shook a fist and said: It's
none Of your damned business" "
when the farmers showed inquisitive-
ness regarding the use Of funds sub
scribed for the stores. will tell his
story.
He offered it to the league organs;
then demanded that they print it,
but they refused. The Forum will
publish his account Of that now
famous all night meeting in next
Saturdays issue. 1t ought to make
pleasant Sunday reading.
II Mr.. TownIey cares to answer the
article later, or give his version Of
the meeting in the same issue The
Forum win be glad to publish either
or both.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Minneapolis Journals; II
has required the German inva-
sion OF Russia to strike the sea les
from the eyes Of the American Soci-
alists, and to turn them from their
pro- Germanism to an understanding
Of the real purposes Of the Prussian
military autOcracy.
We read that a great gathering OF
Socialists in New York last week
cheered the war and President Will
son, and urged that all the Socialists
Of America unite in support of the
war as the only practicable means
of saving the ideals Of democracy
from Teutonic obliteratiOn." The
executive committee Of the Social
ist Party was urged to nullify the
manifesto Of the ST. Louis Conven-
ton, which declared the war on Ger
many the most unjust i'm history.
This meeting followed closely the
practical admission Of Morris Hill
quit. the Socialist candidate for
mayor Of New York that he and his
party had been wrong, and his offer
to the Government OF his services IN
aid Of prosecution Of the war "a any
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
MR. RRINToN's ARJEcT CON,
FEsSIoN.

Mr.. Brinton's confession published
in the Fargo Morning BHshevik yes
terday, becomes more amusing the
longer it is studied
The Great Silence which has en-
wrapped the local Townley-La Fol-
Iette organ. since the store story
first appeared, still continues. Being
a kept organ OF any man or party
certainly does make it difficult to be
a newspaper, as we have said before.
Not a mention has yet been made in
the news or editorial columns Of the
store plan, yet Mr.. Brinton pays for
full page advertisement out Of the
farmers money. to explain to them
that their notes are considered good
and have not been discounted by Mr..
TownIey. And The Forum never
said they had been discounted. Thus
does Mr.. Townley take money out Of
his store pocket and put it into his
newspaper pocket.
The most amusing feature Of the
incident is that the Townley organ,
acting under direct orders not to say
one word about the stores. did not
make any mention Of the meeting at
Watford City when the store plan
was given a coat Of whftewash, which
resolution is the basis Of the whole
advertisement. The Forum did give
an account Of this meeting, handled
mpartiaIly as a news item. 1t was
considered Of enough Importance by
Mr.. BTinton to buy a page in the
Morning Silencer to tell about it.
Mr.. Brinton's public acknowledge
ment Of the truth Of all that The
Forum has printed about the store
plan, recalls some other items that
have been lost in the Great Silence
which enyeIops the morning news(?)-
paper. Here are few of them: the
story Of the meeting Of the Farmers
union when the store plan was con-
demned; the circularization Of
Farmers union members; the Town
ley bankruptcy proceedings; Mr..
Brinton's famous failure to debate
with Mr.. Milloy; Mr.. Gordon's fruit
less efforts to get a debate with Mr..
Brinton; and the pitiful collapse Of
the cowardly charges against Pro-
.fessor Durand, made by a league
leader, after the charges had been
published.
But what's the use Of blaming the
Fargo employees? They can't help it.
The editor down in st. Paul tells
them what to publish, and they de-
serve the deepest sympathy and the
kindltest consideration-not harsh
words.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
FARMER GRAIN
DEALERS CLOSE
MEETING TODAY
Visitors and City Folks at
Bismarck Join in Big
War Rally

Bismarck, N. D., March THE
seventh annual convention of the
North Dakota Farmer Grain Deal
ers' association, declared by the 500
delegates who have been in attend
ance, the most successful in the his
tory Of the organization, will come
to a close this evening, when the
grain men will be guests of Minnea-
polls and Duluth commission houses
at banquets in the city's two lead
ing hotels.
The final days program includes
an address by j. w. Shorthill, Sec
rotary of the Nebraska Farmers
the national council, on THE Or
ganized Farmer at Washington"
Little Is Speaker.
The farmer grain dealers Wednes-
day afternoon listened to an inter-
esting paper from James A. Little,
rate expert with the North Dakota
railway commission, who told what
that board has done in the regula-
ton Of grain warehouses and in en-
forcing a uniform storage ticket
provision.
At the Bismarck auditorium last
evening the grain men assembled
with capital city folks in one of the
most enthusiastic war rallies yet
held in the capital city and for three
hours applauded and cheered Bis
marck four minute men, Red Cross,
Liberty Loan, war savings stamps
and other workers, men and women
who told what North Dakota is do
ing to win the war.
Judge A. M. Christianson, asso-
ciate justice of the North Dakota
supreme court, was the principal
speaker Of the evening; j. L. Bell,
chairman of the Bismarck district
for the Liberty loan, spoke on the
next Liberty loan drive; II. p. Cod
dard, president of the Bismarck
Commercial club spoke on THE Red
Cross at Home" and G.. F. Dullam,
chairman Of the War Savings Stamp
committee, spoke on War Savings
Stamps"
Secretary F. o. Hellstrom was
one Of the principal speakers, and
stirred the audience to high patrio-
tic pitch with his description Of the
"On to victory loyalty" drive which
the North Dakota council of defense
soon is to stage, to compel every
male resident Of North Dakota to
prove that he is with or against u.s."
The annual business session will
be held this afternoon. Officers for
the coming year will be elected, a
program for the year viii be mapped
OUT and the place Of the next meet
ing will be selected.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
Will He Produce NY
Play?
GU Can Always Tell If You're Read
ing IL to Al Woods.

Montague Glass in The American
Magazines: In reading a play to Al
Woods (the producer)-and l as
sumo that If you have written a read
able play sooner or later YOU will
read IL to Al Woods-you must bear
in mind the following information:
He will be wearing a black derby
hat and If during the first five min
utes Of the reading he fails to re-
move his. hat, you may as we'll stop
right then and there. Should he,
however, take off his hat before flf-
teen minutes have elapsed, you may
feel safe in continuing your reading
up to the curtain of the first act.
IL by that time he has not begun
to unbutton his vest, your reading is
at an end. On the contrary, IL the
unbuttoning operation has progress
ed as far as the third button, now Is
the time to watch him closely. Your
aim must be to make him entirely
inhibition his vest before the close
Of the second act, and then you may
hope until the curtain Of the third act
in 4-act play, which as any first
nighter win tell you, ought to be a
great, big wallop, and, in fact, must
be a great. big waIlop, or AL Woods
win not unbutton the Waistband OF
his trousers.
Let us assume, however, that you
have safely passed this stage, Of AIS
critical unbuttoning, and IL he then
inserts the fingers Of either hand be-
tween his trousers and his shirt at
the site of his suspender buttons and
begins gently to massage his float
ing ribs, your play Is sure of produce
ton with the best cast that money
can procure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
Dandruff Surely
Destroys The Hair

Girls-if you want plenty of thick,
beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all
means get rid Of dandruff, for it will
starve your hair and ruin 1t IL you
don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The only sure
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve 1t, then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces OF
ordinary liquid arYon; apply it at
night when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub IL in
gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications win complete
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop,
and your hair will look and feel a
hundred times better. You can get
liquid arvon at any drug store. 1t is
inexpensive and four ounces is all you
will need, no matter how much dam
druff you have. This simple remedy
never fails.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
War Department Plans Call
For the Drafting of About
100000 Men During Year

I forward at an accelerating rate since
American troops are now actually
holding a sector of the French from
and men are being Killed or wound
ed in action every day.
The completion Of the full program
Of the war department without
creating any additional divisions,
probable will absorb in the neigh
borhood Of 100000 men. The extent
to. which it has been necessary to
increase artillery quotas through
out the army and to add special I'M
its OF all sorts, has surprised every
officer and accounts for the exist
ing shortages to a large extent.
The number of replacement troops
necessary is worked out in scienu-
fic way, based on experience at the
front. A fixed percentage for each
arm Of the service is established,
Among the noncombatant arm, this
is very small; but it is quite high
among front line troops. While Of
fetal figures are not available, it
is estimated that something more
than 200, 900 will be necessary for the
1918 program, making 100000 neces-
sary to call out during this year.
The last increments of the first
draft now in process of mobiliza-
tion, totalling about $4,000 men, are
being used to fill regular and nation
al guard divisions shown by their
efficiency reports to be available for
early duty abroad. Some Of the men
are being used also to fill up the
special forces although an addition
al source OF supply for highly
specialized technical units, is being
used continuously. This is by spec
ial drafts of particularly qualified
men Of the trades necessary. Orders
were issued yesterday to local boards
calling for 528 artisans of various
sorts for on-combatant units.
Even with all of the first draft
men modified, there are consider
able deficiencies among the nation
al army and some of the national
guard divisions. The first purpose
OF the second draft will be to make
up this shortage.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
Many States Expected to
Disband Their Prohibi-
ton Organizations
MERGER WITH THE
NATIONALS FAILED
Majority of Delegates Fa-
vOred 1t, But Two-thirds
Vote Was Lacking
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, March Fifty lone dele
gates to the Prohibition National
convention last night bOlted to the
new National party and approximate
ly 100 others. including National
Committee Chairman Virgil G. Hin
shaw. signified their intention OF
joining the new party which was
formed by Socialists who bolted from
the st. Louis convention. The action
was taken because of the failure Of
the Prohibition convention to vote q
merger with the Nationals.
The 81 boilers, led by National
Convention Chairman H. p. Faris Of
Missouri, w. ]. Calderwood of Mime
sofa and State Senator E. e. Lobeck
Of Minnesota. formed outside the
convention hall while the National
lists were in session, and in loud
voices announced that they wanted to
join the party. A secretary was ap-
pointed to take their names and aft
er paying dues and receiving mem.
bership cards. they were admitted
to the convention and allowed to
vote.
In addition to the individuals who
bOlted it was announced that many
states would completely disband their
Prohibition organizations and join
the National party. Delegates from
the following states announced that
their state conventions would take up
this action: Minnesota, Wisconsin,
New Jersey, Massachusetts. New
Hampshire, Kansas, Oregon, Wash
ingtOn, North and South Dakota.
The split came as result of the
failure Of the Prohibitionists to in
dorse a merger with the National
party over which they had been de-
batting for two days. On test votes,
the majority of the delegates clearly
stood in favor of the merger, but 1t
was impossible to obtain the two
thirds majority necessary. During
this time some half dozen resolutions
were introduced in an effort to reach
an agreement satisfactory to the
as a whole, but ii was i'm
possible to pass any of them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
MORE soLsHEVIk STRATEGY.

We learn more Of Bolshevik
strategy every day.
Now Mr.. Leon Fox Trotzly is go
ing to save the revolution" II he
mas to retreat all the way to the
Ural mountains.
After he demobuized the Russian
army, it was thought his plan was
10 fight back the Germans with
snow balls. Now it IS seen that he in
tends to tire them out chasing Rus
SLAMS.
Beyond the UraI mountains lies
siberia and then it's a darned long
run to Vladivostok. There's one
great drawback. The Bolsheviki
won't have any breath left for max
ing speeches. II they start on this
5000 mile run with the Hun at their
heels. and q revolutionist who can't
talk is whipped from the start.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
QUAMME SAYS NOTE TO
PAPERS Was DISTORTED
President of ST. Paul Farm Loan
Bank Declares Change Made to
lniure North Dakota Credit.

Bismarck, N. D.. March 7.-E. G.
Quamme, president of the st. Paul
Federal Farm Loan bank, in q letter
to Governor Frazier. declares that an
interview given out by him with
reference to the conflict between the
federal farm loan act and the North
Dakota seed grain and feed bonding
act was distorted to injure the credit
Of North Dakota. Mr.. Quamme en-
closes a carbon copy of the original
interview.
II want to inform you that there
has been only one interview given
out by the Federal Farm Loan bank
of st. Paul, and that was given out
by me, and signed. writes Mr..
Ouamme. I'm this interview, you
win note, 1 stated briefly the facts
as they were with the hope that a
solution would be found very soon
that we might go on with our work.
"This interview has been distorted
into a statement which would injure
the credit of North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
TIME TO FORGET HIM.

The curtain has been ruBg down
on the little opera bouffe down al
Madison, and Senator La Toilette
has been duly and properly slapped
across the wrist
II Wisconsin wants to give the
Little Giant a proper punch where
be viii feel it. the way to do it is to
snow under his candidate at the aP-
preaching election, and send an Am
erican to the senate.
Then let's forget this Temperament
tai prima donna He is getting al
most as much publicity as he feels
he is entitled to, and that is bound
less. The country has too many i'm
portant problems on its hands to
waste its energies on him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
VALLEY CITY SOLDIER
PRAISES FRENCH ROADS


Valley City, N. D., March 7.--Harold
Davidson, writing to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. p @. Davidson, from France,
says France has a great system of
good roads for the many marshy
places which are filed with spring
and require good deal of engineer
ing and study before the roads can
be built.
II am in the 164th but the head
quarters company" writes Davidson.
Adolph Johnson is in the supply COM
pany; Bill Anderson, John Larson,
Paul Baarstad and Cuyler Anderson
went with nOn-commissioned officers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07

The Parshall Leader gets, itsel
quoted twice in one day in The For,
UNI. because it is one of The Forum!
most Intelligent critics. Here is wha'
il has to say:
The Fargo Forum, in opposing
the Nonpartisan league, appears
to have a glimmer of justice Tor
shall we term it astuteness) when
Ii says IT does not believe m
the policy Of suppressinE league
meetings, because both short
sighted and unfair" Atop Of
this from The Forum, the rabid
anti-Ieague st. Paul Dispatch
editorially deprecates the arrest
Of TownIey because OF his
technical connection with the
Gilbert case" fearing vindication
will but make a martyr of him.
To the impartial observer the
leadership directed against Town
lev has been the most asinines
vacuous, muddle-headed perform
ance on record in a political way.
He has been aided by his enemies
at every stage Of the game.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07

years Of war horrors. Pictures of
scrawny children with skin drawn
tight over their skulls, tell a story OF
starvation that simply sickens.
Let me say most emphatically the
German government could have pre-
vented it writes Mr.. Morgenthau.
My strenuous and repeated efforts
to enlist the German ambassador, the
late Baron Wangenheim, in behalf OF
the Armenians, were fruitless".
There's sufficient case against the
Hun, IL Belgium, Poland and France
were forgotten.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07

The Mandan Pioneer calls atten-
ton to the fact that all men witt
German names are not dislOyal, az
follows:
Have you ever paused to note
the number Of German names
given I'm the American casualties?
Did you notice the list of those.
who were either German or of
German extraction, who went
down In the Tuacanfa? There is
quite q sprinkling OF German
names appearing in these losses
along with the American names.
IL goes to show that the Ger
man youth Of America or the
youth OF German ancestry, at
least. Is playing q part in this
great war. And sou must remem-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07

~T don't know Of a better way
for nv boy TO lose his life
Mrs. Anna Gratin Of Bismarck
There isn't . better way. Ms
Eratin.
The real hero never INDUCES in
heroicS. The Anglo-SaNoR is Just a
little ashamed OF his finest senti-
ments. He prefers not to parade
them before the world. The men in
the trenches probably never talk
about the glory Of democracy and
the fight for freedom. They don't
want 10 be Honized. They don't want
To be petted But they have found
the greatest thing in the world. and
deep in their hearts they know ia
cause worth giving their lives for,
and giving it Il necessary.
In the slang OF the west it is known
rs dying with your boots on" only
here the cause too often was the
frnoble one Of proving ones personal
courage.
st. Paul summed It up this way:
Il have fought a good fight: I have
finished my course; have kept the
faith.
Jesus Christ expressed the thought
this way: "He that loseth his life
for my sake shall find It.
LLOYD Spetz died with his boots
on. He fought a good fight for a
great cause. He gave his life for the
sake Of humanity.
He lived courageously and died
7gloriously.
Most men whom the world &C
claims have done less.
No man can do more.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
DRIVE away HEADACHE
Rub MusterOle on Forehead
and Temples

A headache remedy without the dara
gers Of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling
from colds or congestion. And It acts at
0ncel Musterole is a clean, white ONT
ment, made with oil Of mustard. Better
than a mustard plaster and does not
blister. Used only externally, and in
no way can il affect stomach and hea1t
as some internal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis
crOup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia
congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism lum-
baq0. ar pains and aches Of the back
OF Joints. sprains, sore muscles bruises.
chilhlains, frosted feet, colds Of the
chest (it often prevents pneumonia.
SOC and COO iarss hospital size $3.50
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07

A young Burnley weaver, accord
ing to an English paper, was taking
her little baby to church to be chris
tened.
Its father had been in the trenches
for three months, and 1t was inn
possible for him to get home for the
ceremony.
The baby smiled up beautifully in
to the minister's face.
well, madam" said the minister,
Il must congratulate you on your
little ones behavior. I have chris
tened 1000 babies, but I never chris
tened one that behaved so we'll as
yours2
The young mother smiled demure-
ly and said His granddad and me
hev bin practicin' wi him fer a
week wi a bucket Of Waterl4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
DEANE sUFFERs APoPLExY.

Grand Forks. N. D.. March Wv.
s. Deane, state representative from
the Seventh district for years, who
returned to his home here Wednes-
day morning from Philadelphia where
he visited a son in military service,
suffered a stroke of apoplexy here
Wednesday night and his condition
is regarded as serious.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-07
MAYORALTY fight AT
DICKINSON IS WARN

Three eornened Battle Develops
lessen, Butler and White, Incumbent,
Seek Honor at Election April I.
= Dickinson, n. D.. March Z. - A
three fight has developed
here for mayor. ]. v. lessen, promin-
ent merchant and a member Of the
board of education, was the first to
announce his candidacy. Ray Butler,
a member of the city council for sew
eral years, is another candidate, and
the third is ALI White, incumbent,
who has steered the administration
for two terms. The appointments Of
the city attorney. chief OF police with
his assistants win be among the
perquisites OF the successful candi-
date@ The election will be held on
April 1.