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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
AMERICANS PUSH
FOR WARD AGAIN
in THE DISTRICT.
NORTH OF VERDUN
General Pershing Tells of
Further Gains Despite
Fierce Resistance
GERMAN BOYS
ARE BEING ARMED
Scouts Given Machine Guns
to Shoot Down Strik-
ing Workmen

Washington, Oct. 24.-Continued
progress by the American forces on
the battle front north of Verdun was
reported today by General Pershing.
Enemy positions east Of the Meuse
were penetrated yesterday and west
of the Meuse. Bantheville was com
pletely occupied and the American
line established on a ridge northwest
OF the village.
General Pershing's dispatch, the
Lcommunique for Wednesday, follows:
ION the battlefront north of YER
dun we have made progress at sew
eral points in the face Of determined
resistance. In the course of a local
attack in the heavily wooded and
billy. country east of the Meuse our
troops took the Bois Belleu and pen
etrated the enemy's positions in the
Bois d'Etrayes and the Bois de Wav-
rille, capturing over 100 prisoners.
West of the Meuse, Batheville has
been completely occupied and our
line has been established along the
ridge northwest of the village. In
the course OF bitter fighting, north
Of Grandpre our troops captured IS
prisoners and eight machine guns,
Artillery fire has eben violent on
the whole front. reaching its great
est intensity west OF the Meuse and
north of the Aire.
The day has been marked by in
crtN sed aerial activity on both sides
of the Meuse. In the course of many
combats our pursuit squadrons shot
down fifteen enemy airplanes and
one observation balloon. Three of our
observation balloons were destroyed
and six of our machines are miss
ing. Our bombing units dropped five
tons of explosives on enemy concen-
tration points"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF THE WAR
nv Associated Prass.l

Crashing into the German often
sivs system south Of vaisneienno'
the British are tearing away thit
barrier to the allied pursuit of th'
retreatina enemy. Progress made
there during the twelve hours fol.
LOWING their attack seems to indi'
cate that the line of the Seheldt
which further north has held up the
British, French and Belsians may
be broken and outHanked.
Just to the south of vaIenoisnnes
there is a bend in the Scheidt which
in that region is known as the Es-
caut river. The river has its source
TO the westward. where it is Joined
by the ooieul river which figured IN
fensive south of Arras. The Ger.
mans therefore have not a natural
moat south of this bend and il was
here that the British struck q terri
BILE blow yesterday morning.
Just ahead of the British are two
important strategic points, Mons
and Maubeugs. II is reported that
even now the British heavy guns are
almost within range of these two
towns which are the principal Ger
man concentration and supply
points along the Ardennes front
Through them runs a railroad which
is vital 20 the stability of the Ger
man line and IL they are taken OF
brought under artillery fire, the enc
my will be seriously embarrassed.
Around Valeneiennes the Germans
have been flooding the country BY
cutting the banks Of the scheldt ca.
nal. II is said that the iowIands
east of the canal and northeast Oh
Valenciennes are great lakes which
will probably hold up the allied ad-
vance for some time. The same
condition prevails Just southwest OF
the city.
British forces are fighting in the
streets of Valenciennes, having en-
tered it from the west. They do moi
seen to be making much progress
against the stubborn defense Of the
enemy, however. Further north
towards Ghent. the French and Bel
oians appear to be stopped, at least
for the moment. The ScheidE river
and the network Of smaller water
ways provide the Germans with g
valuable natural defense zone.
East of lie Cateau the Americana
and British are still fighting their
way through the German lines bul
they are moving very slowly. In the
Disc -Serre sector the French and
Americans appear TO be held Up BY
the Germans. From that section oi
the battle front TO the Argonne for.
est there has been little change In
the line during the last day.
East of the Argonne, however
American forces have worked their
way further into the enemy's
trenches and have compelled the
Germans TO abandon BrieuIIes on
the west bank of the Meuse and iuss
south Of Dun. They are also fiol1f
ing TO the north Of Eantheville and
hold strong series of heights which
appear 60 dominate much of the
ground in the center OF the line.
Near Grand Pre-, the Germans evi.
IDENTIFY realizing that further prog
ress Of the Americans is dangerous
and have been counter attacking fu.
Fiously. They navs GAINED nc
ground and have lost heavily h
killed and wounded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
.TOWNLEY STORES
COMP any HASN'T
told ASSESSOR
OF ITS CREDITS
Records Fail to Dis
close Assessment Against
Consumers Stores
LAW REQUIRES
SUCH TAX. ALTON
Matter Will Be Investigat-
ed by Field Agent of
State Tax Commission

Though the Consumers United
Stores company, Of which Fargo is
the home Office. has collected $3.50, 900
from the farmers of North Dakota,
according to A. G. ToWnleys own
testimony given under oath. most of
that sum in the form OF notes, it has
not made a report to the Fargo city
assessor ais provided for by the state
moneys and credits act, nor has it
been assessed for such credit
That fact was disclosed today when
it became known that at Crosby and
Noonan, in Divide county, assess
ments under the moneys and credits
act have been levied against the To-
cal stores, the local assessors in those
two towns seeking to bring onto the
tax rolls the assets credited to each
of the stores in those towns.
Under the moneys and credits act
tions are required to make a. report
to the local assessor Of credits.
Tt developed today that the pro-
cess of collecting from the Consum-
ers' United Stores company for its
moneys and credits has been referred
to the state tax commission, that be-
ing the information obtainable
through officials of the company who
were in Fargo today.
j. W. Brinton, general manager OF
the company, told The Forum that
the matter had been entrusted to Mr..
Lsemke, the attorney for the COM
pany.
II don't know anything about the
matter" said aEr. Brinton, except
that the assets were assessed at sew
eral places in the state. Mr.. Lemke
is in charge Of the matter" He add
ed that the company now has l9
stores in operation.
1T is known, that the matter was
the subject OF correspondence be-
tween Frank Packard, chairman of
the tax commission, and a represen-
tative of the Consumers United
Stores company, about two months
ago. It apparently has been permit
ted to remain in about the same
status it was at that time.
Steele TO Act.
II. H. Steele, member Of the state
tax commission, who is in charge OF
the matter OF placing unreported
moneys and credits upon the tax
rolls Of the state, was interviewed on
the subject over long distance tele-
phone today. He said that to his
Continued on page six-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
Lodge
= e.q5--.. - -se--t-s--s .ga "a ed
DiSabbroUeS of
Wilson s Reply

Washington, Oct. 24.-Disapproval
of President Wilson's course in con-
tfnuing the discussions with the
German government and in trans
mitting the request for an armis-
tice and peace to the allied gov
ernments was voiced last night by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,,
the Republican leader in the senate.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
chairman of the senate foreign rela-
tions committee approved the Pres
ident's reply, saying it would create
political crisis in Germany.
1.-THE President" said Senator
Lodge, Says in his last sentence
that if we must deal with the mill
tary masters and autocrats of Ger
many we must demand not peace
negotiations. but surrender. With
this am in full accord. as I was
with the Presidents statement of
September %. In the first para
graph the President says that as the
present German government, the
majority of the reichstag and an
overwhelming majority OF the Ger
man people. he feels he cannot de-
cline to take up with the allied gov
ernments the question Of an armis-
five. With this am not in accord,
for the German government describ-
ed in the first paragraph and that
described in the last sentence are
one and the same"
Senator Hitchcock made this
statement:
TN this note the President reach
es logical climax to his CORES
pondence with Germany. He places
squarely up to the people; of Ger
many the issue OF democratizing
their government and being accord
ed peace of justice or holding onto
their military autocracy, and sub
rnitting to an unconditional surren-
der. In my opinion his. note will
create a political crisis in Germany"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24

Fargo. Q. L. Engen; Barnes town
ship, a: u. Barnes: Embden, c. J,
Buck; Hunter, w. r. BaiIlie; Cassel-
ton, Geo. Churchill; MapIeton, II. II.
Wheatland, r. &. Hooking: Alice, a.
L Bayley: Prosper, Harold Johnson;
Hickson. T. 7. Kinneberg; Buffalo, s.
@. More; Page, It. l.. Melton; Ayr, VIM.
McCosh; Erie, G. M. Nelson; Sheldon,
". ]; Norris; Kindred. John Otis;
Watt and J. A. Power; Amenia, w. r.
Reed; Tower City. A. NJ. Voorhees,;
Horace, q. @. Walla; east half OF Reed
township John Yunker: Arthur, Fred
Williams; Grandin, DR.. d. Fisher; Ar
gusyille, r. z. Kennedy; Davenport
A. o. Tuskind.
"A glance at the report" said Mr..
Hughes today in commenting the
countys accomplishment. Shows
that Cass county aus whole is en-
Enthusiastically and intensely patriotic.
1T is over the top in good shape, both
in Fargo and most of the county dis
trtcts. There are a few districts
which failed to make their quota, but
there were enough thoroughly loyal
people in other districts who over
subscribed to more than make up for
the deficiencies
Special mention must be called to
Casselton territory. The allotment
outside of Fargo and yet the over
subscription was the largest OF any
district in the county. Full credit
must be given to George Churchill,
local committeeman and his efficient
workers
Tower City was a point which
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
CHAIRMAN TELLS
HOW NCASS COUNTY
WENT. OVER TOP
IN LIBERTY LOAN
All But Four Districts
Oversubscribed given
Allotment

The report of the Fourth Liberty
Loan committee of Cass county has
been forwarded to state headquar-
ters by the county chairman, T. D.
Hughes, with the statement OF the
OF railroads are receiv-
county given in detail. When the
OF railroads are receiv-
ed Cass county's sale of bonds of the
Fourth Loan will reach $4,000
Mr.. Hughes report. is as follows:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
PARIS HoNoRs RED CROSS.

Paris, Wednesday,. Oct. 23.-The
work Of the sAmeTican Red Cross in
France was given recognition at a
great demonstration at the Arnpi-
theater Of the Sarbonne today. Henry
p. Dawson, chairman OF the .Ameri-
can Red Cross Oar council gave de-
tails Of the membership of the Amer
lean Red Cross and explained that
its work is not based on charity or
benevolence, but upon friendship and
sympathy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
CLAIMS Right TO
Adjust Rates

Washington, Oct. 24.-The inter-
state commerce commission today
asserted it's authority to alter rail-
road freight rates initiated by Dt-
rector General McAdoo even without
affidavits showing that they are
wrong, and announced that the rail-
road administration assumption
that such rates are presumed to be.
right and just is incorrect.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
NV MEXICO oUaTs LIeuoR.
(BY Asspc pciafed &c.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, Oct 24.-The
'bone dry" constitutional amendment
adopted by the people OF New Mex
leo nearly a year ago. administered
the knockout to the liquor industry
in this state at midnight on Octo-
ber /.
Prohibition closed the doors of
fewer than 20 saloons in Albuquerque
and one brewery the only one ia
New Mexico. At one time the city
had N saloons and then it was only
an infant city of 400 population
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
British Cabinet
Considers Rebly
(By Associated Press.

London, Get. 24.-The British cabi-
net met this morning presumably to
discuss President Wilson'S reply to
Germany. The reply was received
by the foreign Office from the British
embassy at Washington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
RUmANTAN PORTs CLOSED.
iBy AssOclated Press.

London, Oct. 24.-The British ad-
uairalfy reports that German wireless
dispatches picked up at Moscow are
to the effect that the Rumanian gov
ernment has declared all Rumanian
ports on the Black sea and on the
Danube closed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
French Attack
Austrian Front
lBy Associated Press,

IBy Assoclated PreBa.1
Rome. Oct 24.-Fsrencn forces to-
day penetrated enemy positions TAX
ingm ore than 700 prisoners, the
Italian official statement today says.
The attack was made at Monte
Siseuol on the Asiago plateau.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
FORBCAsT.

I NUMHJASIg
Wisconsin-U Unsettled and cooler to-
night, rain in east portion; Friday
fair.
1Iinnesota-Fair tonight and Fri
day; cooler in east portion; warmer
Friday.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Friday.
preceded by unsettled in easn portion;
cooler in east and south portions to-
night; frost tonight; somewhat warm
er Friday.
Generally fair tonight AMI Friday;
warmer tonight.
Montana - Generally fair tonight
and Friday; warmer tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24
Took 5000 Prisoners.

with the Allied Armies in Francs
and Belgium, oct. 24.--4:sD q. M
The British have taken more than
5000 prisoners and many guns In
their new attack, begun yesterday
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unsettled conditions governing
ss OF Labor compelled to place an
.air and Storage charges Strictly CASH BAsIs
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-12-05
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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-06
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA
Fugitives Declare They Defy the Inn
agination.

By Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Thursday, Dec. g.
Fugitives from Russia who have
reached here say that life in Petro-
grad is terrible. The famine there
they say, def1es the Imagination. Her
ring are the only food obtainable and
sell for Ave IHbles each. All middle
class elements are excluded from pub
lie eating houses. are dying of starva-
ton by thousands. Hundreds are
buried each day between six and nine
o'clock in the morning. no funerals
being permitted later during the day.
OF O normal population of 100000
only half a million Is left in Petro-
grad. The cities look deserted. Half
of all the fats are occupied by red
guards and their families. Hotels, res
tadrants, cafes and Offices are closed.
The houses of the middle classes are
deserted, their furniture stolen ana
windows smashed.
Many widely known persons have
been shot or have starved to death re-
Gently. Rumors of approaching en-
tente intervention have increased Boil
shevistic hatred and resulted IN fren-
zied persecution of the middle class
element. There is great nervousness
in the neutral legation. The Pollsh
legation has been looted. while the
Swiss legation has been entered for
chilly. The personnel of this leGeson
has left Petrograd.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-06
FATHER CROSS
To HAVE HEARING
Priest to Appear Before United
States Judge on Citizenship
Charge Monday

Francis Gross, pastor of the Church
of Our Lady of Hungary. in Cortland
street.. whose recent escapades have
brought him into the criminal courts.
will Monday be defendant in hear
ing before the United States District
Court in the federal building, Newark.
when he will be called upon to show
cause why his citizenship should not
be revoked.
Charged with having obtained his
citizenship papers by fraud on March
IL, 1910, he was given sixty days In
which to file his answer and show
cause why his citizenship should not
be revoked. on July 9 of this year. His
answer was filed in due time and the
hearing on that answer will take place
on Monday.
The fraud with which the priest Is
charged, is that he did not at the time
he secured his citizenship papers, as
he then and there declared, renounce
allegiance to the Emperor of Austria
Hungary, of whom he had heretofore
been subject and did not intend to
as he then and there declared, under
oath he would do, support and defend
the constitution and laws of the Unit
ed States.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-06
Won Bernstoff kilograms
Laid Before Senate Committee

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-In telling
his story of German propaganda in
America, A Bruce Bielaski, chief of
partment of justice, today laid before
the senate committee investigating
brewery and German propaganda, ca
Diagrams exchanged In 1916 by Count
Won Bernstorff, then ambassador here
and the Berlin foreign office.
One of Bernstorff's messages urged
that special favor be shown William
Bayard Hale, an American about to
visit Berlin as a newspaper corre-
spondent, because he was employed by
the Hearst organs who had outspoken-
ly placed themselves on the German
side.
Bielaski told the committee that
Hale was on the Hearst payroll for
5000 a week and was employed at
$4,000 a year by publicity organiza-
ton formed in this country by DR..
Bernard Dernberg. the German propa-
gandist.
Suggestions Of June 2, 1919. that the
time was favorable ito get Hearst to
send a first rate journalist to Berlin"
Bernstein told the foreign Office that
the man selected was Hale. who he
said had been a confidential agent of
the ambassy since the beginning of the
war and was bound as such by con-
tract to June 23, 1918.
Hearst" the ambassadors message
said, SIS not aware that Hale Is our
agent, but knows him only as Ger
manophile journalist, who has con-
tributed leading articles to papers.
Hale, according to Bialeski. was
paid by the German government to
visit Roumania and IL possible to pre-
vent entrance of that nation into the
war Mr. Hearst. Bialesk said. was
ignorant OF Hale's employment on the
latter mission.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-06
Salaries AND BUDGET
CONSIDERED BY ALDERMEN

this time he Is receiving s125 per
month and he asks that he be given
$500 per year. The aldermen think
that this is rather high.
City Marshal l.. Burt Moore, who
now receives 5000 per year, has asked
that his salary be raised to 500 per
month, or 81 200 per year, as the work
of his Office has increased during the
past few months. The aldermen ap-
pear favorable toward this increase.
Other matters taken up were the
discussion of the proposed new police
station which the city fathers want to
build ON New Brunswick avenue and
Fayette street on city owned land. and
IL Is expected that plans for the new
building will be authorized within a
short time.
Changes in various departments
were also discussed. At the meeting
of the aldermen tonight the members
of the board Of health and the water
commissioners will be present and dis
cuss the amount of money they will
need for the coming year.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-06
EXPLOSION EXPERT SAYS PERTH Al1B0Y MIGHT HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED; |NvEST|CA TON is FULLY JUSTIFIED
Ordnance Official Tells Of
SPLENDID Work Done
by GilIespies
HEARINGS COME TO END

The detonation of 100000 pounds
of INT at the Morgan plant, in one
blast would have left Perth Amboy
city of broken walls. The air waves
caused by the explosion of so huge
quantity of explosives would have Gre
ated damage as far away as fifteen
miles
This testimony was today brought
out at the senate investigation by DE-
John Charles f. McKenna, consult
ing chemist and chemical engineer
who appeared at the instance OF the
Perth Amboy Council of Defense.
Oficials of the defense council be-
lieve that in that expert advice they
lave foundation for their pressure
10 ran Investigation and substantlation
of their claim that had that amount
of INT. which WIS the quantity IN
magazines left after the expioslon,
betn detonated, the result, as far as
this city is conce med, would have
been highly disastrous.
DIR. McKenna said today. after the
conclusion of the investigation. that
among the errors of practice shown
by testimony. leading to danger at
the plant were:
/. Neglect of precaution as to
matches.
2. Neglect of rules of cleanliness
as to explosives on the floor.
8. Neglect as to fine dust and ex-
piosives lodging on projections In the
shops.
4. Allowing the use of steel tools.
8. Total neglect of examination or
powders received for stability. Tne
same for their examination as to
purity.
6. In general. the aggregation OF
stocks of explosives or raw materials,
filled shells and materials of an ex-
plosive nature was entirely toofcon-
gcsted
A. Reuse of scrap amatol.