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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
German OfensiDe Would Be
Follomed By Allied Victory
Says Belgian War Minister

sion for Relief in Belgium, and in
other ways.
1.-THE morale OF the hard pressed
Belgians has been sustained and in
creased by the knowledge that the
citizens of the United States were
standing with them in the battle for
freedom and justice. You have
lightened our load and enabled us to
continue the struggle" said the gem
eral.
He paused. and then added with
great feeling:
Il assure you that the first thing
Belgium will do after the conclusion
Of peace will be to erect a monument
to her good friend"
Military Outlook.
The general turned to the outlook
for the allied arms on the battle-
field.
I'VE do not underrate the strength
Of our opponents he said, Ger
many is a military nation, a power
full nation. and she is not yet de-
feated. America, however, has
brought into the conflict the addi-
tional resources necessary to tip the
balance in our favor, and an allied
victory is assured. The outcome of
the war now hinges on the question
Of numbers, and the superiority rests
with us.
Germany will fail in any offensive
which she may be preparing for on
the western front. The allies are
ready for any move and will present
an unbreakable line. IL the enemy
is going to stake everything on a big
attack and is calling out every re-
source he can command, he will have
reached the beginning of the end
when he fails to break through, for
the counter strokes OF the allies can
result in only one thing-defeat for
Germany. II may take some time to
put the finishing touches on the vic
tory but this will be accomplished"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands Of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause Of the ailment - clogged
liver and disordered bowels.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per.
forming their natural functions, away
goes Indigestion and stomach troubles.
II you have q bad taste In your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor
lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or
energy, troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are q
purelyveRetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You viii know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, so you can eat what you like.
AT 1Oc and Csc per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
tBy Associated Press.l


On the Belgian Front, March L.
Gen. A. de Ceuninck the distinguish
ed soldier and minister OF war for
Belgium, today expressed to the COR
respondent OF The Associated Press
the Arm conviction that a great Of
fensive by the Germans on the west
ern front would be the beginning of
the end for the Prussian military ma
chine.
This is true. said the general, be-
cause even If the enemy should put
his entire strength into an assault 1t
is doomed to certain failure in view
of allied preparedness Having de-
feated the Germans in their on
slaught, the allies would be in a
position, through the balance Of pow
er which America had brought them,
to counter with irresistible force.
The minister had been asked to
discuss the military situation as 1t
appeared in the light OF Germany's
present position, and the Prussian
claim that the entente allies would
be brought to their knees. The gem
eral received the correspondent in
the chateau which Is being used as
executive headquarters for the war
department and talked freely for half
an hour or more. General de
Ceuninck is a veteran of many bat
ties, and he had brought with him to
the ministry the comprehensive grasp
OF large problems. the quick decision
and the discipline which have made
his reputation In the Belgian army.
One reads assurance and alertness
in his every word and move.
Friendship For America.
At the outset of the conversation
the general spoke OF the close friend
ship existing between Belgium and
the United States. and referred in the
most grateful terms to the assistance
which America has rendered her ally
through the Red Cross. the Commits
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
Hair Often Ruined
By Washing With Soap

Soap should be used very carefully,
IL you want to keep your hair looking
its best. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali.
This dries the scalp, makes the hair
brittle and ruins IL.
The best thing for steady use is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil,
(Which is pure and greaseless), and is
better than the most expensive soap
or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Sim
ply moisten the hair with water and
rub It in. II makes an abundance of
rich, creamy lather, which rinses out
easily, removing every particle Of
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil.
The hair dries quickly and evenly,
and It leaves the scalp soft, and the
hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous,
fluffy, and easy to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy. It's very cheap, and
a few ounces viii supply every mem
Der of the family for months-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13

Harry Pain, the British humorist,
at a gathering of artists was asked
to make a speech on art
Gentlemen" he said, ''in a COM
pany like the present, I feel it is in
cumbent upon me to say something
on the subject of painting. The only
painting | ever did was when / en-
ameled the bathroom. My friends
said to me: My good fellow, it's no
use your going in for painting un-
less you stick to your work Well,
/ did"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
THE FARGO FORUM WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 10, 1918.
PORTERFTELD NAMED
ADVISORY CHAIRMAN

w. p. Porterfeld, Fargo, federal
state explosives inspector, was elected
chairman and publicity director, ana
w. @. owens, Wtiltstont was elected
vice Chairman of the North Dakota
advisory committee at an Organiza-
ton meeting held in the Fargo Com
mercial ciubrooms Tuesday. w.
p Macomber, Wilton, was named q
member Of the committee to represent
the users Of explosives. Other BUSH
ness was routine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13

London, March 1S-John Dillon,
member Of parliament for East Mayo,
was today unanimously elected chair
man of the Nationalist party sue
ceeding the late John Redmond. The
motion to elect DIR. Dillon was made
by Joseph DevIin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
CITY OF FARGO. N. d.

Job I13.
Special assessment list for cost and
expense of constructing Sewer in
Sewer District No. 3, extending on
18th Ave. So. to 18TH h Ave. '' So S0' l'o
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
..uNcoNDlrloNAL SURRENDER

THE whole country regrets INA. .a
i President in his first no'e " oe
MANY raised the question Of a possible
..arm;stice. ;" thereby giving her the
chance to start another Of those end
less. quibbling talk-fests as IN inc
Lusitania case.
The country's strong protests pouring
into Washington by mail, telegraph
and telephone, soon showed the pres'.
don't that he had made mistake ana
Ia Of once took it all back, sidestepplng
the whole business by declaring tha'
tho military chiefs in the field are the
proper ones to decide the question
But how much better would it have
been had he in the first instance smut
the door on all controversy by replying
to Germany in just four Words 1--WE
demand unconditional surrender. How
such response would have electrified
the Nation and our Allies!
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26

them, except as provided by law. They
shall hold no other Office Of profit.
HERvEY P. HALL,
Speaker of the House.
JOHN A. BARNARD.
President Pro Tenn of the Senate.
Approved March %, 1917.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, Jr.,
Governor.
|, Everett C. johnson. Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, do here
by certify that the above and foregoing
is true and correct copy of House Bill
No. Ill, entitled AN Act Proposing an
Amendment to Section Of Article ~
Of the Constitution of the State of Della
ware in relation to the time for the
Payment of the Salaries of the Judlcl-
airy" as the same appears on the en-
rolled Bill filed in the Office of the Sec
rotary of State approved by the Cover
nor March Twenty-second, A. u. 1917,
which said Bill proposing such Amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
is published in accordance with the re-
ouirements of the Constitution of the
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunth set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this thirtieth
[sEAL]. day of July, in the
year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
bred and Eighteen.
EVERETT G.. JOHNSON,
Secretary OF State.
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
ONLY NINE STATES
LOCATED IN SOUTH
CONTROL CONGRESS
Capitalization of Power Which
Is RemindfuI OF
Prussia.

Washington, D. C.-The Democratic
party controls Congress. The South
controls the Democratic party. Result:
| The South controls Congress and die
tates national legislation.
Nearly every important committee
| in the Senate has a Southern Demo-
crat for its chairman. Among these
are the Committees on Appropriations,
| Commerce, District OF Columbia,
| Finance, Immigration, InterOceanic Ca
nails, Interstate Commerce, Judiciary,
Manufacturers. Naval Affairs, Post Of
| fees and Post Roads, as well as anOth-
er committee which is at any crisis In
| the parliamentary affairs OF the Senate
| the most important of all, the Commit
tee on Rules, Of which Lee Overman, q
Democrat, Of North Carolina is Chair
| man.
Not only does each important Senate
committee have Southern Democrat
for chairman, but the majority of each
Senate committee is composed Of Dem
ocrats, under the rules which give the
| party in power the majority Of each
committee. The only way to change
this is to place the Republicans in pow
err and let all sections Of the United
States have chairmanships.
AS it now Is Senators from Southern
states, with sectional prejudices, are
holding monopoly of the direction OF
practically all important national poll
cies and all legislation affecting the
activities of the nation. They direct
the raising Of revenues, appropriation
of money, control of finance and bank
ing, shipping, education and labor, ag-
riculture and immigration, canals, rail-
roads and other forms OF transporta-
ton, army, navy, public health and
other national affairs
Autocracy Of Nine States.
In the House Of Representatives sec
tiOnalism and Southern domination is
even more pronounced than in the SEN
ate.
There are CT House Committees, and
the chairman of AZ Of them is South
ern Democrat. Democrats from the
North and West, representing 81 differ
ent states, have been allotted only q
chairnanships, and these are Of a
minor character. In other words,
Northern Democrats representing two
thirds Of the states in the Union and
even a much greater proportion of the
population, wealth, industrial, agricul-
t'lral and business interests, are cut
off with only one-third of the chair
manships in the House of Representa-
tives.
Even the chairmanships allotted to
the Southern Democrats are very
"cIose corporation" Out Of 81 House
ehairmanships 81, or over half Of
them, are kept within the Democratic
membership from nine Southern states.
Never in the history of this republic
has the power of determining national
policies ever been concentrated in the
hands of a few men or so mOnOEOliZed
by handful of states 1t unpleasantly
reminds one of the manner in which, by
similar methods, the state Of Prussia
is able to dictate to the entire German
Empire. regardless of the will or
wishes or interests of the other states
Of Germany.
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing An Amendment To
Section Is, Of Article IL. of The Con-
stitution of the State of Delaware,
Relating to the Compensation of the
Members and Presiding Officers of the
General Assembly.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
delaware. in General Assembly met,
two thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring therein):
Section l. That Section Is of Article IL
of the Constitution of the State OF Del
aware be amended by striking out all Of
the first Paragraph of the said Section
Is of Article II, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
1.-THE Members of the General Assem-
bly,, except the presiding officers of the
pensation for their services per diem
ing officers a per diem allowance of
twelve dollars for each day of the SEES
sion, not exceeding sixty days; and
should they remain longer in saSseon
they shall serve without compensa Won.
In case special or extra session of the
G eneral Assembly be called, the mem
bers and presiding officers shall receive
like compensation for period not ex-
ceeding thirty days."
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro Tenn of the State,
HERTEY P. HALL,
Speaker of the House.
Approved April 9, 1917,
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, Jr.,
Governor.
|, Everett C. johnson, Secretary of
the State of Delaware, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is true
and correct copy of Senate Bill No. 10,
ntitled "An Act Proposing an Amend
ment to Section Is, of Article II, OF the
Constitution of the State of Delaware,
relating to the Compensation of the
Members and Presiding officers of the
General Assembly, as the same appears
on the enrolled Bill filed in the Office of
the Secretary of State and approved by
the Governor April ninth, A. D. 1917,
which said Bill proposing such Amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
is published in accordance with the re-
uuirements of the Constitution of the
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. i have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this thirtieth
[sEAL] day of July, in the
year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
bred and Eighteen.
EVERETT c. JOHNSON
Secretary of State.
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing an Amendment to
Section of Article w of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Delaware in rela-
ton to the time for the Payment of the
Salaries of the Judiciary.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESEN IA
TIVES OF THE STATE OF DELLA
WARE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MET 1.-TWO THIRDS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
HOUSE CONCURRING THEREIN:
Section l. That Section 4 of Article
Nv, of Constitution of the State of Del
aware be amended by striking out all
of Section Of said Article w, and in
sorting in lieu thereof the following:
1.-The Chancellor. Chief Justice and
Associate Judges shall respectively re-
ceive from the State for their services,
a compensation which shall be fixed
by law, and paid monthly, and shall not
be less than the annual sum of Three
THOUSAND Dollars, and they shall not re-
ceive any fees or perquisites in addition
to their salaries, for business done by
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
Look To The Future

ee - -
War time wages should provide
peace time capital. If you have
foresight, now is the time to use it.
Save you surplus funds-live econ
omically-do without unnecessaries
and so help both yourself and
your country. Every dollar you
put in the Wilmington Savings
Fund Society goes to work at once
paying you interest and helping to
keep the wheels of industry moving.
4 PER CENT. INTEREST PAID ON
ALL DEPOSITS. NO CHARGE
MADE FOR ANY ACCOUNT
Will MINGTON SAVINGS
FUND SOCIETY
S. E. Cor. 9th and Market Sts.,
Wilmington, Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
A Well.Kn0wn Lady Praises
the Merits of TOnall

81 have been suffering for years with
disordered stomach and kidney trou-
ble," says Mrs. H. C. Martin Of Eph-
rata, Pa. ''No one knows the torments
l have gone through the last few years.
| would get such pains in my back that
and had bad stomach; nothing tasted
good, poor appetite and no ambition.
II had read 50 much about Tonall and
that it was made from roots, herbs and
barks, so l thought would give it a
trial, and | am very glad l did, as it
certainly did me wenderfu! good. can
recommend Tonall to all those who suffer
as did,"
The above testimonial was given on
June 81 1918.
Tonall is sold at the
MIDDLETOWN DRUG Co. Inc.
and TESTERS, Delaware City
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
NOTICE.!

Estate of Lovy C. Isaacs Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamenta1y upon the Estate of Low
C. Isaacs late of St. Georges Hundred,
deceased, were duly granted unto Gaace
Irene McClay on the Seventh day of
June A. D. 1918 and all persons lndebt-
ed to the said deceased are requested to
make payment to the Executrix with
out delay, and all persons having demand
against the deceased are required to
exhibit and present the same duly pro-
bated to the said Executrix on or be-
for the Seventh day Of June a. d. 1919,
or abide by the law in this behalf.
GRACE IRENE McCLAY
EXecutriX
MARTIN B. BURRIS, ESQ.
Attorney-at-law,
Niiddletown. Del
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
FLUCTUATIONS

MOT quill driver IN the whole State
- but shares the glowing pride the
editor of the Evening Journal feels in
the well-merited honors won by his
young son F. Bayard Carter who re-
Gently, after repeated reflections at
Officers Training Camps on account Of
his youth, was finally awarded the
honor of commission as I'd lieutenant
in the army. He is only nineteen
though having had two years training
in military tactics at Delaware College
besides his eight weeks schooling at the
Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg.
Mr.. Carter is said to be the youngest
recipient Of a military commission in
the State.
There seems to have been touch OF
the Admirable Crichton versatility
about the young soldier whose career
even from boyhood up has been credit
ably marked by high attainments in
every field of his youthful endeavor, as
the following brief resume will attest:
At the Wilmington High School when
but lad of IA he won the honors in
football: later, as q student in Della
ware College, he carried off two prizes
at the 1917 Commencement, and was a
member of the Shakespearean cast in a
school play: soon thereafter he was
placed on the varsity football team and
elected captain of the baseball team for
that same year.
What with his fine six-foot athletic
physique, every inch soldier. and be-
ing, moreover, excellently well derived
upon both sides of his ancestral house,
we doubt not that he will presently be
adding to these young civic honors big
ger and sterner ones as fairly won on
the perilous field Of Mars.
One the better understands now the
deep feeling which pervades the fine
war poetry Of the Journals editor
"Our Boy" ''Our Boy Who's In Blue,
and that tender lyric that has touched
the universal heart Of the Nation and
become classic hymn sung from Maine
to California, Mothers Prayer. -
the writer's own boy he knew was soon
to be numbered among the consecrated
patriot heroes.
The Transcript while fellcitating the
young lieutenant and his parents, ven
lures the wish that so promising ca
reer may be spared to earn for himself
and them yet further and greater
honors.
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION II.
ARTICLE Nv, OF THE CONST1TU.
TON or THE STATE OF DELLA
WARE IN RELATION TO THE
ORPHANS COUNT.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives, OF the State
of Delaware in General Assembly met
two thirds Of all the members elected
to each House agreeing tn ereto).
", OF the Constitution Of the State of
Delaware be and the same is hereby
amended by striking out all of said Sec
ton and inserting in lieu thereof new
Section to be styled Section II as fol-
lows:
"Section IL. The Orphans Court in
each county shall consist of the Chan
cellor and either the resident Judge of
the County, or the Associate Judge
who may reside in any part of tie
State The Chancellor when present
shall preside. One of them shall con-
stitute quorum.
HERvEY P. HALL,
Speaker of the house.
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro Tenn of the Senate
Approved April 10, 1917.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND. Jr
Governor.
l, Everett G. johnson, Secretary Of
State of the State, of Delaware, do
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of
House Bill No. 297 entitled IAN Act to
amend Section IL, Article w, of the
Constitution Of the State of Delaware
in relation to the Orphans Court" as
the same appears on the enrolled bill
| filed in the office of the Secretary of
State and approved by the Governor
April nineteenth, A. D. 1917, which
said bill proposing such amendment to
the Constitution of this State is publish
ed in accordance with the requirements
of the Constitution Of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this thirtieth
[sEAL] day of July, in the
year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hun
dred and eighteen.
EVERETT G. JOHNSON,
Secretary of State.
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
BOCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies.
when BO SCHE E'S GERMN SYRUP
has been used so successfully for fiftv.
two years in all parts of the country for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled IN the
throat, especially lung troubles. it
gives the patient good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expecto-
ration in the morning, gives nature a
chance to soothe the inflamed parts.
throw off the disease. helping the "a.
tent to regain his health. Sold bv
MIDDLETOWN DRUG Co. Inc
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
EN- LIST IN

the Students Army Training Corps with view to becoming
an officer Special courses at DELAWARE COLLEGE begin
September 49, 1918, under auspices Of War Department.
which furnishes board, uniform and prlvates pay
of thirty dollars month unique chance to train your
self become officer technical expert Entrance re-
qurement completion of four year High School course or
it's equivalent. Various Arts and Science, Agr1
culture and Engineering Gncluding Marine Transport
tation) Write instantly for information to
E. LAURENCE SMITH, Dean,
Newark, Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1918-10-26
DEFENDING THE FATHERLAND

lInEFENDING the Fatherland"
= and going hundreds of miles
away from Germany to do it! Only
one thing exceeds the enormity of Hun
nish lies, and that is their hopeless alb
surdity.
This is sample Of countless other
hes-this pretence of the Huns that
for over four years they have been
turning peaceful Belgium, France and
yet other lands into hell, numbering
raping, burning, robbing, all Tin de-
fence Of the Fatherland - So silly a
lie would be unworthy the half-witted
inmate of lunatic asylum, but 1t goes
in Germany and the crazy Huns gladly
die for it.
But Germany's reply to Mr.. Wilson's
second note is false, silly, and wholly
aside from the issue. In the language
of the law. it is demurrable, that is,
even if true, fails to meet the question.
Her pretence is that she has turned her
autocracy into democracy, and there
fore all her 10000 murders, rapings,
robberies and burnings should be con-
doned and forgotten
To illustrate. A man after commit
ting murder and arson gets religion and
Joins the church. and claims that there
fore he should not be made to answer
for his past crimes. That is the Hun
plea.
All America is now aroused, and j.
demanding, North. South, East and
West, the same terms for this Hun
wild Beast that Grant offered Buckner
at Fort Donaldson Unconditional,
Surrender''-in Germany's case to be
followed by full restoration and repara-
ton to Belgium, France, Serbia, and
all the lands she has outraged.