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The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
PROSPECTS OF ALLIES WERE
NEVER MORE BRIGHT.
Two Big Events Are Expected That
Will Mark Turning Point OF War
and Make Certai in a victory BY
The Allies and the u. S.

The Allies and the y. ..
Washington Cor. Greensboro Daily
News.
Two big events-military and ma
val, that will almost inevitably mark
the turning point in the war, making
certain a victory by the Allies and the
United States, are confidently expect
ed by some of the best informed army
and navy experts here. They are
even predicted.
The first, military event, is the
failure of the spring drive of the Ger
mans on the west front, if, indeed,
such drive is actually made.
The second, a naval event, is the
definite collapse of the submarine
campaign against shipping, which
will probably follow within the next
month or two if the failure Of the
German land campaign is demonstrate
ed.
Two such failures, one supplement
tary to the other, in the judgment cf
experts in Washington, will pave the
way to positive military and naval
decision adverse to the Central pow
ers and will immeasurably hasten ul.
! innate peace.
That these events will take place is
not an outburst of mere optimism anG
hope on the part of the Government
:, officials, particularly those in either
of the uniformed services. The ex
pectation is the result of careful ex
animation of the actual situation, boil
! ashore and afloat, as it is regarded a:
| @o%S cL
ed by so many men that it possesse!
real significance, from naval stand
point.
. There has been much gloom an(
|, pessimism in Washington during tn,
, past few months concerning the prog
ress of the war, due to the uncovarin;
of certain army shortcomings, the per
7 sistence of submarine activity, snarl
+ in the Government war machine, tn
!, collapse of Russia and other unfavor
able events abroad. There have hee1
: days when prospects looked dark AM
y when the end Of the war, unless i
' came as a result of an unsatisfactor,
!, peace, seemed extremely remote On
thing after another combined to caus
case of nationwide blues.
e It is proper to state, in view Of e]
the bad news that has been served 81
: most daily to the American publ
most of which has been justified b.
the facts, that nevertheless there i
e the very best ground for hope and con
n fidence during the next few months.
;, Government officials who are in pc
sition to know things declare that th
). spring and summer Of 1918 will be ia
f more cheerful seasons than the presen
o winter. They make due allowance fo
:, all failures and shortcomings in th
; recent past as we'll as allowance fo
additional adverse events in the rea
h future, and then declare that the pros
poets of the Allies were never NOR
bright and never more likely to deve1
op into deciveness.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
NO SURPRISE IN
WASHINGTON
Acceptance Of Humiliating Peace
Terms By Bolshevik Government
Expected.

Terms By B0lshevik Government
Expected.
Washington Dispatch, Feb. 10.
Announcement of the purpose of the
Bolsneviki government of Russia to !,
sign q peace treaty based upon the
humiliating conditions imposed by the
Germans caused no surprise in of1icla!
circles here, in view of the failure OF
the attempt of the Russians to lnflu-
ence the German socialists to prevent
an attack on unresisting people.
masses Of the Russian people for peace
had brought about the downfall IN
turn of three successive governments
that Of Gar Nicholas, that Of
Prince Lvosk and that of Kerensky.
Lenine and Trotzky, according to the
official understanding here, were fully
! aware that their regime would share
the same fate if they failed to respond
to the overwhelming demand OF the
! public.
from the more patriotic Russians
through accepting degrading terms Of
peace, but having carefully calculated
the chances it is believed here that
J, Lenine and Trotzky finally decided IN
the face of the renewed German ad-
vance into Russian territory that their
only hope of maintaining control of
the government lay in complete sub
5 mission to the German demands.
! Such a peace treaty as may now be
t signed, according to the official view
r here, must depend for it's vitality and
legality entirely upon the outcome of
: the great war. Being made under alb
1 solute compulsion and by what is re-
$ garded as nothing more than fac
tion of the Russian people, the Allies
S in a peace conference would demand
: that it be disregarded.
Accepting as accurate the statement
I credited to Trotzky in his report upor
e the Brest-Litovsk negotiations that
: the German terms included the reten.
: tion Of Poland, Lithuania, Riga and
: Moon Island and an indemnity of SOO,-
S 600, 900 pounds, it is pointed out that
e the proposed treaty will be in direct
: violation not only of all peace prin.
n ciples laid down by the Entente
spokesman and President Wilson, but
t of the often quoted Teutonic declara
Y tion Of mo annexations and no indem
e mites"
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

The German people, like Eamlet's
ghost, might exclaim: "But that I am
forbid to tell the secrets of my prison
house, l could a tale unfold whose
hghtest word would harrow up thy
soul, freeze thy young blood, make
thy two eyes, like stars, start fro1,,
their spheres, thy knotted and com
blned locks to part and each particu-
lar hair to stand an end, like quills
upon the fretful porpenpine." If
Hamlet's ghost, stalking about in the
free air for brief space out of hell
felt that way about it, he no doubt
now is glad as glad that he escaped q
worse fate by not being sent to Ger
many.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
CATS AS FOOD.

Next time tomcat lifts up his
voice in the "dead vast and middle OF
the night" from your backyard fence,
don't cuss and throw your shoe at
him but get your gun, take Careful
aim, and have him fried for break
fast or stewed for dinner. Tomcat
stew is about as good stew as there
is, if one may believe one Herbert
Popenoe, assistant editor of the Jour-
nal of Heredity, published at Wash
ington. We rejoice that this Popenoe
is a stranger of ours, and distant
stranger at that, for he deposes and
says that he made experiments with
all kinds of cats, from the aristocratlc
Angora to the common back fence
variety; that he would have a bunch
of cats cooked, invite some of his
friends to dinner, and after the meal
was over would tell them they had
dined off'n cats and how did they like
it? Some of 'em would say they
liked it pretty well, some, that it tast-
ed funny, while other some would
turn white and get suddenly interest
ed in some scenery that required
leaning out back window to get a
view of. This here Popenoe says he
is going to experiment next on dogs,
then on horses, then on mules, canary
birds, sparrows, buzzards, parrots
and the like. He is trying to prove
that there is no use getting discourag-
ed about it, that if Doc Hoover sees
that it is necessary to win the wal
we can all light in and eat up the
supply of cats and think we have eat,
J en- just plain rabbit, if so be we car
find friend like Popenoe to kill anc
cook the cat and invite US to eat un.
F., beknownst. But we don't want to be
on this Popenoe's dining list during
the war. He might break something
i really disagreeable after palatable
meal.
And now along comes Doc Wiles
rand says it is all right, that your cat
makes just as good a dish as youl
rabbit and to go to it. This we con
slider "the most unkindest cut of ALL
We've been depending upon Doc Vile!
for advice about what to eat for 81
long that it pains us to note that h,
puts his o. k. on the cat. Of cours'
if Doc Wilay says it is so it must b.
so, but somehow we feel like he ha
gone back on US. Anyway, Doc Vile.
! says it is all right to eat cats in tn
city but that they should be spared il
the country yet a while because the.
can do more good cleaning up rats
Which let's us out. All the cats 0
our acquaintance are busy, thev hav
too important job on hand cleanin:
out the rats to be disturbed for man
moons to come. "For this relief muc1
thanks" -.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

Judge Garland S. Ferguson, one Of
the oldest members of the Superior
Court bench of North Carolina. has
announced his purpose to retire. "
j. Hannah, of Haywood county, and
T. D. Bryson, Of Swain, are among
the avowed candidates to succeed
Judge Ferguson.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

AS result Of the heatless Monday
order, Fuel Administrator Garfield
stated in an address the other Jav.
4SO schips, carrying more than 2.OOj. :
600 tons of food, fuel and munitiols
and other war supplies, which had
been tied up in Atlantic ports, wee
bunkered and sent to sea from Jan
uary II, the day the order becep;c cf-
fective, to January 20.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, chairman
Of the womans' committee of the coun.
Gil of national defense, has left Wash
lngton to visit the Southern States in
the interest of the womans' commit
tee: She will urge the production Of
such foods as people may be able to
consume in their own homes and conf
munities and the saving of food which
must be transported.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
A Hint to the Aged.

If people past sixty years Of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
soon as they take cold and remain in
bed for one or two days, they would
recover much more quickly, especial
~ if they take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There would also be less
danger Of the cold being followed bv
any of the more serious diseases.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
WHEN THE DUPED MASSES DE
MAND A RECKONING.

A copyrighted dispatch by the Unit
ed Press from Berne, Switzerland,
February 16, to i. the Baltimore Sun,
says that Hindenburg is squeezing
Germany like an octopus sponge,
that even if there is little complaint
In the army over food, Germany and
Austria are starving; that the last
cabbage crop was failure, and cab
bage is the German masses standby;
that the plum crop likewise was a fail
ure and that now there is practically
no marmalade, also one of the main
stays of the masses; that the last
grain crop was below normal, despite
reports to the contrary, and that bread
is therefore shorter than ever; that
dogs are eaten to such an extent that
the breed has practically disappeared
In certain districts; that crows are
becoming delicacy; that fats are
almost totally lacking and that the
American child spreads on it's after
dinner tart more butter than the en-
tire weeks ration in Germany. The
correspondent says he has heard again
the story that corpses are rendered
for fats, and he quotes saying of
the German people ftaat "The very
stars fight against u.s." This CORE
sPondent relates story Of German
officer of high rank who offered to
sell Prussian military secrets for
$4,000, the Allies to Judge their val
NE before paying. When questioned
as to his motives the officer broke
down and wept like a child, declaring
his mother and father were old, poor,
broken in health, and unable to get
sustaining food. He wanted the mon
ey in order to send his parents to p
neutral country, after which he would
return to the front and try to get
Killed. If he failed, he would COM
nit suicide.
"Hindenburg," the dispatch con.
Guides, us squeezing Germany anf
Austria dry to keep up the army
Ihls army he and Ludendorf pronost
to feed into the nav of another Of
feHs've. The masses are already ask
ing the why of it all. The Hind :,
burg party replies with promises 0
an early miraculous peace. But tn
handwriting is on the wall. Nothin.
short OF a miracle can prevent disas
Ter to the Kaiser's crowd when Tn
duped masses demand reckoning
=, priest whoS has returned fror
German territory where he seer
three years during the war. tell,
among other things, that he has hoar
German soldiers, who are allowed +
go Rome every six months, curse tn
Kaiser more bitterly on each Wis
nome when they found condition
wore sd wo.s2, hut that thew a,
sha down like dogs on the smalle,
Fro.':catitA and dare not Go anvthin
but 20 back 10 t:le front TO f;.nt f.
the thing they hate. He saws t.,
wneL rat'1.,s are asked for for sic
folks the c::icers enquire the age
those for wnon the food is wante
and If it is wanted for old peoE
who cannot possibly be of service Il
Officers say they have nothing f,
them.
Wen the. United States anc tie A
hes win this war it is going to
the gladdest day the German peop
have ever known.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

the United States must answer this
year. And it cannot be answered un-
less the farmer is supplied with ad
quate labor, machinery, seed, fcrtilizsr
and money. Now what is Washingtoo
going to do in answering this CUES
ton? If it is not answered within
the next few weeks it will not be an
swered at ALL
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
statc OF Clio, City cf Toledo.

Gu';tS CoCCty, ss.
Fra 1k J. Cheney makes oath that he
1a srnlor p3E:ne. Of the FIRM of +. ].
SSinenry & Co, doing business in the
said and that said firm viii nav the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh~ that
Cnm Sanret pe cured by the use of HALLS
Sworn to before me and subscribed
IN nay presence, this 9Th day Of Decem-
ger; y; ID. 1885. a. w GLEASON
2,, Notary Public.
ally and acts through the Blood on the
mucous Surfaces Of the system. Send
Tor Testimonials free. 0eno
go. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
SOLD by all Druggists, 75c. o' "
HaiIs Family Pills for consultation.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
Recital For Benefit of Red Gross
At Lumber Bridge.

Correspondence Of the Robesonian.
Lumber Bridge, Feb. 19-There
VIII be a recital for the benefit cf
the Red Cross in the school audi
forum at Lumber Bridge Friday eve
nlng, FEBRUARY 22nd, beginning at
1;oo' ny MISS Annie johnson, violin;
MISS Mary 3. Cooper, voice and piano ;
ana MISS Carrie B McNeill, accom-
panist, all of Red Springs.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

By The Bentztown Bard in Baltimore SUM-
g.
And the king said unto them, What
seemeth you best l will do.-Second
Samuel, xviii, 4.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
CBy Associated Press.)

London, July 11.-Sincere praise
of President Wilson's leadership in
the war and his advocacy Of a leagua
Of nations after the war was given
by Herbert H. Asquith, the former
premier, in an address last night at
the National Liberal club.
The occasion was a hospitality
dinner to American officers" at
which 500 prominent Englishmen
were hosts. The dinner resolved it
self into an ovation for the Presi-
dent. Vice Admiral Sims, COM
mander of the American naval
forces in the war zone, paid tribute
to the cooperation of the British
and American navies, and declared:
THE submarine menace is now at
an end for we are destroying them
faster than the Germans can build
them.
Former Premier Asquith. urging
the Importance of President VIII
sons idea Of a league of nations. as
the most urgent of all peace prob
lems," said:
THE United States as a nation
has the very good fortune that in
the supreme crisis of her national
history the man whom she most
needed for inspiration and guidance
has always appeared. Thus came
Washington and Lincoln.
President Wilson has taken the
greatest decision of our age and has
carried his people with him in it..
Moreover, he has laid before the
world the grounds for his decision,
the reasons which justified and
compelled it and the spirit in which
1t was adopted.
America has had her difficulties.
They have not stifed, but have
stimulated her energy and we grasp
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
y. S. Labor Policy
Is Adopted For
All ShibyardS

Philadelphia, July 1.-THE Emer-
gency Fleet corporation announced
last night that it has adopted the
labor policy formulated by the war
labor conference board March 20, as
a component part Of it's program
toward shipyard workers. Approx
mately 555, 900 men in 1877 yards under
the jurisdiction of the corporation
are affected.
The administration of the policy
will center in the director of indus
trial relations.
The policies laid down by the
board in part are that there should
be no strikes or lockouts during the
war, that employees and employers
shall have the right to organize, that
employers should not discharge
workers for membership in unions,
that the workers should not use
coercive measures to induce others
to join their unions, that women
shall receive equal pay for equal
work. that the basic eight-hour day
is recognized as applying in all cases
in which existing law requires it.,
and wages to be- fixed with due re-
gard to labor standards and condi-
ti00S
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Roosevelt Gets
First Hun Plane
(Rv. Associated Praas.N


With the American Forces on the
Marine, July 11.-Lieut. Quentin
Roosevelt, the youngest son of ex-
president Theodore Roosevelt,
brought down his first German air
plane this afternoon in a fight north
of Chateau Thierry. ,
Lieut.. Roosevelt with three other
pilots was flying at height of 5000
yards, eight miles inside Of the Ger
man lines. when the machines be-
came separated. Soon after, Roose-
welt saw three planes which he
thought were his companions, and
started to join them. He was ap-
preaching the machines from the
rear when he saw his mistake for the
planes were Germans. Roosevelt
Immediately opened fire and after
fifty shots tracers penetrated the
fuselage of the nearest German ma
chine and it went into a spinning
nose dive, falling through the clouds,
1000 yards below.
The lieutenant is certain it must
have crashed for no pilot voluntarily
goes into a 2,000-yard spinning nose
dive. The two remaining German
airplanes attacked Roosevelt, but he
managed to make good his escape
and return to the field. himself and
his machine untnjured.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11

Fargo, and Treasurer w. F. Hanks,
Of Powers Lake. made their annual
reports.
In his report Secretary Macfadden
pointed out that there are now 701
state banks, 1914 National banks and
four trust companies in North Da-
kota. The secretary indicated the
value that the association is held
to be to the bankers Of the state by
pointing out the fact that all Of
these institutions are members OF the
association, except %. which makes
the total membership S41-the larg-
est in the history OF the organization.
The above figures says the report,
show a gain OF only three banks
during the past year, with gain in
membership Of 50.
The secretary also gave some at
tention in his report to the matter OF
correspondence courses in banking.
Last year the association had some
100 bank employees enrolled for this
course which. covered the following
branches: Banks and Banking;
Loans and Investments" CONNER
cial Law; and Negotiable Instru-
ments.'' The secretary states that
the war has depleted the ranks Of
a small class could be organized this
year.
Some little mention is given to the
matter of bank .robberies in which
the secretary states there have only
been two successful attempts and
one unsuccessful attempt at burglar
izing banking institutions in North
Dakota during the year.
A matter wherein the bankers
could be of much assistance to the.
farmers was brought out in the re-
port when the secretary urged that
the bankers try and have every
farmer use a farm account book. AL
ready the association has put out
some $4,000 Of these books. The
secretary says: In addition to the
necessity Of keeping a record Of in
come and disbursements from which
to make the income tax statement
now required, the general adoption
of a systematic record of earnings
and expenses is valuable to the
farmer in pointing out the money
making and the money losing
branches Of the business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
SOLDIERS MAIL
SERVICE SLOW
But Efforts To Improve It
Are Being Made,
Says Baker
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. July 11.-Replying to
a senate resolution. Secretary Baker
advised the senate that every effort
is being mde to give better mail SER
vice between this country and Amer
lean troops in France and already an
improvement had been shown. Be-
cause of Fhe large number Of men
sent across and the movement of
units from one point to another, Sec
rotary Baker said almost insur-
mountable difficulties had been en-
countered in prompt handling of
mail.
'Tt is hoped by both departments
that arrangements now being in
stituted will go far towards revising
all complaints" the secretary said.
Secretary Baker said General
Pershing had been asked for a com
plete report regarding the mail SER
vice which would be transmitted to
the senate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Russia NOT Held
Responsible For
Death of jrbach

London, July 1.-THE German
government does not intend to hold
the Soviet government responsible
for the death Of Count Won Mirbach,
the German ambassador. according
to a semi official announcement
from Berlin. transmitted to the Ex-
change Telegraph company by way
Of Amsterdam. it being evident that
Russia is doing all that is possible
to punish the murderers. The semi
official statement adds:
THE German government and ma
ton hope that the Russian govern
ment and people will succeed in
nipping the present revolutionary
agitation in the bud"
800 and $500 Hat Sale continued.
HoIdermann' s.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
COUNCILLOR TO WAR.
Bismarck Travellers Arrange BIC
Social Session in His Honor.

Bismarck, N. D., July Ibis
marck council, United Commercial
Travellers, will resolve it's regular
meeting Saturday evening into a So
ciaI session in honor of the senior
councillor, o. K. Olson, who will
leave July "a with rs other Burleigh
county selects for Camp Custer,
Mich,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Horse Meat For
AnimsaLs IN zoo

Chicago. July ii. Horse meat is
the Lincoln park zoo. it was stated
today. Government regulations for
bidding the feeding of beer to ami
mails led to the killing of two old
buffaios and q couple OF zebTas for
the carnivori of the zoo. but only
temporarily solved the problems of
meat for the meat eaters. 1T was
gattled when q. Milwaukee firm Of
1ered to furnish horse meat at Z IL
cents q pound as against twice that
.Gor beefs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
austrian Losses
In Big Offensive
PLacedat250,OOO
CBy Associated Press.)

italian Army Headquarters, July
11.-Evidence obtained from AUS
TRAN prisoners indicates that the
Austro- Hungarian losses during the
recent offensive were in the neigh
borhOod Of 100000.
The prisoners say that corporal
punishment in the Austrian army
has been re-established in practice.
Other reports made by captives
tend to confirm accounts Of poor
wheat and potato crops in Austria.
The condition of these crops is said
to be particularly bad in Bohemia,
in the region of Pilsen.
A Rome dispatch TO the Italian
embassy in Washington on July 5,
estimated the Austro- Hungarian
losses in the recent offensive as be-
tween 100000 and 100000 including
at least $4,000 dead.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
stBIE coNFERENcEs OPENS.

Jamestown, M. D., July LA
ten-day Bible conference under the
auspices Of the Presbyterian synod
and Jamestown college, has been be-
gun at the college. Courses of for
nal lectures are being given during
the morning hours, the lines Of study
including modern religious move
ments and missionary and Sunday
school work Conferences are held
throughout the afternoons, with
mrs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Asqutth Pays Remarkable
Tribute to Leadership Of
President In War Thought

the opportunity tonight Of &C
knowledging our unbounded admira-
ton OF the magnificent contribution
America is making and will continue
to make in ever increasing meas
ure.
Probably the world owes it's
greatest debt to President Wilson
for helping men whose vision has
been blurred and blinGed by the
smoke OF battlefields TO lift up
their eyes and to look through 1t and
beyond 1t. 1t is very difficult iii
time OF war to keep a steady head
and a clean tongue.
president Wilson does both.