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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

places In southwestern France.
Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Rochfort, Co
juac, Cazdaux, LaDeste, Arcachoen
and many other places. Then the
first Of July was assigned to the de-
partment of military affairs and sent
TO Vtchy as the A. r. C. representa-
tive at this large base hospital CEN
ter. We had an average Of 1000 to
5000 wounded and gassed men there
all Of the time and nearly II 900 men
were cared for in the three months
was at Vichy. Met quite a num-
Der OF our North Dakota boys at
Vichy, among them Sgt. Spencer
Boise of Fargo, Sgt. Joseph Ronning
of Columbus. Corp. Earl PIERCE of
Harvey and Corp Roy Boyd of Pin
gree. These young soldiers were all
members of the Harvey band of the
Second North Dakota regiment and
the boys told me they were now at
tached to the 116th Engineers. The
young men were all very we'll and
came to Vichy, which is a famous
watering place, not for their health
but to spend a few days of well
earned vacation. One day when in
the Red Cross canteen heard some
one call my name and was very glad
to see Lieut.. Charley Page OF Fargo.
Found he was stationed at an avia-
ton camp about 20 miles south OF us
We had a fine visit together. He had
just received letters from home tell
ing of the wonderful crops growing
in the Red river valley.
Cortland ShrapneI Victim.
Soldier Herbert Cortland of Bent
ley,s N. D., called to see me often
while he was in one of the hospitals
He was wounded in the Saint
Mlhiel drive, getting an ugly piece
of shrapnel in his right shoulder but
was making a splendid recovery.
Karl Einarson, of Company X, 13a
U. S. Infantry, enlisted from Grand
Forks, but whose home is at Kensal
Pembina county, was sent from
Vichy home to the United States. He
was not at all we'll and hope he ar
rived safely and is all right now.
Paul Bertelson, of Kenmare, and q
member of Company L 26th u. s. In
fantry, was in hospital for wound
He looked the picture Of health and
seemed to look upon his hospital ex-
perience more in the light Of a Vaca-
ton than otherwise.
Dakotans In Drive.
After one OF the drives we received
lot of wounded men from the 18th
u. s. Infantry. Among them were
Soldier Henry Lindstrom of Blais-
dell, Soldier David Brown of Garri-
son, Soldier Arne Forest of Minot
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Ply. The streets are crowded with
happy cheering crowds of people;
flags everywhere - you wonder
where they all come from. The
French flag. Of course, is the most
numerous. but the American next.
then the English. then Belgian and
Italian
window came the roar of the shout
Ing crowd below Their cry was
''Vive la France!" so leaning out I
called to them "Vfve la Americal ;"
Hundreds OF them Iol1ed up and then
with g cheer and a roar the crowd
shouted back, viva la America!"
Sincerely T.. B. HANNA
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BIG TRANSPORT DOCKS.

New York. Dec. 16.-The giant
transport Leviathan. with 5000 Amer
lean soldiers aboard, is In port today
after a long delay due to heavy fog
that hung over New York harbor for
two days. The transport reached
forced to anchor on account OF the
weather conditions. The steamship
Stockholm, OF the Swedish-American
line. which was forced to anchor off
the Statue OF Liberty last night on
account of the fog. brought home a
number OF American refugees who
were badly treated by the Bolsheviki
In Petrograi.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16
We Absolutely Guarantee
Present Maxwell Prices

Maxwell Motor Cars do not belong to the
"Cheap Car Class" This product is the I'M
disputed leader in the Refined Car Class.
BY ''refned" we mean IN mechanical sense.
iMaxwells are not made toait pre-deter-
mined, nor to meet competitive, price.
They are designed to Fill a. certain definite de-
raand for light car of quality--internaIly as
well as in outward appearance.
We first make the car as it should be made,
then set the price.
We do not cut our price to meet the price Of
car of inferior quality.
Nor did we, as we have shown, take advantage
of Wartime excuse to raise the price to
fictitious figure.
Had the war continued and we had not made
another car, the buyer Of the last Maxwell
would have paid the regular price and no
more.
The Maxwell policy is clean and it is consist
ent-we are not "opportunists" in business.
Those changes and rehnements in this new
1919 model actually cost more than the diff
ference between its price and that Of the 1918
model.
So the price Of this new Maxwell should have
been more.
But we are content to accept smaller margin
of profit per car in the interest Of greater
volume so have continued that price on this
1919 model.
There are today more Maxwells IN hands Of
users than of any comparable carve are
counting on the splendid quality with the low
price Of this latest model to maintain that
leadership.
seBut talk is all right, " you say.
You want something definite, something
tangible to tie to.
Very well is your guarantee.
Price of the MaxaOel Motor Car today
(Touring or Roadster model Is $685.. 90
4. o. b. Detroit, Michigan, and EOe obso-
Eutely guarantee that price until Juns
next, 1919.
Every Maxwell dealer is authorized to giye
you that guarantee IN writing at the time of
purchase of your car.
Some makers have announced reductions
others viii follow.
So far, however, we have seen no real reduc-
tons though there have been some genuine
increases of price since the war closed. There
will be more of the latter tool
In buying Maxwell Motor Car you know
precisely where you stand.
And our guarantee of the price is your best
guarantees Of the intrinsic value Of this
product.
So buy the Maxwell you need get your order
in early.
Maxwells may go to premium price NAV
nave 20 be incTeased-but we guarantee Won
absolutely against a reduction.
ichigan
nae conditions ard the same reasons obtain
maintained The same guarantssapplisa.
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Especially is this so if the model he is offering
you today is precisely the same model ne
offered you then, but at 20 to 25 per cent
advance now over his then prices (even after
his recent reduction).
Is it not logical to assume that, as his price
yesterday was fictitious, it is still almost
equally so?
It costs more to build motor car today than
it did year ago.
Materials are higher-wages are higher. ALI
costs are higher.
It will continue for long time to come on the
present scale we believe.
Tell you why.
Materials are now In demand by the whole
world-wil continue to be during the years
of reconstruction m Europe.
Especially is this so IN the case of steel, copper
and other minerals.
Rubber also win likely range higher.
Rubber is the biggest single item Of cost ina
motor car-and it is IN great demand.
Wages viii never go back to the pre-war scale.
Every student of the problem IS now agreed
upon that.
You have read IN The newspapers lately the
statement by the United States Steel Corpora
,tion that that concern is not going to reduce
wages-and that concern Is the biggest en-
ployer of labor m the world.
1t is welli-pass the prosperity around and
we win all get our share.
If the mechanic gets more pay, ali lines of
business bene6tand more people are able
to buy motor cars.
We can see no reason to expect that the cost
of manufacturing Maxwell Motor Car viii
be less m year from now than it is today.
War or no war, the price Of the Maxwell
product would have been precisely what it IS
today.
We did take advantage of the Wartime con-
dition but only to incorporate IN this new
model several changes and improvements
Factory busy on war work, our engineers and
tool makers had brief respite and we used
that to perfect the Maxwell product.
We have spent more than 100000 on
special tools for more accurate finishing OF
parts.
Cylinders are now ground after roaming
formerly only rcarned. That is only one of
many similar refinements.
1nlS new 1S1g moQel MAXWELL denVeTIGS OF
which viii begin Immediately, is a superior
product.
It is q larger car more connodious body.
Gasoline tank is at rear instead Of under front
seat costs more, worth It.
The new Pantosote top adds greatly TO APP
pearance as wen as to serviceability. Grace
ful in design. In quality the best.
Seats are deeper, softes better springs,
better materials.
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From the above it is clear that some reduced"
prices are still too high.
For when the price of product was in
creased by 80 per cent and then dropped back
ten per cent, you can't say it has yet been put
back where it belongsi
And that is just what happened in several
cases.
Just consider moment:
If q maker is able to drop back to ''pre-War'
prices today, on what basis did he justify his
wartime price7 And especially his most
recent wartime peal" price2
Certainly he bought no materials while we
were in the war he could not
rfae bought them before, then he bought them
ct the same rates we did
In that case there was no real reason for his
excessive wartime peak price.
If he cannot justify his priees of yesterday,
can YOU accept his statements today7
Only gauge you have as to the intrinsic value
Of bis product is-its pre-War price.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

Recently you have seen announcements Of
price reductions on some makes OF motor, cars.
These seeming reductions 1--WE use the term
seeming" advised4y have given the average
buyer an erroneous impression. ! (
That impression is to the effect that the price
of motor cars generally is above normal and
will come down in the near future.
Now, as matter of fact, that is not the con-
dition at all.
There is no warrant for any such assumption.
lust analyze the situation yourself and see
our statements are justified.
Recall the prices that existed on certain makes
of automobiles before the United States went
into the war and compare the prices OF those
same cars today.
You'll find that any reductions that have been
made were necessary.
In word, they apply only to cars that were
over-priced-war- time priced-before such
reductions.
For example: Consider four makes Of cars
that formerly were priced in close competition
with the Maxwell.
Compare their pre-war (nornaO prices; their
wartime ''peak" prices, and their present
reduced prices. We'll designate them "A :
'B," &C." and ID"
Pre-War Wartime Present
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CAPT. HANNA SAYS
SOLDIERS WON SPURS

Continued from page one.)
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THE PRICE OF
SHAMEFUL PEACE

More than a billion dollars OF
American. agricultural exports were
sold. to the European nations at war
with Germany during. 1917. Had
this Nation maintained peace at the
pxce Of obedience to the German
war zone decree, this European mar
ket would have been closed and this
billion dollars worth of. agricultural
products would, most of them, have
rotted on farms and in warehouses
or been used in improbable ways
with consequent stagnation and ruin
to the American farmers.
Interest as we'll as duty urges
the American farmer to give finan-
cial support to his Government in
this war.
: Buy Liberty Bonds.
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tors growth in the estimation Of
the. country. Long ago, by shee,
ability and ardent patriotism, he
lived down the reputation which at
tached to him when he first made
his appearance in Washington and
he now ranks, among the sanest and
most influential members of the
upper chamber.
That the country at large should
feel so kindly toward him at this
particular time is perhaps due to
the service Inc has rendered in the
upbuilding Of the navy. When he
entered the Senate he was made a
members of the naval committee
and the navy became his hobby. As
a members of the committee and
as chairman he has been indefati-
gable in his efforts to develop it
to the highest state of efficiency.
Long before we entered the war
he foresaw what was coming and
knew that the first call would be on
the navy. So far as he could in
fuence the situation he devoted
himself to putting it in q condition
of readiness for the call, and with
what results the country has had
ample evidence. Our entrance in
to the wal found the War Depart
ment disorganized and unready. It
found more or less confusion in all
departments of the Government.
The navy was the exception. Its
organization under Secretary DAN
iels was perfect. 1t was prepared
to move when the signal was given;
and it has been moved. ever since
in a manner to thrill Americans
with pride.
South Carolina could not be more
worthily represented than it is now
by Senator Tillman, who holds a
commanding position in the affairs
of the nation in one of it's greatest
crises. His mere expression of a
wish to be reelected ought to be
sufficient to assure his return
From New Orleans Daily State,
March IS, 1913.
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SENATOR TILLMAN.

When Senator Tillman entered
the Senate twenty-four years ago
only Lodge and Gallinger of the
present body were there then-few
of the newspapers of the country,
outside of his organs in his own
State, had a good word to say of
him.
He was one of the pioneers in
the fight of the masses against the
classes, he had crushed the aristoc-
racy of South Carolina, he had
kept his own State in years of tur-
moib he had put many fads in the
statute books and, having a vitriloic
tongue and a certain roughness of
manner, his entrance into the SEN
ate was looked upon as d~ictinctly
disadvantageous to it's dignity and
ability.
Yet now, when the Senator at
the age of II, announces to his peo-
pie his desire for reelection, the
leading newspapers of the country
receive the announcement with the
utmost favor, and, while not re-
fecting on the capacity of the who
would succeed him, venture to ex-
press the hope that South Carolina
will reflect him and thereby honor
both itself and the country.
No better evidence of the ,Sena-
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perity, the, liberty, and the, happi-
ness of every true American is
bound up in the Nations success
We are not fighting. alone for ma
terial interest. for. annexations. or
indemnities. We are fighting for
freedom and justice. and humanity
and civilization. But we are also
fighting for the maintenance of our
commercial rights, for the rights Of
our citizens to pursue their lawful
journeys on the seas and transport
their commerce to foreign markets.
1t is patriotic, and a duty, to buy
Liberty Bonds. 1t is also good bust
ness to do it.
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INTRODUCING AN INVENTOR
Greenwood Index

One by one our old notions have
to go into the discard. For instance
most of US have had the idea that
guns, rifles and pistols made by
certain concerns like Winchester,
Colt and Remington were products
of the men whose names the con-
Germs bear. In a way this is true,
but it appears that most of the
really important improvements in
the. products of these firms are the
inventions of one man, a man who
has been little known in this coun-
try, John M. Browning.
Mr.. Browning is the inventor of
the new machine gun which has
created so much talk and which has
been adopted by the United States
for use in this war.
Mr.. Browning lives in Ogden,
Utah. He went west with his father
when quite a small boy and has
lived in the west all his life.
His first work was a rifle which
became so popular that his fathers
little shop was overrun with orders
for it. 1t attracted the attention of
the Winchester people and the pat
ents were bought from young
Browning. This was the beginning
of Mr.. Browning's long career as
an inventor of firearms.
The Winchester Company secured
most of his subsequent patents, the
1886 rifle, the lever shot gun, the
'09 model rifle, the 81 model, the
'94 model, '95, the '97 model shot
gun and the 1900 model rifle were
all inventions of John M Browning.
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THE LIBERTY LOAN
AND BUSINESS

"What has the Liberty Loan to
do with the refrigeration business?"
was asked by a subscriber in the
Businesses of the Rocky Mountains
of tire editor of the Refrigeration
World. The answer was sound and
patriotic:
"At this critical time the success
or failure of the impending loan
have more to do with refrigeration
than even the machinery and chemi-
Gals used in producing refrigera-
ton. If the loan fails, everything
else will fail with it. All business
will eventually be Frustrated; moth
ing could thrive"
It is the business of every bust
ness and business mar in the Unit
ed States to see that the Liberty
Loan does not fail. They should buy
Liberty Bonds; they should en-
courage and assist others to buy
them. No business in the United
States is going to succeed if the
Liberty Loan fails-if the Nation
fails.
1t is better business to buy Lib
erty Bonds than to pay indemnities
to a victorious Germany; it is bet
ter business to win this war than to
have u foreign commerce subject
to. the dictation of the Potsdam
Government.
The welfare, the success, the pros
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He is the inventor of the automatic
pistol and his first one was produc.
ed in Belgium. 1t was n of these
pistols which killed the Austrian
Archduke which was the match
which started this war .ablaze.
This pistol made Mr.. Browning
famous all. over, Europe. Millions
of. them had been manufactured in
Europe when this war began. Mr..
Browning is the invetor of the Colt
automatic pistol which was adopted
in 1911 by the United States for
the use of the army, navy, and Ma
tional Guard.
His latest work is the new ma
chine gun. A machine gun in spite
of the disadvantages under which
it has to work, getting too hot thru
rapid firing, is a most valuable ad-
dition to an army. 1t is equal to
about seventy-five rifles at any
time.
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from French headquarters; ii
France, describes the. order, of bat
tie of a division in the present of.
fensive as follows:
"The division advances in, two
regimental groups progressing side
by side. The first, line: Of. each
group consists first Of one regiment
of three battalions Of infantry
whose task is to advance straight
upon their detectives, regardless of
losses, leaving the work of reducing
our centers of resistance to special
list detachments following them.
These consist, first of n company
of storm troops, one and one-half
machine gun company, half COM
pany of sappers, n detachment of
liquid flame throwers, half a heavy
trench mortar company, one bat
terry of light trench mortars, and
two batteries of what is called in
fantry guns. In eserv come the
third infantry regiment and a divis-
ion of five tanks of British origin
and an independent group consisting
of two cyclist companies and one
company of storm troops.
"This division is supported by >t2
batteries of field guns and six of
heavy artillery, including a battery
of eight-inch howitzers.
According to prisoners, a num-
Der of enemy battsians have now
got special light trench mortar de-
tachments, known as infantry ar
tillery, equipped with two light
trench mortars of a new model
mounted on specially high wheels,
supposed to be capable Of firing 20
rounds a minute against tanks or
other obstacles. The personnel of
each detachment comprises two Of
ficers and 40 men.
cit is apparent from the forego-
ing that the whole apparatus for
destroying our centers of resistance
has. been relegated to the second
line, the celebrated storm troops,
sappers with explosives and light
trench mortars instead of being first
to follow after the waves of infan-
try have swept over the position.
The mission of these specialists re-
mains the same. They clear the
trenches, reduce strong points,
bomb recalcitrants from dugouts,
but while they are doing this the
battle is sweeping miles further
at any rate, in anticipation"
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

A,metihgt of tie stockholders. Of
the McMurray Drug Co.. was held
April Est, at their place Of; business
in, A1beville for: the Ruspese 81
voting on the liquidation and ,diaspe
luton of the McMurray Drug Co..,
corporation doing business under
the laws Of; the State>of South Caro-
lima. All stockholders take notice.
DIR. G. A.. NEUFFER,
DIR: C. H. MeMURRAY,
SIT. Directors.
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CAPTURED GERMAN
DESCRIBES ENEMY'S
ORDER OF BATTLE

Ottawa, Ont, April "A German
captured on the battlefield, says.
Reuters correspondent. telegraphing
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FOR SALE:-A mule, and for rent
one two-horse farm, 2 miles FROM
town, containing 2 negro housesI
barn and 2 wells. Apply to Mrsl
W. C. DuPre, or w. S. DuPre.
3-26-4t.
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FOR SALE:-Potorico and Nancy
Hall Potato Plants, $3.50 per
thousand, immediate shipments.
Thos. II. Brock, Honea Path, S.
C. 4-2-4wks.
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COTTON S~EED-Wanamaker ImI
proved, Cleveland Big Boil. PRICED
SITS per bushel,- under 5 bushe
5000 per bushT. W. s. cothra
or s. J. Link. 2-1s-ta
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WANTS

orders: for To-
mato Plants: Best ~varietiess large
strong, well-rooted:: Prices right
Immediate or later delivery.
Phone 2fs-t2. Mrs. G. 4. Tate.
4-5-ft. " ]
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WANTED-At the State Hospital
for the Insane, Columbia, white
women, preferably between the
ages of eighteen and thirty years,
as student nurses and attendants.
For information write the Super
intendent. 4-2-4t.
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FOR RENT:-The lower: par: of
my-house with garden. Mrs. r.
C. Wilson. AZ. Z
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Observation-Disclosures, about .25l
or 80 head of cattle for pastur-|
age. Good grazing now R. ST.
McCombs, Route 4. 3-2s-2t.l
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Rv JOE WILLIAMS,

Baseball history bristles with in"
stances where younger brothers fol.
lowing in the footsteps Of their illus
trious elders have come to the minor
leagues only to fall down and bump
their noses with a resoundfng thud.
Ty Cobb's brother, Paul, was a
terrible tiZZle as a major Lacquer. and
while the famous Tyrus is now being
counted upon to bingle the Tigers to
the front in the American league, his
brother is playing semi-pro ball in
Cleveland.
Joe Bvers is a brother of the re-
nowned Johnny. About the only
thing Joe did suggestive Of Johnny
was the manner in which he spelled
his last name on the hotel roster.
Martin Walsh, a brother of the
famous Ed, had trials with both the
Sox and the Cubs. Martin is re-
membered by reason Of the fact that
he was the freshest rookie that ever
horned into a major league suit He
wasn't satisfied with basking in the
reflected glory of his large brother;
he wanted the conditions reversed.
The farthest he got with a major
league career was a training trip to
the coast.
And there are any number Of sim
liar cases, including the triumphal
entry OF Dave Gregg into the majors