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The Washington times., 1918-09-16
H. c. Of |. GO!NG
Up IN BELGIUM

Macaroni has increased IN cost
1880 per cent since the beginning OF
the war; canned vegetables 1859 per
cent; sugar. 1900 per cont. and pens
and beans ] 200 por cent.
Ali this has taken place IN the oc-
cupiod portions OF Belgium, where
tho operations OF old man II. @, l..
have been oven moro thorough than
In the United States. the American
Red Cross commission IN Belgium re-
ported today,
Cotton thread is sold by the yard.
and eggs cost 20 cents each" the re-
port said, Flour, Sugar, and rice,
even at these prices, are obtained
only by secret methods"
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John EARLY,LEPER,
AGAIN At LIBERTY
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CONTINUED from First Page.)
on which were blood stains was
found on the ground by the hole
through which he escaped. Its pres
ence is puzzling officials because
they know Of no reason why he
should have worn a bloody bandage
unless he injured himself in max
ing egress.
Fence Around Prison
John Early's house is situated
about 500 feet from the main road
and about $50 feet from the river
front Around his place is a strong,
barbed-wire fence which encloses suf-
ficient territory to enable the prisoner
to exercise himself in the sunshine.
"For u that know Early may be
in some Washington hotel or room
ing house right now." DR.. Fowler
said. "His condition has been i'm
proving for the last several weeks
and It would be possible for him to
appear without attracting undue
notice. At a previous attempt to es-
cape he registered at a local hotel and
called me on the telephone from his
room. The danger OF infection is not
great unless persons come in direct
contact with Early or use articles he
has used, without their being cleaned.
1t would be possible for the disease
to be communicated by dishes Early
has used or by persons coming in d.
rect contact with towels that have
not been steriliZed.
1T may be that he has left the
city entirely. He has relatives in
South Carolina, and 1t may be pos
sible he has gone to visit them He
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
LODGE TO DENOUNCE
HUN PEACE PROPOSAL
IN SPEECH TOMORROW

Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts
Republican leader, will make a
speech in the Senate tomorrow in
which he will tear to pieces the new
peace movement OF Germany, initiated
through Austria.
Senator Lodge has not changed his
mind about the terms of peace. H
expressed his views in the Senate
several days ago. He then held Ger
many must be defeated and her pres
ent military autocracy crushed.
He looks on the new peace move
ment as a scheme born in Berlin T.
divide the allies
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First Sincere Whine
For Peace, Says Paris
Of Austrian Offer

PARIS, Sept. Is.-"The nrst sin
cere whine for peace" Is the char
acterization heard In Paris wher-
ever the reported Austro-HungAr-
Ian peace offer Is discussed.
The newspapers have not yet
had time to comment on Ithe
event Derisive rejection by the
whole French press may. however.
. be safely anticipated.
This Is. no time for a nom
binding discussion Of peace" said
one prominent French journalist
in private conversation. I'm
Questionably the offer is sincere
this time. The central powers
see at last the handwriting on the
wall, but there will be other of
fers,' until finally will come the
one and only declaration the al
lies will listen to: We give up;
state your terms"
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sabers again. They swept through
the Boise Nonard, a pleasure park
with well-made roads and equestrian
raths, gymnasiums, bowling alleys,
and even a quarter-mile board cycle
track.
From prisoners taken by the Ameri-
cans il has been learned that the Ger
mans forced the Poles to strengthen
the Hindenburg line in the regions OF
Dompvitoux and Dommartin (north-
east OF Vigneulles).
In the vicinity Of Thiaucourt the
Americans yesterday captured an en-
tire German hospital. The German
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
K. c. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

HAS A big crook in It
LIKE A shepherds stAff.
AND ONE day.
HAD trouble with q man.
AND put the crook Of the cane.
AROUND THE back of his neck.
AND DRAGGED him to me-
AND SOAKED him.
AND HE was so surprised.
THAT HE apologized.
FOR GETTING in the crook.
AND 1 haven't any idea
WHAT'S THE size of your neck.
BUT I want to tell you.
THAT EVERYWHERE I go.
PEOPLE SAY to me.
"wHY DON'T you send your'cane.
EsTO A wounded SOLDIER"
AND THEY always add something.
ABOUT YOU sending yours.
AND I'M telling you.
THAT YOU started this thing.
AND 1 want a card.
THAT WILL say I'm exempt.
OR TN going to fi4d out
WHAT'S THE size OF your neck.
AND BESIDES.
i KNOW one of your elephants.
THE ONE that walks over you
USED to feed 1t apples.
IN THE basement OF the Hippo
drome.
ALL LAST season.
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DE WOLF Hopper.
CARE OF the Hippodrome.
NEW YORK City.
MY DEAR Wolfe.
THEY TELL me.
YOU'RE DOING an act.
WITH A lot of elephants.
AT THE Hippodrome.
AND I hope the elephants.
WILL LET you live.
TILL get to you.
BECAUSE 1 want to tell you.
YOU GOT me in trouble.
WHEN YOU wrote to the papers.
AND SAID.
THAT ALL healthy men.
SHOULD GIVE up their canes.
TO THE wounded soldiers.
AND FOR years.
I'VE CARRIED a cane.
AND IT'S so much a habit.
THAT WHEN go withOu. it.
HAVEN'T any idea.
WHAT To do with my hands.
AND steal things.
WITHOUT KNOWING it.
JUST to have something.
TO CARRY around.
AND JUST the other day.
1 WENT to the barber shop.
AND I'D forgotten my cane
AND WHEN ! was through
STOLE an umbrella.
AND 1T was broken.
AND WHEN put it up.
1T WOULDN'T work.
IL TIA haI
WOULDN'T have been confused.
AND I'D have been conscious.
OF WHAT I was doing.
AND COULD have taken my time.
AND GOTTEN a good one.
AND BESIDES that
THE CANE I have.
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CONGRESS INTERESTED
IN WELFARE OF EARLY;
FOUND He WAS LEPER

John Early has been subject oI
much discussion in Congress.
In June. 1914, after Early's capture
here. following his escape from IN
Marine Hospital in Takoma, Wash
Congressman Britten introduced BIZ
in the House which provided for
special board OF experts to examin
Early and determine beyond tn,
shadow of a doubt whether he wa.
afflicted With leprosy.
1t was found that Early was q leper
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
REJECTED SIXTEEN TIMES.

SEDSO WOOtLEY. Wash. Sept. 10
Quimby r. Bingham. cashier of ths
Clear Lake State Bank and champion
enlister OF Skagit county. has gone to
war. After trying to enlist in various
branches OF the service sixteen times
he was finally accepted with the draft
and left for Camp Lewis this week
Bingham is the son OF c. f. Bingham,
banker. The elder Bingham has two
stars in his service flag now.
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GERMAN FORCES
STILL RETREATING

CONTINUED from First Pagel
nearest known point in the American
lnes).'
Six German divisions, totaling about
$1,000 men. were operating in the St
Mihiel salient when the Americans be
gan their attack, II has been learned.
OF these fully a fourth were taken pris-
oners.
The British have captured Mais-
semy flour and-a-ha miles north
west of St Quentin. thus wiping out
a small salient which had its apex at
Vermand.
In their recent local operations the
French have taken $500 prisoners.
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
DR.. SOLF AT SOFIA
By Agenee Radio to l.. n. s

GENEVA, Sept 16-Dr. Wilhelm Solf.
colonial minister OF the Imperial Ger
man government, who has been men,
toned in dispatches from neutral coun-
tries as about to replace Won Hertling
as imperial chancellor Of the German
government, has arrived at Sofia. Bull
Earia.
The Washington times., 1918-09-16

Let the noise Of quarters aad dol
lars pouring Into the o. = Treasury
announce to the world that this eOua.
try n unlted. Buy War savings
stamps.
The Washington times., 1918-09-16

Il developed that he could not bs de-
ported from the District without his
consent under the law and the con-
sent OF every State through which he
would have to pass en- route
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
CALLS es,o1s coLoREp MEN.

FrsVest Marshal General Crowder
today issued a call for as,0l6 cOlored
men, qualified for general military
service, They will entrain September
rs to G7.
The Washington times., 1918-09-16
ALLIES TO REJECT
AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL
Continued from First Page.)

guise the contempt which they felt
for the apparent offer of Germany
again to use Austria as q catspaw.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
SCHOOL AND CITY BONDS.

The Fargo city commission has been
forced to sell its 512 per cent warrants at
par less per cent for commission, thus
netting but SO for them, and the total COM
mission of the 100000 issue is $4,000.
Recently the school board secured a
guaranteed bid Of 1O1 and accrued interest
for it's $240,00O bond issue at the same
rate, 51a per cent. This bid could be ac-
cepted or rejected by the board, but in
consideration for the guarantee Of mar
ket, the board bound itself to pay / per
cent commission whether the bid was ac-
cepted or not. The board later found a
chance to place its bonds with the state, at
par for per cent interest, and accepted it,
of course. It was then obligated to pay the
former bidders $4,000, but succeeded in
compromising for 81, 500.
The Forums sole purpose in calling at
tention to these two bond sales and COM
pairing them now, is not to place the city
commission in an unfavorable light but to
justify the school board in its action, and
give credit where credit is due. The mem
bers Of the board probably could make no
better bargain in the present bond market
than the. city commission was forced to
make yesterday, but the deal which they
made and which has been the subject of
some misunderstanding and criticism, &C.
tually saved the taxpayers at least $12, 500.
Unpaid services Of that caliber deserve
some public recognition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10

blages, and the rapidly growing number of
enlistments is proof Of decided veering
Of opinion in the French-C Canadian prov
ince.
During the recent riots, IL 'Eventment, -
the Quebec newspaper, suffered at the
hands Of the rioters. Here is an excerpt
from a recent news item, published in
L 'Eventment, telling Of the departure of
some volunteers:
"Those who could still doubt the devo-
ton of French Canadians to the cause of
the Allies, should have been present at the
departure Of the detachment of the Royal
Tank Corps last night at the G. P. r. sta
tion.--Believing that there were
riots again, people opened their windows,
but stopped suddenly, hearing the words
'Vive La France 'Viye the Allies The
students were in line and they marched off
shouting and singing"
Canada 8 record is surpassed by none in
the present war, and the French-C Canadians
Of Quebec may yet claim their share Of the
credit for the making Of it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
North Dakota s Builders
Bv Row. Eben e. saunders, Ferao, N, b,

g BY Kew Eben T.. Saundsrss Fargo ". We
JOHN Z. EASTERBROOK. 1882. jamestown,
for many years has been prominent in the M. -.
church and Prohibition party, as we'll as sue"
eessful farmer. /. ... j s.a
JUDGE SANFORD A. HUDSON, 1881, Fargo
under appointment Of President Garfield to be
Judge Of the Third Judicial district, then COM
prislng the entire territory, now composing
North Dakota, holding said position four years.
COL WILLIAM. G. TREUMANN came to
Grand Forks in 1881 and in 1884. to Grafton
He enlisted in military company in 1885, was
of the First North Dakota Infantry and had
charge Of the regiment in the campaign in the
Philippines .-.
GENERAL ALEXANDER HUGHES 1871, Elk
Point, d. T., was president Of the territorial
council in 1873. He came to Bismarck in 1883
and supervised the building Of the capitol. Came
to Fargo in 1899. .
HON. PORTER ]. M'CUMBER, 1881, wahpe-
ton, from University Of Michigan, where he
graduated the previous year. Was member Of
the legislature in 1884 and served four years
in the senate until 1885; was then states attor-
ney for Richand county In 1899 elected
United States senator which position he still
holds.
JUDGE NEWTON c. YOUNG. 1887, Bathgate
to the vacancy on the supreme court left vacant
by the death of Judge Guy C. II. CorIess in
1898 and was subsequently elected for a full
term. - "~~-.
ALBERT M. CARLBLoM, 1881, taught
school in Sargent county, was county auditor
from 1892 to 1898, when he was elected state
auditor.
ASA SARGENT, 1872, Caledonia, in company
with c. M Clark he owned and managed the
second -four mill in the territory. Mr.. Sargent
was a member Of the territorial legislature in
1875.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
The Editors Mail Bag
70 The Editor OF The Forum:

To The Editor of The Forum:
Everyone must help If we to win. The
soldier must obey orders or there will be no
army. The people must be one or there will be
no nation. So that we win. all OF us must fol-
low directions Our government does not ask us
to give up three square meals day-nor even
one. AL 1t asks is that you eat less of the
foods we need to keep armies going and eat all
you want that we have in plenty" = ~>-sf-
DO you know that we must our surplus of
potatoes? They cannot be shipped. Minnesota's
crop for 1915 was 16,800,000 bushels-~for 1917
100000. The library can give you helps on
how to use them. Teach the children to eat
them, by getting the stories, Patriotic Potato"
and The Growing Of the Little Brown Prince"
If you have given a son brother hus
band to Aght; IL your daughter or sister is
nursing at the front; II you have subscribed for
liberty bonds or Red Gross; IL you aid war or
phans or cripples; If doing all these things you
think you have done your share, know the grim
truth. All the blood, all the heroism. all the
money and munitions in the world will not win
the war unless our allies and the armies be-
hind them are fed. They will not be fed unless
we take care; indeed, If we are not prudent we
too. shall go hungry. Lest we lose the Great
Cause, do you stand guard, each day, in your
home, over your supply Of wheat, meat, fats,
sugar milk" 'Ss"
There is no excuse for every housewife that
she cannot find substitutes for the foods we
must save when the Public library can furnish
everyone who seeks them, aids in this great fac
tor which is backing our men and allies in this
great conflict which must and will win"
E. s. MCUBREY. Librarian.
Moorhead, May 8. .~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
THE WAY TO SELL STAMPS.

Duluth is working on the theory that
ssthe way to sell thrift stamps is to sell
them.
Recently The Forum suggested that q
permanent stand be erected on a prominent
street corner, and that salesman be sta
toned there for at least twelve hours a
day. These statesmen could be volunteers,
giving their time as the women Red Cross
workers give theirs.
Duluth, The Forum learns, is already
working ont this plan. In the very heart
Of the city is a stu" street end. This
has been turned over to the War Savings
Stamp committee, and permanent build
ing erected upon it. Stamps are being sold
there for twenty four hours a day. 1t is
corner which IS per cent Of the residents
Of Duluth pass daily.
Fargo has similar location available in
Che spot where the Liberty loan battleship
was erected. A tiny booth there, big
enough to shelter one man and cash
drawer, would be sufficient.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not Square
With The Views OF The Forum

The Duluth Herald: The program OF the Non
partisan league being before the state, the cues
ton whether the state wants to adopt 1t is
fair subject for discussion. %y
But still more important is the question
whether, granting that Minnesota wants to
experiment in state socialism the leadership Of
That also is a fair question for discussion;
and as A. c.. ToWnley is the leader OF this lead
ership Il not IN faef the wnole OF u, a: go ~ TOWN
He has been extraordinarily successful in in
ducing farmers to pay sixteen dollars each for
not necessarily follow from that he is qualified
to carry out the plans he has devised.
Now here is what opponents say about his
record as a farmer and business man:
They say that he first lost seventy thousand
dollars Of other peoples money in q venture as
a bonanza farmer in Colorado.
They say that he next attempted to become a
dax king in North. Dakota, and that his enter
prise resulted in net loss OF more than four
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is certain that it
landed him in bankruptcy proceedings, which
are now before the court
They say too that one reason for Mr.. Town
leys failure as a wheat farmer is that he
thought he knew more than he did about seed
ing. Out OF his colossal seif-conceit, says an
opponent, che evolved the idea that makers of
agricultural machinery did not know what they
were about so he plugged up every other hole
in the seeder thus making the wheat rows
twelve inches instead Of six inches apart The
result was a. crop OF weeds instead OF wheat"
This is what is said Of the farming and busi-
ness record OF the man who proposes to turn
the whole machinery of government upside
down, and who not only proposes to lead Min
nesota into a very radical program OF state so
calsm, but the side proposes to organize
and conduct vast chain OF retail stores. That
he lis able to induce farmers TO pay him g. hum
dred dollars apiece for the mere privilege OF
buying at these stores with the knowledge that
only part Of this money goes into capitalizing
the stores and that he need not account for the
rest, shows that he has one kind OF ability in, q
marvellous degree but getting the money easily
isn't spending 1T wisely, which calls for another
kind Of talent entirely.
The showing as TO Mr.. Townley's business
capacity made by his opponents IL certainly TAR
from reassuFing. m there were in his career a
better record Of business experience surely You
would think that by this time his supporters
would have made it public.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
TIE FIRST COMPANY B VICTIM.

At last the war has claimed member
of Company B, Fargo's old National Guard
unit.
Melvin Johnston Of Hawley paid the SUI
preme sacrifice on the battlefelds Of
France. He was not Fargo boy, but liv-
ing at Hawley he had many friends in this
city, and Fargo almost feels as if she can
claim him.
His death is especially distressing be-
cause he is the second member Of his fam
lily to be claimed within two weeks. A
younger brother died of pneumonia
Melvin Johnston was an enlisted man,
who joined Company B on the day that he
found his draft number was near the bot
tom Of the list.
We can wish nothing better for his heart
broken parents than that they have the
strength and courage to face their bereave-
ment as their son faced the Hun. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
Germany Day By Day
BY FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE
(Tn The London Daily Mail.)
Gown Fran1 Curtaina.

HpWW FTUFU NUFGaIU8s
A friend just home from Berlin SAYS: "If any
one in England is grumbling let them realize
that an English woman married to a weI-on
member OF the Berlin bourse told me that she
had just made a dress for herself from a pair
OF curtains 1t was not a question OF money.
but OF famine of material. Yet one OF the cu-
rious facts about the war is that furs seem
more plentiful everywhere than normally There
is no lack of furs or of fine diamonds in Ber-
lin. Friedlander's, the Inter den Linden. is
ablaze with gems and silver plate. Graft the
well known jeWeler of Charlottenburg, told me
that he had never done such business, despite
the increase in the price OF his wares. But ln-
fortunately for the German health. 1t Isl easier
to get pearls than pork.
"The lack of traffic in Berlin Streets the mel
ancholy look on the faces OF the people and the
difficulty OF getting about form a contagious
element of depression Saddeat and most dis
agreeable OF all are the wan faces Of the chill
dren.
German child life today Is a tragedy and
when the inevitable crash comes the mob will
not forget the sufferings Of their children st the
hands OF the military Moioch.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10

matte machine and tool industry of the United
States and Europe and there is something like
poetic justice in the fact that machines he de-
of steel ships for which the world is crying.
A man of 81 today, he began life machinist
made good as a railway shop workman and en-
gineer then turned salesman, but quit because
he refused to work for salary.
In Chicago he fould q man who had invented
a pneumatic boring machine. Hurley and the
inventor pooled interests and rented old barn.
This was the beginning OF the pneumatic tool
business. Within five years Hurley sold his in
terests for over S1,25OO00. His first profits
were $4,000, for patents sold in England. Later
he became active in several corporations and
visited the. Latin-American republics to develop
trade.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

d Mr.. j. NJ. Still declined the nomination
of the Minot convention for secretary of
state, because he wanted to grow the big
gest crop he knew how, but he heartily ap-
proved the convention and it's platform
and said so publicly.
The numerous Nonpartisan nominees
who have refused the ''honors' conferred
upon them did it because they didn't want
their names connected with such plat
form or such leaders. 1t makes a slight
difference.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-10

Let us "vote as we shoot this year"
NJ Placed at the top Of the Minot platform,
as the loyalty pledge.
Here it is:
I'll. First and foremost there must be uncon-
u be given the most unqualified and vigorous
a support In the prosecution OF the war; every
Il to every. call for aid, service and sacrifice
r. No consideration Of business. partisan pol
8 itics, personal friendship or other indiVid-
st ual interest must be allowed to divert our
attention or consume our energy or re-
s sources to contribute in any way to
Is the prolonging of the war a single hour
Il longer than is necessary to gain complete
u victory for world democracy. The solu-
. ton OF all secondary problems OF local or
Il state government, economic social are of
y secondary importance to the matter of now
q determining by armed force the right of civ
81 ili&ed nations to solve their own problems IN
ii their own way.
z 1t is worthy Of note that the Minot
Convention placed the loyalty plank first,
and that there are no strings attached to
1t,
b Contrast "The solution Of all secondary
problems Of local or state government,
economic or social--are Of second
Dry Importance" with the "L-am-for-
government attitude so
familiar to North Dakotans.
Contrast 'No consideration Of business,
partisan politics, personal friendship, or
other individual interest must be allowed
10 divert our attention. with 81 am not
going to urge you to buy bonds until"
Moreover, the strength of any platform
depends upon the men who carry it out
No mere protestations of honesty would
induce board of bank directors to employ
d yeggman for cashier. He would have to
prove his honesty by his acts, even though
he had actually reformed.
Should protestations Of loyalty induce
the voters to employ as their governor, in
fact if not in name, the man who made that
speech at Williston last June, or who nom
mated the author of the Lindbergh war
book for governor Of Minnesota? Should
these eleventh hour protestations outweigh
the failure to buy bonds, the arrests Of or
ganizers, and the La Toilette meeting2
q Let us vote as we shoot this year.
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ton after spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. Dan Brennan.
The Barnes County Sunday School
association will meet at LeaI on May
20. ]. @. Garrison, OF Fargo, will be
the principal speaker.
Frank Hepburn has sold the Graf
ton steam laundry at Grafton to John
C. Shoemaker, OF Mimic.
Eighty dollars was realized at a Red
Cross meeting in Drake addressed by
r. C. Uphan, of Minot.
G. w. Finwall, Enforcement league