davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
law maintained by the Chinese.
Bequars Are Plentiful.


Beggars Are Plentiful.
There are many beggars, a few
Russians, but more Chinese; one
from, and if not driven off will fol-
low a person for blocks. They are
nearly all dope and opium -fiends,
and a bunch is rounded up every
few weeks and sent to dead hall at
Chang Chun. and shot.
'tPickpockets are also plentiful, but
are shot on the spot when caught.
Friday night six were caught, and
shot. go.
Russians Not In 1t.
There are some Russians who are
said to be police. They parade
around armed with a revolver and
sword, and a red band around their
left arm. Hard to say just how
much authority they have. but evil
IDENTIFY mot much, from what L saw
a few days ago. One Of them ar
rested a. Chink, and when he got to
a corner where a Chinese soldier
was stationed, he stopped the two
Of them and held court. let the Chink
go, and made the Russian COP go
the opposite way. Some authority,
New Army For Russia.
"Many educated Russian people
here are of the opinion Russia will
put an army in the field again.
Personally, I would not venture an
opinion, more than to say that if
they (the Russians) were half as
strong for fight and work as they
are for display, they would have an
army, and a good one.
Some Belgian troops who fought
on the Galician front last spring in
the armored car and machine gun
detachments, and who had to give it
up when the Russian disorganization
took place, arrived here recently,
Real soldiers they are. and are anx-
ious to get back into the game. 1t
does a fellows heart good to see
them around, and they tell some in
teresting stories"
Hardin is quite large city, Lieu
tenant Anders writes, having a pop
ulatioh of $4,000 Russians, 200 900
Chinese and 5000 of Japanese and
other-foreigners. ...
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14

attitude Of everyone else. How much
good they could be doing if they
only had sense enough to settle
down, and do something.
Those who have money have
plenty of it, apparently. and they
live a gay life, mostly at the Paler-
mo, a cabaret. which does not open
until midnight and then goes on
merrily until daylight. and later. 1t
is hard to imagine where they get
their money to keep it up.
"The> other class is just as far in
the, opposite direction. They have
nothing at all. There are about rs
families living in cars, and the rail
road issues bread and meat daily to
some families. The Chinese Eastern
in days past maintained a large hos
pital here, the buildings covering
four acres Now the buildings are
filled up by people using the wards
and rooms for dwelling places, and
no one to object. There is no city
authority, and no government Of any
kind, aside from the semi martial
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
ONLY RUNORS OF
GERMAN DRIVE
REACH HARDIN,
ADDERS WRITES
Dilworth Man, In Russian
Railway Commission, +.
In Manchuria
CONDITIONS ARE
VERY UNSETTLED
Division OF Authority Be
tween Russians and
Chinese Noted

Members of the American railway
commission to Russia had received
only rumors Of the great German Of
fensive, launched against the allied
lines in France March 81. on April l,
according to a letter written by
Lieut. C. G. Anders, Dilworth, Mimi,
member of the commission, from
Hardin, Manchuria, to his brother,
Frank L. Anders, Fargo city en-
gineer. 80.
Just heard rumors of the great
German offensive reported to be in
operation the last week." writes
Lieutenant Anders. TT appears to
be a German report. but we are quite
anxious to hear more about it, and
would like to see the allies report,
but have no way Of getting any
news. A copy of The North China
News, printed in Shanghai, shows up
here occasionally. but it is so much
like, the NagasaIki. Japan, Press that
not very much can be learned from
what you see in it"
Lieutenant Anders adds that he is
rapidly learning Russian, and has a
vocabulary of nearly 1000 words,
but has difficulty in putting them
together.
Railway Operation Likely.
1t no" D9SlnS TO lOOh SS IL W
we're to commence operations on the
Chinese Eastern railway" adds
Lieutenant Anders. Some contin-
gents have been assigned to loca-
tions. Our contingent is not assign
ed to any location yet. Major john
son goes as assistant to Lieutenant
Colonel Stewart, who will check up
conditions over the entire Chinese
Eastern, and will go with him. So
expect to be quite busy, and at the
same time see much of the country.
do not know vet when the bal
ance Of the contingent will come up
from Nagasaki. There are still
about 100 at that point"
Conditions Are Unsettled.
Conditions in that. part Of the
world are very much unsettled,
Lieutenant Anders writes. and adds
that the people are pretty much Of
a mixed lot.
Have been looking for some ex-
citement here the last few days, but
so far everything is quiet. The Chi
nese have doubled the guards at
night and use companies for patrol
duty In riot formation. which prob
ably has much to do with the quiet
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
Women S Meet At
CAPITAL Friday

Bismarck, N, D., May 14.-With SUCH
.a noted national worker as Mrs.
Eleanor Barker, OF Indianapolis, Ind,
and many prominent state leaders in
women's clubs on the program, the
fourth annual meeting Of the Eighth
District Federation Of .Women's clubs,
to be held in Bismarck on Friday Of
this week, promises to be notable
gathering.
Mrs Barker, who comes to North
Dakota as a representative of Federal
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover,
Will address the women of the capital
city on Food Conservation. At the
same meeting Mrs. p G. Remington,
district superintendent for the Red
Cross in southwestern North Dakota,
will speak on the Red Cross, and Mrs
fl. g. Wick. of Cavalier, state president
Of the Federation of Women's clubs,
will talk =
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14

from the enemy. Meanwhile the
Americans rested in their trenches
and enjoyed hearty laugh.
An American officer turned the
tables nicely on the enemy recently.
The Germans retired during a bonn
bardment to concrete dugouts behind
their trenches, leaving the first three
lines to one man, who went around
setting off flares, to create the i'm
preston that the whole front was
alive with Germans.
An American patrol leader went
over and discovered the ruse. He
killed the one German, invaded the
trenches and gathered dozens Of
street signs the Germans had posted,
returning to his own lines with the
signs tucked under his arm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
kIDDIES PROVE
FRIENDS TO YANKS.

Hankinson, N. D.. May 14.-''You
should have seen me yesterday
(March 30" writes Byron LisE, a
former Hankinson boy, from Some
where in France" to his mother. II
was sitting on a stone wall on my
post with about a dozen French and
Belgian children around me, trying
to teach me French. The children
seem to be as anxious to learn the
American language as we are to learn
their tongue"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
oUITT eoT UNISON TERM.
Pleaded Guilty at Minot to Automo
bile Stealing Charge.

Bismarck, NJ. D., May 14-James
Quit, sentenced at Minot to two and
a half years in the state prison, was
brought to the penitentiary today to
begin his sentence.
Quit was arrested for a series OF
burglaries in Divide county, pleading
guilty at Minot to the charge of steal
ing an automobile
Officials also charge Quit with the
theft of wheat carried from gran
aries in the stolen automobile TO q
cache near Kenmare. at which poin'
the accused intended to market the
grain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
vETERAN EDUCATOR Dis.
odeII F. Sheets Victim Of Append
- s.. hn:-aan.Aa L>....haL

OdolI r. Sheets Victim o. NppandI.
citis in Minnesota Hospital.
Wahpeton, N. D., May 14.-Odell f.
Sheets, for five years superintendent
of the Barney, NJ d. schools, and
who has spent nearly quarter cen
tury engaged in educational work in
North Dakota, passed away at a.
Fergus Falls hospital, OF appendi-
citis.
Mr.. Sheets was superintendent of
the DeLemere schools and the Nc
Leod schools. He was born at VII
lard. Mimi, and was postmaster
there four years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
CAPTAINS MOTHER DEAD.

Mott, N. D., May 14.-Mrs. Agnes
NJ. Boyd, mother Of Capt. S. J. Boyd
of Mott, died at Los ,Molinos, Cal
Death was due to heart failure. Mrs
Boyd was one of the early settlers
of Hettinger county. She was a ma
tive Of the state Of Indiana, being
born at Butlerville, June Is, 1916.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
SEVEN GIRLS IN SPILL.

Only one Is Injured When Auto
overturns at Lisbon
Lisbon, N. D., May 14.-There were
seven girls in Merle Towne's automo-
bile when it overturned here, only
one, Miss Helma Erickson, being in
jured. The strong top on the car
saved others from injury when the
machine rolled completely over.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
HO1O 1t Feels
To Be ceased"

Breckenridge, MINI, May IA
What it means to be "gassed' is de-
scribed by Edmund Gewalt of Breck-
enrdge. with the American expedi-
tionary force in France.
First, a man doesn't notice IT,"
writes Gewalt. In about an hour or
two he is seized with coughing
spell, which, il he is gassed hard
enough, will bump him of. Water
issues from the lungs enough to I'll
a two-quart pail. The eyes are made
sightless by mustard gas. Any place
that is damp on your body, and the
gas touches it, causes it to become
painfully inhamed. A hundred gas
patients can be heard at distance
Of a mile, coughing all the time. II
the lungs Are burned bad enough
tuberculosis sets in. And still gas
fighting is declared fair fighting"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
Foop sURVEY coMPLErE.

rev INSTANCES OF FTOaF0InU 10 La
Moure County, Report.
La Moure, M. D., May 14-La-
Moure's food survey has been COM
pleted, Boy Scouts conducting the
work for the county food admins
tration, and caring for tf,a job in
record time.
Few instances of excessive food
holdings are being reported by the
Boy Scout investigators.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
GIRL IS badly gURNEp.

Miss Julia kendrick, Van Hook, Tries
to Hasten Fire With Gasoline.
Minot, N. D., May 1.-THE condi-
ton of Miss Julia Kendrick, of Van
Hook, critically burned several days
ago by the explosion OF a can OF
gasoline, Is. serious. The oil was be-
ing poured from a five-gallon can on
an open fire, the girl seeking to
hasten the fire. @ '
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
BROOD SOW FARROWS
10 LITTLE PoRKE Frs

Minot, N. d., May 14.-Nineteen
pigs were narrowed by a. brood SOW
owned by Frank Haig, proprietor OF
Grow Acres farm near here. All are
alive. Five Of the little porkers are
being fed with a bottle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14

For quick results use The Fargo
Forum want ads
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14

Great reductions on hats. Holder
man s.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
CARPENTER is KILLED.

n. J. 5eisecker, Fessenden, Thrown
From Buggy to Concrete Curb.
Fessenden, N. D.. May 14.--H. ]
Beiseker, a carpenter, was killed
when thrown from a buggy in an
automobile accident. Beiseker was
thrown in such manner that his head
hit a concrete curb.
For quick results use The Fargo
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14

lg WOuiu y
duty /
s1sss5-,5
If%!gzg
III
SE=;:::::= ::::;::l
S:= =:I
@ =. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-14
Start today to buy
War Savings Stamps

Start
War Sa
1~ss-@saa
.IENIPSPQTjJIpE
IgA2955h
IIaAIl5H.
IRSW.TBB.
|I|.= .5..."!..
HsS::s5I8lI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
The Marines.

Gen. Barnett's statement before the
House naval committee yesterday re-
specting the needs of the Marine Corps
during the coming fiscal year involves
a showing of marine services in the
war that forms one Of the most bril-
liant chapters Of the American partici-
patton In the great conflict. Almost
continuous fighting was the portion of
these men, who were put into line
among the first and who stayed to the
finish. Long ago was heard the story
of Belleau wood, where the marines
prevented the Germans from breaking
through, and we knew the cost of their
victory was heavy. But not until Gen.
Barnett told the naval committee that
out Of $500 marines engaged there
5,720 suffered casualties did we real
ize how heavy that cost was.
Belleau wood was one Of the crucial
Of the great war. Had
the line not been held at that point the
German drive toward Paris must in
svitably have gained . momentum
mich 4 would have been almost I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
The Indians War Service.

A most gratifying record of prog
ress toward full and responsible citi-
zenship on the part Of the American
Indians is written in the annual re-
port of Commissioner Sells, who shows
that the Indians have participated in
the war work of the United States in
every direction and to the utmost de-
gree. Out of $4,000 eligibles over 1900
entered the Army and Navy and 500
performed other war work, nearly 25
per cent of the total. The Indians
bought liberty bonds, aided greatly
in the production of foodstuffs for the
American people and their allies and
by their industry and thrift rendered
most important service In the field
Of military operations the Indians ac-
quilted themselves remarkably well.
They were engaged in some of the
most important fights on the western
front, and proved themselves the best
of soldiers. The North American In
dian, indeed, has distinctly made good
in the great national crisis, and is en-
titled to high praise and full recogni-
ton for his services and the spirit in
which he has acquitted himself as a
citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
Secretary Glass Statement.

Secretary Glass first public state
ment regarding the state of the gov
ernment's finances follows in the lines
of his predecessor. There must be an
other bond issue in the spring, one of
short maturity. The proceeds of the
fourth loan have all been expended,
and there is need of additional reve-
nue.. The public is urged to continue
to practice economy and to contribute
to the federal revenues by the pur-
chase of war savings stamps and GER
tifcates pending the issue of the bonds
of the fifth loan. These means will
tide the government over the interim
that must elapse before another large
sum is asked of the people.
Mr.. Glass injunction to the public
to be careful in expenditures and to
be prepared to contribute to the emer-
gency funds of the Treasury is i'm
portant. There is already a tendency
toward relaxation from wartime
thrift. Hostilities have ceased, but
peace is not at hand and there remains
a large work to be done An army
must be maintained in Europe greater
than this country has ever before sup
ported when actual fighting was not
in progress. Those troops which have
not been assigned to the duty of hold
ing the front lines pending the ad-
justment of peace must be brought
back home and demobilized Camps
must be maintained. The Navy must
be supported virtually on a war basis.
Ships are to be built. The admins
trative costs are still very high. In a
great many particulars the budget of
expenses is far above normal.
1t will be serious misfortune if
the people lapse at once into habits of
lavishness. They have put aside
through bonds and stamps several bill
lion dollars, with but little effort Con-
tinuance of their sacrifices to the end
of sustaining the credit of the govern
ment will make their savings amount
to material sums. The fifth loan is
likely to be followed by sixth, as in
all probability there cannot be sufi-
cient reduction of expenditures within
this coming calendar year to bring the
outgo down to the point of even
extraordinary revenues by taxation.
Therefore, the urging of the new Sec
rotary of the Treasury that the peo-
pie should go slow in resuming their
pre-war scale of expenditures is Jus
tilted by every consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20

possible to check. In consequence Of
the American success there the Ger
mans were held in such a position that
later Foch was able to organize his
great counter attack in the ViHers
Cotteret forest, lying west and north,
and deliver the stroke against the en-
envy that opened the wonderful hun
dred days Of continuous allied victory.
/ It is now recommended that the Ma
rine Corps be increased to a perma-
nent organized strength of 1925 men.
This is an increase of about 100 per
cent from the pre-war strength. Sec
rotary Daniels, however, has recon-
mended an increase to only 26,3OO, or
one-ffth of the permanent naval
strength. Which of these two figures
will be adopted by Congress remains
for future decision, but in consider
ing the matter it should always be
borne in mind that the Marine Corps,
with its all-round efficiency, its mo-
bi4ity, its experience, was one of the
chief factors in the victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20

try over there-win follow the discus
sions on Capitol Hill as closely as the
same class here at home. The circu1a-
ton of the Congressional Record may
not become International, but the
cables viii carry abroad by special
and regular service longer reports than
hitherto.
Senator Knox has opened the ball.
Others will follow. Both sides of the
chamber will become vocal. In time
the House will take up subjects of in
ternational consequence. What is said
on the subject Of peace, as we'll as on
the subject of our postwar Army and
Navy establishments, will find eager
readers wherever the importance of
the United States in the new world
order is appreciated,
In this way the fame Of our leading
legislators will widen. Those men who
make study of the larger questions,
and particularly such as relate to is
sues growing out of the war, will find
a great many readers abroad for all
their observations. What they say
and how they vote will be noted there.
This may make for more debate and
larger Record than ever, but the in
crease will be we'll justified if the op-
portunity is improved to the develop
ment of the best powers of those par
ticipating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
GRASP the OPPORTUNITIES!

One contributor to the fourteen op-
portunities has adopted" one of the
families enumerated by the Associated
Charities and has thus taken that case
entirely out of the score. That is one
of the best Christmas presents that any
one can give. Inasmueh as contribu-
tions have been made to all of the
others it is now impossible for any
one to take over the care of single
family entirely, but there is stiH a
chance to do a large bit of real char
ity by assuming responsibility for the
balance of any one of the remaining
thirteen funds. If this is beyond the
means every dollar given will help.
These opportunities close on Christ
mas day, and by that day Washington
should have subscribed every penny
of the necessary amount and maintain
ed its most gratifying record of 100
per cent response to appeals for aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
Hindenburg's New Line.

Explanation Of the reported resig-
Berlin is not yet forthcoming. and so
it is impossible to know the situation
at the German capital, where various
f9rccs are in action in the process of
reorganization. One dispatch states
that the congress of councils on We'd
nesday transferred legislative and
executive power to the peoples com
missioners-the Ebert government
which would appear to contradict the
report of resignation. But there is no
indication Of reaction in the congress
itself. which is clearly controlled by
socialists.
Today comes a statement from Zurich
to the effect that Hindenburg has
wired the Berlin government announc
ing his intention to form new front
six miles behind the neutral zone fixed
by the armistiee and that the govern
ment has asked him for an explana-
ton, but has not yet received reply.
The correspondent afirms that three
officers Of high rank. including Hin
denhurg. are behind counter revolu-
tionary movement and that the exist
ing government is manifestly incapa-
bic of preventing the realization of
their schemes.
If there is truth in the report that
HindenhurG plans to form new line
it does not necessarily follow that he
proposes or plots counter revolution.
1t would he natural to establish such
line along the new frontier. The
war is not over. Merely an armistiee
has been signed pending peace consul
tation. and the maintenance of a line
of defense would be the most natural
move for the German commander-in-
CHIEF. But it must be borne in mind
that this iine cannot be made so strong
as to resist an allied advance should
that become necessary through failure
of peace or the commission of some
treacherous act by Germany, and it
may he possible that the purpose of
Hindenburg's maneuver is to estab-
ish a hrcastwork to check a forward
movement by the allies long enough
TO permit counter revolution within
Germany.
Yet any such attempt is doomed to
failure. Elimination of the military
autocracy of Germany is one of the
fundamental principles upon which the
allied powers are now agreed. And
any violent reaction within Germany
is certain to evoke 4 prompt move by
the allied forces, now overwhelmingly
preponderent in point of numbers and
materials on the western trout, while
the scacoast of Germany lies open to
naval attack and the landing of forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
The Congressional Debates.

"Who reads the congressional de-
bates?" was for long an inquiry pro-
pounded by those ready with the an
swer, "Nobody." Such persons contend
ed that the publishing of the Con-
gressional Record was a waste of white
paper; that it ministered only to the
vanity of senators and representatives,
who liked to see themselves in print !;
that the best way to cure the long
wmdedness of the legislators would be
through securing the abolition of that
exhibition of vanity.
There was nothing to the charge.
The Record has always been an inter
esting publication, and we'll and wide
]y read The debates in Congress have
always been worth attention, and have
received attention from those whose
attention Congress wished to attract.
And more than ever now the out
givings of Congress will circulate
among serious-minded men. New is
sues have arisen. Old issues have
taken on new phases. Legislators are
furnishing their knowledge of state
craft and the Constitution and making
their de1verances appealing in . very
Ieal sense.
Nor is this quickened interest con-
6ned to America Congress now has .
greatly increased gallery. Serious
minded men in Europe-in every eom,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
Myth and Reality.

It's something hard to struggle with,
The thought that comes anew;
Old Santa Claus is but a myth,
Bill Hohenzollern's true!
The kindly thought, the generous toll
On fiction must be reared,
While tyranny's mad lust Of spoil
As ugly fact ia fearedi
Yet Ruthless Bill seems but a name
For some unhallowed sprite,
While Santa Claus is still the same,
A friend with smiling bright.
And as for holidays arrayed,
A joyous world we view.
The earthly monsters but q shade;
The myth is fine and true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20

The Germans who are so conspicu-
ously gay would contribute some in
teresting data to psychology if they
were to present a precise explanation
of what they are rejoicing about.