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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
The Relsian Report.

London, Oct. 1.-Continued prog
ress along the whole front in Bel
gium yesterday is recorded in the
Belgian official statement issued this
morning. The statement says thai
Anersweld and Oostniewkerke have
been carried and Belgium troops
have crossed the Zarren -Roulrs and
the Roulers- -Menin road at several
points.
The official statement reads:
The allied and Belgian troops con-
tinued their brilliant attacks and
made further progress.
1.-THE Belgian army, suppe5ted hy
French forces, pushed their b for
ward two l5iiometers east of8AaTEsni
captured Stadensett, reached the
approaches to Roulers and crossed
the Roulers -Menin high road.
'HThe army Of General Plumer, in
spite of heavy counter attacks by
the enemy in the region of Cheluwe,
threatens Menin and has reached the
river Lys on a line from Warnton,
through Confines to WerVicq "a front
Of five miles).
Additional prisoners and more
cannon were captured but it has not
been possible to count them"
RouIers May Have Fallen.
London, Sept. 80, Z P. M.--Roulers
a Belgian town 13 miles northeast
of Ypres, was captured today by
Belgian troop, according to dis
patch received by The Evening News
from the Belgian battlefront.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
STATE TOTAL TN
FOURTH L0ANI is
near Il MILLION,
SAYS NJ Do W ELL
Chairman Declares Drive
Going as Well as Was
Expected
Especial TO he Forum.)

Marion, N. D., OF. 1-North Dako-
ta.sat noon today had subscribed APP
proximately $12,O0O,OO0 of its quota
of $19,00O,0OO in the Fourth Liberty
Loan drive, Wesley G. Mcdowell,
state chairman, said in "a statement
here this afternoon.
The drive is going as well as was
expected" Mr.. Mcdowell said, par
ticularily so in view of the busy
season in the northern half of the
state where threshing is in progress,
and, while reports are coming in
slowly, I am confident that the state
will make its quota.
Raising S7,000,000 more, however.
is al huge task, and must again
urge against oVeroptimism. Hard
work. and lots Of It, face the workers
If the state is to reacn its goal
The drive in many counties is
just commencing, and a hard week IS
ahead. While about 25 counties have
raised their allotments, they are
counties in the western half OF the
state where the allotHnents We're
small because of crop conditions" !"
Mr., Mcdowell expressed satisfac-
tion OF the response in voluntary
subscription declaring that the re-
suit was indicative of the patriotism
of North Dakota citizens.
Minot went over the top in it's
drive this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
az .Associatad Press.l

Washington, Oct. 1.-The Ameri-
can government in reply to Ger
many's threat to, execute American
prisoners of war found in possession
OF shotguns, today gave notice that
If Germany carries out any such
threat suitable reprisals will be
taken.
Secretary Lansing's reply made
public today declares that the use
of shotguns is sanctioned by The
Hague conventions, and that in COM
parison with other weapons now
used in modern warfare the shot
guns used by the American troops
cannot be the subject Of legitimate
or reasonable protest.
IL the German government should
carry out its threat in a single in
stance, saws Secretary Lansing S
reply, 'it will be the right and duty
of the United States to make such
reprisals as will best protect the
American forces, and notice is here
by given of the intention of the gov
ernment of the United States to take
such Feprisals."
The article Of The Hague converl-
tion on which Germany based It's
protest was that forbidding the en-
ployment of arms, projectiles, or
materials calculated to cause ur-
necessary suffering"
Officials said the prohibition is
directed not against efficiency In
killing, wounding or injufing. but
against cruelty and terrorism. With
in such prohibited category, they
said, falls chlorine gas, Hammer
werers or sawtooth baycnets used
by the Germans"
The shotgun, it contended, is ex-
actly analogous to shrapnel shells
discharging a multitude OF small bul-
let's or a machine gun discllarging a
spray of pointed bullets.
Officials said that nine bullets are
used in each cartridge in the shot
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Lansing Pron1ptLyCnHs
Enemy BIutfOf RebriSazs
On YanRS Using Sh0tgu1as

guns and that the only instances
where a shotgun projectile causes
more injury to any one enemy SOL
dier than would a shot by rifle bull
! let are instances where the enemy
soldier has approached so close to
the shooter that he is struck by
more than one bullet.
So far as is known here, shotguns
have been employed by American
troops in France only in police work
and in repelling trench raids. Of
flcers say they have been very effec-
tive in meeting enemy attacks be-
cause they furnish scattering fire
at point blank range and the roar of
them alone is very hard on the NOR
ale Of the troops against whom they
are used.
There is a possibility, it was sad.
that shotguns have been used In
mopping up captured trenches. but
they have not been extensively dis
tributed to the troops abroad, nor do
they supplant any other weapon.
They are viewed by some officers as
an answer to the German gas gren-
ades and flame throwers, use OF
which is specifically forbidden by the
generally recognized rules of war
fare.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01

The announcement that the Turks
Palestine army was driven over the
Plains of Esdraelon, known as the
Battlefield of Armageddon," and
there practically destroyed, is Of pro-
found interest to students of Biblical
and Jewish history. This, plain was
the scene in ancient times of many
sanguinary struggles, but is OF es-
pecial interest to the modern world
by the reference to it in Apocalypse,
Grew. xvi, 16) as the place where in
the final struggle between good and
evil, the greatest of all battles will
be fought: "The battle of that great
day of God Almighty"
The plain separates Galilee from
samaria, is tringular in form, and
surrounded by mountains, OF which
Mont Carmel is the most conspicu-
Gus. Through itfruns the road across
Palestine, which was the greatest
thoroughfare Of Aisa Minor in anci-
ent times.
1t was because OF lying on the
easiest and most frequented highway
of antiquity that 1t became such a
frequent and famous battle ground.
I'm it," writes one historian, eide
on's gallant band of 300 picked men
routed the Midianites from beyond
the Jordan by their sudden night at
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Goggpetito2.s OF
Liberty Loan TO
Be BLackIiSted

i a ~
washington, Oct. 4. More than 500
promoters Of questionable specula-
tive enterprises who are selling Sc
ctrities in competition with the
Fourth Liberty loan and in defiance
of the governments capital issued
committee are under investigation by
that committee and steps to blacklist
them publicly may be taken soon.
This was learned today from q re-
port of the enforcement section OF
the capital issues committee, which
for weeks has been gathering ey1-
dence. More than $500, 100000 fraud
ulent or unauthorized securities are
now on the market, it is reported.
Enemy studying
With the American Army North of
VerdlIn, Monday. Sept 3O.-Although
the Germans are giving every evil
dence that they intend to hold des-
perately to the present line instead
OF retreating, they have overlooked
no details which facilitate retire.
ment should it become necessary.
their divisions are not entirely fresh,
or half fresh tsoops, but consist in
part OF regiments secured by dis
solving divisions already in line
which were split up to help out else
where.
The following order which was
captured on German officer show
that the enemy is overlooking no
chances:
can lines of retreat must be ac-
curately ascertaiued by all COM
panies and whenever possible all
platoon commanders should go back
over them as soon as possible to the
first line. Soldiers also shoull ac
quaint themselves with the names
OF the lines of retirement" In a
pocket OF a, prisoner captured re-
Gently there was found American
propaganda literature dropped by
airplane The Germans express
themselves as being interested in
this literature.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Great Lottery
BCOn1bJeated at
81. M. Today
fBy Associated Press,

Washington, Oct. drawing or
order numbers for 100000 draft
registrants was completed ali 8
O'Clock this morning, hours ahead Of
schedule. he last number taken
from the glass bowl was 1874.
BY working i'm relays through the
might, officers and enlisted men Of
the army speeded UP the drawing
more readily than in previous lot-
teries. Provost Marshal General
Crowder watched the operation from
start to finish. There was only one
accident in the whole thing" said
Gen. Crowder, and that came on
the last number The paper slipped
out Of a capsule but 1T was found in
the bowl and so IL made no differ
ence, but fo IA moment. we thought
we were short one number"
Telephone communication was
maintained with the government
printing ONCE during the drawing
and the master list will be fiisEribut-
ed Immediately 10 district draft
boards by which It viii be made
public.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01

tack. On Mount Gilboa, Saul and
Jonathan made their last tragic
stand against the PhiIistine army.
In the southwestern arm of the plain
King Josiah was defeated and slain
by the Egyptian army. Holofernes
set up his camp on the Plain Of Es-
draelon. So did Pompey, and Mark,
Anthony, and Titus. Near Mount
Tabor Vespasian in the year 81 A. d.
routed the Jewish patriots with great
slaughter.
THE last significant campaign Of
the Crusades took place when, one
after another, the Christian strong
holds on the edges Of this plain were
captured by the Saracen army under
Saladin. Six hundred years later
east and west again met on the his
toric battlefield, when Napoleon
Bonaparte was victorious over the
Turks. though the victory was won
at such great cost that he had to
retreat to Acre and give up his am
bilious dreams of rivaling Alexan-
der the Great as the conqueror of
Asia" Today dispatches tell OF the
arrival OF British forces at Damas-
Gus, and the advance Of French cav
airy In Beirut, the most important
port on this part of the Mediterran-
can. 1t is just north OF Saida on
this map,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01

How the Hindenburg line has been
shattered is shown by the accom-
panying map, the white line showing
the battlefront at p. m. today.
1 The dotted line is the Hindenburg
line and the black line the furthest
German advance. From Nieuport the
allied line today ran south to Dix
nude, southeast to Roulers, south and
virtually surrounded, and thence an
arc to near La Bassee. Thence it
runs south through the westsrn out
skirts to Lens to Gavrelle, where it
swings southeast to Blecourt, three
miles north of Cambrai.
Around Cambria the British line is
less than mile from the center of
the city. South Of Cambria the st
Quentin canal forms the line until
the region southwest Of lie Catelet
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
nRAFT EVApERs EscAPE.
(By Associated Press.l

y = =
Owen, Wis., Oct. 1.-Leslie and
Louis Kruger, alleged army service
evaders, believed trapped in a barn
on the farm Of Wesley Stout, il
miles southeast of here, sIipped oGt
during the night and are thought 10
be hiding in the woods. Farmers.
armed with rifles and shotguns and
stats guards from nearby cities are
searching the woods. 1t is believed
the fugitives will put up fight.
Guards entered the barn today and
ordered the boys to come forth.
Receiving no response, armed men
entered the hay NOW and found de-
pressions in the hay where apparent
ly two men had Leen lying, but they
had made their escape
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Coal Production
VIII Be Speeded
90 Associated Press.l !.

Washington, Oct. Ito avert a
coal famine this winter and also to
meet all the needs OF the war pro-
gram, Fuel Administrator Garfield
today launched drive for coal pro-
|duction which is to continue until
April. i.
In a formal proclamation to opera
tors and miners alike, the fuel ad-
mfnistrator calls upon all to enlist in
a detailed program to produce 12,-
234, 600 tons of bituminous coal and
2,030,000 tons OF anthracite every
week. This tonnage, he promises,
will give the country all the coal
needed this winter. 1t represents a
weekly increase of 1,731.000 tons Of
bituminous and 121 900 tons. Of
anthracite.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
GERMAN TROOPS
REACH SOFIA AS
FRENCH CAVALRY
CAPTURE USKUB.

Amsterdam, Oct. German
troops arrived at Sofia Friday night,
according to a Berlin telegram to
The Weser. zeitung of Bremen, which
says: They were received with
great enthusiasm by the population"
Vienna newspapers, received here,
announce the arrival of Austro- Hun
garian troops at Sofia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
serbians at Border.

London. Oct. LIN the region
east of VesIes. Serbian troops Sum
day severely defeated the Bulgarians
near Cl1arevo six miles from
the Bulgarian frontier. The
Serbian official statement of Mon
day reports that the Bulgarian fore
es were cut in two parts.
The Inhabitants of Serbia say the
Bulgarian soldiers killed their Of
ficers who tried to stop them IN their
flight. UslSub was occupied by
French cavalry Sunday
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
$50, 900 College
Students SUorn
Into u. S. Army
(By AssoeIated Presg.l

Washington, Oct. t.-one hundred
and fifty thousand college students
lin all sections of the country were
mustered today into the students
army reserve corps at more than 500
colleges and universities, becoming
Ia part of the military forces and
|pIedging themselves to the defense
of the nation Social programs were
arranged at the schools to inaugur-
ate the corps with formal ceremony.
Standing at attention, the students
heard read messages from President
Wilson, Acting Secretary Crowell
and General March, the chief of
staff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
FRENCH PUSHING
TOWARD EASTERN
END OF FAMOUS
LADIES ROAD
1Rv Assoclased press. J

General Bertholet resumed Tues
day morning his onslaughts against
the German lines between the Vesle
and the Aisne in the region west OF
Rheims. The French here are march
ing toward the eastern end of the
Chemin des Danes and the open
country north of Rheims by which
the pivot point Of Laon can be out
flanked.
From the Suippe to the Meuse the
French and Amerlcanas maintain
their strong steady pressure against
the German forces defending the i'm
portant communication lines run
ming east to Metz from the Laor-
st. Quentin region. West of the
Argonne the French are pressing up
Ihe valley Of the Aisne toward Chal-
lerange and Vouziers. Since Sept.
26 the French have. captured more
than 10000 prisoners and In excess
of 800 guns on this front. East or
the Argonne the Americana continue
to maintain aud improve their posi-
tions in the face Of strong German
resistance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Berlin CrOzgdS
Chee,. Bulga1es
Demanding Peace
lRr Associated Press,

JbV AsSUCIdtsN Z 4Vss.J
London, Oct. IA peace demon
stratiou took place in Berlin on Sat
urday, according to news received
here today. The cheering crowds as
Sembled in front Of the Bulgarian
legation at the German capital, neces-
stating police intervention.
The rioters. according to the in
formal tion. got the upper hand of the
adtoHrfties and committed excesses. a
number OF statues in the Berlin
squares were destroyed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01

is reached. Between here and St
Quentin the British have driven a
sharp salient with its apex at Le-
vergies. st. Quentin is surrounded
north, west and south, whence the
French hold an irregular line south
ward to Lafere. Running along the
west edge of the forest of st. Gobain
the line strikes the Ailette at .Anizy
and then runs southeast across the
Chemin des Danes AMI along the
OiseAAisne canal to the Vesle at
Jonchery. Thence to st. Marie-A-
Ply, past Rheims the line runs east.
West of the Suippe there Is salient
with its apex at Monthois Crossing
the Argonne south of Grandpre the
line runs northeastward to the Meuse
at Brieulles. From the Meuse to the
Swiss border there has been little
change.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Canal Ia the Iine.

With the British Army in France,
Oct Mot one German now re-
mains on the western side Of the st.
Quentin canal. The enemy was
driven back i'm the heavy fighting
last evening and last night. The GER
mans are holding the east bank in
great strength.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
French Airmen
Get IS B0ches
G. Associated 80. )

Paris. Monday. Sept. go. Twenty
five German airplanes were destroyed
by French aviators today, the war Of
fee reported tonight. Bombing squad
rons dropped 26 tons of bombs on con-
voys and concentration points behind
the enemy front.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
FORECAST.

W5WhEOlADIs
Wisconsin-Pro showers to-
night and Wednesday,; warmer to-
night.
Minnesota-Sh Showers this afternoon
or tonight; warmer in east and cooler
in northwest portions tonight;
Wednesday partly cloudy
Iowa--EJnsettIed. with showers this
afternoon and in east and south por-
Eions tonight; warmer tonight;
Wednesday partly cloudy.
North Dakota Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday,, cooler tonight.
South Dakota-GeneraIly fair to-
niEft and Wednesday; slightly cooler
Ia northwest portion tonight.
Montana - Fair tonight and
Wednesday,; slightly cooler in east
portion tonight,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
uskub Ia oecupied.

Paris, Sept. S0.-French cavalry
have entered Uskub., according to
official advices from Saloniki.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
BELGIAN CITY OF
ROULERS IS NOW
WITHIN GRASP OF
ALLIED ARMIES
British and Belgian Forces
Reach Outskirts of I'M
portant Center
STEADY PROGRESS
is BEING MADE
British Have Reached the
River Lys, AS Far West
AS Wervic
STEADY PROGRESS
is BEING MADE
(By Associated Press.

The wedge driven in between the
fortress Of Lille and the German sub
marine bases on the Belgian coast Is
being widened rapidly The Belgians
are encircling Roulers on the railway
line from Lille to the submarine bases
of Ostend and zeebrugge.
Further south the British menace
Menin, a junction point on the same
railroad and are along the. Lys river
west of Menin for a distance of five
miles. The forces under King Albert
Of Belgium are on open ground and
are overcoming heavy counter at
tacks by the enemy. 1t would seem
that the railroads forming and with
in the triangle Of Lille, Ghent and
Bruges would soon be lost to the
Germans, bringing about the evacua-
ton Of Cstend and Zeebrugge.
Havre, Monday, Sept. 30.- Belgian
and British forces under command
of King Albert continued today to
make good progress and reached the
environs Of Roulers and crossed the
TouIers- Menin road. The Official
statement of the Belgian war office
says that the British forces have
reached the river Lys on a front
from Warneton to Wervic. The
number of prisoners was further in
creased but it has not been possible
to count them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
Bulgars Wiling To
Fight Against Turk


armtste salonk indicated she not attaekng
that could only miay this
n with the allies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
British Within II
Miles Of Damascus

Paris octrGeneral Anbys troops miles
to Marcel Hutin of he de
Palestine according official this
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
haIf "a &c Takar1.

London, Monday, Sept. 30.-HaIf OF
the Chemin Des DANES from which
the enemy is retiring, has been cap
tured by the French.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
he Erenoh Report.

Paris, Oct. French troops were
this morning pushing ahead again on
the front between the Aisne and
Vesle rivers according to today's war
Office report. French attacks In the
Champagne are continuing with an
important advance scored in the
Aisne valley. Binarviile and Conds-
LeH- AudnY have been captured.
The French have taken more than
$4,000 prisoners on the front between
the Suippe and the Argonne since
Sept e6 and have captured more
than 300 gums in the same period Al
great number Of guns were OF "a
heavy calibre.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-01
British Fighting in Streets
of the City, Which Is
In Flames
SUBURBS HAVE
BEEN CAPTURED
Deep Wedge Being Driven
Between Cambria and
st. Quentin
tBy Associated Fress.1

French, British, American and
Belgian troops continue their smash
es against the German defenseE, fur
ther increasing the peril to the Ger
man armies from Verdun TO the
North Sea. The important baBtions
Of Lille, Cambria. St Quentin and
Laon more and more are becoming
Of Jess use to the Germans.
Cambria was burning today. hay-
ing been set on fire by Germans.
while Field Marshal Haig's forces
were pushing forward into its sub
urbs on the north. west and soutll-
west. st. Quentin the British were
extending the iron ring about that
important point. Between st. Quen-
tin and Cambria the British are
fighting their way across the
Scheldt canal at several points Ilav-
ing taken Veudhuil on the canal
west of LIE Catelet and midway be-
tween Cambria. and St Quentin.
Northeast OF st. Quentin the British
have taken the town OF Levergies,
east Of a point running north and
south through st. Quentin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-10
FIELD MARSHALS OF MAJOR LEAGUES
Being Coseups of the Men Who Will Battle for American
and National League Flags,
NO ED

Barrow held his league together In
the darkest days, and he only gave up
the fight when the prospects of adj
vancement came to him and his club
owners--a majority, at least-came
to the end Of their strings
Barrow ruled the international
league with the same firm hand that
has featured Ban Johnson's regime in
the American. He was always fair
and impartial and his word was law.
lie is natural leader and fighter. and
had he taken up a military instead
of baseball career he would be a
ranking officer today OF the type you
keep hearing about.
His wide experience I'm every depart
ment OF baseball from a player to a
league president has fitted him for
any job In the game. His ability to
handle men is one OF his greatest
assets
Harry Frazee likes Ed. Barrow be
cause of his agEressiveness. When he
started searching for a manager he
picked Barrow for two reasons-his
ability Should Jack Barry return 10
tho SoX Barrow would still be the
power behind the big guns.
Barrow is concenisI to meet He
is always careful in expressing
opinions and he never makes state
ment unless he is sure he is right A
fellow Ike that can't help making
GOOD.