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

Chicago-Counsel In the case of
| Cong.-eIect Victor L. Berger. Of Mil
waukee, and four other prominent
Socialists on a charge of violation OF
testimony probably will begin late to-
day. Chief Counsel Stedman, for the
I'VE accused men, expected to consume
the greater portion of the morning
Henry cochems. Of the counsel for the
defense, planned to follow Stedman
and will probably take up the larger
part of the afternoon session.
Lsondon-John Lester, OF Tutwiler.
Miss. claiming to be the first Ameri-
can prisoner Of the Germans in the
Toul sector, having been captured in
reached London last night under care
of the American Red Cross. Lester
said he had a hard time in the hands
OF the Germans for four months after
to place and never given decent
meal, finally reaching the camp at
Tuchel, where thousands of Russian
prisoners were dying daily OF starya-
camp shortly afterwards, however,
and from that time on he never need
ed to eat a single ounce OF the Ger
Lester. he was able from the surplus
received, to relieve some OF his fam
ished Russian comrades.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the coun-
try that the influenza epidemic is by
no means ended and that all possible
precautions against the disease should
be taken, was issued last night by
Surgeon General Blue, of the public
the service show a recrudescence or
the disease practically from one end
Of the country to the other and in his
statement DR.. Blue advised the clos
ing of the public schools on the first
sign of the temperance OF the cpl
demic. He said the disease apparently
now tended to occur more frequently
among school children.
Chicago--William y. Ogburn, for
merly a professor of economics in the
Washington state university and now
an examiner for the war labor board,
was the first and only witness in the
hearing of the petition of the packing
house employees for more wages, bet
ter working conditions and other con-
cessions before Judge Samuel Al
schuler, federal arbitrator in the dis
pute, yesterday.
Vladivostok-The second unit of the
Canadian Siberian eXpeditionary fore
es, consisting of 80 officers and 400 of
other ranks, including a squadron OF
mounted police, has arrived here.
London - Grand Duke Nicholas
holaievitch, former Communicating
chief of the Russian army, is now In
command of a force of Cossacks in
southern Russia, according to a Rus
sian wireless message received here
yesterday.
Washington Charles Piez, vice
president and generaI manager OF the |
Emergency Fleet corporation, is to
succeed Charles NJ. Schwab as director
to- al
yesterday at headquarters here OF
the shipping board.
Baltimore-Though the German en-
peror has abdicated, 'Kultur still |
wants to reign" in the military, polit- |
ical and commercial affairs Of the |
world, Edward De Billy, French high |
commissioner in the United States, |
declared in an address last night be-
fore the southern commercial colleges. |
Helena, Mont.-Arrests of alleged |
bootleggers on Indian reservations |
have begun. according to word reach |
marshal here. It is said that large |
quantities of liquor are being stored |
on the reservations against prohibi-
ton.
citizens of KalispelI yesterday. petit
toned the state board of health to |
establish statewide quarantine Tor |
influenza,
Helena, Mont-The application of |
the coal mines in the Bear Creek field |
for leave to raise prices has been de-
MED by the national fuel administra~
ton.
Washington-Six men OF the crew
are dead and 80 others more or less |
seriously injured as the result of an
explosion of coal dust on the armored |
cruiser Brooklyn at Yokohama, Japan
last Monday.
-Copenhagen--Accor to reports |
from Berlin, the entente governments |
intend, to refuse to send foodstuffs to
GERMANY until demand they are said
TO have made for the dissolution or
the soldiers and workmen's councils
is carried out.
washington-Al South American
countries have been asked by the
United States to join in its suggestion
10 Chile and. Peru that the interests
of the Pan-American unity demand an
amicable settlement of their contro-
versy over the provinces Of Tacna and
africa.
JESS WILLARD rs SUED.
(By Associated Pressl
New York, Dec. 12.--Jess Wi4lard.
boxing. champion or the
world, was made defendant in $2S,-
poG s1iit brought in the supreme court
here Wednesday by two promoters
merly acted as his managers.