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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-20
reat Allied Victory May Yet Result From the Austrian Offensive
erjous Riots In VIENNA 5000 Peasants In the Ukraine ReUO
vg Austrian Soldiers Are Promised They Win
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF THE WAR

Austrian pressure on the front
from Lake Garda to the Adriatio Is
growing weaker, although the fight"
ing 10 still strenuous along the
PiaVe from MenteIIo to the sea.
Since Sunday the enemy has been
held in check on the PiaVs line and
has made no gains on tho mountain
front while his los8 in prisoners
alone has risen to 1900. Repeated
efforts to deboueh from the west
bank of the river between MontelIo
and Sandona di Piave have been
repuIsed and only around Capo Sile
have the AustrianS made any prog"
rsss.
have advanced to the Fossetta canal
which parallels the IowIands along
the seacoast to Meetrev q suburb of
Venice. Vienna claims the canal
has been crossed at some points
southeast of MeoIoS but Rome re-
ports that the enemy advances have
been repuIsed.
Heavy fighting continues around
the MonteIlo Plateau. The Auetrians
have not yet gained control Of this
dominating height nor have they
apparently had any success in at
tempting 70 deboueh on to the lower
ground at SoViIla, south Of NerVesa'
RIVER HAS RISEN.
The waters Of the Piav0 have
come 60 the aid of the strongly re-
sistino Italians and the British Of
fieial 0tatement on the FIGHTING says
Ehe river has risen suddenly. The
rise has been sufficient to carry
away many of the bridges AustTianS
LzJ anpao@ $ha mfFSG@RT
International conditions In Aus-
+ria, specially as regards food, are
causing trouble. The oity council
Of Vienna has protested against re-
duetion of the bread ration and the
labor examinations in the Austrian
capital call for the "speediest gem
eral peace" I,
The food supplies In Austria are
reported at the lowest ebb since
The German Crown Prince has not
repeated his attacks against Rheims
before which 10000 of his troops
were repuIsed with heavy loss in
niuht attack Tuesday. The front
there is again quiet and the French
maintain Eheir positions.
East of Chateau ThiegTy, Amer"
lean patrols have crossed the Marine,
in boats and bested enemy patrols
in encounters. In addition to killing
a LARGE number of Germans, the
raiders. brought back prisoners
American bombing. airpIanes again
have bonbarded ConfIans, railroad
junction midway between VeFdun
and Metz, dropping SO bombs,
German aggression in the Ukraine
Is beninnina 60 reap the whirlwind,
aeeordinu to reports from Moscow.
q [rsvoIk on a large scale has broken
out IN Kiev, the Ukrainian capital
ard there has been much street
fiohtino, Forty thousand armed
nsssanfs have risen and the revolt
las spread to the provinces OF
Tdhernisov and PoltaVa.
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1e1.jcQnAi3en1en
70 Italian Front
tey Assoclared Press.1

Washington, June 2o.-The first
escadrilIe Of American aviators
trained in Italy started today for
the Italian front, and will go into
action Immediately upon their ar
rival, the italian embassy was in
formed today by cable from Rome.
The aViators are accompanied by
Captain LaGuardia, q. member of
congress, who has been in Italy
several months.
This first contingent" said the
.cablegram, is composed entirely Of
volunteers representing the finest
specimen Of American youth, This
morning they were received by
commissioner Of aeronautics,
-Chiesa,s and the assistant secretary
OF state, GalIenga, and numerous
civil and military authorities.
After many evidences Of soli-
darity given by the United States,
this contribution Of airnlen to our
fighting front constitutes a fresh
truth of the Invaluable support OF
America, the significance Of which
Is deeply appreciated by the italian
nation"
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Many Agents Are
Asking Lentency
(Rv Associated Presa.l

Washington, June 20.-Many self
acknowledged contingent fee agents
appeared yesterday at the depart
ment Of justice to explain their oper-
attons and to ask leniency in any ac-
tion the department may take to
break up the scheme Of defrauding
contractors and the government out
OF millions Of dollars. H.
Many OF these agents heretofore
had been unknown to the department
and this fact promoted the impress
Sion that the scheme of making COM
missions out of war orders is even
lieved. officials intimated that Ieni-
ency would be shown in all cases
where it was apparent that the con-
tractor or the commission agent
neither pretended to use or actually
did employ any sinister influence in
obtaining orders.
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SLaUS BelieUe
In-the AUieS
tBv Associated Press. J

r Geneva, Wednesday, June 19.-The
Jugo-Slavs believe in the eventual
victory Of the entente allies, accord
ing to The Journal Novine of Agram,
Hungary.
General Foch, whom David Lloyd
George called a great soldier, had not
yet disclosed his intentions" says the
newspaper. "He is carefully holding
back his reserves. and nobody knows
where he will employ them.
Every month the allies grow
stronger in men and richer IN ma
terial. Altogether it Is to the inter
est Of the Central Powers to conclude
a peace quickly. The international
strife between the nationalities of
Austria Hungary has reached it's
height. Never before in history has
the peoples spirit for freedom and
independence been as now. We have
every faith in the allies"
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ADMITS U-BOatS
Are q Failure
1Rv Associated Press.l


Tordon June 2O.-The German u
boats are unequal to the warfare
against them, Is the virtual adrn1s-
sion of Captain Persius, the naval
critic of The Berliner Tageblatt' says
a Rotterdam dispatch to The Daily
Telegraph, Captain Persius writes:
EVERY iaynan knows that boats
losses are unavoidable owing to the
continually increasing sharpness and
effectiveness of the defense measures
oF the enemy which, perhaps will
further increase as the war pro-
IT is scarcely to'be denied that our
enemies are both carrying on the war
and living and that 1t Wll De. pos
sihIe FOR them to defend themselves
against tonnage needs for a long
time, at any rate. From the beginning
of U-boat war, 1t was a mistake,
often committed by us to underestl-
mate the resources Of our enemies
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BURNQUIST MAJORITY ROLLED
UP CLOSE TO The $4,000 MARK
viii Not Oppose
Tones eSAmendn11e9t

Washington, June President
Wilson is understood to have de-
clined today to interpose active op-
position for the present at least to-
the Jones amendment to the
S11. 900, ,006 emergency Agricultural
appropriation bill. providing for alb
solute prohibition during the war.
The President is said 10 have
taken the position that while he
would have preferred precipitation
of the prohibition question in
separate legislation, he would not at
this time interfere in the matter, or
so long as 1t does not hold up final
enactment of the emergency agri-
cultural bill or other necessary
legislation.
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Raid Was
UndereStifnGted
tBy Associated Press.1

London. June 20.-Twenty-one
German destroyers, a large number
of submarines and numerous auSil-
larry craft are penned in the Bruges
canal docks as the result Of the re-
cent British naval operations at
Zeebrugge, the German submarine
base on the Belgian coast. Thomas
J, MacNamara, financial secretary
Of the admiralty, made announce
nent in the house OF commons to
this effect today and said that the
operations were more successful
than at first had been supposed. He
added that the German craft were
now the objects Of constant bomb
ing.
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ARTICLES Of Incorporation,
However, Retain Auto
cratic Powers
RICH FLOW OF
PROFITS ASSURED
Investors Get Z Per Cent,
Promoters 35 Per Cent,
And No Liabilities

Hundreds Of farmers, loyal
members of the National Non
partisan league, have been put
ting their good money into
4tfarmers' papers, - organizing
corporations for the purchase
or establishment of weekly
newspapers, but they have lost
control of each of these proper
ties to the Northwest Service
Bureau, an adjunct Of the Non
partisan league, organized and
controlled by President A. G.
Townley. .,.;.....
The Service, bureau, without
investing single dollar
has o3tained complete coIEtrol
Of every paper it has SO far or
ganized, and there are IL such
papers known to be in operation
in North Dakota at this time,
with at least another 10 or Is
papers either in the process of
organization, or already com
pleted.
Farmers have invested, in
the 10 newspapers definite
" known to be established,
about 100000; they have
invested greatly larger
sums in papers organized
in Minnesota, Montana and
South Dakota, with the pos
sibility that their total con-
tributions aggregate about
a quarter Of a million dol
lars, giving Mr.. Townley
control Of from 40 to 60 pa
pers scattered over the four
states, without investing
nickel.
George A Totten, appointed
recently by Governor Lynn j..
Frazier to the state board or re-
gents, is the leading light in the
field organization work for
the service bureau, with O. T.
Rishoff in charge Of the office
iof the bureau at ST. Paul.
The. whole result is obtained by
the Service Bureau through articles
tof incorporation under which the
voting power OF the preferred stock
Is limited to the number OF stock
holders OF such stocls-al man with
10 shares has but one vote, while
/ the common stock, 450 shares, issued
by the Service Bureau, lin payment
for promotion and organization
work" lis unlimited as to voting
Epower, and under the law each share
i OF stock has a vote. The fact that
the articles do not fix the voting
power, makes tho state law appli-
cable.
AS a result OF this provision, the
Service Bureau (ownd by Townley)
gets absolute control OF the news
tDaper properly without the invest
ment OF any money the only pos
sibIe way that the bureau can lose
control being by the sale of the pre-
BGerred stock to more than $50 indi-
yiduals.
Though the farmers may be 200
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Sacrifice Lights
And Gas Nest
fRv Aenociata6 press !

washington, June 20.-T1as pub
lie will be asked soon By tho gov
ernment to broaden its list Of war
sacrifices to include electric lights
and gas, as means Of saving
fuel.
Conferences between representa-
tives OF the fuel adrninistratio the
war industriea board and the ship-
ping board have Developed that
every phase OF Americas war maxi
ing is dependent on coal in the final
analysis The fuel administration
frankly has warned the nation that
the visible supply Of coal will not
cover the needs Of war industries,
househoIders and private industries,
and a beginning has been made in
curtailing the use Of fuel for nom
war manufacturing.
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ALL SFOCKfARDS
Are LICENSED
80 $50 '-~ = -
President Orders Them
Under Control Of Food
Administrator
az Agsoeiated Press.1

Washington, June 2o.-A1l stock
yards in the United States today
were ordered by President Wilson to
be put under federal license. 4 pres
idential proclamation was issued,
which requires that licenses must be
obtained from the food administra-
ton on or before July 25,
Licensing also is required Of COM
mission men, order buyers, traders,
spectators and scalpers handling or
dealing in live cattle, sheep, swine or
goats, 'in, or in connection with such
Stockyards," except those exempted
by the food and fuel law.
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WORBCASW,

isconsin-Unsettled with showers
in west and southern portions to-
night, probably clearing Friday morn
ing; warmer in east portion tonight
Minnesota Generally fair tonight
and Friday; cooler Friday ana In
northwest portion tonight
Iowa-Generally fair tonight and
Friday, preceded by thunder showers
In extreme east portion this afternoon
or tonight; warmer in east and cooler
In extreme southwest portions to-
night; cooler in west portion Friday,
North Dakota-G Generally fair to-
night and Friday: cooler tonight and
In southeast portion Friday.
South Dakota Generally Iair to-
night and Friday: cooler.
Montana Fair tonight and A day;
cooler tonight.
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Appeal
For Intervention

would be no difficulty III establishing
an allied army In Siberia. They
frankly deprecate a purely japanese
expedition on the ground OF what they
term Japan's imperialistic and rae
ial antagonisn and memories Of the
Russo Japauese war.
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Demonstrations
For Peace HeldM
German Cities
tBy Associated Preea.,

London. June 20.-Heavily censor
ed private messages received in
Stockholm indicate that peace dem
onstrations were held recently in
Berlin. Hamburg and Cologne and
that several workmen were killed and
many persons arrested. says a. dis
patch to The Morning Post, from
Stockholm. The police and military
dispersed crowds Of demonstrants.
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INK BoARp T-o Nj

Bismarck, N. D., June 20- The
State bank deposits guaranty board
win meet In final session today
placing OF the bank deposits guar
anty act in operation July 1.
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fpv Aaeorgafaa preas /

Wy AhabV~LNltUI4 N9t5sg
Pekin, June 20.-The Far Eastern
Russian committee for Salvation
OF the Motherland" has resolged to-
appeal through Japan for immediate
intervention in Siberia by entente al
lied forces. The Russians say there
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Plans
For Fourth Loan
90 .Aeeociated Prasa. !

washington, June 20,-Tentative
plans for the fourth Liberty Loan ais
Indicated by the treasury are:
Amount at least $6,000,000. 600, inter
est rate AZ per cent: campaign TO
open early in October.
Denomination of bonds, same as
the third loan.
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Real Hunger Drive.

Italian Headquarters, Wednesday
June 1g.-That Austria's drive
against Italy is positively "a hunger
offensive' has been proved by new
orders and addresses found upon
prisoners, These were signed by Of
flcers ranging from Field Marshal
Conrad Won Hoetzendorf down To
reRimental commanders One which
was issued by the commander OF the
famous regiment bearing the name OF
Archduke Charles says: Soldiers,
remember the spoils we got last fall
from the Italians: the sheep. COWS,
steers, warehouses full OF good
clothes, and grocery stores full OF
wines, canned goods. -four and sugar.
Think of your family Think Of the
white bread you may win for all.
The correspondent has visited
groups Of hundreds OF prisoners, all
OF whom are thin and weak. They
said they had had little food for tlag
past month and spoke with horror OF
the winter months they had passed.
IA sample of their black bread showed
that Il was made of rye straw and
potatoes.
Clothes Falling Apart.
Many of the prisoners have strong.
well spiked shoes. but these thay
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Advance Five-eighths Of a
Mile, Cleaning Outa
Pocket
RAILROAD YARDS
BOMBED FROM AIR
Little Fighting Reported in
French And British
d. Statements
,CBy Associated Press.N

With The American Forces On
Ehe Marne, June 20.-The American
troops in this sector attacked the
German Line northwest Of Chateau
Th1erry during the night and made
an advance Of five -eighths of a mile,
driving the Germans back from a
small pocket on the northern side
Of Belleauwood. The Americans oc-
cupied the German positions without
resistance from the enemy, the Ger
mans having Withdrawn when the
short and sharp preliminary artil-
lery bonbardment indicated that an
infantry attack would follow.
Washington, June 2O.-Successful
bombing Of the German railroad
yards at Conflans was reported to-
day in General Pershing's COM
munique for yesterday. Artillery
activity at various points, the re-
pulse Of an enemy raid in the
Woevre and the capture Of more
prisoners by American patrols
crossing the Marine also was an
noumced.
The French Report.
Paris, June 20.-French troops en-
tered the German lines between
Montdidier and the Disc river last
night and captured twenty prisoners,
says the official statement issued to-
day. There was nothing Of import
ance on the rest Of the front.
The statement reads:
French detachments penetrated
the enemy lines between Montdidier
and the Disc in the region of the
Chaune wood. We brought back 20
prisoners. Quiet reigned on the rest
of the front"
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Revolt at kisv.

London, June ia great revolt
has begun at Kiev, according to an
intercepted wireless message trans
mitted from Moscow to the Exchange
Telegraph company. Artillery stores
have been exploded and there is
continuous street fighting. The re-
volt is spreading to the Poltava and
Tchernigov districts. Forty thou
sand peasants armed and organized
are participating in the revolt.
Moscow, Monday, June 10.-The
Ukrainian delegates to the Russo
Ukrainian peace conference in Kiev
demandedSs that the Russian Black
sea fleet participate with Germany
against the allies. This demand was
supported by NJ. Maximolof, the
Ukrainian minister Of war.
The Soviet governments delegates
rejected the demand and semi official
advices received in Moscow say that
M. Joffe, the Soviet minister, and the
Boshevik commander of the Black
sea fleet, Sablin. have been advised
that Russia will not consent.
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The British Renort.

London, June 20.-Britfsh raiding
parties were active in several sectors
along the front last night, taking
prisoners and infiicting losses upon
the Germans in numerous places, the
war Office announces today.
The statement says:
"A number of raids were carried
out last night in the neighborhood Of
Boyelles, southeast Of Arras, Lens
and Givenchy and in the. Strazeele
and Ypres sectors Gin FIanders). Ger
tain OF these enterprises led to sharp
.hghting in which the enemy suffered
many casualties. We captured 18
prisoners and three machine guns"
-RJJvy w G &
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Riots in Vienna.

London. June 20.-Serious rioting
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Amsterdam. The mob broke
into q number of bakeries. stoned the
residence Of the premier and also one
Of the wings OF the Holfburg palace,
the message adds.
Cavalry is being rushed to the cap
ital to restore order. It is probable,
it is stated, that martial law will be
proclaimed.
The rioting was in protest against
the reduction Of the bread rations.
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AUSTRIANS Are
FACING DEFEAT
WHICH May TURN
into A DISASTER
Italians Have Won Com
plete Control OF Air
Over Piave Line
REAL "HUNGER
OFFENSIVE"
Austrians Promised Food
And Clothing If They
Broke Italian Line
PRISONERS
ARE4W RAGS
One Group Surrendered To
Italian Prisoner On
Promise Of Food
PRISONERS
ARE IN RAGS

Paris, June 20.-The splendid
resistance Of the Italians and
their Franco-British allies leads
the French press to conclude
that the Austrians cannot avoid
defeat, especially as well di-
rected counter attacks have re-
suited in the capture of thous-
ands of prisoners and much
war material.
A Havas dispatch from Rome
says that Italy has achieved a
great double victory, referring
to the recent naval exploit in
the Adriatic and the present
checking of the Austrians.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-20
Mobs Stone Residence Of
Premier And One Wing
Of Hofburg Palace
REVOLT SPREADS
IN THE UKRAINE
Continuous Street Fighting
In Kiev Against
Armed Peasants
rRv Assocrassd Press.1

Amsterdam, June 2O.-Vienna dis
patches to German newspapers say
that the reduction of the bread ra-
tions in Austria Hungary caused i'm
mense excitement throughout the
Dual monarchy. All Austrian news
papers without distinction or party,
protest against the measure, demand
It's removal and ask immediate help
from Germany and Hungary.
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Italians Retako Town.

IEaIaWA TNUGaNU WVWTIa -
London, June 20.--News reached
London this afternoon that the Ttal-
ians have regained Capo Sile. the
town On the lagoon to the west of
the Piaye river near its mouth
which was captured by the Austro~
Hungarians.
It is also reported that the Italians
have regaIned all the territory be-
tween Zenson and the Fossetta
canal The Austro- -H1ngarians, IL
is declared, have been confined "a
the ground between the Fossetfa
canal and the Sile canal, on the west
bank of the Piave river.
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Control Of Air.

Italian Army Headquarters,
Wednesday, June 19.-The
Italians have won complete con-
troll of the air along the Piave
line, where the most determined
fighting Of the present Austrian
offensive is in progress. This
afternoon not a single Austrian
machine was aloft on this front.
In general, the situation Of
the Austrians along the Piave
appears far from satisfactory to
them. Prisoners taken by the
Italians, all declare the Austrian
army has little food. Some of
the prisoners have not eaten for
48 hours.
The river Piave. overnowing ita
banks, has destroyed several poon-
toon bridges constructed by the
Austrians at InteStadura and also
at San Dona Di Piave. This has
increased the difficulty OF the Agls-
trians In their rear communication
affecting the transportation Of artiI4
1ery, ammunition, food and fresh
troops.
1t is stated that the Austr4ans
fighting south Of the Piaye conttnus
to inplore help and also that two
of their divisions have been greatly
T.adncad nv 1Naaea
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