5.'
BY
WHO TOOK PART IN
(Continued on page 8.)
Bank Clearings
For Week Third
More Than 1917
Faryo tonk clearing* feftha week
ending today are $1,487,211.^7, an in
crease of'approximately 13 per oent
over tHe corresponding week in 1#17,
when the total was 11,794,132.02, so
cording to figures from the hooks of
the Fargo Clearinghouse association
todsy.
The Increase, Fargo bankers de
clare, is due to generally, better busi
ness conditions.
The increase for today Is by far th«
smallest of the week, clearings being
$298.160.20 as compared to 1390,701.48
lor April 18. 1»17.
Qhr Associated Freaa.)
With The American Army In
FVance, April 18. Reports from
British commanders which have just
j|»een received at American army
||ie&dquarters give the first definite
{information that American engineer
Ing troops in large numbers were
ejr.ong the forces hastily assembled
/mm all branches of the services by
Major General Oarey, for his im
jproviaed army which filled the gap in
the line made by the Germans at the
opening of the offensive last month
The American engineers were at
tvork constructing and operating
Held railways and building bridges
Three companies of an engineering
regiment were caught In the early
Jtwmbaxdrrent and ordered to fall
back. To one of the American com
panics, which had been consolidated
tv-ith the British royal engineers, was
delegated the task of guaranteeing
ithe destruction an engineers dump
^vhich It had been decided to aban
ion.
This detachment destroyed all the
material, made a rapid retreat,
.taught up with the larger group, and
Jpnmrdiatelv resumed work,
•ion*
•Mpa
WHEN TOTT GET TOtTR OB
TMKS ON BITTING UBERTT
bonds, all. you have to
do is obitt.
s
ft 1
Are Unmolested
On Nightly Visits
%-s
%*s
ON* SCOUTING PARTY PENETRATES 1 AS
PAR AS THE GERMAN THIRD LINRf
WITHOUT BEING DISCOVERED
MANY TALES OF HEROISM TOLD OF THOSE
THE
FIQmWQ IN APREMG&T WOOD
(tfy Associated Presi.)
,With tKe American Army in France, Wednesday, April 17.
—American troops operating on the Lorraine sector have taken
over control of No Man's Land. Patrolling parties are making
almost nightly visits up to the German wire entanglement* with
out encountering any resistance.
A lieutenant and a party of 12 have made a five-hour ex
ploring trip, penetrating to the -German third line and making
maps of machine gun and snipers' posts and strong points with
out being seen by the enemy.
An artillery lieutenant in an observation post sighted a
German field kitchen coming up to the enemy line. He gave
his battery ita' position and the kitchen waa destroyed with
three shots.
With The American Army In
France, Wednesday, April 17.—Com
m&ndetw of units who participated in
the several days of fighting last week
in company with the French in the
Aprctncr.t wood s#&tvr sure r.iidutg it
difficult to pick out men who w-
laying
f#tit trenches. These operation* last
ed from March 22 to 27. As the Ger
t|nan attack became more intense the
Engineers were Joined by cooks,
tarderlles and railway men as a part
•of General Carey's forces.
Letter From General.
The commanding officer of an
^American regiment took charge of
fm infantry sub sector and directed
•the action of h'^troops for one week,
Until the emr-rgwfifpy passed at that
point. To this officer General
Jtawlinson, commanding the British
mrmy engaged in that sector, sent the
following letter:
"The army commander -wishes to
Jpecord officially his appreciation of
Mhe excellent work your regiment has
in assisting the British army
4o resist the enemy's powerful of
fensive during the last ten days. 1
fully realise that it has been largely
due to vour assistance that the en
Amy has been checked, and I rely on
2is
ou to assist us still further during
few davs which are rftill to come
before I shall be able to relieve you
tn the line,
"I consider your work in the line
io be greatly enhanced by the fact
that for si* weeks previous to taking
your place in the front line your men
fk&d been working at such high pres
sure. erecting heavy bridges on the
'loramo. My beat congratulations
4md warm thanks to all.
"JRtavrtlnaon/*
Whfa the British general, L.
Svision,
utlers, commanding a cavalry
received from his superior
RICENT
Ukraine Will
Become Mere
German Colony
CBy Associated
Washington, April It.—In oarry
lng out their plan to make the
Ukraine an Austro-German colony,
the central powers intend to dis
solve tUc Ukraine rada and to in
stall an Austro -German government
a report reaching the state depart^
ment today said.
The Germans already have cut off
completely communication between
the Ukraine and Russia. It has been
established, said the report that
tive officials are being replaced with
A astro-Germans and that Austro
Geromn money ie being forced Into
circulation throughout the Ukraine,
Late dispatches eay the- arrest of
all entente officers in the province
has been ordered.
American Engineers Are
Congratulated For Work
In Filling Gap In Line
congratulations asd thanks far tke
work of his command in beating oft
the enemy, he forwarded the follow,
ing letter to the commander of the
American engineering units:
As a United States engineering
battalion was fighting with the First
Cavalry division in the line on March
30 the army commander's congratula
tory message applies to them equally
with the units of the Ffrst Cavalry
division. It has been brought to my
notice that the men under your com
mand fought most gallantly along
side the British cavalry. I am most
grateful to you and the unit under
your command for the Invaluable as
sistance you gave us on March 30,
1918. Please convey my thanks and
congratulations to all ranks."
The reports of the gallant con
duct of the Americans on the British
front have caused General Persh
ing to send the following letter to
the engineering commander:
"The commander-in-chief has noted
with great satisfaction the fine con
duet of the officers and men of your
regiment during the recent -German
offensive, as testified by British
army commanders."
Weather
Temperature.
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FORECAST.
Minnesota-—Partly cloudy tonight,
colder In east and south portions
freezing temperature tonight Friday
fair and cool fresh to strong north
erly winds.
North Dakota and South Dakota—
Generally fair tonight and Friday
colder tonight with freesing temper
ature.
Montana—Fair and colder tonight
Friday fair and warmer.
5
viiifc
Wfiw
LOAN FIGURES
GIVING JOY TO
STATE LEADE
OF THE DRIVE
M'Dowell Hopes to See
Great Gain With Fiv§,
Day Tim© Extension
With an extension of five days for
the North Dakota Liberty bond cam
paign, made necessary by the heavy
rain that impeded country work, W. €.
McDowell, state chairman of the
Liberty Loan committee, has hopes
that North Dakota will respond with
the greatest oversubscription for
bonds of any gtnto^ bl *th« Ninth
reserve district.
Mr. McDowell, at, Mi office In
Marion, today received a report from
Barnes county, showlnr bond pur
chases aggregating over $400,000,
1'hile the county quota was only
$326,000. A. F. Hanson of -LdtchvUle
la chairman.
Billings county, which had a quota
of $5,000. has a 400 per cent subscrip
tion, Chairman A. O. Christenson re
porting $20,000 to Mr. McDowell.
Fairmount Takes Record.
iFairmount. Richland county, haa
made a wonderful record in support
ing the loan, according: to a report
made todav by O. E. Ballard, chair
man for that district. The quota was
$17,000, and the total subscriptions
are $51,000, for Fairmount. the town
ship of Fairmount. DeVille and Le
Mars.
Nelson county closed its campaign
with a JSfr.000 excess sale, passing
Its quota of $175.000 by that amount.
MAYliARE
CLEAN-DP DAYS
Kay 1 to S. teclustve/wlM ft* clean
up Java In Fargo.
Alex Stern, president of the Fargo
city commission, will Issue a procla
mation naming the dates early neat
week, it was announced today.
Civic organisations will co-operate
n making the elean-up program a
success.
EDUCATORS NEETiRG,
Mlnnewaukan, N. D., April" 11.—Sd~
ucators from every part of Benson
county and the s,1Jointng counties ar
rived in the city last, night and tilts
morning to attend the annual conven
tion of the Benson County Education
al association, which opened here to
day and will continue till Friday eve
ning.
The program consists of discissions
by various iocaJ teachsrs and lectures
by ouf.sMe speaker*.
At Last They've Called in a Specialist
CrlVE HIM SOME
OF THAT SAME
MEDICINE
VOXJ
GAVE THE STHftL
s»Doe
fSTKUCti
Thousandfl
Starving
In
Mary has been busy these last few
days in o real life scenario arranged
for her by fate, with most of tl.e
scenes court room scenes. She ap
peared In one court yesterday to de
fend a ruit for $103,750 brought by
Mrs. Cora Wilkenning, once her man
ager, who claims this uum as compen
sation ltr getting the actress a job.
before the case was ended she had to
make a ouick change of scene to an
other court to defend a suit by Sam
uel L. eld, who claims $5,000 for
legal ter%'ices.
O'BRIEN WITHDRAWS
AS BOARD CANDIDATE
W, G. O'Brien, of Fargo, endorsed
y the Fargo Trades A Labor assem
bly for the state railroad commission
is the Nonpartisan league candidate,
has withdrawn.
This is the second time that Mr.
O Brien has been endorsed for a post,
only to withdraw, the council of de
fense being his first proposed
AND DAILY REPUBLICAN
ESTABLISHED EN 1878. THE FARGO FORUM, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1918. VOLUME XXXX, NO.
&£>C
Bohemia
(By Aaaoolated Press.)
WsBhington, April 18.—-Thousands
of families in Bohemia, especially at
Prague and vicinity, are starving, so
cording to an official dispatch from
France today whirh quoted The
Leipsiger VolkB Zeitung. T«st week
it was estimated that there was
deficit of lOU.&OO loaveo of' na4 lo
Prague.
Y'S'HrSBAND
MY SUE "DOUG"
New York, April 18.—(Special.)
Mary Pickford today refused to com
ment on dispatches from Los Angeles,
which said that her husband. Owen
Moore, motion picture actor, had said
he would take legal action against
Douglas Fairbanks, with whose name
the name of Mary Pickford haa been
coupled In recent gossip.
"I don't care how many telegrams
came frcm Los Angeles," said the
diminutive movie star, "I am not con
vlnced that my husband ever said
any such thing."
ap
pointment.
With O'Brien's withdrawal, the field
is clear for Frank Mtlhollan, of Bis
marck.
The Job of railroad commissioner,
eft open by the league convention. Is
being used by the league leaders in
the hope of attracting labor support
to their ticket.
TO GIVE LBCTtllUL
Clifford, N. D. April IS --Capt. C.
1 Treckten, well known leenarer
and traveler, will deliver his lecture,
'Slums." here on Friday evening at
n'clock at the Sons of Norway ha!!,
ptain Trocton hag made an exten
ntudy of slum* here and abroad
and ha* delivered his lecture in the
principal cities of the country.
i-SSPII it
COUNTY QUOTA IN
THIRD BOND SALE
OVERSCBSCFPiED
BY 31 PER (M
Total of $523,250 Is Tabu
lated At Headquarters
At Noon Today
The Liberty Loan crusade con
tlnues in Fargo and Cass county
T. D. Hughes, chairman of the
Casa county executive committee,
and F. W. McRoberta, secretary,
announced at noon that the rural
districts of Cass county, with a to
tal allotment of $400,000, had over
subscribed by 3i per cent, Tabula
tions were $52S.25\
Pinal Windup April 27.
The Cass county executive com
mittee hopes to have the complete
returns in by Friday. The final
windup of the campaign in the
county will be April 27. Most of the
districts have forwarded thoir re
ports, which have been most encour
aging.
The "flying squadron" pierced sev
eral of the rural districts Wednes
day a-fternoon for the first time, the
members holding meetings with cer
tain farmers who refused to sub
scribe, and whose names were im
mediately reported to the county
headquarters by the workers.
Subscribe with Big f-lsart.
When the details of the loan wer#
fully explained and talk of discrim*
lnatlons as alleged by several, ex
plained, several of the farmers open
ed their purses and cheerfully sub
scribed the full amount of their al
lotment. Resistance was encoun
tered In the "aswlton and the Ar
thur districts, where, it was report
ed, there is considerable pro-Qor
mtn sentiment
One firmer positively refused to
subscribe, declaring that the allot
ments had not been made with jus
tice, siying neighboring farmers
holding as much property, were riot
asked for as much The members
of the "flying squadron" explained
that In this case the neighbor® h^d
been subscribers to the first and sec
ond bond issues, and that the par
ticular farmer who refused to sub
scribe had not taken any. Half of
the allotment was secured.
Driven to Subscribe.
Reports received indicate that in
some of the strong pro-German
communities the farmers believe
they are being forced to subscribe,
and that this fear of force is th!
dominating power which makes them
take their allotment. If fear did not
enter info the campaign, many of
them would not think of releasing
their dollars to aid the military ma
chinery of the government. Before
the campaign opened, pro-German
farmers attended the meetings h^ld
in their districts, seemingly as tt
(Continued on page 2.)
i i
1
It aeems not unlikely that ths en*
tente high command haa forecast
possible larger German purpose to
drive determinedly southward, e
veiop Bethlime and push on to a point
where they cart compel the British to
fall bsck from Givenchy, and the re
gion north of Arras, where the domi
nating Vimy ridge is the German ob
jective.
Undiminished in intenaity the great
battle in Flanders snd south scross
(Continued on page 4.)
REGENTS HEAR
COMPLAINTS AT
FARGO SESSION
Dissatisfied with existing condi
tions at the North LteJcota Agricul
tural college. It was rumored that
two instructors will formally tender
their resignation to th« state board
of regents, meeting today at the
Gardner hotel in Fargo. Whether
the resignations will be presented
this afternoon or tomorrow could not
be learned.
A delegation of alumni from Val
ley "1ty normal and business men of
that city went before the hoard at 2
clock this afternoon, protesting
against the removal of President
MacFarlar.d. for more than a Quar
ter of a century the head of ths
normal school.
The board of regents considered
the budget for the Ellendale norrrai
and industrial school this morning,
allowing an expenditure of S&4JM 8®
for that Institution and a reserve of
000. Budgets for other education
al Institutions of the state will also
be #nvi!»n consideration btfor* &ito
Fargo session adjourns.
CHAXGB* IN CASIJTET.
London. April IS. Official an
wwncement was made today that the
Earl of Derby ha* been appointed am
bassador extraordinary and plenipo
tentiary on a special mission to
France, fn succession to Lord Bertie
Viscount Mllner becomes secretary
for war. snd J. Au»tn. Chamberlain a
m*"Kfcber of the war
i
Furious Battle In
Kemmel ion
British Forced to Withdraw From
Wytschaete Again Yesterday
Afternoon
Germans Extend Attack Northward
And Meet Repulse From
The Belgians
(By Associated Frsss.)
With ths British Army in France, April 18.—11 a. m.—The Germans
brought up fresh divisions for the hard thrusts which they made yesterday
Although the British were unable to hold Wytschaete and Meteren, which
they had retaken by a brilliant counter attack, they beat off the enemy elae
where. The British maintained their line throughout the night.
An effort made by the Fourth German army which holds the enemy's
right flank to the sea, to drive in the front of the allies from the coast, was
extended yesterday to the Tser region held by the Belgians. At 1:10
o'clock in tha morning after an all night bombardment the Germans at
tacked on a front of four miles between Lengemarck and Klppe.
The Germans gained a footing in the Belgian advance position bat they
were thrown out after a fight lasting nearly all day. The Belgians took
600 prisoners, including many officers belonging to seven different' regi
ments which represented one Bavarian, two Prussian and one marine In
fan try divisiona
Six heavy attacks were delivered by the Germans yesterday afternoon
between Bailleui and Ypres In an attempt to bend the British front still
further in the Flemish marHhes*
Kemmel hill was assaulted by three wares of Germans In the after
noon but the enemy was thrown baek with heavy casualties and a counter
attack completely restired the British Una, Other attacks were broken
by British machine gun fire.
ASSOCIATES PRESS
SliMMY OF WAS
Fisld Marshol Haig today reports
Me line on the Lys battle front stand
ing mtact last night as it existed ye»
tarday morning, following the Bntith
retirement east of Ypres, no ground
having beed lost in ths battling yes
terday despite the heavy German at
taeks through the entire period.
Checked for the time at least, ii
front of the strong British positions,
dominated by Kemmel hill on the
northern position of this front, the
Germans are turning their attention
to the southwesterly sector of the
battlefield.
A heavy bombardment on the Brit
ish positions here between Locon and
Robecq was reported in progress this
morning.
The enemy is findinfl himself
cramped on the southerly sids of the
wedge he has pushed into the British
lines and seems on the eve of an ef
fort to widen it here.
6At Lacon the Germans s-« only some
three milee north of Bethune, an im
Cecq
ortant railway center, and at Re
are within six miles of Lillers,
junction point in the railway from
Bethume to Hazebrouck,
The British have been holding this
seetor of the front as strongly ss
they are the northwesterly edge of
the salient, where they have held up
the Germans' attempt to advance to
ward Hazebrock as was indicated
anew in the repulse of fresh German
attacks last night in the Merns sec
tor, along the Bailleui-Hazebrouck
railWay.
Probable Objective.
French in Action.
Ottawa, April 18.—The French are
heavily in action on ths northern
battlo area, says a Reuler dispatch
from London today.
Want Reserves Used.
Ottawa, April 18.—Anx.ety as to
when General Foch will make nse
of the allied reserve hich it says
exists but haa not been called upon
is expressed In a dispatch from Ixm
don to Reuter s agency here today.
"There la still anxiety as to when
General Foch will make the decisive
stroke, now that the British have
stood four weeks of hammering by
the immense German reserves, esti
mated at 420,000 men. In a fashion
which led the French writers to de
scribe the British armies as the
wing of sacrific\" say» the dispatch
"Etxperts do not endorse the opin
ion advanced In some quarters that
the advance, critical in the northern
theater, haa been definitely checked
It is agreed that ths Germans have
not obtained the deotsne results
aimed at, thanka to the extreme
stubbornness of the British resist
ance.
The battle in fact appears to have
been following the course of the
great series of German thrusts of
'.vctober, li14, which ended i
Ypres and failure for the cnetn
There was then no allied reserve
That reserve now exists and has not
yet been used. There will probably
be continuous fluctuations In the
northern area for some time to come
but the salient fact of the fighting
is the staying power of the British
Msurioo*s Statements
XiScidon, April IS—Genet*! Mau
rice, in his statement yesterday, re
ferred to the successful British coun
ter attack In the neighborhood of
Wtschaeta and to the British with
drawal in ths Ypres aalient and con
tinued:
"Preparations for shortening our
line In the Ypres a&Jient, were made
some time ago and the decision to
carry it out was reached before the
fall of Bailleui owing to the danger
offered to our positions in the saJlent
from a flanking movement. The
withdrawal was not dictated or gov
erned by the adverse course of evsnta
around Bailleui, but by mots general
considerations.
"What of the whole battle situa
tion? Our army has been going
through a very severe strain and that
strain has been reflected at home.
The situation haa had its critical
moments and still is decidedly anx
ious. But remember we have ac
cepted the principle of a united front
and must accept the consequences of
that decision.
Thfe British array Is playing the
role which it often has played before.
It is flghting a Waterloo while B!ue
cher is marching to the battlefield.
Multiply the battle of Waterloo a
hundredfold and the situation at
noon in that battle corresponds to
the situation now In the great world
battle.
"The BrKisti army la tinder a ter
rible hammering, but providing
Bluecher is marching to the battle
field there is no reason for discour
agement.
"The enormous task whksh the
British army has performed and
still Is performing may be shown by
(Continued on page f.)
FARGO GIRL, VISITING
IN MINNEAPOLIS, DIES
wJm4*
y
*SJ FM5FAT05D FOR THS
LIBERTY BOND SAU9SM"E!
DON'T WAPTK THEIR TIMS
OR TOUR OWX.
front."
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2tf
p#»
a
ISt,
fltft British Kepoft.
London, April 18.—South«4ff
of Kernm#^ hill, on the northern
battle front, the Germans pretm
ed back the British line slight]/
but the gitiiation wag restored
by a counter attack, the war of«
flee announces. During tb4
night there wu no change
the British front.
In the Bailleui sector the Gel*
mans made three attacks before
noon yesterday and in each e«|g
Buffered a complete repulse.
The Germans opened a heavjf
bombardment of the Britifij
positions on the southwestern
part of the Lys battle front b%t
tween Locon and Robecq, dux*
ing the night. The bombard*
ment was still in progress
dawn today.
The statement reads:
"There has been no rhang4
on the British front during thai
night.
"Th« hostil# artillery 'fet
shown great activity on th4
southern portion of the Lrg
battle front from Givenchy tflf
east of Robecq. A heavy bona*
bardment of our positions be*
tirem Locon and wag
still continuing at dawn.
"Local attacks were repulsed
by our troops yesterday eveojutf
in the Merris sector.
"More detailed account* '."git
the fighting of yesterday on tEa
forest of Nieppe-Wytschaejta
front establish the severity of
he enemy's losses. .Southeast
of Kemmel hill the German ife*
fan try attacked in three waves
•nd at one point pressed badk
our"line slightly. In this loc#
ity the situation was restored hgr
a counter attack and shortly
after midday the attack had
been repulsed at all points, la
the Bailleui sector the enemy at*
tacked three times before raid
day and in each ease suffered
complete repulse.
''Our line of yesterday mora*
ing was reported intact on th#
Tha Franch Baport.
Paris, April 18.—After a pr»
liminary bombardment strong
German detachments attempted
to advasce last night near Co{P»
benv, on the Aisne front. To»
day s official statement says tha
attack was broken up by t)ia*
French fire. y
The statement follows:
"In the region of Corbeny tlttf
French caught under their fins
and dispersed a strong German
detachment which attempted is
approach the French lines
artillery preparation.
"The Germans undertook snw
eral raids in the Champagne and
on the right bank of the Meus^,4
especially to the east of auri.
eres wood and near D&mloufk*
All the enemy 's efforts were re
pulsed, and prisoners remained
in our hands.
"Northwest of Roize, In Lo*.
raine, we succeeded in
incursions into the Germs*
lines, and took a certain number
of prisoners."
MERCHANTS TO K
fOIATO CONSUMPTTOI'
Plana for a conatructive ea.-np%is*
for the increased consumption or
potat/«a In North Dakota, thu»
aerving ether focla and permitting
greater ahipmenta of wheat to Euro®
will have a major pla^e in the
aiona at th» annJiaU meeting of im
North L»a.kota Retail Merchants* unv
rlatSon at Mlnot Jun* u to 14, inclc*»
•Ive, It ba» been announced.
Action by
the ajw^tatlon
members mji! be
f'xd
mirwl Rodgman It. iangh-
t»r of Mr. and Mm Fre-i H^dgman,
Fargo, died in a Mlnneapoli# h&spitai
it pneumonia Tuesday.. She haa b»e«
the guest of relative-# in the nail city
•The parent* and suter #urv:v*
The remains have arrived in Fargo,
and funeral aervices will held from
the Mo ere :h..ape*. life Hobert# atreef
at S ."Hc k Fri lay afterrc.or. Rev.
r' officiating, interment wUi
fc* tm
snd
im
in
co-operation witfc
xani outiined by the
United Si*t«S»
administration, which hav*
sent
to associations and
be«i»
orfutMifaas
hiroughou' the Unite*
8ta.tea,
KMER CASSELTON
GARAGE HAN ARRESfL,
Waltar Gal«ckl, formerly
man mt Oaaeelton, X. D. arranged ait
Detroit, Mich Tu»«MJa
s!!"R of a pnv^ion of the »ipi
as* in conspiring to tnwart arwjr
recruiting in Ietrolt. w« raciataret
in Caaa county refected froar. mil
itary service becauae of failing «e~
eight.
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