05 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Fargo Forum And Daily Republican
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
1
Official tabulation from Bismarck shows six Nonpartisan amendments fail to carry in the recent election. Total votes reach about 93,502 with far fewer than expected. Nine counties yet to report governor totals may shift margins. two amendments remain uncertain.
Government funded education for wounded American soldiers is starting in fourteen districts nationwide. A federal board report shows 5,584 cases needing training, with 441 brought to the attention of the War Risk Insurance Bureau. The figures reflect the scope of veteran rehabilitation efforts.
A new liberal cabinet is sworn in at noon today. The ministers, chosen from Count Roman’s backers, take oaths of office as part of a broader political shift within the government.
Unsettled tonight with cloudy conditions and strong winds. Mixed precipitation possible, with colder air moving in tonight and into Friday. Southeast regions may see improving but cooler weather by Friday.
Fargo clubs map a big New Year ice carnival on the Island with park rink flooding underway and a hockey rink to be built. R L Humphreys of the T M C A plans hockey teams from high schools and Boy Scouts, with racing, jumping and skating events scheduled.
Paris dispatch reports Vatican circles say Monsignor Cerretti papal secretary of state plans a meeting between President Wilson and Pope Benedict. An obstacle to the intervisit is noted with political significance attached by the Rome correspondent of Le Temps.
Dr Joseph Edward Frenette a longtime Fargo resident and noted dentist died at 7 this morning in a Fargo hospital after a week of illness from influenza and pneumonia. Funeral services will be held 2 PM Saturday at the Jason chapel with the Masonic lodge in charge. He lived in Wellington apartments and is survived by his widow and three children Lucille 13 Be 25 sister June Tard Bea brother Is and aer Maribette West Superior Peter Mi peene as Mrs Frenette had been for years. Born Madison Lake Minn Oct 16 1868 he studied dentistry at Cincinnati Dental College. Relatives visiting during the funeral included Joe Bellar of Red Lake Falls Minn.
In Len fon today the first lord of the state praises Britain’s navy in a "sea power" exhibition. He asserts the sea power of the British navy has held the world in a silent grip from the war’s outbreak and crushed life out of enemy nations, securing freedom through force.
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges careful study of five future policy paths for railways in wartime and peacetime. It favors unified rails, potential partial mergers, and inland waterways, while cautioning against renewed private competition and urges clear oversight if government ownership resumes.
Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado warns that war debt and interest will reach 335 billion dollars, urging economy in public administration to save 600 million annually. He cites immigration as a threat, condemns seditious press, and links Bolshevism to New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia as breeding grounds.
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. He will assume office December 18 after McAdoo’s resignation takes effect. Glass is familiar with treasury affairs, plans include continued war financing and short term bonds, and his acceptance was sent from the White House.
Seven Germans including a woman formerly in Paris were jailed by associates pressu ls. They allegedly planned to emigrate to France and then move to this city. The defendants argued they sought permits to return home.
Premier Clemenceau said in Paris that Allies are in complete agreement on postwar questions, especially the fate of the former German emperor after the London conference. He noted satisfaction with the important agreement reached at The Hague on December 4. A Dutch debate raised whether the former emperor’s presence in Holland could cause international difficulties and suggested his return to Germany if needed.
Turks and Germans joined in burning and looting Christian homes as the empire’s chaos spread. The report traces four years of plunder, expulsion of foreigners, desecration of cemeteries, and vast wealth among Ottoman rulers, with Germans and Austrians blamed for aiding the looting and violence.
Representative from North Dakota released a telegram from F G Crowell vice president of the food administration grain corporation stating Congress must pass legislation to provide machinery to enforce the guaranteed 1919 wheat price of 2.26 per bushel. Hoover and Barnes abroad may suggest methods to implement the guarantee but the problem remains unsolved.
A large staff of finance, trade and military experts will assist President Wilson and the American peace delegation at the peace conference. Maj. Gen. Francia J. Kernan heads the military section, Brig. Gen. Marlborough Churchill leads military intelligence, as part of the section.
New York December reports say Berlin was to be bombed by a squadron of eight to twelve Handley Page and De Havilland aircraft the night of November 11 the armistice date. Forty pilots trained at Ford Junction to attack Berlin with new front line planes. Eighteen men returned to Lapland today. others are in England. The plan aimed to drop toluol or similar payload over Berlin from Junction about sixty miles away.
The Times debates the German emperor's renunciation and its legal effects. It notes room for ambiguity about whether abdication abolishes the Prussian crown and if formal revision could alter the Prussian monarchy and empire’s status.
A Dilworth resident has been missing for ten days after being discharged from hospital weeks earlier. Police and volunteers continue a search, with reports placing him near Moorhead before his disappearance. The man previously traveled from Ermine, Minnesota to visit a brother in Erskine.
President Wilson spends first day aboard the George Washington handling letters and telegrams while in cold weather. He rests for a spell on medical advice as naval escorts keep pace and wireless messages loop to officials onboard and ashore.
Dec. reports from Paris and Stockholm describe Bolshevik leaders and associates, including former Austro Hungarian officials, tied to a campaign and pardons with limited amnesty. The Soviet heads of republics and Turkestan figures were mentioned as detained or released following orders.
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