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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
SHRINERS GATHER
FOR BIG MEETING
MEETING WHICH BEGINS TO-
NIGHT Will BE ONE or slo
cEREMoNlALs FOR WHICH EL
zAoAL TEMPLE is NOTED
THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST.

The big meeting Of 81 zagal Shrine
conner of tonight and members Of the
order from all over the northwest are
in the city to take in the festivities.
Nearly every county in the state Of
North Dakota is represented while
there are many from Montana and
Minnesota In the city.
The meeting tonight will be one OF
the big ceremonial sessions for which
El zagal Is noted and which attracts
ma- from all parts of the north
west. one OF the features Of the ses-
sion tonight will be an entertainment
to be given by the Land Of Nod
musical company which will show at
the Fargo operahouse this evening.
Shriners commenced to arrive In the
city last night and crowds OF them
may be seen AT all If the local hotels.
This year there is plenty Of room
for them for the new liotel, the Card
ner, opened last night and Will re-
lieve to a great extent the congested
condition which has prevailed at the
best hotclr.es in the past.
This lodge will open this evening at
o'clock in the Masonic temple and
El Zagal has made extensive prepar-
atoms to make the session tonight one
Of the best ever held and are In a.
position to receive the visitors in q
most royal manner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
CANINE SHOW IN
The REA GARAGE
SALVATION ARMY PEOPLE HIGH.
ER UP PREVENTED GENITAL or
ARMY HALL TO KENNEL Asso- !
clATloN--REA AUTO GARAGE
sEc.RED.

Secretary Jenney or the North Da-
kota Kennel association, announces
that the first show OF the organiza-
ton will be held In the Rea Auto
Co.'S garage on N. p. avenue instead
Of the Salvation Army hall. Arrange
nents had been made wath the local
army people but they later requested
that the advance money be taken back
and asked q release on their pledge
df the hall for the occasion.
The new location will be gatisfac-
tory and central, and there will be
plenty 0f room. Secretary Jenney an
nounces the garage will be comforta-
bly, heated and all the house pets will
be Just as well cared for as at the
homes OF their owners.
Many more fanciers are coming ID
the front and the exhibit Will be mucf,
larger than originally deemed poesi-
bIes There will also Be wide ~
fiefy shown
The owners are requested to have
the dogs in position by O'Clock Tues
day morning The dogs will be taken
from the exhibition rooms at n o'clock
Friday night.
The animals will be looked after bH
careful attendants, well fed and. wat
cred while In the show rooms. own
ers can get the dogs for short exercise
any time during the days they are In
the show. The only expense to the
owners is 81 for the entrance zee.
The dogs will be judged Tuesday
afternoon and owners are requested
TO be present in person or TO have
some one there TO handle the dogs as
the classes are called. The Judging
OF the transporting breeds will begin
pronnkly at d. IA. Tuesday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15

elected president of the state univers-
ity OF North Dakota and who speaks
today at a joint session of the legis-
lature at Bismarck on the subject OF
taxation, passed through the city last
met at the train by County Auditor
Arthur G. Lewis. Mr.. McTey stated
to Mr.. Lewis that it would be inn
possible for him to be in Fargo on
Monday owing to other business, but
that he would speak here tomorrow
evening.
This lecture will be held in the par
lors of the commercial club, and to
draw large crowd it is enough to an
nounce that he will speak on taxation,
which is subject of special interest
all over the state at the present time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
PLEA FOR YOUTHS
is MADE BY RYAN
FAT GO POLICE MAGISTRATE az.
LiEvEs COLLEGE DEeATlNa
SOCIETIES sIovLp TAckL (
THIS LIVE ouEsTloN RATHER
THAN ONE THAT IS AssTRAcT

Should young m. be branded
social pariah merely because. through
the ignelalice of youth, he happens ID
commit an indiscretion ?"
The foregoing query was put bv
Judge Martin Ryan this mornlnR and
answered by him in the following
broad, humanitarian view:
i do not believe so. That question
consider a live one-so live. in fact
that 1t might behoove the literary ana
deba ng societies OF the colleges of
the country to take 1t up once A. 4
While instead OF. flghting hammer ana
tongs over some abstract question
which, when settled, Contributes lit :
tie to the uplift of mankind"
Greennoss to EIams.
Too often 1t happens that a vo,1ng
man, because he becomes involved -
some little scrape, such as d sprae
winch hurts nobody but himself Il
ruined for life and his family hun1il-
lated simply because the public passes
Judgment on him without taking into
consideration the fact that his sin
was not due to an innate viciousnese.
but to nothing more or less than
greenness. The man who ia never
caught in a public manner. ID toler-
ated, although everyone may know
that he is habitually addicted to re-
lapses from grace The green young
ster, to whom the world---the world of
bright hghts-offers an Irresistible in
vitation to be explored. accepts the i'm
vitation and gets his ringers burned,
and, when found out, is branded.
True in College, Towns. {
Especially is this true in COLLEGE
towns. where. upwards of 500 to 1000
young men are thrown together FOR
nine or ten months every year. They
come from all walks of life and from
every section. Some have reached
comparatively mature years and have
accuwulated some horse sense. but
their number is few. The great ma
jority come from places where the
lures OF a city are unknown. they
are green, and naturally they want to
get wise. They set about doing SO.
They drink more than is good for them
and think they are having good time.
Occasionally they are indiscreet and
run up against the police. One Of
them is arrested and his escapade be-
comes public property Then an ex-
ample must be made and the young
ster is branded for life.
1T may be that the men who make
an example OF him at some time in
their youth were, as green as he and
celebrated after his manner. They are
grown older though and uakA On hfTts
judgment unleavened with. mercy. II
he is given good fatheriy talk, tan
to one the results win be better Like
the thousands who have played with
fire and been burned before him, NE
Will in a few years come to his senses
and prove himself reputable member
Of society All he needs is a chance,
and that chance should not be taken
away from him by branding him as an
undesirable
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
WRECK AT URRANA
TIES UP TRAFFIC
NORTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT
WENT INTO DITCH AND TRAF.
FIG IS IN A BAD MIDDLE AS a
REsuLT-LITTLE DAMAGE WAS
DONE.

A freight wreck occurred on the
Northern Pacific railroad this morning
at Urbana, q station few miles this
side Of jamestown, and while little
damage was done, succeeded in tying
up traffic for a number of hours The
exact cause Of the accident could not
be learned, but through some cause,
a couple OF cars were derailed. No one
was hurt. Passenger train No. 4 was
held up at jamestown for three or four
hours and No. 8, west bound, was held
up this side Of Urbana waiting for the
wreck to be cleared up. No. 4 was
already late before It was stopped by
the wreck and did not get into Fargo
until ais this afternoon, while No. :
will not arrive in town until o'clock
tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
FARGO BEATS 'EM ALL
e W. Lennon Says This 10 the Best
Town in the country-Back
From Trip.

@. w. Lennon Of the q. w. Lennon
q co. dry goods store. has returned to
Fargo after q trip to st. Louis, where
ne mas been on business and pleasure
and states that he is glad to get back
to North Dakota and Fargo. He says
that the south is covered with snow
and that business Is almost at q stand
still and says that this is yet the best
town In the country.
While the mercury don't run quite so
low in the sdith. the cold ID much
more disagreeable than IN this part OF
the country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
Farmer Hangs tilmseIf.

sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Jan. 49,
Despondent because or family trou-
bles, his wife having left him few
weeks ago. James Nelson, farmer Of
~ hanged himself on the vexanda at
the home OF Samuel PETER, nsighbor
living six miles from Fudyard In this
county, last night Kt Is believed ne
WAS insane.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
FOR SUNNY FLORIDA
r. II. Dickinson and Congressman
Hanna 10 Make Visit to sx- Sec
rstary Of State Porter.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Dickinson Of
Ayr are in the city. Mr.. Dickinson
will attend the Shrine this evening
He and Mrs. Dickinson leave tomor-
row for Minneapolis, where the lat
ter will remain thic winter. Mr..
Dickinson will be Joined Monday by
Congressman-elect Hanna and the
two will journey to Florida where
they will be guests Of ex- Secretary
Of State Porter till the 1auguration.
Mr. Dickinson will return to Fargo
about the latter part OF March.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15

Your store and your advertising are
keeping step with each other A stran-
ger to you. and to the city, could "in-
fer the one from looking st the other
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
Stock Broker EXPELLED.

New York, Jan. 15.The governors
of the Stock Exchange announced to-
day that Clarence M Cohen OF the
firm Of Cohen. Greene 81 Co, had been
expelled from membership in the ex-
change, Mr., Cohen has been q stock
Exchange member since October. 1900.
His expulsion is stated to be On the
ground of alleged misrepresentation Ill
the time Of his admission to exchange
menabershir = -
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15

II your advertising is adequate,
there are people AT THIS MOMENT
being Influenced by II to make an TN
INTENDED VISIT TO YOUR
STC -E.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15

To glance at an ad is usually in
forming; to read 1t and answer 1t is
usually profitable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15

Devote a good deal OF thought and
time to your store window displays.
And then devote about 100 times as
much to your newspaper advertising
and your store will be good definition
Of the word prosperity"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-15
M'VEY LECTURE in
FARGO SATURDAY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR VOTED SPEAK
EE TO BE IN TOWN MONDAY
AND SPEAKING DATE IN THIS
CITY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
TOMORROW NIGHT.

Prof Frank L. Mcvey's lecture on
taxation will be given in Fargo Satur-
day instead of Monday as was an
nounced yesterday, owing to the fact
that 1t will be impossible for the noted
speaker to be in the city on the later
date.
Professor Mcvey, who was recently
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
WEIGH NAMED FOR
IMPORTANT POST
Will Leave for New York as
Chief of Eastern Bureau of
Promotion Committee

Harry Welch, who has been connected
with development and promotion work
in California for number of years, AND
who is well known all over the state
will leave for New York next week to
take charge of the eastern bureau OF
the California Promotion committee. He
replaces Colvin B. Brown, who has re-
signed to accept a position with f1nan-
cial firm in Wall street.
Harry Welch has been connected with
the headquarters for several years, hav-
ing been chief of two of the most i'm
portant bureaus, the information bureau
and the exploitation bureau. In these
capacities he has become thoroughly in
touch with all things Californian, and is
fitted for the post in New York. He was
for a number of years secretary of the
San Juan Valley Improvement club, and
while occupying that position he was
one of the founders of the Fremont
memorial association, of which organi-
zation he has been chairman for the last
three years.
Welch is we'll known in promotion
work in San Francisco, having been one
of the organizers of the Civic league,
being now a member of the executive
committee of that organization.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
EXPERT WILL DISCUSS
A SEA LEVEL CANAL
Prof. w. F. Bade Of Pacific The
illogical Seminary Will De-
liver Lecture Tomorrow

Whether a sea level canal is suitable
for the isthmus of Panama. which
problem has taken President eject Taft
to the canal zone, will be one of the
subjects discussed by Prof. William
Frederic Bade of the Pacific theological
seminary of Berkeley, who recently re-
turned from Panama, where he deliv-
cred series of lectures under the
auspices of the canal commission He
Will deliver lecture before the mem
bers of the California club and their
friends in the California club house, in
Clay street near Van Ness avenue, to-
morrow evening.
During his stay as guest of the gov
ernment officials he took many photo
graphs. and these Will be used to illus
trate his lectures.
Doctor Bade is head of the depart
ment of Semitic languages at the Pa
cific theological seminary of Berkeley,
but his studies have been devoted as
well to botany. archaeology and other
scientific researches.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
MACKENZIE GORDON A HIT
WITH MARVELLOUS SONGS
Concert Is Success From Social
and Musical Standpoints
By- Walter Anthony

Mackenzie Gordon's concert last night
at Christian Science hall was fash
ionable function, socially, and sue
cess musically. The musical success
grew out of the tenor's wonderful ballad
singing rather than out of his attempts
in the heavier songs or classic COM
position. 1t is hard to outlive a repu-
tation, and people are slow to believe
Gordon's reputation as singer is
based on his unapproachable interpre-
tations of the simple songs of the
heart His fine concert last night did
not change this estimate of his powers.
He remains the best balladist you or
[ will hear for many and many a day
but his Interpretation of Wagner
"Preisleid" from Die Meistersinger -
while it was studied and careful, was
not big and free and brilliant. II
which the accompaniment, even when
transcribed from orchestra score to
piano mirrors so vividly.
Gordon's voice is a beautiful one and
he is instinct with fine feeling for
romance and poetry His music is not
ballads as no one else that 1 know
does The audience was enthusiastically
appreciative of his group of English
songs and American songs and old
melodies, and rewarded the artist with
much applause.
were, as usual, excellent in their re-
straint and sympathy.
Eugene Blanchard, pianist. made new
friends by his vigorous playing and
technical excellence. He seems able TO
play anything. His Chopin lacks only
is in such abundance in Mackenzie Cor
don's singing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
CONSCIENCE DRIVES MAN
TO SURRENDER FOR CRIME
Absconding Postmaster EIudes
SIeuths Five Years

Haunted for FIVE years by a guilty
conscience, Paul Paille, So years old,
a defaulting postmaster of Baldwin,
Miss. Yesterday surrendered himself to
the local federal officials. According to
his story. he had been wandering over
Nevada and California since the short
age in his accounts was discovered.
Since that time he had no peace and
had luck seemed to follow him, while
above all he was constantly torn by
the knowledge that he was being hunt
ed by the federal authorities a a felon.
Paille first came to the office of The
Cau with his story He was taken TO
the postoffice, where he recited to In
spector Johnson in detail how he had
for years evaded the officers OF the
law. Inspector Johnson recalled the
robbery at Baldwin, but no warrant
was sworn to until further corroh-
orative details could be had. Paille
was taken to the Alameda county iail
awaiting further investigation of his
story.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
FLEECED IN CARD GAME.
INSURANCEMAN CHARGES
Broker Accuses Missing Men of
Securing His Money

Alleging that he was feeced out of
$3.50 at a poker game by two men
whom he met while a guest at the St
Francis hotel, d. C. Sycks, an insurance
broker of St. Louis. last night asked for
chant of Seattle and D. ]. Johnson.
who is in the postal card business in
Pittsburg.
Detectives Bunner and Friel were
detailed on the case and found on in
quiry that Cohp and Johnson had left
the st. Francis the morning after the
game.
He owed money to a number of guests
of the hotel. Robert Warwick. the
former leading man of the Valencia
was victimized for 500. He also had
trouble settling an automobile bill.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
CITY EMPLOYEES TO
GET NEW QUARTERS
Structure Costing 100000 Will
Be Erected of School Lot

temporary city hall costing $780,
600 and housing the mayor. auditor.
treasurer. election and fire commits
sioners, and probably the board of su-
pervisors will likely be erected on
the school lot in Golden Gate avenue
near Hyde street as the result of the
board of educations agreement yester-
day TO the supervisors plans.
The building committee and the COM
mission conferred yesterday on the
project and the latter promised to give
formal consent.
proposed building two story brick
could be erected in four months and
the departments housed by the end of
the fiscal year, June 80.
In the meantime the city employees
marooned in their present city hall
quarters have grown apprehensive.
and yesterday nearly all Of them united
in a petition TO the supervisors to get
them speedily into different quarters.
The petition stated:
This condition (thet of the halD is
a constant menace to life and limb,
and the impending danger. like the
sword of Damocles, keeps the employees
in a keen state of fear and dread
rimental to health, but a condition in
terfering with and retarding the proper
conduct of the business OF these de-
partments. We trust that 1t will be the
sense of your body that the prayer of
your humble servants be not tabled and
relegated to the limbo of innocuous
deSuetude."
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
ACCOUNTANTS NOT
IN REGENTS LINE
University Board Declines Re.
sponsibiIity of Certification

The regents of the University of Cali
fornia agreed yesterday that they were
not in favor of seeking trouble and
further responsibility, and when three
representatives of the Certified Public
Accountants association asked them to
favor by resolution a bill to be pre-
sented to the legislature removing the
state board of examiners in accountancy
and giving jurisdiction for certifcation
to the regents, the university directors
SHE'D, argued long and eloquently. and
finally adjudged the matter premat ture
Garret McEnerney. who made the
motion to lay the matter on the table
spoke of the possibility of endless po-
litical disputes should the regents ac-
cept the proposed task.
All the regents with the exception of
R. j. Taussig agreed.
Allen Knight, Norman McLeran and
]. r. Ruckstell addressed the regents in
behalf of the proposed bill.
DR. W. Jarvis Barlow, dean of the
college of medicine of the University
of Southern California, was present and
spoke on the consolidation of the med
ical college with the University of Cali
fornia. The settlement as proposed was
accepted by the regents. The students
of the southern college will attend
Berkeley for the first two years of the
course and will attend the southern col
lege for the last two years.
By resolution the regents asked con-
gress to take off the duty on all books,
admitting all matter of book instruc-
tion free to this country.
1t was announced that work on Boait
hall would be begun Immediately. on
the Berkeley campus. The plans pre-
pared mean an expenditure of $40, 900.
Plans for the Sather gate on the
Telegraph avenue entrance to the uni
versity were also accepted. A donation
of $4,000 was made by Mrs. Jane *.
Sather for that purpose.
A large number of regents were pres
ent. including Guy c. Earl, acting
chairman; President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, Mrs. Phebe Hearst, r. J..
Taussig, j. B. Reinstein, Garrett Nc
Enerney, F. S. Johnson, John A. Brit
ton, F. W. Dohrmann, j. w. Mckinley,
A. w. Foster and William H. Crocker.
President Wheeler announced the res
ignation of Loren S. Hunt as lecturer
in civil engineering and Miss Lucille
Eayes as Flood fellow IN economics
Miss Eaves leaves the university to ac-
cept the position of associate professor
of practical sociology in the University
of Nebraska. Wheeler also announced
that he had received word from the
Carnegie foundation that the University
of California was now a member of that
association and that the professors of
the university would be hereafter
eligible to a place on the Carnegie PEN
sion roll.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
BOURN LECTURES
THE SUPERVISORS
Tells Them He Could Settle
Matter If he Were Rum
ming the City
Says That the Company Will
Begin Campaign to Edu-
cate the People
Liquid Philosophy of
w. B. Bourn

Justly or unjustly. tho Spring
Valley water company Is accused
of being an arbitrary concern.
We arc going to start n cam
paiEn so that every voter won't
be a kicker against the water
company.
We propose to educate the peo-
pie so that they will see what
good water system we have.
IL requires a different kind of
mentality 70 handle a complaint
than 10 collect a bill.
The board of supervisors is pur-
suing n policy that entails a mimi
mum of efficiency with a maxi
mum of insult.
II you try TO own your public
utilities under your present system
Of government. then God help san
Francisco.
The questions at issue between
the city and the water company
could be settled very easily il I
were running the city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10

tions set forth lie with the national
government, some of them with the
states and communities in their cor
porate capacities, some with voluntary
organizations, and some with ipdi-
viduals acting alone.
All organized forces both IN town and
country should understand khat there
are country phases as web as city
phases of our civilization. and that one
phase needs help as much as the other.
All these agencies should realize their
responsibility to society.
There must be a vast enlargement OF
voluntary organized effort among
farmers themselves. There should be
organized under government leader
ship comprehensive plan for al eS-
hauStive study or survey of all the con-
ditions that surround the business of
farming and the people who live in the
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10

the year. He declined to promise, but
said he would recommend that if the
rates asked for were granted that $780,
600 be used to add 10,000,000 gallons
daily to the capacity of the system.
He denied that the city had been
asked to pay for the campaign against
Hetch Hetchy. The money, he said,
came from rents which the corporation
receives
At the conclusion of the conference
Otto tum SUDDEN urged relief for the
settlers in the Loewe tract, who are
without a supply.
J. H. DockweiIer was authorized to
inspect the company's books on behalf
of the city. The hearing will be re-
sumed next Thursday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10

country. in order to take stock of our
resources and TO supply the farmer
with knowledge.
There is need for young people OF
quality, energy, capacity. aspiration,
and conviction. who will live in the
open country as permanent residents
on farms or as teachers. or in other
useful fields. and who. while develop
ing their own business or affairs TO
the greatest perfection. will still have
unselfish interest in the welfare OF
their communities.
(. The. suggestions OF the commission
only outline general plan whereby
the strong resident forces in the open
country may themselves busid up a new
and better rural social structure. To
accomplish this the entire people must
be aroused. The time for this Is at
hand
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
DENVER MAYOR AMAZED
AT REBUILDING HERE
at Is Remarkable, Marvellous,
Wonderful" Says CoIoradan

r. w. Speer. mayor of Denver. ar
rived in this city yesterday from the
south, where he has been enjoying a
rest, accompanied by Mrs. Speer.
Speer will remain in this city three
or four days. He took an automobile
trip through the reconstructed districts
of the city yesterday and said on re-
turning TO the Hotel St. Francis:
1T is remarkable. ] have never wit
messed such marvellous activity. You
have made wonderful progress