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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-24

Cambridge, Mass, April 24--A mil
lion dollar defense fund is at the com
mand of Chester S, Jordan. the former
actor, who is on trial for his life charg
ed with the revolving murder of his
beautiful young wife, Honora Jordan.
The tragedy occurred at Somerville,
an ,aristocratic suburb of Boston, Sept
1, 1908. Jealousy of other men, ac-
cording to the prosecution, was the
motive for the crime. stas.
by the police. made confession in
which he gave the details of how he
had killed his wife and then hacked
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-24

ConstantinopIe, Ap "a. - Heavy
rifle firing shortly after 3 o'clock this
morning mingled with the occasional
rattle of artillery fror7 the heights
surrounding YiIdiz kyosk, marked the
elimination of the expected clash be-
tween the troops of the constantinopIe
garrison and the army Of investment
which began it's advance on the city
yesterday afternoon.
The fighting started in the south.
west portion of Pera, near YiIdiz,
kyosk, between the troops under Gen
eraI Mahmoud- -sehef<ey, commanding
the army of the investment and a
part of those loyal to the suIsan.
CASUALTIES ARE HEAVY.
The firing was still in progress at 2
o'clock and the saIoniki troops hav-
ing attacked the Matehka and Tasch-
kisehIa barracks, south of YiIdix
kyosk, where they me4 stubborn re-
sistance. II 10 reported that the cas-
uaIties are heavy.
prevailed In the city for awhile, but
later panic resumed and thousands
began fleeing. At 10 o'clock the fir-
ing almost ceased. But at long in
tervals the field guns could be heard
together with a@scattering fre OF the
neaVy artillery.
From the houses near Yfldiz Kyosk
the bodies of those VINO met death
during the encounter near rne Tazch-
kischla barracks are plainly visible. |
Streets near the firing line have been
cleared and all non-combatants have
been ordered to remain in doors to
prevent casualties and the possibility
Of mob violence, leaving the streets
clear for the exclusive movement OF
the troops. The public has been
warned away from the neighborhood
of Yildiz and the lines are impenetra-
BILE.
Soldiers Protect Americans.
battalion Of the sultan's house,
hold guard occupied the Tazch Kischk
barracks about 500 strong and were
resisting the advance of the invest
ing army. Expecting an attack they
were deployed outside the barracks
when an officer from General Schefkat
demanded that they surrender. but
they refused.
only a small part OF rne constitu-
tioaai troops were engaged In the at
tack on the barracks. as Pera is still
strongly occupied with companies Of
infantry stationed in nearly every
street and detailed to guard every EN-
bassy The American embassy Is
thus protected and the Young Turks
are protecting all the hotels and banks
In the Pera quarter where the Amerl-
cans and Europeans are gathered IN
security.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-24
HEINRICH CONREID
REPORTED DEAD

Paris, April "a lit Is reported here
that Heinrich Conreid. formerly direc-
tor OF the Metropolitan operahouse OF
New York. died today at Meran. In
Austrian Tyrol. Mrs. Conreid was with
him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-24
COLE YOUNGER ON
lecture PLATFORM

- Tulsa, Okla, April 24.-Cole Younger,
ex-bandit and formerly a member of
the Jesse James gang of bank and
train robbers, made his debut here to-
day on the Chautauqua lecture plat
form. He described his lecture, which
was read from manuscript, as setting
forth, The Lessons That Might Be
Drawn From His Past Life.
Younger says that in delivering lee
lures he is not violating conditions
of his parole issued by the board of
pardons in Minnesota, where he was
serving a life sentence for his part in
the famous Northfield bank robbery.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-24

Open Yard at piiWorth.
The Interior Lumber CO. has opened
a lumber and fuel yard at Dilworth,
where offices have been established.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

aer.inS some Of his most notable
works showed how Industrious this
venerable man Of art has been
IT would require Il large volume IL
tell what Mr. La Fargo has done by
his own works and his influence upon
others to make the production Of
stained glass windows a real art in
this country. In stained glass work.
at least if not in mural decoration gen
orally he is considered to hive no SIT
perior in this country. For fifty years
his art career has continued from one
studio. and at threescore ycars and
ten he is now actively at work IN his
profession. enjoying the fame and
emolunlents to which his achieve
ments entitle him. This might seem
something to he thankful for seeing
that genius goes so often without any
substantial reward, but Mr. La Fargo
in receiving the medal from the pre1;i
dent of the league. who happens to be
his own son. the we'll known architect
Grant La Fargo. took occasion to ex-
press regret that it had not come to
MIN earlier IL MS career. i receive
this late in life he remarked, land
at time when it is useless to me as
n help to I've by ] may yet have
three or four years Of life. and per-
haps | may gat some work TO do. 1t
Is very gratifying for me to receive
this media! from my son. and I am
very proud that Ivy son has given It to
me"
Mr. In Fare * evidently somewhat
sensitiv" y. boi"g referred to- az IAN
aged artist' r. ~ broken down In
health III correcting some statements
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

uipe OF water cannot he maintained
and other sources of supply must be
sought
All are familiar with the accounts of
forest fires during the past year. with
the reports of miles Gf forest destroy
ed and the loss of millions upon mil
lions of dollars This disaster. how
ever cannot he measured in money
values. From 100 to 400 years ha We
been required to grow these trees AT
the present rate of consumption the
timber supply of America will be eH
hausted in twenty years. and If prompt
action is not taken this lease Of life Of
the woodlands may be reduced one
half. But the passing of the forests
means much thcc III. =, 70
they Influence the country in Il wider
and much more vital manner. The
history of China today. the eroded dis
trictS of France and the barren waste
of the once fertile valley of the Eu-
pirates have all followed as n result
of the disappearance Of the forests in
these countries
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

A FLOCE OF ANG.ORA GOATS AND Kids Re
LONGING TO CUFF BROS GRAHAM
MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA CROOK NATION ~.
FOREST.
the goats. which will not even realize
they are doing 4 valuable work
Plans for carrying OF the work are
outlined in cooperative agreement
drawn up hy the forest service and
the owner Of a band of Angora goats
grazing on the Lassen national forest
of California The scheme is 10 run
fire lines parallel with the contour of
the slopes by cutting trails about
eighty rods apart These trails are 10
serve as guides for the AnGoras. They
will Craze in each direction from the
trails, killing. II is estimated. a strip
of brush about 300 yards wide. The
wide lanes cut out aud grazod by the
goats will serve as ideal fire lines i'll
protecting the forest covered lands "
ing beyond and around the chaparral
areas and also make q place for repro
duction Of merchanlaoe trees.
For he past tNo years the govern
ment has been carrying On permanent
imnrnvernerts in the national forests
on an extensive scale and the con
struction OF fire lanes aud trails has
been one of the most Important fea.
lures of The wort The task of clear
ing the ground an, providing land for
good forest trees j.. however. perhaps
the most important Ianeit expected to
come out Of the experiment.
The proposci work Of the Angora
goats may finally solve the chaparral
problem which has been troublesome
in the state OF California for many
years. The bushy ehaparral growth
chokes out seedlings of valuable com
mercial trees viii h may get start
and when dry is one Of the worst kinds
of fire risk Often a small blaze
which starts in it gains such Roadway
in q few minutes as to travel hundreds
of yards and lick into valuable stands
Of understandable timber.
The protection to be afforded by the
goat built fire lanes. therefore. may at
last bring relief to the state. which In
the past has had its full share of tim
Der loss through destructive forest
Rres. At the same time a large amount
of chaparral will be killed out to make
room for the growth of good trees that
produce lumber If proved successful
1t the end of two years the work will
be carried to national forests in other
sections WHORE ehaparral has cboked
out good forest trees and created a
dangerous fire risk.
The interest that is being taken
| throughout the country IN the preser-
walton of thp forests and the great i'm
portance u The subject were forcefully
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

,ristown. n ]. Mr.. Wilks. who is six
Ity-five. Is great-grandson of the orig
lnal John Jacob Aston and a man of
some fortune. His bride is the daugh-
tor Of Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest
woman In America. Mr. Wilks laid
siege to Miss Green's heart over ten
years ago. He won it. but it took
full decade to win the consent Of the
young ladys mother to a marriage.
When that consent was obtained Miss
Green lost no time in arranging for
the wedding ceremony. 1t was con
lsummated successfully in spite of the
fact that the vigilance Of newspaper
men and photographers. who wanted
to be around when there was anything
doing In the matrimonial line. caused
Mrs. Green and her daughter not to
mention the groom, some annoyance.
"a hurry, Mrs. Wilks was able to pos
,sess herself Of very fine trousseau
before she was led to the altar. An
|1ncOme Of 5000 a day enables one to
do wonders sometimes even in such
ln1atters as getting elaborate gowns
made and obtaining the proper things
IN hats and lingerie.
1t is quite a weighty matter to de.
eide whether or not corporation
ought to pay SO large fine as $4,000
600 Judge kenesaw Mountain Ian
dis acquired much more publicity than
the average federal judge enjoys when
he imposed such fine on the Stand
ard Oil company. and now Judge Al
bert Barnes Anderson Of the United
States district court, who presides at
the rehearing of the case, is getting his
share of the public attention. Judge
Anderson 10 a native of Indiana and
q graduate Of Wabash college A.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
WELCOMING THE SAILORS.
President and Secretary Of Navy
Greeting Admiral Sperry.

1t was proud day for Secretary
Truman II. Newberry when he stood
beside President Roosevelt on the flag
ship Connecticut and assisted in his
capacity of head of the navy depart
ment in welcoming the hattleship fleet
home from its trip around the world
Victor H. Metrllf was secretary Of
the navy when the feet started away
from Hampton Roads on its record
cruise in December. 1907 but Mr. New
berry was assistan; secretary then.
and both in that post ANA rs head Of
the depart ment has bad much to d.
with the success attending this eXper
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

He conferences that have re-
Gently been held looking to the
conservation of the natural re
sources Of the country and the
efforts that are being made by federal
and state governments to prevent de
fOrestation lend interest and impor-
lance to a peculiar experiment that 10
to be made in the forests Of California
This is nothing less than the employ
ment Of Angora goats rs fire fighters.
Just how the fire fighting plan is to be
carried out through the cooperation OF
the goats 1t is the purpose of this arti-
Gle to explain
Some 1900 of the Angora goats are
herded out or the brush covered foot
hills of California. and they are going
to do some hard work for Uncle Sam
during the coming two years begin
ming this spring The experiment will
he unique both as a stock raising prop
rsition and as an engineering and tree
culture problem.
The little white animals whose long
wool is of such great value are going
to be put to no less n task than con
structing pilc after mile of fire line
through the hushy chaparral growth
in the national forests, saving much
labor by the United STATES forest SER
Ice engineers and making way for for
estation by merchantable trees. Mo-
the least important feature of the ey
L., H., l,.t
will be confined to the Iassen forest,
IS the fact that the task will be per
formed during the regular grazing by
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

first brought to
public notice by
t he application
of Mrs. Tucker
to the war de
partment for an
investigation of
her husbands
conduct W b IL e
stationed at Ma
Mia and while
travelling be-
tween there and
Chicago. The Sec
rotary referred
the matter to the
inspector gener-
al, who conduct
oil an inuuirv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

" side of the millennium the pub
liz will learn to appreciate
great man before he is dead
The wisdom of giving a man his que
while he is alive and able to reap the
benefit of the good things said about
him was illustrated recently In the
case of TINT truly great American art
list. John La Fargo The Architectural
League of New York, which in effect
Is an organization of national scope,
has just concluded its twenty fourth
annual exhibition In the Fine Arts
building in F'ifty-seven street. New
York The league embraces In Its
membership painters. sculptors, archl
tects and workers In allied arts. the
three sister arts of painting. sculpture
aud architecture being the mainstay of
the organization Mr. In Fargo as
dean Of the mural painters of America
and John . a Ward as dean of the
scuIrtorS were the two artists recefv
ing The chief brnnrs of the exhibition.
MT IN FARCE WAS the recipient of 81
gold medal of honor for mural paint
ing and Mr. Ward Of II similar medal
for his achievements in sculpture. The
gold medal for architecture Wns
awarded IL the firm of Trowbridge <
Livingston fer its design for the res
idence Of Henry Phirpe 1t was the
first time IN The history of the orgaDi-
zation that such gold medals were
struck. and Mr. La Fargo and Mr..
Ward are the first to be thus honored
as painter and sculptor.
In the hanging of the works contrib
uted to the exhibition special proni
hence was given to those of these two
artists. and the place Of honor in the
principal gallery was occupied by Mr..
La Fnrges painting for the Church Of
the Paulist Fathers in New York emit
tied Angel of the Sun Near it were
the studies fer several stained glass
windows for the same ehurch. one of
which is illustrated herewith. Other
exhibits numbering about forty repre-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

IN officer OF the federal government
1t Is a record almost unequaled in the
annals Of this service Yet he does
not seem like an old man. His friends
think Judge Shields Que Of the young
est men In the federal building In
New York He entered the employ of
the general government in 1855 as n
messenger in the United States com
missioner's office and wns cashier. dep
uty clerk and clerk of that office be
fore he was himself appointed com
missioner in the year 1869 In 1878
he was appointed deputy clerk of the
United States district court and ten
years later was promoted to be clerk.
position in which he made himself
almost Indispensable to the lawyers
practicing in the court
He supported his mother while he
was working as a messenger boy and
when an opportunity came to him to
make an extra dollar by taking home
records to copy at night he gladly
seized it. 1t was proud day for him
when in 1869 he was admitted to the
bar. He has a wide repute for his
knowledge Of federal practice and de
cisions of federal judges. He had the
distinction of trying the last man con
victed In New York Of engaging in the
African slave trade. Among other
noted issues that have been tried be
fore him were the Greene Gaynor
frauds and the frenzied finance pro
ceedings of the Cassie Chadwick case
There was much Wealth represented
In the union between Matthew Astor
iWflks Of New York and Miss Sylvia
Green. which was solemnized recently
In st. Peters Episcopal church, Nor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07


close estimate of the relative value OF
The evidence submitted. He has been
Il federal Judge in the Indiana district
since 1892 and has tried many impor-
tant cases involving alleged violation
of United States laws during that pc
Rod One of the most famous Of these
was the John c. New bank case. in
which the comments of the court In
rendering q decision were the subject
of considerable discussion at the time.
The former society pet. Mrs. Mary
Logan Tucker. whose troubles with
her husband. Colonel William +. Tuck
er. e. S. A.. have attracted much at
tention. Is Il daughter Of General and
Mrs John A. Logan. In 1907 the do
nestle infelicities Of the fuckers were
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
'ANCORA CoATS As FIRE FIGHTERS

brought OUT in II lecture delivered ri
Columbia university. New York. by J.
S. Whipple. forest, fish and game com
missioner Of the Empire State New
York city Is spending Sl3o.WO.on IL
the CONSTRUCTION of n reservoir ut
Kingston to furnish the people of the
municipality with pure and plentiful
water. The streams in the Catslsills>
are to furnish this watef. but as Com
missioner Whirple pointed out, unless
steps are taken to protect and pre-
serve the existing forest lands In this
section, US we'll az to refnrest the de
nuded timber districts. the present vol
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07


left his card so | do not feel neglected
AS am led into TALKING about myself. +
wish to note a matter which is interesting
to me and which is also interesting in q
| general manner, and this is that | have
| been off and i'll man since the years
| 1865 and 1861. was paralyzed by what
| later was supposed to be lead poisoning,
| which affects some of painters very
much. The lame foot of the late Lord
Byron was part of his equipment for be-
| coming a great English poet. The result
has been the same for me from my lame
ness, which has not always been appar-
ent. but which is always there Some
| thirty odd years ago. when | undertook
tho hnrin~tre of decorative work in
churches by painting Trinity church. my
| kindly assist ants he'd always to help mo
up the thirty foot ladder on to the great
| scaffodings. This did not prevent my
| painting the wall. slung narrow
| board sixty feet above the floor of the
church. with one passed around
| rope and holding my palette. while the
other passed around the other rope,
and painted on my last figure. eighteen
feet high. which had to be finished the
| next morning at O'Clock. / painted five
hours that night in that way and painted
for twentyone hours out OF the twenty
four For sick man you can that
the strain well NEE.
III appreciation of genius is Georg)e
Gray Barnard. whose enthusiastic ad-
mirers claim for him talents equal to
those of Nichcangelo Mr.. Barnard
recently had ono of his best sculptural
achievements. The Hewer." on exhi-
bition in FGston and an effort was
made to raise enough money to buy it
FOR the city sod to say. without sue
cess TIL" People Of tho Hub praised
The sculptor auil his genius. but when
they Wnrn ae1co1 to contribute hard
earned fali3rf so fllat %. work might
stay III their city III" result even in
the Athens Of 4 H'aricn was tlisarpoint-
ing. mother Of Mr. l;arnard's famous
WORKS tfs' cod iau which was exhib-
tied IT, TIE Paris salon and Ut the Pan
American exposition. for a long time
vent Gr,-ging and Was lacking II per-
manc3,i resting place Columbia uni
fol9itv haze if rt,H and has awarded IT
Il place If nrar ON it's campus.
After al sorts Of fluctuations MIR
Earnarst is lseiI4g to be able to carry
out At loas q part Of his plan fer the
sc,ilftural decoration Of the new Penn
syivania cnpitol. The graft that -four
iehed il connection with the erection
Of this hiiding came near wrcclSing
this s"ll"fn", but II transpired that
Some Of ~" scuf.tnrs friends ca me to
the rcsruo ana raised sufficient money
To permit him In gs' On with his work,
which when caecuted will help to
make tho Pennsylvania capitol notable
for its triunpbs Of art long after the
graft scandal has passed out of mem
orr
Mr. Edwin A. Abbey has also shown
Il most eoElne udable spirit in carrying
ont his part Of he great task Of orna-
menting the capitol of the keystone
state. There were obstacles of yari-
Gus kinds to the execution of part
Of The decorative chcme devised bv
this great American mural painter.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

published several ""ei,s ~" WIZ u
govc such an impression he wrote IN
. w,v which showed him I" be iiuinor-
,st no VOL as artist. Said the kraaa
mural painter:
This matter was source o' "''i'e'5.aeVS
to me and also of a certain pleasure
.+;n, ,ro,,,ries and letters, etc. from
.,.on1e who kindly took an interest In my
health or anything affecting @e. More
over. it brought me vise from my doc.
tor. whom ] had not seen Tor severa'
veeka have not seen him yet. but hs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
Material Ones.

"Are you superstitious" -
"Not q bit"
Don't believe in ghosts"
"Only when they walk"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

iment in naval procedure. President
Roosevelt was in his happiest mood
when he bid the men under Rear Ad-
miral Sperry welcome back to their
native land and showed that he was
satisfied the trip Of the feet around
the world would rank as one of the
most important and farreaching events
of his administration
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
Liked the Trade.

"How did she feel when he broke
the engagement
"she was resigned to her fate
Bore up nohly:'
YES: the fate WAS in the form Of q
millinnaire's son y
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
Sure Cure.

"Is there something I can put in his
coffee that will make him quit smok-
ing"
"S'fre thing. etrvcltnine
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
of Genius

The Medals of Honor
rendered the Deans 81
American Painters ana
sculptors Edwin A. ABB
hev and His Donation,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
,so.osoSGsosGscsCeo.G.oe

TT is an interest
1 ing fact t h q I
United state s
Commissioner John
A. Shields, who fig
ures in the proceed
fngs regarding the
Indictment Of the
publishers of the
New York W orld
and India napolis
News for libel. has
seen almost sixty
yc0Pa If Sorvico ne
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
The Rewards

Artists)Who Have Waited
Long FOR Substantial Rec-
oenision john La tarae
and Ceoree(Gray Barnard
and Their Trials.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

Mr.. \ hi,ey resolved
to do the work ~
planned whether he
got paid or not. He
IL therefore going to
donate to the CAPT
tol ten large mural
paintings to be plac-
cd in the hall Of the
house Of represent
atives which will
serve to cot1piete
his al lcgorica /
scheme Of tIncGra
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

The Roar,.man residence Washing
ton is of interest in connection with
the Taft inaugural ceremonies on ac-
count of President Taft being enter
tanned within its wallis prior to occu-
pancy of the White House The Board
mans and the Tafts are very intimate
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07

into the charges preferred by Mrs.
Tucker. In recent proceedings con
nected with the case there have been
several sensational episodes. One was
the appearance on the stand of the
young son of the estranged couple in
order to give testimony against his ia
Their. Mrs. Tucker is handsome wo-
man and Is considered to resemble her
father, the gallant soldier who was a
candidate on The Republican ticket in
1884 with the late James G. Blaine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-07
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

F,EI,APS some day little tnls
side of the millennium the pup
liz. viii learn to appreciate
great man before he Is dead