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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11


A miner took his boots for repair
but was not In d hurry to pay
them. After a few weeks had elaps
The shoemaker called and asked II
he money
The miners wife answered the doc
md on being told by the shoemaE
hat he had called Tor the money
The boots she shouted into the hou
md told her good man what was r,
uired.
'Whatg' exclaimed the miner. =
wants paying for repairing the boo
Fell him It's not his turn. Why. t
man tnat made them hasn't got BIT
fa.fns-T 49, f's.r0n ~
A Forum Want Al win Sch III Tor Y0
"a. IaRaAaA Wan a. TgAi1 Sal r. Tew Ea
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11
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Those to whom the mathematical
mind has not been given will appre
ciate the fun an Irishwoman. Mrs. l..
rouche Of Harristown. has with nun
bers in THE Letters of a Noble
woman"
7 do hate sums Mrs. La Touch,
onfcSscs 70 a friend. There is
sreatcr mistake than 10 call arithmeti
IN exact silence There are pernuta
ions and alterations discerniblp I.
lindS entirety noble like uine:: snbtl
ariaticnS which ordinary accountant
Ill to discern; hidden laws Of mus
ers which II requires nind like min
perceive
For instance. II you add SUI
rom the hnttom up and then agal
onp the te@ acwn the result is
A Forum Want AID VIII Sell 1t For Yol
A Forum Want AID Will Sell 1t For 70,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

Miss M. Cora Dow. the brilliant bust.
ness woman Of Cincinnati, has added
two more drug stores to those she al
ready owned and managed. These
bring the number up to eleven. The
latest two have bean made noticeably
attractive and are at prominent bust
ness centers
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11


salt of the earth. To laugh and grow
fat has in past generations been con-
sidered most comendable thing. 1t
is men like Cassius who neither laugh
nor grow fat, that have in the past
been mistrusted. Now we are warned
by a New York minister against the
danger of smiling. 1T is" he says,
!" the od-natured man that opposes
progress; 1t is he who doesn't care how
he votes, or how ne makes money,
or how he spends it. The good-na-
tured man is chiefly responsible for the
weakness Of our government, for our
slack morals, for the laxity of reli-
gious life;" and the one thing he
urged upon his hearers was That they
should not Join the ranks of good
natured men, who by smiling indiffer-
ence are making it so hard for some of
us to push forward" The speakers
meaning, Of course was that the tend
ency of the easy going public to let
pass things which ought not to go UNI
challenged was great source of dan
ger, but it is frequently the man that
grumbles and says the country is go
ing to the dogs who does least to pre-
vent the outcome which he predicts.
The man VINO doesn't smile is the one
who, when he is down, feels that il is
not worth while to try to rise again.
He is the what's the use?" kind of
man. But the man who can smile
when defeated in one contest will be
found in the fighting line in the next.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

Yes. the girl pulled through. II
wiped out the money, of course.
They're living still I'm the same fur
nished room. The younger one got
back her job in MAJ.
In August she came to me "for a
tonic"-and said they had already 50
saved. I've tried to make her change
her JOB, but times are still hard and
jobs are few. So she'll probably stay
where she is-and I'll do what can to
pub her through this coming Merry
Christmas. AS to Whit you want to
write there's no need Of adding many
facts. Ask your readers to look for
Misunderstanding they shop-at the
faces behind the counters.
Only as a doctor want to add this:
Most, people don't know that in tene-
ment rooms and cheap boarding
house rooms, thousands Of men, wo-
men and young girls-some nothing
but kids-lfe sick and exhausted on
Christmas day. I've heard bitter talk
on sick beds, but none so bitter as
talk I've hearn then. Hospitals fill
UP way over the limit. Five or six
hundred at least from New Yorks
bASy SAAppS uAC S4IA All DEu III d week
or more. Probably close to 100 die.
For it's not only just after Christ
mas that trouble .omes. In this tense
rushing city life, the keen autumn
months and the month of December
are the time to store UP the strength
that takes people through the raw
months ahead. Sap their strength at
Christmas-and pneumonia finds easy
victims In March. So the shadow Of
Christmas is cast ahead
What's to be done about IT, this
1ovial Christmas rush? OF course it's
knotty problem. The public, / sup
pose, might do It's shopping earlier or
In some way force the big stores by
law to hire even more extra help than
they do, and work them in day and
evening shifts. OF course there is a
ay out, IL the public cares to find it,
Its a pity" some people may say,
go force such gloomy thoughts on us
Christmas day. It's time for happi-
ness, Christmas is"
And that's what I was thinking N.Y.
self, as watched the hite face Of the
child on the bad Yes-it's a knotty
problem. One of the kind that Christ.
suppose, would be tackling If he were
here, on this mighty birthday of his
while his followers gather around
Christmas trees to celebrate his name.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

a cent. And what money I had. had
already used.
Have you no relsttves?"
None"
There was one OF those long, mean
silences.
"You mean that s4s,- she said.
I'm sorry. Yes
Another tense silence. She was quiet
enough.
Well" she said, ''then it can't be
helped. Anyhow, thanks for coming
so late at night. Perhaps you can
come again tomorrow and tell me
where to send her. What ought to
COVE her Ionight7'
AS was giving few brief in
srructions, the midnight bells began
to strike.
Some fool across the courtyard
threw open wide his window and
shouted Merry Christmas" to some
body down below.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

Smiling Men Are Good Fighters.
New York Tribune: Good-natured
men have long been looked upon as the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
KETHMAN| CASE
IS BEFORE JURY
Men Who Will Consider Evi.
dence Against Fargo Car
penter Selected

Moorhead, Minn., Oct. 19.-District
court conveney yesterday with Judge
M. D. Taylor presiding. Nearly every
attorney from the county was in at
tendance and several attorneys from
abroad were present
When the grand jury was called. it
was found that four jurors were miss
ing and four more we're excused
which made it necessary to subpoena
eight more citizens.
The following grand jury was pick
ed to consider the Frank Kethman
case: o. NJ. Lundin, foreman; Frank
Green, M. d. Hawyer, Matt Wam-
bach, S. Simonitsch, E. C. Schrop-
pech, Mike Mallinger, Ole Engerbret-
son A. G. Kassenborg. VIM. Middaugh,
T. o. Bergen. C. w. Simmons, A. A.
Norby, Knute j. Russell and j. B.
Liddquist.
1t can be seen from the start that
the kethman case will be bitterly
fought with Messrs, Ays4and Barnett
conducting the defense and County
Attorney Johnson conducting the
prosecution.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
CORVALLIS
SURRENDER IS
CELEBRATED
Historic Yorktown Is Scene
of Beautiful and Inspiring
Pageant
PLACE where BRITISH RULE
IN The COLONIES ENDED
One Hundred and Twenty: Eight Years
Ago the Greatest Military Achieve.
ment Of, the World Took Place on the
Grounds Of the Celebration.

Yorktown, Va, Oct. 19-On the his
toric ground where Lord CORVALLIS
12S years ago sealed the doom of Bri-
tain's rule over what is now part
of the United States patriotic Ameri-
cans gathered today to celebrate the
anniversary of the famous surrender.
The exercises were held under the
auspices of the Society of the De-
scendents of the Signers of the Decla-
ration of Independence, the Yorktown
Historical sciety Of the United States
and the citizens of York county.
The principal events of the way was
the parade of the school children of
York and the surrounding counties.
Forming on the hank of the river, the
children marched to the court house,
thence down the great main street to
the crumbling custom house and
thence to the monument erected at
Yorktown on the occasion of the cen
tennial. There flowers We're strewn
on the graves of the soldiers who fell
at Yorktown and on that of Thomas
Nelson, Jr. The parade then moved
to the grand stand at the Nelson house
where the exercises of the day were
continued. Representative ]. Ham
ton Moore of Pennsylvania, president
of the Atlantic Deep Waterways as
sociation, delivered the principal ad-
dress
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
JAPAN CONTROL
IN DIPLOMACY
Crane Dismissal Said to Have
Been Influenced by Mika-
dos Government

Washington, Oct. 19.-The light
thrown on the situation in the orient
as the result of the dismissal of Chas.
r. Crane, the new minister to China,
indicates that japan is rapidly achiev-
ing domination of oriental affairs and
knocking holes into the open door pol
icy which this country is pledged to
promote.
This is the cry Of the friends of
China in Washington, and coupled with
it is the claim that Japan is pursu-
ing her course Of self-aggrandiGemen
unmolested by the United States and
undeterred by treaty obligations.
From Pekin today comes the unex-
pected information that the japanese
legation had the privilege of explain
ing to the diplomatic world and the
general public the reason of Secre-
tary of State Knox in dismisslng
Crane. In the ordinary course Of ev-
.ents the Chinese government. being
the. party most interested. would have
made the announcement.
At the same time comes the news
that the Chinese regarded the whole
situation in the orient with alarm, and
that japanese statesmen" think
Crane was let out because of Mr..
Knox's fear that he would not work
"in harmony with Japan"
Among the critics, who say japan
is besting this country in diplomacy,
there are heard these charges:
That American commerce with Man
churia had been hampered through the
instrumentality of Japan; that Japan
violated the open door principle when
she forced on China the treaties of
last summer, giving herself joint
privileges with China in the workings
of the mines in Manchuria.
That Japan's command of the situa-
tion is most clearly shown by the
news from Pekin that the japanese
legation, instead of the Chinese gov
ernment, had the privilege of explain
ing the reasons for Mr.. Knox's recall
of Charles R. Crane as minister to
China.
That the japanese Imitation of Am
erican trade marks, in spite of trade
mark treaty between this country and
Japan, has crippled American business
in China to the benefit of the Japan
ese merchants. On the face of these
things it appears that this country
his submitted more to the wishes Of
Japan than to any other country in
all the history of the United States
The shirt sleeve diplomacy" which
was to exalt China and enrich the
United States has not yet shown its
head in the. orient.
If 1t is true, as has been widely
charged, that Crane was deprived OF
his mission to China at the behest OF
Japan. It is but another indication Of
the hypnotic influence which the mi
kado exercises over this country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
Skeleton Found in Woods Be.
ieved to Be That Of Miss
ing Girl
EVIDENTLY THE VICTIM
OF O|ABOL|CAL FOUL PLAY
Her Fiance Is Now in Jail Awaiting
Trial for Another Murder-Automo.
bile Veil Found By Her Body Had
His Name Embroidered on 1t.

1slip, L. l., Oct. 19.-The skeleton
of the young woman. which was found
in the woods between Brentwood and
Islip yesterday, may be that of Miss
May Smith, nurse in the Manhattan
state hospital in Islip. Miss Smith
has been missing since last spring. A
singular feature of the case lies in
the fact that Miss Smith is believed
to be the financee of August Schwarz,
who is now in Jail at Riverhead, l.. L.,
awaiting trial on the charge Of mur-
dering j. Nelson of Central Islip on
September 16.
The belief that the skeleton was
that of Miss Smith was based on the
discovery that near where the skele-
ton lay was an automobile veil on
which was embroidered the name
Schwarz. Relatives of Miss Smith
were requested to try to identify the
jewelry found upon the skeleton. This
jewelry includes a necklace with a
golden locket, in which pearl was
set, and gold bracelet. The theory
that the girl was the victim of mur-
der was strengthened by the fact that
the skull was found about twenty feet
distant from the skeleton of the body
and there were indications that brush
had been thrown upon the body and
burned to conceal the crime. The
coroner today began an investigation
of the case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
SAN FRANCISCO
IS CELEBRATING
0stensibly Commemorating the
Discovery It Is Really the
Rebuilding Celebration

San Francisco, Oct. 19.-Rejoicing
over her rehabilitation after almost
complete destruction by earthquake
and fire, San Francisco is making
merry today with the guests sum-
moned from all over the world to par
ticipate in the festivities of the carni-
val week. Ostensibly to COM
memorate the discovery of San Fran
cisco bay by Don Casper de Portola.
the celebration in reality is more in
honor of those who have rebuilt a
greater city on the ruins of the old.
The warships Of five nations Joined
those of the United States in welcom-
ing Don Casper de Portole on his re-
arrival today and he was greeted on
the shore by many thousands of citi-
zens Of all lands. For five days the
carnival spirit will prevail and by
both day and night the town will be
given up to pleasure. Although the
day opened under leaden skies and
with light rain falling. clouds broke
soon and sun shone brightly on the
decorated city.,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
MAY BE DEPORTED
Mexican Who Used Utterances Against
United States Under Arrest

Los Angeles, CAL. Oct. 19-Guiter-
rez de Lara. Mexican attorney and
author, was arrested today by immi-
grafton inspectors acting under orders
from the department of commerce and
labor. DeLara accompanied we'll
known American magazine writer into
Mexico where he obtained Information
for articles on Slavery"
DeLara was arrested here October
3, two days before Presiednt Taft's
arrival. with three or four other Mexi-
cans, charged with disturbing the
peace. 1t was said they had made
incendiary speeches in the public
plaza and they were locked up as a
prefautinary measure. All were dis
charged from custody today but De-
Lara. who had been at liberty under
bond. was rearrested Immediately. A.
c. Ridgeway. inspector in charge Of
the local immigration office, asked
what charge had been placed against
DeLar, replied:
"He is accused of uttering words
against the United States, against all
governments in fact. He is accused
of being undesirable. He has not
been in this country three years and
he may be deported If found guilty."
DeLara left Mexico after the pub
lication of his book LOS Bribones,"
which reused the displeasure of Of
ficials In Mexico. A few weeks ago
lie married an American woman.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
PENSION ROLL
IS 1882 LESS
That Number of Veterans Were
Dropped Because of Death
Last Year

Washington, Oct. 19-Death's in
vasion of the fast thinning ranks of
war veterans caused 4S,312 names to
be dropped from the pension rolls of
the United States last year. OF this
number 32,S31 were survivors of the
civil war. The total loss to the pen
sion roll from all causes was 51,5S1.
In striking contrast to these fig
ures; comprised in the annual report
of Vespasian Warner. commissioner of
pensons, is the statement that the
government paid out in pensions in
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1909,
$161.973,7O3. which the commissioner
declares is the largest amount ever
disbursed for pensions in one year.
The number of pensioners on roll
at the close of the year was 946.194,
a net decrease of 5,493. Survivors of
the civil war on the roll numbered
93,961.
Commissioner Warner explains that
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
ROBBED THE TOWN
Two Men in jail Charged With Lar.
ceny of Public Money.

Two Men In jail Charged With Lar.
ceny Of Public Money.
Boston, Oct. 19.-Charged with the
larceny of $4,000 by means of al
legged forged notes of the town of
Framingham, Charles s. Cummings,
treasurer of the American Banking
company of this city and Edward A.
Mead, an agent for the same concern,
we're locked. up in the Charles street
jail last night. The warrants on which
the two men were brought to police
headquarters in Boston late yesterday
from East Cambridge and remanded
to jail in default of bail, charged them
Jointly with the larceny of $25,0OO
from the town Of birmingham and of
$25,000 from the Franklin savings
bank of Boston, on November 30, 1908.
The authorities agreed that the al
legged crime was committed In Boston
and that therefore the Suffolk county
authorities should conduct the pre-
liminary proceedings.
None of the police. or county on
cials would discuss the evidence which
they claim to have against Cummings
and Mead. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
SW|NBOURNE
{. WAS. || MURDERED .|:|!| / i
~ fS~ff ~ ~,
Story That He Committed Sui
eide Not Substantiated by
Post Mortem

Cincinnati, Oct. 19-The post NOR
tenn on the body of Charles SWIM
bourne of Newport. Ky, who was sup
posed to have committed suicide in
Chicago last Sundya indicates that he
was murdered. 1t was given out from
Chicago that he had ended his life by
drinking carbolic acid. The post NOR
tenn showed not the slightest trace of
the poison. His skull, however, had
been fractured in two places, there
were marks on his neck that tell of
the strangler's fingers and his chest
was cut. When found in Chicago,
there was only one cent in the dead
mans pockets. He left home with a
considerable sum. Swinbourne went
to Chicago to attend meeting of the
Order of Eoresters.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
A WALKER
FELL FORTY FEET
Geo. Milligan Had Narrow Es.
cape From Death at Rapid
City

Rapid City, Man., Oct. 1s.-George
Milligan an employe of the c. N. r.
had miraculous escape from death
this morning. Nj. Milligan was stay
ing at the Queens hotel and at 3:15
this morning he rose from his bed in
the hotel and walked through win
dow in the third story of the building,
falling distance Of 40 feet and land
ed on big pile Of bricks directly be-
meath his window. He was found
shortly afterward and medical assist
ance secured. The doctor found that
Mr.. Milligan was not seriously injur-
ed. He suffered from q bad wound
on the knee and the shock to his sys-
tenn was severe one. The injured
man says he had no recollection Of
how he got to the brick pile and can
only attribute his accident to SOM
nambuism which he is occasionally af-
fficted with.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19

the increase in the amount paid out
for pensions was due principally to
the large number of pensioners plac-
ed on the roll under the act of Febru
ary 6, 1907, granting $1.. SIS and $40
to survivors of the war with MeXi-
co and the civil war. on reaching the
ages Of 62. 20 and 72 respectively.
The increase is also due in part to
pensions granted under the second
section of the act of April 19. 1908. the
widows of persons who served in the
civil war. without regard to their Pc
cuniary condition. and to the in
crease OF $50 to s12 per month of the
rate of pension of certain widows, mi
nor children and helpless minors. The
pensions of 202.577 widows, minor
children and helpless minors, who
were already on the rolls, were in
creased by this act
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
RICH MICA Vein
on PEACE RIVER
Deposit Two Miles Long and
Sixty Feet wide Found
By Prospector

Edmonton. Alta. Oct. 1s.-That there
is enough mica to supply the demands
Of civilization for many decades in
one solid vein. two miles long nestled
away in the almost impenetrable blue
granite chambers of the Peace river
canyon is the claim of prospector
who reached here yesterday. The
vein is situated at point beyond
which no man who has ever attempt
ed to navigate the foaming waters of
the Peace riverS Through the canyon
has escaped with his life and to build
railway to this vein would re-
quire millions. The prospector re-
Gently spent year exploring in British
Columbia and in the Peace river, and
has amazing stories to tell. of the al
most inexhaustible riches of that yet
undeveloped country.
This particular vein Of mica, with
mica ranging in price from $25 to
$1,000. q pound in the markets of the
world the biggest gold mine ever dis
covered would be .. mere bagatelle,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
Became Temporarily Insane
When Charged With Com. 4,
plcity in Bomb Throwing :,
IS HELD IN ENGLAND ON
MURDER CHARGE IN sweden
When Arrested He Declared the Eyi.
dence Against His Was Circumstan.
tial, Based on the Fact That He Wan
in Sweden at the Time. =, -.

London, Oct. 19-Prof. Martin Eken.
burg, the we'll known Swedish scien.
tist who became temporarily insane
when the suspicion of completely in
the recent bomb outrages in Sweden
fell upon him, was removed from the
asylum today to the Bow street police
court where he was arraigned on the
charge of attempted murder in
Sweden. Ekenburg appeared to have
recovered complete possession of his
mental faculties.
According to the detective who made
the arrest, the prisoner, on being taxi
en- into custody said, "the evidence
against me is circumstantial only and
is based upon the fact that happened
to be in Sweden at the time the crimes
were committed" The court ordered
that Ekenburg be held for further ex.
animation and he was removed to
BriXton Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-19
MOB Wanted TO
HANG MURDERER
Prepared to Take Prisoner
From Officers During a
Change of Jails

Bluefield. w. Va, Oct. 19-Expect-
ing that Howard Little, charged with
the Meadows murders and arson,
would be removed from Jail at Le-
banon and taken to Grundy for trial,
a mob formed and proceeded towards
Honaker, where they expected to in
tercept the officers with Little.
There were 100 horsemen in the
party but they were wrong as to the
time Of the removal of Little. Little
is alleged to have killed the Meadows
family of six and burned them in their
home at Hurley, Va