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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
ALL PASSENGER
TRAINS ARE LATE
NO MAIL WAS RECEIVED FROM
THE EAST UNTIL NEARLY NOON
TODAY AND PASSENGERS WERE
PUT TO A GREAT INcoNVENI-
ENcE-TAKE EXTREME CARE.

Every train on the different rail-
roads entering the city last night and
today was late. Some of them did not
reach the city until six hours after
the usual time. This is accounted for
by the extremely cold weather and the
heavy travel, with bad connections east
and west.
No. s on the N P. bringing in the
Knights of Columbus from Dickinson
did not arrive until nearly noon; No.
bringing in the show people for the
Grand, Bijou and Savoy did not get
here until close to noon and all trav-
elers were put to a great inconveni-
ence.
The roads are extremely careful dur
ing such a cold snap, fearing broken
rails and other accidents. 1t is just
about a. year since an entire passenger
train was ditched on the Dickinson d.
vision on account of a broken rail.
and several were injured. The Great
Northern was suffering too with late
trains and the Milwaukee trains were
late coming in, but went out on time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
ons Niew of the Matter.

Fergus Falls Journal: The decision
Of the supreme court in the case of
The women who were suing the city
Of Mankato for causing the death of
their husbands by furnishing impure
water. will have an important bearing
on the ownership of public utilities by
, municipalities 1t has been taken for
granted by those who favor municipal
ownership that cities were immune
from those liabilities, which are a
heavy expense upon privately owned
utilities, but this decision says that
when cities take up the business Of
furnishing the public with. such neces-
stiles as light, water and gas they must
assume all the responsibilities and La
bilities Of a private corporation or in
dfvidual. If municipalities have much
bad luck they win not be able to sup
ply these necessities much cheaper
then private corporations
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Rev. J. w. Robinson of Minneapolis
preached at Grace Methodist church
yesterday.
Miss Alice Falconer has succeeded
Miss Granskov as stenographer for At
ty. c.. G. Dosland. The former lady
leaves to assume a position in Fargo.
Professor and Mrs. Powers of the
agricultural school at Crookston are
spending the New Year season with
Professor and Mrs. Powers Of the
Moorhead normal.
The singing northeaster kept big
crowds away from the hotel fire this
morning.
The running of the cars on the
courthouse loop was more or less dis
rupted during the progress of the fire
and there were one or two derailments.
The breaking of the rail flange at the
curve near the north bridge came near
causing a prolonged delay. The ex-
.cessive cold caused the flange to snap
off like glass.
Meeker and Lommen have hied
themselves to St. Paul.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
The World of Fashion

THE vogue of artificial flowers of all
sorts is carried to extremes this
season.
They literally decorate everything
dresses, furs, even shoes and under.
wear.
/. Al very natural looking rose is made
of kid scented like the real blossom
from which it can hardly be dlstin.
guished.
Hopelessly out OF date is the gown
made of only one material This is the
day of useful remnants, and the wo-
man who has three materials in her
gown is even smarter than she who
only has two.
The reign of the striped and figured
has almost reached its height. Dress
makers are divided in their forecast OF
summer materials, some claiming plain
weayes win be used and others bor-
dered materials of the most startling
description. e
White waists have given way almost
entirely to the colored ones and are
now used almost exclusively az
guimpes.
/ The black satin or he black velvet
tnVSnln6 uFSSS ~ aMAA S5EsaMEEy SiHd1lcSs
timing Just low, ana kha rich se4s
effect is relieved bygo1d br silver passe
,menterie. A brilliant crimson SHADE
trimmed with silver Is another of the
seasons novel combinations for smart
evening wear.
Tn general 1t may be said that the, al
black hat leads, and huge black stray
shapes are to be smarter than eve
next spring.
The. lace rufiie worn on q ribbon
bandeau Is FAR more becoming than tn.
mob cap and allows of more elab'
crate couture. This is the very Iateg.
thing just now.
/ Hardly fur set but has a fancy
touch in the way Of cretonne. velvet Of
artificial flowers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
( Moorhead Department
Columbia Hotel Is Now
Mass of Charred Ruins
Only First Class Hosiery Of the City Destroyed by Fire This
Morning--Many Narrow EscapeS---Bulding Is
Total LoSS---Vaued at $4,000

Moorheads only frst-class hosiery,
the Columbia hotel is a mass of char
red ruins. The building was destroyed
by fire, which is said to have been
started from an overheated stove in
the toilet room off the wash room on
the office floor. about 1880 o'clock
this morning.
The hotel was a three-story, brick
structure except a small addition at
the rear, which was veneered. 1t was
built in 1ssO-S1, at cost Of $4,000
for building and equipment, and was
owned by John Erickson. The insur-
ance on the building amounts to about
$40, 900, just about enough to pay the
mortgage debt.
When all is taken into considera-
ton, and coupled with the very eX-
cesstve cold weather which prevailed,
it is a miracle that the guests and
help escaped with their lives. There
was no opportunity for exit by the
main staircase on account of the
dense smoke, many guests had to re-
sort to the safety ropes in the rooms
and some had ample time to leave the
building by the rear as the worst Of
the blaze was in the front part of the
house A large number of guests had
departed by the early morning trains,
many being called at 5 and o'clock.
Nels Holbeck of Legler & Holbeck,
the les6ees OF the hotel, said, II had
a narrow escape. 1 was in bed and
was frantically called by Mr.. Tang,
the superintendent Of schools,
never experienced such q density Of
smoke, and the only way / could leave
my room was through the window and
only had time to partially dress.
cannot tell how and where the fire
started. but learn that 1t was in the
boiler room or from a stove. My per-
sonal belongings are insured. / can
not express fully my gratitude and
feelings Of pleasure to hear that no
lives were lost, or that there were no
injuries, but / regret to hear than
many Of the regular bOarders lost So
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
Splendid Results From the School
Contributions to Children'S Home

especially in sections where the crops
were poor, but where the children all
seemed anxious to share their little
with children less fortunate than
themselves. One teacher writes:'T am
a widow with four children to support,
and have taken to teaching as a liveli-
hood; so YOU see my offering is truly
the widows mite" she made up the
offering from 81 cents to sum writ
ten with three figures. We hope 1t is
bread cast upon the waters that will
surely return. We wish we could re-
print many of the letters received, but
space will forbid. Suffice it to say
that all undoubtedly did what they
We're able, and the offerings were ex-
cellent. The small schools in sparsely
settled districts of the state did their
share. Many Of tn teachers wrote
that they had but five, six, eight or ten
pupils; but the cash sent in shows that
every one did his part.
The management of the home de-
sires to take off its official hat to the
Iverson family Of Bloomington school,
No. 2, Fessenden, and to the Brend
family of Primrose school, No. T.
Portland. In the former cshool Miss
Paula E. Hensel, the teacher, gave out
small envelopes to the pupils, and in
sending in the 1925 thus raised, for
warded the envelopes, with the names
of the pupils written on them. We
were greatly interested in all such
lists sent in, and we wish we could
publish them, but ii would require a
sheet the size of The Fargo Forum,
with a supplement, to do so. The fol-
lowing names appeared upon the en-
velopes from the Bloomington school,:
Eddie Iverson, Johnny Iverson, Adolf
Iverson,, Grin Iverson, Hilmer Iverson,
Arthur Iverson, Nordal Iverson, An
drew Iverson, Minnie Iverson, Willie
Iverson. In the list from Primrose
school, Portland appeared the names
of Agnes, Ella, Alvin, Eva and Selma
Brend. We shall take pleasure in for
warding the names of these children
to Colonel Roosevelt, with certain
recommendations.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
TRACK AND TIE.

Yesterday morning on No. going
east, according to one of the conduct
.ors on q western division of the
N. p. q Pullman conductor was going
into ST. Paul to receive a prize Of $50
which is given by the railroad company
to ali Pullman conductors who have
an entirely clear record for the year
There wasn't so much as a scratch
against him.
No. Sunday morning was two hours
late, caused by heavy travel and the
cold night
In the western part of the state there
are all kinds of rumors of railroad ex-
tension. So far as can be learned they
were without foundation.
The N. p. has been reducing it's
freight crews on the western divisions.
Many of the men who have been laid
off have gone east
The new station agent for the North
ern Pacific at Dickinson has taken
taken charge of the werk The ex-
agent, George j. Kilmer, has been
sworn in as county treasurer of Stark
county and could not attend to his du-
ties on the railroad.
The freight cost on household goods
going east is just double the cost for
the same goods going west. The idea
is to get the people out west and keep
/ them there.
The Fargo Knights of Columbus who
attended the institution of the new
council of the order at Dickinson yes-
terday returned home on No, this
morning. tired, but all declaring they
had delightful time.
A year ago the middle Of this month
occurred the big wreck on the N. p,
near New Salem when whole passen-
ger train was ditched While no one
was killed, several were injured.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
Railroad News
QUITS RAILROAD
FOR EDITORSHlP
cHIEE CLERK OF TELEGRAPHsHs
or THE NORTHERN PAc'F'o
HAS RESIGNED TO BECOME
NEWSPAPER MAN AT 0lcnlN'
soN--oLp DICKINSON MAN

oliver Whaley, formerly chief clerA
OF the telegraph department OF tno
Northern Pacific railroad, severed ms
connection with the road on 1hurs''''S
last to become the editor OF me ''i.N
inson Recorder Post. Mr. Wha'eg lo
merly resided at Dickinson unI'i n
was promoted to the office Oh eng.
clerk. He has been a busy man lh7
past seven years, receiving ana an
swerfng numerous letters to the aver
age of sixty-five a day. He was rlght
in line for the office of division super
intendent, but preferred to enter the
newspaper business and the railroad
department of The Forum wishes MN
success. He has large acquaintance
in this city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
! much of their personal belongings"
Notes of the Fire.

much of their personal belongings"
Notes of the Fire.
Among the losers of the fire were
Mr.. and Mrs. BodIxin who were occupy
ing suite of rooms in the hotel for
the winter They lost practically all
Of their furniture and clothes. Mr..
Bodkin says he spoke Of insurance to
an agent few days ago, but whether
a policy was written he does not
know
An arrival, last evening was Billy
Holloway, boOkkeeper for the Mime
apolis Brewing Co, and his bride and
it is supposed that all of their nuptial
belongings were destroyed.
There were also a Mr.. and Mrs.
Knudson in the hotel from Willmar.
Mrs. Knudson escaped by creeping on
her hands and knees along the floor to
a place of exit and was only clothed
in her night dress.
superintendent of Schools Tang was
aroused in a hurry and he called alarm
to all in his part of the house. All he
saved was his typewriter.
The hotel barber shop owned by one
Matsor is a total loss
lapsed outward about a couple Of hours
after the fire had been burning.
The firemen all resembled animated
forms of ice. The local department
was assisted in fighting the stubborn
blaze by the well equipped fighters
from Fargo. Chief of Police Malvey
was among the most effective workers
and so were other members of the
police force. 1t is expected that there
will be many reports of frozen faces
and ears. 1t is said that officer Erick-
son suffered a frozen face.
Arthur Peterson of the Macnab drug
store lost all of his clothes and be-
IOngings and it is said that the n. p.
operator was another loser.
A few minutes after the fire start
ed a Great Northern switch engine
ran over. one line Of hose and cut it
in two-causing considerable de-
lay.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
ERECTED next YEAR.
New Moorhead PostcFfice Will Be
Erected During Season of
1912.

The dispatches state that Congress-
man Stevenson was told by the SUI
pervising architect, last Saturday. that
the plans for the new federal building
for Moorhead would be completed by
Sept / and that the structure will be
erected during the building season of
1912. Secretary Mac Veagh will sand
in his estimates under the Tawney
resolution as promised some time ago.
The site has been selected and deeds
have passed to the federal. government
and the structure win be a companion
pile the public library.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
Loeb Collects sa,es1 ,27s.ss.

New York, Jan. "A striking proof
of the activity of Collector of Customs
William Loeb, jr., since he assumed
Office in March. 1909, was furnished to-
day by the financial statement Of the
New York customs house which shows
that the restitutions forced by. him
from smugglers and other forms ar
fraud amount to 1851, 1853. Or as
much as collected from the Same
source in the previous forty-tbrae
years.
Forum Want Ads Are Business Gettar.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
PROFESSOR IN GRAMMAR.
3. G. Martin Leaves coneordia to Be
come Teacher in Normal.

Prof b. G. Martin, according to an
nouncement made on Saturday, has re-
signed from the faculty of Concordia
college to accept a position on the
faculty Of the. state normal school
Professor Martin will become the
teacher Of English grammar at the
state institution. his work beginning
Jan. s.
Professor Martin graduated from
the high school at Montpelier, o., in
1898. He taught in the public schools
for a time and then attended the Tri-
State Norma Icollege at Angola, Ind.
where he remained one year. He then
~ 1903, became principal Of the high
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02

school at Pleasant Lake, Ind. At the
end Of the year he returned to the
Tri-State Normal college, where he
graduated in 1904. He was then re-
called to Pleasant Lake, Ind, as su-
perintendent Of the city schools, re-
naming two years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
Auto Accident causea. neath.

Deep River, Ia, Jan. 2.--one man
was killed, woman was injured and
the third passenger, their little son,
escaped unhurt in an automobile &C.
cident two miles north of here last
evening. The dead man is Charles
Grier, aged As, of Deep River. Mrs.
Grier suffered a broken arm The
accident happened when the car skid
ded and overturned into ditch.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02

San Francisco points with pride to
the fact that she has three suburbs
with acombined population of more
than 100000, and in that respect beats
any other American city except New
York.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02

A man fell three feet last week and
broke his. neck. Son the same day a
man fell mile in an aeroplane and
was not injured Pedestrians should
carry aeropianes,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02

"Rall players wanted ct Panama. Z
"a good battery could dig In and mako
q hit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-02
J. C. H. JOHNSON I'M TROUBLE.

Wants Relief From His Debts Amount
ing to S1919.35.
J. C. H. Johnson, saloonkeeper on
UPPER Front street, filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States
court at Fergus Falls last Saturday
The petitioner lists his assets at $500,
of which $500 are exempt and his liza
bilities are listed at $1,S19.35.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-17
NOTES

The Socialist health commissioner
OF Milwaukee has been doing SPLEEN
did work for a clean and sanitary
100 supply in Milwaukee. The
hake-shop have been in an especially
filthy condition. The former ao-
Illustrations have absolutely neg
lected the bakeries, and the result
Of this neglect was frightful. The
dough in the bakeries was literally
swarmed over by innumerable flies
heaps OF filth in close proximity to
the ovens sent forth noxious odors-
and every sanitary rule was violat-
ed. In some cases. flies were found
baked into the bread and cakes.
me health commissioner has com
PEELED the bakeries to put in screens
and clean up their premises. Cards
containing seventeen sanitary rules
nave been placed in the bake-shons
These rules will be carefully en-
forced by the health department.
But~cher-Shops, restaurants and
all factories where food is produced
have been carefully nspecte and
required to observe the laws of
cleanliness and sanitation.
In short, the health department
under the Socialist has become a
live institution. 1t has ceased to he
a nort of doctors office, DEALING
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-17

etc, etc. But the profit j. $500
advertising the truth sho,. oF
istlc Milwaukee" is still ON S','ai-
side OF its ledger. 'Ne right
another, Milwaukee,
aaliy uses a still slickar ,ri E'>11Ist
socialist administrator OF me
kee has established r'""aG-
:. ohS and efficiency. The obieot
81 'his bureau is to point cnt ;,st
where better or more econorj"S
nne.hoas might be employed in ~
various departments. The Us
Has issued an Interesting an, ,e'u
oie report embodying its spgr,,
IN TINS line. Now the nsy,,
ABOVE mentioned has obtairasPS
copy OF this report and !. go
editorial after editorial ahcI@s
usiects and the inetiiciency Of ~
administration, taking the 49,
IONS IN the bureaus report rs tar,S
BUT mere is the trick: This -
never once refers to the p"per
the bureau. '"'' OF
Each suggestion or cri,ici,r
- .the report is brought out IA AN
otisinai discovery by the Journal
AhSitSlCllt the SOciu I,st a.,
mlnistration is: This, thar ma ~.
other should be changed. Iat
nave Never once ooss
TINS crafty paper suggest tbot 49,
criticism came originally FROM 49,
administration itself, and thai ,hs
are taking steps 10 ran
edy all these defects and sion 81,
e leaks. But just as soon ne 49,
improvement is made, out com.s ,h~
trlckey sheet. See the 1orrn.,
a forced the Socialist adminjs,ra
ton to change it's methods, W.
out the necessity of this 70.
form and compelled the admiuistra.
o to do better!"
Ihese W samples of what Mt.
papers are doing Will give ,
little idea of what milwaukee, So
clalists are up against. More and
pressing. more and more IN.
5istent and unavoidable becomes the
of Milwaukee Socialist daily.
E. Fl. Thomas, State Secv
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-17
MA YOR GAYNOR DEFENDS
RIGHT OF AGITAT ON

The demand of Socialists for The
prepetuation of free speech appears
to be bearing fruit. Even in cor
rupt New York. Mayor Gaynor en-
dorses the right to educate the PEG
pie by intellectual persuasion" and
guarantees protection to all Social
list agitators.
The Mayor also says some things
about the red flag, which a lot OF
other high officials could read with
profit. Following is the Mayors
comment on his order to the police:
II have particularly made the po-
lice authorities understand that
those who entertain views of gov
ernment, or of an economic or Soc
ial order, different from ours, are
not to be interferred with, or de-
MED the right Of freedom Of speech
ana of assembly on that
A propaganda by intellectual
persuasion and %peaceable means for
changes in form or government or
in the economic or social order is
lawful and not to be meddled with,
much less repressed by the police.
The Socialists do not believe in in
dividualism but in collectivism. In.
-~>S ~ VI COuul-
ton of individual ownership Of prop
erty, they would mass all lands and
chief products and the principal
means tools and machinery of pro-
ducticn under the control and opera
ton OF the state, in order, as they
claim. to bring about d~istributive
justice, namely, a Just division OF
the total product of industry among
all those who contribute to produce
it by their physical or mental work,
utter first providing for the non-pro-
ductive age and infrm. That it
ARGUS TWO
clearly appear to the rest of us
that this scheme would be doing
away with incentive to individual
eXertion, greatly reduce production,
and therefore increase poverty and
distress, is no reason for denying to
those who advocate it, rights secured
to e one by our system of gov
ernment. And that their flag is red
instead of blue OF yellow or green
does not annoy OF alarm intelligent
people.
They chose the color red for their
emblem not % signify that they fav-
Or violence Or the shedding of blood
as the unintelligent and as
actions OF those in official authority
often lead people to believe, but for
the purpose OF Typifying the brother
mood OF all men OF all nations
through the same red blood which
flows through the veins of all, and
to the end that all war and violence
| shall cease. Let the fundamental
rights Of all On which free govern
ment rests be denied to no one.
Those h want to work changes
peacably through the ballot box
have the right to try todo so. They
may let light in on them. AS John
Stuart Mill says, that which seems
Che height of absurdity in one gem
Grafton. often becomes the eheight
OF wisdom Of the next
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-17

mainly with disease. Prevention of
disease by the removal of it's causes
is now the work of the health com.
missioner n his able assistants.
A department OF child welfare
has also been organized under So
elalist administration. This is be-
ginning to do excellent work.
But for all the good work of the
~ocial1s the capitalist press takes
are to give them little or no credit.
f1ere are two samples Of the meth
ods the capitalist papers employ in
order to knock the Socialists and
n Socialist administration.
one of the Milwaukee daily nan
ers invited the Socialists to RIM >.
socialist column as one OF it's de-
The Socialists we're to
'pe allowed to furnish the material
LOT this column. This capitalist
paper, on the strength Of this col
umn' advertised far and wide and in
outside states, tina it presents the
truth about Socinlistfc wauKe /"
Ihen 1t proceeded to blue-pencfl and
limit the Socialist material in it's
column until the Socialists were
to withdraw it altogether
NOW the paper howls at the Social
ISIS as, "hypocrites, towards, sneaks.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-17
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