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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

futed every day by the very newspa-
pers which are charged. There are
venal newspapers, as there are venal
lawyers and dishonest business men,
but the press is not venal There are
corrupt newspapers but the press Is
not corrupt. There are the reaction
airy, standpat newspapers, but the
press is not reactionary. It is intel
lectually progressive. It has thrown
off the shackles Of the party 1t is no
longer an organ. The press has never
been freer or more responsible than 1t
is today and it never performed its
function of instruction, amusement
and counsel as we'll. The charge Of
conercialism arises from the fact
that the newspaper is a private, a
personal and independent enterprise.
The subsidized newspaper exists. but
1t does not reach the people,"
One of the favorable suggestions of
the meeting was made by Editor
Stickley Of The Kenmare Journal. AS
result OF his suggestion 1t is prob
able that the N. d. editors association
will ask for law amendment pro-
hibiting publishers from printing legal
publications If they cannot show a
bona fide subscription list of 800 or
over.
The meeting will close this evening
and many of the editors will leave for
their homes tonight, although the
greater part will not go until timor-
row. Devils Lake has more than done
itself proud in entertaining the visit
ing editors and all are reporting q
most excellent time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
Bickford Makes MANY
Damaging Admissions
Underwent Painful Ordeal Of Long Cross Examination This
Forenoon Admits He Kept Funds IN Bowbels
Bank Without Proper Security

ment from the bank to show as a re-
ceipt of the money and that this LEFT
ter had never appeared any where
other than in a drawer in his own pri-
vate desk and that it could not be pro-
duced. admitting that he had received
the payment Of interest on state funds
and had neither a personal recollection
nor record on the books to show that
it had ever been turned over to the
state. admitting that for six
months drafts were kept on
deposit in the Northwest National
bank of Minneapolis and practically
admitting that the First State bank
of BowbelIs had received the interest
on such deposit admitting that a
draft for $4,000 had been sent to the
First National bank of Fargo then
recalled in transit and no credit en-
tered on the books for its return and
protesting inability to recall the de-
tails of numerous transactions. O.. L.
Bickford, charged with the embezzle-
ment OF 100000 Of the states funds
passed through an ordeal plainly pain
full to him this forenoon, when he was
subjected to long cross-examination
by the state.
The ordeal lasted all forenoon. In
enumerating the exhibits offered in
evidence, the alphabet was long ago
exhausted and in excess Of these more
than hundred more have been offered
as on dirct examination, defendant
made many claims Of errors in book
keeping and inability to recall part of
the transactions and entries in ques-
ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
n. D. Editors Having
Time Of Their Lives
at the Satanic City
Great Doings Today IN the Sport Lines Editors Band Frn
shes Real Nusic- Speech BY James A. Gray Of
Min = 7OEs One Of the Big Features

Devils Lake. N. d., Jn "a To-day
Is outing day for the lara ,onyen-
ton Of North Dakota editor 6, held
IN the state. The publishersA were
here from almost every city Ill
lage in the fiickertail state. spN Ne
day socially and were enthusiaA
their praises of the good time Il
they We're having in the satanic city.
There are over 500 editors in the city,
besides many other visitors, includ-
Ing the families of the pencil pushers.
One Of the best features Of the edi-
tors meeting is the band organized by
Sam Haislett. The editors band is
able to give music that Is above the
average, and the director as well as
the individual members have been re-
ceiying great deal of praise for their
selections.
The weather has been ideal for So
cial day today and big picnic at the
Chautauqua grounds featured the fes-
tivities Of the gathering the last day
or the meeting. The editors competed
IN athletic sports and many Of them
took high dive into the lake
One Of the features OF the conven-
ton was the address yesterday given
by James A. Gray OF The Minneapolis
Journal, who spoke OF The Press and
It's Place in Modern Civilization. He
said in part:
I'VE hear that the press is COM
mercialized, that 1t bows to the power
of money and is the ally of reason.
This charge against the press rests on
an insufficient foundation 1t IS re-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
WOMAN'S name Is
DRAGGED into CASE

Denver. Colo. June 24.-The anxiety
of Isabel Patterson Springer wife Of
John w. Springer. DenYer capitalist
to recover letters written to her by
s. 4. lTonyl Won PhuI. the ST. Louis
palIoonist, was the primary cause Of
the fatal shooting May "A of Won PhuE
and George q. copeIand OF Victor.
Colo, by Frank II. fzenwood IN the bar
room Of q local hotel.
That Is what John T. Bottom, Hen.
woods attorney told the jury III his
opening statement in the trial OF his
client for the murder of Copeland
several physical encounters preceded
the shooting. he said, Won Phul threat
ening Henwood's life ana covering him
with revolver.
Gross examination tailed to obtain
any evidence that Won Phul was armed
at the time he was shot. but Ii was
testified that Won Phul was the Az
efessor, having knocked Henwood
down. George b Russell, bartender
on duty at the time, testified that Hem
wood did not shoot until he had failep
e. the floor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
FARMER FOUND
DEAD IN CISTERN

Fowler, Ind. June 24,--Peter Larsen,
a retired farmer, SO years old. was
found dead in cistern at his home
here today. His head was badly cut
as If by an AK. and the officials say
there are indications Of homicide.
His wife and lie had quarreled dur
ing the night, it is said AT 8 O'Clock
this morning she went to the home 2f
a neighbor and reported that her hus-
band had gone away from the house
after brutall.' beating her. The mel sh-
bors investigated and found larg"
pool of blood in the barn, and the
body floating in the cistern
Larsen had Teen n;arried twice, his
second wife coming from Chicago as
a nurse.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
North Dakota Will Raise Most
Wheat Of Nation
NO DAMAGE FROM HEAT
MAN WHO HAS JUST MADE TRIP
THROUGH SOUTHERN PART or
STATE TELLS OF CONDITIONS
THERE-No DAMAGE DONE BY
THE RECENT HEAT.

North Dakota will raise more wheat
than any other state in the union this
year.
This is the statement Of a man who
knows. The gentleman referred to has
just made a trip through the southern
part Of North Dakota and has had re-
ports from all sections of the state.
He claims that the excessive heat
of the present week has not done any
damage in this state He says that
the wheat is commencing to wall up
/. q. shoot up In the stalk so that the
sides Of the fields present the appear
ance Of a solid wall--and that all along
the railroad lines the fields present a
most beautiful appearance.
The most impressive thing about
the appearances of North Dakota this
year." said this man, lis the remark
ably large acreage. The state looks TO
be one solid grain field"
''This has had great deal to do with
keeping down the grass hoppers and
look for little trouble from these pests.
Out in the country most of the grass
hopper eggs were turned under this
spring.
The state can't fail to get at least
a fair crop this year. There is an
acreage Of 100000 this year. II
through some exceedingly extreme and
unusual destructive condition between
now and harvest the average crop Is
cut down to ten bushels to the acre
there would still be Zig crop.
II look for one OF the earliest har-
vests In the history Of the state. There
will probably be some cutting done as
early as July is. Hot, blighting
weather early in July. when the grain
is fiIIing. is about the only thing which
can now prevent a bumper crop
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

washburn. N. D., June 24.--Adnitt-
ing that he had carried $4,000 Of the
states funds, on deposit in the First
State bank OF Bowbells of which he
was president despite the fact that
this bank had capitalization Of only
SIC, 900 and was bonded for only $10,-
900 as state depository, admitting
that at the time Of mailing this deposit
there was ample room for the $4,000
In other legally designated satte de-
positories and yet keep within the
limit. admitting that for $4,000 Of the
Bowbells bank deposit no certificate Of
deposit was issued at the time Of the
deposit and that for months he had
nothing but letter Of acknowledge
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
JOINING OF
S. ?. WITH
u. P. IS 0. X.
United States Circuit Court
Handed Down Decision
Judge Hook Dissents, UNFOLDING
the Government
Majority Opinion Says Roads
Don't Compete

st. Louis, NO., June 24.-The merger
of the Southern Pacific and the Un-
ion Pacific railroads is legal accord
ing to an opinion handed down today
by the u. S. circuit court OF the
Eighth district. Judge Hook filed a
dissenting opinion in which he ex-
pressed the belief that the govern
ment's petition was well founded and
should have been granted.
The majority decision was written
by Judge Elmer B. Adams and was
mailed to the clerk of court here.
The opinion held that the Union Pa
ciflc CO. extending only from Omaha
and Kansas city on the east to Ogden
on the west, was not competing line
prior to 1901 for transcontinental busi-
ness with the Southern Pacific Co.
whose line extended from New York
on the east over the sea to New Or
leans and thence by rail to San Fran
cisco and Portland on the west.
while the Union Pacific was entirely
depending upon the Southern Pacific
for its connections westward the
Southern Pacific was not at all de-
pendent upon the Union Pacific for it's
connection eastward"
cur conclusion" continued the opin-
ion, lis that all of the facts OF this case
considered in that natural, reasonable
and practical aspect and given their
appropriate relative significance do not
make the Union Pacific a substan-
tial competitor for trans-continental
business with the Southern Pacific in
or prior to the year 1884,
I'm regard to tho holdings Of the
Southern Pacific stock, disclosed in the
preceding statement Of facts II Is suf-
ficient to say that If any controlling
interest was thereby acquired il was
lost some time before this suit was
instituted and that none OF the that
stock Is held BY or for the Union Pa
cific CO.
The court held also that the invest
ment Of the Hartman line in Santa Fe
was not for acquiring control and that.
If it vas for obtaining inside informa-
ton concerning operation OF a great
competitor they chose lawful way for
doing 1t.
Mr.. Justice Van DeVanter while
circuit judge participated in the hear
ing, deliberation and conclusion in this
case and he now concurs in this opin-
ion The bill must be dismissed and
decree win be entered TO that eff
feet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
BEER PROBE
IS ON NEXT
Wiley Wants to Know What
Lager and Book Are
TO BE HELD in WASHINGTON
HEAD OF THE CHEMISTRY DE-
PARTMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IS FROM
MISSOURI ON THE LIGHT DRINK
QUESTION.

Washington. D. C, June 24.-The
beer industry of the United States is
to undergo searching inquiry at the
hands Of the board OF food and drug
inspection.
DR.. II. w. Wiley. chief chemist Of
the department of agriculture and
chairman of the board has given notice
Of general hearing on beer in this
city July 81.
For those who attend the hearing
DIR. Wiley has formulated a formidable
list Of questions. These cover about
every phase Of the manufacture Of
beer. ale, porter and stout. One Of the
points upon which the board desires
light is the meaning Of terms lager
and ''bock" as applied to beer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
Court Holds That Bic
R. R. Merger Is Legal
N. D. PIONEER
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Wahpeton, N. D.. June "a
James Shea, one of the best known
farmers Of Richland county and an
old pioneer of this part of the
country was crushed so badly this
morning that he died within half
an hour.
He was on his farm south Of
Hankinson. The reach Of his
wagon broke and he got under the
wagon to make repairs when the
team became frightened and start
ed to run. The hind wheels passed
over Mr.. Shea, crushing him hor-
ribly.
He was SIS years old and Ia sur
vived by wife and large
family.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
Any Tariff Bill Passed at This
Session Gets AK
so SAYS THE PRESIDENT
WILL ALSO VETO RECIPROCITY
BILL If A SINGLE AMENDMENT
IS Tackled oN--sENATE COM
MITTEE FAVORABLE TO STATE.
HOOD BILL.

Washington, ID. c., June 24.--It be.
came known at the capitol today that
Taft. talking over the long distance
telephone from Providence last night
repeated to several senators his de-
termination to veto the Canadian rect
procity bin In case any amendment X
added to 1t.
The news dispatches from Provi-
dence that the president undoubtedly
would veto any tariff bin passed at
this session are accepted by the sen-
Gtors as accurately rejecting the
presidents attitude.
The house. the only branch Of con.
gress In session today. had only a
perfunctory programme and 1t was the
understanding before Il convened thas
1t would only hold a short session
and then adjourn over until Tuesday.
II is matter Of marking time for
the present on the house side which
Is awaiting something definite as to
what the senate does on the bills be-
fore ii.
Reciprocity continues foremost III
the minds OF the senator's
Favor Statehood.
The senate committee on territories
today voted s to to report favorably
the house resolution admitting New
Mexico and Arizona to statehood with
a provision that the Arizona consti-
tuition containing the Judiciary recall
shah be resubmittcd TO the people.
Slight amendments to the house xeso-
Tuition were made.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
DR.. BOYNTON DELAYED
Famous Divine Could Not Come Il
Fargo and viii Not Be Heard
Hers Tomorrow.

DR.. Beard has received q telegram
from DR. Boynton shat he cannot pos
sibly get here for Sunday He as
sures DIR. Beard, however, that he viii
make later date, which will be an
nounced IN due time. An effort win
be made to set DR. Boynton to time his
visit so that he will have a chance
to make some addresses In Fargo coll
lege. and also to speak at the state
conference which meets In Minot in
September.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
Children 10 Testify.

Chicago, June 24,Counsel for Eve
lyn Arthur See, charged with the alb
duction Of Mildred Bridges today plan
ned to bring to the witness stand, two
score small children. former members
OF Sees junior commonwealth to testi-
fy 10 the purity Of the teachings OF
the founder OF Absolute Life. There
was no session Of the court today and
the attorneys spent much time rear.
ranging their plans FOR court pro-
ceedure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

John F. Treat. deputy imperial po-
tentate, will. IN accordance with the
custom Of the organization, succeed
Mr.. Hines at the next election and be-
come imperial potentata Of ali SINNERS
III North America. Mr.. Treat halls
from Fargo. and according to reports
from that section, is TO bring along
with him several special trains Of
shriners. Ell zagal patrol Of Fargo
temple Is to 90 il q body.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

Barston. Cal, June "a. Fire early to-
day destroyed the bio frame huildisa
houseing the Atchisons Topeka 3 SAINTS
Re roundhouse sterehousc and fore.
mans office here Sixteen locomotives
were reduced to junk and the loss Is
estimated At $4,000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
BANANA TRUST
SUED FOR MILLIONS

Philadelphia. June 24.--A suit 70 re-
cover sss5oo.O0O damages from the
United Fruit CO.. WAS instituted III
United states circuit court here today
by Elmer Wood receiver Of the Blue
fields Steamship co. The suit Is I'M
stituted under the sherman antitrust
act
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

Rochester. N. r June 24.---Great
preparations are being made for the
annual pilgrimage OF the Mystic
shrfners Of North America. scheduled
to arrive here July 10 and to tread the
hot sands Of the desert for four days.
r. A. Hines, imperial potentate. win
preside over the business sessions. ana
the local entertainment committee are
making great preparations for the soc
iai end Of the occasion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24

London, June 24.--Just prior to his
formal browning. King George the fifth
of England scattered many coveted
honors with lavish hand. Lord Ros-
enbery was raised to the peerage Of
the United Kingdom. Lord Curzon
was made an earl. Lord Kitchener re-
ceived many special hcnors. DR.. OsIer.
81 too old at 40'' fame was honored
by having conferred upon him a bar
onetcy. These are only few of the
many public men upon whom the king
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
COURT ADJoURNs
UNTIL MONDAY

washburn, N. d.. June 24.-With
the cross examination Of Bickford
only half complete, court was adj
journed until Monday morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
The WEATHER

Unsettled weather with probably
showers tonight or Sunday: no impor-
tant changes in temperature.
The evening world., 1911-11-20

pink satin. or. IL that isn't a poetic
smile. rose from a rose-colored bodice
like an overblown %carnation bursting
from a discreet calix. In the next box
were two long. lear young women u
the albino type, dressed alike in green
velvet and fatally suggesting W FROST
bitten stringbeans.
Then came a plump matron of Thirty
five or so with a small, round. empty
face. thrust eagerly forward and up
ward like u collection plate. But ap
parently no generous almsgiver had
ever been moved to drop In 1t mission.
airy thought or a spiritual feeling.
And then there were many more boxes
filled with nice. comfortable. WELL
dressed wives and daughters. not
pretty. not otherwise. not brilliant. no:
stupid: not distinguished. not vulgar:
just ordinary. everyday specimens o..
tho sex called by courtesy fair. The
older women all had the look OF pa
tience. the stamp Of tears; the youns
ones wore tho eager faulty OF youth.
There may be some r5or mothers who
scrub Office floors or 4 in washing
who have not realized that by the time
they reach tho age OF nifty all women
have faced about the same problems,
have known about the same heartachas,
have shed about the same quantity OF
unavatlins tears. And IL the directors
OF the Horse Show want to be credited
by the Recording Angel with a really
kind action they will arrange to have
such poor mothers visit the show, not
TO see the horses that are worth tar
moro h the courts allow for tn.
killing of a child. but to look at the
faces Of the women boxholders and to
realize that all women are "a ted and
remain free and equal In the great re-
public OF Sorrow.
NOT ONE JOYOUS FACE AMONG
WOMEN IN GARDEN BOXES.
For I say one or two beautiful
faces, many bored faces. many com
monplace faces. vut not one Joyous
woman's face In all the Garden.
Men? Some wear spats and some do
not. for can tell the grooms from thel-
employers, because. generally speaking,
the grooms have more expression.
But apart from that. there's only one
man worth seeing at tho Horse Show.
He sits In the very middle Of tho Gar
den In the sort Of box stall that Is re-
served for the ring stewards. His high
silk hat tilted back ward seems to mark
the very centre OF the white and rad
bunting that forms a gigantic canop
over Beauty and Bullion. He wears the
Horse Show coiors in a gigantic bou-
%tonniere Of red and white carnation :,
He has q good. honest. everyday face,
and II his father had been a poor man
he might have made a good, honest
everyday citizen But as he Is he has
hfty millions or SO and a smile tina,
doesn't coIne off even when a charming,
high bred and beautiful woman divorces
him. ''''
That smile may be seen every day a,
the Horse Show, and TO a young man with
the inheritance Of poverty and hard work
Isl alone worth the price OF admission
co and sec that smile al the Hors,
Show and come away realizing that lii'
s.vss all the blue il,Iuts 10 MIN WIN
travels the long road OF efficiency ant
hard work, who can't take a short Gu
around difficulties and who follows tn,
coutss !a!d out for all men worth Will,
and who. po1saS the true sporting spirit
The evening world., 1911-11-20
TO DISCUSS STUDENT RULE.
barnard TO Entertain Delegates
From WOmen's Colleges.

The annual meeting of the Women's
intercollegiate Association for Student
Government Will be held at Barnard Col
lege this week. Twenty-one colleges
viii be represented, among them Rad
cliffc. Holyoke. Smith. Wellesley. Sim
mons. Wilson and Swarthmore. The
association includes s~elf-governing
women's colleges as far west as the
Mississippi and as far south as Virginia.
The forty-hve delegates viii arrive
Thursday and will be entertained in
Brooks Hall. the Barnard dormitory,
The Barnard girls have given up their
rooms to their guests. and a committee
with Miss Margaret Southerton as chair
man is planning entertainments.
The conference will discuss problems
of student government. The officers Of
the association are: President. Miss
Constance o Wohl. President of the
Undergraduate Association Of Barnard
College,: Vice-Presldent and Treasurer,
Miss Sutherland of Wilson College: Sec
rotary, Miss Os.er of Swarthmore.
The evening world., 1911-11-20
HELD UP
ON THEB BRIDGE BY
FR|SKY TROLLEY
CroSstoWn Car on Rampage
Causes Blockade on Will
iamsburg Structure.

About 1000 Brooklynites on their way
to work across the Williamsburg Bridge
were caught In a blockade about 6
o'clock his morning. caused By a can
tankerous crosstown car which jumped
the track midway between the two towers
and tied up a line OF cars which ex.
tended out across the plaza and foi
about Ave blocks w Broadway.
The crosstown car had no business IN
the bridge. A fiat wheel caused It 20
cave the track as 1t MAS crossing the
bridge plaza on the way from Greel-
point to Erie Basin.
When II sot back on the track It
made madly for the bridge switch and
started Off to see Manhattan. The same
fiat wheel took the car, with rs load of
'peevec' passengers, OF the track again
before il got half way across the river.
and the car slowed around as II it had
suddenly realized that II was headed
wrong and wanted to get back on the
beaten path. 1t took all OF a half hour
to straighten the crosstoWn car about.
get It on the track INC convoy Il to
Manhattan. in order that the blockade
might be raised.