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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23
In THE HOTEL LOBBIES

Herb Benton was standing in his
jewelry store a day or two ago lifting
his trays preparatory to placing them
In the vault for the night, when two
young ladies came in giggling.
Herb doesn't like a giggling girl, but
he smiled his pleasantest, and the
girls smiled back at him. but they
We're evidently bent on mischief.
One of them looked about the show
cases and priced pretty nearly every
thing she saw, and the store man was
getting rather tired, and wanted to go
home to his dinner, but he was still
most affable.
Say, mister said the young lady
who had been giggling the hardest,
have you got any ince cream forks?"
Mr.. Benton was astonished and
looked up hastily, but he was prepared
for the occasion, for he quickly re-
sponded:
mo, madam, but we have some very
fine lemonade knives" and n of the
girls said "Stung' as the two left the
store.
'1ll tell you why We are coming up
here to look after land" said James
Johnson of S~treator, Ill. who was
stopping at the Waldorf this week and
who had been inspecting land in the
vicinity of Fargo all week. I'VE came
here because we believe we can do bet
ter here than we can in Illinois. I'm
derstand me, we have nothing to COM
plain about in Illinois. / have a big
farm down there that Is worth at
least $3.50 an acre and / have some
money besides and I made 1t all in the
state of limo But here's the point:
| can either hold my land there or sell
it at a big profit over what l bought
1t and with third the money / can
come here and buy what / consider to
be just as good q farm as / own there,
and see the money / would save.
There is one thing that bothers me not
a little, though. about the land about
here. ] don't really know whether 1t
would be good corn land or not. 1t
seems to me that the farmers of North
Dakota have not planted their corn
early enough. While I saw some
mighty fine fields of corn. ] saw just
as many more that didn't look so
good and / am inclined to believe that
these will not ripen. must say
though, that / have talked to one ex-
perts in corn since / have been here
this time and each and every one has
made the same statement that the corn
raj planted too late, and they have
also said that this season, too, has
been very backward and wet. / am
astonished at the yield of wheat, aft
er having heard of the wet weather. i
was also told by different men that
you never have a crop failure in the
Red river valley; that while some
years are better than others and some
naturally r worse. o " have
anything that might be considered a
failure, and that sounds good to me.
Yes, 1 certainly shall buy in the valley
and I believe that / shall come here
know one thing for sure and that is
and live, as it looks good to me, and /
that the land will never, no never, de-
crease in value SO / can't be a loser"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23
Advance Of Civilization.

Life. Food.
Cooked food.
a table to keep the food from the
ground.
a plate tt keep the food from the ta-
BILE.
A thick cloth to keep the plate from,
the table.
4 thin cloth to keep the plate from
the thick cloth.
Then another plate to keep the food
from the first plate.
Then a dolly to keep the second plate
from the first plate,
When the table is protected by the
thick cloth and the thick cloth by the
thin cloth and the thin cloth by a plate
and the plate by a dolly. and the dolly
by a second plate. the Q is protected
by a diet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23
STATE WEDDINGS

Martin G. Stageberg of Rolette n
Miss Anna Elice Clause OF ksninsre
were united in marriage at Irlnity
church near Kenmare.
Thursday evening at the Episcopal
rectory in Crookston occurred the mar,
rage of williams Lyons of GRAND
Forks to Miss Tessie Walters, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. !. I. Waters quiet ct
AFFAIR and Rev. s.. j. Hedeland offlciated.
Immediately after the ceremony the
guests repaired to the home OF the
brides parents. where a DELICIOUS ryse-
groom Is a well known Great Northern
railroad conductor with headquarters
in Grand Forks. Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons
LETT for a wedding trip to st. Paul.
On Tuesday at Pisek occurred the
danrhter Of Joseph Visiisei. to DR..
Erhard A. Rumreich. which was sol
emnized at st. ohn's church.
one of the most prominent and in
teresting weddings which has peen
celebrated in Maquon for some TINE
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Hughs,
among the vicinity's most prominent
residents, and Rev. Ira Meats OF CryS-
tai al The hx s ssryie Ice w Bel re of Gaiesb aiFa
The bride and bridegroom left for q
honeymoon trip of short duration.
They will be at home after Oct, 10 IN
Crystal.
On Thursday at the Baptist parson-
are in Ellendale, Rev, w. H.. Rogers
~pronouncing the wedding v oc.
CURED the marriage of Miss Mauo
after the wedding ceremony Mr., n
Mrs. Minton left Over the tlWauk
for a honeymoon trip to several points
in South Dakota.
Last sunday at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr., n Mrs. Alfred
Hanson of East Grand Forks, occurred
the marriage of their daughter, Hllda,
to Lawrence Me1sby of Hillsboro. The
bridal couple left Immediately after
the wedding for a visit to the bride
Eroon1's parents in wisconsin. They
will be at home after Oct, l In HIS
boro,
wedding bells rang in Palermo last
Monday when the prosperous farmer,
Ole O.. Brake, was married to Maine
Otness, both living on their respectiyee
own farms south from Blaisdll, Thes
Lee. The couple drove from Palermo
to the b-ridegroomis farmstead where
they are going to reside and make
their future home,
The wedding of Engineer John A.
Menke and Miss Helen Poole was sol
emnized Tuesday afternoon at Dickin-
son, Rev. J. s.. Brayfield OF st. Johns
Episcopal church performing the
ceremony. The wedding which
was a quiet one, occurred at
the RI. III. Johnson home, only the
members OF the Johnson family being
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Menke I5ft for
q honeymoon trip to Billings, Mont.
after which they will be at home III
their residence in Glendive.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

Mascagni, the composer, says the
public does not know what it is talk
ing about when it says chorus girls
are old enough to be grandmothers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

Weather experts say that rain
not be produced artificially. But the
delusion is as tough a slayer as long
range almanac predictions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

CIeyeland's latest project is a 9 cent
dance hall. Someone in that town APP
pears to have overlooked the fpossi-
htIities OF q 3 cent atnra.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

The California woman who de-
clares: II will neglect my home for
nothing on EARTH, did well to add
the last two words.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

Here 10 a smart tYottaur R,lit ~
smoke grey broadcIoth. Collar and
GUNS OF black velvet. Black velvet
buttons trim the lapover tabs on the
coat and skirt. The coat fastans
sangle-bFeasted. Five bone buttons
matching tho material In color faster
the coat. Seton side panels on both
coat n skirt r cut shorter than
front and back panels.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

The Great Northern Fuel & Com
crete Co. specialize in soft coal. Phone
1859.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

Martin G. Stageberg of Rolette n
Miss Anna Elice Clausen of kenrnare
were united in marriage at Trinity
church near Kenmare.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

On Tuesday at Pisek occurred the
marriage of Miss Stasia VisliseI.
daughter of Joseph Visiisel, to DR..
Erhard A.. Rumreich. which was SOL
emnized at St. Johns church.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-23

A house party at the lake shore over
the week end included the Misses Jean
Hanna, Suzanne Miller, Beth Magill,
Constance Watson, Margaret Mitchell,
Margaret McLelland, and Mrs. II. e.
MagilI and Fred and Will Bristol, John
and Jim Pollock, william McLelland
and Edwin Clapp. The young people
went to the lake shore Saturday morn
ing and are expected home his even
ing. The young ladies occupied the
Magill cottage and the young men the
Bristol cottage on Melissa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
FIND MONEY TAKEN
FROM TWO BANK
MESSENGERS
Part of S25, 900 Loot Recover
ed BY Police
THREE MEN, TWO WOMEN
Arrests Result Of Raid Made In Bos-
ton by New York De-
tectives

New York, Feb 26-Part of the
$4,000 in currency stolen from two
bank messengers who were assaulted
in a taxicab in the heart of the finan-
cial district on February 10, was re-
covered tonight and three men and
two women are held by the police.
The police said late tonight that
$3.50 in money, in bundles bearing the
stamp of the Produce Exchange bank
from which the messengers were TAX
ing the money at the time of the hold
up, has been recovered. The money
was found in Boston by New York de-
tectives who raided the home of Ed
ward Collins, twenty-five years old, at
so Windmere road, Boston. The pol
ice say Collins also describes himself
as Edward Kinsman of Boston, for
mer pugilist. Collins is under arrest
with Jesse Albruzzo and Geno Mon
TAM, chauffeur of the taxicab in
which the hold-up occurred, and two
women are held as material witness
es.
One of the women is described by
the police as Swedish Annie" and
the other as Myrtle Hoyt. 1t is under
stood they furnished the police with
some Of the clues in the case.
On Albruzzo's person the police
found key to the safety deposit
vault in the Bowery Savings bank,
and he is said to have admitted hav-
ing about $4,000 in the box, but the
police hope to find a larger sum OF
money when they examine II tomor-
row.
The police regard the capture as
one OF the finest pieces of detective
work in years. The story OF their
chase is roughly as follows: Two
of the alleged hold-up men escaped In
street car after the robbery and la
ter drove in a taxicab, taking a train
to Albany with the woman known as
Swedish Annie" The next day the
woman returned to New York with
an elaborate hat which stunned her
friends in the tenderloin.
Gossiping friends confided In detec
tives and for several days the woman
was under surveillance. Some oil
Annie's friends got a peep at the la
bel in the hat and within few hours
detectives at Albany found the store
where 1t had been bought with part
of the alleged robbery loot, and learn
ed that a man answering Collins des
cription bought the hat.
They traced Collins to Chicago and
thence to Boston, where trail was
lost of him, but where in his house
there, part of the money was found
Detectives watched the house In this
city where Collins had rented rooms
saw him and his companion leave
there today and following them to the
Grand Central station, they arrested
the whole party.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
THE REPUBLICAN FIGHT
Roosevelt Candidates to Be on Ticket
In New York.

New York, Feb. 26.-Friends of
Colonel Roosevelt in this city pre-
pared today to make fight at the
primary election on March rs for
delegates to the Chicago convention.
In nearly every congressional district
in the city, 1t was said, candidates
favoring Colonel Roosevelt's nomina-
ton would be placed on the ballot.
His supporters conceded that candi-
dates designated by the Republican
organization would be in favor of
President Taft's denomination.
In opposition to these candidates II
was planned to place Roosevelt sup
porters on the ballot by petition
Under the new election law the or
ganization places its candidates on
the ballot by designation, and other
candidates may be placed on the bal
lot by petition of not less than five
per cent of the enrolled voters, nor
less than four per cent of the actual
voters who supported the Republican
nominee for governor in the election
of 1910. These petitions must be filed
with the custodian of primary records
not later than March 10.
Beginning tomorrow Congressional
district committees throughout the
state will meet to designate candi
dates for delegates to the convention
All candidates must be designated by
March 5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27

store shortly before 10 o'clock and
Mr.. Kennedy was In the Office of DR..
j. 81. Cole working on the details of
another business in which both are
interested when the alarm was turn
ed in. Mr.. Kennedy was unable this
morning to give an estimate of his
loss, but he believed that it was COW
cred by insurance as he had rear
ranged his policies, which were plac-
ed with Z. S. Harris and Ralph A.
Jones of North Bennington, only a
few weeks ago Mr.. Harris stated
that he carried $500 on the stock and
$3.50 on the furniture and that he had
been informed by the proprietor that
there were other policies to the
amount of s25OO with Mr.. Jones.
Mrs. Walker stated this morning
that there was an insurance of $500
on the entire set of buildings. There
is only slight loss on the building
and the loss on the shoe stock was
caused entirely by smoke and water
Portions of the stock sustained no
damage at all.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
MUCH SMOKE BUT
THE DAMAGE WAS
NOT LARGE
Stubborn Fire inf ]. Kennedy's
Shoe Store
STARTED IN THE CELLAR
Building So Situated that FIremen
Were neutrality-suspicious. Gov
cred by Insurance

An alarm was rung in from box 4S
shortly after 10 o'clock Monday even
ing for fire in the basement of a
small wooden building on Main street
owned by Mrs. W. B. Walker. The
lower floor is occupied by Fred j..
Kennedy as shoe store and there is
a tenement on the second floor.
There is also a tenement in the rear
Of the building.
When the firemen arrived they
found so much smoke coming through
the floor of the shoe store that it was
impossible to enter that part of the
building. 1t was evident that the
fire was in the cellar, but how to get
at 1t was the question. There is no
rear entrance to the shoe store and
the cellar is only a walled hole in
the ground about ten feet square un-
der the back part of the store.
The cellar whs used by the pro.
prietor for the storage of packing
cases and 1t was in a collection OF
this material that the fire started
The flames did not come through the
floor but the rafters and cellar floor
boards were considerably charred.
A hole was cut through the side OF
the building under one of the front
windows for the purpose of putting a
stream OF water into the cellar but II
was then discovered that it was i'm
possible to reach the fire in this way
and a stream was turned in through
the front door upon the floor. The
water ran into the cellar and soon
had its effect on the fire for the
smoke gradually decreased until II
was possible for the firemen to make
their way into the building and cut
a hole in the floor.
There must have been a large
amount of refuse in the little cellar
for 1t was nearly two hours from the
time the fire was discovered unit
the smouldering mass ceased L
smoke.
Had the fire once broken through
into the partitions the result would
nave been disastrous because of tn,
wooden structures adjoining. Tn,
usual promptness of the members O
the fire department prevented wha
might have been one OF the most dis
astrous fires in the history of tn,
town. There was a stiff wind blow
ing which would have famed tn,
IRE rapidly If 1t had once gotten un
der Roadway.
How the fire started is a mystery
Mr.. Kennedy and his clerk closed tn,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
SUMNER CAMPS ROBBED
Property Of Three Rutland Men Bur
glarized at Lake Bomoseen

Rutland, Feb. 26.-Three cottages
at Avalon Beach, Lake Bomoseen, be-
longing to DR.. c. w. Strobell, Edward
Manning and A. L. Adams OF this city
were broken into within the last few
days the breaks being discovered this
morning by C. G. Barber, a perman
ent resident in that vicinity, who
looks after the property during the
winter. In each case a pane of glass
in window facing the lake was bro
ken so that the catch could be turned
and the window opened.
The matter was reported today to
States Attorney B. L. Stafford, who
visited the cottages. but was unable
to discover any clue as to the identity
of the thief The Strobel cottage was
thoroughly ransacked, the contents OF
all the drawers and chests being
strewn about the building and some
silverware and clothing carried away.
As the owners of the other cottages
were not present today it is not
known whether anything was stolen
at these places.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
lTALps WARNING TO WORLD
Paris Believes This Of the Bombard
ment Of Beirut

Paris, Feb 26-Although opinion
here is almost unanimous that Italy
was absolutely within her rights in
destroying the two Turkish warships
lying in the roadstead of Beirut on
Saturday when 60 people were killed
and large number wounded the con-
tinuation of such program by Italy
is generally regarded with apprehen-
sion as it is thought possible that it
may lead to European complications.
In some quarters 1t is believed that
the bombardment was really Italy's
warning to the world that the war
against Turkey should be brought to
an end
1t is understood that the powers
are ready to make proposition for
the settlement of the dispute by which
Italy would take merely the coast of
Tripoli and Cyranica leaving the in
terror in. the hands of Turkey. The
difficulty in the way of the accep.
lance of this proposition is that the
Italian Parliament has voted the an
nexation of the whole of Trlpoll and
Cyranica.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
WE'D MOTHERS SWEETHEART
Mrs. Morris Left Boarder In Daugh-
ter's care-He Changed Mind

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 25.-When
Mrs. Ella Morris. a widow of So
Grove street, returned this afternoon
from a weeks visit to her son In New
Jersey, she learned that during her
absence her 90 year old daughter,
Olive, had married the man she her
self expected to wed in the spring
Mrs Morris became hysterical and
was removed to the hospital. She
was suffering also from a gashed arm
having plunged 1t through a window
pane in the excitement
Mrs. Morris had gone away early
in the week, leaving in her daughters
care Joseph Tremonte, a retired bus
mess man, who boarded with them.
and who had promised to marry the
mother. Mrs. Morris was made still
more angry because the daughter
could not understand her mothers
piQue. Tremonte said he was sorry
his motherin.law had cut her arm,
but as he and his bride we're happy,
he thought Mrs. Morris should not
make such a fuss.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
ENGLISH COAL STRIKE
Grave Crisis Likely In British Indus
trial Life

London, Feb. 2t.-Today sees the
actual beginning OF the coal strike,
which II allowed to develop will
bring England face to face with one
of the gravest crises in its history.
Today the men of the Alfretor pits
in Derbyshire caese work. Tomorrow
many thousand Derbyshire and Not
tinghamshire miners desert their
pits. On Wednesday tens OF thous-
ands of others in Yorkshire and else
where follow the Derbyshire lead. BY
midnight on Thursday about 100000
federated miners will have brought
the strike to It's completion. The gov
eminent has three days In which to
prevent this National stoppage, and
tomorrow the prime minister meets
the delegates.
Both sides are still unyielding.
Meetings Of the South Wales miners
and delegates from Lancashire and
Durham collieries voted yesterday
against any extension OF notices or
postponement OF the strike.
Despite the difficulties in the way
OF a settlement, the public have much
confidence that the government will
find n means Of preventing the disas-
ter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
GIVES OUT
TEMENT IN
BRANDT CASE
Says Hei.Was Given No 0ppor-
tunity to Testify
LETTER TO MRS. sCHlFf
Declaration of Affection Written by
Former Household Employe In
March, 1907

New York, Feb. 27-While Foulke
e. Brandt still remains in jail, as the
result of a technical legal delay in
admitting him to ball. his former en-
ployer, Mortimer l.. Schiff, gave out
long statement in New York last
night, setting forth "the pertinent
facts connected with the Brandt case
as far as they are within my know
ledge"
Having been denied. he says, an OPP
portunity of testifying in the pro-
ceedings recently instituted, Mr..
Schiff says that a public statement
seems to be his only recourse.
The statement for the first time
makes public the letter which Brandt
wrote to Mrs. Schiff in March, 1907,
which resulted in his discharge from
his post as valet. Mr.. Schiff charac-
terized is as IAN impudent declara-
ton of affection" The letter, ad-
dressed to "Missrs. M. L. Schiff, dear
est lady" read in part as follows:
81 am a poor fellow, but ! have a
heart which would part with to a
| lady which | love dearest on earth
| Git is you, dearest LADY, |
/ do not know If you are interested or
like my person but do know that l
am awfully found Of you, in every re-
spect | like and admire you emensk-
lig, my feeling toward you dear lady
has grown every day in larger cir
conference. Inside my heart Is the
eternal feelings which cannot be ex-
pressed in words Comfy actions can
speak). Day and night, until the
slumber takes me away think OF
you dear lady"
The letter is signed loving" and
contains a "P. s." beseeching Mrs
Schiff, for mercy don't show this u
; your husband or anybody"
After setting forth the details o
the assault made upon him by Brand
and the robbery Of his stickpins a
his home on the night OF March
1907, Mr.. Schiff takes up Brandtl
conviction. He declares that ate
having received note from Brand
asking him to visit him in the Tombs
he sent Howard S. Cans, his counse
to see him instead and that mi
e Cans reported to me that Brandt ha
said to him in substance that If tn
} charge was pressed he would max
reflections upon Mrs Schiff."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-27
REBEL FORCES ARE AT JUAREz
Campo Arrives and Places Men in Po-
sltlon to Attack

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 26.-At 11:15
o'clock tonight, the forces of Campo
have arrived on the river bank oppo-
site Fort Bliss and about one and a
half miles northwest of Juatez. They
are supposed to be extending a wing
around the west side of the city.
El Paso took on a martial appear
ance tonight when announcement that
a telephone conference between Mex
lean Consul f. C. Llorente and Emilon
Campo, commanding the Vasquista
army, regarding the fate OF Juarez
had terminated unsatisfactory.
Six hundred United States troops
of the fourth cavalry and of the 18th
infantry with machine guns were sta
toned at strategic points, although
Col. e. z. Steever stated that he had
no instructions to do other than pro-
test should more bullets be fired into
American territory.
Americans in Juarez responded
promptly to the warning issued by
United States consul Edwards and
crossed the Rio Grande to FL Paso
together with hundreds of Mexican
non-combatants.
These preparations were fastened
by the report that Campo troops al
ready had begun their advance from
Bauche but at o'clock no time of
their probable arrival was obtainable.
Mexican authorities were silent as
to their purpose. but were engaged in
active preparations, for a defense of
Juarez. The defense consists Of
about 100 police, reinforced by 400 yo-
lunteers who declare they will not
surrender without a fight. Two ma
chine guns have been posted on
buildings in Juarez.