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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Representative Of Premier Made
This Prediction
no MORE SERIOUS FIGHTS
PRESIDENT SUN YAT SEN AS
sERTs THAT NANKlNe WILL BE
SELECTED AS THE CAPITAL
cITY-PREsTpENTIAL TERM OF
FIVE YEARS PROVIDED.

Shanghai, Feb. 9.--Tang shao II
representative of Premier Yuan Shat
Kai today declared he was confident
the abdioation Of the throne would be
an accomplished fact before Feb. Is.
There appears to be less confidence
that Yuan Shat Kai will be selected
for the presidency of the republic. On
the other hand the name of General
Ii Yuen Heng the present vice presi-
dent is mentioned and it is possible he
will be selected.
The draft OF the proposed magma
charta has been completed by Dr. WI
Ting Fang. II provides for presi-
Dental term of five years, but the
senate probably Will make the first
term only one.
President Sun Yat Sen asserts posi-
lively that Marking will be selected
as the future capital, although he adj
mits an agreement may be made to
keep Pekin Professionally as the nomi-
nal capital.
Desultory fighting continues in
many places. but reports as to the
casualties are mucn exaggerated Tang
shao VI says there viii be no more
serious fighting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Gas Plant Blew UpinRochester,
Minn. Home
TWO PERSONS ARE DEAD
PARTY ENTERED BASEMENT
WITH LANTERN AND ExPLo.
SION WRECKED THE BUILDING.
KILLING TWO AND MANNING
FIVE OTHERS.

Rochester, MINI. Feb. s.--Two per-
sons dead and Ave others seriously
injured, one fatally. was the result Of
the explosion Of an acetylene gas
lighting plant at the home OF Charles
POSTER, here last night.
The dead:
Miss Castle wading. aged II. from
Orocona, visiting at the Postier home;
Violet POSTER, aged IL. blown through
the side OF the house by the blast.
The seriously injured:
Mr.. POSTER. leg fractured.
Mrs. Poster, injured by flying
debris
Two year old son, skull fractured.
probably will die.
The party had Just entered the
basement with the lighted lantern
when the explosion occurred, the
house being torn to fragments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
interstate Commerce CommiS-
sion Took Action
COULD NOT END INQUIRY
PROPOSED NEW CLASSIFICATION.
WOULD MEAN RAISE IN MANY
RATES AND DECREASE in FEW
-EFFEcTlvE ON EVERY WEST
ERN ROAD.

Washington, Feb. 9The new Vest
ern classification of freight, on which
the western transportation lines work
ed for many months and which re-
Gently was filed with the interstate
commerce commission, today was or
dered by the commission to be sus-
pended from Feb. is to June Is.
The proposed classification contains
hundreds of changes resulting in
many advances and some decreases in
the present rates. The rates to be
affected by the new classification are
not only in western territory but
throughout the country on all freight
originating or destined to points In
that territory
The hearing Of the proposed clas-
sification was to have been held in
Chicago Jan, 9. but it was found inn
possible by the commission to con-
clude its inquiry before the effective
date, Feb. 15.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
At CLIFFORD, N. D.

Clifford. N. D.. Feb. sFire was
discovered in the building occupied
by Lees barber shop and pool room.
having been started by the stove be-
ing overheated. AS there is no fire
department very little could be done
to stop the progress of the flames.
The bucket brigades devoted their
greatest efforts towards saving the
other buildings. However. the black
smith shop on the west and the
hardware store on the east were both
destroyed in spite of their work and
the fire would not have been stopped
then but for the fact that the hard-
ware store was a brick building.
While assisting in the fight to stop
the progress Of the fire, John Ostedal.
a drayman, had both legs broken
when a tank OF gasoline exploded in
the back end of the hardware store.
He will probably have to have one
leg amputated.
The blacksmith shop belonged to
OIof Nelson and Vas uninsured while
the other two buildings and stocks
were partially insured
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Plan GIANT
LABOR Union
Shop Employees Of All Railroads
Of West Included

Chicago. Feb. s.-Labor leaders are
secretly perfecting the formation Of a
territorial organization Of railroad
shop employees that will include every
operating department Of every road
operating west of the Mississippi,
river, according to The Record Herald.
The meeting to place the finishing
touches on the organization is to be
held in Kansas City March 4.
AS soon as the organization is
launched demands win be made for a
general advance IN wages on every
road.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
START TAFT
CAMPAIGN
Men in Charge Confident He
VIII Be Nominated
$50 VOTES FIRST BALLOT
REPRESENTATIVE M,klNLEY or
ILLINOIS HAS ASSUMED THE
CHARGE OF TAFT HEADaUART.
ERs-coNFERENcE WAS HELD
TO-DAY.

Washington. Feb S.-The campaign
for the denomination of Taft began in
earnest today wnen Representative
Mckinley Of Illinois, who has assumed
charge Of the Taft headquarters at
Washington, Senator Crane of Mas
sachusetts, and Secretary to the Pres
ident Hilles, held the first conference.
After the meeting the statement was
made that thorough canvass of the
country as to the conditions today con-
vinced them that the president would
have 7S0 votes on the first ballot at the
Chicago convention out OF a total of
the LOTS or 241 more than the majority
necessary for nomination.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
COUNTY SEAT
CASE in APRIL
Ignite 5oWRELLS COUNTY
SEAT FIGHT HAS BEEN
POSTPONED IN sU-
PREME COURT.

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. s.--The fa-
nous Ignite Bow bells county seat
fight will not be argued before the
supreme court till the April term.
Judge Telnpleton of Grand Forks de-
cided the case in favor OF Bowbells
and the Ignite people have appealed
to the supreme court The attorneys
have been working diligently on the
case now for six months. Lignite
claims 1t won the county seat fight by
10s votes and that many OF the votes
were thrown out unlawfully, while
Bowbells claims that the votes were
thrown out because they were illegal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
U. S. MARINES
SEIZED WHARF

Puerto Cortez. Honduras, Feb. g.
United States and Honduras authori-
ties clashed over the enforcement Of a
government decree directing Repre-
sentative w. S. Valentine to surrender
to the government authorities, rails
road. wharf and other properties held
under lease by the Valentine syndicate.
Seventy-five marines from the Unit
ed States gunboat. Petrel, landed and
seized the wharf and railroad. The
Honduran troops win then be ordered
to stop all trains. The government Of
Honduras filed protest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
SECOND SUSPECT
IN CASE OF MURDER
OF TO- YEAR OLD GIRL.

Grand Island, Nebs Feb. S.-
The second arrest of possible
suspect in the case of the murder
of Goldie Williams, a 1O-year-old
girl, was made this morning. The
coroner's jury which convened
last night, returned the verdict
that the girl came to her death at
the hands of an unknown man
whose company she was in in the
afternoon of Feb. 6, 1912. 81
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
ELK RIVER Man
HELD FOR MURDER
OF EMPLOYER

Elk River, Mimi, Feb. s.--Charles
p. Anderson. former caretaker of the
Jacobson farm. near Becker, has been
placed under arrest, and today was
lodged in jail in this city. He is ac-
oused of the murder Of ole Johnson,
his employer, and of setting fire to the
jacobson house.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
BEHEADED e
ON SUSPICION
Imperial Chinese General Did
Not Wait for Trial

Mukden, Manchuria, Feb. 9,-The
city of Kai Ping, in the province OF
Chi Ii, was subjected 60 a severe
bonbardment today by revolutionary
troops. According t. i1test reports.
the town is in flames. The attacking
forces of republican troops brought
twelve heavy field guns into action
and for several hours fercely shelled
both the city and fortress.
Twenty three officers belonging to
the garrison Of the city were executed
by the general in command without
trial on suspicion of collusion with the
revolutionary commander.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
PACKERS METHODS
WERE EXPLAINED

Chicago, Feb. 9.--The methods used
by Swift & Co. in the distribution and
sale Of dressed beef was explained to
the jury at the packers trial today by
Lee NJ. Lester, assistant manager Of
the fresh meat department. He said
the first step after the cattle were
slaughtered was to figure the test cost
of dressed beef. After this, the av-
erage price was fixed and sent with
every car of meat shipped to the
branch houses. Later the actual sales
were reported and an accounting made
for the cash received.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
General Street Car Strike Is
Threatened
HOGARTH MUST Be FIRED
HAS BEEN HANDED
OUT BY THE STREET RAILWAY
MEN AND fF OBJECTIONABLE
SUPERINTENDENT Is NOT RE-
MOVED WILL STRIKE.

Chicago, Feb. a.-After meeting
Of the leaders OF the Street Car Mems
union last night the following state
ment was given out:
"A general street railway strike, sf-
fecting both surface and elevated
roads will be ordered in Chicago some
time next week unless James B. Ho-
garth. superintendent of the Chicago
Railway Co., is removed from the
operating department.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Defamation TONIGHT.
Interesting Contest by Short Course
Men of the A. Care Well
Trained.

The annual short course declamatory
contest at the A. c, has proved de-
cidedly popular in the past and with
out doubt the one to be held tonight In
the armory will be no exception Each
man has received just as much drilling
on his defamation as the contestants
in the college contest
The programme will be strictly a
short course affair, from the music TO
the ushers, even the judges have at
one time taken the short course. They
are Theo. Kristjanson, w. r. Porter
and Dean Mendenhall.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
ASK PUBLIC TO
SUPPORT TEAMS

Chicago, Feb. 9.-The American
public is asked to finance, through
patriotic motives the trip of United
States teams to International match
es to be held at Buenos Ayres, Argen-
tina and Stockholm. Sweden, this
summer. Rihesexp perts 70 the United
States now hold three internation4l
championships.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
UNCl sam
IS 4 ARMED
State Department Is Anxious
About Mexico
Evidently Has Grave Fear
Over Outcome

Washington. d. G., Feb. s,-1t is re-
ported that the United States depart
ment Of state has grave fears regard
ing the present situation in Mexico.
It leaked out here today that the
department is urging Americans, trav-
cling in Mexico to leave that country
as soon as possible This is looked up
on as good ground for the belief that
the Madero government is facing a
crisis much graver than is generally
believed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
TO MAKE PEACE
WITH GERMANS

Berlin. Feb 9.The emperor and
empress today gave a luncheon at the
Imperial palace in honor OF viscount
Haldane, the British secretary Of state
for war. 1t is now generally admit
led one Of the aims of Haldane's visit
is to relieve the tension which has
affected Anglo German relations for
some time past.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
CAPTAIN LEAVES FARGO.
o. HelImich Transferred to the Coast
Succeeded BIZ WI. Patterson.

O. HelImicl1 Transferred to the Coast.
succsded BY w. Patterson.
Turret capt o. Hellnich of the io-a
cal recruiting station in the federal
building received formal orders this
morning, from headquarters IN Min
neapolis transferring him from Fargo
to Bremerton, Wash. He win be Sue
ceeded BY wv. Patterson, chief water
tender on the torpedo DESTROYER Law
renee OF San Francisco.
The bureau OF navigation at Wash
ington notified the head office at Min-
ieapolis, who IN turn, gave the order
to Captain Heilmicl He will leave
for washington Monday and viii do
general detail work He has served
Unclo sam on land for the past two
years. In navy circles two years is
the limit on land and this transfer
ii the expiration Of his tinte
He win report for duty on the bat
tleship philadelphia upon bis arrival
at the Bremerton navy yards,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
HALL
men TO ORGANIZE

Des Moines. Feb, s.--More than 200
proprietors OF billiard halls in Iowa
will meet at Des Moines, Feb. IA, to
organize the Iowa State Billiard asso-
citation. The object will be to secure
the removal Of all Objectionable prac-
tices in certain classes OF billiard
halls, and to provide instead places
of recreation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
N 'GOWAN
IS TESTED
Lorimcr Witness Had to Show
What He Could Do

washington, Feb. 9.-The senate
Lorimer committee today in executive
session, put j E. Sheridan. the detec-
tive stenographer. who has figured in
the charges of alleged perjury of
Charles MCGOWAN. the Hines -Lorimer
witness, TO test his ability to record
conversations over an electrical ap-
paratus while concealed from the
speakers. The tesTawHs long one,
and the result may be announced later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
MINI. MONEY ACT
DECLARED VALID

st. Paul. Feb. The validity Of the
money and credit act passed by the
last legislature was upheld by the su-
preme court today. According to the
courts findings there is no law under
which debts may be deducted from the
lists Of moneys and credits as APP
praised by assessors in Minnesota.
Taxes must be paid on holdings,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Kina rs Racovarinn.

Copenhagen, Feb. 9--King Freder-
icl is making such good progress in
his recovery from recent illness that
only one bulletin will be issued daily
by the physicians. He passed good
night. The Inflammation OF lungs
continues to decrease.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
coulon II T-raining.

New Orleans. Feb. 9.--Johnnie cou-
lon. bantamweight champion Of the
world, arrived here last night from
Los Angeles, and today began training
for his twenty-round tight, Feb. lis.
with Frankie Burns Of Jersey CITY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Our Greater Needs.

Mr. Carnegie intimates that he is
OVERRIDING IN the effort to get rid OF
his wealth. What we need is d labor
union Of 1nulti-miliionaire philanthropy
lists with an occasional strike for
shorter hours and improved conditions
.of labor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
SMALL FIRST
IN The FIELD

Springfield. Ills. Feb. s.-The first
petition filed for governor today was
that Of Len Small Of Kankakee, can
didate for the republican nomination.
1t was presented at 1880 by Chief
Deputy Sheriff Sullivan of Sanga-
mon county.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
James N. Adam pead.

Buffalo. N. Y, Feb. 9.--James Nozzle
Adam, former democratic mayor OF
Buffalo, and founder Of the dry goods
house Of ]. N. Adam & Co, died here
this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09

Another millionaire has married q
factory girl, but he is said to be a
promising youth in spite or the fact
that he halls from Newport.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
Weep for Dead Wife and Mother
Open Casket, Find Strange Woman

Maiden 9-Abraham children
the coffin
the
receiv
that the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09

Washington. .. 81, FEB. e.The
testimony on the stand before the
LoTin1er investigating committee BY
Arthur g. Bailey. Burns detective,
yerifies fully tbs original testimony
Of Detective Burns himself, and places
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
POTATO GROWERS
ARE ORGANIZED
Alexandria. Mimi, Feb. s.--The Al
exandria Farmers Potato Warehouse
association. with a capital stock Of
$1,000 has been organized here.
GARDNER Won
CHAMPIONSHIP

Manila. Feb. q. Carlton r. Gardner
OF New York and San Francisco to-
day won the lawn tennis championship
Of the orient, defeating Edwin S. Gee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09

the young Canadian Witness for Lorix
mer and Edward Hines, Charles Mc-
Gowan, In particularly bad light
Bailey quoted from notes made daily.
alleged to be the involuntary adrlle~
siona made him personally by Mc-s
GOWap II
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather and probably
snow fiurries tonight or Saturday:
rising temperature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12

power IN the enforcement OF the 1awl
for the protection Of popular rights
The greater things accomplished, like
his judicial appointments and the
breaking up OF Questionable trusts
and the greater things attempted. like
reciprocity and international peace
will stand to his credit In history
whatever the result OF the campaign
The republican party has never put
forth 30 progressive platform ~
that on which Mr. Taft stands for 10
election. In fact. the controlling Ques
ton in the coming campaign 10 simply
this--What kind Of progress do the
people want? coupled with the hardly
less serious question, in what a.
surances of progress do the people
confide? My fnsistence in this artt'
Gle has been that the broad lines Of
cleavage are between Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Roosevelt, not between the republican
and the democratic party. The poll
teal purpose OF Mr.. Roosevelt II 80
clear that he who runs may read-to
attempt to swamp Mr.. Taft IN the pop
ular vote of 1912 with the moral GER
tainty Of thereby defeating Mr.. Wilson
or the democratic nominee In 1915. A
vote for Mr.. Taft virtually covers two
campaigns. I am more than ready to
travel the road of political progress.
perhaps farther and faster than the
republican party may be able In the
future to guarantee passage. am
not ready to be propelled or to be
|sidetracked into Rooseveltism.
Hanover. N. H.. Aug. Ii, 1872.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12
aoosEvELT's OTHER SIDE.

n an article on Theodore Roosevelt
h the Coming Nation, Charles 3. Rus
4 / recall now curious fact about
Nd man (Roosevelt) that seems to
~ both appropriate and illuminating.
Us have been following his career
!, \, .Osaly Tor twenty six years. In WASH
lington years ago and IN New YORK
Iatar he was long in oficial positions,
where my work as newspaper man M.
sawed me to observe him with dill
pence. II know as much about him as
ebout any man who has been In pubic
lMe IN my time. know OF MIN many
4 stoe1es that illustrate his measureless
nrrhittons. his arrogance, cruelty. saw
lee instincts, love Of brutal sports, mis-
III manners, his love OF power and
psteutatton, his total lack OF consider
atom for others, his rudeness to the
haad and the weak. But have never
heard Of one anecdote about him that
told Of an act of kindness or charity
s.br generosity. No one has ever told
ne OF an instance where he tried to
81 eljeye suffering or took any interest
Ia misfortune or tried to tighten dis
Rress or showed for 50 much as one
Sastant one touch Of kindly emotion.
n have never heard OF his exhibiting
Nh. any occasion the slightest interest
u. the welfare Of any human being sex-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12
r. r. D. SALARIES.

New York Tribune: The increase
Of the salaries Of rural letter carriers
from $1,000 to $1,100 year Is prob.
ably deserved, though 1t will add 49,
100000 a year to the expenses Of the
department. But It points once more
the lesson of the prudence of not
trusting too implicitly to the initial
estimates of cost of new public enter
prises When the rural free delivery
system was established, salaries of
only 5000 year were paid, and 1t was
jauntily asserted by many that the
service would always be run ION the
cheap" since carriers could make
their trips profitable by utilizing them
for private business. The more than
quintupling OF that initial salary rate
in sixteen years is sufficient common
tary on the vanity of that expecta-
ton. Great Britain Is having SINH.
lar experience in the excess Of cost of
her old age pension system over the
confident estimates Of it's founder.
These increases do not necessarily ar
que the unwisdom Of the enterprises,
which are perhaps well worth the
greater cost, but they should serve as
warning in the making Of estimates
and the formin gof expectations. ;,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12

cept himself, and don't believe any
other newspaper man has ever heard
of such an instance.
And it is odd, now that lcok back
upon these things, that of all the pub
lie men, I have known in all my life,
he is the only one of whom any OF this
can be said. Every other public man
in the whole catalogue of my obser.
walton, from Mckinley to John Powers
and Hinky Dink. had some redeeming
touch. To have lived so many years
to have left not one warm or kindly
impression anywhere on this earth IL
horrible fate and singular. don't
believe it can be paralleled in history
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12
Press Comment.
FALLING OVER HIMSELF.

Sioux City Journal: Mr.. Bryan's
Lincoln indictment of Theodore Roose-
welt has the support Of political his
tory The colonel 10 more a forager
than leader. The Chicago platform of
his party Is sufficient proof. His
speeches during the past two years
are utterly lacking in consistency.
He has gathered from Mr.. Bryan and
from Mr.. Debs.. His frantic endeavor
this year is to destroy the republican
party. no matter how
Two years ago, as temporary chair
man of the New York republican
state convention, he gave to Taft and
his administration unequivocal In
dorsement. The platform adopted by
the Saratoga convention had his full
approval
Listen to this:
pThe Payne tariff law reduced the
average rate of all duties II per cent.
BY increasing the duties on some lux
uries and articles NOT in ordinary use,
making, however, no increase on any
common food product, 1t turned a ma
tional deficit into surplus. Under it's
first year Of operation the value OF
imports free Of duty was the greatest
in our history. by 100000, 900, and
the average rate of duty was less than
under the Wilson law. Unlike that
democratic law, it's great reductions OF
duty have not stopped industry or
deprived labor of any part of, it's hire.
It gives free trade with the Philip
pine islands and 1t establishes GUS
toms court. It's maximum and mini
mum rates give US for the first time
equality of opportunity with other ma
lions in our foreign trade"
In his speech at Sioux Falls that
same year the colonel said:
IL think that the present tariff Is
better than the last and considerably
better than the one before the last,
Turn to the speech Roosevelt made