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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
At the orpheum.

The offering of Manager Webster at
this popular theatre for the first three
days of the week is up to the usual
high order, and three large audiences
were present yesterday and last night.
The headliners were the Shuber
Musical Quartette. They play x
phones Inc stringed instruments and
give a couple of very pleasing selec-
tons. The comedian Of the quartette
is right down to now, in his manner
of putting across his jokes. and he
was the cause OF them receiving sew
eral encores.
The Van Dale Sisters, English dane
ers, have three changes Of costumes
had a number of ~acrobatic stunts
while putting on their dances. Their
act is pleasing and demonstrates what
the English music halls applaud. Their
hand springs and high kicking is above
the average.
Hillman & Roberts, man and woman
team have a real novelty and Miss
Roberts imitation of a green country
girl is way above the average. Mr..
Hillman is a clever recitationist and
with their change of costume their act
is a pleasing one.
Little & Allen, who were to put on
the skit Of Flashes of Mimic Art, arr
rived in the city and presented their
play at the matinee, but Mr.. Allen
sprained his ankle and it was impos-
sihle for him to appear at night. Their
place was supplied by the R~odriguerez
family, four Mexican acrobats, who
presented a very clever exhibition Of
dancing and tunlbling. The girl is an
excellent contortionist, and the act was
loudly applauded. They will remain
during the balance OF the first half
of the week.
AS an added attraction for the last
half Of the week Mr.. Webster has
booked Alsace Il Lorraine for a return
engagement. This feature appeared
here last week and took the town by
storm. No doubt during the latter
part of the week they win repeat their
triumph.
The pictures were UP to their
usual high order and the bill is de-
cidedIy worth while.
W EW. III
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
New Partnership Formed.

James Door, manager of the Aetna
Life Insurance Co. has taken in w. E.
Burns, Of Grand Forks, as partner and
hereafter the business of the Aetna
Life in North Dakota will be conduct
ed under h name of Door & Burns.
K. Kristenson will be the cashier.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23

five acres of bananas planted within
five years. An authorized Improve
ment Co. will plant the bananas and
market them on shares. Your share
should bring 5000 per acre, Address
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
II BEST

With the best firms are secured by
the best pupils of the best schools.
Watching this column will convince
you that Dakota Business College
pupils get their share and then some.
You can't make a mistake in TAX
ing the special D. B. c. training-it
is not duplicated.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
JUDGE POLLOCK
DISMISSED CASE
THE CASE OF L. c. JOHNSON, AS
ADMINISTRATORS, VS.. MARY
RUTHERFORD DISMISSED BY
JUDGE POLLOCK - PLAINTIFF
CLAIMED FRAUD.

Judge Pollock this morning dis
missed an action in the district court
where the plaintiff claimed John Ruth
erford, deceased, owed several cred
itors before he died and in order to
protect his interests he signed the
deeds of his real estate and personal
property over to his wife.
Judge Pollock said: Unless this
court engages in some judicial legis-
lation, this case must be decided in
favor of the defendant"
The action was dismissed against
Mary Rutherford and the our ruling
that no fraud was shown.
Attorneys w. j. Courtney and En-
gerud, Holt & Frame appeared for the
plaintiff and M. A. Hildreth repre-
scented the defendant.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
TRIES HARD TO FIND
LOST BROTHERS

Any information regarding John A.
and Frank G.. Lehr will be gratefully
received. They left Manistee. Mich,
eighteen years ago., age at present SO
and SO. Last heard from in North
Dakota. Unless they are located by
March 1, we will lose our old home
stead in Michigan, which means much
to us. Mrs. Clara Lehr Gaubatz, 1901
North Forty-fourth avenue, Chicago,
III.
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Auctioneer.

H. L. Landblom, a"uctioneer; special
attention paid to farm sales. Phone
116-J, Fargo. n. D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23

city $26b,0O0. And IT was only Ave
inches deep.s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-23
Last Chance for gree Land.

Last Chance Tor Free Land.
A reservation or fertile valley land
is now open in Mexico. Homesteads
Free. Only requirement is to have
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
70 PEACE FOR THE WEARY

From out OF his unquiet retreat In the
Florida Everglades Colonel Watterson
continues to direct shower of Parthian
darts at Governor Wilson. The colonel
said when he left Washington that so
far as he was concerned the wilson
Harvey incident was closed" But he
changed his mind by the time he got
to Columbia. S. c., and the columns Of
THE Louisville COurier.JOurnar' now
bTiStle with long range reflections on the
clay feet and other architectural defects
Of broken idols
On the day after Governor Wilson ad-
dressed the Kentucky Legislature at
Frankfort "The Courier-Journan thus
replied to a criticism that Colonel Wat
terSCn had contradicted himself to some
extent in his various appraisements Of
the Governors moral and intellectual
equipment:
Oh, no, he doesn't. Having nothing TO
conceal. seeking to tell only the truth, he
uses the language OF exactitude to de-
scribe an intellectual crook. He was
looking for a statesman. Light arrived
and he found pedagogue. He hoped
for Tilden. The screen fell and dis
closed Eugene Aram.
When two literati like the colonel and
the Governor fall out there is bound to
be a progressive arrangement Of cpl
thets. To be accused Of "ingratitude"
and "austerity" is one thing, but TO be
piloried as an intellectual crook" and
a Eugene Aram" IS another. Governor
Wilson labOred valiantly TO clamp the
lid down on the Watterson-H Harvey Incl
dent and even turned the other cheek
with q mot a word to say" while the
senior colonel was hurting adjectiyes in
Washington and calling for courts OF
honor" But we do not see how he can
be silent any longer.
To he impeached as tactless and
laundering historian by the Hungarians
Poles and Italians whom he described
as "sordid and hapless," poorer material
for Americans than the Chinese, is hard
enough to bear with self-restraint. But
10 be advertised to the public as "Eu-
gene Aram" must break down even the
most heroic candidates heroic reticence
Governor Wilson can no longer cry
peace, peace" when there Is no peace.
Few Democratic politicians probably
know who Bulwer's hero was or what
he did. But that makes the necessity for
a disclaimer even more urgent. If Gov
ernor Wilson had been called an Iago
or a Judas Iscariot he might have felt
that he could still regard the Watterson
controversy CLOSED" But n Eugene
Aram! Like Paul Jones, Colonel Waiter
son has just begun to fight and Governor
Wilson might as well timber up his
heaviest Forget my manners" batteries
for action.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15

areo of Texas, with 265,7S0 miles. but
vol mn 70 the three next largest-Cali-
fornia. with 15S.360; Montana, with l4o'-
$50 and New Mexico, with 122,5SO. In
population il ranked fOrty-ffth in l9lo'
with Delaware. Wyoming and Nevada
hollow if. It's growth between 1900 ana
1910 was Unexpectedly rapid, the actual
gain in inhabitants being 81 ,423 and the
nercentage Of gain 662. Arizona seems
to have passed safely the stage of stag
nation I'm which Nevada so long IAN
cuished. As a state it will not be an
other Nevada. since its population is now
more than twice as large as Nevada's ana
more than five times as large as Nevada s
was thirty-fve years after acquiring
statehood.
The development of irrigation has
Turned the deserts of the Southwest into
tllable land, only awaiting the coming
of tbe water bitches. Arizona Is there
fore not likely ever to be classified as a
"sagebrush" state. 1t will develop sub
stantial agricultural prosperity OF It's
own and easily-keep abreast of the gen.
eral growth of the country. Like OKLA
boma il has shown itself somewhat COLT
ish in its political ideas, but 1t Will PROB
ably soon steady down and become a
creditable and sanely progressive COM
mOnwealth.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
AT The WHILE HOUSE.
[From ~ rrihnnn Rnreaul

lfTom The Tribune Bureau a.,
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Presideh.,
the presence Of large Arizona deleeauU.
signed the proclamation admitting @hiI
to statehood, sent to the Senate the 'n0l
nation Of Richard +. Sloan, returns
tcrial Governor, as federal district
the new state, and gave to the Pos'nia7 ~,
General the pen with which he s'sneu tiI0
proclamation. kilograms OF CONF
tions and thanks were exchanged pS '"e
President and Governor Sloan.
Chief Justice Fell and Associate Justices
]. Hay Brown and William F. b. stewart
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sa"
the President to-day in the interest OF tiieir
colleague Judge John Pratt Elkln' VINO 10
candidate for the Supreme Court
Representative Hayes, California ln-
surgent, told the President to-day tiiat ii'
state could be counted on as tart sldIe'
The White House also received huinUel
Of kilograms and letters from Caiilorili1
saying that Taft sentiment is being mann
tested everywhere.
The organization Of Taft clubs In various
sections of the country has been reporteu
to the White House by telegraph ana rhaii'
The President was advised by telegraph TO-
day that Mercer County, Mo, had electeo
Taft delegates to the state convention
Professor w. S. Scarborough discussed
Ohio politics with the President. lie salu
that the political outlook in that state Is
most encouraging, due in large part TO the
recent visit of President Taft.
The President has under consideration IN
vitations to deliver an address at one OF
the sessions of the Womens MISSIONARY
! Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church'
South, to be held in Washington, April " 10
II. and to attend the benefit at the CoiumOla
Theatre on April IS for the Masonic ana
Eastern Star Home OF the District OF Co.
lumbic.
President Taft told Representative Spark
man. chairman Of the Rivers and Haroors
Committee, he thought the government
should assume one third Of the expense nee
, essary to carry out the Sacramento River
prctect, which it is estimated will cost SSo'-
600 COO. California will pay two-thirds. MT
Taft asked Mr.. Sparkman to secure the ap-
proval of the entire committee.
Among the White House callers were the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary. oi
Commerce and Labor, Senators Burnham
Crane and Gamble, ex-senator DICK Repre-
sentatives Crumpacker, Hayes, Ayres
! Knopp, Moore Martin, Sells NarourIoh
Mckinley, Bartholdt and Austin, Senator
Gallinger, who introduced Ex-Governor
Quinby: Father Ketcham and the Panamar
Minister.
The President, after the theatre, spent
short time at the dinner given by the Granc
! Army Of the Republic in honor OF Com
r,ander in Chief Trimble.
The Pres dent and MRS. Taft, accompanies
/ by Major Butt occupied a box at th'
Belasco tonight to see Sothern ana Mar
lowe In THE Merchant Of Venice.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
PRESIDENT YUAN. PROBABLY.

DR.. Sun Yat-sen follows the example
of those against whom lie has been con-
tending. The Manchus abdicated the
throne and recommended that Yuan
Shih-kai be made at least temporarily
the head Of the state. Now. q day later,
Dr. sun abdicateS the revolutionary
Presidency and approves the recon-
mendation concerning Mr.. Yuan. 1t
seems probable, therefore, that the lat
ter will become the first President, at
least the provisional President, Of a
united Chinese republic.
If so, the outlook for the permanence
Of the new order will he materially i'm
proved. There will be no further seri-
Gus danger of dissension. since gov
ernment will be constituted with the ap-
proval and support Of all important par
ties. The danger Of secession by some
Of the outlying dependencies will not be
eliminated. but it will be minimiZed.
Manchuria, at any rate, ought to be
loyal to the man who was nominated by
the Manchu clan. Moreover. the affairs
Of the nation will be guided by the man
who. taking all things into consideration,
is probably the best fitted of all in the
empire for the task.
In taking the self-denying step which
is now reported, DR.. Sun Yat-sen secures
an additional title to the gratitude Of his
country. Had he insisted upon himself
remaining President, even II he had won
in the end. which was unlikely, the ma
ton would have been rent with factional
feudS and devastated with civil war.
BY sacrificing or postponing his own am
bition this leader Of the revolution prob
ably assures the prompt restoration of
order and the abatement Of feuds. For
so patriotic an act he will not lack re-
ward In future preferment. We shall
see with what unanimity the Marking
Assembly follows his lead. There ought
not 10 be one diSsent.r
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
Principal Feature of Prom
Week Is Given at the Plaza.

Columbia's junior prom dance. the
principal feature of prom" week and the
largest and most prominent social affair o.
the year in college, was held last night in
the grand ballroom of the Plaza Hotel.
The room was decorated with blue and
white draperies. banners and pennants. A
hundred or more couples took part.
There were twenty dances In all, but the
formal list was greatly sweled by encores.
The orchestra was supplied by the manage
ment. During the intermission between ehe
tenth and eleventh dances supper was
served In the Palm Room, but there were
refreshments throughout the evening.
The list OF patronesses appeared to be
one of the largest ever before known FOR \
junior prom" 1t included, among others.
the following: Mrs. L. H. Hartman, Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman, Mrs. Andrew Iarne-
gle Mrs. William J. Gaynor. Mrs George
]. Gould. Mrs. Edward Lauteroach, Mrs
Seth Low, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler,
Mrs. William c. Demorest, Mrs. Raymond
G.. Knox, Mrs. Frederick p. keppei. Mrs.
Edward w. Sage, Mrs. F. A. Goetze' Mrs
VI. B. Mitchell Mrs. j. +. Kemp, Miss Vlr-
ginia c. Gilderseeve. Mrs. A " W. jack
son, Mrs. Herbert G. Lord, Mrs. Edward 3.
Clinch. Mrs. Warren B. Chaplin Mrs. Will
lam NJ. Campbell, Mrs. Frederick X.
Downes. Mrs. Harry Ferguson MRS. Aodi-
son Allen, Mrs. William II. cooper, Mrs
Charles E. Potts, Mrs. S. D. Scudder, Mrs.
e. d. Adams and Mrs Charles Z. Bateson.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
EyTEyT or THE MNAMARA PLOT

EyTENT or TIE MNAMARA PLOT.
The arrests for completely in the NC
| Namara dynamite explosions show now
widespread was the plot which pro-
duced il is estimated, about one hundred
| eynlosions in various parts OF the cOuh-
fry. Although not all of the hfty-iOur
nersons said TO have been indicted nave
been arrested, the persons already ap,
prehended reside In twelve states anu
twenty-one different cities. These are III
addition TO the alleged California paruc'
! ipants in the conspiracy, already uhuer
indictment. The states extend from
! Massachusetts to California. Wherever
there was a quarrel with employers dong
constructive irOnwOrk and 1t became
necessary. in the opinion of those direct
! inc. this mOnStrous plot 'tc teach capital
lesson" the local representatives OF the
union were used, if the federal grand
fury is not mistaken, to aid in the blow
ing up of property.
Outside of three or four general officers
Of the irOnwOrkerS' union, who coulu
hardly have avoided knowledge of what
the McNamaras were doing, most Of the
indicted men are minor labor unionlsts,
business agents, delegates and ordinary
ironworkers Apparently, If the grand
Jury is correct, the conspiracy proceeded
in the bodeSt manner possible. No at
tempt was made to cOnfne knowledge
of it TO a limited circle. but the use or
dynamite was treated as part OF the or
ganization representatives regular func-
tions. If the government proves its case
il will show n deplorable state of moral
ity in this union. Apparently those who
conducted the explosions had merely to
instruct unioniSts here and there over
the land to perform their necessary
parts in the destruction Of life and prep
erty. The corruption was widespread.
Ready tools were found wherever the
work had to be done This was the con-
sequence of encouraging violence. Men
who had been taught TO applaud 1t did
not balk at participating in the Nc
Namaras' nefariOus activities.
These indictments show how far down
the conspiracy extended. How far up
did it also go? Perhaps some of these
men now in the prosecutors hands will
be ready to tell.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
People and Social Incfdenfs

clusters of curls just back Of the ears.
and big, red roses In the officers han.
where the guests We're received, the only
light was from the greae open fireplscs
and dozens of candles in brackets. candle.
sticks and candelabra. For the opening
dance four negro men "hddled' and
''called OF" There were schottischss,
waltzes, polkas. mazurkas, marches and
the Virginia reel. The supper table was
laid with hundreds OF candles and groaned
under big roasted turkeys. smoked ham,
tall pyramids of cakes and aprons OF fruit,
and flowers. \ charmingly arranged fig.
ure carried out the Valentine IDEA, four
hearts measuring six feet in height being
wheeled into the ballroom From them
hung gay scarfs, which were seized by
the dancers, who later drew them from
the hearts only TO find they led 10 Valen-
tines giving the names of their partners
The guests included the younger diplo-
mats. army and navy men and women
and others from resident and official cir.
cles
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
DIsAGREES WITH DR.. WHITE
Social Conditions Blamed for the EVo'
luton of the Murderer.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Much that is in DR.. Andrew u
Whites letter on the repression OF crime
one cannot but applaud-the demand ior the
speedy and unbending enforcement OF all
Just laws and the condemnation OF mere
sentimentality.
But, recognizing as we must, the lndls-
putably great ability Of DR.. White ana the
distinguished services he has rendered 10
this nation there is one statement or his
which, to persons with a modern developed
social consciousness and social conscience.
can appear no less than lamentahly super
fetal and deplorably triflng. He says q
condenser "As to the charge that the
murderer's crime is not committed by him
self. but by society statistics show
continued effort for bettering and uplifting
our people" unparalleled in history. .
still more to the purpose even than the
great gifts is the fact that in every place
bands OF noble men and women are con-
stantly thinking, working and giving to al
leviate the results Of individual Vice and
crime. To blame these for the murders
committed by individuals is not only In
gratitude but calumny."
I should like TO ask DR.. White II he thinks
that our criminals are likely TO have come
largely from the number Of that small pro-
portion of individuals Of the less favored
classes who have had their lives materially
bettered by the efforts of those few indi-
viduals Of the well-to-class who have done
serious charitable work? Does he not
know, on the contrary, that very large
proportion of our criminals have been edu-
Iyy els hal 10
be sprung from drunken and immoral pa
rents, themselves the offspring Of similar
parents and that society has been at no ef-
fectlve pains to rescue them from the asso-
Citations which were bound to poison their
childhood?
II society allows TO continue the dreadful
iniquity OF the existence OF slums, II II al
lows children TO be reared by the drunken
and the vicious, II 1t allows the unemployed
in hard times to go hungry and homeless II
IL deliberately places the worst temptations
constantly I'm the path of the poor, drawing
revenue legally from the drink evil and
Illegally from the social evil, is not society
then responsible for the warped life of the
criminal?
II is well known that in England in for
mer centuries capital punishment was en-
forced ruthlessly for many different Of
fences and that this course Of repression
was finally adjudged ineffective In the pre-
vention of crime. The only course in which
we can hope to find real remedy is that
course which for so many other reasons II
is our duty to foIlow-a radical reformation
of our social order. such as Will do away
with slums and with revolving social injus-
tice and will put an end 10 the education of
children amid surroundings Of vice and
crime Those who are not seeking for such
radical reformation are not facing the awful
responsibility Of society and its plain duty
ELLIOTT WILLIAMS BOONE.
Christ Church Rectory. Redding Ridge
Conn, Feb. 8. 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
THE MAINE TO-DAY AND HERE
AFTER.

III Lits
This anniversary of the destruction Of
the battleship Maine in the harbor Of
Havana-the Ourteenth-arOuSeS dis
tinctly different sentiments from those
which were caused by any of its prede-
cessors: different, and far more agreea-
BILE. The sense Of bereavement is still
existent, tempered increasingly by the
ameliOrating lapse of time. The passion
of wrath, which at first was strong, has
become a memory which is not cher
ished. The self-reproachful realization
of pious duty neglected and the haunting
half-fear Of what might be disclosed If
duty were faithfully performed have
happily altogether passed away. At last
the nation can look the world in the
face without a blush at thought of the
forsaken hulk and dishonored dead at
the bottom Of Havana IIarbor. To-day
the dead are recovered for reyerent sep
ulture. the hulk is once more aflOat. and
the mystery of the great disaster, If still
a mystery, is not chargeable to our re-
fusal or failure TO let in all possible
light upon its darkness.
The comparative ease Of the achieve
ment and the completeness of 1t form a
striking commentary upon the stubborn
pretences of those who opposed the rails
ing of the wreck. We were told that it
was impossible to raise it or any part of
have TO be dragged up piecemeal, and
that therefore il would best be blown up
witli dynamite as a preliminary to dis
secting 1t. As for the remains of the
men. il was assumed to be quite certain
that they had completely vanished, SO
that no trace of them could be found !;
wherefore there would be no wrong TO
them in blowing the hulk to pieces Yet
to-day half of the hulk is afioat and
could be brought home If that were de
sired, aud every one Of the bodies of the
dead has been recovered. Never were
mfayorable predictions more completely
discredited.
The Maine now passes into history.
All has been done that could be done to
solve the mystery but In vain. There
was an outside explosion. which caused
the greater and destructive internal ex-
plosion. So much we know But what
caused that outside explosion we do not
know, and in all probability never shall
know. Indeed it is now probably best
that we should not, though II we could
have found II out II would have been our
duty to do so. 1t was tragic incident,
but 1t was merely an incident. The war
with Spain would probably have oc-
CURED without it; as witness the fore