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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
WASHINGTON WATCHING
WHAT CANADA WILL DO
TO MEET LOW TARIFF

only gave a fresh impetus to higher
prices on the American side OF the
border, but forced a. rise over there
which makes the Canadian, consumer
gasp. The tory government, charac-
teristically conservative and closed
mouthed is holding the details of its
programme, but that it will be found
responsive to a public sentiment that
Is crystallizing into a universal de-
mand in the eastern provinces for a
square deal there car be no question.
In western Canada, where the pro-
Queer Is getting a modicum OF the
swollen profits of the low tariff mo-
nopoly, the pressure for remedial leg
islation has ceased, and a counter cry
has been raised that the farmer should
be as we'll protected by the duties. as
the manufacturer. On the American
side such a controversy might work
out to the advantage of the farm ele-
ment. but since the province Of On
tario is a tory stronghold, while the
west is intensely liberal, political con-
s%ideration ought to turn the scales in
the consumers favor.
Our chief stake at Ottawa does not,
however, involve us in q case Of stolen
thunder. Our ends will De served
should Canada succeed In ferreting
"a ~ AA@SA0 SAAN 9AfN NA~ AN"
tariff system a. chance to prove itself.
The administration here finds itself
in just the same boat that the Cana
dian authorities. Price fixers are just
Attorney General McReynolds,
Secretary of Commerce Redfield and
Of Agriculture Houston are
the trail of. 1t is not the retail
so much who are supposed
to be at the bottom of the high cost Of
in the United States as it is the
speculator and gambler in foodstuffs
and other necessities of life. Manu-
facturers come under the ban of the
secretary Of commerce who are striv-
ing through undue influence to place
before the voting strength of the
country the concrete reason as to why
low tariff is not just the proper
thing for the prosperity Of the coun-
try. That is they are threatened with
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

Washington, Dec. 18.-Just as the
"high price of living cost in he
United States is ~agitating the pc, lie
of this country, Canada has come to
the front with a. similar cry from it's
100000 or S,000,00 people and like
the paternal government of the United
States, the even more paternal govern
ment Of Canada promises relief. But
behind the programme mapped out by
Canadian statesmen there is q great
possibility that the people Of the
United States will feel even more the
need of cheaper clothing, food and
other necessities Of life. Canada has
determined to meet the Underwood
Simmons tariff law by a measure that
is intended to offset the purposes Of
these schedules. The effect Of a low
tariff, sending into power the demo-
cratic party of the United States, has
had an influence in the politics Of
Canada to such an extent that poll
ticians there are contemplating
schemes for gaining from the Borden
ministry what 1t lost under the lead
ership of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. While
Canadian reciprocity is popularity sup
posed to have KILLED Sir Wilfrid po-
litically in Canada as to a large mea-
sure it succeeded in defeating Presi-
dent Taft in the United States, never
theless and notwithstanding the Bor-
den ministry Is. not taking any chances
and, Overlooking any bets. whereby
the popular esteem in which Borden Is
now held will be allowed to melt.
Sir Wilfrid's cry, insistent as it has
been made within the dominion a cry
for free food" meaning a return to
the price level which prevailed in Can
ada before our new tariff became eff
f~ective, promises to create a demand
upon Ottawa when the new parliament
conVenes, that the Borden ministry
dare not turn a deaf ear to even if it
were so inclined.
Sir Wilfrid's agitation is supposed
10 lead parliament into making an in
sV~estigation of the high cost of liv-
ing just as has occurred in the Unit
ed States. 1t no doubt will lead to the
disclosures of the influences which not
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
TRAGEDY'S PAIL
ON HAPPY HOME

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 1S.-Oscar
Elshaug of Kindred, N. D., who two
years ago left Eleva, Wis, with his
two sisters, Lena and May, to make
their way alone, arrived In Minneapo-
lis to join the sisters and go with
them to Eleva for Christmas with
their parents. Instead Of meeting a
joyous pair he was met by his young-
er sister, May, at the station and she
old him Lena was dead at the morgue,
a victim Of bullets fired by a rejected
lover. The sorrowful pair claimed the
body. arranged with an undertaken
for its shipment to Eleva, n made
ready for a period Of mourning in
place Of the anticipated merriment.
Author Heart Broken.
At the city hospital, heart-broken
because he shot the girl, and ignorant
of her death, Marvin c. Timm, 1909
Second avenue south, was under police
guard as the girls a~ssailant, with a
self-inf1icted bullet wound in his
chest.
Timm shot himself after mortally
wounding the Elshaug girl, known as
Lena Johnson, in the kitchen of Henry
]. Moreton's residence, 25112 Third
avenue south, where the girl was en-
ployed. While Mr.. Moreton sought
tii0 po4iCo anu HIS SUI, bsGhIIes sent
for a physician, Timm staggered to
his home, where he was placed under
arrest. The bullet entering Timm's
chest, was DETECTED by a rib and he
will recover.
jealousy Cause.
Timm said today that jealousy and
dependency over long being out Of
employment and his inability to give
her the entertainment he desired her
to have preyed Upon Timm's mind
and recently members of his family
had expressed fears for his sanity.
Lena Elshaug had been employed
at the Moreton residence about three
years. She n her sister, May, who
lives at 1925 Elliott avenue had plan
ned to meet their brother.
The shooting occurred when Mr..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
A Fair Proposition,

The manufacturers OF Mcritol Rheu-
matism Powders have SO much conf
dence in this preparation hat they
authorize us to sell them to you on a
in all cases Of rheumatism or refund
your money. This is certainly a fair
proposition. Let us show them to you.
Central Drug Store. 66 Broadway,
Fargo, N. D., exclusive agency.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

his own chest. Mr.. Moreton got to
his feet in time to catch the girl as
she staggered forward unconscious.
Mr.. Moreton seized IN automatic pis-
tol and entered the kitchen. Timm was
lying on the floor. When the police
ambulance arrived he had gone
At the city hospital Timm said to-
day that he intended saying goodbye
to the girl and then kill himself. He
said the Elshaug girl recently broke
their engagement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

Moreton and his son were at dinner.
The Elshaug girl was carrying a dish
to the dining room when Timm en-
tered the kitchen and asked to kiss
him goodbye. When she fed toward
the dining room he opened fire. He
fired five shots. two taking effect in
the girls body, the third entering the
sink and the fourth passing through
q door and lodging in the dining room
wall, passing several inches from Mr..
Moreton's head, and the fifth entered
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

We have a great variety Of
Doll Heads and Bodies. We
suggest a Biliken Doll or
Kewpie. \ They will please
the little ones.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-11

to tell you how things really are, It
might be you would change them
somehow"
'I" he cried incredulously. 81
change my business policy because
you ask me to-"
There was something imperturbable
in the quality Of the voice as the girl
went resolutely forward with her ex-
PLANTATION.
do you know how we girls live?
But, Of course. you don't. Three Of us
in one room, doing our own cooking
over the two burner gas stove and our
own washing and ironing evenings,
after being on our feet for nine hours"
81 have provided chairs behind the
counters" he stated.
"But have you ever seen a girl sit
ting in one of themT" she questioned
coldly. "Please answer me. Have
you? OF curse not" she said. after
a little pause during which the owner
had remained silent. She shook her
head in emphatic negation. "And
do you understand why? It's simply
because every girl knows that the
manager Of her department would
think he could get along without her
If he were to see her sitting down.
loafng, you know! So she would be
discharged. All it amounts to is that
after being on her feet for nine hours
the girl usually walks home in order to
ave car fare. Yes, she walks, wheth-
er sick or well. Anyhow, you are gen.
orally so tired, it don't make much
difference which you are"
what has all this to do with the
question of theft in the store? That
was the excuse for your coming here.
And instead Of telling me something
you rant about gas stoves and car
fare"
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PAGE FIFTEEN

charge halted before her. Then,
abruptly, the round. baby-like face of
the woman puckered in amazement.
Her voice rose shrill. "Well, If It amt
Mary Turner!"
"Aggie!' was the reply.
In the time that followed Mary lived
In the fat which Aggie Lynch occu-
pied with her brother. Jim. a pickpock-
ct much esteemed among his fellow
craftsmen. The period wrought trans
formations of q radical and bewilder-
ing sort in both the appearance and
the character Of the girl.
Joe Carson. the forger. had long been
er, though he considered them far be-
meath him in the social scale. since
their criminal work was not Of that
high kind on which he prided himself.
bu.. as he cast about for some woman
to whom he might take the hapless
girl he had rescued his thoughts fell
on Aggie. He was relieved rather
than otherwise to learn that there was
already an acquaintance between the
two women and the fact that his
charge had served time in prison did
not influence him one jot against her.
Mary let herself drift. 1t seemed to
her that she had abandoned herself to
fate in that hour when she threw her
self into the river. Afterward, with
out any v~olition on her part. she had
been restored to life and set within an
environment new and strange to her,
in which soon, to her surprise, h
discovered a vivid pleasure. So she
fought no more, but left destiny to
work its will, unhampered by her fu-
tile strivings.
For the first time In her life, thanks
to the hospitality of Aggie Lynch, Sc
cretly REINFORCED from the funds Of
Joe Carson, Mary found herself living
in luxurious idleness. while her every
wish could be gratified by the merest
mention of it. She was fed on the
daintiest Of fare, she was clothed with
the most delicate richness for the first
time as to those more mysterious gar
ments which women love. In addition.
there were as many Of books and mag
azines as she could wish.
Her mind. long starved like her body.
seized avidly on the nourishment thus
afforded. In this interest Aggie had
no share-was perhaps a little envi-
Gus over Mary's absorption in printed
pages. Aggie took a vast pride in her
guest. with the unmistakable air Of
elegance. and she dared to dream OF
great triumphs to come. though as
yet she carefully avoided any sugges~
ton to Mary of wrongdoing.
In the end the suggestion came from
Mary Turner herself. to the great sur
prise of Aggie. and, truth to tell. Of
herself.
There were two factors that chiefly
Influenced her decision. The first was
due to the feeling that. since the world
had rejected her, she need no longer
concern herself with the worlds opin-
ion or retain any s%cruples over 1t.
Back OF this lay her bitter sentiment
toward the man who had been the d.
rect cause Of her imprisonment, Ed
ward Glider.
The factor that was the immediate
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l dare. I have a right to dare. I have
been straight all my life. I have want
ed decent food and warm clothes and
Il little happiness all the time | have
worked for you, and have gone with
out those things just to stay straight.
The end Of it all is, you are sending
me 70 prison for something ! didn't do.
Iha"s why | darer'
Glider could not trust himself just
then TO an audible command. He was
seriously disturbed by the gently spo-
Ken truths that had issued from the
girls lips. He vas not prepared with
any answer. though he holly resented
every word OF her accusation.
Cassidy faced about, and in his
movement there was a tug at the wrist
OF the girl that set her moving toward
the door. Her realization Of what this
meant was shown in her final speech.
Three years isn't forever" she said
IL a level voice. when l come out
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carried a curious dignity Of its own.
The very simplicity Of her statement
might have had a power to convince
one who listened without prejudice, al
though the words themselves were of
the trite sort that any protesting Grim
inal might utter.
II tell you 1 didn't do it,"
Glider himself felt the surge of emo
ton that swung through these mo-
ments, but he would not yield to 1t.
whats the use Of all this pre-
tense?" he demanded sharply. "You
were given a fair trial, and there's an
end Of It."
ooh, no, 1 wasn't! Why, If the trial
had been fair l shouldn't be here. DO
you call it fair when the lawyer had
was only a boy-one whom the court
told me to take, a boy trying his first
case, my case, that meant the ruin of
my life? My lawyer! Why, he was
Just getting experience-getting 1t at
my expense!'
There followed a few seconds of 81
lence. Then Glider made an effort to
shake off the feeling that had so pos
sessed him. and to n certain degree he
succeeded.
'eThe jury found you guilty" he as
serted, with an attempt to make his
voice magisterial in its severity.
Eyes, the jury found me guilty. Do
you know why? l can tell you. Mr..
Glider. 1t was because they had been
out for three hours without reaching
q decision. The evidence didn't seem
to be quite enough for some Of them,
after all. Well, the judge threatened
to lock them up all night. The men
wanted to get home. The easy thing
to do was to find me guilty, and let 1t
20 at that. Was that fair, do you
think? And that's not all either. Was
It fair of you, Mr.. Glider? Was it
fair of you to come to the court this
morning and tell the judge that l
should be sent to prison as a warning
to others?'
"You known he exclaimed in mo-
mentary CONSERVATION.
IT heard you in the courtroom" she
said. 1.-THE dock isn't very far from
the bench where you spoke to the
Judge about my case. Yes, I heard
you. 1t wasn't, Did I do It? or, Didn't
I do It? No. 1t was only that I must
be made a warning to others"
Again silence fell for a tense inter-
val. Then finally the girl spoke:
"Mr. Glider" she said simply. Al
God is my judge, l am going to prison
for three years for something didn't
do. why did you ask the judge to
send me to prisonT
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CHAPTER w.
Inferno.

"HE ineXorable voice went on In
its monotone. as If he had not
spoken.
"And when you are really
sick and have to stop work what are
you going to do then? Do you know.
Mr.. Glider. that the first time d straight
girl steals it's often because she had to
have a doctor-or some luxury like
that? And some Of them do worse
started straight and wanted to stay
that way. But, Of course, some Of
them get so tired Of the whole grind
that-that"-
"I'm not their guardian. l can't
watch over them after they leave the
store. They are paid the current rate
Of wages-as much as any other store
pays" AS he spoke the anger pro-
voked by this unexpected assault on
him out Of the mouth of a convict
famed high in virtuous reputation.
why" he went on vehemently. n
man living does more for his employ
ees than I do. Who gave the girls
their fine rest rooms upstairs? I did.
Who gave them the cheap lunchrooms?
/ did"
But you won't pay than enough to
live onv'
81 pay them the same as the other
stores do" he repeated sullenly.
"But you won't pay them enough to
live on!'
"And so you claim that you were
forced to steal. That's the plea you
make for yourself and your friends"
Il wasn't forced to steal" came the
answer, spoken in the monotone that
had marked her utterance throughout
most of the interview. 81 wasn't fore
ed to steal, and l didn't steal. But, all
the same, that's the plea, as you call
1t, that I'm making for the other girls.
There are hundreds Of them who steal
because they don't get enough to eat.
l said ! would tell you how to stop the
stealing. Well, l have done it. Give
the girls a fair chance to be honest.
You asked me for the names, Mr.. Gil
der. There's only n name on which
to put the blame for the whole bust
ness, and that name is Edward Glider!
Now. won't you do something about
IT."
At that naked question the owner of
the store jumped up from his chair and
stood glowering at the girl who risked
q request SO full of vituperation against
himself.
How dare you speak to me like
this" he Numbered.
"Why. ] dared" Mary Turner ex-
planned. because you have done all
the harm you can to me. And now I'm
trying to give you the chance to do
better b.. the Others. You ask me why
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would you be humble" she demand.
ed, and now her voice was become soft
~ musical. yet %forbidding, too, with a
note OF passion. would you be humble
II you were going to prison for three
years for something you didn't doT'
Don't mind her, sir" Cassidy said.
he meant to make his manner very re-
assuring. They all say that. They
are innocent, Of course! Yep, they all
say it. 1t don't do 'em any good, but
just the same they all swear they're
Innocent. They keep it up to the very
last, no matter how right they've been
got"
The voice Of the girl rang clear.
There was a note of insistence that
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Typewriter ribbons at me Register
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cause Of her decision ON an irregular
mode Of life was an editorial In one
of the daily newspapers. This was q
scathing arraignment of a master In
high finance. The point of the writ
er's attack was the grim sarcasm for
such methods Of thievery as are kept
within the law. That phrase held the
girls fancy. and she read the article
again with a quickened interest Then
she began to mediate.
1t was the law that had worked the
ruin of her life. which she had striv-
en- to make wholesome. In conse-
Quence she felt for the law no genuine
respect, only d~etestation as for the
epitome of injustice. Yet, she gave It
q superficial respect. born of those
three years Of suffering which had
been the result Of the penalty infiict-
ed on her. Now, In the paragraph she
had just read she found a clew to sug-
gestive thought, a hint n to q means
by which she might satisfy her rancor
against the law that had outraged her.
and this In safety since she would at
tempt nought save that within the
TO BE CONTINUED
The Washington times., 1913-07-13
Evening Services in the CHURCHES

LIFE AND CHARACTER OF NEBUcHADNEzzARn-The Rev.
Thomas HubeJ Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
northwest m.
THE GOSPEL IN THE CAPITAL CITY-L0vE MARRIAGE
Townsend Weaver Grace M. Church.
northwest, o'clock -..-.-.
THREE LEGENDS"The Rev. Wilbur w. Maaieu, M.
Church. Twentieth street. Pennsylvania
SCENES BY THE RIVERS OF TIE BIBLE"-The J.
Nicholson, M. Church. 31s1
THE MADNESS OF SN"The Rev Harvey Dunham
byterian Church. H. between Nineteenth
northwest, m.
FOOTPRINTS REVOLUTION IN CHINA"
The Rev. Dr. Frederick j. Stanley
Church. John Marshall place. near c street. 1890 p.
TWO WASHINGTON W0MENS QUEER WAY MAKE MONEY"
The Rev. Hez Swem Centennial Church. Eighth
northeast, p. m
Church. Fourth street and Virginia southeast
CONTRAST ON EARTH OR IN GREAT"-The Rev.
Compton Ball, Metropolitan Baptist Church.
northeast, 7:4s p. m. ....s
"AS ONE THINKETHThe Rev. Dr. Temple Baptist Church.
Tenth northwest, 7:4s m
KNOW BUT FORGoT"-Miss voas Higher
Thought Congregation, 4as Clifton street, p m.
n. Roberts Ingram Memorial Con.
ggatonal Church. Tenth north
east 2 m.
The Washington times., 1913-07-13
AN IMPOSSIBLE PROVISION.

An amendment TO the tariff bill, to exclude i'm
ports of products n chief value the output of chile
labor, coming from countries which have no regu
latons of child labor, is deluson.
Honestly enforced it would keep out volume
of trade that nobody is at all competent to guess.
1t is fine type of horseback legislation for SEN
timental rather than business reasons.
Such provision ought never to be included in
measure till all its bearings fully known.
This could be possible only after such an inquiry as,
say, an efficient tariff commission could make
Anyhow, why should our tariff makers worry so
much about FOREIGN CHILD LABOR. Let Con-
gress do something worth while to end child labor
here, instead of trying to stop it in other countries.
Shutting out foreign child labor while failing to
stop that labor here, would add to the premium and
profits on child labor right here.
No objection to sending red flannel underclothes
to the heathens in tropc Africa, if it peases earnest
folks to send them; but do object to giving the
neathen underclothing that children need
The Washington times., 1913-07-13
CAMP GOOD Will
TO HAVE GALA DAY
Navy Yard Workers Prepare
to Hold First of Events for
Poor Children.

Camp Good VIII tomorrow will have
the first of eight successive days
marked with red on the camp calendar.
1t is the first of the Navy Yard days
at the camp. On all the other Mon
days in this month and August the
Camp Good Will committee of the Navy
Yard will give an entertainment pro-
gram for the children of the poor liv-
ing at Camp Good VIII. A different
set of children will be present every
two weeks.
Tomorrow the Navy Yard Band will
play. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt will speak, and there will be
games and races, a flag raising ard
a special supper In the evening the
band will play second concert
Arrangement For Bands.
The Navy Yard men have arranged
that the Navy Yard Band appear
twice at Camp Good Will; that the
Naval Reserve Band shall play twice.
and that as many more CONCERTS shall
be given by the Naval Gun Factory
Band. Other entertainments will be
given by the Arguers Minstrels and the
pupils of Miss Madeline Smitson.
Chief Gunner b. P. Donnelly, of the
Navy Yard, is chairman of the Navy
Yard committee this year. and he has
subdivided the committee so that five
or six will be present on each Monday.
B. G. Ladd Is vice chairman and
chairman of the prize committee. s. ID.
Cole is at the head of the highly i'm
portant refreshment committee. Mr..
Cole is the treasurer of the general
committee of the Navy Yard for Camp
Good VIII.
Chairman De Groot. of last years
will preside at the flag rails
ing. which takes place tomorrow after
noon. There was flag raising at the
camp on Memorial Day. but this was
before any children were at the camp.
Special Committees.
Secretary Hutchinson today announced
the personnel of the special commit
tees acting on successive Mondays. as
follows:
July 1LMessrs. Cole. Moodey. Rue
kert, Ryan and Phoebus.
July 21-Messrs. Ladd. Montague
Meyers, c. Meyers Hibbard and Bright.
July 2S-Messrs. De Groot. Eagle.
Disney, J. T. Donnelly, Hollis and
Reynolds.
August +Messrs Chase. Hibbard, jr.
Dimore. Schultz. Potter and Richman.
August 11.Messrs:: Blankenship, Co.
gan, Shepard, Sartain and Eckhardt.
August 1S-Messrs. Jones. Driscoe.
Kiel Shreve and III. A. Meyers.
August 25-Messrs. Hutchinson. White.
Sampson, Nussar, Brown and lie Lau-
rim.