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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
The Argyle Case.

For those who like detective stories
The Argyle Case offers absorbing
interest. Though as the reader ap-
proaches the middle chapters n
denouement is perhaps a tr1f1e 90
vious. .-.. 49,.
The Argyle Case is founded on the
play Of that name which vas brought
out last season as a vehicle FOR ROBERT
Hilliard after he had finished star
ing in A Fool There Was and he felt
the public wanted to see him In some-
thing new. AS a play 1t must nave
been a much ~pleasanter theme than
the narrowing stage version OF the
Kipling poem even though it is the
| story of a. murder mystery.
The play was written by Harriet
| Ford and Harvey J. OHigglns In CO.
| operation with William j. Burns, the
| detective, and is said to have been
based on real facts. After the play
proved such a success Arthur Horn
blow put it in story form.
Anna katherine Greene may have
written detective stories that kept her
readers interested more keenly on
edge until the very last word, yet Mr..
Hornblow has presented a somewhat
illogical story in q plausible way. Its
greatest criticism perhaps, is that 1t
Is too patent that it is a "noVelization'
of the play. The author has confined
himself too closely to the progress OF
the drama.
In the play it may have been in good
order to have men in high financial
circles dealing with counterfeiters In
issuing spurious coin to get even with
the government or some other preteXt
just. to give the hero opportunity tic
more clearly demonstrate his skill al
deduction or provide a thrilling scene
in the counterfeiter's den wherein
there is much hazard even though il
borders considerably on the mel2-
dramatic.
But in a book where the reader i:
looking for something more logical
Mr.. Hornb1ow's narrative might have
it's disappointments. Still it is a story
that will hold the attention and excite
the interest for an evening. HarpeJ
& Bros, New York;
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Consistency VS.. the Facts.

Baltimore News: Mrs. Pankhurst
scores when she points out that the
London government is highly incon-
sistent in using rigorous methods
against the ~suffragists, while it makes
no move at all against the open and
aVoWed organization of rebellion in
the north of Ireland.
But inconsistency is sometimes call
ed a vice. The present British v
ment at bottom is a home-ruIe govern
ment, and that means it will in the
end find a way to give Ulster home
rule to which Belfast is quite as much
entitled as Dublin. BY the same rule
the women may be held to be as much
entitled to vote as anybody. After all
the liberal party, inconsistent as II
may appear in such phases, is the one
to which appeal must be made for
final proper handling Of such condi.
lions. In the perspective Of a Ions
view Of history hat is always shown
to be true, whether in Britain or ii
ANY other country. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Elliott on Railroads.

The Boston house Of H~oughton Milf
fin Co. has in preparation a book. by
Howard Elliott, chairman of the board
of directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, to be call
ed The Truth About the Railroads. The
volume will be ready for the public in
a few weeks. t
The New Haven road, now under
q. fire of criticism, is not singled out
Ifora special attack, although MI. Ell
lott devotes a considerable portion Of
his book to transportation problems In
New England. For the rest, he offers
not SO much new theories as oldel
theories of railroad management which
The thinks have been neglected to tbs
damage Of the present service. HI
makes a plea for a three-cornered cor
poration among the owners OF rail
roads and their employees and the pub
lie and also treats Of the mutual atti.
tude Of corporation and the govern:
Innent with the individual as AFFECTED
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

OF the establishment with which
Montgomery viewed such q girl 1
don't believe he has exaggerated the
towns interest in her a particle. She
would. IL she had ever lived In Mont
gomery, have remained a mystery and
a wonder-though she would, I think,
have been less popular than Mr..
Nicholson makes her.
For I know Montgomery. Mont
gomery is Charlottesville, Ind. Madi-
son college is Wabash college. The
general who wrote a great romance
is Cen. Lew Wallace, whose house is
pointed out to every visitor as a town
Landmark. Reading MIR. Nicholsonss
story Is like discussing Charlottesville
with some one who has lived there.
And If I do not agree wholly with
Mr.. Nicholson's view. it is because he
has no fault to find with the place
and / have. He says that he would
rather please the people Of Montgorn-
cry than any others. 1t, would never
occur to me to try to please the peo-
| pie of Charlottesville. But l am sure
that Mr.. Nicholson will please them:
For he can do honestly what some or
the rest of us could not-he, can write
a, novel about an Indiana town in the
spirit of mellow kindliness." H.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
need that 1t do it promptly and with
.n-' H-tS--EE @ts, NJ b.
a sharp stick" a.-.
AN OLD, OLD STORY.

The Minneapolis Daily News puts
an old story in a new way as follows:
Out In Tacoma the other day a
woman was seized in a. police raid.
She had been travelling the easier way.
The judge was impressed by her
lack of hardness. Something of the
divine which is in all women still
cleaned as a rainbow in the clouds Of
her miserable surroundings. She had
the look Of a mother. So he question
ed her, and this vas her story:
Married when young to a beast who
Dor deserted, she~had been left with
two beautiful babes. no money, no rel
atives, no friends and no trade.
She went forth offering to do hon.
orable work, household work, laundry
work, rough, e~Xhausting work, any
work which a good woman might do,
and all that she could earn was about
Sc a week-for wages are high in Ia
coma.
But she could not take her babes
with her when she worked and she
could not afford to hire someone to
tend them. The princely pay of meni-
al toll left no margin for keeping
mother and babies together.
However, she was pretty and not
yet old. The world which would not
give her a living wage for honorable
WOIh OLeIed Hef ease, OHlIOr COnSld
Grafton and comparative riches In ex-
change for her honor.
She was not of the fiber Of martyrs.
She yielded. With her body she bought
bread n shelter and pretty dresses
for her little ones.
The police came with clubs and hus>
tied her to a prison. The men who
tempted her escaped. Society, which
made that awful contract between the
wages Of virtue and vice, shrugged it's
shoulder INT politely decided that the
subject wasn't profitable for discus
sion.
And this is happening in every city
every day.
What are we going to do about 1t!
If anything.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Innocent and His Money.

Des Moines Tribune: A dispatch
from Panama says that prohibition Of
gambling will be lifted in the. cities
of Panama and Colon.
1t is stated that a tacit agreement
to that effect was made when the lid
was put on at the request Of the canal
authorities for protection of canal
workingmen from the evil.
At once it will occur to even the
casual observer that if it was a good
thing to suppress gambling while the
canal was building it Is even more i'm
p~ortant to prohibit 1t now that the
work is finished. ~. ...s a@@.
Obviously, If the canal worker was
entitled to protection once he still is,
not mentioning other prospective vic
Tins. 81 ..- =
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Loss of Appetite,

Is the first signal of disorder and
decay. The usual loss of appetite
is often caused by functional dis
t~urbanCes in the stomach. The stom-
ach fails to do the work required, the
appetite is gone, and the body suffers
from lack Of nourishment. Such a
stomach needs to be cleaned and
sweetened. Meritol Tonic Digestive is
made especially to assist the stom-
ach to digest food, and promote a
healthy appetite. This remedy is
sold on our positive guarantee, and
we ask you to give 1t a trial. 1t is
a genuine tonic. Central Drug Store.
sc Broadway. Fargo N. D., sole agents.
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & SIT. PAW
Trains Arriving From Es
Panama and Colombia.

Kansas City Star: A writer in The
worlds Work urges the reopening of
ne fanama canal question by the
.Gnited States with a view of doing
s ya9eaee 70 colombia" The United
seeaees Lr1ed long and patiently to reach
q settlement with Colombia and fbat
republic refused, hoping to hold up
I1ls government by threatening ia
plock q great public improvement. If
2 president had waited until Colon
n ntS, vas satisfied the canal zone would
sun ne a wilderness infested with ma
' ,ahla and yellow fever. The fact that
tba o nnn roosevelt took advantage OF
sion o ~ = offered by the seces-
cluda : tug tra state Of Panama to con-
IS neid by the American peonle AZ one
q tne most noteworthy aehiayernents
AoK q noteworthy career.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
BREATHE FREELY! OPEN NOSTRILS
and STUFFED HEAD~END CATARRH

drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
d~issolves by the heat Of the nostrils;
p~enetrates and heals the infamed,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passage; stops nasty discharges and
q feeling of cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold, with it's running nose, foul
mucous dropping into the throat, and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put you faith-just once-in "Ely's
Cream Balm and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Montgomery Discovered.

Montgomery, the Indiana town
where lived Phyllis, the charming
young heroine of Meredith Nicholson's
new story Otherwise Phyllis, has been
identified as Charlottesville, and
Charlottesville people are reading the
book with joyful chuckles of recogni-
ton. Augusta Stromme, who review
ed the book for the Chicago Evening
Post, used to live in Charlottesville
and her CHI ticism Is replete with per-
sonal feeling. Her concluding para
graphs. are: especially, entertaining.
'"Mr. Nicholson has a lively sense
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
All Wish Him Well.

New York Evening Post: All these
political s~peculations, with the unhap-
ny controversies in which Mr., Roose-
welt has been engaged. we believe that
the great majority Of his countrymen
would like to drop into the ocean as
they say goodbye to him. They would
prefer to think of him merely as an
engaging and outstanding personality.
His energy and versatility, his passion
for activity. his gluttony for work, his
varied and insatiate interest-these
qualities of his continue to kindle gen
eral admiration. All Americans wish
the colonel well on his latest trip.
Whether addressing universities or
exploring tropic j~ungles, they feel sure
that he will know the stern JOY of q
full life and will be an active and i'm
pressive figure to all who behold him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Quite Plain.

Milwaukee Leader: 1t seems that
Mr.. Roosevelt is unable to fathom the
purpose and design of Jeffersonian
democracy. He has delved into Mr..
Wilson's magazine contributions and
he confesses that he has patiently
and sincerely sought to find out what
Mr.. Wilson mean by the new free
DOM and that he is in doubt whether
it has any meaning at ALL"
We are surprised that Mr.. ROose-
welt should find the meaning Of the
new freedom so obscure. Mr.. Wilson
has made it plain enough. The new
freedom means ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
nifty to the Industrious and enterpris-
ing who have not made their pile, tc
pay tribute to a trust.
MI. Bryan is exemplifying the doc.
trine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Enforce the Food Law.

New York Journal Of Commerce:
What will the department Of agrl-
culture say with reference to the de-
mands that are now being made upon
it for rulings tending to favor manu-
f~acturers under the pure food law?
Can it continue the do-nothing policy
Of Indifference to the enforcement Of
this act which it is consistently main
tanning? In spite Of the fact that con-
ditions had been brought to so shock
ing a condition under the preceding
administration, little has yet been
done to correct the bad state of things
complained OF, and the time is ap-
preaching when the department must
submit to the severest criticism unless
it can show a much cleaner bill of
health than it has lately been able to
exhibit in this regard. President Will
son owes it to himself, as we'll as to
the country, to investigate the con-
dition of things and to see that the
food law is sincerely applied.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
From The Forum Book Shelf

Sir Gilbert Parker, whose new novel,
The Judgment House, Is the first he
has written. for several years., made a
speech In parliament the, other day.
His opponent persisted in referring to
him as 1.-THE right honorable gentle
man"-a title reserved for privy coun-
cilors-until Sir Gilbert interiected: II
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
ocT.11, 1918.
TWO KINDS OF ROADS.

It took considerable courage, of the
kind commonly called nerve for
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston to
stand up before the American Road
congress-, composed largely Of repre-
sentatives Of automobile manufac-.
turers and delegates from automobile
clubs, and tell them that he was not
at all enthusiastic yer the matter Of
| great national highways or great
| Interstate roads connecting capitals
and large commercial cities. but that
he was very earnest in his desire for
small country roads (which shall get
products Of the community farms to
the nearest station and make rural
life more profitable, comfortable and
p~leasureable." Sue roads, he added,
ARE equally essential to the establish
ment and operation OF decent ele-
mentary and secondary schools for the
benefit of the country boys and girls"
At a congress where the proposed
I great Lincoln highway. from ocean to
ocean, to cost $10,O 900, 900, was the
!. most important topic of discussion
and promotion, such sentiments were
I almost heresy, n yet, as secretary
! Of agriculture, and viewing the road
| matter in its relation to agriculture
! and its true economic aspect, he could
| say nothing else.
It is quite observable that the chief
| arguments advanced for good roads
are those about their value socially
and economically to the farmers, but
| that roads are actually built. for which
support has been asked because of
those arguments, the builders usually
make a long highway and neglect the
farm roads.
1t has often been wondered why
tits the farmers have not been more
aroused on this subject of good roads.
There have been conventions. rallies,
discussions In newspapers, illustrated
Articles In magazines, and other edu-
cational and promotive efforts, but
they have not had as yet the effect
desired upon the farmers, and the
natural query is, why? The answer
isnsilnple. Road enthusiasts have moi
yets tbegun to talk practically about
the farmers road. When they begir
talking about his road he will sit VI
and take notice.
Secretary Houston expressed The
opinion that in any aid to road build
ing the general government might ex.
+aa6 hv vota oP cnppresS Tho rpoaII
est unit with which it will deal will
besthe state. To go further than tina
w6uld be to invite wastefulness anc
graft and introduce the pork barrel
into road making.
His idea probably is that in the nea,
future congress will ]appropriat
money for road building, to be ap
portfoned among the states, with sucl
provisions and safeguards as will as
lsIEe the spending Of the money ii
scientific road work On the actual pos
roads Of the country, in combinatio
with gums also apportiOned from tn
state treasures and raised by loca
taxation. That would be practice
farm roads. That these roads woul
De good for automobile travel ais
would be but incidental.
This Is not quite the city point {
view in the matter Of roads, but it
1.-The farm viewpoint, and therefor
that of the secretary of agricultul
and likely to be that Of congress-.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
The Poor NTexfCanN.

Columbus Dispatch: "Juge de uvas"'
Is the epithet that certain impetuous
Mexicans hurled at representatives OF
this country during a. conference at
Piedras Negras. Interpreted, that
means grape ~juice!" and has refer
ence to Mr.. Bryan's practice of serving
grape juice to diplomats at dinner. in
Stead Of wine. 1t was intended to be
contemptuous, but wasn't 1t funny
Poor Mexicans!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Instant Relief When Nose and Head
are CIogger from a Cold - Stops
Nasty Catarrhal Discharges - Dull
Headache Vanishes.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

Try "Ely's Cream Balm"
Get a small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply a little in the .nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. By
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the small
bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
A Hilarious Time Assured.

Judge: Jimmy-We're going to have
an awful gay time at our party next
week!
Johnny--How dye know2
Jimmy-All the women mothers in
vited have said they were coming, and
every one of 'em says she hasn't a
thing to wear!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

Washington, Star: "Will you con-
fess?'' asked the. police official. 49,
Yes" replied the suspect. But first
I'd like to have some EVIDENCE taken as
hard to get a confession believed now
adayS." -rSr .&~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

by a third party. He shows how rail-
road policies have been affected by
public opinion and how they may still
more be improved under a pressure
of the same corrective force. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co, Boston, -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

North Dakota farmers owe $500, 000,-
900, for which they are paying interest
at an average rate of 9h per cent, &C
cording to P. D. Norton Of Hettinger,
congressman from the Third congress
sional district.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

Martin Graham, a farmer living eight
miles west Of Burlington. lost a valu-
able team Of mules and a light spring
wagon, which were stolen from his
barn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
His Economy,

Baltimore American: "Why did that
old miser kill himself?"'
Il suppose he hated to 60 on spend
ing more BREATH" wi. - .F,%5
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

The impression has unfortunately
been created tina Mary Roberts ,Rine-
hart, writing under the name of Jane
Bunker, Is the author of a recently
published novel entitled Diamond Cut
Diamond. Mrs. Rinehart's publishers,
however, declare that. h did not
write the story, that she knew nothing
of the manuscript until it appeared in
book form. that she does not know the
identity of Jane Bunker. and that she
is not writing fiction or anything else
under a pen-name. If there is a way,
the. publishers add, by which this de-
ial can be made more emphatic, they
will gladly follow it. The "shrewd
guessers" will have to guess again
"Jane Bunker is a woman. she is the
author of a number Of books more
serious In their intention than Dia-
mond Cut Diamond, she has previous
~ written popular fiction under still
another nom de plume, she is clever
and brilliant and she is either married
or single, but she is not Mary Robert
| Rinehart,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
TOO Much hall.

Louisville Courier-Journal: "sWh!
did you move away from Chicago2'
"The doctor advised my husband tt
move to some town with only one team
to Worrytabcutsms
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Literary Notes,

John Burroughs, whose latest work,
The Summit of the Years, is to be pub
lished in October, has been touring
New England with Henry Ford, the
president of the Ford Motor Co. The
party has been visiting the great liter
airy shrines Of New England in Boston,
Cambridge and Concord.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

The Farmers Grain & Shipping Co.
has issued the schedule for its semi
annual change that occurs every
spring and fall. Leaving Devils Lake
at 7:45 in the morning the train will
arrive at Hansboro at Has a. m,
start on the return trip at 1 p. m. and
reach Devils Lake again at 5 p. m.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
EXPERIENCE
| OF MOTHERHOOD
Advice to Expectant Mothers

The experience of Motherhood is a try.
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in a hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism unified for the
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover Following
right upon this comes the rvo strain
Of caring for the child, and a distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
d happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an ~unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator Of the female organism.
In m any homes 60 Ga
once childless there WN s@sSSASVM
are now children be- W az ENVY
cause Of the fact y5 If
that lydia IL. Pink IN ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11

Houghton Muffin Co. announce, the
following books to be published Oct.
1S:-Letters Of Charles Eliot Norton;
The Confession of a Debutante, a
s~prightly love story published anony-
mously; Valentine, a novel by Grant
Richards, author of Caviare;. The
Railroad Book, a companion volume
to The Farm Book and The Seashore
Book, by the a~rtist-author, E. Boyd
Smith; Ballads of the Be-Ba-Boes, by
D. K. Stevens; Storytelling Poems,
edited by Frances Jenkins Olcott; The
Religious Revolution of Today, by
James T. Shotwell; a life of Pau
Bourget, by the Able Ernest Dimnet;
and a. new edition of the, writings oil
Nathaniel Hawthorne.