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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

largest and best fair that was ever
given by the association and the dates
selected were July /, 2, and 4. A
campaign of advertising will be COM
menced at once and Mr.. VanHorn
within the next few days will map
out his plans. 49,. a- rs se-
1t is, hoped to make the last day of
the fair one of the very biggest in the
way of events that is possible. 1t is
hoped to make this q day Of parade
in which the school children will take
part and on this occasion there will be
amusenlentS in which the children will
take delight. t
1t was decided just as soon as the
ground was dry enough, to begin the
work of clearing up the grounds, so
that horses can go there for training
Mr.. VanHorn was directed to get busy
in the way of. securing attractions for
the fair, sse fs t.>Eta.
Routine business connected with the
association was also taken up fand
disposed Of. The meeting was an en-
thusiastic one. -....------.-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
FASHIONABLE
. RESTAURANTS
ARE STARTLED
Vice Commission Entered The
'."'~ States Cafe
Chicago Rectors Also Startled
by Officers
Cabaret Songs Are Declared
.,- UnwhoIesOme

Chicago, April 12.--Agents of the H.
Iinois vice commission early today
brought CONSERVATION to the fashion
able guests of two downturn restaur-
ants, Rectors and the States, against
whose regulations rested no question
except the nature of the cabaret en-
tertainments. The managers and
members of the cabaret shows were
subpoenaed to be questioned as to the
smut" songs which are alleged feat
ures CT the cabarets.
! From the tenderloin men and wom-
en- sightseeres out Summing" were
gathered and brought before the COM
mission. One woman attempted to
leap from window with the invad-
ers. With subpoenaes she reached a
restaurant in the vice district. A
man attempted to bribe an officer to
let him go. All were taken before the
vice commission.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
.BILIBOARDS
Urge MEN
TO STRIKE
Belgian Citir1 We'll Posted for
Stri
WwFr- :~-- p -~Es"--
B., ges Unions lave Decided
} Join
Leige Emp oyers VIII Give the
Men Half Pay

Charleroi, Belgium, April 12.-The
bhlboards all over the city are covered
with great red posters on which are
printed the socialist call to men to
strike for the manhood suffrage and
equal vote, by laying down the tools
on Monday, when 1t is expected over
100000 men will quit work in Bel
GUM.
The billboards warn those who
strike to respect the liberty OF those
who wish to work and urge no vio-
lence. Government posters are hung
beside socialist calls, quoting an ar
ticle of the penal code respecting those
interfering with the right to work.
At Bruges, it is said, the Christian
unions. as the Catholic workingmen's s
associations are known, decided not TO
join the strike. At Liege, the en-
ployers of the city posted notices say
ing they would give workmen who
strike half pay for three days If they
return to work the fourth day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

The members of. the board of the
Interstate Fair for. Fargo association
held a business meeting last night
with Charles r. Stone presiding, ow-
ing to the absence of the. president,
Hon. William A. Scott and majority
of the board were present as, follows:
C. r. R.tStone, 6! o. Smith and William
Doyle.
William l.. VanHorn, private secre-
tary of Senator McCumber, was unan-
inlotsly chosen as secretary. for the
fair Of 1913 and he, was at once in
stalled in the office. y 81
It was decided to move the Offices
of the2 association from the A. O.. u.
w. building to rooms on the ground
floor of the North Dakota Improve
ments building on First avenue north
and this work began this morning, so
that by evening the rooms win be
opened for business. - 81 sse
It SSas the Iltanjn1eus 6nifioif OF
the rIIenfheFs kresent that active work
On the campaign for making this the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

London. April 12.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the suffragette leader, was
released from Holloway Jail after hay
ing been on "a hunger strike" sincS
she was sentenced, only nine days
ago, to three years penal servitude.
Mrs. Pankhurst was released on
probation under terms that she must
report at frequent intervals to the po-
lice. In case she commits any mis-
demeanor she is liable to immediate
arrest without warrant and must then
serve her full time.
She was taken to sanitarium IN
a condition described by her friends
as. grave.
Phillis Brady and Millicent Dean
were arrested as fire brands" and
were given six weeks Imprisonment
by the court. Miss Brady has been
on hunger strike" since her arrest
April A. and appeared in court in an
exhausted condition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
DAUGHTERS
MAY REVISE
THEIR LAWS
Washington Mecca Of D. AR.
Leaders '
Many Secret Caucuses Are
Being Held
May Revise SOciety's Consti-
tuition

Washington, April 12.-Hundreds of
women. are pouring into Washington
and more will arrive tomorrow to at
tend the annual convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, which opens Monday.
ommittee meetings are numerous,
and political conferences in rivalry
for the various offices of the organi-
cation are keying UP the delegates.
Three meetings at least next week
will be secret. and no information
concerning the business to be dis
cussed will be issued. 1t is thought,
the revision of the constitution is
being discussed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
SHOWS COST OF
SUGAR PRODUCTION


Washington, April 12.--The average
cost of producing q ppung of sugar in
Louisiana was 4.S9 tents in 1911; in
1910 1t was 3.T2, and in 1909 it was
3.62 cents, as shown by an investiga-
ton by tehe department of commerce.
the result OF which was made public
by Secretary Redfield. The high cost
in 1911, it is explained, was due TO the
severe freeze, which reduced the aver
age yield of sugar per ton of cane
ground to 133 pounds that year,
whereas In 1910 it was lat pounds and
in 1909 it was 156 pounds.
Al comparison for five years of Gu
ban and certain Louisiana factories is
made TO show that the yield In Cuba
was 1898 pounds per ton OF cane and
1919 in Louisiana. The, sucrose in ex-
traction juice was is per cent In cuba
and It's in Louisiana. Both agricul-
teural and factory costs were given.
The average cost of producing ton
of cane ready for the factory in 1911
was 81, in 1910 1t was 1870, and in
1903 it was $4,15, In the factories the
cost OF production per ton Of came
ground was $5.84 IN 1911. in 1910 it
was $5.49 and in 1909 $3.50,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
FINANCIER'
REMAINS IN
LIBRARY
Body Of ]. Pierpont Morgan
Lies IN State
Reposes in His Library, Amid
Art Treasures
Services Monday Morning at
St. Georges

New York. April 12.-Almost buried
in roses and twining ivy the triple
coffin containing the coffin which
holds the body of the late J. Pier
pont Morgan. lies in the west wing of
his marble library, which holds his
books and many art treasures.
There it will repose until 1900
friends gather to pay final tribute to
his memory at the funeral services
in st. Georges church Monday.
Only the members of the family
and a few intimate friends were ad-
niitted to the library. The police
turned away the curious who brayed
the rain and until the body's removal
a strict guard was maintained.
OF the many floral tributes only
those given by the family will be
taken to Hartford for the conmittal
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
.OJEDA IS USING
|. French CANNON

Naco, Ariz, April 1.-Two secrets
of General Ojeda's success in DEFEND
Ing Mace, Sonora, were discovered
when 1t was learned he possess artf1-
lery of the latest French pattctn,
throwing tWerexplosiye shells a min
ute, and that Englishmail, John Dean,
has been foremost In the fray. II
Dean, for many years With the Eng
lish army, was promoted to rank of
general by 0jeda. Dean, assisted in
the artillery division by two American
negroes. deserters from the Ninth
cavalry, by, his expert Workmanship,
is said to be responsible for the hard
defeats suffered by the horde of con-
stitutionals. ..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
Webb SPRUNG surprise.

Chicago, April 12.-Robert Webb. the
auto bandit, who surprised the prose-
cution by pleading not guilty to the
charge of numbering Detective Peter
Hart here last January, provided an
other surprise in court yesterday. Webb
rested his case without having gone on
the stand himself or having introduc-
ed a single witness in his own behalf.
He said he had told his story of self
defense at the inquest and could only
repeat that testimony If he went on
the witness stand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
PRESIDENT
DAUGHTER
IS SPEAKER

Richmond, Va, April 12,--Miss Jes-
sic Wilson's address on What the
Young Women's Christian Association
Means to the College Girl was the
principal feature of the program at
the associations convention today.
The presidents daughter has been an
interested attendant at all the ses-
sions. - n
Women suffragettes at convention
vainly attempted to get from Miss
Wilson some expression of the presi-
dents family toward the cause
which she steadfastl yrefuses to dis
cuss. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
OLD LEVEE BROKE
IN MISSISSIPPI

Memphis, April IA break in the
old Mississippi levee at Lake Joffer-
son, Ark, occurred early today, ac-
cording to telephone reports No loss
of life was reported in the first mes
sages.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

grades and 81 per cent in the two
upper elementary. grades and the
high school for the year 1912. This
year Fargo has gone from 81 per
cent last year to So per cent in the
two upper elementary grades and the
high school showing that good teach
ing and careful supervision is steadily
inspiring a wholesome school spirit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

The above table shows that the
Fargo schools excel in accomplishing
the work set out to perform.
II shows also that Taunton has so
per cent of her pupils in the lower
elementary grades and 81 per cent
in the two upper elementary grades
and the high school, while Fargo has
so per cent in the lower elementary
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
INTERSTATE FAIR BOARD MEETING.

Ffxed--Juy /, 3 f.
o be
L. -
Members at meetng-Char r. Stone William Doyle and
c.. O.
int
to the
as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
Christians Massacred by
Turks in KasteIoryzo
All Christian Inhabitants Of Island Southeast Of Rhodes Butch
cred by Body Of Turks Monteaegrins Continue Fight

Athens, coming from coast OF Asia
southeast
details e.
SELECT SWED
Of SMeden king
Gustav will be the
rese
of
the Monenegrins.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
Castro Not at Colon.

Colon, April 12.Quarantine Off
cials al both ends Of the isfhmus de-
clare that the report published BY II
Castro had arrived here Ia untrue.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
Excellent Showing of
Fargo Schools As
Compared With East
Taunton, Mass So Pleased With Its Showing Sends Record
Broadcast-Fargo Schools Average Much Better
Record Of This School Was Received at The Forum Editors
Desk Few Days Ago
These Schools Base Their Success on the Results Obtained
That Is how Fargo Schools Are Proved Success

There has just come from the press
and to the editors desk a copy OF
the report of the school committee Of
Taunton, Mass, city of about
$4,000. The report contains some
statistics relating to promotions and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

attendance that make interesting
comparisons with the Fargo public
schools.
The following table compares tbs
promotions in Taunton for the school
year ending In 1912 with Fargo for
the same school year:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
Big Interstate Fair
to Be Held in Fargo--
Dates Set for July IA
William l. Van Horn Has Been Named Secretary and He Has
Arrived to Take Charge Of Work

New Officers Selected Plans Are Being Made for One Of
Greatest Fairs Ever Held in the State
Last Day Of the Fair Will Be Made One Of Most Elaborate
Fourth Of July Celebrations Ever Held
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

for The Forum building
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12
THE WEATHE ER

Fair tonight and Sunday. Moderat
temperature.
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Contlnled Frorla E'age Sc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
NO LAY-OFF FOR
Ell PASO CONDUCTOR
Well Known Street Car Man
Finds Plant Juice Makes
Such Unnecessary

One Of the best known electric car
conductors in FL PasO is Mr. + r
Grimmett, of 1913 Myrtle Ave IN an
interview Mr. Grimmett said:
you can say everything good LOT
Plant Juice in my case. l was just
completely run down and tagged OUT.
Could see nothing ahead but lay OIL:
NV stomach was giving me world OF
trouble: blOating after meals and ap-
petite bad; what I did eat would not
digest: could not sleep, roll and toss
half the night get up as tired as Wnen
went to bed. With all this 1 had q
bad case of catarrh. It would seem
that nv stomach would fill at night
with an accumulation that 1 could not
spit out while asleep 1 got DotJIe
of Plant Juice and 1t began 10 nelp
me from the start. Ny catarrh Sives
me very little trouble now, and getting
better every day. Ny stomach does not
bloat. appetite good. sleep fine. In
fact I feel tin top. Plant Juice surely
does build you up"
Mr.. Grimmett is known by nearly
every patron of the railway company
If YOU have failed to cure your stomach
or liver trouble il may be because You
have catarrh- Plant Juice cures
catarrh by reaching the parts affected
through the blood. Its corrective and
restorative effects are truly marvellous.
Uric acid is speedily dissolved; the
liver is thoroughly cleansed, stomach
disorders are Immediately corrected
end Indigestion and other ailments per
manently cured. It is the worlds
greatest specific for all stomach. liver
and kidney ailments kelly-Pollard
sells it.-Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

these. each with his separate work,
but working together like well oiled
machine.
at vantage points on the mountain
tops. They are just little crosses on
supervisor BalthiS's maps, but on the
with surveying and sighting 1nstru-
ments to locate the exact situation OF
any suspicious smoke, telephones, and
a lot of other scientific and necessary
paraphernalia- Telephone wires run
all through the forest, both overhead
and underground, and each forest SER
vice man carries mis- own portable tele-
phone, so he can get instant cOmmun1-
cation with the other fOresters-
Varying with the rainfall. the fire
season runs from April to July May
and June are generally considered the
worst fire months on account of the
dryness. There have been eight fires
this year 50 far. OF these, the origin
of one was unknown, one was caused
by lightning striking tree, two We're
brush fires, two were traced to the
camp fires, of careless campers and
two to careless smokers.
The eight fires covered an area OF
a acres. Most of these were ground
fires. These are easier to eXtinguish
affairs in that they destroy the young
growth, the future timber supply
This Years Fires.
OF the a acres burned, As acres were
alienated land, and only % acres in the
forest reserve. AS fire is no respector
of boundaries. the fOresters are fire
fighters whenever and wherever there
is fire near the National forest. Ow-
ing to the large amount of alienated
land within the Alamo National forest
ing the summer the fOresters have TO
be on the constant qui vive-
Within the Alamo National forest
there is permanent population of 415
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

needles, leaves or grass from all sides
of it
wind may come at any time and start
a fire you cannot control
Rule 6-If you discover a fire. put it
out if possible If you can't, get word
of it to the nearest O S forest ranger
or state fire warden Just as quickly as
you possibly can
Many Duties OF FOresters.
Perhaps on this account the National
forest is commonly connected with fire
fighting and fire preventing alone. But
the other duties Of the forest men are
many and varied In the administra-
tive department records are kept OF
every part of the forest work, with the
precision OF detail characteristic OF an
government work This is looked af-
ter by the supervisor and his chief
clerk There are timber sales to be
conducted Old trees. or other timber
under special restrictions Cor supervis-
lOn) are allowed 70 be cut and sold.
Often parts of the land included in the
national forest may be excellent for
grazing, where the trees are not nu-
merOuS. With special permit from the
forest service, stock may be put there
to graze. Within the National forest
are also tracts OF land. with little or
no trees, of no value for timber. but
very desirable for agricultural pur-
poses. This land may be hOmesteaded
but IL is the forest service men who
I have TO examine the land and report
the facts instead of the usual govern
ment land cOmmi SsiOner. Then there
are the permanent improvements To be
both added to and kept in repair such
as fences, telephone lines, lookout sta
lions and other features. Under spec
ia1 uses" are claSsed a multitude of
/ Things, which do not come under these
other departments.
Free use. lots of IT, Just imagine
almost 100000 feet B. NJ of timber in
the shape Of saw logs, posts. poles.
stays and cOrdwoOd being given away
annually to over 500 actual settlers.
Protect Game Also.
Besides their other duties, the forest
service men are all deputy state game
wardens, cooperating with the New
Mexico game officials in the protection
of the wild game animals in the Ma
tiOnal forest.
Another part Of the forest work Is
restocking the forests where the
growth Is sparse. or where il has been
Continued on next page.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

acres of forest. starting at the Texas
border, and climbing up and down
over several punches of mountains, IS
rather considerable. The reserve keeps
on climbing hills until it reaches the
indian reservation at MeScalero and
here it stops. But the forest doeSn
stop, it jumps over the indian tepeeS
and begins gain on the other side O.
the reservation, where it has the name
of the Lincoln National forest.
over Thousand Square Miles.
If you prefer miles to acres, the
Alamo National forest contains -4s2
square miles. 1t is divided into two
districts, named after the mountain
ranges over which the forest extends,
and each under d district forester
Guadalupe district covers 100000 acres,
and the Sacramento division 611,79O
acres ClOudcrOft lies within the latter
division. Through the National forest,
roughly estimated, the forest stand
averages about so trees, large and
100 feet of lumber to each acre saw
/ mills in this region value rough Ium-
Der at $40 per 1000 feet So in dollars
and cents, the timber value alone OF
the forest is worth 800 an acre Some
trees contain 5000 and 1000 feet OF
lumber. But the value of the forest
in ways beyond the lumber worth of
the trees is infinitely greater. In this
dreds of acres of rich but waterlesS
land, the value of the forests as a pro-
lection to the headwaters of streams,
and as conservers of rainfall is beyond
estimation in dollars and cents.
Nos only some size. but some worth
as we'll Guarding the reserve is a
force of trained forest service men I'M
der forest supervisor r. +. BalthiS.
How the Rangers Work.
TEen there are the district rangers.
the assistant forest rangers, forest
5u2 COS, forest patrolmen and lookout
men, All trained experienced Woodmen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
Little BObbie and His Pa
TIE Missionary Society Comes to the
House and Its Leader Makes
Hit With Pa.
William f. IIirk--
BY William f. Kirk-

m HERE was a comfy Of Wlmmen
calm to the house last lite. thay
belong to a new club witch Ma
has Joined. called the Sisters of sne
Songbird. The object of the club, Ma
toad Pa, is to teech the art of singing
& the art of making new * buuIuI
songs & sending them to form lanuS
ware the heethen is setting alone IN
his blindness.
One of the wimmen did all the talk
ing. Her naim was MlSSuS Emmy
GoOde- The way she looked at Pa onSt
wen he tried to say sumthing < inter
rupted her. il was a awful look L Det
Mister GoOde is a kind of a silent man
The Objeck of our order, sed Mlssus
GOCde- is to promote song IN all It's
butifui buty Song & making OF songs
has progressed. she sed, until II IS
crate in its vary grateness- w nat Is
nObler or greater than one VINO makes
sOngS2 she sed to Pa
doan't know, sed Pa, the only song
writer's I know is jest plain good EEL
lows like Vince Bryant and Billy CoD0
or Harry Williams. Thay don't feel
crate or nOabel eNcep sumt1mes late al
mite or at a stag party, Pa sed
But / mean songs for the heethen TO
make them see the truth. sed Missus
Goode. I mean song that shud be sent
to fOrrin countries
He Endorsed 1t.
That is what shud be did with
lot of the songs that is a kind of rage
now, Pa sed- One sure thing, sed Pa,
if d good heethen mother saw sum OF
them songs like w ait Till 1 Git You
Alone Toniter & lot of that tripe, she
wuddent let her little heethen daughter
singit. Pa sed. I doant think We
peepuI in this country have a rite to
send missionaries anyware after
standing for sum of the songs that
make a hit here
You doant seem to understand, sed
NIisus Emily Goode- This is the kind
Of songs we are going to send to the
heethen, like this one which 1 have Just
rote- Then she sang:
Kindness, kindness. gentle kindness
Must be shown by all us gurls
To the heethen in his blindness
Diving after preshus pearls
Oh the foolish pearls he dives for
Underneath the deep blue sea
Vain are the foolish things he strives
Let us help him. you & me.
CHORUS
Kindness, kindness, that's the word
That by heethen must be herd
Preech it, sisters, everyware,
Sing it to sum hcethen air,
Till the cannibuls we know there
VIII not gulp US wen We go there
Well. sed Pa, ware are you all deer
little cunning reeformers going to get
the gelt for this grand movement You
cant make it by publishing & selling
yure songs. sed Pa, beekaUs the song
bizness is on the fritz.
Strong. Brave Men.
We are going TO depend on you
strong, brave men TO help us out, sed
one of the Sisters OF the Songbird. We
are kind Of dependent on you nOabel
men, after all is sed &, done about our
wanting to vote & all that. We lean
On you.
That kind of maid Pa feel difrent
and wen the wimmen Wen hoam. Pa
said to Ma that he thot Aissus Emily
GOOde was a very nice person and that
she was a reel kind hearted leader.