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EXPLOSION MAY
RESULT FATALLY
AUGUST LoFGREN HORRIBLY
BURNED WHEN CAN OF
KEROSENE ExPLoDES.

Mckenzie, N. D., Jan. 14.--While
endeayoring TO accelerate the fire in
his cook stove with kerosene. August
Lofgren, living twelve miles north Of
Mckenzie, was the victim OF an ex-
plosion that came very near costing
him his life, besides all of his per-
sonar effects that were in the house,
and 1t was by the narrowest margin
that the house itself was saved. MIR.
Lofgren Is now In the hospital hover
ing between life and death and all
the doctors will say Is that he has q
chance.
BY great good fortune a neigh
Dor, Peter Davidson, happened TO be
looking in the direction of Mr.. Loft
gren's place which is a little over q
half mile away when the accident
happened and by the great blaze that
lit np the whole interior OF his neigh
boris house in an instant know that
something was wrong. fastening to
the barn Mr.. Davidson jumped on a
horse to investigate the trouble and
the unfortunate occupant OF the burn
ing house stagger out all ablaze from
head to foot. Lashing the horse
into top speed the rescuer was on
the scene in short order and succeeded
in extinguishing the flames that were
burning h clothing from Lofgren.S
body, but not until the latter was
frightfully burnt over practically its
entire surface.
Davidson next turned his attention
to the house, the interior OF which
was all on fire but burning slowly on
account of the dense smoke. Crawling
along the floor and using an old
blanket as a whip he finally subdued
the flames but not until everything
inflammable inside was burned. Help
was summoned and the unfortunate
victim of the accident hurried to
Mckenzie and taken to the Bismarck
hospital. The accident occurred at s
o'clock in the morning. and Lofgren
suffered untold fortunes until reach
ing the hospital late In the after
noon,
1t is thought that the reason of the
the explosion was that as the large
five gallon can was only about me-
quarter full Of kerosene a large
amount Of gas had formed in the
empty space and when emptied on the
fire II exploded with terrible force,
completely shattering the can and
scattering burning oil oyer the house
and its inmate.
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Committees
OF HOUSE

Continued prom Page One.
Thomas Pendray, H. c. Miller, T. N.
Putnam. III. H. France, F. w. Turner,
L. H. Bratton, Frank Fox, r. J. Card
ner. g. e. Knox. Robt. ], List. Albert
Weis. H. g. Harty. Il, ID. wylie.
Appointments.
N. o. johnson, chairman; Jno. Hart,
J.. w. Galnan, p. L. Hjelmstad. ]. s..
kyle. Ed. Coltom, ID. s. Lewis, Jno.
Dynes. James e. Hill of Cass, Albert
Weis. d. l. Warmer, JAS, Walsh. f. e.
Ployhar. E. w. Everson, G, /. Morkrid,
Fred BoruskY, Arthur Dixon, Paul j.
Moen, M. ID. Butler, Geo. A. Tucker,
J.. Al. 4. Bjornson, N. e. Davis, Geo. r.
Bope, Jno. Homan, @. G. Jacobson, j..
w. Smith, j. 2. Campbell, Henry
Klien, w. M. BARLEY, 4. O. Roble, #.
r. Fritz, ]. p. Schroeder, M. w. Kelly.
Nels DISCARD, A. p. Hanson, Theo X.
Curry, H. anderson, N. +. Snyder, Ole
Nyhus, J.. r. Bass, B. w, Taylor,
H. r. Freitag, J. J.. Ryan, August
Isaak, Fl. j. Stinger, Jno. Balsdon, w.
". o'Connor. w. S. Dean, s. H, Pit
kin.
"A. p. Hanson, chairman; o. G. Dos
seth, Il. L. Gunderson, N. Morrison d.
L. Warmer, A, e. Raney, c. G. Jacob
son, w. M. BARLEY, Robt. j. List, I'll.
r. Freitag. J. L. Hort.
Charitable institutions.
Hoge, chairman; WARDROBE. Helm
stad, Dean. Lewis, Sandbeck, Divet.
Northrup, Batter.
Counties and County Boundaries.
Geiger, chairman; Dosseth, BARLEY,
Hill Of Bottineau, Batter, Holman,
Snyder, anderson, Lindstrom.
Corporations Other Than Municipal.
Harry, chairman; Blakemore, Bur-
nett, O'Connor, Raney, Batter, Jacob
son, Leu, Hedalen.
Coal Lands and Mining.
Williams, chairman; owens, Law
baugh, Homan, Lambert. Campbell
Klien. List. Lindstrorn.
Drainage.
w. J. Burnett chairman; John Hart,
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|CATARRH Of
The PHARYNX
causes spiShng aad couahinu.

Causes Splitting AID Coughing.
Catarrh of the pharynx II very
common among men OF women who
are good iivers. People who drink
some. Smoke some. Late suppers.
In the morning they hawk and spit
and gag. Bad taste in the mouth.
Sometimes 1T is loon before the
pharynx Is In . decent condltion,
Tongue somewhat coated, voice
f.usky, feeling cross and Grabbed and
generally out of sorts. This Is a con-
dition Of the pharynx closely re-
sernbling catarrh and lis generally the
direct result of habits, although not
always.
Hawking and Splitting Cured.
Get a bottle of Peruna. The first
thing in the morning, before 9 get
your clothes on, take a dose OF Pc
runa, a tablespoonful, not more, not
any less. BY the time you are q
for breakfast your stomach VIII be
ready also. The first dose may not
clear up things exactly. You may
gag and spit a little. but keep right
on every morning, a tablespoonful
the first thing. Also take a table,
spoonful before dinner and before
supper.
Let me repeat. You had better cut
out all those late suppers and drinks.
Cut out the smoking also. Better
live as / do. In which none OF these
things are used. Go to bed early.
Get up like 1 do, early in the morn
Eng and take a cold bath. Then you
will realize the joy of living. But
if you won't do this, take Peruns as
/ have described, and you will count
Yourself a lucky man or woman that
Won happened TO read this article.
pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and La-cu-pia
manufactured by the Pe-ru-na Com
pany, Columbus, o. Sold at all drug
stores. No. 80.
ASK your druggist for free Peruna
almanac for 1918. -Advt.
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CONTEST FOR
COUNTY SEAT

Ambrose, NJ. D.. Jan. 14.-Contend-
ing that the election officials in at
least eight precincts held the election
at q place other than that designated
IS the official polling place by the
board of county commissioners, and
also that the c~anvassing board of the
county employed irregular methods in
the counting Of the returns from six
additional precincts, NeIs Nelson of
Ambrose has launched a contest
against the election by which Crosby
was chosen as the county seat of
Divide county.
Crosby was. on the face of the re-
turns as reported by the canvassing
board, selected the county seat Of Dr.
vide by a vote of 915 to 759 for AM
brose. Divide was created as. a coun-
ty two years ago, and in the election
last November, the permanent county
seat was selected. Just prior to the
expiration of the time limit within
which a contest could be launched.
Ambrose, through its attorneys. SER
we'd notice of such contest.
identical With Burke County.
The grounds on which Ambrose
seeks to bring about the declaration
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lnoendiary Suspects Released.

Darlington, N. D.. Jan. 14.-Three Of
the four men arrested last week while
the big fire was still burning, mi who
were suspected Of knowing Of the
origin of the fire, were released after
being given a hearing. The fourth
man was held for further examination
and this week ne was a~rraigned on
the charge of bookkeeping. He pleaded
guilty and will be taken before Judge
II, Al Coffey for sentence. Kingsley
has been around town this fall and has
been in police court before.
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q. w. owens. w. j. Burnett, Blake
more, Jno. Dynes, Arthur Dixon. O.
ID. Wing, Geo. b. Bope, H. G. HaIty,
Loufs "A. Leu, y. p Schroeder, M. w.
Kelley, Theo. il. Curry, y. p. Bass, W.
b. Taylor.
Warehouse and Grain Grading.
Knox. chairman; Husband Sanbeck,
Peterson, Everson, Tucker. Raney, 9.
S. smith, T.. W. Smith, Wiley. Ols-
gard. Carrie, Isaaks Hort, Balsaon.
Ways and MearH.
Dean, Hoge, Calnan. Hjelfasfads
Burnett, Sanbeck, Watt, Peterson
Walsh, Huso. Gardner, France, Nor
helm, Bass, Singer.
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NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST

that the election is void are identical,
in a measure, to those used in Burke
county when Flaxton, thought IL had
a majority OF al the votes cast, lost
to BowbeIIs because In several pre-
ciuctE the voting had taken place ut
points other than the onicial estab-
lished polling place.
The eight townships In which 1t Is
commended that the wrong polling
place was used, cast the following
vote:
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4OLd1 sss...es&s. ~
Members Of the county board are
made defendants In the action, being
Frank Blackwell, o, X. otterson and
ID. N. Truax.
Attorneys Bangs and Robbins OF
GRAND Forks are representing the
contestants.
This case will be tried before
Judge Leighton unless he call in an
other Judge TO hear the matter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14

official return sheet. which is csrtt-
fled to. while the tally sheet Is not
certified. THAT no Official return OF
the election was made In the follow
ing precincts as the additional plea on
which Ambrose seeks to have The
selection OF Crosby declared illegal;
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FOR FOR

lULa1 .ssss.*sssas0oS ~
That this entire vote should be.
thrown out because of the use of an.
unofficial and undesignated polling
place, is the contention of the relator,
and should that be done, then Ann
brose would have a majority OF the
votes cast in the remaining townships
and voting precincts.
Counted From Tally Streets.
1t is further alleged that the board
did not accept the Official statement
Of votes as returned by the precinct
canvassing boards. but, instead, Used
the tally sheets in tabuiatilg the
vote. The precinct officials, in enclos-
ing the returns to the county board,
include both the tally sheet and an
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14
chronic constipation Cured.

rive years ago I had the worst
case Of chronic constipation / ever
knew of, and Chamberlain's Tablets
scured me" writes s. F. Fish, Brook
slyn. Mich. For sale by all dealers.
-Adyt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14
NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS
INSTITUTES FOR JANUARY.

Fargo-(Grain growersl Jan. t4-17.
Bowbells-Jan. 20.
Fairmount--JRn. 21-22.
Nome-Jan. 23.
Brocket-Jan. as.
Clyde-Jan. 27-2s.
Devils Lake--Jan. a0-S1.
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Hendrickson. chairman; Hjeimstad,
Ed. Cotton, d. L. Warmer. e, w.
Everson. G. I. Morkrid. Arthur Dixon,
M. d. Butler Thos. Pendray. Geo. "a.
Tucker, j. Al. q. Bjornson, sid S..
Smith, f. b, Lambert, Louis A. Leu.
y. j. Ryan.
Tax and Tax Laws.
Nnrheim- chairman. n Nv. Tlirnar
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suppIisa and Exnenditurss.

o. J. Scribe. chairman; Husband.
kyle, Jas. e. Hill, weis, Boursky.
Bope, Kelley. Stenehjem.
Supplies & Expenditures.
Moen, chairman; G.. G. Turner;
BARLEY, Harty. Holman, S, S. Smith,
Thompson, Campbell, Lawbaugh.
State Affairs.
r. e. PIoyhar, chairman; O. j. Sor-
lie. P. H Butler. @, e, Knox, Hans
C. Miller, w. M. Husband. N. O.
johnson, L. D. wylie; w. e. Martin,
=. ]. Doyle, c. W. Carey, Oscar Lind
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lambert, clalrman; HaWkinsOn,
Bollinger, Davis, Batter, Hill of Bot
tineaug Haroldson, Martin, Leu.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14

strom, N. f. snyder, B. w. Taylor.
Adam Bollinger.
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pivetts Buck, Norissim, Robbie, Pnks
erB1ns Northrup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-25
The Power of the Game.
CBosten Journal. }


In the middle of season III which
Boston pennant hopes are sagging low,
the old South End Grounds are made to
welcome the biggest crowd seen there
since before the Spanish war, when q
former galaxy of star Beaneaters was
fighting it out with the Baltimore
Orioles, since reegated to the minor
division of the greatest game of them
all. Such is the drawing power of the
sport itself! Such the pride and pleas
ure the people take in rising star now
known all over the East as The Rab-
bit"
If the public thought of nothing but
pennants and worlds championships,
the game would go to the dominion
bow-wows except in the two cities
whooping il up over their prospective
winners But the true enthusiasts,
whose name Is Legion. can extract a
thrill out of almost any contest. Excite
ment is inherent in the game, wherever
it may be played. The President showed
this Saturday when he halted i'll Mary
land to see a couple of scrub teams play.
So did the bulging crowd at the south
End Grouds, where a Lilliputlan short
stop proved as strong an attraction as a
pennant raising.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-25

st,pid playing or by falling victims To
the chances in which the game apouhos.
Even when the umpire makes the mis-
takes which every human being makes
the utter senselessness of insulting ana
often profane protests must be apparent
to the least intelligent II the patrons oil
the game would themselves discourage
this attitude on the part of the players
the evil might be more easily femeoieo'
But while the great mass OF patrons
want clean and orderly sport, there Is
an unfortunate proportion who want TO
see the home team win under any CIR
eumstances. Many patrons imagine that
they buy with their tickets of admission
a license to abuse the umpire some OF
the rowdyism is merely animal spirits
n mart of the game. Much OF II Is the
spirits of the tasseled corn ana other IN
gradients. Some of it is based on the
fact that the baiters have a few DTS
bet on the game and, of course, any de-
cisien is rotten" that tends to get
down into their pockets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-25
THE GREAT AMERICAN PASSION
IN OTHER SECTIONS OF U. S.
Clippings from Our Exchanges Tell Of 1.-THE
Lure Of the Gam" THE Unsentimental
Manageable Beleagured Umpire
The Uncertain Hero.

l.line. Applause and cheers Not any
Silent as the tomb were the bleachers
Making a bluff to gain time.
a Portland man famed twice at rathei
critical point. The fans handed MIN
everything Imaginable lie was told ne
could not hit a balloon, asked what IL
cense he had to play ON a team out OIL
the Aroostook County league, ana
otherwise admonShed in decidedly
derogatory manner. Then he with ms
last chance raped out t"o-oagger
brought In score and advanced a man
on bases Well, the fans could not say
enough about him. They always knew
he was a fine pinch hitter, one who couid
be depended on III an emergency, ana
they did not believe he Woule. stay In the
New England League long, because they
had heard that next year scout mao
him recommended right for the majors
Apparently certain element gets It's
sole enjoyment out of baseball game by
banning the players. Fortunately,
the really good player trains himself te
pay no attention to the beratings from
the bleachers Unfortunately, however
there are some persistent Planners.
with foghorn voices who can get ..e
goat of the best natured. most unm-
questionable player, at times.
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Batting the Umpire.

(kdnSaS city JoufHdi3
Batting the umpire Is diversion Whlch
is one of the chief, but one of the least
ereditable. features of the great national
game The conduct of few ever
present rowdies on both sides OF the
wire screen usually causes what wouId
otherwise be the cieanest and most man
~ of sports to degenerate into pastime
which is the reverse of sportsmanlike.
Experts who have made a life study oil
the sport have declared repeatedly that
one game with another, the mistakes oil
the umpires automatically even them
selves up and the greatest managers In
the game discountenance the slightest
approach to the trough neck tactics
employed by SO many players. generally
to cover up their own deiinquencies.
But it does not require the opinion o.
experts to settle the question of eithel
the craftsmanship or the efficacy of um
pire batting The staunchest friends o
umpires have never contended that the!
are more than human, though for tn
purpose of school boy jests the arbiter
are usually considered less. Regular at
| tendants at games have witnessed score
| of times players try to SHOW up TN
umpire when the players were wholly Il
the wrong, losing the decision either D.
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Tho Power of Managers.
New York Post

New York Post)
What a wonderful thing, the power
If a Chance, a McGraw, or a CONNIE
Mack, With shrug of shoulder.
he batting of an eye or, at most, halt
dozen words, they make sport OF
ambition or place the seal of sanction
Ipon aspiration. Sentiment may Turk
II many professions, may at times as
;ert itself strongly, but not in the pro-
ession of baseball. Your manager IS
paid well to develop winning club or
o maintain one He has as much
Dom in his heart for the kindlier emo
ions as the vacation trunk. packed
or expressage, has for an additional
article of apparel. A Bridwell has an
accident which slows him up for
season-away he goes; Tenney finds
lis feet failing him, after he has given
years of sterling service-exit Ten
ley. Devln. for years a Giant main
stay. loses a dash for his former speed
the Polo Grounds know him no more
ave in an alien uniform.
And so it goes. In baseball. as IN
ife generally-but more 50 In base
oall-it is not what one used to be-
nut what one is today Honus Wag-
Ter, they say, is beginning his de-
line. If this be true. how long think
sou will the great shortstop remain
anything more than a memory grow
ne ever dull? Your manager wants
esults, because primarily that is what
he fan wants. No Roman gathering,
+ holding its thumbs down, ever trans
ended in point of heartlessness stands
md bleachers filled with fans They
ire only too ready to greet the hero OF
-esterday with boots and catealls ana
3oda pop bottles-if the police are not
lear-when his mantle of greatness
ais and he reveals human frailties.
me day last season | saw Jim Mutrle
seated in the stand at the POLO
Grounds. None knew him. He sat
tlone. Yet there was glowing day
when Mutrie was Gentle Jeems,
manager of team of chamiop Giants
,nown of all men, acclaimed by all
md near him sat Tim Keefe. forgot
en- by ALL his name and fame misty
rs a dream There they sat, star
manager and star player of a bySone
lay. Time is the great melting-pot.
Players passing today have that con-
ISOLATION at least. the day Will come
when the manager who has dispatched
hem to the unknown will follow them
hither.
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has urged the need of various reforms
and both of the parties have incorpor-
ated in their platforms or enacted into
law certain things for which he stood
He could see that an evil existed, and
in many cases eloquently called public
|attention to 1t; but no specific remedy
proposed by him has ever been adopt
ed. He has never convinced any con-
siderable body of thoughtful men of
his ability in constructive statesman
ship.
Generally speaking, this is true of
the Democratic party and of the mass
of men of all the parties. 1t is easier
to see an evil than to cure i'd. and the
problem for law makers is Rot what
ought to be done. but howsato do 1t.
That is also the problem In every
walk of life-in business, iHSmanage-
ment of children, in controlling civic
and social evils. In the matter of cur
reney reform the Republican party
hesitated to act year afterSyear, al
though the need for aetion9of some
sort was generally recognized. until
their opportunity passed. and now the
Democratic party with no single con-
structive statesman of the first class in
its ranks. as far as is known.- is rush
ing on with the valor of ignera nee to
reform the banking system and the
tariff system at the same tine.
Perhaps there is a lesson in this for
the Republican party when 1t returns
to power: fer whenever party or an
individual shirks a duty for which he
is qualified. somebody or party less
competent will undertake it and like
enough make botch of the Job.
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A New Kind Of Fan?
Chicago Record Herald.)

Chicago Record Herald,)
Scene: ANY baseball bulletin board.
Dramatis personae: The usual group
IF men and boys absorbing thrills at
he end of tape.
A marker appears and chalks down
some mysterious symbols opposite the
name of the home team-pande-
nonium, Later he does the same for
the enemy and the crowd is desolated
1t the thought of defeat. A familiar
sight this and yet full of puzzlesfwhen
YOU come to think of it. Have the
thrills that come over the ticker and
IRE posted on the bulletin anything IN
common with the thrills that delight
the bleachers?
An observer asks the New YORK sun
whether these fans of the ouiietlri
board are not really followers OF new
sport altogether, students of battihs
averages and percentages, reducing
baseball to statistical abstraction.
Do they hear the crack of the Dat
against the ball and see the twlnkiing
legs~nf the runners? Are they able To
conjure up from a few white marks
on blackboard the whole splendid
spectacle that is baseball? Observer
is clearly skeptical; it is apparent tha'
he even doubts whether the watchers
1 ought to be reckoned as true rams al
all. 1t may be they never SO much
as set foot in ball park
A pious fan himself, this dark ano
horrible suspicion strikes the cor
| respondent as shocking. Let nm DC
| at peace; the phenomenon he notices
| has been observed by others Inc
passion for baseball is not simple, II IL
| wrapped up with local PRIDE ana
| heap of other things of which the ex
perts are hardly aware, so tnat II y
not uncommon to find man Wh'
| doesn't know a sacrifice hit from
| home run eagerly scanning the oal
news during championship struggles
Baseball is all things to all men-ho
/ a mere spectacle for the expert.
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Democratic "Strateuy."

Observe the large space given in the
Democratic newspapers to the Pro
gressive party in the third district
They show good strategy. 1t is a
maxim of war To divide the enemy's
force. Nothing win please the Demo
Gratis so much as Republican division
Pennington Chronicle.
In Augustus spring elections the
Democrats not only promoted the
Progressive ticket but circulated and
fsigned the petitions. Yet in November
last what Dingley is pleased to call
the "two-to-one Progressive demon
stration" gave more than $50 votes for
Col. Roosevelt. The difference be-
tween the "two-to demonstration"
for Roosevelt and the Democracy-pro-
NOTED Progressive demonstration was
a falling off of about $50 votes. 1t is
striking, too, that astute Democratic
leaders go on aiding the Bull Moose
movement and encouraging it's candi-
dates, IF THE FACTION Is BE
COMING LARGE ENOUGH TO IN
ANYWAY ENDANGER DEMOCRA-
TIC CANDIDATES.
1t is obvious to even the political
novice, that Democracy still fears the
old Republican party, with its record
and sound principles that have done
so much for the nation, and that
Democratic success, in any degree lies
only in the possibility of creating tenn
porary discussions in Republican
ranks All that Democracy now en-
joys, in Maine and the national gov
eminent, has been brought about
through this undetermined political
method of cultivating and making use
of. the "soreheads' of the opposing
party.