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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
Daddy Bedtime
c.. The Story
otory - Of The
>.. Swan Knight.

%WAHE story hour al at hand, and Jack and Evelyn took cre daddy did
@ room.
than anything else"
docs sheT" daddy smiled. "They played that piece on the big organ n the
church when mother and I were married. Pm glad she likes II"
TITS a pretty nice piece. Is there any story to it?' Jack asked.
well, yes; there is quite a story. It's taken from a music story written
by a very great musician called Richard Wagner He did not make up any
thing but the music The story had been told over and over in Germany for
hundreds Of years. He made it over SO it could be sung with hsm music
THE story was about the swan knight whose nam is Lohengrn. Princess
Elisa, a lovely young girl was in great trouble Wicked people who wanted to
get her ut of the way had said that Elsa had killed her young brother, the
prince of the country. The body OF the prince had never been found. All that
was known was that one day the lad went out and was seen no more. II Elsa
were dead her uncle, who vas married to Orrud. a wicked enchantress or
witch. would have been prince. 1t was Ortrud who made all the trouble.
THE lovely Princess Elsa was to be tried for the death Of herb brother. She
was in despair when down the river came floating a beautiful boat drawn by
a swan In the boat stood q knight wearing shining armor of silver and with
a white plume On his head. .n.
This was Lohengrn, the swan knight and when he stepped O n shore he
said that he knew that Princess Elsa did not kill her brother and that he was
ready to fight any one that said she did.
"Lohengrin proved to the people that Elsa was innocent Then he asked
her to marry him. The march which mother plays is the one played for the
only one thing Lohengrn made Elsa promise and that was that she would
never ask who he was o. from whence he cam But Ortrud worked on Elsa
until she asked her husband the forbidden question. Then Lohengrin told
Elsa that he must go back to his home Very sadly he bid her farewell The
swan boat again came down the river. but when 1t reached the shore the swan
became a young MANTLE prince, Elsas brother, whom the wicked Orhud
had changed to a swan. Then Lohengrn got into the boat and sailed away,
and he never cam back, FOR Elsas dsobedience had broken the spell that
made it possible for a fairy knight to stay with morhls"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12

This week the college and commun-
to rest two who were very close to us
all. Tuesday afternoon occurred the
last sad rites for Mrs. John w. Beach,
wife of Professor Beach Of the faculty.
The speakers were Rev. DR.. Beard and
President Creegan, and members of the
faculty acted as bearers. There were
many floral tributes. In the short
time hat Mrs. Beach has been among
us, she has, in spite of frail health,
endeared herself to all with whom she
came in contact.
Just twenty-four hours later the last
words were spoken by the same w
men over all that was mortal of DIR.
Pitt Gordan KnoWlton, professor Of
philosophy. On Saturday, April 26, he
left his class room apparently in his
usual health. Part Of the day he spent
in helping to entertain Professor
Griggs, formerly of the faculty. Sun
day he was taken i'll, and the serious
ness Of the case did not become evil
dent until toward the close of the week.
May 5, Monday, saw the end. Mem
orial services were held by students
faculty, trustees and citizens. All the
state shares in the loss. President
McVey of the university wrote
to~uchingly Of his loss to educational
circles. Among the many floral trlb-
utes was one from the A. G.. A splen-
did man has left us in his prime. About
an hour before he breathed his last
there came a cordial invitation to him
to address the National Educational
association on Training for Avocation.
A plan Is on foot to erect i memorial
gate at the college, of which the cor
ner stone will be laid at commence.
ment. The universal sentiment of STU
dents, trustees, citizens and his COL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
MONDAY, MAY IL, 1918.
n TARIFF.

There is a report current about
Fargo that considerable railroad build
ing that was being planned for North
Dakota, and a lot of building that had
been decided on for Fargo and
throughout the state by big COrnor-
ations, is to be given up. 1t is said
that this will mark the local phase of
The beginning of a fight to attempt to
make the country feel that the adop-
ton Of the democratic tariff bill would
be disastrous.
The Forum has no means Of know
ing whether there is any foundation
of truth in this rumOr 1t sincerely
hopes not. But if there is, The Forum
believes with deep conviction that
such a campaign will react so COM
,pletely and thoroughly that the disas-
trous results will be to the corpora
tions and not to the tariff bill.
The people of these United States
are firmly convinced that there should
be a revision of the tariff. They are
thoroughly convinced that this reNi-
sion should be downward and all along
the line. They believe, and the facts
and figures are accessible to prove the
assertion, that many industries have
grown to their present tremendous
size, not through merit but through
the protective tariff.
The democrats have come into pow
er, largely on this one issue, and they
have Immediately proceeded to fulfill
their promises. SO far they have made
great progress and although they may
E have carried the revision, a little fur
Their than may have been necessary,
on the whole they have done just eX-
actly what the people expected and In
fact demanded.
The bill has passed the lower house,
1t now comes to the critical time in
it's career, the gauntlet of the senate.
The democrats have a majority of sew
en- in the senate. Provided that all the
republicans stand pat-which is not
probable-it would only take the
changing of the votes of four demo-
Gratis to defeat the tariff bill. 1t is
hardly possible that it will go through
without some amendments, but Wheth-
er or not these will make any vital
change is the big question.
There have been efforts to arouse
factional feeling. to stir UP the farmer
in the west, the cotton grower, the
wool grower and all the other produc-
ers in a last great attempt to block
this legislation. There has been some
response but not what was hoped for.
The fact is that the farmer realizes
that if the duty is lowered all along
the line he will benefit far more than
he will be harmed.
Should the tariff measure become a
law, substantially as it has passed
the house, there would of course be
some little time necessary for a read
justment. But it is the honest con-
viction Of The Forum that if it has
time for a thorough test that this low
er tariff will bring about a condition Of
prosperity and progress in this nation,
the like Of which was never expert
enced before in the history of man
kind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
:, LANDING THE GRAFTERs.

By the conviction of four police in
spectors on a charge of conspiracy to
obstruct justice, New York City has
added a signal triumph to the fight on
official graft which is being so ably
led by District Attorney Whitman.
The conviction of Lieutenant Becker
for the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
a gambler about to "Welch' on the
system, was in itself a notable victory,
though Mayor Gaynor said in a con-
Gefnptuous way when confronted with
the. "~rottenness" in police circles, he
was "only a little lieutenant"
One encouraging feature of the re-
suit is that the jury reached a verdict
iii thirty eight minutes. Probably
without intending to do so an attorney
for one of the inspectors in comment
ing on the verdict. by saying that "the
atmosphere Of the city is surcharged
at the present time with a determine
alton to convict" paid a great compli-
raent to the aroused civic spirit preva-
lent.
S8 The particular offense Of which the
-FOUR inspectors Were found guilty was
q conspiracy to keep out of the state
a resort keeper who had given import
ant testimony before the aldermanic
Investigating committee on the subject
Of the workings Of graft in the police
department.
" This testimony of the resort keeper
was the end of the thread which Dis
trict Attorney Whitman followed so
carefully until he reached the inspec-
tors. There are still rumors involv-
ing a high uniformed official at head
Quarters and another in civilian garb.
BY the conviction Of the inspectors
The majesty of the law has been vim
dicated, not only in New York but
throughout the country. Honest off
eials will be encouraged and dishonest
ones terrified. The service of Mr.
Whitman nj his assistants has beer
Indirectly to the whole country.
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giant statement. not seeing the absurd
ity of his position, for If the grocer,
the butcher and others who come be-
tween the producer and the consumer
is a "leech on society," then the man
who comes between the insurance
company and the insured Is in ldenti-
cally the same boat.
That old saying, people who live in
glass houses should never throw
stones" finds a new application every
day. The st. Louis preacher who
made an e~XtraVagant statement re-
garding soldiers is a very similar case
to the Fargo insurance man. Speak
st. Louis Times comments as follows:
When Rev Mr.. Clark of st. Louis,
warmed by the beautiful idealism of
the peace congress just ended, de-
clared last Sunday that soldiers are
a bad lot, and intimated that they are
fit only for the hangman, he could not
have reCkoned with the hOst of men
who would be sure to hear about his
u~tteranCes, and who either are SOL
diers, or have been soldiers, or are
the sons or %grandsons or great-grand-
sons Of soldiers.
There will be, happily, a great man
people who will understand just what
Mr.. Clark meant, and who will excuse
him for what he said, and who will
also get the point Of view of the SOL
diers who have protested against the
minister's charges, and who will SYM
pathize with the soldiers, also.
Mr.. Clark was, of course, viewing
the status of the soldier in a wholly
abstract way. The soldiers who have
expressed their resentment at the
minister's utterances are quite natur-
ally viewing the situation in some Of
its concrete aspects.
When Mr.. Clark declared that SOL
diers are parasites, he meant, we are
sure, hat from an ideal standpoint the
soldier stands for evil rather than for
good, and that, under ideal conditions,
there would De no need Of soldiers.
But this sort Of pragmatism, which
takes account of theories rather han
of conditions, never has attracted the
rank and file of men, who are apt to
be so s~trenuously occupied with con-
ditions that they have little OF no
time for theories.
And we cannO help pointing to the
fact that while. in a sense the soldier
is a parasite, in just the same Ems
the preacher is also a parasite. The
difference is that the soldier is too
good a fellow ever to call the preacher
a bad name, while the preacher, car
ried into the clouds by lofty visions,
sometimes prove himself a less con-
siderate nan han those whom he is
willing to condemn.
If conditions throughout the world
were just as they ought to be we
would need no preachers, Just as we
would need no soldiers. The preach
err, the judge, the jailer, the lawyer,
the sOldier-all would be unnecessary,
all would be parasites.
But we still have to take conditions
into account; and so it behooves us
to say a good word for the soldier,
when we find occasion to say anything
about him at all. just as we are will
ing to say a good word about those
other parasites, including the preach
ers, who are still necessary to our
progress and growth in a world which
Is a long way from being perfect.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12

was also appointed a member Of this
committee.
a May frolic was held at the school
this afternoon for the students. Out
of-doOr games, music, a May day
march and a May pole were the essen
tial features of the frolic.
Next Wednesday evening at the
normal school auditorium, President
Weld will deliver his lecture on Vel
loWstone National park for the benefit
of the athletic association.
The students graduating from the
special music course, Miss Edith Mar
den, Miss Margaret Curran, will pre-
sent a programme of musical numbers
at the normal school Friday evening,
May 16. Miss Frances Lamb. is a MEM
Der of the class, but she will particf-
pate in h programme. The excellent
talent Of the graduates and their en-
p%erience in music promise to make the
recital an occasion of great delight
and beauty. A large number of stu
dents and friends of the performers
will be glad Of this opportunity to
hear them.
The victory that came to the school
last WedneSday Wnen the normal
baseball team won from the team of
the University Of North Dakota was
accounted a glorious one. 1t was ap-
preciated with appropriate demonstra-
ton Of joy on the evening after. the
game Inc in the general exercises on
the following morning. Professors
Martin and Hitler accompanied the
team to Grand Forks. The game began
in a light rain, and because of the
weather was limited to seven innings.
The only score of the contest was
made in the, first inning by a hit by
Mclean and one by B. Carlander, and
a sacrifice by Paxton. The game was
close, exciting, and hard fought. The
height of excitement was reached in
the sixth inning when the university
team had three men IN bases and one
man down But here the skill Of Carl
Carlander was reSourceful and in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
N. D. COLLEGES
FARGO COLLEGE NEWS

leagues seems to be that we must re-
double our efforts to carry on the
great work for which he CAV his life.
Rev. and Mrs. Stever are receiving
the congratulations Of friends OH the
arrival of Pauline knowlton SteVer,
May 4, 1913.
The senior class play, The Comedy
of Errors, will be presented at the
Grand theatre, Wednesday,, May IA, at
$3.50 p. m The proceeds, if any will
so to the campus fund.
In June will occur the wedding of
Miss Avis Lathrope, a%fOrn1er student
of the college, to Frank A. Ryan, cleo
trical engineer, at Spokane, Wash.
Miss Lathrope left the college in her
junior year in 1910, and took her B. A.
degree at Washington state college,
since which time she has been teach
ing German and Latin at Medical Lake,
Wash.
On May Is. will occur the wedding
Of Miss Honora Sutton Of the faculty
to II. B. Allen of jamestown, N. D.
Miss Sutton has been with the college
some years, teaching English and
mathematics in the preparatory de-
pdL llIlSIl, dllu HAS just IetulIleu Ilohl
a years leave of absence spent in
travel in the Orient. The wedding will
take place at her home in Alexandria,
Mimi.
The May bulletin is in the hands of
the printer. Among other things there
is a special article on the correlation
Of courses.
DR.. Stearns will spend Sunday in
Jamestown, where he will deliver a
number Of addresses.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12

hand. He famed two men In success
sion and the normal still kept its lead.
The final inning was scoreless. The
normal won by a point. But the point
won that game. Upon their arrival
home the team were GREETED by a large
crowd at the station, were piled into
automobiles owned by Mr., Olson and
Vincent, and were followed by
the happy crowd to the campus where
a bonfire was the center Of attraction.
After ~appreciative yells and respons-
i've speeches, the crowd dispersed and
the fire went out. But the memory of
the victory will remain long in the
minds of the adherents Of this school,
Int in that memory the pitcher who
famed fifteen men in seven innings
and his faithful supporters will have
a place. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
MAYVlLLE NORMAL

Dacotah Literary society rendered a
special. programme last Friday even
ing at it's regular meeting, the even
ing being given TO senior ~rhetoricals.
The programme. was we'll attended and
interesting throughout, and was as
follows: ~.
Piano duet
Misses Alice Kloster and Aalga Skare
story-The Good Man of Ballon-
gieck Miss Minnie Koppang
Story--By Telephone ..............
Miss Anna Plante
Story-The Warning ...............
....... Miss Magdalene Christensen
S~tory-John Graham ..............
............. Miss Thora Anderson
Flano duet
Misses Hatred, Nelson and Sig
frid, Ylvisaker.
Story-At the Turn of the Road :.
minimum. Miss Mabel Ulsaker
Recitation-The Inventors Wife -:
............ Nellie Bliss
Story-The Quality of Mercy ......
Edwin Hauge
Paper-The Fortnightly ...........
..Adelaide OXton and Sigurd Siljan
Invitations are out for the Junior
reception to the seniors for Friday
evening, May 9. More about this next
week.
Last Saturday evening members of
the faculty enjoyed one Of the most
successful and prettiest social func-
tions aver given in Mayville. This vas
the progressive Inner given by the
Women's club in honor Of those who
took part in the play You Never a
Tell recently presented so successfully
under the auspices OF the club. The
husbands of the club members were
invited guests also. The dinner con-
sisted Of seven courses served in the
homes of Mesdames Reyerson, Hill
yer, Nelson, G. Elken, Grinager, Ely
and Matte Robinson. These hostesses
were ably assisted by other members
of the club. The color scheme was
the seven colors of the rainbow, a
color for each home. And the homes
were indeed beautifully decorated.
The color scheme was carried out in
the service as well as in the decora-
tons. About fifty guests will remem-
Der the occasion as one of exceeding
great pleasure. A social hour was
enjoyed at the rainbow" in the home
Of Mrs. Matte Robinson where the
last course was served.
At a citizens meeting the other day
in Mayville, it was decided to hold a
chautauqua at Mayville this summer
and President Hillyer of the normal
was elected president of the chau-
tauqua board which board has set the
dates and secured some excellent
talent. This years meeting will be
held for five days from July 9 to 10.
| AS his is during the first week of the
| summer school, it will be an added
attraction for the students who eX-
pect to attend school at Mayville.
Architect Hancock from Fargo, was
g. visitor last Wednesday in consulta-
ton with President Hillyer and Mr..
Elken in regard to plans and specifica-
| tons for the Model Rural school build
ing, the greenhouse, and possibly one
or two other structures to be erected
on the campus during the summer.
News of the death of DR.. knoWlton
of Fargo college came as a shock to
his friends at the Mayville normal,
and the family and college have the
! sympathy of the school in Mayville.
DR.. Knowlton was one whom to, re-
spect and to love was but to know
intimately. His death is a distinct
loss to the educational forces of the
state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
PARASITES.

Recently a Fargo mar who writes
life insurance for a living was heard
To make the statement that the middle
men, who handle the necessities of life.
are stleeches'' ON society. The insur-
arre man was rather cheated up over
Esis argument and he made an extrava~
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MOORHEAD NORMAL

The alcove to the dining room at
Comstock hall affords a pleasant place
for spreads and parties by the mem
bers of the halls. Saturday evening
the Misses Agnes Aske, Paula Iverson,
Alma Moe, and Carrie Peterson enter
tanned their friends there. On Monday
afternoon Miss Bess Hopkins enter
tanned a number of witches.
On Monday a group Of the young
women Of the dormitorieS went on a
hiking picnic to Gooseberry mountain
under the chaperonage of Miss FTeer
and Mr.. Hitler.
Miss Philadelphia Sharp went on a
week end visit Friday of last week to
Grand Forks to attend an Alpha Phi
sorority party there. She returned
Sunday evening.
The Social Service club gave a pic
mic for the children of the sewing class
which is being conducted by Miss
Martha Olson and Miss Maren Oks-
ness for several children Of the Wash
ington school. The picnic was held
Monday under the care of Miss Hazel
Leguee in Island park. +
Miss Helen Barnard leaves this
evening to spend several days at Lake
Minnetonka near Minneapolis, where
her Kappa Alpha Theta friends of the
state university will have a house
party. and she will attend the annual
sorority party.
The Faculty club will meet next
Thursday evening at the home OF
President Weld. .
Miss Marie Lovsness, a graduate or
the Moorhead Normal school and now
a, teacher at Ada, Mimi, was appointed
a member of the Educational commits
| sion Of seven members to investigate
| conditions Of the educational system
| of. this state. Regent Lew Huntoon
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CONSrlPA1ED, HEADACHY, BILIOUS,
TONGUE COATED?!- -CASCARETS SURE

Furred Tongue Bad Taste, Indigestion, Sanow Skin and Miserable Head
III come from torpid liver and @clogged, conshpated bowels which, cause
your stomach to become filled with undigested food which sours n fer
|nents like garbage in a swirl barrel That's the first step to. untold mis-
horrible and nauseating. A CascaTet tonight will. straighten you ut by
|morning-a 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your Liver active
Bowels clean and regular, Stomach sweet, Head clear, and make you feel
|hnuy for months. Don't forget he children. @.### #MM#M -Adyt 0
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Saturday morning Miss Jessie How
ell and Mr.. Adams contributed much
to the chapel services by giving some.
very pleasing vocal and instrumental
selections. Miss Howell played with
unusual technical capacity and musical.
conception and received hearty APP
plause. Mr.. Adams sans two songs,
of which the Bedouin Love Song was
much appreciated.
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Notice. OF Bids for Erection of School
House.

Sealed proposals for building d ona
room school house will be received Nv
the School Board of ELM River school
District up to twelve o'clock noon an
Tuesday, May 9th. 1913. Plans ana
specifications are on file in the ONCE
Of the Clerk Of the School District. the
County Superintendent of Schools at
Eillsboro and The Northern School
All bids must be marked Proposals
for New School Building, and address
ed to the clerk OF ELM River school
Board.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
A. II. ST. JOHN.
School Clerk, Grandin, ~. Oak.
(April 20 TO May 2s. inc.l