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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-06
Over Half the Voters Of Fargo Ask to Have Superintendent
Hoover Retained in Charge Of Schools
Members Of Board Passed Resolution Ccising ForuOhe
Members Says Forum Report Was Fair
Complete List Of the Teachers Who Were Reelected for the
Comisg Year at Meeting Last Night
RESOLUTIONS cRIrlcIsINe THE FORUM.


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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-06
CHECK DISCOVERY
STARTS GOSSIP

Chicago, March "a small black
purse containing a check for $4,000 on
the State bank of Elkhart, Ind. made
payable to II. L. Stevens" and signed
Mrs. Mabel Mills was found on the
sidewalk at North Clark street and
Center avenue by saloonkeeper and
was turned over to the police.
1t was dated the day Mrs. Mills said
she lost $4,000 in $1,000 bills. She
had taken dinner with Mrs. Stevens,
wife of the man whose name was on
the check found. She is supposed to
have lost the money after leaving the
stevens home in Evanston, several
found.
The assistant cashier of the Elkhart
bank stated Mrs. Mills had no account
there.
While the find appears to be genuine
the police are not disregarding the
theory of hoax. The detectives pro-
nounced the find valueless and sent the
check back to the finder. The sigma
ture to the check was pronounced
spurious at the Union Trust CO., where
Mrs. Mills signature is on file.
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Committee TO
RAISE $1,000
MOVEMENT STARTED BY GOV
ERNOR HANNA TO GIVE NOR
WAY LINCOLN, STATUE

Bismarck, N. D., March 6.--At the
instance of Governor Hanna a meet
ing was held in his office Tuesday
morning, which was principally at
tended by the Scandinavian members
of the legislature, and the object of
the meeting was to take some steps
toward the arrangement of the Lin
at the centennial to be held at Chris
tianil in 1914.
AS a result of the meeting an ex-
ecutiye committee was named, Of
which Governor Hanna is president
James W. Foley of Bismarck secre-
tary, and p. o, Thoreson of Grand
Forks treasurer. Other members OF
tehe committee are: Hon. o. j. Sorlie
of Trail county, Hon. Chas. Ellingson
of Steele county, Hon. Robt. Nor
helm of Mckenzie county, Hon. l.. l..
T'wichell of Fargo, Hon. ]. L. Hjort of
Bowman county, and Peer Stromme of
Grand Forks.
The committee will meet again this
morning, when a general committee
Of fifty members will be selected and
this committee will commence the ef-
fort of raising the sum OF $4,000, with
which to have the statue made and
sent to Norway. DIR. II. Fjelde of Far
go will act with the committee to help
select the sculptor and help decide on
the style of statue to be made.
Peer Stromme expects to go to
Washington soon to meet the Scandi-
navians from Norway soon, and Mr.
Stromme will make arrangements for
the location of the shaft at Christi
ania, and the presentation to Norway.
Governor Hanna will take an active
part in this affair till all arrangements
are perfected.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-06
ELECTION BILLS
IN The SENATE

Bismarck, N. d., March 6. - The
senate yesterday refused to pass the
house bill providing that an elector
need not reside sixty days in precinct
to be entitled to vote. The bill was
introduced to get away from the
necessity of the elector going back to
old precinct to vote when has has
moved from one voting precinct to
another in the same city or county.
This seemed to be the day for election
bills In the senate and the non
resident voter bill was passed which
makes provisions for those who are
absent from home on election day to
cast their ballot. There were two
other bills passed which heightened
time in which filings may be made
both bills being passed for the purpose
of allowing the absent voter bill to
be carried out in a proper manner.
The house bill calling for the non
PARTISAN nomination of county and
state superintendents of schools was
also passed after Senator Mcdowell,
democrat, had attempted to have add
ed an amendment putting all county
officers and the state superintendent
of schools in the non PARTISAN class.
The amendment was defeated but
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WORK
in The HOUSE

Bismarck, N. D., March 6.-Routine
procedure marked Wednesdays ses-
sion of the house, and when a recess
was taken shortly before 8 o'clock
the greatest part of the longest cal
endar of the session remained un-
touched. The house will reconvene at
10 o'clock this morning with the OBJ
ject in view of wading through the
remainder of bills on Wednesdays
calendar with greater strides.
During the afternoon a. message
from the senate brought a concurrent
resolution recommending that the
joint rules adopted at the beginning
of the session and requiring that no
bills should be transmitted from one
branch to another after the third day
before the close of the session be
amended to provide for the trans
mission of such bills until 10 o'clock
Wednesday night.
Up to this time the bills conveyed
to the house from the senate had not
been received.
Representative Twichell would have
amended it to provide for the trans
mission of bills until 1880 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, and the motion
lost. Mr.. Streeter would have made
it o'clock Friday afternoon, but his
motion lost. Mr.. Anderson moved
that it be amended to provide for
the transmission. of bills until 1880
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MEXICAN REPORTS
CAUSE ALARM

Hermosillo. Sonora, March 6--A
rigid censorship has been instituted by
the state government which yesterday
declared against the Huerta govern
ment, and the officials seized the tele-
graph railway station, and has placed
all the news under ban. All the
train service except that conducted by
the state has been annulled. During
the night volunteers arrived in great
numbers in answer to an appeal for
forces.
Americans Anxious.
Guaymas, Sonora, March 6.-AGrave
anxiety among $50 Americans here Is
aroused by the reports of the federal
government to send The gunboat
Guerrero here to shell the town. Urg-
eilt representations were made TO de-
lay the cruiser Colorado, which is
scheduled to leave here Friday.
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HANLEY FAVORED BILL.

Senator Hanley, opening the
argument this afternoon on the in
itiative, referendum and recall,
says: II believe this session of the
legislature has enacted mighty lit
tie constructive legislation, most
of the bills passed having been of
local and minor importance"
Speaking further, he says: 81
believe the success or failure of the
present session depends on whether
or not we pass an initiative or ref
erendum."
He also called attention to the
fact that the house has passed a
bill including all features and the
senate has passed three bills in
cooperating the same ideas and
said there was a danger that each
house would think it had done its
duty and might not pass the bill
of the sister house. He said the
members of the legislature should
give the people square deal and
prove themselves big enough to
a chance to vote on the matter
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Bismarck, N. D., March 6.--Both
branches convened at 10 o'clock this
morning and have been busy getting
the bills of the other house disposed
OF before 2 o'clock in order that they
may be messaged over. The house
passed the senate Minot Normal
school bill carrying $4,000 appropria-
tion to complete the buildings and as
sist in maintenance.
The senate bill providing an appro-
priation of $4,000 for a dairy depart
ment of the agricultural college pass
ed the house.
In the senate this morning an effort
was made to bring up house bill No.
1873, the initiative, referendum and re-
cali bill as passed by the house, but
a demand for a call of the senate was
made and as three senators could not
be located 1t was made a special or
der of business for 1:40 this after
noon
Final consideration of the measure
to license and regulate chiropractors
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resulted in killing the house bill by
committee this morning.
Both the house and senate have
many members absent from the floor
this afternoon attending conference
committee meetings on bills upon
which the two branches cannot agree.
Amendments have been offered to
house bill No. 1873, the initiative, ref
erendum and recall, providing that
each proposition may be placed on the
ballot separately and friends of the
amendment argue there can not be no
excuse for the senate not passing the
bill as amended
The conference committee on the
Valley City Normal appropriation re-
ports a total of $67,125 as follows:
Maintenance, $1,000; library, $4,000;
barn, $1,000; apparatus and furniture,
5000; grounds. $1,000; heat regula-
ton and control, $4,000; rural school
for demonstration, $500; for pur-
chase of additional land, $5,625.
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MADE
BIG SAVINGS
FOR COUNTY
Bonds Were Sold to the State
at 5 Per Cent
Mr. Leech Made Discovery
That This Could Be Done
This Is Second Big Saving TO
County He Has Made

Ever watchful for the county's
interests. County Auditor Leech has
made another big saving for the tax
payers of Cass county in the sale Of
the bond issue for the Jim Hill drain
No. 80 which was held in the county
commissioners room at the court
house yesterday afternoon.
The bond issue for the drain
amounted to $19,5OO of which sum
$2,959.32 has been paid in by the
lands benefit. The sale had been ad-
vertised at per cent and at the
opening of the bids yesterday after
noon a number were received as fol-
lows:
P. j. Hood of Detroit with 1901
premium; Burgess & Lukyn of Fargo,
bid at par with $50 allowance for
printing: Pearson & Taft of Chicago
with 5000 premium; C. FL. Coffin Of
Chicago, 1901 and printing; Northern
Savings bank, bid at par and printing;
Speer & Sons of Chicago, $3.50 and
printing; and the board of university
and school lands of North Dakota,
whose bid was to take the bonds at
per cent interest. All buE the last
mentioned were at per cent.
At the meeting of the commissioners
yesterday afternoon the resolution
adopted at their meeting or Dec 4,
1912, which instructed the advertise
nent of bids at per cent interest
was changed to rate Of 5 per cent
by unanimous vote. The bonds were
sold to the state board Of university
and school lands as per the following:
I'VE, the board of university and
school lands of North Dakota, offer
to purchase these bonds as par when
issued to bear interest at the rate of
per cent, interest and principal
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tlettinasr as Corn center.

Hettinger, N. d., March 6.-This
section of the state is gaining great
prominence as a corn growing center.
At the corn show in Fargo, in addition
to the first prize in the school pupils
contest won, by little Rena Lewis of
Adams county, L. Thayer won first
prize in the regular farmers corn
contest. This is all the more remark
able as Thayer is a mere youth who
sent corn to be exhibited in the pupils
contest and by mistake 1t was entered
In the general contest and won. Adams
county is becoming widely known for
the excellence of it's corn and will
feature that crop this year.
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The question Of electing a city sup
erintendent of schools did not come
up at the meeting of the school board
last evening. Member Frame read a
preamble ard resolutions condemning
The Forum report of the last meeting
of the board, so far as it referred to
Judge Young's answer to the question
of Dr. Carpenter, asking If he (Judge
Young) didn't think the wishes of the
majority of the people should prevail,
and so far as 1t referred to Superin-
tendent Hooyer's connection with the
state fair and the Masonic fraternity.
Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Bolley, of the
visiting committee, stated that they
found school books needed in the vari
GUS schools and they also stated that
in the manual training department the
tools were not in order and the ma
terial was lacking and they had been
informed by Mr.. Workman that he
had applied to Mr.. Hoover, but was
munication was read signed by Judge
Young and Member Holt which
charged that w, l.. Stockwell was vi
olating the law in regard to selling
supplies as a member of the Northern
School Supply Co. when he Is q mem
Der of the state high school commits
sion. Petitions signed by nearly $500
of the voters of the city were pre-
sented to the board asking for the re-
tention of Superintendent Hoover. or
If that did not appear. to be possible
that the question of his election be
put over until after the election of
school directors at the April Meeting.
Or. Carpenter Is III.
With the exception of DIR. Carpenter
all of the members of the board of
education were present at the meeting
last night which was held in the sup
erintendents Office in the Central
building, but contrary to expectations
the question of the election OF sue
cessor to Superintendent Hoover was
not taken UP, neither was it alluded
to during the evening, although there
were at times some fireworks. The
list of teachers recommended by the
teachers committee was unanimously
accepted and the list appears at the
head Of this column. There was a
hitch in regard to the election of Miss
Hannaher and Miss Smith. for the law
states that no relative OF a member
of the board may be elected teach
er without the unanimous consent of
all the members, and as DIR. Carpenter
was not present this could not be
done in their case, but viii at the next
meeting.
Northern School Supply Co.
In memorial which was signed by
Judge Young and Member Holt. and
which was read by the latter, excep-
tions were taken to the fact that
goods had been purchased from the
Northern School Supply Co. of this
city, owing to the fact that w. II.
Stockweli is a member thereof and Is
at the same time a member of the
state high school commission, an or
ganization of which superintendent
Hoover is also member. The state
ment took the position that Mr.. Stock
well was not permitted to be interest
ed in concern which supplied goods
to the schools and stated In so many
words that he WAS guilty of a misde-
meanor therefor and that 1t was
question whether the Fargo board OF
education was doing right in, pur-
chasing goods from the Northern
company. not that it was guilty, but
its contracts with the institution
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might be considered invalid. The pa
per in closing warned the board to
scrutinize very carefully all such con-
tracts.
A Reply Is Made.
The following reply is made by the
Northern School Supply Co. to the
statement that was prepared by Judge
latter: -
a communication presented to the.
board of education last evening called
attention to the purchase of supplies
from the Northern School Supply Co,
and Imputed improper motives to the
company and its president. w. L.
1t is true that the Northern School
Supply Co. has furnished certain
school furniture and supplies to the
board of education of the city OF
Fargo. These supplies have been fur
nished upon contracts secured by
competitive bids with other concerns
and were awarded to us by said board
either because we were the lowest
bidder or We're the only bidder who
presented the desired furniture and
supplies.
We wish to state that the orders for
this business were solicited entirely
by the business and sales managers
and that Mr.. StockwelI was. in no way
connected with the securing of the or
ders given by the board of educa-
tion. We have asked no favors from
either Superintendent Hoover or rnem-
bers OF the board of education and
have received none and we resent the
Inference of unfair or dishonest deal
ings.
1t is also true that Mr.. Stockwell
was appointed by former Governor
Burke as member Of the high school
14n
enacted in 1911, twenty-one years aft
er the passage of the law which is
quoted in the communication OF
Messrs. Holt and Young.
Mr.. Stockwell is not school officer
in the contemplation of the act OF
1880 and no stretch of legal refine
ment can make him such. He has re-
ceived no compensation as q member
of said high school board at any
time. He is one OF FIVE members. the
others being, Pres. j. III. Worst, Pres.
Frank j.. McVey, Supt. E. j. Taylor
and Supt. w. j. Alexander, who are I'm
position to speak with reference to the
action OF the board. The only thing
that could have been in the minds of
the legislators in 1890 was members
or school boards having the power to
purchase supplies for their own school
districts and there is nothing in the
communication of Messrs. Holt and
Young except an attempt to inpute
dishonest dealings either between the
board of education or superintendent
Hoover and the Northern School sup
ply Co, because forsootFl, Mr.. stock
well has been for many years his In
innate friend.
We regret the necessity of this corn-
munication, but feel that justice and
fair play demand IL.
II ". Hutchinson, business manager
A. g. Miller, vice president and sales
manager.
Mattea M. Davis, director.
A Mammoth Petition.
AT this point. when the order of bus
mess communications was called for.
Secretary Guthrie read the petition
which asks that the board retain III. IL.
Hoover as city superintendent. oT liz
Continued on Page Ter.
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SURRENDER
IMPORTANT
VICTORY
Fortress Fell After Two Days
Seige
Greeks Captured $4,000 Turk
Prisoners
The Turks Sunk Three Greek
Transports

Athens, March s. - The Turkish
fortress at Janina, key to the posses
sion of the province of Epirus, with
garrison of $4,000 men, surrendered
to the Greek army after defense
which forms one of the most brilliant
episodes Of the Balkan war.
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment, lasting, without
cessation, two days and nights. Greek
commanders by feint, led the Turks
to believe the attack was to be made
from the right, thereby distracting the
attention of the Turks, then attacking
from the left. The Ottoma ntroops
fell back in disorder, and the Greeks
pushed their advantage, capturing
same artillery and 11O men.
The Turkish flight became general,
and the Greeks pursued them to the
very walls of the city, with all the
the Greeks that the Turkish COM
mander had surrendered. Wild
enthusiasm reigned here on receipt of
the news. All the buildings were
decorated with flags and general joy
prevailed. ~
An offer to surrender the Turkish
fortress at Janina to the Greek army
was made by Essaad Pasha, COM
mander in chief of the Turkish gar
rlson there, as result of the victory
of the Greek troops, according to a
report here.
The Greek army took $4,000 prison
ers at the fall of Janina, These COM
prised the whole of the ordinary gar
rison and many refugees from Monastir
and other places. ~ .....
Turks Sunk Transports.
Vienna, March 6. The Turkish
cruiser Hamfdieh su9sk three o. Greek
transports loaded with Servian troops
on their way to Scutari according to
Constantinople dispatch from The
Neue Freie Presse .:.
The attack on the transport oc-
CURED, it is said, near the peninsula
of Hagion Oros in the Aegean sea.
From this 1t would appear the trans
port was proceeding not to Scutari but
to Gallipoi where it was proposed
some time ago by the Balkan allies
to make a flank attack on the Turkish
troops defending the Dardanelles.
The convoy of Greek transports was
a large one, consisting of twenty four
vessels carrying thirtyfour guns.
Greeks Rejoice. A..
London, March 6.-There is great
rejoicing in Greek diplomatic circles
over the fall of the important Turkish
stronghold at Janina which had
hitherto offered stern resistance. The
success of the army places Greece in
a much stronger position to deal with
Bulgaria when the time comes for O.
division of the spoils.
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Sen. KERN
SELECTED
COMMITTED
----@-
Kern Picked Members Of Steer
ing Committee
Kern and Senator's Had Con-
ference With Wilson

washington, March 6.The demo-
Gratis of the senate resumed their
caucus to determine upon a plan of
reorganization of the senate and re-
shaping the committees to have
charge Of legislation in the new con-
eress. Senator Kern, the caucus
chairman, and majority Of the lead
ers had long conference with Presi-
dent Wilson. They went prepared to
discuss with their colleagues the poll
cies and plans Of the new administra-
tion.
Senator Kern presented the follow
fng names to compose the steering
committee to make up the democratic.
committee on assignments, and unani-
1nously approved.
Senators Kern. Martin Clarke Of
Arkansas, chamberlain, owen, O'Gor
man, smith OF Georgia, Lea and
Thomas.
The democratic leaders regard the
selections as carrying q majority rep
resenting the progressive democratic
element of the senate.
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TEACHERS ELECTED FOR NEXT TERM.

A. L.
gar Mceand Louis Bredvod Lucille McCune Pearl Smith
Emma
Spencer
Blaine
Leone Hood Maude Eame Jennie Carnine Della Nelson
Eleanor Harn Violet Jeon ovddia Tranen
Julia Bloom May Kelly Hanson Ella