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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
WHY NOT STUDY NEWS?

The Chicago Tribune has a yer!
pertinent and common sense common
on the value of current news as fol,
lows:
We are asked by several young
women who are to take eXanina-
lions for positions in the high
schools to discuss briefly and ex-
plain the following subjects: The
currency bill, the Panama canal,
the Mexican situation, the Perry
celebration. suffrage, recent
amendments to the constitution,
and the California land bill.
That is Il most curious tumble
of requests, md We have an idea
that the predicamcnt the young
ONE find themselves in is not
unusual. They admit that a great
deal has been printed on each
subject. Evidently the day by day
record of events and opinion did
not invite, much less demand,
thei attention.
Why it should be regarded as
scholarship to be informed as to
an event a hundred years gone
and as unnecessary to maintain a
working knowledge of even the
major events of this year of grace
is one Of the mysteries of educa-
ton. 1t happens that it is not re-
garded as an indication of mex
cusable ignorance to confess q
blithe lack of Information upon
such events as may be directly af-
fecting the peoples Of today.
Instead of giving the young
women the information for which
they ask, our inclination is to
preach them a Educat-
ors have been known to advise
young people not to waste time
reading the newspapers, but to
give their minds the healthier
foods of proved history and litera-
ture. A consequence of such ad-
vice may be found in such re-
quests as those mentioned above.
The academic wisdom at times
scanSbe extremely foolish. Our ad-
vice to the young ONE is to
Work for what they want to
know now and to learn it's i'm
portanCe.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
DEFEAT OR DELIVERANCE?

New York World: The Sixty-third
congress, which has beer in extra
session since April !, assemblies today
for its regular sitting. 1t is a work.
ing congress. 1t has accomplished
much already. There is a great deal
yet to do.
With a familiar sheer, Joseph G.
Cannon, in the course Of a speech
Saturday night, referred to it's laborS
as having resulted from the dictatton
Of a car more dominant than he a
ever been as speaker. In this as in
many other things, Mr.. Cannon mis-
interprets popular government and
misunderstands public opinion.
Mr.. Cannon was u czar because he
used arbitrary methods in the serv-
ice Of favored interests. He never
counted d quorum in order to lift a
burden from the people. He never
made a tyrannical ruling that was con-
trary to the wishes Of monopoly and
privilege.
The idea that President Wilson is
a car has had some currency, but al
ways among those public enemies
against whom he, his party and the
people are moving. What he has
done and what he has persuaded con-
gress to do was not ordained by self
AhlA Z ASSlh' ~ II ~
the people themselves, without dis
t~inctiOn Of party.
If any car has appeared in these
enterprises it is the people. 1t is their
orders that have been carried out. 1t
is their programme that is still under
way. 1t is their will which President
Wilson and congress have sought to
make effective.
This congress is something more
than a working congress. 1t is an hon
est congress also. 1t has given it's un-
divided attention to measures along
promised and long denied. 1t has
taken injustice out of our tariff laws.
1t has subjected wealth to taxation
1t has exposed and dispersed the lob
by.
Without a recess. it will now pro
seed with the task Of completing
banking and currency reform, anC
when that has been disposed of il
will take up the trust issue, go to the
bottom Of the high cost Of living prob
lem, and perhaps seize occasion tc
deal directly with the conspirators
Of big business who with well-remem-
bcred deVises are now attempting tc
intimidate government by a manufac-
tured depression and by hints OF
panic.
The peoples hope is in the success
of this congress. The hope of the
standpatters is in the failure of thi!
congress. Success all along the line
will amour to national redemption
Failure to complete what has been un'
dertaken will give new life and hop
to wrongs that have been under con
domination for q generation.
Never before was an American
congress in such need of popular sup
/ GOOD N-I l.
faithful to the people who does hi
part in the performance Of this i'm
peratiVe duty is not a car. He is
deliVerer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
A BOSS" n A r

These be very chilly days for the
political boss. After he has enjoyed
undisputed sway for years, grown rich
off the graft that flowed into his poclz-
cts as nerquisites of his self -assumed
leadership, aided his subservient> tools
tosaccumulate large sums by plumber
ing the people, it is very tough, in
deed, for him to find that leaden-foot-
ed justice has at last caught up with
him and provided him, cheerfully and
without cost to himself, with a. com
plete suit of striped clothes and free
board and lodging.
This is the fate that has overtaken
the NICE arrogant Louis Kuehnle, who
for many years ruled Atlantic City.
NJ. j., at his own sweet will. Unlike
his prototype, Charles Murphy,
Kuehnle was an fice-holder-a mem
Der Of the board of water commits
sioners. Il that position he had a
wide opportunity for enriching himself
at the expense of the taxpayers, and
appears to have been very diligent in
that direction and constantly "on the
job. He made and unmade all the
other city officials, held the saloons In
an iron grip and squeezed them for
what he wanted.
The police force vas his to do with
alb suited him, a complaisant mayor
and city council waited for Kuehnle's
nod before giving any orders or pass
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
DAY, DEC 8, 1913.
THE FARMERS ORGANIZED.

The time is coming when the farm
ers throughout this section Of the
country will be thoroughly organized
When that time comes. the man who
tills the soil will not be forced to &C
ccpt what the buyer will give and at
the same time be forced to pay what
the seller demands.
This is the decidedly unfair cOndi-
ton under which the farmer is work.
ing at present. The grain and produce
buyers are pretty thoroughly organic
ed. On the other hand the business
world from which the farmer gets
those necessities of life that he does
not raise, is also s~ystcmatized and
organized.
The necessity for organization on
the part Of the farmers has long been
recognized. There have been various
schemes to that end, perhaps the most
successful Of which has been the Am
orican Society Of Equity. That
organization has accomplished a great
deal, and is constantly getting strong
er.
Dispatches to The Forum on Sat,
urday from Lacrosse, Wis, told Of the
decision Of the Society of Equity of
that state to establish headquarters
for a gigantic farmers agency. This
Wisconsin Ian means that the farm
ers are getting down to brass tacks."
They are meeting organization with
organization.
They plan to hire expert account
ants and auditors who will keep post
ed on the market and go into the price
question On an up-to-date, scientific
basis. These experts will follow the
farmers produce through the various
middlemen and keep account Of all
retail prices.
1t seems to The Forum that this is
an intelligent way to go about the
business.
In North Dakota a large number of
farmers clubs have been organized
and more are being organized con-
stantly. Undoubtedly here is the nu-
cleus from which will grow a more
complete organization Of the farmers
of this state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

ing any ordinances. He owned a brew
cry. and 20 thirst parlor or hotel could
do business in Atlantic City except by
purchasing the KuehnNe beer. No
franchise was possible until the boss
had been seen; in short, when At
lantic City was mentioned the name
OF Kuehnle was considered to be the
one to be conjured with.
But things have changed. aKuehnle,
as boss of the water board, forced it
to award a fat contract for water pipe
to a company he had formed appar-
emily for that purpose. There were
fine "pickings" in 1t for the favored
contractor, and no opportunity along
that line vas neglected. The state
law prohibiting city officials from be-
ing interested in any contract with or
sale to the municipality was openly
but M Woodrow Wilson happened to
be governor of New Jersey at that
time and took a hand in purging the
state Of the brazen boss, who was
convicted of corruption and sentenced
to pay q fine of $500 and serve a year
in prison.
That was something over W o years
ago., and the interim has been spent
by Kuehnle and his army Of lawyers
in attempts to overthrow the convic-
ton. The court of last resort has just
decided that the sentence must stand,
and Louis Kuehnle will in a very few
days be looking at the world through
iron bars and continuing to do so for
the next twelve months. He Is now
in d position to answer truthfully the
question: was it worth it"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
Whose Fault?

Life: A dozen boys on roller skates
were holding hands, forming a circle
and were skating in a ring in Cauld-
we'll avenue near Trinity avenue, the
Bronx, last evening when a fve-ton
automobile truck shot around the cor
ner suddenly and plunged among
them. Three Of the boys were knock
ed down n n was run over and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. account.
And why not? What else should be
expected?
1t is hardly fair to the driver to de-
mand that his hVe-ton truck shall
dodge like a bird between moving
children. The mothers Wer ngr and
children. The mothers were angry and
chased the driver. Had they caught
him they would have mobbed him
assisted, of course, by discriminating
males, happy to join the crowd. Yet
these same mothers would know bet
ter than to leave a baby on a railway
track.
A street of a crowded city cannot
serve successfully the purposes of a
| public t~horoughfare and a children's
playground.
So long as we are too poor to fur
nish Fairgrounds, let us be fair to
drivers Of automobiles.
France imported so, 600, 900 pounds OF
leaf tobacco in the first eight months
this year, or 100000 pounds more
than in the same months last year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
VOLUME xxXVVI, NO.. 10.

The Fargo Forum ana Republican Is
published every evening except Sunday
In The Forum Building, corner OF First
avenue and Fifth street north Fargo.
N. D.
Daily Republican, by carrier. 15c per
week, or 40c per month. in advance; -
per year. The Fargo Forum and
Weekly Republican, 81 per year: Sin
gle copies, SC. Subscribers will find
tho date to which they have paid
printed opposite their names on the
address slips.
Address all communications to The
Forum Publishing Co.. Fargo. n. D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

out the world. From the estimates it
appears that there were increased
areas soWn to wheat, oats, barley, rye
n corn. and that the wheat acreage
mas probably yielded al record QUIZ
turn. Barley, oats and rye are boun-
ttul crops. but corn VIII probably
years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
E NORTHERN.
In Effect Nov. 2, 1918.
East Bound Trains

"ASLs AIuAMHs
No. 112 Grand Forks local. 1850 a. m.
No. 2, Oriental Limited via
breckenridge ....11:35 d. M.
No. 4, O~regonion via Fergus
.E. Falls .......... $40 d. m.
%No. 131 Moorhead Northern. $3.50 a. m.
mo. IA, Local st, Paul via
Breckenridge 49,. 7:45 a. m.
No. IL, Local st. Paul via
Fergus Falls 80. T:55 a. IN.
No. 10, Local via Brock. .....10:00 p. m.
No. 80, Red River Limited
via Fergus Falls. 1880 a. m.
No. Is, Fast mail. ....... sos q. m.
West Bound Trains.
No. 9. Minot local. 4:60 a. m.
No. 20, Red River Limited
Grand Forks .... 6:10 a.. m.
Ill Grand Forks local.. ,2:40 p. m.
No. ], Oriental Limited via
Grand Forks 6:15 p. IN
sNo. 1876, Fargo Surrey line
Ill and Aneta ....... 700 .. m.
mo. BAL, Mixed Portland M
Branch .......... 500 p. m.
No. ~, FAST Mail ......... 2:3A p. m.
Trains Arriving.
(Tia up over mighty
INC. 196 Minot-Sufrey and
Aneta ..... 7.45 D.. m.
NO. IL, st. Paul-Fargo local. 6:60 D. m.
INC. Ii, st. Paul-Fargo 10.
cal via Breck.. $3.50 D. m.
mo. $50, Noyes-F'argo local. $3.50 D, m.
mo. 342, Portland Branch, Gas o. m.
Except Sunday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

At one Thanksgiving dinner i in
Wahpeton the turkey weighed thir-
teen pounds and there were thirteen
guests seated at the table.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Unable to get out Of town before he
was caught it cost one farmer at
Drake $40 to settle for the few articles
he had pilfered from one of the
stores.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Is Editor Sperry of Drake speaking
from experience when he a Y it take
nerve to push a baby carriage past rhC
home of an old flame?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Melvin Mattson, 8 years old, of
Dundee, had to suffer the loss of one
leg which was injured while wrestling
with a playmate--the injury caused
SarCOma.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Rain and foggy weather ~prevaile,
at Ellend urdeali cofi" wlg-L..T en-
at Glendale during the past week
says The Leader.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
MlLwAUKEE q sT. PAUL.

~ Grains Arriving Froun East.
So. aOS . ...12:30 p. IN.
Mixed Train 1880. 49,. 5:45 D. IN.
~ Trains Going East.
No. 406 $3.50. 7:10 o. m.
MIXED Train 200 q. m.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

When several youthful residents of
Towner were about to be sent to the
reform school for stealing small
articles from stores the merchants
withdrew the complaints. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Several divorces were granted in the
term Of court just adjourned in Bot
tineau county.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

1t is believed that Steve Culbertsor
contemplated suicide when he was
caught sharpening a spoon in his eel.
at Williston.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Bowden is another town that has
many new buildings in prospect for
next season.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The north 500 line branch is taking
no chances. It's locomotives are wear
ing snow ploWS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The Calvary Cemetery association
Park River, is to be the beneficiary OF
an entertainment, the programme for
which will consist of an Irish drama,
instrumental music and dancing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The News complains of the poor
condition of the roads leading into
Paramount.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The county agent for Stutsman
county says that this year Marquis
wheat was introduced, the yield being
five and six bushels per acre greater,
other wheats. In 1914 the acreage will
ibe greatly increased.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The Wimbledon News reprinted an
editorial from The Forum as express
ing its w ideas on Settlers TO,
North Dakota and the business oppor-
tunity Of bringing actual settlers into
the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The Leeds News claims two women
of that town have been cured of can
Ger by a salve concocted by a woman
in California.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Mail Carrier Manning at Wynd-
mere reports that a kitten was re-
I Gently sent through the mails by par
cells post. 1t was sewed in a sack
from which it's head and tail protrud-
] tached to the kittens tail.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The big tank at the Valley City mill
has been completed. 1t is 125 feet
from the ground.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

w. S. Lowry. an attorney at Hankin-
son, is slated to be appointed deputy
revenue collector for the south half
of the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08
Soil Surveys.

The value Of the soil survey work
will be enhanced by giving precedence
In surveys to those states which offer
active cooperation. Nineteen states
during the past year have entered into
this plan. Reconnaissance surveys
will be confined to classification Of A.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Editor Teien of The Aneta Panorama
is winning fame. He has been arrest
ed for libel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The society editress for The VIM
bledon News has been sent to Califor-
MIA for recuperation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

The Chicago Tribune has a very
pertinent and common sense comment
on the value Of current news as fol
lows:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Candidates for office in oliver coun-
ty are said to have started a gun shoe
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

So far there has been no adverse
newspaper comment over the result
Of the Bickford case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-08

Rev. Mr.. Engel who had the Monan-
go juvenile band at the state EXPOSE
ton two years ago, died in Colorado.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-18

Constantine of Russia. a brother of the
late Emperor Alexander II.
King George was allowed, by special
exception, to adhere to the religion in
which he was educated, the Protestant
Lutheran faith, but his heirs and sue
cessors must be members of the Greek
Orothodox Church.
He was the brother of the present King
Of Denmark Frederick VIII, and brother
of the Dowager Queen of Great Britain
and the Dowager Empress of Russia.
Heir to the Throne.
The heir to the throne. Prince Constan-
tine, was born in 1868 In 1889 he mar
ried the Princess Sophia, sister of the
present German emperor, and has three
sons, Prince George, who was born in
1890; Prince Alexander. who was born In
1893 and Prince Paul, who was born in
1901. A daughter, Princess Helen, was
born in 1896.
The other sons of the slain king are
Prince George, who was born in 1863;
Prince Nicholas, who was born in 1872;
Prince Andrew, who was born in 1892,
and Prince Christopher, who was born
in 1888.
The late kings eldest daughter. Alex
andria, was married in 1889 to Grand
Duke Paul, uncle of the present En-
peror of Russia, and died September "a
1891, leaving a daughter and son.
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SEA DUTY FOR THE LUZON.
Old Spanish Vessel Sunk by Dewey
Too Large for Naval Reserves.

ST. LOUIS, March 1S-The Isla de Lu-
zon, one of the Spanish craft sunk by
Admiral Dewey in Manila bay nearly fif-
teen years ago, and later reaoated and
annexed to the United States Navy. is to
be returned to sea duty. after having
been in the service of the Missouri naval
reserve here since last summer, 1t was
learned last night.
The Luzon proved to be too large and
unwieldy to be maneuvered about the
Mississippi rivers and the naval reserve
will be supplied with more suitable ves-
sci. The old Spanish vessel will be float
ed down the river as soon as high water
comes
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sERGT. AUGUST HERBsT DEAD.
Retired Army Officer III More Than
q Year.

Sergt. August Herbst, U. S. A., re-
tired, died yesterday at his home, 1882
25th street northwest, after an III
ness of more than a year Funeral
services will be held at the house at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial
will be in Glenwood cemetery. The
body will be accompanied from the
house to the cemetery by a military
escort.
Mr.. Herbst was born in Bavaria sew
enty-four years ago. He came to this
the civil war. In 1850 he enlisted in the
medical branch of the army. He served
throughout the civil war and aftefwaro
saw service in the Indian campaigns In
having served for thirty years. He is
survived by one son, DR.. William +.
Herbst of $500 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-18
KING Of GREECE
ASSASS|NATED ON
VISIT TO SAL0N|K|
Remained at Captured Fort
ress After Meeting With
Car Ferdinand.
IN CHARGE OF HIS ARMY
DURING THE BALKAN WAR
Slain Ruler. a Prince of Denmark,
Called by the Greeks to
Rule Over Them.

SALONIkI, March I8.-kins
George OF Greece was assassinated
here this afternoon.
King George, who had taken
personal command of his troops
during the earlier period of the
war, had been here since Decem-
Der, when the Turkish fortress
was occupied by the Greeks after
a short siege.
The Queen OF Greece also has
been here and has paid great at
tention to the care of the sick
and wounded
King George in December had
a meeting here with King Ferdi-
nand OF Bulgaria to discuss the
fate of the captured Turkish ter
ritory after the war.
Legation Without News.
1t was stated at the Greek legation late
this afternoon that no word of the as
sassination of the king or any other trou-
BILE had reached the legation.
King George 1 Of Greece was born De-
cember "a, 1S45. He was the second son
of Christian, the late King of Denmark.
He was elected King of the Hellenes by
the national assembly at Athens March
30, 1868. He accepted the crown, through
his father, acting. as guardian, June 4,
1868.
King George was declared of age by de-
cree Of the national assembly June q
1868, and landed in Greece November 2
1863. He married Queen Olga October
q, 1857. She was born August %, 1851
and is the eldest daughter of Grand Duke
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ROOSEVELT AT THE HELM
Will Be in Charge of Navy De-
partment While Daniels
Visits Raleigh, N. c.

Secretary Daniels will leave here this
afternoon for his home at Raleigh, n. c.,
to close up some private business prepar.
atory to taking up his permanent resi-
dence in this city. He will return here
Thursday or Friday. During his brief
absence Franklin d. Roosevelt of New
York, who succeeded Beekman Win
throp as assistant secretary of the navy,
will be in charge of the affairs of the ma
val establishment.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt qualified
yesterday afternoon, Immediately follow
ing his confirmation by the Senate. The
oath of Office was administered by Ralph
Bartlett appointment clerk of the Navy
Department, in the presence of Secre-
tary Daniels and other naval officials.
Relative of Former President.
The new assistant secretary is distant
relative of former President Roosevelt.
who was assistant secretary of the navy
during the administration of Secretary
Long. AS a member of the New York
state senate from the twenty-sixth dis
trict he led the fight against Tammanv.
Sheehan to the United States Senate
He is only thirty-one years old. having
been born at Hyde Park, n. Y, January
80 1882.
MIR. Roosevelt was educated at Groton
School; Harvard University and the CO.
lumbia University Law School. He was
admitted to the bar in 1907, and in 1910
joined the firm of Marvin, Hooker &
Roosevelt. He is a director of the First
National Bank of Poughkeepsie, the Har-
ward Club, the Naval History Society
and the New York Historical Society.