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Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
FEDS TO ENTER CINCINNATI.
Attorney Says He Has Option On Park
and Good Backing.

Cincinnati.-The placing of a Fed.
eral League ball team in this city next
year was announced as a certainty
by Paul v, Connolly, an attorney, who
has represented that league in this city
since its inception. Mr.. Connolly said
that he has options on two sites for a
ball field, and that ample financial
backing has been secured. He also
claimed to have number of organized
baseball players under contract.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
TRIED TO BURN BABY, CHARGED.
West Virginia Mother Arrested Near
Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant, W. Va.-Charged
with setting fire to her own home in
an effort to burn her 1O-day-old baby,
Mrs. Mary Lanier, of Apple Grove,
near here, was arrested. 1t is said
Mrs. Lanier and her husband had quar-
relied and that she tried to murder the
baby ''for spite" The fire started in
the room where the baby lay in its
cradle.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
RouMANlAN KING IN CRYPT.
More Than 10000 People Viewed Body
Lying In state.

Bucharest.-The funeral of King
Charles of Rounania was held here
and later in the day the body was
placed in a crypt in the Cathedral at
Curtea de Arges, one of the ancient
capitals of Walachia. Funeral serv-
ices were held simultaneously in all
the churches of the kingdom. More
than $4,000 persons viewed the body
Of the King while it lay in state in the
palace here.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
BORDER SITUATION IN HAND.
Hatfield Says No More U. S. Troops
Are Needed At Naco.

Washington, D.sC.-Colonel Hatfield
at Naco, Ariz., telegraphed Secretary
Garrison that Governor Maytorena had
at least 1000 troops attacking the Car
ranza garrison, that he was looking
for 500 men from Cananea district and
that a large force of reinforcements
was expected from Nogales. Colonel
Hatfield said no more United States
troops were needed to enforce order at
the border town.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
FOOTBALL KICK is FATAL.
Fordham Boy Dies In Jersey City From
Accident In Game.

New YOrk.-Inquiries received in a
football game last Monday caused the
death of Charles C. Hays, Is years old.
Hays was right tackle on the Fordham
Prep football team and received a
kick in the stomach during a game
played at International League Park,
Jersey City, against ST. Peters Col
lege. Drs. Duffy, Haskins and Mooney
operated on the injured boy at st.
Francis Hospital, in Jersey City, but
were unable to save him.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
AMERICAN WIDOWED BY WAR.

Mrs. Henry Hammond sehott Returns
To Yonkers.
New York.-One of the first Ameri-
can brides widowed by the war in Eu-
rope reached New York aboard the
Mauretania. She is Mrs. Henry Ham
mond Schott, formerly Miss Hazel M.
Brown, of Yonkers. She was married
on June Is last. Her husband, Captain
Schott, of the British Army, was kill
ed in the retreat from Mons.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
TO THE
Ladies and Gentlemen
Of MiddletOWn and Vicinity

OF ml00letOWu ana NICinHy
Who are about to invest in a Fall
and Winter Tailor-made Suit or
OvercOats.
That we can promise Tailor-made Suits
or Overcoats for the same money it
would cost to buy ready-made, because
We make it ourselves and make ii direct
to the wearer with but one profit added
TO the cost of production. That every
garment made by M. Berg, East Main
Street, Middletown, Del, is up to the
last tick of the clock in style. And 10
guaranteed for satisfactory service.
That anyone can have his or her NOR ey
refunded for any garment that doesn't
turn out right, Stop in and see our
beautiful Fall and Winter Samples,
guaranteed to be all pure wool.
Call and be convinced.
M. BERG
MiddletOwn, Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
MINISTER CLEARED OF ARSON.
He Was Accused Of Burning His Own
Church.

Detroit, Mich.-The Rev. Joseph A.
Cottman, former pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church in Dearborn,
near Detroit, charged with arson in
connection with the burning of his
parsonage there last winter, was &C
Quilted after the jury had deliberated
on the case 20 minutes. On the night
his home was burned Mr.. Cottman
was to deliver widely advertised ser
mon on why l Am Protestant" The
defendant maintained that persons OF
contrary religious views were respon'
sible for the fire.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
FREE GIFT TRANSIT.
I. c. C. Says Hauling Presents Is
Optional With Railroads.

Washington, D. C.-Christmas gifts
to war orphans in Europe can be car
ried free of charge by the railroads
from the interior to Brooklyn, N. Y,
for shipment abroad, the Interstate
Commerce Commission ruled. The
commission stated that the use of rail-
roads for charitable purposes is
optional with the railroads.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
TRAIN DERAILED; is INJURED.
Bandits Thought To Have Tried To
Wreck Southern Pacific.

Broussard, La.-spikes drawn from
railroad ties caused the derailment of
Southern Pacific train No. II and the
injury Of Is passengers near here. In
vestigating officials expressed the be-
lief that the wreck was planned by
bandits who had hoped to rob passen-
gers and the express car: Every car
in the train, which was travelling 35
miles an hour, was thrown of the
track
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
WILSON PRAISED BY TAFT.
"Has Taken the Exact Stand" In War
Ex-President Declares.

Providence, R. I.-Praise for Presi-
dent Wilson for his neutral attitude in
the present war was voiced by former
President Taft and Andrew Carnegie
at luncheon of the Chamber of Com
merce. President Wilson has taken
the exact stand" Mr.. Taft said, "and
has expressed it with admirable ac-
curacy."
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
SIX KILLED IN cAVE-IN.
Rock Cliff At Quarry Near 5Iuefield,
w. Va, Falls.

Bluefeld, w. Va.-Six men were
crushed to death and several others
injured here when rock cliff at the
r. F. Baker Rock Crushing Company
fell on men working at its base. The
men were all married and leave fam
lilies. All were insured under West
Virginia's new liability law and wild
ows and children will be provided for
under that act.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
ROBERT A. TAFT wEDs.
Former President and Wife Attend
Ceremony In Washington.

Ceremony IN WasNIIIs00"'
Washington, D. C.-Attended by
many friends of former President and
Mrs. Taft, Robert A. Taft, their eldest
son, was married at st. Johns Episco-
pal Church to Miss Martha A. Bowers,
daughter of the late Lloyd Bowers,
Solicitor-General during part of the
Taft Administration. In the wedding
party, in addition to the former Presi-
dent and his wife, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry w. Taft, Horace P. Taft, Miss
Louise Taft, Charles P. Taft, Jr., and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
AIR-MAN FLIES 3e5 MILES.

Previous American Record Beaten BY
Iowa Aviator.
Des Moines, \Iowa.-W. c. Robinson,
of Grinnell, Iowa, aviator, flew from
Des Moines to Kentland, Ind, approx
imateIy 365 miles. The American rec
ord for continuous fight was 264 miles,
made by C. Murvin Wood on August
9, 1913.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
T. RS NEPHEW LURED BY WAR
Resigns Harvard Professorship To Go
To Europe.

Cambridge, Mass.-Nicholas Roose-
Yelt, of Oyster Bay, L. l., nephew OF
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, has resigned
an assistant professorship of history
at Harvard that he might go to Europe
"to be near the war" He said he
planned to stay abroad until the war
was over and then return to take up
his teaching
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24

The New and the Valuable.
What is valuable is not new, and
what is new is not valuable.-Daniel
Webster.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
WAR WOULD FIND
U. S. UNPREPARED
So Asserts Gardiner, Who Asks
for an Inquiry.
CAUSES SENSATION IN HOUSE

Declares "AII carnegie's Millions Can
not Silence Those Of Us Who Be-
Iieve Bullets Cannot Be Stop
ped BY 5ombast."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
MARKET TOPPED
BY n. D. LAMBS

Minneapolis, Min. Jan. &c. W.
Reichert, of Darlington, N. D.. I'M
loaded 1874 fat S-months-old lambs at
South st. Paul yesterday and sold
them for $931.01, getting the highest
price paid this season. or $7.S5 a hum
rded, and in Minneapolis yesterday,
Mr.. Reichert said that conditions In
North Dakota are favorable for a good
business year in 1914 and that farmers
and stock growers are optimistic.
1.-THE whole state Of North Dakota
is in splendid condition 70 rthe 1914
/ crop" Mr.. Reichert said, There has
lbeen much fall blowing. Foster coun-l
ity, where I live, is a fair illustrations
Agricultural methods there are adj.
Evanced and stock is increasing. The
warm weather saved the farmers u
fgreat quantity of feed, as they have
pbeen able up to this time, to let stock
run that would have had to be housed
Tin an ordinary season.
Not Afraid of Canada.
North Dakota as a whole is not
alarmed over the prospects that free
Canadian wheat will be coming across
the line next year, Mr.. Reichert said.
The farmers do not fear competition.
he said, as Winnipeg has had a higher
market all along than the United
States markets which does not argue
for heavy shipments southwark.
North Dakota farmers nave watch
ed the tariff and currency bills and
now that they are laws, we are not
nearly SO much afraid Of them as We
were" he said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
JOHN SHARP CASE
CONTINUED AGAIN
PRESIDENT OF WlNNEBAGO
BANK, WHICH FAILED, LIKELY
TO SETTLE.

Blue Earth, Mimi, Jan. THE case
of John Sharp, which was to have
been tried at this term of the district
court, has been continued to the March
term. Mr.. Sharp, formerly president
of the State Bank of Commerce at
Winnebago, when Harry w. Parker,
who lis now in the state penitentiary
was its vice president and manager.
was indicted by the grand jury here a
year ago. charged with having sworn
to a false statement as to the amount
of ~overdraft of the bank which was
given the state bank examiner.
It is reported On good authority that
Mr.. Sharp has given security to the
states attorney in the amount OF
nearly SIT, 900 toward making repara-
ton to the depositors OF the bank. IT
is also thought that the case will be
settled out of court.
Charles Bassett, aged 23 years, OF
this city, was found guilty by q
jury of assault. The judge deferred
sentence until Friday.
Peter Larson and John J~orgenson
of Easton, saloonkeepers, r on trial
charged with having sold Intoxicating
liquors to a minor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
CHARACTERIZATION
OF MOSLEM WORLD
GREAT PROBLEM

Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. 1.-The
greatest missionary problem ext to
the evangelization of China, with its
400, 900, 900, is that of the Moslem
world" declared DR.. Samuel w.
zwemer. of Cairo, Egypt, last night,
in addressing the student volunteer
convention which opened here yester-,
day. The subject of the evening aid
dresses. delivered by. DIR. Zwemer and
Rev. Charles r. Watson of Baltimore.
was the Appeal Presented by Present
Day Tendencies and Activities in the
Mohammedan World.
The secular press and colonial
governments are now fully conscious
that Islam Is a World-power," said
DR.. Zwemer, "they are compelled by
present day events and movements to-
give serious study to the subject.
THE Balkan war has laid bare be-,
fore the musslemen the great secular
problems Of his faith.
The events Of the last year in the
political world have made so deep an
impression upon Mohammedans that
they no longer fail to see the close re-
lation between the political collapse
Of the Turkish empire n the sociaB
disintegration Of the Moslem world in
general.
"Christianity and christian educa-
ton are the only hope for a real ma
ltOIld1lSIh III llS mOSlCii WORTH. Inc
development Of christian character Is
the only guarantee of liberty, equali-,
ty and fraternity, as we'll as Of gov.
ernment for the nations of the nearer
east.
1.-THE advocates of the new Islam,
are our allies in all questions of So,
cial reform. and the raising of newt
ethical standards. There Is a new at.
titude toward christianity everywhere.
Instead of arrogance and fanatlcism,
a willingness to bear and to invesxi- u
gate abounds." ,
Rev. Charles A. Watson of Balti-
more spoke on The Appeal of Islam in.
Africa. He said:
The problem Of Islam in Africa is
made peculiarly difficult by the polit-,
ical situation which exists. with the
treaty signed last year Morocco be,
came a French protectorate. Unless
Abyssinia and Liberia are to be re-,
garded as open for annexation, the
annexation of Morocco marks the
completion of the partition of Africa
among the European powers.
THE d~isintegration of Moslem polit-
ical power in North Africa constitutes
a strong argument for an Immediate
missionary advance"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
EAST SIDE NOTES

Counsel for John Kondiles, convicted
of manslaughter in the first degree in
the district court recently n denied a
new trial has made application for bail
pending decision OF appeal to supreme
court.
f. Van Houten, milling expert, has
issued a circular calling attention to
the nature and qualities of the new
Marquis hard spring wheat about
which much has been printed in The
Forum during the past year as he is
very anxious that Clay county farmers
SOW 1t the coming spring as extensively
as possible he being convinced that
there is none in the crop and a direct
profitable proposition for his section
of the Red River valley. Mr.. Van
Houten, after a recent trip over North
are ordering it very freely. The N. j.
Olson Co. of MOorhead and the Moor
head mill are ready to file orders for
seed.
Lyceum attractions booked for APP
pearance at GAINESVILLE are =. l..
Bergdufer on Jan. 8, and the MeiSter-
singers male Quartette on IAN. 10. The
same attractions appear at Baker on
Jan. 7 n 81.
The Headlight says tina GAINESVILLE
Is fast becoming a center for the mar
keting of cattle, hogs, sheep and poul-
try of which cars are being shipped
east every week.
Miss Agnes Lewis, now vocal teacher
and who is spending the holiday sea-
son at Minneapolis, is in much demand
to sing at various public and semi
public entertainments, being given in
the cities, especially at the municipal
Christmas tree entertainments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
CHEERFUL FOR 1914
IDPTIMISM OVER NEW YEAR
J TEMPERED BY CAUTION-
EUROPE HOPEFUL,

New York, Jan. 1.-Optimism is the
heynote of the editorial CONF
sment published by The New Yor15
l Evening Post yesterday as the lead
of a special financial supplement- con-
Flaming an exhaustive review of bus
biness conditions for 1913 and the 1914
prospect throughout the United States
Eand Europe. 1t
1.-THE feeling Of p~erpleXity. of doubt,
BIningled with nowly-acQuired hope. Of
~Fdespondency over business conditions,
occupied with rising cheerfulness over
~infuence just coming into sight, is
Eshared in an unusual degree by all
1.-THE markets of the world. in the sub
fJoined reviews and forecasts.
Business Holds Its Own.
THE American observers recognize
that, d~iscouraging as the experience
of 1913 has been in the financial mar
kets. and later In more than one
industrial market, the factor Of large
Importance Is the frmnesS with which
the structure of American nance and
business has held it's own notwith-
standing the heavy burdens imposed
upon it. 4
european observers recognize that
depressing and, in some quarters, dis
F%astrous as the financial experience Of
1913 has been. it has involved no &C.
Ptuai breakdown of credit and has been
E&SHAl lOullLGu nv 5dlt anu TEMPERATE
liduidation, rather han 4 crush, such
Eas that Of 1900 and 1907.
Optimism in West.
ut is rather apt to be the case on
Occasions of this sort, hat Europe
Etakes a gloomy view of the future.
when our own eastern communities
techo its misgivings, somewhat more
bfaintly, but that our own west sounds
the note Of obstinate and cheerful op-
Etimism.
"On this occasion the judgment OF
Pine future, both abroad and at home,
s1s s~ingularly uniform. In all quar-
sters 1t Is hopeful, although. in all.
hopefulness is tempered with caution.
FNone of these markets on either side
Eor the Atlantic reflects any belief
fthat things are likely to grow worse
rather than better. or that the mar
bkets are destined to have to live
through another 1913"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
PpRnnHaEA-

$50
Sealed bids will be received IN +o Q
o'clock p NJ, of the 21st. day of ian
nary 1914, at the office of the archi-
tect for The furnishing of all material
and labor for the complete constrIctlon
OF the new Model Dairy barn I'd he
erected on the state agricultural college
grounds, In accordance with plans and
specifications prepared by Samuel r.
Crabbe, consulting engineer and archi-
tect, of Fargo, N. D., which plans and
specifications can be seen at the office
of the architect, the Builders and Trad
ers exchange and the office of the sec
rotary of the board.
Proposals must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of. Five
Hundred Dollars as evidence OF good
faith on the part of the bidder, that
If the contract is awarded to him. he
will within ten days enter into con
tract and give good and sufficient
bonds in an amount equal to he
amount Of the contract, for full and
9aithful performance of said contracfs
Certified checks to be made payahie
70 the treasurer of the board and for
Che benefit of the said state agricuI-
&vral college.
The right is reserved to reject any
eand all bids.
ALEX STEM.
Chairman Building Committee. B
5SAMUEI #. CRABBE,
Consulting Engineer 81 Architect
(Jan. 1-17. Adyt.l
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
Moorhead News
GRACE HOFFMAN
DIED OF INJURIES

Mrs. Grace Hoffman OF Georgetown
succumbed to injuries sustained in an
automobile accident Tuesday afternoon,
this morning shortly after 9 o'clock,
at the home OF Ernest Nelson, ten miles
north Of the city, where The unfortu-
nate woman was taken after the acci-
den to await the services Of DR.. Hum
phrey. r.
With Mrs. August Fischer and a
driver, the latter's name unknown,
Mrs. Hoffman was riding in an automo-
bile from Moorhead to Georgetown and
when about ten miles north of the city
the machine suddenly skidded on a bad
piece OF road, causing the auto to turf
turtle. Mrs. Hoffman was thrown out
and was caught underneath the car
and sustained a fractured skull. She
was unconscious when removed. The
accident occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Hoffman was well known in
MoOrhead and Clay county and was
prominent in farming circles near
Georgetown. She was returning home
from Moorhead after transacting some
business in the district court before
Judge Parsons in connection with. a
case in which she was of the prin-
Cipals and which has been pending in
the courts for a long time. Coroner
Vincent does not deem an inquest nee
essary and he will release the body for
burial later In the day.
She leaves a family of grown up
children, II of whom Is Joseph Y.
Hoffman of Butte. Mont, who happens
to be here on a visit and was with his
mother when she passed away. She
was 7S years Of age, A granddaughter
is Mrs. ". G.. Wambach of this city,
and a daughter is Mrs. August G.
Fischer of Georgetown. Funeral ar
engagements are pending and will be
fully announced tomorrow. Very gem
eral regret is expressed at the untime-
ly end of a lady who was so very
highly esteemed as was Mrs. Hoffman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
CAN TAKE OUT. THE
BLOOD AND CLEAN IT.

Philadelphia, Jan. IAN appar-
atus by which blood may be re-
moved, cleansed of impurity and
returned to the system. and a
contrivance by which it can be
determined whether one is suf-
fering from hunger or merely has
an appetite, were among the in
ventions demonstrated by mem
bers of the Federation of Ameri-
can Societies for Experimental
Biology, in annual session here. A
dog was utilized to illustrate the
blood purifying apparatus. which
was the result of the work Of Drs.
J, J.. Abel, II. G., Rowntree and
B. B.. Turner of Johns Hopkins
university. DR.. John Carlson dem
onstrated on himself the efficiency.
of the hunger. test machine, which
was his own invention.
DIR. Carlson defined hunger as a
sensation which arises in the
stomach, while appetite, he ex-
planned, is a nervous condition of
the brain.
Swallowing a small cigar -shap-
ed rubber balloon which had been
fitted with long rubber tubes, he
inflated the balloon in his stom-
ach through the tubes, and then
attached the latter to sensitized
paper. Hunger, he declared. caus-
| ed the muscles Of the stomach
to grip the balloon and drive out
| the air which registered the
amount OF hunger on the sensi-
tized paper.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
LIZZIE SCHRENER DIED
FROM CARDOLIC ACID

Lizzie Schrener, aged 16, died last
evening from the result Of drinking
about three INC of carbolic acid at
her home Tuesday morning. The un-
fortunate girl lived with q brother
and sister who We're keeping house i'm
the city while going to school. The
deceased was a student in the state
normal school. The young people came
here from OlWein, Ia.
It Is alleged that some time on
Tuesday morning she and her brother
had been in conversation about the
homework and it is said that some-r
thing was said by the brother about
her not doing her share of the work,
and after the exchange of some rejoin-,
ders Lizzie picked up a bottle which
was near by containing carbolic acid
and suddenly swallowed the contents
Soon she was in great agony, help was
secured and everything possible was
doe to save her life, but she sue
cumbed as stated. Coroner Vincent
has decided that no inquest Is neces-y
airy and he released the body for
burial this morning. Just why she
should take so rash a step over as lit,
tie matter as transpired Is unknown.
The body is at the Wright undertake
ing p%aTlOrs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01
SAW A GOAT SMOKE.
Central Park Visitor Led by Strange
Siaht to Fear He Had Decisions,

New York Times. Bob Hurton, as
sistant keeper Of the o in Central
park. was entering the lion house the
other afternoon, when a young man
staggered across the walk and leaned
against him for support.
whats the trouble?" Hurton ask
ed. > ,.
should have q DOCTOR" the agitated
visitor said. .#
y The young man explained then that,
unless he, had been the victim of an
illusion, Hurtop was needed behind
the animal house.
"Have the elephants broken loose?'
Hurton asked.
mo- the visitor said. But / think
/ saw a goat smoking a cigar"
On the way to the lot back. Of the
elephant house Hurton met Bill Sny-
der, the head keeper.
whats that | hear about a smok-
ing goat?" Hurton asked the chief.
Snyder vas perplexed by the ques-
ton, but, with Hurton, he followed
the visitor who had discovered the
zoo illogical phenomenon.
In the lot was Perfecto, a large ram,
presented to the menageries several
days ago by the manager OF a circus.
Perfecto was standing in the center Of
itnS Enclosure. IneIS wax a 1dI-aWay
look upon his face. and he was hold :
ing in his mouth half OF a cigar. In
telling the story later. Snyder said
that the cigar was burning and that
Perfecto was putting away at it, in
evident enjoyment. Snyder took one
look at the goat and then he felt in
the pocket of his vest, where he usual
lly carries his cigars. The pocket was
empty.
"You thief" he cried, shaking d fist
at the goat.
He remembered petting Perfecto just
a few minutes before and he was o,
the opinion that the goat had stolen
his cigar. The animal, he explained
had been named Perfecto because OF
his fondness for tobacco. He had been
taught to smoke by the employees OF
the circus.
but. Bill, how did he get a light?'
Hurton asked.
That's nothing said Snyder. you
remember In 1910 the case OF the
weeping grampuB-s
But Bob had fed.
The present generation might II