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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
devoted themselves to the quest. In

devoted themselves to the quest. In
drifting they touch other lives which
seem to them to offer the certainty
Of this strange elusive thing. It may
be wealth, or passion, or mere advent
ure which they appear to hold out, and.
hardly knowing what they do, they
snatch at the new promise only to
find that they have made shipwreck Of
their lives. There are great passions
which transcend all human laws. and
which sweep away the soul in a tor
rent against which the strongest can
not swim.
Sometimes even in the sordid rec
ords of the divorce court we catch
glimpses of this tremendous force, but
Its presence in our own lives Is far
more often imagined than true. There
are many who are ."just drifting" in a
placid stream which they could easily
breast If they would, but which, II
they choose the easy part, draws them
at last to the inevitable cataract. They
want to be happy and they have for
gotten that happiness can new be
selfish, but begins and ends with duty.
There are dreadful mistakes in mar
| rage. Some Of them are so bad that
there is nothing for it baIt to break the
intolerable bonds. But in many unions
which men and women have held i'm
possible. happiness would have come If
only they had determined to make the
best and not the worst of their mis-
take. ..
The saddest part of all this drifting
is the misery it brings upon other
lives and homes. The problem Of mar
rage is the child, and to those who
understand it the stories of the divorce
court are inexpressibly sad. Those who
have brought other beings into this
| sorry world are bound by every law
Of God and mar to feed not only
their bodies but their souls. Rightly
regarded, all these questions Of main
tenance, custody, and so forth, which
daily come before the court, are but
the lowest of the obligations we have
assumed.
The father whom the mother dare
not teach the child to respect and imi-
tate, the mother whose name may moi
be mentioned in the ~home-these are
the people who have aost all thai
makes life worth living. Greater sir
than the sin against the child is there
none. To make n Of these little
ones to offend seemed to the highes
authority that has spoken on earth {
thing to be blasted with the lightning.
of the fiercest censure he ever uttered
/ Sorely do we need to be recalled to tn,
duty to the child. Once let that bt
felt and understood, and "just drift,
ing becomes the one thing we canno
and dare not do.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
"Let Us AIone!"

Editorial in the Chicago Tribune:
The testimony of Mr.. Mellen on the
Westminster deal would provide de-
lightful footnotes for the standpatters'
text book! All during the light FOR
railroad regulation, n especially TO-
ward the end Of Col. Roosevelts presl-
dency, the cry Of the standpat press
and leadership was LET us alone!"
Sacred prosperity was threatened by
such mad ~radicalism as vented itself
In the incendiary and revolutionary
principle of Roosevelt's square deal
for ALL" We were assured by every
none interest organ and every she'll
back tory from Wall Street to Dan
vile, ILL.,. that business was being
murderously assaulted" and that all
the trouble in the country was be-
ing manufactured by muck rakers
whose only purpose was to earn sal"
ary and make circulation.
The cure offered was naturally sim
pie as Piso's Consumption Cure. Il
was expressed in the neat formula
Let us alone"
Mr.. Mellen has described one Of tht
most striking causes Of "let us alone,
in the history of American high
finance. Mr.. Morgan was the arch
m Oh leC US diohc dAu 1N
archeXemplar.
Now, the appeal of the s~tandpatters
"let us alone was not successful, AMI
the fall in securities and recession ii
business generally undoubtedly is as
| cribed by standpatters to that fact.
But there is a large class Of lntelll
gent conservatives who are capabl
| Of seeing the folly of the ostrich doc
trine Of "let us alone and of avoid
ing the standpatter's stupidity Of mis-
taking the cure for the disease.
To these the revelations of the New
Haven inquiry, which should be fol
lowed by inquiry into other example
of high finance, the Rock Island re
organization, for example, will Civ
occasion for thought. Obstruction b
selfish and INSCRIPTIONS interests t
intelligent reform legislation would b
nowhere without the ill-advised sup
port of the conservative lass whic
they misrepresent. It is time, there
fore, for this class to realize tha
financial piracy or even unchecke
financial autocracy Injuries the con
sentative class more than any other.
If there is one thing an America
mar of means, small or great, seeks
it Is the security Of his accumulation
He wishes to be certain as he reason
ably may be that his property may b
left to his family to protect them fror
want and provide them with at leas
a fair Measure of the good things {
life.
The wrecking Of such an invest
ment, which was essentially as solid 9
the New England hills, was not on
"a cruel cheating OF the forethougf
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
A Proposed Editorial Exchange.

Kansas City Star: An editor of ma
tional reputation who, for obvious
reasons, as the Washington dispatches
say, must here be namelesss. remarked
while visiting Kansas recently that he
had made an interesting proposal to
a. certain Kansas editor (also name
less.) He suggested that the Kansas
editor should go to New York for a
month and edit his periodical, while he
would come out to Kansas and u the
Kansas newspaper for a week.
"Only," he explained, I got cold
feet. l know he could run my publ
cation all right. but I am certain that I
would fall down in conducting a small
town newspaper. I'm not equal to the
job" ,
And it really is quite a job to run a
small town newspaper. Magazine edit
ing never seemed SO difficult.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
TWO YEAR OLD
DIES IN AGONY

Barton, N. D., June 4.-The little
two-year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Olson, which was so seriously
burned Sunday, died later as the re-
suits Of it's injuries and the bereaved
parents and family are Frustrated with
grief over the baby's tragic end.
The child had been put to sleep in
an upper chamber and it is thought
had been playing with matches, for
the first intimation the mother had
of anything being wrong was when
the baby came screaming down stairs.
it's little dress and clothing a mass of
flames.
Mrs. Olson made heroic efforts to
put out the flames, receiving serious
burns ON her hands and face as q
result. Physicians from Rugby ano
Rarton were hastily summoned, but
the baby died in great agony a lev
hours later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
FREE METHODIST
CAMP MEETING
MUCH INTEREST BEING TAKEN
IN EVENT WHICH WILL BE HELD
NEAR ARGUsVfLLE JUNE II TO
21--DlsTRlcT ELDER IN CHARGE.

The Free Methodist camp meeting
will be held at Nimock's grove, five
miles northwest of Argusville, June II
to 81. It is expected that there will be
@ large attendance as a great deal OF
interest 10 railways taken in this annual
affair.
Rev. e. Bal1enger of Shenandoah will
be the principal speaker. District
Elder W. s. Ballenger will be in charge
, All the preachers OF the district will
be in attendance, including Rev. o. E
McCracken of the local church.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
SCHUNANN-HEINK .
DIVORCE CASE

Chicago, June Anime. Ernestina
Schumann Heink, grand opera star.
wearing a black summer frock, wav-:.
ing a fan and making frequent use OF
smelling salts, appeared in Judge Sui
livan's court to state her case for
divorce against william Rapp, Jr. In
one corner of the court room stood
the defendant, surrounded by friends.
In another sat the singer with her
friends.
It required most Of the forenoon
to fill the jury box. The singer &C
cuses her husband Of being unfalth-
full to marriage laws. "
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
CITY IN BRIEF

For good photos see Erickson-Advt,
erickson photographs everybody.
-Advt
Try n Of our 5o-cent rooms. Hotel
IWeeden.-AdVt,
ID. P. Murphy has gone to Minnean-
Oils on business.
The complete shop, engraving, print
aug OAank DOCK. Knight Printing CO.
-Advt.
heodo Faust of Valley CITY was
In the city yesterday.
Engraved and embossed work Of
every description. knight Printing n
-Advt.
"A. Y. Teed of Wir1iston was q. Fargo
business caller yesterday.
For complete office equipment. why
OF course you go to Walker Bros. &
dardy.-Advt.
F. 2. Stroud of Armenia was a. visi-
tor IN the city yesterday.
Fred w. Mclean went 70 crord
FORKS last night On some Important
land business. ~
Mrs. A. Anderson. the spirella. Cor
sectiere, returned last evening from
Fergus Falls.-Advt.
Commissioner Ames, Tom Powers
n Fred Johnson are home from a
1lsh1ng trip at Detroit Lake.
Candidates order your camnaipr
cards from Ulsaker Printing 20. ain
Broadway. Phone 791.-Advt.
J. F. Duis Of Devils Lake, brother
OF postmaster Duis OF Grand Forks.
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
Frank v. Steele returned last even
ing from a fishing and business trim
down among the Minnesota LAKE
cities.
Mayor Emery Is one Of the candi-
dates taking the higher Masonic de-
grees this week at the Scottish Rite
bodies.
Mrs. H. A. BlatchfoEd Of Thirteenth
street south has as her guest her
mother, Mrs. F. w. Meachen of FL
lendale.
Men wanted-New Rockford and
Minot. N. D. Paying $2.25 and $2.5C
per day. James Kennedy, contractor
Fargo.-Advt.
c. e. Boyden. of Lisbon. editor and
publisher Of the Lisbon Free Press
is In the city attending the Scottish
Rite reunion.
Judge Pollock and Court Reporter
Green returned last night from Hills
boro, the term Of court being shorter
than expected.
Mrs. Hattie Dursey underwent q
Iserious operation at the hospital yes
terday and Is reported to be rest
ing easily today.
A marriage license was issued in
county court yesterday to Eugene
Trottier and Louiselle Savageau. the
former Of Horace and the latter Of
Hickson.
President John s.. Watson of thu
Fargo Commercial club Is one of the
members Of the class taking the Scot.
fish Rite degrees this week at thu
Masonic temple.
There Is no system that can not b<
improved by better equipment. /
used in an office. a bank or a court.
house. Walker Bros. & Hardy has it
-Advt.
Axel Larson, manager of the base
ment store at A. l.. Moody's, left las
night for Norway where he will visi
his mother. and also take part in tn,
big Norwegian centennial celebration
which takes place next month. TIL,
boat or which he leaves departs from
New York harbor on June IL. Mr.
Larson has not been to his old HON,
in Christiana for % years and he i
expecting to have one Of he fines
times Imaginable. He will return
to Fargo about the first of Septem
Der.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
COMING EVENTS

Thursday june &.
Coburn players, Agricultural college
campus.
June 8 and T.
The afternoon performance OF the
Coburn Players in LAS You Lake It." at
the A. c. will begin at $3.50 o'clock. Both
evening performances of the same
players, Wednesday and Thursday
June 8 and 4, will begin at $3.50
Friday, June s
Shrine ceremonial at Masonic tenn
pie.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
Cass County Gets
$2,045 From State
for the Road Fund

Secretary of state, Thomas Hall, on
June 1 distributed $7,58s.sO to the
counties Of the state as the amount re-
turnable to them for the month of
May, for road improvement, under the
provisions Of the motor vehicles regis
tration law. The registration for Nav
was 2,898 autos and 244 MOTORCYCLES
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
Axel Larson, MANAGER of the base.
KATHLYN TONIGHT

The next chapter Of the Kathlyn
series is being shown at the Bijou
today and, in addition, Manager Treat
has secured slides Of the disaster in
which the steamer Empress Of Ireland
was wrecked. These slides are the
first pictures Of thedisaster shown In
the city, and they will be on exhibition
tonight and tomorrow. Don't miss
seeing them. Admission loo to all per-
formances.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

The total registration to June / was
1905 autos and 848 motorcycles. The
total sun distributed to date for 1914
amounts to $~33,560.80. This compares
favorably with the total figures for
1913 when 1905 autos and 913 cycles
were registered. It Is expected that
the autos this year will approximate
On nm
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Eleven miles Of subways are being
considered to solve L~iverpools con-
gested traffic problem.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Al baby's prattle may be music, but
who in the deuce wants music all
night?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Not much happens. n the little
that does is usually SO far away.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Cuba's sugar crop for the present
season is estimated at 2,500,0 900 tons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Most Of the fighting Is done by
young men who don't know any pets
ter. IA
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

A new electric toaster Is inclosed to
retain the heat and save current.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Resembling an enlarged horse clip,
per is an electrically driven hedg,
trimming machine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

There Is no system that can not be
improved by better equipment. If
used in an office. a bank or a court
house. Walker Bros. & Hardy has it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

President John s.. Watson of the
Fargo Commercial club is one of the
members Of the class taking the Scot
tish Rite degrees this week at the
Masonic temple.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

Mrs. Hattie Dursey underwent a.
serious operation at the hospital yes
terday and Is reported to be rest
ing easily today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04
The WEATHER
UNSETTLED.
TEMPERATURE

E. r. GRAssE. Special Observer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-04

A marriage license was issued in
county court yesterday to Eugene
Trottier and Louiselle Savageau, the
former Of Horace and the latter of
Hickson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Youth Stays Self as Protest
Against Love-Hun9ryg Lives of
Children Who Live i'm Big Cities

The diary which he mailed to
New York publisher before he
leaped into the sea is a terrible
record of his remorse and his
disgust. It is also an Indictment
of the modern economic condi-
lions which make 1t impossible
for young men and women OF the
poor to love and marry.
This message has just been
issued by Charles and Albert
Boni, two youthful idealists In
New York, who hope that this
strange DIARY of Suicide" may
arouse public opinion to the lone
ly and love-parched lives OF
young men and women in the
great cities. 1t was sent by the
suicide to B. Russell Herts. editor
of the International Magazine,
the day before Baker killed him.
self.
The "Diary of a Suicide" ends
with an appeal to a thousand
other men ''to kill themselves in
protest so that the Powers that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
The Confessions
of a Wife c

"Oh, l don't know-all of
Them" l answered. He went
slowly down the hall. 1t seemed
to me he crawled. In a few min
utes he came back with the four
evening papers. Eagerly / scan
ned the first page of all Of them.
There wasn't a thing that could
see that interested me or at least
concerned Dick or anyone con-
nected with him.
Then l took each newspaper
carefully and went through 1t,
column by column, and not one
thing could I find. 1 was COM
pletely mystified.
I sat down and composed my
self to wait, as Dick said he was
soon coming home.
l waited an hour and then de-
cided l would get myself ready
for dinner. This / did as leisure
ly as my nervous state would per-
NIT.
l was all dressed and had wait
ed almost another hour before |
heard Dicks quick step.
"Did you see it," was his greet
ing.
"See what?" I asked. 81
could not find anything in the
news papers that meant anything
particular to me-"
"You must have gotten an early
edition." said Dick. hurriedly
taking a paper out Of his pocket
and thrusting it into my hand
while he went to take off his
overcoat and hat.
There on the first page was q
sensational story telling that the
Rural Schoolbook Concern, which
had gotten the contract away
from Dick, had been indicted fol
bribery.
"Margie, you must have had an
intuition, for the whole thing was
frame-up. You see, the reform
ers were after some of the mem
bers of the school board and they
planted the idea in both the minds
of Whitman, who Is the salesman
Of my rival concern, and myself
that the only way we could get
the contract was to fix 1t up will
certain members of the board,
"He bit, and think / would
have done so, too, Madge, IL It had
not been for you. Now 1t comes
out that the whole thing was q
'frame-up,' and there Ia an awfd,
scandal. :.
1.-THE reason was 50 late. y
added Dick when he had calmed
down a bit, was that Just as
telephonedi you President Selwin
called me into his office and
asked me about the matter. He
said: 'Waverly, I was somewhat
disappointed when you did not gel
this contract, but see now VIII,
you did not
II answered: Yes, this propo.
sition was made to me and con-
fess 1t was temptation, but my
wife told me not to do It, and j
took her advice
That's right, Waverly,' he
said heartily, always take her adj
vice. ! never went wrong yet
when | followed the counsel OF
my wife,
And" owned Dick, sincerely,
II am afraid, Margie, II / had not
been married l would have been
In this thing"
It's n proud woman am this
night.
liCo Be Continued Tomorow.,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
CHAPTER XC.

- When Dick rang off the tele-
phone after telling me to get an
evening paper as soon as l could
and read it, all sorts Of terrible
things went through my mind.
While waiting for the boy to
bring me a paper | thought of
every direful business possibility
from the schoolbook firm failing
to the death of the manager or
Mr.. Eelwin. And then my.heart
almost stopped beating as 1t
came to me that probably some
thing happened on that night
when Dick stayed out that had
come out in the newspapers.
Dicks voice had never sound
ed SO excited as it did over the
phone, and / thought he must
have been much wrought up to
have forgotten all about my anxi-
ETY.. IL / told him of the sur
prise in which he left me he
would probably not remember
what he did or said.
AS soon as left the phone
called boy and asked him to get
me the evening papers.
what paper, LADY," he asked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Society |

The Misses MacIean, 3Of North
L street, will entertain for the
Christian Endeavor society of the
First Presbyterian church tomor-
row evening. a brief business
meeting being followed by a So
cial evening.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Park Universalist church will
hold an all-day meeting in the
church parlors Wednesday.
After a delightful honeymoon
trip in California and Nevada Mr..
and Mrs. James Vincent Monroe
returned Saturday to Tacoma and
are with Mrs. Monroe's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Snyder, Of
North 9Th street. They will re-
main here for a few days before
going to their ranch home on the
Columbia river.
Most important on the musical
calendar of the week is the
Ladies' Musical club concert to-
morrow at the Commercial club.
John A. Logan circle will have
a business meeting at the armory
this evening at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Burroughs, $500 North
Gath street, will throw her home
open tomorrow evening for a
Measuring Party" for members
of the Pilgrim Congregational
church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

Society folk of Olympia are
stirred by the wedding tonight
of Miss Harriet Chadwick. daugh-
ter of Justice and Mrs. Stephen
Chadwick, to Mr.. Karr Of North
Yakima. 1t Is one of the most
distinguished weddings of the sea-
son and a number of invited
guests will attend from Tacoma
and other Sound cities. The cere-
mony will be performed at the
brides home, followed by an
elaborate reception.
One of the interesting dances
of the week will be the party an
nounced by the Progressive
Psychic society for tomorrow
night at the Tacoma Music Hall.
Mrs. A. O. Merrill, 30 North
g street, will entertain the Sand
witch club with an all day meeting
tomorrow, beginning at 10
o'clock.
Y The husbands of members of
the Illema club will be entertain
ed by the club Thursday evening
In the social hall of the Drury
apartments. The affair will be
an informal dinner and evening
at auction bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McReavy of
Union are In Tacoma to attend
Mrs. C. e. Peterson of North goth
street, who is seriously Ill at her
home. Mrs. McReavy is Mrs. Pet
erson's sister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

The comic possibilities OF not
only the female of the species on
the stage, but the feline, is the
latest realization of playwrights
whose chief purpose is to contrive
witty comedies of contemporary
domestic life. People who ought
to know say that when making a
play out of the book "Tante"
Haddon Chambers not only put
Tante on the stage, but blended
Tante with a very celebrated ar
tistic cat--a once superb artistic"
who still lives, but whose claws.
though long as ever, are consid-
2rably dulled. 1t was fashion
with this artistic" always eventu-
ally to snub most cruelty those
who had been kindest to her. And
the acme Of her personal satisfac-
tionwhen an idolater had used
the colloquial phrase, II beg you
on my knees''--.was 10 quickly ro-
tort before the other persona
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Famous Talking Pictures Are
Greeted by Monster Audience

Thomas A. Edison's wonderful
talking motion pictures undoubt-
eddy gained instant popularity in
Tacoma last summer when they
were shown here for the first
time, because yesterday, when a
second series Of "talking-movies"
was introduced at the Tacoma
theater, monster audiences were
on hand for the novel perform
ance.
This program Is better than
the ones previously seen here, al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

though at the time of the first
performance here last year II
seemed doubtful that the pictures
could be improved upon.
The series of pictures consists
of cabaret acts, dramas, minstrel
shows orchestral concerts, and a
set of talking pictures In which
John J. McGraw of the famous
New York Giants plays a part,
laughs. jokes and hands out few
stories. The program will be
changed Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
BY Nixola Greeley-Smith.

"Women have killed me--be-
cause with all my temperament /
have been too shy ever to have
any love. But one thing--Sex--
Is the cause of the perfect hell my
life has been.
81 have not had Mt any time a
girl who loved me. L have never
even kissed. 1 have not had the
chance with any but the lowest,
who fill me with disgust.
81 want lOve!"
This was the message left to
the world by a young man whose
body was found off Manhattan
beach a short time ago. He was
Wallace Z. Baker, a young man
of unusual ambition and talent.
But this young man, like thou
sands of others in American
cities, had to give all his energy
and strength to the struggle to
make a living. He had no social
life; had never had a chance to
meet the kind of woman who