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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-17
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Blues Shut Out Louisville.

Louisville, KY, July 17.-Kansas City
shut out Louisville yesterday 8 to O..
The HON team hit feebly while the
visitors batted hard and timely. ath
M McLarry each made splendid one
handed catch. Score:
r. H. E.
KANSAS City 8 IL /
LoulSVllle . D 4
Batteries-Delhi and Geibel; North
rop, Clemens and O'Donnell.
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Totals ............3 s IL 80 16
XRatted for Dumont in eighth.

SdCIIIC6 IUUUI VNIuS WI
base hits-Royle, Wertz, Chapman.
Stolen bases-Unglaub, Doyle. Left on
bases-F-M Z. FIT. William 6. Hits-Off
IDumont s in s innings; off Beisser, 1 in
Lorenzen, 10 in 8 % innings; off Kram-
er, 2 in / 1-3 innings. Struck out-By
Dumont S, by Lorenzen s. by Kramer i.
Bases on balls-Of Dumont l, off Beis-
ser L. off Lorenzen 2. Hit by pitched
balI-Sullivan by Kramer. Time-2:15,
IImnire. Flood.
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only two hits and striking out seven
men in five innings. Score.
Boston Loses to Detroit,

Boston, July 17.-Detroit defeated
Boston yesterday, 5 to 2, the visitors
scoring all their runs during two in
nings while the local team punched
four hits in the seventh for two runs.
Ruth, a new Boston pitcher. Jared
poorly, a pass, followed by Crawford's
double and a triple by Veach during
the fourth inning causing his retirement
after two runs were scored. johnson
succeeded him, but was wild. Coumbe
pitched the last two innings. Score:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-17
LEAGUE.
Kansas City Takes Game.

Kansas City. July II. The locals
punched their hits yesterday aud
indianapolis was defeated II to 6. The
visiting pitchers were wild and inef-
fective. Score:
r. H. E.
Kansas City II
Batteries Kalkenberg, McCon-
naughey, Ossendorf and Rariden;
Stone, Packard and Enzenroth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-17

FOR STATE NEWS READ THE FORUM
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-17

The Ford Touring Cars and Run
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Rebuked.

The Germans-as all extensively
travelled persons know-are great
sticklers for titles. One must not onlt
say Herr Cancellarius Bolz, Herr Doc
tor Baron Meier, Professor Schmidtt
one must also say Frau Cancellarias
Bolz. Frau Doctor Baronin Meier.
Frau Professor Schmidt. Also there
are fine distinctions in titles. II one
title is higher than another by so
much as a hairs breadth, the way
faring man must not call the rightful
owner of the higher title by the lower
title. Never.
A certain public school teacher who
already enjoyed the title Of master
-~as promoted to head master. Next
Gay young Fritz, quite unaware as
yet OF the honor that had come to his
instructor overnight, greeted him with
his usual CHEEKY Good morning. mas
ter"
Perhaps said the new head mas
ter with dignity. perhaps you'd rather
Just call me Adolf."--New York I'VE
ming Post
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SYNOPSIS.

Pedro and the dancing bear. Mr.. Jones.
prevent a tramp from stealing a young
lady's purse. Pedro's ambition to become
= painter spurs him to quit Old Mia and
the strolling bear dancers. Pedro, Old
Mia and the bear trainers start for New
York. Pedro paints a portrait for a lunch
wagon man and so earns a meal for the
company. Miss Iris Vanderpool quarrels
with her artist lover. Sam Hill, and they
part. She discovers In her fathers desk
q portrait which she recognizes as that
Of Pedro. who rescued her from the purse
henatcher. Hill, the respondent lover,
meets Pedro and Mr.. Jones in Washing
ton square. Hill discovers talent In
Pedro's drawings and In a mad desire to
lose himself, gives his studio and all in II
% Pedro in exchange for Mr. Jones.
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"And serves 70 keep you leader Of
this enterprisei" snapped the visitor.
Very well. Have It as you wilt
Thank the blessed saints you have no
hold over mel should dislike to
find myself In those nicotine-stained
fingers of yours, amigo Mol"
Perhaps you are in Them" re-
marked Rowe, amused.
II! What nonsense!"
How about your connection with
this affair? Does II not place you
somewhat at my mercy? A respect
able member Of the international COM
merce committee"
"Hush!" said the other, paling a
trifie. "You are right. / admit the
precariousness of my position. But,
granting that you can control him and
myself, what have you to offer the
mob? The people, or any body of
them, must have an idol, or an ideal
for which to fight. Nothing else will
really arouse them, nor hold them. 1t
must be politics or emotion. In this
case, as you are well aware, the po-
litical side of the question Is not sufii-
GENTLY strong. Can you invent an
ideal that will appeal strongly enough
to start revolution? Here we have
the cart-before-the-mule. In other
words, strong financial backing; a pa
tron whom we Tor rather you) can
absolutely control; complete knowl-
edge of our country; everything. In
fact, except the sentiment Of the
people. In short, it is a highway to
power for us both, blocked by the
apathy of half a million ragged half
breeds!"
"Yznaga, my esteemed and admired
friend" began Rowe. never losing his
amused smile. you are such charm
ing. well-bred, representative person
that you fit the role Of pseudo-cabinet
minister to perfection; and you are
such fool that you are the ideal
minister of state. / don't wonder that
our respected patron actually believes
you are what you represent yourself
to bel"
The man opposite eprang to his feet
with an oath.
"A fool" he cried; you call me a
fool?"
"Sit down, and stop confirming my
opinions so nicely" grinned Rowe, cor
you may bring the house down about
our ears with that yelling"
Yznaga complied, but sat frowning.
he hot
like. But calling me a fool will not
prove you a wise man."
Admitted" said Rowe. But l am
wiseacre enough to be forehanded
about a matter like this of public SEN
timent in our beloved country. Let
me ask you a question. What would
the people rise for? Think well. You
know the answer!"
Yznaga was silent for a moment,
rubbing the palms Of his hands to-
gether as he thought hard. At last
he spoke, but 1t was as one who men,
tons a. desirable hut unobtainable cir
cumstance.
There is Signora Daussa and her
child" said he slowly. But Of course
that is out of the question. No one
knows where they are, and in all prob.
ability they were killed during the big
uprising"
THAT was never known as a GER
tainty," said Rowe with meaning.
Yznaga looked up sharply.
you mean to say" he began.
Rowe raised hand, warning him to
silence.
'Listen!" he said, 81 have for years
known the whereabouts of our ex-
presidents wife, and am In daily
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thrown upon the table, his face cloud
ing again at the sight of them.
He is right; we are too conspicu-
GUS, living so closely" he muttered;
I'VE must 60 about, and seem like
other folk"
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CHAPTER vi.
The People Downstairs.

II has been said that as Leigh en-
tered the front door III the studio
building In Muldoon place. the sec
ond, and to him unknown. OF the two
men whose conference In Paradise
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ooi y
"Ah! your exclusiveness! Someti
think that it is a mistake-ths
will attract attention! But of I
later. Tell me, is this landlord
yours tall, homely fellow"
mo" said Rowe, why do you a
Because when He-of-whom-
know and / were parting just
such a person interrupted us, whe
Intentionally or not, l cannot tell. ,
he recognized Wander = recogn
him, Of that much l am certain.
what Is more, he followed me to
house and is upstairs at this nome
For a moment Rowe glared at
other with an expression Of in
alarm. Then his features relaxed
"A great, tall fellow, did you 8,
he unused. Then q light broke
him. "A giant, with long face
ungainly carriage; that would
Leigh. the sculptor, great frien
the landlord. And he would know
also! No need to worry about
AS for his following you, that
mere coincidence. He comes her
visit Hill almost daily"
you relieve my mind, Rowe"
piled Yznaga, lighting cigar
"And now for our project. He-of-wl
you-know refuses absolutely to con
himself on paper. He will spend, ]
1t is for a great purpose, in n
cause! But he will sign moth
What have we to hold him by?"
1.-THE money he spends!' rel
Rowe grimly..
"Will that suffice? This bushes
against the law, you know, and
II have something that will
him." replied Rowe. II still have
thing by means of which I first |.
ested him!"
(which ISL" said the other SUI
lively.
Rowe laughed, an unpleasant |;
that was characteristic OF him,
reached for the wine.
THAT, my simple friend, am
going to reveal" said he politely.
It's efficacy you need not doubt.
1t not sufficed 80 far? Why sA
you doubt that 1t will work in III
ture, until we have sucked this 81
American gentleman dry? Pt
hold him in the hollow of nv hs
$50 you possess knowledge of
secret that he fears the exposur
All, I suspected as much"
II have not said So" replied 4
smiling confidently at the end {
cigarette. BE content, Yznaga,
my knowledge serves It's purpos,
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man, Enthusiastically Latin In type, and
that the house was familiar to him
was evinced by the air with which he
manipulated the latch and admitted
himself.
The little hall was stuffy and Ill
lighted by a single gas-burner in q
wire cage, and from the rear room
came the odor of cooking. But 1t was
not these facts that caused the man
to stop short, the crease between his
eyes deepening as he stood listening.
In the hall above Leigh's footstep
could be plainly heard. The man be-
low approached the staircase with abb
solute noiselessness, and ascending
part way managed to get good look
at the sculptor without allowing him.
self to be seen. All unconscious. the
latter continued to tramp up toward
the attics, and with a muttered oath,
quickly suppressed, the watcher re-
turned to the basement as cautiously
as he had assembled. At the door OF
the front room he tapped discreetly,
and after brief interval, during which
there was scurrying sound within
and the muffled closing Of some inte-
rior door. that before which he stood
was opened crack while a smooth
voice, with only slight foreign ac-
cent, inquired who was without.
1T is only me. Open up, Ricardo"
replied the man in the hall. At which
the door was thrown back. revealing
tall. bearded man who waved an
invitation to enter.
"Ah, Yznaga!" he exclaimed In
Spanish. $50 1t is thou! Enter. my
friend, but l beg you will remember
that in this house / am Mr.. Rowe.
Such EXPLANATIONS. however, cordial,
must not be made in the public halls!"
Ever cautious!" exclaimed the Wis
itor. Nov l am not even to speak
aloud! Well, you are wise! obey!"
He seated himself beside the table
and mopped his face with thin silk
handkerchief. A fine figure of man,
almost noble in bearing, and excep-
tionally well dressed beneath his
shabby overcoat Rowe brought out
glasses and a decanter, pouring for
his guest and himself.
1.-THE house is at your disposal" he
said, after the Spanish manner. Then,
this formal courtesy discharged, he
leaned anxiously toward the other.
did you see him?" he asked.
Yznaga nodded.
II did,"
And he will buy the necessary ar
maments?"
Eyes, but he is a hard customer,
that Van
Hush! Not that name, above all
others!' implored the host. THAT he
will pay is all I need to hear!"
"He will pay for them" responded
Yznaga. Moreover, he Is no fool,
and intends dealing through me only
az an agent. No cash.! But we shall
arrange the estimate and the bid In
such way as to retain a little for
ourselves, eh?"
mo, our wealthy patron would be
difficult to defraud. He Is man to
whose capability make my bow! And
his caution! BY the way" he added
abruptly, who lives on the top floor
of this building?"
"A painter by the name of Samuel
HILL" replied Rowe, IAN easy-going
young man. He's the landlord"
Have you any acquaintance with
- .asaHa~ass--.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29
Congressman Sees Through Wife's Eyes 0

TOMAS D. sCHALL blind
 lawyer. enjoys the distinction of being the first representa-
 tive elected to congress from me newly created Tenth Minnesota district. MT. Schau is Progressive, ana the territory of the new district Is said to be normally Republican by a1o, 2 o0e. He went into the campaign the drst week alone. It ended with him Almost exhausted and discouraged.
 His wife then put her neck in the po1itlcaI yoke She sat at the wheel Of his automobile and guided his steps. She prepared his meals. She attended smokers and dinners with him. W1ne-- ever he went his wife was by his side. Tine result was told in 1attering plu- rality. And Mrs, Schail rnodest1y tried to discIain credit for her share in the success but her husband insists:
 Through her must see the world. she is the light of my life.''
 Mrs. SehaH was the political and per- sonaI guide Of her husband in the cam paIgn- She will go to Washington with her husband as his private secretary.
 sT am sure MT. SchaH will make a great success in congress" said Mrs Sc1aiL "His speaking ability and con- yinciag arguments will win him pres tise. Sympathy for his blindness won him respectful attention in the cam paign. but 1t was his convincing oratory that got votes.
 I know his oratory Is fascinating becauses'-the little woman hesitated and blushed and then added. .beca use t won me-
 MT. SchaH while studying at the Uni- xersfty Of Minnesota won the northern oratorfcaI contest securing honors for Minnesota for the first time against seven other states. but his oratory won him more than honor. It Sson him the admiration of Margaret Huntiey, a Minneapolis girl. then in her junior col 1ege year. Next day they were intro duced. and two years later they were married. and they have been married twelve years. He Is thirty-seven. and aE1e is thirty Live.
 cigar with an eIecrrIc tighter. MT, schaIl received shock that destroyed his eyasight. Then the wife had to become rss eyes. She went into his law ofdce, read his books to him, wrote his letters and guided his physical as well as his mental footsteps.
 In an open letter during the cam paign MT. SchaH said:
 From twenty-seven to thirty prac- 1ieed law with marked success From total darkness. have demonstrated Of my clients against the best legal minds of this or any other state. The hearts the source Of power Men are treat aS their hearts are great as their srivations. their trials, their patience, their experience in suffering are great. Not in revsling palaces nor pillared
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

believe that you will not if you will give me a. fair hearing From the sole Eof my feet to the crown of my head 1 am self made man.
 Prom nine to twenty-seven earned by living in all sorts of manual labor, by the sweat of my brow. am one of the common people. know their trials. their hardships. their needs. their hopes. their aspirations. While at the University of Minnesota I rep resented that institution In oratory three successive times and, have the distinction of being the first man from the state of Minnesota who has ever won the northern oratorical. thereby defeating the presentattVes of seven other great Institutions
 sst'I have been intrusted by the Rapub-
 ican state central committee and by the national committee to speak for candidates and discuss politics upon the stump throughout this and other states As an offset to my blindness offer my speaking ability, for 3. con gressTnan that can't Speak is like a
 knife without blade, a hammer with out a head. He might be able to put in a few thumb tacks, but there are spikes to be driven.
 Edison, the greatest inventor of this or any age. Is great because he was able to concentrate his mind. And he was able to do this because he was deaf. Beethoven composed his great est symphony after he was totally deaf. The late Joseph Pulitzer. one of Ht1e greatest editors and newspaper owners, starting as a poor boy, attain ed distinction while totally blind. Will liam Scanlin, the manager of one of the greatest charitable institutions in the world, the Light House. in New York. is blind The former postmaster gen eral of England was blind Dr. Bab- cock of Chicago. the great heart spe- cialist. is blind. Judge Brown, former assistant attorney general of New York. is blind.
 United States senate today, Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, is blind. He is serving his second term and was the other day renominated by vote of over 2 to 1 for the same position. What man has done is a guide to what he may do. And even though blind, A mans man for a. that .My only desire, my only interest, my only ambition in going to congress Is to serve you so well that you will re- turn me to that seat two years hence. If you will trust me with the repre- isentation of our district I believe can discern the right side of any question that may arise as well as if I had my sight. My hearing is excellent my edu- cation is of art. of toll and of men. and 1 if there is any argument in my speak i ing ability, together with efficiency and
 honesty of purpose, I trust you will feel
 that have the necessary qualifications
 to warrant you giving me your vote l but if you do not feel that you can con scfentious1y support me my life has
 been so full of adverstty that I shall
 know how to bear the disappointment ' WALTON WILLIAMS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

zEn vofIa de bons enfanfsl Bon voy- age!" etc. and they would hardly let her leave. One who ought to have gone himself in pantry till the train had started and could not conceal his de- light at being left.
 The original order was that every body was to be shifted, but the nurses absolutely refused to allow many of their charges to bs moved They never ought to have been brought here, and the least that can be done 1s to let them die in peace" said one. This woman had charge of a wretchsG patient with a broken spine amens others. There were twelve eases lockjaw. which appears to be aImost confined to the German wounded by French fire It was terrible to hear a
 man call for the doctor and say that his jaws and whole head were grow ing stiff.'' They were probably ehe last words he would be able to speak
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was drawn up fifty yards from the. hospital and all the carriages and trucks were filtered deep in straw. The very worst eases were laid full length on the floors of the trucks. As they came out on stretchers several of them were holding the hands Of the ladies of FTances who had been nurs- ing them. Those who could totter along were also supported by having their arms around the necks of French railway employees or volunteers and sometimes again of the nurses.
 One young fellow kept g wistfui watch at the window, and suddenly his face lighted up, and he beckoned me to come near That little lady in black with the white coif-1 want to sec her. fetched her. buxom darnsel who came up laughing and jumped into che carriage. She could not speak word of German but kept shaking hands and batting the occupants on the head with little interjections of t'Tiens liens!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

Aftsr four days II was decided to shift these men again. such of them as could he moved. The reason seemed extraordinary. for the authorities fear ed a nutiny and had no troops to guard them properly.
 That these poor wrecks should ever dream of rising appeared g fantastic idea. but some Of them were morose and half mad, and one or two, es- peciaily suIlen young officer. declared that they would not remain quietly in hospital. It must be an effect of war fever that comes upon the rnain1ed, for asgbatch Of French wounded who had
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been tranaferred from. Dieppe to Havre to make room had attempted to mu- tiny because they wished to return to Dieppe. where they had made friends and actually had to be threatened with fixed bayonets. Though official se- erecy' had been observed, the whele town in some mysterious fashion gath cred round the hospital to see the evacuation. but were kept at a distance of a hundred yards by a gordon of Egendarmerie to avoid demonstrations. Women and the Wounded.
 The train that was to rake them on
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ined .bysa. physician much less dressed
 Under the burning sun, and myriad flies and under later rains they had been left to suffer the torture of pain Band hunger and thirst until 1t was 8 marvel they still breathed- It was 3 o'clock in the morning before they Ecould be disposed of in the hospitals. Even twenty -four hours later not all of them had had a first dressing It was the Germans who were in far the worst case for the French fire seems much more destructive than the Ger man. and when 1t does not kill in- Istant1y fits raVages are horrible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

age, whose principal object is the rep Tresentation of their country and their
 district. Here the blind man would ex
 eel For his interests are concentrat-
 ed while those of the seeing men are
 dinused by the passing show because
 of the very fact that he can see. The
 in this world have been most capable of concentration The blind mans in-
 terest in the glitter and show of things is gone His pleasure and recreations are narrowed down to the product of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

wounded who had been abandoned by the Gerulans in their retreat There were many trains of wounded before and the necessary arrangements were made as usual but when this convoy arrived even the most hardened had to summon all their fortItude to the task Of empttng the carriages.
 When man has broken leg or arm or bullet through his lungs the skilled ambulance stah soon has him com fortably packed but here were human vestiges, so mangIed that 1t was dim cult to find place to touch them with out screams or means. Am insuferable charnel house smell pervaded the who1e night air. for most of the wounded had lain four days and nights where they had fallen before being picked up and had not yet had their wounds exam
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halls are the deepest emotions felt, grandest conceptions born or most vital truths discovered. But from Sinai's slopes, from the feIon cell at Bedford. from the chamber of blindness in Lon don have come the inspirations that have blessed mankind.
 saTos the blind nnan-woFk Is his pleas- ure. He lives through his mind. and. like the used key. it must grow brieht- CT. All his other senses are sharpened, and through concentration. all other things being equal, he must excel. True.
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he doesn't make as good politician, but he ought to make a better repre- sentative of the people in congress. For the blind man can't go about calI- ing you all by name, Pete and Jim and Jack, skipping you on the back and ad- vfsing you to get busy and urge your friends to vote for him, but he can in the committee room or on the floor of congress advocate your cause. which is far more essential to your welfare.
 .tThe day of gum shoeing Is passed. We want men of heart, brain and cour-
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his brain. His wants physically are few. Money to the blind man, outside of the actual comforts of life, is use- less. His great desire is to win the praise of the seeing world. his only ann
 bition to serve mankind and leave a name that his children may honor In another open letter during the campaign MT. SchaH said:
 My opponents continually urge that
 my blindness is serious handicap to
 my representing the Tenth district in congress. do not agree with them. ]
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-29

Lights old chambers of the dead. All bright shapes of memory.
 All glad dreams of youth and love Meet about the Christmas tree
 Underneath the mystic dove. Time and fate are babbling words.
 Vain vibrations of the tongue. Since the song Gods singing blrds
 Der the Babe of Bethlehem sung. Child of death that was to be,
 Child of love aud fife with men