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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
What Ia q Pardon?

Cleveland Plain Dealer: On the
ground that he is innocent Of the
crime for which he was convicted
Lock Foster is recommended for par
don by the Ohio State Board of Par
dons. and will be released from the
penitentiary by an act Of executive
clemency.
The question arises as to what is a
pardon, and what Is clemency. A par
don is supposed to be the states for
giveness. The recipient of a pardon
must necessarily have committed a
crime. Clemency is mercy extended to
a criminal. How can a man be par
doned for a crime which he never
committed; how can clemency be ex-
tended to a criminal who Is guilty OF
no criminal act?
Pardons in such cases as that OF
Lock Foster are not pardons at all
They are simply belated acts of JUS
tice.
But Is justice really done when the
pardon Is issued and the Dardoned
man Is set free? This is g. question
which has often been asked, and al
ways answered in the negative. Yet
there has been devised no way to give
justice to the man who has beer
wronged.
Lock Foster served thirteen years II
the state penitentiary. It took thir-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
GRADE SCHOOL
T ALL STARS PLAY
GRADE SCHOOLS WILL FINISH
SEASON TOMORROW AFTER
NOON IN AGAsslZ GYM WHEN
FOUR GAMES WILL BE PLAY.
ED.

Al-Star teams Of both boys and
girls in the grade school basketball
league will play the high school fresh
man teams Of both boys and girls in
the Agassiz gym Saturday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. The All-Star boys will
play the high school freshman boys,
and the Ali-Star. girls will plav the
high school freshman girls. The ad-
mission charge is nominal, 5 cents for
all the games.
The All-Star boys team is composed
of Lester May, Agassiz, captain; Basil
Rice, Agassiz; J. Radcliffe, Agassiz;
r. Ray, Roosevelt; N. Powers. Roose-
Welt; Ray Leonard, Bawthorne; r
Mcintyre, Hawthorne; J.. Branders
Hawthorne.
The All-Star girls team is composed
Of Genevieve McPhail, Agassiz, cap
tain; Evelyn Patterson, Agassiz;
Catherine Blake, Agassiz; Alive Hoo.
Yer, Agassiz; Florence Bergherm
Longfellow; Laura Gerard, Longfel,
low; Mary Macarthur, Roosevelt:
Edith Rubel, Lincoln; Ruth Holm
quist, Lincoln.
The Hawthorne seventh grade boys
will play the Agassiz seventh grade
boys, and the Roosevelt sixth grade
girls will play the Agassiz sixth grade
girls. during the northumberland
game, the Hawthorne rooters will yell
h sing during the first half, and the
Agassiz rooters will take it up during
the second half.
In the Roosevelt-Agassiz game. the
Agassiz will root the first half, and the
Roosevelts the second half. Following
the contests, a banner will be awarded
for class spirit, and there will sure
Iy be plenty of it shown.
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war In Mot Comedy.

: Columbia, s. G.. state: You sit owe
your breakfast coffee and read with
something Of pleasure that villa has
caught and executed Castillo, who. be-
fore had trapped and burned to death
some fifty human beings.
For a long time we have been read
ing this sort of stuff over our cofree,
and the executioners and the Victims
are neither OF them better than hiea
to excite our sympathy by the fact of
their deaths.
So soon we become accustomed Ca
war, Let one individual shoot anoth-
err in front of the Columbia postoffica
and the, tongue OF the town would was
as with a hundred Thousand clappers
to- its bells Of comment and gossip.
Let Villa stand 100 Federais aaainst
a wall and shoot them dead--or the
other way a~rourd-and 1t is: Please
pass the eggs
The better politics, seems TO. b that
we should let this drama at our very
doors work itself out without contrib
Mting any American bIood--to say
nothing OF money-to It's realistic fea.
lures; but do not, for that reason, CON.
slider lit a comedy.
People who stand up to be shot, and
people VINO are willing to shoot them,
must have something Of earnestrleSs
behind it all which we may conceda--
if we cannot understand.
Fashion Notes
Boston Transcript: Snapp-'sWFaT.
all the fools are not dead yet"
Mrs. Snapp-Tm glad Of it, 7 never
did look we'll in black"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
DOPE ON COMING
WORLD SERIES

New York, March 24.-BasebalI
training camps in the south will be do
serted within another week and the big
noises in the diamond sport will begin
working northward by easy stages to
await he tap OF the gong April IL,
when National and American league
pennant chases will be on.
Training camp news has failed, so
far, to develop n phenoms of the
first magnitude among the recruits, al
though 1t Is certain that many new
names will grace the box scores when
the first games are played. All the
teams will start north in fairly good
the weatherman Is kind in April the
pennant races should be hot from the
start.
Pick Athletics and Giants.
All hands concede the Giants a
fourth straight championship in the
National circuit. With the exception
of Shafer and Herzog, McGraw will
start the season with his 1913 worlds
title contenders intact. He has a
wealth of material to draw on should
injuries crop out during the season.
With their wonderful showing last
year, fans believe the Athletics will
cop again this season. Mack needs
a southpaw," has been the word hurled
camp, but this critic seems to have
forgotten the work of veteran Eddie
Plank in the regular games and
worlds series last fall. Any manager
would covet a southpaw Of half the
caliber OF Plank, and the veteran may
be relied upon to win many games for
Mack again this year.
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NINE OF DIAMONDS "sTHE
CURSE OF SCOTLAND.7

Philadelphia Ledger: The reason
why the nine Of diamonds has bean
called THE Curse OF Scotland" for close
to two centuries has caused q consid-
cradle amount uf discussion. The an
termine when or why this title was SO
given and some have tried to
trace it as far back as the days Of
Queen Elizabeth,
One Of the stories which is credited
by many is that the nine Of diamonds
and the nine lozenges in the armorial
coat of the Earl Of Stair. Sir John
Dalrymple, bear a striking resemh-
lance and as Dalrymple Is accused Of
having been the prime instrument in
causing the massacre Of Glencoe,
which covered his name with infamy
that Ia the reason the card received
the NAME, The Curse of Scotland.
Another story is that the Duke or
Cumberland, on h deld after the bat
the nine of diamonds a very cruel and
inhuman order for the destruction OF
the persons and property Of the place.
And still another is that this card
cross OF Scotland and through the Pc
culiar pronunciation Of certain Scots,
they called it the Curse of Scotland. St.
Andrew is the patron saint OF Scotland.
He suffered or a cross not Of the usual
form, but like the letter X. which has
since been. called a st. Andrews cross.
The following explanation Is given
in the classical dictionary OF the Vul-
gar Tongue, printed in 1855; an igno-
BILE authority, it must be admitted.
Diamonds imply royalty. being The or
naments of the imperial crown, and
every ninth king of Scotland has been
observed for, many ages to be a tyrant
and a curse to that country.
From the Gentteman's Magazine of
1T91 is taken the following:
The nine Of diamonds, the curse Of
Scotland. has been SO called because
was a a king to his subjects. (
have been told by old people that this
card was so called long before the re-
bellion OF 1745, and, therefore, it could
not arise from the circumstances Of
y the Duke of Cumberland'g signing
orders, accidentally writing ON O card,
the night before the battle Of Cu11oden,
for Gen. Campbell to give no quarter.
Last, but probably the least authen-
tic, Is the story that George Campbell
was h cause OF the nine Of diamonds
being called The Curse Of Scotland be-
cause ha&had stolen nine diamonds out
of the royal crown OF Scotland, during
the reign of Mary Stuart, in conse-
quence of which all Scotland was tax
ed. All these stories are SO conflicting
that 1t Is difficult to arrive at any
satisfactory conclusion. f-a4t1
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
THE THEATRES

"Peril, or Flirtation," a fOur-act
comedy drama, is being presented at
the Grand the first half OF the week
The plot Of the play Is cleVerly worked
out and the members Of the company
who take part do justice to their roles.
Ralph Haden, a rich young New
Yorker, falls in love and marries Laura
Playford, the daughter Of a rich re-
tired army officer and known to every
one as a fiirt. They spend their honey
moon at a fashionable hotel at Long
Branch and while there Mrs. Haden
meets an old admirer, Lord Ftagar'
who in real life is an adyenturcr. MRS
Haden enjoys his company and is seen
with him a great deal, much to the
disgust Of her husband. Jealous. Ha-
den goes to a friend, Dick Rothley. a
young journalist, and asks his advice
Rothley urges him to start an lnno-
cent Irritation with Mona Porter, a
young lady at the hotel. Haden acts
on his friends advice, which furnishes
the plot of the play.
Miss Eaton plays the role OF the
firt. Laura Haden, charmingly, as
does Miss Alair, the role Of Alice Play
ford. with whom Dick Rothley (Char-
ley Clynes playing the part splendldly)
is in love. Ward Cassidy and l.. T
Gould take their parts well as Ralph
Haden and Lord Hagar; while Charles
Hart brought down the house as
Bailey. the shyster lawyer. Miss Ba-
ker plays the role Of Marah Living
ston. an unfortunate, and Miss kar-
bach, the role Of Mrs. Tinsel, q and
monger. F. L. Beach makes an ideal
Colonel. while Joe Golden plays the
part Of Pity Pat, Haden's friend.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
Does Aurora Make Noise?

Popular Mechanics: Whether any
Sound accompanies the appearance of
the aurora borealis is a question that
has received much discussion in Nor
way recently.
The people who live in the northern
part Of Norway maintain that a sound
similar to the cracking Of flames ac-
companies the northern lights, and the
Laplanders describe the sound as sim
liar to the noise made by a running
reindeer.
A scientist who has been studying
the matter at the Halide observatory
in Finmarken is inclined the question
the existence OF an accompanying
sound.
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players, who come from the, corner lots
and the amateur teams Of the north
west. A handful Of players who We're
with the teams last year will form the
backbone of all of the teams in 1914,
but there will be many new faces
From every section of the wheel have
come stories Of the ~uncovering OF
finds who will burn up the circuit in
1914, .'. s.~-! -.i.t
One of the recruit players who is
being highly touted is Don Keller, of
Gays Mills, Wis, who has signed a
contract to pitch with the Winona
champions. He is tall, wiry and; only
20 years Did.
The Fargo-Moorhead club, under the
direction of Bob Unglaub, has stolen a
march on the other seven sister clubs.
The training squad accompanied the
Millers to the camp at st. Joseph, Mo,
and the two teams will work together.
The early lead of the Flickertails may
make that club the dark horse in the
pennant race.
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auto TEAMS MAKE
FAST PROGRESS

The automobile cross country endur-
ance race from Fargo to Chicago which
Is being conducted for the intermediate
members of the Y. M. c. A. Is attract
ing not a. little attention and is prov
ing to be the most popular basketball
league ever promoted for these boys.
The league is made up Of six teams
named after the following famous cars:
Ford. Overland, Metz, Glide, Hupmobile
and Cadillac. There are several way
in which the cars can be advanced
along the 700 mile route.
Vivtory in basketball counts fifteen
miles for the team winning, every boy
present at the gymnasium class counts
five miles for his team, likewise every
boy at Bible class advances his ma
race course Is hung in the boys de-
| partment on which miniature automo-
| biles are moved along as the team ad-
| anceS
has been hot and close. At present
| the cars are all within fifty miles OF
each other and are just the other side
Of st. Paul. The Fordst are in he lead,
! land and Cadillac In close pursuit.
Tomorrow afternoon the HupmobiIe
| will play the Metz; the Cadillac will be
| Ford will battle for the supremacy.
The teams will line UP as follows:
Hupmobile-A Murphy, captain; Rex
| GRADER Glenn King, Dan McLaran, II.
| Mcnamara, Donald Bishop and Harry
| Quick. Metz--J. Hurley, captain; r.
Camp, A. Yaffee. II. Rasmussen, N.
| Melander, ". Jensen and c.. Travaten.
| Cadillac-L. Merrill, captain; Harry
| Camp, 3. Hancock, Robt. Gardner, l..
Boerth, o. Johnson and M. Geiser. Over
Iand-Robt. Mcintyre, captain: X. Scan
! Ian. w. McKim, Fred Ball, I. Barnes,
l. Bail and r. Resley. Gude-W. Nc
Intyre, captain; Q. Wilson, e. Lien, P.
Moe. T.. Smith, 3. Rubel and y. Sork-
ness. Ford-Robt. Rae, captain; HewI-
son Pollock, r. Crothers, Percy Eddy,
II. Holt, w. Mackerracher and c. VAL
flentyns. ,.
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teen years for the state to discover
and admit that it had done a wrong
in committing him for punishment.
But having finally admitted the wrons
the state makes no PREPARATION. With
thirteen taken out Of his ljr"
Lock Foster is turned adrift, and
supposed to be grateful for H..
liberty.
The theory is that the state can do
no wrong. The state hunts out wronE
and Furnishes. 1t happened that in the
legal proceedings of the state of Ohio
VS.. Lock Foster the state was thu
party which vas at fault. But the
theory of the laws infallibility must be
maintained, or respect for the law will
diminish. Therefore, Lock Foster is
set free by a pardon" by the exercise
Of "clemenCy." 1t would, perhaps, be
more fitting for Lock Foster to pardon
the state; but that would be contrary
to the doctrine that the state can do
no wrong.
There seems to be no way out Of 1T.
The Lock Fosters. who are, Fortunate
ly, few n far between. must suffer
without hope Of reparation. For no
man-nade contrivance is quite per-
feet. quite beyond the possibility OF
error.
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FEDS PUZZLED TO
DRAFT SCHEDULE

Baltimore, Nd, March 24.-Federal
league baseball magnates went into
session here yesterday to decide on a
playing schedule for the coming sea-
son. With four other circuits, (Na-
tional, American, International and
American association) to dodge, they
were confronted with a difficult pro-
blem.
1t was recognized that conflicts IN
dates cannot be avoided in Chicago ana
st. Louis, where there are two oppos-
ing major league clubs. The fact tina
baltimore is in the eastern section OF
the international and Buffalo in the
western division, while both are in
the eastern section Of the Federal
league, also presented another difficult
ty.
Pres. James A. Gilmore n Sec.
Lloyd Rickert reached Baltimore early
yesterday with a preliminary draft Of
the playing dates. Pres. Robert d.
Ward Of the Brooklyn club came Sum-
day and throughout the day was in
conference with several Of the Balti-
more delegates relative to a schedule
he had prepared.
Rlative to the talked of transfer OF
Tom Seaton of Brooklyn to Chicago,
for Pitcher Hendrix, both Gilmore ana
Ward said hat the matter would be
arranged to the satisfaction OF all con
Cerned,
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SUPERIOR TEAM
GETTING IN SHAPE

Superior. Wis. March "a. Bill
Sommer has completed arrangements
for the Superior Red Sox spring
training trip. Manager Landry will
report part of his squad at Oshkosh
and the others at Madison on April
Is. Most Of the veterans will report
at Oshkosh and the recruits at the
state capital.
Three games have been booked ct
Oshkosh on April II. IS and 10. From
there the vets will move to Madison
and join forces with the second string
men. Games have been arranged al
Madison with the WI. league team
for April "a to 80. inclusive. Sommer
is now trying to arrange. games for
the open time between April 10 and
"a. Some of the dates will be filled
by games with Rockfort.
Following the training season
work at Madison the Red Leg squad
will return to Superior and play .ex-
Eibition games here on May ], 2, 8
and 4. The Red Sox open at Moor
head on May S.
J.: Select Camps.
All Of the Northern league clubs
have now selected managers and ar
ranged for spring training. ,Darb.
O'Brien Is to report his club at ,Osh
kosh about April 16. Darby Is now
in Cleveland, getting together some
Of his recruits. Boss Wheeler o:
Grand Forks has ordered his tribe
to be at Davenport, Ia, on April 7.
Lefty Davis will train his Winons
outfit at home. Davis now has ifteer
players signed. But few Of them are
veterans and Lefty is having a hare
time coming to terms with, the hold
cuts" According to reports from thu
Minnesota city, >Croake, Fautsch, ant
Connell, will remain out Of organic
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-24
New Use FOR Wireless,

Wireless telegraphy is to be used in
connection with railroad construction
for the first time in North America,
when two stations are erected at the
terminals Of h proposed Hudson Bay
railroad for the ordering OF materials
and labor.
One will be built at LIE Pas, Mani
toba, and the other at Fort Nelson, on
Hudson bay, which Is cut off from
Ottawa during nine months Of the
year.
Wireless was used successfully dur
ing the building Of the Madeira Ma
more railway in Brazil, for communi-
cation between the offices at Manaos
and Porto Velho, 1000 miles away, and
accessible only by boat.
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ed baseball IL they do not get the
money they are demanding.
Kid Taylor has the largest squad
in the league. There are nearly forty
most Of them being recruits. Accord
ing to Taylor the list includes a num-
Der Of promising youngsters and the
kid may develop a schauer or two
this summer. Taylor has a. few Of
the last years team with him.
With his release secured from
Superior, Fred Curtis is now busy lin
ing up things for the Winnipeg club,
which he will manage. Curtis has
several Of the 1913 Maroons with him
and the Peggers should figure in the
championship race.
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ONE PREMIUM
PAID

Many people say: st am not
going to die soon. I am young
and have plenty of time to take
life insurance" You have no
lease on life. In 1918 we had 161
death losses. Twenty-nine Of these
had paid only one premium. Ten
Q this number were from acct.
dents, and Of the balance the
causes were such as to be impos-
sible-of forecasting by any medi-
cal examination. You may pay one
premium Or more, but you are sure
to die some time. People carry
fire insurance all their life and
sometimes do not have a claim,
but II you carry life insurance, the
company is sure to have to pay the
policy. OF those mentioned above
who had paid only one premium,
one left a family Of five children
. and another seven children, who
would have had nothing except for
this policy, taken at the eleventh
hour. Have you protected your
children? Let us tell you how to
do it.. Address Great West Life
Assurance Co., Dept. A. No. %
Broadway, Fargo, N. D.
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A dispatch sent out from Winona
yesterday saws.

A dispatch sent out from Winona
yesterday says:
IF only a small percentage of
promising recruits brought within the
corral of each of the Northern league
clubs passes through the development
stages predicted for them, the stand
ard Of the Northern league will be
materially elevated in 1914. Every
club in the league has been eagerly
seeking the youngsters, probably in
spired by the profitable experience Of
Owner William Sommer of Superior in
1913. He took from the amateur ranks
Of North Dakota RUDE Schauer, a
pitcher who had the ear-marks Of a
"phenom" and with, a few weeks. OF
tutoring developed a HEAVIER whom. he
sold to the New York Giants for ST.
500. Both Sommer n Manager Curtis
realized handsomely on the player
Few of the clubs will launch the
training season in the next few weeks
with less than ten to a dozen untried
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IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

game at SYRACUSE NJ Xss ao far
as known, this is the only bsheE time
that 1t has been done.
All records for al Hye were
blown to smithereens in the first two
averaged 229: is in the first game. and
224 in the second game, with no han
dicap. The strain Of the first two
games told on the Union Light team
and they dropped the third game, by
a narrow margin.
This leaves the r. & M. team still in
the lead in the league. with "a games
won and 8 lost, while the Union Light
team has won 20 and lost II. These
two teams will not meet again this
season. according to the schedule, and
will fight 1t out with other teams for
place&i In the finals.
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Fargo-M eorhead Picked
As Dark Horse Because
Of Early Training Stunt

= 2 The the Fargo. Moorhead club has got the: jump o z the other teams
IN a Northern 1eague' in early season training with the Miuers, is the
Northern.s AS a result, it is predicted that the Fargo Moorheads nav
prove rthe$"dark horse in the pennant race '' " ft'r 80.
Force, the well, known sport writer Of The Minneapolis Tri-
pune. y that FargozMoorhead will, probably land the players that ire
trying for a place OF the Minneapolis, team and who LII no lutte good
enough for the big circuit. Force says: " 49,,
.E.Probably the youngsters DIV with thu club who do no make good
Will be sent to the Fargo Moorhead club Of the Northern league. Toe
Cantuon Will give them a thorough tryout, however, before sending
them to John Burmeister's circuit"
As Cantlon is trying ut a number Of men who r highly tout-
a. the; F:-M. club will. probably get the benefit of several high class
players fom this source. 49, -. .l
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PEG CLUB May Be SOLD

Winnipeg, March 24.-F. E. Brown
and Jack Degnan, Winnipeg residents,
are dickering with President A. H. Pull
ing for the purchase of the Winnipeg
franchise in the Northern league. AL
though the price offered for the club
had not been made public, it is said
that it amounts we'll up into the thou
sands and that it will go down on the
records as being one Of the biggest
prices ever paid for a minor league
club. The sale may be announced
soon.
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Connie Mack has a mascot the like
OF whom has never before been seen
in baseball, and his players, in train
ing in Florida for the coming season.
think II he is carried about with them
over the circuit this year he may be
the. cause Of landing the pennant and
the worlds. championship for the club.
This is Emery Litmas, a wealthy man
of Philadelphia, who thinks he will be
ableEto play baseball If he can gain
speed. AT this time he weighs only
$50 pounds, and 1t is melting off SO
fast he has hopes. =. @
r When the Athletics hied themselves
to the warmer climate OF Florida for
their training Mr.. Ltmas went with
them. Connie Mack could not lend
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Team Records Broken
Another Perfect Score

In one Of the most sensational con-
tests of. the season in the Handicap
Bowling league, the Union Light Co..
team won two out of three from the
Reineke & McKone team, and McIn-
mis-, Of the Union Light team, made
another perfect score. and climbed
onto the bandwagon with the other
five men who have done the same