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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
Investigation of the Chief of
Police Bingham Will Com
mence Tomorrow
RELATES TO EQUITY RIOT
Committee Recommended In
vestigation of Auditorium
Trouble Last Friday

The trouble at the Fargo auditorium
on the evening Of Friday, Jan. %. be-
tween George S. LOTUS and his lieu
tenants and representatives of the
Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce,
and the conduct of Chief of Police
Bingham on that occasion will be thor
oughly investigated
Such was the action taken this
morning at the regular session of the
Fargo city commission and it was de-
cided to start the inquiry tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock
A week ago a petition requesting the
investigation was filed with the COM
mission by ]. M. Anderson, secretary
Of the North Dakota Equity exchange,
who made charges against Chief Bing-
ham to the effect that the chief as
saulted him while he was on the plat
form addressing an audience of farm
ers at the Fargo auditorium.
This petition of Anderson's was re-
ferred, on motion of Police Commits
sioner Jordan, to a committee compris-
ing Mayor Emery, Commissioner
Blakemore and the city attorney.
The committee reported at this
morning session recommending that
the prayer of the petitioner be granted
and that such an investigation Of the
details of the trouble and of Chief
Bingham's conduct on that occasion be
held and commenced at once.
Anderson charges the chief with
conduct unbecoming an officer of the
law, of acting contrary to the law and
order Of the state of North Dakota
and the peace of the city of Fargo.
In his charges he also names u. j.
Grover, a Minneapolis attorney. who
spoke at the Fargo auditorium on that
evening in behalf of the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce.
Anderson states that he stands ready
to prove every one Of the charges he
has preferred against Chief Bingham.
Chief of Police Bingham states that
he is perfectly willing to have such an
investigation. When Mr.. Anderson's
petition was filed a week ago, Chief
Bingham expressed a hope that such.
an investigation would be held as he
had nothing to keep under cover and
would welcome the opportunity to tell
just what was his part In stopping the
trouble at the auditorium on that now
historic evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

, ed at the convention ana contained
much sound advice about the real ef-
fects Of legislation and how far-reach
ing it really was.
Business Principles was the topic Of
another paper by William II. Taylor
Of Minneapolis, manager of the mill
city branch of the Moline Plow Co.
This paper was greatly enjoyed by ev-
cry man present and one in which
they were all deeply interested.
The third address of the afternoon
was by E. w. Mccullough of Minne-I
apolis, secretary and general manager
Of the Manufacturers National asso-
citation, who spoke on Cost Counting.
In his address Mr.. Mccullough took.
up the value of local club work, which
opened a discussion of subjects af-,
fecting the dealers and manufacturers.
Yesterday afternoon DIR. w. e. Tay-
lor of Moline, ILL.,, introduced to the
convention by Pres. John II. Worst of
the North Dakota Agricultural college,
delivered powerful address on Soil
Culture from the Manufacturer
Standpoint.
He was followed by Rev. J. M. Wall
ters, chancellor of Fargo college, who
spoke on The Implement Mans Obli-
CATION to His Community.
This evening at $3.50 o'clock a big
banquet will be served at the Masonic
temple to all the visitors present at
the convention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

On account Of the programme Of
the North Dakota and Northwestern
Minnesota Implement Mems associa-
ton convention being turned over this
afternoon to the leading manufactur-
ing concerns having space at the i'm
plement show, today was designated
as Manufacturers day.
The session opened this afternoon
at the Grand theatre at 2 o'clock with
President Butler in the chair and with
large attendance.
On the programme were a large
number of speakers prominent in the
association and active in the imple-
ment business who gave many point
ers to the members about the conduct
Of business and their relations with
the customer.
An open parliament was one of the
features Of the session at which vital
subjects were discussed. They con-
sisted of Terms and Credits as Be
tween Dealer and Manufacturer. Au-
tomobile Sales, Whether Profitable for
Implement Dealers, Should Dealers
Emphasize the Manufacturers War
ranty or the Dealers Guarantee.
The first speaker on the programme
this afternoon was John H. Anderson
Of the Anderson Co. of Minneapolis,
who talked on The Effects of Modern
Legislation on Business. Mr.. Ander-
sons talk was one of the best deliver
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
There Are Now 28O
Live Farmers Clubs
in State North Dakota
Winter Work of Better Farming Association Is Proving
Be as Beneficial as the Work in Summer
Secretary Cooper Issues Report of Number of Clubs Feb
Doing Practical Work for the Farmers s. -..a

There were ESQ live and active farm
ers' clubs in the state Of North Da-
kota on Feb. l. according to 'Thos.
Cooper, secretary of the Better Farm
ing section of the North Dakota Ex-
pertinent station. ass.S
These clubs are doing splendid work.
There were a number of clubs in the
state last year, but this year they are
getting together for systematic work,
which has already shown gratifying
results. . - +
One of the biggest factor in the op-
Grafton of these clubs is the short
course schools for practical farmers,
which are being established all over
the state. 49,.
Cavalier county has three or four
Of these schools. There is a large
school at Edgeley. Hettinger county
has a number of them. Bottineau is
getting busy along this line. Williams
county and ,Williston are, in the fore
front in the movement. These schools
are conducted for short periods and
meet in schoolhouses, or in other pub
lie buildings which are convenient.
Perhaps one of the best examples Of
what these schools can do and are do
ing is that furnished by Williston.
The Williams county farming short
course opened there, yesterday, with
an attendance estimated at 500 farm
ers. The course is conducted under
the Joint management Of the Williston
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
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WOMEN
REGISTER

| Chicago, Feb. 4.-Comp1ete unofficial
returns show that 153,S97 women reg
istered yesterday and qualified as vot-
ers under the new Illinois suffrage law.
Their first opportunity to exercise the
franchise will be Feb. "a at the alder
manic primaries.
Women suffrage leaders are highly
eIated by the large registration and
estimate more than one-third of the
eligiblew omen had registered. as the
figures show that 100000 women in
Chicago are eligible.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. chairman
Of tie congressional committee Of the
National Women's Suffrage associa
ton, and one Of the Chicago men, who
at Springfield aided in getting the
passage of the suffrage bill in the leg
islature. predicted that the number OF
qualified women voters would be
doubled at the next registration. Chi
cago's unrevised registration of both
men and women is now 676,404.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
Time Ripe for Central Market in the City Of Fargo
Fargo Should Be Center Of Hundreds Of Fine Truck Farms
Figures JuggIed to
Make American NAVY
Appear to Be Weak

Washington, Feb. 4.-That experts
of the navy department juggled sta
tistics in the navy year book for 1918
to make the American navy appear in
ferior to the German navy, and there
by set the United States down from
second to third place as a naval pow
er, was charged by Representatives
iWitherspoon of Mississippi and Hens
ley Of Missouri, members of the house
naval affairs committee. -4
With Secretary Daniels before the
committee to explain the naval pro-
gramme for the coming year, the two
congressman, who are strongly oppos-
ed to a "big navy, questioned him at
length on what they declared were
omissions and faulty comparisons in
the year book. The secretary explain
ed that he was not an expert in COM
pairing navies, and said he had relied
on WHIT experts in the navy had ad-
Vised him about the facts.
III their questioning the congress-
men brought out that three American
sbattleships, the Oregon, Massachusetts,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

Commercial club and the Williams
County Better Farming association.
b. The dairy movement is particularly
strong in the vicinity of Williston.
and that subject was taken up for dis
cussion and study yesterday, and will
be featured all through the course.
These lessons will include defaonstra-
tions of Judging, feeding, and market
ing. ....a -. ...... -....sy, + s.....-.. .,
D. E., Willard of ST. Paul, 5one of the
men who will instruct in the dairying
branch, believes dairying in Williams
county will revolutionize the farming
business Of that region. He spoke last
night on the subject of Community
Cooperation, and the Importance of
farm clubs. The discussion today was
given to hog raising. .-
1t does not require a great stretch
of the imagination to realize that these
farmers clubs are going to prove one
OF the biggest factors in the develop
ment of the state which has ever
arisen. They are practical, they i'm
part information which can be imme-
d1ately put into use, and the instruc-
ton is in the hands of men who are
experts on the lines which they teach
Many farmers, in fact most farmers,
find 1t impossible to go to an agricul-
tural college. These clubs, with their
short courses, bring the college to the
farmer, and place at his disposal the
best. most up-to-date information on
farming subjects which it is possible
to obtain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
EXCHANGE
CONTROL,
IS URGED

Washington, Feb. A. - The senate
committee on banking and currency
began hearings on the owen bill
designed to prohibit the use of mails
and telegraph and telephone lines for
the furtherance of unlawful or harm
ful stock exchange transactions.
Samuel Untermeyer of New York, was
chief witness in advocacy of the bill.
He cited numerous court opinions, and
the recommendations of the house
committee which favorab1y reported a
similar bill to the Sixty Second con-
gress
s'The only debatable propositions"
said Untermeyer "are whether there
can be an effective regulation of stock
exchanges without requiring incor-
poration, or whether if Incorporation
is necessary. it should be made direct
ly under the federal law or whether
congress should enforce state super
vision, by prohibiting the use of
mails. the telegraph and telephone in
interstate communication to stock ex-
changes that are not Incorporated
under the laws of the states in which
they are located, with state super
vision and with such other safeguards
as congress may prescribe
TO permit them longer to remain
unregulated and uncontrolled is out
side the realm of reasonable discus
|sion.'
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
SAYS DENAGOGUES
QUEERED THE COURTS

1 New London, Conn. Feb. Speak
ing before the Connecticut Bar asso-
ciation, former Pres William Howard
Taft warmly defended the courts Of
the country. Mr.. Taft said that
something has happened to impair
the confidence of the people in our
courts. but declared that the trouble
did not lie with the judges, the law,
yess, or the methods of procedure
In his opinion, the trouble had arisen
because Of misstatementg and mis-
representations of demagogues as to
the character Of courts, and OF their
ldeeisions's
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
PROTEST
I'HEUSE OF
FIREARMS

Washington, Feb. A. Protest
against the use Of firearms and the
employment Of armed guards and
private detectives in labor disputes
and strikes was made by Sec. w. B.
Wilson, of the department of labor,
in his first annual report submitted
yesterday to President Wilson. He
recommends that congress enact legis-
Iation within it's constitutional limi-
tations to regulate this business in
the interest of public peace and
order
"The use of firearms" said Secre-
tary Wilson, in q species of private
warfare in connection with labor
strikes, calls for serious consideration.
Groups OF men on both sides, without
military or police authority for 1t,
have used firearms with fatal effect in
the coal strike in southern Colorado.
These arms and the ammunition have
doubtless been procured through
interstate commerce.; and many Of
the armed men are said to have been
imported into Colorado from other
states through business concern
engaged commercially across state
lines in supplying corporations with
an armed and trained private soldiery
or police in numbers running into
hundreds and even thousands. In
connection with the Pere Marquette
5s fSr,,. ~, fFyxxyr
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

Albany, Feb. 4.-The statement
has just been made by the state
inheritance tax appraisers that
the estate of Anthony N. Brady,
who died last: year, will amount
to $90.O00,OO0. The final apparise-
ment has not been made. .
When Brady died many said he
was worth about $40,O00.O00. Other
guesses were as low as ,$25. .000,-
600. Inasmuch as most estates OF
large fortunes are exaggerated at
the time of the owners death the
latter estimate was accepted.
Now, however, the authorities OF
New York state, who must make
an appraiser In order to fix the
inheritance tax, have learned that
Brady was worth three or four
times as much as most persons
thought.
Most of his money was in pub
lie utilities, such as street car
lines, light, and water companies.
He started in very low position
in Albany years ago, but by re-
markable sagacity and energy he
brought himself to the point where
the Morgans and Rockefellers had
to listen when he spoke.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

Lima, Peru, Feb. 4.-The president
Of the republic of Peru, Guillermo Bill
linghurst, was taken prisoner by mil
itary reVolutionists. The rebels sud-
denly attacked the presidential palace
under the leadership of General Bena-
vides early this morning. Gen. Enrique
Vareta, the premier and minister of
war, was killed in the fight which en-
sued. DR.. Augustus Duran, a former
revolutionary leader. whose arrest was
sought by the police yesterday, took
possession of the palace. He is ex-
pected to organize a new government
at once.
The attack on the palace began at
4:30 in the morning. Thousands Of
inhabitants Of Lima dashed into the
streets, alarmed by the firing. Squads
of soldiers ordered to fire, sent repeat
ed volleys into the air to prevent the
formation Of crowds in the streets. By
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
LAWYER SMASHED
OTHER ON HEAD

Minot, N. D.. Feb. 4.--The use Of the;
word "pettifogger," directed at him by
Atty. Francis Murphy OF Minot, was
the probable cause of Judge T.. J..
|Palda stepping UP to Murphy during
the trial in county court Monday and
dealing him a blow alongside of the
head with his fist. Judge Murray. on
the bench, ordered the attorneys to
stop on the pain of being fined If hos
tilities geopened.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
LL'I''rAUER,
BROTHERS
FLAYED

New York, Feb. 4.-Former Cong.
Lucius N. Littauer and his brother
William We're fined $1,000 each and
sentenced to six months in Jail for
smuggling. The court however. sus-
pended the jail sentences. He severe
lv arraigned both the defendants and
declared that the fact that Lucius had
served ten years in congress and as a.
glove manufacturer had benefited by
the protective tariff, aggravated rather
than mitigated their offenses.
Judge Thomas, in suspending the
Jail sentences, warned the offenders
that this would not be his policy in the
future.
'Tf any distinction is to be madep
said Judge Thomas at appeals to me
that 1t should be in favor Of the uned-
ucated person. For an ex-congress-
man SO far to forget his oath. taken
five times and knowing SO well the
provisions of the laws he helped to
frame, seems to me incomprehensible.
"Tn cases like this the humiliation
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

and Indiana. which are Of the same
tonnage and of heavier armament
than ten listed German battleships,
are left out of the United States list
altogether; and that the year book.
instead of giving the United States
thirtysix battleships built and build
ing, compared with Germany's thirty
six, should have credited the United
States with thirty nine battleships Of
heavier total tonnage and armament
than Germany.
They also developed that the navy
.statisticians have this year for the
first time taken out of the dread
nought class the battleships South
Carolina and Michigan, which have
dreadnought armament, and have put
into the German dreadnought class
four ships of eleven-inch gun arma-
ment., The year books comparison
gives Germany thirteen dreadnoughts
and the United States seven, while
the congressman insisted that the cor
rect figures should give Germany and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

ON ARMS
!. " IS LIFTED
Will Not Result in With
drawal of Troops From
Mexican Border
REBELS CAN NOW GET ARMS
Situation is Unprecedented
Since Opening of Mexican
~. War

Mexico City, Feb. 4.-Raising the
arms embargo brought down COL
un1ns of newspaper maIediction on
the head of President Wilson.
The city, however, gave no evidence
of hostility toward American resi-
dents. The patrols on the streets
were doubled. Husrta gave word
there would be no retaliation upon
Americans in Mexico and also de-
cided ne would not return Charge
o'Shaughnessy's passports.
New Orleans, Feb. 4-Deaiers in
war materials have prepared big
shipments of supplies for the reb-
els in northern Mexico. Hundreds
of men worked day and n iaht
packing rifles, machine guns and
ammunition. The supplies will be
rushed across the border as rap
idly as transportation facilities
can be obtained.
Washington, Feb. 4.--The right t.
ship arms and ammunition across tn
American boundary into Mexic
through the regular channels of com
merce extended to the forces Of tn
Huerta government and also the con
stitutionalists make a situation un
precedented since the first outbreal
OF hostilities in Mexico in November
1910. The status Of the arms question
is unlike any situation that ha.
hitherto existed, although it's opera
tion will resemble more closely thai
anything else the state Of affairs exist
ing before the joint resolution of con
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04

this method they kept the panic strick-
en- people moving from place to place.
In the vicinity Of San Pedro church q
lcivilian was killed. Banks and stores
were closed today and private houses
barricadcd.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Pcru's sudden
revolutionary trouble is due principal
ly to President Bilinghursts earnest
efforts to place the finances of the
country on a sound basis. His scheme
for doing this involved the strictest
economies throughout the district
service and natural proved unpopular,
particularly among officcholders whose
salaries and estimates were pruned
with a merciless hand At the end of
last year the Peruvian congress re-
fused to vote budget, and President
Billinghurst issued a decree declaring
the old estimates would remain in
force until the end of 1914.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
President OF Peru
PriSOner-..Lima in
Hands of the Rebels

Lima 4.-BInehurst prison
in
country.
Washington, Feb. 4-The attitude of the department.
in will
few days IF the military which Of
will fall under the by the Wash
administration relations Mexico.
through
be
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
FIVE DEAD AS RESULT
OF HOTEL FIRE AT
KELLIHER, MInN. TODAY


Of
cIude Of Kelher Thomas
Chicago injured of the motel
by
time after midnight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
>Gity Commission Took First Step
loward That End Today Committee
Named to Investigate Building Cost
FarmIn Thousand the
o. n a Time

ofue son this % submitted
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
Manufacturers Day
Provides Programme
for Implement Men
BANQUET TONIGHT.

at
the Masonic all visitors
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
THREE CONVICTED OF
BRIBERY SENTENCED
TO TERM In SING SING

New York
ed In
eeach.
Walter
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-04
EHE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Thursday; probably snow flurries: no
important change in temperature;
moderate northerly winds.
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