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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02
Conditions
Are I'm proving Says
First National Bank

quotations being more than a point
below prices Of a year ago.
Dividend and interest disburse-
ments for February are $9S, 000, 900,
made up of $54. 000, 900 in bond interest
and $44.000.0 goo in dividends, $26, 000,-
600 Of this dividend item being paid
by the railroads and nearly $12,0 O0,-
quo by industrial companies. Dis
bursements for February of last year
were $l2.OO0,O0o. less, totaling only
$S6,OOO,O0 interest payments being
$49,O 100000 compared with $4,000, 600
this year and dividends 500, 900, 900
compared with $44,0 600, 900 this A
preliminary estimate of disbursements
for March indicates divided payments
OF approximately $63, 200, 900 and inter-
est payments Of $5S, 900, 900. This
should be compared with disburse-
ments for March, 1913, of $66, 600, 900 in
dividends and Sat- 900, 900 in interest.
The decrease in dividend payments is
almost equally apportioned being
interest payments is largely attribut-
able to the increase in outstanding
securities Of states and municipali-
ties.
1t is easy to say that the business
for the later months Of this wear will
depend largely upon crop conditions
because we will know that this must
De true. This year, however, even
more depends upon the crops than is
usually the case. Business is slow
~. out surely. improving and easier
money is helping genral conditions.
Inc volume OF business which will BIO
shown on the last day of this year
TO nave been transacted during fhe
Twelve months will be largely affected
oy farm production. Present renorts
indicate good soil and plant conditions
over practically the entire winter
wheat, rye n oats area, There are
a rev million acres which were plant
ca 10 provide early spring pasturace
and It IS not expected that we viii
harvest much more than 32,0O0.000
acres OF wheat and 100000 acres of
rye: Allowing for the deterioration
which we have had on he yerapa for
the past Ten years from this date nm
I'll the date Of harvest, we should have
d winter wheat crop Of between 525.-
Ooo,V0o and $50. 600, 900 bushels. Al
hnls date, there is every. reason 10 be-
iieye, barring unusual hapncnings
mat the 1914 winter wheat crop Will
set a new high record. The govern
ment Will report the condition of the
crop on March z.
Inc number of unemployed has been
Steaolly reducing for the past tbirtv
days. Principal anthracite co,Iiar;as
nays reSumed operations, 50 thai
p.actlcalty al the anthracite coal min
airy. az SSooALuir
BUSINESS is most active and sales
are best in Minnesota. WISCONSIN,
IOWA. and Georgia and collections are
most satisfactory in these states
me poorest conditions are in the
SCUM central and south western
states not including Texas. Where
business is getting into fine shane.
Respectfully submitted.
The First National Bank.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02
c. TEAM WILL
Meet WAHPETON

The +. G. squad is again at work. on
the final lap of the season. The next
game comes on tho local floor Wednes-
day night, when the Wahpeton Science
school invades Fargo territory.
A large number Of people who could
not see the +. Ca. c. game will have
a last. opportunity to see the cham
pions in action. ..s
The scientists will waste no time
when there is chance to slip me over
on the local college. The game at
Wahpeton was hard fought, and close
TO the last, and this game will be even
more exciting.
This is the last game the f. c..
team will play in Fargo.
Ihey have now won twelve success
i've games, and are hoping to be able
to get away with the rest. They in
wade the U. N. D. gym a week from
Wednesday,.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02
NORMAL WINS SLOW GAME

The Moorhead normal ba~sketballl
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02
Notice no Creditors.

In, the matter of the estate of George
FELTON, Bolser, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the UNDER
signed, Henry A Bolser, administrator
Of the estate of George FELTON, Bolscr,
late Of the township of Harwood, in
the county of Cass and state of North
Dakota, deceased, to the creditors OF,
and all persons having claims against
said deceased to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication of this no
tics, to the said administrator at his
residence in the, township of Harwood.
county OF Cass and state Of North Da-
kota.
Dated Feb. II, 1914.
HENRY A.. BOLSER,
First publication on the 10th day OF
February, A. ID. 1914.
lFeb. 1923. March 2-9.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02

mo excitement like this at Mime
sofa" exclaimed Referee w. K. Foster
after the championship game Saturda9
night. "Down there" said the Minneae
polls official" there IS a spattetlng %
tpRtei is a cyclone each tina the ball IS
even heaved in the right direction. IT
nearly took me off my feet for several
minutes. There Is certainly a splrlteo
rivalry between the two schools"
Fargo college 10; A. c. IT." Is an old
story. typical of past games between
Fargo's two pet schools.
Long before 8 o'clock, the +. I: gym
doorse were closed no one permitted to
{oin the crowd already packed on tho
Inside. An "unspeakable cop" lowered
over the heads of those seeking to get
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02

hour. Marquis, who held the lead UNI
til his accident in the thirty-ffth, ser
the pace, and Pullen successfully pass
ed Anderson and De PaImo. Pullan,s
prize money was $4,000. The two next
prizes went to Los Angeles boys, Ball
and Taylor, who drew $1,000 and 81, 500,
respectively. De Palma added $1,000
tosthe money he won Thursday.
$3.50 Car Gets gTaasrd Place.
Taylor plugged into third PLACE with
q car which he said he had picked up
as junk nj bought for $3.50.
This was TaylOr's second race with
last ten laps averaged sixty-ive miles
per hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-02

team beat Valley City Saturday v
ming in a slow game, by a score Of 30
to. 81. The last half ended in a tie, ~
t. q, and 1t took five more minutes to
decide the contest. = -.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10

meet him at the interurban station.
Not suspecting a trap, since he knew
Kirk was connected with the system
federation, Person accepted in good
faith what later proved decoy mes
sage, and left the office TO keep the ap-
pointment, armed with magazine re-
volver he had carried continuously since
the mlrderous assault made on him in
Decatur 4 few weeks previous. Arriv-
ing at the station, which was only two
blocks from his office, Person sought
Kirk, and failing to find him retraced
his steps toward his office to continue
his work.
How the Murder" Happened.
As he walked past the door OF cigar
store he was cowardly struck from the
rear by hulking brute over six feet
i'll height and weighing 225 pounds or
more. by name Tony Musser, former po
lice chief of Clinton and serving as
chief strikebreaker Person, scarcely
five and one-half feet in height and
barely 1870 pounds in weight. taken I'M
awares. was beaten, battered and kicked
until the crowd which had assembled.
fearing murder, seized AIusser and
sought to drag him off the blood be
spattered form of Person. BY main
strength Musser was lifted up, still
grasping with cruel fingers the throat
of Person, which he was forced to re-
lease. Howling like hel-spawned
fiend, AIusser shook off the restraining
hands and started for his half dead and
dazed victim, who, realizing he was no
match for his brawny opponent evident
ly seeking to kill him, drew his maga
zine gun in self-defense and emptied its
contents into the desperado's body. The
huge bully collapsed and Person, sobbing
with pain, gasping for breath and
drenched with blood flowing from nu.
merous wounds, surrendered himself to
the police.
From the moment of the imprison.
ment OF Person on charge of murder the
malign influence OF the Illinois Central
made itself manifest in a thousand diff
ierent forms. each OF which was intend,
ed TO make Persons case more hope.
less and his conviction more positive.
While confined in Jail Person coutin-
ued to edit the Strike Bulletin. Attor-
ney Comertord finally had the case
brought before Chief Justice Charles NJ
Walker of the Cook County Circuit
Court and secured his relase on SI2.OO(
bail. Person was soon after rearrested
on charge of criminal libel and again
sent to jail. A change of venue was
secured to Lincoln, the county seat OF
Logan county. away from the Influence
OF the Illinois Central. The trial be.
gan September % and ended last Sat.
urday with verdict of aequittal
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
Carl E. Person Found Not Guilty
In Notable Strike Murder Trial
Continued from Page One.)

creation of a system federation that
would permit a unanimity of action i'm
possible under the existing method OF
each branch of the service acting inde-
pendently.
Locked Out $4,000 Employees.
The railroads, fully awake to reali.
zation of what culser affiliation of the
workers means for them, naturally OPP
posed this contemplated merger of Ia
bor's forces, and upon failure to per-
suade their employees into voluntary
surrender of the project the Illinois
Central and Hartman railroad lines re-
sorted to coercive methods which took
the form of lockout of the $4,000
union employees of these roads.
To furnish this large army of locked
out men and the labor movement gener-
ally with true facts in the conflict,
Carl +. Person, one OF the union ma
chinists involved, started publication of
the Strike Bulletin at Clinton. On No
vember 4. 1913, he issued special edi-
tion labeled The Graveyard Special
with 30 pages OF illustrations of wrecks
along the Illinois Central. This enraged
the company officials and the order was
given out that Person must be sup
pressed. Later, while visiting Mt De-
catur, ILL.,. he was murderously assault
ed by three unknown men and LETT for
dead upon the sidewalk Upon recovery
from the injuries received Person con-
tinued his interrupted work on the
Strike Bulletin, inspired rather than
frightened by the attempt on his life
to still greater efforts to keep the Hi
nois Central and Hartman railroad lines
facing the bar of public opinion.
Indicted for Using the Mails.
Several weeks later the railroads
through complaint to the federal grand
jury. was enabled to obtain an indict-
ment against Carl L. Person containing
seven counts, with penalties attached
amounting in to total to 35 years in
the penitentiary, with an additional fine
of S35,OO0. The alleged crime on which
the Indictment was based consisted of
circulating through the United States
mails matters reflecting iniuriously on
the conduct of the Illinois Central rail
road and it sofficials.
The trial was placed on United States
Judge Humphreys calendar, sitting at
Springfield, ILL.,, for January g. 1914,
which WAS changed to later date, fol-
lowing the arrest OF Person ON the
graver charge of murder.
On December 30, 1913. about > p. m.
Person. while at work in his office in
the Thomas building in Clinton. ILL.,. re-
ceived phone call from man giving
his name as Kirk, asking Person to
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
ruBLrc TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. Willard D. Lay, by deed Of
trust, dated the 18th day OF March, 1910.
of the records In the office OF the Clerk
and Recorder of the City and County OF
Public Trustee in and for the City and
County of Denver. Colorado. the following
described real estate In the City and Coun-
bered five 10. six (G), seven (7), eight (s).
nine t0l and west half wv. ~ OF lot ten
n0), NIL in Walters REHABILITATION of lot
four f4) In block twelve 12) In Hnrtmans
Addition. which deed of trust was mnde
to secure the payment of his promissory
for the sum OF fifteen hundred ($1.500.O0)
dollars. payable to the order OF James H.
Steele. three years after the date thereof,
with interest thereon at seven per cent per
nnnum until due nnd at twelve per cent
thereafter interest payable quarterly, n
is more particularly set forth In said deed
for greater certainty; and,
Whereas. The said willard u. Lay, hay.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
KINGDOM OF LABOR is COMING
Thomas A. Edison Paints Bright Pic
ture of Laboring Mans Future.

Thomas A. Edison, looking into the
future, thinks the prospect OF the labor
ing man is a particularly bright one.
In 200 years, by the cheapening of
commodities, the ordinary laborer will
live as well as a man does now with
100000 annual income. Automatic
machinery and scientific agriculture will
bring this result" Mr.. Edison saws
Not individualism but social labor win
dominate the future. You can't have
Individual machines and every man
working by himself. Industry will con.
stantly become more social and inter-
dependent. There will be no manual
labor in the factories of the future. The
men in them will be merely supcrin-
tendents, watching the machinery to see
that it works right.
The work day, | believe, will be eight
hours. Every man needs that much
work to keep him out OF michief and
to keep him happy. But it will be work
with the brain, something that men will
be interested in and done in wholesome.
pleasant surroundings. Less and less
man will be used as an engine or as a
horse, and his brain will be employed to
benefit himself and his fellows"
Why this should only be possible in
200 years from now and not at the
present time already is a question to
which the workers will have to find the
answer-themselvesi
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
LEGAL NOTICES..

ing defaulted in the payment Of the prin.
cipai OF said note. together with interest
thereon from April 18th. 1914. and the
legal holder of said note, having elected
on account of said default to declare said
note unpaid. due and payable.
Now, Therefore. AT the written request
OF James II. Steele. the legal holder Of
said note. pursuant 10 law, the under
signed, Public Trustee In and for the city
and County of Denver. Colorado, do here.
by give notice that ] Will. at the hour or
10 o'clock in the forenoon of
MONDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1914,
at the fremont street front door OF the
Court House, In the City and County OF
Denver. Colorado. sell at public auction, TO
the highest and best bidder for cash, the
said described premises. and all the rlght,
title and interest OF the said Willard b.
Lay, his heirs and assigns therein. for the
purpose OF paying the sum of 81 l,599. 30 tbe-
Ing the Indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust), and the cost and expenses OF
executing this trust, and will deliver to the
purchaser Il certificate Of sale as provided
by law.
Dated at Denver, Colorado, September 90
1914.
HENRY A. HICKS.
Public Trustee in and for the City and
County of Denver. Colorado.
First publication October 3, 1914.
Last Publication October 81, 1914.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
Clerk, Sc cigar-Union made.-Adv.
BUTTE UNION WILL COME BACK

Grewsome as is the tragedy to the
men who patiently and tirelessly strug.
gled year in and year out to build up
organized labor in Montana mining dis
tricts until Butte became the Gibraltar
OF unionism. it will not have been in
vain if it shall serve as warning to
other organizations in the labor move
ment.
There has not been single instance
IN this country where the fanatics. the
fools and the knaves who advocate syn.
dicalism have gained foothold that
they have not left destruction and disas-
ter strewn behind them Butte is not
the only victim of their propa Uganda.
though she is, perhaps, the most con.
spicuous example of their power to de.
stroy because of the prestige and influ.
ence OF her former position in the labor
world
Discouraging as are the prospects it
cannot be doubted that the sturdy trade
unlonlsts who made Butte from labor
standpoint such a power, will again
erect powerful union from the ruins.
all the while guarding against the i'm
posslbliists, and compel the open shop
employers to play fair with labor Men
capable of building as did the Butte
miners are strong men and not easily
conquered or discouraged.-San Francis
co Labor Clarion
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, james Edward Dougherty, by
deed OF ,n,a trust dated the 10Th day OF FEB hsS,
23G5, Page 81, OF the records In the office
OF the Clerk and Recorder Of the City and
to the Public Trustee In and for the city
and County OF Denver. Colorado. the fol-
lowing described real estate in the city
and County of Denver, Colorado. to-wit:
The west thirty feet OF the east sixty feet
Of lots numbered four 90, five t5) and sis
l0 in block numbered fourteen Gp.
Broadway Terrace. being known and num-
bered 1877 West First Avenue. Denver.
Colorado. which deed OF trust was made
to secure the payment OF two promissory
notes of even date with said deed Of trust.
for the agRregatc sum Of two thousand
payable to the order of Anna Mary Fed
eriin in the following manner, viz: The
months after the date thereof, and the sec
years after the date thereof. with Interest
paid, Interest payable quarter annually, ms
is more partienlarly set forth In said deed
w6erens. The said James Edward
pongherty: Doug h"ying s,o defauted In the pay
1914, and bns failed to pay the Interest due
on his two notes. August goth. 1914. and
ed on account Of said default to declare
said note unpaid due and payable;
Now. Therefore, s AZ the written request
signed. Public Trustee In Rnd for the
City and County of Denver, Colorado, do
hereby give notice that I will, nt the hour
Of 10 o'clock In the forenoon OF
MONDAY. OCTOBER 12TH. 1914.
Mt the fremont street front door OF the
Court House. in the City and County OF
Denver. Colorado. sell nt public auction, to
said described promises. and nIi the right
title and interest Of tho said James Ed
ward Dougberty, his heirs and assigns
Of S2.3O3.25 tbeing the Indebtedness secured
by said deed of trust). md the cost and
expenses of executing this trust. aud will
deliver to tho. purchaser a certificate of
sale ns provided by law.
Dated ut Denver. Colorado. September
10th. 1914.
HENRY A HICKS,
Public Trustee In and for the City and
County of Denver. Colorado.
First publication September 18th, 1914
Last publication October 10th. 1914.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
Building Trades Combine to
Stop JuriSdiCti0nal Strikes
Continued from Page one.)

dress on this subject. The engineers
and bricklayers We're the first to enter
into this working agreement, and were
later joined by the carpenters, and then
at the New York conference last week
by three others: the plasterers, hod-
carriers and building laborers.
To Stop Jurisdictional Fights.
History of the building trades dur.
ing the past 20 years shows that where
the union men employed have been
pulled off once to force contractor to
come to time with one or more trades
there have been a hundred walkouts be.
cause of quarrels between the unions
themselves over jurisdictional matters.
In this way thousands OF dollars have
been lost to the workmen never to be
got back. 1t is proposed to avoid this
condition of affairs by the new alliance.
That belongs to me!' And usually the
first fellow who pushed a piece of sheet
metal OF small size over a joint to get
by with his work had jurisdictional
fight on his hands"
In Denver each business agent of the
building trades carries a book contain.
ing the jurisdictional claims of his own
and every other union. OF recent years
there has been no open conflict, posi-
bly, because of the comparatively small
amount OF new construction. However,
all those approached by The Bulletin
expressed confidence that the agree.
ment would do away with a large meas.
ure of trouble that has heretofore ex.
listed in the building trades.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
WHERE WERE wELBoRN's MEN7
Wilson Discovers Once More Dishonesty
of Colorado Coal Operators.

1t is said that President Wilson ex-
pressed surprise when he was confront
ed by Mr. Welborn alone instead of the
committee of Independent operators"
mentioned when application was made
to him for an interview. Mr.. Wilson in
his honesty imagined that the coal op.
orators would appreciate the circum-
stances and be honest with him; but he
is ignorant of the genus operator" as
he develops in Colorado.
That list of independent" operators
that appended their names to the letter
refusing the Presidents plan for settle
ment reads to a Coloradoan like roll
call of the companies that for one rea-
son and another are under the thumb
of the Rockefeller interets. The indie
pendent coal operators, with one or two
exceptions probably, are working their
mines under agreement with the Mine
Workers, are honest in their relations
with their employees and the public, and
while Welborn and others are seeking
a way to avoid obeying the laws OF
state and nation, these Independent op.
orators are busy working their mines,
making conditions better for themselves,
their workers and the state.
This is where the independent opera
tors were. Mr.. President, while Mr..
Welborn in the interests of the law de-
fers was trying to befuddle you with
wellturned phrases; trying to make
you disbelieve the evidence submitted
by your investigators, striving to make
YOU believe that they We're really work
ing for the same laudable purpose "a
YOU. while they are in truth the very
incarnation OF deceit, lawlessness and
corruption.-Wyoming Labor Journal.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
puBLIc TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. Eivira Scott. by deed Of trust.
dated the 18th day of August. 1909, which
is recorded in Book 2o55,. Page 2s5 of the
records in the office Of the Clerk and
Recorder of the City and County OF Dem
yer. Colorado. duly conveyed to the Pub
lie Trustee in and for the city and Coun-
scribed real estate in the City and Coun-
~ Of Denver, Colorado, to :wit: Lot num-
bered thirty 900, In block numbered two
t2j,. Horner's addition to Denver, which
deed Of trust was made to secure the nay.
ment OF her promlssory note OF even date
with said deed Of trust, for the sum OF
nine hundred dS900.00) dollars. payable to
three years after the date thereof, with
interest thereon at six per cent per an.
mum until maturity, and at ten per cent
ally, as Is more particularly set forth in
said deed OF trust, reference to which fs
hereby made for greater certainty; and
Wherens, The said Elvlra Scott hnyinp
defaulted in the payment OF the princi.
pal Of said note, and interest on said
principal since May 17th 1911, also taxes
Tor the year 1913, amouDting to S11.S0.
ana interest and penalty ON East Denver
Park tax amounting to S2.4s and the Ie-
gal holder Of said note having elected
on account of said default to declare said
Sow Piha aqe aaa IRayas,s Is Io,
OF Nicholas X. Miller, the legal holder of
said note, pursuant to law, /, the under.
SIGNED, Public Trustee In and for the City
by give notice that will, nt the hour
MoNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 1914,
at the fremont street front door Of the
Court House. In the City and County OF
Denver, Colorado, sell ut public auction.
to the highest and best bidder for cash,
the said described premises. and NIL tho
right, title and interest OF the said FL
virn Scott, her heirs and assigns therein,
for the purpose Of paying the sum OF
S3J6.2S (being the indebtedness secured by
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
LEGAL NOTICES.

said deed of trust), and the cost and ex-
penses of executing this trust, and viii
deliver to the purchaser certificate of
sale provided by law.
Dated at Denver, Colorado. October sth.
1914.
HENRY A. HICKS.
Public Trustee In and for the City and
County of Denver, Colorado.
First publication October 10th, 1914
Last publication November 7th, 1914.
United labor bulletin., 1914-10-10
FINEST CLUB DANCE HALL IN TOWN

President Bryan and Secretary Sharpe
of the Building Trades club believe in
pushing progress. The new dance hall
has made hit, and is one of the most
comfortable in Denver 1t can be rented
for private or public dances.