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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
o FEB. 20, 1914.
WIRELESS ~TELEGRAPHY.

A few years ago a storm that wreck
ed the telephone and telegraph wires
running into Fargo would have isolat-
Ell this city from communication with
the rest Of the world. Such a posi-
bility ia forever past, however.
] Today Fargo could be entirely cut
off from Geographic and telephone
communication with the rest Of the
world and still be able to get all the
news from the outside world n tell
the world what was happening here.
This would be possible through the
use of the wireless stations Of which
there are several in Fargo.
The wonderful development that has
been made in wireless communication
in the last year or two is brought
shome with telling force when it is
g known that Professor Smith, who has
+, charge of the wireless station at the
Fargo high school has been in com
munication with st. Louis, Mo, has
d, been heard as far away as Toronto,
@Can., and is in constant communica-
ton with Grand Forks and other near
"by stations.
e Beside this station, there is one at
Fargo college, another at the agricul-
tural college and dozens Of smaller
: stations in private homes throughout
q the city. Some day Fargo may be CIV
en- a demonstration of the great prac-
tioal value Of these stations here.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
RUSSIAN IMMIGRATION.

I At last America Is getting immi-
years ago the United States received
but 5000 Russian peasants a year. In
1912 the number was $1,000, and last
year it jumped to $4,000. These stolid
SIavs have been born and bred on the
land. They will help to fill up the
farms Of the middle west and especial
,ly the south, where but a small per-
centage of the available land is titled.
F. The Russian peasants have for CEN
tturies been ~repressed. They know not
education. excepting in the most rudi-
mentary stages. They are supersti-
rtious. But they have fine physique.
and when they have had the advan-
tages Of education make a sturdy and
progressive people. Blu for this same
&ueasantry czardom would long ago
have crumbled. Denied education, sup
piled with the most primitive agricul-
tural machinery, fed on superstition,
they have formed the mainstay Of the
~autocracy.
This increased immigration cannot
but affect Russia. The ideals of
freedom learned here will go back to
the folks at home. The larger the i'm
migration of these simple folk to
America, the greater need for the car
TO tremble for the stability of the
monarchy. Russia may not become a
republic, but a. constitutional govern
4nent will replace the autocracy Of the
Romanoffs in this day and generation.
.4AhsoIutism is dead.
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A Home Of 1922.

London Globe: In a fold of the
Kentish hills, surrounded by apple or
chards and hop gardens, there stands
a humble building whose walls are
eloquent OF the past. 1t is almost the
only one of it's kind left stailding-so
far as the exterior is concerned--in its
entirety. >r III
The adjoining land was granted to
one of his knights by Edward I in
1872, and the most reliable antiquarian
opinion is in favor of the house having
been built shortly after. Our knight,
in the matter OF building, did not de-
spise the record Of the past, for he
adopted the Norman method, then dy-
ing out, of placing his living rooms on
the second floor. This made for safe
ty, and the ground floor apartments
were simply windoWless dungeons and
storerooms..
In those days they built for strength,
and the walls OF Kentisfl rag are sof
great thickness calculated to with
stand the assaults of any quarrelsome
neighbors, while the turret, which
! gives admittance by a stone spiral
staircase to the living rooms above, III
guarded top ana bottom by massive
| oaken doors, and is lighted by oylets
through which a rain of o could
Ibe poured upon iltruders below. The
main style of the building LIS that oi
| the transition from early English tic
decorated. Oblong in form, II has ga
bieg, north and south. and at either
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20

that no settlement must hunniliate or
degrade us, (2) that we must have
preserved to us what every citizen has,
neither more nor less. the same pro-
lection of the imperial parliament, and
(3) we must have no bill and no act
which establishes the foundation FOR
the ultimate separation Of Great Brit
ain and Ireland"
With such expressions, 1t seems that
there is fine probability for a COM
promise. This country has long been
interested in the question Of home rule
for Ireland. The. complications which
have arisen because Of the attitude
of the men Of Ulster have intensified
curiosity in regard to the termination
Of q struggle which has been waged
In the British parliament and which
Is likely to terminate during this ses-
sion. But how is it going to be termi-
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No Sion of Rea-tion,

New York Evening Post: Tuesdays
election in the second congressional
district of Iowa resulted in the re-
turn Of the democratic candidate by
a plurality somewhere between 1900
and 1900. The progressive nominee
ran third. 1t will be Of interest TO
study the entire vote cast, when the
figures are accessible. The second
Iowa has been represented by a demo-
crat since 1910, when the late Cong
ressman Pepper was first elected. Be-
fore that the district had been steadily
republican, though by steadily narrow
ing majorities. In 1908 the republicans
had q plurality of about 1000. This
was virtually reversed yesterday by
Mr.. Vollmer, who had the. public in
dorsement Of President Wilson. Thus
there is as yet no sign on the horizon
of that reaction against the admins
tration for which republicans nave
been eagerly watching. Whether in
Massachusetts or Iowa, special con-
g%ressional elections have gone demo-
cratic. Republicans n say that they
would have won but for the progress
sive split, but that is pretty cold COM
fort. 1t is plain that IL the progress
sives stick to their determination to
put up candidates everywhere, the
next congress will infallibly be demo-
| cratic. And it Is probable that Iowa
| p~rogressiyes agree with the verdict OF
their Kansas brother, Henry Allen,
| who recently admitted that there is
an awful smart man in the White
| House"
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Daddy; sBedtirne
~. The Scagulls
NOYV -u~- Move to
Bluey Cove.

q r. AND MRS. sEAGULL didn't really know what to do" said
AA3 daddy. "They loved their home which was in q big harbor, for
Nv R they enjoyed seeing the boats pass and hearing the different whis-
boats great big boats that went across the ocean and little tugboMs.
THE seaguns would fly overhead, and then they'd land on top OF the wa
ter but they never could stay there long, a the boats would come along. and
they would have 70 fly of. OF late MI. and Mrs. SeaguN, although they were
still as fond Of their home az ever, became rather worried, for the little sea
guMs didn't seem to- be able to get out Of the way OF the boats Is quickly as
the old seaguls could. Mr. and Mrs. ssaguIl were afraid that one OF them
might get hurt by a boat 81 % a|E 4"
"of course the little seasuls were quite certain that nothing like that
would ever happen, but one day it did.
"They were playing tag on the surface Of the water and 80 interested in
their game that they didn't notice until too late that q great huge boat was
coming along. The captain Of the boat had blown the whistle to scare the
seaguns away: They hadn't heard it at all SO busy were they playing and &c
hit poor little Bluey seagulL. One of the others called out:
"Oh, fly up quickly, Bruey! He was not badly hit for the pilot Of the
boat had seen the seaguns and made the boat slow down. f..
"Bfuey raj frightened almost out IL his wits, but with the encourage
ment Of the other seaguns he managed to fly Of.
when hi. and Mrs. Seagul saw what had happened to Bluey they were
Mortified and quickly few off with him, all the other little seagaus following.
"They few al far from the boats Is they could, for now that Buey had
been hit, they didn't think life in the harbor where the boats passed vas 10
attractive. In fact they decded they would never go back there again.
"They few so far that they reached a little 20 at the basin Of the hae.
Dor, and when Mr.. seaguN saw 1T he said:
""This will be u new home
mrs Seagul said: -,
"We will never leave this home until all little seaguus are grown up. for
then they will always be safe and an play all they want to without being
afraid of getting hit by the big boats
$50 it was decided. and the cove was named Bfuey cove because It had
been on Bluey's account that they had moved there. And OF all the seaguns
he was the happiest and most relieved"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
fr@EHA Lung
TPOublg-pNOW Insured

Insurance companies will not accept
any one AFFECTED with Lung Trouble.
When o know a man who has been
afflicted and who later has been in
sured, such action means that the po-
li~cy-holder must be in a very good
state OF health, Cases have been re-
ported when Lung Sufferers, after taxi
ing Eckman's Alternative. a. remedy for
Throat and Lung Troubles, have sue
c~essfully passed the medical test of
insurance companies. Read this case:-
aS7 Dean st., Brooklyn. n. 7.
half ago I noticed that my health was
rapidly failing. I was troubled with
night sweats, q severe cough and was
very weak; having, in fact, absolutely
no ambition whatever. About this
me my lungs were affected. Not satis~
fled / went to another doctor, who,
after examining me, Ia that ] was In
the first stages OF Lung Trouble. At
Alternative. The night sweats stopped
almost Immediately, my cough became
looser and gradually disappeared. My
weight is now 142 pounds and my ply
| sound--which, together with the Taes
that i have just been accepted by two
| different insurance companies for in
surance. makes me sure OF my entire
r]ee sgffidyay py Rekman's A ". 3. shn.
lAbove a~bbreviated; more on Re.
1 quest).
Eckman's Alternative has been prov.
ea sg man agr y severe 5ssF e a, ne h mosl
4 Affections, Bronchitis, Bronchial As
| thma, stubborn Colds and in upbuildl
ing the system. Contains no larco
tics; p]oisons or habit-forI.ling drugs
| the EcSulan Laboratory, Philadelphia,
| Pa, for booklet telling of recaveries
at1dsadditional evidence. -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
President Puts National Good
Faith Above Democratic Platform

New York Tribune: Mr.. Wilson's
announcement that he favors the re-
peal Of the coastwise tolls provision
Of the Panama canal law strikes the
highest note of craftsmanship. It is
the most courageous thing that he has
he succumbed to ..counsels OF eXpe-
diency and followed the line Of least
resistance he would have. tried to
deaden his conviction that the ex-
emption of American coastwise traffic
from canal charges was a plain viola
ton Of treaty by supporting some COM
promise scheme like MI. Adamson's
for the temporary suspension of the
offending provision.
The country probably did not expect
more than that of him after his con-
cessions to congress on the exemption
of farmers and union laborers from
prosecution for violating the Sherman
antitrust law and his acquiescence In
the patronage grabs slipped by hun-
gary democrats in congress into the
tariff, currency and other laws. Those
who criticised such iapses will be de-
lighted to see that he has risen to the
full height Of his responsibility to
execute the nations treaties. as well
as it's laws.
AS the chief agent Of the treaty
making power the president should be
especially solicitous to prevent a re-
pudiation by congress of treaty obli-
cations. The coastwise trade exemp-
ton was a plain violation of The pledge
made in the Hay-Pauncefote conven-
zion to treat the shipping of all eoun.
tries on a basis Of equity. That pledge
was the price Of Grea. Britain's con-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
DYSPEPTIC
SHOULD EAT
a PHYSICIANS ADVICE

"Indigestion and practically ali
forms of stomach rouDl are, nine
times out of ten, Gus GO aSia,Ig' When-
ever possible, avoid eating food thaL -
acid in its nature, or which by cnehl-
icaa action in the stomach develops
eliminates most foods which are pleas
ant to the taste as well as those when
are rich in blood. flesh and nerve
building properties. This is the reason
are usually SO thin. ernaciated and
lacking in that vital energy which can
only come from a well fed body. ZOE
the hsneft of those sufferers who nave
been obliged to exclude from their dieL
ali starchy, sweet or fatty food, and
are trying to keep up q miserable ex-
istence on gluten products, 4 Woulg
suggest that you should try a meal OF
In moderate amount, taking Immediate
ly afterwards a t~eaSpoOLful OF blstraI-s
ed rnagnesia in a little hot or colo
water. This will aeutraIize any ACID
which may be present Or which mas
be formed, and instead OF the usual
feeling of UneaSiIless and fnllfleSs, o
Will ind that your food agrees with
yen perfectly. Bisnrated magnesia is
antacid known. 1t has no direct ac-
ton ON the stomach; but by n~eutraItz-3
ing the acidity OF the food contents,
acid irritation which iniiames the deli
cate stomach lining, 1T does more than
could possibly be done by any drug or
medicine. AS a physician, / believe in
he use of medicine whenever necess-
airy, but I must admit that / cannot see
the sense of dosing an anfia7ned and
irritated stomach with drugs instead OF
getting rid Of the acid--the cause OF an
nssia from your druggist. eat what you
want at your next meal, take some OF
the bisurated mlasslesia as directed
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sent to abandon its rights under the
Ciayton-Bulwer treaty.
Congress, affected by the clarnor Of
eastern interests which wanted to sub
SidiZe the coast-wise trade still fur
Their, and by Pacific coast interests
which wanted to have the government
help to pay the cost Of freight from
one coast to the other, undid Secre-
tary Hays work and gave Great
Britain a right to claim that the
United States was squirming out OF
q fair bargain.
The most honorable way to meet
such a situation is to confess the
wrong We have done and to undo it.
Mr.. Wilson's willingness to adopt that
high-minded policy Is all the more
commendable in that it conpels him
to forego the Use of a political buffer
which has hitherto yielded him much
comfort. ,..
He will have to drop the cIaim-put
to convenient use the other day with
the suffragists-that he speaks in
large political affairs only for the
democratic party in so far as that
parry has put its views on record. The
democratic national platform of 1912
distinctly favored the exemption of
coastwiSe' trade from the payment OF
canal tolls, so that the president must
cut loose Of promises to Great
Britain. III. -.
He is going to speak "to" the party
now and not merely. "for" it. He is
right and the platform ia wrong. AS
a champion of the right he can win
more lasting fame than he ever could
have won as the mere champion OF
tho platform. In this new and inspir-
ing role The Tribune wishes him the
clearest cut triumph Of his admins.
tration.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
~cENTENARfEs or 1914.
Hundredth Anniversaries Of Many Dis
4insuished Men Occur This Year.

Hundredth Anniversaries Of Many Dis
tinsuished Men Occur This Year.
Leslie's: Louise Muhlbach, born
Jan. 2, heads the list Of the births Of
distinguished persons who made their
advent a century ago. For many years
her novels were among the best SELL
erS" Of the age, but today they are
seldom read. The same day gave to
the American portion Of the world
John Romeyn Brodhead, the historian;
while succeeding days of January fur
nished US with the anniversaries Of
English poet; Charles Baker Adams
I1), naturalist and geologist; Eugene
Emanuel Violet LIE DUO (27), great
French architect, and Henry n. Hud-
son (23), Protestant ~Episcopalian cler-
gyman and Shakespearean scholar,
and Sir Andrew .Crombie (31), Scotch
geologist. But the greatest name on
the rolls of births for January, 1914, is
that Of David Wilmot, statesman and
party leader, who greets us on Jan.
20. Wi1tnot's ~"proviso" of 1S46, at the
beginning of the war with Mexico,
stipulated that from the territory
which would be gained by US in that
conflict slavery should be excluded. In
cidentally this became the corner stone
in the creed of the republican party,
born in 1855, the party Of Fremont,
Lincoln, Grant and Taft.
George Palmer Putnam (Feb. y,
founder of the great publishing house
of that name; Samuel J. Tilden co.,
politician and lawyer; ". H. II.
Kingston (2S), British romance writer,
author Of the Circassion Chief, and
scores Of other books, principally juve-
niles; Charles Mackay (March 2D,
British poet and journalist, are we'll
remembered. April gave us (2) Eras-
tus Brigham Bigelow, inventor Of the
power loom; Edward Elbridge Sails
bury co., philoIogist, and John 10th
rop Motley (15), the historian Of The
Dutch Republic. and the United Meth
erlands, and Edwin Lancaster (2S),
the British scientists and friend of
Dickens and Douglas Jerrold, while
Stephen Heller, the Hungarian musi-
clan, is recalled by May Is. Henry
Whitney Bellows (June 14), Is we'll re-
membered as president Of the sanitary
commission during the civil war, and
also as one of the most emminent Uni
tartan clergymen Of his area: while in
his own field Samuel Colt July 100,
inventor n manufacturer of the re-
~volver, has made a name for himself.
Aug. IA saw the advent of William
L. Yancey Of Alabama, the morning
star of secession; while we are in
debted to Oct. rs for the DUO De Ne
mours, second son OF Louis Philippe
of France, who refused to post
OF king Of Belgium; to Nov. 5 for Ed
ward L. Davenport, one of the lead
ing actors Of his time; to Nov. 10 for
Fighting Joe Hooker; to Dec. Is for
Thomas Edward. the Scotch natural
list and adviser Of Darwin, and to Dec.
20 for Edward H. Chaplin, one Of the
foremost Universalist preachers of his
day,
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end of the long east wall is a square
projection.
Ascending the stairs we ind our
selves In a room OF truly noble pro-
portions, occupying the length and
breadth Of the building, % by 1917 feet,
and lighted by windows east, west.
north and south. 1t Is open to the roof,
which retains nearly. ii NOT quite. its
original form, and has a fireplace and
an "alnbrey", or cupboard, in which
cooking and table requisites and aims
for the poor were kept. In this 'saire3.,
or attire, the family lived and work
ed, and here visitors and f~better-class
Iretainers slept. Here, perhaps. from
the beams supporting the roof, hung
the store Of dried provisions for win
ter use, and the herbs collected by the
squire's dame.
1T was here in the "aire'' that, at
even, the family gathered around the
freight candles were expensive lux
uries in those days} to listen to story
Of battle or chase. The windows were
unglazed, but glass might be fixed In
the shutters, the iron hook for which
still remains; Qaken settees did duty
as seats by day and as resting; places
at night, and meals were served on n
board placed on tre~stlsE--ile1lce, per-
haps. the phrase Athe festive board
From the hall a doorway gives adj
n1lTfanc6 70 one or those square EhaEaa~
beers already noticed as built on the
ends of the east wall. Tt lis the Lords
chamber the sleeping room OF the
women and children. The walls are
thick, and lancet Sits, high above
reach. but la a dim light by day, while
the shutter hooks, still tightly Wedged
In the WALL show how jealonsiy the
retreat was guarded by night. It was
the inner sanetum, the most protected
part Of the house, where those dear
est to the knight found refuge In
times his wife and children obtained
privacy from the more public life of
| the hall.
The other projecting room throws
further light on the dispositions OF
| our knight. "a soldier. 3. domestic
| man, a man OF taste. he was also d
man Of religion. For CHS room, a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
WoMAN'S SARCASM.
"PIease Don't Bite My Dog" She
Entreated Chancellor Bismarck.

wy ~S
Entreated Chancellor Bismarck.
London Tit-Bits: Bismarck had
little regard for women who attempt
ed to think for themselves in mat
ters OF state and politics. More
over, he never tool any pains to con-
ceal his dislikes for them. Occasionally,
however, when his adversary was a
clever woman, he found the snub re-
turned as effectively as he gave it.
One day he paid a visit to the Rus
sian embassy at Berlin. Several wom-
en- who were present joined In the
conversation, which turned on some of
the political questions OF the day. Bis
marck was as gruff and surly to the
women as usual; he fouted even the
mistress Of the house, the Countess
Schouvaloff.
AS last, to the relief of everybody,
Bismarck took his leave. A few mo-
ments later the family mastiff was
heard barking at the great man in the
courtyard.
Immediately the countess ran to the
open window and called, in tones Oh
gentle ~entreaty:
"Oh, please, Monsieur lie Chancellor,
please don't bite my dog!"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20

THE HOME RULE FIGHT,

The British parliament has entered
upon a momentous session. There are
several large questions, but home rule
for Ireland ov~ershadows them all.
=, There seems to have been consid-
cradle over-confldence among the
home rule leaders. The easy travelling
predicted for the measure is not ap-
parent in its last stages, and the I'LL
ster movement seems t. have been too
heavily discounted.
The kings speech, referring to the
grave future difficulties" involving in
the attitude Of Ulster toward the Irish
home rule bill. the defiant declaration
of the Unionist spokesman that 100, 900
trained men in the north of Ireland
are ready to sacrifice their lives in re-
pulsing the enforcement of that e
5ure by British bullets and bayonets,
and Premier Asquith's avowed anxiety
to avoid civil war in Ulster, all indi-
cate a belief that, unless some sort of
compromise is patched up, there will
actually be revolutionary outbreaks in
Ulster.
The great question is whether a way
a be found out Of the difficulty. Pre-
mier Asquith is disposed to secure
the conditions which will enable the
people. Of Ulster to exist under home
rule without being subjected to the
discrimination which they believe will
occur the moment the people Of Ire
land are permitted to legislate in re-
gard to home affairs. But the head of
the ministry is not ready to go as far
as Ulster desires.
Mr.. Redmond. for the Irish nation
alists, has made more than one con .
ciIfatory speech. In his recent address
at Waterford. he said:
There are no lengths. short Of the
abandonment OF the principles you
and I hold, to which ! would not &c
to win the confidence Of these men (ir
uister). There are no safeguards tc
which ! would object in a home rule
bill tomorrow. to satisfy the fears
which these men feel about their re.
ligious freedom. I say he Is the best
Irishman who does his best today BIZ
preaching federation and concilia
ton"
There is certainly nothing truculent
about that. And Sir Edward Carson
for the ~unionists. has lately been talk,
S.i ms Of his extreme anxiety for a ON
promise. He. STIMULATES however, Il,