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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-02-06

that there may be some minor details
that it win be necessary to. change on
account OF differences Of opinion
among the members but there is no
inclination apparent in either the house
or the senate TO oppose the ultimate
object of the measure. Ehe new board
viii take charge OF affairs on July /
OF this year and the board is to be ap-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-02-06
Another Outbreak
of Foot and Mouth
Disease Reported

discovery Of foot and mouth infeo
in Buffalo,
advised
these cities interstate shipment of
have been disposed Of
Of of the
dneetns the yards will suffice to stamp out
outbreak. =. +
number of to work disnfeetng.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-02-06
NAVAL BILL GOES
TO THE SENATE

Washington, Feb. ga naval appro-
priation bill, providing for the con-
struction of two new cireadnoughtss at
a total cost OF 3,600,0 600. exclusive OF
armor and armament. is on its way to
the senat from the house. where 1t
passed last night without q roll call.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-02-06
Arkansas Sixteenth
State to Vote the
Saloons ut--Governor
Signed Bill Today

Hays signed the state wide
granting further
granted
sixteenth statewide prohibition
national prohibition headquarters
notg prohibition until Jan. l. 1916.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-02-06

Continued on Page six.
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tonight.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-21
a.4a& *4 &&Sa 80
THE PEAcHBLOW VASE

BY Gerald Fyce
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
The old pawnbroker looked in as
tonishment at the object which was
set down upon the counter before his
eyes.
"a peachblow vase, only Is inches
high said the well-dressed man who
had come into the shop. zone of the
only pair in existence, and valued Of
ficially by the American museum at
$4,000 apiece"
y How much do you want on it,"
inquired the pawnbroker, more from
force of habit than anything else.
: 1.-TWO thousand dollars" answered
the man. -
All the while he kept his hands
carefully about the precious object
resting in its velvet case. The pawn
broker stared at it. 1t was worth its
weight in gold, and something more.
Jones had the only pawnshop that
was also an art museum. He had han
died half the private. objects Of vertu
in collections, perhaps. None knew
UuI uO uOH O1IOu IuO it'll Hldu uOSuS
large loan. He was cognizant with
the peachblow vases, and he had
heard of this unique pair, one of
which rested in the American mu-
scum, the other being the property
of some unknown European.
"Of course you understand must
have an expert" he began.
"Quite So" answered the man.
"Oblige me by signing this receipt
and liability and 1 will be back in a
week"
Jones signed. The deal would mean
only small sum, but his curiosity
was thoroughly aroused With trem-
bling fingers he locked away the tro-
ply in his safe. Then he telephoned
Smith, the famous expert in porce-
lains.
The expert arrived that afternoon
and looked fhp vase over
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-21

''Not at all. It's the vase from the
museum. Stolen, of course, and no
doubt the authorities are keeping it
dark while they hunt down the thief.
I'll telephone the curator at once. By
the way, was the man who brought
you this a tallish man with a slight
cast in one eye?"
YES" said the pawnbroker.
Why"
Hes the fellow that foisted the
spurious BotticeIli on old Campion
last year. Painted it himself, and it
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
EXPLOSION CLAIMS MANY
LIVES At ARDMORE, CHA.
Spark From Workman's Hammer Ig-
mites a Car of Gasoline and Sets
Town Attire.

ArdmOre, OKLA spark from
workman's hammer ignited a 25O-bar
rel tank car of gasoline Monday and
from the ruins of two city blocks razed
by the resulting explosion and the
fires which followed thirty-One bodies
have been recovered.
Fifty persons were believed to have
been crushed to death under falling
walls or burned to death while pin
ned in the debris of stores, wholesale
houses and the Ardmore railroad sta
ton. Seach among the ruins is pro-
ceeding. The property damage was
estimated at 100000.
The explosion of the gasoline wreck,
ed an entire block of buildings in the
heart of the town and precipitated a
scene Of panic and disaster. The car
owned by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway, was standing near
the railroad station Along Main
street, from the station to the Whit
tingtOn hotel, every building was de-
molished and on the opposite side of
the street the plant of Swift & Co., a
two-story ~ooming house and cafe and
other business buildings were razed,
Over the splintered rooms of these
buildings and for blocks around the
flaming gasoline was thrown, starting
a score of fires.
Not a window in the city escaped
the force of the explosion and the en-
tire population, sensing the disaster,
poured terrified into the streets.
"Ardmore was a hideous inferno of
smoke and flame, OF pungent odors
and blood and groans," said one wit
ness, telling of conditions which fol-
lowed the explosion.
In spite of the confusion and uncer-
tainty, the smoke which filled the air
and the jumbled brick and timber
which blocked the streets, there were
many instances Of heroism and self
control, which doubtless reduced the
death list. Rescue teams quickly were
organized. Private houses were open
ed to the injured, women and girls
volunteering as nurses while nus
bands and brothers fought the flames
which threatened the town or search
ed for injured imprisoned in the
ruins. Telegraph and telephone com.
munication was severed for five hours
and it was impossible to secure aid
from the outside world.
Two hundred injured are being
cared for
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Mexican SOLDIERS AID
BANDITS ON RIO GRRNDE
U. S. Troops Engage in Battle With
Entrenched Mexicans While Chas-
ing Bandits From Texas Soil.

Brownsville, Texan international
crisis Of grave possibilities arose Fri
day when two to three hundred Car
rama soldiers. led by a CarranZa Of
ficer in full uniform, covered from in,
trenchments on the Mexican side the
retreat of seventy to eight MeXiCans
who early Friday raided the town OF
Progreso, thirty-five miles above
Brownsville, sacked and attempted to
burn the unguarded store Of FlorenciO
Saenz, Mexican, and killed one
American soldier, Private Henry
Stubblefield Of Troop C, Twelfth cav,
airy. Stubblefield was shot twice in
the body when he and his detachment
Of twelve men approached the build,
, ing, unaware that it was occupied sby
the Mexicans.
The unsuspecting Americans were
just preparing for their days rest,
after an all night Of patrol duty, when
the two shots that started the trouble
We're fired. The Mexicans did not wait
to fight, but fled on their horses down
the old military highway. After 60
ing some distance they headed for the
Rio Grande, under fire from the Amer
leans.
Smelling smoke, the troopers began
an investigation of the interior OF the
building. The MexicanS had attempt
ed to burn the building after looting
it, but in their haste to get away the
loot was left behind. The troopers
also discovered an unexploded bomb.
In the meantime the message had
gone out and American troops from
Donna, Mercedes and Santa Maria, all
within range of six to eight miles,
began closing in. Reinforcements of
sixty men arrived, and the chase of
the Mexicans, led by what seemed a
Carranza army officer, began.
The Americans reached the river to
find that the band had scattered In
the brush up and down the river Sew
eral were spied crossing the Rio
Grande in boat, and the Americans,
who up to this time had not been
seen from the Mexican side, opened
fire and killed two men in the boat.
Thereupon firing began from the Mexi-
can side from behind perhaps half
mile of intrenchments that were dug
by the Mexicans at the time of the
across-the-Rio Grande battle in Au-
gust.
The Mexicans kept up this fire for
two hours, during which time it was
estimated by the American army men
that 5000 shots were fired. The Amer
leans, in the face of this fire from
Mexico, could not approach the bank
OF the river to obtain better view
of the fleeing bandits crossing up and
down the stream.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Reports From Mobile,

Mobile, Ala-The West Indian hur
ricane that spent its force Wednesday
night against New Orleans and yicin,
ity took toll of at least a score of
lives and did extensive property dam
age at smaller cities and resorts along
the Louisiana-Mississippi gulf coast,
according to advices coming in slowly
over crippled lines of communication.
Most of the loss of life reported was
in Premier, La. The railroad agent
at that town telegraphed that eight
white persons and seventeen negroes
had been drowned and many injured
when the wind drove the waters of
Lake Ponchartrain into the streets.
Two children lost their lives in Pasca-
goula, Miss, when a house was. de-
molished, and two men were electro
cuted by wires torn down by the
storm. Several other deaths were re-
ported in isolated sections.
Low districts of number of other
cities and villages along the coast
were flooded. Three feet of water
was reported at Slidell, La, near the
east bank of Lake Ponchartrain, and
property damage there from wind is
said to be great. Water is said to have
been two feet deep in the streets of
Coden, Miss, and the bay front shell
road there inundated to a depth of six
feet. Three miles of railroad track
near Ruddock, La, have been washed
away.
At Gulfport, Miss, four steamers, in
Guiding the British steamer Brentwood
of 1900 tors, were washed over the
wharVes and are fast aground.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
TROPICAL HURRICANE
DOS GREAT DAMAGE
LoUIsIANA-MlsSlsSiPPI COAST is
SWEPT BY SEVERE STORM.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Damage TO SHIPPING GREAT
Damage Done at New Orleans Will
Total Around $2,00O,0 00-Lowest
Barometer Reading Ever Record
ed-Reports From Other Towns

New Orleans, La, via Baton Rouge.
Fourteen known dead; seVe"al scores
of injured treated at the Charity hos
pital; property damage reaching per
haps 100000; no street cars in OPP
Grafton; river front strewn with water
Wreckage, the dock board alone suf-
| fering many thousands of dollars dam
age; outlying sections flooded, and
telephone, telegraph and train service
paralyzed-this is the gist of the New
Orleans storm situation at present
New Orleans and the surrounding
territory are beginning to recover
from the worst hurricane ever expert
enced in that section, according to
weather bureau and other records.
Scarcely large plate glass window
remains intact in the downtown sec
ton and many stocks of goods were
damaged by wind and rain. Signs,
telegraph, telephone and electric light
poles and wires and debris from dam
aged buildings Uttered the streets and
hundreds Of structures were unroofed
or demolished in various parts of the
city. Early unofficial statements
placed the property damage at nearly
$2,OOO,OOO.
In the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany's exchange fifteen persons, most
ly girls, were injured when all the
windows on the floor where they were
working crashed in
The maximum velocity of the wind,
according to the local weather bureau,
was between 100 and 1870 miles an
hour. The wind blew at this rate for
one minute between $50 and 6 o'clock
Wednesday night. The highest sus-
tanned velocity was eighty-siX miles,
about $40 D. m.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
United States Cavalry Erred On

Brownsville, TeX.-A patrol of the
Twelfth United States cavalry was
fired on three times Wednesday in the
vicinity of the La Feria pumping
plant, twenty-five miles above Browns
vile, and on the bank of the Rio
Grande. Two of the shots came from
the Mexican side of the Rio Grande,
the oncommissioned officer in COM
mand reported, while one shot was
fired from the American side. In re.
ply, the troopers, twenty in all, fired
three rounds each into the surrounding
brush, but failed to locate persons re-
sponsible for the shots.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Historic VIII Be Returned.

Richmond, Va.-J. P. Morgan of New
York has sent to Justice James Keith,
president of the Virginia court of ap-
peals, to be, disposed of by him at his
own discretion the will of Martha
Washington, taken from the records of
Fairfax court house by federal sol.
der during the civil war and bought
by the late Pierpont Morgan for his Ii.
brary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Sentences Passed in Nueces Cases,

Corpus Christi, Tex-August Ueh.
hnger, Lee Riggs, Tom Dunn, Ed Cas-.
teberry and Henry Stevens, recently
convicted in the federal court of con-
spiracy against the United States in
corrupting an election at which con.
gressmen were voted for, were taken
to the Victoria county Jail Friday.
where they will remain pending the &C.
ton of their attorneys in appealing
the cases. Uehlinger, Castleberry and
Stevens We're each given a year and
day at Leayenworth (Kan. }. prison:
Riggs and Dunn were given six
months in the Victoria county Jail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
u. S. PAID S5,OOO,OOO,OOO
IN PENSIONS Since 1890
Veterans of Civil War Get $4,5O0,000
600 From Uncle Sam-$1 100000
Sent to Foreign Countries.

Washington.-The government has
pair nearly $5,G00,000,O00 in pensions
since 1890, according to the annual
report Of the commissioner Of pen
sions, just issued, and of this amount
more than $4,000, 100000 has gone for
veterans of the civil war. During the
fiscal year the civil war pension rolls
were reduced 1926, or about 400 more
than during 1914 When the civil war
came the standing army was small.
The Northern enlistments, including
the draft, numbered 2,213,365 men.
There are today 396,37O survivors
drawing pensions.
The total number On the pension
rolls, including all wars and the causes
arising therefrom, at the close of the
fiscal year was 748,147. OF these,
nearly 100000, including all classes
being taken care of, are accredited
to the civil war The war with Spain
and the Philippines instruction,
which has already cost the govern
ment nearly $5O,OOO,OOO, is paid to
about $4,000 pensioners. 1t is esti-
mated that for the full period $70,0OO,-
600 was paid on account of the revolu-
tionary war, $46,OOO,OOO on account of
the war of 1912, to which are now &C.
credited 194 claimants, and to claim
ants on account of the Mexican war
about $49,5O0,O0O There are nearly
5000 of these on the rolls.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Conditions Along Border Bad

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. along the
Mexican border in the Brownsville dis.
trict again have become acute, accord
ing to messages to the war denart.
ment Tuesday from Major General
Funston. A battery of mountain artil-
lery has been dispatched to Progreso,
Texas, to prevent raid by 500 ban
dts who threaten to cross into Ameri,
can territory, advices said.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Passengers Burned by indians

San Diego, Cal-Eighty passengers
OF a Southern Pacific Mexican train
were thrown into car containing hay
and the car set on fire by bard of
Yaqui Indians Friday near Torres, So,
nora, according to radio advices re.
ceived Saturday from Hermosillo via
Guaymas. Only twenty passengers
have been accounted for thus far, the
others having been burned to death,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
POSTPONE Mexican Quarantine

81 Paso, Tex.-Upon receiving as
surances from the local health authori-
ties that they were fully able to cope
with the situation caused by the in
flux OF refugees from Mexico DR.. W.
B. Collins, Texas state health officer,
has decided to postpone the proclama-
ton of quarantine against Mexico.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Kills Twenty.one Doves in One Shot

San Antonio, Tex-District Judge
W. S. Anderson and Sheriff John w.
Tobin were confronted with a knotty
problem Saturday when deputy sher.
If reported to them that hunter had
killed twenty-one doves at one shot.
Whether the hunter violated the state
game law, which forbids any one per-
son to kill more than fifteen doves in
one day, was question upon which
both Judge Anderson and Sheriff To.
bin declined to rule. The incident
was reported to the attorney genera
for a ruling.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Mother of Texas Governor Dead.

Salado, Tex. - Within stones
throw of the home to which fifty
years ago. she came to Bell County
with her husband, Rev. James E. Fer.
guson, Methodist preacher, soldier and
flour miller, all that was mortal of
Mrs. Fannie Fitzpatrick Ferguson,
mother of the governor of Texas, was
consigned to its last rest Tuesday in
historic salado cemetery, near the
town which by one vote missed the
distinction of being chosen as the cap
ital of the State.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
New Fourth Class Postmasters

Washington.-The following Texas
fourth-class postmasters were named ::
Hall, San Saba county, Louis N.
Gooch; Noonan, Medina county, Jas.
E. Seay; Pandale, Val Verde county,
Ed Smith; Mercy, San. Jacinto county,
Barney B. Carnes; Dentonio, Dimmit
county, Everett ], Vesey; Pipe Creek,
Bandera county, Mrs. Maggie A. Das-
kin; Ander, Goliad county, Jesse w.
Watson; James, Upshur county, mrs.
Hazel Cobb (postoffice formerly cali.
ed JAMESON; Westminster, Collin
county, Mrs. Ella G. Johnsey; Choice,
Shelby county, Mrs. Lizzie Cook; Ray
ford, Montgomery county, Mrs. Mamie
c. Stothart; Steeles Store, Brazos
county, Joseph Scanlin; Tordia, Will
son county, Joseph A. Wassenich.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Heavy Hailstorm in West TED

Ell Paso, Textile heaVla 3
storm in the history of Wea y
fell in the vicinity of Clint ~, Y.
and Sierra Blanca "Wednesday 8
of the hailstones weighed Two ~ |.
and broke windows, penetralee y
killed chickens and small Oals'.,
animals, and stripped fruit ts0 Z
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Famous RACING poo Team Said

Nome, Alaska.-The Allan Darling
team OF racing dogs, winners of the
famous 412-mile all-Alaska sweep
stake race, was sold Saturday to Lieu
tenant Haas of the French army, who
will take the dogs to France for use
in Alpine service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
kidnapped Ranchman Is Reyeased

81 Paso, Tex.-E. P. Fuller, manager
OF the Cudahy ranch at Santo Domin-
go, near Villa Ahumada, who was kid
naped recently for a ransom said to
have been equivalent to $4,000 in Unit
ed States currency, has been released
and has reached Villa Ahumada.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Formal Recall of oumba h'''

Washington. = DR., Cons'ahal
Dumba, Austrian ambassad0f y. y
United States, has been iOilS,s
called by his government = !.
state department is arranging WI \,
British and French embassls y Y
safe conduct on a steamer g
from New York Oct. 3.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
New Submarine Type pIeases.

ProVincetown, Mass, Representa-,
ives of the navy department were
gratified Wednesday by satisfactory
test OF the new giant submarine MI.
which completed an underwater cruise
The MI is said to be larger than the
famous German U boats.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Arms and Cartridges a'''

Laredo, Tex.-United s's 8 !.
toms officials Sunday held Y 4
million rounds of cartrius a.l
large number of army ri,l.s -. Il
for use by the CarranHa lO ,,ss
ders said to have ellisa
Washington.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
po,d eond Issue Defeats

Cleveland. 'Hex.--In the els $,
determine whether or not 4,
trict No. 8 of Liberty coa ny. II
issue bonds in the sum Of sae Y.
building shell or gravei !. I'll os,irs
votes were cast for ana o =
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Great Storm RACES in Italy.

Rome, via Paris.--A great storm
has been raging throughout Italy, caus
ing floods and landslides. Trees have
been uprooted by the wind and the
wide overflow of rivers has drowned
cattle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
TweIve-cent Cotton.

Houston, Tex.-Twelve cents was
the official quotation for cotton, mid
ding grade, on the Houston Cotton
Exchange Tuesday, and when that
point was reached Houston became
the highest spot market in the South
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Calls 100000 70 the colors

Paris. Mobilization of twent,
classes of Greek troops will call tic
the colors 100000 men. This is the
official figure given by the Greek wal
ministry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Haltiens Killed by Americare

Cape Haitien>-In an attack by
Haitian rebels on an American force
about two miles from Cape Haitien
forty Haitians were killed. Ten Amer.
leans were wounded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
Lake Charles Fire Costly

Lake Charles, Lathe mill of the
Peayy Byrnes Lumber Company, two
miles from Kinder, was partly destroy.
ed by fire. Wednesday. Loss $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-08
N x g. r. in Hands Of Rsss" Y

M, X. & r. in Hands q Nss U,Il
St. Louis, Mo,-The ka9s "a
system, embracing the hls'O~ 80;
sas & Texas, a Kansas coi , 4
and the Missouri, Kansas &,
Railway of Texas, MONDAY w
the hands of a receiver.