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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
WOULD CONTROL
NATIONAL PARKS

Washington, Dec, 29.-The American
Civic association which is holding its
eleventh annual convention here has
set in motion it's plan to centralize
control Of the scenic. recreational, and
historical reservations Of the coun-
try.
A bill proposing a national parks
commission to be introduced by Repre-
sentative Kent Of California was ex-
planned and discussed by leaders in the
work Of conservation and develop
ment
Richard B. Watrous, secretary of the
association said division OF control of
the reservation among three depart
ments Of the government prevented
full opportunity for popular enjoyment
OF them.
Arguments for preservation Of the
scenic beauties Of Niagara Falls were
presented by J. Horace Mcfarland,
president of the association.
The Marquis of Aberdeen, former
governor general of Canada and form
er viceroy Of Ireland, addressing the
opening session today, said the bene-
ficent influence Of the association was
making itself felt over all the world
Mrs. Percy v. Pennybacker of Texas
president Of the Federation Of Wom-
ems clubs urged the association tc
interest itself in improving the condt-
tions OF rural school teachers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
TAPPEN HAD TWO
SERIOUS FIRES

Tappen, N. D., Dec. 29.-Tappen
has had two close calls from serious
fires. +. o..
The first fire was in the blacksmith
shop and was caused by an overheated
stove. The fire was discovered about
9 o'clock in the morning and the
prompt ringing of the fire bell brought
citizens with fire extinguishers and
which had gained considerable head
way. The building and machinery
were damaged to the extent of sew
eral hundred dollars, with no insur-
ar1ce- The automobile of Oscar Erick-
son was damaged by heat and water.
The car was an almost new one and
was stored in the rear of the shop.
There was no insurance on it.
The second fire occurred in the
Peterson & Co. store and again the
fire bell brought the people out pre-
pared to fight fire. This blaze had
gained more headway, having burned
its way between the ceiling and floor
above and with the dense smoke from
burning stock made the task Of fight
ing it something fierce. 1t was neces-
sary to tear off part of the ceiling and
cut holes in the floor above to get at
some Of the fire. 1t required two
hours of the hardest kind of work to
subdue this fire which is thought to
have started from the lighting system.
The store building and stock are
badly damaged and the loss will run
UP in the thousands. The store will
not open until after the loss is adj
justed by the insurance companies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Timid and Lazy Men
Hail With Delight the
Pacifist, Says 7. R.

the torch Of pacifists. He compared
ancient philosophers, literary men and
merchants of these nations to David
Starr Jordan, Henry Ford and other
Americans Of today Then his paper
continued:
There are well-meaning people ut
terly incapable Of learning any lesson
taught by history, utterly incapable of
understanding Alright what has gone on
before their very eyes during the past
year or two, who, nevertheless, wish
to turn this country into an occidental
China--the kind of China which every
intelligent Chinarnan Of the present
day is seeking to abolish.
There are plenty of politicians by
no means as we'll meaning, who find it
to their profit to pander to the desire
common to most men to live softly and
easily and avoid risks and effort. Timid
and lazy men, men absorbed in ease
and luxury. and all soft and slothful
people naturally hail with delight any
body who will give them high sound
ing names behind which to cloak their
unwillingness to run risks or to toll
and endure. Emotional philanthropists
to whom thinking Is distasteful form
'of mental exercise enthusiastically
champion this attitude"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29

London, Dec. 29.-The submarine
which appeared on the surface short
ly after the French steamer Vile de la
Ciotat was torpedoed off the island of
Crete few the Austrian flag, according
to a dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Malta today.
1T Is learned from survivors," says
the dispatch, that the vessel was off
Crete, on her way from Japan for
Marseilles, when at 10 o'clock on the
morning of December "a, without the
slightest warning, she was shaken by
terrific explosion, following which
a submarine appeared flying the Aus
trian flag. There were on board 963
passengers, for the most part French,
among whom were 13 children and a
number of women, and 13 officers and
a crew Of 16S, the. sailors being chiefly
laScars.
Following the explosion there was
a terrific thrush of water through a
big hold in the stern, yet there was no
panic. The passengers gathered on
deck, showing the greatest GOODNESS.
Five boats and two RATS we're relests-
ed. One of the boats loaded with
women and children capsized and all
in it were drowned and another boat
was smashed against the steamers
side.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Thinking in Terms of Nation
Is Fatal, Says Prof. Ross

at follows that the war loving ma
tons have power to force the peace
loving nations into the gloomy path OF
armament or war. whereas the peace
loving nations have no power to force
the war loving nations into the paths
of peace. The men Of Mars set tho
pace for the rest Of the world. A cool,
relentless analysis Of the situation dis
closes little ground for hopeful autici-
patton.
"The only way Of the escape Of the
advanced nations from the ruinous re-
suits Of their inevitable competition
for place and advantage in the back
ward parts Of the globe lies in their
combining to create an organization
provided with the means OF adjudicat-
ing disputes and enforcing awards.
Thinking in terms of the nation is
destroying the people Of Europe at the
rate Of ten thousand a day. Is 1t not
high time we were thinking in terms
of some international league of peace,
world federation, or other vast unit
capable of keeping the peace without
stereotyping the status quo or hinder
ing the survival Of the fittest and the
success Of tho adapted?'
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29

true, and nobody knows it better than
yourself"
The message reverts to it's charges
that Captain Boy-Ed wrote the warn
ing to American citizens not to take
passage on the Lusitania, to attempts
it asserts he made to embroil the
United States with Great Britain with
false affidavits regarding shipments of
supplies to naval vessels and to the
so-called "Huerta plot" The news
paper declares also that an attempt
was made to ''bribe it into silence" by
the offer OF large sum of money for
the formation of press bureau" The
message ends with this declaration:
You know well the reason why the
United States government refused to
permit you to remain any longer in
this country. These reasons were not
based on 'hysterical rumors' printed
by the Providence Journal.
Your attempt this morning to make
the American people believe such a
ridiculous falsehood is your farewell
insult to a government and press which
have treated you with ample patience.
Had 1t not been for the protection
given you by your official standing,
you would have long ago been placed
behind prison bars"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
BANQUET
PARTY
\ ~ "W VI

Stockholm, Dec. 29.-Members Of the
Ford peace expedition tonight gave a
banquet, in the ball room of local
hotel in honor of their Swedish hosts.
Many prominent men and women OF
Stockholm were present. .
Mayor Carl Lindhagen, one Of the
speakers, said: you have come like
the Vikings Of old across the sea. You
are Vikings in spiritual sense.
agree with the Americans that it is
better to try something than nothing.
Castor Plaintiff thanked the mayor
in the name of Henry Ford for the re-
ception, the mayor gave the commits
sion. Senator Helen Ring Robinson of
Denver presided.
1t was said tonight that Viggo Cav
ling, editor of The Copenhagen Poll
tiken, had arranged a reception in
Copenhagen for the party.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
KANSAS RAISED
A GREAT CROP

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 29!-Kansa's pro-
duced field crops valued at $341,561, ,439
in 1915 according to the annual re-
port OF ]. c. Mohler secretary Of the
state board Of agriculture. The val
uation is the largest in the history of
the state save only that in 1914, when
the wheat yield record was broken
with 1S1 1,000,000 bushels crop, the total
valuation then being $346,O00,000.
This year the report shows 96,76Ss176
bushels of wheat, valued at $S5, 1877
produced in the state, and that tho
acre yield average being 1875 bushels.
Not since 1889 has the acre yield of
corn in Kansas equalled the 1915 rec
ord. it was pointed out. From 4,537,-
23S acres planted to corn, 142, ,653,! 40
bushels with a value of $75i547. .443
were grown.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Tom Shevlin, Famous
Yale Coach and Young
Millionaire Lumberman.
Died Of Pneumonia

Minneapolis Dec. 2sThonas shsvIir, millionaire Tunberan
and Yale football COACH died his here Of Shev
lin cold while football
At the of football California
and but the cold contnue finally developing into
pneumonia.
Last "Wednesday shevIn returned to nreapos and the fol-
lowing bed by physicians erdy Dr. B. w. sppy
Of Chicago "
He a trip Chicago ginneapoIis
special the Burlington railroad before mid
night having 42o
hours faster than the schedule.
But Shevn sinking rapidly and the fight for his life
without avail
shevin interested In lumber companies. He
a children
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29

Washington, Dec. 29.-"The pros
pect is one Of the blackest humanity
has ever faced" declared Prof. Edward
A. Ross Of the University of Wiscon-
sin, in a discussion Of the present
world situation during his presidential
address here last night to the Ameri-
can Sociological society.
THE civilized peoples" said he, find
themselves confronting this situation;
The treaties between the great pow
ers guaranteeing the security Of the
little peoples have become mere scraps
of paper Warfare has become a
capitalistic enterprise and fighting a
skilled occupation. The armament, a
militarist government desires in sup
port OF aggression may be secured
under the pretext Of being necessary
for national safety. Prudent prepara-
tions of a peace loving people for de-
Tense may. be construed as. designed
for aggression. The nation that out
arms the others runs no risk and may
be rewarded for it's preparedness by
success in war. The nation that lags
behind the rest in preparations for
war runs the risk OF being thwarted
or beaten,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
ROCKEFELLER'S
employees MEET

Pueblo, Colo, Dec. 29.-Officials and
employees representatives Of the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron company convened
here for the annual meeting under the
Rockefeller industrial plan. The ses-
sion was held in the clubhouse at the
Pueblo plant.
The employees representatives pre-
sented no grievances. Every camp
owned or controlled by the company
sent two representatives. President j.
F. WeIborn made the welcoming adj
dress. r. a#.-r ...
The representatives expressed Them
selves as being advocates OF the Rookie
feller plan and promised to give 1t
their support.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
France Does Not Want
Peace---It Wants War

Paris Dec 2sEghteen months France wanted To-
resources said General Gaien the minister Of asking the
5.
Whoever the streets considered bad
avenged 1917 will
wanted;
peace"
senate which OF honor Returning
bill
publ
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
HOPE TO PREVENT
new MEXICAN WAR

Washington. Dec. 29.-It is evident
that General Carranza still has hopes
Of keeping General Obregon from
prectpitating another conflagration in
Mexico. At any rate, the CarranZa
agency here is positive in its assur-
ances that Carranza has matters III
hand and will keep them so.
While nothing additional has reach
ed the United States government from
Mexico, as far as can be ascertained,
the indications Of anxiety over Obre-
gon remain. ,.-
It is a fair assumption that this
government will not be surprised to
hear at any moment that hostilities
have broken out afresh, though hop
ing fervently that it can be avoided.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
WIRELESS REPLY
TO CAPT. BOY-ED

Providence. r. l., Dec. 29.-The
Providence Journal sent long wire
less dispatch to Captain Karl Boy-Ed
on the steamship Rotterdam.
Your farewell statement to the
American people, insofar as 1t relates
to the Providence Journal" the mes
sage said, 'fs a wilful and deliberate
falsehood. Has the Providence Journal
created a hysterical suspicion con-
cerning the destruction OF American
factories, the murder of American
workmen, or the daily plots against
the peace and safety Of this govern
ment and its citizens, almost all of
which acts have been fathered and
financed from your own office? Every
word of what the Journal has pub
lished with regard to your personal
connection with these plots has been
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Charges That Screen Stars
Must Sell Honor Will Be
Probed at Los Angeles

Angeles assertions
studios
the given official notice by Thomas L Woov
immediately and action will be taken by the grand the
has been made several public
south declared he had received Of letters from
decentralization which
ly amoun
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
UNITY OF
AMERICANS,
KEYNOTE

Washington, Dec. CHARACTERIZATION Of
all disputes between American nations
was the keynote Of practically all ad-
dresses at the session OF the Pan-Am-
erican Scientific congress today. The
binding all the Americans closer, was
the outstanding feature Of all confer
ences and sections Of the big congress.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
STEAMER
IN PERIL
AT SEA

New York, Dec. 29.-Summoned by
q wireless call for help the coast guard
cutter Seneca is speeding to the aid of
the Greek steamer Thessaloniki. With
300 passengers aboard. the Thessalon-
Xxi is in distress about $50 miles east
of New York and is laboring toward
this port at the rate Of two miles per
hour. The Greek vessel was bounf
from Piraeus. The Seneca, which left
the harbor after 3 o'clock this morn
ing will require nearly 20 hours to
reach the distressed vessel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Central Powers Planning
Great Drive at Egypt


a dispatch
OF
o
Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Russians Renew Activity
Along the Eastern Front
Several Terrific
Assaults on Austrian
Positions Are Repulsed

assuming formidable proportions Unofficial from Berlin
held although Russians
tackled EIGHT times since Christmas night with lavish expenditure
The Turks reported continued for their arteryn in
interference with allied the Drdanees
teshp Of the Asamemmon class and cruiser hit by Turkish
shells and the landing places Of the allies repeatedly lombard
ed disturbing work, IL is declared
Hand fighting the ChauInes lombard
Of German positions Of the NaVarn farm in the Cham
the only activities by the Paris office
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
Mrs. Hanna Worried
About the Governor
May Go to His Side--
.Ziegler Sends Cables

Bismarck, N. 2eThee Is much here regard
the condition Hanna His private L.
esIer cables and two to the
American consul Copenhagen with reply
Hanna 10
today would side she said, typhoid
hopes receive word from Mr. Hanna his
wishes ill., shall decide
Mr. threatened with typhoid several but
IL broken up"
he heard from Copen
should Washington inquire
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-29
STORM
DAMAGE
HEAVY
in EAST

Cleveland Dec. 2e.-AII northern
Ohio is in the grip of a blizzard
worse than any which has afflict-
ed. this district in several years,
which may completely isolate this
and other cities and tie up all
street car traffic before night. The
heavy snow is being borne by a
strong wind, which is expected to
become more violent. Wires are
down and cars are stalled every
where.
Washington, Dec. 29.-Sleet and
snow, which today crippled wire SER
vice and communication throughout
the east and south, greatly retarding
the movement Of the commercial press
and other business of Importance,
threatened to continue tonight and
perhaps tomorrow.
The storm is moving northeasterly
from the gulf over Louisiana and
gained in ferocity during the night, the
wind reaching a velocity of eighty
miles per hour. The storm is central
over the Ohio valley today and is NOV
ing toward New York and New Eng
land. Rain, sleet and snow are falling
throughout most of the eastern part
of the country.
Storm. warnings. an OUT oil sIong
the Atlantic seaboard, where damage
to shipping Is feared. @-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30

NSG-N HHEOES IN SSIlOOL EbhlND
LEASES SHOWN PROBERS
The soft school land leases held by
the Chicago Tribune and Daily News
will be brought to the notice of the
senate school investigation commit
tee if a member of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor gets on the stand
before the senators.
Edward NOckles to inform those
gentlemen of some facts has seen to
it that each of them has a printed
pamphlet with the school land lease
deal contained as passed on by the
federation Of labor.
The senators will find it hard to
dodge some of the facts contained in
the pamphlet They deal with land
values and rentals paid on school
lands, which has a vital connection
with the board of edUcation's income.
The school land lease facts are
those uncovered by an investigating
committee from the labor body.
These were printed. None Of the
trust papers published a word Of this.
Eve found that the Chicago Tri-
bune pays S45.58 per square foot per
year for it's lease, made without a re-
valuation clause, while the owners of
the Hartford building, on a less valu-
able piece Of ground west, across the
street, pay S86.58 per square foot,
says the report ''The owners Of the
old Inter Ocean building on the cor
ner diagOnaIly across the street and
west pay S90.35 per square foot on
less ground and less valuable ground;
and the Boston Store across the
street to- the north pays $91.35 per
square foot.
1--WE found that this difference of
100 per cent in the estimated value of
the land upon there four corners of
property belong to the school fund.
It is out of this school fund that the
education of the young must be car
ried on, and this robbery of so per
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30

company; the Tribune company at
the time this lease was made had
upon the school board as one of it's
members it's hired attorney, and this
attorney in the day time was the at
tOrney for the Tribune company,
drawing his pay for representing it in
court and in office, and in the night
time was a member of the school
board, making leases for the benefit
of the Tribune company.
eve found that the Chicago Daily
News paid to the board of education
upon a lease drawn upon a revalua-
ton clause $16.67 per square foot,
while the LaSaIIe hotel Immediately
adjoining the same site paid $91 per
square foot.
'Fhe tract of land to the west paid
SAL. go per square foot; the tract west
of that paid $52.7O per square FOOT
while Vogelsang's site Immediately
across the street paid $36.75 per
square foot upon the same street and
Immediately opposite"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30
COCKTAIL MIXER FEATURE OF
BARKER WEDDING


Harbor Point, Mich, July 3d.
Guests at the splendid country home
of Miss Catherine Barker, Americas
S3OO,OOO,OOO orphan girl, who on
Saturday will be married to Howard
H. Spaulding, Jr., of Chicago, well
coined today Mr.. Joseph E. Briggs.
Mr.. Briggs, hailed as the most skilled
of his tribe west of AID street and
Broadway, is especially engaged for
the occasion. He is ChicagO's pre-
mier bIender of cocktails.
The thousands of wedding gifts,
which have been pouring in by every
train and boat, were placed on exhi-
bition today for first time.
-O-O-
Miracle man" doctor got $50 from
Rabbi Abe Damelezskay, 1908 Hast
ings st., while examining him fOl
malady.
WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair Friday and Satur-
day; not much change in tempera-
.tUre; gentle variable winds,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
COALING WARSHlPS AT SEA.
Sixty Tons of Fuel an Hour Whirled
From Vessel to Vessel.

From vessel to vessel.
How the British vessels of war are
coaled while sailing through heavy
seas at rate of twelve miles an hour
without hindering their activities in
any way is told in the Manchester
Guardian:
A collier packed to the matches with
coal gets into touch by wireless with
a battleship whose bunkers need to be
replenished On sighting the vessel
the supply ship maneuvers until it is
within 400 feet of the battleship. The
collier then dispatches a small boat
that carries two cables. One end of
each is attached to the masthead of
the supply vessel The lines pay out
as the boat advances, and when it
reaches the warship the sailors fasten
the cables to the stern of the ship on
the port and starboard sides.
The two ships, therefore, travel in a
straight line fastened together, while
from the mast of the collier to the
deck of the warship stretches trans
port cable for carrying coal bags.
touIho VI |Ottl Ildl NCiob eOll ciN
hoisted from the foot of the Golfers
mast to a platform at it's head, below
which there is a net to protect deck
hands from falling pieces of coal. By
means of wheels that run on the cable
automatic winches force the load along
the sloping transport line at a rate of
5000 feet a minute. On reaching the
deck of the battleship the load is au-
tomatically released, and the trans
porter starts on it's return journey.
By means of this apparatus sixty
tons of coal can be carried every hour
across the gap of water that separates
the supply ship from the battleship
The great advantage is that both
vessels can move at the rate of
twelve knots an hour while the coaling
goes on
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
The Battle of Chalons.

There have been so many bloody
battles II is perhaps impossible to say
with absolute certainty which of them
all was the bloodiest, but the balance
of the evidence seems to he in favor
of the battle of Chalons, France
fought A. d. 451 between the Huns
under Attila, and the Romans, Cloths
and Franks, under the command OF
Aetius, the most renowned captain OF
his day. At the head of his 100000
savages Attila was having everythina
his own way, and it looked as ii
Aryan civilization was destined to fall
before the Tartar despotism, when
suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue,
Aetius fell upon the barbaric hordeS
and Europe was saved. 1t is estimat-
ed that 100000 OF the barbarians were
left dead on the field.