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Reporters.


William Rockhill Nelson, late own
er Of the Kansas City Star: some
times think that Providence is espec-
tally charged to watch over reporters
There seems to be something in their
work that brings out the best there is
in them.
In a long career in which I have
dealt, l suppose, with hundreds Of re-
porters, 1 have almost never known
one to be false to his trust. Opportun-
tiles innumerable come to them to be
dishonest-to color news, or suppress
1t. But 1t Is the rarest thing in the
world for them to be disloyal. We con-
stantly trust young, little known fell
lows with the gravest concerns, and
our confidence, as I said, is almost
never misplaced. .....
1t is a constant wonder to me that
men are willing to make the adventure
into newspaper work, until recall that
it Is the most fascinating work in the
world, and that when a man once gets
the virus in his system he can't be
beaten off with a club.
Finally, the reporter must be, above
ALL a good citizen in all that that term
applies. He must be honest; he must
be sincere. He must be against shame
and frauds. His heart must be right.
Mere smartness will never give perma-
nent success.
Make it your ambition to be great
reporters. And everything else shall be
added unto YOU.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
COFFEN FUNERAL
HELD TOMORROW
SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM
THE GAARD & MOORE PARLoRs
AT 2:3o o'cLock-INTERME
TO BE MADE AT FORMER HOME
IN IOWA.

Funeral services over the remains
Of Wellington w. Gotten. we'll known
local barber. who died Tuesday even
ing after suffering stroke of apop-
leXy, will be held from the Gard &
Moore parlors on Second avenue
north tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Mowrey of Moorhead
will officiate.
Tomorrow evening the remains will
be shipped on No. 8 Of the N. P.
to Humboldt. Iowa, the former home.
Interment there will be made in the
family lot in Humboldt cemetery. Mrs.
Gotten. a sister. Mrs. Maher, and a
nephew, Clifford Maher, will accom-
pany the remains to their last resting
place.
The body will lie in state at the
Gard & Moore parlors until shortly
before train time tomorrow evening
Friends may call and view the body
until that time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

which had been shelled recently by
guns Of big calibre. AS he and the
prince went about the city examining
the enormous craterS in the square
and the ruins of the old town hall,
his attendants were considering what
might happen if another crater was
made where the occupant and heir of
the throne was standing.
Etiquette did not permit them to
tell royalty to move on, but they sug-
gested it politely. Royalty, however
persisted in remaining in the square
until curiosity was satisfied.
When the king visited the men of
the Scottish division which has seen
such desperate fighting at Delville or
Devils Wood" the survivors of the
South Africans gave him the Zulu war
cry. He managed to see something Of
all kinds Of the serious fighting under
the British flag, from the Scotch Eng
lish and Irish troops from overseas.
A machine company of the Lanshires
in quarters on a front farm was the
most surprised of all by his visit
Leading the way he walked into q
barn with it's crooked beams and
plaster walls and litter of straw on
which the men were lying after their
turn on the firing line. The most
amazed of the company was one sold
ier with healthy snOre who was the
last of those asleep to awaken. Blink
ing and rubbing his eyes, he looked
up to see the face Of the king. At first
he refused to believe that some trick
was not being played on him, and then
convinced, he scrambled to his feet
while the king broke out laughing.
More than once the kings car had
to draw on one side Of the road as a
hot Of fn itS n -
els or a marching battalion passed
, by. When Private Proctor of the Liv-
erpool regiment was told the king
| himself was going to pin a Victoria
cross upon him, Proctor confessed to
! being scared.
| But you were not scared when you
fought the Germans" he was told.
mo, l know how to act when l meet
Germans, but not when in the pres
| ence of kings"
| II believe l have found my youngest
| soldier" exclaimed the king when he
saw a 12-year-old boy among the
Northamptons. But little Joseph Le-
| fevre was not English. He is the son
of a dead Belgian soldier and was
| found wandering about under shell fire
| at Ypres, adopted by the battalion and
| placed on it's rolls.
| He told his story in French to the
king and said:
! "They will not let me go up to fight.
but keep me back with the transport"
| The king sHid: LAS I was going to
suggest and, being soldier, you will
| have to obey orders"
| If there could be said to be any re-
view, it was an informal one. When
| the king went to call on General Bird
wood he met a battalion of Austria
| lians who were just coming out of the
| trenches after taking Pozieres ridge.
With their steel helmets back on their
! heads, their shirts open at the neck,
| their skins tanned as Indians, their
clothes rent and streaked with earth
] stains, they lined the road and gave
him an Austrian cheer.
General Joffre came over from his
| headquarters and President Poincare
| came from Paris to take lunch with
King George and Sir Douglas Haig.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
Relief From Diabetes,

Notwithstanding the advance of
medical science during the past CEN
tury, Diabetes still continues to BATTLE
the most learned medical men. Thus
far no one has been able to discover a
definite cure for this dreaded disease
and its ravages. However, much prog
ress has been made in relieving the
suffering of the afflicted. The most
satisfactory results have been obtain
ed by sufferers from Diabetes through
the use of Warmers Safe Diabetes
Remedy, which is compounded and
prescribed solely for Diabetes and has
been the means of relieving thousands
of sufferers who thought themselves
beyond all aid. Rev. Alvin H. Morton
Of Cashmere, Wash, R. F. D. No. @,
writes as follows: II had Diabetes and
was given up by all doctors Of my
town. 1 took Warmers Safe Diabetes
Remedy and am now perfectly we'll"
Sold by leading druggists every
where. A sample sent if requested.
Warmers Safe Remedies Co., Dept.
3S A, Rochester, N. Y.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
What King George Found
on Visit to the Front

will breast the parapet as my men
did" he said, mounting it. He walked
across the old No Mans Land and
saw the effects of the British shell
fire on the maze Of Notifications and
trenches which the British had wrest-
ed from the Germans.
Standing on the edge of a big shell
crater the king looked with a sailors
telescope he was carrying across the
foreground Of desOlatiOn toward
POzeres, the Bazentins. LOngueval.
and Delville wood. He watched the
curls of black smoke which signifted
that the German guns were busy,
while near by him a battery Of Bri-
tish guns was sending screaming
answers.
You seem to have missed that" he
said to General RawlinsOn, indicating
a silver Of wall still standing in
Mametz. But there is nothing that is
not down in Laboiselle, as you will
see, your majesty said General
Rawlinson. I'VE improve as we ad-
vance,
When the king wanted to descend
one of the deep German dugOuts,
General Rawlnson warned him that
they had not all been cleaned out yet
and when the king came back up the
steps shifting he said:
1T smells pretty strong" remarking
on the depth and spaCiOusness of the
dugouts with their beds. tables and
chairs he said to some soldiers of a
reserve battalion, stationed at that
point. "evidently the Germans ex-
pccted to make a long stay but you
gave them q surprise and they are
not so comfortable now
A dramatic moment occurred as
the king was walking across a field
swept by a British charge. He came
to a grave at the bottom Of q shell
crater with a cross bearing the in
sCription, Unknown British soldier"
both the king and the Prince Of Wales
halted and saluted the cross.
1T was sporting of the king to
come here" said one of the soldiers,
''and if Fritz knew it. wouldn't he be-
gin a strafe with his guns AS it is.
Whistling Percy might let loose any
moment"
Whistling Percy is the name for a
noisy shell from the German guns.
Along with all visitors, the king
took away some souvenirs in the
shape of empty shell cases and bits
Of German equipment. AS he was
leaving the field the soldiers of the
reserves, the transpOrtmen. gunners
on relief and others in the neighbor-
| hood followed him until there was a
| large crowd around the party before
| they entered their automobile Some
| body called for three cheers for the
! king which were given with a will.
Sir Douglas Haig, as the kings host,
| told him what was we'll worth seeing
| during his visit and then the king laid
| out his own program today This al
| lowed him to have a look at the town
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
RURUL CREDITS
IS DISCUSSED

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Sen. Henry F.
Hollis, of New Hampshire, in state
ment issued at the western campaign
headquarters of the Democratic nation
al committee, discussed the practical
operation of the rural credit law re-
Gently passed by congress and express
ed the opinion that federal loan banks
to be eSta blished in connection with the
new legislation should be located in
such cities as Springfield, Ill; Daven-
port, Ia; Evansville. Ind; .-GA ErNrrh
Senator Hollis said:
I'm framing the rural credits law the
problem was to do for the farmer what
the national and state banks do for the
commercial interests. At the outset 1t
was clear that the legislation would
have to be based on the security Of
farms and that the rate of interest
would have to be low and the terms of
repayment easy.
THE plan, as finally perfected, meets
all these requirements.
"The public interests are represented
by the farm loan board composed of
five members, including the secretary
of the treasury.
This board has the general supervi-
sion of the system, regulates the inter
est rate and attends to the issue of
United States is to be divided into
twelve loan bank districts, each con-
tanning federal loan bank.
These districts will not be identical
Win lAO lCdCL al ISSSLNS ulSIIlClo anu
it is expected that no loan banks will
be located in any city which now has
federal reserve banks.
The banking business will be done
by the twelve loan banks which will
have nine directors, three appointed by
the farm loan board to represent the
public interests and six elected by the
Nation Farm loan associations of the
district. These associations will be
composed of not less than ten farmers
who desire to borrow on the security
of their farm lands. They will recon-
mend the loans of their members to the
loan banks, subject to various limita-
tions and safeguards. Each farmer
becomes a member of the local associa-
tion and the local associations hold
stock in the loan banks Whatever is
earned above the expenses will go to
the members through the stock of the
local associations"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

London. Aug. 16.-After a visit to
the front King George issued gen
eral order to the army in France eX-
pressing his appreciation OF the splen-
did condition and cheerful confidence
of all ranks, and, through personal
visits to the scenes OF the later deS
perate struggles, his understanding OF
the demands made upon the courage
of the men and the physical endur-
ance required to assail and capture
positions prepared during the last
two years, which were stOutly de-
tended to the last.
Il realize not only the splendld
work done in immediate touch with
the enemy says the general order,
the fighting line, honorable alike to
the genius of their initiators and the
souls and hands of the workers.
Everywhere there is proof that all
men and women are playing their
part. and l rejoice to think that their
noble efforts are being heartily sec
onded by all classes at home
After an alluslOn to the happy re-
lations between the Entente allied
armies and the population where they
are uuartered, King George concludes
his message as follows:
do not think that l and your fell
low -countrymen forget the heavy
sacrifices the armies have made and
the bravery and endurance they have
DISPLAYED during the two years or
bitter conflict These sacrifices have
not been in vain. The arms Of the al
lies will never be laid down until our
cause has triumphed. l return home
more than ever proud Of you. May
God guide you to victory
A dispatch from the British army
headquarters in France says:
The king simply went about seeing
all sections of the army at work and
the fields it had won. The futter Of
a bit of bunting bearing the royal coat
of arms as motor car sped along
the road in clouds Of dust and motor
truck drivers and passing battaliOns
started and looked around exclaiming
"the king" The prince of Wales was
with the king all of the time. The
monarch was dressed in khaki with
the crossed baton of a field marshal
on his shoulders and the prince wore
the uniform of a lieutenant in the
grenader guards. Neither wore any
decorations and but for treir fea-
lures, which were Immediately recog-
nized everywhere, they might have
been taken for two of a party of OFF,
GERS making a round of inspection.
At one point on the line the king
met General Sir Henry Rawlinson
commander Of the Fourth army which
delivered the main attack. and Major
General Congreve, whose corps
stormed Montauban and Mametz
Alighting from his automobile near
Fricourt the king went into the first
line British trenches from which the
British made their charge. Now
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

to Garrison several years ago. She was
we'll known here.
The body was shipped here last
evening, and funeral services will be
held from the Gaard & Moore parlors
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
Rev. E. Berntsen will otticiate. Inter-
ment will be made in Riverside Gene
terry.
Mrs. Berg leaves a husband and
four children. They are Mrs. c. H.
Thompson of Minot, Mrs. F. NJ. Hane
of Garrison, Ralph Berg of Garrison
and Ludwig Berg, who at present is
In the United States navy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
Alkali in Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully,
if you want to keep your hair looking
it's best. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali.
This dries the scalp, makes the hair
brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is just
ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (Which
is pure and greaseless), and is better
than the most expensive soap or any,
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub it
in. 1t makes an abundance Of rich,
creamy lather, which rinses out easily,
removing every particle of dust, dirt
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and 1t leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsifted cocoanut Oil
at any pharmacy. it's very cheap. and
a few ounces will supply every member
of the family for months.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

On Sunday, King George lunched with
King Albert of the Belgians. Through
out the week a moving picture man
was doing his best to keep up with
Wales was noticeably efficient in slip
ping out of the picture just as the OPP
orator began turning the crank. Not
appeal during the kings visit was that
on the quay when the king landed He
was received by a guard Of honor from
battalion of the kings Royal Rifles,
ed
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
CHAyPLIN & MANSON
LAND BIG CONTRACT
Fargo Plumbing and Heating Contract
Ors Get Contract for the WiIkin
County Courthouse.

In competition with several Mime
sofa and North Dakota bidders, Champ
lin & Manson, Fargo plumbing, heating
landed the contract to install the heat
ing plant in the Wilktn county court
house at Breckenridge. Champlin &
Manson already have the contract for
the Wilkin county Jail and sheriff's
residence. Mr.. Champlin returned last
evening from the Minnesota city, where
he attended the opening of bids.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
THE GRAND

The acts to appear at the Grand the
last half of the week are Dooley and
Nelson, The Six Cylinder comedians;
The Singing Four vaudeville's class
lest quartet; Spissel Bros. and Mack
comedy acrobats in THE New Chef
and Col. George black face comedian
The Mutual weekly and a comedy
are the picture features.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

from o'clock until after the funeral
services of the late Wellington W.
Coffen, which will he held at the
Gaard & Moore undertaking parlors
on Second avenue north. The shops
will be closed in order that the bar
bers may attend the services in a
body.
1t was stated this morning by
James Cowie, a pioneer barber of the
city that this is the first death that
has occurred in the trade in Fargo
since 1897.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
FORMER FARGO WOMAN
DEAD: FUNERAL HERE
Died at Garrison on Tuesday-Serviee
To Be Held Here Tomorrow
Afternoon,

Mrs. c. B. Berg, 81. a former resi-
dent Of Fargo, passed away at her
home at Garrison on Tuesday. Mrs,
Berg came to Fargo in 1886. but moved
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
FARGO WOMAN IS DEAD
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Passed Away at Her Home on Egbert
Court at 7:15 O'clock Last Even
inq-Leaves a Husband.

Mrs. Rosina Aneta Thronson, 80,
wife of Niels Thronson, Alb Egbert
court, passed away at her home at
7:15 o'clock last evening after a long
illness.
Mrs. ThronsOn was we'll known here,
and besides a husband. leaves a host
of friends to mourn her death.
The remains Will be shipped to Ulen,
Mimi. tomorrow at noon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
BARBER SHOPS WILL
CLOSE FOR FUNERAL
From O'clock Tomorrow Until
After Gotten Funeral.

1t was announced today that the
barbershops Of Fargo and Moorhead
will be closed tomorrow afternoon
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

Hotel DyckmdrI cares are noted in
Club breakfasts, table
d'Hote lunches and dinners specially
priced. Grand pipe organ recital every
day II to 2 p. m. p. m. to 10 p. NJ.
.AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17

NEW FALL SUITS NOW ON DIS
PLAY At HERBSTS.=AdY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-17
COEEEE POTS

White enamel coffee pots, seamless:
will hold 2 quarts; sell regular at
90c. Friday CO.
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STEAMERS CASTAWAYS
BREAK ISLAND RULES
Walk Over Governors After
Point Comfort Goes Aground.

Fifty castaways, mostly women and
children, were thrown upon the bleak
western shore of Governors Island
yesterday morning from the good
steamboat Point Comfort, plying be
tween the Battery and Keansburg, n.
J. The Point Comfort was placidly
awaiting more passengers, which bark
ers were trying TO corral by extolling
the virtues Of Keansburg, when an
other steamboat whistled repeatedly,
demanding the right Of way to dock
her passengers.
With true nautical courtesy, the
Point Comfort coded her place at the
dock and padded into midstream. All
went well until orders were given 70
return to the dock, when her ma
chinery suffered a sunstroke.
Repeated efforts we're made TO get
under way, but with little success.
The passengers were not aware that
anything was amiss, until the sea wall
of Governors Island loomed near.
With stateliness BETTING her years
the Point Comfort leisureiy ran
aground, and had 10 be pulled off by
al accommodating tug, which sue
ceeded in towing her 10 the western
dock, near Castle william.
Here the real tragedy occurred. A
quarantine against New York children
exists on Governors Island, and Cap
tain Miller, officer Of the day, was
puzzled whether to let the youngsters
land A solution was discovered by
forcing the youngsters 20 walk the
plank The plank, in reality, was a
substantial gengway, from the Point
Comfort to the tug, and only rested
for a few brief moments on the Gov
errors Island dock. A few minutes
later all the passengers were landed
safely at the Battery.
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SAY l7.YEAR.OLD BOY
WAS A FACIN
Three Lads Declare He Taught
Them Pickpocket's Art.

Three boys declared yesterday in
police court at Psssaic, N. j.. that for
eighteen months they had been trained
in picking pockets by Michael Regan,
seventeen years old, who took half the
profits and beat them when they failed.
The boys were Stephen Yellen. twelve
years old; John Hotski. ten and Mich
ael Liefeik, twelve.
The boys were arrested on Saturday,
after Charles Surad had lost a wallet
containing $3.50. Yellen admitted TAX
ing it, and then told the Fagin story.
Rcgan told them, he said, that his own
fingers were too clumsy for the work.
At the first hint Of insubordination
their instructor threatened TO drown
them, the boys said. Regan was held
for the grand jury and his pupils for
the juvenile court.
Far from being a student of Dickens,
Regain got his education "a a member
of the Dundee Lake Gang, Detective
Greene said. The Dundee Lake Gang
lived in "A cave, and when the place was
raided two years ago 1t was found TO
be well supplied with revolvers and
knives,
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MGR. DUNN ASSAILS
CHARITIES INQUIRY
Calls 1t Campaign of Calumny'
in Article.

"a campaign Of calumny" is what
Monsignor John J. Dunn, chancellor
of the New York Catholic diocese, calls
the recent charities investigation in
an article ne has written in the cur
rent issue of THE Extension Maya
zine" a Catholic publication issued in
Chicago. B.gotry has been revived,
the prelatc asserts.
The article. entitled "a Campaign Of
Calumny What's Behind It ALP"
summarizes what the author has al
ready written on the subject, Jumping
together the State Charities Aid As
ISOLATION, School of Philanthropy,
Rockefeller and Russell Sage Founda-
tions and the Society for Improving
the Condition of the Poor for an at
tack as being anti-institutional and
anti-Catholic.
"The managing boards OF these in
stitutions.' the article reads. "are
strangely intcr.ocked." ard it is insin-
uated that they have undue influence
over Mayor Mitchell through heavy con-
tributions to his election fund. Com
missioner Strong is criticised and
Father Farrell upheld for his active
part in the controversy.