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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
SUICIDE AT
BOWMAN WAS
CHECK FORGER
Phillip Smith Said to Have
Been Notorious Bogus
Check Writer

That Phillip Smith. who committed
suicide at Bowman. n. D.. on July 10
was one of the notorious bogus check
artists operating in the country and
for whom police OF the country have
been looking, is the belief of the
Fargo officers.
Because of his daring operations
in different cities of the country. 1t
is said, there was a $1,000 reward
offered for his capture. A letter re-
Gently received from the New
Orleans branch of the Burns Detec-
tive agency, and which has been sent
out to all the banks of the country
says:
I'VE are DESTROYS of locating one
Phillip Smith, who succeeded in de-
frauding a member bank in this sec
ton on June 6, 1917. by the use of
bogus checks to the extent OF ST.
$50, which were honored and for
which he was given 800 in Travel
ers' checks and $3.50 in cash. He
entered a 5000 check for collection,
and Immediately following this came
to New Orleans. cashed all ten of the
travellers checks and left for parts
unknown"
At Bowman, n. D., Smith is re-
ported to have presented a check Of
$500 at one of the banks. The teller
refused to cash II, unless some one
identified Smith. Edward Hanson, a
brother in law OF the man living
southeast of Bowman, Endorsed the
instrument Smith got the money
and later Hanson had to make good
the amount. Later Smith returned
TO Bowman and is said to have made
good the amount, but bank officials
and the police Of Bowman are Won
dering where he got the cash.
A report from Edgemont. s.. D.,
says that f. ]. Fisk. a Methodist
minister, was taken into the
confidence of the check king. Rev.
Mr.. Fisk Endorsed a $50 check for
Smith and had to make the amount
good.
disappointment over his wife's
refusal to live with him. is said to
have been the motive, which prompt
ed Smith to end his life at Bow
man.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16

motor vehicles who will provide en-
Urgency transportation. Local dis
turbances wifi be handled at the dis
erection of the local units.
Primarily the duties of the force
will be to assist local authorities In
the preservation of order in the vi
cinity of their homes and to protect
life and property from the destruc-
ton attending internal disorders In
war time. Men between the ages OF
twenty -one and sixty years, ineligi-
BILE by reason of age or dependents
for service in the military or naval
forces. may enroll, provided they are
citizens and residents of the state, in
good health and of good habits.
Special care is to be exercised In
the selection of platoon officers. the
preference being for mature men
who have had military, naval or po-
lice experience. They are to be
chosen for ability to command rath-
er than because of personal popular
ity Regular enrolment in writing
is required, and the Endorsement OF
the county chairman of the local
public safety committee and the ap-
prevail of the director of the depart
ment are necessary before applica'
tions are submitted to the governor
for appointment.
Equipment Of Members.
Equipment will consist of special
badge bearing the county name and
members number: a blue and white
arm band showing the state coat Of
arms for display on the left arm
while the wearer Is on active duty:
whistle and a police billie. The
badge Is to be worn visibly on the
left breast during the service call,
but at other times is to be worn un-
der the coat. This will give mem
bers authority at all times to make
arrests should occasion arise. and
will place at the states disposal an
auxiliary police reserve.
Competent drillmasters will give
military instruction and drill the
units in riot, fire and other police
duties.
1t is expected that the "Cumber-
land county plan" will be used all
over the United States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
HEApwAY IN WASHINGTON.

Mark Sullivan in Golfers Weekly:
A question frequently asked is: How
are things going at Washington?
There are two answers. Csne would be
a pessimist's answer, the other an
optimists. One is that things are be-
ing done very well and very speedily
much more so than in England at
the beginning Of the war. The other
is that things might go even more
speedily. But the truer answer Is the
optimist's.
You can't turn a whole nation into
a war machine overnight. You can't
reach in a few weeks the military eff
ficiency Germany took forty years to
attain. And, when the emergency
comes, necessarily some false starts
will be made-steps will be taken
which seem wise at first, but later
have to be retraced. The outstanding
fact is that there has taken place at
Washington a mobilization of the
best administrative and business
ability in the country; and talent Of
this kind will always have its way.
And the talent which is not at Wash
ington, which remains at its accus-
toned posts, is in touch with the
ability that is at Washington and
co-operates with 1t in a spirit that is
more than generous.
OF course there is necessity for a
certain amount Of reconciliation be-
tween the old way of doing things
and the new. The old Is the military
and naval way; the new is the bust
ness way. These ways differ essen
TALLY, and daily there Is the neces-
sity for adjustment Between them. In
whatever is important, the business
way prevails because the business
way is the way of logic and speed.
For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
ENEMY USES
SMOKE PRODUCER
Are Employed to Conceal
Positions of Their
Batteries
CBy Associated Press.)

French Front. Aug. 16. - Smoke
producers to hide the positions OF
batteries are I'm general use since the
spring of this year in the German ar
tillery operating on the Franco-Brit-
ish front. An order issued in connec-
ton with their employment was
found recently in an artillery en-
placement captured by the French. 1t
gave details of the method in which
the smoke-produceTs were to be used.
as follows:
These smoke producers (Nebel-
toepfe) should be placed in position
at a distance of at least ESQ yards
from the battery in the direction
from which the wind Is blowing and
there should be intervals of eight
yards between them.
''Emplacements for the smoke-pro-
ducers should be prepared all arouEd
the battery in order that their posi-
lions may be changed rapidly in case
the direction of the wind should turn.
use should be made of the smoke
producers as soon as the enemy be-
gins to fire on the battery with aero
planes to aid him in regulating the
range and direction"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
Every Good Eddy"
Promises to be
Big Attraction
A feast Of youthful beauty,

A feast of youthful beauty, a
wealth of fascinating melodies, a
thousand hearty laughs and an
individuality and distinction mark
Very Good Eddy" as a musical
show in a class by itself. This at
traction, which is just returning
from a tour of the principal coast
cities. will come to the Orpheum
theatre, Aug 81 and 20.
This piece ran for a year in New
York and six months in Chicago,
and came to the coast direct from
the latter city with scarcely a single
change in its cast. 1t is almost I'M
necessary to add to the praises that
have already been showered upon
this show by the critics of the east
and the west, to say nothing of the
tourists who happened to be in Chi
cago or New York during the run of
the piece and who have told or writ
ten to their friends not to miss it.
Besides, the musical numbers of
Very Good Eddy" have been the
popular dance numbers for the past
year,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
THE GOLDEN WARRIORS,

Mark where our legions be!
Kaiser, our power behold!
Two billion warriors have we,
Some green clad, others in gold.
Nay. more! o King whose sires
Turned Faith into a clod!
These are two billion altar fires
Two billion eyes of God!
Yea, King whose madness stripped
The sweet, clean flesh of youth.
Here are two billion arrows tipped
With the hot barb Of Truth!
Yet every coin a sword
Sharper than steel swords be
Forged in the white flame of the Lord
For His child, Liberty.
o Trinity. your aim
The earlier Three well knew.
The Sword, the Arrow and the Flame
Freedom, are one in you!
All fear afar shall feet
When, golden in the air,
Our hundred million eagles meet
The sable buzzard pair.
Defeated, devined, dazed.
Hear you across the surge
Two billion golden voices raised.
o Kaiser! in your dirge?
Goliath, babes among,
The golden stones are sped,
BY all the Nations Davids hung
To strike you, giant dead!
John O'Keefe in New York World.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16

Carlisle, Pa, Aug. 16.-Adequate
protection at home while national
and state troops are in France by
means of easily modified units OF
home defense guards will be given,
following the start Of organization
work by the Pennsylvania public
safety committee along a plan evolY-
ed by the Cumberland county branch.
Governor Brombaugh's signature
on July Is to the act creating the
force has given the necessary legal
authority. and plans for complete
enrolment have been formulated by
Major John G. GroOme, director Of
the department. Cumberland county
is organizing under Capt. d. F..
Brindle home defense system which
will serve as the model for the ex-
tension Of the service to all counties.
Rapid Concentration.
The plan provides that the home
defense police of each county shall
consist of a headquarters and pla-
toon system, the platoons being
strategically located for rapid con-
centration of their component units.
The distribution of platoons and sec
tions of platOons will thoroughly
cover the county areas. Each mem
Der OF the force will be assigned to
the platoon section nearest his resi-
denCe. All platoons in each county
will work under the direction of the
county officer at headquarters. Chiefs
of police will have command in cities
of the first class. and township COM
missioners will command in town
ships of the first class. Authorized
officials will command elsewhere.
The system now being put into effect
applies only to counties. A varia-
ton OF the system will be made eff
fective in the larger cities.
In Case of Trouble.
In cases of trouble requiring mobi-
liZation Of one or more platoons
headquarters will notify platoon
commanders of the number of. men
needed. the time and place of mobili-
zation. and other details. The pla-
toon officers will then pass the word
TO their men. AS far as possible the
enrolment will include owners of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16

During the hot weather OF the sum-
mer months some member of almost
every family is likely to be troubled
with an unnatural loOseness of the
bowels, and it is of the greatest i'm
portance that this be treated prompt :
ly, which can only be done when the
medicine is kept at hand. Mrs. F.
F. Scott, Scottsville. N. Y. states. Il
first used Chamberlain's Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy as much as five
years ago. At that time / had a
severe attack of summer complaint
and was suffering intense pain. One
dose relieved me. Other members of
my family have since used it with
like results."-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16

topic now-adays because people In
cnd exaggate Yet has physician told that we claimed
unreasonable remedial properties for Fechers Casora? Just ask
them ourselves what the viii be-
That has all that claimed for its early days
prominent physicians
and our that its standard win be maintained
limitations found and only because Of the Cas-
that Mr. Fletcher But it not the genuine CaatOa that Mr.
Fletcher Honestly advertised Honestly placed before the public and from
which be Honestly expects receive his reward ~ <<-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
History Of the
Packing Industry


sofane
that it had
various and with the large grazing fields the live stock supply by far
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
Murphy kept q. Ole.

murphy Kept a pig.
Your pigs ravenous, Murphy"
said a neighbor. why don't you give
1t something to eat?"
1T doesn't have anything to eat to-
day" said Murphy.
Nothing? When did YOU feed il p"
sit must wait until tomorrow.
You feed 1t one day and starve IL
the next?" cried the astonished neigh
Dor. Whatever for?"
"Oh, sure grinned Murphy, 81 like
to have my bacon with q strakc Of
fat and a strake Of lean aqually one
after the other"
He was an artist and the hmm
drum life in the butchers shop yex-
ed his noble spirit. Somehow selling
scrag of mutton and the best end ~
the neck was not appreciated by his
artistic temperament, and so he went
TO New York, where talent is recog-
ni2ed and paid for-s0metimes
For time he wrote glowing letters
home. Then there came silence.
Success" reflected his sorrowinr
parents, has been too much for him.
He has forgotten as. Alas! alas!"
But he hadn't, for one evening lust
as his father was sitting down 10
supper and preparing TO enjoy his
humble chop a small boy brought a
note.
Dear dad. it read ..please meet
me by the old bridge az midnight
ind bring with yon a shirt, waist
cat and jacket. ] have q hat
ohm
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
Chronic constIpation.

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets and comply
ing with the plain printed directions
that accompany each package
AdVt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
Fargo Logical Point For the Future


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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
The Cooperative Idea

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The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17

cles of Little Rock, that a large num- Der of railroad employees will refuse to respond to the strike call. and in thls manner that rains may still be operated. They call attention to the exceptionally large number of old time employees of the railroads enter ing Little Rock, who have worked up to excellent positions. Should there be strike and the employees lose. their seniority would be lost. Most of the men own their home in Little Rock or Argenta, and should the strike go against them, they would lose posi- tions, and would be forced to sacrifice their property and move elsewhere to find employment.
 A prominent freight expert of Little Rock on Friday afternoon expressed the opinion that the western roads might never strike at all. He stated that much depended upon the percent age of employees of the eastern roads WhV hSoPOiiNCo IO Ife call. II enough decline to strike to permit the opera tion of trains, he stated that the back bone would be broken before the west ern roads were affected.
 It is reported that large numbers of men are being rushed to western rail- road centers to be used in operating trains should a strike be declared. Nothing of this kind has transpired in Little Rock, and railroad officials give no intimation that such will come to pass. They intimate, if anything, that many of their employees, approaching the fairness of the railroads in years past, will remain loyal. It would even appear as though the men had been sounded on this question, and that the result was most gratifying to the op- orators.
 Passenger travel continues good on all lines, and so far as can be noticed, no Arkansans are putting off eastern journeys because they fear a return trip could not be made within a reas- onable length of time.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
COL. ALBERT B. SLOAN
 TO REGULAR SERVICE

Little Rock, March 17.-Lieut. Col. Albert B. Sloan resigned from the Arkansas National Guard yestrday aftr four years active service, having been transferred to the regular ser vice, stationed at Fort Douglas. Maj. Ebenezer L. Compere of Hamburg, prosecuting attorney of the 10th judi cial circuit, was yesterday faternoon commissioned as his successor as lieu tenant colonel of the Second Regiment. Col Compere, who has been in the National Guard for the last fifteen years, is considered one of the most efficient men in the service.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
TITLE ESTRlKE EXCITE
 MENT IN LITTLE ROCK
sbiOuiug Normal-Rustle and o Rustic in Freight DepOts That Characterised Last Threaten ed Strike is Lacking.

1;ttle Rock, March 17-No such ex- .;torent exists in Little Rock today tbere was on the day before the ,trte threatened six months ago. ch;nning is only normal, and the rus .lo and hustle in the freight depots .bat characterized the last strike scare is entirely lacking. Local whole .ole houses six months ago worked night and day. They took orders by telegraph and telephone, and when the niobt the embargo was to go on ar rived the local freight houses were filled to the ceiling. The jobbers of Little Rock have done no telephoning this time. They have sent letters to the trade, calling attention to the im- uneding danger, and at the same time advising the retailers that if the worst comes. the strike, in their opinion, will last only about a week.
 The railroad officials are sitting steady in the boat, and from their air of self confidence, it would appear as though tehy did not anticipate any thing serious to happen. It is the opinion of most people in business cir
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
ARRANGE TO BRING
 HOO HOO BACK TO LIFE

Little Rock, March 17.-Hoo Hoo, a national organization, which had its origin in Arkansas, has come back to life, and arrangements are now being made by a central council in Little Rock for contatenations in this city on Saturday, March "A, and Friday, April 27. The first meeting is just re- juvenation of the order, and the sec ond will be statewide. This is to be Hoo Hoo day all over the United States, with considerations in 15 of the principal cities. As Arkansas is the birthplace of the organization, Julius Siedel, St. Louis lumberman, snark of the universe, is expected to attend the Little Rock meeting. Frank Neimeyer, of the Neimeyer Lumber Company, has been reelected as vice gerent, and will have the entire state for his jurisdiction.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17

Washington, March 16.-President Wilson today called upon the railroad managers and chiefs of the employees brotherhoods as patriotic men to re- open the questions at issue between them and prevent general interrup- tion of railway traffic Gin this time of national peril"
 The presidents message, an appeal for adjustment of differences and a solemn protest against a strike, was sent after he and the cabinet had ap- proved a proposal of the council of national defense that it send com- mittee to New York to undertake med iation between the railroads and their employees.
 At the same time the committee, Secretaries Lane and Wilson, Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore X Ohio Railroad, and Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation I~of Labor, started for New York to seek immediate conferences with rep resentatives of both sides.
 The president is confident that there will be no strike. However he already is considering what may be done if his appeal to the patriotism of the men in- volved is futile.
 Legal officers of the government are studying the problem to determine what measures will be lawful, not only in an effort to keep food supplies and the mails moving, but to deal with an even more serious situation if the country should be drawn into war.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
WILSON SENDS APPEAL TO UNIONS AND ROADS
 TO PREVENT STRIKE
President Sends Committee to Confer With Both Sides-Cab- inet Approves Patriotic Mes sage to BrOtherhOOdS.

New York, March 16.-The com mittee composed of Secretaries Lane and Wilson and Daniel Willard and Samuel Gompers, named by President Wilson to treat with the brotherhoods and railroads on the proposed strike, went into conference with the brother hood chiefs at he Biltmore Hotel here late tonight.
 Just before the meeting the repre- sentatives of the administration de- clared no plan of action had been reached by them.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17

Little Rock, March 17.-Attorney General Arbuckle has ruled that the Railroad Commission "has the author ity to regulate all railroads, whether incorporated or not" This was in an- swer to a question propounded by Commissioner Brasher, as to their au-
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
17OOl AUTO TAGS ISSUED

Little Rock, March 17.-Up to yes trday evening the State Highway De- partment has issued total of 17,0O1 automobile tags, and applications are being received at the rate of 150 a day.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17

thority in forcing the operation of short line, eight miles in length, from Monte No to the Narrows, in Benton county. The road was built by private parties, and not incorporated. For two years, until last November, it was operated on lease by the Kansas City and Memphis. The corporation then became insolvent, receiver was appointed, and the road sold to Towne Young of Dallas, Texas, who ordered the discontinuance of the service. The Commission will hold a meeting at Rogers soon to make an order with reference to the resumption of the service, in compliance with the peti- tion of large number of citizens.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
"The Little Girl Next Door" "

The March Ladies Home Journal contains several pages of the latest fads and fashions of spring. Call 244 or PAP and have one delivered to your home.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17
PAIN-WEARY PEOPLE CAN FIND
 KEEL LEE

There are pain-ridden people every where who continue to suffer because they hardly know how to obtain relief. Pain in back and hips, nervousness, weakness, poor sleep, disordered stom- ach, weary headaches, constipation, all result from weak sluggish kid neys, and irregular bladder action. Foley Kidney Pills help from the very first doses. Keep on with them, and rid your system of the poisons that cause your pain and misery. Foley Kidney Pills will restore your kidneys to healthy action, and give you back your health and strength. Hesterly Drug Store. T
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-17

Seed Irish Potatoes Cabbage Onions Fresh Eggs Nice line Candy just re-
 ceived. Oliver Twist Baking Pow
 der. Silver Moon Coffees Basket finest Japan Teas
 just received. Richelieu whole wheat
 flour. Golden Egg Nooler Silver Moon Buckwheat
 Flour. Puffed Wheat and Rice Vegetable Soups Fig and Apple Jam Heinze's Prepared Mustard
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-11
IRON OF THE FUTURE.
No Danger Of Shortage Because Of
M Increased Consumptjon,

No Danger Of Shortage Because Of
Increased Consumption.
That iron is the very basis of our In
dustrlnl civilization will be admitted
by the thoughtful. and many Of our
greatest supplies Of Iron ore are being
rapidly depleted because Of the in
creased per capita consumption of iron
the world over. an Increase which is
destined to be greater In the future
when the races In Asia and Africa in
crease their consumption of iron.
These conditions Of increasing con.
sumption and Decreasing reserves have
often in the past. particularly about
the beginning Of this century, been
used to create a scare. on the ground
that our supplies Of usable ore were
being SO rapidly depleted that their ex.
haustion would occur within two or
three generations.
This Is preTosterous point OF view.
because as we lower the percentage Of
iron In the rock which we call "ore"
the quantity Of such ore increases ut
rate out of all proportion to the de-
crease In iron content, and as we use
lcaner and lcaner ores technical i'm
provements will be made which will
minimize any tendency to increased
cost Of production.
The same thing has happened in gold,
silver. copper and other ores, md to-
day copper ores are being worked with
only i.5 per cent Of copper In them
Chemical Engineering.