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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
'DErUNCT FORKS COMPANY
HAS HEARING AT CAPITAL
Troubles Of Northern Fire q Marine
Insurance Co., continue TO Occupy
Attention Of Insurance ComnAs-
sioners.

Bismarck, N. D., June 8. The
troubles OF the defunct Northern Fire
g Marine Insurance Co. OF Grand
Forks, continue to occupy the atten-
ton Of the state insurance commis-
sion.
The business of the Northern Fire
& Marine for the protection of policy
holders was reinsured in the Bank
ers' & Merchants Insurance Co. of
Minneapolis. the contract. running to
Oct 10. 1917.
At that time the Northern contends
1t contracted with the Bankers &
Merchants for continuous reinsur-
ance. Now the Minneapolis company
has Cancelled this business, arguing
that its agreement with the Northern
Fire & Marine was merely a verbal
understanding which never was rati-
fed.
A hearing before the state insurance
commission was held this week, when
the Bankers & Merchants presented
its side of the controversy. What the
Northern Fire & Marine has to say
about the matter will be learned
later, when Assistant Atty. Gen. H. A.
Bronson pays visit to- Grand Forks.
The attorney generals. Office holds
that the Bankers & Merchants has no
right to cancel. Attorneys for the
company contend they have every
right, inasmuch as they found it inn
possible to collect premiums on the
business covered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
PAN GERMANY

BY Lee Wilson Dodd of the vigilantes.
Pan Germany. to thee ! sing,
Land of Kultur and Light!
Thy stern Efficiency shall bring
The Golden Age Of Might!
When fair Columbia at Thy feet
Fawns like dog, at last,
The worlds Hack future shall repeat
The midnights Of its past.
Then shall be trampled meath Thy
heel
The harlot. Liberty;
Then man. reclaimed, shall humbly
feel
How sweet is Slavery!
And little children shall be born
To happy servitude.
Learning at mother-knees to scorn
The free. the unsubdued.
Pan Germany. Pam Germany,
BY Gas and zeppelins.
BY U-Boats lurking in the sea.
BY Murder. Rape. and Sins
Too hideous to be named in song,
BY all that reeks. / swear.
Hell's boundless wastes to Thee be-
long.
And Thou shalt triumph-thsreI
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
SILLY WOMEN AND A STUBBORN
WARDEN.

The unfortunate feature Of the out
break at Joliet is the reflection 1t casts
upon the work of the earnest, thought
full men and women engaged in prison
reform.
"a A few silly women wrote letters to
the convicts; the warden claims that
these letters destroyed discipline, and
he permitted the outbreak to come to
a head, resulting in the burning of
property worth $4,000, the loss of one
life, and the publishing of some OF the
letters, apparently to justify the atti-
tude Of the warden.
We have not yet progressed very far
from barbarism in the treatment of
our prisoners. Mere punishment is too
often the only end kept in view,
and no thought is given to retaining
the human wreckage. Such disclosures
of mans inhumanity to man as were
made in the Investigations of Sing
Sing and Auburn were enough to con-
vince any fair minded citizen of the
| humane necessity of prison reform.
1t is regrettable that a few sentimental
women dabbling in "uplift" and a
stubborn, resentful warden have the
power to cast any difficulties in the
way Of those who are conscientiously
| trying to evolve a better system for
handling the nations criminals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
EDITORS MAIL BAG

To the Editor of The Forum-Sir:
Is the accompanying verse worth
while for a place in your home made
war rhymes? If so you are welcome
to it. under initials only.
Perhaps l am to be pardoned for
being a little partisan in this war
Just got word Saturday night that
one OF my cousins was wounded in
France. Have also two nephews who
have gone overseas, both from Win
nipeg. Yours, A. j. s.
Esmond, N. D.. June 6.
KAISER BILL.
When you plunged into this war,
Kaiser Bill.
You proposed to travel far.
Kaiser Bill.
Well prepared, with iron hand,
You proposed to mark each land
With your private "Kultur" brand,
Kaiser Bill.
But your plans will have to change,
Kaiser Bill!
We are mavericks from the range,
Kaiser Bill!
And we much prefer our own
to the culture you have shown,
So your fondest hopes have fiown'
Kaiser Bill!
With your frightfulness and bluff,
Kaiser Bill,
Pretty soon you'll cry Enough.
Kaiser Bill!
First you caught US unprepared,
But you never had us scared,
Now you're sorry that you dared,
Kaiser Bill.
Tipperary's far away.
Kaiser Bill!
Getting farther ev'ry day.
Kaiser Bill!
But Berlin is drawing near,
BY the middle of the year.
There you'll hear the Yankees cheer,
Aye Sir. Bill!
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
IMPROVING THE SHOCK
AR9QRRER.

Mr.. McAdoo wants the state banks
of the country TO aflliate with the
federal reserve banks, and he puts up
D good argument for 1t. whether you
look at it from the standpoint of the
banks themselves. or the country.
The Forum has been informed by a
Fargo banker that there isn't a state
bank in North Dakota that is afiliat-
ed with the federal reserve bank, de-
spite the fact that there is nothing in
the state banking laws to prevent it.
Ia fact fewer than 100 state banks
and trust companies in the entire
country have become affiliated. That
means that two-thirds Of the banks
are not members OF the federal re-
serve bank. and these two thirds rep-
resent fully one-half of the country's
banking resources.
It Is not dificult to appreciate the
benefits to the banks themselves. BY
soining the federal reserve bank they
simply connect a pipe line from their
Bank to the greatest reservoir Of
xsady currency the world has ever
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

ance or belonging to their neighbor-
hood who were under arms always
sent young men to the enrolling booths.
But the suppression. as far as possi-
BILE, of reports Of troop movements
has consistently been the policy of
the government since the war began.
Suppression of facts, however, al
ways stimulates the invention of fic-
tion. Many estimable persons have
been worried lately by false tales of
naval battles involving the destruc-
ton Of American ships. Secretary
Daniels has officially denied those
tales, but they persist. Letters have
been received in this Office asking veri-
fication or denial of reports that one
of our crack militia regiments has
been wiped out of existence, that a
United States battleship has been
sunk, that several of our destroyers
have been lost. To such inquirers we
can say unreservedly that the reports
are wholly false. It is we'll to bear in
mind always that unauthenticated
reports of military and naval opera
tions are likely to be false. The truth
about any disaster the war may bring
to us will not be withheld.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
THE sENATE's JOB.

The senate committee on finance
has tackled in earnest the task Of
spreading the new war tax so it will
Iinterfere as little as possible with
the country's legitimate business.
Chairman Kitchin of the house
COMMITTEE, evidently was overwhelm-
ed at the task. Lifting $1,000, ,OO0, 900
from the pockets of 1O0,000.0OO peo-
kple evoked such a storm of protest
that the house leader closed his ears
to all Of them, and jammed the bill
Through about as IL stood. Some
clauses Of the bill were excellent.
kOthers violated. all the rules Of taxa
tion. and would assuredly have
choked the very sources Of revenue
they were intended to tap. To the
senate has been left the job of revis-
ing the most important tax measure
that has been before congress in the
history of the nation. And it has
about a week or ten days to do it in.
1T must collect about SIS from every
man, woman and child in the coun-
try; do it with a minimum Of shock
TO the business machinery Of the ma
stion; and levy it in such a way that
1T is collectable with a minimum of
waste and overhead cost.
i Fortunately the country is in a le-
Inient mood on tax matters, and the
general attitude of the business man
Is: take as much OF my profits as
Sou need, but leave me my business"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
North Dakota News in Brief

norths branch OF the Northern Pacific
have organized for the cooperative
renting of films. A B. Currie, of Kill
den OF Killdeer, McDaniels OF Golden
Valley, and Sovereign of Beulah are
directors.
Kenmare-Foreign-b residents of
Kenmare officiated at the raising. OF a
through contributions from every alien
residing in this district.
Kenmare = Kenmare Odd Fellows
have invested $3.50 in Liberty bonds.
The Knights Of Pythias of Bismarck
purchase, and the Pythians, Eagles and
other fraternities of Grand Forks have
applied for several thousand dollars
worth of bonds.
Kenmare-Hundreds of miles from
the nearest American consul, Alfred
and Manfred Granlund, Kenmare boys
who are homestesding in northern
Saskatchewan, were forced to travel
comply with the requirements of the
registration law, which provide that
Americans residing in foreign coun-
tries must register with an American
consul.
Kenmare-Littls Mildred Engdahl,
wondering what mamma meant when
she cried Fore. stepped up behind her
parent just In time to receive the back
lash OF midiron over her right eye,
where IL inflicted deep cut.
Bismarck-A strike is threatened at
the state capitol because Governor
Frazier, in the name OF economy, has
ordered vacations reduced from four
weeks to two, and has eliminated the
ten minutes for primping heretofore
allowed female employees before blow
ing the whistle. The governor also In
sists that lady employees cease conRre-
eating in the halls for the discussion Of
fashion.
Bismarck - Three companies, with
275 enlisted men, now are Quartered
at Fort Lincoln. New uniforms were
distributed to the soldiers today. Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

A Of Bismarck joined Cos. X and r OF
Dickinson and Mandan, respectively.
yesterday.
Hong. NJ Palmer. residing near
OF wool from $50 sheep, and sold It az
| 4S cents q pound. And with him, sheep
are merely a side issue.
Bismarck--After hiding out" for
| two days In conduit pipe leading
from the prison warehouse, while peni-
tentiary guards combed the state for
terday greeted discovery with joy and
He had not had bite to eat for sixty
hours.
washburn-Oscar Thompson, 7s, vet
eran of the First Illinois infantry.
which served in the civil war and 9
pioneer of Mclean county, dropped
near Washburn.
Hansboro-The annual convention OF
the Towner County Sunday School as
sociation, which opened here with rep
county in attendance, will close this
evening.
Ashley-A caravan of forty automo-
biles carrying $50 men and women
homeseelSers is en- route from Mcintosh
and Dickey counties to Montana, where
they will seek free lands open for
fling.
Ashley-A free exhibition of moving
pictures of G.. p. Burnstad's great stock
ranch was presented here to several
hundred people by the Ashley Booster
club. The Burnstad herd is headed by
a $4,000 bull, and pictures of the ranch
are being used in agricultural exten-
sion work in the state.
Ambrose-T S. Stuart, who is active
in the organization of home guard
units west from Ambrose, in Divide
county, is meeting with much success
in the work. A well-attended meeting
was held at Fortuna this week. when
plans were made for the organization
Of home guard division there.
Minot-Ward is the first North Da-
| kota county to comply with the resolu-
tfons adopted by the North Dakota de-
tense council favoring the organization
| of county units.
Hebron-Hebron, one of the most in
tensely German villages in western
North Dakota, demonstrated its loyalty
registration day by presenting more
young men for registration than the
REGISTRARS could provide cards for The
total registration, in village of not
more than 700 population, was 1O4.
Bismarck. M. stutrud, formerly
with the Minneapolis & st. Paul rail-
way. has taken a position in the ofnces
of the state engineer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

Mandan-Sam Arthur, who heads the
Pythtan baseball team, and Cleve Ken
nelly, captain of the Elks' aggrega-
ton, who will meet on the local dia-
mond Sunday, are old-time baseball
stars, and a real exhibition is being
counted on by fans.
Omemee-Omemee is planning to in
stall a modern electric light plant in
the near future.
Grand Forks-Miss Edna Twanley,
for the last three years instructor In
the school OF education of the Univer-
sity of North Dakota and the model
high school, has resigned with the in
tention Of leaving soon for New York,
where she will reside.
Grand Forks-The car shortage has
stopped all street Improvement in
Grand Forks owing to the inability of
contractors to procure gravel Mem
bers of the city commission have ap-
pealed to the superintendent of the
Great Northern for relief.
Crystal-A battle of the elements
took place here when a spark from a
passing train alighted on the water
tank on top the depot and started 9
until the fre department turned out
and trained its hose on the tank, which
did not spill drop.
McVille-The fact that John Hal
verson used to be good backstop
saved the life of his little son, when
the youngster tumbled twenty-five feet
from the limb of a tree he was climb
ing. Halverson dived for the plate and
"scooped" the boy OF OF the ground,
saving him from anything worse than
q shaking up.
Garrison-The Garrison high school
will graduate it's first class tomorrow
evening, when appropriate commence
ment exercises will be held.
Stanton-The strong Bismarck team,
last years champions Of the Slope
country, will meet the yet undefeated
stanton team on the local diamond
Sunday.
Killdeer-Moving picture men of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
Armour q Co.
Incorporate In
North Dakota

Bismarck, N. D., June 8.--North
Dakota's first 500, ,000, 600 articles
Of incorporation were approved
and filed by the secretary Of state
today. They were presented by
Armour e Co., meat packers Of
Chicago, and J. Ogden Armour ap-
peared as the principal in the
transaction.
The new articles are filed for the
reason that the company formerly
Incorporated under the New Jersey
laws, has reineorporated under the
laws of Illinois.
Armour & Co. Of Illinois, is
authorized to do business in North
Dakota from June 5, 1917, upon
which data the license Of Armour
e. Co. of New Jersey ceased.
Many other large corporations
formerly operating under New
Jersey laws are incorporated under
the laws of states more rigid as TO
incorporation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
RECIPE FOR A "GANG RULE"
81 NOMINEE.

Take sixty-nine assorted delegates
who have been carefully hand picked,
! (more than half of them should be
imported-avoid having all home
grown. Assemble them in a carefully
locked room. after Igagging' the kept
press in order to prevent any disturb
ance in the atmosphere of the room.
Stir rapidly with some talks about
permitting the people to rule and gov
ern themselves. When delegates are
properly mixed and mellowed by this
process. quickly pick a name from the
list of Nonpartisan league executives.
Without permitting the mass to cool,
introduce the name, and again stir
rapidly. Season the whole with talk
about the farm experience of MY
candidate, justify it with an editorial
about The Divine Right of Gangs,
and have the governor Of the state
serve 1t hot to the voters. It makes
"a great picnic dish for the summer
months"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

seen. If they are ever short Of ready
cash, at harvest time for example, all
that is necessary is to turn on the
tap. The reserve banks have nearly
$1,000, 100000 in gold and combined
resources of more than that sum.
The benefit to the country lies in
doubling the efficiency of this great
financial shock absorber. The state
banks. by aff1liating. would make
America doubly able to handle any
financial problems presented by the
war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

sive warehouses, elevators, and rail-
way tracks, is the direct result Of the
revival of Bruges, the ancient, old
world Flemish city. some eight miles
across the plain, to the southeast.
That is, it Is eight miles by rail, but
by the splendid Canal Maritime, which
today connects the two towns, 1t is
but six. To appreciate the full i'm
portance of Zeebrugge, it is necessary
to understand something about the
Canal Maritime. It is, as has been
said, six miles long. 1t is 230 feet
wide, accommodates seagoing vessels
of draft of twenty-five feet, and
terminates, at the Zeebrugge end, in
the inner basin of the harbor. This
inner basin communicates with an
extensive outer harbor. and the whole
is protected by the great mole al
ready referred to. 1t is. therefore, in
every way as though it had been con-
structed for the very purpose to which
it is now being put. In the days Of
peace, however, it was employed far
otherwise. In those days many mer-
chant steamers, large and small, made
their way back and forth between
Zeebrugge and Bruges; whilst from
Zeebrugge itself a regular line of ships
ran to Hull on the east coast of Eng
land. The little town was, in fact,
gaining rapidly in importance as the
port of Bruges.
Bruges is, of course, far and away
the most important place in the neigh
borhood of Zeebrugge, and to go there
from Zeebrugge Is to journey from the
twentieth century into the middle
ages. The old town, indeed, preserves
its medieval appearance better, per-
haps, than any other Belgian city. Its
market hall, with the belfry which
Longfellow has made famous rising
from the center Of the facade; the
Cathedral of st. Sauveur and the
Church of Notre Dame; the Hotel de
Vile and the Church Of st. Jacques,
are all notable buildings, reminiscent
of the days when Bruges was a great
city. the chief city, indeed, in F1an-
ders.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
TO GIVE CONSIDERATION
TO PROTEST FROM STATE
Fifteen Per Cent Rate Boost Would
Cost North Dakota $4,000 600
Rate Expert Little Returns.

Bismarck, N. D., June S.-James A.
Little, rate expert with the state rail-
way commission, home from ten
days hearing before the interstate
commerce commission at Washing
ton, expresses conviction that the
commission will give serious consid-
Grafton to the North Dakota boards
protest against the proposed fifteen
per cent increase in freight rates,
made on the grounds that rates in
this state are already much higher
than in neighboring commonwealths.
and that the railroads enhanced earn
ing capacity in North Dakota is more
than sufficient to meet increased OPP
Grating expenses. The rate boost
would cost the state at large $4,000
900. Little contends. and 1t would
take 100000 from the normal wheat
crop. alone. he asserts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
oTHER MEMS VIEWS.
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York Times: No wonder
the air is filed with with false rumors
All our military and naval prepara-
tions are .shrouded in mystery. The
newspapers print comparatively few
facts about the movements Of naval
vessels and the assignments Of ofi-
GERS. we are in state Of war, and
caution Is necessary, though 1t seems
that sometimes the government is
overcautious. For instance, IL so much
secrecy had not been observed about
the national guard regiments employ
ed in the protection Of public and
private property, the interesting tales
OF the routine Of the encampments
which the reporters would have writ
ten might have helped recruiting
greatly by stirring the imaginations OF
young men. Experienced recruiting OF
ficers have frequently said, or used to
say. for they keep their mouths tight
ly closed these days. that accounts Of
the doings OF men o1 their acquafnt-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
BISMARCK CHEF FINDS
PART OF MISSING STOCK
Some One Evidently Tipped OFF Action
of Chief of Police Martineson to
Thief Who Escapes.

Bismarck, N. D., June 8. c. G..
Conyne, the Mandan jeweler whose
place of business was ransacked three
weeks ago, today received from Chief
Martineson q considerable quantity Of
cheaper trinkets which the latter had
recovered from a local hotel.
The most valuable pieces evidently
went with the burglar, whose where
abouts have not yet been ascertained.
Some one had evidently tipped off
the raid to him, as when Martineson
broke into his room he found the bird
had flown and only handkerchiefful
of the plundered stock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
ADA GRADUATES 16
Commencement Address Given BY
Pres. Frank Weld of Normal.

Ada, Mimi, June S.-The Purpose OF
Power was the subject of the address
given to the members of the Ada high
school graduating class at the com
mencement exercises held recently. A
class of sixteen was graduated, three
of the boys-Erwin Betcher, Arthur
Austin and Russell Olin- being not
present at the exercises, having joined
the coiors.
The class honors were divided be-
tween the boys and girls. Roland
Olson was valedictorian and Margaret
Leidl class salutatorian. The members
of the class are Arthur Austin, Erwin
Betcher, Clara Esteinsen, Lillian
Hintze, Wendell Kellar, Margaret
Lightbourn, Gladys Lystad, Theodore
Lystad, Sophia Morris, Russell Olin
Roland Olsen, Roy Rasmussen, Opie
Rindahl, Sonora Simonson and
Harold Sheets.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
TO THE sHRINERs.
Welcome Shriners.

Welcome Shriners.
+ Your presence is doubly welcome at
this time. Like yourselves we've been
{ thinking rather steadily about war, and
Red Cross and Liberty bonds, and
registration, and we have probably
earned a brief holiday. The big cele-
bration at Minneapolis was abandoned
on account Of the war. We can't give
you the elaborate entertainment that
Minneapolis had planned, but you are
just as welcome here as you would
have been in the mill city.
Rip Van Wrinkles toast to you: May
you live long and prosper and come
again soon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
A Message to Mothers

1oU neighborhood:
the doctors made of hsa and blood just ike ou the doctors with
dead Of night readily il the broad daylight; they ready
will do from hs experience and their love for children
Feteher's nothing We asking yOu
try experiment We want impress the
Of buying FIetcher's
Yourph physician wiIt q
Of limitations the market and he particularly Interested
the welfare Of your baby.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08

Do you know anything about Zee
brugge which is mentioned so often in
war dispatches?
The Christian Science Monitor de-
scribes it as follows
Zeebrugge, the seaport on the Bel
gian coast, which has earned such an
unenviable name throughout the world
as one Of the most notorious of the
German submarine bases, is quite a
modern affair. No doubt, there was
always a village hereabouts, but the
port of Zeebrugge, with its massive
crescent shaped mole of solid mason
ry, protecting its outer harbor from
the northwest winds; with its exten-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
King Dandelion
To Be Dethroned
At Leonard, N. D.

Leonard, N. D., June s.-Leonard
had a little war all its own today,
and the city's whole population
Joined on one side, battling the
dandelion.
Old men and women We'd with
youngsters in quest of the dande-
lion, and the pestiferous perennials
were jerked out by the roots in
every lawn in the city.
"No dandelions" is the city's new
slogan, which it put under way
today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
Is GRADUATES
Commencement Exercises at Edgeley
to Be Held This Evening.

Enderlin, N. D., June 8. - Fifteen
graduates of Enderlin high school will
be presented with diplomas at COM
mencement exercises to be held this
evening. DIR. H. S. French, of the
University of North Dakota, delivered
the address.
The graduates are Ruth Campbell,
Clifford Danielson, Freda Gaarder,
George Gram, Florence Gruye, Milton
Hanson, Edwin Janz, Chester Larson,
Wilma Loomis, Lynn Lubiens, Alice
Pitt, Hilda Shelver, Gea Sundby and
Earl Warner,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-08
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