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La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-30

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TO ad affermarlo 49, dovevano
annoverarsi, due avvocati, uno
del quail il sig. Teodorico Maio-
riello.
La voce e ridicola, senza alcun
fondamento ed e Pestrema anco-
ia ALA quale 81 attaccano dispe-
fatamente i naufraghi, cui l'ac-
qua e giunta ALA COLA.
81 e vOciferatO anChe che Pav-
vocato Thomas Russo avrebbe
mandate le sue dimissioni dal-
POrdine FigIi d'Italia. A smen-
tire, nella maniera piu assoluta,
queste insulse dicerie, che dino
strano 10 scoraggiamento e la di-
speraziOne del bollati dall'opinio-
ne pubblica, riportiamo qui ap-
preSso, mel testo inglese, una let
terra delPAvv. Maioriello, che
suona smentita solenne e rampo-
gna al mestatori sfacciati ed au-
daci.
I'm solo dubbio abbiamo, su un
professore che della sinceIita ha
fatto un culto, il quale ha man.
dato una lettera al Giolnale di
Maganza che ancora vede la luce.
MOI ne aspettiamO la pubblica-
zione per gil oppOrtuni comenti.
"Phila., Pa, June 2Sth, 1917
Mr.. A. Joseph Di SilvestrO
900 Carpenter st.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr.. Di SilvestrO:-
Several brethren of our Order
have asked me as to the truth of
certain rumorS spreading throu-
ghOut the colony as to whether
or not | have apologized or re-
GREETED the fact that / have 81
gned a petition of protest aga
inst Bald.
In answer to such, my dear
Mr.. Di Silvestro, | write to YOU
as the head of the Order. there
is absolutely no truth in such
and that my name was placed
there by me with full satisfaction
that it was my duty to do so.
There was however a person
who interviewed me in reference
to same, and asked me whether
or not | desired to let my name
remain in that protest. My an
swer to such was that my sigma
ture is there in my own handwr-
iting, placed with complete
knowledge of what I was doing,
and it was going to remain there.
| feel and think that you know
me too well to think me a hypo-
clite.
Yours very truly
G.. !. MaiOriellO."
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Ancestry of Modern Dogs.

According to Charles R. Eastman,
writing in the Museum Journal, our
modern dogs have varied ancestry,
some being descended from Asiatic
and some from African species. The
spitz in all its varieties Is a domesti-
Gated jackaL The mastif and st. Ber-
nard and their kind are descended
through the molossus Of the Romans
from huge. wolfike creature that was
already domesticated by the Assyro-
Babylonians 5000 years before our era.
The Russian borzoi and the Sicilian
hound had their origin in the Cretan
hound, which is still common In Crete,
and 1t and its cousin, the Ibaza hound
Of the Balearic islands, came from the
ancient Ethiopian hound, which was a
domesdcated wolf. The collie or shep-
herd dog seems to come down direct
from a small wild dog of the paleolith-
ic period
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
How Wood Shrinks.

Students in the college of forestry at
the University Of Washington have
proved by experiment that a cord Of
full length wood when sawed and re-
piled In the ordinary stack shrinks on
an average 24.76 per cent AS dealers
buy wood in full lengths and usually
measure it for delivery before saving
1t, they are often accused of giving
short measure.
A "cord' is the standard measure
ment Of wood. and it is defined as 12S
cubic feet Of wood. measured by a pile
four feet high and eight feet wide Of
logs four feet long.
The discrepancy between the cord as
bought by the dealer and as delivered
TO the customer. according to Professor
Hugo Winkenwerder. dean of the col
lege, is not entirely explained by the
sawdust When wood is piled up in
four foot lengths there are many spaces
between sticks. caused by knots and
curvatureS. These spaces are elm
mated when the wood is cut up small.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Wonders of Color

A small and simple experiment can
be made by any reader which will 60
far to cOnvin % him or her what q good
thing it is we have sunlight, which en-
ables our eyes to take advantage Of the
beautiful hucs of nature. Make q room
quite dark and then burn some car,
Donate of soda in the flame of a bun.
sen gas burner 1t will burn with an
orange yellow light sufficiently strong
to illuminate everything in the room
but you viii, realize with q sudden
shock that. bright though the light is
all distinctions Of color have vanished
Only light and shade remain. A Grim
son carnatiOn. blue violet, a red ia
blecloth, yellow blind-all look gray
or black or white. The faces Of those
present look positively repulsive, for
all natural color has disappeared No
other experiment win 80 well convince
those who have witnessed 1t how great
Q loss would be that Of our sense for
color.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Many Uses For Sawdust,

Sawdust is valuable. 1t can be used
for almost anything except food. Used
as an absorbent for nitroglycerin il
produces dynamite. Used with clay
and burned it produces a terra Gotta
brick full of small cavities that, owing
to its lightness and its properties as
a nonconductor. makes excellent fire.
proof material for walls or floors.
Treating it with fused caustic alkali
produces oxalic acid. Treating it with
sulphuric acid and fermenting it with
the sugar so formed produces alcohol
Mixed with suitable binder and COM
pressed it can be used for making
holdings and imitation carvings. If
mixed with portland cement it pro-
duces a flooring material-Philadel-
phia Record.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Got There All Riuht.

Many years ago, at the beginning of
November, a missive bearing the St
Adams postmark reached st. Martins.
The envelope was addressed "lud mar
lunding." Neither tail nor head could
be made out Of this by the staff, so the
envelope was opened for a clew. The
letter read. "kenyobiauosfoyosho bill
igs."
The practiced st. Martins decipherer
Of puzzles promptly made out the sig,
nature as bill Higgs." With the key
this afforded the rest was deliciously
easy. The message was, Can you
buy horse for your shown and "lud
mar" meant lord mayor" So the let
ter, with an official translation consid
erately appended, was delivered to the
lord mayor elect.-London Mail.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Signing Diplomatic Notes.

No one can say exactly why our sec
retaries Of state sign diplomatic COM
munications with their surnames only.
except that it has always been so. We
copied the custom from European chan
celleries, and it probably has its origin
in the habit of royalty, which is to
sign with one name only. Thus King
George of England signs himself
George, r. l." Rex, Imperator-King.
Emperor); Sir Edward Grey signed al
ways as Grey" the democratic Mr..
Bryan when secretary Of state affixed
his signature to diplomatic notes as
Bryan" At first sight there seems to
be a profound flattery implied in the
custom. 1t assumes that the signer
cannot be mistaken; that there is only
one George" and "Grey," one "Bry
an" And generally there Is only one
In the diplomatic world where these
exchanges take place.-New York Sun.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Effects of Arsenic,

arsenic, as science has long told US.
q an accumulative poison" said a
druggist. when one takes 1t either by
prescription for the upbuilding Of an
appetite or for the bleaching of the
skin he does not feel any Ill effects for
several years. The effect Of the drug
is bracing and makes a person feel
like eating. 1t also aids the digestion.
The average user Of the poison takes
it in such small quantities that he does
not realize how much Of 1t will ac-
cumulate in his system In the course
Of four or five years.
Being an accumulative poison, it
often takes that length of time TO see
the results of the drug. Then the user
may complain Of not being able to con-
troll his fingers or toes. Subsequently
he loses control of his hands and arms.
Paralysis, superinduced by arsenical
poisoning. is the fearful result"
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
The 6OnIy Child,n

When parents have an "only child
1t seems to get as much attention as
six or eight children in large family
Some statistics show that out of hun
dred "only children" eighty-seven were
nervous, the girls suffering worse than
the boys. And then the statisticians
say the only child lacks self reliance.
Is precocious. vain and unsociable, is
often extremely timid, being afraid of
dark rooms and Of sleeping alone
Exchange.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
A. D. CASH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
118 North La Sale ST., Chicago
Suite 81 S to SIS
PHONE MAIN 111l
Alike, very Different.

v
On Seventh venue the other evening
| saw d small red headed fool of a boy
throwing can. An excitement crav.
ing. empty b lded kid | said to my
self, driving ". On the next block
saw a girl III red Curls. dressed In
furs. rather dashing. who gave me q
little provocs tive smile as | passed.
Did l say TO myself that she was an
excitement cllving, empty headed kid
She was, but ] didn't. On the con-
trary. for the moment at least, / felt
quite drawn toward her. Yet she and
that boy might easily have been broth
er and sister and twin rowdies at
heart Why did one of the two so at
tract me and the other repel?
The strange lure of sex. 1t was
ready to Bill d me to the mental de-
fects of that girl Ii was ready to fix
my thoughts on her cheeks or her hair
If I'd sat with her. Now, isn't that
odd? 1 should never have given a
snap for her kid brothers hair or
cheeks natur lily. I'd have looked him
well over a I'd seen at a glance he
hadn't much character and maybe less
brains. but could l have seen what she
lacked once Id felt her attraction?-
Clarence Day. Jr.. in Metropolitan
Magazine
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Ivory In Siberia.

An enormous supply Of ivory exists
In the frozen tundras of Siberia, which.
1t Is thought. will probably suffice for
the worlds consumption for many
years to come. This ivory consists of
the tusks OF the extinct species Of ele-
plants called mammoths. The tusks
OF these animals were OF great size
and are wonderfully abundant at some
places In Siberia. where the frost has
perfectly preserved them.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Here's a Tip About Hotel Guests.

In the American Magazine a writer
says:
Here's a funny thing, by the way,
that I've noticed about hotel guests;
You leave q soiled towel in q room
and the guest will probably complain,
but you can leave bucket Of paint
and a paper hangers scaffold in the
hallway and compel the guest to crawl
under a stepladder to get to his room
and he will put up with it cheerfully.
because he knows you are painting or
papering by way Of making an i'm
provement and he Is in sympathy with
that 1t doesn't cost much to make
over a carpet so that a bare spot in
front Of the dresser will be eliminated,
but such little details are q vast help
In making hotel prosper"
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
IT'S an III Wind.

Rejected you. did she. old manT
yes"
TOO bad! No doubt you lad plan.
ned to buy her a ring and all thatr
yes"
Had your money all saved up, chr
Il should say so. Had $50 all ready
Il say, old man. you-er-couldn't
lend me that $50 till you find some 9th.
er girl who will have you. could your
Boston Transcript
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Tree In q Chimney,

On the island OF Trinidad N O lone
brick chimney which once was part Of
Q sugar mill long since gone TO ruin.
The chimney has remained intact. and
Q tree has grown up through the cen
ter and pushed tn branches through
the top
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
worss SILL.

Does you father ever comment on
my staying 20 late at nightr'
mo, Algernon."
That's good"
But he sometimes makes sarcastic
remarks about Jour staying % early
In the morning" - Birmingham Age
Herald
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Cause and Eject.

she-so you danced with Mas Light.
foot at the hall last nighti He-Yes.
Did she tell your she-Oh. no. But
saw her going into 4 chiropodist's this
morning..
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

At twenty love II q rosy dream. OF
thirty Il IL n thrilling reality. at forty
it 81 q calm contentment. and at hfty
it n o "reminiscences.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Mosquito Nattind.

Mosquito nettingSs an ancient Greek
II not Egyptian invention, even II 1t
does seem a Yankee idea.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Rahharl

Tom-So you heard that Bill stole
from his wife. Sam-Yep. he hooked
her dress.-Michigan Gargoyle.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

"How do you keep moths out of cloth
mgr asked the girl with a needle and
thread.
"Why," replied the girl with a story
book, 81 didn't know they wore any
Washington Star.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

1t is easier for the generous to for
give than for offense to ask it.-Thom-
son.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Poor and content Il rich and rich
enough.-Shakespeara
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Harmony There.

Papa (sternly)-Come here, sir! Your
mother and l agree that you deserve
O sound whipping. Small Boy Glitter
H)-Oh, yes; that's about the only
thing that you and mamma ever do
agree about!-Christian Advocate.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
AS Near AS Your Telephone

DISTANCE IMMATERlAI
IN Metropolitan City of this SIZE death knocks every
thirty minutes at some door. Too often that death
not only brings sorrow. but misfortune as WELL Let the
price you pay for funeral be business proposition and
you will benefit by it in service, quality and to you
in dollars and cents The result of my campaign has
built for me one Of the largest and most magnificent
establishments in the world. ,V ~.
A I'LL convnce Won AHGS Sy&A
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Consult me- | can you Worry, Time and Money ~ NM
Shipping all parts Of the Country and Automobile .Hz NM
Funerals Specially. Central Display Rooms and EXSS@AAsy
Chapel Call promptly answered day night SWS@rrc-$
Ernest II. Williamson, NNNMs
kE zss Undertaken A 9s"ss7 NSY
5o2s and 5000 S. State ST., Chicago. ILL.,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
ATTEMPT TO PROVE
ANARCHIST CONSPIRACY
State Trying TO Connect Mrs. Mooney
With Plot That Resulted in Muir
der of Ten Persons.
(By Associated Press.)

San Francisco, June 27.-Twenty-
two witnesses were put on the stand
by the state yesterday in an attempt
to prove that Mrs Rena Mooney,
whose trial on a murder charge grew
out OF the bomb explosion here last
July, was actively involved in an al
legged anarchistic conspiracy against
the government which the prosecution
contended eliminated in the bomb
murders and the killing Of ten per-
sons.
The court overruled repeated objec-
tions by the defense who tried to keep
out testimony tending to prove con-
spiracy. The alleged unlawful acts of
Mrs. Mooney, Thomas J. Mooney. and
Warren K. Billings, the latter two sem
fenced respectively to death and life
imprisonment for one Of the bomb
murders, from 1913 to within a few
days of the bomb explosion were taken
up by the witnesses.
The dynamiting Of three electric
power towers near San Francisco on
the night of June 10. 1915. with which
the state declared it would connect
some Of the defendants in the bomb
cases figured in the testimony.
Other features of the days proceed
ings were the objections made by
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
MANY SECTIONS !
OF STATE In J
THE RAIN BELT
Beneficial Fall of Moisture
Reported From Wide i
Area Today

Rain beneficial TO the growing crops
fell all morning at Cando. Aneta and
jamestown. The storm reached Fargo,
Wahpeton and Crookston shortly be-
fore the noon hour and was late ttia
afternoon over central Minnesota.
At jamestown the moisture was
badly needed, reports for the last
three days telling Of a drouth which
threatened all grain in the valley Of
the James. Bismarck, Dickinson and
Wrliston reported no moisture at the
noon hour, rain being needed In the
vicinity of Bismarck, according to a
statement made in Fargo Tuesday by
Secretary of State Thomas Hall 7t
Williston reported a sprinkle Tues
day evening. Crookston said the rain
started there at 1878 o'clock. and
wahpeton reported showers COM
mencing at 1880 o'clock La
e. ]. Weiser, president Of the First
National bank, said this noon that
these opportune showers are needed
for the corn crop. Chris Schroeder.
the potato king" of the Red River
valley, in conversation with officers OF
the First National bank this week,
made the statement that his potato
crop, the largest in the valley. was
looking the best 1t had In yearA -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
NO PENALTIES
UNLESS ACTUAL
DAMAGE RESULTS
City Commission Establishes
Precedent in Allowing
Estimates

The city commission will not exact
penalties from holders OF city con-
tracts unless late completion of con-
tracts holds up other work or causes
actual damage.
In allowing four estimates on sewer
and water main contracts, aggregat-
ing more than $500 this morning.
the commission in three instances
waived penalties recommended by
the city engineer under the contract.
establishing q precedent which viii
affect considerable number Of esti-
mates yet to be allowed.
All city contractors have been ex-
periencing great difficulty in complet-
ing their contracts owing to car short
age, which makes 1t a hard matter to
get material. and the shortage Of Ia
Dor.
The Haggart Construction company
received $562.S5 for completion of the
water main contract on First avenue
north, liquidated damages for 1915
being waived. Had the penalty been
enforced, the company would have
owed the city more than $500.
The Haggart Construction company
was also allowed $1,000 for COM
,pletion Of sewer job No. 103 on Tenth
avenue south. Liquidated damages to
the amount Of $500 We're withheld.
The Aiken Construction Co., was
allowed two estimates, one for $514.3S
for the sewer job on Second street
north, and the other for $515.S6 for
water mains on Thirteenth street
south from Front street to the North.
gern Pacific tracks.
Liquidated damages on both con-
tracts were waived as no other work
was affected by late completion Of the
contracts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
EFFORT MADE TO STEAL
GOVERNMENT SECRETS
University Professors Prevent Theft
of Valuable Biueprints From
Laboratory.
tBy Associated Prsss.I

Berkeley, Cal. June 27.-Prompt
action of two university professors
prevented the theft yesterday of i'm
portant government secrets by an I'M
known man who had effected an en-
trance into the chemistry building OF
the University of California. The
first act of the authorities will be to
throw a Gordon of soldiers about the
buildings In which governmental re-
search is being made.
Shortly after daybreak two OF the
professors went to the laboratory and
as they approached the building they
saw a man slipping from a window Of
the office. Under his arm was a roll
of paper. The savants grappled with
the man, who threw them off and es-
capped.
In the struggle he dropped a roll Of
blue prints. containing plans for
chemical apparatus used in carrying
out certain vitality important expert
ments for the war department.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
HARDWOOD man HURT
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Automobile Overturns on Highway
North of Observation-Disclosures Now
In Hospital.

Edward Nelson OF Harwood, N. D.,
was seriously injured when his auto
mobile overturned late Tuesday after
noon on the state road near the Lamb
school house about five miles north of
Moorhead.
Mr.. Nelson was picked up by the
occupants OF car passing the place
of the accident q few minutes later,
and was brought to Moorhead.
He was taken TO st. Luke's hospital,
Fargo, where an E-ray examination
will be made this afternoon. He is
cut about the face, one leg is scalded
and his body is bruised. It is believed
several ribs were broken and the ex-
animation today will determine
whether the injuries include fractures.
1t Is feared that there may be inter
nal injuries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
Proposals. tor water Main.

The City Auditor Of the City Of Far
go, North Dakota, will receive, until
the hour OF ten o'clock g. m, the 18th
day OF July, 1917, Sealed Proposals,
upon the basis OF cash payment. for
the furnishing of all materials for, and
the construction OF, a 6-inch Water
Main on North Terrace, extending from
BLUM to Short Streets, in Water Main
District No 2, OF said City OF Fargo,
according to the plans and specifica-
tions therefor which were approved by
the City Commission and which are
now on file In the ONCE Of the City
Auditor.
The successful bidder will be requif-
ed to begin the construction OF said
Main not later than August /, 1917, aft
err signing contract, and TO completes
the same not later than Sept. /, 1917
Each bid shall be accompanied by q
certified check and bidders bond as re-
quired by law and IN accordance with
specifications for said work
Approximate estimate of work: $40
lineal feet OF 6-inch main, ] hydrant.
Bids shall be securely sealed. endors-
ed and addressed as required by law.
The City Commission reserves the
right 70 reject any and all bids
Dated, Fargo, NJ D.. June %, 1917.
A. r.. WATKINS,
City Auditor.
lJune ~ and July s. 1919
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
FARGO Y. N. c. A. BOYS
CAMPED ON CORhORANT
Eleven Go BY Automobile This Morn
ing, Three Others by Train-Grand
Forks Group Arrives Tonight.

Making the trip In two automobiles,
provided through the courtesy Of j.
c. Allen and John D. Penhiter, eleven
Fargo boys. Edwin Davis, Kenneth
Allison. Francis Stark, Royal Lowell,
William Bristol, Charles Bristol, David
CLANCY, Walter Gillespie. Anvil Chel-
ness and Walter Adams. left this
morning for the Fargo Y. M. c. A.
summer camp on Lake Corrnorant,
south OF Lake Park. Mimi. for a ten
days outing.
Forest Rohan, Alvin Carlson and
Paul Sorkness made the trip by train.
Eight Grand Forks boys will arrive
at the camp this evening, making the
trip by train by way Of Crookston.
Two boys from Darlington did not
report this morning, but are expected
to go direct to the camp.
Emil CHASER, physical director Of the
Fargo association, will be camp direc-
tor,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
AIKEN COMPANY GETS
Big JOBS AT ANAMOOSE
Will Construct Waterwors<s and Sew
erage System-lnVoIVed 10
About $4,000.

The Aiken Construction company,
Fargo, has been awarded the contract
for the construction of a waterworks
and sewerage system for the city of
Anamoose, McHenry county. The
work is worth about $4,000, and is to
be completed Dec. /.
The two plants will give Anamoose
splendid sanitary advantages.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
ARGUSVILLE DEFEATS
FAST GARDNER team
Seven to Two Score In Great Game
Staged Tuesday Afternoon
Winners Hard Hittina.

Argusville, N. D., June 27.-Argus-
vile defeated the fast Gardner team
yesterday afternoon by a score of to
2. II was an interesting contest from
the start, and we'll attended. Fisher
pitching for Argusville got away fine,
allowing four hits and passing one.
Gardner tried bard to make a win
ming, but the hitting of the home team
was too much. Batteries: Gardner
Pritchard, Colwell, Lee and Atkinson:
Argusville-Fisher and Buick. Um-
pire, VIM. Veitch.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-27
HOLLIS WILL ADDRESS
STATE SUMNER SCHOOLS


A. p. Hollis, collegea extension lee
turer at the agricultural college, has
of education to give a series of ad-
dresses at each of the state summer
schools this season. There are about
nine of these summer schools in opera
ton. Mr.. Hollis has already spoken
before the state normal and industrial
school at Glendale, and the state
science school at Wahpeton. Today he
addressed the teachers at the agricul-
tural college at 11:40 a. M; Thursday
he will appear at the state university
at Grand Forks, and subsequent dates
will be devoted to the state normal
schools at Minot, Valley City and May
vile. The lectures relate to the con-
solidation and Standardization OF the
schools in the state.