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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-04
ELDER CONAN DIES.


Member Of FAMOUS "Four C0hnna, Ea
hurled in New York.
(By Associated Press.)
profession III New York paid tribute
Friday, together with many from 9TH
en- walks OF life, to the memory Of
Jere j. Cohan. veteran actor and mem
her OF the famous quartet known for
years as The Four Cohans.
The Church OF the Blessed Sacra--
nent, where the funeral services were
held. was filed and more than 1000
persons waited outside,
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13

by the way" interposed Quincy.
didn't Mrs. Sheridan tell me that
Bibbs warned you Edith would marry
Lamhorn IN New York;"
Sheridan went completely to pieces
He swore, while his wife screamed
and stopped her ears. And as he
swore he pounded the table with his
wounded hand, and when the doctor,
after storming at him ineffectively.
sprang to catch and protect that hand
Sheridan wrenched 1t away, tearing
the bandage. He hammered the table
till 1t leaped.
Fool" he painted, choking. III he's
shown gumption enough to guess right
the first time In his life, It's enough
for me to begin learnln' him on" And,
struggling with the doctor, he leaned
toward Bibbs, thrusting forward his
convulsed face. which was deathly
pale. My name amt Tracy. | tell
you" he screamed. hoarsely. you
give in, you stubborn fool! I've had
my way with you before, and I'll have
my way with you now"
Bibbs' face was as white as his IA
TIERS. mo. You can't have your
way" he said. And then, obeying
significant motion of Gurney's head he
went out quickly, leaving them strug-
Cling.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13

fun Of all kinds Of happy iife: chii-
dren. and lovers walking, and ladies
leaning from windows all down great
lengths Of street leading to the city
walls; and there the gates are wide
open. letting in a space of green field
and cornfleld in harvest: and all round
his head a great rain Of swirling au-
tumn leaves blowing from a little
walled graveyard"
"And II I painted" Bibbs returned,
I'D paint lady walking In the street
OF a great city. full Of all kinds Of up
roarious and futile life-children being
taught only how to make money. and
lovers hurrying to get richer, and ladies'
who'd given up trying to wash their
windows clean. and the gates OF the
city wide open, letting In slums and
slaughter houses and freight yards.
and all round this lady's head a great
rain of swirling SCOT" He paused.
adding. thoughtfully: And yet I be
lieve I'm glad that SCOT got on your
cheek 1t was just as II were your
brother-the way you gave me your
handkerchief to rub 1t Oh for you.
Still, Edith never"
Didn't she?" said Mary, as he
paused again.
mo. And T." He contented him
self with shaking his head instead of
offering more definite information
Then he realized that they were pass
ing the new house, and he sighed pro-
foundly. MARY, our walks almost
over"
She looked as blank. $50 1t Is.
Bibbs"
They said no more until they came
to her gate. AS they drifted slowly to
a stop. the door of Roscoe's house
opened, and Roscoe came out with
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13

Sibyl, who was startlingly pale. She
seemed little enfeebled by her illness.
however, walking rather quickly at her
husbands side and not taking his arm.
The two crossed the street without ap-
pearing to see Mary and her compan-
ion, and. entering the new house, were
lost to sight Mary gazed after them
gravely, but Bibbs, looking at Mary,
did not see them.
Mary" he said, you seem very
serious. Is anything bothering your"
mo, Bibbs," And she gave him a
bright, quick look that made him In
stantly unreasonably happy.
II know you want to go in" he be-
gan.
"No. I don't want to-"
II mustn't keep you standing here,
and l mustn't 60 In with you-but-I
just wanted to say-I've seemed very
stupid to myself this morning, grum-
bling about SCOT and all that-while
the very happiest Of all the hours
you've given me. l do. And-I don't
know just why-but it's seemed to me
that 1t was one I'd always remember.
And you," he added, falteringly, you
look $3.50 beautiful todayv'
ut must have been the SCOT on my
cheek, Bibbs."
MARY, will you tell me- something"
he asked.
Il think will"
TITS something I've had q lot Of
theories about, but none Of them ever
just fits. You used to wear furs In the
fall, but now it's so much colder, you
don't-you never wear them at all any
more. Why don't your"
Her eyes fell for a moment, and she
grew red. Then she looked up gayly.
"Bibbs, II tell you the answer will
you promise not to ask any more ques-
tionsT'
yes. Why did you stop wearing
themw
Because found I'd be warmer
without themr' She caught his hand
quickly in her own for an instant,
laughed into his eyes, and ran into the
house.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13
CHAPTER XVII.

Mrs. Sheridan, In wrapper, noise
lessly opened the door Of her husband's
room at daybreak the next morning
and peered within the darkened cham
Der. At the "old" house they had
shared a room, but the architect had
chosen to separate them at the new,
and they had not known how to formu-
late an objection, although to both Of
them something seemed vaguely repre-
hensible In the new arrangement.
Sheridan did not stir, and she was
withdrawing her head from the aper
ture when he spoke.
"Oh. I'm awake. Come In, II you
want to, and shut the door"
She came and sat by the bed. II
woke up thinkin' about it," she ex-
planned. And the more l thought
about it the surer l got I must be
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right, and l knew you'd be tormentin'
yourself II you was awake, so-weli,
you got plenty other troubles, but I'm
lust sure you amt goin' to have the
worry with Bibbs 1t looks like"
You bet ANTI" he grunted.
Look how biddable he was about
goin' back to the works." she con-
tinued. Hes a right good hearted boy,
really, and sometimes l honestly have
to say he seems right smart, too. Now
and then he'll say something sounds
right bright. Course, most always it
doesn't, and a good deal OF the time,
when he says things. why, I have to
feel glad we haven't got company, be-
cause they'd think he didn't have any
gumption at all. Yet, look at the way
be did when Jim-when Jim got hurt.
He took right hold O. things. And Doc
tor Quincy says he's got brains, and
you can't deny but what the doctors
hight considerable Of q man. He acts
sleepy, but that's only because he's got
such a large practice-he's a pretty
wide-awake kind Of Q man some ways.
Well, what he says last night about
Dibbs-thats what got to thinkin'
vbssf Yes hsara hin, papa; - saya'
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CHAPTER XVIII.

1t Is the consoling attribute Of un-
used books that their decorative
warmth will SO often make even a
readymads library the actual Giving
room" of family to whom the shelved
volumes are indeed sealed. Thus 1t
was with Sheridan, who read nothing
except newspapers, business letters
and figures; who looked upon books as
he looked upon bric-a-brac or crochet
ing-when he was at home, and not
abed or eating, he was in the library.
He stood in the many-colored light
OF the stained glass window at the far
end Of the long room, when Roscoe and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13
10 Felt That Something Inevitable
Was Happening.


whether he was insane or notl They'd
got a notion he might be, from his be-
Ing In a sanitarium, and Mrs. vertrees
asked me II he was insane, the very
first day Bibbs took the daughter out
auto ridingp She paused a moment,
looking at Mrs. Sheridan. but listening
intently. There was NO sound from
within the room.
Mop exclaimed Mrs. Sheridan.
TITS the TRUTH" sibyl declared, loud
ly. "Oh, Of course we were all crazy
about that girl at nrst We were pretty
green when We moved up here, and We
thought she'd get % in-but II didn't
take me long to read heri Her family
were down and out when It came 10
monsy-and they had to 60 after II,
one way or another. somehow
To N 0oeeTDsUHnA
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CHAPTER xxVl-Continued.

Ing madly after hearing Of his daugh-
tors marriage TO lamhorn. the prohl-
gate, In New York. Ho is trying TO
bend the will Of his son Bibbs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-13
DAN SHAY GOES ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER
OF NEGRO WAITER

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 12.-The trial
of Dan Shay. former manager OF the
Milwaukee American Association base
ball cluh charged with murder startcd
in criminal court here today. The c{se
was called several weeks ago but CON
tirIird because Of illness Of one OF tho
lawyers. <
Sui,y g under indictment Tor murder
in the second degree, the penalty for
which in indiana is life imprisonment
The prosecution alleges that be shot
and killed Clarence Fuel negro walter
May ; lust. following n quarrel in the
cafe "r 4 local hotel. Shay has been IN
jail awaiting trial
According to testimony given at the
cnroncr's inquest. Shay and young
woman entered the cafe late at night.
|: was deserted except for the cashier
and t~w walters. There WAS some
kind OF 4 quarrel. all witnesses said.
and shay got up. pulled q revolver from
his pocket and shot the negro walter.
After the waiter WIS shot one witness
said h. attacked Shay and Knocked him
down. The quarrel. II was said vas
about tho amount of sugar In bowl
The youn. wnrran with Shay ran at
the start Of the quarrel. going out
through tho kitchen TO the cafo. She
was not found for several days. She
said she did not know much abou;
what occurred after the first few
words were spoken between the men rs
she was running when the shooting
occurred.
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fellow citizens who has come mere IN
sneak not the words Of authority. pns
the words Of coanscl. tho words when
mon should speak to one aHothcr WHO
wish to hc frank In moment hl"r'
critical. perhaps. than the history Of 'hS
world has ever known, 4 moment "hHl
il is every mans duty TO forget himself
to forget his own interest 10 III NM
self with the nohllit? OF great ha-
tnnal and world conception ana sct
uron a new platform. elevated above the
ordinary affairs Of life. elevated |"
where men HAY" views Oh tHe l"'ie
destiny If mankind.
II think that in order to realize Just
what this moment Of counsel Is. 1t is
very drsirahl" that VIC should remlhI
ourselves just how this war came about
and Just what IL is for. You can explain
mos, wars very simply. but the explain
alton If this Is not simple. ltS ROOFS
run tIrrp into the obscure soils OF MIS-
tory. and il my view this ~ Inc last
decisive war between the old principles
of freedom.
Blames Germany for War.
"Thc war was started h. Germany.
Tier authoriti"s deny that they started
it. But ! am willing t" let n" state
u..rt | hay" just made await the YER
d..t of history And the thing that
n.rCs to be explained is why H"rmanH
started the war Remember what III"
position nf Germany in tn" world WAS
It's cnriahl,. y position nS any nation
has ever ocCripird The whnlr Wnr'd
rnod NJ admiration Of IN" wonderful IN
trlcctuaI aud Inat"rial achievements
and material achievements and all the
intellectual men of tn" world went TO
school 10 her, As n university man. l
h:.v" br4,n surrounded By men trained IN
Germany. 1nrn who had rrS"Tt"H I"
Germany because nowhere clSc 'nu'o
,hry rct srch thorough and searching
training. particularly IN tn" principles
o. science and the principles that UNDER
liz modern material achievements. Her
mon of science had made her industries
urrhapS tho most competent industries
IN IN" world. md thr label Made IN
Germany guarantee 81 Eoni
workmanship and sound material. she
had access to all the markets OF the
world and every other man VINO TRADED
in those markets fcnrcd Germany nc
cause Of her almost 1rrcsistibir conpfH-
Ion She had n plaC" In the sun. why
was not she satisfied" What more did
SIN. want Thrr" was mining in IN"
world Of peace that Sh" did not ALREADY
have. and hav" in abundance. We boast
Of the rxtraordinary pace nf American
advancement. We show with rrin" the
statistics Of the inrrras" of our 1nhnS-
trl"s and Of the population az our cities.
We'll. thnS" statistics did not match fh''
recent statistics of Germany. Her old
,.iics took on youth. grow fnSt"r thul
any American cities over grew hrr ola
industries opened their "yca and SAW
new world and wrnt cat Tor lis con-
quest. and yet tho authorities "t Ger
many were not satisfied. You have ono
part OF the answer to the question why
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achievement they wanted success by
authority. ! suppose very few Of you
have Ihuug.it much ABOUT the Berlin L.
1?acdad railway. The Berlin to BaEdad
railway was constructed in U:d>r to run
tho threat nf force down the flank of in
duStrisl undertakings Of half a dozen
ether countries. so that when German
! competition IAN" in il would not be re-
sisted toe ::.r---hccauSe there was al
ways ia" rr"Eihility Of getting German
ARRIVES into IT," heart of that country
quicker than any othc- armies could he
"a; tiI"r,'. Look nj the map OF Europe
nnw Germany. in thrusting upon US
again and again the discussion Of peace.
talks about what" Talks about Bel
gum. talks about Northern France,
talks about Alsacc-Lorrainc. We'll.
those are deeply interesting sutjecrs 70
~ and la them. but they are not talking
about the heart Of the matter.
The sr!r,t OF Freedom
Take the map and look al it. Ger
many has absolute contrn! of Austria
Hungary, practical control nf the Bal
kan States, control of Turkey. control
Of Asia Minor | saw q map in which
tho whole thing vas printed In apprn-
pirate black tho other day. and the black
stretched MI the 'ray from Hamburg TO
serted into the heart Of the world. II
1t cAn keep that. she has kept 'ul that
her dreams contemplated when the war
bcsar. II she cnn keep that. her po--r
can disturb the world as long as she
keeps it--alwAys provided Tor | feel
bound to put this provision in. always
provided the prcsut influences that con-
troll the German government continue TO
control it.
81 believe that thu spirit Of freedom
can get into the hearts Of the Germans
and find AZ fine a welcome there az they
can find in any other hearts. Rrt the
spirit Of freedom does not suit the plans
OF the Fan-Germans. Power cannot be
used with concentrated force against
free peoples if it is used by FREE people.
you know many tntimations come to
us from one OF the Central powers that
1t Is more anxious for peace than the
chief Central power: aud you know that
it means that the people in that Central
power know that II the WAT ends as II
stands they will In effect themselves be
vasSals OF Germany. notwithstanding
that their populations are compounded
with the people OF that part nf the
world. and notwithstanding the fact that
they do not wish in thcir pride and
proper spirit Of nationality to be 50 alb
sorhcd and dominated.
Germany IS determined that the no
litical power OF the world shall belong
to her. There have been such ambi-
tions before. They have been In part
realized but never before have those
combinations h~cn based on so precise
and exact a scientific plan of domlna-
ton
MAY 7 not say It Is amazing to mic
that any group Of people should he 80
fIl-lnformed IN to suppose. as some
groups in Russia apparently suppose,
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TO Be IN FRANCE
CONTINUED From FIRST paso,)

sibae the treat means even more, and ;hs
boys Of the 3ltth Field Artillery viii
long remember them.
Kennedy promoted
George 3. Kennedy. Of Wheeling. who
for tho past few days has been acting
top sergeant OF Battery 'C"' today was
appointed first sergeant by Captain Les
ter R Graves.
TO New Quarters.
Tho battery commander detail Of Bat
tory CO. and the huGlers Of tho battery
have moved from the Battery &C. bar
racks to &C. overflow barracks. The
comfortable. Sergeant NJ. J. Lane. OF
Wheeling. is IN charge Of the detail
and It's quarters.
nts tho Projectors
An order from S0th Division Head
quarters. effective today. sounded the
death kne1l for turty-dollar-a-day profits
for taxi drivers operating their automo-
biles on the Petersburg Hopewell pike
past Camp Lee. The order reduces the
fare to either town 70 :iftcen cents In
stead OF 4 quarter. and limits loads ~
eight passengers 10 an automobile
Heretofore. taxi drivers hav" been hog
cling the business. in some instances
packing twenty men into and on a ma
chine. The soldiers had % stand Il and
pay thHir w." bits because ths street
car service Is inadequate. N"w thn taxi
men about - 80 'Asrn threaten 70
quit business. No.. :, "r|'t max" much
dtTrr"7rn - 80. :'.t"-ehurs- & App
rnattoX r:t:IHaE f's Ia a." w. wilt
NOR" tia" +; NJ" -. r:i::.&"r 80 cars
and ::;au:;r 49, i '..'t..- s"heG;Il" \
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: that any reforms planned in tho interest
OF the people can live in the presence
Of n Germany powerful enough to un-
dcrminc or overthrow them by intrigue
! or force?
! Amy body Of free men that COM
! pounds with the present German gov
eminent IL compromising for its own
! destruction. But that Is not the whole
! OF the story. Any man in America or
anywhere else who supposes that the
, free industry and enterprise OF the
world can continue II the pan-Germun
plan is achieved and German power faS-
tened upon the world. Is as fatuous as
, the drcamcrs Of Russia
( What I AT, opposed to Is not the feel
Ing nf the pacitists. but their stupidity.
My heart is with them. but my mind has
Il. contempt for them. ! want peace.
but ] know how to get It and they do
not.
! You viii notice that sent friend
Of mine. Col. House. to Europa, who is
as great lover OF peace as any man in
: tn" world: but | did not send him on a
! peace mission. | sent him to take part
/ IN n conference as to how tho war was
! TO be won. And he knows as l know
that that Is the way to get peace. II you
want il for NOR" than a few minutes.
Cooperation Urged
! ference that I referred 10 With re-
! gard to what we an, going to do. II
VIC are true friends Of freedom-our
| own or anybody elsc's--we will sec that
, the power of this country and tho prs
, ductivity OF this country Is raised TO its
absolute maximum and that absolutely,
! nobody IS allowed to stand in the way
| of II. Il
when I say tina, nobody is allowed
! l@1 NO
; they shall b. prevented by tho power Of
the government. but by the power Of
: the American spirit. Our duty. II we
are to 10 this great thing and show
/ America 70 be what we believe her to be.
! the greatest hope and energy in the
!. world, then We must stand together
! night and day until tho job rs finished:
; While We nrc lighting for freedom,
we must see among other things, that
labor is free. and that means number
; Of interesting things. It means notl
only that We must do what we have de-
clarch our purpose to do-see that tho
conditions Of labor are not rendered
more onrrous by the wnr-but also that
: Ne shall scc To IL that the instrument
lalitirs b! which the conditions OF la
Dor ara improved arc not blocked or
checked.
! That we must do. That has been
the matter about which I have taken
pleasure in comforting from time to
time with your president Mr.. Gompers.
And. if I may lie permitted to do SO.
want to express my admiration Of his
patriotic courage. his large vision and
his StateSmanlkc. sense OF what Is
alongside of mind that knows how to
pull in harness. The horses that kick
over the traces will have 10 30 put In 2
corral
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-13
Claims ?angn and Gen;ian With VERY
Meal Makes " ak, Nervous Rundown
People Strong and Vigorous in Week

- ~ :he ;I'o"3taE n 90 :" WORK. should
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.'..f,s-fy. ':..rt..lu -. "lt&"r hT; e: cold
wat"r .'rar: morning and night rs IL
rec 80.
=. v'oi,.'a So '..,w Gu,ck!r THIS sim
q. harmless, rCurG,;"tl"r ~ iron. roots
:,vl .,c-:- ,..ii h-fu: -. = your ole! t;ine
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,.....o! --'..,r:t.!. r,H III Yourself. OFTEN IN
=, w...,. ..r.,''% depressed pHN1'" VINO
.".r:.i:,.n - Sl".,nf"<Sa"SS stomach. liver
49, 'u,r": :r..::hl"S begin TO brighten up
a.! ....'...:.., n..,..'intiS 1:,h "fi.rg"ti".
=, 80, ...' '.i.-Gi$l ''''!Iy and ask f"r
. Sr>.ii box -: !>1n7Clu Tablets with
t;.r,,trr Th"y ar" guaranteed ~ h"l2
-, ,.,"r...v back Your druggist. or
- - C;r:.'st & -. HES Market street.
~ ~li;:'iy r"u.
Ma;l "-t,"rs titled on receipt IF price.
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". Va
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A P|T|FUL SIGHT
WITH P|MP[ES
Started On Scalp, Spread to Face,
Neck Arms and Chest, itching
and Burning So Intense Could
Not Sleep. Cuticura Healed.

"Firs, watery pimples started on my
SCALP and they would itch and bum.
They spread to my face, neck, arms,
and chest, and my face and arms were
a p,iful sight. The skin was SO Unframed
and sore, that I had TO wear creased
cloths so that my clothing did not rub
the parts affected. The itching and
burning were so intense that | could
not sleep. -.
Then sent for free sample OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and alter
seeing tina, | was beng henehted
bn,pb, more and two cakes OF Cuiicura
SOAP with one box OF Cu,icura Ointment
healed me-" (Signcdl Charles l.
Black, l22 Ninth Street, Bristol, Tenn
December y, 1916.
Thousands Of people, young and old,
u,fcr torture OF body and mind because
Of skin troubles which might easily he
cleared away, or might have been pre-.
vented had CuiicuTa Soap been used
for every day toilet purposes with a
touch now and then pt Cuticura oint-
mcnt to soo,he and heal.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard; "Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston" Sold everywhere
Soap sc. Ointment 25 and SOC.
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size WAS not satisfied with her methods
Of competition. There is no important
industry in Germany upon which the
government has not laid its hands 10
direct II. and when necessity arose con-
troll It
Competition Controlled.
You have only tn ask any man whom
YOU meet who - familiar with the co:-
ditions that prevailed before the way in
he matter Of iuIrrnni !uiIIl competition.
to find out the methods Of competition
which the German manufacturers ana
exporters used under the 0atruraS" and
supporter the government OF Germany.
You will find that they were the same
sorts Of compel itiun thnE We have de-
cidcd 10 prevent Ivy law within our own
borders. II they could not sell their
. goods cheaper than VIC could sell ours.
nj q profit TO themselves, they could get
:, Subsidy from the government which
uH,l" II possible Ia sell them cheaper.
anyhow: and ihe conditions OF coinpc-
ti;Ion were thus controlled in large
! measures by thu. German government
itself. but that did not satisfy the Ger
man government All the while there
WIS lying behind its thought. d-chrns @
the future. political control which would
. enable il in the long run 10 control lalor
and destroy the world. They were not
content with success by superior
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eRUsoME DISCOVERY -.

HOBOKEN. y. j., Nov. 12.-Several
Grated coHins were discovered today
BY federal agents searching the per
soma! belongings Of intern2d German
officers and seamen from North Ger
man Lloyd steamships. seized when
this country entered the war. While
they may prove to be those regularly
carried on the vessels Coz 1tn"1"'r-
cies. it was STATED that the Germans
were allowed 20 remov" only such
ba"caca rs they declared belonged 70
them ae-SonaIly, hence it is thought
investigations MAY disclose that sonic
~ ,he shio'S officers carried their own
-. fins with them.