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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Mrs. I'D. SyUersOn
Taken BY Death

Mrs. I. d. Syverson, formerly p
resident of Fargo, but more recently
resident Of st. Paul. died at the
st. Paul hospital after a weeks i'll
ness of pneumonia. Her mother and
husband were at the bedside when
she passed away.
Mrs. Syverson is survived by her
husband, by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. f.. w. Roberts; three brothers,
Paul, George and William. and two
sisters. Hazel Roberts and Mrs. ii.
r. McCoskery, all of Goodrich, n. D.
The funeral was held at Hannaford,
and all near relatives except the ia
ther, who is i'll. and a brother who is
in the navy, attended.
Mr.. Syverson formerly was en-
ployed by the T. L. Barry automobile
painting shop, and he and his wife
resided at 316 Fourth street north.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
WOrkmen Elect
Nez, Officers

At a largely attended meeting Of
Fargo lodge A. o. u. w. last even
ing. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing two years:
Past master workman. G. S. Foster:
master workman, n. l.. WardweIl;
foreman, J. j. Mulready: overseer.
r. r. Randall; guide, g. E. Madison:
inner sentinel J. A. Davis: out sem
tinel Joseph Tucker: delegate to the
grand lodge, NJ. l., Wardwell; alter
nate, j. E. Gaffaney; financier and
recorder, J. 70. Gaffaney; trustee FOR
six years, Peter Olson.
The incoming officers were consti-
tuted committee TO arrange for n
joint installation with the Degree of
Honor. and n proper celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary Of the found
ing OF the order TO be held January
10, next.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Salvage Department Connection
Maintained Through Red Cross.
The telephone of the Salvage de-
partment was removed today, but
those having business with that de-
partment may get connections by
calling 1914, the Red Cross number
in the old Northwestern Telephone
building.
J. A. Pierce, in charge OF the de-
partment, said the secretary would
be at the Red Cross headquarters
probably till late next week.
The Red Cross will continue the col
lection of paper, and those having
paper are asked by the Red Cross to
adopt the same plan of procedure
heretofore employed, calling up No
1914
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Tales of The
Friendly Forest

I'm awfully glad to say that the
coal man came yesterday, for If he
hadn't I'm sure my typewriter would
have gotten pneumonia and then
what would have done? So now
Til tell you what Billy Bunny saw
as he squinted through the keyhole
of Mrs. Mouse's door, which he was
doing when L left off in the story be-
fore this, you remember.
Well, the first thing he saw, for
it's very haHd to see very much
through a little keyhole, you know,
and this keyhole was very tiny for
mice houses don't have very large
keys, you know were two green eyes
under a fur cap. So the little rabbit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
S. A. q. G. pEMoaILizEp.

disqualification of the s. A. r. c
unit at Fargo college was completed
Friday afternoon, following the al.
most complete rehabilitation at the
North Dakota Agricultural college
Wednesday afternoon. The demobi.
lization of the unit at dCondordia
College in Moorhead Is under way
today. Men of the Fargo College
unit presented Lieut. r. j. Mills will
a leather correspondence set as &
remembrance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
HAROLD MEYER FUNERAL

Brief funeral services for Harold
Sylvester Meyer former member of
Fargo Company B. were held at the
More chapel at o'clock Friday ey-
ening under the auspices or the Com
pany B auxiliary, Rev. ID. T.. Robert
son officiating. Miss AIDA Blakes-
lee sang, and Charles J. Struble, a.
fellow fraternity member at the
Agricultural college. spoke appropri-
ately. The body. enclosed in a flag
draped casket, was shipped to SUIT
ton, N. D., his home. this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Stores Viii Be
Oben Evenings

As result Of a vote by members
of The Fargo Business Mems assoeia-
ton today, stores of members Of the
association will be open until 9
o'clock each evening for Christmas
shopping, commencing next Monday
evening and continuing till Christ
mas eve.
The association adopted a resoIu-
tioF urairg proprietors and maEaesrs
CO stores not members OF the sesccsa-
dion 60 observe TIE Same hours.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
MARY. JANE scHERER DIES

Mary Jane Scherer. 3-year- old
daughter of DIR and Mrs C A Scher-
err, Duluth, MINI, former Fargo resi-
dents, died of pneumonia following
influenza. according to word receiv-
ed in Fargo today DIR and Mrs
Scherer removed to Duluth from
Fargo a. year ago Mrs Scherer was
formerly Miss Francis Knowles,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. II.
Knowles Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
SHERIFF CAPTURES MYLo.

S. Peterson, Lakota, gheriff Of
Nelson county, was In Fargo last
evening with Joseph Mylo, a life
prisoner who escaped from the state
penitentiary early this week, who
was captured near Staples, MINI.
Sheriff Peterson received informa-
ton that Mylo was in the Staples
vicinity. He will collect 800 for
his trouble.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
cAsE sTlLL IM couRT

The case Of the NOrthwestern
State bank OF Cloquet. Mimi, VS.. M
J. Mclean, a Cass county farmer
involving payment on note for a
farm lighting plant which the bank
discounted, was still on the boards
in Cass county district court this
afternoon. The case was commenced
Friday morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
pEcEMgER IS VAST DAy,

Monday. December 10, is the last
day parcels containing Christmas
gifts for persons in foreign coun-
tries may be mailed without spe-
cial export license. C. F. Alfred. act
ing postmaster, has announced.
Christmas mail at the Fargo post
office already is very heavy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
REV. Mr.. BAcHER SPEAKER

Rev. ". r. Bacher. pastor of st.
Marks English Lutheran church,
will be the speaker at the mems mass
meeting at the Fargo Y. M. g. A. at
o'clock Sunday afternoon. His
subject Will be THE Joy of Chris
tian Life
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Wounded Men
Desire Books

Books of fiction are In great dA-
mand by the wounded soldiers and
sailors in the hospitals of the United
States. and Herbert Putnam, Mbrar-
ian OF congress, has issued an appeal
to the American public to assist In
getting this supply OF books ID the
men as soon as possible ANY Fargo
residents having books of fiction that
they wish to donate may send them
to the Fargo public library where
they will be packed and forwarded
TO the hospitals. Packing OF the
books viii be commenced as soon as
possible, according 10 Miss Irga
Rynning. librarian.
o. C.. Anderson. vice president of
the Dakota Monument Co, is con-
fined at his home with an attack
Of influenza.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
NEW w. s. s. ARRIVE

A supply of the first series of the
1919 issue of War Savings stamps
has been received at the Fargo post
office. The stamps are of a blue
shade are smaller than the 1918 is
sue, and mature Jan. /, 1924. Their
cost to Feb. /, 1919 is SAP. and their
maturing value SIS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
kAEss 20 RETLlRM.

First Lieut.. Andrew I. y. Kaess
who has been stationed at West Bad
en-, Ind, has been honorably dis
charged and will return to Fargo
within few days to resume his prac-
tice. Lieut.. Kaess is spending a few
daysdn Chicago visiting the various
hospitals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14

an attack of influenza and viii be
unable to preach at the services
Sunday DIR. @. Al. Hobbs of Man
kato, Mimi, viii preach at the morn
ing services and Rev. e. Il. Saunders
of Fargo at the evening service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
cANTEEN UNIT BUSY,

The canteen unit OF the Company
b auxiliary is meeting every train
passing through Fargo which carries
soldiers returning to their homes
and serving them with candies, fruit
and tobacco.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
TODAY IN. THE THEATMRs

Princess William Desmond in The
PretenIerv
Liberty Constance Talmadge in "A
Lady's Name"
Garrick-Alice Brady in "The Death
strand-Mary Miles Minter in EN-
yiornment'.
ans Wife.
Grand Vaudeville,
Lyceum, MISUNDERSTANDING Fred
erick in Double Crossed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14

Sadie a. Walker, secretary: a spe-
cia1 meeting of Mecca chapter, o. f.
s., will be held at 1880 o'clock Monday
evening in the Masonic temple. There
will be Initiation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
OPEN WoMAN,s SHOP.

a WOman's Exchange VIII De
opened at $40 Second avenue north
within few days by Mr.. and Mrs.
G. e. Graham A tea and rest room
will be maintained in connection
with the exchange.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
kETrLEs on IT JOE

Collection kettles of the Salvation
Army, which will collect contribu-
lions for Christmas diners for Far
COS poor, were placed on the streets
today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
PLAN AN INDOOR RANGE.
Fargo RifIe cIub wan Meet saads

Z arQ0 HIfIe OIUb VIII WESL SUWuay
TO Consider Plans
A meeting Of the Fargo Rifle club
will be held at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Gets piano, store
under the call issued today by r.
wing Gets, president of the club
The purpose is to consider, ways and
means of establishing an indoor RI
file range for the winter months.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Briefly Told

!. HubbeIps Conee.--Advt.
Shop at Ricker's.--Advt
Herbst's for hosiery.--Advt.
Earrs Taxi. Phone S9s6s-Advt.
Call Liberty Taxi Line--ss1.-Advt.
Have knight Prtg. Co print it.-Adv.
Call the Yellow Taxi. Phone 511.--
Nick Ronsn TAXI. Phone 49, =
Adyt. -.
DR.. Basyes Osteopagh. Pnone $751;
Advt
-adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
cAPT- MARTIN an IEAME

CAPT. MARTIN ON LEAVE.
Capt 2 P. Martin of Mayville, N.
D., passed through Fargo. Friday
evening en- route to his home on
leave of absence. Capt. Martin has
been stationed in New York city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14

Don't Miss the Great Christmas
Sale" of Women's Goats. Suits and
Dresses now going on at Blacks !"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
DR.. HOBBS til,

DR.. HOBBS ILL.
DR.. r. w. Hobbs, pastor of the
First Baptist church. is i'll at his
home, LOG Eighth street south, with
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Nett's A bout 7OaOva
BANK CLEARINGs.
LODGE NnTIcEs.

J Ioday5 S55y, 4IB.I2; year ago, $324.-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
REALTY T,RANsrEIss.

VIM. A. Laird to Louis q Hormell
lot 10 blk 81 Bostwick's ad Casselton;
$4,000
Buffalo Gem. Assoc. to Ferdinand
Peterson, n liz lot 20 blk 4 Buffalo
Gem: $40.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
DR.. eRoMvoLp IMPROVED

DIR. +. Q. Gronvold, who has been
Ill from influenza, has recovered suf-
flciently to return to his Office today.
The Washington times., 1918-01-23

Dear Miss Jordan-Please write
an article on the value of our sor-
rows. Can we get anything from
them which really help us?
L. r. G.
The Washington times., 1918-01-23
Will a Majority of States Say to
"a Majority of American Citizens:
You Don't Want Prohibition, But We Shall Jam 1t Down
Your Throats Anyhow?'

This the interesting situation concerning the Const
tutional Amendment for prohibition.
In this country majority of the STATES are in favor
Of prohibition But the majority of the CITIZENS are
against at least not declared in favor
Of it.
The proposed Constitutional Amendment makes it DOS
be for the States that want that are en-
titled as individuals to have ito force their opinions
and desires upon other States that do not prohibition
Thny populated agricultural States have tried proh
bitton and some think that they like it.
In those States the weto-do able to drink what
they Gke-and usually drink whiskey more or less
It found convenient for various to control the
body OF the people in Prohibition States making whskey
expensive and hard to ge-and the light and relatively
harmless stimulants entirely inaccessible.
the various States of the Union favorng prohibition
were content to have prohibition FOR THEMSELVES and
would be difficulty and that would be the Amer
lean way
But the extreme prohibition fanatic like the Moham-
medan, proposes to Impose his opinions and his religion
upon others.
Congress votes for Constitutional Amendment that
to impose their will upon all the States of the Union
trolling the majority of American citizens by minority of
the population in States favoring prohibition.
this goes through there will be trouble of various
kinds.
There will be trouble with labor which feels that it still
has rights including the right to live it chooses while
does not interfere with others.
There will be serious trouble in the line of drunkenness
and drugs Doing away with light beer and light wine
among workers will greatly increase the of whiskey
ilhcitly made and Of drugs
possess great deal more of the worlds goods than they
need
They might have learned lesson from Russia which
s CONTINUED in Last Coumn)
The Washington times., 1918-01-23
By EARL GOODWIN

Now that the secretary of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company has asked YOU to cooperate let rs
see what sort OF cooperator his railroad system is
The Washington Railway and Electric declared an ex-
ira dividend on Its common stock in 1913 The Public U
ties Commission smeed rat and undertook to find ont
what being done in the dark financial alleys of the
Washington Railway and Electric system The officials
including Mr. Bowen and everyone else connected Herewith
put in the way of the Public Utilities Commission every
legal obstacle their ingenious minds could devise Cooper
ton, indeedI
Congress- the highest body in the land ordered vaiua
ton OF the public utilities.
Did the Washington Railway and Electric Company and
its alter ego the Potomac Electric Power Company cooper
aei Read the official record of the testimony before the
Public Utilities Commission April IT, 1917 when Charles
Pllsbury the commissions expert, testfyng under
oath:
"The company officials told us fatty that they would
not cooperate but in way would oppose and would
facilitate work by throwing open all records. The lat
ter concession it is claimed by the Utilities Commission,
was of no great practical value.
Also What Mr. Psbury said of Messrs Almert and Rit-
tenhouse who had been engaged by the W. r. and E. Co
to make valuation for the company, with which to
bat the Public Utilities Commission:
Mr: Amert of the men and Mr. Rittenhouse
other Mr. Amert to my office and said he had used
every influence to get the company to cooperate and they
had refused"
In his recent brief before the Supreme Court of the Dis
ict of Columbia in the valuation of the Potomac
Electro lower Company vs. the Utilities d Cor
trast to the attitude of the Potomac Electric Power Con-
pany and its associate the Washington Railway and Eec
trio Company is the position taken by the other pub
lie utilities in the D. c. with reference to the commits
sion's valuation of their property
Mr.. Syme again says in that brief
''The Potomac Electric Power Company for OF
its own and stated by witnesses upon the advice of
sell not only rendered assistance to the commission In
the performance of its public duty but INDUCED continue
ousy species of negative Instructions which hampered
and delayed the work and materially increased the work
to the public"
The dsgracefu strike on the Washington Railway and
Electric lines should be forgotten by the public The
roads officers offered the opportunity to cooperate
with the Commissioners the Public Utilities Commission
Anyone who has any doubt about the attitude OF the
company should read the report of the Senate investigating
committee the most awful arrupng given to any set
of this townand done by the Senaes select COM
mttee. Cooperation, indeedl
The Washington times., 1918-01-23

Our distinguished colleague Abe Kabbbe of the comic
page sends this photograph and under writes the follow
ing:
Roosevelt to Johnson Why how do you do, my dear
Senator Johnson; hope you well?
johnson to Roosevelt Thank you. am wishing you
everything that you are wishing me-
8 Roosevelt to Johnson: Don't commence"
This is old photograph, you guess that. It is
not snapshot taken upon the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt
at the railroad station.
Hiram johnson was NOT walking up and down the plat
FORM blowing his fingers in the bitter cold murmurng
TO himself just can wait to look upon his sweet face
Strange to relate, Hiram Johnson not even found
waiting on Longworhs doorstep when the Colonel arrived
It is safe say that Johnson who carried California
By three hundred thousand while Roosevelt and Hughes lost
the State will not be found among the Republican chickens
running under the Roosevelt wing
This is very sad because in connection with dreams of
1920 photograph like this one taken in Washington NOW
would be worth more to the San Juan Hill hero than all the
tributes of all the little Republicans in Washington.
The Washington times., 1918-01-23
Joy of SlamIning
a Door
BY Winifred Black

A GREAT musical critic dis
u missed a new musical gen.
L \ ius the other day in one
sentence.
This man will never make any.
impress upon the spirit of this
age" says the critic. He is too
emotional"
! rang up the musical genius
business manager the minute
read that sentence.
| wanted TO get some tickets for
the next concert.
TOO emotional" What does the
critic want music to be, anyway
an affair of arithmetic. or Just
bit Of scientific calculation?
When | hear music / want 1t to
be emotional: that's all music is
for, to my mind-tO stir the emo
tions.
like music that makes me
sob and cry and remember-and
try TO forget.
What's so wrong about the emo
tions, anyway?
Are you ashamed of yours, or
afraid of them?
I'm not of mine.
l like my emotions. They're the
one thing in the world that / live
for.
| like to be justly cross and get
good natured again. ! like to be
doubtful and find my faith apain.
] like to be tired, so tired that |
can't even think, and have the fun
of good rest afterward.
! like to be thirsty-so thirsty
that | can fairly hear the lemonade
pouring out of the pitcher-and
then get the lemons, and make a
big pitcherful-and drink it.
like to cry when I'm sad, Just
for the pleasure and the relief of
crying. and once in a while (whis-
peri | like to slain the door. Don't
you, honestly, now?
What sent your boy to the re-
cruiting sergeant to enlist to fight
for his country's flag? Was it
the rating he got in arithmetic in
the high school? Was it the num-
Der of facts he has at his fingers
ends, or did he go because his heart
was stirred by an emotion we call
patriotism
What sends YOUR girl to the Red
Cross to work day in and day out
but an emotion?
How did you ever happen to
leave your fathers house and fol-
low a man you scarcely knew out
into a great big, lonesome, strange
world? Didn't your emotions have
something to do with that?
That chubby little rascal who's
working so hard this very minute
to get his own toe into his mouth
doesn't it make you emotional just
to look at him?
Hurrah for the emotions! There
wouldn't be any world at all, or
any peO"le in it. if some of US were
not emotional once in a while,
anyhow.
The Washington times., 1918-01-23
Will q Majority of States Say to a Ma
iOritY of American CitiZens:

Continued from First Column.)
recently the water wagon and then went as rapidly
as possible toward anarchy
But certain class does not learn easily
There will be trouble for the South that seems inclined
to impose minority rule on the North. -
As the New York World very bluntly points out In
strong editorial the Southern States say to the North
TYou don't want prohibition, but going to make
you swallow it." The North presently may say to the
South Every WELL you may have your way. But remem-
ber there things that you in the South don't want we
are rong to make you swallow those thngsncludng
tain regulations of your negro problem along the line OF
the Fifteenth Amendment the Constitution of the United
It should not be necessary to stir up this sectional
feeling.
Every State that wants prohibition can have it and
should have it. $780,
Every city, every district desiring prohibition ought to
have it. and may have it through local option.
In his newspaper the Sacramento Bee, Charles Nc
Clatchy puts the matter fairly and sensby before the Les
lature of California:
The Washington times., 1918-01-23
SorrowHas Value
If Used Rightly
BY Elizabeth Jordan

Dear Miss Jordan-Please write
an article on the value of our sor-
rows. Can we get anything from
them which really help US?
+. r. c.
IVES. +. r. C., we can-if we
are willing to look for it
and to accept it when 1t
comes. But, much more important
than what we get is what we can
give to others.
The first effect of sorrow is usual
ly overwhelming. The one we love
best has died. The shock of the
experience is numbing. We are in
q state OF semi-consciousness shot
through with pangs Of agony. We
are like patients only partly under
ether while an operation is going
on.
Sister Rebellion.
When we finally realize what has
happened, when its full import
comes to us. our first conscious in
stinct is despair.
Il can't bear this" We say again
and again. 81 can't. | can't"
Close on the heels of Despair
comes her sister, Rebellion.
Why should / bear it," we de-
mand. Why should I be forced to
bear It? l won't bear IT."
With them both comes terror
the fear OF life and Of the appall-
ingly empty world.
Then, some day-perhaps soon.
perhaps not for a long time-the
first ray Of light comes from our
dark sky.
We do not know that 1t is a ray
OF light. II comes as a passing
thought
Il suppose this is what Helen
went through last year when her
husband died. | thought | under
stood then. | thought / sympa-
thized with her. But | didn't-oh,
! didn't! Now. I know Poor
Helen-poor, poor Helen"
With that thought Sympathy has
been born-Sympathy and her twin
sister, Understanding. The benign
pair bring with them n certain H.
Elimination, a certain knowledge, a
certain comfort.
Others have endured and lived
on, we reflect. Perhaps. therefore.
|, too, can endure and live on But
what can | make of my life? How
can pick up its scattered pieces
and fit them together again?
Our First Impulse.
Perhaps. as a beginning. / can
help Helen-the friend whose sor-
row | did not understand when il
came to her. Perhaps | can help
others. But how-how?
Not alone by sympathy. This
does not go deep enough. Not
even by understanding, though that
goes deeper. Slowly the answer
comes: Before ! can hep others |
must have found some help myself.
] must have worked out some plan
of life. | must open my eyes. my
heart, my soul. ! must look around
The Washington times., 1918-01-23

receptive. responsive to the
knowledge that comes.
But in the everyday world there
are those who love us. Their duty
is to recall us-to draw us away
from the Dim Gate and back to life
again.
Voices Call TO Us.
We begin to- hear their voices.
Far of at first. then closer-caIl-
ing to us to return. With every
day that passes. these voices are
louder and more demanding. At
last a human hand clasps ours
perhaps a hand that for weeks has
reached for II in vain. We are
drawn from the shadows and into
the living world.