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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Euaouatinn Rumania.

Paris, Sept. 29.-( Hayas.l 1.-The
German forces of occupation in Ru-
mania began to retire from that coun-
try Friday, according to information
received in Swiss political circles.
There are persistent rumors in Swift
zerland that the Rumanian, population
has revolted. The German civil au-
thorities are said sto be removing
their archieYes hastily.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Ne7os of Won1e11S Work In Many Fields

The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Burr, former Grand Forks
residents. Mr.. Bangs and his bride
VIII make their home in Minneapolis.
Miss Ethel Canniff, sos Ninth street
south, went to Mapleton Sunday aft
ernoon and took up her duties as an
instructor In the school there this
morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Japan Facing An
Economic Crisis

Toxic, Sunday, Sept. 22.-(By The
Associated Press. Marquis Okuma
has informed the emperor that the
war has brought a great change in
the sentiment of the people because
of the widening gulf between the
wealthy classes and the masses.
This has created dangerous ten
dency. He said, which if ignored
might undermine the social founda-
tions of the empire. The power of
the working class is asserting ITSELF
he declared, and must be met.
Marquis Okuma recommended that
Marquis Saionji was pre-em inently
suited to bring national support to
the government. AS a consequence
Marquis Saionji has been entrusted
with the task OF forming a cabinet
The Marquis Saionji, who is look
ed upon as the successor to premier
Terauchi, is one of the strongest
men in the empire. He virtually has
the rank of elder stateman. The
Marquis is former president of the
Selyul6ai and detired from politics in
1914
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Charles Holds Conference.

Amsterdam, Sept. 29.-Emperor
Charles presided at a meeting of the
crown council at Vienna yesterday,
according to dispatch to The Ber-
lin Tageblatt. The meeting lasted
into the night and the chief subject
was the foreign situation, particular
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Price List Issued
BY Committee

The state fair price committee re-
Gently appointed by DR.. 3. f. Laid,
food administrator, has issued its
first fair price list for the state of
North Dakota. The prices published
are the maximum to be charged for
cash and carry service.
Prices published are based on
wholesale cost at Fargo, Grand
Forks and all Valley 1obbing points;
to arrive at fair retail price for
points outside of basic points, trans
portation charges should be added
to retail prices at basic points.
Commodity Wholesale. Retail,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Thrna Years In War.

Il F.
Bulgarian representatives agreed
to an armistice probably the first
step in Bulgaria's withdrawal from
the alliance with the central powers
Ia. few days less than three years
after she entered the war on the side
of Germany. 1t was on October 3,
1915, that Bulgaria issued a manifes-
to announcing her decision to cast
her lot against the entente. She had
been 15 months in deciding her
course.
In the manifesto the Bulgarian
government declared that her trade
interests and economic rights were
inseparably bound up with Turkey,
Germany and Austria" It was add
ed that Germany had offered Bull
garia in return for her neutrality
the whole of Macedonia including
UsIkub, Monastir and Ochrida. A
still greater territorial expansion at
the expense OF Serbia was said to
have been offered as a condition OF
active militory assistance.
During the period OF Bulgarian
neutrality both the entente alliance
and the central powers had made
offers to Bulgaria; and Russia, which
for years had protected Bulgarian
interests, sent an ultimatum to Bull
garia early in October, 1915. Bull
garia refused the Russian demands.
The Bulgarian manifesto said that
Bulgaria did not believe in the prom
Uses of the entente and that "Bul-
garia must fight at the victor's side"
1t was reported at that time and
never denied authoritatively that a
secret treaty had been signed be-
tween Bulgaria and Germany con-
corning Bulgarian participation in
the war on July II, 1915.
Invasion of Serbia.
Bulgarian troops invaded Serbia
October 10, 1915. Her entrance into
the war led to the over running Of
Serbia, Montenegro and Albania by
the, armies of the central powers.
BuIgaria's joining. the central pow
ers was one of the reasons that led
Rumania to enter the war on the
side of the entente late in August,
1915.
The population of Bulgaria was not
in favor of Bulgaria
joining the Teutonic alliance.
The government took harsh meas
ures against those opposed to the
war and those who were friendly to
the entente. Late in 1917 reports
were current that the military party
in Bulgaria was being faced by in
creasing opposition.
Premier Radoslaoff was compelled
to retire last June and his place was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30

Eighth Avenue Auxiliary.
The Eighth Avenue auxiliary sent
in the following report of the work
completed by them for the months OF
August and September: IS reclama-
tion shirts, 80 boys suits. 20 helpless
case shirts, and so pairs of socks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30
Auxiia9"ieS
Report Work

Tuesdays AuxiIiaries.
Catholic auxiliary, K. c. hall; Pom
toppidan, headquarters; Grace Luth-
Gran, headquarters; Broadway Metho-
dist, headquarters; Stars and Stripes.
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gI,th Avenuc Auxilinry.

D0rcaa Auxiliary VIII Not Meet.
The sowing division of the Dorcas
auxiliary will not meet this evening.
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Most Serious Hour.

Amsterdam. Sept. 20 "Germany's
most serious hour seems to have
struck" declares The Lokal Anzieger,
Of Berlin, an discussing the Bulgarian
question. The Frankfort Zeitung
says:
ut is useless to gloss over this
news and we are not quite sure
whether it would not be useful to at
tach considerable importance to the
semi official attempts to veil the
threatening secession Of Bulgaria or
raise any hopes"
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ly Bulgaria.
Premier Won Hussarek, according
to another dispatch, told newspaper
men that there was no foundation to
reports that Austria Hungary had
changed her attitude toward the war,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-30

headquarters; Allies, headquarters;
Maccahees, headquarters: Roosevelt,
school building; Norwegian Lutheran,
Presbyterian Auxiliary.
The third meeting of this auxiliary
quarters. Nineteen workers were
present, and they completed six refu-
gee suits, six pairs of pants, four
shirts and nine chemises.
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Turkish Towels

Highest grade 20x40 genuine "Martex" Bath
Towels in fancy and co1ored borders. a real
towel and a bargain, A@A
ait, each ............ ........... - g u
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Gingharas

One lot OF 27-inch Dress Ginghams, standard
quality. Al good assortment Of patterns to Sc
lect from. THE lot includes Toile du Nord and
Imported zephyrs. Special, d.
in this sale yard 81 - ~
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2S-inch all wool Flannels. in a good assortment
OF stripes splendid for shirts and blouses.
Very special in this 20
sale. yard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. q ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07

they had the address that she had given
them-No. 1874 West Thirteenth street
There is no 134 West Thirteenth street.
Now the Smith family is the largest in
the world. II has been computed that
within 200 years. IL the family keeps grow
ing at the rate it has in the last 100 years.
90 per cent of the inhabitants Of the United
States will be named Smith. And Mary
is the commonest of female Christian
names. There. then, was Detective Mccoy
up against the task Of finding a Mary
Smith out of thousands Of Mary Smiths
and with no adequate description of her
beyond that given at the st. Regis-"she
was just a stocky, ordinary looking girl;
she looked-well, she looked Just like
anybody else"
Mccoy. A bellboy who had just come in
said. why. ! remember her. She had
a big red birthmark under her cheek bone
on the left side of her face"
Detective Mccoy frightened up visibly
While It was hard to find a plain Mary
Smith who looked like anybody else. thou
sands OF Mary Smiths were eliminated at
a stroke by the knowledge Of the red birth
mark.
Back to the Gotham went Mccoy Out
Of three hundred employees there one maid
remembered that Mary had spoken to her
of having worked at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Among the several hundred employees of
the Waldorf-AstOria Mccoy found one who
remembered Mary and that Mary had "a
fellow named Fred"
Another remembered" that Mary Smith
had spoken OF having worked at hotel in
Philadelphia. Mccoy went to Philadelphia
He went through several hundred en-
ployes and ex-employes there before he
found one who thought that he remem-
bered" the girl with a red birthmark on
her face, but he didn't think her name was
Mary Smith. He had heard her say that
she had worked in Buffalo.
Through Buffalo's hotels Mccoy made his
way on the trail OF the red spot. When
he had got down to about the last hotel
there a housemaid said that she remem-
bered a girl with birthmark Her name
was Mary, but she didn't know her last
name.
This Mary, the girl said. had come from
Paterson, N. ].
Paterson is close to New York. and
before he went there-this was in Feb
ruary-Detective Mccoy reported to Po-
lice Commissioner Enright.
How long do you want me to stay on
this job, Commissioner asked Mccoy.
You stay on that job, Mccoy, until you
land Mary Smith" said the Commissioner.
Stay on 1t II it takes all your life"
"All right, sir" said Mccoy.
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hter and Heiress

At Paterson he found a clue TO the scar
that led him to Passaic From Passaic he
found another that took him to Chicago
Two weeks in Chicago found the trail
leading to Pittsburgh
At the William Penn Hotel there Mccoy
whose dreams now were of a lifetime
spent in pursuing a red birthmark, felt
that he was really beginning to get
warm" as children say. The manager Of
the hotel remembered Mary Smith and her
birthmark well. He had discharged her
he said. for f1irtations But where did she
live? While the manager did not know,
but as most OF his help had come from
little towns about Pittsburgh-Clymer
Indiana, Dixonville, and so on, he inferred
that Mary had probably come from that
region.
The next day found Mccoy in this coal
and coke section with its thousands Of
Polish and Slav workers. For another
month he canvassed every little cabin and
home Throughout the region he became
known as that Teller who is looking for
Mary Smith with birthmark"
At Indiana he began to feel that he was
nearing home. There was a family here
that knew Mary Smith-"Sure she had q
big strawberry mark on her face" But
her name was not Mary Smith-"No;
she Just put that on. Her name was Mary
LiDtak."
Mary was back in DixonvilIe. where
she had been born-she had been there for
a couple Of months Visions Of New York
and Broadway came before Mccoy The
first train and the quickest saw him in
Dixonville.
Cautiously he pursued his inquiries, fear
ing to alarm his quarry.
Sure, know Mary" said one of those
whom he discreetly questioned. DO you
want to know her? will point her out
to you tonight"
That night he stood with his acquaintance
on the little corner that Is Dixonville's
Forty-second street and Broadway. Down
the street came short, stocky girl who
looked just as they had said in the Hotel
ST. Regis-"Just like anybody"
As she passed Mccoy started toward her.
she turned her head and looked at him.
and he caught a full glimpse Of her left
cheek and-stood petriied as she van
ished.
For on the face Of this girl whom he had
tracked down for SO many weary months
there was no red flaming birthmark! Her
cheek seemed as smooth and undishgured
as any other womans.
II is not to be denied that Mccoy was
deDressed. Clearly and surely this was
Mary Liptak, who had been Mary Smith
and who had worked in the various hotels
Copyright, 1918, by the Star CONF
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Pawn Ticket Involving Mary and
Her Confederates.

the red spot that Mccoy had pursued
throughout the months!
Again Mccoy went through Dixonville
seeking Mary-but Mary was not there.
Her suspicious had undoubtedly been
aroused and now before Mccoy was what
seemed q much harder task than ever be-
fore, because the telltale spot was gone.
What was to be done?
WELL" reasoned Mccoy, "if Mary has
been here for two months she has been
no doubt receiving letters. Let US see
where these letters came from"
He went to the Dixonville post office.
The postmistress remembered that Mary
had received a money order for S25 She
looked up the order and found that II had
been signed by Felix Bedrian. Mary had
signed with the name Of Margaret Bedrian.
The post office order had been sent from
the Madison Square post office in. New
York. She also remembered that a man
named Fred Bellworth had called upon
Mary while in the hospital
Mccoy came straight back to New
York Arriving on Sunday morning. he
had to wait until Monday before he could
interview the postmaster's assistant at the
Madison Square branch.
II came to him that perhaps Mary had
been seeking another job Her funds must
have been low by now, Mccoy reasoned.
So he went first to the Plaza. Sure enough,
at the Plaza he found that the week before
a girl named Mary Smith had applied for
work She had no fiery red mark on her
face, but there was a discoloration. She
had given her address as No. III East
Eighty-second street. At this address Nc
Coy found again that his bird had flown.
Had they left anything?
why, yes" said the landlady. There
was some rubbish that they put in the box
in the cellar"
In the box Mccoy discovered a pair of
corsets and an old pair Of shoes. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07

style OF shoes had been sold by a chain Of
stores. To the one nearest, No. III East
Eighty-second street the detective went
The clerk remembered that he had sold the
shoes to a man named Belworth, who
came into the store with a woman-"just
an ordinary-looking woman except that
her left cheek had a little bruise."
This identified at last completely Mary
as the Margaret Bedrian" and Belworth
as the Felix Bedrian' Of the long trail.
And Felix Bedrian's" picture was m the
Rogues' Gallery.
At the Madison Square post office next
morning Mccoy secured the address Of the
sender of the post office order. At that
address he found that BelWorth did not
actually lived but that he paid there severaI
visits a week to his mother, an aged and
very respectable woman. The house was
put under guard. After two days watch
ing, BeIlworth called upon his mother and
remained a half hour and came out and
struck across Central Park.
Mccoy and his men Swallowed him to
an attractive apartment house at No. 116
West Eighty-third street and after a while
BelIworth came out, entered a telephone
booth and was heard to give his name IS
Felix Bedrian" to someone who evidently
asked him who was calling. When he
stepped out he was put under arrest.
With him Mccoy and his men went back
to the apartment house. They saw q
woman looking down the street anxiously
Beside her was q child of six. They
stepped close toward her, and when she
turned there they saw on the left side OF
her face the almost elaborated birthmarki
McCOy's long chase was over.
She was placed under arrest and taken
to the tombs with Bedrian. That evening
Commissioner Enright wired Mrs. Caro-
Ian, laconicaIly: I'VE have gotten the
thieves who stole your jewels
Thus ended a chase that Sherlock Holmes
might have engaged In with honor. In the
fat that Mary had OccuDied-very costly
and luxuriously furnished-they found q
number Of pawn tickets for jewelry. When
these have been investigated. with other
clues also discovered, the police expect to
find the whereabouts not only Of Mrs. Caro-
lans gems. but Of perhaps hundred thou
sand dollars more Of other jewels taken
from hotels, for 1t Is a fact that whether
Mary be innocent or guilty, to paraphrass
the old poem
Everywhere that Mary went
The jewels were sure to go"
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that he had visited and who presumably
had been the maid Of the st. Regis But
she could not have been, for where was
the one thing that identified her from
countless other Mary Smiths-the scar?
Mccoy thought long and hard
Up tin the time that the train had led
to Dixonville every one had remembered
Mary Smith or Liptak, because of her scar.
In Clymer, Pennsylvania, police know her
and called her spot faced Mary" Yet
here was Mary Liptak-but no scar. Had
he been following a will-o-the-wisp, or
where in the long chain of his search had
he cut into the false trail?
Suddenly an idea came to him He
knew that surgical science could remove
Designations Had Mary, learning that
she was pursued, resorted to the desperate
expedient of going under the knife and
risking even greater designation and
perhaps death TO submerge her identity
in all other Mary Smiths? In DixonvilIe
is a very excellent hospital and there
Mccoy went. He had been right! Mary
had indeed gone to the Dixonville Hospi-
tai for this very purpose. The surgeons
had almost entirely cut away the spot
They had taken minute pieces Of white
skin from one Of Mary's legs and had
grated 1t on the place where the straw
berry mark" had been. The operation
had not been entirely finished because
Mary at last lost courage, but it had been
successful enough TO hide, except to closest
scrutiny, any designation. And what
designation there was was totally unlike
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-12-07

Sheriff Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana.
E. ]. Barfield VS.. John w. Deem.
No. 2706.
By virtue of writ of fl ia issued out
of the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court and to me directed in the above
number and entitled suit, directing and
commanding me to seize and sell the
propertr of defendant, / have seized
and will offer for sale at the principal
front door of the court house in Colfax,
La, between the hours prescribed by
law for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 1919,
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of the defendant
herein, to-wit:
A certain tract of land lying and be-
ing On the left bank uf Red river, con-
tanning 100 acres. with buildings and
improvements and appurtances thereto
belonging, and comprising part OF the
August Longlois, Sec. 38. Also part
of Sc or of Sec. z, TIP 8 N. range 5 w.,
and being more minutely described as
beginning at point on the left decend-
ing bank of Red river on lower line of
Ike Hicks place, running thence N 80
degrees and 45 minutes east22. 70 chains
to a corner: thence E 4l.69 chains to a
corner: thence 10. so chains to North
line of Sec. Is; thence w 1926 chains
to corner on the lower line of the
August Longlois; thence S % degrees
and As minutes west 81. 50 chains to
Red river; thence following the mear.d-
erings of the river in northernly di-
rection to the point of beginning.
Terms of sale-Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
Colfax. La, Nov. q, 1918.
L. o. CLINTON,
Sheriff of Grant Parish.
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A certain piece or parcel of land ly-
ing and being in section rs, township
6 north, range ! west, Louisiana Me-
ridian, and described as follows: Be-
ginning on the south line of said Sec
ton at point where the right of way
of the St L. |. NJ and S. Ry. ana w.
l.. Simmons land join, thence running
north along said right of way 565 feet,
thence east 20 feet to branch. thence
south following said branch to first
mentioned section line, thence west 1873
feet to the place of beginning, with all
improvements, containing one acre
more or less.
Terms of sale Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
Colfax, La, Oct rs, 1918.
l.. o. CLINTON,
Sheriff of Grant Parish.
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The readers of this paper win be
pleased to learn that there Ii at least
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been able to. cure in all its stages and
that is cetarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
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the foundation of the disease. giving the
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work. The proprietors have so much
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Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
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to cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address r. ]. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo.
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Few Escape.

There are few indeed who escape
having at least one cold during the
winter months, and they are fortunate
who have but one and get through with
it quickly and without any serious con-
sequences. Take Chamberlain s Cough
Remedy and observe the directions with
each bottle, and you are likely to be
one of the fortunate ones. The worth
and merit of this remedy has been fully
proven. There are many families who
have always used it for years when
troubled with cough or cold, and with
. cough or cold, and with the very best
results.
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Sheriff Sale.

18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana.
L. A. Stafford VS.. Jas. Mcdonald.
No. 3539.
, By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable 18th
Judicial District Court and to me d.
rected in the above numbered and en-
titled suit, directing and commanding
me to seize and sell the property of de-
PENDANT, / have seized and will offer
for sale at the principal front door of
the court house in Colfax, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
judicial sales, on
SATURDAY. NOV. 80, 1918.
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of the defendant
herein, to-wit: