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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
INSTALL THEIR OFFICERS

Fargo lodge No. 2, Knights Of
Pythias, have installed the following
officers for the year:
Chancellor commander, John +.
Francis; vice chancellor, J. M.
Thompson; prelate, Zach #. Hickman;
master Of work, Jacob Schoeninger;
master at arms, o. M. Ranger; keep
er of records and seal and master OF
finance. Edward G. Andersoni master
Of excheduer, Augustus Roberts, in
ner guard, e. M. Van Arnam' ana
outer guard, w. b. Stevens.
At the meeting f-Prioaacmfwypp
- At the next meeting a delegation
win be in attendance from Caaselton
and Q. team from that lodge will ex-
emplify some Of the floor work In
rank work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

FIENDS MURDER
POLISH NOBLE
Terrible Fate of Sangushko
and Daughters Told by
Correspondent

London, December 30.-(Corres-
pondence Of the Associated Press. -
graphic story of the murder by
drunken Russian soldiers of Prince
Sangushko, a Polish noble, and of
his. two daughters, the Countesses
Rzyszczcwswki, is related by the
Fetrograd correspondent of Lloyd's
News.
Before the war the tragedy late
ly enacted at Slavuta would have
sent a thrill Of horror throughout
Europe" says the correspondent.
As 1t is, the bare fact that the ven
cradle Prince Sangushko, 80 years
ola, had been murdered, has been an
nounced, but the CHASTITY details of
the crime have only just been re-
Vealed. The castle Of Slavuta, built
when the district of South Western
Russia, where it stands, belonged 10
the king of Poland, lies on the out
skirts Of a little manufacturing town
OF the same name. Owing to the un-
settled state of the country, which IL
INFESTED by deserters from the army.
the military authorities had sent 4
guard OF dragons to the castle,
which contains priceless historical
treasures accumulated by the San
gushko family in the course Of the
centuries.
'One Of these dragons caught a
soldier from a neighboring village
cutting down a tree in the forest
surrounding the castle and tackled
him. The thief was slightly wound
ed, but not severely enough to pre-
vent him running to the neighborinE
village, where his regiment was stat
Toned, shrieking that the guard at
the castle was trying to murder him.
The soldiers comrades at once seiz-
ed their rifles and surrounded the
castle OF Prince Sangushko. They
began TO hre, and the dragons on
guard returned their fire. All the
time the officers and the members
Of the regimental committee were
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go, and their action in establishing
the Peoples State bank at Crane
Forks, recently chartered.
The first step in the great program
for complete domination Of the COM
mercial field has been under way fol
some time, the control OF newspaper
being first. The league newspaper
organizers have already launched
many newspapers in North Dakota.
and they propose to establish others
The eventual result OF the program
is complete domination of the news
paper held, the control of the retail
situation. and control Of the banking
industry.
The commercialization Of the
prejudices and distrust the Nonpar-
tisan leagues Socialist leaders have
created has long been anticipated by
league critics, but the scheme now
launched is more daring, and more
gigantic and far reaching in its con-
ception and ultimate effect upon the
| whole business life Of North Dakota,
than the most pessimistic had
dreamed.
Mr.. Elliott, when seen at the Nom
partisan league offices in Fargo this
morning, told The Forum that the
rapidtty Of extention of the plan was
dependent entirely upon the success
OF the field workers.
I'VE had expected to have twelve
stores in operation by April 1. but
because OF the war situation, we may
not be able to do so! We may have
seventy-fiRe stores inside OF a year,
and we also expect to include CO.
operative stores already operating in
North Dakota. So far, we have not
operated outside OF North Dabota. -
Who are the officers, Mr.. Elliott?''
was asked.
That Is a matter we are not max
ing public just now. We are organ
iZtng the farmers into these stores.
They are being told Of the whole pro-
gram, but that is a matter entirely
for them. We are not making our
business affairs public.
We expect to extend the plan to
union men in tho cities, said Mr.. FL
lott. They will be required to pay
$3.50 each, which is about equal to
what the farmers have paid. The
farmers pay 800 into the store, and
they pay SIS for their league mem
berships. Most of them have already
paid either So or SO for previous
league memberships, 80 their total
payments are about equal to the
basis on which we are enrolling the
union men,"
do you buy stores anywhere.
Mr.. Elliott" The Forum repre-
sentative asked.
mo, we do not, he replied.
I'VE establish our own stores, and
put a uniform stock in all OF
them.
The articles OF incorporation Of
the Consumers United Stores COM
pany, which are set forth in detail
herewith, give a most interesting in
sight into the remarkable aim Of the
founders Of the company.
The articles Of Incorporation fol-
low:
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ABSOLUTE DOMINATION or
NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS
SOUGHT BY LEAGUE PRESIDENT

CONTINUED from page j.
the first $4,000 so subscribed shall
go to the establishment of the store.
The balance, or, to quote the
agreement, "ail surplus BubseFlb-
ed over the said sum of $4,000
NAV be used by the said COM
pany either 70 establish and
maintain a central buying agency
or wholesale establishment, or 70
carry on educational work on
propaganda along all lines Deem
ed by the board of directors OF
the Consumers United stores
company TO be in the interest OF
orbeneficiaI to farmers, and for the
assistance Of farmers organiza-
tions such as relate to the eeono-
mic, educational or political inter"
ests of the farmers, or both.
The case Of the Kenmare store is
nat. In that store, there are over
800 farmers signed up 800 each'
making a total collection by the
organizers Of $4,000.
OF that $4,000, according to the
statement in the agreement $4,000
Is devoted to the establishment OF
the store, and the balance, or $4,000
may be used in any manner that the
board of directors Of the company
may desire.
the farmers Of the Kenmare district
in signing up for 800 each gives to
the company a $4,000 store, with 800
signed up customers, and a surplus
of $40, 900 to be used in any manner
that the directors may decide.
Mr.. Elliott told The Forum that
thirty stores were organized, or IN
process Of organization. At a meet
ing of the certificate holders Of the
Kenmare store, an organizer told the
members that $500 farmers had al
ready Joined in the stores organiza-
ton.
stores with 500 members EACH
the hackers of the company real
ize q, total of 100000. They are
required to establish 100000
worth of stores, ara nave q sur
pitts of $500, 900 with which to pay
organizers, to endow polltical or
Plantations, or to spend In any
"educationaI or propaganda"
work the company directors may
determine.
No person who is not q member OF
the NonpaTtisan league Is permitted
to become a holder Of a purchasers
certificate in these stores. III Q man.
who has not previously been a league
member joins the store circle, he 10
required to pay SIC for membership
in the league during the current two
year period, and he must also pay W
for dues collected during the nrst
year OF the league. In other words,
he is compelled to pay all current ana
past dues, before he il eligible 70
hold a, purchasers certificate.
The stores do business with their
on cash basis only, ana
win not sell to non-members.
In the organization Of this string
of stores, by which the Nonparttsa.n
league leaders are hopeful OF domi-
mating the retail business or North
Dakota. the absolute destruction or
the whole states present commercial
fabric Is anticipated.
Following the store organization
plan comes the scheme for organic
ing q chain OF banks. The beginning
OF that movement already is evidence
ed by the success the league men
have had III obtaining control Of the
Scandinavian American bank of FAR
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
EUentfuI Experiences of Miss
Florence Sell in War Zone End
In HerMdrridge to SUiSS Pastor


college Miss Sell daughter
supervisor churches in the
1914 Europe view b
Berlin univers after declared
while there this country declared Germany.
long
government
a passport
miss to .o. j..
Sell remained in Switzerland and that country
be by
recently young pastor
with theology
in Berlin.
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appealing to the inaurrerf mo4a..
- eoey orders and 70 cease 7rirs-
| .9uuaenly they gave Wav 49,.
/ ~ iatIng that a deputation gro-,
- IeslfaentaI COMMITTEES sbo,,1,S
sSaEcn the castle, as thew yge,.a s...- -
Niiced that the old prince haa -.,-g.,
~ ~. guns for use in fba $500
~ tLe counter-revolution. OF CORES
t shete were no machine guns sTa E I,
guns a Lound was few sporting
Great Castle II SanL.I
Just as suddenly as the Go,
soiolers, standing in the , $500 or
OF the castle, had yielded ~ ~ esa ara
peal or their officers, came 4 re-, ~ i
IoaT, ana. IN an instant tbs,s ~
49, p -. the guard, and rusI,es
lHto the castle. Neither thro, ). - -
appeals had the slightest &C., esssss nor ~
snsui. Ihey destroyed. in ~ ~ ~
l .ilA,laCat fury, everything tbst tbs..
t', Iay hands on. Pictures. furniyy
ss, statues. draperies wera ~
er .Sy ~ r pllinaiy, ruthlessly. The ven
,teoas Folish magnate and his two
Ts1., the young and beautje,,I
Iountesses Rzyszczcwglri ga ~ tlLuI
2 u the attics, hoping thai. ~ tSa,s
ioIhe was to be ruined. AT Ieast 49,.
I ives might be saved. From esri-, Il.
me morning, when the nars,,So, y.
1Oesan their attack, until FIVE 5000
"a me afternoon, the sacIxinp- ~ tbe
castle went on. Then the soIz,ere,
reaired TO the courtyard. N'es
o,o W y. about the prince?' cried
dad And and,,t the lovely countesses? adj
Sack into the castle rv.h.a
band Of soldiers, and bsgsn - ~
Tor the owner, At last he WAS fes,,.5
ana dragged into the co,,rt,.a -,
among the derlsive wells 81 a.
soloiers waiting for their ,,t,.t.'
lhey decided to take him ~ tt,s ~
lage where they were sta+iops5 go
uragged the old man along fe~ -
was TOO old to walk at the nars thns,
ossiTed. On the way thew fIraii,, 49,
me last shred of self control lei Az
pLIIce crop half-senseless on the
n sIound ana then score az rae,,
g. thsI Dayonets into his BODY.
ueo Prince Sangushko. His
MS body in pieces. 'ohe
Murder Priest DeFsndar
The fate of his niece. a.
Countesses Rzysczczckslri ne sa lMo
terrible than that OF the nrirce
Ihey had managed to escape Nv
PACK way and had got to the ma 2
A ' place OF the town. There thew
were recognized, and soldiers nj cr.s
seized them. Those two voutbF,,I
whose exquisite lowell
ness mad made them the center ~ an
yes In the salons of the psIarss ~
warsaw and whose goodness and
sMestless had made them beloved
~ me people of Slavuta. were d.
ended for a time BY the CatboIIc
y OF siavuta, who had known
mem from childhood and prepa rad
mem Tor first communion. ButF the
soldiers refused to be deprived ~
.heir victims and showered blows
Tith the butt-ends OF their rifles an
ne courageous priest, who fell and
Vas beaten TO death. Tt is nerhans
ven that the sufferings of the two
;ountesses ended in death.
fhe day ended with the soldiara
uhhlng amuck in the town, murder
ng and maltreating peaceful inhabi-
an wnlle the scene was lit up BY
ne flames Of the blazing castle OF
he Sangushlo."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
DIR. G. A. CARPENTER IS
COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN

Or. G. A. Carpenter, 1924 Ed.
wards, has been commissioned
captain in the medical corps OF
the United States army, and has
been asked TO place himself n
readiness for a call next month";
IL was announced today.
Captain Carpenter offered his
services to the government early
in the war,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
STAIR SAYSNONP ARTISANS
TO RETAIN CAUCUS
CONTINUED from page u

veted by Governor Frazier after
the last session.
Passage of act reinstating cor
poistions that have failed to
name proper reports.
Adoption of resolution favor
ing federal prohibition.
Moratorium for the soldiers.
Amendment Of the absent voter
act to permit soldiers to vote.
Appropriations for several
state departments that have in
sufficient expense money.
Re-establishment OF the wolf
bounty, demanded by western
cattle growers.
Recognition OF the home
guard.
When the legislators begin gath.
ering at Bismarck 1t Is likely that
the list OF things for legislative con.
sideration will be even further en-,
HANGED unless the leagues caucus
adopts the restriction plan recently
outlined by the official newspaper OF
the league. whereby only a limited
number of questions will be con
sidered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
RETAIL MERCHANTS
| MUTUAL ELECTS OFFICERS
~ r. Nelson Of Glen UlIin Elected
/ President, and w. D. Austin,
III Secretary Treasurer.

stockholders Of the Retail Mer-
chants Mutual Fire & Insurance
Co, who held their annual business
meeting in Fargo this week, elect
ed ]. 7. Nelson OF Glen UIIin, presi-
dent; Charles Welo Of Velva, vice
president, and w. d. Austin Of Far
so secretary treasurer The direc-
tors of the company are ]. T. Mel
son of Glen UlIin; John Breugger
Of Williston; Charles Welo Of Velva:
Is. 7. Park Of Sterling; Andrew
Hasa OF Jamestown: J. II. Dahl of
Fargo. and w. d. Austin of Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
no ooMTINuE SERVICES.

Evangelistic services at the Glad
Tidings mission, lis Front street,
will be continued at 1880 o'clock each
evening next week, except Saturday
evening. by Rev. w. Barhum, Bur-
.trtm, Mimi, 1T was announced today.
Rev. Mr.. Burhum viii preach at the
mission at II o'clock in the morning
and a o'clock in hte evening Sunday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
GOVERNMENT POSTER
ATTRACTS ATTENTION

A government poster which is at
tracing considerable attention IN
Fargo during these war times, was
recently received and placed in the
lobby of the Waldorf hotel. It makes
an appeal to the women of the Unit
ed States to purchase war savings
stamps, and reads:
"Toan az Arc saved France. Wo-
men of America, save your country
buy war savings stamps"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
USING OLD BED Spreads.

Take an old bed spread, the hest
part; cut to the size Of an ors1s,.. 80
bath mat" Bind edges with > hor.
der or some pretty washable ere.
tonne. II the spread happens 10 he
white and faded, get 4. fen-cent
package of dye and dip the part Won
wish for the mat in the dye. when
finished you have serviceabIa hath
mat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
SPECIAL VENIRE
IN KOVLIN CASE

The regular panel Of jurors for the
December term of Cass county dis
trict court was exhausted this morn
ing in selecting a jury to try Anton
Kovlin, Mclean county farmer, &C
cused Of the murder of Alec Pana-
suk, his neighbor.
Late this morning an order was Is
sued for a special venire OF fourteen
men who reported at o'clock this
afternoon. The jury probably viii be
completed this afternoon and the in
PRODUCTION Of testimony will begin
Monday morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
DESCENDANT OF PRINCES DIES.

London. Jan. 19.-Captain French
MacDermot. whose ancient Irish
title was 1.-The MacDermot Doe, Lord
of Maylurg," has died at Monte
Carlo. He was the head of the Pro-
testant branch of the MacDermot
clan, and was SO years old. He was
direct descendant Of the ancient
princes of Leinster.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
NELs JOHNSON GETS IT.

Fargo Garbage Contract For 1918
Awarded by Commission.
Eels Johnson was awarded the 1918
contract for the removal Of garbage
In Fargo by the city commissioners
at a. special meeting today.
Mr.. Johnson was not the lowest
bidder, but his agreement to use
three, four or seven crews as the
demand warranted was found by the
commission to effect the greatest
saving.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
NORTH DAKOTA ARTICLES or
INCORPORATION or CoksuM-
Frs UNITED STORES CON-


Know al men by these presents,
that we. the undersigned, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves
together for the purpose or forming
8 corporation under the laws OF the
State OF North Dakota
Article 1.-The name of this COR
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
EnmARns. GIVES AppREss.

Rev. William Edwards, Christine,
addressed a large audience Of farm
ers on America, the War and the
Red Cross, in the Viking hotel on
Broadway Friday evening. His ad-
dress was we'll received.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
SWIFT and ARMOUR
TO CLOSE AT 5 P. N.
aHaasrHa Announcement States That
Closing Becomes Effective Jan.
"a Until April l. 1918.

To aid the government in the
conservation of fuel, IL was an
nounced by the Fargo managers Of
: 4he Swift and Armour Packing COM
/ pany offices that beginning Mon
day, January n, their offices in Far
go will close each day at o'clock
until April /, 1913. This action on
the part OF the branch Office man
ayers Is voluntary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
LIFE UNDERWRITERS MEET.

The annual gathering of the North
Dakota Life Underwriters association
tB being held III the Fargo CONNER
cial club rooms this afternoon. III.
r Veddeil income tax collector, viii
- Elfa lmMuEahsa,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

Get wise and order FIavo -Four
from the manufacturers. Phone SO.
s-Advts
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19
MAYVILLE MAN KILLED.

William Ely Victim of Auto Accident
at Los Angeles, Word.
(By Associated Press.l
Mayville, N. D., Jan. 19.-William
Ely, prominent Mayville business
man, was killed in an auto accident
at Los Angeles, Cal, according to
word received here today.
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CONTINUED from page -
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
CALLS FOR BRAKE,
Middle. Aged Man Would Slow Up
Wheels Of Time.
10 Living In Hope That Some Man
Will Devise q Workable Scheme
for Renewing Ones Lease Of
Lite, and Do Il Quickly.

"What we really need" said the
middle-aged man, sis some way Of
slowing up the wheels of. time.
"As every man who has begun to
get on in life knows, the older we
grow the faster time seems to fly. In
our youth even single days seem to
be endless; but when we get to be
about 80 old the years go SO fast that
they seem to spin around like pin
wheels.
'There was once an advertiser with
patent medicine to sell who started
of his advertisement by describing
himself as a retired physician whose
sands Of life had nearly run out. A
well-meaning friend in the far West
wrote to him saying that IL he would
mix little molasses with the sands
they wouldn't run out SO fast.
"Of course there was an idea in
that; but the minute you come to think
1t over seriously you see that there is
really nothing to 1t. To make the
wheels Of time turn slower you'd have
to have something more than molasses.
I have thought that perhaps we might
invent some sort Of brake, very pow
erful brake, for this purpose, but I,
guess there's really nothing in this
idea, either.
Lacking the means Of making the
wheels of time turn slower, so that
we would seem to have more time, I
have thought that perhaps somebody
may yet devise a way Of renewing our
lease Of life. II we could get an in
definite renewal Of our life lease we
wouldn't care how fast the wheels
turned, because we'd have endless
years for them to turn in.
"The man who could devise q work.
able plan Of this sort would get rich
beyond any sort of dreams whatever:
that is, If he could prolong his own
life as well as sell life-renewal leases
to others; for I fancy that, hard as
this world may be in some respects.
the great majority Of us would like to
continue living in 1t a long, long time,
and would give all we had for that
privilege.
;. "For myself, can say that I like
the world very well and would like
to stay on it Unfortunately. II there
Is anybody now working on this life
lease-renewal device hope he will get
1t running before the sands Of my old
fashioned life shall have run out COM
pletely; and IL when he opens up for
business he will let me know where
to find him shall go to him; and, IL
I have the price, take out as first
extension a renewal for about q CEN
tury."
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
Dealing with tho occult.

I An astonishing number Of books on
occult subjects are being published in
these days, especially on lines relating
to the future life, the theme taking
on a new interest because Of the war
and its losses. One writer, Prof. w. ].
Crawford Of Belfast, is dealing with
so-called spirit manifestations in q
new way. For one thing, he has tried
seating the medium on weighing ma
chine while the manifestations are
going on and watching the varying
record of her weight. He has found
that where chair or table was levi
tated an increase in her weight almost
corresponding to the weight Of. the
piece of furniture was noted. When
there were rappings her weight les
sened, the amount lost varying with
the intensity Of the sounds. What
these phenomena indicate to his mind
or what he expects to prove by them
does not appear.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
w. N. w., FARGO. NO. 2s.-1e1s.
HOW SNAKES HELP FARMER
Man Who Knows Points Out How
Valuable to the TiIIer Of the
Soil Are His Services.

Snakes are valuable asset and
there should be a campaign against
killing them. writes Gayne T. X. Nor.
ton, in the American Forestry Maga-
zine. The article goes on to show
what the snake does for food conser-
walton by ways of killing rodents and
insects. the greatest enemies to grain
that man knows. The public has be-
come acquainted with snakes as never
before. writes Mr.. Norton, because Of
the thousands who have been engaged
in the campaign for war gardens that
has been conducted by the national
emergency food garden commission.
with this summer the millions Of
war gardens have given the snake pop
ular interest. Tremendously increased
tillage has brought people and snakes
together.
'Unless much education work IN
done the number of snakes that will
be killed next year by the well-mean-
ing but misinformed gardeners will be
very large. Our snakes are national
asset worth many millions of dollars
and should be conserved. The rela-
ton they bear to successful crops is
important-more important than even
the average farmer realizes"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
Balzae Would Have Starved.

Some of the geniuses Of earlier gem
erations would have hard time Of 1t
with civilian rations in Europe. Many
Of them are still remembered for their
appetftes. Thackeray and Dickens
were both masterful at the table. Bal
zac was equal to making a dinner Of
eight dozen oysters, twelve outlets,
duck, pair Of cartridges, and all
the customary "trfmmings." Herbert
Spencer once went upon vegetable
diet, and declared that after he return
ed to meat he had to rewrite every
thing he did in the interval to get viril.
ity into 1t. r.
Regardless Of the effect on genius,
rationing is spreading. Even walk
ing sticks have come under govern
mental control In England, and pre-
sumably prospective purchaser will
soon have to present license to carry
such an ornament Nations Business.