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NO INJUNCTIONS
WITHOUT NOTICE

THE ends Of justice will best
be met and the chief cause of COM
plant against ill-considered injunc-
lions without notice will be remov-
ed by the enactment of statute
forbidding hereafter the issuing OF
any injunction or restraining or
der, whether temporary or perma-
nent, by any federal court. with
out previous notice and a reason
able opportunity to be heard on
behalf of the parties to be en-
Joined, unless 1t shall appear to
the court that the delay neces-
sary to give such notice and near
ing would result in irreparable in
jury to the complainant"
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SUGAR FRAUD PROBE
UNWISE AT PRESENT

Criminal prosecutions are now
proceeding against a number of
government officers. The Treasury
Department and the Department of
Justice are exerting every effort to
discover all the wrongdoers. includ-
ing the officers and employees Of the
companies who may have been
privy to the fraud.
TT would seem to me that an
investigation of the frauds by Con-
gress at present. pending the prob
ing by the Treasury Department
and the Department of Justice, as
proposed, might by giving immu-
nifty and otherwise prove an EN-
blrrassment in securing the con-
viction of the guilty parties"
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Department OF STATE.

/ earnestly recommend to the favorable
action of the Congress the estimates sub
mitted by the Department of State and
most especially the legislation suggested
in the Secretary Of States letter of this
date whereby it will be possible to de-
velop and make permanent the reorgani-
zation Of the Department upon modern
lines in a manner to make it a thor
oughly efficient instrument in the further
ance of our foreign trade and of Ameri-
can interests abroad. The plan to have
Divisions of Latin-American and Far
Eastern Affairs and to institute certain
and the Near East will at once commend
itself. These politico-geographical divi-
sions and the detail from the diplomatic
or consular service to the Department Of
number of men. who bring to the study
OF complicated problems in different parts
OF the world practical knowledge recently
gained on the spot, clearly is of the
greatest advantage to the Secretary of
State In foreseeing conditions likely to
arise and in conducting the great va
riety OF correspondence and negotiation.
1t should be remembered that such ia
cilities exist in the foreign offices of all
the leading commercial nations and that
to deny them to the Secretary of State
great disadvantage in the rivalry of COM
mercial competition.
Consular Service Improved.
The consular service has been greatly
improved under the law of April 5, 1906,
and the Executive Order of June a.
1906. and I commend to your considera-
ton tho question Of embodying in a stat
ute the principles of the present Execu-
tive Order upon which the efficiency Of
our consular service is wholly dependent
~ Inn M
cial interests are interrelated. and In the
negotiation of commercial treaties, con-
ventions and tariff agreements, the keep
ing open Of opportunities and the proper
lomatic service is quite as important as
the consular service to the business in
terests of the country.
Trained Diplomatic Corps.
Impressed with this idea and convinced
that selection after rigorous examination,
promotion for merit solely and the ex-
perience only to be gained through the
continuity of an organized service are in
dispensable to a high degree of eff
cheney In the diplomatic service. l have
signed an Executive Order as the first
step toward this very desirable result
Its effect should be to place all secre-
taries in the diplomatic service In much
the same position as consular officers are
now placed and to tend to the promotion
of the most efficient to the grade of min
lister, generally leaving for outside APP
pointment such posts of the grade of am
bassador or minister as II may be ex-
pedient to fill from without the service
1t Is proposed also to continue the prac-
tice instituted last summer of giving to
all newly appointed secretaries at least
one months thorough training in the De-
partment Of State before they proceed to
their posts. This has been done for some
time in regard to the consular service
with excellent results.
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THE PRESIDENTS ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

the whole Atlantic and Gulf coasts l
hope that appropriate legislation will be
adopted to secure the construction of this
defense.
The military and naval joint board have
unanimously agreed that it would be
unwise to make the large expenditures
which at one time were contemplated in
the establishment of naval base and
station in the Philippine Islands, and
have expressed their Judgment in which
1 fully concur. in favor of making an
extensive naval base at Pearl Harbor,
near Honolulu. and not in the Philip
pines.
Philippines Coast Defense
This does not dispense with the neces-
sity for the comparatively small appro-
priations required to finish the proper
coast defenses in the Philippines now I'M
der construction on the island of Cor
regidor and elsewhere or to complete a
suitable repair station and coaling supply
station at Olongapo. where is the floating
dock Dewey" 1 hope that this recon-
mendation of the joint board will end
the discussion as to the comparative
merits of Manila Bay and Olongapo as
naval stations. and will lead to prompt
measures for the proper equipment and
defense Of Pearl Harbor.
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CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS.

l regret to refer to the fact of the dis
covery Of extensive frauds in the collec-
ton of the customs revenue at New York
city in which number Of the subordinate
employees In the weighing and other
departments were directly concerned and
In which the beneficiaries were the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company and others.
The frauds consisted in the payment OF
duty on underweights of sugar. The gov
eminent has recovered from the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company all that it
is shown to have been defrauded of. The
sum was received in full of the amount
due, which might have been recovered by
civil suit against the beneficiary Of the
fraud. but there was an express reser-
walton in the contract of settlement by
which the settlement should not interfere
with or prevent the criminal prosecution
Of every one who was found to be subject
to the same.
Congress- Action Not Desirable.
Criminal prosecutions are now pro-
ceeding against number of the gov
eminent officers The Treasury Depart
ment and the Department of Justice are
exerting every effort to discover all the
wrongdoers, including the officers and en-
been privy to the fraud. 1t would seem
to me that an investigation of the frauds
by Congress at present. pending the
probing by the Treasury Department and
the Department of Justice, as proposed,
might by giving immunity and other
wise prove an embarrassment in secur-
ing conviction of the guilty parties.
Maximum and Minimum Clause.
Two features of tho nau, tariff act call
for special reference, BY virtue of the
clause known as the Maximum and
Minimum clause, it is the duty of the
executive to consider the laws and prac-
tees Of other countries with reference to
the importation into those countries OF
the products and merchandise of the
United States, and II the executive finds
such laws and practices not to be unduly
discriminatory against the United States.
the minimum duties provided In the bill
are to go into force. Unless the Presi-
dent makes such a finding, then the maxi
mum duties provided In the bill that is,
an increase of % per cent ad valorem
over the minimum duties, are to be in
force. Fear has been expressed that this
power conferred and duty imposed on the
executive Is likely to lead to a tariff war.
I beg to express the hope and belief that
no such result need be anticipated.
The Executives Duty.
The discretion granted to the executive
by the terms "unduly discriminatory is
wide. In order that the maximum duty
shall be charged against the imports from
a country it is necessary that he
shall find on the part of that
country not only determinations in its
laws or the practice under them against
the trade of the United States. but that
the Determinations found shall be undue:
that is. without good and fair reason.
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THE WAR Department.

In the interest of immediate economy
and because Of the prospect of a deficit. I
have required a reduction in the esti-
mates of the War Department for the
coming fiscal year, which brings the
tota! estimates down to an amount forty
five millions less than the corresponding
estimates for last year. This could only
be accomplished by cutting off new
projects and suspending for the period
of one year all progress in military mat
ters For the same reason I have d.
rected that the army shall not be re-
cruited up to it's present authorized
strength. These measures can hardly be
more than temporary-to last until our
revenues are in better condition and I'M
til the whole question of the expediency
of adopting a definite military policy can
be submitted to Congress, for l am sure
that the interests of the military estab-
lshment are seriously in need of careful
consideration by Congress.
Special Message Forthcoming.
The laws regulating the organization
Of our armed forces in the event Of war
need to be revised in order that the or
ganization can be modified SO as to pro-
ducc a force which would be more con-
sistently apportioned throughout its nu-
.merous branches. To explain the cir
cumstances upon which this opinion is
based would necessitate a lengthy dis
cussion, and l postpone 1t until the first
conve nient opportunity shall arise to send
to Congress a special message upon this
subject.
The Secretary Of War calls attention
To a number of needed changes in the
Army in all of which I concur. but the
point upon which l place most emphasis
yiding a method by which the merits of
officers shall have some effect upon their
advancement and by which the advance
ment of all may be accelerated by the
effective elimination of a definite pro-
portion of the least efficient
Retire the inefficient.
There are in every army, and certainly
in ours, a number of officers who do not
violate their duty in any such way as to
give reason for court-martial or dis
missal, but who do not show such apti-
tude and skill and character for high
command as to justify their remaining
I'm the active service to be promoted.
Provision should be made by which they
NAV be retired on q certain proportion of
their pay, increasing with their length
of service at the time of retirement.
There is now a personnel law for the
Navy which itself needs amendment and
to which l shall make further reference.
Such q law is needed quite as much for
the Army.
Chesapeake Bay Fortress.
The coast defenses Of the United States
proper are generally all that could be de-
sired, and In some respects they are
rather more elaborate than under present
conditions are needed to stop an enemy's
fleet from entering the harbors defended.
There is, however. one place where addi-
tionai defense is badly needed. and that
is at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
where it is proposed to make an artificial
island for a fort which shall prevent an
enemy's fleet from entering this most i'm
nnrtanf sfrafexical base of onerations ON
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the Capitol Dome prisoners should be
confined in q building destitute of the
ordinary decent appliances requisite to
cleanliness and sanitary conditions.
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and a Presidential message is the only
means by which the condition of our
foreign relations is brought to the at
tention of Congress and the public.
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held at Shanghai last spring at the IN
vitation Of the United States have been
laid before the government. The report
shows that China is making remarkable
progress. and admirable efforts toward
the eradication OF the opium evil, and
that the government concerned have not
allowed their commercial interests to In
terfere with a helpful cooperation In
this reform. Collateral Investigations of
the opium question In this country ieau
me to recommend that the manufacture
in the United States should be, so far as
possible, more vigorously controlled by
legislation.
Open to Americans.
In one Of the Chinese-Japanese conven-
tions of September of this year there
was a provision which caused considerable
public apprehension in that upon Its race
it was believed in some quarters to seek
to establish monopoly OF mining
privileges along the South Manchurlan
and AntungMukden railroads, and thus
to exclude Americans from a WIDE neia
of enterprise, to take part in which tney
were by treaty with China entitled. After
a thorough examination of the conven-
lions and of several contextual docu,
ments, the Secretary of State reacheh
the conclusion that no such monopo,y
was intended or accomplished However,
in view of the widespread discus iion OF
this question. to confirm the view IL
had reached. this government made IN
curry of the Imperial Chinese ana Jap
anese governments. and received from
each official assurance that the provision
had no purpose inconsistent with the
policy of equality of opportunity to when
the signatories, in common WITH the
United States, are pledged.
Friendly Relations With Japan.
Our traditional relations with the Jap
anese empire continue cordial as usual
AS the representative of Japan. His I'M
periai Highness Prince Kuni visited the
Hudson-Fulton celebration. The recent
visit of a delegation of prominent busi-
ness men as guests of the chambers OF
commerce of the Pacific slope, whose
representatives had been so agreeaoly re-
ceived in Japan, will doubtless contribute
to the growing trade across the Paclnc'
as we'll as to that mutual understanding
which leads to mutual appreciation. Ihe
ARRANGEMENT of 1908 for a cooperative
control of the coming of laborers to the
United States has proved to work salts
factorily The matter of a revision of
the existing treaty between the UnIed
States and Japan which is terminable In
1912 is already receiving the study OF
both countries.
The Department of State is considering
the revision in whole or In part, of the
existing treaty with Siam. which was
concluded in 1856. and is now, in respect
to many of it's provisions, out of date
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Watch on Foreign Countries.

As consequence of Section Of the
tariff act of August 5. 1903. it becomes
the duty OF the Secretary OF State to con-
duct as diplomatic business all the nego-
tiations necessary to place him in a posi-
ton to advise me as to whether or not a
particular country unduly discriminates
against the United States in the sense Of
the statute referred to. The great scope
and complexity OF this work. as well as
the obligation to lend all proper aid to
our expanding commerce. is met by the
expansion of the Bureau of Trade Rela-
tions as set forth in the estimates for the
Department OF State.
have thus in some detail described
the important transactions of the State
Department since the beginning OF this
Administration for the reason that there
is no provision either by statute or Gus
tom for a formal report by the Secretary
Of State to the President or to Congress,
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THE TARIFF COMMITS
SION.

Under provision of the Act of August
5. 1860. I have appointed three officials
to assist the officers of the government
in collecting information necessary to a
wise administration OF the tariff act Of
August ). 1909. AS to questions of GUS
toms administration they are co-operat-
ing with the officials of the Treasury
Department and as to matters of the
needs and the exisencies OF our manu-
facturers and exporters. with the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. in its
relation to the domestic aspect of the
subject of foreign commerce. In the
study OF foreign tariff treatment they will
assist the Bureau of Trade Relations of
the Department of State. 1t is hoped
thus to coordinate and bring to bear
upon this most important subject all the
agencies Of the Government which can
contribute anything TO its efficient han
ding.
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employee. There is great room for i'm
provement toward this end, not only by
the reorganization of bureaus and de-
partments and in the avoidance of dupli-
cation, but also in the treatment of the
individual employee.
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as to that in federal courts, and without
making invidious distinction. 1t Is per-
haps not too much to say that. speaking
generally, the defects are less In the
federal courts than in the state courts.
But they are very great in the federal
courts.
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1t lis a reproach to the National Gov
rnment that almost under the shadow Of
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-12-03
G. Anderson Monday.
b. Zimmerman drove to Little Falls
Saturday.
GREEN PRAIRIE

Dec. 1.-Geo. Swanson was a bust
ness caller at Darling Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Eckerson visited
with relatives at Little Falls Satur-
day.
MIR. Saurola of Little Falls visited
with friends here Saturday and Sun
day. b..
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Jarvis and grand
daughter, Miss olympia Laiture, spent
Thanksgiving with friends at Darling.
Willie belong, who has been EN-.
ployed at Morris for the past four
months, returned to his home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Jarvis and Mrs. NJ.
Laiture attended church at Darling
Sunday.
Reuben Anderson and sister, Miss
Minnie, of Little Falls visited with
friends here Sunday.
Miss Siam Laiture, who has been
visiting with friends at Darling tor
the past week, returned home Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Clarabel Kay visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Eckerson
Friday, returning to her home a
Little Falls Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Edden, who
spent Thanksgiving with their
daughter, Mrs. D. H. Campbell at
Culd1um, returned home Saturday.
Miss Anna Henderson, who has
been spending Thanksgiving vacation
with her parents here, returned to her
school duties Monday.
John Eckerson. Harley Pray, Geo.
Swanson and John Mcclure attended
the Thanksgiving dance at Fl. Ripley.
All report good time.
About thirty yoang people pleasant
ly surprised Miss Pearl Eckerson at
her home Monday evening, the &C.
casion being her birthday. The even
ing was spent in various ways, after
which lunch was served. The guests
departed for their homes IN the wee
small hours of morning, after spend
ing a very pleasant evening. Among
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those who attended are Misses Mabello
Hall and Julia Sullivan and Messrs.
Clarence Hall and Harris Gourd of
Clough and Mrs. Larson and Preston
Manbeck OF the Brickyards.
Report of school district IL for
month ending Nov. 26
Days taught 10
Holidays 1
Enrolment "a
Average attendance II
Books taken from library 4S
Those receiving certificates of perfect
attendance: Edna belong and
Olympia Laiture. Those absent two
days or less or tardy once: Jessie
Swanson, Nellie Harlander, Bertha
Larson, Dewey Eckerson, Mamie
Nauertz, Albert Harlander, Frank
Larson, Lizzie Swanson, Hilda Schlax
and Lille Swanson.
-Pansv A. Friend, teacher
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PierZ Route 8

Nov. Baldwin johnson has re.
turned home from North Dakota,
where he has been since April.
Theo. Martin and James johnson
have returned from their hunting trip.
They report deer as being very pientl-
full
The dance at Chas. Gravel's Thurs
day evening was we'll attended. All
report a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson of Swan River
spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Olson.
Arthur and Ella Wieland and Alice
Nelson were Pierz callers Friday.
Report of school in district 104 for
month ending Nov. &c:
Days taught Is
Enrolment 81
Average attendan CO 81
Those entitled to project attendance
certificates are: Ella Wieland, Henry
Bloom, Mary Olson, Elvira Beckman,
Harry Lindberg, Julia and. Robert
Ekwall and Mabel and Clarence Carl
son. No tardy cases during the
month. Alice Nelson, teacher.
A class of five candidates was
initiated into the mysteries of the Red
Men last Friday evening.
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day before. From here the merry
crowd drove out to the groom s
parents in Fawndale, where recep-
tion was given them.
F. 9. Muske left for the cities
Tuesday to finish up his holiday buy.
ing.
Anna johnson, oldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs, Il. johnson of Plllsbury.
passed away at the home Of her
parents Wednesday evening after an
illness of only a few days with
bronchitis. She was at school Monday
but was sick when she came home.
The funeral services were held at the
Congregational church in Pillsbury
and we're conducted by Rev. Fl.
Krousey. The bereaved family have the
sympathy If their many friends
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-12-03
P:IERZ

Nov. 27.-Received too late tor
publication last week.
P. Wilson, who was visiting at O.
T. Nelson's left last week for Fergus
Falls, where he will visit relatives.
Ed. Konen, whose house was de-
stroyed by ire about a month ago. is
putting up new building on the same
place. p
Joseph Gohl has rented the Frank
Grittner farm.
The village has installed three new
gas lamps.
John Kraemer of Canada is here
visiting with Frank Kammermeyer
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Math Pitzl of New
Munich were here visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. John Boser of the village.
A basket ball team IS being
organized here and the boys will soon
be ready to play with some of the
local teams
Willie Konen returned from the
West last week and is visiting friends
and relatives in this vicinity.
A. E. Macho closing out sale will
continued until everything is sold at
wholesale prices.
r. K. WIRING moved into Theo
Thielen 8 house formerly occupied by
John Shaefer.
Mrs. ]. Tshida of Philbrook is visit
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Manth Kubishek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kustermann of st.
Cloud attended the silver wedding of
John n. Rauch. ---- ----- ,-
Daniel Beetsch of st. Paul arrived
here Monday to visit with relatives
and friensd.
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SULLIVAN Lake

Nov. 20.-Mrs. Peter Adkins aud
daughter, Miss Lucy, Mrs. Robert
Adkins and son. Ross returned home
Sunday after visit Of two weeks
among relatives and friends at
Kimball, MINI. "1~"
Mrs. Robert Adkins home was
burned during her absence. She re.
turned to find large new house in
process of erection, far more com.
modious than the old house. There
is no great loss without some small
gain.
Mrs. Ford family all gathered at
the home of her son, e. E. Look,
THANKSGIVING day. where the time
hornOred turkey was done to a turn,
as usual with all the indispensable
accessories thereunto, and enjoyed
by all. The young people skated in
the afternoon and evening.
Mr.. Pierce gave dance. The
Misses Lucy, Edna and Dorothy Lynn,
Mary and Naomi Adkins, Master Ross
Adkins and Ralph Sweet attended.
D. W. Sims has gone up north to
work during the winter.
Messrs. Raymond Sims, John and
Marvin Britton and Harvey Hoskins
drove to Onamia Friday, where Mr..
Sims disposed Of fine beef to the
butcher. --------, =. -
Lawrence Kramer visited at the
Lake Thursday.
Walter Cyrus came very near stop
ping in Sullivan Lake over winter.
He started to skate across the Lake
right through the center. The ice is
not strong enough as yet, and he-well
he took cold bath that time all right.
Better luck next time Walter.
T. s.. Look IS home for a few
days.
George Waller was at +. S. Look s
on business Saturday. -
Raymond Sims visited at the Lake
Saturday.
Mrs. Alca Hoskins was the guest of
Mrs. VIM. Lynn Friday.