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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
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Svea, Jan. 10-Services at the US
ual time Sunday. The Confirmation
class meets at ten o'clock a. m, Sat-
urday.
Rev. Ryden conducted services at
Bethanfa last Sunday.
Prayermeetings were held every
evening of last week.
The funeral of Ellen Louise Thulin
occurred Wednesday. The flowers
consisted Of an anchor given by her
schoolmates OF Dist. No. IS, a wreath
from the parents, a bouquet from
friends and wreath from relatives.
The Young Peoples "Ost-Kaka" Soc
ial given New Years Eve, was a sue.
cess In every way. About thirty-6ve
dollars was realized
The annual meeting of the congre-
cation was held January Bird. Bengt
Carlson and J. A. Engvall were elected
deacons; John Anderson and Andrew
Peterson, trustees; Miss Hildur Ry-
den, organist; John Gorans, sexton.
Total incomes of congregation for
year 1915 were $3,895.2O. Total ex-
penditures of congregation for the
year were $2,79835; the financial re-
ports of the Young Peoples society
showed an income Of $511.87 and the
balance in treasury $372.15. The work
OF the Ladies Aid has been a splen-
did one. In round numbers their in
come for the past year was $3.50.
Mrs. A. J. Ryden has gone to the
cities to seek medical aid.
Mrs. Harold Nelson and Ina Ryden
are reported on the sick list. We
hope to hear that they soon recover.
Messrs. William Olson and Law
renee Johnson are expected home to-
day after weeks visit with friends
at Milaca.
P. A. Johnson, the Svea live stock
buyer, shipped live stock Tuesday.
The auditing committee of the board
Of managers meets Saturday to aud
it the accounts Of the creamery.
Miss Hazel Ostrom returned Tues
day after a visit at the Harry Holm
home at New London.
Mr.. Robert Johnson returned the
latter part Of the week to resume his
duties as teacher in Dist. No. 55, after
spending the holidays with his par
ents at Willmar.
Those attending high school at Will
mar from here returned Tuesday af-
ter having enjoyed two weeks vacsa-
ton.
Messrs. Reuben and Joe Adamson
spent the holidays with relatives at
Moline, Ill.
Friends were entertained at tho A.
H. Nordstrom and P. N. Olson homes
Thursday evening.
Mrs. ]. E. Hitch and Miss Ruth
Swenson have left for a visit with
relatives in Minneapolis.
Miss Ingeborg Nelson returned to
Lake Lillian Sunday after two
weeks vacation from duties as teacher
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Lake
Lillian spent couple of days last
week at ions Swenson's.
Relatives were entertained at n. r..
Swenson's Sunday.
A few from this vicinity attended
the party given at Edgar Lindbhd's
of Roseland Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson Of
KUN, N. D., spent the holidays at the
O. S. Rasmussen home.
Messrs. J. p. A. P. and p. p. John
son were at Willmar Saturday to visit
with their mother who is very Ill at
the hospital there.
Mr.. J. E. Hitch was in the vicinity
Of Olivia the latter part Of the week
repairing lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Swenson and
family were entertained at Oscar o.
sons of Roseland, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Moline and fam
lily visited at NJ. A. Johnson's Sunday.
Miss Olive Nelson is substituting
this week at Dist. No. SIS, for Miss
PoSf
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

community. Mn. Weston and Annie
were In quite q commotion over the
preparation Of an adequate dinner and
Justice to the occasioa.
Bright and early Tuesday, therefore,
the jovial squire drove up In his bug
81. He was welcomed by Joe and his
father. His horse was unhitched and
put In the pasture. Two posts seven
feet high had been sunk In the ground
i've feet apart near the prize acre and
q beam nailed across the top to swing
the scales to. A big box, with four
wires adjusted 80 1t could be easily
hung on the scales, was ready. The
squire took its weight Isl pounds
even. Mr.. Tomlinson and Mr.. Wilson
arrived, and they also weighed the box
and agreed on the weight, which was
noted In the brand new account book
Joe had furnished to keep the record
Of weights In.
my land, Joe, you amt goin' to pull
an shuck Ill that corn. are your" in
quired Mr.. Tomlinson. REST of the
Corn club boys has their acre estimat-
ed"
II don't want any estimate. I want
to know" replied Joe.
"Four Of M are goin' to work." said
MI. Weston. well clean 1t up heap
soonern you think"
"Oh, amt kickin'; Just thought you
was maxim a heap Of trouble for your
SELF" said the visitor.
Chairs were brought out for the three
men, and Joe and his father invaded
the acre, going in an orderly and care
full way starting at the first row, up
ono row and down another, getting
the ears from the five ear stalks. Each
gatherer had q sack swung about his
neck. In all there were about three
bushels Of this corn. They shucked
the ears AZ they pulled. Then it was
placed in the box, weighed, and each
boxful was recorded in the book.
After the five ear corn had been
gathered and stored in a box at the
house because OF its great value the
four ear corn was tackled. There were
some twenty-five bushels Of this. As
each box was swung on the scales and
weighed the number Of pounds was set
down In the record.
Tom Ralston and Link had arrived
by this time, and they were put at
work with Joe and his father gather
ing the three ear corn. Something
over sixty bushels Of this was got, and
the bell rang for dinner:
It was a fine, hearty meal and cook
ed In the very best Of style. Mrs.
Weston blushingly received the COM
pl1ments of the guests and noted with
satisfaction the full justice the men
did to the viands set before them.
The guests and the Westons sat on
the front porch for awhile after din
ner while the men smoked their pipes.
All three Of the visitors, practical
farmers, were lavish in their praise Of
the corn.
III hadn't "a seen it with my own
eyes wouldn't a believed it." OBJ
served the squire. II been hearin' a
lot about what these Corn club boys
been dom, but I thought it was most
~ talk. But that corn beats anything
I ever seen."
Joe had slipped away and came back
with three bundles Of three ears each.
He presented a bundle to each guest.
THAT corn viii average four ears to
the stalk" he said. II will build It
up to i've ears in three more years, but
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

e cesss 81 Of H1 Ra1diSoit, SIS.
We, E. ]. Strom, Vice President and
c. E. Melbye, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best of our knowledge and belief.
E. J. STROM,
Vice President.
c.. E. MELBYE,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th day of JAN, 1916.
(SEAL) STROMME L. JOHNSON,
Town Clerk
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,
Township of East Lake Lillian.
Correct Attest: (Two) Directors
F. w. STEVENS.
E. J. STROM.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

FREE, one piano or one TonoIa
photograph to one person in each To-
eality. Write for particulars. Priess
Piano Company, II South 9TH St., Min
neapoIis.-Adv. St
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
Stotenen10l eo0Altion a ahe
FIRST STATE BANK OF THORPE

Thorpe, MINI.
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
DECEMBER 81, 1916.
Date of call by superintendent
Jan. Z, 1916.
Date of report by bank, Jan. 8, 1916.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. IS 26.369.z1
Overdrafts %. ........ 54.35
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures .......... 1,836.0O
Due from banks. IS 1910
Cash on hand. 80. 1,525.51
Total cash assets. ........ 1,ss4.e1
Checks and cash items. ga
Paid out for expenses, etc.,
in excess of earnings. SCI
Total -: ............$ 29,156.2S
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock .............$ 10, ooo. 90
Surplus fund .......... 1000. 90
Notes red1scounted and bills
payable Cncluding cert1fi-
Gates for money borrow
ed) -. ............... 100000
Deposits subject to
cneck .....$ 4,O59.O3
Cashiers checks 10000
Total immediate
liabilities -. IS 4,419.03
Time certificates 10,737.25
Total deposits ...$15,156.2S 15,156.cS
Total -. ............$ 29,156.48
Amount of reserve on hands 1,884.S1
Amount Of reserve required
by law ................. $3.50
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

R. w. STANFORD, Attorney,
Willmar, MINI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
FOE OF ROFRAN0
WILL NOT TESTIFY
FennimOre's Shift Since
Confession Is Investi-
gated by Swami

Frank Fennimore, whose confession
more than a year ago resulted in the
Indictment cf Michaoi 4 3rfrq~. 'or-
mer Deputy Street Cleaning Commits
siOner, now on trial charged with order
nc the murder of Michael GlamarI, his
political rival in the ID Assembly Dis
OrcJ, mas embraced rengIOn and stead
lastly refuses TO take the stand against
Rofrano.
Since. his confession Fennimore has
been Kept in the Harlem prison and has
been the recipient Of some unusual
favors, such as permission for friends
and relatives to visit him. IL became
known a few days ago that FennlmOre
was not his old self When the Rofrano
case was calico '7-t ~r~r
torney Swami sent a man to the prison
90 bring = e....-.t,.-
ar found Fennimore on his knees in
his cell with prayer book in MS hands.
although Assistant DlsCrlct Attorney
Doohng says the prosecution does not
need Fennimore's testimony 70 convict
Rofrano at this trial. Mr.. DOoing was
busy yesterday investigating the mo
tives that have caused r'r1 % "1@r~f
his attitude. The District Attorneys
Office srl4i denies that 4.-.l.44.-. eds
become religious. but they do not deny
that he refuses to testify against Ro
franc. Ever since the week following
Rofrano's surrender, last Nay, Fenui-
more's attitude has been source of
constant uneasiness TO the prosecutor.
Fennimore is the third witness to dis
appoint the prosecution since Rofrano
surrendered. The others were Rox Cor
nell, now in Sing Sing for life as an ac-
complete in the Giamari murder, and
Salvatore Curica, one Of the alleged
conspirators whose name was brought
into the case by Gaetano Montimagno,
the actual slayer. Curica, after he dis
appointed the prosecution, was indicted
for murder in the first degree.
Members Of the Rofrano jury, who
are under guard at the Murray Hill
Hotel, were taken around in a motor
bus yesterday 20 their respective poll.
ing districts and were permitted TO
register.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
LION CUBS GET NAMES;
WABBLY CALF A RIBBON
Christening Party at Zoo Aided
by Porto Rican Cities

The three handsome cubs recently
born to Leo and Helen, leading ION
and lioness in the Central Park mena-
rerie, we're christened yesterday with
appropriate ceremonies. They became
respectively, Aguadilla, Isabella and
Guayafns.
Nothing in the names or in Keeper
Bill Snyder's formal announcement IN
dicates whether the cubs, when theJ
grow up, are going to be lions, uAe
para. or lionesses, like mama. Isaoeia
lust the name of town in Porto REQ,
where Park Commissioner Cabot "ard
used TO be Governor. AguGdllla ana
Guyana also get their names from
Porto Rican cities.
After Isabella, Aguadilla and Guay-
ana had been put back in the cage
with their parents the christening
PARTY. which included Commissioner
Ward, Jacob J. Lesser, of the t9ard
Of Assessors; Mrs. Lesser and their two
children, tackled the name Of Cody on
the new calf in the buffalo run. tody
had trouble in standing up at trst, nGt
pride stifened his legs when little
Beatrice Lesser tied a ribbon around
his neck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
GERMAN WOMEN
AID IRISH BAZAAR
Show Their Sympathy at
Opening of Benefit for
Erin's RevoIutiOnists

The shamrock has given place to the
. Submarine at the Irish bazaar. ksth-
zen Navourneen is forgotten. and Sir
oyer Easement and James Connolly
.eign in the hearts of Erin's sons.
At Madison Square Garden when the
Irish Relief Fund Bazaar opened last
night me did not need 20 be told that II
was III, irish revolutionists who were be
ing ben, ited and that they were recelv'
ing much assistance from Germans. A
committee II German women, headed by
Mrs. a. G. Koelble, wife Of the presi-
dent Of the United German Societies,
and Mrs. f. J. Dornhoefer, is in charge
of fifteen or twenty German booths.
The members have sworn TO raise more
money than tn, Irish women.
All this has not been wholly agree
able 20 the old fashioned ST. Patrick
Day Irish, who think their bazaar would
be more successful If the German inHu-
ence were lacking.
The Germans, however, promised TO
be satisfied with well-doing and not TO
demand any glory or detract in any
way from the romance and poetry OF
st. Patrick, so the matter was dropped.
There was a fare for moment yester-
day when the moderis tried 70 relegate
Robert Emmet's statue TO the gallery.
This indignty to the national hero
brought food of orstory from
Powers OMalley and Jerome Conner,
who made the statue, which almost
rivalled the best achievements OF the
martyr himself, and the Germans, who
wanted a model Of submarine AZ the
front of the hall. gave way. The statue
is a plaster replica OF the Robert En-
met statue which Il TO stand in the
National Gallery il Washington.
Among the treasures displayed for
sale arc ccFies Of the Irish constitu-
ton. Mrs. R. Buckley Withrow, OF 43l
West Fifty-frst Street, is authority for
the statement that months before the
Dublin uprising she ordered copies Of
the constitution Of the Irish Republic,
but owing to the strict British censor
ship of all mail going out OF Ireland
she had not been able TO get any.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

II possible to afford our New York
militia even further relief.
The emergency which led TO the
call Of the militia was. as defined in
nv call of June IS. the possibility OF
aggression from Mexico and the pro-
lection sf our frontier This emer-
genev still unhaDpily exists. and ! am
advised by the military authorities that
the withdrawal OF the militia at any
time from the date of its original call
I'd 20 and including the present would
in all human likelihood. have been fol
lowed by fresh aegressions from Mex
leo upon the lives and the property OF
the people of the United States. The
militia have therefore been used and
are being used TO repel invasion. and
are rendering services OF the highest
quality and most urgently needed char
acter 70 their country.
Conditions Improving
1T would. of course, be impossible
20 set a date at which the release o.
the remaining New York units can with
certainty be accomplished. | am happy
however, 10 believe that the condition
in Northern Mexico is improving ano
that in the near future we will be able
20 do even more than has been done 20
relieve the embarrassment under
which these organized militia regiments
have necessarily suffered.
Il share your admiration. ny gear
Governor. for the spirit in when tnese
men have served and are serving thelr
country. and would be very Sorry 70
have IL supposed that their retention on
the border is for any mere purpose OF
completion Of their military training
or aSy less commanding purpose than
the preservation Of our frontier from
aggression. Very truly yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
WILSON, DEFENDS
USE OF TROOPS
r,lIs Whitman He Cannot
Sst Date for New
Workers Return

s.- c,---.7oHd-r' Of The Tri'rn'.l
v-.,eh. Oct 14.-President VIII
Ions % 80 70 Governor Whitman
=, = Work. made public here to-day
sNS rttle light to sift through
dow vsxicsn situation. Mexican
" "' Mons and border patrols not
n.s,v in the opinion OF those
si' .'' ~,,b conditions below the Rio
snia-' &, was not hopeful for the early
s' '1as-, of the militia
y. seclaring that the emergency
d :. he state troops TO the Dor
s'' nn.ss.poily still exists" the Presi-
s'', -.-.uslly admitted, it is declared
ssn' ...ts Of anarchy prevailing below
ne so.1aarv. The President declared
iae wi.bdrawal Of the troops would
Ia - srnsn likelihood have been fol-
"a ;, fresh aggressions from Mex
" mon the lives aad property Of the
:. Of the United States"
IVY ,.,lv 70 Governor Whitman's in
- :, 20 & date for the withdrawal
!. "A. remainder Of the New York
..,nspts. President Wilson declared
49,. was still impossible 20 determine
s'~rseb longer they would be needed.
Text of Wilson'S Letter.
r.. Presidents letter follows:
aNy Dear Governor Whitman; have
,.,.ivsd your letter Of September so
md have taken up with the Secretary
- War the situation as 1t affects the
,,.,sn,e o. New York troops on the
scrser From the beginning of the
sxeultv Which necessitated the call for
"a. militia have been deeply sensitive
- me Inconvenience caused to the
rsnbers Of these citizen military or
,,,i,st;ons By their separation from
ss;r families and from their ordinary
Lusiness engagements and pursuits.
an order 10 minimize these sacri-
s.es the War Department is sending
n ne border from time 10 time militia
which have not participated IN the ser
wee there. and as each fresh contin-
,e-t goes 70 the border General Fun
Ton selects for return 70 their home
s.st;ons and mastering out such units
q in his Judgment can best be spared.
This uolicv viii distribute this duty
svsr as vide an area as possible and
make is burden fall Is equally as is
practicable upon the organized militia
forces.
n has already resulted in the return
number OF New York organiza-
aons. The 18th and list Infantry and
Ae lst Brigade headquarters are az
present. IN -heir state armOries prepar-
,,s 70 mister out. The 80 Infantry in
Re state mobilization is going 20 mus
Ter out: d I'd Infantry is preparing en-
-u.e from he border 20 the state mob
fi-ation camp also for muster out.
Others to Muster Out
"Ths lst Ambulance Company and the
ls. Perirent OF Field Artillery have
taea designated 70 return from the
tsrts- = their stats mobilization camps
ior muster cut. and the first aero COM
,,nv vas not sent 20 the border but
Clustered out al Mineola. y. /. Thus
3 substantial number Of the New York
son:irgert either have been or are IN
so-rse Of being released from the Fed
srzl service 90 this time. and as other
forces are sent 20 the border i may
We. De that General Funston will End
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

Saturday a week ago, at midnight.
they arrived at her house. She said
she knew they had come on the
U-53, but refused to give any details.
There are two thousand copies Of the
constitution, and they will be sold for
10 cents apiece. Mrs. Withrow is sell
ing them at the suffrage booth, along
with other documents dealing with the
uprising of women.
Posters showing the execution of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

James Connolly, q leader Of the rebel
lion, were displayed about the hall. and
his daughter. Miss Nora Connolly, a
timid little thing in deep mourning,
raised the flag Of the Irish revolution
lists on the roof of the Garden in the
afternoon. Standing beside her were
Mrs. Agnes Newman, sister Of Sir Roger
Easement, and Miss Kate MacDermott,
daughter OF John MacDe-mott. who
was executed after the uprising.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
FEED AMERICA FIRST,
MASTER BAKERS CRY
Urge Wilson to Investigate High
Wheat Price

Members Of the National Association
Of Master Bakers, meeting in Cooper
Union last night, adopted Feed Amer
ica First" as their slogan, and passed a
resolution urging the President TO be-
gin immediately an investigation into
tbs present high price OF wheat.
Fear that political significance might
be read into the proceedings led S.
F. Mcdonald, president Of the associa-
ton. 10 refuse at the last minute 20
nreside az the meeting. The chair, al
though Mr.. Mcdonald had come all the
wav from Memphis TO be present, was
occupied by A. ". Savage, Of Jersey
City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

George J. Gillespis John Jerome Roo
ney, wilton LaekAye. Seumas Mac
Manus, and Mrs, Marguerite Moore,
who has charge Of the Ann Devlin tea
room AZ the BAZAAR.
This afternoon Nine. Gadski is ex-
pected TO sing and there are many
interesting Irish antiques and old
esehings 10 see. as we'll 60 all the reg
ulation bazaar trappines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
a Y 7 NEW FACTS ABOUT
,1ll@zgEllPHONOCRAPHS'

''hll nv life have been musically dumb
and here in a second the musical gifts of the
world were nine
"Iwas filed with the glow of achievement.
Cautiously | pressed the simple little
device together - the tone swelled to the
full Vocation volume. | drew it apart-the
music faded to the daintisst pianissimo.
81 put into the Vocation a fine tenor
record of Somewhere Voice is Calling,
and played it
That big, wonderful voice was my own!
| simply controlled it by the pressure OF my
fingers upon the Graduola instead of by the
stretching of the vocal cords in my throat
Il spread the tone color in rude, rich
daubs. Perhaps the result was execrable.
But | can't believe music which sounded
so good to me would not appeal to others.
That song came from the Vocation with
my heart and soul behind it and in it. Good
or bad it was my own-and the most IN
teresting music in the world to me.
The Vocation has shown me that music
holds a pleasure for NE that have never
known before
"The Aeolian Company has discovered a
wonderful new lead in phonograph making.
They have introduced the missing clement
-drt!
"And the Vocation is as different from
other monographs as a mellowed violin
made by skilled, old artisan, IS different
from a commercial violin turned out me-
chanically in factory"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

Three thousand Irishmen were exc
cuted. exiled or imprisoned, and their
families are in great distress IN Ire
land this fail. IL Is for their oenefft
that the bazaar Is being held.
John J. O'Leary is president OF the
bazaar. and associated with him are
Thomas Hugh Kelly. who was refused
admittance TO Ireland few months
sgo with $4,000 for the relief Of the
PATRIOTS families; Daniel F. Cohalan,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

do yo,. take the phonograph orgranted?
81 did. | heard them at my friends oc,
casionally-played our own sometimes and
enjoyed it.
"But all the instruments were quite on
level in quality. The fine qualities Of one
were equaled by the slightly different set OF
another.
sit struck me that all Of the makers had
followed their leads to an impasse. And |
was right. Phonograph developmentneeded
4 new leaven to start it forward again.
"Some talk had heard of the Aeolian>
Vocation interested me. And one day |
stopped at Aeolian Hall to see what the
new instrument was like.
81 tell you was sold from the start First
of all the Vocation is the only phonograph
| have ever seen that is fine examp lie Of
cabinet making. In case wood and finish it
is like handsome piano.
Then tone .....
81 am not musical or literary enough to
be able to describe the Vocation tone. 1t is
simply the tones of voices and instruments
unchanged And it is full OF personality
the very first record on the Vocation brought
me up tcnsely, listening to every phrase.
81 was lost in the music thrilled to it
as if an artist were actually playing to me.
mo phonograph ever impressed me that
way before. The tone was ndturd! and
vibrant with the personality Of the artist
That was it
Then tried the Graduola.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-01

and near this city VIII celebrate the
one hundredth anniversary of tn hietS
lof the great Frederick Douglass Vim
appropriate exercises. beginning Tues
day. Dec. 20. for three days. PapeE1
md addresses win b read and S1elivs
cred BY noted sssayists and speaksrt
dealing with various phases OF IT, III.
teresting career Of this greatest Of Nc.
'gro leaders and prince Of orator..
The American Negro academy q
making extensive preparations for III
event. and an unusually attractive psos
gram viii be presented during ths 80
sions OF this famous organixationss
During the Christmas holidays ther{
are usually q great many strangers
visitors In Washington, ana m opport
tunity VIII thus be presented to them
to hear and See some Of the race calsb-
rifles Who viii take part IN celsbsatin6
the one hundredth anniversary 0f thi.
great. ana only Douglass OF the leopIDej
face and shaggy name. Secretary JohA
~, Cromwell Of the academy = spari
iny no effort to make this the met
notable and memorable gAthsring n
the history Of the academy. II,