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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11
WALTER j. SMITH, UNDER POLICE
GUARD IN SANiTARIUM, IS
SAID TO HAVE AGREED
TO RESIGN.
SUFFERS SEVERE RELAPSE
after TRIP TO CAPITOL
Friends Are Arranging Bonds Should
Treasurer Be Indicted Governor
and Acting Attorney General in
Consultation Seeking Legal
Means to Get Resignation.

st. Paul, Feb. 10.-The Ramsey
county grand jury meets today to open
the probe of the criminal phase on the
juggling of state funds revealed in the
Office of the state treasurer.
It is persistently reported that Wal.
ter J. Smith, state treasurer, who is
under police guard in a Minneapolis
sanitarium, has agreed to resign.
At noon, when negotiations tending
toward that end were in progress, Mr..
Smith lapsed into z semi-delirious con-
dition and called for Mrs. Smith, who
had mot BEEN permitted to see him
since word sof the irregularities first
was published.
Mrs. Smith went to her husbands
bedside with George LaFond, conideu-
tial clerk to Mr.. Smith. For nearly
an hour Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were to-
gether and after the departure of Mrs.
Smith, attending physicians said they
believed their patient was resting
easier.
Suffers Severe Relapse.
The sanitarium manager was asked
II Mr.. Smith was in danger of death.
NO." he replied, Il think not, for
he is receiving special care. But he
Is a sick man. After the trip to St..
Paul Tuesday, which was foolhardy,
he suffered severe relapse from
which he has not recovered. Pneu-
monia was threatened as an added
complication, but l think that has
been STAYED off,"
Friends of Mr.. Smith are known to
be arranging for bond should he be
Immediately indicted or action by the
grand jury be delayed. The arrange
ment it is understood, includes pro-
vision that the treasurer resign.
Subpoenaes were issued last night
for q number Of state officials, includ.
ing many employees of the treasurer's
and auditors Offices. -. - r,.
Seeks Forged Warrant
Richard d. O'rien, Ramsey com.
ty attorney, also sent word to the
capitol that he would want certain
books and papers for presentation to
the jury. Among other documents
asked for was the forged $4,000 Att
kin county school district warrant.
The state board Of audit met in the
capitol and initiated an exhaustive In.
vestigation Of tho states finances.
While the board of audit was in
itiating this investigation, Governor
Burnquist and w. J. Stevenson, acting
attorney general, were In consultation
seeking some legal means for obtain
ing the resignation Of the state treas.
urer.
Power to Remove Treasurer.
Governor Burnquist Is known to feel
that it would be better if Mr.. Smith
were to tender his resignation or il it
were obtained from him by some legal
proceedings. But the law, though it
gives the governor arbitrary power to
remove a county treasurer, provides
that before the state treasurer can be-
removed complaint must be made to
the governor by some citizen: Follow
ing this the governor must appoint a
commissioner to investigate and he
can not act until that commissioner
has ren0rted back
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

"Large armies and heavy taxes are
the best known instruments for bring
ing the many under the domination OF
the few. FLAMES Madison.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

The republican state central COM
mittee of North Dakota nominated a
man for delegate to the national con-
vention that had been dead for six
months. Must have been short on\live
ones that NWere right
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

We are sorry to think that a Chile
cherry could make man back up on
his expressed convictions. Not at all
angry, Just sorry.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

Brother Phillips of the Mahnomen
Pioneer has installed a Linograph type
setting machine. Pleased to note your
progress Harry.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

The St. Cloud Times has been sever
ly and effectively criticising F. B.
Lynch. The transparent subterfuge of
saying that Mr.. Macdonald was too old
to be postmaster, when an older man
had been appointed in another city,
deceived no one. Mr.. Schilplin, the
manager of the Times, however, is ap-
parently of very forgiving DISPOSE
ton. He was turned down cold, not
only for the postof6ce, but for the
marshalship. Having thus been slap
ped on both cheeks, he nevertheless is
willing to be a Lynch candidate for
delegate from this district. Weakness
is a great virtue, indeed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

It is disheartening prospect that
the United States, so remote from the
European conflict, should voluntarily
in these days take up the burden
which, after the war, will be found to
have broken, or almost broken, our
backs.-Lord Rosebery, November,
1915.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

What 8 in name? Little Falls has
a man by the name Of Kaye, who is
letter carrier.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

The torrent Of noes which occurred
in the conference over the motion to
make LAWYER chairman of the, national
delegation was a peculiar thing com
ing right after the applause which
greeted his speech. It had not been
supposed anyone would object to the
motion, and the result paralyzed the
chairman of the conference for a few
moments.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

The New York World, in alarm at
the growing sentiment for government
munitions plants which would deprive
so many Of it's friends Of DIVIDENDS,
says it would never do at all, at all.
Nevertheless, the democratic national
platform should contain plank for
that particular purpose.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

Cleveland coined several pregnant
phrases, but none more incisive than
"the communism of pelf.' The ideals
Of some folks last about as long as a
chunk of ice in Pluto's realm when
they bump against the prospect OF
Def.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1916

eve are threatened from no quar-
ter. president Woodrow Wilson, No
vember, 1915.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11
.Eastern Star Official

Eastern Star Official Dies.
Bradford, Pa. Feb. 10. - Mrs. Rata
4. Mills. 81 years old, prand-matron
Of the general Grand Chapter Eastern
Star, died suddenly ct her home here.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-11

Brainerd Dispatch: The Independ:
ent-Age says that "the democracy OF
Aitkin county is close corporation
and that hand-picked convention OF
five assembled and proceeded to name
delegates to the St. Paul conference.
Possibly that method avoided split.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
IS THE RICHEST NEGRO BOY
Lad 10 Heir to Land Allotments in
Rich Oh Field in Okla.
homa.

Tulsa, Okla.--Adam Manuel, Creek
freedman, died in Colorado recently.
and already there is race on among
some Of the residents Of Muskogee
county to get the appointment Of guar
dian for his children. There are five
Of the children living, and the elder
Manuel inherited the allOtments Of two
who are dead, but the guardianship
Is sought because of Luther Manuel,
a minor son. who is believed to be
the richest negro boy in the world.
When the allotments were made for
the Manuel family, those Of Luther,
thirteen, and Raf1eld, his younger
brother. were in Il locality where the
land was worthless for farming pur-
poses. Their father complained that
the land was valueless, but he was
unable to have any change made.
It turned out that the allotment Of
Luther, believed to be worthless, was
in the heart of the Gushing oil field.
Since that field was developed nearly
six years ago, his income from it has
amounted to from $4,000 to $25, 900 a
month. The allotment Of Rafield
Manuel is not so valuable. The al
lotments Of the other children are
good for agricultural purposes only.
Sarah Rector has been considered
the most fortunate of oil those among
the Greek freedmen who took allot-
ments In that section of country,
but her fortune Is fur less than that
of Luther Manuel.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
FERTILIZER. OUTPUT GROWS
Big Increase Is Shown in Production
in United Statee-Largest Number
of Plants in South.

Few industries in the United States
have shown as big growth in the
past few years as has the manufacture
of fertilizers. Uncle Sans figures,
based upon the census Of manufactures
taken in 1914, just made public, show
that the output Of fertilizers in this
country increased 1913 per cent in
quantity and sos per cent in value in
the five-year period between 1909 and
1914. The number of establishments
primarily devoted to this Industry
grew from $50 In 1909 to 7S4 In 1914.
The geographical location Of the in
dustry is predominantly in the South,
harmonizing with the notable consump-
ton Of fertilizers in that section. OF
the 1,124 establishments engaged in
the industry, 293 were located In
Georgin, 1O3 IA, Alabama, So la South
Carolina, 90 III North Carolina. 08 u I
Pennsylvania. 81 Ia Virginia, 20 sins Ma
ryland 81 La Ohio and so iii New Jef-
Nj Other states contain less than 80 |
each.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

or set In a box with packing Of moss
around them to encourage moisture.
Many plants will bear strong sky
light that would be badly damaged IL
set In strong sunshine.
Root geranium slips now, II you
want winter boomers. Keep growing
thrifty, pinching off all buds until
late September.
To root hardwood, shrubbery plants.
cut Just below the joint, rs oil slips
send out roots from the joint, whether
soft or hardwood. ~ a
Do not make the mistake Of roofing
for winter boomers plants that bloom,
only In the summer. Some geraniums
bloom more freely than others.
Evaporation is rapid If showers are
few, the, plants will become stunted
from thirst; II too much rain, weeds
must not be allowed to choke the
plants.
All shrubby pot plants should be set,
in a sheltered place, out Of doors, with
good light, but some shade during the
hot season, where strong winds cannot
rack them. - = So
Prune older, weaker branches fron
shrubs and roses that are done Saoem
ing, and mulch roots.
Cut and pile sod for pot compost
later.
Weather seldom affects weeds 3D.
verseiy.
Heavy shade is often worse than
strong sunlight.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
FALL SOWING OF ANIMALS

The following list Of ANIMALS may
be sown in the fall: Alyssum, popples-
bachelors buttons, lupins, coreopsis-
arctotis, larkspurs, marigolds. morning
glories, wild cucumbers, sweet peas
sunflowers and California peoples.
There is any number OF ANIMALS
which flower earlier from fall-sown
seeds and bloom two weeks ahead pt
their spring-sown sisters
After the first frost dig up dahiias,
cut off the tops, and after few hours
drying, store the tubers in box q
dry sand and coal ashes, where they
will not freeze or have heat enough to
sprout the eyes. DO not divide the
clumps until spring.
Lilium Candidum should be trans
planted in September, its natural sea-
son of rest.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

some first-aid instructions for the
benefit Of those who may come in con-
tact with the plant while wandering
through the woods. He urges those
who do not know what poison ivy looks
like to become familiar with its ap-
9earance and then keep as far away
from it as possible. The leaves Of the
plant are irregular, oval pointed and
course toothcd. They are always in
groups Of three. The plant, which
sometimes takes the form Of low
shrub, sometimes graceful vine and
again sends out horizontal branches
like tree, has clusters Of small green
ish white berries.
The poison is contained in an oil
secreted by the plant and which does
not penetrate the ska rapidly. If one
thinks he has been exposed he should
wash the exposed parts with salt wa
ter or hot water and soap, and after
wards battle thoroughly with alcohol
or listerlne. If no soap IS ut hand, the
hands may be given good scrubbing
with sand or mud in the first stream
encountered. This may wash Off the
oil before it has had time to get
through the natural protective coating
of the skin.
If poisoning develops, the following
formula is recommended by Uncle
Sam as a remedy:
Carbolic acid. . grams
Resorcin grams
Bismuth subgallate. ........4 grams
Equal parts water and limewa-
ter to make. $50 c. c.
This solution may be dabbed on the
affected parts several times day.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
MAKE MONEY AT HlME|
Children Reap Good Profits From
Backyard Gardens.
Many Cities Throughout the Country
Are Now Adopting the Plan Pro-
posed by Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam is obtaining good results
In the movement for the establishment
OF home gardens under direction Of the
public schools SO that there may be
created productive occupation for
school children, especially those In
manufacturing towns and mill villages.
BY creating such productive occupa-
ton outside Of school hours children
are enabled to make about as much
money from their home gardens as II
they were employed In factories.
This plan Of home gardening direct
ed by the school has been adopted by
about one hundred cities. Fifty thou
sand children are cultivating backyard
gardens under school supervision In
these cities some Of the children max
ing as high as $3.50 from their gardens
for one season. The city OF Chatta.
nooga. Tenn, which has adopted the
government plan, now has IL garden
teachers in charge of this work.
Garden surveys" to determine the
adaptability of conditions for home
garden work. have been made by the
United States bureau Of education In
San Francisco, Cal, Richmond Ind,
Nashville, Tenn. and several other
cities. The survey Of Richmond showed
that even in a city Of this size S. per
cent Of the children were without en-
ployment during the summer, but that
they had sufficient garden space avail
able to produce at least $4,000 worth
of vegetables every season.
The bureaus plan provides for
teacher, trained and skilled in garden
ing, for each elementary city school
with its two or three hundred chill
dren for an intensive system of gar
dening and for the application OF
business methods, intelligent direction
and close supervision.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Area of Canal Zone.

The area of the Panama Canal zone
within the limits of five miles on either
side Of the center line of the canal, in
Guiding land and water, but not includ-
ing the area within the three-mile limit
from the Atlantic and Pacific ends, is
441.5, made up Of: Land area, 3332 .35
square miles; Gatun lake, 1864; Mira
flores lake, 10; and the area Of the
channels from the coast to Gatun and
Miraflores locks, O.S5 square mile. In
Guiding all the waters Of Gatun lake,
over which the Panama canal hus alb
solute control, the total area Of the
Canal zone, according to the Canal
Record, is 5O2.5 square miles.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

iacts each day. 1t il q recognized fact
that In almost oil codes II few signs
are known the whole system can be
evolved by experts. "'@ a.. 'a@'
They Went Away.
man was ut once assigned to
watch the house Of the woman In the
case. and that evening taxicab
stopped in front of her residence and
she Joined man inside. They were
driven to fashionable cafe, and when
the man left the taxicab he was recog-
nized rs a hanger.on of enc of the en-
bassies. OF course, the couple were
Swallowed, and the waiter who served
them heard the woman tell her com!
panion that the blotters We're obtain
able. ~ @I ~,
Now. at the embassy in question all
knowledge Of these activities was de-
MED and probably with perfect truth.
All embassies have q certain number
of more or less disreputable hangers
on who are more Of an embarrassment
than anything else, except when they
actually accomplish something. For
instance. IN this case had the foreign
government been able to obtain a copy
OF the navy code it probably would
have paid we'll for it. Yet it was not
under their orders that the attempt
was made and they could very Justly
repudiate 1t.
The three would-be villains In this
little drama Immediately left Washing
ton. The secret service could not ar
rest them, but the chief Of the bureau
could tell. If he would, just exactly
what was said to them that persuaded
them the climate of the District Of Co.
lumbia was anything but healthful.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
EFFECTS IN MASSlNG
BY L. N. BENNINGTON.

Two recent photographs showing
handsome California homes, one ut
Berkeley, and the other the Smith
home at Oakland, illustrate nicely one
Of the principles Of art that the maker
of garden will do well to study. 1t
is the general scheme producing IN ef-
feet with masses Of plants, and with
foliage thrown daringly into back
ground or foreground with little ap-
parent thought for the individual
plant.
1t follows the idea Of the little
darby who came home one day with
a crude drawing made In school. The
little boy held up proudly the product
and said:
"see, NANNY, here am what done
drawed today"
"What dat?" inquired the mother.
"Hits er cow" said the little fel-
low.
"Yas, hits er COW, all right" said
the mother. but whar am de tail?"
de teacher she done role me-" re-
SpOuOSu Tie CAuu, uut ~ AONS uo NC
general effect am good, neber mind de-
TAIL"
That Is the theory shown striking
ly by these two California pictures. In
one Is found a heavy massing Of green
effects in the background, with the
same general scheme OF mass being ap-
piled to the plants and grasses border
ing the driveway. Not single one Of
the trees or plants stands out indivld-
unlly, but they all blend into gen:
eral purpose.
In the second picture the mass Is
transferred from background to fore
ground, leaving the house itself to
stand boldly forth against the skyline.
In directly opposite ways the pictures
show effects Of mass arrangement. It
belongs to it's school Of art, and to
art as applied to the garden, as clearly
"a the same theory has place in paint
ing in oils.
And It must be remembered that It
takes more real work to get effect
from seemingly disordered mass
than it does to care for striking, in
dividual and isolated elements.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Confesses Old Crime.

Smith Centre, KAMA mystery OF
26 years was cleared up when G. G.
Ray of Downs, near here. received O
letter from a man in Omaha, who
confessed to setting fire to. the Ray
barn in September, 1893. The writer
then was boy six years old. His ex'
cuse for confessing the crime at this
late date is that he chad no luck" at
anything he undertook, and he finally
decided that things would change If
he confessed the wrong done so many
years ago.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
RELATIVES FIND HIS GRAVE
After Search Of seventy.Eight Years
Marker Is Discovered on Resting
Place Of 1ennesseean.

Danville, Ill.-After search Of Is
years by near relatives, the body Of
Elijah Brown, who left Nashville,
Tenn, in 1888 for Illinois, was found
recently near Allerton, Ill.
Brown was well-known Baptist
preacher in Tennessee at that time and
started overland to northern Illinois
with his wife and seven children, but
died en- route and his body was buried
by the wayside.
A marker was made for the grave,
but the place was forgotten. The mar
BILE slab was broken. but the name and
date of death in 1888 made identified
ton possible.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Scraps Yield Bio Sum.

The value Of the copper, lead, zinc,
tin, aluminium and anthony recovered
in the United States from scrap met
ais. skimmings and Dresses in 1915, was
s114,3O4, $50, against $57,O30,706 in
1914, a 100 per cent increase, accord
ing to statistics prepared by the Unit
cd States geological survey.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
10 90 8 8 3 1900 3
FOOD JAR SKUNK TRAP

Winsted, CONTESTANTS es-
Gaping from q skunk farm In
Lovely street caused residents
in that section no little trouble.
Recently several entered Daniel
Ryan's cellar and pushed aside
q heavy cover from a stone jar
and ate the, foodstuffs in it.
A miscalculation in this ma
ncuver, however, resulted In a
skunk falling into crock and
the cover slid back into place.
imprisoning the animal. Ryan
will not apply for a patent on the
skunk trap. Anyone is privileged
to use it, he says.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

Newport, r. L., and E. 9. johnson of
Rochester, N. T., and have returned
home on leave of absence.
Descriptions of the latest Teutonic
bomb, which is used for searching out
listening posts and patrols at night,
we're given by the young men. II; con-
sists Of a light metallic shell, so thin
that even d slight jar will rupture It.
This is filed with q phosph orescent
substance. When 1t hits an object the
shell is broken and the liquid contents,
ignited BY combustion with the all,
throws out a brilliant light. i bomb
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Turns FOE INTO A TORCH
y slsticans, Back From verdun, Tell
Of New War invention OF
SsEyS VII ORR eS1 m "aaH. " -.

New York Just back from the thick
the fighting in the verdun sector
We ambulance drivers belonging TO
aehard t"Daredevil Dick' ,Nortons
nericnn Volunteer Motor Ambulance
sps, were among the passengers On
ard the st. Louis Of the American
which arrived last night f;,Om L " s
ool They were g. p. Sntder o1 Is
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
AMONG THE FLOWERS

Cut flowers Of ANIMALS that seed
freely and prolong the season OF
bloom. If allowed to mature seeds
they cease to bloom.
Don't neglect the ported plants; wa.
ter we'll, and shade from the after.
noon sunshine.
When shade is recommended, dark.
ness or dense shade are not meant
All plants require good light.
For potted plants that must have
sunshine. set the pots In a jardinierc
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

The engagement of Miss Owen
Lloyd George and Capt. G. T. Carey
Evans was announced recently, and
their marriage is expected to be cele-
brated early in the autumn.
Miss Lloyd-George is the elder of
Lloyd-G Georges two daughters. Cap
tain Evans is in the Indian medical
service. He won the military cross in
Gallipoli and subsequently went to
Mesopotannia.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Pull ,stunps to Music

Toronto.-To the music Of their
brass bands, four battalions Of Cana
dian soldiers uprooted stumps from
their camp area near Toronto. From
the sandy ground the stumps were cas-
ily pulled, piled in heaps and fired.
The flames could be seen for miles
over the plains at night.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
To Keep Plants Fresh.

There is a simple way to water
ferns and flowers which will be Of In
terest to one who must leave them
for n time without care. Take wash
ing tub and place three or four bricks
In it and put about two inches OF
water In the tub. Place Qhe flowers
on these bricks and place the tub
where they can get the morning sun
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
auv w.ter,vorI<s Plant Ii, y. s.

Consul General Frederic WI. Cooling
reports to Uncle Sam from guayaquil.
Ecuador. that the first ortief Tor ma
gchinery for the city water work. sof
Cuenca, Ecuador. has been s4cured M
4 New; York firm Tor 81. COP N sllcrea,
which at the present ~ n s0k = ehannge
EQUALS S18,6 60
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
FIRST.AID MEASURES TO
PREVENT IVY POISONING
Uncle Sam Finds Time to Issue Warn.
ING Against Danger That May Be
Encountered in the Woods.

Uncle Sam. among all his other ac-
tivities. has found time to|make a lit
tie study Of the poison ivy and to Issue