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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10
Degree After Death
To Thesis Author
Killed in Fight

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
Paris, June IA posthumus degree
of Doctor of Letters has been con-
ferred upon Pierre-Maurice Mason,
head of the faculty of letters of Fri
bourg, Switzerland, who was killed
in action on April 10. Second-lieu-
tenant of infantry in the French army
since the beginning of the war, Mon
sieur Mason was to have presented
his thesis on "The Religion of Jean
Jacques Rousseau" on March A. Re-
tanned at the front around Verdun,
he was unable to leave his regiment
on the date fixed and six weeks later
he was dead,
Masson's thesis contained an in
teresting preface, written in the
trenches, as follows:
at may appear impertinent or friv-
olous to amuse ones self correcting
proofs while coming back from the
advanced lines, and still to think Of
books when it is the life of the ma
ton that is at stake. | have thought
of that more than once. We must
not, however, be scandalized to ex-
cess. When my men have passed "a
night on the watch in the barbed-wire
entanglements, and when they GO
back into their forest, they relax into
the genius of the arts of peace; they
carve canes, design gardens, tame and
\. train animals, turn themselves into
silversmiths to carve, or form jewels
out of the shells that have missed US.
Il have followed their example.
have not fled from the diversion that
offered itself to me, so to speak, like
the souvenir rings that the men
carve in the field"
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clerks, and those who were not were
usually shopkeepers. Many were
members of the Plymouth brethren,
sect which holds much the same views
as the Quakers. These said that it
was against their creed to fight, and
they would not renounce their creed.
They spoke quite frankly about the
charge of cowardice, which is made
against them; and seemed to realize
that. they were the anathema and
laughing stock of the millions of their
fellow countrymen who are offering
their lives for Britain.
II do not want to kill anybody. !
do not believe in war;" one said. As
an exponent of passive resistance he
was ready to work at command, but
no powers could make him fight IF
we are sent UP to work under she'll
fire, / think that you will find that
most OF US will not finch" he added.
Call Each Other Mister.
One of the unmilitary character
istics which amuse the average Brit
ish soldier is that the N. c. C.'s all
address one another as Mister" One
mentioned that their conversation
around the mess table was very Fin
tellectual" and thoroughly enjoyable.
IF you want any proof that Eng
land is a free country" said a SER
geant OF regulars, you have it in this
lot. How much of chance would
a band of conscientious directors
stand in the Germany army? Mean
while, the fighting army protects
them from the enemy and from pub
lie opinion. But let them have their
way. There aren't many of them"
A shirker may not suddenly be-
come a conscientious objector to es-
cape service. Anyone who aspires to
the N. c, {. must prove that he held
conscientious scruples against fight
ing before the war. One conscientious
objector has already deserted. This
backslider decided to fight, aud he is
back in England, drilling in line
regiment,
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head; with an income per head, not
including salaries and wages, of 800
to $50 francs, while the interest
charge on the increased debt now
figures out at about 1,30O,0OO,OOO
francs, or about 50 francs per head,
While France paid 100000, 600
francs interest on her debt Of $1,000
100000 francs before the war, her
annual budget has gone, far above
the 5,OOO,OO0,OOO mark, or l2S francs
a head. Those budgets were loaded
by generous social legislation and
liberalities of all kinds, such as were
particularly favored by the paternal
sort of state the French republic had
economy may take at least 100000
900 francs out of those budgets in
the future, covering the interest OF
OOO,OOO,0OO francs new debt at 5
per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10
do BIT,' BUT WON'T KILL EN-
British Noncombatants Digging
Trenches Are Novel Spec
taole.
ARE NOT IN FEAR OF SHELLS

Correspondence OF the Associated Press)
British Headquarters in France,
June Unique among all the the
variegated units OF the armies on the
continent is the British non-combat-
ant corps-the conscientious objec-
tors, who do not want to fight, and
who are not expected to fight, Not
fear, but conscience is their reason
for being excused. $3.50. .'
In England, where individual rights
are so strongly recognized, the Quak-
er is not required to bear arms be-
cause it is against his religious scru-
pies.
When compulsion was applied, an
other class arose. They said they
had conscientious scruplcs against
the taking OF life. II they would not
fight, then they must work, the gov
ernment decided. Where man who
enters the army under normal condi-
tions must drill for many months be-
fore he is sent to the front, the con-
scientious objector n given few
days OF drill, put in khaki and sent
to France at once There he wields
the spade instead Of the rifle.
Same Pay as Fighters.
"There are the N. c. C.'s doing
their Bit said their commander, an
officer with strip Of colors on his
breast, who had been in several cam
paigns and was so badly wounded in
this war that he was hardly fit for
active service. They get the same
pay as the men in the trenches, and
the same rations, with the extra al
lowance of meat which is given to
the laborers' corps" M
AT the time, the N. {. C,'s were
engaged in some railway work. Vir.
tually all are men unused to manual
labor; but though it was pretty hard
at first, they said they would be in
ured to it in time. The majority were
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10
DEBTS OF EUROPE PILE UP
More Than Five Hundred Per Cent
in Germany Since the Begin.
ming of Present War.
GREAT BRITAIN COMES NEXT

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
Paris, May 20,-The records of the
national defense bonds at the minis
try of finances show that the public
is now bringing to the treasury an
average of S0,000O00 francs cash a
day in exchange for the short term
obligations at 5 per cent. This is
more than l,500,000,000 a month, or
10000 100000 year, which is $3000,-
100000 more than the war of 1870
cost. That fact" says high author
lty on French finance, SHOW suffic-
iently. that the cautious French public
is not alarmed by the financial re-
quirements of the French effort.
There was a period during the
war when people, astounded by the
proportions the conflict had taken,
were inclined to say, 1t can't go on
like that. Where will the money
come from?' Yet it has gone on
steadily increasing expenditures-bil-
lions follows billions into the gulf of
war, yet the money flows in. The
truth is, that, after being shocked by
the financial effort required, French
men were astonished at the revela-
ton of their own resources"
The deduction drawn by French
financial experts generally is not only
that French confidence is undismayed
by the multiplication OF the govern
ment's debts, but that it is not money,
but credit, which keeps the war 60
ing, primarily. On the other hand,
they point out, it is war that keeps
money in continual circulation, hand
ing it out to new creditors as fast
as it is brought in by old ones in ex-
change for bonds. In this way the
French public debt has gone from
about 30000,0O0,000 francs before the
war to about 52,000,000,000, an in
crease of nearly e. per cent, but moth
ing i'll proportion to the increase in
the public debt of Germany, which
is SIS per cent, and in Great Britain,
which is los per cent.
Increase in Debt.
The public debts of the leading
belligerent powers before the war
and the percentages to which they
have been increased as shown BY
figures available here, are as follows,
in billions of francs and percentage
of
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10
VICTIMS OF RED OAK
ACCIDENT RECOVERING

Red Oak, Ia, June Especial. y
Miss Edith Allensworth and Leland
Replogle, who were seriously injured
in an automobile accident here Mon
day evening, are recovering, and it is
thought that they will sustain no per
manent injury from the accident. Mr..
Replogle and Miss Allensworth, who
were walking by the side of the road,
were, struck by an automobile driven
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10

by J. R. James. Both were thrown
several feet and Miss Allensworth
was rendered unconscious and for
some time it was thought she was
dead. Mr. Replogle sustained a
badly sprained back and two deep
scalp wounds. A passing car picked
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10

up the injured young people and
brought them to Red Oak. No blame
is attached to anyone for the aeci-
dent, as the rain was beating against
the windshield and lights of Mr.
Jones car so hard that he was unable
to see that road.
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W.
P William L. Chester H. Rowel
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-10

Calculated PEI mead OF populatlon
the average debt of these six belliger-
ents has gone from 280 francs to 535
francs. France now owes 1,250 francs
per head as compared with 800 francs
before the war; Germany $40 francs
as compared with 81 francs; Great
Britain, SOS francs as against 342
francs.
Riches of France.
French economists have estimated
the riches of France all the way
from 250,000 100000 to $4,000, 100000
francs. Taking 300,000.00O,00O as a
basis, it would mean 7,700 francs per
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Miss Leila Tewksbury will leave
this afternoon for Graceville to spend
a few days with friends.
A good show at the Orpheum this
evening when the eighth installment
of "Who Pays" will be shown. Adj
mission 5 and 10 cents.
Otto Kline came down from his
homestead near Malcolm Monday eve
ming and will spend few weeks at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christ Kline.
Last Saturday was Lincoln's birth
day and while there were no public
observances of the day the banks re-
manned, closed and most of the attor-
neys had holiday.
If you want the best cleaner made
for cleaning feed grain call and bring
sample of your grain to be cleaned
and we will show you perfect job of
cleaning your grain. Morris City
Mills.
Edmond Ives was released from the
Morris hospital this week and went
to his home at Willmar. Ives was
brought here from Burtrum some
weeks ago suffering with a ruptured
appendix. His condition was serious
and he was not expected to recover.
Rev. W. J. Gammelien writes from
Bertha to which place he went a few
days ago to visit relatives, stating
that Bertha has an abundance of snow
and cold weather. Thirty inches of
snow cover the ground and in some
places it is much deeper. Sleighing is
good in that section.
P. o. Skoglund, St. Paul banker
and brother Of Mrs. Frank Malmberg,
was visitor at the Malmberg home
Saturday, returning to st. Paul Sun
day morning. Monday morning he was
sumomned by telephone and received
the sad news of Mr.. Malmberg's
death. He returned to Morris We'd
nesday evening and assisted in bring
ing the body to CokAto.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

You will find more of the leading
people from Minnesota registered at
the Radisson, Minneapolis, than at
any other hotel in the twin cities
Peter Heiner left for his home at
Marcus, Ia, Wednesday morning af-
ter having spent several weeks in
Morris. He is a brother of Mrs.
William Richards.
Good morning, Carrie, Don't forget
to see "Who Pays" at the Orpheum
this evening. Ruth Roland and Henry
King are the film stars. Admission
5 and 10 cents.
The boys over at Graceville are be-
ginning to talk gun club. 1t is pro-
posed to reorganize the club which
has been "dead' for some time and
to have it going by early summer
with new automatic trap, pits, Birds
etc. There are a number of good
shots at Graceville.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. q. Eames enter
tanned a number of their neighbors
and friends Wednesday evening. The
program was cards after which re-
freshments were served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eames are capital entertainers
and they lived up to their regulations
fully at this time.
The Eastern Star ladies are sending
out invitations to Morris Masons to-
attend social gathering at the hall
Tuesday evening, Feb. %. AS a
result the boys are creasing their
pants, tallowing their shoes and at
tending to the matter of hair-cuts in
order to appear presentable for the
occasion.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Stewards orchestra comes to Nor
ris Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, with a
dance at the armory. Make arrange
ments early.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

A little son in the family of Carl
Frantzin living one and half miles
east of town, is dangerously i'll and
requires the attention of a Morris
doctor. The Frantzins came here
from Nebraska recently.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis, gives
you more for the price you pay than
any other hotel in the twin cities.
adv.
Practically all the good-looking
school-maams of the county gathered
in Morris Monday to attend the teach
ers' meeting.
Eye-sight restored. By DIR. Bro
kaw, eye specialist at Krueger's drug
store, Morris the 9Th and 7th of
every month. Painful head and eyes
made painless. Price always lowest.
adv.
Robert Gust, blind editor, furniture
man, musician, harwdare man, butch
err, electrician, banker and alaround
booster for Cyrus, was in the city
Monday and while here overhauled the
piano at the Methodist church.
The devotees of strikes, spares and
splits at Montevideo, Ortonville, Mil
bank and Graceville are talking of
holding bowling tournament to de-
eide superiority. Morris has a few
giants in the game. too. and may be
included in the final arrangements.
There will be hot time in the
Irish town of Graceville tonight.
Morris bowlers will be there for a
match game and as Graceville has a
fast crew there will be something of
contest. Captain Bailey will have
Bowlers Nelson, McConville, Fahren-
holz and Markle on his staff and
that's bunch hard to beat.
Miss Hazel Zahl left last Thursday
for visit with her sister at Howard
Lake and from there she went to
visit with relatives and friends at
Young America. She will also go
u Green Bay and other points in Wis
consin before returning to Morris.
Miss Zahl expects to spend about a
month or six weeks on her pleasure
trip.
The girls of the St. Mary's high
school will give card party at the
K. of G. hall on Feb. %, 1916 at: 8
o'clock. Everybody is cordially in
vited. Among the patronesses are the
following ladies': Mesdames Jos.
Gutter. Chas. Dushek. T. Maloney,
Chris Eul, Elizabeth Mahoney, Anna
Fritz. Admission Is cents. Dom t
forget the time and the plcae.
Wolf hunting has become a popular
sport at Wadena. Farmers and others
turn out on skis and have no trouble
in killing wolves with clubs. The
snow is so deep the wolves cannot
make any Roadway in flight, and dogs
are unable to chase them. Wadena
county pays bounty for wolf pelts
and therefore wolf hunting at present
is both interesting and profitable.
Snow drifts from ten to fifteen feet
deep and a temperature running stead
lily from 25 to so below since Christ
mas are some of the winter joys for
people living at Assinniboia, Sask. :,
according to A. Mclaughlin, a Glen
woo0 liveryamn, who returned last
week from visit to that point where
he has farm. Mclaughlin consid-
ers the heavy snow fall a great bless
ing to the Canadian northwest.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

William Richards thrilled forty
seven kids from the Longfellow school
Monday afternoon when he loaded
them into sleigh and brought them
to the Aggie school where they gave
a reading demonstration to the county
teachers and school officers. They
were Mrs. Myron's pupils.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
To Whom It May Concern

Hereafter Is cents per ton extra
will be charged for coal delivered in
bags. All fuel strictly cash.
Stone Implement Co.
Gieb-C Carl Lumber Co.
S. Stewart.
H. Van Kempen,
Lampert Lumber Co.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

A happy juvenile party was given
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Richmond Monday night when their
daughter, Miss Sarah, celebrated her
thirteenth birthday. About twenty
of her little friends gathered and the
evening was spent in many enjoyable
pastimes.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Engineer Etter began work Monday
morning when he took the run on the
Browns Valley line after a lay-off
since Christmas time. He has been
suffering with rheumatism and his en-
forced vacation was anything but COM
Portable.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Stewards orchestra comes to Nor
ris Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, with a
dance at the armory. Make arrange
ments early.
A little son in the family of Carl
Frantzin living one and half miles
east of town, is dangerously i'll and
requires the attention of a Morris
doctor. The Frantzins came here
from Nebraska recently.
William Richards thrilled forty
seven kids from the Longfellow school
Monday afternoon when he loaded
them into a sleigh and brought them
to the Aggie school where they gave
reading demonstration to the county
teachers and school officers. They
were Mrs. Myron's pupils.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con
gregational church will hold their next
meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, at
the home of Mrs. F. E. Shepard, at
half past two o'clock. This meeting
will be miscellaneous shower for
the work committees of the society.
Lunch will be served as usual. All
ladies are cordially invited.
Nels Alison, one of the pioneer
settlers north of Cyrus and we'll known
in Morris, died at Brainerd last Mon
day at ripe old age. The remains
were brought to Cyrus where the fun
eral was held Wednesday afternoon.
Alison came to Pope county in the
early 8O's and for many years did
most of his trading and grain market
ing in this city.
Editor and Mrs. j. C. Morrison
left for Minneapolis Wednesday morn
ing where they will attend the golden
jubilee meeting of the state editors.
Mr.. Morrison is president of the asso-
citation. The editors have learned of
Mr.. Morrison's marriage and accord
ingly they arranged a jolly reception
for him and his bride at the Radisson
hotel last evening.
William Mullen. a resident of Co.
kato, was brought before the justice
of the peace last week charged with
abusing his eleven-year old son. When
found by the authorities the boy was
dressed in suit of ragged and soiled
underwear, a pair of overalls and
sweater which had seen better days.
The soles of his shoes were missing
and his feet came in contact with the
frozen ground and were frost-bitten
and blistered. The judge fined Null
len $50.
Only nine more days remain during
which personal property taxes may be
paid without penalty of ten per cent.
The law requires that the tax must be
paid by March l, the penalty being
attached thereafter. Should the tax
remain unpaid on April Is County
Treasurer Buckentin will place the
list of delinquents in the hands of
Sheriff Zahl who will collect or know
the reason, and there will be addi-
tional charges for his visits. Trea-
surer Buckentin says that many pay
ments are being made daily, and he
expects very few will allow the pay
ment to drag along till the sheriff
calls. About the same number paid
their taxes in January this year as
those who attended to the matter in
January last year.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

A Washington Social will be given
Friday evening, Feb. 18 in the league
room of the M. E. church by the Ep-
worth League, to which everyone is
invited. An admission fee of 1Oc
will be charged.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

AL In EKES
I. S. Selleseth, one of the leading
business men at Glenwood, was
business visitor in Morris Tuesday.
H. M. Alcott has resigned his posi-
tion at the flour mills and will leave
next week for his home at Centuria,
Wis.
On arriving at Minneapolis, go
direct to the Hotel Radisson. You
will be pleased to recommend it to
your friends when you return home.
adv.
Elizabeth and Ray Light left for
their home at Center, N. D., Wednes-
day evening after having spent eight
weeks in Morris as the guests of their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Light.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church will have a Washington
birthday party at the church parlors
this evening. The young folks have
prepared an excellent program and all
anticipate fine time.
News has reached Morris of the
death of S. Strandness at Larimore,
N. D., Saturday a week ago. Mr..
Strandness was former resident of
Morris when he was employed as
clerk at the Larson & Nelson store.
He will remembered by many of the
early settlers.
Mrs. Charlie Miller and son left
last week for Rochester last week
where Mrs. Miller consulted special
lists regarding treatment for the little
boy who is suffering with curvature
of the spine. She is at Kanaranza
today where a brace is being made for
the boy in hopes that it will afford
relief.
The friends and neighbors of the
Max Stevenson family gave them a
complete surprise last Friday evening,
Feb. IL, before their departure from
District 20 to District I. They will
surely be missed by all their friends
and neighbors but all joined in wish
ing them the best of success in their
new location.
According to the Grand Rapids Her
aid, Ralph A. Stone, county attorney
of Aitkin county and son of Mr.. and
Mrs, A. A. Stone of this city, has
been absent from his office two weeks.
He has been confined to his home with
illness caused by a nervous break
down, combined with serious attack
of the grip. Mr.. Stone returned to
his office again Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Ryhn gave a
card party Wednesday evening to a
number of friends and neighbors.
Norwegian whist and five hundred
were the favorite games. The rooms
were hastily decorated for the occa-
sion. Refreshments were served at a
late hour after which the guests de-
parted for their various homes con-
scious of having had good time.
Louie Degenderfer, a we'll known
Scott township farmer, was in the
city Monday and called at the Tribune
Office to have some auction posters
printed announcing his sale which is
to be held at his farm Thursday,
March 2. Mr.. Degenderfer has farmed
what is known as the old Kyser farm
in the northwest quarter of section
SO. In his list of property to be
sold are ten fine horses and colts and
several mich cows. Major McCor-
mack is the autcioneer and Clarence
McConville will clerk the sale which
makes it something of an Irish sale of
French goods. Mr.. Degenderfer ex-
poets to go to Beltrami county where
he will go to farming again near the
village of Williams.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

The friends and neighbors of the
Max Stevenson family gave them a
complete surprise last Friday evening,
Feb. II, before their departure from
District % to District I. They will
surely be missed by all their friends
and neighbors but all joined in wish
ing them the best of success in their
new location.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

am prepared to treat Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat diseases, and to fit
glasses. Eyes examined free. Office
in Wunsch block, Morris. DIR. Amos.
LeutY. adYtf.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Fulton, prom
inent people in the town of Framnas,
were made happy Friday of last week
when the stork called at their home
and left fine baby girl.