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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

Wadena County Advertiser: Ger
tain interests appear to be very much
perturbed over the fact that a large
number of kilograms were sent to
members of congress advising against
a break with one of the European
powers. Well, it is a safe bet that
these petitions did not emanate from
the office Of Col. Perkins, who is in
the moving spirit in the parent trust
of them all. Neither was this prayer
for humanity inspired by the philan-
thropic (?) directors of the steel cor
porations, nor do the large munition
manufacturers concur in the christian
spirit for peace as against ruthless
slaughter and butchery. From what
ever source came those conciliatorv
messages, the sentiment expressed
was worthy Of commentator.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

No democratic candidates for three
important state Offices. With a b ok
ground of forty years. political ex-
perience in this state, Brother Mac
Donald of the St. Cloud Times must
be drawing some melancholy conclu-
siOns.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

The preparedness parade in New
York could just as we'll have been
twice the size. Wall Street and its
allies, merchants, bankers, ETC., could
have coerced many more to march, and
its strange they did not do so, just as
they eoerced their employees in 1896.
If such an event was intended to i'm
press the West, it failed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

Glencoe Enterprise: Europe is turn.
ing its clocks back. May as we'll kill
Time as anything else.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19
Baltimore for Defense.

Baltimore for Defence.
Baltimore, Md, May 18.-About 1000
citizens OF Baltimore, comprising all
classes. paraded through the streets
here in advocacy OF q policy of nation
l preparedness.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

Walker Pilot: If the apathy which
now appears to exist in Sixth district
congressional matter continues until
the date Of the primary election, the
various candidates might be able to
count the votes they receive on their
fingers
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

Works is not anti-Lynch. That
would make him anti-Works, which is
unthinkable.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

It looks as if Ed. Rogers was going
to get the real American vote-the In
dians-after all, and with the exam
pie set by various other national ele-
ments, and encouraged by party lead
ers in this state, we don't see Why
anyone has any license to criticise the
Indians.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

st. Cloud Times: w. J. Smith, late
state treasurer, who is serving a term
in the state prison at Saltwater, is
rapidly recovering his health, and has
gained eight pounds in weight in the
three or four weeks of his residence
at that institution. This is pretty
good proof that: our state prison isaa
healthy place to soiourn in,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

The people Of Denver have finally
repudiated the commission form of
government. St. Cloud would proba-
bly, do the same. This does not mean
that there are not some excellent
things about commission form Of
government, but that unless the right
kind of men are in office, any form
of government will be failure.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19


Near Austin, in this state, about
forty years ago, far sighted pioneer
named Ellis planted several thousand
evergreen pine trees. A storm sever
al years ago destroyed many Of these
trees, but a large number remained,
and the farm is called Evergreen
Farm. The grove is very beautiful
one, and the people of that region are
justly proud Of it. It does not COM
pare at all with Pine Grove Park in
this city, which SO many Of our peo-
pie fail to realize is unique in this
state. There is no such grove adjacent
to any town in the state, and it's coun-
terpart might be found only far in the
depths of the pine forests. It is a
thing of beauty and should be a joy
forever.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

Duluth has the doubtful honor Of
having a freak club woman-one Mrs.
Liggett-who says that women of
superior breeding and education should
not have children. That task-a
necessary one, sad as the fact is
should be left to women of CLOVER
classes" who are not supposed to
have feelings. What poor, silly sort
of a fool this woman must be.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

WaterVllle Sentinel: A man was
found starved to death in a vacant
cottage at Lake Minnetonka near
Minneapolis a few days ago and
neighbors told that he had been beg
ging for food a few days before. What
kind Of cold blooded, hard-hearted
skindints must they be in that neigh
borhood to allow an old man to crawl
off to an empty building to die of
starvation rather than give him the
benefit of the doubt to the extent OF
bite to eats Such a case is an ever
lasting disgrace and crime against
civilization.
Austin Herald: One of the mos,
vexatious things in life, one of the
pests, is a member of a committee
who fails to meet at the time desig
mated. He comes in half an hour late
and pleads business as OBTAINING him
He doesn't realize that he has beer
working on the time and at the ex
pense OF the other members Of the
committee. In accepting position
on a committee and agreeing to al
hour to meet he assumes response
bility in common with the other men
They drop their work and rush to thu
place of engagement and then wait
half an hour for the tardy one. They
have left word at their places of bust
ness that they will return in half ar
hour or an hour. The tardy member
delays the whole game. If you cam
i serve On committee and be fair te
the other members Of that committee
don't accept the honor. Your service.
are not indispensable. There are time!
when an unforeseen incident may arise
but they are few and you can phone
the committee to proceed without
you.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19
THINKS cHAUTAUQUA LICENSE
PROPER

st. Cloud Times: The city counc11
Of Little Falls has passed an ordinance
permitting a chautauqua entertain
ment in that city without paying a IL
cense. Mayor Fortier vetoed the ordi-
nance. The council passed it over his
veto on the theory that chautauqua
is an entertainment of worthy features
and should be permitted without
license fee. The chautauquas are a
money-making scheme, just as are
street fairs and other like shows, and
Mayor Fortier was correct in insisting
that they be charged license fee.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-05-19

The Herald believes the chautauqua
is fine feature for Little Falls and
we are pleased to have it come each
year. We believe though, the mayor
was right in vetoing the ordinance.
The license, however, should not be
paid, by the guarantors, who do their
share fully.
A contract for next year will no
doubt be entered into with the Chau-
tauqua company, but the provision
guaranteeing to them by the guaran-
tors. no payment Of license, should be
eliminated.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
HEARINGS ON D. c. BILL
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
Invitations to Commissioners to Be
the First to Appear Are
Issued.

First hearings on the District appro-
priation bill will be held tomorrow, ac-
cording to an announcement by Chair
man Page of the subcommittee of the
House appropriations committee in
charge of the bill. Invitations to the
Commissioners to be present at the
opening hearing have been sent out
and other officials who expect to ex-
plain items in the bill will receive
notices for their appearance as the
hearings progress.
1t is expected that the bill will not
be reported from the full committee in
a hurry. but that plenty of time will
be given to receive and digest the re-
port of the joint committee on the
fiscal relations between the United
States and the District Of Columbia.
The subcommittee has a large task
on its hands, as the estimates for the
District bill this year total s15.473.-
676.34, including the water department.
and S15.343,19634 exclusive of that de,
partment. The amount payable from
the revenues of the District is s7.701 :
70S.l7 and from the United States 81
641.4Ss.l1.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
RUSH APPROPRIATION
OF 100000 ASKED
Secretary McAdoo Would Take Steps
to Check Typhoid Fever
and Pellagra.

Secretary McAdoo asked Congress to.
day for rush appropriation of $780,
600 for studies and demonstration
work" in rural sanitation, including
food and water supply throughout the
country. with particular view to
checking typhoid fever and epllagra.
Asking that the amount be made i'm
mediate1y available, so that the first
six months of 1916 might be used in
preventing illness. Secretary McAdoo
submitted a report from the public
health service. saying its investiga-
tions since July /, 1914. indicated the
urgent need of extension of these health
activities. that the country populatio
of the United States has not kept pace
with urban communities along SANTA
tion lines, ana that improper food has
been shown to have a profound in
fiuence on health of populations and to
be directly responsible for the increas-
ing prevalence of pellagra.
Increased demonstrations" the re-
port said, ARE urgently required to
prevent pellagra from becoming a veri-
table scourge in many rural communi-
ties" In Mississippi alone there We're
10.954 cases and 1,024 deaths from pei
lagra last year, and in certain other
states it has exceeded tuberculosis as
cause of death. 1t is estimated that
there have been approximately $4,000
cases Of pellagra throughout the coun-
try this past year, with more than 1900
deaths"
Evening star., 1916-01-04
New Intensive Agriculture
by Farmers of the Tropics
Is Replacing FeudaI System

Intensive agriculture in the tropics
was described today before section III
OF the Pan-American Scientific Con-
gress. devoted to conservation, in a
paper presented by o. r. Cook. one of
the United States delegates 10 the con-
Eress. Tropical agriculture. Mr.. Cook
said. is now entering upon a new
period of development. He continued,
in part:
"A rapid transformation is going for
ward. as a result OF the control of
tropical diseases through sanitation
and the introduction of electric power,
automobiles and telephones. CiviIiza
tion is becoming more and more ue-
pendent upon the tropics. Recent
decades have witnessed rapidly increas-
ipg demands. not only for spices, drugs.
food products. notably bananas and
other fruots. coffee. cscao and many
kinds of vegetable oils.
a full development of the possibili
ties of any tropical region must have
as its basis an intensive system of av-
OF the soil. The idea that tropical agri-
culture can be improved by methods
bor.'owed from temperate regions is
largely erroneous. Flowing and clean
tiiiage are out of the question in many
tropical countries. Instead of exposing
the soil to be occupied by weeds or
washed away by the rain, the great
tnre is to learn how to keep the soil
covered and thus preserve and increase
It's fertility. The tropics afford an enor-
nous number of valuable tree crops
adapted 10 the widest range of natural
CONTINUED on Second Page)
Evening star., 1916-01-04
FISCAL RELATIONS REPORT
is NOT YET COMPLETED
Joint Select Committee to Meet
Again Tomorrow Night-Con-
clusions Withheld,

The joint select committee on the ffs-
cal relations between the United States
and the District of Columbia TODAY
made another attempt to get together
on its report to Congress. but failed
to complete its work. The committee
will meet tomorrow night at the home
of Senator Salisbury, and it is the hone
of the committeeman that they will be
able to submit their report to Congress
Thursday. The time in which the COM
mittee must report expires next Mon
day.
The members of the committee are
still closely guarding the result of their
labors. II was said. however. after the
meeting today. that no report had yet
been agreed upon and that some diff
ferences of opinion had arisen among
the members Of the committee that
must be smocthed out IL possible.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
SEEKS FULL FACTS;
THEN HE WILL ACT
President Confers With Secre-
tary Lansing on the Subma-
rine Situation.
MAY CALL ON CONGRESS
TO TAKE DECISIVE STEP
Austrian Charge Asks Suspension Of
Judgment in Case of the
Persia.
White House Statements
on Persia and Lusitania

Secretary Tumulty today issued
the following statement for Pres
ident NIlsOns
'The President and the Secre.
tary Of State are taking every
means possible to obtain the full
facts in this grave matter, and
Will act Just as soon ms the in.
formation II obtained"
The statement ISSUED this morn.
Ing was compared during the day
with two similar statements by
Secretary Tumulty following the
furry over the Lusitania dis
aster. The first Of these, dated
May 8. was ms follows:
''Of course. the President feels
the Distress and gravity OF the
situatfOn to the utmost. and In
considering very earnestly. but
very calmly. the right course Of
action to pursue. He knows that
the people Of the country wish
and expect him to act with de-
liberation ms well ms with 6rm.
ness"
Four days later. on May I:. the
following statement was ISSUED
at the White Houses
"The course Of the President has
been determined. 1t will be an.
nounced just n soon a. 1t In
proper to publish the note In
-f-.s} L. 4s-.l 1ss'l'.f ..
Evening star., 1916-01-04
TOKEN OF GRATITUDE.
Belgium to Commemorate. Acts Of
Generosity Toward Her People.

HAVRE. France. January 4, 1915
ma Belgian royal decree has been
isued creating the Golden Book, to
commemorate the acts of generosity
and charity toward Belgium during the
war.
The book will contain three parts.
The first wiiI~givs a confDsste list Of
the monetary gifts that the generosity
of the peoples of the world has placed
at the disposal OF Belgium. In the Sec
ond part will be notice of each or
ganization created to feed and help
the Belgians during the German occu-
pa ton. with the names of the persons
who directed the organizations.
The third part will describe the work
of the various institutions formed
abroad, or in the unoccupied territory,
to succor refugees, wounded prisoners.
and, in general, all Belgian victims of
the war.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
2,829,263 BRITISH
OFFER THEMSELVES
Results of Earl of Derby Re-
cruiting Plan Are Made
Public.
CABINET RESIGNATION
FORMALLY ANNOUNCED
Sir John Simon Refuses Entreaties
to Remain-Welsh Miners
Threaten Trouble.

LONDON. January 4.-Lord Derby S
recruiting figures for the period be-
tween October % and December 10
show that 1.15O.0o0 unmarried men and
,679,263 married men presented them
selves for service.
OF the grand total of 2,Se9,263 mar
red and single men 100000 unmarried
and 112,431 married men enlisted i'm
mediately. Eight hundred and forty
thousand single men and 1.344,979 mar
ried men were attested for future serv-
ice.
jected. while 221,S53 married men were
Resignation Announced.
Announcement was made in the house
of commons today of the resignation Of
Sir John Simon, secretary of state for
home affairs.
The South Wales miners appear to be
dead against conscription. James Win
stone. president of the South Wales
Miners Federation, in a speech at
Pontypool yesterday, announced that
the executive committee had passed
a resolution unanimously protesting
against conscription-
Il know what l am saying" he add
ed. Unless the politicians Of this
country are careful they will stop the
South Wales coal fields and there will
be no coal for the navy"
Completes Draft of Bill.
Before the house of commons reas-
sembled today the cabinet was sched-
uled to meet to put the finishing
touches on the draft of the compulsion
bill which will be introduced the fol-
lowing day. Thus far there has been
no official statement as to the scope
of the bill, and the greatest interest is
manifested by the general public as to
the attitude the measure will take
toward Ireland.
The Press Association, which declared
that Ireland would be included in the
operation of the act, estimates that the
number of members of the house who
will vote against the bill will not ex-
coed forty.
Refuses to Stay in Cabinet.
1t again becomes evident that the
cabinet crisis is far from ended. The
only definite point is that Sir John ST.
mon, secretary of state for home af-
fairs. has resigned. He had q pro-
lonsed interview with Premier As
quith yesterday.
The premier did his utmost to induce
Sir John TO remain in the abinet, but
without avail and it is almost certain
that the home secretary's resignation
will be officially announced on the re-
of parliament.
The position of Reginald McKenna,
chancellor of the exchequer, and Wal
ter Runciman. president Of the board
Of trade, is still undecided They are
making the acceptance of the govern
ment compulsion bill conditional upon
securing a concession to their views
on the eventual size of the army.
In this matter Premier Asquith is in
an embarrassing position. He is being
impelled from the outside not
to yield this point and it is believed
that a majority in the cabinet itself is
against their views.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
More Survivors Landed.

LONDON, January 4.-The Peninsular
and Oriental Steamship Company has
received a dispatch from Malta, saying
that eleven more survivors of the
steamer Persia have been landed. in
GLIDING Lord Montagu. Robert NJ. Nc
Neely, the American consul at Aden,
vas not among the survivors landed at
Malta. The Peninsular and Oriental
Company says the survivors consist of
three English. one italian and seven
LascarS.
The managers OF the company say
tf,ev have authorized no statement re-
garding a gun on board the steamer
Persia. There is, however. no reason
to doubt that the vessel carried one
4.7-inch gun astern for defensive pur-
poses.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:


Met at noon and adjourned out
of respect to the memory of JUS
tice Lamar until noon tomorrow.
An expected attack on the ad-
ministration's foreign policy thus
failed to materialize.
Houses
Met at noon.
Secretary McAdoo asked a rush
annropriafion of 100000 for
rural sanitation and fighting ty-
phoid and pellagra.
The administration rural cred
its bill was introduced.
The naval affairs committee ar
ranged to begin public hearings
tomorrow. starting with yards
and docks.
Representative Campbell of
Kansas introduced a resolution
for the creation of an interna-
tional federation of nations to
nreserve international law.
Gen. Sherwood of Ohio, in a
sneech, denounced preparedness as
instigated by the armament
makers and militarists," and IA
vored reduction of the standing
army to $4,000 men, to save the
government $50,O00.000 year.
Representative Frederick C.
Hicks of New York was sworn
into Office.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
ANT|-SP|TT|NG LAW
WILL Be ENFORCED
Maj. Pullman Issues Warning
That Violation of Regulation
Will Mean Arrest.
HELD POSSIBLE FACTOR
IN HIGHER DEATH RATE
Diphtheria and tuberculosis Among
Diseases It Spreads, Health De-
partment Points Out.

Searching for an explanation of the
extensive increase in Washington
death rate last year, health depart
ment officials today prepared to direc'
attention to the danger of the spreao
of diseases through disregard OF the
law prohibiting splitting in street cars
and other PUBLIC places.
1t is known that this careless and
filthy habit is direct conveyor oi
many fatal diseases. among them tu-
berculosis and diphtheria, both OF
which recorded increases during the
year just closed,
While Health Officer woodward
frankly admits that the cause for the
increase in the death rate remains 70
be discovered, the splitting danger Is
one that is regarded as possio PIE
factor in the situation, and the health
depa rtment intends to do all Wlth1n
it's power to minimize it during the
present year.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
GERMAN EXPORTS FALL OFF.
Trade to U. S. Decreases $2,971, ,648
in Last Quarter of 1915.

BERLIN, January 4, via London.-Ex-
ports from the consular district of Ber-
lin to the United States in the fourth
quarter of 1915 amounted to s62S,5S7,
compared with s3,600.235 in the cor
responding period of 1914 Exports to
the Philippines were SAB, compared
with $19,SS2. Total exports to- the
United States in 1915 were $4,377.S4S.
as against s16.25o.2s1 in 1914; to the
Philippines, s29,266. compared with
s2O3.565.
Germany sent goods to the value of
S64S to Hawaii in 1915 and 1888 in
1914. Imports amounted to s3,433 last
year, as against $72,241 in 1914
Evening star., 1916-01-04

Official announcement that the
government will act in the newest
phase of the submarine crisis
brought on by the sinking of the
Persia was made today at the
White House.
Alter a brief conference with
President Wilson. Secretary Tu-
multy issued the following state
ment:
"The President and the Secre-
tary OF State are taking every
means possible to obtain the full
facts in this grave matter, and
will act just as soon as the in
formation is obtained"
The President cut his honey
moon short and returned to
Washington today to keep in
closest touch with the interna-
tional situation.
In the absence of detailed and
specific information on which to
base the next step, President
Wilson Cancelled the cabinet
meeting which was to have been
held today, but conferred with
Chairman Stone and some MEM
bers of the Senate foreign rela-
tions committee.
Senate Speeches Pending.
Chairman Stone told the President
there were intimations that some sena-
tors were preparing to make speeches
on the sinking Of ships with loss of
American life. The President is un-
derstood to have simply replied that
the administration was doing all it
could to protect American rights.
Senator Stone told the President that
when the foreign relations committee
met tomorrow he wanted to be prepar-
ed to meet any situation that might A..
arise. The senator said after his talk
regarding the Persia were obtained
nothing could be done. Any nation, he
declared. which outraged the United
States should be dealt with severely.
Chairman Flood Calls.
Later Chairman Flood OF the House
foreign affairs committee called at the
White House and conferred with Presi-
dent Wilson on the situation.
White House officials said both the
Senate and the House would be kept
informed of all important developments
in the foreign situation, probably
conferences between the Pres
ident and Senate and House leaders, al
though if any drastic action is taken
it is possible that the President may i,
send a message to Congress.
The President instructed Secretary
Lansing to bring mmediately to the
White House any new information
which came to hand, and then Dusied
himself reading the official dispatches
so far received and getting in touch
with the situation.
Sources of Information.
The administration is depending
largely on the inquiries which Ambas-
sador Penf1eld has been instructed to
make at Vienna and those which consus
are gathering elsewhere to establish
the nationality of the submarine which
is said to have sunk the Persia and to
Evening star., 1916-01-04
New York Committee to Meet.

NEW YORK, January frederick c.
Tanner, chairman Of the republican state
committee, today issued call for a meet
ing of the committee to be held here Janu-
ary IA to recommend a state convention
in February. The purpose Of this con-
sideration of enrolled republicans at the
April primaries, four delegates at large
and four alternates at large to tho ma
tional convention.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
SCOTCH PAPER SEIZED.
Socialist Article on Lloyd George
Conference Is Disapproyed.

/ GLASGOW. Scotland, January A.
The police have seized all the copies
NJ the current issue of the Scotch So
cialist paper Forwards, which is said
TO have printed an account of the meet
ing on Christmas day Of David Lloyd
George, minister of munitions, with the
Glasgow trade union officials. which
account was not approved by the Brit
iSh censor.