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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
GERMANY TO MAKE zs-.z.-,--a. ....--
IMPORTANT WAR DECISION

Berlin, Feb. I. - The. Imperial
Chancellor, Or. Won eethman Holl-
veg, 10 to make q statement to the
ways and means committee Of the
Reichstag on foreign affairs and
the military situation. According
to the newspapers, the chancellor
, 10 TO make important; declarations
regarding "the decisions Of the
government" and will explain the
grounds upon which these decl-
, siono are based. s..@gAI..,5j fss,-.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
dumhtad Arrodance.

"That Old me more good than any
thing that has happened In a long
time"
"What did,"
1.-THE Green's new car broke down
right in front Of our house, and had
the pleasure of sitting in our front
window and watching Green and his
whole family work for an hour trying
to get 1t started again."-Detroit Free
Press.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Prisoners Taken bv British.

London, Feb. 1.-The report from
British headquarters in France reads:
zone officer and "a other ranks
were captured by US In the past "a
hours on our new front south of LIE
Ransloy. The enemy attempted to rush
some Of our advanced posts near Beau.
court and also we7t of Serre. The
enemy's attacks were repulsed in each
case. We took few prisoners. .
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
A SIiQht. Omission.

A recruit being ordered a]oft in
military balloon hesitated in obeying
and complained to his captain. ''Flease.
sir. in my oath of allegiance l swore
to be true and faithful on land and
water. but there was nothing said
about air."-Boston Transcript.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

: Deutschland Again Reported Due.
New York, Feb. 1.-According to 70
ports received by local commercial
houses, the German merchant subma-
rine Deutschland left Bremerhaven
January II for the United States. A
bill Of lading for goods consigned by
the underwater freighter ia said 20
have been received.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
The Clear Infnity.

That which we f0olishly call vast
ness is. rightly considered. not more
wonderful. not more impressive. than
that which we insolcntly call little
ness. and the infillity Of God is not
mysterious. It d only Sunfathomable:
not concealed. but incomprehensible
It h asclear inf1nity. the darkness Of
the pure, ssunsearehable ssea.-Ruskin's
'Msdefn Paintefs.s
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Her Saddest Hour.

"A womap's saddest hour said the
amateur poet, lis that in which she
finds her first gray hair"
"Not necessarily" his wife replied
1T may be the hour in which she
learns that the man she fitted when
she met the failure whom she married
has become millionaire life.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Wilson lndorses Daylight Saving

WtISon tnuorseS lUayU0nt 9aVtn8s
New York, Feb. Marcus q
Marks, president Of the Daylight Saw
ing convention now III session hera
has received q letter from Pe:sideM
Wilson In which he Endorses the pla1
for earlier rising in the summer Tina
The letter follows:
!. Your letter Of January IS unhap
ply reached me too late for me %
send Z letter which would get yoa
by the 30th.l sleWouidi have beeuHg glad
70 back up any movement which ha1,
ths shjssts q - laylisAt sasil1
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Only Flattsned.

Some people are broadened by travel
about the way q penny Is broadened
when you put It on a street car track
and let the car run over it-they are
fattened out.-Dr., e. A. Steiner at
Chautauqua. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Dry Alaska etll II Passed.

Washington. Feb. 1.-The Senate has
passed the Jones bill to make Alaska
prohibition territory. The bill would
prohibit manufacture or sale of intoxi.
eating liquors in the territory and also
the transportation thereto. f has not
yet passed the House. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Hie Motive.

Pillows-l never realized till three
years ago why Dobson was always
preaching patience. Bolsters- What
made you realize it then? Pillows-I
lent him $1O.-New York Globe.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
"eoNE DRY" CLAUSE PUT INTO
MEASURE BY VOTE PRAcTl.
. cAlLY THE SAME THAT CAR
RlES MEASURE, -
NOW UP TO SENATE WHERE
= LEADERS PREDICT PASSAGE
Provides for Constitutional Amend.
ment Giving Statewide Prohibl-
t'on to Be Submitted to Popu-
lar Vote Next Year-lmpor- .
" tation 10 Prohibited. d, II

st. Paul, Feb. 1.-The proposed con.
st1tut1onal amendment for statewide
prohibition cleared the first hurdle
when 1t was passed by the Minnesota
House OF Representatives bv vota
of &c to a.. Two more hurdles remain
the Senate and the voters of tho
state.
The measure passed is "bone dry"
prohibiting the transportation Of II.
quor as well as its manufacture. gift.
sale or barter. The drys themselves
took the moisture out of the bill re-
ported by the temperance committee
All efforts to further amend the bill
failed. y ~-'t -.
g: Prohibition Victory.
The action making the measure
bone dry by re-inserting the trans.
portation prohibitory clause, while on.
tensibly fostered by the dry leaders,
was, in reality, victory for the Pro.
hibftton party leaders and defeat for
certain leaders Of the Minnesota Anti.
Saloon league. The latter consented to
the "just dry measure going onto tho
floor Of the House. When the Prohibi.
tionists, headed by w. G. Calderwood.
got into the game, enough drys were
induced to desert the leadership of
the men in charge Of the bill so far
as the "just dry" feature was con,
cerned. D. -.
Transportation Prohibited.
w. I. Norton Of Minneapolis, floor
leader of the drys, introduced the
amendment reinserting the word
transportation. His amendment carried
by a vote of 80 to 40. It was the first
test Of strength and indicated the pas.
sage Of the bill in the amended form.
Thomas J. McGrath Of st. Paul then
an amendment permitting
the manufacture of light wines and
beer and extending the time limit for
operation of the amendment from Jan.
uary 1, 1920 to December 81, 1920. AT.
ter protracted debate, this amend.
ment was lost by vote of So to II.
Thomas H. Girlfng of Robbinsdale,
who with Mr.. McGrath conducted the
fight for the VETS. attempted to make
the bill even more than bone dry
by amending It so as to prohibit tho
possession Of liquor for personal
nse."
The drys refused to go with Mr..
9irling In this and voted his amend.
ment down by vote Of 81 to 70.
4; Would Change Date.
Leo J. Gleason Of Minneapolis In.
Produced an amendment changing tho
time Of operation to December 80,
1920: A similar amendment had been
lost by only two votes. Mr.. Gleason's
failed to carry by a vote
Of 81 to 50.
The bill will now 90 to the Senate.
It will be considered by the tenn.
perance committee in that body with.
out delay. Predictions are that it would
pass in the upper body. A strong fight
to place some amendment upon It ID
expected. however.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
A Deadly Weanon.

A Deadly Weapon.
There Is q horrible weapon favored
by certain Of the hill tribes In the
Ghauts Of western Asia. whkh con-
sists Ut four sharp. curved blades hid
den under the fingers and securely held
in place by rings passing over two ut
them. With such contrivance Shi.
vail. the Maratha hero. Is credited
with having disembOweied his Mo-
hammedan overload when making a
pretense of rendering him his humble
submission.
The vagnaks C'tigers' claws'',, as
they. are called. are distinctly more
brutal than their western prototype.
the ''knuckle duster." - Wide World
MaAazine.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

G. A. Remillard, who was defeated
in the Staples, Todd county, district for
commissioner by Henry Florav ousted
for infraction of the corrupt practice
act, was reelected as commissioner by
the chairmen of the town boards of
the district.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
BACK OF COMPULSORY MILITARY
TRAINING

Duluth Labor World: Financial i'm
perialism has been responsible for the
collapse Of manv nations, and threatens
TO foist upon this country system OF
compulsory military training which is
Yepulsive and abhorrent to the tenets
Of democracy and freedom upon which
>ur government was founded.
Alexandria Citizen: eff everybody d
pavs everybody. as everybody shonl1,
then everybody'd pay everybody,
cause everybody could" is state
ntnt going the rounds of the press It
nay not be the highest style of poetry
but it contains an extra large amount
81 common sense that might well oe
prt Into practice during the year Of
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

A proposition to sell their electric
light plant and franchise to the Com
monweafth Utilities company was vot-
ed down by tho citizens of Wells by
vote Of three to one, although the pow
er company would have installed lower
rates on light and power than the
municipality now gives. The citizens
of Wells, besides believing in owning
their own public utilities, believe that
the municipal plant will ultimately
give them cheaper and better service
than under private ownership.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
Fans In japan.

TNUS ~ ~NP0Us
Fans are In universal use in Japan
Even the japanese servant girl has
fat fan made of rough paper to blow,
the charcoal fires with or to use as
1nstnan.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
JUST THINK OF IT!

Fa1rmont Sentinel: A French au'
thority calculates that the loss in kill
ed and wounded Of the present war
(191417), as five times that Of the
Napoleonic war (1793-1Sl5).
"In the space Of two years, six mil
hon human beings have been slaugh-
tered by o0er human beings and the
slaughter still goes on; thirty-fve mill
lions have been mutilated, and the
mutilation still goes on,' says writ
or Il. P. Jacks), in the Atlantic
Monthly.
Abiding to these figures, the Spring
field Republican thus endeavors to
bring the awfulness OF it all, home:
'The most active imagination fails
to grasp the diabolical significance of
such a colossal blow to the human
race. The whole United States in the
civil war did not have 41,000,0O0 in
habitants. Think Of war that should
kill and main every soul in the United
States of the year 1882
What sort Of craftsmanship plunged
the human race into this colossal trag'
edy9 The same craftsmanship that
still hsrps on militarism as the surest
guarantee Of peace. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

By a vote of sc to "A, nearly two to
one, the house of representatives pass
ed bill submitting :. constitutional
amendment prohibiting the sale, NAH
nfacture and transportation OF intovi-
eating liquor in this state. The bill
also provides that the amendment js
to be voted on in November, 1913, and
that if passed its provisions shall go
into effect January l, 1920. Tho only
amendment offered by the "wets'
that was close was that making proh;-
bition effective one year later. The
vote was 66 to Ga. It is said that the
measure, which is of the "bone -dry'
variety, is assured of passage in the
senate. Brown and Boqck Of this dis
trict lined up with the "wets.'' Rep
resentative Swanson of Grow Wing
voted with the "drys.' Of G. W.
Bouck the Minneapolis Journal says:
Representative G. W. Bouck Of
Royalton,, i'll with pneumonia, left his
sick bed in St. Paul hotel to journey
through the snowatorm to the capitol
to vote with the vets.
"Mr. Bouck was cheered by the
vets when ne reached the house. He
made tho trip from his hotel in care
fully closed and heated automobile. He
vas supported to bis seat in the house
chamber ~ his daughter. II. Nc was 50
feeble he could hardly speak, but he
indicated his determination to remain
through the days session; in order to
support the wet faction in the vote on
the three principal amendments. Mr..
Bouck retired at times to the cloak
rooms to rest, but left word that he be
called when the "beer amendment
came to q v0te.''
AS at first drafted the bill was to
omit transportation" thus allowing
liquors to be shipped into the state for
personal use. SO many protests, how:
ever. were heard, that it was finally de-
cided by those having charge Of the
bill to put the matter up to the voters
Of the state on "bone dry basis.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

MOT1CITz2I VWNx5Q<5111E
In Pasadena, Cal, before municipal
ownership, 15c per kilowatt hour for
electric lights was charged. Since
municipal ownership SC maximum is
the charge. Don't you think the peo-
pie of Pasadena believe in owning
their own public utilities.
A bill is being drafted to be pre-
sented to the Wisconsin Legislature,
which proposes that cities having the
commission form of government, be
given the privilege to return to their
former plan of government.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

&c., sssss =
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-02

he has decided to turn tables on them
because Tom Davis has promised that
he is going to investigate the printing
trust in Minnesota. If Tom is really
serious about this he can render the
tax payers great service as the print
ing trust in Minnesota is one of the
strongest combines in the state which
from surface appearances evidently is
perpetuated solely for the benefit of
the printing combine which has to date
kept out all competition and has made
the fair distribution of the state
printing almost impossible.
q 3 3 go.
The Christensen bill removing the
limitation Of the responsibility of COM
mon carriers has finally, after hitting
a few snags, landed safely and sound
~ on general orders. The bill origin
ally passed the judiciary committee by
a vote Of IL to Bjorklund Of Ram
sey and Davies Of Watonnwan voting
against it), and came back to the
house with the recommendation that it
pass but in the absence Of Mr.. Chris
Hanson it was recalled to the judici-
airy committee by the house following
motion made by Nordlin Of Ramsey.
This was done contrary to the wishes
and knowledge Of Mr. Christianson
and was later repudiated on the floor
Of the house when it overturned the
second report Of the committee and
placed the bill on General orders BY
vote Of 81 to s.
This 10 tie bill which was fought bit
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
SAVING COAL

Just how much coal will be available for the use of
the people of the northwest this winter nobody knows.
Under no circumstances will there be any to spare. 1t will
be a wonder if there is not a pronounced shortage which
will compel many people to cut down their consumptiin
very materially. And even if there is available all that
any of us would like to have. the price is higher than us
ual, and all of us have other uses for money than to
waste it by using coal unnecessarily.
A very large proportion of the coal purchased is vast
ed. One may readily convince himself of this fact by an
inspection of the average ash pile after the wind has had
a chance to blow away the lighter particles. 1t will then
be seen that a considerable part Of the pile is composed of
unburned coal, coal that is just as good as it was when it
was shoveled into the stove or furnace, to be carried out
later in the ashes. Much of that waste may be avoided
by the intelligent handling of fires. In a good Stove or a
the fires as to consume practically all the coal and leave
nothing but white ash, in which no heating elements are
left.
Fuel is wasted, also, by allowing stoves and furnaces to
become foul with SCOT. Iron is a good conductor of heat,
and it is important that the heat from the fuel strike it
directly. If the iron of the flues and other portions of
the plant is coated with SCOT it takes just that much more
fuel to drive the heat through it to the iron. A few min
ues' exercise with brush and scraper once a week will
save a lot of coal during a winter.
The saving of fuel is of Importance first to the indi-
vidual, for the waste of fuel represents a laborious and
expensive loss to him, out of which he derives neither
benefit nor pleasure. 1t is a loss that under existing con-
ditons affects the entire country, for the fuel problem
is one of concern to the entire nation. Save fuel by exer-
cising care.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Open All Bomb Proof
Buildings In London
To Public During Raids

London, Oct. 19.-London's bomb
proof shelters are being card-indexed
in preparation for further German
raids. Sufficient tunnels, arches,
crypts, Easements and substantial
buildings have been i%nventoried to ac-
commodate one million persons.
In making this announcement Sir
George Cave. home secretary, de-
clared an advisory board of promi-
nent surveyors will be appointed soon
to make a canvas of bomb proof
shelters in Greater London. He said
the government had decided to make
it a regulation under the defense OF
the realm act to require everyone pos
sessing a bomb-proof shelter to place
1T at the disposal of the public.
The decision of the educational au.
thorlties to close all the London
schools during the last week in Oc-
tober is perhaps the most interesting
or the many steps being taken in an
tlclpatlon of the recurrence of Ger
ma raids as soon as the moon ii IN
again. Air raid shelter placards are
being distributed throughout the
metropolitan area.
Many substantial forms of relief for
air raid victims and their relatives are
as a result of a conference
OF the mayors of the various London
boroughs.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
Special Dispatch from
L. Harper Lecch,
OF Our Washington R,,rea,,

W ouA washington Bureau, .y
Washington, Oct. 19.-The Ameri-
can Export Councils prohibition of
the export of a long list Of crude
chemicals indicates more clearly than
anything else the wars tremendous
strain on the industrial structure of
the world.
The mere list gives a bird's-eye
view of the chemical base of industry.
The most important fact is the
shortage Of. sulphuric acid-master
substance Of Industrial chemistry.
Hardly anything man eats, wears or
uses for tool or transport is produced
without its direct or indirect use. But
wal demands it quite as much. In
the manufacture Of weapons and mu-
,nitions it is devoured by the millions
of tons. Eight million tons will be
required in America the coming year
Plants must be built to make three
more tons. Hence none may
be exported.
Here r a few Of the chemicals the
export of which is now forbidden.
with their principal war and peace
uses:
Caustic soda-manufacture of soap
and MISUNDERSTANDING used for ex-
plosives.
AcetoneS-made from alcohol or
distillation of hardwoods-used as a
dissolving fluid in manufacture Of ex-
plosives.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19


they would have had the warm sympathy of friends in
their sad Bereavement. Under existing conditions the
young mans death calls for more than passing attention
He was a soldier in the army Of the nation. He had Of
fered himself for service, and was being trained for such
service as might be assigned to him when our troops are
ready to enter activity into the great conflict Death came
to him in the same way in which it comes to- many others
in civil life. But the fact that this youth died In this
manner rather than on the field of battle detracts not at
all from the fact that he had offered up his life in the
service Of his country, and in the service of his country
he passed out of this life.
Arrangements have been made for representation OF
the community at the funeral by the attendance Of men
representing various public bodies IN the city and county
and this representation, in addition to the stimonial OF
friendship which neighbors feel for their old friends in
their sorrow, is also in recognition of the sacrifice which
has been made by those who are breaved in the name
and for the Sake of the nation.
AS the body Of this young soldier is laid to rest honol
will be paid to his memory as a good soldier, and those
from whose family circle he has been removed will be
assured of the full appreciation of the loyalty which
prompted his service and their willingness that he should
serve. - ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19
(By Harry B. Hunt.)

Washington, Oct. 19.-Cotton Is
still king down south and wen the
presidents proclamation requiring a
license before 1t can be- exported will
not topple the snowy boil from its
throne. \ ~
The cotton prevented from going to
neutral countries will be more than
absorbed by the tremendous demand
elsewhere.
The indicated yield this year is only
IL, 900, 900 bales and the demand is
for about IA, 900, 900. Wherefore, cot
ton planters: faced by a ten-cent price
at the beginning of the world war, are
now enjoying "a to 25, and expecting
as much as 80.
Prior to the war cotton was our
leading single export. Even now with
all the shipments of food and supplies
to the allies. it still ranks fourth, i'm
portapt because of its use in NUM-
TONS.
All of which is another reason for
the presidents proclamation. He is
.endeavoring to keep cotton from
leaking into Germany through friend
~ neutrals. He was led to do this by
a study Of the export figures.
The average mill consumption of
cotton by Norway was H. 900 bales,
and the average pre-war importation
rom us was 6,097, but in 1915 this
rose to 1884. .
The average mill consumption INV
Denmark was $4,000 and the average
pre-war importation $50 bales. but in
1915 this rose to 1881.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-19

I got a present Of $50 acres from
Uncle Sam and I enjoy so many priv
lleges and Blessings too numerous to
mention. We live in a country that
can't be beat for anything. I chal-
lenge any mar in the county Through
The Herald) to point out a country
to me where a poor man can do as
we'll as here and if he can he had bet
ter go there. I've seen the world and
[ know we have a country we should
appreciate.
Now we are in the war. a just and
righteous war from our Side. Some
thing has to go, either our dollars or
our sons. Money is not plenty at
present; u pocketbook was pretty
near dead with the consumption last
year and very little medicine this fall.
In order to buy Liberty bonds for our
Riddles we will have to borrow money
Our family is not large at present,
only IL children living out Of II, but
we are glad there is not one out of
the bunch that will go back on their
country in it's need. We have one Is
year-old boy who has taken a. mans
place at home this last summer since
he finished the grades. We pay our
children the highest wages going. Our
boy has saved his money, for he in
tends to take a course in a higher
school this winter. TODAY he told me
to buy him a Liberty bond.
We r glad to see that he will de-
prive himself of many Injuries in or
der to help his country. Now. friends