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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14
WAR NOTES By Carl SandBurg

law goes into effect-and it reaches
married men of p and % years Of
age-then we may have the specta-
Gle here in Chicago of young Mar
shall Field III. and young Henry Field
wearing. uniforms and fighting for
the defense Of a realm wherein they
are financial princes.
While the Field boys are in town
this week maybe they will tell US why
it is more honorable to ride polo pO-
MES down in North Carolina than to
ride First Illinois cavalry horses.
In the grocery stores where men
and women buy things to eat is
where war is most freely cursed
these days. GrOcers tell me more
people are buying in small quantities
lately. Customers lay down more
money and carry away smaller pack
ages than they used to. The world
wide pinch of this thing works to end
the war.
I have been in labor union Offices,
in the haUnts Of peace societies, So
cialists, anarchists and the L w. w.
lately. And for the first time since
August, 1914, there may be found in
all these places men and women who
are not afraid of what the war will
bring to this country. Some Of the
sOftest-hearted pacifists that ever
loved Jesus are now saying that out
of the chaos, wreck and death into
which this nation is entering may
come big, Unpredictable events Of
equal value with the Russian revolu-
ton.
The Socialists - and particularly
the German Socialists-are the one
element sticking out most strongly
for peace. They are the best friends
the kaiser has now at vOicing the
PTussian hate of Woodrow Wilson.
There is an American Socialist ele-
ment, however, that sees the war as
a tremendous gamble, out of which
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14

the war. 1T is not saying yes or no
about it. The l. w. w. is organizing.
The most complete news and the
best editorials on the Russian sitUa-
ton Of the past month have appeared
ia the Christian Science. Monitor. In
battling the Prussian aUtocracy the
Christian Scientists seem to be do
ing their share.
Out at the Workers Institute on
Ashland aY. are Russian Jews who
say all the fearful cost Of the war to
date has been worth blood and the
money spent for what it has brought
Russia. Where they used to be ter
rible haters of war they now feel it is
a colossal hazard that may bring
anything. Some predict that secre-
cy of public records and whimsical
despOtic mandates on the part of
Jake Loeb running the school board
will one way or another come to an
end it we go into war. They also feel
that if the Russian people were able
to overthrow the Romanoff autOcra-
ICY, the working class Of Illinois will
find a way to end in government by
injunctions with jury trial abolished
by circuit courts judges like Jesse
Baldwin and Jesse HOldOm. They
quote DR.. Felix Adler:
"The~reyolutiOn is not confined to
Russia, but is the beginning of a
great conVulsion that will shake the
whole world. It will be felt in the
democratic, countries themselves. 1t
will destroy the house Of lords in
England. 1t will mean home rule for
Ireland It will change the cOndf-
ton of India. We shall see the es-
Enlistment of real social justice"
When l was a high private in the
rear rank of the 9Th Illinois volun-
teers in 1898 1 was a comrade of Aid.
Rodriguez of the 18th ward. We were
the boys who planted the American
flag on the island of Porto Rico. The
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
SNOW BLOCKADE Him.
DERS MAIL SERVICE

The various towns have been very
busy the past week opening the
roads after the heavy snow fall last
Wednesday and Thursday. The mail
service was badly crippled, only
three complete trips have been made
since last Wednesday. This is part
ly due to the blockade on the Alger
line.
For several days traffic was en-
tirely tied up on the D. & N. M. on
account of the deep snow.
The warmer weather the past few
days has settled the snow consider
able and with the earnest efforts of
the different towns has restored the
roads to passible condition, and at
this writing traffic has again re-
sumed it's regular course.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
Statement REGARDING
Federal ROAD AID

The Secretary of Agriculture has
given out statement to refute the
report that States desiring to obtain
money for roads under the Federal
aid road act, which appropriates
S85, 100000, must build only expen-
sive roads, and to make it clear that
no particular kind Of material will
be required or favored by the De-
partment Of Agriculture to the de-
triment Of other materials
'There is not the slightest truth
in such a report" said Secretary
Houston. ''This department, which
is charged with the administration
Of the Federal aid road act. has
placed absolutely no restrictions, Ell
ther direct or implied, upon the
kinds of highways to be constructed.
States may submit for approval any
kind of road. even an earth road,
and approval will be given if the
construction be substantial in char
acter, suitable for traffic needs, and
meets the terms of the Federal act.
10 give state legislators and high
way officials the impression that this
department only favors costly types
of road, or discriminates in favor of
any particular material, results not
only in spreading misinformation,
but in placing barriers in the way of
States which wish to avail them
selves of Federal aid in road con-
struction."
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21

John Nelson had the misfortune to
break his toe at the school house fire.
Olaf Olson and Gilfred Nelson re-
turned home Saturday from Olson
Bros. camp.
A number of lady friends surprised
Mrs. Chris Nelson on her birthday
Thursday afternoon
Miss Judith Berglund is visiting
with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Backlund, at Rosebush,
for a few days.
The Maple Hill Community Club
postponed their entertainment until
Saturday evening, March oath, on ac-
count of the impossible roads.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
GAR NICHOLAS OF
RUSSIA HAS ABDlCATED
Grand Duke Michael, Brother of
Gar, Accepts Throne by Con-
sent of People.

London, March 17,-Grand Duke
Michael has accepted the throne of
Russia, conditioned on the consent
of the Russian people, according to
a statement received here today.
from the semi-official Russian news
agency.
The statement follows: 3
"Grand Duke Michael Alexandra
witch, accepting the throne from his
brother, declares that he does so on
ly with the consent of the Russian
people, who should by a plebiscite
establish a form of government and
new fundamental laws.''
The declaration made by the grand
duke on his acceptance of the throne
as given out by the news agency
reads as follows:
'The heavy responsibility has come
to me at the voluntary request of my
brother, who has transferred the inn
perial throne to me during a period
of warfare, which is accompanied
with unprecedented popular distur-
bances
Moved by the though which is in
the minds Of the entire people, that
the good of the country is para
mount, | have adopted the firm reso-
luton to accept the supreme power
only if this be the will of our great
people who, by a plebiscite organized
by their representatives in a consti-
tuent assembly, shall establish
form of government and new funda-
mental laws for the Russian state.
"Consequently, invoking the bene-
diction of our Lord. I urge all citi-
zens CT Russia to submit to the pro-
vjsional government established up
on the initiative Of the duma and in
vested with full plenary powers, un-
til such time, which will follow with
as little delay as possible, as the
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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
ROWLAND TOWN OFFICERS

AS the telephone line to Hovland
was out of commission last Wednes.
day morning we did not get the
election returns from that town un.
til after we had gone to press last
week. They were as follows:
Supervisor-N. L. Eliasen, A. S
Carlson, Andrew Westerlund.
Clerk-John N. Eliasen.
Treasurer-John Eliasen.
Assessor-A. Harrison,
Justices of Peace-A. L. Ellquist
A. w. Stevens.
Constable-John jacobson.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21

Good dry wood for sale-$2. 90 per
cord. EVER JOHNSON
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21

Army can be given by any patriotic
society or association
'"First-by encouraging qualified
men to enlist at once.
"Second-By giving information to
the nearest recruiting officer for the
Army as to the names and addresses
of qualified men who are likely to
enlist"
Recruiting officers for the Army
in this state are located at St. Paul,
Duluth, Winona, Mankato, Virginia,
Montevideo, international Falls, Aus
tin and Bemidji, in addition to this
(Minneapolis) office.
Heads of Patriotic Societies, As
sociations, as we'll as individual citi-
zens, are invited to write, or call in
person at this office, or any of the
above named offices, and give their
views in this connection. Any advice
or information that would be in the
interest Of recruiting for the Regu-
lar Army will be greatly appreciated.
~ S. A. CAMPBELL,
~ Captain of Infantry,
Recruiting Officer.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
GATHERED FROM ALL
SECTIONS Of The STATE
Happenings of the Week Briefly
Told for the Convenience of
the Busy Reader.


Mrs. Elizabeth Hickey, aged eigh-
ty-five, is dead at St. Paul.
Mrs. Sophia Zschau, seventy-six
years old, pioneer resident of St..
Paul, is dead.
st. Paul national, state and saw
ings bank on March 5 had deposits
of $117,211,3 1897 .O2.
Mrs. K. L. Anderson, seventy-one
years old, one of the early settlers
of Red Wing, is dead
The shipping of turtles to Eastern
markets is a new industry being de-
veloped at St. Peter
Mrs. Frances Hunt, aged sixty-se-
ven years, who reached St. Raul with
her parents, in 1855, is dead.
Arthur Hebbern, nineteen years
old, committed suicide at Rochester
by hanging himself from a BRIDGE
Representative w. L. Bernard of
Duluth slipped on the ice near the
state capitol at St. Paul and suffered
a fractured leg.
Ernest B. Putnam, of Eau Claire,
Wis.,, we'll known in St. Paul banking
and numbering circles, is dead at Sea-
breeze, Fla.
Rev. 1var Larson, aged sixty-eight,
who held pastorates in several pla-
ces in Minnesota and Wisconsin,, is
dead at Minneapolis.
George Johnson of the Triumph
stock farm near Fairmont has Just
sold twenty head of steers for $2,-
900, an average Of $145 a head.
The bill to repeal the Minnesota
boxing law passed by the legislature
two years ago was defeated in the
state senate by vote Of 81 to 35.
Mrs. Amelia Hart, sixty-eight years
| old, is dead at her home in Friberg.
| Mrs. Hart was the mother of twenty
! one children, sixteen of whom are
| living.
James F. Wallace's election as al
ff'erman in the Second ward Of Min
| neapois has been declared illegal be-
cause of violations of the laws GOV
erning elections.
Willis A. James, deputy treasurer
of Hennepin county, is dead, aged
sixty-nine. Mr.. James had been con-
nected with the treasurer's office for
thirty-five years.
The state association of the Broth
erhood of American Yoemen will hold
it's annual convention in St. Paul
from April 2 to 5. An attendance of
1900 is expected.
Levi w. Shelton, retired farmer
and resident of Newport for fifty
six years, is dead. He was seventy
two years old and came to Minnesota
from Connecticut in 1861.
Falling steel girders weighing g.
900 pounds caused the death of Jo-
sephine Greenwood, twenty-nine
years old, an employee of the Crown
iron works at Minneapolis.
The lower house of the legislature
by unanimous vote, passed the senate
bill authorizing voters who may be
absent from their districts to cast
their ballots by mail
Aron H. Edsten, member of the
Minneapolis city council in the early
days, leader in Lutheran church work
and resident of Minneapolis for fif-
ty years, is dead, aged eighty.
Mrs. 0. D. Leavey, formerly Min
neapolis school teacher, is dead at
Winona. She contributed many arti-
cles in later years to magazines un-
der the pen name of Adams Dunning.
Mrs. Sander Peterson and her two
young children were burned to death
in fire which destroyed their farm
home near Fish Lake. The fire, it is
believed, resulted from a stove ex-
plosion.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
MAPLE HILL DO4NGS-

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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
NEWS-ETTES Of GRAND
MARAIS AND VICINITY
Jottings Heard About Town OF
Things Of General Interest
to Local Readers

F. R. Paine is expected home in q
few days.
Tom Mccormick returned to the
Alger line this morning.
Andrew Bendixon, of Cascade, was
in town on business yesterday.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Tebou died last Thursday
morning.
C. O. Backlund has completed the
digging of a we'll at the c. J. John
son residence. They struck good wa
ter at a depth of ten feet.
Mrs. Louis Engelson and Mrs. An
ma Daniels left last Friday for Du-
luth. They were snow-bound at Cra-
mer for several days.
There was fairly good attendance
at the St. Patrick's day dance at the
Happy Hour Hall last Saturday ev-
ening, considering the bad roads and
blustery weather.
The Trading Post have been put
ting up ice the past week for their
fresh fish business. The ice is be-
ing piled on the side of the ware
house on the dock and will be cover
ed by shed in the spring.
Ed. jackson and Albert Ladd re-
turned home Monday from the Alger
Smith logging camps where they
have been employed during the win
ter. They say number of the
camps have had to shut down on ac-
count Of the deep snow
While taking out some furniture
from the burning school house on
Maple Hill two weeks ago, John Mel
son broke his big toe. John says the
toe has been paining him consider
able but did not know the bone was
broken until he had it examined oy
DR.. Hicks a few days ago.
Having practically completed his
residence at Croftville, Geo. Brisson
moved his family and household
goods there last Sunday where they
will live in the future. Mr.. Brisson
will engage in the poultry business
and will Immediately commence the
erection of coops, etc., necessary for
the business.
A "parcel shower" party was given
on Mrs. Anson Blackwell at the vii
lage hall last Thursday evening.
There were about fifty of the lady
friends of Mrs. Blackwell present,
and they brought many pretty and
useful presents. Lunch was served
by Misses PEARL Berg and Agnes
Lanktree, who were hostesses of the
party. Everyone enjoyed a very plea
SAINT evening.
James Morrison, Jr., brought in
five wolves the other day. Mr.. Nor
rison has method of his own in
capturing wolves. He is a fast run
ner on snow-shoes and when he gets
onto a fresh track he starts otter
him and runs him down. The deep
snow makes travelling hard and slow
for the animal. Some times it takes
several days to capture a wolf in
this way but he keeps right after
them until the animal is exhausted.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
notice.!

The 3rd annual meeting of the
Cook County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company will be held at the Hovland
Town Hall on the 7th of April 1917,
at 1880 p. m. All members are re-
quested to be present.
A. L. ELLQUIST,
Sec. and Treas.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
PATROLMEN'S Examination

Examination for State Forest Pa
trolmen will be held at the court
house Saturday, March 31st.
P. J. BAYLE,
State Forest Ranger.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21

Money to Loan-on first mortgages
on lands with lake frontage in Cook
county. Six per cent interest.
ANDREW BENDIXON,
Cascade,
Grand Marais, MINI.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21
RAILROAD BOND CASE
SETTLED OUT Of COURT

Sheriff Lien returned home on the
stage this noon. His stay in Duluth
was prolonged considerable on ac-
count Of the snow blockade.
Mr.. Lien. says the case of Cook
county VS.. Grand Marais and North
western Railway Co., in which he
was called as witness, was not
brought up in court, that stipula.
tion was agreed upon by the attor.
neys, allowing the railroad company
until June to commence actual con-
struction. If work on the road is
not commenced by that time the
company agreed to return the bonds
to the county without action in
court.
County Auditor Carter and Chair
man Engelsen, who were also in Du-
luth to attend this case, are expect
ed home tomorrow.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-03-21

Nels Myhr. of Hovland, was in
town Saturday.
Erick Bramer is having the roof
Of his building shingled.
The Catholic Ladies will meet
| with Mrs. Geo. Bayle next Friday af-
ternoon.
Oscar Olson returned Friday after
a weeks business visit to Duluth
and other points.
The Swedish Ladies Aid will meet
| with Mrs. Ed. Nunstedt next We'd
nesday afternoon:
The Norwegian Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Andrew Larson Fri
! day afternoon, March 3Oth.
; Sam Zimmerman, Jr., was suffering
| from a bad cold a few days this
| week. He is now able to be out a.
gain.
A wolf was seen on the ice on the
| lake near Babb's place the other day.
Mr.. Babb fired several shots at him
but missed him.
The supertax bill was defeated in
the senate by "a vote of 40 to 27.
F. A. Winger left today for busi-
ness trip toDuluth.
Louis Falk is doing some neces-
sary carpentering at the Hedstrom
residence on Maple Hill that is be-
ing used temporarily as the west
side school,
! The Norwegian Ladies' Aid will
hold a sale of fancy goods and serve
lunch at the Trading Post next Sat-
urday afternoon. Lunch will be
eady at IL o'clock.
Don't forget to see the "Widow
McGinty' at the Princess Theatre
Easter Monday. Aside from the
play the list of specials will consist
OF step-dancing, songs, selections by
orchestra, etc. Program will be pub
lished in next issue. Tickets 35 and
Is cents.
W. A. Price of the Des Moines Ly-
ceum Bureau, who was scheduled to
give a lecture here last Friday, was
unable to come on account of the
! snow storm. 1t is not known when
a number can be given owing to the
difficult travel, but those having
this course of entertainment in
charge, promise to give the full five
numbers. If the Lyceum Bureau
cannot make connections, talent will
be secured from the State Universe
ty when navigation opens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-13
CHILD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF CONSTIPATED
When Cross, Feverish and Sick, Give
California Syrup of
Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative" and
nothing else cleanses the tender stom-
ach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply viii not stop playing
TO empty the bowels, and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with waste
liver gets sluggish, stomach sours. then
YOUR little one becomes cross, half sick,
feverish, doesn't eat, sleep or act nat
urslly, breath is bad, system full of cold.
has sore throat, stomach ache or diar-
rhpa. Listen, mother! See if tongue is
coated, then give a tesspoonful of Cali
fornis Syrup of Figs and in few
hours all the constipated waste, sour bile
and undigested food passes out of the
system, and you have a well, playful
child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless: children love it. and il never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for 50-eent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs which has
full directions for babies, children OF all
ages and for grown-ups plainly printed
on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits
sold here. Get the genuine. made bv
California Fig Syrup Company. Re
fuse any other Kind with contempt
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-13
GERMANY
FACES FAMINE
May Force Her to Offer New
Peace Condi-
tions
FOOD RIOTS CAUSING
RUSSIA TROUBLE
Britain Is Warned Supply
Shortage Is a Real Peril
Starvation in Greece

Washington, March l3.-That general
starvation is the most deadly and re-
lentless enemy confronting Germany to-
day is the conclusion drawn here from
reports from various points abroad and
especially from Havana, where former
Ambassador Gerard, with many of his
staff arrived Sunday. And because of
reports of bad food conditions, the fall of
Bagdad and other events unfavorable to
the central powers, it is considered that
further peace suggestions from Germany
are among the possibilities OF the near
future.
Press dispatches from Havana indicate
that though actual starvation has not
yet struck Germany the food shortage is
more than serious. and that a crisis may
occur any minute between now and har-
vest.
"The misery resulting from the food
conditions is observable in every face"
says one of those returning with Ger
ard. A thick soup of cabbage and tur
nips. bit of meat and trace of grease
could be bought at the community kitch-
en- in the cities for six cents go pfennig)
and bread at one cent slice, but 80 min
utes after eating one was hungry again.
The diet gave no power of resistance to
the cold. The Americans who serve as
prison inspectors say that even with
huge furs they almost froze this winter.
"Mothers and babies are without milk,
and suffering is great. While the effect
of the condition on the public morale is
offset by hysterical loyalty,
physical causes must prevail over psy-
Geological in the end,
"The present semi-starvation contrasts
with what Americans would consider
gluttony before the war, when it was
not unusual for prosperous. German
TO eat seven meals a day. The full
stomach was regarded as the sovereign
for all bodily ills. The early
stages of reduced diet benefited some
people, but that point has long been
passed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-13
How Would We Handle Real Crisis?

These demonstrations Of protest
against the high cost Of food which
we have had in Boston and other cite.
during the past fortnight are an impres.
sive omen of our utter unpreparedness
for any warlike undertaking. Here we
are in what is said to be period OF I'M
exampled national prosperity, with No
armies TO feed, with industries running
full blast, with the country's entire Ia
Dor force available for production, and
without economic resources absolutely
unimpaired. Yet in the midst of it we
have bands of women with children in
their arms marching through the streets,
ankled deep in slush, demanding some ac-
ton of the authorities for the mitiga-
tion Of a food scarcity.
If this be the situation IN peace and
prosperity what would we do under the
stress of conditions such as those which
confront Germany Or even England to-
day. Military preparedness is not alone
a question OF raising men or making
rifles or training officers. II is matter
OF so organizing the processes of produc-
ton and distribution that they can bear
q tremendous strain without becoming
demoralized. But here we have the
omens Of inability to stand even a very
small degree of stress, nothing com
parable to that which a war with any
first class power would put upon our
huge industrial system.
The fact is that the constituted au-
thorities in nation, state and city seem