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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-27
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

Resolutions of respect adopted
by Missouri Dale Rebekah Lodge
No. 268:
Whereas, the Great Supreme
Ruler of the universe in his inf
mite wisdom removed from our
midst the father OF our most es-
teemed sister, Palmyra Hammer,
therefore,
BE 1t Resolved, That we as
brothers and sisters render our
heartfelt sympathy to our sister
in her affliction, and commend
them to the Father i'm Heaven, to
whom we must bow our heads in
submission, and who does all
things we'll.
BE it again resolved that copy
of these resolutions he placed on
the records of this lodge and a
copy be sent to the bereaved sis
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-27
DANCE PRICES TO, RAISE.

The attendance at the publi|
dances has been reduced consid|
cradle on account of SO mani
young people in military SERVED
that am compelled after thi|
date to raise the price Of dane,
tickets to 500. This includes
war tax. JAS. DIMMICK. q
81 Mgr. K. C. Hall
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-27
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss the :, 1srzf4zSs;1S1
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
IL. l.. Athey, Missouri Valley.
Myrtle E. MCGEE, Woodbine.
Warren I. Mcdonald, Mon
DAMN.
Cecile spooner. Mondamin.
Sherman i. slayback, Wood
bine.
Bessie Harper, Woodbine.
Joseph A. Marshall, Orson.
Grace M. Smith, Orson.
Try The Times Awhile.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Dec. 24.-Lighter hog
supplies here and elsewhere paved
the way for a fresh advance today.
In a general way the deal showed an
upturn of about a dime. Tops land
ed at $16.45, with the bulk of sales
from 1920 @16.35.
The small run of cattle for the
closing day of the week did not af-
ford any great test to market condi-
tions and prices in all branches were
quoted as nominally steady with
yesterday. Outlet for killing grades
for the week has been rather unsat-
isfactory, though prices do not show
any great change from a week ago.
Stockers opened lower, but closed
somewhat improved.
Limited supply of live mutton on
offer and prices about the same as
on Friday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
KAISER'S PEACE TERMS
Asks British Gold For German
Colonies Taken.
Provides For Recognition OF Turks and
Would Leave AIsace-Lorraine
Question to Vote.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Through the
same neutral diplomatic channels
which previously received Information
to support limitations from abroad
that a new peace offer was coming,
now come what purports to be an out
line of the kaiser's much advertised
Christmas peace terms"
In the main the terms are as de-
scribed as following the lines of those
said to have been written by German
Foreign Minister Won Kuehlmann last
summer. At that time they yer de-
nounced as having been written purely
for political purposes.
The so-called terms, which must be
appraised only at their face value, are
said to include the following:
To leave the disposition of Alsace-
Lorraine to a plebiscite OF Inhabitants.
Cash Demand on England.
England to pay Germany for her lost
African colonies and the money to be
used for the rehabilitation of Belgium,
Serbia, Roumania and Northern
France.
Russian provinces bordering the Bal
tic, the Black sea and Prussia to be-
come Independent under q German
plan.
Poland to be called an independent
state under Austrian sovereignty.
Disarmament, freedom OF the seas
and commerce to be left to the peace
conference.
Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro
to retain their original boundaries
with the right Of access to the e be
ing granted to Serbia.
Whether such a proposal Of terms is
merely another step In the German
propaganda to impress the public mind
the Allies are responsible for a con
~tinuance Of the war, or whether II Ii
really a feeler for peace. is a subject
for the estimate Of the governments
concerned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Corn. December
$1.27A; May, $1.235s; Oats, Dec.
77h; May, 74%.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
TO ASK RAILROAD CONTROL

Wilson to Address Congress After
Holidays.
Washington, Dec. 2~2.-President
Wilson will send a message to Con-
gress recommending enactment Of
legislation to meet the Transports
ton situation Immediately after the
holiday recess. Until It has been
received the President requested the
Interstate Commerce committee to
withhold making any investigation ~
provided under the Cummins resolu-
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
Butter. Poultry and Eqos.

Minneapolis, Dec. 24.-BUTTER-
Creamery extras, per ID. 47c; extra
firsts, Acc; firsts, 45c; seconds, 44c;
dairy, SOC; packing stock, 32c.
EGGS-Receipts of fresh too light to
make quotation. Most arrivals are
country held, selling in a small way
at from Acc to 47c per dozen. Refrig-
orator, candled, doz., 36c; checks and
seconds, doz., soc; dirties, candled,
doz., goo. Quotations on eggs include
cases.
LIVE POULTRY.-Turkeys, fat, 10
lbs. and over, zoe; thin, small, 10412c;
cripples and culls, unstable; r~oosters,
13c; hens, 4 lbs. and over, lie; 3 to
4 lbs, 13@14c; hens, under 3 lbs, 12c;
ducks, Ice; geese, Id. 14c; springs, Id,
tic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
Allies Send Assurance of Conf
dence in Ability Of General
Pershing.
SCOTT MAY COMMAND
Former Chief OF staff Returns to
Washington After inspection of
Russian, French and British
Fronts,

Washington, Dec. 22.-Direct assur-
ances of the confidence of both Brit
ish and French commanders in Gen.
eral Pershing's ability and their salts
faction with the breadth and sound
ness of his preparation to make Amer
lean arms effective on the Western
front have reached Washington with
the return from Europe of Maj. Cen
Hugh l.. Scott, former chief of staff,
who was in conference with Secretary
Baker and other Var Department of.
ficials.
No Pessimism As To Outcome.
There is no pessimism as to the
outcome Of the war In the fighting
lines, General Scott found.
General Scott now personally has
inspected three fighting fronts, the
Russian, French and British. 1t ap-
pears probable that he is to com
mand a division of the American army
although no direct statement OF the
place designed for him by Secretary
Baker has been made.
Strong Drink Barred.
With n American Army In France,
Dec. 22.-All alcoholic beverages ex.
cept light wines and beers are denied
to members of the American expedi.
tionary forces in France by General
Pershing in general orders issued.
Extraordinary measures are being TAX.
en- to insure sobriety and a high moral
standard In the army, and officers
have been Informed they will be held
to strict accountability for the fullest
compliance with the orders.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
German Official Attempted To
Bring About Secret Latin
Pact Against U. S.
ARGENTINA IS AROUSED
Statement Made That Disclosure VIII
Probably Result In Rupture
With 5erIIn-U. s.. state De-
partment Makes Disclosure.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Further facts
about German diplomatic trickery are
made public through 8 long series OF
kilograms exchanged by the notori-
U Count Luxburg, former German
charge In Argentina, and the German
foreign Office, and at the same time
light Is shed upon some hitherto un-
explained activities OF certain Latin
American statesmen.
Luxburg in some OF his messages.
dated Aug. ! last, reported that Pres.
ident Irrigoyen Of Argentina at last
had made up his mind to conclude
= secret agreement with Chile and b.
livia for protection against North
America before the conference idea
ID taken up again."
C~arranza Urged Conference.
The conference idea" Is assumed
to have been the plan for a Latin
American neutrality conference
strongly supported BY President Car.
rama Of Mexico and much discussed
In some OF the Southern American
countries, while the proposed secret
agreement may explain reports that
have come from Buenos Aires recent
" Of President Irrfgoyen's proposals
or : league o. South American M.
tions.
= I4tia-Ansrleaa Diplomatic ausr.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
Duluth Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 24.-F1axseed, Decem-
Der, 1891; May, $3.43h; July, 1929.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
ENEMY MASSES STARVE
German Collapse Near According
To Story.
Profteers Make Fortunes While Poor
Lack Food, Pialnspoken Newspa-
per Article Asserts.

London, Dec. 24.-According to q
Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam,
Vorwaerts of Berlin, In a plainspoken
attack on the system of Herr Won Wal
do, the German food controller, de-
clares that great masses of German
people not only are hungry but are
literally starving. The paper adds
that agricultural producers and rich
residents in towns are living in plenty
as boarding is no longer prohibited.
Forty Millions Starving.
Every raj profteer and million
aire," says the paper, has his kitchen
and cellar full of ham and bacon. The
middle class ekes a %precarious exist
ence spending all 1t can on food. Forty
million of the masses are starving and
are unlikely to sit silent.
1--WE might have within a month an
absolute catastrophe in Germany and
a collapse ven worse than Russia, re-
sulting in a German defeat and loss
Of the war"
Finland To Get U. s. Grain.
Washington, Dec. 24.-Permission
for the shipment of about 10000 tons
OF corn and oats to Finland by way of
Sweden has been granted by the food
administration and the war trade
board, upon evidence that thousands
OF the Finnish people are starving. An
agent of the wal trade board will be
sent into Finland from Sweden to in
vestigate conditions and make certain
that Germany will not benefit by the
American shipments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24

ters here 1t is regarded as certain that
the disclosures will result very quickly
IN an Argentina declaration Of war
against Germany.
The messages were made public by
the State department In an agreement
with the Argentine government, which
In an accompanying statement by its
foreign minister says the "inaccura.
cies" OF the German diplomats re
ports are SO surprising that no epithet
will At them.
The first OF Luxburg's intercepted
kilograms were transmitted to Berlin
by the Swedish legation at Buenos
Allies in its diplomatic code and publ.
cation Of that fact by Secretary Lans'
ing not only threw Argentina into a
turmoil, resulting In the dismissal OF
The charge. but precipitated a crisis In
Sweden"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
SLAv PEACE TERMS REJECTED
Lenine Recalls Delegates, 10 Report
Defied BY Ukranians.

ShS -
London, Dec. pam Exchange Tele-
gram dispatch from Petrograd asserts
1t Is unofficialiy reported that the Ger
mans have refused the Russian peace
terms and that the bolsheviki delega-
ton has been recalled to Petrograd.
The decision, II accurately reported.
does not resumption of hostili-
ties on the Russian front at once, as
complete stoppage OF all fighting for a
month has already been agreed upon
by terms Of the armistice.
Petrograd, Dec. 22.-Former Car
Nicholas and his family are to be per-
mitted to seek haven In some other
country than Russia.
The province of Ukraine has form
ally rejected the bolsheviki ultimatum
and In return demanded full recogni-
ton OF Ukraine's independence.
Bolsheviki representatives, 1t was
stated. declared an agreement was pos
sible provided Ukraine declared her
intention not to lend aid to General
Kalsdins and his Cossack revolt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
MINIMUM WAGE LAW VALID

Long Inactive Upheld BY
Supreme Court.
st. Paul, Dec. Administers mini
hum wage law, passed In 1913. has
been upheld by the state supreme
court as a valid exercise Of police
power. The decision. written by Judge
Oscar Hallam, reverses the district
court of Ramsey county, which issued
an injunction against enforcement Of
the orders of the minimum wage com
mission. 1t holds that the power given
to the commission by the legislature
was not legislative power.
The commission created under the
law has ceased to be active since the
district court Injunction was issued.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24

Boston, Dec. 22.-Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard, holder
Of the Order Of the Prussian Crown,
conferred several years ago by Kaiser
wilhelm, will retain 1t. He says he
sees no reason why he should revoke
It. President Eliot, one OF New Eng
lands foremost patriots, has been
among prominent Americans who re-
ceived this decoration. When asked
what he would do about 1t, he said:
II intend to keep 1t. 1t is an order
{ received from the kaiser several
ysars ago. / see no reason to return II.
SLAV PEACE TERMS REJECTED
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
CHICAGO Live Stock,

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Hog receipts, 49,
900: firm; bulk, $4,000 1875; light,
SIS mixed, $1610916.s5;
heavy, s16.05@16.s5; rough, $16.050
1920; pigs, s11.50Q14.75. Cattle re-
ceipts, 5000; steady; native steers,
SO. 30@12.75; stockers and Feeders.
81 .25@10.25; cows and heifers, $500
11.20; calves, s9916.50. Sheep re-
ceipts, 10000; weak; wethers, s9113;
lambs, S12. 50916.35.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
100000 More for Belgium.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Two million
dollars more loaned to Belgium
brought the total of American credits
to that country to $50. 800. 900. Credits
to all Allied countries now aggregate
IS, 1887, 900, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
3 Montanan, no Be HANGED.

Butte. Mont, Dec. 22.-Frank Fish
VI. John O'Neill and Sherman Powell.
iegro, will be hanged from the same
Icaffold in the Silver Bow county jail
all yard, Jan. 4. Formal judgement
pronounced by Judge John v.
Owyer after receipt of remitturs from
he supreme court denying new trials.
The men were convicted of murder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Dec. 24.--Oats. Deem
Der. 77A; May, 72M: No. 8 corn $40:
No. 3 white oats, 75H; barley, malt
ing. $3.50; No. 2 rye, $1.S5; No. ! dax
$3.39A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-07
State House Chat

Everett ". Libby and Albert f. Nye
OF Supt. of Buildings Browns force on
Monday began their annual two weeks
vacation,
If YOU should visit the office Of Private
Secretary to the Governor Lester NJ. Hart
and cannot find him, Just look out of the
south window of that room (also the only
one) and call Lester for it will be
practically certain that he will he seen
at work in his patch in the universal gar
den plot on the south State House lawn.
You should have added word con-
corning the fine appearance of the Blaine
mansions grounds in Your piece about
the State House grounds said 2 state
official Monday. and that is right. They
have not presented so fine appearance for
years as they do now. When the use
of the mansion was rendered the Com
mittee Of Public Safety and that organ
Eation took possession. the care of the
buildings and grounds was placed in the
hands of Stunt of Public Buildings
Charles S Brown and he and his men
who have been engaged there have taken
much pains in restoring them to their
former beauty. member of the Blaine
family recently in the city expressed him.
self as highly pleased with Supt. Browns
care and attention and praised the ap-
pearance Of the old home.
The word has gone forth that the men,
bers of the Public Utilities Commission
will spare no endeavor to see that vio-
lators of the new rules and regulations
cocerning the use of lights on electric
cars and motor vehicles, which will go
into effect with Aug. Is next. are punish
ed to the full extent of the law. If some
Of the parties now using lights which are
barred by the new regulations persist in
their use their pocketbooks are apt to be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-07
NATIONAL Guard

A young soldier who proved to be
hero, but whose name could not be
learned, saved the life of a young lady
who was with him Saturday when the
canoe in which they were gliding down
the Presrmpscot river turned over
near the rustic theatre at EiNerton.
Both were dumped into tire water, and
the young man swan ashore with the
girl, which wasn't more than two min
utos' work. Help was close az ~1n,l.
for right behind him came another
soldier and a young lady in a canoe,
and when the first couple were spilled
the second couple were ready to come
to the rescue, should it be necessary.
Sanford Division Of the A. o. H. has
been hard hit by the war From the
be ginning of the war five members
have been fighting with the Allies in
France. now six men have left with
the local company, leaving only i
members to keep the wolf away until
tic end of the war 1t is doubtful if
any other organization in town can
show better record.
Over 5000 was subscribed at Sanford
for the farewell reception. TO the 6th
Company The committee to act with
Treas Smith in the distribution of the
fund are Emery. Staples and Girard
Of the 9Th Company.
Corsidera bic interest is manifested
in the recent appeals of the navy de-
partmcnt to those who have enrolled
in class 4, the Naval Coast Defense
Reserve, to volunteer for Class 2 the
general naval service. Many of those
now in the service of Glass 4 are anx-
ious for service in Class . and have
readily volunteered, while others are
now seeking the consent of their pa
rents for general service at sea.
The women Of Dexter have agreed to
knit SEQ pairs of wooden stockings for
the members of Co. A. % Maine 1nfan-
try of Dexter, now in camp at Angus
Ia The yarn required for the stock
ings will be bought with funds gwen
by the citizens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-07
York County Statistics

Tho District Exemption Board No. l
of York county, the first to report on
its first examinations, presents some
interesting figures. One hundred and
ifty-six men were called for exami-
nation, the examinations lasted three
days. ending Friday afternoon. The
board members are Chairman Walter
P. Perkins Of Cornish, Charles H.
Hanson of Saco, and DR.. A. L. Girard
of Biddeford. The examining physi-
clans were DR.. Clarence L, Thompson
of Saco and DR.. Girard.
OF the 1856 men called. IS were ac
cepted physically and made no claim
for exemption on any grounds; So fail
ed to pass the physical tests and were
6ischarged three men did not appear
and will be certified as accepted: four
have enlisted between the time of
draft and examination; one claimed
that he was minor and wrongful'y
enrolled; IS who passed the physical
examina ton filed claims for exemp-
ton on various grounds; four asked to
he examined in another district. 1t
will he seen that about 6S per cent of
the mon called passed the physical eX-
animation.
Another lot Of men will be called at
once to take their examinations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-07

matter of whether the ice carts of the
city are equipped with scales ~1r
weighing ice. He found that the lead
ing dealers had their carts constantly
provided with scales, but that some of
the smaller dealers were delinquent,
He thereupon has given those whose
carts are not provided with scales an
opportunity to so equip them, and
makes it obligatory upon them to
make this provision by next Tuesday.
With the carts all completely
equipped it now rests with the indiv-
idual purchaser whether the ice is
weiehed at the cart. Icemen are not
required by law to weigh the ice as
ordered by customers unless requested
to do SO. Where a dealer advertlses
to sell a certain number of pounds at
a given price the patron can require
him to weigh a piece of ice in the
presence of the purchaser.
State Sealer Ponnel has for some
time been giving the matter of scales
on ice carts attention. and has from
time to time notified dealers relative
to the requirement of the law mat
scales shall be carried on each cart and
mas Iookeu over 'he NditS oii ny
street to see that the law was lived up
to. The Housewives League Of this
city recently took UP the matter of the
weighing Of ice at the cart, urging pa
irons to require that ice be weighed
in every instance This has been
prompted by the fact that many be
lieve that the price Of ice in this city
is too high, higher than the ncarness
TO the supply and the facilities for
harvesting and bringing it into the
city require. 1t has also been due to
the discovery made by some patrons
that the size Of the cake Of ice de-
livered was below its weight or
dered.-Portland Sunday Telegram.
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State Pensions

State Pension Clerk, Gen. John
Harper of Lewiston is now very busy
in the work of personally investigat-
ing the claims for State pensions, of
which about 5000 cases in round num-
ters will this year come to his depart
ment. 1t requires 4 great deal of time
patience and research to get at all
the facts in all the cases. as time and
the frailities of old age renders it diff
ficult to get at some of the necessary
data to establish claim. General
Harper is thoroughly interested in the
work of the department and the re-
lief and assistance of the deserving
veterans and dependents and his pre-
vious terms in the same office euuips
him admirably for the position He
was also acquainted with the pension
work when a member of both the
House and Senate and was the man
w.o introduced the bill, making it i'm
possible for Maine Civil War soldier
thereafter to be made a pauper. An
evidence Of the regard and confidence
which his comrades of the Grand
Army of the Republic place in him is
shown in the following resolution
passed at the Department Encamp-
ment on Juno IA last:
Resolved. that this department gives
its hearty endorsement to the careful.
rainstaking administration of Com
rade John Harper of the state Pension
Department and we commend the ac-
ton of His Excellency and his honor
able Council in the appointment of so
efficient a comrade for the RESPONSE
HE position,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-07

The county commissioners and the
State Highway Commission, with
Paul D. Sargent chief engineer of the
commission. and Mr.. Jones, assistant,
went to Hampden Friday to investi-
gate the conditions pertaining to the
building of the proposed bridge in that
town over the Sowadabscook stream
near the Smith grist mill to replace
the present wooden structure.
The project was discussed with the
selectmen of Hampden and it was de-
cided to refer it to the Public Utilities
Commission for a decision or opinion,
a the Bangor Railway & Electric Co.
is a party to the proposed action
having street car tracks across the
bridge.
1t is proposed to build the new struc-
ture five feet higher than the present
one and a problem which confronts
the town, county and state highway
commission is that of improving con-
ditions there for the safety of the pub
lie. There are curves in both ap-
proa ches to the bridge, from east ana
west. and attempts will be made to
remedy the dangerous situation II
possible, by Strengthening the road
way.