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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
SENATE PUTS END TO
UNLIMITED DEBATE

Washington.-By vote of 76 to 3
the senate placed a curb on unlimited
debate.
The vote of the senate constitutes
a vindication of the president and at
the same time a condemnation of the
filibuster on the armed neutrality bill.
Foreign ambassadors assert that Eu-
rope would believe the senate now, as
we'll as the house, is behind the presi-
dent and that all suggestions that the
American government was divided
would be dissipated.
Here are the names of the three
senators who voted against the amend
ment to the rule under which two.
thirds Of the senate can fix time for
a vote:
Robert M. La Toilette of Wisconsin;
AISLE J. Gronna of North Dakota, and
Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois.
La Toilette was the leader and gen.
eral manager of the filibuster con-
Quoted against the armed neutrality
bill. Senator Gronna assisted him.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
YOnn6 Society MakrOn
Laws Down Rules.

In discussing the approaching social
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
BRITISH TROOPS
OCCUPY BACDAD

London-Bagdad, the chief Turkish
city in Mesopotamia and formerly the
capital of the empire of the Caliphs,
has been captured by the British
forces.
Announcement Of the capitulation of
the city was made by the British Off
cial press bureau.
The statement was issued on re-
ceipt of . telegram from General
Maude saying the British forces had
occupied Bagdad.
It is evident that the Turks have
been unable to offer any serious re-
sistance since the fall Of Kut-El.
Amara.
They were said to be hurriedly sum-
moning reintorcemsnts from other
theatees of the war whore Turks were
engaged, but the distances to be COW
Fered were 20 great that additional
forces were unable to arrive In time
to Saxe the ancient city,
+ The fall, Of Bagdad, besides ending
German hotss Of Near Eastern do
minioo, bAssd on . Beriin,Basdad rail.
way, viii rsverbesate throughout the
Nlhannedan empires. and. II 10 b.
loved, will more than rehabittAee
Britioh prestige in the Far East a.
aged BY the sesiier loss OF RsA1 J
Amara. M Ne
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
ARE LAUDED IN GERMANY
FiIibustering Senators Draw Praise Of
Berlin Press.

FiIibustering Senators Draw Praise Of
Berlin Press.
Berlin.-Senators Stone (Mo.) and
La Toilette (Wis.) are lauded in Ger
man press comments on the filibuster
in the United States senate which de-
Tended the armed neutrality bill as
representatives Of the best spirit In
America.
The German press regards the fill
clustering senator's stand as proper
in stemming "Wilson's unreasoning
ambition" and in "voicing the sober
sentiment of the American people,
who do not propose to join the insan'
ity of war"
Bitter comment on President VIII
sons inaugural address is made by
the Lokal Anziegsr, which dubs the
president a. a "melomaniac" and says
tsuoI9.u sQ@ pe9s1osssp.. Qoesds sIq
capitol"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
Wilson Issues Call
. for Congress-.
DECIDES TO Arm SHIPS
Names Of Vessels Carrying Guns
viii Be Kept Secret.

shington.-President Wilson has
issued proclamation calling an extra
session of congress in April and has
decided that he had power to arm
American merchantmen against Ger
man submarines operating in violation
Of International Law.
Orders for carrying out the presi.
dents decision to arm ships were I'm
mediately sent to the navy depart
ment.
The extra session Of congress was
ret for April 16.
The president In formal statement
announced that he is free to exercise
at once the power to arm American
merchant ships.
The president said he was calling
conEress because so much necessary
legislation was pressing for consid-
GRAFTON.
He is convinced that it is for the
best interests Of the country to have
an early session of the Sixty-flfth con.
gress, whose support he will also need
in all matters collateral to the defense
of our merchant marine.
Names Will Be Withheld.
The names of the ships which will
be armed will not be made public by
the government and are not expected
to be published in the newspapers.
The navy department will issue an
appeal to the American newspapers
to refrain from publishing any infor-
nation whatever of the nature of ar
mament of ships and already has ap'
pealed to the cable companies to sup
press all information Of ships cross
ing the Atlantic in either direction.
The president signed the proclama-
ton for the extra session while lying
in bed with cold.
He also approved the statement Civ.
on out at the White House.
The president decided to arm ships
after. getting informal opinions from
Attorney General Gregory and Secre-
tary Lansing that he had such, au-
thority, in spite Of old statutes which
some believe forbade 1t.
p It was learned definitely that some
American merchant ships sailing for
the submarine zone will be armed by
the government at once. Preliminary
arrangements have been completed
and it is expected that vessels will be
ready to sail in the near future.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
RAILWAY STRIKE
IS THREATENED
General Wa|kout May Occur
Next Saturday.
CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY

Persistent Reports Are Current That
erotherhoods Will Quit Work TN.
less a Satisfactory Settlement Is
Reached on Question Of Eight.
Hour Day.
New York, March 13.-Persistent re-
ports were current in railroad circles
here that countrywide strike will re-
suit if satisfactory agreement is not
reached at the conference on the ques.
ton of the eight-hour work day here
Thursday between the railroad man
ayers and representatives of four
brotherhoods of trainmen.
1t is learned reports were sent to
the railroad presidents by agents OF
the managers stating that plans have
been laid by the brotherhoods to be-
gin such a strike Saturday night in
the event their demands are not met
at the conference.
Inquiry at railroad headquarters
failed to bring out the source Of the
reports, although 1t was learned def
initely that such information had
been sent them.
This information stated that the
brotherhood leaders consider they
have waited a reasonable time for the
supreme court decision on the Ad'
amson law and they are going to be-
gin hostilities in q few days. as one
railroad representative put 1t.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
INDUSTRY At A sTANDSTlLl
Germans Close Practically All Fac
tories in eolaium.

Amsterdam.-The German authori.
tics, according to the TELEGRAPH, have
virtually stopped all industry in Bel
GUM.
The prohibition includes all fac
toEes employing more than twelve
woskmen or using engines Of more
than five horsepower or consuming
mere than five tons of coal or other
fuel monthly.
Belgians also are forbidden to build
or finish factories after March with
out permission, the newspaper states
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
LUMBER sCaLER IS KILLED
Pinned Under Great Pills Which Top
pies Over.

St. Paul, March 13-Pinned under
a great pile Of lumber which had top
pied over on him Preston R. Jones,
sixty-seven years old, timber scaler
for the Brooks Bros. Lumber COM
pany, was found dead by fellow work
men who had worked three-quarters
of an hour in the hope Of rescuing
him alive.
The accident happened in the com
pany's yards. Jones was helping load
a car when the pile of lumber slipped
and caught him.
Jones had worked for the company
ten years. He is said to have been
a former mayor of Hudson, Wis.,, and
that he has wealthy relatives there.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
PRISONERS OF WAR FREE

Berlin Announces Release Of Narrow.
dale Seamen.
Berlin Seventy-two American citi.
zens brought into Germany as prison.
srs of war aboard the Yarrowdale
were released on March and left the
dsts44en camp at Bra4enburg, the Of.
Acia1 press agency anlfedhced.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
BRuTALLY STAYS HIS wife
Minneapolis Man Shoots Woman Who
Had Deserted Him.


Minneapolis, March 13.-While more
than twenty persons looked on, power
less to interfere, Joseph Bowen shot
his bride of a month to death.
The scene Of the tragedy was in the
street. After shooting the woman
through the back Bowen dragged her
about by the hair while he deliberate
~ fired two more shots into her
breast.
Then he escaped, fleeing into lum.
Der yard little more than a block
away.
The tragedy was the result of Mrs.
Bowen's refusal to return to the home
Of her husband, which she had left
last Thursday after repeated quarrels
with him. ..,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK
Over Six Hundred Peeoons Perish In
Sea Collision.

London. - The British transport
Mendi vas sunk Feb. II and 626 per-
sons lost their lives. The 0mcial an
nouncement says:
The transport Mendi. carrying the
last batch Of the South African IA
tive labssers' contingent. the rest OF
whom were landed safely in France.
collidsA With another vessel "a route
from England to Havre was sunk.
''Twsive European omcefs and 1s1
natives we're saved. Ten Europeans
and 6l5 natives were lost"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
MAKING FIGHT FOR RELIEF
Chicago Victims Of Loan Sharks Form
Great Army.

Chicago, March 13.-Nearly 5000
victims of loan sharks" have appeal.
ed to one law firm for relief from
small loans that have piled far be.
yond the principal by the agents ap'
plication Of interest, according to a
report made by the firm which has
been pressing a campaign for a law
curbing loan agencies. It has been
found that street car employees, switch.
men, clerks and firemen are the prin.
cipal sufferers from the loan agents
usury
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, March 10. Wheat
May, 1854; July, $1.S0A; Sept. ST.
4SK. Cash close on track: No. hard.
31.0sx @2esH; No. l Northern, ST.
sek02oSA; No. 2 Northern, $1.94h
02.Sk: No. Northern, $1.S6A o.
9ek; No. 3 yellow corn, s1.05A a.
OK: No. 8 white oats, 57@59c; fax,
32.S1x.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
MARINES LANDED IN CUBA
Assist In Preserving Peace During
conflagration.

Santiago, Cuba. - Four hundred
United States marines have been
landed here from the mine layer San
Francisco, cruiser Olympia and gun
boats Petrol and Machias to assist in
preserving peace during a confagra-
ton which has broken out in the su-
gar cane fields ten miles north Of
here.
It is believed rebels started the fire.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, March 10-Cattle - Re.
csipts. 500; steers, $s.5O@125O; cows
al heifers, $5.so01o5o; calves. $3.50
012.25. Hogs-Receipts, 1000; light.
$14.3O@1495; mixed, $14.55@15.O5:
heavy, $1450@15.05; rough, $14.5OG
lass; pigs, $11.40@13.9O. Sheep-Re,
cslpts, 1000; native, s11.O0@124o;
lambs, $12.40@15.e5.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
CYCLONE TOLL IS nineteen
National Guard Patrols Streets at
Newcastle, Ind.

NoWcAotIe, inc.
Newcastle, Ind, March 13.-lndiana
national guard troops are patrolling
the streets of Newcastle, which was
swept by a tornado. to prevent loot
ing.
Arrangements have been made to
care for practically all the homeless.
Churches, schools, lodge rooms. pub
lie halls and dwellings were thrown
open to them.
The death roll, revised. showed nine
teen dead, three persons missing and
Q score seriously injured, with = hun
dred more suffering from minor hurts.
No more bodies were found In the
ruins. Two Of the injured died In
hospitals.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
La Toilette Asked to Quit.

Green Bay, Wis.-Petitions signed
by more than 600 citizens Of this city,
demanding the resignation Of United
States Senator La Toilette, and con.
demning his acts in the senate On the
armed neutrality bill, were dispatched
to Mr.. La Toilette in Washington.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
CARMEN QUIT At CAPITAL
One-half Of Washington Street Car
Lines Are Tied Up.

Washington, March 13.-Traffic on
about one-half of the street car lines
in this city, those operated by the
Washington Railway and Electric COM
pany, was suspended on account OF
strike of motormen and conductors.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, March 1o.-Cattle-
Receipts. $50; steers, $S.750s.76:
cows and heifsrs, $5.7S0s.o0; calves,
$5.00@11.O0. Hogs-Recsipts, 1000:
range, $13.75@14.55. ehsep-Recslpts.
100; lambs, $11.00@13.75; ewes. $500
@1o5O.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16

st. Paul. March 1e:-vvAsat-No. I
hard, $2.osA O3.os1t; 10. I Northern.
$1.9sA 0S.o64; No. : Northern. ST.
SIX @5!ooA; No. 2 Montana hard, st.
S7A 01SSA: corn, $1.06H l.06N:
oats, 57A 059kc; barley, S9c@$1.24:
rye, S1.5301.54; fax, )297K.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
BERNsToRFF Is SURPRISED
Former Envoy Denies Any knowledge
Of German Plot.

Fotm0F Envoy OouJoe my N"oVooO0
Of German Plot.
Christiania.-Count Won Bernstorf.
until recently the German ambassa'
dor to the United States, on arriving
hare on board the steamship FreAerik
VII, told the press that he was ig.
norant of political developments Of
the last four weeks and not in a 20.
sition, therefore, to make any COM
ment regarding them.
When the former ambassador learn
cd of the disclosure of Germany's Of
fort to make an alliance with Mexico
he expressed surprise and added:
1T is news to me-"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 10.-Wheat - On
track and to arrive, No. hard, $1.96:
No. 1 Northern, $1.95; No. q Northern,
31.8991.91. Flax-On track and to ar
rive, $2e2%.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
chleaao Grain and Provisions.

VVC0O0 VvuIU uU0 V'VV1UoUS'
Chicago, March 10.-Wheat - May,
$1.Ssk; July. @l.56A; Sept, $1.45k.
Conway, $1.0sx; July, $1.O7h;
Sept, }1.O7. Oats-May, 5Sc; July.
5sxc. pork-May, $33.32h: July,
$3317h. Butter-Creameries, $50 40c.
Esgs-35@26hc. Poultry - Springs
and fowls, 20c
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
GERARD SAFE At HAVANA

many Arrives.
Havana. James w. Gerard, for.
msr United States ambassador to
Germany, and his party, arrived here
from Corunna, Spain, on board the
Spanish steamship Infanta Isabel. Mr..
Gerard will leave here for Key West,
Fla, on board the steamship Governor
Cobb.
The voyage of the Infanta Isabel,
which began at Corunna under threat.
ening auspices, was without incident.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
0VERA HUNDRED MEN LOST
French Destroyer 10 Sunk by German
Submarines.

Paris-The French torpedo boat
destroyer Cassini of the Mediterranean
patrol service was torpedoed by sub
marine on Feb. %.
According to the official announce
ment the vessel sank in two minutes,
the powder magazine having explod-
ed. The captain, six other officers and
100 Of the crew persisted.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16

Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, builder
of the first practical dirigible bal
loon, is dead at Charlottesburg. near
Berlin. Death was due to pneumonia.
Count Zeppelin was seventy-nine years
Of age.
Emperor William recently pro.
claimed Count Zeppelin to be "the
greatest German of the Twentieth cen
tury." As a token of appreciation he
conferred upon him the exalted Order
of the Black Eagle, the highest honor
in the emperors power.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-16
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES

1t is believed rebels started the fire.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
AIR-TIGHT SILO FOUND BEST
siIage Will Keep Indefinitely II Air
Can Be Exciuded--Cover With
Chopped Hay or Straw.

Practically all the trouble from spoil
Ing of silage comes from the action of
air on the material after the first nee
essary fermentation is over. The first
fermentation or heating" of the green
material uses up all the oxygen Of the
air which is present in it when 1t Is
packed into the silo. If no more air
can get in, no further fermentation or
decay can possibly take place. If the
silo Is alright, therefore, silage will
keep indefinitely. OF course, most silos
are open at the top and some spoilage
will take place from the top Of the
mass downwards. But this can be pre-
vented, in large part, by covering the
silage, after it has finished settling,
with a layer of chopped hay or straw
well wetted down.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
GOOD MIXTURE FOR THE CALF
Butterfat When Skim Milk ls Sub
stituted for Whole Milk.

When skim milk Is substituted for
whole milk in feeding the calf, some
thing needs to be added to replace the
butterfat removed in the cream. Corn
can be used to good advantage. 1t is
better cracked than ground fine. Bran
is good and ground oats are splendid.
A mixture is better than just one of
them. The calf will begin to eat feed
when two to three weeks old, and
should have access to it. The best way
to feed grain is dry and care should
be taken not to allow any of it to re-
main in the corners of the feeding box,
as it will sour and may cause dlges-
tive troubles. Boiled ground flax seed
is also used with skim milk to make
up for the fat removed.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
FauntIeroy Refuses Promotion.


Capt. Thomas Fauntleroy of Mem
phis, commanding Company F of the
Second Tennessee, and one of the or
ganizers of that regiment, declined the
office of adjutant general of Tennes-
see rendered him by Gov Rye, in or
der that he might stay with his regi-
ment as a captain of the line.
The position of adjutant general was
made vacant when Gen. Charles B.
Rogan became colonel Of Capt. Faun-
tleroy's regiment several days ago.
Gov. Rye asked Capt. Fauntleroy to
consider the position, and it was sug.
gested that the war department would
be requested to accept Capt. Fauntle-
roy's resignation in order that he
might accept it,
II am grateful for the compliment"
Capt. FauntlerOy is understood to have
told the governor. "If I were an old
man or a man not physically fit, l
know of no greater honor that could
come to me. | know the adjutant gen.
eral will have plenty of work to do,
but it can be done by somebody that
is too old to go in the trench"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
Police XIII Escaped Convicts.

Quincy Davis and Clyde Williams
negro convicts, who escaped from the
penitentiary few days ago, were shot
to death at Nashville by Policemen NJ
c. Lowery and r. L. Shirley. The
shooting followed a fierce fight in
which Patrolman Shirley received a
badly bruised hand. The two officers
had gone to the house in an automo.
bile after having received information
that the two negro fugitives were hid.
ing there. When he entered the two
convicts bounced upon him and the
fight ensued.
Two more convicts, Ed Borgan and
Theo. Hunter, made their escape from
the penitentiary and have not been
captured. Both were TRUSTEES and were
allowed privileges which enabled them
to stray off unnoticed by any one.
When their absence was discovered it
was too late to attempt to follow them
with the prison bloodhounds.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
SKIM MILK IN FEED RATION
Not Valuable as Fat Producer When
Fed Alone on Account of Lack of
Starch and Sugar.
CBy JOHN c. BURNS

Skim milk, on the basis of its COM
position, is of the class known as pro-
tein feeds. Being too deficient in
starches and sugars (carbohyrates) as
well as fat, it is not very valuable
as a fat producer when fed alone.
When combined with corn or some
similar feed in the proper proportions
the protein of the skim milk supplies
the deficiency of the protein in the
corn, while the carbohydrates Of the
corn supply that deficiency in the skim
milk, the two feed stuffs thus forming
a balanced ration. This means a ra-
ton which contains the nutrients In
proportions to meet the needs of the
animal body for its best development.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
POOR CULTIVATION OF CORN
Reason Given for Low Yields In Corn
Belt States-Hired Men Have
Forgotten Hoe.

In the corn-belt states, where ono
might expect the largest yields, they
are in many cases very low. The rea'
son for this is largely poor cultivation;
too many men try to get over about
twice as much as they can handle prof
itably. The average hired man in tho
corn belt has forgotten how to run a
hoe handle, and but little effort ia
made to get the weeds out OF the hills
in many cases. Better cultivation is
vital need in corn raising.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
MOTH TRAP
NEW DEVICE TO BE USED IN
PLACE OF "BANDING"
METHOD.
Attractive Place Afforded for Larvae
to Spin cocoons, and Prevents Es-
cape Of Insects-Wire Screen
10 Used.

A cOdling moth trap has been de-
vised by g. H. Siegler of the bureau Of
entomology, United States department
Of agriculture, to be used as substi-
tute for what Is known as the "band-
ing method for destroying the codling
moth. The banding method in which
folded strip of burlap is wrapped
around the tree trunk, demands a con-
siderable amount Of labor and the new
trap Is designed to minimize this.
The trap affords an attractive place
for the larvae to spin their cocoons,
and it prevents the escape of the moths
after they emerge from these. The