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Frank McCool Confesses 10 Murder OF
Mill City Policeman.

Minneapolis, May IS Frank Me
Cool. alleged yeggman and murderer
now in Jail here, has confessed TO the
murder OF Patrolman George Connery
April "a
McCool is under Indictment for that
crime by the Hennepin county grand
jury and for the murder OF Mrs + J.
Dunn. St Paul April 2G. under a
Richard Doe" Indictment by the Ram
sey county grand jury
McCool said he shot Connery while
they we're an i'm tie car within block
of the East Side police station and
that later in the woods near Fridley
where the policemans body was
found, he beat Connery on the head
until mortaly injured with the butt
of his revolver.
He said that Joe Redenbaugh or
Eddie Hamilton's only part was to
drive the car
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GERMANY is FACING
BIG CROP SHORTAGE

Amsterdam May IL The bitter
Complaints concerning agricultural af
fairs, uttered during the debate in the
reiehstag, lend interest to the som
bcr descriptions of conditions in the
German countryside emanating from
the frontier correspondent of the Am.
sterdam HandelsDlad
The correspondent declares that the
supply of labor Is shrinking continu
ously; that fertilizer is lacking and
fodder articles are extremely scarce
and exofbitantly dear
Seed and planting material. he says,
are insufficient and. owing to the lack
of male laborers. agricultural opera
tions are much too late and made
quately performed, while no proper
draft animals are obtainable even at
outraeeously high prices.
The milk yield, the correspondent
adds has fallen more than one-hali
and the quality is much deprecated
1t is a mournful sight, he says, to see
so many fields lying fallow Owine
to the severe winter, rye barley and
oats have suffered much and are five
weeks behind former years.
The new crop. the sponden
concludes. consequently viii be les.
than in previous years. the very unfa
vorable spring also having caused de
lay.
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FUTURE TRADING IN
WHEAT PROHIBITED

Chicago May 15.-All trade In
wheat except to close up existing con
tracts has been ordered stopped for
two days by directors OF the board OF
trade
Similar action has been taken in
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Toledo St
Louis and Duluth
All trading in corn and oats for May
delivery also was ordered discontinued
The period of two days for the ces
sation OF trading was given to permit
time for representatives of the boards
of the country TO come here for Q
meeting to discuss concerted action
to curb the runaway tendency of grain
prices
Officers of the board of trade de
MED that the possibility of govern
ment action to control the soaring
wheat prices was in any way connect
ed with their consideration of the mar
ket situation and the federal official.
in Chicago said that no such action is
impending. so far as they know
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-15
GERMAN LOSSES IN
FRANCE IMMENSE

With French Army Afield, May 15-
Germany lost 100000 men in killed,
wounded and captured from April 16
to May on the French front alone,
IL Is estimated at headquarters.
Between April 16 and q the Ger
mans were forced, on account of losses,
to withdraw twenty divisions Cap
proximately 100000 mem from the
front, replacing them with fresh re-
serves Since that date more than a
dozen divisions have been similarly
replaced.
Many German divisions have been
practically wiped out The Ninth Ba-
varian division, numbering 1000 in its
battle array, lost 1883 in prisoners
alone, which, according to established
scientific military statistics, means a
minimum of 5000 killed and wounded
This means the division lost three
fourths of its entire number Of effec
tives.
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Decentralization of Russian Army is
Apparent,

Petrograd, May 15.-General Ouch
koff, minister of war, has resigned
This with the resignation of Gen
eral Korniloff, military commander at
Petrograd, because of his refusal to
accept orders from the council of
wdrkmen's and soldiers delegates,
heightens the impression Of the grow
ing power of the radicals and the de
moralization of the army
Apparently the provisional govern
ment must quickly assert its authority
or abandon pretense at power.
General Korniloff said his position
had become impossible on account of
the efforts of various organizations
to control the garrison, the last straw
having been demand by the execu.
tive committee of the council OF
workmen's and soldiers delegates that
all his orders be presented to the com
mittee for its endorsement.
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TO BE REBUILT AT ONCE
Devastated Territory Reclaimed by
Entente Allies.

New York, May 15.-Reconstruction
of the devastated territory in France
and Belgium, reclaimed by the en-.
tente allies is to begin at once, al
most within ear shot of the enemy $
guns, according to an announcement
by William Howard Cole, an American
engineer and technical director Of the
Societe Generate lndustriale Among
the directors of the organization are
some of the most prominent leaders OF
France. TO meet the problem Of coal
shortage Mr.. Cole has submitted plans
to the French government for harness
ing the waterpower of the Alps and
concessions have been granted to
manufacturers of Lyons and other
cities where this power is available.
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Forest Fires Raging in Vicinity Of
VIRGINIA. Mimi.

Virginia. Mimi. May 15.-Forest
fires burning in close proximity to the
city enshrouded Virginia in smoke,
the wind blowing in a northeasterly di.
rection
Fires are burning at Loss Lake,
near Gilbert; at Ely Lake, close 10
Geno. and AT White Lake, near Me.
Kinley. No great amount of timber
is at stake. the territory having been
burned over before.
Constant watch is being maintained
and If property becomes endangered
a general fire alarm will be turned in
over the eastern section of the Mesabi
range
A forest FIRE that threatens the vii
lage Of Kinross has diminished Grass
fires are burning west of Mountain
Iron Land clearers are blamed fol-
the fires
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SLEEPING BABY Is UNHURT
Dynamite Badly Mangles Couple al
Chisholm, Mimi.

Chisholm, Mimi, May Is. While
their baby boy slept in his cradle in
an adjoining room, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Helstein battled in the kitchen for the
possession of three sticks of dynamite,
which, according to the woman
statement to the police later, was In.
tended to blow both into eternity.
The woman lost. Just before the
explosion her husband laughed. They
are in the Webber hospital, terribly
mangled The right arms of both
were torn off a few inches below the
elbow
Physicians say they may die
Thrown from his cradle to the floor
the baby is uninjured.
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Secretary McAdOo Believes 1t
Will Be Big Success.
MONEY IS MOST ESSENTIAL
Treasury Official Calls on Every Per
son in the Land to Make il His
Business to Subscribe and Induce
Some One Else 10 Do Likewise.

Washington. May 10. With the
announcement of the details OF the lib
erty loan" Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo said, the actual campaign
has begun There are thirty days
within which the people Of the United
States must make good the action OF
congress in pledging all resources for
a righteous war-a war for universal
liberty
Failure 10 subscribe the $4,000, ,OOO,-
coo would be a confession of national
impotence do not for moment
doubt the overwhelming success of the
liberty loan if the people are made TO
realize that no great work of this kind
can he achieved unless every one
throws himself into the task with the
energy and fire OF determined patriot
ism.
In this war the most immediate
help. the most effective help we can
give, is money
let us not satisfy ourselves with
the reflection that some one else Will
subscribe the required amount Let
every man ana woman in the land
make if his or her business to sub
scribe and to induce somebody else
TO subscribe
"Buy a liberty bond today, do not
put il off tin tomorrow Every dol
lar provided quickly and expended
wisely will shorten the war and save
human life
How to buy a liberty bond was
fully outlined in abstracts telegraphed
to the federal reserve banks for
widespread dissemination.
Preliminary applications for sub
scriptons totaling hundreds OF nil
i lions are regarded by treasury officials
j largely as tentative as few have been
/ accompanied by cash
Application blanks for liberty bonds
printed by the hundred thousand have
+ been distributed widely.
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Canada Winter Wheat Short.

Ottawa, Ont, May 15.-The winter
wheat crop in Canada is said by the
census and the statistics office to be
short 1t is estimated S13,400 acres
were sown last fall About 1877, 900
acres are said to have been winter
killed, leaving 626,400 acres to be
harvested.
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Believe Girl Shot Herself.

Chicago, May 15.-Three days in
vestigation by the police has convinc-
ed them that thirteen-year-old Grace
Hagermann killed herself The theory
that she might have ended her life
through jealousy of her chum, Doris
Anderson, or because of unrequited
Affection for school boy friend still
is held by the police.
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Two Lake Steamers Sunk

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, May 15.-
The steamers Pentecost Mitchell
down bound with ore, collided with
the freighter Saxona, sup bound, at the
mouth of st. Marys river. Both
steamers sank in forty feet of water
The crews were saved.
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VETERAN EDITOR is DEAD
E. j. Clark With Northwestern Miller
Forty.fve Years.

Minneapolis, May Frederick J.
Clark, vice president Of the Miller
Publishing company and northwest
editor of the Northwestern Miller, Is
dead He is survived by one son, Lee
Clark of Herbster Wis.
Mr. Clark who was sixty years old
was a veteran printer He had been
identified with the Northwestern Miller
for nearly forty-fye years
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MANY AUTOMOBILE VICTIMS
Ten Killed in Chicago Grade Crossing
Accidents.

Chicago, May 15-Ten persons we're
killed and eighteen injured in motor
car accidents at grade crossings in
Chicago and suburbs.
The most serious accident was at
Blue Island, a suburb, where six per
sons were killed in an automobile
driven by Guy Ferree, a real estate
dealer
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Make Progress Despite DeS-
peratiOn of TeutonS.
HAVE QUEANT POCKkIED
General Haig's Troops Making Great
est Success on Southern Extremity
of Line, in Face of Blazing oil, Liz
uid Fire and Poison Gas.

London May l5-In the face OF
blazing oil, liquid fire, poison gas and
every other horror known to modern
war, the British are slowly and stub
bornly fighting their way to the DrO
court-Queant line, the gate TO Doua'
and Cambria, and the principal link il
the fetters welded in Northern France
by the Germans.
General Haig is hammering all
along the line, but it is around Gueant
at the southern extremity. that his
success has been most marked, and
the sponding menace to the Ger
mans greatest
Queant is virtually pocketed. To the
east, west and south the road Is clear
to the British, as far as natural bar
riers are concerned, except for part
OF the village OF Bullecourt. After
some OF the grimmest fighting Oh the
Western front the British have driven
their foes from one half OF BullecOurt
and unless the tide is promptly turn
ed the village is lost TO the Germans
and the crushing in of the southern
end OF the Drocourt-Queant line is in
eyitable
A ray of sunshine has also fallen
on British arms at sea. The Great
German submarine base at Zeebrugge
and the naval stronghold at VII
helmshaven have been assaulted from
sea and air, apparently with notable
success.
italian Artillery Active.
The only incident of moment in the
other war theaters is a fresh Austrian
report Of a great artillery lombard
ment by the Italians on the lsonzC
front. This may mean that the Ions
inactivity OF General Cadorna is abOu
to be broken.
The Italian situation has beer
wrapped in considerable cbscurity anC
there have been uncomfortable rumori
that the chaos in Russia was inspir
ing the central powers to mass forces
for great drive against Italy
These rumors have been somewha
Offset by the accommodating evidence
that Austria is seeking in every di
rection a path to peace and Is willini
to make great concessions toward tha
end.
In this connection the announce
visit OF Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg to Vienna assumes consider
able importance. The fury of the Gel
man junkers against the Austrian al
titude is obviously increased by thei
conviction that the chancellor ha
gone over TO the Moderate party wit
it's program OF peace without annexa
tion or indemnity
There seems little doubt that tn
demand for peace is steadily GROWN
in volume in Germany and the hy'
terra of the junkers, as displaye
through their newspapers and throug
the utterances of their leaders. is sis
nificant in this respect
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AOOSiER ASKS PROBE OF
CORNER IN WHEAT.

Washington. May ia reso-
luton directing the federal trade
commission to Investigate an
alleged wheat corner by Joseph
Letter and TO report TO congress
and to the department of jus
tice whether the Sherman anti
trust law or other laws have
been violated has been intro
duCe3 DIV Representative Cox OF
Indiana
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REGULARS ORDERED TO
WAR STRENGTH.

Washington, May 15.- Expan-
sion OF the regular army to the
war strength contemplated in
the administration army bill
has been authorized by Presi-
dent Wilson
Organization of the new regi-
ments will begin at once. About
$4,000 of the $4,000 men TO be
added to the army already have
been recruited.
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M'COOL PEACHES
ON FORMER PAL
Say Redenbaugh Killed Mrs.
Dunn at ST. Paul.
FLED ON BLOOD MONEY

Confessed Slayer Of Mill City Police.
man Alleges $4,000 Was Paid for
Assassination Of Woman by Hus-
band, but That Go-eetween Retain.
ed $4,000 Of This sum.
St. Paul May 15.-Frank McCool
confessed murderer of Patrolman
Connery OF Minneapolis, has peach.
ed on his pal Joseph Redenbaugh,
elias Edward Hamilton, charging him
with the murder of Alice McQmllan
Dunn at the home of her father, j. f.
McQuillan in this city early in the
morning of April 26
McCool, members of the Minneap
oils police department say, admits he
was the second man in the McQuil,
Ian home when the murder was com.
mitted, and tells how he and Reden.
baugh, or Hamilton. escaped to Oma
ha on $1,000 OF tie blood money paid
for the assassination
He charges in the confession that
Mike Moore, ST. Paul bartender, men.
toned by Chief OConnor as the 90.
between who conducted the negotia
tions between Frank Dunn, husband
OF the murdered woman, aud Reden
baugh, was paid $4,000 but that he
kept $4,000. turning over only $1,000
to Redenbaugh
McCool's confession upholds the
deductions and discoveries OF Chic
O'Connor in every respect, it is saia
and also connects the Dunn and Con
merry murders beyond a shadow OF a
doubt
MccooPs Second Confession.
McCools amazing revelations which
the police say. came in a second con
fession suppIementing the original one
in which he admitted killing Patrol
man Connery April "A, is said to have
resulted in an agreement between th'
police OF St Paul and Minneapolis
regarding the return Of Redenbaugl
/ from san Francisco where he is un
/ der arrest
County Attorney r. d. O'Brien viii
I cooperate with Detectives Ber
Weare and Frank Brunskin in ever
respect and Bedenhaueh viii b.
brought back to the Twin Cities a
soon as the governor OF California
honors Governor Burnquist's requisi
tiCn for the man
1t is probable that he will be take
to Minneapolis first, and then the Nil
4 City police will have a chance I
question him After that ii Is -
pected he will be turned over TO Chje
j O'Connor of the local department
So complete are the details said I
have teen given By McCool in his cor
fcssion that the police of both citie
freely predict that no lengthy trial wi
be necessary to convict Redenbaugl
I They are confident he will confes
i when confronted with the great mas
of evidence against him.
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Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Two men oar.
rving eighty-one hundred dollars for
the payroll of WinslOw Brothers. iron
workers, were shot to death in front
OF the plant by five bandits, who es-
capped with the money in an automo-
pie. The two men had just driven
up 10 the gate of the plant i'm an
automobile when the bandit car drove
up. They started firing immcdiatcly.
score Of men witnessed the roh-
berry.
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great peoples or the central powers.
God grant 1t may be given soon and
In way to restore to the confidence
OF all peoples everywhere the faith or
nations and the possibility of cove
nanted peace.
Robert lansing.
Secretary OF state Of tho United
states Of America"
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RED CROSS GROWING.

Washington, Aug. 29.-The Red
Cross membership has reached three
and a-half million and is increasing
from twenty-five to one hundred
thousand daily.
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NO DEALINGS WITH KAISER.
president Wilson's Note Accepted as
Final Word on Peace.

washington, Aug. 29.-The presi-
dents note rejecting the pope's peace
proposals is regarded here as finally
settling the question of dealing with
the present German rulers. 1t makes
clear that lasting peace can be ne
gotiated only on a complete under
standing with the German people,
not on the unstable guarantees of the
existing government.
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FOOD PRODUCTION ACT.
AIMED TO STIMULATE GROWING
OF FOOD CROPS.
stan OF County Agents to Be III
creased Under al Appropriation
From Congress.

washington, Aug 27.-The gigantic
proportions of the food production
act' which became a law August 10,
are realized by but few persons This
act should not be confused with that
on food control, which became a law
also at the same time.
The food production act provides
additional funds for the extension of
the various activities of the United
States department of agriculture.
Among the chief features are the fol-
lowing:
Eleven million three hundred and
forty-six thousand. four hundred dol
lars to be used in stimulating pro-
duction, for protecting and conserving
foods and for survey of the coun-
try's food resources.
Staff of county agents to be in
creased until at least one agent will
be stationed in every agricultural
county in the United States which
will cooperate with the federal au
thorities.
Women county agents for the DEM
onstration work in home economies to
be increased in rural counties and
similar agents to be placed in towns
and cities for the first time.
Farm help service to be extended
in cooperation with United State;
department Of labor to assist /.
bringing farmers and farm laborers
together.
Country wide survey to be made
on farms, in storage, in shops and in
homes. Estimates Of family consump
ton Of food to be made.
Extension of crop estimating to
crops not hitherto reported and to IN
clude special inquiries to gather in
formation on extraordinary farm
conditions.
Hog and poultry production to he
stimulated as far as practicable.
Increased production and conscrva-
tion of dairy foods to be encouraged
Animal diseases to be combatted on
larger scale.
Increased efforts to be made to
combat insect pests and plants and
animals.
Further steps to be taken to de-
stroy predatory animals which injure
crops and kill live stock.
Work for control of plant diseases
to be extended.
Survey Of seed supplies and needs
to be made and results published SO
that farmers will be assisted in Sc
curing an adequate supply Of good
seed
Seed to be purchased and sold to
farmers by the department IL neces-
sary In restricted areas.
Demonstrations to be carried out
In the proper handling. packing.
shipping. and marketing of perish
able fruits al vegetables to de-
crease spoilage.
News service for various farm pro-
ducts to be extended so that pro-
ducers and consumers can be better
informed as to the supply and de-
mand and can sell and buy with less
expense, less spillage, and less motion
These points, in brief, cover some
of the things which this new law.
thoroughly explained today for the
first time, will endeavor to accom-
plish while we are at war.
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FRENCH AND BRITISH OFFICERS.
Specialists I'm Trench Warfare Coming
to Train Americans.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-A group of
French or British army officers spec
ialists on various details of trench
warfare viii be detailed to the new
army camps under the plan to give
Americans benefit of their three
years experience i'm trench warfare
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CHILD LABOR LAW.
Injunction Proceedings to Test Con.
stitutiOnality of Act Started.

stItut1ohality of Act Started.
greensboro, N. c., Aug. 29.-The
nearing in injunction proceedings
bringing in question the constitution.
ailtE or the new child federal labor
law effective September 1st, was
s'arted today. The importance of
the suit is indicated by the imposing
array of counsel representing the de.
partment of justice. National Child
Labor Committee and the COTTON
manufacturers. The petitioners ask
Tor an injunction against discharginr
TWO boys who are alleged to be af-
fected by the new law.