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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-12-28
Fifteen MORE DEATHS
IN u. S. FORCE ABROAD
Accident, Another Dies
From Wounds.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The War
department has made public Ii more
deaths in the expeditionary forces
abroad. OF these, two were killed in
action, one as the result Of wounds
received in action and another In an
airplane accident. Two more were
killed by an explosion, the character
of which is not announced.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-12-28

CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TON TO SELL, MORTGAGE OR
LEASE LAND
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Britain Will Free Irish Rebels

they approach the convention than by
removing one of the main causes Of
the serious misunderstanding Of this
subject with which il is in their power
to deal They have decided, therefore,
upon the release without reservation
Of all prisoners now in confinement in
connection with the recent rebellion in
Ireland.
"They have not. however, arrived at
this decision without careful considera-
tion of two aspects of the case which
it is impossible to ignore. They have
satisfied themselves: First, that public
security would not be endangered by
such an act of grace; and, second. that
in none of the cases concerned was
participation in the rebellion accom-
panied by individual acts which would
render such a display of clemency I'M
possible.
"In recommending TO the King grants
Of general amnesty TO the persons IN
question, the government have been IN
spired BY the sanguine hope that their
action will be welcomed in a spirit OF
msgnanimity, and that the convention
will enter upon its arduous undertak-
ing in circumstances that will consti-
tute a good augury for the reconcilia-
tion. which is the desire of all parties
in every part of the United Kingdom"
Mr.. Bonar Laws announcement was
received with cheers.
Joseph Deylin expressed his graft
tude at the decision of the government,
but thought that had they been ad-
vised to come to decision earlier they
would have avoided much irritation
and created at a nue., earlier period
the spirit of reconciliation and good
temper which they hoped would pre-
vail in the future.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16

Conenhagen, June 15.-Oficial admis-
sio, ~ food difficulties in Germany, re-
suI,ing from a shortage Of potatoes ana
the inadequacy Of grain stocks To al
ford a supplementary ration Is maze
8, an announcement Of the food con
troll department.
The announcement states that inc
fvc.pound potato ration, when mas mas
long been only official fcuon' wiz
hereafter be abandoned, and that whiie
an attempt will be made TO supply
broad in the place Of potatoes the guam
ti,y must be reduced. ..
The "Bcrliner Tageblatt' reports
flor having made inquiries. that t"o'
"r a the highest three, pounds OF po-
,a,ocs weekly n all that can be sup
,oid.Jnly. and that instead Of lao
Grams Of bread, hitherto supphed
"a substitute for each failing pouna
n notatoes. only rs grams, or iess
,bsn 2h ounces, can be iurnlshed
tn@" t"sNer The "Tagleblatts" state
nsnts regarding possible potato ia,
,'''n, are interpretablc ms erring, II
sry,binQ. on the optimistic SIDE.
p,oapects for the grain crop are pc
.o,oing dark. owing 20 the long contin-
ued droutb. a few showers ieli the
Sye, Of this month, but the amount OF
rainfall is quite inadequate, ana Ior
fortnight the German weather iep"r'S
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
US. Ship Sunk
In 2-Hour Fight
With Submarine
Tanker Moreni Sent to Bot
tom-Four of Crew
Killed

Washington, June 15.-The Ameri-
can tank steamer Moreni was sunk of
Gibraltar on June II by a German
submarine after fight in which
more than 800 shots were exchanged.
Four of the tanker's crew were killed.
This much of the report, issued by
the State Department to-day, is typ
ical enough Of the present. In the
rest of it, there shines a flame of nj
most forgotten chivalry. reminiscent
of the days when three deckers fought
yardarm to yardarm and the victor
offered snuff to the vanquished foe.
Bandaged by U-Boat Surgeon
For two of the wounded among the
Moreni's crew were bandaged carefully
by the surgeon Of the submarine. The
U-boat's captain congratulated the
commander of the tanker upon the
splendid manner in which he had
fought his ship. Even the gun crew
clearly prisoners of war-were al
lowed to 20 free. A half hour after
the under-sea craft dived, after fare
we'll shouts of good luck ship picked
up the Moreni's boats.
The fight began at 8 on the morning
of the 18th. The submarine came
swimming through the mist and opened
fire at long range. Almost immediate
ly the tanker replied. and for two
hours the vessels continued, hammer
and tongs.
Blu. weather conditions hampered the
American gunners. The day was hazy,
but their craft bulked large before the
sights Of the U-boat's guns, while the
submarine was to them little more than
a distant speck in the haze.
Shells began 20 come aboard, but the
captain of the Morcni refused to quit.
Fire took hold upon the craft, but still
the bluejackets fought their gun. At
last the tanker was almost entirely
aAame. and the gunners and crew took
20 the boats.
Four Men Perish
An oiler. Edward Cunningham, of
Brooklyn. fell overheard and was
drowned. G. Curran, the wireless oper-
ator, died of heart failure in lifeooat'
Six men were slightly injured and TWO
seriously by the submarines shells.
Shortly after the men padded away
from their blazing ship, the marrow
hack of the U-boat was seen heading
toward them through the mist and
smoke. -,
The men knew that Germany had
proclaimed her intention Of treating
The crews of armed ships as pirates.
The blue ejackets realized that they
were. at best, prisoners OF war.
Yet the German sailors took r..
Moustner and A. Geeisen, the two
badly wounded members Of the crew.
aboard their craft and dressed their
wounds. Mean%hile the captain of the
submarine was speaking TO the captain
of the Moreni, OF the splendid fight he
had put up, and congratuiatlng HIM on
his pluck
Presently. the wounded men were re,
turned TO their boats. which moved
a,yay as the U-boat dived. Both died
later The forty-three survivors oil
The original crew Of forty-scven were
landed.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16

London, June 15.-All the prisoners
taken in the Irish rebellion of Easter
Sunday, 1916, will released without
reservation. This announcement was
made in the House of Commons to-day
by Andrew Bonar Law, who said that
the government felt that by so dong
they would aid in the success OF the ap-
preaching Irish convention. which, the
government hoped, would effect a
reconciliation among Irish political
parties. In making the announcement
Mr.. Bonar Law said:
"The government have given long
and anxious consideration to the posi-.
tion of Irish political prisoners, and
have arrived at the decision IL is now
my duty to announce.
"The government have felt, after
giving careful consideration to the ap-
nroachjng session of the convention, in
which Irishmen themselves will meet
TO settle the difficult problem Of the
future administration of their country,
that this great experiment Will marx
new era in the relations between Ire
Land the United Kingdom and the en-
at is, therefore, desirable beyond
measure that the convention should
meet in an atmosphere of harmony
and good will in which all parties can
unreservedly join. Nothing could be
more regrettab.e than. that the WORK
If tho convention should be preJudlced
at the outset by embittered assocla-
t;ors which might even hinder the set
,iement 10 which all look forward with
hope. .. .ho oovorn-
mont have decided they cannot igiiYG
better earnest Of the spirit IN which
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Kaiser Says He'll Restore Constantine

Bere June ia telegram from Berlin Emperor William ho
folong to Of the Greek dpomac repre-
ntotires abroad King Constanm
with of committed by
and dynasty assure you
INST
God, will to your
throne of whic right rob
allies will vengeance
On those who have dared their criminal hands
vou We hone to the earliest opportu-
nity housan cordial greetings from Your WILLIAM
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Germany Cuts Food Rations Closer

from all parts of the empire have. re-
ported naught but cloudless or slightly
cloudy skies.
There has been no precipitation. or
nj most only an occasion and isolated
millimctro of rainfall. and high sum-
mor temperatures prevail. These con-
ditions on the light. sandy soil in a
large part of Germany are conditions
IN June most dreaded by the farmers.
With such a season, the crop experts,
Who fortnight ago were saying
that with plenty Of rain an average
CROP could be expected, have of late
discontinued discussion Of an appar-
emily unpleasant topic.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Almost Three Billion
For Liberty Loan;
NY. Gives One-third
The War Budget
Washington, January 1,


4 LMosT as an act of routine r,.l,
"A business President Wilson
to-day signed the greatest
appropriation bill ever passed by a
legislative body. Its official name
was the urgent deficiency bill. 1t
authorizes war expenditure amount
ing to S32.S1 per capita. or a total
of S3,2s1, 100000. The principal
items are two, namely:
For naval and military purposes,
S2,000,000,000.
For an anti-U- boat merchant ma
rine, $75O,OOO,OO0.
This one war bill appropriates
more money than the whole debt in
Cured by the North on account of
the Civil War.
The signing of the bill makes the
money Immediately available to be
spent by the War, Navy and other
departments. There will be released
Immediately therefrom a flood of
contracts for supplies, construction,
ships, engines and munitions.
An appropriation bill authorizes
the expenditure of money. The money
itself has to be provided before it can
be spent. Congress had already au-
thorized the Treasury to raise money
by the sale Of Liberty bonds and
short-term notes. The Treasury has
just finished selling $4,000, 100000 Of
Liberty bonds. 1t has floated hun
dreds Of millions of short-term notes
among the banks. The proceeds of
the bonds and the notes together pro-
vide the money which Congress in the
bill signed to-day by the President
authorizes the government to spend.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Another Russian City
Proclaims Autonomy;
Eight Killed in Fight

Petrograd, June l5,-The town OF
Kirsanov, in the Province OF lamboy:
in Central Russia. has proclaimed itself
an autonomous republic.
A fight between partisans OF oppos-
ing parties there followed the prosia, p
nation, and eight persons were kilied
and many wounded.
Trunine. the President OF the new
republic, has Docn arrested and troops
have been gent TO Kirsanoy.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Spanish Rebellion
Rumored in London

Nnden, June 49,. Rumors Of seri-
os revolutionary movement In Spain
re gwen Prominence in section Of
we pf.1t. There has been an almost
o'mpitt absence Of news from the
.sh"frlA since the appointment of the
De. ministry.
ahea anxiety is Eel. By British con
IHf With Interests in Spain. All
Sg,,,if,s ana other communications are
ss's " ~ rigA csnE9rship.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Government to Exercise I'M
mediately Power Granted
in War Budget Bill
All Yards to Work
At Top Speed
Goethals Plans to Build Three
Million Tons in l8
Months

Washington, June 15.-The vast
amount Of steel merchant shipping
under construction in American yards
probably two million tons-will be
taken over Immediately by the govern
ment under power granted by the war
budget bill, signed to-day By President
Wilson.
The announcement was made to-day
at a conference of the country's steel
shipbuilders with the Shipping Board
and its Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Shipping now in the yards will be hur-
ried to completion by the institution OF
system Of double and triple working
shifts, and when the ways are cleared
of present contracts the Fleet Corpora
tion will begin construction OF its great
feet of standardized steel vessels.
Only by taking over contracts for IT.
self can the government speed con-
struction. since Congress failed to give
il mower to rush building for private
owners. Contracts calling for future
construction and on which actual work
has not been started probably will be
abrogated unless the Fleet Corporation
decides the ships are specially htted
for the governments needs.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Thousands in City Are
Turned Away in Clos
ing Hour Rush
Bonds on Change
Sell at Premium
High Water Mark of
Billion Exceeded by
Many Millions

The Liberty Loan Committee an
nounced late last night that with few
upstate towns yet TO be heard from
subscriptions TO the Liberty Loan in
the New York Federal Reserve district
approximated $1,000, 100000. Final fig
ures will not be available until some
time to-day.
At noon yesterday the subscription
books were closed. At the same time
the entire $4,000, 900 900 was listed for
trading on the New York Stock Ex-
change. Seven minutes later shout
went up from beside the ticker. On it
had appeared 40 LIB 1OO.l."
1t was the report of the first sale of
Liberty bonds $4,000 worth of them
at par and l-50th, q premium OF 20
cents on a thousand dollar bond. On
the floor of the exchange cheer went
up and then trading in the bonds pro-
ceeded. The second sale was of $780,
900 at par, then $4,000 at the opening
quotation. Next came sale OF S2oo,OOO
az par.
There was pause, and it was broken
in an unexpected way. The ticker re-
luctantly spelled out sale Of $4,000
worth at 90 1850. Before the bonds
were issued, before the market had
fairly settled from the sentimental ex-
citement produced by the first sale, the
bonds had Been sold below par.
Immediately a wave of indignation
swept over Wall Street. It was spon-
tcneous and almost universal. In every
brokerage house, in banks, on the floor
of the exchange itself, among traders
and those who are only casually inter-
ested in the stock market, not single
person could be found who excused the
transaction.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Showing by Policemen

Police Commissioner Woods an
nounced that subscriptions from MEM
bers Of the Police Department amount
ed TO SS0s, $50 Employees of the city
took s2,s00,O00, and postoftice' employees
s60O,O00
Judge Learned Hand, in the United
States District Court, yeste rday signed
an order permitting the investment by
the Equitable Trust Company in Lib
erty bonds of s3,032 400 that had been
impounded in the suit against the Den
YER G Rio Grande Railroad, in which
the trust company recently obtained a
judgment for over S30,000.000.
The New York agency of the Philip
pine National Bank reported total sub
scriptions of Sl,400,000, OF which
100000 was subscribed by individuals.
Out-of-town reports showed that
subscriptions in other parts of the I'd
Federal Reserve District had overcome
the deficits previously reported. In
Yonkers William b. Thompson, director
OF the New York Federal Reserve
Bank. added 100000 to his former
subscription and brought the city's
total above Sl.43i.000, its allotment.
The Oranges subscribed S3,707 900
This included 100000 of the Edison
Pldhb tIApiOsfo SADSCi iplAOU. - lDtdl
Of Sl.432,950 was subscribed by 5000
investors in Foughkeepsie. The per
capita average was S4i.60.
An aggregate subscription of si,,.
49I,350 was received from fourteen
cities in Connecticut. This included
7,253.0 $50 at Hartford, s7,020,550 at
New Haven, and s8,0i0,000 at Water
bury. A dispatch from Beacon. n. Y,
stated that l45 employees of the Mattea-
wan State Hospital had subscribed for
s22,25O
The following telegram was received
by the Liberty Loan Committee from
the Saugerties Bank. Of Saugerties
y. Y: Total final subscriptions from
us 1880" The First National Bank.
of Lake George. subscribed for $4,000
for its own account and customers.
Subscriptions from the Peoples Bank,
OF Niagara Falls, totalled $4,000.
According 70 a.telegram from Bird s.
Spencer. chairman OF the Liberty Loan
Committee Of Passa;c. y. j., the sub
scriptions from that city totalled ST.
470.550. This amount did not include
nearly 100000 subscribed through
New York banks.
The town of Leroy. n. Y, reported
that although their quota was 2lt,000,
subscriptions had totalled s50a,60o.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Seller Severely Criticised

On all sides bitter criticism was lev
elled at the undisclosed person who was
so unpatriotic as to sell at that price
and at those who permitted the break.
Some went so far as TO express the
opinion, unfounded so fer as could be
learned, that the sale might have orig
the floor bond specialists, who, as a
matter of routine business. put the
trade through FOR a Stock Exchange
house, severely criticised the seller.
Efforts to discover his identity failed.
So great was the rush to subscribe
for the Liberty Loan in this city dur
ing the closing hours that the machinery
for receiving applications proved ut
torly inadequate. and thousands who
wanted to buy the bonds were turned
away. When the noon whistles an
uounced the closing of the books sub
scriptions had not only exceeded the
amount apportioned to the district on
the basis of banking resources, but
were estimated at s200,000,0O0 more
than the high water mark which the
New York committee had set for itself.
The fact that the rush of applicants
for the bonds was greater than could
be handled will not materially affect
the total subscription. according to C..
f.. Gregory. a member Of the bond dis
tribution committee. He stated that
most Of such applications were for
sn,a III amounts
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Billion Mark Passed Early

That the New York Federal Reserve
District had exceeded the billion dollar
mark-5O per cent of the total amount
offered-became apparent early in the
day. At II o'clock that much had been
counted, and then the counters at Lib
erty Loan headquarters temporarily
abandoned their task 20 take up the
more important one of rushing through
the applications of dilatory subscribers.
Actual figures showed that subscrip-
.ions made through the 100 national
and state banks and trust companies in
New York City amounted 70 s929,963,-
600. In this sum were included not only
the subscriptions Of the banks them
selves but large number from railroad
and industrial corporations, private
banking firms and individuals, savings
banks and out of town subscriptions,
either direct or from other banks. For
this reason it was impossible TO deter
mine how much of the total subscrip-
tions through local banks were entered
in greater New York.
Just AS the gong sounded to signal
the close of another business day on
the exchange the notes of bugle were
heard from the direction of Nassau
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
II an ideal"
9 Two Employees Arrested

When Marshal Mccarthy returned
with Berkman, who has been using
erutches since his leg was broken four
weeks ago, he placed under arrest w. ?.
Bales and Carl Newlander, who work
for Mother Earth" They were charged
with failing TO register. Newlander,
who is thirty-two, was released, but
Bales. who refused TO give his age, was
ordered locked up.
When the three prisoners arrived al
the Federal Building II was too late
70 arraign them before United states
Commissioner. After consultation with
her counsel, Harry Weinberger, Miss
Goldman and Berkman decided that
rather than be arraigned before one OF
the Federal judges-but why the cholce
they did not explain-they elected to
stay the night in the Tombs. TINS
morning they will be taken before Com
missioner Hitchcock.
John c. Knox and Harold A. Content,
Assistant United States Attorneys, VINO
worked up the cases against the anar-
ehist leaders. intimated that If the two
are convicted, as aliens both are ma
tiyes Of Russia they will be deported
under the act Of February D, OF TINS
year, which provides that any alien
twice convicted Of crime involving
moral turpitude, or an alien VINO
teaches or breaches anarchy, snail be
deported.
Says He's Ahead of Times
Berkmsn, who gave his age as 250
years, adding that he was At least 200
years ahead Of the times, first came
into newspaper notoriety when he shot
Henry {. Prick, in 1894. He became
an anarchist leader largely through
Miss Colomsns friendship for him.
ne was arrested last year in Calfor-
MA Tor preaching anarchy, but was re-
leased after few weeks imprison-
ment.
When Miss Goldman was asked yes
itsrday for an authoritative sketch Of
her lie she offered one written by
hippolyte Hsyel in 1910. She says
Ise was born on June 81, 1869. in the
Kustian province Of Koyno. The first
years o. her life were spent in the
herman Russian province of Kurland,
ana a. the sge % seven she was sent
70 her grandmother. in Konigs5erg,
Eastern Prussia. "where for seven
yesrs sne lived the life Of little Ger
nan Gretchen" In 1886 ~ the age
o. seventeen. she enigrated 20 this
s,orItry, working in sweatshop in
rochester. There she was married 20
eosntrymsn, only % leave him. The
hsx, three years she worried in the
ssiething factories Of Rochester and
.sr sr Haven, coming 20 New York In
~ When che frat met Berkman. In
.sD the was arrested for the frst
Nms, ard sentenced % one year'g i'm
pntonmsnt on Blsckwell's Island on "A
Hsf2e Of !nciting 20 riot.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Arrayed in Royal Purple

IL want TO be alone TO change my
waist and skirt" she explained.
NO, you can't he said.
SO she shouted to Marshal Mccarthy
for permission 10 make this change in
conventional privacy. He granted IT.
When Miss Goldman emerged she was
garbed in royal purple. She wore
purple jersey skirt and purple jersey
jacket, white crepe dc chine shirt
waist and a purple velvet hat. trimmed
with a purple silk ribbon, with dashes
o. white. And in her golden hair-not
a gray hair shows despite her forty
eight years-glistened gold-encrusted
tortoiseshell combs.
While waiting for Marshal Mccarthy
10 come downstairs with Berkman, who
also wanted to change his editorial
togs for the splendors of his wardrobe.
Miss Goldman sat in her editorial easy
chair and talked with newspapermen,
disdainfully refusing TO converse with
"mere policemen"
This is no surprise TO me, nor is II
new experience" she said. "ln fact,
il is my tenth arrest. But one must
expect this sort of thing if one is fight
ing for an ideal"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16

Street. and then Columbia" played
with all the swing of a military band.
"More recruiting thought the
crowd, but it was wrong. 1t was the
Ambrose Orphans Band, an organiza-
ton of little fellows seemingly less
than fourteen years old, out to cele-
brate the putting over" of the biggest
loan in the history of the nation. Still
playing "Columbia." they halted in
front of the Stock Exchange, on Broad
Street, and when, despite the light
shower that was falling, the street was
filled from curb to curb they swung
into the national anthem.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-16
Marched to Other Exchanges

Instantly the crowd uncovered, to re-
main so until the last note was sound
ed and the little drum major had sig
nailed to take up the march again, this
time to the Consolidated Exchange,
thence through Beaver Street, where
the bulls and bears in cotton wrestle
with big demand, a small crop and
high prices. Few of the larger insti-
tutions were overlooked before the
band decided to call it day and re-
turn to Rockaway.
The Boy Scouts of America obtained
subscriptions totalling nearly SlO,OOO,-
900 for the Liberty Loan. Partial re-
turns yesterday showed that S9,736,oOO
was subscribed through the efforts OF
the lads. This amount represents more
than 100 0C0 subscriptions.
Many banks in reporting their figures
up to noon Yesterday had shown ma
terial increase in the amount of sub
scriptions reported Thursday. The
First National Bank had jumped from
Sl05,GOO,0O0 to sli0000,000, The Ma
tional City Bank from S53,000,000 to
1000 ,O00, the National Bank of Com
nerce from S50,000000 TO s60,0OO,O0O
and the Chase National from s45,OOO,-
600 TO $4,000. .000