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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08
THE FARMERS SHORT COURSE

We are glad to let the farmers, that
are interested in the Farmers Short
Course, know that the work is pro
crossing very nicely. At this time
Wednesday morning, we have 80 sign
ers and all are farmers and farmers
wives. If you think that you wi
have time to come and if you thinl
that the work might help you, or if
you thing that we ought to have the
Short Course, justtask for one of the
petitions that are out and sign you
name. They have been placed in each
of the banks, each Of the saloons,
in the Rest Room and in the cream
cry. You may have one if you wish
to help. We would like some good
hustlers to take some in to his com
munity and get all the signers b
can. We also want some of the city
women to sign. Of course we want
all of the people from the farms
can get but the ladies of the town
are also allowed to sign.
We hope that there will be no mis-
understanding about the so cent fee
that is to be charged. This small
sum is to be collected at the beginning
of the Short Course, and is not to be
collected by any one that is helping
with the petitions. They are donating
their services, because they think that
it is a good thing.
The money collected will go to pa,
local expenses that are necessary in
putting on this work. None Of j:
goes to pay for the Short Course it.
SELF. 1t is sent to us free by the
State University, providing we will
stand the local expense.
Aren't five days of lectures, demon
STATIONS, and actual instructions
worth ten cents a day to. you? .Yor
will come after the short course is
here any way, SO why not sign .yoal
name and be a booster and make it Z
certainty. Sci. Earl Springer,
Agriculture Instructor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08
FREEPORT HAS NASTY FIRE.
Two Banks and Several Other Bust
ness Houses DestrOyed-LOss
About $4,000.

A fire starting about seven o'clock
Friday morning at Freeport was the
beginning of $4,000 confagration,
which threatened to wipe out the vii
lage. The origin was in chimney
of an apartment occupied by the
Knaps family and was not discovered
until it had made great Roadway in
the walls of the building. The
structure was made of 80 year old
wood and brick veneer, which famed
by breeze was all that was needed
for a. good fire. The fire spread
rapidly and although the entire vii
lage worked valiantly, none Of the
buildings in the block could be saved.
AS soon as hope was given up, at
tention was turned to other buildings
and by dint of hard labor, they were
saved. Most of the stock and furni
ture of the business houses were re-
moved and no great loss was incurred
as far as they were concerned. TIL
vaultso f the two bank buildings were
all that remained standing, in a few
hours, of the block erected some sc
years ago.
When it was found that the loca
fire department could not save the
property alone, the departments from
Melrose and Albany were asked tc
help. However, all that could be done
at that time Was to keep: the fire
from spreading. = Three firemen
Robert eau, Conrad >Botz and Gu
Stuntebeck were overcome by the
smoke and one was struck on the
head'with a falling brick. All three
secovered late in the afternoon and
were able to be around: The water
supply in the tank held out for
three hours.
The business houses that were des-
troyed were:s Freeport State Bar
Farmers State Bank, Fred Beutner's
saloon, Ray Adrian's saloon, "A. NJ
Stundebeck Garage and Mike Har
ren's shoe store and harness shop
The loss is estimated to be between
$4,000 and $4,000. No reports have
come in about the prospects of build
ing the. block up again, but in a!
probability this will be done.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08
WILLARD PATRIOTIC.

The little village of. Willard came to
the front in the recent Second Liberty
Loan campaign and over subscribed
Her allotment was $4,000, but when
the last subscription was in, the
amount totalled $4,000 for the village
alone. It seems that everybody pur-
chased a bond, the youngest beinp
Master Weston Peterson, aged 10
months. Probably the young mar
does not rea,izs yet, that his start in
life is the best that could be obtained
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08
FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVER-
SARY OF REFORMATION WILL
BE OBSERVED.
SPLENDID PROGRAM ARRANGED
LARGE DELEGATIONS FROM
Z NEAR BY COMMUNITIES
ARE EXPECTED.

The celebration and Jubilee in
memory of the four hundredth ami
versary of the Reformation to be
held in the auditorium of the Junior
High School Sunday, Nov. II, under
the auspices Of Zion Evan. Lutheran
Church of Sank, Centre, promises tc
be a splendid success. Visitors are
expected from a number of nearby 10,
calities. Two special services will be
held, with special music.
The services to be held at 1C
o'clock in the forenoon will be in the
German language. Rev. A. L. DETER
IF Howard Lake, and E. B. Meichsner
of Long Prairie will be the chief
speakers.
The services at 2:30 in the after
noon will be in the English language
Prof. P. E. Kretzmann, Phi. D., of
Concordia College, st. Paul, and Rev.
A. L. Oetjen, will speak. Other pas
tors assisting are Rev. L. J. Lembke,
Sauk Centre, Route 8, and the pastor
of Zion church, Rev. J. A. Stein.
The music will be furnished by
Prof. w. Melchert and hisaorchestra
of Alexandria, and Prof. Binneboese
has promised to bring his splendid
choir down from Long Prairie. The
Home School choir will also furnish
music.
The public are cordially invited to
attend either Of these services. There
will be no admission but a cole .tion
will be taken at both services. The
proceeds of the morning Offering will
be used for charity within the church,
while the entire proceeds of the after
noon collection will be turned over &c
the local Red Cross.
The question of "Why a Luther
Celebration" has been raised. The
Herald is indebted to Rev. J. A. Stein
for the following contribution:
"Luther's great concern was: How
cam l be justified before my Cod The
search for the answer led to the re-
formation. A University student in
his twentieth year at Ehrfurt, he
found Bible, in which his agoniz:np
'oul foUnc lieli. and the an-wer to
his question, free salvation throug.,
faith in the c,ucified Savior. This
word was the very soul and power of
the reformation. He set it vi, in its
osriginal exalted position as the only
rule of faith and correct living for al
mankind. This Old Book he re-oIpaened
to the people by translating it into
their language, and uncompromisingly
maintained the right of every soul to
go himself direct to it's pages for light
and life. $50 DR.. Martin Luther, be-
came the champion of the freedom of
Christian conscience.
Therefore making his protest on
Oct. 81, 1917, he referred to the
Savior's words in the newly found
Book, saying: Our Lord and Savior
says thus. And when at Worms he
was asked ts0recant, he made his
famous declaration: Unless am con-
WINGED by the Scriptures or other clear
proofs, I neither can nor dare retract
anything, for my conscience is bound
by Gods word, and is neither safe nor
advisable to act against conscience.
Here { sand, can not d" otherwise.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08
LUTHERANS Will Celebrate ON SUNDAY

God help me- Thus he upheld the
authority of the Bible and the freedom
of his and~every mans conscience as
over against the slavery of human au-
rf1ority. .
"Thus he opened the way to con-
gregational government of church af-
fairs, without the clergy lording it
ever the flock, maintaining the uni
versal priesthood of all believers, and
as result the congrega ton again
took active part in praying anG sing
ing and church matters. This resulted
in general education Of the people. He
Urged the princes and magistrates to
establish schools, in which the ele-
Tcnts, of sacred and seculat know
ledge, should be taught to the masses
by competent teachers Therefore
Luther has often been called the ia
ther of general education and lands
1fuenced most bv the reformation
have the least percentage of illite-
rate
Daniel Webster in Bunker Hill
address, June II, 1S48 declared
the Reformation of Luther introduce
I'd the principles of civil liberty into
the wilderness of North America
Particularly in his Appeal t. the No
bility,' he contended for the great
principles upon which our own dear
Republic is established, complete sep
aration of church and state. Luther
denied that ruler of any church had
any right to mix into purely secular
affairs, or that the government had
any right to decide questions of faith.
Religion was and is matter of the
individual and his God. To the Church
God had given His word, to preach
salvation; to the State the Lord had
give the sword and it's duty is to. pro-
tect body and lives, property and
honor of it's citizens, and preserve
outward order and discipline. He
maintained these two domains are to
be and remain absolutely and forever
separate. These great principles of
the Reformer the Founders of our
Great Republic have added 70 our ma
tional constitution, for which we are
willing to- live and die. Congress
shall make no law respecting the es-
tablishment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof And out
OF this principle have grown as ma
tural fruits the enfranchisement of
the individual, the freedom of speech
and press. Therefore Luther ccle-
bration. No wonder Henry Ward
Beecher said: :Our civil liberty is a
result of the open Bible which Luther
gave U.S. and Theo. Roosevelt: Most
certainly there should be celebration
of the Four Hundredth Anniversary
OF the Reformation
Those coming from out of town or
from the country will. find q place to
rest between services at Dahlsm's old
store building. There will be plenty
of reading; rnatter with which to while
away the time. . r
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08

Continued on Page 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-08

- Geo. Fish, Geo. Rein, e. A. Rich
ards, Henry Otto and H. F. Henne-
man left Wednesday noon for Big
Fork, Mimi, on their tenth annual
deer hunt.
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WOMEN ID SELL
 LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
SECRETARY McADoO URGED WOMEN TO DO THEIR UT
 MOST TO HELP FINANCE
 MILITARY OPERATIONS.

Washington. June 1.-Members of a special women's Liberty loan com. mittee, headed by Mrs w. C. McAdoo wife of Secretary McAdd, reported # a meeting here today that millions of American women have been enlisted for a nationwide demonstration to encourage sale of bonds next Friday June s, designated as Women's Lib erty Loan day.
 Secretary McAdoo, in an address urged women to do their utmost to help finance the military operations in which they cannot actually par ilcipate
 In most large cities next Friday women will bod massmeetlngs, and women orators will speak at street corners on behalf of the loan. while women motorists win distribute lit erature through the country districts Thousands Of telephone switchboard operators have agreed to spend part of that day ca ling prospective pur- chasers pf bonds
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ITALYS ONE GREAT
 NEED IS COAL
WANTS THIS COUNTRY TO FUR NisH MILLION TONS
 MONTHLY.

Washington. June l--Taly needs q million tons of American coal monthly to continue her essential munitions manufacture. according 10 a statement today by Francesca Saverio Nitti of the Italian war mission.
 Mir Nitt received a. Joseph Dl Sll. vestro, grand master of the Order Of the Sons of la.y of America. for the state of Pennsylvania, and Eugene V. Ailessandron, solicitor of the order. and told them the great effort Of Italians in this country should be to make it possible to have coal impera- lively needed sent 10 Italy. He also urged that all of Italian descent in ehis country who have not registered for military service at the Italian con sulates register for the American armies
 The visitors tod Mir Nitti of nation wide plans of their order for the rais. ing Of a big fund for Italian widows and orphans.
 Tomorrow the Prince of Udine and other members of the mission will be officially received by the house of rep, resetnatiyes.
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GERMANS RATI0NS
 GREATLY REDUCED
FOOD PORTIONS NOW ONLY EQUAL THREE-FiFTHs THAT ALLOWED BRITISH SOL
 DiERS.

(From a Staff Correspondent of the
 Associated Press)
 With the British Armies in France via London, June 1. 9:25 D. m The conditions as to fcod supplies in Ger many can be coniecWred from the fact that if now is definitely settled that the best fed of the German fight ing units subsist on ration which equals only three-fifths in weight and value that issued to the British troops The best nOurished German troops are those in reserve just back of the fighting lines. They receive the maximum rations. Since the spring cf 1916, however, their bread a owance has been cut down one third. The greater part of this re- duction has occurred during the last eight months
 There now are two meatless days a week in the German trenches Even the indispensable sausage allowance has been cut down to two and three quarters ounces daily Rice has been entirely eliminated being replaced by dry trnlps
 A comparison between the French
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 Washington June 1--Exemption of popular price moving picture theaters from amusement taxes and the levy ing Of a new federal license tax on automobile owners ranging from $7.50 to $25 with reductions for cars used a year or more were agreed upon to- day by the senate finance committee ill continuing revision of the house war tax bill.
 With its task virtually completed. eX- cept for the newspaper and magazine section, She committee tonight ad journed over unil Monday so that treasury experts may spend tomorrow putting the redrafting into legal shape The bill probably will be ready for submission 10 the senate early next week.
 Tomorrow Senator Simmons. chair man, and Senator Penrose, ranking re- publican member. will informally con fer with representatives of publishers and postoffice department officials re- garding the proposed taxation of pub lications in lieu of the increased sec. Ond class mail rates in the house bill.
 Under the committees amendment allowing all moving picture theaters charging less than % cents admission would escape the task of 1 cent on each dime paid imposed by the house measure. Senator Penrose champloned this change, urging that the moving picture house Is the poor mems the. ater. It was decided to retain the house plan of taxing other places where admission is charged
 Treasury experts estimate that tlhere are ,400,000 owners of automobiles subject to the $7,50 tax, 760,0 sub. 5ect to the $l0 levy; 1,2l9.000 in the sl5 class. and 231 900 subject to the $20 rate. The license tax, payable by motor vehicle owners direct. takes the place of the house tax of ! per cent upon manufacturers of such vehicles.
 The rate of tax to be based on each automobile or motorcycle is as fol lows:
 Motorcycles, $2.50;- automobiles list ed retail price at time of purchase
The Sentinel=record., 1917-06-02
France RepudidteS
 Socialist Conference
Premier Ribot Declares That No Party Has Right to Dictate
 Peace Terms.

Paris, June l--Premier Ribot today announced in the French chamber of deputies that the government would not faci itate the voyage of French Rp ialists to the international social ist congress at Stockholm.
 All the deputies except the social fsts stood up and cheered when Pre- mier lRibot added
 "Peace can come frcm victory alone"
 Continuing, the premier said:
 "lt is certain that In peace negotia- tions no party can take the place of the government. The peace of O. morrow cannot be q peace of any party, neither of the socialist party nor of the Cathclic party. As it con cerns France 1t should be a French peace When the hour comes the government will ask the advice ot your committee and t will tell every thing. The government has com plete knowledge of it's responsibility.
 Tt would be laughabe if one sought to make the ccnnery and army be- lleve that peace could come from such conferences.
 "Victory alone can bring peace. What would they think of us in the United States if we allowed Ameri' cans to believe there was weariness among us after three years of war
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New York, June 1-COntinuing his Solaled attacks against the French IlDes the German crown prince on Fri day three his troops forward north of Moulin de Laffaux, where the battle front bends northeast of Soissons. and against the battle-scarred positions on Hill BOA, on the Nerdun front.
 Checked Thursday in his attempt 10 hold positions won on Mont Haut. in Champagne the crown prince had bet ter success in his effort to break the French line near Moulin de 1-affaux The eGrmans gained fo9thold in some advanced trenches and while counter-attacks by the French troops forced them 10 retire from most of the elements taken, they sill maintain tenure of 6 portion of them. French artillery fire sufficed to cheek the Ger. man efforts against HGl 3O4 the Ger mans suffering heavy losses.
 There has been increased artillery firing in ghe Ypres sector, in Belgium Both London and Berlin comment in lutI tOHlAhNulCdllOu OH tue dCINllA OI heavy guns in that region. Aside from several small raids and outpost en- gagements, there has been nothing do ing except artillery fighting on the Arras battle front
 The inactivity in infantry fighting on this portion of the front during the last several weeks is shown by the report of British captures during May. These amounted to 3.4l2 Ger, mans and only one large German gun In April the British took more than GOO prisoners and 27 large guns and howitzers
 On the other battle fronts there have been no changes Austrian at tacks in the Vodice area of the Julian ,ront, north of Gorizia, were repulsed by the Italians and Vienna reports the failure of Italian attempts in the same region
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Kansas City, Mo, June 1-FIfteen deaths, upward of 100 persons injured and property damage estimated at pos sibly million dollars was the toll talk en by a series of spring tornadOes that played havoc with several sec tions and towns Of southern Missouri north central Oklahoma and southeast ern Kansas late today and tonight
 From the meager reports sent out besore wire communication from all fhe affected points temporarily was cut off it at first was feared that many deaths had resulted With the restoration of communications, how ever. t was revealed that the death list was not in proportion with the number of houses destroyed
 Coalgate, Okla, the county seat of Coal county, a town of $500 inhabit- ants. reported deaths, 100 pers s injured and the entire western portion of the town blown away 1t was the mining section of the town the tornado descended on, where the buildings largely were miners cabins and others of light construc ion.
 Al Coffeyville. Kan, the extent of the tornado's fury was not known early tonight The only report of any substance gotten out of there before all communication was cut off was that two hundred houses had been demolished. It was feared that nu- meFous deaths had occurred
 Drake. Okla suffered five deaths and the destruction Of two residences and the schooihonse. A school teacher marshaled her charges into a stonm cellar when she heard the tornado coming and probably saved many lives for the building was razed over their heads
 Moore, Kan. 25 miles from Kansas
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Death List So Far Reported
 Has Reached Fifteen and
 Upward of 100 are Injured.
Coalgate, Okla, Suffered the Greatest Loss ef Life, Five Being Killed and
 Four Fatally Injured Teacher Saved
 Lives of Many Pupils at Drake, Okla.

City. was seriously damaged by a twister that took three lives. Property damage there had not been estimated early tonight From Ottawa, Kan came a report that many farm houses in Franklin county had been wrecked and a number of persons injured
 Lehigh, Okla, near Coalgate, was hit by the same tornado that struck the latter town. It was reported that while none were killed, several per sons were injured and extensive prop cry damage done.
 Buffalo, Mo, reported a tornado whirled and twisted through the sec 'iOn between that place and Lebanon. Mo. late today, carrying down farm houses and doing other damage. An other storm was reported to have passed between Buffalo and Lebanon Wires in both directions were down and no reports Of the dead or property damage were aayilable.
 The barometer a Springfield, Mo. dropped 26 icnh at noon today and conditions were reported ideal for tor nadoes.
 A report from Cherryvale. Kan, 20 miles froom Coffeyville, tonight stated that more than 100 persons were in iured at Coffeyviile but that no lives then had been reported lost This re- port said thaF more than 100 houses in the residence district were de stroyed
 The damage was estimated at a haif million dollars in the Coffeyyille- Cherryyale vicinity.
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Washington, June 1.-4Department Of justice officials are of the opinion that the situation with respect to the army draft registration on Tuesday ia well in hand, that there will be no really serious disturbances and that the nation will wake up Wednesday to find that outbursts have been spo- radio and not the result of a general feeling against the law.
 It was pointed out at the depart ment tonight that more than ten mil lion men are required 10 register under the law and that 1t would be surprising. indeed if such a day were to pass off without incident, as no general election ever he'd in this country passes without some disor- der
 Attorney General Gregory's orders had caused the arrest of about thirty persons up to today in connection with antidraft propaganda Only a few more, probably less than half dozen, are expected before Tuesday. Such a showing is looked upon AS extraordinary and as convincing in- dication that there has been no sub stantial movement to defeat the pur- pose of the law
 The department expects that there may be a number of evasions of the registration provision that will look
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COMPLETING ARRANGEMENTS
 FOR CONFEDERATE REUNION
RAILROADS ESTIMATE THAT 75ooO PERSONS WILL BE IN WASHINGTON FOR RE.
 UNION.

Washington, June 1.-Arrange. ments were completed tonight for the reception here tomorrow of General George r. Harrison of Opelika, Ala. commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and his staff, who will arrive early for the yeter- ans reunion to be held next week. General Harrison will be met at the Unicn station by a ocal committee and several hundred veterans who al- ready have arrived.
 General Bennett Young of Louis yille. Ky past commander-in-chief. .also is exepcted here tomorrow, and General William Mickle of New Or leans, adjutant general and chief of staff, will come Sunday
 The local committee announced to- night that acCOmmoda lions have been provided for 5000 veterans, and sev- eral thousand others will stay with friends or at hotels where they al. ready have reservations. Railroad officials notified the Washington DO. lice tonight that they count on bring ing 75OO0 persons to Washington for the reunion.
 The camp field near the capitol to- day took on the appearance Of cir. GUS ground, with four big tents to be used as mess halls, barracks aud headquarters, nearly completed.
 A place of honor in the parade next Thursday and other exercises of re- union week has been provided for the Confederate fife and drum corps, coming from Raleigh, N. C.