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Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
(By United Press)

New York, Jan. 13.-Two lives lost
and S2,OOO,O0O damage is the result
of the twenty-fifth explosion in the
Dupont powder works since that COM
pany began making munitions for the
Allies. The explosion took place at
the Haskell plant.
1t was first reported that q lives
had been lost. Extreme difficulty was
had in securing information, owing to
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13

When Joe Gasser, convicted of las
civious conduct toward a 7-year-old
Holtville child, was called before
Judge Cole this morning to hear judg-
ment, Attorney Joseph F. Seymour
Jr., requested the court to postpone
sentence until Gasser's sanity could
be determined.
The request on the part of the at
torney for the defense brought forth
considerable arguments on the part
of District Attorney Galen Nichols
The district attorney declared thai
the statutes required that convicted
person must receive sentence Witnh
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
Jury BRINGS IN VERDICT
OF GUILT FOR THOS. JACKSON

Thomas Jackson, charged with cut
ting C. l.. Rolls with a razor on No
vember 2S was found guilty last
night, the verdict being returned at
9:3O. The jury retired at noon
jackson was charged with assault with
a deadly weapon. The court an.
nounced this morning that sentence
would be pronounced Monday morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13

five days after a verdict had been
rendered.
Attorney Seymour read from stat
utes where it was shown that in case
of a request for a new trial, peti-
ton for probation and application for
sanity determination, it was within
the province of the court to stay Judg-
ment for varying periods.
On the other hand, the district at
torney held that recent decisions Of
the state supreme court insisted that
judgment should be entered NOT less
than five days after conviction.
Inasmuch as Gasser was convicted
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
HOUSES ARE ROCKED OVER u.
FOUR MILES FROM FACTORY
Since the Duponts Took War Contracts This is the Twen
ty-ffth Explosion Known in Their Plants-Win-
dows in Vicinity Are All Shattered-Houses Rocked
Four Miles Away-Number Injured Is Not known.

the reticence of company officials.
Many hints have been made as to in
cendiarism. Not house around
Pompton Lakes remains with whole
glass.
The damage was caused by the ex-
plosion of 100000 pounds of powder.
Houses four miles away were
wrecked.
There may be more dead when ali
the injured have been discovered, as
some are in critical condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
BORDER MILITIA TO
Be HOME BY MARCH |
(By United Press)

Washington. Jan. 13.-The admin
istration plans to strip the border
Of all militia by March l. 1t will
start after Pershing's withdrawal,
which is slated for ane early date,
according to reliable authorities. Per
sons close to the war department are
confident the troops will be on the
way from Mexico in fortnight
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
GERMANS HAVE
BLAME FOR
ALLIES:
"No Chance for Peace
Now" They Say After
Reply Is Digested,
(By United Press)

Amsterdam, Jan. 13.-The German
newspapers are practically unani-
nous in the belief that the Allied
note has blocked all chance for peace
now. They say:
"War by notes is exhausted, and
every path to peace is blocked. The
Allies show this is war of con-
quest for them and it destroys our
last desire for peace"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
EMERSON
SUSPECT AS PERRY
(By United Press)

Los Angeles, Jan 13.-"Tom Shar-
key" suspected of robbing the San
Jacinto postoffice and of killing Con-
stable Perry Emerson at Brawley, is
James Perry" who served two terms
in the Ohio state penitentiary, ac-
cording to letter received from the
Toledo police chief.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
FELIX DIAz GAINS
VERA CRUZ STATE
(By United Press)

Galveston, Jan. 13.-FeliX Diaz con-
trolls practically the entire state of
Vera Cruz, receiving all the ammu-
milton he wants from America, this
being shipped first to South Amer
lea, according to passengers arriving
from Vera Cruz today.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
SHOOTS SWEETHEART
AND ENDS HIS LIFE
lBY United Pressl

San Francisco, Jan. 13.-Following
a jealous quarrel, Paul Jems shot and
wounded Dora Roberts and then COM
mitted suicide at her home. The girl
may recover. Jems was a marine
fireman. The couple quarreled over
his sailing today.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
To Reopen "NOte Leak"
(By United Press)

Washington, Jan. 13.-The House
rules committee decided to complete
ly reopen the mote leak" probe. They
will subpoena Lawson and many
brokers and financial writers.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
Bury 900 Chinese Alive.
(By United Press)

Toxic, Jan. 13.--An explosion in the
Fushun colliery in Manchuria buried
900 Chinese. Only 1870 we're saved.
1t is feared the remainder have per-
ished.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-13
$2S,0O0 for Trees.
(Bv United Press.

Sacramento, Jan. 13.-The state is
to give $4,000 for nursery to prop
agate trees for planting along the
State Highways.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08

able md reliable experts should
find out exactly what the city can
and cannot do. Then, if any re-
lief is possible, it should be Sc
cured as quickly as possible.
If municipal ownership is le-
gally possible, either by purchase
or condemnation, then let us have
it. The lifting of this double
burden of telephone costs is more
important than a municipal coal
dock, municipal ownership Of an
electric light plant or in our
opinion, the readjustment of the
rates on Duluth-made steel.
This is a matter that we'll can
be started by the city commits
sioners, thereby making the move
ment representative Of all the peo-
pie and not five or six per cent,
as in the case of crusades backed
by the commercial bodies.
Let an end come to two tele-
phone systems and two telephone
tolls in the city Of Duluth.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
THE PATRIOTIC PIG.

Pork, as well as powder, will
be necessary to win the war. A.
Il. Overman, veteran travelling
salesman Of Duluth, plans to util-
ize boys and girls in the produc-
tion of pigs, the live material from
which pork is produced.
Mr.. Overman is pushing his
propaganda particularly on the
iron ranges. At Two Harbors
quite number Of boys and girls
have started amateur piggeries.
At Tower, the youngsters took no
interest, therefore a campaign of
education and persuasion will be
necessary. At Ely, at least re-
spectful attention was secured.
This enthusiastic disciple of ef-
ficiency and conservation says
that he can deliver Immediately
about 400 pigs five weeks old or
bit older. All are northern
raised pigs, therefore acclimated.
They are Poland-C China breed,
therefore tractable as well as
possessing good possibilities for
ample growth. A short time ago,
Mr.. Overman had Sc of the baby
porkers at Highland, near Two
Harbors, all ready for Grating and
shipment at $3.50 each. Laid
down at Vermilion range towns
the total cost will be about Sc per
pig.
If commissioner Farrell's ex-
detrimental municipal piggery
turns from a dream into a reality
next spring, it is not impossible
that Mr.. Overman can serve both
the city of Duluth and the nation
by putting the commissioners wise
as to an adequate supply of pigs.
Over in Ireland, the Hibernians
usually refer to the family pig as
"The gintleman what pays the
rint" and, in America, he quite
properly may become known as
"The sojer what won the war"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
THAT MARMON CAR.

Robert D. McKercher, chief of
police, has not yet told his mast
ers, the citizens of Duluth, where,
how and why he got that NAM
moth Marmon car. Since the Big
Chief has gone to a convention
at Washington, he cannot tell his
masters what they wish to know
until he returns. While going and
coming, he should have time and
opportunity to consider the wishes
of his masters and it will be graft
flying to them, if not profitable to
him, if he frankly and truthfully
tells what they ask and have a
right to know.
The people of Duluth have been
very patient with Chief Mcker-
cher. They have stood for a num-
Der of capers that lily become the
head Of a police department.
They have remained silent where,
In the past, they would have COM
planned loudly.
This state Of affairs cannot last
indefinitely. It is not proper and
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
l WORD OF APPRECIATION,

Although the Duluth CONNER
cial Club may not have a monopoly
of directing everything and
everyone in Duluth, it might not
spurn such a responsibility. That
organization cannot claim an er,
rorless past but, when errors are
pointed out, some Of the mem.
bers, like true sons of Adam, seek
a scape-goat on which to heap
the blame.
Just now, some of the CONNER.
cial Club members are rejoicing
over what they consider the elm.
nation of the influence of the
"Steel Trust. - They even seek to
make men like w. A. McGonagle
their scape-goat.
While we lack exact informa.
ton as to actual facts, a recent
Red Cross meeting was marked
by opposition to Mr.. McGonagle
and his closest associates in that
great cause. The movement ended
about where it began.
The Rip-saw has great faith
and confidence in w. A. McGon-
agile. It considers him a man Of
great public spirit, unselfish, lib
eral and broad-minded in all
things pertaining to good works
and the advancement Of this Sec
ton of the great United States
If it were conclusively shown
that Mr.. McGonagle fell short of
our opinion, then we would lose
faith in our fellow men and our
ability to form correct opinions
Of them.
We sincerely hope that Duluth
ians will not become. SO impreg-
mated with Prussian intolerance
that they must bait and belittle
such an unselfish, earnest, con-
scientious citizen as w. A.. Nc
Gonagle. Even if his hands or
head should err, his heart ever
will be right. If we had an hun
dred men like him, Duluth would
be a bigger and better place in
which to live and do business.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
AMERICAN TEXTBOOKS FOR
AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

We have small sympathy with
the growing tendency to mutilate
German text books and to elimin-
ate the study Of German from
our school, public or private,
solely because it is German.
The study of any language is
bound to better a students vo-
cabulary and knowledge of gram
mar. The scientist, especially,
finds rich field of facts through
a working knowledge of German.
French and Spanish, we believe,
promise better returns both in
commerce or art, for the ensuing
decade, than German. But hat
red against the language, as such,
smacks too much Of bigotry, in
tolerance, ignorance and even
Prussianism.
When it comes to using Ger
man, or any other foreign tongue
as the principal one in an Ameri-
can school, there con be but one
opinion by a real American, viz:
Cease that practice Immediately
and put in American textbooks,
in the American language.
The state commission of safety
recently startled the true Ameri-
cans in Minnesota by informa-
ton to the effect that ten thou
sand pupils and students are in
schools that use a foreign lam
guage exclusively or in part.
This amazing and highly unde-
sirable condition should end i'm
r1ediately. American citizens and
taxpayers cannot have little Ger
NAMES, Polands or Bohemias in
their midst, perpetuating the lam
gaages, customs aud traditions Of
nations across The sea, entirely at
variance with the American
ideals, customs and traditions.
Our American schools should
use only the American language.
The study and use of any other
language should have only an in
cidental place in a schools curri-
culum. Any foreigner who can
not content himself under those
conditions should return or be re-
turned to the land from whence
he came.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08

sions in the building failed to find
either beauty, poetry or satisfac-
ton in the scene.
The walls of the Superior street
front were extremely shaky and,
therefore, dangerous to the
passersby. No time was lost in
taking down those walls. Barney
Stanley, then a local contractor,
was given the job. The workmen
had started nicely when a large
section of the front fell of it's own
weight and accord.
Mr.. Stanley eventually moved
to Fargo, N. D., where he is re-
ported to have erected the hand
some Catholic cathedral in that
city. He was gathered to his
fathers years ago, as have been
so many of the tenants of the old
Fargusson building at the time of
it's destruction that Friday after
noon, December %, 1892.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08

it is not human nature that it
should. The people Of Duluth
sometimes 60 to sleep at the
switch but, when the are aroused,
they move quickly and vigorously.
There are growing evidences
that the people are waking up.
Talk heard in public places so in
dicates. At the last meeting OF
the Federated Trades and Labor
Assembly, a committee was ap-
pointed to wait on the city COM
missioners for the purpose of in.
quiring into the matter Of this
mammoth Marmon car.
Almost any day, now, some OF
the hillside clubs are likely to
wake up. When they disgorge
committees and start down the
hillside to the city hall, their num-
bers are apt to fill up the council
chamber. Michigan street saw
evidences of that few weeks ago
With all that commotion, the
dear old Commercial club might
wake up and ask some questions
in a dignifed way. That would
spur the members Of the Kiwanis
club to pull up their silk stockings
and inquire into the matter. The
wheels of the Rotary club also
might revolve effectively. Then,
when the deep bass of the West
Duluth Commercial club joined
the chorus, the Big Chief would
know that he was not listening to
a nomination for sheriff by &C.
clamation.
Let there be an end to all this
silence, mystery and uncertainty
concerning that mammoth Mar
mon car. When Chief McKercher
returns from the national capital,
let him give his masters, the citi-
zens Of Duluth, an accounting of
his stewardship.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
DULUTH'S TELEPHONE
TUMOR.

While Duluth's commercial
bodies are mending the many ills
that affect Duluth, they will do
we'll to find something that will
cure the tunor of two tel lone
systems.
Our commercial bodies speak
loudly about tax levies. They
call the members Of the school
board onto the carpet. They cru
SADIE against the Minnesota Steel
company in the matter Of a base
price on Duluth-made steel. They
campaign strenously against the
Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany's rotten service and wicked
discrimination in the matter of
routes between Duluth and the
west. But never a blow is struck
against the telephone bandit that
has two hands in each Of the two
pockets of the public trousers.
The Duluth Telephone company
gave the city such uncivil treat
ment and such rotten service that
the Zenith system was established
under municipal auspices.
After that, the old company
reformed in service and methods
Of treatment. The Zenith COM
pany finally slipped out of any
control that the city possessed,
under the franchise. The patrons
are being regularly and unduly
bled by double tolls.
Conditions are burdensome and
unjust. They should not be per-
Imitted to exist Indefinitely, Cap
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
POETS CORNER
THE TOY-sTREWN HOUSE.

Give me the house where the toys
are strewn,
Where the dolls are asleep in the
chairs,
Where the building blocks and the
toy balloons,
The soldiers guard the stairs:
Let me sleep in the house where the
tiny cart
With it's horses rules the floor,
And the rest comes into my weary
heart,
For I am at home once more.
Give me the house with the toys
about,
With the battered old train of
cars,
The box of paints and the books left
out
And the ship with the broken
spars.
Let me step in house, at the close
of day,
That is Uttered with children's
toys,
And dwell once more in the haunts
of play
With the echoes of bygone noise.
Give me the house where the toys
are seen,
The house where the children
romp,
And I'll be happier than man has
been
Meath the gilded dome of pomp =:
Let me see the litter of bright-eyeG
play
Strewn over the parlor floor,
And the joys knew in q far-off day
Will gladden. my heart once more.
Whoever has lived In q toy-strewn
home,
Though feeble he be and gray,
Will yearn, no matter how far he
roam,
For a glorious disarray
OF the little home with It's Uttered
floor
That was in the bygone days,
And his heart will throb as It
throbbed before,
When he rests where a baby plays.
Selected.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
MY FLAG.

When wandering on a foreign shore,
Away from friends and home;
Meath crosses, bars or crescent gay,
Wherever we may roam,
A homesick longing always comes,
And tear drops swell the eyes,
AS on the foremost mast I see,
The Stars and Stripes arise.
My flag! My country's flag and mine,
Old Glory proud and free,
The hope of every foreign heart
And home sweet home to me.
There swells in every free mans
breast
Emotions which arise,
AS I salute my stars and stripes,
Beneath the foreign skies.
Oh flag, my country's flag and mine,
That waves from shore to shore;
The promise of speedy peace,
For lands now drenched in gore.
Humanity-Democracy-
Grim tyrants we 'er shall sever,
For Bars and Crescents fade away,
But the Stars shine on forever.
p. X. WETZEL.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
A MOST WISE CHOICE.

The organizations and societies
that, favor statewide prohibition
made no mistake at their meet
ing in Minneapolis last Wednes-
day when they chose state sena-
tor Jones of Duluth to lead the
fight against Old John Barley
corn next year.
Senator Jones is a clever execu-
tive and an able speaker. He
never has failed to down Old
John Barleycorn in Duluth and
St. Louis county when in charge
Of campaigns against him. In
other places and other states, SEN
ator Jones also is recognized for
his sincerity, fearlessness and
ability.
Under Senator Jones' capable
leadership, Old John Barleycorn
will be banished from Minnesota
next year just as surely as the
sun rises or water runs.
Duluth may we'll be proud of
her competent, fearless, progress
sive citizen. Great credit and
distinction will accrue to this
City Of Destiny through and be-
cause of senator Jones' leadership
in next years fight.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
MOB RULE CONDEMNED.

There is no reasonable excuse
for lawless violence in this coun-
try, where we are all supposed to
live under the law. If our rights
are lawlessly violated, we can put
in motion all Of the powerful ma
chinery Of government for our
protection, and for the arrest and
punishment of those who are
guilty of the wrong. The law is
wide in it's provisions, compre:
hensive, inclusive and as ample as
the lawmakers elected by the peo-
pie can make it.
Hence, violence is strictly out
of order and should have nc
standing anywhere. Just now,
the press dispatches tell us that
at Tulsa, Oklahoma, a mob took
seventeen Industrial Workers OF
the World members under arrest
from the officers who had charge
Of them and whipped and tarred
and feathered the seventeen men
and ran them out of that locality,
firing hundreds of gunshots in the
air as the men fled in the dark
ness.
This mob violence should be
punished the same as any other
kind of mob violence ought to
be punished. There was nc
reasonable excuse for it. The
seventeen men were under ar,
rest and were not trying to es.
cape. The processes Of the law
were not being hindered in any
way, except by the mob itself
Such doings should not be
tolerated, and are not likely to
be in any really civilized com.
munity. The people of this
country prefer to live under the
protection of the law, but mob
violence, no matter by whom,
promotes disregard of the law.
Let that sort of thing be stopped.
Superior telegram.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
WAS 1T YOU?

Some one started the whole day
wrong
Was it you?
Some one robbed the day Of its
song
Was it you?
Early this morning some one
frowned;
Some one sulked until others
scowled,
And soon harsh words were passed
around
Was 1t you?
Some started the day Alright
Was it you?
Some one made 1t happy and
bright
Was it you?
Early this morning, we are told,
Some one smiled, and all through
the day
This smile encouraged young and
old
Was it you?
Stewart I. Long in New York Sun.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
AN ECONOMICAL PLAN.

The Duluth Rip-saw says that
Duluth may have a municipal
piggery" near the old ineinerator
plant. We would think it would
be cheaper to just build pen
around Michigan streets present
hog houses.-The Mesaba Ore,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08

Give the job to the kaiser, the
author of this war.
He understands 1t better-a millien
times by far.
hate to leave the old home, the
spot love so well,
But l feel that I'm. not up to date
In the art of running hell"
International Falls Press.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08
THE DEVILS RESIGNATION,

The devil sat by a fire on a pile Of
sulphur kegs;
His head was bowed upon his breast,
his tail between his legs.
A look Of shame was on his face, the
sparks dripped from his eyes.
He had sent his resignation to the
throne up in the skies.
"I'm down and out" the devil said,
and he said it with a sob,
'"There are others that have got me
beat, / want to quit my job.
He'll isn't In 1t any more, with the
land along the Rhine;
I'm has-been and a piker, and
therefore I resign.
One ammunition maker, with his
bloody shot and shell,
Knows more about damnation than
all the imps in hell
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-08

There has been a terrible howl
about the burning of a few bar
rels Of vegetables at the city in
Generator but hardly a word and
absolutely no action against the
Michigan street Produce Monop-
oily. That monopoly is the dan
gerous animal.