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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-06-01

marks, or as soon as the rows can be
seen, followed by a. deep and close
cultivation each way by the time the
eorn is from four to six inches high,
is good practice.
Late cultivation kills weeds and re-
tains moisture. Shallow cultivation
will accomplish both. Therefore; if
the soil has been properly worked be
fore planting time, or deep cultivation
given while the corn is small, later cul-
tivation need not be more than two or
tiree inches deep.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-06-01
LET THE CULTIvAToR SUPPORT
THE CANNON

The corn cultivator on the farm in
war times gives good support to the
cannon at the front, and it means a
larger return from the corn field.
With the seed bed firm below, mellow
at the surface, and free from weeds,
shallow, early cultivation is all that is
necessary, says A. G. Army in Bulletin
81 issued by the agricultural extension
division of the University of Minneso-
ia. This kills the weeds as they start
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
With The Pafaqraphers

VIII U-boat chaser be called Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Sometimes even vigorous war dies of longevity
Chicago News.
cold in the head is worth two in the feet-Niem-
phis Commercial Appeal.
Tip to the Washington politicians: "see America
irstl"-Boston Transcript
Herr Zimmerman plots as delicately as a hippo
potamus waltzes.-chicago News.
The Lyman NJ. Law is not the only law that has
been Observation-Disclosures Record.
The one-man submersible should come under the
head Of I-boat-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Kansas man says he killed blacksnake nineteen
and one-half feet long, which is pretty good length
for a dry State.-Indanapos Star.
It is more blessed TO give than to receive which
may explain why get many things don't want
Palm Beach News, CWest Palm Beach, Fla)
Some truths require consideration OF the time the
place the person and the manner before they be
uttered wisely-SpOkane CWash.) Spokesman Review.
The French hotel keepers say that they will need
ohey AFTER the war condition, it might be observed
winch prevailed before the war.-Indianapolis News.
only TWO women given Carnegie medals last
year. put nearly every married woman is entitled 20
one TOT hlhg with her husband-Topeka (Ilan) Cap
All this fuss over the invention OF n system 10 Chi
nese shorthand Is probably being raised nv some man
who never saw laundry ticket-F,rie Cpa0 MS
patch.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

meaning to a Russian people, newly
freed from its chains, Of the an
nouncement that the oldest OF great
republics has taken its stand pesiue
the youngest
And tomorrow may It not be that 20
words there will be Joined acts ana
American soldiers will take their
place beside the other soldiers OF lib
erty? For not the least admirable OF
the Presidents declarations is that
which calls for universal service, for
that training of the manhood OF Amer
lea which will enable the nation TO
perform its share in the great task OF
liberating mankind from the German
menace. Not less admirable are those
wise suggestions outlining the future
cooperation OF this country with those
already enlisted in the great struggle.
No praise can be too high for the
words and the purposes of the Fresi-
dent. Never in all the long period in
which he has directed American pol
icy has he seemed to come nearer to
the ideal of the American people, the
ideal OF a President who should lead
not one who watchfully awaited the
decision of a people who themselves
asked for light.
We are done with many illusions,
som e of whom we have all shared,
some of which have been due mainly
| TO Mr.. Wilson's own mistaken view
OF the facts Of the European conflict.
We are done with the doctrine Of too
proud TO fight" We have laid aside
the futility OF mediation. We have fin
ally laid the ghost Of armed neutral
ity." We have dismissed all the poll
cies which we're but phrases and the
phrases which were but words. We
have at last recognized as nation
that there can be no compromise with
murder and no patering with assas-
sination, even when assassination
flies a flag and claims the character
of a civilized nation.
All over the world there will be
Americans today who will find in the
decision made yesterday by the Presi-
dent a cause for new confidence and
new hope. After all, despite temporary
weakness, momentary faltering, the
American people have not proven
false to their history or betrayed
their tradition.
President Wilson has spoken elo.
quently; he has spoken truly; he has
drawn an indictment which will fol
low the Prussian autocracy TO its
grave. Through him the United States
has answered present" at the rollcall
lof the peoples who love liberty and
are willing to defend humanity and
civilization against force and terror
We have closed long and blotted
page of national history. What always
should have been done is at last to
be done rightly.
This nation has always been ready
10 follow a President who would lead
It will follow Mr.. Wilson just as long
as he shall continue TO speak in the
voice which yesterday outlined ma
tional duty in terms that were beyond
argument and above praise.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
On The Eve of War
CFrom the New York SUM.

last night-at last-with the voice OF
the nation. And with a sense OF the
gravity OF the pronouncement quite
equal in solemnity TO his own, and
with even greater alacrity in reaching
the decision, the Congress will now
respond to his request for authority
to exert all the power and employ all
the resources OF this nation ito bring
the Government OF Germany TO terms
and end the war"
For those ultimate words of firm
ness, of American resolution, of Amer
lean self-respect, much of previous in
decision, of rhetorical subtleties of
evasion, could be forgiven. The cOun-
try will rejoice that it has found a
leader ready to lead in the direction
to which duty to ourselves and duty
to the common interests of humanity
and of democracy alike Enthusiastically
and unerringly point There is an ad-
ditional sense of satisfaction in Mr..
Wilson's clear discernment of the fact
that to be an effective war for the
maintenance of our own rights and
the vindication of our own honor, not
less than for the overthrow of a Grim
inal dynasty, it must be an aggressive
war on our part, a hundred per cent
war, waged not merely with money
credits and passive cooperation in the
military sense. but with all the ply
steal resources at our command; q
war involving. as he puts II, "the ut
most practicable cooperation" with
the Allies now engaged against Ger
many There are no two meanings tC
the Presidents utterance Of the mo
mentous summons.
So the day has come for us, like
others, to do our full part to make
possible an enduring peace on earth
and to make possible the future eX
istence of peace loving nations in th'
enjoyment OF liberty, and freedom
from outrage, and the exercise o
their right to selfgovernment. 1t viii
be a war for ideals, as every just anC
successful war has been In the who'll
history of the world. II will be wa
OF sacrifices perhaps not yet measuI
able by the imagination. The Pres
dent faces the.situation squarely evel
to a complete recognition of the ne
cessity for universal military training
The response of Congress will b
loyal and adequate; there can be n
doubt of that. The country Will be be
hind the President with no fear nov
of the backward step.
And thus, at the eloquent call OF tn
President. we are at last face to face
through no misdeed or lack of pa
, tience on our part. with the Imperia
, Government that has dared to max
wicked war on all mankind not sui
/ ! servient to its will. The day has com
Q for US, like others. to do our part.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

The distinction between a declara-
ton of belligerency against the I'M
perial German Government and a de.
claration Of war against Germany and
the Germans may seem at rirst sight
metaphysical but it expresses a diff
ference which in reality exists in the
minds and hearts and purposes Of the
American people.
For the Germany that we have
known throughout nearly a century
and a half of uninterrupted friend
ship, for the race that has become
so important and so welcome a part
of the fabric of our own composite
nationality, for the German on the
Continent who is the analogue of the
American of German birth or descent
now in every quarter of this Union
affirming his undivided allegiance to
the flag of his choice, there is GER
tainly nowhere in America this morn
ing the hatred or the sense of outrage
that pushes great peoples into war
For the HohenzOllern destroyers Of
the worlds peace, for the Junker
oligarchy menacing the worlds lib
erty, for the Prussian militarist OF
Belgium, of the Lusitania, of reckless
piracy at sea, OF ruthless murder Of
non-combatant men, women and child
rem at sea and ashore, there is a SEN
timent of a very different kind and
an Interchangeable determination to
punish and TO protect; and IL is this
righteous sentiment that is leading
the United States straight TO the most
righteous war that any nation ever
undertook.
When the conflict of arms which
fOrbearance has too long postponed
becomes actual II may make little
practical difference whether the orig
inal declaration was aimed at a Gov
eminent or a people. Again, sooner or
later, It may make n difference. Re
cent events in Russia serve both Ia
illustrate the possibilities of the dis
tinction and to justify its reiterated
appearance In the Presidents address
to Congress last night and in the text
of the Flood resolution upon which
Congress is to act today or tomorrow
Almost simultaneously with the ar
/ rival of the news of the torpedoing OIL
the American armed merchantmen Az
tec-an inevitable case for war II none
had previously existed-the President
asked for war powers to enforce those
rights OF our republic which have beer
repeatedly and dehantly violated OF
the high seas by the destruction o.
our ships and the murder of our citi
zens, It would be picayune business L
crlticise the form of his recital, 3,
we ght his phrases or to discuss hi
methods of presentation. The grea
main fact is that the President spok
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
COMMITTEES AND THEIR WORK.

PoTH the Mems National Defense Committee and
- the Women's National Defense Committee, ap-
pointed by James f. Price, Mayor, have shown
clearly by their action that they intellectually
behind President Wilson and the Federal Government
in their trouble with Germany.
No doubt when they have ascertaned just what aid
the Federal Government wants from them and after
they have systematzed their work in harmony with
the wishes of that government they will perform ex-
ceedingy useful service in many directions.
For the time being the members OF those two com
mttees and OF their subcommittee quite naturally
are confused somewhat with respect to their precise
duties. They may rest assured, however that as the
warlke situation develops the present confusion will
be followed by clear understanding that orderly
and practical work will result therefrom.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
LAFOLLETTE AND HIS WORK.

0NcE more Senator LaFollette has made pitiable
spectacle Of himself and has merited and won the
contempt Of the people of the United States.
In an outrageous effort to make himself popular with
Germans, pro-Germans and peace-atany-prcers he
prevented IN the Senate yesterday, consideration of
e resolution framed to put into effect President Will
sons stateoi-wa policy with respeot n Germany He
olu II IN the face Of full knowledge that large ma
'ory OF his colleagues in the Senate were eager TO
Auop' II and mat the House also stood ready TO act
Like senator stone he resorted in time of nationa,
emergency to playing personal politics at the exnense
OF the nation ana like Stone. he will discover that
this country contains infinitely more loval Aro,.o.-
than it does Germans, pro-Germans and peace,at
pricers.
In millions Of American homes today his name Sc
being uttered with and his action is being con
demned.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
A Great Document
Iron Do New York Trlbunel.

The judgments Of the moment are
frequently OF but transitory value. Yet,
reading President Wilson's message to
Congress at the moment of its deliv-
cry, 1t seems one of the great docu-
ments OF history, re-echoing in q new
and yet in the original spirit those
noble words OF Lincoln, with malice
TO none"
Certainly no document that Mr.. Will
son has written since he took Office
has so completely expressed the deci-
sion OF the American people as that
message 10 Congress In which the
President last night set forth the case
of the American democracy. of demo-
cracy the world over, against that
German autocracy which has borrow
ed the name as It has adopted the
character Of Prussianlsm.
If anything were needed TO give to
the Presidents indictment a final
force IL was the fact that coincident
with his address there arrived the
news OF the murder of more Amer
leans and the sinking Of one more
American ship. The fact OF war has
long been before us; it needed only
the words of the President of United
States. long withheld, TO estab-
lsh clearly in the minds of the least
thoughtful that peace with Germany.
as It is at present organized, was
impossible.
II would be difficult 10 improve upon
Mr.. Wilson's indictment OF the Ger
man assault not upon American lives
alone, but, as he properly and Justly
pointed out, upon mankind. Il is, as
he said, a warfare upon mankind
that Ger ~ Is making and that Ger
many " A is making It is, in fact,
an outlaw"
Those who most regret that the
President has so long delayed his de.
claration will be the first to recog.
nize that, having come to the point,
he has drawn an indictment which
viii remain fixed in the minds of his
own people and will be welcomed and
properly acclaimed by those nations
and by those peoples which have long
carried forward the bitter struggle
with the German menace at close
range.
No man can exaggerate the moral
effect in Europe today of President
Wilson's word. The last great neu-
trail nation, the last great civilized
people, having long observed the pro.
gress Of the world war with earnest
desire to avoid the conflict, has at last
proclaimed through its Chief Execu
tive that peace with a German spirit
in the world is impossible.
Today the news of Americas deci
sion will be passed from mouth to
mouth along that firing line in France
which is the present frontier of civili
zation. Those who saved democracy
at the Marine and Verdun, those who
halted the German food at Ypres and
the Somme, will find new encourage
ment for their bitter task in the new
that one more great free people has
joined in the common resistance 10 a
common peril.
Nor shall one overestimate The
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
AN AMERICAN CREED.

n NE country. flag. President one govern
~ ment, loyalty, aim, hope and one de-
termination
That flag, the flag Of the United States of Americal
That President the President OF the United States
OF Amerioa
That government the government Of tho United
States OF Amerca
That loyalty. the loyalty which properly belongs to
the United States OF Amerlcal
That aim the protection Of the honor and safety OF
the United States OF Amerca
That hope. the hope that there will be faltering
by any citizen OF the United States OF Americal
That determination. the determination to compel
Germany to respect the life and property of every
citizen Of the United States Of Americal
That is creed that is good enough for every Amer-
can and one that should not be too good for any
American!
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
To the Editor of THE EVENING
TOTTRNAT.

To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
Sir-I read, with keen approval,
your editorial relative to the pro-
posed Home Guard for Wilmington.
Certainly, no man who is between
the active military service ages OF l6
and 40 years should seek to serve IN
IL and no man between those ages
should be permitted to serve in It even
II he so far forget himself as TO
seek to do SO.
Any man who Is between IS and 40
and who desires TO experience mill
tary service may do so by volunteering
and taking his chances with the other
volunteers at the front.
Any man who is between Is and 40
and who is averse to volunteering to
go to the front, should be compelled
to take his chances, with other men,
in the draft, conscription, or whatever
the process may be called that is to
be used by the Federal Government
to get into the ranks those who may
be needed and who have failed to re-
spond to the call for volunteers.
No man between those ages should
be permitted to use the Home Guard
as harbor Of refuge TO enable him
to eyade the dangers which others,
more patriotic and less thoughtful OF
self, are willing to face in the real
army, on the real front and on the
real firing line.
Governor Townsend, Adjutant-Gen-
eral Wickersham, Mayor Price, the
Board of Police Commissioners and
the Wilmington National Defense
Committee cannot afford to make
themselves parties to a Home Guard
plan which is based upon the outra-
geous premise that a selected and
preferred list OF men between IS and
45 years of age who are physically
fit for military service shall be per
mitted to enjoy the practically as
sured safety of Home Guard service
while other men between the ages OF
Is and as years, who are not on that
selected and preferred list, are sent
TO the scene of real war and required
to take their full share of the risk OF
real service.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
PEOPLES COLUMN
No Home Guard HarbOr of Refuge for
Active Service EIigibles

AS you suggest. there are plenty
Of men in this city between the ages
of As and so. or 45 and So, who are
amply able to perform duties of Home
Guardsmen, or extra policemen, and
that work should be delegated TO them
to do, to the exclusion of all men be-
tween Is and 45. The same is true
as regards the towns down the State,
and Governor Townsend should see to
il that down there the Home Guards
which may be organized are not made
up of men between Is and 40 who,
while not ayerse to wearing a uni
form and carrying a sword OF rife
in the practically safe environment OF
a Home Guard, are averse to going
to the front where It is likely that
real fighting will have to be done.
For the Governor. the Adiutant-
General Mayor Price, the Board OF
Police Commissioners and the Will
mington National Defense Committee
to approve of a Home Guard scheme
that permits certain men to make up
list Of men between Is and 45 who
shall enjoy the safety and immunity
of local auxiliary police service while
other men between Is and as are COM
PEELED to go to the trenches and while
men over As are willing to serve as
Home Guards would arouse a storm OF
protest in a democratic community
engaged in a democratic war.
1t also would make any Home Guard
so constituted an object of public con-
tempt and suspicion and lay open to
widespread condemnation those pub
lie officials responsible for its exist
ence. Our nation, our State, and our
city would be better off without such
Home Guard. 1t will be wise for the
Board of Police Commissioners not
to throw such a red rag in the face
of a patriotic public, which glories
in the military achievements of men
/ like General James II. Wilson, Gen
! eral Smyth, Colonel Henry A. du-
Pont, Colonel Benjamin Nields and
others, and in the naval achievements
of Commodore Macdonough and Ad-
miral DUPONT. Yours truly,
G.. A. r.
Wilmington, Del, April 4, 1917.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

There is wisdom in the action of the War Depart
ment in authorizing the discharge from service Of
bers OF the National Guard who are officers or
ployes Of government departments the loss OF whose
services would seriously hamper the bureaus Of those
departments Of government contractors and of such
employees OF government contractors. such supern-
tendens foremen, inspectors in other special skilled
capacity, contracts for the United States the loss
Of whose services would seriously hamper contractors
in the fuhllment of contracts with the war and navy
departments for. Enthusiastically dstnctvely war
materials It would be bad piece of business were
the government to withdraw from official and indus
trial service the needed to produce those
things which will be needed most vitality by our army
and navy when they enter the world-conhict.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04
ANOTHER ITRM ON A RIG R1IL.

anything additional we're needed to show the con-
tempt in which the Prussian junkers hold American
honor, life and property, the sinking without warning
OF the armed American merchant ship Aztec by a sub
marine amply supplied it, Germany is endeavoring to
submarine civilization and democracy
The Aztec incident, brought home closely to our
people by the fact that Wimingonian aboard. is
another item in the big expense bill which the United
States is framing for presentation to Germany when
Prussian marsm lies PROSTATE at the feet OF world
democracy, represented by this country Great Britain
France, Belgium, Portugal Italy and Russia and re-
Elected, to a certain extent, by Japan.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

Those six Germans who have been convicted in the
Federal Court in New York city OF the crime Of having
conspired to blow up ships laden with American food
sus and war munitions should have the extreme pen
atty OF the law covering the offense inflicted upon
them when they arraigned for sentence next
Friday. They have had long and fair trial. Their
guilt has been established clearly AS they dealt mer
ciessy and secretly against others and shamefully
abused the neutrality Of this country they should be
dealt with mercilessly and openly when they ar
raiEned for punishment.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

officer in the regular army. Captains,
first and second lieutenants from the
best of the non-commissioned officers
and give these men commissions over
unframed men. Officers in the regular
army are efficient because with few
exceptions) they must either be a
graduate of West Point or serve at
least two years in the regular army.
Non commissioned officers receive
their appointments from the colonies
of their rA1ective regiments because
of his confidence in their ability, fidel-
ity, valor and patriotism.
Men raising regiments are TO be
commended, but unless they have mill
tary ability are not fit to command
men because it would be a. case Of the
blind leading the blind
Respectfully,
CHARLES NJ. BROWN.
No. 11O6 West Eighth street,
Wilmington, Del, April 2, 1917.
Evening journal., 1917-04-04

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