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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
MANY LABOR CHIEFS COMING
LEADERS TO ATTEND BIG CON-
Ference IN MILL CITY.
Special Trains From Both Coasts ia
Bring Noted Labor Men to Great
Gathering.

Minneapolis, Aug. 29.-Special trains
from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
will carry labor leaders to Minneapo-
lis for the conference Of the American
Alliance of Labor and Democracy to be
held here starting September s.
Labor leaders, headed by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, are coming to
hear him give the lie to the traitorous
utterances of the so-called Peoples
Council and Workmen's Council,
which charge that the working people
have no interest in the war.
'The Red, White and Blue" labor
special which will carry delegates from
the East and Middle West to the con-
ference will leave New York city Sum-
day, September 2. Another special
will start from San Francisco, going
through Salt Lake City, Denver and
Omaha.
Noted Men Coming.
Samuel Gompers, Charles Edward
Russell, member of the United States
mission to Russia; John Spargo, one
of the Socialist leaders who left their
party because of it's pro-German lean
ings; Rabbi Stephen Wise of New
York, Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the
industrial relations committee, and
Frank Morrison, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, are
among those who will speak here.
They will all come on the special train
from the East.
The conference here will be held in
the Auditorium, September 5, 6 and Z.
Governor Burnquist will give the ad-
dress of welcome.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
WASHINGTON

The senate at Washington, by a vote
Of 80 to 20, defeated the finance COM
mittee's plan to raise $50,0O0,00O by in
creasing the two-cent letter postage to
three cents.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announced at Washington a new credit
to Russia Of $10O,OOOOOO. This brings
the total Russian credit up to $685.
100000.
Army officers, testifying before the
senate military subcommittee at Wash
ington Investigating alleged pro-Ger-
man statements by Col. Carl Reich
mann, nominated to be brigadier
general, spoke highly Of his military
record and personal character.
The explosion of black powder
magazine at the Mare Island navy yard
July 9 was not an accident but 'the
deliberate act of some person or per-
sons unknown" the naval investigation
board reported to Secretary Daniels,
it was announced at Washington.
Col. Carl Reichmann, whose nominal
ton as brigadier general had been held
up, specifically denied before a senate
military subcommittee at Washington
that he ever had said the army draft
law would be so unpopular as to cause
civil war or that American troops
should not be sent to France.
President Wilson issued a proclama-
ton at Washington giving the govern
ment control over all commodities ex-
ported from the United States. The
president said he aims at control, not
at actual stoppage Of exports.
Henry A. Garfield, coal administra-
tor, gave warning at Washington that
all the machinery Of the government
will be used to carry the benefits of
prices the president has fixed on coal
through to the consumer, and that If
necessary to accomplish this end the
government will take over the mines.
F0reiR,,
The military CONSUMPTION bill tor
the Dominion Of Canada became q law
when it was signed by the governor
general af TOr0nt0 Ont
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
PRESIDENT NAMES FIGURES As
APPLYING TO 1917 CROP ON
RECOMMENDATION OF PRICE
COMMITTEE,
14-OUNCE LOAF OF. BREAD,
FOR 8 CENTS PREDICTED
Basis Of Price to Be No. 1 Northern
Spring Wheat Delivered at CHICAGO
Board Comes to Agreement
by Compromise After Iona
Deadlock.

''o~>-AoSAA' 0SPCs O]
$2.2O a bushel has been fixed for the
1917 crop of wheat by President vii
son last night on the recommendation
OF the wheat price committee headed
by DIR. H. A. Garfield. The basis will
be No. 1 Northern spring wheat deliv
cred at Chicago.
The committee finally agreed after
several days of voting. At one time
1t looked as if it would be unable tc
come to a conclusion, but a compro
mise was reached and the last vote
was unanimous.
Representative of the producers be-
gan by voting for price of $3.50 and
labor's representatives for $1.84. The
two extremes eventually narrowed
down until the votes were only a few
| cents apart and most of the voting
showed only a slight difference. Both
| factions appeared uncompromising at
| the start
DlfferentiaIs Announced.
On the basis of $3.50 at Chicago the
food administration worked out differ.
S~AS Ae~Ao AoA CAO val 1OuS SIduCS duO
classes and for the several terminals.
In a statement accompanying the
announcement of the price, President
Wilson declares it is the hope of the
food administration, and his own as
well, that the fixing of a price will sta
bilize the market and keep prices with
In moderate bounds for all transactions
during the current year.
Prices to Be Kept Down.
The prices Of flour and bread, too,
the President declares, will be kept
down.
The committee in it's report to the
President gave as it's three chief con-
siderations that entered into it's DELHI
erations the following:
The fact that the United States is
at war, the need of encouraging the
producer and the necessity of reducing
the cost of living to the consumer.
All members agreed in their discus
sions that the price fixed will permit
of a 14-ounce loaf of bread for cents,
allowing fair profit both to the flour
manufacturers and the baker.
Price DifferentiaIs.
The price differentials worked out
by the food administration are:
No. 1 dark hard winter, 1924.
No. hard winter basic, 1920
No. 1 red winter basic, $3.50.
No. / yellow hard winter, $2.16.
No. 1 soft red winter, $2.18.
No. 1 dark northern spring, 1924.
No. 1 red spring, $2.18.
No. humpback, $2.10.
No. amber Durum, 1924.
No. 1 Durum basic, $3.50.
No. 1 Red Durum, $2.13.
No. 1 red Walla, $2.13.
No. 1 hard white basic, 1920.
No. 1 soft white, $2.18.
No. 1 white club, $2.16.
Relative market basis:
Chicago, Galveston, New Orleans,
basic; Kansas City and Omaha, cents
less than basic; Duluth and Minpeapo-
lis, cents less; st. Louis, cents less;
New York, 10 cents more than basic;
Baltimore and Philadelphia, 9 cents
more; Buffalo, cents more
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
FOREIGN

The military CONSUMPTION bill tos
the Dominion Of Canada became a law
when it was signed by the governor
general at Toronto, Ont.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
Domestic

The police raided the Hamilton De-
tective agency in New York and ar
rested the head and the two employees
on charges of holding as prisoners
American sailors in order to claim $50
reward offered in each case of a de-
serter delivered to his ship.
Peaceful settlement of labor dis
putes involving longshoremen was fore
cast at Washington by the appointment
of board representing the war de-
partment, the shipping board, the
Longshoremen's association and the
principal carriers to handle all dis
putes and appoint local boards in prin-
cipal cities.
A contract for 1,O74,OOO gas masks
to equip the army has been awarded
to manufacturing company of Phila-
delphia. The contract calls for an ex-
penditure Of $1,502,000. The govern
ment will furnish the material.
Odpl. JOScp1l w. MATES OF battery
A, Second Illinois Field artillery, who
died for the Stars and Stripes in the
Houston riot, was buried at Chicago
with full military honors.
Herbert G. Hoover, federal food ad-
ministrator, told the farmers of the
nation the part they are asked to play
in helping the United States and it's
allies win the war. He outlined the
agricultural features of the admins
tration's policy. Hoover made his
statement in Chicago, where he spoke
before representatives of 126 farm
journals.
Privates Nelson and James KELLEY
of Battery A, Second Missouri field ar
tillery, we're killed and four others Sc
riously injured when a shrapnel shell
exploded on the cantonment range at
Fort Sill, Okla.
Albert B. Lamb of st. Louis, vice
president Of the Navy league, wired
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels at
Washington that he has resigned. It
is assumed his action grew out of the
controversy between Daniels and the
president Of the Navy league, Colonel
Thompsss
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12

Enlisted men Of the National army,
National Guard and regular army will
be given every opportunity to fit them
selves for commissions, it was learned
at Washington.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12

Chicago, Galveston, New Orleans,
basic; Kansas City and Omaha, 5 cents
less than basic; Duluth and Minpeapo-
lis, cents less; st. Louis, cents less;
New York, 10 cents more than basic;
Baltimore and Philadelphia, 9 cents
more; Buffalo, cents more
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-12
MOST Important
NEWS Of WORLD
Ola HAPPENINGS OF The WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS,
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Aernels CulIed From Events Of Ne,
ment In All Parts Of the Wor)d-
OF Interest to All the
People Everywhere.
U.S.-TelIt011ic War News

Enlisted men Of the National army,
National Guard and regular army will
be given every opportunity to fit them
selves for commissions, it was learned
at Washington.
The possibility that Austria and
perhaps other allies Of Germany may
soon declare war against the United
States because of the financial aid
given to Italy is recognized by admin
istration officials at Washington.
That the United States will reject
the peace proposals Of Pope Benedict,
because they have failed to take into
consideration the necessity for the
overthrow of Germany's autocracy, is
considered certain. simultaneously
with the intimation that the reply to
the pope will go forward this week, the
state department made public the text
OF cablegram Of greeting sent by the
president to the great council of the
Russian people, now in session in Mos
COW.
The first death of an American
naval flyer in France was announced
at Washington in official dispatches to
the navy department. He was George
Herbert Manley, and was killed in an
airplane accident.
Capt. Cyrus w. Crooks, master Of
the American bark Christiane, which
was sunk by German submarine Au-
gust Z near the Azores, says he was
told by the German commander that
he "hated to sink American ships"
A catalogue compiled by the Har-
ward Alumni bulletin at Cambridge,
shows about 5,400 Harvard graduates
and undergraduates engaged in war
work. Nearly every page bears the
asterisk that designates death in &C.
ton.
UnpatriOtic utterances, especially by
men of prominence, are more likely to
be due to wrong attitude of heart
than an error of the mind, according to
an interview with William Jennings
Bryan in Chicago.
BY direction of President Wilson at
Washington practically every married
man upon whom his wife is actually
dependent or who has children will be
exempted from the draft act. Only 5
per cent of the men drawn for the new
National army will be sent to camp on
September 5, instead Of 80 per cent,
as previously ordered.
The officers reserve camp at which
are to be trained leaders for the Sec
ond lot of 100000 trained soldiers of
the National army opened at Fort
Sheridan, III.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04
FENWICK

Lloyd Snyder, who is attending
Ferris came home Friday night and
is sick. He will return as soon as
possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walters are ex-
pecting to move to Gfeenville where
Mr.. Walters is going to work for the
Tower Truck company.
Mrs. I. w. Worden is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Couser of
Sidney. are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Thompson and fam
lily.
Guy Parks, who is working on the
railroad section gang, was home VS.
ting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. G.
Parks, Sunday. :.
Those who visited school last
week were Thelma Haysmer, Lloyd
Crandall, lava Snow, Goldie Coch-
run, Lloyd Balderson and Alfred
Brokow.
The Congregational, United Breth-
rem and Methodist churches will start
goodfellowship meetings here to con-
tinue for one week. They will be
held in the Congregational church:
Mrs. Rinker is better at this
writing.
Chas. Walker went to Grand Rap
ids last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deacon have moved
from the Ferd. Crandall farm and
are moving to the Holland farm,
west of Sheridan.
Mrs. Leonard Hiteabaugh has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hiteabaugh.
Stewart Thompson visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Thompson,
Sunday.
C. j. Thompson will begin work on
his coal sheds the first of the week.
Rev. and Mrs. Rollon are in the
northern part of the state attend
ing the funeral of a cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walters were
in Ionia Saturday.
April showers bring May flowers.
E. C. jerks has returned from
Ionia and will work at his old trade
of papering and paperhanging.
There will be an Aid society sup
per at and Mrs. Frank Worden's,
Anril q
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Blasen and
daughter, Christina, of Beal City
are visiting with relatives in this
vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kemp and Leo
Shindorf and family were the Sun
day guests of Charley Breimayer
and family.
Mrs. Theresa Krupp was an after
noon caller at Mrs. Paul Gondolh's
Monday.
Will Drier hal his tonsils removed
one day last week and is gaining
nicely.
Joe Breimayer and family were
the Sunday guests of Ed. Cowles
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Blasen and
daughter, Christina, were the Sunday
guests of Fred Scheid and family. In
the afternoon they motored to Keene
and called on Henry Rittersdorf and
family.
Joe and John Krupp and mother
motored to Greenville Sunday.
Hilda Honson and Leona Gueisen
were visitors at Clara Gondolff's, and
Thursday were visitors at the Kemp
school.
Many from this locality attended
drawing of the auto and range. All
expected to get one or the other of
the articles, but all most of them
got was good soaking.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04

shells. Saw the terrible effects of
the Smelling of the fort by our gun
boats, the ground being torn and
plowed up and in some places there
were holes large enough to bury a
horse. The soil is clean, white sand
and very soft. The vegetation great
ly differs from what it is in the
north or west of the Alleghanies.
There are live oaks with their green
foliage, the trees being frequently
hung full of long drapping Spanish
moss, giving them shaggy look. The
timber is mostly pitch pine, however,
yet it seems to have different
growth and look from any have seen
before. The tops spread out and look
fiat on top. The woods are filled
with various trailing vines, making
them difficult to explore. There were
large, low Fields covered with rice
straw and near here is a rice mill
for hulling the grain. In the after
noon l took look around the fort,
which found badly torn up by shot
and shell. The parapet was heavier
than any | ever saw and there were
large traverses between the guns.
The guns were 32-pounders and had
been spiked and the carriages burned,
which had been done by our men as
they did not want to occupy the fort.
The most interesting object here was
the ruin of an old brick church. The
edifice was said to have been burned
by Lord CORVALLIS at the time of
the American Revolution. The walls
were about seventy feet long, forty
feet wide and twenty feet high, and
on the inside are stumpS of tree a
foot in diameter. On the top of the
walls were cedar trees growing which
were six inches through. Nearby
was a graveyard, and one of the
tombs / read: "Died, Mrs. in
1763," 102 years ago. There were
others nearly as old, while some were
so worn by time that the inscription
could not be made out. There were
the remains of other houses nearby,
but no walls standing. The place
is said to have been quite a town,
and was called New Brunswick be-
fore it was destroyed by the English.
| broke off a few pieces of the old
grave stone and from the walls of
the church and returned to camp at
four p. m, where / found the boys
busy taking down the tents and do
ing up their things ready to leave for
Wilmington. The propeller Thames
came along side and there was great
hustle and confusion to get aboard.
We stored away our baggage and the
headquarters luggage in the hold at
the stern of the craft. The different
brigades and regiments put all their
baggage aboard making it SO crowd
ed that you could hardly get around.
Our boys had been down the bay
about two miles to an oyster bed,
where they found lots of oysters at
low tide, and after all was loaded
they went to the hold and had real
oyster and cracker feed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04

A. Palmer, d, "a; township clerk,
John X. Palmer, r, 81, Allen l..
Sherwood, d, 113; treasurer, Wilson
L, Purdy, r, 1873, Jerry Spaulding, d.,
66 4 highway commissioner, Fred Ben
nett, r, 1913, Geo. Hill, d, 50; justice
of the peace, +. L. Currie, r, 1872,
f. T. Flanagan, d, II.
Bernice Wood entertained her cou-
sin, Leila Greenop, of Bedding last
week.
Saturday visitors at Mrs. Hiley
Warmers were: Mrs. Mary Penny
and Mrs. Will Coney of Bedding and
Miss Alma Meeks of Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. WILDER enter
tanned at dinner Sunday Budd Will
Der of Bruce's Crossing, Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. c. WILDER of Keene and Mr.. and
Mrs. z. C. Hoppough of Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. w. Olmstead are
enjoying a visit with their grand
daughter, Blanche Olmstead, OF
Weidman.
Herman Hale of Caledonia spent
Monday night with his uncle, Frank
Hale and family. He recently re-
turned from the border an dexpects
to receive the call to service at any
time.
Sherwood Noddins installed elsc-
trio lights in the town hall Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehial Wow have
moved into and are enjoying their
new home they have just built.
The many friends of Mrs. Chris.
Leibum are, very sorry that she is
improving so slowly.
Roy Spaulding is on the sick list.
Robt. Wardrop is driving new
automobile.
Raymond Noddins and Carleton
Currie are home from M. A. c. for
the Easter vacation.
Among the little folks starting in
school for the first time this term
are: Josephine Sherwood and lila
Purdy and also WILDER Youngs, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rowley Youngs.
Success to the little folks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04
PARNELL

Parle are sorry to hear of her death
which occurred at her home in East
Grattan Friday evening, March 80
She is mourned by her husband, two
sons and two daughters.
VIM. Mccormick spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Cormick.
Peter Toohey has returned home af-
ter spending several years in the west
Miss Ruth Sullivan spent Sunday
with her cousin, Mrs. Laughlin.
Miss Marie Sullivan Of Muskegon
spent the past week at the home of
her uncle, James Sullivan.
Misses Mary and Perleen Bresna-
han spent Saturday and Sunday with
their aunt, Mrs. Rose Dean.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04
WEST OTISCO

Mrs. Frank johnson and daughter,
Pauline, have returned to her home
in Grand Rapids. She has been spend
ing a few days with her parents,
Harry Sussex and family.
Miss Bertha Johnson spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Howard Chickering, of
Bedding.
Mrs. Frank Treynor spent Thurs
day afternoon at Harry Sussex's.
Miss Bertha Robinson of Hubbard
ston spent her vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson.
Mrs. Irwin Hall, ST., spent last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Harry John
son, of Belding.
ID. c. Johnson and daughter,
Blanche, were in Greenville Saturday.
Frank Howe was an afternoon call
err at Orson Rowley's Sunday.
Miss Reva Sussex is on the sick
list.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04
Interesting Accounts Taken
From Diary of the Late
&. NJ. Siayton

Continued from March 21
a soldier shut up with $50 horses
with no place to cook Tonight
felt quite hungry for the first time
since coming on board, and we were
unable to cook anything. / went to
the boats steward and paid him so
cents for my supper. | had sea bread,
kind of butter cracker, though
much better than our bareback, but
ter, cold beef, tea and sugar. 1t
tasted good and ! ate a good supper.
Thursday, February %, 1865.
We are still aboard the Glaucus,
rocking away, close to shore, but I'M
able to get there. We were only about
fifty hours running here from Alex
andria, but had been on board for
nearly a week. This morning one of
the sailors gave us some cooked po-
tatoes which they had left from their
breakfast, and / made a good meal
of potatoes and salt. We saw good
water to-day. The sailors told us
they were black fish or porpoise, that
their appearance was a sign of a
storm. passed the day as usual
gazing at the shore and longing to be
tnCiCs his HONtNCAs viz
mate went on shore and / got a
chance to go with him. The serf
was not rolling very high and we had
very good time landing. drawing
the sxiff up two or three rods on
shore out of reach of the tide which
was rising, and tied it up. Most Of
the boys then went up to look at FIT.
Caswell, but as the shore was cover
ed with sea shells. ETC., went to look
ing for good specimens to send home.
The shells were all dead ones, and
most of them were badly worn. vet
/ picked up a handkerchief full. con-
sisting of bivalves, some of which
were very pretty. found some
radiata, rockwell. etc, that were
also very curious. We look around
for about an hour then made prepara-
tions to start for the boat The wind
had now risen and the breakers were
running three or four feet high. At
ter pushing the boat Off as far as we
could and running back when the
waves came up. we managed to get
into the boat, and cleared the shore
by pushing with the oars. The
waves would break clear over the boat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04

Miles Monks Of Lowell had birth
day Friday and with his wife, his
daughter, Mrs. Manton Wilkinson,
and grandson, Clayton Wilkinson,
was invited to the Tom Rennick SUI
gar bush for a sugaring of party In
his honor.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allen
of Berlin, a Observation-Disclosures
Saturday last.
Isle. Braley and family of Grand
Rapids spent Sunday with DIR. +. w.
Braley and family.
Thelma Haskins, Blanche Merritt,
Lorna Stewart, Hazel Vaughn and
Ruth Mercer walked four and one
half miles through the rain Sunday
to the Fremont Walters farm,
where they had sugaring off party.
The Adgate livery team brought
them home.
Gladys Cahoon, who teaches school
in Battle Creek, is home on her va
cation.
Mrs. j. L. Norton of the State of
Washington and formerly resident
here, spent Thursday with Mrs. VIM.
Mercer.
Mrs. Covert, Mrs. Lottie HUM and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Page shopped in
Grand Rapids Friday.
Pearl Watt of Ionia sang at the
Ralph Fleming funeral Monday.
Miss Cora Adams requested not to
beconsidered an applicant for the
seventh grade in our school for next
year.
F. w. Dalton was elected presi-
dent of the Ionia county athletic as
ISOLATION at their election Of officers
last week.
The Boston township election went
democratic with l.. C. David, super
visor; Lee Otis, clerk; Albert Brown,
treasurer; Thos. Taylor, highway
commissioner; Judson A. Barger,
overseer of highways; Milton Page,
member board of review; VIM. f.
Baker, justice of the peace; and Will
lard Leary, Geo. Conner, Newell
Tucker and Joseph Bussier, consta-
bles.