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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
NO Argentine Wheat for Mexico.

f. Washington, Feb. 21.-Any attempt
by Argentina to dispose. Of consid.
cradle quantity Of wheat other than to
Allied countries probably will meet
with strong opposition by the United
States and her .coibelligerents. The
report that Mexican agents had made
contracts for wheat in Argentina were
supplemented BY ii information re.
ceivad at the State department, which
indicated that the agents were mem
bers Of the party that accompanied
Luis Cabrera q South Ams1ica !
short iims 80 III
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

/ south St. Paul live Stock.
South St. Paul, March 2S.-Esti.
mated receipts at the Union Stock
Yards: Cattle, 1000; CALVES, LOO;
hogs, 5000; sheep. 100; cars, 274..
Railroads entering the yards report
ed receipts for the day by loads as
follows: Burlington, 3; Milwaukee,
81; Rock Island, 8; Omaha, A.; Great
Northern, Ill; st. Louis, IS; North.
ern Pacific, "a; 500. 3. Total. PA.
Cattle-Steers, $10.00@12.25; cows,
$8.00@l1.00; !. calves, $7.OU@14.00;
hogs, $17.0G@17.25; sheep and lambs.
$11O0@14.5O. ~+~ 1s.4f,<. e.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
WHEN MASEFlELD FIRST SANG
Author Of Many Songs 40 q Younoster
Often LuIled His 6oss' Baby
to Sleep.

In the hidden recesses Of Paradise
alley you may see a service flag with
one star. But how are you to see Para
disc alley? It is In Greenwich village.
The entrance is through a hole in the
wall in Sixth avenue, between Jeffer-
son Market Jail and Eleventh street,
recalls a writer In the New York Mail.
In Paradise alley there is a row Of
quaint dwellings that seem to slant in
outrageous fashion. In fact, everything
in Paradise alley is strange to the point
Of Queerness. But once within the alley
you forget the world and its hustle.
You are in land far away.
: Around the corner from Paradise al
ley is Patchin place. IF memory does
not serve i'll it was in this queer back
water spot that John Masefleld ate and
slept and rocked the cradle of a man
child in the days when he ''tended barr
in New York town. A queer lad was
John Mansefeld. A thousand songs
struggled for birth in his brain. The
world knows many Of these songs to-
day, for he ranks In the second flight
Of living poets. s,
But when John Masefeld '''tended
bar" In Greenwich village and ate and
slept at the boss home in Patchin
place, the only part Of the public that
got the benefit of his poems was the
boss baby, for Masefeld, while he
waited for the boss wife to cook a
meal or "set" the table, had to. rock
the cradle and sing to keep the child
from raising the roof with his walls.
The babe never cried when John
Masefeld sang. It is the testimony Of
that good wife of the boss that she
never could make head or tail out of
the songs the queer youth sang-they
neither had rhyme, nor reason, nor
things that songs should have. They
were like chants, she says. '.-
But the baby seemed to make them
out, even If his mother could not.
Never a wall came from him while
1phn Masefeld sang. ..r...... 80.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
Say London Is To. Be SheiIed.

London, March 2S.-|Lieutenant
General Won Rohne, German au-
thority on ordnance, says in the Vos-
sische Zeitung of Berlin that the
bombardment of Paris is merely in
the nature of trial for guns which
are really intended to lombard Lon
don,. says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen. London
is about 125 miles from the nearest
point on the front.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, g.. March ..q2S.-Hogs-Re.
ceipts, $4,000; tomorrow $4,000;
strong, 15@25c; above yesterdays
average; bulk, 17.20@17.75; light,
$17.25@1S00; mixed, s16.90@17.95;
heavy, $16:15@17.60; rough, $16.15@
Cattle-Receipts, 5000; firm; ma.
tive steers, $9.60@14.50; stockers and
feeders, $7.70@11.50; COWS and heif.
ers, $6.75@l1.S0; calves, $1O.50@16.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; firm; sheep,
$m.25@15.65; lambs, $14.65@19. 90.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
J.BoAT DAMAGED BY U. S. SHIP
Sent Beneath the Waves damaged
and in Distress"

Washington, March 2S.-After an.
hours battle with q German U boat
on the morning Of March LIST, the
American oil tanker Paulsboro, sent
the enemy vessel beneath the waves
damaged and in distress" the navy
department reports. It was the tank.
ers second strgsgle With . submarine
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

The newspaper boys of the state were
pleased to see their old friend Law
renee Hodgson, get such a splendid vote
in the st. Paul mayoralty primaries
he getting as many as the combined
votes of the candidates running second
and third.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

The state food administration calls
on the farmers to put in large acreage
of wheat from standpoint Of profit as
well as patriotism. After going into
prices Of the different products of the
farm the administrator says that wheat
looks the most surely profitable grain
crop to he grown this year.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

It is said that Victor Power of Hib-
hing will file in the primaries for the
republican nomination for governor,
this making three avowed candidates
for the nomination. It has also been
rumored that Dwyer, the Minneapolis
boiler maker, who upset the state con-
ference choice two years ago, may also
file again in the democratic primaries.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
Three Italian Steamers Sunk.

Rome, March 2S.-Losses of italian
shipping through submarine attack
during, the week ended March %
we're three steamers of more than
j 500 tons, two sailing vessels Of less
than that tonnage, It officially an
nounced. One steamer was unsuc7
cessfully attacked
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

MINNEAPOLIS, March V28.-BUTTER
Creamery extra, per |lb., s9c; ex-
ira f1rsts, $780, frsts, SIC; seconds,
Sec; dairy, 31c;i packing stock, CSC.
+.I EGGS:--Fresh prime sfirsts, new
cases, free from rots, small dirties
and checKs out, idoz. 33c; current
receipts, rots out, case, $3.50; checks
and seconds, doz., 26c. Quotations on
eggs include cases. ~
( LIVE POULTRY Turkeys, fat, 10
lbs. and over, Csc; thin. small, 100
12c; cripples and culls, unstable; old
ROSTERS, 1sc; DUCKS, s25c; geese, &c;
1917 ROSTERS, 25c; 1917 STACEY, POO
22c. st5 81
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

Minnesota, through it's highway COM
mission, will cxpend $7,700000 on roads
this year, according to figures from the
st. Paul association, an amount more
than SO per cent greater than in 1917.
The nation will spend 80 per cent more
than in any previous year, the amount
being estimated at $26o,00o,o00. Min.
nesota compares favorably with a ma
jority Of the states, although Texas
leads with $25,00000o, Illinois and In
diana each with 100000, Iowa $15,-
100000, Kansas $10,000,0O0, Arkansas
$12,000,0O0 and Missouri will spend 49,
100000. Should the war continue any
great length Of time, good road build
ing is bound to be more intensive than
ever, especially in sections where bet
ter transportation is needed to meet
war ends. The estimated value of the
highways Of the country is given at &c.
240,00O,000. The spending of this large
amount Of money in Minnesota is slim
u1ating the Minnesota Ten Thousand
Lakes association to advertise the out
ing resources of the state. A fund of
go, 900 is planned to be raised by this
association to advertise the state in
this respect, and it 10 stated that &c.
00o. has already been subscribed. 81;
A Z k
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

The democratic conference held at
the st. Paul auditorium, was quite well
attended, although number of coun-
ties were not represented, they failing
to select delegates to the conference,
among the most. prominent being
Stearns county. The meeting was op-
ened with patriotic program, and
Fred E. Wheaton won the endorsement
of the conference for governor handi-
ly. Chas. Andrist and Senator Carley
withdrawing after it was apparent
what the outcome would be, and the
nomination was made by reclamation.
The Ticket recommended is as fol-
lows:
Governor-Fred E. Wheaton, Mime
apolis.
Lieutenant Governor Charles Hell
wig, Fulda.
Secretary of state-Edward Indre-
rus, Foley.
Auditor-L. w. Huntley, Grand Rap
ids.
Treasured. D. Devine, Albert Lea.
Attorney Genera-B. B. Gislasson,
Minneota.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
ERE. G. Hall, Minneapolis.
Clerk Supreme Court-Charles Leth-
ert, st. Paul.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1918

Those who are unable to buy Liberty
bonds, can at least buy War Saving
Stamps.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

The third Liberty loan amounting to
$4,000, 100000 and all over subscrip-
ton which is to be foated beginning
April 6, will bear AZ per cent interest.
Bonds Of the first and second loan are
convertible, but this will not obtain
with the third loan. The bonds will
likely run from 20 to 80 years. It is
proposed to establish a sinking fund to
enable the government to repurchase
all bonds of this issue thrown on the
market, with the intention Of keeping
them at par. It was generally surmised
that the loan would be much larger and
carry little higher interest. Lessen
ing Of expenditures and smaller loans
to the Allies than had been expected,
accounts for smaller issue, it is stated.
The loan will 60 over "the top" and
Morrison county will help put it over.
The consolidation Of the two big tel
ephone companies in Minnesota, is be-
ing looked upon with wonder by many,
as people generally knew nothing of
the proposal. It certainly would have
created much more of stir in peace
times. The towns having the two sys-
TENS seem to be elated over it from a
convenience standpoint. It has been
said that there will be an increase in
rates with the completion of the mer-
ger. Ever since the phone companies
took advantage Of a loophole in the
law passed some time back, and raised
their rates before the law went into
effect, the people have more or less
looked upon them with distrust and the
proposal should receive thorough in
vestigation. Perhaps it will be easier
for the government to take over the
merger later on.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, March 2S.-Oats, May.
1867 m =
Duluth Flax,

Duluth, March 28.-Flaxseed, May,
1924; July, $4.22; Oct., 1896.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29

Don It forget to send in that income
tax return. Time is nearly up.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-29
CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago, March r2S.--Corn, May,
$1.263s; oats, March, $917a; May, 81.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
George Washington Dis
courses On Eagleology
George Is An Eagle Himself, So He
Knows Whereof He Speaks.
Resents Some Slanderous Remarks
Regarding His Family
Traits.
The Prussian Variety Of the Species
Is a Two-Faced Scalawag.

Like Peter Pan, New York news.
paperman appears to understand the
language of the birds. Here is what he
heard George Washington say George
is great American eagle in the Bronx
Zoo):
do you know that there is whole
lot of silly talk about me and my
family which ought to be corrected?"
he asked. Really the tales that have
been told, the fiction that has been
scattered about the American eagle
would make any self-respecting bird
bristle with rage.
I'm the first place, wish you would
correct one fallacious notion that has
long been fixed upon the American
peoples mind-that am a bald-headed
eagle. Nonsense! There's my head;
just give it the once over and tell me
honestly If you see anything bald about
it. know that it is white and stands
out in relief against the brown feathers
which cover my body, but my head is
as well-covered with feathers as that
of any bird that lives. The buzzard's
head is bald, but not the eagles.
Another thing about me ought to be
corrected. One hears it all over the
United States that an eagle will steal
sheep-yes, just sail down on a flock
and pick up lambs and carry them of
in the clutches of its talons to some
rocky cliff for a big feast. It may be
true that the eagles of England played
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
RELIGIOUS FIGURES FOR
THE UNITED STATES

The religious statistics gathered an
nually by DR.. Carroll, a Methodist,
give interesting information about
the trend of thought in America. The
most notable thing about them is the
proof they offer OF our national ability
to disagree. The Catholics seem to
be the only large church not split up
into a number of bodies. The Bap-
lists, with 6,442,393 members, are di-
vided into fifteen churches. The Meth
odists, with 7,7S2,01S members, have
sixteen bodies. The Lutherans, with
not quite two and half million, have
eighteen bodies. The Catholics are
put down as having three bodies, but
the other two besides ourselves are
the Polish Independent Catholics and
the American Old Catholics. Neither
of these churches is strong. 1t will
be real news to many to learn that
there is a schism known as the Amer
lean Old Catholics.
The total number of church mem
bers is given as 39,941,S11. This is
decrease over last year. The figure
is pitiable in comparison with the TO-
tai population. More than SO per cent
of the American people never worship
| God in public-Denver Catholic Reg
lister.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
Unionist M. P.'s Urge Generous Home
Rule Measure.

Unionist N. P.'s Urge Generous Home
Rule Measure.
London, April 16.-Associated Press
dispatches report that meetings to pro-
test against CONSUMPTION took place
Monday in 100 parishes in Ireland, all
classes of the population participating,
says dispatch from Dublin to the
London Times. The clergy took a
leading part in all the meetings. Res
olutions of protest are pouring in from
public bodies and Sim Fein clubs are
very active.
"Unquestionably," the dispatch adds,
the present temper of nationalist Ire
land is deplorable. The country has
lost all sense of proportions and has
forgotten, not merely home rule, but
the war. It is a country of contradic.
lions, however, for in Dublin and some
other towns voluntary recruiting has
been remarkably good in the last few
days."
The committee which is in charge OF
the drafting of an Irish rule bill, says
the Times, includes ]. Austen Cham.
berlain, former secretary for India
This it adds, suggests that he already
is or is about to become member OF
the war cabinet"
:. The same paper prints an appeal
from unionist members of parliament
urging the immediate introduction OF
a measure of home rule as generous
as can be devised by the light of the
recent discussions of the Irish conyen.
ton" The appeal is signed by Laur
ence Hardy, ]. F. Mason, Arthur Shir.
ley Benn, George r. Lane-Fox, Leslie
o. Wilson and George Lloyd.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20

The present British Government,
Notwithstanding the agreement ar
rived at that because of the splendid
services rendered by the Irish Volun-
teers in the war, the CONSUMPTION law
should not apply to Ireland, are ex-
erting indirect pressure to nullify the
understanding. Both Mr.. Dillon and
Mr.. Devlin, the foremost spokesman
of the Irish Parliamentary party,
have warned them of the danger Of
persisting in such course in terms
whose sterness there is no mistak-
ing, that persistence in the idea will
be resisted to the death all over the
country. Speaking at a meeting at
East Tyrone last Sunday, Mr.. Devlin,
member of Parliament for the West
ern division of Belfast, declared that
as long as its members had breath in
their bodies the Irish party would
never permit the application Of con.
scription in Ireland. This is pretty
straight talk as to what those who
would try to play fast and loose with
the Irish people may expect to meet
for their trickery. The number of
Irish troops killed in the war, up to
the time Major Redmond began to
write his book on the trench life in
France was, roughly speaking, over
100000. Ireland's population has been
already depleted to the danger point,
and the conviction that she has given
more than her proper share already
will certainly stiffen her back to put
up with no unfair dealing to crafty
Orange tricksters.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20

such tricks, and believe it is told in
history that the eagles of that country
were almost extinct at one time be,
cause price was put on their heads
by the King, so many lambs did they
devour. And it may also be true that
the golden eagle, that big fellow of our
Rocky Mountain country, will rob a
sheepfold. But the American eagle,
the white-headed eagle, sheep steal
er? Never, sir!"
George Washington tossed back his
hoary head and snapped his great beak
in keenest indignation at the mere
thought.
IF the American people had ever
taken any pains to find out anything
about me-" he resumed, (which they
have not, they might learn that the So
called bald eagle lives mostly along
the seacoast and lives upon fish which
he catches himself with great difficulty,
unless he should find one now and then
cast upon shore. These people might
also learn that we are a very harmless,
inofensive tribe of birds that we are
exclusive and would rather be let
alone; that we never lay more than two
or three eggs, which accounts for the
scarcity of the family; and that in
stead Of being meddlesome or daring
we are really quite the opposite"
pray tell me them" 1 said, "why
have eagles so often been taken as the
emblems of warlike people? Why have
your kindred been pictured on stand
ards or moulded in silver and gold and
carried aloft before the bravest armies
of the world to lead them into battle?"
"Oh. WE'LL" replied the eagle, draw.
ing down his wings and coming over
near me as if to get confidential, "you
see all that worship of eagles started
away back in the days of the Etrus-
cans. They were the first people to
adopt the eagle as a symbol of royal
power, and they were the first to carry
the eagles image as standard at the
head of their armies.
From the time of Marius the eagle
was the favorite emblem of the Roman
republic and was the only standard Of
its legions. They represented the bird
with outspread wings, and it was usu
ally in silver until the reign of Had
rian, who made it of gold. Napoleon
adopted the eagle for the emblem o.
Imperial France, but it was not used
as such under the Bourbons. Late,
the eagles of France were restored by
a decree of Louis Napoleon January
1852.
i "The double-headed eagle such a.
the Prussians use on their standard,
today was formerly in use by thu
Byzantine emperors to indicate, accord
ing to legend. their right to the empir,
both Of the east and the west. Thil
emblem was adopted In the fourteenth
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
ON "POPE-EATERS."

Forgetful of the motto that che who
eats Pope dies of the repast," the en-
tente allies have been doing a good
deal of Pope-eating during the past
year. While this attitude of theirs
may win the applause of atheists,
Free Masons, I. w. WIS and their
tribe it will ALLEVIATE the sympathies
of decent men everywhere. So far,
America, officially at least, has main.
tanned dignifed silence in the war.
fare against Our Holy Father, though
a few of our so-called popular maya.
zines show a disposition to join the
hue and cry. Henry, Napoleon, Bis,
marck, all in their day went to Can.
ossa; and when peace once more
reigns on earth it would not be sur.
prising to see King George and Presi.
dent Poincare awaiting their turn to
kiss the Pope's toe in the palace OF
the Quirinal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20

Church Registers In Canadian Ho-
teIs.-The Catholic Truth Society of
Canada has set itself the task of hav-
ing register of Catholic churches,
indicating the hours of Mass, placed
in the various hotels. eff the Gideons
can induce hotel proprietors to put a
Bible in every room, consistency re-
quires consent for one or more regis
ters." To secure the advantage of uni
formity of design, so that the signifi-
canoe of the register can at once be
understood by the traveller wherever
he may find it, special frame has
been designed and is sold by the So
ciety at very moderate price.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
A PREcocIOUS SIx-YEAR-OLD
BOY OF WILKES BARRE, p.

Never at school day in his life,
Peter O'Donnell, 6 years old, on Feb
ruary 20, has amazed educators by his
ability to read perfect English and
pure Latin, negotiating passages in
medical treatises as easily as he does
child's story book or primer. Three
months after his fifth birthday this
little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
O'Donnell, of No. 173 Kidder street,
first gave evidence of his strange un-
derstanding of printed and written
letters by taking set of child's blocks
and arranging them to spell his
fathers name.
Perhaps the most impressive exhi-
bition of the boys ability to read and
understand words was given at sale
of war savings stamps in the Wilkes
Barre Deposit and Savings Bank, the
appeal to the public having been ar
ranged impfomptu, when Peter and his
father happened to enter the building.
Taking one of the four-page folders is
sued by the government, the boy stood
upon bench, and not only read it
through without a pause or difficulty,
but repeated the performance while
holding the folder upside down. Later
the bank officials gave him some off,
cial notice which he never before had
seen, and he was able to decipher
such authorizations as "mfg." for man
ufacturing, Ger" for credit, and "dr."
for debtor.
An effort to puzzle the boy was
made by Rev. John O'Donnell, priest
and uncle. He presented his office
breviary, in Latin, and asked Peter to
read 1T. Instead of mystifying the
child, Peter not only went through
the first passages, but negotiated
them again with the breviary held up.
side down before his eyes. He dupli.
Gated this performance with a medical
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20

Many Nations Seek Representation
At vatican.-Latest news from Japan
says that the establishment of dip
lomatic mission at the Vatican is &C.
cupying the Government of Toxic. It
is believed that in the first instance
1t will take the temporary form of
those sent by England and Holland
during the war. It is also said that
Portugal is shortly to re-establish dip
lomatic relations with Rome. His Hol-
mess has recently received a tele-
gram from the Regents of Poland, az
firming their loyalty to the Holy See;
and that ancient kingdom will certain
ly demand representation at the Pom
tifical court the moment it is actually
established. All this points to large
increase in the near future in the dip.
lomatic corps accredited to the Vati.
can. Moreover. in France even the
non-C Catholics are beginning to demand
that an ambassador be dispatched to
the Holy See. "Le'Action Liberale'
has made a protest to the Minister
for Foreign Affairs regarding clause
XIV. of the secret treaty of London
and, having heard the Minister'S re
Spouse to it, has unanimously at
firmed that the time, has come to
send a representative of France to the
Papal court.