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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21
INDICTMENT DISMISSED

SEATTLE, Dec 21-The indict ments have been dismissed against William Bouck. President of the Washington State Grance. charged with seditious utterances last year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21
FOUR NEGROES ARE LYNcHED FOR ALLEGED
 MURDER OF DOCTOR

MOBILE. Ala, Dec. 2l.-Four ne groes, two of them women, accused of the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnson recently, were hanged by mob at Mississippi.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21
SENT AGAINST BoLsHEvIkI

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-The German troops sent against the Bolsheviki forces are advancing on Mitau, 30 miles Southwest of Riga.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21

men at figuring out other things, but they are cleyerer than men when 1t comes to figuring out trouble that never will happen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21
ELEVEN MILLION
 HAVE JOINED TIE
 RED CROSS ORDER
That Number Was Counted in Juneau Will Close in uneau Will Close
 Shortly.

WASHINGTON Dec 21. - Eleven million persons joined the Red Cross as the result of the Christmas Week Drive up to Friday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21
F. A. MIsER DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21.-E. A. Misner, former manager of the Al aska Commercial Company, died here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-21

THE EMPIRES ciassifieds pay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11

There will be no lightless nights In
Americas shipyards. says dispatch
from Washington. Every one of them
Will be equipped with lighting to per-
NIT construction without cessation.
AS soon as one shift of men is ready
to lay down its tools another shift will
take them over.
Norfolk, Va, was swept by a series
of mysterious fires which did $1,000
600 damage. German agents are
blamed. Hugo Schmidt and II. h. Les
sing suspected of starting the fire, have
been arrested, charged with incendiar"
ism. Norfolk is under martial law.
The fire wiped out two blocks in the
heart of the business section.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11

nocent people responsible for the al
legged wrOngdOings of others.
''That large numbers of civilian men
and women had been virtually enslaved
by the Germans, being forced against
their will to work for the enemies of
their country, or had been carried off
like cattle into Germany, where all
trace of them had been lost.
''That cities, towns, and villages had
been fined and their inhabitants NAL
trcat"d because of the success gained
by the Belgian over the German SOL
diers."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
TRAIL OF RAPINE AND RUIN
German Army Spared Nothing in Its
Ruthless PiiIage of Belgium and
Northern France.

These facts stand out prominently in
the indictment drawn against the Ger
mans:
''That cities, towns, villages, and isO-
lated buildings were destroyed.
'"That there was uniform practice
of taking hostages and thereby rem
dering great numbers of admittedly in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
European War News

An official statement on the cam
paign on the Italian front issued by
the British war office in London says:
"In Italy one of our battaliOnS made
a successful and difficult raid across
the Pave at night, capturing prison
ers and inflicting considerable dam
age. Our losses were slight"
The British took 74,349 prisoners on
the western front during 1917, accord
ing to figures obtained in London. OF
these 1,572 were officers. They cap
tured 542 guns of all calibers, 647
trench mortars and 2,422 machine
guns.
Eighteen British merchantmen Of 1,
600 tons or over have been sunk by
mines or submarine during the last
week, according to the admiralty state
ment issued in London. Three mer-
cha n-Nfi under 1000 tons were also
sur is is a material increase over
the .teport.
Six ,rman airplanes were put out
Of aers 4 by the French, it is an
nounce4 officially at Paris.
An official communication issued by
the war Office in London, says Gen
eral Allenby reports further adj
vance by part of his line north of
Jerusalem over a distance of a mile.
"The enemy becomes more bitter In
the bOmbardment of open Cities" says
the Rome war office report. Sunday
night his airmen returned for the third
time over Padua, dropping several
score of bombs. The casualties were
only FIVE wounded, including one
woman.
In the Monte Tomba region on the
northern front in Italy the French have
captured enemy positions between Os-
terra di Monferena and Maranzine, the
war Office announces. They also cap
tured about 1,4OO men and 60 machine
guns and seven cannon.
British forces in Palestine under
command Of General Allenby have
made further progress along the battle
line north of Jerusalem, the British
war office announced at London. More
than thousand Turks were killed and
750 were taken prisoner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
Autos Defying Weather.

HutoS DeryIng weather..
Nearly $4,000 new state automobile
licenses and 100000 new tags in the
new 1918-19-20 series have been issued.
Secretary of State Schmall said that
a new high record for applications by
mail was set one day recently. The
sales show the practicability of the
automobile for winter service, indicat-
ing that considerably more than so
per cent of cars owned in Minnesota
are in winter service. The old state
license series closed With No. 191, ZOO
and it is expected that 100000 licenses
will be issued by 1921.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11

Developments in the RuSSO-German
negotiations, the London Daily Chron-
icle says, are likely to cause the west
ern powers to give de facto recognition
to the Lenine government in Russia.
A statement of entente allied policy OF
a democratic character, it adds, short
ly will be sent to Russia.
The bolsheviki foreign minister,
Leon Trotzky, declared at Petrograd
that the government of the Russian
workers would not consent to the Ger
man peace proposals. He said that II
the central powers did not agree to
free disposal of the destiny of thee Pol
ish and Lettish nations, it would be
urgently necessary to defend the Rus
sian revolution.
Count Luxburg, German envoy of
"spurios versenkt" fame, is now in
sane, and has been eccentric" for a
decade, according to report made pub
lie at Buenos Aires of medical author
tiles, who have had him under observa-
ton.
The Petrograd correspondent of the
London Times wires that the military
commissioner of posts and telegraphs
on the northern front has sent no.
tice to the postal and telegraph sta
tons that severe punishment will be
inflicted on any person who transmits
appeals to French and American So
cialists, who are characterized as
''those imperialist hirelings."
The Norwegian government at Chris
tiana warned the nation through the
clergy at the New Years services in an
official proclamation that suffering and
danger were in store for it during the
coming year and called upon the peo-
pie to show resignation and practice
frugality, as the food supply was poor
while the chances Of Norway being
drawn into the war were greater than
before.
An estimate of 1000 persons dead in
the earthquake ruins at Guatemala
City is contained in telegram re-
ceived at New York from the Central
and South American Telegraph COM
pany's manager at San Jose, Guate-
mala, who returned to San Jose from
Guatemala City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
Domestic

Assemblyman Carl Hansen, leader
and humorist in the last session of the
legislature, committed suicide by firing
a bullet through his brain in his insur-
ance office at Manitowoc, Wis.
Announcement was made at Pitts
burgh, Pa, that four fast trains on
the Pennsylvania railroad had been
ordered discontinued to conserve mo-
tive power.
Charles Belknap Henderson, banker,
and attorney of Elko, New, was ap-
pointed United States senator from Ne
vada to fill the vacancy caused by the
Ieath of Francis G. Newlands, by Gov.
Emmett d. Boyle of Nevada.
Hundreds of passenger trains on
railroads east of the Mississippi will
be withdrawn from service under or
ders soon to be issued at Washington
by Director General McAdOO, based
on specific recommendations made by
q committee Of Eastern passenger
traffic officers.
III. ]. Poe Of Los Angeles and Miguel
Martinez Of Nogales, Ariz., Ameri-
cans, were among the SO persons
killed when Yaqui Indians attacked a
Southern Pacific Of Mexico train
south Of Empalme, Sonora, according
to messages reaching the railroads Of
fee at Ell PasO, Tex.
Fire of mysterious origin damaged
the plant of the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending company at Harrisburg.
Pa, to the extent of several hundred
thousand dollars. The plant is engaged
in the manufacture Of four-inch shells.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
u. S.-Teutonic War News

The bulk of TIE National Guard Will
be hurried to France at once or as
soon as it can be shipped, and the
Prairie division, including the Illinois
regiments now at Houston, will be one
of the first three divisions sent for
ward. The administration at Washing
ton Is endeavoring to speed up the dis
patch of troops to France, as urgently
recommended in Col. e. NJ. Houses re-
port of the achievement of the Ameri-
can war mission, which was made pub
lie.
Allied air raids over Germany are
awakening the people to recognition
of their rulers mistaken air ruthless
ness, according to the Amsterdam cor
respondent of the London Times.
There is great nervousness throughout
Germany, he says, owing to the re-
ported intention Of the Americans tc
invade Germany by air.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11
Delinquents Face Suit.

DeIInquentS ace suit.
Hotel and restaurant keepers who
failed to pay the state license fee of
50 for 1917 will not escape payment,
it has been announced by w. A. Witt
becker, state hotel inspector. Fifteen
or twenty places in ST. Paul are delin-
quent and prosecutions may start this
week. By February delinquent lists
will have been mailed certifying hotel
and restaurant keepers to county at
torneys for prosecution. Further in
spectiOns will be made soon Af ST.
Paul hotels and restaurants, Mr.. Witt.
becker announces.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
ERIC LATAlNE CALLED - !.
TO LAST RESTING PLACE

Eric Lataine died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. John .Samskar,
last Wednesday evening: He had
been ailing for several months from
rheumatism and suffered "a great
deal the last few weeks. ]. 5 H.. 4
ffuneras took place rit1ay af-
ternoon. Services were conducted at
the. home and at the grave by Rev.
H. F. johnson. Interment was made
in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Mr.. Lataine was rs years of age
at the time Of his death. Was born
in Larsmo, Finland, and immigrated
to this country IS years ago. He
first resided in Osceoda, Mich, mov-
ed to Duluth where he made his
home for ten years, came to Grand
Marais about ten years ago and has
made his home with his daughter
here all Of that time.
Besides his daughter, Mrs. John
samskar of this village he leaves
one son, Edward Lataine, who has
been in the y. S. army for the past
eleven years and is now in France.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
& sil. siln.1s(I 1suMBER 1es
S5,eo0 NEEDED IS 3 70 4 FlLl
a COUNTY BoND ALLOTlsENT


SI Cook county has met the fourth
liberty loan allotment with about
s45, ,O0O. 700, the allotment being $780,
900 90. Subscrip ptions can be re-
.ceived by the local banks until and
including October 10th: Cook county
nearly doubled its allotment Of the.
third issue, and let US go over the
top 4, with the fourth. =5*
While you are enjoying prosper
ity and investing in liberty bonds,
the safest investment in the world,
today, giving YOU, good rate Of $n-5.
terestz on your money our boys have.
gone across willingly risldng their
lives and at a small salary. .
fyou have not s subscription
card send in your first payment of
10 per cent to either of the local
banks, or give your subscription to
your local chairman. Your subscrip-
tion must be in the hands of the To-.
cal banks not later than October
10Th s. Il: Z< :. s5=. ST.. : 2,..z 2 :, III + IS. y +
Owing to the fact that all reports
are not complete the names Of sub
scribers and amounts purchased can
not be published until next week, at
which time a full report; will be gil
ven. ,$s-zt =, i t.,~ ~. = :
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
A CALL TO THE PEOPLE.
- or COOK COUNTY


Realizing the: great need of finan
cial assistance to the sufferers o.
the district lately visited by ths
great forest fire, we have decided te
take care of donations and see thai
they are forwarded to the authori
ties in Duluth. ,>>s ~
There are thousands of homeless
families, many Of whom lost every.
thing they had, hundreds of those
are wounded and need care. It viii
take thonsandsz:o Of dollars to tempor.
ariiy relieve the sufferers, and we
should at a time like this be mind.
full Of those who need our help.
The undersigned banks will oe
open during all business hours dur.
ing one week from publication o1
this call for donations to this wor.
thy cause. r., -
Let everybody ,:,e Good Samari:
tan and be blessed thru mercy
shown unto others. ="
.t~ Cook County State Bank.
p Grand Marais State Bank.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16

Ed. Toftey's delivery horse "Old
Tom died last week at Red Cliff
where he has been spending his sum:
mer vacation. ~--
/ The Misses Emma and Josephine
Zimmerman returned home on ths
America last Wednesday evening af,
ter spending the summer in Duluth
Hilmer, Woodahl and ". N. John
son drove to Duluth on the former.
motorcycle last Saturday, returning
Sunday evening. They drove down il
three and one-haf hours. : !.
DIR. Harvey r. Hicks left for Man
kato on the Thursday boat. He will
practice dentistry in one Of the den
tai Offices there while waiting for .
call to active service in the navy. j,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
THE NATION AZ CAPITAL.
. BY j +. JO ONES.

Washington, .. g, September 81
SSs One Of the problems which Direc-
tor General McAdoo acquire with
the railroads was hat to. do with
the express business?' The express
companies were doing their business
under contracts with the railroads
swhich it soon appeared could not be
: carried out under the general opera
5tion contemp Il B unit fying The
.railroads. a.
ssl fter conside able nego otiation The
plan has been adopted of oil anizing
s new compa offfEiicered 81 the
most progressive express men which
Ibought the pro- s ! all tie oA
g. conn ssurne.dl 4 ttll,edr
ss Continusd On last page)
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
/ RED CROSS NOTES

At the regular meeting Of the Red
Cross next Tuesday election Of offic-
aers will be held and it is necessary
for all members to be present.
AT the. meeting Of the Red Cross
last Tuesday the members decided to
start a campaign to collect clothing,
food, bedding, etc, to be sent to the
fire sufferers and anyone wishing to
donate anything along this line, can
do SO by sending to Red Cross rooms
in care Of Mrs. C. j., johnson.
Those who bought tickets for the
play Wandering Tom" which was to
be- given for the Red Cross and
which had to be postponed. on ac-
count Of bad weather at that time
can get their money back by calling
on J. C. Murphy and returning the
ticket. J., -
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN

The first payment of 10 per cent
must be paid to the bank in Grand
Marais through which. your subscrip-
tion card was made payable. If you
do not know which bank holds your
card, send your money. to either
bank with instructions to credit
your card, and same will be attend
ed TO- Your subscription card is
worthless unless the money is re-
ceived by the local banks on or he
fore the 18th Of. this month. Let Us
not find your card held out for want
Of the small payment required:
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16

-.
d. "a ~ :. y ss.5, M
scH'0l'ol 4 ]! OTE:s.
ditor lose i1nmernnar,.;

Jsck Gods slhaas S been absent for
several days. 3 .s55
The English III class have begun
.to read n iltons Minor Poems & 5ss
The sophomore domestic science
class 81 are s. now I taking work on salads.
# S. The Ancient histo class have be- Sc
gun 8 gLr' SSto study about the Persian
wars.
Is On account Of the examination
the high school was given an hour s
holiday ]: last w ednesday. S
The Sophomore sewing class are
studying about cotton and the II manu-
3facture Of cotton yarn. They find ii.
very interesting.
Some Of the high school students
are finding it difficult to reach
school at $3.50 for their music class.
ss# All the teachers were entertained
by Mrs. Spooner at a party last. Sat
=urday evening; They all seem to
have had good time. = ~: y s,: MIX 81 5
Grace, Inez and Randolph Samskar
were absent from school a few DAYS.
Randolph is laid up on account of
running nail into his foot while
playing in the dark. 3 y.2 49, :: zs|>s
The English II class are going to
write four, minute talks. Z The best
ones will be picked out and memor-
lied and later perhaps, they will be
given publicly. =..--.==*. .s-:*s a: :
:. The flag at the school house was
lowered to half mast last Friday in
honor Of the memory of Johannes
>Toftey who was a graduate = Of this
school,. 70
The high school had a supper on
the rocks last Tuesday in honor of
Thrina Tofte, who will leave next
Monday with her parents, for Hazel
Run. ! = -. : I<. 4. ~. {
The Boy Scouts held meeting at
their shack Last Friday night. They
paid their yearly dues, which goes
to the Scout Headquarters. They also
took a part of their second class
tests. TheyHa are going to try to find
the. rust on the white pines which
is injuring the trees around Grand
Marais. /, IT, -- .-s ~- - =
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
,lIA,lo I1sAla COOK L. q,
j aat1arliotic a1al Spirit of lssop pIs Snccssds !
3 & 4s 4 llaIing easless Sum 81

ls Those who observed the rules fol
''gasless Sundays 3 may have the sat.
Iisfaction Of knowing that they did
mot deny themselves few hours 81
fpleasure ~ vain. Acc, ding to state:
ments recently made sby Mark j. Re
qua, Chai an OF the oil daiviiisipr,, 81
the y. Fuel Admin tion, the
First four gasless Sundays showed q
total saving of q million gallons 81
gasolene, or SOC, 900 barrels. Ten
ships, each loaded with SO, 600 bar
rels, sailed to France as the net re
suit Of Sunday automobile temper
ance.' = s. .,. 4 (.
Oils are indispensable in modern
warfare. Neither armies nor airships
can move without Old. AS. Senator
Berenger Of France has put it: For
the conduct Of hostilities to victory,
oil is recognized today to be as ne
cessary as blood. On the battlefield,
on the land, on the sea, or in the air,
g !. drop of petrol is equal to drop
of blood" &. q 9. 4 .s,1 s ssS = IL 4
1T is expected that the United
States this year will produce 1850
million barrels of crude oil, 80 mil
Lion barrels Of gasolene, 40 million
barrels Of kerosene and ITO million
barrels Of fuel oil. Mr.. Requa be-
lieves that this supply will be suf-
ficient to take care of all demands
|for~home f use and export, provided
NO oil is wasted. He believes that
the voluntary restrictions will be re-
moved soon and that by the middle
[of: this month the gasless Sundays
will have passed into memory. 4
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ss. COUNTY AcR'L. SOCIETY

The annual meeting Of the county
agricultural society was held at the
Court. house at two o'clock p. M, on
last Saturday. -: > ..&*. .+<.--, q q
. A report Of the membership and
finances Of the society was present.
ed by the secretary q
The following were elected mem
5bers Of the board Of managers for a
term of three years: Andrew Tofte,
James Kinney, Ole j. Allen, Mrs. C.
j. Johnson, VIM. Clinch. {. :.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16
g. !. a. 4! 2F!;ORBES sLEcT
On road cORas sTRucTlOEs|
alfsaesots llts5 irtssntia is.'
amount s.. lleasy speat - 55 j u
u lloads & i1s1 :S

-. ~ ~ AkSke SAAG
Highway Commission, gave q very
|interestfng and instructive address
on road Construed ton and cond ditions
at the Princess theatre last Weanes-
day evening. His lecture was Illus
trated BY lantern slides wing DIFF
ferent highways in the state and
the mode Of construct lion. q 4
He predicted that when the roads
are built to . certain standard and.
maitained according to state re-55}
quirements the moving sof reight for
short distances will be cheaper By
trucks than BY railway. IN showing
what this state is doing in road
construction Mr.. Forbes said: s.. 8:
Minnesota ranks G thirteenth h.
among the 48 states in the amount
OF money TO be spent on improve
ment Of roads during 1918. Some Of
the states spending more than Min
nesota, such as Illinois and New
York have a much greater popula-s
tion and their expenditure per capi-S|
ta is actually much less. More than
1000 miles Of new highways will be-
built in Minnesota this year under
state supervision and with the aid
of State and Federal funds, making
the most ambitious road building
programme the state has ever seem
While work on many permanent inn
provements have been discouraged
and curtailed during war time, road
building is distinctly encouraged as.
a wartime measure. H.. 4
"The roads of Minnesota in the
view Of: the. authorities are part. ot:
the lines Of communication swhich;
will serve the boys at the 'front.'
Good roads to, bring farm products;
to market will expedite the feeding
of the nations armies. More of the:
governments money will be spent on
roads in Minnesota this year than
ever before, and the federal author;-
ties urge concentration = on two
things: Completion of main traffic
roads by building important con-
meeting links and maintaining roadss ti
already built to a higher state of
efficiency. Not less than $1,O0O,eo0
will be spent this year on mainten-
:ance of roads already built. lis to
be hoped the next legislature will
take a broad public spirited. view Of
the road activities during the COM
ing sessions and continue the pro-
gramrne already set in motion in
this state" n.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-10-16

aELfS
Spanish influenza &C Camp Grant,
Ill, on October 9Th. His body was
shipped home for burial and will 81;
rive on the America this evening. "
a telegram was received last We'd
nesday BY his relatives here, saying
he was seriously i'll, and q few days
later word was received that he had
died on Sunday, October 9Th They
were at once instructed to ship bis
body home for burial, but as it was
carried to, Two Harbors BY mistake
it cannot arrive untia the America
comes this evening. The funeral will
be held tomorrow, but owing to the
nature of the disease there will Be
no public services. zs. I
John Toftey was drafted from
this county on August 26th and sent
to Camp Grant for training He was
educated in the public school at Tof-
te and the high school here and had
a course IA the Minnesota Univer-
sity. He taught school on Good Har-
bar. Hill last year was well known
and had large circle of friends
throughout the county. He was a
quiet, peace loving and earnest
young man and his death was a sad
blow to all of his friends. :..= -
= The Herald joins with the entire
community in extending sympathy
to the bereaved parents and rela-
tives. 's~=~.s u - 52szs =. - :: i !