Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

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! the following in regard to the coal
shortage in Austria: -..-s.
"a petition Of the Union of Cinema
Theaters to the Emperor, requesting
permission to heat cinemas in order to
avoid the ruin Of the industry, has re-
suited in consent being given for the
utilization of old wood as fuel for the
cinemas in Vienna.
cat Prague all schools were to be
Der 16 to January Is. At Zizkov
(near Prague the schools have already
been closed for month, and the holi-
days are likely to last three months.
At Budenitz, close to coal mines, the
school is closed. At Emichow stringent
measures for economy in the use of
electricity have been taken owing to
the lack Of coal; for example, private
consumers are ordered to restrict their
consumption to a single lamp. The
! lighting of stairs and vestibules is re-
stricted as much as possible and must
| in no case be continued after 9 o. m. {;
the closing of the electricity works is
threatened.
cat Lemberg the electric trans
! ceased to run on and from November
%, owing to lack of coal. The NUM-
cipal authorities are doing their ut
| most to secure sufficient transport for
coal in order to resume the tramway
service and maintain the gas and wa
ter works. Shops close at p. M,
/ a
been shut down. Trains with a run of
less than III hours will not be heat
| ed"
Navy Gets 5000 Glasses by Appeal
! Through Press-Needs Many More
! Over 5000 glasses of various kinds
! have been received by the navy in re-
! spouse to its call through the newspa-
pers for binocular, spyglasses, tele-
! scopes, sextants, and chronometers.
There is urgent need for many more.
Heretofore the United States has
| been obliged to rely on foreign coun-
tries for most of its supply of such
| articles. These channels Of supply
being closed, it has been necessary to
| appeal to the patriotism of private
owners for "eyes for the navy
All articles should be tagged with
| name and address of the donor and
| sent to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy, care of
| naval observatory, Washington, D. c..
Those not suitable will be returned to
senders. Careful records will be kept
| Of accepted glasses so they may, if
possible, be returned at the termina-
ton of the war.
AS the government under the law
can not accept services or material
without payment, 81 will be paid for
each article accepted.
Wood Pulp Used in Cloth Manufacture
in Germany
Wood pulp is being manufactured
into cloth in Germany, according to
advices received by the bureau of for
elgn and domestic commerce.
The pulp is spun into thread and
then woven into a fabric, the warp of
which is linen thread. 1t is said to
be durable and to stand washing five
or six times. It is utilized for cloth
ing of all kinds, but especially for un-
derwear.
Smokeless Powder Plants Will Have
Capacity of Million Pounds a Day
Plans and contracts are completed
for the construction of two smokeless
powder plants, each to cost approx
mately $50,OOO,O0O. The estimated ca
pacity of each is 100000 pounds of
powder day, and from 10000 to 49,
coo men will be employed at each
plant.
The initial output at each factory is
expected not later than next August.
Much Of the product will be available
for the allied nations.
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Automatic Insurance Covers Men Lost
on Topedoed Transport
Any American soldiers lost on the
torpedoed transport were protected by
United States government insu :ance
and government compensation. Those
who had not applied for insurance
were covered by automatic insurance
which is payable to a wife, child, or
widowed mother. The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,000, net
ting $25 a month for 240 months. In
surance that had been applied for is
payable to a much larger class Of bene.
ficiaries and can go as high as $4,000,
netting $3.50 a month for 240 months.
The compensation in case Of death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless of rank or pay,
ranges from 500 to SIS month, based
on the number Of dependents. Pay
ments under the compensation feature
Of the military and naval insurance
act in case of death are payable to a
widow, children, or dependent widow
ed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February II, but the compensation
feature of the act is separate provi-
sion. The scale Of compensation in
case of death follows:
(a) For widow alone, $25.
(b) For widow and one child $35.
(c) For widow and two children,
$47.50, with SIS for each additional
child up to two.
(d) If there be no widow, then for