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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
BOY BURNED TO
DEATH SATURDAY.
Henry Slayer, Ten Years Old, Loses
Life In Fire that Sweeps Over Largo
Part Of Eastern Part of the County.

Sner1H II. q. Hanson and deputy
coroner D. Robertson, of Argyle, were
called to the eastern part of the county
last Sunday to- make investigation III
regard to a fire which caused the death
OF ten year old boy in town of Eek
VOL. IN the eastern part of the county
on Saturday last These officials re-
turned yesterday after difficult and
somewhat hazardous trip. According
to their report, the fire started in
peat bog that has been burning nearly
all summer. Frank Gilbert, who lives
in town Of Moylan, and his ten year
old step son, Henry Slayer, had gone
to the home Of his sister-in-law in the
next town north, namely Eckvoll, for
the purpose Of blowing fire break
around the house, he realizing that
there was grave danger of a fire with
the wind blowing almost a gale and
everything being so dry. While en-
gagged in this work, Mr.. Gilbert noticed
a block cloud in the direction of the
peat bog about two miles away. .Driy-
ing on, he looked up again after
minute or two and saw the fire leap
ing towards them with terrific speed
ahead, of the smoke and only a short
distance away. He and the boy then
left the team and ran toward the house
as fast as they could, the heat all the
time becoming more intense. BY
circling around the house Mr. Gilbert
was able to reach the doorway in
which the occupants of the house stood
looking out and just ready to leave.
He pushed them inside and closed the
door, just as the fire with the roar of
Whirlwind swept over the house. In a
moment the fire had swept past and
then those inside stepped out to seek a
place Of safety and to look for the bay.
He was found dead only fifteen feet
from the house. Had Mr. Gilbert not
come to the doorway and pushed the
occupants Of the, house inside and
closed the door, he, as well as they,
would surely have met a similar fate
In the house dwelt the siSter-in-law of
Mr.. Gilbert and her father and mother.
The house was ignited when the flame
swept oEersit- and soon~burnea TO the
ground with all it's contents. Nothing
was saved. No trace has been found Of
their livestock which probably all per-
ished. The horses that were ATTACHED
to the pillow were found alive but badly
burned and may not recover. The fire.
apparently travelled in a strip a few
feet above ground, as the feet and legs
as well as the upper part of the ami
mails were not scorchedr while severe
burns were inflicted midway. F=;2S
The FIRE apparently swept over a
Large area destroying thousands Of tons
of hay and much other property.
When Messrs. Hanson and Robertson
motored from Grygla homeward y,fester-
day, morning the. smoke was: still. SO
dense that it was difficult to see the
road. $3.50:
The unfortunate people who have
lost their all by fire in the eastern part
of the county are deserving of public
charity and steps should be taken at
once to give them. all the help that they
need. =. s.<5s.s$5, ~ : ~
! > /
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
CALL FOR lib MEN

The local board has call for 113
men to entrain the week beginning Oct.
q. The exact day for entertainment has
not yet been received, hence the list of
those to go can not be published. The
Sheaf is informed that the call will ex-
haust all class one men Of the 1917
draft, all Of the June and August 1913
drafts and up to order number 157 of
the September draft, and some besides
those, perhaps.
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Rev. Swenson Installed as Pastor.

-.fS : rl- e
Rev. S. w. Swenson was installed as
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church
in this city with impressive ceremony
on Wednesday evening, Oct. 9th, in the
presence Of a large assembly of people
that taxed the capacity Of the church.
Rev. F. M. Eckman, Of Moorhead, vice
president Of the Red River Valley Con-
ference, preached the installation ser
mon. Others ministers present who
made short addresses, were, as follows !:
Rev. i. p. Lundgren, Of Hallock; Rev.
J. M. Persenius, Of Grand Forks; Rev.
u. P. Bergstrom, Of Winnipeg; Rev. G.
G. Gronberg, Of Strandquist, and Rev.
p. G. Carlstedt, Of, Kennedy. Special
music was furnished for the occasion
by the choir.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
which they Justly look upon with hor-
ror and with burning hearts.

which they Justly look upon with hor-s
r0r and with burning hearts. S IS.
:ss It is necessary, also In order that.
there may be no possibility Of misun-
Outstanding that. the president should
very solemnly call the attention Of the
government Of Germany to the
language and plain intent Of one Of the.
terms Of peace which the German gov
eminent has now accepted. It is CON
tained in the address Of the president,
delivered at Mount Vernon on the
Fourth Of July last.
1T is as follows:
The destruction of every arbitrary
power anywhere that can separately,
secretly and Of it's single choice dis
turb the peace of the world or If it
cannot be presently destroyed, at least
it's reduction to virtual impotency.
The power which has hitherto con-
trolled the German nation is Of the
sort described. It is within the choice
Of the German nation to alter it.
The presidents words just quoted
u0Iu1 Oily -COuSC1CuLC. pre-
cedent to peace, if peace is to come by
the action Of the German people them
selves. The president feels bound to
sayzthat the whole process Of peace
will, in his judgment, depend upon the
defniteness and the satisfactory char
acter Of the guarantees which can be
given in this fundamental matter. 1t is
indispensable that the governments as
soeiated against Germany should know
beyond a peradventure with whom they
are dealing. III
s.The president will make a separate
reply to the royal and imperial gov:
eminent of Austria Hungary. -
accept, sir, the renewed assurances
Of my high consideration !
(Signed)g "sROBERT LANSING,
H. t.Mr Frederick Oederlin
"sCharge d'Affaires, ad interim, in
charge Of German interests in the
United States" !.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
VOTERS ATTENTION.

There IL danger Of overcome
dence in the success OF the passage
Of the dry amendment. Remember
prohibition was defeated in Ohio
and Iowa because Of the over-con-
fldence Of the dry voters. Let NO
voter who is In favor OF state wide
prohibition be caught mapping.
Vote the pink ballot first ON Nov. s
and vote "Yes"., That will help
make Minnesota dry and you. will
have done great days work .sfor
God and home and native land''.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16

The town Of Sandville went $50
over the top In the Fourth Liberty
drive and there still is one more sub
scription to hear from. The quota for o.
the township was $15, 600.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16

Gotnrid Erickson states that the
Sheaf want ads have given very salts
factory results. During the past year
he has sold over 81, 900 worth Of pro-
perry directly thru the Sheaf want ads.
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American mission felt the deeper sig
nificance Of the day.

American mission felt the deeper sig.
nificanee Of the day.
President Wilson, interviewed BY the
correspondent at Brest of the press as
ISOLATION, in replying to a question as to
whether he wished to make any state
ment regarding his policy at the Peace
Conference, said he could say nothing at
the present time. He added that any
pronouncement must be carefully con-
sidered.
Although the President does not wish
to make definite personal statement"
the correspondent says. at is understood
that he will fight, If necessary, for his
fourteen points.
His attitude on the question of the
freedom Of the seas is that the seas
ought to be guarded by the whole world,
rather than by any particular group OF
nations"
While President Wilson has not an
nounced positively he will visit Pope
Benedict. it now seems probable he will
do so. 1t is known here the Pope is
anxious to receive the President and
the Vatican officials have announced the
visit may be made without danger of
embarrassment because of the differ
ences between the Vatican and the
Quirnal
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us eternally toward the truths of new
day. Our country is not alone that we'll
loved land for whose liberation the blood
of sons of the Union Is mingled with that
OF the sons of France: our country to
us means also. and by right of heritage,
justice, good sense and honor, and be-
cause you come to us In the name of
these noble things today, we daro to
call you a citizen of Paris.
Take then. Mr.. President the sincere
good wishes of our city. yesterday under
the menace of the Berthas and the
Gothas, a citadel of the liberties of the
world. but today open to all noble and
generous ideas. and enthusiastically ac-
claiming in the great citizen she has the
honor to receive the embodiment of a
new ideal which comes to her
M Autrand. prefect of the Seine
speaking Ia the Hotel de Vile. said
Mr. President. a day memorable be-
yond all is that on wnicn. for the first
time. a chief Of the great American re-
public crosses the threshold of our Hotel
de Vile.
"No one among your illustrious pre-
decessors. not those even most deeply
renerated for their genius and their
virtues, came to sit for an instant at
the hearts of the people of Paris.
Thus. in mourning the death of
George Washington and Abraham Lin
coin. our fathers had felt a deem regret
HAT the,. could rands,. onl,. y nosts
hunrous homage +o the great man who
| had bacn tho ohiec+ Of the;r enthu-
siastic ,arera,ion
!
! America Sends New Columbus
"Tbe io,, which this yisit gives lie is
of s. rare and precious sort. After nm
| int prNal Of four centuries the new world
7 nov emulates Christonher Columbus
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Wilson'S Presence
Wins French Nation
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
some such ideas, what has happened
in these two days goes far to confirm
the soundness Of his thinking. Sat
urday's greeting was not mere out
burst-something finished and spent
in the doing. 1t was not the end, but
the beginning. One perceives today an
entirely different tone in French opin'
ion and press comment.
The Temps led off in terms hereto.
fore unknown to its columns regarding
the league of nations. Why search
history, it says, forOeasons and prec-
edents against it? Parallels do not
exist This great war has changed
everything. The burden of it's con
tention is for giving President Will.
son a clear field. -
& The bulk Of the Paris press speaks
in a similar strain, which could not
happen under the system prevailing
hero except oh Initiation from higher
Ofpcourse, such changes don't hap
perasfn q day, however potent the
cause 1t is not that the arrival of
theS,head of the American republic
proditced All instant and profound
metainorphosis. The situation was
there already. The Presidents mag
netic contact only developed and re.
yealed it. The relation between Will
sonSand the European peoples is long
established. Understanding and con-
f1deilce have been growing all the
time.s, With that insight Of his which
amouhts to genius, he knew it and
came to Europe fearlessly in the face
of all opposition. ~.
Hesis probably the greatest judge of
mass psychology in the world. Only
give him enough millions of human
beings and he will never mistake what
is in their minds and hearts.
Whatever tomorrow may bring
forth, there is new optimism in the
air today. Before Saturday despair of
disarmament and of the establishment
of a 1eague of nations and cynicism
about. al! fine theories had been per-
ceptible, while today not a few are
optimistic enough to hope that Presi-
dent Wilson will not only bring the
European nations together in a peace
concert, but will also by his presence
here and his influence with the COM
mon men beat back the tide of Bol.
sheVism which all Europe breads.
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BattIpd For Ri0ht
Wilson Tells Paris
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from PAGE One
and, while I feel that you are honoring
the people of the United States in my
person, shall nevertheless carry
awav with me a very keen personal
qualification in looking back upon
these memorable days.
Permit me to thank you from
full heart" :.
Welcome to Paris
In addressing President Wilson at
the City Hall ceremonies, Adren Mithou-
ard, president of the Municipal Council
of Paris, said
II have the honor, in the presence of
the President of the Republic. to pre-
sent to you the Municipal Council of
Paris, whose interpreter ! am in well
coming the chief of the great nation
whose aid. arriving SO opportunely.
brought us victory, and the upright man
whose conscience fashioned his policy
and whose diplomacy was made of low
atty"
Turning to Mrs. Wilson, NJ Mithouard
said:
Madame, Paris is infinitely happy
and is touched! that you. who have ac-
compan!ed the President, have been good
enough to add to this occasion the charm
and the grace OF your presence We
have long been aware of your devotion
and Of the wise and beneficenb activity
you have shown by the side of yoY
illustrious husband. Yet nothing touches
so much the heart of the people of Paris
as to be permitted to know those who
have already conquered by their good
noss. Thus Paris, by my voice, acclaims
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Engsahl, the witness related said
that the Government intended to sup
press every publication which opposed
war. He said he was urged repeatedly
Dy kruse Germer and Engdahl to aid
IN distribution of anti-war literature.
Berreitter told of attending con-
vehtion of the Young Peoples Socialist
League In May, 1917, at which he said
several antt-war resolutions were
adopted.
Maukus. next on the stand, identified
an ant-war resolution which he said
kruse assisted in preparing and which
was presented at a meeting of the league
on May 6, 1917. 1t urged all workers"
not to join the army, even II drafted,
and also called for contributions for the
defense Of members who might become
involved in difficulties because of ad-
herence to the resolution.
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you and lays at your feet, Madame the
homage Of its gratitude and its respect"
Voiced Judgment Of Posterity
Finally, speaking again to president
Wilson, NJ. Mithouard said:
"Mr President, 1t Is with deep emotion
that the capital welcomes today the first
President Of the United States who has
crossed the ocean, and our City Hall,
the cradle of French liberty. will mark
in its annals, the day on which 1t was
permitted to receive the eminent states
man of the Union, the citizen of the
world--dare we say the great European?
whose voice, heard before the coming
OF victory, called to life the oppressed
among the nations
During weary months, our soldiers
nave fought with stole resolution in
defense of the soil of their forbears and
the land of their children So vast was
the field OF battle. SO great was the issue
at stake. so bitter and so hard was
the struggle. that only after the passage
OF time did 1t seem possible that the
grandeur Of their accomplishment could
clearly show forth. Yet your distance
from the. theatre Of war has allow ed
you to see, while yet they lived, the
greatness of the monument they were
building
rom the other side of the world
You nave spoken In advance of the judg-
ment of history. What a source of
strength was 1t for these fighters sud
uenLy to hear your voice, in its distant
authority. resembling the voice of pos
terity; what joy to welcome those new
prothers In arms. hastenine with ardor
10 claim at the critica, hour their place
upon the field of battle :; what comfort
hot
forth arrayed with the glorious army of
Argonne -
mus Paris, eager to see in the flesh
the man 1t had known only by his writ.
ZEN word and by his image. today lives
over again with poignant intensity th,
history OF Americas decision, as it was
uhtolded in your conscience before the
eyes of the world.
profoundly moved by the magnificen,
generosity with which compatriots had
set themselves to relieve our sufferings
with what anxious, yet confident. ex.
pectat'on did we follow the progress OF
your thought and Of your feelings
Decided Humanity's Fate
Beneath the deliberately measured
tone of your notes and messages we felt
little the mounting OF righteous anger
What was then our dazzed admiration
when there burst upon US the message
Of April ., 1917, which gave to the cues.
tonings of the American conscience thei,
supreme conclusion. and, in Pascals
words, brought together justice and
force to decide for long centuries the
fate Of all humanity
we are proud, Mr.. President, to
pff.r Uelrnn1a n of tIie
capital whose intellectual traditions lift
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L.. s. SAILORS TESTIFY
IN BERGER'S TRIAL
Were Members of Socialist
League, but Disregarded
Anti-War Teachings

Chicago. Dec 10.
Two sailors. former members of the
Young Peoples Socialist League, who
disregarded the teachings of the organi-
zation against joining the navy when
this country entered the war, We're the
principal witnesses today at the trial of
Victor l.. Berger and four other Social
list leaders charged with conspiracy to
violate the espionage law.
The witnesses were William Maukus,
of Wauliegan, ILL.,, and Carl Berreitter.
who was at one time an organizer for
the league. He related converse tons he
had with Adolph Germer, Louis Engdahl
and William F. Kruse. who are among
the defendants, shortly after publication
Of the american Socialist" was sup
pressed
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Roma, 16 dicembre.

3 Roma, 16 dicembre.
Secondo un di spaccio giunto da Zara
al "Giornale dItalia." lie relazioni ira
gil italiani ed i Jugo- -Slavi. lungo la
costa austriaca, di vengono sempre piu
tese. La presenza di navi da guerra
francesi lasciano apertamente COM
prendere che con gil Jugo-Savi e.
aurpentato il pericolo di un conflitto.
81 screde che la flotta americana 81
prestera' con imparziale attegiamento.
La condotta di Monsignor Endrici,
Vescovo di Trento, durante la guerra
e. stata .elogiata da Papa Benedetto. ii
Papa espresso spersonalmente lie sue con-
gratulazioni, durante una recsnte udl-
enza concessa al'eminente prelato.
Second IL glornale III Popolo Romano"
Papa Benedetto' chiedera' al Presidente
Wilson di consentire ad agire come
media tore negli sforzi per raggiungere
un reciproco patio con III quale possano
essere risolti dissensr che esistono ira
IL Quarinale ed II Vaticano.
Questa questionetdice IL glornale--
non dovita' in nessun case essere por-
tata innanzi ALA conferenza della pace.
Roma, 10 dicembre.
La stampa italiana grandi caratteri
da IL benyenueo al Presidente Wilson
giunto in Europa negii EDITORIAL esalta
l'atteggiamento del Presidente durante
la guerra. II giornale 'L'Epoca" dice:
"Nessun uomo in Europa e. state COST
popolare. dopo Napoleone quanto II
Presidente Wilson nessuno e. state piu
amato. Egli e. oggi amato anche da
coloro che 10 avevano in odio che 10
derisero. Questi in lui sperano per un
monde migliore.'
In tutta Italia 81 attende ansiosamente
l'annunzio ufficiale circa ritineraro del
Presidents Wilson quando 81 rechera' a
Roma. Gil operai lavorano giorno 6
notte per laddobbo della principal vie
della citta'. ,lungo lie quail dovra' passare
II Presidente Wilson. La decorazione di
Via Nazionale e. stupenda. Sono stati
plazsati atchi, festoni di bandlere
per assistere allo sfilamento del corteo
presidenziale..
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SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
Warren Swain Dead, Wife Hears
i'm Clenside

Warren Reed Swain died in France
Of wounds received in action, accord
ing TO word just received by his wife
who is living with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Carter, Glenside Until he
went to war, Mr.. Swain and his wife
lived in West Philadelphia.
The soldier was member of the old
National Guard, and served on the bor-
der. After returning home, he married
Miss Sallie Carter.
Mrs Swain had received no word from
her husband since October 10. Besides
his Wife, a small child survives Swain.
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Do not work yourself the prosan
Zng what Christmas presents
useful without taking the "happy" of Christmas. Read
Seen Chestnut Street Shops
the express purpose Of helping cyaize ideas and of
elng you where sensible
beautiful remebrances for each and all Every
though OF the highest grade not necessarily Of the highest
and 1t
more economical shop in these than
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3yGo7nh 81uA.

4 RE you lying awake at night
~ puzzling what to give Tom,
Dick and Harry for Christ
mas? That trio has more thought
expended on them than all woman
kind, yet it is simple enough mat
ter to step into Jacob Reeds Sons,
1424-26 Chestnut street, choose
something and step out again. What
would | take? For Tommie belt
>uckle and belt. For Dicky-I will
tell you next Friday. Most men
now wear belts all year round, in
stead of suspenders, so these sterling
silver buckles would not be put away
until summer. Their assortment is
large, in chased, engine-turned and
hammered, with place for the mono
gram, which is engraved free. Other
styles come with a heavy hand-cut
initial or with an elaborate filigree
monogram, and with all the leather
belt is included. ..
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|HlLL Chasers, that is what the
I Perfection Oil Heaters are, and
mighty comfortable things
they proved to be last winter, when
they met the fuel shortage so effec-
lively in 100000 homes. Of course,
all that number was not sold in
Philadelphia, but the House Furnish
ing Store of j. Franklin Miller, 1912
Chestnut street, which carries them
in all styles, could hardly keep sup
piled. and this year the demand con-
tinues. Most inexpensive, light in
weight. easily carried from room to
room by heat-proof handle; good
looking, especially those of blue,
vitreous enamel with nickeled trim
mings and brass reservoir; burning
only a gallon of oil in ten hours and
heating any room in jiffy; as
Christmas presents these Perfection
Oil Heaters would be received with
as much warmth as they bestow.
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~OFFEE is very plentiful-dowr
I in South America, but not
much of it is flowing in this di-
rection. They say the market was
cornered by the-well. not the
Americans. and not, to be surprised
at an increase of price. As if that
could possibly surprise any one,
Fortunately. the E. Bradford Clarke
Company, 1920 Chestnut street, have
on hand good, but not inexhausti-
bic, supply Of their own delicious
Bradford Blend Coffee. which is in
expensive and, wonderful to relate,
has not changed in quality. Like
everything else they carry. it is of
the best. and may be bought in sny
quantity. Blended by experts. it
makes rich, clear cup to start or
end the day on, equally good at
breakfast with cream or without i,
after dinner.
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TIME was when pianos We're
considered luxury that only
the wealthy could indulge in.
Now they are within reach of al,
and no home need be deprived of the
Joy and cheer that music brings in
its train. If you do not feel you can
afford at present to buy new in
srrument act one of the used Up
right or Grand pianos on sale at c.
], Heppo & Sons, 1117-19 Chestnut
street. They are all guaranteed, and
whom your ship comes in you can
exchange for something higher
priced. These are not expensive
having been used for renting last
summer aS various resorts. but they
are makes with worldwide reputa
tions. and have been put in thorough
repair. Stop in and look at these
"summer-resort" pianos. and also at
the reduced shop-worn Hoppe pianos