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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-27

Chicken hawks are great menace
to the farmers, as they steal their
chickens, pigeons and other small crea-
lures. The great danger of them in
France, was of their preventing the
delivery of military messages carried
by pigeons. French children are
taught, in schools, how to catch these
hawks and are paid ten cents each for
every bird and egg of the bird that is
brought in. These hawks resemble an
American eagle and have a wing
spread Of three feet. The bird lays
two eggs a year. This photo shows
one of the birds which has been
caught by an American trooper in
France.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-27
FIRE 184-YEAR-OLD CANNON
Relic of Revolutionary and DndIan
Wars Used in Victory Gel
ebration.

Vergennes, VIA cannon one hum
dred and eighty-four years old, which
saw service in the Revolutionary and
Indian wars, was fred off here during
the victory celebration.
The cannon is the property Of ex-
Mayor G. e. Stebbins. 1t was rec0v-
cred from the bottom OF the Hudson
river several years ago. 1t had rest
ed on the river bottom since the day
it went down during the battle OF
SARATOGA
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-27
Wars End Brings Wave
of Crime to Seattle

Seattle, Wash.-The end OF
!. the war is bringing a wave of
crime throughout the country,
especially in this city, accord
ing to Chief of Police Joel War
rem of Seattle. He says gunner
and hundreds of other criminals
who have been working in the
shipyards and other essential
war industries to avoid going to
war are leaving their work for
the easier life.
The chief says the recent out
break of crime here has verified
his prediction made months ago
that the end of the war would
be followed by many infractions
of the laws.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-27
Dog Flesh Is Valued
at $125 Per Pound

Seattle, Wash.-Dog flesh val
ued at $125 a pound is the sub
ject of suit in the superior
court here.
champion Impy," a Maltese
with a gross weight of eight
pounds, is valued at $1,000, ac-
cording to allegation in a COM
plant on file. He is declared
also to be the only English
champion Of his breed in Amer
lea.
The complainants declare they
left the dog with the defendants
for treatment in June, 1918, and
now, although the animal is
cured, the champion is withheld
from his rigthful owners.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Draft Call For
April Increased
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
MEN TO BE SUMMONED,
INSTEAD OF $4,000

Instead of $4,000, the quota orig
inally determined upon for April un-
der the second draft, 100000 drf.ated
men will be, called out during this
month.
Orders to induct this number into
the military service before May l
have been issued. Provost Marshal
General E. H. Crowder will transmit
the order to local draft boards through
the state governors at once.
This decision by the general staff
OF a definite step in President w l.
sons program for speeding up the
assistance the United States will give
the Allies this year. That the gov
eminent machinery was gaining mo.
mentum is plainly evident in all de-
partments.
Similar monthly calls for drafted
men are planned, it is understood
The rapidity with which drafted men
are to be ordered into service will
depend upon the movement of trained
troops overseas, it was stated. With
the 100000 month program obtain
ing, 100000 men will be drafted
by the end of this year.
The number of men to be sent
overseas this year and the consequent
number of men to be drafted will be
regulated by three considerations
shipping facilities, available equip.
ment and the needs of the Allies.
General Crowder states that the
draft machinery now is in shape te
draft men as fast as needed. 1t is
believed that in arriving at the 150,.
900 figure for April, the general staff
has worked out a plan under which
this number of men can be trans.
ported to Europe each month.
In order that there may be nj
hitch in sending men to training
camps, local draft boards are rush.
ing the physical examinations of reg.
istrants placed in Class 1. Word al.
so has been sent forth to speed ur
appeal cases.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Redwood County Meets
Quota First Days Drive
County Already Has $650O00 Subscribed Redwood Falls
Subscrbes Sl06,O00; Milroy Doubles Hers; County
Goes Big In All Sections

Monday, April Is, was the first day
of the two weeks drive for the sale of
Third Liberty Loan Bonds and Red
wood County is well on the way to
going over her allotment. Every sec
ton of the county has been heard
from by County Chairman ]. P. Coop
er and every section shows splendid
returns of the days work done by
the various district committees.
Milroy speeded up again and went
gracefully over the top toward the
honor flag by doubling her quota.
The county expected Milroy to do
this, but rather thought she would
wait until the second day SO that
some of the other communities could
get at. least within reaching distance
of her. the Milroy quota Of $4,000
was increased to $13,750 at six o'clock
Monday night and this is therefore
the first town in the county to win
the honor flag which is given each
town which doubles it's allotment. It
is up to the rest of the county to. see
that she is not the only one.
City Oversubsclibes.
The city of Redwood Falls with a
quota of $1,000, had subscribed
100000 yesterday and the work was
still being pushed today. Practical
ly every person in the city has met
his allotment and the oversubscription
is the work Sof those loyalists who
have doubled the allotments, there
being many cases where this has oc-
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
REDWOOD MINNESOTA
We Must Beat
Seventh District
In Bond Sale

Iowa and the Seventh Federal Re-
serve District are out to get the
Ninth Districts scalp.
During the Second Liberty Loan,
our district carried off the highest
honors for the greatest per capita
distribution of bonds. Our neighbors
on the south have decided that this
should not be and have issued q
challenge.
They have couched their "defy'' in
very diplomatic terms and have CIV
en- it out to all of the papers that
the Seventh must report "thc high
est percentage of real true Ameri-
canism."
Will the men of the Ninth Dis
trict allow them to make this asser-
tion and get away with it?
Knowing the temper and the abil-
iy of the organization in these MOI tn
west states, the executives feel sure
that no set of states can show a
higher percentage of 'real true
Americanism" than those of the
Ninth District.
The one and only way to prove
this fact beyond controversy is for
this district to produce the largest
number of bond buyers per capita of
any district in the union. Every
man, woman and child can and should
and must work to this end from now
until April 9th.
After all the members of your
family and all the members of your
neighbor's families have been sold
go out and look over the surround
ing districts with magnifying glass
to see that no one is overlooked.
Make sure that when it is all over
the Ninth Federal Reserve District
will report that $3.50 of it's five mil
lion people have shown their loyalty
to their country and their faith in
the cause of Democracy by loaning
their dollars to Uncle Sam.
Let's put the Ninth District "over
the top" with $3.50 subscription.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
City Hears
Good Addresses
LIEUTENANT STREET AND DIR.
BERGAN SPEAK TO BIG AUDI
ENCE LAST WEDNESDAY

An audience which taxed the ca
pacity of the armory to the utmost
greeted Lieutenant Street of the
Canadian army and DR.. Bergan of
Minneapolis who made two remark.
ably strong and appealing addresses
here last Wednesday evening.
:, Lieutenant Street returned less
than a month ago from overseas SER
vice and his message was first hand
information from the actual life and
work of the soldiers in the trenches.
His talk was often interrupted by a
dryness of the throat which was the
result Of his having recently been
gassed and he intimated that he had
been otherwise wounded, and would
remain in this country only long
enough to thoroughly recuperate.
Out of his vital experiences this
man who had faced the "hell' through
which the men of the allied armies
having again been passing during the
last ten days, drew pictures which
brought his audience to a realization
more keen than any previous under
standing. He stated boldly to his
listeners in the opening sentence of
his talk that "You people here have
got to wake up, you have never yet
realized that there is 2. war;" and
then proceeded to the most thorough
ly awakening and most enlighening
war talk local people have heard.
While not fluent talker and in nc
sense public speaker in the ac-
cepted meaning, Lieutenant Streets
talk was marked by a seriousness
and earnestness that was deeply i'm
pressive and his personal knowledge
of his subject added very great force
to his talk.
DR.. Bergan followed with a splen.
did patriotic address which moved
his audience deeply Mr.. Bergan
showed how plans for the great world
war had been the underlying current
in German diplomacy and education
for the past century and how the
only part of the plan which had mis-
carried was the entrance of the Unit
ed States as fighting force instead
of a source of German revenue to
help defray the wars expenses. While
decrying the imperial government of
Germany, the speaker paid his trib-
ute to those of German birth who
have revolted against the house Of
Hohenzollern and have been true to
the best instincts of humanity. DIR.
Bergan urged most forcefully that
the American people unite in the one
common purpose of exterminating
Continued on last page)
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Benefit Program

There will be a berefit program
at the New Dream Friday evening
of this week, the proceeds to be
used by the women's organizations
who are interested in the making of
comfort kits for the drafted men.
These women have done commend
able work during the last year and
now find themselves in need of funds
with which to carry it on. So they
are Offering a special entertainment
at the local movie house next Fri
day evening. In addition to the pic
ture which will be a Bluebird pic
ture, "The Little Boy" there will be
three solos by local artists, vocal
solos by Mrs. Ruth Lund Grapp and
Louis Yackel and whistling solo
by Mrs. Ellen Horr Palmer. The la
dies ask the patronage and the CO.
operation of the public. Prices Is
and 20 cents. There will be the Us
ual two performances.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
c. V. Everett Files

C. V. Everett, the present treas
urer of Redwood County, filed for
Office Monday and will be candidate
for his present position at the June
primaries. Mr.. Everett has served
very efficiently during his tenure of
office and is conceded to be one of
the best qualified officials the coun-
ty has had in many years. He has
a wide acquaintance throughout the
county and his friends everywhere
insist that "Chuck" will be an ex-
tremely hard man to beat. He has
only one opponent SO far, and there
are at present no other likely candi-
dates for this office. Mr.. Everett's
formal announcement will appear in
the near future.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17

Cured. The person who objects to
his allotment is the exception; the
one who oversubscribes is the rule.
That this same rule holds true in
other sections of the county, is ap-
parent. Morgan with quota of $21,-
900 had subscribed $4,000, and Lam
berton had subscribed $4,000 with a
quota of S28,000 Belview had met
her allotment and was sure of going
heavily over today.
Homer Wins.
The township Of Homer, the small
est township and with the smallest
population of any precinct in the
county, did her bit with commend
able spirit, adding S1,100 oversub-
scription for good measure. This is
a very pleasant report to all inter-
ested and shows the splendid work
done by the committee in this pre-
cinct. The village of North Red
wood is also in the ranks of those
who went over.
While reports are Of necessity
meagre and incomplete, they are suf-
ficiently strong to show that the coun-
ty is thoroughly aroused, is loyal
with all that the term implies and
is doing her bit gloriously. Later
reports will give the details of the
work and it is the present intention
Of the chairman of the county to have
the names Of bond purchasers pub-
lished in the newspapers Of the coun-
tv.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
District Court
Now In Session
SHORT TERM PROBABLE; GRAND
JURY'S REPORT NOT YET
MADE.

The April term of district court
opened Monday morning, April Is,
with Judge I. M. Olsen on the bench.
Until noon Tuesday the grand jury
had made no report and what the
results of it's Investigations might
be was not known. The indications
ere that the present term will be
short one however as much of the
business before the court consists of
cases which will be settled in other
ways than by trial before a jury
The only jury cases on the calen-
dar are the case of J. S. Clark VS..
Henry Gumto, the two cases in which
the estate of Henry C. Martin, rep
resented by H. M. Aune as his guard
ian, is plaintiff against two insur-
ance companies, the case of Fred
Everson VS.. William Hanson, the case
of the State against Charlie Barth-
els, The New State Bank Of Morton
against the Minnesota Clay Works,
Oscar A. Larson against G. D. Thomp-
son, Arthur w. Ewing against A.
J. Danielson and C. L. Wichner and
the case of Lars Martinson against
the State Bank of Belview.
| The court cases include the case
of Herman Voeltz against Alice
Voeltz, the series of cases in which
various elevators of the county ap-
| pear as defendants against the C. &
N. w. and c. St. P. M. & o. rail-
ways, the case of Pehling Bros.
against w. H. Donner and Matt
Kramer ct al, the case of S. C. Adams
against Frances Adams Halsted and
Susan P. Adams, the case of ]. J.
| Troske against Frank Levy and the
State Bank Of Vesta, the Village of
Vesta against the National Company,
and the case of R. A. Leistikow
against William Gallery.
| The case of the Compton Price
Co., against C. D. Thompson was
passed and is to be settled. The same
holds true of the case of G. r. Day.
ton against R. w. Christie. The case
of Iolean Christensen against Alfred
Halverson was dismissed on motion
Of the plaintiff. The case of John
Paulson against the Atlas Elevator
Company was stricken from the cal
endar on motion of the defendant.
The case of the Massachusetts Bond
ing and Insurance Company against
James Ladd and Grant Robinson was
receiving the attention of the court
Tuesday, motion to strike out
the defendants answer having been
made. In the case of Ed. Albright
against the County of Redwood a
demurrer to complaint was sustained
end the case dismissed.
There are no criminal cases on the
present calendar.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Commercial Club
Holds Meeting
LAST MEETING IN OLD QUAR-
TIERS; ROUTINE BUSINESS
TRANSACTED

The Redwood Falls Commercial
Club met in regular session at the
club rooms Monday evening, this be-
ing the last business meeting which
will be held before the removal of
the club into it's new rooms in the
nearly completed Thompson building
next door to the armory. President
F. R. Lobdell presided at the meet
ing.
The report of the Lecture Course
committee was read and approved
the Club allowing a sufficient amount
to cover the small deficit left by the
committees expenses. A report was
made by the Redwood Auto Club
which has not been active for some
time, this report showing that there
was still $4,000 in the clubs treas
ury. 1t was decided to ask the club
to permit the use of this fund, which
has been Icing idle for the past few
years, in defraying the expense OF
repairs on the North Redwood road
which is in very bad condition. The
matter will be submitted to the Of
fcers of the auto club at once.
Glenn Lukens asked the club to
award prizes amounting to $4,000
for competitive work in gardening
by school children. This amount was
appropriated. A motion was alse
made that the billiard table now ir
the club rooms be sold for not less
than $4,000. If it can not be sole
for that amount it shall be removed
to the new rooms.
At the suggestion of Secretary A
J, White, it was voted to ask every
member to send the amount of his
1918 dues to the secretary without
further notice or longer delay. The
annual dues are past due and should
be paid at Unce Two new members
were admitted into the Club.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
George w. Bunce Dies

George w. Bunce, we'll known
resident of this city died last week
at his home, Gil Record street. from
organic heart trouble. He was sew
enty years old. He was born August
"a, 1848, in Freeport, Ill. He is sur
vived by his wife and one daughter,
Mrs. R. G. Soule of this city, also two
brothers, E. j. Bunce, Aberdeen, S.
D.; James Bunce, Seattle, WASH; and
three sisters, Mrs. A. Robinson, Mrs.
J. Mcdonald and Mrs. Henry I.ausche,
all of Seattle. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the
house, Rev. G. A. Cahoon efficiated.
lnternment was made in the Glen
wood cemetery.
Mr.. Bunce was one of the pioneer
travelling statesmen in Minnesota, hav-
ing covered this territory and in
South Dakota for many years. His
speciality was cigars. He was held
in high esteem by large number of
friends. -Mankato Free Press.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Camp Cody Boys
Enjoy Circus Day
The GAZETTE CORRESPONDENT
GIVES INFORMATION CON-
CERNING DISCHARGES
Camp Cody, N. NJ,

April IL, 1918.
Today is circus day for Deming
and Camp Cody. Sells-Floto big tent
show is real attraction. Though
Wednesday afternoon is the usual
break in the work of the week, open
for athletics and recreation, division
headquarters switched the schedule
so that this afternoons program was
carried out yesterday and a general
holiday declared this afternoon to
allow men to go to the show. Men
went; in fact the whole camp has
poured forth either for the afternoon
or evening performance.
l. company went in quarantine
again Tuesday morning on a sup
posed case of mumps. Later dag
nosis and observation have discov-
cred the mumps were not and the
company was released this morning
in time to go to the show.
"Hons."
The announcement of 1t. Lauter-
bach's promotion is almost old news
by this time, but that wired announce
ment is quite too brief to tell the
whole sorry. That promotion was most
enthusiastically approved by the Of
ficers and men of this regiment who
have worked with or for "Hons." This
company keenly regrets his loss. By
the same token the men keenly en-
thuse over his going "He had it
coming to him." is the general SEN
timent. His promotion is no flash
in-the-pan accident; it was logical
certainty so assured by an expert
ence of ten years. "Hons" was a
member of L company when it was
first organized by the present Major
Hingeley in 1908. In that period he
has held down every job in the con-
pany-private, corporal, mechanic,
bugler, duty sergeant, mess, supply
and first sergeant, every job except
that of cook; and had it been nee
essary he could have swung that job.
AT Lake City in 1912 he received his
commission with the rank of Second
Lieut.. and as such served with the
company thru the six months on the
Mexican border in 1916 and until
July of last year when he shouldered
the bars of first lieutenancy. Here
in Camp Cody he was early detached
from L company and put in command
of E company, after the discharge
of its company captain. There be-
ing a surplus of captains in the divi-
Continued on last page)
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
What If They
Should Break
The Allied Lines

Has is ever occurred to you what
might happen were the Flanders front
defenses to crack beneath the press
ure of the terrific German drive :?
What would become of France and
of the Allied forces there now? What
would be the fate of our army?
And where the next front line
trenches might ultimately be?
1t is possible that even were the
worst to come and the Germans were
to break through they might still
be held and the Allied forces saved
from annihilation and capture. And
so long as the combined allied fleets
controlled the seas, Germany would
be powerless to attack our shores.
But if the Germans break through
on the western front they are al
most certain to risk everything in a
naval way upon a last clash with
England's fleet. And should they by
any chance be victorious, the next
move would be against America di-
rect. Victory like this would make
them madmen in truth.
Distance dwarfs the fray over there
for America. 1t is incomprehensible
in all its ruthless horror and suffer.
ing so far away. We do not men
tally grasp it's magnitude. Much less
can we visualize it, however much
we read. No man has yet adequate.
| ly described it.
But we all know that we have nc
desire for a German front along the
Alleghenies. We want no invading
German hordes upon American soil
We want this war to be fought out
in Europe.
And America must do it's bit tc
the utmost, both in men and money
It is up to US stay-at-homes tx
furnish the money, to buy Liberty
Bonds.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-04-17
Boy Scouts Do
More Good Work
RED CROSS AND MEET
WITH SUCCESS

The Boy Scouts of Redwood Falls
have been asked recently to do a
variety of things for the good of
various patriotic moves and last Sat
urday the Way and Means Commit
tee of the Redwood Falls Red Cross
branch asked them to solicit the resi-
dents of the towns, ascertaining how
much money each was willing to
give, monthly, toward the work of
the Red Cross. The boys made a
canvas of the town Saturday and
succeeded in obtaining the monthly
sum of $1,000, and several of them
are still working so if there is any
one among the townspeople who was
not solicited last week, a call to any
of the Boy Scouts will bring a card
and make the signer of it a member
of the "Help A Little More" League.
The entire troop could not work
Saturday but each of the four pa
trolls took section of the town which
they worked thoroughly and with
excellent re1ults. The work was
done under the direction of Scout
Master Glenn Lukens.
Bob White Patrol: John Ziemer,
Boy Johnson, Walter Lamberton and
Won Luscher. Amount collected $47.25.
Wild Cat Patrol: Neal Gardner,
James Fawkes and .Glenwin Jones,
Amount collected $38.15.
Eagle Patrol: Lowell Laudon, Rol-
len Welch, Carl Englund, Theodore
Cain and Harold Peavey. Amount
collected S37.15.
Crow Patrol: Raymond Athey, Mar
win Kline, Harry Wilcox, Andrew
Keefe and Edward Mason. Amount
collected $17.35.
These payments will be made for
one year from May 1, 1918, and in
sure regular income of at least
$1,000. Members Of the committee
are hopeful that this will grow to
at least 5000 per month within
short time.