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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-07-31
week, SO they can be tied and tagged
for immediate shipment. 81.

week, SO they can be tied and tagged
for immediate shipment.
Advice is received from the Central
Trust Company, Of New York, asst.
Treas. Of the End Red Cross wap fund,
that payments on account Of pledges
obtained by local war. fund committees
are being received in Washington at
1.-the rate Of several hundred a day.
Chapters are requested to make public
announcement to the effect that pledge
payments are to be made locally and
not to Mr.. McAdoo's Office or national
headquarters, nor to the Division
EOffice. 5 tsr>5s
s Hereafter please phone Red Cross
notes to Mrs. G. Z. Stevens, Reporter.
Home Service sections of the Ameri-
can Red Cross are organized with just
one purpose-to see that all families of
soldiers and sailors are maintained in
comfort and peace of mind while the
men are in service. ~. 49,.
I ! Any soldier or sailor who knows or
fears that his family is in trouble
should appeal at once to Home Service.
He should go at once to the Home Ser
vice man attached to his division here
or abroad, or write to his family to
take their troubles to the Red Cross
Home Service section in their home
town.
Men in service know they will be
taken care of if they are wounded or
sick: they should know also that the
Home Service workers of the Red
Cross are willing to relieve them of
worry concerning their families so far
as that is possible. ':s> - 3"
; Relations between Home Service
workers and families are as confiden-
tial as those between doctors and their
patients. Home Service means SYM
pathy, advice, expert infQrmat ton about
laws and regulations, medical care,
spiritual comfort and everything which
can be given by real friends to compen-
safe the family for the absence of the
man in service.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Spontaneous Combustion.

When a dearth of fuel is threatened
it seems too bad that coal will start
blazing Of it's own accord. This item
from the Minneapolis Tribune of the
9th inst. leads one to believe that
spontaneous combustion" is response
BILE for a great wastage Of coal in
that city:
Spontaneous combustion set on fire
1000 tons of screenings in the Leigh
ton & Campbell yards, Aldrich and
Second avenues north, at 6 p. M, and
set fire to a pile of coal in the yards
of the Flour City Fuel company, Tenth
end Second avenues north, about z
p. m. yesterday. Both blazes were ex-.
tinguished. Ten such fires have been
reported within the last two weeks,
and thousands of tons Of coal in Min
neapolis plants and yards have been
destroyed by fire this year, the Min
neapolis fire department. officials said
last night.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Schall Has Narrow Escape.

Congressman and Mrs. Schan were
among the passengers on the Ameri-
can transport, Mount Vernon, which
was torpedoed1 off the French coast
last Thursday. The passengers, in
Guiding a number of wounded soldiers,
were transferred to lifeboats and safe
" landed, and the transport also man
aged to reach port. Thirty-fye en-
gine-room hands lost their lives when
the torpedo struck the vessel. II
Had it not been for the heroism Of
the seamen mostly new hands who
closed the bulkheads and swan
through rising water to shut off the
steam cocks the vessel would doubt
less have been lost. Senator James II.
Lewis of Chicago also rendered valua-
bic assistance in TRANSIT erring wounded
soldiers to the lifeboats.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Reciprocal Draft Treaties.

Reciprocal treaties with France,
Italy and Greece will subject 100000
aliens of these countries to draft in
the United States. Ratification is ex-
pected to follow in time to register
these aliens for military service be-
fore the end Of the year. Before the
aliens are drafted they are given an
opportunity to enlist in the armies Of
their own countries. Atreaty of this
sort between the United States and
Great Britain is now in force.
Aliens of neutral nationality will
not be drafted so long as the views Of
the state department prevail in con
gress. The department contends
that the drafting of aliens without the
consent of their governments not only
would be likely to impair relations be-
tween the United States and the coun-
tries involved, but would set up a
~gssgerous precedent under which
tome neutral country, when involved
Il some future war, would be likely to
raft American citizens without ask
,g leave.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Warning to Gasoline Users.

The oil division of the fuel admins
tration has issued notice that unless
wasteful methods in the handling of
gasoline are corrected the government
will take over the distribution, with
the result that automobile owners will
be made to abide by more severe re-
strictions. The administration saws:
There is no desire to put the coun-
try on fuel ration, but it is necessary
that all users discontinue wasteful
uses Of fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene and
all other oil products.
Motorists should not run their en-
gines when the car is not in motion.
They should avoid overflling tanks
and see that no oil or gasoline is spilled
or allowed to leak.
Carbureters should be adjusted to
operate on the thinnest mixture.
All unnecessary driving should be
discouraged.
If sufficient gasoline and oil cannot
be saved from what is now wasted in
the ways above suggested, then such
mandatory control as will assure the
quantities needed for the conduct Of
the war will be inevitable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Market Active and HIGHER.

NAdEheC sfACCIVe ana Higher.
Princeton's potato market during
the week has shown considerable ac-
tivity, but Tuesdays rain somewhat
slowed up digging and hauling opera
tions. ..
Prices paid by buyers have ifuctu-
ated to some extent, but a tendency
to advance has prevailed some loads
of superior quality having brought as
high as $2.10 per cwt. However, the
general range Of quotations has been
from $1.95 to $2.O5. In Chicago, say
the buyers, the top notch price offered
is $3.50 per cwt for carload lots and
that consequently, after paying for
freight, drayage and sacks, the profit
on handling potatoes is particularly
small. The advance in the price Of
sacks has been enormous. Last year
new ones could be purchased for $50
per thousand while now $3.50 is
charged for second hand ones.
Shipments for the week have aggre-
gated 80 cars.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Administering the Dope.
"Did you have much trouble in get

ssDid you have much trouble in get
ting little Bearcat to take the medicine
I left?" asked DR.. Soonover.
Nope; no great amount, responded
Gap Johnson Of Rumpus Ridge, Ark.
That is, after I knocked him down
and one of the other children had set
on his head and several Of sem on his
hands and feet and his nav held his
nose and spooned the remedy down
him. To be shore, some Teller that was
passing by in Ford heered the
hooraw over and above the uproar Of
his car and come and kicked the door
open and wished to know if we was
holding prize singing or murder, or
something hathaway. But hum
at that it wasn't no ways what it
might have been. kansas City Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Baker Investigating Airplanes.

Secretary Of War Baker and John
Ryan, second assistant secretary of
war and director Of the air service,
have arrived in France to investigate
the aircraft failure and endeavor to
devise means of overcoming the fifty
defects in the DeHaviland. machine
which General Pershing specified as
making them untitled for battle SER
vice. The machines appear to be sue
cessful for reconnaissance purposes
yet unfit for combat or bombing, but
there is probability that they can be
remodeled.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Cut Out SUNDAY Joyriding.

While there were not SO many joy
riders traversing the streets Of Prince
ton on Sunday as upon the previous
Sabbath, they were numerous and IN
Guided many people who live in the
village. During the day we counted
over thirty cars whose occupants were
merely burning gasoline for pleasure
purposes. People who fail to comply
with the request Of the fuel adminis-
tration are aiding the kaiser and their
gasoline supply should be cut off alto
gether. Unless they mend their ways
this will be done, as the government
threatens to take over the distribu-
ton Of gasoline. In addition, failure
to respect the fuel admins ttra tons re-
quest will mean arrest and fine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12

hing through the German
lines before the boches knew what had
happened.
The train, it is claimed, was in. a
sector where rapid military movements
We're taking place. It was said to have
been loaded with shells. just how the
feat was accomplished has not been
made clear, but it is said that Spencer
acted without orders.
According to information received
here, Spencer received severe repri-
mand, but later was given commits
sion and assigned to take charge Of a
section Of railroad on the French
front.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Isanti County Fair.

Isanti county will hold its fair at
Cambridge on September 10, 10, 20
and 81, and the management an
nounces that an effort is being put
forth to make the event the best in.
the county's history. In addition to
the exhibits there will be many
amusement features, including vaude-
vile, acrobatic acts and fireworks at
night. On Thursday Governor Burn
6quist will review the 18th battalion
Of the Minnesota home guard and Adj
jutant General Rhinow is also ex-
pected to be present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Robert OBrien

After periods Of illness extending
over several years, the last of which
confined him most of the time to his
bed, Robert O'Brien Of Princeton died
at his home in this village last Friday
morning, September 6. Death result
ed from Bright's disease and other in
frmities due to old age.
The funeral services took place on
Monday morning from st. Edwards
church, and were largely attended, in
Guiding members Of the G. "A. r. to
which order deceased belonged. Father
Willenbrink in his sermon paid de-
serving tribute to Mr.. O'Brien's civic
and christian virtues. The remains
were taken to the G. N. station and
shipped to Austin, where burial took
place Tuesday morning. 3
Robert O'Brien was born in New
York on December %, 1871. When the
civil war broke out he volunteered and
had the satisfaction Of taking part in
some Important battles in one of which
he received injuries that chung to him
till death. In 1872 he moved to Wis
consin and was married that year to
Margaret Carville. Late they re-
moved to Austin, Mimi, where his wife
died about ten years ago. In 1918 he
settled on a farm near Long Siding,
and three years ago came to Prince
ton to spend his declining years. He
is survived by seven children, who,
with the exception of the last named,
were here for the funeral. They are:
Eva, Alex and Eugenia Of Princeton,
William Of Brickton, Mrs. C. j. Ger
ney, Of st. Paul, Mrs. G. M. Hansen
Of Benson and Mrs. r. A. Willoughby
Of Scion Springs, Wis Two children
died several years ago.
The deceased was a man Of quiet
disposition, industrious, honest and
fond of relating his experiences as a
soldier of the civil war. He possessed
a deep christian faith which gave him
much consolation in his last Illness.
His daughter, Eva, who made her home
with him, has been to him min
istering angel throughout his suffer
ing years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Bee Keepers, Attention.

b. L. McMurry, specialist in bee
keeping from the United States de-
partment Of agriculture will be at
Milaca on Thursday, September 10, to
demonstrate the wintering Of bees and
the feeding and care of the same dur
ing the fall. All questions pertaining
to bees will be answered. The demon
stration will be held at 1870 at the
4apiary of Leroy Uptagrafft Every
bee keeper in the county should be on
hand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Kick Him Out.

One Gustav Nelson, who registered
for the draft at Milaca, and who had
taken out his first papers in the Unit
ed States, last week filed with the
local board an affidavit to the effect
that he had withdrawn all intention of
becoming a citizen Of this country and
wanted to return to Sweden. The
board Of course struck his name from
the list. He has since applied for
passport and will go back to his half
starved relatives, who will probably
welcome him with club. He should
lose no time in shaking the dust of the
United States from his feet. This
country does not want him, and if he
fails to move quickly he should be
kicked out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Killed in France.

Word was received by G. Il. Nelson
last week that his brother, Victor, was
killed on the battle front in France on
August 16. Victor was 20 years Of
age and "went across" with a Wis
consin regiment about a year ago.
He was born in Spring Vale, Isanti
county, where his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. a. p. Nelson, for long time re-
sided They are now residents Of
Braham, Isanti county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Primaries and Their. Result.

The common council of Quincy on
the Mississippi, demands the repeal Of
the primary law and complains that
the primaries result often in the Sc
lection Of only rich men as candidates,
because the expenses of a would-be
candidate are SO large as to discourage
the man of moderate means. The pro-
test should read rich man or dema-
gogues.
This demand and complaint voice a
growing disappointment and an in
creasing evaporation. Practically
the primaries, which were to usher in
a pure politics, work out in ways its
sponsors did not dream. And they are
very expensive, not only to candidates
for nominations, but also to the tax
payers. To both taxpayers and can
didates politics have been rendered by
the primary system more costly than
ever.
The fact remains that under the
primary system middle men of hard
Judgment are deferred from venturing
into the field. Which consequence is
directly the opposite anticipated by
those theorists who foisted the pri-
maries upon the body polite with the
pretense that they would be a cure
all. Another patent-medicine, which
does not cure the advertised i'll, but
does induce other new ills unsupported
before!
We are coming to the repeal of the
primaries. Already we do not like.
them, presently we will actively de-.
nounce them and finally we will de-
termine to chuck them They are too
expensive, too much nuisance, and.
they too much augment the influence
of demagoguery.
Practical consequences operate on
theories like buzzsaws on too venture
some hands,. Minneapolis Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Minnesota Dairy Products.

Dairy products to the value Of $114,-
738,19O were produced in Minnesota
during the last year.
This represents an. actual increase
of $23,238, 100 over the total value of
dairy products produced in the state
during 1916-1917.
Butter alone brought Minnesota far
mers $53,152,066 against SAC, 214,876
during the corresponding period.
Milk and ice cream to the value of
$60,ooo,ooo were marketed during the
past year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
a Little Girls Suggestio6


After listening to several grown
people discuss the request of the fuel
commissioner to dispense with Sunday
automobile riding, Marion Mcmillan,
q little girl Of eight years, sat down
and penned the following epistle to
Dr.. Garfield, the fuel administrators at
Washing the letter is given just
as she wrote it:
Princeton, Mimi, Sept. 9, 1913.
DR.. Garfield,
Fuel Administrator,
Washington, ID. G..
Dear Sir: Perhaps it is none Of my
business but don't you think it would
be better to give each person that
owns an automobile certain amount
of gasoline to use throughout the
week? So many farmers and profess
sional men can get only Sunday for
pleasure riding.
/ am only little girl and may not
know best. But what I've said in the
past words seem to be right in my
own thoughts. Yours truly,
Marion Campbell Mcmillan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Coal Shed and Contents Burn

OAAN&A
Shortly after o'clock on Monday
morning Mrs. Joseph Craig was at
tracted by a light shining through her
bedroom window. She went to the
window and saw fire burning not far
from the mill. Calling her husband,
he hurried outdoors and discovered
that the fire was in Umbeho cker's coal
shed and Immediately turned in an
alarm.
When the fire department arrived
the flames had gained considerable
Roadway, the shed and roller mills
corncribs were ablaze, the coal was
burning and a box car on the track
aire. The shed and corncribs were
consumed and a large part of the coal,
although fire on the boxcar was put
out.
In the Umbehocker shed were 200.
tons of coal, part of which belonged
to the village, part to the roller mills
and part to Mrs. Umbehocker, and a
large portion Of this was destroyed.
In the two corn cribs we're stored ma
chinery, lumber, fertilizer and other
material, a very small part Of which
was saved. An insurance Of $1,000
was carried on the coal shed and con-
tents the shed itself with the load
ing machinery being valued at a great
deal larger sum. The corncribs and
contents were uninsured and the loss:
involved on these amounts to at least
81, 900.
IS The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but many people are Of the opinion.
that it was the work Of an incendiary
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Princeton Schools Omen Monday

Princeton Schools Open Monday.
Arrangements have been perfected
for accommodating the pupils and the
Princeton public schools will there
fore open on Monday as announced in
last weeks Union.
The armory (which the school board
has rented for $3.50 monthly and the
village hall will be utilized for the
high school classes, the Masonic and
Odd Fellows hall for the seventh and
eighth grades, while the Congrega-
tional and Swedish churches, the court
room and the basement Of the old
Germany building will be occupied BY
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12

the other grades. The Whittier school
will be used for the same grades as
last year.
No satisfactory arrangement could
be arrived at for the use of the Meth
odist church, SO the school board
sought other quarters. The trustees
of the Congregational and Swedish
Lutheran churches voluntarily offered
their edifices to the school board as
did also the trustees Of the Masonic
and Odd Fellows halls.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
For a Weak Back.

The new girl in the counting room
Of q daily newspaper was from the.
country. An elderly gentleman walked
up to her and said:
Il would like to get copies Of your
paper for week back. =
She replied: Z. Auntie has one, too;
You had better try porous lasters. You
can get them just across the street.D
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Bernard Essig.

Bernard Essig, the infant child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eriick Essig, died on.
Sunday, September 8. Funeral SER
vices were held on Tuesday morning
from st. Edwards church. Burial
was in Oak Knoll cemetery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
The Work or Fight Order.

~ provost Marshal General CrOWder
has made it clear that the work or.
fight regulations will be enforced for
men above the age of 81 the same
that it has been for men below that
limit. In other words, as the draft
law gives the war department. juris-
dlction over all men between the ages
of Is and As, registrants who are given
deferred classifcations either because
OF physical defects, dependents, or
value to the industries in which they
are employed, will have to work at
useful occupations or be called into
the army.
The impression has arisen in some
parts Of the country that because the
Thomas amendment was dropped by
both houses of congress the work or
fight regulation has also been aban-
doned.
Just the reverse is true, because the
,ar department already had sufficient
authority to enforce the work or fight
idea, and it is the present intention
of the government to comb the classes
above 81 with as much care, if not
more, than was the case with the
younger registrants.
For the present there will be no
change in the list Of occupations held
to be useful and those considered nom
essential. But a strict application of
the work or fight rules to prevent
idling is absolutely necessary to the
maintenance Of the supply of labor. is.
Many persons at present engaged
in nonessential work are going along
Indifferent to the draft law because
they know they will be given deferred
classifcations But this does not rem
der them immune from military SER
vice. The president has the authority
to vacate any exemption or deferred
classification given to a registrant.
Reasonable opportunity is given for
every man to find work in a useful
occupation: the local or district boards
can give registrants all the informa-
zion desired.
The labor situation will grow more
and more serious as unmarried men
above the age of 81 are drafted, for
the unattached men, even though they
are now in useful occupation, will have
to go to the colors unless their in
dispensability to the industry in ques-
ton is made the subject Of a special
industrial exemption.
The majority Of the men above the
age of 81 will not be eligible for such
industrial exemptions, and as a conse-
quence vacancies will occur which
must be filled by men now at work in
nonessential trades or by women.
But the important thing which Gen
eral Crowder emphasizes is that be-
cause men up to the age of As are
given deferred classifcations they
must not think themselves immune
from military service. They can be
put in class 1 by the local and district
boards if they are habitually absent
from work, which irregularity is the
same as idleness, or if they fail to
make reasonable effort to get en-
ployment in useful occupations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
REGISTRATION DAY
Every Man Within the Draft Age
Limits is Required by Law to
Enroll His Name Today.
Work or Fight Order Explained by
Crowder-Alienso of Allied Ma
tions to be Drafted.
This is registration day for all men
Who have reached the age of 18 years
and are not yet 46.

To be in Service by October Is.
The local registration board has
been advised by the provost marshal
that all men in Class 1 Of the regis
trations Of June 5, 1917, June 5, 1918,
and August "a, 1918, will be in the
service by October Is next.