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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Christmas services on December 25
at 10 o'clock.
English Christmas services al
eight o'clock.
Two services next Sunday at the
usual time.
Meeting of elders and deacons a
the school Friday at one o'clock.
English services and Holy Com
munion on New Years Eve at eigh
o'clock
Annual business meeting of tn,
congregation to be held January 2
at one o'clock
A. Schaller.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25
METHODIST CHURCH
E. C. Horn, Minister.

Sunday morning topic at 1920 CAT
the Boundary Line" Evening at 7:3C
Emusic in History"
The Christmas program "White
Gifts for the King" will be presented
Tuesday evening at the church at 1880
Midweek service Thursday evening
at 1880. Special music.
The town ladies aid society meets
at the church parlors Friday after
noon. The Epworth League social fol
December will be held at the church
Friday evening beginning at eight
o'clock.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25
NOTICE.

November 80 package containing
five pairs of mems black hose was
put into the wrong automobile on
the street of Redwood Falls. Will the
person having the package kindly re-
turn it to the Gazette office. 231t pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

Lake Wilson Pilot: The first thing
congress should do is to pass a
measure prohibiting immigration for
five wears. It's going to be hard
enough to sc. employment for .hree
million soldiers without adm ting
poverty stricken laborers from
France, Great Britain, Germany and
Italy. Keep them, out. Take care of
our own boys first.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

Member of Congress may be de-
pended upon to see to agreement with
the Senate provision of the revenue
bill exempting the salaries of gov
eminent officials from the operation
of the income tax.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

Camp Grant and returned Saturday.
The dredge crew on ditch No. 90
finished up their job last week.
Mrs. Andrew Hanson was a guest
of her father in Sleepy Eye last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

There have been many great inven-
tors in this world, but the man who
first thought of pumpkin pie was
no SLOUGH.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01

PARIS. Jan. Si.-Fragments OF pro
jectiles dropped by the Germans and
examined al the municipal laboratory
show that bombs OF three kinds were
used BY the invaders. according 10
LIntransigiant.
They were winged torpedOeS, weigh
ing from Ice 10 zee pounds. explosive
bombs and incendiary bombs. the two
latter bursting minute after falling.
No traces Of asphyxiating gas bombs
were found.
The total number OF bombs dropped
is estimated at 20.
American Red Cross ambulance
workers assisted in removing victims
10 hospitals The entire ambulance
personnel was mOhilized and had their
machines waiting for calls within for
" minutes after the commencement
OF the raid.
President Poincaire. Premier Clem-
enceau and General Dubail. military
governor OF Paris. joined the great
crowds Of other Parisians in visiting
the localities where bombs had fallen
The president visited personally a
large number OF the injured.
In the street crowds the converse.
ton turned chiefly upon the amazing
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
NO DETAILED REPORT

WASHINGTON. Jan I.-ln the Sb-
senoe Of any detailed report from Gen
eral PerShing the war department to-
night was unable to throw any light
upon the German raid yesterday upon
the trenches held by American forces.
II would not be improper. Secretary
Baker said. 10 dedlrce from the casual
" list the fact that American troops
were in possession Of a trench sector
and had been in military contact with
the enemy He emphasized the fact,
however. that il would be most inn
proper 10 draw the conclusion that
their present location in the allied
lines Is permanent. although admit
ting that any announcement Of Gen
ersl Pershing having taken over 4
portion OF the line would come from
the American expeditioaary headQusr'
terS-
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
President in Message to Farmers
Says This Is Crucial Year of WuY

fieatiOn in the draft. and that fur
loughs may be granted al planting
and harvest seasons 10 those already
in service. according 10 a letter re-
ceived by Governor Capper today from
President Wilson The governor had
written the president urging the fur
lOughing of skilled farmers At harvest
time and steps to prevent the drift
ing of farm laborers in view Of the
serious farm labor shortage in Kan
sas
President Wilson wrote in reply:
Under the new selective service
regulations under which the present
classification of resistrants is now
progressing. in very SPECIFIC terms in
those regulations ii is provided that
skilled farm laborers essential 10 the
continued and undiminished operation
OF farms shall be placed in Glass i.
II is our present hope and belief that
we shall be able TO raise all the forces
in immediate prospect without invad-
ing any deferred class. and therefore
we can assume. l think. that future
drafts viii not interfere with your
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
FRANCIS THREATENED

10y LLEN4CN A4c4-cr4 NAANN
PETROGRAD. Wednesday. Jan 80
The ministry Of foreign affairs today
transmitted 10 David R Francis. the
American ambassador. a letter ad-
dressed 10 LeOn TnOtzky, the BOlshe
Wiki foreign minister. by the Pertogra6
group OF anarchists. insisting that
Trotzky bring pressure to bear on the
American embassy for the release OF
Alexander Berkman. Emma Goldman
Thomas J. Mooney
The ministry inclOsed a resolution
adopted by the anarchists threatening
demonstrations against the embassy
This is the third threat by auarch
lists that Ambassador Francis has re
ceived within a month
Emma Goldman and Berkman are
under sentence to serve terms OF i'm
prisonment for conspiracy TO defeat
the conscriptiOn law in the United
States Mooney was convicted il
California Of completely in the SaI
Francisco bomb Outrages.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01

WASHINGTON. Jan SIN a mes
sage 10 the nations farmers, delivered
today 10 an agricultural conference at
Urbana. Ills. President Wilson said he
thought statesmen on both sides of
the water realized that the culminat-
ing crisis OF the war had come and
this years achievements would decide
il
The message. which the president
intended 10 present personally until
attacked by a cold several days ago.
vas delivered by President James OF
the University of Illinois Recounting
the aggressiOns of Germany. the pres
ident said
Fighting For Liberty
We are fighting. therefore. as truly
for the liberty and self-gOvernment OF
the United States as il the war of our
own revolution had to be fought over
again; and every man in every busi-
ness in the United States must know
by this time that his whole future for
tune lies in the balance.
Our national life and our whole
future development will pass under
the sinister influences of foreign con
troll il We do not win We must win.
NACANANAN c anu We SuaAA VIII hDcN
not ask you to pledge your lives and
fortunes with those OF the rest of the
nation TO the accomplishment OF that
great end
You viii realize. as I think states
men on both sides OF the water realize.
that the eliminating crisis Of the
struggle has come and that the achieve
ments OF this year on one side or the
ether must determine the issue"
FARMERS AND FURIoUGH
TOPEKA. Jan. Sit Is the hope
and expectation Of the administration
that farmers essential 20 the cOntin-
ued and undiminished operation OF
farms" may be given deferred classi-
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01

midnight battles in the air. Of which
not much was seen. except the spark
ling signal lights and remote flashes
OF the machine guns.
Attack IS Tonic
Representatives OF The Associated
Press heard various street discussions
as 10 the psychology OF the German
attacks. The common opinion was
that they would be a tonic 10 the
fighting spirit Of the French rather
than depressing in their effect. \ pre-
dominant feeling seemed to be that
there should be such reprtSalS by the
French as would convince the Ger
mans that il was not worth while 20
drop bombs upon non-cOnhatantS.
Generally. PSriSians treated the raid
as great dramatic spectacle. All
signs NJ il having had any moral ef-
feet on the populsce was absent. The
newspapers did not print long stories
OF the raid. and eliminated altogether
the names OF localities where damage
was done
The pictures. tapestries and other
works OF art which have been installed
in the Versailles palace. viii be Re
moved to n place OF safety as a pre-
caution against air raids.
There were some outbreaks OF IRE
reported after the raid. due 70 gas
mains having been broken by eNplOd-
ing bombs. The pOpUlace was advised
Immediately TO turn off the gas at the
meters in their houses in case Of an
other air raid alarm.
British soldier mechanics hilleted in
a suburb near Paris lined up in the
streets when the alarm was given and
apparently were seen by the enemy
airmen when a small fire nearby light
ed up the sky. for the German Sirmen
returned and trained their machine
guns on the soldiers. All their bullets
went wild. however. no one being in.
iured.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
POSITION OF
AMERICANS IS
RA|DED;; TWO
SOLDIERS DIE
Quiet Sector Held by Yankee
Troops Attacked in Early
Morning. One Man is Cap
tured and Several Wounded

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
In FRANCE. Wednesday. Jan. 50
tRy the Associated Pressl sl.-An
American position on 2 certain
sector on the French front was
raided during a heavy fog shortly
alter daylight this morning. The
attack was preceded by a violent
artillery barrage. Two Americans
were killed and four injured. One
soldier is missing and Is believed
to have been captured by the en-
envy.
Casualties have been Occurring
almost daily on this sector. Il now
is permitted 70 disclose that all
recent casualties given out in
Washington occurred On this sec
tor. The deaths were caused by
shell FIRE. mostly ShrapneL
II is certain that enemy casual
ties from American cannon and
machine-gun FIRE have been as
great OF greater than ours.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
RetdLiGtOry
Measures at
Spain Sure

WASHINGTON. Jan SI.-Quick re-
taliatOry measures were forecast here
tonight as the answer of the United
States and the allies TO Spain'S inter
ference with the shipment OF goods
across her frontier into France. In
fact. certain Spanish ships nOw in Am
ericsn ports ready to sail are being
held up pending = clearing of the sit
uatiOn. although the war trade boarr
in a formal statement tonight denied
that vessels under the Spanish nag
generally were being kept in port
The American government is partic-
ularly concerned in the situation be-
cause of large orders placed in Spain
by General PerShing for supplies for
the American army. Il holds. too. the
chief weapon 10 force q lifting of an
embargo placed by Spain. since Spain
draws heavily on the United States
for fOOdsruffs-
The war trade board. which issued
export licenses and licenses for bunk
er coal. in its statement said;
Boards Statement
1t is not correct that Spanish ships
are being generally held up by means
OF refusing bunkerS or otherwise IL
is expected further clearances viii be
granted. Each case is dealt with on its
own facts. and in a few cases bunker
licenses have been withheld IS where
a ship has been loaded in whole or in
part with commodities as 20 which eN-
port licenses could not be allowed un-
der the policy OF The war trade board.
No comment Othe rthan this state
ment was to be had officially AT the
war trade board offices concerning the
Spanish situation. Allied officials have
been given no end OF perpleNity by
Spain. Although not so situated geo
graphically as TO ship supplies readily
into Germany. charges have been
made that goods from Spanish Nor
rOcO have gone through the Swiss port
OF entry in France into Switzerland
(Continued on Page TwoN
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
WEATHER IS
BLAMED FOR
SHORTAGE Of
FUEL IN EAST
Fuel Administration Officials
Fear Famine of Equal Sever
ity as That Which Neces-
STATED Drastic Action.
Br Review Leased wlrel

WASHINGTON. Jan 81 - A new
coal shortage as acute as that which
two weeks ago brought a government
order closing down industry was re
garded as inevitable by fuel admins
trarion officials tonight. unless there
is an immediate improvement IL
weather conditions
Coal production this month fel on
ls.00O. eco tOns-about One-Jhird OF the
normal monthly productiOn-aecord-
ing 20 reports TO the National Ccal
association. and snow and ice have 50
restricted railroad movement that the
entire east. officials admit faces 2
critical sitsutiCn-
Under preferential orders issued al
the time the closing decree was pul
into force coal is moving first TO ships
household. public institutions and q
preferred list Of war industries 9th
er industries. it is admitted. viii sUf-
fer severely unless there IS an imme-
diate change in weather conditions
Car Shortage Blamed
The I6.0O0.OOO ton loss in prOduc'
tion in January was due the National
coal ASSOCIATION SelS IuElAs cAAAc cAt 70
car shortage The output has been
curtailed, il is declared, 20 an extent
unequzled in years For the four days
from January 2S to 81. inclusive. tie
loss is put al 2s0O.0O0 tons The car
shortage has been felt chiefly In the
big producing fields of West Virginia
There thousands Of men are idle and
some cars have been awaiting move
Tnent for a fortnight
Besides delaying the return OF
empty cars 10 the mines and thus re
tarding production. the weather has
slowed up the delivery OF loaded cars
and many cities in the east are almost
entirely without supplies
Fuel Administrator Garfield today
took steps TO Put a stop 10 the issuing
OF widely different rulings by state and
local fuel officials in connection with
the enforcement Of the Monday clos
ing order. Hereafter before making
general interpretations the local Ofh-
eials must consult with the national
administratioR and obtain permission
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
German Strike Gains
Force Throughout the
Nation; Little KnOWn
Official Dispatches From Ber-
lin Attempt to Minimize
the Internal Situa tion.
Claims Made.

LONDON. Jan. SI.-The broad feat
ureS OF the news fitering in today
from Berlin are. first. that the strike
movement undoubtedly Is extending.
and second. that the German authori-
ties are endeSvOring TO minimize its
Importance.
Thus far there has been no news re-
garding the decision of Minister OF the
Interior Walraf AZ his conference with
General Won Stein. commander Of The
home forces. as to what attitude the
government viii adopt
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent
says in n telegram dated Thursday
that the strikes obviously represent
the situation in the least SOrnhre light.
The German Semi-official news agency
says the trouble is stationary and that
no disturbances occurred Wednesday.
thar police Intervention was needless
and that work was partly resumed in
several mSnufs ctorieS OF greater Per
lin. but that in other quarters opera
tiOns still were suspended.
In the upper SileSian industrial -
gion. according to this news agency.
the strike has gained virtually no
ground. and il adds that news from the
iron and steel districts also Is reaSSur-
ing. In SpandSu work is in fnll swim :
in most CT the government workshops.
the news agency concludes. the trades
unions refusing to have anything 70
do with the strike.
Feed Scarcity Blamed
A dispatch to The Associated Press
from Stockholm SAYS the German
strikes are largely due TO the scarcity
Qf food. quoting the SvenSka DSgbla-
det'S Berlin correspondent. This cor
respondent asserts that the people are
indignant over the eNpOrtatioa Of hour
10 Austria. and also over prOfiteering
and the Illegal procuring OF fOodStuffs
which fiOuriSheS despite the utmost ef
forts OF the authorities.
The strikes il Hamburg ald Niel
have resolved themselves into hunger
demonstrations. The extent OF the
food profteering in Berlin alone Is It.
uStrated by a report in the Berliner
Tageblatt that fines imposed in one
day exceeded l0o.0e0 marks.
According tO-a Berlin report receiv-
ed through Copenhagen. Socialist lead
ers from all over Germany have been
summoned 10 Berlin for n dise,SsiOn
OF important home and foreign politi-
cal questions.
Among the items OF news received
today are that the strike has spread
10 Munich. Bavaria. where the ois
Mauser armament works are Involved
and that some ot the printing s.o~S-
men engaged in the newspaper trade
in Serlin have struck
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
Al RREsT-LIToVsk

! IbT REVIEW Lleaseo NIreT
BREST-LITONSk. wednesday, Jan.
30 (via Amsterdam 20 London, Jan.
31l--Talaat Pasha. the Turkish grand
vizier. presided today at the opening
of the plenary sitting OF the peace
conference DR.. Richard Won Kuehl
mann. the German foreign secretary
announced that Dr. Count POdewils
DurnitZ. former premier OF Bavaria
would represent Bavaria
I.o0a TrOtZky. the BOlsheviki for
eign minister. said that two represen
tatives OF the Ukrainain peoples re
public had been Incorporated in the
Russian delegation, to which also had
been added NJ Karelin. the peoples
commissioner for state property.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
RUnduGy
Ry Review Leased wlre)

BELLINGHAM. Wash. Jan 81
-Four persons were killed ana
twelve or more seriously injured
tonight when q runaway Northern
Pacific freight train crashed into
the rear coach OF Great Northern
passenger train al the station al
Se1r0 WOoIley. Wash. 30 miles
south Of here
50 far as Is known all of the
dead and injured passengers in the
wrecked coach. which was lifted
frcm the tracks and hurled against
the station
Among those killed were C. E
Pauten Of Seattle. president Of a
lumber company. and Henry
Thompson. county commissioner Of
Skagit county
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
ARRESTS IN BELGIUM


THE HAGUE. Jan 3l--Les NOu
velles reports that arrests by the Ger.
mans are increasing in Belgium. and
that recently ~ prominent personages
were taken into custody by the mill.
tsry az Brussels. including Paul Ian
bert. the great French manufacturer
and Edouard Laguerre, son Of the
French deputy
Ninety Client nOtables have beer
seized as hostages TO guarantee tbs
performance by the inhabitants Oi
military work ordered BY the Ger
mans. At Liege. a HOllander named
Paul Ussen has been condemned q
death and his wife to i years i'm
prisonment.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
Alcohol Kills
CBy Review Leased wirel

PETROGRAD. wednesday, Jan
SO.-TwO hundred persons persisted
in q fiTe in an alcohol factory at
NOvo ArchanSielsk. A crowd OF
earousers broke into the factory
and became trapped in the cellar.
Some one lighted q candle ana the
alcohol fumes exploded.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
AIR PLANS Of
THE COUNTRY
Two MONTHS
LATE, IS SAID
Testimony Before Senate Mill
tary is to the Effect That
Program is Late But is Rap
idly Being Overcome.
By Review Leased wIre)

WASHINGTON. Jan Sl.-COnstant
altering OF plans TO meet rapid
changes in air fighting tactics in Eu-
rope. combined witt delays in getting
material and scarcity Of skilled labor,
has put Americas great aircraft pro
gram two months behind schedule,
though il now is moving forward
smoothly. In disclosing this today 10
the senate's military committee. Colo
mel Deeds, assistant TO Major General
Spuiers. chief signal officer OF the
army. said that not single machine
Of the exact type planned when con-
gress appropriated S54O. .000. 900 for an
air fleet will see service in France
Colonel Deeds told the committee
that the tendency was toward ma
chimes of greater power and that val
liable lessons in this respect had been
learned at the last battles about Yer
dun He believed that the machine
now being manufactured and sent 10
France not only would meet present
requirements. but would excel any
thing the enemy may produce
Testimony on how many machines
have been sent over, the equipment
going with them, the number of avia-
tors in France or expected TO go. was
left to an executive session of the
committee. and viii be continued to
morrow. but Colonel Deeds said at tie
public hearing lit looks as though We
viii keep the program of moving men
and equipment to France well bal
aneed--
Four Types Made
Colonel Deeds said four types OF
machines were being manufactured
elementary training. advanced train,
ing, combat and bombing machines,
Contracts have been let for $3.50 OF
the elementary type first used by the
students. 2l5S have been completed
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01


LONDON. Jan Sl.-An dispatches
received in London this morning show
that the strike menace in Germany in
creased yesterday evening a Semiot-
icial telegram from Berlin saying on
" an incOnSiderahle extension" took
place.
While the opinion prevails IN some
quarters Of England that exaggerated
accounts Of the strike have veen car
calaSed by The German government IN
order TO influence the engineers on ShS
CLYDE and other oenterS in England.
who have threatened 10 lay down their
tools unless the government save sat
isfactOry guarantees that IL would Op-
en- peace Negotiations. as well as the
pacifiStS in the entente countries sen
orally there must have been and Stil
is n very considerable StoppSge OF
work in important war Industries
The strike. which was begun in Ser
lin chiefly because OF dissatisfaction
over the delay IN carrying cut the
PruSSian franchise reforrc- has more
or less spread throughout the provinc~
eS. and. according 20 a HSmb0rg 50
cialiSt paper. state Of siege has been
declared in that city AID its vicinity
where strikes have occurred in the
Vulcan ShiphuilGing works aAd the
plant Of RlOhm and NoSS.
Seek Early Peace
The strikers committee. which was
formed in Berlin with representatives
OF the two wings os the Socialist par
ties as members OF il. has formulated
certain demands. An early peace
without anneNatiOns OF incemnities,
as opposed 70 the fatheriand party aSi-
tatiOn FOR the continuance Of the war
seems to be the greatest desire OF the
workers. who threatened repriSalS.
which. according 70 one report, alrea-
dy have commenced throughout the
country owing TO the refusal Of Herr
Walraf. minister OF the interior. 10
meet the strikers. His action in gO-
ing into conference with Lieutenant
General Won stein. former PruSSian
minister OF war. and now commander
OF the home forces. with a view to SUP
pressing the strikes hy military forces
has further angered the strikers.
The German press generally con-
demns the strike and warns the StriS-
ers that they have gone the wrong
way about getting an early peace. and
are. instead hSrming their own cOOn-
try.
Government Blamed
Some Of the papers. however. blame
the government. The Msdgeburg Nolk
stimme. for example. SAYS that there
is a limit TO the patience OF every peO-
pie. adding;
1t is the task OF n sagSciOuS gov
lContinuea frorn PaEe onsl
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
-Four Minute Men

This Minute in the
District and short talk the Red Cross and the duty the people of this
Its
drive for fund which will be Monday and will be
until the needed S assured the local branch
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
NOSCOWICOUNCILaa :
PROPOSES army
TOFIGHT THE HUN
Soldiers and Peasants Deleg-
ates Propose to Raise So
cialistic' Army With Which
to Whip German Legions.

PETROGRAD. Jan. Sl.-The Mos
COW council Of workmen's and sol
diers' deputies has declared the Ger
man peace proposals unacceptable and
has suggested that the council Of na-
tiOnal commissioners organize a so
cialist army 10 fight against German
imperialism
Representatives OF 80 regiments OF
lr,ntir,,..i II, p. MN
Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-01
new SUBMARINE
FIGHTERS WILL
SOON BE WORKING
Secretary Daniels Tells Com
mittee That Super Fighters
Are Now Being Manufac-
tured In Detroit Ford"
Plant.
Rv Review Leasea wirel

WASHINGTON. Jan. S1.-New sub
marine fighters of a powerful type
are about TO Oe turned out in the
United States in large numbers. After
testifying today before the house IA
val committee on the naval appTopria-
tiOn bill. Secretary Daniels authorized
the statement that contracts for '-sev-