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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
100000 ALREADY SOLO
RURAL COMMUNITIES OF NINTH
DISTRICT ."COME ACROSS"
Three Big Cities Expected to More
Than Make Up Quota for
Third Liberty Loan.

Minneapolis, April 18.-Reports re-
ceived by A. R. Rogers, director of
the Liberty Loan sales in the Ninth
Federal Reserve district, indicate that
more than $9O,00O,u in bonds has
already been subscribed in rural dis
tricts.
The sales campaign for the third
Liberty Loan closed for the rural Sec
lions of the district. Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Duluth campaigns are in full
swing.
1T must not be understood that all
the reports from the Ninth district
are in, or that the bond selling
throughout the district is complete"
said Mr.. Rogers.
During most of the three days of
the campaign it has been raining more
or less all over the six states in the
Ninth district. This has made the
roads almost impassab1e.''
Many Counties Continue Work.
Many counties will continue their
bond selling campaign several days
and it is probable that complete fig
ures on the bond sales will not be
available.
M. Rogers, however, had sufficient
definite information to make him feel
justified in declaring it is certain that
the rural sections of the Ninth dis
trict had passed the $90,000,000 mark
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth,
including ST. Louis county, are count
ed on for $35,O00,00O This, with the
$90,000.000 from the rest of the dis
trict, reaches the required goal Of
$125,000,000 set by Mr.. Rogers. The
actual government allotment to the
Ninth district is $150,000,000.
There is no one who doubts that
the grand total of the three cities, to-
gether with the sum already raised in
the outside sections, will. pass $685.
0G0,000," continued Mr. Rogers, ''as
nowhere has disposition been shown
to shirk the responsibility of support
ing the government at a time when
hundreds. Of thousands of American
boys are facing the Hun onslaught"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
~'------ ----- BUY l.. L. BONDS -
Austrians Herald Drive On Yanks.

Washington, April 18-The Aus
trian press, duplicating the wide
spread prediction by German news
papers of the west front drive, is
heralding a hst Italian offensive.
American troops in Lorraine, adjoin-
ing Switzerland, may be attacked at
the same time, it was limited. Opera
lions in the new theater will be so
extensive, says the Vossische Zeit-
ung, according to official Rome ca
bles here today, that Teuton armies
win virtually encircle Switzerland.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
AMERICANS POURING
ACROSS, BRITISH TOLD
Lloyd George, Before Parliament,
Says Allied Generals Remain Con-
fident of Outcome.

London, April 18.-Premier Lloyd
George, speaking in the house of
commons, said General Plummer, COM
mander at Messines, and the other
generals were calm and quiet.
4 1--WE have lost territory, but have
lost nothing VITAL" the premier said.
"That is the view not merely of our
generals, but it is the view of General
Foch, who is equally calm and conf
dent.
"The Germans were aiming at de-
stroying the British army. They have
failed.
"The French army is intact and the
American army is pouring across. II
the Allies stand together firmly and
steadfastly, we shall win in the end"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
ERIE CANAL is PLACED
IN FEDERAL CONTROL
Duluth Man Named to Manage Water
way by Director General
McAdoo.

Washington, April 18.-Director
General McAdoo has ordered that the
Erie & New York State Barge Canal
system be taken over by the railroad
administration, and that a fleet of
barges be constructed Immediately
and operated there under the direc-
ton of G. "A. Tomlinson, of Duluth,
Mimi, to relieve freight traffic.
Within few weeks the Director
General is expected to order that sew
eral other canal systems and navi-
gable rivers, including the Chesa-
peake & Ohio canal, the Black War
rior river in Alabama, and several At
lantic coast waterways be used &C.
lively by the railroad administration
to relieve traffic on the rail lines,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
DRAFT
CALLS FOR 5,61O men
Provost Marshal General Issues Or
ders for Signal and Engi-
t. neer Corps.

Washington, April ia supple.
mentary draft call for $50 men for
the signal and engineer corps to re-
port between May l and has been
issued by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The order provides that
$50 of the men shall report at Fort
Wayne, Michigan; $50 at Camp Sew
Ter, South Carolina; 1,164 at Fort
Sheridan, Illinois; $3.50 at Camp Nc
Arthur, Texas, and 836 at Fort Ben.
jamin Harrison, Indiana.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

The Liberty Loan meeting held at
Kosciusko hall on the West side Mon
day evening was largely attended. The
speakers were T. c. Gordon, M. M Viii
liams and A. Koslosky. A goodly mum.
Der Of bonds were pledged: Music was
also 9 part Of the evening program.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
ENEMY CREEPING
NEARER TO YPRES
= So 49,
PoELCAPELLE AND LANGMARcHE
FALL INTO HANDS OF GERMANS
:. As BRITISH RETIRE.
HAIG HOLDS FURTHER SOUTH
Strike Back So Powerfully That Met,
eren and Wytschaete Are Retaken
For a Time-Retirement In
Orderly.

London, April 1S.-Out of the chao,
OF the tremendous battle along the
Lys river south and southwest OF
Ypres the thunder or which may be
heard forty or fifty miles away, there
have come during the past day re.
ports which are more encouraging to
the Allied powers. The British not
only have held the ground which they
were defending but have struck back
so powerfully that Meteren and part
of Wytschaete were retaken and held
for time. Only after heavy attacks
did the British retire again from the
villages.
PoelcapeIle, Langemarck Fall. ..
The most disturbing news has been
a report from Berlin that Poelcapelle
and Langemarck, north of Ypres,s have
been taken by the Germans and the
admission from London that the Brit
ish have retired from certain of their
lines in the Ypres salient.
The retirement here was expected.
for the advance of the Germans at
Neuve Eglise and Bailleul left the po-
sitions in front of Ypres open to
flank attack. It is officially stated
that the retirement was orderly and
it is probable that it will have more
Of a sentimental than a strategic Of
feet.
Just how far the British lines have
been withdrawn is not known. It may
be, however, that the German claim
Of taking Poelcapelle and Langemarck
was the result Of the British retire.
ment.
Deepens in Intensity.
The battle, now in it's ninth day,
has deepened in intensity a. many
points along the. Gu, vel fl ont from
"essines ridge to Metaren.
. There have been reports that the
Germans have occupied the village of
St. Elois which lies less than three
miles south Of Ypres, but these have
not been confirmed. It also was said
that they have taken positions on the
south slope of Mount KENNEL, which
is about two and half miles north
Of Wulverghem. This also, has not
been confirmed. On all the rest Of
the front from Messines ridge south
westward the Germans have flung
themselves against the granite wall Of
the British defense. Official and
semi-official dispatches have told Of
the frightful losses inflicted on the
attacking masses of troops by the
British rifle and machine gun fire.
Heavy Action East Of Robecq.
On the southern side of the salient
there have been engagements of some {
magnitude, especially east of Robecq,
five miles northwest of Bethune,
where the Germans were caught by
the British artillery fire and scat
tered.
The line in front Of Arras has again
been the scene of fighting but here
the British took the offensive and
drove the Germans out of British
trenches which had been carried by
the enemy.
In the Picardy sector there has been 4
lively artillery engagements between
the Somme and Disc rivers, but only
patrol encounters are reported Off
cially.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
u. S. COLONEL TAKES FOE;
LEADS HIM IN BY EAR
ficer and Is Decorated With
French Cross.

Washington, April 1S.-Members of
Secretary N. D. Bakers party OH the
trip to Europe brought to Washington
new details about the exploit Of Col.
Douglas Macarthur, former war de-
partment censor, who recently Joined
"a French company in storming a
trench and came back with prisoner.
Going with the French by special
permission, the colonel was missing
when the action was over. He soon
reappeared, leading big Bayarian
officer by the ear with one hand and
swinging riding whip with the other.
Colonel Macarthur, who is chief of
staff IF one of the American divisions,
was decorated with the French cross
Of war for the part he played.
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Suspected Suicide British Nobleman.
Nogales, Ariz., April 1S.-"Jack
Greene" who was found dead here
with a discharged derringer beside
him, according to papers found
among his effects, was the right
Hon. Lieut. Jackson B. Argyle, son
Of the Countess of Darnley of Cob
ham Hall, Gotham, Kent county,
England, to whom he left a letter.
His papers showed he enlisted in
Irish Fusiliers and was discharged i'll
March, 1917. He had three bayonet
wounds and q bullet wound In his
tlirha
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
McADOO SAYS MEXICO 49,
HAS GONE THE LIMIT
Secretary Declares In Fl Paso Speech
That Germany Is Cause
of Trouble.

Ell Paso, Tex, April 49,. 1.-THE
United States has gone to the very
limit in dealing with Mexico in an eff
fort to maintain friendly relations
with that country Secretary Will
liam G. McAdoo declared to an audi
ence here. --
"There is not the slightest reason
why we should not continue at peace
with Mexico, if Germany will only
keep her meddling spies out of that
republic" the secretary continued.
"But Germany, in trying to deal
with Mexico and give her the states
of Arizona, New Mexico and TeY.ss.
reckoned without Uncle Sam.
! II would like to see: the autocrat
tyrant that could wrest three states
from out of. the American flag.
would even be curious to see the des-
pot that could even imagine he could
wrest the Lone Star state from this
union" l. .z& "a
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
--------<4---
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST

87,7l8 Men Excused from Military Ser
vice Under Vocation Provisions
Under provisions of the selectiye-
service law making specified vocations
apart from the necessary industries"
dealt with by the district boards, 67,716
men were excused from military duty.
OF the men exempted 1865 were Fed
era1 or state officers; ministers, 1876:
divinity students, 3.144: in the military
and naval service, 47,S22.
County and municipal officials num-
bering 889 were discharged; customs
house clerks, III; mail employees =
476; arsenal workmen. 1855; Federal
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
BUY L. L. BONDS -
Many Prisoners Taken.

Vasa, Finland, April 1S.--Several
thousand prisoners and a large
amount of booty were taken by the
German troops which captured Hell
singfors, capital Of Finland, accord
ing to a communication issued at the
headquarters of the German connman-
der, General Won der Goltz. The city
was captured Saturday, being taken
by storm aftersdesperate struggles in
the streets and in forests around the
town, lasting three days. The Ger
mans are now advancing along the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. railroad.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

Elmer F.. Mcdonald of Benidji has
filed for the republican nomination for
congress in the Sixth district. Mark
Woolley of Park Rapids and Congress-
man Knutson are also in the field, max
ing it a thrce-corncred fight in the re-
publican primaries.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

A new photograph Of Judge Robert
Worth Bingham Of Louisville, who
under an agreement with other heirs
Of the Henry M. FIagIer estate will
receive $4,000, 900, willed to him by
the late Mrs. Bingham, the former
wife Of Henry M. Flagler. Following
Mrs. Bingham's death, relatives in
stituted series Of proceedings
which had their climax in the exhum-
ing Of the body. All family differ
ences have been cleared away. how
ever, according to reports. The bulk
of the fortune will go to Mrs. Law
renee Lewis, a niece Of the late Mrs.
Bingham.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

If you have not as yet purchased
Liberty bonds, there is still time to
perform duty you owe your govern
ment. Every one should make an eff
fort to do what he can.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
BARON WON RAlECZ TO
SUCCEED COUNT CZERN!N
Has Been Appointed Foreign Minister
OF Austria-Hungary to Fill
Vacancy.

Amsterdam, April 18.-Baron Ste
phen Burian Won Rajecz, former Aus
tro-Hung arian foreign minister, has
been appointed successor to Count
Czernin, who resigned from that office
following the recent exposure of EN-
peror Karl's letter to Prince Sixtus,
it was reported here from Vienna.
s-- BUY L. L. BONDS -- e..
Tempered With Guages.
Philadelphia, April 1S.-Two form
er employees Of the United States
Gauge company, Sellersville, Pa,
charged with tampering with gauges
intended for the government, have
been interned. The men interned
are Frederick Schubert and Fritz
Bieret, who, with George Schubert,
Frederick's brother, and George Helm
bricks, we're charged with having
tempered with gauges being made
for the government. C. r .Schmid, a
naval inspector, testified that Is 81
81 500-pound gauges were detective.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19
Buy Liberty Bonds.

Go over the allotment and get Lib
erty bond flag for your town. A num-
Der Of towns have gone over, why not
yours9
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

Senator knute Nelson, who some
months ago, stated that he would retire,
has announced that in Difference to the
wishes Of many Of his constituents,
democrats as well as republicans, he
will again be a candidate for senator.
At the democratic state conference no
endorsement for senator was made, and
it is now stated that the executive COM
mittee will urge no one to file for the
place. James Peterson of Minneapolis
who was convicted under the espionage
act, but who will appeal the case, had
previously filed for the senatorial nomi-
nation on the republican ticket, and ac-
cording to Judge Page Morris, will not
lose the right to continue as a candi-
date. The ruling is said to hinge upon
the appeal of Peterson to the supreme
court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

mlCCcc representing the normal SCHOOLS
is endeavoring through articles publish
ed in the press Of the state to stimu
late interest in the matter in an endeav'
or to alleviate the situation. An article
given out by the committee says:
1.-THE government has appealed to the
public schools for assistance in many
important ways and has not been disap.
pointed. It will continue to rely upon
them for such assistance. If the schools
are to continue to help the government
during the war and are to be in a po-
sition to help it after the war is at an
end, they must be open and be in the
hands of teachers we'll qualified FOR
the work. It will be very difficult to
provide the number of qualified, teach
erssuffcient to keep the schools in op-
Grafton. The supply of properly trained
teachers has not been adequate thus
far. Enlistments in the various branch
es of the government service and new
sponsible for the condition.
"Obviously the most important meas
ures for improving the situation are
such as will increase the supply of well
trained teachers. It is very evident
that it would be unwise. to lower the
standard of requirements for teaching
in the hope of increasing the supply.
The needed increase in the number of
trained teachers cannot he made until
u the rewards for teaching are made both
more evident and more real. In the
past, although the financial reward has
not been especially attractive, teaching
has generally been preferred because of
the opportunities which it affords of
rendering service of high order of
merit to young people and to society.
Teaching has appealed to many because,
as calling, it offers large returns in
values which are more esteemed than
the material or monetary. Chief of
these is the satisfaction derived from
the consciousness Of rendering service
to society and Of contributing to the de-
velopment of right standards of citizen
ship and of life in the young This is,
Of course, a worthy and very powerful
motive with those who succeed best in
teaching. ~
"In this time Of great need for high
minded and disintercsted service in all
our institutional activities, especially
those designed for the country s. de-
tense, there are none which offer finer
opportunities for effective service of the
highest sort, whether one thinks of pres
cnt or future needs. 1t is type of
service which cannot become as effec-
tive as the occasion requires unless
those who are to render it shall be ade-
quately trained for it. Fortunately the
financial rewards for teaching arc be-
coming more nearly commensurate with
the value Of the work done and the i'm
mediate future is likely to witness fur
Their increase in the compensation of
teachers. Nothing else will so hasten
the day for this as an increase in the
number of those who will render the
kind Of service now needed''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

BUY L. L. BOND!
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-19

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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-13
Aspank ,Em.o
Letter Of Police Matron, in the New
sE%s York Sln

ASttcI Oh FOlce MARION III the New
s+,s York Sun.
The recent arrests In New York Of girls
OF from 16 to 20 In the Tenderloin cafes.
chop suey joints and back rooms Of
saloons ought to bring about a little bet
ter training and discipline in some homes.
Girls who wilfully lie to their mothers
about their absence at night and their
companions are in need of proper disci-
plining. Girls ought to be obliged to be
at home at 10 p. m. ii not on business
OF necessity. Mothers of girls between
II and 20 hould look after them and
find out about their companions Ind
amusements. Girls who frequent cafes,
chop suey joints and the rear rooms OF
saloons ought to be picked up by an
officer. taken to a police court and their
parents subpoenaed and a notification
given them Of their daughters .delin-,
quency. Then a magistrate could impose
a sentence to la them taken home
and q sever spanking administered. I
venture to say that correction in this
form would do more good than lectures
and heart-to-heart talks. There are times
when It becomes necessary to spank q
girl for deliberate lies and disohedience,
even though she be brought up strictly
and carefully. There were also many
married women In these resorts without
their husbands' knowledge. and they
ought to ~ a llttle of the old fashioned
Treatment It'll -.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-13
Some Self Made Men.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
II you want the evidence that the
United States is in fact a democracy. in
fact q land Of opportunity, take a look
at the antecedents of the men who are
directing the war for its defense.
President Wilson was the son OF a
country parson; General Pershing was
Dorn on a little Missouri farm; Mr.. Taft,
chairman of the Red Cross central COM
mtttee, began his career as a newspaper
reporter: Charles M. Schwab, director
general of the ~mergenc fleet corpora
ton, started as a S10-a-week water how
IN a Pennsylvania steel mill; John ID.
Ryan, director of aircraft production.
was clerk in a small town grocery store:
General Cocktails started at the bottom
Of the ladder ASA West Point cadet:
Hoover ran a laundry agency. worked
his way through college by waiting table
and then went to work as a miner at So
q day; Henry p. Davidson, head of the
Red Cross war council. was a. school
teacher and then a bank runner; Edward
r.. Stettintus, suryeyor general of army
supplies, worked in his fathers steam
boat building yard IN the Mississippi;
bernard Baruch, chairman Of the wal in
idustries board, started as a stock brokers'
clerk: Edward N. Hurley, chairman OF
the shipping board. worked on a farm
Tor $l8 a month, and later was a Burling-
ton railway locomotive fireman; Vance
Mccormick, chairman Of the war export
board, vas a farm boy; Henry Ford
started as a mechanic at $3.50 a week:
Paul Warburg, vice chairman OF the
federal reserve board, was a commits
sion house. clerk: Samuel McRoberts,
head Of the procurement division of the
ordnance bureau, taught schoo to get
money to study law; Julius Rosenwald,
carried sa1esmen's satchels and clerked
in a store: William e.. Coke, right hand
man to Schwab. was a ship yards appren-
tice.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-13
~ FRED s.
United Prsssstaff Correspondent.

0nixoo%Rreee#Staft Cofroep0nuents
With the American Army IN Pic
Ardy. May 20 Observation-Disclosures
troops showed their punchirr owe II
Cantigny.-
From behind friendly pile ot heeta,
on Knoll IN the great plain which
faces Cantlgny, I witnessed he at
LaGk Wnlcn resulted IN capture OF q
S.
<AIniuse ~esonat1o 81
az II ~ waicn Ilied ne valley wasn
s AMnN ssanu Qust and am tne
AMerlcan Troops went over q top.
Wilnsa spirit which would q be de-
Iied lney followed the French tAnke
preceaing then across No Mans Land
Sa z WIN Snem generates more than
Cnernead trencn and American
snel.s mace -veritable ribbons OF Y
as lney hurtied across the German
posaIions. AS walked past battery
aa.er battery IN action the crash 0f
= uns was deafenlng
Isounoing g sharp corner. I caMe
Upon one battery which had been.
wheeled into the open and was wither-
lig the enemy with direct point blank
ire. so smotfered with French and;
Ameracan shells was the boche artil-'
5lery thai French guns were standing
OF Re roads, believing defiance q
nanfner1ng the way for the Americans
Overhead French acroplanes
carving American observers darted in;
ana Y amidst the smoke Of battle,
lying low, signaling 70 the batteries
Z =. 80 ne enemy.
O'o 1iory' 81 HUNS.
! saw an American flag fluttering,
from n plane which was headed
traigh Tor the front after having
dropped q message at headquarters
n q moment later 1 knew that The
ing Inc lire OF our guns whose shells
raRed the round until 1t was k the
open gate or ell: